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Oregon Historical Society Coni 207 Second St Ashland 'Ashland Grows While Llthla flows" City of Sunshine and flowers Ashland. Oregon, Lithla Springs "Oregon's famous Spa' VOL. XLI ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1916 NUMBER 21 tidings Council Accepts Resignation The resignation of F. E. Watson, which was filed July 20 with the city recorder, was accepted without dis- cussion Dy tne council i uesaay even- ing, the mayor sU'.ting that he had opposed holding the meeting upon which he lays the blame for Mr. Wat- j evening this boys' band, which Is well son's antipathy to the council. At spoken of by the newspapers of the a meeting of the park board Tuesday, cities to the south where they have Mr. PennlBton was elected secretary j appeared, will play a concert in of the board. Mr. Watson's resigna- Lithia Park bandstand, followed by tion read as follows: j a dance at the Bungalow. The boys "To the Mayor and Council of the come from the best homes in Oak City of Ashland: J land and are recommended as fine "Gentlemen. I hereby tender musicians and gentlemen. They will my resignation as a member of the : probably camp for several days in Ashland Park Commission, to take : Lithia Park. effect on Wednesday, August 2, 1916. I name this date because I am under obligation to the commission, as its secretary, to help clean up the work of the present month. "I have, until recently, enjoyed my work upon the commission and have flattered myself that my services were of value and were appreciated. I now resign because of the marked unfriendly attitude of some members of the council and more particularly the mayor, toward the commission. ! That attitude has of late become rass the commission In the exercise of the duties imposed upon it by the ; charter. Recently it has gone so far j as to encourage, if not to incite, open 1 defiance of the authority of the com- J mission on the part of its employes. j "Since this attitude is manifestly! not dictated by regard for the public food It sppitiq pvldpnt tbnt It Is thp ... , , ,. . i result of personal animosity. It is certainly fatal, as I suppose it is in- Ipnrieri to hp to thp HRpfiilnpRK nf . , ' I estlng information may be gained by the commission. ! . . ... "I am, therefore, retiring in theitll0se Interested In the sports. interest of harmony, that the mayor may fill my place with someone who will be more subservient than I am inclined to be. "F. E. WATSOX," lYtV MfTl FftTTTl ( George Hargadine disputed the 8 big four-column cut showing Vlce- tdlAiy IflCU A Vim j right of way on Main street at the president E. 0. McCormick and Gen- fAfArtrrianf imn'80Uth entrance t0 the Plaza T"esday!eral Passenger Agent J. M. Scott of uOVemment vamp j afternoon with a Ford car, coming j the Southern Pacific proudly display- ! out rather the worse for the mix. ing twenty beautiful rainbow trout , .. ., ., ,. - Pnder the direction of E. F. Rice, a party sent out by the United States ; government to classify the 2,300,000 j acres of the Oregon-California rail- j road land grant lands which recently j came back into the hands of the! government, is mobilizing In Ashland and will commence classification op erations from headquarters estab lished at Pinehurst, on the Klamath Falls road. Sixty to seventy men will be employed In the work, most of whom are being brought down Irom Portland. Supplies have been arriving for the past several days. Four and a half tons were shipped by express, constituting the largest express shipment ever received here. Tents and camp paraphernalia In great quantities has also been as sembled and Is being transported to Pinehurst by auto truck. Dave Good's truck left this morning with a load and the Howard auto line took a load of men. A total of about 10, 000 pounds of freight will be taken to the camp. The party will work from the Klamath county line west wards first and a systematic cam paign followed in covering the im mense acreage which must be classi fied. It is estimated that close to 1,000, 000 acres will come within the agri cultural classification, and this will throw open to buyers 6,000 claims of 160 acres, which may be pur chased at a cost of $2. SO per acre, according to the grant land act When the land is thrown open the government officials expect to have dozens of applications for the best claims and many for all of tha agri cultural claims. The work will be rushed through in an effort to complete the classlfi- j cation before winter sets in, so that the lands may be thrown open to entry. Convert Park Hotel Into Sanatorium Dr. D. M. Brower and Dr. R. L. Ruiter of Roseburg hav leased the Park Hotel and will convert It into a hospital to be known as the Lithia Part Sanatorium. Remodelling to Buit their purpose is now going on. Hydro-electric treatment will be their specialty. Earl and Floyd Fraley were Med ford visitors last week. Oakland Boys' Band Concert and Dance The Oakland Boys' Club band, an organization including thirty-four boy muslcian9 ot Oakland, will arrive in Ashland this afternoon and estab- 1Isn camP ,n the Park- Tomorrow mi i. i i i a. i i a l me uanu is iravenng uirougii me j country making its expenses as it j goes. Tills Is their tenth annual tour of the coast. They have been camp I ing at Yreka the last night or two. n,AtjA (.-. : AwIUSLlC mCIICS At the Vining Beginning with this Friday even ing, the Vining Theatre will, In addl- . 8hoWi i present an attraction which will In terest every man and boy. Man ager Bergner has secured the Selig Athletic feature series and will show one of the series every Friday. The series includes features on boxing, wrestling, running, billiards, roller skating, ski Jumping, swimming, ice skaters. Each feature shows a num - ber of the premier stars at each of . me upurm, in tti'iiuu, mm ciuse-up i views from which valuable and inter- Ford Sneaks Up On Geo. Hargadine George was crossing the street when . ... . . .. . luc car Biieancu up uu uiuj iium around the corner of the city hall and knocked him down and Jumped on him. George is used to bear and deer, but had never been attacked by a Ford before. Giving battle with characteristic determination, he grasped the Ford by the front axle, and after it had dragged him twenty feet, bulldogged It into submission. The four men in the car stopped only long enough to find out that George was not killed, cranked up and drove on south. Bystanders got the car's number, which was 21947 Ore. Ac cording to the records', this car is the property ot R. Biberstedt of Eagle Point.. The accident Is conceded to have been purely accidental. The car was not traveling fast and had turned the corner and started up the hill. The driver overlooked honking his horn. Mr. Hargadine sustained a badly sprained ankle and minor bruises. That he was not more se verely injured was due to his pres ence of mind in grasping the axle as he went down, thus preventing him self from going under the wheels. Dogs Have Their Hour at Council Dog licenses came up for hot dis cussion at council meeting Tuesday. The recorder stated that last year it cost more to take a dog census and "kill off the dogs whose owners were ashamed or too poor to pay their licenses, than the total amount col- tfnm lffionaaa PnniifltlmDII Banta favored goIng to the jength of hanglng tie licenses on the owners of the dogs, 'presumably as a badge of honor, if necessary to make every one who owns a dog pay up. Editor Wolf's dog, which slum bered peacefully just outside the rail ing during the talkfest, was brought into the discussion and Mr. Wolf frankly admitted that he had not paid the license, but believed In dog licenses and intended to get one. Are you going camping? If so, you can find a suitable shoe in a light-weight, bellows tongue at $2.25, $2.50 and $3 at Mitchell & Whittle's. Mrs. A. True Lundy was up from Medford attending to business mat ters this morning. Men Who Made Celebration Sl!CCess!sweeney Case Judge Plan for New Chamber of Commerce! .$ At the city council meeting Thurg- lng over of the office and hall to the '""d" wno ,a trlal J,1(,Ke !n the case soeiatlon to the number of 100, ac day night the council asked that pre-! club, preferring to await the outcome ' ot J- w- Sweeney vs- Jackson County, j companied by their wives in many limlnary estimates be made of tho of Monday's club meet. left 5Ionclay morning to inspect the cases, will be entertained at a lunch- cost of remodelling the room In the j lf tIle c,ub doeg not wjsh tQ Rc t Siskiyou Highway, payment for j eon in Lithia Park Friday evening, a city hall formerly used as a Jail and tlie proposition to pass out of exist-! Wh'Ch nW under dlspute- He waa concert by the Oakland Boys' Club now used as a storeroom, so that it ence Wth" honor no doubt the ouar- i accomI,anled by Evnn fieames and N. band and other features. The editors may be used for office purposes. The aciion ionowea upon a proposition . . ., . . number of the live young business , .. .. . .. , men of the city who were the main , . . .. . .. . factors in the success of the roundup ! and celebration. . . , , TMa ffrnnn nf vnnnv man In rtpnor ... . ' . . . that the impetus and spirit aroused I by the celebration and the crowds 1 , u.h,h ro ,.,,.. LuiaA M. m. mer may not be lost, have determined to organize a Chamber of Commerce, which will be a new organization, free from the things which have an tagonized so many to the old Com mercial Club. At next Monday's I meeting of the Commercial Club the ... - .. . group wnicn iorms me nucleus ior the new chamber will offer to take over the assets and liabilities of the Commercial Club and all of the mem - bers who desire. If the club looks favorably on the proposition, the pool win .1 i i. ...in i.. ji ,. J uu uiniaru iauies iu e uisposeu of, the proceeds used to clear off the ! indebtedness, and the council will be! asked to take definite action upon the request to provide an office in tne remodelled room in the city hall , and tne use of the council hall for J assembly purposes. The chairs now iln use at the Commercial Club and the furniture will be moved to the office and hall and headquarters es tablished. The council did not take definite action regarding the turn- Picture Will Make Anglers Envious The Portland Telegram publishes which they caught in a morning's fishing at Pelican Bay. The largest weighs nine pounds and the twenty tipped the scale at over 100 pounds. The expenditure of a comparative ly small sum will put Pelican Bay within a three hours' automobile ride of Ashland by the Dead Indian road. Oil Stove Fire Threatens Hotel When a match was applied to leaky oil stove at the Park Hotel Wednesday evening, the oil, which had ran over the floor and down be tween the walls, caught fire and threatened to cause serious trouble, The fire department was called and extinguished the blaze before any serious harm was done. Strike Vote Count Will Take to Aug. 7 According to latest dispatches sent out from New York, the count of the 400,000 members ot the railroad brotherhoods' strike votes will not be completed until August 7. Early Indications are said to point toward an overwhelming majority in favor of the strike if the demands are not granted. The executive board of the broth erhoods is reported to have agreed to a resumption of conferences to be gin in New York August 8, according to information given out from the United States board of mediation at Washington. Disprove Ament Dynamite Theory The grand jury which was called together to examine into the acci dent which wrecked the machinery at the pump at the Ament dam re ported Wednesday afternoon, finding structural weaknesses In the big six foot pulley responsible and disprov ing the theory that dynamite had been used. The pulley apparently broke when going at high speed, wrecking the machinery. School of dressmaking. Room 2, Allen building. Phone 296-Y. It ?' ' 4, . 4 i. . torg in tl)e clty ,ia, wm be taken by the 0( club while no definite organization has , M , .. ... . ., ,,eer made., the constitution of the i ,,,,, ' new organization would include all I, , . . . .. , , ... " ' " ! , " (recommendations made by the cora- , mittee from the Commercial Club I which recently investigated the club's condition and reported reconr ! mediations. The move to the city hall, whether made by the new chamber or the old club, will be an advantageous one as it will eliminate an overhead ex - pense of about $35 a month and at the same time give club headquarters !on the eround floor whprp thpv nrn I i - j acce"''e and can become a center of activity. 1 Th meeting of tho Commercial ! Club next Monday, when this matter conies up, will be a vital one. The ! Imrkpra r t iha r a u- nrrronivof Inn . - - liaVP a number of arguments which they will present for letting the old club make its exit. The old club has labored under overhead expense which ate up the income, large indebtedness and the lack of Interest which these reasons for Ineffectuallty have created. The backers of the movement for a new organization believe that quicker re sults may be gained by the formation of an entirely new organization. Signs Will Point Way to Station Of course, lf you have lived here any iiength of time you know bow to get to the Southern Pacific station without getting lost and ending up at the city electric light plant or Mountain View cemetery. Strangers who aren't on to the curves of our streets are not so blessed, and to re lieve this status of affairs, on motion of Councilman Banta of the council, signs pointing "To the depot" will be placed at the corner of Mechanic and North Main, Sherman and Boule vard, Fourth and East Main. Militiamen Join Regular Service The Ashland Coast Artillery Corps lost six of their members during the recent encampment, the six being Talent boys who joined the regular army and navy. J. M. Pool, Ray Cole man, D. F. Crldo and O. L. Wlthrow enlisted in the regular army and O. P. Peterson and William Lacy joined the navy. Baseball Special To Weed Sunday The Southern Pacific will run a baseball special from Grants Pass to Weed Sunday on account of two base ball games one at Hornbrook, where Grants Pass and Hornbrook meet, and one at Weed, where Med ford and the lumberpacks tangle. Tickets will be one fare for the round trip, which means $1.10 to Horn brook from Ashland, or $2.45 to Weed. The grain will pass through Ashland at 9:20 a. m. Stops will be made at all points and tickets bought to any point en route for the day. Dance From Monday Until October Beginning with next Monday, a three-piece orchestra will be installed at the Bungalow and dancing will be come a feature every night in the week except Sunday until October. The Bungalow offers the coolest place in the valley to dance, a fine floor and great music. A charge of 50 cents for the evening, or 10 cents a dance for couples who "just drop In," will be made. Everybody Is wel come and all are extended a cordial Invitation. See the fine nw woolens and styles for fall at Orres' Tailor Shop. Sees Dlted Road Judge George X. Davis of Port- Bennett, wno was the engineer In cnarge or. tne worn and is now work - ing on the government highway in i brought up through the valley In au Crater Lake park. tomobiles and taken up over Scenio J. W. Sweeney and his attorney-ln-1 Drive, around through the canyon chief were also down this week and and around Glenview Drive, then on went over the highway. Mr. Sweeney j to the summit of the Siskiyous. Re states that "he believes he has them turning, they will be taken to Lithia going," and the attorneys for Jack-! Park and a picnic luncheon tendered son county are confldont that the 'them. Coffee will be served by county will win out. The suit has charming Ashland girls and every ef cost thousands of dollars to date, but fort made to show the editors a great if won will stand off the payment of time. the Immense sura asked by Sweeney rfor claimed extras." 1 j m i 1 tjPeCldl WafQCn For Rogue Mouth Declaring that he had received many complaints to the effect that the law governing fishing at the : mouth of the Rogue river was being violated, Governor Wlthycombe Sat- urday afternoon dispatched a special agent from Salem to aid the fish wardens. Should the law violations continue, "more rigorous measures will be employed" to compel an ob servance of the law, said the gov ernor. It is claimed that the salmon fish eries at the mouth of the river evade the law and take steelhead and all, thus preventing the fish from coming up the river. Auto Blue Book Men Visit Ashland E. K. Frank and C. X. Emery.'drlv ing the official car of the A. A. Auto mobile Blue Book, were in Ashland last evening. They" state that Ash land's hotel will receive a new rating after they had looked it over. Mr. Frank said: "For years Ashland has been pretty well unmentioned, but we . ' ' ugal auuui yvu an up auu uuwu wit; coast this year, and I must say you have a city to be proud of. The Sis kiyou grade was most highly praised, but the Blue Book men stated they would have to have assurances from the county court or the road super visor that the road between Ashland and the foot of the mountains would be smoothed out a little before next April when their book appears or else they would have to call it "poor dirt road." The visitors were greatly Interested in the parks and auto camp. They were shown over the hotel by Manager Chisholm. Their trip will take them over th roads of California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and in fact the entire west before next spring, when the book will be published. Mr. Frank states: "We are revising the road data and will certainly have a lot of revising for the better to do regarding the roads In this vicinity and the accommodations at Ashland. Next spring's edition of the Blue Book will be the eighth Charge Current to Park Board Fund Although conceding that the lights In Llthla Park must be kept burning, the council ran up against a knotty problem in the question of where the money was coming from to pay for j exceptionally heavy Bnow of last the current, Tuesday night. The elec-1 winter It was impossible to get to the trlcal department naturally does not rim of the lake until recently. The wlBh to donate the current and bear I season will be short there this year." this expense. Finally, although both j Most of the time he was away Mr. the general fund and the park fund Scott was In company with E. O. Mc are depleted, it was moved that ttte Cormick, vice-presldejit in charge of lighting of the parks and any future , traffic of the Southern Pacific. They installations be charged to the park visited the scenic and tourist attrac board fund with the understanding, tlons of southern Oregon, Including of cousse, that the bills need not be the caves of Josephine county and paid until funds become available, which will be when a way of swell ing the fund for care ot the parks is found. Hog, raisers of southern Oregon will attend a picnic at Wionna ranch, near Grants Pass, Saturday, August 5. Picnic lunch will be held at noon and the afternoon taken up with a pig show, Judgment and talks on various phases of the Industry. All Jackson county hog raisers are in vited. I State Editors Will Lunch in Park Members of the State Editorial As- j are arriving in Medford today. To- : morrow afternoon they will bo Music will be provided by the Oak land Boys' Club band, who will play a concert In Lithia Park bandstand during the evening. The committee in charge of the ar rangements for the luncheon is com posed of Ashland's two ex-edltors. I Hon. Fred Wagner and Postmaster j E. J. Kaiser, and Messrs. Frank Jor j dan and H. O. Frohbach. On behalf of the committee, C. B. Wolf peti tioned the council Tuesday night to contribute $50 to the fund for enter taining the editors, and this amount was voted. On Sunday the editors will be tak en to Crater Lake as the guests of the county court and Medford. The Medford folks are getting behind the entertainment of the scribes In a wholehearted manner. The hotel men are donating accommodations for the visitors and citizens are do nating cars for the various trips. The southern Oregon entertainment of the editors' convention promises to be' a memorable one. A big banquet at Hotel Medford Saturday night will be open to anyone who wishes to at tend. Tickets may be purchased from H. O. Frohbach. Tells Portland Our Parks To Be Famous Portland Telegram: "Business men of southern Oregon are begln- ., ., , . . ,. , ,. . , . ning to feel that the people of Port land care very little for the welfare of that part of the state, and it is not surprising that they are forming; stronger commercial ties with Sau Francisco, where every advantage Is taken to cultivate the favor of resi dents of the southern counties," said John M. Scott, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific, on his: return from a three weeks' trip up the line. He had special reterenoe to the small attendance from Port land at the three days' celebration at Ashland early in the month to mark the formal opening of that city's Lithia Park and during which Ash land entertained a total of 60,000 people. "The city of Ashland has devel oped a park that will become world famous. The waters from the springs are declared by authorities to ba equal In curative properties to any In Europe. Scenic and climatic attrac tions there and elsewhere in south ern Oregon will surely win the at tention of tourists from all parts of the country, and the results will bo helpful in a business way. "Many tourists from California are doing southern Oregon by automobtle and besides large numbers are begin ning to arrive from as far as the At lantic coast. One New York womux was accompanied by her physician, a nurse and a chauffeur. "Crater Lake is, of course, an at traction to many, bu because ot the the charms of the Klamath Lakes. In all the trip covered about 1,500 miles. One of the objects of the trip was to see what could be done to further in terest the federal government toward providing for the greater enjoyment by the people of the country's large parks. There are none better made for the money than the Oregon-made suspenders. Either invisible or reg ulars are 50 cents a pair. Mitchell & Whittle. ' It
