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Second gt Ashland Grows While Llthla Flows City of Sunshine and Flowers Ashland, Oregon, Llthla Springs "Oregon's Famous Spa' ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1916 VOL. XLI NUMBER 30 C7 Second Ashland Tidings Wonderful Fire Loss Reduction Announcement has been made by State Forester Elliott that the fire ' covering an area of approrlmately loss on lands supervised hy the state ' C.000 acres Hob between the original forestry department has so far this 1 north boundary line of the Ashland year been less than $500. Last year Talent Irrigation district and west of the loss was approximately $29,000. ; the Rogue River Canal Company's The state forester lias called in all , Phoenix segment of the letter's sys- forest patrolmen save those in Jack - son and Josephine counties, where j there is much underbrush. In the state there are 22,000,000 acres of 'canal line. The only relief for those timber and brush land, and of this; la the Intervening strip is to be an-j amount 10 000,000 acres Is timber j nexed to the Ashland-Talcnt district. land owned by the government, 10,-! 000,000 acres Is timber land privately i number or farmers having signed up owned, and the remainder brush ! to make It legally possible. Robert lan,lg' j Brevard of Medford Is completing A heavy pall of smoke has hung j tbat feature of the work. over Jackson county for the past two' weeks due to burning of brush and', . big fires over in California. The campaign oi me iuikbi uitioi imciii iv . prevent forest fires is beginning to i have Its effects and campers gener-! ally observe much more care. Many Real Estate 'T,ri5?1?fST'! 171 DIV i laUlUO iU ajf ; on Union creek. Van Auken is a Just take a look at the following farmer of that district and was act lf you do not believe Ashland real ing as a guide for the hunting party, estate Is moving. This Is the real and was slightly in advance of the estate transfer report of a single day ; crowd, heating the brush, when he taken from the court house records felt the twlngs of the bullet in his at Jacksonville and compiled by the 1 cheek. The bullet passed through Jackson County Abstract Company, his cheek but did not hit a bone, to This day is away above the average, , which fact Van AuVen probably owes of course, but there is a steady j his life, as the soft nose bullet would stream of deals being transacted in ! no doubt have blown his head off Ashland which speak eloquently of had it hit a hard substance. The In the real estate awakening which Is jured man was brought to Medford, going on here: j where he Is at the Sacred Heart hos- Michael Powell to D. S. Powell et pital. Klrkendahl Is said to be suf ux., land in Ashland, $100. jfering from a nervous shock and has John S. Herrln to F. W. Herrln, j returned home. timber on land in sec. 10, 38, l1 E., $1. Miriam D. Way to Annie C. Rob- ertson, lot G, Ashland H. Assn. tract, j $1,300. George W. Dodaon et ux. to J. A. Orchard et ux., laud In 39, I E., $600. Fermin Zana et ux., to Frank Fe hige et ux.. lots S and 9. block I). Railroad addition, Ashland, $10,000. John S. Herrin to Ilia G. Herrln, lot 9, block 14, and part of lot 10, block 14, Ilelman addition to Ash land, $1. H. O. Triplett et ux. to T. S. Mc Daniel, lots 30, 31 and 32, block B, Meikle and Payne addition, Ashland, $10. Tom Bushong to Ellen M. Carlock, land in Ashland, $10. Big AHrarHnnc M II. laM UU KjM.J ftftkS At" JfrPltft pojl" possibility of a big storage reservoir " fta j at Comparat:vely small cost. Later ' upon instruction of the city council Among the big attractions at the , Mr. Walker spent two or three days state fair which will be held at Salem j surveying the site, his finding being September 25 to 30 will be "The j the basis for the report made Tues Sagebrush Symphony" juveuile or-, day. It was not the intention of the chestra, composed of 25 boys and ; council to plan any such construction girls of Harney county, Oregon, who at present, but that some day the res have been under special instructions ervolr will he needed is conceded, for the past four years and have de- j and Mr. Walker's report will be filed veloped marvelous ability in harmony i so that when the need of more stor and execution of wind ad stringed in- j age becomes imperative it ' can he struments. They are coming to the ' used as most valuable data. A few state fair as a special attraction of extracts from the report are as fol educational and entertaining merit! lows: and one well worth travelling many i "At a point about a mile above the miles to see and hear. Their reper- forks of the creek the hanks slope so toire Includes both popular and clas- as to allow a favorable cross-section tdcal compositions, and musical crit-! for a dam, and then Immediately ics who have heard them in concert ' come away from the creek bed, nl- proncjunce them little short of the : marveious. The "Spirit of '75" as well as that of the early '60s will be vividly and strikingly portrayed and recalled by the stirring patriotic selections as rendered by the Veterans' Fife and j Drum Corps, which will be one of j the special features of entertainment at the state fair. This corps is com posed of veterans of the Civil War, that once valiant army whose ranks are rapidly depleting. Each Individ-1 water would lie at least fifty feet ual of the organization is an artist j deep, and I estimate the storage ca with the instrument upon which he pacity of the reservoir at 25,000,000 performs, and the character of music , which they will render, together with the spirit in which it is rendered, is of a nature to stir the blood and patriotic impulses of all loyal Ameri can citizens. The night horse show, a special feature of rare beauty in blue-blooded horse flesh, equipment and grace of carriage in fancy and expert riding and driving, and the dally speed pro gram, $16,000 In purses with the best list of entries ever assembled on Lone Oak track, will be two of the his attractions to be Btaged. Annex 6,000 Acres To This District A strip of orchard and farm land tern. The canal company's proposed I high-line ditch, covering an area or , 2S.00O acres, will follow the Phoenix That Is being done now, a sufficient First Hunting . ' J L ' f L ACCIGeUt W l0Unty The first hunting accident of the season in Jackson county occurred , j last Wednesday when Attorney Klr j kendahl of Klamath Falls shot Geo,'Ee Van Auken- mistaking him for a ()per The accl(,pnt happened n f 1116 UcIHISILC Ul 1.1 J t ASulaUu CanVOn That there is a site available in Ashland canyon for a reservoir which could be built for $75 000, which would have a storage capacity of 25, otiO.OOO gallons of water and which would run the electric plant at full capacity regf.rdless of drouth or cold all year around, and would furnish plenty of water for a population dou ble or treble the present population of Ashland, is the good news con tained in a report made to the city council Tuesday night by City En gineer Walker. Some time ago, sev eral months in fact, Mr. Walker hap pened upon the site while on a ram ble up the left fork of Ashland creek 'and was immediately struck with the lowing an exceptional storage reser- voir site for Vshland Creek canyon. Mv onrvov flVinn'a fhnt xvith n flnm ', . ., i, eighty feet in height above the creek bed, the top length of dam being 250 feet, a reservoir will he formed above It that will have a maximum width of about 300 feet and a length of 600 feet." Regarding the capacity of such reservoir Mr. Walker says: I r..nn n l..t.nA nf l,(a ctta tlio i wci a lai fie iai i vi kiua mm iv gallons. This is about twenty-five times the capacity of the city's lower reservoir and probably fifty times the capacity of the upper reservoirs built for the electric plant." As to dam construction Mr. Walker says. "The mist economical dam would he one of eartn and loose rock, with a core wall probably of concrete. Such a dam would cost about $75, 000. If the city had this dam and reservoir it would enable us to run our electric plant to its fullest capac ity at any and all times of the year, Enthusiastic Crowd Hears Hughes Eulogized at Big Rally Friday Ashland now has a Hughes Alli ance branch with three hundred members. These were all signed up in a hurried canvass of parts of the town previous to the Hughes meet ing Friday night, which was attend ed by about six hundred enthusiastic supporters of Hughes. City Chair- , man T. II. Simpson has the llst-of'tee to nominate officers for the Hughes Alliance members, and those who wish to join should see him. Owing to the lateness of the hour no attempt was made to sign members following the Friday meeting. Mr. Simpson opened the Friday meeting by Introducing Mrs. Ed Han- j ley of Medford, who made a brilliant i address and presided over the meet- ' ing. After paying a beautiful com - pliment to Ashland Mrs. Hanley launched Into a scathing denuncia - tion of the "scurillous attack" made upon the Hughes Women's Special which Is coming west in October, by the editor of the Mall Tribune at Modfor(I Mrs HanIey mentioned the work which several of the worn- A mention of Theodore Roosevelt en who are coming on the special brought the loudest burst of ap have accomplished and denounced phuise of the evening, the lack of chivalry and apparent I Mr. Tooze quoted the registration lack of investigation which had led in this county to show that the pro to the attack made in the Medford I grcssives had reunited with the old paper. She then launched into a re- j party and stated that all over the view of the things "which Wilson j state the registrations were the has not done," laying special empha- same. sis upon his attitude toward women's j The tariff and the Mexican situa suffrage. "When a woman does a tion came In for liberal discussion, thing she does it and tells her hus-1 Colonel Washburn of Table Rock, band afterward" was a statement i introduced as "the illimitable orator which brought down the house. The lack of protection which was evident during the past two years received a vivid delineation from Mrs. Hanley, part of her remarks being as fol- lows: He told us if we did not want to get hurt, to stay at home. They did stay at home down along the border, and when trouble came they jwere told to move bads farther from j the border." Mrs. Hanley had an ' everread- flow ot witticisms and ! oris'nalitie8. ne which especially i ticketed the fancy of the crowd bd I Ing: "Kr. Edison's support of Mr. Wilson was to be expected. We all know that Mr. Edison is an elec trician and nitnrally is Interested in anything which switches on and off." She closed her talk with an encom- ium to the republican party, who "would start the country growing again where it left off four years ago." Mrs. Hanley impressed the fact upon her hearers that the worn- en were a factor who are to take a great part in the political affairs of the future, and a factor who are not swayed by Immaterial things hut go straight to the heart of the truth with unerring accuracy. A beautifully rendered duet by Misses Anderson and McCormick was the next number on the program and was followed by an original recita tion by Dick Posey which brought a Predicts Great Resort at Lake Central Point Herald. W. A. Cow ley and family and J. R. Hamilton motored to the Lake of the Woods last Sunday. They report the roads in good condition, and the lake Itself is a most charming body of water. The lake is about three miles long and about a mile wide, and lies right at the foot of Mount Pitt, on the east side of the mountain. The camping grounds that skirt the lake are about the best and most pictur esque of any in the state. Forests of beautiful fir and sugar pine trees , , surround the lake, and that they contain some real game is evidenced by the fact that one of the families in camp there shot a large bear last week. Rainbow trout of good size abound in the lake, and now that a Fancy fall pears are commanding good automobile road has been open- good prices In the eastern auction ed up, Mr. Cowley predicts that this markets, in spite of the slump In beauty spot will soon become a fani- Hartlett prices. The fancy half-box-ous summer resort for southern Ore- cs are finding the readiest sale. To gon. j day's car of Bosc half-boxes were Isold in New York at $2.15. Council will meet In adjourned session tomorrow evening. regardless of drouth or cold. It would furnlt.h 100 gallons per day ..... . ... to an additional population of 10,000 people for four weeks, this from the storage only. This would take us over any period of drouth and would doubtless enable us to care for a population double or treble what we now have." The council ordered the report filed for future reference. storm of applause. Karl P.asor next pleased the audi ence with a solo and responded with an encore. At this point the chairman ap pointed Mesdaines F. D. Wagner, (!. S. Hurler, C. H. Lnmkin and O. Win ter and Mr. Clark Hush as a commit- Unfiles Alliance branch. ' Walter L. Tooze, Sr., state organ - Izer for the Hughes Alliance, spoke j next at some length. lie stated that It had been ten years since he had last visited the city and that the j changes accomplished had amazed him. "Your park and mineral wa- ters deserve the attention of the en- I tire country. There Is no laeatlmi in the entire state the equal of Medford 1 and Ashland." lie then launched Into a discussion of the Wilson administration, biing- i Ing out defects point by point and ! explaining in what way the renubli- I cans would overcome these defects. j of Lincoln day banquets," gave a spicy speech full of witty side re marks and catchy phrasing. "Charles Evan Hughes, the man without a flaw in his character or record, IS carat pure, extra perfect, sound, smooth, without a blemish and fully ' matured." "Woodrow Wilson is minority president and we propose to kee him In the minority." I He outlined the record which Hughes has made In the past and prophesied what Hughes will do if elected. ,The nominating committee then advanced the list of officers for the branch of the alliance, the nominees receiving the unanimous endorse-' ment of the gathering. All of the i j Ashland officers are women, Mrs. D. 1 Perozzi being president, Mrs. E. B. 1 Briggs vice-president. Mrs. Emil I'eil secretary and Mrs. A. II. Praclit : treasurer. i Mrs. Hanley closed the meeting with a few words and the expression of the intention of the women of the i valley "to show those eastern women on the Hughes Special what a bunch I of western women can do." The Chautauqua building was dec orated with the national colors and a huge picture of Charles Evan Hughes. The Ashland band ren dered several selections prior to and at the beginning of the program. I Pear Shipments Double Last Year's More than double the amount of pears sent out from the Rogue River valley last year have already been shipped to date this season, and late pears still to come. Only four cars of apples have as yet been shipped, and there is the prospect of excep tionally heavy shipments of that fruit to come throughout the remain der of the shipping season. Last year 219 cars of pears were shipped, while already 470 cars have been Hilled out this year. The shipments for the year in cars are as follows: Medford, 380 pears, 4 apples; Central Point, 45 pears; Talent, 15 pears; Phoenix, 7 pears; Gold Hill, 8 pears; Grants Pass, 15 pears. Social Service League. The regular lionthly meeting of the Men's Social Service League will l.a 1.a1 n. Tttajilnv ovpnlnp Spn- . " " . ' ,. ' teraber 26, at the Methodist church, in , ' . ,. gram has been prepared and all men are invited to attend. F. D. Swingle, who has recently returned home from eastern Oregon, has been suffering with rheumatism for some days pat. Oakland Boys' Band In Two Concerts The Oakland Hoys' Club band which appeared In this city two ! a parly of twelve Ashland Boy Scoufs months ago Is here again on the re-1 left this city bright and eurly Satur turn trip and will play two concerts day morning, bound on a two days' In I.itbla park, one tonight and one 'out ing to the' agate beds and Roguo Tuesday night. The boys have been j river. The party traveled In two north as far as Vancouver, Wash., j rigs and three bicycles. Eagle Point but on account of the rains were j was the first objective point, and forced to abandon the Idea of an ex - tension of the trip farther north which was planned. They will camp 1 In Chautautiua park as they did on the occasion of their previous visit, found, ( amp was pitched Saturday The former concert given by the night on the river and a big camp Oakland boys attracted one of the j fire was a feature of the evening. A biggest crowds of the year and the, real old fashioned snipe hunt with music offered was greatly enjoyed, three of the hoys holding the sack A dance will be given following the Tuesday concert. Ticket Agents See Lithia Park A large party of railroad officials, ticket agents, etc., who are "seeing America first" were in Ashland yes terday and were taken over Lithia park, the drives and, the city by Agent (1. N. Kramer. The whole party marvelled and carried away Impressions which are bound to be redundant in recommendations of a ' today from State Insurance Coninils visit to Ashland when selling future sloner Harvey Wells of Salem: tickets. Among the party were: R.j "The anniversary of the Chicago II. Brooks, assistant city ticket agent ; conflagration is October 9, and nearly at San Antonio, Texas; C. E. Lewis every state In the I'nion will observe of Houston, Texas; W. 11. Jenkins of tills as "Fire Prevention Day." The the Portland headquarters; Charles J Insurance Department of Oregon A. Chalifour of New Orleans; R. J. j wishes to urge the observance of this Smith, district freight and passenger I day and earnestly requests the mu agent for the S. P. at Sacramento; nicipal officers to call the attention Bert Anderson of Dallas. Texas, and of the citizens of their community to J. F. Darnell of Beaumont, Texas. the need of fire prevention. - "Fire prevention means good q j h . mtmm e 1 1 arm uOan illGeu at . iments; the proper disposal of rub- CitV Hall SatUrday,,,lHli; repairing defective flues and j chimneys; repairing gas fixtures and 'electric light cords; making heating The committee of the Fa-m Loan am, Bt()V(ls 8afo; am, nroi)er Association held a very enthusiastic Kl((1.aKe Qf gasoline. Try fire preven meeting at the city library, Medford, U(n once am you wi f,m ,t g t( last Saturday and a good attendance i0-no, i , - ,i,0 i of fanners was present. All phases of tli.' loan law wre explaimd by the chairman and secretary and oth ers present. .1. F. Kocho of Ashland made a strong appeal to educate the farmers on this subject, which re ceived hearty applause anil resulted in a meeting to lie held at Ashland next Saturday, September 30, at 2:30 .p. in. at the city hall. Able speakers will be on lianiT. fonnnit- i ,ll..,l IV.,. (I,.i .nr. ieeme.1 ,.,,....r.. .... rerent districts to soncii sigm-is iui loans and to explain the act to those Interested. J. F. Roclio was appoint ed for Ashland and F. P. Snyder for the Belleview district. The question was brought up in regard to whether loans could be made on property in a bonded district. While this has not definitely been settled, it may prove a barrier as the government will only loan on property than can show a clear title, or In order to per- feet a clear title at a low rate and for a long term. i night, nttracted the largest crowd oC In order to form a preliminary es-1 the past month and pleased them tlmate of the amount ot money ! Immensely, The band will give an whlch will be wanted by the farmers j other concert, weather permitting, on of this district, all those who might Wednesday evening of next week, desire to negotiate loans are request-j The regular series of concerts which ed to see Mr. Rocho or Mr. Snyder, were contracted for are now finished who are keeping lists of names of and the band boys are giving this those who are interested in forming 1 extra concert to show their apprecia a farm loan association. Gotch Suffered Broken Limb nnd the business men who have do Frank Gotch, the noted wrestler, i nnU,(, sma m()llUfly am0llllU wi,c, champion of the world and perhaps ; llUu(,(.tlpr n)11(Io ,ip the mim wllici, the only champion who retired with j enaMe(i the ,iand to do this are to be his laurels undisturbed, will not be ! comInPll(lo(, ns wen, Tne immi . seen In Medford with the Sells-Floto ' , to ,,,, a mo.llls of keeping IU- show if a news dispatch from Chicago n(,tor r.lrl LoveIaml hpre thig wiu is to be believed. According to the tn. at t,)e h()ad of the nie1.g aml dispatch, Gotch passed through Chi- j )oyi), ,iamll) A mov.meut to have cago bound for his home in Hum-the ,,alld cnre(, for ,,y a gma ppr bolt, Iowa, with a broken leg which I couta(;e of the tax Ievy la advocated he suffered at Kenosha, In plaster. ,)y the ,mnd men on the grounds that Jess Willard, however, is still with;the entIre c,ty ,ngtea(, of few men the circus and will be seen in Med-1 Bhoul(, ,)ear the bunlcn sman ford unless he brenks something be tween Portland and the Rogue River valley. Mr. and Mrs. Mark True go this week to Portland for a short visit and will return to Salem In order to attend the state fair before returning home. The Lilbla it the place to eat. 36-2t , Boy Scouts Go Agate Hunting Led by Scoutmaster George Holly, 1 several hours were spent hunting I agates near there and on the desert between that place and the river. A number of nice specimens were was also a feature. The return was made Sunday. Those who made tho trip were George Holly, Marshall Barber. Ralph Divet, Earnest Ful gham, Otis Johnson, Hoy Clary, Les lie llerr, Edwin Mowat, William Allen, Bruce Rathburu. Lawrenca I Porter, John Saunders and Gordou Dldra. October 9th Fire Prevention Day The following letter was received j IIUUSflMM'lllIlK, lilt? Clt'illllUg Ulll UL L- I storerooms, closets and bnse- Ing up of places will mean sanitation as well as lire prevention. "And 1 appeal to every school dis trict to hold appropriate exercises! and fire drills. If any schools ares interested probably this department can offer suggestions for the school program. i "I trust that the insurance agents will co operate with the lire depart ments and officers of the different lll1II1L.ipit(.H ) rder that the many towns in this state may properly ob serve this day. "HARVEY WELLS, , "Insurance Commissioner." Band Makes Hit in Last of Series The last of the regular series of baud concerts, Indd last Thursday tion of the support given them this summer. The Ashland band has giv en Ashland and Ashland's guests n great deal of fine music this sum mer. The men of the band have giv en unstlntiiigly of their time for two concerts and two rehearsals a week. though it is, of supporting a band. Farmers, Attention Mass meeting of those interested In the farm loans will be held at the city hall, Ashland, September 30, 2:30 p. m. Able speakers will be on hand. All are welcome. Don't forget the plac when yoti want something good to eat the Llthla Bakery and Retsaurant. 36-2t I