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Oregon BtotolaJM Ashland Tidings "Ashland Grows White Lithia flows" City of Sunshine and flowers Ashland, Oregon, Uthla Springs "Oregon's famous Spa' VOL. XLI ASHLAND. OREGON O.'HURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1916 NUMBER 39 Things Moving at Commercial Club Blue Ledge Mine To Be Worked $ FARM IA).V MEET SATl'IU D.W. f. As the Tidings is going to preBS today ' the finishing touches are be ing put on the new Commercial Club office. A big gold leaf sign is' being plastered on the window, "Hop" Tu rucker, Clark Dush and Henry End ers of the house committee and a corps of willing workers are arrang ing the furniture and fixtures, and the club office will be open for in spection in the morning. And it surely is a beauty. Any housewife would be proud of a room so spick and span, and any office man would be overjoyed to have an opportunity to sit In an office so tastefully and efficiently arranged. But, then, step In next time you are down town and see It yourself. The house commit tee has surely worked wonders and the Commercial Club has the nicest office in Ashland. At the Monday night meeting of the club, the first held In the city hall council chamber,' the house com mittee reported the sale of the bil liard tables to E. R. Grelve, realiz ing a sum for them which will pay j will speak in Ashland on the evening the expenses of moving and fixing 1 of Wednesday. October 11, is not only up the new quarters and go a long one of the leading lawyers of Ore ways toward clearing off the few gon, but a speaker of exceptional dollars of indebtedness which the, ability. Mr. Clark was the candidate club is fast melting away. In the of the progressive party for seniitor past three months great progress has in 1912. He Is of Scotch-Irish pa been made in clearing up the In-! rentage; worked his way through col debtedness of the club, and another lege cutting wood, driving logs and couple of months will see the Ash- i bossing railroad construction in land Commercial Club free from northern Minnesota. He became a debt and squarely on Its feet. The i lawyer when 23 years of age, practlc house committee explained what j ing In the state of Minnesota until they were doing but withheld a full he came to Portland in 1906. He report until the moving w-ork is over. I was a member of the commission ap Dlsposal of the piano, which is the ( pointed to revise judicial procudure club's property, was discussed and 1 in Oregon; was chairman of the cltl- wlll be investigated further. . , zen's charter commission of Portland. 1 Secretary F. J. Shlnn was instruct-1 ed to prepare a resolution of thanks from the club and present It to the ' city council, thanking them for the j notion taken in regard to helping the Commercial Club with the securing '! vi ue nuai iois. j Plans for a house-warming wnen the new quarters are finished were left to the house committee. ; A letter from the Portland Cham- ber of Commerce asking the Ashland club to send a representative to a speckled and in spots almost covered meeting which is to be held in Ta-; with little flakes and specks of gold, coma on October 11 for the purpose 1 Dave, with the familiarity which dig of mobilizing the organizations ofging the stuff out has bred, stated the northwest in a co-operative en-; that he "guessed he would have a deavor to attract tourist travel to j couple of watch charms turned out the northwest, was read and dis- for me and my partner." He passed cussed, and arrangements may be by Inquiries regarding progress with made to have Ashland represented the remark that they were getting at least at a meeting which will be! out quite a little and launched into held In Portland prldr to the Tacoma j a discourse on iioxr good the flap meet. I jacks which he and his fellow min Road matters In general and the i ers had for breakfast every morning Dead Indian road in particular were j tasted. discussed, and Messrs. Shinn and ! "How much did you bring in?" we Frohbach reported that they had Inquired. made one trip to the county seat and j ..oh just enough dust t0 pay the would mute another Thursuy (to-igrocery l(i and buy up a few 8Up. day) for the purpose ot securing co-j pileB he gtated. and sticking a operation from the county In secur-1 nandfui of goiden quartz carelessly Ing aid from the sum which the gov-1 jnt0 hl8 tr0User8 pocket, moved on ernment has set aside for the im-, to the next gtop provement of roads in the forest re-1 h)g serve. Their report indicated that rjch Hu k c,alms there was a good chance of securing 1 I which they purchased, and Dave ex this aid next year, although it was:,,, j , hibits a pair of heavily calloused too late to get in on this year s ap- r . . , ,, . 1 hands to prove it. propriation. A determined effort I will be made to this end. ) Two amendments to the charter ' StUdiO AShland were passed, both minor, one does v away with the five dollars admission fee to the club and the other changes the charter so that small details of club finances are left to the board of trustees of twelve members. j The club will be settled down in the new quarters by next week and ; ready to begin a campaign to make i the Ashland Commercial Club the I Donal Canon winning the saddle in biggest and liveBt organization in aithe bucking contest at the Rogue r.itv of this size on the coast. I Valley Ministers Meet Here Monday The Rogue River Valley Minis terial Association meets in Ashland next Monday at the Congregational church. Ministers from all denomi nations and from every town in the valley will be here. Business meet ing and various discussions will be held and the following program fea tures: A paper by Rev. H. A. Car nahan on "Tolerance of Evil;" a paper by Rev. Alfred A. J. Hogg of Medford on "The Inspiration of the Bible;" book reviews by Rev. L. M. Boozer of Grants Pass and Rev. D. D. Edwards of Ashland, and other features. A dinner will be served at noon. . . . S' V ' t J 'I Hon. A. E. ( lark. Hon. A. E. Clark of Portland, who T" ChAAf If Cull nf MUVVl lli ft IU1 VI Gold with Revolver "Sure, that wag easy," said Dave Good ..We 8not it fun ot gold witK a revolver." - And it looked like g0meone had sprinkled gold on it out of a salt shaker. "It" was a beautiful piece of white quartz, Wins Leslie Prize The Studio Ashland received the third prize from Leslie's Weekjy for the best photograph of a current news event during the month of July. Their photograph was of River Roundup at Ashland. Last Month's Weather Ideal September was an almost ideal month for Ashland. Only four days ! were cloudy in the entire month, al though five others were partly cloudy. The rain was far below the average for September rainfall, but came early in the month when it would do the most good. The month was lacking in extremely warm weather, the maximum being 92 de grees on the 14th. The minimum was 35, there being no frosts. Sixty five was the lowest daily maximum. The report of Observer Dodge ap pears elsowhere in this issue. Phone news items to the Tidings. Brethren of State Convening Here The state conference of the Church of the Brethren is assembling in Ash land this week. .Ministers and lay members from all over Oregon are In attendance and interesting ses sions arc held morning, afternoon and evening at the Brethren church on Iowa street, opposite the high school. Rev. P. S. VanPyke of New berg will deliver a missionary ser mon this evening and Kev. A. J. El lenberger of Klamath Falls a tem perance talk tomorrow evening. The mornings and afternoons are given over to departmental work. Thermometer Takes A Sudden Descent The thermometer dropped most emphatically with the coming of Oc tober, and Tuesday night went down to 23 degrees above zero, which is I pretty chilly considering the fact that most people have yet to take advantage of the unparalleled values in winter underwear at the Ashland stores. Things froze up badly, toma toes which were still on the vines and other vegetables feeling the nip. City Will Widen Park Avenue Immediate steps are to be taken for the widening of Park avenue from the Peil corner to the creamery by the purchase of the Billings barn property and acceptance of a gift of a small slice off the Perozzi proper ty. This wag authorized at the Tues day council meeting. The city will pay Mr. Billings $375 for his prop erty, which is 30 by 20 feet and upon which stands his barn, Mr. Billings agrees to remove the bain, within twenty-five days. Considerable ar gument ensued over this purchase, Mr. Cornelius .believing it too big a price and the other councllmen tak ing the view that it was worth the price to Mr. Billings, who would have to pay stable rent otherwise since he drives to town every day. Mr. Root stated that Mr. Billings had shown him that the barn was worth more than the interest on $500 to him. In view of the fact that ex pediency was deemed better than de lay, and probably legal action would cost the city more than Mr. Billings' price, the deal was authorized. D. Perozzi deeds to the city for one dollar all the land needed from his property for the widening, the city to move back his barn to the new property line. The committee In charge of the matter was granted more time in their negotiations with the Chautauqua people regarding the strip needed on the other side. One Hundred Fifty Pioneers Gather Word coming from Jacksonville this afternoon states that 150 south ern Oregon pioneers are already in attendance at the reunion, with more coming in all the time. Miss Mollie Towne delighted the gathering with a beautiful tribute to the pioneers this morning and a big dinner was served this noon. Musical and liter ary numbers were also given and the program is being continued this afternoon. Will Sell Lithia Water in Portland R. A. M inkier, a member of the springs water commission prior to his removal to a ranch in the Wil lamette valley, and who has since been back in Ashland, left this week for Portland, where he will establish offices and handle Ashland lithia wa ter. The water will be Bhlpped from here in bottles and tanks by the Ash land Lithia Water Company, who have had the water on the market for some time past. Mr. Mlnkler ex pects to build up a big trade in Port land, and Btates that he finds a great demand there already because of the advertising which Ashland lithia wa ter has received. The proposition will work two ways, Ashland secur ing a great deal of advertising from the lithia water sold in Portland. Retail and wholesale marketing will be gone into. . Manager F. W. .Carnahan of the Blue Ledge mine has engaged about twelve men, according to the Med ford papers, and will start opera tions at the Blue Ledse mine Imme diately. This force will be greatly Increased and the property put in shape for full operation In the spring. When a sufficient amount of ore has been blocked out It will be either shipped out on the project ed railroad, should that materialize, or hauled on trucks to Medford. The Blue Ledge is an immense copper district lying west of Jacksonville. Judge Withington Passes at Medford . llolbrook Withington. for the past ten years one of the best known and popular residents of Medford, died at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, October 4, at the Sacred Heart hos pital, aged 4,2 ears, from a compli cation of diseases from which he had suffered for the past year. The end was due to heart failure and came suddenly, as only last Satur day lie was'abie to visit about town. Club and Council Will Work Together Recognizing the fact that park and mineral waters should be placed in the hands of a new board to have control of both, and also that pro vision for funds for the maintenance and vitallzation of the resort propect should be made, but being unable to accept the charter amendment in its entirety as offered by the Com mercial Club board of trustees, the city council Tuesday night voted to turn down the request to place the amendment before the people, and Immediately followed this with the unanimous passage of a motion re questing the president of the Com mercial Club to call a meeting at some future date of the trustees and Invite the city council and city attor ney to attend for the purpose of for mulating an amendment which in the opinion of all would be suitable. This action followed a discussion of some length which was participated in by the councllmen and President Smith of the Commercial Club. The proposed charter amendment as of fered by the Commercial Club pro posed to do away with the park board and springs water commission and place the whole project in the hands of a new board. Provisions were also made for funds for the work. The discussion was most har monious, without a single discordant note, and augurs well for good re sults when the council and club get together to formulate the new amendment. State Prohi Field Worker is Here Mrs. Juliette M. F. Francis, field secretary of the Oregon prohibition state committee, is here from Port land to organize the local prohibi tion forces. She Is stopping at the Hotel Austin and is anxious to get in touch with local workers. A com mittee will be organized here and a gathering of some kind held next week with Mark B. Weatherford as the principal speaker. Plan to Cut Corner Off Library Park In order to relieve the congestion which so often occurs at the corner of Gresham and Main streets at the White House grocery corner, the realty committee and the city attor ney are investigating the possibility of cutting off a corner of the. trian gular shaped park at the corner and widening Gresham street at the cor ner. But a little piece of the park would be necessary to make a radi cal difference in the shape of the street there and would allow much more room. Autolsts who have had occasion to drive down Gresham street know well the difficulty which is experienced under present condi tions in turning to the right. The Oregon Power Company plans extension of its. power line from Marahfield to Bandon. There wlll .be a meeting of the farmers of the district at the city hall next Saturday af ternoon at 2:30. Others Inter ested besides the landowners and renters are also urged to attend. Ashland has one of the first loan associations In the state Slid everyone interested should become a charter mem ber by attending Saturday's meeting. Speakers who know their subject will explain de tails of the act. Conference Returns Methodist Pastors At the recent Methodist confer ence at Lebanon the following local appointments were confirmed for an-1 other year: Rev. H. J. Van Fossen, superintendent of the Klamath dis trict; Itev. W. J. Douglass, Ashland; Rev. M. C. Reed, Talent. These three clergymen reside here. New Proprietor Ashland Cafe H. R. Gray has taken over the Ashland Hotel dining room and is making extensive changes and im provements. A competent white cook has been employed" to replace the Chinese cooks who have been used in the kitchen recently and new equipment installed. Hughes Alliance Holds Meeting ..it., The first meeting of the Ashland Hughes Alliance was held In the library Wednesday' afternoon and a most enthusiastic session field. A permanent organization was effected with the four officers elected at the. mass meeting retained as permanent officers, these being Mrs. D. Perozzi, president; Mrs. Nellie Briggs, vice president; Mrs. Alice Pell, secretary; Mrs. Hum Pracht, treasurer. Ben Sheldon and C. M. Thomas, ' the republican nominees for repre sentatives from this county to the state legislature, spoke, making a fine Impression, as did also W. H. Gore, the republican nominee for joint representative. Several sub jects of current Importance were dis cussed, the normal question and oth er local problems among them. The candidates made an especially strong plea for the support of the whole delegation so that Jackson county could hat 8 a united representation In the legislature, which Is bound to be overwhelmingly republican. To wield an) Influence for the county, a full republican representation is deemed absolutely necessary. Coun ty Chairman Bert Anderson also ad dressed the meeting, making an Im pressive lalk. Mrs. Perozzi appointed twenty four delegates to the state confer ences of Hughes Alliances which will he held In Portland tomorrow. A reception Committee to greet the Hughes Women Special which will arrive here on October 15 was appointed and plans laid to give the visitors a royal demonstration. Fred Herrin Buys Blue Ribbon Rams While on a visit to the state fair at Salem last week, Fred Herrin pur chased two registered rams and a registered ewe with which to Im prove his registered sheep herds. One of the rams was purchased bat fore the awards were made and the former owner was sorry for himself and Fred correspondingly jubilant when the beast received , the blue ribbon In his class. The registered stock are RamouilettB and were bought of Schmidt Bros, of Oregon City. Originally they came from the famous Butterfleld herd in Welser, Idaho. The two raniB and ewe, ar rived In Ashland Sunday and were much admired. Over 600 men are now employed directly and indirectly npon street improvement work at Astoria. The viaduct systems will consume over four million feet of lumber. Council Meeting Proves Interesting The chief of police, mayor, city engineer and various other officials, spectators and hangers-on built the first fire of the season in the old sheet Iron stove in the council cham ber Tuesday evening, the occasion, being the first October meeting. While the room grew warmer and wanner and finally hotter and hot ter, the recorder read the minutes and the usual monthly and quarterly reports. The regular batch of bills were ordered paid. Superintendent of Cemeteries Eu gene Walrnd was granted his annual vacation. A. L. Irwin will take his place during his absence. City Electrician Strickland stated that the work of the department would hardly allow him to take a ten days' layoff and that he would like to lake the ten days one at a time as opportunity offered. Per mission was granted. Chester Stevenson asked that the council pass a resolution releasing his bonds, tills coming as an after math to his resignation from th springs water commission several months ago. A resolution of thanks from the Commercial Club was ac cepted. The street committee reported that extensive improvements on the board walks In several parts of town were needed and the street superin tendent was asked to instruct the property owners to repair the walks which were in poor condition. There are but few bits of board walk left In the city and much of It needs re pair. No doubt some of It will be replaced by more permanent walk this rail. Matters pertaining to the widen ing of Park avenue were discussed as elsewhere reported. An offer of par plus 1 per cent premium, plus Interest, from the First National Bank for a bond which the city has for sale was re jected and the bond taken over by the depreciation fund of the electric light department. This was conced ed to be a good move as the electric light department's depreciation fund has considerable surplus which la only drawing 2 per cent and which will not be needed during the ten year life of the bond. Councilman Cornelius was granted a ten days' leave of absence to com mence about the 15th of this jonth. The street departmrrr cas ordered to repaint the markings on the pave ment which direct the autolsts In the way they shall go. A new electric stove for the Jafl Is needed, a fractious prisoner hav ing broken up the last one in a mo ment of exuberance last winter. Teh new stove was ordered. Mr. Lamb suggested that the city electrician fit the stove bo that the next prisoner who gets familiar with it will re ceive a shocking sencatlon. Cutting off a corner of the little park at the corner of Gresham and Main streets was discussed as else where reported. A change In the arrangement of the pen that holds In the council, or, rather, holds out the common herd, was left to the finance committee. The petition concerning the char ter amendment proposed by the Commercial Club trustees was taken from the table and by unanimous vote was rejected. A transfer of funds from one fund to another was authorized, and the meeting f djourned. Smith-Emery Contract Settled Final settlement was made last week of the claim of Smith, Emery & Co. against the city of Ashland on the springs physical plant contract. When the plant was offered for acceptance the commission had $15, 000 which would have been due Smith, Emery & Co. had the plant beeii accepted. The springs water commission did not deem the plant In proper condi tion for acceptance at the time and withheld the last $15,000 payment. In the meantime the commission went forward putting the plant in condition for acceptance and paying the expense out of the Smith-Emery contract money. Last week the matter was finally settled upon payment by the com mission of $9,452 in full settlement of all claims against the city by reason of the Smith-Emery contract. Eat at Lithia Restaurant. 39-Jt
