Oregon Historical Society
Cou.p W Sec0,ld 8t
Ashland
Iidings
Ashland, Oregon, Lithla Springs
"Oregon's Famous Spa"
"Ashland Grows While Lithla Hows"
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ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1916
NUMBER 40
VOL. XLI
Farmers Apply for
$50f 000 at Loan Meet
A larg.and enthusiastic meeting
meeting
f Mm Ahlnnd Farm Loan Associa- -
tion was held at the city hall Satur-
day afternoon. The chairman, J. F.j
Rocho, after a brief and precise ,
sUtement of the principles and work-
ings of the loan act, introduced Mr.j
C. C. Cate of Medford, who delivered
a strong argument in favor of the!
organization and as a farmers' co-,
operative plan. At the conclusion'
an opportunity was seu
nidations relative to the working
plans, which were ably answered by
John Dill, Mr. Cate' and the chair.
An opportunity was offered to those
present to become charter members,
with the result of thirty members
with an application of $50,000,
which far exceeded the expectations
of all present. The chair then ap-1
pointed on the nomination commit-! The rise in the price of pencil tab
tee to nominate the board of officers lets which is affecting most of the
for the local association, W. F. Shaw, ; big cities has not struck Ashland
Belleview; E. E. Cook, Talent, who yet, according to Homer Elhart of
asked to be excused on account of Foley & Elhart's store. That it may
personal business. AW F. Dunn of come at any time Is conceded, how-
Talent was appointed in his place,
also with W. II. Jackson of Ashland.
This committee will be ready to re
port at the next meeting next Satur
day at 2:30 p. m. at the city hall, of the advance in that city:
Ashland, when the organization will "Blaine the war and the corre
be completed. Everybody is invited spondingly high price of paper for
to the coming meeting. j the passing of the jitney tablet and
. 'composition blank book.
. "The o-cent school tablet is a 10-
Expose Brevers 'center no.
j "This action followed an Inquiry
" AffienQfflCnU Dill ' from the Wholesale Stationers' Asso-
jciatlon of the United States.
I "The standard tablet consists of
Mayor Johnson and City Attorney, pageg Pflper costg have.ad.
Moore of Ashland are listed among atmt tQ kepp
the prominent lawyers of the state . centg u wou!(, ,)ave
who have signed their names to a ; necegsary tQ cut the number of
statement denouncing the proposed t to twenty.four Tne tablets
brewers' amendment which will come ; to g(andard ge rather tnan
BP for the vote of the people at the gtandard
coming election. The statement and . , -
names signed are as follows and, as
will be noticed, Includes practically
all of the district attorneys of Ore
gon: "The proposed amendment permit
ting the manufacture, sale and de
livery of malt liquors in Oregon
..,m normi th hreweries to estab-
lish agencies selling in the 'original
package' (a single bottle or a whole
case). These 'agencies' would be
virtually saloons. The measure is
nvu.w - v..
so inconsistent with the present law
ho u n-nnirt npcessiute the draft-!
lng of an entire new liquor code by one of the terrific mountain stovms
the legislature. Dlstrfct Attorneys common to the section arose. Some
W. T. Miller of Josephine county, W. : 0f the party became bewildered anl
A. Bell of Wasco county, C. M. Hud-1 separated. The Ashland boy sue
dleston of Sherman county, E. E. I ceeded after almost superhuman ef
Kelly of Jackson county, Wlllard H. forts in gathering the party together
VM7. of Crook county. J. E. Sibley 'and all were rescued. Raymond,
of Polk county, George Neuner Jr. of :
Douglas county, J. M. Devers of Lane 1
countv, R. L. Connor or Yamiiiii
county, and the following candidates
for district attorney: John Baker of
Hood River county, W. G. Trill or
wniinwn cnniitv. Charles H. GIos of
Benton county, T. S. McKinney of j
lake ronntv. Vine W. Pearce of
Yamhill county, L. L. Ray of Lane
county, John S. Hodgln of Union
G. ,H. Bishop of Umatilla ;
county,
county, Robert M. Duncan of Mal
heur county, S. M. Roberts of Jack
son county; Judge Stephen A. Low-
ell, Pendleton, practicing attorney;
O. H. Johnson, Ashland, attorney
and mayor; W. J. 'Moore, Ashland,
city attorney; B. L. Eddy, Roseburg,
attorney, ex-representatlve, candi
date for state senate; O. P. Coshow,
Roseburg, attorney and ex-state sen
ator; Ora,H. Porter, Roseburg, attor
ney and ex-state representative; C.
E. Sox, Albany, attorney' at law.
Will Open Wilson
Campaign Tonight
Senator George E. Chamberlain I
will arrive in Asliland on No. 17 at j
6:15 to open the Oregon campaign
for President Wilson at the Vining
Theatre tonight. In order to make
sure that the crowd will not overtax
the seating capacity of the theatre,
the stage will be set in parlor form
to seat 75 people. The meeting will
open at 7:45 in order to have the
t ho xv and allow
Senator Chamberlain to begin his ad-1
dress at 8 sharp. President Henry
George Gilmore of the local league
being absent in Seattle, Vice-President
Mrs. J. F. Rocho will preside.
A new creamery is to be started at
Stanfield.
North
ights.
Plains is to get electric
j
Hon. A.'E. Clark of Port- S
$ land, one of the greatest speak- 3
erg of the coast, will address a 4
? meeting to be held in the Lyric ?
Wednesday evenlne of
' , .
playlnp a prnmfnent part
(n tJ)e b)g U)1,(igg done Jn port
Jn thg gtate an(J s ft
hear,ng prob.
emR of tfce (,av w ,)e dg.
from t)e republican view.
Me(,'or(, w, g,ve a nv(,.mln. ,i, j
c R w,n
lntroduce Mr. Ciark. s
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One Rise Has Not
Struck Ashland
ever, as the price of paper is going
;up by leaps and bounds. When the
present contracts run out, up will go
the prices. An Oakland, paper tells
Death Follows
Act of Heroism
nected with the death of Raymond
.- dlu i v n .w.t....
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Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Thomas of Ashland. The young
man was an instructor in the Runy
high school of Elko, Nev., and wit'i
a party of teachers waa in the moun-
tains for a week-end outing w.ion
however, was almost delirious when
found, due to overexertion, and died
a few hours later. He was 26 years
nirt and had been In Elko about
three years. He was a graduate of
the local Mgn scnooi ami wen
We. The body arrived here from
Nevada Wednesday evening and the
funeral was held Thursday afternoon
from the Thomas residence on tho
Boulevard. Interment was in Moun-
tain View cemetery. Rev. W. J.
Douglass conducted the services.
Over Two Thousand
Vehicles Pass
The September travel over the Pa
cific Highway through Ashland, both
north or south over the Siskiyous, to
talled 2,313 vehicles, according to
statistics furnished by the state en
gineer. How the figures are keptls
a mystery to most, although that they
are correct is not doubted. A few
cars must slip through at night, how
ever, that are undetected by the un
known statistician. The September
travel probably represents the high
tide of travel for the year.
Ministers of Valley
Are Here Today
The Rogue River Valley Minister
ial Assocaton is convening in the
Cnnereeational church In this city
today, and pastors of churches all
over the valley are in attendance,
Ministers of all denominations at
tend the valley ministerial meet.
Business meeting and a program oc
cupied the morning and afternoon
sessions.
Bids are to be considered for Jose
phine county's new $75,000 court
jhouBe at u rants rass. t
September Was
A Thirsty Month
The booze shipments into Ashland
are still on the increase, according
to the September report of the chief
of police. While during August 15
gallons of whiskey were shipped In,
September saw the amount increased
to 18 gallons. Beer shipments in
creased from SO gallons to 87 gal
lons. Wine slumped from two gal
lons .to two quarts. The total ship
ments during September were 165
gallons.
May Encamp Here
! Again Next Year
I That the G. A. R. encampment
which was held at Ashland this year
I was so successful that the encamp
j ment next year may also come Jiere,
i Is thought eminently probable. Ev
erything was ideal for the reunion
session here. The Chautauqua park
; provided an encampment spot ideally
located, handy to town and to the
! Chautauqua tabernacle, where the
I meetings were held. In other cities
j in the valley the lack of a suitable
camping place near a building where
meetings could be held has proved a
j handicap as it was necessary to pro
vide means of transportation to and
! fro for the old soldiers. There seems
to be no reason why Ashland should
not again get the encampment. The
matter Is left in the hands of the of
ficers, no selection having been made
at the recent gathering of the next
year's location. '
Mount Lassen
Is At It Again
Mount Lassen is performing a'ain
; for the edification of a world unused
jto the erratic activities of live col
canoes. After keeping out of the
papers for quite some little time and
arousing the fear in the hearts of
all, loyal Calif ornians that their pettrict the past few days. Pickers are
i.,- n Ala a notnrnl
death, losing to the Golden state
fii:ini mis i ii in I. iic: iiuiucu ovnis
n,i1,T.f,,i tnnrtst attraction, the vol -
..
cano, probably moved by a plea from
thp RpHrfine Pbamber of Commerce.
burst forth again last week.
A great black streak, believed to
be lava, belched out Thursday by
Lassen peak, was visible Friday
stretching down the western slope of
the mountain far below the timber
line. Observers from the railroad
said the black mass was first Been j
about 4 o clock Thursday afternoon
with great masses of steam rising
from it.
Rush Grading of
Sutherlin Road
Orders were given last Monday to
rush work on the gradeB of the
Roach logging, road at Sutherlin
which is under construction from
there to the timber company's big
holding east of Sutherlin, says a dis
patch from that place. Owing to the
limited supply of local teams the
compauy has contracted for teams
from Junction City and points In the
1 Willamette -valley.
Another carload of grading ma
chinery was shipped from Portland
Monday, and fifty teams are to be
employed as soon as they can be
gathered up.
Lights Beautify
Park Fountain
The globes for the Butler-Perozzi
fodntain In Lithla park arrived last
week and were placed on the elec
troliers by City Electrician Strick
land. The globes were of an odd
size and had to be specially ordered.
The lights make the beautiful foun
tain still more attractive.
Frost Gets Lithia
Park Flower Beds
The frost last week nipped most
of the flowers in Lithi park flower
beds and the park force is now busy
cleaning out the dead foliage. Prep
arations are being made to plant to
shrubbery", which will be planted this
fall..
Phone news Items to tne Tidings.
No School This
Week After Tuesday
The schools of the city will be
closed on Wednesday, Thursday and
, Friday qf this week on account of
j the teachers' institute, which this
year Is a joint affair of Jackson and
Josephine counties and will be held
at Grants Pass. All of the local
teachers will attend. The three days
together with Saturday and Sunday
will give the students five days with
no school, and many hunting trips
are planned as a result.
New Official on
Portland Division
further efforts of the Southern
Pacific system more satisfactorily to
control the distribution and move
ment of cars to minimize the effects
of the car shortage have been ex
pressed in the appointment of Wil
liam Wibon to the position of as
sistant superintendent of the Port-
land division.
j ter at Tucson
He Is now trainmas
Arlz., and assumed
his new duties October 1 under Su
perintendent P. L. Burckhalter. This
gives to assistant superintendents at
Portland. C. W. Martyn will retain
his position as assistant superintend
ent. With the aid of the new offi
cial and G. A. Newell, who has been
appointed to the position of assist
ant superintendent of transportation,
with headquarters at the Portland j
union station, in full charge of car I
deliveries. It Is hoped to work out
some Improvements immediately in j
the Southern Pacific's distribution
and movement of empty and loaded
cars.
Apple Pickers
Are in Demand
"Apple pickers wanted." neatly de
signed on a placard, has met the eye
of every visitor to the downtown dis-1
ni,.iili In demand nnri rnnH wsirps arc
a'beingpaid. Many of the orchards are
uvn-in. ...
! having trouble finding enough pick-'
j ers, and wages range a little higher
,
! than last year. Other labor Is In de-
mand also, an advertisment appear
ing in valley papers last week for
twenty men for quarry work and oth
er projects have also required the
addition of crews.
Biggest Cattle
Sale This Fall
The largest sale of cattle from this
end of the valley of the fall occurred
recently when Miller & Lux of San
Francisco purchased 720 head of cat
tle from the cattle raisers of this vi
cinity. Messrs. J. J. Murphy, George
Nichols, Kincald, McAllister and a
number of others were represented.
The beef was in fine condition and
brought a handsome sum In good
hard cash which will jingle around
in the Ashland marts of trade to
quite a noticeable extent.
Will Welcome
Women's Special
A committee consisting of Mes
dames Vaupel, Frohbach, Alice But
ler, Boslough, Brlggs and Provost
has been appointed by the local
Hughes Alliance to welcome the vis
iting ladies of the "Women's Spec
ial," which train is expected to pass
through Ashland on Sunday, Octo
ber 15.
Baptist Young
Folks to Medford
Forty-five of the young people of
the local Raptist church Journeyed
to Medford last night, where they
attended the rally day exercises of
the Medford Baptist Young People's
Union. The party made the trip In
Jitneys and private cars. Mrs. Bur
ton, state president of the B. Y. P.
U., was one 'of the speakers of the
evening. j ,
Oregon has sold 25 tons of flax at
7 cents a pound to California mills.
It was produced with convict labor.
North Bend men have started a
new shingle mill on Larson inlet.
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XOTK'K TO IUSI.VFSS MUX.' 3
A smoker at the Chautauqua 9
hall (old O. A. K. hall) Tues-
diiy evening at S o'clock. Musi-
cai numners ana snort, snappy
talks. Every member of the, .
Business Men's Association j
should be on hand.
tion Party." She expects to address
8 S S S S 3 S j the members of the W. C. T. U. at
I their meeting on next Tuesday at
PheaSantS Safe PVl'lanly club will probably be or-
Affcr T7mArAFillzp' Ashland.
nilVl A vliiuil v iV
The pheasant , Beason In Jackson
county closes tomorrow ot sundown.
The hunters have been many and tlio
birds few during the past eight days.
Most of the birds were found in the
creek bottoms, due In all probability
to the dry weather of the past month.
Owing to a decrease in the number
of birds throughout the state, the
season in other counties will close on
the 15th instead of the 30th, as usual.
This step was decided necessary to
preserve tne mrus, wnicn were rapiu-1 -" "-'. "" "''ji
ly being exterminated. The quail sea-1 will speak on "The Aim and Out
son lasts until the end of the month. ! 'k-" Splendid music will be one
Valued Relic
May Be Offered
John II. Doran, the mall carrier I
sittot tlia fii f tit pniito f nu'nrila infill I.
Springs, may possibly offer the city , glad to go to the outlying school dis
a valuable relic which would make a trlots.
great addition to the exhibits in the
pioneer exhibit building which the
Pioneer Association may build In
Lithla park some day. At least
"Hop" Turucker says he wouldn't
wonder If such a thing would be pos
sible. You see, it Is like this: Mr.
Doran has bought a new car for use
on the mall route and the faithful
old '348" which for many years
(business of tears) has plowed Its
way through mud and dust, never
faltering or failing (more tenrs).
will now stand Idle,
its useful life
i o'er. Us exhaust silent, its flywheel
I mntlnnlesH Willie the shillV new
1 usurper does the business of Uncle
Sam. Would It not be a fit end forlof reorganization and the auilitiona
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. .,.., I,.., inlrt itu PVPn PUT
the faithful servant of Its govern-1
ment to stand, perhaps with a pink
rlbbbon draped from spark plug to
spark plug, in an honored place between-
the shoe which rocked tho
first cradle in Jackson county and
straight which won the first Jack
pot. W. D. Hodgson's Car
Stolen and Wrecked
W. D. Hodgson's Ford automobile
was stolen about 2:30 Sunday night
from the street in front of his resi
dence, ran rour miles toward Talent,
then through a fence, over a ditch
and Into a tree. F. L. Camps bought
the tattered remains today. No cluo
was left of the thieves beyond a cap,
size seven. The police have a fairly
well defined Idea of who the thieves
were, however.
The car must have been going at
a high rate of speed when It went off
the paved highway, for It went
through a well-built wire' fence,
across a deep ditch and finally hit
sideways on a tree. It Is hardly
thought possible that the occupants
could have been hurt, as some people
llvlnir In the vlclnltv heard the crash
and .nt un and dressed and were at
the scene of the accident within five
minutes of the time of the wreck.
The car was badly damaged. Both
wheels on one side were off and the"
fender and running board smashed.
The wind shield was broken and the
font end bent and battered out of
shape.
Hughes Alliance
Committees Named
Mrs. Louise Perozzl, president of
the local Hughes Alliance, has ap
pointed the following committees:
Executive Mesdames Simpson,
Kinney, Clark Bush, F D. Wagner,
DIdra, McCracken, Lamkln, Miss Nel
lie Dickey.
Finance Messrs. Butler, Butler,
Pracht, Frohbach, Smith, Lamkln.
Publicity Mesdames Emma Jack,
Greer, Day.
Membership ' Mesdames Grace
Turner, Shepherd, Dodson, Susie Al
len, Putnam, Crocker, Miss Belle
Anderson.
Prohibition Workers
Busy in Ashland
Mrs. Juliette M. T. Francis, field
secretary for the Oregon prohibition,
state committee, spoke at the Chris
tian church of Ashland at 11 o'clock
Sunday morning on "The Vision, the
Aim and the Outlook of the Prohibl-
There will be a meeting at Talent
on Wednesday evening at the M. E.
church In the Interest of national
prohibition. Rome of Ashland's best
niiiKers have consented to participate
and the speakers will be among the
best.
On Friday evening. October 13,
there will he a prohibition rally held
at the Chautauqua hall. Mayor John
oon has consented to speak on "The
Need of National Prohibition," and
the Ilev. Heed will discuss "The
Platform of the Prohibition Party."
fif tho tn:i I ii feiiturea nf the meetlnc.
All urgent invitation is extended to
all to be present and hear this live
issue discussed.
Mrs. Francis is stopping at the
Hotel Austin and will be pleased to
arrange for meeting any evening dur
ing the week outside of Wednesday
and Friday. She states she will be
Smith Says Club
Entering New Era
During the past several months V.
O. N. Smith has been at the hend of
the Ashland Commercial Club. Dur
ing the same months the club has
lifted all but a minute portion of a
good sized debt off its shoulders, has
accomplished radical changes in It
self and has accomplished things oit
the outside. The club la now get-
( ting settled after a t.irbu lent period
. .....
turmoil of moving into its excellent
new quarters. The club Is also pre
paring for a big expansion move
ment, and in order to get into touch
with the status and plans of the clul
from the person who Is most con
versant with conditions, a Tidings
reporter journeyed up to the Citizens
Bank and there found V. u. Smith
bubbling over with enthusiasm for
the club work and anxious to let
others know how he feels. Here are
a few oi his statements regarding
the Ashland Commercial Club:
"To me the outlook for the Com
mercial Club is most gratifying. Our
splendid new office with its cheerful
appearance and easy access creates
a better atmosphere and feeling ill
regard to the club and club affairs,
and I am sure our present plan of
operation will appeal to nil as busi
ness like and progressive. We aro
In position now to render more and
better service to the community than
over before, and service to the com
munity is the ono thing the club ex
ists for.
"From the applications for mem
bership that we have had In the past
few days 1 am confident that the
club Is entering upon a new era of
usefulness. I find that a good many
of our people were not favorable to
tho Idea of maintaining amusement
feU" 0,lt )f tlie P"noraI treasury
or tne chid, anil win commune muio
cheerfully when they are assured
that tho entire income will be used
to advance the community interests.
"With our board of fourteen trus
tees nlive and active In the city's in
terest, with our expense' cut to a
minimum, and without the burden ot
debt that wo have been struggling
with, I am sincere in saying that I
believe we have an organization that
is worthy of the support of every
man Interested in the future of Ash
land. "In granting the club the nse of
a room in the city hall, the members
of the council showed their apprecia
tion of and desire to further the in
terests of the club in a way that ia
worthy of much commendation. ' It
was decidedly a progressive step, and
speaks well for future co operation
between the council and Commercial
Club, in solving community prob
lems." Engineer Arthur Miller, whose run
is on the Klamath Falls branch of
the Southern Pacific, was a visitor
at his home' here over Sunday.