Oregon Historical Society romp ' 207 Second 8t Ashland Tidings "Ashland Grows While tlthla Flows" City of Sunshine and Flowers Ashland, Oregon, Lithla Springs "Oregon's Famous Spa" VOL. XLI ASHLAND. OREGON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1916 NUMBERf 49 Ashland Returns Interesting Study The complete returns from the nine Ashland precincts gave Presi dent Wilson a majority of 39 votes but gave preference to republican candidates for every other office ex cept sheriff, Jennings receiving 41 more than Wilson. Hawley won out .over Weatherford by 28 votes. Ashland gave both dry measures a big majority, defeating the brewers' amendment by a three to one major ity and voting two to one In favor of prohibiting importation of liquor. The Sunday law repeal lst out here. The complete returns from Ash land were as follows: President Hughes 819 Wilson 858 Hanly 142 Benson 43 Progressive 1 Congressman Hawley 593 . Richards 70 Weatherford 567 Serretury of State Cannon .'. 154 Olcott 1458 Justice Supreme Court (State) Bright 379 Burnett 924 Hosmer 2 H 2 Moore 898 Oliver 536 Dairy ami Food Commissioner McKlnnon 144 Mickle 1076 Rempel 268 Public Service Commission Buchtel 905 Dresar 536 Circuit Court Judge Calkins 1320 Jtepresentatlve Seventh Districts Sheldon 1077 Thomas 894 DeArmand 391 Towne 618 Joint Representative Gore 962 Howard 481 Mohr 85 District Attorney Borden 684 Roberts 809 Sheriff Herriot 76 Jennings 874 Wilson 825 County Clerk Casebolt 72 Gardiner 1137 Miller 471 County Recorder Florey 990 Gerking 448 Prescott 188 County Treasurer Blakeley 934 Rigg 582 Smith 97 County Assessor Coleman 980 Gallatin 615 School Superintendent Ager 1148 Jeffrey 451 County Surveyor Brown '. 1318 Coroner Calhoun 273 Perl , 1190 County Commissioner Beeman .' 305 Dunn 371 Owen 978 Constable Hatcher .1307 Single Item Veto Yes 1220 No . 231 Ship Tax Exemption Tes 914 No 390 Negro Suffrage Yes 854 No 699 Single Tax Yes 312 No 1074 Pendleton Normal Yes 969 No 590 Anti-Compulsory Vaccination Yes 757 No 715 flunday Law Repeal Yes 712 No 846 Beer Amendment Yes 384 No 1218 Absolutely Dry Yes .......1066 No .641 Rural Credits Yes 672 No 662 Tax Limit Yes ". 941 No 404 Phono Job orders to the Tidings. Grey Packhorse Is Election Offering The forest fire season is now over in the Oregon national forests and the fire wardens and rangers are all "holed up" for the winter. "Doc" Cambers, who has been spending the summer roaming over the hills and trails out in the Lake of the Woods district, came trekking in over the mountain Monday with his pack train and sold an old gray packhorse In order to have some money to bet on election or some other good cause. Doc says he was going to set traps around the old gray brute in prefer ence to feeding him through the win ter, and figures that' win, lose or draw, he was making money. Mr. Cambers says that he and an other man have been putting in a considerable amount of work on the road from Lake of the Woods to Pel- ilinn liav anil ihnt automobiles can now make the trip straight through to Klamath Lake. Hogs Dying from Unknown Malady Hog raisers in the upper end of the upper Rogue River valley are be coming alarmed over a disease which (is attacking the hogs and concern ling the exact nature of which, opin ions differ. One raiser is reported to have lost to 0 hogs, and others one or more anl- maia Tt k thnnelit 1 v some to be cholera, but lacks some of the symp toms of cholera. The hogs which are atacked be come weak and drag around but do not die as quickly as if attacked by cholera. At first only the herds which were fed slop from the city were infected, but now the disease seems to be spreading to the hogs which have been fed garden truck only. SiskiyoulTowns Want Own Schools The proposition of bonding that portion of Siskiyou county Included in the Siskiyou high school district for $60,000 to erect a new high school building In Yreka was defeat ed overwhelmingly at the special election held In the California town Saturday. The vote on bonds stood: Yes, 811; no, 1,160. The bonds did not receive a major ity, let alone the two-thirds majority required. There was much opposition In Montague and Sisson and In districts near those two towns, for each of them wants a high school of Its own. The result Is a great disappoint ment to Yreka, which longed to see built a larger and better building than the one destroyed by fire two months ago. Remains of Hall Buried at Medford The skeleton of Charles Edmund Hall, who perished in a snowstorm on the trail between Evans creek and Trail creek last January, was In terred In I. O. O. F. cemetery, Med ford, Monday afternoon at the wish of H. H. Van Volkenburg, an uncle residing In Klamath -Falls. The skeleton was found October 25, near the mouth of Railroad creek, by E. D. Cottrell of Beagle, who was looking for cattle In that vicinity. Commercial Club , Will Elect Monday The Commercial Club will hold Its regular meeting next Monday night and will elect officers. A president, vice-president, treasurer and five trustees are to be elected. Every member of the club and all who In tend becoming members should at tend the meeting. Several important matters are to come up for discussion and action. The club now meets In Its comfortable new quarters in the council hall of the city hall. Richard Jose who sang at the Vin ing here last week, Is an old friend of D. F. Fox of this city, and is also remembered by others who heard him sing in Virginia City and Car son, Nevada, in the early days. Wilson Leads in Elections in New York, Nov. -The contest for president of the United States is ap parently so close that the official re turns may be necessary to determine whether President Woodrow Wilson has been re-elected or will be succeed ed by the republican candidate, Charles Evans Hughes of New York. The election hangs in the balance, the early pluralities for Hughes hav ing been virtually wiped out by later Although Chairman Willcox, for the republican national committee and his chief aides, Frank H. Hitchcock, George W. Perkins and C. N. Bliss, declined point blank to concede the defeat of .Mr. Hughes, they frankly said that the outlook was "uncomfort ably close." Frank Hitchcock, the political ex pert of the republican camp, declared that the election of Hughes depends en results In California and Minnesota. Minnesota shows Wilson leading by a substantial plurality. It is impossi ble to forecast results, but Wilson has made gains in purely rural precincts this morning. The cities and towns are in. The farmer vote will decide Incomplete returns from California show President Wilson leading with good pluralities. That one stute may decide the elec tion seemed possible, although demo cratic headquarters predicted that Wilson would have a total of 300 votes ' In the electoral college. These states were counted for Wil son: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis souri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas Utah and Virginia. Total, 236. For Hughes were claimed Connect! 4 WOODROW WILSON cut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is land, South Dakota, Vermont and Wis consin. Total, 215. These states were doubtful: Cali fornia. Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ore gon, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. Total, 80. Eastern States for Hughes. . The east went for Hughes by over whelming majorities and Wilson did not carry a single state in this section, unless, as is unlikely, he has carried Delaware. The democrats had been counting on the middle west, but they reckoned on It vainly. The middle west as a section went for Hughes and most of its more important states went for him by majorities as great porportion ately as those in the east. Although the metropolitan news papers which have supported Presi dent Wilson conceded his defeat, the democratic managers insisted that complete returns from the west would reverse the trend which Bteadily seem ed to be piling up the Hughes column. Democrats Recall 1892. "Remember 1892," was the predic tion of the democratic publicity bu reau, which pointed out that in that memorable contest the revised returns placed Grover Cleveland in the white, house. A statement was Issued by the dem ocratic national committee claiming that with the loss of the following states, which it was not believed Hughes had carried, President Wilson was still re-elected by a majority of two votes in the electoral college: California, Indiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wis consin. The committee claimed that even 1 these state were lost It will gtv is r v f One of Closest History of Country President Wilson a vote of 268 in the electoral college. Vance McCormlck, chairman of the democratic national committee, claim ed the election of President Wilson with 270 votes in the electoral college. Republicans Claim 284 Votes. The republican national committee in an official statement claimed Cali fornia, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Mary land, .Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Inland, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wis consin. That made a total of 2S4 electoral votes with more than the necessary 266 for an election. This was the official Indication from the republicans that the result would be so dose. The republican managers realiziil that a sudden switch In the states incomplete or unheard from might increase the Wilson figures, but were sure the later figures would add to the stales they were claiming. Progressives Returned to G. O. P. Political experts are busy today ex plaining the return to power in the nation of the republican party. Men of both parties agree that the vote shows the progressives have returned to the G. O. P. fold. While Mr. Wil son may have held some of this vote, the great majority of the voters who four years ago rallied to the support of Mr. Roosevelt, apparently cast their ballots for Mr. Hughes. The vital importance of the progres sive vote may be gained from a study of the figures four years ago which resulted in the election of Mr. Wilson. At that time the combined vote of Roosevelt and Taft exceeded that of fe . t " 4 ? CHARLES EVANS HUGHES Wilson by 1,311,444. Mr. Wilson's vote was 6,293,019, Taft's 3,484,956 and Roosevelt's 4,119,507. The big fight of both parties was waged In what was regarded as the four important doubtful states of New York, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois, with a total electoral vote of 113. New York Votes for Hughes New York's 45 electoral votes will be cast for Hughes and Fairbanks. The returns indicate that Mr. Hughes carried the state by a substantial plu rality. Early returns from the state were closely watched. In several of the upper counties of the state, par ticularly Erie and Monroe, voting machines were used, which facilitated prompt tabulation of the returns. When the complete returns from Buf falo gave Hughes 40,652 and Wilson 36,915, it was regarded as certain that the republican presidential candidate had carried the state. Early in the evening the leading New York dallies, including the papers which supported Wilson during the campaign, conced ed the election of Hughes. Governor Whitman was re-elected by a large plurality and William M. Calder, republican candidate for Uni ted States senator was also elected. The So-called "solid South," Ala bama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Vir ginia, which have uniformly cast their electoral votes for the democratic presidential candidates, Is still solidly democratic, Wilson and Marshall poll ing the usual large majorities. If the complete revised returns bear out early indications the present dem ocratic majority in thrower house of congress will be wlpedfbut and the re publican party will be In control. While the returns indicate there will be a largely reduced majority In the senate it is not believed that the dem ocrats will lose control 6 J Vi 1 IAST-MINTTK XKWS. 3 p. m. Wilson leads In North Dakota. Hughes leading In Minnesota by 961 votes, with 90 precincts yet to hear from. At 2.30 p. m. Wilson was leading in California by 889 votes. The republican head quarters claim California for Hughes by 350 votes, with 80 precincts missing. Result seems to hinge on California, where Wilson has lead. California's 13 electoral votes would elect Wilson, barring reversal of re sults through errors elsewhere. United States marshal seizes 100 ballot boxes in Los An geles. Fraud charges. '' 4$??SS$$SS State Measures Are in Doubt The state of Oregon went for Hughes, unless official counts Badly upse the present dope. Hawley was elected by a comforta ble majority over Weatherford. Olcott Is secretary of state by a big majority. The single item veto and ship tax exemption both carried by big major ities. The amendment removing the dead law forbidding negroes the vote seems to have been voted down, but full returns may change this. The single tax amendment was overwhelmingly defeated. The Pendleton normal school Is doubtful, receiving a good majority in the northern and southern parts of the state but losing in the Wlllnm ette valley. Complete returns will probably be needed to settle Its fate. The Sunday law repeal has prob ably passed. The brewers' amendment was de feated. Absolute prohibition Is doubtful. Rural credits probably passed and tax limitation likewise. Coyotes Had Best Hunt for Cover Fred Herrln has eight great big puppies of the Russian wolfhound breed of which he is justly proud. The puppies are but a few months old, but stand as high as a man's waist. They are the offspring of the two prize winning registered wolf hounds which Mr. Herrln purchased at the San Francisco fair, and which have proven to be coyote extermina tors of the first grade. Full blood Russian wolfhounds are said to be much in demand and bring fancy prices and Fred anticipates realizing the rather hefty purchase price of the original pair In a short while. He bought the hounds to pro tect his sheep from coyotes, the fleet animals overhauling the varmints In short order. The hounds are big, rangy animals, almost as thin as a board but beautiful In every line. The pups are too young to have their education far advanced as yet, and appear a little awkard as yet. This season has been a bad one on sheep. Forest rangers report the loss of 50 sheep from the Canal company herd at Big Meadows this summer. Special Train to Beet Sugar City A special train will leave Ashland at 7 o'clock Saturday morning for Grants Pass, carrying all sugar beet growers and all those interested in the beet-growing industry and the sugar-manufacturing industry to Grants Pass, where they will be the guests of the city. A fare of one fare for the round trip has been granted. A luncheon will be served tlio visitors at Grants Pass, everyone will be shown through the Immense sugar factory, and other entertain ment has been provided. The train will leave Grants Pass returning at 4:30 p. m. California Stays In Wet Ranks California voted down both prohi bition amendments, and the oases over the line will not dry up for at least four years. Governor Johnson was elected to the United States sen ate by a big majority in California. All Republican But One in County With complete returns from every precinct In Jackson county but Pine hurst and part of Sams valley, the election of the solid republican dele gation to the state legislature is as sured, and with the exception of Curly Wilson every republican can didate for county office was elected. The result In this race may bo changed by the official count, as Jen nings only leads by eighty votes. Wilson ran far ahead of his ticket In Jackson county, with a majority of 1,233 votes, running very strong In Medford but losing out In the outside districts. The county will send Sheldon, Thomas and Gore to the legislature. The Pendleton normal school car ried In this county by over one thou sand votes, the brewers' amendment was snowed under and the prohibi tion nniendment won by over ono thousand votes. The single tax amendment lost overwhelmingly. The Sunday closing law was not re pealed by a very close vote. The totals on all the offices and amendments follow: President Wilson 4531 Hughes 3298 Wilson's majority 1233 Represent at ivo Hawley 2259 Weatherford 2598 Weathcrford's majority 339 State Legislature Sheldon 3701 Thomas 3881 DeArmond 2558 Towne 3234 Joint Representative Gore 3994 Howard 2904 Gore's majority 1090 Reports from Douglas county indi cate Gore has carried Douglas county I by a small majority, which assures his election. District Attorney Rorden 3435 Roberts 3616 Roberts' majority ISO Sheriff Jennings 3944 Wilson 3864 Jennings' majority 80 County Clerk Gardner 471 Miller 2824' Gardner's majority 1893 County Recorder Florey 4569 Gerking 2379 Florey's mnjorlty 2190 i County Treasurer Rlakelcy 5159 Rlgg 1605 Illakeley's majority 3554 County Assessor Coleman 4273 Gallatin 3151 Coleman's majority 1122 School Superintendent Ager 4694 Jeffrys 264S Ager's majority 204S County fVinmlssioBei Owen 3995 Beeman 2220 Owen's majority 1775. Amendments. , Single Item vote, 2768 ' for, 892 against. Ship tax exemption, 879 for, 1617 against; negro amendment, 1853 for, 1757 against. Single tax. 1084 for, 2340 against. Pendleton normal, 3408 for, 2368 against. Antl-vnccinntion, 1807 for, 1888 against. Repeal Sunday closing Jaw, 1908 for, 2127 against. Brewers' amendment, 1678 for, 4356 against. Prohibition, 3929 for, 2295 agninst. Rural credlta, 1893 for, 1496 against. Tax limitation, 1851 for, 137 against. Will Review Land Grant Case The supreme, court at Washington, D, C, has agreed to review the Ore gon California land case Involving millions of dollars' worth of lands granted to the railroads by the gov ernment. It has also agreed to re view the entire Hindoo Immigration' questions.