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Ashland
'Ashland Grows While Lithla Flows"
City of Sunshine and Flowers
IDINGS
Ashland, Oregon, Lilhla Springs
"Oregon's famous Spa'
VOL. XLI
ASHLAND. OREGON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1916
NUMBKK 51
Civic Club Elects
Mrs. Neil President
Beautiful In phraseology and ten
der In feeling was the annual report
of the outgoing president of the
Women's Civic Improvement Club of
Ashland, Mrs. E. D. Eriggs, after an
Incumbency of office for two years.
This report will be printed In full in,
Monday's Tidings.
A deserved tribute was bestowed
upon Mrs. Briggs in again tendering
her the position by the unanimous
rote of the club members present; an
honor which she courteously but
firmly declined.
Work that speaks for itself has
been accomplished in the past two
years. The earnest co-operation of
members and officers and the high
Ideal of improving the conditions of
our environment led to good results
and bound the club members in last
ing ties of friendship.
Many acts deserving of public re
port have been carried out, among
which were the awarding of thirty
five prizes for the building of sensi
ble but artistic bird houses which
were placed In Lithla park; the co
operation with mayor and council in
-waging a war against old tin cans
and filth in back streets and alleys;
the co-operation with the Commer
cial Club of the city in giving the
"home products" dinner which netted
the C. I. C. over $50; the gathering
and shipping of old textiles at a net
gain of $65 and of old periodicals of
$53, and of the planting of shrubs
and flowering plants and trees and
the eradicating of noxious weeds un
der the chairman of the city beauti
ful division; and the crowning act of
the entire administration of legally
adopting a new constitution and by
laws. Donations have been made to the
home band boys by regular monthly
payments; also to the committee and
superintendent of the children's play
ground, and for charitable purposes.
And amidst all this busy, arduous,
practical work one regular meeting
monthly was devoted to Intellectual
and literary work.
The new officers elected November
14 are. Mrs. Robert Nell, president;
Mrs. W. M. Barber, vice-president;
Mrs. Frank rutnam, recording secre
tary; Mrs Emma L. Jack, corre
sponding secretary; Mrs. W. D. Hodg
son, treasurer; Mrs. Sam McN'air,
Mrs. J. F. Rocho and Mrs. .A L.
Lamb, trustees. In every case the of
fice sought the candidate.
Political Class
Will Meet Saturday
The ladles' political class will meet
again Saturday afternoon at Auxili
ary hall. The city charter will be
taken up at this meeting and every
woman voter in the city should at
tend. Now that the election is over
all partisan feeling will beabsent and
every voter should attend. Miss
Marian Towne will lead as usual.
VIN1NG THEATRE
THURSDAY
WILLIAM S.
The man who never
smiles
IN
"The Captive
God
ALSO
Another funny
Keystone
'Pills of Peril'
Regular Admission
.Hart
1917 County Budget
Calls For 16 Mills
The budget of estimated expendi
tures of Jackson county is published
elsewhere In this issue and calls for a
tax of 1C mills. Owing to the im
mense reduction In assessable proper-
ty due to the removal of the Oregon-1
California railroad grant lands from i
the tax rolls and the decrease in
sessed valuation throughout the coun-;
try. tho 16-mlll tax will not raise as
much money as tne lwniu lax as -
sessea last year, me uuagei as prim
ed is worthy of the study of every
taxpayer. A final hearing on the
county budget will be held by the
county court at the court house at
Jacksonville on December 7.
Klamath Falls
Votes R. R. Bonds
Klamath Falls voted $300,000 rail
road bonds Tuesday for the purpose
of aiding Robert Strahorn in building
the proposed California, Oregon &
Eastern railroad. The bonds carried
1,222 to 104. Lakeview voted $20,
000 to purchase a right-of-way for
the same road, their bonds carrying
249 to 9. An era of unprecedented
activity is presaged in eastern Oregon
by the positive way. In which the vari
ous communities are going after the
building of the Strahorn roads.
Early Morning Fire
Burns Residence
A residence at the corner of Eighth
and C streets belonging to Mrs. J. K.
Reader was practically destroyed by
fira nat Tnpcrlnv mnrnlne about
5:30. The house was occupied by a
family by the name of Hacker. Ac-
cording to Fire Chief Robison the
fire started from defective wiring.
The house was in flames before the ,
blaze was discovered. The fire truck
made a fast run and had water on '
the house in a few minutes, and by
putting on two lines of hose checked
the fire before the house was totally ;
destroyed, but not before it was dam-
aged beyond repair. All the furni
ture in the upstairs portion was de
stroyed, and although a piano and a
few other pieces were taken out,
much of that on the lower floor was
ruined. The house was insured to
an extent which will cover about half
the loss. The furniture was not in
sured.
Soon after returning to the station
the truck was called out again by a
fire in a woodpile back of the Vienna
bakery which started from a bonfire,
but did no serious damage.
The Medford authorities have
passed an ordinance forbidding the,
use of spotlights on automobiles In I
the city limits and providing that
headlights shall be equipped with
dimmers or frosted on the upper half
so as not to glare.
I number, who will be situated in vari-
The Moose lodge at Weed, Call-1 ous parts of the city and serve un
fornia, is to build a temple this win- paid, receiving free telephones and
ter. Stajte driving ceremonies were : preference when extra policemen are
held last week.
Willamina A new sawmill Is to
be built on the Yamhill near here.
VITALLY IMPORTANT.
3 Hon. Stephen T. Mather, as-
X , ; , , w n n I spirited citizens will provide an effi-
interior of Washington, D. C, y , ,, . ... ... .,
, , , . . Aiclent police force which with the
J and who is personal representa- ,,'. . . ..
S live oi Hie Heureittiy m i woi- -v
an mat-
5ters pertaining to national
narks, will arrive in Ashland
, A
late this afternoon in company
with Vice-President McCormick
of the Southern Pacific and a $
S meeting will be held tonight, S
4 beginning at 7:30 sharp, at the S
$ city hall, which should be at-
$ tended by every Ashlander who
can possibly get there. Mr.
$ Mather will have a message to
$ bring regarding parks and park
$ works of great import ,to Ash- $
land, and It is of vital Impor- S
tance that Ashland's Interest In
the governments development $
of the attractions of this dig- S
trict be shown by a big attend-
ance and live interest. Mr. &
4 Mathers visit to southern Ore- 3
$ gon portends big things for $
Ashland s tourist aims. $
-
Commercial Club Is Out of Debt
Twenty-two New Members Join
"It may sound like a laughing mat-1
ter when Secretary Shlnn tells us we
are thirteen cents out of debt, but
take It from me. it is no ioke." eiacu-
,ated Frank Jordan( newly eecte,j
. . , f ABllland Commercial
a-jCub at g roualns meetng heIJ Mon.card tallIcg took care of 130i tho
day n)ght t wWch the almouncenient i band boys absolved the club of a debt
, , i.,i,. ,i. ,., ,,, 7r. i. i
j VI IUO O 11 CGV1 V 111 uvuv nuu
made Ag far back aB many of the
members can remember the club hastary Slilim, who has served at about
labored with a burden of debt, un-ja half a salary, the remaining $211
wisely contracted, which blankets ac-! was tsken care of from dues,
ttvity and drives away prospective! The club is now fairly and squarely
j members'. Now at last the club is
i actually free from debt, and with ex-
Frank Jordan, newly elected
mcrclal Club President.
Com.
jpenses reduced to a minimum is in a
j position to take the part which it
should in community affairs and
1 should receive the backing of every
citizen.
The story of the fight to remove
the debt as told In Secretary .Shinn's
concise report is one of a real busi-
nessman's accomplishment. The of-
flcials of the Commercial Club, head-
ed by President V. O, N. Smith, are
Indeed to be congratulated upon the
successful culmination of their ef-
forts
Last July the club owed $307.
War May Reduce
City Police Force
We at last have found something
which is going down because of the
war in Europe. Ashlaud's police
force will probably be reduced, with
a resultant saving to the taxpayers
of several .hundred dollars a year.
It works out like this: According to
Mayor Johnson, the hobo travel has
fallen off to about one-third its nor
may proportions owing to war pros-
Derity in the east, which has attract
to the of he country
. ,,,,.,, ,, t,, mnr
nunc yiv-ivii a ti vvu "v
figures that on this account one of
the night patrolmen can be disposed
of. He Is also working out a unique
Dlan of citizen policemen, eight in
hired. These volunteers will serve
without pay and will not be asked to
make arrests unless they wish, acting
more In an Informative capacity. Al
ready the city has five officials, the
park superintendent, water superin
tendent, mineral water plant super
intendent, street commissioner and
city electrician, all of whom have
been given some police powers, and
the addition of two or three public-
. . ... . ... fhn
-"-" " . ' .... c,..,, ,
? " r tne fanoum tl,e I
noDO travel increase u may oecorae
4 ' ,
but it Is not thought likely.
Last year thousands of "bos" were
rounded up each month and given
lodging and free soup at the Fourth
street hobo hotel. This year the
travel is so light that one man should
be able to handle it.
The saving effected will amount to
within the neighborhood of $700 a
year, which will make a big cut in
the police fund in the city budget.
The local Masonic lodge haa Invest
ed in a baloptlcon, to be used in ex
emplification of the work. The ap
paratus is constructed along the lines
of an Improved stereopticon and is
from the firm of Bausch ft Lomb,
Rochester, N. Y makers of astro
nomical and optical instruments.
X0
Expenses of moving and equipping
;the model quarters in the city hall
totalled J 1 30. Thus in the last four
land a half months the club has mild
j all running expenses and removed a
! debt of S4.17. fiale of billiard and
ui V t IU II J LIUBD 11116111ft U11U
the public spirited services of Secre-
on Us foot In better shape than it
has evT been.
Crowning the announcement of
freedom from debt came the applica
tion of twenty-two new members read
at Monday's meeting. Only two res
ignations, both for good reasons,
were handed in. At the next meet
ing It is to be hoped that twice as
many more applications may be had.
Every dollar now paid into the club
goes for advancement of the city's
Interests, running expenses no longer
eating up the receipts.
Election of officers resulted as fol -
lows: President, Frank Jordan; vice -
president, Henry Enders. Jr.; treas
urer, Fred Engle. Six of the twelve
trustees finished their terms and the
following were elected: J. H. Mc-
. Gee, H. O. Frohbach, Louis Dodge,
jj. W. McCoy. W. E. Newcombe and
i Hal Mc.Valr. Mr. McCoy tried to de
J dine on the grounds that he had been
j connected with the club in one way
and another for many years, but the I
club members would have none of his
j objections and he finally accepted.
; Several very Interesting talks were
enjoyed. Superintendent Rriscoe
told of the work being, done to aid
students to keen In hluh Kehonl and
asked for the co-operation of the bus-N'T
iness men. Secretary Shinn told of,
his trip to the Grants Pass Bugar fac-!
tory. City Attorney Moore explained
the charter amendment which Is to
come p for the people's vote and ex-'
pre. himself as heartily in favor
of it.
The ball was started rolling for a
greater celebration next July
Council Outlines
x TVnfrativp Rnrtopfr'111 8 m-aml ,"icitt at n p. m.
fttutauvg uuugCLiXovlce8) of whlcJl tl)(ire are munyi
I will report at the armory at 7:30.
The city council's tentative budget j The ladies will be entertained nt Ma
for the coming year will be published 1 sonic hall while the sandstorms are
in Monday's Tidings. Under the bud- braved by the nobles. Among the
get system each department of the doomed nre Dr. J. J. Enimens of Med
city government turned in a budget ford, E. C. Simmons of Eugene, Geo.
of their estimated requirements for E. Lundburg, O. S. Itlanchard and
the coming year, these being listed in Samuel II. Baker of Grants Pass, and
the budget to be published. Twenty- j W. B. Frasler of Ashland,
four and eight-tenths mills tax would
be required should all the amounts 1
needed be granted. A final hearing
on the budget will be held on the
evening of Monday, November 27, and
all citizens interested are urged to
be present at that meeting. The
council met Tuesday night and spent
several hours going over the budget
and did prune down a few items
which it was apparent were not abso
lutely necessary, but decided to pub
lish tiie budget as itemized and study
over every item carefully between
now and the 27th so that all curtail
ment can be made Intelligently. The
charter amendment election on the
24th wii:
have a bearing on the bud-
get only to the extent that several of
the items will be bunched instead of
going Into park fund, springs com
mission fund and publicity fund as at
present.
The assessed valuation of the city
Is about $100,000 less than that upon
which the last year's levy of 18.2 .
. ' '
mint) whs uiuue, ami nence in oraer i
10 uuu lne cessary amount me
levy will prohably be higher this year.
Tenders Mrs. Rocho
State Chairmanship
Mrs. Charles II. Castmer, presi-
dent of the Oregon Federation 0f,tliauks to our many friends and
Women's Clubs, has tendered Mrs.
J. F. Rocho of Ashland the chair
manship of the civic committee of
f.he Btate federation.' This recogni
tion comes In view of the prominent
part taken by southern Oregon in
lub work and of th." history of ef
cctive achievement vf the local
ivic Improvement Club. It Is hoped
y her many friends that Mrs. Rocho
ill accept this high Donor.
Phone Job orders to the Tidings.
S. P. Sends Big
Picture ol Park
Two immense framed photographs,
two und a half by four feet in size,
arrived this week at the local Com
mercial Club as a present from the
Southern Pacific railroad. The pic
tures were taken by the company's
photographer, Mr. Tlbbits, on the oc-
casion of a recent trip here for that
i purpose' an(l are excellent. One of
I the monster enlargements Is on dls-
play In the window of the postofflce
and has attracted much attention.
Like pictures of Lithla park and Mt.
Ashland are to be hung in waiting
rooms along the line of the Southern
Pacific.
State Not Bone
Dry Until January
Attorney General Brown has given
out his opinion that although the
governor can proclaim the bone-dry
' amendment as a law, it will not go
into effect until tho legislature has
provided a penalty for violation' of
(the law. Tho legislature does not
, meet until January. Attorney Brown
! holds that tho present law will re
main in effect until the legislature
affixes a penalty.
The genuine Cold Don, plnchback
overcoats for young men. All sizes,
$16.50 each, at Mitchell & Whittle's.
Novices Will Be
Done to a Turn
"If the sands blister your feet, con
gratulate yourself that you are not a
centipede. If your throat becomes
and parched, be thankful you are
not a giraffe.
If your ears ache, be
8'ad vu are not a Missouri mule,"
' Is the parting Injunction given the
j novices who will trip over the sands
at the 8hriner ceremonial to be held
j 1" this city next Saturday. The event
is to be the biggest in Shrlnedom
, that this city has seen for many des-
I ert moons, and the wearers of the fez
will come from Marshfield and Duns
muir and all way points.
A business session will be held at
f : 30 p. m followed by a ceremonial
Start Planning
JuIy'Celebration
The first gun in the campaign for
a bigger and better celebration for
next summer was fired at Commercial
I Club meeting Monday night when, on
motion of II. O. Frohbach, the club
Voted to have the president appoint
I a celebration committee to investi
gate, choose a date and lay prelimi
nary plans for the celebration. Mr.
Frohbach stated that the sentiment
I throughoufthe city favored another
uon ai hq an eany
I i a. l n. ..1 A 1.. .1 .1
i"1"'1 a,m u,e "'""' uur'
ing the huge success or last July an
even greater affair would be staged.
The celebration committee will be
appointed in the near future. The
matter of securing electric light
ntrfnpnrfl tn liernnm tha nArmnnent
nsHPHSlnn of thft pl, waa ft,Hn tftk(in
up and on motion it was decided to
k . . lnveBtIei.ta tha
cost. The club momben seemed to
all favor another celebration, It being
conceded that the dedication celebra
tion left many thousands of dollars in
the city.
Card of Tlmiiks.
wish to express our sincere
We
neighbors for their kindness and sym
pathy during our recent bereavement.
MRS. W. H. HOSLER,
HARRY H. HOSLER,
MRS GRACE HOSLER,
EARL R. HOSLER,
MRS. LAURA HOSLER.
Other valley districts are busily
engaged In forming federal farm loan
associations. The Ashland associa
tion was the first formed ' in the
state.
Dope Points to Tie
In Saturday Game
Five hundred rooters from Med
ford equipped with megaphones and
flying red and black colors will bel
low forth cries of defiance from tha
east bleachers at the Ashland high
school athletic field Saturday after
noon, aided in their efforts by their
band. The bleachers on the west sldo
have been moved up to tho sidelines
and the entire membership of the lo
cal school will answer the waves of
sound which roll across from tha '
Medford side. At 2:30 o'clock sharp
the din will grow terrific and then
be replaced by a brief moment of
breathless silence broken by tha
shrill of tlic referee's whistle sending
the two undefeated teams of south
ern Oregon against each other In the
annual contest which marks tho cul
mlnntion of the football seiitioii in
the Rogno River valley.
A record breaking crowd is antici
pated and all indications point to
ward tho greatest game of the his
tory of the game in this section. On
the dope the Medford team hn9 a
Hliglit advantage, but the AshlandoM
are not conceding any advantage and
are sending in a team which has not
yet this season had an opportunity
to display Its full strength and i
more or less of an unknown quantity
From an unbiased viewpoint tha
game looks like a tie, and a total
score of more than fifteen points)
would come as a surprise. Captain
Cunningham may not be able to play
with Ashland, his neck still giving
him trouble from the smash received
In the second game of the season.
Brower is back in the game and will
probably start at end or in tho back
field. Ashland has an exceptionally
well balanced team with defensive
possibilities which are most encour- .
aging. Whether the fight and power
Is there remains to be seen. Coacli
Klum Is bringing up a team from
Medford which has been improving
With every gamo and which is not
handicapped by tho absence of a sin- '
glo player on account of injuries.
They are coming to win. Medford
will probably play an open game and
are said to have a bewildering as
sortment of passes and onsfdo kicks.
A big s'reet rally and bonfire will
be held downtown tomorrow ninht
and a special stunt is being arranged.
for between halves of the game.
Loan Association
Wants $100,000
J. F. Itocho, secretary of the Ash
land Federal Ixian Association, haa
received a package of literature con
cerning the loan proposition from the
secretary at Washington, D. C, re
distribution to anyone who will call
upon him. Mr. Roch also informs
the Tidings that the local association
has reached the $100,000 mark and
more in sight
Phone news items to the Tidings.
VIM; TIIKATRE
FRIDAY
Tl. l.ll f c : t.
tic juui in mc it ni, 111 lllc D
pluy you have all been Q
wHiiing io see
'Davy Crocked'
A story that is known by every
live, reu-uioocied American
ALSO
Friday Night Is
Rally Night
Come and help stir up enthusi
asm for the
Big Game Saturday
. Regular Admission .
DRD
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