Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, December 18, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOregon Historical Society Ashland "Ashland Grows While Uthla flows' : City of Sunshine and flowers Ashland, Oregon. Uthla Springs "Oregon's famous Spa' VOL. XLI ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1916 NUMBER GO TT TTX TT 18l T Stubborn Fire Does Big Damage . . .1. . nii,..t i U F re start ng n the woodshed in . ... . . i Aiion one of the apartments In the Allen! v. ... w . n.k,. . building on North Main street Ihurs- , ., f ,h $ day evening grew Into one of tne . , ,. v, most stubborn blazes of recent years ... j ,,.. ? In Ashland and did an Immense , , . .. amount of damage to the Allen block , , t wi i, iha and to the Cunningham block at the corner of Granite street The entire tipper story of the buildings, uoin oi which were brick, was practically de stroyed. The damage to the Allen building was estimated by Mrs. Susie Allen BHiuruay io ue ' u,;6"uul hood of $0,000. Insurance will al most cover It. The Cunningham building is not nearly so large and the loss will probably lie covered by two or three thousand dollars. It Is owned by the Cunningham estate. $1,000 Furniture Loss, Fifteen room in the Allen block were devoted to apartments, the fur- as an offset to the high cost of living, niture being almost a total loss. The Directors of the Southern Pacific furniture was valued at about $1,000. authorized payment of a 10 per cent The lower floor of the Allen block : bonus to all employes not affiliated was occupied by Mrs. Allen's real eB-lth the brotherhood unions and re late office, the gas office, a shoe shop ! ceiving salaries under a stipulated .ini t n nnrfchnr ml b hnk- sum. The bonus is payable 5 per ery belonging to E la Belle The cent on January 1 and 5 per cent on j of wholesale importation is being car damage by fire was confined to the ' July 1, 1917. . rled on. Reason for the disbelief upper story, but water did consider-! The local employes affected will be ! lies in the fact that the Siskiyou able damage to the contents of the clerks, freight house nfen. call boys : mountain grade between Ashland and lower rooms. The flour and show-'and other non-unionized employes. I Hornlirook is now approaching the . i,l - 1 impassable and very few machines cases, etc., were moved out of the ; 1 ' , , ... . ,.i, ,., ; have made the trip over the monn- ;:l,reJ.r::: ar Fireman Falls From -. .... ... . . . ; stop n .sn and. and the existence of - was small. Threo apartments up stairs were occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Langhorne, Mr. Dorr and Mr. and Mrs. Brewer and family. A number of personal belongings of these people were damaged and stolen during the night following the fire. Mr. Lang- home lost some diamond links, pin and articles of clothing by theft. Chief Robinson Overcome. hank and fell to the ground. An en The fire was discovered shortly be-1 gjne waa cut out of the train and the fore 9 o'clock and was Just burning j injured man rushed back down the through the wood locker ceiling when ' mountain to Ashland, where he was found. The fire department was tele- care(j for at the sanitarium. He will phoned and Chief Robinson answered with a fire extinguisher, the fire notTne fractured arm was the only in being thought dangerous at first. The 1 jury 0f consequence, dense smoke and gas fumes overcame I the chief and left the fire department without a head. L. O. Van Wegen was acting as driver, having taken the place of Glen Gulley, who had left the day before. By the time an or ganized attempt was made fo get at the fire It had broken through Into the two-foot space between the, ceil ing and the roof and was fast spread ing under the tar roof. Mr. Robinson meanwhile had been carried down-: stairs and lay writhing In the street i with apparently no one to give him wo - - Zr l JZ aid. Finally Vv. W lusher appiiett first aid methods and Dr. Jarvis soon i arrived and took charge. The chief was brought back to consciousness In about two hours and took charge of the fighting. Four streams. TV,.. Dtraama tt U'ntpp U'arA nut ftfl I the fire, which kept breaking out in new .places through the roof and which, because of the tar roofing, was extremely difficult to subdue, break ing out as soon as the water was shifted to a new place. For the first hour one stream was thrown through the windows to keep the fire from breaking down into the top story, and J one stream was thrown from a build ing at the rear. A third stream was thrown from the street to the roof until Ray Sayles conceived the Idea i of making a water tower out of a telegraph pole. Effective Work. Climbing the pole, Sayles hauled the hose up after him and tied it se curely fast at the nozzle. With the assistance of A. L. Strickland this im provised tower did fine service as the nozzle was about twelve feet directly above the roof and could be swung .to play at will over the roof. Line men Murphy and Jordan did yeoman service also on the pole, relieving the first pair at intervals of aa hour when the cold became Intense. A fourth hose was hauled to the top of the Odd Fellows building and thrown down onto the roof of the water thrown down onto the roof of the burning building. Three Hours. ' For three hours water was poured In a river from the four streamB into and onto the building, but the stubborn flames persisted, and finally were subdued only when the roof had fallen In. No damage was done to the floor of the second story and tha lathing on the walls was injured only In a few places. A new roof and ceiling will be needed and new plas ter, besides the cleaning up process. Icy Cold. A feature of the fire fighting sel- MAILING BULLETIN NO. 3. S $ Holiday maillne bulletin No. 3 now adorns the postofflce bulle-S tin board, and urges patrons to 1 ' have chango ready and to fill S ..... out Insurance tags at the desks. S A rem nder Is also made of the i r,..!..-- n a fact that Christmas comes on Monday and parcels should ar- 1 ,.., r, A rive at their destination on Frl- $ J lnsure Q Q i $ Q Q I Non-Union S. P. Employes Get Bonus It has been announced In coast dallies that the non-union employes of the Southern Taciflc Company are ; to receive bonuses from the company : -i nn r nnn brnn up n rm 1 dim dim iiicttftij mm , Fireman Hendricks broke one of nifi arms and suffered other Injuries!1"" l" tt ''"" : as tue resuit of a fall from the tank . stolen m Callfornla 18 Kent- I of engjne 2590 at Steinraan last' According to railroad men, liquor nlgl,t. The engine was on 'an extral!mPorta,ir"1 n? the express and : freIght tra1n and had stopped for wa-1 freisht route has swelled to unprece- !ter. Hendricks slipped from the I tlenteU pronortions. ,e taken to San Francisco tonight. Applemen To Meet Next Year at Salem The conference of apple growers which was held at Hood River closed Tuesday, after a very Interesting meeting. The next session will be held at Salem in 1917. Many inter- esting aftd valuable papers on thejeharni care, production and sale 'of this Porunt crop were given. It was def- a8cei.talned that high grading of apples pald, and that culls should be sold for at least 50 cents a box, otherwise it would be. more profit jable to dispose of them to by-prod-iuct8 plants at $6 per, ton. It was also recommended that shippers con- jfine themselves to two grades instead of three, these to be extra fancy and standard. Mrs. S. C. Hamaker has returned to Ashland after vsiting her friend, Mrs. Eva Morton, of Phoenix. She expects to leave soon for her home at Bly, Ore. dom met with in Ashland was the Ice Which formed on the fighters, hose, i roofs and walks and made the work not only disagreeable but dangerous. Granite street and Main street near the building soon were covered with a coating of ice from the water. Hot coffee was served along toward mid night to the firemen. Boys Help Most. High school boys did the largest part of the work, there being about one man and five boys at each noz zle. The lads stuck to the chilly toil like heroes even after some of the men workers had begun to seek a place to warm up. A large crowd collected and a few willing spirits aided in getting out the bakery supplies and furniture from the lower floors. A number of small boys helped get out the dough nuts from the bakery. Will Rebuild, Mrs. Alen will rebuild Immediately and all her tenants except the bakery have promised to stay with her. The bakery will move Into the Odd Fel lows building. The gas office Is occu pying temporary quarters In the room formerly occupied by Crowson's In the Elks Temple. Tnsurance adjust ers are working on the loss figures and Mrs. Allen has hopes that the loss to the building will be covered, although the furniture loss, is Irretrievable. State Now Has Thirty-Six Counties Oregon's thirty-sixth county came into existence last week when Gov ernor Withycombo proclaimed the re sult of a vote on a measure consti tuting Deschutes county out of a por tion of Crook county. The measure decreeing the change was adopted by the voters of the area affected at the November election. Bend will be the county Beat of Deschutes county. Claim Existence Of Booze Auto Line Newspapers of the Willamette val ley are making much "copy" out of j the alleged existence of a regular line of booze-carrying automobiles which are said to be running between Horn brook and northern points. While no doubt a few cars have made the trip in the past month, they have been very few, and It is very doubtful. In the opinion of those fa miliar with the travel over the Siski you mountains, that a regular system i .... .i.n ...... i.i i. '" "'u"""ic "uu,u " known to the police here, who watch incoming cars closely on account of , .7 . Holmes' Grocery Is One Big Bower The chance visitor to Holmes' gro cery hardly can conceive that he is i in such a mundane establishment j as a grocery when he ' enters the I bower of Christmassy beauty Into I which H. P. Holmes and his helpers I have transferred that store. Of course a large part of the beauty lies in the fact that the biggest stock of beautiful china and glassware in this part of the country If not In southern Oregon is displayed therein, but the manner of display Is Its chief A bower of everygreens holds im-ithe center of the display space, while a series of evergreen arches with the gift dishes displayed. In serried rows I beneath make a wonderful effect. This is one of the Christmas shopping attractions which the gift buyer and the admirer of beautiful displays can not afford to paBS by. Discuss Southern Oregon Problems The southern Oregon representa tives of the state legislature which will convene next month, with the exception of two who were unable to be present, met at Grants Pass Mon day and freely discussed the prob lems of general interest to the wel fare of southern Oregon, and where agreement was possible, outlined plans of campaign to be carried on. The gathering was a very profitable one and will doubtless set a prece dent which will mean a like gather ing previous to every session of the legislature in the future. A very heated argument arose in regard to the question of closing the Rogue river for commercial fishing purposes, the Medford and Grants Pass residents differing to a great extent on the subject. In the evening the representatives were entertained by the Grants PasB Commercial Club. Dean Cordley of the Oregon Agricultural College, Mr. Reimer of the Southern Oregon Ex periment Station, and Dean Parks of the school fo mines at the state uni versity all delivered short talks. Those present at the conference were Ben Sheldon and C. M. Thomas of Medford; W. H. Gore, Joint repre sentative for Douglas and Jackson counties; Dr. Sweeney and Senator Smith of Grants Pass, and C. A. Brand of Roseburg. A total of 1,1 5 4,3 8 5 head of sheep, cattle, horses and hogs were grazed under permit on the national forest ranges of Oregon and Washington during 191 S. Council Meet Will Be Brief The city council will meet tomor row evening in the recorder's office, the change from the council chamber being nerossitated by the fact that the judges of election will be busy counting votes in that polling place. The council meet will be brief. Only that business which demands lrame-j diate audition will be cared for and I an early adjournment is planned. Van Wegen Resigns Superintendent Job ' L. O. Van Wegen has given up his position of superintendent of the min eral water plants and system and Is now holding down the Job of driver J In the fire department. The superin tendent job paid $90 a month and Mr. Van Wegen furnished his own car, gasoline and oil for the round of pumps which was required dally. A good full day was also required for the work to be done, besides a me chanic's knowledge of pumps, electric motors :ind apparatus, plumbing and the intricate machinery of the pump ing plant and central station. Super vision of the pipe lines also came un der his care. Dm ing the summer Mr. I Van Wegen found that he could just about make fair wages above the cost j of car upkeep, and when winter came he figured out that the fire depart-1 ment jo1) would net him considerably more. There are few car owners In Ashland who would allow their car ' to make the trip to the pumps in win- ter weather for three dollars, say i nothing hout their own time. Frank Crowson is holding down the Vedlord last Saturday. Dr. E. (i. mineral wnters ho passed, as at pres mineral water supervision job at. pres-j Kiddell of Medford was elected presl-ent nobody has this power and it ent. Men's Windows i Compel Attention If you are looking for a gift for a nia.n- -)nd few exist who haven't at least one man on their gift list it will be worth your while to pause in your mad glftward rush, in front of the show windows of Mitchell & Whittle, who claim distinction of be ing a "men only" store. Those two windows have a display oi men's fur nishings which have made covetous more than one young fellow. And the display is most artistic as well. Ash land merchants are fast learning the value of an artistic show window which compels the- attention of the passerby, and Mitchell & Whittle have surely achieved such a window. To name over the great variety of up-to-the minute men's furnishings in the display would require much space. Take a look yourself. Vice Testimony Was Play Basis Adding to the many great recom mendations which have been given "The Little Girl Next Door," the manager of tho film production Btates that a prominent Klamath Falls min ister gave the picture one of the best yet and 'hat great crowds saw it and profited by it in that city. The play is a drama based on the findings of the vice investigation committee at Chicago, and has an interesting story with a straight look into the pitfalls before the girls and women of the country. The picture will be shown at the Vlnlng this evening and matinee and evening tomorrow. Some of the scenes, it is said, rival the most lurid melo-drama as thrill ers, and yet the directors of the pro duction are said to have followed the facts as faithfully as exhibition pur poses would permit. Some of the scenes are laid in the same notorious resorts and dives in which the wit nesses testified the Incidents hap pened. Kennet Copper Miners Get Raise Eleven hundred employes of the Mammoth Copper Company at Ken nett were given a voluntary advance of 25 cents a day In wages. It came as a surprise to the men and will ob tain as long as copper is 26 cents or better. Another ship yard Is promised for North Bend. CHKISTM.AS TREK REGISTER. 3 $ The children of the city, or i parents, snouiu register lor me ? Elks' Christmas tree at the gas office, which because of the fire ? has been temporarily Installed in the room formerly occupied by . Crowson's confectionery In the Elks Temple. Registration opens $ today, Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday. Register early. A bag of candy and a gift for every child in Ashland. . One Day's Sale Total $1,343 The Saturday sales at the Beebe & Kinney sale, according to Sales Man-1 ager J. S. Langhorno, totaled $1,343. 1 Trlzes were hung up for the clerks making the greatest amount of sales. Mrs. Van Wegen won first prize of, $5, selling $112.40 in the bargain balcony. Mrs. Helen Ryan won sec ond prize of $3 with $110.30 in the dry goods section, and Miss Margaret Hodgson third of $2 with $103 in tho shoe department. Mr. Carter sold $130 worth of goods in the men's departments, and the other clerks all came within a few dollars of the prize winners. Dentists Take X-Rays Of Own Teeth j It Is Imperative that the amend The Southern Oregon Dental Asso-, ment giving the council power to con ciation met in its annual session in tract for the lease of the surplus I dent. Dr. C. F. Tilton of Ashland vice - presldent and Dr. Walker of Grants Pass secretary and treasurer. A num - ber of Interesting papers were heard and much profit gained by several clinics, tho most interesting of which was the application of the X-ray in dental work, several submitting to having thtlr own teeth photographed. The dentists joined in a luucheon at noon. White House Has Fireplace of Own The While Home grocery has a fireplace which, while It does not clve out .in overly amount of heat, has every other earmark of a real, honest-to-goodness fireplace. It i8 constructed against a great bank of evergreen built almost the width of the interior of tho store and extend ing to tho ceiling. The" green is flecked with cotton snow. Colored lights are hidden in the greenery and a cleverly conceived fire obtained by electric means burns in tho fireplace. Around the flrculace are stacked great quantities of fruit, candles, nuts and other essentials of the nirMnms season for which the White Houso grocery is a shopping Mecca. State Tax Levy To Be 3.03 The state tax levy will be 3.03 mills. It will raise $2,699,250. The amount was arrived at by taking the last year's levy amount, adding 6 per cent and leaving It to the legislature to keep within the amount allowed. "Flax mills and a linen factory for western Oregon" is the campaign now under way. $ MASS MEETING. $ $ There will be a mass meeting 3 ? at tho city hall Thursday even- 4 4 ing of this week for the pur- S ? pose of forming a rod and gun $ club 'n order that a definite or $ ganizatlon may be placed In the $ field from this section to help force legislation for the closing $ of Rogue river to commercial 4 3 fishing and the preservation of 4 one of the greatest valley tour- $ ist assots, the Rogue river steel- head fishing, which Is now al- J most destroyed. C. M. Thomas ? of Medford and others will S speak, and eevry citizen Inter- 3 ested In sport Is urged to at- $ $ tend. Eight o'clock. Ballot Numbers And Candidates The clt eIectlon ltakes jplace tomorrow, the polls opening at , m. pnd TmaMlxg open ntll 6 5,p m T))e F,rst war vot1ng pnc9 $j ... . , . . paulg0.. :,,,,. jlfit ftll0ve the te),.pnone offlco ;on Oak street which was formerly oc- hy the WeB.FurR0 eXpre88 of fice. All residents of the First ward 4;wh0 have horetofore voted at tna 3 , Foilrtn Btrcot Btation will vote at thin ! new voting place. The voting places of the other two wards will be as usual Second ward in the McCarthy building and Third ward In the city hall. The Amendments. The special election upon the three charter amendments which have been proposed has been merged with the general election, but separate ballot numbers are tispd. The amendments abolishing tha park board and sprint's water com mission should both be voted down. They appear on the ballots with tho 1 following numbers: (Abolishing the Springs Water Com- mission, j 100 Yes. j 101 No. : AlKillshing the Tark Hoard. 102 Yes. 103 No. In order to defeat tliene measures and leavo the park eontrol In thj hands of the two bodies which aro for that purpose alone, Instead of adding to tlm already great burdens of the council, crosses should bo marked opposite 101 and 1011. : must lie definitely nlared before Asb- , land can get a Sanitarium. 1 This measure appears on the bal- lot: 104 Yes. 105 No. J Mark X opposite 104 Yes. The Candidates. The candidates for mayor number: C. II. Lamkin 12 and F. D. AVagner 13. Ma.'k a cross opposite your choice.. Six candidates for recorder are on tlie ballot. The voter my vote for one only. These are numbered: C. h. Cunningham 14, R. P. Campbell 15, II. C. Galey 16, W. II. Gowdy 17. E. E. Phlpps 18 and John B. Wimer 19. Mark X opposite your choice. There being no opposition for the) j of flce ot treasurer, and even if thero as no one could make a mistake by 'Pnttlnn their cross opposite the name- or u. u. kuiianks, who Js numbered 20. Counellmen.' In the first ward, R. P. Cornelius is nuipbered 21 and S. B. Stoner 22. In the Second ward, W. W. Cald well 21 and John Dill 22. In the Third ward, J. N. Dennis 21 I and A' ,jftnib 22- Tlle names j 11,0 andldntea In your ward alon m'l'ear on the ballot at your voting place. Mark X opposite your choice. CommiMiioner. , There Is no contest for elthor tho park board or the springs commis sion Vacancy. O. 8. Butler Is numbered 23, F. E. Watson 24 and W. B. Holmes 25 as park board membors for terms of five, three and two years respectively. All those may be marked X, there being no contest. Geo, O. Jarvis is numbered 26 as psrings comlmssioner candidate to re place U. R. Greer, who is not running again. Jacksonville Pioneer Passes Henry Wendt, a resident of Jack sonville for a quarter of a century, died at his home in that place Thurs day, following an acuto attack of heart trouble. Mr. Wendt was 70 years old, coming to this country from Germany in 18C6. He first re sided in Freeport, 111., later moved to Nebraska, coming to JackBon county In 1891. For twenty-one years ho was driver of the stage from Jackson ville to the Applegate and was well known through the entire county. He leaves a widow, Mary, eight children and twelve grandchildren. The chil dren are Mrs. Joseph Martin, Jack sonville; Henry Wendt, Pine Creek; Mrs. Carrie Obenchaln, Bly; Mrs. Anna Issott, San Diego, Cal.; Edward and Emma Wendt, Jacksonville; George Wendt, Alturas, Cal., and Chester Wendt, Jacksonville. The funeral services were held Saturday,.