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Oregon Historical Society Cowp 207 Second St THE TIDINGS PREDICTION: Before December 31, 1918, Ashland will have a population exceeding TWELVE THOUSAND. It will be brought about by proper and complete utilization of her best resource Mineral Waters 'Ashland Grows While Lithla Flows' City of Sunshine and Flowers Ashland. Oregon. Lithla Springs "Oregon's Famous Spa' ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1917 VOL. XLI NUMBER CO Anti-Thievery Campaign Started A movement which may have fan reaching effect in the detection and punishment of petty thievery has been set in motion by the city coun cil here. The Ashland council will pass an ordinance stringently re stricting the itinerant junk dealer into wIiobo hands the major portion of stolen junk goes, and will also en deavor to secure the co-operation of other cities up and down the coast in the passage of like ordinances, thus given a complete control over the junk situation. At present, Ash land and Mcdford and probably other cities have ordinances requiring re portB from all resident secondhand men and junk dealers, but in most cases regulation of the itinerant is lacking. The Junk dealers here have Informed the city authorities that a fair license would not be objection able to them, as it will protect the legitimate industry against wander ing fly-by-nights who are "fences" for stolen goods Pivl break Into the legitimate junk trade. The movement found its Inception in the mind of Councilman A. L. Lamb, who recently lost much valu able mining machinery and about a mile of copper wire Trom his mining property within four milefc of here. In a search which eventually located a portion of the spoils, and which took him to most of the northern Cal ifornia and southern Oregon towns, Mr. Lamb found a deplorable condi tion of affairs in regard to the hand ling of Junk. He states: "I also was amazed to find the stupendous amount of plumbing, wire and fittings of all kinds which were reported as being Btolen, The total loss must run up into hundreds of thousands of dolalrs for the Pa cific coast states in a couple of years, and could be easily prevented should the cities of the coast properly co operate." It was found that the resident Junk dealer was usually honest and at any rate more or less responsible, but that it was the traveling dealer who could not be traced that made the profits on the thievery. Handle 77,625 Hoboes During Porter's Term The magnitude of the hobo travel up anrj down the Pacific coast on the Southern Pacific railroad is brought before the public with astounding force by the report of Chief of Police Porter covering the four years of his incumbency. During this time the local police have handled the amazing total of 77,633 hoboes. This means that in all probability from, two to three times this many have enjoyed free rides over the Southern Pacific through this division point. Prob ably one-third of the transients of the box-car class are rounded up and cared for at the Fourth street deten tion station. During the past year the travel has fallen off considerably, due no doubt to the migration to the east wtiere conditions are better and to the fact that many industries are opening up on the coast and providing all-year-around employment. But 9,890 were corralled at the Fourth street station. during 1916. 716. December's total was Clouds Part and Valley Sees Eclipse The cloitds and fog which have shrouded the sun and the stars for the past week graciously parted last night and allowed the Rogue River valley to witness that sight of the skies, a total eclipse of the moon. The moon was a mere shadow of it self by 11 o'clock and at 12 was hid den by the earth's shadow. Many braved the chilly night air to watch the eclipse Bring your fancy work, if you like, when you como to the Civic Club to morrow. We are going to have a social good timo after the business meeting. Tlmp, 2:30 o'clock. Plase, Auxiliary hall. ' Superintendent Van Fossen of the Methodist church district went to Grants Pass Sunday and occupied the pulpit of the Pass church. Legislature Meets Today at Salem Salem, Ore., Jan. 2. Making oper ative provisions of a rural crefllts law, providing penalty clauses for a "bone-dry" amendment, good road laws, several irrigation projects and limitation of tax increase are among the mora Important issues to occupy the time of the Oregon legislature which convenes here on January 8, for the forty days' session. Indica tions point to the rural credits legis lation as being tho chief business be fore the T'.sembly and which probably will provide the real discussion of the session. The rural credits law was adopted by popular vote at the election last November. It is now the duty of the state legislature to make its provis ions operative. The law provides for a bond Issue up to 2 per cent of the assessed valuation of the state. It will provide approximately $18,000, 000, which it is proposed to lend to farmers on long time and at low inter est. Should action by the legislature fail it will devolve upon the state land board to put the statute into effect. The legislature will be called upon to provide penalty clauses for the "bone dry" constitutional amendment passed by the people. The law at present provides only for the prohibi tion of importation of intoxicating liquors fir beverage purposes and has no punitive clausos. Provisions for punishment of violations are expected to be passed In the form of statutes by the legislature. Good road3 laws and the creation of a non-Balariod highway commis sion will In all probability occupy much of the time during the assem bly. Steps will also be taken, it is believed, to meet the requirements of the federal good roads act which will give Oregon $855,000 for high ways, providing a duplicate sum is raked by the state. . The apparent renewal of interest in the mrny central and eastern Ore gon irrigation projects will likewise cause many bills for development of the arid and semi-arid lands of the state to be submitted to the legisla ture. Through consideration of all bills providing for appropriations will run the influence of the 6 per cent tax in crease limitation amendment passed in November, which provides that taxes shall not be increased in any year mora than 6 per cent over the amount raised in the next preceding year. Ashland and the Rogue River val ley will also be vitally interested in the bill for the closing of Rogue river to commercial fishing which is to be fought out by this legislature. December Thirst Worst of Year Liquor importations into Ashland during the month of December took another big jump over the preceding month, a total of 357 gallons being shipped in. Of this amount 273 gal lons was whiskey, beer 57, wine 7, branpy 8 and alcohol 2. The few days Just previous to Christmas were the busiest of the year, the express office reporting the largest business of the year on the Saturday preceding the holiday. During the year 1916, 1,735 gal lons were brought into this city by common carrier. The police depart ment figures the value of this amount to have been 3,800. Schools Again Take Up the Grind After enjoying, two weeks of vaca tion, many an unhappy boy and girl dragged out of bed at an earlier hour than the last two weeks have al lowed, this morning at the call of the school bell. No more vacation will occur between now and the summer vacation. Examinations' coming in the very immediate futuro do not leave tho leisure-loving student much time for regret, however. From now till the beginning of tak ing our annual invoice we will sacri fice all profits. We need the money; you need the goods. See our ad. Ashland Trading Co. 64-2t Annual State Poultry Show Begins Tomorrow At Medford The ch'cken Is king, or queen, at Medford beginning tomorrow when the state poultry show will be held in that city. This is the biggest event In state chicken circles of the year and every poultry raiser in southern Oregon intends to visit the exhibition during the session. The show will bo held 'n the Korinek building. The Southern Pacific Company has granted visitors to the state poultry fhow to be held in Medford opening at Tuesday noon, special rates from Willamet.e valley points and other 'stations cn the route. It Is expected that the f irUt shipments of birds will be received today. Entries will be accepted up to tonight. Thursday has been selected as the school children's day for free admis sion. They rar.y appear at the door of the show for "passes" Into the show at any hour of the day or even ing. There will be several thousand dol lars' wor'.h of fine poultry on ex hibition, some of the choicest birds' of the state having been already en tered. Jackson county breeders are prepared to surprise the old-time poultry breeders of the Willamette valley, local officials say. They have made excellent progress during the past year. May Cost Fifteen Cents to Oversleep Residents of the city who have tak en advantage of tho proffer of free porch lights will have to be more careful about burning the lights in the daytime hereafter. Oversleeping may cost fifteen cents a month. The Council has decided, in view of the fact that a great many leave the porch lights wastefully burning all day, to charge fifteen cents for the month in which the use of free porch light current in the daytime is de tected. All of the city employes will be committees of one to report porch lights burning in the daytime. They will, however, call at the house and call the owner's attention to the burning light so that when the extra fifteen cents r.ppcars on the light bill at the end of the month there will be no opportunity for denial. This ruling, of course, aoes not af fect those who have been paying for their porch lights or who have the porch lights on a meter. Many houses which have meters have the porch lights cut in ahead of the me ters, however, so that the current does not register. The charge was placed at fifteen cents because that would be the charge mado for a porch light under the flat rate were the free usage not granted. The porch lights should he turned off between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. Should you oversleep, it may cost you fifteen cents. Hillah Shriners To Portland About twenty-five members of Hillah Templo of Shriners, which has hoadquarters in Ashland but Includes members from all over southern Ore gon and northern California, will at tend tho ' Al Kader ceremonial in Portland beginning January 27. The exact number which will go from here is of course not definitely known. All of the Shriners of the northwest will sund delegations. At this gathering an effort will be in augurated to secure the Imperial Council of 1919 for Portland. Seat tle and Los Angeles have both enter tained the Imperial Council, but Port land still awaits its turn, and it Is believed that a proppr campaign will bring the council, with its 40,000 Shriners from all over the country, to Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Lockname of Twin Falls, Idaho, who for the past few weeks have been occupying fur nished apartments in the E. B. Shaw residence on B street, have gone to Bend to locate on a ranch in that vi cinity. . Woolen mills at Oregon City have shared profits with 400 employes. Newly Invented electric Incubators and brooders will be on exhibition. Captain A. J. Vance, manager of the telephone company, lias an Incubator filled with eggs that will hatch dur ing the show. Friday of next week is the dny the chicks should appear to help to entertain the visitors. The several classes of birds on ex hibition will be much Improved over those of the last local poultry show. Inquiries about the show and the Interest manifested generally give promise of a large attendance, both locally and from up-state counties. County Pathologist C. C. Cate, who went to Corvallls Thursday evening, will arrange to have Dr. Dryden or Mr. I, amb from the Oregon Agricul tural College deliver a lecture during the progress of the show. Professor F. C. lleimer of the southern Oregon experiment station will deliver an addiv9 to the farmers and poultry people and others will speak on ap propriate subjects. Tlie purpose of the local manage ment is to make one of the best and most valuable educational shows of the kind ever hebl In the state. It Is the southern Oregon asosciation's in tention to place Jackson and Its sis ter counties on tho map as technical poultry eglon of the coast. j Prisoners Escape And One Breaks Hip The first successful jail break to occur at the Jackson county jail was pulled off at Jacksonville Saturday evening, and George Bopp is free from the toils of the law. His part ner in the attempt, Louis Levtne, is at ?cred Heart hospital with a brok en hip sustained in a fall from the roof of tne Jail. George Bopp and Louis Levlne were members of a gang of I. W. W.'b held In the county jail awaiting trial for the shooting of a Southern Pacific braketaan at Stelnman, a month ago. The two men crawled from the top tier of cells to the skylight and onto the roof of the Jail. From the eaves they dropped onto an adjoining shed, a distance of twenty feet. Bopp suc ceeded in breaking his fall thusly, but Levlne missed the roof and struck wth terrific force on the ce ment walk, breaking his left hip. It Is a compound fracture. Bopp, once free, escaped, the first alarm being sounded ly Levlne's moans for help. The two men lain their plan for escape with care, and taking advan tage of a change in the sheriff's of fice last Tuesday, worked with little hindrance. They did not confide their plans to any of the other prisr oners. The authorities in California and Oregon towns were a.lvised to keep watch for the escaped Bopp, and a sheriff's posse is looking for him. Vining Crowded For Vaudeville The vaudeville at the Vining thea tre last Thursday evening attracted a good sized crowd and on the whole was very pleasing. The second act, a comedy and song skotch by Tom Bee son Jr. and Trixie Harris, was an irrcslstlb'o laugh provoker even here in staid Ashland, which must have Its comedy really funny before it will laugh. This act overcame a slight disappointment left by the first act, which wub operatic singing which was lacking in spots owing to the lack of opportunity for rehearsal due to a late train. The third act, a sketch, was fair. Ashland theatregoers ehowed plainly that they appreciate vaudet ville and want more of it. Some of the best acts -now on the coast are said to be listed for this city. C. C. Cate, county pathologist, is in Corvallls attending the Farmers' and Home Makers' Week and the convention of county agents. While there he will also take up the matter of oil sprays with the departments of plant pathology and entomology Mrs. Andy MCarty of Grants Pass is visiting In thjs city for a few days. Solve Lithia Park Lighting Problem A satisfactory solution of the prob lem of lighting Lithla Park was of fered by tho electric committee and accepted by tho city council, subject to the approval of the park board. The solution provides for the pay ment for all equipment by the park board and for the curtailment of lighting to a minimum in the months from October to May, when the lights are not needed. Then In the summer months when thn park should be at its best, and the city has a surplus of current under the contract with the California! Oregon Power Company, the current will be furnished by the light department and the park light ed at no extra cost to the taxpayers. This can bo done by running the mu nicipal plant at full capacity all summer. State Rural Credits Operation Delayed The Ste.te Land Hoard at a special meeting at Salem last week decided not to proceed to put the rural credits amendment into operation until after the legislature meets and enacts a law prescribing the details of tho proced ure. It will become effective on Feb ruary 5, instead of on January 7, as some supposed, so Assistant Attorney Gneral Van Winkle said, so there is time for the legislature to act. Combines Police And Fixe Work Following the disastrous fire in the Allen and Cunningham buildings, the city authorities deemed it necessary that a thi' d man be added to the Mre department. In order to meet this need and at tho same time to assist In the patrolling of tho city which has become a more difficult problem because of the cutting down of the appropriation for the police depart ment on the supposition that two men could handle the. work, a third man has been addad who will act as a fire man ail also will patrol the uptown business section from 11 o'clock on at night. In miking the appointment of J. R. Pettiuger to this placo lust week, Mayor I.amkin called the attention of the council to the fact that the city was too spread out to allow of efficient patrol by one man and that the fireman-policeman would be just as valuable to the fire department when patrolling tho uptown section as when at tho station. A discussion of the reduction of the volunteer flre-flghtlng force occasioned by a recommendation from tho fire committee brought forth a vigorous protest from Fire Chief Robinson, Councilman Banta apparently , having misunderstood a statement of his. Tho recommenda tlon was referred back to the fire committee. Auto Increases 119 In Four-Year Period During tho past four years, looked back upon as four years of "hard times" by the average citizen, the number of automobiles in Ashland in creased from twenty-eight to one nun dred and forty-seven, an Increase of one hundred and nineteen. This means an investment of close to $100,000 exclusive of the cars which were bought and sold or replaced by new onoj. Many Cars Out for Exhilarating Spin A great majority of the car owners of the valley took advantago of the (unsblne Sunday to take an exhil arating spin on the Pacific Highway. Scores of cars from Medford came up as far as the foot of Billings hill and then turnod back, not wishing to attempt the rutty bill. Dustln Farnum will be shown Wednesday night at the Vining theatre In "Parson of Paramlnt," said to be one of bis very best characterizations. Believes Canneries Kill Steelheads In the Sunday issue of the Port land Journal, W. J. Wlmer, and Ore-, gon pioneer and a resident of Waldo, springs to the defense of the fish of I the Rogue river with one of the most I logical letters which have appeared ! upon the subject. It is printed here with: "Waldo, Ore., Jan. 4 To the Ed itor of the Journal: The people of : southern Oregon have at last revolt ed against the fish speculator. The uncivilized 'redskin' maintained the fish and game In splendid condition for untold centuries, turning the country over to the white man full of game end fish. It has taken tho "paleface' only fifty years to almost or quite extinguish the two from the face of the earth. The coming of tho canneries and other legalized fishing seems to have settled the fish ques tion against the people. Tho repeat ing rifle and the hide hunter did thn job for the deer, making the deer so scarce that the predatory aniniaU are cleaning up the quails and silver squirrels and will eventually finish the deer. "It was said that one man on tha Applegate some years ago killed 1,500 dejr In one season and sold the hides for 50 cMitg each. A brother of the writer nt that tlmo saw five old bucks dead In one group, with the skins removed and the car casses rotting, all the work of this Same man. I have seen 3,000 to 4.000 pounds of fresh fish shipped by rail from Grants Fass each morn ing, when a resident could not buy a mess of fish for his breakfast, "When I first saw the Rogue river In the summer of 1863 It was alive with sporting fish, and not a spottl one to be seen; and the talk was that during the Tunning season it was often difficult to get a horse to en ter the ford of the small tributaries because ot tho floundering fish In It. "These things have disappeared. T believe it Is a fact that the canneries destroy thousands of steelheads be cause, first, they eat the salmon eggs and, second, because they get fast in the nets and Interfere with the catch of salmon. "The late R. D. Hume was the best posted man on salmon on the Pacific coast. He published a book proving that tha salmon, by nature, when done spawning, returns to salt water nujl are heabd. This he proved by marks and tags exhibited by return ing fish. "Now the rivers are so obstructed wlih nets and dams that the fish are Co completely btulsed and beaten up that they die along the banks of the) streams, unable to make the trip back to salt water. "Shall one professional fisherman In quest of the almighty dollar trap and Bell the fish, thus depriving a thousand struggling home builders on the upper streams of one of nai Uire's assets rnd an occasional mesa of fish for their families? "Oregon's past record with regard to her fish and game Is a dlsgraco to civilization. "The pioneer henrd no complaint of dead fish along the river bankfc. "W. J. WIMER." Baby Scalded to Death at Copco Clarence Wilfred Burgess, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burgess of Copco, met with a serious accident that resulted In death last Friday. The little one while playing at homo fell into a pan of hot water and was 'seriously scalded. Death relieved the child's sufferings a few hours later. Funeral services were held in the Cathollcchurch In Yreka, conducted by Rev. James O'Meera. Interment was made in tho Catholic cemetery. The little boy was only nineteen months old. Business Hen Will Meet Tonight The Business Men's Association will hold its annual election of of ficers tonight. The meeting will ba held in Auxiliary ball and refresh ments served, following the business session and election.
