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1 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 Uthla Flows' City of Sunshine and flowers Ashland, Oregon, Llthla Springs "Oregon's Famous Spa' VOL. XLI L ASHLAND. OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1917 NUMBER 71 Oregon Historical Society Ashland Tidings Thomas Takes Hard Whack at Hornbrook During the discussion of the bone dry bill at Salem, Representative C. M. Thomas of Jackson county, took a healthy crack at Hornbrook. He made a strong plea for efficient, leg' lulatlon to establish more stringent regulations to prevent Illegal ship ments of liquor from California. According to reports from Salem he "declared that a community com posed of the scum of the earth has sprung up In the 'mail order' town of Hornbrook, Just across the line." Minor Depredations Becoming Frequent From every part, of the city come reports of minor depredations of vari ous sorts, thought mostly to be the work 'of small boys. The thievery epidemic seems to be almost as con tagious as the grippe, and usually keeps on growing until the police make an example of some of the of fenders and scare the genus small boy into tho paths of righteousness. Thieves entered the H. G. Gllmore preserve closet at the rear of the house last Monday night and availed themselves of some of Its contents. They partook of a portion of the spoils before leaving and were con siderate enough to leave the remain der of a Jar of excellent fruit. This same night the clothesline at John Dill's home on North Main was relieved Mf somo of its wearing ap parel. The thieves were driven away from the Van Natta home on Chest nut street by Mr. Van Natta. Bill Would Slow Trains at Crossing Cottage Grove Gets Ashland's Goat The Cottage Grove high school bas ketball team cornered the famous goat belonging to Ashland high ' school early In the first half of the basketball game at the high school gymnasium last night and kept the goat successfully corraled until the final whistle blew, with the score 19 to 12 In the visiting team's favor The locals held the Willamette valley huskies even for the first ten minutes and then allowed them to forge slow. ly ahead. Tho locals failed to play up to the pace which they maintained throughout the contest with the mil itia team last week, and could not locate tho basket although having far more easy shots than the Grovers. The visiting aggregation passed well, however, and handled the ball in bet ter shape, and while foregoing any spectacular shots,' worked the ball up by fast passing until an easy shot usually resulted in a score. The game was rough but clean. Followers of the game here are much surprised over the progress which the green squad has made un der Coach Holdonrelch's tuition, and in view of the fact that he started with but one letter man, the present development points toward the turn ing out of a team by the end of the season which will give Medford a run for their money. A fair-sized crowd turned out for the game. In an interesting prelimi nary the girls' second team lost to the first team by a big score. The lineups and points scored were as follows: Ashland Forwards, Bentley, Cunr nlngham 2, Gill; guards, Abbott 2, Harrell 2, Furry 2 (fouls); center, Buck 4. Cottage Grove: Forwards, Dugan, Smith 7 (3 fouls); center, Randall; guards,, Anlouf 9 (1 foul), Coffman 6. The Cottage Grove team plays to night at Medford and will afford the first basis for comparison of the Med ford and Ashland teams. The locals loft this morning on a four-day trip over into Scott's valley, during which they will drive in sleighs over the mountain from Yreka to Fort Jones, playing there tonight, and then playing the Etna Mills high school and town teams on the two succeeding nights. If a bill lntroducted In the house of representatives at Salem by Rep resentative Barber passes, the South ern Pacific company will have to eith er establish a watchman at the Bill ings crossing or else slow down all trains at the crossing to 15 miles per hour speed. The crossing on East Main street would also doubtless be affected al thought It Is so near the yards that few trains are proceeding at a much faster rate of speed than 15 miles per hour when crossing it. The bill makes the maximum speed or steam and electric trains at grade crossings on public highways 15 miles an hour, except where the crossing is protect ed by a watchman employed by the company. Tho bill makes it possible for the estates of the persons killed in graae crossing accidents to re cover any amount the Jury may see fit to award, doing away with the 17500 limit for accidental death in Oregon. The railroad company guil ty of a violation of tho act Is liable to a fine not exceeding' $10,000. Fuses Bring Light Customers to Time According to city authorities, elec tric light customers in great numbers all over the city are notifying the de partment of the possession of toast ers, beaters and the like. - A treat majority did not realize that the use of these was a punishable offense, and In fact most thought that by economizing on light current they had a right to use a toaster or iron once In a while. Now that it has been made plain that the city intends to- stop these practices the customers generally are accepting the matter in good grace. Fuses are being installed on the poles at many residences in the city where there Is a suspicion of unlaw ful use of current and many peculiar Incidents result. At one place where a man was supposed to have four lights only, using a maximum of four ampheres, It was found that a ten amphere fusa would not carry the load. The man was told to unhook the heater or whatever appliance he had attached, but denied having any thing of the kind. Finally, however, when the city employe threatened to leave him without lights, he disap peared in the house and the small fuse did the work thereafter. An other customer refused to take off some appliance he had attached and the current was cut off. Along to ward 9 o'colck at night he phoned to the electrician's office to have the lights put on and apparently recog nized the superior logic of the fuse system. The enforcement of the law is turnr ing scores of customers to the meter system, where Just what current over a certain minimum is paid for. The city has a great number of applica tions in and are contemplating the ordering of additional meters to meet the demand. on the part of BenJ. C. Sheldon of Medford, in consulting and studying with leading educators of the state, members of the board of control, members of the board of regents for normal schools, repreesntatlves from Weston and Pendleton, and the attor ney general's office, the proposed measure for submitting to the people at the next general election the mat ter of two more state normal schools, one to be located at Ashland and the other at some eastern Oregon point, was introduced Into the state legisla ture Tuesday morning. As an Indication of the care with which the measure has been drawn, Mr. Sheldon's draft of the proposed constitutional amendment went through the hands of two of the rep resentatives and senators from east ern Oregon, two attorneys represent ing them, and the attorney general's office without change. As intro duced it has the approval of the friends of normal schools In eastern Oregon, Portland and the leading ed ucators of tho state, as well as our Ashland committee. The full text of the Joint resolu tion, as introduced by Mr. Sheldon, is as follows: "Be it resolved by the house of representatives and the senate, Joint ly concurring, that a proposed amendment to the constitution of the state of Oregon be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection at the regular general election in No vember, 1918, as follows, to wit: "That Article XIV of the constitu tion of the state of Oregon shall be and is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section, which shall be designated as Section 4 of Article XIV: "Section 4. In order to provide adequate normal school instruction for the teachers of the grade schools In Oregon, two normal schools are hereby established: one, to be known as tne Southern Uregon Normal School, shall be located at Ashland, Jackson county, Oregon, and the oth er, to be known as the Eastern Ore gon Normal School, shall be located at such place in a county of Oregon lying east of the Cascade mountains Sheldon's Bill Placing Ashland formal on 1918 Ballot Submitted After more than two months' work donated to the state of Oregon for the purpose of said Eastern Oregon Normal School, grounds suitable, suf ficient in size and acceptable to the said board of regents of normal schools, and said board Is hereby au thorized to accept such grounds as the property of the state of Oregon. Promptly following the adoption of this amendment the said board, with the authority conferred pursuant to Chapter XXII. of Title XXXII of Lord's Oregon Laws, Is hereby direct ed to provide for the establishment and maintenance of the two schools mentioned in this section and to do all things authorized by law neces sary and advisable in order to build, organize and conduct such institu tions. This amendment Is self-exe cuting and all provisions of this con stitution in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. To carry out the provisions of this amendment, and for tho location, construction and equipment of said normal schools, there Ib hereby appropriated out of any money in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thou sand ($125,000) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for each of said schools, to be expended by said board In the manner provided by law. To provide two funds for the support and maintenance of said nor mal schools, including the payment of salaries of teachers and employes, to keep buildings, grounds and other property theroof in good condition, for the construction of buildings and additions thereto If necessary, for the purchase of library books, laboratory supplies and apparatus, and for the payment of necessary incidental ex penses, there is hereby levied an an nual tfci of one twenty-fifth of a mill upon each dollar of all taxable prop pertly wfyhln the state of Oregon for each of said funds. Such tax shall be collected and the funds arising therefrom shall be paid Into the state treasury and shall be known respect ively ns the "Southern Oregon Nor mal School Fund" and the "Eastern Oregon .Normal School Fund," and shall be paid out only on warrants drawn by the secretary of state on the state treasurer against said funds respectively, under the supervision Delinquent Tax List Is Saved As a result of a determined fight led by President Bede of the State Editorial Association, and In which Editor Greer of this paper, who is now in Salem, took a prominent part, the committee on assessment and tax ation has reported the senate bill pro viding for notification of delinquent taxpayers by postal cards instead of through tho newspapers, with the amendment that It apply only to Multnomah county. The original bill applied to the whole state and Its introduction was the signal for the appearance of members of the pnnnfrv nmug An I effort was made to amend the present law so that tho notification of delin quency would bo printed in only one Portland paper, but this failed. Prosr pects for the measure passing both houses are good. Delinquent tax lists will be pub lished In the futura as in the past, allowing no opportunity for property owners to allow their property to go to sheriff's sale unknowingly in this county. Dunsmuir Has SG0,CC0 Fire Dunsmuir was visited by a fire which destroyed $60,000 worth of property Monday. The business blocks at the lower end of the mala street In that city were entirely wiped out. Buildings burned were occupied by the Dunsmuir News, of which Samuel Hill is proprietor; Dr. E. J. Cornish, grocery of S. Manfredla, Freas lodg ing house and saloon, the Belllngham restaurant, Warren's grocery and tha Thomas dye works. Militia Will Play Cottage Grove Sat. Salem's corporation commission has cut costs from $37,468.84 to $33,853.80. Milk condensing plant at McMInn YiUe is to be enlarged. Fruit Company Will Enter Valley Field The Oregon Fruit Company, which recently affiliated with the Pacific Fruit & Produce Company, is to en ter the Rogue River valley field. This company is ono of the biggest buyers and shippers of fruit in the north west. C. E. Patterson was in the val ley last week getting acquainted with the growers in the interests of the company and investigating conditions here. i-t v J t Two BiDs Affect Autoists.of State Two bills of Interest to autolsts have been introduced at Salem and will probably pass, according to the manner In which they was received. This bill Is one similar in contents to tho California law which prohibits glaring headlights on automobiles on highways. The city of Medford has an anti-headlight ordinance which is being enforced and throughout South ern Oregon motorists are becoming courteously observant of the rights of others by dimming their headlights as they approach a machine to pass. A law will make the observance of the point compulsory. The .other bill was introduced by Representative Sheldon and provides for the registration with the secre tary of state of all chattel mortgages on automobiles. The Cottage Grove high school team which defeated the Ashland high school last night will return to this city Saturday after playing two games down the valley, and will meet the fast militia team on the armory floor. The militia boys are confi dent of giving tho Willamette valley bunch a better game than did tha high school, and those who are far miliar with the really speedy organ ization which the soldier boys hava developed predict a defeat for tha visitors. The game will be preceded by a preliminary between the second teams of the militia and high school, which will start at 7:30 sharp. Tha main event will commence at 8:15. Around Millard -Gfubb, lightning forward, and Climax Delsman, who made such a record with the high school team last year, the mllltla have built up a strong team. They are entitled to the backing of tha basketball fans of the city. Association Works For Million Hatch Oppose Using Normal For Wayward Girls A Portion of the Southern Oregon Normal School Campus. as the board of regents of normal schools may designated: provided that, should the location selected for said Eastern Oregon Normal School be ono that the state does rrol now own, there shall be, within sixty days after the adoption of this amendment, and direction of the said board of re gents of normal schools. If any por tlon of said funds shall not be used during the fiscal year, tho balance remuinlng shall be carried over and added to the fund for the next fiscal year." Rogue Fish Fight -Is Growing Warm The Rogue river fishing fight Is growing warm at Salem. Rod Mao leay and his supporters and the advo cates of a closed river had their first hearing before the fisheries commit tee at Salem Tuesday and the matter will probably be decided within a week. Representative Thomas of Jackson and Tlchenor of Curry are fighting hard for a closed river or at least a little more fish protection. Stockmen Meet With Supervisors The Keene Creek Stockmen's asso ciation, composed of about twenty of the prominent stock raisers of the upper Rogue river valley, met at the Ashland city hall Tuesday afternoon with Chief Forest Supervisor T. L. .McKenzle and District Supervisor Erlckson. A definite understanding regarding many matters of ranging! on the forest resorve was consumated and co-operative salting and cattle care outlined. The local association is a flourishing organization and has been of much benefit to Its members. Cereo Manufacturing Co. has mov ed to Portland and will employ 25. Total Oregon mineral output In 1916 was $5,500,000. Bound Over for Killing Hog Tom Kinney, Carl Hammond and Roy Watkins were found guilty in the Justice court at Medford Wednes day of killing a brood sow belonging to A. M. Terrlll of Lake Creek, and were bound over to the grand Jury under $250 bonds. Attorney E. F. Newman, for the defense, grilled the game wardens for their activity in his plea. It developed that game wardens were called to the scene by telephone, upon the Information that deer were being slain recklessly. When they arrlvod they found six or seven men gathered around the re mains of a hog and deer. The case attracted considerable Interest In the Lake Creek district. Word comes from Salem of a movement started to turn the old normal school properties at Ashland, Weston and Drain Into branches of me state gins reformatory. A com mlttee has been appointed to Investi gate the matter. Local normal school workers do not regard tho matter seriously, as it Is becoming generally recognized that more normal schools are needed and there are many good reasons for having normal schools lo cated in more than one part of the state, while the home for wayward girls can Just as well be in one loca tion as scattered, with the cost of maintenance of several. Local peo ple goncrally do not favorably regard the proposition of locating such an Institution as a rpform Bchool here. Langell Valley Murderer Guilty William Doylo, who was charged with the murder of Mary Wilcox and Magglo Jones, which occurred in Lan gell valley on February 8, 1916, was found guilty of manslaughter at Klamath Falls. No eyewitnesses were present at. the tragedy, which oc curred at the home of the women. Doyle Insists that the women were killed by tho accidental discharge of gun which the women were at tempting to wrest from him. Clif Payno makes plato racks. Movies to Impress Fish Screen Need A. C, Allen, who took the Rogue valley motion pictures which were shown at the San Francisco exposi tion, has secured some fine pictures of the Altken fish screen and has tak en them , to Salem, where he will show them boforo the legislature in an endeavor to convince them of the need of adequate screen legislation. Oregon Is given $119,111 from the forest road fund. A communication from the secre tary of the Southern Oregon Poultry Association to the Tidings states that farmers, poulterers and business men all over the country are coming to the rescue of the organization in its campaign for "A million-dollar hatch in Jackson county for 1920." In ad dition to receipt of the dollar for, membership for the year( no assess ments and absolutely no other ex- . pense) from many parsons all over the county, who aro Interested In tha promotion of this vital industry, bus iness houses in all of the towns of the) valley are taking a membership each from a committee now soliciting fop the enlargement of the organization. The membership fees and tho admis sion to the shows are sufficient to cover all the expenses of the organ ization. Recently the association had manu factured at homo the necessary Amer ican standard coops at considerable cost; but tho county has agreed to help to equip tho organization with that necessity, as is done all over tha state In the district associations. Owing to tho lateness of the data at which tho recent state poultry show was held in Medford, the un favorable weather conditions and tha briefness of tho time in which to pre pare exhibits for the event, the com bination with the state association was a poor investment. Tho South ern Oregon Poultry Association has a larger and more active membership tbnn the state organizations, and it proposes to mako its exhibits annu ally so attractive hereafter that other districts will come to it without fur- thor Invitation. Tho poultry buslnoss of southern Oregon ought to be one of its big in dustries, and, Judging from the man ner In which the local association has begun its work of development, it will soon be. Ashland and Grants Pass will ba asked to bid for the 1918 poultry show of the local association. Choral Society Sings at Medford The Ashland Choral Society, twenty-five strong, Journeyed to Medford lost night and presented the cantata, "The Holy city." The efforts of tha local singers were well received and a fair-sized crowd turned out. Phono Job orders to the Tiding.