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About Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1917)
Oregon Historical Society romp 207 Second Ht 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 Uttila Flows" City of Sunshine and flowers Ashland, Oregon, Lithla Springs "Oregon's Famous Spa' ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1917 NUMBER 74 VOL. XLI xSHLAND I DINGS Fans Talk Ball Team for Ashland Although lack of grounds has pre vented the maintenance of a baseball team In Ashland for several years past, In fact since Helman's field was turned into a poultry ranch, Ashland has hundreds of baaball fans and much desultory talk of organizing a team for the coming summer has been heard wherever men gather In the city. Because of the Influx of visitors last summer and the pros pects of a much greater number of out-of town seekers of rest and amusement during th.s coming sea son, prospects for a financially suc cessful venture In organizing a ball team are greater than at any time In the past. The young business men of the city are many of them very enthusiastic about the matter, and If someone can be found to handle the proposition no doubt Ashland will have a ball team this summer. . That baseball will pay In this val ley Is conceded by anyone who has knowledge of the facts. In bygone years the road to Medford was un paved, there were no automobiles and the games had to depend upon local patronage. Now all is changed. Should Ashhud and Medford develop ball teams a rivalry would be sure to grow up which would moan the mi gration of thousands to the scene of battle when the rivals met. Grants Pass always has a strong team and some of the smaller communities de velop aggregations which would mnke a good showing in a valley league. Then Klamath Falls and the northern California towns always have first-class teams and would be good drawing cards. With Ashland's park attractions baseball excursions to this city would mean the spending of a great deal of money here on ball game days. The procuring of suitable grounds would not be difficult, as the Jitney has made close proximity to the busi ness section less desirable than for merly. Material for a team which would rank well with any in this sec tion would develop In Ashland with the possible importation of two or three outside players, providing po sitions could be found for them here for the summer. Preliminary steps would of course have to be taken during February and March for the organization of a team, and no doubt the fans of the city will find a way to get together on the matter before many weeks have passed. Attend Portland Automobile Show Kenneth McWilliams of the local Chalmers Saxon-Maxwell agency, in company with the other southern Or egon salesmen of tho A. W. Walker Motorcar Company, visited the Port land automobile show in Portland last week. Mr. McWilliams reports an interesting trip and a great show. He says the Portland armory, in which the show was held, was thronged with crowds. A number of other Ashlanders, in cluding many of the Hillah Temple Shriners' delegation, also attended the Portland gas machine show. Central Point Talks Rebonding Central Point News: At the city council meeting of last Monday even ing the matter of robondlng the city was taken up and a bonding com pany's man was present to talk the matter over with the council. The council decided to take no action to ward calling an election until they were able to talk the matter over with the business men and citizens interested and affected by such an issue. Pendleton Wheat, wic' and hsy bring highest prices; banks bursting with money; abundance ,r work for everybody; empty houses unknown ; business and collections never better. Roseburg-ThIrty-fiV3 miler. tele phone line to be conr.lru stfld in Ump qua national forest , Dallas Local mill buys 1,000,000 feet fir logs cut by S. P. company on Coos Bay line right of way. Survey ol Klamath River Road Started S. W. Lowden, resident engineer of the highway commission, is start ing the final survey for the Klamath river to Happy Camp. Mr. Lowden expects to be at work on this project all winter and well into the spring. This will mean that more or less work will be done on this important piece of highway this year. It Is rumored that the fact that work will be done on the Orleans Happy Camp unit will have a tenden cy to rush the completion of this all year route. A road down the Klamath river to the coast will make accessible one of the most desired portions of Califor nia for the new settlor, miner, farm er, stockraiser and lumberman. Library Can Get Any Book for You The officials of the public library wish to make the library of the most use to the greatest number of people, and they would like to have any one hand in lists of books that they want to see on the library shelves. The library can -not buy books of a sectarian nature. It can very eas ily be seen that the city money can not be used to purchase religious books of any denomination. Neither does it buy technical books, which, however, may be borrowed from oth er libraries which make a specialty of them. Otherwise the book com mittee will consider all lists handed In and purchase what they can. If there Is any book that you wish to read, ask the librarian about it. She will get it for you if it is to be had In Oregon. If It is not in the public library or the state library, the libraries of the University of Oregon, O.. A. C.,..Roed College, and Portland public library are free to everyone. But the librarians prefer that you send through your local library. Local Debaters Win District Honors The Ashland high debaters started on another lap In their, race for the state championship Friday evening when both the negative and affirma tive teams of tho local school took the Central Point orators Into camp with two to one decisions from the judges at both debates. Cleo Kirk and Earnest Abbott up held the affirmative side of the state question against Miss Dunlop and Miss Chancy at Central Point, before a large and enthusiastic crowd of Central Pointers. Superintendent Hillis, J. Percy Wells and Lawyer McCano,' all of Medford, acted as judges for the central city debate. Priscilla Carnahan and Lloyd Tur ner defeated the Central Point team in the' local high school gymnasium by gaining a two to one decision from the three Medford men who acted as judges. A fair-sized crowd of en thusiasts were present for the argu ment. The judges consisted of Prin cipal Daly, Mr. Borden and Attorney Myers for tho local debate. The affirmative team of the locals will meet the crack Klamath Falls team at Klamath Falls March 9. The locals already have the southern Ore gon championship, and the argument with the Falls city will decide the south central Oregon championship. Overland Agency Moves Headquarters The local Overland agency con ducted by G. E. Mlllner has moved from the Shook building to new quarters which are being fitted up In the Stoner building. Tho new room offers commodious showroom facili ties wjth a spacious show window. Besides the Overland cars, Mr. Mlll ner has installed a stock of supplies and fixtures and will build up a good trade in this department. An excava tion Is being made in front of the building in order that a gasoline tank may be' sunk the number of feet be low the sidewalk required by law. A curb gasoline dispenser will be in stalled. Phone ob orders to the Tiding. Oregon Absolutely Lid Clamped on At 4 o'clock Friday afternoon the state of Oregon became bone dry and a long campaign for real prohibition was crowned with success. Governor Wlthycombe signed the bone-dry bill and Immediately upon his signing the time for ordering liquor from the California wholesalers came to a close. All orders received up to Fri day evening will bo shipped by tho mail order houses, and the express companies are given five days ot grace In which to make deliveries. The local express office did a rush ing business In the last few days, but now has the shipment practically cleared out. The flood of last-minute orders started early yesterday in almost every city in tho state. Messages multiplied by leaps and bounds until their trasnactlon was brought to a sudden halt at 4 o'clock with the final flourish of the governor's pen as he affixed his signature. For the next four days, during the period of grace, the express com panies will be busy. It is estimated hundreds of quarts of liquor will be sent over the line before Wednesday. Like the telegraph companies, the ex press companies will probably have to put on extra help to handle the rush. Governor Wlthycombe signed the bone-dry bill In the presence of Rep resentative J. E. Anderson of The Dalles, who Introduced the bill In the house of representatives; Senator B. L. Eddy, who piloted the bill through the senate; Mis. Jennie Kemp, presi dent of the Women's Christian Tem perance Union of the state, and Mrs. Thomas Swings Fish Bill Passes on Second Vote Led by representative C. M. Thomas of Jackson county, the sponsor for the effort to close Rogue river to commercial fishing, the forces favoring the legislation won a 6lgnal victory In the house at Salem Friday when the bill was passed, 3G to 23, with Elgin absent. Two days before, tho leaders of the fight against the closed river went down to defeat after a spectacu lar battle. The vote was a tie and Thomas changed his vote, giving him an opportunity to call for a reconsid eration. Sam Brown of the Marion county delegation, which had voted solidly Groundhog Leaves Valley in Doubt ' The groundhog saw his shadow in Ashland when he emerged for his customary look around on February 2, providing he arose early. In the lower valley towns he failed to see the sun, however, end it is a ques tion as to whether the Ashland prophecy will hold good for a stormy 6pring. The sun shone brightly all Friday morning, but later in the day cloutls rolled up, and if Mr. Ground hog happened to oversleep he might have missed seeing his shadow. 4 COMMERCIAL CLl'B. The Ashland Commercial Club will meet this evening in the city council room In tho city hall and the citizens of Ashland are all invited to attend. The Civic Improvement Club has been extended an Invitation and the Indies of the city as well as the men are expected to be well represented. Reports on a num ber of matters of Interest will be heard and Supervisor Keene of the local branch of the gov ernment entomological bureau will give an address on the pine beetle and other pests of the forests of this vicinity and dis cuss tho w.irfare which Is being carried on against them. Bone-Dry Friday Afternoon $ PRINCIPAL POINTS IN HOXE- $ DRY PROHIBITION HILL. Importation of Intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes 4 absolutely prohibited. $ All prohibitive provisions of & previous prohibition law re- S 8 talncd. Alcohol for scientific aild me- ? chanical purposes can be pur- $ chasrd only on permit from dis- S trlct attorney, and then In quan- $ tltios not to excoed a quart a month. $ Clergymen permitted to Im- port wine for sacramental pur- poses only on permit fromdls i tilet attorney. Q Drug stor?g prohibited from selling nlcohol for medicinal ? $ purposes except on prescription ,of physician. $ i Prescriptions must be Issued S S in duplicate and filed with S jcounty clork for comparison. $ Purchaser must make affidavit 3 3 that it Is intended for medicinal & use. $ Drunkenness is made misde- S S meanor by statute. 4 Express and railroad compa- $ 3 nies have five days for complet- $ lng deliveries of goods ordered before 4 p. m. Friday, when bill Q was signed by governor. All 3 i goods on hand at end of five 3 days must h sent out of state. Ada Wallace Unruh, a prohibition worker. House and Rogue against the measure, took tho floor and said that he had never known tho real conditions until that morn ing, and asked that, the bill be recon sidered. The Macleay interests) which have opposed the bill, are not expected to reopen the struggle In the house. Tho next big fight will bo staged late this week in the senate. A number of northern Oregon lea islators switched over after securing full informtalon regarding the fish situation, and in several stirring speeches declared themselves as op posed to going against the decidedly strong sentiment which exists in southern Oregon. Commercial Club To Lose Secretary The Ashland Commercial Club is to lose Secretary Frank Shlnn, his 'resignation from the secretaryship having been submitted to take effect on March 1. Mr. Shlnn has been at the helm of the club's affairs since Mast July and has played an impor tant part In the placing of the club upon its present substantial basis. I Mr. Shlnn, being an experienced busl- i licss man, was invaluable to the club j i u the straightening out of the club affairs '; With Mr. Shinn the work was most ly a labor of love. Ho sorved on a 'salary which could hardly be called 'a salary In order that every possible !cent might go toward the liquidation of the club's Indebtedness. .Now that the club is on Its feet he leaves to enter another line of business. No successor has been selected as yet. $ . 4 ROVNDIT. 3 G . Q $ Those holding stock In the $ S Rogue River Roundup Assocla- $ Hon are requested to attend a S meeting to be held at the city 4 hall on Wednesday evening, i ? February 7, at 7:30 o'clock. S ? Definite plans are to bo laid for $ the 1917 round up to bo held in $ S Ashland. It School Directors May Be Recalled School directors were placed on u parity with other public officials when the house of representatives passed senate bill 95, providing for the recall of school directors upon the filing of proper petitions, Friday. The vote was overwhelming 44 fa- forlng the measure, 14 voting against it, with two being absent. For days a bitter attack was made on the bill by O. M. Plummer of Port land, representing the interests of City School Superintendent Alderman of Portland, who saw in the bill a possible menace to the close corpora tion of the Portland school board. In spite of the struggle of the lobby the bill passed on Its merits. It applies only to districts of the first class. Rumors of Plan to Keep Out Liquor Tho local authorities refuse to give out information or comment upon plans to prevent smuggling liquor over the line. It is generally pre sumcd, however, that a well-organ ized plan, directed by state officials, exists to prevont liquor from coming in. The presence of state officials in this city and vicinity of late would seem to indicate the formulation of a systematic plan. At present the Pacific Highway over the Siskiyou mountains, which Is the only road from the valley Into California, is practically Impassable to automobiles, none having made the trip tecently. The snow at the summit is from thirty inches to four feet and wagons could make the trip only with great difficulty. In the last, few weeks there has been an Immense amount of liquor brought In from Ilornbrook and H1U, In suit cases, on trains, according to train men. Sometimes as high as forty suitcases were piled on by Oregonl ans returning from a brief sojourn In northern California. Auto Search Law Would Be Stringent The bill introduced by Representa tive Sheldon :n the house at Salem, empowering tho authorities to search automobiles or boats suspected of carrying liquor, reads as follows: "Any dlstr'ct attorney, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or any po lice officer acting within his Juris diction, and any special agent of the governor having personal knowledge or reasonable information that intox icating liquors are being carried or transported by any boat, vehicle, or other conveyance, shall search such suspected vehicle, boat, or other con veyance, without a warrant, and without any afflduvlt being filed, and If such officer finds upon or In the boat, vehicle, or other convey ance, intoxicating liquors, he shall seize the same and arrest any person or persons in chargo of bucIi vehicle, boat, or other conveyance, and take such person with such intoxicating liquor so seized forthwith, or as soon thereafter as practical, before a Jus tice of tho .peace, or any court In the county in which said seizure is made, having jurisdiction- to try cases for violation of any of the provisions contained in Chapter 141 of the gen eral laws of Oregon for 1915, and all acts amendatory thereof, and such officer shall without delny make and file a complaint for such violation of law as tho evidence Justifies." State W.C.T.U. At Salem This Week The state W. C. T. U. will hold a midyear session at Salem from Feb ruary G to 9 Inclusive. A one and a third fare for the round trip will be given by the railway companies. Those attending are to buy their tick ets on the certificate plan and attend the Wednesday forenoon session so us to get a certificate signed by the secretary In order to get the reduced fare coming home. Tho antl-clgar- ette bill will be before the legisla ture on Tuesday evening, February 6, at which time tho white rlbboners will be out In force. Phone job orders to the Tiding- Both Teams Win At Central Point In a rushing, shoving, tripping, hard-fought battle the local high school Imsketnrs broke their losing streak by taking an 18 to 14 victory from the fast Central Point quintet at Central Point Saturday night. The game was played on the small Cen tral Point Y. M. C. A. floor. The celling was h.w aftl the spectators who thronged the sidelines were of ten In the center of the floor in their excitement. However, the locals were used to small floors and like conditions from the Etna Mills trip, so that they played a much better sliort passing game and also showed a marked Improvement In basket Hhoottng. Central Point made but tbreo field baskets, the rest of the points being made on fouls. The various local high-schoolers who tried; shooting fouls showed an inability to locate the basket, so that most of Ashland's points were made from field goals. The many fouls slowed up the game continually. However, the locals credit their success to the? fact that they beat Central Point at their own game. As Reld Harrell, the gritty littlo halfback of this, year's football team, said: "All I need Is my headgear and shoulder pads and I would feel right at home." The Ashland girls also proved vie toriouB in a rough and tumble con test by coming out on the long end of an 11 to 8 score. About twenty- five Ashland fans accompanied the team and answered the Central Point yells back with the yells and songs of Ashlnnd high. The boys' lineup consisted of R; Harrell and H. Bentley, forwards; Buck, center; Furry and Abbott, guards. Wlnine was substituted for Abbott in the last five minutes ot play. ( Tho girls lined up with tho Misses Tucker and Hast, guards; Bess, cen ter; Scott and Inlow, forwards. Both teams also took down a num ber of second team subs. Peter Spencer of the Talent schools ref erred both contests to the satisfac tion of both teams. The Ashland contingent wore roy ally entertained by the Central Point ers after the game. Light refresh ments wore served. Both the girls' and boys' teams are now beginning on a strenuous week of practice prior to two games with Klamath Falls at that city on Friday and Saturday of this week. Two Local Boys Will Enter Navy Paul Winter and Arthur Maxedon of this city left Thursday for Port land, where they will take their final examinations preliminary to entering tho United States navy. From Port land they paused through Sunday southbound to Sun Francisco, whore they will enter the training school for a term of instruction be fore being assigned to a ship. The boys huvo enlinted for the three-year term with the right to leave active service at the end of sixteen months if they so wish. They will be on the reserve list for three years, however following their term of service. Gladstone To Have New Chautauqua Tho construction of a modern $5, 000 auditorium at Gladstone park as a theater for the annual Willamette valley Chautauqua entertainments and meetings is practically assured and tho building will bo erected in. time for the Chautauqua next sum mer, according to gliomas A. Burke, secretary 'of tho Willamette Valley Chautauqua Association. The Portland Chamber of Com merce has asked for a memorial of the stute legislature to congress urg ing that definite legislation he made concerning waterpower, so that some' basis for development might be ar rived at. Tho Dalles Pacific Power ft Light Company Installing most niodern ni trogen lamps to repiaca old arc lights throughout city. Monroe Pool of 600 sacks of po tatoes bring $12,000.
