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THE TIDINGS PREDICTION: Before December 31, 1918, Ashland will have a population exceeding TWELVE THOUSAND.
It will ne brought about by proper and complete utilization of her best resource Mineral Waters
Ashland Tidings
Ashland Grows While Uthla flows'
City of Sunshine and flowers
Ashland, Oregon, Llthia Springs
"Oregon's famous Spa"
ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1917
VOL. XLI
NUMBER 76
Girls and Boys
Lose at Klamath
Club Fights For
Farmers' Interest
The Ashland high girls' and boys'
basketball teams returned home Sun
day evening after taking defeat from
the Klamath county high school girls'
and hoys teams. The Klamath girls
Aere very much larger than the lo
cals and In a rough contest Friday
evening they ran away from the red
pnd white femlnlncs with a 31 to 7
score. The .boys' gamo was hard
fought In every detail. The Klnm
sthltes, with eevt-ral letter men buck
in the ranks, have developed Into a
very fast and smoothly passing quin
tet. Numerous fouls marred tho
game, one Klamathlte being sent
from the floor with four personal
fouls end several other players
warned. Lennox, a husky newcomer
playing center for the Klamath team,
played the stellar game for his side,
while Harrell was the chief point
gainer for the locals. The score was
34 to is!
The second game showed a vast
Improvement on the part of the Ash
land girls and they held the Klamath
emazons to a few point victory.
The boys' game on Saturday eevn,
ing was rough and slow. The Klam
ath basket tossers clearly outplayed
the locals. However, the score does
not do justice to the Ashlanders'
playing because of the hard luck
which seemed to follow tho locals'
basket shooting. Sliger, their cap
tain, wag sent out of the game on
account of personal fouls, and other
players showed their football train
ing. Had the locals possessed a good
foul thrower their side of the score
could have been three times what It
was. The final score was 31 to 5.
Vernon Motschenhacher officiated
both games.
The locals enjoyed themselves
thoroughly on the trip. Ice skating
and motor boating attracted many of
the athletes. Those who made the
trip were the Messrs. Harrell, Bent
ley, Furry, Buck, Winnie. Gill, Ab
Iwtt and Coach Heldcnrelch, and the
Misses Scott, Hast, Inlow, Bess, Pro
vost, Tuecker, Wenncr and Coach
Moffit. Slade Songcr, Bill Holmes,
Harold Bunts and Harley Holmes
also accompanied the team.
Predicts Immense
Tourist Travel
C. R. Brlmacombo, Pacific coast
manager for the Pcck-Judah tourist
information and tour bureaus, is a
visitor in the city today, attending to
business at the hotels in regard to
parties of tourCts who will be
through here; and also in regard to
listing in the Peck-Judah tour books.
Mr. Brimacomb predicts the great
est western-bound flood of tourist
travel this year of all time, and be
lieves that tho northwest is going to
get its share. He states that a party
of 115 are listed to pass through
here and spend a night In Ashland
while bound for Alaska in July, and
that numerous other parties of small
er number may be expected.
In regard to Ashland, Mr. Brlma
comhe is confident that this city will
begin to realize this summer what It
means to bo a desirable stopping
place for tourists. Ho stated that
he knew of many places with one
one-third the advantages of Ashland
which had built up immense tourist
trades by extensive advertising.
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dition. Apply A. W. Walker Auto
Company. It
CHAX'TAVQUA BUILDING
Much Interest ic being evi
denced .throughout the city In
the proposed proposition to sell
the Chautauqua park to the city
in order to relso funds for a
magnificent civic auditorium.
Sentiment generally seems to
favor the proposition. Every
Ash.lander should attend the
meeting at the armory Thurs
day evening, when tho matter
will be fully discussed and a
decision made as to the advis
ability of placing It before the
voters at an election. The Ash
land band will furnish music
and every Ashlander should attend.
Honor Supt. Briscoe
At School Banquet
Superintendent Briscoe of the Ash
land schools was tho guest of honor
at a banquet at the Hotel Austin here
at which the school board and entire
staff of teachers of the city, number
ing forty in all, were present. The
affair was enlivened by many unique
features. Superintendent Briscoe was
recently elected president of the Ore
gon State Teachers' Association and
the banquet Was really originated
with the idea of showing tho appre
ciation of the school people for the
honor done their head.
In Mr. Briscoe Ashland Is fortunate
In having a school man whose ability
has won him the highest honors that
state can bestow and whose work is
placing him among the famous edu
cators of the coast.
Those present at the banquet were:
Messrs. and Musdames G. A. Briscoe,
F. S. Engie, T. H. Simpson, Dr. G. W.
Gregg and G. G. Eubanks, Misses
Marian Arendt, Laura McCormick,
Grace Lilly, Irene Rlngheim, Ha
Myers, Alice N. Thompson, Irene
Johnson, Gretchcn Kramer, Alice J.
Fllnn, K. line Brandee, Nellie B.
Robs, Irene James. C. Morehouse,
Hazel Clark, Verna Pyland. Evangel
ine Poley, Margaret Power, Rose
Thomas, Loraine Johnson and Calla
Vogeli, and Messrs. F. E. Moore, G.
M. Ruch, E. T. Hallowell, Delmar
Harmon and S. A. McGovern.
Bishop Sumner
Visits Ashland
The Right Rev. Walter T. Sumner,
D. D., of the dioceso of Oregon ar
rived in Ashland Saturday morning
and wag met by the Rev. P. K. Ham
mond and taken to the Hotel Austin.
At noon the bishop and the vestry
of Trinity church were entertained
at lunch at the rectory, when church
matters were talked over by those
present. In the afternoon the bishop
was taken to sec the main points of
interest about the city, n the even
ing a reception in the bishop's honor
was given in the parish house, which
was well attended and much enjoyed.
A class of seven was confirmed at
the 11 o'clock service on Sunday
morning. Following the confirmation
service, which was very Impressive
and was witnessed by a congregation
which filled every available sent, the
bishop gave a vivid and enlightening
address on the church and the insti
tutions It is supporting In the dio
cese and other matters of great in
terest. The bishop expressed a warm
liking for Ashland and commended
the vicar and members of Trinity
church for the work being done In
the upbuilding of the church here.
Weed Lumber Co.
Operate March 1
The jperatlons of the Weed Lum
ber Company start the first of the
month, according to statements given
out by the company. Employment
will be given to approximately 1,275
men, whose monthly payroll, it is
estimated, will bo $80,000. This will
bo an Increase over last year. The
number of men to bo employed this
season will bo Increased by seventy
five, as compared with last year's
list of emrloycs.
The tAro mills will be opened the
latter part of this month. A new
logging camp is being constructed at
Mt. Hebron, and it is reported the
company soon contemplates an exten
sive undertaking in tho Klamath
Falls region. J. M. White, assistant
to E. H. Cox of San Francisco, presi
dent of the'eompany, states that op
erations will be conducted on a more
extensive scale than during previous
seasons.
A number of local men will leave
March 1 to. enter tho company's em
ploy. State G. A. R. Camp
Dates Are Set
It has been definitely decided that
the next state encampment of the
Oregon Grand Army of the Republic
will be held at Forest Grove, Ore., on
June 26, 27 and 28. The local post
has been notified to this effect.
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Says Valley May
Lose Sugar Factory
Field Agent Pettingill of the
Grants Pass sugar factory company
made an appeal for co-operation
from the people of this district dur
ing his talk at the Ashland Commer
cial Club last Monday evening, stat
ing that unless a greatly increased
acreage was secured this spring, the
valley would lose tho great sugar in
dustry. According to the field man,
the backers of the sugar company
have decided that unless 30,000 tons
of beets are secured for the Grants
Pass mill this year, the factory will
be moved out of the valley. Last
year but 7,600 tons were secured
and so far this year about one-fifth
of the required acreage has been
promised. Mr. Pettingill dwelt upon
the fact that tho sugar industry was
one which always made the most
prosperous kind of a community and
turned loose a vast sum of money
yearly; that It did not ask any bonus
but co-operation. He stated that tho
factory could not profitably be oper
ated without the 30,000 tons. Its
capacity is 75,000 tons. But 4,000
are now guaranteed in the territory
from Table Rock " south to above
Ashland in the valley. Northern Cal
ifornia will furbish some and outly
ing districts more, but the valley It
self must devote more land to beets
and should do so In view of the fact
that the price paid in this valley is
the highest in the country.
"A second factory will be built be
tween Ashland and Central Point if
enough acreage is pledged by 1918,"
said Mr. Pettingill. "In many of the
sugar districts of other states two
and sometimes three factories are
built within a radius of forty miles
of each other."
The factory at Grants Pass means
a great deal to Ashland indirectly as
this city . is becoming, and hopes to
become to a greater extent, the pleas
ure center of the valley, and beet
money is good money.
Mrs. Mary Carter of Ashland is
stopping at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. S. F. Kclby, while the Kel
bys are In San Francisco for a couple
of weeks. Dunsmulr News.
Sounding Board
Put in at Armory
Extensive changes are being made
down at the Ashland armory, the
most Interesting of which is an effort
to remedy the lack of acoustic prop
erties whicli has been a great handi
cap at the various public meetings
which have been held there. As a
matter of fact, a number of meetings
which should have been held in the
armory, as the only logical place for
a large crowd In anything but pleas
ant weather, were held elsewhere be
cause of the acoustics, which were so
poor that only those in the Immedi
ate vicinity of the stage could hear
the speakers. A Wrge sounding
board has been placed slanting up
wards from tho proscenium arch of
the stage. It is expected that this
will throw the sound out instead of
permitting it to drift Into the rafters
as formerly.
The Interior of the building has
been redecorated, walls rekalsonilned
and many other changes made, and
the armory now presents a spick and
span appearance. The drill hall now
has a wainscoting of green with a
brown design at the top.
The azimuth. Instruments which
are used to find the rango in the
miniature coast artillery drill, nnd
which ore Identical with the Instru
ments used in actual practice, only
with the lenses reversed to make the
wooden battleship which is drawn
across tho floor appear miles away,
have been set back into the locker
room and the commissary room, with
slots allowing vision to the main
hall, which takes tho place of the
ocean in artillery drill. A model gun
Is to be constructed, and when that
is finished tho various details will
practice exactly as at Fort Stevens.
The artilleity drill Is very interesting
to the spectator, and more citizens
should visit the armory on Monday
night. The militiamen are always
ready to explain every detail of the
system by which the range Is found,
the plotting board operated and the
other operations.
Port Orford Extensive operations
under way In black sand gold mining
venture at Gold Run.
A gonoral appeal to the commer
cial organizations, granges, etc., of
Oregon hns been sent out from Port
land, Eugene, The Dalles and other
centers asking that every effort be
bent toward persuading the legisla
ture to continue tho appropriations
for the agricultural extension work
and experiment stations, the appro
priation for which is said to be in
danger. As a result, the matter was
brought up at thn Ashland Commer
cial Club meeting Monday and the
club put Itself strongly on' record as
opposing any decrease in' appropria
tions for this work, which is doing a
valualile work for the producers of
the state, a work which can hardly
be measured in dollars. Tho follow
ing telegram was sent Monday night:
Ashland, Ore., Feb. 5, 1917.
Hon. Bonj. C. Sheldon, Representa
tive Jackson County, Salem, Ore.:
Following resolution adopted by
Ashland Commercial Club tonight:
"Resolved, That this club oppose
the reduction of expenditures being
made for agricultural education in
our schools or for agricultural ex
tension and experiment station now
being conducted by the Oregon Agri
cultural College. Wo urge our repre
sentatives to rsslst in this matter.
ASHLAND COM "L CLUB,
By F. J. Shinn, Secretary.
Wants Beet Growing
Given Fair Trial
Field Agent Pettingill of the Grants
Pass sugar factory, who was In Ash
land last week in the interests of se
curing enough beet tonnage guaran
tee to justify the company's erecting
a loading station here, is a steadfast
believer in the soil and climate of
this valley for beet growing, saying
that it was equal to If not superior
to any with which he had become ac
quainted and he had assisted In the
establishment of sugar factories In
five states.
He remarked that large returns
may be made from small tracts and
irged the devotion of whatever land
jvas availablo to beets for a year In
order to give tho matter a fair trial.
The company pays $7 per ton for
15 per cent beets, and Mr. Pettingill
stated this was the highest price pnld
In tho country. Tho beets brought
to the factory last year averaged
15.51 per cent and tho grower Is
practically assured of the top-notch
price. The $7 is paid for beets deliv
ered at the loading station. Beets
are hauled aa far as four miles with
profit In the valley, he states.
Library Circulates
31,226 Volumes
The annual report of the Ashland
public library for tho year 1916 was
presented to the city council Tuesday
night and Included a resume of the
year's work, which shows the promi
nent place that the library takes in
the life of Ashland. Thirty-one
thousand two hundred and twenty
six books was the total circulation
for the year. There aro 2,916 bor
rowers' cards In use. The library
gained 585 volumes during the year,
mostly by purchase. But two books
were lost and thirty-five condemned.
The high school students and school
children make use of tho library in
great numbers for reference work,
and of late the business men of the
city havo taken extensive advantage
of a set of books on various phases
of business which were lent by the
state library.
Portland Man Buys
Orchard Home Here
B. M. Hatch, traveling man with
headquarters at Rosoburg, has pur
chased from Mrs. Efflo J,. Taylor
eight acres of well-Improved orchard
on Terrace street. Tho place Is at
present occupied by W. J. Carpenter,
late a member of the police force,
and is located on one of the com
manding sites overlooking canyon
and valloy. The sale was made by
the Heaver Realty Agency. Mrs.
Taylor has gone to Portland to re
side, accompanied by her son.
Medford Wins in .
Speedy Contest
In the fastest game of basketball
which has been seen in this city for,
many a day, and before the largest
crowd which has turned out for a
game this season, the militia basket
ball team went down to a 19 to 10
defeat beforo the Medford higU
school team at the armory Saturday
night. Time after time the two
teams were tied, and it was not until
the last three minutes that Medford
forged the three points Into tho lead
which meant victory. A new stai
blazod forth on the local team in the'
person of Art Long, who is playing
Ills first year in basketball. Long
had one eye done up in plaster, but
despite this handicap threw four field,
gouls ond shut his man out. The
rest of his team are thinking of put
ting plasters over one eye. Millard
Grubb, whose sensational playing
won at Medford, had an off evening,
and his failure to perform according
to expectations is really what lost
Ashland the game. Conch Klum of
Medford sent Tourney, a post-graduate
at Medford high and a star of
last year's team, who is eligible for,
all but high school games, In against
Grubb, apparently with orders to
hang onto the Ashland star's neck.
Tourney obeyed orders beautifully
and Grubb did not get loose onca.
Tourney was an artist at the holding
stuff and managed to get away un
detected by tho officials, with tha
exception of two or three extra fla
grant offenses against the rules,
which are being interpreted mora
strictly this year In that respect. ,
Even at that, Tourney got away for
two field baskets himself while shut
ting Grubb out, ahd deserves much,
credit. Young, Mcdford's other
guard, threw two field goals and
converted three of five foul shots.
Williamson scored six from forward ,
and center, at which place he and
Brandon alternated. CIlx Delsman
of the locals played a magnificent
defensive game and held Jones to
one basket. The Medford bovs
played a greatly Improved game and
Ashland high school's chances of a
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Andrews To Direct
Choral Society
The Ashland Choral Society ha
ucceeded in securing Prof. Georgo
Andrews of Medford to take charge
of the direction of the work In placa
of Earl Rasor, . who has gone to
Aberdeen. M,r. Andrews is director
of the Medford society, and a direct
or whose musical ability Is so well
known as to need no lengthy delinea
tion. The first meeting under tha
new director will begin at 7:30 Wed
nesday evening at tho West school.
The choral society now has about
thirty-five members, but hopes to In
crease the membership to fifty.
The ultimate plan is to organize
societies throughout the valley as at
Ashland and Medford at present, give"
them all the samo repertoire and
then hold an immense valley musical
festival such as the west has seldom
seen as an annual event. Present In
dications point toward realization of
the ambition In another year.
T"
Mr. and Mrs. Wlnficld Scott Ball,
well known Ashland people, whose
home Is at 345 Harrison street, and
who have been absent for some tlma
pust on an extended visit to relatives
in the central west, will celebrate
their golden wedding anniversary on
February 19, 1917, at the home of
their son's family, residing at Holden,
Mo. Their daughter, Mrs. W. II.
Wenner of this city, contemplates a
trip east to participate in the anni
versary observance.
ItOI'NIUT.
There will be a meeting of
the stockholders of the Ashland '9
Roundup Association tonight at
the city hall. All interested clt
izens are urged to attend. Def-
Inlte plans will be laid for the
coining event and the machln- 9
ery started in motion to make
the 1917 Rogue River Roundup
bigger and better than lost
year's.
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