Ashland tidings., February 15, 1917, Image 1

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THE! TIDINGS PREDICTION: Before December 31, 1918, Ashland will have a population exceeding TWELVE THOUSAND.
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VOL. XLI
ASHLAND. OREGON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1917
NUMBER 77
Tidings
Says Highway
Should Include Drive
"That beautiful drive around the
Spray Calendar
Ready for Growers
The Bpray calendar isLued by the
county pathologist for apples and
Ogg
Arbor Day Is
To Be Observed
Mass Meeting Tonight at Armory
rim of those hills, with the splendid
view of the rolling vista of hill and
vallev. should be incuded in the Pa -
cific Highway so that every automo-
bile tourist would pass, over it," en
thused Leone Cass Baer of the Port
land Oregonlan, who became a cap
tive to Ashland's charms upon occa
sion of a visit here last Tuesday.
Miss Baer, who Is one of the best fea
ture newspaper writers of the north
west, was sent by the Oregonian to
'cover" the Lincoln banquet at Med
ford Monday night. Tuesday after
noon Mrs. D. PerozzI of Ashland pre
vailed upon the Portlander to visit
Ashland, and in company with Mrs.
Bert Anderson and Mayor Gates of
Medford the visitor motored up Tues
day afternoon, intending to spend
only an hour or so in the city, but
falling under its charm and remain
ing until Bhe has explored every nook
and cranny of the parks, motored
over the drives and "slghtseen" the
entire city, incidentally missing a
dinner engagement at Medford.V
"The blue skies, the colorful nllls
and the bountiful hospitality of your
people of Ashland and Medford have
sure won my heart," exclaimed Miss
Baer, "and I am coming back again
just as soon as the 'boss' will let me.'
Many
Ask To Have
Meters Installed
Elsewhere In this issue appears the
electric light ordinance affecting
every user of current in the city. The
ordinanoe provides for the installs
tion of meters wherover the city au
thorities shall see fit, for the installa
tion of fuses upon the linos of all flat
rate customers,' the fixing of a charge
of 25 cents whenever one of these
fuses is blown out, and the fixing of
a fine of from $5 to $50 for the con
viction of anyone who appropriates
current for which they are not pay
ing and have not made application.
The city is now about through with
the fusing of the flat rato customers
Many customers are asking for me
ters, and $625 worth were received
last week and are being installed
Enough metefs arc not available to
meet the demand. Customers pay
the cost of Installation.
Electric light bills are now payable
on the 1st of the month and become
delinquent on the 10th. Non-pay
mcnt will result in the customer be
ing cut off.
Deny School Boards
Right to Dismiss
Senator Orton's bill amending the
tenure of office law for school teach
ers passed the house at Salem Wed
nesday. It now goes to the governor.
Its srincioal provision places the
cases of teachavs whose dismissal
from the service is desired by the
superintendent or school board in the
hands of an independent commission
to be appointed at the beginning of
each year by the presiding Judge of
the circuit court. This commission
is empowered to make investigations
and its decisions will be final.
Phone Job orders to the Tidings.
Our Rejuvenated
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uty touncn
'(By Eromlig, Ashland's Faithfu!
Municipal Watchdog.)
In order to eliminate every phase
nl.avntohia Arvnessf and bone
dryness at that) in speech, and pro
mote, in its stead, that bubbling over
of Joviality of fellow feeling and
good sense that should mark the reg
ular Tuesday evening sessions of the
city council, twenty minutes or more
preceding the conduct of the regu
lar business Itself will be devoted
to the unfathdmlng and elucidation
of "such trains of thought as may
strike the average breasts of Ash
iStders intent upon knowing some
thlng and being somebody in this
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rollicKSome oiu wunu u
To the Right Hon. C. B. Lamkln
(our
recently acquired ana ruu-
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pears is now ready and can be had
: by applying at tho Fruit and Produce
Association, the
Commercial Club
and from C. C. Martin, the fruit in
spector. The Tidings prints it in
order that.all may have an opportun
ity to read it.
A similar calendar Is soon to bo
issued for cherries and poaches.
CLAUDE C. CATE,
County Pathologist. .
High School Boys
May Shoulder Guns
Military training in the high
schools of the state is authorized in
a bill which was passed by the house
of the Oregon legislature Saturday
with a big affirmative vote.
The military course is not to be
compulsory, however, on the part of
either schools or of students. It is
to be the subject, though, of suitable
credit on tho same basis as other
studies and In an amount to be de
termined by the board of education.
The governor is made head of the
military training department. All
schools that establish it must apply
to him for authority. No company
of cadets can be organized with fewer
than 20 members of without a suit
able Instructor. At least three hours
a week are to be set aside for the
work. The bill now goes to the sen
ate. Boy Scouts Have
New Scoutmaster
Scoutmaster George B. Holley ot
the local Boy Scout troop, who has
built up a fine organization of young
men in this city, has resigned because
of his departure for Brookings, Curry
county, Oregon. His position will be
taken by H. O. Butterfleld, who is
well known as a friend of the youth
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seven members of the local patrol
and the membership is to be enlarged
by an active campaign. All the boys
of the city between the ages of twelve
and sixteen are eligible to member
ship. The Scouts have a club room In
Chautauqua park. In losing Scout
master Holley the lads feel that they
have lost a real friend besides a fine
leader. As one of the young Scouts
put It, "They don't make 'em no bet
ter." Mr. Holley and P. J. Amer left
yesterday for Curry county, where
they will engage in truck farming
near Brookings, which Is developing
into a big lumber town.
Arrival of Officer
Ends Lively Row
As the Tidings is going to press,
what promises to be a lively and In
teresting trial is taking place in the
city hall over across the Btreet. Ote
King, Alec Hall, a bottle of booze and
a lively scrap In the yard at the rear
of Curt's restaurant are the chief ex
hibits. It seems King called Hall,
who Is night cook at the restaurant,
out Into a side room and eventually
an argument ensued which was.term-
inated by Hall knocking King out.
Hall went back to work and King
a little later appeared at the front
door of the restaurant with blood not
only in his eye but pretty well all
over him. A telephone call for the
police resulted in the averting of fur
ther hostilities and the matter is be
ing threshed out today. The affair
occurred about 6:30 last night.
Militia Team to
Play Third Game
The third and deciding game In the
series between the local armory team
and the Medford high school will be
played Friday evening at Medford.
A number of local fans will accom
pany the team to Medford. . The lo
cals won the first game at Medford
two weeks ago and lost at the Ash
land armory last Saturday.
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There will be a public mass meeting at the Armory tonight,
Thursday evening, February 15, at 8 o'clock. Everybody Is urged to
come and express themselves on the advisability of the citiy buying
between six and seven acres of, the Chautauqua park grounds and
thus have all our parks under the control of the city, which wo
feel will be of great benefit to the city. The price is to be $15,
000, and this amount Is to be put into a new Chautauqua build
ing, the association to have the use of the building during Chau
tauqua season and the right to camp for twenty sevrn days. The
city would have the use of the building for all moral purposes.
Everybody will havo an opportunity to present their views at this
meeting. Every citizen should be present and give us the benefit
of their Judgment. Tho ladles are especially invited to attend.
Music by the 'bund. T3y order of
THE CITY COUNCIL.
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Start Bali Rolling for Bigger
And Better July Celebration
H. O. Frohbach, who was chairman
of the general committee which
achieved such an eminent success
with the Ltthia Springs Dedication
celebration last July, has been ap-
pointed chairman of the general com
mittee for the celebration which will
be held in conjunction with the
roundup next July. Tho other com
mittee members, all of them "live
ones," nro Harry Hosier, Louis Dodge,
Frank' Jordan and A. E. Kinney.
With a general committee such as
this, and the co-operation of every
Ashlander, the coming celebration
will bo bigger and better than last
year's and will again make Ashland
the goal for thousands on the next
Fourth of July and tho two other
days of the celebration, which will
cover a three day period.
, The committee will hold its first
meeting Friday and some of the sub-
committees will be appointed and pre-
liminary plans laid. It Is the lnten -
tlon of the committeemen to start
work on every feature of the affair
immediately, and every Ashlander
should throw themselves into the
game and lend every co-operative ef -
fort possible. One of the first moves
u'tll ha a mililtiiltv nomnalffn anA
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'planning of arrangements to enter -
tain an even larger crowd than last
One of City's First
Mayors Passes Away
George Engle died at his home in
Ashland Tuesday, February 13, after
an illness of considerable duration,
the immediate'eause of death being
arterio-schlerosis. Deceased was born
in Illinois January 24, 1851, and was
brought across the plqins, a babe in
arms, the same year. His folks lo
cated near Portland and his early life
was spent In the Willamette valley.
They moved to Roseburg In 1874 and
in 1877 deceased was married to
Angle L. Grubbe of Wilbur, Ore.
With his wife and two children Mr.
Engle came to Ashland in 1884 and
for several years was engaged in the
grocery business on the Plaza. Mr.
Engle was one of tho first mayors
of Ashland and was postmaster from
February, 1898, to May, 1901 He
went to California several years ago
to seek relief from catarrhal trou
bles, returning to Ashland In Im
paired health a little over a year ago.
His wife and two children survive.
The children are Fred, who is cashier
of The Citizens Bank, and Miss Ger
trude, whj is principal of the West
school. Funeral son-vices were held
from the late residence, 534 Boule
vard, at 2 o'clock today, Rev. W. J.
Douglass officiating. Interment took
place at Ashland cemetery.
Cunningham Block
To Be Rebuilt
A. L. Lamb has taken the contract
for the rebuilding of the Cunnlnghanf
block at the corner of Granite an
Main streets, which was serlousl
damaged by fire recently. Rebuild
Ing has been postponed pending ln
surance adjustments, according to re
ports, and the wet weather has done;
much damage to the unprotected
plaster in the lower story, the roo
having been burned away.
The Allen building is now nearlng
completion of repairs. . I
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year. The great success scored In
1916 assures Ashland of a much larg
er crowd this year, and inquiries are
already coming from all over Oregon
from automobile parties who will plan
to camp here during the celebration.
The general celebration committee,
which will have all of the celebration
features except tho roundup under
their general supervision, will co-op-
lerate with the roundup association in
; every possible manner. The definite
, dates have not been selected yet, but
j will be fixed this week. They will
Include July 4. Every feature will
i be planned early and given place In
, the advertising. Any organization or
person who wish to stage a feature
will he given the fullest co-operation
of the committee in charge.
It was estimated that last year over
a hundred thousand dollars came Into
Ashland through the celebration. Tho
j coming event will bring a larger
! tmou,, aud the home people are all
bound to profit and should bend
every effort toward aiding In the
feeding and entertaining of the vlslt-
' ors. A system such as was success-1
J fully Inaugurated Inst year will bo
: used to prevent exorbitant prices, and
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Ithe crowds home with nothing but
praise. Xor Ash and s hospitality
H. 0. Frohbach New
Club Secretary
H. O. Frohbach, one of the best
qualified men in Oregon for commer
cial club and publicity work, has been
elected by a unanimous vote of the
board of trustees to fill the secretary
ship of the Ashland Commercial Club.
The new man will begin his duties
on March 1, when F. J. Sblnn, who
has acted as secretary during the
past eight months, goes into another
line of business.
Mr. Frohbnch has had a great deal
of experience in commercial club
work and has represented this conn
ty at various fairs and expositions,
notably at the San Francisco exposlr
tion, where he and Representative
Ben Sheldon handled the publicity
work for Jackson county.
Mr. Fiohbach was chairman of the
general committeo which made a big
success of the Llthia Springs Dedica
tion celebration last year, and has
been again appointed to head the cel
ebration committeo for the celebra
tion which is planned in conjunction
with the Rogue River Roundup for
next July.
Baptists Extend
Call to Rev. Vine
Rev. H. J. Vino, who has been
serving as supply for the local Bap-
itlst church for the paBt three months,
has been extended a call by the con
gregation and has accepted. He Is
moving Into the Baptist parsonage
this week. Tjte new pastor has al
ready won many friends here and is
expected to be i big factor In con
tinuing the projnfncnt part which the
Baptists have Bikon in the life of the
community. I
During tho jkrtt half of January
Coos Bay shipped more lumber to
San Francisco than any other har
bor on the coast.
Clif Payno makes desks.
Arbor day will bo observed .by
Jackson county schools on Friday,
Feburary 23, when school children
throughout the country will plant
tr.ees and shrubbery. County Judge
Tou Velio has issued the following
proclamation:
"Friday, February 23, Is the day
hereby appointed for the local ob
servance of Arbor day by the schools
and other organizations of Jackson
county. "F. L. TOU VELLE,
, "County Judge."
Homeward Bound
Militiamen Visit
The Oregon and Washington mili
tiamen who have seen servlco on the
Mexican border for the past several
months, and who have been returned
to their homes, spent several hours in
Ashland Tuesday. One train arrived
at 6 in tho morning and remained un
til noon while the horses were fed
and rested in tho cattle yards, aud
the soldier boys permitted the liberty
of limbering up by walks around
town. All morning the streets were
lively with uniformed young men who
all appear to be in fine shape from
their stay at the border. A second
ltran arrived a little later in the day.
The troop train was traveling in
two sections, about thirty minutes
apart. BatteryA was In the first sec
tion, with the flat and stock-cars.
The Oregon Cavalry, Washington
Cavalry and Washington Signal Corps
were In the second section, followed
by their Btock.
Sweet Pea Content
For Boys and Girls
The boys and girls of Ashland are
invited to enter a sweet pea contest
for the summer of 1917. The varletv
to be grown Is the "Spencer." Seeds
may be procured of Mr. Pennlston at
his place of business on East Main
street, at 10 cents per half-ounce.
Each person receiving seed will leave
his name, grade and residence in or
der to be eligible for the contest.
About tho middle of July, or when
sweet peas are at their bcBt, there
will be a general exhibit held at
some placo centrally located, under
the rules of the National Sweet Pea
Association. All pupils in the grade
schools will be eligible to this contest
provided they observe the following
regulations:
1. Get the Bweet pea seed of Mr.
Pennlston.
2. Plant and cans for the sweet
peas themselves.
3. Mako an exhibit conforming to
the regulations of the American
Sweet Pea Association.
Prizes will 1)0 offered as follows:
KliNt Prize.
For girl, ring of minimum value of
$5, Mr. Pennlston.
For boy, stickpin of minimum
value of $5, Mr. Pennlston.
Second Prize.
For girl, savings account or cash
of $2.50, First National Bank.
For boy, savings account or cush
of $2.50, Citizens Bank.
Third l'rlw.
For girl, Parent-Teacher Associa
tion, East Side school, cash $1.
For boy, Parent-Teacher Associa
tion, West Side, school, cash $1.
The seed must he obtained and
planted between Fobruary 26 and
March 9, 1917. The directions for
planting nnd caring will be Issued
from the schools.
The movement was suggested to
the superintendent of schools by Mr.
Pennlston and is supported by the
Parent-Teacher associations and oth
er organizations In Ashland.
It would bo' gratifying to all those
that hope for a moro beautiful Ash
land to see all tho children partici
pate in this contest. Tho sweet pea
Is a beautiful flower and should find
a place In the garden and yard of
everyone who loves color and distinc
tiveness. A committee of businessmen have
decided to have another great cele
bration In the early part of July. By
a little effort the yards and gardens
may be made attractive spots, adding
to the renown of our beautiful little
mountain city when It Is filled with
visitors.
Jury List Drawn
For February Court
The following is the list drawn foi
the February term of court, complete
ed Saturday afternoon by County
Clerk Gardner:
Frank Cameron, Jacksonville,
farmer; Orson H. Gilmore, Rogua
River, retired; John E. Smlthpetor,
Rogue River, farmer; Frank D.
Clark, Medford, real estate; Andrew
H. Fisher, Phoenix, retired; William
D. Hittlo, Cold Hill, farmer; Demin
go Porozzi, Ashland, creamery mau;
Donald S. Clark, Medford, orchard '
1st; Oscar E. Blackington, Gold Hill,
farmer; Leonard Carpenter, Med
ford, orcbardist; J. Frank Brown,
Eagle Point, merchant; Richard
Posey Campbell, Ashland, real es
tate; Jeremiah H. Cooley, Medford,
merchant; Alfred S. V. Carpenter,
Medford, orchardist; Polk Hull, Med
ford, farmer; Harold W. Bingham,
Medford, orchardist; Ralph F. Dean,
Central Point, farmer; John M. Mor
row, Gold Hill, farmer; William S.
Hammond, Medford, farmer; Edward
A. Evanson, Medford, retired; George
R. Carter, Talent, f armor; Dave Cot
trell, Beagle, farmer; George Lance,
Gold Hill, farmer; Albert Conn
Flero, Central Point, orchardist:
Chester Applegate, Ashland, farmer;
Edward Doling, Gold Hill, farmer;
Samuel Math Is, Rogue River, farmer;1
Benton Bowers, Ashland, farmer;
Charles W. DeCarlow, Plnehurst,
farmer; Horace Howard, Medford,
merchant; James E. Grieve, Prospect,
merchant.
Good Programs at
The Vining Theatre
Tonight's bill at tho Vlnlng is H.
B. Warner in "The Vagabond Prince,"
a-story which gives this well-known
star exceptional sway for his broad
ability. , .
Friday brings Ann Pennington, staK
of the famous Ziegfeld Follies, in a
charming film creation, "The Rain
bow Princess," with a remarkably
strong cast of Famous Players sup
porting her. That the play rather,
belies its rather "tame" name is
bourne out by the stirring succession,
of thrills which fill In between thai
pretty romance of circus life.
On Saturday, .Norma Talmadge,
who scored such a hit In "Tho Social
Secretary" and Is soon to head her
own company, in "Fifty-Fifty."
Sunday brings tho best orchestra
concert of the yeur and Katherlna
Williams In "The Valiants of Vir
ginia." Will Guard Bridges
And Tunnels ol S.P.
The Southern Pacific Company will
place armed guards r.t all of its
bridges and tunnels, according to a
rumor which emanated from company
headquarters at San Francisco. It is
the Intention of the railroad to guard
against any possible contingency.
They do not anticipate any trouble),
but In accordance with the "safety
first" policy, wish to guard against
any possible chance of malicious van
dalism arising from the present Ger
man crisis. Several men will be re
quired to guard the bridges and tun
nels on the Siskiyou grade.
Would Organize
State H. S. League
A movement started by W. D. Flet
cher, physical director of the Salem
high school, to organize athletlo
chilis among all the high schools of
the state, has been brought to the
attention of local authorities and
will doubtless be given consideration
within the next few days.
The plan proposes to divide tho
various schools into four divisions.
the dinners of each division of tha
league to meet later to decide tha
state championship. Tentative sched
ules have been arranged for a bas
ketball, baseball, football and track
season and if the plan Is sanctioned
representatives from each school
will meet to arrange the remainder
of the details for the various leagues.
The proposition is outlined as fol
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