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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 Tidings
'Ashland Grows While Llthla Flows'
City of Sunshine and flowers
Ashland. Oregon, Llthla Springs
Oregon's Famous Spa"
VOL. XLI ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1917 mm "
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To Start Auto Club
Organization Here
First Arrest For
Bone-Dry Violation
Our city Ib the host today to Mr. The first arrest for violation of the
J. W. Morris of Portland, who is' rep- bone-dry law was mado la Ashland
resenting the Oregon Statu Motor As- j last Saturday morning. A Ford auto
Kociatlon. This is a new state-wide truck belonging to two men who gave
organization that has taken the place their names as Green and Tennen
of the former Portland Automobile baum was shipped from Hornbrook
Club, whose activities have hereto-j to Ashland. Chief Atterbury hap
fore been largely confined to Port-, pened down around the freight house
land and Multnomah county. Reallz-jas the car was being unloaded and
ing the netd of a larger field, the! found a small quantity of liquor
former club has been reincorporated
into an association to cover the en
tire state.
It starts In with six hundred mem
bers from the old club and hopes to
build up to several thousand. Its
object will be to work in the interest
of every man and woman who owns
an automobile and ct the same time
its work will be toward tho better
ment of every resident of the state.
It aims to bring about legislation fa
vorable to good roads and to assist in
every way in the development of good
- road building and the exploitation of
what Oregon has to offer the tourist
as well as its citizens. Tho proper
logging and mapping of our roads
will be gone into very thoroughly.
Proper and legible signs will be
placed where needed and a strenuous
effort will be made to keep them in
place and of good appearance.
Mr. Morris has favored Ashland
-with his initial effort, believing that
as the southern gateway to the state
we should mako c very favorable im
pression on the stronger. He Is en
thusiastic for Jackson county and its
forward steps for good roads.
Mr. Morris will be with us several
days and will arrange a meeting some
timo this coming week, at which the
active work of organizing a local
unit of the Oregon State Motor Asso
ciation will be launched.
stowed away In the car. The owners
were arrested, the boozo confiscated
and the men fined before Recorder
John Wlmer for violation of the
liquor law.
Sweeney Wins Road
Case From County
In a decision handed down by Cir
cuit Judge Davis at Portland, the
award of Jackson county engineers to
J. W. Sweeney, contractor, for con
struction work for thirteen milee of
the Pacific Highway over the Siskl
yous was set aside and an amount
more than twice that offered was ad
Judged reasonable compensation.
Mr. Sweeney got a judgment for
173,262.25. The county awarded him
only $35,573.56
Want;City to Curb
Jitney Pirates
Managers Williamson of the Inter-
unban and Irwin of the Valley jitney
lines, which operate between Ashland
and Medford, appeared before the
city council Tuesday evening and
made a plea for an ordinance which
would license Jitney men and regu
late them. These two lines and the
Crown line operate on regular sched
ules which give the valley practically
a half-hour Jitney service during the
.day and which have proven very de
pendable. According to Mr. Williamson, they
will be unable to keep up the high
grade service if some method is not
found to combat the Inroads of the
"jitney pirates" who cut In ahead of
the scheduled cars and run whenever
they please and refuse to arrange a
schedule. Mr. Williamson suggested
an ordinance setting a license on cars
loading here. This would enable the
council to control the service so that
all might make a, living and a maxi
mum of good service be gained, and
at the same time the dangerous Jock
eying for passengers on the streets
be eliminated. The matter was re
ferred to the ordinance committee.
Special Election Postponed
Until After Next Council Meet
A legal question having arisen as I the past on account of the short time
to the sufficiency of the notice of allowed voters to familiarize them-
election, which It was feared would
seriously affect the sale of any bonds
that might bo issued with which to
purchase the Chautauqua lands, and
wishing to eliminate all doubts as to
the record, the city council have con-
selves with proposed charter amend
ments, und which, no doubt, has
Caused tho defeat of some very meri
torious measures. It is a wise move
on the part of the council to allow
ample time within which to discuss
and explain all changes in the char-
eluded, to postpone tho special elec-jter, In order that the voters may be
tion, advertised to be held on March fully advised before called upon to
3, 1917, to a later date, to be deter-1 cast their ballot. It is also commend
mlned on at the next regular meeting , able in the council to use every means
of the council, which will be held on 'possible to make an absolutely cor
March 6, at which time an early date irect record, to the end that no legal
will be fixed for holding a special
election to vote on amendments to
the charter.
There has been much criticism in
objections may be Interposed which
would in any way interfere with a
prompt and advantageous sale of the
bonds.
Roundup Directors
And Oificers Named
The stockholders of the Ashland-
Celebration Funds
Campaign March 1
On Thursday, March 1, will start
S.P. Section Men
To Get $2 Per Day
Section men on the Southern Pa
cific system have just been advised
that on March 1 their wages will lie
advanced from $1.75 to 2 for a ten
hour day. Maintenance of way work
ers are also given the Increase with
tho exception of Mexican laborers,
who receive but $1.50 as heretofore.
For the first five months prior to
November 1 lust, section men were
paid $2 per day, but on that date
were put back to the old scale. The
raise affects several thousand work
ers from Portland to El Paso.
Rogue River Roundup Association . the campaign for funds for the 1917
held another of their rousing meet
ings at Ashland last Wednesday even
ing and the following members wcro
Says Wool Outlook
Is Very Promising
elected as a board of directors: A.
C. Nininger, M. E. Brlggs, Dr. J. L.
Helms, J. J. Murphy, L. F. Ferguson,
A. A. Chisholm, Lec Hall, Fred Hor
rln and J. X. Nisbct,
The board of directors met at the
Hotel Austin parlors Saturday even
ing and elected the following offic
ers: A. Q. Nininger, president; A.
Austin Chisholm, vice president;
Monte Briggs, cecretary; Lee Hall,
treasurer. The company will be
stocked this year for $5,000 cash,
that being the sum necessary to se
cure the grounds, seats and for Inci
dental expense in the undertaking
necessary before the show Is held.;
The association is laying the founds
celebration. The committee will mail
ajclrcular of information as to cele
bration affairs to about five hundred I decided to throw it away. The next
morning when It came time to go out
FourteenlChickens
Turn Up Their Toes
Fourteen chickens belonging to
.Mrs. J. II. McGco died a noble death
as martyrs to a cause last week.
Home-canned asparagus and its dan
gerous properties is the cause. Mrs.
McGee opened a can of home-canned
asparagus and poured the liquid from
the can over a bucket of chicken
scraps. The asparagus did not look
very healthy and Mrs. McGee wisely
I'palriAnta U'hn In thai, lnHomnn, rt I
financially able to asisst. Naturally
there will be some, no doubt, over
looked, but that will not in any way
interfere with making a subscription.
The committee will be more than
pleased to receive unsolicited funds.
The committee wishes to establish
a record for southern Oregon for the
largest amount of money subscribed
for any purpose within twenty-four
hours from the time the notices were
mailed with subBcrlption blanks.
When you get your notice do not lay
it aside, but sign up right away and
mall i?:n the return envelope or take
it' to-the office of the Commercial
Club. You're going to mako a sub
suit for $114,861.35. Mr. Sweeney
had been paid $156,000, and brought
the action to recover a balance due
and losses he maintained were owing
to constructive fraudB perpetrated by
subordinates of ex, State Highway En
gineer H. L. Bowlby.
Judge Davis' decision was given
one year to'the day from the date of
the opening of the trial In his court.
The case opened February 21, 1916,
and continued until April 1, 1916.
In July, Judge Davis went over tho
ground in Jackson county personally.
The last brief to be submitted in the
ease, a reply, was received ten days
ago. The case has cost the county
many thousands of dollars.
The suit was one of the most
lengthy and Involved to be tried in
Portland courts.- The transcript of
testimony covered 2,600 pages. There
were between 400 and 500 exhibits
offered and expert testimony was giv
en by fourteen construction engineers.
J. D. Welch of the Columbia Basin
Wool Warehouse Company ol Port
land was in the city Saturday, meet
ing with local sheepmen and cattle
men. Mr. Welch represents a firm
which handles wool on consignment
He asked in hisjand also deals In cattle. The Colum
bia Basin company is endeavoring, by
furnishing loans on wool and flocks,
to tide the sheepmen over periods
when ready money is at a premium,
and, according to Mr. Welch, Is en
deavoring to promote a movement to
place the Pacific coast at the front
as a cattle and sheep section. He
states that throughout Oregon the
tendency seems to be toward better
stock and better husbandry of stock,
and that the outlook is very promis
ing.
tion for larger show even than last isoriptlon later, so why not do it now?
year. A meeting of the stockholders All this la for a purpose. If we can
will be held at the Austin Tuesday 'establish this record we can get every
evening at 7:30, at which time the .'dally paper in Portlrnd to print same
matter of stock and other preliml- as a news Item, and at the same time
naries will be discussed. jit Is free advertising for our celebra-
tion. Can you help? So let's work
together.
and gather the eggs fourteen chick
ens with toes turned skywards bore
mute testimony to the wiseness of
the disposal of the asparagus.
The incident calls to mind a case
In the east when a family was pois
oned by home-canned asparagus.
Doctors informed the family that as
paragu canned at home Is very liable
to be poisonous. The canneries al
ways put the vegetable through a
bleaching process which turns it
white and. removes the poison, before
canning It. Hence "bought" cang are
much safer than tho home-canned variety.
Moser of Portland
Aids Normal Bill
It is rumored that H. O. Puruckcr
Is to leave Ashland in about ten days
for North Yakima, whero he will ac
cept the Buperintcndency of that dis
trict for a life insurance company.
DR. JAItVIS ON MINERAL ?
8 WATERS.
V
Dr. Jarvls will deliver a talk
on mineral waters at the Com-
4 merclal Club meeting which will 3
4 he held at the city hall ono week $
? from tonight. The meeting will
Q be opon to all and a large at-
? tendance is anticipated. It is
4 important that Ashland citizens
4 acquaint themselves with the 3
contents and use of our mineral ?
S waters so that they may bo able $
to give a good account to lnquir- 4
ing strangers. A largo audience $
should be present.
The characteristic difference In
the attitude of tho two houses of
the legislature was clearly shown in
the treatment accorded the normal
school measure, in which all South
ern Oregon counties are so exceed
ingly interested. While our people
appreciate the fact that the repre
sentatives from the Willamette val
ley and Multnomah county do not
have the need of his school brought
home to them, as do tho people of
Woodpiles Nuisance
On Pacific Highway
Southern Oregon News: At a
point near Talent the highway has
been and is being used as a loading 1
station for one or more wood haul
ers. Such a practice should not be
permitted. If they would select a
place where they could pile their
wood back from the driveway, either
near the fence or along some inter
secting road, It would not seem out
of the way. But to pile the wood
only a few feet from the pavement
and leave their teams stand on the
pavement while they are loading'and
unloading,
Eight Measures
For Special Ballot
Seven Important measures, In addi
tion to the $6,000,000 road bond pro
posal, will be on the ballot for con
sideration of the voters at the special
state election on June 4.
In authorizing the special bond
election the legislature decided also
to refer to this election all but two
of the constitutional amendments
and other questions which otherwise
would have gono on the ballot at the
Oregon Artillery
Ranks As Best
City Christian
Endeavor Rally
Wedneaday will be a big day (a
Ashland Christian Endeavor circles.
The three societies, Congregational.
Christian and Presbyterian, are plan
ning for conference at 4 o'clock Wed-
nesday afternoon, followed by a ban
quot at 6 and then a big rally at
7:30, nil to be held In the Presby
terian church on North Main street.
The guests of honor will be Mr. C. C.
Hamilton, field representative from
Boston, Mass., and Mr. Howard
Brown, state president of California.
Both are "live wires" in Christian
Endeavor work.
The big mass meeting Wednesday
evening la op-n to the public, and at
this service all tho young people's
societies of Ashland are to be repre
sented by full delegations. Mr. Ham
llton will bring the principal mes-
sage, and Mr. Brown will also address)
the young people. Rev. H. A. Carna-
han will preside as toastmaster at the?
banquet, and there will be responses
by Mayor Lamkln, Rev. Mr. Brett,
Mrs. Melllnger, Mr. Hamilton and,
others.
Mr. Hamilton has been In attend
ance at tho conventions in La Orando
and at Salem, Ore., and goes from
here to California to begin a tour of
that state under the direction of Mr.
Brown, who meets him here in Ash
land, and they begin tholr work to
gether in California on Thursday of
this week.
election next November had the spec-
so that autos and teams j ial election not been authorized. The
have to turn around them, and when : normal bill and a bill regarding the
two vehicles meet at this point one ! establishment of a school for delln-
has to wait for tho other to get by
before they may pass, is wrong.
Then, too, should the lights from
one car blind the driver of another
coming toward him,, and the one on
the opposite elde from the woodpile
not be able to sec Just where the edge
of the pavement wps and crowd to
the center of the road, the other driv
er would have to hold his breath in
iquent children will be let go over
until the 1918 regular election.
The propositions to bo voted upon
at the special election are as follows:
State issue of $6,000,000 bonds to
begin construction of a comprehen
sive system of roads and highways
embracing the entire state.
Direct expenditure of $100,000 a
year for four years to build a new
The Eighth company, Coast Artil
lery, Oregon .National Guard, of Port
land, established the highest merit
mark recorded for the 1916 target
practice of National Guard big gun
companies, according to figures made
public at Washington by the war de
partment militia bureau.
Firing with ten-Inch guns at 10,
137 yards, the company mado three
hits out of three shots and was given
a mark of 89.72. Oregon's Fifth
company of Albany was second with
79.93, and Maine's Fifth company
was third.
Washington's Ninth company led
the six-inch gun class with 18.844
for two hits out of six shots at 5,742
yards.
California's Ninth company led the
twelve-Inch rifle class with 42.340
for two hits out of two shots at 8,4 60
yards.
Three Feet of Snow
Since Last Monday
Almost three fevt of snow has fall
en in Ashland since last Monday! an
unprecedented snowfall for this sea
ton here. According to Co-operative
Observer LouIb Dodge, 33 inches
had fallen up to this morning, and it
has been snowing Intermittently all
day. This much snow 1b equal to
three end a half inches of rain and
is of great benefit.
Owing to the fact that the ther
mometer has dropped to freezing only
for two short periods In the week,
the snow has melted fast and only
about a foot lleo on the ground. Tim
steady molting allows the earth to get
the full benefit of the moisture and
the snow 13 worth probably twice thn
amount of rain.
The power lines have given soma
little trouble, but ABhlcnd has not
been totally without lights owing to
the fact that tho city is supplied by
the municipal plnnt as well as tha
Fall creek and Prospect plants of tho
Oregon-Californle company.
The street department has man
aged to keep the nldewulks opened
and slrcets fairly clear.
order to go between the woodpile and penitentiary at Salem.
the other auto, end then might not To raise pay of legislators from $3
make it, in which event there would a day to $6 a day, extend legislative
be a terrible accident. In the event session to fifty days and limit num-
of such an accident who would be to her of bills than can be introduced
New Ass't Supt. of
Shasta Division
blame the man who piled the wood
there, the county officers who per-
Eastern Oregon and Southern Ore- mitted It, or the unfortunate autoist
gon, they ought to be open to the
representations made by those who
know the situation.
Mr. Sheldon's work, whereby the
measure passed the 60 members of
the house with only three dissenting
votes, was rendered easier because of
the open-minded attitude of the
members of the lower house of the
legislature. We are reliably Inform
ed that our mcausre would never
have passed the senate had It not
been for the personal interest taken
in the matter by Senator Gus Moser,
president of the senate. In this mat
ter Mr. Moser showed not only his
Individual broad minded fairness,
but reflected the attitude of the best
people of Poitland.
who had tho accident? Should some
one be killed in such an accident,
perhaps some steps would be taken
to have the woodpile removed.
by each member and each committee.
To authorize assessors of western
Oregon counties to restore Oregon
and California grant lands to tax
rolls.
Requiring municipalities to hold
their primary and general elections
Bandon Woolen
and employ twenty.
mill to operate
The wood referred to Is piled at a jon samo day state primaries and gen
eral elections are held.
To provide for classical assessment
of property with graduated rate of
property of different
V.UI T III iuv ruHu which luuiirs 1L
doubly bad. We copied an article
from the Ashland Tidings recently
wnerein tncy stated that the wood-1 taxation on
piles had been removed. We had classes.
hoped that it was a permanent move.
If the gentlemen who are using the
highway in the capacity an bo endarv-
gering the lives of people do not; see
fit to remove this obstacle, we nope
that the county officers will take the
matter in hand, as it has been a con
stant eyesore and worry, especially to
autolsts who pass this way.
Toledo Farmers arc working for
a cheese factory.
To enable port of Portland to build
or to subsidize steamships and oper
ate line of steamers to foreign and
domestic ports.
To prevont repeal of any part -of
state constitution by Implication.
All acts of tho legislature against
which the referendum is invoked also
will be on the ballot.
Trains Collide But
Little Damage Done
What came near being a serious
railroad wreck occurred lat Tuesday
afternoon at Doo creek when an ex
tra west freight collided head on
with a work train. Neither train was
urceedlng at a very rapid rate of
speed when the collision occurred,
the freight traveling at a rate of
about twelve miles and the work
train at about four miles.
. The shock of the collision dam
aged the pilot on engine No. 3227,
drawing the extra west, while the
caboose on the work train was prac
tically demolished. The engines
were both enabled to drive into Ash
land under their own power, the
work of clearing the tracks taking
only a few minutes. A wrecking J
crew was dispatched for the scene
A. T. Mercler, until his promotion
division engineer r.t I.oa Angeles, haa
been made assistant superintendent
of the Shasta division, and has al
ready assumed his new duties, suc
ceeding G. V. Gillette.
Mr. Gillette returns to the train
service as passenger conductor, and
will move from Dunsmnir to Ashland.
Asks That Birds
Be Given Food
A lady called up the Tidings Satur
day to request that our readers bo
asked to help tide the birds over tho
hungry times attendant upon snow-
weather by putting out crumbs or
food of some kind whllo the snow
stays on tho ground.
from Roaeburg, but by the time they
Rosebnrg Chinese start big truck
farm of 250 acres.
arrived the debris had been cleared
away and the track was opened. The
damage will not amount to more
than $360.
Mrs. H. O. Purucker spent the
week end at the home of her mother
In Medford. She expects to leave this
week for San Diego for a b!x months'
stay.
Ontario Flour mill projected at
Jordan Valley.
WKATIIKB ' $
Forecast For the Week Begin-
nlng Sunday, Feliuary 2.1.
Pacific States General rains
probable during week In Wash-
ington and Oregon, and reins at
S beginning of week In California.
Fair In. last named state after
4 Monday. Temperature near nor-
4 mal. a
E. H. BOWIE, Forecaster.