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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
ELANii Tidings
'Ashland Grows While Uthla flows'
City of Sunshine and flowers .
Ashland, Oregon, Uthla Springs
"Oregon's famous Spa'
VOL. XLI
ASHLAND. OKEUon THURSDAY. MARCH 1, 1917
NUMBER 81
State Highway
Commission Named
Will Find Frobach
At Commercial Club
Dies Alone At
Mountain Ranch
Indict Lemery On
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In announcing tho appointment of
the members of the now state high
way commission, says a Salem dis
patch, Governor Withycombo declared
that with tho personnel of the com
mittee and tho safeguards that have
lieen thrown about the proposed $6,
000,000 bond Issue to go before the
peole, he is strongly in favor of tho
plan.
Mo expressed tin: intention of mak
ing every effort possible to assist in
bringing about p. favorable vote on
the question.
Members of tho state highway com
mission, named Tuesday, are:
S. Benson, a capitalist, road expert
and philanthropist, of Portland. Ills
appointment Is for the district which
is comprised of Multnomah county
and his tenure of office is for three
years.
W. I,. Thompson, banker, of Pen
dleton, and leading business man of
eastern Oregon. His appointment la
for the eastern Oregon district and
his term of office Is for two years.
E. J. Adams, lawyer and contract
or, of Eugene! His appointment Is
for tho western Oregon district out
side of Multnomah county and his
term of office Is for ono year.
Mediord Lays Claim
To State Honors
Coach Klum's Medford high school
basketball team is now. laying claim
to tho champlonsln'p of Oregon hav
ing defeated Roseburg two out of
three games. The final game of the
Roseburg series Monday went to Med
ford by an 1 8 to 10 score.. The game
was rough and replete with close
guarding fcaturos which would be
called fouls In many games.
Coach Klum Is apparently deter
mined to win another state cham
pionship by the simple expedient of
never playing a game off the home
floor where familiarity with sur
roundings and tho support of the
home rooters is a great advantage.
The Medfordltes have not played :i
game off their own stamping grounds
this year and evidence no Intention
of doing so except In the Ashland
series, when they will be obliged to
play two games at Ashland.
According to the Roseburg boys,
Klum promised thorn return games
at Roseburg, and In fact put it into
a contract but with tho proviso that
the games should be played on Med
fnrrt'n "oDen dates'. The Roseburg
ltoys now claim that Klum has.no In
tention of having any more open
dates this year, and the basketball
fans of the valley who delight In
good sprotsmanshlp even more than
In championship teams, are eagerly
awaiting the action of the Medford
management. The Roseburg team
made a fine pmpresslon here and are
certainly entitled to a return engage
ment with the Medford team.
The fact that Medford has not
played away from home at all this
year will probably weigh heavily In
the Ashland-Medford series and while
the odds on comparative scores favor
Medford by a big majority, the locals
are determined to upset the dope
when the teams tangle. The Ash
land boys have played most of their
games away from home, and have
steadily Improved all season.
Hood River Glacier: With a large
number of the business and profes
sional men of the city at the O.-W. R.
& N. station to greet the passengers
aboard tho vehicle, the new rail, auto
whfch the Mount Hood Company will
put In passenger service between here
and Parkdale arrived at 1:40 p. m.
Monday. The handsome thirty-passenger
motor car, decked with Amer
ican flags, created a tense Interest at
stations between here and Portland.
NAME F()H CELKBRATIOX. ?
The tima limit for the sending
In of a suitable name for tho cel
ebration to bo held In Ashland
next July has been extended to
Saturday, March 10.
Any pupil of the Ashland
schools may send in a name, and
If adopted by the committee will
receive $2.50 in cash.
1
M. O. Frohbach will lie found at
the secretary's desk in the Commer-
jcial Club offico hcrcjieglnnlng today,
having taken over tho keys to the
office from Frnnk J. Shlnn last night.
In reality he does not take over the
) keys, as tho office is open at all hours
! except late at night, but anyhow he
is on the job. Mr. Shinn, who can
look back upon hla tenure of office
I as tho moBt successful in the history
j of tho club, has not announced his
1 plans for the future. During Mr.
Shlnn's incumbency the club has
moved Into Its present up-toi date
quarters, cleared off a big debt and
accumulated a balance on the right
side of the books. A number of pro
gressive and businesslike Innovations
havo been established.
Newly Appointed
Commissioner Here
Ashland is vitally interested In tho
movement to attract tourists to tho
northwest, which has been given a
big Impetus by the legislators of
Washington, Oregon and British Co
Jumbla by the appropriation of sub
stantial sums for co-operative adver
tising of the northwest's attractions
for the tourist, 'throughout the east.
The Oregon legislature appropriated
$45,000.
Oregon's two commissioners who
will direct the expenditure of the
$45,000 appropriated for the North
west Tourist Association during tho
next blennium, are Phil Metschan.
Jr., and W. J. Hoffman, both of Port
land. Governor Withycombe has an
nounced the appointments.
Mr. Metschan Is In the city today,
being one of the directors of the Ore
gon State Motrr Association, and will
address the meeting tonight when a
local branch will bo organized. Met
schan Is a hotel man In Portland and
was one of the most enthusiastic
workers for the bill to appropriate
the money for advertising the scenic
attractions of tho northwest. Hoff
man (s an advertising man with a
wide experience In publicity work.
"Both men aie experienced In such
a way as to make their appointments
proper," stated the governor. "They
are keen, young and active business
men and should do much to help in
spreading the fame of Oregon's scenic
attractions throughout the country."
These commissioners will act with
the two appointed from Washington
and a like number from British Co
lumbia.
Will Honor Jackson
County Legislators
Backers of the normal school, good
roads enthusiasts and fishing sports
men will have an opportunity to show
their appreciation of tho work done
by the Jackson county legislators dur
ing the last session at a banquet to
be given In their honor at the Med
ford Hotel next Friday evening at
7:30.
There will be a number of speakers
from Ashland, and all who wish ban
quet tickets may secure them from
the secretary of the Commercial Club.
Price $1 per plate.
Most Unusual
Even For Ashland
According to H. L. Norwood, a
woman who lives In the east end of
the city was sweeping the snow off
the sidewalk one day last week and
froze both of her limbs from the knee
down to the r.nkle. According to the
report, the frozen members turned
black. This is most "unusual" for
Ashland, although people moving
here from the middle west are accus
tomed to such occurrences and make
jjittle of having a none or ear or some
little trifle like that frozen. Per
haps ono of the neighbors was at outs
with the lady of the 3tory and "froze"
her with a look.
Standard OtM Co. building station
at Redmond to carry full line of its
products.
Alder timber being shipped from
Elk City to Albany Furniture factory.
moionsis ana noperty uwners
Every motorist and property owner in the city 3hould attend the
meeting which will bu held tonight at the city hall for the purpose
of organizing the first branch club of the Oregon State Motor Asso
ciation. J. W. Morris, state organizer and consulting engineer of
the association, has been here for several days, and tills morning sev
eral of the directors of the state organization arrived. Phil Met
uchan of Portland, who yesterday was appointed by the governor as
one of the commission to caro for the expenditure of $45,000 grant
ed by the recent legislature for attracting tourists to tho state is
here and will nddress.the meeting tonight. Ashland is considered
ono of the communities of the state which is bound to benefit most
by the work of organization, and tho work of building up clubs
throughout tho state was started here. Thi meeting will be called
to order at 8 o'clock by Mayorl.amkln. Every car owner and every
property owner who is Interested In good rouds and tourist traffic
H will find it to his Interest to be
4- 8 V 8 8 8 $ 8 5 8 ? 8 8
Brookings Mill To
Operate March 1
The Brookings Lumber company,
at Brookings, Curry county, will open
Its large sawmill March 1. Four
years have been consumed In estab
lishing the industry and several mil
lion dollars have been expended In
construction of tho mill, logging rail
roads, company buildings, hotels and
residences for the employes. The
company opened two years ago, but
conditions caused a shut down, since
which time the properties have been
enlarged and defects remedied.
The company has an order for 66,
000,000 feet of lumber, which will
require six full years to fill. To han
dle the output the company will put
a new steam schooner on the run,
which will transport 600,000 feet at
each sailing.
' The logging roads, which comprise
between 15 and 20 milees of track
age, are practically completed, and
the ponds are filled with logs. The
new town is expected to bo one of
the busiest on tho coast for the next
six years. . ,
Elmore Christens
Store "Boot Shop"
H. T. Elmore, who purchased the
interest of Monto Briggs in the shoe
firm of Briggs & Elmore, has chris
tened his establishment "The Boot
Shop" and his announcement appears
elsewhere in this Issue. Mr. Elmore
is enlarging his already large and
attractive stock and arranging the
various nines for quick service and
correct fitting. The. business has
been placed upon a strictly cash basis
In order to give the customers the ad
vantage of every possible reduction.
Perozzi May Build
Grenada Creamery
According to the Dunsmuir News,
D. Perozzi of Ashland is contemplat
ing tho erection of a new creamery at
Granada, the new town a short dis
tance south of Montague, in Siskiyou
county. Mr. Perozzi is the proprietor
and owner of tho Ashland creamery
and has won a wide reputation as a
creamery maa. The Grenada terri
tory Is to be put under irrigation and
should prove to be an ideal dairying
section, amply able to support a ilarge
creamery.
A hotel and several new houses are
near completion at Granada and
ground has been broken for a new
business block to house a bank, store
and postoffice.
The Grants Pas3 sugar factory has
contracted for a large beet acreage In
the vicinity and the Granada people
are pulling for a sugar factory.
Measles Close
Talent Schools
The Talent schools have been
closed owing to scarletlna and meas
les. A number of cases are reported
from the neighboring town. Five
cases of measles are reported by the
heatlh officer at Medford. The Rose
burg schools have been closed for a
weekon account of measles. As yet
no cases have been reported In Ash
land, although a few may exist.
Coos Bay coal is being sold In Medford.
present.
8 i 8 $ 8 ' 8 8 8 8 $ 8 8 t
Relay Races Feature
School-College Meet
A track meet without a dull mo
ment from first to last, open to re
lay teams from high schools, big and
little, of the Northwest, will be held
at the Oregon Agricultural college
under the auspices of the physical
education department, April 7, next.
Here are the events:
Special, open to high school, col
lege and club men: mile relay, wdth
eight 2:20 men; 75-yard dash; 16
pound rhot-put; pole vault; running
high, and running broad,
Special for college freshmen: mile!of mountaln ra11. " secured his
relay.
Intercollegiate, mile relay, two
mile relay, and 75-yard high hurdle.
High school representatives wll be
grouped into two classes, from the
small and large schools. Those from
the smaller may compete with the
larger, but not vfxa-versa.
Gold medal will be presented each
man on winning team and to individ
ual firsts.
' Ashland will be strong In track
work this spring and will doubtless
sei.3 i team to the O. A. C. ineet.
Boys
' Band Will
Play at High School
Next Wednesday morning the boyB
band will play at the high school,
providing entertainment at the week
ly period which tho school is mak
ing a custom of devoting to. various
exercises by the students, visitors and
1 1 I i mi .ill
local and visiting speakers. The citi
zens of the city are cordially invited
by the school authorities to come out
to the high school and hear the boys'
baAd next Wednesday.
Good Programs at
The Vining Theatre
Today's Vlnlng attraction is Vir
ginia Pearson In "A Tortured Heart,"
a romantic story of southern life with
a brilliant appeal to emotion.
Frtday brings a Famous Players
production, starring Owen Moore and
Marguerite Courtot. Tho aoroplane
and the kiss vie with each other as
the center of attraction in a drama
full of kisses and airy thrills.
On Saturday comes a story which
Is "different." Dorothy Gish, In a
rushing, exciting racing picture,
"Atta Boy's Last Race," which has all
the thrills and pep of a real race
track episode.
Want Scenic Road
Along The Coast
The Central Good Roqds Associa
tion of Gold Beach has petitioned the
legislature to consider a state road
from Eugene down the Sluslaw river
to the coast, thence down the coast
through the counties of Lane, Doug
las, Coos and Curry to connect with
the California stato highway at the
state line. The club sots forth that
the route would be one of the most
scenic In the state; would open up to
sportsmen and automobile tourists
splendid hunting, fishing and camp
ing grounds and would give Curry
outlet to Portland. Curry county has
built five miles of graveled road on
this route. Sixty-two per cent of the
county's land.'is In the forest reserve,
and federal aid could be obtained.
Phone Job orders ;o the Tidings
The body of George Van Tassel, a
rancher living on Sampson creek,
twelve miles east of Ashlnnd, was dis
covered In his cabin on Tuesday by
neighbors. He had evidently been
dead far two days. Ho was a bache
lor, living alone, and was the owner
of several hundred acres of land In
that vicinity. Ills body was brought
to this city Tuesday evening by Dep
uty Coroner Dodge. Examination
showed that the man died of natural
causes, an Inquest being deemed un
necessary. Van Tassel had no known relatives
In this section, and funeraj arrange
ments are being delayed pending de
velopments. Tragedy Follows
Party Near J'ville
John D. Margrelter was found ly
ing in the snow at 12:30 a. m. Sun
day, February 25, In the yard of his,
home, three miles south of Jackson
ville, with a jagged gunshot wound
In his head and a .30-40 Winchester
rifle lyiing besido him. A party of
friends had gathered at the Margrelt
er home Saturday night for a party.
The festivities had just broken up
and Mr. Margrciter, who was to es
court a guest home over three miles
rifle as a precaution against attack
by wf.ld animals, and was awaiting
for his companion to come out of the
house,' when tho gun was evidently
aocldentlly discharged, killing him
Instantly.
'. Coroner Perl and Sheriff Jennings
arrived on the scene at S a. m. and
conducted an Investigation. The
body was lying In three feet of snow.
Questioning of the frlen'ds and rela
tives of the dead man failed to dis
close any motive for suicide and the
theory was accepted that the shoot
ing was accidental,
Margrciter was 29 years old and
had lived all his life In Jackson counr
ty. He leaves his widowed mother,
Mrs. Ella Margrelter, four sisters,
and three brothers Mrs. Herman
King of North Bend, Mrs. Leslie Rog
ers and Mrs. Carl Cofer of Klamath
Falls, Miss Emma Margrelter of
Portland and Messrs. Thomas, George
and Carl Margrelter. Mrs. Cofer,
Mrs. Rogers and Miss Margrelter ar-
'rlved Monday mornlng to attend the
1
funeral.
Roundup Decides
FinanCial PuM!'
The stockholders of the Rogue Riv
er Roundup Association met Tuesday
evening and voted a definite plan to
finance the 1917 roundup. The asso
ciation will issue one hundred shnres
of stock at $50 a share, half to be
paid in cash and half In a note to be
paid from the returns from the round
up. The money thus provided In cash
and realized from the notes will be
used in financing the big show. The
directors of the association are throw
ing themselves energetically Into the
work which lies ahead of them and
are planning the 1917 roundup on a
scale which has never before been at
tempted In western Oregon.
Klamath Falls
Sells R. R. Bonds
At a specially called meeting of the
city council of Klamath Falls Satur
day night It was unanimously voted
to sell the city's Issue of $300,000
funding of refunding bonds, Issued to
take up a similar amount of munici
pal railroad bonds, to Spltzor, Rorlck
& Co., Toledo, Ohio, on their new bid
submitted at par and accrued interest
to dato of delivery.
This company submitted some time
ago a bid of par together with about
$4,000 premium on the Issue of rail
roid bonds, but that offer was later
withdrawn.
The issue of refunding bonds be-
ponies due $15,000 In ten years, $15,-
000 In fifteen years, 115,000 in twen
ty years, $15,000 In twenty-five years
and tho balance In thirty years.
S. P. Co. has a large force rebuild
ing 200,0-foot trestle at Lebanon.
Extortion Charge
Attorney J. A. Lemery of Ashland
was Indicted by the grand Jury Mon
day on a charge of attempting to ex
tort money from G. O. VanN'atta of
Ashland. Mr. VanN'atta attempted to
get an Indictment from the first
grand jury which met a. couple of
weeks ago, but, according to report,
was unable to get one of tho jurors
to see hlB side of the c.ise with suffi
cient clarity to JiiHtlfy an indictment.
Mr. VanN'atta cli'.ims that Mr. tam
ery attempted to blackmail him and
Implied that be was a thief In letters
written him In an attempt to collect
a claim which hn (Mr. VanN'atta)
states was no good. Tho claim had
to do with a claim for money made by
tenants whom Mr. VanN'atta had
ejected from a place of his. Tho
grand Jury which met Monday re
turned the Indictment. The grand
jury was composed of: J. H. Cooley,
Medford, foreman: Ralph Dean, Cen
tral Point; Richard P. Campbell,
Ashland; A. H. FiHher, Phoenix; W.
S. .Hammond, Medford; Chester Ap
plegate, Ashland; D. Perozzi, Ash
land. I
Will Open Shoe
Store at Yreka
M. E. Briggs, who recently sold out
his Intel est In the shoo firm of
Briggs ft Elmore to Mr. Elmore, and
O. Crowley, who was employed by
the firm hero, are contemplating the
opening of an un to-date shoe estab
lishment in Yreka. Mr. Crowley is
to be associated with Mr. Briggs as
a partner In tho new enterprise and
the new store la to be opened about
April '1 In tho Siskiyou county seat
town. Mr. Briggs has had a largo
northorn California trade for his
store here, and the Yreka store will
be especially wolcomed by tho many
in that territory who hav$ patron
Ized Mr. Briggs nlicro.
The partners are both shoo men In
every oense of tho word, having
made scientific fitting of shoes their
work for years. They have made an
extensive study of late methods of
shoe fitting, foot appliances and ana
tomical shoes, and have built up a
large clientele here who regret see
ing them leave.
Mr. Briggs Is a native Ashlander
and has during his years of business
experience here won an enviable rep
utation for Integrity, square dealing
and business character which has
placed the shoe business with which
he was connected In tho front rank
valley. Yreka is fortunate In secur
ing a man of his calibre. Beyond be
ing a business man who will be a big
asset to the business world of any
community, Mr. Briggs has been one
of the most energetic of Ashland's
young men In all moves for civic bet
terment. He was one of the organiz
ers of the Rogue River Roundup, and
to his energy and Ideas the roundup
last year owed a great measure of Its
success.
The good wishes of tho entire city
go with Mr. Hrlggs In his new ven
ture. Public Docks commission locating
site for large public elevator at Port
land. Cottage Grove cannery will be op
erated this season.
Oregon Spokesman Is new paper
to be published at Prineville.
COMMERCIAL ('M il .MONDAY.
The Asliilnnd Commercial Club
will meet promptly at 8 o'clock ?
Monday evening In the council
chamber of tho city hall, and
every citizen Is urged to attend.
Besides reports on the business
? of the past months and on proj- $
ects which tho club has under
way, new plnns will be laid
wnch wl) )(0 of interest to every
citizen. As a special feature and
, one wllch 8h0uld ag8re a big -
$ attendance, Dr. G. O. Jarvls will
speak upon tho subject of mln-
oral waters, dealing specifically
with those In Ashland and vlcln-
ity.
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