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1) 0 OOCOJKl fit j ' ' . . , . . ' I 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 1 A: "Ashland Grows While Lithla flows' City of Sunshine and Flowers M TIDINGS Ashland. Oregon, Uthia Springs "Oregon's famous Spa' VOL. XLI A'SHLAND. OREGON MONDAY. MARCH 5, 1917 NUMBER 82 Big Amount Due To Jackson County Monte Briggs Sticks With the Roundup First Unit of Oregon State Motor Association Formed Here The amount due the eighteen land j The roundup boosters especially grant counties In Oregon on delln- ( and the townspeople generally will bo quent taxes from the Oregon & Call-! glad to learn that Monte Briggs has fornla land grant is $1,71 4. ,775. 89, ' been prevailed upon to poHtpone his according to tabulations prepared by business venture in Yreka until after Oswald West, who Is representing the the July roundup. He will remain Department of the Interior In steps In this city and devote his attention ( ed a . . Ifn i.niir.liin afffilfa A nitmliiAl t9 nit. I to collect mo nacK taxes. il" iuii""i' .. - This amount Is for Lack taxes, pen-1 cumsUnces arising, combined with alties, interest and cobIs on the grant the united persuasion of the roundup lands for 1913, 1914 and 1915. m-jl'unch, caused Mr. Briggs to make his terest on the amount totals $15,000 decision Ln favor of Ashland. Mr. a month. In addition to the eighteen urowiey nas gone to san rrancisco Chicken Raisers' Day School Thursday Oregon counties, there Is one Wash-, to remain until July. The Yreka Ington county, Clarke, that has grant ' luslnes8 may be established ln July, lands. The amount due Clark county In taxes Is $1,242.73, making a grand total duo of $1,716,018.62. Following Is a list of the tax claims ty counties: Benton $ 79,175.05 Clackamas 117,845.78 Columbia 54,342.93 Coos 163,218.57 Curry 8.565.16 Douglas '. .. 342,442.78 Jackson 263,322.13 Josephine . 141,232.31 Klamath 42,040.43 Lane 300,531.38 Lincoln Linn Marion Multnomah .' Polk Tillamook Washington Yamhill Clarke (Washington). Prof. C. C. Lamb, specialist in the extension service of tho poultry de partment of the Oregon Agricultural College, will be in Ashland on Thurs day, March 8, at which time he wll meet those Interested In poultry in this city and vicinity at the city hall in what he terms "day school," in which he will discuss important projects of his department, treating poultry husbandry in all its phases. His "school" will open at 10 o'clock ln the morning and continue through out the day. Prof. Lamb would be pleased to have a large attendance. What he will say will be of special interest to I everyone interested in any manner in Totft! $1,716,018.62 pouury. Members or tne soutnern Oregon Poultry Association from Medford will accompany Prof. Lamb on this Ashland visit. A. number ol Ashland poulterers are members of the Southern Oregon Poultry Association. The Ashland membership list should at least reach Hunters and anglers may buy their. 100. The 1918 poultry show, under licenses at . bargain . rates between the auspices pfjhe association, will now and May 21, District Game Wax- probably be held In Ashland if Ash den Drlscoll has announced., land poulterers want It. The exte'n-i The new law Increasing tho license : slve show equipment, standard ln every respect, belongs to Ashland as much as to any other part of the county. The organization of the first unit stating that the Portland organization outside of Portland of the new Oregon owns $,10,000 worth of property and State Motor Association was started has 600 members, and that both prop- at a meeting held at the city hall erty and membership had been Thursday evening, which was attend- turned over to the Oreeon State Mn. a representative gathering of i tor Association. He Impressed his property owners and automobllists. j belief (hat the greatest proportion ol Preliminary organization is being sup-1 the tourist traffic of the future would plemented by personal work among 'be by automobile, and stated that in te car owners and otherlnterested j the past the big obstacle which had citizens by State Organizer J. W. Mor- kept the automobiles out of Oregon ris, and a meeting for the election of ! was lack of Information, maps and Jury Convicts Hog Killers The 1917 Jury session was finished Thursday morning when tho case of the Hogue River Co-operative Fruit Growers' Association vs. Mary I. Helms, an action for money, was dis missed. Tom Kinney. Roy Watklns and Carl Hammond were found guilty af ter seven hours of deliberation Wed nesday, of killing a hog belonging to J. II. Tyrell of Lake Creek. Charles Hanscomb was found not guilty of the larceny of a number of officers will be held in the near fu-j reports on roads a lack which the ' hog8 1,,,onKn8 to a rancher of the ture. The work of organizing the motor- the motor club. state was seeking to remedy through ists of the. state was begun here be- J cause of the fact, that Ashland is the B. R. Greer called attention to tho growing realization in northern Ore- 8,452.50 47,464.49 31,120.85 11,568.05 56,979.19 11,928.64 17,171.32 17,374.33 1,242.731 Fishing and Hunting .:. Licenses To Go Up gateway to the northwest for tour- ( gon that paving must eliminate the ists coming by way of California, as i bad roads through Douglas and tho most of them will. Mr. Phil Metschan' adjacent counties bofore the motorists of Portland, one of the directors of , from California, who now visit the the state association, who was at the I Rogue Hlvcr Valley and Crater Lake, meeting, stated that In all probability , will go on north to Portland. He it would be necessary to place an In- predicted a fuller co operation be formatlon station at Ashland, where , tween northern and southern Oregon the tourists arriving from California! for the future, because of the neces- could get tho maps, logs and daily condition of roads, reports which will be compiled by the association. Ash land motorists arc taking a hearty Interest ln the work and a strong unit is promised for this city. Mayor Lamkln presided over the meeting Thursday and Introduced Phil Metschan. who came down from Portland especially for the meeting here. Mr. I.amkin told of the honor which Mr. Metschan had received the day before In being named one of the two Oregon commissioners on the slty of this co-operation if the north ern part of the stato was to get the tourists. State Organizer J. W. Morris of Portland, who has been doing some fine missionary work among the au tomobile folks of this vicinity on be half of the association, and has been mainly instrumental in the progress made here, took charge of the active organization work after a brief talk, explaining details of tho movement. He stated that the Portland club house had been turned over to the fee becomes effective on that date, but that does not deprive the sports man from doing his 1917 rod-and-gun stunts under tho old rate if he hurries. The present rates for either hunt-"1 Ing or fishing licenses are $1 per year, while $2 is tho rate for combin ation hunting and fishing licenses. After May 21 tho rate will be $1.50 for single licenses and $3 for the combination. More licenses have been sold dur- Will Yco of Talent was quite badly I hurt between here and Talent last week. Mr. Yeo was leading a mule ing February than during the same i and a car came by and frightened the : animal and he ran away, dragging Scared Mule Drags Yeo Down Highway vt.tvi inut vpnr hv between 1.20U and 1,500. It is expected that the revenues of the fish and game com mission from this source will be ma terially larger than last year. commission which will plan and su-' state association and that all mem pervlse the expenditure of, $115,000 bera would be extended its hospitality appropriated by Oregon, Washington ' upon occasion of visits to Portland, and British Columbia for the .North-; Briefly summarizing, Mr. Morris out west Tourist Association. He also ! lined the aims of the organization to stated that Mr. Motschan had paid -be: Preparation of absolutely ac Jackson county the lAghest honor curate maps and logs, compilation of possible when he had chosen a Jack- dailjoad condition reports, placing son county girl for, his wife. . . j of permanent sign systems, influenc- Mr. Metschan told of the alms of Ing good roads legislation, and co the Northwest Tourist Association 'operation in building roads, and stated that tho proposed state as- j The dues for the local unit are 50 sociatlon and the northwest advertis-1 cents per month, $7.50 Including the ing organization would co-operate In their work. Ho outlined the aims of the state combination of local units and urged a strong club hero ln view of the importance to Ashland of the club's work &nd to the state of big, membership fee and the dues for 1917. Mr. Morris is signing up a sub stantial number of autolsts, and the local club will elect officers in the near future. Each unit has a vice-president in Brownsboro district. Seven Feet of Snow On Road in Places According to C. Bonderson of Sis kiyou, there la as much .as seven feet of snow dr!fied onto the Pacific Highway up on the Slsklyous at places where the snow is liable to accumulate and the sun does not strike. Mr. Bonderson states that up until the last big snowstorm they managed to kaep the road fairly well opened by means of a snowplow, but that when tho last storm came the snow was piled up so high on each side of the road that it was Impossi ble to plow off the fresh fall of throe feet. One automobile made it through previous to the last storm, but at present It would be foolish ness to attempt the trip over the mountain. Mr. Bonderson believes that two weeks of good weather would open the road. It has with stood the ravages of tho wintor storms in good shape and the snow Is the worst obstaclo to travel. Siskiyou escaped most of the fog this winter, according to Mr. Bonder son, and it did not get very cold, the thermometer staying above zero. He says the most beautiful sight Imagln- Says Thermometers Should Be Tested In about a month the frost season will again be at hand and wo hsould prepare for it now so as to have everything In readiness. One impor tant matter is to know that the ther mometers are reading accurately, which can only be ascertained by conn parlson with a tested thermometer. I'sunlly thermometers costing $1 oq more are tested at the factory and the corrections can be seen on onej sido of the tube as a check In thtf glass, usually appearing at the 2-324 02 and 92 degree readings. Ther mometers deteriorate with age and it is always advisable to have them tested after each season's use. The bureau of standards at Wash Ington, D. C tests thermometers at a coKt of 25 cents each or $2 peq dozen. 'Those not wishing to go to this expense can have it done at the county pathologist's office free of charge as was done last year. All wishing to have thermometers tested will confer a favor by bringing thetn to the office as soon as possible. It takes nearly as long to test a few aa a large number, so that it will be A saving of time to us and, further, tltaj work can be dojie whenever convene lent. Cheap thermometers are unre liable and should he discarded. Un doubtedly many crops have been lost because of a thermometer reading too high and useless smudging don( because the thermometer read to low. Reliable thermometers can b$ purchased tor altout $1.25 up. COUNTY PATHOLOGIST. Movie Company To . Film Crater Lake Klamath Falls Herald: The Sells Polyscope Motion Picture, Company one of the biggest motion plctui'4 concerns in the business, has been nblA war In Hie mnrnlmra when tho sun was shining brightly up there 'panted a permit by the government and the whole vp. one vast lako on account of the fog alley appeared like.10 U8e Crater Lakc nttllonal 'rk 'Co' uiiiniiiK muuuii picture pi uuucuuiis. live membership here, in view of the the state organization, he to act as fact that the tourists would first be ' president of tho local unit. Units welcomed to Oregon here. He told of the Portland club around which the state organization Is being built, will be organized in every city In the state and an organization of great strength and influence created. Many Steelheads Grab the Hooks Steelhead fishing ln both Bear creek and Rogue river Is very good despite the high and muddy waters. Numerous Ashland parties met with good success at the river in the past Mr. .Yeo quite a distance and causing a severe injury to one leg and knee. Mr. Yeo was brought back to Ash land quickly to Dr. Gregg's office, where a plaster cast was placed upon tho Injured member. Hp is now at his home in Talent, confined to his bed and suffering much discomfort from the injury. 4. 1 .- 9 ,u.t. I.i.. ..... I. A. few days and big catches are brought . . i. j.n e.inoo the Commercial Club, are al- $ LIVE Sl lUKCTS TONIGHT. S Citizens of Ashland irrespect, nn from Bear creek dally. Strings of five or more steelhead are not un usual as a result of a few hours spent down on Bear creek, and the angling fever is getting Into the blood of every owner of an outfit. Salmon ' eggs are used for bait and a number six or four hook. Fred Herrin says i he got one hooked down at the river the other day that looked as big as a submarine. It zipped out to the end of tho line and kept right on going, taking most of the line with him. Fred says if he hadn't slowed up the old brute he believes it would have catapulted high onto the bank on the other side. New Superintendent . S. P. Motive Power George McCormick hae been ad vanced to the position of superin tendent of motive power, western system Southern Pacific. He suc ceeds T. W. Younger and will have offices In the new S. P. building in San Francisco. Mr. McCormick has risen rapidly In the ranks of the rail road employes. Clif Payne makes shelving. S ways welcome to tho regular S ? monthly and special public $ $ meetings of the club, and to- s $ night there are a number of ex- $ ? ceedingly Interesting topics to 3 be given consideration. 4s The ladies are especially in- 8 vited. Now that they have suf- ? ? frage in Oregon, it is their duty to inform themselves upon sub- jocts to be voted upon ln the Q ? near future. Among these prop- s ositlons will be the purchase of 3 ? the Chautauqua Park and the 4 $6,000,000 bond issue by the $ state of Oregon for road pur- poses. Representative W. H. $ $ Gore will be on hand to explain S S the bill, with which he is fa- S S miliar and which he was instru- 3 ? mental ln assisting its passage $ In the legislature. Dr. George O. Jarvis will give 3 a talk on mineral waters, a sub- Ject that we should all make $ ourselves familiar with, so that $ $ when strangers ask us quea- $ 4 tions we are able to give them S an Intelligent answer. 3 The meeting will be held at 8 o'clock in the city hall. Come and bring your neighbors. Q 444)4$$4&44$4$44 Marshfield Will Entertain Bankers Oregonian Writer , Tells of Ashland Obioans Of Valley Hold Big Reunion Marshfield was .chosen as the place for the Oregon State Bankers' Asso ciation annual meeting June 8 and 9 by the executive committee in ses sion at the Orogon Hotel in Portland last week. At tho association's con vention in Portland last June the delegation from Coos Bay extended an Invitation so cordially through the late Joseph W. Bennett that it seemed a foregone conclusion It would be accepted. Attending the meeting were President F. L. Myers. La Grande; , E. D. Cusick, Albany; ! smaller pictures of the Pacific High J. H. Booth, Roseburg; E. O. Blanch- j way in the county and other views, ard, Hood River; V. O. N. Smith, i accompanied tho article. Miss Baer Ashland; E. G. Crawford, Emery hope's to be able to visit Ashland Olmstead, Alexander Martin and John L. Hartman, secretary, of Port land. Mr. Martin formerly resided la Klamath Falls, but Is now living in the metropolis. Miss Leonn Cass Bacr, who repre sented tho Portland Oregonian at the Lincoln banquet in Medford on Feb ruary 12 and was brought up to Ash land the next day, carried away a heart full of remembrances of her visit here which were set down in her picturesque stylo ln the Pregon- lan of last Sunday. Miss Baer had a host of nice things to say about Ashland, things which will muke every reader want to visit us. A big I picture ui L,nnia parK, wnn several again next summer, and a warm wel como surely awaits her. Gus Newbury Heads Medford Elks At the annual election of the Med ford Elks lodge Thursday night, At torney Gus Newbury was elected grand exalted ruler. Other officers were chosen as follows: J. J. Buch ter, esteemed leading night; George A. Codding, loyal knight; Carl Y. Tengwald, lecturing knight; Lee L. Jacobs, secretary; Vernon H. Vaw ter, treasurer; Charles B. Gay, tyler; Sid I. Brown, trustee; Carl Hellbron ner, grand lodge representative. Miss Gertrnde Barber suffered a painful injury to her elbow in a fall last week, nn s-ray examination re vealing a bruiced bone. Hot Weather Would Bring High Water Should the weather turn warm suddenly, Ashland creek would be a booming torrent within a few hours and most of the bridges In the can ;yon might be washed out, according 'to Nim Long. Mr. Long tells of Just j such a late February snow as oc curred this year, which came several years ago and, melting suddenly, j made Ashland creek n river. Twenty- four inches of snow was reported at !the city power plant In the canyon last Friday. The depth was about twenty-eight inches at one time dur ing the recent storm. The late snow is stacking up a great potential water supply on Mount Ashland and no wa ter shortage Is expected this coming summer. . Ohlonno from nil over tho valley, to a total number of about one hun- dred, gatherer at Mooso hall Satur day afternoon for the annual meeting of tho Ohio Society. A regular Buck eye dinner was sorved at noon, nnd following tht business meeting a pro gram wns rendered which had been arranged by Mrs. J. J. Cambers. O. II. Johnson, vice-president of the as sociation, presided over the affair in the Alwnce of J. S. Smith, the last year president. A goodly sized dele gation wns present from Medford nnd extended a cordial invitation to the Ohleans to mc-ct next year at Med ford. Tho association accepted the invitation. The program rendered In- cludeti tho following numbers: Open ing remarks by O. H. Johnson; nd dress by President G. W. Gregg; vio lln solo by Miss Marie Holmes, ac companled at the piano by Miss Pearl Hodklnnon; address by William Pack ard of Talent; reading by Mrs. Cns slns Miller; vocal solo by Miss Da huff; reading by Mrs. G. W. Gregg; piano solo by Miss Lottie Morthlund; brief remarks and rending by Mrs. J, J. Cambers; reading by Mrs. Ed White and piano duet by Mrs. Van Fossen nnd Miss Young. The officers eloctod for the coming year were: President, G. W. Gregg; vice president, Judge Crowell of Med ford; secretary, Mrs. Casslus Miller; treasurer, W. B. Smith. When they will start the work Is not known not, but probably during the coming summer season. This Is the first company to under tako work of this kind In this loeak ity on such a largo scale, and means that Klamath county's scenic points In other sections will also undoubted ly be used for this purpose from now; on. ; The filming in the park means much in the way of advertising audi j making this part of the country a center for film companies, for Its many scenic advantages about Upper Klamath Lakc, the Lava Buds and Ice Caves, mountain streams, tim ber, Lower Klamath Lako and the) pelicans, and other interesting points. ? WKATHKK ? KowriiNt For the Week Begin nlng Sunday, March 4. Phone pews items to the Tiding $ Washington, D. C, March 3. ? Pacific States: Generally $ fair, except frequent rains proh- able along north Pacific coast. $ S Temperature near normal. j $ E. H. BOWIE, Forecaster. $ Hilt Mills Will Start March 15 Glenn Young, who was over from Hilt to spend tho week-end with his mother here, states ' that the Hilt Lumber Company hopes to open ui for tho spring season on March 15. A scarcity of labor is anticipated and the company is alreudy rustling hard to fill up their crews for the spring drive. Mr. Young has been running the postoffico at Hilt this winter and will hold down a clerical position with the company this summer. Ha reports about fourteen Inches of snovf at Hilt. Tuesday Council Meet Important J. V,. Wright attended to business matters In Grc.nts Pass, Saturday. For Sale Tenm. wagon and har ness. bargain. I iu u ramie ot. b-ii Several Important matters wilt co mo up at the meeting of the city council Tuesday evening, chief In Im-' portnnce being the Chautauqua elec tion. The call for the election which, was to be held Inst Saturday was re scinded owing to a legal Irregularity, and the two amendments which have to do with Chautauqua park will probably be consolidated. The coun cil meeting Is scheduled to commence at 7:30 and tho public is welcome. R. A. Ward of the government bio logical Burvey, who has been super intending the rabbit-killing crusade in Klamath county, has come to the Rogue River valley to organize squirrel-poisoning work.