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About Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1917)
'w Second St THE TIDINGS PREDICTION: Before December 31, 1918, Ashlandwill have a population exceeding TWELVE THOUSAND. It will be brought about by proper and complete utilization of her best resource Mineral Waters A 'Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows' City of Sunshine and flowers IDINGS Ashland, Oregon, Llthia Sptlnqs "Oregon's famous .Spa" VOL. XLI ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, APIUL 2, 1917 NUMBER 90 Will Whoop It Up At Roseburg Show Ashland is planning to tend a big delegation of boosters to the Rose burg Strawberry FeBtival wbich Is to be beld in Roseburg on May 17, IS and 19. The roundup bunch has set the mark at twenty-five automobile loads, and It Is expected that this many can be easily lined up to go to the big doings at Roseburg. The "Hylu Hehe" boosters will travel In a bunch and all the cars will be deco rated with signs advertising the Hylu Hehe and roundup to be held here July 3, 4 and 5. All of tTtv Ashland ers will wear roundup costumes and a couple of the buckaroog who will be here by that time to take charge of preliminaries for the bin show will be taken along and will help liven things up with roping and bucking exhibitions. The roundup men urge everybody who possibly can to make arrangements to go. Ropcburg was represented well at last year's cele bration here and tbo return courtesy Is most assuredly due them. The big day of the Roseburg festi val will be Saturday, May 19. Eu gene Is sending a special train with their Radiators, boys' drum and bugle corps. Salem will probably send a big delegation. The 0. A. C. band is to play throughout the carnival and a host of -attraction have been ar ranged, according to word received from the Roseburg Commercial Club. The Roseburg club extended a tordlal Invitation to Ashland to come to their festival and promised a return of courtesies on the Fourth of July. The Roseburg secretary stated that he! personally knew of several score of Rotteburgers who bad told him they were coming to Ashland for the roundup, and that he waa positive that at least five hundred from Rose burg could be counted upon at the Hylu Hcno.' 4 ROUNDUP STATIONERY". The Ashland Tidings is print- 4 Ing a distinctive letterhead In i t two colors, advertising the i $ Roundup and Hylu Hehe celer 2 3 bratlon of next July 3, 4 and 5. 4 The letterhead has pictures of S Q Darrell Canon, last year's win ner, on a bucker, -and also of 'i .Nero, the bucking bull. A list 4 of features of the celebration is 4 Q also on tho letterhead. The bus- 4 Iness men of tho city are side- 3 tracking their own stationery In many cases and will use the new & letterheads until after the cele- Q ! bratlon. A Bpace is left at the 4 ? top for the name,. of the business $ v house using the stationery. The 'i letterheads sell at 75 cents per i hundred without the firm name. 4 The firm name will be printed on' any number up to five hun.- dred for 75 cents additional to f the cost of the letterheads. Commercial Club Is Busy With Many Matters of Interest The Commercial Club trustees and have offered to print, together with secretary have been kept busy during a short article In the 1917 book, with- the past few days caring for a num- out charge to tho club, ber of propositions which have de- jiotor Association May Visit, manded their attention and full re- The Oregon State Motor Assoela- ports of which will be made at the uon expects to tour southern Oregon Commercial Club meeting tonight. and g0 to Crater Lake some time the Co-operate With Roundup. atter part of August, and upon In- The trustees of the club met with Btruct!ona of the trustees the secre- a committee from the roundup asso- tary will lnvite the organization to elation Friday evening1 and laid plans Ashland and Inform them that ault- Xor working in harmony', which will aDe entertainment would be provided be very beneficial to the Interests of for them providing they would give the celebration. , ample time to make prrpartlons. Aid Annual. Acc(lpt fipanU( PaSH ,nvtion The cluo trustees nave votea to ap- Carson-Fowler Buys Out Pass Company O. F. Carson of this city has closed a deal for the purchase of the Rogue River Lumber Company's business in Grants Pass, from R. L. Coe of that city, according to the Grants Pass Courier. The Grants Pass business will be conducted in connection with the Carson-Fowler Lumber Company of this city. F. H. CnriKt'e oi mis city will move his family to Grants Pass and will have charge of the branch there. Mr. Fowler, who is at ' present in British Columbia, may lo cate In Grants Pass upon his return. Mr. Christie harfbeen connected with the Carson-Fowler company here for tome years past and Is thoroughly ex perienced in the lumber business. Steers Runaways Across City Park A team driven by Clarence Mat thews and hitched to a heavy iron wheeled wagon ran away this noon and gave four men a wild ride through tho Plaza and across the city park. The team scared at a gasoline tank on North Main street and start" cd down the hill at a terrific pace. Matthews managed to steer them around the corner at Water street n,i 'into the Plaza, but saw that it Big Crowd Hears Patriotic Appeal Patriotic wetk was brought to a close In Ashland with a rousing big patlrotlc meeting at the Vinlng thea tre, the effects of which will laat long after the week is forgotten. A crowd ed house was present, and after the conclusion of the picture program the' Choral Society sang "America." Rev. Hammond delivered a patriotic talk, Kenneth McWilliams sang a solo and the society rendered "The Star Span gled Banner" in a rousing manner. First Lieutenant Don M. Spencer of the Ashland Coast Artillery company made a fine appeal to the citizens of Ashland and to the young men par ticularly to back the local company. He explained the present status of the compwiy, stated that forty ro crults must be had immediately, and urged every young man in Ashland to be at the armory Monday night and enlist In the Coast Artillery. Patriotic wok was quito prolific of results in Ashland. A Red Cross auxiliary with over a hundred mem bers was organized, a Girls' Honor Guard with forty members was formed, eight business men joined the Coast Naval Reserve, several young men left to enlist in various army and navy branches, and an 'In terest in the local artillery company was aroused which should mean the speedy recruiting of the company to its maximum strength. Practically every store in the city is displaying flags. proprlate $12 for 'the purchase of photographs which will be used as frontispieces In the annual which the high school students are issuing. Seek Better Fruit Train Hervice. Better fruit train service to the The Grants Pass Chamber of Com merce has Invited the local organiza tion to send a delegation to attend one of the Monday luncheons of the Pass club, the luncheon to be devoted to discussion of matters affecting the two cit'es. The local club has accent- south Is being sought, and corre- ed thfl ,nvltatlon Bnd w 8et a date spondence has been carried on with whpn M exp(ted t0 gend a number of business men down. The J. M. Scott of the Southern Pacific which promises to result in a visit to Ashland In the near future, when an attempt will be made to outline n plan which will give local fruit grow ers better service. ' Road Bond Pelegatfl. A great number of letters are be ing received from many sources con cerning the road bond measure, and the club has been urgently requested to send a delegate to the road con ference which will be held In Portland in the next two weeks. The trustees of the club decided that they would co-operate with the council In send ing a man. each body paying half the expenses if the council agreed. The delegate is to be chosen by the mayor Grants Pass chamber will reciprocate r.t a later date with a visit to Ashland. Congratulate Khlp-l!uilders. A telegram' of congratulation was sent Saturday to the ship-building company at Portland which launched the first steel Cuncrder ever built In Portland, on that day. Portland en Joyed a holiday In honor of the occa sion, which was made quite an event. Appoint Phil Motschan. A telegram was sent to Phil Met- t i 4 f i 4 4 t 4 4 4 4 4 BK THERE TONIGHT. i i The Commercial Club meets tonight at 8 o'clock in the city hall: A numbor of Interesting 4 features have been aranged and $ t the ladies as well as the men of the city, whether members or i not, are urged to attend. C. E. ! Gates of Medford, mayor of our neighboring city, will give a talk on the possibilities of the Rogue River valley, and Representative W. H. Gore will explain the $6,- ? 000,000 road bond meastlre and S tell what It will mean to Jack- t- son county. Other road matters $ ? will be discussed, reports of the '? club's activities for the month ? read, and a number of new mat- ten presented whlch-are of live t Interest to every Ashlandcr. $ 1 Arch Fiends Steal "Doc Mak's" Horn "I)oc Mak, ' as the humorously in clined have christened the little bob taled car which J. K. MacWilliama engineers around town, Is kid up in the car hospital for extensive repairs. Also, unless the chief of police or sheriff or state militia, all of whom are rumored to be on the case, locate the arch wretches who stole the horn and presto tank off J. K.'s pet, It Is liable to have to stay until such a time as J. K. can "do unto others as schan at Portland last Friday, asking jthey dld unt0 hliu.. and gll a new nim io represent Asninna ai ine meei- norn and tank. ing held la Portland to plan for the spending qf tho appropriations made by the northwest states for joint ad- and the president of the Commercial ! vertising of the tourist attractions of Club. Pictures for Blue Book. As n result f a letter from the the northwest, Meeting Touiulit. The meeting tonight promises to be publishers of the Automobile Blue'a'U.tf tension, with some talks and Book,, the club will send some pic-1 discussions which every Ashland?r turcs which the Blue Book people J should hear. Gold Hill Claims Sold for $80,000 Girls' Honor Guard Has Forty Members An Ashland branch of the Girls' Honor Guard was organized last Friday night nt the armory. There Another Fire from Unknown Cause A big mining deal is reported from Gold Hill in the sale of V.4 Cheney, Simmons, Ray and Hall group of quartz claims. These properties are were about sixty young ladies present contiguous claims upon the, same , when the meeting was opened by ledge, situated three-mile i northeast ! First Lieutenant D. M. Spencer, who of Gold Hill, and consist of 240 acres, 'explained tho object of the meeting. These properties have been opei'-lMiss Freda Butterflold then read a ated by H. A. Key and G. L. Haff the , letter and the plcdgo which hart Been last two years. They were the own-' sent from state headquarters at Port ers of (hese properties excepting the land, and explained tho object of the Simmons and Cheney claims, which : organization. Qurstlons were an they operated under a leaie from the swered. FJrst Sergeant O. E. Diebert, owners. The new owners are Sacra-1 who acted as secretary for the meet mento people, who have been repre-'. ing, passed papers around so that sented here by J. V. Davies of that those who wished to join might sign city. The consideration :s rumored j their names. It all happened last Friday even lug. "Doc Mak" got some water splashed into the magneto while way out on the Pacific Highway in the neighborhood of Homes' rrnch. Af tor hours of unfruitful effert to re suscitate the engine, J. K. gave up and returned to town, leading the car standing by the roadside. Return'ng In the morning, the horn and tank were missing. Either the heartless fiend who took them figured that nothing else about the car was any good, or else was in particular need f a horn and tank. Ren Bowers offered to p'lt his fam ous Bn'ff-hoiind on the trail of the missing horn, but found that the hound had a cold In his head and could not follow a trail. The whole town knows "Hoc Mak's" I horn, and anyone hearing It will con ifer a favor upon J. K. by lapsoing the car and phoning him. Philomath Debaters Barred by League The Philomath high school debat ing team which defeated the Ashland high school debaters at rhllomath has been ruled ineligible to meet the Silverton team In the nex round of the state debating series for the championship of Oregon by the execu tive committee of the state debating league. Cloo Kirk and Ernest Ab bott, members of the local team, and In fact the entire local student body are greatly interested in the outcome of the proposition and also whether it will have any bearing on Ashland'a standing in the league. The declsloa oif the leaguo officials to proh'bit Philomath from meeting Silverton, followed the discovery that Rev. W. G. Fisher of Philomath had attended a debate In which Silverton partici pated and had taken notes, thus vio lating a rule of the league which gay that no one connected with the debat ing work of any school shall visit a debate participated in by rival schools. Rev, Fisher is said to ha"e coached the Philomath team, and - when ac costed at Silverton claimed 'that h was a newspaper reporter The Sil verton school authorities suspected something wrong because of a phona call from Philomath asking for in formation regarding the debate. Earl Kllpatrlck, director of the ex tension department of the University of Oregon and secretary of the debata league, said that there wag no evi dence that Superintendent Roy W. Glass of the Philomath schools had any previous knowledge ol Rev. Mr. Fisher's visit to Silverton The members of the executive com mittee, of the league ait: J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of public instruction; Cornelia Marvin, state librarian; P. L. Campbell, pres ident of the University of Oregon, and Charles H, Boyd, principal Highland high school, Portland. .. "Can the Cans" Is City Slogan Fire starting from an unknown to have been in tho neighborhood of $S0,00'. I cause did several hundred dollars damage to a residence belonging to E. E. Phlpps on Xob Hill street laat night. The residence has been unoc cupied for some t'me and was fur nished. Neighbors discovered flames bursting from tho roof at about. 11 o'clock. Tho fire company had water on the house w'thin a few minutes and by fast end effective work got the fire subdued before it had done any damage except to the roof and at- l.'n Wntor rtnmnirp tn thfi nlaRfPriter bought from Pr amounts to nuite a little. The furn'.-! (l"firtp'- l,,ofk opposite the federal would he Impossible to make the turn 'ureii which is insur0(1. wa8 ot badly j building on Sixth and Holly streets, Do, ovBtinn. so steered them out ,,nmd. I rnr a connmernron or ,,u.mp. i i.e jiiiw a ' " ' vl" ' i (-j- - Medford May Have Fine New Hospital , The largest real estate (b-al in Med ford city property in five years was consummated Saturday, acrord'ng to the Medford Sun. when Dr. E. H. I'or- E. B. Picket the The organization will start with over forty members and a spirit of While Wandering Around McGee's Every street and alleyway in Ash land is ornamented with stacks of rubbish and tin cans. Not that Ash land is nn untidy city. Far from that. The city is tidied up and tho rubbish is awaiting transportation by the city wagons to the limbo of the I empty cans out east of Ashland. I From tho number of great piles on every hand the city teams will bo kept busy for several 'days hauling1 away the sucks and boxes of rubbish, .v few rsMi'iits who h ive put off their clean-up slunts until the last minute are busy today cleaning up their prem'ses. The wagons will at- beg'nnlng early In A-andcring around in McGee's store and, if the truth be known,, feel- l.ack the hauling job Ing kind of lost r.numg a crowd of j Tuesday morning, eager women buyers who were ex-1 claiming over ueauuiui maiei hub huh p;itr,'otism Is being evidenced which articles, the writer drifted into tilt; VduCV VltW ItiCll Form Farmer's Club across the park. One small tree was l.cnt over but no other damage done. The team was brought to a stop In the Chautauqua grove. The passen gers who experienced the wild ride were Mr. Matthews' father, Mr. Chase and Mr. Root. Butted Off Track By Freight Train The fire appeared to have started Ideal was muile through Ear. S. Tuuiy. mi'Hiis an effective organization. Every young lady in town between the ages of fourteen and thirty should join. jsuit department. Now while we do Spanish War Relics Exhibited in the ntt'c above the kitchen, and In I r- pr l'lilns lne "reciion mime t U A - 1-. l ann the belief of fire-department might have resulted from spontane ous combustion In a pile of rags. Dick Thomason, a brother of Jess Thomason of Ashland, was Rtruck by a freight train and badly bruised up last Saturday morning: The acldent j 4 k TrtMnitv of Airer. ThomaBon a walk ng on the rail-1 toward incendiarism, and It may be Joad and apparently did not! that some ""-bug" with a mania for Selling iireu oa uwv.. fires. Since the house was unoccupied, this, , or ineendlar'sra, could have been the ; only porsible causes, in the belief of j the firemen. A resident of the vlcin-, ity reports having seen a strange man trying the door a few n'gbts previ-1 ous, and it may bo that someone was j using the .house unbeknown to the owners. The back door was found unlocked The Strickfadden house In the same neighborhood was burned a couple of weeks ago, every indication pointing itflr'um und hospital to cost $15,000. The plans for the building are now in the hands o" the architect and will be ready early next Week. Other details regarding the new project are in course of formation. Studio Ashland Closes for Summer hear a freight train which sneaked np on him from the rear and butted him off the track into the ditch. The train crew brought hlm: to Ashland, where examination revealed him to be badly bruised but no bones broK- C. O. Gall, who has heen quite ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William Myer, is reported to be lm- He ,1 at his brother's placa here, proved. t'ictures of the Ashland company of militia which went to the Philip pines, the old Company B anil a u umber of relics of the Spanlsh j American war are on exhibition in the j windows of Gr'cve's cigar store. SeV eral of the prominent business men of the city todav were in t he com-: shopper pany at the time of the war. sword wonl through tho war iiy Thornton is among the reiks. A no t'eeable feature of the photographs is that a big majority of the men sport ed mustaches. Not little Cbaplinlsh mustaches such as are affected by the young men of today, but regular bushy mustaches. not know the difference between crepo de chine and tnffeta except when spelled out In r.n advertisement, we have an appreciation o'.' good look- j ing clothes, and while wa cun't rave in techircal terms anoui me nine l.iceties of those suits of McGee's, they sure did look good to us. When, a little inter, we secured the profession al a'd of a clerk to uxplain a littlo more about the cloths and styles, we realized more than ever the fact that Mr. MeCee is offering the women of Ashland a truly metropolitan stock of ladies' suits and, moreover. Is keeping it right up to t lie minute. New arriv als afford even the ruont Inveterate a new surprlso every t me A ; McGee's is visited. ... ! K.I Unique Advertising Plans Being Laid Studio Ashl.ind will be c'osed April 15 until November 1, when it will be reopened in a new location. Mr. Hinthorne plans to enjov the pleasures of western outdoor life for the summer and will make a tcur of the coast states, visiting the tcltles and gathering up all the new and lat est d"3as in photography wlt the view of making the new Studio Aah land the eqdal ? any on the ooaat. . i j At a meeting of the roundup direc tors Hiid the Commercial Club trus tees Friday evening a harmonious Medford Tribune: Sir.r.ed con tracts for the manufacture of Altkin Worthlngton fish screens for the state of Oregon have been received j mittees of the roundup and eelehra by Aitkin & Worthlngton of Medford tion committee are planning to work from the state game and fish com-i ciose harmony, thus gaining a mission. Work on the manufacture : maximum of efficiency. A number of about, three hundred screens, for iof distinctive advertising ghtmes are The ranchers of the Valley View district have organised a farmers' club, wli'ch they expect to make a valuable lued'um for co-operation ill various matters which affect tlu community. A meeting was held last 'Tuesday evening at which thf matter was talked over, and as .i result of the favoralde sentiment expressed, the organization was effected. Mr. Holt was elected president and Fred llolllhaugh secretary-treasurer. The first problem taken up by the clul will be that of pest ernd'cntlon, and a concerted rnmpMKn will l.e waged against the various aninuJs which Injure cropR. I nfer od tfcj club will systematize plans for ce operative) buying and selling. The Valley View district Is fast developing Ipto one of the most pro gressive communities of the valley and the new club is In line with the co-operative spirit which Is bound to be of mutual advantage to the resi dents of the neighborhood The Farmers' Club will meet at nirrpmiiont was reached rtnrdine a number of details of the Hylu Hehe the ValIe- View chon nM Tuesday. anil rntifwltin Thft n1 vr intn a onm- April 3. which measurements have be en made, will be started at the shop on North Fir street as uooa as the necessary being worked out. Have a fit at Orrea'. Ashl.ind Art Shop Is open once morn, and all the re maining stock must be sold this month, as the store must be vacatod May 1. Many beautiful things left, and everything will be sold at a great saarific, it 0