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Oregon Historical Socletj fomi) 207 Soconu St 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 Grows While Lithla Flows' Cily of Sunshine and flowers n DINGS Ashland, Oregon, lithid Springs "Oregon's famous Spa' VOL. XLI ASHLAND. OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1917 Gore Gives Fine Talk on Roads State Wide Road Meet Postponed Instead of being held April 7 to 14, as 'originally announced and later Tho Ashland Commercial Club mectfng Monday evening was given over to talks on various matters of amended, tlie state-wide conference general Ashland Interest and one ofiof good roads supporters hat; been the big features was the talk o,f Rep- 'postponed to a date to be enrounced resentatlvo W. H. Gore of Medford shortly. on the proposed six million dollar I As delegates have been elects! bond bill. Mr. Gore warmed up to ; from nearly every county, indication his subject in an enthusiastic manner ar tjiat the meeting will be well which held his audience intensely In- attended. forested for over an hour and gave I Tho state wido legislative good everyone present a fine understand-' roads committee, of which Dr. W. A. Senate Passes War Resolution And House Action Due Tonight lng of the road situation and the proposed measure. Mr. Gore first explained the vari ous road legislation passed by the recent legislature, calling attention to the Bean-Barrett bill which pro vides for bonds to ra'se funds to meet federal appropriations for, for est and post roads. A forest road . described as a road wholly or partly i 1 In a national forest and a post road ' as any road over which the mails are carried. Wood ot Hlllshoro is chairman, and Bruce Dennis of La Grande Is secre tany, feels that the conference is so Important that they desire to arrange it as such a date as will insure tho lnrgest attendance and the test re sults. He also told of the recodification ' of the road system, the measure cre- athig the now highway commission and their powers and finally the bill reaising the motor license tax. He plainly stated that this bill was made a law with the express purpose of preparing the way for the big state bond Issue as it provides funds by which the bond Issue will be more than cared' for without additional . taxation. This Js proven by conclus ive figures based on an estimate of motor car increase so low as to be almost ridiculous. Mr. Gore then turned to the bond measure which will be voted on June 3rd. "This bill," he stated, "is pure ly for hard-surfaoing the trunk roads -of the state after the counties have graded them except, in the cases of the 'crippled' counties of Columbia. Clatsop, Hood River and Jackson, all of whom have practically gone their limit In voting bonds for road work." Mr. Gore expressed his positive be lief that in' Jackson county the Pa cific highway from the California line to the fcot of the ni ' seven miles south of Ashland, would be paved this year it the bonds pass- Will Buy Patrol For Police Dept. The Ashland police department Is to have an auto patrol. An auto patrol brings up a mental picture of a great "Black Maria" with barred windows and a clanging gdng. .but It is most unlikely that Ashland will have to dodge such a machine for some time to come, as the plans for a police auto contemplate getting a light car which will facilitate the po licing of the city. At pre.ient the police are obliged to hire a car for hurry calls to dis tant parts of the city, and a saving will be effected by the purchase of a car. Councllnirn Lamb. N'inlnger and Banta and Mayor Lamkin are a committee In chartge of the purchase. First Company Needs Young Men Tho resolution declaring that a state of war exists between the I'nlted States and Germany was passed last night by the Semite ut Washington by a vote of 82 to fl. The resolution In now Ix-lnn debuted by the house and will doubtlessly be passed sometime this evening. The resolution drafted after eon. sulfation with the state department und already accepted by the house committee says the state of war thrust upon the I'nlted States by d'emiaiiy Is formally declared, and directs the president to employ the entire military and naval forces and the resources of the government to carry on war and bring It to a suc cessful termination.' Senator who cast the negative votes were Oonna of North Dakota, La Follette jtt Wisconsin, Xorris. of Nebraska, Lane of Oregon, Stone of Missouri and Yardaman of Missis sippi. Iterruiting Plans. Administration plans for raising an army on the principle of universal lia bility to service, to be submitted to congress as soon as the pending war resolution is adopted, are based on selective conscription of young men to be summoned to the colors as rap idly as they can be trained and of ficered. A dt'lnllcd scheme for the registration of cllglbles has been worked out. After married menotbers with de pendents and those whose service is required In industries have been ex empted; others within the age llm'ts fixed will bs examined physically and those found fit will be selected, possi bly by lot, until the first 3011,000 to be trained are secured. It has been mflde clear that 500,000 Is nowhere near the limit needed, and that It Is erpeeted that more than been planning to recommend legisla tion to standardize plants for army supplies and" munitions, but It has been discovered that under the na tional defense act of June 3, 1916, the supplying of all kinds of material Is made obligatory on all firms and Individuals "at a reasonable price to be determined by the secretary of war." In case of violations the govern ment Is authorized to selzo plants and institute criminal proceedings. So far, however, firms generally have indicated entire willilngness to co operate with tho government. Naval Heserve Mobilization Immedi ately. One big move In preparation for war remains to be made in the navy department. That is mobilization of the nival militia and the various classes of the naval reserve." The former will go to the reserve ships of the line, filling out skeleton crews and making the ships ready for ac tion. From the latter will come the men for the coast patrol and suhma-rlne-cheser service, as well as addi tional men for line ships. Probably 15,000 men could be add ed to tho navy personnel at once by this mobilizr.tion. hut It has been es timated that double that number will be required for full putrol of the At lantic coast by motorboats. It seems Rainfall Varies At Various Points Through tho co-operation of volun tary observers throughout the valley, an Interesting comparison of the rain fall in various parts of the valley is compiled monthly tt tho experiment station. The comparison for March is given herewith: Orchard Homo 2.20 Jacksonville 2.47 Gardnor's ranch, Talent 2.20 Ashland 2.35 Newhall's 2.2C Aloha ranch 2. CO Medford 1.88 H B Hall i.g Foothills orchard 2.32 Experiment station 2. HO Modoc orchard 2.63 llolloway orchard 1.93 Hillcrest orchard 2.26 Big Crowd Sees Militia Drill The largest crowd that has ever turned out to watch the local Coast Artillery company go through the various drills and manuals was pre sent at the armory Monday evening ana watcnea witn interest the ma neuvers of the company. The W. R. C. presented the Coast Artillery boys with a handsome flag for the arm ory, the preeentation being made by Mrs. Isabelle Spencer and Mrs. Laura Dill Strikes at Root of Problem pro.m.ne mai uniess surncient vonn- Allen. Lieutenant Don Spencer ac teera respond promptly, the universal cepted the flag with annronriate re- serrice system may be invoked to fill ! marks. Mosdames Lula Howard. 500,000 available will be found In Three enlistments have been se-jthe first classification. Others will cured for the First Company, Oregon l,e trained an rapidly as possible by Pnuuf rfilliirv nnt mimh lni..n.t 1 ... ... ""'" ""fic.H , on cers rrom tne reeu ar armv nn reserve corps) past week. The new recruits are O. Maximum and minimum age limits King, William Parslow and i for the first call are fixed in the nd- alllOrilla ' ivn tn a num inir r.'guidi a; ountainslaroused araong the young n,en ant tional guard and officers' a .H townspeople . generally during .the corns flirt inriti 'nl.ii nf tha Po I ,v,"6- ""'' ru, auil Uiai Uiv; iliiih mm "i uu ' ' 1 rt i ciflc highway throughout the count-y ! uranulle "W""- me company ministration plan, but will not be would probablv be paved In another j Bt,,,t a ueleKa'l(' to Talent, where mai,e pu,,c ,,, pnmnM t0 con. vear. at least as soon as any of the n,uch !ntcre8t was Uken in the work ' 'n recent discussions a nilni- ...... .1... d:. i.ii, anl '"ere a number of enlistments nnder the terms of the measure Is to i will probably soon take place. , mum of IS years and a maximum of lie paved from the Multnomah county line to the California state line. He stated ft as his belief, that Jackson county needed no argument for paved roads as the pavement be tween Ashland and Medford and the 23 years have been mentioned. Navy Aid First. At the navy department It was an- Flrst Lieutenant Don M. Spencer states that, contrary to rumors which he understands have been circulated, nounced that steps have already been the local company will not be called taken to insure close co-operation be upon to leave Ashland until the com- 'tween the American fleet and those pany bus been recruited up to 109 jof the entente allies when the neces members. There are now fid. Just .:.. i i ..j m. Farnhim bill nrovlded all the ex- ' . iBm ' '' "ev" eranieu. l ue ... '.! Where the company will go In case , American emhneav In T.nndon Ima up the navy's tanks National Cuaid. In connection with the army plans it was pointed out that under the present national defense act the na tions! guard can be brought to its full war strength by draft. The force has an authorized total strength of 44tQwO and Us present strength Is about 1 GO, 000. Orders to muster out men with dependent families and those In the government service or nt work on government contracts re duce this number considerably. It is not known whether the war department contemplates any change In the present status of the guard. These troops would not be available for service in Europe under existing law, and, in addition, the full number may be required for police work at home. More than 60,000 are now so employed. New Army to He Vomit; Men. Ida Jennings and Alvina Howard sang a benutiful song, "Flag of Liberty." Fine Soda Water May Be Piped in "When a man tells me that 'bonds' Is the trouble with Ashland, I feel called upon to tell him how I have figured out the problem of what is the matter with Ashland." said Joha H. Djll, president of the Ashland Fruit & Produce association at Mon day evening's Commercial Club meet ing. 'Tiefore the days of pavements, schools, parks and other things for which bond Issues were necessary, oldtimers tell us that every Ashland er had his meat house and his vege table cellar full and hard times wero unknown. Then schools and pave ments and the like were wanted and the idea got abroad that by issuing bonds and getting these things, prop erty everywhere would boom and everyone could sell out. "Thus, and here Is the pith of tha whole matter, when the city ' went Into the bond business most of tho property owners wit back, quit pro ducing, and waited for someoue to come and buy their property at a price which would make them inde pendent. And while they were, and are, waiting, they howl about hard times. '"It Isn't the bonds that is thu matter, the bond debt of this city would be a mere bagatelle if peoplx would get busy and produce," urged Mr. Dill. He then went on to tell why he had arrived at this conclusion, stating that he had mude an exhaustive study of the records of the fruit associa tion and had investigated other side of tho matter ns well. "Did you know that th? loci I frulf association used to ship one hundred cars of fruit a year, and goodness knows how much the growers shipped Individually?" ho questioned, "and do you know that two years ago only fourteen cars of fruit were shipped? Did you know that in those day when 'hard times' talk was unknown the loral creamery did four time"? the business it now does? And it all came from quitting work In tho F. H. Walker reported to the coun cil Tuemliy evening that he had re ceived aiii'Iys.'s rf the soda waters from the Dodge und Songer lor Cnn- ningliami wells una that the Songer . exp-otiit!on of letting the bond bust water wus found to bo three times 1PSS support yon." better (hull tho Dodge water, which I He then went on to tell some of was spoiled by th.. entrance of 'thi txiHrli-nria of tlu last yeur. On.v fresh wrlir vein, and to be the equrl ' !x ,,..,, of strawberries were ship of the best soda waters In this dis- ,,,,,, t li rouKh the association while a trict itiicl practically the same as the fl.w yil!11.g K0 strawberries were be Kingsbury spring wider. The Songer ,nR shipped carload after carload, well Is located Ju.si above the Kings-l..Am wp ,, tnp ,enian,i f(. t,e,u bury spring, and carbon dioxide gas (lt p00(, lr(.0li, too. yes, and for plain Is piped from it te the park, where ,., Pnthnlr a,i l)ot,lt0Ps and on'om i any i-u-ui, u uie suiiiu r ...Ml nv.i-it millv ,o iitlllml In snnl- tarlum work for gns baths.. Mr. ... . 101 ca" m merely a matter or con. ec-1 leell in close toneh with the nritUh be raked Kkenltenl of the va ue of mtvement. ' . 1 tlohP l0,le" vul" llle 1,,1Uhl1 l,e raised ' , ,iure. nui ;i stands to reason that the ndmlraltv 1Jn -Q.M thai ic a livnavor nt tho HU lllll .Illy , " " 1 coast defenses of Oregon could not county (and a large one, m.ght he . UM , of Up Coast Mm cQm added for him) he knew that he had , panlp8 Honolllu nnd the Panamn received In actual saving a great deal : are 8pokcn of as ,,aMe (lea. more man me county roan ia.es mm ttnatlons eost him on tho Mcnrord-Asinanrt road He dealt at some length with ' recruited to full strength, it is as sumed that provision will lie made to prevent a conflict between that service nnd the now national urmy to Probably recruits for the guard will lie sought among men ex- Standardizatlon of the munitions eluded from the new service by age Industry will be one of the first di- limitation. The new army umloulit- reet stens taken unilor ilirertlmi nt eitlv will lip formed nf vnnni; nii'ii. A con-1 The authorized strength of the regJ,,.,,. ,. the national defrnse council. Walker statei t ImtV by putting In a water pipe from the Ponger well to the 'point wheie the Dodge pipe comes Into the mtli; trench, and us ing that pipe lb" lest of the way, Ashland can water. 1 The preposition was enthusiastic-i thnt you are paying scandalous prices for at the grocery stores these days because the grocers have to ship their In from California," he explained. He dealt br'efly with the belief that the association hail been podrly managed and stated It his conclusion nine an excellent souu thp ,,()S(1 of hfs investigations that the reason the association did not do a creat deal was just because the celved t'8 the Dodge water has The local comnanv now bus n verv i. people (I'd not grow the stuff. San Francisco, would probablv ac- i cept command of the company In never come up to expectations, ana a r n ,lis ,.lk rm., fine soda water la sure to meet with iinlm)rim!4 (U,.is which drove homo bis points with Irres'st'ble force, "f tlntious and adequate flow of weap-, ulars Is about 300,000 men of all Ions and ammunii'cn of all kinds will branches. That service, unless a liiirli standard of memhershin nnit'i.. i .j . . '-. , ... .... t .. the advantages of pavement over dirt ... ' ,,nm " ' Amer,can ""'" """ ' "' I much IVvor in.my do not like the tlie omcPIS aie men under W liom i forces but to tlio ententn nrmloa filled nn with vnli.ntrteia men who I .... and rock roads, giving actual inures , (i , - , ; " " , ' Z " I I Ulla Mr " "IK,,, '""""'"' 110 went down cellar the other day and regarding the saving made on h's, c. A. MaIonc. who ,8 now ln T))p tZT!Z?2n haJ lllLi lTJ!! ; .ltlcnMy In getting the w In, 0Ht a Sack of potatoes and own car which bore out his every rra,,m woll1H rn,,oll,v '" '' "7 " the way has been blazed by success statement. "If the bond issue parses. Mr. , case of a call. Don M. Spencer is Gore Gtated, "no taxpayer will pay,f'-st lieutenant, Millard (Jiubb sec n cent more taxes Into the state than ond lieutenant, and the noiucommis he does at present, ns the auto li-i sloned olficers aro as follows: First cense Increase will go Into e'fect ; sergeant, O. R. DIebert; sergeants, January 1, 1918, no matter how tho j n. o. Buttrfield, J. Q. Adums, J. A. other measure fares." Graham, H. 0. YVolcott, L. A. Porter Red Cross To Open Loan Application Active Headquarters ( Blanks Are Here The local Red Cross organization The application blanks for Ash has secured a room in tlie Klks Tern- land's farm loan charter and for the If the bond measure falls, the auto and Steve Eriekson: corporals, A. B. Pie and will open headquarters there farm loans themselves have been re- - license money will he need to meet Freeman, W. Phillips, H. Mc.Nalr. . federal appropriations In Mr. Core's jL. J. Grubb and D. C. Harmon, opinion, as the Barrett bill specifi-1 cally states that bonds shall not be' Issued if money Is available fom othe- sources. Thus the PacTc high way would receive no benefit. He closed after calling attention to (he immense tourist travel which the proposed paved roads would at tract and expressed h's belief that the profit the money these tourists would spend would far more than Capitalize Local Swift Co. Branch The Ashland Swift company branch has been capitalized and now this week. Contr'hut'ons of chairs, cnived by Secretary J. F. Itocho. A tables, sewing machines and cash meeting of the board of directors has are necessary to get tho work start- been called for Saturday, April fi, at ed. H. L Whiled and wife, Miss Lii- the Jackson County Abstract Com- I nun ruu'Tsoii una wirs. ii. u. uu-'pauy uf.uce. At tins meeting me 'banks were at Medford Tuesday to 'plans and organization will be per- ! observe the workings of the chapter, fected and all applicants are request The local unit now has a membeti-,en t0 8,Sn tlle regular form, ship of 125. All members are urged! ' :to pay subscMptiona to G. G. Eu- took them down town and sold them ful operation for over a year of the 7or $;, Just t0 ,10W W((lllll lithla plant, lie anticipates the cost M 1)p ..,..;.,,, ..,, SI1V, I felt, to be comparatively small. jke a stockholder In a trust. Just The council us a committee of the llllug,llp ,, fpw Vour idle Ash whole will go out to the Songer well ac.(,s ha(, pl.ml tQ pn. and invesliga'ii; Uk. matter, and " j.,pPH ways and nuv.iin can bo found, the. ' T), ',... ,m nftri.nii First It was all to fruit, and then lilie of pipe will probably be laid and soda water delivered before the summer crowds utart coming. Mr. Walker r,l, ted before the coun cil In emphatic terms that the pipes which had been Instiiled had proven their worth and were not showing un lota of deterlorrtion. . .... J 4JI pay tho bonds it n couia ne uevon-u , U)e PortIan(, office, E. 0. McCor to that use. jnick nag i,een instaljed as bookkeep- . 'er and the company will now have a RaIIauipw FarmPTi ' i,uance at a ,oea' ,mnl( and nnn,e DC11CV1CW ralUiniJ i.. . , instead of throueh Portland. F. Crouch Is manager and Will Meet Tonight The Bellevlcw Farmers' Club will meet tonight at the Bellevlcw school ! that her father, B W. Elrod, of Port- house. Professors Larson and Cate will talk on the growing of potatoes ami will also discuss potato diseases and preventative methods. operates as a branch direct under ' ''ans at the State Bank. The annual the Chicago offices o,f the great Swift ",les without the magazine are $1, company instead of a sub-branch of Wlln tno niag.iz.nt 11, ?5 and 10. Life membership is ?2o, and life pa tronship $100 Anyone wishing to make cash donations for the use of the local chapter aro asked to leave them with Mr. Eulmnks, the treasur er, or with Clark Bush, chairman of the finance committee Anyone who cac contribute fur nishings of any kind for one room donated by the Elks will please no tify Mrs. E. II Bush, chairman of the room equipment committee. Fur ther pinna and committees will be announced next week. Allen McC.ee assistant. Mrs. G. M. Frost has received word land, had died Wednesday morning of heart failure. Mrs. Frost re turned from Portland only last Satur day from a visit to her parents. Will Investigate New Road Location The street committee of tlie coun cil and tho city engineer will look over the gro'nnd through which it Is proposed to open a road from Woolen street to Clenview Drive througli the Bagley aDd Pnllett tracts. It seems that Mr. Bagley objects In a measure to the location of the "proposed rond, but It Is believed that a satisfactory plan can he worked out to open the road which is nooded by the resi dents of the district above Alta av enue. Rose Bros. Remodel Confectionery nil to bonds and tlie salvation of tlie small landowner has and always will lie in diversification. "Springs and parks tire great thlugB. but as a money-mak'ng proposition take years to bring the returns and the fellow who lies down and qu'ts work, hollers about hard times and waits for tho springs to make him rich, Is liable to starve to death first." He closed with an appeal to those present to urge everyone to plant every nvaiable plot of ground in the city thlB year, dwelling upon the fact that war prices nreWuiid to be much Rose Brothers are having their en tire storeroom and refreshment par lors floored with linoleum at a cost higher next year, of $2ri0. Swenson & Mcl?ae are do- ' Mr. Dill says he has never for lng the work. The soft drink equip- one second been sorry that he mado nient will be backed to tin west wall, Ashland bis home two years ago, and to make more room for the Vlctrola that the secret Is to keep busy, and Edison phonograph business and I to give better ment parlors, commendable. light In the refresh The Improvement Is . John M. Scott, general passenger ngent rf the Southern Pacific, of Portland, Is a visitor In the city to dyi. Mrs. O. T. Bergner left last night for San Francisco, where she will spend ten days with)' her husband, who Is Eudlt'ng for a prominent ad vertislng company. Henry provost and Frank Saiikey will run the Vin Ing thentre during the absence of the manager.