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.
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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.