Oregon Historical Society
t'oiup 207 Second 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 Tidings
Asbland Grows While Llthla Flows"
City of Sunshine and Flowers
Ashland, Oregon, lithto Spring
"Oregon's Famous $cw"
ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1917
VOL. XLI
NTJMBKR 92
Young Valley
Artist Is Suicide
Miss Dorland Robinson of Jat'..5oi.
rille, 23-year-old artist whose work
bas attracted national attention, com
mitted suloldo in San Mateo, Calvin the service. at the present time
Saturday. The body of the girl was ,
found by hei mother, A revolver, by
means of which the suicide was ef
fected, was by her side.
The death came as a groat shock
to Miss Robinson's many friends in
the Rogue River valley. An exhibi
tion of her paintings was being
planned by Medford club women, but
bas been called off. Miss Robinson's
paintings weer exhibited at the San
Francisco exposition and are at pres
ent on exhibition in Burlingame.
According to Miss Robinson's
friends, too close application to her
work before recovery from a recent
attack of nervous prostration is re-
nnolKla tn ItAt oi
Last October Miss Robinson was
married in Portland to C. H Pierson
rf New York city. They lived togeth
er but a few months, and it is be
lieved this unnappy domestic experi
ence contributed to the condition of
mind which led to self-destruction.
Miss Robinson was of an unusually
sensitive and intense disposition and
could not throw off disappointments
as readily as a less temperamental
person.
The young atrist showed marked
ability at the ago of 8, studied under
Chase, In Philadelphia, when a
young girl, and for tbe time has
worked bard and produced an unusu
ally large number of oils and pastels
of recognized merit.
Eugene Boys' Drum
Corps May Come
What church society or fraternal
organization and any other organiza
tion in Ashland will submit to the
celebration committee a bid to feed
sixty boya for the following meali:
Supper on July 3, breakfast, dinner
nnd BunDer on the 4th. and breakfast.
dinner and supper on the 5th of July
next. Seven meals In all. Bids for i
the Ceding of these boys should be
handed to the secretary of the Cora-
mercial Club not Kter than Satur
day, April 14.
The celebration committee has re
ceived a very liberal offer from the I
management of the Eugene Drum
Corps, but it will be up to the com-
m'ttee to provide the feed for these I
sixty boys, who it is claimed are the j
finest little fellows in the country,
They play snare tenor and bass
drums, bugles nnd fifes, are uni
formed and march and play like vet
erans. They always attract a great
deal of attention and wherever they
go they make a big hit. .
The drum corps was organized to
teach patriotism, military marching
and music, and a few of the residents
of Eugene have invested some two
thousand dollars in uniforms and
equipment, so thRt they make a very
creditable showing when In parade,
and their equipment gives them an J
opportunity to do good concert work.
It Is not an assured fact tnat Asn
land will havo these boys at the cele
bration, but negotiations are In prog
ress to see if arrangements could be j
made to bring them here.
High School Boys
May Have Drill
The Ashland high school may in
stall! a course of military drill for the
students who wish to take It up, such
a movement being under considera
tion by tho local and state school au
thorises. Several of tho schools of
, a ,an7 for
me Blate u. - "
military drill.' tub arranging ui u.., j -
credit to be given to those taking the assistant paymaster in the naval re-
. . til V n.ntnnAil in l-i o ill-
drill Is being taken up by the state
authorities, a letter from State
intendent Briscoe's opinion on the
mirtr lately received,
'It is believed that practically an
of the boys at tho Ashland h'gh
school would take the course In mili
tary training should It be Installed.
. fcveral of the high school boys are
members of the first company Coast
Artillery, and a number ot others
-in inin nroviIdinK tw parents' con-
sent Is obtained. .....
Red Cross benefit dapcft. Nat
Friday, 13ta. .
Will Muster Out
Married Guardsmen
" Married men are barred In the Na
tional Guard, as neither married men
nor men with dependents are wanted
w.'.ll be mustered out as soon as possi
ble by virtue of an order promul
gated at Washington.
This rule does not apply to men
who married after their enlistment,
and guardsmen who have married
war brides since their enlistments
will not be mustered out. Any mar
n'.ed member of the guard who will
present an affidavit from his wife
that she is Independent of his sup
port will be enlisted.
The puipose of this order from the
Washington governmetli is to weed
out of the guard and keep out of the
guard men whose dependents will be
objects of relief within a short time.
Married guardsmen and those with
dependents caused a great deal of
concern when the troops were on the
border, and it Is not Intended to have
this situation arise during the pres
ent trouble.
First to Conquer
Siskiyou in 1917
The first car to conquer the Sieklr
yous from Hornbrook to Ashland ar
rived here this morning. The auto
did not make the entire trip unaided
and bad to be assisted by a team for
six miles. To occupants were C. E.
Gedamke "and son, W. L. Gedarake,
of Portland, and are returning to the
Oregon metropolis after spending the
winter In the vicinity of Los An
geles. Tho wives of the two and the
daughter of the former took the train
home from Chlco.
A number' of drivers have made
the trip through from California to
Portland pr'or to this time, but all
have shipped their machines over the
mounta'ns from Hornbrook or Hilt to
Ashland.
As far as Is known, this is the first
car to make the trip from the couth
this year.
Mr. Gedamke reports the other
side of the mounlaiim to be much the
wore, much mud being encountered.
Four feet of snow lies in places on
this s'de. Ho says that Mr. Davis,
who helped him over, informed him
that the only other car over this year
was a Ford roadster from Myrtle
creek, which went south Sunday,
The trip south is much easier on ac-
count oi me uaiu.Liii. ..u
ized road up this side.
The Godarakes drove an Overland
car.
Student Recruits
To Receive Credits
Any member of this year'B gradu
ating class at the Asbland hign
j school who Is in good standing now
' nnH ahn enlists tn the armv or navv.
hu diplomai according
aiinGrlnten(,nt Brl8C0e. the local
school board having authorized the
granting of this. Also any fresh
man, sophomore orsunior now In
good standing who enlists will b'e
given credit for a full year's work.
There arc about two months of school
remaining.
Ussher Called
To Naval Service
. .
W V Ussber manager for th? tel-:
ephone company here, was called Into j
service th's morning and will leave
i Wednesday for Bremerton, Wash..
. ,,r IlRshcr enli8ted as
serve ana win w 's
Su-jfes of that office
I'LIIKI HUT UI tii
other naval reservists here had been
leaned with the exception of
lied last week,
Mnineer. who was ca
Four eastern women won the Ever-
iidy flashlight ni
. . 1.1.
fio-hllpht name contest wim
nm "nvlo." Many local peo-
the name "Daylo."
pie were Interested In the $3,000
prize contest. Each of the women
prize
received $3,000
Mrs. Gorge Barton of flan Fran
cisco visited Mends tn tbe city Friday,.
Preliminary Report on Local
Irrigation District Made Public
TJie pmdlminary report of the en
gineers for the Talent-Ashland Irriga
tion district is published herewith.
In view of tho high cost of water es
timated, the district may bo enlarged
to include a number of landowners
In the district just below who wish
water. The pains are merely in the
Investigation stage as yet.
Talent, Ore, April 7, 1917.
To the Property Owners of the Tal
ent Irrigation District:
We are submlttin to you for your
Information the preliminary report
of the enginocr and secretary.
The gross acreage of the district
is approximately 16,000 acres and it
I. . ,1 1, rt TWit l..(cFlMa !
IS tTSlI UlttlCU UIUl LUC ucv IUI6IWIW
acres will b between 9,000 and
9,500 acics
In order to construct a system ado-
quate for 16,000 acres it will be nec-
essary that approximately this
amount be secured. Tho board has
on file petitions from several persons
and groups of persCns who desire to
be included within the district.
We wish to extend ad Invitation at
this time to those who desire to come
into tbe district. Those desiring to
do so should present their petition to
the secretary at an otrly dato for our
consideration.
If the required acreage is not eft
cured it will be necessary for the
board to figure on a smaller project.
R. E. ROBISON, .
O. A MANNING,
J. W. MILLNER,
Board of Directors.
Talent, Ore., April 7, 1917. -To
the Board of Directors of the Tal
ent Irrigat'.ou District, Talent,
Ore.
Gentlemen: The following is B
brief report of the prelimlnaiy work
done on the Talent irrigation district
and a statement of expenditures to
date:
In July, 1916, two stream-gauging
trips were made on the headwaters
of the Little Applegate river and on
the streams of the Klttmath river
drainage area flowing south from Mt.
Ashland and vicinity. Tho flow of
wate-r in these st.-eams is shown in
the following tables:
July 7-10. July26-2S.
Sec. ft. Sec. ft.
Grecly creek 1.0 0.5
McDonald creek.. . 23.4 11.3
Littfe Applegate
river 1 3.2 6.3
Lick crock 3.8
Combined flow of
all Btreams on
the couth side of
Mt. .Ashland and
vicinity 60.3 52 4
These measurements were made
during ' July, which Is probably the
month of maximum demand and-consequently
show hew much water
could be obtained when most needed.
Assuming 0.40 nere feet will be ap
plied on the land In July, a 30 per
cent serpa.ee loss in the main laterals
and thrt 65 second feet would be
available- after r.ll prior
rlghtB are
satisf'ed, there wuld be water surr.
cient for approximately 6.900 ncrcs.
As this amount is considerably less
than the nci::g- in Talent district,
no further consideration was given
these sources. This soctlon was
thoroughly explored for reservoir
sites, but none were ,'ound.
Throe sources of writer supply were
available in tbe Cascade mountains
namelv. Keene creek, Beaver creek
aiid Burk lake, Detail surveys had (
been made and the Keene creek res-
ervolr site and dam site investigated
by the Foothills Irrigation Company, report la in the nature of a prelimi
Tho reservoir of Buck lake needed nary report and has not cen cheeked
. .... . L - ,nw,.tn.,u
no investigation up mo iuiihl.u..
are plainly thnwn on the surface,
The Beaver creek reservoir Bite, how-1
'ever,
did need to he investigated,
Partial run-off
cords for one year
were available on Keene creek nnd
Heave1- creek, but no flood measure-
It could not he.ments had been made on Buck lake
j
From the informal
ied
ition at hand It
er creek would
probably be the cheapest and most
feasible source of supply for the dis
tiict unless Uie acreage was materl-
wrwt MIAI
Also tho location of
nj i-uu..u
the three sources of supply are so Bit-
uated that any one. or all of them can
jbe used together, and any prellmi-
nary worn oone on tne cuiim hub bui
veys could be used equally as Veil
with Buck lake as with Beaver creek.
Acoo'dlngly, tst
and borings made
pits were dug
In tha Beaver
creek reservoir site. A canal survey
was mado from Beaver creek to the
Green Springs mountain and three
main valley laterals were run out.
Test.pits and bore hole have been
made on all the canal lines so that
a close classification of the material
to be excavated could bo made.
The investigation showed that the
Beaver creek reservoir site was satis
factory in all physical respects. Al
good foundation can be obtained at
the dam site, the greatest depth in
the bottom of the canyon to Impervi
ous material being 13 feet.
The water supply of the several
sources was and is still uncertain,
nor can this be determined with any
great degree of certainty until after
tbe spring run-off of this year. In
order to obtain a reliable record of
j the run-off of the streams, automatic
gauges have been installed on Keene,
Dead Indian, Beaver and South Fork
of Little Butte creeks and Buck lake.
All of these gauges aro now oper
ating. I mada a trip to Ruck lake
on March 24-30 and found that all
of the streams crossed were still
frozen over with the except 'on of
Deald Indian creek, which was begin
ning to open up. There was five feet
of weld settled onow at Lllyglen and
Hyatt prairie and seven feet at Buck
lakl
line records of the U. S. Weather
Bureau station at Lllyglen show that
there has been a total snowfall since
October 1, 1916, of 19 feet and a
total prec'pitntion of 22 inches. The
rainfall on April 1 was two inches
i below the normal for the staC'on.
The- ground was very dry when the
first snow fell last fall, so a large
per cent of the run-off will undoubt
edly be absorbed by it. Under these
conditions It would appear that the
run-off this spring will be a fair
test of the amount for which these
sources can be depended upon to fur
nish. Preliminary figures Indicate that
there will be an ample supply for
16,000 acres at cither Beaver creek
or Buck lake. An estimate has been
made on a basis of 15.000 acres us
ing Beaver creek reservoir as the
storage basin. The dam as planned
has a height of 70 feet, a bottom
length of 100 feet and a top length
of 600 feet. Approximately 1,300
acres will be flooded. The main ca
nal from Beaver creek to the Green
Springs mountain has a carrying ca
pacity of 155 second feet and con
sists of 8.5 miles of earth canal.
4,160 lineal foot of tunnels and 10.9
miles cf No. 20 gauge metal flume.
The valley laterals are designed to
deliver 0.4 of an acre foot per acre
on the laud during any one month.
The estimated cost of tho reser
voir, main canal and main laterals
onl' la as follows:
Heaver creek reservoir $222,000
Heaver cre.'k or main canal 393,000
Kust lateral 79.000
i Ashland lateral
, 57,700
2,500
headquarters buildings
Total $950,000
Or an approximate construction
cost of $60 per acre on a basis of 16,
Oimi acres. To this nmount must bo
nddcti interest during construction
period and financing. Assum'ng that
iiomls will sell at par and that 6 per
cent interest will be prid, It is esti
mated that the 'merest will nmount
to $5 per acre paid up to Jnnunry 1,
1J20, on which date six months' In-
jteivst will be duo
I It should be remembered that this
- AH 1 1 I... ..(.tint Hti GtltO
.u,. - i u imimi'u v,u,, .... .......
eng'neer or a consulting eng'neer.
v do not anticipate thnt the total
amount win ne cnangeu iimn-i himj.
sltliouc;h the state engineer may wish
to change various unit prices
It will be Impossible to make a
Jlnal report or to determine upon
any definite source of supply until
the spring runroff is well along,
which will not be later than July 1,
and we hope nt an earlier date.
We are submitting this preliminary
report to you at this time for your
Information so thnt you may be guid
ed by it In enlarging or decreasing
the acreage of th dlstrlot or for any
other purpose which you may des're.
Statement of Expenditure of the Tal
ent Irrigation District to April I,
1917.
Organisation ,.......,...$ 8.25
Administration, printing,
Archbishop Urges
Catholics to Enlist
A proclamation has been received
by the Ashland Catholic church
from Archbishop Christie of Oregon,
bidd.'ng all Roman Catholics who are
fit to carry arms to enlist In the
service of their country, saying that
failure in patriotism at this crisis Is
disloyal to the church. The arch
bishop'!, proclamation Is as follows:
'To the clorgy and laity of the
archdiocese of Oregon: As at all
times In the past, the Catholics of
this country have manifested the
spirit of true patriotism In every na
tional crisis and have upheld the
honor of America by law-abiding
lives in peace and by the generous
effusion of their blood in war, so It
Is fitting that, in the present trying
time they should be animated by the
same sentiment of patriotic devotion
to our country's cause.
"Let there be manifested a rever
ence for the flag under the protec
tion of which our altars and our
homes enjoy peace end security, for
the American flag is tho emblem of
justice and freedom. Proclaim anew
the teaching of our Christian faith,
that ho who falls in patriotic service
to his country is not a loyal son of
the Catholic church.
"Faithfully yours In Christ,
"A. CHRISTIE,
"Archbishop of Oregon."
Foreigners' Bank
Deposits Are Safe
The First National Bank of Ash
land, which Is a member bank of the
Federal Reserve Bank of San Fran
cisco, has received the following let
ter which dispels the fears held by
some foreigners that ia event of war
their bank -deposits might bo seized:
To Member Banks of Federal Reserve
Bank of San Francisco:
Dear Sirs: Tho Department of
State on February 8 Issued the fol
lowing statement:
"It having been reported to him
that there is anxiety In some quar
ters on the part of persons residing
in this country who are the subjects
of foreign states lest their bank de
posits or other property should be
seized In the event of war between!
the United States and a foreign na- petition referring the bill to the elec
tion, the president authorizes tho Iterate, to Secretary of State Olcott
statement that all such fears are en
tirely unfounded The government
of the United States will ,ln no cir
nstanees take advantage of a state
of war to take posseslson of property
In which International understand
ings nnd the recognized law of the
land give it no Just claim or title. It I mouth of the Rogue and who are suix
will scrupulously respect all private ! Posed to have strong bacli'ng In Port-
rights alike of Its own citizens and
of the subjects of foreign states."
Yours truly,
A. KAINS, Governor.
Taxpayers Urge
Bowers' Appointment
The Jackson County Taxpayers'
League has Bent a formal request to
Governor James Wlthycorabe for the
appointment of Benton Bowers of
Ashland to membership on the state
lime board. The league met, In pur -
suance to the governors suggestion, l,vM1 pro)a,y L'et together to fight
and adopted a formal! application on jthu attmpt of hl. Macleay Interest
behalf of .Mr. Bowers. (o K,,t ,, VPII)? ,r reverse their
'previous vote and that of the legisl-
Miss Helen Anderson of Portland tre
and Miss Alice Vandersluls of Talent j T,K1 ROrr(,tn!.y pf tntc bas approved
were visitors in the city this morn- forlI)H for tirop referendum petitions
ing. Die young ladies are both I'nl- .,, thoy llrp now circulation,
vers'ty of Oregon students, and MlssjTheJ. aH,(1(1 for reference to tho peo
Anedrson Is visiting with Miss Van- !,,!,, ()f tl)P will iniette r'ver fish bill,
dersiiils at her Talent home, during 1 1,, 8tiiiliziif Ion bill mid the ratlin:
the Faster vnratlon. Uection of the insurance code. Mr.
Olcott has been asked to approve the
The Ice plant has a new Ford'p, of a ,lt.rltion referring the bill
truck, painted a brilliant yoliow. rp(,;!nK terniH ov bcIiokI dlroctors In
which made It bow to the public this dlpttrlets of the first class to three
morning. years, and as soon as It Is approved
-"- - '-' lit will be put Into circulation. Tha
elections, sali.r'es of di- Portland school machine is said to
rectors, treasurer, secre- ihe back of this last m -asure and it
tary and attorney 1,119.30
traitor m:'.ps, survoys and
estimates 5,548.71
Kquipmcnt, surveying In
struments, auto truck,
automatic gauges, etc . . 1,141.30
Office rent 100.00
Total $8,287.85
F. O, DILLARD, Engineer.
LOUIS OROWJf, Secretary.
Patriotic Ball for
Red Cross Benefit
All Ashland is invited and expect
cd to attend a grand patriotic ball
to be given at the Natatorium next
Friday evening, April 13. The affair
is to be given under tho patronage
of prominent ladies of this city. Th
proceeds are to be presented to tlia
Ashland Red Cross to further 1U
work In the present crisis
Dance tickets will be $1, spectator
25 cents.
The following will act as patron
esses of the dance: Mrs. G. S. But
ler, Mrs. W. E. Blake, Mrs. E. D."
Brlggs, Mrs. fl. V. Carter, Mrs. Will
Dodge, Mrs. H, T. Elmore, Mrs. L.
Illlty, .Mrs. Frank Jordan, Mrs. A. C.
Joy, Mrs. J. H. Monroe, Mrs. Hal Mo
Nair, Mrs. J. W. McCoy, Mrs. J. K.
Rocho, Mrs. F. G. Swedenburg, Mr.
Ira Shoudy, Mrs. Stuart Saunders,
Mrs. H. S. Sanford. Mrs. D. M. Watt.
Mra J. P. Wolf.
The arrangements are in the hand
of the following: Mrs. A. H. Pracht,
chairman; music, Clark Bush; deco
ration, Mrs. H. O. Frohbach, Mrs.
M. E, Brlggs, Miss Ruth Whitney,
Mrs. J. K. Choatc, Miss Belie Ander
son, Mrs. W. H. Bartges, Mrs. Bay
less, Mrs. D. M. Watt; finance, II. L.
Whited, Mrs. C. H. Vaupel, Mrs Bon-
ton Bowers; refreshments, Mrs.
Frank Dickey, Mrs. Bert R. Greer,
Mrs. J. H. Turner; advertising, Mrs.
Harvey Ling, Miss Hortenso Winter;
floor committee. Mr. and Mrs. J. 1L
Provost, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Wolf,
Benton Bowers, Millard Grubb, John
Ender
A campaign for voluntary member
ship in the local Red Cross among
the attendants at tbe ball will be In
the hands of a committee composed
of Mrs. D. Perozzl, Mrs. J. M. Wag
ner, Miss Lydia McCi'.ll and Miss
lleleno Casey.
Rogue Fish Fight
To Be Reopened
The Rogue river fish bill which
was the center of thu biggest niixe
In the recent legislative session mar
be referred to the people for thelf
vote at the coming special election
on June 3 The Portlnnd (Jnamher
of Commerce on Friday submitted a
for approval as to form, nnd effort
to secure tha necessary number of
s'gnntures will probably follow Ini-
I mediately.
The movement apparently Is backed
by the Maeleny Interests, who have
for years bad a monopoly at tint
linl- In view of tbe fact that ones
before the Rogue river was closed to
commercial finning, only to be re
opened two months later by a legisla
ture swayed by the Macleay lobby,
lends additional interest to the re
versal of conditions of the present.
Now It is the legislature which
passed the bill and the Macleay peo
ple will uHk the people to reverse
both their own and the legislature'
vote on the matter.
Southern Oregon Is unitedly be-
h,Ild the )llw ,miiw,j at the last legis
ilitllre w,ci, prohibited set nets an d
Kav0 thl, HIlm! fHtieruKlU a chance,
HI1(J - the tliill protective association
object Is sa'd to be to conflmio O. M.
Pliimmer, ch.Vrm.iii of the school
board, In office for almost another
year.
Klamath county people write they
haven't seen the ground for three or
four months and It is still snowing-.
Seysral families talk 'of migrating
on account of tbe sever winter over
there.