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About Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1917)
Omon IT!itor!cl oclit Oiy 107 Ki;oti(l it. MIX I I t Annual Hyiu Debet Rogue River Round-up I Ashland, July 3, 4, 5. Ashland, July 3, 4, 5. X v ' VOL. XLII ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1917 NUMBER 10 ASHLAND HYIU HEHE, JULY 3,4,5, TO BE MOST STUPENDOUS CELEBRATION IN WEST Ashland Rogue River Round-up to Excel Any Like Event Ever Staged - Tho greatest roundup ever staged ers and bulldoggers from Texas, Ari ls promised as the chief feature of the Ashland doings. The great west ern show will be staged dally in the afternoons at the toundup grounds just east of the city limits. Jitneys will carry passengers to the grounds for 15 cents. The grounds are in easy walking distance for those who prefer. The Ashland Rogue River Round up, July 3, 4 and 5, thlb year, will present six world champion riders, I bulldoggers and ropers the greatest aggregation of world champion buck aroos ever gathered together at one roundup. Practically all of the Pen dleton winners of last year are signed up to compete, and under the leader ship of Del Blanchett sixty cowboys and cowgirls and a herd of sixty bucking horses and steers have al ready arrived at Ashland to uphold the fame of eastern Oregon. Klam ath county and southeastern Oregon will send the pick of the range, south ern Oregon will be represented by a score of riders, northern California will send Its best, and for the first time at any Oregon roundup an ag gregation of twenty-five riders, rop- Two Special Trains Will Be Parked A special train bearing the Port land Police Band and at least 150 prominent Portlanders will arrive the morning of July 3. All whistles In the city will blow and bells ring as a welcome when the train arrives. Citi zens with aittos arc asked to meet the visitors and drive them In a pa rade over the park and drives. The Coos Bay special will arrive the morning of July 4 and the same pro gram will be carried out for them. Both trains will arrive at the main line station but will be parked and furnish accommodations for the vis itors on the uptown spur. Special trains will also run from the lower valley and northern California. Eyeiy Detail For Comfort Complete Auto camp ground to accommodate hundreds of cars, rest rooms for I ladles and bable3, the cool shade of Lithia park, mineral waters, comfort stations, accommodation bureau open In tho city hall day and night in fact everything Is being done to as sure .the visitors comfort. "Ask Me, I Live Here" badges will be furnished to a well-informed number of citizens who will act as traveling Information bureaus. Fireworks Display Will Be Wonderful An Immense and spectacular dis play of night fireworks will be pre sented in Lithia park tho nights of July 4 and 5 and day fireworks on July 4, following the flag unfurling. These displays will be the largest In Oregon. Lights. Colors and Flags in Profusion Miles of electric streamers are al ready up and will illuminate the streets at night. Hundreds of flags of the allies and America will be hung above the streets and every business house and residence in the city will be decorated. Five Bands and Music All The Time Continuous band concerts by five bands and a massed band concert will provide the music fop tho three days. The Portland Folice Band, Grants Pass Band, Dunsmuir Band, Ashland Band and Ashland Boys' Band will play. j Phone Job orders to th Tidings. zona and southern California will compete. The worst buckers and the woolliest steers In the west are be ing gathered for the Ashland show and over two hundred head of horses, steers and bulls will be in tho corrals when the roundup opens on July 3. One of the hotels of the city has been leased" and will provldo free board and lodging for the two hundred rid ers who will be there. The relay racet next to the bucking contest, promises to bo the most exciting fea ture, with six teams, including Rube Fisher's Pendleton winners, Roy An derson's string from Los Angeles, the Murphy string of southern Oregon race horses, Helms' fast team and two strings from Klamath county competing. Thirty-five hundred dol lars In cosh prizes and numerous oth er prizes have been hung up for open competition. Lee Caldwell, Jackson Sundown, Fred and John Spain, George Weir, Dell Blanchett, Sid Seales, Katherine Wilkes, Ella Mayfleld and Josephine Sherry are a few of the top-notchers who will participate. Competition between the various sections will lend a sensational Interest. Dances, Sideshows, ( Swimming, Sports Three dances, at an open air pa vilion, the Bungalow and Natatorium, will be held afternoon and evening. A merry-go-round, Ferris wheel and scores of minor features will enter tain the. children ( and . old folks also). Swimming contests at Hel man's baths and the .Natatorium and swimming for all. Sports will be staged of all kinds races, tennis tournament, etc Largest Flag to Be Unfurled The largest flag In the state of Oregon will bo unfurled from a cable 200 feet above the lower park on the morning of July 4 while massed band3 play the "Star Spangled Ban- I ner" and the crowd sings. Many other patriotic features will be staged, Band to Open New Chautauqua The finest and largest auditorium In tho state outside of Portland will be opened the night of the 3rd with a concert by the Portland Band. The Chautauqua session opens July 11 and continues to the 21st, and many will remain for It. Camping privi leges freo. The ladies will serve Cafeteria meals in the basement of the Baptist church July 4. 10-3t ASHLAND SUBSCRIBERS MORE THAN Ashland's Bed Cross allotment which the city was expected to raise last week was $5,000. Ashland raised $10,400. No wordjy praise or fire works are necessary. The figures sneak for themselves. Ashland placed herself at the top of the list of patri otic cities of southern Oregon. Port land's allotment and the state allot ment were far exceeded as well. Red Cross Aftermath. The big week in Ashland was com pleted Saturday ovenlng with a mon ster parade of automobiles that formed at the East Side school and made the run to Mdford. No one seems to know Just how many were In the parade, but it made a very fine showing. There were somewhere be tween 75 and 100 cars, and they av eraged at least six to tho car. Bao ners with proper devices and mottoes were displayed. Flags, bunting and flowers were in profusion. Horns and other devices waked the echoes of the still, beautiful evening, and Ash land fittingly celebrated the momen tous occasion. It was a red letter week In the history of the Granite City. Ashland's allotmont had been a 3 Just a Few of The Hyiu Hehe Attractions Rogue River Roundup, staged at cot io exceed $15,000 and best In the west. Two hundred head of stock and over one hun dred participants. Keen competition between Pendleton, Rogue valley, Klamath county, northern California and southern Califor nia cowboy contingents. Continuous band concerts by several bands, Including Portland Police Band; massed band concerts. Day and night fireworks, largest display in Oregon. Unfurling of largest flag In Oregon. Stupendous patriotic parade on Fourth, miles In length. Baseball game3 between champion northern California and southern Oregon teams daily. Baby show. Sweet pea show. Dazzling electrical illuminations nnd thousands of flags. City one big blaze of red, white and blue. Dancing on three big floors. Lithia park with sixty acres of shade, four mineral waters and many attractions. Merry-go-rounds and scores of sideshows and minor features for the klddie3. Swimming at two big sulphur natatorlums. Boy Scout encampment and sports. , Free-for-all sports. Auto camp accommodations for hundreds. Well organized accommodation and Information bureau, listing accommodations for fifty thousand. Confetti Battles. Chautauqua building band concerts in largest auditorium in state, newly completed. Hyiu Hehe (heap big good time) spirit rampant. 8 88g888tt4883tt8tt8888ett8 Gigantic Parade On the Fourth A gigantic patriotic parade on July , A ten-sound main event and two 4, miles in lcngthvwith scores of pari fast preliminaries will be ofered at trlotlc organizations, five bands, boxing tournaments to he' held at the scores of floats and hundreds of au-j roundup grounds under the auspices tomobiles and special features, will of leading L03 Angeles and San Fran surpass any parado ever seen in Orejcisco fight promoters on the morn gon. Baby Show and Sweet Pea Show A baby show will be held under the I auspices of the Sunshine Society in the McCall building on the Plaza. A sweet pea show will be held under the direction of the Parent-Teacher associations. Speedy Teams in Baseball Games The fastest . baseball teams of northern California and southern Or egon will compete in daily baseball games at the high school ball park. Track Is Fastest In Entire West The track at the roundup grounds has been rebuilt, is Baucered at the corners, wide, and in fact the best quarter-mile track in tho west. The race events will1 be among the most Interesting events. placed at $5,000 and her actual sub scription was $10,400. Ashland over subscribed her Liberty bond allot ment by more than $11,000, so that it will be seen that patriotism abides here. The organization for the canvass reflects great credit on the organiza tion effected by the executive com mittee headod by Chairman Carter. All the teams of solicitors are entitled to great praise for the efficiency they exhibited. Special mention must be made of t!ve efforts of the ladies, who were on the Job early and late and all the time. The luncheons served in the beautiful banquet rooms of the Elks Temple each day at noon, to the workers, was a featuie long to be remembered by the workers who en Joyed them. Tho first was given by the ladies of the Presbyterian church on Tuesday and brought forth de served praise for Its excellence. On Wednesday the noon hour was under the supervision of the ladies of the Christian church, headed by Mrs. Mel linger, in a menu a la Mexican., This dinner .raised Mexico in the estima tion of the dicers, if It truthfully ex Boxing Tournament July Fourth and Filth ings or July 4 and 5. Harry Lewo wtU of. "The Referee," a leading coast sporting paper, arrived this morning and is making arrangements for the events. He has secured two pair of the fastest lightweights in the J west for the two main events. On the 4th the principals will be Red j Watson of Denver, conqueror of Bud Anderson, and Fighting Eddie Burns of Oakland. On the 5th the main event will be between Fighting John ny McCarthy, who has just returned from the east, where he won twenty straight fights, and Frankie Jones, who has Just won five straight in Portland. These events will lie the greatest boxing maches on the coast this Fourth and will attract large numbers of fight fans from the coast cities. Three Ballyhoos Will Announce Three ballyhoos, located on posts at each end and at the center of the arena and connected by telephone with the corrals and the timekeepers, will announce through megaphones each horse and rider as the events come up. and also the winners and Hmo Thio win ooonro tho Qnecintnrs of perfect service in this respect. DOUBLE ALLOTMENT FOR RED CROSS hibited the skill of Mexico In the culinary art. On Thursday the ladles of the Catholic church came to the front with boiled beef and dumplings in a style that br.ought to mind our mothers' best efforts In the days of auld lang syne. This luncheon was directed by Mrs. Wolf of the Depot hotel. On Friday the lunch was spread by the ladles of the Congrega tional church. This was a fish din ner and aroused enthusiasm for Its excellence. The ladles of the Meth odist church occupied the front on Saturday with a chicken dinner with dumplings. If the Methodists live like that at all times, almost the writ er .is persuaded to be a Methodist. But taken as a whole, and If one intended to be guided by these lunch eons in the selection of the church he preferred to Jojn, I fear the result will bo confuslng-they are each par excellence in thel character. If the Methodist ladios all know so well how t6 cook chicken )us: did those who pnepared .Mils Saturday lunch, we are nirt surprised that the Methodist min isters are intemperate in their prefer ence to chicken. Turn, yum, yum! Something Doing Every Minute Of the Three "Big Time" Days There will be something and not The city Is prepared to care for all, just one something, but soveral some- however. Auto camp accommodar things doing every minute of the Hons for hundreds will be ready. X three big days and nights of the Hyiu systematic canvass of tho city has) Hehe Hyiu Hehe is Chinook Indian listed every avallablo accommodation, jargon for "heap big good time" and and an accommodation and informa the Hyiu Hehe spirit is to hold full tlon bureau will bo open night and, swny over the city. Attractions to please the children and the women as well as the men folks will be offered In profusion. The program In full Is being ar - ranged today and with the time of, every event will be published in the next issue of the Tidings. No cAhor community on the Pacific. coast, is attempting a celebration cvery-mlnute duty to make tho which can compete in point of size (stranger an everlasting friend of Ash or completeness with the Ashland land. Hyiu Hehe, no other celebration has With Its miles of drives, shady been so well organized, and with the streets and, most of all, its sixty acres wonderful record of last year's sue-; of shady park, hotels, natatorlums, cess behind this jear'B celebration ( etc., no city Is bettor prepared to of and roundup the greatest crowd ever fer enjoyment to a visitor, and with. assembled outside of Portland and the largest crowd ever gathered in a city of Ashland's size on the coast is a sure thing. Grounds Are Ready For the Big Doings Seats to accommodate 15,000 will be ready for the big doings at the roundup grounds. The bleachers have been extended five-sixths of the way around the track and arena, and additions built to the grandBtand, Including boxes to seat 1,200. Two or three bands will furnish music during the roundup performance. Water has been piped to the grounds, nearly a mile of high wire fence built, four small corrals, a runway and three big corrals aro ready for the stock. An Immense tent nam houses the Tendieton stock. J. J. Murphy has had charge of the con struction work at the grounds and surely has accomplished his work well. Prominent Stock Men to Be Judges Three of the most prominent stock-1 men of the state, men of ability and character, are to Judge the roundup 1 events. They are: J. 1-ianK Amims, Klamath county stockman; Wllllnm H. Dauglitrey of the Portland Union Stockyards, and Mike Iianley of thlB j valley. No Waits Between Roundup Numbers There will be absolutely no waits between the numbers on the roundup program. Corrals aud runways have been arranged to handle tho buckers, racers nnd steers in a speedy manner and none of the waits which so often snoll tho snectators' enjoyment at such events will occur. It was good. Tho ladles of the Baptist church decorated the banquet rooms and demonstrated their patriotism as well as artistic taste. Flags nnd flowers in profusion were woven to thrill all who were fortunate to feast in such environment. Miss Lillian Patterson must not be forgotten. With un bounded enthusiasm, taste, tact and talent she presided ovor each day's entertainment In such a manner as to win universal applause. The lady workers were all in their Red Cross uniforms and with dignity carried each day's effort to a successful and dellghtfu' conclusion. Many windows in the business part of the city were docoratod splendidly, but special mention can only be made of a few. The Rose Brothers win dows and those of Alnutt & Pracht were decorated by the Honor Guard Girls and brought many an expression of surprise and delight. Vau pel's, McNair Brothers', Poley' and the East Bide Pharmacy were very beau tifully and tastefully docorated. In (Continued on Page Eight.) day for the benefit of Wie visitors. Medford will bo called upon to car for thousands who will er.joy the half jhour going and coming over tha j paved Pacific Highway morning and evening. Ashlnnd "knows how" to maka every stranger feel at home, and every Ashlander will niako it hla the celebration features of this year, Ashland Is offering an outing oppor tunity which few within traveling dis tance will be able to resist. Two Hundred Head of Stock Over two hundred head of slock will be quartered at the roundup grounds. The Pendleton bunch, brought 65 horses. The Spain Broth ers' string of 25 outlaw buckers are here.' Doc Holms brings 55 head of buckers, racing stock and steers. Tha California aggregation will bring 29 head. Klamath county will send probably 25 to 50 head. Outlaws and bad steers gathered up from around northern California and southern Oregon will total 50 more. The famous Dunn steer, which es caped last year, has been recaptured! and will be a feature. . World Champion Rider Will Exhibit Lee Caldwell, who won the world's championship In the Mew York buck ing championship and who twice won, the Pendleton championship, will be unnblo to compete owing to the fact that he Is In the government service as captain of the cowboy cavalry which Is being organized among tha western riders. He will give dally exhibition rldos on the worst buckers, however. Competing for prizes la forbidden to army men. Pendleton Bunch Arrived Today 1 The Pendleton "rarln' to go" bunch arrived this morning thirty strong, bringing the greatest aggregation ot world-renowned performers even brought together. The city Is assum ing roundup appearance nnd things will hum from now on. They ara quartered at the Let 'Im Buck Hotel. They brought 65 hend of horses, which have been taken to tha grounds. Two Bucking Bulls Never Yet Ridden Tho roundup association has se cured two ferocious bucking bulls) which have defied all attempts of riders to stick on them, and these will be brought out dally and at tempts to ride them made. Big cash prizes have been hung up for the suc cessful rider, If any Is found who can stick on them! One has been named "Hyiu Hehe" and will give a big time' to the cowboy who straddles him. Purchase Herd Of Wild Steers The association has purchased a herd of wild and woolly Texas Long horns which have been shipped from California and will provide the bull-, doggers with real competition. Over fifty steers and bulls will be gath ered in altogether from Oregon and! California. 1 . V. t