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Auditorium 7 WEEKLY TIDING UL. XLV ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1921' NO. 4 ASHLAND EIGHTEEN AUTOS MR8. MICKELSON GIVES DINNER PARTY TO MANY RELATIVES VISITING HERE WILL UI I I LA D EM AHHLAM) DELEGATION J'XiRM- I.(i FOR MOTOR TRIP TO YREKA; ATTEND SISKIYOU C'Ol.NTY FAIR; ACTUS TO FORM PARADE. The Siskiyou couuty fair commit tee ul the Chamber of Commerce has eighteen cum signed up bo far today to leave the Cbumber of Com merce office ut 8 : SO o'clock tomor row morning for Yreku. At least twenty-five can are expected to sign up, and It'ls hoped to secure more, an numbers will assist lu mak ing a good hIiowIuk ou uu occasion of thin kind. The heada of the city government, schools uud various- other groups have signed up, and the delegation will be thoroughly repre Hentutive. The drivers will assem ble the curs in b'00il parade forma tion at the city limits in Yreka and parade through that city, taking in all the main sights. The commit tee Is unking for an early start. Ash land banners and badges can be ob tained "fi 0111 the Chamber of Com merce office Fred W. Herrln of the Chamber of Commerce Yreka excursion com mittee went to Yreka this morning to place on exhibition some of his fine sheep. He will arrange some of the details there of the Ashland excursion to the Siskiyou county fair tomorrow. The Siskiyou county fair at Yreka this week will consist of a racing program with excellent rodeo tea tures, baseball games, etc, There will be livestock exhibits as well as exhibits of ' agricultural products, unci the ladies' departments will be well represented. The race track and grounds adjoin the business street of the town and the exhibits building is in the central part of the city, both accessible without the uid of auots. The seating capacity of the new fair grounds Is upward of 2,500. There will he a flying machine In operation and many other side fea tures will be introduced. The peo ple are enthusiastic over their et forts Yreka Is one of the very early pio neer towns of California that re fused to lay down and die in the face of the advance of modern civ ilization, although It had several op portunities to do so after the South urn Pacific railroad main line side tracked it about seven miles. It was started as a dry diggings min ing camp in 1849 and at one time, u few years thereafter, contained about 5,000 people, nearly all min ers, a few women and most of them wild ones. It still retains much of- its pioneer truditloiui in the face of! its modern progressive spirit. Mrs. Victoria C. "S. Mlckelsou. 209 Oak street, was hostess at a recent dinner party given at her borne In honor of many visiting relatives.' The visiting relatives were: .Mr., and Mrs. J. B. Chapman und niece. Miss Drusella, of St. Louis, .Mo., and Miss Orace Chapman, or Spokane, Wash. Mr. Chapman is a prominent depart ment store owner in St. Louis. Miss Chapman Is city superintendent of Schools in Spokane. Ashland repre sentatives at the party were: Mr. and Mrs. Bart Chapman; Mr. anil Mrs. Virgin Chapman; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chapman and, family; Mr. and Mrs. Horace Mitchell nod baby, Paul; Miss Edith Chapman; Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Lowe, and Mr. and Mrs. N. 8. Bennett and family,-of Med ford. Before Homer Chapman, builder and contractor, of San Krancisco, leaves Ashland after visiting- rela- IN OF HI ...MEDFORD, Or., 8ept, 27. Let ters alleged to have been written by the principals in the Wig Jacks Raleigh Matthews shooting tragedy at Eagle Point last Tuesday will be a link in the state's chain of evi dence, and John Nichols, pioneer and father-in-law of the slain man, will he one of the chief witnesses In the coming trial. Nichols is said to have been a wit ness to part of the quarrel, and to have viewed it from his front porch, corroborating In general detail the testimony of Harry. Lewis, who saw thu fatal fight while driving a wagon and team down the main .n,i frin,i it u .,iom..,i hv street of Eagle Point. Nichols saw Mrs. Mlckelson to have a family re-!tne "hooting, anil when Jacks leaped union dinner at which all Ashland j uver tntt ftnte 1,1 ul yariL 18 ald t0 relatives and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer L.ihave raiseJ Dlli bmi a Prot,i!,t Crawford, of Santa Ana. Calif., will "gainst further shooting by Mat- be present. OftM WATER W c. of c: FORI SPEAKER The elimination of waste in the matter of the city's water supply; was urged by Kenneth Shlbley, San) Francisco engineer, at a Chamber i of Commerce forum luncheon given j this noon at the Hotel Ashland, at-, tended by forty members and guests. ' G. M. Frost and H. K. Elmore, members of a recent delegation of business men to Klamath Falls, gave an account of the entertainment thews, whereupon the latter stopped I and rode home. ! Witnesses will also be called by J the state to prove that Jacks, wor , rled over the trend of bis home life, appealed to Matthews to leave. The defense will likely produce witnesses to show that Jacks bail threatened , to shoot Matthews unless he "left the ! country In three days," and also show that others, including the sher iff, were among those he threat ened. There will bIbo be witnesses to show that he threatened to take his own life. The sentiment in Eagle Point in favor of Matthews Is very strong. und it is openly stated that if he is convicted a petition will be clrcu lated at once, asking for bis pardon italeigh Matthews waB bound over to await the action of the grand jury at his preliminary hearing in Justice of the Peace Olenu O. Taylor's court Saturday afternoon after Matthews' .DiiiutDil thnt thu flinr"n given at that city and,th work be-! "V "Y m.,r " ha rudtirAil from uecond cfeeree mur der to manslaughter, so theidefen- j dant could be admitted to -bail. Mat thews was charged with the shooting of Wilbur (Wig) Jacks at Eagle Point last Tuesday morning, and his attorney pleaded that if at liberty on bonds he could "get evidence for his trlul." None of his immediate ing done by the Klamath Falls chain ber of commerce. Carl Loveland, director of the Ashland band, entertained the din ers with severul musical selections. E. T. Moore, who has been In charge of the work on the recently completed Oreei Springs road, gave a brief talk on the ' build ing of a city," liking his subject with the possibilities for develop ment since the opening of the Green Springs road. With the road's com pletion greater travel between Ash land and Klamath Falls Is expected, j The road makes a shorter route to Crater. lake possible. Mr. Moore urged that a great amount of tim ber land on the Green Springs road relatives was In court, but many friends were present and extended a friendly greeting when he returned to the county jail in, the custody of the sheriff. MKIM'ORD PASTOR ATTACKS TRAFFIC OP BOOZE RUNNERS MEDFORD, Or., Sept., 20. An be made tributary to Ashland. Plans ' unusuajly large audience attended for the completion of the road bo- the "Constitution Day" services at yond the summit are being made ; tne first Methodist Episcopal church Members of the Chamber of Com- j siinuUy night. Rev. J. Randolph merce commended the management sasnett delivered an address dealing of the Hotel Ashland on the excel- Wj anarchistic propaganda lu all lent menu prepared for the forum luncheon. FIRST SNOWFALL OP HEASOV AT LAKE ON Sl.NDAYl of Its forms, but laid special em phasis on defiance of the eigh tenth amendment, classing bootleggers with anarchists. Before proceeding with the ad dress of the evening Mr. Sasnett dis- cussed the methods used in the re- C RATER LAKE, Or., Sept. 21. font efforts to exterminate the boot Sunday was a stormy day at the lake Urging traffic in Medford. but the lodge full of guests enjoyed themselves and the big fireplace. 'Tin knife of the normalcy experts SnnilRV nleht the rain turned into of tht Southern Pacific has been For the third time in as many snow, aud several inches fell during, wielded, and as a result the dining v civile Costolo has purchased the night. It was still snowing! car prices were slashed to some UARBEI! lll'YH OLD SHOP FOR THIRD TIMK IN THREE YEARS the Plaza barber shop. The recent purchase was made from Dennis Henry, who had himself bought the establishment from Mr. Costollo a year ago when the latter left Ass land to take can of eastern business Interests. Iness trips. Monday morning. The wind blew j where near a figure coincident to hard Sunday evening, and Kay Pru- the poor man's pocket book. litt's car had a narrow escape from A pot of coffee, which until yes- going over the rim. It was moved! terday sold for 30 cents now can I about thirty feet and stopped with-j be purchased for 15 cents. Baked I In six feet of the edge by an over-( potatoes have been reduced 40 per i turned bench, the legs of which it cent from their former price of 25 l . J , I L. lb. ...I. Mr. Henry disposed of the business arovu eigm or nine iiicuen iu uu, because of mining property requiring I ground. Other brands of potatoes have 'ills personal attention. j It Is prophesied that the weather Tslumped lu prices approximately 30 Mr. Costolo has sold and repur-fwill clear after this snow and If It'per cent. Soups have t-plashed from chased the barber shop three times! is like other years, it will be more 35 centB down to 25 cents, and all bpcause of his frequent eastern bus-, beautiful than ever at the lake. kinds of vegetables have struck a ; . pre-war basis. Sirloin ana tenaer- ATTENDANCE AT CRATER I loin steaks hare been cut down to Medical Society Meets ' LAKH NOW VtfliW 1.25 a portion, whereas they were Members of the Jackson County' j$2. Medical society were entertained '. Attendance figures at Crater Lakpj A reduction of 16 cents has been Wednesday evening at the home of up to last Saturday night shows a 'made in ham and eggs, and the price Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Woods, 125 Wi-,t6.5 per cent increase In automo-' that now confronts the prospective mer Btreet. Tne meeting was one ones ana per cent in people vw cuiuumr is ou cams. n. uiot-rb of the regular sessions held the first Inst year. The automobiles entering ordinary omlet is now on the block and third Wednesday of every mouth, the park for the same period In 1920 for 45 cents, having undergone a 20 Those present were, Doctors O. W. were 4841, for this year 7577, an, per cent redaction. Fancy omleti Gregg. Ceorge O. Jarvls, F. D. Swed- Increase of 2738. The number of j have also undergone a similar reduc tmburg, vice president, D. M. Bro- oeople visiting the scenic wonder ln;tinn. Ten per cent reductions have wer, Gordon MacCracken, Ernest A. J 1920 was 11.514. and so far thlsjalso been made in cereals and fish. Woods. ABhland; R. W. Clancy, A., year 27,33, an Increase of 8824. Another Innovation on the part o Bursell. William P. Holt, secretary' For the month of September toi the Southern Pacific Is the eatab and treasurer. T. G: Hefney, E. B.date, 300 autos snd 1147 people have ' lishment of an 80 cent luncheon on Picket, president, Medford. entered the park. , the dining car menu. COVXCIL ADOPTS ORDINANCES FOR j 15,387 BONDS: Ordinances In preparation for the issuance of bonds to the amount of, $45,387.12 were passed yesterday evening at an adjourned meeting ofj the city council Of tho foregoing amount (37,000 will be known as. ' Improvement Refunding ( Bonds,"; and are issued without a vote of the! people; $55 00 will be known as "Im provement Bonds, . Issued in the matter of defraying the city's pro portionate expense of paving the north end of Mill street next to the city park; and $2,287.12, statutory Bancroft bonds issued in tho matter of the Mill street paving also, but based upon the application for ex tension of time of payment as filed by the property owners. All of the above amount except the Bancroft bonds will be ten-year general ob ligation bonds of the city of Ashland. The issuance of approximately $18,000 worth of bonds to cover loans made to miscellaneous pur poses from certain of the funds of the city by the council will bo placed before ABhland voters for approval in the near future, the time to be set ut the discretion of the city coun ill. Bids on all tat bonds, totaling over $63,000 will be considered by the council October 11. according to the decision made. The ordinances and plans for the bond issues were presented to the council by W. If. Briggs .city attor ney, following advice from Portland bond attorneys. The refunding bonds will be Issued for S term of ten years and be In $500 denominations. The plang originally called for $1000 denominations.' The refunding bonds were Issued "to redeem and retire bonds ot like indebtedness." Passing ot tne ordinances In pre paration for the bond issue culmi nate Investigations by attorneys, discussion and plans- by the city council that have extended over a period of several weeks. 'According to statements by mem bers of the council, no more bond issues are in prospect except, Coun oilman Shinn said,, "tho possible 8100,000 bond issue for the dam In Ashland canyon," . , W. M- Briggs, clit .attorney, made the following statement this morn ing relevant to the bond issue: "The effect of the Issuance lot1 the bonds Will prove very beneficial to the city of Ashland. The council wishes it understood that the issu ance of the bonds do not in any way increase the indebtedness of the city but simply provides the city coffers with funds to pay off already exist ing indebtedness. To vote down the proposed $18,000 worth of bonds, which is to be submitted to the peo ple, would he like a merchant re fusing to pay for goods which he has bought and disposed of, An other direct effect of the issuance ot the bonds will be the probable enabling of the council to cut down the city tax levy for next year, us it will materially relieve tho finan cial situation. The refunding bonds, which will consttute the bulk of the issue, are made necessary by reason of the fact that the city has bad to foreclose on many properties on ac count of delinquent paving assess ments, thereby taking over the prop erty and having to assume the pav ing expense fronting said property so taken in. However, us the city sells the properties so tuken in they will gradually be able to cut down the amount of the deficit caused by the delinquent assessments. Ashland has been particularly fortunate In this respect and has had to take In few er properties for paving and other special benefit assessments than most any other el'y in the state of Oregon, much of which has been due to the conservative business judg ment which has been exhibited by the present and past city councils." PLAY ANCIEN I I SI RPRISE PARTY GIVEN ..AT BCCHANAN HOME IN HONOR C. OF O. STIDENTS III .P. All II ARMOR Y Violins may Rot have the senti ments and sensibilities attributed to them by imaginative musicians, but they have histories, interesting and I varied, gay romance and dark trag edies, even as do their warm friends of mankind. A violin which is not only remarkable in Itself, but with a remarkable story is one possessed Miss Kee Buchuuau and W. K. Uuchanau Jr. were entertained Tuesday at a surprise party given in their honor at the family home on Iowa street by the Loyal Workers' class of the Christian church bible school. Mr. Buchanan and Miss Kee left this morning for Eugene where they will attend the 1'nlversity of Oregon. Games were played und refresh- j II ME s is mm. up i iTKSTAlUilSH $nw, s. "KV. s 1,V J 1 i. 11 silfi f-r-i 4 fi til A, .,'!( .tit;. .- - . 1 1 .W1 v. . by Axel Skmgaard, the Onulxh vio linist, who Is to appear at (lie Ar mony on Thursduy evening Septem ber 29. It is as bright und polished as If it had lift the hand of Its maker hut yesterday, and still the instrument is over 200 years old. First Person to Play upon 111" violin was Mr. Skoigaard himself. To a chance meeting with a Lnnoon neuier in musicm msu u ments Mr. Skovgaard owes Ills good fortune in obtaining Ills rare Strad This man had a fine collection ot nhl Italian violins: they were real antloues. cracked, scratched and worn, through more or less rough life for several centuries. Having leveled in the wealth before him and tried most of them, Mr. Skov gaard remarked that It would huve been a pleasure to hare Been such instruments when they were new but bucIi pleasures were denied mod ern urtlsts. To the surprise of tne Danish artist, his new friend re plied In the negative and stepped to a fireproof vault and came out with a big, yellow leather case, which he opened and look out An I nsliiinu Violin and hauileil it to his guest. Ap parently it was just from the maker's shop, but plainly It was let tered "Antoniiis StracWvuilus, anno 1712." "When I was last In Mad rid," said the dealer, "I was pre sented to a collector of arl works, In whose collection, however, there wus but one violin, namely, a Strad- ivarlus. Naturally. I inquired how ... . . , i i.... u violin couiii nine i-nn- '" among so many paintings and he then informed me that it was An Old HelrliH.ni which had always been in the fam ily, and that he had once found a book with' a history of how Stradi varius iiiaile this violin in memory ments served at the pleasant affair. ) Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Putnam, Alma Abble, Vivian and Edward Short, Floyd, John, Greeley, and Geneva Crosslin, Car men und Maxine Rose, Henry Morgan, Alia Welnburger. Hazel Webber, El sie Crowson, UtittvYork, Miss Tem ple, Mrs. Cnkmple. Vera and Tlngley Cliample, Lucy, Davis, and Mrs. J. V. Wright, the efficient teacher of the Loyal Workers' class. METER SYSTEM! CITY I'SING TWICE AS MITH WATER AS IT SHOCLI); 1)1 CREDITS 9100,000 RESERVOIR PROJECT. SEASON AT CRATER LAKE 10 END ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 30 Installation of u filtering system having a capacity of ti.000.00u gal lons of water dully aud costing ap proximately $65,000 lu Ashland cauyou, is the solution of Ashland's water problem, according to the geueal trend of opinion expressed by members ot the city council at a special session yesterday evening. The stand was taken by the city duds following a talk by Kenneth Shlbley, Ban Fraoclscu engineer and manager Of the California Filter company of that city, who empha sized recommendations that Ashlaud curtail needless waste of water by 'the Installation of meters through out the system. The $100,000 dam project voted inure than a year ago was unqualifiedly condemned hy Mr. Shlbley as a needless expendi ture. Jueriee ItmeivoJr Project "Why build a reservoir," said Mr. Shlbley lu answer to a query of Although the Crater Luge season, comes to au offlclul close next Fri day at midnight, the lust stages will leave Medford uud Klumath Falls for the lake Thursduy forcuuon. uud no guests will be received at the; lodge after Thursduy night. Friday morning and foreuoou the Councilman Shinn regarding the finishing touches on tho packing upjdaiu project, "when you've got twic lor the winter season will he uiadft,the water you need. Conserve your and the entire remaining slaff of the water by cutting out the waste lode employes will leuvo fur Med , Meter your system. Install filters tn ford by noon. A guard and uttuu- protect your meter Investment anJ dam will lie left ut the lodge fronilmuke possible their successful oper then on until the seusoii opens uext atlun. Your waste of water in this year, something that bus uever been done heretofore, in the persou of John Mahin, the utile autu mechanic, city Is uutrsgeou". Why," Mr. Shlb ley referred to au ei glneerlng maga zine, "Jacksonville, Fla , Is a city IV Al'TO WRECK Wesley butler, n farmer of the Esgle Point district was killed in an nutn accident on the Brownsboro road near the upper end of the Fred I'cIoiuh ranch about 9 o'clock yes terday morning, and William J. Cox, age 21 years, whose nome is in Cliiutiin, Aln., sustained slight In juries, when the Overland car But ler was driving overturned on a curve. A defective steering knuckle was the cause of the accident. Butler and Cox were en route to Eagle Point to saw wood when trou ble developed in the steering gear. Ilutler told Cox lo stand on the run ning board and watch the gear cog on the front axle. At a sharp turn the car ran off the road and over- iirned. Cox leaped and saved his life. Duller wus pinned beneath the ar. the running board across bis breast, crushing out his life. Cox eudeiivoied to extricate his compan ion, but fulling, ran for assistance. llutler'B lifeless body was taken from beneath the auto hy his father, Wil liam B. Ilutler. i According to the coroner, the carl was running at a fair rate of speed1 Hawthorne School Enlarged ' The Hawthorne school an net, for merly the Temple of Truth, an ad dition made this year, has an en rollment ot sixty-three pupils In charge of two teachers. Miss Kelttn j ui Vmu VmIdmIiiv a f Jk- auu mm - . f . . a oon the teacher, of the' Hawthorne of his dead son. a... that t ,ey had,- . 1 ....... It In tin mil- J' school gave a picnic oinner in umiai ... ,.. ., , I Another brother. John A. Butler, aad WHIl Hie llinn itilimi ........ who bus been one of the main cogs j of 05,000 people and It is using the for several years on Superintendent samu amount of water as Ashland. Alex Spiirrow' staff.' " " '"ou are ulsug a a . average ofV ."iiperinteimVnt Sparrow aud his I 1,200 gallons of water per capita stall will not leave Crater lake until! per day." Mr. Shlbley remarked, about October 10 to October 15,1 "and Seattle. Wash., consumes only when nil the Crater National purk j 120 gallons per capita. After nieter iiiilinnement work will have been Ing your aytsem. raise your water finished for this year. Of course, a j rates; they ure ridiculously low. heavy snow would cause them to ' f you build your reservoir you still leave much sooner After their de-( Imve your waste, because you will pnrlure the park will he in charge ; still have roily wuter und because Of two rangers. , of that an unsatisfactorily metered system that will not stop that waste HltoTHEIt OK LOCAL j ' Can't you use that $100,000 for MAN IS KILLED I a filtering system?" Mr. Shlhlev ask ed the council. Members of the council, recalling that the $100,000 was voted for "the Improvement of Ashland's water sup ply" admitted that they could but were reticent about using the fund for purposes other than for the res ervoir without a vote of the people. The expressed oulnions of the council were In accord with the recommenda tions of Mr. Shlbley. Mr. Shlbley at first recommendei? a filter system of 3,000,000 gallons of water per day and to cost approx imately $45,000. The council, how ever, believed If the filters were in stalled at all that the system should have a capacity of the city's entire water supply, an average ot (i.Olin. 000 gallons per day. Metering of the water as It went Into the city pipe mains was also suggested by the visiting engineer, who will remain in Ashland today for the purpose ot speaking before n mass meeting to be held at the city hall this evening at 8 o'clock. The meeting will be In charge of the Chamber of Commerce. Suggest Water Survey "A water waste survey," Mr. Shlb lev said, "would ooen your eyes." when the uccident occurred, and!,. ,i ,i, ,k . would cost In the neighborhood of $1800. OonsiaVm Settling Tank Mr. Shlbley expressed hie belief tracks in the road showed that it had skidded several times before turning turtle. William Wesley Ilutler was 27 years oin ami is survive oy a wtre . ... u k h plaIln( nd child two years old. A brother, h. ,h, ., , . t. .00 would not materially better the clty' roily Jam ex K. Ilutlttr, resides iu thU city. . I -B At .t--l SUtll III para lor toe menu., u. i a.., ------ nrirln how I sister. Nellie Butler, live on the board and their wives, wltn tbs "V" " " lh t"h the love of one' home place. He was a well known ceptlon of Mrs. O. C Galey. director,. In Cremona, thro, gh the H e r one . who brought her husband. of S.radivarius' best pup I. , for . -r r. father snd mother are 1 (drl violinist, an Instrument that the , n"'- Special Trata of Banker, to Stop-' maker particularly prised had been New. of the accident "" "! water supply during the freshet per iods of the year. To obtain satisfac tory results, he stated, a settlln tank basin ot 20.000,000 gallon ca pacity would be necessary. Try Experiment Three sneelal trains of New York Stolen for th Cilrt ,' s nr Mr. Shlbley based his Itatemenls ..a r,M h.nkr. .Ill n!-h.n he returned It to Its maker funeral service, and caused tne, M,.., e.Dpr,ment made with through Ashlaud on their way north1 he refused to part with It .and It was reading of the rumor throughout j debrIi-ukell 1rom dogged meter after making a tnur of the southern i sons sold It to a collector, wno. in, .... am, ihak ,,, state, according to wor received: turn, sold It to the Spantsn museum, - ' .ladmltted that here this morning by John H. Fuller from I. T. Sparks, of the Sonthem Pant fir company. where the Instrument from father to son in many genera lions. iar of water. He a settling basin, as descended coroner's Inquest will be held, ,... noid Uke the heavier mi- ann luuerni rrangemeats anuounrrri j later. (Continued Psge Four,