Valley record., August 24, 1910, Image 1

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ASHLAND, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 24, 1910.
VOL. XXIII
PAVING ORDINANCE NOT REFER­
RABLE
RECORD.
SCHOOLS OPEN
SEPTEMBER
FRUIT ASSOCIATION MEETING
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MANUAL TRAINING IN KLAMATH
NO. 18.
LOOIKNG INTO SENATORSHIP
K. P. DISTRICT CONVENTION
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COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
The Ashland Fruit and Produce As- •
List of Books and Supplies for the
J. J. Chambers <X this city and own Large Delegations from Ashland and
| sociation met Saturday with repre­ Preparing to Develop a Practical er of the Buck Lake ranch, is being
Grades.
Medford to Go to Klamath
Circuit Court Decides That Paving
sentatives of the Rogue River Valley ■
System on a Considerable Scale.
Falls.
j spoken of as a candidate for thj ra-
Proceeds Without Delay.
! publican nomination for state sen-
The public schools of this city will ' Fruit Association and discussed the '
I matter of taking over the local field Chronicle, August 17.]
I atorfrom Jackson county.
Mr. Cam-
A great deal cf interest is being
In the Circuit Court of the State open September 5.
The superintendent will be in his in the general merger of all assoc ia-1 The rooms in the high school bers is seriously considering the mat- aroused in the Southern Oregon
of Oregon, for Jackson County.
City of Ashland, et al., plaintiffs, office during the forenoons of the tions in the valley. The forest fires i biulding which are to be occupied by ter of filing his petition for the pri District Convention Knights cf Py-
vs. M. F. Eggleston, et al., defend­ four days preceding the opening of seemed to have preoccupied the at- the manual training department dur- mary nomination. He was formerly a | thias which is to convene in Klam*
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people
and
nothing was < ing
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next school yeear are being member of the city council at Butte. : ath Falls on Sept. 7.
school for the purpose of classifying tention
ants.
definitely
aaccomplished.
The
meet-
equipped
for the work and Principal Mont., and also gained some dis­
new
pupils.
Please
come
at
that
The Klamath Falls Knights are
This cause comes on for a hear­
ing upon the demurrer to the
com­ time. Do not wait until the busy ing adjourned to next Saturday at 8 Faughht hopes to have arrangements tinction by beating Senator Wm. A. figuring on a large deelgation lrom
p. m., when action will be taken.
I completed so that the work in the Clarke in a law suit.
Ashland, Grants Pass and Medford.
plaint and motion by the defendant opening day.
The local association will likely new department can start off the
Following is a list of text books:
About 50 Knigh.s and Ladies are
to dissolve restraining order issued
Chart Class—Slate and pencil, lead propose the leasing of the local as­ I first day of school. Mr. Hawley, the SMUT EXPLOSION
DESTROYS ■ going from Medford.
by the County Court herein.
for manual training teacher, is expecte-
' , sociation’s business and plant
THRESHER
The grounds of the demurrer are: , pencil and tablet.
one
year.
j ed to arrive about August 25,
and
SAM ROBISON'S
First
Grade
—
Wheeler
’
s
primer,
lead
1. That the complaint does
not
The Ashland association boosted will oversee the installation of the
KLAMATH TOUR
What is said to have been the
state facts sufficient to constitute a pencil and tablet, writing and draw­
the coming district fair, to be held »work benches and tools.
ing books, No. 1.
first explosion of smut to ever occur
cause of suit
The new course will undoubtedly in Southern Oregon was the cause Klamath Falls Chronicle, Aug. 17.]
Second Grade—Wheeler's Second at Grants Pass, and the president was
2. That the complaint does not
One of the Southern Oregon pio­
state facts sufficient to constitute a Reader, pencil and tablet, elementary authorized to employ a man to collect increase the efficiency of the county of the burning of the thresher own-
ground of equitable relief or relief arithmetic, writing and drawing books the fruit exhibit, his services to tye high school to a very great extent. ed by William Tresham and sons, neers, who came across the plains to
The The values of such a course are ma­ of Sams Valley, while working
paid by the friut association.
in Rogue River valley in 1S53, together
by injunction.
< No. 2.
asked
Ashland
Commercial
Club
was
ny,
but
the
value
that
makes
the
Third
Grade
—
Wheeler
’
s
Third
Read
wheat
on
the
farm
of
Hallie
Ander
­ with his son-in-law’ and their fam­
3. That a court of equity has no
ex- first appeal to pupils and patrons son near Phoenix, August 15. Only ilies, is camped in the eastern out­
jurisdiction of the subject matter or er, pencil and tablet, elementary arith to contribute $200 toward the
work a few bushels of the w'heat had been skirts of the city.
alike is the fact that the
S. M. Robinson,
metic, Modern Lessons in English, pense of the exhibit.
of the person of the defendants.
Jone is intensely practical,
threshed when smoke was noticed is­ then a boy 15 years of age, came
4. That this court has no juris­ elementary geography, writing and
PAY course outlined as follows:
TIMBER OWNERS SHOULD
suing from the separator, which was overland with his parents, brothers
diction of the defendants or the sub­ drawing books No. 3.
COST
First year—Mechanical
drawing, stopped and an examination made. and sister, passing through the Klam­
Fourth Grade—Cyr’s Fourth Read­
ject matter of the suit.
furniture designing, tracing and blue There was no sign of fire, so it ath country on the old Klamath road
The grounds of the motion to dis­ er, elementary ‘arithmetic, Modern Le:
will
be
one
good
result
of
‘
‘
There
printing; woodwork, exercises in han­ was thought that some matches must fording Lost river on the old stone
sons
in
English,
elementary
geogra
­
solve are:
1. That the injunction is an inter­ phy, spelling book and writing spell­ all these forest fires, and that is that dling tools, keeping them sharp and have gone through with the bundles ford, the latter part of August of that
ference of the political rights of the er, Krohn’s Graded Lessons in Hy­ they have demonstrated that a few I in working order, furniture construc­ to have caused the smoke. The ma­ year. They landed in the Rogue rivet
chine was started again and in a few country during the first outbreak of
giene, writing and drawing books No. men, Widely distributed, cannot pre­ tion and primary cabinet work.
defendants.
Second year—Me hanical drawing minutes a distinct explosion lifted the Indians of that valley, locating
vent forest fires in a dry season,”
2. That the complaint herein does 4.
not state facts sufficient to consti­
Fifth Grade—Cyr’s Fifth Reader, el­ said Edgar Hafer, manager of the and designing, wood turning, mould­ the separator abotu a foot off ’ the south of the present town of Talent
tute a cause of suit, or a ground for ementary history, practical arithmetic Iowa Lumber and Box company, yes- ing, pattern making and cabinet con­ ground and it at once burst into on Wagner creek, about one mile
struction.
flames. The engine was run in and south of the present town of Talent
the interposition of a court of equity. elementary geography, speller and terday. Continuing, he said:
4*1 The government has made a start
In the thifd and fourth years the the separator abotu a foot off : the taking up a donation claim there upon
3. That this court has no juris­ writing speller, Krohn s Graded Les­
diction of the subejct matter o fthis sons in Hygiene, advanced book,, wri­ toward a sane policy in this respect drawing will continue and iron work the stacks. Nearly everything that a part of which Mr. Robinson has ever
could be detached was taken from
1
since made his home.
suit or o fthe defendants.
ting and drawing book No. 5., Modern by sending troops out to quell the will be taken up.
fires. I have advocated that right
Such a course as this is of great the burning separator, including the
Mr. Robinson came over the Ash­
The grounds of the demurrer and Lessons in English.
motion are practically the same.
Sixth Grade—Cyr’s Fifth Reader, alone. By keeping soldiers stationed practical value to the boy who has cylinder, belts, elevator and weigher. land wagon road, which follows in
In regard to the first ground of elementary history, practical arithme­ at convenient points, so that they can to stop school at the end of his high The machine would have finished a part the same road traveled by the
demurrer, I am of the opinion that tic, English grammar, advanced geog­ be rushed to a fire in the shortest school course and make his own liv­ very successful run in a few days early emigrants, for the first time
the complaint does not state facts raphy, speller and writing speller, ad­ possible time to assist the rangers, ing; to the one who would go on to had it not been for the accident. The since as a boy he went over it nearly
sufficient to constittue a cause of vanced book in physiology and hygi­ government and private, is the solu­ college and pursue ah engineering elder Tresham went to Portland Tues­ 57 years ago.
course, or even to one who might day to purchase a new separator,
In common with many of those
suit against the signers of the peti­ ene, writing and drawing books No. tion of the forest fire problem.
“
I
would
go
farther
than
that.
I
never become a mechanic cr engi- Since the accident the machine has early pioneers, Mr. Robinson finds it
tion. And that the case of Long 6.
vs. City of Portland is decisive of
Seventh Grade—Cyr’s Fifth Read­ believe that the expense incurred in neer, but who would occasionally have been asked to do about tend days hard to realize the import of the
this phase of the case.
er, practical arithmetic, advanced ge­ fighting the fire should be borne a screen door to hang or a lock to work near Jacksonville, with what is vast changes this country has under­
unfinished near Phoenix will make gone since he passed through here
If the action of the council in or­ ography, English grammar, Doub s U. by the people on whose land the fire mend.
But this practical value of manual about two weeks work. In the four- so many years ago. It is also a revela­
dering the streets paved under the 5. History, speller and spelling is and by those benefitted, and that it
authority granted in the last clause blanks, writing and drawing bocks No should be assessed pro rata against training is not the main reason for its teen days that it had worked 19,000 tion to him to learn cf the wondrous
them.’ ’
adoption into the courses of study of bushels had been pounded out.
The fertility of a country at that time
of Par. 2, Sec. 1 of Art. 7 of the Ci­ 7.
the country. It is found that the best run made was 487 bushels
Mr.
Hafer
has
made
a
study
of
the
in classed as a worthless desert, but now
ty Charter and Art. 15 of the Char­
Eighth Grade—Practical arithmetic,
student
who
is
taking
such
a
sys
­
subject
and
knows
as
much
as
any
two
and
a
half
hours,
The
prices
forging ahead as or.e of Oregon’s mos
ter is municipal legislation, then the advanced geography, U. S. history,
action of the County Court in or­ English grammar, speller, writing No. other man in Oregon on the subject tematic course as is here outlined is charged are seven and nine ce nts a prosperous sections and destined soon
of foire3t fires In selecting the luX i waiving h mental development qui e bushel, The new separater will be to be the most desirable and health­
dering thv road between Jickscnville 7, drawing Nu. 8. *
and Medford macadamized, is “leg­
High school text books announced in which his company has invested as valuable as that derived from a insured, which was not the case with ful residar.ee sections of the Pacific
he has always chosen them with ref- course in mathematics, and that such the one which was burned.
northwest.'
islation.” In the first case the ci­ at opening.
erence to the possibility of forest a course makes his mind stronger
Rogue River valley, at one time the
ty's action is as much city “business”
W. F. CAMERON,
NEW CRATER LAKE ROAD
fire destroying the timber upon the for the work in other courses. He
granary of southern Oregon, has un­
as the action of the county court in
Supt. City Schools.
land. It is an established fact that also receives excellent training is ac­
derwent great changes since Mr. Rob­
the latter case is county business
a training that makes for
Engineer B. F. Heidel of the of­ inson located there, and where once
and not ‘‘legislation.’’
There seems NESMITH
COUNTY
BOOMERS forest fires work most rapidly up hill curacy,
and for that reason, principally, the efficiency in any line of work he may fice of public roads, U. S. department was to be seen little else than fields
to me a very clear distinction be­
TOUR STATE IN AUTOS
lands owned by the Iowa Lumber and pursue. The manual training course of agriculture has completed the sur­ of waving grain is now but a continu­
tween the action o fthe city
au­
Box
company are mostly level.
will be optional and will not be re­ vey and estimates of that portion of ous apple and pear orchard, and land
thorities in providing general rules
Cottage Grove, August 20.—Automo­
Another
fact
in
this
connection
is
the Crater Lake highway to be built ' values have risen from $5 and $25 per
quired of all students.
of civil conduct within its borders and biles filled with prominent citizens
by the forestry bureau in the Crater acre to $125 and $1000. In fact as Mr.
their act in improving its streets or- and bearing banners le.ft this city that most of the company’s land can
be
put
to
agricultural
uses
when
it
CUTTING
A
BEE
TREE
National Forest and for that portion Robinson says, “land is getting too
putting in cross walks at the
ex­ at daybreak yesterday morning
in
of the read eliminating the Flounce valuable to live on.’’
pense of the city at large. And the the interest of Nhsmith county. Ev­ is denuded of the timber and the
Last Sunday Nate Otterbein, who Rock hill. The commission will soon
“Conditions have indeed changed
mere fact that the city council re­ ery part of the state will be visited company already has offers for the
cords its action by means of an or­ before November, and thousands of land for friut growing purposes when has a homestead in Poe valley, in call for contracts fcr the biulding Where once the Klamath settler made
Mr. his annual or semi annual pilgrimage
the Lost River valley, cut down a bee of this section of the road.
dinance rather than a resolution is pieces of literature will be di tribut- the timber is cut off.
Heidel
made
his
report
to
the
com
­ to purchase his flour, fruit, .vege­
tree
on
his
place
and
secured
from
it
immaterial.
ed in every town, of consequence in
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mission
Saturday
morning.
JACKSONVILLE
a
swarm
of
bees
and
more
than
a
tub
tables and other supplies, they are
I am therefore of the opinion that Oregon, setting forth reasons why
The road will be 23 feet from the now looking towards Klaamth county
full of honey, says the Herald.
Ordinance 429 is not subejct to Nesmith county should be created by
The tree
had been
marked face of the cut to the edge of the ! for many of the supplies we formerly
referendum.
the qualified electors at the Novem­ Post, August 20.]
E. H. Helms left Thursday morning years before,but had not been both­ fill, including the gutter on the up­ 1 bought of them, and the time is not
I do not however think the com­ ber election.
ered until last Sunday. The tree was per side, or a width of 19 feet for the far distant when the Rogue River val-
plaint states any cause of suit against
This campaign is along education­ for an outing at Klamath Falls.
a large juniper, and was cut off road bed. The estimated cost of I ley w'ill be depending on Klamathh
the signers of the petition. The only al iines, the purpose being to inform
The
Rogue
River
Valley
Industrial
about two feet from the ground. this 2.7 miles, will be $24,000, in­ I county for many of the products she
allegation against them is that they the voters of the state concerning
Fair
will
be
held
at
Grants
Pass
Oct.
After
it fell Nate and Tom Richard­ cluding clearing, grubbing, grading formerly supplied us.”
have signed a petition and that they the propositions that they may cast
5-7, 1910.
son, who was with him, split the tree and surfacing.
assert that it will postpone action by their ballots intelligently.
Mr. Heidel stated that the grad­
open and the two parts of the tree
MARRIED
the city until an election is held; and
The proposed county of Nesmith
Miss Frances McWilliams of Ash­ lay filled with honey. The filled a ing should be done during the win­ DAILY-FINLEY—On Aug. 17, 1910,
the only relief asked against them embraces 1940 square miles, taken
by Henry Dox, Clyde Daily and
is that they be restrained from bring­ from the south boundary of Lane land is visiting the family of J. W. tub, a milk pan and a dishpan full ter months, owing to the character of
of the honey, and still left nearly half the soil, mostly pumice, which must
ing any suit, etc. There is no alle­ and the north boundary of Douglas Opp.
Mamie E. Finley.
of it in the tree for the bees
to be handled while wet to make a per­ COLE-CLEMENS—On Aug. 17, 1910,
gation that if not restrained they counties. It will have an assessed
manent roadbed. A surface dressing
Fred J. Fick has returned from the store for winter.
by Henry Dox, J. P., A. J. Cole and
will interfere with the proceedings valuation of 15,309,575, leaving Lane
of
decomposed serpentine rock, of
Applegate
W'here
he
has
been
con
­
A
hive
had
been
prepared
and
the
Caroline Clemens.
of the city. The mere fact that
a $18,000,000 and Douglas $27,000,000.
structing a new dwelling for Ralph i swarm was placed in it, and now from 4 to 8 inches, specially rolled. I.UCEY-GREGORY—On
Aug.
20,
voter signs a petition ought not to
Two and a quarter milts of road­
Jennings, a prominent farmer
of ; Nate says that he is going to start an
1910, by Judge J. A. Neil, John
subject him to suit and costs and
I ajiiary, so that he will have some- bed will be graded in the National
Gordon Lucey and Lura Belle Greg­
a restraining order would be an in­ when one undertakes to hold up the that region.
| thing to keep him without having to Forest reserve, between Union creek
fringement of his constitutional rights action of a city by means of an ille­
ory.
gal referendum he is not exercising
and Whit key creek, and several rock | PITTS-HUCKILL—On Aug. 20, 1910.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Howey and , work when he gets old.
to petition.
by Judge Neil, Geo. E. Pitts and
A bunch of the bees settled on ■ cuts made, thus greatly improving
If there were any allegations
in his political rights but endeavoring to ■ little daughter of Hoquaim, Wash.,
exercise
political
rights
which
he
arrived
Monday
and
are
visiting
Mrs.
Tom Richardson’s neck, and nowT he ! and straightening out the highway. ! Almeda Huckill.
the complaint that any of the sign­
ers were taking further action in the does not possess; and the jurisdic­ Howey’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. has to wear his shirt with the collar 1 This will be a separate contract and OKELLY-TRYER—At Grants Pass,
let by the government.
Monday evening, August 15, 1910,
matter and a restraining order was ne tion of the court in restraining the W. Bagshaw.
loosened.
The commission authorized Geo. L.
Fred O’Kelly and Miss Eda E. Try-
cessary to prevent them from doing recorder from proceeding fur.her
Eric Anderson, of the Blue Ledge FORESTER
er, Rev. Frederich Brooke offici­
something that would work injury to with an illegal election is clear. It
BUCK
LOOKS FOR Davis to prepare for publication, a
complete financial statement, after
ating.
the city or the plaintiffs the .case is the same jurisdiction that the court mine, was in town Saturday. He
CRATER FIREBUG
which bids will be asked for the con­ LOUDEN-DORN—At the court housa
exercised in restraining the coun'.f reports that considerable work i
would be different.
in Jacksonville, Oregon, Monday,
On the second ground of demurrer court from declaring the result of a being done on the different claims
Washington, Aug. 22.—The forest- struction of the highway.
A committee was appointed to have
void
election
in
Jackson
county,
in
August 15, 1910, by Judge J. R.
in the district.
the same reasoning will apply. If
1 try officials today telegraphed As­
i
the
route
selected
approved
by
the
the
case
of
Hall
vs.
Dunn,
commonly
Neil, Wm. A. Louden and Addie L,
the facts set out in the complaint,
sistant Forester Buck at Medford,
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county
court
as
a
county
road.
It
is
FEELING OF THE
Dorn.
that the recorder will if not res­ known as the Medford Liquor Case.
I Or., to use every effort to find and
The demurrer will therefore
be
POLITICAL PULSE. arrest the men suspected of having nearly the same as that selected by M c C lintock - frankenberg — a
trained proceed to call an election,
Hon. H. Von der Hellen of *Wellen. started the forest fires in southeast­ ' the county surveyor.
Medford, Oregon, Monday, August
etc., to the irreparable injury of the overruled, as the complaint states a
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15, 1910, by Rev. C. Henry Hoxie,
plaintiffs, are true, then an order res-. cause of suit against the recorder; and William Von der Hellen of Eagle ern Oregon.
and the restraining order will
be Point visited Ashland Monday. The
Manager E. A. Sherwin of the lo­
D. H. McClintock and Pearl Frank­
training him would be proper.
The service has appealed to the
enberg.
The third and fourth grounds of de-1 modified to restrain the recorder from former represented Jackson county war department for more troops to cal telephone exchange, has instruc­
murrer undoubtedly refer to the same proceeding further, but dissolved as in the legislature four years ago and aid the rangers in fighting the flames. tions to prepare copy for a new di­
DIED
proposition as the first ground of the to the signers of the referendum peti­ is being prominently mentioned as an
Buck has wired the forest service rectory of telephones, which is to be
available candidate for the office of that 25 scouts are investigating the issued by the company at some date CHRISTENSON—At Ayers Spur, in
motion, and it is an interference with tion .
I have filed orders in accordance state senator. His visit in Ashltu i reports of incendarisin and that five ; in the early future, in combination
the vicinity of Ashland. Ore., Aug.
the political rights of the defend­
Monday was to gather an expression , companies of regulars are expected with the other exchanges in Jackson
17, 1910, John H., infant sou
of
ants
If the Ordinance was one to with this opinion.
' of opinion of the people of this sec­ there today from American Lake. and Josephine counties.
F. M. CALKINS, Judge.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Christenson,
which the right of referendum appli­
tion of the valley. It is quite like­ These troops will be rushed to the
aged 4 months and 17 days.
ed there might be merit in this con­
The person with a sharp tongue ly that Mr. Von der Hellen will file fire zone.
How the machine politicians of
The remains were forwarded to the.
tention. But there is a difference be­
California will have it in for the di­ former family home at Blair, Neb.,
tween one’s political rights and what never cuts much of a swath as a in the republican pirmary and make
the race.
rect primary. Sure enough.
he claims are his political rights, and popular idol.
for interment.
Common sense is uncommon.
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