* ASHLAND City of Schools, Churches, Homes a n d Business AMERICAN 0 r\ . P a c ific HigVvsva-Y & S P T^ailvoa-cL LU M B E R IN G -FR U IT - D A IR Y IN ____ G ( S — M IN IN G -F A R M IN Q -S T O C K R A IS IN G ^ F IS H IN G -H U N T IN G _______________ U C C E S S O R TO T H E C E N T R A L P O I N T A M E R I C A N ) ------- VOLUME 2 A S H L A N D , J A C K S O N C O U N TY , O R E G O N , F RI DA Y, CAMPAIGN ON FOR PRESIDENT L I T T L E P R O G R E S S IS Y E T MADE; BU T P L E N T Y O F T A LK Several i n Field Var ious I s s u e s Entering 1928 C am p a ig n , Being W o r k e d up by Opposi ng Forces. Into Is the 1928 presidential campaign open for discussion? Evidently it is and suggestions are read in every big or little paper of the land. President Coolidge has never announced anything to indicate his intentions, and speculation is a t a loss as ju st how to proceed. There is always a possibility th a t Mr. Cool­ idge will not be a candidate either by refusal to run or by fa ilure to gain the nomination. In such a case the country a t large and especially the Middle West would rally to F rank Lowden. The demochats are more a t a loss than the republicans. They are seek­ ing an issue, and are keeping as mum as possible over the “ w et” and “ d r y ’ ciues* on. Th ir prom inent possibili­ ties a t this writing are Al. Smith and Bill McAdoo— one wet, one dry. Not only is the booze question to the front, but other issues include the Mexican policy, the ta riff, as usual and the all im portant argicul- tu ra l question. Of all the uncom fort­ able propaganda to en ter the aproa- ching campaign is the religious ques­ tion. It shouldn’t exist; church and s ta te should be separate questions— bu t like a bad penny always bobs up. W ithout comment pro or con, or any wish to chide the editors, we print below, two articles appearing in last w eek’s Southern Coos County Am­ erican. One article hended “ If Smith W ins” starts an argum ent rig h t off the bat and was probably unwise of the editor or uncalled fo r an general principals. But the second article on “ Is Al Smith the Man” shows th at editor Hamilton takes up the chal­ lenge and helps with his bit in eith er prolonging the “ religion and politics” subject or quieting Mr. O ’Brien. I F S MI T H WI NS. CITY Will TO Call B U I LD RESERVOIR for Proposal s to 10 a t City Hall. March The Ashland city council will soon let contracts for the construction of the Crowson hill reservoir fo r the w ater d epa rtm ent of the city. The plans call fo r the construction of a 2,200,000 gallon distributing reservoir, involving excavation, plac­ ing concrete and reinforced concrete pipe and Teinforcingsteel in the fol­ lowing approxim ate quantities: Excavation, 9,175 cubic yards. Concrete, 740 cubic yards. Reinforced concrete pipe, 126 lin­ e a r feet. Reinforced steel, 42,000 pounds. The city council will receive seal­ ed proposals and the proposals will be opened in the council chambers in the city hall, Ashland, Oregon, on March 10,, 1927 a t 8 o’clock p. m. ---------- * ---------- MARCH 4, 1927 MOTOR TRIP IS ENJOYED A L I T T L E R I DE S H O W S S PR I N G ACTIVITIES EVERYWHERE Some Roads Dusty Town« Ar e Busy Wi th New Buildings a nd Fa r me r » Have P le nt y of Sp ri ng Wor k Last S aturday and Sunday, the American scribe took up the time in driving over southern Oregon and northern California, to view condi­ tions since last week’s high waters A S H L A N D W I N S IN BO TH G AM E S and feast on the beauties of Spring. WITH CAVEMEN HOOPERS North as fa r as Gold Hill and south as fa r as Yreka, California. Both boy and girl members of At Gold Hill the Rogue river is Ashland’s basketball teams exper­ down to normal and the residents ienced a thrilling victory Monday of th a t cement city are planting night when two visiting teams from gardens. Lots of mining talk in Gold the G rants Pass high were forced to Hill and several good properties are d efeat upon the floor of the Ash­ being opened fo r development work. land gym. The boy’s lineup was fast Several producers will soon be heard and snappy, and resulted in the from in this mining district. overwhelming score of 31 to 17, in Around C entral Point the fru it favor of the Ashland five. The Ash- growers and farm ers seemed to all landgirl’s quintet scored a rapid vic­ be busy fixing fences, repairing flood tory over their opponents nnd chalked damage, preparing garden spots, and up a tally of 25 to 17. Both games remodeling lawns. The brick yards were attended by record crowds, and a t Central Point are being put into were exceptionally well played, ac­ shape for early operations; new cording to hoop experts who wit­ buildings being erected and an air of nessed the battles. The Ashland industrial activities prevails. team s held the upper hand through­ At M“dford the stores were out both tussels, it was declared, and crowded, parking space almost im­ were in unusual form. possible to find. Several big sales were on in various stores, on S a tu r­ Boy’s lineup: Ashl and 31 Grant » Pa»» 17 day, over there and the real estate . Gochell men reported unusual activity for Al P urr F .......... Kellow this time of year. F N u tter ........ C .................. Harmon Through the Talent irrigation dis­ Roy P a rr Tuttle trict everything looks like prosperi­ G........ Hill ................ ty. Talent homes are preparing for Spring. Here too, we noticed several Lcedon ........ trees in full blossom, la tte r trees and Hulen ........... bushes in bud, meadow larks singing McGee ........ and lots of people traveling on the Moore .......... highway. Auto camps are being fixed V up for the early rush of tourists th at Babies Sa fe st in Oregon. Oregon boasts the lowest infant will begin to “ stop over” very short­ m ortality of any state in the Union; ly- Going south Sunday, the traveling only one out of every 20 born alive, die under one year of age. Portland, was evigorating, the air balmy, the Oregon, outranks most other cities of sun bright and warm and p arts of similar size in the percentage in­ the California highway quite dusty. crease in the cost of living since Leaving Klamath Junction, the climb 1914; only 55 per cent in Portland, over the Siskiyou m ountains was 85 per cent in Detroit. Safe m other­ made with ease. At the summit we hood and safe babies are about the stopped long enough to breathe the most im portant things there are in m ountain air and roll a few snow life; and food and necessities that balls. Several inches of snow still re­ can be bought by one’s earnings, mained along the highway. Hornbrook, California, was hit without stint or without going in hard by the recent high water, roads debt, are gifts of the Gods. ---------------- * ---------------- cut up and one large building half washed away. Hornbrook Sunday, ap­ Scout« P la n t Tree*. As announced in last week’s Ameri­ peared to be about the dirtiest, can, two Sequoia trees (redwood) roughest looking town we ever en­ were planted in Ashland’s Lithia tered. The citizens are cleaning up, park last Saturday, with appropriate however, and later in the season the ceremonies tending the planting. It town will be in better shape as far was Boy Scout day. Mr. John E. as beauty is concerned. Gribbel, member of the state forest We drove on south to Yreka, over service, superintended the planting. a good highway with the exception Those who took p art in the plant- of some chuck holes. Yreka has n a r­ were: Mayor Pierce of Ashland; Mr. row streets, but sure showed signs Gribbel, Mr. Homer Bilings, Scouts of pep. The city is a busy one. Many Newcombe, Johnson and Gribbel of beautiful homes are located there troop 5, Medford and Scouts Borah, and the Masons have ju s t finished Torrance, P ratt, Edgar, Blake, David one of the most beautiful Masonic Blake, Smith, Yeo and Carzow of | temples in this part of two states. troop 2, Ashland. Mr. Harris Dean of All stores showed large stocks of the r a r k force chose the place for the goods. Many cars were parked on the streets and many people were to be planting and prepared the ground. seen. We arrived at home in Ashland Bargain O f f e r . “ U nder the heading, “ If Smith Wins,” A rth u r O’Brein, fo rm e r pub­ lisher of the Marshfield Daily News, now publisher of the Republican- Press a t Ukiah, California, last week published this as an editorial: “ The shadow of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York these days is falling ominiously across the path the Republican party must traverse to success in the 1928 election “ According to the way this news­ paper sees it, the election of Gov­ ern o r Smith as president, would do more to Americanize the United States, would more quickly dispel in­ tolerance and would provoke better religious feeling than any other hap­ pening could bring about. It would do the nation untold good in correct­ ing the evils prohibition has produced Governor Smith is a Roman C atho­ lic and, if he were to be elected his conduct in office would, fo r all time, prove to those opposed to Catholic- irm, th a t the Pope, under no m an­ n er of circumstances, would be al­ lowed to interfere, were he inclined to do so. in American affairs. W hat Two weekly papers tor the price of Sunday evening in time for dinner Governor Smith would do while in and after a mental survey of the two one. Call at Ashland American. office would forever remove the fe ar N U M B E R 46 VOTERS WILL GET 10 BILLS Special Election Will Be Held J u n e 28 to Decide. Ten proposed constitutional am ­ endm ents and measures approved a t the session of the legislature will be referred to the voters of the state a t the special election to be held J une 28. Among the most im portant of these is house bill 491, by the com­ m ittee on assessment and taxation providing for a state income tax. This bill was introduced and passed a t the request of Governor Patterson Other proposed constitutional am ­ endm ents anti measures th at will be referred to the voters a t the special election follow: H. J. R., Giesy— Suffrage of ne­ groes and Chinese. Repeals obsolete provision of constitution. H. J. R., Collier-------Making regis­ tration a necessary requisite for voting. H. J. R., 14, Lonergan— To pro­ vide authority fo r district attorneys to prepare inform ation on criminal cases where defendant waives indict­ ment before judge of a circuit court. H. J.R., 19, Multnomah delegation — Authorizing counties having more than 100,000 population to levy a tax for the construction of a veterans’ memorial building or armory. . IL J.R., 22, Carkin— New tax base am endem ent of the 6 per cent limi­ tation am endm ent of the constitution S. J. R., 1, Joseph— Providing in­ crease in compensation for members of Oregon legislature. H. B. 508, Multnomah delegation — Authorizing levy oftax fo r erec­ tion and m aintenance of v eteran ’s memorial or arm ory in counties hav­ ing population of more than 100,- 000. (To be subm itted a t local elec­ tion of Portland in event constitu­ tional am endm ent is approved by the voters a t special election.) ---------- * ---------- ASHLAND FLORA L SOCIETY PLANS PLANT EXCHANGE The Ashland Floral society plans to hold a plant and seed exchange in the early spring. Those who have a surplus of plants will take them to the exchange nnd others who are in need of more plants are urged to get them, whether they have a n y ­ thing to exchange or not. The p u r­ pose is to save all waste and to f u r ­ nish planting for many yards that might not otherwise be planted. It is suggested th a t those who are thinning seedlings, heel in the young plants and save them for the exchange. In May the society will hold a dis­ play showing the lovely spring flow­ ers: A gladiolus show is planned for July, a dahlia exhibit will be an event for September, anil in November there will be a chrysanthem um show. ---------------- + ---------------- Let Th em Look. The man who passes your shop window is going somewhere. He is on some other errand. If you want to catch him when he is not in a h u r­ ry, put your shop window in a news­ paper, a few articles a t a time. You can make six or eight hundred people look at this kind of a window every week and with much b e tte r selling re ­ sults than if 800 walked by your store one by one. — K - Debat e T e am Travels. COPCO CO. MAKES STRIDES A D D I T I O N A L L I N E B E I N G B U I LT FOR P U B L I C USE Several Miles Long L ar g es t P a r t of C o n s t r u c t i on for 1927 Is Being Done at P la n t N e a r Prospect . The most interesting feature of the annual rep o rt of the California-Ore- gon Power company, ju st issued, is the announcem ent of plans fo r -the b e tterm e n t and enlargem ent of serv­ ice facilities to be carried out during the y ear 1927. In order to keep ahead of the growth and development a n ­ ticipated in southern Oregon and northern California, the California Oregon Power company has planned an expenditure of $4,800,000 for construction purposes. The largest and most im portant item of construction during 1927 is the new hydro-electric development ont he north fork of the Rogue river near Prospect, where work has al­ ready been started on the installa­ tion of a plant of 22,000 horsepower capacity, designed for an ultimate capacity of 66,000 horsepower. In connection with the hydro-electric project a 130,000 volt transmission line, to be known as line 19, will ex­ tend 36 miles from Prospect to n point six miles east a f Medford. From this point a 66,000 volt tap line will be built into Medford tying in the new devolpment with the present transmission system. The report shows th a t the company continued its consistent record of development and progress throughout the year 1926. E xenditures for con­ struction urposes to provide new and g re ater facilities fo r service to the public involved the expenditure of $1,264,791. The most im oprtant item of construction d uring the year was the erection of line 18— a 66,000 volt transmission line, extending from Fall Creek, California, to Klamath Falls, Oregon, a distance of 38 miles. Reconstruction of the dis­ tribution system of G rants Pass, which was startedin 1926, is now be­ ing completed. Work in the w a te r d epartm ent in­ cluded the drilling of new wells and the installation of pumps, transm is­ sion main, storage reservoir, and fire hydrants in Klamath Falls. During the y ear the field of o p er­ ations of the company was broadened by extending electric service to the town of Canyonville, Oregon, and by purchasing the distribution system of the Sutherlin Light & Power com­ pany, serving Sutherlin, Oregon. Retail business served, or con­ nected load, increased from 61,530 kilowatts to 74,711 kilowatts, a gain of 13,181 kilowatts, or 21.4 per cent These figures are for retail business served, and do not include the ex­ tensive conrtacts through which the California Oregon Power company wholesales energy to o th e r companies The total num ber of customers, both electric and w ater, served by the company increased from 22,252 to 25,033 d uring the year, a gain of 12.5 per cent. This includes a gain of 2,348 users of electric ser­ vice and 433 w ater customers. John Galey and W aren Doremus, southern Oregon normal debate team will leave Friday for the North on a weeks trip and will debate an the following places; Albany college, Monmouth normal, Eugene Bible Significant to the extent to which University and the U. of 0. frosh. ----------A -------— the use of labor-saving devices is growing in the territory served is an days outing confessed that with our ine our scenic drive right in town, increase in the number of electric a Catholic, if named president, would Lithia park, our pretty hones, that Ashland is the prettiest and Tim Ashland American telephone rnni?ei in uso by cus*or.iers of t’.so inject religion into official matters. ekurehu, achobD and normal build- bis* hente eltjf ¡8 thk CMUttlry- itimler is Phnne in « news j»em {Continued on Page a) (Continu»* on Peg* 8) •