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Substantial Progress Made by
Ashland and All Sections
of Valley During Past Year
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In reviewing hi do it renin! ol
progress nml liiiiroiiii'ti( (or 1911
iiml enmpnrliig U with tho record (if
(illicr cities nml (owns up nml down
I tin Mate nitil runit, nml oven furtlur
from homo, tho In) ul Ashlnndcr
iiiiii'Ii In bi proud of In hid own "n-
iiiiiull)' nml Mclnlty In tint way of
actual arcompllshtiii'iit, uml ho see
a dominant ilvli: spirit hero whlrh
Ik iictlvnly nml viitliuslnstlcnlly work
Iiik for k rem I it progress nml 1 tn
prnvcnicnt far tlm i'(ir to romc.
Ashland IioiikU tlmt It has non'
ronlly "IiooiupiI." but Iiiih Jtu( grown
up in or it or IrM steadily, llttlo by
llttlo, nml vnr by jeftr, Into n boun
tiful city of ii.000 contonted pcopl",
who lovo ttiolr homos, their parka,
their schools, their churches nml
tlmlr unrivaled nnturnl oiivlionmon,
nml Imvo Houiilit to mnko then: us
pleasing nml attractive for thoin
KoltM nml for others as they niull
nffonl. Thy lmo built hoine-llko
lioimm nml splendid publlo hulldliig.i
$40,000 Armory Built at Ashland in 1913
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nml ntltoM of tho flncot pawd Uu
Tlicy hae acquired lauds for publi
pnrkri to tlm extent of perhaps n
hundred nrri'M till tolil, scattered hoie
mill there throughout tho city .aid
up mnt down tho water course which
devotes tlm municipal corporation In
twain, mill tlioo Heron they aro
gradually tunilni; Into btnuty t.potH a
llttlo uioro every year iib tho pin so of
(ho public bark board will punnlt,
until In u wry few cars Ashland
will ho noted, If hIio la not already
no, among (ho ttiuull cIIIch of thu I'a
rifle roam for hor beautiful nml
widespread public parks.
Among tho uotnblo public bull I
Iiik Improvements of tho year 1 0 1 :i
tho most Important porbaps Is tho
now armory at tho cornor of Oak
nml II streets. For thin Improxomcut
tho statu npproprlati'il $15,000, tho
county $7,000 nml tho city of Ash-
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nificent structure which would ho n
credit In tiolnt of nrrhltccturo na well
mi utility to any city on tho Paclfl
coast. It Is, of course, primarily for
tho itno of Ashland's arm of tho ntn'.o
military son Ice, but Is also calcu
latod to bo nvnllablo for nil public
Knthcrlngs nml uee'a for which It Is
Hiiltoil, hnliiK oiio of tho larKost
umlltorltimn In Houtliorn Oregon. Tn
new public library, facing tho Junc
tion of tho DoulQvard and Rast Main
ntreot,'wnK proMnleil fully completed
ami opened to tho public, nml In an
other ono of tho public Institutions
of which tho loyal Atdilamlcr (a
proud. Mr. Carncrjo j-nvo $10,000
toward tho building fund, whtc tho
city has added to mid proUded per
manent matnteuauco.
Tho AHhlnml city hall at tho plaz.i
has Just been entirely remodeled and
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built over Into n hamUomo busluefs
block. A stranger inlght easily mU
taku It for tho homo of n loading
modern bankliiK iiutltuilon, with its
eoiinlliiB rooms on tho firm floor for
the, city water and light departments.
Amplo rooms are provided for tue
city council, for tho mayor, and for
tho varloiiK city official, as well as
quarters for tho clty'n up-to-date flro
fighting eiiuipnieut, city jail, etr.
Tho municipality expended durin,;
tho year nearly $t,000 In a lump sum
for Its modern auto flro truck.
Tho Masonic fraternity lias trim
med up tho exterior of Its spacious
templo with a modern front, lack
ing considerable cxponso, and the
j Klks nUo made substantial lmprovo-
ments in flulshliig uncompleted por
tions of their splendid homo on l'ntl
Main strebt.
No street paving work lias been
dono In Ashland during 1913, but
tbeio has been i credltablo amount
of street Improvement done, largoly
In tho matter of tlio extension of
concrete Mdcwnlka nml curbing in
various soitlons of tho city.
Ashland High School, One of the Most
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Kxtenslon and Improvement on a
considerable scale of the city watoi
system aro planned for the near fu
ture to meet tho growing require
incuts of the community. Tho ques
tion of adding to tlio municipal elec
tric lighting plant Is also ono which
Is being much discussed and is likely
to culminate In a direct issuo during
the coning year.
As In many other towns, the activ
ity In private- building has not haou
as groat in Ashland during 1913 as
In some previous years, but there has
been a respectablo amount of It in
tho way of new residences, remodel
ing and minor Improvements.
Commercially Ashland lias had the j
same experience ns her neighbors far i
and wldo during 1913. It has been u
"quiet" year In business evoryvherc.
according to nil reports. Hut sli
laud has maintained a name for
solid ami substantial bustuess firms
and the record of failures for tho
year U infinitesimal. Tho banki all
show a healthy condition of affair
Mid tho mercantile community Is pre
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pared for o.ggjr and
another year.
The Akhland Comtn'r'lal club ha
been carrying on Its good work
quiet') but l erslttf t.tly tho past ear
It has done much In supplying the
constant demand from n distance for
literature about Ashland and tho
Rogue Klver valley; It has maintain-1
ed credltablo oxhlbiu at the local and
! stato fairs and has sent a special ex
hibit ' personally conducted," to the
recent Chicago land show. It has
done also u big service In bringing
tho cltlzons together to work for tho
common good and Inspiring tnem
with tho possibilities which the early
building of tho I'acrro highway, the
Ashland's New City Hall
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development of tho mineral springs
resources trlb.utal'.y..i .Ashland, and
so forth, spell ro'rtrTS'grdwth of tho
city.
Ashland is just now picturing hor
boU In tho near future as a widely fa
mous resort city, nt the gateway Into
Oregon, on the great Pacific hlr,!i.
way, with countless mineral and cur
ative waters uvullablo for tho free
me of the gatherlng'thousands amid
her bowers of natural scenic beauty
in tho favored climate of tho rich and
fruitful Itoguo River valley, with
commodious modern hotels and
everything that goes to make up a
liopular health resort city. Why not?
So inoto It be.
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