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. -. .- tt OTDFOrct) MATL TRTPUNE, MF.PFOUR OKIOOON. AVKDNIfflnAY, MAHOir ill, tfttfl KITS ' TjtdTTT L Nosegay on Her Finger, Bouquet on Her Wrist Fad of Easter Girl fl DEVELOPMENT COSTLY EXPERIMENT t --inr-ir- " , r .T rtfr-m- .rT--Jrtgrap? , ASHLAND MNERA SPRINGS I,. . i .'" y ""ftysy GiMtien Quotes Consulting f New York State' jjprlrtp Reservation Commission ns f'TFUWTWI ueveiapmcni unucr wc Plans WW provo a i-au- 1': ...i, UM.i.n. TrlnJ 4h J?"i """ """U ...vu . Thtag and tt Absolutely r ia b Ali1antl tiwJoct for tlio ilc- .Tftfrijfiiiriit or tho mineral Kprlnx n sCSj-. " -" Lnri( .tt. n oiililln iilinirlse w ' VJ" '""""h " " I""- iwfiuiK. -,-j- - train? Sw"Ta :.. .... .., M. - I. dtfiu wnnniM tn follow Ullllcr tllO t- M'W" t. ' . ..,,.., " JPf eaiuract (nover yoi imunsneuj iJjlN Hh Smith, Emery & Co., the f iBlMi SprtnRS Itoservntlon Controls- jtoil.o( Now York stnto. tho best MJ4rtd authority unon the subject ?!lrrttu 'Tweirti rvoum of experience ami M h rt In the fllwi of oHr office ,mM have hem at the dlnno! f ytmr wafer comtliloi fw tlie ask tag. In Tksw of tliwo facts ran jrow development at AMtUml an jtrofHwcd ljr the city lw anything but costly experiment? 'Mam IKxtkive that your Anlilaml dcvelop went Mnilcr tho preacnt ptans will prove fallMro fccctiM mo tried the name thing here at Saratoga ami It ahPolHtrly failed." (Sinned) Chas. G. Anthony, ComralUnic EnRtnocr. Tliat $100,000 Contract One hundred thousand dollars of tho peopled money Is propoied by tho Bprlngs water commission to bo awarded to Smith, Emery & Co., a firm of chemical engineers, for tho Installation of a plant for bringing certain mineral water? Into tho city of Ashland. Tho springs water com tnlfwlon were advised by the consult aglneer of the New York Springs HlMrvatloB Commission that If tho ytaiw for bringing the mineral water ' i Aufctana.were carried out accord lilt to the estimate furnished by . JBtMry Co., that the "initial "ipiv, W0W wasted and tho tn- Ht MM." ilW springs wu:r a tke city council of farther advised by tho Mtherlty that tho carry- Die plans provided by ry & Co. should not In his xeeed an outlay of J70,- . the public besting at tho com- tl elub In November last, when ery Smith of the firm of Smith, Smery & Co., was present and stated that his firm would Install the plant for bringing tho mineral waters Into the city of Ashland for the sum of 9100,000, but would have nothing to do with It unlesa his firm was given the contract for tho complete Instal lation, that no plans and specifica tion would bo furnished by them, that they must be given an absolutely free hand In tho matter. Suppressed Part of Letter. At tho meeting Ilert H. Orccr. rep resenting tho springs water commu nion, read a communication under dato of November 1C from Chas. O. Anthony, consulting engineer for tho Now York Springs Commission to tho effect that ho would want entlro charge of tho Installation of the tpriiigi project If ho were employed as consulting engineer In ordor that the work might go along on the best possible lines without Interference from others. This fair statement was garbled by Dort It. Greer to suit his argument at tho time. The whole of Mr. Anthony's letter wns not read, tho portion telllntf the rommlstdcu that It would lw ulcitliil to proceed on the lines of tho Smith, Kiuery Jt Co. estimate wiw not Riven to tho audience... If the entlro letter of Mr. Anthony had been road those present would havo gained a correct and different Impresblon. Thoso statements of Mr. Anthony were supplemented by a letter to tho springs water commission from Ceo. Foster Peubody, chairman of tho Now York State Iteservatlon Commission. This letter was In tho postosslon of tho springs commlf3lon at tho time of tho roadlug of tho Anthony letter. If this letter had been produced and read nt (hat IJmo It would havo shown tho mattor under discussion by Iiert It, droer and Mr. Emory Smith In a light not desired by either of them. No Sped Heat Ions Shown In this contract with Smith. Emory & Co., S 100,000 of the proceeds of tho sale of tho 17ff,000.00 bond Issue are absorbed and used ostensibly for ft 1 . ilia iilnlnc nf wntflrs to the CltV. Xo plans and specifications covering the has of the work, plphiR required, (MrkiNCt retervoIrM, filler and carlw. natlHtf maehlnory enumerated ki tho CM4buU0 of tldM firm will be made tmhHv. Jwt a lum sum aad a "free toutd.'' Mr, Business Man aud Tax payar what do you think of It? Tln Ashland wrlUBa wntor com- mission has kept nil manner of Infor mation and intelligence obtained by them absolutely under their control and not a sentence of It ever gets to tho public except from the mouth of llort It. Orccr or tho Ashland Tidings, his mouthpiece. Citizens, do you fully understand what this means? Why did not tho springs water com mission employ some one competeut to direct the manner of development to be undertaken, where so much was at stake? Why did they employ Smith, Emery & Co. after being told by them that tho development of springs was out of their line, they were chemical engineers only? Xit Kwloied Ity Itnllnmd Tho springs water commission havo allowed tho Impression that tho Southern Pacific railroad, through Its head officials has thoroughly Inves tigated tho manner of piping tho min eral waters Into tho city and has pro nounced the plans, methods and gen cral scheme to bo feasible and prac tical; and that their engineering de partment has checked everything up and passed on them favorably. This understanding of the matter has In fluenced many a reasonable man on tho theory that what tho S. P. gets back of must be all right. The Southern Pacific, by means of a letter written by their engineering department and published In the Ash land Tidings state their position clearly and there Is no need for any misunderstanding. The checking of the figures which had to do with the surveys relative to the pipe lines was found satisfactory by them but the Southern Pacific's communication plainly state lluit no to the manner of luwdllng the waters they arc not In a toaltioii tn clve mlvlrc. Notwith standing these facts tho fiction Is still used for effect that tho railroad Is behind all tho plans of tho commis sion. Nigger tn Woodpile? Tho springs water commission wcro offered tho atsistancc' of tho state springs reservation commission of New York during tho months of Octo ber and November, 1014, and all tthc largo experience of tho stato of New York, all tho data and details per taining to an expensive and most thorough Investigation of the subject of development of mineral waters, wcro placed at tho dlsporal of tho springs water commission of Ashland, and rejected by them. With such as sistance the springs project would havo gono forward In the best pos sible manner, tho expenditure of $175,000.00 would have been amply safeguarded, for tho people would know that when the project was com pleted they would havo an Investment the best which Intelligence, money, tlmo and labor could build for them. Tho hrt-lngs water ronuulvilon en tered Into contracts n year ago with J. J. Murphy and J. J. Dixlgo (J. P. Dodge Is one of the springs water commission) whereby tho city of Ash laud is ghen the use of the mineral water at the Murphy and Podge hprlngs for piping Into Ashland, ex clusively for drinking purjsses, on the condition that the owners of tho oprlngs lime the surplus water dur ing certain hours of the -I. Tor Item-fit of Individuals What are tho owners of tho springs to do with tho surplus water? What right has the springs water commis sion to enter Into contracts with pri vato individuals or individual mem bers of tho commission, whereby the pipe line owned by tho city Is made tho carrier of mineral water owned by a private Individual or enterprise? Has tho opportunity for tho bot tling of the surplus waters anything to do with tho decision of the springs water commission as to tho manner of bringing theM mineral waters into the city of Ashland? Is tho mineral springs project pri marily for tho promotion of a private enterprise In which members of tho commission might or might not bu di rectly Interested? M. C. DRESSLER. "Won't Me llo Pleased When lie Sws the I.oely Itraeelet I've Made of Ills Hnueis?' J Wiciv will the Kas er irl wenr her Kaster ioletsf Not on her belt that's .s old fahhiuncd. Not ns n corsage Unit sl.k been out of date for week". The Raster irl will make her Kns ter beau happy by wearing his "floral tribute" as a ring maybe on I In third finger of her left hand or n a bracelet on her iNt, or up "' It's the latent fail in girldom the flower braeelet' and its twin fail, flower ring, is brand new, too. The flower bracelet is n Chicago itiven'ion. l.ane, the "flower man," deigned it for tango dancing irN, not he "ruined in llm very fiist ilanee.'' Mill you'll sen them now, at dinners ami bridge patties, and they've already appeared on the street decorating the sleeves of new spring suits. Kings of inlets and rosebuds can not be vvoiii wttli gloves, of course, but for home wear they are charm- who demanded a bouquet that would ling and so voryjiew With Mcdford T.-adu Is Medford Mado AD PONEER AD AT ASHLAND ASHLAXI), March 31. The pass ing of two prominent citizens oc curred early in the week in rapid suc cession. Willi probably only one or two exception- Albert 0. Itoekfel low, who died Sunday in his 00th year, was probably the oldest re-i-dent of 1hU vicinity. .Moreover, be was n pioneer, having come here In 18.VJ. lie wn a native of Indiana, and was n man of gifted intelleet, both ns a writer of prose and Verc. Ilo was iiNo a painstaking investi Bntor in the realm of scientific re search and wielded a ready pen in support of his contentions along theso lines. Mrs. Hoekfcllow died years ago. One son survives, Alfred Hoek fcllow, of Seattle. Funeral was held Wednesday. Corydon V. Holmes also died on Sunday in the 70th vear of his age. He was a native ofXew York slate, having been bora in 1837. He was the father of II. I. and W. It. Holmes of this city. Another son re-ides in the vicinity of Ottawa, Kan., in which state the father was a resident for many years. The deceased was a civil war veteran. Funeral services were held Tuesday, interment being in Hargndine Cemetery. E ASHLAXI), .March 31.- Sunday violators of the game lavvi, are sow ing the wind to reap the whirlwind later on. This statement applies to this vicinity as well as others. Ks)M' eially in this territory, however, of fenders think they havo full swing in the absence of a duly appoinled gauio warden. They seem to forget that evidencu will not count jio.t because an official position in vacant for the time being. Hoth game nnd fish have been taken out of season and by un lawful methods. A tab is being kep' on this sort of thing and tioublu in brewing for the transgressors. Deer have been wantonly killed and prim" cuts oi venison offered for sale. Of ! course thin has been done in a clan destine manner. With the appointment of a gatm waiden for tho Ashland di-lnct who is onto the job, look out for develop-1 uients in due season. Tho basis for these statements is the testimony ofj sportsmen who have. been watching' iiifiuc turns of the game laws for the past few months and who know J vvheieoC thev tiff um. Hats! Hats! The Very Latest Hats Not hats from Ashland or Frisco but hats from New York. At one-thfrd what you can buy them for anywhere else Children's hats worth $1.50 and $2.00 at 49c. Ladies' hats any style 98c and up. 130B::d,s'- WILL H. WILSON TW :m.omm.HHH4 MAIL OHDEES .PROMPTLY FILLED. WE PREPAY EXPRESS OR FREIGHT CHARGES Y T AM POACHES mzl inn Radnor We'll UNBOxThE " RADNOR" Arrow Collar April 1I ANEW t r y t t t t t r ? ? ? r r r $ ? t r T t f ? ? T T t ? T T t t t ? T t Y 1 f Y ? Y Y ? Y Y ? ? Y Y 9 ' t M. Central Avonue MANN'S THE WOMEN'S STORE Nt'at Jst- Offico Easter Sale l17) New Silk Drcssos, in all the latest hIuuIi-h, J .some of them worth $20, TIiiii-h- (g 1 C A Y dav tyLLt.DV Y Silk Waists KM) Uniud New 'lap Silk Waists, made in this mi'umoii'h most advaneed styles, worth U.nO, (liis sale only, eaeh ! t WASH PETTICOATS Made of fine j,'iii;liaiiis and Hj)'eales, all sixes, special at, Q each U7W $1.39 i m nrrtr niimmTinAirQ 1 cuijjy rxiiJiiwnjio t z All colors and sizes, j' values np to $1.00, to Y close out $1 QQ quick, cnchtP liO X T EASTER SALE OF GLOVES x Kayser's lG-JJutton Silk Gloves, all colors, pr 08 Perrin's Kid Gloves, all colors, special, pair..$1.25 Kayser's lG-Hutton Cliam oisette CI loves, special at, pair C9 Pori-in's IG-Hutton Kid CI love, special, pair..$3.48 EASTER SALE OF NECKWEAR 25 doz. beautiful new Col lars and Collar and Cuff Sets, ve.ry special . ..29 25 doz. dainty new styles in Organdie Collars, hand em broidered, vovy special 69 . Y ! DAHA6HTS .1. Y z Greatest assortment X ever shown in Bed ford, all tho now shades, see them. J SPHOIAIV 25 now Parasols, all colors, on sale Thursday at eaeh f1.2o EASTER SALE OF HOSIERY (J0 doz. Women's Fast JM'k Hose, worth 25c, special at, pair ...;-. 15 Womens Silk' I lose, in bl'lc and white, special, pr...25 AVomen's Fibois $ilk Hose. in black, white and tan, spe cial, pair .; .48? Children's fine Kibbed Ul'k Hose, all sizes, very special, pair 15? Children's fine Lisle Hose, in black, white mill tan, spe cial, pair 25 Kayser's Silk Hose, all eol- ors, very special, ))r..SjH.OO i y y t y V Heautiful new Leal her Pags, in all the latest t4 styles, special, each, at 52.98 Trzzizzzzzr ussier amc ui uiiuci vvcai : Easter Sale of Hand Bags 50 new Leather and Silk Pags, with mirror and pocketbook, $2.00 values, special, each, at ... 1.1 Women's Sleeveless Vests, all sizes, very special', each 10 Women's Union Suils, fine quality, all sizes, speeial, pair .25 Woijl'en's extra fine PiJ)fied Union Suits, nicely trimiiied, worth 75c, very special, per suit '..59 Y AVomen's fine Corset y Covers, nicely trimmed, Y very special, ea....29 X AVomen's Knvelopo Y Chemise, nicely tnmM, & speeial, eaeh wop AVar'ner's Praisseres, all sizes, very special, & eaeli ovF A .vv i I 'M if , i v l i (&&.. vil JU.. w M. . v - iu