Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-10
CHURCH WOULD
START SCHOOL
ASK THAT NORMAL BE TURNED
OVER TO THEM.
ADV. PROPOSITION CONSIDERED
The Commercial Club Has Number
of Important Matters Before 1t On
Monday Evening and Decisive Ac-
ton Is Taken.

The regular meeting of the Com
mercial Club held Monday evening
was one of the most important in
many months. The attendance was
good as compared with some meet
ings, but not nearly so many were
out as should have been.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and the bills allowed,
and after some other routine busi-
ness the reports of committees were
called for. c. B. Watson made a
verbal report as to the proposed road
up Mt. Ashland and his trip over the
line with the forest service officials.
This was in substance as has already
been published and was supplement-
ed by remarks by others to the effect
that work had already been COM
menced. Mr.. Watson stated that it
was his understanding that thele
would be no team work done this
fall, only such work as could be done
with pick and shovel.
A letter was read from the secre-
tary of congressman Hawley stating
that it was his understanding that
the $4,000 appropriation was to be
followed by others sufficient TO COM
plete a good road to the summit.
The committee on the recent fair
reported verbally and this was fol-
lowed by a talk by ID. Nj. Lowe upon
the fair and upon the necessity of
dry land exhibit at the Portland
Land Show in November. The mat
ter was discussed quite freely and it
nf at
the city should have an exhibit. Mr..
Lowe offered to take charge of the
exhibit and put it in place and care
for it at cost not to exceed 500.
The offer was accepted and the eX-
penditure authorized, it being the
opinion of the fair committee that
there would be at least that much
left from the fair receipts which
could be applied to this purpose.
John w. Scott, who resides up the
canyon, presented a protest against
the location OF powder magazine on
the site recently leased to Thomas
Simpson by the city council. G. B.
Watson also opposed the construc-
tion of magazine at that place and
a committee consisting OF MIR. Wat
son, Mr.. Beaver and Mr.. Freeberg
was appointed to investigate the
matter.
On motion of G. F. Billings the
president and secretary were in
structed to have circulars regarding
the dry land exhibit printed for dis
tribution at the Portland Land Show,
the data to be furnished by Mr..
Lowe. That gentleman then stated
that they need not fear that it was
an advertising scheme to benefit him,
as not an acre of his land was for
sale. This led to quite a discussion
of the land on the north side of the
creek and a roast of the knockers
who had killed sales of land on that
side.
This brought out the statement
from Judge Watson that one thing
which hurt the valley was that the
land had been placed too high. He
quoted from an address of Louis w.
Hill, head of the Hill lines, at the
Seattle Development Congress, to
that effect, and told of his talks with
fasteners seeking investment He
believed what we needed was more
farmers, not higher priced lands.
MIR. Lockley, representing the Sun
set Magazine, was presented to the
club and laid before it the Sunsets
community advertising plan. Under
the plan presented the community
must put up $3.50, while the Sunset,
in reality the Southern Pacific, will
furnish $1,000 of a total of $2,250.
This amount pays for a certain
amount of advertising and write-up
matter in Sunset, 10000 pamphlets,
with cover in three colors and beauti-
fully illustrated. 1t also included
the services o. the Sunset Homeseek-
ers' Bureau.
Mr.. Briggs thought it good thing
but thought that the club should not
be expected to do it all. He launched
into a eulogy of the club and told
what it had done for the town. Mr.
Watkins spoke along the same line
but thought that there had been too
much attention paid to the getting
men into the towns when they were
most needed on the land. He be-
lieved that if the club could get hold
of the large tract of land owned by
Ben Selling and Mr.. Simon on the
north side of the valley and put it
on the market at reasonable price
it would be the best boost that could
be given the community.
c. B. Lamkin believed in the adj
vertising proposition and would start
the ball rolling by subscribing $25
toward the $3.50. Two or three 9TH
ers made offers, including like
amount from the Beaver Realty Com
pany and $40 from Mr.. Lowe. On
motion the chair was instructed to
appoint committee of three to So
licit funds. He later announced a
committee consisting of c. B. Lam
kin, F. H. Walker and e. D. Briggs,
with d. M. Lowe as an added mem
ber
The president then presented a
communication from Archbishop
Christie of the Catholic church, ask