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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
NO ROAD FUND.
Special Levy Placed With the County
General Fund.

More than one-half of the money
derived from the four-mill tax levy
for road and bridge purposes by the
county of Jackson has been collected
and turned over to the county treas
urer. Instead of being placed in a
road and bridge fund as specified by
the state law, it has been placed in
the general county fund and has been
paid out for the redemption of coun-
ty warrants. To be exact, $4S, ,075.-
"a out of approximately $4,000
which should be placed in a bridge
and road fund has been collected and
nearly all of it expended.
More than this, the county has
never kept a road fund. Present
county officials state that they never
saw road" warrant, the so-called
road" warrants being paid out of
the county general fund. The only
record on the county books, searched
back as far as 1901, show the only
road fund was kept in 1903 when
between $4,000 and $4,000 was re-
ceived from, the sale of state lands,
the law stating that this money must
be expended for road purposes only
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
INJUNCTION FILED AGAINST THE CITY
PROPERTY OWNERS START SUIT IN EQUITY FOR SPECIFIC PERFORM
ANCE OF CONTRACT COVERING OF PIPE Line DEMANDED

AS a sequel to the event of last
Friday, when the chief of police in
terfered with the filling in of An
derson ditch by three property own
ers along the ditch, the parties in
question have secured from County
Judge Neil a temporary restraining
order, restraining the city of Ashland
from using the ditch for any other
purpose than that for which the ease
ment was granted. Attorneys are
now at work on the proposition and
further developments are expected
within a few days. In the meantime. :
outside Orchardists will be deprived
of the use of water for irrigation,
pending a settlement of the question.
AS intimated in Mondays issue of
the Tidings, the matter of title to
Anderson ditch is involved, although
the plaintiffs, in their complaint, do
not allege anything as to the title.
They take the position, however, that
an easement was given for pipe
line across their property, that the
pipe line was constructed, and that
the only use to which the right-of-
way may be used is for a covered
pipe line. When asked as to the po-
sition of the plaintiffs in the matter
MIR. Davis, their attorney, stated
The easement is the city's, but they
can't do with it as they please"
An interesting feature of the case
is the fact that the deeds conveyed
by the property holders are for a
right OF way easement and privi-
lege to it, its officers, agents and
employees, for the construction of a
pipe line in, on or near the present
ditch line of the Anderson ditch.
Providing, however. and this grant
is upon the express understanding
and agreement between the grantors
and the grantee, that any such pipe
line, as aforesaid, shall be laid at
such a depth in the ground as to in
no way interfere with the free use
of said premises by the grantors,
etc" At the same time, a verbal
agreement was entered into to the
effect that the city would cover the
pipe, members of the council having
in mind the crossing of plaintiffs
property outside of the ditch. The
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
LADIES PLEDGE TWO
Polytechnic School Will Profit By
Scholarships rs Result of Rose
and Strawberry Carnival.

At the last regular meeting of the
Ladies' Civic improvement Club,
held Tuesday afternoon, it was unan-
imously voted that the club would
guarantee two scholarships for the
Polytechnic School that will open
here next September. A canvass of
the receipts and expenditures of the
carnival show substantial sum in
the balance and the ladies desire to-
put the money in place where it.
will do the most good. They also
voted to give 500 towards new seats
in the park These seats will be ON
the ground by the opening of chau-
tauqua, If possible, and will be of
great value to the chautauqua assem-
bly, during that session This makes
a total of $3.50 donated to public use
at this time and shows that the ladies'
have not been idle during the past
The club adjourned until
September.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
COMMISSION REPORTS
Park Board Gives Items of Receipts
and Expenditures for Months of
April and May.

During the past six weeks we have
been installing sprays for sprinkling
Boulevard parkways, Iowa street
park and Mill street park. They
work satisfactorily and save expense
in both labor and hose.
We have cleared a large part of
the 40-acre tract and made some
paths. This is preliminary work to
parking. On account of possible dan
ger to live trees and bushes we have
discontinued clearing. Lack of funds
is also preventing us from carrying
on much-needed work We have dis
charged all men engaged in work on
the parks except the head gardener,
Mr.. Blair, who is paid at the rate of
80 cents per hour for actual time
engaged in work, and one permanent
helper 20 cents per hour, not over
eight hours per day, actual labor.
Mrs. Mary Meikle resigned as mem
Der of the board, as she will be alb
sent several months.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
FINISH DEAD
INDIAN ROAD
NEW SURVEY FROM KLAMATH
COUNTY LINE.
WILL ELIMINATE ALL GRADES
Clayton Burton Appointed Super
visor Over Work and Will Put
Gang of Men to Work on Road at
Once.

After long years of waiting, con-
nection is at last to be made be-
tween Ashland and klamath Falls
over the Dead Indian route. Klam-
ath county has taken the important
step and has appointed Clayton Bur-
ton as supervisor over the extension
in klamath county and the actual
construction Of a new road from the
klamath county line to Glover Creek
will be made. klamath county has
long been clamoring for good wag-
on and auto road from its county
seat to Ashland. Time and again she
has come forward with a proposition
to Jackson county to meet her at the
county line with first-class auto
road. Jackson county, however,
has failed to do her part, in spite of
repeated petitions to the county
court from this end of the county,
until last fall, when a crew was sent
into the. Dead Indian country and the
road was put in shape from the sum-
NIT east of Ashland to the county
line. This performance on the part
of Jackson county gave klamath
county the opportunity to consum-
mate her desire and the recent order
of the county court is the result
The route from Ashland to Klam-
ath Falls by this road is about the
same length as that by way oil the
Green Spring Mountain road, 63
miles. From the summit, 13 miles
east of Ashland, all grades of any
consequence have been eliminated up
to Klamath Falls. The new survey,
work upon which. will be begun as
soon as weather permits. will head
almost straight for Glover Greek,
from which point the road had pre-
viously been put in shape and short
ened materially All rocks and trees
will be removed so that nothing will
be left to interfere in the least with
auto travel A distance of 10 miles
will be covered thus under this con-
tract.
This improvement will give Ash
land splendid road to Crater Lake
by way of klamath Falls. From a
scenic standpoint it will be one OF the
best across the mountains. 1t will be
used extensively for hauling fruit
and produce between this city and
Klamath Falls, as we'll as a regular
route for auto travel between the two
places With the road completed. an
increased amount of travel is expect
ed as well as an increased amount of
produce exchange.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
Human Hen Hawk.

well-dressed man. clad in brown
ish gray suit, snowy linen, white sail
or straw hat, with hair, which was
well kept, as white as the snow on
sun-kissed Wagner Butte was seen
recently to walk along one of the i'm
portant streets, step off the sidewalk
into lawn and with the skill of any
other hen hawk, grab up half
grown Plymouth Rock chicken, place
it in his right hand coat pocket anu
walk on. The lady who saw him do
it was less than eight feet away in
her vine-covered porch. With that
respect due to gray hairs, she al
lowed him to escape with his prey.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13

question arising involves the accent
ance by the city of deed to property
which the city already owns.
The suit is designated as a suit
in equity for the specific performance
OF a contract and does not touch up
on title to the ditch. The complaint
cites; First, that on or about April
/, deeds were asked and given, upon
the strength of a verbal agreement
to cover the pipes, for right of way
for pipe line across PLAINTIFFS prop
erty; second, that the city laid the
pipes, and that on May Z demand was
made Dy plaintiffs that the ditch be
filled, which was refused; third. that
plaintiffs own land on either side of
the ditch and the pipes will interfere
with cultivation and the free passage
across the ditch unless they are COW
cred; fourth, that it is the intention
OF the city to use the ditch as an
open ditch to convey running water
for irrigation and, unless prevented
from 50 doing, will Inconvenience
and injure the plaintiffs if the ditch
is used for any other purpose than
that contemplated in the right of
way deeds, viz, a covered pipe line; ;
fifth, that the plaintiffs are con-
structing a roadway along the ease
ment and unless the agreement of the
defendant is complied with, the cost
of construction of the road will be
$500 more, water being allowed to
flow in the ditch. Wherefore, plain
tiffs pray judgment that said defend
ant be required to specifically per-
form said agreement and fill up said
ditch and cover said pipe laid by said
defendant across said lands and ease
ments."
What stand the citys attorneys
will take in the matter it is impossi-
Bile to state at this time. The effect
of the order is to step the city from
using Anderson ditch as an open
ditch to convey water for irrigation
purposes. The intent of the plain
tiffs is to restrict the city from using
the ditch, designated as the right of
way for a pipe line, for any purpose
except as a covered pipe line. Chas.
Pope and wife, Isaac Bailey and wife,
G. w. Pellet and wife are named as
plaintiffs in the case.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
CELEBRATE FLAG DAY
Elks Will Give Program i'm Honor of
the Day at Spacious Temple
Friday Evening.

The full program for Flag Day eX-
ercises in the Elks temple tomorrow
evening is given below. The celebra-
tion of the birth of the American
flag by the Elks is one of the obliga-
tions of the order. The public in
general is invited and should join in
the festival occasion. The elegant
Elks hall has ample seating capacity
and will be comfortable.
The Program.
/. Music, The Star Spangled Ban
ner," orchestra.
2. Introductory exercises, Exalted
Ruler and officers.
8. Prayer, chaplain.
4. Solo, My Own United States" "
by STANCE, Mrs. c. B. Wolf.
5. Flag record, Brother R. A.
Minkler
6. Altar service, Esquire and Of
ficers.
7. Song, Aud Lang Syne," Elks
quartet.
s. Elks' tribute to the flag, Brother
w. E. Newcombe.
8. Solo, "Recessional," DeKoven,
Mrs. F. d. McQuilllin.
10. Music, Dixie, orchestra.
II. Solo, selected, Mr.. j. X. McWil-
liams.
70. Patriotic address, Brother R. H.
Burns.
13. Song, America"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
WANTS PARCELS POST.
Postmaster General Hitchcock Be
lieves in New Scheme.

Washington, ID. Legislation
providing for a general parcels post
throughout the United States and its
possessions, except the Philippine
Islands, virtually is certain to be en-
acted by the present congress, per-
haps before the conclusion of this
session, in the opinion of Postmaster
General Hitchcock.
He has urged upon congress the
desirability of domestic parcels post
because he believes it will aid sub
stantially in the solution of the prob
lem of the high cost of living.
In statement he expressed the
hope that the measure recently in
trOduced in the senate might become
law.
In the judgment of the officers of
the postal service, the new bill repre-
sents the most scientific plan yet de-
vised for a parcels post. 1t provides
for a parcels service throughout the
country both on rural routes and
city carrier routes. 1t consolidates
the third and fourth classes of mail
matter and raises the weight limit of
parcels to II pounds, which is the
limit of the international parcels
post
The rate to be charged for arti-
cles carried in the rural route SER
vice and city carrier service is > cents
for the first pound or fraction of a
pound and l cent for each additional
pound or fraction of a pound. For
the general parcels post service,
which covers all mail transportation
other than local delivery by rural or
city carriers, graduated rates would
be fixed based on distance.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
AUTO CAUSES RUNAWAY.
Team Becomes Frightened and HurIs
Driver to Ground.

An accident that might have been
fatal occurred last Tuesday evening,
when Billy Briggs and load of
young people came up behind a team
of colts in the vicinity of Jackson
Springs. The driver, whose name has
not been learned is deaf and did not
hear the approaching auto until it
was upon him. The team gave a
sudden jump, pulling the reins out of
his hands and running away. The
driver was hurled out, striking his
head upon post and sustaining
some cuts and bruises about the face.
He was taken into the Arnold house
at the Eagle mills, where an exam
ination revealed no serious injury,
and was then placed in the auto and
hurried into town He was able to
be out yesterday and is apparently
suffering no serious results from the
accident. His home is in Eagle
Point.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
Fourth of july Celebration.

Do you know that Ashland is 60
ing to pull off on July the largest
and most exciting celebration in it's
history? And in order to enjoy it
to its limit you should leave your
measure now for that new suit so it
Will be here by that time. L. j. Orres,
209 East Main street, Ashland's lead
ing custom tailor, can show you thou
sands of fine woolens at 81 and up,
fully guaranteed He also dry cleans
mems and ladies garments at very
reasonable prices. Phone 141 and
he will call for and deliver your gar
ments.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
RUNAWAY IS RETURNED
Boy Picked Up Here Week Ago
Goes South With Officer-Was
Guest of Chief Oien.

Eddie Consigliere of Sacramento
was taken back to his home in Sac
ramento yesterday, an officer having
arrived in Ashland from that city and
taken the youth back with him. Ed
die is an Italian boy of about 10
years of age. About a week ago,
Chief Oien overlook him in company
with a hobo painter, while making
his regular rounds along the rail
road right of way. The two spent a
night in the shelter of some railroad
ties near the Billings place and the
following morning Chief Oien, acting
on the inward suggestion that the
boy was runaway retraced his steps
to the improvised bunkhouse and
took the young man into camp. A
series of questions soon brought out
the fact that the boy had recently left
the home of his uncle at Sacramento,
proceeding thus far north in COM
pany with hobos. 1t was also learned
that he had previously spent eight
years in an orphans home in St. Vim
cent, Cal, from which place he was
taken into his uncle's home.
For the past week the boy has
been entertained in the home of
Chief Oien, where he has shown his
disposition to be helpful about the
house, so much so, in fact, that Mrs.
Oien states she is sorry to see him
go. He has shown himself to be a
model boy, quiet, faithful and will
ing to work. The officer arrived
Tuesday in response to wire from
the police here and proceeded south
with his ward yesterday.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
CEOL BOUND OVER.
Grand Jury Holds Italian in $4,000
Bonds.

Frank Ceol, Italian farmer who
assaulted and almost killed w. c..
Da.ey Of Lake Creek, pioneer and
democratic candidate for county com
missioner, was held over to the grand
jury in $4,000 bond Saturday after
noon. His wife and daughter, charged
with aiding in the assault, were dis
missed only because there is sick
child at the Ceol farm and the prose
cution knows that whenever it is
necessary they can be taken again.
Mr.. Daley's condition is critical.
Evidence before Justice Taylor
showed the attack upon the aged
man to have been particularly ma
lignant and unprovoked. Mr.. Daley
was patrolling a water ditch through
the Ceol farm for the specific pur-
pose of seeing that no damage was
being done by the water to the Ital-
ian's land. He was clearly within
his legal rights and in fact was fol-
lowing the instructions of the water
permit Ceol rushed at Daley as a
man would tackle in a game of foot
ball and threw him to the ground,
landing blow after blow on the older
mans face.
One beating was not enough to sat
isfy the rage of Ceol, and as Daley
was making off with his face bleed
ing, the angered man again overlook
him, this time thrusting, handker-
chief in Daley's mouth so that cries
for aid could not be heard by near
by road crew. Pinned to the ground
by the Italian, Daley was subjected
to one of the most brutal beatings
imaginable, for Mrs CeoI armed
with a shovel, and the 16-year-old
daughter, welding a hoe, beat the
defenseless man almost to insensibil-
ity
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
DEFENSE SPRINGS SURPRISE.
Refuses to CroSs-EXamine Important
Witness.

Los Angeles, Cal.-The defense in
the trial of Clarence S. Darrow, for
alleged jury bribery, sprang a sur
prise when court convened Tuesday
by declining to cross-eXamine Patrick
j. Cooney, the Mcnamara defense
investigator" Cooney's place on
the witness stand was taken by
keene Fitzpatrick, another former
employe of the Mcnamara defense.
Diekelman was the most impor-
tant witness yet placed on the stand
by the prosecution for the purpose of
showing that members of the McNa-
mara defense had sought to corrupt
witnesses as well as jurors. He was
the man who first identified J. b.
Bryce as James b. Mcnamara, the
man known to him as Bryce having
been a guest at Los Angeles hotel
OF which Diekelman was chief clerk
Diekelman testified at length con-
cerning efforts made by agents of the
Mcnamara defense to persuade him
to desert the prosecution and of
numerous offers of financial better
ment made to gain his consent. One
Of the offers, Diekelman said, was
that OF the management of any one
of a string of cafes which Hammer
strome told him were owned by the
American Federation of Labor.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
G. \. r. and RELIEF Corns-

Members of the G. A. r. and w.
R. c. are requested to meet Friday
evening, June IA, promptly at 7:3O
at the G. \. r. hall, to march to the
Elks temple to participate in the
Flag Day exercises TO be given by the
local lodge of Elks.
BY order of the commander and
president.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
Rug Weaving.

j.. b. Wolf of the Reliable Rug
Factory of Corning, Cal, is stopping
at Hotel Park, taking orders for rug
weaving. Please write and address
general delivery, or phone 1853.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13

Mimic warfare and carnival ball
will be features of the celebration in
Ashland
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
Take Notice.

]. H. Will, the shoe repairer, has
returned and is again ready to do
your work. Corner Fourth and Main
streets.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
Social Postponed.

The strawberry social under the
auspices of the Trinity Girls Club,
advertised for this evening, has been
postponed until Thursday, June 20.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13

OF the 254 contested delegates.
Taft has been awarded 1913 and
Roosevelt l, giving Taft an uncon-
tested delegation of 324 and Roose-
welt 412, with 1870 contests yet to be
decided.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13

The Relief Corps will hold a
cooked food sale at G. A. x. hall Sat-
urday, beginning at 10 a. m.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13

The barbecue will be the biggest
event of the season.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13

106 pairs of ladies' $3.50 tan OK
fords on sale this week at the Hub
for $1.95 a pair.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13

Ashland is the place to spend the
Fourth of July.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
COLONEL WINS
One DELEGATE
KENTUCKY DISTRICT Is SPLIT
DESPITE PROTEST.
TAFT NOW HAS 324 DELEGATES
One District in California Goes to
President-FOurteen Taft Men
Seated From Louisiana-Six More
Under Consideration Today.

Chicago, June 13.-This weeks
work of the republican national COM
mittee has added 1913 delegates to
the catalogue of Taft strength on the
temporary roll call of the republican
national convention. With POI in
structed and uncOntested delegates
credited to him, they bring the total
up TO 324, not counting other con-
tests among the 1870 cases to be
passed on by the committee, delegates
instructed for Taft.
The precise number is the subject
of much dispute. however. and it
cannot be stated how many of these
contests Taft will win.
"he cases decided Monday we're
those OF the Indiana delegation at
large, four in number, and district
delegates from the first, third and
thirteenth districts, 12 in all. The
contest in the fourth district was
Withdrawn and the committee con-
firmed the sitting OF two Taft dele
gates.
One delegate for Colonel Roose-
velt the first awarded him since the
national committee began the con-
test cases last Friday, and II for
President Taft, We're the net results
of Tuesdays session of the commit
tee. The one placed in the Roose-
welt column was d. G. Edwards. from
the eleventh district of Kentucky.
The Taft forces on the committee
refused by vote of 33 to 19 to seat
both the Roosevelt delegates whose
places were contested, but agreed to
split, which gave Colonel Roose-
welt and President Taft each one del
egate from the district.
President Taft won six Arizona
delegates-at-large and his delegates
from the fourth California district
We're seated at the session Yesterday.
the debate over the California
case, including the conflict between
the primary law and the official call
OF the committee, was bitter and at
times sensational The governor of
California refused to dignity the
proceedings by appearing before the
committee, He said he would not
try the title to property before the
thief who stole" Francis ] Heney.
defending the Roosevelt claimants,
warned the president against re
ceivinS stolen goods"
Six delegates-at-large and eight
delegates from four districts in Lou
isiana We're also added to the Taft
column yesterday. The committee
today has under consideration con-
tests in the third, fourth and fifth
Louisiana districts. The Lorsel or
"black-and-tan" delegation from Lou
isiana was seated by vote of AZ to
two. The Roosevelt contests were
Withdrawn by Pearl Wight, national
committeeman
The situation as it stands today is
as follows:
Whole number Of delegates 1,07S
Necessary for nomination. $40
Instructed for RoOseVelt-un-
contested ............ All
Instructed for Taft-mcon-
tested .............. POI
Instructed for La Toilette
uncontested ........... SO
Instructed for Cummings-un-
contested ............. 10
Uninstructed (including New
York's 90) ............ 1876
CnntagtaI
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-13
For Snle.

Alfalfa hay. Close in. Phone
259-Y. o. j. Rathbun.