Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-12
NEIGHBORS ROUND ABOUT
Items of Interest From Ada
cent Towns.
EAGLE POINT NEWS.

/ once more take the liberty of
trespassing upon your time by send
ing another small batch of items that
may be of interest to some of your
readers.
We have had one of the finest
rains here the past week that anyone
could desire. 1t has purified the at
mosphere, laid the dust started the
grass to grow in the hills so that the
stock can get something to subsist
on, and, last but not least, has soft
ened the ground so that the farmers
have gone to plowing. One of the
most pleasant things connected with
the rain is that it has cleared off
without giving us a frost, for a frost
just now would have done a vast
amount of damage, as the tomato
crop is very heavy this year and
many have not as yet secured their
supply for the coming season.
Our town is in a slight commotion
now over the sidewalk movement.
c. Frank Rhodes of Medford has
been employed to establish the grade
for the sidewalk and also mark out
the route for the walk, and there is
all kinds of kicking over it, for some
are, they think, badly injured and
some seem to have pull. You know
how it is in these little Incorporated
towns, where one or two seem to
rule the actions of the council Well,
for present appearances there is like
ly to be big lawsuit over grading
the sidewalk and having it in a ditch
three feet deep in front of one of the
leading business houses in the town.
But perhaps this is not of interest to
your readers. May tell more next
time.
Well, since / last wrote for the
Tidings A. B. Zimmerman has moved
the old building he used to occupy as
store building and sold it to Heath
& Diamond, and placed it between
the town hall and the brick now oc-
cupied by Heath & Diamond, and
they will use it for a warehouse, as
the store building they now occupy
for their store is too small for their
business.
| understand that our mayor, Will
liam Wonder HELEN, has, or intends
to deed to the town the strip of land
lying between the street and his fence
so as to give ample room for large
teams to swing after coming off of
the bridge, and has had the sidewalk
laid to correspond with his fence.
Mrs. Daisy Evans, who has been
stopping with a family on the road
between here and the desert, went
to Ashland Saturday to visit her
mother, Mrs. George w. Allen.
Rev. Hicks, formerly pastor of the
Baptist church in Ashland, but now
pastor in Albany, is expected to
preach here in the Baptist church,
commencing on the evening of the
10Th, and continue over the goth.
Our new Baptist minister, Rev. l..
l.. Simmons, seems to be the right
man in the right place, and his SER
vices seem to be highly appreciated
in the community. Last Sunday
morning the following set of resolu-
tlons was adopted by the congrega-
ton and request that a copy be
sent to the Tidings for publication:
BE 1T resolved by the congregation
OF the Baptist church in Eagle Point,
Ore, assembled for the worship OF
God on the morning of September s,
1912: First, that we extend to Gov
ernor West our unqualified endorse
ment of his efforts for the enforce
ment of the laws of our state. Sec,
ond, that we pledge to Governor
West our undivided support as a
body of Christian citizens. Third,
that a copy of these resolutions be
sent to Governor West and to the
press for publication"