Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-19
EXCURSIONISTS
VISIT ASHLAND
SCIENTISTS AND RAILROAD MEN
VISIT THIS CITY.
WELLgPLEASED WITH TREATMENT
General Passenger and Ticket Agents
Spend Some Time Here Tuesday
100 Members American GeOgraph-
ical Society Here Wednesday.

General passenger agents to the
number of 100 or more, of the lead
ing railway systems throughout the
country, passed through Ashland
early Tuesday afternoon, on a special,
southbound from a tour which en-
braced Pacific northwest territory,
on an extended itinerary from New
New York to San Francisco, coming
and returning by various routes in
order to include the greatest divers
ity of scenic attractions, and at the
same time visiting as many as posi-
BILE of the most important terminals.
Charles S. Fee, passenger traffic
manager of the Southern Pacific,
with headquarters at San Francisco,
had personal supervision of the COM
fort of the excursionists, assisted by
John M. Scott, general passenger
agent of the lines in Oregon, who &C
companied the party into California
territory. The genial and omnipres-
ent w. H. Jenkins, travelling passen-
ger agent, escorted the bunch south
ward as far as the Oregon boundary,
at which point Assistant Superinten-
dent Fitzgerald assumed jurisdiction.
Quite number of the excursionists
were accompanied by their families.
AS guests of the Southern Pacific
Company these travellers were shown
every attention. The train equip
ment was strictly first class, and at
San Francisco, where the party sep
arated at will to visit various por-
tions of California, the company ten
dnrn1 hn af tc \ 7 -
ed, Golden State Limited, The Owl,
The Lark, and Shore Line Limited,
in order that the railway agents
might be accorded every convenience.
Another big excursion passed
through yesterday afternoon, also
southbound, accommodating about
100 members of the American Geo
graphical Society and a number of
foreign guests, who have been tour
ing the continent and stopped in
southern Oregon a brief season in
order to visit Crater Lake. With the
exception of New York Central bag
gage cars, this train equipment was
entirely Pullman and loaded to the
gunwales with scientists exclusively,
many of them coming from the four
quarters of the globe. This tour is
under the auspices of Raymond &
Whitcomb, personally conducted by
Eugene d. Hussey. of Boston. With
Ben c. Sheldon, George Putnam and
Professor O'Gara of Medford, as
pilots, the entire party made the trip
to Crater Lake without mishap in
33 automobiles. Returning, they
made the trip in four hours and 55
minutes from the rim of the lake to
their Pullmans f. o. b. Southern Pa
cific right-of-way, on which line and
connections the party is en- route to
New York city via San Francisco.
These specials-the former one
particularly-were met by citizens
with autos, who took the transient
visitors out for a spin over the Boul-
evard and Plaza, few of the ma
chimes hitting the scenic drives un-
der high pressure. Local Agent Kra-
mer took hand in perfecting these
arrangements, while the Commercial
Club saw to it that the usual gifts
of fruits and flowers were forthcom-
ing. The size and quality of fruits
in this section were a revelation to
| IHe SeOSTdpHeTS, 10 HOTelBneTS even
more so than to those of the manner
born. When gazing upon some ex-
ira fine specimens of luscious Bart
lett pears, the gift of Ed Estes, a
phlegmatic Teuton exclaimed "Mein
Gott- An Italian count was speech
less; a mercurial Frenchman MUIR
INJURED Mon Dieu;" while a stalwart
Scandinavian capped the climax OF
the whole polyglot conversation by
saying, "Ingen spog da billagiste de
vorae al fer salge," or words to that
effect. Not less appreciated than
the fruits were two huge bouquets
of magnificent asters and dahlias, in
all the glory >of their autumnal foli-
age, the gift to railway men and
scientists respectively of Mrs. j. r
Tozer