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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09
FOR A VALLEY RALLY AT MEDFORD
MEDFORD MASS MEETING TAXES UP MOVEMENT LAUNCHED At THE
ASHLAND MEETING TO BRING TOURIST TRAVEL TO VALLEY

Medford, Oct 9.-At a mass meet.
ing of citizens at the high school last
night following a speech by Tom
Richardson urging a state develop.
ment movement and Mr.. Raymond
urging support of. the state univers-
ity, it was unanimously voted to have
convention in Medford October is,
including representative citizens from
all parts of southern Oregon, to de-
wise ways and means toward enter
tanning visitors to the Panama expo
sition in 1915, with special reference
to inducing them to stop off in this
state, and it was unanimously re-
solved that the meeting go on record
as sustaining the legislature in it's
appropriations to the state univers-
ity.
Judge Colvig presided at the meet
ing. Mr.. Richardson called attention
to the fact that but 80 per cent of
the travel through Oregon stops in
the state and urged that as the long
est stop for through trains between
the Rocky mountains and the Pacific
coast is made at Ashland, that Port
land and the rest of the state should
get behind state exhibit to be made
at this place. He also urged local
citizens and school children to write
east and urge their friends to buy
tickets in 1916 routed through Ore
gon, as the ticket once purchased
could.not be changed. He called at
tention to the fact that with the
passing of boom days there had been
all over the state letting down in
publicity work, and he suggested that
there be a revival along these lines
and particularly urged that Medford
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09
COUNTY TROLLEY FRANCHISE WAS ANNULLED
County Court Advised by State that Had no Power 10 Grant
Blanket Franchise for Use Of Highways

At meeting of the county court
last week the franchise given the S.
s. Bulls company last May--to use
the public highways for an interur-
ban trolley line-was revoked. Mem
bers of the court stated that in grant
ing the franchise they had exceeded
their authority, which is limited to
granting franchises over specified
roads.
The Bulls franchise was blanket
franchise allowing the Bulls COM
pany to construct tracks on any high
way in the county, without giving
anything in return, and il allowed
would not only make it possible for
the company to prevent the carrying
out of the good road campaign in the
county but would in many ways work
against the public welfare.
The action of the court followed
the receipt of the following notice
from the state highway commission:
THE attention of the highway com
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09

mission is drawn to franchise
granted by the county court to one
Bulls, granting to him for a period
OF fifty years the use of the roads OF
Jackson county, 1t is the opinion of
the highway commission that the
county court of Jackson county
should Immediately take such action
as is necessary to nullify this fran
chise, at least regarding the Pacific
highway. Unless snch action is TAX
en- the state highway commission
does not desire to retain its connec-
tion with the construction of the i'm
proved roads in Jackson county"
THE Pacific highway with its easy
grade over the Siskiyous would be a
very inviting route for trolley hne.e
which would reap the benefit ee
100000 or more spent in grading
says State Engineer Bowlby, and
neither state nor county can afford
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09
MANY MINOR MATTERS
City Council Takes Up Various Minor
Things at Tuesday Evenings
Regular Meeting.

Besides the larger concerns touched
upon in separate articles in this is
sue, the city fathers Tuesday evening
cleared up many minor matters of
business.
The meeting was held in the city
hall, despite the fact that it was
somewhat disfigured by the fact that
all the windows on the Plaza side
had been taken out to remodel the
building. All the members of the
council were present at roll call ex-
cept Councilman Beaver, who came
in later.
A request of the boys at the fire
house for some chairs, they having
none whatever, was referred to the
fire and water committee with power
to act.
The building committee in charge
of the city hall was instructed to have
plans drawn by the architect for a
concrete addition to the rear to con-
tain woodshed and other conven-
fences, and to submit estimates on
the natter
The council authorized the fire
and water committee to enter into a
contract with W. A. Conner permit
ting him to build fence on city land
near the lower intake. Councilman
(Continueu on page Eigbt)
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09

complimented Mr.. Lowe and the club
highly on the showing at Portland.
He also read telegram just received
from Secretary Chapman of the Port
land Commercial Club showing their
appreciation of the exhibit there last
year and asking him to tender the
club the thanks of the Portland or
ganization and assure them of their
hearty cooperation in the Chicago
exhibit.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09

the larger part of them would return
east imagining they had seen the
west when in fact they had seen but
little and by no means the best of il.
Mr.. Richardson declared that the
west, like the east, was making the
fatal mistake of trying to build m
its cities without building up the
state in its rural resources. Every
effort is made to boost the city with
out regard to the country which
must support it. Mr.. Richardson
caused an audible smile o'go over
the faces of those present when he
declared that the trouble was that
we did not want to work; we were
all looking for a chance to get rich
without labor. What Oregon must
do is to build up her interior; make
her farmers and fruit raisers success
full and the cities will take care of
themselves. There must be more
people raising grain, dairy products,
etc., to sustain the cities.
Mr.. Richardson's talk to the club
was full of meat from start to finish
and he handled conditions without
gloves.
After some discussion 1t was de-
cided that the Ashland Commercial
Club should take the initiative in the
calling of a conference, or rather a
convention of the business men of
the valley, to be held in Medford
Wednesday, October 10, to take such
action as will result in the getting
together of the valley, the state and
the entire northwest to secure all
possible benefits from the Panama
exposition travel. The following who
were present signified their willing
ness to attend. and all other business
men and others of the upper valley
who can do so are urged to attend:
Pres. ]. w. Mccoy,
Secretary G. w. Seager,
Hon. w. A. Reeder,
Hon. E. ID. Briggs,
Judge Watson,
E. T. Staples,
B. R. Greer,
C. B. Wolf,
E. e. Miller,
@. w. Banta,
G.. s. Butler,
o. L. Young,
l.. j. Orres,
o. F. Carson,
F. II. Walker,
Frank Jordan,
w. H. Gowdy,
e. j. Kaiser,
Homer Billings,
j. r. Burnette,
Wallace Wood,
E. E. Bagley,
A.4H. Pracht,
]. C. Barnard,
T. H. Simpson,
II. G. Enders,
w. H. Day,
NJ. c. Edgington.
w. d. Hodgson,
B. E. Whitmore,
F. G. McWilliams.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09
RICHARDSON TALKED TO CITIZENS
MATTER OF SECURING BENEFITS OF PANAMA EXPOSITION TRAyEv
TAKEN UP In EARNEST AT MEETING MONDAY NIGHT

The Commercial Club room was
crowded to the doors Monday evening
to listen to Tom Richardson of the
Oregon Development League. Mr.
Richardson was in Ashland to ad-
vance several objects. First and
foremost, the combating of the pro-
posed $3.50 differential in favor of
California points during the Panama
exhibition. Second, the Inauguration
of systematic campaign through the
east to induce the purchasers of tick
cts to the coast during the big show
to buy their tickets via Ashland. 4"
The Oregon Development League Of
ficials understand fully that if the
eastern visitors to the Panama expo
sition, especially those of moderate
means, do not buy their tickets via
the northern route they will not get
farther north than Sacramento, even
if they do that far Another matter
which is near to Mr.. Richardson's s
heart and which he dwelt upon to
considerable extent was the problem
of financing the small farmer.
He declared that the business men
of the cities were continually and un-
justly knocking the fruit industry
and that it was bound to become one
of the established industries of the
country and its securities should be
just as good as wheat, corn or cot
ton.
Mr.. Richardson was here also to
advocate and if possible bring about
a convention of the representative
men of the Rogue River Valley to
work together to have the differen-
tial on coast tickets remain as it is,
and also to see that there was at
Ashland an exhibit of Oregon prod
ucts which would attract every tour
list. He declared that no city in the
country had the strategic position as
an advertising point which Ashland
possesses; that every train stops here
longer than at any place in the state
with the possible exception of the
city of Portland, and that there
should be at the Ashland depot dur
| ing the exposition an exhibit not only
of Ashland and Rogue river products
and resources. but of Oregon and the
entire Pacific northwest. He advo-
Gated the presence at every train dur
ing the exposition of good takers to
show the people the exhibits, also the
presence of band or other attrac-
tions. He suggested that different
towns and sections each have a week
and have their band and spielers here
at that time. He advocated it, not
because he was altruistic toward
Ashland, but because he believed that
unless there was systematic effort
made to advertise Oregon and the
northwest and to induce tourists to
buy their tickets via Ashland, that
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09
Pull Saloon Men
At Grants Pass

Six saloon men were served with
warrants yesterday because of the af-
fidavit of a minor under arrest for
larceny that he had purchased liquor
in their places and was too drunk to
know what he did. Grants Pass was
the place where we were told that
saloons were to be conducted accord
ing to law. Apparently they are like
almost all in the business, the coin
is SO big that it hides the age of the
boy behind it.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09
ASKS $4,000
BOND ISSUE
CITY ELECTRICIAN BUTTERFIELD
WANTS COUNCIL TO TAG,
TO INCREASE MUNICIPAL PLANT
Sixteen Thousand Dollars Asked to
Improve Plant and Power and
Nine Thousand to Extend the Pole
Lines.

City Electrician Butterfield last
Tuesday evening made formal appli-
cation to the city council asking them
to place before the people of Ashland
at the coming city election the ques-
tion of voting $25, ,000 additional in
debtedness to build an auxiliary or
supplementary electric light plant.
In his remarke he stated that
$4,000 of the amount would be ex-
pended in the plant proper and the
balance in extensions of electric tight
lines, etc. Mr.. Butterfield stated in
his remarks that the improvements
would increase the capacity of the
plant GO per cent Immediately and
100 per cent ultimately.
The amount asked for is the same
and the disposition proposed is ap-
parently practically the same as that
voted down by a close margin at the
city election last December.
The matter was referred to the
council as a committee of the whole.
The kangaroo is the official en-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09
''Phillie Will Be
In Line SATURDAY.

Additional ginger will undoubtedly
be injected into the football game
Saturday by the arrival of Walter
Phillips from Washington today.
"Phillie" was one of the stars last
season and, as he remarked when in
formed of the game, 'if there is a
scrimmage l suppose will be in it,"
he was the captain of last year S
team and the school team has got to
go some. If they hold the alumni
down to a small score they will feel
that they need not fear any team in
the valley. Encourage them by your
presence Saturday afternoon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09
Ashland Pioneers
Are Photographed

The Sunday Oregonian of Sunday
last contained the portraits of Mes
danes Martha L. Gillette, Ann II.
Russell and Mary NJ. Dunn of Ash
land. The three ladies are sisters.
daughters of the late Isaac Hill, one
of the pioneers of Oregon, and came
to Jackson county in 1851, crossing
the plains with their parents.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09
NPioneer is Critically Ill.

]. B. Morse, pioneer of Jackson
county, who for the past few years
has resided in Corvallis, lies critical
ly i'll at his home on B street. He
was stricken with apoplexy Tuesday
evening and has failed to rally. He
is so years of age, which makes his
recovery much more doubtful.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09

Permanent Board at Hotel Oregon.
Mrs. Il w. Conner of the Hotel
oregon is prepared to accommodate
permanent guests by the month for
family table with rooms if desired,
or board alone. Reasonable rates.
36-1mo.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09

Irrigation has been practiced in
Spain nearly century, the first ca
nal having been begun in 1914.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09

Blackbirds are protected by law in
California and exist in clouds.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09

Grasshoppers were very destructive
to late roses in Oregon this year.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09

The kangaroo is the official en-
blem of Australia.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09

Continued on Page Eigit.)
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-09

Continued on rage Eight.)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-02
HUSBAND MUST BF EMERIcAN
Popular Singer Declares They Are the
Best in the World, and Perhaps
3l SIS ls Right.

A young American singer who re-
turns to this country after q success
full career abroad, expecting to reap
here high hoonrs and much money, an
nounces that she is a candidate for
matrimony, but only American men
need apply. Her verdict is that the
Russian husband is cruel, the German
selfish, the Frenchman untrue, the
Italian broke" the Spaniard jealous
and lazy and the Englishman domineer-
ing. These generalizations are un-
doubtedly too strong. There are as
good husbands In each of the coun-
tries as anywhere, but the foreigner
who deliberately hunts an American
girl is apt to be an adventurer,. and
we hear of all the bad cases. We do
not hear of the thousands of American
women happily married and living in
every country in Europe.
1t is to be hoped that the singer will
find a husband with none of the bad
qualities mentioned and with all of
the virtues. We feel at liberty, how
ever, to point out that there are some
mighty bad husbands in this country
and that American birth alone is no
guarantee of perfection. 1t is true,
however, that the ordinary American
husband is the best trained animal
in captivity. He eats out of his wife's
hand and signs checks and is thankful
for the opportunity. There are millions
of such husbands now and millions
of candidates for the yoke.-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-02
Relaxation Means longer Life.

Some years ago, says a correspond
ent, l collected the statistics regarding
the lives of stockholders in a certain
city, and was surprised to find that
nearly every person who lived a sober
life and continuously studied the ups
and downs of the money market failed
either mentally or physically In a
short time-less than a dozen years
ultimately disappearing from active
life. On the other hand, the men who
were operators Of great skill and cool
ness and who lived regularly most of
the time, but occasionally gave way to
the drink habit, lived longer and had
fewer mental disorders. This, of
course, cannot be construed into an
argument In favor of drinking even
occasionally, but YVES to my mind a
strong Indication Of the benefit com
ing from the occasional complete re-
Taxation from intense mental anxiety.
Pr~otracted anxiety without rest
breaks more men than does hard In
tellectual effort.-From the Family
Doctor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-02
DRY SCALE COVERED HEAD

1850 Tamm Ave-, st. Louis, Mo-
my little daughters head began with
a dry harsh scale covering 1t. First it
got a white scale over the top and
then 1t got a dirty brown scab with
pus under 1t. Her hair came out in
less than a week and her head itched
and bled. She had no rest. l had her
wear a scarf all the time, 1t looked 30
badly. She was SO sore and had such
big brown scabs on her head that the
teacher would not let her attend
school.
I'VE took and had her treated for
three months with no relief. She kept
getting worse until | tried Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. I used the Cutt-
cura Soap every third day and the
Cuticura Ointment at night. In three
weeks her head was we'll of sores. Two
cakes of Cuticura Soap and n box
Of Cuticura Ointment completely cured
her" (Signed) Mrs. Walter Rogers,
Nov. 28, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p, Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-02
Puts Bears on a Low Plane.

An amusing letter received by a
well-known Canadian lumberman from
one of his old fire rangers on the up
per Petawawe, affords an interesting
insight into the contempt entertained
for bears by the real backwoodman.
The ranger writes:
Bears are a little troublesome.
They have broken into the hut at
Catfish several times during my alb
sence, and have eaten my provisions
and upset everything. l had the win.
dow nailed up with inch boards and
five-inch spikes, and they tore that
off and got in again. They come at
night, too, and wake me up. l
struck nj in the face one night as
he was trying to climb the window,
and I scared another away when he
started to pull down the barricade.
The park men said the bears always
were more troublesome than the mice
and told me l should get a heavy re-
volver. ! am not afraid of bears, but
they u more annoyance than
squirrels"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-02

Ndicious use of the new corn is purely
an application of the judgment which
should prevail in feeding at all times.
Hogs that have access to plenty of
green pasture are less liable to be
disturbed by green corn than those
previously kept in dry lots. Where
they have pastured on rape or green
%succulent food of that character, the
risk is greatly diminished. Pumpkins
are excellent feed for hogs about to
be put on new corn. They supply sue
culence, and their seed serve as a
vermifuge.
With the hogs in thrifty condition,
new cor can be fed without danger,
but judgment must be used or the
worst results may follow. In feeding
horses each animal receives it's allow.
ance, and 1t is only by carelessness
that a horse fed in a stall could re.
ceive an undue allowance. But in
feeding a herd Of hogs there are al
ways some more than 9TH
ers, and it requires the utmost care
to prevent a part of them from get
ting more than their proportionate
share.
This being the case, and it being
impossible to feed each separately as
with horses, it naturally follows that
other feed must be given in connec-
ton with new corn.
In feeding new corn there should be
no sudden change from the former
ration, but it should be added SO grad
ually as to cause no arrangement in
the digestive organs. Hogs fed new
corn are liable to be affected with
worms, and hardwood ashes, charcoal
and salt are all efficient in destroying
them and preventing their increase.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-02
FEEOING HOES NEW CORN
HOG CHOLERA USUALLY MOST
PREVALENT AT TIME NEW
GRAIN COMES ON.
BY C. E. Brashear, College of AsricuI-
ture, University Of Mis-
souri,.

Many farmers in the corn belt asso-
ciate new corn with "hog cholera"
And the belief is common in some To-
calities that the use of new corn will
cause the disease. This may indirect
ly be somewhat true, as the sudden
change to new corr is liable to pro-
duce a feverish condition which would
encourage the thriving of any latent
disease germs.
= 1t is undeniable that hogs appear to
be more generally afflicted with dis
ease about the time new corn Is made
use of, but an examination might show
that such a condition is rather to be
expected. The hogs greatly relish the
new, soft, succulent corn, and, if per-
mitted to do so, will eat enough to
change their probable constipation to
acute diarrhoea. This puts them in a
condition quite susceptible to disease.
The temptation to rush hogs off to
market before cold weather should not
encourage the farmer to make too
sudden a change In his feeding meth
DDS. When the earliest corr is In full
roasting ear stage it may be given,
stalk and all, in small quantities with
out any change at first in the usual
feeding. AS the corr hardens 1t may
be given more literally, but by a grad
ual increase. BY the time the corn is
fully matured the hogs will have be-
come we'll accustomed to 1t. The ju-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-02
ALMOST TURNED THE TRICK
Clever Scheme Of English Smugglers
Only Frustrated by Luck at the
Last Moment.

One of the most ingenious of SNUG
Cling tricks was that originated by a
band of clever Partisan rogues recent
ly. A coffin supposed to contain the
dead body of a man who had died Of
0iphtheria, was dispatched from the
gay city for burial in London. 1t was
met at the railway terminus in that
country, and conveyed at nightfall to a
house not far from the Mile End road,
Whitechapel. Everything would have
passed off as desired and planned had
not a policeman OF duty become sus-
picious on seeing a particularly large
coffin being taken out of a hearse in
to a house that was known to be the
habitation of men who had done penal
scrvitude.
After the funeral party had shut
their door and the hearse had driven
away, the policeman secured assistance
and knocked at the door. 1t was found
that the coffin, instead of containing a
corpse, was filled tightly with cakes
OF tobacco, dozens of boxes Of cigars
and other excisable goods. The
"mourners" were Immediately arrested
and the goods confiscated.