Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-05-26
AID MEN HAD GOOD TIME
OregOnian Special Correspondent
Tells of Pleasant Features of Trip
Through Rogue River Valley.

The Oregonian of last Monday has
the following special telegram from
the advertising mems excursion, sent
to that paper by it's special corre-
spondent under an Ashland date line:
Having started the Roseburg
Strawberry Festival on its way,
opened new county bridge at Med
ford, and inspected the famed peach
orchards of the Rogue River Valley,
the northwest delegates to the Pa
cific Coast Convention of Advertising
Men were busy with the details of a
vaudeville performance when the
train passed through Ashland at 2:30
this afternoon. The theatrical per-
formance will be given tonight in the
observation car, Spokane, Seattle and
Portland talent being used.
"The Ad Club special reached
Roseburg at o'clock this morning,
where a delegation from the Com
mercial Club, headed by Frank E.
Alley and R. A. Booth, invaded the
train and literally dragged every pas
senger to automobiles and whisked
them away for a Commute inspec-
ton of the wonderful progress made
by the strawberry capital.
John Dewitt, song writer of the
Spokane delegation, was seriously in
jured at Roseburg, being thrown
from the running-board of a machine
as it turned a corner. Both wheels
passed over the legs of Mr. Dewitt,
who sustained sprained knee and a
number of severe bruises.
"At Medford the Southern Pacific
depot grounds looked like Alder
street before the passage Of the ordi-
nance regulating automobiles. Every
machine in Jackson county was
banked around the place, and in two
minutes after the Portland delega-
ton concluded their songs of greet
ing the autos had run out to the new
bridge, where Queen Caroline Test
out scattered flowers, while Miss
Spokane chanted an Indian invoca-
ton addressed to the Gods of the
Harvests.
Little Mildred Tucker, as Miss
Caroline Testout, is the sensation OF
this trip. Wherever the train has
stopped people have been most anx-
ious to get glimpse of her, and
when the delegation arrived at Ash,
land this afternoon she was com
PEELED to run out on the car plat
form that women and girls Nigh
admire her.
According to information received
aboard the train today, Southern Cal
ifornia is already planning to use the
Pacific Coast Admen's organization
for selfish purposes, and this knowl
edge has served to cement the Spo
kane, Seattle and Portland delegation
into a voting unit. Los Angelo
plans to capture the convention fo
next year, which would give it to thu
south for two successive years. Then
as already scheduled, the convention
would go to San Francisco in 1915
making three years it would be helt
in California. The northwest will
i fight for Vancouver or Seattle 70
1914, and practically are assured o
the SO votes from Sacramento. Tha
4 city has the honor of entertaining
the convention this year because o
the support given by Portland dele
gates last year Portland is now de
manding a square deal for the cite
on the sound.
t"The special train will reach Sac
ramento at o'clock Monday morn
ing. The convention begins at
a. m. In the evening a reception
will be given by the Elks, and o.
every other night of the three-da
stay some feature of entertainment
is to be offered. The Portland dele
cation will be banqueted at Oaklan
; Thursday noon and at San Francisc
Thursday night.