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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
Two Automobile Loads Look Over
the Route of Proposed Inter-
urban Railway.

Two automobile loads OF gentle
men from Oakland and Frisco were
in the city few minutes Wednesday
afternoon. They made a brief call
on Attorney f. ID. Briggs and upon
Mayor Johnson, but devoted most Of
their time while in this valley in
looking over the proposed route of
the interurban line for which fran
chises have been asked.
1t is stated on apparently good
authority that at least two of the
party are gentlemen who appeared
before the county court few
months ago in behalf Of the Pacific
& Eastern Railway in the Medford
bridge matter. II this be true it.
would seem 10 indicate that the
Rogue River Valley InteFurban is to
be u link in the Hill system. Il is
to 6e hoped that this is so, as rail
competition would mean much for
this section of Oregon, especially if
the Hill interests build to the coast,
either at Bandon or at Crescent City.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
TO BOND STATE FOR GOOD ROADS
MOVEMENT STARTED IN MEDFORD TUESDAY TO RAISE slOOOOO OOO
FOR TWO STATE HIGHWAYS THROUGHOUT The STATE

A movement was started in Med
ford yesterday to bond the state of
Oregon for $1O,OOO,OOO for the CON
struction of two main permanent
highways.
According to this bill, one high
way will be constructed from Port
land south through Eugene, Rose
burg, Medford and Ashland to the
California state line. The other road
will be constructed from Lakeview
Ore, north through Bend and the
Deschutes valley to Astoria, Ore.
1t is planned to appropriate ST.
100000 for the Portland-Medford
road and $3,O00,O0O for the eastern
Oregon road. The former will be
hard-surface bitulithic with a con-
crete base and it is expected it will
cost $15, 900 mile for construction,
while grading will vary from $4,000
mile in the mountainous country to
a few hundred dollars on the level
stretches.
This tentative plan was decided
upon after a two days conference
! between members of the local good
roads movement and Major Bowlby
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
COSTS 100000 EXTRA RAILROAD MEN HERE
Bear Greek Bridge at Medford 10
Cost More Than the Original
Estimates Called For.

Medford Sun Details connected
with the acceptance of the Bear
creek bridge from the hands of Con-
tractor +. G. Perham will be cleared
away by the county and the city
council this week, and the structure
formally accepted some time next
week, following the report of Will
liam Gerig of the Pacific & Eastern,
who was appointed by the court to
inspect the work. The report is now
in course of compilation and covers
everything eXceot the finishing
touches, which are uncompleted.
The county court, the street and
bridge committee and City Attorney
Boggs met "Wednesday at Jackson
vile and made arrangements for
paying Contractor Perham. The
contract price was $4,000, and it
developed that in the neighborhood
of $4,000 for extra work had been
| necessary, making the total cost of
the bridge close to $3S, These
extras were entailcd by the instcla-
tion of additional safeguards other
than those specified in the first
plans, and the necessity OF going
deeper for bedrock for the concrete
piers than first estimated Also ad-
ditional work was necessary upon
the retaining wall for the west ap-
| proach.
OF this amount, $4,000, the city
has paid $4,000 and the Pacific &
Eastern Railway $4,000, as per
agreement, making a total o. $16,-
| 500. Under the contract between
the county court and the city they
were not to make any payments un-
til the railroad and the city had paid
over $4,000 on their share.
OF the extra amount of $4,000
approximately $4,000 remains to be
paid The county to date has paid
about $4,000 on the work, includ-
ing in this part OF the extras. The
city council and county court will
hold another session today and dis
cuss Medford's share in the addi-
tional amount to he paid.
Under the decision of the supreme
court in the injunction suit of Ben
ton Bowers against the bridge, the
county is responsible for all pay
ments, irrespective of whatever
agreement the city and county court
made thereto. Thus Jackson coun.
ty, through the progressiveness OF
Medford, is the beneficiary, in pay
ing but a share of the actual cost OF
the structure.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
THAT FROHBACH WAGON.
The Long-Lost Wagon is Found.

That wagon which Mr.. Frohbach
was hunting for il his report of the
electric light plant has been found,
and thereby hangs q tale, or at least
bill.
A bill for over thirteen dollars
from Clark & Sons for repairs on
the said wagon, which had been put
in their shop for repairs for Mr.. F.
E. Smith, who believed he had pur-
chased the wagon for So from Mayor
Neil. This Mr.. Butterfield de-
MED, and Clark & Son presented
bill for work done. Councilman
Sherman stated that he had notified
Clark & Son not 10 do more on the
wagon, and he moved that the bill be
not allowed. Motion carried
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
TO RE-ESTABLISH STATE NORMAL IN ASHLAND
Senator Won der HELEN Introduces Bill Place Tax Levy for the
School on Ballots al Next General Election

mill on the dollar upon all the tax
able property within the state of
Oregon. Such tax shall be levied
and collected as other taxes are lev
led and collected, and the fund aris-
ing therefrom shall be paid into the
state treasury and kept separate and
apart from other funds, and shall be
known as The Southern Oregon
state Normal School Fund and
shall be paid out only on warrants
drawn by the secretary of state on
the state treasurer against said fund
and under the supervision and direc-
ton Of the board of regents and
their successors IN office. If any
portion of said fund shall not be
used during any fiscal year, the bal
ance remaining shall be carried over
until the next year and added to the
fund for that year, and the secre-
! tary of state is authorized and di-
4 ''NbOu W uuNlJ anu iiiOM an tldllllS
otherwise payable out of such fund
regardless of the date when con-
! tracted, but no claim or indebted
ness incurred by or on behalf of
said school prior to the passage of
this act shall ever he paid out of the
fund hereby created.
Sec. g The Southern Oregon
State Normal School at Ashland,
Jackson county, Oregon, shall be
controlled, managed and maintained
10y 4 board of regents and their sue
cessors in office, appointed by and
with the authority conferred upon
them pursuant to Chapter 1S9 of
the General Laws OF Oregon, filed in
the office of the secretary of state
on February 25, 1907.
See. 3. 1nis act shall not be-
come operative until passed upon by
the people at the general election to
be held in November, 1914, in the
same manner as provided for the
submission of proposed laws to the
people under the initiative, and
shall become a law at such time if
approved by the majority of the legal
voters voting thereon"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
BILLS ARE ALLOWED
City Council Allows Large Num-
ber Without Reading in
Open Meeting.

At the city council meeting Tues
day evening a large number of bills
were allowed by the city council
without their having been read in
the meeting. The bills had been act
ed upon by the finance committee
and were allowed together with the
salary accounts under one motion.
Major Johnson stated after the
meeting that in his opinion every bill
allowed should be allowed in open
meeting because the people were en-
titled to know for what and to whom
their money was being paid.
1t is to be hoped that the coun-
sells of the mayor prevail in this
matter, as the sub rosa action of the
council or any part of them upon ex-
penditures leaves a chance for sus-
picion of carelessness if nothing
more.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
WOodmen Are Active.

w. l.. Spicer, district manager of
the Woodmen of the World, assisted
by j. w. Ling of Medford, who is to
take charge of Shasta district March
/, is in our city in the interest of
that order. The local subordinate
body of the order is known as Ash
land camp, No. 243, and has a mem
bership of 100, which is made up of
our most representative citizens. The
members of Ashland camp have not
beel very active for some time, but
are now bestiring themselves and
are taking on a new lease of life,
whicn is expected to result in a big
class introduction about March l
Both the camp and the Circle of
the Women of Woodcraft will meet
in l. o. o. F. hall on Saturday even
ing, February s. Refreshments will
be served and a good time is assured
to all who attend.
The Woodmen Of the World seem
to be partial to Oregon securities, as
| they have invested their reserves in
the securities of our state to the en-
tent of $1,097,191.61, $SS,O00 of
which is invested in Ashland bonds.
Their entire investments in Jackson
county amount to $214.215.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
SALARY IS REDUCED
Recorders Salary Cut From $125 to
500 Per Month by City Coun-
Gil Tuesday.

The city council at its regular
meeting Tuesday evening passed the
ordinance presented at the previous
meeting, cutting the salary of the
city recorder to S100, or rather set
ting it at 800, the ordinance fixing
it at $125 having expired by limita-
ton on the last Gay of December,
1912.
This action was taken over the
protest of MIR. Gillette, who holds
that the action OF the city council is
not only unjust, but that it is in
contravention of the state law which
says that the salary of any city Of
ficial who is elected by the people
shall not be reduced after he is
elected.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
In Grip of Harvester Trust.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The vast or
ganization of the 100000 Inter
national Harvester Company and its
important relation to the farmer
through the control of a substantial
proportion of the agricultural ma
chinery is disclosed in a report of
the bureau of corporations to be sub
mitted to President Taft in a few
days.
1t tells of the bringing together of
the Mccormick, Deering, Plano,
Champion, Milwaukee and Osborne
companies. ...
1t is estimated that 80 per cent of
the harvesters, rs per cent of the
mowers and so per cent of the bind
er twine used in the United States is
made by the international Harvester
Company. Stock to the amount of
$3,45O,000 was issued to j. P. Nor
gan & Co. in payment for organizing
tne giant corporation.
President Taft is now being urged
by the counsel for the company to
withhold the details of the report
from publication until the pending
antitrust suit against the corpora
tion has been completed. President
Taft will decide when the report
reaches him.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06

A delegation of MedforJ citizens will
journey to Salem Friday to present
the bill to the house and senate.
The local enthusiasts we're at first
inclined to object TO the eastern Ore
gon highway, but Major Bowlby
quickly showed them that unless
some such concession was made to
that portion of Oregon there would
he no appropriation from the state
for good roads at all
1t is also planned to accompany
the joint committee from Salem to
Maryhill, where the good roads con-
structed by Major BOwlby for Sam
uel Hill will be inspected. The local
delegation will then make known to
the Legislators the widespread senti-
ment here for the construction of
two permanent highways through
the state and the vast benefit such
an expenditure would be to Oregon
and the people.
A. e. Reames OF MedfOrd is now
engaged in preparing the bill and
every effort is being made to have
it meet the wishes of every section
in the state.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
LEONARD MILLER WANTED.
Former Climax Man Wanted 10
Claim Share of Estate.

The Tidings is ia receipt of let
ter from j. l.. Turnidge of Mill City,
Ore, asking it to assist him in locat-
ing Leonard Miller, who was raised
in Ashland. He was a son of Philip
Miller, who died near Climax some
years ago. Mrs. Philip Miller was
also raised in Ashland and her maid
en- name was Ella Howell.
Leonard Miller is wanted as he is
entitled to a portion of the estate of
j. w. Dagly, deceased, of Clay coun-
ty, Missouri, Any information re-
garding Miller or his present where
abouts will be thankfully received by
j. L. Turnidge of Mill City, Ore, who
is an uncle of yoUrg Miller.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06

A bill hes been introduced in the
Oregon legislature by Senator Won
der HELEN, and in the house by Rep
resentative Carkins, to place upon
the ballot in 1914 the question of
reopening the Southern Oregon Nor
NAL school at Ashland. The passage
of this bill will relieve the friends
of the school of the necessity of pre-
pairing and circulating initiative petit
tions and will enable them to devote
their entire energies to a campaign
of education throughout the state in
behalf of tho school. If the bill
passes, the alumni and other friends
should take up the matter at once
and the matter should be kept be-
fore the people continuously until
the election.
4 campaign commenced now and
continued consistently will result in
a great victory for the school be-
cause of the fact that it will be
firmly fixed in the minds of the
voters before the multitude of bills
bound to be before the people dis
tracts their attention and disgusts
them. When q voter goes into the
booth he or she naturally will vote
for the proposition with which he
has been made familiar rather than
vote upon one which has just come
up in the rush of the campaign. The
following is the bill:
"A Bill for an Act to Provide for
the Permanent Support and Main
tenance of the Southern Oregon
State Normal School at Ashland,
Jackson County, Oregon.
BE it enacted by the people Of
the state of Oregon:
Section l. For the support and
maintenance of the Southern Oregon
State Normal School at Ashland,
Jackson county, Oregon; for the pay
ment of salaries O? it's teachers and
employees; to keep the buildings,
grounds and other property thereof
in repair; for the purchase Of addi-
tional land for the campus thereof,
if necessary; for the construction of
buildings and additions to the same,
so far as necessary; for the pur-
chase of library books, laboratory
supplies and apparatus; and for the
payment of necessary incidental ex-
penses, there is hereby levied an
annual tax of one-twenty-fifth of a
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
Would Move Shed.

DR., f. II. Johnson at the regular
meeting of the council Tuesday even
ing asked permission to move a
woodshed on his property at the cor
ner of Bush and High streets. Coun-
Gilman Werth wanted the PROPOSE
tion referred to the sanitary com
mittee. Councilman Cunningham
stated that DR., Johnson had the
right to move the shed without per-
mission, after which Councilman
Beaver moved that the request be
granted and the motion was carried
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
FRANCHISE GUARDS CITY INTERESTS
The MNEY FRANCHISE AS PRESENTED TO The VOTERS PROTECTS
CITYS INTERESTS In GOOD SHAPE

that meeting, except the one of run
ming through the narrow part of
Main street. On that proposition
every available property owner and
every business man doing business
on Main street between Helman and
Oak streets was visited and just
three voted against permitting a
street car line through there. The
hauling of freight through Main
street west of Fourth street is
prohibited except by consent of the
council, this clause being put in to
permit cars to be set in at the north
end of Main street in the night for
the purpose of loading them with
fruit from the ranches in that part
of the city.
Some seem to fear that it is the
! intention of the company to come
into the city by way of North Main
street. The fact that the company's
land holdings are largely above Oak
street on the east side of Bear creek
should convince anyone that the
road will come in on Oak street or
south thereof, in order to tap that
tract. Besides, there is no chance to
get up from the creek bottom at the
north end of the city without pro-
hibitive grades.
The Tidings believes that the city
of Ashland is today at the parting of
the ways. 1t must do one of two
things-either advance into a live,
healthy city OF more than double its
present size, or it will drop back to
the stagnated village that it was for
many years before the era of devel-
opment in the Rogue River Valley,
and it believes that one of the i'm
portant questions which shall decide
this will be the vote upon this fran
chise.
The defeat of the franchise would
be notice to capital that Ashland
does not want it. That she wants to
remain a village and resents any and
all attempts to make her CONNER
cially prosperous. On the Other
hand, even should this project come
to naught, which the Tidings doe
not believe will be the case, the vot
ing of the franchise will show tha
the city welcomes enterprise and il
anxious to push ahead.
There may possible be points upor
which every voter believes that th'
franchise could be improved had h
or she been privileged to write it
but only very small fraction vii
agree as to the wisdom of any par
ticular change, therefore the Tiding
, believes that the measure should re
ceive and will receive the hearty sup
, port of the people at the polls upol
/ February 81.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
Hop King BIames s. p.

New York, Feb. 4.-Failure of an
attempt in London six years ago to
corner the American hop market was
recorded in the supreme court today
by counsel for the Oregon-Washing-
ton Railway & Navigation Company
in connection with suit against the
road by Paul r. G. Horst, the So
called hop king" Horst is sueing
the company and the Southern Pa
cific to recover 100000 for alleged
loss in the shipment of hops from
Oregon to New York in 1906. The
railroads counsel declared the suit
was the outgrowIn of an effort to
corner the market. Horst, the law
yer said, bought the hops and stored
them in London, waiting for the
market to rise. When the market
got away from him he concluded the
railroads were responsible.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
StraVeJ or Stolen.

The lenses to the stereopticon ap.
paratus owned by the Commercial
Club have been missing for months
and rumors are to the effect that
they have been seen in this locality
The club has recently installed wir-
ing in the reading room necessary
for giving stereopticon exhibitions
but the machine is out of commits
sion minus the lenses. Parties hav-
ing the same in their possession will
do well to return them without de-
lay.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
HOLLY STREET NOW
Montana and COngruity Streets
Changed to Holly Street by
City Council Tuesday.

In accordance with n petition pre-
sented to the city council at a previ-
GUS meeting it was ordered Tuesday
night that Montana street and Con-
gruity street be renamed. The two
streets are practically one, Congruity
street being a one-block extension OF
Montana into a separate addition of
the city. Hereafter the street will
be known as Holly street.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
Revival Services.

Beginning Sunday evening, Febru-
airy 8, the First Brethren church will
hold revival services, continuing for
two weeks every evening but Satur-
day. Good singing, led by T. Isaacs.
Short, clear, straight-to-the-poin
sermons, every one message unto
salvation. All Christians, irrespect-
i've of denomination, are asked to
unite in prayer for an outpouring of
the Holy Spirit upon Gods people
and upon the unsaved for convic-
tion of sin. Everybody welcome.
1880 p. m
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06

Because of the fact that the first
draft of the franchise to be granted
to the Minney people was too broad
to meet the approval of many of the
citizens there seems to be an erron-
eous Impression of the conditions of
the franchise abroad. Among the
other statements made is one report
ed to have been given at the meeting
of the Civic Improvement Club to
the effect that the franchise permits
the company to cut down street in
front of ones property if they so
desire. This is entirely incorrect.
The franchise expressly provides that
the rails shall be flush with the
streets where "a grade has been es-
tablished, and where a grade has not
been established il shall be placed
on grade when established, at the
expense of the company.
Another misconception of the fran
chise is that it gives the use of the
streets of the city to the company for
SO years, and that at any time dur
ing that period they can occupy any
street for the purpose of keeping out
any other company.
The franchise distinctly says that
the company must select the streets
that it wishes to use within six
months from the passage of the fran
chise, or by August 81, 1913, and
that it loses the right to any streets
so selected if they are not occupied
within three years of the date of the
passage of the franchise.
The franchise also provides that
upon the acceptance of the franchise
the company shall file a check oi
$1,000 which shall be forfeited tC
the city if they do not proceed tc
build and operate the road in ac
cordance with the terms of the fran.
chise.
Another misconception is that the
company, if it built street car line
over the narrow pavement on Nortl
Main street, would ruin the pave
ment. This matter was up before
the committee and was fully provid
ed for in a section which was in
serted by the committee which give
the council the right to determine
the location of the line upon an,
street which the company may select
The committee, consisting o
Mayor Johnson, c. w. Root, Attor
ney w. J. Moore, City Enginee
Walker, C. B. Lamkin, c. B. Wolf
E. T. Staples and f. D. Briggs, ap
pointed pursuant to a motion mad
at the mass meeting called at tn
Commercial Club 30 consider the pro
posed franchise, incorporated in tn
franchise every objection raised a
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
Former Girl Typist Runs $1,000, 900
COMPANY.

New Britain, Conn, Feb. A.
From the humble position of stenog-
rapher to secretary of a 100000
corporation is the jump that Miss
Martha A. Parsons of this city has
taken in a quarter of century
The woman has been elected secre-
tary Of Landers, Frary & Clark, and
succeeds George NJ. Landers, presi-
dent pro TEN. of the Connecticut SEN
ate.
When Miss Parsons went to work
in the factory 25 years ago it was.
not long before she was appointed
personal secretary to Charles l.. Ian
ders, son of the late Congressman
George NJ. Landers, Sr., who was the
moving spirit in the promotion of
the concern. Since then she has
climbed the ladder steadily.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
The wood business is profitable in

The wood business is profitable in
Ashland, especially when the timber
is available and roads and bunk
house built. w. ID. Hodgson offers
his 200-acre wood lot with estimate
of 1000 to 10000 cords for $4,5OO;
easy terms. Now is the time to get
out 500 or 600 cords for next sum-
mer. The land is worth $40 to SIS
per acre for goat pasture when wood
is Off Phone 427-J. 73-4t
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
Junior c. r.. Graduation.

There will be graduation service
at the Congregational church next
Sabbath evening at 7:30, when six
members Of the Junior Christian En-
deavor will graduate into the Y. Y.
-St C. Il
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06

Ladies' of the Christian church
will have food sale Saturday, Feb
ruary s, next door to Lamkins real
estate office on East Main street.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06
Even Exchange.

Eggs and produce taken in eX-
change for dry goods, shoes, gro
ceries, ETC., at the Ashland Trading
Company. 71-tf
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06

There are no bargains like real
bargains-the kini you find at End
ers'.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06

Phone No. 80 wnen IN need of job
printing. Work and prices are right.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-06

Phone job orders to the Tidings.