Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-07-15

he was wonderfully impressed with
the progress made in the park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Finley, just
returning from the fair, are visiting
Mr.. Finleys father, e. Finley, and
the family of B. e. Whitmore. Mr.
Finley is a brother of Mrs. Whitmore
and will spend the summer here. He
may decide to locate permanently.
w. B. Holden and wife of Portland
spent Wednesday in the city and
we're delighted with the beauties OF
the park. They are returning to
their home after an extended auto
trip through California. They made
the trip up from Los Angeles in four
days.
Rex and Lloyd Stratton arrived
Tuesday evening from the San Fran
cisco exposition. Lloyd left this city
a couple of weeks ago and after visit
ing in Cottage Grove Joined Rex in
North Bend, from whence the broth
ers made the trip down the coast by
boat to the exposition.
Ranchers north of Grants Pass who
have solved the irrigation problem
by forming an irrigation district, pur-
chasing pump and constructing
bitches for water to be pumped by
electricity furnished by the Califor-
nia-Oregon Power Company, held a
celebration to mark the turning on
of water Tuesday.
The Crater Lake Auto Service Com
pany is handling party of eighteen
ladies on trip through the Crater
Lake and klamath Lake districts, the
party having been booked by the Ray
mond-Whtcomb tourist booking COM
pany. The party will return through
Ashland, coming from klamath Falls
by the Green Springs mountain road.
Arthur Anderson, former foreman
of the 4O1 orchard near Medford, was
fatally injured in an auto accident
near Santa Cruz, Cal, last Friday.
His brother-in-law, Charles Shore of
Sacramento, was killed. The wives
of the two men were with them but
escaped serious injury. Anderson
was well known throughout the val
ley.
Probably one hundred tourist par
ties passed through in autos Tuesday,
making one of the heaviest travelled
days of the season so far. The auto
travel is steadily increasing and there
seems to be no limit to the increase.
With the heaviest months of travel
still ahead an estimate of two hun
dred cars a day, which would mean
thousand people, seems small.
Riddle Tribune: Mrs. Harry Will
liams and baby arrived Tuesday from
Ashland, where they stopped off to
visit on the way from Orland, Cal,
to join Mr. Williams and remain here
while he is engaged in the construc-
tion of the Everett building. Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams will camp" in their
little house near the w. T, Mellor
residence during the summer.
F. S. Bramwell, one of the promot-
ers of the proposed 100000 beet
sugar factory in the Rogue River val
ley, will be in Medford within week
or ten days, and his coming will in
augurate the fall campaign for the
securing of acreage. The beet sugar
committee, who campaigned for acre
age last spring, will again take
charge.
The county court yesterday ordered
the discontinuance of all road work
owing to lack of funds, there being
but about $1,000 in the county treas
ury applicable for this work This
does not apply to work coming under
the bond issue. The order is effect
i've for sixty days and will not affect
the Pacific highway or Crater Lake
work. Work will be resumed as soon
as payment of the second half of
taxes is made.
DR., George Scott and wife of At
lantic City, N. j., accompanied by the !
doctors sisters. the Misses Mary and |
Fannie Scott of Williamsburg, Pa,
suburb of Pittsburg, arrived in Ash
land last week on their way home |
from a Pacific coast tour. He and !
his wife have continued their jour
ney, but the sisters will remain here
for an extended visit with relatives
in the William Myer, George Ander-
son and Butler Walker families.
N. NJ. Lane Of Kenwick, Wash, is
visiting A. L. Lamb in this city.
Twenty-Five years ago Mr.. Lane
passed through Ashlond on horseback
and stopped over night here. He and
his partner were hailed by the printer
at the Tidings office and given an
hours work turning the old hand |