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The daily Alaskan., 1915-02-01

Washington, D. C., Jan. 25-- Secretary of Commerce Redfield made the official announcement today that a practical nayigable channel from the Boring Sea into the mouth of the Kuskokwim river had been discovered by Captain Lukens of the Coast and Geodeic survey.
 The Kuskokwim river is the sec ond greatest river in Alaska. It is g miles wide at its mouth and Ravigable for over 500 miles in- land. The great submerged flats of the delta of this river extend 100 miles out to sea, and it was through this unchartered delta that the surveying steamer Yukon" made the discovery of the channel which means so much to the com merce of that section of Alaska.
 The Kuskokwim is one Of the three great Alaskan rivers emp tying into the Boring Sea which has been opened to commerce as a result of the charting operations of the Coast and Geodeuc survey. The mouth of the Yukon was surveyed iu 1898 and in Q few years that rIver became one of the greatest commercial arteries of Alaska. In 1909 and 1910 NusLagak bay was caarted, and now the Kuskokwim, by lar the most dreaded and unknown of these rivers, will no longer be a menace or a mystery to the navi- gator who has one of the new charts of it's entrance about to be issued by the Coast and Geodetic survey.
 The survey of the Boring sea in the vicinity of the Kuskokwim was started in 1911 and continued the following summers of 1912 and 1913. But it was not until the past field season that a surveying vessel succeeded in tracing and chartiug channels through the great area Of the submerged mud flats which make up the delta of the Kus kokwim.
 In making the survey, Captain L.ukens reports he took 14,256 soundings covering all area of over 100 square miles. This in itself is quite an achievement when con- sidered in connection with the cus- Iomary bad weather in Alaska and the fact that in some instances 1t was necessary to locate soundings by obervations on mountain peaks more than 60 miles distant. The whole working season was confined to S3 days and in July alone 291a of these days were lost on account Of the weather being either bad or not sufficiently clear to see the dis Lant surveying marks.
 When the new Coast and Geodetic survey chart showing the newly dis covered channel is issued, it will be possible for steamship companies to send vessels to the Kuskokwim and thus initiate the development of the latent mining, fishing, and agrl- cultural resources of that region.
 The Kuskokwim valley covers many thousands of square miles, and no one can predict with cer- tainty what this virgin territory will develop when it is thoroughly pros pected, but it is not unreasonable to suppose that the near future will see the Koskokwim river of com merclai importance comparable with that of the Yukon river.
 It has been known for some time that there were large areas Of
The daily Alaskan., 1915-02-01
PRACTICALLY
 VENTILATED

Berlin, Feb. 1-Official announce. ment was made here this morning of the Germans capture of 745 French troops and twelve machine guns in the western part of Argonne forest, leaving 500 French dead on the field.
 The French regiment engaged is said to have been practically an- initiated, while the German losses were but slight,
The daily Alaskan., 1915-02-01
ARE MakJAG PREPARATIONS
 FOR THE STRING FLOODS

Mandan, No. D., Jan. So-Resi- dents here have begun preparation for the spring floods, which old timers say, will be as great this year as the devastating floods of 1910, which caused damage amount ing to thousands of dollars. Ex- tensive snows in the country feeding the headwaters of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers aud Indian pre- dictions of great snows to come, have started the flood talk.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-02-01
AND THE END IS
 NOT YET IN SIGHT

London, Feb. 1--BaRkers and other shrewd financiers in England cypress great satisfaction at the c.udition of affairs prevailing at taC end of the first six months of ,.ar which has just been reached, r.J none of them arc sufficiently srre of their ground to feel war rested in saying that even the be- @j.-ning of the end of the conflict iS yet in sight.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-02-01
MERCHANTMEN SENT ID BOTTOM

London, Feb. 1--GeIman sub marines today sent twC English merchantmen to the bottom on the West Coast and in a German sub- marine raid on the Liverpool traf- lie route four other mer- Clrantmcu were sunk.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-02-01

 SELLS WHEAT

London, Feb. 1--Acc0rding to ad- vices just received from Italy the government has taken charge of all stocks of wheat and is selling to the people at very moderate prices.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-02-01

A crowded house greeted the pro- duction of Uncle Toms Cabin" at the Popular Picture Palace last night. By request the same play will be again thrown upon the screen tonight.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
Daring Robbery
At HOrnb1OOk

One Of the most daring robberies in
years occurred at Hornbrook about
IL o'clock Tuesday evening. A
masked robber held up Gordon Jac-
obs, manager of the Jones store, on
the street. and after marching him
home forced him and his wife to
march back down the street to open
the store and the safe, from which he
secured $500 and a large amount of
gold dust and nuggets. lie then
marched the couple back to their
home and made his escape. Word
was sent north and south Immediately
and all trains searched. Yesterday
Deputy Sheriff L. II. Newton was
over from Hornbrook and insisted on
the Ashland police searching room
ing house, although no warrant had
been Issued. 1t is the opinion of many
people that the bandit took to the
hills, where he will lie low until the
affair blows over.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
Multi Resigns as
Bank Examiner

Negotiations pending for several
weeks looking to the acquisition OF
a block Of stock in the Northwestern
National Bank by Lloyd L. Multi and
his election to the position of vice
president created for him, were
closed last week. The first vice-pres-
idency will continue to be filled by
Emery Olmstead, the active head of
the bank under President H. L. Pit
took.
With his election to a vice-presi-
dency of the Northwestern National
Bank Mr.. Multi resigned the position
of national bank examiner for the
district between Tacoma and Rose
burg, which he has held two years.
His successor as bank examiner will
probably be announced this week
from Washington. Mr.. Multi left the
service of the Southern Pacific rail-
road twelve years ago, engaged in
the banking business at Ashland and
took the office of national bank ex-
aminer in 1913. In 1907 and in 1909
he was elected state senator from
Jackson county.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
''Sari" Voted Best
Musical Comedy Yet

A fair-sized audience greeted the
operetta "Sari" at the Vining theatre
last Thursday evening. The COM
pany was excellent and carried an
orchestra which was a great addition
to the performance. Stunning gowns,
beautiful women, spectacular scenic
effects and, above all, good singing
and acting made the musical comedy
the most enjoyable which has ever
been shown here. Mizzi Hajos, in the
title role, won the hearts of her audi
ence completely and will be ranked
in the memories of Ashland theatre
goers alongside of Peggy O'Neal of
Peg O. My Heart" fame. Ashland is
greatly indebted to the management
of the Vining theatre who have the
initiative to secure such attractions,
Says the Medford Sun:
Ashland may not be the Carlsbad
of America as yet, but the Vining
theatre is doing all it can to make 1t
the show place of Jackson county"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
Success Spelled
In Big Letters

That is the way we would speak of
B. w. Craig, better known in the
larger eastern cities. Mr.. Craig has
been with Beebe & Kinney for the
past ten days, and beyond doubt
has proven the fact that the man who
makes a study of one line of business
is the successful man.
In this day and age men who make
a specially OF one line of business
and become proficient are invariably
successful Several years ago Mr.,
Craig decided to enter in to the spec
ial advertising business, and his sue
cess has been little short OF phenome-
nal.
We have watched MIR. Craig in his
work on the coast for the last few
years and find that the big success OF
this sale is nothing new for him, and
both Mr.. Beere and Mr.. Kinney speak
very highly of him.
Mr.. Craig is a great booster for
southern Oregon, and says that our
park will be the greatest summer re-
sort in the United States within the
next few years.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
Roseburg Man
Is Game Warden

The state fish and game commits
sion last Thursday appointed II. L..
Kelly of Oregon City master fish
warden to succeed r. Il. Clanton, who
was chosen superintendent of state
hatcheries Carl d. Shoemaker OF
Roseburg was elected state game
warden, on account of the resignation
of A. H. Lea of Portland, who was
appointed by the commission at tis
last meeting.
L. L, Jewell of Grants Pass was
appointed deputy game warden for
Josephine county. He replaces Fred
Merrill. ]. II. Driscoll also was ap-
pointed deputy game warden to sue
ceed Sam L. Sandry, who was named
superintendent Of screens and screen
construction throughout the state.
The board elected NJ. S. Barnes of
Paisley deputy for Lake county.
In the future the commission de-
clared that all aspirants for positions
with the state game or fish depart
ments would be given examinations
to test their fitness.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
Popular Young Man
Seriously Hurt

As a result of an auto accident on
the Pacific highway about a quarter
of mile this side of Talent Saturday
night, one young man is lowering be-
tween life and death at the Granite
City hospital, another is suffering
from broken leg and three others
are badly bruised and battered.
The accident occurred about 11:15.
Howard Frame was driving back from
Medford in his roadster with Pat
Scott and Everett Beeson of Talent in
the seat beside him. The party had
stopped in Talent to recover a lost hat
and had just got about quarter Of
a mile out of that town when Duff
Harrington and Wright Hicks, on an
Indian motorcycle, bound for Med
ford, crashed into them.
Scott and Beeson were thrown free
from the wreckage and escaped with
cuts and bruises. Harrington was
thrown for a considerable distance
but suffered no broken bones. Hicks
received a broken leg. Frame was
pinioned under the car, which turned
completely over, and suffered injuries
which may prove fatal. All of the
party except Scott were taken to the
hospital in Ashland, where the extent
of their injuries was found. Frame
has a broken jawbone, very serious
cuts about the head and is bruised all
over. At an early hour this afternoon
he was reported to be in semi-Con-
scious state with no appreciable i'm
provement evident.
The motorcycle was cut completely
in two and is merely mass of tan
gled metal. The front end of the car
was completely wrecked. The force
of the collision turned the car COM
pletely around and upside down.
According to friends of Frame, he
has been having trouble with his
lights lately, and the boys on the mo-
torcycle claim that no lights were
burning. The evening was almost as
bright as day owing to the full moon.
In fact, the driver of the Interurban,
who was ahead of the car at the time,
having passed them in Talent, found
it necessary to get out and look to see
If his lights were on upon entering
Ashland.
Frame was on the right side Of the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
ShYinerS Will Pass
Through Next Week

Seattle, June Entertainment
plans for the thousands of Shriners
who will next week begin their pill
grimage to this state to hold their
annual council for the first time in
the Pacific northwest have been COM
pleted by Nile Temple of Seattle. The
program will cover an entire week,
beginning Sunday, July II, when the
vanguard will arrive, and continuing
until midnight Saturday, July II.
About 80 per cent of them will pass
through Ashland either going or COM
ing.
Trips to different parts of the state
by water and land, huge balls, barbe-
cues, lawn fetes, automobile rides and
banquets and luncheons will comprise
the big features of the entertainment.
Dances and songs by 1000 school chill
dren in the Shrine stadium, the west
ern roundup and stampede and other
similar productions will provide addi-
tional diversion. o.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
Bow Prize Winners
Now At Exposition

Oregon Building, San Francisco Ex-
position.-Thc ten winners of State
Industrial Club grand prizes-a trip
to the exposition with all expenses
paid--are now quartered at the Ore
gon building and will remain one
week. The boys and girls came in
Sunday morning in charge of Assist
ant State Superintendent Il. F. Carl
ton and Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Seymour
of Dallas, the latter acting as chape-
rones to the party. The boys and
girls in the party, all under sixteen,
are as follows: Claus C. Charley of
Jackson county, cham
pon corn grower; Audley Meyer,
Lake Creek, Jackson county, cham
pion in potato growing; Jessie Keyt,
Polk county, best in the
girls canning and preserving contest;
h. Vernon Rains, Myrtle Creek, Doug
las county, champion poultry raiser;
May Mcdonald, Dallas, Polk county,
best at sewing; Francell Hawley, Nc
Coy, Polk county, champion at cook
ing and baking Kenneth Bursell,
Polk county, best at pig
feeding; Perry Pickett, Salem, best
vegetable gardener; Oscar Snyder,
Creswell, Lane county, who kept the
best dairy record; Paul Jaeger, Sher-
wood, Clackamas, best in manual arts.
The young people are enjoying them
selves and the visit is being made
pleasant by Commissioner
:. l.. Hawley, who is deeply interested
n the development of children along
lines.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
Oregon Wins
Another Award

The latest awards at the San Fran
cisco exposition were those which
proclaim that Portland and vicinity,
typical of all Oregon, has the best
milk in the United States. In COM
petition with exhibits from fifty
states, territories and provinces, the
exhibit entered by Dr. Marcellus of
Portland won the 500 cash prize for
the highest average score for ten reg
ular exhibits of milk or cream, re-
gardless OF class, the gold medal for
the largest total number of regular
exhibits of milk and cream, and
half dozen other medals for excellence
in individual classes. On top of the
grand prize in horticulture the grand
prize in forage crops, this third
grand prize for perfection Of milk
places Oregon far in the lead in the
matter of winnings and says to all
the world that Oregon is indeed the
leader Oregonians know it to be.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
NUMBER 10
Says Eastern
Route DeSOlate

N. E. Neibling of Seattle, who a
month or two ago called into ques-
tion the statement of former Highway
Engineer Bowlby in regard to the
condition of the Pacific highway, that
this route was practically impossible,
was today in this city, having come
over from Sutherlin, where he is the
guest of DR.. Bennett.
81 have recently been over the
eastern Oregon route, by which was
advised by Mr.. Bowlby to go in reach
ing California" said Mr.. Neibilng,
"and am now this far over the
route | was advised to avoid. | am
now sure Mr.. Bowlby's advice was
wrong, and will say concerning so
much of this route as | have seen
that it is tourists paradise, COM
pared to the country that must be
traversed tin reaching California
through eastern oregon.
Mr.. Neibling while here read the
letter in which Mr.. Bowlby set forth
his statement, and pronounced it
identical with the one he received
from the former official. There are
some rough spots here, it is true" he
said, but they are not such as would
give the tourist the least trouble, and
are as nothing compared to the sand
found on the other route, which is
combined with a desolateness OF
scenery" Mr.. Neibling is of the
opinion that the advice, even at pres
ent given out in Portland, and result
ing in large part of the tourist traf-
fic being diverted through eastern
Oregon, comes from those who have
land to sell in that section.
Mr.. Neibling is disinterested in the
controversy except that he wishes the
best road to secure the credit it de-
serves. He is an attorney in Seattle,
and is journeying to California on his
vacation. It was for the purpose of
learning the best route to the latter
state that he made an inquiry of the
Oregon state engineer. Being an old
friend of DR.. Bennett, he will proba-
bly, visit at Sutherin for several
-Roseburg Review.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
Boy Scouts Make
Three-day Hike

Nineteen boys, members of the Boy
Scout troop, under Scoutmaster Geo.
B. Holley, left Friday afternoon on a
three days hike to the Little Apple
gate country. Accompanying them
we're Mr.. Holley and William Murphy.
Several pack horses carried the boys
rations, each lad carrying his own
bedding. The arasta on Wagner creek
was reached about Z o'clock Friday
evening and camp was pitched for the
night The trip on over the Little
Applegate was made the next day and
the return trip to Ashland Sunday.
The scouts enjoyed most interesting
trip and all report fine time. This
troop is one of three now organized in
Ashland.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
Mystery Is
Cleared Up

The mystery which surrounded the
wedding of Gold Hill man in this
city has been cleared up. Writing
from Gold Hill, Ben Lampman ex-
plains the reason for the gentleman
giving a different name to license
clerk than that under which he is
practicing dentistry. In the article
which appeared in the Tidings recent
ly concerning the matter the Tidings
wished to cast no reflection upon the
gentleman's character, but believes it
is the duty of newspaper to give
such matters publicity so that in case
there was something crooked going
on, it would be discovered. Any un-
enviable notoriety which the gentle
man may have received is sincerely
regretted.
Says Mr.. Lampman:
THE name Patery is the birth
name of the gentleman, who assumed
the name of Howard upon the second
marriage of his mother to one of that
name. For legal reasons it was neces-
sary that the marriage license under
which DR.. Howard was recently we'd
ded should bear his actual, or birth,
name. For business reasons, and his
long establishment as DR.. Howard in
the dental profession, it was incon-
venient for him to permanently reas-
sumo the first"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
Valley Movies
Shown Here First

The moving pictures taken by A. c..
Allen of Ashland and the Rogue River
valley will be shown for the first time
in Ashland at the Vining theatre on
Wednesday and Thursday, June 80
and July l.
There are between 5000 and 5000
feet of film in the pictures, which in
clude many views of local scenes and
hundreds of other of the valleys
beauty spots artistically woven into
an interesting story. A prominent
Medford lady starred in the story.
Pictures were taken here in the park,
at the springs, on the streets, on the
scenic drive and in other parts of the
city.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
Officials to Visit
Southern Oregon

Leaving Thursday, a party OF ten
state officials headed by Governor
Withycombe will travel $50 miles
through central and southern Oregon
on a tour of inspection of irrigation
projects combined with pleasure. Six
hundred miles of the trip will be by
rail and $50 miles by automobile.
The party expects to return to Salem
about the middle OF next week.
Those who are making the trip are
Governor Withycombe, Secretary OF
State Olcott, Attorney General
Brown, Carle Abrams, industrial ac-
cident commissioner; Harvey Wells,
state insurance commissioner; George
Palmer Putnam, private secretary of
the governor; |. N. Fleischner, Frank
M. Warren, Marion Jack and c. F.
Stone, members of the state fish and
game commission.
The party will go direct to Bend
and from there will go to inspect the
Tumalo project At Bend they will
be entertained at luncheon Friday.
AS far as time will permit, the desert
land board members intend to view
the Central Oregon Irrigation Com
pany's Carey act project. Friday
night the Emblem Club of Bend will
entertain the visiting officials at a
banquet.
The following morning the govern
or and members of the fish and game
commission will go to klamath Falls
by automobile as the guests OF Wes-
ley o. Smith of klamath, representa-
tive in the recent legislature from
klamath county, and prominent
klamath county residents. The
klamath hosts will meet their guests
at Bend.
After passing a day at Klamath
looking over fish hatchery matters
and seeing as much as possible Of the
irrigation project there. the visitors
will be taken to Crater Lake, where
they will pass the night. A commit
tee from Medford pans to meet the
officials at the lake and take them
to Medford, from which city the re-
turn to Salem and Portland will be
made by rail.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
Bulls interests
Buy Barnum Lines

The Bulls interests, owners Of the
Medford electric street railway, are
reported to have taken over the Bar
mum line to Jacksonville. They will
electrify the line, connect it with the
street railway and expect eventually
to extend it to the Applegate valley,
thus opening up one of the richest ag-
ricultural districts in the west to rail-
road. The Sterling mine, owned by
the Bulls people, will probably be
reached, affording an outlet for un-
told wealth from that mine and 9TH
ers in the district.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28
Pay Tribute to
Oregon Exhibit

Oregon Building, Panama-Pacific
International Exposition, San Fran
eisco.-Luther Burbank, who gave
Oregon its most popular potato and
the loganberry as well, man Of
worldwide knowledge and authority,
paid Oregon the compliment of max
ing special half-hour visit to the
Oregon exhibit in the Palace of Agri-
culture and of saying that he had
never seen a better OF its kind. He
was particularly enthusiastic over the
exhibit OF forage crops and grains
which won the grand prize in compe-
tition with similar exhibits from a
score OF other states. He had never
seen a more satisfactory exhibit and
was amazed that Oregon could pro-
duce so wonderfully. Mr.. Burbank
complimented Chief Freytag warmly
and said that there was no doubt in
his mind that the grand prize had
fallen in exactly the proper place.
OF the recent winnings by Oregon
exhibits. the Exposition News, the
daily official publication on the
grounds, says: "The state of Oregon
has set a record the past few days in
the number of prizes the state and its
individual exhibitors have carried off
at the exposition. The prizes won by
Oregon products and by Oregonians
were chiefly in connection with the
states horticultural and agricultural
exhibits. In both of these fields the
Oregon exhibits have carried off the
grand prizes, giving that state the
highest rank among the states that
narticipate in the exhibits. The horti-
cultural exhibit is in charge OF c. N.
Ravlin of Hood River, and the agri-
cultural displays are made under the
supervision of o. E. Freytag."
July / is to be Oregon Cherry day
Magnificent cherries from the various
cherry districts Of the state will be on
display and distributed An elaborate
nrogram is being prepared and the
dav will be made a gala one at the
Oregon building. These special occa-
sions bring tremendous crowds to see
the Oregon building, which is unques-
tionably one Of the two or three most
nopular buildings on the grounds.