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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
Five Dollars for
Bigg est Fruit

We have seen some fruit grown
around Ashland that is some fruit. y
The grower OF the biggest peach and
apple and pear will each have a
chance to rake down So and consid-
cradle fame to boot by following the
directions outlined in the following
letter from H. o. Frohbach, in charge
of the southern Oregon exhibit at the
San Francisco exposition:
August 10, 1915.
| am authorized to offer So for the
largest apple, S. for the largest
peach and s. for the largest pear
grown in Jackson county and dis
played in the southern Oregon booth
at the Panama exposition.
Fruit must be perfect and true to
shape and should be sent by parcels
post. No freak fruit will be dis
played H. o. FROHBACH,
Oregon Building, P. p. !. E., San
Francisco, Cal.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
One Man Against
A Drunken Mob

Jesse L. Lasky's photoproduction
of Blanche Sweet in THE Captive" ="
with House Peters in the leading
male role, contains a most thrilling
scene in which one man, single hand
ed, defends a girl against mob of
drunken Turkish soldiers, giving a
very vivid idea of the terrors that
best women in the days of war. The
hero, who so bravely meets this situ-
alton, is himself Turk, and has,
through the fortunes of war, been
the servant of the peasant girl.
Though she has treated him most un-
justly, he has come to love her, and
he finds himself in the strange posi-
ton of having to protect her from his
own superior officer. He barricades
the house and prepares for hopeless
resistance, but is rescued by the
Montenegrans, who retake the vii
lage in the nick of time. At the Vim
ing theatre Tuesday night. A Para
mount picture.
who Pays?" and the travel series
will be shown Thursday, followed by
a Bray cartoon comedy
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
Highway Work In
Northern California

Sskiyou News: The unit of the
California state highway Grade be-
tween Hornbrook and the Oregon
state line is practically completed
The highway commission will
widen the bypass around Bailey hill,
making it safe for travel
The Penn Bridge Company, who
have the contract for bridges on the
state highway between Yreka and the
Oregon state line, have sublet the
concrete work to a Grants Pass firm,
who will commence work at once.
E. F. Johnson, contractor for the
Yreka-Hornbrook unit, reports that
the portion between Hornbrook and
Shasta river is about ready for ac-
ceptance.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
Finds Rare Bird
In Siskiyous

A song bird, heretofore unknown
In the state Of Oregon, but common
east of the Rocky mountains, the
red eyed vireo, was found by A. c.
Shelton, field worker of the depart
ment of zoology at the University OF
Oregon, during his survey in the
Rogue River valley and the north
spur of the Siskiyou mountains. Only
three or four times has this bird
been found in the west, once or
twice in British Columbia and once
or twice in the state of Washington,
he states, and never has it been
found so close to the Pacific coast
as the bird he brought back among
220 specimens of birds, animals and
reptiles collected during his six
weeks trip.
Mr.. Shelton, who Travelled alone,
being guided at times by prospectors,
made his main camp at the bend of
Rogue river, thirteen miles west of
Grants Pass, and made side trips
back into the mountains. Here he
found eighty-five different kinds Of
birds, the greatest number he had
ever found at the season of the year
in any locality in the state, among
them being the red eyed vireo.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
New Booklet Is
Well Received

The publicity department is ex-
tremely gratified over the favorable
comments that everybody, practically,
have passed upon the new glass of
water booklet. The manager is
pleased with the impression made by
the book, for it is his own creation
from start to finish. 1t is his desire
and purpose, as long as he directs
Ashland's publicity efforts, to give
the city the best he has to give and
to turn out nothing that is not high
grade
The Tidings shop was not satisfied
with the appearance of the type in
the first few books that were printed,
and, as it desires to make this book
a credit to all concerned in its pro-
duction, new case of type has been
purchased and the entire book re-
set. The book will be a splendid ex-
ample OF the printers art, and Ash
land people may be satisfied, in every
way with the quality of its advertis-
ing literature from every point Of
view.
Twenty-seven hundred of these
booklets were shipped to Mr. Froh-
bach on Saturday by express, for dis
tribution at the exposition at San
Francisco A sample copy was sent
to Mr.. Frohbach by mail and in COM
menting on it to the manager of the
department he said, Its great" Mr..
Frohbach will see that thousands of
these unique booklets are given out
in connection with our spring exhibit
from now to the close Of the eXposi-
tion.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
-Four Hundred Road
Boosters Coming

Between 800 and 400 good road
boosters from various parts of the
United States will pass through Ash
land on September II, en- route to
the Pan-American good roads con-
gress at Oakland, CAL, September
1917 inclusive. The good roads
special leaves Chicago September 2
and makes stops along the route to
pick up delegations. The party will
arrive in Portland on the 10th and
will be shown over the Columbia
highway. No doubt good roads
boosters of southern Oregon will
make arrangements to have the
party taken over the Jackson county
paved highway and possibly the Sis
kiyou grade. The advertisement de-
rived from having the party taken
over the Siskiyou grade would repay
a great effort. This mountain grade
is proclaimed by engineers from all
over the country to be one of the
best pieces of mountain grade in the
country.
The congress at Oakland will be
held under the joint auspices of the
American Road Builders Association,
the American Highway Association,
the Tri-State Good Roads Associa-
ton and the Pacific Highway Asso-
citation. Oregon will be officially
represented at the congress by j. H.
Albert of Salem, w. l. Vawter OF
Medford, Arthur Langguth of Port
land and Judge w. S. Worden OF
klamath Falls.
A number of good roads enthusi-
asts from southern Oregon will at
tend the convention.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
Tuesday Meeting
Of Vital Importance

As announced elsewhere in this
issue, a meeting will be held in the
Commercial Club rooms Tuesday
night, August "a, of all interested in
procuring irrigation. Every farmer
and landowner of the Bear creek
and district above town are urged to
attend this meeting. The meeting
will be called at s o'clock sharp and
the Commercial Club rooms should
be packed. This year has brought
before us with renewed force the i'm
perative necessity of irrigation. 1t
IS the only course by which growers
can secure the crops which are their
due. If you do not believe in the
efficacy of irrigation, go down the
valley and see the results which
Egan is getting from his irrigated
pear orchard. Then for contrast go
over into the Suncrest orchard dis
trict and see the carloads of little
dried up apples which would have
developed into a crop of large and
perfect apples had the owners been
able to get water.
The ranchers and fruit growers OF
the Medford district are awakening
to the need of irrigation and have
formed Water Users League which
has already signed up $1,000 acres
for irrigation. 1t is under the
auspices of this organization that the
meeting Tuesday will be held. A
plan for making a unit of the Ash
land and Talent district will be eX-
planned.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
Director Of Apple
Exhibit Visits

Almon e. Smith, in charge of the
northwestern apple exhibit at the San
Diego exposition, was visitor in the
city Thursday. Mr.. Smith is touring
the northwest in the interests of the
apple exhibit and is securing addi-
tional material. He is travelling in
a high-power car and has with him an
exposition gaurd and his chauffeur,
"The northwestern apple exhibit is
the only apple exhibit in the Horti-
cultural building" states Mr. Smith,
"and is the only big fruit exhibit with
the exception of the orange exhibit. 4"
Oregon fruit is given prominent
place in the exhibit. Mr.. Smith ex-
pressed his belief that the apple ex-
hibit at San Diego was doing a great
amount of good, since, being the only
one of its kind, it could not fail to at
tract and does attract much interest.
He thanked the Tidings for the paper
which is on file at the exhibit and
which is often referred to by persons
seeking information regarding this
section.
Mr.. Smith will cover 5000 miles in
his trip through the northwest. For
fifteen years he was resident Of the
Rogue River valley, although he is
now living in Portland. In speaking
of the San Diego climate, Mr.. Smith
saysa 1T is a beautiful country and
is delightful for winters stay or a
short visit, but does not appeal to me
as an all-year-round place Of resi-
dence. The climate simply takes all
of the pep out of person. Give me
the Rogue River valley"
While in Ashland he arranged to
have some literature sent to the ex-
position. The new booklet greatly
interested him and will make decid-
ed appeal because Of its uniqueness,
according to his belief. He expressed
surprise when told that the entire
booklet, including the difficult three
color cover, was a local product.
Mr.. Smith continued his journey to
the north Thursday evening.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
Why Is Blue Ledge
Copper Mine Idle?

Medford Tribune: All of the cop
per properties in Josephine county
are in operation or preparing to oper-
ate, the most successful of these be-
ing the Queen of the Bronze. The
ore is being shipped to the smelters
at Tacoma, Wash, and Kennett, Cal.
The Blue Ledge mine, one of the
richest copper properties in the west,
is still idle, though better prepared
for active mining than the majority
of local mines, with thousands of
tons of copper blocked out The idle
ness of the Blue Ledge with copper
at its highest mark in a year, and in
strong demand for munition manufac-
ture, is one of the industrial mys-
teries Of the state.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
Railroad Official
Shown the Sights

John NJ. Scott, general passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific Com
pany, and Mrs. Scott were visitors to
Ashland on Friday of last week. In
the morning they were taken over
the Sisfiyou grade of the Pacific
Highway by Mr.. Roeenbaum, who
brought them over from Medford. In
the afternoon Mr.. Scott was taken
out to the springs by Mr.. Kramer,
Southern Pacific agent, in company
with Chairman Greer of the springs
commission and Publicity Director
Duryea, and shown all of the present
development. Later in the day Mr..
and Mrs. Scott were taken through
the parks, the auto camp and over
the drives.
Mr.. Scott seemed pleased with
everything that was shown to him.
He expressed himself, as he has in
the past, as confident that the citi-
zens of Ashland will get adequate re-
turns on their investment of $175,-
900 in the development of the
springs and construction Of parks.
He said he hoped our business men
would give earnest consideration to
the need OF hotel accommodations
before next season. He compliment
ed the publicity department very
highly on the new glass of water
booklet, and said the passenger de-
partment of the Southern Pacific
would aid in their distribution at the
exposition and all over the United
States through its numerous agents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott left for Grants
Pass on train 16.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
Victim Of Auto
Wreck Buried Here

James w. Gilmore, Southern Pa
cific agent at Cottonwood, was killed,
and Hayden Saunders, Miss Verla
Hencratt and sister, Mrs Frank
Hall, all of Cottonwood, were seri-
ously injured in Redding at S:45
Wednesday evening, when the five
passenger automobile in which they
were touring backed off the Pine
street hill and tumbled ninety feet
to near the bottom of the precipitous
river bank.
Mr.. Gilmore was a brother of Mrs.
May Rice, formerly in the Southern
Pacific stations at Gold Hill and
Medford and now located at Brook
lyn, Ore.
The body was brought to Ashland
Friday for burial. Mrs. Rice arrived
in the city Friday evening and Mrs.
Gilmore and other relatives came
from the south on the same train
with the body. Mr.. Gilmore was
well known in Ashland, the family
having formerly lived here.
He has been agent at Cottonwood
for twenty years.
Mr.. Gilmore was Knight Templar
and a member of the Ancient Order
of United Worl1men. Besides his
wife, he left four children-Henry,
Joseph, Elmer and Floyd, ranging in
ages from nine to three years.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
Greatest Good
Roads Convention

New York, August 23.-Arrange-
ments for the Pan-American Road
Congress are approaching completion.
The congress will assemble at Munici-
pal Auditorium, Oakland, Cal, Mon
day morning, September 13, and con-
tinue five days, closing Friday after
noon, September II.
The congress is to be held under
the auspices of the American Road
Builders Association and the Ameri-
can Highway Association, acting
jointly. In previous years these great
organizations, which are national in
scope, have held separate annual
conventions. They will be aided on
the Pacific slope by the Tri-State
Good Roads Association and the Pa
cific Highway Association. The mem
bership of these two western organ
izations covers the state of Califor-
mia, Oregon and Washington.
Invitations to attend the congress
and to appoint delegates have been
sent to the governors of the states,
the executive officials Of the Cana
dian provinces, and the presidents
of the Central and South American
countries. Similar invitations have
been sent to mayors of cities, and
special and general invitations ex-
tended to highway officials of states,
counties and cities, and to many 9TH
ers interested in road and street con-
struction, maintenance and admins
tration. Sufficient responses have al
ready been received announcing ac-
ceptances and delegates appointed to
insure a very large attendance.
The program has been given very
careful attention. Practically every
subject relating to materials and
methods of road construction, main
tenance, financing, engineering and
education has been accorded place,
and will be discussed by the ablest
men in the country in their respective
branches.
There will be two sessions of the
congress each of the five days. The
opening session Monday morning will
be devoted to the usual compliment
tary fluctuations. Monday afternoon
will be given to educational address
es. The sessions of Tuesday, We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday fore
noon will be taken up with the pre-
sentation of papers on the various
subjects, and their discussion. Fri
day afternoon the adjustment of the
business of the congress, the reports
of committees, and the adoption OF
resolutions will complete the work.
The Tri-State Good Roads Associa-
ton and the Pacific Highway Associa-
ton will hold conventions in con-
junction with the national affair.
Several prominent Oregon road boost
ers will speak, among them being a
Medford man.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
Unique Crater Lake
C0nclaVe Success

One hundred and six automobiles
carried 4S6 members of the Knights
of Pythias to Crater Lake last Tues
day, where, under the auspices of the
Medford lodge, the most unique ini-
tiation and ceremony in the history
of the lodge was staged in the crater
of the extinct Volcano on Wizard
Island in the center of the lake. The
drama, Damon and Pythias, was en-
acted upon the rim of the lake.
Among those initiated were John M.
Scott, traffic manager of the South
ern Pacific Will Steel, superintend-
ent of Crater Lake park; A, j. Boyd
and twenty-five others from different
parts of the state.
The representation to the conclave
was broader than had been expected.
Lodges from Portland and the upper
Willamette valley, the Umpqua, Coos
Bay, eastern Oregon and eight lodges
from the state of California were
represented.
Arrangements for the accommoda-
tion we're carried out without hitch
and the Medford lodge is to be con-
graduated on the success of the
event. The Medford band accom-
panied the lodge and furnished the
first band music that has ever awak-
ened the echoes from Crater Lake
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
Southern Pacific
Lecturer Here

Major John B. Clum, official lee
turer for the Southern Pacific, ac-
companied by Mrs. .Clum, spent a
short time in Ashland Sunday morn
ing. Major and Mrs. Clum had been
visiting Crater Lake and were on
their way to San Francisco, where
Major Clum is lecturing in the
Southern Pacific building at the eX-
position. A. S. Rosenbaum, agent
for the Southern Pacific at Medford,
brought them over the Pacific high
way from Medford to Ashland,
Through the courtesy of Mr.. Rosen-
baum Publicity Director Duryea had
the pleasure OF meeting these visitors
and showing them something of our
development into resort city. They
we're taken through the park system
and over Glenview Drive. They were
given some Of the new booklets
which they praised highly as very
unique and interesting.
Both Major and Mrs. Clum were
enthusiastic in their comments on
the beauty of Ashland and its sur
roundings. Glenview Drive seemed
to make a great hit with them, and
they both said 1t was one of the most
beautiful rides they had ever taken.
These visitors seemed very much i'm
pressed with all that Ashland has to
make a resort city, and predicted
splendid future for the city.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
Burglar-Proof Safe
for Tipplers' Names

Redding Searchlight: The names
of 100000 tipplers in Oregon and
Washington are catalogued and ar
ranged in an alphabetical index by a
mail order liquor house that is pre-
pairing to open for business in Horn
brook, the California town that is
nearest to the Oregon California line.
Oregon and Washington states will
go dry" on January l next.
The law in both states allows, after
the opening OF the new year, any per-
son in those two states to purchase
three dozen bottles of beer and two
quarts of whiskey every four weeks.
The enterprising dealer in Horn
brook, who proposes to shoot alcohol
across the state lines into Oregon and
Washington, has built warehouse
one hundred feet long and eighty feet
wide in which he will store his alco-
holic beverages.
A fire-proof, burglar-proof safe has
been built, in which are kept the
names and addresses of the 100000
tipplers of Oregon and Washington,
whom he deems will be likely pur-
chasers.
The value Of town lots in Horn
brook has advanced SO per cent with
in the last three months, or since the
property owners realized what geo.
graphical advantage they have in
dealing with booze" shipments to
the northern states.
A second mail order house has
bought a large lot and proposes to
enter into the business that prom
ises such handsome returns from the
dry states north of California.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-23
Mass Meeting at Chautauqua
Tonight for Election Discussion

are not thoroughly familiar with the
proposition, | hereby call a public
meeting at the Chautauqua building
tonight Monday at s o'clock, where
every phase of the matter may be
openly discussed. Every voter and
taxpayer in the city should be pres
ent as the matter is one of great i'm
portance. o. H. JOHNSON,
Mayor.