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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Adams Entered In
State Tennis Meet

Ernest Adams of Griffin Creek, up
until this year valley champion and
acknowledged to be the best tennis
player in the valley, is representing
the valley at the state tournament at
Portland. Adams left Saturday for
the Oregon metropolis.
A growing interest in tennis is be-
coming evident throughout the val
ley. John Beeson, old-time valley
champion and tennis coach, took
some Of the young Ashland and Tai
ent players to Medford, where they
we're the guests of some of the Med
ford enthusiasts Sunday. Many courts
are going in all over the valley. A
valley tennis tournament with per-
haps fifty entries will be held as soon
as the two Lithia Park courts are sur
faced. When finished the courts will
equal anything in the valley, and
Lithia Park will afford ideal sur
roundings for a first-class tourna-
ment. John Beeson states that he
has received assurances from players
as far away as Pendleton that they
would come down for a tournament
here.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Would Have Been
Terrible Pile-up

A refrigerator car jumped the
track in the local yards Friday when
the wheel broke. Had the accident
occurred on the Siskiyou grade a
wreck of immense proportions must
have occurred, as the axle turned
crosswise and tore up forty feet of
ties even when the train was moving
slowly in the yards. Had it occurred
an hour sooner when the trains was
on the mountain, the result would
have been pileup such as has not oc-
Cured on the Siskiyous in years. The
train had just pulled into the yards
and was opposite the water tank
when the wheel broke. The train was
brought to a stop, oddly enough, just
opposite the wrecker, which was
standing on spur. 1t took the
wrecking crew five hours to repair
the tornup track caused by the rag
ging axle. The contents of the car,
peaches, were uninjured.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Deer Make Lithia
Park Their Home

The sight of a beautiful wild deer
grazing in back yards, approaching
within few feet of residences and
making runways out of the park
paths and drives, is becoming a COM
mon thing in Ashland. Three beau
tiful does seem to be making their
headquarters within two blocks of the
postoffice in Lithia Park, and occa-
sionally bucks and fawns are seen.
On last Wednesday Bob Drew, find
ing three deer in Hi Evans back
yard, telephoned to some photog-
rapher friends, and several good
snapshots were secured. Automobil-
lists making the trip over the high
drive which circles above Ashland s
one-hundred acre park report ap-
preaching within a few feet of the
deer.
Ashland's canyon park joins on
the north with the Ashland creek
watershed, which is within the forest
reserve, and as a watershed is also
a game preserve. The fifty or sixty
square miles of watershed up until
four years ago, when 1t was closed
to hunting, was a favorite hunting
place, parties frequently securing the
limit while hunting deer on the slopes
of Mt. Ashland and Wagner butte
within fourteen miles of the city
Since the area was made a reserve
the deer are multiplying rapidly and
are often seen by parties climbing
Mt. Ashland in groups up to twenty
five in number. The sight of the
deer is becoming as much of an at
traction as the view from the summit
of the mountain. 1t is thought that
eventually the deer will become so
tame that they will learn to come
down into the park in large numbers
to be fed Park Superintendent
Graves reports approaching within
few feet of the three does.
Two years ago some vandal shot a
doe near the upper intake in the can
yon. Shooting in the canyon is alb
solutely prohibited.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Rebuild SIS, 900 Ashland Mine
Mill Destroyed Sunday by Fire

Undaunted by a conflagration
which early Sunday morning de-
stroyed the ten-stamp mill, valued at
about $4,000, at the Ashland mine,
Manager w. A. Bartlett will leave in
the immediate future for New York
city to purchase new machinery and
will have the mine running again as
soon as the mill can be replaced. The
new machinery will be of the latest
design.
The fire which destroyed the mill
started at about 43O Sunday morn
ing from an unknown source and is
believed by Mr. Bartlett to have been
of incendiary origin. The mill was
an immense building built on the side
of steep mountain, and the flames
starting at the bottom roared up
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Board Gives Graves
Control Of Parks

P. H. Graves was reinstated by the
park board at meeting held last
Monday afternoon. Mr.. Graves was
prevailed upon by the business men
of the city to reconsider his resigna-
ton and arbitration of differences
with members of the park board
brought the matter to a happy end
ing. Mr.. Graves is now placed in
complete charge of the parks of the
city and the hiring and discharging
of his employees is left entirely in his
charge, he being limited to five men
for the remainder of this year and
obliged to keep within a certain limit
of aggregate salaries. 1t is fortunate
that Mr.. Graves was retained, as he
is far too valuable man to lose over
petty differences.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Tank Explosion
Kills MedfOrd Man

The third of series OF fatalities
resulting from the explosion of oXy-
gen on the Pacific coast occurred Sat
urday evening at Medford when Jay
Davis, 81 years old, 9O6 West Elev~
enth street, son of Mrs. E. d. Davis,
was almost instantly killed when the
oxygen tank at the Pacific Highway
garage at Medford exploded, driving
a piece of metal into the young mans
brain.
The other accidents occurred in
San Francisco. when two men were
killed, and in Keswick, Cal, where
five men we're victims of the explo-
sion.
Davis was rushed to the Sacred
Heart hospital, attended by DR.. E. B.
Pickel and DR.. E. r. Seely, where a
salt TRANSMISSION was made, but he
never rallied, dying at 1880, about
an hour after the accident.
The only explanation for the de-
plorable tragedy is that the oxygen
tank was defective. l.. j. Davies,
proprietor of the garage, was welding
a part of a motorcycle belonging to
Davis, assisted by Jack Schnurr. The
pressure was low and about to be
turned off when the explosion oc-
Cured. Davis had his arm on the
tank and was bending down near it.
The explosion was terrific, being
heard for several blocks. A jagged
piece of the metal was driven out like
a knife, nearly severing one arm and
cutting the skull from ear to chin.
Both Davies and Schnurr were
knocked over, Davies leg being pep
pered with small particles of metal,
but otherwise both men escaped un-
injured.
Jay Davis was well known in Med
ford and had a host of friends. He
las been in the employ of Eads Broth
ers for some time, was young man
of exemplary habits and generally
admired and respected. He leaves
a mother, Mrs. E. D. Davis, a wife
and two children, Barell, aged -,
and a four months old baby.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Elks Have High
Time at Yreka

A big delegation of local Elks mo-
tored over to Yreka Saturday after
noon and enjoyed a smoker and get
together" with their brethren in
northern California, which from all
reports must have been some time. y
The locals eulogize the Yreka and
northern California members as be-
ing entertainers royal and look for
ward to another visit in the not too
distant future. The only mishaps of
the trip which have come to light so
far were when j. j. Murphy's car
upset on Bailey hill and when C. V.
Beeler ran into calf in the Shasta
River canyon. Most of the party re-
turned Saturday night, the rest Sun
day.
The scenery down the new Pacific
Highway from Hornbrook to Yreka
is proclaimed to be grand by the ant.
Tered travellers.
Those who went from Ashland
were: D. D. Norris, E. L. Rasor, jim
mie Nesbitt, R. P. Cornelius, j. w.
Bowers, ]. H. Mattern, Nate Bates,
Frank Jordan, Cliff Jenkins, H. w.
Barron, A. L. Lamb, e. C. Payne,
George Watson, George L. Shelton,
R. G. Walker, w. Y. Crowson, w. G..
Prescott, E. D. Briggs, F. L. Camps,
w. E. Newcombe, Dick Bowman, C.
V. Beeler, Jack Bailey, w. N. Wright,
George Owen, j. NJ. Wagner Ed
Thornton, Ira Shoudy, j. j. Murphy,
Murray Murphy, Ray Murphy, G. c.
Murphy, j. G. Walker, NJ. C. Hast,
S. Patterson, P. Provost, P. S. Pro-
vost, w. G. Sander, II. C. Stock, j. S.
MacMurray, Monte Briggs and A. L.
Strickland. &iSil~t6. d. -"
Those from the various northern
California towns were as follows
w. L. Cooper of Etna Mills, Marshall
Horn of Hornbrook, John O'Shau-
messy of Gazelle, Aleck Albee, Merle
Neice and L. NJ. Houson of Weed,
Charles Simon of Montague, Robert
]. Nixon, E. C. Hart, George Lewis,
]. E. Turner, N. A. Hawkins, Otto
Reiceman, j. Il. Pollock, w. F. Nei-
Ion, L. A. Petersen, Scott Howard,
R. G. Baker and James Thomas Of
Yreka.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Hotel Columbia
Changes Hands

Mrs. C. E. Davis, who has conduct
ed the Hotel Columbia for the past
several months and built up an en-
viable reputation for the well-kept
hostelry, has disposed of the hotel
to Mrs. S. II. Wilson of Talent, who
will take charge on August l. Mrs.
Wilson is a business woman of wide
experience, and under her manage
ment the popularity of the Columbia
should continue to flourish.
Mrs. Davis has no immediate plans
for the future, but is buying a Buick
automobile today and will leave early
in August for visit with her son in
Idaho.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Citizens Banquet
Tomorrow Night

Have you your ticket for the "Fu-
ture Celebration and Convention
Banquet which takes place tomor-
row night at 7 o'clock at the Austin
Hotel? No tickets will be sold on
Tuesday, and should you desire to go
you must get ticket tonight. They
are sold at Buffers, Crowson's and
at Austin Hotel and cost 80 cents.
Over one hundred are already sold
and only a comfortable seating capace
ity of the dining room will be al
lowed, so get your ticket tonight IL
you want to be in on one of the big
events which takes place in Ashland.
The banquet is for men only.
Some good after-dinner speeches
are being arranged for and the COM
mittee in charge of the last celebra-
tion will make their report. A NUM-
ber of subjects of vital interest to
Ashland will be presented for consid-
Grafton, and it is hoped that much
good will result from the delibera-
tions that night.
The following menu is what Man
ager Chisholm has to offer:
Sardine Canape.
Mock Trutle. Consomme.
Baked Fillet of Sole, Tartar Sauce.
bushes Pommes.
Fruit Tart, Meringue.
Fried Chicken a la Austin.
Shrimp Salad
Petite Pois. POmmes Chateau
Ice Cream and Cake.
Cafe Noir.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Fined Five Dollars
In Recorders Court

Otto c. Doerrier was fined SIS I'm
the recorders court Friday on a
charge of drunk and disoNlerly con-
duct. Eight witnesses were called to
prove the charge and substantiate
the statements of Patrolman Winner,
who arrested Doerrier at the South
ern Pacific station upon his return
from over the California line. Doer-
rier claims that he is the subject OF
He believes that the
arrest was a plant" to get him to
leave town. He does not seem to
know why anyone should desire to
have him leave town now and states
that 1t would be cowardly to run
away and that he will stay here and
prove himself worthy.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24

through the wooden plant, destroy
ign it in a brief time despite the
heroic efforts of the men at the mine.
A call was phoned in to the Ashland
fire department, but before a force
could be gathered together the plant
was destroyed. The mill was insured
with Billings agency of Ashland, the
loss being partially covered if not
fully. Practically all the machinery
will be complete loss.
Mr.. Bartlett re-opened the Ashland
mine about two months ago after
years of inactivity and had about
twenty five men employed. He was
well satisfied with the results of the
venture and is determined to rebuild
and 90 ahead with the mining as soon
as possible.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Bomb Kills Six
At San Francisco

At least six persons were killed
and forty-four or more were injured
by the explosion at San Francisco
Saturday of a timed bomb in the
midst of throng viewing prepared
ness parade. The police .arrestel
Frank Josefson, lodger in a sailors
boarding house, but said he lad not
been charged with the crir1e
Charles NJ. Fickert, district attor-
ney, issued statement attribnt.ag
the deed to a mind unbalanced by ar
guments for and against prepareG-
ness, which have occupied attention
there. The parade was not interrupt
ed. Lists of dead and injured COM
piled by the police are:
The Dead.
Mrs. Howard E. Knapp, Alameda,
Cal.
DIR. George Painter, Berkeley, Cal.
o. H. Lamborn, printer, Alameda
George Lawlor, Mill Valley, Cal.
Seriously Injured.
Arthur Nelson, 10, Larkspur, lacer-
ations both legs and body
Howard e. Knapp decorations both
legs and body.
Mrs. Kingsley Van Lee (Chinese), ,
Oakland, lacerations both legs. In
ternal injuries.
Harry Turnbull, retired manager
The Family Club, fractured skull.
Miss Pearl Seeman, 19, Oakland,
leg blown off.
Mrs. L. o. Meyer, Oakland, leg
blown off, other leg amputated.
Henry ]. Claussen, Alameda, right
leg fractured, body federated and
bruised.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
The Old Resident
Is Set to Thinking

Good morning. Could you direct
me to the Ashland automobile
camp" inquired the driver of the
big Hudson car which rolled to
stop in the Plaza one day last week.
Would he glad to-" said the old
resident; 81 am going up that way
myself" and suiting the action to
the words, he climbed on the run
ming board of the car. Just around
this corner here and turn to your
left"
The car swung around the corner
at fifteen-mile clip, which the tour
ist naturally falls into on paved
streets, when, bump, bang, and the
occupants shot up against the top of
the car and were thrown violently
back. The driver slowed down, the
passengers held on tightly, but still
the bumps made riding uncomforta-
BILE and the old resident had to cling
grimly to the side of the car. After
the Perozzi creamery had been passed
the big bumps gave way to little
bitches and washed out places, and
the driver kept his eyes on the road
and the passengers were busy arrang-
ing themselves wehn the first glimpse
of Lithia Park, the view which should
make the best impression of all,
swept into view Up through the
park, across the bridge and to a stop
in the auto camp, the car itself Civ
ing a last contented cough.
The driver climbed out and walked
around the car, looking at the springs
and tires, and finally spoke: well,
this is sure some pretty camp and
that park looks good to me, but for
the love of Mike, what is the idea of
the bump the bumps for the ap-
proach?"
The old resident passed off the re-
mark with some facetious reply, but
as he returned down through the
park he was thinking deeply and
evolved a new idea, to him at least;
"Why, when Ashland has spent hun
dreds of thousands in building park
which every outsider enthusiastically
proclaims and every resident ac-
knowledges to be Ashland's biggest
single asset, do the people allow 1t to
be practically locked up by an ap-
proach which is enough to keep auto
drivers away?" And then his
thoughts turning back to the last
summer rain when the foot approach |
Chautauqua Park was muddy |
enough to make anyone hesitate he |
wondered some more.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Steal from Ladies'
Park Concession

Vandals broke into the concession
maintained by the ladies of the Civic
Improvement Club for the upkeep of
the children's Fairgrounds, and stole
two dollars worth Of confections last
Wednesday. Shooting would be too
good for the perpetrators of such an
act. Entrance was gained by prying
the hasp off the door. There is no
light in the stand.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
-Four Injured on
Greenspring Grade

A Ford car bringing four klamath
Falls baseball fans over to the game
at Medford yesterday morning ran
away down Greenspring mountain
and turned over several times, injur-
ing the occupants more or less seri-
ously Miraculously, none were
killed. The car, which belongs to a
klamath Falls man by the name of
DeRue, was driven by Stanley Win
ings, a former Ashland boy who has
been in the Falls for the last several
weeks. Winnings was not badly hurt.
+. ]. Ballairs suffered a broken col
larbone, ribs and a badly sprained
ankle. B. C. Kennedy was banged
up and bruised considerably, and the
fourth member of the party, whose
name was not learned, was also quite
badly damaged.
The accident occurred when the
clutch refused to hold, the brakes
would not work and the car plunged
down the steep grade below Green
spring ranch at about the same local
ity that an accident occurred last
year.
One of the occupants Of the car
was heard to state that the car must
have been hitting it up over mile a
minute before the driver lost control
on the curve. Passing cars brought
in the injured men. DR.. Gregg
patched them up and they are now at
the Medford Hotel.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
KOOSier Poet
Crosses Divide

James Whitcomb Riley, Hoosier
poet, whose writing are familiar 10
and beloved by everybody, died Sat-
urday at his home in Indianapolis
The death was due to paralysis. One
of the most unique celebrations Of
history was the Riley day, October
7, 1915, when the poet was honored
throughout the schools of the land
and by celebration in indianapolis.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Judge Will See
Highway Himself

Judge George N Davis Of Portland
passed through Ashland Saturday on
his way to Klamath Falls, where he
is to hold court for Judge Kuyden-
dali. Before returning to Portland
Judge Davis will familiarize himself
with the conditions of the highway
and gather all the data possible first
hand which may assist him in his
decision from the bench in the case
Of Sweeney VS.. Jackson county, that
case having been set for hearing in
his court.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
BuV Two Mines
Near Blue Ledge

e. ]. Steel has purchased the Joe
Bar placer mine, in the Blue Ledge
district, and has a number Of men
at work repairing fumes and clean
ing out bitches, preparatory to the
commencement of operations.
Rattles & Fawcett, after making
thorough examination of the Penn
sylvania placer mine, on Elliott creek,
have closed a deal for its purchase
This mine is only few miles from
the Blue Ledge copper mine.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Injured in Fall
While Icing Cars

While icing cars on the Ashland
Ice & Storage Company's spur yes
terday, Walter Smith slipped and fell
from the top of a car to the ground,
lighting on his back. His back was
severely strained and at first it was
thought internal injuries resulted,
hut according to reports from the doc
tor this morning no serious results
are anticipated.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24
Wade Hampton TO
Run Again Sunday

Wade Hampton, famous old run
ming horse belonging to Jim Bowers,
will again go up against Bessie Mills
in a three-eighths dash at Medford
next Sunday. Interest in the event is
high. Wade may also be matched
with a northern California horse at
Doris week later for $1,000
purse.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24

Mrs. Victor Bailey Of Grants Pass
came up Friday to spend few days
visiting friends in the city.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24

Hubbard, Ore, is considering hard
surface streets.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-24

Admission free at the Lyric Friday,
July 2S. First episode of "The Iron
Claw" 1t
Smyrna times., 1916-10-18
CHeswOL0 BOY GETS HONOR
Chosen One of the Representatives of
Delaware College to the Springfield
Expostion-RoYs From State

W. Il. Savin of Cheswold, n. W.
Taylor of Dover and J. F. Davis will
repres ent Delaware College at the In
tercollegiate Cattle competition to be
held in connection with the Interna-
national Dairy Show, at Springfield,
Mass. In addition to Delaware Col
lege, boys from all parts of the State
will be represented. Twelve boys and
girls from all parts of the State, repre-
senting corn clubs, pig clubs, canning
clubs, home and school gardening clubs
and other similar organizations, left
Newark, Wednesday morning, for
Springfield, Mass, where they will at
tend the Eastern States Expedition of
Boys and Girls Clubs. They go as
guests of the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture, the government
paying all expenses. These delegates
are boys and girls who made the best
work in their various clubs during the
past season. Those who took the most
interest in their work and made the
most advancement we're honored by
being selected for this trip. The dele
gates went to Newark, Tuesday last,
and held meeting during the after
noon at the Women's College. where a
training period was conducted and all
went through their work. Accompany
ing the boys and girls were Rufus
Stanley, a representative of the De-
partment of Agriculture, and Miss
Elizabeth Jefferson, extension worker
at the Women's College. F. A. Carol,
State, dairy agent, left for Springfield
and met the Delaware delegation on
arrival in that city. The exposition
will not close until the latter part OF
this week. Tue boys and girls in the
Delaware party are from IA to 16 years
of age. They are as follows: Margaret
Snyder, Newport; Sara Rutt, George
town: Mary Grumell, FELTON,; Naomi
Pepper, Georgetown; John Clancy,
Newark; Edward Todd, Viola; New.
man Rose. Newark; Alden Hopkins,
Lewes; Andrew Clements, Dover
Gilbert Cosden, Dover; H. Wallace
Cook, Newark, and Samuel NJ. Car
Georgetown.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-18
KENT PROHIBS ENDORSE
NOMINEES FOR OFFICES
n. p. HALL AND GILBERT PRATT,
EITHER ONE SATISFACTORY
John W. Houston, of Clayton, Endorsed
for State Senator-Nominees From
From Both Parties Thru County

At meeting of the Kent County
Prohibitionists at Dover on Saturday
the following legislative ticket was
selected: Second Senatorial district,
John w. Houston, Clayton. Repre-
sentative districts: Second, Alonzo
Jones, Leipsic; Fourth, Edward C.
DAILY. Hartley; Fifth, John T. Buck
son, Dover; Sixth, Cooper Gruwell.
FELTON,; Seventh, William A. Cosden;
Tenth, A. Brainerd Feet, Milford. AS
each of the Republican and Demo
cratic candidates for representative in
each of the 1st, 3rd, 9Th and 9th dis
tricts were acceptable, no prohibition
candidates were named, it being left
to the personal choice of the temper
ance folks as to which one they de-
sired. For like reason neither was a
senatorial candidate named for the
Fourth District. The meeting was
held in the State House. Jefferson
Cooper, of Cheswold, was chairman,
and Rev. Milton McCann, of Smyrna,
secretary. The County Committee of
the Prohibitionists named we're: JEFF
ferson Cooper. Rev. Alfred Smith,
D. D., John Heyd and Rev. Milton
McCann. A. remarkable feature of
the convention was that the Prohibs
were able to take both tickets and
make selection without resorting to
naming an independent candidate.
This was declared hopeful sign of
the times in that both parties were
putting up clean men and high type
of citizens.
Smyrna times., 1916-10-18
BIG DEMAND FOR POTATOES

Possible Shortage Stimulates Buyers
in the Lower Part of the State
Believing that the demand for sweet
and white potatoes this winter will far
exceed the supply, brokers are riding
through the rural districts in the lower
part of the state and purchasing from
the farmers all that have been dug as
we'll as the prospects. They will be
stored in large potato houses and kept
until January or February for a rise
in price and then consigned to the city
markets. One firm on Thursday pur-
chased about 50, 900 worth of sweet po-
tatoes which have been sold for Feb
ruary delivery. Large shipments are
being made from New York to Europe.
Some of the growers are asking 80 cents
per hamper and are not anxious to get
rid of them at that price.