Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-03-15
WATER CURE sANITARIUM.

should be the business of every citi
zen to do his share in forwarding
such an enterprise. Not necessarily
in the way of subscribing funds, but
the matter should be given attention
by all interested in the future of Ash
land as TO ways and means to best
and quickest secure such an institu-
tion.
Whether Ashland develops slowly
or rapidly will depend largely upon
the character of its first sanitarium.
1t should be commodious, slendidly
appointed institution, constructed
along the most modern lines, calcu-
lated not only to administer effective
beneficial treatment, but an institu-
tion that will be credit to the high
aspirations of the city.
The value of Ashland mineral wa
ters for use in connection with the
Schott system is we'll established. In
his address before the Commercial
Club the first OF this month DR.. Jar
Wis discussed their value and use,
scientifically, and in such language
as that the ordinary citizen might
grasp his full meaning. His address
showed undisputed evidence of
careful and deep research on the part
of the speaker as to the relative
values of Ashland waters in compari-
son with the waters of some of the
most successful resorts of the world,
and Ashland's waters did not suffer
by the comparison. There is abso-
lutely no question as to the medicinal
worth of the waters. The only ques-
tion is how best to utilize them to
bring the greatest prosperity to Ash
land and quickest establish her repu-
tation as high-class watering resort.
No city its size can boast a higher
citizenship or better brains than
Ashland. Many citizens are familiar
with handling large undertakings.
They should come forward with a
feasible and practical plan to con-
struct an adequate water cure sani-
tarium.
At the most successful watering
resorts in the world the baths are
owned and controlled.
The waters are controlled by the mu-
Ashland already controls
the largest share Of the mineral wa
ters. There is tremendous value
in these waters when properly util-
ized. The effort on the part of the
should be to find way to
build sanitarium, couple the waters
onto 1t, the whole to be controlled
and operated by the municipality.
Owing to the heavy bonded indebted
ness of the city It is out of the ques-
tion to agitate the further bonding
of the city in a sum sufficient to con-
struct such a sanitsrium as Ashland
needs. But Ashland should find
some way to. do II without parting
forever with the use of her waters
for bathing purposes to private
The waters are too val
liable to be given away without
string so that the city can get con-
troll of them again without having to
pay an enormous price later for what
now she may give as bonus in or
der to secure q sanitarium.
Who has the ingenuity to figure
out a plan whereby this can be prac-
tically accomplished? Carlsbad has
Invested two and one-half million dol
lars in her municipality owned water
ing resort. The city now gets an in
come of more than one million dol
lars each season out of the enter
prise. There are tremendous finan-
,ial possibilities in a successful mu-
nicipally controlled resort. The in
come from the Carlsbad resort pays |
all upkeep charges, betterments and
pays all the taxes of the town. There |
S no city tax levied against Carlsbad |
property to sustain municipal gov
srnment. Ashland can do as well If
,he exercises as good business judg-
nent in utilizing her waters and |
her affairs.
Ashland must have a water cure
There are two ways
,nly, that we can see, to get 1t. One
S by giving the bathing privilege of
he waters perpetually to a private
as an inducement to have
I make the investment; the other is
o figure out some way TO do it so
hat the city will get the full benefit
or the investment and consequent
development of the enterprise.
To give the water as bonus is
bad business, If any other way can be
found to get the institution. These
waters are too valuable, when prop
srly utilized, to Justify such a course.
Il any other way can be found to do
Il But IL is imperative that Ashland |