Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-17
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Peoples Forum
Hit as Seen Through Ashland Spec
tacles.
(By Henry G.. Gilmore.)


(By Henry G.. Gilmore.)
II you purchase an S5-cent ticket
of Mr.. Wright at the Ashland depot
and get aboard one of the rs. p"
flyoers you will not only be con-
fronted, in mounting the "Sisskoos,
with some of the finest scenery in
the world Especially from the COM
fortably-seated observation carr, but,
after an hour-and-a-half's Tide, be
landed in a community of many
graces, known far and near as Hit,
but, for some mysterious reason, en-
blazoned by the postoffice authorities
as Hilts-the handiwork undoubted-
ly of a kaiser or some other officious
postmaster general. Twenty eight
miles by rail and twenty-five by the
magnificent Pacific Highway is the
easy distance between ashland the
Beautiful" and "Hilt the Expectant
Dryness on the one side and wetness,
to greater or less degree, on the
other, is no barrier whatever to a
harmonious getting-together. An in
stitution known as the Fruit Grow
ers' Supply Company with a feeder
in the shape of a lumber mill sup
plying said supply company with the
wherewithal for turning out some
of the most dependable boxes here
abouts, has been the making Of Hit.
Without its stimulating influence
Hit would to this day be little better,
than a bowling wilderness, the abode
of rapacious animals that sleep in the
day time and visit the unprotected
flocks of settlers by night, and regal
ing themselves with the daintiest
morsels of the chase. Mr.. M. G.
Grover, Sr., as superintendent and
Mr.. M. H. Grover, Jr., as assistant
superintendent are the guiding spir-
its Of the supply company, while Mr..
Perry is no less an aggressive oper-
ator in developing the best results of
the mill itself. So great has been,
and is still, the demand of this supply
company's goods that at times orders
have to be transferred elsewhere to
insure their being promptly filled.
! A railroad (not spur Of the IS. P.")
is constantly in use in getting out
logs to feed this thriving industry.
To watch, from beginning to end, the
making of boxes at this company's
splendidly equipped plant is an eye
opener to all in search of an object
lesson in celerity and successful
workmanship.
Under the presiding genius of Mr..
I Grover, Sr., with Mr.. H. W. Stanley
as most capable manager, there is
a large store, Of many departments,
that caters to the physical and un-
yielding wants Of the entire COM
munity A fraternal good spirit
seems to exist between employers and
employees, and all bear with a loving
fortitude the war prices-even to the
securing of glass of beer-that has
hit the bright little burg in almost
every direction
The guests Of Miss Eleanor Greer
addressed sometimes by the un-
learned as widow" Greer), we
husband and wife) were more than
delighted with the magnificent seem
cry obtainable from her 160-acre
ranch. With Pilot Rock visible in
one direction and the ever-snow-clad
Shasta in another, added to the pic
turesque turnings of the Pacific High
way through at least three-quarters
OF mile of Miss Greer's possession,
is 1t any wonder that tourists Of a
wandering state Of mind should en-
thuse over the scenic beauties of Hit
and the entire "Sisskoos" so glori-
ously displayed by Dame Nature her
self?
A visit to the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilmer Hit, from whose family
Hit derived its name, revealed, along
the banks of Cottonwood creek, a
veritable garden of Eden occupied
by kindred spirits Of so sympathetic
and loving character as to make
life worth the living many times over.
With placer mine at his very back