Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-05-17
TAKE
MEN INTO.
PEACE POW WOW.
GRANTS PASS AND ASHLAND
GATHER ABOUT FESTIVE
BOARD
Gave Men" from the Valley Guests
OF Chamber OF C0mmcrce-Plan
Unification in Exploiting South
ern Oregon.

The most successful get-together
meeting ever held in southern Ore
gon took place last evening at the
Hotel Ashland, when some 80 Gave
Men" from Grants Pass were invited
into peace meeting by the "Lith-
ian" tribe of Ashland. While the
feeling between the two tribes has
been the most friendly for years, the
meeting of last night will result in a
still greater friendship, one which
will make the two tribes as one be-
fore many moons have passed and
result in one great tribe in the val
ley instead of the many little ones.
A number of "Lithian" braves
were assembled in front of the ho-
tel to greet the Gave Men" as they
arrived and escorted them into the
interior of the "peace hail." where
they were each introduced and a
short history of their brave deeds re-
lated, after which they were given a
sumptuous feed.
w. H. McNair, president of the
local chamber, made short talk
and turned the meeting over to Mr.:
Fuller to act as POSTMASTER. Rev.
Kohler gave the address of greeting
and theoretically passed the pipe of
peace and followed up with a word
of congratulation to the visitors on
what they had to offer, both COM
mercially and scenically
o. Il. Blanchard, president of the
visiting chamber, made rousing
talk emphasizing the cooperation
plan and asking that southern Ore
gon work together to get a railroad
to the Pacific coast, and thereby gel
the advantage of the water ship.
ments and saving thousands Of dol.
lars annually to the agsculturist
and shippers of the valley. His
plan would also include the cons
truction of the road on east through
the counties touching the soutf
boundary of the state, which would
open mp the greatest timber coun'
try of the entire world and afford
them an outlet by way of the sea
through the Rogue River valley
This would also bring much taxable
land into being and would help the
tax situation OF the state materially.
Rev Oldfield made a hit with his
recitations, which were given in a
Norwegian dialect of which the
genial minister is a master, Henry
Enders Jr. made a short talk, relat-
ing some of the experiences he en-
countered recently at San Francis
co, when he attended a meeting In
regard to terminal freight rates.
Prof Vining gave a fine talk and
expressed the good feeling that ex-
listed between the two communities,
and finished his talk with an imagi-
nary legent of the Marble Caves of
Oregon. Bert r. Greer was called
on and announced that 46 options
had been received for the prospect
i've hotel site. He laid stress on ex-
plotting southern Oregon as a whole
and asked the towns to work to
that end. Henry Enders Sr. was
called on and said he believed that
the commercial center could be
placed where men worked to that
end, and that Ashland and Grants
Pass had an equal chance to become
commercial center. Gus Newbury
passed a few remarks Of pleasantly
In connection with his campaign,
creating considerable jollity. F. W..
Miller, of Grants Pass, expressed the
opinion that the scenic beauties of
Oregon would not bring people here
to make their homes, but the hos
pitality OF the men and women OF
the valley and their word of well
come to strangers was of much more
importance and would In itself de-
termine whether southern Oregon
would ever come into its own. He
said that, next to the secretaries OF
the chambers OF commerce, the ho-
tel proprietors were the most in
fluential people in the communities
and did more In the interest of the
general public than any other indi
viduals. G. F. Billings asked for
few moments. and read delightful
little poem on history, entitled
1892"
Ashland's own lyrlcist, in the per-
son OF Dick Posey. was called on for
one of his original poems and re-
sponded graclously with a poem pay
Ing glowing tribute to the assets
about Ashland. naming in particular