Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-10-11
CITY FATHERS
SIT FOR HOURS
NIGHT
FLOCK OF DETAILS MAKES LONG
SESSION AND PARLEYING
NECESSARY
WATER SITUATION IS
SUBJECT OF SPEECHES
Engineer Ordered TO Proceed with
Survey for Uniting Neil and Ash
land Greeks; Many Requests Pre-
sented by Residents of City.


The regular meeting of the city
council took place in the recorders
office at the city hall last evening.
owing to the fact that the chamber
of commerce had made arrange
ments to use the regular council
chamber for the evening.
All the councilmen save Mr.. Frost
answered to roll call, with Mayor
Lamkin and the city recorder in
their usual places.
Attorney w. J. Moore appeared
before the council and talked for
several minutes on the water situa-
tion and urged that the supply be
kept clear and free from contamina
tion, but was unable to set forth
definite mode of procedure.
Councilman Joy followed with
talk along the same line and brought
the condition which faces the Belle
view district before the council,
stating that every effort should be
lent to get that section under the
Talent irrigation district He stat
ed that Talent at the present time
practically considered itself a part
of district, with Ashland as CEN
ter, but If the Bellevew district
fails to take the water at the pres
ent time, 1t will lose the water for
all time, as other districts towards
Medford are anxious to get the wa
ter and are only waiting to get the
chance to grab it, thereby leaving
Ashland to hold the bag for If the
Talent irrigation district takes in
land nearer Medford the whole
community will lean that way, and
In time will be considered part of
the Medford community. instead Of
Ashland, as it should naturally be.
The failure of Belleview to take the
water would also rob Ashland of any
possibility of getting any water from
the district should investigation
show that this should be done for
the interest of the city.
Mr.. Joy stated that from 140O to
1900 acres must be signed up in
Belleview, and that at the present
time, only one-fourth OF this amount
has been obtained.
The engineer, who was obtained
to make the survey to see If the plan
to bring the Neil creek water into
Ashland creek was feasible, was re-
ported to be ready to go to work,
and a motion to order him to pro-
ceed was passed.
Mayor Lamkin, in order to keep
the fact before the council that he
was opposed to any reservoir up the
canyon, mentioned the fact that En-
gineer Heney had advised strongly
against the city spending any money
in this manner, stating that the city
had more water than was actually
needed now.
Several of the proprietors of the
stores OF the city were present and
urged that the ordinance in regard
to licensing retail peddlers in the
city, be changed from the rate of so
cents day to minimum fee of 5000
a year. The matter was taken un-
der advisement and the city attor-
ney advised to draw an ordinance
covering the matter.
Mr.. Banta was present and report
ed that he had noted cattle belong
ing to Jesse Winburn grazing in a
field adjacent to Ashland creek and
stated that. inasmuch as the city
had an ordinance prohibiting any
,attle grazing in the water shed, he
that this should be looked
nto as he did not enjoy the idea OF
drinking water that came directly
~ this grazing land. The matter
will be taken up with the state board
" health.
A hospital bill for s96 was turned
lown. as the council did not have
my definite information as to what
I was for.
The water department was grant
d the right to purchase six new hy-
lrants. and Superintendent Hosler
vas granted a 10 days leave Of abb
ence. "just time enough to go out
nd get a buck" Mr. Hosler stated.
A remonstrance was presented.
Igned by some Is or 20 people in
he vicnty OF North Main aud Cool