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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20
PROMOTER CHEATS LAW.
Operator in Large Corporations Dies
in California.

Seattle.-W. E. DeLarm, promo
ter of the Columbia River Orchard
Company and its allied corporations.
which sold $5,000,O0O of bonds now
entirely worthless, died at Placer
vile, Cal, last Saturday, according to
a dispatch received here. DeLarm
was a fugitive from justice, having
been indicted at Portland, Ore, for
using the mails to defraud.
DeLarm, accompanied by his beau
tiful young wife, appeared in Ever
EFT, Wash, several years ago, and
immediately began to organize man
ufacturing companies and to sell
stock to the people with whom he
became acquainted in a social way
The companies always failed, but De-
Larm appeared so honest that the
investors harbored no i'll will toward
him. After exhausting his credit in
Everett, he came to Seattle and or
ganized the Columbia River Orchard
Company, the Washington Orchard
irrigation & Fruit Company. and al
lied concerns, and sold bonds to small
investors through various land COM
panies.
According to DeLarm's story, he
sold the bonds to the land agents for
what he could get, and the agents
disposed of them at par, frequently
exchanging them for real estate.
Where De Larm himself exchanged
the bonds for real estate or mort
cages, he disposed of the property to
money lenders at enormous discount.
According to the testimony, DeLarm
had no business capacity, and the
enormous profits OF his get-rich-
quick companies enriched shrewder
men. When an interest payment on
the bonds fell due last February,
DeLarm could not pay the coupons,
nor could he meet other obligations
OF the company. DeLarm closed his
office and fled. Mrs. DeLarm went
to Michigan and her husband to Cal
ifornia, both under assumed names.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20
RECALL TOUCHED LIGHTLY.
Roosevelt Platform Does Not Suit
Ulha-PrOgressives.

ChicagO.-The initiative, referen-
dunn and the recall, as federal prop
ositiOns demanding specific delinea-
ton, have been turned down by Col
onel Roosevelt. In the tentative
draft of the platform which has been
prepared by the Roosevelt forces
these problems, held to be vital by
the progressives in the western states,
have been left out
Being only mentioned in a general
way, they are endorsed, but the en-
dorsement is so weak that the ultra
progressive leaders are preparing to
start a general fight for a bold, un-
compromising platform statement on
these principles.
The plank as submitted TO the COM
mittee, and which is believed to have
the endorsement of Roosevelt, makes
the question one for the localities to
deal with. The direct election of
United States senators and the presi-
dental preference primaries are held
to be absolutely necessary for the
welfare of the people. The Roosevelt
platform provides the necessary leg
islatiOn to carry this out.
The necessity of direct legislation
is to be held to be one for the states
themselves. 1t is declared that they
must solve this problem as best suits
the community affected The plat
form will specifically declare that the
republican party will attempt no die
tatlOn as to methods. neither will il
make an effort to force one commun
lty to adopt methods unsatisfactory
TO another community.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20
ANTI-BOYCOTT LAW Is AIM
Measure to Require Permit for
Street Meetings Also Up.

Eugene, Ore.-A proposed state
law forbidding the boycotting of any
legitimate business, and another
measure requiring permission of the
mayor as prerequisite to the hold
ing of public meeting on the street.
are embodied in two sets of initiative
petitions received here Tuesday by
G. f. Hurd.
The first measure would make it
unlawful for any person or organiza-
tion to conspire to boycott any legiti-
mate enterprise or to establish picket
lines about any place of business,
shop, store or industry with a view
to injuring the business or to attempt
to induce the employees of any lawful
business to leave their employment.
The penalty is fixed at 500 to
$1,000 or Imprisonment from ten
days to one year or both
The second proposed initiative
measure is very similar to city ordi-
nances Just passed in Eugene and in
North Bend The measure applies to
incorporated cities of 5000 popula-
tion and more and forbids the hold
ing of meetings for the purpose of
speechmaking or public discussion
upon any of the public streets, parks
or public grounds of the city unless
written permit first be obtained
from the mayor.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20
GOVERNOR TO OPPOSE.
Johnson-Flynn Fight Prospects Are
Gloomy.

Albuquerque, N. M.-Governor
Mcdonald, who refused to be quoted
on the matter, let it be known that
he would attempt to prevent the
Johnson-Flynn fight at Las Vegas on
July 4.
Governor McDonald's determina-
ton was learned from source the
reliability of which is unquestioned.
While Governor Mcdonald refused
to be quoted in the matter, he reiter-
ated that he stood exactly where he
always did on the fight question
that If there was any way by which
he could prevent it, he would.
1t is understood he has been con-
vinced he has ample police power to
prevent the contest and that he will
exercise this. What the promoters
will do in the event the bout is pre-
vented at Las Vegas is not known,
but Juarez, Mex, seems to offer the
only haven for the contest.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20
REPRODUCE PARTHENON.
Greeks of America Will Erect His.
tOric Structure.

San Francisco, June 20.-It is the
intention of the Greeks of this coun-
try to reproduce in white marble on
Telegraph hill, which overlooks San
Francisco bay and is adjacent to the
exposition site, the famous Parthenon
of Athens. Steps with this in view
have already been taken by Consul
General Richard de r'ontana of
Greece and he is receiving the CO.
operation of the exploitation depart
ment of the exposition. Consul Cen
eral Fontana has cabled King George
of Greece for permission to carry out
the plan and is confident that the
Greeks of this country and Europe
will donate sums of money to bring
about the building of this magnin-
cent structure.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20
EGG-LAYING CONTEST.
White LeghOrns Lead in Race
Among Connecticut Biddies.

According TO the current issue Of
Farm and Fireside. a year-lOng egg
laying contest is now going forward
at the Connecticut Agricultural Col
lege at Storrs. Conn. Every breed
and variety is represented. When
the contest is over, 500 or 500 birds
with records will leave Storrs to be
bred from. 1t is believed that the
data produced by this contest will
help raise the present average of 20
eggs per year and thus affect favor
ably the cost of living.
This is the first egg-laying contest
ever held in this country and is inter
national in character, there being en-
tries from many different countries.
The hens are housed in new plant
built by the college. consisting Of
50 specially designed houses, two
pens to a house. During the first
19 weeks of the contest 1,770 eggs
were laid A part of the article fol-
lows:
The nineteenth week Of the egg
laying contest ended with the Eng
lish pen of White Leghorns, leaders
since the first, still in the lead with
a total OF 369 eggs, an average OF
19.S-19. They are improving their
average and holding their lead well.
The second pen is one of Rhode Is
land Reds belonging to E. S. Edger-
ton, West Wellington, Conn, with a
total of 315 eggs.
''As breed, the White Leghorns
are getting into the game again. and
so are the Barred Rocks. Orpingtons
and Rhode Island Reds are still a
little ahead in proportion to the
number of entries, but the other two
breeds are coming along we'll
The surprise of The week was the
sudden squirt Of the Dark Cornish
Indian Games, with total for the
week OF 80 out of a possible 50 eggs.
These belong To John W Ward, Jr.,
Pennington, \. J.
Two thousand one hundred and
forty-eight eggs were laid by the 490
birds for the week"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20
STRAWBERRY ROOT wEEvIL.
Remedial Measures Discussed by En-
tOmOlOgist.

NO really satisfactory treatment is
at present known for this serious
pest" says Assistant Entomologist
A l.. Lovett. o. A. c., discussing the
attacks of the strawberry root weevil
on beds in the Freewater-Milton dis
trict.
Fields do not generally begin to
show the attacks until the beginning
of the third season, and those plant
ed in hills not so soon as those in
the mat system. The Magoon and
Clark Seeding are especially prone
to attack, while the Gibson seems
practically immune Where fields
were watered from the Hudson Bay
ditch they were usually infested,
though often absolutely free if wa
tered from private wells.
This indicates that the beetles
from infested patches up stream
crawl into the ditch and are washed
down to fields below AS they can
not fly, and can only crawl, outside
agencies must be used for transpor-
tation and great distance. They feed
and crawl at night, resting in dark
ened or sheltered hooks by day
Since the adult beetles feed on
the foliage, spraying with one of the
arsenical poisons would seem effect
i've. But two factors argue against
this: the beetles emerge and COM
mence depostiing eggs when the ber-
ries are in full fruit, and they have
a wide range of host plants and are
not heavy feeders, so avoid sprayed
foliage, either feeding on other crops
or waiting for new growth.
II am trying out different materi-
ais with a view to repelling or killing
the grubs in the soil. 1t is a great
problem to obtain something which
will destroy the grub and yet not in
iure the tender plant. One Freewa-
ter grower reports success in using
ashes and lime on infested fields and
then flooding with water Another
grower plans to flood the soil this
fall after the picking season. and
keep the plants submerged several
days. This should kill the grub. but
Just what the possible effect on the
strawberry plants and young fruit
trees will be is yet to be seen. The
treatment would, at best, be confined
TO irrigated districts, which do not
include all the fields infested.
Since the beetles cannot fly, the
barrier method may be used. A field
of about an acre and a half is en-
closed by low fence such as, it is
hoped, will keep the pest out. me
weevil is a serious pest with many
factors naming its control a complex
problem. We hope eventually for
satisfactory solution and are not dis
couraged. We are at al! times. how
ever, glad of suggestions, reports of
experience and observation from
growers, and will appreciate any Of
fers of cooperation.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20
LAUNCH BURNS ON BAY.
Five Marshfield Men Have Narrow
Escape.

Marshfield, Ore.-Forced TO take
chances of either burning to death or
drowning, five young men Narrowly
escaped from death in burning boat
ON Coos Bay Monday night. Had it
not been for timely rescue all on
board probably would have been lost
IN the gasoline boat Evelyn.
Fred Bentz with four other young
men, all employed at the East Side
mill of the c. A. Smith Company,
Were returning from a picnic on Coos
river After passing the city and
when opposite the depot wharf. a
lighted match ignited the gasoline
and in an instant the whole boat was
iD flames.
Frank Smith, superintendent of
the Coos River Fish Hatcheries, in
mis- launch Alice H., saw the flames
anu hurried down the bay to the as
slstance of the boat in distress. The
flames OF the burning boat rose high
and enveloped the five men aboard.
Two jumped overheard and with the
assistance of the searchlight on the
Alice II. were picked up.
Smith, in face of immediate dan
ger of setting fire to his own boat,
got near enough TO the burning
launch to rescue the other three
men. The burning boat floated to-
ward the railroad wharf and endan-
gered the warehouse, but was
swamped by men in rowboat in
time to prevent setting fire to the
warehouse, All of the men on board
were slightly burned.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20
RECEIVER APPOINTED.
Josephine County Mine Delivered
Over to Courts.

Portland.-Federal Judge Charles
b. WolyertOn has appointed Robert
Tucker of Portland receiver for the
Almeda Consolidated Mines Com
pany, an Oregon corporation organ
lied in 1905 with capital at S15.OUJ
900. The company owns 500 acres
In Josephine county, this state, and
$l3,OOO,OOO worth of stock was sold.
lhe receiver was appointed upon rep
resentation of Cleveland and Dayton,
ONO, persons who hold 100000
OF stock and that the company was
mismanaged, and that misrepresenta-
tions We're made in the sale OF stock.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20
COTTON BOIL LARVA.
Critter Captured in Tomato by Prof.
O'Gara.

After travelling 900 miles by rail.
a perfect specimen of the cotton boil
worm arrived in the valley Monday.
only to fall under the eye of Profess
sor O'Gara. At the present time
heliothis absoleta, which is the cog
nomen it bears with all scientific
people, is busily engaged in devour-
ing the tomato that he began eating
several weeks ago.
The finding of the larvae of this
insect is an object lesson" said Pro-
fessor O'Gara, "of the manner in
which we have to guard against the
spread of all Ihanner of plant dis
eases. This little worm might come
TO this valley and live or die without
creating any harm. Again it might
be thrown out by some housewife
and with its mate burrow into the
ground, making a cocoon and in
crease several hundred in the follow
ing year.
"Of course this may be considered
a hypothetical case" continued the
professor as he turned the green
worm over with his pencil. But at
the same time that is just one way
in which pest may gain hold upon
section. Now this little fellow and
his relatives are responsible for a
loss of about $20,000,000 every year
in destruction of large crops of sweet
corn, tobacco, beans, peas, etc. This
particular fellow came from central
Mexico and | suppose that many otn-
er people who have purchased the
tomatoes have found them
NO. you can't be too careful, 4"
concluded Mr.. O'Gara, as he replaced
the jar on a shelf with several va
rieties of germs and near-germs.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20

Get the habit" Send your social
news to Miss Hawley. Phone SO.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20

Star Laundry and FreEch Dry
Cleaning Company. Phone "a.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20

Place for sale? House for rent?
Want anything? A few lines in the
Tidings want columns will do the
business.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20

The contractors who are installing
Lebanon's new, sewers are meeting
with much difficulty owing to the
recent rains and the rise of the river.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-20

Telephone your social items to
Miss Hawley between 8 a. m. and 4
p m. each day. Call phone 80.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-02
DECISION AFFECTING
LANDS THAT ARE MINERAL

In decision rendered on a DEM
urrer in the case of Anderson VS..
Murphy etal, in Reno, Judge Moran
placed an Interpretation on the
disputed law witt regard to mineral
lands found on grants by the
government to railroads. The
defendants in this suit which has
been going on for about three
years. were Tom Murphy and Ed
Klaus, both we'll known Comstock-
ers and George Cole, also wall
known here where he resided for
some time and took an active part
in pnlitics.
The decision hold that title to
mineral land in instances of that
kind does not rest with the rail-
road parties to whom it is trans
ferred, IRRESPECTIVE of the transfer
deed of parts of the land by grant.
The suit was the result of an
attempt on the part of Anderson
to disposess Mr.. Murphy and others
who had opened up ore on land
which had been obtained by pur-
chase of Anderson from the rail-
road company. The grant as
originally made to the Union
Pacific included every alternate
section of land for a distance of
twenty miles on each side OF the
track through Neada.
The defendants claimed that the
mineral land was open to location
and denied the railroads right to
the mineral and in the beginning
and their right to transfer it by
deed to Anderson. The contention
of the defendants wac sustained.
The decision was rendered on a
demurrer to the amended answer
Of the defendants.
The mining property over which
the suit arose is situated in the
Peavine district, IS miles from
Reno, an is considered to be valu-
able property. Virginia Chronicle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-02
Greater
Humboldt


Organized for the purpose OF develop
ing the agricultural resources of Humboldt
Valley by conservation and use of the
waste and unused waters.
Ten years ago, the u S. Geological
Survey said there was sufficient water in
the valley to irrigate 10000 acres of land
Today, the Commissioner of Industry,
Agriculture and Irrigation says there are
only $4,000 acres of land under irr-
CATION i'll the valley.
The profits that will return from recla-
nation of even part of that extra land
Tor which there is water will be very large
This is the largest and most important
irrigation project in Nevada, and about the
only large one left in the United States not
exploited.
The returns to stockholders will be very
large, and land owners and present water
users who take stock will receive benefits
not granted under any other project.
1t is expected that every person inter
eSted in the future prosperity of Humboldt
Valley, or who wants good investment,
will take stock in this company.
For particulars. address Greater Hum
boldt Corporation, p. .. Box 254, Elko,
Nevada; LovelOc:, Nevada; 81 West Second
St, Reno, Nevada; or 1920 Merchants
Exchange Building; San Francisco, Cal. o
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-02
THE BIG ISSUE

United States Senator La
Toilette in the closing chapter of
his autobiography, which soon is to
be published in book form, gives
what he considers to be the one big
issue now confronting the Ameri-
can people. He say:
"In twenty-five years of political
struggle 1 have found one great
issue overshadowing all others
the encroachment of the power
full few on the rights of many.
All the issues Of today are phases
of this one great question. How
shall the individual, the farmer,
the worker, and all those who pay
tribute be set free from the unjust
exactions of the tariff, the rail-
roads, sand other forms of oppres
sion by pc cial interests.
When Roosevelt became president
the total stock and bond issues of
the trusts was $3,784, 900, 900,
e.. When he turned the country
over to Taft this total had grown
to $31 ,672, 900, 900, seventy. per
cent of which is water.
The people of this country are
paying dividends on their watered
stock, in the form of unnecessarily
high prices for the things they eat,
use and wear"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-02
PRESIDENT TAFT NOTIFIED

q. President Taft was officially
notified of his nomination yester-
day in the historic east room of the
White House. Senator Root, chair
man of the Chicago convention
made the notification speech.
President. Taft replied feelingly t.
the notification speech and defined
lin detail the issues of the cam
paign as he saw them. He said
the supreme issue was the main
tenance of the nations institutions
and the preservation of the consti-
tuition. threatened by democrats
and republicans who had left the
party to try their fortunes in a
new one. He also discussed tie
tariff and trust questions and other
issues raised by the Chicago plat
form.
He called no names, but took q
shot at Wilson and Roosevelt for
what he called their socialistic
tendencies. He reserved the right
to further amplify his statement
in q letter as the campaig On
develops.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-02
Looked That Way.

One morning a man walked into h, 4
club smiling and said: "B-b-boys, I'm
afraid t.t-took m-more wine last NIT.
night than a ch-ch-church member
should t-t-take." why so?" said o. o
OF his friends well, you s.s.sec.
this m.m-morning. when I c-came 10
b-b-breakfast my wife s-s-said to me:
William. what was the m-m.matt ar
with you last n-n-night? You stood b ,.
side the b.b-bed for some time l-l.loo e.
Ing at me and finally s-s.said: "Weil. I
s-s-swear, you two girls look enoug b
alike to-to-to be sisters" '"-Ladics
Home Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-02
YOUNG MAN GOES WRONG

H. A. Blake, formerly manager
of.the Grey, Reid & Wright store in
Car,n City, has been arrested and
is in the city prison in Reno on a
charge of embezzlement preferred
by his recent employers. The
amount of the embe zzlement is not
known but it is understood that the
young man does not deny his short,
age. Blake is we'll known in
Carson where he moved in the best
of society and was believed to be q
model young man until a short
time ago when he started to travel
the primrose path in both Reno
and Carson City. He was supplant-
ed in the employ of the big mer-
camille house few days ago and
imm -diately his arrest took place:
Carson News. -
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-02
Not Loaded.

Mrs. Wise-"Will you come home
raight from the club tonight?" Mr..
ise-"You mean to come straight
'me." Mrs. Wise-"No, I mean to
me home straight-no zigzax walk.
g."-ExchanKe.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-02
Good for Evil.

A more glorious victory cannot be
gained over another man than this,
that when the injury began on HE
part the kindness should begin on
ours.-Tillotson.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-02
Moro Money Maeted.

''Eureka!" exclaimed Hiram Hos.
kins. who, with lighted candle in his
hand, was hunting for leak in the
gas pipe. A moment later Mrs. Hos
klns sadly said: That's Just our luck
Now we'll have to pay out more money
TO get tho roof fixed"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-02

8 Horse and Hen.
1t takes a blacksmith to shoe q
norse, but anybody can shoe a hen.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-02
Books.

A homo without books, a home with.
out Libraries. is home without \
soul
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-14

be serious to the mills. There is an
abundance of water for the mills dur
ing the greater portion of the year
and if through irrigation on the reser-
vation supplementary power for the
mills should be needed during the hot
months such power will be easily
available.
But whether or not the thing is
pleasing to the Byers company does
not affect the justice or the legality
of the case. The Indians have the
prior right and that right obtains re-
gardless of whether they have been
able to claim their rights or have ap-
preciated their importance. Our Wis
ion of justice is that she is blind
goddess who treats the strong and
skillful with no greater favor than the
ignorant, poor and helpless. The
present case is one which calls with
particular force for such treatment
because the shortcomings of our In
dians are in large measure due to the
conditions under which they have
been forced to live.
Thus far to be sure the government
has done nothing other than to show
its purpose to cancel the permit under
which the Byers company has been
monopolizing the river. The permit
is not yet revoked. With the permit
revoked the Indian position would
become much stronger though OF
course eventually the rights they have
under their treaty will doubtless be
determined in the federal court. 1t
is strictly a federal question.
The best feature of the govern
ment's present attitude is that it shows
I the authorities, or some of them at
! least, have awakened to the govern
ment's obligations to the Indians. II
they remain awake the next step it
seems will be to prove the reserva-
ton rights in the federal court and
thus settle for all time the rights Of
| the Indians under their treaty. Per-
haps though, it won't be necessary
now for the government to take the
initiative in this. With the permit re-
voked won't the government and the
Indians be in control and on the de-
fensive with the Byers company out
side the breastworks? 1t would look
that way.