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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-14
POLICEMAN SHOT TRYING
TO ARREST THREE MEN

CHICAGO, Aus. 14--Policeman James
McGIoom was shot through the neck
and probably fatally wounded in a re-
volver battle with three men whom he
tried to arrest The men fired at Nc
Gloom after he had fallen to the side
walk. The policeman tried to crawl to
the station. three blocks away but
tainted from loss of blood. Other off,
GERS heard the shooting and rushed
from the station. They found Nc
Gloom.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-14
RAILWAY MAIL CLERK
ACCUSED OF ROBBERY

Systematic robbery of registered mail
Louis railroad between Atlanta and
Nashville resulted in the arrest today
of W. H. Kelly, a postal clerk when
his car reached Nashville.
Kelly lives in Atlanta. Postoffice in
spectors had placed a dummy letter in
the mail sack and it was through this
that. they say they traced the crime to
the clerk. He will he brought to At
lanta for trial
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-14
NICARAGUAN REVOLT.
FAILURE, NEARLY ENDED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Alarmed
by the possibility of American inter
vention, the Nicaraguan rebels have
ceased their bombardment of Managua
the capital, according to a cablegram
received by the navy department today
from Commander Terhune of the scout
cruiser Annapolis. which is in Nfcara-
guam waters. The revolution is falling
fiat and federal troops are winning
steadily in northern Nicaragua. Five
persons were killed in the lombard
ment of ManagUa.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-14
PHYSICIANS PLAN
NEW EYES FOR
BLIND MAN
Remarkable Surgical Opera
ton Contemplated for Poor
Newspaper Seller.
Continued From Page One.

crushed TO a hospital where Cashin viii
he waiting, ready for the operation.
TIE cornea. the seeing power of the
eve. viii he put in place Of the useless
coruea Of the news seller and sight that
has for years been lacking will be re
stored. II the blind mans optic nerves
still retain their long unused power.
The cornea is the anterior horny
transparent part of the outer coating Of
the eve ball. and on 1t sight largely
depends
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-14
Judqn1ents Reversed

Smith. tax collector. et al, vs. Whidden:
from IA ttnau-Judge Sheppard. H. II.
Elders, for plaintiffs in error. Mann K
Miner. contra.
Wrinkles VS.. Simpson Grocery Company,
from PClk-]udge Edwards. Bum e
Bum, for plaintiff in eror. r.. w Lips
comb, John n. Davis. ". ". Mundy con-
ira.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-14

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-14

FOUND-If you lose anything and will
advertise it here, you will surely recover
it if found by an honest person. A three
time ad seldom fails. Remarkable recov-
cries are brought about every day
through this column
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
TO PAY
MORE ROAD TAX
COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION
TO COUNTY COURT.
IT HAS BEEN ILLEGALLY LEVIED
Councilman Butler Calls Attention to
Violation of City Charter by Coun-
ty Court in Levying Road Taxes
on City Property in Ashland.

At the city council meeting Tues
day evening Councilman Butler pre-
sented a resolution notifying the
county court that in accordance with
the charter granted the city of Ash
land by the Legislature of Oregon, it
was unlawful for the county court to
levy any road tax upon the property
within the corporate limits of the
city of Ashland, and asking that they
refrain from so doing In the past
in the neighbOrhood of $4,000 per
year has been collected in Ashland
contrary to law for expenditure in
other parts of the county. 1t is this
unlawful levy that the resolution is
intended to stop. The resolution
was adopted under suspension of the
rules, all voting aye.
1t is said that should the county
court fail to heed the resolution and
make the levy as in the past, an in
junction will be brought to prevent
the collection of the taxes.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
FINE BULLETIN ON HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
Extension Division Of the Oregon Agricultural College Sends Ou
Valuable Treatise on Road Making TO All Who Ask

the best and the cheapest in the long
run, but in the outlying districts, or
in stretches where rock is not at
hand the methods outlined in this
bulletin will prove of great value.
In road building, as in many other
things, a stitch in time saves nine,
even if not more so. There is much
space in this bulletin devoted to the
proper care of roads as well as to
their construction. The bulletin also
contains explicit directions for the
making of cement culverts, the lay
ing of drains, etc. In fact, it is a
complete manual of so pages of up
to-date instruction on the subject of
building and maintaining roads,
building culverts, draining roads,
etc. 1t should not only be in the
hands of every road officer in the
state of Oregon, but every farmer
who has any roads or trails to main
tain on his own property will find it
well worth sending for. 1t will be
sent free to any resident OF Oregon
upon request.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
Bones of Unknown Animal.

Edmonton, Alta, Dec. 24.-Work-
men digging a tunnel for a trunk
sewer a half mile north of the Sas-
katchewan river, which bisects the
city of Edmonton, unearthed at a
depth of 100 feet several bones of
an animal which professors at the
University of Alberta are unable to
classify, One of the pieces resem-
bles the femur Of a buffalo, while
others appear to belong to a larger
animal. j. w. Begg, chief engineer
of the sewer construction depart
ment, will invite scientists Of Canada
and the United States to give their
opinions respecting the find. The
discovery proves that at one time the
surface of the land was at least 100
feet lower than at present. How
ever, it may be, experts say, that the
river changed it's course centuries be-
fore the coming OF the white man to
this country.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
FIXED CITY TAX LEVY AT IA MILLS
CITY FATHERS PARED DOWN ESTIMATE FOR COMING YEAR At
MEETING HELD TUESDAY EVENING

The outgoing council met Tuesday
evening and among other business
transacted fixed the tax levy for the
coming year. There will be a marked
reduction in the levy from that of
last year, approximating one-fourth
on all the levies it is expected. The
levy last year was 21 mills for city
purposes and this year will total IA
mills. The school levy last year was
Sh mills and was reduced this year
to. mills. 1t is expected that re-
ductions in state and county levies
will bring the total TO about 80 mills
in this city this year instead of 4O.5
as was the case last year. There
was quite a considerable reduction
in the assessed valuation of the city
this year as compared with last, so
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
0. A. c. BAND COMING
College Band Will Give Concert at
Ii. 5. Gym Under Auspices of
First Company, o. A. G.

The o. A. c. band touring western
Oregon during the holidays has been
organized over twenty years and is
now in it's eighth year under the
leadership of H. L. Beard.
Mr. Beard is himself a graduate
of o. A. c. in the class of SO, and
during his college course he was a
member of the band, being student
leader for over two years. He was
a member of the seth Infantry band
ofor two years in the Philippine
Islands, being promoted to the rank
of principal musician.
Since taking charge of the college
band in 1905 it has been the aim of
Mr. Beard to cultivate a taste for
the best there is in music. The band
is well known throughout the north
west as high-class musical organ
ization. Many important engage
ments have been filled, and many
others have been refused because it
is hard for student organization to
get away from school. For this rea-
son the band is taking its present
tour during the holidays. The band
travels in a private car, and, besides
the regular players, there will be a
vocalist, who will sing from grand
opera, to the accompaniment of the
full band.
One of the clarinet players, V. D.
Colvig, better known as Pinto, the
Nightmare of Caricature," is an ex-
ceptionally good cartoonist. He
promise sa very interesting stunt to
be put on during the intermission
With the easel and some large paper
and crayon he will furnish fifteen
minutes of lively entertainment. The
musical program will be selected
from the works Of such masters as
Verdi, Wagner, Rossini, Bizet and
others, while enough of the late pop
ular music will be used that all
tastes will be pleased.
At the high school auditorium
Saturday night, December 81. Re-
served seats now on sale at Rose
Bros
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
Snow for Christmas.

For a little while Tuesday il
looked as if we would have what
New Englanders call white Christ
mas" The snow began to fall about
noon, and for an hour or more il
gave Ashland as pretty an imitation
of real snowstorm as anyone would
need to see. 1t made many an east
erner think of the past years in a
climate proving the old adage, "A
green Christmas means a fat grave
yard" and that other one, "A green
Christmas means a white Easter. -
However, the storm only lasted about
an hour and the weather again be-
came more like Ashland traditions of
what Christmas weather should be.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
Hotel Oregon Barn Must BE Re-
moved, is City Councils
Mandate.

The sanitary committee of the city
council on Tuesday night reported
on the petition demanding the re-
moval of the Hotel Oregon barn.
The committee was unanimous in its
recommendations that the barn be
ordered removed. Councilman But
Ter believed that other barns on the
same street should be included in
the order, but the committee took
the ground that as it had not been
asked to have the other barns re-
moved it could not do so, position
in which the mayor concurred. The
council then ordered the barn re-
moved, giving the owners until
March 1, 1913, to do it in.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26

One of the most valuable bulletins
ever put out in the northwest is
College Bulletin No. 67, Of the ex-
tension division of the Oregon Agri-
ultural Collegec, treating on the con-
struction and maintenance of good
roads. 1t is especially valuable in
that it deals with the construction
and maintenance of dirt roads. In
the middle west (the Mississippi val
ley), where in many instances stone
must be shipped scores if not hun
dreds of miles, the maintenance of
dirt roads in condition for travel is
problem which had to be met and
which in many sections has been
met successfully. The bulletin in
question is along the lines of the ap-
plication of this method of road max
ing to the conditions existing in Ore
gon today.
OF course the tnickly settled por-
tions of the state, with plenty of
rock almost at the roadside, the con-
struction of permanent rock roads is
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
CAUGHT in A CAR
Watchman Irwin Captured Three
HOboes in Burglarized Freight
Car Christmas Night.

A. L. Irwin, watchman for the
Southern Pacific Railway, captured
three hoboes Christmas night who
will stand a good show of doing time
While inspecting the freights in the
local yards he came upon a car of
household goods Ell route from Port
land to Frisco which had the seals
broken. Upon investigation he found
three hoboes inside whom he put un-
der arrest. One OF them had a glass
of jelly in his pocket, which he threw
on the rails and broke as soon as he
found he was caught. The others
also had on their person goods which
Mr.. Irwin is confident were stolen
from the contents of the car. There
was a harnessmaker's outfit among
the goods and tools from it were
found upon the persons of the men
arrested. They had also taken a
hammer from among the tools and
had broken the tops off large num-
Der of fruit jars and eaten parts of
the contents. The men, who gave
their names as Bob Emmett, alias
r. Mackey, Fred Fillmore and
George Cheney, were placed in the
city Jail and will probably have their
hearing tomorrow. In the meantime
Irwin is checking over the car to see
how much stuff is missing.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
Smiled Too Soon.

The missionary smiled benevolent
ly on the native tribes around him.
Il will cure them all of cannibalism,"
he said, hopefully. They have treat
ed me kindly so far, and am sure |
shall convert them all"
After being introduced to their
chief he retired to the special hut
the tribe had prepared for him,
where he was shortly afterward
joined by a native.
THE king has sent me to dress
you for dinner" said the man.
"Ah!" smiled the missionary.
How thoughtful of him You are
the royal valet, | suppOse?"
Nope replied the native, I'm
the royal cook. k."-HonOlulu Gazette.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
BARN ORDERED OUT HAD TWO BIG CROWDS
Dreamland Compelled to Turn Pa
irons Away-AnOther Good
Show Tonight.

Two crowded houses enjoyed the
show at Dreamland last night. Ev-
eryone was delighted with the songs
and dainty dances by Mile. Grey, the
English comedienne, and she re-
ceived much merited applause. She
appears again tonight with new
songs and costumes. Her perform
ance Is very refined and high class.
The pictures projected by the new
picture machine are clear, bright and
steady, and another excellent pro-
gram, including the famous Bison
1O1," will be shown tonight Admis-
sion 10 cents. Two shows, at 7:15
and 1925.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
WILL SUE FOR
TAX REFUND
PROPERTY OWNERS ON b COM
MENCE ACTION AGAINST CITY.
PAID FOR TWO STREET CURBS
Attorney II. V. Richardson Presents
Claim for Refund in Behalf of
Property Owners Who Were Com
PEELED to Pay Double.

The city council received an un-
welcome Christmas gift Christmas
eve in the form of claim for refund
for the amount assessed against
property on East B street for curb
ing put in at the time the street
was paved. Previous to the paving
there had been curbing constructed
along the street on lines and grades
furnished by the city. engineer, and
it is alleged under orders of the city
council. At the time the paving
was ordered in the eastern part of
the paving was narrowed despite
the protests of many (some say
of alD of the property owners, and
they were assessed for a second curb,
the old one having been left in the
park row, about midway between the
new curb and the sidewalk. There
was strong talk of enjoining the city
at that time, but the property own
O4o iAiiSu W SCI 'OS0IHCI anu hloSI
of them either paid for or signed
up for the curbing along with the
paving. They have at last decided
TO get together to fight for a refund,
and H. V. Richardson has been Sc
cured by them as their attorney.
Unless the city council at once au-
thorizes the refund, Mr.. Richardson
notified the council he will COM
mence legal proceedings to enforce
the claim.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
PEACE PROSPECTS PALE
Conferences Are Apparently Hope
Iessly Observation-Disclosures in
Europe Distant.

London, Dec. 23.-Hope that the
meeting of Turkish and Balkan en-
voys here will result in peace in the
near east got shock today when
conferences to that end hopelessly
deadlocked, were abandoned until
Saturday.
The impasse came over the de-
mand of the Turks that they be per-
mitted to revictual Adrianople be-
fore proceeding to a discussion of
the terms to end the war. Set as
ever against this concession, the Bal
kan ENJOYS flatly refused to yield.
Then came the announcement this
evening that the conferences would
go over until Saturday on account of
the Christmas holidays.
This, it is believed, is mere
CLOSING over of the facts, and a sub
terfuge to conceal the certainty that
the ENJOYS are as far as ever from
agreement. In fact, it was semof-
ficially admitted that all the ENJOYS
want further time to consult their
home governments before taking the
final steps which will mean peace or
war.
Before resumption of the confer
ences here today between ENJOYS of
Turkey and the Balkan allies, the
Turkish delegates stated they would
persist in their demand that Turkey
be permitted to revictual Adrianople.
1t is conceded that a crisis in the
negotiations will be reached at the
formal meetings this afternoon.
The ENJOYS met officially at
o'clock Before going into confer
ence 1t was admitted that a resump-
tion of the war was possible unless
one side or the other yielded on the
Adrianople matter. Premier Daneff
officially stated that unless the
Turke withdraw their revictualling
demands, the Balkan allies delegates
may recommend a resumption of hos
tilities.
Before the formal conference to-
day the ENJOYS conferred at their ho-
tells. The Balkan ENJOYS declared
they were disgusted with the atti-
tude of the Turks, but the latter
strenuously denied that they were
playing for time and declared their
demands were made in good faith
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
BEAGLE CLAIM SETTLED.
City Pays $125 as Result of Defec'
tive Street.

At the meeting of the city dads
Tuesday night the last echo of a
claim for damages growing out of a
defective place in North Main street
during the paving, was heard. 1t
came in the form OF the presentation
of bill for 500 in full of the claim
of Maggie Beagle against the the
city for personal damages caused by
a fall at the corner of North Main
and Nursery streets and the addi-
tional bill of $25 for attorneys fees
for Attorney w. H. Moore, who act
ed for the city in the settlement Of
the claim, which was put in at $500.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
Logic for Wealthy.

An American tourist on pricing
tea in Chinese store in Shanghai
was surprised to find that he could
purchase five pounds of a certain
kind of tea for 81, but that if he
bought ten pounds the price would
be s.. The American argued with
the Chinaman that such an arrange
ment was ridiculous, but the proprie-
tor of the store insisted that logic
was on his side. More buy, more
rich. More rich, more can pay" he
explained. New York Tribune.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Program Being Prepared for Gath
eIing of Ranchers.

There will be a fine program at
the gathering of farmers and fruit
men at the Commercial Club rooms
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
next week. Professor Lewis, head of
the department of horticulture at
the Agricultural College, will discuss
and demonstrate Maintaining an Or
chard." He will also be glad to take
up for demonstration any diseased
plants or trees brought him.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
Free Bridges and State Highways

Lewiston, Idaho, Dec. 24.-The
Security Bridge Company is proceed
ing with the work of constructing
the bridge across the Clearwater riv-
er. The bridge is designed for a lift
span. 1t will be constructed without
at this time installing the lifhting
machinery, but in such a manner
that the lifting machinery can be in
stalled later at any time when it is
desirable to use the Clearwater river
for navigation. rhe construction of
this bridge connects the Idaho high
way system with the Palouse-Spo-
kane highway system in the state of
Washington and affords an outlet
for all the centari and north Idaho
counties.
The state of Idaho will be urged
to join with the state of Washington
in acquiring bridge over Snake riv-
er between Lewiston and Clarkston.
This will give access for the central
and north Idaho counties to the state
of Washington highway system con-
Meeting with Pomeroy, Dayton,
Walla Walla and thence to the coast
where the Washington highway con-
meets with the Pacific highway now
being constructed by cooperation of
the states of California, Oregon,
Washington and the Canadian gov
ernment. These two bridges, when
completed, will tie the central Idaho
highway system into the Pacific
coast system.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
ONE TO A DISTRICT.
Public Buildings Committee of Ma
tiOnal House so Rules.

Congressman Hawley last week
presented the claims of klamath
Falls, Corvallis, Roseburg, Oregon
City, Grants Pass, Ashland and AS
toria for public buildings. AS the
committee has ruled to allow but one
building for each district there is a
small chance for each city. Con-
gresham Hawley has not as yet sig
nified which of the cities he will
urge for an appropriation.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
BUYS HOSLEY TRACT.
City Fathers to Take Over Land
Near Intake.

At its Christmas eve meeting the
city council authorized its finance
committee to pay Charles Hosley
$1,000 for a 4O-acre tract of land
near the upper intake. The council
deemed it necessary to have this
land to protect the purity of the
city's water supply.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
Reserved Seat Sale.

Reserved seats for the concert of
the o. A. c. band, TO be given at the
high school gym Saturday night un-
der the auspices OF the First Com
pany, c. A. c., are now on sale at
Rose Bros Get your seats reserved
early.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
Strictly Business,

Now, son, you're through college,
had a long vacation, and | want you
to start business"
IN start next month, father"
Why can't you start business to-
day?"
why, father, il will take me at
least three weeks to get some busi-
ness suits"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26

Father-Do you think you can
support my daughter in better style
than that to which she has been ac-
customed?
Suitor-Privately, and between
you and me, sir, | believe Mabels
idea that can is one of the reasons
why she is leaving home.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26

1t will certainly be gratifying to
property owners to know that at last
the downward tu"n has come in tax
levies. They have been climbing
steadily upwards for several years
past
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
BASKET BALL GAMES
Baracas Played Sioux Monday Night
and Play Chosen Friends Here
Friday Night.

Basketball has the center of the
athletic arena at present and there
are some fine games being put up,
both between the local teams and
with out-of-town organizations. One
of the warmest games of the season
was pulled off Monday evening in
the normal gymnasium, when the
Baraca team defeated the Sioux
The Sioux are an organization of
young men living in the neighbor-
hood of the normal school, and un-
der the coaching of Mr.. Millner are
putting up good game, but they
apparently got into a little too fast
company Monday evening. The Ba-
racas took their scalps to the score
of 26 to 16. Mr.. Millner refereed
the first half and Lynn Mowat of
this city officiated in that capacity
in the second half. The following
was the lineup the first half
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
Served Fine Dinner.

All who took dinner at Hotel Ash
land Christmas speak in the highest
terms of the repast put up by Mrs.
Mahan and agree that it was one of
the best ever served in Ashland.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
No Wonder.

ooh, papa" exclaimed the young
girl, that pretty plant | had sitting
on the piano is dead"
well, l don't wonder" was all
the father said.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26

-One-half off on trimmed hats,
shapes and fancy feathers, and %
per cent off on beavers at Mrs.
Simons', 167 East Main. 56-tf
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26

that the burden OF taxation upon the
city should be considerably less in
1913 than in 1912. The following
is the city levy in detail:
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-26
Safer.

Baker-In five years you won't
see a horse on the street
Wayburn-Yes; they would be
safer on the sidewalks.