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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29
THAW STILL INSANE.
Latest Decision UnfavOrable to Slay-
er of Stanford White.

White Plains, N. Y.-Harry K.
Thaw is still insane. This was the
judgment of Justice Keogh here Fri
day in. finally passing on the latest
application of the slayer of Stanford
White that he be declared competent
and released from Matteawan.
The decision of Justice Keogh
comes as the latest of many judicial
decisions unfavorable to Thaw and
marks the elimination of the fight
to free him which is said to have
cost the Thaw estate more than ST.
100000.
1t is declared that it has cost the
state of New York close to 100000
to keep Thaw in Matteawan. For
service as special attorney for the
state in the trial hearing just ended,
William T. Jerome of New York,
who, as district attorney, first con-
victed Thaw, is said to have present
ed bill for $4,000.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29
SHOOT ICEBERGS.
Experiments Prove Futility of At
tempts to Shatter Ice.

Commander Charles F. Hughes,
commanding the scout cruiser Bir-
mingham, has forwarded to the navy
department some interesting observ-
ations on the ice patrol duty of his
vessel in the ocean steamship lanes
near the place where the Titanic dis
aster occurred. Photographs show
ing how some of the bergs loom up
above the Birmingham are included
Commander Hughes tried the ex-
pertinent of firing six-inch shot into
the icebergs to observe the effects.
The shot crashed through the mass
and sent a shower of ice in all direc-
tions, but did not bring down the
bergs. naval officers believe that
only high explosive shells fired by
the heaviest guns could be depended
upon to tear the bergs to pieces and
bring them down.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29
LOYAL TO ASHLAND
j. +. MeikIe Advises Citizens TO Hold
What Property They Have
and Buy More.

The editor is in receipt of letter
from j. F. Meikle, who is located
temporarily in Berkeley while his
Miss Theresa, completes a
course in law at the state university
at that place. The letter is printed
below and indicates that Mr.. Meikle
is still booster for Ashland:
Berkeley, Cal, July 20, 1912.
Mr.. Bert Greer, Ashland, Ore.
Dear Sir: Please send my paper
to the enclosed address. We have
been very busy since leaving Ash
land, house hunting and getting set
tied, and l expect you know what
that means, but at last we are set
tied convenient to the university and
the grade schools. For the last three
days | have been looking over the
bay cities for investments in real es-
tate, and the prices asked scared me
out. Lots several miles out from the
business center are held as high as
$500 per front foot. My advice to
Ashland people is to hold on to the
property they have and buy as much
more as possible, as ! have seen no
section with the same natural advan-
tages as the Rogue river valley and
Ashland in particular has. All it
needs is to get together and boost
and let our advantages be known to
the world. / expect to live to see
the Rogue river valley as densely
populated as any inland valley on the
Pacific coast All it needs is some
hustle to make it go. Certainly they
have the shipping facilities here, but
it will not be many years until there
is line from the Rogue river to the
coast. 1t is bound to come.
Very truly yours,
JAS. =. MEIKLE.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29
PRIZE TO SUBSCRIBERS
For the Best Meal Served From
HOMEGROWN Material.

Nature has produced here food for
the table in such variety that it is a
matter of surprise to newcomers, but
among our own people it has become
so familiar as to escape notice.
With a view to bring out the
possibilities in this line, the Tidings
will give a prize of one dollar for
the best meal served from the prod
ucts of your own garden or ranch.
Entries to be received before Aug
ust /.
This is meant to apply to the ordi-
nary family meal. All that is neces-
sary is to send us list of the arti-
cles served
1t is desirable to have as large a
variety as possible.
If you do not understand the Of
fer, ask us about it.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29
5000 AUTOMOBILES.
Oregon Ranks High in Number of
Gas Wagons.

Oregons automobile registration
has now reached 9,295. This is a
significant index to the general pros
perity and progressiveness of the
state, as the total compares very fa-
vorably with the population average
throughout the country. A recent
motor publication gives the number
of machines in the whole United
States as slightly over 100000. New
York leads with SO,OOOAnd Califor-
mia comes second with $4,000. Ohio
Oregon with 5000 and with less tnan
and Illinois each have $4,000. Thus
a million inhabitants has considera-
BILE more than its share of the gas
wagons
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29
RATHER INTERPRETERS.
Deer is Bagged, However, and Hun
ter viii Live.

Uniah, Cal.-Claude Baker of
Lower Lake, in this state, is not real
ly enthusiastic about deer hunting,
but he declines to let a little thing
like a rattlesnake bite interfere with
the bringing home of good mess of
vension.
Just as he was aiming at fine
four-point buck recently, rattler
struck him on the leg. The bullet
Knocked the buck into the lake, and
Baker promptly swan out and
brought it ashore. He then went for
a doctor. He was in a serious condi-
tion before reaching medical aid, but
will live. The rattler got away.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29
Resolutions of Resnect

adopted by the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Ashland, Ore:
Whereas our beloved sister, Ella
Michaels, having departed this pres
ent life, we express our sympathy to
the bereaved husband and son and
commend them to the God of all
comfort.
Resolved, That the above express
sion of sympathy be spread on the
minutes of the society.
MRS. A. w. HERBERT,
MRS. j. w. BRUNER,
MRS. r. J. EDWARDS.
Scale reCaintc at Tidinpe nffica
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29
Sign Ocean Mail Contract.

Washington, d. POSTMASTER
General Hitchcock has signed a con-
tract with the Oceanic Steamship
Company for carrying United States
mails between San Francisco and
Australian points.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29

Millions of gnats have appeared in
Wenatchee valley. attacking horses
and other animals and literally COW
ering the vegetation.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29
Notice.

DR.. Gail C. Kammerer will have
charge of DR.. Bertha E. Sawyer's
practice for the next two months.
16-4t
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29

Money to loan on improved ranch
es, first mortgages; mixed farms pre-
ferred. w. d. Hodgson, Ashland
Phone 427-J.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29
Clearance Sale.

For two weeks, in millinery, all
lines, big bargains. Mrs H. Simons.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29

The recently completed Christian
church at Amity was dedicated last
Sunday.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29

A tax was voted recently to pro-
vide for high school at Gervais.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29

Scale receipts at Tidings office.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-29

FOR SALE-Good dairy COWS. Phone
S03-F-5. lS-5t%
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04

a Dietrich democrat is the only 9TH
er candidate in the field, in strong
republican county.
Mr.. Jones friends say they will
come nearer carrying the commun-
ity unanimously for him, than any
other candidate on any ticket ever
did in Lincoln county He would
be ill-informed Of the conditions on
the Richfield tract, who would ven
ture to deny it.
Mr. Phelps will not have SO easy
sailing, as there are three of them
in the race for the two places---a
candidate and half for each place.
When the county division storm is
let loose against the legislative can
dida tes, there may be a merry war;
which would be profitable to the
Rich field candidate, for he will be
one of the incest serappers you care
to see.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04
Wilson Wins Fight
Democrats Choose WiIsOn and Mar
shall After Weeks BGttIe---
Bryan Their Big Man.

lose until the very last. All the
"favorite sons held up remark
ably we'll; their supporters would
have been voting forsom of theem
at Christmas time, if osme one eles
had not weakened The convention
was at all times frankly progressive
The one thing that defeated Clark.
who had at one time a majority of
the whole convention and for 45
ballots plurality over any other
candidate. was hte uncertainty juts
where he would stand. Clark twas
after all the one candidatewhom no
one could definitely jplace--neith-
er a reactionary nor a radical--and
the way they turned down poor old
Harmon. the conservative, showed
that they were not going to take a
chance 1t is puite probable that
Clark could have won, had he made
it clear enough that he stood for a
real progressive program.
Wilson is governor of New Jer-
sey, and Marshall the governor of
Indiana
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04

'the last word" in potato Culture.
Mr.. Grubb is from Colorado, and
is recognized as the greatest potato
expert of the times. He was with
the Twin Falls North Sidecompany
in this county as an advisor for a
year, and much of thegreat success
of the potato growers around Good
due to his assistance there. Mr..
ing and on the North Side tract is
Guilford was their agricultural di-
rector for two years, and had charge
of their great exhibits in the East.
He is now agricultural director for
the great Sacramento irrigation
project in California, a Kuhn enter
prise. The two men have issued a
most readable and authoritative
book, one that could be made to
mean hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to a community like this. The
Recorder prizes the volume partly
for its intrinsic worth, but also for
close personal friendship with the
two writer's. The volume is to be
found on the reading tableat the
First State Bank, where it is at
the disposal of any who wish to
consult it.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04
ANTI-sCHooL DIvIsIONIsTs.
ObjeEtions to boundary Lines of
New School District.

A remonstrance was circulated in
Richfield this week, against the div
ision of this school district accord
ing to the lines given in petition
sent to the board ofcommissioners
praying for a new district north of
town. The petition asks to have
new district created, to come down
within about three miles west and
a little north of town. to include
some miles OF the new Central Ida
ho railroad 1t has beenproposed
that the Richfield district could. if
necessary, establish smaller schools
in the more isolated parts of the
district, and retain the consolidated
district form until time proves that
it is defective; which is not being
proven elsewhere The matter of
school facilities for the people of
the north end of the tractwill be
considered by the county commits
sioners on the 20th
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04
4 Big University for Gooding
Quarter of Million Dollars Raised for Building and
Endowment Fund for Idaho Methodist College
Best Offer Will Land the Prize

Lincoln County promises to have
one of the biggest and best public
institutions in this part of the West
if the Idaho Methodist Episcopal
conference, which meets in August,
accepts the offer of the people of
Gooding for a site and endowment
fund to support the school.
The matter of Methodist uni
versity was brought up last year,
and several towns made good offers
to secure its location. It was left
in the hands of a committee, how
ever, until this year. when it will
be settled
Former governor Gooding thought
university looked pretty good for
his town and county and hestarted
quietly to campaign for it, He and
his brothers, Fred w and Thomas
H., gave lavishly, and then asked
the other people to come in They
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04

did SO, most royalty, until the fund
for the proposed university is now
about quarter of million dol
lars. This is not all in money, but
part Of it is, and the balance in
available lands. notes. and other Sc
curities that will be worth their full
face value the day the deed is
made.
Since the state will not meet the
imperative need of strongeduca-
tional institution in Southern Ida
no. because of political mixups that
are as little creditable as sch hool-b boy
squabble. there is fine field for
such a church school built on broad
lines and with enough backing to
give it a place in the educational
world. In the friendly. spi tied rivalry
for this new school, Boise and Cald-
we'll and Twin Falls probably lead
outside of Gooding. 1t is doubtful il
any of them can equal Gooding's offer.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04
Soon 70 Lay Track
Central Idaho Will At Once Finish
Line out of RichfeLd.

S. H. Osborne, for years one of
the most trusted engineers of the
O. S. L., is now in charge of the
construction work on the Central
Idaho He was in charge of the
Raft River line, the cutoff from
Utah to Burley, but the work was
stopped by injunction by the recla-
nation service, the line crossing the
Minidoka project. So Mr.. Osborne
comes here for the time at least.
Mr.. Osborne informs the Record
er that track-laying will be resum-
ed this month, and the steellaid to
the end of the line atHillCity. AT
present, the track is being surfaced'
and finished between tn Big Wood
river and the Malad, where a track
was laid hastily and oman ill-qreqar-
ed road bed last winter---part of the
work being done with thethermo-
meter showing 20 below zero; but
the company had promised to get
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04

Chas E. Blake, of Gooding, rep
resenting the Consolidated Wagon
G. Machine Company, has been in
and around Richfield on business
the past few days. He has made
an exhaustive study of the crop
conditions here, and it is his opin-
ion that this section, if not abso-
lutely the most valuable in all of
Southern Idaho, is in every respect
the equal of the best He will be
in this part of the county for some
days to come. M
Mr. Blake was particularly inter-
ested in potato growing here, as he
believes it will prove to be one of
the greatest local industries He
says that the Gooding farmers are
toes. They have learned that the
once expensive and hazardous ele-
ment of potato growing, the har-
vesting, can be almost eliminated
by the use of machinery. A first
class machine digger, and a sorter
and grader, can be purchased in a
neighborhood, four or five farmers
joining in the purchase, and then
each put in man for crew at
the time of harvest. With these
machines, the harvest can be COM
pleted in whole eighborhood in
very few days, and the crop car
ed for without the hazard or the
expense of the old-time hand dig
ging Being better sorted and grad
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04

the road in there to haul grain, and
it was done. Most of the work is
done on the twobigbridges, and the
false work and trestles removed.
Crews are at work on the fencing,
all the concrete work is finished,
good progress is being made on the
smaller bridges and culverts at the
other end of the line, and every
thing looks like a finish early in
the fall.
Should the road not be too late
in reaching Hill City, it is estimated
that not less than 500 cars of live
stock will come out from that point,
besides much stock from other sta
tions this side of there. And the
train loads of grain that should be
streaming out from the Prairie as
the threshing season comes on, will
be a revelation to those who are
not familiar with the resources of
the country served by the new line.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04
Wilson and Marshall.


That will be the war cry of Demo
cracy in the nationalcampaign thi
year. Woodrow Wilson and Thomas
Marshall having been nominated as
their candidates for president and
vice president ait the Baltimore
convention.
Bryan was the most prominent
figure in the convention. 1t is al
most certain that if he had but said
the word when the convention was
deadlocked for As ballots, he could
have had the nomination himself.
He supported Wilson, however and
his vote against Clark for dealing
with the Tammany support was the
most sensational incident of the
convention. Vt made Wilson the
nominee, though Clark had had a
small majority from the very first.
Harmon was never serious con
tender; he had only little more
than 100 votes at first, and he was
the first and almost theonlyone to
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04
Potatoes Pay Pretty Profits
Gooding Enthusiast Tells How His People CultIUdte
and Harvest This Most Profitable Crop Rich
field Especially Good for Spuds

ed the eron brings a better price.
all of which goes to the profit side
of the ledger. Some of the Good
ing farmers made $3.50 or more per
acre from their spuds last year.
Mr.. Blake says that high ridged
cultivation is much better for the
potato than even moderately flat
plowing. The tubers form above
the roots, whatever be the method
of cultivation, and the ideal is to
have a high enoughridgesotha the
potatoes can form in that ridge,
above the irrigation water, while the
roots can go down and spread across
between the rows, giving them plen-
ty of room to spread to gather sub
stance for making their crop OF tub
ers. The farmers at Gooding start
ed with the rows 36 inches apart,
but have now come to 40 inches
between the rows, as they found
they needed that much more earth
to ridge the rows properly.
Mr.. Blake spoke particularly of
tract that had not yet been irrigat-
ed, though they had been cultivated
to far better advantage than II
they had been watered.s He believes
that thorough cultivation is almost
as important as irrigation, though a
little water will be necessary to
make a crop. But cultivation with
a little water, is better than much
water without cultivation
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04
RICHFIELD CANDIDATES.
Locad Men Who are Favored for Re-
sponsibIe Public Offices.

SpOnSiOle SuDIIc Offices.
Richfield is going to be well rep
resented on the county ticket at
the primaries, July 30, when three
good men and true will ask for the
support of their people. Two of
them are certain to get through to
be voted on at the fall election
for they have no opposition within
their own parties for their own cho-
sen offices. W. j. Taper is the
only republican aspirant for com
missioner from the First district,
which embraces Richfield, Shoshone,
Dietrich and Jerome, the district
now served by E. NJ. Speakman. who
is not candidate again H. b.
Jones is the only democratic aspi-
rant for probate judge, though he
has three republican opponents for
the place Two of these are from
Shoshcne, and one from the Mini
dcka tract. And X. G. Phelps is
one of the three democratic candi-
dates for representative, with two
places to fill from the three aspil
ants. Richfield is putting up some
mighty good men, who though ali
have distinctive partisan labels are
of the right sort to represent the
whole people.
The fact that no other name was
suggested as candidate for
the republican nomination, is espec-
tally pleasing. The commissioners
are the real business heads of the
county. and it is vital that they be
men, of good business Judgment and
experience. Mr.. Taper was not in
the remotest sense a candidate, and
did not dream of public office, un-
til he was forced into it by friends
who felt that he was the right man
to trust their money with. When
his name was presented outside, it
was so well received that no oppos-
tion will face him at the primaries.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04

Byrne Brothers have finished up
on their big meat contract with the
railroad construction company ait
looking after the Vale end of the
work, is expected home within a
few days. 1t was fine contract,
their satisfactory filling of a big
contract with the company here last
year gave them a standing that no
one else could get around.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04
VIII Not Use Word nPauper.v

The Norwich (England) board OF
guardians recently unanimously decid-
ed that in future the word "pauper"
shall not be used in any of the board s
records or minutes. Mr.. Milliugton, a
Many respectable persons, he said, re-
quired relief through no fault of their
own, and the word was Objectionable
and cast undeserved stigma upon re-
ripients of relief and their children.
He suggested that the word poor"
should be substituted
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04

Seventeen democrats and twenty
four republicans---representing as
nearly as can be guessed the prob
able prcportionate political hopes
and expcctaneies of the two parties
have filed their nomination papers
as candidates fer the various Off
ces in Lincoln county. Here is
the list;
Assessor---John w. See, R., Hey
burn; E. A. Bowler, r., Shoshone;
S. C. Bixler, D., Hepburn.
Sheriff.. M. zug, r., Rupert;
G. w. Sutherland, r., Gooding; Geo
Hineman, r., Jerome; w. J. Hol-
lenbeck, D., Hepburn.
Treasurer---Geo. Barrett, r., Wen
dell; Fred A. Clark, r., Wendell;
j. A. Keefer, D., Shoshone.
Superintendent NJ Burn
side, R., Shohscne; Stella Cook, D.,
Shcshone.
Probate Judge---J. L. Fuller, R.,
Shoshone; w. D. Vredenburgh, r.,
Shoshone; J. M. PEBBLES, R., Ru-
pert; H. B. Jones, D., Richfield.
Coroner---Chas. F. Zeller, R., Sho-
shone; Chas. w. Dill, D., Shoshone
Surveyor---Joe Vernon, R., Sho-
shone; Edw. S. Smith, r., Good
ing; Chas. E. Franklin, R., Good
ing.
Attorney-M. o. Aubolee, R., Sho-
shcne; H. D. Heist, D., Shoshone.
Senator---C. F. Borden, r., Sho-
shone; J. w. O'Connell, R., Jerome;
L. C. Jones, D., Gooding; E. Noble,
d., Shoshone.
Representatives R. Adams, r..
Rupert; E. Ralph Evans, r., Good
ing; w. R. Hyatt, D., Rupert; w.
F. Dickinson, D., Hagerman; K. G.
Phelps, D., Richfield
Commissioner District: w
J. Taper, r., Richfield; s. A.
Washburn, D., Dietrich. Second
District: j H. Jensen, r., Hager-
man; J.. M. Staples, D., Wendell; J.
Sanders, D., Glover Creek Third
District: c. c. Nelson, r., Hepburn;
G. E. Hellewell, R., Hepburn; Jas.
Rush, D., Rupert; J. H. Day, D.,
Hillsdale.
The republican party is represen-
ted by at least one candidate for
every office; the democratic party
has candidate for all but ONE
the surveyor. In only four cases
is there more than one democrat
up for the same office; there are 8
offices where there are two or more
republicans in the field, and there
are three each for sheriff, surveyor,
and probate judge.
Shoshone has 3 candidates on
both tickets; Hepburn 5; Gooding
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-07-04
JOHNSON BEATS FLYNN.
fueDio Fireman No Match for the
Big Black Champion.

July Fourth of this year was a
good day for champion pugilists, tw
OF them being yictors in fights to
retain their honors. Jack johnson
easily won from Fireman Jim Flynn
at Las Vegas, New Mexico, the po-
lice stopping the fight in the ninth
round, after Flynn had proven that
he was not a possible match for the
big black 1t was the most unequal
match the public has seen in years,
for a championship title. Johnson
is so far ahead of Flynn, recogniz-
ed as about the best of the present
crop of heavies, that he islikely to
die champion.
Ad Wolgast, lightweight, won a
desperate battle with Joe Rivers,
the Mexican Both men were on the
floor, practically knocked out, in
the thirteenth round when the ref
cree gave Wolgast tn decision 1t
was one of the hardest fights for
years, in which a championship was
involved; Wolgast's winning over
Battling Nelson was the only other
like it for long time.