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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03
Our City Beautiful
AShandS Best Asset It's Water Source Must Kept Pure As
e vesa Virgin and It's Use Devoted 10 Domestic Purposes Only

of pretty bungalows, hillside cottages
and stately mansions. Here on our
hilltops can be worked out the most
attractive homes that architect can
devise.
There is not a dweller in this
queen city of southern Oregon who,
looking up at the colored painted
picture of her graceful slopes with
various tinted shrubbery, but what
to himself hath said, Some day
hope to see beautiful homes all over
the hillsides.'
1t behooves us, then, to look well
to the future We read a valuable
lesson in the fight now being made
by the city of San Francisco to Sc
cure an adequate water supply from
Hetch-Hetchy Valley. We see the
city of Richmond. in California, try
ing to devise ways and means to gel
more water And the reason for all
| this is increased demand. we all
expect our city to grow; we believe
that within the near future our popu.
lation will double-yes, treble-anC
it is for taking care of all this thai
we must now safeguard, above al
else, our water. 1t will be necessary
and perhaps very soon, to provid,
such additional installation. at |
point higher up on Ashland creek, t
our city water system as will suppl,
water for domestic use to the highes
point within our city limits, upol
3 which homes will undoubtedly b
built.
t ASHLAND ELECTRIC POWER
t G. LIGHT COMPANY.
9 ADV.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03

Medford Sun: Mrs. Wilbur Jones
of Ross Lane entertained with an in
formal luncheon Thursday in honor
of Miss Marian Huntley of Ashland,
who is the guest of Mrs. Ernest Nc
Kee of West Jackson street. Be-
sides the above named ladies there
were present Mrs. Betty Jones, Mrs.
j. NJ. RAIDER, Mrs. Boyer, Mrs.
Charles Lebo, Misses Sybil Fish and
Maude Newbury.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03
Teacup Club Meets Tuesday.

The Teacup Club meets tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. w. A.
Turner, 165 North Main street. Mrs
G. F. Billings, Mrs. Ralph Billings
Mrs. MeCracken. Mrs. Edwards and
Mrs. Whittle will assist Mrs. Turner
The ladies of the Methodist congre'
cation are cordially invited.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03
/ In The Social Realm
81
Society News.

Please phone all news items, so
ciety or otherwise, to the Tidings,
No. 80. 1t is often necessary to
leave late items over until the next
issue, so as to insure insertion please
phone them in as early as possible.
The Tidings goes to press early each
Monday and Thursday afternoon and
items must be in and in type by noon
II possible.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03
Oui ViVe Club.

The Qui Vive Club met at the
home of Mrs. A. A. Young, Gran
ite street, Friday, October 81. After
the regular order of business pro-
gram was rendered, led by Mrs. Ida
Jennings. Mrs. Sayles read an arti-
Gle title, The Infant Life; Mrs
Thornton, An Opinion Naturalist
Moralist, Spiritualist-Which; Mrs
Young, Thoughts on True Religion
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03
Entertained Pleasant Hour Club.

The Pleasant Hour Club was pleas
antly entertained Friday afternoon
by Mrs. Roy Morthland, at her home
on Walker avenue The house was
beautifully decorated with branches
of laurel and with autumn flowers.
Several beautiful selections on the
piano, and the afternoon was spent
in conversation and social visiting.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03

On Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Turner gave o'clock dinner
60 few friends at their beautiful
home on North Main street. The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. ]. X. Ware
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Caldwell and
Mr.. and Mrs. v. o. N. Smith.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03
Polytechnics Celebrate Halloween.

Polytechnics Celebrate Halloween.
The students and former students
of the Polytechnic school had a very
pleasant gathering at the parish
house Saturday night. The house
was handsomely decorated with au-
tumn leaves and Halloween symbols.
A chamber of horrors and a really
truly fortune teller added to the SEN
sations of the evening. Refresh
ments typical of the season were
served. About fifty were present and
had the time of their lives.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03

The Ladies Guild of Trinity Epis-
copal church will give a reception
Thursday evening at the parish house
from to 10 O'Clock for the new
vicar, the Rev. John f. Haymaker,
and Mrs. Haymaker. A most cordial
invitation is extended to all members
and friends of the church.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03

Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Ware rendered
a Halloween party to a number of
their friends at their home on Liber-
ty street.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03
Spirella Corsets.

Mrs. Myra McNeill, 100 Oak
street, phone 344-L, is the only rep
resentative now in Ashland for the
very popular flexible, comfortable
Spirella corset. 1t-Mon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03

Friday night Miss Mae Skeen and
Verda Cummings entertained a num-
Der of friends at a Hallowe en- party.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03

The Monday Embroidery Club is
meeting with Mrs, w. H. McNair this
afternoon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03

The Girls Club of Trinity churel
gave a very enjoyable Halloween bal
at Memorial hall Friday night.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03

Nuts and cigars at Buffers, next
to postoffice. 43-tf
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03

The Portland team either played
fine ball, or else the other fellows
didn't.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-11-03

Ladies' coats and suits are bet
ter at Enders'.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05
A GOOD WORD FOR THE CROW,

This Abused Bird Has Some Good
Qualities to Offset Its Bad Traits.
The case Of the crow. condemned a
decade or more ago as a destructive
bird in agricultural fields, has been re-
opened by the department of agricul-
ture and more favorable verdict
reached. The investigation made by
experts of the biological survey of the
department shows the crow to be of
great value to farmers.
After careful study of the habits
and the examination of a large num-
Der of stomachs the department ex-
perts have reached the conclusion that
the crow consumes enough grasshop-
perS, cutWorms, white grubs and 9TH
er injurious insects to make him high
~ valuable to farmers. There is, how
ever, one bad habit which the crow
has, and that is the destruction of
young birds and birds eggs, but this
trait is outweighed by the good the
bird is doing for the farmer in the de-
struction of worms and insects.
The one danger from the crow, ac-
cording to department experts, lies in
large numbers. If the number can be
kept down so that it's normal food is
sufficient there is every reason why
farmers should encourage the bird to
remain about their farms. Not long
ago an agent of the department was
watching a crow feeding in corn
field. 1t seemed that the bird was
pulling up young corn and carrying it
to nearby nest to feed it's young.
After the crow had left the nest the
agent climbed the tree and secured
the young birds. An examination
showed that instead of young corn or
the kernel of the corn the older bird
had been feeding the young ones with
cutworms gathered from around the
corn plants.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05

and the need for caution Is Just as
great in the fall as it is in the spring.
1t is six of one and half dozen OF the
other. so the matter SINNERS down to
the choice between losing six months
or a whole year.
Fall colts can he raised as profitably
as spring colts for the reason that
what they eat during the first six
months is seldom missed. When six
months old or whereabouts they go out
on the grass and If well fed make a
continuous growth. but never quite so
good as a spring colt does when given
exactly the same treatment. There is
something about the action of the
grass in the young stomach that ma
ture requires and which is denied to
the fall born youngster.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05
Pure Bred Versus Scrub Rams.

The University of Missouri has pub
lished a circular giving results of q
test In which pure bred rams we're
compared with scrub rams as produc-
ers Of lambs. The average gain OF
lambs sired by pure bred ram was.
over two and one-half pounds more
ut three months Of age than the gain
of lambs sired by scrub ram at four
months of age. And the scrub lambs
ate 50 per cent more grain than the
lambs from pure bred sire. On the
market the better bred lambs brought
S7.35 per hundredweight. while the
scrubs brought $3.50 per hundred
weight The use of pure bred sres
has been advocated for 80 long and the
economy Of using such rams has been
so repeatedly demonstrated that it
would seem that such tests were no
longer necessary. But still many sheep
raisers deliberately curtail possible in
comes from their flocks by using cheap
rams-anything that can get lambs.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05

same farmers allow some Advertising
agent to daub their buildings with to-
bacco or whisky advertisements. and
their own products are unadvertised
and go begging for market. Wake
up. Study your business and push it.
The man with nearly unlimited cap
ital can buy good herd. but all others.
must build up the herd from few
carefully selected foundation animals.
Good cows are very scarce now and
sell at almost fabulous prices when
compared with prices ten years ago.
Buy few registered heifer calves.
and while you learn how to build up
with grades you get ready to handle
pure bred stock. and by the time you
have learned the business of breedingt
cattle YOU will have some pure bredI
stock ready to work with TO care
for a pure bred herd requires only al
little more muscular labor than for
scrubs. but if you would get the best
out of pure bred herd you can bring
into play all the intellect you happen
to be possessed Of
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05
"STAR B0ARDERS"
BANE OF DAIRYMEN

1t is the proftless COW that keeps
The price of milk SO per cent or more
below the price it should be compared
with any other standard food product,
writes L. V. Lightly in the National
Stockman. Pure and unadulterated
ignorance and stubbornness compel
many dairymen to work hard 1865 days
per year for nothing.
The first step for betterment is to
find the poor producers. the star
boarders. and get them off the place.
prejudices. contracts and hay stacks
to the contrary notwithstanding. Stop
keeping cows and make the cows keep
you. Those poor. Improbable cows
will forever keep you between the
shafts like a cart horse. they on the
cart and you pulling them along. Get
balky. The second step is to get rid
Of that scrub bull. He may have the
color of pure bred. and some one
told you he was as good as a pure
bred. but unless he is registered and
can show good ancestry he is a scrub
for the purpose You want him. In
this day when good pure bred regis
tered bulls can be bought for 500 or
less about old enough for service q
scrub bull is sort of walking adver-
tisement of scrub farmer. Those
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05
RAISING FALL COLTS.
Pays to Breed Mares That Have Failed
to Get In Foal In the Spring.

rays to Breed Mares That Have Failed
to Get In Foal In the Spring.
Every season the farmer is called
on to solve the fall colt problem. One
or two. perhaps all; of his mares miss
the horse in the spring, and unless
he breeds them in the fall he must
lose whole year in his horse breed
ing department, says J. v. Abingdon
in the National Stockman. At the best.
he must lose six or eight months.
Shall he let that go as so much lost
anyway and six months more on top
of it. waiting till spring to breed the
mares once more, or shall he breed
them in the fall and so save half the
year? That is the question to be set
tied
1t is not matter on which there is
absolute unanimity. Some say they
have no luck with fall colts and so
never try to raise them. Others al
ways breed the mares that miss in the
spring. while still third school main
tains that fall colts pay and do better
than spring colts and that mares
should be mated in the spring only to
ill in the time lost by their failure to
breed to the fall service. With this
last school l have no patience. / do
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05

believe, however, that farmer is wise
to breed in the fall one or two valua-
BILE producers that failed to settle in
the spring.
There is not much to be gained by
having the mare but half gone in her
pregnancy during spring work. for
nowadays fall work, such as gang
blowing, hauling the corn binder. haul
ing the manure spreader and the like,
lie task about the same, no matter
what season Of the year undertaken,
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05
THE DINNER WAGON.

to have a so called dinner wagon an
illustration Of which is given. This
dinner wagon can be made by any one
who knows how to handle tools at all
and. as you see, is in reality two or
three story table on wheels. This
should stand near the kitchen stove,
and on it should be placed everything
required for the meal. 1t can be
wheeled into the dining room or to the
table and then set aside until required
to move everything from the dining
table back to the kitchen. Think of
the countless steps saved by the use
of such a simple little appliance as
this"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05
The MiIkino Machine.

The results Of machine milking COM
pared with hand milking are at all
times interesting. The milking machine
from mechanical standpoint has been
made thoroughly practical. 1t will do
the work and do it we'll There is now
no apparent reason why milking
should not be done by the machine II
the dnirv is sufficiently large to justify
the outlay.-Kansas Farmer
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05
GARDEN GLEANINGS.

Harvest the turnips.
Turnips keep best in dry outdoor
pit.
Cover spinach with light litter or
mulch of straw. heavy enough to re-
tain the snow and prevent freezing.
Store pumpkins and squashes in a
room where the temperature never falls
below so degrees. The storing place
must be dry.
AS soon as the ground freezes mulch
tue strawberries thoroughly with some
light material. such as straw, hay.
strawy manure, etc.-Rural Farmer.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05

The illustration shows two-year-
old grade Percheron filly which was
dropped in the fall. She was fed
sweet whole milk from a COW to
make up for the grass denied her.
She got a couple of quarts twice a
day. But if whole milk is not avail
able four or five quarts Of sweet
warm separator milk will do very
well. A point to remember in the
case of a fall colt is that 1t must
have plenty of exercise, a clean
bed and all the grain it will clean
up in addition to the milk. Fresh
water should always be within it's
reach.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05
A HANDY DINNER WAGON.
The Vehicle Is Easily Made and Ssves
Considerable Trouble,

The Utah Agricultural college ex-
pertinent station has issued a useful
circular on Labor Saving Devices For
the Farm Home" Among the sug-
gestions offered is the use of the handy
dinner wagon figured in the accom-
panying illustration. The circular
says: I'm homes where it is necessary
to have separate kitchen and dining
room it should be considered necessary
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05

B. c. Buxton. a Vermont farmer,
gives the following reasons for con-
sidering Holsteins the best breed of
dairy cattle: First. the Holsteins
hold all records for production of
milk and butter; second. tLey stand
the cold weather better than most
of the breeds: third. they are large
and strong and seem to throw off
disease and keep healthier than
most breeds. Some people will
claim that the milk is too poor in
butter fat, and It is fact that the
average of the breed is only $40 per
cent. However. they are being bred
up to a greater per cent of fat. The
Holstein bull pictured was grand
champion at the Iowa state fair
last year.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05
Raise i've Stack

The best sale you can possibly make
of your farm crops is to sell them to
your stock in the way of food. And
then. too. the fertility of the soil is kept
where 1t will bring the biggest returns
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05

Let a man have but an aim. pur-
pose. and opportunities to attain his
end shall start forth like buds at the
kiss of spring.-Bishop Spalding.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-12-05
Give and Take.

He who takes from the land and
doesn't give to the land deals dishon-
estly with it. He cheats the land and
it will repay him.-Farm and Ranch.
The Press., 1913-01-15
A CHEMICAL FURY.
FIuorin Is a Rabid Gas That No Sub
 stance Gan Resist.

EIuorin Is a Rabid Gas That No Sub
 stance Gan Resist.
 Curiously enough, although that fury of the chemical world, fluorin, raises the deuce, generally speaking, it exists peacefully in company with calcium in f1uospar and also in a few other com pounds.
 Although f1uorin was known a good many years ago, it long resisted the efforts of chemists to isolate it-that is, to prepare it in pure state unmixed chemically with other substances-for the instant the compound containing it was torn apart the free fluorin at tackled and combined with whatever substance composed the vessel contain ing it.
 Fluorin is rabid gas that nothing can resist. It combines with all met als, explosively with some, or, if they are already combined with some other nonmetallic element, it mercilessly them to itself.
 In uniting with sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium and aluminium the metals become heated, even to redness, by the fervor of fluorin's embrace. Iron filings slightly warm burst into brilliant scintillations when exposed to duorin. Manganese does the same. Even the noble metals, which at melt ing point proudly resist the fascina. tions of oxygen, succumb to this chemi- cal fury at moderate temperatures. Glass is devored at once and water ceases to be water by contact with this gas, which, combined with its hydro gen, at the same moment forms the acrid, glass dissoIving hydrohuoric acid and iberates ozone.-Harper's Weekly
The Press., 1913-01-15
FALSE COLORS.
Iridescence of the Opal Is Merely a
 Matter of Formation.

Iridescence of the Opal Is Merely a
 Matter of Formation.
 The opal has no color in the sense of pigmentntH9n. To break open an opal in order to observe its hueS wO"ld be the equivalent to killing the goose that laid the golden eggs. Neither golden eggs nor rainbow hues wOud be found
 Opal consists of hydrated silica. It is not uniform In texture. If the word surface may be used for interior con ditions it might be said that the opaline silica is in the form of surfaces and layers that lie compactly against one another. These layers refract the light at various angles, giving forth the colored flashes in the same way that a pure crystal prism refracts the col ors of the spectrum. Technically speak ing, these layers of silica are said to possess different index of refractiOn from that of the matrix. AS the opal is moved the various layers break the light into cOlors. which change. of course. according to the position of the stone.
 The iridpScence of nacre. or mother nf-p'arl. k also a matter of form and not actual color In fact. all 'chnnge able" roorS are more or less the re suit of form even where there is pig mentatinu beneath. such as in certain ribbed silks When sunlight bears di rectly upon finely ribbed metal. as d file. there Is the same play of cOlOrs.
 In the ease of mother-of-pearl an in- teresting experiment has been made. An impression of the pearl was taken upon pure white wax. 1t was then found that the apparently smooth surface of the pearl had still sufficient Irregularities to impress upon the wax surface that resulted ln similar color manifestations. Harper's Weekly
The Press., 1913-01-15
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
January IS 1883.
Items of local interest taken from the column
 of The Press, thirty years ago.

pr. H. B. Gould has removed to New Boston, N. H.
 Beginning next Sunday, Parsons will have the Sunday Republican on sale every Sunday afternoon, driving to Palmer, and having the agency of Monson and Stafford Ills route will be through Stafford Hollow, and he expects to reach the borough as early as 1. 30 a. m.
 M. P. Hanley, who is about leav- ing the superintendency of the Phoenix mill at Hydeville, to take the same position in the Mineral Springs mill, was last Saturday evening surprised by visit from the employees of the mill, who brought with them pres ent of a silver ice pitcher and gohlets, which was given with remarks by John o. Hassett.
 Born. In Stafford, (Hydeville). 9th, son to Frank M. and Bertha Smith
 In Stafford, (Orcuttville), 18th, a son George Edwards) to Wm. II. and Carrie E. Hassett.
 In Stafford Springs, l4th, daugh- ter to Robert and Lena Buckley.
 Married. In Andover, 18th, by Rev. J. G. Ward, brother of the groom, Joseph B. Ward of Holland and Maryett P. Holman of Eastforl.
 In Stafford, 4th, by Rev. r. l.. Batchelder, Harvey D. Snow and Minnie, daughter of Austin Pomeroy, both of Stafford.
The Press., 1913-01-15
How Any Woman
 Can Cure INDIGESTION

Most stomach remedies are make shifts-they give relief, but after ward the stomach is just as weak, just as unable to digest the food as it was before.
 Women especially should not de- pend on relievers only. MONA Stomach Tablets not only give prompt relief, but they put strength and elasticity into the stomach walls and cause the digestive juices to act nat urally.
 They do more; they force the di- gestive organs to supply the blood with pure nourishment which is car ried to the muscles, nerves, brain and skin. Result: healthy muscles, strong nerves, clear head, and clean skin.
 finders Jacobsen guarantees MI O-NA Stomach Tablets - 50 cents.
 Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, la borers, rely on Dr. Thomas Eclectic oil. Fine for cuts, burns, bruises. Should be kept in every home. 25c and soc.
The Press., 1913-01-15
Rarbers Aaea Aao.

The first barbers of whom there ls any record piled their trade in Greece in the fifth century B. c In Rome the first barbers operated in the third century R C.. Tn OIden times ill Eng land the barber and the physician were identitall Thus a kings barber was also his chief medical adviser In the time of Henry VIII. of England laws were made concerning barberS. of which the following is an extract: No person occupying shaving or barbery in London shall use any sur gery. letting of blood or other matter. except the drawing of teeth
The Press., 1913-01-15
Wholesale Eauors.

The young man entered the presi- dents office and stood first on on" loot and then on the other II" drplnn hiS hat handkerchief and mnhrp.;a. Altogether he was im a highly drvrl' Opel state of nervOuSnrSS.
 Wal wpll'" said the employer. 'Oul with it."
 ''I hn'r come. sir" said the young man anal then began tu StamrIIrr. "Wpll. speak up! Have you ,nnI~ tn ask for the hand of my dhugEtpr nr il raise in saIary?''
 If you please sir" Stammerrd the young man. its h" EXrhauG"
 Contrary.
 When does your husband find time to do all his reading?"
 "USually when l want to tell him important" "-Detroit Free Press