davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-17
BELMONT IS AWAY
AHEAD Of DIVIDEND
Earnings Admit of Surplus
Running Far Into Safety
Division.

Despite the comparatively low price Of
silver during March. the Tonopah Bel
mont company increased It's earnings by
over $50, 600 as compared with the month
before. the figures being $50, 25l47. To
accomplish this satisfactory result the
company handled 1853 tons of ore at the
mill. the total value OF which was s2t6.-
397.9s. The march earnings are about
$4,000 in excess OF the dividend require
ments
Brief extracts from the statement ac-
coWpanying the recent dividend checks
have been given in the western press but
the complete statement was rcceivd To-
ca1ly yesterday In the columns OF the Ton
opah Miner, The statement covers the
quarter ending February %. 1919, and this
follows:
Receipts from sale of ore. hul'n, oc.,S soo.Il7 II
Mining, milling and admin, ox....,.. 455. sa2, ,os
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-17

New York Mining Stocks.
James A. Pollock & Co.. bankers and
brokers. furnish the following, received
over their private wire yesterday after
noon.
NEW YORK LISTED STOCKS.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-17
Ore Shipments.

The Utah Ore Sampling companv on
WodncSday released nine cars OF orc
from Utah and one car from Nevada
campst
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-17

Nevadas In San FRANCISCO
James A. Pollock & Co, bankers and
brokers, furnish the following. received
over their private wire yesterday after
noon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Man-Made Floods.

Just as the recent tornado losses
have been at least aggravated by the
tendency to erect unsubstantial
buildings, so the awful floods of the
Ohio valley may be largely traced to
the works of men. Wherever the
balance of forces is upset, Nature
sooner or later takes revenge.
That occupation by man tends to
increase disastrous freshets as sug-
gested by the commission that stud
led the flood problem at Pittsburg.
1t was found that in the five years
from 1871 to 1875 there we're but
two floods passing danger point. In
the five years from 1906 to 1910
there were II such dangerous floods.
The ruthless sacrifice of forest
growth, turning vast acres of soil
sponge into hard runways, is a fa-
miliar cause of flood damage. But
even if the losses at Dayton and
other cities were not due to any
large extent to this reason, other con-
sequences of mans acts do increase
hazard.
Men build factories and railroad
tracks and bridges and dams along
a stream tending to restrict the nat
ural outlet of the water. Their mills
let loose debris and silt that fills up
the river beds. A still greater factor
is the erosion from cultivated fields,
which is far greater than that from
the original uncultivate soil.
Flood damage is an enormous am
nual drain on national wealth. The
railroads are said to have lost $25,-
100000 by the floods of March %
and following dates. The Ohio river
floods of 1907 COST $1,O0O,0OO,O0O.
When the Mississippi river gets on
rampage it is likely to do equal
damage
Calamities like these quickly pass
out of mind except in localities i'm
mediately affected. Meanwhile such
a project as that for reservoirs con-
trolling the Allegheny and Monon-
gahela rivers, involving a 100000
600 expense, is regarded as extrava-
CANT
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
PUPS DEATH MOURNED.
University at Eugene Has Cloud of
Gloom Over Demise of Dog.

Prokus is dead and the unuivers-
ity campus mourns. says the Eugene
Register.
Prokus, who for five years was
the mascot of the University of Ore
gon football team, was killed Mon
day morning near the campus by an
automobile driven by Frakn Bounds
the same machine which four
months ago killed it's owner.
No dog at the university has ever
been so well known, both here and
about the state wherever there is an
Oregon alumnus, as Prokus, nor has
there been dog with such career.
He was the friend of every student
on the campus, and the victor at one
time or another of every fraternity
bulldog. He never passed up an op-
portunity to fight, be it in the class
room or on the street when he met
rival dog. He is the last of a col
lection of fraternity dogs, which
have died, been poisoned, or deport-
ed for fighting during the past four
years.
"Prok" was the best known on
the football field. Between halves
at virtually all the games he has
pushed the ball across the goal-a
trick which he learned when a pup
A thoroughbred Boston Pit, he wa,
brought to the university five years
ago by Louis Pinkham from the
Southern Kennels, Virginia. He be
came virtually the property of the
university students. though in reality
the dog of the Beta Theta Pi fra
ternity He spent most of his time
on the campus and was at home in
the gymnasium or on the football
field.
The members of the fraternity
gave him a formal funeral Monday
night, burying him in little white
coffin in the rear of the chapter
house, under the trees to which he
was frequently tied when a pup.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
TO RECOGNIZE.
Wilson Tells of Plans for China
Mexico and the Philippines.

Washington, April 3.-President
Wilson indicated informally today
the attitude of this government to-
ward Mexico, China and the Philip
pines. Pending a settlement of af-
fairs in Mexico, holding elections ana
the establishment of stable govern
mental conditions, recognition will
be withheld.
The Chinese republic will be rec,
ognized April 8.
With respect to the Philippines
President Wilson intends TO see the
pledge of the democratic party fol
ultimate independence of those
islands carried out, but believes the
date for granting it is debatable
question.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
SEE A TORNADO.
Passengers View Missouri Twister
From Windows of Alton Train.

st. Louis, Mo- April 3.-Forty
passengers and the crew on an Alton
train which arrived here tonight tell
graphic stories of a tornado they
saw from car windows that cut a
swath an eighth of mile wide from
Sturgeon to Larrabee, Mo-, and final
ly disappeared to the northwest.
Houses, barns and outbuildings
were lifted into the air and whirled
around and dashed to the ground.
The train was delayed at Larrabee,
where there was a freight train
which the tornado had wrecked. The
engine and 22 cars of the train
rolled over. None of the freight
crew was injured.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
O'GaEa Discussed.

The Jackson county court set
aside Friday afternoon for the dis
cussion of the advisability of hiring
Professor P. ]. O'Gara for one or
more years as an expert agricultur-
ist or as in the capacity of an ex-
pert inspector. The meeting was
we'll attended for the short time no.
tice was given the public to attend
and the discussions were at all times
interesting and at times heated, the
opinions of the growers of the coun-
ty being very different as to wheth-
er it was worth $4,000 to the county
to continue his services, and then
add $11, 900 more for the expense of
commissioners of horticulture and
deputy inspectors.
Some new phases were brought to
the notice of growers which are like
| ly to become history in Jackson
county. Among them is the point of
issue that an especial tax of an as
sessed valuation OF 5000 per acre, or
four-fifths of one mill revenue, on
all bearing orchards to pay these ex-
penses of inspection and experts, and
that the young orchard is assessed at
nominally the same figures as alfalfa
land, and derive the benefit of the
extra assessment on the man who
happens to own the bearing orchard.
We understand that little differ
ent system will be in vogue by the
present assessors, namely, that each
bearing tree, whether in your back
yard or lawn or field, will be valued
at $40 and help pay the tax, so that
if you have trees that are not profit
able you had better get busy WELD
ing the AK. o
We have it that the extra levy or
| revenue of four-fifths mill or in
creased assessment is illegal without
an enabling act by the state, and the
tax cannot be collected and that in
the very near future, if the present
methods are followed, there will be
another Benton Bowers come to the
fore to test the legality of the acts
of our board of commissioners.
SUBSCRIBER.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Not Ambitious to Fly.

According to estimates prepared
by Aircraft of the total expenditures
of 25 governments for aeronautical
work during the last five years, the,
United States stands fourteenth
behind Chile, Bulgaria and Greece.
and barely ahead of Denmark and
China. At the top of the list stand
Germany with 400 aeroplanes, 80
dirigibles and expenditures or $685.
100000, and France, with 400 aero
planes, 25 dirigibles and expendi-
lures of $22,0O0,0OO. The United
States total contribution has been
$435,O00, and the extent of it's
equipment only 2S aeroplanes and
one dirigible. BY public subscription
Germany has also raised $3,5OO.OO0.
France $2,5OO,OOO and Italy $1,OOO.-
900.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
SOMETHING UNUSUAL.
Barnes Animal Circus Out of the
Ordinary Line.

We have all been going to circuses
for years, and have seen dogs ride
horses, and monkeys ride dogs, and
marveled and wondered at the pa
tience that it must have taken to ac-
complish these feats, but with the
Al G. Barnes Three Ring Wild Ami
NAL Circus this year you see one of
the greatest equestrian feats ever Of
fered to the amusement-loving pub
lie.
This feat has been accomplished
before, but never with the success
with which it is given this year, by
Alo, the greatest of all horse-riding
lions. 1t has beer wonder of the
students of animal sagacity ever
since it was produced. We all know
that horse is one of the most do
mesticated of animals, and has been
for many centuries, but to combine
the intelligence of the horse and the
king of the jungles, the lion, and
have them work in harmony, is al
most beyond belief, and verges on
the supernatural. But after seeing
this marvellous feat of a lion riding
horse, one is almost ready to say
that nothing is impossible.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
PEACE AT SIEDFoRD.
Fight Between Mayor and City
Council Ends.

Mail Tribune: Discord in the
ranks of the city officials of Med
ford is a thing Of the past. With
the appointment of officials about
whom a storm has waged for
months, made Friday evening, the
city dads have settled down to a
harmonious whole. and city business
is being transacted without wrang-
ling.
The council confirmed names sub
mitted by Mayor Eifert Friday
evening. The names were suggested
by the council. The new officials
are: E. ]. Runyard, market mas
ter; r. B. McCabe, city attorney;
j. F. Hittson, chief of police; o.
Arnspiger, city engineer.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

Painting Under the Ocean.

In a special salon at Chicago
there was recently placed on exhibit
tion a collection of what are, un-
doubtedly, the most unique paint
ings in the world. They are unpar-
alleled in art in that they were
painted literally at the bottom of
the ocean.
The founder of the new school of
submarine painting is Zarh How'll
son Pritchard, an Irishman by birth,
now residing at Pasadena, Cal. He
spends good part of each summer
at the bottom of the ocean off the
coast of southern California painting
pictures of the oceans bed and the
creatures that inhabit the water.
Mr.. Pritchard works in way easy
enough to understand. He has de-
vised an extraordinary set of appa-
ratus in order to paint pictures un-
der the water. Sometimes he goes
down in an ordinary diving suit, fur
nished with a pair of pearl divers
goggles. At other times he wears a
divers helmet, which is connected
with the upper air by means of a
rubber tube. He uses a drawing
board made of glass and paper which
has been soaked in cocoanut oil to
make it waterproof. French water
proof paints and heavy weight, to
keep him at the bottom, complete his
outfit. Nothing more is needed, ex-
cept the courage to descend, the
ability to select what to sketch and
to sketch it quickly. Nature and
practice have given those to Mr.
Pritchard, who, however, was years
in thinking out ways and means.
OF course Mr.. Pritchard does not
finish his paintings beneath the wa
ter. He makes sketches in crayons
for them there, transcribing from
noting color, diagraming fish, feel
ing for the precise color harmony
that can never be wholly brought
from the depths, then ascends to fix
the scene enduringly in his studio
This he does on leather. On leather
alone, says the artist, can he repro
duce anything like the tone of the
sea. With what perfection the me-
dium adapts itself to the subject one
must see to realize. 1t is almost un-
believable how the surface of the
leather holds the pigments and
gathers light and depths, perfectly
interpretative of deep water.--Rob-
ert H. Moulton in Technical World
Magazine.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
AN INTERESTING REMEMBRANCE
IL. G. Gilmore Receives Birthday Re
membranes From Children.

The birthday OF Prof. Henry G..
Gilmore, Ashland's well-known mu-
sician and musical critic, occurred
recently and he has since received
remembrances from his children who
are scattered in various cities
throughout the United States, sew
eral sending him good-sized checks.
One of the most priced of the re-
membranes came from his son, Her.
bert George Gilmore, and family of
Houston, Texas. 1t was an Edison
record carrying greetings from the
entire family, including the dog
Trixy. A German selection by his
granddaughter AMI a vocal solo by
his son were features. The son is
an official of the Houston Electric
& Telephone Company.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURES.
Boys of Douglas, Alaska, Copy Real
Thing From Juneau Body.

In letter to relatives in this city
Miss Susanne Homes, a daughter of
+. C. Homes, Sr., who resides on the
Boulevard road, writes interestingly
of the work in the high school of
Douglas, Alaska, of which she is
principal. Douglas is located across
the channel from Juneau, the capi-
tai of Alaska. The territory's first
legislature is or has just been in ses-
sion and Miss Homes has had the
boys of her school organize legisla-
ture of their own, and they are TAX
ing great interest in following the
work of the juneau body from day
to day. This is Alaska's first home
rule and much interest has been TAX
en- in the work Of the legislature.
Many of the members "mushed in"
with dog teams over the. Arctic
SHOWS for thousands of miles to at
tend. Alaska is now the only new
country" left in the possession of the
United States on the American con-
tinent; the only part where the
pioneer conditions of a hundred
years ago exist, and it presents many
interesting phases, not only political
ly but educationally, and the work
of Miss Homes school is not the least
interesting by any means.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Obituary.

Mrs. Louise R. Webster, wife of
Lionel R. Webster, former circuit
judge of this district, died Thursday
at Portland. Though i'll for some
time, the end came suddenly. Mrs.
Webster was formerly Louise. R.
Warren; She was born in New Or
leans and was married to Judge Web
ster in st. Louis. Judge and Mrs.
Webster have resided in Oregon
more than 25 years. They first To-
Gated in Jackson county, where the
jurist was elected circuit Judge. Fif-
teen years ago they moved to Port
land and have made their home
there ever since.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
An Unfortunate Phi. ID.

st. Louis Republican: Norbert
Wiener finds himself doctor of phi
losophy at the age of 18. He is the
youngest man on whom Harvard
University has conferred this degree.
Norbert has had d picturesque ca
reer. Opening his sold, critical eyes
on this frivolous world, he found
himself the son of Harvard profess
sor. When other youngsters of his
age were listening, pop-eyed, to fairy
tales, Norbert was racing through
Euclid Eugene Field or Whitcomb
Riley never wrote & line for Norbert
they never knew how. Perhaps
Browning amusel Norbert's indolent
hours, though it's doubtful if such
nursery rhymes engaged his atten-
tion. He was ready to enter college
at 6, but postponed that adventure
until he reached the mellow matur-
ity of II.
Graduated at Tufts three years
later, he spent year at Cornell and
then charged full tilt on the Harvard
Graduate School, where he special
lied in mathematics and philosophy.
Now he is going to teach He has
got to teach; there is nothing more
for him to learn.
Of course he may have missed a
few experiences. He probably never
removed a dignified silk hat with a
SNOWFALL, never ripped his trousers
on picket fence. never shared 6
pickerel out of the willows shade
never saw the whirling stars charter
only in football collision, has nc
notion whether Iris Speaker is in Ty
| Cobb's class, and has never heard OF
Luther McCarty.
Truly one has to miss a whole LOT
to be doctor of philosophy at 1S-
so much, indeed, that we withhold
congratulations with a sigh.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Some Ancient Inventions,

Safety pins have been found in
tombs 1000 years old, some of the
specimens being 10 inches long. Col
lar buttons date from about the
same period. The modern paper clip
was used before the birth of. Christ
by Roman soldiers to fasten sheets
of cloth together, and it's shape has
not changed in the centuries that
followed. Thimbles $500 years old
have been found. Fishhooks dating
back 5000 years have ben dug up
from the ancient lake dwellings of
Switzerland, and they are of bronze
The fishhook was one of mans first
Inventions
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
New Universities.

Baltimore American: In Europe
the great universities have developed
slowly. Many of them, like Oxford,
date their beginnings back to a time
when learning was a rare commo-
dity. In the United States universi-
ties are spotted all over the map.
Every new state is ambitious to
establish school for the dissemin-
alton of higher learning and there
can be no reasonable questioning
that many of the American univers-
ities-most of them-begin opera
tion under conditions of efficiency
which it has required Old World in
stitutions centuries to develop.
Take, for instance, the very new
est of the American university of
Montana. There are at present four
state colleges in Montana-an ac-
ademic college, a school of mines, an
agricultural and technologic college
and a teachers college. 1t is pro-
posed to consolidate these, at some
favorable point, as the nucleus of
the contemplated university. And
this infantile university will start
with an endowment of 10000 acres
of the finest agricultural lands in
the state. Upon a capitalization
rating of 500 per acre, this will
mean endowment of 100000.
An institution having an income
of more than S1,O00,OOO per yea
will coon develop into a universit,
of high grade. With such an in
come highly trained specialists il
every branch of education and orig
inal reasearch can be attracted t.
the faculty. 1t is a mere super
stition that a university must neces-
sarily be old in orGer to be efficient
If the university of Montana can at.
tract a body of scholars from al
over the world at the start, it will
from it's inauguration, be a great
university.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Unclaimed Letters.

List of letters remaining uncallet
for in the Ashland postoffice for the
week ending April 5, 1918: /.
Ladies-Mrs. w. l.. Ramer, Mrs
A. M. Thompson, Miss Mabel Whit
ten, Miss Adalyn Welch, Mrs. s. C
Wilmington.
observation-disclosures Balls, Chas
s. Howatt.
Volcano Spark Plug Co.
These letters will be sent to the
dead letter office April 19, 1913,
if not called for before. In calling
for the above please say Advertised, +"
giving date of list. A charge of one
cent will be made on delivery.
J. r. CASEY, P. M.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

&C. H. Pierce will have an auc-
tion sale of acreage Thursday, April
10, two miles east of Medford, when
100 acres will be sold in stracts of
IN to 5 acres. Easy terms will be
made, so that the laboring man can
buy a home. Quite a number of
Ashland citizens are going down.
This is decidedly a choice location
with most favorable conditions for
a pleasant suburban home. Liberal
discount for cash. 9O-1t*
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
"Patronize Home Industries"

Word from Mrs e. T. Weatherred
of Portland, representative of the
Oregon Manufacturers Association,
is to the effect that she will soon
visit Ashland in the interests of Ore
gon-made products. In fact, the
slogan of the association is Patron
ize home Industries" and the object
of the lady's visit here is to give an
impetus to this propaganda which is
to be exploited without expense to
the communities visited. She has
recently been in Medford and other
valley towns, and is now in klamath
Falls.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
BUYS ORCHARD FOR SUMMER HOME
H. JENNINGS OF PORTLAND TRADES FOR CHESTNUT STREET PROP
RTY AND WILL MAKE SUMMER HOME HERE

II. Jennings, well-known and
wealthy Portland merchant, has
traded for the M. E. Putnam orchard
home on Chestnut street, in this
city, and will make Ashland his sum-
mer home. The property is the orig
inal Albert Johnson property and is
one of the show places of the valley
as well as one of the best fruit pro-
ducers in the Ashland district, hav-
ing broken all valley records on vari-
Gus occasions
Mr.. Putnam takes in exchange the
LaSalle Hotel in Portland and will
take charge of the hotel at once. He
is hotel man of many years expert
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

ence and will without doubt make a
success in his new venture.
Percy Stratton and wife will have
charge of the place here for Mr.. Jen-
nings, who is an old friend of ]. P.
Dodge of this city.
There are many inquiries being re-
ceived this spring from parties who
are looking toward Ashland, and il
is probable that Mr.. Jennings is the
first of many Portland business men
who may make. Ashland their sum-
mer home.
The consideration has not been
made public, but is rumored to have
been close to $4,000.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
CARLOAD FOOD FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
ASHLAND WILL CONTRIBUTE CARLOAD OF PROVISIONS AND OTHER
SUPPLIES TO SUFFERERS FROM OHIO FLOODS

In addition to cash subscriptions
already remitted in. behalf of the
flood sufferers. Ashland will send
carload of food supplies. Benton
Bowers has this matter in charge,
and has personally contributed 100
sacks of potatoes towards filling this
car. Potatoes, onions and any other
vegetables, fruits, etc, not too per-
ishable, are solicited. Canned goods
and bacon will be just the articles
most needed in many instances. Po-
tatoes should be sacked and apples
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

boxed. The railway companies will
give these food supplies free trans
portation. "
An appeal was made in the city
churches yesterday for contributions
which may be left at the Southern
Pacific freight depot. The capacity
of the car will be about Is tons, ard
it is desired to get it started as soon
as possible. For any further partic-
ulars regarding this relief measure,
call up Mr.. Bowers or inquire at the
Commercial Club
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
MEDFORD MEN TALK GOOD ROADS
PARTY EXPECTED UP TOCOMMERCLM CLUB MEENNC TONIGHT
FOR THAT PURPOSE OTHER IMPORTANT BUSINESS

At the regular. meeting Of the
Commercial Club this evening fur
ther consideration of the Polytechnic
school matter will be brought tp in
the way of committee reports re-
specting additional scholarships.
A proposition concerning the es-
tablishment of an old ladies' home
will also be submitted.
A crowd of Medford good roads
boosters have notified the club that
they will be up tonight to talk over