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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22
Large Coal Find
In Josephine Co.

The United States Geological Sur
vey gives a glowing account of the
coal deposits in Squaw Creek basin
west of Grants Pass and says the
government will open the way for
patenting the lands and mining the
coal. Between 5000 and 5000 acres
mad been entered before the with
drawal, of which at least one-half
Is held by Grants Pass people and
their associates. The coal field was
traced over two or three townships.
and the government experts pro-
nounced it the best body of bitumin-
Gus coal ever found in the west.
with the equipment which they had
with them the government men made
exhaustive tests to determine the
quailty of the coal, both as regards
Its coke product and its ash deposit.
Ihe coke produced was of high grade
and when the field is touched by a
railroad the ore of the mountains
VIII be smelted with coke from the
same hills. An ash test made with
the coal through the entire width of
an elght-foot vein showed only six
teen per cent of ash deposit.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22
Normal Alumni
Starts Campaign

The Alumni Association of the
Southern Oregon State Normal School
have issued Normal Bulletin No. L"
and printed a large edition of the
same for distribution throughout the
state. The Bulletin contains large
amount of information concerning
the normal schools and their relation
TO the public school system and re-
views the normal school system of
California, which consists of eight
nOrmals, Washington three, Idaho
two, while of the two new states,
Arizona came into the Union with
two and New Mexico supports three
The Bulletin also contains a de-
scription of the plant of. the South
ern Oregon State Normal School now
established and points out that all
1t requires is the vote of the people
TO reopen the same. The information
contained in the Bulletin is from au-
thentic sources and is well arranged
making an unmistakable impression
on the reader that the state of Ore
gon should pursue the policy gener-
ally in vogue throughout the United
States as we'll as in Prussia and
France-that of having various
smaller normal schools instead of
centralizing the normals like univers-
jties are centralized.
The principle gathered from long
experience is that in order to induce
young people to equip themselves for
the profession of teaching in the pub
lie schools. the lowest paid of the
skilled professions, the state must
bring the schools closer to the stu
dents or else the students will fail
Co attend so largely
This measure providing for the re-
opening of the Southern Oregon State
Normal will be voted upon at the
general election November third,
1914. The ballot number is 312 X
Yes. Copies of the Bulletin can be
obtained by addressing Miss Ethelyn
Hurley, Secretary of the Alumni AS
sociation, Ashland Oregon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22
Curious Marriaas Custom.

Among the islanders of Jersey there
Is very curious but pretty marriage
custom. AS soon as the ceremony is
over and when the happy couple are
entering into occupation of their house
the large granite slab over the porch is
Inscribed with the initials Of the bride
ana bridegroom, and between the two
a rough representation Of two hearts
is entwined. the whole thus forming a
marriage certificate for all the world
to see 1t is said that should the cou-
pie by any chance be one day divorced
the hearts are pierced through by an
arrow, which is cut into them.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22
Puzzled Jurymen.

At recent sessions a prisoner was
indicted for pocketpicking. and to most
people in court the clearest possible
case was made out by the prosecution.
Have you anything you would like
to tell the jury before they retire?"
said the judge.
well, all l wanter say is, hopes as
'ow they'll give me the benefit of the
doubt" replied the prisoner despond-
emily.
The jury considered their verdict.
They were no little time over it.
Can assist you in any way, gen.
tlemen? said the judge, as last becom-
ing impatient
We are almost agreed. me lud."
said the foreman. but we can't quite
understand what the doubt is the pris.
oner wishes us to give him the benefit
of."-London Answers.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22
Check Forfeited
BY Trolley People

By proclamation of Mayor Johnson
the ordinance granting a street rail-
way franchise in Ashland became ef-
fective February twenty-fourth. One
of the provisions of the ordinance is
as follows:
Provided that this ordinance shall
become void and of no effect at the
expiration of eight months from the
date of its passage, unless the said
VI. T. Minney, his heirs and assigns,
within said time, shall have COM
menced the actual construction of
said system of railways within the
said City of Ashland; and providing
further, that the said Nj. T. Minney,
his heirs and assigns, shall within
six months from the date of passage
of this ordinance file, or cause to be
filed, in the city, with the City Re-
cOrder of said City Of Ashland, map
or plat of said city upon which shall
be accurately indicated all streets and
portions of streets and alleys which
the said NJ T. Minney, his heirs and
assigns, desire and intend to utilize
in the construction of said railways" +"
Another section of the ordinance
reads: Said NJ. T. Minney shall at
time of acceptance deposit with the
City Recorder his certified check IN
the sum of One Thousand Dollars
tS1, ,000), payable to the order of
the City Treasurer, which shall be-
come wholly forfeited to the City CT
Ashland as liquidated damages in the
event the said M. T. Minney shall fail
TO comply to the terms and conditions
of this said franchise as to the COM
mencement of the work of construc-
tion within eight months from the
date of acceptance, and within one
year after acceptance construct at
least one mile of railway within the
city limits of the City of Ashland"
At midnight August 23rd it
was six months since the ordinance
became effective. M. r.. Minney or
his assigns had till then to designate
the streets on which they would do
business in Ashland. Failing 20 do
so they lost the right to select
failed to comply etc.
The ordinance specifies that their
$1,000 check shall be forfeited at
the expiration of eight months il
they have not begun actual construc-
gion work. The check is, however,
practically forfeited-as there can,
obviously, be no construction work
started since they failed to select
streets. Ashland's trolley line is,
therefore, a dead issue.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22
More Exhibits for
Commercial Club

The Commercial Club acknowl-
edges receipt of the following addi-
tions to its exhibit during the past
week; ]. w. Millner, Howell pears;
l.. j. Orres, Banana apple; Jerry
Conwell, Tenant prunes; NJ. w.
Wheeler, almonds and German mil
let; w. H. Wenner, pear that
measures 13x15 inches and weighs
"a ounces; p. l.. Ashcraft, Elberta
peaches; G. E. Millner, field corn.
The club is pleased with the added
interest shown by the people in keep
ing fresh supply of fruits at the
Exhibit Building. In addition to the
fine showing of fruits and vegetables,
such as potatoes, squash, pumpkins,
melons, tomatoes, ETC., corn and
grains would be very acceptable.
A committee is now out soliciting
new members. II is the desire to
bring the active membership up to
at least 800. Everyone who has the
interests of the city and country at
heart should join the Commercial
Club. Don't wait for the committee
90 see you, but ask some one OF your
friends or the secretary for applica.
tion blank. The club has some
projects on foot that. If carried out
will mean much to the city and coun.
try, but to do this it must have your
good Will and financial support.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22
SLAUGHTER IN BATTLE.
Gettysburg Losses Eclipsed Those at
BalaklaVa and lnkerman.


BalaklaVa and lnkerman.
At Balaklava the light brigade lost
81 per cent of its men. and at Inker-
man the guards lost 45 per cent, and
both so down to history in verse and
prose as having been annihilated.
At Gettysburg the Second Wisconsin
lost 233 out of 302, the Nineteenth In
diana lost 210 out of 2SS and the One
Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania
volunteers out of $50 men and II Off
GERS brought back about eighty men
and only one officer not wounded. The
One Hundred and Twenty-first, the
One Hundred and Forty-second. the
One Hundred and Forty-third, the One
Hundred and Forty-ninth and the One
Hundred and Flfty-frst Pennsylvania
lost quite as heavily.
Among the First corps officers
wounded in the first days fight were
Generals Doubleday, Meredith and
Paul and Colonels Morrow, Stone, Wis
ter, Fairchild, Dudley. Biddle, Tilden.
Leonard. Coulter and Mcfarland. The
disasters of the afternoon to the Sec
ond division were lessened by its cap
ture Of much of Iverson's brigade, of
Ewelrs corps, out at the Mummasburg
road, near Oak hill.-General H. s.
Huidekoper in National Magazine.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22
FAST SWIMMING.
Strokes to Use and Methods to Follow
to Acquire Speed.

Strokes TO Use and Methods to Follow
to Acquire Speed.
The general rule may be set down
that no swimmer should attempt
speeding-and | mean in practice as
well as in racing-undl he can cover
quarter of mile with good stroke.
1t matters not whether one aims at
becoming an all around competitor or
specialist at the sprints, the same
rule obtains. Once the stroke has
been perfected. the chosen events may
be taken up, but even then it is the
best policy to alternate fast swimming
with easy stretches, at moderate pace.
under the watchful eye of the coach.
1t is always advisable to limit the
number of time trials.
There are but two strokes which can
be recommended to the racing man for
free style swimming. the crawl for dis
tanceS not exceeding 900 yards and
both the crawl and the tludgeon for
longer journeys. Some question is
still in the mind of many as to which
is preferable for the latter events, but
In the writer's opinion-based upon
the teachings of the past-any set of
movements which affords best results
at the furlong will also prove best at
the longer courses after the swimmer
has accustomed his muscles to the
action by constant practlce.-Outing
Magazine.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22

OF SO described, surveyed, plated and
applied for are hereby notified that
unless their adverse claims are duly
illed according to law, and the regu-
latlons hereunder within the time
prescribed by law, with the Register
OF the United States. Land Office at
Roseburg, in the State of Oregon,
they Will be barred by the provisions
OF the law in such cases made and
provided. Date of posting on claim,
July 80, 1913.
B. F. JONES, Register.
Date of first publication, Septem-
Der l, 1913. 28-1Ot-Mon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22
Witty RAtnrt

A lady of great beauty and attrac-
dveness who was an ardent admirer of
Ireland once crowned her praise of 1t
at a party by saying:
Il think l was meant for an Irish.
woman"
Madam" rejoined witty son OF
Erin who happened to be present,
thousands would back me in saying
that you were meant for an Irishman."
London Taller.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22
NOTICE.

Please get your items for the It'd
ings in the day before date of publi.
cation, If possible. All matter must
hereafter by in type by noon ON pub.
licatiOn day.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22
Elder Sister

The One-Who is the girl that Just
passed?
The Other-That's Miss Mutt.
The One-Hazel?
The Other-Ches.-Illinois Siren.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22
Persuasion.

Il can't marry you." she said. "You
are old enough to be my father"
Don't hesitate on that account. Ten
years from now nobody will suspect
it."-Chicago Record Herald.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22

Mother-Whatever are you doing to
poor dolly. child? Child-I'm Just 60
ing to put her to bed. mummy. I've
taken Off her hair. but can't get her
teeth out-London Tit-Bits.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22
Soul System,

"Algy writes to seven girls"
Its wonder he doesn't get his
love affairs mixed"
He keeps a card Washing
ton Herald.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22
The Nature of the Creature.

Your cook
"oh, she is so careless that don't
believe she could drop a remark with
out breaking her word."-Smart Set.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22

SUNSET MAGAZINE and Ashland
Tidings one year $2.75 to old or new
subscribers. Regular price of Sunset
Magazine is $3.50 per yeai
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22

BE not simply good; be good TO-
something --ThOreau.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22

Mining location blanks for sale at
the Tidings office.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-22

SUNSET MAGAZINE and Ashland
Tidings one year $2.75 to old or new
subscribers. Regular price of Sunset
Magazine is $3.50 per year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02

Bill stretched out his hand in the
dark to see if he could feel what he
had tripped over and he ketched holt
of the CLOTHES line. Then Bill suspeckt-
ed that somebuddy had tripped him up.
Bill followed the clothes line into the
yard and unGer the lilac bush, where
he found Bud Hinckley hid away and
latin to hisself fit to bust. Bill hauled
Bud out by the scruff of his neck and
shuk him until his teeth ratified. Bud
stopped latin and begin to boiler &
cry as loud as he could. Buds mother
heard him and rushed outen the house
to her sons rescue.
Seeing Bill shaking Bud up like that,
Mrs. Hinck1ey threw herself on Bill,
pulling his hair and scratching his face
until he yelped for mercy and run OF sss
the yard and home as fast as he could
go.
When Mrs. Hinckley discovered that
Bud had been tripping up decent folks
with her clothes line, she set herself
down on the front steps, took Bud
acrost her knee and warmed him UP
with her slipper until his wailings could
be heard all over town. After Mrs.
Hincllley had chastised Bud she sent
him to bed without his usual bowl of
bread and milk.
Somethink ort to be did with Bud
Hinckley. 1t amt right for him to
play tricks like that on decent folks of
Bingville. Bud Hinckley in our opinion
is menace to society.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02
Heck and the Pig

Heck Palmer, who lives mile west
of Bingville on the pike, sold hog to
Cy Hoskins, Heck to deliver the same,
and on Tuesday Heck he turned out the
hog and started to drive it to Bingville.
1t went all right for a quarter of a
mile, until Heck met Gid Smalley ap-
preaching in a buggy. Gid's dog Towse
was running on ahead. Soon as Towse
seen the pig he made fer it. Towser
is jest pup and powerful playful. The
dog probably didn't mean no harm, but
when the pig saw the dog comm it
turned tail and started back lords Heck.
Heck tried to head off the pig but it
wouldn't head worth a cent and struck
Heck about knee-high, hurting him into
the air and coming down on his back.
Soon as Heck lit Towser grabbed him
by the leg thinking he was the hog
probably, and bit him some.
Heck kicked the dog off and then
wanted Gid to git outen the buggy and
fight. Gid, who is always willing to
ob1ige, accepted the invitation and jump
ing from the buggy throwed off his coat
and give Heck a gosh-blamed good
drubbing, pushing his face into the road
until he bit the dust and hollered
Enough"
AS fer the hog it run all the way back
to Heck's place, where he found it in
the barnyard. Heck now says if Cy
wants his hog, which he has already
paid for, to come after it hisself, being
as he (HeckJ IS too busy with his work
to deliver same at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02
Personal MentShiOn
We need rain.

We need rain.
The apple crop looks promising.
Hi Henderson made arrangements
with Lem Perkins to buy a rooster of
fen Lem for his last Sundays dinner
Lem told him, being as it was him he
would sell him a rooster for 20 cts,
which as everybody knows, is dirt cheap
for a rooster Hi he sent his little boy
with the 20 cts. after the rooster, and
the boy brought back bantam rooster
which weighed less than a pound. Hi
threatens to go to law about it, but
Anne Hillyer. our J. of the P, says Hi
can't get no satisfacksf1ion, as he got
what he paid for.
Miss Almira Hobbs, the leader of the
church choir, left the choir suddenly
last Sunday during morning services,
very faint and pale. Inquiry after the
service was over elected the fact that
A1mira had on new pair of No. 3
shoes, whereas her size is No. e. This
would make anybody faint and pale.
Brad Tucker says the intrust on his
mortgage is almost due again and he
amt got the wflerewith to pay same
Cy Hoskins holds the mortgage and we
calkilate it won't be a great while be-
fore Cy will own Brad's farm.
Rev. Sam'l Moore, our beloved pastor.
has bad cold in his head, which the
pastor ca1kilates Providence has sent on
him for some sin of commission or
omishion Likely Our pastor has been
setting in a draft.
Mrs. Alb Skinner had a Jelly cake to
fall on her last Saturday She thinks
she didn't put enough baking soda into
it. Mrs. Skinner is probably correct
about this.
Hez Andrews is expecting two cows
to come in fresh soon. See Hez about
butter and milk.
These are all the personals we can
find at present
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02
LOkaI Items

Dad Henderson went squirrel hunt
ing one day last week, but didn't have
much luck, being as he forgot to take
any powder with him
Ben Wade of Snake Bend was in
Bingville one day last week shaking
hands with friends. He paid us a
pleasant cali, but nothing on subscrip-
shion.
Hen Weathersby. prop. of our gen
eral store, has got in key of salt
herring which are very delishious.-Adv.
Bale Hawkins put on a new pair of
boots last Sunday which hurt the bun
ion on his right foot to such an extent
that he got mad and cut a large hole
in the boot to relieve the pressure.
They cost So too, but Bale says he
cares more for his own personal COM
fort than how his feet look to the pub
lie.
Snide Petersby went fishing in Goot-
chic Pond one day last week after
pickerel, but he hadn't been fishing more
than 10 minutes before his hook got
fast on a snag and his line broke, and
being as he had no more hooks he
walked back to Bingville turrible dis
gusted with fishin.
Eph Higgins, our accommodating P.
NJ, says that the sale of postage stamps
is very slow at present. He says he
wishes he could sell all the stamps he
has and then he wouldn't have the tur-
rib1e responsibility of keeping them
from cumming and getting stuck to-
gether this muggy weather.
A subscriber, who signs no name,
writes asking us if we know any way
to remove a wart from the nose. The
only subscriber we have answering this
descripshion Is Hoke Smiley. No, Hoke,
we do not know. See Doc Livermore,
our surgeon & horse docktor.
Little Sammy Jones was very sick
last week from eating green cowcurn-
bers Why boy will eat green cow
cumbers when there are ripe cow
cumbers to eat is too much for us, wise
though we be.
Subscribe for the Bugle. You will
receive good newspaper and will have
the satisfaction of knowing that you
are helping along good cause.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02
Thickern Hops in a Hop Patch
THE RISK IS ALL MINE

What you want is to have a fit, and
will guarantee you will have one if you
buy your winder screens of me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02
EDDYTORIUL SOUIBS

| SPECIAL NOTISE-This is to
say that we amt got suffishunt
time or energy (being as it is so
hot in our midst this WIKI to dash
off long & wearisome eddytoriul
about anythink in particular, so we
will therefore instead of doing that
dash off what we would call few
Eddytoriu1 Squibs.
We will aim to make these short
and sweet & right to the point as
you might say. We have noticed
in reading some of our esteemed
contemporaries consisting of vari-
Gus city papers which falls into our
hands now and agin that the edi-
tors in the big cities don't allus
write long-winded eddytoriuls but
instead jot down for publication
breef eddytoriul squibs.
Of course we don't want it to be
understood that we are patterning
after any big city paper-far be it
from us to pattern after anybody
in the eddytoriul writing business
we don't haft to do that. We
guess when it comes to writing ed
dytoriuls, the eddytoriuls which ap-
pear in the Bingville Bugle each
wk. will hold their own with any
eddytoriuls which appears in any
paper anywheres in this country
for that matter.
Be that as it may, however,
kindly give attenshion to the fol-
lowing Eddytoriu1 Squibs:
A bird in the hen-house is worth
p in the back yard-when you
want chicken for Sunday dinner.
Honesty is the worst policy-if
you are dealing with a dishonest
man.
People in glass houses shouldn't
break other folkses windows.
The mill will never grind very
much if the crops is poor and there
amt much grain.
It's true that rolling stone don't
gather much moss, but if it's big
enough it has the right of way.
Absense of his wife makes the
heart of the average citizen of
Bingville fonder of hard cider.
A guilty conscience needs a ex-
cuser.
Never be weary of doing other
folks we'll
A fool and his money is a great
boon to the thrifty man.
In onion there is strength.
1t takes 2 to make a bargain, but
of course either one can break it.
1t is a i'll wind that blows the
wash from the line.
When you cut your chin shaw
ing Sunday morning, you are liable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02
Notice

While cleaning up the Bugle office
tother day we come acrost about 20 or
80 lbs. of old type which amt of any
value whatever to us, and so we will
therefore sell it to you for whatever il
may be worth.
There is a great many uses you
could put this old type to-melt it up
into rifle bullets, for instance, or melt
it up and make paper weights outen it.
What is nicer to hold down papers or
anythink on windy day tfan chunk
of lead?
If you desire some of this type call
at once because we persoom it will sell
like hot cakes. We will charge for this
type cts. per b., delivered to you-at
the Bug1e Office.
EDITOR BINGVILLE BUcLE.
Bingville.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-02
Country Correspondence
BEND

Bill Hinclley perdicl1ts that this will
be bad year for potato bugs. Bill had
more potato bugs last year than any
to have sort of hanker1ng fer Bill
Sam Henderson, while repairing his
fences last week killed snake 8 #
long. Sam says he hates snakes worsen
a cat hates water, and would walk a
mile out of his way any time to get a
chance to kill one
Hiram Butterworth of Bingville
passed through here one day last week
This was Hiram's destinashion, but he
went to sleep in the buggy and the
horse not knowing where he was going
walked right along through the village.
When Hiram woke up two miles from