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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-23
Central Point End
Of Road is Closed

Active work on the reconstruction
OF the Central Point road began
Thursday and the Central Point end
OF the traffi els closed, according to
an announcement made by State En-
gineer Kittredge, who has charge OF
the work. Traffic is open to that
point but no farther, and autoists
and others should take notice. Sand
is being hauled for the work and
grading has begun.
phnrn
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-23

A hundred per cent corn crop can
not be grown from IS per cent seed
supply. Boys in corn-growing clubs,
as well as farmers, should either test
their seed for themselves or send it
to the agricultural college for test
ing.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-23
6be
People, Forum
How They Do Things Down in Texas.

How They DO Things Down in Texas.
Editor Tidings: A journalistic
Iriend east has sent he the subjoined
clipping, and of such interest that
hand il TO the TidinSs SIMPLY with
this comment-Ashlaad having come
IN possession o Gthe "get-up-and-get"
spirit, might very profitably, through
ITS city council and commercial and
civic clubs, so forward and rope in
7he thousand and one farming inter
ests surrounding it. The question is,
will she?" And Echo magnani-
mously steps to the front and an
swers, I'VE can, we will, and who
can hinder?"
Yours truly,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-23

The wise husband keeps copies OF
the letters he writes his wife.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09
CHAPTER XIX.
Percy keens Niail.

The morning OF the third day after
the failure OF the search, and of the
sixth since McCarthys disappearance,
had arrived. During that time Percy
Darrow, apparently insensible to ia
tigue had maintained an almost sleep
less vigil. His meals Jack Warford
brought in to him; he dozed in his
chair or on the couch Never did he
appear to do anything
The very persistent quietude of the
man ended by making it's impression.
To all questions, however, barrow re-
turned but the one reply, delivered al
ways in a voice full OF raillery:
q couldn't bear to miss a single
step of Eldridge's mastery work
About half past nine in the morning
in question, through the door to the
wireless office, always half opened,
somebody looked hesitatingly into the
room. Instantly barrow and Jack
were on their feet and in the hall
way.
"Helen!" cried Jack.
What is it? Anything happened"
demanded barrow.
She surveyed them both amusedly.
You certainly look like a frowzy
tramp, Jack she told her brother jul
diciously, and you need sleep" she
informed barrow
The young scientist bowed ironical-
ly, his long lashes dropping over his
eyes in his accustomed lazy fashion
as he realized that the occasion was
not urgent. Helen turned directly TO
him.
When are you going to stop this?''
she demanded.
barrow raised his eyebrows
You needn't look at me like that.
You said you could lay your hands on
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09

Percy Darrow for the first time be-
gan to show signs of attention. He
dropped the legs Of his chair to the
floor and leaned forward.
That would Indicate, gentlemen,
that the instrument whose location we
are DESTROYS of determining is of a
peculiar nature. What that nature is
We have no means of determining ac-
curately; but in conjunction with the
fact that our previous experiments
failed to locate Monsieur x, we may
adopt the hypothesis that the wire
less apparatus OF that individual is
not so delicately responsive as the av-
erage. In other words, the zone
within which he may be found is in
TACT wider than we had supposed"
DarTow leaned back against the wall
and closed his eyes EIdridge contin-
ued, explaining the means he had TAX
en- to determine more accurately the
exact location OF Monsieur X.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09
CHAPTER Xxx.
The Plague of Cold.

Without pause, and three steps at
time, barrow ran down three flights
of stairs Then, recovering from his
initial excitement somewhat, he
caught the elevator and shot to the
street. There he walked rapidly to
the subway, which he took as far as
City Hall Square. On emerging from
the subway station he started across
for the Despatch office as fast as he
could walk. BY the entrance to the
City Hall. however, he came to an
abrupt halt. From the open doorway
rushed his friend, Officer Burns, Of
the City Hall Station.
The policeman's face was chalky
white; his eyes were staring; his cap
was over one side, he staggered I'M
certainly. AS he caught sight of Oar
row lie stumbled to the young man
and chung to his neck. muttering in
coherently. People passing in and out
looked at him curiously and smiled
my Cod" gasped Burns, his eyes
rowing. 81 says to him, Mike. don't
wonder you've got cold feet And
there he was, and the mayor-Heaven
save-and his secretary! My Cod"
barrow shook his shoulder.
Here" he said decisively, what are
you talking about? Get yourself to-
gether! Remember you're an officer;
don't lose your nerve this way!"
At the touch to his pride Burns did
pull himself together somewhat, but
went on under evident strong excite
ment.
Il went in just now to the mayors
Office minute" said he, land saw my
friend Mike Mallory, the doorkeeper,
settin' in his chair, as usual 1t was
cold-like, and went up to him and
says, Mike, no wonder you get cold
feet down here just by way of joke;
and when he didn't answer, went up
to him, and he was dead, there in his
chair"
well. you've seen dead men be-
fore. There's no occasion to lose
your nerve, even if you did know him"
said barrow.
The brutality of the speech had it's
intended effect Burns Strengthened.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09

That's IL very we'll" said he more
llectively But the man was froze!"
"Frozen." muttered barrow, and
whistled.
Eyes, and what's more, his little dog,
setting by the chair, was froze, toe;
so when | stepped back sudden and
| hit against him, he tumbled over bang.
like a cast-iron dog! That got my
goat! l ran!"
Come with me-" ordered Darrow de-
cisively.
They entered the building and ran
up the single flight of stairs to the
| second-story room which the mayor of
that term had fitted up as a sort of
private office of his own. A sharp
chill hung in the Railways; this in.
creased as they neared the executives
Office. Outside the door sat the door
| keeper in his armchair. Beside him
was dog, in the attitude of an ami
NAL seated on its launches, but lying
on its side, one fore leg sticking
straight out. barrow touched the man
and stopped over to peer in his face.
The attitude was most hfelike; the
color was good. A deadly chill ran
from Darrows' finger tips up his arm
He pushed open the door cautiously
and looked in.
'All right, Burns" said he. THE
atmosphere has become gaseous again.
We can go in" With which strange
remark he entered the room, followed
closely, but uncertainty by the officer
The private office possessed the at
mosphere Of cold-stordge vault. Four
men occupied it. At the desk was
seated the mayor, leaning forward in
an attitude of attention, his triple
chin on one clenched fist, his heavy
face scowling in concentration. Op
posite him lounged two men, one lean
ing against the table, the other
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09


to the apparehV Incidence OF the men
at whom she NAs talking.
you are insdfferable!" She fairly
stamped her foot in vexation. You
are an egoist! You would play with
the welfare of four million people to
crafty your little personal desire for
getting event.
STEADY, sis!" warned Jack.
DaTow had Strengthened, and his in
dolent manner had fallen from him.
4 have said would permit no harm
to come to these people, and mean
it," said he.
No harm!" cried Helen. What do
you call this"
Darrow turned to the window look
ing out over the city
"This!" he said why, this isn't
harm. There isn't a man out there
who is not better off for what has hap
pened to him He has lost q little
time. little money, a little sleep, and
he has been given new point of
view, new Manhood. AS city
dweller ne was becoming a mollusk, a
creature that could not exist without
it's she'll The city transported him.
warmed him, fed him, amused him,
| protected him He had nothing to
do with it any way; he didn't even
know how it was done. Deprived of
his push-buttons, he was as helpless
as baby. Beyond the little stunt he
did in his Office or his store. and be-
yond the ability to cross crowded
street, he was no good. He not only
didn't know how to do things, but he
was rapidly losing, through disuse, the
power TO learn now to do things. The
modern city dweller, bred, born,
brought up on this island, is about as
helpless and useless man, considered
as a four-square, self-reliant individual,
as you can find on the broad eXpanse
of the globe. I've got no use for a
man who can't take care of himself,
who's got to have somebody else 10
| do it for him, whenever something to
i which he hasn't been accustomed rises
up in front OF him
His eye was fixed somberly on the
city stretching away into the haze OF
the autumn day.
You blame me for letting this
thing rum" he went on. "Of course
it tickles me to death to see Eldridge
founder: but that isn't all. This is
the best thing that could happen to
them out there. I'm just patriotic
enough to wish them more OF it. It's
good medicine! At last every man
jack of them is UP against something
he's got to decide for himself. The
police are useless; the fire department
is useless the railroads and street
cars are crippled If man is going
to take care of his life and property
he must do it himself. He's buying
back his seif-reliance. Self-reliance is
valuable property. He ought to pay
something for it. Generally he has
to pay war or instruction or bloody
riot. In the present instance he's get
ting off cheap"
He turned back from the open win
dow. His eye travelled beyond Helen's
trim figure down the empty hall
wait right here, Jack, he shot over
his shoulder, and rushed along the
hall and down the stairway before Ell
ther the young man or his sister could
recover from their establishment.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09

against the wall. One had his hand
raised in argument, and his mouth
open. The other was watching, an ex-
preston of alertness on his sharp
countenance. At a typewriter lolled
his clerk, his hand fumbling among
some papers.
The group was exceedingly lifelike,
more so, Darrow thought, than any
wax figures the Eden Musee had ever
placed for the mystification of its
country visitors. Indeed, the only in
dication that the men had not merely
suspended action on the entrance of
the visitors was a fine white rhine
| frost that sparkled across the burly
countenance of the mayor. barrow
remembered that, summer and winter,
that dignitary had always perspired!
Burns stood by the door. rooted to
the spot, his jaw dropped, his eye
staring. barrow quite calmly walked
to the desk. He picked up the ink
stand and gazed curiously at it's solidi-
fed contents, touched the nearest
man, gazed curiously at the papers on
the desk, and addressed Burns.
These seem to be frozen, too This
is a sweet gang to be getting together
on this sort of job"
Quite calmly he gathered the pa
pers on the desk and stuffed them into
his pocket. He picked up the desk
telephone. giving a number. ouch,
this receivers cold" he remarked to
Burns. Hello, Despatch. Is Hal
lowell in the office? Just in? Send
him over quick, keen jump, City Hall,
mayors second-story Office. No, right
now. Tell him it's barrow"
He hung up the. receiver.
Curious phenomenon" he remarked
to Burns, who still stood rooted to
the spot. You see, their bodies were
naturally almost in equilibrium, and
as they were frozen Immediately, that
equilibrium was maintained. And the
color. | suppose the blood was con-
gealed in the smaller veins, and did
not, as in more gradual freezing, re-
cede to the larger blood-vessels. I'm
getting frost bitten myself in here
Let's get outside"
But Officer Burns heard none OF
this. AS Darrow moved toward the
door he crossed himself and bolted
Darrow heard his heels Gathering on
the cement Of the corridors. He
smiled.
And now the deluge!" he remarked
The crowds, terrified. inquisitive,
skeptical, and speculative, gathered
officials swept them out and took pos.
session. Hallowell and barrow con-
ferred earnestly together
He has the power to stop heat vi
brations, you see," barrow said. THAT
makes him really dangerous. His &C.
tivities here are in line with his other
warnings; but he is not ready to go
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09
SAID BY WITS OF THE PAST
Memoirs of London Merchant Told OF
Many Good Quips He
Had Heard.

The late John Richard Clayton of
the firm of Clayton & Bell, glass paint
er of London England, had some good
stories of his experiences with the pre-
Raphaelite brethren.
He was once sought out by the paint
ers. He called on Rosetti in his studio
and listened to the brilliant diatribes
of the young men against whom they
called the sloshiness of modern paint
ing Sloshy was the term they applied
to all the art of that day, and they did
not spare Sir "Sioshua" Reynolds him
self Clayton was fond of telling how
he noticed that the studio was hung
all round with photographs of the
works of the great masters: but he
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09
Ar ANNAPU[IS
HAS NEW STATE HEALTH BILL
William p. Whyte Would Reform Pres
ent Regulations.

A bill has been prepared for sub
mission to the next Legislature which
yreatly increases the power of the
State Board of Health aQd provides
lew machinery for the cOpduct Of
ieaIth laws and regulations I'm this
state. William Pinkney Whyte, coun
sci to the board, is the author of the
1lil. 1t will be considered at the meet
ing of the beard to be held at An.
1apolis on January 8. The bill bro
vides that the secretary of the board
shall be the State Tealth Officer, AND
that the salary of Me Office shallfhe
increased from $4,000 to $4,000. 1Ehe
State shall be divided into nt-.sslll
taly districts, for which the board
nav appoint deputies at salaries no,
ess than $1,000 a year or more than
$500. Authority is given the State
Health officer and his deputies by the
ill to make investigations and to
enter property in searching for dis
ease and to swear witnesses.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09
SYNOPSIS.

Percy barrow. young scientist IN
,oarch of job enters the office Of
,Ross'' Mccarthy of New York Me-
rorthy has just been threatened by an
anon moLs message ordering him to flee
"a Europe He does not take the mes
age seriously. barrow goes up the
SENATOR TO try for a position with DR..
Enox Suddenly the electric apparatus
4 the Atlas building goes out Of bust
"ess Experts are unable % locate the
,ruble All at once. without apparent
,eason, electric connections are restored.
me next evening Mccarthy is warned
nat unless he leaves AZ once for Europe
sign will be sent him At six Prompt
IL at that hour the entire electric appar-
atus Of New York is cut Off, Percy Oar
nm thinks lie has a clue He engages
NE help Of Jack Warfurd, college ath-
pte. They visit Mccarthy and offer to
rim down the cause of his mysterious
trouble Mccarthy has just received an
other warning by wireless. Al six a
deathly stiffness falls on the Atlas build
ing blotting out all sound. Next day the
whole town is thrown into darkness and
all hearing suspended. Prof Eldrdge,
the noted scientist. becomes Interested in
The phenomena. Darrow's theory is that
the man who is sending the warnings has
discovered some force by which he can
cut through the vibrations OF electricity.
light ard sound. Mccarthy has disap-
reared. barrow places Eldridge i'm pos
session of all the facts in the case and Of
his own theories In relation thereto and
challenges him to solve the mystery
More terrifying messages come. Oar
row through the newspapers. treasures
the people. He fears the Unknown will
stop the vibrations of heat which would
mean complete humiliation of All life
animal and vegetable. TIL" Unknown
threatens 10 wipe out the city. Thous-
ands OF people flee barrow sits non
receiving wireless messages In
McCarthys office Will, Eldridge expert
nents with the purpose Of locating the
Unknown Eldridke's experiments fail
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09
Our Fairy Godmothers.

The world, out of fairy books, is
chary in furnishing its fairy god
mothers, yet most OF us have friends
at whose touch we become more truly
and happily ourselves than at other
times. They seem able to endow us.
through same magic Of their own.
with the beauteous vestments and the
glass slippers that free the spirit
These are our fairy godmothers We
do well to love them and pay them
good heed, for through them we may
enter into such possession OF the pre-
cious gifts that we need have no dread
of the striking hour. This, we must
suppose, is what Cophetua did for his
beggar-maid. At his glance the queen
In her blossomed, which later all the
world could see.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09
COL. MoLANE TILToN DEAD.
Was a Retired Officer OF the U, S.
Marine Corps.

Following a paralytic stroke several
weeks ago. Col. McLane Tilton, re
tired. United States Marine Corps, died
at his home on Maryland avenue, An
napolis. Colonel Tilton had attained
an advanced age, and for several years
had been in i'll health, although not
confined to his bed at all times.
Colonel Tilton was a relative OF
Francis Scott Key, his mother, the
late Josephine, Nicholson HARDWOOD
Tilton, being a niece of the composer
of the national anthem. His father
was Commodore Edward GisC Ut
ton, of the Navy, who died many years
ago Colonel Tilton was born in the
old Chase mansion, where his mother
and father were married, and was con.
nected on both sides of the family
with prominent old Maryland families
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09

Monsieur X at any moment; why don't
you do it,"
"Eldridge is too amusing"
Too amusing" echoed the girl.
"All you think of is yourself"
rs it," drawled barrow.
Have you been out in the city {?
Have you seen the people? Have you
seen men out OF work? Families leav-
ing their homes? Panic spreading
slowly but surely over a whole city,"
Those pleasures have been denied
me-" said barrow blandly.
The girl looked at him with bright
angry eyes. Her cheeks were glow
ing, and her whole figure expressed a
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09

right?" Then Rosetti shouted: Here.
Hunt, Millais. here's a fellow who
knows the way these sloshy things
should be hung"
The motifs occasionally demanded Of
him which he could not refuse made
him vince, and he smiled grimly once
when member of the Arts club. OF
which he was one of the oldest and
most esteemed members, declared that
"if you accept that kind of order the
firm Of Clayton & Bell will be known
as Satan & He'll"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09

ply from the United States, which
heretofore has imported about $780,
600 worth of emery each year.
In addition there has been a strike
Of emery workers on Naxos, one Of
the islands of Greek possession, and
the Greek chamber passed a bill regu-
lating the trade in the commodity. A
speedy settlement of the labor diff
Guilty followed, and it is expected the
market will return to normal in the
near future.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09
Lieut.. Williams Isl

At regular meeting pf e Navy
Athletic Association, Iiehtenant Com
mander Roger Williams was reelected
representative of fhe association fQs
football. Naval Constructor B. 81
Land and Commander M. E. Trench
were reelected as members of<<11g
executive committees statioIed at
washington, and Lieutenant Com.
mander N. L. Jones was elected new
member of the committee at the same
place.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09
Governor Sets Two Free.

Governor GoldsborehEh. ordered
following prisoners r 90
House of Correction Sses S1ges
of st. Mary's county convicted Feb
ruary 25, a13, of assault and battery
and SET ed to two years; ano
Charles Radtke. serving sentence Of
one year for a similar ofTerse, upon
conviction by the Prince George
County Circuit Court. A pardon for
the restoration of citizenship was
granted in the case of WILLIAM E<INSf
liams, who recently complete "a term
of five years for larceny.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09
painting and dressing himself like a

painting and dressing himself like a
native
When the Brahmins discovered that
their holy place had been thus de-
filed they became so enraged that all
the English residing at the seation
were obliged to fee for their lives.
Suspecting their pursuers to be more
DESTROYS of gratifying their avarice
than their revenge, they strewed sill
yer money by the way, and while the
natives stopped to pick it up they
gained time and succeeded in reach.
ing place of safety.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09
rrainino OF the Workera.

Probably the greatest change that
has taken place in the relation of en-
ployers and employees during the last
ten years is in regard to education or
training. This is not so much in the
case of the younger persons, those in
the apprentice class, as with adult
workmen. Lectures on shop topics,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-09
SCHOOL FUND DIVIDED.
Baltimore Gets $13s,7ss In the Quar-
terIy Distribution BY State.

Emerson c. Harrington, State Comp
troller, announced quarterly distribu-
Llon of State funds for educational
purposes amounting to SS6S,575. The
amount represents 100000 of the
regular quarterly school tax, $S7,5OI
of the free book fund and $31,O75 foA
approved high schools in the severa
counties and Baltimore city. Oh %
apportionment Baltimore city &
$133, 1880, divided as follows: Sch
tax, $11S.17O.53; school books, $:
093.27; approved high schools, $2,k