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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
The Dukes Question.

The delicate operation of separating
the French Siamese twins, which has
just been successfully performed, re
calls Lord Houghton's story of a duke
of st. Adams who went to inspect the
original Siamese twins. The tale is
retold in the London Express. The
duke looked at the two boys. and
then turned to their Snowman. Are
they brothers?" he asked. The show
mans reply has not been preserved.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17

swing. The captain with me already
had made some valuable observations,
when the Germans, noticing my
French machine, opened fire on 1t.
"A number of their bullets pierced
the wings of the aeroplane and the
others struck the stays. We still flew
on, however, as it was necessary to
obtain the exact position OF the enemy.
Then the German artillery began.
Their shells burst near the a~eroplane,
and each explosion caused 1t to rock,
THE captain was wounded in the
heel, but continued to make observa-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
Love of Precious Stones.

The love of precious stones is al.
most as old as the hills from which
many of them come, and in the early
days admiration for them was equally
shared by men and women. An old
writer named Omocritus, who lived
about five hundred years before the
Christian era, tells us how much his
generation thought of the crystal.
Whose goeth into the temple of the
GODS" said he, sagely, with this in
his hand, may be quite Jul of having
his prayer granted, as the gods can
not Withstand its power" Not a diff
cult way of insuring the success OF
ones petitions!
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
SWAP CORPS OF PRISONERS
American Naval Officer Brings 40
Pro-Teuton English Girls to Eng
land From Berlin.

London.-one of the strangest
throngs ever seen in London-Eug-
fish women and girls with pro-Ger-
man sympathies-came into the city
from Berlin in charge of Lieut.. e. G..
Blakeslee, United States navy, assist
ant naval attache at Berlin.
The party numbered 440 and figured
in an exchange with German women
and girls who had been allowed to
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
A Commitment.

my farewell appearance was an oe>
casion Of the greatest enthusiasm
said one prima donna.
YES" replied the other. Isn't it
remarkable that such a large number
of people should have seemed so de-
lighted to hear you for the last time.''
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
AERopLANE HIT TEN TIMES
Shells Cause Alrshlp to Dance on
High over Army, But French
Aviator Retains Control.

London.-The Daily Nails Petro-
grad correspondent sends a descrip-
ton by M. Poiret, a French aviator
who is serving with the Russian army,
of a flight over the German position
accompanied by a stan captain.
Il rose to a height Of 5000 feet"
Poiret said. Fighting was In full
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
No divorce Law in Italy.

Rome.-There being no divorce law
in Italy, the custom has been for men
desiring to unite the marriage knot
to become naturalized H~ungarians.
Many took this step just before the
wal broke out and have since been
compelled to join the army Of their
new country.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
"The Roll Of Honor"

London. A London newspaper
heads its columns giving brief sketches
of officers killed and wounded in bat
tie "The roll of honor" with the Sec
ond line the quotation from Kipling's
latest poem, Who Dies If England
Lives?"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
1903 Years Old; Would Enlist.

Petrograd.-A Crimean war veteran,
one hundred and three years old,
tramped 100 miles to Kostroma to Of
fer his services as a volunteer. He is
one of the iron men of Russia and
was hale and hearty when he reached
Kostroma. He proudly displayed a
row of medals won in the Crimean
campaign.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17

How long does it take to go through
these woods?" asked the summer
boarder.
That all depends" replied the
farmer. Il have noticed that when a
a is with his wife 1t takes about
thirty minutes. and when he is with
his mother-in-law he can make 1t in
Is minutes. If, however. he is with
his fancee 1t usually takes about two
hours."--Judge.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
Explosion Of Oil Lamps.

Oil lamps do explode sometimes,
but very seldom. If the oil becomes
heated in any way. it may explode.
Also If the wick is too small for the
burner, the flame may penetrate down
into the oil reservoir and ignite the
oil vapor and air and cause an ex-
plosion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
STOPPING a Nuisance.

81 told you not to propose to me
again! Now, I'll stop you for good"
she exclaimed.
The young man turned pale-the
thought of losing her he loved so we'll
unnamed him.
Yes" she continued. "I1l put a stop
to 1t by accepting you"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
DEATH is DEFIED

peared, but a sudden swerve enabled
us to regain the cover Of the forest
and gain an altitude.
When we came out again, lost in
the sky, tie guns had ceased to fire,
and descending slowly, we landed
within the French lines"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
Our Wife.

Our wife, comments a western news
paper man, is n of those women
who aren't content to be taken for
their daughters sister. They went to
be taken for their daughters daugh.
ter-to be taken for their own grand
daughter, so to speak.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
Sheen h Tails.

A new breed of sheep without tails
and bearing great lobes of fat on their
Pumps has been introduced into South
Dakota from Siberia
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17

tons. Finally l turned the machine
and landed home safely. l found ten
bullet marks and two fragments of
shells in the machine"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17

1t hath been said that an unjust
peace is to be preferred before a just
wars Butler.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-04-13
Former Ashland
Citizen HonOred

Professor Harry M. Shafer. for
merly president of the Southern Ore
gon State Normal School, is now
principal of the Union High School
OF Hanford, California. He wished
to return with his family to the Pa
cific coast. The state superintendent
OF California, knowing this, advised
the members of the school board of
hanford to try and see if they could
secure Professor Shafer, who was
president OF the Clarion, Pennsyl-
yania, State Normal School, and who
was anxious enough to come west
and accept a high principalship at
least temporarily, If they could offer
him good salary. The board Of
fered him probably the highest sal
ary paid to any high school principal
In the state. He accepted the offer,
resigned the presidency of the Penn
sylvania Normal, and last summer
came west again. The board of Han
ford had to have strong man, they
said, because the 200 high school
students had completely gotten away
with the principal the year before.
Mr.. Shafer has so completely revoiu-
tionized the school that the colts"
who were formerly so frisky and
seemingly beyond control now actual
ly conduct the high school in the
absence of the principal at teachers
conventions. We have found out
many things about our former Presi-
dent Shafer through the Hanford
newspapers. He has recently been
elected president of the Central Cali
fornia Teachers Association. held at
Fresno last week He has developed
a very strong course in agriculture in
connection with the high school. so
that other schools and school boards
are wanting to work up their schools
to the pattern set at Hanford Union
High School. A strong organization
of Camp Fire Girls also belong to
this school, and are under the direc-
tion of Miss Moody of the faculty.
To sum up this matter, we wish
the people of Ashland and Southern
Oregon to regret again that we lost
such an educator as Professor Shafer
through the uncaled for slaughter Of
our Normal by politicians.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-04-13
Gold Explorers
Getting Busy

The uncovering o. what is belieTed
to be an extensive ledge OF gold-bear-
ing ore on the slopes of Old Grizzly
was one of the surprises of the past
week. The find was made 3t an alti.
tude of 5000 feet at the head of big
gulch that extends from the north
side of the peak down into the valley
of Antelope creek. The 'liscoverers
claim that the ledge is plainly dis
cernible for a distance of %GGn feet
or more and that it is 800 fee. wide.
The samples brought to Ashland
are highly mineralized and bear re-
semblance to the ore taken from the
Homestake mine in South Dakota
and the ore at Cripple Creek. The
ore is of volcanic origin and grayish
blue in color The locators have
staked ten claims and contend that
they have located on immense body
of the ore. This week they start the
sinking OF a shaft fifty feet and will
drift to the side walls to see what
they've got. One wall is slate and
the other granite.
The discoverer of the ore body is
]. E. Rummel. who says he has lived
over in that section for years and has
known of the ledge for long time
but never had the money to work it.
He has associated with him Major
Wilson of Medford and the Womack
brothers. Mr.. Rummel states that
four assays of the ore have been made
and that it ranges in values from
eleven dollars TO sixty dollars per ton.
Local mining men and seologists are
much interested in the reports as IL
has always been held that the form
alton of Old Grizzly and surround
ings were unfavorable to the finding
of the precious metals.
The men are starting in at once to
put up cabins and build a road and
will work small crew of men this
summer to bring the mine to develop
ment sufficiently to show what it is.
1t is ideally located so far as water
and timber are concerned and should
the ore turn out TO be as rich and
the vein as extensive as asserted the
proposition could quickly be devel-
oped into a flourishing mining camp.
Stranger things have happened over
the heads OF biologists and mining
men. The ten claims staked are
practically at the intersection of sec
tions eighteen, twelve, thirteen and
seven.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-04-13

Medford Mail Tribune: Levi L.
Angle of Ashland was in Medford a
few days ago, visiting his brother,
William Angle, of 500 East Main
street.
Mr.. Angle formerly resided in
Medford, twenty-odd years ago. At
that time he was owner of part of
Medford's townste, and aside from
being interested in Medford real es-
tate he was locating timber land, the
Keene and Jenny creek section of
sugar pine, east from Ashland, being
his field of operation. This tract of
land now embraces several thousand
acres and is known as the a. G. Hop
kins tract.
Mr.. Angle claims to be the
founder of the big Hopkins tract
Yes" said Mr.. Angle, Il don't think
there is any mistake as TO who first
began gathering up this immense
tract of timber ! came to Medford
in September, 1885, from Pennsyl-
vania. had been lumberman there
and was an experienced cruiser and
estimator of timber. | made inquiry
timber land to be had in this. part of
the coast country. ] was told there
was lots of it, but that it was not
worth paying taxes on; but in 1886
secured plats and information from
J. S. Howard, then a surveyor of
Medford, and started for the timber
soon discovered that there was lots
of timber in that locality and began
corresponding with lumbermen in
Pennsylvania, and finally interested
my old friend, A. c. Hopkins, who in
1889 sent c. H. Pierce here to look
over the timber.
The inspection proved satisfactory
and in about 1890 they commenced
buying land at s. an acre. This buy
ing continued at about this price un-
til 10000 acres ha been acquired.
while all this buying was going
on | endeavored to induce Medford
people to take up some of the gov
ernment land then vacant in that sec
ton, but they only laughed at me
no one would take a quarter section.
That tract of land is now worth be-
tween three and three and a half
million dollars"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-04-13
Verdict for Sl2,5O0
Against Power Co.

The Oregon supreme court Tuesday
confirmed the decision of the circuit
awarding a verdict of $12,500 20
Joseph II. McClaugherty against the
Rogue River Electric Company. This
decision came under the new employ
ers' liability law and the supreme
court holds that there is no limit to
the amount of damages for death
that a jury can award. The company
failed to provide the protection to life
that the law required and the su-
preme court held that the law IS
mandatory on the company to do so
and that the company must comply
with the law and any other protection
they see fit TO provide must be In
addition and not a substitution OF the
lawful requirements.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-04-13
NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE.

Notice is hereby given that r. E.
Cowie, the owner OF the hereinafter
described property, on the 18th day
of April, 1914, at IL o'clock a. m.
at the front entrance to the dwelling
house located upon the said hereinaf-
ter described premises in the City of
Ashland, Jackson County, State of
Oregon, will sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash the fol-
lowing described real estate, togeth-
er with the appurtenances thereon
situate in Jackson County, State of
Oregon, more particularly described
as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on line be-
tween sections and 8 in township
80 south, range l east of the William
cite Meridian, Oregon, 9 and 94-1O0
chains south of the quarter section
corner, from which a black oak 10
inches in diameter bears south 26
deg. east 4j links distant, cedar s
inches in diameter bears north SO
deg. east Al links distant; thence
west 2O.15 chains to post set on west
boundary of the northeast quarter of
southeast quarter OF section 8 of
same township and range from which
a black oak inches in diameter
bears south 46 deg. east 40 links
distant and black oak inches in
diameter bears north 40 links dis
tant; thence south chains to post
from which a black oak 10 inches in
diameter bears north 43 deg. east 43
links distant, yellow pine IS inches
in diameter bears south so deg. west
21 links distant; thence east 20
chains to post for a corner on line
between sections and 8, same town
ship and range; thence north chains
to place of beginning; excepting and.
reserving therefrom the following de-
scribed parcel of land: Beginning at
a point in the center of Granite street
in the City of Ashland, Oregon, 4.S3
chains west of the northeast corner
of 10-acre lot decided by Wesley
Mitchell and wife to A. NJ. Ruddick
in March, A. D. 1878, from which a
cedar IL inches in diameter bears
north So deg. east Al links distant,
black oak stump 10 inches in di-
ameter bears south 46 deg. east As
links distant; thence south $50 deg.
east Lei chains along Granite
street; thence west 3.11 chains;
thence north $50 deg. west 1,61
chains; thence east 81 chains to
place of beginning, containing "
acre more or less.
The above described premises will
be sold free and clear of incum-
brance, save and except mortgage
for the sum of Two Thousand
($2, 2,0O0.00) Dollars.
improvements on SAID land consist
of one good six-room house, two
small houses of three and four rooms,
one large barn and cowshed COM
bined, two small barns, chicken coops
and runways, and other necessary
buildings.
Seven and one-half (7h) acres Of
said land is in choice peaches and
cherries. Most of these trees will
bear this year; also family orchard.
city water, electric lights; five min
utes' walk from center of business
district; three blocks from hard-sur-
faced streets. Said place is known
as the Messenger Kofeldt place.
S4-5t-Mon. r. e. CoWIE, Owner.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-04-13
Hopkins Tract
To be Opened

The ten timber cruisers who have
been cruising the Hopkins estate east
of Ashland returned to Ashland Tues
day after an absence of forty-two
days and left for the north on the
evening train. They cruised the tract
for the Kelly people-a big Michigan
and Wisconsin concern. The cruise
cost approximately $4,000, of which
about one-fourth was spent in Ash
land for supplies and livery hire etc.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-04-13
MODERN WOODAfEN OF AMERICA
Civic Improvement Club.

The regular meeting Of the Ladies
Civic improvement Club will be held
on the second and fourth Tuesdays OF
each month at 1880 p. m, at the
Carnegie Library lecture room.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-04-13

AAuAu w.
OPPORTUNITIES
In the Line of investments
Are Being Offered Every Day
1t makes no difference as TO whether you want TO
ranch or not, they are good investments because
they are being offered for less than actual value.
Regarding properties described below unless YOU can offer
controlling something equal value do not
mention trade for these properties offered for
pay per
offering this s1s7o valley
22O miles through
place. Railroad will be built place
NewtOwn and sptzmbng apples
Black vegetable soil
barn 6 barn 32 woodshed apple
pped % per
in
100 added production alfalfa Balance
timber furnish
all fenced partly rossfenced
chicken house and implement
place is $4,000
following described will Ashland
good
timothy
o outside
This located the Rogue short
Price $500 IA ....Alt. a.. nn~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-28
BOXING COMMISSIONS WORK WE'LL IN NEW YORK
 AND WISCONSIN

It will be Just three years tomorrow since the Fraw1ey law to regulate box ing in New York State went dnto ef- feet. while today is the first anniver- sary of the adoption by the wisconsin State Athletic Commission of code of rules to regulate and legaIize the manly art in the Badger State. The Wisconsin commission and rules were inspired by those of the Empire State, and were provided for in a bill intro duced by AdeIbert J. Hedding. a mem Der of the Wisconsin legislature.
 While the co1nntssion form of ring government has come in for a lot of criticism in. both States. it has worked well on the. whole and. like wine, 1t will probably improve with age. It could not be expected that all the evils which have fastened themselves on boxing during the last two centuries could be eradicated in a day, but the commissions have acconp pIished much to make the professional sport popu- lar.
 A few months ago a s'si1k stocking member of the New York State As sernbly denounced the New York box ing game as a gigantic grafting ex- hibitfon which ought to be stopped z and asserted that an routraged public demands the repeal of the Frawley bill. Whereupon Assenblyrnan Mar ty McCue, former professional feather weight. got right up in meeting and told the id-gfoved legislator a few things
 tsIf we developed the manly use of the srnitts in New York there d be few CT gunmen using weapons 7 asserted the ex-pugilist. .T only wish every thing in the legislature were as open and above board as the boxing game, ?, Wheheupon the other members award ed the victory to McCue by g. knock out, and decided to let the outraged public, fret awhile longer.
 When Dix was governor he sought to secure the repeal of the law. and several other attempts have been made, but the State Athlete Cornnfs- sion seems to have come to stay. The good work of the commission has been felt not only in New York and Wis consin, but all over the United States and in Canada and Europe Under the old 'smemhership' plan boxing in New r York was rapidly going on the blink, but the FrawIey law saved it, and now the boxing fans of the Elm pire State pay over 3. million dollars a year to see boxing exhibitions.
 Within 8 year after New York adopted the FTaw1ey law, requests for copies of the statute were received from lawmakers in more than a score of States and several foreign coun- tries. Regulations rather than prohibi- ton, has been accepted by thinkins men all over the world as the best solution of the boxing situation
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-28
BIG POST OFFICES ARE
 PUTTING IN ICE BOXES
They Are For Poultry, Eggs Etc, in Farm-to-TabIe Parcel Post Public Takes to It.

Washington, Aug. 28.-Farn-to- table service by parcel post has proved Q success, according to the reports of postnaa sters in different parts of the county designated last March to keep tabs on the servfce Postmaster- General Burfeson finds it has helped cut down the cost of Ifv- ing.
 The public and the growers will both HkeAtt better, it<is thought, when they get better acquainted with pack ing and shipping. The Post Office department is instructing the farm CTS how to put up their products for shipment.
 @ Though a chief cause of com pIaint has been damage to shipments, it 5ap- spears by actual count, that less than one-tenth fone per cent. will cover all such Iosses Broken eggs, melted butter and stale fish are the chief
 Better conditions are looked for in the fall. Some of the large post offices are installing ice boxes The newspapers have played a large share in increasing the new service.
 The farmers sometimes have in iured themselves and their less greedy coIlea gues by naming prices for their butter, eggs and poultry in excess of the regular market, and in some instance he neighborhood of the seacoS ainations have been effected 70 thes price of fresh fish lln4ss.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-28
Fairfield County News
Sixteen Feet High.


 E. D. EIwen of New Fairfield, has a corn field of sixteen acres that is covered with stalks of unusual height The stalks of the entire sixteen acres average sixteen feet in height.
 Horse Thief Caught Horse.
 Saturday night. August 5, Nelson Lockwood of Ridgefeld. turned his mare out to pasture with a number of other animals Sunday morning a.wa1- ening. he found it gone. The search kept up until late Wesnesday after noon when they came upon the horse locked up in an abandoned barn. The horse was in a pitiful state from abuse
 Police in Plain Clothes.
 A number of Danbury autoists on Wednesday expressed the greatest in dignatfon against members of the state police for the manner in which off1- cers in plain clothes held them up on the Long Hill road, Tuesday night and asked them to show their auto H. censes.
 The persons who held them up gave no other. evidence :, of the fact that they were state officers than the plain statement that they were such and showed no badges or other tokens of authority. One of the autoists who was held up described the manner in which it was done as follows He said;
 T was proceeding along the Long Hill road towards Danbury, when sud- denly there jumped out Into the mid de of the road ,ins the dark the figure of a man. He. raised one hand into the air and called upon me to stop. I had a revolver with me and did not know for a minute whether to use it or not..S for the manner and circurn- stances bore 9 resemblance to that which a real holdup man might use. The man who held me up and inquir- 1 ed to see my license was dressed in plain clothes and there was nothing about him to indicate that he was i a state or city officer. When I asked