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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-07
SPARKS CAUSE EXCITEMENT

sparks and sout coming from a
chimney 40 No BIS Market street
caused many to believe that "a con.
Iagration was starting and box 70 was
pulled early last evening The com
pauios responded Immediately. bui
they we're NOT needed
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-07

lot s in Dimmeydale; consideration.
$1B.
George =. FOlman TO Morton d.
Campbell. lot IN Nichols addition.
consideration. so.
Harriet T.. Korne aud Mabel c..
kornc. executives to \. K Atkinson.
parcel of land. Little Wheeling Creek
Consideration. $40
Frank r. Carver and wife to s.
llackenberg, lot In Ninyard consider
alton. SO.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-07

J. g. Handlan. trustee 10 Patrick
Gilligan. tract ~ land In Richland dis
triCt. consideration. S2.O0j
John =. Stevenson 20 George ~
WCstwood. lot - I'm division *. con
sidcration. $40
j. n. Dehmel 20 Sarah W. Weisrer.
boz parcel ~ land. Triadclphia dis
tfict. consideration. $40
Dimmeydals Go. 10 George r. SfifaT
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-07
COUNTY COURT


Role W. Miller. OF Columbus and
Marjorie Ioucles. Of this city.
Victor I.ofstead. OF Masontown and
Freda Lowther. Of Elm Grove.
Frank Il. Gesner. OF Annapolis and
lliima VI. Swanson. Of Florence. Ne
braska
John II. Coulter and Cora Newton.
both Of New Philadelphia. o.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
Greenfield Back
From Mt. LaSSen

William Greenfield, who made the
trip to Mt. Lassen, returned yester-
day to resume his work in the post
office. He left on his motorcycle a
week ago Monday to view the vol
cano.
He says he was rather disappointed
in the trip, as the mountain was as
quiet as could be while he was there,
"the sky being as clear overhead as
over Mt. Ashland" Also he says it
was one of the hottest trips he was
ever on, the sides of Mt. Lassen be-
ing in the bare CLINT of the June sun.
He was within a few miles of the
summit, the climb being so hard,
steep, and no drinking water, that he
was forced to turn back without
reaching the top. There are hardly
any people around there, the noun
tain being located In very isolated
part of the country. He encountered
very rocky roads and had to wheel
his motor bike over many mud holes
and boulders.
Mt. Lassen is situated about sixty
miles from Redding, which is 150
miles from here. Mr.. Greenfield
brought back some volcanic rock
which is very interesting.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
White Ribb0nerS
Plan Big Day

At the Southern Oregon Chautau-
qua this year the county w. C. T. U.
will conduct school of methods in
the grove at 10 a. m. each day.
The program will be in charge OF
Mrs. T. A. Howell, county president,
and Mrs. w. T. D. Mccullough, state
lecturer. 1t is hoped that every
White Ribboner in the county will try
and attend at least part of the time.
On July 8 is w. c. T. U. day and
Mrs. Lillian NJ. Mitchner of Topeka,
Kans., will lecture in the afternoon
at 2:30. She will bring us facts from
a prohibition state and prove that
they have not gone bankrupt under
prohibition law but are richer per
capita than any state in the Union.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
Talent Has Arranged
Big Program for Fourth

Talent has planned the old-fash-
ioned Fourth of our fathers and
grandfathers as setting for an all
day basket picnic in an extensive oak
grove on the west border of town,
known as Weidner Park.
The day will be opened by a thun-
derous salute at six a. IN.
The mornings program at Weidner
Park, embracing comedy contests and
athletic events, comprises Happy
Hooligan's race by the Horribles, fat
mems race, lean mems race, barre
race, sack race, ladies' race, race fol-
girls under twelve, hundred-yard
dash, orange race, pie-eating contest
shoe race, concluding with a potato
race and a half-mile dash for ponies
Picnic in the grove at noon. All
who wish to do SO are invited tc
bring basket luncheons. Numerous
refreshment stands will endeavor tc
provide satisfactorily for the remain.
ing hungry and thirsty, not only al
noon but throughout the day and
night.
kilograms just received from Pres.
ident Wilson's private secretary are
to the effect that the president il
greatly interested in the plans fol
an old-fashioned Fourth at Talen
and if the necessary special trains car
make the schedule he hopes to reach
the grounds by one-thirty.
Negotiations are now pending with
the Chautauqua authorities lookine
for release for w. j. Bryan for the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
Jackson County
Boy Wins Prize

At the last state industrial contest,
Francis Winn, Jackson county boy,
won high honors for growing corn,
and as a reward was presented with
prize pig. Now he is the proud pos
SCISSOR not only of the big prize ami
NAL, but of ten little pigs as well.
rhese industrial contests are said
by the state educators and represent
atives of the Agricultural College to
promote interest in farming, to en-
courage systematic research into the
best methods of farming and to ere.
ate a general awakening in the rural
districts. L. p. Harrington says:
I'VE hope for some splendid results
in educating the boys of the country
and making them take an interest in
tilling the soil"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
Oregon to Show
Outdoor Life

George NJ. Hyland of Portland, ex-
position commissioner for Oregon,
has outlined the plans for an extern
sive Oregon out-of-door life display
at the exposition to cost approximate
ly $4,000. An area so by $50 feet
between the Oregon building and the
bay shore has been granted the Ore
gon commission for this purpose, and
contracts have been let for some of
the initial work.
The feature will be unique at the
exposition, nothing of the kind being
attempted by any other state or for
eign nation. The structure housing
the display will have a pergola effect
so as not to interfere with the ma
rine view from the Oregon building.
Practically all of the game and
song birds of Oregon will be exhibit
ed. One of the interesting features
will be a reproduction of 200 miles
of the Columbia river, showing fish
cries, fish traps, night signals, rapids
and waterfalls. This will be repro
duced in something like sixty feet.
Hyland further announced that a
reservation of 1000 feet had been
made for Oregon in the palaces of
horticulture, agriculture and food
products. One of the forty-eight big
columns of the Oregon building has
been dedicated to Virginia, whose
building site was dedicated recently,
and the Virginia commissioners have
promised to present Virginia state
flag to be flown from this column.
The immense flag pole presented
by the citizens of Astoria has been
erected, and the Oregon Daughters
of the American Revolution are maxi
ing for 1t an American flag fifty by
seventy-five feet, said to be the larg-
est on record.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
Artist to Try
The Simple Life

Joseph Knowles, the Boston artist
who stripped himself to the skin,
plunged empty handed into the New
England woods and spent two months
there, living like a savage to prove
what can be done by primitive man,
is on his way to Mount Shasta to re-
peat his performance.
Some people said" he explained,
"that l succeeded in New England be-
cause was acquainted with the
Maine woods. want to show that
can do the same thing in a wilder
ness with which am unfamiliar.
81 will wear only breech clout
and compel the woods to give me a
living"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
Hit Will Celebrate
The Fourth

The town of Hit, located in the
Siskiyous south of Ashland, and the
center of large milling industry, is
going to celebrate the Fourth in "a
royal manner Saturday. All the mill
men are going to turn in and have
one grand old time.
Some of the amusements will be
such as field athletics, tugs of war.
races, Italian games, creased pole.
and games for ladies and children.
Much planning has been done and
they hope to have a large visiting
crowd.
Hit and vicinity is great field to
Ashland in the way of business and
we should support them as far as pos
sible. The railroad company has CO.
operated with them and offers an So
cent rate for the round trip. The
Ashland band will play at Hit all
day. Remember. in the heart of the
Siskiyous and grand celebration.
Saturday.
Special train will leave at 1880
the Fourth.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02

day, so that he may come with Presi-
dent Wilson and explain his policies
to his admirers of the Rogue River
Valley.
The vent of the day for many will
be the ball game. at the ball park,
between Talent and Gold Hill. The
two teams are closely matched and
an exciting contest is certain. Blondy
Sales and Lilly of Ashland are play
ing with Talent.
At four-thirty the program returns
to ,Weidner Park. two or three blocks
from the ball park, for an hour and
a half of Midway or Pike features
designed specially for children of all
ages up to say eighty or ninety.
There will be the creased pig, the
ducking pond, doll racks, shooting
gallery, niger minstrels, bearded
lady, smallest man on earth, eight
footed pig, fat baby, horse with his
ta5 where MS head ought to be and
otAer features too numerous to men
ton.
There will be dancing on the we'll
shaded platform afternoon and night
with the best of music. Everything
will be kept pleasant and orderly
mo- rough characters allowed. At
night while the dancing is progress
ing on the platform there will be an
oldrfashioned celebration bonfire and
band concert for those who are not
dancing.
Special train leaves Talent for Ash
laHd at twelve O'Clock, midnight, and
for points north at one o'clock a. IN.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
John Harvey on
AShland'S Future

In letter from John Harvey to
]. P. Dodge, dated at Santa Ana,
Cal, June 23, we take the following
paragraph anent our proposed devel-
opment:
II have read with much interest
the results and newspaper comments
on the recent bond election at Ash
land, and must confess that you have
stirred things up more than / be-
lieved possible, and predict bright
for the place now that you are get
ting in line on the one feasible thing
that will make city, for Ashland is
not geographically located to make a
commercial city on account OF hav-
ing no contiguous back country, but
from tourist standpoint the possi-
bilities are simply wonderful"
Mr.. Harvey is now employed in
organizing a new commercial and
savings bank at Santa Ana.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
Wants Cabin
Among the Pines

A. B. Gardner and family are here
from Santa Ana, Cal, to spend the
summer. They are the guests of Mrs.
Owens, 106 East Main street. Mr.
Gardner is looking for a cabin some
where in the mountains where he can
hear the pines sigh and walk on the
pine needles and enjoy the refreshing
GOODNESS of the hills. He says Ash
land is splendidly located for resort
and IL the people go about the plans
properly there is no reason why thou
sands may not be turned this way
from southern California. He is al
ready great booster for Ashland
and the Rogue River Valley.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
Episcopal School
For The Boys

What promises to be the largest
and most complete preparatory school
for boys in the northwest, when it
opens for its first term September 23,
1914, is that of the Bishop Scott
School, situated four miles from
Yamhill, Ore, and on the newly cleo
trified system of the Southern Pacific
Railroad.
The school estate comprises over
one hundred acres mad is owned and
operated under the auspices of the
Episcopal Diocese of Oregon. Fully
one-half of the acreage is under culti-
vation. Gardens, fruit orchards and
one of the largest walnut groves in
Oregon is part of the school estate.
The main school hall, which will be
finished by July l, is three-story
structure covering ground S0x120
feet, being made of tile and concrete,
and is absolutely fireproof. 1t will
cost about $4,000 when finished.
The exterior will be finished in rough
cement cast, while the interior will be
of mill construction. On the first
floor are the offices, the lounging
room, the dining room, study hall,
chapel and three class rooms. The
second and third stories will contain
over sixty sleeping rooms and the
necessary bathrooms.
The gymnasium, with the usual
complement of lockers, shower baths
and equipment, will be located on the
ground floor. The kitchen and serv-
ant quarters and rooms for storing
fuel and provisions also are on the
ground floor.
Some seven or eight other build
ings house the employees of the
grounds and stock farm which is run
in connection with the school.
Considerable interest is attached
to, and much success is assured, from
the fact that Rev. Arthur Henry
Marsh, lately of the National Cathe-
dral School for Boys, Washington
d. c., will be the head master when
the school opens for its fall term on
September 23, 1914. The courses OF
studies will embrace all preparatory
work of the best grammar schools.
The Bishop Scott School will fill a
long-felt want for an up-to-date and
competent boarding school for boys
in Oregon. The board of trustees oi
the school are The Right Reverend
the Bishop of the Diocese; Rev. A. A
Morrison, Phi. D., rector of Trinity
church, Portland, Ore; Rev. ]. E. G
Simpson. rector of st. Paul's church
Oregon City, Ore; C. n. Higgins
treasurer Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company; ]. w. Ganong. vice
president Portland FIGURING Mills
and John X. Kollock, attorney, Port
land, Ore.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
Lankin Goes
To Harvest Grain

c. B. Lamkin and wife left fol-
Montague, Cal, to spend the sum-
mer at their ranch. Mr.. Lamkin is
now managing a ranch of l LOO acres,
all of which is in crop. Six hundred
and forty acres belong to William A.
Turner. He has a big $4,000 trac-
tor, caterpillar style, that he works
the ranch with. With this big ma
chine he can handle his LOO acres
with the help of only two men, and
besides he does the threshing and
plowing for miles aroudn. He has
some of the finest ground in the Mon
tague country.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
S0uthernerS Plan
Future PicniCS

The people from the southern
states, south of the Mason and Dixon
line, who are located in Jackson
county, are planning to give big get
together picnic in Ashland at some
date in the future.
There are many southerners in
Jackson county and the meeting
promises to be big one. 1t will be
for the purpose of making the south
ern people throughout the county bet
ter acquainted. The affair will, in
all probability, be held in the park,
and everyone will bring their lunch.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
Skin Grating
Success At Medf0rd

The bandages were removed from
the body and face of little Miss Sarah
Green at Medford Thursday morning
and the skin grating operation
proved to be 4 wonderful success.
Save for little strip under the chin
more grating will not be necessary.
DR.. P0ter, who is in charge of the
case, is highly pleased with the re-
suits and is assured that the little
girls face will not be disfigured.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
Band Concert.

The Talent-Ashland band will give
half-hour open-air concert from
the band stand on the opening night
OF Chautauqua, July Z, commencing
at 7:15. This will be appreciated by
all our citizens and the Chautauqua
management hereby extends its
thanks to each of the members and
especially to those residing at Talent,
May the shadow of the combined
band grow. and grow.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
Barrett Sees
LaSSen in Eruption

j. E. Barrett returned Wednesday
from Red Bluff, Cal, where he had
the opportunity of seeing Mt. Lassen
in its tremendous eruption which
took place early in the morning. Mr..
Barrett tells many interesting things
concerning the eruption, the sub
stance of which will follow:
Mt. Lassen had been inactive near
ly twenty-four hours, when Monday
morning at about 5:45 the eruption
began. The sky was perfectly clear
before it took place, so that as the
inverted rose, onlookers could see the
phenomenon to perfection. No flames
could be seen, but the vast plume
from the crater waved a mile high
in the air and volcanic ash fell as
far as Macomber Falls, thirteen miles
away.
For little less than an hour the
inverted cone of soaring gases main
tanned the well-known volcanic out
line. First from the mouth of the
crater itself stood up vertical shaft
of jet black ash AS the shaft rose
it mushroomed outward, keeping al
its heart the black core of ash, but
beginning to shade into whites and
grays at the edges, and finally fan
ming outward over the sky in vast
panoply of gloom.
On the north slope, distinct from
the crater itself, there seemed to be
thin sheet of gases Kissing from a
creviee or fissure. Two eruptions
seemed to be going on at the same
time. OF the length of this fissure
or its position with relation to the
main crater were indeterminate to-
day, but Judging from appearances
the new vent was OF considerable
length
At Volta and Viola, twenty-five
miles to the north, but down wind,
a strong stencil of sulphur could be
detected. ]. s. Diller of the gov
ernment service, who has reconnoi-
tered the mountain thoroughly, says
that the future behavior of the noun
tain could not be predicted. 1t might
be absolutely quiet, or it might give
off lesser eruptions, gradually dwin-
ding away, or it might blow its head
off in convulsions.
Thus far the outbursts have been
progressively violent. Yesterdays
eruption was by far the most violent
of all. So great was the force of the
eruption that the height of the cloud
seemed to equal the distance from
the mouth OF the crater to the pla-
teau at the base of the peak proper.
1t was almost as if one mountain had
been stood atop of the other. Man
zanita Lake, a small body at the base
of Lassen Peak proper and thirteen
miles from the summit, is reported
to have fallen three feeet since yes
terday's eruption.
Mr. Barrett brought up a number
of fine photographs of the eruption
and has them on display in Whited S
jewelry store.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
Syrup From
LOganbelTieS

Loganberries for juice and syrups
should be allowed to get dead ripe
on the vines, since they can contain
their maximum sweetness and mini
mum acidity, according to Professor
c. |. Lewis, head of the o. A. C. hor-
! ticultural department, at no other
time. Since the berries themselves
| are crushed and destroyed in the
manufacture of these products, no
harm results from the practice and a
better product is secured. The prev
alence of large quantities of sugar
and the absence of acidity are desir-
able characteristics 1t has also been
shown that when the ripe berries are
stored in suitable ROOM both flavor
and aroma are influenced favorably.
1t Is likewise possible to get a greater
amount of juice from the stored ber-.
ries than it is possible to secure from
them when first harvested.
The sugar and acid content of ber-
ries under different conditions OF
maturity are shown in the following
statement prepared by Professor Tar
tar: Green berries, $50 per cent
total sugar content, zoe per cent
acidity; medium ripe berries, 4.91
per cent sugar content, 210 per cent
acidity; full ripe berries, GAO per
cent sugar content, 18S per cent
acidity; over-ripe berries, SAC per
cent sugar content, 1.7S per cent
icidity.
1t is thus seen that the sugar con-
tent rises rapidly with maturity un-
til the full ripe stage is reached, and
that the acidity drops in slightly
less degree. That is, there Is about
double the amount OF sugar in the
full ripe berries over the green ber-
ries, and about three-fourths as much
| acidity. While acidity is lowered
slightly and the sugar content in
creased slightly in the over-ripe ber-
ries, both loss and gain are so slight
as to have less Importance. Concern
ing the effect of ripeness on the
quantity and quality of juice extract
ed, the following results are signifi-
cant: Green berries, 1913 per cent
of the juice of the fourth quality;
medium ripe berries, 71.S per cent
juice of third quality; full ripe ber-
ries, IT'S per cent of juice of first
quality; over-ripe berries. 1871 per
cent of juice of second quality.
Juices made from very ripe fruit
retain more distinct flavor and
have higher quality than those OBJ
tanned from berries at other stages
of ripeness. If more than a very
small percentage of green berries is
used, juices are apt to have very
stringent flavor and to be nndesir-
able. Berries which have become
moldy but which have not soured
should not be used for high grade
juices and syrups, but can be used
for the manufacture of vinegar or
wine. Juices made from such berries
may also be made into syrup that
can be used to manufacture sherbets
and ices. 1t should not be used for
beverage purposes.
In picking the berries care should
be observed to pull them from the
vines with twisting motion, which
brings them from the stem cleaner
and with less damage to the fruit.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-02
What Will Old
LaSSen Do Now?

Mount Lassen, ninety miles south
OF the Oregon line and ninety miles
west of the Nevada line, the world S
newest active volcano, is spluttering
away at times, to let the country
round about know that it is still alive
and ready for active work. What
may come from her two new cones
which sprang into existence a few
days ago, or the third one, which has
been growing larger steadily since
May 80, is matter of much scientific
conjecture. Her activities, beginning
with geyser-like steam clouds two or
three weeks ago, have increased
steadily, and burst of smoke rising
1900 feet on that Sunday morning
was followed on the same night by a
pillar of fire visible 100 miles down
the Sacramento Valley. w. H.
Storms, the former state mineralogist,
who came up to Red Bluff, Cal, to
make observations, secuted the gey-
ser theory, which had been advanced
to accoun tfor the sudden springing
up of the volcano.
Indications are that Lassen will
initiate the performance of Krakatoa,
volcano on the island of Java" he
said. "Krakatoa in 1888, after a
few minor disturbances similar to
Lassen's present activity, burst into
one tremendous explosion which de-
stroyed the mountain and spread a
pail of darkness over thousands OF
square miles. 1t is a mistake to put
the disturbance in the class of gey-
sers. Geysers do not eject rocks,
scoria, cinders and ashes. These are
the characteristics of genuine vol
canoes. Lassen is in active and vio-
lent eruption"
Prof. T. J. ]. See, observer at Mare
Island navy yard, scientist of inter
national reputation, was more COM
forting. Il hardly think the activity
of Lassen will become so great as to
produce eruptions of lava" he said
ut is likely to maintain a feeble and
comparatively harmless activity. Las
sen is 200 miles from the ocean
which is too far inland to become a
source of much real danger. The
really dangerous volcanoes depend on
the leakage of the oceans and the
formation of vast accumulations Of
steam beneath their roots. No vol
cano is now active over 1875 miles
from the ocean, and, as the study OF
the earth shows, they all die out in
land. The chances of any real danger
appear to me to be small"
The history of Mount Vesuvius
ought to be we'll known and remem-
bered, at this time. The city OF
Rome, founded and built by Romulus
and Remus, had been in existence
nearly nine hundred years, and a
bloody battle had been fought on its
side, in which the Latins were sub
dued, hundreds of years before the
existence of such burning mountain
was even suspected, when suddenly
occurred that great eruption in the
year 79 after Christ, when the cities
of Pompeii and Herculaneum were
destroyed, and the celebrated natural
list, Plinius, lost his life, who was also
commander OF the Roman fleet sta
toned in the Bay of Naples at the
time. According to the authority
above quoted, there is little danger to
be apprehended from an incipient
volcano, so far as we in this valley
are concerned. We are too remote
from the ocean.