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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02
NEW YORK EARTHQUAKE.

The recent earthquake in New
York, so far as can be decided, was
strongest in the northeastern part of
the state and less intense in all direc-
tions from that section. AS earth
quake shocks are regularly weaker
outward from the center, the area of
greatest intensity at the surface is
neares tthe point OF origin, although
this point probably is not at the sur
face. The earthquake center, there
fore, appears to be in or north of
northeastern New York.
Earthquake shocks are caused by
the breaking and moving past each
other Of great masses of rock in the
earth's crust. Rocks are more or less
elastic, particularly crystalline and
igenous rocks like granite, and they
transmit shocks for very long dis.
tances. Rocks in the earth's crust
are always in state of strain. and
| release from this strain by fracture
causes a displacement and rebound
that may be violept. Even at the
surface OF the earth this movement
is continually noted in quarries when
new layers of stone are set free, and
it is still stronger in the depths OF the
| earth. When the strain finally ex.
ceeds the strength of some OF the
rocks they break and snap, and there
is an elastic rebound from each move
ment. This causes the lesser trem
blings after the first shock.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02
WHY A STATE LEGISLATURE?

The state of Oregon is preparing
to elect another state Legislature.
There will be the same old political
scrap, the same old wordy war, the
same old sudden assumption of per-
sonal hostilities, eliminating in a
whirlwind of promises, ulatitudes and
palaverings followed by the deluge of
votes-and calm, says Robert Ruhl
in the Medford Sun.
AS long as the legislature is with
us the obvious duty is to secure the
most able, aggressive and industrious
men who can represent us. But the
present situation brings into clear re-
lief the absurdity of conducting state
affairs in this way
What the state of Oregon should
have is not Legislature meeting once
in two years, scrambling over hope
less confusion of good, bad and in
different measures, a certain proper
tion of which they know and can
know little or nothing about, but a
permanent body of men who will
have one thing to do-conduct state
affairs-and will continue in power
until they lose the confidence and
support of their constituents and are
recalled
As State Treasurer Kay has recent
ly pointed out. there is now a pie.
thora of high-salaried commissions
representing hopeless duplication
of work and division of duties. con.
stantly increasing the burden of tax.
alton and adding only to the effect.
iveness of the governors political ma.
chine.
The whole system is wrong, waste
full. absurd. If the people dom
change it before long. 1t will fall o.
its own weight.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02
OUTLET TO HARBoR COMING.

The activity the business interests
of Grants Pass are putting into the
negotiations for the new road to the
coast is bearing fruit The men be-
hind this project are doubtless of the
calibre who do things. They have
seemingly overcome every obstacle
and are now on the road to success.
the bonds being ready for sale, the
mortgage recorded and the money ar
ranged for.
The building of this road will be
OF great benefit to southern Oregon,
and especially the Rogue River Val
ley. II is of as great Importance to
Ashland and Medford as to Grants
Pass, and its influence will be felt
over the entire valley. and the effect
upon freight rates will be a matter
OF individual profit to every one In
the county.
Many believe no sooner will thli
road be well under way than arrange
ments will be made for an outlet L
the east. This is devoutly to b,
! hoped for.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02
Blind Dog That Counts.

Lippincott's Magazine ,ells this
story of dog who could count:
"A high-bred collie received an in
jury year ago through which she
became permanently and totally
blind. Recently she gave birth to a
litter OF six puppies, all of which
were uniform in size and in mark
ings. Immediately after the birth of
the puppies the dogs owner had
mother and young removed from the
dark cellar in which they then were,
and carried to a warm, well-ventilat-
ed room in his stables. In the dark
ness of the cellar one of the puppies
was overlooked and left behind. AS
soon as the mother entered the box
in which her young had been placed
she proceeded to examine them nos
ing them about and licking them.
Suddenly she appeared to become
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02
HOW GOOD ROADS AFFECT
TRAFFIC.

From the California Highway Com
mission comes figures that prove the
traffic stimulating effect of good
roads. This traffic improvement is
expressed in terms of motor trucks.
Their increased number is the fact
dwelt upon, and the increase of hard
ly any other class of vehicles could
so emphatically tell the story of the
greater traffic that is bound to fol-
low good-road building.
Most newspaper readers will recall
the magnificent good roads undertak-
ing of few years ago in Los Angeles
county. 1t involved high-grade i'm
provement of approximately 300
miles of highways, and was alto
gether so ambitious in its scope that
it attracted the attention of the en-
tire country. This system of good
roads has now become available; and
it is the increase of motor truck traf-
fic, as this has happened, that the
California Highway Commission pre-
Sents.
In the latter part of 1909, when
the Los Angeles county project was
first agitated, there were GA auto
trucks in that county. Two years
later the number had increased to
9S5. In December, 1918, there were
more than 3,1O0 motor trucks in use.
These figures tell marvellous
story when one stops to figure out
the carrying capacity of the motor
truck; the speed that it maintains, as
compared with that of the horse
drawn conveyance, and then multi
plying these into the increased use of
those vehicles for the grand total in
tonnage. They tell more succinctly
than one could tell in any other way
what the business possibilities of
good roads are.
1t is just when roads are in con-
dition that will permit the country
wide employment of motor trucks at
all seasons of the year, that the sec
tion which can boast of such roads
will begin to realize that there is a
new era in its business development
1t will mean vastly more business to
be done, and correspondingly i'm.
proved conditions for the entire com,
munity. These Los Angeles figures
tell the tale graphically enough, ant
they will be duplicated, in effect
wherever the Los Angeles county ex
ample is followed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02

very much disturbed about some-
thing; she jumped out of the box
and then jumped back again nosing
the puppies as before. Again she
jumped from the box and then made
her way toward the cellar, followed
by her astonished owner, who had
begun to have an inkling as to what
disturbed her. She had counted her
young ones and had discovered that
one had been left behind Sure
enough, the abandoned puppy was
soon found and carried in triumph
to the new home.
so astonished was the gentleman
at this blind creatures intelligence
that he resolved to experiment fur
ther. He removed another puppy
and held it in his arms. 1t was not
long before the blind mother showed
her distress so plainly that her lost
young one was restored to her."
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02
NEWSPAPERS DO NOT lNFLU-
ENCE JURORS.

1t has been the custom in our
courts to disqualify jurors from sit
ting on a case about which they have
read in newspapers, says the Ameri-
can Press.
Judge David H. Harris of the
thirty-fourth Missouri judicial cir
cult takes a different view OF the
matter.
His latest defense of the press oc-
Cured in the case of Mrs. Susan
Ross, charged with the murder of
her husband, who sought to secure
change of venue, but which Judge
Harris overruled. Newspaper arti-
cles were offered as evidence to show
that they had prejudiced the people
of the country so that they could not
with fairness serve as jurors.
Judge Harris holds that a man
who does not read the newspapers
would prove less capable juror than
the one who does. 1T may be safely
stated as general proposition. said
Judge Harris, that the time has
come when, if man doesn't read the
newspapers, his qualifications to sit
as a juror in any kind of case are
seriously questioned.
THE witnesses were practically
agreed that, so far as they could
Judge, the unfavorable opinions they
had heard expressed touching on the
guilt of the defendant were based
Hpon newspaper accounts or upon
neighborhood rumor and gossip and
were not and would not be changed
by the evidence. And this brings us
to the crux of the whole matter. Our
law provides that If a juror has
formed or expressed an opinion as tC
the merits of the case he is disquali.
fled, but If such opinion is founded
only on newspaper reports or rumol
he is not disqualified.
The newspaper articles offered il
evidence are absolutely free from un
fair. inflammatory or prejudiceC
statements, nor did any of the news
papers indulge in any editorial com
ment. The newspapers did nothing
more than to print from time to tim
somewhat detailed and circumstantia
but fair and impartial accounts o
the various occurrences. Every news
paper worthy of the name is expecte,
TO do this. and it is expected furthe
that these papers will be read by citi
zens generally, including possible iur
ors."
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02
WOMAN NOW
A BIG ADVERTISER

When one of our women customers
recently bought five bottles of Har-
mony Hair Beautifer to give to her
friends for Christmas, she started all
by herself a mighty big advertising
campaign, because not only does each
one of the women to whom she gave
a bottle of the Beautifier now con-
slider it Indispensable for the proper
care of the hair, but each OF them has
been the means of getting several of
her friends to use it, As a conse-
quence, If things keep on in this way
for few months longer, we will be
selling more of it than all other hair
preparations combined Sprinkle a
little Harmony Hair Beautifier on
your hair each time before brushing
II. Contains no oil; will not change
color of hair, nor darken gray hair.
To keep hair and scalp dandruff-
free and clean, use Harmony Sham
poo. This pure liquid shampoo gives
an instantaneous rich lather that inn
mediately penetrates to every part of
hair and scalp, insuring a quick, thor
ough cleansing. Washed off Just as
quickly. the entire operation takes
only few moments. Contains moth
ing that can harm the hair; leaves
no harshness or stickiness-ju-t 9
sweet cleanliness.
Both preparations come in odd
shaped, very ornamental bottles, with
sprinkler tops. Harmony Hair Beau
tifier. $l.00. Harmony Shampoo
SOC. Both guaranteed to satisfy yor
In every way, or your money back
Sold only at the more than 1900
Rexall Stores, and In this town onl.
by us.--McNair Brothers, Ashland
loregon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02
IDENTIFYING CRIMINALS.

The recent death of DR.. Alphonse
Bertillon of Paris revives interest in
former discussions as to the relative
merits of his system of identifying
criminals, and the finger print meth
cd, says the Salem Statesman.
The ordinary identification of
criminals by photographs and de-
scriptions is at best uncertain and
cumbersome. In a big office 100, 900
pictures may have been collected in
the rogueS' gallery, and it would take
any one week to go through them.
The thousand shades of expression
on the human face, particularly when
a man is reluctant to enter this hall
of fame, makes Identification often
dubious.
In the 5-cent thrillers that you buy
at the news stand the detective can
always recognize a given face after
intervals of many years. Real de-
tectives are not gifted with such pow
ers of memory.
The system of measurements
which DR.. Bertillon invented has been
very widely used. 1t was claimed
that no two people in the world could
show measurements corresponding in
all particulars.
The system encountered the OBJ
lection that it took a man with much
experience in such measuring to pro.
duce reliable results. Errors were
occasionally made, and measure
ments by different men varied, even
those made by the same man at diff
ferent times. AS result, the Ber-
tillon system has been to an extent
discarded in favor of the finger-print
method.
The criminal who is held merely
on finger-print laughs at the dirty
little smooch produced against him.
But as the enlargement is shown, and
the wonderful individuality explained,
he pales at the certainty of this DEM
onstration. No two men have the
same finger marks. A number OF
thieves have in this way been jailed
as the result Of marks unconsciously
left on windows.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02
BOOSTING STATE EXHIBIT.

The state papers OF Oregon gener-
ally approve the placing Of a state
agricultural exhibit at Ashland dur
ing the fair. Almost every exchange
coming to our notice has given hearty
support and urge the expenditure by
the state necessary to carry out the
idea. Not pen has so far been op-
posed to the project. and the hearti-
ness with which the boys" are
boosting is indeed gratifying. We
would like to reproduce all the arti-
cles, but space forbids.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02
BUSINESSLIKE METHODS.

The businesslike way in which the
council is going about its work meets
the hearty approval of every taxpay-
er. Business methods in conducting
the affairs of the public are even
more important than for private
corporation. Public affairs are OF
vital interest to every one, be They
taxpayer or resident only. The af-
fairs OF a private concern are of no
interest whatever except to those di-
rectly interested. Therefore the gen.
eral cry all over the country for more
systematic team work in public busi-
ness.
The new council is fast assuming
the reins of the entire details of the
city business A complete system is
being worked out whereby the COM
mittees having in charge the depart
ment work will be held responsible
10 the people for the detailed conduct
OF the office. rather than the depart
nent heads.
The department heads must in fu-
ture conduct all city affairs through
the committees. thus avoiding confu-
sion in working out plans and follow
ing up.
An ordinance is now before the
council designed to make II possible
to conduct all business along these
lines, and when the system is put
fully to working the citizenship gen
orally will be in closer touch with
their city fathers and future plans.
The books OF the city clerk ant
treasurer have been audited in detail
and have been found to be correct II
every instance. In the future tn
books will be audited each month
both as to receipts and disburse
ments. and a rein kept upon expendi
tures in every way possible.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02
A Fine Way TO Die.

AS there are many systems of liv-
ing in this world, so there are many
systems of dying. There are not
many finer or more wholesome ways
for a real man to die than the route
to eternity travelled on last Christ
mas evening by the late w. II. Heap,
Jr. He was victim OF tuberculosis;
had been driven out of the east to
the mountains. BY accident he heard
of a cripple boy who stood a poor
chance of participating in holiday
cheer to any considerable degree.
And the mother OF the unfortunate
child was reported to have said,
There is no Santa Claus for poor
children" The saying fired the
blood of the consumptive and he left
his sick room, hired an automobile,
which he stocked with a sled, train
of toy cars. clothing, candy and foods
galore. On his way to bring happy
Christmas to a fellow invalid the
auto got stuck in the snow and Heap
gathered his arms full of the gifts
and started on foot to deliver them
The heavy footing and the burden
were too much for the sick young
man; a hemorrhage resulted and he
fell over in the snow exhausted, and
soon breathed his last. No doubt
this young gentleman died as he
wished to die. 1t is decreed he could
not live. Several metropolitan dailies
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02

have discussed this case, and they all
seem to agree that w. H. Heap, Jr.,
died as became gentleman. Sure it
is, he died game and in the perform
ance of worthy cause.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02
MAKE THE
HOTEL MEDFORD
Your Home and Resting Place.

TOUT HOme and Resting IIaCe.
Visitors to Medford will find this
modern hotel both convenient and
accessible place from which to shop
and meet friends. Rooms $1.00 up.
Hot and cold water in every room
Courteous attention.
Ladies will find large, comfortable
and airy parlors and reception room.
Meals served la carte in spacious
dining room. EMIL MOHR, Prop.
YOUR RESTING PLACE.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-02
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen

The preacher has hard time of it.
If his hair is gray he is old If he is
young man he hasn't had expert
ence. If he has ten children he has
too many. If he has none he should
have and isn't setting a good exam
pie. If his wife sings in the choir
she is presumptious. If she doesn't
she isn't interested in her husbands S
work. If preacher reads his notes
he is bore. If he speaks eXtempo-
raneously he is not deep enough If
he stays at home in his study he does
not mix enough with the people. If
he is seen around on the streets he
ought to be at home getting up a
good sermon. If he calls on some
very poor family he is playing to the
gallery. If he calls at the home of
the rich he is an arsitocrat. What
ever he does someone could have told
him better. He has a fine time liv-
ing off donations which never come
in, and promises that never mature.
Next to being an editor the preacher
has the world bested for a quiet,
peaceful CD slide down the tobog-
gan of time
Some men will eat a good meal at
home, of their wives cooking, and
arise from the table without a word
OF praise for the patient little woman
who did the cooking, yet when the
same fellows get a burnt meal with
cold slop called coffee at a restau-
rant they pay their bill cheerfully
and tip the waiter (female) hand.
| somely, and smiling at the time.
There may be a better country
than the one in which you are now
| located. But you are not very apt
to find it through the florid repre-
sentations of the exploiters of real
estate schemes. 1t takes hard work,
foresight, frugality, and some other
solid virtues to produce success any
where in the world No doubt the
exercise of these virtues right where
you are would richly repay.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-07-02

widt-alopficdter, crloiicu. 3wci
@ldllbiges MAIDEN 6orOcringcu i'm
9ctrage bon 1880 6rancs ($350O
6c5w. $4,000 6roncS ($11t20) GEL
teno.
Seitens ser aIGger miro bc6oup-
tet, So6nion babe Oeripro1en, oieie
6oroerungen aus Dem @cwinn icines
6orIitfampfes am Ocrgangenen Sam-
itog beglei6en 81 nollen.
9Iutiger 3uiamm men II o B.
Gmagb, GDrone-GolmtD, SrlanO,
1. Suli. ~ 9ie ii6 feinoIic6 gegen-
iiberItebenOeu 6reimiaigcn-GorpS ser
lllitcriten unO Der 9otionaIilten itie-
ben geitcrn 9l6enO 81 ianlmeu. Sin
beiBer &f folgte, bel Dem es blu-
tige aopfe go6.
@le6rere 9iirger rmo &oIi5iIicn
mlrOeu OerleBt GrIt ais Die Gon-
ltabler nit ibren St0den ouf oie Or
5eOenteu losgingen, fonnte oie &uBe
pieOerDergelteQt merSen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-07-02
On rnSerIulem Suut entluildlt.

gtcm Yorf, I. Suli. 49, gluS
Dem Soipital fiir anltcdenOe &ranf-
6eiten ailf Gais SslanO iinO in Ger
g}adt auf geitern 5mei NIT Graboma
bc6oftcte unO 5ur Deportation perlr-
tbeiltc @inpanOerer, Scr "a Sabre
alte llngor WiiGael 2o3ea lnO Ser
29-idbrige Eomas5 &erioaf aus 9fui-
iiI6-Eolen, entfloben.
Die 9lusfeiBer 6eoienten iidl 5u if
rer Sluht zines 9potes Scr Sebens-
rettllngsitation alf Der Sniel, wel1es
geitern W}orgen ui Der &iiite Don
9oDonne 6errenlos treibeao gefmoen
muroc, unO Die Foli5ei bon @oponne
lnO Seriep-GitD bat ben 9luftrag err
balten, olf Die 6liibtlinge 81 fa6n-
oen. S5n Oem 9oote bcfonoen ii6
feline 9fil0cr, Die Seilte miiiien olio bic
Oilton5 bon elmer @iertelmeile no6
9aDonnc NIT Oen Sdhoen gcrilocrt
babem fols Tie 6ier3u ni6t einen al
ten 9eicn Der i'm Boot gefunOen
wuroe, 6enlbten.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-07-02
gSernidltenoe Gritif.

g(tlontic Git1, I. Syuli. -
Sn Oen beftigiten @orten beroommte
Or. Srauf 6. 9fidaroion bon Bottom
i'm Sabres- -Gonpent ser ng[mericon
Nle0ical 9liiociotion~ Oie gegenipGr-
tige 6rouenmoOe, Sen Songo un0
perlponOte EGn5e lmO mo6te lie fir
Gic &erbreben perontiuortli1, 0enen
iiinge W}Gnner uno W310den mebr
ais aus alien onOercn llrlo1cn gum
Spfer fallen.
0Die llnterOriidlrng ser mor0er-
ncn 6rouenfIeiOung,~ iogte ser Sor-
troecnOe, om1re bon bcocllteno mcbr
@ertb ols bic 6clotii@e 9lusbeutllng
bcS 0Son0eIs nit peiBen SfIaOen,
ocs io3ioIen llcbeIs II. /. ~. 6rouen,
bic filr 0ie 4Soriier Sol6welt be-
itimMte 0Mooei60pfllngcn" trogen
inetteifern nit chamber, ipie peit iie
eos @6ttIi1- -gSeibIi6e cnt6iiaen fon-
nen. Gntfernen sic 0aS bisden
9rapirung unO Der Ebontuiie bIcibt
rit6tS iibrig.~
9ie mooerncn Eon8baaen be5ci6-
net Or 9tidarOion ais 0ie 0moOer-
ncn EfIegeltdttcn ser Shcioungs-
0jcri6tsbofe, Die SbuIidiffe Ocr%ros
ftitution un0 oie @raouirungs-gln-
itoIten Ser Snfomie.~ 6erner iagtc
er bon ibnen: n0ie &Gn5e unierer
SugenO ipotten ieOer 9ei1reiblmg;
iie iinO unrein, anitedeuO unO toOt-
lih."
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-07-02

gutge6eiBcn mcr0en uno es ici
niht SIT crlpartcn, OoB cine iol6e9ia
nod in Scr gcgcnwdrtigcn Seiiion
Our9geben miiroe. Ionn 6iete li6
nod cine onOcre S6pierigfcit, be-
merfte Sefrctdr Gnniel3. 9gd6renO
an unO fir iib ser bonn GongreB ge-
biIIigte 9luStouih 5weier alten @an-
5eridiffe fir cinen mooerncn lle6er-
GreoOnougbt ser 6lottc gum &or-
t6ciI gcrcid5c, ici 5u eriudgeu, OoB
Der @au cincS iol6en 36 @ionote in
g(niprud nebmen mer0e, ln0 0oB al
10 fir 0ieie 6riit sic 6lotte Inn 5pei
fIeinere &on5cri6iffe gei6mdGt per-
Sc. Sollten MN nod ne6r Yon5er-
idiffe perfouft merOen 10 mare Der
5eitueilige Gerluit Ooppelt 10 groB
lin0 OoS mogc nibt rotbiom eridei-
ncn. @S miirOe Dem SefretGr oicl-
lei6t gon5 lie6 iein, nod 5pei dltere
@on5ericbiffe, etpo Ole 0NluIia6t-
let's" un0 nSGinois" qegen einen
nloOernen Ireoonoug6t ein5utait-
iheu, penn OieS o6ne 3eitperluit ge-
i9e6en f0nl1te. Inter 6eItebenOen
llnlt6nOen lit Ser ltnterbGnoler nab
9tctu Oorf 3ltriidgefebrt, o6ne etmaS
fir ieine Glienten errci6t 5li bo6en.
Sic &or6ereitungen fir Die 9l6lie-
ferrng Der DSOo6o~ unO o0tiiiiilip-
pi~ an @rie6enlonO's 9lgcnten iullr.
ocn 6eute 6eipro6en ga Der Gon-
greB 6eItimmt fat, Dob Die Sdiffe
nnidt unter Dem &oflenprciS" o6ge-
geben perOen iollen 10 lit man I'M
Geportement Oomit 6ei6dftigt, cine
ms @in5eInc ge6enOe 9lnilteaung
Der 9ou- ino @inri6tlngSfoIten bei-
ser SdJiffe 81 MAIDEN. Ionn miro
ierner arrongirt meroen, Oh Oic
Sbiife nit &orrGt6en uno @flnition
etc. perie6en merOen lollell ooer
nibt. Sin @eonlter elmer ShiffS-
bol-@cieai6aft funairte ais 9lgeut
Der griebiiGen 9iegierlng Gie
yN}iiiiIiippi" miro i6m in omcrifa-
niiden @elpGiiern, oicllei6t in gIep-
port Stems, o6geliefert perOen Die
nSOabo", welde iid 5ur 3eit in
gIeopel 6efinoet in einem ni@tgrie-
biiben @}iitelmeer6ofen. Iie Wlel-
ouug, OaB oie biciige 9iegierung Die
beiOen Sdiffe no6 Dem EirduS i6i-
den ino BORT a6liefern werOe, lit un-
ri6tig. Gie SGifie merOen iber-
baupt nidt 0ireft on Oie griebii6e
Gcgiering Oerfouft unO a6geliefcrt
perOeu, ion0ern OurH pribate In
ter6GnOler ongcfouft, bon ibnen be-
5a6lt lmO Damn an nOie un6efannten
Sdufer" a6gelieiert perOen.