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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-08

Pat Scott was a Mediord visitor
Sunday.
Try pair of mems shoes with Du-
flex soles at Enders'.
Nellie E. Miller of Medford spent
Sunday here.
H. N. Lowe returned from San
Francisco Sunday.
Have you seen those Duflex soled
shoes at Enders'? Some class.
Hobb Deuel. was visitor from
Medford Sunday afternoon.
1000 extra votes with ladies' suits
at Enders'. See the new ones.
j. M. Potter and family were over
from Montague for the weekend.
See the ladies' military boots at
Enders' Newest lace novelties.
Myron Grover of Hit spent the
weekend in the city visiting friends.
Mrs. Verona Daniel and son - of
Monmouth arrived Friday for brief
visit.
G. o. Van Natta returned from the
exposition at San Francisco last
week.
Mrs. Ella Baum of Revere, Mimi.
is visiting at the H. H. Leavitt home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cole OF Ash
land visited friends in Medford Fri
day.
The warmest day of the season
called large numbers to the city park
Sunday
Have the garbage set out Monday
so that the city haulers may get ii.
Tuesday will be too late.
C. c. Whitlen of Eugene, accom-
panied by ihs wife, spent Friday in
the city.
Mrs. Mary ]. James spent Sunday
in Jacksonville with her son, G. A.
Gardner.
AS a try for economy buy for a
quarter two pairs of our black hose
Mitchell G. Whittle.
Mrs c. Fox returned to Hornbrook
Sunday after spending the past week
visiting friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray murphy are
the proud parents of baby CIR
which arrived Sunday.
Better get in the swing and try g
pair OF Duflex soled shoes at Enders'
Mrs. j. o. Marette returned Sun
day from Reno, New, where she at
, tended the funeral of her father.
C. A. Price, wife and daughter o
Pullman, Wash, stopped off owe
THURSDAY while en- route to the fair
Cleanup day Monday. Get tn
rubbish set out early as possible
: Tuesday will be too late.
H. G. Butterfield arrived Sunda
evening from northern California
where he has been on brief bushes
"trip.
Miss Mildred Wilson, who has bee
| visiting here for the past few weeks
left Saturday for her home at Rose
|. burg.
, Sure, we sell shoes-good one
/ too They do their own braggin
and make your feet glad. Mitche
/. & Whittle.
Miss Mabel Gardiner spent tn
, weekend with friends here and rt
turned to her home at Hit Sunda
D evening.
The Baptist Ladies Aid will give
chicken dinner in the dining room {
the church March IT, Watch for fu
ther announcement. S2-tf
We have a large assortment I
, Lilly, Morris and Ferry's packae
seeds which we have just opened u
n For this week we will give 100 extI
votes with each package. Whit
House Grocery.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-08
Notice.

The Ashland Tidings or myself will
be held responsible only for debts
contracted by Mrs. Lillian II. Greer
or myself.
Dated this Sth day of March, 1915.
S2-2t BERT II. GREER.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-08
A Real Friend


Friends are always needed, but the
only friend you can absolutely depend
upon at all times is a bank account.
1t will stand by you no matter what
comes.
Make such friend by starting an
account here and adding to it as you
can.
First National Bank
ASHLAND, OREGON.
Oldest National Bank in Jackson
County
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-08

Better school shoes at Enders'.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-08

Here is the Oppor-
tunity to win the
Grafonola in three
days with persistent
efforts and your
friends will be able
to own a high grade
article at the right
price,
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
s,,. and Fall Of q MINING Town.

A curious instance Of the latter day
rise and fall of a mining town devel-
oped at Hosmer, in the Crows Nest
district, Canada. Coal was found and
q mine opened without regard to ex-
penditure. In all over 100000 was
put into the operations Many prom
Using seams were cut, and so sure were
the engineers Of the quality and guam
tity Of coal to be reached that a double
tunnel, with a side air passage, was
driven the whole length Expensive
tipples, tramways and a washer were
constructed and a battery Of 240 coke
ovens built to take care OF the washed
slack coal product from the mine
However, the coal seams proved to be
30 broken and irregular that opera
lions were entirely too expensive and
were abandoned AS a consequences
the town Of Hosmer, which had a pop
uIation of about 1000, is now a desert
ed village.
The broad ax., 1915-05-29

Aesculapius was styled the fatnef q
medicine and the god Of medicine with
equal propriety. as It Il not certain
whether he was half god or mere man.
his pedigree h involved In the mazes
Of mythology. BE Is represented as
having practiced medicine 30 success
fully as not only to have prevented the
death Of the living. but to have recall
ed the dead 30 life Tradition says that
Jupiter, for some ofense, slew him
with a thunderbolt. and after his death
he received divine honors. One OF his
Whims was to invest the serpent with
a sort Of sacred character as the SYM
boil Of veneration and also because Of
its supposed power Of discovering heal
ing herbs. A heroic sized statue Of
him In Berlin represents him as lean
ing on a star around which is coiled
a huge snake that rests its head In
friendly fashion on his arms. Aescu-
lapius had two daughters, whose
names are preserved in modern Eng
nsh-Hygeia and Panacea.-Philadel-
phia Press.
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
A Curious Illusion.

What has come to be called the
'sFirehole'' In the Yellowstone National
park b q large hot spring from the
bottom Of which, to all appearances,
light colored fame Is constantly issu-
ing, only 70 be extinguished In the wa
ter before it reaches the surface. At
times Il has a distinct rudy tinge, and
Il always hickers back and forth Hike
the lambert fame Of q torch When
seen under favorable conditions the
illusion Is perfect. and the beholder Is
sure that he has at last caught
glimpse of the hidden fires which pro-
duce the weird phenomena Of this re-
gion. But It is only Illusion Through
q assure In the rock superheated steam
escapes and divides the water just as
bubbles do on a small scale. The re-
Election from the surface thus formed
accounts for the appearance, which is
intensified by the black background
formed by the sides and bottom Of
the pool.-''The Yellowstone National
Park" by Hiram Martin Chittenden.
Brigadier General, q. s. A. Retired
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
The Walton.

Opportunity knocked twice at the
mans door and was about to knock a
third time when the door was hurried
ly opened by a woman
where is the mani" said Opportu-
nifty. "Comel I've no time to lose"
You're the very one he's looking
for" said the woman "But-he's oc-
cupied."
you're his wife, aren't you? Tell
him to come"
HE won't believe me. He'll think
I'm mistaken. He'll think you are
some one else"
THAT isn't my fault I've done my
duty. Good day"
ooh, please don't gol I'll tell him
I'll try to convince him who you are
Give me a little time"
Just at this moment the man rushed
out and grabbed Opportunity. Then he
turned roughly to his wife
'why didn't you let me know she
was knockingT' he said ~Why, she
almost got awayI Just Ike your
Life.
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
R..IIu Accommodating.

"a cyclone is not such a bad thing,
after ALL" remarked the portly sales
man as he settled himself comfortably
In his chair. zone saved IS for ma
once"
.How did it happenT asked a
lounger.
Il was In a little town about two
years ago and wanted to get to another
small town fifteen miles distant There
was no railroad between the two
points, and was standing In front OF
the livery stable arguing with the Nv
eryman, who wanted s. to take me and
my sample cases over when a cyclone
came along and, picking me up, landed
me right in the little town to which /
wanted TO 60"
Er-how about your sample casesT
faltsred an awed listener.
~oh," suavely replied the salesman,
~the cyclone landed them Just ahead
Of Es and had my goods all spread out
On display when got thereT New
YORK Times.
The broad ax., 1915-05-29


Human beings hold no monopoly
when It comes to winning medals for
feats Of valor IN war. A Russian ar
tillery horse won a bronze medal at
Plevna In the following manner:
Orders were taken for some ammu-
milton wagons to be hurried to spot
that meant crossing the enemys zone
OF fire. An the time shells were crash
ing among the horses, bringing them
down In heaps and Tightening such
AZ escaped. Times without number
did the Russian drivers, sparing mel
Their whip nor spur, attempt to urge
the horses forward, but they stood
cowed and shIvering with fright Some
were blindfolded, but the effect was
the same, and only one horse showed
any willingness to 60. Thereupon the
driver jumped down and, cutting the
traces Of the other horses, drove the
willing one at full gaIlop through the
fire. The wagon passed through with
out exploding, and after the war the
horse was decorated and the driTe-
promoted Chicago Herald
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
Glacier Protsctio,

Protecting itself against a ,,,.,
the peculiar problem that confr0D. - =
town Of Valdez, Alaska TbIs ", NE
situated between mountain ms.s slasier'
eral miles away, has proved do1 = sew
In periods Of long sunshine wbe1 ss a
masses OF ice sometimes fan - ss
ground. releasing tons Of vat = IN me
had been held in pools and non,' si4'
the glacier. The water RUSHING - .. On
town picked up trees and bowI ~ - me
the way, often doing considerahlo az ~
age, as In 1911, when los str,,.. s-ail-
were carried to the ocean TUt. es
States army officers conceived thu Idea
Of preventing the recurrence N sn 1sa
foods by the construction Of a an an
The dixie Is in a general U sham ~, :"
constructed that the town lies E II, ~
the arms out Of reach Of the wotar !.
Is 1900 feet long and six feet v,5 =
constructed Of earth. Durin, g.
times guards patrol the dixie reodT =
give warning if any weakness or hro.I
Is Observation-Disclosures World
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
Criminals and ClsNss.

Pierre jaime, the French detective,
Snes traced a murderer within forty
eight hours with no clew save a trou-
~ button. Such a feat seems almost
Incredible, yet many criminals have
bean brought to justice through clever
minds following up the very slightest
ci9WA
Suspicion was first awakened In the
Cdppen case by the SPELLING Of the vic
ttmE name, "Elmore," with two IFS"
On q forged letter; Bennett, Of Var
mouth notoriety, was traced through q
laundry mark on a piece Of linen. and
Oroe11, who murdered a constable at
Dalstcn IN 1884, was brought to the
seahod by an initial on a chisel
So, II you want to be a criminal You
had better 60 out naked and unarmed
Even then some special constable
might take note Of you.-London
Chronicle.
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
r,un Convincing Reasons.

Lord Peterborough, who lived in the
reign Of Queen Anne, was very frolic-
some, and one day, seeing from his
carriage a dancing master with pearl
colored stockings lightly stepping over
the broad stones and picking his way
In extremely dirty weather, he alight-
ed and ran after him with drawn sword
In order to drive him into the mud,
but into which he, of course, followed
himself. This nobleman was once tax
en- for the Duke Of Marlborough and
was mobbed in consequence. The duke
was then in disgrace with the people,
and Lord Peterborough was about to
be roughly handled Turning to them.
he said:
Gentlemen, can convince you by
two reasons that / am not the Duke or
Marlborough. In the first place, have
only guineas In my pocket, and, In
the second. they are heartily at your
service"
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
Defeated HimsaIf.

When couched In negative form re-
quests bring negative results. A young
man said to a father, Il suppose you
VIII refuse II 1 ask for the hand OF
your daughter" The father replied,
''Yes, I win refuse, but II you had put
It the other way, that you were bound
to have my daughter II you had to kill
me first, you could have had her. As
It Il, you have defeated yourself at
the start, and do not want a son-in-
law Of that type Of mind A. man who
defeats himself on propositions at the
start needs to be looked after by some
one else most Of the time"-Tomor-
rows Topics.
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
Burned For Thirty Years.

Some Illicit whisky distillers once set
up their plant In the workings Of a
disused coal mine on a lonely part Of
the South Sauchie coal field, in Scot
land, but an accident compelled them
to change their quarters They discov-
cred that one Of their furnaces had
caused a smoldering fire in the aban-
doned coal seam, and, failing in their
efforts to extinguish It. the moon
sinners" left the place in . hurry with
out reporting the occurrence to the au-
thorides. The fire In the old pit con-
tinued to smolder until at night the
flames, issuing from the mouth Of the
shaft, attracted the attention Of the in
hnbItants around But 1t was found
that the fire had reached such a point
that all attempts to put it out proved
futile. It burned itself out In thirty
Mail
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
Mother and Efficiency.

The efficiency experts appear to have
overlooked the most important field
Of all While the railroads have been
subjected to the closest scrutiny while
the automobile industry has been re-
duced to the lowest cost minimum, and
fling systems, group work, overhead
charges, ETC., have all received ther
need, mother appears to have escaped
Mother still does pretty much % she
pleases. Her whims still continue 10
regulate the prices Of the leading com
modities- Whether a large portion Oh
the community shall travel how muen
they shall eat and what they shaA
wear still depends upon mother, VINO
buys nine-tenths Of everything that IS
bought. Until the mother efficient 5
fnaugurated. how can we expect +"
make much progressF-Life.
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
Bulls and BIundsrs.

Many years ago heard the follow
ing notice read out in a church In Eng
land: There VIII be a procession next
Sunday afternoon, but If it rains in the
afternoon the procession win take
place IN the morning"
g Among mixed metaphors the most
delightful I think I have ever heard
was the statement Of a town councillor
In a Hampshire town some years ago
during a discussion on projected ex-
penditure on town improvements.
"Gentleman," he said, I'VE win have
nothing to do with It; it is but the thin
end Of q white elephant"
A distinguished leader Of the Ulster
party, writing to me, said, Before the
home rule bill is enforced Asquith win
have 10 walk over many dead bodies
his own included "-London Spectator.
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
Armnr In War.

Waterloo was the last great battle
In which bodily armor was used, Ma
poleon's cavalry using It. and up to
that time with some success, but in
the charges there made his iron sheath
ed cuirassiers went down like rows Of
pins before the quick moving English
horse dashlng in upon them with only
naked swords and naked arms Pavia
Q520 was the first fight in which
troops in large numbers were armed
with the more efficient musket, while
artillery had already been employed at
Crecy Q346), and it was only a matter
Of time for the new agent gunpowder,
to knock out the man at arms. The
mailed barons" had no show before
the new and terrible invention OF fire.
arms
The broad ax., 1915-05-29

RuHdoaa.


The origin Of the bulldog for q long
time has been q matter Of controversy,
although the origin Of the name has
been easy to find. It comes from the
dog that was used for bull batting, a
sport that was popular some years ago.
In attacking the bull the bulldog al
ways attacked him In front and usual
" fastened 10 his lip. tongue or eye
and would hold on In spite OF the
strenuous efforts Of the bull to shake
him OF. Puppies OF SIX months OF
age were sometimes tried against o
bull to see of what mettle they were
made, although a dog was not thought
ready for his best work until he was
fifteen OF eighteen months Of age and
would not reach his prime until four
or i've years. The bulldog OF today
Is usually well past his prime at five
years of age. This undoubtedly has
been brought about by inbreeding In
order to get perfect show specimens
and as a result their constitutions
weakened
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
Marrying For Votes.

Marrying for votes was a device OF
old time British election agents As
the law stood before the reform act
Of 1892 widows Of freemen on marry
ing again made their second husbands
treemen and therefore voters. At elec-
ton times widows were consequently
paid handsomely to go through a for
NAL marriage with a voteless bache-
lor, who for a consideration similarly
agreed to support the candidate. The
pair were married, the man voted &C
cording to instructions, and then he
and his wife, standing on either side
Of a tombstone, said. Death Us do
part" With this literal fulhllment of
the matrimonial vow they regarded
their marriage dissolved At the last
election In Bristol before 1892 a hun
dred women gave votes to men,
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
Russia In the Sciences.


In the sciences Russia has done ad-
mirable work in the right spirit, and
II It Is less well known than 1t de-
serves to be 1t is because the Russians
are not advertisers. How many Eng
lish boys know that It was a Russian.
Lobachevsky, who discovered the nom
Euclidean geometry which has reyo-
lutionized the science, or how many
boys who study chemistry remember
that It was the speculation Of a Rus
sian, Mendeleyev, which changed (by
bis periodic law OF the elements) the
whole current Of thought among chem
ical Investigators As for history.
Russians have made the Byzantine age
their own No specialist can AFFORD to
ignore their decentralization Stand
ard
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
The Good Birds d,

The department Of agricultura =,
forms us that out Of fifty snecias :,
hawks and owls only four are actuorv
injurious to crops. One observer TON,
Us that he has seen with his own avos
an owl Of his acquaintance swauovir,
nine field mice, one after another nm
til the tail Of the last remained in owl
dence. However, in four hours tb,,
meal having been discsted with m an
parent effort, the owl was ready for
four more mice. The old hawk and bis
wife Will consume a round dozen ~
mice each during a single day. and IN
two months time their youthful brood
will deyour a similar quantity. II has
been stated that a colony Of hawks will
kill 10000 rodents in three months
time. We all know what damage mice
perpetrate In our grain fields. The
farmer may well spare a chicken or
two from his henyard in payment for
service rendered him by these binds Of
prey.-COuntryside Magazine and Sub
urban Life.
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
f4O7l074
S70S7O57
AMM
nona of War.

In the British army the Airedale
terrier Is used extensively. Bis coat Is
Of such nature that it is suited to any
climate and he is a highly intelligent
dog with a wonderful power Of seeming
and hearing, is of a desirable size and
Is often used as a scout or sentry as
well as an aid to the Red Gross serT-
Ice The Airedale can readily distin-
guish the smell Of his master from that
Of q stranger. These military dogs
are taught not to bark When they
scent the enemy they give a low grovl
and often VIII stand like a pointer.
They are Of great service as night sen
tries.-Argonaut.
The broad ax., 1915-05-29

E.rIy u.. Of ouupo~dsr.

Early Use o. OunPososn
Reference Is made TO the first definite
use Of gunpowder IN battle By Ernest
Protheroe In his book, The British
Navy" The aathor says:
~of an the worlds great battles Ore
CT possesses a unique interest The
English only used three pieces OF Geld
ordnance They were small cannon
made Of trees, bored and bound with
non hoops, and the missiles were OF
stone scarcely larger than cricket balls-
Doubtless this rude artillery made fAr
more noise than It effected damage.
II was the long bow and the broad
sword that won the battle, but never
fheless gunpoWder was henceforth to
play an ever increasing part in the
strife Of nations. Explosives wrought
a vast change In fighting methods on
land. for many Of the old time weap-
ons were rendered quite useless In face
of death dealing ball and shot War
fare afoat, too, would be revolution
lied. Hitherto the fighting ships had
been largely carriers Of soldiers In or
der to board and fight as on land,
whereas the time was at hand when
ships could be riddled with cannon
balls without the crews coming into
actual contact"
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
Star. Hottsr Than the Sun.

Scientific research shows that the sun
has a temperature Of 1880 degrees
AIdebaran, that beautiful star u
Taurus, $50 degrees; the polar sun
500 degrees, and the dog star Sllius'
1900 degrees. This goes to show tn.'
the sun is undoubtedly one OF the eUlI,
est of the stars. 1t also is eTiaenes
that absurdly low temperatures Oh .u'
earth which living things here conslu1
hot are, as compared with the neI,sL ave.
" bodies. regions Of frigidity. hvsn
the electric furnace, with Its SoVV rs ~,
gress Of heat. Is as fee compared W." ~.
temperatures in the dog star anu -
others-New York American
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
When Connecticut owned chieaso.

Connecticut once claimed the terri
tory Chicago now occupies. This was
at the close Of the Revolutionary war,
when what is now Chicago was only a
ruined fort, built long before, and call
ed Che-caw-gou. In 1TS3 Massachu'
sets, Connecticut, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
claimed to own the territory west OF
them as far as the Mississippi river,
although the territories Of Massachu-
sets and Connecticut were interrupted
by parts Of New York and Pennsyl-
vania. The line between Massachu-
sets and Connecticut came a little
north of what is now Chicago. 1t was
Maryland that reduced these huge do
mains. Having no western territory
herself, she refused to accept the art-
cles Of confederation unless the other
states would agree to cede the western
territories to the confederation itself.
to be made In course Of time, into new
states.
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
The House centipede.

The common house centipede Is not
a creature to be dreaded although its
bite IS more or less poisonous. bu
there are so few cases on record Of its
biting human beings that the danger
from this source may be said to be
negligible. On the other hand, tie
centipede IS a valuable destroyer Of
other and far more disagreeable yer.
min According to a bulletin Of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture, It feeds on housefies, cock
reaches, moths, bedbugs and other
such pests. 1t does not eat holes IN
blankets, curtains, carpets or furniture
The centipede thrives in damp places,
such as bathrooms, closets, cellars and
Conservatives; it loves hot water pipes
and steam radiators. 1t is not an IN
sect, but one of the order Of myriapOds
II by chance a person be bitten by
centipede, bathing the spot with an
monia win speedily cure it
The broad ax., 1915-05-29
In th. Day, Rsfor. Coal.

People sometimes wonder how their
forefathers got on in the days before
coal became the staple heater. They
Jared I'll. Wood was the chief COM
modify in use, both in its natural state
and as charcoal, the latter being pre-
pared in the country and suburbs OF
London and brought into the city In
carts, the chief marts for its sale be-
ing at Smithfield and on CornhilL By
an enactment OF Richard IL It was de-
creed that the price Of charcoal should
be fixed at tenpence per quarter from
Michaelmas to Easter and eightpence
per quarter during the remainder Of the
year, the regulation Of its sale-as well
as that Of ifewood-being committed
to the mayor and aldermen Among
the poorer folk fern, reeds and stubble
served as food, and quite a common
method Of keeping warm was to sit
over pots filed with hot water.-Lon-
don Chronicle.