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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-19
What rhex Were HIdInu.

81 honestly blieve," remarked Aunt
Sarah Jane, them oldhams is gettin'
to be regular Agnostics. They don't
keep the family Bible on the center
table in the best room now"
"Well," replied Aunt Ann Eliza,
'tisn't their religion they're hiding.
It's their age. Them Oldham girls 10
getting on"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-19
Up and Down.

do you believe that truth crushed
to earth will rise againH"
81 do-tO be foored the next min
uta
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-19
The Heated Kind.

"You say he's famous German air
mani"
"Yes."
IAN aeroplane expert, eh?"
mo. He has charge of publicity
bureau"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-19

did you take particular cognizance
In that saloon?"
mo, sir; ! took a drink"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-19
'TI170IIdIIT1d

M Mr.. Andor Kiss, No. 318
H. Clinton Place, Kansas City,
Mo-, writes. Il cannot
thank you enough for being cured.
For seven long years / doctored
steadily for my catarrh and cough,
which cost me hundreds Of dol
lars. But my catarrh grew worse
all the time. Even though ! was
under the treatment OF some OF
the most famous doctors. still
n had q terrible cough and thought
sometimes that l would choke.
could get no air. then
bought a bottle OF Peruna, and
u that evening and all night my
wife gave II to me according
TO the directions. and l felt bet
ter the following day already.
Three days later / felt much inn
proved. and today. after the use
Of the fourth bottle, I feel en-
tirely cured. can conscien-
tiously recommend this grand
medicine to every citizen"
A Good Cough Tablet.
There are people who object
10 taking mud medicines. For
such people the Peruna Tablets
are especially valuable. They
are convenient to carry In the
pocket.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-19

Red Cross Ball Blue, made in America,
therefore the best, delights the housewife.
AL good grocers. Adv.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-19

All men may be born equal, but they
get over 1t before they die.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-19

A man with horse sense is the hard
est to drive.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-19
Necessary to Know.

Who meets his bills need not fear
to meet ollectors.-Albany Journal.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-19

Three youths who stole so autos in
three years exceeded the speed limit"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-19

Get in the push and you won't need
a pull.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-19
LESSON FOR MARCH q
JONATHAN AND HIS ARMoR
BEARER.

LESSON TEXT Samuel n:l-lS.
GOLDEN TEXT-Let us put on the ar
NOR OF light.-Rom. 1872.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-19
INTERNATIONAL.
.SUNDASQlOOL
LESSON

CBy r. o. SELLERS. Acting Director of
Sunday School Course, Moody Bible In
stitute, Chicago)
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
GuidebOards.Are
Not For Targets

The forest service has erected good
solid galvanized iron guideboards at
intersections of many of the trails
throughout the mountains. These
boards are most assuredly welcomed
by the traveller over the trails. Boys
and even men are wont to make tar
gets of the signs and sometimes bat
ter them with rocks until they are
undecipherable. Any one who loves
the mountains enough to want to
travel through them should have
sense enough to refrain from such
practices. For the most part such
acts are the work of thoughtless boys
who do not realize that the forest
service is doing the work of making
trails and putting up signs for them
as much as any one else. Incidental
ly there is a penalty under the law for
defacing the signs.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
About Packing
Fruit Properly

Picking is one of the most i'm
portant factors of getting the apple
upon the market" says the o. A. c.
bulletin on Handling the Fruit Crop.
1T has a marked influence upon the
keeping qualities, size, color and
flavor of the fruit. Too much atten-
tion is frequently given to getting
depth of color so that over-ripeness,
caused by the fruit hanging too long
on the tree, very often results. Some
apples, such as the Grevenstein, drop
before they are ripe. Others, such
as Grimes Golden, drop when they
become ripe. And still others, as
the Jonathan, may hang on the tree
after they are ripe and develop core
rot" Fuller information may be had
from the bulletin, copies of which
will be sent on request of any citizen
of Oregon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25

Salem Journal: Superintendent
r. E. L. Steiner will send four of his
patients back to their old homes
across the Atlantic ocean today when
the train comes through from San
Francisco at o'clock this evening.
Two so to Sweden, one to Italy and
one to England. These patients will
be deported at government expense
and the four will be placed aboard
the train in custody of D. r. r.
Ross of the Oregon asylum staff.
DR.. Ross will accompany them to
New York, where they will be placed
in charge of the government agents
There is large number of insane
patients to be deported at this time
and the ones from San Francisco and
Salem will be joined by others across
the continent.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
Governor Sets
Conference Date

"a
Governor Withycombe has set
Thursday, November 49, as the tenta-
tive date for meeting of representa-
tives of the Southern Pacific with a
committee composed of state officials
and other representative Oregon men
to confer relative to a satisfactory
solution of the Oregon-California
land grant question, so that the lands
may be opened to settlement without
further litigation.
The governor set the tentative
date upon the receipt of letter from
General Superintendent D. w. Camp
bell of the Southern Pacific Com
pany, stating the company stands
ready to send representatives to meet
the committee. The meeting will be
held at the state house.
The members of the committee
provided for at the recent land grant
conference here are: Governor
Secretary of State o.
colt, State Treasurer Kay, w. l. Vaw-
ter of Medford, L. e. Bean of Eu-
gene, s. M. Garland of Lebanon, and
C. E. Spence of Oregon City. Any
emanating from
the conference with the railroad will
be submitted to congress.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
Even Postcards
Must Be Neutral

If any person attempts to mail a
postcard bearing the inscription,
"Gott Strafe England" or envelopes,
stickers or postcards bearing pic
lures of the German escutcheon with
a red blot labeled "Lusitania, the
Blot That Won't Come OFF," they
will go no farther than the window
at the local postoffice.
Postmaster Kaiser has received an
order from the postoffice department
that matter of this kind must not be
admitted to the mails because 1t is
unneutral ard reflects on certain
classes Of persons. These pieces have
not yet been received here, but have
appeared in the mails in the eastern
states.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
Oregon Rifle Team
Takes Fifth Place

The rifle team representing the
Oregon National Guard, and of which
George Irwin of Ashland was men,
ber, defeated every team except Mas
sachusetts in the final matches of the
team events in the national rifle
matches at Jacksonville, Fla. The
Oregon shots also beat teams repre-
senting the navy, Annapolis, West
Point and service teams of the regu-
lar cavalry, marines and infantry.
The Oregon team ranked fifth among
the A teams which competed. In
the l 1,000-yard range, considered the
most difficult of all, the Oregon team
took first place. The Oregon team
started in bad form and fell to six
teenth place in the short range events
but started to pull up in the 600
yard event and ranked ninth, and in
the 1,000-yard shoot pulled the Ore
gon standing up to fifth. Corpora
Conner of Cottage Grove was high
man for the Oregon team. Sergeant
Pearson of Rosebuig qualified for
the United States service match, po-
sition awarded because of his high
standing throughout the national
matches.
The team left Jacksonville for
home Friday.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
Forest Fire
Season Over

Thursday evening twenty-four men
were rushed from Ashland and Tai
ent to a big forest fire which was
raging in the vicinity of Wagner gap
and had assumed dangerous proper
tions. A nights hard work put the
fire under control and the rain Fri
day eliminated any possibility of fur
ther danger.
Fridays rain was general over
southern Oregon and was heavier in
the mountains than in the valley. All
fire danger for the year is now con-
sidered to be past and the fire patrols
will be called in. A number of fire
guards were called in a couple of
weeks ago but were sent out again
last week.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
Drunk Leaves
Security for Fine

The new city jail was not quite
ready for Mr.. A. Hamilton of Port
land, who looked upon the whiskey
when it was 100 proof last Saturday,
and the gentleman was interned in
the old bastile. The new jail is still
little damp and the police wished
to take no chances on their prisoner
catching cold.
Hamilton is a butcher block trim
mer by trade and became a little bois-
ferrous on the streets last Saturday.
Chief Porter endeagored to get him
to go to bed, which he refused to do
The chief then informed him that he
had better get off the street, at which
request the polluted visitor took UNI
bragg. Mr.. Porter called over to
George Robson, and when he turned
back the Portland visitor aimed a
blow at his head with the handle of
an adj which he carried. The chief
warded off the blow with his arm,
which was numbed by the blow. Be-
ing unable to locate Patrolman
Winner, the chief deputized Ollie East
erling and Art Strickland and pro-
ceeded to round up the belligerent
adj man. After spending Sunday as
the guest of the city Hamilton was
fined $40 and left a valuable plush
robe as security. incidentally he left
the city. Hamilton threatened to
split Chief Porter's head with his adj,
hence the calling of reinforcements.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
New Restaurant
Well Received

The Royal cafe and bakery has
been completely renovated and refin-
ished inside and is now open for busi-
ness under the management of Marie
and w. e. Boyd and Miss Elizabeth
King. The cafe is meeting with good
success already and promises to build
up big trade in their delicious
homemade pies and salads, besides
the regular lunch trade. The prices
are low and the meals served are
excellent. The new owners will keep
the cafe open until 10 O'Clock on
week nights and 1890 Saturday
nights. Short orders are served at
any hour of the day.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
P0Stoffice Has
Big Business

The business conditions of Ashland
are picking up as far as the Ashland
postoffice is a barometer. Along with
about half the postoffices of Oregon,
the postal receipts of the local office
have had steady downward tend
'ency for the past two years, but dur
ing the month of May the reaction
was arrested and there has been a
steady gain in every month since.
The net gain over the corresponding
month of the previous year was as
follows: May $23.S9, June 1888,
July 1856, August $71.61, Septem-
ber $131.81. This makes total net
gain for the five months of $917.S6.
Postmaster E. ]. Kaiser attributes
the gain to the increased use of the
parcel post service by the local pro-
ducers. The increase shows even bet
ter than the figures, as one year ago
a large amount of postage was pur-
chased from the local office as a re-
suit of the campaign for the reopen
ing of the Southern Oregon State
Normal.
There was also material increase
in the postal savings system-there
being on deposit in the local deposit
ory, to the credit of the Ashland post
office, over $4,000.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
Gets Story in
Big Publication

The December number of the Amer
lean Motorist will contain descrip-
tive story on Ashland's auto camp
ground written by M. j. Duryea.
This magazine is the official organ
of the American Automobile Associa-
tion. In addition to its general cir
culation it claims to reach 1924
automobile owners every month.
This story ought to give wide pub
licity to Ashland's attractions for the
touring motorist, many of whom are
likely to pass through the city during
the coming season. Mr.. Duryea is
going to send this magazine a story
on the Siskiyou grade of the Pacific
highway, featuring the trip from
Ashland to the California line, which
the editor has asked for. These
stories ought to be helpful in eX-
plotting our manifold attractions for
the tourist.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
Hermann The
Great Coming

On Wednesday and Thursday, Oc-
tober q and 2S, thanks to the man
agement Of the Vining Theatre,
real treat will be offered to the pa
irons of this well-known house. Herr
mann the Magician, nephew of Herr
mann the Great, is coming with his
company after completing a most sue
cessful engagement with the Orpheum
circuit. Everybody knows that the
name Of Hermann is synonymous
with the art Of magic, and was ever
so since the days of Hermann the
Great, when that wonderful public
entertainer established a reputation
in stage delectation that has never
been eclipsed. Critics who remember
the marvellous performances of the
great illusionist recognize many OF
his best and mystifying tricks in the
entertainment now offered by Prof.
Felix Hermann, nephew and pupil of
the original trickster, and heir to all
stage illusions and paraphernalia left
by Alexander Hermann, at the time
of his death some years ago.
Added to the best of the latter's
tricks are several more modern and
up-to-date features that have brought
the present Hermann offering to
high standard that makes it pre-emi-
nently the greatest magic and illu-
sion act of the present time. The
cross illusion and the trunk mystery
alone are worth the price of admis
sion, and it would be impossible to
give an exact description of the num-
erous tricks performed on the stage
by Professor Hermann. 1t would
be also too long to mention all that
has been written the world over
about this prince of magicians, and
the immense attendance of people at
every one of his performances is the
best proof that the popularity of Pro-
fessor Hermann is constantly in
creasing.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
Still Less Slant
In Angels Flight

A big improvement to the Park
garage property was the erection of
big stone and cement retaining wall
to prevent the back end of the prop
erty facing on Granite street from
falling down in front of the garage.
The wall is about twenty-five feet
high. Incidentally, the angels
Flight" the steep stairs by which res
idents of the Granite street section
short cut to the Plaza, has been re-
built and at a still less slant than
formerly. The stairs are now almost
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
Special Excursion
To Exposition

See display advertisement in this
issue for details of the personally
conducted excursion to Panama-Pa-
cific exposition at San Francisco
early in November, if a sufficient
number desire to make the trip. The
exposition is but one of the many at
fractions in and about San Francisco,
and without doubt the only interna-
tional exposition for many years to
come.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
NUMBER A
Advance Plans
To Equalize Tax

A meeting of about fifty owners Of
property on paved streets was held
last Friday evening in the city hall
to discuss plans for tightening and
equalizing the load of pavement as
sessments among the people of Ash
land Mayor johnson was requested
to take the chair and outlined, brief
ly, the purpose Of the meeting. He
stated that Ashland was in good shape
financially, was paying debts faster
and was on the whole in better finan-
cial condition than any city in the
state. He expressed some fear that
such a meeting might be misunder-
stood on the outside, and made it
plain that the proposed plans which
might be considered would be merely
cooperative propositions for equaliz-
ing uneven assessments and relieving
heavy tax pressure on a few who find
the burden hard to bear. He stated
that the case of Ashland was not at
all parallel to that of Medford where
some kind of relief from pavement
assessments was necessary to keep
the whole city from practical bank
ruptcy. He eXplaine dthe condition
in Medford, where with less than
twice the population, four times as
much pavement has been laid as in
Ashland, Medford having approx
mately twenty-four miles to Ash
lands six miles. Mr.. Johnson then
outlined few ideas of a plan which
he believed would relieve the neces-
sity of any property owner in Ash
land suffering from the pavement as
sessment He stated that in Medford
a large amount of property had gone
by default to the city, a still greater
portion would go in the near future,
and the biggest portion was delin-
quent, whereas in Ashland there are
only six or seven and possibly less
possible defaults.
Mr.. Banta spoke briefly, favoring
the fifty-fifty plan, whereby the
property owner bears half and the
city at large half. Mr.. Maxedon spoke
briefly and outlined his position with
regard to the coming assessments.
Mr.. Thomas gave as his view that the
equalization should have been made
In the first place and grew slightly
heated in his arguments. o. Winter,
who was acting as secretary of the
meeting, outlined a few ideas and
stated that his conception of the plans
was that their purpose was to make
times better and not to relieve any
bankruptcy which did not exist. Sew
eral others spoke briefly in favor OF
creating sentiment for an equitable
plan.
Since the majority of property own
ers own property not on paved streets
and were not represented at Fridays
it was moved that Mr.. john
son appoint a committee of three to
arrange for big meeting at some flu
ture date when the proposition could
be put before the property owners of
all kinds.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25

Avery Trask motored over to
klamath Falls Thursday afternoon to
attend the football game Friday, TAX
ing the following passengers: Harry
and Fred Van Dyke, Leroy Ashcraft,
viii Holmes, Howard Frame and
Leith Abbott. The party made the
trip over in four and one-half hours,
but on account of the rain Friday
found slippery going on the return
trip. They report quite little snow
on Green Springs mountain.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
Chimmie Fadden
At the Vining

Chimmie Fadden, the quaint, open
hearted Bowery tough, is familiar to
nearly every one who reads the maya
zines of today. Tuesday night at the
Vining Theatre Victor Moore plays
Chimmie Fadden in the picture Of
that name. AS a play "Chimmie Fad
den" ran for years on the legitimate
stage and is hailed as one of the
greatest comedy offerings of the sea-
son. The picture will be shown in
connection with the Punch and Jones
Ragtime Opera Tuesday night.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
Talk by Wireless
Across Atlantic

w. w. USHER, local manager for
the Bell Telephone Company, gives
us the following account Of another
great wireless telephone achieve
ment. Some weeks ago the announce
ment of the transmission of a wire
less message from New York to Hon
olulu was made. Now the voice Of
man has been carried through the
air to Paris in France, the conversa-
tion being heard in Honolulu, Ha-
waii. The following account comes
from John j. Carly, chief engineer
of the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, who had the expert
ments in charge:
"To B. B. Webb, telephone en-
gineer, fell the honor of being the
first man to span with his voice the
space between the old world and the
new. Sitting in the powerful wire
less plant of the navy at Arlington,
Va, Mr.. Webb, shortly after mid
night Thursday morning, asked the
wireless operator to signal the Eiffel
Tower in Paris. The wireless snapped
out the signal and soon there came
back response. Awaiting word
from Mr.. Webb at the Paris end of
the wireless radiation were H. E.
Shreeve and A. NJ. Curtis, other en-
gineers, and group of French Of
ficers, listening with especially de-
signed apparatus.
In Honolulu, 4,S00 miles from
Arlington, Mr.. Espenchied, another
telephone engineer at the Pearl Har-
Dor navy yard, also was waiting.
Webb at Arlington had a trans
mitting instrument, but no receiving
apparatus. He knew, therefore, that
he would have to wait for the cable
to confirm the success or failure of
the experiment.
Hello, Shreeve,' he shouted into
the mouthpiece. Hello, Shreeve." :"
He then began to count: One, two,
three, four; one, two, three, four
Goodbye
When the expected message came
it was addressed to the company here
and said that Webb's 'hellos' and
'goodbyes' had been distinctly heard
by the engineers and French army Of
ficers in Paris and that portions of
his test figures had also been picked
up. At about the same time, there
came a message from Honolulu, say
ing that WebD's talk had been under
stood in full by the receiving en-
gineer there, and that even the voice
had been recognized as Webb's.
"Mr. Carly says that much expert |
mental work will have to be done
yet, however, before telephone COM
munication across the Atlantic be-
comes an every day affair of com
mercial life.
"The French government and the
navy department at Washington, he
said, had made it possible to conduct |
the test by occasionally permitting !
the use of the wireless stations. Mil
itary necessities of France prevented |
more than brief use of the Eiffel
Tower station at any one time.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25

Amos Nininger autoed to Antelope
creek Sunday morning and spent sew
eral hours securing the brush in
search of quail, but with no success.
He reports a number of Medford
hunters in the same section. In the
afternoon he had better luck in, the
territory south of Ashland and, re-
turned with good bag of gray squir-
rels.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25

A piece of water pipe made from a
hollow log is on display at the city
recorders office, and was found by
City Engineer Walker on First street.
The pipe is thought to be part Of Ash
lands first water system, which was
installed fifty years ago. - '.'
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
Re-bonding Plan at
Medf0rd Election

Medford will vote on the Medynski
rebonding plan at the general cleo
tion in that city November 8. The
proposed plan is to rebond the city
for the pavement debts. The fifty
fifty plan of payment for the paving
will be voted upon at later election
if the Medynski plan fails.
Exponents of the two plans and
opponents of both are keeping the
Medford papers full of signed arti-
cles.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
Fire Plays Havoc
In Town Of Merlin

The little town of Merlin, nine
miles north of Grants Pass, was visit
ed by a disastrous fire Saturday
morning. The blaze started in the
Merlin Hotel, presumably from a de-
fective flue, and wiped out big por-
tion of the town. In addition to the
hotel, the Southern Pacific depot, sew
eral stores and houses were de-
stroyed. A car of merchandise on a
railroad siding was also destroyed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25

Karl Thompson, popular clerk at
vaupel's store, is suffering from a
serious case of blood poisoning and
was taken to Grants Pass Friday by
Miles Humpton and is now in the
Good Samaritan hospital in that city.
The poison set in as aresult of a cold
sore on Hr. Thomson's jaws +