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The Washington herald., 1915-03-28

as escort only. returned TO France.
l. did not take the unhappy pioneers
Ions t. discover that they were not on
the Mississippi. and La Sale. with un-
ahared energy, set out IN search of the
fatal river He did not find il. and
on his r"turu The last of the vessels was
lost. removing AL hope of escape by sea.
or The march food ran short and scven
men were sent out 10 FORAGE. hmonS
them MAS A man named Iuhaut. who
hated La Sall". and had once deserted
him. The party KILLED some bufTalocs
and w-rc caring the meat when on" Of
La Sales rcHhCws. M"ranget who had
l,"-n IN search az them with a o"nipan-
ion. arrived. Mo-aHS"t did not lack
courage. nut hc Old lack prudence. H."
angercd the mon by rrdIns fault with
them un;ustly.
I'uhaut seized tho opportunity. and
drew four Of the others into his plot
That night MorI0eet and his companion,
with La sales faithful Indian servant
n"rc murucrcd as they slept. The next
morning. Ia Sale. full Of anxious for
boiling 1t his nephew's failure to return,
Went after him in company with a priest
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Where is the caPtain?n he repeated impatientN

been seen cruising of the mouth 1 the
river the day before We arrived. Her
cutters had habit very distateful to the
slave-traders of pulling up the river at
unexpected times in search of contra
band carsoes. The penalty that the on
GERS and crews OF slave-ships were
obliged TO pay In the way OF death or
lengthy Imprisonment. and the conffsca-
ton of their vessel and effects. often
drove the slsvers 10 open warfare with
the naval forces when in tight corners.
The slaves had been fed and chained
securely between decks, and everything
made ready for slipping out to sea by
sunset. as the lookout reported the coast
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a candle-lamp was burning. and looked
at the paper that the captain had given
ME. It read:
My cabin-boy was innocent OF the
character of the Dragon when he signed
articles.
ROLAND WARD. Master"
4 few minutes later Z naval officer,
followed BY several bIucjackets well
armed. descended the comparion-Nay
and asked for the captain. In order to
gain time for the two men. whom I knew
to Ne at that instant swimming for their
lives. handed him the note. He glanced
over it. thrust it in his pocket. and ex-
claimed:
? Where Is the captaIn," he asked. I'm
patiently.
knew that the swimmers must have
reached shore. and were safe from pur-
suit IN the darkness OF the night. s.
pointed TO the open port. The oacer
stamped his foot IN rage. to think that
he should have been outwitted so clever
~. and ran up TO the deck. where I heard
him shouting to burn a blue light. srd-
fo- some OF his men to tumble into tho
boats and pull about IN search of the
escaping slavcrs.
Tn. seamen had their trouble for moth
ing, as tho captain and mate succeeded
in making their way back into the coun-
try, where they remained in hiding until
they found an opportunity of getting
hack to Cuba
During the next day the Dale made
her appearance. and received the trans
fer OF the prisoners. Although I was
sent with them. the captains note vas
accepted as proof Of my innocence. and
was restored to liberty and msde .
messenger boy on board the man-of-var.
in which capacity I served until the Dale
was relieved by the sloop-of-war VIM
cennes. and returned to the United
States a few months later.
[Copyr.:h. ~ BHpsr md Brushsa)
The Washington herald., 1915-03-28
How Alice
Caught the Bear
by JAMES VI. sTANCHIEL.

ON March -. 1S!e. this engine saved
! the life of her engineer. James Russell"
! These words engraved on a silver plate
| fastened to the cylinder OF large en-
! CINE in a quartz mill In the mountainous
region of northwestern Nevada. COM
, mcmoratc a really remarkable occur
! renee.
! The engine stands in q space cut off
/ from tine rest Of the mill by n tight par
tition. The great belt or band which
| arrics the power into the mill comes
! IN throuEn a hole six feet up In the wall
and s!lnts down to tho bottom of the
! 1y-whccl about the same distance below
| the floor.
Thus in order TO pass from one side
| Of the room to the other at this end 1t
| is necessary either TO jump over the
| belt next 10 the fy-wheel, or TO crawl
under it next to the wall. The fly-wheel
Is an immense affair sixteen feet in
| wide enough on the face for the
! th!rty-six-incn belt to run. The engine
makes more than a hundred revolutions
per minute. and this belt whlzzes down
through the floor toward the hy-wheel
in way TO make one dizzy. The en-
CINE itself Is kept in highly polished
condition by tine unremitinS attentions
of the engineer. who speaks of 1t as
old Alice" and who has painted this
name in gilt letters On her vanished
t., ne n tar
who died.
There is no direct means OF commun-
cation between the mill and the engine
room, as the latter has only one door.
and that opens from the outside. At
the time Of the occurrence l am about
to relate. this door had on it very
complicated spring lock, and every time
the door slammed tho lock caught. ard.
according TO tie engineer. 1T took ten
minutes work and the key 70 set it
ly, being lighted at night by a small
electric light plant in the building. and
two big arc lamps hang directly over the
engine
About 10 o'clock on the night Of the
End day Of March. 1882. James Russell
Chen night engineer) was sitting In a
chair at one side OF the room. reading
an old newspaper. while his trained ear
followed every stroke Of the engine. and
instantly detected the altered sound
when an oiler stopped feeding or a screw
worked loose. old Alice ran as
smoothly and regularly as a watch. and
the engineer grew so absorbed in his
paper that he did not at first look up
when he heard the door swing open and
then shut with a snap.
Soon. however, the Undesirable feel
ing that something alive is near caused
him to lift his head and look about the
ROOM. There. Just in front, blinking like
Al owl. in the glare Of the electric lights.
and dazed by the fast-running machin-
cry, stood great dingy browny- black
bear that looked TO the excited engineer
as big as a COW. The engineer knew az
once that his visitor was a bear. and q
grizzly at that, and was correspondingly
scared.
This particular bear had just walked
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clear; but Capt. Ward waited until the
ofr-.hore wind began to blow about =
O'Clock. before getting UP his anchor.
At that time. under the lib and main
sail: the Dragon commenced to work
slowly down the river. the negro plot
standing on the forecastle and coming
the vessel through the channel
Just as we approached the last turn.
where the river narrowed TO about 100
feet. the Dragon stopped suddenly.
brought up against a stout hawser
stretched from tree to tree on either
bank. then swung around until che lay
directly across the stream. At the same
instant two boats dashed alongside filed
with naval sailors. who were prepared
to sweep down all resistance with their
cutlasses. drove the crew into the fore
castle. and secured the door.
I had been standing on the quaSter.
deck when the schooner was captured.
and as the men-of-war's men forced the
captain and mate below the former
picked me up in passing and carried mo
into the cabin with him. No sooner had
We entered this than the companIon-waY
slide was pulled over and We were prisl
oners. while overhead sounded the tramp
OF many feet as the sails were lowered
and the vessel brought to an anchor.
Quick. open one of the sternportsr'
said the captain to the mate. Then he
ran into his room. from which he re-
appeared almost Immediately and thrust
a sheet Of paper into my hand. exclaiu<
ing. Show this to the naval officer
when he comes below
In another instant he and the mate
had pulled OF their shoes and clothes
and slipped noiselessly into the dark
flowing river through the open port.
i entered the masters berth. in which
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The Capture
of the SLAYER
BY AN OLD sHIPMAsTER

had run away to sea. and was se-v-
Ing as cab!n-5oy on the Flying Scud. Blu:
b. the time We got TO Ctenfuegos. Cuba.
! had suffered SO much from ill-treat-
ment. that l resolved to desert before
the ship sailed. had an afternoon
ashore. and while amusing myself with
the sights I went into a restaurant for
dinner.
Al table opposite mine was fine
looking sailor nan vino appeared TO take
considerable notice OF me. When 1 was
ready TO depart he called me to him. and
asked the name of the ship I belonged
to. the treatment and wages I received.
and so on.
a fine ship. and am in need Of cabin
boy. What do you say to shipping with
me? l will promise you good treatment
and much better wages than the Elyins
Scud pays you.
Il am going on board now. for We are
10 sail Immediately. and you can come
right along with me-
When We reached the vessel the cap
tain was received at the EanGway by mis-
chief mate. to whom I was pointed out
with the halt-laughing remark. this Is
our new cabin-boy. who had the good
taste TO prefer tho Dragon to the big
ship over yonder.''
Well. l will explain right here that
soon learned l had shipped on board of
the most notorious SLAYER in the trade.
During the month that I served on board
l received the kindest treatment. 1t fret
ted me. however. to think OF serving on
such a vessel and determined to leave
as soon as We returned to Cuba.
Several days later. In a river on the
African coast. We loaded the Dragon
with 400 poor wretches. Our ladins had
been much hurried. owing to a report
that the American man-of-war Dale had
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-01-14
Commissioner Smith
Made RoadmaStel

Joe Smith, former county commits
sioner, was appointed county road
master at salary of 1925 per month
and expenses, by the county board on
Monday. This is a change of the sys-
tenn in road work in Jackson county.
During the past year the commission
ers have districted the county, each
member of the board taking a dis
trict. Under the new order, which
is a returned to former methods, the
roadmaster will have charge of all
the supervisors.
All former supervisors were reap
pointed except w. c. Chapman in the
Table Rock-Beagle district, who was
not candidate. Leo Vincent was
named instead.
Fruit inspection, by arrangement
with Horticultural Commissioners AL
len, was cut down to three inspectors
at SO per day, with two of them linn
tied to 81 a day and one at $3.50
for the outlying districts.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-01-14
Sp0rtSmen Show
Their Sympathy

AS a result of influence brought
to bear by the State League OF
Sportsmen clubs at Portland, State
Game Warden w. l.. Finley may give
a series of illustrated lectures in diff
ferent cities of the state, the proceeds
to go toward the benefit of the family
Of Arthur Hubbard, deceased, who
lived in this city. Nothing has ever
struck such a keynote of sympathy as
the murder of Arthur Hubbard at
Trail creek a short time ago, as every
sportsmen's league over the state has
talked of and considered the matter.
II the pictures are to be shown in
all probability benefits will be given
at Ashland, Medford and Gold Hill.
One benefit in Portland is certain at
the preesnt time and will be put on
at an early date.
The pictures are of the wild life
OF Oregon, showing fascinating fish
and game scenes, all of the motion
pictures being taken by an Oregon
man.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-01-14
Officials For
Lower House

Salem, Ore, Jan. 14.-Organiza-
tion of the twenty-eighth biennial
session of the house of representa-
tives, save for the appointment of
committees, was accomplished yes
terday afternoon in committee of the
whole, with the speakership settled
earlier in the day.
Immediately after the body was
called to order at 2:30 Representa-
tive Davey of Umatilla, who was
chairman of the permanent organ
ization committee, moved that the
lobbies be cleared and the house sit
in executive session.
This list Of nominees formally
elected is: Chief clerk, w. F. Dra-
ger; assistant chief clerk, Harold O.
Wilkins; reading clerk, Dudley
Clark; calendar clerk, Charles Err
skine; sergeant-at-arms. H. T. Bruce;
doorkeeper, George Miller; mailing
clerk, w. S. McAdam of Polk county
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-01-14
Artillery Hopes
To Attend Fair

The local Coast Artillery boys are
setting great hopes for trip to the
Panama-Pacific exposition at San
Francisco. While nothing definite
has been done. everyone is using their
influence toward getting this conces-
sion from the war department
Monday night Captain r. w. Col
lins OF Eugene was present and gave
instruction in the artillery work.
Captain Collins is a regular visiting
instructor and comes to Ashland
every month or two. He is heartily
in favor of the trip to San Francisco
and is boosting all In his power.
The peace strength of the Ashland
company is sixty-five, and some
seventy-five are already enrolled, but
many are gone and do not attend.
However, there will be room for but
few more in order to bring the COM
pany up to its full strength for the
San Francisco trip, If such occurs.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-01-14
Controversy
Will Be Settled

The Jackson county court met with
the Ashland city council yesterday to
thresh out the Jackson hill route for
the Pacific highway. 1t seems that
citizens of Ashland and the council
have been working somewhat at
cross purposes of late. Mr.. Billings
and his friends figuring with the
court for one settlement and the
court for another, until Ashland
was about to be in the position of
blocking the whole matter by failing
to agree on what the people here
really did want. Many proposed sur
veys heve been made both by the
state engineers, the city engineers
and Mr.. Root, representing Mr.. Bill
lings in the matter.
Finally, however, the matter is
about to be settled. Mr.. Billings has
agreed to give the right of way for
the road If ii is made to cross the
railroad on grade and bear to the
right, either going entirely around
the hill to the right or making a cut
at the top of Jackson hill of about
twelve feet and fill at the bottom
Of nine feet. That would bring the
grade we'll within the maximum and
seems to be satisfactory both to the
council and Mr.. Billings. The mat
ter will be finally settled within the
next few days and the court will
start at once on the work.
The settlement of this controversy
is encouraging. The Jackson hill, as
1t now stands, is a practical bar to
trade from the Talent neighborhood
as well as a great annoyance to QUITO
mobilists.
Engineers Walker and Kittredge
will now proceed to make the final
location.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-01-14
Highway Speeders
To Be Arrested

The authorities of Talent have
made objection to the speeding Of
automobiles along the Pacific high
way through the town limits. Satur-
day they stationed officers along the
highway to catch the violators of the
town ordinance. Several of the auto
mobiles attending the county court
from Ashland were on the return trip
when halted and the drivers taken
before the city justice and made to
disgorge a fine. Up to noon Satur-
day the vigilant officer had marched
ten up to his honor for adjudication.
In the afternoon the auto load of
boosters coming up to help along the
beet sugar meeting got theirs, too,
according to reports. 1t took about
all that could be scraped up among
the crowd to met demands or be put
in the Talent cooler.
Sunday several Ashland autoists
espied an officer securely hid behind
telegraph pole with stop watch
in one hand. Autoists should look
at the telegraph poles carefully be-
fore speeding through Talent.
1t is said that many machines go
, through the neighboring town at a
very high rate of speed, seemingly
without regard to the fact that peo-
pie crossing the streets are in danger
of their lives.
The Talent officers hope to make
the depleted city treasury look better
before the speeders learn of the in
tention to make them slow down or
pay for their reckless driving.
The smooth surfaced road is great
temptation to the speed fiends. They
turn their cars loose without regard
to risks and plow through the towns
at breakneck speed, without regard
to danger to both themselves and the
public.
Several accidents have been mar
rowly averted since the rains have
made the pavement slick. Machines
skid easily on the pavement and
greatly increase the danger.
A driver of an interurban auto car
when asked why he always turns out
and gives the road to approaching
cars said: "You cannot tell just how
many kinds of fools you meet on a
pavement and always take the least
end of the chances. Sometimes we
pass cars going at fifty or sixty miles
that do not slow down in the least
when passing. Some day there is 60
ing to be great spill. l hope not to
be the one run down"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-01-14
Farmers EvinCe Much
Interest In Beet Culture

Much talk and interest is being
evinced by the farmers OF the Ash
land district in regard to the advan-
tages of the beet sugar factory. The
points brought up at the meeting
Saturday are being widely distributed
and turned over in the minds OF the
farmers.
Taking into consideration that the
establishment of beet sugar factory
in the valley will moan an invest
ment of 100000 in the plant itself,
that it will give $50 men employ
ment, that it would feed hundreds of
head of stock, that it will bring per-
haps an annual revenue of 100000
to the farmers, that it will mean
the annual consumption OF cords
upon cords of wood, fuel, etc., that
it will bring financial returns far
greater than that derived from like
acreage of alfalfa, grain or vegetable
raising, that it will put into use a
great acreage supposed no good for
general agriculture, that it will bing
net estimated profit of $40 from
each acre OF land-taking all these
things into consideration, isn't such
proposition worthy of careful at
tention and effort?
The cost, as given at Saturday
meeting, for planting, cultivating
thinning and pulling an acre of beets
would be about $35. Then an aver
age yield of Is tons to the acre would
bring SIS revenue, if they we're de-
livered at the factory.
AS an instance of how enthusias
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-01-14
High School Will
Send Fine Exhibit

During the past few days many
have looked admiringly at the beauti-
full pieces of furniture displayed in
Dodge's window, which furniture was
made by boys of the manual training
department of the Ashland high
school. Professor Klum is in charge
of this department. The pieces of
furniture exhibited will be sent soon
to the Panama-Pacific exposition and
will find a prominent place in the
Oregon building.
Careful inspection OF the pieces
does not bring to light any faults in
their mokeup, for the work is as
good as can be turned out by any
factory men. Joints are as neat and
the polish as perfect as in the best
grades of furniture. All but one OF
the pieces are made from golden
quartersawed oak.
The assortment consists OF a tab
orette made Dy Charles prescott, a
dining chair made by Robert Keller
and Ray Clary, a writing desk made
by Ried Harrell, an upholstered foot
stool constructed by Merritt Swing,
an arm chair or carver's chair made
by Robert Keller, and a chiffonier
by Ralph Harris and others.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-01-14
Stephenson Again
Victim of Fire

George Stephenson was again the
victim of fire Tuesday morning, when
his building on East Main street, oc-
cupied by Cook & DeWitt's billiard
parlor, was irreparably burned. The
fire loss on the building was in the
neighborhood Of $500, and the loss
of Cook & Dewitt in fixtures, stock,
etc, amounted to about $500, The
occupants carried $500 insurance
with the Billings agency.
The fire started early in the morn
ing at a time when there were but
few people on the street, and it had
gained great headway by the time 1t
was noticed. Mrs. A. r. Brown, who
lives across the street, saw the flames
and turned in the alarm by tele-
phone. The fire truck was there in
quick time and the boys had water
playing on the flames in short order.
All furniture in the building was
ruined before the fire was reported.
The flames had gained great start
in the walls and ceiling. The nature
of the construction of the walls made
the fire an exceptionally hard one to
fight. Water had to be played on
the building for over an hour in
order to get the fire in the walls
under control.
Several valuable billiard tables
$3.50 to $500 each were burned, to-
gether with expensive billiard balls.
Mr.. Stephenson has not decided as
yet whether he will rebuild or not.
This is his seventh fire loss in the
past few years. A slight loss was
sustained Dy the Warner Mercantile
Company, as the water came through
into their basement and wet some of
the stock in the wareroom.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-01-14
Sugar BeetS in
Eastern Idaho

Medford, Jan. 14.-To the Editor:
/ am not a tiller of the soil, neither
do | profess to know the soil quaIifi-
cations for the successful production
of sugar beets, but | do know some
thing of what the industry did for
the Snake River Valley, eastern
Idaho.
l was living in that locality seven
years ago when the sugar beet indus
try was first taken up, and as prac-
tical demonstration as to what extent
sugar beets will enhance the value of
farm land, let me tell you that before
the beet proposition was taken up
farm lands devoted to growing oats,
barley and alfalfa were worth from
$50 to 500 per acre, including a
water right. These same broad acres
are today producing sugar beets and
are valued at from $500 to $4OO an
acre.
To get the factory started at Idaho
Falls, the one with which / am the
most familiar, there was asked by
the company that 5000 acres OF land
be signed up and besides this cash
bonus of 100000 was asked. Within
thirty days the land was signed up
and the cash raised, That was how
badly the farmers there wanted the
factory
Since this factory was built two
others have been put up, and all
three are in operation within a dis
tance of fifty miles-at Sugar City,
Idaho Falls and Blackfoot.
Figuring the value of the sugar
beet lands of the Snake River Valley
at from $500 to $40O an acre, there
Is far greater proportionate profit
received from the sale of sugar beets
than there was on the same lands at
vaulation Of from $50 to 500 an
acre when planted to grain or alfalfa.
There is a good, safe profit to the
farmer from the sale of sugar beets,
and aside from this there is the
profit to be made from feeding the
beet pulp to cattle and hogs. The
sugar beet industry has made the
Snake River Valley one of the richest
and best dairy and hog districts in
the west.
Any locality which can produce
sugar beets and can get factory
ought to consider itself fortunate.
IT. G. WICKS.