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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
OrChardiStS See
Blight Effects

Over two hundred ranchers, includ-
ing many women and a party from
Grants Pass, attended the blight dem
onstration conducted by Prof. F. c..
Reimer at the Talent experiment sta
tion last week, and came away con-
vinced that material progress has
been made toward evolving a type Of
pear tree immune to the disease.
Prof. Reimer showed that the two
best types of blight resistant stock
are known as the Orel No. 10 and the
Surprise. These trees have rank
growth, are practically immune from
the disease and produce a good bushy
growth. The idea is to use these
types as root stock alone, grating
them later with standard varieties.
The great difficulty has been with
root infections, and If tree can be
evolved without such infection, a
great step will have been taken to-
ward eliminating blight as serious
menace in the valley.
The entire matter Of blight eradi-
cation is being carefully studied at
the present time, and G. c. Cate,
county pathologist, left Sunday for
the Sacramento valley, where he will
study methods of oil spray being used
not to kill the blight but to kill the
insects which carry blight. 1t is said
to have been very successful in the
pear districts to the south.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
Which Goes to Show q,
You Never Can Tell

H. o. Purucker calls our attention
to Tacoma dispatch in the Oregon
Journal, the girls ball team referred
to having played in Ashland some
few weeks ago. Maybe when Cleo
Kirk, who would have made home
run if he had not stopped to "jolly"
the third baseman, reads this, he will
become woman hater. The dispatch
follows:
Spokane, Wash, July 25.-Oh,
curses!
Police asserted today that five
comely members of the "Bloomer
Girls baseball team, which has been
transforming the northwest and Cal
ifornia, are not girls at all They're
boys.
An anxious Sacramento mother
spilled the frijoles and brought cha
grin to the hearts of those men who
mayhap took opera glasses with them
to the b!eachers to see the girls in
action. She wired police to inter
view her son, Albert Miller, 16, third
baseman of the feminine" nine, and
send him home.
Detectives found Albert and four
similar girls at hotel'here. The
secret is OUT Miller has brown hair
blue eyes and a shapely ankle. He
made hit in boomers. And those
other giggling infielders with their
winsome glances who looked so cute
were ordinary, doggone American
kids.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
Ranchers Benefit
At County Picnic

Three hundred ranchers of Jackson
county gathered at an all-day picnic
near Central Point, Saturday. After
listening to speeches on rural CO.
operation, they decided to form a
county council to assist county agri-
cultural officials in forming co-opera-
tive organizations to better buying
and selling facilities of farmers.
c. C. Cate, county pathologist, pre-
sided and the speakers included Pro-
fessor F. c. Reimer of the Talent ex-
pertinent station; o. NJ. Plummer,
president of the Union Packing Com
pany of Portland; Dr.. Hector Mac
pherson of o. A. c.; D. NJ. Lowe of
Ashland, and E. H. Hurd of Medford.
A portion of the meeting resolved
itself into a debate between Mr..
Plummer and the field, the former
utlGuuluS LuC hluulCludh anu ShV iob-
ter attacking middlemen in general
and Oregon middlemen in particular.
The audience apparently enjoyed the
contest and applauded with enthusi-
astic impartiality. DR.. Macpherson
gave an interesting talk on rural
credits, reciting his experiences
abroad, and explained the state rural
credit bill which will be voted upon
this fall.
1t was decided to hold follow-up
meetings through the summer and
fall and extend the organization Of
oranges throughout the county. Spe-
cial reference will be made to cooper
ative buying and selling and mutual
assistance through better organiza-
tion and more enlightened methods.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
Easy Grade to
Mount Ashland

Welborn Beeson of Talent recently
made a preliminary survey for road
from near SiskiyOu to Mt. Ashland,
and found a splendid route for a
highway between these two points on
grade of per cent or less. The
airline distance from Siskiyou to the
summit of Mt. Ashland is about five
and one-half or six miles. Leaving
the Pacific Highway at point one
mile south of Siskiyou station on the
railroad, the first mile to the toll
road gap is made without any appre-
ciable climb. From here to the sum-
NIT, distance of eight miles by the
route suitable for good road, the
climb would be 5000 feet. The
course of the road would be over a
comparatively smooth country pre-
senting no great engineering difficult
ties, and nearly all on the south slope
of the mountains. Mr. Beeson with
his instruments made this survey in
cidentally while moving a bunch of
sheep over the route, and is enthusi-
astic over the possibilities for a Won
derfully fine addition to Ashland's
system of scenic automobile roads.
If a grade suitable for the down trip
could be found by the way of Longs
cabin or vicinity an unusually at
tractive route would be available for
the round trip by the toll road gap
and back through Ashland creek cam
yon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
Would Have AutOiStS
Pay for Road Work

c. c. Chapman, publisher OF the
Oregon Voter, is sending the following
resolution to oranges, farmers unions
and commercial bodies throughout
the state in an effort to ascertain
whether such plan would provide a
solution for the problem of financing
highway Improvement without adding
any new burdens to the taxpayers:
Whereas, the wear on Oregon
roads is caused principally by auto
mobile traffic; and
Whereas, the improvement of
through highways is of direct benefit
to automobile owners, in saving tire
and other expense; and
Whereas, automobile owners as
class are literally disposed towards
road improvement and will endure an
increase of auto license fees if the
proceeds are to be expended by the
state for permanent improvement of
through roads; threfore be it
Resolved, that we recommend to
the 1917 general assembly of the
state of Oregon the enactment of such
legislation as will bring an increased
revenue from automobile license fees,
same to be the basis for providing in
terest and sinking-fund payments for
bond issues for permanent highway
improvement by the state"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
Has Made Science
Of Selling Goods

]. S. Langhorne, who for the past
two months has been managing the
immense closing out sale of Beebe &
Kinney, has demonstrated in his
work the efficiency of well-directed
advertising on large scale when
combined with a fecundity of selling
ideas backed by the business judg-
ment of man who has spent his life
at making a science of selling. Mr..
Langhorne has had something new
to Spring" every day and has kept
the crowds coming and buying. His
selling plans, backed by the real
values and quality of goods offered,
have done a tremendous amount of
business for Beebe & Kinney.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
Power Company
FOrfeits Bond

The Rogue River Public Service
Corporation, which has built dams
and started power projects at various
points along the Rogue river, forfeit
ed $1,000 bond to the city of
Grants Pass through failure to com
mence operations within a specified
length of time. The company was
given several months leeway.
At the time that the present con-
tract between the city of Ashland
and the California; Oregon Power
Company was formulated, many OBJ
jected on the ground that the Rogue
River corporation would furnish a
better deal.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
Free Admission To
Serial Opening

On Friday and Saturday Of this
week the first episode of "The Iron
Claw" a new serial motion picture,
similar to but greater than THE Mil
lion Dollar Mystery" will be shown
at the Lyric Theatre. On Friday
night admission will be free in order
to introduce the serial The succeed
ing episodes of this new great serial
will be shown on the following FRI
day and Saturday nights on the sue
ceeding weeks. "The Iron Claw" has
made big sensation in the cities and
should create live interest in Ash
land.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
Enlarge MedfOrd
Lumber Plant

Additional machinery and build
ings are being added to the plant OF
the Trail Lumber Company in Med
ford, and when the mill is fully
equipped as now planned 1t will be
able to saw fully $4,000 feet of tim
Der a day. Building material, rail-
road ties and box shook will be man
ufactured. A railroad extension Of
the Bulls line is being considered,
and If built will allow of the employ
ment of 800 men on the lumber
project.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
Mine Mill TO Be
On New Location

w. A. Bartlett left Wednesday for
the east to purchase new machinery
for the Ashland mine stamp mill
which is to be rebuilt. The new mill
will be placed on this side of the
ridge instead of the west side as for
merly, and the mine will be worked
from an old tunnel on this side. The
machinery will be electrically driven
and of the latest design. About
$4,000 in gold was supposed to have
been on the plates at the time of the
fire, and the ashes will have to be
sluiced to recover this. Two sacks
of concentrates were also unsacked.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
Farmers Telephone
Line To Be Built


A farmers telephone company has
been recently organized to operate in
the country between the city and the
Ashland mine. The promoters, c. P.
Good, william Taverner and H. B.
Warren, will build an up-to-date line
which will have no connection with
the one just completed to the Ash
land mine.
Orders have been placed for ma
terial and actual construction will
begin in the near future.
The Kerby brothers of Talent have
the contract for getting out the poles.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
Deer Season Opens
August Fifteenth

Contrary to the understanding of
many, the open season for hunting
deer does not open August 1, but ON
August 10. Many parties are already
laying plans to join in the lombard
ment which always ushers in the deer
hunting season.
The law provides that deer with
horns may be killed from August 10
to October 81, the bag limit being
three in each season. The law fur
ther provides that the deer, after be-
ing killed, must be properly tagged
with a tag taken from the license
bearing the name of the hunter and
the date on which the animal was
killed, and to be attached in such a
manner that it shall be in plain sight
at all times.
The heavy SHOWS of the past winter
are claimed by some to have caused
the death of many deer, but other
old-timers state that the deer merely
Craze lower down during the winter
months, and believe that the dry sum-
mers of the past two years have given
the deer enough protection so that
they are as numerous as ever.
At any rate, the snow is deeper in
the high mountains this year than
last year and the season much later,
hence the brush cannot have dried
out as much as last year when the
deer could hear the hunter approach
ing for several hundred yards, no
matter how much care was taken.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
Cousin Killed
In Auto Race

James B. Fee, who has been in
Ashland the past two weeks, soliciting
advertising for the Jackson County
directory which he is assisting in
getting out, tells us that Ulysses Au-
bry, who was killed Sunday at Port
land when the Aubry Special car
which he was driving left the track
at the Rose City speedway, was his
cousin.
Mr.. Fee says that three years ago
he rode with Aubry in race meets.
He was greatly shocked to learn OF
the death. Aubry's mechanicial.
was also killed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
Closing Out Smiths
JeWelry Store

NJ. c. Bressler is in the city and
has closed out a mortgage against
the jewelry store and stock of his
son-in-law, R. ]. Smith. The mort
gage is for s1,S00. Mr.. Bresslers
daughter was granted divorce from
Mr.. Smith few months ago, receiv-
ing the custody of their little son.
The stock will be sold at auction.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
Are Cleaning Out
Lower Park Pond

Park employees are busy taking
about foot and half of mud out Of
the basin of the lower park pond.
Assisted by Harry Hosler and a num-
her of other men conversant with
methods of handling fish, the fish in
the pond we're gathered in tanks.
Most of them were taken to the up
ner lake, while some will be replaced
in the lower.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27
F.E. Watson Resigns
From Park Board

F. E. Watson has filed his resigna-
tion from the park board with the
city recorder. Infringement upon the
rights of the board on the part Of
other city officials is given as the
cause for his resignation by Mr.. Wat
son. Action upon the resignation will
be taken at the council meeting next
Tuesday.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27

Coos Bay Times: "Close to three
miles of track will be built by the
ponbner Lumber Company on North
Coos river to tap their timber hold
ings in that section"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27

A 100000 unit has been planned
,or the Benson technical school at
Portland.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27

A 100000 wholesale business
block is to be built on Broadway,
Portland.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27

Mrs. J. M. Hughes came up from
Grants Pass Monday.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-27

Continued on rage Eight.)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-13
Guard OFFICERS
TO Be TRIED FOR
LOSING HORSES
Neglect of Duty Charged to H.
IinOiS QuartermaSter,

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept ID
A request that the regimental quarter
masters OF the First and Second Hi
nous regiments OF infantry be returned
here for court martial was sent to the
war department at Washington today
by Major General Funston.
II is charged that they were guilty
of neglect OF duty in caring for gov
ernment property by losing fifty horses
and mules valued a, about $4,000,
belonging to the United States army.
The two men are Capt J II. Wal.
rath OF the First Illinois and Capt.
Fred w. Laas OF the Second Illinois.
The lost animals were among 9th
crS turned over to the two regiments
when they came south. Receipts were
given by the quartermasters. 1t is not
known what became OF the horses and
mules.
General Funston said he would
prosecute every supply officer in the
supply service guilty OF this sort OF
negligence.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-13
MEXICAN AND j, S.
TROOPS ENC|RCLE
VILLAS FORCES
Believed Bandit Will Have Dif-
fiCuIty in Escaping,

CHIHUAHUA, Mex, Sept. lj-With
the troops OF Gen. Huerta Vargas post
ed along the line OF Mexican Central
railway ready TO hold off any attempt
OF the Villa troops to escape in that
direction, oSavazos, pushing northeast
with his command from Namiquipa,
and the American expedition force
forming the third section OF the circle
General Irevino says that Villa is now
IN a position from which 1t will be ex-
tremely difficult to escape.
The American expedition has forces
at san Buena Ventura and Carmen on
the lookout for the bandits. San Bucna
Ventura is on the main wagon road to
the Central railway and gives the
Americans the control OF the only exit
for Villa from his present position in
northwest Chihuahua
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-13

summer head gear and buying new
fall lids-but, right now, advise
him TO refrain from tampering
with the Panama hats of my car
riefS.
Their hats are part of their
uniforms and they are not required
to take them off until the first of
next month A carrier may be pro-
,ectcd Nv the entire United States
army, II moleS,ed would not like
to see martial law declared here.
but II may be necessary II Mayor
OverholSer intends to enforce his
proclamation as rigidly as he does
the booze laws.
Defies the Mayor.
Furthermore, defy the mayor
to make me buy a new fall felt
hat | intend to wear my old one
all winter, I'd just like to see
cop try to take IL away from me.
I'd just like to see thc mayor him
self take it OF my head. | dare
him to do IT, | double dare him.
lie dassn'tw
Then Mr. Hansen picked up
parcel post package addressed 10
Valet, Lee-Huokins hotel" and
explained TO a carrier that valet"
wasn't . mans name,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-13

NEW YORK, Sept l3.-The Inter
borough Rapid Transit and the New
York Railways company formally re
jected today the public service commits
Son's recommendation for a strike set
hement made Tuesday The two com
sanies declined to hold further confer
cnces with representatives OF the union
and announced that it is their intention
to continue TO operate their lines on the
present basis.
The strikers informed the commission
they could not acccdc to the request of
the commission to end the strike m
view OF the stand taken by the traction
companies.
Congestion Extreme.
Few surface cars were operated to-
day and passengers were forced to use
the subways and elevated roads. Al
though traction officials say more
trains than normal are in operation
congestion AZ express stations was ex
treme. Platforms were crowded and
many narrow escapes were experienced
by paSsengcH
Big Demonstration Planned.
There was It'll, or no violence dur.
ing the night largely due to the fact
that policemen were stationed on root
tops where attacks had been made on
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-13
Episcopal Church
May Ban Marriage
of All Divorces

NlllCAGO, Sept lj - Marriage
u between persons divorced for
any cause, either of whom has
husband or wife living, will not be
permitted hereafter by the Protestant
Episcopal church, If new canon
recommended by the commission on
marriage and divorce is adopted by
the general convention Of the church
at ST Louis, October II, according to
an announcement today
The proposed legislation does not
affect cases where the marriage re-
lation is annulled by the courts for
causes arising before the marriage.
The difficult question as to whether
divorced persons who have remar-
ried by the civil authority or by F.,
clergyman Of some other church
shall be admitted to holy communion
is to be referred by the parish priest
to the bishop Of the diocese and his
decision is to be final.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-13
Fee TO State
Is $8,755 for
Capital Jump
Pipe Line Company Increases
Stock 8,75O,0OO; Now
S10,000,000,

Th. Yarhola Pipe Line. company OF
Tulsa filed today with Secretary OF
State Lyon all amended charter show
ing an increase in capital stock OF So,
10000, bringing the total capital OF
the company up to $l0W00O0
The fee paid TO the state on the in
crease was SS7SS.
This is one of several big oil and
gas pipe line companies in Oklahoma
that have recently increased their CAPT
tai and IT is good indication of bet
ter times in Oklahoma said Secre-
tary Lyon.
In every case where an increase has
been made it was done to take care Of
increased business and TO enlarge ca
pacitics"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-13
CHURCH FOUNDED
EPW0RTH RIVALS,
RECORDS REVEAL
University Property Holder
Wins on One Point
MINUTES ARE ADMITTED
Financial Condition Known to
Conference, Claim,

Attorneys for the University Dcyel-
trial OF the Epworth university case
today when Judge Clark permitted them
to read records OF the Methodist EpiS-
copal church, south, conferences to
show, first, that proper officials ap-
prlScd the conferences OF the schools
actual financial condition from year to
year, and. second, that the church, by
establishment OF two schools IN Okla
homa and assisting in the establishment
OF another at Dallas failed TO give the
proper support to Epwor,h, thereby fail
ing to keep Is part of the contract
Introduction OF the minutes was al
lowed after heated discussion
Status Of the Case.
In this trial the NJ. +. church, south
Is seeking possession of the EpwortI
university property. located in the
northwestern part OF the city and said
to be worth from $4,000 to SSOONOO
The University Development company
an alleged A. II. JlasScn interest. is
seeking to hold the property. on the
ground that the original agreement un-
der which the property was donated
and the school established was not car
rled out by the churches, particularly
the NJ. +. church, south. Minutes OF
the annual conferences OF the NJ +
church, south, which &ere read before
the court, disclosed that the church was
informed from year to year of the
schools true financial condition
The minutes also showed that the
church established a school IN Musko-
gee, and another few miles north Of
Oklahoma City, both being in com
petition with Epwor,h This action. the
development company contends, shows
the church broke faith with the original
agreement which led to the establish
ment OF Epworth that both churche,
would run the school, that both would
give active support to the institution
and endcavor to build up a great Meth
odist institution.
Patron of Dallas School.
The minutes also showed that the
cQ0iSrence OF the NJ +. church, south.
became a patronizing conference of the
Methodist university at Dallas, and
pledged not only its moral support but
money with which 10 conduct the in
Stltuiion
Anton n. Classen, promincn, figure
IN the case and principal stockholder
IN the development company, was cx-
pectcd to take the witness stand ,hi,
afternoon
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-13
WILSON RETURNS
FROM SIDE OF
DYING SISTER
Plans to Hasten TO Bedside #
Sudden Setback Comes,

NEW LONDON. Conn, Sept. d.
The naval yacht Mayflower with Pres
ident Wilson aboard left the harbor
today The Mayilower will take the
president to Sandy Hook where an au-
tomobile will be waiting to take him to
the summer White House at Long
Branch, N. ]. The president decided
to leave New London last night after
physicians attending his sister, Mrs.
Anne l., Howe, whose critical illness
brought the president here, had advised
that from now on Mrs. Howe will be
constantly under the influence oi
opiates and would be unable to reeoe
nite him and that she might live for
severa days, Should there he a su-
den change for the worse he plans to
return.
While there was no marked change
overnight In Mrs. Howe's condition,
she 10 gradually growing worse, Il was
said today,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-13
Oklahoma Makes
Target Record

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. l3-The
nine vessels of the bat,leship division
of the Atlantic fleet put to sea today
for the southern grill grounds to re
sumo target practice.
According to reports in naval circles,
the superdreadnaughts Pennsylvania
and Oklahoma in the firing line last
week at the wreck of the San Maros
off Tangiers Island established new
worlds records at 10000 yards, bu, no
official figures could be obtained. The
Oklahoma made the best record at 49,
600 Yards.