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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
NO TERRoRs FOR COOKS

IOT WnCHi IcFcttl6 mas AcTEDlb aT6 the cooks. These indispensable person. ages arise at about 3 o'clock in order that the breakfast may be ready. Often when there Is some special work on hand as, for instance, when the ree1- ment is ordered on some hike or other that calls for an early start 1 have krfown them to work all night, cooking biscuits to take the place of the bread which failed to arrive. If anyone thinks that the making of 1900 biscuits is light job, let him try it once.
 Each war strength company of 250 men is allowed four cooks. These are under the direction of the mess sergeant, and have for assistants the so-called kitchen police" The method of choosing men for K. F. duty" as it is called, varies with different regiments. With some it is used as a form of punishment and is held over the heads of delinquents. With our reg iment it goes by roster, and every man must do his share of 1t. At present g turn of this duty lasts only one day. A squad, consisting of a corporal and seven men, is detailed each day for police duty" This police duty has nothing to do with uphoiding the law or maintaining the peace. It means. in the army, noth- ing more romantic or exciting than clean ing up.
 To be on kitchen police simply means that the. soldiers duty is to clean up under the direction of the moguls of the kitchen. One may wonder how any one can enjoy this securing of tables and scrubbing of pans, this hewing of wood and drawing of water, but have known many men who actually pined for it. Some men prefer 1t to all other duty, and put in" for kitchen police at every opportunity. have known the same man to turn up with every relief with the explanation that he fairly dotted on the kitchen. As most men like 1t about as well as they do reveiile, any one making such request is usually accommodated. But at present the order has 1t that each man must do his full share of drill, and so no man can be blessed with kitchen police more than his one day. He may ask but it cannot be given unto him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
! HEAD STUFFED FROM ! CATARRH OR A COLD s Says Cream Applied in Nostrils
 Opens Air Passages Right Up.

Instant rel1er-no waiting. Your passages of your head clear and you can breathe freely. No more hawking, snuf- fling, blowing, headache, dryness. No struggling for breath at night; your cold or catarrh disappears.
 Get small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic. healing cream in your nostrils. It pene- trates through every air passage of the head, soothes the inflamed or swollen mucous membrane and relief comes in- stantly.
 It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed up with cold or nasty catarrh.-Ady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
KITCHEN POLICE
 1 AND REVEHLE ARE REAL TERRORS OF EVERY ARMY UNIT
Continued from Page one)

the cold and his breath arises like the
 smoke from a furnace, and can do it without complaint, that man is soldier.
 It Is little comfort to be told that more
 than 10000 better men than himself are
 doing the same thing in the same camp;
 nothing can make such an experience enjoyable. It is a theory of mine that the best test of the discipline of a com
 pany is the way 1t answers reveille. IT
 the men turn out without being dragged
 from their cots by the sergeants, 1t can
 be assumed that that company Is we'll
 disciplined one. There is only one thing
 that will get the men out. That is a
 sense of duty and the knowledge that it
 Is cheaper to turn out than to stay in bed.
 BANDS TURN OUT
 army that will commend itself to all thoughtful people That is the custom of turning out the band for reveille.
 There is nothing that puts heart into men like music, and so the bands of the division march through the camp at rev. ellie playing the most inspiring music ar their command. The effect is excellent, for no man can keep a grouch long when his feet are keeping time to lively march. # In our division there are a half-dozen ! or more excellent bands, and as they all start going at tho same time theress no lack of music. With the band of the New York regiment on one side, that of the Virginia military police on the other, and the Iowa infantry just across the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
USING THE INCINERATORs

An adjunct Of the kitchen, and under the direction of the mess sergeant Is the incinerator, which Is at once the greatest blessing and the greatest nuisance of every camp An incinerator. as every one knows, Is a contrivance for burning up things. It Is what the ancient gar bage can used to be. Into 1t goes every thing that has no further value on this earth. Whatever Is to be discarded and eliminated goes to the incinerator. It meal, the scraps from the. kitchen, and the waste paper and discarded odds and ends of the company. It is the apple of the medical departments eye and the special care and burden of the company commander. It was conceived in the mind of the medical department as sub stitute for the garbage can, and. like all other fond parents, the medical depart ment dotes on its offspring.
 If company commander wishes to court trouble, he peed go no farther than the incinerator. Let it but go wrong. and at once he has the medical authori- ties upon him. If he escape with nothing worse than censure he is lucky. Not in- frequently he has the pleasure of writing few letters explaining "by indorsement hereonh just why his incinerator was in such a shocking state at such and such a time.
 In order that the incinerator be prop erly cared for, and the sacred fires kept burning. one man from the daily police squad is set the task of tending it. He is chosen with care, for no unworthy or unskii1ed votary must be allowed to tend this altar of sanitation. And it is job that requires a great deal of skill and care There never has been an incinera- tor that would burn of it's own accord, and no small amount of patience Is needed to keep it up to it's job at all.
 HOW THEY ARE BUILT
 There are many types of incinerators
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
DUTIES OF KITCHEN POLICE

The responsibilities of the kitchen police
 are great. It Is their duty to assist the
 hard working cooks in preparing the
 food, and to keep the kitchen properly "policed" Not oniy must everything be put in its proper place after use: 1t must be kept spotlessiy clean in addition. The medical officers make an inspection of each kitchen and its vicinity every day, and poke and pry into the inmost secrets of them They examine each pol and pan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
GETTING SOME VOICE CULTURE

Major Koehler, one of the most cele- brated of army physical instructors, has been at Chickamauga park for the past two weeks putting the finishing touches on the training of the candidates. The first week Major Koehler was here only special details of 20 men from each com pany were given the exercises, but the second week found the famous physical instructor training the entire regiment in voice and physical drills.
 It was an inspiring sight to watch
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
And Still They
Take Chances

DR.. w P. Chisholm and Charles
Kell of Gold Hill we're taken into GUS
tody near the Kingsbury Springs Sat-
urday night by Special Agent R. G..
Porter and assistants, Winner and
Carpenter, for transporting intoxicat-
ing liquor into Oregon, and were
promptly taken before L. ]. Trefren,
justice of the peace for Ashland dis
trict, and fined $50 each and costs.
When caught the doctor made a
great effort to destroy the liquor and
did succeed in getting a gunnysack
full out of the car after being sig
nailed to stop, but as he drew the
sack out of the car he was confront
ed by one of the officers and was
stopped from destroying the booze.
When taken before the justice of
the peace the doctor claimed all
blame for the liquor transportation,
claiming the liquor was for his pa
tients and that he took the chance of
illegally importing it rather than
take the humiliation of getting per-
nit from the district attorney to le-
gally furnish his patients with the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
Local Girl PleaSeS
With Grecian Dance

Miss Queritta Brown, a well-known
local girl who Is recognized as one
of the best classic dancers in the
valley, was one Of the chief attrac-
tions at Red Cross benefit enter
tainment which was given at Gold
Hill Saturday night. Miss Brown
has appeared before local audiences
with her Interpretation of the Gre
clan dance and has been the star of
the school pageants for the past two
years. Her efforts were loudly ap-
Iplauded by the Gold Hill people, who
recognized her unusual ability in this
line.
Saturday nights entertainment
was a wonderful success for the Gold
Hill Red Cross. Besides several at
fractions given by valley specialists,
the Grants Pass band helped out the
evening and rendered the music for
a big dance held after the entertain
ment.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
Local Boy Promoted
TO Sergeant-Ma

Mrs. s. A. Peters received a letter
Thursday from her husband, Ser
geant S. A. Peters Of the 1st COM
pany, telling her of his promotion to
sergeant-major of the coast defenses
of the Columbia river. Sergeant
Peters was one Of the youngest SER
geants of the local company and his
early promotion comes as surprise
to his many friends here. He is the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Peters, who
live at the corner Of Walker avenue
and the Boulevard. He is graduate
of the class of IA Of the local high
school.
Mr.. Peters was an employe of The
Citizens Bank of this city several
years ago and left a position in a
Portland bank to go with the local
boys. He stated in his letter that 1t
was his banking experience that aided
him a great deal in getting the ap-
pointment, as his new work calls for
a great deal of bookkeeping expert
ence.
Mrs. s. A. Peters, formerly Miss
Freda Butterfield Of this city, left
for Fort Stevens Friday evening
where she will reside.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
Eastern Woman Buys
Farm on the Rogue

The fact that Rogue river is fast
becoming the Mecca for eastern capt.
talists who are looking for a resi-
dence section was again made evident
Friday when Mrs. Fannie Withing-
ton of Cleveland, Ohio, and Santa
Barbara, CAL, bought 1S4-acre
farm on Rogue river east of Tolo,
which belonged to Benton Bowers of
this city. The price was $4,000
cash.
Mrs Wilmington, who is woman
of considerable means, will build a
handsome residence on the bank of
the Rogue river, where she will
make her home with her daughter,
Mrs. Ruth w. Clemens, and children.
The sale was made by J. E. Mason, a
well-known horse fancier of Califor-
MIA, who will manage the estate for
Mrs Wilmington.
The farm will be planted to alfalfa
and be made stock ranch, with full
blooded Percherons and saddle horses
a speciality. Mrs. Wilmington is an
enthusiastic equestrienne and will
have several full-blooded Kentucky
saddle horses shipped at once to her
new home.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
Matured City
Timber to be Cut

It has been decided by the city au-
thorities that the matured timber on
the recent purchase in the city can
yon will be cut down and made into
wood Most of the councilmen feel
I that 1t would be unwise for the city
to tie up money in the land and let
the timber go to waste when wood
is selling at such good price and
could just as we'll be cut and sold, as
there is much wood on the recent
purchase which could be converted
into money which would go a long
way towards paying off the price
which the city paid for It. BY cut
ting off some of the timber the dan
ger from forest fires could be greatly
diminished. A wise selection OF the
trees which are to be cut down would
also save many of the smaller trees
which are ruined annually when the
large matured trees fall.
It is thought that the council will
take some action in the near future
towards letting bids for the cutting
and hauling of the wood.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
First Check For
Farm Loan Drawn

The first check drawn in the trans.
action of Farm Loan Association bus
mess in the Medford district, and
which is probably the first in Jack
son county, was for the sum of ST.
S96,60, in favor of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Hurley who own a farm in
the vicinity of Medford. The sum
for which application was made was
$4,000, The sum received represents
that amount after the transaction
had been completed. One hundred
dollars worth of stock, which Is nee
essary for the applicant to purchase
as part of the deal, and $3.50 costs
were subtracted from the amount
which was applied for.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hurley were neigh
bors many years ago of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Stockwell of Kansas, to whom
the first Farm Loan Association loan
in the United States was made.
Another unique feature Of the
transaction is that the first applica-
tion was made for the purpose of
purchasing a motor car as a neces-
sary part Of farm equipment, which
shows apparently that the automo-
bile is now a necessary part of mod
ern farm equipment.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
Citizens Asked to f,
Be Fire WardenS

The U. S. Forest Service and the
Jackson County Fire Patrol Associa-
tion are exercising every effort to
prevent and suppress forest fires.
The task is difficult during this ex-
tremely smoky weather and the dan
ger to property is many fold. In
addition to the dense smoke every
where, the forests are dryer than
usual and high winds prevail much
of the time. Sometimes fire gets
several hours start before the regu-
lar lookout or patrolman finds it.
Therefore, in order that the greatest
protection and security may be given
to the main insurance to our water
timbered and brush cov-
cred mountains-it behooves every
good citizen to exercise the greatest
carefulness with fire.
In order that the quickest possible
action may be taken to extinguish
every fire that may start. the request
is made that everyone who can see
over the foothills appoint himself or
herself lookout for fires, and, when
seen. report same at once to the For
est Service office at Medford or to
the regular lookout man in the vi
einity Or, If you run onto small
fire, put it out, then report it.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
Hundred Thousand
Is Spent on Road

December 1, 1916, to August 1,
1917, the state highway commission
has actually expended for administered
tive expenses and surveys and road
work the sum Of $103,621.33, accord
ing to a financial statement prepared
for the commission by Highway En-
gineer Herbert Num- December 4
was the beginning Of the fiscal year.
Administrative expenses have
amounted TO $16,144.30, while an
additional $Sc314.52 has been spent
on automobiles.
The largest expenditure Is shown
In Columbia county, but of a total Of
$23.616.S7, $20,97S Is for work done
by S. Benson in 1915 and 1917.
In Yamhill county, in addition to
the $9,S29.21 spent by the commits
sionI county funds in the sum of ST.
2S369 have been expended for grad
ing and paving near Sheridan.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
Fruit to Soldiers
Leaves Wednesday

The Soldiers Auxiliary met Thurs
day evening at the library. The meet
ing opened by reading the poem on
army life which was written by jeff
Taverner and which appeared In
Thursdays Tidlngs. A report of last
weeks committee shows that II box
es of peaches, two of beans, 90
pounds of butter and a quantity of
tomatoes were sent to the boys of
the 1st company at Fort Stevens.
The committee for this week is
composed Of II. p Holmes and Mes
danes Keller and Silver. A ship
ment of peaches, pears and tomatoes
will be sent. All articles which are
to be sent should be left at Holiness
grocery before Wednesday noon.
Many mothers gave interesting ac-
counts of their sons work. Mrs. G.
j. Brady told of letter which she
received from her son Charley, WELL
known local boy who is now in the
navy. He is now on a cruiser which
recently went through the Isthmus
of Panama and from there to the
coast Of Brazil. One mother gave an
interesting account Of officers re-
view of the troops at Fort Stevens
when 1,4O0 men stood in military
formation.
The Soldiers Auxiliary and the
Honor Guard girls will take care of
all fruit which is going to waste, IL
they are notified.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
Medford Board Buys
Coal For Schools

On the theory that there is an ar
bitrary control of the firewood situa-
tion in Medford and that satisfactory
prices are impossible, the Medford
school board has abandoned its orig
inal plan of purchasing the winter
wood supply in Glendale and has or
dered $50 tons of coal at 1920 ton,
I. o. b. Medford, from the Gales Creek
mines in Washington. The board
wished to keep the money at home,
but Judge W. e. Phipps of the school
board, who had the matter in charge,
decided that 1t would be better to
use coal than submit to holdup
from the wood trust" There is
considerable feeling in Medford
against the methods of wood dealers,
and at a recent council meeting there
was some talk of establishing mu-
nicipal woodward.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
Hurry Road Work
On Highways

Portland Oregonian: Because of
the urgent need of completing rock
work on the Siskiyou mountain grade
of the Pacific Highway and that part
of the McMinnville-T Tillamook road
near Sheridan before the fall rains
set in, the state highway commission
at special meeting in Portland Sat-
urday decided to put into effect, tenn
porarily, ten-hour day on these two
jobs.
However, the basic days work is
to remain eight hours, as at present,
and double time is to be paid the
workmen for the additional two
hours.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
Local Cannery
Starts Today

The Ashland cannery will start IT'S
canning season today. The cannery
has worked at various times during
the past few months, but today the
seasons work starts In earnest and
will not cease until the fruit season
Is over
About forty employees, mostly wom-
en-, are employed in the local cannery
during the busy season, Peaches,
pears and tomatoes form a nucleus
of the products which the local can
merry deals with. These products are
all brought in from the surrounding
territory of the city. About half OF
the cannery's output Is sent to east
ern markets and the rest is sold to
valley merchants for home consump-
ton The management were FORUM
ate in being able to secure $50, 600
cans for this years output, as there
is big demand for tin cans from
canneries in every part of the coun-
try this year.
The cannery drier will start opera
tions this week. This employs about
seven employees and is kept In opera
tion day and night. The drier has a
capacity for two tons Of fruit daily.
The Muir variety Of peach has been
found to be the best variety for dry
ing purposes
Manager M. G. Linlnger has made
a contract for 75 tons of Elberta
peaches with orchards near Talent,
which will be packed and sent from
the Talent packing house.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
Paw For Purchase
From Water Fund

The money for recent city purchase
in Ashland creek canyon, amounting
to $4,000, was taken from the city
water fund, and the city council also
decided to transfer all other debts
incurred in buying land in the can
yon from the general fund to the
water department.
Prior to 1913, all lands purchased
in the watershed and all water rights
were purchased from the water fund
for the water department, During
the years '13, IA and rs there was
purchased lands in the watershed
amounting to $3.50. This amount
was taken from the general fund in
stead of the water fund, although 1t
was necessary for the general fund
to borrow the money from the water
department. At the last meeting Of
the city council 1t was decided to can
Gel this debt and to take the
money for the recent purchase, and
all other land purchases in the water
shed, from the water department.
The city water department is self
sustaining, and by putting the debt
in that department the citizens will
have no added taxes to pay as they
would If the money was taken from
the general fund.
This change puts the land of the
Ashland watershed in the water de-
partment where 1t belongs, as the
land has direct bearing on the city's
water supply.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
Auto Tries to
Climb WOodpile


A slight accident occurred on Gran
ite street Friday afternoon when an
automobile driven by Mrs H. G. East
man tried to mount a woodpile in the
street and, finding 1t impossible,
tipped over and spilled the several
occupants of the car on the street.
The occupants of the auto were
Miss Floy Gamblers, Mrs. H. G. East
man and two children. Mrs. East
man was driving, and moments in
attention at the wheel caused her to
hit the woodpile. The car was being
driven very slow, so that the result
ing spill was not hard one,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
Polls Named For
Women's Registration

So many women last spring signi-
fled Interest and anxiety to do their
bit towards winning the war that
President Wilson endorsed the or
ganization of what is now a national
movement and is known as the Wom-
ans Committee of the United States
Council Of National Defense. Dr..
Anna Shaw is chairman, and each
state and territory is organized now,
with a state chairman in charge.
oregon's chairman is Mrs. Charles
H. Castner Of Hood River.
The woman's National Defense
Club OF Ashland met in the library
last Saturday at 8 p. m. to perfect
plans for registration of all girls and
women 16 years of age and over.
The governor issued the proclama-
tion for Saturday, September Is, as
registration day Places for register
ing are as follows: Junior high
school, town hall, polling place on
Fourth street. Hawthorne school and
high school. Hours, s to 6 o'clock.
1t was decided to ask the Honor
Guard girls to assist in placing the
registration cards at the homes and
to help on registration day. Bring
your registration card with you, as
the government has not supplied two
for each one.
Those living in the rural districts
register at their school houses:
Belleview-Mrs. Fred Homes and
Miss Florence Query.
Wagner Springs-Mrs. F. H. Eli
oft.
Upper Soda Springs-Mrs. D. W.
Davis.
Neil Creek-Mrs. Geiger and Mrs.
Barrett have been chosen to take
charge Of the work.
The government has instructed its
employees to give all assistance free
of charge, SO in the rural boxes regis
tration cards will be sent all. Fuller
will be given in next is
sue.
DR. Anna Shawl chairman Of the
Woman's Committee of the United
States Council of National Defense,
issues the following message:
mo member of any organization
Of women need fear that by cooper
ating with the Woman's Committee
at Washington their organization
will lose its identity. The commit
tee does not wish to destroy or to
hamper any good work now being
lone by women's organizations; 1t Is
.rying instead to stimulate and en-
arge such work.
Every organization of women,
whatever Its peace-time aims and
purposes is potential force in war.
Do not disband or give up your mem
)ership In club Just because its
,eace-tlme program does not fit in
With war work. Is your club study
ng Greek culture? Make food value
'our study. Are you playing cards
It your meetings? Then turn your
elves into canning club. Has your
ewing society abandoned meetings
or the summer? Get together and
ew for the Red Cross.
"The key to success in modern war
) teamwork and organization. Let
% organization of which you are I
member fail to exert its forces for I
be war" II
"-..ss --h-rr---
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10

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