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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
Plans Protection
For Yellow Pine

Forest Examiner A. J. Jaenicke of
the Portland office of the q. S. For
est Service is in this city comforting
with J. NJ. Miller of the local office
of the Bureau of Entomology in re-
gard to plans for the future protec-
tion of the government-owned yellow
pine in this state against the depreda-
tions of the western pine beetle.
The forest insect field station in
this city, of which Mr. Miller is in
charge, is carefully investigating
methods of controlling losses of tim
her from bark-beet1e attacks. The
control methods devised as result
of these studies are put in practice
on those portions of the national for
ests of Oregon and California where
the activity of these small tree de-
stroyers are menace to green yellow
pine timber.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15

and the o. e. s. also served a splen-
did luncheon to the team workers
Tuesday noon. The B. P. o. E., al
ways to the front in all good work,
furnished its assembly room for the
Sunday evening meeting and its ban
quet room for the lunch. The local
papers and our high school people
are cordially thanked for help in the
publicity work. Later an itemized
statement will be furnished the pa
pers that the public may be informed
as 10 actual results.
F. v. CARTER, Chairman;
MRS. A. II. PRACHT,
THOS. H, SIMPSON,
REV. P. X. HAMMOND,
L. A. NEIL,
Executive Committee.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
School Population
Increased by Two

The 1917 census for the Ashland
schools was taken last week by Fl. r..
Pohland and c. H. Gillette. The
enumerators found in school district
No. 5, which comprises the entire
schools of Ashland, SAT males and
637 females between the ages of four
and twenty years. A total Of 1924
children of school age were enumer-
ated in the district, as against 1882
last year. OF these 625 we're males
and est females.
The net gain in school population
over last year is two, while this year
there are ten more boys than girls,
the latter leading last year by 80.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15

alarmed and earnestly caution the
housewives Of the city. It is desired
that If future damaged jars are found
they will be reported to Superintend-
ent o. C. Brown or County Agricul-
tural Agent c. ]. Hurd, who viii take
the matter up with the federal au-
thofities because of the fact that 1t is
thought possible that German work.
men in the jar factories have been
doing underhanded work, retarding
the food conservation movement by
damaging the fruit Jars"
Whether or not the supposition is
correct, the loss Of canned goods in
this community alone has been con-
siderable this year, and the matter Is
worth investigating.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
Yakima Curi0S
Go to New York

An article of much interest to
many people of Ashland recently ap-
peared in North Yakima newspaper,
which is as follows:
"With the assurance that his coll
lection of Yakima Indian baskets and
curios, which he has been accumulat-
ing for the last 30 years, will be kept
intact as part Of the art exhibit Of
the Tiffany Art Museum of New
York, Major Jay Lynch has sold his,
collection to the head of the Tiffany
tjewelry firm for the sum of SIS, 900.
"Major Lynch's collection, which
has been admired greatly by all who
have seen it, is probably the best sim
gle collection OF Yakima Indian work
in the country. It has been acquired,
piece by piece, as the opportunity Of
fered, and during his early days as
Indian agent at Fort Simcoe Major
Lynch had exceptional opportunities
to acquire Indian workmanship of the
finest and rarest type, There are, in
the collection, several hundred bas-
kets Of different types and weaves.
There are also Indian festival gar
ments and Indian utensils"
Major and Mrs. Lynch are well
known in Ashland, The latter is the
youngest sister of c, b, Watson oe
this city and has visited her brother,
here many times and has made many
acquaintance.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15

On Wednesday evening, November
H. the Senior high school reported
sos, the Junior high school $40 and
the Hawthorne school $S, making a
total of 1853. The quota assigned
to the schools of Ashland, led by
the Senior high school, was $3.50.
The boys and girls caught the spirit
of the occasion and, like the grown
ups, easily met the apportiohment
given them by the state committee.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15

That the address made by Earl @.
Hannah, the returned soldier from
the front, at the Elks' Temple, bore
fruit was evidenced by the enthusi-
asm with which the captains of solici-
tation and their assistants were met
when they started on their drive early
Monday morning. After a roundup
at the Red Cross rooms to receive
their final instructions the men scat
tered throughout the city with as
much zeal as attended their efforts
on the first drive that struck the
country at the beginning of the war,
and the response that met their eff
forts was equally encouraging. BY
noon the first thousand dollars had
been subscribed, and nightfall
bgpeht the tired solicitors home with
the comfortable tidings that 1900
of the allotted $1,70O had been Sc
cured.
The soliciting ceased with Tuesday
evening when it was found that more
than the minimum quota had already
been secured. 1t was not the inten-
tion of the team 10 over-subscribe as
extensively as in drives heretofore,
as many give ar much as they feel
equal to on the asking, then are un-
able to donate further on second
subscription. Whatever sum remains
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
Deficient Jars
Destroy Fruit

Much trouble has been experienced
among the Ashland housewives about
their canned goods spelling during
the recent canning season. At a
meeting Of the Civic Improvement
Club held several weeks ago, this
QUESTION came up and was thoroughly
discussed, when 1t was discovered
that the same trouble was expert
enced by many members present
that their fruit was not keeping"
this year. Many women, who had
purchased new jars and new covers,
complained Of the same affliction,
which at this season Of conservation
is working a real hardship among the
thrifty housewives, who have made
an unusual effort this year to con-
serve as much fruit and vegetables
as possible.
That the same complaint is made
in other sections than Ashland is test
flied by the following which appeared
in recent Roseburg paper:
From reports received from vari-
Gus housewives in the city today it
is understood that certain make of
Jars which have been used quite ex-
tensively for the canning of fruit and
vegetables are found to contain small
i1les, insufficient to allow the con-
tents to run out, but allowing the air
TO reach the inside OF the jar, re-
sulting in fermented fruit and vegeta-
hles. The damage has been consider
able. and unless some course is taken
Ito stop the sale of the jars in the city.
several hundred dollars worth of
conserved food will have been de-
stroyed, much loss having already re-
suited.
"On several occasions heretofore
the holes were discovered in the jars,
but nothing unusual was thought Of
the occurrence. However, the county
agricultural officials are becoming
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
Nine Million Men Are Placed
In Registered Draft Today

no deferred classification is claimed
or made.
All registrants not included in any
other division in this schedule.
Glass III.
(a) Married man with children or
father of motherless children where
such wife or children. or such moth
erless children, are not mainly de-
pendent on his labor fol support, for
the reason that there are other reas-
onably certain sources Of adequate
support (excluding earnings or possi-
BILE earnings from the labor Of the
wife), available, and that the re-
moval of the registrant will not de-
prive such dependents Of support.
OBJ Married man without chill
dren, whose wife, although the regis
trant, is engaged in a useful occupa-
tion. is not mainly dependent upon
his labor for support, for the reason
that the wife Is skilled In some spec
ial class Of work which she Is ply
ically able to perform. and in which
she is employed, or in which there Is
an immediate opening for her under
conditions that will enable her to
support herself decently and without
suffering or hardship.
, (c) Necessary skilled farm labor
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
Must Have License
To Use Explosives

From and after November 16 Il is
unlawful for any person to handle,
sell or give any dynamite, or other
e xpfosive, except rifle and shotgun
without first getting a govern
m'ent license so to do. County Clerk
Gardner has authorized the follow
ing persons in Jackson county to is
sue such licenses; Ashland. ]. B.
Winner; Talent, e. B. Adamson;
NJ l.. Afford; Central Point,
J. w. Jacobs; Gold Hill, w. w.
Truax; Rogue River, Don F. Wilson;
Eagle Point, J. v. McIntire, to whom
application should be made by dealers
for license to handle explosives. The
penalty is heavy for failure to take
out license.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
Large Sums Spent
On State Highway

Approximately $54S,000 has been
expended between December 1, 1916,
and November 1, 1917, by the state
highway department. The bills for
October are not all in, but when COM
pleted 1t is estimated they will make
a total of $225,OO0. Up to Septem-
ber 30 the total expenditure was
$31TS4S.2S. OF this amount $42.-
417.92 was for administration. For
equipment $S5,S96.77 was expended.
The remainder was chiefly spent in
surveys and construction work in the
various counties, of which Jackson
county's share was sS6,74s,SS.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
Minimum Y. M. c. A. Army
Fund Is Raised In Two Days

over the exact minimum will be held
for the next call in July. Up to date
the subscriptions total $1,S40 for
Ashland, $170 for Phoenix, and Tai
ent yet to be heard from. This with
the amounts raised by the schools and
railroads will raise the total to
50, 1000 subscribed in the city.
The needs of the inner man were
looked after each day the soliciting
committee were on the firing line by
individuals and societies. A lunch
con was served them Monday at the
Hotel Austin by the executive com
mittee, at which Congressman Haw-
ley was present and made brief talk
Of encouragement and congratulation
Tuesday noon a Hoover luncheon met
the band at the Elks' dining room,
served by the members of the Eastern
Star.
While some discouraging reports
were made of the manner in which
the soliciting committee was received,
1t was generally conceded that Ash
land gave to this fund literally and
willingly. Few who we're considered
able to donate failed to do so. The
majority of cases where contribu-
tions failed to be made were among
those who had gwen for the other
drives as much as they felt they could
afford under present conditions.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
Commercial Club
Has Fine Meeting

Monday night the annual meeting
Of the Commercial Club was the larg-
est attended and most interesting
meeting Of the year. 1t was the an
nual election date. F. D. Wagner
was elected president, Clark Bush
vice-president and Fred Engle treas
urer. The six directors whose tenure
expired were unanimously extended
for another year.
Secretary Shinn read an interest
ing report covering the activities Of
the club for the past year, and many
were surprised at the accomplish
ments.
A unanimous vote of thanks was
rendered retiring President Jordan
for his untiring efforts.
Irving E. Vining delivered an in
teresting address on the advantages
of cultivating business relations with
Klamath Falls and southeast Oregon,
showing the tremendous demand
there for our fruits and vegetables
and listing the commodities raised
there which we need. He advocated
building a hard-surfaced road be-
tween Ashland and klamath Falls,
assuring his hearers that the profit
derived from the increased trade be-
tween these communities would pay
for the road in three years. He sug.
gested the visitation of the Klamath
Falls club by the Ashland club with
the view Of coming to some under.
standing on the building of such al
autotruck road.
Messrs. Loveiand and STRICKLAND
sang some petriotic songs and wer,
called back by the enthusiastic audi
ence again and again.
Dick Posey delivered one OF hi
characteristic poems. It was origi
MAJ the subject WIS local, and wa
received with roars of applause.
The band supplied splendid musi
fUT' the occasion. The band has de
veloped marvelously lately. Ashlan
= now has high-cfass band. A unan
fmous vote OF thanks was tendere
pthe band for the splendid music SUI
lplied grauo1tously on many occasion
.auring tta past year, 80
Fortuna1ely W. G. Hawley was
Fthe city and available for the occa
hsion with an address on the cause
for the war and the necessity for tn
United States to enter the struggle
He talked by the cards. He rs fres
from Washington, where he was i
touch with every move and the cause
leading up to them. His address wa
mastery, edifying and eloquent, an,
I left not a hearer in doubt as to tn
! wisdom of the United States goini
into the war. It is unfortunate tha
( his presence was not known sooner
that his address might have been ad
vertised widely. Every citizen SHOULD
l..
! have heard it. Those present wen
away with firm determination t
stand behind the government and oul
soldier boys to the last ditch.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15

Washington, Nov. 14.-The five
classes into which nine million men
registered for military duty-and
those who are registered hereafter
are divided and the order in which
they will be called for service were
officially announced today in the pro-
vost marshal generals QUESTIONABLE
which every registered man must fill
out and file. The five official classi-
fications of registrants follows:
Glass I.
(a) Single men without depend
ent relatives.
(b) Married men with or without
children, or father Of motherless
children who has habitually failed to
support his family.
(c) Married man dependent on
wife for support.
(d) Married man with or without
children, or father of motherless chill
dren; man not usefully engaged, fam
lily supported by income independent
Of his labor.
(e) Unskilled farm labor.
(f) Unskilled industrial labor.
Registrant by or in respect OF
whom no deferred classification is
claimed or made.
Registrant who fails to submit
nnestinnnaire and In resnect Of whom
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
Late Hoover Drive
Was Huge Success

That the Hoover drive was an un-
qualified success is demonstrated by
the fact that. 95.7 per cent of all the
families of Jackson county signed
the pledge cards, and 4,071 out of
4,259 solicited have designated their
willingness to aid in the conservation
of food, is the report issued by Prof.
G. w. Ager, superintendent of the
Jackson county schools.
Fifteen school districts report
every family having complied with
the request Of the Federal Food Ad-
ministration. The following list in
cludes those communities making
100 per cent:
District 13, Climax, Miss Helen
Dickerson teacher.
District 21, Missouri Flat, Thomas
Winer teacher.
District 3S, Siskiyou, Mrs. Maude
Creeks teacher.
District 4S, Savage Creek, Mrs.
Laura Atkins teacher.
District 81, Liberty, G. Vernon
Blue teacher.
District SO, Crater Lake, Miss Viola
Hogan, teacher.
District 54, Dead Indian, Miss Elna
Bailey teacher.
District 81, Calls Creek, Miss
Maude Miller teacher
District 62, Pine Grove, Miss Alice
E. Chandler teacher.
District 65, Butte Creek, Miss
Helen Moore teacher.
District 66, Laurelhurst, Miss
Frances Aiken teacher.
District 70, Anderson Creek, Miss
Leila Eaton. teacher.
District IA, Elk Creek school, Mis-
Clara SRryman teacher.
District rs, Black Oak school, Mis-
Mabel Reeves teacher.
District 81, Buncom, Mrs. Mabe
D. Hall teacher.
Other districts do EXCEPTIONAL.
we'll Union Town, Provolt, Sterlint
and Reese Creek each lack one o
having all families enlisted. TIL,
Dardanelles. reported at the bottom
OF the list last week, took a decided
forward step under the excellen
management of Miss Ruth Lu1l, an,
now ranks we'll to the front. Supt
George A. Briscoe reports 80 to 10t
per cent for the city of Ashland
Much credit is due local pledge cart
workers, especially the teachers il
the rural sections upon whose shoul
ders rested almost the entire man
agement Of the Pledge Card cam
paign.
The percentage for Jackson county
should be considerably raised wher
the final reports come in from sew
eral districts which have delayed
their final reports in order TO give
everyone an opportunity to sign.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
Will Make Future
Homes in the East

Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Terrence and
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. King, all Of
Hit, were visiting the ladies' father,
L. A. Neil, in Ashland a few days the
fore part Of the week. This morn
ing they left for the east, where they
will locate. Mr., Terrence will go to
Springfield, Mass, where he will fill
a position as expert accountant, and
Mr.. King will be located as "a mechan-
ical engineer in Newark, N. ].
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15

Standardization of bread loaves
and prices viii begin December 10,
according to a late dispatch from
Washington, when a proclamation is
sued by President Wilson will put all
bakeries under government license.
II is thought the prices will be forced
down to Z or s cents, not by govern
ment compulsion, but through compe-
tition and simplification of distribu-
tion. One, one and one-half, two and
four-pound loaves are contemplated.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
Retailing At Less Than
Present
Wholesale
Cost
That's What | Am Doing
Every Day

am giving my customers the ben
Eefit of a 80 per cent saving under a
wear ago wholesale price. 1t is from
SO to so per cent under present high
wholesale cost.
NY stock is the largest in Southern
Oregon. Every article selected with
an idea of quality and value.
have a full line of Jewelry and
Toilet articles. Stock ranges from a
$3.50 Diamond to scent Collar But
ton.
QUALITY, SERVICE. PRICE
COME IN ANDSLOoK
il Fl
O. H. JOHNSON
The Jeweler Who Buys to Save
Money for His Customers
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15

A dearth Of chestnuts is reported
this fall but it hasn't been noticed at
the musical comedies.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15

Phone Job orders to the Tidingu.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15

Continued on Page Eight, =,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
Ashland Mills
Price List

49 ID. sack Ashland Butte
fiOui G.8U
40 lb. sack Crown Patent Flour 200
49 lb. sack Cupid Best (hard
WHedJJ .............. 300
20 lb. sack Whole Wheat Flour 1.75
8 lb. sack Graham Flour. -. go
8 lb. sack New Cornmeal. -. go
s lb. sack Germea. ........ 90
8 Id. sack Cream of Oats. -. go
Gluten Flour, per lb. ....... .O6
Table Bran (equal to Ralston
whole wheat, per pound. =. .O4
70 lb. sack Egg Mash. ..... 400
so ID. sack Mill Feed. $500. 1.26
Rolled Barley, per sack. 80. 1.7B
Rolled Barley, per ton. ..... B2.OO
Feed Wheat, per 100. ...... $50
Compare these prices with others.
then come here and save money.
Farmers bring your own wheat
here and have it ground, thereby get
ting your flour at wholesale cost.
Ashland Mills
Cash on Delivery
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-04-27

of the world at large, must rely more
completely than ever before upon the
American farmer. Therefore, the
man who ti1ls the soil is rendering
as noble and patriotic a service as is
is man who bears the brunt of bat
tie.
Increase the Food Supply.
The food supply should be in
creased by the following means: In
creasing the acreage of spring wheat,
oats, barley, buckwheat, potatoes,
and beans; by the planting of gar
dens in city, town, and country so
that every family may have enough
vegetables for use during the sum-
mer and a surplus to a for winter
use; increasing milk production one
fourth by better feeding methods;
substantially increasing pork produc-
ton by more extensive use of fall
filters, better care ana feeding; dou-
bling the poultry products by doub-
ling the number of chickens usually
Matched; preventing loss of farm
animals by increasing state and fed
eral veterinary services; preventing
loss of crops by prompt and efficient
control OF insect pests and plant dis
eases and the treating and testing of
seed before planting.
Mobilizing Farm Labor.
The committees report on farm
labor is of special interest. 1t pro-
tests against the enlistment of men
from the farms for service at the
front and advocates enlistment of an
army for agricultural purposes. such
enlistment to be regarded as part OF
the public patriotic service and to be
given proper official recognition,
This enlistment should include three
classes: Men beyond military age,
men of military age but not accepted
for active military duty; and boys
between the ages of Is and 10. 1t is
pointed out that there r more taan
ten million of this latter class in
towns and cities not now engaged in
productive work.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-04-27
THE CALI OF THE LAST
WEST,

Anaconda Copper Mining Com
pany's Western Montana logged
off lands; x cellent opportunity to
purchase direct from the company
without promotion or commission
charges; low-price agricultural
land; 10 yearly payments. Values
fixed by ex perienced appraisers.
Our holdings cover a country OF
unparalleled fertility, salubrious
climate, ample moisture, rapid
growing seasons, beautiful noun
tain scenery, railway transporta-
ton, telephone, telegraph, good
schools, in the near future electric
light and power, and many other
advantages which combine to
make it the finest and richest sec
ton in which to live and work in
the entire Northwest. Address
LAND DEVEL-
OPMENT CO., DRAWER 1870.
MISSOULA, MONT.
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Thirteen old line companies writ
ing hail insurance withdrew from the
Montana field as a result of losses
sustained last season, according to
c. A. Rinehart, president of the
Ranchers' Hail and Fire Insurance
company, who states that his COM
pany wrote nearly $75O,0O0 in hail
policies during the 1915 season and
came through without a scratch.
At the beginning of this year there
we're 70 policy holders in the Ranch
ers' company, and a campaign is be-
ing pushed briskly to get 5000 mem
bers before the first hail hits the
grain fields this year.
'The Ranchers' is strictly a mu-
tual company" said Mr.. Rinehart,
'and in order to extend our mem
bership to all parts of the state we
demand only a small fee for enroll
ing a member. Once a farmer is a
member of the company he receives
the benefits by paying only the &C
tual assessments, and an annual
membership fee of 81.
"Our bylaws provide that the as
sessment shall not be more than
eight pei cent. One can realize how
reasonable this is when it is remem-
bered that last years hail caused the
old line companies which remained