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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
FRUIT and FARm

near poultry runs, has been recently
employed by Mrs. Grace Clemons, a
Kansas gardener She covered the
tomato vines entirely with hay or
stray that had little value for feed
ing. The hay or straw covering was
applied loosely and the tomatoes were
found to ripen perfectly under the
covering. The hay covering was lift
ed from each tomato plant when the
fruit was gathered two or three times
week, and then Immediately re-
placed.
This experience of Mrs. Clemons
suggests a similar plan of saving to-
matoes from frost when the fruit is
late in ripening. A few loads of
weather-beaten hay or the remains of
a strawstack may help to save a lot
of valuable tomatoes by following out
Mrs. Clemons' recommendations, and
the roughage afterward, when plowed
under, will be of double use as a soil
improver.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
Cafeteria System is
Installed in NAVY

Washington, Sept. 22.-The boy
who clerked in bank and grabbed
his MONDAY lunch in "walk-around-
and-get-it" cafeteria won't be lone
some when he joins the navy.
Yes, sir, the grab-it-and-scoot joint
has been established aboard the big
battlers of the U. S. navy. 1t is one
of the two new methods devolved for
the serving of food aboard naval YES
sells, to save time, money and food.
"Under the old SYSTEM" said an
official statement by the navy de-
partment, "the messmen for each
mess unit carried the food to tables
in platters and tureens and dished out
the several items on each mans plate
some time before the men were piped
down
"They arrived to find the food cold
and their plates piled with regard
to mathematical exactitude rather
than preference Of the palate.
"The cafeteria and food container
systems permit each man to eat what
he likes and as much as he needs"
At the cafeterias between decks
aboard the U. S. S. New York, black
boards hang above the counters show
ing the bill-of-fare, and also indicat-
ing what dishes man should pick
up on his way, for each item. The
men choose what they want, then
carry their trays to the mess tables,
which have been set with cups,
knives, forks, spoons, syrup, pre-
serves and condiments.
In the food-container system, par
ticularly adapted to small vessels of
the older type, instead of the men
forming in line, each carrying a tray,
the food is brought to the table in
serving pans, pots and trays and the
men help themselves.
The new systems were worked
out by Paymaster R. Venable of the
U. S. S. New York.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
War Puts Crimp
In College Football

Wars threatened crimp in football
is being Strengthened more and more
as the days become shorter, and
there's crispness in the air."
This is particularly true on the Pa
cific coast. as the colleges are prepar-
ing to open and where football scouts
have been seeking material among
the young men not called in the Sc
lective draft.
At the University of California, in
Berkeley, Coach Andy Smith and his
assistant, Gus Zeigler, are already on
the job. The task of welding an eff
cient football machine out of almost
raw material because of the war has
already started. Walter Gordon, star
tackle, is among those who have re-
ported for practice. Gordon's name
is in the selective draft, but well down
the list, so it is believed he may be
in the game this year.
High schools in the San Francisco
bay district have already ushered in
rugby, but it will be well into October
before Stanford University starts the
ball rolling.
Hugo Bezdek, now manager of the
Pittsburg National baseball team, has
asserted that he will not give up col
lege athletics and has assured Oregon
football fans that he will be with them
this fall Bezdek will have to con-
struct brand new team for the Uni
versity of Oregon, as all his men of
last season are now in various
branches of the United States fight
ing service.
Virtually the. same task confronts
Claude j. Hunt, who is to handle the
destinies of the University of Wash
ington football eleven.
The Oregon "Aggies" are expected
to be one of the strongest football
teams on the coast this season, as sew
eral of last years stars are planning
to return to college.
At the Washington State College
only two or possibly three of last
years regulars are expected to return
this fall.
The Multnomah Amateur Athletic
Club in Portland is to have a team
this year, but its personnel has not
yet been announced
Dean Cromwell, coach at the Uni
versity of Southern California, who
has been at his home in the north
west, is expected to return to his
work soon. Like other coaches
Throughout the country, Cromwell
will have to pick his men from new
material. Frank Malette, captain
and quarterback last season, has sent
word to Cromwell that he will be In
the game again this year.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
The "Canny" Housewife.

What becomes of the cleft overs"
from the table after each meal?
American consumers are said to waste
as much as they consume. Are you
guilty? Send to your congressman
for Farm Bulletin No. sos, touching
this matter.
Make your hoe this summer keep
your can opener busy next winter.
You can boast of your garden all
winter if you have canned evidences
on the dinner table,
The latest popular song is, "Can
the Kaiser" but more practical slo-
gan would be Can the Surplus"
Get ready for the canning now
Regrets are the only things ever
canned in jars you forgot to order.
Really there is nothing to canning
fruit and vegetables except care,
cleanliness, fresh products, jars and
heat.
You put the lid" on waste every
time you seal preserving jar. Don't
have an empty can left in the house
next fall.
That rubber ring you put on a pre-
serving jar helps you to stretch your
income. no matter whether you are a
producer in the country or consum-
er in the city.
We Americans have been in the
habit of importing $4,000, 900 worth
of fruits annually. Why not can or
preserve any surplus we might have
now, and save much of this enor-
nous outlay later on?
President Wilson, Secretary Hous.
ton, Herbert c. Hoover and others are
urgent in their appeal to the house.
wives Of the land, asking that they
inaugurate a campaign of canning
preserving, pickling and drying as 9
war measure. Such advice is good
at any time and unusually so today
Get the new Farm Bulletin No. S39
which deals with the whole matter
and enlist in the army of food con
servation now.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
Is Your Car
A Popular Make

Automobile owners will be inter-
ested in knowing how the various
makes of cars range in popularity in
Oregon. 1t must be remembered that
the number of a certain kind of car
sold in this state may depend upon
the strength and energy of the selling
organization, and also that several
makes Of cars have been unable to
supply the demand. Furthermore,
the most popular car in Oregon may
be quite otherwise in other states.
Those cars Of which there are
more than 500 registered with the
secretary of state September 1, 1917,
are as follows: Ford 16,149, Over
land 1886, Buick 3,O59, Studebaker
3,01S, Maxwell 2,16O, Dodge 2,121,
Chevrolet 1,744, Cadillac 1,O24, REQ
9S6, Chalmers 81.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
Want $3.50 For War
Library This Week
(Contlnued from Page One.l

the national committee that the fund
will be a success.
Salem is centering its campaign on
this week and in addition is making
a display at the state fair for the
fund. Judge McGinn will make pa
triotic address at the fair for the
fund.
Marshfield will hold dance and
has made other plans to more than
clear off its quota.
In Portland, in addition to the big
business campaign down town, every
branch library has organized its dis
trict thoroughly.
At Eugene they say they will raise
easily their $1,000 quota.
Up to date, 2O4 cities and towns in
Oregon have organized completely
and have announced their entire VIII
lingness to get behind the fund.
A dollar subscribed to the fund
will:
1. Buy book and maintain It for
three years.
2. Pay part of the cost of the go
central library buildings.
3. Pay its part of librarians sal
aries and equipment of buildings.
Even in peace times dollar never
did so much. It is only because
every author has waived his royalties
and every publisher~his profits, also
because the campaign does not cost
a cent, all expenses having been pri-
vately subscribed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
Recreation Provided
For National Army

Washington, Sept. 19.-The big.
gest recreational program ever staged
in America, a continuous performance
to last for the duration of the war,
with an annual supporting fund of at
least $4,000. 900, started today at
the sixteen national army canton
ments. The countrys best theatrical
talent has been mobilized, under the
direction of Mark Klaw, to give free
entertainments for the soldiers.
The government activities were or
ganized by the commission on train
ing camp activities appointed by Sec
retary Baker, with Raymond B. Fos-
dick as chairman.
} Libraries Promised.
Cooperation of the largest recre-
ational educational and social serv:
ice organizations in the country has
been obtained. They include the Y.
M. c. A., which has appropriated $4,-
100000; the Knights of Columbus,
who have raised 100000; the Play
ground and Recrational Association
of America, which is to provide libra
ries in the cantonments from a fund
of 81 100000 For a canteen service
in the camps, a fund of $1,500,00O
has been set aside
The Y. M. G. A. has arranged for a
hostess house in each cantonment
with Miss Catherine Scott of the Ma
tional Council of the Y. w. c. A. di-
recting the work.
Entertainment Provided.
Lee F. Hammer, formerly of the
recreation division of the Russell
Sage foundation, is in general charge
of the organization of camp libraries
and theatricals. Song leaders chosen
on account of experience in college
glee clubs or as cheer leaders have
been appointed in each camp.
Joseph Lee, president of the Play
ground and Recreation Association OF
America, has organized the entertain
ment activities in communities sur
roundino tbe camns The assistance
of churches, societies, clubs, fraterni-
ties and community organizations has
been obtained.
Sixteen big theatres are now being
completed and thirty-two large circus
tents are already up at the national
army and national guard canton
ments.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
Missionary Notice.

DR.. Maud Allen, the first medical
missionary sent from Portland to for
eign fields, will be in the city on
Tuesday September 25. At 2:9O p
m. she will address meeting in the
Presbyterian church. and most cor
dial invitation is extended to every
one Interested in missionary work ia
come and hear her. It will be worth
while.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
Forest BattalionS
Are Authorized

Ine IOrmdUlOH Ol SeCoHu loreSI
regiment comprising ten battalions
and composed of lumbermen and
woodsworkers, who will go to France
and get out of the forests materials
for the use of the American, French
and British armies, has just been au-
thorized by the War Department.
Two battalions are to be raised at
once with the active aid of the forest
service of the Department of Agri-
culture. 1t is expected that the re-
naming eight battalions will be
called for in a short time. Nine
Service" battalions, made up of Ia
borers who will be used in connec-
tion with the forest regiment, have
also been authorized and two battal-
ions have been ordered raised at once.
| In order to provide for future con-
tingencies 1t has been decided to com
mission at the present time enough
officers for other battalions yet to be
raised. Those men not needed now
will be placed on the reserve, and will
be called as the other units are form
ed. According to the present plan,
80 per cent of the officers will be
sawmill and logging operators, 25
per cent will be technical foresters,
and 25 per cent will be men with
military training. A number of the
graduates of the engineer camps have
been selected for service with the new
units.
A considerable number of captains
and lieutenants are to be selected in
the immediate future, The minimum
age limit for commissioned officers
has been set at 81.
A first regiment Of woodmen
numbering about 200 men and des-
ignated as the 10th engineers (for-
est has already been recruited and
assembled and is now being trained
at American University, District of
Columbia. This regiment was raised
at the request of the British govern
ment to undertake the production in
France of crossfies, bridge, trench
and construction timbers, mine props,
lumber. and other forms of wood re-
quired in connection with its mill
tary operations The landing of the
American expeditionary forces has
made necessary similar provision for
their needs, while the French mill
tary authorities have indicated that
some of the work incidental to their
operations might be taken over by
woodsmen from this country. De-
cision to raise the new and much
larger force has followed a study of
the field of possible usefulness to the
allied cause made by American for
esters attached to General Pershing's
staff.
Each of the ten battalions Of the
second regiment will comprise three
companies of $50 men each, and will
be under the command Of its own
major.
The regiment will be made up Of
volunteers. Applicants must be
white and between the ages Of 1 s and
40, Skilled lumberjacks, portable
mill operators, tie cutters, logging
teamsters, camp cooks, millwrights
and charcoal burners are among the
classes Of men desired.
For the Service" battalions both
negro and white laborers will be en-
listed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
Care Of Seed Corn is Very Important

Care of Seed Corn is Very Important
In view of the fact that Jackson
county farmers are turning to corn
for ensilage as we'll as for feeding
dry, the following from the United
States Department of Agriculture Will
be read with interest:
"The same day that seed corn is
gathered from standing stalks as they
grow in the field the husked ears
should be put in dry place where
there is free circulation of air, and
so placed that the ears do not touch
one another.
"This is the only safe way, accord
ing to the United States Department
of Agriculture, which says that much
good seed corn will not be bettered
by thorough drying treatment. II
corn is left in the husk it may sprout
or mildew during warm weather, and
it is more likely to become infested
with weevils.
"The vitality of seed may be re-
duced by leaving it in sack or in a
pile for even day after 1t has been
gathered. During warm fall days,
with some moisture in the cobs and
kernels. the ears heat or mildew in a
remarkably short time.
"The best and cheapest treatment
Immediately after the ears are gath
cred and husked is to tie the ears
singly on binder twine at about eight
inch intervals, the twine being looped
about the middle of the ears so that
they hang balanced and horizontal.
Ordinary binder twine is strong
enough to support from Is to 20 ears.
"Wire racks are cheaper in the
long and more convenient A good
form is made from welded or woven
wire fencing, the upright wires being
used as the hangers, and the lateral |
wires cut off and bent upward being
used as supports for the individual
ears. The lateral wires, about three
inches long on either side of the main !
upright, are thrust into the butt end
of the cob. These racks will last |
many years and are easily stored
when not in use. In use, with the |
corn upon them, they have somewhat
the appearance OF giant fern fronds.
The central wire is the midrib Of the
leaf and the ears Of corn stand out
on each side like the fern leaflets, or
like leaflets on locust tree.
Wooden seed racks, in which the
ears are stored in rows on separate
shelves, are convenient dryers and
have no drawbacks in a dry, breezy
place, although the air can not circu-
late freely on all sides and dampness
may be held where the row of kernels
rests on the wood
"Only during unusually damp
weather at seed-gathering time will
a fire be necessary to help the. dry
ing. Yet if heat is applied in a poorly
ventilated place 1t will do more harm
than good. If used, the fire should
he slow and long continued It should
be below the ears with plenty Of good
ventilation above them"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24

The question is asked, What has
become of the boy who used to raid
his neighbors' fruit orchards? Well,
some of them about now are hiding
in their own little gardens with a
supply Of three-cornered rocks In
tended for the neighbors' boys who
are suspected Of thieving.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24

The people who postponed buying
Liberty bonds last spring because
another issue was coming out in the
fall won't probably buy the new lot
now, as there will be some more next
spring.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24

Simple lines and color are said to
characterize women's dress this fall,
but there is nothing particularly sim
pie about paying the bill.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24

Chinese soldiers in the recent rev.
olution fired 100000 shots and
only killed 80 people. That sounds
much like the city sportsmen out for
the deer season.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24

Those young men who went on the
farms to escape the chance Of being
drafted for the army are now so i'm
proved in health that none of them
can get exempted.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24

The neutrals argue that positively
they aren't shipping anything to the
Germans, and anyway they have to
ship them or get wiped out,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
Classified Advertisements
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

FOR SALE-Golden cling peaches.
Jas. H. Doran, phone 419-Y.
36-4t*
BOX FACTORY MEN WANTED
Two cut-offs at 81, per day 25c
bonus to January 1 helpers SO per
day and up. Board 75c day. Algo-
ma Lumber Co., Algoma, Ore.
36-1mo%
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF AD-
MINISTRATOR AND TO PRE-
SENT CLAIMS.-In County Court,
Jackson County, Oregon.
Estate of Rosanah Powell, de-
ceased.
The undersigned has been duly
appointed Administrator of said es-
tate. Anyone having claim
against said estate is required to
present the same, duly verified, at
the Billings office, Ashland, Ore,
within six months from the first
publication hereof, which is Sep
tember "a, 1917.
T. L. POWELL,
36-5t-Thur. Administrator.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24

FOR SALE-Garage, doing a good
business. On main Pacific High
way; best location in city. Cheap
for cash, quick. Don't answer un-
less you mean business. Address
Box 2, Ashland, Ore. 36-1mo.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24

FOR RENT-Three continuous
rooms, completely furnished, with
sleeping porch, gas range, wood
range and heater. Light and wa
ter furnished. One block out from
business section on Pacific High
way. Mrs. S. ]. Irwin, 156 North
Main. Phone 347-R 36-1t*
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24

How to Save Ripening Tomatoes.
A successful means Of saving to-
anatoes when ripening, when located
The Benson signal., 1917-04-14
The Road Bond Issue

J. N, Gaines, Secretary of the
Cochise Tax Payers Association,
has informed the Prospector that
the Taxpayers Association of the
county have decided to get in be-
hind a bond issue which will be
pushed up and presented to the
taxpayers of Cochise county as soon
as possible under the new law
known as House Bill IT'S, which
provides for the building OF county
roads under a special highway COM
mission This proposed plan will
complete permanent road from
the New Mexico line near Rodeo
through Douglas, Bisbee. Tomb
stone, ST. David, Benson and OF,
to the county line, together with
other road building throughout the
county. to be determined either by
election or by the Highway Com
mission, completing a limit line
system as the basis of a permanent
road construction in Coctise coun.
ty. This will include the paving
of the highway between Douglas
and Bisbee.
This will leave for the use of the
communities not directly on the
trunk lines the benefit of the gen
eral county road fund that each
year amounts to not less than $125,
900, which provides for the con,
struction of permanent road laterals
connecting all other communities
with the county highway system. -
Tombstone Prospector.
The Benson signal., 1917-04-14
Subscription Two Dollars per Year

Fhe Federal Farm Loan
Board is receiving many let
tiers asking for explanation
Of terms in the recent farm
loan act. and one of these
questions is, "What consti-
tutes an actual farmer -
The answer to- this ques-
tion is as follows:
An actual farmer is one who
conducts the farm and directs
its entire operation, cultivat-
ing the same with his own
hands or by means of hired
labor. An owner, to borrow
under the farm loan act, must
be responsible in every way,
financially and otherwise. for
the cultivation Of his land.
The Benson signal., 1917-04-14

Federal aid in, the amount
of 500, 900 has been request
ed by the state Board of Con-
troll to hasten the repair of
the bridge over the Gila river
at Florence. The legislature
recently appropriated $780,
900 for extending the bridge
over the river, and with 500, :
900 from the government it is
believed a sufficient sum will
be available to insure the
completion of a bridge twice
as long as the present struc-
ture. The bridge has been
rendered useless by reason of
the river washing a new
channel during the floods of
1916.
The Benson signal., 1917-04-14

No power in the world can
cut through another mans
mental opposition except per-
suasion, And persuasion is
reason plus enthusiasm, with
the emphasis on enthusiasm.
A wonderful thing is this
quality which we cali enthu-
Siasm. 1t is too often under
rated as SO much surplus and
useless display or feeling,
lacking in real substantially.
This is an enormous mistake.
You can't 60 wrong in apply
ing all the genuine enthusi-
asm that you can stir up
within you; for it is the
power that moves the world.
There is nothing comparable
to it in the things which it
can accomplish.-J. Ogden
Armour.
The Benson signal., 1917-04-14

Wednesday morning, much
fn fhe surprise of counsel for
Governor Campbell, Judge
Stanford decided to grant the
motion Of the Hunt attorneys
IN the governorship contest
at Phoenix, and throw out
Snowflake precinct, in Navajo
county, on the ground that
irregularities were permitted.
By this action Campbell lost
10 votes and Hunt gained a
Iead of SO. Thus the count
Shifts from side to side, with
no certainty as to the out
come, although there are said
10 be certain precincts where
Campbell attorneys expect to
make gains which have not
yet been brought before the
court. The Gazette says:
Immediately after the decision.
Judge Sloan announced that in all
probability he would offer several
other precincts in the state where
similar Irregularities occurred. He
would wait, he said, until the
court s ruling on the 73 ballots in
excess of the poll lists had been
ruled upon, Senator Ives Hunt
attorney objected to any delay in
spite of the fact that the Campbell
side waited over two weeks while
he gathered evidence on Snowflake
precinct. Judge Sloan explained
to the court that in event the 73
Hunt ballots were thrown out, it
would not be necessary for the
Campbell side to count or attempt
to throw out any more precincts,
The Benson signal., 1917-04-14

Whoever bought up the
newspapers of the United
States and turned them over
to patriotism made a clean
sweep. They are all in line
except a few that are printed
in foreign languages. Toledo
Blade.