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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-17
FREE SURVEY OF ALASKA MOMEsTEADs.

The free survey of homesteads where subdivisonal townships surveys have not been extended the land embraced within the entries is authorized by house reso uton Mo- 8563 The bill has passed both houses of congress and is now law.
 The act provides that entrymen may, after due com piances with the terms of the homestead law in the mat ter of residence cultivation and Improvements submit to the register and receiver of the local land office evidence such compliance duly cooboated by two witnesses and it appears that the homesteader is in position to make final proof the surveyor general of the territory will issue proper instructions for the survey of the land so entered without expense to the entrynen who may there after submit final proof in similar entries of surveyed lands.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-17
ONLY SLIGHT FALLING OFF IN TRADE FOR 1918

American foreign trade fell off slightly in the fiscal year 1918 the total being $8874OOOOOO compared with $S949OOO0OO in 191 according to figures made public by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Depart ment of Commerce.
 The imports for 1918 show increase of $28 OO0000 reaching total of $2946OOOOOO Exports however show decrease of 1862 20O0000 the total for 1918 being 9S 100000 compared with S629OOOO0OO in 1917 The ex cess of exports import amount to S2982 100000 in 1918 against $3 631 100000 in 1917
 Exports and imports both show falling off for June 1918, as compared with May and April Imports totaed $26OOOO00O compared with $323 100000 in May while exports amounted to S5OOOOOO as against s55
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-17
NON MINERAL LAND ENTRIES IN ALASKA.

Senate Bill No. $50, providing for the noamineraI entries of land with drawn classified reported as con aiming coa phosphate nitrate potash o gas asphal c minerals in Alaska has passed the senate and now before the house for action The b in substance is the same as the Act of July IT, 1914 38 Stat 5O9 entitled An act to provide for agricultural entry of land with drawn classified reported containing phosphate nj rate, potash oi gas, asphatc minerals which it k, aimed to extend to Alaska.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-17
in May.

in May. ..1 +o
 Imports of cold during the fiscal year amounted to cnIv Sl240OOOOO as compared with $9HOOOOoO III l9i while exports were valued at $l910OOOOO compared WA >292 100000 in 19lT
 Silver imports amounted to S7000OOOO in 1918 agalh t S35OOOOOO in l917 and silver exports increased rom ,7SO00OO0 in 1917 to $139O0000O in 1918.
 It appears perfectly safe to predict that there VIII never be a third battle of the Marne.
 When we read that Miss JamScheck, Czecn spy haing from America has been sentenced to death at VI cnna. we wonder how many thousand German SWeS no" in the United States would be shot for greater cause Ii we adopted Teuton methods.
 Never worry The war will not kill baseball; but like sugar it requires for the time beng that we must ge1 along with less of good thing.
 Report has it that Ludendorf is furious over the dlS astrous turn of affairs in porthen France Brace uT Iudy old sport for the present trouble is only prelude to that which is in store for you
 The Cordova morning Herald is of the latest pap CTS coming to the exchange table rather it did come for few weeks until the copies became mixed with other freight But the Herald is newSy seven column, four oage newspaper is well paronized by the wide awake merchants of the Copper River Section and under the able management of J. Wilbur Ward, should be a success.
 MS Perkins formerly of the Daily Empire at Jun nau is now the publisher of the Petersburg Report and his capable young man. energetic and perseverng, will rive the citizens of that town newsy article for he 5nOWS how.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-17

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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-26
Coast Lime Ready
For u. S. Plants

Lime in any quantity needed for
war purposes, such as the manufac-
ture of steel, paper, glycerine, reduc-
ton of fats or any one of the score
Of industries in which it figures as
an active agent, will be supplied to
the government on moments no
tlce, as a result OF the organization
in San Francisco of district 10. a.,
war service committee of linear
ncunced Tuesday. Lime companies
in California, Oregon, Washington,
Nevada, Arizona and Idaho were rep
resented at the meeting.
T. j. Fleming. Los Angeles, was
named regional director, and a. L..
Baker, San Francisco, secretary-treas-
urer. The organization was formed
at the direction of the war Industries
board as a result of the governments
policy to coordinate all industries.
Similar conferences and organiza-
tions have been ordered by the gov
ernment in the various zones that
have been created throughout the
country.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-26
County Fair To Be
Held Next Month

Arrangements have been made fo"
the annual Jackson county fair to he
held in Medford September 19 and
90. This will consist of the indus
trial school contests and exhibits, and
a tractor show.
Superintendent Ager, the different
teachers of the county and the pupils
in the schools have been preparing
for this fair for some months and it
will be one of the best ever held in
the west
The exhibits will then be sent to
the state fair at Salem for the Jack
son county exhibit. 1t will consist
IF hogs, sheep, chickens, rabbits,
vegetables, fruits, canned goods and
exhibits Of fancy work, etc.
There will also be a program of
canning, sewing, knitting and other
contests, lectures, ETC., each day.
A nominal admission fee will be
charged, the amount of which and
the location of the fair will be an
rounced later.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-26
Saturday Hottest
Weather Recorded

Saturday beat the heat record OF
the year when the thermometer reg
istered 1O1. Sunday was slightly
cloudy, and the temperature was
lowered a trifle, the highest register
being 81.
At Medford the official record was
iO4.5 Saturday afternoon. The pres
ent hot wave came suddenly, follow
ing an unusually low temperature the
previous week. This, however, is
very acceptable to farmers and gar
deners, as the hot weather is needed
to rlpen off fruits and vegetables.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-26
SYSTEMATIC SAVING

new hives which have been previous
~ provided with full sheets of comb
The third method con-
siets in catching the swarm as 1t is
sues from the old hive and immedi-
ately putting 1t in the new hive plac-
ed on the old stand. In the fourth
method the new hive containing the
comb foundation is placed on the old
one and an opening for the bees pro-
vlded between the two. The fifth
method requires a little special
equipment and takes advantage of
the fact that in some localities the
bees are almost sure to swarm. Place
the new hive near the old one and
provide 1t with a queen trap near
the entrance in such a way that when
the bees swarm the queen will be
caught and the worker bees auto
matically will enter the new hive.
These methods are described in de-
tail in the new bulletin, which will
be sent free, so long as the supply
lasts, on application to the U. S. de-
partment OF agriculture, Washing
ton, d. c.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-26
SHEEP HERDERS COME
INTO THEIR OWN NOW

Wartime conditions have brought
the sheepherder, for many years past
considered as being about at the bot
tom of the employment ladder, to
the rank and pay of a skilled laborer
in some instances. Prior to the war
The going wage for sheepherders of
top rank was S45 a month. At pres
ent the federal employment office at
Pcndleton quotes SIS a month and
food as the minimum, but the aver
age pay is about $S5 a month and
many sheepherders are receiving as
high as 500. In few isolated in
stances $125 has been reported.
At the beginning of the draft the
situation in this part of the country
where many large sheep operators
make their headquarters, became
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-26
MODERN HIVES FOR BEES
INCREASE HONEY STOCK

Hundreds of thousands OF bee col
onies, representing about one-third
OF the number in the u. s., are
housed in log gums" and in box
hives, and produce for their owners
an insignificant amount OF honey
compared with what they might do
II they were transferred to movable
frame hives and handled by improved
methods.
If all the bee keepers now using
box hives would adopt the modern
type of movable frame hive they
would not only secure more profit
from their bees for themselves but
would add many millions of pounds
Of honey to the nations supply, ac-
cOrding TO Farmers Bulletin 96f,
Transferring Bees to Modern Hives,
by +. /. Sechrist, recently published
by the department Of agriculture.
The bulletin describes q number Of
the best methods of transferring
from old tc new hives. Much of the
horey produced by colonies in box
hives is wasted by crude methods
of securing the crop, the bulletin
states, and these colonies are reduc-
cd in earnll & value by uncontrolled
swarming end by the annual loss Of
hces which die in winter because Of
lack of protection and sufficient food
stores.
While bees may be transferred at
any season when they are active, the
ulletin states that the best time Is
during the season OF fruit bloom
when the combs contain little honey
md when the bees will gather nectar
rather than rob honey from a hive
which is being transferred. Another
good time for transferring is imme-
dlately after the first swarm of the
year when the number of bees in
the hive is greatly reduced and when
there is no danger of losing or injur-
ing the queen. She goes with the
swarm, leaving queen cells in the
hive. Transferring when robber bees
are active requires that the work be
done inside a screened or bee tight
luilding.
The bulletin describes five meth
OILS of transferring. One consists in
cutting the combs from the box hive
and placing them in a new movable
frame hive and transferring the bees
by shaking the drumming drum from
the old hive. Another way is to drum
the bees out and move them to the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-26
Two School Houses
With One Teacher

Tramping through the timber in q
pouring rain on the north fork of
the Smith river, in Douglas county,
last Thursday, r. S. Shelly, of
the Siuslaw national forest, came up
on tent in which he found school
in session, says the Eugene Guard
The teacher and the seven children
we're busily at work.
Our district is so long that we
have to have school at both ends, :"
the teacher explained. I'VE hold
school at the upper end a while, and
then at the other end while and in
that way everybody gets some edu-
cation"
Supervisor Shelly was in that part
CT the forest and had started out to
IND the school. Recently he receiv-
cd a letter from John II. Paxson,
chairman OF the school board in the
district, known as No. 1873 in Doug
las county, asking for the designa-
lion OF piece of land upon which a
school house might be erected.
The district which is about a
quarter of a mile in width extending
a distance of ~ miles, will have two
school houses and one teacher.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-26
18th Division May
Leave Camp Lewis

Privileges Of civilians are to be
curtailed and closer check kept on
their activities in camp through an
order issued Friday requiring all ci-
william workers and Others having
business in camp to be provided with
passes bearing their photographs.
The order indicates, 1t was said at
camp headquarters, the training OF
tho 18th division will be speeded up
10 move II in record time for active
rervice overseas. Other orders fur
ther limiting visitors to prevent their
interfering with the training of the
roldlers, are expected soon.
Orders were issued Friday for the
appointment OF officers TO superin-
tend the gas training Of the newly
arrived western men.
The training will start immediate
". Colored soldiers who arrived at
the camp in the last draft are to
have a hostess house at North First
and Montana streets for the exclusive
use OF themselves and friends, the
Y. w. C. A. has announced.
Major Charles D. NJ. Houghton,
camp adjutant, until the war 4
Wholesale lumber dealer of Indian
apolis, Ind, received an order from
the war department sending him
upon a mission which cannot be dis
closed but which brought him the
congratulations of the officers de-
tailed at camp and division head
quarters.
Assignments Of officers TO organi-
cation making up the 18th division
have been practically completed, and
with the arrival OF 10000 newly
drafted men this week, training will
get under full swing. The 18th d.
vision flag which the western men
will carry into battle following their
training, arrived Friday and was un-
furled at division headquarters.
The 18th division is the one in
which a number of Ashland boy who
went with the last contingent Of the
selective draft have been placed
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-26
Oregon Asked For
Nine Hundred More

Four separate selective draft calls,
constituting the first of the Septem-
Ter calls and requiring 1S7,773 men
tc entrain for training camps be-
tween August 80 and September 6,
were issued Saturday night by Pro-
yost Marshal General Crowder.
Every state and the District of Col
umbla is called to furnish men for
training to augment the forces now
abroad.
For general military service 1885,
G00 white men and 21,270 negroes
are called; for limited service 40,-
500 white men are called.
The calls OF some of the western
states, with the camps to which the
Llen are to be sent, follow;
Entrainnent September 3, 1918,
to September 6. 1918.
California, $500; Kearney.
Colorado, 500; Funston. Kans.
Idaho, 700; Lewis, Wash.
Montana, 1000; Lewis, Wash.
Nevada 100; Lewis, Wash.
Oregon, 900; Lewis, Wash.
Utah, 900; Kearney.
Washington, 1000; Lewis, Wash.
Wyoming, 800; Lewis, Wash.
Total, 1876, 900.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-26
Soldiers Appreciate
Drivers Hospitality

"To all men in the service, a free
ride II we go your way"
A sign bearing these words Is used
by many eastern auto drivers who
are willing to give the boys a lift.
In a recent eastern paper the follow
ing message appeared, in the inter-
ests of all auto drivers:
automobile owner How many
hours have you ridden when your
car was practically empty, or had
perhaps one or two or even three
seats unoccupied? know you have
thought many a time that 1t would
be just as agreeable to you If these
same seats we're occupied. There is
surely no better and more admirable
way of using your car to its capacity
and doing a most commendable
bit of service to our boys over here
than to give them free ride If they
go your way.
This little card affixed to any
part of your car you desire will help
solve many an intricate problem that
confronts the soldier and sailor, and
opens up to us civilians a new branch
of home service in which to enlist.
Get one of these placards for
your car. Do a little bit of home
service"
This custom is also being adopted
in Canada. only they don't use the
sign, but instead paste a red heart
on the wind shield of the car. Can
adams say 1t doesn't take the sold
ier boys long to find out that the
rcd heart is the symbol of hospi-
tality.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-26
CHANGE IN ALLOTMENT
AND ALLOWANCE CHECKS

There has been change in the
system of the bureau of war risk in
surance of the treasury in the matter
of allotment and allowance checks.
The result in some of the checks sent
out by the bureau being for smaller
sums than heretofore, but the
amounts omitted from the checks
sent out by the bureau will be in
cluded in the checks sent out from
other sources.
The new system will simplify the
work of the bureau and is expected to
accelerate the payment of allotments
and allowances.
Prior to July last the war risk in
curance bureau took the compulsory
allotment of SIS a month and what
ever additional sum the enlisted man
chose to allot to his family, and the
whole amount, together with the gov
ernment allowance for dependents
war included in one check and sent
oat by the bureau. Beginning with
ibe July pay the bureau will collect
and send out only the compulsory al
lotment of SIS a month and the gov
eminent family allowance.
The dxcess allotments over the
compulsory SIS allotment and the al
lotments to persons not entitled by
law to allowances will not be hand
led by the bureau OF war risk insur-
ance, but by the war and navy de-
partment, the marine corps, or coast
guard, according to the branch Of
service to which the enlisted man
belongs.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-26
Klamath County Has
Increased Tax Rol

A total tax roll of s16,S25,367,
exclusive of the public service utli-
ties, in klamath county was an
nounced by Assessor ]. P. Lee on
completing his rolls last week, which
he announced was an increase of 10
per cent over last year.
The exact increase over last year
Is S1,553,633. BY far the biggest in
crease noted is in the presonal taxes
which have been raised 1901, ,5S3, or
nearly one-third. This is declared
due to new Industries launched, in
creased merchandise in stores and
property of newcomers.
An increase Of s55O,1OO is shown
in the farm lands, due largely to
land development of different kinds
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-26

serious. Many sheepherders were
within the draft age, and little dis
position was shown by the draft
boards to exempt them. Besides
those drafted many sought employ
inent in other lines, to replace draft
cd men. To obtain men qualified by
training and ability to care for flocks
under all conditions on remote
ranges, when they were visited only
at long intervals by camp tenders,
tecame a knotty problem.
Wages began to rise. From $50
a month then to SIS and on up to
800 the figure went. The latter
figure, and the exceptional one OF
S125 were reported as having been
raid in southern Idaho, but opera.
toro here were disposed to doubt the
higher quotation.
phona ioh nrdara IN fha TIdIn0a
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-26
Gambling With Destiny

Spending your income as you make II
Is simply gambling with destiny
and with all the odds against you.
You stand all to lose and none to gain
SYSTEMATIC SAVING
even though small, If constant, elm
mates the element of chance and
establishes your future on a basis of
certainty.
This bank desires to cooperate
with you in building on that basis.
We have unusual facilities for pro-
noting the interest Of our customers.
STATE BANK OF ASHLAND
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-30
COUNTY FINANCES.
Balances Reported to Levy Court by
COMPTROLLER and Treasurer.

Edwin G. Clark, county comptroller,
reported 10 the Levy Court today. the
following balances to the credit OF the
funds for the maintenance of bridges and
causeways: First and Second districts
(Wimington), S67S,07; Third, $l0.I5;
Fourth, Slio.ol; Fifth, s66S.95; Sixth,
S2,73427; seventh, $537.64 lie also
reported the following balances to the
credit of the funds for the maintenance
of stone roads Third district, sll.30;
Fourth, sl2,O44 80; Fifth, Si005; Sixth,
S3t AZ; Seventh, SS 526.9 81.
Charles II. Lippincott, county treasur-
er, reported the following balances TO the
credit of the funds for the maintenance
of dirt roads: Christiana hundred, ST.
535O2; Mill Creek, 81, 1S5.07; White
Clay Creek. S4S2 so; Pencader, s3,3704l; +;
New Castle, 81 ,757 81; Red Lion, 81 SOD
As: St. Georges, S4,545.27; Appoqulnl-
mink, 81, l,l93lS; Blackbird, S3,0Oi 10;
Brandywine, s., ,227 81 He reported u
balance of S562 63 to the credit OF the
miscellaneous rooads account. He also
reported balance of Si13, l3o.95 to the
credit Of current funds, which include
the funds for the maintenance ot bridges,
causcwavs and stone roads
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-30
WAR NEWS TONIC
FOR STOCK MARKET
Operations Strong and Broad at
Opening Of Today's Session;
Prices Increase.
BY AssocIated press 70 Every Evening

nv Asaoolated Preaa 20 Every Evening
Wall Street New York, April 20 The
rcpiIlae of the German forces on the
western front WAS reflected IN the strong
and broad opening If today stock rnsNrtrt.
United States Steel changed hands ~
lotq Of 1000 1000 shares ~ m advance
Of | point
Bethlehem Steel, Republic Iron, Bald
win locomotive, Marine, common and
preferred, and various spccinliIcs made
similar gnins, motors, oils, dmtIliora,
alcohol and American an alD we're
strong. but rails held within fractional
limits.
Liberty Bonds were irregular
MAHKrT stttMpe, o. NoO~ HFPOR7
NouS Farly gains failed ~ hold,
leaders soon canccllinR ihc greater part
of their advance on extensive profit taking
later there hcng q more general rear'lpn
which left rnoat popular lssuos ~ Z
points under yesterdays final quotations
Tho additional reversal wns concurrent
with reports that the government ron.
fcmplatod further ctirtailWcut ~ tradiug
m cotton and other commodities
There were rumore ~ probable r1it ~
tho ulted states Steel dividends -te".
not only Ylcldcd - carly gain. bHt hecam"
heavy ~ noon ~ 1u oztrenpc reaction 81
poiut~
Liberty 3/s sold at - % r. g9l4
FIRST fa - w. s. o. rs - and Second f. af
% II r. qG ef&