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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15
The Bridge Builder.

At the funeral of the late Prof. w.
T. Van Scoy last Sunday Rev. C. A.
Edwards read a poem that was so ap-
propriate and fitted so beautifully
with the life and character of this
best beloved man that a request was
made to the Tidings to reproduce it.
The poem is as follows:
An old man, going lone highway,
Came at the evening, cold and gray,
To a chasm vast and deep and
wide.
The old man crossed in, the twilight
dim,
The sullen stream had no fear for
him;
But he turned when safe on the
other side
And built bridge to span the tide.
"Old man." said a fellow pilgrim
near,
"You are wasting your strength with
building here;
Your journey will end with the
ending day,
You never again will pass this
way;
You've crossed the chasm deep and
wide,
Why build this bridge at evening
tide?"
The builder lifted his old gray head
Good friend, in the path l have
come" he said,
There followeth after me today
A youth whose feet must pass this
way.
This chasm that has been as naught
to me,
To that fair-haired youth may a pit
fall be;
He, too, must cross in the twilight
Good friend, I am building this
bridge for him."
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15
Sugar is Assured
For Canning Fruit

Corvallis, April 15.-Oregon house
wives and canning plant managers
will be able to conduct their usual
canning operations this year so far
as the supply Of sugar is concerned.
In letter to Director o. d. Center,
of the o. A. c. extension service, w.
B. Aver, federal food administrator
OF Oregon, says that provision has
been made for enough sugar to do
the usual amount of canning in the
usual way.
A very general sentiment that 1t
would be necessary on account of the
sugar situation either to do less can
ming or to put the fruit up without
sugar has occasioned considerable
anxiety. The announcement is de-
signed to set at rest this misglving
and encourage housewives and club
workers to go ahead with their plans
for putting up considerable quanti-
ties of fruits for their own and local
uses.
The government has already an
nounced that it will place large or
ders with the big canneries, and If
the resident population is to get its
normal canned fruit supply during
the year it will have to put up
enough for local use. This is addi-
tionally necessary to save transporta-
ton, which may render 1t quite diff
cult for a local community to get
canned products from distance.
1t is expected that the local supply
in each community will be sufficient
to put up the local fruit supply, but
should it fail any one finding sugar
hard to get is asked to notify the
Oregon Food Administration.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15
REGULATIONS FOR
LAND GRANT ARRIVE

Regulations governing filings or
100000 acres of land, embraced In
the Oregon & California land grant,
which will be thrown open to settle
ment between April 29 and May %,
have been received by Harry %.
Laughlin, chief of the field division
Of the general land office, says the
Oregonian.
These lands are valuable chiefly
for agricultural pursuits and are To-
Gated in Jackson and Josephine
counties. Their settlement will be
made under the provisions of the
Chamberlain-Terris bill. ]. F. Casey,
of the general land office at Wash
ington, is in Portland and will assist
in the details incident to opening up
this large area to settlement.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15
AGENTS NOT NEEDED
TO PLACE INSURANCE

Soldiers, sailors or their bene-
ficiaries under the soldiers and sail
ors insurance law need not employ
attorneys or claim agents to collect
the insurance, according to the Treas
ury Department. Circulars have
lately been sent out by claim agents
and attorneys offering to assist per-
sons entitled to the benefits of this
insurance in collecting their claims.
The procedure for the presentation
and collection of insurance claims is
simple. Blanks may be secured from
the Bureau of War-Risk Insurance at
Washington. The name Of the per-
son in service who was killed or in
iured, and the relationship which he
bore to the person making the claim,
should be given.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15

machine and cover two hours. Grain
containing smut balls must be poured
loose into the solution, stirred, and
balls SKINNED off. Plant as soon as
possible, preferably not later than "a
hours. Follow directions accurately
to obtain best results. The diluted
solution will not weaken on standing
in open vessel within reasonable
period. Formaldehyde has been
proven to be the best material for the
control of grain smuts.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15

1t might be limited to those patri-
OTIS who are so patriotically holding
onto their earthly possessions, that
Liberty bonds at Az per cent will
be much more attractive than a direct
toY
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15

Corporal Herbert Afford of the 7th
company, stationed at Fort Columbia,
is a visitor at the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Afford, Of
Medford. Corporal Afford states that
furloughs are as scarce as hens teeth
at the fort these days, and he has
only brief leave of absence.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15

Mrs. Isaac Merriman of Medford
received a letter last week from the
army post hospital at Hampstead, N.
Y, stating that the condition Of her
son, Private Merritt B. Merriman,
who had been critically i'll with scar
let fever in the hospital for some
time, was much improved and that
his recovery was but a matter of
time. Private Merriman is a nephew
of Mrs. A. L. Harvey of this city.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15

Mrs. Lillian Zundel received word
from her husband, Weldon Zundel,
stating that he is in London. Mr..
Zundel is with the aviation squad
and had sailed for Europe some time
ago, but his definite whereabouts was
not known.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15

Sidney N. Hazleton, who enlisted
in December in the same aero squad
ron and has been in training at
Waco, Texas, has been sent abroad.
His brother-in-law, Clark Bush, of
the First National Bank, recently re-
ceived a telegram telling of Mr.. Ha-
zleton's safe arrival in Europe.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15

A life for every foot of ground is
what Germany is paying for territory
gained. But she probably thinks that
lives can be produced, while there Is
only so much territory.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15

Chester Stevenson, who recently
offered his services in the photo
graphic section, aerial branch, U. s.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15

An exchange remarks that the
Mixican crisis is passing. OF course
1t is. They pass as regularly down
there as the moons phases.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15

Word came to Ashland from one Of
the boys from this city that last Sat
urday "a drafted men arrived from
Wisconsin. This contingent makes
1900 raw recruits that have arrived
at the forts within the past three
days, and the men already stationed
there Will train them into finished
soldiers, after which they will be
made up into companies with the men
already there.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15

Signal Corps, has been notified of his
acceptance, and is awaiting a call at
any time to report to Cornell Uni
versity or Rochester, N. Y, for five
weeks course of training that will
give him a lieutenant's commission.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15

One of the members of Battery I,
65th Artillery, who has been quaran-
tined for scarlet fever at Camp Mer-
ritt, writes that the people in the east
think that all the westerners are
cow punchers." He says the Fort
Stevens men have great amusement
in relating stories of the Indian wars
that are constantly in progress out
here. The tall stature and long legs
of the Oregon boys arouse the curl
osity of the people back there, so the
boys claim both are due to their hav-
ing to run. oftentimes thirty or forty
miles, from hostile Indian.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-04-15
Army and Navy News

Lloyd Stratton, former we'll
known Ashland young man who is
with the photograph division located
at Fort Wayne, Michigan, writes en-
tertainingly to the Rose Brothers, of
arriving at his destination, where he
passed with credit all prescribed ex-
aminations and has donned the khaki
OF Uncle Sam. He says he is now
busy filing his teeth preparatory to
Eat 'em alive, minus salt, pepper or
butter" His trip was uneventful, he
states, but he was greatly relieved
when his journey ended in the town
Henry Ford made famous. They get
their military training there and will
probably be there a month or six
weeks. They have to be proficient
in the semaphore code and the wig
wag CODE, both manipulated with
flags They carry no arms except
side arms. All the men in the CON-
pany are photographers. 1--WE haYe
two Jews in our company" he re-
lates. "One of them talks like Happy
Hoollgan. He is from 'Thoity-thoid
street, New York. He has goil
there who woiks in skoit factory.
She lives in Joisey. When we leave
here we will be sent to government
aerial photograph school, probably
Rochester, N. Y, where we will be
given expert training in photography,
then we go to the big aviation field
at Mineola Park, N. Y, for advanced
training, then-the fireworks start.
Evening star., 1918-10-03
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
william E. Bowling of New York city and
Margaret f. Lillard Of Lawrenceburs, Ky.
Harvey W. Goode and Matte o. Tilman,
both of Powhatan, Va.
Samuel Lane and Martha L. Adams.
Arthur B. Scott and Cora Hayes.
Milton Smith and Evelyn V. Plummer.
Noah Thomas and Lille Carroll.
William E. Smith and Viola blackstone.
John n. Ball and Annie Baltimore.
Joseph n Campbell and Mary P. Young.
David c. Stats and Anna Coleman.
John W. Hart and Nette Brown.
Rozer Mason and Ida F. Brooks.
John Phoenix and Ruth Coates.
Napoleon II. Stanton and Florice J. Johnson.
George W. McEntee and Marie Horriott.
Thomas B. Bowles and lila B. Nuckols.
Charles f. Bogges and Catherine H. Colbert.
Ralph J. Toms of Ridgefeld Park, n. j.,
and Georgia NJ. Somerville of Frankford. Mo.
Herbert L. Henley and Esther B. Davis, both
Of Richmond. Va.
benjamin W. Bryant and Ellen B. Bowen,
both of Richmond. Va.
Arthur E. Brainerd Of Syracuse, y. z, and
Beatrice A. Schouten Of this city.
George stubblefeld of Baltimore, Md, and
Florence Richardson of this city.
Samuel A. Mcknight and Jane R. Cassell
both of Pittsburgh, Pa.
James D. Sellner and Eleanor Owens.
Howard P. Turpin Of Louisville. Ky, and
Emily NJ. Armstrong of Conneaut. Ohio.
Grover c. Freeze and zena I. Burnside. both
James H. Price Of Richmond, Va, and Lii
Willie F. onman of catharpin, Va, and
Mary E. Reed of Nokesville. Va.
George NJ: Meyer and Mary 3. Holroyd.
Harry D. Kemp and Emma D. Schwenk, both
of indianapolis, Ind.
Squire s. Beverly Of Atlanta, Ga. and Syl-
via L. Rogers of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Evening star., 1918-10-03
Children and Crowded Street Cars,
Editor o2 The Star:

10 the Editor c2 The Star:
In regard to the letter in Tuesdays
paper contributed by Robert B. Ten
ney, concerning Children and Crowd
ed Street Cars" would like to speak
for myself as well as the thousands
OF other mothers who do as do. In
crowded street cars always take my
baby on my lap. providing am for
tunate enough to have a seat. I. have
stood holding my baby with one arm
and holding on strap with the
other hand on Chevy Chase cars from
Rock Creek bridge to the circle. But
never felt like making murmur.
1 also wish to say that Mr. Tenney
certainly does not love children, and
I do not believe he ever had any of
his own. or he couldn't speak of them
as he does.
In part of his letter he speaks of
children. while in the latter part. he
speaks of kids" and that part of the
letter is very resentful to me. also
wish to say that most children do
pay fare, and have as much right
to seat as any one.
MRS. W. D. KURTZ.
Evening star., 1918-10-03
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths were reported 10 the
health department in the past twenty-four
hours:
John G. Culin, 40 years. e4s Virginia avenue
southwest.
Lester sidney. 1 month, 1892 Kramer street
william A. Peaper. 10 years. 1924 Galea
i JUL. Mayhew. % years. 21o2 Nichols avenue
william Harrison, 81 years. Garfield Hosss-
Elizabeth M, Fasnaught, IS years. 22ss Penn
sylvania avenue southeast. .,, ,,...,,
Elizabeth ". Smith. 20 years. 2417 Nichols
A'HnaT Harry Jefrreys. 10 years. Washington Asy-
''i John Crowley. IS years. so51 N street north
Porter Hinckley, As years. st. Elizabeth
ii William Long, % years. $50 K street north
James H. Stone. 81 years. George Washing
Martha s. Medlar. 81 years. Emergency n'''
George A. Faul, q years, Naval Hospital
Fred Cook, 43 years, Emergency Hospital: =
Theresia c. Lersenmiller. q years. LIS
Elizabeth n. Downing. 81 years, 72e 10th
william ". Cryder, 50 years. 1911 N street
John Baker, 20 years, Providence Hospital.
Otis Jenkins, years. Children's Hospltal.
Albert A. Judges, So years. 1Ol2 18th stfee'
northwest. - -
Samuel G. Fisher. 45 years. 1902 4th street
David i. Boyce. SO years. 1914 street
Mary w. Mcdaniel. IS years. 5s49 Piney
Branch road. .,,.
Charles l.. Evans, j6 years, 1ooS d sAee'
northwest.
Wifiiam Gleger, Is years. George Washing
ton Hospital.
Hospital.
Jesse L. OickenSon, Il years, waiter 1eeu
Josephine Perna. 90 years. 41o1 Brandywine
street northwest.
Earl E. Posey. 1 month, 1873 Union stree'
Meade Mach. Hart. months, 474 E street
Elizabeth Howard. &C years. ess oakdale
street northwest.
Christiana Bowles, 4s years. 9a2 street
southwest.
Moses L. Powell, SO years. s1s street
Charles Carter, "a years. 1880 10th street
Virginia Anderson. 20 years. 1889 wallacl
Jeanette Curtis. 81 years. Garfield Hos
! Lemuel Watkins. 65 years. Casualty Hos
pital.
George Marshall. 70 years, Freedmen's Hos
Estelle schlye, SO years. Columbia Hospital
Eliza Wood. As years, Washington Asylum
Rachael Bright. 20 years, Washington Asy
Eliza 4. Ma1held, SO years, 1923 1st street
Mary Keys, SO years, Freedmen's Hospital
William H. Frost, IS years, 1929 Goth street
| northwest.
Evening star., 1918-10-03

United States embassy at Tokyo. He
will leave Washington tomorrow and
proceed to his new post at an early
date.
The Adelaide Daniels unit of the
navy auxiliary of the Red Cross, Mrs.
Goodwin d. Ellsworth, president.
will meet this evening at O'Clock
in Room 25 of the Wilson Normal
School.
Hostesses for the regular Thurs
day evening dinner and entertain
ment at the Arts Club this evening
will be Mrs. Decker and Miss Jessie
MacBride. The chairman of the
evening is A. c. Dalmas. and the
speakers will be Mr.: William Tyler
Page and Sergt Charles A. Dunn.
Final arrangements have been COM
pleted by the members of the Stone
wall Jackson Chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy for
liberty loan dance 20 be held on the
closing night of the fourth liberty
loan drive-Saturday evening. Octo-
Der 19-at 2400 10th street northwest.
Subscriptions for. bonds will be taken
at a booth erected for that purpose,
and a prominent member of the lib
erty loan committee has consented to
deliver a brief talk to the guests.
Mrs. Charles Hamilton Fred, presi-
dent of the chapter, has placed Mrs.
Benjamin Soule Gantz in charge of
arrangements as chairman of the
dance committee. Mrs. GantZ will be
assisted by Mrs. Frank Morrison. vice
chairman, and Mrs. Opal L. Tracewell,
chairman of the refreshments COM
mittee.
The admission fee for this liberty
loan rally will be $1.50. and the pro-
ceeds from the. sale of tickets will
be invested in bonds of the present
loan.
Members of the Chi Omega Frater-
nifty will have card party at 4
o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Oc-
tober S. at the Teachers Club, 18th
and F streets. Supper will follow at
$50 A cordial invitation is extended
to all out-of-town members. Mrs.
Clyde Hamblin, 1104 Fairmont street,
will look after them.
The Council of Jewish Women will
postpone their meeting. scheduled for
October 8, until further notice.
Evening star., 1918-10-03
MEDAL FOR DR.. ROBINSON.
First American Thus Honored in
France for Work During Epidemics

DR.. Daisy NJ. Orleman Robinson of
New York city. is the first American
recipient of the French gold medal of
honor given for noteworthy work
during epidemics. according to ma
tional headquarters of the American
Red Cross.
Dr. Robinson, native of Fort Riley.
Kan, and wife of DR.. Andrew r.
Robinson of New York Polytechnic
Hospital, is attached to the children's
bureau of the American Red Cross
She earned this recognition. of service
while caring for French woonded as
assistant to a French physician.
Until she resigned to go to France
DR.. Robinson was president of the
woman's auxiliary board of Polytechnic
Hospital and was the only dermatolo-
gist in the United States holding the
special diploma in dermatology of the
University Of Paris. She has been
dermatologist to several large medical
institutions.
Evening star., 1918-10-03
A Dinner for Diplomats.

The minister of China, and Mrs.
| koo will entertain at dinner at the
legation tonight in compliment to the
ambassador of Japan and Viscountess
Ishii and Mr.. Hioki. China's minister
| to Sweden, who is stopping in Wash
| ington for a short time.
They had a small party of promi-
nent Cinnamon, friends of the minis
| ter, to meet Mr.. Lingo Wang, consul
at Vancouver, B. c.
Mrs. Lansing announces that the
Bandbox, the little war shop run by
the State Departments Red Cross war
workers, is to be open hereafter the
first Friday afternoon and all day
Saturday of each month, which means
tomorrow afternoon and all day Sat
urday.
Mrs. Walter Penfield, who is at the
head of the special committee that
has it's sales in charge, promises some
rare bargains at this months sale.
Mrs. Newton D. Baker will sing at
d reception to be given tomorrow
evening. by the women of the War
Trades Board, at 210 Massachusetts
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Hubbard of
Chestertown. Md, announces the en-
gagement of their daughter, Marian
Warren, to Lieut.. George Maurice
Morris. ordnance department, United
States Army.
Miss Hubbard was presented at the
first Monday german in Baltimore, but
has spent much time in Washington.
! Lieut.. Morris is at present an in
| structor in aerial bombs at the Wilbur
| Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio.
Mrs. John w. Davis went to Balti-
more this morning to spend the day,
and was the guest there of friends at
luncheon. She will return to Wash
| ington this evening.
Mrs. Cary Travers Grayson and Cor
don Grayson, wife and son of Rear
Admiral Grayson, have returned to
their home, on 18th ST :et, from the
White Sulphur Springs, w. Va, where
| they spent the summer
Miss Dorothy Aleshire returned to
Washington this morning from Vine
yard Haven, where she has spent the
| past six weeks.
Evening star., 1918-10-03
BILL FOR NEW BUILDINGS
CALLED UP IN THE HOUSE
Members Praise Work Of Public
Health Service in Urging
Increased Facilities.


Emphasizing the systematic efforts
now being made by the public health
service to check the spread of Spanish
influenza and paying tribute to the
sacrifice made by surgeons in the
public health service. who have given
their lives in the fight against various
plaques. Representative Foster of nli-
nois under a special rule yesterday call
ed up in the House the bill providing
for construction Of additional build
ingsSfor laboratory purposes and re-
search. work for the public health
service in the District.
Speakers on both sides Of the House
complimented the public health serv-
ice on the valuable efforts that have
been put forward to eradicate con-
tagious diseases of all kinds and
called attention to the special need
for these new buildings in connection
with the hygieEic laboratory at this
time.
The bill calls for an appropriation
with the cost limited to $250,000.
Evening star., 1918-10-03

The celebrated Duchess of Sutherland
is dispcsing of her property in England
with a view to making her future home
in France. She is credited with having
set up one of the best-equipped military
hospitals in the war zone.
Evening star., 1918-10-03
Births Reported.

The following births were reported to the
health department in the past twenty-four
hours.
Henry s. and Susie B. Rogers, boy.
Ihomas and Elizabeth Quigley, boy.
George A. and Sarah L. Hayden, boy.
lanes O. and Addie Marshall boy.
Robert L. and Blondena Strothers, boy.
Evening star., 1918-10-03
i30cleetX
.HE Secretary of State, Mr..
Robert Lansing, will enter
tain at luncheon Monday

tain at luncheon Monday
in compliment to the retir-
ing ambassador of Brazil.
Mr.. Domicio da Cana, who will soon
leave for Rio de Janeiro to take up
the duties of minister of foreign af-
fairs for his country.
Mime. da Cana will join the ambas-
sador of Brazil at the embassy tomor-
row afternoon. coming from New
York, where she has spent some time.
MT. Lansing and members of the
cabinet. who form a committee for
the entertainment of the detachment
Of the Italian army and the Royal
Grenadiers Band, and who had ar
ranged to hold a reception at Memo
rial Continental Hall tonight, with
distinguished diplomats and others as
speakers, have had to postpone the
entertainment and reception until
Saturday evening, when the program
will be carried out as arranged. The
visitors. who are to help in the fourth
liberty loan drive. have been delayed
i'll arriving i'll Washington.
Evening star., 1918-10-03

Women to fight fires in place of the
men called to war is advocated by
William H. Bywater. chief of the fire
department of Salt Lake City.
Evening star., 1918-10-03
Don't Waste Paper

Gin compliance with the Dis
trict's request this store will open,
until further notice, at 10 a. m.
Evening star., 1918-10-03

Nearly 500 women were included
among the delegates attending the
recent state conventions of the two
political parties in Illinois.
Evening star., 1918-10-03
Colored Silk Swagger
Umbrellas

At $5.oo-MIIitary styles, with
cord and ring handIes-for
rain or shine-some with
tips to match silks-feouiar.
iy $3.50 and $3.50.
Evening star., 1918-10-03

LAST OF THE SOX
FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN
At 19c-SiIk lisie-noveity tops-
were 36c and 39c pair.
At 39e-AH Silk-fancy tops-were
75c and 86c pair.
JUST THESE SWEATERS
At $2.s@Shetiand wool-varIsty Of
eoiors-eoat style, fitted waist
iine-were $3.50. Also . few
fiber silks.
At $4.95-Better SWeaters-veivet,
velour and satin-sleeveiess-
none were less than $40.
Evening star., 1918-10-03
NECKWEAR-VEILS
AND VEILINCS

At 2ec-0rgandIe and PIque Col
lare-sIightly mussed-were SOC
to 75c.
At soc yard - veIIinss In black,
brown, taupe, purple, gray and
whlte-were 75c and $1.0o.
At 45c each-Circuiar Wells, smart
styles; black, purple, taupe and
brown-were 75c and $1.oo.
Evening star., 1918-10-03

Mrs. Alexandra K Anderson has
received word Of the safe arrival
overseas of her son, Lieut.. A. K An
derson, 22d' Engineers, U. S. A.
Evening star., 1918-10-03

United States embassy at Tokyo. He
will leave Washington tomorrow and
proceed to his new post at an early
date.
Evening star., 1918-10-03

Mr. Henry I. Dockweiler Of the
United States diplomatic service. de-
tailed for special duty in the State
Department for some time past, has
been appointed third secetary Of the
Evening star., 1918-10-03

Mr. Julian T. Bishop Of 1887 18th
street has entered the service, and
yesterday left Washington for Fort
Thomas, Covington, KY.
Evening star., 1918-10-03
, SkIRTS-FIND THEM
ON MAIN FLOOR

ON MAIN FLOOR
At $2.85-5 AlI-wool Mixture Skirts,
tailored styles; tan shades
were $3.50.
At $4.8515 Black Satin and Tai.
feta Silk Skirts-Were $3.50.
At S.85-5 White Baronet Satin
Skirts-were $3.50.
At $f.8-4 White Tub Silk Skirts
were $3.50.
At 1882 White Crepe de Chine
Skirts-Were $3.50.
At $7.e55 White Flannel Skirts
were $3.50.