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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-20
Water Works Man
Gives Out Facts
After Searching for Years He at
Last Finds Medicine That Ends
Troubles.

II have been trying for years to
get something that would relieve me
OF my troubles and have found it al
last in Tanlac," said Alfred Jolly, OF
1891 Quitman street, Denver, Colo,
and an employee of the water works
department Of that city.
For a long time" he continued,
my stomach was in such an awful
fix that / could eat hardly thing
without being in misery afterwards
Even the lightest foods would bloat
me up with gas and / was constant
ly belching up sour, undigested food
that at times would almost choke me.
and often / would get SO dizzy and
iight headed that would almost
fall down, and I would get so ner-
vous that II was almost impossible
for me to rest at night. / suffered
agony from rheumatlsb and was in
such wretched condition that was
hardly fit for thing.
After trying nearly everything
could hear Off took Tanlac. and It
sure hit the spot and has made diff
ferent man Of me. My appetite is
splendid, my nerves steady, ! sleep
like a log at night. have gained eigh!
pounds and am in better shape than
] have been in years"
Tanlac is sold in Ashland by ]. ].
McNair; in Medford by Eagle Drug
Co.; in Gold Hill by NJ. D. Bowers;
and in Central Point by Miss NJ. A.
Nee. adv.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-20
PROGRESSIVE AND CONSTRUC-
TIVE POLICIES NEEDED NOW

The Antitrust laws are to be
overhauled at the next session OF
congress. That is one thing sadly
needed If we are to have permanent
prosperity in our country.
Some OF these laws are dead let
teds, some are an Improbable ium-
Bile of half-baked legislation and re-
quire revision to bring them up to
the needs OF the times.
What does the nation need most.
The highest possible efficiency in
production and distribution in the
coming peace times as we'll as we
needed II in war. G
Production and more production
in every line is what our country
and what the whole world needs as
the remedy for Bolshevism which
aims TO paralyze production.
The maximum OF American pro.
duction could only be attained In
war times by higher coordination Of
forces and setting aside laws against
intelligent and logical cooperation,
The present Federal Trade Com
mission is neither a Judicial nor a
judicious body and no one can show
a single instance where II has done
anything but hamper industry.
1t has supplied the newspapers
with sensational reports at the ex.
pense Of industries, to increase its
members and give II greater power
to regulate production is folly.
II should be reconstructed on the
lines OF the Federal Reserve Board
II 1t exist at all, composed OF sober.
balanced, experienced men, construc-
tive and above sensationalism.
The Federal Reserve Board which
is the backbone OF the nations H.
nancial and banking business, is a
body of men above partisanship.
Working along sound economic
lines II has averted possibility of
panic and stabilized business and
industries.
Congress should place the duty Of:
overhauling our antitrust laws In
sane hands to promote Industrial ex-
pansion of our commerce.
The Federal Trade Commission
has made a mess Of everything It
has touched and should he abolished |
Congress should help industries
by enacting constructive laws to en-. !
sure beneficial industrial co-opera-
tion.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-20
PROPRIETARY STAMPS
MUST BE CANCELLED

Dealers are warned in a statement
issued by the Bureau OF Internal
Reyenue, that proprietary stamps by
means Of which the tax on toilet and
medicinal articles is collected, must
be cancelled when the article is
sold, Recently there have been re-
ceiyed by the Bureau numerous un-
cancelled stamps taken from taxable
articles purchased at drug stores.
Regulation 81. relating to the col
lection OF the tax on toilet and medi-
cinal articles, provides that each
stamp affixed TO a taxable article
must be cancelled in such manner as
to prevent its further use. "If pos
sible," the regulation states, the
stamp should be affixed to the out
side Of the package or container OF
the taxed commodity so that upon
opening the same the stamp will be
destroyed. The initial or name Of
the vendor, together with the date
when the stamp was affixed or can
celled, must appear on the cancelled
stamp"
This provision, the Bureau states,
will be strictly enforced
The penalty for making use OF a
stamp to denote the tax imposed
without cancelling the stamp is a
fine of not more than $4,000.
MILTON A. MILLER, Collector.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-20
LARGEST CROP OF
WHEAT IN HISTORY

A wheat production OF 1896, ,000.-
900 bushels this year combining the
winter wheat and spring wheat CROP
was forecast today by the depart.
ment of agriculture from the condi-
tion of the crops June /.
Winter wheat production is fore
cast at S9S, 100000 bushels, compar-
ed with 500, 900 bushels forecast
last month. making II the largest ev-
er grown. Condition of winter wheat
was 9A9 per cent of a normal, com.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-20
DISCONTINUE THIS NUISANCE

Next to the tax on tea in Revolu-
tionary days, the present so-called
luxury taxes and special s per cent
tax on candy, are probably the most
Unpopular taxes ever collected in
this country.
Demand seems TO be universal that
these "nagging" taxes as they are
called. he done away with at once.
The public is ready to pay taxes
to the necessary limit but II does
not want to be harrassed by such
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-20
he employers or for the public?

the employers or for the public?
The public will be willing TO pay
rates guaranteeing a fair Twins
wage and will have it to pay.
But the wage policy cannot be die
tated from one side unless the en-
tire theory of public regulation is
abandoned.
The fact remains, larger demands
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-20

are made under government opera.
tion than under private operation
and these demands must be met BY
the public. ttA
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-20

Scio condensary equipment being
increased to five times its present
capacity. f
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-20

Row de dow" Rogue River
Roundup, Ashland July 3, and s
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-20
taxes as these

taxes as these
Collect the tax money necessary,
in legitimate. ways. but discontinue
this nuisance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
THE CONTRACTING HIGH.
Il Is q Principle Of Creation and It
Also Makes Trouble.

To THE EDITOR OF THp SuN-sT: One
Of the methods Of creating, which Is
still in progress, is shown in the prin-
ciple called the high" or the contract
ing high.
When the materials are present in To-
calities and the temperature right the
mechanism called the contracting high
makes new plants, new disease germs,
new kinds Of insects new kinds Of life.
Tho contracting high creates the first
whirl OF the revolving systems called
lightning. which grows quickly into a
revolving stroke, then dies. The con-
tracing high creates the tornado. whose
invisible revolving systems or orbit
planes tilt over from the eoliptio to the
horizontal position. and become funnel
shaped low as II revolves along its path.
The instant the sap breaks through
the growing tree It will become fruit
with seed IL the high 10 contracting, for
Il will contract tho sap and align 1t into
the little systems called life or rather
into a little sample of the structure OF
that particular tree. But IL the high
is increasing at the instant the sap
breaks through the side of the tree 1t
will become a limb or leaf.
Had we been witnesses on the morn
of the miracle Of creation. when God
said. Let there be light" we would have
observed that the instant any portion OF
the universe ceased TO EXPAND it began
to contract Immediately we would have
observed planes OF orbits aligning into
systems called astral systems. solar sys-
tens. satellite systems, &C. caused by
the contracting highs; each system be-
ginning to contract back toward its own
primary in as simple manner as the
heated moisture OF to-day expanded to
colder heights contracts and comes back
10 the earth in revolving drops Of rain
or revolving flakes of snow.
The principle OF the high caused the
solar system. which might also be called
n form of life or sort OF germ.
d. A. y. GROVER.
Kansas CITY. Mo. July IS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
THE FIRST DIVISION.
II Is Compared with the Second At
the Expense OF Neither.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir:
too would like TO see the Second Divf-
sion receive a warm welcome. but l beg
to take exception TO the statement OF
Francis Bethany that no other Amer
lean division fought quite 90 hard. 80
steadily, accomplished 30 much or lost
80 many men,"
That its losses were little tho most
severe lowing TO the famous stand at
Belleau) appears on the face or hgures
to be true, but the First Division
fought quite as hard, more steadily.
for II was IN the battle line full
month earlier, on April 20. and was
never withdrawn for as long period
as the Second was allowed in which
to recoup itself. Surely 1t accom-
pllshed as much In its brilliant initial
success at Contigny, which General
Pershlng has repeatedly declared set
the example for the whole future cam
paign and had an electrical erect on
the allied armies, imbuing them WIN
fresh hope in the splendid part II played
In the great counter offensive when
began a year ago to-day In its dashins
work I'm the 81. Mihiel advance. and in
that terribly difficult. critical and costly
action which drove the wedge or, as
one may say. inserted the key in the
Argonne and turned that battle from
bloody check into = decisive victory Not
only was It the first division made into
shock troops but was. believe. the only
division ever cited as division by
General Pershlng who has SHOWN plainly
enough what he thought of its merits and
achievements.
One word more. There seems 10 exist
an erroneous impre ssion that the Regular
divisions were made up of professional
soldiers. and therefore except the marines
though why, except by this rule heaven
ltnows-are entitled to neither svmpathy
nor honor. hut in truth they were re-
crui,ed largely from young men who en-
listed on the declaration OF war from
the purest patriotic motives and Joined
the Regulars because they believed they
v ould thus see the hardest fighting and
get into 1t with the least delay. A very
large proportion OF the dead of the First
rs we'll as OF the marines. were mere
boys. a. NJ MArrhh "s'
ORANGE, y. J.. July is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22

legations Of Austria much a. they
were mj-ofiicially outlined in June
The Austrian debt before the war Is
divided among the different States. In
addition to her share Of this Austria
with have large reparation payments
to meet. Win her limited territory,
much of which Is lacking in valuable
resources of any kind, It IL problem
IL she will be able to meet her obllga-
tons lie Temps Of Paris declares
that "the Allies must undertake her
reorganization, controlling her finan-
clal and economic life" Austria is
apparently paying more severely than
Germany. but the exactlons made upon
her have been accommodating for CEN
turtles and she 10 paying not so much
to victors In war as to the peoples she
had oppressed ana misgoverned.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
SO BRIDES, 6 GERMAN,
HERE WITH ELY'S MEN
Fifth Division Of Regulars Ar
riUes on Agamemnon.

Major-Gen. Hanson r. Ely, battle
Regulars, with tho last units Of his
force to leave Brest arrived yesterday
by the transport Agamemnon. They have
been until recently in service with the
Army OF Occupation at Luxembourg and
are made up OF the Twentieth Field Ar
tillery Of SO officers and 1859 men. the
Fifth Ammunition Train OF 80 officers
and s65 men, the Fifth Sanitary Train
of % officers and 757 men, the Fifth
supply Train OF ~ officers and all
men. the Headquarters Troop and the
Fifth Artillery Brigade Headquarters.
Ninety-eight of the soldiers brought
brides, including six from Luxembours,
all the others being French.
Major-Gen. Ely went to Europe after
having been military aid to the Bal
four mission when II toured this coun-
try and accompanied II 10 Europe. He
was made chief OF staff of the First
Division, distinguished himself at Can
tigny as commanding officer Of the
Twenty-eighth Infantry. which broke the
line. crossed the Mouse with the Fifth
Division as its head and won much
glory and many decorations. He wears
the Distinguished Service Medal the
Croix de Guerre with Ave palms and
Is a commander OF the Legion OF Honor.
With the Major-General were Lieut.. Col.
Roger II. Williams Of 90 Gates avenue.
Brooklyn. assistant chief OF STAFF OF
the Fifth Division. and Gen. Ely's broth
or, Lieut.. Eugene J. Ely CT Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
Where Are Our PunditS?

Reading of the return by way of
this port of the Japanese and Chinese
technical experts who went to the
Peace Conference for their Govern
ments, we are naturally reminded Of
Colonel HOUsE's troop, or troupe, Of
scientific sharps. The Oriental Gov
ernments mentioned sent three ex-
perts apiece, but the Colonels corps
Of scientists, IL not legions, numbered
dozens and scores. When are they
coming back, what reception has been
arranged for them. and when will the
history of their great work be pub
lished? We assume 1t must have been
a great work; what else could there
be when such great men went TO such
great event?
photographers, ethnologists, geolo-
gists, geographers, psychologists, so
biologists, they sailed from New York
last fall and winter. mighty army.
They were openly to arrive, we under
stood, at the variations in the cranial
bumps of the EsthOnlans, the rainfall
in the territory claimed by the Jugo-
Slavs, the marriage customs Of the
Czechs, the temperature of the Bal
kans on odd Thursdays In even years,
the folk lore of the LvonIans and the
material culture of the persons resi-
dent of the steppes of Astrakhan.
What can be keeping them abroad:
We ind practically no trace of their
work in either the covenant or the
treaty of peace. The only skull men
toned in the treaty Is that Of the latc
Sultan MKwAwA. which Germany Is
directed To return to its holy place by
way Of London. As the present Ger
man Government pleads It's inability
to find the Sultan's brainboX, II is
unlikely that Colonel HOUSES scien-
lists have had peek at It. Perhaps
they are waiting for It to turn up,
much to the delight of the landlords
OF Paris.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
Mr.. Wilson Would Act Under
Treaty Not Yet Ratified.

President WILSON'S letter to the
chairman OF the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations, Mr.. LoDeE, IL
a document in which frankness and
adroitness are not so woven together
that they cannot be separated.
The President asks the committee
to approve his appointing provision.
ally" a representative Of the United
States to act upon the Reparatlon
Commission. As a reason for this
request he declares that It Is Of much
Importance to the business interests
Of this country that the United States
should be represented at once, as
there are some things in connection
with the execution Of the treaty Of
peace which can hardly await the
action Of the several Governments
which must act with regard to the
ratification Of the treaty"
The Reparation Commission exists
officially only In print at the present
time. Its functions and powers de-
scribed IN Articles 233 and 240 and
various snnexes Of the treaty, will not
begin until the treaty comes into force.
SO far as the United States is con-
cerned It will be of no official import
to this Government until the Senate
has ratified the treaty.
We see no reason why The Senate
should give official color to the ap-
pointment by the President Of a mem
Der Of a commission which is nom
existent II the President wishes to
appoint Mr.. BABycH or somebody else
TO the job of going abroad and sitting
on the unofficial commission and talk
ing with other unofficial commission
ers there can he no more objection
than there was TO the mysterious
errands of Colonel HOUSE. But there
could be no official action by such an
unofficial agent.
The President evidently aimed in
his letter to Senator LODGE at putting
upon the Senate any possible blame
for injuries by delay to American
business; although he himself was
willing enough to delay the peace
terms for months in order to weave
in the covenant Of the League. II the
Senate refused his request II was de-
laying world trade. If 1t assented 1t
was asserting to part of the treaty.
In vain Is the net spread.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
Forest Fires in the Northwest.

The fires sweeping over the great
forests of western Montana and north
ern Idaho and spreading with sur
prising rapidity into the Kootenai dis
trlct along the Canadian border, so
frequently In the past fire swept. en-
phasize the fact that despite the eff
forts of private interests and the Gov
eminent forestry service this menace
to life property and one Of our great
est natural resources has not yet been
entirely removed.
This Is the beginning OF the forest
fire season In the northern and north
western portions of the country; 1t
comes later in the year in Appalach-
ian and eastern coast regions, gen.
orally just before the fall of winter
rain and snow and when the ground
Is covered with inflammable leaves
and brush. In the north the danger
period comes, as It has this year.
with the melting of the SHOWS in the
comparatively high attitudes and the
exposure Of the finder dry growth OF
grass and underbrush. These seasons
Of danger are recognized by the Gov
eminent forestry service and arosnet
by redoubled vigilance and an in
crease of the fire fighting force.
The fires seem to have appeared,
though. almost month at least In
advance Of their past most destruc-
tive periods The last great IRE in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
Curiosity as to a Statesman's Powers
Of Extemporary Utterance.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-str; You
or or Mike Dooley might be able to
write the notes President Wilson does In
f,owery language without any foundation
to them, but when he comes to ex-
plain their meaning he is like ship
that has lost its rudder. What l want
TO know is: Has any one ever heard
him make an extemporaneous speech?
have asked many people this question
and they. like me, have never heard or
his doing So Colonel Roosevelt could
rise at any gathering and deliver a
speech on any and all matters pertaining
M this country. 1 am only a business
gil, and yet have taken all these things
into consideration When and where u
this going to end7 I say. like the war
poster. Wake Up, America before II
ID too late. r. A. o
NEW YORK, June 26.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
A CYCLISTS ADVENTURE.
The Justice who Borrowed the Wheel
and Remitted the Fine.

To THE EDrroa or TEE suss-srs The
lettsrs Of Arlington H Cerman OF
Psbchogue appearing IN TIE Sum from
time to time are always interesting
HIS aneodote OF the drunk who appeared
before him In the early sos suggests to
me an incident that happened one Sun
day in the early eos in his section OF
Long Island.
While riding my bicycle through
Patchogue on n hermit century run I
was unfortunate enough to be caught in
speed trap and was hailed before
the. local dispenser of the law. Appear
Ing before that worthy, was tried.
found guilty and the customary hne
which. believe was divided between
the Justice ana the offlcer who made
tbs arrest, imposed.
Not being in the habit OF carrying
much moro money than would cover my
probable daily expenses on these trips
It was necessary for me to borrow In
order to pay the fine.
Being known by one Of the local hotel
keepers. who had acted the part of q
Good Samaritan before TO others OF his
patrons who had got into the speed
regulators net decided to appeal to
him Leaving my bicycle with the JUS
tics as security, / started Off TO raise the
amount of my fine.
While on tiny way TO the hotel un-
expeutedfy met friend who was riding
through the town and who volunteered
to supply the funds necessary for my
release. AS we approached the residence
of the learned Justice we were startled
by the terrific jangling of a bicycle
hell behind us on the footpsth, and we
Jumped to safety just as bicycle pro-
PEELED by a stout, elderly gentleman in
long tailed deacon's coat and with
luxurtant white whiskers trailing over
HE shoulders swept by US in a cloud
OF dust.
Reaching the house, we FOUND that his
Honor had gone out but would soon be
back. and, II being warm wo decided to
wait outside Pretty soon we heard q
p,ifYing like an Erie locomotive on an
upgrade and our judicial friend up
peared. jumping of my wheel IN 'front.'
Of tho gate and explaining that he had
'just been trying her out"
Under the circumstances the Justice
felt that Il would be hardly proper to
fine me, 80 he graciousiy rernitted the
fine And mot only" as worthy Wood
row says, did he do that. but he hauled
I'D a bucket which was hanging in the
we'll. brought out glasses. and. let me
tell you, Il was neither ginger ale. grape
Juice nor lemon soda
The name Of this worthy Justice has
not remained in my memory. but / won
der whether Judge Carman remembers
the incident WALTER ca THORNTON.
PEARL RrvBR, July FL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22

tho Kootenai district, which resulted
In the burning Of Roseberry and an
enormous quantity Of green timber,
came in August The memorable for
est fires Of 1908, which reduced
Fernie one of the most prosperous
cities in western British Columbia, to
ashes Occurred too In August. The
forest Gre Of that same year in the
woods Of the copper country Of
northern Michigan, that swept away
score of towns and entailed the loss
Of millions in property, started in
Septembeav while the destructive fires
In the Wisconsin woods last year
began In October.
The most destructive years In the
history Of forest fires In this country
were 1908 and 1908. The losses, espe-
cially those in 1908 were % great
both to private owners and to the
public domain ae 10 awaken an un-
usual interest in the fight for forest
conservation. The effects were the
higher development of both the State
and Federal service, the establish
ment Of better system OF communi-
cation between the different stations,
an improvement of the methods Of
patrol ana the waging Of a campaign
against carelessness IN those persons
who make use Of or have access to
the forest areas The results Of these
reforms, however, seem to have been
felt mostly In the East There have
been recently few destructive forest
fires IN the central Appalachian re-
gion, in the Adrondacks or in the
New England forests. Massachusetts
attributed the freedom OF the Cape
Cod woods from nres to an increase
In the patrol and Maine to the greater
vigilance of her forest service ..
SO far there has been nothing in
the report from the fires in the North
west to indicate their origin In the
great majority Of these disasters In
the past an investigation has shown
they were csused By ignorance or
rank carelessness, in some cases a
carelessness that amounts to criminal
negligence. Watch towers, wardens
and improved forestry service are all
necessary in the prevention Of forest
fires, but of equal Importance is indi.
vldual care and precaution. The strict
enforcement OF forestry regulations
and the punishment of those who
violate them would also have a salu-
tary effect in the conservation of our
wealth of forest resources.