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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-04-18
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

ter heavy waters, in which no liv-
ing thing can exist, and its barren
shores, with it's stupendous system
of evaporation, by which six mil
lions tons of water rise to heaven
every day in columns of vapor that
you can see from a distance.
By this variety of features Pal
estine naturally divides itself into
a number of distinct zones or re-
gions. There is, to begin with, in
northern Palestine the beautiful tri-
angular plain of Jezreel, stretching
from the sea shore across the cen
trail plateau. 1t was not only the
rich grain field of northern Israel,
but also a famous battlefield of the
nations where the, original Arma-
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-04-18
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ginning at the foot of Lebanon, =
about five miles wide; but when it
reaches the fertile plain of Jericho
above the Dead Sea it is fourteen
miles in width.
Think what an influence little
country of such a character, so
hemmed in on all sides, so discon-
nected from surrounding countries
by the sea, the desert, and the lofty
Lebanon, and, at the same time,
exhibiting the greatest variety of
features, must have had upon the
life and thought of a vigorous,
energetic people, living there for a
thousand years? But there was an
other influence equally potent. Pal
estine, disconnected as it is from
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-04-18
April IS, 1919.

ern boundary of Palestine, rising
to height-of 10000 feet, with eter-
nal snow on it's head; or Mount
Ebal and Mount Gerizim in the CEN
trail plateau, about 5000 feet high;
or even the plateau on which Jeru
salem stands, which rises to a
height of $500 feet; and on the 9TH
er hand, the valley of the Jordan
which is the deepest exposed de-
preston in the world, going down
in the region of the Dead Sea to
about 1900 feet below the Mediter-
ranean.
Consider the inland waters of
Palestine. The Jordan takes it's
rise between the Lebanon NOUN
tains, and after rushing along for
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18
Progress with Blackleg Vaccine.

AS a result of continued demand
for vaccine for immunizing cattle
against blackleg the Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry is enlarging its facilities
for making this important prepara-
tion so as to meet all demands
promptly. During the last year more
than 100000 doses of blackleg vac
cine were distributed free to stock
owners of the United States. The
bureau is prepared to assist stockmen
in preventing blackleg in their herds.
both thru printed information and
thru vaccine for properly immuniz-
ing cattle.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18

content OF the soils in citrus orchards
and many growers are using every
practicable means at their disposal
to increase the amount OF decaying
organic matter in the soil by the use
of manures and cover crops. The de-
partment specialists have also con-
Quoted soil moisture measurements
in citrus groves to determine the dis
tribution and dissipation of water
following irrigation and have studied
the changes in plant behavior caused
by varying amounts of available mois-
ture in the soil during the intervals
between irrigations. 1t was found
that frequently all the water avail
able for plant growth was removed
from the soil before the next irriga-
tion was made. The determination
of this fact has resulted in a more
frequent application of water to or
ange groves on certain soils by many
growers.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18
EX-KAISER is WEALTHY
THO EXILED AND iii

Altho the former German Emperor
is now utterly shorn OF all official
power, he is still much in the public
eye and doubtless will continue to at
tract special attention until his fate
is decided.
While the ex-Kaiser is virtually a
prisoner, he still has on deposit in
various banks, at Az per cent inter
est. cash amounting to s4,760, 900;
so that even tho the large govern
mental annuities to the various
members of the Hohenzollern family
f, (the payment of which has been sus-
pended) should be abolished, and
the 80 valuable estates to which his
family lays claim be confiscated by
the German people, there will still be
enough to enable the head of the fam
lily to provide fairly comfortably for
his wife and children whatever may
be his own fate.
Recent reports indicate that this
one-time emperor has for some days
been. seriously indisposed and that he
is now confined to his bed almost
continuously. This illness seems to
be due primarily to renewal of his
chronic ear trouble, but 1t is doubt
less aggravated by other-long-stand-
ing physical infirmities, by the
changes of habit and environment
incident to his confinement, and also
by the mental depression and worry
occasioned by his vastly changed es-
tate. 1t is said that the former rud-
diness of his complexion has entirely
disappeared and that his face is now
ashen and marked by deep lines; that
his mustache and hair are both gray;
and that, with the beard grown dur
ing his recent confinement in bed, he
looks like withered old man of 20
or so years and bears but little SEM
blance of the proud ruler Of that day,
only a few months ago, when, with
the German hosts rapidly overwhelm-
ing France, he was grooming himself
for his triumphal entrance into Paris.
Some idea of the enormity of the
ex-Kaiser's vanity, and the conse-
quent greatness of the blow which
his pride has received, may be OBJ
tained from the fact that recent in
ventory of his private belongings in
Berlin and Potsdam shows that his
wardrobe, when he fled from Ger
many, included SOS military and ma
val uniforms.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18
STATE METAL PRODUCTION
OVER THREE MILLIONS

The total metal production for
Oregon as estimated by the Oregon
Bureau of Mines and Geology during
1918 is sS,270,OOO.OO. This in
cludes the usual peace time metals,
such as copper, gold, silver, and
lead amounting to $2,140,5OO.O0 and
the so-called "war metals" such as
chromite, manganese, mercury, tung-
stem and platinum, amounting to
/ SLIPS, 100000
The development Of chromite de-
posits and the production of this
mineral has been one Of the notable
features of mining activity within
the state during the past year. East
ern and southwestern Oregon have
developed chromite areas that have
contributed one-tbird of the total
output of the United States. During
the year 21,00O tons was mined and
sold. OF this production $4,000 tons
we're produced in Grant and Baker
counties In eastern Oregon and about
5000 tons in Josephine, Jackson,
Coos, Curry, and Douglas counties
in southwestern Oregon. The total
value of chromite has been estimat-
ed at s1,O5O, 10000.
The value Of other war metals
produced including manganese.
quicksilver tungsten and platinum
is estimated at $40, 100000.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18
Weekly Health Talks
What Doctor Pierce Has
Done For Humanity!
BY DOCTOR CRIPPs.

It has always seemed TO me that
DR.. Pierce, OF Buffalo, N. Y, should be
placed near the top when a list of
Americas great benefactors is written.
He studied and conquered human dis
eases to a degree that few realize.
Whenever he found remedy that over
came disease, he at once announced it
in the newspapers and told where it
could be bought at q small price. He
did not follow the usual custom of
keeping the Ingredients secret, so that
the rich only could afford to buy the
medicine, but openly printed the name
OF each root and herb he used. And
so to-day the names OF DR.. Pierce and
his medicines are widely known, and
they stand for better health and better
citizenship. /
One Of this great physicians most
successful remedies is known as Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. These are
little, sugar-coated pills, composed of
Mayapple, leaves Of aloe, root Of ialap-
things that Nature grows in the ground.
These Pellets are safe because they.
move the bowels gently, leaving no bad
after effects, as 80 many pills do.
Very often they make a person who
takes them feel like a new man or
woman, for they cleanse the intestines
of hard, decayed and poisonous matter
that accumulates when one is costive.
II you are constipated, by all means
go to your druggist and get some of
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. q They
may prove to be the very thing your
system requires to make you well and
nappy. y-....a.llA,,.a nHA..,.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18
WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
b., AGRICULTURE is DOING
New Lights on Bovine Tuberculosis.

New Lights on Bovine Tuberculosis.
Recent Federal investigations ol
tuberculosis under normal farm con-
ditions continue to incriminate ro'
dents, especially mice, as possible
spreaders of the disease. Following
are briefly the results Of last years
studies on tuberculosis by experts OF
the Bureau of Animal Industry.
Thoro cleaning of stables from which
tuberculous animals have been re-
moved has been shown to be of great
er Importance in making buildings
safe for healthy animals than the use
of chemical germicides. When the
cleaning is properly and thoroly done
the quantity of dislnfectant needed
is relatively small. Mice which have
ingested tuberculous material are
especially to be suspected as possible
spreaders OF the disease, as tubercle
bacilli multiply enormously in their
bodies and are scattered freely with
their feces. Results obtained again
emphasize that this destructive dis
ease would decline materially if rel
atively simple precautions against
its spread were more commonly un-
derstood and practiced by owners OF
live stock. Among the principal
measures urged by the bureau are
sunny, well ventilated barns, sani-
tary surroundings, application of the
tuberculin test to all cattle when the
health of the herd is doubtful, the
prompt removal of any animals which
are affected, and the introduction
into the herd of only such animals as
are known to be free from the dis
ease.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18
TREE HOLDS FIRE FOR
NEARLY FIVE MONTHS

A dead grand fir tree, four feet in
diameter, was ignited June 27, 1918,
during a forest fire, and burned con-
tinuously until November 8, altho
heavy rains visited the region In Sep
tember and October, according to
Forest Ranger John Kirkpatrick. The
tree stood near the mouth of the
north fork Cispus River, on the Rain
Ter National Forest When last seen
by the ranger the tree was still burn
ing and had been reduced to a stub
less than forty feet high.
Ranger Kirkpatrick says that fires
of this sort persist on account of the
clinkers which form and lie in the
center or lowest part Of the burning
surface. The clinkers resemble those
in the bottom OF blacksmith's forge
and are like red-hot bricks. A tre-
mendous amount Of rainfall is neces-
sary to cool them off.
The clinkers are very hard and
present a glazed surface. They re-
semble lava rock in form, being per-
forated and honeycombed to some ex-
tent. They burn the tongue slightly
when applied to 1t cold, as potash
does. After weathering they crumble
and look like slaked lime.
Burning cinders from forest fires
are often carried considerable dis
tance by the wind and start new fires
where they lodge. In this way fire
may start in the dead top of tree
and smolder unnoticed until some OF
the cinders or clinkers drop to the
ground and ignite the duff of the
forest floor. Such a fire may gain
considerable headway before discoy-
cry. The only safe course, accord
ing to forestry officials, is to fell
every smoking snag and completely
extinguish all fire in the woods.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18
Find Laundering VIII Kill "Cootics.

FInu Laundering VIII hlli 'COOtleS.
Entomologists of the Department
of Agriculture, working in coopera-
ton with the War Department, have
found that the modern laundry, as
now adopted for Army camps, affords
practical means of destroying the
"cooties" and other vermin, and that
the usual processes of the Army
laundry establishments are thoroly
ADEQUATE as methods of disinfection
and disinsection. In an article soon
to be published by scientific society
they describe experiments that es-
tablished their conclusions and point
out how laundry methods may be
adapted to suit special cases.
Department Aids Citrus Fruit Grow
ers.
p The occurrence of mottle-leaf in
California citrus orchards is an in
dication by the plant that the soil in
which it is growing lacks some ele-
ment of plant food. The investiga-
tions of the specialists of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture have revealed
the fact that this condition is more
frequently a result of lack of humus
in the soil than of any other single
soil Ingredient AS a result of these
investigations, much interest has
been aroused among growers in re-
gard to the question of the humus
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18
STRONG EVIDENCE
is the Statement Of This Medford
Woman.

is the Statement OF This Medf0rd
Woman.
Backache Is often kidney ache;
A common warning of serious kid
ney Ills
"A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
Don't delay-use Doan's Kidney
Pills.
Profit by this nearby residents
experience.
Mrs. ]. II. Gustin. SCI S. Grape St.,
Medford, Ore, says: For several
years have been taking Doan's Kid
ney Pills when ! have felt the need
Of kidney medicine and | have al
ways received the most satisfactory
results. My kidneys seem to be my
weakest spot and every little cold
or strain affects them and my back
becomes weak and lame. After I
have taken a couple of boxes OF
Doan's Kidney Pills. my kidneys be-
come normal and in every way l
feel as well aud strong as ever
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Gustin had Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18
To Learn Value OF Cactus.

One of the most complete collec-
tions of prickly pear cactus species
ever assembled has been gathered for
testing at the plant introduction
gardens of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture at Chico, Cal
The collection consists of about $500
forms and varieties, which are being
studied to determine their uses.
Many species are of value for orna-
mental purposes, others furnish food
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18
HEAVY RAINS AND SNOW
GIVE PROMISE FOR WATER

For the past week the Rogue river
valley has experienced the heaviest
downfall of rain that has visited this
section for many years. According
to weather bureau records 2 1-S in.
of rain fell during one night at the
beginning of the rainy season, which
was a record breaker for this local
ity. Ashland and Bear creeks were
roaring torrents all week, and in
certain low lying portions the latter
stream overflowed its banks and COW
cred the highway.
The Rogue river at flood tide rose
3 lilo feet during the heavy rain
fall of the night of February s, and
was at the highest mark since Decem-
Der, 1912. The power plant at Gold
Ray dam was threatened by the
flood, and the swollen river flooded
the road at the old channel north OF
the Bybee bridge.
Bear creek was rampant for sew
eral days the fore part of the week.
The bridge was washed out on the
short cut Agate road near the P. &
E. railroad crossing, while in Med
ford the creek rose until about four
feet above the foundation of the
Page theatre. More snow has fallen
on the mountains than at any time
during the present winter, and indi-
cations point towards a good water
supply for the coming summer.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18
Book Keeper Now
Tells Of Troubles
Smith Had Been Going Down Hill
Eight YeaIs-Gains Seventeen
Pounds by Taking Tanlac

This Tanlac has put me in shap
to where / have gained seventeen
pounds" said II. G. Smith. living a
the Braud House, Butte, Mont, re
Gently. Mr.. Smith has been book
keeper for the Tramway Mine for th'
past twelve years, and also owns ;
valuable ranch at Jefferson Islant
and is one of the best known and re
spected men in Montana.
My stomach has given me so muci
trouble for the past eight or nin'
years." he continued, that was al
the time taking something trying t
get some relief. My food didn't seen
to digest at all, and my stomach was
In such bad fix that II / Leaned
against my desk would almost CRY
out with pain. tried doing with
out meats, and lived on a diet OF the
very lightest things, but neither that
nor anything else helped me. Final.
ly my back got to hurting me SC
across my kidneys, and | got so tired
and worn-out that / would have to
lay off some days and rest up.
was troubled with constipation, and
frequent headaches and lost weight
until | got down to only one-hundred
and twenty-eight pounds l have
always been a steady worker, but !
had gotten to where / never fell
like putting in full time so you may
know | was pretty sick man.
when | saw about Tanlac in the
papers l was feeling so miserable
that l was ready to try anything
there was a chance of giving me
some relief. So | got bottle and
soon started up hill. l now weigh
one hundred and forty-five pounds,
which gives me a gain of seventeen
pounds, and makes me heavier and
stronger than / have been since my
troubles started. My appetite Is
enormous, everything / eat agrees
with me, and all the trouble has dis
appeared from my stomach entirely.
My back stopped hurting me by the
time / had finished my first bottle,
and I'm never bothered any more
with constipation and headache. My
strength and energy has all come
back to me, and / can work every
day and feel none the worse from 1t.
My wife is now taking Tanlac, and
I'm sure she will have something
good to say for it, too, as 1t certainly
is a wonderful medicine. Hardly q
day passes but what I tell somebody
how 1t has helped me"
Tanlac is sold in Ashland by ]. j.
McNair; in Medford by Eagle Drug
Co.; in Gold Hill by NJ. D. Bowers;
and in Central Point by Miss M. A..
Nee. adv.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18
USE
Land Plaster
NOW
Ashland Lumber Co.
Phone 20

for man.. while probably the most
important use, economically, is as
forage for stock in arid sections
Spineless forms, of which there are
about 30 now growing in the gardens,
are suitable for this purpose. For
five years in the past about 20 tons
of spineless forms per annum have
been distributed to applicants in the
warmer sections of the country. Dis
tributions have now been discontinue
ed, as the plants are well established
in the trade.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18

The yearly fruit and vegetable
pack of the Gresham cannery is over
$4,000 cases.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-18

| Eleven miles of Benton county
roads are to be hard surfaced, to cost
$4,000.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-06
Realty Deeds Are
Filed for Record

The following deeds have been fill
ed for recording in the county clerks
office:
Allison S. Fleming to Bert G. Linn
and wife. SLABS, real estate in Edge
way Addition.
F w. Horchler and wife to Rose
Straight Kelley $4,000, real estate in
9Th ward fronting on Benoni avenue
10 feet, back 12O feet.
Salvatore Tiano and wife to Lou
is Police and wife, $3.50, land in
Graham Heights Addition, Union dis
trict.
John F. Phillips and Waitman H
Conway, special commissioners, to
U. G.. Barthalow, real estate in Fair
mott Independent district.
John Mapel and wife of Burton, w
Va, to Michael Powell, 81 up, lot in
Union Independent district in second
ward, fronting On Speedway.
George w. Stevens to B. F. Stew
ems, $500, land in Winfield district.
Reason Fo and wife to Clark Jones
500, land in Paw Paw district on
Laurel Run.
Reason Fo and wife to Clark Jones
500 and other consideration real es'
tate on Laurel Run, Paw Paw dis
trict.
Hettie Freeland, Eleanor Freelant
and Mary Freeland to Clinton S. Rob
inson, $4,000, lot in ]. Fay Watson
Addition, Eighth ward.
Meryl Holt Rowe and husband t.
Mary A. McKenna, 81 up, real estate
in Fairmont Development Company
Addition.
Charles L. Tague and wife to Thon
E. Eastman, $3.50. Real estate in Mar
nington Development Company's AID
dition, in Burt Addition.
Ernest S. Morrison and wife to c. T
Stark, $1,000, lot on State street, frs
ward.
W. F. Hunter and wife and McKen.
drle Wilson, Of Fairmview and Blacks
vile to Guy E. Davis, Fairview, 5000
real estate in Faiview.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-06
Squads Right!

Alarming is the news contained in
two dispatches printed recently in the
Philadelphia Ledger. They follow:
Sank CeEter, Wis.,, Nov. 5. Abe
Clitheros dairy herd struck on him
today OF the twentythree cows in
Mr.. Clithero's encourage, twenty-one
refused to give up their milk when
driven in from the South pasture this
evening. Two heifers recently ac-
quired by Mr.. Clithero refused to join
the walkout Members Of Bovine I'm
ion No. 1874 submitted an ultimatum
They demand free transportation
from barn 10 pasture and return, al
falfa hay instead Of timothy, better
housing conditions and no milking aft
er Z O'Clock in the evening. Mr.. Clith-
ero refused to treat with the strikers,
and a government mediator IS on his
way to Sank Center to arbirate the
difficulty"
"Yreka, Calf, Nov. 5.-Not an egg
was laid on Giblin & Giblin's poultry
farm today. Seventeen hundred hens
laid down their tools at s o'clock this
morning and left the works. An aged
White Leghorn, which had been sit
ting on an imitation nest egg for three
weeks, refused to leave her coop, but
the tie-up is complete. The hens have
no grievance against Giblin & Giblin.
They went out in sympathy with the
strike of the Clithero dairy herd at
Sank Center, Wis. 1t is feared the
strike will extend to other poultry
ranches in this vicinity"
Squads Right About"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-06

half Of Che government % yacate the ought g
clear up IN the minds Of all concerned Just what The gov
eminent position m the great controversy IS
The government is not proceeding against the coal min
or. az such but against law breakers who happen to be
miners. This does not mean, however that the govern
ment cannot take an active hand in the scale dispute As
matter Of fact there every prospect that after the
argument in Judge Andersons court next Saturday II 1t
sboud b. determined that the position taken by President
Wilson and the Department Of Justice that the strike is
illegal is correct and the injunction against the Nine
Workers officials is made permanent the government will
take handafter waiting to whether or not the Mime
Workers themselves intend to take some steps to break the
deadlock
In such movement the bas, of the governments action
would be the precedent established by President Roosevelt
in The hard coal strike Neither side probably would wei
come such step; both of them might publicly resent
But if the President were to commission OF really
bio men and call upon miners and operators to abide by
whatever award made they would not likely feel able
to stand out against the action.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-06

1t is announced that the Monongahela Valley frac-
ton company is going to purchase library for the USE
of employees who want become proficient in the fine
points of the relations of traction company to its pub
c 1t will strike the average who has been giving
thought to the problem of labor efficiency that this is
a good move There was time when men could learn
pretty much all there is to learn about the fine points
of rairoading for instance, by getting job as water
boy and working up The traditions of the service the
esprit de corps demanded certain standard of loyalty
and efficiency and the young man had either to make
good or get out Public opinion among the older en-
ployes took care of that But five of war and the
consequent industrial shake-up has played hob with
that system The great organizations are all shot full
of mon who but dimy understand the traditions of the
service and who do not much how the whole organ
zaon is getting along If they able to get by them
selves But we are gradually getting back to the famtl-
lar standards and It is only fair that the employing cor
porations do all they can help the in this phase
Of the reconstruction.