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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-24
Ashland Woman
Marries Magnate

The San Francisco Bulletin OF
June IS contained story relating to
the marriage of a former resident Of
this city which is of interest to many
people here. This relates to the ro-
nance which resulted in the marriage
of Robert Prosser of Comstock, Tex
as, and Mrs. Edna Pearl Hurt which
was solemnized in the rectory Of st.
Luke's Episcopal church in San Fran
cisco on that date.
The groom is designated as Hand
some Bob Prosser," and is said to
count his sheep by the million on
the plains of the Lone Star State.
and is counted the most eligible mil
lionaire bachelor in Texas. He
shared this honor for awhile with
Col. e. H. L. Green, son of the late
Hetty Green of New York, until the
latter's marriage, when Mr.. Prosser
has figured in that role alone.
Mrs. Hurt Is stated to be the pret-
tiest widow in all Oregon and its
finest woman big game hunter and
champion amateur fisherman. Fol-
lows a tale of meeting between the
present bride and groom in the wilds
of the Siskiyous after the former had
bagged a bear which resulted in a
romance eliminating in the wedding
of Wednesday.
After the ceremony the couple left
in new automobile for Del Monte.
They will tour the state and then go
to Honolulu. The groom's gift to his
bride is said to have been a $50, 900
check and a $1,000 diamond ring.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-24
Tick Fight Hottest Next Month

Next month, July, probably will be
the biggest month of the year in the
campaign to drive the cattle-fever
tick from the South. Past Julys al
ways have marked the apex of the
seasons work, at least so far as the
number of cattle dipped" Is con-
cerned, and the tick-eradication
forces OF the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and the cooper
ating State agencies are lining up to
present solid front to the cattle
parasite. New records for March
and April "dippings" we're set this
year, and II Is believed that May also
went "over the top" altho complete
reports have not yet been tabulated.
Reports from the field indicate that
this June will prove to have been
the biggest June In the antitick cam
paign. Working up to this climax,
the decentralization forces are work.
ing to make 1t the best July on rec
ord. After July there may be de-
crease in the total number OF dip
pings, but it is essential that the
work be kept up thruout the season
TO foil the reproductive powers Of
the tick. which are so marked that
\ few Of the parasites are capable of
producing million within a few
months According to the reports
reaching the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture, public senti-
ment everywhere, among the general
public and business men as we'll as
among farmers and livestock own
ers, is awakening fully to the neces-
sity of Kidding the South from the
insect enemy that has impeded the
Proper development of cattle raising
and dairying in this section of the
country,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-24
COMMITTEE AFTER
FUNDS FOR HIGHWAY

To go before congress and urge
the immediate appropriation of mon
ey to match the bond issue of s2,-
100000 recently authorized by the
voters Of Oregon for the construction
of the proposed Roosevelt highway.
q committee of five is being organ
lied by those interested in the con-
struction Of the highway. Three Of
this committee will be from Oregon
and one member each is desired from
Washington and California. The bill
was introduced In congress by Rep
resentative Hawley on Monday, says
the Portland Telegram.
According to announcement made
by S. c. Pier, who had charge of the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-24

by are turned down simply because
they can not make good To get by
the management of this show all
must be past masters in some special
feature on the program that entities
them to perform before the big audi
ence. And as for bucking and bull
dogging stock, only animals that
have made a record on previous try
outs are used, thus assuring patrons
of the big show their moneys worth.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-24
Hours Of Thrills
At the Big Show

Everybody admits the Roundup at
Ashland is in a class by itself when
1t comes to real thrillers and hair
raising stunts. The class Of perform
ers and all stock used at this show
must not be compared in the same
light with similar shows staged In
other Oregon towns. Hundreds OF
performers that apply for arena du-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-24
NO REASON TO DOUBT
NATION DRY JULY

Altho foreseeing mo reason to
doubt that wartime prohibition will
become effective July l." the internal
revenue bureau, in accordance with
an opinion by Attorney General
Palmer will continue the sale of tax
stamps for intoxicating beverages
after that date, Commissioner Raper
said, however, the sale would be with
the distinct understanding the manu-
facture or sale Of prohibited bever-
ages was in no way authorized.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-24
NO MORE FLIGHTS
WITH OLD PLANES

While very proud of the feat per-
formed by the seven airplanes from
Mather Field, Sacramento, Calf, In
the flight to the rose festival at
Portland, the war department has
decided to order no more airships to
the upper Pacific coast for some time.
according to word from Washington
Any further flights from Sacramento
will probably be deferred until a
new type of plane is available.
The planes which visited Portland
found 1t necessary to fly for great
distances between Sisson, Calf. and
Eugene at an altitude of $4,000 feet
in order to be able to volplane to
safety in event Of engine trouble.
Ashland is preparing to care for
$500 visitors on July S-4-5.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-24

nlshed the kitchen in her home with
modern equipment paid for with
prize money awarded for her can
ming exhibits. Two girls in Kanka-
kee County, ILL.,, repapered and paint
ed their home with club profits.
Club work encourages thrift, and
gives the boys and girls an oppor.
tunity to convert some of their spare
time into money,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-24
Irrigation Farms Need Labor

According to specialists Of the
United States Department of Agrl-
culture, there is plenty Of farm work
for anyone who wants job pitching
hay, shocking grain, or laboring at
other farm tasks thruout the western
irrigation belt. A recent report from
the Truckee-Carson irrigation pro-
ject says that labor is extremely
scarce and farmers are paying $3.50
to $500 day, including board and
lodging, for help during the haying
season. Fourteen-year-old school
boys are being paid SO day plus
their board and lodging. Indications
are that harvest conditions will be as
bad, II not worse. The general inn
preston that there is labor surplus
and a work deficit thruout the coun-
try certainly is not true on the re-
clamation projects.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-24
Making strengtI, from Milk

Plenty Of milk is one of the simp-
lest ways Of improving the general
health of children. authorities be-
iieve, and home demonstration agents
of the United States Department Of
Agriculture and the State colleges
are making special efforts to create
public interest so that every child
will get his share. In some cities.
|here many children have been
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-24
Club Profits Provide Comforts

Thousands of American homes pos
sess comforts and luxuries for which
they are indebted to the boys and
girls in the families who have earned
the equipment by work in home gar
dens and canning clubs. These clubs
are organized by the Department Of
Agriculture and the State colleges,
and by them boys and girls make
money as we'll as provide canned
fruits and vegetables for their own
families Steam pressure cookers,
washing machines, pianos, vacuum
cleaners, kitchen cabinets, and in
Vulnerable other things which make
housework easier and home life hap
pier are bought with their profits by
the club members. A 14-year-old
home canning club girl in Oconee
County, Ga, bought a player-piano
and new furniture for the parlor with
the money she earned in canning. A
girl in Frederick County, Md, fur
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-06-24
Department of Agriculture
Work

found undernourished and undersiz.
ed, milk Is served in the schools. In
19 Indianapolis schools 1000 chill
dren have been served half pint Of
milk each school day during the past
year The milk is delivered at the
schools in individual pint bottles. A
hole is punched in the cap of the
bottle and a straw is inserted. The
children help themselves as they
march past, and afterwards they re-
turn the empty bottles to the rack.
This work in Indianapolis is main
tanned by the parent-teacher clubs,
but 1t is largely self-supporting. The
majority OF the children pay 3 cents
a day, or ~ cents for milk and
crackers. Those. who can not pay
get the milk free The children are
measured and weighed, and the chart
OF each child is kept in his school
room, so he may see whether he Is
up to normal or below. All the chill
tdren are much interested in weigh
ing what they should. The teachers
report a marked improvement in the
schoolwork and want the work con-
tinued. The Indiana home demon
stration agents cooperate with the
county welfare committees in weigh
ing and measuring the children.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-23
..pTHt.I.. .NCCIDENT.,I..'


\ news ia. ir::!.ss y" old. ol'i
story OF the shooting OF a nine-yc;lr-
old boy l,y q si.;tcen- -year-old lad
Tho ol,;cl 10Y was PLAYING with II re-
volver. which he did not know was
loaded NO arrests We're made
reads the story. The indications be
ing that the shooting was purely ac-
cidental."
1t is about time for people TO w;tke
Up to the fact that some one is re-
sponsible for even purely accidental
mishaps. The parents who allow Il
6-year-old-boy 10 play With Snch I
10Y should be made 10 feel a serious
responsibility Indifferent people who
permit the indiscriminate sale of fire
arms are responsible for many terri
bic deeds FOR which they are never
called TO account The fool who does
not know a gun is loaded merei:
lodges his real responsibility.
We are taught to keep no poisoNs
in the family medicine cabinet. If
special illness and doctors orders
make il neccssary to have poison
in the house. We are taught to ke.l1
il in a rough container. Very par
labeled. We are taught, too
10 read directions carefully hosore
using any, article from the medicine
cabinet with which we are not thor
oughly familiar. We take all these
in regard TO that KIND {.
danger and continue careless in th~
matter OF firearms.
if judgment and common seiise
ond moral consciousness are not suf-
iicicnt, we viii have TO have LAWS
fixing the blame Tor these cver-re-
curing purely accidental' murders
ana injuries.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-23
AVOID TEE. RUSH.

Over confidence. OF course. s NOT
20 '.e encouraged with regard to the
Victory Loan dr;ye which opens
next week. At the same time. it vii!
surely do no harm to call attention
to the remarkably favorable condi-
Iions attending this loan.
1t is TO be the las, popular war loan
money needed hereafter to wind up
the war will be raised by "b&nHer:-
loans The rate of interest is high
or than ever. except 10 the heavy IN
vestor who has TO pay part Of it back
in his income tax. The redemption
may redeem the secur:-
ties in three years. The period g.
lowed for payment Of subscriptions IS
longer than before. Not the least
element Of attractiveness is the fact
that the government is not going T.
accent any more than the $1,000. .oo0.-
coo called for-an amount in Itself
than the public anticipated.
This is most emphatically a good
thing And from the present out
look. a good many citizens are going
TO be disappointed in their desire to
get some of these choice securities be-
cause there won't be enough o. them
TO supply the demand. The on'H
wavi1o make sure OF getting III on :;
* To subscribe early.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-23
just Facts.

The government Of the United States
is your government.
That government has give. its sac
red word TO do certain things.
These things require the eNpendi-
ture Of great sums Of money.
Your government must keep It's
word, must spend these sums Of mon
ey
This money can only be secured
now in two ways: either by taxation
or by borrowing.
Taxes arc high enough. are they
not? Nevertheless. they Will not pro-
duce enough to meet the present
need.
Then. tn" only way the United
States can pay for peace is by bor-
rowing the balance needed $4.50o,-
600. 900.
All right then. your government
must borrow s4.5O0. 900. 600 and since
other countries have no money TO
lend. it must borrow this money in
the United States ::1d from one or
TWO sources.
Your government must borrow
from the banks and other financial
institutions or ii must borrow from
millions OF patriotic citizens.
If this money could be borrowed
from the banks. would it be wise?
With allsof their capital tied up in
government securities. how could the
banks perform their normal func-
tions of financing regular business
enterprises and development pro-
jects? Without being financed, how
could factories and business operate.
how could the country be developed.
how could labor be employed. how
could people live? Think it over
Very we'll then. there is one course
left open. Your government must
borrow from YOU and from every 9th
er individual up to each ones limit OF
lending.
Hence the Victory Liberty Loan on
April p. .1919-the loan Of victory.
peace and Thanksgiving.
These are just facts. Can you see
any other Way out of it? We cant.
and after YOU think i over and con-
slider that the government is asking
YOU to subscribe for an absolutely
short term. good interest
bearing security. and by doing ii
help pay for victory and peace and
YOU won't want to find
any other way out but Will. Like a
true American. YOU will step up and
say
Sure. we'll finish the job. Uncle
Sam can have the use OF all my mon
ey to pay for peace I can go over
the top in the Victory Liberty Loan
if my boy could do il at St. Mihiel."
Yours for the Victory Liberty loan.
Edwin w. Robertson. Chmn.
April Il. 1919.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-23
Meat Grows More Plentiful in South.

Some southern sections have ceased
to import meat and other food pro-
ducts and now are not only able to
feed themselves but are in position
to export these products from their
farms. Cotton. Of course, still has a
prominent place in localities where
the weevil is not too destructive, but
diversified or safe farming is becora-
ing popular, according to reports
from many county agents. The re-
ports of the agent in Sumter county,
Fla. is an example. Recently this
agent supervised the cooperative
shipment of % cars of hogs on foot
and 8 cars of butchered pork, and
several cars of hogs have. previously
been shipped from other points in the
county He states that every fam
iIy has plentwI OF meat and lard at
home.
The county agent in Orange coun-
ty. Fla. reports that the livestock
men are planting more feed crops
than ever before. One man who
planted 10 acres Of corn and Is acres
of cabbage last year is planting S5
acres to corn this year. The farmers
of Orange county purchased 249 tons
ef nitrate of soda from the govern
n1ent this year. with saving Of So
707.
Tho agent in De Soto county. Fla,
,:eports that recently another Texas
nattleman located in his community
and purchased 5000 acres Of land
and is now fencing it preparatory to
bringing in a. herd Of cattle from
Texas. To this he will add some of
the best native COWS and breed up for
better beef
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-23

Thc passing OF Mrs. Esther I;ey-
nolds Davis has removed from cam
,ien orc CT its most gracious. kindly
and best loved women. Her death oc-
Cured AT II q. III. Wednesday at The
old home of the Reynolds family
where she WIS born, reared and spent
Il useful life Of three scoyc and ten
wears.
The daughter Of the late Dr.. Rcy-
no!ds and his wife Mary Chestnut
Reynolds. she w:,s married in CARY
life to The late Ecv. Eruce Davis. al
Episcopal clergyman and their union
Was blessed by two children. Mary
Chestnut who died in childhood and
Thomas. who survives his mother
The funeral arrangements viii be
made after the arrival of her ncph"w:;
The AIcSSrS DcS@SSure of Tennessee.
At!ant;! and JackSonvilic.--Ca Canld"n
Chronicle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-23
BETTER T.xCHERS.

''At least half the teachers in the
United States are not tit TO teach. We
ought to get rid OF at Least 100000 OF
them
This was the statement of d. 3
Waldo, president of the Western state
Normal School at Kalamazoo, Mich
Public opinion VIII be that Ai..
Waldo has placed his number !i1t:~
high. There is 30 doubt howavc:
that a good many teachers arc now
drawing salaries who would MAKE
better stenographers OF secretaries.
clerks. or cooks. or cab-Grivers.
It has been the custom. time with
out mind, 70 use the profession OF
school teaching as harbor for many
kinds of incompetence. A kind of
sacred halo has surrounded the
teacher. lf She could get in By pass
ing the required examinations or by
bit of political pull. that decidec
the matter. She was fitted to teach
because she was teaching Equally
50 with lot of male persons.
No educational reform which does
not take note OF this condition and
remedy It VIII Gct VERY far.
Not only should, the s;tlary-raisin&
already well begun, go on. but g
should the standard Of requirements
Tor a teacher be raised. y good sal
airy Will not make good teacher
and it Will tempt poor one. High
salaries without high efficiency de
mands put premium on ineftcicnc>
and dishonesty.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-23
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Tlii: .tEIf.N EXODUS.

The rush TO Europe. long i"r.i'Ia
as an after-war probability. has st:rt-
ed. Italians. Greeks and Other for
ciencrs are now leaving this :c,!a-
Try ut the rate of about loo 4 1:ts
The numbers may Increase during the
summer.
1t is perfectly natural thing. not
calling for any such sensational ex-
planation as that offered by the
American Bankers Association. that
these immigrant working people arc
being lured abroad BY BolsheEis
propaganda. TO be stripped OF thc:r
savings Most Of them nave been
waiting eagerly for years for 4 chance
TO get back home anG see thcir friends
and relatives and learn at first hand
of the wars ravases and changes.
The movement. however. may not
be so great as many alarmists imagine
The exodus might rise considerably
above 0no q day and still not eX
ceed 800. 100 a year Our industries
would not greatly miss that many. in
normal times: and if 100000 of
them should go IN year. rs ship:
become available, we may reasonably
cNpec, that half Of them at least vii!
come back.
Except for tn" personal int@!,es,
that takes 50 many overseas tom
norarily. The pull Of Amcr:ca ]:
doubtless as stro:;g just now as lhe
pull Of Europe It will 10 stronson
still when our alien residents learn
Of ;hr heavy Wa taxes and bad indus
tria! conditions they arc sure to find
in The Old country.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-23

ers c:lnnct he held to their work. and
if factories cannot make profit
even on the books, what hope is there
Of success?
Eolshevisin turns economies upside
down and inside out. 1t destroys Il
self. I.enine has admitted that lie
ioi.esaw no benefit 10 the working
classes from Bo!shevism for several
generations, that it would bring l2U-
rope TO ruin All this infatuated
leader seems TO expect is that out Of
the wrecI;.gc viii come d better eva
FOR the common people some gcneG-
atoms hence.
The common people Will not be con-
tent. in Russia or elsewhere. TO wait
some generations for their eco
nomic and political salvation. They
want dependable employment. dcccrt
living conditions. freedom and oppoi-
unity tnr srowtll and personal ac-
auisi;ion right here and EoH.
SO LLOYD George is right. 1t i not
necessary TO fight BolShcvisnl by
force OF arms Let BolShcvism stew
in its own juice Tor a while longer.
The more Bolshevistic it is. the soon
er it is destined to sclf-extinc;ion.
The Lcninc- Trot:ky regime has
only ore chance OF survival. and that
is by r"nouncin= Bolshcvism in ia
vor Of some workable system. or slow
ly modifying it so that. under what
ever name. it VIII be unrecoGniZable
by the genuine BolSheVist.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-23
Basket Picnic.

Will the following ladies serve on
to be given for the soldiers on April
eSth And will these ladies be kind
enough to phone No 73, Mrs. Agnes
Begin, chairman, if she can depend
on them?
Mesdames Lamb. Lang Jennings.
w L. Brun son, J. ]. Brunson, Maur-
cr. Rice, Lula LeGrand, L. I. Par
rot. Jim Blanding, Francis Noise,
Grcnvillef DeLorme. Abe Ryttenberg,
Fcrd Levi. Warren Noise. A. c:
Phelps. Perry Moses, Jr., Hinnant,
c. J. Lennon. Edward McCallum,
Bruce lyman, a. s. Merrimon, Louis
Lyons, Misses Isadore Teicher,
t'rancdska Teicher, A1esdames H. A.
Mood, J. J: Williams. Misses Minnie
Moore. Arn1ida Moses, Annie Purdy,
Mesdames Mark lReynolds, r. E.
Wilder, Richard Wilder. Henry Hill,
Horace Hardy. Walter Minis, r. S.
Hood. a. D. Hardy, Louis William
son. a. Weinberg. Flaum, Brooks
Bultman, Douglas China. Dwyer, S.
H. Edmunds. y. S. Hardy, Cyril
Isaacs, r. c. Richardson, Rufus
Spann. Raymond Shelor f. A. Built
man. Fl. c. Dorm. d. d. Noise, Fl. c.
Huger. Willie phillips. p. G. Bow
man. Cole. C. D. Mcknight. Edwin
Miller, DesChamps, Booth, H. G.
Osteen O. H. Folly. John Sumter,
y. H. White. E. H Moses. r. S.
Noise. Isaac Schwartz. J. NJ. Levy,
Misses Jennie Walsh, Theo Gregg,
Mabel Booth, Annie Moran.
Agnes NJ Begin,
nf Gor,n IA ittao
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w::l.,lln. 81. NOR. t'il"..;iI" ny he :i':.h
demands. free; i. tlc column ..n,n
propaganda. guns in The hands of the
Legion promoters in Washin:lon.
Neither the public nor Congress likes
10 be shouted ut and threatened. -,nd
some Of the demands arc plainly eN-
orhitant
The Legion representatives, tcr
example. demand the payment of Sea
in d lump sum TO every soldier ana
sailor. This means :: demand fcr
more than $2,o00. 0.ooo.0Qo OF govern
mont moncy-whicf means the pee
pies money. The denn;Hl, s;llci: ;oJ
much of o?d-flsh:on.d pension
srai,>.. ANA the mere suggestion o.
it shows the menace Involved in :,;iy
military organization with a political
purpose. If this is the bc=innin4
what Will be the end?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-23
KENTUCKY NIGHT SCHOOLS.

Seventy-fire letters, each writer
by an adult .;lii:c.ate' in proof that
he had conquered his iiiteracy. ha:"
been flied with the Kentucky Hitter
acy Commission.
The writer's OF these letters are
ONLY a part Of the nun2bcr who, und":
the unsalfisf volunteer instruction o:
a number Of Kentucky school teach
ers. have learned 10 read and writ"
j., the night schools.
The work Vas started in 1911, and
during the FIRST winter l.2o" pupils
were enrolled. Since then The
number has Increased greatly i'!::
result is an eloquent testimonial! o!
the longing for education which ling
ers in many humaG breast long aI-
ter school-agc is 81 thing OF the pass;
He chat knows not, and knows
,ha; he knows not-he can ie;;a"1
Teach him.