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Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14

ed last year by the same consign-
ment, of $1312 per head, was
knocked into smithereens, for the
average attained was no less than
$17O0-a gain of nearly S4O0 per
head.
The remarkable thing about
these sales and prices is the fact
that the two sires whose offspring
have returned their breeders such
record-breaking amounts, are half
brothers. Peter the Great is a son
of Pilot Medium, and j. Malcolm
Forbes is a son of Bingen, but both
are from the same dam, namely San
tos, by Grand Sentinel.
Something like tnirty years ago
the late d. d. Streeter of Kalamazoo,
Mich, picked up for a comparatively
small sum a bay filly that had been
bred by another resident Of the same
town, s. A. Browne. This was San
tos As she did not promise bril-
liant speed, Streeter decided to use
her for breeding purposes and she
now ranks as one of the premier
speed producers in the history of
trotting. Bred to Pilot Medium she
produced Peter the Great. He won
the Kentucky Futurity, the most val
liable trotting race in America, with
about $4,000 to the winner, and
then Streeter sold him to the late
j. Malcolm Forbes, of Boston, for
$4,000.
Forbes was at that time also the
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14
CarbuYefor and
Chrom0sOme

"There are a thousand men who
know a carburetor to every one who
knows chromosome," says a spe-
cialist of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture in discussing
the fact that mechanics as science
has always received great deal
more attention than genetics as a
science. Still, to the layman, both
the carburetOr and the chromosome
are, in what used to be the momen-
clature of psychology, mysterious
somewhats." The great majority of
people could not even stagger at a
definition of either of them. A re-
spectacle number you'd know, dim
ly, that the carburetor makes pos
sible the propulsiye explosion in gas
oline engines, but comparatively few
know that the chromosOme makes
possible the transmission of some
particular Characteristic from parent
to offspring.
Opportunities were plantiful,
says the specialist in explaining why
so many more people have given
their best thought to mechanics
than to genetics. Yet, another ex-
planation may be that genetics takes
care of itself-not in the best way,
possibly, but in some way-while
mechanics always has to be taken
care Of by man. The chromosome
makes its own adjustments while
the carburetor must be adjusted by
the hand of the operator.
Man had to develop mechanics. He
could let genetics rock along. There
would always be some kind of pigs
and calves and lambs. There would
always be no kind of plow or wagon
or well bucket, unless he made it.
And, having to make something, he
strove to make the best. If he.
meaning the average man-ever is
persuaded that ne must give his
live stock the closer attention it de-
serves, he will strive to make the
best in that line, too. That is why
movements like the Better Sires-I
Better Stock" crusade are necessary
and why their results may be so i'm
portapt. Man often has to be in
duced to do the thing that other
wise will take care of itself fairly
well, but the results of which can be
improved by study and thoughtful
attention.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14
BY w. II. SmOllinger
Secretary American Trotting Asso-
citation.

written for the United Press)
The topic of the hour among trot-
ting horsemen is the yearling boom,
as indicated by the prices paid for
animals of that age at the annual
"Old Glory" auction held in Madison
Square Garden, New York, recently.
The "Old Glory" has been a yearly
fixture for nearly a quarter of a
century and during that time con-
signments Of yearlings from practi-
cally every famous breeding farm in
the United States have passed under
the hammer there. The prices
brought by these youngsters are con-
sidered indicative OF the pulse of
the market" for trotters as is moth
ing else; so the results attained have
set the trotting fans agog as has
nothing else in many years.
Last year sensation was produc-
ed at the "Old Glory" when two
patches of yearlings we're auctioned
for figures never before equaled. The
top-liner was the consignment of
colts and fillies sired by ]. Malcolm
Forbes (2:OS), bred and sent to the
ring by James RI Mcgowan. of MI
Sterling, Ky. There were fifteen of
them and the sold up to $5,5OO each,
the average for the fifteen being
1872 per head.
Second only to them in money
bringing was the consignment of
twenty-eight yearlings by Peter the
Great (2:O7A), sent on by Laurel
Hall Farm, Indianapolis, Ind. They
sold up to $4,000, and their average
price was 1915.
These figures eclipsed everything
else of the kind previously known.
the best average ever before obtain
ed in "The Garden" for a consign-
ment of yearlngs having been $500,
which Mcgowan recorded for thir-
teen head by J. Malcolm Forbes in
1916.
1t was question Of great interest I
with hOrsemen. and, especially. with
breeders. whether at this years auc-
tion these prices would be equalled
or beaten. or whether a falling off
in values would take place. The re-
suit has been that far higher prices
have ruled than before, and new rec
Drds have been set.
On the day the auction opened the
Laurel Hall yearlings, by Peter the
Great, were offered. There we're
ihirty-one Of them, or three more
han last year. yet such was the de-
nand for them that they averaged
S1154 each. or over 5000 more per
head than a year ago.
The Mcgowan lot was sold on the
second day. It.numbered twelve, all,
Is before. by j. Malcolm Forbes, and
and when the last one had been
Knocked down, the record establish
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14

SUNBURY, Pa, Jan. I9.-"Aunt
Sarah" Jennings 65 years old, who
patched 2S,22S pairs of trousers
since she went to work as a seam
stress at the Central Pennsylvania
Odd Fellows orphanage, near Sun
bury, 16 years ago, has retired. She
says she never will sew another
patch. "Aunt Sarah" is believed
TO be The champion trouser mender
in the state, and she asserts that
no other woman ever "helf-soled" so
many pants.
When she went to work among the
200 orphans there she started to
keep a record. She has mended 27,-
500 pairs of stockings, made 2,410
boys blouses. 1,206 nightshirts,
sewed on $4,000 buttons and made
1910 pairs of garters, in addition to
the patching.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14
IRRIGATION WILL
COST MEDFORO SIZE

The Nedford irrigation district has
submitted its final report on the
years work. This report shows that
several of the projects are impracti-
cal and must be abandoned for the
present. BY reducing the district to
10000 acres water can be received
from the Rogue River Canal COM
'pany at a cost of $125 an acre. The
district board does not advise land
owners to take this proposition nor
to reject it at once, but to leave it
to the decision of the members them
selves.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14

owner of the famous stallion Bineen
(2:O6l5) and Streeter decided to
breed Santos to him. The produce
was j, Malcolm Forbes
These two half-brOthers are far
and away the two most remarkable
trotting sires that any one mare has
ever produced. The get of Peter
the Great has won over three-Quar-
ters of million dollars in stakes
and purses; while the get of ]. NAL
colin Forbes includes no less than
forty-eight that have trotted to stan
dard records (2:30 or better) as
yearings, which is more than all
other sires combined are credited
with.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14
(By the United Press)

play. That the substance Of
Americas New Year resolution.
Bankers, mayors and labor leaders
and other prominent citizens, asked
by the United Press for an express
sion of their new determination for
1920, unanimously agree that as u
panacea for industrial and political
ills, we all must get to work.
To rid the country OF undesirables;
fight for ratification of woman's
suffrage; increase production. and
to stand back of the League of Ma
tions, were among the New Year res
olutions mentioned.
Following are the 1920 "pro-
grams"
Mayor George L. Baker, Portland,
Oregon-"I would resolve that all
loyal lovers of America, in this her
greatest crisis in history, shall stand
together and rid our country of un-
desirables."
F. H. Goff, president of the
Cleveland Trust Co., Cleveland, o.
LET us relegate to private life those
who seek to make deserters and
slackers of us as a nation. We must
stand back of the League of Ma
tions."
Frank W. Wozencraft, "a, young
est mayor in the country. Dallas, Tex.
81 want to help make Dallas the
best place in America to live and
work-where labor will receive
living wage and capital a fair re-
turn"
Mayor Richard ]. Kinsella, Hart
ford, Conn.-"I resolve to do my
best to make Connecticut and the
United States grant full suffrage to
women. l hope our governor calls
a special session of the legislature
for this purpose"
Charles S. Caldwell, president of
the Corn Exchange Bank, Philadel-
phia, Penn.-"Let us solve new
problems in the old way-by getting
to work in 1920. Until we get back
to normal production this country
will be the dumping ground for for
eigners."
. Marsden G. Scott, president of the
International Typographical Union,
indianapolis, Ind.-"I resolve to fill,
each unforgiving minute of the new
year with sixty seconds worth of
distance run"
Mayor L. c. Hodgson, st. Paul
resolve is that I will do
my best to help all citizens get to-
sether, forget their troubles and diff
'erences, and by hard work and
'pirit of service, make America pros
'erous, peaceful and happy"
Senator William S. Kenyon of
owa.-"Be it resolved by the Amer
can people that they will save more
money, work harder and stick tight
II to Americanism in 1920 than ever
,efore."
j. Fl. Puelicher, broker, Milwau-
Zee, Wis.-"I have promised myself
o work and save more this year
han ever before"
Governor W. L. Harding. Des
ioines, Iowa.-"I resolve to keen
he old smile on for another year"
Justus Wardell, internal revenue
ollector, San Francisco, Calif.-'T I
hall not drink any more intoxicat-
ng liquors"
James Schermerhorn, publisher of /
he Detroit Times, Detroit, Mich {
Let us bind up the wounds and !
ripe away the tears of war and for
id further barbarity through the ,
ledged good faith of all high pro- {
osed powers of Christendom leagu- c
d together in a federation against I
Drce."
c. G. Mead, secretary of the Mer- 7
hants' Association, New York {
AT the threshold of the year new (
roblems and new dangers confront
s which can be met successfully (
My by well-considered and united i
ction guarded by calm judgment /
nd determination. (
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14
OIL WELL DRILL
OUTFIT HERE

The large oil well drill Of the Tri-
gonia Oil company has arrived and
is being moved to the drilling loca-
ton where actual drilling operations
will start in few days. 1t is said
the Trigonia company has selected
an especially favorable location for
its first well and the public will
watch the drilling development with
a great deal of interest. 1t is said
this company has more than thou
sand shareholders in the valley.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14
Bay Rum Has Them
Barking Like Dogs

Clamping the prohibitive lid on
the saloons and purveyors in various
brands of Intoxicating liquors has
brought forth some strange and
amusing schemes-amusing to all
but the yictims-by which profes.
sional and amateur "con" men have
been enabled to bar, ,boozle hundreds
of easy marks into purchasing even
dirty rainwater at six or more dol
lars quart. For instance, three
clever "slickers" are under arrest in
Chicago for selling John Lamorec
two barrels of rainwater for $500.
He was a victim of the ingenious
funnel game" which relies for its
success on the fact that what comes
out of the bung may be a true
sample of the entire contents.
Buffalo, N. Y, reports that three
women and two men are in hospital
there, the result Of a murderous
swindle. A bootlegger sold them en-
balming fluid for whisky. 1t was di-.
luted with vanilla extract. One of
the women was unconscious for SO
hours and is in a serious condition.
Adam RufDagle and George Crow
ley, two Cincinnati pals, couldn't get
anything else, so they drank bay
rum; they made such a row in their
room that the police were called in.
They were found crawling about the
floor and barking like dogs.
Theft of nine barrels of sacrament
tai wine was reported to the New
York police by a wholesale liquor
dealer. The theft was accomplished
he said, by siphoning the wine from
his basement into an adjoining cell
lar by means of a 75-foot pipe. The
owner had a special permit from the
to keep the wine in bond
to be sold for religious purposes
only.
Recently there has been rush in
Army stores in Baltimore for vanilla
and lemon extracts, fair sized bot
ties being sold for 35 cents. Inves-
tigation turned attention to the ex-
tracts, and the sale has been stopped.
What was declared to be dead
ly bomb" brought to Los Angeles by
q special agent of the Tuscon diyis-
ion of the Southern Pacific, who sus-
pected an attempt to wreck the Col
den State Limited as he picked up
The thing near Yuma, when pierced
by a bullet fired at a safe distance
gave forth the aroma of whisky, thus
exposing the viles of Arizona boot
eggers.
Nathan Barrow of Uniontown, Pa,
was charged by Harry Green with
he theft of five hams. Barrow de-
,lared he had been listening to a
playing "T've Got the
Alcoholic Blues, and. being in SYM
,athy with the song, he fell. Asked {
o sing it, Barrow died, and the jury
reed him.
Wesley Duke of Watertown, N. Y,
ound a chest of medicines left In Q
lis uncle's ba n by travelling veter-
nary, and, discovering that one OF
he larger bottles was quite suggest I
We OF an alcoholic "kick," drank I
bout half of the bottles contents. I
The stuff was patented horse lini- u
nent, and Wesley was barely snatch ;
d from deaths door at was an b
wful nightmare" he says, describ-
ng his sensations when delerious. S
uring which he imagined he was a
trotter pitted against a
asst thoroughbred runner. i
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14

SUFFER- CREEK, Calif.-Fire-
men failed to save the pork when .
fire that was being used to smoke
q shoat caused the smokehouse to
be consumed.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14

L0NDoN.-Harrod's, the huge
London department store, is build
ing branch at Liverpool at cost
of s5,OOO,OOO. The firm has a
branch at Buenos Aires.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14

Two features resulted in making
this past year such a good one for
the Fruit association. These were
the abundance of fruit and the good
prices it obtained. Manager Briggs
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14

CORVALLIS.-Three new busi-
ness houses to be built next spring;
a bank, store building and garage.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14

MONTAvILLA.-s15,OOO paid for
1O-acre, tract joining Morningside
hospital to be made into park.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14

klamath Falls-Ewauna Box Co.
adds 21 acres to mill site. To have
electric band saws
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14

HARRISBURG. - $4,000 saw
mill company being organized.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14

In arriving at these totals we have
taken into account all local freight
and express shipments added to our
car lot shipments.
also comes in for a share of COM
for his creditable man
agement of the enterprise which is
becoming an important factor in
Ashland.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-14
Assorted Fruits

Plums and Prunes, Crates
and Boxes ........... l
Apricots, Crates and Boxes.
Nectarines, Crates and
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-08-07
PRISON DOGS TRACK ESCAPED
CONVICT TO CAPTURE

Less than three hours after he had
scaled the walls of the state peniten-
tiary at Carson and fed, II. Strick-
land, convicted of robbery at Tono-
pah, was tracked down by the prison
b~loodhounds and recaptured, says the
Gazette. The fugitive had been con
fined in the prison hospital.
The prisoner picked the hospital
lock to make his way into the yard
and he then dared the chance of bull
lets from a guards rife and scaled
the outer wall. His fight was no.
ticed after he had dropped outside the
wall and the dogs were given the
scent at once.
The fugitive was cornered in the
Merrimac mill on the Carson river
about twelve miles from the prison
before midnight. He was unarmed
and surrendered when he say that his
hiding place had been located.
Strickland was sentenced to the
state prison for five to twenty-five
years from Tonopah less than a
month ago for holding up the Desert
Club saloon.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-08-07
THINKS DECLINE IN LUMBER
MARKET ONLY TEMPORARY

Although the mill and box factory
pany at Portola are running to ca
pacity, with a mill output of 100, 600
feet and a payroll of 200 men in the
mill, factory and logging camps, there
is little demand for lumber at the
present time. according to G. w. Gin
ton, sawyer, and Joe Arnold, logging
superintendent for the company. who
are in Reno, says the Gazette.
Clinton says that there is 40 APP
parent reason for the slump in the
lumber market, other than a general
decline in building activities and he
looks for the market to pick up again
very soon.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-08-07
MUCH NEVADA LAND
FILED upon LATELY

A. B. Gray, receiver of the United
States land office, has been doing a
land Office business under the Pitt
mar land act, says the Gazette. and
northern Washoe and northern Hum
boldt and Elko counties seem to be
chosen spots for promised develop
ment. Recently applications for 90
600 acres were approved in Clark
county and more filings are coming
each day. More than 1000 acres in
Humboldt and Washoe have been ap-
piled for, and of this there is a pos
sibility that some few acres will be
reclaimed and settlements made.
1t took the California spectators
to see the Nevada possibilities, ac-
cording to Gray, who says that as
soon as the Pittman act was in cold
print they organized concerns TO
handle Nevada lands. The land re-
ceiver says they are charging settlers
all the way from $3.50 per filing to
$3.50, the latter figure being the price
set by Los Angeles concerns, while
the higher price is charged by the
Sacramento and Oakland firms.
The plan u.s." says Gray, ito select
the four sections on the map, set it
aside for the customers, assure them
that all they have to do is to hold on,
and collect the money. Ninety per
cent of the entryman have never seen
an acre of Nevada soil and never will.
While there is no fraud connected
with this transaction, the people are
being charged for something that is
practically scott free. The filing fee
for an entry is but $3.50. The Los
Angeles outfit does pay the filing fee"
Gray further states that in order to
hold this entry land that actual work
must commence within six months,
and that water must be developed
within two years. He expects that
the major part of the land will revert
and again be sold by the spectators.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-08-07
BROTHERS CUT RICH
LEDGE ON JACKPOT NINE

Word comes to Elko from the north
ern part of that county that the Blew
EFT Bros. have finally cut the ledge
on the famous Jackpot mine. near
Aura, at the head of the Blue Jacket
canyon. the ledge being six feet wide.
and running high in gold, says the
Free Press. The boys have been work
ing on this tunnel for the past
fifteen years, and have run it about
500 feet. giving them great depth on
the ledge. In early days there was
considerable ore taken out of this
mine, but the values finally petered
out and the ground was abandoned
but the Blewett boys believed that the
pay ore could be picked up at depth.
and their faith has been justified.
The details of the strike have been
very meager and but little has been
given out. but the many friends of the
two brothers are rejoicing over their
good fortune. as they certainly de-
serve to be successful for their
sticktoitiveness.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-08-07
ET,KO SHERIFF RUNS DOWN
AND CAPTURES THIEVES

Sheriff Harris of Elko county. in a
chase after two robbers from Eureka,
had an exciting ride in his auto and
after a rear-end chase of forty-seven
miles captured the two men at the
point of a revolver while they were
going fifty miles an hour, says the
Free Press. The men were wanted
in Eureka for breaking into a cabin
and robbing it of $500.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-08-07

The Humboldt forest of Nevada out
ranks others of the intermountain
forest district in the matter of re-
ceipts. The total amount for 1920 is
S71 045 .52
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-08-07

Halleck-Colonizat'on of big McIn-
tyre ranch by Mormon church is re-
ported
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-08-07

Location blanks in book fotm VIII
carbon copy and all sort of legal
blanks for sale at The Silver S6ts
once.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-17

"Shunltn' Phil" Douglas, erratic
pitcher of the New York Giants, has
done his last dance Al AcGraw's ex-
pense. That's the dope out Of New
York town. McGnw slapped q saspen-
sion on Douglas the other day when
he failed to Join his team mates on
their departure for the west.
McGraw would have suspended him
ooner but for the plans Of some Of
his team mates.
when he is in shape, he 10 there"
National league fans have always said
Of Douglas He has shown flashes of
being q great hurler with two or three
clubs. but the spirit of vanderbilt at
critical times has ruined his career.
He left the Giants last year without
notice, but finally made up with Nc
Graw. On his promise to be a good
boy. McGraw kept him this ear and
was counting on him to take his place
with Toney. Nehf. Barnes and Benton.
Douglas had failed to live up to e1-
pectAtions, however, having won only
ave or six games and losing about the
same number. but he vi getting bet-
ter. His cAper leaves tho Giants with
but two dependable pftcherS Toney
and Nehf, and practically knocks in
the head the hope McGr1w had for
making a fall drive. s
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-17
BIG ROWING.
RACE ON TN
DULUTH TO-DAY
Syracuse and Duluth Crew:
Trained to the Minute
For Race.

Duluth, Mimi. July 17.-At 1880
today, three hours before the water
games that precede the meeting Of
Duluth and Syracuse senior Fights on
St. Louis bay. the west wind had grown
into a half gale and the race course
was cut up into q lumpy sea in which
it was said no racing shell could live.
Rain began falling at 1880 p. m. 1t
max knock down the wind.
EARLY trains today brought to the
city rowing enthusiasts from eastern
rowing centerS.
Duluth. July 17.-Regatta day
opened in Duluth with a threat Of
rain. and with a small wind blowing
from the southwest at S O'Clock. A
west wind, should it develop into a
blow. would chop UP the St. Louis
will be held on Lake Superior. where
a duplicate course is marked of. The
crews will race rain or shine.
Syracuse and Duluth crews are
to the minute and the coach
each expressed today confidence il
crews ability to win.
Today's water activities. which be-
gin at $3.50 p. m. include ~log-rollins
contests. swimming. diving and water
polo: Indians from Tower will give
exhibition Of free log running.
Fours and Fights of the local club
are on the card to contest in mile
and a quarter races. and then comes
the Syracuse-Duluth eight Dared race.
Syracuse is champion Of all American
college crews. and Duluth's husky
eight is champion club crew OF
America. AS the same crews meet at
Worcester in the national, to decide.