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Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28
CITY ELECTRICIANS
GIVE HINTS ON
BUYING OP LIGHTS
(From Wednesdays Daily

(From wednesdays Daily
Ollie Easterling, city electrician,
who talks about volts, ohms, am
peres and kilowatts in a scandalously
familiar way, throws some electri-
cal light upon the vexed question as
to why lamps do not last longer.
Many are under the impression that
the filaments in the globe are
BURNED out as a result of great and
sudden changes in voltage, but this,
1t appears, is not the case. Lamps
are supposed to stand a ten per cent
change in either direction of volt
age.
For example. a 125-volt lamp
should not be injured seriously by
current as low as 113 volts or as
high as 1877. The voltage varies only
about five degrees each way in Ash
land, running from 120 to 1870, as
can be verified by examining the rec
ord sheet at the electric light office
in the city hall. The machine which
makes this record looks something
Ike a stock market ticker and at
times is watched with an equal in
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28
Local Post Office
Delivers Holiday
Mail With Speed
Over 1000 Parcel Post Sacks Han
died During Christmas Week:
Special Deliveries Made

The Christmas mails through the
Ashland post office were handled
promptly during the holiday rush,
without a serious hitch in the pro-
gram. Over 1000 parcel post sacks
were handled during Christmas
week, in addition to the outside par
cells.
On Sunday there was parcel de-
livery Of all the parcels in the office
in order to prevent congestion on
the Christmas holiday, which was
Monday. The last auto load of mail
left the office for local delivery at
IL o'clock.N The general delivery,
stamp and parcel post windows were
open from to II O'Clock Monday,
and there was delivery by city let
ter carriers and rural carriers. Be-
fore the noon hour practically all the
holiday mail was out of the office.
The post office receipts were prac-
tically the same as last year.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28

apples which will run smaller than
$50 to the box.
Grain growers are hard hit by
present prices, but stockmen ana
dairymen are not suffering any
great hardships, with hay selling as
low as IS a ton and butterfat high
er than it was before the war. Cat
tie as cheap, but so is feed.
THE paved Pacific highway is an
undoubted advantage to farmers who
are so fortunate as to have it run
past their homes, but 1t is by no
means an unmixed blessing. During
apple harvest, tourists came into our
orchard in the middle of the night,
helped themselves to all the fruit
they wanted, and then departed,
leaving the gate open, which we were
forced to get up in the middle of the
night to close.
"a farmers property is not re-
garded with the same sanctity as
townspeople's. 1t is considered a
joke to steal such things as melons
and fruit from a rancher but crime
to take them from dealer, al
though these things sometimes do
not cost the dealer as much as the
farmer A grower was bringing a
truck load of watermelons into Ash
land, and his machine broke down,
While he was gone for repairs, some
tourists came along and filled their
car with melons, which was consid-
cred a good joke and quite differ
ent from taking the same good
from a merchants window"
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terest by local electricians.

terest by local electricians.
When a wire is short-circulted or
100-horse power motor connected
or disconnected, the red ink line is
made very crooked on the record
sheet, but the jogs or bends seldom
amount to more than a degree or
two. 1t is perhaps not generally
known that the Ashland electrical
system is directly connected or
hooked up" with the big Oregon
California Power company lines
which run into San Francisco from
the Copso, Feather River and other
powerful generating plants, and that
disturbances on those lines are some
times transmitted clear to Ashland,
causing sudden changes of voltage.
The average individual has only
very hazy idea as to the nature of
volt or watt, which should be un-
derstood in order intelligently to
purchase lamps and other electrical
appliances. The voltage corresponds
to the pressure Of water in a pipe,
while the watts are similar to the
number of gallons of water drawn
from a tap, being simply units of
quantity to measure the amount of
electrical energy or Juice" which is
used by lamp, motor or heater The
number of volts used corresponds to
the degree of pressure of energy
flowing over the wires.
In rsponse to complaints that
lamps were not bright enough, and
that electric irons did not heat up
quickly enough, the voltage in the
Ashland system, was stepped up
so that it averages now about 1876.
Lamps of this voltage should be pur-
chased, in order to obtain the best
results.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28
SNOW ON HIGHWAY
NORTH AND SOUTH


Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Kingsley, Port
land, came in on the train Wednes-
day night from Dunsmuir, Calf, and
are being entertained at Hotel Ash
land, while awaiting their auto,
which is being shipped by railroad
from the vicinity of Dunsmuir,
where the snow is reported TO be
three feet deep. Several other cars
are stalled in that locality.
o. T.. WoodsOn and NJ. Eakln
drove down Wednesday from Cot
tage Grove, running through five or
six inches of snow most of the way
to Grants Pass. The highway is in
fine shape in the immediate vicinity
of Ashland, which Is like an oasis
in a desert, so far as freedom from
snow is concerned.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28
TALENT CHURCH
PLANS PROGRAM
FOR THREE DAYS
(From Thursdays Daily

This evening at 5 o'clock the De-
Moss Musical entertainers will give
their first class program in the Tai
ent church for the benefit OF the
church.
On Saturday evening the Billie
school will give an excellent pror
gram. The program this year will
be one of those different programs.
The committee has a very fine list
OF features which will please every
body. This program will begin at
1880 O'Clock.
On Sunday morning the Bible
school will meet promptly at 10, and
the regular study hour will close
with the installation of officers.
There will be no morning preaching
services. This will give time for
those who attend to reach home in
plenty OF time for Christmas din
ner.
On Sunday evening the pastor will
show lantern slides and present o
lecture on "The Women OF the
Bible"
An interesting feature of the Sat
urday nights program will be a
treat for everyone present. Good
things for the young and old. Plan
to come. a big welcome awaits you.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28
REPEAL or TAX
TRANSPORTATION TO
SAVE ORE. WEALTH
(From THURSDAYS nailv1

A feature of the new revenue act,
effective on January /, 1922, which
is of far reaching importance to
business men, producers and the
public generally is the repeal of
taxes on freight and passenger
charges. These taxes have been a
direct charge upon the persons pay
ing for the services, as the trans
portatiOn companies were required
to collect the taxes from the persons
to whom the services were rendered.
This repal will save the people of
Oregon at least two and one-half
million dollars annually.
Clyde G. Huntley, collector of in
ternal revenue, announces that un-
der a bureau ruling, the tax now in
force will apply to amounts prepaid
for transportation in cases where
shipments are made before January
l, 1922, even if such shipments ar
rive at destination after January 1,
but it does not apply in cases where
the charges are collect" on ship
ments made before January 1, 1922,
but which arrive at destination on
or after that date.
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CITY TO MAKE
PROPERTY TRADE
CEMETERY TRACT
(From Wednesdaya Daily

(From Wednesdays Daily
The city council last night voted
to trade a tract Of ground, approx
mately an acre, at the east end Of
Mountain View cemetery, to Mr.. Nc
Donald for a tract Of similar size,
adjoining on the north the one now
belonging to the city. The city now
owns all the land between the Pa
cific highway, the Southern Pacific
railroad and the road west of Noun
tainview cemetery, the latter occupy
ing the southwest corner of this tri-
angular tract.
Mr.. McDonald's land consists of a
small, three-cornered tract lying
next to the railroad and short dis
tance north Of the highway. He has
a long private road across the city's
property, just north of the ceme-
terry. In order to close up this road,
the city decided to trade Mr.. MsDon-
aid tract of low-lying, rough land
between the highway and Melon
AIDS land, which is higher and
smoother than the one to be disposed
OF.
E. F. Smith asked permission to
build a barn ON Water street, near
the city warehouse. This request
was referred to the sanitary COM
mittee.
1t was voted to charge the Win
ter Fair committee actual cost of
lights used during the fair.
The council authorized the issu-
ance of bond for $108 to finish
paying for sewer laid on upper Gran
ite street. Those to whom cost of
sewer was assessed were given thirty
days in which to pay for this i'm
provement. The cash payments re-
ceived lacked the sum mentioned OF
equaling the cost of the sewer, those
who did not pay signing notes to the
city for this amount.
Complaint having been received
that refuse was being dumped close
to the road, near the city dump
grounds, which is located in the
Belleview nelghborhood, the council
voted to remove this rubbish and
put up signs directing that no more
refuse be placed outside the dunn
ground.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28
AZ next morning, the sum.

la next morning, the sum-
Il. mould be reached at 10 o'clock,
and the downward trip made late In
the afternoon.
Mount Pitt Is the highest point
in Southern Oregon and affords one
Of the greatest views to be found
anywhere, the altitude being close to
10000 feet. On clear day twenty
five lakes can be seen. The forestry
service maintains a very efficient
lookout station, for the purpose Of
locating forest fires. Heliograph
messages are flashed to Lake o
Woods camp and many other points,
while telephone wires enable the
watcher to send a fire alarm to any
Of the surrounding stations.
Ashland has pre-empted Lake O.
Woods and Mount Pitt, having-or
soon will have a good road to the
lake and from there to Pelican bay,
on Klamath lake, connecting with
road to Crater Lake. The road from
Klamath Falls to Lake O. Woods
leads through a rough country,
which Klamathons would naturally
not be anxious for visitors to see.
klamath Falls, the fourth place
in the Southern Oregon circuit of
scenic attractions, could take tour
lists through their-rich irrigated and
reclaimed lands to the Lava Beds,
south of Tule lake. Here might be
reproduced some Of the thrilling in
cidents of the Modoc Indian war,
including the tragic murder Of Gen.
eral Candy and other peace COM
missioners. The nearby wonderful
ice caves could be visited, in con-
nection with trip to the Lava Beds,
supplemented, Of course with camp
fires and barbecues, as at the other
places.
AT each OF the four places, side
trips could be arranged to other
points OF lesser interest, with le:-
lures, literature and other features
which would make the event OF the
greatest possible advertising value,
as we'll as social and esthetic inter-
est, to the community and visitors
Permanent equipment and accommo-
dations could be accumulated from
year to year, and cooperation prac'
ticed in advertising the enterprise
as one Of the big tourist attractions
OF the West"
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28
APPLE GROWERS
MUST BE KEEN,
SAYS ORCHARDIST
(From Thursday,s Dailyl

(FrOm Thursdays Daily
A. W. ThoRas was in town Tues
day from his ranch near Kingsbury
Springs and was questioned by a
Tidlngs- representative regarding
farming and other conditions in that
district "The apple market does not
look good just now" he said, "bns
If any Newtowns sell for GOOD
price, 1t will surely be those from
our orchard, as the apples we ship
ped through the Ashland Fruit and
Produce association were first class
in every respect, good size and color.
free from blemishes and we'll
packed. 1t might have paid to hold
them here, if storage facilities had
been available. There are said to
be sixty cars of apples in one ware
house at Medford, half of them be-
ing loose and unpacked
THE orehardists who expects to
win out in the apple game from now
on must not only spray, prune and
pack carefully. but also thin. fertil-
ize. cultivate and irrigate. Little
apples are shipped to foreign coun-
tries because they aren't big enough
to sell in the United States. Or
chardists should aim to have few
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON. IN AND
FOR JACKSON COUNTY.

In the Matter of the Estate of Annie
Cash Deceased.
Notice OF appointment OF Adminis-
traitor and to Present Claims
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that
the undersigned has been appointed
by the Honorable G. A. Gardner,
Judge of the County Court in and
for Jackson County, Oregon, as the
administrator of the estate of Annie
Cash, Deceased, and any person hav-
ing a claim against the said estate,
is required to present the same, duly
verified, at the law offices of Briggs
& Briggs, Pioneer block, Ashland
Oregon, within six months from the
date of the first publication of this
notice.
Notice of first publication: De-
cember IA, 1921.
GEORGE W. CASH,
1874 Administrator.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28
ESTIMATE COUNTY
1921 TAX LEVY
IS UNOFFICIAL

JACKSONVILLE, Or, Dec. 27.-
The. Jackson county tax levy for the
year has been fixed by the county
court, and while not official, will be
approximately as follows:
For districts outside high school
districts, 26.7 mills.
For districts inside high school
districts, 25.9 mills.
The levy for the Ashland district
is 25.7 mills, which is exempt from
the library levy of 2 mills
The county court will meet next
Tuesday to approve, and make final
decisions on the levy.
The levy last year in districts out
side of high school districts was 27.3
mills, or 6 mill higher than this
year. The levy last year in districts
inside high school districts was "a
mills, or 1.9 mills lower than this
year.
The levy is apportioned as Toilows
among the various departments and
funds:
General road fund, 2:6 mills.
Market road fund. 1.G mills.
State tax, 9.3 mills.
General county expense fund,
which provides for the redemption Of
county warrants falling due, 5.5
mills.
High schools (for districts out
side of high school dlstricts), s. mill.
County school fund, 2.G mills.
Pacific highway bond interest, 6
mill.
Crater Lake highway bond inter-
est, C mill.
Pacific highway bond redemption,
IA mills.
County library for districts out.
side of Ashland, 2 mill
Medford armory fund, 3 mill, in
conjunction with federal and state
appropriations.
County fair, 4 mill as voted at
the special county election Decem-
ber IA.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28
CHURCHES ARRANGE
XMAS PROGRAM
FOR THIS EVENING

Old-fashiOned Christmas programs
of song and story will be given by
the Sunday schools of the Christian
and Congregational churches at
1880 o'clock this evening. The Sun
day schools of the Methodist, Pres
byterian, Baptist and Nazarene
churches will hold their exercises to-
morrow evening. Following are the
programs first named:
Congregational Church
Opening song -"Joy to the
World" Reading of the Bible story.
Prayer. Solo-"Holly Night Peace
full Night" Percy Stratton. Reclta-
tion-"Everywhere Christmas To-
night" Esther Spencer. Recitation
Christmas Is for ALL" Frances
Jacoby. Song by intermediate choir
Songs of the Merry Christmas.
Song by Primary Department
'Luther's Cradle Hymn" Recita-
tion - Empty Stockings" Edith
Moore. Recitation, Maynard Crox-
all. Recitation, Quentin Hazen.
Song by Junior department girls
"Christ Is Born" Recitation-"The
Christ-Child's Quest" Marie Pres
colt. Song by Junior department
boys-"Poor Little Stranger" Duet
-"Story that Santa Claus Told"
Ellen Galley, Esther Spencer. Clos
ing song-"In a LOwly Manger."
Benediction.
Christian Church
Recitation, Bert Wright. Fairy
Drill, Primary Girls. Recitation
christmas Days" Roland Parks.
Violin Solo, Eunce Hager. Cradle
Song, Primary Department Recita-
tion-"Christmas Bells" Lucy Da-
Wis. Pantomine, intermediate Girls.
Bethlehem Star Shines"
Tableau, Junior Boys. Song -
Beautiful Star of Hope" Intermed-
late Girls Reading, Mrs. Herrick.
Solo, Mr.. Harvey Duet, Mrs Wein-
berger and Miss Hedrick. Tableau.
Senior Glass. Closing Song, Mrs.
Bryant's class.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28
FOOTBALL PLAYERS
GIVEN LETTERS AT
SCHOOL PROGRAM
(From Saturdays Daily


At the high school yesterday af
ternoon the following students were
honored as letter men of the 1921
football team: Allan Brewer, Ross
Taylor, Harry Hill, Dale Young,
Harland McWilliams, Allen Autry,
Elton Ramsey, Leslie Heer (captain)
Earl Snyder, Albert Guthrie, Charles
Rush, Harry Evans, Ermole Carlan,
Raymond Bower, Raymond Ruger,
Howard HObsOn, and Manager Fran
els Winters.
The financial report of student
body activities showed that the re-
ceipts and expenses so far this year
were about $140O. of which about
$3.50 was paid out for material.
Printing bills alone were close to
500. The Lebanon game cost $425
and the receipts we're $500 in round
numbers. Money was lost on the
Roseburg game. The Rogue News, a
paper issued by the students this
week, just about paid for itself, 200
copies being sold at 20 cents each.
and $40 worth OF advertising space
being sold. The latter was sufficient
to pay for the picture of the football
team, which can be used in future
publications. The issuing OF the
Rogue News every two weeks during
the remainder of the school year is
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28
W. W. GLASGOW DIES
AT HOME NEAR TALENT
(From Wednesdays Daily

trIUu WcuuCbudJ Dohy|
William Wallace Glasgow died at
the home of his son, Carl Glasgow,
one mile east of Talent, December
21, aged "A years, 6 months and IL
days. He was a native of Ohio and
was born June s, 1S47, and had
been a resident of Oregon for fif-
teen years.
He was a pioneer and prominent
citizen of Niagara township, North
Dakota, settling there before the
railroad had entered that section,
and before the territory had been
admitted to statehood. Deceased
was active politically and served two
terms as state representative. 1t
was his vote that elected United
States Senator McCumber.
Mr. Glasgow was a charter men,
ber of North Star lodge No. 16, A.
F. & A. M, of Larimore, N. d. His
wife died January 30, 1921. He is
survived by two sons, who are Sam
uel Glasgow Of New York City and
Carl Glasgow of Talent, and one
daughter, Mrs. W. A. Stratton OF
Talent, and three grandchildren.
Glasgow, Frank and Jean Stratton.
The funeral services will be held at
the Perl funeral home at Medford on
Friday at 1880 o'clock in the after
noon. The services at the grave will
be in charge of Medford lodge No.
1O3, A. F. & A. M. Interment in
I. o. o. F. cemetery.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28
ASHLAND AND COUNTY
TEACHERS TO ATTEND
STATE CONVENTION
(From Wednesdays Daily


Prof G. A. Briscoe, superinten-
dent OF city schools, and W. H.
Hughes, athletic coach at the high
school, are preparing to attend the
annual convention Of the State
Teachers association at Portland,
December 81 to 80 inclusive. It was
announced at the high school this
morning. Prof, Briscoe and Coach
Hughes are the official Ashland
school delegates chosen at recent
county teachers institute held here
to represent the local teachers at
the state convention.
Among other Jackson county
teachers scheduled to attend the
meeting are Miss Suzanne Homes,
county school superintendent; Miss
Amanda Fuller. county school super
visor; and Aubrey G. Smith, super
intendent OF Medford schools. Mr..
Briscoe believes that the convention
will be as we'll attended by Ashland
teachers who are now spending the
holidays in the northern part Of the
state.
Prof. Briscoe is preparing a very
interesting and instructive paper to
read at the teachers meeting. The
paper will show the comparative en-
rollment Of pupils at most OF the
larger cities OF Oregon. the number
Of teachers, salaries. total cost Of
schools in each city, assessed prop
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-28
SOUTHERN OREGON
FETEs ANNUALLY
yINING SUGGESTS
fErnm Thursdays Daily

Pendleton her Roundup; Salem the
state fair; New Orleans her Mardl
Gras-why not something of the sort
in Southern Oregon"
Prof. Irwin Vining answers this
question by suggesting Southern
Oregon circuit of annual events, or
celebrations, as follows:
Grants Pass-Josephine County
Caves.
Medford-Crater Lake.
Ashland-Lake o. Woods ana
Mount Pitt.
Klamath Falls-Lava Beds and
Ice Caves.
This plan has been presented py
the originator to the Grants Pass
Chamber of Commerce, and the Med
ford Crater club, both organizations
enthusiastically voting to get behind
the movement.
The society last named has only
recently been organized, being
booster club composed OF about six
ty live wires, mostly young men.
portland has her Rosarians, Salem
her Cherrians, Albany her Hubar-
ians, Medford her Craterians, why
not Ashland her Lithians?" asks
Prof. Vining.
But to return to the Big Idea. The
purpose is two-fold: to create q
larger local interest in the natural
scenic advantages Of this region, and
TO attract tourists here from out
side territory. By the time Of the
1925 Portland exposition, he plan
should be fully developed and in
such good working order as to at
tract in that year tens of thousands
of tourists, not only from all over
the United States, but from foreign
countries, yielding to this district an
immense amount of money and fav-
orable publicity.
Beginning with Grants Pass" ex-
plains Prof. Vining, visitors would
be taken over the new highway
which will be completed early next
summer-to the caves, where there
would be a big barbecue, lecture
by an eminent geologist and explora-
tion OF the caves-which would be
Illuminated by colored electric lights
and perhaps other features.
1.-TWO or three days later, Medfofd
would stage an excursion to Crater
Lake, where there would be another
barbecue, big bon fires, lectures,
etc On Wizard island, which has
a miniature mountain and crater, the
later could be lit up with colored
lights and a representation given OF
the eruption which created Crater
Lake. From the United States army
department giant searchlights could
probably be borrowed and used to
illuminate Phantom Ship, DEVILS
Backbone and other objects OF inter-
est. Powerful electric lights are
used in similar manner to illumi-
nate Niagara Falls, and the geysers
at Yellowstone Park. Joaquin Mill
er's legend Of Crater Lake could be
dramatized and perhaps other at
fractions presented. Those which
have been named are, OF course,
merely suggestive.
"The road to Lake o. Woods Is
expected to be in good shape by
next August. which would be the
best month to put on the excursions.
In addition TO boating. bathing,
campfires and a barbecue, an ascent
OF Mount Pitt could be arranged. The
distance to the summit is about
twelve miles from the lake and the
altitude something like 5000 feet
higher. The ascent is about as easy
as that Of Mount Ashland.
"The best way to climb Mount
Pitt is to first 90 to Fry's camp,
which is on the bank Of small lake.
at the base Of the mountain, and
remain there over night. Starting at
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Entered at the Ashland, oregon,
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matter