Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-12-14
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,le syrup. George Knight and Mrs.
3. F. Storms, the courteous attend
Ints, don't ask you to take their
word for the quality Of these pro-
lucts, but will serve you delectable
amples of their goods. Many WIS.,
tor is from Missouri, judging from
he number who ask to be "shown."
c. M. Speck, the Jackson county
farm Bureau exchanges portly and
rood natured manager, has been
lowering appreciatively around the
'ruit exhibit. An offer Of $3.50 a
,ox for 10000 boxes Of Newtown
lpples, export size, does not attract
,rchardists, who prefer to consign
heir crop. says Mr.. Speck.
Mint candy made from klamath
mint oil and sugar. is being sampled
by visitors at the Pacific Mint COM
pany's booth at the Fair. The candy
was manufactured by the Price con-
'ectionery, the new occupant Of the
Beaver block, who pronounce the
klamath oil the finest they have ev-
,f used.
The Sunday school exhibit, work
If the newly-formed Ashland Sun
lay school union, contains many In
.eresting charts and placards, also
\ toy scene in Palestine, with tiny
sheep and adobe buildings.
i The w. c. T. U. booth Friday af-
Lernoon was In charge Of Mrs. A. H.
Russell, who for sixty years has la
bored in behalf of temperance and
other reforms for which this organi-
cation STANDS. A white ribbon, en-
blem of the order, carved in white
marble by Mrs. Russell, is one Of
the interesting exhibits in this booth.
is a painting "The Man with
the Bottle" by Mrs. Russell's
Miss Mabel Russell. LESS
for War and More for Education" is
the banner above the booth. In
1917, states a placard, the Ameri-
can Mediacl association declared
that "the use Of alcohol as tonic
or a stimulant or for food has no
scientific value, and should be dis |
Mrs. Stella Myer, Mrs. Edward
and Mrs. q. H. Bush, of
the Ashland Art club, have without
doubt the prettiest and most attract
i've booth at the fair, judged by fem
mime standards, for the specimens of
fancy work which are here shown
are exceedingly artistic and beauti-
full, the finest the writer has ever
seen In one exhibit. The club col
ors are yellow and white and this is
the color scheme of the booth, the
white goods being placed on back
ground of yellow. Dudley Easter, an !
Invalid lad Of Talent, has some fine
specimens of his work for sale at
this booth.
L. s. Brown, formerly of the Ash
land Trading company. exhibits
stalks of corn, with well-filled ears,
from his homestead near Sisklyou,
where the altitude is $500 feet.
Mrs. w. M. Barber is an interest
ed onlooker at the stock exhibit, her
being personal as we'll as
academic, for she reads five farm
papers and keeps cows and other
live stock ON her miniature farm on
Granite street.
VIII Moore, who Is showing a Jer-
sey heifer and calf, both blue-blood-
ed, is another city farmer, operating
a twelve acre ranch within two
blocks of the business district of
just north of the railroad
tracks. Mr.. Moore does a full days
work carrying mail, in ADDITION to
half dozen cows and doing
much other agricultural labor. He
rises at 4 o'clock in the morning and
works steadily until well after dark,
q success of both farming
and mail carrying at the same time.
bug Proof" is the warning leg
end inscribed on an enormous pump
kin grown by Mrs. George Jarvis on
q twelve acre farm adjoining VIII
city ranch of the same size,
the latter being within two and one
half blocks Of the Plaza. The pump
kin Is on display at the Fair, to-
gether with sweet potato squash
from the same garden.
c. c. Cate. Jackson county's ef-
ficient county agricultural agent,
spent some time at the Fair, getting
a line on the exhibits and dispensing
his usual store of valuable advice.
A. C. Waterman, Talent, was
awarded the prize for the best Bel
gian hare at the Fair. The animal
weighs eleven pounds.
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