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FOR SALE Good dairy cows. Phone
803-F-5. 18-5t
HIGH-GRADE UPRIGHT PI ANO for
sale at a bargain, or will trade for
team. Call Carson-Smith Lumber
Co. 1 8-2t
WANTED $2,000 on desirable"city
property. Will pay 8 per cent in
terest, short term. See Gillette &
Campbell. 18-tf
FOR-EXCHANGE For Rogue-river
land or city property, a brick hotel
and furniture of 25 rooms, doing a
big business. Best location in a
county seat town of 3,500 people
in central Nebraska. F. C. Smith,
Broken Bow, Neb. 18-4t-Mon.
FOR SALE Cheap, neartynewfur"
niture, davenport, library table,
rockers, dining table, dining
chairs, all quarter-sawed oak;
brass bed, axniinster rugs, body
brussels rugs, heater, kitchen cab
inet, gag range, high-grade upright
piano. Call at 85 Union St. 18-2t
FAVOR THREE-CENT PIECE.
Notable Relieve Much Good Would
Come of Coin.
Washington, D. C. Mayor Baker
of Cleveland has found many promi
nent advocates of the bill introduced
by Representative Bulkkley of Ohio
providing for the coinage of a three
cent piece. Bulkkley gave the let
ters to the senate committee on
finance when he urged the passage
of the law.
Among them is one by Andrew
Carnegie Indorsing the idea if the
"coin is not too small." Mayor Gay
nor of New York objects to calling
tne new money a "coin" and prefers
"token." He says the "five-cent
token" has done inestimable good for
the country and established a small
price for a number of necessities,
such as car fares.
Theodore Roosevelt writes: "That
strikes me as a first-class sugges
tion, and I will gladly back it up."
Woodrow Wilson, governor of New
Jersey, sayB: "Let nie snatch a mo
ment of a crowded day to say that
I take great pleasure in authorizing
the use- of my name in connection
with a memorial to the senate favor
ing the coinage of a three-cent
piece."
Other letters read were by Miss
Jane Addams of Hull House, Chica
go, W. U'Ren of Oregon and Presi
dent Hadley of Yale.
IHX'ORI) WILL HE MADE.
11111m in Sixty-second Congress Sum
lxn 2fl,(HM to Date.
Washington. With still another
session of the sixty-second congress
to be held, the number of bills and
resolutions already introduced at
this congress has surpassed all pre
vious records. By March 4, 1913,
when the sixtr-eecond congress ends,
it is. confidently expected a record
will have been made which will
stand for many years.
There have been 25,934 bills in
troduced in the house thus far, and
7,349 in the senate. In the two
houses combined there have been in
troduced 1,002 simple resolutions,
requiring the action of a single
house; 464 joint resolutions and 73
concurrent resolutions. The senate
has printed 881 public documents
and 962 reports on bills, the house
878 documents and 1,052 reports.
The extent to which congress is
swamped with measures never en
acted into laws is indicated by the
fact that up to Wednesday, when
these figures were compiled, only
235 public laws, 61 private laws, 43
public resolutions and one private
resolution had been passed.
POTATOES DRYING I P.
Southern California Districts Suffer
From Dry Weather.
Portland. Pototo crop conditions
In some parts of southern California,
acrordlng to reports that have come
in within the past few days, are rath
er unsatisfactory. In the Lompoc
district, and in the Salinas section
as well, it is said that unusually dry
and hot weather for some weeks past
has brought about a situation that
promises to result in a serious cur
tailment of the late crop. Vine
growth. in many of the fields is re
ported to have practically come to a
standstill, and in some cases the
vines are said to be drying up.
It Is of course possible that the
conditions as reported there have
been seasons of partial crop failure
in southern California, and there
should be nothing surprising in a re
currence of that situation once in a
while. In the event of a seriously
short yield in the southern part of
that state the market for 1912 Ore
gons would of course be improved to
that extent, and the potato market
outlook just now is one of decided
Interest to the growers of this state.
Ashland Market Retail Prices.
Butter, ranch, 2 lbs 1 60c
Butter, Ashland creamery 65c
Butter, country creamery 70c
Eggs, fresh 25c
Onions, per lb 2 He
Cabbage, new 2 He
Rhubarb 4C
Head Lettuce 5c
New potatoes, lb 2c
Beets, lb 2c
Carrots, lb 2c
Green peas, lb . ,5c
string beans 6c
CherrieB, qt .7c to 10c
Blackberries lOc
Raspberries lOc
Loganberries gc
New apples, lb 4c
Oranges, doi 25c to 50c
Lemons 35c
Bananas 20c to 30c
Honey 15C
English walnuts 20c and 25c
Peaches 3c and 4c
PROBLEM IS PRESENTED.
Selection, of President May Be Vp to
Congress.
Two conventions and two nominees
at Chicago will produce a situation
unique in American presidential his
tory. With two republican candi
dates and one democrat, no one of
the three may receive a majority, of
the votes in the electoral college in
November.
In that case the election will be
thrown into the house of representa
tives, and the man who tries to tell
how it will turn out is confronted
with new uncertainty.
While the present session is
strongly democratic, and this con
gress is the one that will be called
upon to elect a president if the peo
ple fail to give any candidate a ma
jority over ail, the vote in congress
must be cast by states, each Btate
having one vote.
Inspection of the state congres
sional delegations shows that 22 of
them are controlled by the republi
cans, 22 by the democrats and four
are split evenly. In the latter class
are Maine, with two republican con
gressmen and two democrats; Ne
braska, with three members of each
party; Rhode Island, with one of
each party, and New Mexico with one
of each partq. Apparently it would
be useless to expect the house to de
cide the. contest, unless an unlikely
combination could be made between
the democratic nominee and one of
the republicans.
Suppose, for instance, Taft and
Roosevelt are nominated at Chicago,
and Wilson at Baltimore. Suppose
neither of these gets a clear major
ity of the electoral votes. Then the
contest goes to the house of repre
sentatives, for the electors can ballot
only once, i and merely register the
vote of the people in their respective
states.
Then, in the house, Wilson would
have 22 votes, while Taft and Roose
velt would divide 22 votes between
them. A majority of all the states
is required and it takes 25 to make
a majority of 48 states. To win
Wilson would need three more
states, which, apparently, it would
be impossible for him to get, unless
congressmen of one party went over
to another.
If the house of representatives
failed to elect by March 4, the United
States senate would proceed to the
choice of a vice-president. Its choice
would be limited to the two men
who received the highest vote for
vice-president in the electoral col
lege. This is unlike the election of
president by the house, where either
of three candidates receiving the
highest vote in the electoral college
may be elected.
The vice-president chosen by the
senate would thereupon become
president, Taft, Roosevelt and Wil
son alike losing out. This remark
able thing is therefore possible that
the running mate of the presidential
candidate may become. president next
March. This elevates the candidates
for vice-president this year to a new
dignity.
Election of a vice-president by the
senate is practically a certainty, as
only two candidates can be voted for,
and the senators vote individually,
not by states. As the senate is re
publican by seven majority, this
would indicate the choice of a re
publican. SCHMITZ WRITES Ol'ERA.
Ex-Mayor of San Francisco Enters
New Field.
San Francisco. Former Mayor
Eugene E. Schmitz and his chief
counsel in the graft prosecution, At
torney Frank C. Drew, have collabo
rated on an opera of '4 9 life, entitled
"The Lily of Poverty Flat," which
they hope to produce next year.
Drew, who is a millionaire and able
to finance the production, is the
author of the book, while Schmitz,
who led a theater orchestra before
becoming mayor, has written the
music. The opera ' is light on the
plot, but avoids farce and ragtime.
Among Drew's lyrics, one bears
the title of "The Lure of Gold," and
another "My Heart Can Ne'er For
get." In speaking of the inception
of the opera. Schmitz said:
"During the latter part of my
troubles in the courts, 1 sought so
lace and support in my music. 1
had long thought there should be a
purely Californian opera, and I then
approached the work I have now
nearly completed. Meantime, about
three months ago, I told Drew of my
need of a plot. 'That's the easiest
thing in the world,' he said. The
next day he presented me with the
scenario of The Lilv of Poverty
Flat.' "
BODY IX RIVER.
Coroner at Estacada Decides Man
Committed Suicide.
Oregon City, Ore. The body of a
man about 45 years old was found in
the Clackamas river at Estacada
Thursday. Coroner Wilson, who
viewed the remains, decided the man
had committed suicide. A sack in
which were several large rocks wbb
fastened to the man's neck. The cor
orner was unable to learn the ident
ity of the suicide.
A letter "G" was on a handker
chief found in one of the pockets.
The man weighed about 170 pounds
and was well dressed. The thumb
of his left hand had been severed
and there was a large scar on his
abdomen. Wilson thinks the digit
was lost and the scar on the body
were the result of an accident. Dr.
Adix of Estacada said the body had
been In the river at least five weeks.
The funeral will be held today. F.
G. Robley, assistant superintendent
of the power plant, found the body.
The recently completed Christian
church at Amitv was dedicate! lnut
'Sunday.
A tax was voted recently to Dro-
,vide for a high school at Gervals.
ASHLAND
LOYAL T0 ASHLAND
J. F. Meikle Advises Citizens to Hold
What Property They Have
and Buy More.
The editor is in receipt of a letter
from J. F. Meikle, who is located
temporarily in Berkeley while his
-daughter. Miss Theresa, completes a
course in law. at the state university
at that place. The letter is printed
below and indicates that Mr. Meikle
is still a booster for Ashland:
Berkeley, Cal., July 20, 1912.
Mr. Bert Greer, Ashland, Ore.
Dear Sir: Please send my paper
to the enclosed address. We have
been very busy since leaving Ash
land, house hunting and getting set
tled, and I expect you know what
that means, but at last we are set
tled convenient to the university and
the grade schools. For the last three
days I have been looking over the
bay cities for investments in real es
tate, and the prices asked scared nie
out. Lots' several miles out from the
business center are held as high as
$200 per front foot. My advice to
Ashland people is to hold on to the
property they have and buy as much
more as possible, as 1 have seen no
section with the same natural advan
tages as the Rogue river valley and
Ashland in particular has. All it
needs is to get together and boost
and let our advantages be known to
the world. I expect to live to see
the Rogue river valley as densely
populated as any inland valley on the
Pacific coast. All it needs is some
hustle to make It go. Certainly they
have the shipping facilities here, but
it will not be riiany years until there
is a line from the Rogue river to the
coast. It is bound to come.
Very truly yours,
JAS. P. MEIKLE.
XEW KIND OF ANIMALS.
Hunters to Stend FullDay Looking
for Mythological Beasts.
Two tertderfeet from Portland in
search of big bame in the wilds of
the Cascades recently stopped at the
home of J. Ross Throne, near the
head of Cow creek. Surrounding the
Throne farm the timber attains a
height of 200 feet and Throne's dog
Jack is in the habit of barking up
every tree that anyone looks up.
The hunters noticed this and wanted
to know what he was barking at, and
Throne, thinking to play a joke on
them, said that Jack was a great dog
on treeing Albatwltches and Sidehill
augers, new kinds of animals that
were a great pest in that neighbor
hood. This was the beginning of a
whole day's hunting, and when night
came and necks were swollen from a
whole day's craning into the tall tree
tops, and Jack could no longer bark,
but would sit back and go through
the motions, the call for supper end
ed a day of good hunting but no
game. And it was not until the pipes
were lit that Dad Throne told them
that Albatwitches and Sidehillaugers
existed only in Indian mytholoey,
and that Jack was in the habit "of
barking up any tree a man lookeu
up.
SUFFRAGISTS ORGANIZE.
Clubs Will Be Formed in Every
Town in Valley.
An organized effort to have every
city and town in the southern por
tion of the state represented by a
suffrage club is simultaneously car
ried out by the equal rights locals of
Medford, Grants Pass and Ashland.
Within the next two weeks the or
ganization of the locals will have
been completed and the final ar
rangements perfected for the fall
campaign, which even the ladies ad
mit will be a strenuous one.
Wednesday evening the Medford
ladies organized the Talent club with
a membership of 12. Mrs. Fox was
made president and Mrs. Breese sec
retary. Thursday afternoon at the
residence of Mrs. S. P. Cope the
Phoenix club was organized. Mrs.
Lillian Coleman was made the presi
dent of the 16 members and Miss
Anna Towne secretary.
During the coming week locals will
be established in Central Point, Gold
Hill, Rogue River, Agate and Ruch.
SHOOT ICEBERGS.
Experiments Prove Futility of At
tempts to Shatter Ice.
Commander Charles F. Hughes,
commanding the scout cruiser Bir
mingham, has forwarded to the navy
department some interesting observ
ations on the ice patrol duty of his
vessel in the ocean steamship lanes
near the place where the Titanic dis
aster occurred. Photographs show
ing how some of the bergs loom up
above the Birmingham are included.
Commander Hughes tried the ex
periment of firing six-inch shot into
the icebergs to observe the effects.
The shot crashed through the mass
and sent a shower of ice in all direc
tions, but did not bring down the
bergs. iaval officers believe that
only high explosive shells fired by
the heaviest guns could be depended
upon to tear the bergs to pieces and
bring them down.
RATTLER 1 XTER FERES.
Deer is Bagged, However, and Hun.
ter Will Live.
Unlah, Cal. Claude Baker of
Lower Lake, In this state, is not real
ly enthusiastic about deer hunting,
but he declines to let a little thing
like a rattlesnake bite interfere with
the bringing home of a good mess of
venslon.
Just as he was aiming at a fine
four-point buck recently, a rattler
struck him on the leg. The bullet
knocked the buck into the lake, and
Baker promptly swam out and
brought it ashore. He then went for
a doctor. He was in a serious condi
tion before reaching medical aid, but
will live. The rattler got away.
TIDINGS
I. W. W. IN PORTLAND.
Men Throng Streets in Front of Em
ployment Bureaus.
Cursing America and the Stars and
Stripes, I. W. W. agitators have been
taking up their stations the last few
nights in front of the employment of
fices in Portland on Second street be
tween Burnside and Couch. Disin
clined to work themselves, they are
endeavoring to induce others to re
fuse to work.
In vain have appeals been made to
the police to have the agitators fnove
elsewhere. The police have prom
ised to see what can be done, but
patrolmen never appear on the scene
until after the agitators have quit
for the night. The police explain
that they have no ordinance by
which the soapbox orators can be
made to move on.
"There is work for every man who
is willing to work, and at good
wages," explained an employment
agent. "But these loafers don't want
to work, yet next winter when work
is scarce they will be demanding that
the city open soup kitchens. The
same class of fellows who were howl
ing for municipal soup kitchens last
winter are now refusing work them
selves and they don't want others to
be employed."
Several big jobs are in progress
out of Portland and each night at 10
o'clock there is a large shipment of
men from the Second street employ
ment offices. The I. W. W. agitators
climb on chairs in front of the of
fices where the .men are being
shipped and knock the jobs, call the
agents thieves and robbers, call the
men going on the -job slaves, and
freely interlard their remarks by
saying "Down with the Stars and
Stripes and to hell with America."
"What I fear," says one agent, "Is
something serious. Many of the men
who are going out on jobs are Amer
ican born and they resent the Insults
to the flag and the cursing of the
country. A few nights ago when one
of these agitators was making unpa
triotic remarks it took two of us to
take a revolver away from a work
ingman who was in the office ready
to take an out-of-town place. The
workingman wanted to shoot the ag
itator. It is this kind of trouble I
am afraid of if the police do not in
terfere, and if there is bloodshed the
Situation will be harder to handle."
Agents assert that I. W. W. scouts
stationed in front of the Municipal
Free Employment Bureau have not
hesitated - to tell men that they
should not work and that the free
bureau is as full of grafters and
slave drivers as the licensed agen
cies. THAW STILL IXSAXE.
Latest Decision Unfavorable to Slay
er of Stanford White.
White Plains,. N. Y. Harry K.
Thaw is still insane. This was the
Judgment of Justice Keogh here Fri
day in, finally passing on the latest
application of the slayer of Stanford
White that he be declared competent
and released from Matteawan.
The decision of Justice Keogh
conies as the latest of many judicial
decisions unfavorable to Thaw and
marks the culmination of the fight
to free hinr which is said to have
cost the Thaw estate more than
000,000. 1
It is declared that it has cost the
state of New York close to $500,000
to keep Thaw in Matteawan. For
service as special attorney for the
state In the trial hearing just ended,
William T. Jerome of New York,
who, as district attorney, first con
victed Thaw, iu said to have present
ed a bill for $10,000.
PRIZE TO SUBSCRIBERS
For the Best Meal Served From
Home-Grown Material.
Nature has produced here food for
the table in such variety that it is a
matter of surprise to newcomers, but
among our own people it has become
so familiar as to escape notice.
With a view to bring out the
possibilities in this line, the Tidings
will give a prize of one dollar for
the best meal served from the prod
ucts of your own garden or ranch.
Entries to be received before Aug
ust 1. ,
This is meant to apply to the Ordi
nary family meal. All that is neces
sary is to send us a list of the arti
cles served.
It is desirable to have as large a
variety as possible.
If you do not understand the-offer,
ask us about it.
, AUTOMOBILES.
Oregon Ranks High in Number of
Gas Wagons.
Oregon's automobile registration
has now reached 9,295. This is a
significant index to the general pros
perity and progressiveness of the
state, as the total compares very fa
vorably with the population average
throughout the country. A recent
motor publication gives the number
of machines in the whole United
States as slightly over 700,000. New
York leads with 80,000nd Califor
nia comes second with 65,000. Ohio
Oregon with 9,000 and with less tnan
and Illinois each have 50,000. Thus
a million inhabitants has considera
ble more than its share of the gas
wagons.'
Notice.
Dr. Gail C. Kammerer will have
charge of Dr. Bertha E. Sawyer's
practice for the next two months.
16-4t
Clearance Sale.
For two weeks, in millinery, all
lines, big bargains. Mrs. H. Simons.
Millions of gnats have appeared in
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and other animals and literally cov
ering me vegeiauon. r
Scale receipts at Tidings office.
City Wood Yard
OUR
"LIVE AND
Tier Wood, by the load, $2.00
Order your winter's wood now, while the cheap
price is on.
PHONE
CLOUDBURST DISASTROUS.
Pennsylvania Towns Deluged By
Overflowing Streams.
Pittsburg. Death and desolation
were spread broadcast over the
southwest counties of the state
Thursday night by cloudburst over
flowing the streams. Three score or
more Hves were lost, while the dam
age to homes and industries cannot
be estimated. Fifteen lives were lost
in the Sjperba mine No. 2, near
Uniontown, 75 miners narrowly es
caping death, while from many other
sections reports come of lives lost by
mountain torrents which rushed into
the mine slopes, and hundreds of
families driven from their homes to
seek shelter throughout the night in
improvised shacks and tents. Day
break revealed many desolated -sections,
the upper Youghiogheny es
pecially being strewn with debris.
Thousands of persons are suffer
ing, town sand villages are cut off
from railroad, mail, telephone and
telegraph connection. It was in the
coke regions that the fury of the
storm seemed to have been spent.
Uniontown, Dunbar, Lemont, Mount
Braddock and Connelsville were all
Inundated with great damage.
Sign Ocean Mail Contract.
Washington, D. C. Postmaster
General Hitchcock has signed a con
tract with the Oceanic Rten
J Company for carrying United States
mans ueiween nan r rancisco ana
Australian points.
Money to loan on Improved ranch
es, first mortgages; mixed farms pre
ferred. W. D. Hodgson, Ashland.
Phone 427-J.
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This beautiful set of
For the first time in the history of this city a reputa
ble business house will positively and absolutely
GIVE AWAY ONE HUNDRED PIECES OF
High Grade Weller Cooking Vessels
The above ware is brown outside, with a beautifully
glazed white surface inside, and thesb one hundred
pieces will be given away to introduce it.
' i
We have placed on sale a large shipment of this
ware, and with each purchase of a 75c vessel you
will receive a 20c piece free. With each sale of
$1.00 a 25c piece will be given.
During this sale, which will begin FRIDAY MORN
ING, JULY 19th, and continue until the 100 pieces
are given away, Bpecial prices will be made on the en
tire lot of ware, as well as on many other lines of goods.
An invitation is extended to every lady in Ashland
to call and see this ware. 'Tis something new, and
the price is so reasonable you will be surprised.
There are plain casseroles, mounted casseroles, mixing
bowls, teapots, stewers, milk pans, bake pans, cream
mugs, custard cups, melting pots, and many other
styles. These vessels are fine for baking, roasting or
cooking in every way. . .
The Low Priced
Phone 146
Monday. July 2fl, 1912.
MOTTO:
LET LIVE"
420-J
A N NOUNCKMENT
Polytechnic College 0ens' Sept. 2.
Three departments: Normal, Bus
iness, and Engineering. The Nor
mal furnishes a strong course for
teachers as well as teachers' review
classes every month in the year; the
Business course contains bookkeep
ing, shorthand, typewriting, and all
commercial work; the Engineering
courses are, civil, electrical, mechan
ical, and mining.-
The college is open the entire year
of twelve months.
Special teachers for each depart
ment. Thoroughness In all lines of work.
Graduates will be aided in secur-'
ing positions.
Let young men and young women
get ready for the wonderful develop
ment of this section of the Pacific
coast.
For information address
POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE. ,
16-1 mo. Ashland, Ore.
Resolutions of Hesect
adopted by the Woman's Home Mis
sionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Ashland, Ore.:
Whereas our beloved sister, Ella
Michaels, having departed this pres
ent life, we express our sympathy to
the bereaved husband and son and
commend them to the God of all
comfort.
Resolved,. That the above expres
sion of sympathy be spread on the
minutes of the society.
MRS. A. W. HERBERT.
MRS. J. W. BRUNER,
MRS. R. J. EDWARDS.
Scale receipts at Tidings office.
X
nine pieces only $1.85
Hardware Man
375 East Main