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ASHLAND TIDINGS
Monday, January 13, lOIff.
Classified Advertisements
(Continued from Page Three.)
TOO LATE TO CLASSMFV.
LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN
Grey and tan Airedale dog; name.
Sachem; had collar and name
)late. Will reward finder suit
ably. E. T. Staples. 6 6-2t
FOR SALE One span of work
mares, weight about 1,250 pounds
each. Phone 4U9-R or call 76
Lincoln St. 66-4t
FO R SALE 3"7li feeFf rentage "on
C street between B. R. Stevens and
James Sawyer. Price $325, on
easy terms. Will discount for
cash. E. L. Ludlow, Gustine, Cal.
' 66-lt
WANTED Position as housekeeper
for widower or bachelor, country
preferred, by woman aged 37,
with child of 6. Thoroughly re
spectable and competent. No tri
flers. Mrs. M. C. M., P. O. Box
204, Ashland, Ore.
A TALK ONCIGARETTES
lr. Gregg TalkeI to Parent-Teachers
Association on This Sub
ject Last Week.
In his talk before the West Side
Parent-Teachers Circle Dr. Gregg
brought a heavy indictment against
the cigarette. The use of tobacco in
any form is said to irritate the
nerves, weaken the muscles, espec
ially those of the heart, causing
what is known as smoker's heart,
also weakens the arteries and less
ens the breathing capacity. All
these effects are more pronounced if
the smoker is a youth and the tobac
co is used in the form of a cigarette.
Besides these evil effects it also lim
its the power of the blood to absorb
oxygen, renders one more liable to
infectious diseases, especially tuber
culosis, and prevents gain of
strength and endurance, thus unfit
ting a young man for the real work
of life as well as for athletics.
"Farmer" Burns, the great wrestler,
tells the boys that if they wish to
excel in athletics they must let to
bacco alone as well as liquor. In a
te6t made at Yale college it was
found that the boys who did net. use
tobacco averaged 20 per cent taller,
25 per cent-heavier and had 66 per
cent more lung capacity than those
who did. A short time ago the
Youth's Companion published an ar
ticle telling of tests which had been
mad in a number of schools, which
showed that the difference In schol
arship was almost as great as the
difference in physique.
The cigarette often leads to drink
and almost certainly to bad com
pany, and eventually to a wasted and
often vicious life. Employers are as
set against hiring boys and men who
amoke cigarettes as against those
who drink. In loooking 6ver the
"help wanted" advertisements you
will see at the close of a large pro
portion of them, "No booze fighter
or cigarette fiend need apply." If
ne wishes a mora eloquent and con
rincing argument against the cigar
ette, he has only to look at the boys
themselves and observe the sallow
complextlon, the trembling hand and
the "tough" expression if one who
has early begun the use of the dead
ly "paper pipe." One of such who
came under the writer's observation
was a total wreck at 18, stunted
both in mind and body and depraved
in morals. He several times at
tempted suicide on account of the
hopelessness of his condition.
HOl'SKIIOLD HINTS.
To Wash Flannels Wash in soft
lukewarm water with a good soap;
rinse in several waters all of the
same temperature and hang up with
out wringing. If bkirts, hang by the
hands wrong side out. They will
not shrink and will be as soft as
new.
To Wash Pongee Make a suds of
warm, not hot, water, using some
good laundry soap not too strongly
alkaline. Let the goods soak a few
minutes, then squeeze between the
hands until clean. Never rub soap
directly on the goods. Rinse in warm
water and when dry iron with as hot
an iron as possible without r.corch
ing. This brings out the luster and
the garments look like new.
When rinsing clothes in hard wa
ter, add half a cup of sweet milk
and the bluing will not spot.
A small piece of laundry soap
about the size of a bean added to
starch will help to give the clothes
a glossy appearance.
If silver is to be stored away for
some time, pack it with dry flour
and it will remain untarnished.
Before scaling fish you should dip
them -in boiling water tor a moment.
They will scale much more easily.
When the cream is too thin to
whip, add the unbeaten white of an
egg. You will havj no trouble whip
pins the cream.
Great Britain's roads cost more an
nually than the British navy.
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Personul Notes That Tell of Activi
ties in the Realm of the
Three It's.
I School was resumed last Wednes-
day at the high school after the two
days' vacation caused by the broken
pipes and lack of heat. The pipes
have been repaired and the oil is
being made to burn after a fashion.
J lie oil used lor iuel is of a very
poor grade with much water inter
mixed in that at times put out the
fires. A steam engine is being used
to keep it heated, however, so that
the rooms are fairly well heated.
The trouble from the pipes is due
to the fact that the air for ventila
tion rushes past the pipes before it
is heated. It is hoped that all trou
ble is over for this time at least.
Ashland's basketball boys returned
Wednesday evening on the 4:15
train from their trip to the north.
All were tired but in good condition
except Poor, whoso hand is still lame
from a fall received while playing
against Dallas. The boys won half
their games, a remarkably good rec
ord conisdering the fact that they
had practiced only two weeks and
were playing on strange floors. The
visiting team, of course, always is at
a disadvantage. Each floor is differ
ent, some slick, while some are cov
ered with canvas; some ceilings are
too low and often the baskets are
too low or in a peculiar position.
While not complaining, the boys be
lieve that they could defeat any of
the teams, with tho exception, possi
bly, of Company D of Corvallis, upon
a 'neutral floor. Some of these
teams will he brought to Ashland
later. The game with Roseburg for
last Saturday was tailed off.
At Cottage Grove Monday night
Ashland won 43-21. The game was
a farce and the Ashland boys could
have enlarged the score if they had
so desired. In thh game Poor threw
eight baskets, Phillips seven. Moody
five and Ashcraft one. Atkinson
starred for Cottage Grove, gaining
three baskets, although Cellars got
four.
Roseburg defeated Ashland 22-16
on Tuesday night. At the end of the
first half the score stood 12-il in
Ashland's favor, but the boys seemed
to fall to pieces the second half,
Poor getting one basket and Phillie
two fouls, while Roseburg piled up
11 points. Jewett played all around
Poor. . The game was good frpm the
spectators' standpoint. Both teams
passed well, but Ashland could not
locate the basket. . Indeed, the boys
had poor luck throwing baskets all
the trip. Out of 65 chances they
threw only 21 fouls. Phillie led
with 34 baskets to his opponents'
four. Ashcraft exceeded expectations
at guard, while Piymate and Mills
were about a standoff.
4 The boys believe that the team is
better than last year's and that with
a little more practice will beat all
comers.
ANhliuul-Klamnth Falls Debate.
Klamath Falls won a unanimous
decision over Ashland high'in debate
Friday evening on the question, "Re
solved, that life imprisonment,' with
restricted power of pardon, would be
a desirable substitute for capital
punishment in Oregon." The debate
was not at all one-sided and the au
dience was in doubt until the de
cision was announced. The Ashland
boys, on the negatives put up the
best possible case in the face of a
strong adverse sentiment. There is
no doubt but that the affirmative is
the better side.' As a whole the vis
itors spoke more easily and smooth
ly, but by far the best rebuttal and
argument, both in content and de
livery, was given by Walter Carpen
ter, the last speaker for Ashland.
Withrow was also effective in his
main speech and in the rebuttal for
his side. Forrest Peil, leader for
Klamath Falls, was perhaps their
most effective speaker, although
both Edwin Cox and Miss Hales were
good. Pell's rebuttal was a disap
pointment, adding very little to the
argument for his side.
The arguments clashed through
out. Both sides agreed that the es
sential point was the protection of
society, the affirmative contending,
of course, that life imprisonment
would best do this and the negative
that capital punishment would. The
affirmative also contended that capi
tal punishment was debasing and
that crime should be prevented rath
er than punished. The negative con
tended that there was no assurance
that murderers would serve out their
terms; they would either be par
doned or would escape. In either
case they endangered society. Also
the negative compared thi records
very exhaustively ard showed that
life is saf.T in capital punishment
Miiii in 11 Imprisonment states.
The Judges were Judme Calkin-'.
E V. Cartd- and Rev. Mr Chlhholm.
Their position was difficult from the
fact that they were all Ashland men
and the question Is one upon which
every thinking man has a very de
cided opinion. Dr. Gregg presided.
The debate was preceded by a
short program which was very well
received. Don Walker gave a piano
solo and Miss Aline Bomar a violin
solo. The male quartet, consisting
of Billie Briggs, Kenneth McWil
liams, R. L. B'irdic and Harold
Huntely, made a decided hit in its
first appearance. Miss Frances
Hamlin concluded the program with
a vocal solo.
The Klamath Falls debaters ar
rived Thursday evening and were
met at the depot by an auto. They
left on the noon train Saturday.
They report a very pleasant time, as
they are well acquainted in Ashland.
Miss Applegate of the faculty accom
panied the team. Friday evening
the management entertained the vis
itors and the home team in a dinner
at the Hotel Oregon. Besides the
debaters. Miss Applegate and Mr. St.
John, coach of the Ashland team,
were present.
Southern Oregon Pioneer is Dead.
With the passing of James McVey,
who died at the home of his daugh
ter in Crescent City, Cal., one of the
prominent figures in the early life
of Oregon and California is gone.
The early histoiy or southern Ore
gon and northern California was
woven about the life of James Mc-
Vay. Probabaly no other pioneer
saw so much. 'of the thrill jng days
when the country was in the making.
MrVay first crossed the plains in
1851, locating at Jacksonville, Ore.,
where he spent a jear mining on
Jackson creek. When the Coos Bay
Company began the exploitation of
the territory now known as Coos
county he, with a party of 100 oth
ers, journeyed there in 1852, cross
ing the mountains between the U nip
qua river and Coos Bay. On the
arrival of the party, McVay and his
brother Joseph took part in the dis
covery or the coal mines now oper
ated there. A company was formed,
but the work was abandoned owing
to the difficulty of placing the prod
uct in a market. After abandding
the coal mine venture he turned his
energies toward other lines of en
deavdr, but the roving spirit and
tales of wealth to be obtained in the
south lured him.
In company with his brother, Mc
Vay, in 1854, journeyed down the
coast to the mouth of the Rogue riv
er, where they became the original
owners of the famous sand mines
that gave Gold Beach its name.
Wealth was within their grasp when
the Rogue river war broke out, and
they escaped from the Indians only
aner iney naa seen tneir buildings
and mining ditches destroyed. Con
tinuing their travels on down the
coast, they discovered the famous
Dolan mines at Pistol river, remain
ing there until 1S58, when another
Indian outbreak resulted in the de
struction of their plant, and in the
fight that ensued Curing their escape
James McVay was wounded by a rifle
bullet.
After recovery from his wound
McVay returned, to Missouri, where
he was married, and then, acting as
guide, piloted a large party across
the plains to the section now known
as Curry county, where they were
located. In the early '70s McVay
moved to the Smith river country,
where he established a hotel and was
thus engaged at the time of his
death.
AVON D Kit lUtlTISH Ml SEl .M.
How It Originated, Why Established
and Its Meld of Useful ncs.
Philadelphia Press: The British
Museum orisinat;;d in a bequest of
Sir Hans Sloane, who, having a large
collection of wbrku of art, specimens
of natura history, curiosities, books
and manuscripts vrlued at more than
$250,000, upon his death, in 1753,
offered the collection to the British
government upon condition that
$100,000 be paid to his family. His
offer was accepted, the funds being
raised by a lottery. Montague House,
Bloonisbury, was bought and the col
lection removed to it, some additions
were made and the new institution
was .opened in 1759 under the name
of the Brtich Museum.
The present buildings vere erected
in 1812-1857. The library consists
of about 1,800,000 volumes and re
ceives a copy of every book pub
lished in the United Kingdom. It
increases at the rate of about 46,000
volumes annually. When first opened
the number of visitors was limited to
45 a day, but now it is not uncom
mon for 50,000 'persons to pass
through the building on a holiday.
The Elgin marble3, the Egyptian an
tiquities and the Assyrian antiquities
collected by Layard are among the
most famous curiosities in the mu
seum. The climate of South Africa is re
markably even and sunny.
Of every 100 emigrants from Italy
80 are males.
Having purchased the slock of general mer
chandise of R. L. Burdic Co. at a large reduction
of the cost, we will open up with a big reduction
sale of Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothing and Millinery
on Thursday, Jan. 16, and continue for 15 days
VaifarslMs & Bnroan
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TALENT AND VICINITY
The Latest Xcws From the Thriving
Town Four Miles North of
Ashland.
NOTE The Ashland Tidings can
be had at the postoffice news stand
in Talent. Miss Luke, the assistant
postmistress, is authorized to take
subscriptions and t dvertisements for
this. paper and will appreciate any
news items handed to her.
The new year is bringing a num
ber of business changes for Talent.
Peter Vandersluis, formerly with the
Talent Mercantile Company, and C.
D. Burgan, a recent arrival from St.
Cloud, Minn., have purchased the
business of the R. L. Burdic Com
pany, taking possession at the close
of inventory last week. Mr. Burgan
came out from Minnesota last year
and purchased the McCloud place,
near Talent, and after spending the
year in Minnesota, returned to Ore
gon for a few weeks, Intending to
enjoy the simple life on the ranch.
Mr. Vandersluis and Mr. Burgan
were formerly partners in business
in St. Cloud under the firm name of
Burgan & Vandersluis. They have
now again entered into partnership,
this time under the firm name of
Vandersluis & Burgan. Being ex
perienced in the business, their suc
cess is assured.
E. E. Cook has associated himself
with Marion Tryer, formerly in the
hardware and plumbing business in
Talent, and whom Messrs. Whitmore
& Cook bought out last summer, and
the new concern is to be known as
the Talent Hardware Company. They
have rented one of the storerooms
occupied by Vandersluis & Bur
gan, and have taken over the hard
ware portion of their stock. The
hardware company will use the build
ing formerly occupied by Mr. Cook
as a plumbing shop.
Vandersluis & Burgan are add
ing a balcony to their storeroom,
which will enable themto handle a
larger stock in the same room. They
are starting out with a "Change of
Firm Sale," advertisement of which
appears in this paper.
George Frees and E. H. Morse of
Medford have rented the Spitzer
blacksmith shop and opened up for
business. They come well recom
mended and will doubtless get their
share of the business. For the pres
ent they will make their home at
Medford.
Miss Leta 'Luke and . Professor
Smith have been pssisting in taking
and figuring the inventory of the
R. L. Burdic Company stock inciden
tal to the transfer of ownership,
Mr. Fox of the R. L. Burdic Com
pany has returned from his trip to
California and is engaged in trying
to gather in the shekels which the
company had outstanding on its
books when it went out of business.
G. W. Rhodes in back frotn Cali
fornia, where he went to recuperate
from an attack of typhoid fever. He
reports himself much improved in
health.
Rev. G. H. Way was able to leave
the hospital Friday and return to his
home in Talent. He is improving in
health and ultimate recovery seems
assured.
Just follow the crowd to End
ers' big clearance sale. It's worth
youv while.
Phone No. 39 when In need of Job
printing. Work and prices are right.
TALENT, OREGON
DBEXlsD
ALMOST! AJ5AD FIRE
Residence of F. K. Conway Had Nar
row KseajK? From Destruction
on Monday Last.
The residence of F. E. Conway, on
Winier street, had a narrow escape
Monday afternoon. Mr. Conway's lit
tle son, less than three years old,
stuffed the kitchen range full of pa
per and some of the burning ma
terial fell into the woodbox, which
was well filled with dry wood. Im
mediately above hung a line of fresh
ly, ironed laundry and the flames at
once communicated themselves to
the clothes. Mr. Conway, who was
in the dining room, noticed the
smoke pouring out around the door
and upon entering found the room
filled with fire and smoke. He was
able, however, to reach a Mansfield
chemical fire extinguisher, which is
kept freshly charged hanging upon
the wall, and was able to extinguish
the fire with little loss. It is prob
able that had thero not been a chem
ical extinguisher ct hand the build
ing would have been destroyed be
fore the department could have re
sponded to a call.
HONOR TO AMUNDSEN
Discoverer of Kouth Pole Given Gold
Medal by tlie National Geo
graphical Society.
Washington, Jen. 11. Captain
Raold Amundsen, the noted Norwe
gian explorer, was formally recog
nized for the first time in the United
States today as the discoverer of the
south pole, and was honored for his
achievements with a special gold
medal from the National Geographic
Society at the annual banquet, where
he was the guest cf honor.
Besides Amundsen was present
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, U.
S. N,, retired, to whom the society
two years ago gave a similar medal,
recognizing the discovery of the
north pole. Amundsen, replying to
the speech of presentation, modestly
tried to minimize his own accom
plishment and gave strong words of
praise to those who preceded him in
the Antarctic fields, and referred to
his work as no more worthy of ex
ceptional commendation than that of
many other explorers.
Raising Poultry on a City Lot.
In the current Issue of Farm and
Fireside a contributor writes an arti
cle entitled "Raising Pdultry on a
City Lot." An extract follows:
"Everything is against the begin
ner, and I had my full share of ill
luck. All went well until the even
ing of the nineteenth day, when a
cold wind came up from the north
and so cooled the atmosphere that
the temperature in the incubator fell
to 90 degrees. I do not know how
long it remained at that point, but
it took several hours before it was
back to the correct temperature. I
was discouraged and thought it was
no use to finish the hatch. But im
agine my surprise and joy when I
hatched a little bttter than 60 per
cent of the eggs set. That was not
so bad for one who had never seen
an incubator until he had purchased
one! By this tim3 I had a brooder
coop ready for the little chicks. How
proud I was of them."
Mr. Blake, the ladies' tailor, is
at Fuller's, 81 Oak.
E2H2
COLORS IN FLAMES.
And Why Candle or Lamp Light Ap
pears White to the Eye.
There is a relation between the colot
of flame and the energy of the combus
tion causing It The more vigorous and
complete the combustion the higher the
refraugiblllty of the light A flame
burning in a tardy and restricted way
emits rays that are red. When burn
ing in a more complete and effective
manner the emitted rays change to vio
let The flame of a candle or a lamp con
sists of a series of eccentric luminous
shells surrounding a central dark core.
These shells of flame emit light of dif
ferent colors, the innermost one that
in direct contact with the dark core
being red and having a temperature ot
exactly 077 degrees F. Ujwn this and
in their proper order of rafranglbllity
are shells of light which are orange,
yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet
The reason that such a flame doe
not appear to us as a nest of cones ot
different colored light is this: When
we look upon such a flame all of the
rays issuing from the different layers oi
strata of concentric luminous shells ere
received by the retina of the eye at one
and the same time. This can only im
press with the sensation of neutral ot
white light "
The Nine In the Calendar. f
The figure 9. which came into the
calendar on Jan. 1, 1889. will stay wit
us 111 years from that date, or unUI
Dec. 31, 1999. No other figure has evet
had such a long consecutive run, and
the 9 itself has only once before been
in a race which lasted over a century
that in which -it continuously figured
from Jan. 1, 8S9. until Dec. 31, 999, a
period of 111 years. The figures 3 and
7 occasionally fall into odd combina
tions, but neither of them has ever yet
served for a longer period than a nun.
dred consecutive years in our calendar
since the present mode of calculating
time was established. It is also cleat
that from their relative position
among the numerals it is an impossi
bility for either of them to appear in
date reckonings continuously for a
longer period than a century.
Nation With Mo Language. '
The Swiss, alone of all the peoples
of the world, may, in a sense, be said
to possess no language, a fact that is
nil the more remarkable In the light
that theirs is the most intense patriot
Ism of any. About 75 per cent of the
population speak German, while the
remainder divide four other languages
nmong them, mninly French and Ital
ian, these tongues varying, as a rule,
according to the proximity of the people-to
the country whose language
they speak. Public documents and
notices are printed in both French and
German. In the Swiss. parliament the
members make their speeches either
In French or German, for nearly all the
members understand both these lan
guages. New York Press.
England' Motto.
"Dleu et Mon Droit" "God and My
Country" the royal motto of England,
was the parole of the. day given by
Richard I. (he of the lion henrti to hi
army at the battle of Gisors. In France,
on the 20th of September, 1198, when
the French army was signally defeated.
Dleu et mon drlot appears. to have been
nrst assumed as a motto bv Menrv VI.
(1422-14(!1. Semper Idem "Always
the Same" was one of the mottoes ot
Queen Elizabeth; also adopted by
Queeus Mary and Anne. Exchange.
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A Substitute.
'Tardon me. gentlemen." said the In
dividual who had Just moved Into the
llttle town as he entered the grocery
store, "but is there a chicken raiser
here?" -
"Why don't you take an as?" asked
the village Tallyrand. "A razor will
lose Its edge if you use It on a chicken."
Judge.