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Classified Advertisements
(Continued from Page Three.)
HX LATE TO CLASSIFY.
WILL TRADE buggy, with shafts
and pole, and harness, for wood.
Call at 108 Nursery St. l-it
A-l MOUNTAIN RANCH to lease,
also two excellent horses for sale.
Address Miss Ursel Wasson.
70-2t
WANTED Three rooms for light
housekeeping, by young man and
mother. Applv at 4 Beach Ave.
90-2t
FOR SALE Cedar posts, also La
crosse double disc plow, cheap for
f-ash. or wil Itrade. Address Mark
True. 70-3t
EXCHANGE Have some clients that
want to exchange California prop
erty for Ashland property. Cecil
A. Townsend, real estate, Aiken
block, East Main St., Ashland,
Ore, 70-2t
LOST TTeTwTeTTTIryit.reet and S.
P. depot, black and yellow plush
lap robe. Horse head on yellow
side. Return to J. M. Easterling.
400 Beech St. for reward. 70-2t
FOR SALE CHEAP $35 range with
coil and reservoir, $15; $30 tent,
pood as new. $12; Planet, Jr.,
seeder and cultivator, $5; numer
ous other articles of household
goods and garden implements.
Call at 124 Nob Hill St. 70-lmo
FOR SALE Incubators, 200-egg ca
pacity, $15; thoroughbred White
Leghorn eggs for hatching, $5 per
100, or day-old chicks $14 per
100; also a few thoroughbred
White Leghorn cockerels, $2 each.
O. O. Helnian, Helman Baths, Ash
land, Ore. 70"li!
WHITE WYANDOTTES, eggs and
stock, from high-scoring prize win
ners, winners of first prize pen,
first cock, first and second pullet
and second hen at Grants Pass
Poultry Show, aibo eggs and stock
from Bronze turkeys. J. II. Ful
ler, Talent, Ore. 70-lmo.
ASHLAND WINS AGAIN
High School Basketball Team Takes
Third Straight From Klam
ath Kalis.
Ashland high school demonstrated
her superiority oer the Klamath
Fails high school Saturday night by
the decisive score of 31 to 10. This
makes the third consecutive victory
for Ashland, the two games at Klam
ath Falls on Thursday and Friday
nights resulting in scores of 18-6
and 9-8. The last pame, in Ashland,
wag fast and furious, although the
locals did not find their stride until
the second half. The score stood
12-6 at the end of the first half, but
at the beginning of the second period
Ashcraft, Mills and Poor all threw
baskets in rapid succession, carry
ing the victors off their feet. The
latter rallied at times, however, and
put up a stiff game. Their best
point-winner was Carter, with three
baskets to his credit. For Ashland
Mills led with six baskets, while
Poor followed closely with five. Ash
craft and Plymate guarded their men
well, keeping their basket well pro
tected. Phillips was out of the game
on account of illness.
Next Saturday night the city team
and the high school play for the
championship of Ashland. Then on
Thursday and Friday, February B
and 7, Lincoln high school of Port
land will play two games here, while
on February 14 Roseburg will play
a return game.
After the game Saturday night the
Klamath boys were feted at a ban
quet prepared by the high school
girls, at which the basketball girls,
in addition to tbe boys of the two
teams and teh coaches, were present.
This was a partial return of the hos
pitality which the boys enjoyed at
Klamath Falls.
The preliminary game was played
by picked girls' teams, which result
ed in a score of 27-4 in favor of the
"whites." Hannah Abbott was the
bright particular star, annexing 18
points. Eunice Grubb also showed
up well, making seven points.
The Ashland team lined up as fol
lows: Forwards, Moody and Mills;
center, Poor; guards," Ashcraft and
Plymate. Klamath Falls' players
were:. Forwards, Messner and Car
ter; center, McClure; guards, Rail
and Boiler.
Sale in Bankruptcy.
I will receive healed bids for a
stock of merchandise located at 201
East Main street in the city of Ash
land, Oregon, consisting mostly of
a stock of millinery goods of the in
ventory value of $2,128.86 and fix
tures of the Inventory value of
$271.00, up to 12 o'clock noon of
Thursday, February 6, 1913. Terms
cash and a cash deposit of 10 per
cent must accompany each offer.
Right Is reserved to reject any and
all bids. Inventory may be seen at
my office in Medford, Oregon, and
the property may be inspected on
the premises.
Dated at Medford, Oregon, Janu
ary 25. 1913.
WILLIAM L'LRICH,
70-2t Trustee.
Phone No. 39 when in need of Job
.printing. Work and prices are right.
Advice on ChooHiug Fruits for Or
chards. "Failure In orcharding comes first
from poor selection of the site, and
second from unskillful orchard man
agement," said Prof. C. I. Lewis of
the Oregon Agricultural College In a
lecture on "Principles of Fruit Grow
ing" in the short course.
"A large percentage of the or
chards planted will never be of com
mercial value, owing to the fact that
their locations are unsuitable," he
continued. "In choosing orchards
there are many points to consider,
such as climate, altitude, exposure,
soils, transportation facilities, ' the
eype of people, and the possibilities
for expansion of the industry.
"The factors of climate influenc
ing fruit growing are extreme tem
perature, the length of the growing
season, the suddenness with which
the summer or fall weather termi
nates and freezing weather begins,
the rainfall, the amount of heat in
the fall months during the ripening
period, the percentage of sunshine,
and the presence of frosts. The cli
matic factors, as far as the Pacific
coast is concerned, are the real de
termining factors. Others are to a
certain degree subordinate.
"The soil plays an important part,
the main factors being good depth
and good air drainage. Soil that is
not at least four feet deep without
encountering undesirable substrata,
such as hard rock, coarse gravel, or
cement gravel, is undesirable. Care
ful examination and borings should
be made of both the surface and
sub-surface soils. One should satis
fy himself not alone as to the sur
face drainage, as seepage waters are
ofteii present in our mountainous
valleys.
Soil fertility is an important item.
Too much stress is placed on mere
analysis generally. It shows us
whether or not the soil is deficient
in certain elements, or whether they
are present, but unfortunately it can
not tell us how available the plant
food is in the soil. The natural
character of the soil is more impor
tant than the analysis. Without
good climatic conditions, success can
not be hoped for.
"Pears succeed on heavier soils
than other fruit. Apples do well on
a wide range of soils, from the clay
loams to the silt and sandy loams.
Prunes seem to do well on any soil
that is well drained; peaches on
either silty loam or well-drained clay
loams. Cherries succeed on the
lighter clay loams, and nuts on any
soil that is deep and well drained.
"The exposure of the site is an im
portant point. Most of the southern
exposures of western and southern
Oregon are thin and unadapted to
fruits. Where the ground is good,
however, fruits on southern expos
urea are early, if they are free from
frosts. Northern exposures general
ly are the less frosty, but are late
in maturing. Eastern exposures are
undesirable in frost regions.
On tbe Pacific coast the altitude
bears an important relation to fruit
growing. A range of a few hundred
feet often determines the adaptabil
ity belt for a certain kind of fruit.
About the limit of commercial fruit
growing in the Pacific northwest is
3,000 feet elevation.
"The more railroads in a fruit
growing community the better.
Eventually the fruit crop o fthe Pa
cific coast will be extremely large,
and will need good transportation fa
cilities. "The type of people among whom
a grower settles is important to his
success. Fortunately most of the
people of the Pacific coast are very
progressive and will adopt new meth
ods readily. In some regions of the
country, however, people are very
conservative, so that it is hard to
enforce good hortu ultural laws.
"The possibilities of the expansion
of the business are important. Fruit
buyers like to come where they can
get trainloads, rather than seek out
small, isolated sections. "
"Foolish comparisons are often
made between the irrigated and non-
irrigated sections. Good fruit can be
grown on either .and lots of money
made, provided natural conditions
are right. On the contrary, fortunes
can be lost in either if the condi
tions are unfavorable."
Remarkable Results Prom Scientific
Beet Breeding.
When sugar was first made from
beets it took about 20 tons of beets
to produce a ton of sugar; now it
requires but six tons, due to scien
tific breeding of the beets.
Curing Meat With Gas.
The smoking, of hams, frankfurt
ers and the like is accomplished by
one meat concern in Baltimore, Md.,
In a msokehouse heated by gas,
which is said to be a new departure
in the curing of meats.
Patent Can 0ener.
Two Pennsylvanians have patented
a can opener in which the cutting
blade slides on the handle bar, mak
ing as neat a job with a rectangular
can as with a round one.
ASHLAND
THE FACE AT
THE WINDOW
A Story For Hal
loween By JOEL WASHBURNE
Tom Biggs, tramp, was the son of
respectable parents. As a boy he
would neither study nor work. He
was not only lazy but of a roving dis
position. When be came to manhood
and bis father told him to go and earn
a living under pretense of seeing the
world he became a tramp.
One nigbt Tom stopped at a house
and asked for food. It was given him
and he went away, but not finding any
place to sleep except under the open
heavens, and tbe night being chilly, he
returned to the place at which be had
got his supper, but Instead of askiug
for a lodging within he went into the
carriage house and pulling some cush
ions out of tbe vehicle he found there
be spread them on tbe floor and went
to sleep.
Tom slept till after midnight when
he awoke chilled through. Never had
the fact that tramping did not pay
taken possession of him so forcibly. He
longed for a good bed, or. better still,
for a crackling fire before which be
might sit In an easy chair, toast his
shins and drop off to sleep again
thoroughly warmed. Through a win
dow of tbe carriage house he saw a
bright coal fire blazing In one of the
lower rooms of the house. A desire
took possession of blm to go iuto that
room and enjoy that fire. Going out he
went to n window of tbe room in
which it was burning, and standing on
tiptoe looked in. There was nobody
in the room, and he was tempted to
try to effect an entrance and pas9 a
short time before that cheerful blaze.
Putting his hand to the window sash
he discovered that it had been left un
locked. He raised it and climbing In
by the window stepped down on to the
floor and shut the sash after him. An
easy chair stood near and be rolled it
to the fire cautiously so as not to make
a noise. Then he sat down and
reveled in the warmth. But be did
not dare go to sleep, for if found there
in the morning doubtless he would be
handed over to the police. So be sat
thinking how much more comfortable
It was after all to have a roof over
one's head than to be a tramp.
An illustrated calendar stood on the
mantel before him. and in one of the
spaces he noticed tbe word Halloween
Then he remembered that he was sit
ting there on the 'anniversary that
young girls look for a sight of the men
they are to marry.
Marry. What had he to do with that
word? ne was a rolling stone gnth'er
ing no moss. What girl would think
of marrying him. at least what girl in
the circle in which he had been brought
op? The thought was far from pleas
ant.
Finding himself getting drowsy, he
arose from his chair, and it occurred to
him to make an exploration. The only
thing of any value be carried was an
electric lamp that he had bought fmni
a small boy for a dime. He found it
very serviceable in nosing about where
be bad no business, bunting for some
soft place on which to sleep. Cautious
ly opening a door, he saw by the fire
light that It led Into a hall. Closing the
door behind him. he pressed the button
on his lamp and, treading lightly, went
about on the lower floor, where he did
not expect to find any one, for he
thought the occupants of tbe bouse
were all in bed on the upper floor.
After having explored this floor he
was tempted to mount the stairs. This
he did stealthily In the dark, feeling his
way. When he reached the landing he
listened to hear persons breathing or
perhaps snoring. Everything was still
as a churchyard at midnight. Pressing
the button of his lamp, he saw that a
bedroom into which he was looking was
empty. Passing along tbe hall, he
listened at every door and, finding them
all opened, risked a flash of his lamp
and found them empty.
Tom was thunderstruck. Either the
house in which he had heard merry
making a few hours ago was deserted
or the occupants were asleep on the
third floor. He went up there, but
found no one. nis sensations were pe
culiar. A tramp, he was in possession
of a house a house that had been de
serted within a brief space of time.
For the time being he possessed a
roof over his head. He could sleep in
any of Its beds; he could eat up every
thing in its larder. For the first time
In his life he felt the pleasure of pos
session. True, by returning dny. if not
before, he would be deprived of his
domicile, but for the present he- was
master of the premises. He went down
stairs, hunted up something to, eat
found a bottle of ale and enjoyed a
good supper.' From a box of cigars on
a sideboard he took one. and. seating
himself In the easy chair before the
fire, he enjoyed the fragrance of the
weed.
On the wall before him hung the
portrait of a young girl. She looked at
him roguishly as If she sympathized
with him in his Inheritance and
thought it all a good Joke. He fell to
dreaming that this was his permanent
home and the girl his bride. Then a
resolution came to him.
"By Jove, I'll do It!" he exclaimed,
starting up. with a spasm of energy
entirely new to him. Going to a desk
on which were writing materials, he
wrote a note stating the facts about
his temporary occupancy of the house
ending with tbe words, "Some day I'm
TIDIVGS
going to buy this bouse and marry tbe
girl whose portrait hangs on the wall
In this room."
Tom then wrote ont an I O U for a
dollar to cover the coot of his enter
tainment payable "when I have made
the money to pay it." Then, not dar
ing to go asleep again lest he should
be caught by some one belonging there,
he went out Into the night and finished
It In a neighboring wood.
It was Halloween The first chill
of approaching winter had come, and
in a certain room of a certain house a
cheerful coal tire was blazing in the
grate. A girl sat before it dreaming
of the Halloweens she had passed
and tbe childlike faith she had had
that she might be afforded In some
way a glimpse of the man she would
marry. She was now twenty and con
sidered herself altogether too old for
such superstitions. Indeed, they had
given place to something more real,
something that had remained with her
ever Rince its occurrence.
It happened at the time of her aunt's
death. Late at night a telegram had
come announcing that she could not
live till morning. Mabel Hinckley and
her mother bad thrown a few things
Into a suit case, locked the doors and
started on foot to the station, but a
short distance from the bouse, to catch
the 11 o'clock train. After a week's
absence they bad returned and found a
bit of paper on tbe mantel over tbe
fireplace on which had been written',
"Some day I'm going to buy this house
and marry the girl whose portrait
hangs on the wall in this room." A
due bill for a dollar to pay for what
had been appropriated accompanied
the paper.
Mabel's mother bad been Impressed
only with the hazard of going away
from her home and leaving It to take
care of Itself. The occasion of their
departure and the hurry involved had
caused them to leave a window un
locked, and they had not even taken
time to put out the fire burning In the
grate. It was a wonder, she Raid, the
house had not been ransacked.
With Mabel It was different. A girl
must be devoid not only of romance. '
but an interest In her personal appear
ance, who would not be moved by such
a note as sbe had found on her re
turn. It was now three years since
It had been received, and she had not
ceased to wonder if the writer would
keep his word. Evidently he had not
thus far kept It as to buying the house,
for having received an offer for more
than It was worth an offer they could
not afford to decline they had sold
It and to a man with a wife and a
family of children. The property had
passed out of their hands, but they
were to occupy It till the following
spring. As for the man who had made
himself at home ln.lt, he had not yet
come a-wooing. Indeed, not a word
had ever been heard from him.
Mabel ninckley sat before the fire
place on Halloween nigbt wondering
what had become of the person who
had been charmed with her picture. It
hung where It had hung when he
entered the bouse, and as she looked at
it she mused:
"When that picture was taken I was
barely sixteen. I am now twenty and
much changed. If he comes and
proves to be a gentleman and attrac
tive and all that, when be sees me be
will probably not be so much pleased
with, me as with my likeness taken
four years ago. Twenty Is quite old
for a girl. Helgho! If he's coming I
wish he would come."
The clock on the mantel struck 11.
and. arising, she started to gq upstairs
to bed. A mirror bung on the wall,
and sbe paused to have a look at her
face to see If she was really very
much changed. The mirror faced the
fireplace and a window beside it Sud
denly she saw reflected In the mirror
the face of a man at the window.
If it bud not been Halloween and
if the face at the window had been
repulsive Miss Mabel Hinckley would
have screamed. As it was slie stood
perfectly still. The eyes of the. stran
ger were darting here and' there, final
ly resting on the face In the glass,
which was as plain to him as the face
at the window was to her. When the
two pairs of eyes met there was a
momentary recoil on the part of the
man; then a half dubious, half implor
ing smile enme over his face. It was
answered by tbe lips reflected In the
mirror, which gave it more confidence.
And why not? Surely It was Hal
loween, and what girl on that even
ing on seeing a face reflected in a
mirror would doubt that she was look
ing upon her future husband?
There was more In the face In the
window than this. Something told the
girl that she was looking upon the
man who had written her that be
would some day come to marry her.
Furthermore, she saw a frank, ingenu
oas face, and the smile it wore was
very winning.
The girl turned, advanced to the
window, threw up the sash and ex
tended a band to admit the visitor.
When be stood in tbe room before her
be began:
"I am"-
She lowered her eyes to the floor.
"I am the man who three years ago.
fancying that the world was Intended
to be seen rather than for a workshop,
made a tramp of myself. I came in
here one night, saw your picture, and
It made a great change In me. I prom
ised myself that I would go to work
and make the money to buy this house.
That I have done through another per.
son. I promised myself that 1 would
come and marry you. I cannot do so
without your consent"
ne was n stranger to her. But she
had been waiting for him for three
years. It was nalloween. and he stood
looking down upon her with that pleas
ant smile. She said nothing, but be
knew what sbe meant
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MONEY
"
Nickels and
the Loudest
This fact was demonstrated during the holiday season at the
5c, 10c, 15c and 25c Store. While others complained, our business
was good.
To show our appreciation for your liberal patronage we will
inaugurate a two weeks' customers' benefit sale, beginning Satur
day, January 25, and closing Saturday, February g.
Nearly everything in the store will have a special price, contract
goods excepted.
25c articles will go at igc and 20c
15c articles will go at i0c and 12c
10c article's will go at ..7C
5c articles will go at ...3c
Following Is a partial list of special-priced
goods in this sale:
JEWELRY
PILLOW TOPS
PILLOW CORDS
PICTURES
TOYS
HANDKERCHIEFS
LACKS
EMBROIDERIES
NECKWEAR
NOTIONS
Extra Special!
FANCY DKtXHtATED DISHES.
25c Fancy Plates and Bowls lrc
15c and 20c Fancy Plates and Bowls ioc
15c Fancy Cups and Saucers 1(,c
15c Blue Jap. Cups and Saucers 7iC
Toilet ArUcies
Perfumes in bulk, good quality, ic per. ounce.
Face Creams
Face Powders
Youtheline.
1
25
T Ruby Lip Pomade
Tooth Powder )
Talcum Powder j lO
Two Weeks-January 25th to February 8 i
The benefit is yoors.
MAY WE HAVE
KOHHCEN'S
il 5c, 10c, 15c and 25c Store i
"He who gives
SUPERVISION USELESS.
Beagle Resilient Says Not Worth 10
Cents Head.
In a communication to the Mail
Tribune D. W. Sturess says of school
supervision:
"Of course it is out of the ques
tion for all people to look at any
question the same, but this is cer
tainly one in which the taxpayers
should sit up and take notice, and
consider as to whether the benefit
(?) is worth anything like the mon
ey expended.'
"For my part it is immaterial
whether it costs $1.75 or J3.85 per
capita to maintain the extra school
supervisors. I don't consider it
worth 10 cents per capita to instruct
my children to scald their drinking
cups in lye water for fear of swal
lowing a germ, and to place a slip
of paper with their name on it, on
their hat hook to insure hanging
their hat always on the same hook,
I presume for the same reason.
"Or to wrangle with the school
board to try and induce them to buy
a set of pictures from him to hang
in the school house.
"The supervisor's diary published
was a fair sample of the work being
done up this way.
"The argument that the supervis
ors will so improve the rural school
as to stop the drift of country chil
dren to town schools is too lame to
stand alone. This trouble lies in the
fact that in most rural schools they
can only go to the eighth grade, con
sequently have to to to town or else
where to take up higher studies, and
an extra supervisor for each district
would not help this condition.
"Until we get more high schools in
the rural districts we can't expect
anything else but to send the chil
Honday, January 27, 191.1.
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TALKS!
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Dimes Talk
HARDWARE
TINWARE
GRAMTKWARK
GLASSWARE
QUEENS WARE
f Hair Tonic
J Toilet Water
I Dentifrice
Cox's Corn Salve
Cents
rriUTO $ Nail Pc
. . J Foot Pi
olLsh
'owder
The pleasure is oars.
THE PLEASURE?
most gets most."
dren to where they are.
i D. W. STURESS."
"Beagler Ore."
Deiendent Widows Bill Passes
House.
' Salem, Ore., Jan. 25. Advocates
of the dependent widows' pension
bill are today elated over the pass
age of that measure by the Oregon
house of representatives by a unani
mous vote. Applause swept the
chamber when tho result was an
nounced. The bill provides that every wom
an who has one or more children
under the age of lfi years and whose
husband is either dead or the inmate
of some Oregon institution shall re
ceive J10 a month for the first cjjild
and $7150 monthly for each addi
tional child.
Old papers for sale at the Tidings
Fire Alarm System.
We print below the city fire alarm
signals. Readers of the Tidings are
urged to cut out this slip and paste
it in the telephone directory or in
some other conspicuous place. A re
print of the signals will appear from
time to time in this paper:
$&8$3foS$8$8$$3$
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CITY FIRE ALARM; SYSTEM.
Fire Chief, phone 74.
Chief of Police, phone 160.
Residence, phone 410-J.
2-0 Bolls
Cor. Main and Wimer streets.
2- 8 Rolls
City Hall.
3- 5 Hells.
Cor. Granite and Nutley streets.
4- 0 Bolls
Cor. Main and Gresham streets.
5- 3 Hells
Cor. Iowa and Fairview streets.
O-l Bells
Cor. Fourth and A streets.
7-3 Bells
Cor. Sixth and C streets.