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I TAGK EIGHT ASHLAND TIDINGS Monday, February .1, 1913. Classified Advertisements (Continued from Page Three.) TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. WANTED A girl to assist at light housekeeping. Phone 4S4-L. 72-tf WANTED Situation, by young, re spectable married lady. Can do any kind of work. Address Mrs. E. A. Moore, General Delivery, Ashland. Ore. 72-2t FOR SALE A live-room house with bath, fn good repair, on 1 U acres of ground on Laurel street. Young orchard and good strawberry patch. Address X, care Tidings. 72-tf January Weather. Co-operative Observers' meteoro logical record for the month of Jan nary, 1913, at Ashland, Ore.: Date. 1. . . 2. . . 3. . . 4. . . 5. . . 6. . . 7. . . S. . . 9. . . 10 n 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29. . ... 30 31 Temperature. Max. Min. 39 30 45 37 36 29 32 24 25 14 28 12 40 23 39 23 38 25 39 22 37 20 43 31 42 32 42 30 41 32 37 28 45 26 45 2S 4S 24 34 22 38 26 37 26 37 19 41 31 41 31 36 29 35 25 37 22 88 22 40 23 39 23 BELONG TO COl'XTV. Recorder Most Account for AH Fee for Copies. Mean maximum temperature, 38.5; mean minimum temperature, 25.4. Mean temperature, 31.3. Maximum temperature., 48. on 19th; minimum temperature, 12, on 6th. Total precipitation, 3.4 8', total snowfall, 20 Vi inches. Number ot clear days, 11J, partly cloudy, 11; cloudy, 9. 1913 was the coldest January since 1890. U. G. EUBANKS. Co-operative Observer. There are 180,000 dry goods stores 1n the I'-uited States, and of these 27,000 are department stores. In 16 years conflagrations in Rus sia have destroyed 3.000,000 build ings worth more than $800,000,000. Philadelphia reports its mortality Tate reduced seven per cent this year. The health hoard claims credit. India passed laws governing air ships in 1911, before any airships had entered the country. Boiling water poured ovtr apples will loosen their skins and make jmring an easy matter. A Pittsburg woman asserts that her husband has not given her a cent in 38 years. Sweden has ordered 1,000 tons of American armor plate for new battleships. The mean annual temperature of the world Is 50 degrees above Fahrenheit. Denver is planning to hold a world's fair six or eight years hence. The United States annually pro duces lime valued at JH. 000. 000. New York has six blind operators at telephone switchboards. The English language is spoken by 150,000,000 people. The mail time from New York to Bangkok is 4 days, The average man lifts 20 pounds of blood Medford, Feb. 1. Regarding the question of the county recorder be ing entitled to the proceeds from furnishing copies of records and files, the county court investigated tho matter yesterday and obtained the following opinion from Prosecut ing Attorney Kelly: ,-To the Honorable County Court of Jackson County. "Gentlemen: Referring to the matter of private services now being rendered by file county recorder of this county to private parties in the furnishing 6uch parties copies of rec ords and files of the county record er's office at a compensation. of $10 per month for each party so furn ished, I respectfully call attention to Section 3123 of Vol. II of Lord's Oregon Laws, and to Section 3124 of the same volume, wherein it spe cifically states that all copies of rec ords and files so furnished by any of the recorders or clerks in counties of less than 50,000 inhabitants there shall be exacted and collected by such official a charge of 10 cents for each folio, and for each official cer tificate thereto a charge of 25 cents, and that Section 3124 specifically charges that such fees shall be paid in advance and that such officer shall enter an account of the fees provided for by this act in books kept in his office and pay all such fees to the treasurer of the proper county each day, for the use and benefit of such county. This law was passed in 1905 and is the last enactment on the subject. It ad mits of no question and Is aimed directly and specifically at the ren dering of services by the county re corder to private persons and appro priating the charge for same to his own use. Any charge under 10 cents a folio is unlawful and the parties who have procured these ser vices from the county recorder are liable to the county treasurer for the difference between the sum so paid the county recorder and the rate at 10 cents per folio if the same can be ascertained. "Doubtless the county reorder and his predecessor in office have been following the act of 1911, which per mitted the rendition of such services to private persons and the app-ioprl-ation of compensation for the same to his own use. "If the county recorder will refer to Sections 3123 and 3124 he will readily understand his duties in this respect, as they admit of no other interpretation. "Respectfully submitted, "E. E. KELLY." When interviewed regarding the matter. County Recorder Colvig said that he had been simply acting upon an old law which had been repealed and admitted his mistake. In the future, he added, he would most as suredly turn over iM fees for certi fied copieB to the country treasurer. Judge Tou Velle and Commission ers fimith and Leever all stated that they did not enter the controversy in any spirit of enmity to Rewder Colvig or any other official in the county service. All we are trying to do," said Commissione" Leever, "Is to secure Justice. All we ai?k is that the of ficials in the court house obey the law. We wish to be on the friendli est terms with all of them, but we will Insist upon regulations being strictly observed." Regarding the protection of the county records, the members of the court said that a special levy of one half mill had been made for this VALLEY LAND IS BEST Rogue Kiver Valley Lands Not Eas ily Worn Out, Says Profes sor O'Gara. (By Prof. P.. J. O'Gara.) Press reports regarding the dan ger which confron8 farming on arid lands have caused people to wonder if the statements that have been made have any bearing on the Rogue river valley. It may be stated em phatically that the reports sent out by the Department of Agriculture have no reference to this district, but rather to the arid intermoun tain and other districts, principally where large reclamation projects have been under way for some time. In these districts the difficulty all lies in the fact that alkali is the real menace. Besides "wearing out" of the soils by "saturation" is due to the character of the soils and sub soils. The soils in question are what is usually called "volcanic ash," con taining practically no humus and only a small quantity of nitrogen. The mineral salts, though sufficient for the needs of agriculture for a number of years, are largely in the available form and are easil car ried away by the use of too much water. In many cases the subsoils are sandy or are underlaid with coarse gravel, hence percolation of the water from the soil carries away plant food. Once "the wa'.er from the surface soil reaches the gravel it cannot be brought back by capil larity, hence the plant food carried in it is lost. Of course, alkali is, after all. the great "soil poison." Wherever it is present, sooner or later, all lands lying at lower levels are ruined by it, due to the seepage and washing which takes place, unless sufficient drainage is secured. In the earlier days of reclamation only the lower levels were irrigated; now the high er benches are being covered with water, with the result that all lands lying below are being more or less injured. The more alkali in a re gion the more the ultimate damage. The people of the Rogue river val ley little realize the heritage they have. Here we have a district of more than a quarter of a million acres of available Agricultural, lands, and when these acres have been set tled upon there will be fully another quarter of a million acres which may be opened up. But the most wonderful and inter esting thing is that in the entire val ley there is no alkali. The country does not belong to the "arid class" or even the semi-arid class, so far as its soils are concerned. The sails are varied, there being about eight general types, and about 54 varie ties, all of which are aerable. The soils are not of the type wuicu win readily wear out. The structure of the soils and subsoils is sucn that "wearing out" by satura tion will not be so likely. The irri gation of the higher levels cannot affect the lower levels by adding or bringing down deloterfous salts, be cause alkali is unknown in Rogue river valley. The rational use of water could therefore only produce good. There is an old adage which says "a lime country is a rich country." If this is true, the Rogue river valley has wealth beyond the dreams of a Croesus. A rational system of agri culture would make this country richer and more productive 25 years from now than it is today. In the orchards the growing of cover crop's, ...I,; i. nimii may ue so easily acc plished, will provide for hu nitrogen; the additio fertilizer, such lr Where you do better. Let us show you. H.G.Enders&Son Opposite Elks Temple, Ashland Head-to-Ioot Fur-, nishers for Men, Women & Children 1 11 Ftllli Loss will not be taken into consideration Ladies' and Misses' Suits and Coats Values $25, $27.50 and $30 your choice only $14.95 Values up lo $15 Cnolcc 990 Valoes up to $11.50 Cnoice 7.75 Real Bargains in Men's and Young Men's Overcoats Regular $20 valnes Now $i6.50 Regular $15 values now 12.40 Regular $10 values n0w 8.45 SHO Men's new Knglisli, $5.0O values Now $1.50 One lot men's, $4.(H) values Now 1.1)3 Ladies' shoes, 1 lot 94.00 values Now 2.13 Ladies shoes, 1 lot $:1.50 and $4.00 values . . .Now 1.03 Iulies shoes, 1 lot $2.50 and $8.00 values ...Only 1.00 SHOES "UP THE HILL AND SAVE A DOLLAR" We give you premium coupons with all slaughter sale purchases I'upa Smith and His Family. James E. Smith of North Grant township, Pawnee county, Kansas, is not the whole of the Smith family, but he has 'made n great start, and if his descendants keep up the pace he has set, the North Grant brigade is destined to lead the procession before Gabriel sounds eternal day. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith, riding in an aneient wagon drawn by a broken . down pair of horses, ap peared in Pawnee county in the early 'SOs of the nineteenth century, tak ing a claim near Razoll postoffice. This was the beginning of the North Grant brigade of the Smith family. Today it numbers $6 children, grandchildren and great-grandchil- dren, not counting daughters-in-law and sons-in-law, and the original stock, who rode into the township behind the broken down team, still are settled and in good health or. the old homestead. Their sons and daughters number 14, who with their children and grandchildren are scattered all over North Grant, even overrunning the boundaries. Indeed, the Smiths own about all of North Grant township and some farms out side. Not a single member of the North Grant brigade has died since the claim was taken up 30 odd years ago, and at a family reunion on the old homestead in October, the beau tiful month "when the frost is on the pumpkin and the fodder's in the shock," 70 members of the family (daughters-in-law and sons-in-law included) were present. Fred Van dergrift In The Earth. $5.00 tad! We have placed a lot of tested thermometers around town and in the park for the convenience of tht public. We have been to consider able expense. We have the consent of the property owners whereever they are placed. We find that some or them have been mutilated and some removed. We will pay the above cash reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the guilty ones. Respectfully, Eastern Supply Co. 104 North Ulain Street, AsManff. A TV 11 ill 1 1 mi F The m- wHls and i of mineral 9 phosphates and H3 1 Business demanded more room FULLER, The Tailor tar Has moved trom Oak street to 117 EAST MAIN STREET The most up-to-date tailoring and cleaning establishment in the , city. The bt-st line of woolens ever on display. Styles and rrifos you can't resist. Don't fail to see us before ordering your Spring suit. Ladies' Tailoring and Cleaning a Specialty WK CALL 1 OK. AND DKMVKR. ' hi MPrrMii 111 Itli oil iirithrmt MtffteuHy and lar.ee expenditure of capital. When many of the arid and semi arid districts have ceased to support civilization, this country will be in its prime. It will feed a large part of the world which now seems to llQ getting along without our hob, hut which, In tlnle, mrtsl Koine to us for aid. The Resident of the Rogue river Valley hfeod only go away from home to realize that after all there is no country like this. tatori em phone n Tailoring-Cleaning-Pressing fowm Wages in Japan have risen 50 per cent in 10 years und the cor.t of liv ing has jurapeJ 33 per cent. A motor-driven dredge is reclaim ing two niiles of new shore line for East St. Louis, 111. New York schools are warning children against the practice of roll er skating In the streets. Of the meat that is consumed in London, nearly 80 per cent is chilled or frozen. purpose and that as soon as the funds were available work would be started at once to put official rec ords where they would be safa from fire or loss, and ample room would be provided for storage. Ttte WILL BE OPEN and Saturdays OF EVERY week AFTERNOON AND EVENING days ADMISSION IS If REE SPECIAL SKATING FOR BEGINNERS Wednesdays Thursdays Now is your opportunity to learn roller sKating SKATES 25c. DOORS OPEN Afternoon, 2:00; Evening, 730 E3SZE33E5 1