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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.:
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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
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37 28
45 26
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41 31
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36 29
35 25
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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,
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nimii may ue so easily acc
plished, will provide for hu
nitrogen; the additio
fertilizer, such
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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.
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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.
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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
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