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Newspaper Page TextHistorical Society. Oregon Ashland Tidings SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL VOL. XXXVII ASHLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1913 NUMBER 74 AIM TO HAVE PERFECT BLUE SKY LAW NEW BILL IS INTRODUCED IN LEGISLATURE AIMED TO ELIMINATE FAKIRS WHILE NOT HINDERING LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Oregonian: Its object being to combine the good features of "blue sky" laws adopted in other states, aud at the same time avoid some of the provisions of the Kansas law, which has been in effect two years and which has acted as a deterrent . to legitimate business, a bill was In troduced in the state senate yester day by Senator Farrell of Portland, which, if it is enacted, is expected to provide the best law of the kind in the country. The bill, while it is aimed absolutely to eliminate "wild cat" mining promotion, prevent fake orchard operators from pulling off such a deal as was disclosed in the recent Columbia Orchards cane, and discourage sales of fraudulent secur ities generally, will not interfere with legitimate dealers in the least. Rather, by eliminating the fakirs, it will make it easier for tho.se with meritorious stocks and bonds for sale to do business. The bill was introduced at the re que.it of John A. Keating, vice-president of the Lumbermen's National Bank, of Portland, and represents the result of a careful study of "blue sky" legislation of eastern states made at close hand by Mr. Keating during a trip east last fall. The ideas in his bill come largely from a bill now under consideration by the Ohio legislature, and some of the best features of the Kansas law have been appropriated. The bill carries no appropriation, nor does it create a new. board or department for its administration should it become a law. It proposes to places its operations in the hands of the state superintendent of banks, and to increase his salary from t?.O0O to S5. 0.0 a vear. It also ,ko( v, .,oii kovo ! nary clerks and deputies. One of the main provisions of the j bill is that no dealer or his agent bonds or any kind of securities with out a license obtained from the su perintendent of banks, for which a fee of $100 a year is to be paid. Banks are excepted, for the reason ! that thev are aireartv snhif.t to in.! spection and supervision by the su perintendent of banks. To obtain a license a dealer fust apply to the superintendent of banks, filing evi dence satisfactory to the superinten (lent of his sound moral character ! and good business repute. The ap plicant must also show for what length of time and in what capacity he has been engaged in dealing in securities, and the same information must be furnished regarding all in terested as principals, directors cr sales agents. A itatement must also be filed as' to what classes of securi ties are to be dealt in. Th issuance of a license is contingent upon the approval by the superintendent of banks of all the credentials submit ted. A license may be revoked at any time by the superintendent if it shall be shown that the licensee is insol vent, has violated the law, engages in illegitimate or fraudulent busi- BURNED BY KEROSENE Jack Robinson of Medford Has Nar row Escape While Trying to Build Fire With Oil. Medford, Feb. 7. Jack Robinson, aged 6 years, living with his parents in a bouse near the Sacred Heart Hospital, started a fire in the kitch en stove Thursday afternon with kerosene, and only the intervention of a kindly Providence saved him from a fiery death. The fire spread and burned a hole in the floor and was extinguished before the arrival of the fire department. Young Jack maintains the kero sene exploded, but it is thought he dropped the can on the floor and ran quicker than one could say his name when he sav.' his danger, which paved his life. As he was pouring the oil among tha dead ashes they suddenly leaped into a flame, burn ing his hand and fingers. Older peo ple about the house threw clothes and carpets upon the blaze, smother ing it. In the meantime an alarm had been turned in and the fire de partment responded. The little boy and his parents are recent arrivals in Medford, and the lad was frightened by his experience and will start no more fires with kerosene for some time. ness or is in any manner dishonest. Before revoking a license a superin tendent must notify the licensee of his intention and upon what grounds. The superintendent must lay before the district attorney any evidence of criminality which conies to bis notice. The bill provides that, for the bene.it of the public, notice of revocation of ary license must be published in a newspaper. The dealer or firm whose license has been revoked has the right of appeal to the circuit court, and may there defend himself against the re vocation of his license. The bill provides that "the court's decision shall consult on the rights of the plaintiff and protection to the pub lic, and shall be final." No licensee shall dispose of any j stocks, bonds or other securities without filing with the superinten dent of banks such information as may be required regarding the se curities to be sold and the person or corporation issuing them. This information must include a balance sheet showing in detail all assets of the issuing person or corporation and the amount and sources of the issuer's income during a period of 12 consecutive calendar months. The superintendent may require ad ditional information until he is satis- ,leu lu" ' " r e . 1 1 .. I 1. . w of the. soundness of the posed securities, and tnen is to no tify the dealer of his approval or disapproval. However, the bill makes the ex ception that such information is not necessary concerning securities that are listed in standard manuals of investments. Also, sales may he made to corporations without the ng oi sucu uu j. mauo.i, cu i.u... a . - t . .' .. , n.. 1.1? si sinking fund trustees or in case of I I municipal bonds of other public se-j curities. Public ftrvice corporation j securities are excepted because it is i understood that a law probably will j be enacted at the present legislative session giving the railroad eonimis I sion jurisdiction over them. I One's own property may also he soI(l. the sale is to be for the owner's account exclusively, without ding the information with the su perintendent, unless sales are made continuously or repeatedly. This would be construed to mean that a firm selling its own securities to the IhHc would be held to be a dealer and subject to all the requirements of the law. The portion of the bill relating to the examination of concerns issuing securities is taken almost bodily from the Kansas law. It permits the superintendent, when he may consider it advisaDle, to make a de tailed examination of the affairs erf any company offering stock for sale. If he finds that the concern is insol vent, or that its plan of business is unfair, or is likely to cause loss to investors, he may prohibit the sale of its securities. Penalties are provided for viola tion of the proposed law in fines ranging from $5 to $5,000, or by imprisonment up ti three years. A NEW BRUSH BURNER Ashland Iron Works Builds .Machine for Burning Orchard Trimmings for Suncrest Orchards. The Ashland Iron Works has just completed a furnace for burning or chard brush, built upon plans fur nished by Manager Meader of the Suncrest Orchards. The burner is in the form of a huge iron basket measuring about eight by ten feet and built up of iron bars and rods and mounted upon four wheels so that it can be hauled through the orchard and the brush heaped upon It and burned. The draft of air from under makes the brush bubrn much easier and quicker than when burned upon tho ground, and the machine does not stay long enough in one place to generate heat to injure the trees. Mr. Meader has used similar contrivances before, but thinks this will beat anything heretofore used. Kven Exchange. , Eggs and produce taken in ex change for dry goods, shoes, gro ceries, etc., at the Ashland Trading Company. 71-tf Hay for Side. I .have a quantity of hay for sale here in the city. Emil Pell. 71-tf "KIBE" DROPS HALL, AX1) $5(1. Jewelry Clerk Snap Chance Ut Make VuUU and Pitcher Pays. Spokane, AVash., Feb. 6. While "Rube" Marquarl, star pitcher of the New York Giants, failed to catch a baseball tossed off the top of the 15-story Old National Bank building, George Crofoot, a young clerk for a local jeweler, caught the ball and received $50 of the pitcher's money. The affair was witnessed by 2.000 people, drawn to the corner by the announcement made by Marcjuard that he would catch the ball. "Rube" missed two balls and, an gered by the joshing of the crowd, turned around and offered first $25 and then $5 0 to anybody who would make the catch. Aoung Crofoot, 21 years old, who has played in the City League, jumped forward, grabbed the glove and gathered in the sphere neastly as it hurtled down. This is the second disappointment this week for the ex-Giant pitcher. w ho had set his wedding for this c'ty. Miss Seeley pot a legal oninion by wire after murn trouble Wednes day, to the effect that she would have to wait three months before marrying if she wished to have the ceremony legal in New York state. Her husband, Julius Cahan, secured the separation last December, and now Rube cannot marry her before next April. Spray. We will spray your orchards, rose bushes and chicken houses with a gasoline power spraying outfit. We do not drive on your lawn or garden. Our references aie the people we have sprayed forr Leave orders with Hemphill & Martin. 517 Boulevard, or telephone 2S7-Y. 73-4t.M. In'iKrtant Notice. meeting in the interests of the mining industry will be held at the Commercial Club room February 11 at 2:30 p. m. Special object to ar range for proper representation at the next meeting gress. cf the mining con- CO.MMITTEE. Autos for women are being built. WHAT THE 1NTERURBAN Construction of Trolley Line Will Era of Development It was not until the wiiter visited that portion of the Bear creek val ley lying on the north and east side of the creek that he began-to fully comprehend what the building of a j trolley line up that side of the valley will mean, not only to the territory tapped, but to the entire valley. It is not alone in the fact that it will permit easy access to the cities and towns of the valley that it is valu able, but also in the savings to the owners and occupants in the way of handling their produce and supplies. Take the Suncrest orchard, for in stance. Last yea.- with only 70 of its 460 acres of orchard in bearing, and those only in their first year, i it bought its boxes by the carload, j Mr. Meader, the manager, states that I it will take four men and two teams at least two days to unload a car of boxes and haul them to the packing house in the orchard. Two men. he states, could unload and truck in a car in half a day if the car could be set on a sidetrack alongside the packing house in the orchard. The same is equally true about feed shipped in, spray materials, and the COOK PASSED THKOCtiH. Arctic Explorer Still Claims He Found North Pole. Frederick Cook, the Arctic explor er, passed through Ashland Friday afternon en route to Los Angeles. When seen at the depot, after pass ing the usual compliments to the towr, he stated that he still expected to back Peary's claims off the boards. He said that he had proven the efforts to discredit his climbing of Mt. McKinley to be the result of a huge bribe and that he would also prove Peary's claims false. He spoke highly of Professor Amundsen, the discoverer of the south pole, who was mate on a Belgian expedition to the frozen regions on the ship on which he went as surgeon. Dr. Cook stated that after Knottier trip or so to the north regions he might return to the Pacific coast to establish n home. Phone job orders to the Tidings. DISPLAYS ITS IGXOIJAXt K. Klunmtlt Northwestern Evidently Knows Little of Oregon Men. In an attack upon the proposed state exhibit at Ashland the Klamath Northwestern shows a lamentable ig norance of the men who have made Oregon what it, is when it refers to "Tom Richardson of Ashland." That the Northwestern should not know that Tom Richardson of Portland is one of the best known boosters in the state, that he has been secretary both of the Portland Commercial Club adn of the Oregon Development League, and is row a prominent booster of the Rnre City, shows an ignorance of the industrial history of Oregon that is peculiar in a newspa per man. It may be, however, that the Northwestern thought that it could discount Mr Richardson's in fluence in the matter if it made it appear that he was from Ashland and locally interested. Klamath is worrying lest Asnland be on a "side track" in a few years. Ashland will j (,en-v ,,lat they have created unnnl be growing steadily when Klamath is i mal shortages of food supplies, the rwnvprinir from tTie allium it will m. I ceive when it conies to its senses. Klamath is a good town, but it is not destined to be a second Chicago. O. A. C. (.LEE ( LI IS yi'ARTET j , , ,, Johnson, Kan- Eurl Canticld, L. I dolph Thomas, Melvin Jordan The lavishing vocal beautv of the I Oregon Agricultural' College Glei Club Quartette has charmed large audiences in every city the club has visited. Such a strong combination i of male voices is iarely found in a college and Prof. William Frederic Gaskins takes pleasure in presenting the quartet to those who enjoy music in its truest form. The C.W Pliili will imU itu ae. pearauce in Ashland February 111. ,. , (4-2t I-Special for this week only, one lot new embroideries up to 10 inches! wiJ$, 10c a yard. Minkler's Cloak and'Suit House. Australia has 35 male centenarians. MEANS TO THE VALLEY Mark Commencement of Great Along Bear Creek shipment out of the packed fruit. It j against the commission men, said j against the individuals, but the criiu is probable that the saving of ex-.; yesterday that the commission men inal prosecution was chosen in pref pense to that one ranch would come i received him with the utmost con-'; erence as the more effective method well into the hundreds of dollars per year. This is but one of the many ranch es which are becoming developed on that side of Bear creek. Another valuable asse line is that it will without a doubt mean the developing of the . coal mines, kaolin beds, etc., which are now so inaccessible as to he practi cally worthless. There are some who favor the road simply because it will give labor to many men while building. This is one good reason in its favor, but it is a very small one in comparison to the lasting benefits to the city and to the country. It is the country whii-h must be developed. The Med fovd Mail Tribune, in an editorial a few days ago, wisely states that the towns of the valley are large enough, what we must do is to develop the country. This interurhan, unless it is very different from all other inter urlians, will do this. For this reason we should all favor the franchise. It. .1. SMITH REMOVES. Jeweler Removes From North Mlnin Street to EII.S Building. It. J. Smith, who has been con ducting an up-to-date jewelry store in the Allen-Cunningham building at the corner of Granite and North Main streets, finda his business out growing his present quarters and has leased the east storeroom in the Elks building, and Is having it fitted up for occupancy. Ilo expects to re move to his new location about March 1 and will then have as hand some a jewelry Ftore as is to be ton .id in southern Oregon. The best value for the money ever offered in automobiles. The new 1913 model latest improved Ford, the universal car, at the Ford Garage, Shook building. 74-2t SiskiyoU apple orchards for rent. Inquire at 117 North Main street, city. 74-.2t PROSECUTING COMMISSION TRUST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTOR SAYS BOTH CONSUMER AND PRODUCER HAVE PAID TRIBUTE TO FOOD COMBINE Portland, Feb. 7. Every person in Portland who eats vegetables, j fruit or nuts, say the government ' prosecutors, has paid tribute to the alleged commission men's trust against the individual members of which the federal grand jury on Wednesday returned indictments j instructions from the department of charging them wiih violations of the j justice direct and expects soon to Sherman anti-trust law. I retire from the work. In the last Infornatien it the hands of th I few years he has assisted in seeur I'nited States district attorney's of- I jng evidence in anti-trust eases in lice, it is said, tends to prove that various parts of the country. The the Produce Merchants' As -ociation ' rules of the department require him i.i.'u aim manipulated prices uy , stifling competition and by restrict ing the trade movement to an un natural extent. While members- cf the association federal officials declare that they! ;win hring forth witnesses who will i testif that on various occasions w"n ,ile market was overstocked ; large quantities of fresh, wholesome fruits and vegetables were destroyed. I Such actions, the government says, violate the spirit and letter of . I me anti-trust law, inasmuch as tney I prevent free competition and there , by restrain trade, . J But the government's principal point of attack will be made against ithe alleged combination itself. By pooling their interests, it is declared, ! the commission men under indict- ment were able to control !I0 per cent of the food products coming ! into Portland from California, Texas, I Florida and the West Indian Islands, I ""r which are the principal sources of . .... : cnarus, uems and garuens are not . producing. So far as breaking up the alleged combination is concerned, the gov ernment has accomplished its pur pose already. The Produce Mer chants' Association, which the feder- al prosecutors say is a trust organ ized and conducted in violation of the law, has disbanded. Its life ended about a week ago when J. V. Bunn. its secretary, was served with a subpoena demanding his presence, together with the books and papers of the association, before the grand jury. Elton Watkins, the federal invest- i isator. who worked up the case , sideration when he appeared before them and explained the purpose of his visit to Front street. Mr. Watkins first interviewed ! commission men uot members of the that all the business was done through Mr. Bunn's office.' Mean while members of the organization learned that the federal authorities were making an invesCgation. To prevent the possible destruction of documentary evidence the subpoena was issued on Mr Bunn. Although he was not required to appear before the grand jury until the following day, he allowed the authorities ac cess to all his books, papers and GOATS MONEY MAKERS I Paul Denber Tells of Profit Raising i (.'oats in Mountains and Foot hill Regions. Paul Deuber, who lives near Green Springs mountain, is an ard ent devotee of goat raising. He be lieves that the Angora goat will solve the problem of the country rancher. Mr. Deuber has been bringing goat meat to this city regu larly, as has one of his neighbors, Mr. I). N. Davis, and both have found ready market for it. Many, the writer included, prefer goat's meat to mutton, and agree with Mr. Deu ber that it will find a ready sale at the meat markets under its own name. It has already been sold as mutton in many places. Not only nre gcats valuable for mutton, but they p.re of great value in cleaning the underbrush from the mountains and hills, thus giving the natural forage plants a chance to prow. They also need very little fodder. Mr. Deuber has a flock of ii boil I 425 goats and has been com pelled to feed them hay but two or three days during the entire winter, which has been unusually hard. Or dinarily, when in need of feed, It la only necessary to go out and fell a tree or, two and the goats will eat other documents. Members of the organization, Mr. Watkins says, did not attempt to stand in the way of his work. Mr. Watkins, who is a practicing attorney in Portland, is not a secret service operative. He works under to work openly and do not permit him to hide his identity. He denies, therefore, that he secured employ ment with the firms against whom he was seeking evidence and the he used knowledge that, might have beea thus gained to assist the gov ernment. Attention of the federal authori ties first was directed against tin alleged combination upon tho fail ure of the Italian I'ruit & Produce Company last year. Other com plaints drifted into the office of the) "trust busfeis" i't various times. Orders came to Mr. Watkins direct from Washington, I). C. Meanwhile John McCourt, 1'nited States district, attorney, prepared to lay the case before the grand jury. Mr. Watkins worked only ten days, when he hail i his case complete. K. A. Johnson. assistant district attorney, assisted .Mr. Watkins in presenting the evi dence. The indictments were the result. Of the 15 men against whom true bills were returned, 12 havn submitted to arrest. V. B. Glal'ke appeared at the United States mar shal's office yesterday and gave I Iwiiiil in llx. s n Til nf tl (inn Inllll A. Bell, Fred II. Page and John J. Cole are still out of town. They have been advised of the situation and will return at. once. The au thorities will not send warrants out. of town for them, as each man i individually responsible and bears the confidence of (lie government of ficials. There are two count.'; against each individual. The law provides a max imum penalty of one year in the fed eral penitentiary or a fine of $5,000 or both on each count. There is a provision of the same law for a civil jsuit by the government in equity of accomplishing the desired results. The wood business Is profitable iir. Ashland, especially when the timber is available and roads and bunk house built. W. D. Hodgson offers his 200-acre wood lot with estimate of 5,000 to 10,000 cords tor $1,500; easy terms. Now in the time to get out 500 or 000 cords for next sum mer. The land is worth $10 to $15 per acre for goat pasture when wood is off. Phone 427-J. 73-4t Rather than move my china and cut glass stock I will offer it one third off during the preesut month. R. J. Smith, jeweler. EXPERT THE BOOKS County Court Will Try to Save Jones the $21,000 lie I'ui.l the County. The county court hist week or dered the exporting of the sheriff's books for a period covering six yearsi prior to January 1, 1913. This will go back to January 1, 1907, a year and n half before Wilbur Jones took office. The court contracted with W. II. Wann, accountant, to do the work. He is to receive $7 a day for his. sorvices, but no one year's accounts are to cost more than $125. He will start work at once. Clif Payne makes ironing boards. the moss, foliage and small twigs, subsisting and growing fat on them. They prefer cedar, with red fir and pine in their order. They also are fond of the twigs of the dieiduous trees, but of course there is compar atively little feed on them. The fleece of a goat weighs about half of that of a sheep and bring anout twice the price, thus making the wool-bearing value of the two animals about the Fame, but the goat is much more hardy and much cheaper to keep.