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Monday, May 24, 10IS ASITLAJTO TIDINGS PAGE SEVE5 People 6a 's Forum The Itib and Downs of Ashland Post office Life. (Collated by H.' G. Gllmore.) Already Postmaster Kaiser of Ash land has discovered as fhe following etory will show that the conduct of a strictly up-to-date postofflce la an ordeal altogether different to con trolling the news and editorial col umns of a weekly newspaper However excellent' the beginning, it is never too late to learn the true inwardness of things, and here goes for a story (largely allegorical) that may shed a ray of light upon the rich experience of other people. Just before 4 o'clock the other af ternoon there were six men and one woman at the stamp window of the Ashland postofflce. Most of the men had letters to post for the two out going trains. The woman had some thing tied up in a blue match-box. She got there first and. she held the position with her head in the window and both elbows on the shelf. "Is there such a place in this coun try as San Francisco?" she began. Miss Casey "Oh, yes." Woman "Do you send mail there?" Miss Casey "Yes, certainly." Woman "Well, a woman living next door asked me to mall this box for her. I guess it's directed. She paid it ought to go for a cent." Miss Casey "Takes two cents. (After weighing it) "If there is writ ing Inside it will be twelve cents." Woman "Mercy on me, but how you do charge!" Here the half dozen Ashland mer chants, led by C. H. Vaupel, began to push up and hustle around and talk about one old matclr-box delay ing a heap of business letters, but the woman had lots of time. Woman "Then it will be two cents, eh?" Miss Casey "If there is no writing inside." Woman "Well, there may be. 1 know she is a great hand to write She's sending some flower seeds to tier sister, and I presume she has told her how to plant eni." "Two threes," called out Mr. Brown of the Ashland Trading Company, as he tried to get to the window. "Hurry up," cried W. E. Xew- fonibe, manager of the Western Vnion Telegraph Company; "time is Iirecious to us business men." "There ought to be a separate win dow for women," growled Joe Hurt. 'Then It will take twelve cents?" the woman calmly queried as she fumbled around for her purse. Miss Casey (slightly Impatient) Yes." Woman "Well, I'd better pay it, 1 suess." From one pocket she took two coppers. From her reticule she took ii three-cent piece. From her purse M.p fished out a nickel; and it was "iily after a hunt of many seconds that she got the twelve cents together. She then consumed three minutes in licking on the stamps, asking where to post the box and wondering If there really was any writing inside I nt. as the poet (I think it was a loet) said, "Woman proposes 'and man disposes." Ten thousand dollars' wprth of l'litsiness (for Ashland in these da'B i a growing city) was being detained ''V a twelve-cent woman, and a tidal wave suddenly took her away from the window. In Bhort order the six Ashland merchants, with an extra one 1 fieorge N. Kramer, the faithful sen tinel In charge of the Southern Pa cific railroad "station at Ashland) had l-t n waited on and gone their ways, and the woman returned to the win dow and said:. "Them stamps are licked on kind '' crooked, but it won't make any difference, will It?" It is needless to say that, as far as this woman Is concerned, Miss Casey was profoundly dumb, from this very moment. The woman after this, fortified, in one hand, by a brand new alpaca um brella from the dry goods-store of Beebe & Kinney, and a copy of "Life" from the drug and stationery store of Poley & Elhart, in the other, this old lady of many summers, leisurely wended her way to the street, where she halted, for a moment, apparently In contemplation as to the route she would take In search of fresh worlds to conquer and occupy. Later reports credited her with wandering on Oak street in search of a certain gentlemaji who has done so much in bringing the lithla springs Into Ashland. We are glad to be able to announce that her search was by no means in vain. She was promised a taste of "lithia! our lithla" just as soon as it reaches Ashland's beautiful park. Soon after the escapade at the stamp window, the always cheerful countenance of "Happy" Eastman, the astute, methodical and far-seeing assistant P. M. of Ashland, appeared upon the scene, when Miss Casey, with much gustc and point, narrated the incident that had taken nlace only a few moments before at the stamp window a spot where, for cash on delivery, the writer has re ceived from "Happy's" own right hand many a ten, five, two and one cent stamp that have paved the way for the transmission of valuable mail matter to all parts of this sublunary globe Will Give Home Goods Preference In an effort to stimulate the use of Oregon manufactured goods and Oregon labor, the Chamber of Com merce of Portland has begun a cam paign through its bureau of indus tries and manufactures to take ad vantage of the Bingham bill which becomes effective as a law this month, and which was passed at the last legislative session. The Bingram bill gives a preferen tial of 5 per cent in favor of goodj manufactured in Oregon,. or 1n favor of Oregon labor, in the consideration of competitive bidding before county courts, boards of county commission ers, school boards, city councils or other public officers authorized to purchase supplies or contract for la bor. "In plainer English, a purchasing officer is authorized to accept as the lowest bid for labor or supplies that offered by representatives of Oregon products, if the bid of the latter is not more than 5 per cent higher than the lowest bidder from any otBer state,' said George D. Lee, secretary of the bureau. "It is Intended to counterbalance the difference in the cost of production, as between local and foreign concerns. It somewhat adds to the handicap of the foreign manufacturer represented by freight rates, and it should prove an encour- After listening attentively to Ugement to the establishment of fac- Miss Casey's recital of the afternoon's tories for the manufacture of those unusual occurrence. "Happy" waxed items needed in the building of roads delivered himself Of an.onrl brides and materials cnnKiimprl Bum Slashings During May Since the closed season- for slash burning begins June 1 and extends to October 1 it is greatly desired by the Jackson Fire Patrol Association that all slashings in the county be burned during the month of May. Burning permits may be obtained, however, during the closed season and slashings disposed of at that time, but it is then necessary to obtain a Jermit to burn and the conditions may be such that burning could not be done with safety to adjoining property. Slashings turn Into firetraps dur ing the hot summer months and are a great menace to adjoining timber- land. It is therefore desired to call the attention of all settlers, wood cut ters and loggers to the assistance they can render the county by dispos ing of their slashings at as early a date as possible. The Jackson County Fire Patrol Association desires the co-operation of all persons who frequent the for ests and by complying with this re quest they will also be complying with Sections 5 and 11, Chapter 278, Ore gon Fire Laws, which provide for the disposal of slashings. State Supervising Warden H. J. Eberly of Medford will furnish any additional information that may be desired and assist in the burning of dangerous slashings. A marked copy of the Oregon Forest Fire Laws may be had free upon application. DEPOT DOINGS. warm and harangue that ended in these words: "O woman! woman! copiously en-j dowed, as thou art, with the capacity of performing noble deeds, how could thou so ruthlessly provoke the serene disposition of an Ashland P. O em ploye who for many years has borne the burden and heat of the day (oc casionally 92 In the shade) in the disposal of stamps and the distribu tion of mail matter for persons of an inquiring state of mind? I could say much on a question of this nature, but, In the words of Mr. Longfellow (of world-wide fame) I sum up the situation with the simple quotation: "Woman! with all thy FALSE I love thee still," and, again, with that other emphatic declaration on the part of Whittler contained in the ex pression: "Woman! We adore thee because, without thee, the world by municipal purchase. "Senator Bingham introduced the bill after consultation wth represent atives of the organizations which have been struggling to enlarge the market for those factories already here and to pave the way for others yet to be secured. "In the opinion of David M. Dunne and other-pioneer manufacturers, the Bingham measure will prove of great value." "Whew!" Westlake. Trout in Tsilcoos Lake are so numerou after sundown, tour ists, boating in the lake, are fright ened by fish jumping, many falling in the boats in their frantic leaps. One of the entertaining features on Harvard the outlet is the trout shoot by guestB would be in a state of STAG-nation." jf the Sunset lodge each nght. They "Let me," Miss Casey, "recount to shoot the trout as they leap into the you," said "Happy," "a little circum stance along the line of your experi ence this afternoon, that occurred in my youthful days In a part of the country quite unknown to you. An old lady who, no doubt, had seen many ups and downs in life, unfor tunately missed her train while on a visit to a married daughter in the country. It was a sort of way station, but, at considerable trouble, she hunted up the agent and ascertained from him that her next train would not start before 11:45 a. m meant the air. Mrs. Florence Stevens of Eu gene won the prize for the largest score at Sunday's shoot. Eugene council refused to enact nilnimimi it'omt In nr 0 Q fn. ntirht ' hours' work, but enacted preference law for home labor. Would Put the Ulink on Baseball Slang. Harvard university, New England's chief dispenser of sweetness and light, is trying to take the slang out of college baseball. Fancy just fancy a bleacher bunch declaiming in decorous uni son, "Courage, Comrade!" instead of hollering "At-a-boy!" Fancy a rabid fan courteously requesting a batsman to "Please hit the ball" instead ot howling, "Soak it on the bean-" Any body capable of committing such an offense would be likely to suggest judfcially that the adverse decision of an umpire "appeared somewhat questionable" instead ot shrieking, as every American citizen has an alien able rij;ht to do, "Kill the ump!" The lack of slang in the Harvard stadium may have a dreadfully ener vating f-ffect. Youths gently waving crimson pennants in the spring zephyrs may still endeavor to disturb the equanimity of the opposing pitch er, but they wont "get his goat" in the good old way. It won't do at all to sidetrack all the rough stuff. There must be a wallop left In the language,. or there won't be any left in the game. It will be a sad day for this country The first train got through from the south late Friday evening. Harry Bates, former S. P. employe here, is now operator at Merced, Cal. F. L. Burchalter, superintendent on the Portland division, was In town Monday. The auditing department of the Pa cific & Eastern railroad is being moved from Medford to Portland. H. A. Hinshaw, general freight agent of the Southern Pacific Com pany lines in Oregon, was a visitor in the city Thursday. Charles lil. Schwab, head of the Bethlehem Steel Company, passed through Monday evening in his pri vate car, said to be the most luxuri ous on earth. Crowds of unemployed are flocking toward Grants Pass, presumably with the idea of getting work on the rail road construction work out of that city. Roseburg Review: Verne Ftart- lett, a Southern Pacific engineer run ning between Roseburg and Ashland, this afternoon purchased the Cadillac automobile formerly owned by E. L. Parrott. The Cincinnati excursion which passed through last Sunday had a su perb equipment, including about ten coaches. Baltimore & Ohio, Missouri Pacific and Standard Pullmans made up the outfit. The S. P. 8:20 passenger train of the baggage which had accumulat ed at Red Bluff during the time that train service was tied up from there north. Railroad activities in several direc tions are rumored in the Rogue River Valley. The latest Is the building of a line through from Medford to Rose burg and the coast by the Mill inter ests. Work Is now under way on the road out of Grants Pass. An unknown man was run down and instantly killed by the Shasta Limited at Junction City last week. Engineer O'Mally, who was on duty three weeks ago when the train struck an automobile party at Cres well, killing J. L. Spry and four lit tle girls, was at the throttle of tho engine. i Considerable agitation has been aroused over the delaying of the sec ond section of train 16 here while the strawberry car.i are being Iced. Some of the newspapers to the north are waxing quite wroth over the delay to the passenger traffic. The straw berry season will soon be over and quiet will reign for another year. A movement Is being Instigated by Klamath Falls, people to have the trains on the branch run to Shasta Springs instead of to Weed as Is now the case. Reasons given are that bet ter accommodations may be had at the Springs during the wait for the main line trains and' better service would be afforded main line passen gers between Weed and Shasta struck and killed a mare owned by F. E. Berdan Friday morning on the Springs. Bernard Kelley, father of former Supervisor James P. Kellev. and tho S. P. right of way near Medford. The 'oldest Southern Pacific locomotive animal is valued at $100 and had jenRlnetT. died at tho home of his son. been tied but had broken away. Tw Sa(.ranient0( Saturday W. J. 'Morrow and family recently 'afternoon at the age or 7C years. De moved from Montague, Cal., to Ash- ceased, who was familiarly known as land. Mr. Morrow is doing special "Barney" Kelley, long was In the em work for the Southern Pacific rail- ploy of the Southern Pacific Coin road. He was one of the train dis- pany, and In 1910 wiw placed on the patchers in the Montague office. pension list. The lecture on explosives given at I Without'tickets and hidden under the Lyric Theatre Tuesday evening heaps ot baggage nine gypsies we-o j under the auspices of the Southern j found on the gypsy special at Sacra- Pacific Company -attracted a capacity , mento Suturday. The stowaways were house of those interested in the hand-j members ol a band of twenty-six who ling of explosives. The talk was most i shipped their equipment from Grants interesting and instructive. (Pass to South Dakota. The gypsies Mrs. Mary E. Snell, widow, a waiter ; were made to buy $101 worth of tick- aforesaid "astute, methodical and youths, sitting primly on the benches far-seeing assltant P. M. of Ashland" aftei the manner of Oxford and Cam returned to his corner, Immediately j bridge, lean just a trifle forward Th8lon the right of the postmaster prop-1 when their batting Hercules lines out a homer in the ninth with the score tied and three men on baRes, and pat gloved hands together inaudiltly, and hand the expectant welkin merely a well-bred murmur of "Well played, sir well played!" in the Hotel Anderson, at Anderson. : ?ts. This is part of the same outfit when any aggregation of American! was struck by the Shasta Limited at that passed through Ashland recently the Ferry street grossing on May 14 jand created a miniature -eign of ter and was killed. The tragedy was not , 'or in Gi ants Pass. known unti Ithe mangled body was waiting of, at least, a!er- t0 finish an important official couple of hours. Naturally the trav-! typewritten letter to the newly ap eler gradually became impatient and, I Pointed Wilsonian postmistress of MMnr n new nffirlai at th window Grants Pass. hen he had finished, . . . r, - I anxiously inquired the arrival of the next train, when he replied: 'Noth ing, ma'am, until a quarter to twelve.' The old lady' took umbrage at this, and gave the ticket agent a cood trouncing, as she thought, by saying to a bystander: 'What onUh U8linl notice spread aloft. "Bust and precisely with the words, "Al ways sincerely thine own" (although a happily married man) and C o'clock had put in a pleasing appearance, down went the lid with a customary heavy jolt at the stamp window and earth is a woman, in these days, to believe, when one feller says the train starts at 11:43 and, afterwards, an other at a quarter to 12? .No won der people lose their trains. A little more laming, on common sense lines, would, I'm sure, do both these fel lows a heap of good.' "There you have it with a ven geance, remarked 'Happy,' and there Is plenty of more laying round loose of the same sort, so don't be sur prised at anything In this world. I'm not." The confab here closed and the BetterbeSafcthan Sorry e i t Ashland, Oregon, April 10, 1915. This is to certify that I, V. G. Trescott, have this day received from the HOME INSURANCE COM PANY of New York, through their local agent, Geo. II. Yeo, a draft for "$1000.00 in full payment of my fire loss of February 8th, this year. In this connection I wish to pay that I am greatly indebted to Mr. Yeo for his attention to my interests in this matter, and of the Company, I cannot speak too highly of the treatment accorded mo by them and of their adjuster whom I found to'bo a very agreeable gentleman to deal with, and I heartily recommend the good old reliable HOME of NEW YORK to those who wish "ABSOLUTE PROTECTION." W. G. 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