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Forest Receipts
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Flax Culture
To Be Urged
One thousand acres will be planted
to flax next year If possible, it was
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The national forests turned into
the United States treasury during the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1915, near
ly $2,500,000, an Increase of more
than $4,000 over the receipts of the
previous year, according to a state
ment Just Issued by the Forest Serv
ice. The timber sales, which amount
ed to $1,164,000, yielded on account
of the depressed condition of the lum
ber Industry about $79,000 less than
those of the previous fiscal year, but
the gain was made possible by larger
revenues from other sources. The
grazing receipts, which totaled $1,
125,000, increased $127,000 over last
year, and the water power receipts,
which amounted to not quite $90,
000, showed an increase of nearly
$42,000.
The demoralization of the turpen
tine industry on account of the war's
curtailment of the naval stores mar
ket caused the receipts from the sale
of turpentine privileges on the na
tional forests to drop about $9,000,
as against nearly $15,000 last year.
The sale of special use permits, under
which all sorts of enterprises, from
apiaries to whaling stations, are op-1
erated on the forests, yielded nearly
$78,000, an increase of $9,000 over
last year. There was a decrease of
nearly $37,000 in the revenue de
rived by the settlement of trespass
cases in which government timber
had been cut without intent to de
fraud, the revenue from this source
being only a little more than $3,000.
More than $7,000, however, was col
lected from other timber trespass
cases. Grazing trespass cases yielded
nearly $6,000, an Increase of about
$1,000; occupancy trespass cases,
which occurred in only one of the
seven forest districts, turned in some
thing less than $250; about $50 was
derived from turpentine trespass
cases, and $660 from fire trespass
cases, the latter being more than
$7,000 less than the amount collect
ed In the previous ' fiscal year for
damage to government property
through fires carelessly or wilfully
started in or near national forests.
decided by the state board of control
recently. The planting of the flax
will be urged upon farmers living in
the vicinity of Salem. According to
the decision of the board the home
grown seed will be sold to the grow
ers for $1.50 a bushel and the state
will pay for the flax raised at the
rate of $15 a ton. The convicts will
pick the flax as was done this year,
and the growers will deliver the
product at the penitentiary,
"The yield in some fields this
year," said Governor Withycombe,
"was about three tons to the acre.
Although the growers paid $3 a bush
el for the seed because it was neces
sary to Import it, 1 believe the crop
with that yield is a profitable one.
I see no reason, with a reduced price
for seed, and the farmers having
gained experience in flax culture,
why one thousand acres should not
be planted this year. The industry
should be profitable also for the
state.
"Our plant, which will last for
many years, has been paid for and
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Exposition is
Free of Debt
With former President William
Howard Taft In the role of "chief
burner," the ceremonies consigning
to the flames Saturday night a paid
off mortgage of $110,159.02, the last
cent of Indebtedness of the Panama
Pacific exposition, were the moBt
spectacular and Impressive yet staged
at the big fair.
The Court of the Universe, where
the mortgage burning took place,
was shrouded in darkness when the
ceremonies began, with President
Moore of the exposition standing be
side the huge pyre. Moore briefly
outlined the history of the exposition,
at the conclusion of which he handed
to James J. Fagan, representing the
.San Francisco clearing house, a
check for $110,199.02. Fagan In re
turn gave to Moore the cancelled
mortgage, which was then handed to
the former president.
Placing one corner of the mort
gage In the blazing pyre, Taft waved
the flaming paper aloft, a signal
which released a veritable sound of
noise throughout the exposition. The
ashes were then placed In an urn
which Aviator Charlie Nlles took
aloft in his monoplane and scattered
to the winds. Nlles' flight concluded
the official cremation ceremonies.
the state soon should be able to real
ize more than it expended in getting
the industry established, besides fur
nishing employment for the convicts
something that is most desirable."
The members of the board of con
trol visited the penitentiary and
looked over the arrangements made
for caring for the flax. Already 500
tons of flax has been hauled to the
prison and one hundred tons add!
tional will be hauled In the near fu
ture.
A portion of the machinery for
handling the flax Is now on the
ground and the rest is expected to
arrive here from the east In a short
time. The old moulding room has
received a concrete floor and will be
used in caring for the crop.
New Warship
To Be Started
The keel of the battleship Califor
nia will be laid In the New York navy
yard on September 10. The Califor
nia will be the first fighting craft In
any navy to be equipped with elec
tric engines for her own propulsion.
Such engines have been thoroughly
ested in their use by the collier Jupi
ter. Material for the construction or
the California has been accumulated
In the navy yard for several months
and about 12,000,000 pounds of steel
are ready to be used In the building
of the ship.
In most respects other than the
engines, the California will resemble
the battleship Arizona, but will have
a tonnage of 32,000 as compared to
the Arizona's 31,400.
Industrial News,
State of Oregon
lone Eight Mile Is planning for a
new school house.
Wendling sawmill has started with
a force of 200 men.
North Bend Is raising $2,000 to
celebrate the completion of Southern
Pacific bridge across Coos Bay.
Coos county has $250,000 unpaid
warrants drawing interest.
Banks New brick Industry starts
with 200,000 kiln. 1 i
Sluslaw jetty contractors are haV'
Ing three large barges built at the
shipyard on Coos Bay,
Oregon Wood Products Company
on Coos Bay to add shingle mill.
Portland commission regulates
construction of automatic elevators
St. Johns Water & Light Company
would sell its plant to Portland for
$130,000.
The Southern Pacific and the gov
ernment will boost the Crater Lake
district.
Eugene's new chair factory is do
ing a big business.
Tillamook Cates Lumber Com
pany will spend $40,000 on a logging
road.
Columbia Steel Company gave em
ployes 5 per cent bonus on annual
wages.
Portland starting work on grade
crossings to cost $750,000.
Marshfield Crown-Columbia Pa
per Mills Company may operate the
Smith plant.
Baker East Eagle Mining Com
pany will erect a five-stamp mill.
Paisley invites private capital to
establish a water system, .
Eugene J. H. Smith and J. N
Wray will establish a chair factory
ASHLAND PUBLIC MARKET
opens Saturday, August 14, in the
Stoner building, 349 E. Main street.
Stalls may be rented reasonable by
day or month. Bring your baskets
and load up with market produce.
Those desiring space for selling
should apply at once. 22-lmo.
Albany D. E. Nebergall & Co.
will erect a three-story concrete meat
packing house.
O.-W. R. & N. Co. has let contracts
for roundhouses at The Dalles and
Pilot Rock.
Med ford S. S. Bullls announces
extension of bis electric line to big
timber and a new sawmill to be built.
PRINTING
That Attracts
The Tidings has one of the best
equipped plants for commercial
printing In Southern Oregon, and is
prepared to turn out first-class wort
In the line of
Dodgers
Placards
Circulars
Envelopes
Hill Heads
Letter Heads
Calling Cards
Husiness Cards
Dane Programs
Wedding Invitations
Tajrs. Tickets, Labels
Wedding Announcements
Note, Itoccipts, Etc., Etc.
Ashland Tidings
Fhone 80.
I Advance styles in Fall and Winter Millinery, correct modes for wear with the new
I Coats and Suits, are now on display. New Flop Brims, Soft Crowns and new Toques f
in black and white also in the new favored Fall shades.
VISIT THE MILLINERY SECTION AND VIEW THE NEWEST FALL MODES
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Federal Survey
To Be Made
Washington, D. C, Aug. 28.
Mr. Henry Hart, President Water
Users' Association, Medford, Ore.
My Dear Sir: Your letter of Aug
ust 18, addressed to the secretary of
the Interior, relative to Investigation
of feasibility of irrigation In the
Rogue River valley, has been re
ferred to this office.
The reclamation commission has
considered this matter carefully and
has decided that such investigation
as you request should be undertaken.
Instructions will accordingly be is
sued to have this work started at an
early date. ,
Yours truly,
A. P. DAVIS,
Director and Chief Engineer.
Dr. Henry Hart, president of the
Water Users' Association, received
the above letter Saturday frcm Ar
thur P. Davis, director and chtef en
gineer of the federal reclamation
service, Washington, D. C, formally
approving the application made by
the association for a federal survey
of the water resources of the Rogue
River valley jointly by the federal
and state governments. q
The survey will be made at once
by Engineer Whistler, who is division
engineer at Portland, in conjipaotion
with State Engineer Lewis, aqd will
be paid for from the fund set aside
by the state and government for Joint
reclamation work. ,-,
The object of the survey is to as
certain definitely the area of the val
ley that can be Irrigated, the amount
of water available for irrigation from
the various sources, the estimated
cost of construction and recommend
ations as to methods of securing the
water.
The amount of water that can be
developed from each available source,
the cost of developing and placing it
on land, the comparative merits of
the various irrigation schemes will
be definitely ascertained by non-in
terested and authoritative engineers,
whose recommendations will form a
definite plan to present to the people
to secure needed irrigation.
Hitherto the league has been work
ing blindly without a definite plan
for securing water. Its efforts have
been directed to arousing irrigation
sentiment. Not having the funds
necessary to secure the survey, appli
cation was made to the reclamation
service and state authorities for aid,
nd though the fund provided has
usually been used for arid land
projects Instead of settled districts,
an exception was made for the bene
fit of the valley, whose need of irri
gation aid Is realized even in Washington.
To secure the co-operation of the
reclaamtion service, it was necessary
to secure the approval of Secretary
of the Interior Franklin K. Lane.
through the assistance of Senators
Chamberlain and Lane and the co
operation of Governors Withycombe,
State Engineer Lewis and other officials.
Panama Canal
Helps Shippers
to
There are Bt ill 10,000 cords on
hand at the Portland municipal woodpile.
Ashland capitalists have incorpo
rated to build a smelter.
Portland Moose will erect a six
story lodge building.
Ashland merchants often receive
goods now via the Panama canal, as
it is considerably cheaper. Goods
come to San Francisco and then to
Ashland over the Southern Pacific
railroad. The canal has certainly
been a tremendous advantage
American shipping, as one vessel do
ing coast to coast work can now han
die about twice as much business as
before, as the distance is cut In half,
"The fundamental purpose of the
canal is to save time," says the Canal
Record. "The prevailing high prices
for charters make this of especial im
portance at present. In addition to
the economies effected by saving
time and reducing overhead expenses
due to the shorter time of travel, the
shorter route can greatly Increase
the effectiveness of the fleets. Be
tween the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
of the United States one vessel can
now haul practically what two would
have been needed for over the route
around South America."
The Canal Record" then cites the
case of the steamer Pennsylvania to
show the actual effectiveness of the
canal in expediting trade between the
two coasts,
The American-Hawaiian liner set
a new record for time of transit from
Philadelphia to San Francisco, mak
ing the voyage In 14 days, 17 hours
and 25 minutes, her average speed
over the course of 5,130 nautical
miles being 14 knots, or 348 miles
a day.
Had the Pennsylvania made the
voyage from Philadelphia to San
Francisco by way of the Straits of
Magellan, a distance of 13,003 miles,
at the same speed, the voyage would
have required more than 37 days.
This is, more than two and a half
times as long as the trip by way of
the canal. The 3,997 barrels of fuel
oil which the Pennsylvania burned
on the trip by way of the canal would
have been increased for the longer
voyage to 9,942 barrels. The use of
the canal saved 5,965 barrels of oil.
At 80 cents a barrel, this amounts to
$4,882. The canal tolls on the Penn
sylvania, levied at $1.25 per ton on
6,064 net tons, United States regis
try, amounted to $5,070. In other
words, the sawing on fuel alone in
this case, by the use of the canal,
comes to within $300 of paying the
tolls on the ship. The saving of all
the other per diem expenses of opera
tion, possibly $200 per day, for 22
days, represents almost a clear sav
ing to the operator.
Incorporated in the statement is a
table showing the number of days
saved for vessels of different speeds
by the Panama canal route between
Atlantic and Pacific ports. This ta
ble shows that a nine-knot vessel
from New York to Portland saves
35.9 days, a 12-knot vessel 26.8 days
a 14-knot vessel 22.9 days, and a
16-knot steamer saves 20 days.
In the Bame way a lesser saving is
made by steamers plying from Liv
erpool to Portland or vice versa. On
this run a nine-knot steamer would
save 25.7 days by using the canal,
a 10-knot steamer 23.1 days, 2 12
knot steamer 19.1 days, a 14-knot
steamer 16.3 days, and a 16-knot
vessel 14.2 days.
Nineteen Are
Given Treatment
The following is taken from the
last bulletin issued by the board of
health of the state:
"During the quarter ending June
30, nineteen Pasteur treatments
were administered In the offices of
the state board of health. One In
fected from the saliva of a mad cow;
one bitten by a rabid mule, four by
a coyote, and the remainder dog
bits. In almost every instance the
diagnosis was confirmed by the labo
ratory findings In the brain of the
infected animals.
"The point that the board wishes
at this time to call particular atten
tion to is the absolute necessity of
sending specimens to the laboratory
In such manner as to Insure an exam
lnation. In spite of all of our bulle
tins, personal letters and newspaper
articles, more than ljalf of the speci
mens arriving in the laboratory are
in an advanced state of putrefaction,
frequently the brain matter entirely
destroyed, not even fit for a self-
respecting garbage crematory. More
than two-thirds of the specimens re
ceived from eastern Oregon, where
the disease has been most prevalent,
arrive. In this condition. The dissec
tion of a brain and the findine of
the hippocampus is comparatively
easy if the brain has not been de
stroyed by gun shot, or putrefaction
has not begun. But in either of
these instances no examination of
any kind is possible. Several people
probably have, unquestionably two
have, had to submit to the pain and
expense of the Pasteur treatment on
account of this gross carelessness.
"We are exceedingly glad to ex
amine all of the specimens sent and
to do all in our power to safeguard
the public health, but let us again
call your attention to this: Remove
the brain and place in glycerine suf
ficient to cover It entirely, or else
immediately pack the head In suffi
cient Ice to insure its reaching the
laboratory in a proper condition."
Forest Service
1915 Business
According to figures just compiled
and issued in the report oi the chief
of the division accounts, Forest Serv
ice, Washington, D. C, the receipts
from all sources for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1915, were $2,491,
469. Of this amount, 25 per cent,,
or $609,803, reverts to the states in
which the pational forests are lo
cated. The total receipts from all sources
In District 6 (Washington, Oregon
and Alaska) were $346,280. Of this
total, $206,446 was from timber
sales, $120,210 from grazing fees,
$8,303 from special uses, and $-0,022
from water power rentals. The total
receipts for Alaska were $44,662, for
Oregon $198,703, and for Washing
ton $149,782. According to the ex
isting law, the following sums will
revert to the states for distribution
to the counties in which the forests
lie:
Alaska .$11,165.75
Oregon 49,675.83
Washington ." 37,445.56
Total $98,287.14
In addition to this, 10 per cent of
the Income will be used for the build
ing of roads within the forests, as
follows:
Alaska $ 4,466.30
Oregon 19,870.33
Washington 14,978.23
Newberg cannery handled 497,855
pounds of fruit of all kinds in 1915.
Blight-Proof
Type of Pear
A large number of orchardists vis
ited the Southern Oregon Experiment
station laBt week and observed the
progress being made by Prof. F. C.
Reimer In evolving a blight-proof
type of pear. Prof. Reimer has found
by using the Chinese root that blight
can be practically eliminated from
the roots of trees, but the difficult
problem is to secure a graft which
will at once not lower the quality
of the fruit and at the same time
will render it immune from blight.
This problem has not been solved,
but several resistant types have been
secured, notably the Lucy Duke of
South Carolina, which is the most
palatable pear found immune to
blight, and material progress is being
made in the direction outlined. Prof.
Reimer has also showed the orchard
ists what had been done with Irriga
tion, the Irrigated sugar beets at the
station being three and four times
the size of the non-irrigated beets.
Southern Pacific Company
electrify line between Albany
Corvallis.
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will
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Total $39,314.86
By states, Montana leads In the
volume of business on the national
forests, with Idaho second and Cali
fornia third. In Montana and Idaho
the timber sale business Is the heavi
est, Colorado leads in grazing re
ceipts, while Califorina is far ahead
of the other states In receipts from
water power rentals and special uses.
By districts, No. 1 (Montana, Idaho
and part of the Dakotas) leads in to
tal receipts and in timber sales; Dis
trict 3 (New Mexico and Arigona)
leads in special uses; District 4
(Wyoming, Nevada and some por
tions of adjoining states) leads in
grazing business.
Phone news items to the Tidings.
Classified Advertisements
(Continued from Page Three;)
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
WANTED Ladies, single or married,
to buy "Important Message to
Girls," a book no home Bhould ba
without. Price, $1.10, mail. West.
Distr., E. Paul, Box 914, Portland.
It
WANTED Gentleman to room and
board in private family. . Call at
99 Granite street or phone 267-R.
30-tf
TO RENT Orchard home. $5 paid"
in labor if desired. Ideal location.
Free fruit. Apply W. Tavener,
Ashland Mine road. 30-tf
FOR SALE Crawford peaches 25c a.
basket at147Marzanita St. 30-3t
WANTED Young married man
wants work at once. Phone or
write Tidings. 30-3t
WANTED TO BUY A second hand
seven-passenger, six-cylinder tour
ing car, model 14 or 15, in good
condition. Studebaker, Hudson or
Chalmers preferred. J. Frledir
foot of Oak street, Ashland, Ore..
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FOR RENT Two furnished room
close to. West Side school. Gentle
men preferred. Call 71 Laurel
street. Mrs. M. E. Davis. ZQ-if
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