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PAGE EIGHT ASHLAND TIDINGS Monday, February 14, 1016 BEGUN ON A PHONE , By OSCAR COX ! ' There Is nothing so pleases a girl as ( ' to' get behind a screen where there Is ; 1,0 possibility of being discovered and (.routing oiio of the opposite sex ag sho would never dream of treating hltu were her Identity known. Ralph Hard' ing, a youngster who was, to say Uio least, by no means bashful, was called to the telephone ono duy a party wire and a soft feminine voice asked, "Is ' this Mrs. FartlngtonV" "No; this Is not Mrs. Partington." "What Is your number?" "My nuinlKir Is SJli, party W." "Oh! I've got the wrong letter. I called 810 It. Excuse me." How much often depends upon a trlflel "No excuse needed, I assure you. Indeed, I must ask you to excuse me." "What for, please?" "Keeping you talking longer than Is necessary to your purpose. The sound of your voice Is pleasant to the ir." A 6llght chuckle Informed Mr. Ilard lug that ho had not given offense. Tho chuckle wus the only reply, but It en couraged him to go on. "We are frequently called to answer calls of 840 H. I suppose It Is very easy for an operator to make a mis take In a letter." "Quito so." "Are you on a party wire?" After some hesitancy tho lady an swered In the alllruiutlve. "Do you have the same letter n I?" "My letter Is 'M. " "And your number?" Again the chuckle, but no other re ply. "Beg pardon. My questlou was thoughtless." This was not true, as the girl well knew. If ho bud the number and the letter It would be possible for him to learn her Identity. "It wouldn't bo proper for mo to be chatting over the phone with a strnn ' ger," said the voice, "If bo knew who I was, but since I am unknown I sup pose It's no harm." "How do you know that I'm not a very disreputable person?" asked Ilard. Ing. "By your voice. There Is nothing that bespeaks refinement or the want of it so surely as the Inflection of one's words. I defy any one not born and brought up In the highest class to as sume the accent of one of that class." "Thank you. You are repaying me for what I snld to you with Inter est Isn't It strange that I can hear you speak as plainly as If our Hps were only an Inch or two apart?" Another chuckle. "But, not being able to see you, I am obliged to rely on my Imagination for a picture of you." "What do you think I am like?" "One of Tltluu's pictures-fair skin, dark eyes and a tinge of mellow sun set In your hulr." "I'm not like that at all." "Well, then you're a brunette." There being no reply, Harding asked .If he was "getting warm," as the chil dren say In hide and seek games. But the lady, who was evidently guarding herself against identification, declined to favor him with a reply. "I wish you would give me some thing by which 1 could find out who you are," he said. "I am a lady." "And, while a lady may talk to a ' strange man unknown, she would cease to be a lady If she became known, I suppose." "Exactly." "Very well, there Is a chance, ac cording to your definition of a lady, of your ceasing to be one." "How Is that?" "If ever I meet you and you say a Word to mo I shull know you by that voice of yours, which has a melody In it 1 have never heard in a woman's voice before." "Oh, my good gracious!" "Therefore pray that I shall never meet you." "I will, you're simply flattering nie. I don't believe you could tell me by my voice ut all." "We inny test that, and without your giving me nuy clew to your Identity except what I have, your voice." "How?" "I'll tell you my name nnd where I live nnd give you any other Information of myself that will enable you to meet me, you remaining unknown to me. By mis you may contrive a meeting with out my suspecting it If I don't rec ognize you by your voice 1 am much nil -taken. Is It a go?" She did not say whether It was a go or not, but he gave her fats name and address. She asked him to noiue some persons he knew, and at Ills giv ing a certain name Rhe said he need not go any further, thereby giving him a point and he resolved to be watch ful whenever at the home of the per son named. Then they said "Goodby there were two clicks, and fate bad" arranged for a wedding. Borne months later Harding was in vited to dine at the house of a friend not the one the girl of the telepbons had given him reason to suspect as a mutual friend. Before going In to din ner, hearing a voice behind him, be turned, looked a girl in the face and said: "I am pleased to renew our acquaint ance begun on the phone." The girl blushed to the roots of ber tslr. . . The wedding took' place ten months later. Woman's World How On Englishwoman De scribes Her Many War Duties. TUB COUNTESS OF ESSEX. Every morning," recently said Lady Essex, who was Miss Adcle Grant of New York, "I go to St. James' pal ace and work, with a lurge number of other ladles, from 10 o'clock until 1 that Is, for Queen Mary's Needlework guild. We have mndo 1,000,000 respi rators for the soldiers in the trenches against gas attacks, and we have made innumerable surgical stores bandages, etc. "A good many other things fall to our care. This morning, for Instance, 100 bales of towels arrived from the country. Dressing gowns, shirts. un - derwear, all aorta of things, come to us as we ask for them. W e sort these, , . ,. , ,' quantities, to their destinations. 'You may recall the war office asking for 8,000,000 pairs of socks about Christ mas time a year ago. These were sent to us from everywhere, many of them Incorrectly marked or not marked at all as to sizes. We had to measure every pair, label them and put them In packets of ten. That task alone meant six weeks' continuous work. "My other duties are really too nu merous to remember offhand. Let me see. At Watford Watford Is a town of 40,000 inhabitants in Hertfordshire, where we hnve a country place I am on tho executive committee of the ur ban council for war relief that is, for the relief of civilians. I am presi dent of the Soldiers and Sailors' Fam ilies' association, which supplements when necessary the wnr allowances given to wives nnd families. We have voluutnry helpers, who tnke different districts, visit, write letters, find out if the families are getting their allow ances and give privately additional help where It Is needed. Ofteu a wo man wants to attend some function of her husband's regiment and lacks prop, er clothes, or, as on Instance, a wtfo had word that her husband was wounded and In hospital at Plymouth. She had no menns of her own to go to see htm, and these bad to be pri vately supplied her. "Take the motors. At the beginning of the war the Automobile club was immediately offered 2,000 motors for war service. Since then mnny more have been quietly given, and those prl vate Individuals who have any left do not keep them for their own pleasure. "Then everybody who has one lends it three or four afternoons n week for convalescent soldiers. We may be told after nwblle that the use of mo tors must be cut down on account of petrol. "Another luxury that may seem strange the theater. No one dreamed of going to a theater at first. We hadn't tho heart to do anything. Later the actors came out and said they wero starving. Then the children re turned from school for their holidays, and we felt we must exert ourselves to make things a llttlo cheerful for thetn. We took them to the theaters. Gradually we ourselves got to going again. Now there are the convalescent soldiers who need entertainment, aud their relatives, and the soldiers on leave there must be relief. "There Is no longer any such thing as dinner parties," Lndy Essex added. "We've quite put them out of our minds. Eight or ten people meet per haps several times a week nnd hnp IHMi to dine together, but thero Is no thought of dress nnd little of the din ner, except to keep It simple and suf ficient. A dinner used to begin with soup nnd fish; there was an entree. But now! Now It is soup or fish; there Is a moot course and a sweet; that is all." Kentucky Scalloped Potatoes. Slice potatoes and luy in the water half an hour. Place a layer of potatoes In a well buttered baking dish, sprin kle with pepper, salt nnd pieces of but ter; repeat the process until there Is a sufllclent quantity. Pour over this enough milk to cover nnd bake on honr and a half or until the potatoes are thoroughly cooked. If onions are liked with the potatoes alternate layers may be used. Ceper Sauce For Boiled Mutton. For this the regulation proportions of s tablespoonful each of butter and flour are eooksd together until they babble, and a bslf pint of boiling wa ter U then poured npon them and the sauce stirred until smooth and thick snd seasoned with pepper, salt and at least s tablespoonful of capers. ''"''-;'-:''V-, 1 Jackson Third In Power Development According to claims filed with State Engineer Lewis for the year 1916, rights have' been Initiated: for the development of 456,419 horse power. In many Instances these claims represent rights to develop power but which have not, as yet, been actually developed. Two hun dred and nineteen claims have been filed, covering development or pro posed development ranging in ' Bize from one horsepower to 136,855 horsepower, the latter being the claim of the Portland, Railway, Light and Power Company, covering Its rights on tho Willamette river at Oregon City. Clackamas county leads in the number of horsepower for which claims are filed, having 39,716 horse power. The only counties in the state in which no claims for power have been filed are Clatsop, Gilliam and Wheeler. Jackson county is third in the list with 14,496 horsepower, being ex ceeded by Hood River and Clackamas. Ashland Loses To Roseburg 25-11 Ashland high school lost to Rose- burg at Roseburg Saturday night by a score of 23 to 11. The game was hard fought from whistle to whistle, but the Roseburgers got an early lead and maintained it from start to fin ish. The Ashlanders were minus their star guard, "Climax" Delsman, and found their guarding system ! hard to adjust to the larger floor. 'Thn lone trin north had tired the L an(, uck of a 01),)ortunlty t0 1 . , , 4V. u , , accustom themselves to the baskets also counted against them, The score at the end of the first ha'f was 11 to 2 In favor of the Umqua valley team, in the second half the Ashlanders came back strong but were unable to overtake the home team. Delsman, who had to remain at home because of the shooting of Joe Sander, left this morning far Rose burg and will play tonight. With the advantage gained by the rest over Sunday and opportunity' to practice, the Ashland team Bhould stand a bet ter chance of winning tonight, and the returns are anxiously awaited. MuddyiWater Spoils Fishing A fishing party consisting Clde Costello, Harry Hosier, Earl Hosier and "Pope" Nlnlnger motored to Rogue River yesterday, bringing back with them twelve fine steelheads. The water Is too high as ye to make good fishing, according to Harry Hos ier. A few steelhead were taken In Bear creek yesterday. Fishermen who tried it this morning found the water too muddy. A cold snap would furnish Ideal fishing conditions. . Heads Are Safe Near City Hall The crew of workmen entrusted" with the job of tacking the new metal cornice on the city hall have finished their job In a thoroughly satisfactory manner and the park-bound pedestri an may now safely pass alongside the chief of police office without provid ing himself with a bombproof derby, which was heretofore necessary to protect cranlums from pieces of fall ing cement underneath. The metal cornice was treated to a coat of weatherproof paint of the same color as the cement. $2 THE YEHR Strictly In Advance $2 Southern Oregon's Big Twice-a-Week newspaper THE Ashland Tidings STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. 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 worV In the line of Dodgers Placards Circulars Envelopes Kill Heads Letter Heads Calling Cards Business Cards Dance Programs Wedding Invitations Tags, Tickets, Labels n-lltS -. l-"f- Ashland Tidings Are Analyzing Soils of Valley (By F. C. Relmer, Southern Oregon "5 Experiment Station.) During the year 1911 the bureau of soils of the United States Depart 'ment of Agriculture made an exhaust ive soil survey of Jackson county. Every soil type In this county was carefully studied, and all of these types were named and properly class ified. The results were published in a bulletin entitled "Soil Survey of the Medford Area, Oregon." This bulletin also contains a large colored map showing the exact location of every type. On this map any farm in the county can be easily located, and the soil type or types which It repre sents can be readily determined. This bulletin does not, however, give the chemical composition or plant food content of the different soil types. (One of these maps may bo seen at the Ashland postofflce.) The Southern Oregon experiment station, therefore, has collected for analysis typical soil samples from all the leading soil types In this county. The chemical department at the state experiment station at Corvallis Is now making an exhaustive chemical study of each type. When this work is completed we will know definitely just how many pounds of lime, pot ash, phosphorus, nitrogen, magnesi um, sulphur and humus there are in an acre of every soil type. This work was started in the summer of 1915 and will be completed by May, 1916. As soon as this work Is completed a bulletin will be published giving all the results. A copy of this will be sent to every farmer In southern Or egon, as well as others who may de sire It. Part of the chemical woi of these soil types has already been complet ed, and the lime content of several types has been determined. The lime content of these types Is very high. The type containing the smallest amount of lime contains 2.11 per cent, or 73,850 pounds per acre, to a depth of one foot. The type showing the largest amount of lime contains 3.48 per cent, or 121,800 pounds per acre. ..The average for all the sam? pies so far determined is 2.86 per cent, or at the rate of 100,100 pounds per acre to a depth of one foot. Durng the past ffteen years many miscellaneous samples of soils have been sent by farmers from this coun ty to the experiment station at Cor vallis for analysis. The average lime content of all these miscellaneous samples Is 1.08 per cent, or at the rate of 37,800 pounds per acre to a depth of one foot. It Is very evident from these fig ures that the lime content of our soils is high. When we consider the fact that an average crop of thirty bushels of wheat, Including straw, removes less than ten pounds of lime from an acre, it Is evident that our soils con tain sufficient lime to last for many years. During the past four years I have conducted many complete fertilizer experiments on various soils, and with various crops in the Rogue River valley. For example, during the sea son of 1915 we conducted a total of thirty complete experiments on thirty farms in Jackson county alone. Up to the present time we have not ob tained any beneficial effect In any experiment from the use of lime. During the fall of 1916 a complete bulletin will be published giving the results of our fertilizer experiments covering a period of five years. It is well known by our farmers that some of our soils actually con tain an excess of life. In some of the orchards limited areas can be found which contain such an excess of lime that the foliage of fruit trees turns yellow in midsummer, and often the leaves turn brown and fall off long before autumn. Price of Glass Goes Up 25 Per Cent According to William Dickerson, the price of glass has gone up 25 per cent. And the bnseball season is com ing on, too, with Its crop of "busted" windows. The rise in price is attrib uted to the cutting off of the Euro pean supply of some of the materials. But, then, if the spring weather would clear up a little more we won't need windows, anyway. Most of the glass that we get here Is made in the east, the sand in this part of the coun try not being suitable for glass-mak ing. Charlie Crouch, wife and baby ar rived Thursday evening from Rose vllle, Cal. He has been firing on the Southern Pacific out of Rosevllle. Albany, Ore., Is to have a chiro practic sanitarium. Astoria Is building a scenic high way to the summit of Coxcomb hill. Land Office Gives . Land Grant Status The following letter relative to the Oregon-California grant lands was:re ceived from the United States Land Office at Roseburg: "This office is dally in receipt of a number of inquiries relative to the Oregon & California railroad grant lands, asking information as to the status of these lands, their location, character, when they may be entered or purchased, etc. "This circular Is Intended to reply to these letters of Inquiry and to give out such information relative to these lands as may now be stated. "A list of these lands by township and range has been prepared for each of the several counties within the Roseburg land district containing these lands. inese usis are miennea to give merely an approximate area of such lands In each township, based on the list of lands given In the de cree of the federal court. "This list for any county or coun ties will he furnished on request. "ThiB office has no map for dis tribution, nor does It prepare blue prints, but will furnish township plats showing location of all vacant land and unsold railroad land, at $1 per township. In ordering township plats, both the range and township number must be given, and remit tance should be made by certified check or U. S. postal money order payable to R. R. Turner, receiver. Personal checks may not be received In payment. "This office is not In a position to give advice as to the character of the land in any locality, and can not at tempt to advise any one In this re gard. "As to the disposition of these lands, nothing can be determined un til congress shall act In the matter. It Is probable that such action will be taken some time within the next six months, and until such action is had no Information can be given by this office. We would suggest to parties Interested to watch the papers, as whatever action congress may take will be given therein before this of fice has official information thereon to give out. "Based on the list of lands given in the decree of the court, the approx imate acreage of unsold railroad lands in the several counties of this district, at the time the. suit was In stituted, was as follows: Lincoln, 1,040; Benton, 27,716; Linn, 14,620; Lane, 300,110; Douglas, 607,360; Coos, 100,620; , Curry, 8,400; Jose phine, 172,460; Jackson, 444,560; Klamath, 13,440. Total, 1,690,326. "In addition to the above lands there are other railroad lands in sev- i eral of the counties named, that at the time the suit was instituted were unsurveyed, and hence not included in the list given In the suit, but com ing as well under the decree. The approximate areas of such lands are as follows: Coos, 15,000; Douglas, 65,000; Josephine, 17,000; Curry, 15,000; Jackson, 20,000. "There Is still a certain amount of unsurveyed railroad lands in several of the counties, namely: Curry, Douglas and.Josephlne. These lands when surveyed will come under what ever plan of disposition congress may provide. J. M. UPTON, Register. "R. R. TURNER, Receiver." Much More Wheat Acreage This Year More wheat will be planted In the valley this year, according to present indications, than any year since be fore the fruit boom. The completion of the new Ashland mills, the remod eling of the Eagle Point mills and in creasing of the capacity of the Med ford mills all bespeak a growing at tention to the wheat-growing indus try. For several seasons prior to last season wheat was raised in the valley chiefly for poultry feed, there being no local market for it. , Have You Seen Stella? The beautiful $100,000 painting of "Stella" will be on exhibition for the lovers of art at the Page, Medford, Monday and Tuesday, February 14 and 15, two days only. ims wonaerrui piece of art was viewed by three million people at the San Francisco fair. An Informative lecture on the work or art will be given by A. McBride, and will prove very interesting to those who have studied canvases and to others as well, who are satisfied at being "shown." "Stella" will be 'on exhibition at the Page in conjunction with the reg ular picture program. Prices remain the same, 5, 10 and 15 cents. Note: "Stella" will not appear in Ashland. Ashland Tidings wants ads bring results. tf Motorcycle Show On February 22nd ; February 22, Washington's Birth day, has been selected by the Horidea Manufacturing Company, Springfield, Mass., makers of the famous Indian motorcycles, as Indian Day. The popularity of Indian Day now celebrating Its third year has estab lished it as a permanent and annual feature in the motorcycle world and It Is observed throughout the United Stales, marking the opening of the motorcycle season. Jordan Electric Company, the local Indian representatives, will observe Indian Day at their showroom with a complete display of 1916 models and the new Indian Powerplus motor, which was the big sensationnl nttmr.- I finn t i,ti, h, v... I "u" "win no 1 UI it UUU C-lll- !pasrn nhnwa Another feature of In dian Day display will bo the new lightweight-model, the ImMan Feath erweight. There will bo an interest ing and attractive display of the new Indian bicycle also. The showrooma will be opened all day and evening, and a cordial invitation is extended to all motorcycle enthusiasts and the public to enjoy Indian hospitality as well as to inspect the Indian 191G line.- Not in years has the Hendee Manu facturing Company, pioneers In all advanced motorcycle improvements, presented to the motorcycle world eo Important an achievement as the Powerplus motor. The Powerplus motor Is all that the name implies and already from coast to coast Its speed, cleanliness, quietness and en durance have proven it to be a me- chancial marvel. Riders all over the country have shown an unusual inter est In the Powerplus motor, and un doubtedly this motor will be the cen er of attraction during Indian Day celebration on February 22. Stella Will Not Smile'on Ashland "Stella" will not be seen In Ash land. "Have you seen Stella?" If you went to the San Francisco exposi tion you In all probability saw Stella. Everybody did. However, although. Stella may be all right In San Fran cisco, Manager Bergner of the Vining ineatre decided that Stella was not for Ashland, and so she passes through without even being un wrapped. "Stella" is a picture, claimed to be one of the world's greatest. How ever, it was not shown in the Palace of Arts at the great exposition, as all real pieces of art should have been. i but wa exhibited on the Zone for 10 cents 8 lool. The entrance to the attraction was between a hot-dog and beer stand and an attraction enthusi astically announced as the greatest collection of diving girls on earth. The picture Is exhibited with lighting effects and draperies which give it an effect most realistic, it being ques tionable whether the lighting effects or the art of the picture contribute most to its claim of effectiveness. In cidentally Stella was one of the big gest money-making concessions on the Zone. Perhaps one In two hundred paid their dime because they wished to see what they had heard to be a won derful piece of art. The other hun dred and ninety-nine, however, many of whom probably would not deign to go near the Palace of Arts, wanted to see .Stella so that well, so that they could smile and say, "Have you seen Stella?" In Portland the question of wheth er or not Stella Is proper enough for the people to see will be left to the city council, the board of moving nic- ture censors being disqualified be cause the picture Is not a moving pic-. ture. Among the Ashlanders who attend ed the poultry show at Medford Fri day were Mark True, Butler Walker, Mr. McFarland and Harvey Ling. Classified Advertisements TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. FOR SALE Milk route, good cow, and milk bottles. Phone 257-Y or call at 186 Weightman street. . 76"2t .WANTED Second-hand cypress or redwood tank, suitable for wagon Capacity 200 gallons. 303 North Main, phone 304-J. it FOR SALE Baby buggy in good condition. Phone 415-J or call 350 B Btreet. 76.3t WANTED A tenant for a 10-acre tract close to town, mostly fruit modern bungalow. The principal object is to have the place properly cared for, and owner will let at a nominal rent to right party. C B Lamkin. 76-2t ALL PARTIES wishing to purchase Superb Everbearing Strawberry plants please notify me by Febru ary 22. Rev. J. S. Smith, 464 Scenic Drive. 76-2t