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Newspaper Page TextThursday, March 23, 101 PAGE SIX J- ASHLAND TIDINGS Angling Extraordinary rtfHMHMmilMt (Note Tlie fol'owing is from the pen of Emerson Hough, published in the Saturday Evening Fost of March 1 S. The data was gathered by Mr. J lough on the occasion of his visit at sea running In weight up to forty. Crater Lake and in the valley for a fifty or sixty pounds. If these fish week a year ago last July. Mr. j would lake the fly if by any pro Hongh and wife were entertained for cess of human Ingenuity they could a week In southern Oregon by the be coaxed to learn that habit al writer at the expense of the springs ( once Oregon would spring into a fame water commission, in the hope of get- that would reach to all the corners ting some good stories on the springs development and the sporting possl- bllitios of this section. This story than the Rogue river; and, after the goes to two million people through ; king salmon himself, the steelhead is the columns of the Tost and is worth , the one fish that ought to and does tVtiFanrts of do'lars to our enter-' occupy those waters, prise. Time was when the Rogue river produced steelheads in any quantity From the IVn of Emerson Hough. desired. Today there are still Without sodium chloride lire would Pnufih of the fish to offer fairly sue not amount to much. There would ; cessful angling. There are good seas be no sort of cooking that would ever 0Ila niui )a seasons, depending on pet an encore. There iould be no j tno st!ltua of net filing at the mouth packing or canning industry, and not: 0f the river. Some of the Oregon very much commerce of any sort. towns think that all netting ought The codfish would pass away. The mackerel would no longer delight the palates of those who dwe'l far from the stern and rock-bound coast. Without salt the waste of the world would be so enormously Increased that the world could not carry its own Industrial burdens. Salt Is a part of us as well as a part of the things we use. From deer to diva, all the world needs salt. Doctors use It to Infuse life into a waning circula tory system. Indeed, science figures out nowadays that it can nearly pro duce life itself by means of certain saline reactions. Give a horse a taste of rock salt and he becomes friskier. Cattle re quire salt occasionally. Deer and mountain sheep will go any distance to a salt lick. Even the cold-blooded and somewhat unintellectual fish family seems to have sense enough to go once In a while to the sea when it has the chance. The strongest, gam est, handsomest and most toothsome of all our fishes are those that make the journey to the sea. Not without reason is the salmon called the king of fishes. He has tasted the revivi fying salt. There are salmon that never get to the sea, yet still remain good ex amples of the salmon family. The ouannnlche, the landlocked sa'mon of certain eastern lakes, is such a sal mon; a good fish and active, but one that docs not attain a quarter of the weight of members of the family which make the pilgrimage to the salt waters. A salmon somewhat similar to the landlocked salmon of the east Is the stee'head of certain western rivers; but the steelhead, though he fan live the year round in fresh water, Is at his best when, like the salmon, he can nuike a pilgrimage to the ocean and back again to the fresh water rivers. Unlike the salmon, he does not die after spawning. There la no gamer fish that swims than this name hamniercd-Jown, compact sal mon. No matter what the scientists call him, lie is a small and lusty trout, of bold fresh-water rivers, that has gone to sea anil returned better for it. The greatest of all steelhead rivers Is the Rogue river of Oregon. The fish there run up to ten or twelve pounds at times. The Rogue river Itself Is one of the most beautiful rivers In al'. the world and passes through a mountain valley that Is fairly to be called one of the beauty spots of the earth's surface. The Mr.Went-Antl-Cut-lt -Here'sMr.'Geis-Il' The Hew Flan Corn Core That's as Sore as the Eising Sun. "Clad to lint you!" says tho raior to the corn. "I'll hired tor you!" says the corn to the razor. Ituzors antl corns love each, other. Corns love to Wy. O Wliy. DM I Do It 'CifU-It' for Me After This If I Llvel" be cut, picked. Rouged, salved, ping-ti-rpd and Jerked out, they grow faster. Mr. and Mm. Wnil-uiul-Cut-Jl realise it now, they tine "Ueta-It" limtead lie the wonderful, Bltnple corn-cure that never fails. Btopa pain. You apply It in 2 aec onds, It drlea at once, the corn Is doomed. Nothing to atlck to the stoeklnir or preaa on the corn. It means good-niKht to plasters, salves, dlKgers, razors and toe-bumllinK. You can wear smuller shoes. Your corns will come right off, "clean as a whis tle." Never Inflames healthy llenh. The world's bluest selllntr corn cure. "Gts-lt" la sold by druRulHts every where, 25c a bottle, or Hi nt dirnct by K. Lawrence & Co., Chlcatro, 111. Sold in Ashland and recommended as the woild's best Corn remedy by McNalr Dros. and J. J. McNair. WW river Is a bold, rushing torrent, with alternating rapids and pools in deed, an ideal salmon river. It has salmon a'so the silver salmon of the of the world. There Is not a more perfect salmon river out-of-doors to be stopped, so that the steelheads can make their way in numbers to the upper waters of the rivers. Other towns, more dependent on the com mercial fisheries, are In favor of slav ing the nets at the mouths of the rivers. Sometimes there Is a com promise measure on the staute books, under which commercial fishermen are allowed to net salmon at the mouth of the river, but are obliged to return to the water all the steelheads taken In the nets. It Is easily predicable what the re sult of this sort of law would be and, indeed, is: the steelheads are not al ways returned to the ocean, but some times find their way Into tin cans. The usual American custom Is to use the gifts of Nature unsparingly. To an' unprejudiced observer this does not seem the best form of business practice. The Rogue river, full of steelheads, would in these days of increasing travel and decreasing sport very soon be one of the best publicity agents and one of the best revenue producers Oregon could have. As It was and as It is, however, steelhead angling on Rogue river Is one of the most exciting forms of angling practiced in any land one of the most difficult and dangerous. It far and away surpasses salmon angling In all the qualities of skill and daring required for success. It has been the fortune of the writer to fight a forty-pound salmon on the Grand Cascapedla, of Quebec; and surely in dignity and splendor there is no sport with the rod entifed to the palm over that form, of sahnon angling. None the less, It is free of risk and is pursued under conditions of ease and comfort, as well as of safety. The excitement lies in the combat between the man and the fish. In this Rogue river angling for steelhead the case is quite otherwise. Tho combat between man and fish Is there, but also tho combat between man and Nature Nature bent on de struction; Nature riotous and uncon trolled. The angler for tho stee'--hend must take his life In his hands when he wades Into that mountain torrent in pursuit of his sport. There are a few places on the river where a boat can be used, but boat fishing for steelhead Is not lo rigueur and, indeed, Is practically unknown. It Is wading angling raised to the nth de gree. Of all the angling in the world It Is of the highest class in those qualities requiring courage and skill alike. Push it just beyond its natur al status of risk and it would no longer be sport. - The Rogue river wader for steel head risks his life no matter how good a swimmer he is. The wntfir runs from two to twenty feet In depth, and the river In many places is more than a hundred yards wide, while the momentum of the down conilng flood Is something enormous. Any man who knows the downthrust of even a smallish rapid stream will know how" to estimate the Btrength of this tremendous river. Moreover, the footing Is not always very secure. Deep Wilding for Sloelhenil, This Is lava country, and there are great rifts of lava rock lying like flat dams here and there almost entirely across the course of the river. These may alternate with what the local men call smooth rock, which offers at best only slippery footing for the wader. Now and again there a're cross cracks or upthrust bowlders of 'ava that send the water up In foam. Again, there are long gravel reaches, where deep and silent pools give the river a rest. Tho trout fisher naturally takes to the rapid water. Knee-deep seems pretty deep on some of these white water channels; hlp-dep Is more than most strangers will care to under take. Hut waist-deep and shonlder deep the Rogue river angler of the first class wl! do. How he does It is an art not taken on at once by the stranger. Little-- by little the local man learns the bottom of the river learns how to balance against it. There Is quite an art In wading fast water, and a skillful mountaineer will cross a river where a tenderfoot would lose his footing at once. It Is enough to say that the successful Rogue river angler must be game to go In above waist-deep and be able to stand securely enough to cast a very long line, even when thus half sub merged. The fish have grown cunning of late years. They He entirely out of reach from the shore. Wade your best, you yet must do fifty, Bixty or seventy feet of line, and must keep your wits about you all the time The fish Itself has no mercy on the angler; and, In turn, the angler him self feels at liberty to beach a steel head whenever he gets the chance. Sometimes large takes are made, but of late days the man who kills half a dozen steelheads in a day Is doing very well. His fish may run from three to eight, ten, or even twelve pounds. These larger fish in this bold and rushing water are, un der the conditions that absolutely govern the sport, almost Impossible to stop. Skillful anglers are content if they kill one out of six that strike. Indeed, take steelhead angling all the way through, the angler rarely breaks fifty-fifty with his quarry. There are two schools of Rogue river steelhead anglers those who stick to the fly and those who take to the spoon. The Bpoon used on the Rogue river is a singular affair, al ways of copper and very large about the size proper for muskellunge ang'ing In the middle west. Once in a while a genuine salmon will strike one of these spoons, and cases have been known where forty-pound fish have been killed by a trout angler. This spoon is usually handled as the frog fisherman for bass works his frog bait by means of a giant cane pole and a line about as long as the pole. You will see some of the local an glers once In a while mere boys wading down the middle of this river, at times making a crossing from side to side; and every moment you ex pect to see them rushed downstream, and so an end of it. But they pick their way along gingerly, slowly, more than waist-deep very often, sometimes supporting themselves with the butt of the cane pole the reel is commonly put up five feet or 'so above the bottom of the pole In order to keep it dry. As such an angler wades down the stream he flogs the water on both Bides as far as he can reach, and is able to fish very handily the fast waters and the heads of pools lying below the rapids. It is perhaps true that more steel heads are caught on the cane pole and copper spoon than in any other way. Let no effete easterner sneer at this sport, for the betting is ten to one that. ho himself can not prac tice. The art of holding one's foot ing on the smooth rock or on the un even lava surfaces is one not picked up In a day. The lesser school of stee'head an glers stick to the artificial fly; in fact, they are salmon anglers par ex cellent, though they are obliged to wade in order to angle they cannot, as in the case of many Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Quebec and Norway salmon waters, fish from the shore or from a boat. The steelhead acts very much like (Continued on Page Seven) After Grip Winter Colds Bad Blood Von fire pale, thin, weak with little vitality. Your liver is sluggish and the bad blood causes your stomach muscles to lose their elasticity and become flabby and weak then indigestion. Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery, purely vegetable and free from alcohol or narcotics, is the creat ani j powerful blood purifier of to day. Ex- tractccl iroin American torest herbs and roots. Contains no alcohol. In gredients printed on wrapper. Take it as directed and it will search rut impure and poisonous matter throughout the system and eliminate it through the natural channels. All dealers in medicines can supply Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery in liquid or tablet form, or send ten cents in one-cent stamps to Dr. Pierce. Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., for trial package of tablets. WHAT WOMEN OF OUR NATIVE STATE SAY. Eugene, Oregon, "In raising my family 1 have al ways found that I could depend on Dr. Pierce's rem edies for all ail ments. I gave them the ' Golden Medical Discov ery' for tonsilitis, flnrft thrrmt.. hnri coughs and grip, " and it always cured them. I also I' the also cave them e 'Pleasant Pellets' for sick headache, biliousness and constipation. I am glad to recom mend them." MKii. C'AUIUE DtAN, U N. Lawrence Street. I 1 1 I Announcements (Paid Advertisement.) ii i .M District Attorney THIS 18 TO CERTIFY that I expect to be a candidate for nomination for the officer! Prosecuting Attor ney on the Republican ticket at the primary election next ensuing to be held In and for Jackson coun ty, Oregon. It will be remembered that I held that office when the district em braced the counties of Josephine, Jackson, Klamath and Lake. I re. fer to that record. C. B WATSON. District Attorney. I hereby announce that I have filed my declaration of Intention to be come a candidate for the Republi can nomination for the office of District Attorney for Jackson coun ty, Oregon, subject to the decision of the Republican party In the pri mary election to be held May 19, 1916. G. M. ROBERTS. DISTRICT ATTORNEY The first of the year a number of Republicans, including many who approved of my efforts in the Interest of the taxpayers as State Representative four years ago, requested me to be come a candidate for the office of District Attorney, inasmuch, as there would be, in addition to the regular duties of the criminal and juvenile courts, new duties and conditions confronting the office. Among these were mentioned the enforcement of the Prohibition Act, and the likelihood of having to foreclose many tax liens, partlc u'arly those against the Southern Pacific land grant of nearly a half million acres in Jackson county, amounting to about $200,000. My reply was that I would be come a candidate If It were gener a'ly desired and the race could be made without assuming special ob ligation to any particular individ ual, faction, locality or Interest. Therefore, after consulting per sonally or by letter with several hundred men and women of all oc cupations In all parts of the eo nif ty, bel ieving there Is a real desire for my candidacy, I will be a can didate for the nomination of Dis trict Attorney on the Republican ticket. JOHN H. CARKIN. School Superintendent COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTEND ENT I hereby announce my can didacy on the Republican ticket for the office of County School Su perintendent for Jackson County, Oregon, subject to the will of the Republican party at the primary election May 19, 1916. I stand for practical school efficiency, person al supervision of schools and elim ination of county school supervis ors. . (Signed) FRANCIS C. SMITH. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT 1 hereby announce that I have filed my declaration of Intentions, and that I am a candidate for the Re publican nomination for the office of County School Superintendent of JackBon county, subject to the primaries of May 19. If nominat ed and elected, I pledge myself to an honest, impartial and economic administration and will personally supervise our schools. I hold an Oregon Life Certificate, and hav ing recently spent four sessions on preparatory work in both the Uni versity of Oregon and in the Uni versity of California In the study of modern education and super vision, and having served the coun ty as Rural School Supervisor for two years, I feel competent to fill the office In a thoroughly satisfac tory manner and hereby solicit the support of every true friend of ed ucation. G. W. ACER. FOR COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERIN TENDENT I am a candidate for the Republican nomination for County School Superintendent. I stand for: A continuance of pro gressive policies in education, econ omy consistent with efficiency, equal educational advantages for the boys and girls on the farms with those in the cities and towns. It nominated and e'ected I will in the future, as in the past, give my full time and best efforts to the supervision of the schools and administration of the duties of the office. During my Incumbency I have, not confined myself strictly to the routine duties of the office, but have taken a broader view of the mission of the County School Superintendent. In addition to my efforts to raise the standard of teaching and improve the physical conditions at school, I have la bored to promote the welfare of the boys and girls through indus trial clubs, school fairs, school credits for home work, parent teacher circles, spelling and arith metic contests, and other activities. I feel that my work has been re garded with favor, and in order to continue it I am asking for re-election. J. PERCY WELLS. COUNTY SLHUUli BUroniniuir ENT To the Voters: l am ite publican candidate for County School Superintendent at the prU mary election May 19. 1916. I am a Normal graduate, hold an Oregon State Lite Diploma, and have taught fifteen years In Jack son county. I have been a princi pal In the Medford schools the past four years. My standing and abil ity are before you to investigate. I am 'or supervision of the schools by the superintendent, and for economv in the County Superin tendent's office and every place where It does not retard the effi ciency of the scho's. I am In favor of progressive edu cation; that is, education that pre pares the boy or girl for life. I am for the uplift of humanity; therefore, all organizations that n HIM stand for the good of humanity shall have my support. I am for all having a square deal and an equal chance for an education. If nominated and elected I will do everything In my power to make the schools of Jackson county the best In the state. A. J. HANBY. Assessor FOR ASSESSOR I hereby announce my candidacy for County Assessor, subject to the Republican prima ries May 19, 1916. I pledge my self to an honest, efticlent, impar tial and economical discharge of the duties of the office and pro pose to make all assessments upon the basis of the true actual value of the property and not upon any In flated valuation. GEORGE LAUNSPACH. I HEREWITH ANNOUNCE my candi dacy for County Assessor, subject to the decision of the Republican party at the primary election to be held May 19, 1916. If elected I pledge myself to make a Just and equitable assessment and adminis ter the affairs of the office in a businesslike manner. J. B. COLEMAN. COUNTY ASSESSOR I have filed my declaration to become a candi date for County Assessor of Jack son county, subject to the will ofJ the Republican party, at the pri mary election to be held May 19, 1916. I will appreciate your In vestigation of my qualifications and your support at the primary election. E. M. WILSON. Treasurer FOR COUNTY TREASURER I here by announce that I am a candidate for the nomination of County Treasurer for Jackson county, Ore gon, on the Republican ticket, to be voted for at the primary elec tion to be held May 19, 1916. I formerly held the office of County Treasurer, and believe I gave gen eral satls'act'on to the public. During the time I was County Treasurer the county employed ex pert accountants to expert the county officers' books, and said ex perts complimented my work very hlghi'y as a public official. If nom inated and elected I shall endeavor to conduct the afalrs of the office in an honest, efficient and busi nesslike manner. JAS. M. CRONEMILLER. COUNTY TREASURER I hereby announce that I have filed my declaration of Intention to become a candidate for the Republican nomination for the office of Couo ty Treasurer, to be voted on In the coming primaries. If I am nomi nated and elected will conduct the office in an efficient and business like manner. ROY. L. MAULE. COUNTY TREASURER Deputy County Treasurer Myrtle W. Blakeley announces her candidacy for the office of County Treasurer. I hereby announce my candidacy on the Republican ticket for the office of County Treasurer, to be voted on at the coming primaries. I have held the position as deputy in this office for the past year and am confident that I can fulfill the duties connected therewith. I served two years as Deputy County Recorder before taking the position as Deputy County Treasur er; I have also had experience as accountant for several corpora tions,, such as the Medford Con crete Construction Company and Medford Ice and Storage Company, before taking up county work, and will say that my past record is open for inspection to the voters of Jackson county. If nominated and elected I will run the office without the expense of a deputy and continue to serve the public just as efficiently in the future as I have in the past. MYRTLE W. BLAKELEY. Circuit Judge FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE I have filed declaration of candidacy for the office of Circuit Judge. I will sin cerely appreciate an expression of approval by the voters, of my ad ministration of the office during the past six years. ' FRANK M. CALKINS. CLEANLINESS, PERSONAL COMBINED TO Eagle Meat Market Popular Inspect our market, and your confidence will be behind the pleasure of eating our meats. The knowledge of cleanliness and a sanitary workshop will aid your digestion. 84N.MainL, SCHWEIN Phonel07 Sherifl I HAVE HERETOFORE formally an nounced my candidacy for the nomination' for Sheriff on the Re publican ticket to be voted upon at the coming primary election May 19, 1916. I have held the position of Dep uty Sheriff during the past four years. It is unanimously conceded that a marked Improvement has been made in all departments of the Sheriff's office during tho in cumbency of the present Sheriff. The records in the office at the be ginning of the present administra tion Were considered, the worst in the state. They are now consid ered equal to any and better than most. The work of tax collection has beerf systematized so that quicker and better service is now being rendered, and taxes collected at a much less cost than heretofore. I am fully conversant with the duties and needs of the office for which I aspire. ' ' If I am nominated and elected I pledge myself: 1st To maintain the office In Its present efficient condition. 2nd To endeavor to further Improve the service to taxpayers and to minimize the cost thereof. 3rd To impartially perform all tfuties and enforce all laws. E. W. (Curly) WILSON. SHERIFF I am a candidate for the nomination of Sheriff of Jackson county, on the Republican ticket, subject to the primary, May 19. I have lived In Jackson county twelve years, made the race for the nomination for Sheriff two years ago and received a splendid vote despite the" unusual conditions I had to oppose, and would appreci ate your support this time. ' If elected I will enforce all laws and pledge myself to an econom ical, impartial and conservative administration. A. W. WALKER. I AM A CANDIDATE for the nomina tion of Sheriff on the Republican ticket to be voted for at the pri maries May 19, 1916. If nominat ed and elected I will enforce the law and give the public an honest, impartial and efficient administra tion. . Thirty-seven years In Jackson county. HENRY N. LOFLAND. FOR SHERIFF I hereby announce my candidacy for the Republican nomlnatlun for Sheriff, to be voted on at the coming primaries, May 19, 1916. I feel that I need no Introduc- tlon to the public, having been a resident of Jackson county for 26 years. I pledge myself. If elected, to give an impartial, economical and conservative administration of this Important office. I have endeavored to serve the public faithfully In the past and agree, If elected, to strictly and Impartla ly enforce all laws. Hav ing a very large experience In the matters of taxation and knowing Jackson county thoroughly, I pledge myself to conduct the tax co'lecting branch of the office In such a manner .as to serve the tax payers honestly, promptly and effi ciently. W. T. GRIEVE. County Clerk FOR COUNTY CTERK. G. A. Gardner is lU'publicnn Candi date for County Clerk. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of County Oerk, and if nominated and elected will con tinue to give my entire time and attention to the duties thereof, conduct the office according to law and give an efficient, economial and businesslike administration. G. A. GARDNER. COUNTY CLERK I hereby an nounce that I have filed my declar ation of intention to become a can didate for the Republican nomina tion for the office of County Clerk for Jackson county, Oregon, sub ject to the decision of the Republi can' party In the primary election to be held May 19, 1916. (Little) JOE H. WILSON. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE that I have filed my declaration of intention to become a candidate for the Re publican nomination for the office of County Clerk for Jackson coun ty, subject to the decision of the Republican party at the primary election to be held Mav 19, 1916. A. N. HILDEBRAND. Fifty cents Invested In a Tidings "For Sale" ad often sells a $5,000 property. Did you ever try It? ATTENTION AND COURTESY MAKE THE Those Wbo Have Had Car riages Repaired Here Need no further Introduction. This announcement is for the purpose of informing others who have been pay ing exorbitant prices for Inferior work. We are in business to stay and know that it is only by turning out perfect work at reasonable price that we can survive. N.- M. LANE Corner First Avenue and C Streets Successor to A. L. Lamb.