ASHLAND TIDINGS
Monday, July 17, 1010
The Wind Blows
In Anarctica
Sylvester A. Long
Junior Chautauqua
Speaks Truths
Gives Pageant
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The Mawson moving pictures ot
the Antartlc shown at the Chautau
qua last Thursday evening were by
far the most interesting moving pic
tures ever seen in Ashland. The pic
tures were real works of art and
were not taken under the comforta
ble conditions of the moving picture
studio either. Film taken in a 150
mile gale was clear as a great deal
of that which we usually see that is
taken on a clear day. Dr. W. A.
Hunsberger, who accompanies the
film, told about it as it was being
ehown.
The Mawson expedition was
financed by Australia, not to find the
South Pole, but to learn it such a
thing existed as an Antarctic contl
nent and to make accurate observe
tlons as to its extent and find out
other things concerning it. They did
all these' things, verifying the exist
ence of the continent and naming it
Antarctica, tracing a continental
shelf through 55 degrees, and explor
ing as much of the country as possi
ble. They set up a wireless station
on the point of land nearest to Aus
tralia and left a crew of men there
so that they could communicate with
the world from where they worked.
In their exploration to the continen
tal shelf they trolled for deep sea
animals and brought to the surface
some very queer organisms. The
pile of animals was shown just aa it
was dumped on the deck, and of all
the creepy things ever seen by man,
these were the worst. In their island
explorations they found an almost
nnlimited wealth of coal enough to
supply the world apparently for
years. Other minerals, gold, iron,
etc., were found. .
In the pictures were some of the
most beautiful formations of ice.
Huge icebergs and ice cliffs towering
hundreds of feet above the water and
extending several times as far be
neath it. One of the most interesting
of the pictures was that of an ira
mense mushroom of ice resting on a
low island. The terrific force of the
wind throws the water high over
these little islands and it freezes,
forming an exer thickening cake of
ice on the island, so that by the time
the water all freezes the Ice is very
thick on them. Along in October or
November when the water begins to
get warmer the ice melts away from
around the island, leaving a huge
mass of ice resting on a tiny stem on
the top of the island. When Nature
has finished her work on it, It resem
bles the famous Cabbage Rock that
you see on the postcards. Another
beautiful picture was a wave of ice
made in the same manner as the
mushroom. There were pictures of
ice caves and other queer Ice forma
tions, some of which when enlarged
.were put on exhibition as works of
art.
They have "some" wind down
there. A wind making 100 miles an
hour is a gentle zephyr. It has been
known to blow 216 miles per. It Is
no wonder that it was hard for men
to stand up when they went out of
doors. They had a rather discourag
ing time of putting up a tent.
From their main base they went
on sledging journeys in every direc
tion. On one of these Sir Douglas
Mawson almost lost his life and two
other brave men did lose theirs on
one of these journeys. Dogs were
nsed mostly on these trips. The
main base was covered over with
about twenty feet of snow most of
the time.
The last reel of film was perhaps
the most educational of the pictures.
In it were shown the animal life of
the continent. The largest seal, the
sea elephant, and the largest bird,
the albatross, are natives of Antai-ti-ca.
The former is a very beautiful
animal, whose face is made up mostly
of nose. The latter is the same bird
which the Ancient Mariner shot
with his crossbow. It often measures
twelve feet from the tip of one wing
to the tip of the other. Many other
forms of bird life were shown, among
them the penguin, which Dr. Huns
berger said had the original Charley
Chaplin walk. There are millions of
these birds there so many that from
a distance they look like pebbles on
the beach. He told all about the dif
ferent kinds of birds and their habits
as they were shown, making a very
interesting and educational lecture.
Everyone who missed this big feature
lias very good grounds to regret it,
as it was one of the best things to be
seen In a long time.
Sylvester A. Long made one of the
greatest lectures laBt Thursday even
ing that is to be heard in Ashland for
some time. The title of his lecture
was "The Challenge of the Hour." He
left with those who heard im many
thoughts which they will not soon
forget. Some of the high lights of
his talk were as follows:
"The Challenge of the Hour is big
ger than a political party it is big
ger than a reform. We need a na
tional citizenship, a people who know
something besides what he is doing.
The average man does not know him
self.
The mass of the people are not
wanted in the world. The more peo
ple there are, the more opposition
there is. The world wants one thing
service. Nations are of no use un
less they render service. In order to
give good service the people must
think, they must be intelligent.
There are three kinds of service to
render the world: the Intelligent ser
vice, the magnanimous service, and
the service of principle. Of these the
last is the most important. The chal-
lenge of the hour is the challenge of
principle. The great fault of the peo
ple now is that they are not princi
pled. The schools, business, the
church, everything is getting back to
fundamental principles. The closer
you get to fundamental principle the
less freedom you have, and vice versa
When you learn the right way to do
a thing you have no freedom In that
line. I can paint a picture which no
artist would dare to retouch because
I have so much liberty In that direa
tion.
' Poverty, white slavery and child
labor are going on right now in this
country. Do you care? I do not tell
what to do, but only what is the mat
ter. I wish to make you think to
make you care. Is there anything
one would not attempt if he knew
someone cared?".
Lou Beauchamp
Speaks Convictions
Lou Beauchamp does not like our
Chautauqua building any better than
does Charles Zueblln. He asks why
we don't sell this "Eskimo Igloo" and
buy a new one. His lecture dealt in
fun and facts. He spoke so fast and
said so much in a short time that a.i
average person had to think a while
before he could fathom alf he said,
but it was a very good lecture and
put a great many people to thinking.
The lecture was entitled "Take the
The Junior Chautauqua culminated
Saturday morning in a pageant in
which the children acted the story of
King Arthur as Miss Helen Brough
ton, the one at the head of the
Junior Chautauqua, recited the story.
The children have practiced this lit
tle pageant since the beginning of the
session and were well prepared for it.
They elected their King Arthur, the
leading knights, and Queen Guinever.
The queen appointed her maids. The
New York Band
Fills Tabernacle
The Muddy Creek district, near
Baker, Ore., has voted $15,000 to
build at new school.
Fancy milk-fed broilers and fryers,
25 cents per pound, dressed and de
livered. Phone E. O. Smith, 353-J.
12-6t
A cow at Coquille, Ore., has a rec
ord of 67.2 pounds of butter fat in
the month of May.
The New York Marine Band gave
two concerts in Ashland Wednesday
and almost carried two immense audi
ences off their feet. The band was
not as large as had been expected,
there being only twenty-four, pieces,
but every member, even down to the
base drummer, was an artist with his
Instrument. The director, Professor
Lozlto, is a master leader, and his
men fairly hung on his baton. From
the start to the finish of both con
certs everyone sat out on the edge
of his bench and listened. The Chau
tauqua building never held a larger
crowd than It did at the evening per
formance. All the aisles were full
and a great many could not get into
the building at all. Donald Bouchier,
a fine tenor soloist, sang a few selec
tions during the evening's perform
ance. He was very well liked and
did not sing nearly enough to suit the
people. The program in the after
noon was as follows:
"The Stars and Stripes Forever",.
i Sousa
"Poet and Peasant," overture. .Suppe
"Sextett" from "Lucia dl Lammer
moor" Donnlzettl
Selection and grand finale from
"Faust" Gounod
"Lea Contes d'Hoffman," selec
tion Safranc
"Rosary" Nevln
"Madame Butterfly," selection.!.
Puccini
"American Fantasy," selection . . .
The band showed that it could play
popular as well as concert music by
playing "America, I Love You" and
the "Silver Fox Trot" as encores.
The evening's program was:
"March" from Thanhauser". .Wagner
"Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2".. Liszt
"Quartet" from "Rlgoletto". .Verdi
A selection from "Rlgoletto," sung
by Donald Bouchier Verdi
"Rosary" (by request) Nevln
"II Trovatore" Verdi
"Carmen," selection Bizet
"Jolly Fellows," waltz Wolfstadt
"American Fantasy"
' As an encore Mr. Bouchier sang
"Silver Threads Among the Gold."
Ing king was enacted by the "kid
dies." They even had the anvil with
the sword thrust Into it, and the
king-to-be pulled the sword out of it
three times to satisfy the knights.
The maidens danced their folk dances
to please the queen. The Robber
Knight came up and kidnapped her.
Arthur caught and vanquished him,
and brought her back, all according
to the schedule. After that the
knights had had no objections and
Arthur was duly made king. They
danced the May-pole dance, which
ended a most beautiful spectacle.
They were only small children and
Miss Broughton has certainly worked
wonders with them in the short time
she has trained them.
Sunny Side," but was filled with some I whole story of King Arthur's becom-
of the deepest thoughts.
One of the phases of life as it is
found in the United States touched
on was the youth of the criminals of
today, and especially the "profession
al" criminals, as they were termed
by Mr. Beauchamp,
"In Chicago," he said, "there were
100 murderers waiting in their cells,
and of these 100, 89 were under the
age of 18, the mayor told me," said
Mr. Beauchamp.
Among other figures he gave were
that 42,000 murderers, or approxi
mately 75 per cent of the total num
ber In the country a few years ago,
were between the ages of 10 and 22
years.
"The professional murderer, not
the murderer that kills In the heat
of passion, the saloon brawl,, the fam
ily feud or the neighborhood fight,
but the professional, today, Is the
youth of our land," said Mr. Beau
champ. "I know people doubt my state
ments, but all I ask of them Is to
study the question.
"These are facts, and because the
moral fabric in the youth of our land
Is being broken down," he said.
"When we took the Bible from among
the text books of our schools we lost
a great thing," he said. "I or any
body else do not want the Bible Itself
as a text book, but we want the great
fundamental principles taught in that
book In our school systems."
The audience was very responsive,
as they would almost have to be when
listening to such a man..
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Wherever there Is writing to be done, at home, on
train, in the auto, it should be done legibly and quickly.
least 80,000 users believe this, and that the Ills, smears, blots
and spatters of pen writing and its difficulty of deciphering
should be abolished by the modern method of CORONATYP
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Foley
will demonstrate
The
Corona
Vill Pay More
For Sugar Beets
Kentuckian
Tells Stories
A real southerner entertained
good Chautauqua audience on Fri
day afternoon. Wood Briggs. is t
story teller from Kentucky. He for
gets once in a while and leaves out
some of his r's, but it is simply for
getfulness, not education, that makes
him do it. He is known as a story
teller and he Is a good one. His old
negro is very real. He can give hu
mor and pathos in consecutive
breaths. He had his audience where
he wanted them after the first sen
tence. KIs first number was a story
ot the old Uncle Ben of the south by
Thomas Nelson Page. It was an in
teresting story In which Jinny, Uncle
Ben's wife, eased her mind. He next
gave Mark Twain's "A Toast to Ba
bles." Then to show that he could
read serious as well as humorous
stories, he gave Eugene Field's "Lit
tle Boy Blue." This rendition of that
little poem made many appreciate it
who never liked it before. Now came
a very humorous negro conversation
over the telephone about a balxy
mule. An original preparedness
poem entitled "To Your Tents, O
Israel" was recited, which everyone
liked. The next was a "Banjo Song"
by Irvln Russell, which told about
the invention. of the first banjo and
how the 'possum lost the hair from
its tail. Edgar Allen Poe's "The
Raven" closed the entertainment. He
gave it in a most dramatic manner.
Tidings Want Ad
Gets Gray's Goat
C. A. Gray had a goat which he had
no further use for. In last Thurs
day's issue he advertised the goat for
sale. Somebody got his goat. Early
Saturday morning he called up to tell
us to take the ad out and that he had
sold the goat. If you have something
to sell or if you want to buy" some
thing the Tidings want ads will get
you results so fast that it will "get
your goat."
Work has started on a new Carne
gie library, to cost 19,500, at Milton,
Demonstrates Need
Of New Building
The greatest crowd that has ever
attended or, rather, attempted to at
tend a Chautauqua number was pres
ent in Ashland last Wednesday night.
Several hundred cars from down the
valley brought hundreds and local
people turned out well, the attraction
being the New York Marine Band.
The building was crammed to the
doors, several hundred people stood
around the doors and sat on the
lawns adjacent to the building, and
hundreds left when they found they
could not secure a seat. The need of
a new Chautauqua auditorium, one
which wltt seat 5,000 people, was am
ply demonstrated. The Southern Ore
gon Chautauqua has outgrown the old
shell.
Bishop C. W. Nibley of Salt Lake
City has announced a substantial
raise in the price which the Grants
Pass sugar factory will pay for sugar
beets this fall, following an inspec
tion trip through the valley, upon
which he found the crop to be In a
very good condition. The company
will pay $5.50 per ton for 12 to 15
per cent beets, instead of $5, as un
der the contracts. For each per
cent of suga'r over 15 per cent the
company will pay an additional 10
cents. Thus 15 per cent beets will
bring $5.60, 16 per cent beets $5.70,
17 per cent beets $3.90, 18 per cent
beets $6.10, etc. This will mean a
great deal to the grower, as the local
beet is high in percentage of sugar.
Construction work on the factory
is going steadily forward and the big
plant will be ready to handle the
beets when they are ready for the
mill about September 1. Grants Pass
is already beginning to talk of a big
celehration to he held nn tho Anv that I
the sugar mill commences operations.
Besides providing a beet market the
sugar factory will require thousands
of cords of wood for the huge furnaces.
New Ford Garage
Is Most Complete
Superintends
Militia Move
W. n. Jenkins, traveling passenger
agent fcr t'.ia Southern Pacific, was
here Si'.t u day superintending the
movement of the Coast Artillery of
the state to Fort Stevens for the an
nual encampment. L. W. Snider, as
sistant district superintendent of the
Pullman company, accompanied him.
The railroaders were interested visit
ors to Lithia Park and expressed
much surprise at the wonderful
change which the past few months
have made in the park.
Gets Movies of
Militia Departure
After taking movies of the prepar
ations of the Medford company
for departure to Fort Stevens,
Frank Hull, movie man, rushed up
here and caught the local First Com
pany leaving the armory and at the
station, also getting some incidents
which will make interesting "seeing"
when thrown on th VInIng screen as
they will be before long.
Try a sack of our chicken rolled
oats. They look just like your break
fast oat-flakes, and they sure bring
the eggs. Only $2 the sack. Ashland
Mills, phone 49. 9-1 mo.
The longshoremen's strike has
raised passenger fares from Coos Bay
to San Francisco from $7.50 to $10.
Two-Thirds of Moon
In Darkness Friday
The watchful, and many are watch
ing the moon on these beautiful
nights, witnessed an eclipse Friday
night, beginning about 7:30, which
finally drew a curtain over about two-
thirds of the moon s face. Drifting
clouds threatened for a while to ob
scure Ashland's view of the rare oc
currence, but blew over before the
eclipse was at its height.
The new Ford garage in the Hotel
Austin (formerly Oregon) is now
completed and gives Ashland a
garage which for completeness of
equipment, up-to-date fixtures and
size Is on a par with the best garages
In Oregon.
Facing on Main street is the com
modious showroom, which also con
tains the supplies of accessories and
tires and business office. Large plate
glass windows make this room one
ideal for the purpose. Indirect light
ing is used at night. New fixtures
have been Installed, a complete line
of tires for all cars and accessories
for all cars, besides enough Ford
parts to build two or three complete
cars, almost.
Out on the edge of the curb in
front is a magnificent new gasoline
pump which cost $500 Installed. Air,
water and oil are also dispensed at
the curb.
Back of the showroom a flight of
steps leads down into the roomy stor
age room. This room is about forty
by eighty feet and will store thirty
cars without crowding. The storage
room is floored with cement. En
trance to the storage room and shop
Is obtained from Pioneer avenue.
A washrack with an overhead
swinging water attachment occupies
one corner of the storage room.
The shop is at the rear of the
buildign, occupying a space about
forty by twenty-five feet. Complete
shop equipment. Including a crane,
electric power for drills, etc., is be
lgn Installed. The shop affords space
for four cars to be worked upon. An
air pressure grease gun to fill trans
mission cases is one of the latest
pieces of machinery being installed.
The garage is open night and day,
with someone always on hand to give
instant service. Manager F. L. Camps
has due cause to be justly proud of
his new quarters.
Find No Trace of
Mother and Babe
Nothing had been learned at a lata
hour this morning of the whereabouts
of the mother and babe who disap
peared from a lonely cabin on Siski
you mountain Thursday in a mysteri
ous occurrence which has set all of
Siskiyou county agap. According to
word received by the local Dolice
from the sheriff at Yreka, an un
known prospector was wandering:
through the hills about six miles from
any habitation when he came upon a
cabin owned by a homesteader who is
at present out of the country. Hear
ing a woman's moans and a baby's
cries, he broke open the door and
found a good-looking young woman,
of medium height and weight, and a
newborn baby. Rendering what aid
lie could, he told her he would go for
help to the nearest ranch. The wom
an, apparently In fear of being dis
covered by relatives or friends,
threatened to leave the cabin should
he go after anyone. Finally the pros
pector told her he would go after
food and left. When he returned
with food and medical assistance the
girl and baby had disappeared. A
posse of fifty men has been scouring;
the hills, but no trace found of either.
It is thought that someone must have
been near at hand to help, as the
woman could not have traveled far.
The local police were asked to es
certain if any such woman was
known to be missing from this vicin
ity, but cannot learn of any.
Briggs Succeeds
Manager Rand
D. E. Rand, manager of the Ash
land Fruit and Produce Association
up to Saturday night, left yesterday
with 'his wife for Wenatchee, where
he has accepted a position aa man
ager of the Producers' Fruit Com
pany of Oregon, who have their mar
ket affiliations with the California
Fruit Distributors. Mr. Rand has
proven to be a valuable association
man. and while the host of friends
whom he made in Ashland rejoice
with him in his advanced position,
they regret seeing him leave Ashland.
A. C. Briggs will assume the man
agership of the Ashland association
today. '
Shoo Fly.-the animal's friend, is
the original fly repellant. For sale
at Pell's. 16-tf
Classified Advertisements
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
FOR SALE Brown mare, eight years
old, weight 1,100 pounds. C. A.
Gray, 1372 Iowa street. 16-tf
Mills.
16-tf
GRAIN WANTED at Ashland
Phone 49.
The Medford and Grants Pass base
ball teams, rivals of the first water,
are contemplating staging a game on
neutral grounds for the valley Cham
pionship, and may play in Ashland.
Ashland la baseball hungry and
would no doubt give good support to
such a game. . . .
SACKS FOR SALE Storage fur
nished for grain and hay. Ashland
Mills. Fhone49. . 16-tf
FOR SALE OR TRADE for good
trunk, sanitary couch, dresser, two
stoves. 104 Forkstreet. 16-2t
WANTED Small tract land suitable
for dairying or orchard. Must be
reasonable. Address OBcar Foote,
Talent, Ore. 16-4t
FOR SALE Cheap, or will trade for
Ashland property, 2 acres, all set
to fruit of all kinds, well watered
and sightly, in Ashland., Address
P. O. Box 442, Ashland, or see
Hodgson & Reed, Oregon Hotel.
16-4t
Sheldon Asked To
. Work For Normal
The business men's committee of
Pendleton, who have in charge the
campaign for. securing a normal
school for that city, have telegraphed
Ben Sheldon of Medford, making him
a flattering offer to tour the state
In the interests of that Dronoaefl
school. Mr. Sheldon covered most of
the state in the interests of our
southern Oregon school, is well
known by educators and newspaper
men throughout Oregon, and would
add much to the strength of the Pen
dleton campaign.
Mr. Sheldon has referred the mat
ter to the Ashland normal campaign
committee. There seems to be some
difference of opinion among our citi
zens as to what course will best serve
the needs of southern Oregon re
specting normal school needs. Mr.
Sheldon will shape his course in the
matter by what, on careful study,
seems to our people here as for the
best interests of the Ashland school.
Brower Buys
Central Point Paper
William R. Brower, , editor and
owner of the Rogue River Argus, has
taken over the Central Poinf Herald,
getting out his first issue. Thursday.
Mr. Brower does not intend to keep,
the Rogue River paper, butsuntll he
finds a purchaser will publish both
weeklies. Mr. Brower has a host of
friends in the valley who wish htm
every success in his new venture.
Fruit Crop Double
ThatfLast Year
During the one year between Janu
ary 1, 1915, and December 31, 1915,
mm growers of this, valley exported
480 carloads of fruit by freight, di
vided as follows: Apples. 218 cars:
pears, 225; peaches, 17; grapes, 9;
grapes and pears, 1; fresh fruit. 10-
Total, 480 carloads.
According to Deputy Inspector Ait-
ken, there will be at least 1.000 cars
of fruit Bhlpped from the valley this
ran alone, which should mean quite a
little difference in "times" in the valley.