PAOE SIX
ASHLAND TIDIXOS
Monday, August 21, 1918
FIXAXCIAL STATEMENT OF THE SPRINGS WATER COMMISSION
For Week. Kmling Auust IN, 1910.
Date.
8-12
Vo. No. Name of Party Issued To. Amount
2281 P. E. Rosencrans. 48 lira, labor repairing pipe line at
$3 per day less insurance 17.94
Frank Crowson. 48 lira, labor cementing pipe Joints at
(2 : 50 per day less Insurance 14.94
O. F. Talner, work on-motoi- 4.uu
McNalr Bros., one ream typewriter paper 1.25
Ashland Iron Works 6.00
3 lbs. brass at 25c .75
Machine time 1.00
Repairs on commutator 1.00
32 machine bolts x2 In 2.10
2 cap screws xl in 15
2282
2283
2284
,2285
I .1
9.00
I
$5.00
2286 Mike Morgan, two days' work with team hauling dirt
from streets where pipe lines cross, at $4.50 per day
22S7 Joe Kerr, 2S lira laborcleaning up fountains at 12 per
day less Insurance 6.94
22S8 Thos. H. Simpson 3.65
6-27 2 1 in. unions $ .80
1 1 in. tee 15
20 lbs. lOd nails 1.00
20 lbs. 20(1 nails 1.00
14 lbs. lOd nails 70
7-22
7-26
2289
. $3.65
E. J. Kaiser, P. M 3.00
100 two-cent stamps $2.00
100 one-cent stamps 1.00
fc-15 2290
$3.00
Carson-Fowler Lumber Co 94.40
40 sacks cement at 85c $34.00
Drayage (three trips) 3.00
3,798 ft, rough and sawed lumber 67.90
Total $104.90
"7-31 Ret. 105 M. T. cement sacks 10.50
Total $ 94.40
2291 Emll Pell 11.15
7 picks at 50c $3.50
9 shovels at 85c 7.65
$11.15
2292 Park Garage 4.40
8-7 5 gals, gasoline '. . . . $1.30
4 dry cells 1.20
8-8 1 gal. valve oil 90
1 spark plug 1.00
$4.40
2293 Ashland Iron Works 3.56
7-24 1 strainer for llthia pump.
1 pc. 4 in. brass tubing 4 at 25c $1.06
1 bronze plate 2 Vt at 40c l.oo
2 hrs. machine time at 75c 1.50
$3.56
3-16 2294 The Citizens Bank of Ashland, account of M. M. and
Ida tucker, covering of pipe line so that it will not
interfere with cultivation of land 1500
2295 C. Knutzen, 3 hrs. labor on pipe line with pick and
shovel, less insurance 224
2296 The Citizens Bank of Ashland, account of W. R.'ki'n
' - cald, covering of pipe line so that it will not inter
fere with cultivation of land 25.00
Total ,221.47
Special Physical
Physical Plant Plant Operating
, . . Fund. Fund.
Balance last reported $11,145.69 $2,356.39
urancu iroui s&ie 01 cups
30.95
Details of New
Rural Credit Bill
J0tal $11,145.69
Disbursed as per statement 192.37
$2,387.34
29.10
Balance this date $10,953.32 $2,358.24
J. P. DODGE, Secretary. BERT R GREER. Chairman.
Laments Idle
Normal Property
Washington County News-Times
(Forest Grove) : In passing through
Ashland while attending the State
Editorial Association, the attention
of the newspaper men was directed
to the buildings and beautiful
grounds of tne old normal school at
that place. It has been Ashland's
ambition for a long time to have that
institution re-established. That Ash
land would make an ideal place for
such an Institution goes without
question. Ben Sheldon of Medford,
the man who was responsible for the
convention's going to southern Ore
gon, and who had charge of Its en
tertainment, In looked upon as one
of the spokesmen for the people of
Ashland and the southern part of
the state, who are anxious to see the
normal at Ashland reopened. Shel
don campaigned the state for that
school two years ago. Incidental to
this we w ish to remark that one of
the best things ever done for the
cause of Ashland's normal was the
bringing of the editors of' the state
to Jackson county. Both the magnif
icent entertainment provided by
Sheldon and his assistants and the
culture, public spirit, love of the
beautiful In fact, every element go
ing to make up a fine little city of
good homes and good schools, evidenced-
by the people of Ashland,
left an impression on the large and
representative group of Oregon edit
ors assembled there which will not
soon be forgotten, and will undoubt
edly be reflected In their attitude to
ward any effort to place her normal
school on its feet again.
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Three Heavy Farm Wagons,
One Spud Digger, Two Log
Chains, Men's Cowboy Saddle,
One Single Harness, 30-30 Win
chester Rifle, One Double Shot
gun, Cultivator, 12-inch Plow,
Ditcher. Call at
115 Granite St.
Camera Fixed and
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"Movie Man" Hull reports that his
motion picture camera was not badly
damaged by the accident when a
wagon tipped off the grade up near
Long's cabin last Wednesday. The
camera was protected by the straw
In the wagon and by alighting on
brush. One side was caved in. but
j no damage done to the mechanism,
! and Mr. Hull was able to have it
fixed up and got some good action
pictures of Charles E. Hughes at the
depot Thursday.
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(By Sam T. Hughes.)
For the first time In our history
the federal government has enacted
a law for the purpose of promoting
the financing of the farmers. That
law is now In effect. It is called the
federal' farm loan act, and is the re
sult of long agitation and for the re
form, called by writers and speakers
"rural credits."
The federal farm loan act deals
with the matter of putting farmers
all over the United States In position
to borrow money on easier terms
when secured by mortgages on their
farms. It does not deal with the
business of loaning farmers money
on their unsecured promissory notes
or on notes secured by chattel mort
gages. Congress felt that this should
be a later development. ,
The federal farm loan act is sim
ple in principles and in purposes.
The government and the law's fram-
ers hope to put the business of farm
ing on a more businesslike basis, to
the end that this nation shall have
more farming and better farming
and, therefore, more food, better
food, cheapened food, while the farm
er himself shall, at the same time,
find his business more profitable.
There are no opposltes in this state'
ment. Both propositions are entirely
feasible.
The problem before the framers of
the bill was to draw a law whlcn
would work In America. The obsta
cles to a law exactly like tlfat of Ger
many, France or Italy are partly le
gal and partly in the fact tliat farm
ers in this country are not situated
economically or socially like those of
Europe. The bill was drawn with
an eye to the benefit of the farmers,
and with no other purpose. Once in
a while congress does a good thing,
and this is one. No bill of which I
have any knowledge, not even the
federal reserve act, was ever labored
over more unremittingly, more painstakingly.
Two commissions went to Europe
to study the question before any bill
was drawn. The people of the United
States may have a good or a bad
rural credit act; but it Is certain
that it was honestly drawn, after long
study on the part of hundreds of able
men, and when finally passed was as
good a bill as honest purpose, great
study and ability could make it. It is
probably imperfect, however, and will
need amendment.
Under the federal farm loan act,
mortgages will not be held by individ
uals at all. There will be twelve fed
eral banks, situated in different parts
of the country, a good deal as the
federal reserve banks are situated,
and each of these federal land banks
will hold all the mortgages issued in
its one-twelfth of the United States.
The mortgages will not be sold. They
will be held by the system. Each
federal land bank will Issue land
bonds secured by the mortgages it
holds. These land bonds will be In
different denominations, Borne as low
as $25, so that any person with, sav
ings amounting to that sum or more
can invest In land bonds without hav
ing to wait until he can buy a whole
mortgage.
These land bonds will be safe. They
will not be taxable. They will be se
cured in three ways. First, by the
endorsement of the federal land
bank which issues them, handling
one-twelfth of the United States.
Second, by all the other eleven fed
eral land banks. Third, by the na
tional farm loan association, which
Issues them In the first place, and
which is a co-operative association
of borrowing farmers in the vicinity
of the land mdrtgaged. Fourth, by
the land mortgaged, which must be
worth at least twice as much as the
face of the mortgage, according to
the appraisement of the loan com
mittee of the association and a gov
ernment appraiser.
The guarantee of the local loan as
sociation Is backed by a 5 per cent
guaranty fund. . One loan out of
twenty might be a loss before this
guaranty fund would be used up. Al
together, It looks as If the land bonds
would be considered as good as gov
ernment bonds but, of course, the
government does not guarantee them.
The government, however, does Bub
scribe to the stock of the federal land
banks the twelve I mentioned
provided that private capital does not
take the stock. They have $750,000
capital each.
Ten or more farms may establish
a national loan association and begin
Issuing mortgages. It is a simple and
easy thing, but under strict govern
ment supervision. All they need to
do Is to meet, declare that they want
to borrow on mortgage, and proceed.
They will each have to buy $." of
stock In the federal land bank of
their region for every $100 borrowed,
but they will get the money back
when they pay off their mortgages,
and In the meantime will get their
dividends if the federal land bank
earns any, which it is expected to do.
In other words, instead of paying
a 5 per cent commission for a loan,
as some now do, the borrower will
pay the same sum for stock which
will probably earn dividends for him,
and which he will get back when he
pays off his debt.
The mortgage is not allowed to
draw a higher rate of Interest than
the legal rate of the locality. It will
draw as low a rate as will be proven
possible by the sale of the land bonds.
If investors and savers think so well
of the land bonds that they are will
ing to buy them on a basis of 4 per
cent, the mortgage will not draw
over 5. They may riot draw as much
as 1 per cent above the land bond
rate. That depends on experience.
Anyhow, the farmer will get his mon
ey at actual cdst to the great system
of banks handling the business.
He can not borrow over $10,000.
If he wants more than that he will
have to borrow in some other way.
This federal farm loan act provides
for federal joint-stock banks, which
can also Issue land bonds under gov
ernment auspices.
It is thought by some that these
banks will be organized promptly and
so rapidly that they will cover the
field and prevent the organization of
very many of the co-operative organ
izations of borrowers which I have
described. If so, perhaps it will be
because the American farmer likes
to deal with private banks rather
than to organize co-operatively. If!
this proves true, the farmers will
have themselves to blame.
It is also among the possibilities
that tne private joint-stock banks,
organized under this new law, will be
able to furnish money as cheaply as
co-operative associations can do, and
thus save the trouble, slight as it is,
and the small Investment in stock.
After five years any mortgagor
under thi3 system may pay his loan
off whole or in part. But loans un
der this system either through a co
operative association or a joint-stock
bank, are made on the basis of pay
ing a little of the principal whenever
the Interest is paid. Thus these loans
will be1 extinguished, principal and
interest is from twenty to thirty-six
years br paying little, if any, more
than what mere interest amounts to
on ordinary loans. This is called
amortization, and offers the easiest
known way for the gradual payment
of loans.
Says to Can Fruit '
Without Sugar
Fruit for use in pies or salads or
as stewed fruit can be put up or
canned without the use of any sugar
at all, according to the canning spec
ialists of the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture. They, therefore, advise
those who, because of the high price
of sugar, have been thinking of re
ducing the amount of fruit they put
up, to can as much of their surplus
as possible by the use of boiling wa
ter when sugar syrup is beyond their
means. Any fruit, they say, may be
successfully sterilized and retained
in the pack by simply adding boiling
water instead of the hot syrup. The
use of sugar, of course, lsadeslrable
in the canning of all kinds of fruits
and makes a better and ready sweet
ened product. Moreover, most of the
fruit when canned In water alone
does not retain Its natural flavor, tex
ture and color as well as fruit put up
In syrup. Fruit canned without su
gar to be used for sauces or desserts
must be sweetened.
' Canning Fruit Without Syrup.
Can the product the same day it is
picked. Cull, stem or seed, and clean
the fruit by placing it in a strainer
and pouring water over It until It is
clean. Pack the product thoroughly
In glass jars or tin cans until they
are full; use the handle of a table
spoon, wooden ladle or tableknlfe for
packing purposes. Pour over the
fruit' boiling water from a kettle,
place rubbers and caps in position,
partially seal If using glass jars, sear
completely if using tin cans. Place
the containers in a sterilizing vat,
such as a washboiler with false bot
tom, or other receptacle improvised
for the purpose. In using a hot
water bath outfit, process for thirty
minutes; count time after the water
has reached the boiling point; the
water must cover the highest Jar in
container. After sterilizing remove
pack, seal glass jars, wrap in paper'
to prevent bleaching, and store in a
I dry, cool place.
If you are canning In tin cans it
will Improve the product to plunge
the cans quickly Into cold water im
mediately after sterilization. When
using a steam pressure canner in
stead of the hot-water bath, sterilize
for ten minutes with five pounds of
steam pressure. Never allow the
pressure to go over ten pounds.
A GOOD FRIEND.
A good friend stands by you when
In need. Ashland people tell how
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test. Mrs. Creighton endorsed
Doan's over three years ago and
again confirms the story. Could you
ask for more convincing testimony?
Mrs. H. A. Creighton, 142 Slxta
street, Ashland, says: Doan's Kid
ney Pills have been used with excel
lent results In our family and I don't
hesitate to endorse them. I have
noted their good effects for trouble
with the back and kidney weakness
and don't think they have an equal."
(Statement given March 12, 1913.)
- Confirmed Proof.
On March 15, 1916, Mrs. Creighton
said: "I gladly confirm what I have
said in my former recommendation
for I still consider Doan's Kidney
Pills a very reliable kidney medicine.
I am happy to say I haven't had any
trouble with my kidneys now for sev
eral years."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Creighton has twice publicly rec
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Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Ashland Brooms
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i Butter and Ice Cream J Wcheiin, Goodrich
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Used Cars for Sale
Park Ave
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F.LCamps Good
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Agent for
Ford Autoifiobile
, We carry a full line of Acces
sories and Tires. All kinds of
repair work done.
Garage, East Main Street.
Phone 169
D.PerozzI.Mgr. X Phone 152
See our new
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Store
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Hardware'
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Driven from Home
UR boys and girls are leaving the farms and Home Towns
hv the thousand and swarming into the congested cities.
twa thev work and struggle against frightful odds, the
majority never getting a chance. If we had always spent our
money at home we could have built up industries at home
to give employment to these boys and girls. How many
children has our neglect of home interests driven away in
to the Big Cities? Just in so far as we failed to give our
support to our Home community are we responsible for this
condition. We are the ones who have blocked their chances.
We have placed a handicap in their lives. They are not
other people's children. They are ours. But it is not too late
r An nnr dntv bv the next generation. They" belongs to us.
'too. Let us do everything in our power to keep tnese children
at home. Let us spend our money at nome.