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John S. Herrin Dies
Pioneer of 1853
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life. He was Tery Industrious and
always active In everything he un
dertook. He was a man of great
public spirit and throughout his ca
reer gave evidence of a desire to bet
ter the conditions of all about him.
During his early years in Oregon he
was active In politics and was elect
ed to the state senate from Jackson
county on the democratic ticket,
serving ene term. At one time he
was very active in grange matters
and was instrumental in having his
grange purchase the Phoenix Flour
ing Mills. Later, however, Mr. Her
rin and the late Jake Ish bought the
mills from the grange. Mr. Herrin
was one of the active spirits many
years ago in the attempt to get a
railroad built into the Rogue River
valley. This was probably along the
sixties about twenty years before the
road was finally built.
in line with his chosen work Mr.
Herrin was always much interested
In breeding and raising fine stock
He secured several first prizes for
Shorthorn cattle. He also had some
prize-winning Berkshire and Essex
hogs. He owned the pure strains of
each breed and crossed the two for
a hog best adapted to the country
and his needs. When first entering
the sheep business he raised the Lle-
cester breed, large of build and
growing a coarse wool. Later he dis
pensed with these and changed to
the Rambouleta to secure a very fine
wool. Herrin's sheep camp some
where In the mountains around the
head of Rogue River valley has been
a summer landmark for many years.
Mr. Herrin always took a great in
terest In county fair matters and did
much to raise the standard of prod
ncts of the county In many lines.
It would be difficult to express too
forcibly Mr. Herrin's characteristics
revealing his strong mentality, his
physical vigor and his untiring en
ergy and perseverance, ail of which
contributed to make him a success
ful man. His theory was that night
was made for sleep and the day for
work. This theory he practiced
throughout his life, disregarding it
occasionally, though, when he har
vested by moonlight to save his
crops. An Interesting illustration of
his habit of life Is shown In an ob
ject standing on his mantel today.
This Is a little old clock that has run
and struck the hours in the Herrin
home for over sixty years. It strikes
with the rapidity and energy of a
trip hammer, seeming to say, "Get
there, get there, get there," and fair
ly shows the regularity and the viril
ity expressed dally In Mr. Herrin's
life. The clock was bought of the
old-time Jeweler, S. L. Brooks of
Jacksonville, father-in-law of Mrs. T.
K. Bolton of Ashland.
Sometime after the death of his
first wife Mr. Herrin was married to
one of her relatives. No children
were born of the second union.
Mr. Herrin's children, named in
tpe order of their birth, are as fol
lows, three having died:
William P. Herrin of San Francis
co, Vice-president and general coun
sel for the Southern Pacific Com
pany; John W. Herrin of Ash
land, for many years associated with
his ' father In the sheep business;
Mary Alice Herrin, now Mrs. Silas
Kilgore of Salem; Sarah A. Herrin,
who died of typhoid fever when
three years old; David C. Herrin of
Portland, general agent for Oregon
of the Columbian National Life In
eurance Company of Boston; Edward
W. ' Herrin of Hammondton, Cal.,
now In charge of some of the largest
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gold dredges In the world near
Marysvllle; Nettle Herrin, later Mrs.
Ed Kilgore, died in 1891; Emma G.
Herrin, later Mrs. Ed Dickey, who
died January 7, 1915; Carrie B. Her
rin, now Mrs. A. C. Dixon of Eugene,
and Fred Herrin of Ashland, Ore.,
who follows his father in the sheep
business.
Mr. Herrin's home In town has
been at 343 North Main street in a
house he built with his own hands
over thirty years ago. In the yard
are still standing beautiful cedar
trees planted by Mr. Herrin himself
about the time the house was built.
Government
Crop Report
Washington, D. C, Sept. 8. A
summary of the September crop re
port for the state of Oregon and for
the United States, as compiled by
the Bureau of Crop Estimates (and
transmitted through the Weather
Bureau, U. S. Department of Agri
culture, is as follows:
Winter Wheat State: Prelimi
nary estimate, 12.489,000 bushels;
production last year (final estimate),
16.200.000 bushels. United States.
Preliminary estimate, 454,706,000
bushels; production last year (final
estimate), 655,045,000 bushels.
Spring Wheat State: September
1 forecast, 4.560,000 bushels; pro
duction last year (final estimate),
3,825,000 bushels. United States:
September 1 forecast, 156,000,000
bushels; production last year (final
estimate), 356,460,000 bushels.
Oats State: September 1 fore
cast, 15,000,000 bushels; production
last year (final estimate), 16,000,-
000 bushels. United States: Sep
tember 1 forecast, 1,230,000,00
bushels; production last year (final
estimate), 1,540,362,000 bushels.
Barley State: September 1 fore
cast, 4,660,000 bushels; production
last year (final estimate), 4,680,000
bushels. United States: September
1 forecast, 184,000,000 bushels; pro
duction last year (final estimate,,
237,009,000 bushels. .
Potatoes State: September 1
forecast, 7.030,000 bushels; produc
tion last year (final estimate),
5, 520,000 bushels. United States:
September 1 forecast, 318.000,000
bushels; production last year (final
estimate), 359,103,000 bushels.
Hay State: Preliminary esti
mate, 1,970,000 tons; production last
year (final estimate), 1,870,000 tons.
United States. Preliminary estimate,
86,200,000 tons; production last
year (final estimate), 85,225,000
tons.
Apples State: September 1 fore
cast, 1,250,000 barrels; production
last year (final estimate), 1,043,000
barrels. United States: September
1 forecast, 67,700,000 barrels; pro
duction last year (final estimate),
76,670,000 barrels.
Price.
The first price given below is the
average of September 1 this year,
and the second the average on Sep
tember 1 last year:
State Wheat, 112 and 86 cents
per bushel; corn, 79 and 70; oats,
43 and 37; potatoes, 80 and 49; hay,
$9.80 and $8.40 per ton; eggs, 28
and 23 cents per dozen.
United States Wheat, 131 and
95 cents per bushel; corn, 83.6 and
77.3 cents; oats, 43.1 and 38.5 cents;
potatoes, 109 and 50.5 cents; hay,
$10.40 and $10.80 per ton; eggs,
23.3 and 18.7 cents per dozen; cot
ton, 14.6 and 8.5 cents per pound.
Men. Time to order that fall suit.
The fall lines have arrived at Paulse
rud k Barrett's. It
Willard's Manager
At Hotel Austin
Jack Curley, a partner in the man
agement of Jess Wlllard, with his
wife, his two roly-poly golden haired
children, Jack and Jean, and maid
are at the Hotel Austin for two
weeks
Mr. Curley is one of the best
known bporting promoters in the
country. He is just past forty, ro
bust and of a genial disposition. In
a short interview he gave out the
following information and related
several interesting incidents In his
experience
At one time he was sporting ed
itor of the Chicago Inter Ocean and
has been on the staffs of the New
York Evening World and the Amer
ican. He is part owner of the Sells-
Floto circus, for which he Is now
acting as an advance agent. Mr.
Curley counts as one of his greatest
achievements the "finding" of Jess
Willard, whom he took as a cowboy,
without any ring experience, and In
two years, through proper manage
ment, made him the champion prize
fighter of the world. This was the
result of his search for someone to
lick Jack Johnson. To begin with,
Willard had nothing but size, reach
ing six and one-half feet from the
ground up. On a baggage truck In
the Kansas City depot Curley per
suaded Willard to meet the negro.
In making arrangements for this
match, which secured the champion
ship and eventually a salary of
$1,000 per day for Willard, also add
ing a few dollars to the manager's
bank account and something to his
reputation, Curley traveled 48,000
miles visiting England, France,
Buenos Aires and Mexico.
Jack figures that his wife has
saved his life twice, and he Is not
backward about giving her the full
credit for It. How did this happen?
On a trip to England he went with
out a passport and got along all right
among his acquaintances at Liver
pool. As a matter of fact he never
thought passports amounted to much,
anyway, so he and Mrs. Curley went
on to France without one. At Bou
logne he looked so much like a Ger
man and his mission appeared of so
little consequence to the French sol
diers that they wanted to shoot him
and would have done so, Jack feels
morally sure, had it not been for his
wife's tears. Jack says he always
gets a passport now and wouldn't
even go to Canada without one.
At another time Mr. and Mrs. Cur
ley were booked to sail on the Lusi-
tania, their stateroom having been
engaged for them by Elbert Hubbard.
Before embarking Mrs. Curley re
ceived an anonymous letter warning
her not to go. She also read press
dispatches of the warnings from fier
mand, so, as she puts It, she "backed
out" at almost the last minute and
her husband's life was probably
saved again.
In Mexico Mr. Curley became per
sonally acquainted with Villa. In
addition to putting Jess Willard on
top he has managed many other
sporting events. He says he was
laughed at from the time he started
handling Willard until Johnson got
his knock-out blow; then opinions
changed, which goes to show, says
Curely, that if a man wants to ac
complish anything he must go to
work on his own responsibility and
not depend upon what anyone else
thinks or says.
Obituary,
Mrs. Carolyn M. Rogers died at
her home on Walker avenue Satur
day, September 9, at 12 o'clock noon
at the age of 62 years, 3 months and
18 days. She was born May 31.
1854, In Watertown, N. Y. The fun
eral was held Monday forenoon at
9:30 from her home and interment
was In Mountain View cemetery.
Rev. H. A. Carnahan, D. D of the
First Presbyterian church conducted
the funeral service. Mrs. Rasor and
Mrs. Norrls sang. The pallbearers
were Messrs. Grubb, Peters, Gear
heart and Walker.
Mrs. Rogers, as Miss Carolyn
Town, was united in marriage to
William Rogers on October 4, 1876,
at Watertown, N. Y. In 1878 they
moved to Marshall, Minn., and re
mained there until November, 1910,
when they came to Ashland, Ore.,
and have since resided at their rest
dence on Walker avenue.
Mrs. Rogers suffered a paralytic
stroke about two years ago and has
been a great sufferer, confined to her
bed for a very large part of the time.
She lived a quiet, unassuming, Chris
tian life and was always ready to do
her part when physically able.
As a result of the land classifica
tion of the Angelesrnatlonal forest of
California, the president signed a
proclamation on August 23 allmlnat
lng 99,544 acres from that forest.
The greater portion of the land In
volved Is alreadyTn private owner
ship. '
Three Days' Offering
At Vining Theatre
' Monday.
Tonight's Vining Theatre attrac
tion Is a five-part Metro production,
"Dorian's Divorce," starring Lionel
Barrymore, backed up by a cast of
actors nearly every one of whom are
stars of the first magnitude. The
play has a vivid plot, alive with ac
tion and yet lacking any hint vof
melodrama. It Is the kind of play
which is seldom seen on any screen
and which always makes a hit with
the picture fans. The story tells of
the self-sacrifices and heroism of a
broken broker and his final return to
happiness.
Tuesday.
"The Innocent Lie" is the attrac
tive title of a captivating picture
play which will please Vining Thea
tre patrons on Tuesday evening. Miss
Valentine Grant, one of the new gal
axy of stars, is in the leading role,
that of a poor emigrant. The play
"Peg o' My Heart" turned around,
with the Irish girl coming to America
and winning the hearts of the family
ho'adopt her. The thrilling wind-
up of the play gives It a vivacity
which the other lacked.
Wednesday.
On Wednesday evening "Miss Petti
coats," with Alice Brady in the lead,
will appear at the Vining. The Mo
tion Picture World, a technical mag
azine not often given to commenda
tion of pictures, has to say of this
picture:
"A five-reel Peerless production,
the book by Dwight Tilton and scen
ario by Ilarley Knoles, who also di
rected the picture. This tells a fresh.
well-rounded story, abounding in hu
mor and not lacking In pathos and
the deeper emotions. Alice Brady
plays the part of a mill worker raised
by her grandfather, a retired sea cap
tain. She rises in station and wins
happiness despite the tongue of scan
dal. All of the subordinate parts are
in good hands, Johnny HInes and
Arthur Ashley doing particularly
good work. The production is entire
ly commendable and should have
wide appeal."
The Cost of War.
Stockton Record: The total cost
of all the world's wars since the time
of Napoleon I until the present time
is but OKe-half of the cost, so far,
of the European conflict. The Na
poleonic wars, lasting two decades,
cost $15,000,000,000; the Crimean
wars cost in total, $12,000,000,000;
the American civil war cost $7,000,-
000,000; the war between Prussia
and Austria cost $500,000,000; total,
$34,500,000,000. Compared wltn
this thirty-four and a half billions of
dollars as the total expenses of bel
ligerents from the time of Napoleon
until 1914, the terrific cost of the
present titanic struggle can be bet
ter comprehended. For this world
war, according to Jean Finot, the
famous French statistician, has cost
to date about eighty billions of 'dol
lars, and, should It be prolonged an
other year, will cost the staggering
sum of one hundred billions of dol
lars, or practically three times the
amount used in the above noteu
wars.
Southern Oregon Scenery in Moving
Pictures.
Klamath Falls, Sept. 6. R. F.
Wilson and two assistants of the
scenic advertising department of the
Southern Pacific Company have been
spending some time here this last
week. The party today left for Cra
ter lake to make moving pictures of
the lake, the pinnacles of Anna
Creek canyon and of other spots of
scenic beauty in northern Klamath
county. Mr. Wilson says that his
company is making 15,000 feet of
film of beauty spots in Oregon and
California, which will cost about
$37,500 when finished. The com
pany has a contract with the Essanay
film service to show these pictures
in 49 leading cities of the United
States. The Southern Pacific Com
pany is spending this money to ad
vertise the attractions the west holds
for tourists.
Car Shortage Being Investigated,
Salem, Ore., Sept. 7. With a view
to making a thorough probe of the
car shortage on the lines of the
Southern Pacific railroad In Oregon,
the public service commission today
asked Attorney General George M.
Brown to prepare a complaint
against the company.
Because of lack of cars, several
industries have ben compelled to
close, It is charged, and scores of
others have suffered heavy losses.
According to members of the com
mission, there is no shortage of cars
on any otner lines in me maie, auu
the Southern Pacific is short only In
.Oregon.
It yon. yant to buy or sell any
thing, try Tidings want aas. They
do the work.
F!3-CJ-
TODAY ONLY
LIOHEL BAIMYiOflE
in 'Dorian's Div&f ce'
A picture you will all enjoy seeing.
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'Miss Petticoat'
Featuring
Alice Brady
MATIHEE DAILY AT 2:30
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People's Forum
An Old' Friend.
. Editor Tidings: Since I moved
from Ashland eight years ago I have
been a constant reader of the Tid
ings. I wanted to keep in touch with
the many dear friends I was leaving
behind. "Be it a weakness, it de
serves some praise. We love the play
place of our early days." I had
lived in Ashlaud many years and in
my sweet innocence I bad thought
it was a beautiful place to live. Its
climate, its situation, Its mountains
and valleys, Its stream of pure cold
water, Its true-hearted friends
"When every prospect pleases," what
was there to ask besides?" But that
was before I lived in California.
Somebody said comparisons are odi
ous, so I will not stop to tell you of
our sunshine, fruits and flowers, nor
of the salt sea breezes from the great
Pacific that blow soft from Ceylon s
isle and put roses in our cheeks.
I am glad that the Tidings has an
open forum where the scattered
friends can sometimes gather and
make report of their whereabouts. I
am always glad to read a line from
some dear friend of other days.
"Fond Memory to her duty true
Brings back their old-time form to
view.
How lifelike through the mist of
years
Each well-remembered face ap
pears!" Greetings to all the dear friends
who know me and care for my wel
fare. MILTON BERRY.
Vallejo. Cal., Sept. 5, 1916.
The fall fabrics for ladles' suits
have arrived at Paulserud & Barrett's
and are worth seeing. Drop In and
look them over. It
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of the latest designs of Wallpaper
ranging in price from 10c to 1.00 bolt
Our prices have not advanced in spite of the fact
that the wholesale houses have advanced their, prices.
Fall is coming, so look over those rooms and
brighten them up for the shut-in season.
Let us show you at how little expense you can
paper your house.
Everything in Paints, Wall
Tints, Glass, Building and
Roofing Papers
All we want is a chance to figure with you. If we
cannot save you money we do not ask for the business.
Wm. 0. DICKERSON
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llulletin'Out On School Architecture.
Salem, Ore., Sept. 11. State
School Superintendent J. A. Church
ill issued a bulletin on school archi
tecture In collaboration with the Ore
gon chapter of the American Insti
tute of Architects and the schools of
architecture at Eugene and Corvallis.
"Not a week passes but what we
receive requests from school offi
cials," says Superintendent Church
ill, "for plans and suggestions for
school buildings. The Oregon plan
of standardizing rural schools has
aroused great interest in having
modern, sanitary buildings which
will also be beautiful models of arch
itecture. This bulletin will bring to
each rural community plans prepared
by skillful architects and will make
it possible for small districts to have
the benefit of advanced ideas."
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