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Monday, September 11, iftie AGB EIGHT ASHLAND TIDINGS li; I ft: I HI ' ' ' IH HiWlHt j FRUIT and pARffi Crop Prospects in Parts of Oregon Grain. Generally speaking, crop prospects throughout Oregon are good. Fol lowing is a brief review of news Items from various parts of the state: In Sherman county E. E. Kaseburg harvested a 370-acre field of wheat which yielded an average of 45 bushels for every acre. Douglas county wheat and oats are 6howing unusual averages. George Weber reports that his wheat runs 50 bushels to the acre. The Marx brothers claim an average of 56 bushels. Henry Conn had a crop al most as good. Roy Hatfield had 1,300 bushels where he expected but 1,000. Oats are said to be yielding in the same proportion and corn is finishing splendidly. In the southern part of Clackamas county and the noithern part of Ma rion a heavy yield of all kinds of grain Is reported. Barney Frled rlch's grain crop averaged about 100 bushels to the acre (kind of grain not stated). On the Seiver Ramsby farm 3,142 bushels of oats were threshed, thereby setting a record for the season, according to report. W. E. Parker, In the vicinity of Albany, states that his vetch crop went about forty bushels to the acre, said to be an enormous yield. He bought the seed from Germany, pay ing 50 cents per pound. Hops. In Lane county the hop crop was full of promise until the late rains came. The extent of damage has not been fully determined. From Aurora comes the report that the hops in that vicinity are badly affected by the mold. It Is not generally distributed but Is heavy in spots, some yards being entirely free from It. Fruit. The Lane county prune crop Is said to be twice as large as the great est previous crop on record. In Douglas county the crop Is much larger thaji usual and prac tically every prune drier in the coun ty is in operation. J. H. Booth of Roseburg expects to market about Federal Farm Loan Board Provisions In an interview with F. S. A. Smith, the agricultural organizer of the Federal Farm Loan Board, in Ashland Friday, he gave out the fol lowing Information about the pro visions under which farm loans are to be granted: Each farm loan bank will start with a capital stock of 1750.000. The subscription lists will be open for thirty days for those desiring to take the stock. It not Aaken the government will put In the $750,000. Bonds can be sold for twenty times the capital stock. Every time a loan is made the bank stock increases and thus forms an endless chain. When fifteen million dollars in bonds have been sold $760,000 more have been accumulated to loan. The rate of interest charged borrowers can not exceed a rate greater than 1 per cent in excess of the price at which the bonds are sold and in any event can not be more than 6 per cent. The margin of 1 per cent is to provide for the expense of the opera tion of the bank. It is thought that this expense may not be greater than one-half of 1 per cent, in which case, if the bonds should sell for, say, 4 per cent, the rate of Interest to the borrower would be 44 per cent. The security for the loan shall be a first mortgage on an Improved farm and the amount of the loan can not exceed one half the real value of the property. One of the greatest fea tures of the board plans, It Is held is the amortization plan (calling for mall yearly payments on the princi pal). Money can be borrowed for forty years and any part may be paid after five years, fnder the amort lzatlon plan, embracing the feature Of compound Interest, a borrower can discharge his entire obligation of both principal and Interest in thirty-three years by paying annually the interest plus an additional 1 per cent. A minimum of ten members is re quired to form a local association and the association must borrow $20,000 to start with In order to ob tain a charter, after which loans may be made in any amount. Each bor rower Is required to take 5 per cent of his loan in stock. The money re ceived for this stock is used by the local association to buy stock in the district bank. The extreme liability 160,000 pounds of prunes from his orchard. An Oregon City paper states that the largest huckleberry crop of the last twenty years is reported in the Cascades by hunters and fishermen returning from their outings. Hood River growers estimate that their valley will produce this year 900,000 boxes of commercial apples, a large percentage of which will run to fancy and extra fancy grades. An estimate of the output of boxed apples and pears for the Rogue Riv er valley indicates about 400 to 450 cars of pears and 600 cars of apples. Waste Lands Cost Money. Washington, D. C. Every acre of non-producing tillable land should be put to work or sold, says a new publication of the United States De partment of Agriculture, Farmers Bulletin 745. Many farmers would make more money if their business were larger, but the size of a farm, from a financial standpoint, is meas ured not by the number of acres em braced In it but by the number that are producing crops, pasturing ani mals economically, or supporting a growth of marketable forest prod ucts, Non-productive acres are loaf er acres, and the money tied up In them is dead capital. On every farm, however, there are certain areas necessarily devoted to non - productive purposes. Fences, ditches, lanes and building lots pro duce nothing themselves, but they are frequently essential to produc tion on the rest of the farm. Never theless, they may occupy In the ag gregate a considerable percentage of the available land. It is a part of efficient farm management to see to it that this percentage is no higher than necessary. Two little counties of Massachu setts raise five times as many pounds of onions as the whole state of Ore gon, and Oregon raises twice as many as the whole state of Iowa. Oregon's onion tonnage Is 7,500 per annum, or about 400 carloads. In quality, Oregon onions are ahead of anything between Bermuda and the Pacific northwest. This mild clim ate is peculiarly adapted to onion culture. Oregon Voter. . -.ir. of a borrower is $100 for each $1000 borrowed, and this liability, in any contingency, is considered to be very remote. Anyone desiring further in formation regarding the Federal Farm Loan Banks and their opera tions may secure literature on the subject by addressing the Secretary of the Federal Farm Loan Board at Washington, D. C. Rig New Highway Bridge at Duns- muir. A new reinforced concrete bridge 532 feet long across the Sacramento river at Dunsmulr will be completed by the middle of September, accord ing to report. It is among the larg est of its kind in northern Califor nia. The contract was awarded in 1915 for $22,600 and the extra cost of the foundations is estimated to be between $3,000 and $4,000. Total cost, including materials furnished by the highway commission, will ap proximate $46,500. The bridge stands 63 feet above high water and is unusually ornate with a series of fancy electrolier posts and ornamen tations on the Bides. The bridge 1b built for the State Highway and crosses over the tracks of the South ern Pacific Railroad as well as over the river. The Oregon Lumber Company at Baker will at once rebuild its mill de stroyed by fire. Glvos brilliant elogsy shlna thnt docs not rub off or dust off (hat anneals to the irnn-thnt UaU (our times as long as any other. Black SilkStove Polish It la clais by Itself. Iff more carefully made and made troin better mtatenalu Try It on ymrr purl or iove, jrourcouKiuv or your runira. If you don't fl ml it inebertpollth you vur used, your hardwire op froet-ry dmlfr ft authurittd to r- land yonr money. I rWa'a"4 Shlnmln Kvwjrisrojr- Wjj "s. r xa: ii ii i a II 3 The old Soldiers and sailors S will be the guests of the Vining J Theatre on Wednesday 1 even- ing. Special music will be fur s' nlshed. The program for the sj evening appears elsewhere in the Tidings today. Bear Meat in Lake Of the Woods Camp Chester Stevenson has joined the rank of the elect among hunters by bringing down a good sized bear, ac cording to word which has been waft ed in from the Lake of the Woods camp established by the Stevenson and V. O. N. Smith families. Partic ulars and a hunk of bear steak are anxiously awaited by Chester's friends. Ashland Men Get Contract at Yreka Frank Jordan returned Friday from Yreka, where he secured the contract for building the boiler room in a new gymnasium being erected there for use of the public schools. Provost Brothers have the contract for installation of the hot water heating plant in the same building. Marines Hurrah For Wolf's Dinner Last night a Bpeclal train bearing marines from the "Cleveland" on their way to Bremerton, Wash., to go on board the "West Virginia" stopped in Ashland long enough to get a square meal. J. P. Wolf fed 232 of them at the depot hotel .Af ter it was over the boys got outside and gave three cheers for the dinner. Probably they will be glad to come this way again. HRAltD AXD OVFJtHEARD. Mrs. W. M. Barber says: "It pays to advertise In the classified col umns. I rent all my own houses and my neighbor's houses too.' In discussing the Federal Farm Loan Board plans at the station 'in Ashland Friday, a Medford banker remarked: "It has always been Im possible to legislate money into the hands of the Improvident." He add ed that this Is one of the things that legislation will never be able to ac complish. Up in Lithla park by the falls last Saturday Jim Galbralth said: , "If you would be here and talk with the Btrangers some day you would think you were In Heaven. It sounds like hot air. Sometimes I smile and they ask me how long I have been here. When I say seventeen or eighteen years they answer, 'Well, that ac counts for it.' " An Ashland man who has been here only three or four months was heard to say Saturday. "I believe this is the most beautiful day in the park I ever saw. The paths are moist and cool, the air Is so fresh, the sky is so clear and blue, the sun shine is so bright and the shadows are so deep and clear-cut that it seems as if the charm of all combines to make everything as beautiful as one could Imagine. Anyone who has not been through the park on a day like this does not know all the de lights it can give." Rogue River Courier: The Rogue River Valley Ministerial Association met at Grants Pass Monday and was attended by the pastors of the city and the following: Rev. F. W. Cars tens, Rev. J. C. Rollins and H. E. Tucker of Medford; Rev. H. A. Car nahan, Rev. W. J. Douglass and Rev. Edwards of Ashland; J. K. Baillie of Phoenix. Rev. Douglass of Ashland had a paper on "Christian Psychol ogy," and Rev. Rollins on the union of the Methodist churches, north and south, and topics of general interest were discussed. Mark Weatherford of Albany and R. B. Button of the Anti-Saloon League also addressed the meeting. Messrs. Gore, McConnell, Mears, Cathcart. Getchel and other Medford citizens were in Ashland a short time Friday with several members of the Federal Farm Loan Board, whom they brought to Ashland from Med ford in automobiles. Here the dis tinguished visitors1 spent a few min utes giving out information concern ing the board and their plans until their train, the first section of No. 13, proceeded soflth. Phone Job orders to the Tidings. HOW THE WILSON ADMINISTRATION HAS PENALIZED PATRIOTISM, "Having in view the possibility of further aggression upon the territory of the United States from Mexico and the necessity for the proper protection of that frontier," President Wilson on June 18 called out the mobile arms of the national guard for federal service. He did not call them out at their existing peace strength, but at war strength, which Is practically double. Lacking a system of reserves, the na tional guard organizations Immediate ly bad to start a campaign of recruit ing to bring about the desired increase In their numbers. Patriotic young citizens under the urge of the cry, "Your country needs youf volunteered for service In grat ifying numbers. According to Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the senate committee on military affairs, the re sult Is that about 135,000 citizen sol diers have been mustered Into the fed eral service and are now on the Mex ican border or In camp in their home states. There may be more, but the administration refuses to make known the exact figures. The movement is costing the public treasury many millions of dollars; it Is costing the Individual citizen soldiers many millions more. They went to the front believing the cry, "Your country Pneeds you," for war service. They sac rificed advancement In their civil occu pations, severed home ties, suffered in thousands of Instances great financial loss. The less patriotic, who did not believe the cry or, believing, declined to make sacrifices, fatten at borne on these losses. The real purposes of the call are slowly developing. They are two in number: First A patrol of the border to do the work which President Wilson's friend, Carranza, finds it impossible to do. Because the recognized govern ment In Mexico la too Ineffective to keep its own citizens in check and pre vent them murdering Americans on American soli the American govern ment undertakes the costly task of doing that work for them. The mur der of American citizens on Mexican soil Is another matter. Carranza may go as far as he likes In that direction. Second. A purpose of the mobiliza tion on the border and In the camps Is to train citizens to perform effective military service. Tha regular military establishment of the nation Is mani festly too small .'or the actual military needs. .To this extent the cry, "Your country needs you," was correct But these facts were not made clear when the call was istUed." The idea was promulgated that men were need ed for actual war service, not for mili tary training. Deceit was practiced. Opposing In the open legislation for universal military service, the admin istration by Its acts has established what in essence Is a system of com pulsory military service. It is a sys tem ' all the more vicious because It operates only against the patriotic, whereas a legalized universal training system equalizes the burden of mili tary service nmong all men and all classes of mpn. When in 1014 Europe plunged into the greatest war of all history and con ditions in Mexico grew Intolerable in telligent men realized the fact that It was incumbent on this nation to build op Its tiny regular army and put its other military resources In condition for use. National safety demanded this. And yet in December of that year, four months after the European war began, President Wilson went be fore congress and declared that all agitation for military preparedness was hysterical; that we were ade quately prepared. After awhile the administration changed Its mind and professed to be lieve in the necessity for preparedness. First came an enactment to Increase the regular army by 20.000 But the body of the country, and even all parts of the Democratic administra tion, could not change front so quickly as the head. Recruiting for the regu lar army lagged. Not yet have the 20,000 been secured. The need pressed. A new national defense act providing for still more men in the regular army, was enacted. But still the men were not forthcom ing. Suddenly and without warning the administration issued its call for mo bilization of the citizen soldiers. It seemed still obsessed with the Bryan notion that an army could be created by presidential ukase. When the call went out the govern ment did not own enough uniforms, shoes, socks, blankets, hots, wagons, trucks, horses, mules and other things essential to equip the men called. It bad mode no provision for transport ing the troops called to the points where they -were required. Who suffered most by this amazing lack of foresight, this leaping before looking? Only the 135,000 patriots who be lieved that their country needed them for national defense; only the men who are making the great sacriflees. The whole disgraceful story may be summed up In the phrase, the admin istration has penalized patriotism. True, It is accumulating by subter fuge a reserve of trained soldiers, but events have demonstrated that it cried "wolf when there was no wolf Should It . be forced to cry "wolf" again.' when the wolf Is at the door, what will be the result? ONE SINGLE DOLLAR Puts a full set of 29 volumes (and Special Bookcase) of the . Encylopedia Britannica In your Library Your last chance to get the Handy Volume printed on India Paper. No more of this stock available. Next Issue to be printed on ordinary book paper. Phone or drop me a line. Will gladly call and tell you about it. WALTER H. PACKARD, Special Rep resentative, Hotel Austin, Phone 47. Obituary. The following is the obituary no tice of John S. Herrin as delivered at the funeral of Rev. H. A. Carna han, D. D.: "John S. Herrin was born Novem ber 15, 1827, on the home farm near Providence, Webster county, Ken tucky. Died September 8, 1916, at his home in Ashland, aged 88 years, 9 months and 22 days. "In the outdoor life of the Ken tucky home he developed a rugged, strong, physical body, practical ideas, a fair education in the schools near home, which he made the foundation stones for the building af a vigorous, energetic, forceful and very useful life as a citizen of the common wealth. "In 1850 Mr. Herrin left home and came to Clinton county, Missouri, and after a time was united in mar riage to Nancy C. Walker, on March 10, 1853. In April of the same year he began the Journey across the plains with his bride, equipped with ox teams, provisions and such house hold furnishings as would enable them to make a home in a new and unsettled country. And In Septem ber of that same year, after a safe journey, they settled upon a farm of their choice six miles east of Jack sonville, Jackson county, Oregon. "The sale of this first home place was made in 1883, and the home pleace near Ashland was purchased, its proximity to Ashland furnishing better educational advantages for the children. "Mr. Herrin was a public-spirited man, interested in the promotion of good government, and therefore ac tive in business and political circles. In 1870 he served as county commis sioner for two years. From 1874 to 1878 he represented his district in the state senate. In all these things he gave abundant proof of his devo- tlon to the best interests of the coun ty and state, and his services in spired the confidence and approba tion of his constituents. "Into this home came ten children five sons and five daughters. There survive him the five sons and two daughters, and fourteen grand children. Father Herrin was happy in the knowledge that they have re warded the efforts and sacrifices of the home; in accepting and making much of the opportunities that came to them in life, and in filling very useful, honored and very prominent places in the business and profes sional world. "Thus at the end of a long and busy life we are today laying away another of that notable and hardy band of sturdy, courageous pioneers who came to this beautiful Oregon country more than sixty years ago, and out of a virgin soil and in the midst of forests primeval carved a place and laid the foundations for a home and a well-earned competence, and built a glorious commonwealth, of which their posterity and adopted sons and daughters of Oregon may well be proud. "It has been our privilege to read a portion of a letter written by the mother of Father Herrin to him. That letter is now nearly sixty 'years old. That voice out of the past was speaking of her confidence in God, of her faith and her trust, of her prayer-life, of her desire that God would guide her boys, and that they, like Joshua of old, no matter what others might do, would say, 'As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.' To these grandsons and to these great-grandchildren we say, no matter what treasures you may gath er to yourselves, you have no more priceless heritage than the faith and prayers of that life that speaks from the past. "On the mantel there stands the old family clock silent the index fingers mutely pointing the hour when Father Herrin laid all his bur dens down. More than fifty years ago he gave that clock as a gift to the mother of this home. Slowly, steadily, truly it has ticked away the hours, the days and years. Rising, retiring, eating, drinking, resting and working, in health and sickness, in joy and sorrow, it has marked time for them. The giver and re ceiver are now silently sleeping. And so this faithful friend a clock of time is silent forever. A reminder, friends, that one of these days for all of us the clock of time will cease, and God's eternity will have begun." The S. P. Company has awarded contracts for ten depots on new lines. Classified Advertisements TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. FOR RENT Furnished bungalow; light and water paid; yard cared for; adults only. 147 Nutley street. it FOR RENT Furnished room. Lady tenant desired. Phone 445-R. 22-4t FOR RENT Furnished bungalow. Low rent to good tenant. 354 Llb- erty street. 32-2t WANTED Capable girl or woman for general housework. Apply to Mrs. H. T. Elmore, 150 North Main, phone 438-R. 32-tf DRESSMAKING, either by the day or at homo. Apply to Miss Niver, 190 Oak street, Ashland. 32-4t LOST Gray plaid mackinaw, be tween Ashland and George Dunn's ranch. Return to Tidings office. Reward. 32-2t FOR SALE If you are tired of look ing at cheap locations and want the beBt free irrigated acreage homes In Ashland, look at mine. R. D. Sanford, at north end of Lau rel street, Ashland. It EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Cushmaa Cunningham Estate: Notice I hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed executor of the estate of Cushman Cunningham, deceased, by the County Court of tbe state of Oregon, for the county of Jackson, and has qualified. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby noti fied to present the same to said, executor, at the law office of W. J.. Moore, In the city of Ashland, Ore gon, with proper vouchers and' duly verified, within six months, from the date hereof. Dated and first published this 11th day of September, 1916 . ALLAN A. CUNNINGHAM, " 32-5t-Mon. Executor; NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE UnT DER EXECUTION IN FORECLOS URE. The Medford National Bank, a National Banking corpo ration, Plaintiff, vs. J. E. Enyart, Defendant. By virtue of an Execution and Order of Sale duly Issued out of and under the seal of the Circuit. Court of the State of Oregon in and for the County of Jackson, dated September 6, 1916, In a cer tain suit therein for the foreclos ure of a mortgage In which the plaintiff. The Medford National Bank, a National Banking corpora tion recovered a Judgment against the defendant, J. E. Enyart, for the sum of $5,626.24 with interest thereon from the 2nd day of Sep tember, 1916, at the rate of 8 per cent per' annum and the further sum of $188.08 with interest there on at the rate of 6 per cent per annum from April 29th, 1916, un til paid, together with the further sum of $550.00 as its attorney's fee, and the further sum of $30.00 costs, which judgment was en rolled and docketed in the Clerk's, office of said Court In said County on the 2nd day of September. 1916, and Is of record In Volume 24 of the Circuit Court Journal at page 600 thereof. In compliance with the com mands of said Execution and Or der of Sale, I will on Saturday, the 14th day of October, 1916, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. at the front door of the Court House in Jacksonvlle, Oregon, offer for sale and will sell all of the right, title and interest that the defend ' ant, J. E. Enyart, had on the date of the mortgage herein foreclosed or has since acquired or now hast in and to the following described real property, situated in Jackson County, Oregon, to-wit: All of Lots One, Two, Three and Four in Block Three in the City of Medford, Jackson County, Ore gon. Said lots will be sold at said time and place in the manner pro vided bv law for the sale of rear property under execution, to the highest bidder for cash, subject to redemption, to satisfy the Judg ment, costs, attorney's fees and the accruing costs of this sale. Dated this 7th day of Septem ber, 1916. W. H. SINGLER, Sheriff of Jackson County, Ore gon. , , By E. W. Wilson. Deputy. 32-5t-Mon. Junction City, Ore., Sept. 11. The sixth annual Tunkin Show will be held In Junction City on September 21, 22 and 23, and promises to sur pass all previous efforts. Plans have been going forward and, with the publication of the premium list, much interest is being taken by the proposed exhibitors. Approximately $500 will be distributed in premi ums, besides a number of special' prizes. A roundup is being planned, in connection with the show. Baker, Ore., Sept. 4. Fire de stroyed the sawmill of the Oregon Lumber Company at South Baker late today, causing a Iosb of $40,000. with no insurance. The blaze is be lieved to have started from sawdust in the engine room, ignited from the fire under the boilers