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ASHLAJfD TIDIUGS
Thursday, OctoW 12, 101
Poison Oak Now
Looks for Victim
Pioneers Will Meet
Here Next Year
History of Motion Picture Industry
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By Beat rim Michitina
I never before
wrote a his
tory, and now,
that I am seri
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ously about It,
I am amazed
and almost
half bewilder
ed at the chase
It leads one.
First of all I
i
consulted peo
ple, who should know the accepted
method of doing the thins, and they
told me that I must sift the matter
to its "original sources, im a
i,M7v idea of what that meant, 1
plunged at it hopefully, but for days
since have found It almost an end
l.'ss job. I have sifted and narrow
ed and contracted, hoping always
to arrive at the problem's geometri
cal point, on and above which its
whole superstructure Is reared, but
am as yet not sure that I have found
jt Win probably be uncertain about
It to the very end.
Can I any where put my finger
down and say this is the thing
lit this small point the motion pic
ture industry begins? What, after
all, is an "original source"? If in
stead of motion pictures, 1 were talk
ing about the eight-hour law, which
congress passed and President Wil
son signed, and its original source,
would I have gone far enough when
1 arrived at the tea kettle of boil
ing water, which begot an Idea in
curious James Watt's head, which
begot the steam engine, which begot
the railways, which beot a threatened
railway employees' strike, or which
I have to go further still and chase
the railways, which begot a threat
ened railway employee's strike, or
which I have to go further still and
chase the metal, from which that tea
kettle was made, to its native moun
tain ribs and those native mountain
ribs on back to what? '.
Whatever the answer, you can see
that It is a nice question to raise
In way of introduction. If it be a
matter of going back and back, I
suppose, to find the original source
of the motion picture Industry, I
would have to trace the pedigree of
a certain horse back through all its
ancestry, and through all the stages
of evolution or creating or whatever
It Is that developed a' mane and tall
and four good trotting legs, and
when, in doing it I had come to
the end of my rope, so to speak, I
would be Justified in saying that I
iad the original source of motion
pictures, Insofar as It was humanly
possible to find it. However, with
rny readers' permission, I'll not be
o exhaustive as all this. It was a
flmillar "-mall job that kept a scien
tist by the name of Darwin busy
most of iiis life time.
The point of all my observations
above, other than their attempt to
give my history an impressive intro
duction, lies in the fact that before
motion p'ctures there was a horse,
and this particular horse stood in
relation to motion pictures about the
same 83 Darwin, just mentioned,
tells us the monkey stood to the hu
man race. Both stepped in rather
prominently somewhere down on
their respective scales of original
BourceB.
My hibtory , then, begins with a
Jiorse.
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It was not a trick horse, nor a pie
bald horse, nor a cow pony. It was
not such a horse at all as is usually
found in the stables of a motion pic
ture plant. As matter of fact it was
completely oblivious of motion pic
tures. So was the whole world at
that time. It was in the year 1871.
This hcrse w,as of Arabian blood
' a genuine aristocrat. It belonged
to Senator Leland Stanford of Cali
fornia, who built railroads, owned
many square miles of grazing, farm
ing and mineral lands and otherwise
accumulated millions, which he spent
in part cn senatorial campaign ex
penses, founding a university and
maintaining a pedigreed stock farm.
Senator Stanford was a man of gen
tlemanly fads.
Opportunely, at this very, tjme,
controversy was rife in art circles
concerning the exact position of a
horse when trotting very fast. Some
painters held that one of the horse's
hoofs should always be on the
ground. Others argued oppositely.
Edward Muybrldge was among those
who debated. He was more methodi
cal, perhpps, and more practical than
artists are supposed to be. He went
to Senator Stanford (some say the
senator came to him) and suggested
an experiment. For it he would use
the senator's Occident, that being the
name of a horse. If there was a
trotter anywhere swift enough to
pull all four feet off the ground at
once in an onward burst of speed
it was this same Occident.
So Occident was harnessed and
driven out onto the track that was
the pride of Stanford's farm. Muy
brldge, unconscious of the tremen
dous role he was playing, was there
Lwlth his apparatus The sky was a
convential blue. The lazy hum of
early spring was in the air. The
world lay half dozing, contented and
altogether unobserving underneath a
flood of California sunshine. It was
a good enough day for men in their
shirt sleeves to play at their hobbles
but to think of serious business
never! Eo they proceeded leisurely
about their arrangements, fixing this
or that and quite unconsciously set
ting the trap that was to turn the
amusement world "topsy turvy." '
(To be continued next week)
Would Build $6,000
High School at Yreka
The trustees of the Siskiyou'Union
high school have voted to submit
the question of a new 60,000 bond
Issue to the voters of the Siskiyou
county high school district on Novem
ber 4, the purpose of the proposed
bonds being the construction of a
new high school building at Yreka
to replace the one burned last week.
There are 75 grammar school dis
tricts embraced in the Yreka school
district and the general sentiment is
in favor of bonding and rebuilding
immediately.
E. D. Briggs has returned from a.
business trip to Portland and As
toria. Golden Wezt Coffee
is "Jest Right
1
use!
Leadership
Savage Tires, as did the old-time
Chieftains, won their leadership
through honest worth. Their sue-
cess is due to the miles of service
and to the satisfaction theygive their
users.
Demonstrate Savage Leadership vou'll do
It if you try only a single tiro. Make' any test
you like and you will prove that the "Savage"
is far in the lead.
Savage Grafinite Tubes are leaders, too. Ex
amine one and you will see why. Try one
and be fully convinced.
TIRES
FACTORY DISTRIBUTORS!
E. Gates, Medford
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oc
tober 7. At this time of the year
when the changing tints of the leaves
tempt one to gather them rather pro
miscuously for decorative purposes,
It may be well to sound a warning
against the poison oak, the foliage of
which Is often wonderfully beauti
ful. From the inquiries received at
the State University it is evident that
such mistakes are being made, and
that there is a desire for information
that will aid the gatherer to shun
these dangerous plants.
The poison oak of the west (rhus
diverslloba), differs but little if any
from the poison ivy (rhus toxidoden
dron) of the east. The former lias
the habit of a shrub, while the ivy
is a climbing vine. But often the
so-called poison oak when it finds a
support will climb like the poison Ivy
and has all the appearance of the
plant of the eastern states. But It
makes little difference by what name
it is known; it Is equally poisonous.
Leaves Like Those of Oak.
It gets the name of poison oak
from the resemblance of Its leaflets
to the leaf of the oak.
The plant bears small white flow
ers in clusters and these produce
white berries, which often remain on
the branch after the leaves have fall
en, and furnish a means of recogni
tion. In some localities It is so abundant
as to interfere materially with the
pleasures of picnics and outings. Its
poisonous effects seem to be due to
an oil secreted by the plant, but it Is
difficult sometimes to explain the
suspectlblllty of some people who can
hardly come into Its environment or
let its shadow fall upon them with
out being Infected.
Treatments Are Discussed.
As to its treatment, far be.it from
me to risk any suggestion as to a
universal panacea among the num
berless remedies that have been used
with apparent success. But experi
ence has shown that what produces
good results in one case may utterly
fail In another.
Scientific experiments have seemed
to show that the most effective treat
ment consists In removing the irri
tating oil from the skin, and for this
nothing better has been found than
a good washing with soap and water.
Alcohol also absorbs the oil and may
be used as a wash, or the alcohol may
be saturated with sugar of lead. One
part of hyposulphite of soda in three
parts of water seems to be helpful In
some cases. These may be used as
preventives or as a treatment when
the poison has manifested itself.
This is the precaution to be ob
served when walking In the fields or
on hillsides: Avoid all shrubs and
vines having compound leaves with
three leaflets. If one Is in any de
gree susceptible, Immediately upon
return let him wash thoroughly all
parts of the skin that have been ex
posed with one of the washes above
suggested or any which experience
has taught is efficacious.
Ashland Has Many
Students at O.A.C.
Senator H. Von der Hellen of Wel
len returned Sunday from Corvallfs,
where ho attended a meeting of the
board of regents of the Oregon Ag
ricultural college. Figures intro
duced at the meeting p.howed that
1901 students are registered at the
school, an increase of 25 per cent
over last year.
Of this number 36 per cent are
self-supporting, 33 per cent are half
self-supporting and 10 per cent are
partly so. There are 32 students
from Jackson county enrolled, near
ly half of these are from Ashland.
Many states of the Union are rep
resented In the student body, Cali
fornia having an enrollment of 177.
John Anderson, a graduate of the
Ashland high school of the class of
1915, who took a Dost-graduate
course In teachers' training last year,
left Wednesday for Wasco county,
where he will teach a country school
this term.
. Mrs. J. F. Patty left Tuesday for
a two months' trip to Manchester,
Iowa, to visit her brother, who is ill,
and other relatives.
NURSING
MOTHERS
digested nourishment in SCOTT'S
EMULSION. It creates strength
Knil rirli. active blood. It insures
I abundant nourishment and keeps
f baby growing.
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WHEN you
Tf want an
overcoat with
smart style, for real
service, have Born
make it to your
order.
See our fine Ker
seys, Meltons,
Chinchillas and
Scotch Cheviot .
Novelties at
$15 to $28
Resident Born Dealer
Paulserud & Barrett
Offers $3,000 for .
A Single Word
A $3,000 Christmas present Is the
interesting- prize that a well-known
manufacturer is offering for one sin
gle word. The makers of the
"Eveready" Flashlights are looking
for a new name to take the place of
the, word "Flashlight," which they
say has outlived its usefulness. Orig
inally these lights merely "flashed,"
but nowadays the batteries will give
hours of continuous light.
This contest Is to be featured by
our local dealer, who will distribute
the contest blanks beginning October
7. The contest closes November 7 at
midnight. Their' dealers will make
special window displays and demon
strations of Eveready lights during
the week of October 7 to 14.
Jordan's electric shop handles the
Flashlights here.
One well-known dealer in speaking
of this contest mentioned the fact
that it is not only open to everybody
but that everyone has an equal
chance, as the name has to be a
"made-up" word such as "Kodak," or
"Uneeda," or "Tarvia." Consequent
ly, even a boy or girl may be fortun
ate enough to suggest a short, easily
spoken word that maj; prove to be
the $3,000 name. The contest blanks
which the dealers will distribute Oc
tober 7 will give all the details.
Three thousand dollars is a great
deal of money for one word, but the
Every' Ready people expect to spend
millions of dollars advertising' the
new word if they get the right sug
gestion. Perhaps someone in this
city will get the $3,000 on Christmas
day.
Phone Job oraerg to the Tidings.
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j TRAIN SCHEDULE EFFECT.
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11... 3:65a.m. 4:00a.m.
12... 1.60 a.m. 1:55 a.m.
13... 9:46a.m. 10:00a.m. S
$ 14... 7:30a.m. 7:50 a.m.
15... 11:30p.m. 11:45 p.m.
16... 5:30p.m. 6:60p.m.
17... 5.15 p.m.. Stops here
Odd numbers southbound,
even numbers northbound.
3$
The fortieth annual reunion of the
Society of Southern Oregon Pioneers
was held at the court house in Jack
sonville October 5, with over 300 in
attendance from all parts of the
county, Ashland sending the largest
delegation.
The address of welcome was given
by Emil Hritt, president of the so
ciety. The program rendered con
sisted of the following:
Prayer by Rev. Hutchinson.
Solo by George Andrews.
Violin solo by Lena Hanna, accom
panied by Mrs. Howell Mines.
Address by Miss Marian Towne.
Solo by Miss Bess Bryan.
Recitation by Miss Lulu Williams.
Auld Lang Syne by the assembly.
The oration by Miss Mariun Towne,
one of southern Oregon's distin
guished native daughters, was very !
Interesting and highly commendable,
the principal theme of her address 1
belne "The Plonper Motlipr." Th I
morning session was concluded with
the pioneer song by the assembly.
At 1 p. m. a sumptuous banauet
was served at I. O. O. F. banquet hall !
y the Native Daughters Cabin of
Jacksonville.
At the afternoon session some
very interesting reminiscences of
early pioneer life in Oregon were re
lated by Mr. Burnett, a pioneer of
1846 and a resident of Oregon for
70 years. ' 1
Obituaries on the death of the fol
lowing members of the society were
read: Mrs. Bertha Rapp, Peter Og-
den Applegate, Mrs. J. Huffer. John
Herrin, John X. Miller and John
W. Hillman (discoverer of Crater
Lake), written by himself during his
lifetime. In this connection was
read his letter describing the discov
ery of the fake.
The committee on plans for build
ing a historical building In the Ash
land park were called on for a re-
Watch
Your Step
Many people fail to realize that the common
habit of coffee drinking may, sooner or later, handi
cap ability and hinder progress.
It is a scientific fact that coffee contains a harm
ful drug, caffeine, vhich with many through regular
use, causes nervousness, headache, heart flutter, or
other annoying ills.
The wise move is to quit coffee and use
P0STUM
Made of wheat and a bit of wholesome mollasses,
this famous pure food-drink has a rich, snappy flavor
much like mild Java coffee, yet contains no drug nor
other harmful element.
Posture comes in two forms. 'The original Poslnm
Cereal must be boiled; Instant Poslnm, a soluble form,
is made in the cup with boiling water the same de
licious drink Instantly.
A look to health now smooths and brightens the
path of the future.
"There's a Reason" for POSTUM
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
(iGvcrithina!)out &
ii!HHo keep dnj. S
P&to work in
comfort .wear, I
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A.J.Tower Co -Boston
port.- Mr. Gore said they were not
ready for a report.
Then came election of officers for
the year. George W. Dunn was
elected president and Mrs. Grainger
of Ashland" vice-president. The sec
retary holds over.
The meeting was then adjourned
to meet in Ashland next year.
Watson Edits
Farm Journal
W. W. Watson, formerly of Ash
land but now residing In Medford,
this week published the first edition
of Farm and Orchard. The paper is
devoted to the farm and orchard
interests of the valley and will be
invaluable aid to the farmers and
orchardmen and interesting to the
business men of the valley.
Mr. Watson has been doing thla
kind of writing for many years.
Three thousand copies of the first
edition were printed.
Lee Fifield of Remington, Va., is
visiting F. W Shaw in this city.
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