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ASHIiAND TTDIX08 Thursday, January 4, 1P1T rAGE SIX Semi-Tropical Southern California CALIFORMA with its oranges, its Winter Howern, its beaches, its mountain resorts, its time -stained missions, its delightful sun shine and out-of-door life 3iuely the call is irresistible in January. But a two days journey away on daily trains i of the SHASTA ROUTE Shasta Limited California Express San Francisco Express You can secure tickets or complete information from any agent or write JOIIX M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent Portland, Oregon Southern Pacific Lines Mining Takes Big Impetus Ten mines in Arizona paid $34, 000,000 li? dividends during the past year. Adding Utah, Montana, Ne vada and Idaho dividends to those cf Arizona wo have a total of over $100,000,000 tn dividends paid out cf the mines of these five western Hates In a single year. These are some of the Impressive factp brought out by the report of the Geobgical Survey to Secretary I ane just made. "Never before," paid Mr. Lane, "has so largo a draft Veen mado ou the natural resources of our country as during this year, nnd never before have the metals lien extracted from these ores with 1 ss wase or utilised to bettor advan tage in advancing the general prosy erity of tho country. Even as writ-! ti n in the plain figures of 1916 pro-1 lnction the wonderful record of our mines sU forth a degree ot national j industrial independence only hoped for a few yeai ago. "Again copper stands out as the best illustration of how American mines can meet a world demand. Tho output of nearly two billion pounds of the ;ed metal is double that of ton yean ago and Its valuo Is twice that of 'Jie copper produced In 1915. Add to Mils the facts that in value copper now contends with Iron for Ttrst place among the metals and that together the amount of these two metals produced last year had n value if more than one billion dol lars and we have a measure of what this country can contribute in useful metals. "Tho output of zinc from domestic ores Increased last year f5,000 tons, which makes a new record for that metal, th3 total value of spelter from Vnlted Slates ore being 150 million dollars. Lead also shows a large In- A Woman's Trouble. (W.- Troutdale, Ore iroiiDiea wuu weakness from J which women snf j fer and after tak ing two bottles of Doctor Pierce's S Favorite Prescrip tion I was entirely relieved." Mks. M. E. Johnson, TroutdaIe,Oregmi. 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V. Pierce, M. D. It contains the knowl edge a young man or woman, wife or daughter, should have. 1008 page with color plated, bound In cloth. By mail, prepaid on receipt of 3 dimes or stamps. kt'SJVJ.'f. J O it) Mil delightful crease, the 75 million dollar output being a gain of more than 50 per cent. "With all this activity in metal production the coal mines have had to meet a heavy demand, so that the bituminous coal output has now pass ed tho h.nf-billion-ton mark, an in crease of 12 per cent over the previous year. Coko production in creased 30 per cent and it is grati fying to uoto that by-product coke made tho largest gain, which means a corresponding gain la benzol and other valuable by-products. "Again the oil wells have given a new record for petroleum yield, the estimate of marketed production of crudo petroleum for 1916 being 292 million barrels, of 11 million barrels more than in 1915. "Another mineral product which furnishes an index of business con ditions is cement, the 1916 produc tion of which is estimated to be five million bi-.rreis in excess of the out put of the previous year, while the .shipments wero ovon greater, aggre gating 94,500,000 barrels, with the outlook reported as good for the new year. "The reports received from the Survey's western offices contain most significant miniug records. Every western state shows a large increase in yield of metals, Arizona leading with a gain of 100 million dollars over last year, while Utah and Mon tana, together report another 100 million dollar gain. Alaska also had its best year, contributing a total of more than $50,000,000 this year, or over ;0 per cont in excess of any previous year. "These advance statements not only show that; 1916 marks a new advance for the mineral industry of the country, but this remarkable in crease promises to be approximately 25 per cent over the 1915 produc tion, so that we may expect the final figures to' show a total of three bil lion dollars." The national forests of Oregon and Washington arc being protected, not only from fire, but from the ravages of Insects. Occasionally barkbeetles become so destructive on certain areas that tho Infested timber must bo promptly cut and burned to pre vent further damago to valuable tim ber. There wero cut from the national forests In the fiscal year 1916, 604, 920,000 board feet of timber. Of this amount, 119,483,000 board feet was cut under free use privilege by 42,055 individuals. In all, 10,840 sales of limber wore made, of which 97 per cent wero under $100 in value Indicating tho oxtent to which the homesteader, rancher, miner, small mlllman and othors In need of a lim ited quantity of timber draw upon the forests. Ashland Tidings wants ads bring results. tt The In- com pa Baby Food. MalteM deliral bnbie hatUiy; k4p4 kiiuij doom, utu. ,Wu to Molhen' Mill' WIDEMANN'S FURI, UNtwKCTEHCO. VrOIATID GOAT MILK A l'mrfta Food alio for lnualtdt. AT LEADING OHUGGISTS 6V Tuu, 20c. IV 1 3 E M A r J N G OAT; M l i. K rn Phr...,.n. Big. "S.nr,nl.cS EXPERT TALKS ON CLEANUP WORK Says German Cities Provide Moiel For Americans. STREET CLEANING SCIENCE. No Refuse Should Be Placed on Side walkThe Sweeping Process Should Be Started .When No Traffio li on Street Early Morning Beit Time. By FRANK KOESTER. The lack of system nnd want of tech nical training on the part of many American olllclals iu charge make street cleaning unnecessarily expensive, leave the streets In a bad condition and cause the cleaning to be carried out In a disagreeable, Insanitary way. Iu foreign cities engineers specialize on tills subject. Street denning has been reduced to a science, and economy, efllclency aud the comfort and con venience of the public are couslilered. The purpose of street cleaning is to remove ns quickly and as cheaply as possible all foreign matter In tho streets nnd thus to conduce to the health of the public by minimizing the circula tion of genu ladeu dust. The cleaning of streets should be car ried out In a systematic and thorough manner. The cleaners shonld proceed in crews with the necessary apparatus both to clean the streets and the side walks as well, If necessary, and the lay out of the work should be such that no member of the crew needs to wt on the progress of the other, but all pro ceed simultaneously, and when they have passed through the street the work will be done. The method of piecemeal street cleaning, with the householder sweeping dirt Into the street, the street cleaner sweeping It into piles and the piles belug removed by wagons, with the occasional passing first on one side of the street and then on the other of some piece of street cleaning apparatus, results In a contin ual stirring up of dust to the great dis comfort and inconvenience of all con cerned, while the street never really gets cleaned. The number of men in tho cleaning crew depends on the kind of machinery used. As no machine is capable of reaching all parts of the street, a cer tain amount of manual sweeping Is necessary, especially when the side walks nre cleaned In conjunction with the machine sweeping, so that, us indi cated, the whole width of the street will be cleaned at once. Must Be Clear of Traffic. In order that such cleaning may pro ceed with efllclency and dispatch, and consequently with economy, the streets must be practically clear of trnflic, ns the presence of vehicles, especially those standing at the curb, greatly de lays the work of the crew. As the operation of such a crew also handicaps traffic and ns the public pre fers to see the streets clean, rather than to see them being cleaned, It Is essential to select a suitable hour for cleaning. German cities have conduct ed numerous tests for finding out the most favorable hour. The city of Dres den adopted the practice of cleaning the main streets in the early morning hours, beginning about 4 o'clock and HER MOTOR TOGS. For afternoon functions comes this luxurious coat of baby lamb, adorned with skunk cuffs, collar and muff. Tailless ermine gives wide revere and outlines the wide cuffs. The Tidings is on tale at Poley'f drng store, 17 East Main street. VILLAGE STREET New York State Follows Old Custom For Payments. EXPERTS ADVOCATE CHANGE Authorities on Taxes Are Against Making Street Improvements at the Expen.e of the Town and Maintain That the Coit Should Be Assessed Against Adjoining Property. Many tax experts havo recently call ed attention to the venerable cus tom of making street Improvements In tho villages of New York state at the general expense of the whole village. On this Important question the Real Estate Record of Westchester county has this to say: "This custom has been freshly as sailed in a small folder. Cities charge such valuable property improvements against tho parties who benefit there by, Inasmuch as the market value of the premises Is immediately raised more than the cost. It is asked, 'Why should the property owner have a great deal of additional value added to his land at the general expense of the community and not pay for it?' It is characterized as taxing one set of village landholders for the benefit of another set. It also Increases the general tax of each village so that the taxation looks high and is high compared with cities elsewhere, hurt ing the sale of real estate thereby. "The argument also is very proper ly advanced that since the day of the macadam road is gone and "paved" roads (with brick, asphalt or stone) are the most economical, a village ought not to incur enormous debts for such increased marketability of his land. "The proper and right way is for the village to assess the total cost against the adjoining property, add to it the Interest on a necessary bond Issue to cover the same for a period of ten years and then collect one tenth of this total cost of the im provement from the property adjoin ing each year. The assessment is thus easily borne by the property owner, and he gets the immediate good from the improvement making his property a great deal more valu able, and he Justly bears the expense. "The village trustees of all villages of the first and second class should be given authority to make theso im provements in this way. Now their authority is too great. It enables them to improve one set of persons' property at the expense of another. In other words, the whole village pays for sidewalks and pavements In front of those of the greatest wealth on the best streets and roads and those best ablo to pay for It." The following resolution was pass ed at the fifth annual tax conference held in Albany, Jan. 21, 1915: Resolved, That the provision of the pres ent law which orders thnt the cost of street Improvement and other special Im provements shall be defrayed out of the general funds of the village Is antiquated, unjust and tends to retard modern prog ress In villages. We believe that the law should be amended so as to conform to the practice of first and second class oltles In assessing all such street and special Im provements upon the abutting property or proximate areas directly benefited, except that when an Improvement Is of direct benefit to the entire village the cost may be borne In part by the village and In part by the abutting property. SAViNG SCHOOL CHILDREN. Sanitary Measures . Now Adopted Throughout the Country. Laws requiring sanitary conditions In public school buildings have been enforced In forty-four states of the Union, according to a bulletin on "School Sanitation," Just issued by the bureau of education of the United States department of the Interior. Progress In this phase of education has been made almost entirely within the last decade. Thnt the change for the better was accomplished so rapidly was due for the most part to the readi ness of each state to profit by the ex ample of the others. A law passed in oue extreme of the country today is copied within a month or a year by an other state, perhaps 2,000 or 3.000 miles away. In thirty-eight states legal provisions regarding the school elte have been es tablished. Nearly all these provisions are state wldo in their application and are mandatory in character. Kansas was the first to revolt against the com mon drinking cup, and since that state started the crusade thirty others have followed. In the matter of cleansing and disinfecting, slightly more than one-fourth of the states have regula tions which control the conditions. The protection of one kind or another Is required in thirty-six states. Gen eral or special construction designed for fire protection Is dealt with in ten states. In ten the necessity for fire alarm systems nnd fire flghtlug ap paratus is emphasized, and In eleven the law reqnires there shall be fire Wlls. Less than hnlf the states, ac cording to the bulletin, have any legal requirements on ventilation. Public Improvements at Dallas. The city of Dallas, Tex., has asked the federal gorernmeitt for an appro priation of $2,250,000 for the con struction of a combined postoffice and federal building in the city and the erection of a substation at the Union Terminal station. AFTER ANY SICKNESS your nervous system is shattered; your strength is wasted; your digestion weakened, your blood impoverished. a the rich tonic-food to nourish your nerve-centers, repair a the wasted tissue, improve your blood-power, sharpen your appetite and gradually re-establish your strength. Get SCOTT'S for yourself, or remind some ailing friend that SCOTT'S has proven these words for thousands of others. Look for tlxis Trade-Mark. Scott & Bowne. Bloomfleld, N. 3. Oregon Metal Mine Production in 1916 Preliminary estimates of tho pro duction of metals from Oregon mine's in 191C, by the United States Geo logical Suivey, department of the in terior, shows increases over 1915 for gold, sliver and copper, and a de crease for lead. The output of gold in 1913 was $1,861,796 nnd the estimated out put for 1916 is $1,900,000, an inr crease of $38,000. The output of, silver In 1915 was 1 17,947 ounces, j and the estimated output in 1916 1 is 227,500 ounces, or 109,500 ounces I more. TIio output of copper In 1915 ! was 4.1.172 pounds and tho esti mated output In 1916 is 2,527,000 pounds, an increase for 1916 of 2, 076,000 pounds, and the output of lead in 1915 was 62,975 pounds, as compared with 22,000 pounds In 1916, or 41,000 pounds less. These I prelimlntry figures are compiled by , Charles G. Yale, of the San Francisco office of the Geological Survey. The Increase in gold is merely nominal, but that of silver has about doubled. Tho most notable increase Is in the quantity of copper, an In crease caused by the Incentive offer ed by high prices. There nre loss than a hundred pro ductive metal mines in Oregon, and the number of placers Is about double that of the deep mines. How- ever, two thirds of the gold output ; matches. So during Sunday night, and virtually all that of the other an(j untii Tuesday ho lay In the cau metals, Is derived from deep mines. ; y0n with his strength fact falling o very productive new properties because of tho cold and from the have been opened during the year, pangs of hunecr. Tuesday mornlne The entiro output of the deep mines Is derived from less than 160,000 tons of ore, having an nverage value of about $9 per ton. Baker is still the mont productive county in the state, yielding annaul ly nearly 90 per cent of all the gold. The Cornucopia and the Baker mines In the Cornucopia district, Raker county, ore tho most productive deep mines in Oregon. Other large deep mines in Baker county are those of the Commercial Mining Co. (Rain bow mine), at Rye valley, In the Mormon Basin district; of the Col umbia Gold Mines Co., at Sumpter, Cracker Creek district; and of the Homestead-Iron Dyke property, at Copperfiold, Iron Dyke district. The Powder River Dredge Co., op crating two dredges near Sumpter, Cracker Creek district, is the most productive placer mining enterprise In the tsate. In 1916 a new dredge was under construction in the John Day Valley, Grant county. Tho most productive hydraulic mine in Oregon is that on the prop erty of the Columbia Mines Co., in Placer district, Josephine county. Other notable productive hydraulic mines are the Martin & Daniels, Gal Ice district, Josephine county, and the Sterling, In Forest Creek District, Jackson county. Tho gold won by dredging far exceeds that obtained by all other forms of placer mining combined. 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In attempting to take the back trail, he found that his tracks had boen entirely obliterated by the filling snow, and he was not able to return to West Fork. He therefore went down luto a canyon away from the most severe of the storm, and built a fire. Here he stayed for two days, keeping his fire going. On Sunday he returned to the trail, thinking he could make his way out, but was still unable to proceed. When he got back to tho canyon w here he had had his fire, the flames had all died out end be had no more he thought it bost to return to ke trail whre rescue might be more probable, or where his body could be found If ho was not rescued. Dur ing the last hour of his travel he was ablo to proceed but 15 feet. Ho was near enough the trail, however, that he could make himself heard when Chas. Pittlnger came down the trail shouting, and was soon sur rounded by tho members of the res cue party. He was given such nourishment as he could take in his weakened coir dition, and was then agisted to Mor tal, arriving there at 11 o'clock Tues day night. Wednesday he was taken on down the rivor to Pittlnger's and the next day arrived at his parent home at Agnosa. Commodore Fleming, the mail carrier, was not lost at any time, for upon finding tho depth of the snow too great upon the divide he returi ed to Marlal and remained there with his pack mules till Friday. She Ran For President Only one woman was ever a presl dentlal candidate. In the campaign of 1884 Mrs. lielva A. Lockwood wus the candidate of the Equal Rights party, advocating woman .suffrage. She ob tained only about 2.500 votes out of a total of 10,000,000. Mrs. Lockwood la 1873 had been admitted to the bar of the supreme court of the District of Columbia and In IS79 was admitted to practice in the Uulted States supreme court Phone job orders to the Tidings. 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