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-
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TroutdaIe,Oregmi.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Investigations by the Forest Prod
ucts Laboratory, at Madison, Wis.,
have resulted in the use of spend tan
bark in the macufacturo of asphalt
shingles to the extent of 160 tons
per week. The value of the bark
has been thereby Increased from 60
conts to $2. GO per ton.
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Two Days in Snow
Without Fire
The story of tho hardships under
gone by Tom Rilea, who was lost
for several day3 in the mountains
west of Grants Pass, Is told as fol
lows In 'lie Giants Pass Courier:
Mr. Lucas states that Tom Rilea
had arrived at the homo of his par
ents at Apness before he left. Rilea
was in b id condition from exposure
jand from his long fast, but was gain
ing strength und will soon be all
right agp.ln. When Rilea left West
Tork on Priday morning of last week
he expected to make his way over
the trail in a few hours. He left
without breakfast and carried no
lunch with him. On arriving at the
top of the divide, nine miles from
West Fork, the Btorm was blowing
so badly that he could not proceed
against it. 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
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