Monday, March SO, 1917
ASIILAVD TIDINGS
PAGE SEVER
Mothers, get your boya pair;
of Oxfords at
The qualities previouply sold from
2 25 to $3.25
VAU PEL'S
$1.85
Praises Jackson
County Offices
Following la a report rendered by
J. H. Wilson, certified accountant,
of Corvallis, Ore., who was appointed
by the county court to make an offi
cial examination of the books of the
county offices. The report is for the
year 1916 and is reproduced in lull:
County Asesiior.
The assessor made personal prop
erty assescments which he collected
during the year 1916 to the amount
of $8,931.72, and this amount he de
posited in the treasury in December,
1916. This is the largest assessor's
collection I hare found this year In
the twelve counties which I audit,
and the assessor is to be highly com
mendod for his diligence li this mat
ter. It la beyond question that a
large amount of this money would
be lost to the county If the assessor
bad not been thus diligent
The County Recorder.
The recorder has earned and col
lected the sum of J3.S5l.S0 during
the year 1916, which has been depos
ited In the treasury, in monthly de
posits as earned. His fee book shows
every transaction in the records with
the correct amount, and the totals
in the fee book agree with the
amounts deposited in the treasury.
The recorder has a perfect record,
every cent is properly accounted for.
and his record exhibits perfect work.
He is having the indoxes of his deeds
corrected, and the number of correc
tions being made therein ernflrm the
necessity for this work. The value
of the record is determined by the
corTectreee of the indexes. And
where, an in one case, forty omissions
were found on one record book, it is
readily seen that such c. set of in
dexes were wholly inadequate. The
system in vogue is the stme as 1b
being generally adopted within the
state, but in making the Indexes,
when this system was installed, the
old indexes were simply copied, and
therefore the new system was as Im
perfect as the old system. And no
man could go to the indexes and de
termine whether he owned a tract of
land or not, but must relv upon the
abstractors, of which Jackson county,
fortunately, haB a good set. That is
to say, there is a pood set o:' abstracts
in the county, but not owned by the
county.
The County Clerk.
The county clerk has earned and
collectod during the year the sum of
$5,007.80, which amount he has de
posited in the treasury, in monthly
installments as collected. His war
rant register or claim rtcord from
which warrants are drawn correspond
with the bills filed and passed upon
bv the county court. His game
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license issue n n ucuu Duuumcv.
thu ai'ita pump wanta:). and the
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report shows a claim oi J.su over
paid. His scalp bounty record agrees
with the warrants issued for scalps.
nnd the state's half has all been re
funded, the last two remittances hav
ing been received in January and
February, 1917.
The county clerk i3 peculiarly well
adapted to the handling of that of
fice. In several matters he has In
stalled methods of handling the busi
ness which have not only made the
record more accessible and conven
ient, out which have saved the boun
ty considerable sums of money like,
for Instance, in the matter of envel
opes for electl n supplies. The law
says how those supplies shall go out,
and the supply houses furnishing en
velopes, printed, chargo largely in
excess of the amount. It costs the
county under Mr. Gardner, who, by
a simple dovlce, answering the re
quirements of the law quite as well,
has made a substantial saving, run
ning into several hundred dollars
each election in that matter. This is
one of the large clerk's offices, and
will soon become larger when the
records are placed in the clerk's
hands, and it is well to realize that
the clerk Is fully qualified and indus
trious and diligent enough to keep
the office up to a high degree of effi
ciency. The Sheriff.
The ohcrlff has collected and de
posited lu the treasury mileage to
the amount of $480.05. But he de
posited also $10 in adldtl.m thereto
in the month of July. 1916. which
amount he is entitled to have re
turned to bim.
As Tax Collector
He has collected the following
amounts:
In 1912 and pi lor years.. $ 8,181.37
1913 3,323.65
1914 67,260.55
1915 629,718.54
All of these collections he has de
posited In the treasury, and of which
for 1912, $13.11; 1913. $5.78; 1914,
$7.05; 1915. $571.93; total, $597.
87, was deposited January 3, 1917.
I mention this to save confusion in
future audits.
In addition to this, the sheriff
seems to have had on hard a small
balance, between $7 and S, which
he deposited during January. 1917.
This was entirely outaide the record,
and supposed to be differences in
making change.
The Treasurer.
The treasurer had on hand
January 1. 1916 $168,887.49
During the year 1916 he
received from all 30urec3
the sum of 748,719.31
Making a total of $917,606.80
He paid ont during 1916 the sum
of $738,131.29, leaving a balance of
$179,475.51 in the treasury January
1, 1917.
All of his receipts correspond with
the amounts deposited by the several
officers, under audit, and rs to those
deposits which were made from out
side sources, like remittances from
the state officials, etc., they corre
spond with the receipts issued by the
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Movie Matters
How the Chaplin Walk Oi iglnated.
In the April Woman's Home Com
panion Charlie Chaplin telis how his
famous walk originated.
"I used to live In tho vicinity of
the old Queen's Head in Lambeth.
London had been my stamping ground
since I was a baby," he informs us.
"The Queen's Head was a 'pub.'
There wan a cab stand near by and
an old character they called 'Rummy'
Binks was one lof the landmarks. He
had a bulbous noso, a crippled, rheu
matic body, a tjwoMen and distorted
pair of feet, and the most extraordi
nary pair of trouBcr3 I ever saw. He
must have got them from n giant, and
he was a little man.
"When I saw Rummy shuffle his
way across the pavement to hold a
cabman's horse for a penny tip, I was
fascinated. Tho walk was so funny
to me that I imitated it When I
showed my mother ho Rummy
walked, she begged me to stop be
cause it was cruel to Imitate a mis
fortune like that. But while she
pleaded she had her apron stuffed
'in her mouth. Then she went Into
the pantry and giggled fo- ten min
utes. "Day after day I cultivated that
walk. It became an obsession.
Whenever I pulled It. I was sure of
a laugh. Now, no matter what else
I may do that Is amusing. I can never
get away from the walk.
"Not long ago I went on In a New
York theatre to say a few words. I
was in orthodox evening dress. The
audience behf.ved aa though it was
tongue-tied. So was I. I began to
get uncomfortable. The occasion was
too solemn ,for words. I q ilt talking
and, seizing an inspiration. T shuffled
off the stage with my Rummy walk.
The roar that broke loose In that
house amazed me. I had to -shuffle
back and then shuffle off agnin. Then
I had to shuffle on again and talk,
and every word I said drew a roar
of laughter simply because of the
shufle."
For Release in 1027.
Mary Plckford Rupp, boiter known '
as "Mary Plckford the saeond," who
is Lottie Plckford'a small daughter:
end a niece of "little Mary," is hav- j
lng Interesting times planned far her
by aunty. Moving plcturos havo been :
taken of practically all tho events of
her little life'. They have her in all
sorts of cunning baby poses, crying, j
laughing, being perambulated to im
portant events, and in all sorts of in
teresting adventures wdth various
memberu of tho screen nnd stage, not
referring to tho entire Pickferd con
nections. The reels are to be care
fully put away and they will be pre
sented to Mary II on, say, about her
twelfth birthday.
Money.
About r.0.000 mijes of movie film, !
enough to stretch twice around the
earth, passed through United States i
custom hcises In 1916.
About 4.1,000 miles of this was!
American film being exported.
The National City Rank of New j
York values this export at nearly j
The Imports of film In 1916 were j
valued at $1,000,000.
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treasurer. All of his vouchers for
payment are in order, duly proven,
and filed in the clerk's office.
All of the officers enumerated
above aro entitled to have their offi
cial bonds exonerated, so fat as the
handling of county funds is con
cerned It is seldom I can find a
county where every cent has been
Fifty prints of "Max Comes
Across," Max lender's first Essanny
comedy, are said to have been sunk
when the stepmship Laconla was tor
pedoed. The prints were destined to
be distributed throughout England,
Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Regrets.
Whiskers at $5 a Pay.
Bandit whiskers are not worth $5 j
a day as scenery, maintained a direct-
or In a Los Angeles court. The whls- j
kern were grown by an actor, who i
claimed that he should receive more
than the usual $2 a day for his serv-!
Ices. "Since he carries whickers with i
him all the time, and doesn't have to
take time to mako up every morning,
like the other actors do,"' declared ;
the director, "he should ge' even leBS j
than he did before. He can lie in bed
an hour later than the rest of the
company does, for It takes that long :
for the whiskerless actors to glue
theirs on." !
Comply With the Law
AND USE '
Printed Butter
Wrappers
ACCORDING to the luting of the Oregon
Dairy and Food Commission all dair
butter'sold or exposed for sale in this state
must be wrapped in butter paper upon which
is printed the word "Oregon Dairy Butter,
16 (or 32) ounces full weight," with the name
and address of the maker.
To enable patrons of the Tidings to easily
comply with this ruling this office has put in
a supply, of the standard sizes of butter paper
and will print it in lots of 100 sheets and uj
ward and deliver it by parcels post at th fol
lowing prices:
100 Sheets, IS or 32 ounces
1.50
250 Sheets, IS or 32 ounces $2.15
500 Sheets, 16 or 32 ounces
$3.25
Send your orders to us by mail accompan
ied by the price of the paper and it will be
promptly forwarded to you by parcel poet,
prepaid.
We use the best butter paper obtainable,
and our workmanship is of the best. Let us
have your order and you will not regret it.
Ashland Tiding's
Ashland, Oregon 1
Expensive Popularity.
When !t comes to sperding some
$400 each month for photographs and
stamps all because of nn unnum
bered crowd of admirers then Miss
The policeman? (Why doesn't
some film factory hire a regular po
liceman who knows how to act like
Theda Bara Is right willing to admit !0ne?)
the life of a screen favorite Is not all The far west! (Where'd the au
pleasure and play. For that is what ' thor send the hero If it wasn't for the
the Fox "vampire" does. In addition, far west, eh?)
much of her time is given to answer- j
I IltM vuiuuiliiuim cui i vniiunuriiuc. i TSUH UOM, Qesinng a lUIHlug u,iu
properly accounted ,tor, ana Jacsson yet jilss Bara is frank lo say she .'having no birthday of her own in tho
county can now claim to be In every
respect a model county. This is
especially gratifying to mo for I havo : who makes the stars.
seen the evolution, In Jackwn county,
from the old-time methods of hit and
miss, to this perfection, and I more
than suspect thf.t this gratifying re
sult Is, at least In part, due to tho
fact that periodical audits are in
vogue.
Is not bothered by the expanse ofinPflr future, presented he. husband,
trouble, for, ffter all. it l the "fan" Sessue Hayakawa,, with one on his
Jackie Snnndcrs, who, by way of
little excitement, has just signed a
contract to appear In a sortca of Mu
tual pictures. Miss Banndcrs does it
every morning. Bhe has a habit o(
turning her hand to anything. Thi
toft, lacy pajamas which she wears,
for instance, are her own handiwork,
aa la the dainty can.
Where'd Movies Be Without
Eucalyptus trees?
The heaving chest and rolirg eyes?
The guy who walks over you just
as you get seated?
The ungrammatical sublitle?
birthday. "I had to get th.i dog right
;away or lose him, so I go! him for
'you, but, of course, he is m'ne," the
lady naively remarked to her spouse.
j There is no doubt every one would
take morning bending exercises If
,they could look as charming as Miss
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kiddies as well as
the older ones can
safely enjoy
Medford Boys Would
Become Army Fliers
Medford Tribune: Two hundred
people gathered at tho Southern Pa
cific station Sunday night to give a
sendoff to fourtoon of Medford's
young men who left for Portland,
where they will take examination
preliminary to entering the aviation
section of the army.
At Vancouver barracks the men
will take heurt and lung tests, and
those successful in punning thes
thests will be sent to the Presidio at
San franclsoo, where more strict
j heart and nerve tests will bo taken,
'if this last Uit is successfully passed
jtlie men will be .sent on to the avia
tion barracks at San Diego, which
I are considered to be the best equip-
pi'd In the west.
j The men have enlisted for a period
j of seven yean. (lie. first three In tho
active service and the following four
j years In reserve. However, If any
complete (he course In one year with
a sufficiently liih standing, I hey will
I then be trainl'ei i d to the reserve
I list for the last six years.
! Those leaving hist night werer
I Frank McKen, Verb' Kellogg, Seely
Hall,, l.loyd Williamson, Pelhert
.lones, Huston Ung, Karl Ling, Jay
Olmstead, Dnn Watson, Noel Burlier,
Tommy Scantlin, O. II. Morehouse,
Russell Semon and Kenneth Baker.
Stewart Torny and Mark Leonard
expect to follow Tuesday niuht.
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