4 Monilny, May 7, 1017 ASTILAXD TIDINGS PAGE SEVER Here and There Among Our Neighbors j The annual state grange meeting which was to have been held May 8 has been postponed until June 12. MattI KulJI, a logger, commute! suicide at Portland Tuesday by Jump ing Into the river from the Burnslde bridge. During the month of April 26 ves- gels loaded with lumber from lower Columbia river mills. Their com- bincd cargoes totaled 22,521,557 feet. A justice of the peace, two lawyers and hiu'f a dozen witnesses put In half a day at Lebanon recently In de ciding which of two persons were en t'tled to receive the rental of $2.50 a year for a town lot. Several thousand acres of land along Catherine creek In I'nlon coun ty are flooded by the unusually high waters. Many bridges have been swept away and many buildings are in danger. Corvallls high school girl gradu- 1 el uervais, wno resides near mi ates this year will wear graduating bur. was Tuesday evening drowned gowns costing a sum In strict con formity with the universal disposition toward economy not more than $3. Such Is the edict Issued by the board of education. Twelve hundred pounds of pota- toes were recently shipped from nnrnt ranch. In Sisklvou countv. through the Weavervllle postoffice to Marysvllle. Burnt ranch is forty miles down the Trinity river from I Weavervllle and the shipment was Martin Stanley of Midland was ac profltable in view of the high price cldentally drowned a few days ago in of potatoea I the Barrow pit In the Lower Klam- . ath lake straits, while out in his duck The United Copper Company of boat, on which he had a high mast Grave Creek district recently opened and a sail. When he did not return op a rich streak of sulphide ore, and at night his mother became alarmed this, is being shipped along with the and a search was Btarted. The body concentrates from the mine to the was found In the straits about a mile smetter at Tacoraa. The company has and a hai'f from Midland and eight Just installed an equipment of set- feet, from shore. It is believed the tllng tanks and Jigs, and the first boat was capsized by the wind and week's run amounted to 21 tons. Yreka News: Joe Bowef, the stage man who has the contract to carry Klamath Falls Herald: Abraham the ma! between Hornbrook and Charlie, chief of police of the Klam Happy Camp, was In Yreka the last ath Indian reservation, was In the of the week. Mr. Bower said the Cit(y Saturday night on his way to roads along the Klamath are drying Lost river to notify all Indians to and will be passable for machines return to the reservation to their about May 15. He Is running his farms to put In crops for the season. autos as far as Walker. His business has been exceptionally good this year. The task of moving the transform' er stations between the Dwinnell sub station and Grenada by the Callfor- the interest they are taking in their nla-Oregon Power Company has been work, completed and the power on the new i 10.000 line turned on. Hereafter the I Sa,em Journal: Seventy-five thou servlce from Grenada to Gazelle will gand doIlars lg the capital of the To be handed by the Grenada station. ,edo & glletz Railroad Company that The work of wiring In the motors ror the new dudid station for Grenada will be commenced next Commissions have been issued by the governor to the first two mem- bers of a company of 100 Boy Scout game wardens whom State Game Warden ShoemaKer is organizing. The two are Marlon Stroup and Roy Anderson, both of Portland. The purpose of the organization is to de- velop higher ideals of sportsmanBnip and to encourage the boys to protect fish and game. What might have been a disastrous Are occurred in tne naseme.u n u. . euerscn b cichihhs ' . establishment at Yreka Tuesday bi- ternoon Ernest Cooley was running the dusting machine when suddenly the clothing in it caught fire In a short time the flames spread to the room above. The fire was soon extiiv gulshed through the efforts of volunteers. . 'a distance of about 15 miles. A sur Schedules of pay for piece work has begn put at wQrk in fruit and vegetable canneries' of on the rod ftnd u g expected tnat Oregon, including minimum wage for $25 wl, be gpent ln Its construc such employes, were adopted Tuesday when compIeted a score of ,)lg hy the Industrial welfare commWon. ! ruck wi )e put on tfce job The rates are, in the main, the same haung tne ore for sh!pment. A big as those prevailing for similar work wl be requlred for in California. Under the new ruling, which will become effective in sixty days, experienced employes are to re ceive 16 cents an hour minimum and inexperienced employes 13 cents an hour. The rulings are of importance to thousands of women employes in canneries throughout the state. ASHLAND LUMBER COMPANY Dealers In LUMBER Shingles. Lath. Sash. Doors. Roofing Papers.- Cordwood, Factory Block Wood The Greenland farm, near Murphy, recently shipped two carloads of stook to Portland and. sold In the market for an aggregate of $4,400 above shipping expenses. One animal In the lot weighed over a ton and brought the owner $190. Clinton Cook, the manager, on Monday sold I 37 head of sheep at $13.50 a head. He has the foundation for a Shroo- shire herd and proposes to breed this type, . . Medford Tribune: "Absolutely guilty," replied O, F. Dltwller, a traveling map salesman of San Fran cisco, when arraigned Thursday be fore Judge Tay'or on the charge of Intoxication. Dltwller was so "dead drunk" he was carried from a train Wednesday n!ght into the depot. He was given a suspended fine of $10 and costs, and it was not until his trial was over that he discovered that he 'was in Medford and not In Ash land, as he had thought. Joe Gervals, familiarly known as In the North Umpqua river about three miles above Wlnchepter. The uccldent occurred about 0 o'clock In the evening while Steve Short and ! Gervais were crossing tiie river In a . boat to secure some timber, the small craft striking a hidden snag which capsized the boat, throwing both men lnt0 tlie rlver' Short Swam ashore' but Gervais out before reaching the bank. the boy was known to be a poor swim mer. He was 19 years old. They will return home, according to Charlie', and this 1s going to be a busy year for the Indians, both in agricul ture and stockralslng, owing to the national food shortage and crisis and fed artIcIe9 of incorporation with the corporation commissioner this morning. The company Is to operate and maintain a logging railroad in Lincoln county. The incorporators are c E Bade j B Miller and c E Putnam, Tnese 8ame incorporators organze,i tne gnetz Logging Corn- wlth a ,tal of j3O,O00. The ff, . both companies is in Port' ,and A certlficate of dissolution of the HolIy Condensed Milk Company wag fiIed today- The group of chrome ore tracts on ha Illlnnla rlvpr In the. vlrlnltv of have recentIy pftgged )nto handg rf R j Rowen whQ fa making preparations to work the y on R )arge gca,e ExpIora. fap done )nd,cntes that an lmmense quanUty of the avala))e and t ,8 onIy a matter onn,fQflnil tn raaU,.a nn the properties. The first step 1s the con struction of a truck road from the claims to the main h'ghway at Selma, min'ng and handling the ore. Ashland Transfer & Storage Co. C. F. Bates, Proprietor Wood, "Peacock" and Rock Springs I loai ana lemeni PHONE 117 I Office 99 Oak Street. Ware- ; ; house on track near depot. Ashland, Oregon Postmasters To Be Appointed on Merit An executive order Issued by Presi dent Wilson provides for the future appointment of first, second and third class postmasters by competitive clv'l service examination. Incumbents of office are not af fected, but In the future when vacan cies occur as the resm't of death, res ignation or removal, the civil service commission will hold open, competi tive examinations. The name of the highest eligible candidate will then be submitted to the president. Mo person more than 65 years old shall be examined. Although the order is framed to j remove postmasters from politics, the senate has the right to reject the president's appointees. . PfiHtmnster General's Statement. Postmaster General Burleson made this statement about the order: "Incumbent postmasters rendering good service and who continue to ad m'nlster the affairs of their officei with ability WiV not be disturbed in such offices by any recommendation made by the head of the department. It Is due them, however, at this t'me to make it clear that hereafter super visory officials of the department will be more exacting In the enforcement of those postal rules and regulations wh'ch make for increased efficiency, and postmasters will not only be ex pected to devote their time during office hours to a proper administra tion of their respective offices, but thay will be required to thoroughly acquaint themselves with the various postal activities under the'r charge and In the future to occupy such part of their time not properly given to administrative work to the perform ance of some part of those activities." John C. Koons, first assistant post master general, dea'ared the execu tive order to be "the most advanced step ever taken toward increased ef ficiency and bus'nessllke administra tion, and that no doubt the necesasry legislation to place the positions en tirely within the classified civil serv ice will be enacted in the near fu ture." Called "Most Progressive Order." "This Is one of the most progress sive orders ever Issued by a presi dent," declared George T. Keyes, sec retary of the National Civil Service Reform League, in a statement issued relative to the new order. The state ment says, in part: "The National Civil Service Reform League is happy to recognize this act of Pres'dent Wilson and Postmaster General Burleson as a long step to ward democratic efficiency, "The people of this country will applaud the action, as they always applaud every move for governmental efficiency; but especially at this time, when the extraordinary emergency of the nation requires the most econom ical and efficient use of the country's resources, there is no place for po llt'cal spoilsmen. "Since the Introduction of the spoils system over eighty years ago, down to date, these presidential postmastershlps have been treated as the perquisites of the senators and representatives of the party in power. No president has been willing until now to depart from this system and assert his constitutional! right of nom ination. ' "Merely Administrative." "Postmasters, of course, have noth ing to do with the determination of administrative policy. They are mere ly administrators, a degree higher in Fire Insurance When your house Is burning up. your neighbors will all stand around until It Is a litle pile of ashes, then walk off. and there will be nothing standing but the chimneys. We go right after your money for you. Our companies all pay cash; no waiting or parleying. We keep up with your pol icy; that's our business, and we makt it our business to give you the best service possible. That's vthy we are your friends af ter the fire. Billings Agency Real Estate and Real inxn ranee 41 ham Min Phone til United States ' :?i V.J ! Photo by American Press Assorliitlon. The Wyoming displaces 2(1.000 tuns twelve-Inch guns. She carries a crew rank than their subord!nates in the classified service. Until now they hav been part of the polit'cal army encamped in every corner of the coun try collectors of customs and inter nal revenue", district attorneys and United States marshals. Their use as political agents of the party In power Is a prostitution of the clvlj service. "Under an executive order some what similar to this the consular and diplomatic services have Improved materially, ai'though the constitution still required confirmation of the nom'natlons by the senate. The sen ate has not obstructed the reclama tion of the consular and diplomatic services, and there is nA reason to fear It will do so in the case of the postmastershlps. "Senators are recogntelng more and more that patronage Is a liability and not an asset The league believes that those senators who must devote at the present time particular atten-lin which to enter the name and de tion to matters of national and inter-! scrlptlon of all persons purchasing national policy will herald the presl-isuch weapons." The communication dent's order as 'an executive action to relieve members of the senate from the burden and liabilities of patron age contests.' "Tho merit system Is not a party question. Men of all parties have sup ported it. By supporting the present order the democratic majority has a precious opportunity to install itself in the confidence of many millions of t ... ,ym i ii i i i l 111 J; ; ANOTHER GOOD Subscription Bargain It 1 1 , Our price on only . . til This Is a Ki 1 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 Super-Dreadnought Wyoming fU nnd is !502 feet loiig and carries twelve of 1,043 olllcers and men. intelligent and patriotic Americans , without distinction of party." Must Report Sale Of Revolvers All Jackson county doalers In re volvers and side arms must comply with the stato law govern'ng sales of such weapons and make dally reports to Sheriff Jennings of any such sales. The state authorities plan to strictly enforce the carrying concealed weap ons law from now on. Sheriff Ralps Jennings received on Thursday a communication from A. V. Lawrence, state printer, calling attention to the law and stating that "every dealer in the business of sell ing or displaying of revolvers, pistols or other small arms that can be con cealed on the person shall obtain a legal register from the state printer asks the sheriff for a list of all deal ers in Jackson county who Intend handling small weapons for sale after May 21, and states that daily reports of sales must be made to the sheriff in compliance with the law. J. M. Beaver is visiting at Apple gate at present with his daughter, Mrs. Christine Harr. The Ashland Tidings, regular price . $2.00 The Youths Companion, regular price $2.00 McCall's Magazine, regular price . . 75c One McCall's Pattern, price (. . . . 15c Regular price lor all . . . $4.90 this combination And the Companion Home Calendar for Saving to You 1 1 1 1 1 in .i.i V mi i.i.iiHMfflV.llli'1, ', 'ttffi Tickets Delivered While You Wait A new step in ra!lroad service has been taken by the Southern Pacifio Company In the establishment In the larger cities allong the coast of a ticket delivery system. Hereafter, the busy housewife or the harassed man of affairs can telephone for tick ets, Pullman reservations or scrip books, and have them delivered tr home or office by special messenger. Whether It Is a demand for transpor tation around the world, across the continent, or merely a quick trip down the coast, the ticket agent on the other end of the phone Is now prepared to take your order just ai is the grocer and the butcher. The plan has just been put ia oper ation in San Francisco and Los An geles and met with such a hearty weir come that Charles S. Fee, passenger traffic manager, will includo it in the service system now be'ng extended over the company's lines. "Telephonic tickets" will be sup plemented by a bureau of general In formation and service whereby pa trons of the Southern Pacific muf utilize every resource at the com pany's disposal. Phone newg items to he Tiding. "Nearest to glgSS Everything" 1 HOTEL MANX G9 iMVil D..IICl SVFarroll U Son Francisco II In the heart of the 'fia business, shopping l hH and theatre district. ,"- uvl . . . LtiiKunning uisunea icert.a inl wntpr in pvprv room. ts:J 38 Our nil ' -. ... rnmmnninnc tnt: " a FTT 1 UtU lobbv.finescrvice.and w will attract you. m European Plan rates m $1.00 up. ft b .M Masagenent wjj' W.B. James Sr VS $ 3.85 1917. Ml of $J.05 M III I ! rTTtTTTTTTTTT