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Monilny, May 7, 1017
ASTILAXD TIDINGS
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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