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PAGE EIGHT Monday, May 211017 Changes In State . Compensation Law (By authority State Industrial Ac cident. 'Commission) When the amendments made to the tlon and a committee has been in state compensation law by the last ' structed by the trustees to get drafts legislature became effective on May j and prices. It will probably be placed 21, operations carried on by the'on the fountain house. state, or by counties, cities, towns, school districts, irrigation districts or ports and port commissions, may se cure the benefits of the law through proper application made to the In dustrial Accident commission. Many cities' and counties have recognized the value of this application of the compensation law, Coos county, for example, having stipulated In making contracts for road work with private contractors that all workmen employ ed should be brought under the pro visions of the law. Another of the amendments that should be kept In mind by builders and logging and lumbering operators is that which makes' payments due the compensation fund by employers a Hen upon real property upon which the labor was performed, and also upon sawlogs, spars, piles, ties or other timber, and upon lumber in yard where manufactured, labor liens only having preference over the com pensation fund Hen. Payments due the fund are also made preferred claims in bankruptcy and trustee pro ceedings, and in the administration of estates and receiverships. Misrep resentation of payrolls makes the employer liable for ten times the amount of the difference between the actual payroll and the payroll represented. Interest and penalty charges are provided for payments overdue or In default. The amendments make it possible for individual employers and for members of firms under the act to secure for themselves, through ap plication to the commission, the ben efits of the law should they be in jured while engaged on the work. Employers hereafter engaged In hazardous occupations are required to file notice with the Industrial Ac cident commission within ten days after commencing work, giving the nature of the work, and where it is the desire of the employer to reject the law, notice must be sent the com mission within three days after com mencement of the work. The same period of rejection alBO applies to the workmen. Plenty of Cars To Handle Fruit Pacific Coast fruitgrowers will do their share tn providing for the na tion's food supply, and there should be plenty of cars to handle this year's crop. This is the cheering message sent out by J. W. McClymonds, vice-presl dent and general manager of the Pacific Fruit Express, and one of the best posted men in the west on horti cultural conditions. Mr. McClymonds has Just made a survey of the situation with the view of securing all the equipment neces sary to meet the needs of the grow ers. The Pacific Fruit Express has 12, 800 of its Own cars, and is rushing the construction of 2700 additional cars which will be available shortly. In addition to this number, the P. K. E. people are leasing 2500 Armour cars to meet the emergency. McClymonds estimates that the California orange crop will be 10 per cent more than last year, and the melon crop in the Imperial valley will run from 25 to 30 per cent heavi er. Turlock melons will be about the same as last season. Deciduous tree fruit will be about the same as last season, but Cali fornia grapes will be much heavier. Twenty seven thousand cars of cit rus fruit have been handled so far with the indications pointing to all carriers loading about 60,000 cars. The P. F. E. la getting ready to handle the cantedoupe crop of the Imperial valley which will start about May 25. The acreage has been In creased from 4000 to 13,000. The P. F. E. expect to handle 6000 cars. The Turlock canteloupes will follow The deciduous fruit movement will mingle with the southern California canteloupe crop. The green fruit crop will probably call for 15,000 cars. Coos Bay Harbor it Is quite like ly that the box factory in North Bend will start operations within the next two weeks. W. I. Clarke of San Francisco, one of the new proprietors, arrived here last night. He says everything will be put in shape as soon as possible. From a general examination of the machinery this morning Mr. Clarke thought that It was in good shape and that within two weeks the plant would be ready to TOM. Club Prepared For Tourist Invasion The Commercial Club Is to erect a signboard at the Southern Pacific sta- Gnu For Auto Owners. The secretary of the Commercial Club has been Instructed to report to the trustees whenever any member of the club uses his auto In the Inter est of the city of Ashland. Each case will be taken up separately for con sideration and the owners reimburse ! for the gas and oil when in the opinion of the trustees they are enti tled to It. Si(m. The committee on signs has been Instructed to place suitable signs at the juncture of the Boulevard and Main street roads near the Homes ranch, directing tourists to take eith er road to Ashland. Aslilnml Ad In Los Angeles Pnperf, Upon recommendation of the ad vertising committee of the Commer cial Club, composed of Messrs. Reed, Banta, Chlsholm and Frohbach, an Ashland advertisement Is to be placed In the Los Angeles Times, to run for eleven week.s on Wednesday. The wording Is to bo changed with each Issue. The cost will be $42.12. This Is Ashland's first invasion of the newspaper advertising field In Cali fornia. Attention has been called to the request of the Northwest Tour ists' Association that the northwest be mentioned in connection with all tourist letters sent out, in addition to the mention of local attractions. Golf Course. The secretary of the club has been Instructed to write to F. B. Walte re garding lands across Bear creek suit able for a golf course. This Is n tentative start toward learning what such a course would cost. Band. Band concerts for the summer were given some consideration at the trus tees' meeting Tuesday, but In the ab sence of any proposition from the band no action was taken. The band will submit a proposition soon. Canning and Drying Beans and Rhubarb Whenever practicable, the house wife should dry her winter supply of fruits and vegetables and the fol lowing suggestions may be of assist ance in two very valuable articles of food that are usually canned. String beans should be prepared as for cooking and then dried In the sun or a warming oven. They will keep nicely all winter and are very delicious, but they must be soaked over night before using. By parboil ing the beans before drying, they re quire less cooking afterward. Rhurbarb should be cut Into short pieces and dried In the sun or a warming oven. For canning rhurbarb cut Into pieces 1 inches long, scald one to two minutes and cold dip, then pack tight in sterilized jars. Three pounds will fill a quart Jar. Make a syrup of one cup of sugar to one-half cup of water. This will be sufficient for one quart'. Fill crevices with syrup, put on cover, partially tighten, and sterilize 20 minutes. When rhurbarb, late in the sea son, becomes tough and fibrous, the juice may be extracted for Jelly mak ing. Sarah L. Lewis, assistant, pro fessor of domestic science at O. A. C. Railroads To Be Put On Military Basis Word comes from New York to the effect that railroad transportation will be put upon a military basis for handling the government's war busi ness, and the preliminary plans are being worked out at this time. William Sproule, president of the Southern Pacific; C. H. Levey, presi dent of the Western Pacific, and A. R. Wells of the Santa Fe conferred on the copy of plans just received In New York from Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the national railway advisory committee of the War De partment. The railroad employes will be or ganized into regiments of the enlist ed reserve corps, with division super Intendents as captains. Foremen, dispatchers, trainmasters, master me chanics and maintenance engineers will become lieutenants. The railway telephone and telegraph lines prob ably will be organized under the sig nal corps reserve. One of the first appointments to he made on the Pacific coast under this plan is that of Allen Babcock, electrical engineering expert of the Southern Pacific, ai major In the en gineer corps. Wilson Advises No Postponement President Wilson has announced that there Is no reason for postpon ing the National Education conven tion to be held at Portland July 7 to 14, and the railroads have Just sent nm.lnn thnt onanlfll rat Oa 11111 a uuuio u, ...B o,,v . 6 a"u yuorowiuu Comes the balm of Love-B ow be8B. not be abandoned for that convention, for one year of the University of Ore- Jng The program Is to center around ; gon cup. The losing team was made mBeori' Arte and greed dissolving the Idea of patriotism and prepared- Up of Rholln Cooley and Edwin Durno I Tbrougn the Son of Gpd ness, and the speakers will be some, of the Silverton high school. The! of the greatest educational thinkers j winners upheld the negative of the Lust of conflict SooIs and wanes' of the world. I question, "Resolved, that Oregon R,eht' not mlght' sI,a11 take the relns! The convention will receive the ' should adopt a compulsory health In- j ConBcIence now directs aI1 alms first report as to the effects of the'surance law embodying the essential Rlgllteousne8s aiimts a11 claims, war in France, the first report sub-1 features of the standard bill of the I Justice rules the worl(1- mitted by a teacher who is now In France on a special mission for the president, John C. Finley, president of the University of Netv York. Mr. Finley will return for the N. E, A. convention. He Is now Investigating the schools of France. It is expected I that the report will be of such signifi cance as to warrant every teacher of the Pacific coast states in attending the convention. Great Interest Is being manifested in the forthcoming convention ' in every portion of the country. It Is the first time that the Nation al Education convention has ver come to the northwest and many school boards in Oregon, Washington and Idaho are Insisting on every teacher In their employ arranging to attend its sessions. Northwest teach ers will have opportunity of spread ing the I'gospel of tho northwest" among thousands of teachers from the east. The resulting advertising ; win ne worm minions or dollars to Oregon, Washington and Idaho. It is the opportunity for each teach er to do his or her "stunt" for their own state. Must Register Although Exempt Portland, Ore., May 21. Every man between the ages of 21 and 30 years, inclusive, must register on the day proclaimed by President Wilson for the war census. There will be no exceptions to this rule. Even if a man belongs to one of the exempt classes, he nevertheless must register if he is between 21 and 30 years of age. The government will determine who is to be exempt after its records are complete. Brigadier General Geo. A. White, adjutant general of Oregon, working under the idrectlon of Governor James Withycombe, has put the ma chinery to work and his first request of every man .affected by the census Is that he make a careful study of Its provisions to eliminate all possible confusion at the polls Registering for the war census should be no more confusing than casting a vote1. The general plan for gathering the data for the govern ment Is based on the ballot system. If every man is ready, war census day will pass like clockwork. The man who tries to evade the provision will face a term in jail without the option of paying a fine. In almost every case throughout the state the census will be taken In the regular polling places used on elec tion days. GOLD HILL ITEMS J. E. Hutson, formerly of this place better known as Doc Hutson, in writ ing to his father, J. M. Hutson, In forms dad that he Is now located at Malta, Montana. That he is employ ed by the government at water bailiff in one of the large irrigation proj ects of that place; that Mr. and Mrs. Merton Thompson, Rufus Thompson and William Thompson, formerly of this city, are also located near Malta. The city has Installed automatic cutoff faucets to the drinking foun tains throughout the city. This was done for the purpose of making a sav ing of watei. which was wasted under the old system. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Merritt, of this city, visited their old home In Cen tral Point Sunday. While there, Mr. Merritt his orchard tracts near that place, investigating their wants. Mrs. Tobe Brouse and infant son, formerly pf Gold Hill, arrived Sun day morning from Salem to visit her aunt, Mrs. D. H. Miller, for a few days). Before returning she will visit friends at Medford and other points in the valley. Mrs. E. D. Weston of Medford was here visit ing Mrs. Miller Sunday and to greet the visitor. Mr. Tobe Is employed as a guard at the Oregon penitentiary at Salem. J. W. Herron of this city left for San Francisco last Thursday to visit his son, Willie Herron, a naval re cruit, who leaves in a few days on a cruise for an unknown destination. The Co-operative Cheese Associa tion has selected a site for a factory at Estacada. Wins Debate Title University of Oregon, Eugene, May 14. Guy Davis and Arthur Rudd Fri day night won for their high scliool at Joseph, in Wallowa county, the championship of the Oregon High f QMirtfl PlnlialA T nncvim n .1 . American Association for Labor Leg- ' islatlon." The debate, which was held In Guild hall, on the campus, was judged by Dean Collins of the, Portland Oregonian; Jesse McCord, principal of the Montavilla school, Portland, and I. H. Van Winkle. The arbiters Etood two for the negative and one for the affirmative. Joseph won from a field of 72 teams. Previ ous winners of the state title are Albany, 1912; North Bend, 1913; Pendleton, 1914; Salem, 1915, and Crook County high school, Prineville, 1916. To gain permanent possession of the trophy one high school must win it three times. J Qur neart8 i3 filled with rage. .'Salem Secretary of State OlcottiYou can bet against a stack of blues has completed the mailing of the j We'll get the man we're after; pamphlets for the special election to We start something and never lose be held June 4. A total of 311,692 We'll string him to a rafter, pamphlets were malled.and the post-jThls greazer gent of whom we speak age totaled $3116 92. All electors la fmre a menslev HCiim: who registered recently will receive copies of the pamphlet as soon as their names are forwarded to the secretary. Eugene Plans are virtually com plete for the Western Oregon Corn show to be held in Eugene under the auspices of the Pomona grange, Dec. 11, 12 and 13. The show will be In the nature of a great harvest fes tival and is planned on an elaborate scale. It is to be made an annual event and would be to Eugene what the rose festival Is to Portland, the j the roundup to Pendleton. A building boom is on at Stanfield. A 100-car capacity fruit warehouse Is to be built of hollow tile. Phone job orders to the Tidings. llilill l I 1 T t 1 IJ I I I I I ll IJMjMllllf ItTT' ANOTHER GOOD Subscription Bargain it ! it tit t it xtt it it This Is a tt I4mMMMMMMntniMtMMHHMMMMIIMUMM;MIMMHIM?lM t 1 1 Home Poets THE DAWJf OF PEACE (By Mary Agnes Daily, Talent, Ore.) The day of peace is slowly dawning, Dismal might of war is passing; jWake! ye nations of the earth, To a nobler, grand rebirth; Llfe an1 He'11 an(l harmony, Peace1, good-will, prosperity, Through divine humanity. In unity the nations stand, Naught can sever nor disband; Face to face, hand clasping hand, Lo! the Brotherhood of Man! IX DAYS GOXE 15 V. (By "Jeff" Taverner.) Jake and I, we forks our steeds And breezes through the sage, I For we're out for desperate deeds He's such a cowardly, skulkln' sneak ; We surely hates him some, We stakes this greazer to a feed 'Cause he is out of luck, And he swipes our sack of hoss feed And lights out on the buck. When Jake and I lamps this here Mex j We'll surely stretch his neck; When us he ruminates to vex He hits some trouble then, by heck! Whoa! three, Pocahontas. See that dust cloud, Jake? Get your shooter ready, pardner, j Here's where we make a take. But now this greazer's dead and gone, Our story has to end. He's departed down that long, long trail, His ways we had to mend. Phone news items to he Tidings 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 for all . . . $4.90 Our price on this combination $ 7 Q r only . . JUJ And the Companion Home Calendar for 1917, FREE Saving to Yoa 1 M ill 'Z Eugene"! Ore. The Booth-Kelly Lumher Company has announced a wage increase averaging 60 cents a day for all workmen In the woods and mills at Wendllng and Spring fleld. The lowest wage to be paid under the new scale is $2.60 fpr com mon labor. The company1 last month carried 757 men on Its payrolls. . A new two-story business block hi planned for Coos Bay. The canning and pickling factory at Milton Is preparing to operate. Classified Advertisements TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. "BURLEY, IDAHO. May 15, 1917 Editor Tidings: I am interested In your locality and expect to visit your town before long. Please send me the Tidings for six months. I want to see what you have for sale." (Editor's note: The Tid ings receives such letters as this every day. Ashland Is getting ad: vertlsed well abroad and many peo ple are looking this way. Citizens Bhould advertise what real estate they have for sale in the Tidings and reach these prospective buyers even before they come to Ashland.) FURNITURE FOR SALE As I am about to leave Ashland, I am sell ing off my household goods. Any one wishing articles of furniture at a very low price may call at 399 Beach street between now and the 25th. it FOR EXCHANGE One ladies and one gentlemen's gold hunting easy wrftch, in perfectly good running order. Will exchange ior Belgian hares and young hens. Inquire at Tidings office. 104-tf FOR SALE Ten acres, one mile from Murphy, six from Grants Pass. Six-room house; partly cleared and fenced. Price $12.50. Would take car or good team as part payment. J. L. Green, Route 2, Grants Pass. It WANTED A horse to use for his feed. Good care given. Address G. G. L., care Tidings. 104-2t BEAUTIFULLY FURNISHED ' HOUSE FOR RENT Overlooking park; six rooms, modern. For the summer at $25 per month. En quire at Tidings office. ' 104-tf FOR SALE The best piece of ground, the best Improvements, and the closest in five acres, with five room bungalow and all outbuild ings, plenty of water for Irrigating, that you can find anywhere near Ashland. Fifteen minutes' walk: from postoffice. Not In city limits. Four acres In alfalfa, balance of . ground now planted in garden truck. Price $3,500. Reasonable terms. II. L. Sinclair, Ashland, Ore 104-tf of $f.05 i HIM IIIIMM