ASHLAND TIDINGS
Established 1876
) . Published every Monday and Thursday by
THE ASHLAND riUXTlXQ COMPANY (Incorporated)
Harvey R. Ling Business Manager
Bert R. Greer Editor
Lynn Mowat . City EUtor
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ASHLAND IS PATRIOTIC
Any doubt as to Ashland's patrio
tism has been removed. This city
will be practically depleted of young
unmarried men when the 1st com
pany is called Into service. Already
probably fifty who make Ashland
their home have enlisted in other
branches. And the men and women
who are unable to fight are show
ing an equally ready response to
the demands which are being made
upon them. The Liberty bond allot
ment cf this city was over-subscribed
$11,550 and indications point toward
a Red Cross donation from Ashland
which will surpass even the fondest
hopes of those at the head of the
work.
To us the most gratifying feature
of the response has been the "we are
ready" spirit which has met the com
inittees. In practically every instance
the response has, been greater than
the amount asked and the workers
have been met with open checkbook
Instead of an unresponsive attitude,
Ashland Is patriotic and will be
just 33 ready for the demands of the
future.
SERVICES ABSOLUTELY FREE.
Many lines of business have been
complimented for the loyal work they
have done in aiding the government
in Its groat plan of preparedness.
Behind this nil stands one Indus
try, without which little could have
been accomplished.
The newspaper made It possible to
spread broadcast over our land in a
single day the appeals of the govern
ment to Its citizens In all walks of
life.
The newspapers alone made it pos
sible to explain to the nation the
plans which permitted the registra
tion of 10,000,000 names In a single
day.
On the newspapers fell the burden
of advising the public of the details
of the Liberty bonds and educating
the citizens to purchase these securi
ties. On the newspapers falls the work
of informing the people of the Red
Cross plans to raise $100,000,000 In
the United States.
AH of this work Is done freely,
cheerfully and without pay.
Publishers are probably the only
class of men who as a whole are fur
nishing their services free to the gov
ernment. Is there any other line of business
exhibiting the same class of patriot
ism? Now is the time to give the
publisher credit and not after he Is
dead.
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AT LEADING DIUHIITI jfj
THE DRAFT SLACKERS
Latest figures of registration In
dicate that at least a million men
liable to military service have failed
to give In their names. f
During the Civil war many men
slipped over the line into Canada.
Some will do It now, and claim ex
emption there from the prospective
conscription act, on the ground that
they are American citizens.
The tramp and criminal class will
be rounded up with gieat difficulty.
If questioned, they will always be
over 31 years of age. Fellows of this
type would never register unless
dragged up by the collar and then
they would give fictitious names.
They are not fearful of Jail sentences
and find them handy In cold weather
at-least.
There are some men who as a re
sult of low mentality never do the
normal and manly things. They have
dodged law and citizenship for years
and think they can do It in this In
stance. They will find fooling with
United States officers is something
of a different proposition than deal
ing w ith local politicians.
It Is up to good citizens to keep
watch of chirncters supposed to be
slippery, and Inquire If they have
registered. Most of these would say
they had, thinking that people would
not bother to confirm their state
ments. . Tint It may be useful to let
them know they are watched. Em
ployers should Inquire of unknown
applicants for work if they have reg
istered, and their statements should
he verified. A man who will dodge
his duty to governmentwlll be of
little use to his employer. Also em
ployers should ' see that alien help
understand the requirement. There
are no doubt some who do not yet
know about it. A good many hun
dred thousands more names can be
rounded up. There Is an element
too worthless to bother with, who
would only be a drag on an army.
North Portland chosen by U. 3.
department of agriculture as one of
the livestock stations for bureau of
markets. Is most important llve-
ctock market on the Pacific Coast.
S. P. company expects to be run
ning electric cars to Corvallis by
July 4.
Why Not Give the
That they will be cared for beyond all doubt in case
you were taken, by naving your life insured today?
Isn't your ability to earn money worth insuring?
That is by far your most valuable asset. A policy in
the
Mutual Life of New York
will enable you to protect that asset as you protect all
other property. Nothing better in life insurance.
Billings Agency
Phone 211 41 East Main Street
All Kinds of Good Insurance
Heard and Overheard
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(By Lynn D. Mowat.)
Mostly About Policemen and Tilings.
t0 more of this corner cutting for
the festive Joyrider. "Keep to the
right" will become necessary. Ash
land is to have husky iron policemen
at the corners. It is a great Idea
and has many features which recom
mend it. If an auto runs Into an Iron
post it doesn't make half the bloody
mess in the 3treet that it would if tl
ran Into a live policeman especially
as big a one as Chief Atterbury or
some of the huskies he has lined up
to act as specials on the Fourth. The
Iron post would put up husky resist
ance if attacked.
Iron policemen could be used In
many other ways now that we come
to consider the matter.
You could not bribe an Iron police
man. Bullets would have no affect
on him.
Every store In town could have an
Iron policeman at the front and back
door to keep the burglars away.
Same principle as a scarecrow.
Ashland could boast o "the healthi
est police force In the world, every
bne having an iron constitution."
Talking about policemen, and not
Jokingly either, Ashland has the llv
est chief of police on the coast. We
have a husky stranger's word for it.
The other night he observed a tall
stranger, attired in overalls and cow
boy hat, pestering around down at
the station. Just hanging around,
and observing everything that went
on in a most suspicious manner.
Chief A. watched him for some time
and kept growing more suspicious of
his strange actions. Finally he de
cided that he was here for no good
purpose and grabbed him.
"I'm going to search you," stated
Chief A.
"You ain't got no right to search
me," said the stranger.
"I'm going to do it Just the same,"
replied Chief A.
"Go to It, If you are man enough,"
came back the stranger.
Chief A. proved that he was man
enough and snaked the stranger
around behind the depot so that he
could do the matter up right.
Nothing in the side pockets of the
coat. But look, here are some sus
picious looking papers In the inside
pocket
The plot deepens.
With a Jerk the papers were wrest
ed from the stranger and opened.
They proved to be THE CREDEN
TIALS OF A UNITED STATES SE
CRET SERVICE AGENT
After the stranger could control
his laughter and the chief had admit
ted that the drinks (soft) were on
him, the stranger remarked: "By
George, at that you are the only po
lice officer on the coast that has been
on the job long enough to grab me,
and I have sure done some tall snoop
ing around In a number cf cities."
Chief Atterbury will probably nev
er let us attond .another booze-por-Ing-out
bee for telling this, but it is
too good to keep, folks.
Coley Coleman and Harvey Ling
and several other young men of the
city Including ourself have exerted a
wonderful Influenza over the trend of
fashion In Ashland by wearing our
last summer's Btraw hats. There are
so many of us In on the deal that
the whole town has begun to think
that our hats which are all alike, are
the latest thing. This took some tall
headwork on our part.
But why should we buy a new
straw hat every summer If our last
year's hat gets through the winter In
good shape? Of course If you hang
your hat In the barn and the cow
eats It, or if your credit runs out at
the, grocery store and you run your
straw hat through the meat grinder
to make breakfast foor, or If you
work in a hat store like John Enders
does and have to wear a new one In
order not to set a bad example, it Is
a different matter, but for us common
ordinary run of high-salaried mortals
to turn our perfectly good hats over
to the Sunshine Society or place them
In the hen house for the chickens to
Family the Assurance
lay eggs In Just because they are
wearing them a little higher , in
JJawall, seems the height of subjec
tion to the caprice of fashion. After
all, summer hats and summer not.
Oh, yes. Our limerick contest will
be Judged during the next three
weeks and the final results, from
which there will be no appeal, will
be published as-soon as we are In the
army. Then we would welcome hav
ing sonenne batter us up a 'bit so
that we can get out of doing guard
duty.
They tell us that some of the girls
are wearing half hose. Would some
well-informed person inform us
whether half hose sells for half price?
Conductor Gill is a railroad man
and speaks mostly In railroad terms.
He is the father of two boys. One
day he Invited the minister home to
dinner. The hungry boy3 wanted to
pitch in, as usual, but Mr. GUI, in a
stern voice, cautioned them to wait.
The minister bowed his head to re
turn thanks. The boys, innocent of
what was being done, began to eat
before the blessing was half said.
"Excuse me a minute," said Mr. Gill,
addressing the minister," until I
switch a couple of empties."
A Portland lady who Is visiting In
Ashland was startled a few days ago
by hearing the words, "EX STRAW,
EX STRAW, EX STRAW' and think-
lng the kaiser had been assinated or
peace had been declared, rushed
around the house, found a nickel, ran
out to buy an extra from the newsboy,
but to her dismay, Instead, of the
newsboy selling papers, she found an
old Barred Rock hen had Just depos
ited another egg In a nest nearby and
was speeding the glad tidings by say
ing "Ex straw, ex straw, ex straw."
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People's Forum
Quicksilver In Jackson County
, (By Alvah E. Kellogg)
For many years Jackson county has
been producing In a crude manner
quicksilver for local consumption.
Now that this metal Is absolutely
essential in the manufacture of flu ru
inating caps for explosives the war
prices have been an Impetus to in
crease the production of this metal,
and the deposits in this region are
now sought to Increase the supply. In
view of the fact that a substitute for
the metal In the manufacture of am
munition is nearly out of the ques
tion, the demand and high prices will
rule during the war. Then there is
a chance that the demand and remun
erative prices will prevail after the
conflict Is over, as the metal Is much
used In the arts. At any rate, it
means the permanent development of
the quicksilver Industry In this dis
trict. California clnce the early history
of the state hasvproduced about 75
per cent of Mie metal yield of mer
cury In the United States, right on
the border of Oregon. Since the new
fields have been ransacked for the
metal it has been demonstrated that
Go East
Round Trip Summer Excursion
lares
Will be on sale to eastern destinations on many dates in June,
July, A-ugust and September.
Liberal Stopovers Limit Three Months
Enjoy your journey every mile
Crater Lake, Mt. Shasta, Sacramento Can
yon, San Francisco, Yosemite, LakeTahoe,
Del Monte, Los Angeles, Orange Empire,
Salton Sea, Apache Trail, El Paso and
many other points.
For accurate information and booklets, phone, call local agont or write
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Ore.
Southern Pacific Lines
Have you bought your liberty Bond?
ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS is to
be raised this week by voluntary and gen
erous donation to the American Red Cross,
for relief from suffering upon bloodstained battle
fields and tearstained hearths alike.
What Will YOU Give ?
Whatever the amount you can
spare will be received here.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
ASHLAND J OREGON
6L.V. CARTER.. President
,W,McCOY Cashifr.
the mercury zone extended from the
borders of California Into Oregon,
and discloses large and rich deposits
of the metal, which expert and' gov
ernment reports show outclass any
thing yet discovered in the United
States.
The history of quicksilver In Jack
son county dates back to the year
1878, when an early settler in the
Rogue river valley, discovered cin
nabar ore in the Meadows district,
12 mile3 north of Gold Hill. From
that time up to 1900 when the dis
coverer sold his claim he and others
annually distilled mercury from the
cinnabar by roasting it in a crude
open fuinace. They recovered less
than 50 per cent by this treatment,
which they disposed of to the local
miners, who used it In their sluice
boxes to recover the flour gold. The
new owner of this valuable deposit
lot the property He Idle until ex
perts sought tho metal in this dis
trict when he. two years ago, era
ployed H. A. Ray and G. L. Haff
of Gold Hill, the discovers of schee
lite in this district, to exploit and
develop the property. They exposed
the rein at Intervals by audits for
2000 feet, attaining a depth on the
vein of 75 feet in several places.
Since that time all available space
on the extentlon of the vein has been
located on, one' corporation now con
trols a group of 35 claims contigious
to this property, which they are de
veloping. This vein is at an elevation of
2500 feet, occurring along a granite
sandstone contract, where the gran
ite is in part pegmatitic. The miner
alized zone Is from 100 to 200 feet
wide. It Is not a well defined vein,
but is mineralized along an Irregu
lar contact, with many faults In the
vein. The ore or mass, contains cin- j
nabar, native quicksilver, pryite, .
gold, zinc, silver and a heavy black
mineral resembling meto-clnnabarite.
Samples taken from all the audits 1
on this mass assay from $5 to $6
per ton in gold, $5 In silver, 2'4 peri
cent zinc, and 1 per cent mercury. ;
The rich cinnabar ore appears all
through this dyke, and in the hang
Through California !
Costs Little More
see
National Red Cross
Week
C.H. VAU PEL. Vict Pies.
CLARK BUSH Ast Cash
ing and foot walls In the form of
seams and kidneys. Tho seams are
from 6 to 20 inches thick and average
17 per cent mercury. Last year the
owner of this mine employed two
miners in developing and during their
employment they retorted and ship
ped 800 pounds of mercury from
these scams using a bench of three
6-lnch retortd four feet long., While
several miners on an adjoining claim
retorted and shipped 1200 pounds,
using the same process.
Such is the description as to for
mation and contents which apply to
the va3t mercury producing dyke,
which extends from California Into
and through Jackson , Josephine and
adjoining counties on the north. This
dyke makes its first appearance in
Oregon in the bedrock of the "49"
diggings four miles northwest of Ash
land, but the extent of the deposit at
this point is unknown, there it is in
a calclte vein, These dykes which
are very faulty, appear as laterals
from the main strike on the west in
the Applegate district, extending oa
down Into Josephine county and on
the east In the Butte creek country.
The main vein makes it next ap
pearance striking north In the above
described Meadows district, with a
recent discovery directly north over
the Umpqua mountains in Douglas
county, a few miles from Tiller post
office in a new settlement in th
mountains.
Mrs; O. W. Long went to Wheat
land. Cal., on Tuesday to visit her
daughter, Miss Violet Wilson, for a
few days. Mr. Long's mother will
keep house for Mrs. Long during her
absence.
Harold Merrill returned Sunday
from Berkeley where he has been
nttendlng the University of Califor
nia.) He is a member of the 1st com
pany and will probably remain here
until the call.
Eugsno Lumber Industry soon to
enter upon g.-eat business era. Busi
ness of mills has revived after 15
years of depression.
WIDEMANN .GOAT-MILK CO.
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