ASHLAND TIDINGS
Monday, June 25, 1P1T
TPAGK TWO
ASHLAND TIDINGS
Established 1876
Published every Monday and Thursday by
' THE ASHLAND TRIXTIXG COMPANY (Incorporated)
Harvey R. Ling Business Manager
Bert B, Greer Editor
Lynn Mowat. City Editor
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The Tidings has a greater circulation in Ashland and its trade territory
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Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postofflce as second-class mall matter.
CITIES HELPING THE FARMERS,
Some eastern cities are setting a
good example of organizing bureaus
to send men out to help farmers In
their labor shortage.
Railroads and manufacturers are
also helping the campaign to save
the crops by giving some of their
men vacations to work on farms.
Counties and cities establish their
labor bureaus to enroll men and
women who have had experience at
farm labor and then direct them
where needed.
A census is taken through the
malls to develop labor shortage, and
with this information laborers are
placed to advantage.
To avert a farm labor famine one
railroad has placed 25 per cent of Its
section hands at th9 disposal of farm
ers.
Another railroad has granted free
transportation to a city bureau of
business men organized to supply la
borers on the land.
All this co-operation will help meet
the situation resulting from the Eu
ropean war that shuts off labor sup
ply from abroad.
Rut at best this system, which
should be adopted In every state, will
only partially solve the problem.
Many million dollars of crops will
be lost If we do not get an additional
labor supply.
A SCHOOL FOR LEGISLATION.
It I a a question which Is the
greater menace to the public welfare,
the professional Jawi-smtth or the
law-Bin Ith.
It is stuted from the records that
In five years the statute hatcheries
lave incubated 47,000 new laws.
This Is largely the result of send
ing a certain variety of legal lumi
naries to the legislatures and to con
gress who amend, enact and tinker
with the codes.
Now It Is proposed to add a chair
of legislation to our colleges and uni
versities and graduate legislation for
menters as one of the learned profes
sions. The theoretic highbrows of profes
sions are now largely responsible for
much of the uplift legislation tinder
which taxpayers stagger and business
nd prosperity languish.
A chair' to electrocute about two
thirds of what is enacted In the name
of legislation would be more appreci
ated by the people.
But more laws create public Jobs,
pile up taxes, require more court,
and multiply Judgeships and other
court officials.
Incidentally, the enforcement of.
or efforts to comply with, the thou
sand and one laws makes bnslcess
for one class more lawyers.
A majority of the editors of the
fctate are expected to be in Pendleton
July 13, 14 and 15 for the meeting
of the State Editorial Association.
It Is the annual convention of the or
ganisation and the writers are find
ing It more of benefit to them in their
work. Many of them will be accom
panied by their wives and families.
TELEPHONE PLAYS AN IMPOR
TANT PART IN WAR.
Thl3 is the war of science as no
other war ever was. The aircraft
has annexed the heavens to the ter
restrial field of battle. The subma
rine has made the depths of the sea
another sphere of maritime warfare.
The telephone and the electric light,
perhaps the most useful of scientific
Inventions for the practice of the arts
of peace, also serve war with pitiless
and impartial efficiency.
Is an order for the mobilization of
armies to be spread over the land?
The telegraph transmits the order to
the principal points, but the tele
phone speaks thence to the minor
centers and dictates the details of
mobilization. Are troope In battle
to move forward? Tho telephone
corps lays or strings the wires to
the front and tho transmitter and re
ceiver are used on the firing line.
Throughout the United States the
officials In charge of recruiting keep
In constant touch with their subordi
nates by means of the telephone. As
recruits are enlisted the supplies re
quired are recorded over the tele
phone. Is tho recruit summoned sud
denly? He telephones to whomever
he needs to consult, losing no time
In writing for leave of absence or in
running around. The telephone puts
wings upon the feet of the military
messenger, and Is used to an extent
of which the public in general has no
Idea.
The American Telephone "Company
promptly offered its immeasurably
valuable services to the national gov
ernment. President Vail voluntarily
declared that his great corporation
would spare neither effort nor ex
pense to meet the demand for mili
tary preparation. It will supply men
and material for the telephone serv
ice of the army. It is In touch with
thousands of linemen and electrical
engineers. The staff at the head
quarters of the company keeps in
constant touch with armories, fortifi
cations, storehouses and training
camps all over the country. Military
necessities have Imposed additional
labor upon -the company, and this
service has the right of way over all
else.
Our armies will draw heavily upon
the telephone companies. The train
ing camps will pay particular atten
tion to using the telephone In the
field. All officers -will be required
to understand what can be done with
the telephone in military emergen
cies.
The man who saves a dollar by drop
ping a subscription to a trade Journal
may lose a thousand dollars by fail
ing to know In advance of some
prospective rise or fall in the mar
ket. The home newspaper Is the house
keeper's trade Journal. She gets Just
the same kind of Information from it
that the merchant gets from his spec
ialty paper. The local papef gives
first a directory of merchants who
have the enterprise and ambition to
build up their trade by soliciting bus
iness through advertising. This list
In itself is a good safe guide to know
where to buy.
In nddition to that, tho home news
paper always prints reports of spec
ial bargains advertised by the local
merchants. The housekeeper who
falls to look ver these announce
ments of bargains each week Is much
like the shoe dealer who gets stuck
on an advancing market and failed to
stock up ahead because he did not
read his trade paper.
For every dollar that the home
newspaper costs, the housekeeper
should be able to save ten by taking
advantage of the bargains that the
merchants advertise. Before com
plaining too much of the cost of liv
ing, the housekeeper should watch
carefully to see if there are not some
dealers who, as the result of enter
prise, desire to build up new trade, or
overstocks, will advertise standard
goods at low rates. Almost always
there are such offers, and no home
maker can afford to be ignorant of
them.
WATERPOWER IN CONNECTION
WITH IRRIGATION OF
ARID LANDS.
It Is estimated that there are at
least 10,000,000 acres of arid lands
located In the far western states, ly
ing above the reach of gravity water,
that can only be reclaimed through
water raised by pumps operated by
the cheap hydro-electric power now
latent and wasting In the various
streams from which the water would
be pumped. Thus the land, and at
a lower level the water to Irrigate it,
and the power, to raise the water to'
the land, are often all assembled at
one point. Given water, these lands
will produce every fruit, vegetable
and grain that Is native to the tem
perate zone, and are capable of sup
porting a population of 2,000,000
people. If capital can be safeguard
ed, it Is safe to say that hundreds of
thousands of water horsepower will
be utilized within the next ten years
In connection with the reclamation
of arid lands, and that in addition to
what the government service will ac
complish, hundreds of millions of
dollars of private capital will be used
for establishment of reclamation
projects in connection with pumping
plants. Lands are being Irrigated In
twenty seven states and as far east
as New Jersey and Florida, and two
western states have now nearly
5,000,000 acres of land under Irrigation.
Cy Vroman, former resident of
Ashland, came to the city last week
from Portland for an indeterminate
stay hereabouts, throughout the
roundup and Chautauqua periods.
He is a civil war veteran and Is fra
ternizing with the old soldier ele
ment, The trip to southern Oregon
was made in the family car.
SMALL LOT BITING.
THE HOUSEKEEPERS' TRADE
JOURNAL.
Every man who Is in business needs
some kind of a means for finding out
the needs of his trade. If he Is in
the shoe line, he needs to read the
sews of the shoe and leather market
as printed in the dally papers.
Very likely he also subscribes to
one or more trade Journals giving
the news of the shoe trade. It Is
Impossible to make wise purchases In
any line without getting Information
from experts about market prospects.
Tn the east a recent purchaser of a
bag of potatoes for which he paid
,l $6.75 found inside a note from the
man who grew the same, saying that
he received only $2.25 for themj In
cidents like this set the helpless con
sumer to thinking.
The public Is ground In between
a set f adverse conditions, many of
which can not be helped save possi
bly by government Interference.
Meanwhile part of the trcuble Is the
outgrowth of popular habits, and
might be remedied.
For one thing, the consuming pub
lic has got Into the habit of buying
foods like potatoes in very small lots.
It costs about as much to cart a peck
of potatoes to a man's door as to
take several barrels. Consequently
the cost of all these llttlo seperate
deliveries is added together.
As a consequence of hand to mouth
purchasing, the grocer must do hand
to mouth ordering. He must be able
to get on any day a sufficient supply
to meet the little demands of a hun
dred different families. This makes
necessany an elaborate system of de
livery by some wholesaler. '
Other middlemen make a specialty
of storing, holding and trading these
potatoes', and Btlll others make a
specialty of buying them from the
producer, For each pair of hands of
this devious Journey to the consumer,
a profit and costly charges are added.
Formerly more people used to store
potatoes and other vegetables in their
basements, and they had cellars in
which these foods would keep. Now
in the cities millions of people live In
flats without storage facilities. All
through the north houses are heated
with furnaces that spoil the base
ments for storage. If in some way
consumers could buy a season's sup
ply and have some place for storage
where vegetables would keep, they
would save many charges and be in
dependent of speculators as their
fathers were before them.
WHY IS IT?
A dispatch from London says:
"In coroner's court today, at the
inquest of the cases of victims of
Wednesday's German- air raid,, the
story of the destruction of a school
with the death of a score of children
was told by the teacher. A bomb
dropped directly on the building and
pierced the roof and the two upper
floors without claiming victims there,
but burst in a room on the ground
floor In which thirteen children hard
ly more than Infants were killed.
Some literally were blown to pieces.
Arrangement are being made for a
public funeral for tho children, whose
bodies will be burled In one grave.
A monument will be erected over It."
What manner of so-called human
is this German kaiser, anyway, who
orders bombs dropped on unarmed
town3 and murders little children?
To our mind It Isn't so much that
the kaiser does It as that the German
people stand for It.
The kaiser Is a half-Englishman,
raised from the cradle to having
everyone toady to him, so It Is not
to be wondered at that he Is an In
sufferable egotist and believes that
any nation that would dare to cross
him should be blotted out root and
branch. But what of the kindly Ger
man people who seem to be support
ing him In his ruthless warfare? Are
they, too. hypnotized by his ego? If
that Is true, then there will be a sad
and awful awakening on the part of
the German people.
The psychology of this war Is the
hardest thing for the average man
to grasp.
Charley McWlllIams of Klamath
Falls was In Ashland Wednesday on
automobile business. He also visited
his parents', Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Mc
WlllIams, his sister, Miss Frances,
and his new sister-in-law, Mrs. J. K.
McWllliama.
X5hQ
People's Forum
Studying Southern Oregon Copper
Ore.
By A. E. Kellogg.
A vital of vital importance to the
development of the' copper mines in
Josephine and Jackson counties Is
under way, with considerable prog
ress already made and a fair chance
of success. The state and federal bu
reaus of mines are working In co
operation in securing a practical and
efficient concentration of the copper
ores Ijl southern Oregon.
Acting Director Swartley of the
state bureau of mines and geology
and Consulting Metallurgist Coghlll
of the1 United States-bureau of mines
spent several days last week In the
Waldo district, where they were ob-
Behind Our
Operations
BACKING the operation of the First National
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Regulations. Yet back of those are the con
veniences and protection ol the Federal Reserve
System.
Let ns give yon a little book which explains
jiiMt how the last has become a dominant fuc-
tor in tho industrial world of today and
that which will come tomorrow. It's you in
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ASHLAND J OREGON
E.V.CARTER. President C.H.VAUPEL.VictPieS,
J.W.McCOY.CaShifb. CLARK BUSH Asst.CaSN.
serving the milling operation at the j to confer with the mine operators to
Waldo and Queen of Bronze copper j plan for tests on a larger scale,
mines. They were accompanied by i There Is a united movement on the
Dr. J. F. Reddy, one of the commis
sioners of the Oregon bureau, and
A. H. Gunnell, a mining engineer of
Grants Pass. They expressed them
selves very freely on their return to
Grants Pass as being pleased with
the activity In the Waldo district, the
tonnage of ore in sight, and the pos-
part of the operators In this district
to perform these tests locally. Tha
operators are Intensely interested in
the results of this Investigation, and
state that If such a process can be
put In operation at their copper prop
erties, It will solve the problem that
Is now impeding the development of
aibilitleB for Increased production in the copper mines In southern Oregon.
the future.
There are many copper properties
In this region which contain, besides
the nnnrtzv material nnil rnnimr ant-
phldes, much Iron sulphide, usually
In the form of pyorrholte. This iron
sulphide has practically the same
specific gravity as the copper sul
phide, and therefore In any system of
gravity concentration using Jigs and
tables or vanners will be included In
the concentrates. Metallurgist Cog
hlll and three others of the bureaus
have been working at the Oregon bu
reau's laboratories on the ores which
Gold Hill, Ore., June 19, 1917.
3i;?is;s"?;r
Heard and Overheard
(By Lynn D. Mowat.)
Ring Out, Glad Bells.
The Portland Humane Society Is
backing a movement to have bells
put on cats to prevent them from
killing -songbirds. We would also
suggest having bells put on songbirds
are too low grade to ship crude, anflp0 that tne7 wouId Mare Rwa7 th
, , j ..i.l ii ii. .-fworma. and bells on the worms bo
are iuuca pmuseu wuu me icouiib bu
far obtained.
Two processes have been under In
vestigation: magnetic separation and
oil flotation. The magnetic separa
tion process was soon discarded as
Impractical; on the other hand, the
oil flotation has so far given flatter
ing results. The advantage of this
process Is that specific gravity of the
minerals nlaya no part In the separa
tion, and therefore eliminates the bills?
Iron readily. For example, in ore
containing 3.2 per cent copper or
about 10 per cent chalcopyrlte, 30
worms, and bells on the worms so
that the would scare away the plants
on which they feed, and bells on dogs
so that they would scare away the
cats and save their lives, and bells on
dog catchers so they would scare
away the dogs and save their lives,
and, and, and why not put bells on
all envelopes containing bills mailed
to you, so that the bells would scare
you away and keep you from paying
Fair Enough.
Boggs had managed to ditch his
per cent Insoluble and nearly 60 per car, and after hailing a passing farm
cent pyrrhotlte', more than three-jer tried to arrange a dicker for help,
fourths of pyrrhotlte was eliminat-, "Why, ya-as, brother," said the
ed, giving a concentrate assaying 15 farmer, bringing his team to a stand
per cent copper with an extraction of ( Btlll. "I'll help ye out. Le's see
90 per cent. In a quartzy sulphide .what It'll come to one day's use o'
containing 1.8 per cent copper a con- the team, five dollars "
centration of 11 tone to one was ob-1 "One day?" retorted Boggs. "It
tained. Concentrate assayed 16.1 Isn't going to take you a day to haul
and the extraction amounted to 91 8 that machine out, Is It?"
per cent. The tailings contained only I "Why, no," returned the farmer,
.14 of 1 per cent copper. j"but arter I git the five dollars I
The object of the trip west was to don't callate to do no more work on
make a further study of the ore and til tomorrer."
Low Round Trip ram
To many points in My
Independence Day, July 4th
On sale July 3 and 4. Return July 5
Between all Southern Pacific stations in Oregon.
N. E. A. Annual Convention
Portland, Oregon, July 7-14, inclusive.
On sale July 613 inclusive. Return July 18
From all Southern Pacific Oregon stations to Portland.
Eastern Cities via California
On sale on various dates in June, July, Angust and September
Liberal stopovers. Limit 3 months.
Newport and Tillamook Beaches
On sale daily. Return limit October 31
Week-end on f ale Saturday and Sunday. Return Monday.
See our local agent for information
John M. Scott, General PasseDger Agent, Portland, Ore.
Southern Pacific Lines