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About Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1917)
Monday, October 15, 1917 rAOE SIX FRUIT and pARffi ? Don't get excited, we are doing the best ! we can to get the worK out for you. We would HKe to " have your worK, but give us time to g'et it out 4J ARtlLATO TTPCTCM . The quantity of tomatoes grown In New Jersey Is enormous. It Is esti mated by good authorities that New Jersey growers receive a greater ag gregate Income from tomatoes than In any other state. It Is not uncom mon for 30,000 acres of tomatoes to be grown in New Jersey In one year. costs have greatly increased since the beginning of the European -war all must admit. In round numbers the cost of an acre of wheat averaging 15 bushels is now $20, with the chances for still greater cost in 1918. Here are the figures showing acre cost' of wheat in a leading winter wheat state: Man labor 12.8 hours at 15 cents an hour, $1.92; horse la bor for 27.3 hours at 11 cents an hour, $3.14; interest at 6 per cent on Withhold That "Swat" No longer swat the prospective val- inhla krnorllnp- m.llpS RlllOnZ OUT dairy and swine herds, sheep and J land. $4 50; taxes 25 cents- up t flocks, when a year of their keep. 30 cents; seed (1 bushels) at service is ended. That would be eco- $2.25, $3.37; use of machinery, 80 .., ,. T..t f . hrPfrilnc centg: 1 Punds of twlne at 17 Blre soon proves his worth and many a proved sire has doubled and quad rupled Ills selling value by the uni formly high excellence of his progeny. Bo do not be carried away with the cents, 26 cents; threshing-machine hire at 5 cents, 75 cents; coal, 15 cents; marketing, 80 cents; fertilizer, $4. Total, $20.24. That these figures are conservative We Know you want it right awayr but we can't get the help, and we are worhing!2to 15 hoursa day to get it out, and sometimes till llo'cloch at night S3BBEB9B H Red Cross "IT Activities 'official stamp of approval from the: I A. R. C. But they are different, so different that one wonders if the J Sammy to whose lot they fall, will . ev,er dream of the ingenuity and 'patient scheming that went to the .making of his foot gear. The high school girls of Ashland ! are to assist our local Red Cross In Young Ladies' Auxiliary The Young Ladies' Auxiliary, that ' maklne hospital supplies. It has ' popular annex to the Civic Club, has j be(m arranged that they snan d0 this j pledged itself to devote every Wed-; k d tne dlrection of the do- nesday afternoon to sewing for the j mestlc arts department of tho school, ! E Red Cross, meeting at the local head- the Junlor hlgh having been assigned j minrtora tuliArp ft STIPCIAI tflhle IB 10 ! it t t. i. - . i A . " 0T,rw,ra iinnn thn nlnnpor nnrt most. - ----- ----- - nigiuingaies, ueu huuiib aim iamvcio "swat the rooster" propaganda, wnen , ' it .be Installed for them, lor mat pur-i fla fhplr Rhflr.. .. the hIeh schoors nr I nn cinnv r nr I rih rp I m ni . . ' j i.wod. i.. proper, tne mamng 01 nospuai ueu made chairman of the committee In , M M d E , has been aD. charge of the Auxiliary Club's table polnted Bupervisor of this branch of ' and or its weemy quota 01 worn, ine our loca, Red Cr0B8 activities, her re giving of such a generous proportion ( cent connection and wide acqualnt- of time to this patriotic cause is oniy ; wlth hool work maifing her I seem the logical choice for this posl- lic spirit, for which tho Young Ladles' tlon ghe win have cnarge of pre- Auxiliary Club is well known. LISTEN! We believe In doing good work at a reasonably) low price. It tabes expert men to do good welding and vulcanizing. We know how and can do it right. But kindly give us a little time to do It in. , ' ' ONR SHOEMAKER is a good man and a fast worker, but don't rush him to death. We need him. Please give us a little more time on your rush Jobs. Eastern Supply Go. Dig Concrete Building Opposite Public Library, Ashland you are so fortunate as to have a cockerel with known blue blooded, trapnested ancestry,, withhold the swnt until his pullets prove hip right in llio nr rinnm him to die. A eood breeding male In poultry stock handl- Plles throughout, whether the item Item, that of man labor, is certainly ; within reason. We very much doubt If farm labor can be had at 15 cents an hour. The same conservatism ap- threo or four years. ed correctly should live to serve for: 1)8 cost ,f twine' "ill or ln8tfmce of thfl Bplen(JId pub. jinxes uu iuiiu. ouiue may iiuesuuu i the wisdom of figuring in fertilizer , cost, as not all farmers use commer- Ttuying Yonr Livestock Right 1, fertmer8 for wheat Thls Successful nvestocK reeaers say nnlro trim hut nil whenr. taken nlant that one of the most Important things foQd fr(m the g)11 is to get the young stock bought, . . prnn . . . . . - i " . sometimes a niau in a, guuu . I1IU v D In Oiorgo of Cutting Department paring these articles intended for the schools, cutting them out at head quarters and distributing them to' the n J. P. Dodg'e & Sons On dertakers ST Lady Assistant Deputy County Coroner State Licensed Embaliner i ft: Mrs. Emil Peil has been placed ; domegtlc arts department, with which by our new directress, Mrs. J. M. , Bhe wlu coperate in seeing that the Wagner, in charge of the cutting de- k . done ln accordance with the frlwfck'niM-' ni ''lit. feeder but a poor trader, or it may dg of nltrogen 2.25 pounds of nartment at Red Cross head1uarters-1 instructions issued by the National This appointment assures our local I Red rjros8 auxiliary of continuing to nave tne efficient and ably managed cutting department, which is the first essen tial of turning out satisfactory work along the lines of hospital supplies. oe u " phosphorus, and 4 pounds of potas- Judgment of livestock out ln the open g,um But thefle lngredlent9 ln the hut will fail to see all the angles fom of commerclal fertnzer and 8ee when trading at the stockyards. In hQw much yQU wU, haye Uft out of such cases It is safer to let a commls- slon buyer do the buying. If this j gQ wUh a 15.bu8nel crop ext year commission man Is what he ought to and & of $2 a hM the be he Is familiar with the way many )wheat. grower may .reallze $9 75 an of his purchases turn out, which 0(ira mnpa thon hia whoat rnflf h,m makes his Judgment worth some- lprov,ded he ha( no bad luck, 0n a but $10 worth at Red Cross head thing. In May this year there "raa i 4 0-acre crop this is $390 This is quarters, ready for use and to be dis a great demand at Kansas City forL thaQ the pr,ce of a good team tributed free of charge to the effi Angora goats to put on brushy landgur(j,y ,t )g Mt t00 much when we dent wielder of the glinting knitting to clear It up'. Only a few goats !remember that the wheat grower needla Mrs. Herman Mattern. who were coming to market, dry weather takeg hg chanceg aga,ngt ha and is the proficient knitter, will meet in Texas having made the season a ;8tom Hesslan fly and winter-killing, those volunteering for this work, and month late. The first goats to reach I will give any needful Instructions. the market Bold at higher prices than . had ever been imagined before ln connection with goats, good Angoras Wool At Last Wool at last! Not three hags full, Akra's Inspiration That Ashlands Red Cross Is not Cover the Naked Soil The outermost soil layer of Mother Earth has a close similarity to the kilrlm nrntnnta ilia tiiimnn V 110.50 to iu.zS a nunarea pouncu. - productive, well tried by the delay In tta wool .hi The,e prices started the goats to, land ed an ment is proved by the following true t moving to market more free y and story about the Akra Red cross of prices went down fast the last week, and harden Akra N. D. There they had appeal- ln May. Within two days the price mm.m . ed to headquarters and made shop- was $9 to $10 a hundred pounds. At png expeditions to nearby towns all The Ilad$;e of Service. Any Red Cross member who wishes to wear a Red Cross pin and who of us would not be proud to wear this badge' of noble service? can secure one of these artistic plans for a quarter at the State Bank, where Mr. Eubanks has two dozen or so in stock. fo browsing purposes selling av, , . . thn onlv one whose natience has been A Hive of Industry. , ' With 48 energetic workers in our work rooms on last Wednesday and an even 60 there at the Friday meet ing, the whirr of busy sewing ma chines mingling with the hum of many voices, our local Red Cross headquarters has seemed a veritable hive of industry this past week. ., , . ... ,!, heaving and leaching accompanying that stage of the market a man who . .,.,. ' The Social Circle of the Christian Church. The ladies of the Social Circle of the Christian church have promised had some brushy land to be cleared went to the stockyards .to buy 100 goats. lie bought them on the sec ond day of the break In prices, when they were selling at $9 to $10, and ho paid $9 for his goats. He bought from a dealer and got what he saw for knitting. Then the Akra chapter winter's frosts. The skilled farm op erator tile drains to take care of sur plus water and thereby also secures fuller use of the subsoil moisture re-1 mninlne nnd the fertility it carries In solution. Further, the far-seeing A committee consisting of every mem farmer protects his soil surface from ,,er ot the chapter was appointed, to in vain, no wool could be obtained j to give the second Friday of each month to work at local headquarters, held a council of war. If no yarn thus doing their bit towards the was to be purchased, there was only one alternative they must make It. the injurious baking effect of sum- visit every Bheep herder within, rid- cause of the Red Cross. It is most gratifying to add still another to the list of the women's organizations of Ashland, which have pledged them 1 selves to this work. . in tho pen but Instead of getting ... . ... Ins- or walklnsr. distance and bee him , . . , . , , mer neat ny means or an insulating - r- - - 100 good young goats he got 65 goats rich ,tcBhear a sheep or two for the Amer- of that kind and 35 stag goats. The ,can Red Cross. Within a week a 65 goats had cost the dealer $11.25 . . large amount or raw wool had been assembled at the Akra Red Cross . , . , , . . .. ' plant roots, stubble1, stable manure, a raw nnva niov nno v Vit rna J S ha ' had bought that same morning at and gree! manure crop.. For the $7 a hundred. All the goats had 'freezing heaving blowing and sur horns and looked alike except that ie-washlng of winter, he provides the horns of the stags were larger !a fal1 erowlng C0v6r ,crovp to Protect and longer. Thus the buyer lost al- h,B ,and f,rom w,nter " har"h "Baf,?' most the entire advantage he should I8 Erowlns cover' ven V7 Ml- :ed, blankets the surface and effec tively prevents a wastage of the pre cious plant food which still Is held In the living root tissues of the cover have gained by the decline ln prices. Frost ProUMilon to Vegetable. "Ttv nrntnpMtil tnmntnoa nnfatnaft and other food plants from nishtcrP' e elvn t0 the frost much valuable seed and food ear,y needs of the spring sown crop, material can be saved and given1 an ' '. . . . opportunity to reach full, rich matur- That b, new Comet 8 " t0 b9 Ity. This continued clear weather Is'v,alble unl11 next year' hut the C0!? likely to be accompanied by killing iBclRntlou8- Bt,ldy ot aatronray al" frosts, says Prof. W. I, Powers. ln!rea(1y ,en.d" the young pe0p 6 t0 g charge of the O. A. C. weather rec-. dark alghts loolt'ng fr tt" ords. and timely protection Is sug- geted as the best way to prevent' Mrs- Leonard of Bend returned frost Injury. ' Ihome after a pleasant visit with MrB. Preparation of protective coverings Rutledge, Is rneommended by the Department of Agriculture. Old sacks, tarpau lins, straw and pnpr are named as good materials for covers. These can he thrown oer the plants at night and removed after sun up in the morning. Other plants, not easily cotered, such as tomatoes, can be pulld up and hung In the cellar to ripen. Immature produce may he nsed as pickles Potatoes will he cleaner and their sk'ns less liable to injury if harvest ed In mmny weather and given a lit tle time to dry, but not left exposed on the ground over night. tinm$M "barest to ?t'k1f Everything" Rfifi 1 HOTEL MANX '''Vf Pnivrll SL. nt O'Farrpll Powell St., atOTarrell M ian rrancisco -;', l rda husrf nf Hip 3 El Cost of Crowlnn Wlient. Now that the government has fired the prlee of wheat, both for the 1917 8"d 191R crops, the quostlon of act ual cost of production becomes more InterPR'Ing than ever. What Is the! avp'nep coKt of producing an acre of host? Ts a price of approximately $2 a bushel too much? Let us see. A fw years arro the cost of wheat a figured at from $10. K0 to $12.50 an sere, m lth a fw pRtlmateq running abovp or tMow thse fffiims. That Us business, shopping - nriu uicaui. U. JV. .v.... i;tj Rumiing distilled kc hqOur comraodioiiS lobby,fincscrvicc,end Homelike restaurant will attract you. European Plan rates $1.00 up. life 1 if- ), :,i"-f- Manaorfnt , W. B. James station. Then the Akra Red Cross went into executive session, carding, weaving and spinning black and white wool into Just the right shade of "army gray" yarn. The socks made from this home-made yarn look ex actly like the thousands of other knitted socks that daily receive the "Wool-Gathering" Again. "Wool-gathering," contrary to the popular idea of it, seems to be a very strenuous business now-a-days. 7 Our entire stock of wool was exhausted Wednesday afternoon by the many volunteers who came to be initiated by Mrs. Mattern, our able Instructor, into the art of making "Kitchener" toes and other mysteries connected with knitting. Another $10 worth of wool has been ordered, however, iMHi!l f a I in V II I j JW U1 .M? and will be on hand for the next in-1 After reading those elaborate artl stallment ot volunteers. 'cles on how to build a house for the . least money, we have concluded that The Soldiers' Auxiliary. 'the way fs t0 wa" until some blame A delegation of ladles from the eeta sick of his Job and wanta Soldiers' Auxiliary have had special to move so bad that he will sell tables at the Red Cross work rooms cheap. this past week, where they worked I with a will, constructing comfort ; bags and "housewives" for 24 of our boys at Fort Stevens, who, it seems, , Don't Put 0!f have not yet been provided with these twin necessities. The materi als for these artlcleswere largely fur Don't wait for the burning of the neighbor's property to forcibly re- nished by the local Red Cross, j1?1 you,to Pepare yourself Proi- to actually affect you, has nothing though a proportion of the many amoll 'llama TiAaripri fnr thf(r pnnln- i i i ijt t, to do with sequence. Today's d Soldiers' Auxlllar;. not to mention Btructlve flre may b8 thousands o the large item of the work of making mI,8 tr ' J0" may not even 1 them. be visited upon you. Insure Now. A few dollars in 'vested today may save you $1000 to night. Billings Agency Real Estate and Real Insurance CBIGKESTEB SPILLS DIAMOND IABIES I BRAND Sot" 5. FORD UniVenal Auto Co., Spokane "have been using Zcrolen for several months A-l quality." BUICK J. D. Lwppe, Sacramento "We have found Zerolene to be a satj factory lubricant for Buick Automobiles." DODGE Eaton Gf Campbell, Seattle "our experience with, Zerolene has been en tirely satisfactory." MERCER Mercer Pacific Coast Agc'y, San Francisco "Zerolene has proven very satisfactory." ZEROLENE ! Use Stdcwd Oil for Motor Cars Endorsed by Leading Car Distributors fin; ra-7 JUT i A . . A "i because the records of their service de- fjartmenrs show that 2erolciie,correct y refined from California aspli.-ilr -baa kruue.ivtrs pcrievjuunca don less wear,-n'.orc pow er, least carbon d -pomt. Dealen everywhere and at our service mtioni. STANDARD OIL COM? ANT (Calilurnii) For tractor, Zr rnlena Hravy-Dutr i cspeci ailjr recommended. l02 r- P After meeting the man with a cous in ln the war department who has It direct from headquarters that al ready there are 1,000,000 American soldiers in France, you meet the fellow- whose wife's brother Is ln the navy, and also has It direct that there aren't 150,000 there yet. It must be great being"a Russian general, as all they have to do Is to obey Implicitly the orders given them by the private soldiers. INTEROiBAN AUTOCAR CO. Leave Ashland for Medford, Talent and Phoenix dally except Sunday at 9:00 a. m. and 1:00, 4:00 and 6:15 p.m. Also on Saturday night at 6:30. Sundays leave at 9. Ot and 10:80 a. m., 1:00, 4:30, 6:31 and 10:30 p. m. Leave Medford for Ashland dally ex cept Sunday at 8:00 a. m. and 1:00, 4:00 and 6:15 p. m. Also on Sat urday night at 10:15. On Sundays at 8:00 and 10:30 a., m., 1:00, 2:00, 5:tr0 and 9:30 p. m. Fare between Medford and 4 Ash land, 20 cents. Round trip, 83 cent. &SiS Crackers, Dolly, MW&SZ&'A glO aaySKOW FLAKES rw ' n Dont sag Plaza Grocery Loomis & Nelson White House Ororerr H. P. Holmes Children know that Snow Flakes are good to eat and "good for them, too! Alade of the pure.-t and bowt materi al.'? in our big daylight factory. Sold in 3 Hizesof PackageH, anil in hulk Pacific Coast Biscuit Co. Portland, Oregon errwl 17E SELL 'EM W. M. Flackus t Ashland Trading Co. N'lms & Saunders H. G. Enders & Sons I SB Apropos of the Above. Soldiers have to do their own mending, when it is done at all. and . it appears that they are supplied with outfits for that purpose. Otherwise, this Joke would be Impossible. Every thing was ready for kit inspection: the recruits stood lined up ready for ; the officer, and the officer had his bad temper all completed He march-1 ed up and down the line, grimly eye- j Ing each man's bundle of needles and soft soap, and then he singled out Private McTootle as the man who should receive his attentions. "Toothbrush!" he roared. "Yes, IfaZ&lf&SlSttVZZj Sir." "Itazor!" "Yes, Sir." "Hold- G"LD metallic boxes, scaled with Dlue0 all!" "Yes. sir." "Huh! You're all JJSSS, mJL StJUSAin V right, apparently," growled the of- j $ XVl g&Vw&SlZ fleer. Then he barked. "Housewife?"; SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS 'Tilt vaw mall Vi onlr vmi " aalH tVta 1 lri t KmMM.,... M " .7 ' .;' '.;' ' ,-. S& tVcnlWHEnt tested i cu uit oiumuiji xiuvr a ;vuio.