s I! ! TAGE SIX ASHLAND TIDINGS Thursday, February li, lPlg In the Social Realm CLUB CALENDAR. Civic Second and fourth Tues- days. S Auxiliary Every alternate ? Monday evening. Junior High School Parent- Teacher Third Tuesday. Hawthorne School Parent- Teacher Third Tuesday. Sunshine Second and fourth Thursdays. Wednesday Afternoon Second and fourth Wednesdays. Trinity Guild Second and fourth Thursdays. 5 W. R. C First and third Sat- urdays. Monday Afternoon Study Al- ternate Mondays. Chautauqua Monday evening. $ Chautauqua Monday afternoon. W. C. T. U. Pecond and fourth Tuesdays. Home Guard Monday evening. Eastern Star Embroidery Sec- ond and fourth Tuesdays. O Teacup First Tuesday. Travelers Second Tuesday. Rebekah Embroidery Second and fourth Thursdays. iO Christian Aid Second and fourth Thursdays. Choral Society Every Tuesday evening. Civic Improvement (Tub. Disregarding the rain, the Civic Improvement Club and several visit ors enjoyed a most enthusiastic pa triotic program Tuesday afternoon at Auxiliary hall. Mrs. Gordon Mac Cracken's reading of "A Perfect Tribute," by Carrie S. Andrews, was most fitting for Lincoln day and r.iout pleasingly presented. Miss An derson, our Instructor of music in the public schools, played two piano S')IoS, graciously responding to an Insistent encore. Miss Gertrude En file sang "My Flag and Your Flag" to the music composed by Mrs. E. A. Wood. The music has a stirring, martial ring to it. Mrs. Wood ac companied, and the hearts of the women present beat time with re newed determination to do their bit for our flag.. The club gave a donation of $5 to the Y. W. C, At. Arrangements for serving meals to soldiers were perfected. Women all over town are volunteering their services to assist In the serving of the meals, and is much appreciated, as personal serv- handle. After the program a boun tiful luncheon was served by the W, R. C. Wednesday Afternoon Club. The Wednesday Club of the Pres byterlan church held Its regular meeting at the home of Mrs. C. B Lpmkin on Oak street Wednesday afternoon. A large company asseni l ied and spent the time devoted to the meeting to industriously makiu, gun wipes for the soldiers. Mrs. Lamkin, assisted by Mrs. William Mitchell. Mrs. A. Morthland and Miss Mabel Russell, served refreshment before the guests adjourned. Slurried in Medford. Mrs. Lillian Evert and L. Sepaugh, both of Ashland, were unit- fa In marriage in Medford last sal urday evening by Rev. A. A. J. Hogg at the Presbyterian manse, Monday evening a reception was given tiieir honor at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. M. F. Cavln corner of Third and A streets. Mr, Sepaugh Is an employe at the S. round-house. For Sale Acreage, ono to ton acres, just out side city limits. Alfalfa and garden lands. Water easily developed. Married in I'ioehe. Miss H. Loleta Norton", daughter of Mrs. A. II. Norton of Ashland, and John H. Deck were united in mar rlage In Ploche, Nev., Tuesday even ing. The bride has been a teacher at the latter place since the fall, and Mr. Deck Is a business man of that town. They will reside In Pioche after March 1. Auxiliary Club. The Auxiliary Club will meet regular session next Monday night at Auxiliary hall. Special entertainment v ill' be provided. Each member is requested to bring her husband or friend. The hostesses will be Mes dames J. R. Bowers, Henry Enders, George Kramer, Jack Dunn and Miss Lillian Patterson. Beaver Realty Co. 211 E. Main St., Phone 68 ire at meal time is what is going to be most urgent. The ladies' accept ed with regret Mrs. A. L. Lamb's resignation as treasurer, necessitated by illness. Mrs. r . H. walker was ejected by the executive board to the treasurershlp and Mrs. John Dill was elected corresponding secretary dur ing Mrs. Emma Jack's absence. Mrs. V. M. Barber a,n-d Mrs. Bert R. Greer served steaming hot tea and wafers A little bird whispered to us that the program committee has plans for a most bnusual program next time, If it gets a certain somebody or something it is planning for. Parent-Teachers' Meeting. The Parent-Teacher Association will meet at the Junior High BChool next Tuesday promptly at 4 o'clock. A splendid program has been planned. Mrs. Felix Moore will tell us of the natural education as Mrs Stoner has exemplified It with her daughter Winifred. ' Do you want your child educated in this manner? Come and hear it discussed. Mrs. Charles Chattln will discuss the Gary school system. Are you In terested In it? Mrs. Hockett will slngand there will be light refresh ments Remember the day, Tuesday, February 19. 77-2t Wedding Announced. The marriage of Miss Edna Ruth liadley to George C.. Wynne, which took place In San Francisco Satur day. February 2, has been an nounced. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Edna G. Hadley, a former well-known reslJent of Ashland. G. A. R. Celebrate. The G. A. It. post celebrated the 27th anniversary of their organiza tion Saturday. A fine program was rendered at their meeting place in the armory as follows: Solo, Miss Jonet Wilson; reading, Miss Evelln Turner; solo, Mrs. Mills; reading, Dick Posey; reading, Miss Bonlce Jennings; piano solo. Miss Yeo. P. L. Spencer of Talent gave an inter esting talk with noving pictures of the big guns which our boys have to People's Forum Lincoln's Boyhood Home, Editor. Tidings: Lincoln's birth cay anniversary naturally calls up past history. In 1S72 six of us went from North Vernon, Ind., down the Ohio to Rockporu, 150 miles below Louisville, to do trestle and bridge work on what was called the Rock fort & Lugoota railroad Tunning rorth from Rockport. The road ran through the Lincoln farm, 18 miles out from the river and near Gentry- v'Ue. We boarded for some time at old man Gentry's, who was a play mate of Abe's and about the same age. We were quite Interested In the stories he told of Abe's boyhood the 13 years he lived there. Lincoln's father moved from near Boonesborough, Ky to Indiana in 1817, when Abe was 9 years old, and lived there until Abe' was 21, when they moved to Illinois. The log house put up by Lincoln's father was still standing In 1872 and was In pretty good preservation ex cept the windows and doors were gone. When I was just a lad we children used to get off something l.ke thin:, "A clabboard roof and clabboard door, 'a wooden' chimney end a puncheon floor," and I thought that a fitting epitaph for the now extinct edifice that once housed the I incoln family. I cut a piece out of one of the oak logs between the front door and window and framed it In fancy shape, and still have It In my possession, kept among a few war time relics. Mrs. Lincoln died the next year and was burled about an eighth of mile south of the cabin, in the woods. As I remember, It was un der an oak. Mr. Gentry pointed out her grave. There were two graves about six feet apart. The soil was sunken so they could be easily marked, but Mr. Gentry could not say positively which was Mrs. Lin coln's. History tells us that in 1879 a friend of Lincoln's put an iron fence around the grave and a marble stone at the head, on which is In scribed "Nancy Hanks Lincoln, who dlod October 5, ISIS, aged 35 years. Erected in 1879 by a friend of her martyred son." From what is said of her, she must have been an ex traordinary woman, and goes to give force to the saying that God, when he wants to make a great man, tlrst makes a great mother And what che did for him in his early boyhood laid the foundation for his after life. On this foundation history attests he built wisely and left a record worthy of praise. And we feel like closing here with the lines given by Bancroft: 'The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But theyv while their companions slept, Were tolling upward In the night." D. L. GLENN. Subscription Bargain. For a short time the Ashland Tid ings and Better Fruit one full year for $250. f immiiimiiiiimismmtimimmmmtmi High School Notes SJ8 (By Dave Whittle.) To add a little excitement to the routine of things the boys changed coats last Thursday noon and were promptly kicked out of the assem- i'y. Friday morning thrift stamp and war savings stamp blanks were filled out by the student body. This will probably be done every month and the increase recorded. The rivalr between classes will be stimulated In this way. The basketball boys received their red and white sox last Friday morn Ing and made quite a stir when they filed out on the gym floor to warm up for the game with Phoenix Friday night. The boys also ordered skull caps to match the sox. Coach King and Ray Clary hiked over to Ashland mine Sunday. A rousing serpentine was gathered together and paraded through the business part of town after school Friday to advertise the game with Phoenix last night. This game was not scheduled to be played here until the morning of the day it was played Harvey Watt refereed the prelim! nary game between the Boy Scouts and the second team Friday night The second team did not have the "walk-away" they had anticipated This is the week for the Junior Red Cross drive, but the work has leen delayed. On Tuesday afternoon, Lincoln's h'rthday, all the classes were called into the assembly at 2:30. After singing "America" Mfl. ' Edwards trade an address on the life of Lin coln, ending with a plea for the young people to get behind the gov ernment and help boost. School was dismissed after the lecture for the rest of the day. Ashland high has lost another stu dent to the call of the government Lloyd Turner left Tuesday of last week for Washington, where he has enlisted as stenographer in the quar- srmaster's department. Lloyd Is one of the most popular men in school and one of the best debaters the school has ever had. Edwin Fraser has been obliged to give up basketball, at least for the present. A slight affection ofth lung Is the cause of the trouble. MANY YOUNGSTERS LEARNING TO FLY At the San Francisco exposition two years ago we had thrilled to the hum of Art Smith's aeroplane. We had seen it go singing up Into the air at the call of the siren to a height of 5,000 feet. Our hearts had quick ened and our breaths had stilled as he looped loop after loop until his plane hung low over the Marina. What Art Smith did at the exposi- 'on was not a patch upon what that lane of Uncle Sam's", far up there in the Texan sky, was doing. Like a wallow, It careened and swayed and swooped. It stood still for an instant. So did our breaths. Straight down toward the earth It fell, twisting helplessly on the wa;. We were too terrified to cry out. We just stood and prayed as best we might A laugh rang out from a group of oung aviators nearby. We uncov ered our eyes and looked up again. The speck stood still again, or seemed to, and then sailed on at right an gles for another trip over the top of the southern horizon. Shortly It re turned and began to tie bowknots In the blue stuff of the sky. Tired of this, it played dead leaf, twisting and turning In the heavy autumn air on way to the ground. A thousand feet from earth, It righted Itself, turned upside down and curved up ward Into the air. After which it pointed its nose downward and dived back to Kelly Field, a few feet from here we stood and directly in front of the hangar. The two brave lads the sky, flushed and laughing, escaped toward their squadron quar ters across the road. What these boys did is not unusual most any hour at Kelly Field these days, where 15,000 youngsters 90 per cent of them are under 24 are learning to fly so that, they may level the Prussian pride of power. From early morning until long after dark comes on, the sleepy old town of San Antonid, drowsing its way through the centuries under the smile of a sun which seldom hides its head ex cept when it goes to bed at night) is awake to the buzz of the aeroplane. By the dozens these flying machines swirl low over the cotton fields and esqulte lands, high over the city's patchwork spread of faded red and yellow brick buildings squared here and there with an odd new pile, and over the white and green resi dence district, At night, like fire- les, they dart through the darkness, one afteii the other, as If in pursuit some far shooting star. Jean Yoell In February Sunset. Central Point Has Service Flag An occasion of more than ordinary interest, was the unveiling of a serv ice flag at the M. E. church on Sun day, February 10, at 11 o'clock, con taining 32 starB, for the boys who have answered our country's call. Long before the hour arrived the seats In the church were all occupied cud standing room was at a premium, s number not being able to get far ther than the door. The pastor, Rev. Belknap, opened the service as usual, and the patriotic feelings of the assembly were arous ed by the singing of "America" by the congregation, after which the Ep worth League girls of tho High School Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Reld, with Miss Lester as organist, marched in, singing "On ward, Christian Soldier," after which they rendered a selection which won much applause, at the close of which the flag was unveiled by J. J. Grim, a Civil War veteran, and Mayor W. A. Cowley. The lattern then made the presentation address, during which there were many tear-dlramed eyes in the audience. Rev. Belknap fe'ave the response in a very touching and inspiring manner; Clarence Meeker of Medford rendered two ap propriate selections during the serv ice, which were much appreciated. Owing to a slight misunderstand ing in the plans, the tablet contain ing the names of the boys had to be omitted for, the time, but will be put up during tho week. j 1 THE THEATER BEAUTIFUL CSS LAST TIME TO-NIGHT Douglas Fairbanks in "The Man from Painted Post" mmmmiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmtmt Fruit and Farm uiiiii;iiiiiiiiii::i;;miiiiiiiimi;inii;iiiiiu Ion't Plant Fruit Tree Early. Fall planting of fruit trees should be delayed to late November or early December, advises the United States Department of Agriculture. A pomologist of the department writes in reply to a New Jersey in quirer he would hesitate to advise planting In any section as early as October because of probable injury to the trees. In sections of the north where cold weather prohibits plant ing in November or December, he says, it Is usually better to plant In the spring. Appletrees can be plant ed with safety in the fall farther north than peach trees and other less hardy kinds. At the Missouri experiment station It recently has been shown that little or no root action takes place with fall-planted trees until the surface of the ground has begun to freeze, nd the trees planted early in the fall may lose considerable vitality before they begin root action. Don't Sell the Family Cow. This might appear to many to be good time to sell the family cow cr the family dairy herd, because prices for cows are high and It is easy to sell. But suppose you do Sell? What is gained? Prices of milk and butter are high seem higher! when you buy than when you sell. Perhaps we are crossing the 'stream' referred to by Abraham Lincoln when he advised against swapping horses while crossing a stream. In any case, will it not be better If the family cow and the fam ily dairy axe kept by those who know how to make them most productive? FRIDAY and SATURDAY Dorothy Dalton (Star of "The Flame of the Yukon) , in "The Price Hark". An unusual production with Miss Dalton at her beet Also a KNOCKOUT COMEDY SUNDAY and MONDAY o no our You must 6ee this most fascinating story, which will hold your interest from start to finish. ADDED ATTRACTION Concert by the reorganized Vining Orches tra. Prof. Harry Rosen, Leader. A fiue evening's entertainment guaranteed. winter without grain unless the lambs are to be dropped before go ing to pasture. All depends upon the kind of hay or other roughage Used. Legume hays stand at the fore front as a roughage for sheep. No other roughages approach them in feeding values. The coarse-stemmed hays like timothy, red top and blue grass have very, few leaves and therefore are poor sheep feeds. Hays having a large amount of timothy in them also are undesirable. Not only I.? timothy unpalatable to the sheep, but it causes serious cases of consti pation. The dry timothy heads work into the wool, causing irritation to the skin, lessening the value of the clip and making shearing difficult. When timothy or other coarse- stemmed hay Is fed to sheep In win ter quarters it becomes necessary to use some supplementary feed to keep the sheep In condition. Wintering Ewes. Sheep can be successfully wintered with a smaller use of grain than is needed for other livestock. m If in good condition at the beginning of Inter and given the right kind of pay they can be carried through the Weed Out Poor Milkers. Weeding out poor milkers from the dairy herd is no longer a theory in Oregon, but Is a fact, and has been especially profitable in this period of high-priced feeds. "The cow tester is aiding in food produc tion by sifting out the most efficient food-producing machine in the coun try the good dairy cow," says O. D. Center, director of the O. A. C. Ex tension Service." of carbon dloxld (carbonic acid gas) produced by the apples in storage, the lack of air movement in the stor age rooms, and the depositing of moisture on the fruit are all factors that may play a part in the produc tion of scald. Well-aerated apples remained free from scald, while in ail cases poorly aerated ones, han dled In the same way from the time they left the tree throughout storage, became badly scalded. Apple Scald. 1 Apple scald of green and ripe fruit In storage can be entirely and easily prevented by an occasional renewal of the air of the storage room, ac cording to a discovery of the United States Department of Agriculture, just repprted by Charles Brooks and J. S, Cooley, in the j department'? Journal of Agricultural, Research. The basis of the discovery Is the fact that apples aire living organisms which breathe and, like other living things, have ventilation requirements which if not met lead to smothering. The report states that accumulations Shell Seed Corn By Hand. Seed corn should always be shelled by hand, says the United States De partment of Agriculture, which ad vises care In every step connected with seed selection. After seed corn has been selected from the most productive stalks as they stand in the field in competition with other surrounding stalks, and stored in a dry place free from in- ects and rodents, the job Is only half done. Shelling Is one of the most important of the tasks. Seed ears should first be nubbed and the kernels from tip and butt should be discarded from the seed supply. The small kernels from the tips are less productive than the oth er kernels on the ear; the blunt, talck. rounded kernels from the butts are just as productive as any of the rest, but because of their shape and sze they do not nlant uniformly when used In a corn planter with other kernel'), , . "That poreon who wilfully hoards any necessities shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding $5,000 or be Imprisoned for not more than two years, or both. Necessities shall be deemed hoarded when either held, contracted for, or arrangeiTfor bv any person In a quantity in excess of . his reasonable requirements for use and consumption for himself and dependents for a reasonable time." lT. S. Food Administration Act. ' Reeds port Is to erect a fine public school building. Special IflWfC All lines of business require Hardware specially adapted to their needs.' We had this in mind when selecting our stock. We carry all supplies needed by Wheatle88 and meatless days at home moan defeatless, days for our boys abroad. . .'',. The Farmer The Mill Man The Carpenter The Blacksmith The Electrician and Many Other Special Lines It makes no difference as, to what your business is, if you need Hard ware, we have it. Simpson's Hardware Store s