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I ASHLAND -TnIWG8 Monilay. April 8, 1018 MGE SIX 1 ttxoxax, Fruit and Farm a Control of Wild Outs. Wild oats, the worst weed pest in the hard spring wheat area, can be controlled by rotating crops ami by efficient tillage methods. As the eradication methods differ according to the soil and climatic conditions, a specialist of the United States De partment of Agriculture, In a new publication, describing the control of tills pest, Farmers' Bulletin 833, dl ides the hard spring wheat area cf North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota into three general dl visions and suggests methods for each. These divisions are theRed River valley division, which includes west ern Minnesota and eastern North Da lota; the western division, which consists primarily of western North Dakota; and the southern division, composed largely of eastern South Dakota an southwestern Minnesota. The principle of eradication in all the methods suggested by the gov ernment specialist is to cause the Ei.eds of the wild oat to germinate and then to destroy the seedlings be. fnre they mature. The methods ad vocated for each section described In detail in the bulletin may be stated For Your Garden use Land Plaster Ashland Lumber Co. Phone 20 Yno only brlefly.x For convenience the methods are numbered and in tome sections a combination of sev eral methods sometimes may be de sirable, the specialist says. Methods of Eradication. ' 1 Method No. 1. Summer fallow or pasture This method consists in al lowing 'infested land to lie fallow during the summer and by plowing and pasturing to destroy the succes sive growths of wild oats as they ger minate from seeds brought near the surface. Method No. 2. Winter Rye The land should bo plowed in the fall and seeded to winter rye, using an early maturing variety. The1 rye will ma ture and can be harvested the follow ing spring before the wild oat seeds ere sufficiently mature to germinate. The field then should be plowed or the stubble pastured during the rest cf the season. Method No. 3. Meadow Through rt the Red River valley wheje heavy nila tredominate wild oat seed will nac Ue to toe ground more than two jar. Tfc common practice, there for,. f.ir.stroylng the weed there Is t geeit Ca Uad to ome crop for hay tw.ii an aXiidtx, or timothy and clo ver., aa.t after two or three years the wild aala wi3 b entirely eradicated. Mhci Ny. 4, Intertilled crops Wherever ntettosa hlch Include in tertilled ero ax be practiced it is a comparatively aimnte matter to keep this weed tader control. The Intertill? naatena the germination of the seeds waiea Are left in the noil, and additional tillage kills the young seedling. Method No. 6. Early barley Dow In the ante ma to a depth of three inches and prepare a good seed lied for harrowing. Harrow again in the early spring ra ordr to promote the germination of the wild oats. Af ter they haro germinated th-y should lie plowed under fire or six inches deep and a good sed bed prepared. Plant Immediately an early maturing variety of barley. This crop not only matures early but produces a Tery dense growth, w hlch has a tendency to smother weeds. After the barley Is harvested the land should be plowed and pastured In order to erad icate any surviving oat plauts. Method No. 6. Barley and rye ' Plow the land shallow (three Inches) ill the fall. Early the following spring disk or harrow and seed to barley or oats. Harvest this crop for hay while the wild oat plants are still green. Then plow the land five or si:; Inches deep, and In August seed to winter rye. The following sum mer, after the rye is harvested, plow the land shallow. Late the next spring after the' volunteer rye and Wild oats have come up, plow again five or six inches deep aud seed to barley. The barley may be harvested for grain before the wild oat seedi are sufficiently matured to germi nate. x Which Methods to Apply. In the Red River valley division, where the soil Is a heavy clay and nioistime is plentiful,, It is probable that the most desirable method to use is So. 3. In the southern division, where the growing season and cli matic conditions are moro favorable for the production of com, it is likely that method No. 4 will be found most practicable. In this area the seasons are not so severe as In the areas far ther north and winter rye is a more profitable' crop. Method No. 2 also may be found effective. In the west ern division, whore the soil Is more sandy and the rainfall lighter, meth ods Nos. 1 and 5 vwlll be most effect ive, though methods Ns. 2 and 3 may prove to be valuable. The bulletin, now rcaay for dis tribution, also describes the damage done by the wild oat, tells how to identify the plant, and gives sugges tions as to how to avoid Infestation of fields. BEB8B GEUMAX Cl'IiTl'ItE NOT A KECK XT PRACTICE "Every village they have passed through has been the victim of what Is only organized pillage. Every city has been practically sacked, ran sacked on system; its citizens plun dered. Us civil officials terrorized, Imprisoned, outraged, or killed. The civil populations have been, contrary to the usage of modern warfare, forced to serve the invading armies, brutally put to death, reduced to wholesale starvation and desolation. Vast tracts of the richest and most in dustrious districts of Europe have been deliberately stripped and plung ed Into famine, solely In order that the invaders might make war cheap ly. Irregular troops, contrary to all the practice of war, have been sys tematically murdered, and civil popu lation indiscriminately massacred, solely to spread terror. A regular system of Ingenious terrorism has been directed against civilians, as horrible as anything in the history of civil or religious wars. Large and populous cities have been, not once, but twenty, thirty, forty times, bom barded and burnt, and the women and children in them wantonly slaugh tered, with the sole object of Inflict ing suffering. All this has been done not In license or passion, but by the calculating ferocity of scientific sol diers." ' The above was not written, though It might have been, yesterday, last week, last month, or last year. It appeared in the English Fortnightly Heview February, 1871, shortly be fore the surrender of Paris. Freder ick Harrison, the writer, is still alive. Its statements were true then, are true now. Julius Caesar in his Com mentaries narrates events which show that even before the time or Christ the Germans demonstrated the possession of "kultur." It Is no new thing; and hundreds of thousands of men will have died In vain in this war If this sinister thing Is not abso lutely and utterly exterminated for ever by the forces of civilization ar rayed against It. Cleanliness, Personal Attention and Courtesy Combined lo Make Ihe Eagle Meat Market Popular 1R3FZCT aar marati ana your iwu tenet will be behind the pitman . . . twt. a. I.JJ. L. Schwcin ilaainre rtlnrf ana maatt. Tha knowledge f cleanliness aad a sanitary work shop will aid year digestion. 81 N. Mala Pbone 107 J. P. Dodge & Sons Undertakers - Litfy Aiilttsel Deputy Ceunty Ctrantr Situ LktiMi" Embilmc f WE WISH TO EXPLAIN UNFAIR COMPETITION Our statement In our circular, where we say we believe It to the worklngman's Interest not to patronize any business that is not American enough to close at 6 p. m.,in ncord with other stores. There are just exception's to this drug stores, for instance, where we must get medi cines for the sick; places of amusement, confectionery and cigar stores, restaurants, etc. But why should any shoo shop In Ashland be .so unjust to labor as to work from 6 In the morning till 10 or 11 at night? He ought to give someone a lob if he has so much work.. No shoe repair shop or shoemaker would dare to do such an unjust act agalnrt labor organization In a union town. - We want our competitor to close at 6 p. m. as we and the other stores do. We want you to help us by taking your shoes to a shop that closes at 6-r.'m. ' If you don't like our work, for goodness sake take your shoes to theTshop in the Allen block. Lot's work togetlier and have shorter working days. If you are a friend of the Overland shoe shop, just insist that he close the day's business at 6 p. ra. as other stores do and make garden. That Is all we are asking in Justice to America's workingmen. Here and There Last week during the warmest ulght a hobo, seeking some warm place to spend the night, found one of the doors to the refrigerator cars being loaded with broccoli slightly open, and he proceeded to make his headquarters there ' for the night The next morning as Guy Black was preparing; to finish loading the car, he was startled by hearing a voice from within say, "Don't lock me in," when he made an investigation and found that the "bo" had spent the night In the car. It was fully Iced for shipment, having about six tons of ice on board. The veteran of the road could1 have found more pleasant quarters on any river bank. Rose burg Review. The Indiana of Klamath reserva tion are willing and eager to help food Administrator Hoover win the war, but are In need of Instruction in regard to using the wheat substitutes, according to Miss Ada Rice, field worker at the reservation. Miss Rice says that the Indians are very good cooks( for the most part, but that they are very, wasteful and throw away food which could be used. As yet they do not observe the meatless and wheatless days, although they save meat by using a great deal of fish. The Indians are also ready to help In a financial way to brln'i vic tory, says Miss Rice, and are willing purchasers of thrift stanmp3 and Lib erty bonds. Klamath Falls Herald. Siskiyou county's first contingent of the second draft started for Amer ican Lake Tuesday, thirteon entrain ing at Yreka and eight from outsld-3 points. The call was for sixteen, but five alternates were sent also to in sure the full number if some should fail to pass the examination at the camp. The boys were entertained Monday evening at a minstrel show which was given at Peters' tljeatre, and during tho evening patriotic ad dresses were made by Senator W. B. Shearer and Attorney H. R. Raynes. The hunch got off in good shape on the noon train the next day. Yreka News. Mr. Miller", a homesteader on tht west fork of the Illinois river, was brought to this city Wednesday by A. C. Lichen, charged with killing stock. A search of the premises re vealed a barrel of pickled beef. Mr. Miller states that the found an ani mal which had Just been shot and he completed butchering and made use of the meat. Grants Pass Cour ier. Douglas county's contribution to the thrift stamp and war savings stamp sales In Oregon is reported at $55,961.87. County Chairman I. B. Riddle was officially notified of these figures by SlnteDlstributor Jesse A. Currey vof Portland. This is prob ably far short of. the sales in Doug las county, bb tho Portland head quarters have no way of knowing what the postofflce sales amount to. In faot, tho figures of sales at the various postofflces will not be avail able for probably a week, according to a statement made by Postmaster Relzensteln this morning, as reports from the rural offices como In slow ly. As soon as these stilus are re ported and tabulated the actual amount of sales to April 1 can be given out. Rosehurg Review. The Copper Eagle mine, about four miles from Gallce, will be the scene cf much activity in a short time. P. II. Wickham, with men and supplies, went to Gallce Saturday and for the next 30 days they will be busy pre paring for the season's work. Grants Pass Observer. liOMANCE IX WRITING EM)S DISASTIUH'SLY Another romance conductf I after tho correspondence method waa punc tured at -Cottage Grove hr-t wce"k vhen Annie .Cruson, who formerly cinie from .Nebraska, was divorced fiom her husband, Albert II. Cruson. According to tho story told by Mrs. Cruson on the stand at court, she had r.ever seen Cruson until a few hours previous to their marriage In Van couver, Wash., February 25' of this year They had been corresponding for some time, relatives of Cruson In Nebraska having told her of him and vice versa. Mrs. Cruson testified that her hus band, before their marriage and be; fore she made the trip to the coast, told her that he had considerable money and that he was ready to build u new house for her In Cottage Crove immediately after the' wedding. Af ter the ceremony in' Vancouver they proceeded to Cottage Grove, she said, and she found that he lived in an old shack which was extremely filthy throughout. She said that some of the old clothes of his first wifef who had died two years previous, were still under a bed where they had been thrown befpre or after her death, and that the house was in a deplor able state, appearing as If it had not been cleaned for years. She testified that Cruson had to bprroiy ?0 to go to Vancouver to get married on and stated that many of his representa tions as to his condition and financial standing were absolutely false. Mrs. Cruson was allowed to resume her former name, Annie Sherman. Eastern Supply Co. Opposite While House Grocery ZOXE SYSTEM TRIED IX EASTEKX OREGON The qew zone system for rural school supervision, after being tried cut one year In Polk and Marion counties and certain sections of east ern Oregon, formally is declared an efficient and successful plan. Prof. M, S. PIttman, head of the depart ment of rural education, recently said the teachers, pupils and school su pervisors had speeded up their work and each had learned much from the other. ' I'nder the plan each county Is di vided Into six zones. The county su pervisor spends an entire week in each zone. Me studies Its character istics and observes how It is progress ing with classroom work. The teach er draws up outlines and follows well-established pedagogical princi ples in presenting the lesson. After the supervisor has seen how each teacher prefers to teach, a "critique" Is held, all teachers of the zone being present. The principles of the system, It is explained, are very similar to those used in practice school teaching, as recommended by the United States Iepartment of Education. The chie! purpose of the system is sell. Instruc tion and an exchange of Ideas. W. S. S. "PRIMER" ISSUED TO PUBLIC terest on the War Savings Certifi cates accumulates and Is paid to yon in one sum on January 1, 1923. Q. Why Isn't the interest paid In the same manner on both War Sav ings Certificates and Liberty Bonds? A. It would be very complicated and expensive to pay interest every six months on $5 stamps, and for that reason the United States government retains the Interest until January 1, 1923, at which time It pays you the compound interest and the principal, c mounting to $5, the face value of the War Savings Stamp. Q. Shall I sell Liberty Bonds to buy War Savings Stamps? A. No. The security behind Lib erty Bonds and War Savings Certifi cates Is the same. Keep your Liberty Bonds and buy War Savings Stamps also. Q. Is the money received from War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps used for the same purpose as the money received from Liberty Bonds? A. Yes. Q. Should I take money out of the savings bank to buy War Savings Stamps? A. No. You should save as much as you can every day and buy Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps with these savings. . Q. How did congress authorize these War Savings Certificates? Hayti and Santo Domingo, and re cruits from Mare Island, California, and Paris Island, South Carolina. The non-commissioned staff are all veterans of campaigns with the ma rlne3 all over the world. Eleven of the commissioned officers are men who have earned promotion from the ranks. The enlisted personnel repre sents graduates from over twenty of the leading colleges and universities, such as Harvard, Cornell, Utlca, Tufts, Oberlin, Lehigh, Iowa State, Nebraska, Minnesota, University of Oregon and Oregon Agricultural Col lege. More interesting than the diversity of colleges are the numerous trades, businesses and professions represent ed. There are farmers,, miners, drug gists, civil engineers, students of medicine, clcctrlclanfl, musicians, car penters and so on through the com plete gamut of American industries. The battalion Is divided Into three . classes of signaling. They are visual, consisting of wigwag, semaphore, heliograph, blinking and search light. The other branches arc j telepathy and radio or wireless, Little Finland asked for a son of tl:e kaiser as her ruler, and the kaiser sent his armies ahead to be sure of the right kind of a reception for the kid. The kaiser is wise the kid might get lost. A. By act approved September 24, 1917- When Billy Sunday finishes In Chl- Q. How large an amount of War1 Cago he will go to France. Billy Savings Certificates can be issued un- 'needs rest and quiet. der the present law? , , 1 A. $2,000,000,000. Subscription nargaln. 1 For a short time tho Ashland Tld- SIGXAL BATTALION 1 lugs and Better Fruit one full vftur READY FOB FRANCE : for J2.50. tf The Liberty Loan Bonds and War Savings Stamps are In no wise rivals No effort should be made to make them such. Any effort to do so is a blow at the government's war-win-nlng preparations. The Liberty Loans and the War Savings Stamps are two forms of the same financial operation of the gov ernment. They are both authorized by vote of congress and are Intended to supplement each other. War Savings .Stamps, particularly, however, should be bought with sav ings savings accumulated by the purchase and accumulation of Thrift Stamps. They furnish one means by which non-essentials can be trans formed Into essentials. ' As to the status of the Liberty Bond and the'War Stamp the govern ment, In ltBW. S. S. "primer," asks Itself questions and answers them it self as follows Q. What security is behind ths )Var Savings Stamp? A. The United States government promises to pay Y for each stamp on January 1, 1923. This promise is backed by the faith and honor of the United States and by the taxing pow er of this country, which Is the rich est nation in the world. Q. Why does the United States borrow this money?; A. To pay the expenses of the war. Q. When I lend my money to the government would it be safer to buy a government bond rather than these War Savings Stamps? A. When a War Savings Stamp Is attached to a War Savings Certlflcata It becomes' a government obligation with tho same security as the Liberty Bonds now hold by more than 10,- 000,000 Americans. Q. ' Is the 4 per cent Interest com pounded quarterly on War Savings Certificates paid In the same way as the Interest on Liberty Bonds? A. Ho, The Liberty Bond Interest s paid every six months, bul the In- Oregon boys in the signal battalion cf the U. S. Marine Corps are now at an eastern port anxiously awaiting! orders to sail for "over there" and Lget a crack at the kaiser. This bat talion Is formed of men who have signaled under fire at Vera Cruz, I GET TOE BEARD BUT LEAVE THE ROOTS Cm not after the "pound of flesh" leave the roots to continue their growth. "You are next." Buckhorn Barber Shop Clyde Costolo Hart Tour Clothe Made at Home John for Clothes Tailoring for Men and VVomta John the Tailor Cleaning and Praising A Fit or No Sale Austin Hotel Block - V Make Your Shabby Auto Look New There' no noed of runty fenders and hood, dull body or a shabby looking top on your auto. A little time and trifling expeiine for Acrno Quality MotorCar Finish and your old car can bo made ppic and ppan. Reflniehing your car in not difficult with . f.Cm QUALITY MOTOR CAR FINISH . 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