ASHLAND TIDINGS Friday, April 4, 1919 New Calendar is Planned Strata Railroad Lline Planter Ser vice Wants Men Extended to Bend PAGE BIX OWN A HOM Children s Sake (. S. Department of Labor IV. 0. WILSON, Sec. of Labor. n i2i: Hotel Austin Barber Shop N. G. BATHS, Prop. First-class Service and Equipment. Shoeshlnlng Parlor Baths. Aabluid, Oregon. YOUTH ATT KM IT KD TO KSCAPE IX STOLEN' CAIt Jack Plemmtng, a youth still lu his toens, was arrested near Myrtle Point last week for taking a Ford car belonging to State. Highway En gineer Kennedy which had been left standing. The lad made a wild dash for liberty, and succeeded in avoid ing apprehension as long as the gas lasted in the car, but was later forc ed to abandon the car which was lat er found at a point about six miles beyond Camas Valley. Plemmlxig had escaped from a reform school some time ago, and will be returned to that Institution. ' STILL BURNING mm An organized effort Is being made to Improve the time calendar. The American Equal Month Calendar as sociation has been Incorporated by 50 leading Minneapolis business and professional men with that end In view. The sole purpose of this or ganization Is the securing of a change In the calendar so that, all the months shall be of exactly the same length. This Is to be accom plished by the adoption by congress of the Liberty calendar, which Is a very simple modification of the cal endar now In use. In this new calendar there are thirteen months of exactly four weeks each, every month commenc ing with Monday. In the construction of the calendar only three slight changes were made in the present Gregorian form. They are as fol lows: 1 First, New Year day is made an Independent legal holiday. It Is placed between the last day of De cember and the first day of Janu ary. It is not Included In any week or month. Second, another Independent day, called "Correction Day " Is provided ror leap years. This Is likewise placed between the last day of one month ana uie first day of the next. It is not included In any week or month. Third, the remaining 364 days are divided Into thirteen months of ex actly four weeks each. The names of the months In this new calendar are January, February, Liberty, March, etc. The use of the word "Liberty" will Americanize the calendar at the same time it is made "vi o vuuveiueiu. unaer tnis new form all holidays and anniversaries will always fall on the same day of tne week. A promissory notn elvpn iur any number of weeks, months and years will always come due on the same day of the week It was giv en. It Is claimed that time and mental effort in making calculations for future dates will be beyond all comprehension. Furthermore. It will cause a sav ing of nearly fifteen million dollars a year in cost of printed and litho graphed calendars, as no printed cal endars will be needed when this new form is adopted. It Is estimated that the total saving of time and money will equal fully fifty million dollars a year In this country alone. The association will also assist in the organization of similar associa tions In other countries and will work for the adoption of the reform by other nations also. If a league of nations Is established the matter will be brought before that body. Sine neither the number nor the length of our present months Is gov erned by changes of the- moon or by any of nature's laws, it is claimed that the change to the new form can be made very easily. The plan also provides that Easter Sunday and Good Friday shall b placed on certain fixed dates. It li explained that the setting of these on fixed dates was considered at the time our present calendar was adopt ed. The placing of these on fixed dates would simply be another step in the much desired absolute regularity. The officers of the association state that the plan has met with the unanimous approval of the highest authorities. Congress will be asked to pass a bill which has already been introduced. The bill is very carefully drawn and provides that the change shall take place on Sun day, the first day of the year, 1922. Douglas County to Have New Cannery After an extensive canvass for funds thruout the county, returns in dicate that Douglas county Is to have a cannery, Sufficient money has been subscribed to warrant the filing of articles of incorporation under the name of the Umpqua Growers' Asso ciation, and while waiting the ap proval from the state capital Rose burg will endeavpr to secure the amount necessary before the board of directors can be elected. A. J. Brownell, who managed the canning plant which was recently dismantled and the machinery moved to McMlnnvllle, Is available to act as manager for the new industry. It is highly probable that the lward of directors who are to be appointed soon will solicit Mr. Bro.wnell's ser vices to act in that capacity, once the plant is assured. As manager of an industry of this kind, Mr. Brownell has proved to be a very efficient man. "An irresistible movement of the population of the feast to the western states is coming now," says Robert E. Strahonn, projector of the railroad lines for central Oregon develop ment, while on a visit to Portland, according to a statemest issued fr6m that city. "This is forcibly indlcat ed by the fact that more rteal estate has been sold In Oregon during the last 90 days than during ell of the proceeding two years. "For the past four or five years the people of the east have been held at borne for one reason or an othfeP. Tha war In urope had I great deal to do with this stay at home spirit and then when America entered the war new blood coming to the west was practically stopped. ' "It will not be necessary for an ex tensive advertising crusad to bring the people from the congested east to the more thinly populated west Tills movement will come just as nat urally as it has always come since America was discovered. "In preparation for this vast move ment it is vitally necessary that more prospective sites be opened up now." One of the greatest stretches of this country that Is untouched at the present tlmje and one that offers a means of support for thousands of people is to be penetrated by the Strahorn project of which Mr. Stra horn Is tWe originator. Mr. Strahorn has been in eastern Oiiegon for some time and is now on his way to southern and central sec tions of the state to further the pro ject which is intended to connect USE Land Plaster NOW Ashland Lumber Co. Phone 20 E(?nd and Crane, Bend and Silver (Lake and Sllv.er Lake with Lakjevlew and Klamath Falls connecting at the various points with the end of such continental systems as the Union Pa cific on the east, the O-W. R. & N. on the north and the Southern Pacific and Nevada, California and Oregon on thje south. Mr. Strahorn explains that the construction of approximately 400 miles of tracks would connect with 30,000 miles of transcontinental rail systems to the east and north and 18,000 miles of other systems to the south. It would make a more direct roulj to Portland possible from east ern points. Construction is in progress le- tween Klamath Falls and Sliver Lake, the line having been laid as far northeast as Dairy. When the line is extended to Sllvtor Lake it is pro posed to rush to completion the ex tension the remainder of the way to Bend. This section would open up oviar a hundrjed mile stretch of the pine forests of Oregon," said Mr. Strahorn. The United States Army Mine Planter Service will hold open com petitive examinations on May 5, 1Q1Q nl lfailDllt tfflAAi. A rm IB Iff) 1UI IU0 n ai i Mil W VL1IWI 1 of master, first mate, and second mate aboard army mine plasters. About 30 positions are to be filled. The War Department has asked the United States Civil Service Com mission to use its machinery for dis seminating information relative to the positions and for distributing application blanks. The secretary of the local board of civil-service examiners at the post office or cus tomhouse in any city of the United States will supply to any person in terested a printed announcement containing full information as to re quirements, salaries, allowances in addition to salaries, etc., and with an application blank. Peptona Will Help You Often times persons who are recov ering from sickness have difficulty in recovering their strength. Prptona, our best tonic, will be found very helpful. It contains ton ic and strength building principles to aid in enriching the blood, In assimi lation of food and building general strength. It is pleasant to take, and the in gredients are so combined that they are easily assimilated even by very weak stomachs. Pint bottle 11.00. For Sale Only by McXAIR IIROS. The 1R&Ka!JL Store INTER CRBAX AUTOCAR OO. Leave Ashland for Medford, Tal ent and Phoenix dally except Sunday at 9:00 a. m. and 11 a. m., and 1:00. 4:00 and 5:15 p. m. Also on Satur day night at 6:30. Sundays, leave at 9:00 a. m., 12:30, 4:30 and 6:30 9. m. Leave Medford for Ashland dally except Sunday at 8:00 and 10 a. m., and 1:00, 4:00 and 5:15 p. m. Also on Saturday night at 10:15. On Sun days 10:30 a. m., 1:30, 5:30 and 9:30 p. m. Fare between Medford and Ash land, 30 cents. Round trip 50 cents. Takes Adler-i-ka! "I had serious bowel and liver trouble. Lost 50 pounds and could eat only liquid food. Began taking Adler-i-ka and now weigh more than ever. Eat and sleep splendidly. (Signed) George LaFond, Little Falls, Minn. One dose Adler-lka relieves sour stomach, gas and constipation IN STANTLY. Removes ALL foul mat ter which poisons system. Often CURES constipation. Prevents appendicitis. We have sold Adler-lka many years. It Is a mixture of buckthorn, cascara, glycerine and nine other simple drugs. T. K. BOLTON', Druggist SMUGGLES WHISKEY TO KEEP MEX OX THE JOB Martin C. Gray, who brought six quarts of liquor from Weed, Calif., was fined $250 in federal court at Portland Monday for the offense. Frank Hargls, a sheepman of Mal heur county, was caught with 46 pints which he said he was bringing to the men in the sheep, camps so they would not quit their joba. He was fined $300. Notice! I have again taken charge of my Transfer business and will be pleased to have all of my old and new cus tomers call me at any time. I handle your piano or furniture carefully and promptly and I guarantee to please. Orders left at the White Houso grocery or Icenhower's second hand store will be given prompt attention. Webster Wertz TRANSFER AM) STORAGE 17-St Pure Hilk Pure Cream Norton's Clover Leaf Dairy E. N. NORTON, Proprietor TELEPH0NL 392-J Strictly Sanitary. Thoroughly Up-to-Date. Good Ser vice to Any Part of Town J. P. Dodge & Sons ttt?HII!limilllll1lll!!!!!l!!l!!!llllllllir Undertakers Lady Assistant Deputy County Coroner State Licensed Embalmer