_ Kxtaida.), October 7, llhfcj ASHLAND DAILY TIDINGS PAGE FOCH J _ “7 T he g re a te s t courtesy you can ac- , , . - , ' . « cord your your frien d s is to le t oth ers kr.ow o f th eir presence in th e city. ri he T idin gs would ap preciate this. T all 8». Important Notice M illinery classes under in stru ctio n of Mrs. Selm a M. G ray, will begin next Tuesday evening, O ctober 10. T here will only be two classes, so get your nam e in a t once. F o r in ­ fo rm ation. call Miss Blanche Hicks at public library. 30-2 R e tu rn s E m pty-H anded— H. K. T om linson and a few of the officials of th e Pacific F ru it Express com pany, who have been on a few davs’ h u n tin g trip , have re tu rn e d to * 5 , the city em pty-handed, as fa r as deer go. R ain d u rin g th e e n tire outing was given as th e excuse. m odern ordnance th a t w ere exhibited , I)R. JAMES SPEAR VISITS R. C. Jorgenson, who form erly op- pany w ith his d a u g h te r and son-in- for m em bers of the arm y ordnance IN JACKSON C O U N T Y erated the L ithia bakery here, passed law. They have ju st re tu rn e d from association, A m erican Society of M e-, th ro u g h A shland yesterday, in com- an auto trip th ro u g h th e south. chanical E ngineers a n d Society of i Dr. Jam es Spear, of B erkeley, A utom toive E ngineers a t th e asso­ Calif., has been th e guest of Mes­ i”"r inniHiw c iatio n ’s a n n u a l field day at A ber­ dam es E lizabeth Van Sant and Mary ■ B nw ihiiiiiiOiiiih B i lt ii i UI Hiiliini deen proving grounds, M aryland, Dunn for a sh o rt tim e. Dr. Spear spoke la st evening a t the P re sb y te r­ yesterday. ian church on “ C h ristian Stew ard­ ship.” He will ta lk Sunday m orn- ¡ J | BABY STILLMAN HELD TO BE LEGITIMATE SON ing a t Phoenix, Sunday aftern o o n a t g | M edford, and in the evening a t Jack- W H ITE PLAINS, N. Y., Oct. 7.— sonville on the sam e subject. Mrs. A nna U. S tillm an won a n o th e r victory in h er divorce proceedings T ry th e classified colum ns. y e ste rd a f, when Suprem e C ourt J u s ­ tice M orschauser handed down a de­ cision approving and confirm ing the y findings and recom m endations of 8901530123230000000607050202000305090600010002000209031004010103010200020000050605060603060304030 R eferee Gleason. In his decision, Gleason had held th a t Baby Guv S tillm an was a leg itim ate son of Jam es A. S tillm an, New York b a n k ­ e r; th a t Mrs. S tillm an was not guilty of infid elity ; th a t S tillm an had been guilty of m isconduct, and th a t Still-1 m an was not en titled to a divorce. lit NEW YORK, Oct. 7.— The ghastly 1 discovery of a severed head in a sack Mrs. J. C. P oor has as h er house In Bronx P a rk , last Sunday was au g ­ guest, Miss N ellie Dowdv, from San m ented by the finding of a m u tilated c fQr an extended v isit. t hum an torso, p a rt of the sam e body. Police renew ed th e ir “ fine to o th ” A nother one of Mrs. M m ard s combln M D. LoVe. tra d e for poultry and- fru it farm . M. D yrud, Roy H ale, E a rl H osier, tion as pro tem pore head of th e klan » 31-1 J. C. Poor, M ark Sm ith, C. A. Cot- to tak e effect Novem ber 10, w ere Staples R ealty Agency. based, according to the tru e bill ren- COLE M cELROY’S te r and Miss Nellie Dowdy. j dered by th e grand ju ry , on alleged Shopping in A shland— ORCHESTRA OF PORTLAND use of th e m ails in collecting money M esdam es.E . H. Binns and C. L. Leave for Roseburg— from certain m em bers, su b o rd in ate Goff w ere am ong the M edford peo­ Mr. and Mrs. W illiam P a tte rso n officers and em ployes of the K u K lux ple shopping in A shland yesterday. le ’t yesterday m orning for R oseburg K ian on the pretense th a t such m on­ FA IR GROUNDS HALL w here they have purchased property eys would be used to pay prem ium s MEDFORD and will m ake th e ir fu tu re home. to su rety com panies fu rn ish in g oonds for these klansm en. B IG 1c SALE DANCE Is Now Ready to serve you with ALL KINDS OF FRESH AND SMOKED MEATS Prepared and kept under most modern methods Our meals art* sold direct from our new and sanitary up-to-date daughter house at M cN air Bros# Mon., Oct. 9th Brown's Cash Market Inspection Invited Enders Block Phone 57 i I; n’t It So? ¡•¿sap ■A V isitin g in C alifornia—- Mrs. C. W. W ynne has gone to FA SE R N STATES HELD L ast n ig h t, in one of ou r m aga- O rland, Calif., w here she will visit IN G RIP OF DROUGHT zine stories, I cam e across the fol- w itb her b ro th e r and o th er relatives. low ing: _______ WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.— W ith a n ­ Illn ess C alls C hildren— o th er 24 hours of generally fair “ Ed, don’t you th in k life gets aw ­ Mrs. E lva K eiton, of O akland. i w eath er forecast for the e n tire sec- fully m onotonous a t tim es? T hink ------------- ----------- of it! To wash on Mondays and iron Calif ’ and H a rry Say,es’ ro ® or ' t ion of th e country, from th e plains land, have arrived to be a t th e bed­ sta te s eastw ard , the U nited S tates on Tuesdays and clean on W ednes- side of th e ir m o th er, Mrs. J. P. w eather b u reau saw no im m ediate days— and alw ays th e youngsters Sayles, on G resham s tre e t, who is prospect yesterday for a b reak in and th e m eals! Isn ’t it ju st m ad­ reported to he dying. i the p ro tra cte d d ro u g h t which has d e n in g !”— i gripped a g rea t portion of th e coun­ YEA VERILY! and W E ’LL SAY R eturns from K lam ath — try. A ttending high tem p e ra tu re s Mr. Moore re tu rn e d from F o rt for the season, which yesterday es- SO! OUR BUSINESS is to help you K lam ath yesterday, a fte r a w eek's i tablished records a t a num ber of in the e ___ a st ____ and . m iddle west, sm ooth out these m addening tim es. visit in th a t section of the country. points ____ _______ Send us your laundry and you’ll feel rep o t s th a t ducks a re quit» a jSQ were expected to continue a t better. Get th e habit a n d you w on’t Plentiful on all the lakes in th a t least u n t}j tonight. country. D espite the extent and in ten sity re g re t it. „ „ . „ ~ ~ of the d ro u g h t, the dam age to crops Let our lau n d ry be an honest-to- " " E(l m r t 1 .« “ l i a r fo r P o r tla n d .! J ” J * ” s m .ll, agricut- goodness service statio n for your . . . . tu ris ts declare. The m ost serious ef- soiled linen. and expects to drive a new car back ~ feet has been the re ta rd in g of win- from th e Oregon m etropolis. t x . te r w heat sowing. teff». . On Shooting Trip— ENG INEER S VIEW E FFE C T S George N. K ram er, W lliiam H. OF HIGH EXPLO SIVE SHELL M owat and K enneth M cW illiam s are spending a lew days on a duck h u n t-j W ASHINGTON, Oct. 7.— A super- ing expedition in the vicinity of I el- sengjt jve fused shell th a t will b u rst ican Bay. Leave it to Mr. K ram er i on contact w ith th e cloth of an air- WIRT M. WRIGHT to go h u n tin g when h u n tin g is good. pjane wjn g, a n d a 2000-pound pro- b u t even he may have h u n tsm a n ’s | i jec tile th a t will pass th ro u g h 16 PHONE 165 Good Work Prompt Service luck and re tu rn em pty-handed. | inches of hardened steel before ex- Send it ’d g undry Ashland Laundrv Co. The New Olympic DAIRY FEED Molassinc P ro te in ................16% F a t ...................... 5% F ib re .................... 10%, Ashland Mills City D elivery Phono 49 l o m i e r M erch an t V isits— George E ddings, of G lendale, Calif., is spending a week visiting w ith the Hom es fam ily south of the city. Mr. E ddings will be rem em ­ bered by the old tim ers as having operated a h ard w are sto re here. Pre- vious to th a t tim e he and the Homes fam ily lived in th e sam e town in Illinois. He has been located in C alifornia for th e last 25 years and has never been back to A shland in th a t tim e, b u t a fte r liavng driven over the old fam iliar hills, he stated th a t it is still his “ first love.’ ’ Columbia Hotel Guests— 1 ploding, a re two of the w onders of The follow ing are recen t a rriv als at th e Colum bia hotel: Jam es Hynd, Isabelle Hynd, Lucille G riffin, W. E G riffis, J, S. W ertz, P o rtla n d ; Mr. and Mrs. O tto P eterso n , R udolph E astm an Bob A nderson, Askov, M inn.; Mr. and Mrs. N. P. S hular. A laska; P earl O’Brien. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. B orsdorf, R oseburg, O r.; J. H. H an n ifo rd , E agle P oint, O r.; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Newell, S um pter, Or. T O D A Y "MY DAD” — w ith— Johnnie Walker — and— “ THE FALSE ALARM” TOMORROW & MONDAY GJ (sUji iCALIFORNIA OREGON J POWER COMPANY THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY 7% PREFERRED CAPITAL STOCK PRICE $92 PER SHARE YIELDING 7.6% YOUR PARTNERS IN P R O G R E S S THE STOCK THE COMPANY The history of The California Oregon Pow er Company shows a substantial grow th in facilities and earnings result­ ing from the large sums of money invested in its properties and from the development of the territory in which it operates. Steady Growth in Customers Served The territory now served by The California Oregon Power Company includes parts of Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Douglas Counties in Oregon, and Siskiyou County and parts of Shasta and Trinity Counties in California. This is an area equal to the combined are?s of the states of M assa­ chusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. P ar value $100 per share. Dividends have been paid on The California Oregon Pow er Company Preferred Capital Stock since issuance (April 15, 1921) at the rate of $7 per share per annum. Checks are m ailjd every three m onths at rate of $1.75 per share. Proceeds of all securities sold are devoted exclusively to additions to and betterm ents of Company’s properties It is not assessable by the Company for any purpose whatsoever. It is non-callable, and if purchased at the present price yields a perm anent return of 7.6% on the investment. During the peried between 1912 and 1921, the num ber of consumers has grown from 6,561 to 11,900, an increase of 81.3%. It is exempt from Federal Normal Individual Income Tax. Increase in Facilities I t takes precedence as to assets and dividends over com ­ mon stock am ounting to $4,441,100 par value. The equity back of the preferred stock now outstanding am ounts to a total of $5,295,605.50 which equals $283.60 per share or over three times the present cost of $92 per share. The Company owns and operates seven hydro-electric plants in Southern Oregon and N orthern California. It has never resorted to generation oi electricity by steam power. In building these hydro-electric plants, a natural resource is Purchase may be made in any am ount from one share up­ being developed which will be productive forever. ward. In 1912, the generating capacity was 11,800 H. P. and a t 1 The stock may be purchased for cash or on our special the end of 1922, it will amount to 52,580 H. P. savir.gs plan, namely, $5.00 per share as first payment, and The Company’s high tension lines at the end of 1922 will $5.00 per share per month. be over six hundred miles in length. . , Interest is paid by the Company on all partial payments The aggregate len-’th of the distribution lines will be over ’ under the savings plan at the rate of 6' < per annum. In ter­ eight hundred and ten miles. ’ est checks are mailed to subscribers under the savings plan ! every three months. The investm ent needed for the construction of these fa- t . . x , cilities has increased from $4,189,325.76 in 1912 to $9,567,- ; The stock is listed on the San Francisco Stock and Bond 430.60 on June 30, 1922. Exchange. THE RECORD OF TEN YEARS' GROWTH YEAR -J , ^uisK ^ayer promis Properties ...............$4,189,325.76 1912 .... 4,787,624.35 1913 ........... 5.054,312.08 1914 ............ 5,265,839.85 1915 ...... 5.985.095.29 1916 ......... 6,493,375.71 1917 .... 7.311,310.73 1918 . .. 7,416,522.45 1919 ......... 7.692,884.51 1920 8.407.581.82 1021 1922(12 month» endingjune 30) 9,567,430.60 Gross Revenues Operating Maintenance Expense Net Earnings without Deducting Interest or Depreciation Kilowatt Hours Generated $307,040.29 347,261.70 385,331.23 398,349.83 426,106.64 487,916.44 502,269.05 726,079.30 948,277.07 1,001,272.07 1,029.409.12 $137,663.49 143,746.67 163,209.21 171,458.26 213,679.91 226,509.67 245,150.37 295,743.74 398,041.48 449,082.18 444,410.46 $169,376.80 203,515.03 222,122.02 226,891.57 212,425.73 261,406.77 257,118.68 430,335.56 550,235-59 552,189.89 584.998.66 21,492,374 26,485,359 33,245,366 38,133,884 41,936,855 47,755,628 46,216,299 108,233,745 142,404,975 129.368,808 131,170,857 ANITA My R anch at 8 3 5 North Miiin S treet, about three acres, 5 0 0 fe e t on th e H ighw ay. P avin g anil sew er a ll paid. Seven room house, m o d em conven ien ces, connected w ith gas. l o u r ch ick en houses, b a m and feed h ou se. 6 0 0 w ell bred hens. A fin e Jersey cow. Good v arieties and lo ts of saleab le fruit. T here is ab out $51000 w orth o f per­ sonal property that goes w ith th e ranch. P rice $ 4 5 0 0 cash, or $ 5 0 0 0 i>n term s, if tak en a t on ce. T his ranch is a m oney m aker and a sp lend id investm ent. FOR SALE STEWART You may place your order or gel full information at any o f our offices, or from any member o f our organization. Price subject to increase at any time. THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY JUST ONE Y E A R !!? — JOHN H. DILI*, Owner. Our partial payment plan o f $5 per share per month enables you to take immediate advantage o f the exceedingly attra&ive price at which this high grade security is now being offered — #92 per share to yield 7.6 % per annum. — Also— “ SUPPLY AND DEM AND” A Comedy th a t is a REAL fe a tu re -— — a n d ■ PATHE NEWS OFFICES MEDFORD, GRANTS PASS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON YREKA, DUNSMUIR, CALIFORNIA