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ASHLAND WEEKLY TIDINGS ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1920 0L. XLIV NO. 11 County Farm Bureau loins ' Safe and Naf' Organization A large delegation of citizeua from, Ashland and the Valley View district uttended the meeting of the Jack son County Farm Bureau at Med- ford last evening. Te meeting was merce, the Federation of Labor, ana presided over by Geo. H. Mansfield,! the American Farm Bureau federa presldent of the Jackson Couhty or-jtlon. That the latter organization ganlzation and tmporary president of: now numbered- 1,600,000 farmers, the State Farm Bureau. land was growing by leaps and The purpose of the meeting was td ascertain whether or not the local organization would affiliate with the state and national farm bureaus. Mr. Munsfleld introduced Paul V. Marls, of the 0. A. C. Extension de partment, who gave a brief descrip tion of tlie-work of the county bu reau, Illustrating his talk with charts of the nroaram of work of different! counties and showing that this tram in many Instances had been fur exceeded. The principal speaker of the eve ning was Chester H. Gray, member of the executive committee of the American Farm Bureau federation. , , , . Mr. Cray's, mission was to demon- strain the benefit of organization of - . i a,AD ,ne " - uroug,, Dureuu, aiiniiuiaieu ig iuu i.iwjwv w ' omul nrobloms Dertnlninfc to agrl-isrs'. Marls of the O. A. C. and a C ... ... i . . cu.tura. pursui s to emp.oy to work out "WwZZJV iZl ! FIFTY-ONE IN LONDON, Nov. 9 Fifty-one na- , lions, large and small, und inhabited LEAGUE OF NATIONS ASSEMBLY by peoples of every race, color andijj 8( creed, will be represented at the first' jj ..,.60 League of Nations Assembly at Oel, J2 , . . .64 neva, November 15. , t:hlnese, Japanese and Arabs "'"'jj 54 rub elbows with Itrltons,' Latins and ( 1B ! .66 Colts. French and English will be ' '.Si III., medium of lansiia through ""."' 61 which business will be transacted, Jg 49 all hough many ot the delegates !"!!si iitHliintand neither tongue. 1 !"66 Of the nations represented at "'jj !.SJ nova, eighteen, Including the five do-j 2 62 minions of the British Grou, became 6g through the coming into eireci 01 ine Treaty of Versailles on January 10, 1920. ' Eight other countries ratified the! . .... 1 1 paci suosequeniiy aim hi w tunii'ioicu i as charter members. Thirteen states,; neutrals during the Great War, are! members through accession under In vitations extended In conformity with' the Annex to'tlie Covenant. ; China, alone, derives her member-; ship rights by virtue of being a sig natory to the Treaty of St. Germain. Eleven other countries, some of which have only de facto govern- ments, have officially applied for; membership. Their applications wlll be acted upon at the Assembly meet-j lug, as will be those of Germany,, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria, Ifj they are received officially before the( date of the meeting. The only nations which will not he represented at Genova, either of-; flclally or seml-officlally, are the; fnlted States, Turkey and Mexico, j Nations Invited to Heroine League . Members who accepted, und Date . ' of Their Accession. j Argentine Republic, ltyh July, j 1920. j Chile, 4th November, 1919. j Persia, 26th December, 1919. 1 Paraguay, 26th December, 1919. j Spain, 10th January, 1920. Colombia, 16th February, 1920. Venezuela, 3rd March, 1920. Norway. 6th March, 1920. Denmark. 8th March, 1920. Switzerland, 8th March. 19"20. . Netherland, 9th March. 1920. Sweden, 9th March, 1920. San Salvador, 10th Mnrch, 1920. HIGH PRICE IS PAID FOR .... FOIl ROM E RIVER PEAKS An average ot $7.09 a box tor extra fancy Bosc pears, and an av erage of $6.29 a box for fancy Bosc was received by the Oregon Growers' Co-operative Association from b sale made in New York City November 2, according to a re port Just Issued by the associa tion. The total amount received for the car lot was $3303. The high er figure was received for 67 boxes of the extra fancy Bosc, and the $6,29 for the 466 boxes fancy. This car lot was shipped from the Rogue valley September 2 and held bf the association In cold storage until heavy supplies weie off the market and conditions fav orable for a sale. In view of the fact that about 35 per cent of the car tun 15' and smaller, these figures are re garded as breaking the high price ror4 for Bosc. The association has been working hard on Winter Nellls pears but the sales depart ment h. been under a handicap on account of the extremely small sizes. farmers for legislation. Mr. Gray stated that the great organizations in the country loaay were the American Chamber of Corn- bounds. After the address by Mr. Gray, Mr. ManBfield called for action by the meeting on the question of wbther the, Jackson County Farm bureau should join the state and national organization, and A. C. Joy, former president ot the county organization, In a vigorous speech urged such ac- Hon, and that the annual memoer- pro-lsblp be placed at $5 per member, and It mi unanimously so voted by the members present. 1 Among those present from Ashland were Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Joy, Mr. and Mr. A. H DaveU.M, andud to GranU " Mrs. John Dill, J. K. .Mc,racen, - , pih -llnr Mr nnd Mrs A R Ralph Billing. Mr. and Mr,. A. R Reachert, A. C. Briggs, V. o. J. Qmlth and others. f uV.ret.rvofth. Chem-!the ...rndnced Me,-! n , n nn.tii,,. avAnt rnn-i r,l in 9 B npr!'elU, "7, --- ' . WEATHER REPORT. Following is the co-operative oh- server's meterologlcal record for the ! month of OctoW at Ashland: I Date Max. Mln., .60 .70 .52 .82 .70 66 .04 41 41 41 42 45 41, 35 DO 38 47 46 37 29 41 S9 30 30 30 34 35 42 39 37 $ 39 39 46 29 26 26 CO , g3 14.... ti 26 73 72 'S 27. 65 66 69 67 TRAILIXU A 910 BILL. "I'll give you one," said the traveling salesman. "It's a com bination hard and good luck atory the kind of story tct makes a fellow really take some stock In Elijah's ravens. A long time ago but not such a blamed long time ago, either I landed In Kansas City one cold winter day. Mind you, I was bioke didn't evon have a Chlneso pocketpiece left. A fellow will get that way some times. Well, I struck the town hungry and remained 4 hat ?ny past breakfast and lunch time. I was a stranger iu the city. And it was snowing, Just like It does when the mortgago is due on tho farm aud the old folks h.ivu got to go out. I walked the streel.i in a fejorn hope, that I might run across somebody that even looked like he knew me. Just as I wus getting desperate r.ul figuring on rushing a free lunch -stand they 'had them in those days I struck the most extraordinary piece ot , luck that ever happened to me. "I was going up D.-luwuig, street, perhaps for the tenth time und Just ahead ot me was a iuimi walking under an 'umbrella. I looked down at his. Teot and :;w , a piece of paper sticking to h!:i hc-el tho hardened snow bud lis tened it there. The paper vns green and It had a familiar look. I followed the man a block, hop ing the. piece ot puper would drop off, so that I could investigate it, . but It still clung there. . So 1 Just walked up close behind him and put my foot softly on it and ho went ahead, leaving the mysteri ous green document under my toe. I waited until he got around the corner and then plcked.lt up. It was a $10 bill. Sounds kind of funny, I know, but It happened Just the same. And thnt ten-spot put me on my feet." PARIS, France. An automat ' ic chess player, guaranteed to beat i even the champion players, has 1 been devised, it was announced to I the Academy of Science by Tor res y Quevedo, Spanish inventor, 1 who designed the machine. 1 It is a mechanical calculator j and operates instantaneously. "Chess," the inventor declared, I "is merely a matter of mathemat- ics. It is easily solved by an In I strument capable of all mathe i uatlcal calculations." BaeJ a"d Destroyed by Fire Qmilutf avail I i a ttta hurn ti-tltin u ti a cirrt -nve.mr f hu hnm on the Boulevard was burned to the grouud, together with most of Its contents. The fire was discovered at about 10:30 m. and an alarm sent in to the fire department, but the building was a mass of flames by the time the fire fighters arrived. Some time was lost in locating the fire, as the alarm was sent in over the telephone, the person who sent It in falling to give the address. Through the telephone central, how ever, the department found out the:tlons, helping to clean up the human fire was on the Boulevard, and when refuse of the war. j they reached the Tavener home the, over a thousand American nurses,, barn was too far 'gone to be saved.! doctors and relief workers wearing: insurance was carried on tin ! Red Cross Insignia are scattered ! barn, it Is stated. throughout Europe, -ministering, In ; many cases, to the same people ASHLANI) HOYS WINNERS I against whom they were fighting ' In j OVER ;ilATtt PASS ..... .. .-.l h,.. orn.l . The local high school football team with lUal Cliy, ana orougiu uome,. "w - , The game was caueu ai i.i anu two team, started off with a snap. I Ashland kicked off to Grant. Pass,;ands who returned the ball to the mid- Here they, were held for; Aowm ,nd CranU Pass punted andUlslons and corp. ot skilled doctors Ashland made yardage on the sec- ond down. ! On the next three plays Ashlund1 inrnred its' first touchdown. Clarke.! . A(,,.,fllld hllifb8.ci, carrving the bull over. The game seesawed buck they did not starve, and forth the rest of the quarter. in devastated France ono and a In the second period, Heer, Ash-j ilai( million francs worth of provis lund's half back, went over for a j0ng were distributed free last year, score on a beautiful broken field run.' A e,imii amount was handed over The goal was kicked. making the',0 needy Eastern and Central Eur-score14-0. At the beginning of the' op9, second half, Ashland Scored again on. . . . .. v,.rnrM h,s formed the a line smash by Clarke,. Only once during tho gumc did Grants Pass make yardage. On runs they carried the ball for 30 yards, but here they were stopped und they hud to punt. In the last quarter, Les Heer, the Ashland halfback, carried the ball through for a touchdown on a beau tiful broken field rum . Of 35 yards, evading the whole Grants Pass team. This Is the fourth game of the ...... .,. lo.,i,.H , . class in this game except that Clarke, who made consistent gains on the line of the opposing toam. Clarke is rtr-well developed bi-okta field runner nnd when given a chance makes gains that count largely In the final score. Heer, played a good game at left half. The lineup was as follows: High and Brower, ends; Cockranjbeen able to go Into Ibis work on a. and Ross, tackles; Small and Snyder, nuards; Moore, center; Clarke and Heer, halfbacks; Altken, quarter; 1 Ramsay, fullback. ' Substitutes: Selby, Hnbson, Bu- chunan and Quatn. ' WATERTOWN, WiJ. Earl Plumb of this town thinks he has n straugle-hold on at least one cor ner of the high cost of livlng-if he can only put his plan Into exe cution. Plumb found a chicken with four legs among a recent hatching. The chicken is strong and lively and uses both pairs of legs alternately. Where Plumb hopes to cash in is by getting hold of a young four-" legged cockerel, several of which have beefl reported hatched in various parts ot the country. Then he will Btart breeding four-legged chickens, he says, which won't cost any more to 'feed, but will provide an extra pulr ot drum sticks tof the Sunday dinner ta ble. The : The idu: kiH6i j f ah 'ashe? au VjT x-N" (mr, this T" i 'wwi r ir TV 4P7 una WILL SPEND i II IIUll 10 i SAVE MIEN (By the United Truss) PARIS Nov. 9. Two years after Mm armistice, the American Red Cross today is still Blg-JJrotherlng j eighteen war-stricken European na-j ijuft, ii in esuiumow inn nn -i,i heln last month in I Alistl,a-Hungary and Poland alone . , ,,.,.. ,,. Ai mo, geuerui "i" , nold9 ... ,, ,' h, ,-. I reaiiy 10 answer u t" "h " any part of Europe. When thous- were renderea uomeiess Dy the earthquake In Italy, the American I Red Cross rushed quantities or pro-; to the devastated Carrera district.! I When General Denlkln's offensive collapsed In South Russia and some two million refugees crowded Into 'Crimea, the Red Cross saw to It that habit of looking toward the Amerl- can relief organization to direct "first aid" measures, no matter j where the catastrophe or suffering, may be. Thanks to it und the Hoover j Relief Commission, America has! gained the reputation of the world's, greatest ultrulst audpliilanthropisl. j With a 1921 appropriation of $20,-1 000,000 already assured for next I year's work here, R'e.l Cross chiefs I 'ar nlHTiiilnir to concentra te on child I welfare- throughout the eminent, thus helping tp stave off the ill effects of war physical and mental upon the coming -generation. I The Red Cross plui.- to put 150 j trained units in the field to look af-j ter the physical welfare of tho 2.-1 000,000 children whom the American j Relief Association is feeding. Up I to the present the Ited Cross has! limited scale only. 10 I PORTLAND. Nov. J The drive "J drive for $62,600 for the Oregon W. ! C. T. lr. farm home, from counties i 'outside of Multnomah county, will! get under way In every part of the I Istute November 15 und continue for) one week. The money will be usedj in the establishment of a farm home In Benton county where orphan and. dependent children will be given ev ery home and educational advantage. The state committee has sent no- tice to ull county chairmen of the! quotas for each county, In order that all preliminary plans for the drive may be completed. The quota fixed for Jackson county Is $2850. I End of a Perfect JACKSON COUNTY RAISE ! 12850 More Indictments In Bank Failure Two additional iiidk'tmeuts in the j Jacksonville bauk fuse were au-! nounced yesterday, one against lleui M. Collins, mi automobile dealer of: Grants Pass, aud the other against, J. E. Bartlelt, ot Medford. Accord - iug to a high couuty official the iu-j dictment against "John Doe" whose I presence Ir unknown, is for the "mus-1 ' itti num. in iud wmniiiii vi mc 111- istltutloii. This man it said to have left Jackson county several months ago. CAPITA I, OK &t,tMNt FOR I.tK'AI, COMPANY The Ashlund Naturla Carbonic Company is a new' organization consisting ot George. L. Utiland,, Andrew Kocrner, Clarence J. Young, of Portland, which has recently Incorporated with a cap ital stock ot $25,000. This new concern will produce and market' carbonic acid gas in Ashland. The new company will have their '.ti ces In Ashland and will erect a plant at the Pompadour Mineral Springs for tho liquiditlcatlon ot natural carbonic gus. The sell ing ot this gas will be carried on by the Liquid Carbonic Com pany of Chicago, the largest pro ducers of carbonic fas in the I'nlted States. This new industry was perfect ed a few weeks ago when Hurry Sliver, manager ot the Pompadour Mineral Springs company was In Chicago, and Is completing the plans inau;;uarted before the world war called a bait to the revelopment of the springs and Carbonic gas production. It Is expected to soe extensive business development r.long this line in the near future. ASHLAND HOY IN HAWAIIAN' KOOTUALI. A recent dispatch from Hono lulu, H. T., states that a former Ashlund, Or., man, Bob Spencer, will lead the University of liuwiill football team when the varsity squad tungles with the University of .Nevada tit Honolulu on Christ1 mas day, in the first big foot ball game staged in the Pueiflc. This will be the first time that n main land football team bus played In the islands. Spencer is quurter-huck for I lie Hawaii squad and is rated as an no! her Menerr.d for headiness and speed. This will be his third year on the collngn team. The University of Hawaii team this year is lighter than It was last year, tin ave-aee weight be ing 162 pounds as nguliiHl 170 pounds last season. Neverthe less, it is expected to put up 11 strong game apnlnst Nevada. The college team, went through last season without a defeat, despite the fact thnt It tuck ltd some teams that outweighed It twenty pounds to the man. Hay Eliot, formerly of .Pomona college, Cali fornia, Is the present couch. Mr. Spencer is well known in Ashlund where he lived until a few years ago when he went to Honolulu where he has been lo cated. Ho Is a brother of Miss Winifred Spencer, a teacher in the public schools. ASHLAND GETS NEW SET OK COUNCILMEN Ashland's new board of council men will be W. E. Blake, O. M. Frost, J. L. Harner, A. C. Joy, C. H. Pierce and F. J. Shinn. At the election yesterday, W. E. Blake led the ticket for councllmanic honors with a vote of 886. Frost followed with 874, Plerco 807. Shlnn 765, Joy, 716 and Harner 630. "JJ Day 'Scandals' Offer Girls, Comedy and floilOP PoHar wlCvi rdlCl " A uevy o( l"t"r t-hh "uo cau slng aud dance well and who are beautifully" gowned, with several ,e etertalerl adding zest to the , , ..,. . . , ,,., show, the "White Scandals ot 1919" made Its bow at Ye Liberty plny limiaa liiaf nlirht fur a one week's . , . , , ,,, ., . , stand.. Intertwined with the girls und the male end of the show Is a , , . ! 11 , r,.,w.v . nun nff bnn M Wfll-llt fir tlur '""W D.V.f,.,B ' y - 1 excellent scenlo effects. Added to all of this Is some delightful music, 1 old and new. Duke Rogers is truly funny. As a broken-down musician out ot a Job through the famous eighteenth, amendment and afterward as a wait-; er on an out-at-sea cabaret, Duko does some clever work. His scun-; duy-mongerlng about the rest of the; company and bis songs are well worth listening to. Miss Grace Cameron,' who off the stage is the wife oti Duke, does several clever turnss, par ticularly the one In which she Is a street urchin, and also as a little old woman who knows all about her neighbors, but never scandalizes. Juck Edwards, a nimble-footed yong man, does several fancy and difficult dancing steps und does much to enrry the show along. Miss Irene: Gray as the prima donna is one of those rare leading ladies who can; sing and has an excellent stage pres ence. Others who add to the delight fulness of the Scuuduls are Helen Wilson, Elizabeth Hopkins, lllani-hu' Boone and Dorothy Posty. U I r...,l.. ..u lll.l.r,t l Ilia final scene iu good, and Victor Curno creates plenty 01 umuseiiiem ... iu attorney for the defense. t . .1.. ............ . l.a U'I,(IU' I .tiii.'i.K u. . ... 1 w uv iTi.i. co nuoseu 01 .Messrs. .1 111 1 iiny HticKiey, wany snnrpics mm . ntra I Ilisland, who sing and dance well, ' ' and do a bit ot vaudeville that Is ex- ceptionally clever. ' " HO DKFKATKII TIIK. ; Being a revue, there is the usual. KM4VAI. OK 4'OI'XTY SEAT fashion parade und the display of As Med ford's correspondent to the 'fetching gowns with a sung to lllus- 'Oregonian bus seen fit to chargJ itrate each character. j Ashland with the defeat of the pro- Tlie above is the newspaper com- rosal to move the couuty seut, it Is 'nient of this delightful niusciul show, only pertinent to mill the attention of I which will come to the Vinig Frl- the voters of the county to Medford's (lav, November 12. Classes Ashland As Health Resort : (Special to The Tidings I ; WOODMURN. Ore., Nov. 9 Words i of commendation for Ashland wbm 'spoken recently by Mrs. Wni. Mishler of this city, which will have u real i message for people o' Oregon und ! the Pacific const. Mrs. Mishler said: "I was born und Hved for some found to be -4 2 5 which means that 423 time at Ashland, and I firmly believe .Medford voters through apathy, In 1 Hint Ashlund Is the healthiest place ' difference or Ignorance, failed to ex 4 In Oregon. I hope to return some press themselves on the question of ;day to that city." removal, Who is to hlamo for the I The city of Woodliuin is located In! failure of this measure. Ashlund or 'the Willumette valley, which valley1 Medford? lis considered the "Garden Spot of It Is Interesting too to note that ! Oregon," but it cannot compare with Jacksonville cast more votes on the ' Ashland as to health requirements. 1 removal question thau they did for 1 president. j I Had Medford voters hown the EN IMS ARE BUILDING LONDON, Nov. 9 "This Is the house Ihut Jill built." The Jills of England are competing with the .lucks iu many trades hlth- erto monopolized by meu nnd uu In- teresting advent uro Into the building trade Is now being made by 11 firm stylod "Women Rudders," which has its offices ut 56 Victoria Street. The women's I loneer In this move - 01 HIES i ment is Mrs. Oliver Strackey, who ha which we havo hud occasion to visit, just completed the building of her! we came upon this group pitching 1 own house at Hasleiuere. For this their tent. We asked the Indian house she wiis her own contractor uus what lln-y thongiit of our park, and employed ulmost exclusively fe-: Thinking as we do and knowing Imule labor, women ruin 111 1 m the what the opinion is of tourists along i walls, shoveliii'.; the earth and ills- the coast route, Imagine our surprise tempering the rooms. .when the spokesman described it as However, a ineni mull bricklayer "punk." Thnt remark mudn us see built the chimneys and a burly male' red for awhile, but cooling down w carpenter ma.lii the doors. heard him out. He further stated -Mrs. Strackey is now busy building , that to be a good park we should another house and is Increasing her have free bath, furnished rooms, an 'numbers of women workers. Many ; electric Iron and washer. He said ex-fa rnieret les und others have ap- that at Boise. Idaho, such luxuries plied to her for employment in the were provided. building trade. In the spring the During our limited travels we private compunv which is being form- have never seen such a naturul and e.l with Mis. SI racket at its head , beautiful park in any city that wi will launch nut on a bigger scale and near the slie of Ash'und. nor cities undertake the building of houses, many 4ime larger, and we are of large und (mull, cottages, gurages,.'lhe opinion that the aforesaid people etc., for clients who can. if they wish., could not he suited if a strictly up supply their own plans. ; tcdste modern housetfiwe of course) On the first house she built. Mrs. with free hath, all electrical contriv Strurkey claims she saved at least unres. steam heat, etc., were pro- 200 (about $1000) and the oldvlded for their comfort. It would Established male contractors are be- not have been surprising In the ginning to look to their laurels, for, least If they hid expected free gro- the women have proved themselves! ceries. and possibly a maid or two. Just as efficient as men at the work, Enough is a plenty, and we rail the and quite a lot quicker. above down-right Ingratitude. S. P. II PUT 'I SHASTA" PORTLAND, Nov, 9 Great Im provement in Its passenger train schedules will be nisile by the South- em Puclfic company, November 14 A new train, "The .Shasta," No. 11. twill leave Portland at 4 p. 111. daily. .arriving In San Francisco the follow n lug day ut 10 p. m. The San Fran cisco express No. IS, will leave Port land at 7:30 p. in.. Instead of 8 p. m. as at present, arriving in San Francisco at 7:30 a. 111. There will be no change iu "The Oregonian," No. 53, lenving Port laud at 1 a. m. The California ex press, No. 15, now leaving PortUind at 9:30 a. 111., will leave ut 8:40 a. ni., arriving ut Sen Francisco at 6:50 p. m. Effective with this chunge through i sleeping car service will be inaugu rated between Portland, Turoinu and ; Seattle, und Seattle and Los Angeles via Sacramento aud Sail Joaquin val ley, leaving Seattle at 11:15 p. ni.. iund Portland on train 15 ut 8:40 a. ' ni., arriving ut Los Angeles early the second morning euroute from Port lund. Trnlns 11, 13 11 nil 15 will rar ry through stundurd sleepers from Portland. Tacoma and Seattle to San Francisco. North bound the new train, 'The Shasta," No. 12, will leave Sau Fran cisco at 4 p. m., arriving at Portland fat 10 p. m., Tacoma at 4:50 a. m., and Seattle ut 6:30 u. 111. Other 'northbound trnlns will continue t. leave Sun Francisco at ., m ml ,0.2() 10:20 a. m., p. in. This -.hnll, .,.. ..Tl. Sh..sh. ." us ! well as trains now operating, except ,he 8.20 m ,,., will curry the inrougn standard sleepers' to Se- own vote on this question." By itf terrlng to the Medford Mail-Tribune's tabulated vole It hi shown thnt Medford's twelve voting pro ducts voted us follows: Harding 1555 Cox 824 Total vote of president .. 2379 The siiiiie precincts voted: For county sent removal ... 17 8!) Against 156 Tot til vote on removal 1954 lly subtract iuc tho total removal mtes 1951, from the total vote for President, 2379, the difference is 'same loyalty in heli.ilf of removal j that . Jacksonville voters showed ! aguln.it removal, the measure would 'have curried and Medford would be the county sett. INGRATITUDE. There ape several kinds ot in ajre several kinds gratitude, but the meanest kind that we know of Is akin Iu an iucident which occurred Suudny afternoon in this city. An uuto purty of three ' from Indluuu bud plopped In the uuto park outside ot this city which has become so renowned through Oregon, Washington i.nd California, 'and were putting up their tents, etc., 1 preparatory to milking camp. After enjoying a glorious hour In this, the 1 most delightful nnd grand park