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M.iiuh.y, May 27, III 12- ABH i a XD TIDINGS Ashland Tidings DOLI.AK OK MAX. As an Illustration of how much ' greater value la a «lollar than a man. the attempt of a Prrtland eommls- Issued Mondays and Thursdays »ion firm to bum a hundred crate» _ — . — - ! of fresh asparagus In the municipal Editor and O w ner, incinerator In order to keep from Bert It. Greer, . . City Editor I flooding the market with the succu- W . H. «Ulla, BasiM M M anager! lent vegetable, thereby reducing the W . K. Barm*», price and consequently the profit» on SUBSCRIPTION RATES. , he com m odity, stands without paral- One Y e a r ........................................ $2.00 ' |e|. H o a th s...................................... 1’r'o The superintendent of the Inclner- ree . out s . . . , promptly refused to burn It and Payable in Advance. ____ sent t(, anJ SEMI-WEEKLY. ESTAHI.ISHEB 1ST«. rpvpv IT P H O IMF QQ <¡>57 Girls’ Waif Society. where it was daintily prepared and ravenously «niiniuamffl w iw iw w ii i nmtmm« ja n e abbamm wantm to vote . ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ■ » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ O » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ » » ♦ This Is what Jane Addauis. Chi cago's most useful citizen., says: 1 "For many generation» It has been believed (bat woman's place Is within t houghts from the Editorial l*en the walls of her own home, and it I./ indeed Impossibte to Imagine the time when her duty there ahull be A Nenait'lr Editor, ended, or to forecast any social George Waterman of Sidney, la . chauge which ahull release her from has been editor of the Sidney Herald that paramount obligation. for 2t> years, and In speaking of Ills ; "This paper Is an attem pt to show 2t> years' experience tells more truth that many women today are fulling tn a few words regarding the new s to discharge their duties to their own paper business than we have heard I households properly sim ply because before lu our whole life. In part. they do not perceive that as society Mr. Waterman says: grows more com plicated It la neces But It has not been all sunshine sary that woman shall extend her and roses. We have made a few en sense of responsibility to many things em ies along as we have friends, and outside of her own home If she would we can't expect anything else. Many continue to preserve the home In Its a fool editor has made the fatal mis- ' entirety. One could Illustrate In take of trying to please everybody inauy ways. A woman's simplest Such a one has not yet been born, i duty, one would aay. Is to keep her and his mother Is dead. To publish house clean and wholesom e, and to such a pa|>er it would be necessary feed her children properly. Yet if to palaver all persons and ail fac she lives 111 a tenem ent house, as so l e t u s f ig u r e y o u r w o rk tions. only to find that the im m edi many of my neighbors do. she cannot ate subject of the "slush” was the fulfill these sim ple obligations by only purty pleased, w hile all others her own efforts because she Is utter entered strenuous objections. The ly dependent upon the city adm inis uewspa|H>r that cares for support tration for the conditions which ren should stand ever ready and willing der decent living possible. Her base- to boost any enterprise calculated to ment will not be dry. her stairways bring good to the town and com m un will not lie fireproof, her house will ity which It represents. On the other not be provided with sufficient win hand, should any person or any thing dows to give light and air. nor will It "The duly of a woman toward the become an object of censure not be equipped with suultary plumbing, achools which her children attend Is from the editor's viewpoint merely, unless the public works department so obvious that It Is not necessary to Cigars, Tolutcco, Candy anil Soft but echoing the seutlm ent of the sends Inspectors who constantly In dwell upon It. Hut even this sim ple Brinks populace— the facts should be pub sist that these elem entary decencies obligation cannot be effectively car lished to the world w ithout fear or he provided. Women who live In the ried out without some form of social favor. It is the editor's province to 1 country sweep their own dooryards, organization, as the mothers' school laud all praiseworthy undertakings; I and may either feed the refuse of the clubs and m others' congresses testi Successors to Huger A Hayle. It Is his mission to mourn with the table to a flock of rhlckeiis or allow fy. and to which the m ost conserva- sorrowing; It is his pleasure to re It Innocently to decay In the open t h e women bclnllg because they feel joice with those who are glad. But air and sunshine. In a crowded city the need of wl<ler reading and ills« us- it likew ise Is his bounden duty to quarter, however. If the street Is not slot) concerning the many problem» expose crime, denounce fraud and de cleaned by the city authorities, no tif childhood. It la. therefore, per A. F, Abbott, Prop. cry Immorality. amount of private sw eeping will keep haps natural that the public should lliMidli-a Freight, Household The noisiest political farm er has the tenem ent free from grim e; If have been more w llllug to accord a (tootla sm l ticncrsl Bray Wiirk the tallest weeds lu his cornfield and the garbage Is not properly collected vote to women In School m atters than the few est potatoes lu his hills. and destroyed a tenem ent-house In any other, and yet women have Office with Rose Bros., Ashland. Ore. The I’nlted States, although the m other may see her children sicken never been metnlierM of a bourd of youngest among nations, nianufur- and die of diseases from which she education In sufficient numbers to Office phon* 213K Res phone 2 5 2 It tures more goods, sells more mer alone Is powerless to shield them, Influent** largely actual school cur- chandise. raises more produce, em although her tenderness and devo rlcull. If they had been, kindergar ploys more labor, pays more wages, tion are unbounded. She cannot tens. dom estic science courses and gives more com fort to Its people, has even secure untainted meat for her school playgrounds would be far more happy and prosperous homes household, she cannot provide fresh more numerous than they are Architect "More than one woman has been than any nation on earth. fruit, unless the meat has been In "Times are hard" to be sure, but spected by city officials, und the de convinced of the need of the ballot Boom s n and <1. First National Hank what's the use of clim bing up on a cayed fruit, which Is so often placed by the futility of her efforts In per Building. Phone I Ml. dry goods box and day after day pro- 1 upon sale In the tenem ent districts, suading a businaas man that young claim ing to the world this old thread-j has been destroyed In the Interest of children need nature In som ething AMHLAXB, OltKGOX. bare, stereotyped assertion? We public health. In short. If woman beside the three R's. • • • "Because many thousands of som etim es think that tim es ought to would keep on with her old business be still more stringent with som e of of caring for her house and rearing those working In factories and shops these fellow s. Old It ever occur to her children she will have to have are girls tietween the ages of I t and you that the genuine hustler rarely, som e conscience In regard to public S3, there Is a necessity that older if ever, com plains of hard tim es? affairs lying quite outside of her women should be Interested In the im m ediate household. The Individ conditions of Industry. The very fact R em odeling and repairing, etc. 25 The man and woman who try to ual conscience and devotion are no that these girls are not going to re years' experience. Address P. O. Box main In Industry permanently makes 174 or make their home the most Interesting longer effective. • • • spot on earth for each other and for "If women follow only the lines of It more imimrtant that som e one TELEPHONE ME their friends and those who are near their traditional activities there are should see to It that they shall not lie Incapacitated for tU»-lr future fam and dear to them have but occasional certain primary duties which belong use for the club. It is to them , like to even the most conservative wom ily life because they work for ex I'hont tig f j ¡\fatn St. the theater, a pleasant place to enter en. and which no one woman or hausting hours and under Insanitary now and then, but not a spot to dwell group of women can adequately dis conditions. • • • "In closing, may I recapitulate in. charge unless they Join the more Labor is one of the si .ireme laws general m ovement looking toward that woman would fulfill her tradi of llfe. Toll Is honorable. The social am elioration through legal en tional resiMinsIhlllty to her own chil Real Estate, Loans. Rentals. dren If she would educate and pro progress which the world has made actm ent. Is a glorious testim onial to human "The first of these, of which this tect from danger factory children Conveyancing handiwork. Those who work know article has already treated, la wom who must find their recreation on more of genuine happiness than an's responsibility for the members the street; HEE ME REFORK HI YIXO. "If she would bring the cultural those whose lives seem dedicated to of her own household that they may idleness. be properly fed and clothed and sur forces to bear upon our m aterialistic The old saving is that "an Idle rounded by hygienic conditions. The civilization; If she would do It all brain Is the devil's workshop and second Is a responsibility for the ed with the dignity and directness fit ting one who carries on her Imme Idle hands his tools." Oh. how true ucation of children: this saying Is! it Is to this shop " la l That they m .y be provided morial duties, then she must bring A urfiaalw .ad » J ..I4. iti»~i in» herself to the use of the ballot that the tatler goes for material with good schools; •l>■■•» UwiS»«. h.i lua«. nmaa. I and h.M«f poultry t. that latest im plem ent for self-gov wherewith to blight som e happy " (h l That they may be kept free cmluaed is iks U m S adusM U home or attem pt to ruin the charac from vicious Influences on the street ; ernment. "May we not fairly say that Amer ter and reputation of their fellow - 1« r«w, " ( c l That when working they may man. by falsifying bis good name be protected by adequate child-labor ican women need this Implement lu order to preserve the horn«»? and forever destroying his bright legislation. prospects for the future. You cannot realize how low down and contem pt ible a village tattler Is. until you bave seen som e of the results of their tattler's tales. The United States Is the only coun try In which the son of the poorest mechanic or laboring man may be com e Its ruler and where the daugh ter of a farmer may become the w ife of a president and the mother of a senator. It is the only country where all earthly honors are within the reach of every citizen and where It depends upon the Individual him self whether he will be a senator pr a street-sweeper, a railroad president or a railroad section hand, a m illion aire or a pauper, a general or a po liceman. a banker or a bankrupt. An excellent thing has recently been made by the postal authorities at W ashington for which they are en titled to the united thanks of the mall carriers. It has been ruled that where a man keeps a vicious dog about his prem ises that makes tt dangerous for a carrier to deliver mail, such delivery may be omitted. Unless the carrier is willing to risk danger of the dog. the owner o f the vicious brute will have to depend upon him self in getting his mail at India Linon, 36-in. wide, the regular 25c value a t ......................... .................... 19c the postoffice. Entered at the Ashland. Oregon, consumed by the unfortunate chll- Pos toff ice as second-class mail mat- dren. ter. What dangerous ascendency has -------------- , ~ the dollar assumed In American Coin- Advertising rates on application. . becomes good First-class Job printing facilities. n,‘*r‘ lal llfe - when “ «" *«»•» «« Equipments second to none in the business to destroy w holesom e, life- interior. sustaining com m odities that the rnar- ------------------ - ---------------- ----- - —= ~ : k*ta may not be depressed, while Ashland. Ore.. Monthly, May 27, ’12 thousands of underfed children go tn e— ______________________ J . " ---- = -= = = want. FALSE ALARMS. I is it wonder that hundreds of _______ thousands of socialists have risen up (From Saturday Evening P ost.) and cry out agaiust "the profit s.vs- We m ight doubt the press reports ' ten«.- w hile that system has grown that a thriving little mid-western city ! iacrcd Iban ,b e ,,,e of 8‘,cle,y ' was panic-stricken upon discovering W hatever may be said of our splen- thai it contained a leper, if we did did advanced civilisation. It yet re- not remember the recent and exceed- i n’ain8 tru« lhat ««eh <*» « W « > 8t mglv scandalous case of another ! «"der the crudest social organisation leper, who was hustled from place to ~ «»* wber* flourishes at the place as though he were a dynam ite ” ,* n se of precious l l f e - a n d those bomb on the point of exploding. who ‘ ry o ut against It Instead of be- Everv literate person ought to inK branded as cranks and extrem - know that leprosy in a civilised coun- stK'uld b“ looked upon purely as try is one of the least dangerous of humanitarians. diseases. Probably a le |* r could These days tn which we l i v e - days of political ferment and unrest walk down Broadway at midday with — are grand tim es. Instead of being lees danger to public health than oc curs every tim e a consum ptive spits fraught with danger to the American in a street car. Our total danger republic they are alive with life and from leprosy is to that from tuber- Perpetuity. A nation cannot long culosis about as one to a trillion i exi8t und*r the insatiable domination Indeed, in those countries of low civ- of 8*eed. The w elfare of soebty ilization where the disease persists m «8t «*• a »d continue, over and lepers are by no means the worst off abov* tbe accum ulation of profits, am ong the population. Frequently Tb<?re *8 a kind ot Providential they live in perfect com fort to a ripe '»'<* in the developm ent of society, age. Leprosy may have been dan- Because the ow ners of the Titanic gerous when the treatm ent of it con- lnsi’ le d on profits rather than safety slated in howling "unclean" and in “ > Passengers, the people have been hurling rocks. When men ceased 80 aroused that such a catastrophe stoning lepers and began studying ,s not ,lkely ln the fl,ture them the danger disappeared. Because the com m ission m erchants Of course leprosy is un-American. ° f Portland desired profits eve„ at w hile tuberculosis is not. We have the r‘8k of faraine- laws are demand- panics over the one and considerable prohibiting th e d e s tru c tio n of life- stolidity over the other. The tem pta-I »«staining qualities in the Interest of tlon to draw analogies is obvious. Profits. The demands of socialism , in the Anarchy In the United States, for ex- am ple, is one of the least dangerous | m aln* are extrem e and Impracticable of mental dissipations. One little But it Is a glorious thing that such thing like the adm inistrative em as- i ««‘U tora are filling the earth with cnlatlon of the pure-food law does warnings and prophesies. Men are observing and thinking as more barm in a few years than an 1 never before, and practices hereto- archy Is likely to do in a century. The o«» is un-American; the other Is fore ”a88inii w lthout not,c‘‘' or Con’ not. We have a fit over the one and 8Wered a natural >'art of civilization, accept the other with considerable ar® bein* questioned and remedied The practice of corruption and complacency. j greed does not develop a high civil ization. It can only be done by a THE MONEY TRUST. wholesom e regard for the welfare of "The duty of the hour is to p r o -, tbe Individual. tect normal business from the finan cial sharks. whether in New York or Though warned by the donor not across the M ississippi,” said J. Laur- to do it. the editor feels compelled to ence Laughlin of the University of acknowledge the g ift of a magnifl- Chlcago, in an address on "The I cent bouquet of peonies. How beau- Money Trust and Banking Reform ,” ) tlful are the hands of those who before the Richmond (V a.) Cham- carry su'-h gifts! How these sweet ber o f Commerce. flowers appeal to the finer sentim ent "There Is, now, a tendency to c e n - ; of man! They elevate and ennoble, tralizatlon of credit; therefore abol- i They m ake the world sm ile and the ish it, by decentralizing credit, heart of man rejoice. Surely, as There is a tendency of idle funds to dark as Erebus is the soul of he flow to Wall street; therefore, abol- i whose nature does not respond to the Ish it by a national reserve a sso c ia -! refining influence of the beautiful tlon and the creation of a discount ¡old peony. market There is a tendency of com- "If Thomas Jefferson were alive mercial capital to move into the hands of promoters; therefore, abol today,” says Governor W ilson of ish it by discrim inating against in New Jersey, "he would insist on a vestm ent securities for loans by com currency system elastic enough to mercial banks. There is a tendency m eet the needs of a great industrial for reserves thus wrongly floating to and commercial nation, but absolute central reserve cities to be suddenly ly fortified against a central control called for on the slightest alarm and and the influence of coteries and causing panics; therefore, abolish It leagues of banks, to which It Is now by a co-operative organization like a ln constant danger of being subject national reserve association which ed .” would mobilize reserves ln the inter WILL NOT FIGHT ROMANIHM. "There Is no legislation— I care est of all, big and little .” ............. not what It Is— tariff, railroad, cor- SoutlK*m I’resbytrt-ian Church Fa vors E »m c«| Preaching of Gospel. Many citizens question the a d v is-; poration, or of a general political ability of installing the w hirling character, that at all equals In lm- ; Bristol, Tenn.— The general as spray system in the parks of the c it y ,! portance the putting of our banking sem bly of the Southern Presbyterian both because they will mar the and currency system on a sound church refused to adopt the majority report of Its com m ittee on “ Roman- j beauty of th ‘ greensward and basis.”— W illiam H. Taft. ism ,” which suggests a plan of attack j because of the unusual draught on Catholicism by the evangelical Colonel R oosevelt urged congress on the small water pipes in churches of the United States and , in m essage after m essage to reform the city. It is claimed by som e that Canada and the establishm ent of a it w ill result in depriving p a tron s'ou r panic-breeding banking laws. fund to support converts from am ong 1 in certain parts of the city of su ffi "There must be a revision of our the priests. The m inority report, submitted by cient water for dom estic uses. The currency law s,” he said five years Judge Allen G. Hall of Nashville, waR j ago. Congress has done nothing bnt Tidings is not well enough posted on withdrawn in favor of a resolution | the m atter to know whether It is pass the Aldrlch-Vreeland m akeshift. by Dr. R. C. Reed of Columbia, 8. C., I unanimously adopted, which follows: , best or not, nor is this written in a “That in m eeting the menace of • McCourt Is IU*ap|*ointe<l. spirit o f criticism of the park board. Romanism this assembly would rec-1 Oregonian News Bureau.— Presi ommend no other means that the dis The board is laboring hard, and us ing its best Judgment, in the better dent Taft, in com pliance with the sem ination of knowledge and the recommendation of National Com m ent of the parks, but it has become mitteeman W illiam s and Representa faithful, earnest preaching of the gospel of C hrist.” a m atter of general discussion and its tive Hawley, has agrefed to reappoint fea sib ility should be thoroughly gone John McCourt as United States dis The first, "tag day” In the history ' trict attorney for Oregon and to re into. appoint Frank C. Bramwell as reg of Lakeview, conducted by the ladles istrar of the La Grande land office. of the Library Association, netted The socialists have been parading The term s of both officials expired $185.16. In Indianapolis, but it is not report some tim e ago. It is expected that the nom inations of both McCourt and Telephone your social items to ed that they stopped anywhere and Bramwell will be sent to the senate Miss Hawley between 9 a. m. and 4 1 naked for a job of work. tomorrow. p. m. each day. Call phone 39, t AINT will not be had at a lower price this season. Oils and turpentine both have an upward tendency. Now is the time to buy. Wo can furnish you paint at almost any prico from $1.26 up 77ie Home Cinte P A full lino of the latest patterns in wall paper WE WILL CONTRACT YOUR PAINTING AND DECORATING WM. O. DICKERSON OPERA HOUSE BILLIARD PARLOR J. P. Sayle & Son Granite City Express F. H. FITCH V. V. HAWLEY C o n tra c to r and B u ild e r €. H. GILLETTE Information on P oultry This Week in Ashland AT VAUPEL’S We have planned Io give extraordinary values this entire week In Summer merchandise. We are oflering many bargains In men’s, women’s and chUdren’s wearing apparel. White Goods at Very Low Prices Luna Lawn, plain white, 36-in. wide, 25c value a t....................................................... 19c White Stripe Voile, 38-in. wide, 30c value a t ............................................... ................ 25c Embroideries and Insertions formerly sold at 12Jc to 15c a yard, on sale at 9c a yard Muslin Underwear Specials Ladies’ Muslin Skirts, lace and embroidery trimmed, $! 25 to $1.35 values on sale a t............................................................... .................................................... $1.00 Ladies’ Muslin Gowns in high and low neck, lace and ombroidery trimmed, $1.25 to $1.40 values a t ......................................................................................... $1.00 LADIES' LONG BLACK COT- TON GLOVES, 75c VALUE AT 25Ci LADIES'NECK WEAR. WORTH UP TO 75c, ON SALE A1 19c. Ladles' Silk W aists, nil colors, mesaalln* and taffeta, $4.00 and $5.00 values at $3.00. Ladies’ Tailored Suits and Coats Redueed from $5 to $10 MEN'S AND BOYS’ FURNISHINGS Men’s Negligee Shirts in stripe and figured patterns, size 16 only, $1.25 value at $1.00 Boys’ Blouse Waists, stripe and figured patterns, 35c value a t .............................. 25c Boys’ Shoes, odd sizes, formerly sold at $1.50 to $2.00, on sale a t.........................$1.00