T he
ASHLAND
TIDINGS
PLANING MILL
INTERESTING TO FARMERS!
STATE NEWS-
THE ROAD TO BUSINESS SUCCESS
THE
Another paper says, “there is no roy-! Capt. Johansen has started a salmon j
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al road to a revival of prosperity. The fishery on Coos Bay.
old way that is marked by economy,
David Guthrie of Polk, has sold teD
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BORROWING MONEY.
self-sacrifice and prudence, is the only head of blooded sheep to J. L Lewis
road to wealth. The man who teaches of Wasco, at prices ranging from $30
The legal rate of interest in this State otherwise is a deceiver and a fraud.’’
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to $50 a head.
is 10 per cent, although most of that It was the cool headed philosopher, the j
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Millers and Farmers,
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The
Oswego
iron
works
have
been
loaned commands 12; and it is general­ same who tore from the clouds the
Granite Street,
ly believed that this is the correct thunderbolt of Jove and made it into sold. They were bid in by Seely,
measure of the value of money. If the i. the simplest vehicle of intelligence, j I Brown & Creighton for $39,000. The
measure of the value of a commodity is who said “industry and frugality lead works cost four times this sum.
A >li I a mi
Oi egon
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The
railroad
company
has
received
a
what it will bring, this is true, but if to wealth.” The people who generally ■
Ashland and Pnœnix Mills,
the true measure of the value of the ar­ observe this rule and are satisfied to ' proposition from citizens of Salem to
Marsh &, Valpey.
ticle is what it can be made to produce, grow into independence or wealth move the track down into town. The
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then it is not true. Experienced capi­ through slow and gradual processes, matter is under consideration.
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talists and business men give it as their are the ones who occupy the only safe , Lewis Jones, a quarrelsome old ine- j
mature opinion that there is no kind of ground. They are the bone and sinew i briate of Douglas county, was shot
property as valuable as money loaned of society—the mudsills upon which and killed on the 14th, by Matthias
at 10 per cent.—which is tantamount the whole social structure rests, and Iieldringer, whom Jones was viciously
SASII,
to Baying that the average yield of in- ’ not upon the red-hot spirits who would > pursuing.
dustries, enterprises and speculations risk the accumulation of years upon
The Dalles came very near having a j
is less than 10 per cent, on the amount the chances of a sudden leap from a first-class tire last week. It was, how-I
invested, or, in other words, that mon­ situation of comparative comfort to one ever, prevented by the promptness of
ey is not really work 10 percent. There giving promise of wealth. “Look be- the fire boys, and the Mountaineer re-
are several considerations that strength- ( , fore you leap,” is auother trite saying, joices.
BEDSTEADS,
en this conclusion. Money loaned at I and one that a man ought to have in
VERY 3EST OF NATIVE WOOL.
Porcupines are rare this side of the
10 per cent, will double itself iu seven mind when he stands overlooking the
BREAKFAST, DINING,
and a half years; $10,000 will grow in­ chasm which separates him from a wish­ , Cascade mountains; but Prof. O. B.
BLANKETS,
Johnson,
of
Salem,
has
a
stuffed
one
to $20,000 in that time, and $20,000 in ed for good. By slow and careful ap­
nol’tf.
CENTER, and
to $40,000. That the average invest­ proaches he may reach it, but in at­ I that was killed by a citiz n of that
place.
FLANNELS,
ment in business ventures and indus­ tempting to cross the chasm by a sud­
Last week a Rtranger hired a horse
tries will not do this is too well known den leap, may fall short of solid ground
EXTENSION
CASIMERES,
to need a demonstration. While a hun­ and be lost in the abyss. A few times at an Oregon City stable to ride to New
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dred men who loan money at 10 per in the life of a common man, opportu­ Era, and has omitted to bring him back.
It
is
believed
ho
has
gone
across
the
doeskins
cent., will, with prudent management, nities may offer him a sudden leap to
TABLES
double their fortunes in seven and a ! wealth, but such chances are like angel mountains.
The Bidwell IL laid of the 15th says:
half years, one hundred men who bor­ I visits, “few and far between,” and a
BUREAUS,
row money at that rate will fail, in man should ask himself as he contem- Slight snow flurry Tuesday and cold,
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spite of all the prodence and foresight 1 plates what seems to be an outlook giv- disagreeable winds throughout the
they may exercise to double theirs. So ' ing such promise: “Am I capable of week, presaging the near approach of
CHAIRS,
LOUNGES,
far from it, fifty, or more of them will 1 deciding this case on its actual merits; ' winter.
break. * There is nothing more clearly has the experience of my life fitted me , . Mr. C. P. Burkhart, of Albany, has
One Hundred Pairs Pants
PICTURE FRAMES,
Fifty Pairs Boots,
established by the experience of busi­ for a bold strike like this; is it morally just received a bronze medal forwarded
Nothing but Genuine Wool.
ness men than the fact that a man who certain that I have properly weighed to him for the best display of wheat at
Must be Sold inside of 1'ort‘f Dat/s.
conducts bis business on a borrowed the chances of this leap; would it not the International Exposition last year.
BOARDS
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ants Worth $7 for................................. $ 1 0
capital, will in four cases out of five be better for me if I perceive that the i : A diploma has also been awarded him A LSO SOCKS and STOCKING
colored or uncolored, in (pi.
Boots Worth s? .’it) for............................... s-3
come to bankruptcy, and a farmer who way is not absolutely clear of chances for his flue display of grain.
i-uit purchasers.
And other goods exceedingly low
mortgages his farm for half its value to to let well enough alone and gradually
The Reporter brags that while San
(.’all ami secure bargains.
secure money at 10 per cent, in the yrow into a forture rather than risk
MtlS. M. W. H a RGADINE.
» Ashland S.pt 4, 1*77.
hope that the net yield of his land will losing what I have in my over anxiety?” Francisco with apolice forco of over 150
il.jif
ft?
FARMERS’ HAF.RSWS,
ft?
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t
had
property
to
the
value
of
$156.336
pay the interest and principal, will in If he be a prudent mac, as be thus
four cases out of five be sold out. stands contemplating the chances of stolen in the past year, McMinnville,
WÜST RECEIVE le-,
for
These plain and well known facts prove success or failure, those old words, with one policeman, didn’t lose half
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that the annual product of money in which have doubtless so often prevent­ that much.
vested in commerce, speculation and ed wild and dangerous speculations and I Wm. Bagley, Indian Agent, writes
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agriculture, is not 10 per cent., and adventures, “caution is the parent of to the Corvallis Gazette that the Alsea
that although’it may bring that price, safety,” will perhaps have much to do Indians are not starving at all, or even
it is nut worth it. If borrowers could be in making a decision. As a rule the hungry; and that if they were given all
brought to appreciate this important great kings of business began life ut the food iu Oregou they would eat the
fact it would be worth millions to them. the very bottom of the social scale, and whale blubber as a luxury.
Come Everybody,
Christian college at Monmouth open­
There is plenty of financial philosophy were usually men whose experience
in it. It is an absurd and disastrous came in the hard fierce grapple with I ed last Monday with its usiwl bright
delusion to think that a man cau get material things; whose perceptions prospects for a very quiet and prosper­ Patronize home Imliistrv, ami we
will see that von are satisfied.
rich, legitimately, by borrowing money were quickened by actual experience; ous session, and a goodly number of
at ten per cent, to speculate upon; whose latent powers were developed in energetic student*, notwithstanding
Address,
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and it is the secret of four fifths of the bard struggle of life, as the black­ many have deferredstarting untill after
D. CHAPMAN,
L.. A. JS t IL.
the cases of bankruptcy that occur in smith’s arm grows massive and muscu­ I the State Fair.
ASHUKD WCCLEN M’FG. CO
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business and of the sheriffs* sales that lar by the use of the hammer. Another I Under a proper display head, the
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ASHLAND
take place in the country.
Salem
Rword
presents
the
following
thing is true of nearly all those men
who have clambered step by step from 1 ' special from Coos Bay:
THE KERNEL..
FEED AKD LIVERY STABLE I
the lowest step to the very highest. I H olton .—At Marshfield, Coos coun­
T II E
Dry
ty,
September,
14th,
1877,
to
the
wife
The St. Louis Republican thus gives They learned to do one thing measur- j
the Kernel of Communism: Here are ably well and then kept on improving of G. Holton—T hree D aughters .
A shland A cademy
CIGARS AND TG3ACCO.
two laborers, starting out with nothing on it until it became gigantic iu its pro- | The “three graces” weighed respect­
Will commence its fall term on the
but their natural powers of body and portions. The practice of promptly ively 8, 7, 6}gpounds. “Crops Dever
mind. They earn each $1.50 a day; meeting every engagement, the so-call- , ( fail in Oregon.” All honor to Coos 3d Monday in September next:
one declares thai bis wages are not od kings of business have always found couuty and three cheers and a tiger for
rpiIANKING our friends for their kind
more than enough to subsist on- and absolutely necessary to success. The mother, father and tho trinity.
JL favor- in the past, and honing for lh«- F t E S J s // i X g t; o o .s’,
therefore spends it as fast as he makes Rothcliilds are the first baukers of the
K. O. M.
fuiure, we beg to a-.-me them, and all who
it, and probably runs in debt besides world, and it is said they reached their
The Daily Orcyonian of the 21th, says: may favor us, that, the Academy w ill I c con
for spirits, beer, tobacco, or other lux­ proud position by never once failing, Accompanied by his son, Thomas E. dueled more vigorously this year than a' any
past time. Tuir.oN tor etiglish branch«-,
uries which be insists on having. The i during a business history of over a Sherman, his two aids, Col. Poe and ranges from ¿1 to $18, a«-co.'d.ng 10 grtole.
other denies himself all these luxuries, hundred years, iu meeting every en Col. Bacon, and Col. H. Clay Wood Mn-ic: Organ or Piano, si.I pet term of 11
CSCD TURNOUTS
and thereby saves 50 cents a day out of 1 gagement promptly. When Cornelius and Gea. Sully, Geu. W. T. Sherman A-eeks. Languages $3 each per term. C ovie
O ne , C ome A ll .
his earnings. Wages unspent are cap­ | Vanderbilt, at the age of 18 years, was arrived in this city Saturday evening
J. li. SKIDMOKE, Prill.
CHOCK El
ital, and the frugal laborer is accumu­ awarded the contract for carrying the from Walla Walla, and registered at
AND
(.1 ASS WARE K
lating woalth at the rate of 50 cents a I supplies to the forts in New York har­ the; Clarendon Hotel. Owing to the
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day, or $150 a year, while his fellow is bor, he was petrified with astonishment. lateness of his arrival and want of
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consuming all his earnings in comforts ■ He had not dreamed of such a thing. timely preparations, there was no pub­
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which he might manage to get along 1 The commissary observing his surprise lic demonstration in honor of the visit
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without. In ten years the men are j said to him: “Do you know why we I of this distinguished oflicer.
thirty years old, and one has a small have given you this contract?” “No,”
In answer to questions asked recently ■
factory or shop of his own, bought and l said the embryo millionaire. “Why,
fglHE Un'lwigned i« row preu-ired to furnith
Prof.
O.
B.
Johnson,
curator
of
the
1 WHITE and BROWN BUFAD, I’;«*- aid
paid for with the savings of his wages I it’s because wo want the business done
CakeH, at U.e lowe.-«t prices. Families supplied and
and the interest thereon, while the and we know you’ll do it.” But hon­ Oregon School and CollegeNatur 1 His­ produce taken iu exchange. At the
other has nothing at all, and is, per­ esty is, after all, the rock upon which torical Society, says that Pinus Stro-
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Hardware, Cutlery Eie.
haps, $100 in debt. Now, according i all enduring success rests, and if we bus don’t grow within the limits of the
to the doctrine at the bottom of the rake the whole country to-day, we per­ State, unless it is in the extreme south­ Meals 25 cents: Tea and Coticé
Extra.
late strike, the thriftless laborer who haps could not find a business, half as ern part; Abies Donglassii, to be found
in
all
parts,
is
the
common
fir;
Abies
The patronnge of the public is Rolicped ar<] «ntis-
or-
is a laborer still, has a right to demand old as the nation, which is Dot founded
factivu guaranteed.
¡9 3m]
W. S. SAYER.
Williamsonii,
is
found
on
the
summit
an equal share of the property of his on a close adherence to the principle
fellow, who, from being a laborer, has of furnishing a proper equivalent for of the Cascade mountains; Picea No-
Tin Shee t it 011 and C'upperware
bilis, on the Cascade mountains, in the
become a proprietor and employer of everything received.
| eastern part of Lane county.
Cheap l'or Cash
laborers—a capitalist, if yon will. Is
there any justice in such a demand?
According to the Statesman the garn-
The Osman Pasha sensation having
The one had no advantage over the had its run is now being contradicted. ishement served on W. C. Griswold by
Or Exchange for
other; both started as working-men, It is shown that it cannot be Marshal the State, in the case of the State vs.
and both might have become property­ Baziane because the Marshal is known the May securities, could not be made
WIIEAT,
Ashland, Oregon.
holders by pnrsuing the same course of to be living in retirement in Spain. to stick. The judgment obtained by
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of frugality and self-denial.
And now a correspondent of the Courier B. F. Dowell against W. C. Griswold
eorge nuti . ey has the pleasure to
BACON
had to be paid into the United States
am.ounce »o the inh «In Lan tn of A-niau i nd re I
OVERLAND TRAIN BOBBED.
I Journal declares that he cannot be R.
eurrouDdious Lie readine-e to rupp.y all who need
BEST QUALITY
Ulay Crawford, because first, Crawford court, there to remain subject to Mr. with a g x>l custoni-inide boot or shoe, made of the
nest material. Call and tee him. Slio,» ou Mair.
On the night of the 19th instant, at was killed in Cuba, and second, he was Dowell’s order, after his attorney fees Street,
over creek, near b-Wge.
DOltf.
IN ANY QUANTITY
the Big Spring Station, 160 miles east not of the stuff of which successful were paid. Mr. D. has, after paving Ashland, June 17th, 1876.
said fees, turned over the remainder to
of Cheyenne, the overland train going Generals are made.
THATCHER & WORDEN,
the State, to be applied on the judg- j
east was robbed by thirteen men, who
TO SUIT PURCHASERS
O maha , Sept. 16.—The Sitting Bull ment against the May securities.
obtained over $75,000 in coin. The
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robbers first captured the stationmen commission, consisting of Gen. Terry,
-DURING THE-
Dealers in
C00s Bay yews: E igineers have
and destroyed all telegraphic communi­ Gen. Lawrence, of Rhode Island, Gen. left Rosebnrg to survey the railroad be­
B. E. REESER.
cation with the other stations, put out I Corbin, of Ohio, secretary of the com­ tween that place and Coos Bay. The
COMING SEASON, AT THE
Arhlai
d
September
l.lli
1877.
a signal and stopped the express train, mission, went west yesterday. They route is by way of the middle fork of DRYGOODS, CLOTHING, HATS,
LOWEST RATES.
when they proceeded quietly to rob the go to Ogden, from theDce to Fort Shaw
express car and a large number of the and from Fort Shaw across the country ¡the Coquille; it is a natural pass, and
Vasnengers. A reward of $10,000 has some 150 or 200 miles to Sitting Bulls the only practicable one betweeu the
CAPS, BOOTS and SHOE«,'
been-offered fortheir capture, which
two
points
named.
Roman
cement,
do doubt will be- accomplished. This rendezvous. Probably nothing will be iron ore, extensive fields of bitumin­
r p H EI • NI > E R SIG N E1) WIL L B E F OI ’ N r»
JL at li.s shop on Main
t«<> doo s
is the first time a Union Pacific train heard from them for twenty or twenty- ous coal have already been shown to
HARDWARE,
FANCY
GOODS,
f otnthe livery stable-, where lie is picp ired
has been rohbe.l.
five days after their departure from
exist there. The coal found in this
to do all kinds of work iu bis line
the Merchantable PrGduce.
lowest
price.
lhe Roseburg independent says: Fort Shaw.
section is a gas coal, it having been
Y ankee N otions ,
Messrs. J. J. Flett and Chas. L. Mosh­ Russia, evidently, and not Turkey, demonstrated that it will coke. Veins
WAGONS, BUGGIES ANI) ALL KINDS
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
er will commence the publication of is Europe’s sick mau now; but unless fifteen feet thick have already been
Of Vehicles Made to Order.
a Democratic, paper, to be called the
Groceries, Crockery, Paints, Oils, Etc.
HWern Stay, in this place in about the invading army can be annihilated opened, and means of transportation is
JOHN CHANDLER.
Repairing of all kinds cone with dispatch,
a month from this date. -Their pros-, within a few days, which nobody an­ all that is needed to develop this vast
call and .cee me.
pectus will apjear shortly.
ticipates, he will recover eventually. wealth.
Linkville,
Lake county,
OrcgoD.
Eol'i.
JOHN RALPH.
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