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ASHLAND TIDINGS
Thnraday. October 2t, 1812.
Ashland Tidings
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ESTABLISHED 1876.
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Ashland, Ore., Tharsclny, Oct. Si, 12
AMERICA GETTING AVELL.
Man has been called the sick ani
mal. An ordinary Bengal tiger or
self-respecting armadillo does not
overeat, or smoke or drink to excess,
or stay up all night and awaken next
morning with a bad taste in the
mouth.
Civilized man is especially likely
to be Bick, for the things that im
prove life also make us ill through
their abuse.
America has a tremendous sick
list. A report on national vitality
shows 3,000,000 people actually sick,
at all times. Our sickness costs us
$1,500,000,000 a year about twice
the revenue of the government. This
estmiate does not include the incal
culable loss of efficiency of people
who are just tired, fagged, below par.
As a sick nation we have done fair
ly well. We could double, treble,
quadruple our work if we wiped out
sickness. It is no idle dream. It
can be done. In fact, it is being
done. One of the greatest reforms
now on in this country is to "get
well.'1
We have obliterated yellow fever
and scurvy and almost ended small
pox. In another generation any city
that has a typhoid epidemic will be
held up to public scorn. Today there
are 500,000 people continually sick
from tuberculosis, an easily prevent
able disease; in another generation
tuberculosis should be rare. There
are 3,000,000 cases of malaria every
year; vigorous war on mosquitoes
will make it unknown.
We are entered upon a new health
era. National, state and municipal
boards of hygiene, better sanitary
laws, bureaus of medical inspection,
institutes for medical research, im
proved hospitals and sanitaria and
better trained doctors and nurses are
rapidly improving general health.
The people, learning right living,
are doing still more. We no longer
believe religiously in bad-tasting
,.' drugs, but are finding that pure air,
pure water,, pure food and war on
' flies, mosquitoes and rats are half
the battle, and freedom from worry
and anger the other half. ,
We are wisely spending much
thought on the conservation of our
natural resources; we are just as
wisely devoting thought and effort
to conserving our vital resources.
By lengthening and strengthening
our lives we can create a new and
higher and eminently more efficient
civilization in this sick old world.
FATHERS WILL BE FATHERS.
A Kansas man complains that
since his daughter has taken music
lessons, at h's expense, she insists
upon playing only classical stuff.
When he conies home tired and asks
for a little tune he gets nothing but
musical gymnastics.
The whole feminine part o the
community, he thinks, is in a con
spiracy to uplift him, and he doesn't
want to be uplifted.
It is just like father to make a
complaint like that. Father, never
did take kindly to culture. He sits
disconsolate in the draughty kitchen,
while daughter's Browning Circle
meets in the front room.
It is mother'B idea entirely that
he puton an uncomfortable collar in
the evening and hear a missionary
lecture on Borneo.
Father's taste for music stops short
at Suwanee Klver, and he knows al
most nothing about the minor poets
and the pre-Uaphaelites.
His art ideas are derived from the
illustrated Sunday supplement. He
will not sit in a Louis XIV. chair.
He cares not a whit for the pottery
of the ancient Chaldeans.
Shirt sleeves and carpet slippers
are his conception of correct evening
dress for gentlemen.
There is little hope that anything
permanent can ever be done for fath
er. When the millennium comes he
will still be found reading his news
paper, smoking up the window cur
tains, impeding the advance of cul
ture and paying the bills. i
WHAT ROOSEVELT DID AS PRESIDENT.
What did Roosevelt do as presi
dent? Every day we are requested
to print something of his record of
achievements. Roosevelt accom
plished more real constructive work
as president than any other man who
ever was put in the White House.
But bis great work was his leader
ship of the nation to new moral
standards in business and in public
life.
Some of the more notable ach'eve
ments of . President Roosevelt in op
position to the combined forces of
big crooked business and crooked
politics are:
Dolliver-Hepburn railroad act.
Extension of forest reserve.
Improvement of waterways and
reservation of waterpower sites.
Employer's liability act.
Safety appliance act.
Regulation of railroad employes'
hours of labor.
Establishment of bureau of cor
porations. Pure food and drugs act.
Federal meat inspection.
Settlement of the coal strike of
1902.
The government upheld in North
ern Securities decision.
Conviction of postoffice grafters
and public land thieves.
Directed investigation of the sugar
trust customs frauds, and the re
sultant prosecutions.
Suits begun against the Standard
Oil and Tobacco companies and oth
er corporations for violation of the
Sherman anti-trust act.
Corporations forbidden to contrib
ute to political campaign funds.
Inauguration of movement for
conservation of natural resuorces.
Inauguration of movement for im
provement of conditions of country
life.
The Panama policy and action
which made possible the most colos
sal work of all time.
During his term in the White
House President Roosevelt was the
most conspicuous friend of peace in
the civilized world, and won the No
bel peace prize. Among his achieve
ments in that line were:
Second intervention in Cuba to es
tablish peace.
Alaska boundary dispute settled.
China saved from partition and
policy of open door established.
Twenty-four treaties of general
arbitration negotiated.
Negotiations opened by which Rus
so-Japanese war was ended.
Avoidance of bad feeling with
Japan over evtension policy.
Among the policies urged by Pres
ident Roosevelt, to whose leadership
the public sentiment in these mat
ters is largely due, are:
Reform of the banking and cur
rency system.
Inheritance tax.
Income tax.
Passage of a new employers' lia
bility act to meet objections raised
by the supreme court.
Postal" savings banks.
Parcels post.
Revision of the Sherman anti-trust
act.
Legislation to prevent overcapital
ization, stock watering, etc., of com
mon carriers.
Legislation compelling incorpora
tion under federal laws of corpora
tions engaged in interstate com
merce.
It is always wise to work and vote
in the interest of your home town.
After having given the matter care
ful consideration the Tidings believes
it is of importance to Ashland to
have A. W. Silsby of Ashland and
G. A. Morse of Talent as representa
tives in the legislature from Jackson
county. It appears that every other
candidate for the legislature lives at
Med ford. There has been ample evi
dence that the gang at Medford in
sist that Ashland be discriminated
against in every Instance where it is
possible that the Medford bunch can
dictate official action. There will
arise many Issues in the legislature
affecting the interests of this section
and other sections of the county out
side of Medford. Ashland is looking
for a square deal. The way to get
that is to look out for yourself. Mr.
Silsby and Mr. Morse are capable
men. While they are not the nomi
nees of the progressive party, they
are both progressives, and are as
good and capable men as are now be
fore the people as legislative candi
dates. One of the reasons the Tid
ings will advocate their election is
because they are geographically lo
cated bo that they will escape the
domination of the Medford bunch.
Professor Wilson is a nice man.
Theory has its place, but without the
practical man of affairs to test out
the ideas of the theorists, we would
never get anywhere. Government Is
a practical thing. While we need
the professors, it is mighty danger
ous to give thera the helm of the ship
when they have never sailed the seas.
THE MAN ROOSEVELT.
Talk about courage! Is there any
other man, anywhere, who could go
on unconcernedly and unafraid,
make an hour's speech with an assas
sin's bullet in his body and the blood
soaking his clothing, then go smiling
to the operating table, joking the
doctors on the way? Every time
Theodore Roosevelt is confronted
with an emergency he rings true. He
can't be bullied, browbeaten or ca
joled. Sometimes he is fooled, but
he makes it a sorry day for the man
'who fooled him when he finds It
out. His moral courage is as reso
lute as his physical courage.
SEES THE DISASTER.
"If the tariff plank of the demo
crats is not telling the truth (reply
to Governor Wilson), of course I
need not discuss it with them. If it
is telling the truth, and shoulJ be
put into effect, it would plunge this
country into a period of commercial
disasters such as we have not seen
in a lifetime." Colonel Roosevelt at
Minnesota State Fair.
It is time the taxpayers of Jackson
county should be thoroughly awak
ened to.the realization that the issues
in the present fight for county judge
are the same as in the primaries last
April. The honest taxpayers won a
glorious victory in the primaries over
the solid opposition of a bunch of
"progressives" living at Medford un
der whose tutelage Jackson county
wasted some hundreds of thousands
of dollars. These same "progres
sives" have been busy since the pri
maries and thousands of dollars of
the tax moneys have been squan
dered since then. The same bunch
that fought Dunn in the primaries
are still fighting him. Why? Be
cause they know that when George
Dunn is elected" exploitation will
cease in Jackson county as far as
the business of the people is con
cerned. RERORT CARSHORTAGE
Southern Pacific Company ReMrts
That Demand for Cars Has
Been Very 'Heavy.
San Francisco, Oct. 22. Evidence
of the prosperity of the western
states is furnished by figures made
known by the Southern Pacific Com
pany as to the number of freight cars
loaded this season. The average
loading on the lines of this company
in California is greater by 6,2)0 cars
per month over the same period last
year, or about 200 cars per day.
Railroads have been heavily
pressed for rolling 6tock because of
this sudden demand for service.
Only the hearty co-operation on the
part of the shippers has made it pos
sible to keep all the traffic moving.
The large fruit firms have instructed
their agents not to delay or divert
shipments unnecessarily and have Is
sued circulars to this effect, for the
principal' difficulty has arisen from
movements in the eastern states.
The Pacific Fruit Express, accord
ing to an announcement made by
President Sproule of the Southern
Pacific Company, has ordered 2,000
more refrigerator cars of the latest
design. This number, together with
the lot of 1,000 only recently or
dered, will bring up this l'ne's total
equipment to 13,100 cars, represent
ing an investment of over $20,000 -000,
all to be available on July 1
of next year, in time for the 1913
fruit movement.
The new cars are designed espec
ially for the fruit packages peculiar
to California and the west and will
load easily and economically. They
will be fitted with Bohn collapsible
tanks and a modern system of heat
insulation. .
FURNISH EMPLOYES' BONDS.
Southern Pacific Will Hereafter Pay
i Premiums on Them.
San Francisco, Oct. 23. Begin
ning with January 1 of next year,
the Harriman lines will assume all
bond premiums of employes in their
service, according to an announce
ment made at the offices of the
Southern Pacific Company here to
day. In the past it has been the custom
to require all men handling money
to put up a security bond, and the
premium on ft has been paid by the
employe himself. After the first of
the year this expense will be borne
by the railroad company.
On the Pacific system of the South
ern Pacific, alone, there are about
45,000 employes, and the new ar
rangement, it is said, will involve a
heavy expenditure annually.
This action is in line with the wel
fare campaign which the Southern
Pacific and its allied lines are carry
ing on to better the conditions under
which Its employes are working.
The Tidings for artistic printing.
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
Many a man who thinks he is a
good citizen paints his house in such
a manner it seems to fit all the other
houses In the neighborhood.
It Is rather difficult to keep from
thinking and talking politics these
days. All the same, the average man,
and most men are average, like some
respite now and then.
At this season, while you are haul
ing the crop to market, is a good
time for you to reflect on the ad
vantages of good roads, and how
much time and money are lost by
Ipoor ones. ,.
Here's a problem for the school
children: A farmer owned a hog
and wanted to weigh It. The man's
weight was 100 pounds, while his
wife weighed 135. They put a board
across the fence so that when they
sat upon it, it exactly balanced. They
then changed places, his wife taking
the pig in her lap, just balancing the
board again. . What is the weight of
the porker?
The reports of bumper crops all
over the country are rather tiresome
reading.- It seems that someone
might speak a word of praise for the
farmer for raising such crops now af
ter the scoring they received for
raising such poor ones the past few
seasons, or will some professor pat
h mself on the back and say, "I did
it with my little speeches"?
The child deprived of pets misses
much. To love a dog, a cat, or a bird
or any live thing has a humanizing
influence on the character. The care
of a pet teaches a child to be re
sponsible for something. The love
of a pet brings out the tender feel
ings of the heart, makes the child
less inclined to cruelty, more
thoughtful, of quicker sympathy. A
pet gives him something to enjoy at
home and so makes home life richer.
It Is one means of keeping him from
undesirable companions.
A correspondent asks if a man can
ride a wheel and be a Christian? It
all depends. While smoothly spin
ning along a faultless road with the
refreshing breezes toying with the
tumbled hair, the thoughts may be of
a very pious nature; but should he
strike an obstruction and plow a fur
row in the road with his nose and
leave a portion of his cuticle cling
ing to the face of nature, his Chris
tianity would have to be remarkably
deep-rooted to enable him to get up
smiling and singing the praises of
heaven.
Most merchants realize the value
of attractive, original window dis
plays In connection with their, seas
onable trade. The store window is
at all times one of the most valuable
store adjuncts and trade-getters that
the merchant can make use of. At
tractive window displays always
draw the attention of the shopper,
and if, besides being attractive, It
contains any suggestions, It Is bound
to sell the goods. If the merchant
or any of his clerks who have more
talent along this line will devote a
little earnest thought and time to
getting up a series of attractive, sug
gestive and original displays, he will
rind that it will tend to materially
increase his results.
A Thought for Mother.
Yes, the summer is past and moth
er failed to get her vacation. And
now. comes the fall sewing, the win
ter garments to be chosen, perhaps
made; the housecleaning with all of
Its attendant horrors, the picking of
autumn dainties, which will give zest
to manjt a winter feast, and the gen
eral management of the whole do
mestic machinery, so that no little
part will become clogged or its
squeaking disturb the harmony of the
home. As summer, has brought
mother no vacation, 'no change of
scenes, what wonder then if 'her face
is pale, her step a little slower, her
smile no less sweet but less frequent
than of old? Every one is sorry for
mother's disappointments, but all
take it as a matter of course as she
never complains. So. the domestic
mill goes grinding on until one day
there is all confusion in the house
hold; the machinery is all awry, for
the hand that guided it haa lost its
cunning and dropped nerveless by
her side. Mother haa borne her bur
den too long, It becomes too heavy i
and she is crushed beneath it. Isn't
this a true picture we have sketched
for you? Isn't mother too often left
out? Girls, you know it is so, and
the conscious blush rises to your
cheeks and you hang your heads and
are ashamed of your own selfishness.
We write this that you may be more
thoughtful of mother. You will
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never regret any sacrifice you have
made to lighten her burdens and
bring into her life all the sweetness
possible.
Socialist Libelers Indicted.
Portland, Ore.' Eight members of
the socialist party, who were recently
indicted by a Portland grand jury
charged with issuing a circular de
faming Theodore Roosevelt, Nicho
las Longworth and the Roman Cath
olics, announced recently that they
would have subpoenas issued for
Roosevelt, Longworth and Cardinal
Gibbons, and force them to prove
that the allegations contained in the
circular were untrue.
The men were arraigned In court
and took the statutory t'me to plead.
Immediately after entering a plea
subpoenaes for the above mentioned
notables will be issued and forward
ed to the homes of the respective
men for execution. It is not believed
any of the men involved will come
to Portland, but on the contrary will
appear through affidavits sworn to
before notary publics.
Nearly every Shetland household
has attached to it a flock of tame
gulls.
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Do Not Throw Your Apples Away
on a glutted market. 'Put them in cold storage for better prices.
Your potatoes will not sprout or grow soft in cold storage.
Get our prices, which are as low as in the east.
I WOOD AND COAL
We have a limited amount of dry wood for sale, and the best
f Washington state coal for the lowest possible price for cash.
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Congress, First District $
occupied by W. C. Ilawley.
Germany is manufacturing safety
razors and has even begun exporting
them to the United States.
IF YOU ARE A PROGRESSIVE
and do not like ,
HAWLEY'S STAND-PAT RECORD,
vote for
JOHN W. CAMPBELL
For Congress from the First District.
Hawley's record shows him to be
a stand-patter of the stand-patters.
Every move he has made since he
has been in congress was in com
plete harmony with the Cannon-Ald-rich
program. You cannot hope to
get your government back into the
hands of the people if you vote for
stand-pat congressmen. John W.
Campbell is thoroughly progressive
and will stand solidly In congress for
progressive legislation. He is pro
gressive rather than partisan, and is
pledged to support progressive legis
lation whether it is put forward by
a republican or a democratic admin
istration. He stands for anti-trust
legislation and revision of the tarlfr
downward.
(This is NOT a paid advertisement.)
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