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ASHLAND TIDINGS
Ashland Tidings
SEMI-WEEKLY.
ESTABLISHED 1876.
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DID PARCEL. POST MAKE GOOD?
IT DID RIGHT AT THE JUMP!
Parcel Post has made good!
Great public service reforms usu
ally require time for usage to oil the
wheels of their machinery.
But parcel post, made good the
first day!
The first real test between the
new government experiment and the
old established express companies
' was made out of Chicago the very
first day of parcel post. A parcel
mailed at a Chicago parcel window
by a person unknown to the officials
was delivered in Milwaukee eight
hours and forty minutes later.
A package sent by express at the
same moment as a test had not been
heard from twenty-four hours after
being sent.
The package sent by post cost the
sender 10 cents.
The express package cost 25 cents.
There you are, speed, economy, ef
ficiency for the new parcel post, de
spite eleventh-hour express rate re
ductions and boasted organization on
the part of the express companies.
You remember what- the express
companies 6aid about the parcel post
proposal? They declared it was a
fine theory, but it wouldn't hold in
practice. They admitted that in the
course of yearst there might be built
up as efficient an organization as
they had. But it would take years -and
it would be expensive. Further
more, the rates charged for parcel
post were ridiculous.
The Chicago Tribune sent twenty
packages by post find twenty, by ex
press to the same persons living in
all the parcel post zones. Compaii-1
son was made of rates, quickness of
delivery, of the condition of the!
package on receipt. The parcel post
package to Milwaukee was sent at
12:01 a. m. It was received in per
fect condition at 8:41 a. m. The
package went in (lie regular course
It was delivered with other packages
as part of a load." There was no
thought of trying to make the parcel
post beat the express. It was simply
a test of the efficiency of the new
service and the service proved itself
efficient in spite of the fact that it
was new, that no one connected with
it was familiar with its workings
and that time was naturally lost in
sending and receiving.
Returns from the other packages
heaped up the victory. Buffalo re
ported Us package delivered in less
than a day; also hours before the
express packages. The arrivals at
points more distant were uniformly
ahead of the express and the rate,
with one exception, was lower than
the express rate.
Here's a theory rolling up its
sleeves and becoming practical on
the jump.
IXKHi FOB BRIGHT SIDE.
Oregonian: Perhaps the hest re
solve we can make for the new year
is to look at the blight side, no mat
ter what happens. There is a posi
tive power in cheerfulness. Gloom
not only hinders the mind and body
from working, but it opens the door
to disease.. Every moment spent in
regret lessens the capacity for hap
piness and reacts permanently upon
a person's efficiency. It has been
said by a philosopher that repent
ance is a sin. , He may have gone a
little too far with his theory. It is
certainly a sin .,to do deeds that
bring repentance, but a little mourn
ing for our transgressions now and
then cannot be displeasing to the
Almighty. However that maybe
we shall agree that no time is worse
wasted than hours spent in vain
broodings over the past. The whole-
some mental atltude is one of bright
confidence in the. future. We ought
to trust the power that rules the
world deeply enough to believe that
the evils we have experienced can
never happen again. If they do It
will be our own fault, not the will
of the Almighty. The evils that run
riot In the world, the social ills of
the time, are not fixed upon us by
omnipotent decree, but by our in
dolence and want of courage to at
tack them.
FRISKY DANCES.
At the outset of this winter season
it was confidently announced by
congresses of dancing masters and
other potentates of waxen floors,
that there would Le no more turkey
trots, bunny hugs and chicken flips.
The flight of these terpsichorean
birds of passage was confidetially an
nounced. The longed for return to
days of stately and graceful dancing
was predicted.
The dancing masters, however, are
not the masters of dancing. .These
creatures of pumps and glides are
eminently discreet persons, almost
invariably there are conservators of
manners, morals and the established
socf.nl order. It were wl'1 indeed i?
the young folks would foot it ac
cording to their wise advice.
The reports of elite social func
tions from the great urban centers
give the Impression that flipping
and trotting Is by no means on the
wane and that the rag time of the
bands is fully matched by the rag
steps of these new dance eccentrici
ties. To the dancing master dancing
should express grace, poetic motion.
These qualities he finds embodied
in contemplative romance of the
waltz glide, or the sweeping curves
of the lancers. When you interrupt
the lofty and gracious dignity of his
steps by rough house, it is as if some
player walked on the stage when a
grand symphony or orchestra was
performing Beethovenr and blew a
series of discordant notes on a fish
horn. But young blool will dance what
it wills, and not all the dancing mas
ters in the world may say it nay.
There is fire in those stamping heels
that laughs at twinkling prettiness, j
and demands an outlet for surplus
vitality.
Nevertheless, symmetrical and
graceful motion is as enticing as
ever and it appeals to more people
than some of the young sprouts
think. These graces are not found
in the latest output from the dance
halls. Our grandmothers knew more
about it than the grandchildren.
Sweet sixteen may look very pic
turesque playing leapfrog on the
dance floor. But fat, fair and forty
cavorting thereat hi a sight for gods
and men.
WRECK PREVENTIVE.
Railroad officials are being held
responsible for recent wrecks in
which lives were lost. At Bridge
port, Conn., Vice-President Henry J.
Horn, General Manager B. R. Pol
lick and Superintendent C. N. Wood
ward of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad were arrested
on bench warrants, charging them
with manslaughter. They were
charged with negligence in connec
tion with the Wostport wreck in
which a number of lives were lost.
A dispatch from Indianapolis states
that a number of the officials of the
C. H. & D. road were indicted for
manslaughter as a result of the
wreck at Irvlngton in which sixteen
lives were lost. The Indictment of
officials is most likely to cause
greater effort on the part of rail
roads to reduce accidents to the min
imum. BatliinK in Vienna.
Wide World Magazine: The Vien
nese, although living almost in the
center of Europe, hundreds of miles
away from any seaside bathing re
sort, are yet, owing to the enterprise
of the municipality of Vienna, able
to indulge in bathing on a much
more extensive scale than the people
of auy European seaside resort, with
the possible exception of Ostend in
the height of the sumim? season.
Some four or five years ago the
authorities of Vienna realized the
great benefit that bathing on whole
sale lines, so to speak, would be to
the inhabitants of the clt during the
summer months. With this end in
view they acquired a picturesque
tree-clad island bordered with fine
stretches of sand, in what is known
as the Old Danube. Here, in the
course of a few months, arrange
ments were made for providing not
only' a splendid bathing place for
hosts of Viennese of all classes who
were unable through lack of time or
means to take the long journey nec
essary to reach the nearest continen
tal beach, but also a very interesting
experiment in municipal policy,
which up to the present has more
than satisfied its originators.
Year by year, since its first insti
tution some four years ago, the
Strandbad, to giva this unique insti
tution its proper name, had increased
In popularity,' and now, on every
reasonably fine afternoon through
out the summer months from June
until late in September, one sees
crowds of people wending their way
to the floating bridge ferry by which
the long sandy island on which the
Strandbad is situated is reached.
Wide World Magazine.
The Ozarks now furnish most of
the cedar used in lead pencils.
1 The Home Circle i
H Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
Don't scold your wife. If you
must scold somebody, scold us.
Hold on to the troubles you have,
for when they go there may come
worse ones.
Have you received a good turn?
Forget it not. Have you done one?
Remember it not.
Never whip a balky horse. Sell
talra if vo'i cm't m h'n .nnrl !
the other fellow match his temper
against that of the horse.
Fashion has been defined as a pe
culiar influence which makes a
woman drape herself in a horse
blanket and think she looks stun
ning. We shall not have our grandmoth
ers with us long, and may not the
thought impel us to cheer her and
make her as happy as we can, while
the opportunity i3 given us?
The best society for the suppres
sion of pernicious literature is the
family. The best legislation that can
be passed for the prevention of the
sale of vile literature can be passed
by the father and mother. Daily
teaching to love and study good and
useful things will hring the boys and
girls to detest the opposite.
What is needed in the training of
the tots is more pf.tience while their
minds are developing. Let them see
gentleness and by and by they will
adopt it. Let us act ourselves a lit
tle more as we wish them to. Ex
ample with children weighs more
than advice. This holds good all
along the road, from infancy to ma
turity. With wine on the sideboard,
progressive euchre in the parlor, sen
sational, trashy literature on the ta
ble and cigars on the mantle, we
need not be surprised when the crop
of drunkads or gamblers, of diseased
hearts and wishy-washy minds conies
in. The seed has been planted, the
crop must grow. Not all may fall to
the lowest depths perhaps, but who
can saw which will be saved? It is
not the will of the Creator that one
of these little ones should perish;
and woe is in store for him who
places occasions to fall in their way.
Don't work too hard. God meant
us to work every day until we are
weary, but not until we are so weary
that a night's rest cannot revive and
restore us to . strength and vigor
again. When you rise morning after
morning with weary limbs and heavy
heart, you may know that you are
breaking the laws of health and that
your punishment is and will be
heavy. You must let go somewhere
The world, your friends and family
have no right to demand from you
more than you can do, and if you
are a wise woman you will not give
all the strength and warmth and
beauty of your life to labor and have
only the dregs left for love. Keep
enough strength, take enough rest to
preserve a cneeriui neart and a
bright face, when the family gather
about the fireside after the day's
work is done. Do one thing at a
time. Don't hurry, don't worry.
Face the issue of life fairly and
squarely; do your share of the work,
that is, what you can do without in
juring yourself, and put the rest res
olutely behind you. Take some re
laxation. Every human being needs
recreation and amusement of some
sort. Get it from books or people
with new and helpful thoughts, that
will keep your ideas bright and your
heart cheerful.
Mother.
To the young ladies who weekly
road this column we are moved by
the good spirit to write a few words
concerning their duties to their
mothers. It may you have noticed
a careworn look upon her face late
ly. Of course it has not been
brought there by any act of yours;
still it is your duty to chase it away.
Would it not be a happy surprise to
her If you should occasionally bid
her sit down and rest while you
performed the arduous duties in
hand? And how a tender kiss on
her mouth will cause her dear face
to brighten. Anyway you owe her
a kiss or two. Away back, when you
were a little bit of a girl, she kis'sed
you when no one else was tempted
by four fever-tainted breath and
swollen face. You were -not so at
tractive then as you are how. And
through those years of childish sun
shine and shadow she was always
ready to kiss your little, dirty, chub
by hands whenever they were injured
in the first skirmishes with the
rough old world.
And then the midnight kiss with
which she routed so many bad
dreams as she leaned above your
restless pillow, have all been on in
terest these long, long years.
Of course she is not so pretty and
kissable as' you are; but if you had
done your share of the work during
the last ten years, the contrast would
not be bo marked.
Her face has more wrinkles than
yours, and yet if you were sick that
face would appear far more beautiful
than an angel's as It hovered over
you watching every opportunity to
minister to your comfort, and every
one of these wrinkles seem to be
bright wavelets of sunshine chasing
each other over the dear face.
She will leave you one of these
days. These burdens, if not lifted
from her shoulders, will break her
''own. Thftif ;-"-'. V.svi h"v" trr
have done so many necessary things
for you will be crossed upon her life
less breast.
Those neglected lips that gave you
your first baby kiss will be forever
closed, and those sad, tired eyes will
have opened on eternity, and then
you will appreciate your mother; but
it will be too late.
GOLD AND SILVER MINED, 1012.
Smallest Production of Gold in Past
Five lears.
The gold-mining Industry of the
United States was generally normal
in 1912, according to H. D. McCas-
key of the U. S. Geological Survey,
but early figures indicate the small
est production since 1907, when the
output was $90,435,700. In 1908
the output increased to $94,560,000,
in 1909 to $99,673,400, in 1910 it
dropped to $96,269,100, in 1911 it j
increased slightly to $96,890,000,1
but in 1912 it decreased to $91,685,-
168, according to preliminary esti
mates of the Bureau of the Mint and
Geological Survey.
The decrease is to be ascribed
mainly to Nevada, where there was a
falling off of about $4,500,000,
chiefly from Gol.lfield and to a
smaller degree from National and
Seven Troughs. The great Goldfield
mines produced more ore than in
1911, but the average grade treated
was considerably lower; the mill at
National was burned in September,
and production was delayed at Seven
Troughs by a cloudburst in July. On
the other hand, the Manhattan,
Round Mountain and Fairview dis
tricts somewhat increased their
yields. A decrease of $300,000 to
$400,000 is also indicated for Colo
rado, where, althougM there was an
increased production from Cripple
Creek of about $500,000, owing
partly to successful drainage by the
Roosevelt tunnel, and an increase in
gold output also from Gilpin county,
there was an estimated decrease in
production of about $1,000,000 from
the San Juan region, including the
counties of Dolores, La Plata, San
Juan, San Miguel and Ouray.. The'
bulk of the decrease, however, was
from the Camp Biid mine, in Ouray
county, as the output of San Juan
and Dolores counties increased. In
Utah and Washington decreases of
gold, output of $100,000 to $200,000
are indicated. In Montana there was
probably a smaller decrease.
The production of gold was normal
in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho and New
Mexico, and there was a somewhat
increased output in California and
Oregon. The year 1912 was most
prosperous in South Dakota, where
the output increased about $400,000
and was the largest in the history of
the state. The great Homestake
mines, as usual, made the bulk of
the output. The hydroelectric plant
of the company owning these mines,
which has been under construction
for several years, was completed and
in operation in 1912.
California .retains first place in
gold output, regained from Colorado
in 1911.
Gold dredging continued generally
active in 1912, especially in Califor
nia and Alaska, where increased
dredging capacity was added. The
output from 120 dredges in 10 states
(including Alaskt.) in 1911 was
$10,311,'589.
In the Geological Survey's report
on gold and silver in 1911 it was
shown that of the total gold produc
tion 24 per cent was derived from
placers, dredging alone producing
10.9 per cent; 53.8 per cent was
from gold and silver mills (23.9 per
cent by amalgamation, 26.1 per cent
by cyanidation, and 3.8 per cent by
i chlorination), and 22 per cent from
smelting. These ' proportions will
probably not greatly change for 1912,
except that dredging may be expect
ed to Increase somewhat and the out
put from chlorination fill continue to
decline.
A decline in prospecting has been
noted in several of the western
states and in 1911 and 1912 there
was no notable discovery of new ore
bodies or deposits that seem likely
to promise immediate material in
creases in the domestic gold output.
The largest producers are operating
at probably near their maximum ca
pacity, and though steady output
from them is assured, in some places,
as at Goldfield, the grade of ore has
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begun to decline. New development
and discovery of gold deposits will i
in all likelihood not much more than j
offset such decline in grade, or the
exhaustion of older mines. From i
present knowledge there is no great
prospect of an increase in gold pro
duction of the United States in 1913. j
According to estimates made fori
the survey by the Bureau of Foreign j
and Domestic Commerce, the imports
in 1912 comprised gold valued at
$61,400,000. The gold exported in'
1912 was valued at $48,600,000.1
The excess of imports over exports i
was about $12,800,000, against $20.
262,110 in 1911 and $447,696 in
1910. This is a marked change from
the condition in 1909, when the ex
cess of exports over imports was
$88,793,855.
The gold Imported in 1912 was
mainly in the form of ore and bul
lion, and a large amount came from
Mexico, with Canada a c.Iose second.
England, France, and Central and
South American countries supplied
the bulk-of the remainder. The ex
ports consisted of refined bullion and
coin. The largest amounts went to
France, South America, Canada and
Japan, and smaller shipments were
sent to the West Indies and other
North American countries.
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ORDER APPOINTING DAY
FINAL SETTLEMENT.
FOR
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for the County of Jack
son. In the matter of the estate of Chris
topher C. Scott, deceased.
Order appointing day for final set
tlement, etc.
John A. Harvey, the administra
tor of the estate of Christopher C.
Scott, deceased, having rendered and
presented for settlement, and filed in
this Court, his final account of hU
administration of caid estate.
It Is ordered. That Friday,, the 31st
day of January, A. D. 1913, being a
day of a subsequent term of said
Court, to-wit: of the January term
thereof, A. D. 1913, at 10 o'clock
a. m. of said day, be and the said i
hereby appointed for the settlement:
of said account; rnd that notice of
said settlement bo published in the
Ashland Tidings, a newspaper pub
lished in Ashland, Oregon, as often
as once a week for four successive
weeks prior to said day of settle
ment. Done at Jacksonville, viregon, thU
18th day of DecemDer, A. D. 1912.
J. R. NEIL, County Judge.
First publication, December 26.
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