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ASITLAXl) TIDINGS
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EDITORIAL BRIEF'S.
The opium trust of China, which
has thrived under the empire, is be
ing fought to a finish by the new
republic.
Eugene will vote at its next mu
nicipal election upon a tax levy for
the support of a band and the premo
nition is to raise 3,000 per year for
that purpose.
Senator Brown of California has
introduced a bill in the legislature
of California to prevent charging an
adniisison to a prize fiht. That is
giving the "manly art" a blow below
the belt.
Did you ever stop to think how
readily mankind will pay big prices
for a luxury while kicking at fair
prices for a necessity? It is this
which makes largely for the high
c:06t of living these days. Cut out
the luxuries and you can live reas
onably. There should be no thought of the
progressive party disbanding or coal
clng with any other party until
both the republicans and the demo
crats have made their records the
coming four years. ' If '' the demo
crats fail to mako good along pro
gressive lines, then the progressive
party is the only hope of the nation.
The socialists are too closely allied
with anarchy and dynamite in the
public mind to ever become or re
main at the head of the government,
and the republican party, except as
the conservative rarty has sounded
its own knell in American polictics.
That leaves only the democratic and
progressive parties as real figures in
1916, for the American people will
never return to stand-patism.
PLACING THE EMPHASIS.
Probably many Tidings readers
will remember he story of the two
preachers. The younger one was
telling one of the noirtbrs of the
clergy that he had received two calls
and did not know which , was the
call of providence. "Accent it the
other way, brother," said the elder
of the one. "Which is the call of
provid-ence.
More depends upon the placing of
the emphasis than we usually stop
to consider.
In business som-j put the emphasis
upon the volume of business done,
the wise ones upon the net profits
for the year.
You fall out with a friend. You
immediately emphasize the matter
on which you differed, forgetting the
many things upon which you have
agreed in the past and upon which
you still agree. You put the em
phasis wrong.
In religious life the emphasis is
frequently put on the wrong points.
In Ashland there are over a dozen
evangelical protestant churches. All
agree upon the essentials of the Ten
Commandments, yet' they emphasize
where one strong one could better
advanced the Master's cause and in
flict less burden upon its members.
We all learn something in the
matter of placing the emphasis. Put
the stress upon the good in the
world instead of upon the evil. Fill
the mind of man so full of love that
there is no room for'selfishness and
in and you have reached the mlllen
ium. Hate and fear are too near
akin for man to be regenerated by
the fear of a future torment. If he
hates good he may fear punishment,
but like the child he is, will try to
evade the punishment while not giv
ing up the sin.
If all who believe in truth, hon
esty, justice and charity as the basis
of all true religious life would unite
on that platform. Instead of dividing
on matters of ceremonial or belief
as to the future state or the precise
terms upon which it can be attained,
this old earth would become so good
a place to live that people would
cease to long for a better land on
high.
Chicago street tuilwavg yearly col
lect $10,000,000 la fares.
THE COST OP ARSOX.
It is astonishing into what remote
ramifications you can trace the eter-
I nal cost of living question. Most
reople ou readins of 8ome crooked-
ness of the man who "gets away
with it." They don't realize that it
is all footed up in the bill.
So it is with the alleged arson
trust, now under investigation in
New York city, representing a costly
phase of human crookedness found
' everywhere.
I The Tinted States pays annually
$o00,000,000 in premiums to insur-
tympanies, to cover the cost of
fires. The experts say 10 to 15 per
cent of these fires are incendiary.
So our bill for the smartness of the
crooks and the morbid brains of the
firebug is about $50,000,000 to $75,
000,000 annually.
After the insurance companies
have installed the last fire sprinkler,
and insisted on the latest perfection
of fire engine and water pressure,
there remains a vast twilight zone
of moral hazard into which they
scarce dare look.
There is more truth than poetry
in the unlovely story about the pre
cocious youth who was looking over
bis father's shoulder at his insurance
policies.
"Why, father," he cried, "don't
you see that policy runs out Wed
nesday?" "Yes, my child," said pater, "but
the firemen they runs out Tuesday."
A great many men, who never
would dream of a criminal act, never
get over the lure of the fire engine, j
They will drop a good dinner of a !
1 rofitable business deal any time to j
run to a fire. There is a thrill in!
the combat between human skill and
daring, and the untamed elements of j
fire and smoke, that stirs any man's
blood.
If this battle between man and i
the fprces of. nature has this effect !
on (i normal mind, it is not strange
that there are so many weak-headed
fools who find a consummate ecstasy
iu the tumult and battle of a fire.
There are said to be enough insane
firebugs in the city of New York to
fill an institution. j
THE 1XV1TAT10X TO CONTEMPT.
The limitations to judicial power
have been indicated by the case in
Idaho where three newspaper men
have been sent to jail on a contempt
charge because they caused the print- ,. . . .. , ..
. . , ' ... ' itrated in the case of the Multnomah
ing of Colonel Roosevelt 8 opinion' . . . , .
" . , I county sportsman who was fined $50
of the decision barring progressive , , , ... . , , .,
JU.i f- .1 (r:i.i uni. I
iva.iuiuaitrB nuiii mc uiuuiai ijuuui.
Since these men have been impris
oned, thousands of persons have gone
to much trouble and spent much
time to show them honor. Their
committment to jail has been made
a t-iumph for them. They have been
feted, almost glorified. When they
leave their cells it will be to go back
to conditions that by comparison
mii3t seem almost tiresome and pro
saic. The court punishing these newspa
per men for a fancied slight to its
dignity has invited expressions of
real contempt. Instead of checking
j free Bpee(;h ag ,t B0URht tQ dQ ,t
opened the floodgates of the freest
I speech in the world. It could pun
ish a few individuals, but cannot
punish an entire community. The
boundaries of judicial power are far
I more circumscribed thnn nmnv mpm.
, berg the bencn are aware of
j
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j WRONG, WHATEVER HE DOES.
The anti-Roosevelt press, recov
ered from the stresses of the cam
paign, threw one of its characteristic
fits when Mr. Munsey proposed a
"get-together" plan for the progres
sives and republicans. It was per
ceived at once by the anti-Roose-velters
that the colonel was respon
sible for the suggestion, that he'd
devised the plan and, perhaps, pro
vided the wording. So whole oceans
of abuse welled up and foamed over
in the direction of Oyster Bay.
Then Mr. Roosevelt disclaimed any
participation in Mr. Munsey's sug
gestion, and, chapter and verse,
showed in his opinion wherein it
would not do. Whereupon the anti
Roosevelt press dusted off the office
floors and threw the veny wildest
and most enthusiastic fit in its out
fit. The colonel this time was
was egotistical, fat-headed, excessive
ly wrong and perverse.
It has been given to few men to
be more everlastingly at fault than
Theodore Koosevelt.
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"ASHLAND
(By Mrs. Putnam.)
There's a little home in Ashland,
Nestled down among the trees,
And methinks I see the blossoms
And I hear the hum of bees.
Where the jassamine and hop vine
Twine around the cottage door
There's a yearning in my heart
1 must see it just once more.
When the noise is so oppressive
And the world looks so forlorn,
I will take a bike to Ashland,
To the place where I was born;
I will drink the health of mineral
springs.
And rest in shady bowers,
I will live with nature all day long,
And pick her lovely flowers.
! There's where the sun shines bright
est,
Where the pine and palm - both
meet;
Where the mountains climb toward
heaven,
Eagerly the clouds to greet;
Where strawberrios ripen reddest.
Where peaches taste the best
My dear old home in Ashland,
The gem of the west.
THE "BLUE SKY" LAW.
The bill introduced into the Ore
gon house of representatives by Mr.
Hall, to regulate the selling of in
vestment stocks, should pass, it
eliminates the only objection honest
men could find to the bill which was
defeated by a narrow margin at the
last election, that it created a new
bureau to be maintained. The Ore
gon voters swiped every measure
presented them last fall that created
a new office, and they did well. The
present bin puts investment corpo
rations under the titate banking de
partment and imposes stringent reg-
,,lations Pn the saIe of stock.
Certain mining promoters fought
the initiative bill last fall under the
belief that it would hinder the de
velopment of the mineral resources
of the state, but others equally well
posted believe that it will render it
easier to get money for legitimate
purposes than it is at present. It
will certainly be a great protection
to the investors.
A Funny Twist of the Game Law.
Gold Hill News: The idiocy which
doth hedge about the law and its in-
tprnrptfitinna at tlinoo 1a nntlv Ulna-
" " ... ...o
sion during' the closed season.
This judicial lollpop was handed
the amazed nimrod despite the pro-
j duction of abundant proof that the
j bird had been taken on the last day
of the open season, and in full com
pliance with the requirements of the
law.
Willy-nilly, under this construc
tion of the statute, the unfortunate
hunter who is successful in the chase
on the closing day, must devour his
birds a la natural, or consign them
to the dogs. In any event it is a
crime to retain them until the fol
lowing morning.
There should be some limit to this
legislative folly which does not make
for game protection and invites in
justice, as in this instance. As a
matter of fact, the plainest rulinga
of common-sense indicate that when
game is obtained in a lawful man
ner, by any citizen, it ceases to be
in the state's charge, and becomes
the private and exclusive property of
that citizen to be dealt with as he
chooses.
This matter has before now been
thoroughly threshed out in other
states, with disastrous results to
reaily beneficial provisions of the
game laws. Repetitions of the Mult
nomah county incident cannot fail to
incite similar action.
For the better protection of game,
sportsmen are willing to comply with
laws apparently beyond the ability
of the state to enact such as the
prohibited shipment, the restriction
of gift or sale, etcetera but it is a
safe assertion that they will balk at
any interpretation that does not
serve for protection and imposes an
arbitrary and unjust obligation
Such as eating raw duck, for in
stance. Anient Dam is Xenr Collapse.
That the next high .water in Rogue
river will carry away the Ament
dam is the belief of Sam -L. Sandry
of Medford, who has just returned
from an inspection trip on Rogue
river.
"The water is now rushing through
a gap on the south side of the dam,
having carried away the gravity
ditch and a portion of the dam. As
soon as high water comes again the
entire structure will go down
stream."
The Ament dam has for years been
a barrier to the fish in ascending
Rogue river. Conditions were some
what improved last year by the in
stallation of a fishway built under
the direction of the state.
I The Home Circle I
Thoughts from the Editoriul Pen
Labeling Jokes.
The Springfield (Mass.) Union
complains because some "irresponsi
ble paragrapher" noting that the
national wealth amounts to $34.72
per capita, advises his readers to
draw on the United States terasury
for their share.
As a consequence Director of the
Mint Roberts has been flooded with
serious requests for the $34.72. The
Union says such jokes do harm and
should be tagged.
Should they? Just think how
easily a lot of simple-minded people
have got by this time. It has cost
them a 2-cent stamp, and probably
their time is not very valuable.
The world is fu'.l of a great many
very innocent and unsophisticated
people. They are continually in
vesting hard-earned money in rain
bows. If they got a little practical
experience of life out of the news
paper paragraph column at no great
er cost than a 2-cent stamp, it was
a valuable preparation for the grim
jokes and bunco games of modern
high finance.
A Lesson From the Bird.
If you watch a flock of sparrow.s,
now by grace of language metamor
phosed into snowbirds, you will no
tice that they fly from tree to
ground, as if all were nicely adjust
ed parts of one bird, instead of indi
vidual birds. In the air they swirl
in unison. None gets left behind,
or overflies the course, or gets tan
gled and confused. Pigeons do the!
same thing, and wild ducks and
geese.
Clearly, these birds do not move
by signal. Some subtle sense seems
to tel leach individual member of a
flock how the others are going to
turn, what suddenly sighted feeding!
spot they are going to descend upon,
what moment they must take wing
for safety's sake.
Would it not be a fine thing if
human beings could cultivate this
perfect harmony of action, this con
cord of thought, which needs neither
leadership nor suggests the idea of
blind following? It would not mean
the suppression of all individuality.
But it might mean that many things
which must be done, such as obedi
ence to the fundamental laws of life,
might be done without foolish waste
of effort, overrunning of the course,
causeless entanglements and quarrel
some confusion. It may be that
these great co-onerative movements
which mankind has taken up so en
ergetically these recent years are
some vague reaching toward the de
velopment of that tense of harmoni
ous action which providence gave as
a gift to birds.
Pass It On.
"It isn't the thing you do, dear,
but the thing you've left undone
that gives you the bit of headache at
the setting of the sun."
That was often ouoted by a gentle
old lady, who lived and not so long
ago died according to unusual stand
ards, and who showed more happi
ness and harvested more love than
the average ones of us could meas-1
ure. That is what makes it seem
worth whiie to share her philoso
phies, to "pass them along" to you.
She taught in the public schools
for pretty nearly forty years, and
once when a pupil, in gratitude for
an extraordinary kindness, said,
"What can I ever do for you in re
turn?" she answered: "Dearie, you
can do this for me that will more
than make us ever: Remember all
your life to pass along to someone
else that needs it as much blessed
ness as you receive, a smile, a song,
a word of cheer, or a helping hand.
This kindness I have been able 'to
do you is a little thing, but it has
made ybu happy. Think of it when
your chance comes to do the little
things you can to make other people
happy. Share your joys, you double
them that way. Keep your sorrows
to yourself; you halve them that
way. Be sure no one in this world
is ever too poor to give away a
smile, and if you mean it, it is often
worth more than the coin you may
be lack.
"Earth knows no riches that com
Thoughts from the Editoriul Pen
pare with the true and happy heart.
One vho lives like this can never be
poor, though he may sleep with only
the blue sky for his coverlid.
There's gladness aplenty, if you but
keep it in . circulation. Do your
part. Pay your debts of love as well
as of money, if ycu want really to
keep square with the world. Money,
it may be, you will lack, but poverty
of the soul, little girl, is voluntary.
You may be rich as a king, if you
will, in all things that really mat
ter. Happiness never stays away
from the heart willing to give it
houf.o room."
The Happiness of Uncle Sambo.
The happiest man we ever saw
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was an old negrc. He 1'ved in a
shack upon a river bank. He could
n't read or write. He probably never
in his life saw a tondollar bill. His
simple wants he supplpied by potter
ing toil. Between tasks he fished
or slept or sang ouaint melodies to
the accompaniment of an old banjo.
It is not our wish to hold this up
as the picture of an ideal life. Un
cle Sambo surely lacked ambition.
If,all of us took things as easily as
he did there wouldn't be many
mountains pierced many continents
riveted by bands of steel, or many
great skyscrapers flung upward to
challenge the sun. In the matter of
what our rushing civilization looks
upon as progresstoo largely the
progress of a few to shove their
property rights ahead of the welfare
rights of the many we humans
would have little on the clams.
But Sambo's case points one mor
al. He shows us that happiness de
pends less on things than on inter
ests, on spirit. He was interested
brimful in the little happenings
within his ken. He loved the fields,
the flowers, the wild birds, all the
living, growing things. The free
joys of nature kept his spirit sweet.
Had Rockefeller come along and of
fered him a cartload of money he
would merely have grinned and
asked instead for t new pipe and a
fresh package of tobacco. For these
were all he needed.
We think of Uncle Sambo as we
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read about the multi-millionaire in
ner guards of the money trust. How
many of them sleep as he sleeps, eat
with the keen zest which attends his
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of all good as much sunshine and
cheer and unaffected human fellow
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Appeal Murder Cases.
A writ of probable cause has been
granted the attorneys for Mike
I Spanos and Frank Seymopr, now
under sentence of death for the mur-
! rlf. if rinnftm T t wl w. 1 r 1 , , V... T . . ,1 ...
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ally postpone the date of execution,
February 14, for 60 days in order to
give the attorneys time in which to
perfect their appeal to the supreme
court. As the supreme court will
probably delay some time in passing
j on the appeal, the two will probably
! not be executed until late in the
i summer, even if a new trial is de-
nied.
j A transcript of each case is now
I being prepared. The appeal will
j probably be perfected some time late
in February or early in March.
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