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ASHLAND TIDINGS
Thursday, March 27, 1913
Ashland Tidings
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THE CASE OP THE CHOW.
The bird editor of this newspaper
learns that the govornment is issuing
a new bird book is. which the value
of specific birds commonly deemed
harmful is discussed at great length.
The bird editor feels particularly
interested to see what Uncle Sam
will say about the crow, a species of
bird which is outlawed by the major
ity of state legislatures, and has gen
erally been considered fair game for
the farmer's boy.
Bird experts say that the crow,
contrary to his normal nature in
wild life, ' has grown to acquire a
most exceptional sagacity. He lives
under constant apprehension, con
ec'ousnesa of danger, and has ac
quired an) alert self-reliance that
makes him an interesting figure.
A farmer's boy once told the writ
er about his dealings with Mr. Crow.
When the boy tool: a gun the black
pirates wheeled in wide circles far
over his head. When he went out
with a stick they loafed in nearby
trees and jawed jeeringly.
One day he started out with the
wooden gun which he used in mili
tary rill in school, but the crows paid
no attention whatever. Their hunt
ed life has made them as elusive as
a city street Arab.
Recent ornithologists, admitting
that the crow pulls fresh corn and
destroys birds, say his .diet of mice,
snakes and beetles gives him a credit
to the good.
The crow finds that germinating
corn is softened and cooked,, the
starch partly turned to sugar. He
regards it as a kind of entree pre
pared for his benefit. You can't
make the farmer believe he is a
friend. One agriculturist who placed
a large quantity of fish offal on his
land as fertilizer said that the crows
dug it all up and ate the seed. He
could Bmell their breath all summer
as they flew honk'ng over his de
pleted fields. Still you can tar corn
seed. If Mr. Crow gets ahead of the
farmer he has the better brain.
APPOINTING AMBASSADORS.
Pre ident Wilson is no doubt hav
ing trouble in finding suitable for
elgn ministers. For an American
ambassador 1b usually a man chosen
to go abroad and spend $100,000 out
of his pocket in behalf of the peo
P'e.
European courta expect the Amer
lean minister to spend freely. They
want him to maintain a courtly par
lor where impecunious noblemen can
meet marketable heiresses under
proper chaperonage. To conciliate
the higher-ups of foreign diplomacy,
the most expensive provision of
wlneB, dinners and flunkeys becomes
necessary.
One great troub'e with American
diplomacy Is that it is regarded as
an incident in a man's career, rather
than a permanency after the Eu
ropean manner.
Some more or less astonished
American rises some morning to find
himself appointed. He hustles down
to Washington, where he receives
the intimate inside of delicate inter
national negotiations. Being a be
liever in publicity, he lets it out be
fore he gets to the steamship wharf.
The result is much as when your
young son proclaims at the evening
party what you said about your
neighbors at the breakfast table.
Some of the ministers live in pal
aces, furnished out of their own
pocket. Others dependent on the
government salary, who were sent
abroad on much minor considera
tions as experience in statecraft and
"knowledge of international politics,
are housed much like the representa
tive of a tall-end Balkan power.
So it is not surprising that a
-noted- statesman, being Informed
that the government wanted to make
him ambassador, emphatically re
marked, "No pluoh pants for me."
Others are more yielding. They de
part amid the unanimous acclaim of
the American people, "Darn the ex
pense and let George do it."
The United States last year gath
ered 65,000 tons of peat.
THE LARGE VS. THE SMALL COLLEGE.
One can see a hungry look in the
rural college president's face when
he reads that Princeton University
gathers in 13,000,000 from the will
of the late Ferris S. Thompson. One
per cent of that sum would enable
Lonesomehurst University to stop
the leaks in the roof of its single
building.
Oue of 471 colleges and universi
ties In the United States, only 256,
scarcely more thai half, have seen
the Insignificant sum of $100,000 as
an endowment. ' To him that hath
shall be given," while the army of
pathetic stragglers on the 'outskirts
are sending out their form letters by
the thousand for dollar-bill contribu
tions. The more prosperous universities
can undoubtedly rcake good use of
all the money that can be given
them. It makes a big difference If
a college can hire the best talent in
the market. A $6,000 man may be
able to teach hia stuednts how to
think out and solve problems for
themselves, where a $2,000 man
would hear them recite lessons out
of books.
Nevertheless, there is a field for
the small college, even along the
fringes of population. Its students
don't learn much about turkey trot
ting, and they don't get their pic
tures on the sporting page of the
metropolitan newspapers. They do
find that the sum of the wisdom of
the ages Is within easy reach of any
youth who want.i it, even if he has
to hire a dress suit for the gradua
tion festivities.
Would that the millionaire could
see that when they endow such an
institution, Instead of leaving all
the!; money in personal bequests,
they exchange a monument ot cold
marble for one of popular affection.
An educational expert, after study
ing conditions in 44 small colleges
recently said that what was needed
was the elimination of half of them
He would not give their property
and students richer institutions in
distant states, but simply double up
at home. But Unfortunately many
people regard a college as only a
means of boosting business and r9ai
estate.
"BARGAIN" IN HUMAN BLOOD.
It is characteristic of fallen hu
manlty to try to get as much as pos
sible for as little outlay as possible
That Is why people once kept slaves.
Today we dislike the word "slav
ery," nevertheless we cherish the in
stitution as highly as ever. We show
this by our eagerness for "bargains'
which are the result of paying cer
tain workers next to nothing and
getting out of them every atom of
strength they possess.
When Colonel Roosevelt Investi
gated the conditions of the garment
workers, he was indignant to find
a girl, the sole, support of a mother
and three young children, compelled
to make 36 kimonos a day in order
to earn $6 a week. To do this, she
tolled desperately from 7:30 in the
morning to 9 o'clock at night. Read
er, ycu and I are to blame for this.
The merchant, to meet our demand
for "bargains', arranges for goods
that can be sold at low prices, and
still yield a profit. The contractor
or middleman, after taking out his
own profit, goes to the sweatshop
and offers the remainder to those
who must work or starve.
A few years ago a boss sweater
gave out the following as what he
received from a dealer for making
the articles named: Overcoats, 75
cents to $2.50; business coats, 32
cents to $1.50; trousers, 25 cents to
75 cents; vests, 8 cents to 25 cents;
knee pants, 4 cents to 6 cents;, cot
ton shirts, 2 cents to 4 cents. The
wages to workers, expense of cart
lng, and boss sweater's profit are all
included In these figures.
"Alas that gold should be so dear,
And flesh and blood so cheap."
"THE CITY BEAUTIFUL."
This phrase is attached in the
minds of many people to campaigns
of sentimentality, In which burden
some additions to the tax rate are
made on the plea of a beauty that
proves costly.
Nevertheless, in more places than
ever before the advent of the spring
season is seeing movements for
cleaner back yards, prizes for good
gardening end disposition of eye
sores.
A tower 970 feet high is being
erected at Naden, Germany, for use
in wireless telegraphy. It Is expect
ed to have a radius of 6,000 miles
Under the social ideas of China
every man is anxious to marry, but
no man Is permitted to seek a wife
for himself.
Phone No. 39 when In need of Job
printing. Work and prices are right.
SOMETHING TO STUDY.
Eugene Register: The colonist
movement for 1913 has begun. Sixty
homeseekers arrived in Portland day
before yesterday, and advices from
the east indicate that many times
that number are on the way, or are
planning to be on the way within a
short time.
This means that the work that has
been done by commercial clubs, pri
vate individuals and publicity organ
izations of all sorts during the last
year is about to be put to the actual
test. The test will consist in keeping
as manyof these hopeful newcomers
here as possible. If a large number
of them are satisfied, and decide
that they are ready to stay, and roll
up their sleeves and help to develop
the country, thereby laying the foun
dation of a fortune for themselves,
the work that has been done will be
good. The development of Oregon
will be accelerated, and great bene
fit will accrue to all the state's resi
dents new and old alike.
But if, on the other hand, the
greater portion of these people we
have invited here are disappointed
and return to their homes feeling
that they have been imposed upon
and misled, we will all suffer. Ore
gon's greatest need Is more people
more people on the farms especially.
No other agency will be so active In
keeping people away from Oregon as
the man who has come here and has
gone away disappointed and disgust
ed. The fact that he failed to stay
will be accepted by all his friends as
proof that Oregon is a good place to
remain away from. They will not
be obliged to accept the fact tacitly
he will take pains to impress it
upon them.
The people who are coming here
from other states are worth careful
study, for by studying them we can
learn whethor our methods of at
tracting a permanent population are
effective. If they find conditions
here s'milar to whr.t they have been
led to expect, it will be proof that
our publicity methods are right, for
community advertising is founded
upon the same principle as advertis
ing of other kinds if it is to be
effective, It must tell the truth.
If the people who come find less
than they have been given reason to
expect, we may accept the fact as
evidence that our methods have been
wrong. Overstatement In advertis
ing is a vital mistake. The woman
who fails to find as good a quantity
of ribbon as she expected loses con
fidence In the advertiser. The same
holds true of the man who seeks a
new home.
Holding Oregon up as a land
where the horn ot plenty hangs al
ways upside down and is never
empty will avail but little. This
state is not a Golconda where nug
gets of gold lie ready to be picked
up without effort. The nuggets are
here, but to win them requires work,
Oregon is a land of opportunity
but it is not a land of easy money.
It offers attractlvo rewards to the
man who Is willing to work with his
head and with his hands, but it has
little for the one who prefers to
stand on the street corner.
THE EASTER CONGRATULATIONS
Easter day brings many unwonted
faces into the churches. Many men
will tear themselves from sweet Sun
day morning slumbers at the ungodly
hour of 9 a. m. After scolding theli
wives because their skirts were mis
laid, they present a flurried appear
ance In an unaccustomed seat as the
voluntary rolls out from the organ
Impressive music, spring hats of
1913 model, the general satisfaction
of seeing what the milliners and
dressmakers have done to your neigh
bors, these are some of the motives
for the thronged churches.
Nevertheless, the message that
Easter day brought to earth is the
greatest human interest story ever
told. It may sound hackneyed to the
man whose eyes are fixed on dollars
But sometimes the veil of dross and
chaff in which the human heart
shrouded is mucn thinned than one
thinks. Somewhere In every soul
a longing to know the purpose of the
Father In placing us in this world
mysteries.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
AH matter for the Tidings should
be directed to the paper, rather than
to any person connected therewith.
When directed to a person it is apt
to be sent to the home address, thus
delaying ito insertion.
In England there has been pat
ented a combination of opera glasses
and sound lntensifier for the use o:
playgoers whose hearing Is impaired
Chicago's grand opera season just
closed shows receipts about $500
000 against $480,000 last season.
Along human nerves the electric
current travels at from 33 to
60
yards a second.
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I The Home Circle 9
n Thoughts from the Editorial Pen jj
Onions, according to a leading
physician, have little food value. But
they are not to be despised, as the
doctor probably will admit. They
Impart a sort of of lasting aroma,
don't you know, to real food, when
engulled as a concomitant thereto.
The groundhog isn't the only ani
mal that's afraid to see its shadow.
The express company magnate now
sees the parcel post shadow when
ever he gets in the sun, while the
dove of peace sees flying beneath it
the black shadow of the war vulture.
Don't run down your own town.
Be loyal to its institutions as you are
to your personal interests. Don't
condemn its enterprises and at the
same time withhold your support and
patronage, which would aid in mak
ing the enterprises a creditable suc
cess. And this sentiment will also
apply to the treatment of your home
paper as well as to other business.
A traveling jnan got into a con
troversy, with one of the 'phone girls
In Atlantic City, and while some
what excited told the young lady to
'Just keep her shirt on." The man
ager of, the exchange went to the
gentleman and toM him he had bet
ter apologize. He rang central and
asked, "Are you the young lady J
told to keep her shirt on?" "I sure
am," she snapped tack. "Well, it'
all right with me; you can take it
off if you want to," was tha apol
ogy. Tearing another's character to
pieces will not help yours, no mat
ter how dirty the other man's may
be. Pointing out the weeds in your
neighbor's yard wi'l not make those
in your own yard more beautiful.
The white cottage and brown man
sion each hide trouble from the
world. People talk and know not
whereof they speak. They retail
slander to show how foul is the dish
most palatable to them. Let us walk
straight along. Let us each mind
our own business and we will never
be out of employment.
When the grasshopper ceases to
hop and the old cow quits her bawl
ing; when the fishes no longer hop
and the baby stops Its squalling;
when the dunners no longer dun,
and the hoot owl quits its hooting;
when the riders ever cease to run
and the burglar stops his looting;
when the vine no longer runs and
the skylark stops its larking; when
the sun no longer shines and the
young man quits his sparking; when
the heavens begin to drop and the
old maids .stop advising, then it is
time to shut up shop' and quit your
advertising.
One of our most popular young
ladies played a cruel joke on her
mother, and this is how it happened:
She accidentally found a love letter
that her father had written to her
mother In heir halcyon days of court
ship. She read the letter to her
mother, substituting her own name
and that of her lover.' The mother
raved with anger and stamped her
foot in disgust, forbidding her
daughter to have anything to do with
a man who could write such nonsens
ical stuff to a girl. The girl then
gavd the letter to her mother to
read, and the home suddenly became
so quiet that sho could hear the
snowflakes falling in tho back yard.
Eat Meat.
No man who lives on meat was
ever known to lick his wife or ask
for a divorce. Adam got into a row
right off because he had no hog
meat, butter or black bass. Na
poleon lost Waterloo because the al
lied forces had bacon for breakfast
the morning of the fight. The
French had vegetable soup. No war
can s be successfully' waged without
hog meat.
Americans are the most frisky
people on earth because they eat the
most hog meat.
A vegetable diet woman is as cold
and clammy and unlovable as a tur
nip. If you wish to put roses In the
cheeks of your girls, vitality in their
every 'motion, and brains in their
heads, feed them meat.
If you want your boy to get a job
and hold it, go to the front and
amount to something, give him ba
con grease, ham fat or tallow, three
times a day. '
The world Is ful lof cranks who
are always getting up some new fad
about hay soup or corn fodder tea.
Wanted A Better Friend.
Who will answer this want ad
which appeared in an Illinois pa
per? "I am a horse that shivers in the
street.
Is $6.80 "about 40 per cent less dan" $8.00?
(Actual figures from Agent's Policy No. 19933)
AND the policy also pays that the company will not be
repponsible for more than three-fourths of the actual
cash damage.
(iOOD insurance will cost a fair price, as well as clear
dry lumber.
BILLINGS has big, good companies at lowest rates.
And they pay good money, and pay it in a hurry, too.
Billings Agency
ESTABLISHED 1383
41 E. Main St. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE. Phone 211-J
"I bring the groceries to your door
throughout the year.
"In the hottest days of summer I
bring yu cooling ice.
"in the coldest days of winter I
bring you welcome coal.
"Often I have to pull through
roads that are deep with 6lime or
rough with frozen clods.
"Many times I slip and often I
fall because I am not sharp shod.
"Again and again I am left to
shiver on the street after my day's
work is done, being obliged to wait
until my driver is ready to start me
to the barn. Do you wonder that I
long for ' the blue grass region of
Kentucky where the meadow lark's
a-singing up against the sky so blue?
"But I'm not going back there.
I'm going to stay right here and
work right ahead and help all I can
to make your home life comfortable.
"Don't you want to be a better
friend to me?"
We have scores of just such wor
thy horses In our town even if they
have not rushed inio print with their
grievances.
A New Law.
Under a new law enacted by con
gress , approved by the president,
February 13, 1913, to break the seal
of a railway car containing inter
state shipments of freight, express
or baggage, or to steal or attempt to
steal any such shipments from a car,
depot, depot platform, steamboat or
wharf, is a very serious offense, pun
ishable by a fine of not more than
$5,000 or by imprisonment In the
penitentiary not longer than ten
years, or by both such fine and im
prisonment; or who transport such
shipments from oni state to another,
shall be deemed eo.ually guilty with
the thief and punished in the same
manner. Cases of this character
will be prosecuted in the federal
courts. It is expected that the new
law will materially aid the authori
ties in effectually breaking up the
organized gangs of freight car thieves
which operate in various parts of the
country.
Despite the precautions which are
taken to prevent theft, it Is said that
gold to the value of $5,000,000 is
annually stolen from the mines on
the Rand, South Africa.
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THE PORTLAND HOTEL
Sixth, Seventh. Morrison and Yamhill Streets
PORTLAND, OREGON
1 The most central location in the city, and nearest to
the leading theaters and retail shops. You are assured
of a mo6t cordial welcome here. Every convenience ia
provided for our guests.
tf The Grill and Dining Room are famed for their excel
lence and for prompt, courteous service. Motors meet
, ln??I?i,,g train8 Rates are moderate: European
plan, $1.50 per day upward.
G. J. Kaufman, Manager
DAY-OLD BABY CHICKS
If yon want baby chicks that are hatched right; from trap
nested standard bred stock, S. C. Rhode Ishland Reds and White
Leghorns our specialty. We can furnish you Reds for 12 cents
each and Leghorns for 10 cento each. Any other varieties a mat
ter of correspondence.
If you want an incubator that will hatch every hatchahle egg
send to McCIanahan for his catalogue. It will tell you all about
them. Address t
E. J. McCIanahan, 309 Ferry SI., Eoflcnc, Oregon.
Good Work Done Promptly
AT THE
Rough Dry at Reasonable
J. N. N1SCET, Mgr.
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MARKET KNOCKS PRICES.
Long Beach, Cal., Turns Out to Wel
come Dealing Willi Producers.
Long Beach, Cal., March 23.
With 1,000 representative men and
women assembled around the 24
producers' wagona which arrived
here as early as 7 o'clock today, the
first public market of this city was
opened.
Clubwomen, housewives and the
committeemen and women who have
been working for the market crowd
ed eagerly around the loads of vege
tables, fruits and eggs, as well as,
the beautiful floral display, which,
was Eold within 15 minutes and had
to be replenished to meet the de
mand. Dr. I. J. Parker, chairman
of the woman's committee, said to
day: "All produe In this city has tum
bled in price from 3 to 5 cents a
pound or a dozen, and on the first
day of our public market we find
that already prices on food are more
easily within the reach of the house
keeper. This much our market has.
done in one day."
Notice of Filing Plat of Survey. 1
Department of tho Interior, United
States Land Office, Roseburg,
Ore.
Notice is hereby given that sec
tions 5, 6, 7. 8, 17, 18, 19, 20 and
26 to 36 Inclusive, in township 38
south, range 5 ea3t, W. M., are sur
veyed and plat of survey will b
filed in this office April 22, 1913.
at 9 o'clock a. m., and on and after
such day we will be prepared to re
ceive applications for the unreserved
and unappropriated lands therein.
All persons are warned, however,
that said lands being In the Crater
National Forest, applications cannot
be received except from bona fide
settlers who made settlement prior
to the withdrawal for reserve pur
poses. B. F. JONES, Register. t
G. W. RIDDLE, Receiver.
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