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Thursday. April 17, 191.1. rAGB TWO ASHLAXD TIDINGS Ashland Tidings SEMI-WEEKLY. ESTABLISHED 1876. Issued Mondays and Thursdays Bert R. Greer, Editor and Owner B. W. Talcott, ... City Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year $2.00 fcix Months 1.00 Three Months 50 Payable In Advance. TELEPHONE 39 Advertising rates on application. First-class job printing facilities. Equipments second to none in the Interior. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postoffice as second-class mail mat .ter. Ashland. Ore.. Thursday. Apr. 17, '13 A TKIIU'TK TO THIS VALLEY. A little while ago a citizen of Ash land visited his former home in the middle west. On the occasion of a banquet set by the Chamber of Com nierce he was introduced in the fol lowing "words: "When the gentle man upon whom I am about to 'call lived here he was considered a sens! ble fellow, but now that he has gone from this land of plenty and settled in the far west, in the God-forsaken country of the mountains, I leave you to judge of d good balance of his brain." To which the Ashlander responded in the following, which was partly an adaptation as a tribute to this valley, and is printed here because It may be found useful by other citi zens on like occasions: "Mr. Toastmaster: I gUdly plead guilty to your soft impeachment. did leave this land of plenty and Journey toward the west, where the sun sinks beneath the waves' and leaves its last full beams shimmer ing on the waters like a field of gold, gradually receding until its faintest ray fades beyond the hor izon and leaves this globe shrouded in darkness, as if its creator had turned his face away in wrath and left it a God-forsaken country. "I settled " in the valley of the Rogue, on the banks of a beautiful river, on account of its turbulency called the rollicking Rogue. I' have stood on its banks in the moonlight and looked down into its glassy wa ters where I saw a heaven below; then I looked up and saw a heaven above, each reflecting in the other like two mirrors their moon and planets and trembling stars. Away from its banks the laurel, pine and fir, of rock and cliff, stretches a vale as beautiful as any in Switzer land or Italy, inhabited by a people as happy and contented us the sun ever shown upon. "Away toward the east rises . Mount Shasta over fourteen thou sand feet above the sea; to the south the great Ashland Butte, from whose perennially snow-capped summit the city of my adoption draws its do mestic water supply, cold as ice, clear as crystal, and pure as the love of God Ana 10 me norm moudi McLoughlln in the days when men It new majesty called Pitt standing four square, like an Egyptian pyra mid, its top piercing the clouds. , These are some of the loftiest moun tains in America, about whose sum mits the clouds gather of their own accord even on the brightest days. I have seen the lightning zigzag along the rugged sides for a hun dred miles, or stand tiptoe on the mountain top and dance up and down to the music of nature's grand organ, as if touched by the fingers of divinity, resounding in tones of thunder throughout the universe. "I have seen the storm clouds come forth from these mountain heights at midnight, like black giants rofrochal hv Klnmhor anil pavop tna J ... . a - . heavens With gloom and darkness. with gloom and darkness, Then, I have seen them recede be yond the horizon, and the moon get ' "up from her saffron bed and come f.rth from her palace In the sun, jeaning on tne arm oi gorgeous, to nrigmen me va.e wnere oeauiy uves and where the sunbeams kiss to ruddy redness the cheeks of the ap pie and the pear, "O, gorgeous land of the moun tains! O, exquisite valley of the Rogue, how can human tongue ever adequately describe thee?". A GENTLEMAN. A man that's clean inside and out; who neither looks up to the rich nor down to the poor; who can lose with out squealing and who can win with out bragging; who Is considerate of women, children and old people; who Is too brave to lie, too generous to cheat, and who takes his share of the world and lets other people have their. A western railroad lends stumn pullers to farmers at a nominal rent al as one way of encouraging bust ness.- TWISTING THE LIOXS TAIL. Twenty years ago a favorite sport of American statesmen was twisting the tail of the British lion, but Westward the course of empire takes its way," and now it is the statesmen of China, the newest of republics, who are engaged in the pleasurable task. During Queen Victoria's reign England forced India's opium on China. The Chinese are now show ing great earnestness in their deter mination to stop the traffic. They have left millions of dollars' worth of the drug in the British ware houses, refusing to accept it, and are shooting citizens who persist in us ing it or In cultivating the poppy from which it is made. The Pekin Y. M. C. A. is trying to raise money to buy as much of the opium as pos sible, to destroy It, rather than have it again forced on Chinese markets with shot and shell. It would seem rather embarrassing to have heath- en statesmen, and young -men who have adorted England's professed re ligion, expose her, would it not? It Is over twenty years now since the Mohammedan empire of Nupe, West Africa, sent the following touching appeal to Bishop Crowther of the Niger mission: "It is not a long. matter; it is about barasa (rum). Barasa, bar- asa, barasa! It has ruined our coun- try; it has ruined our people very much; it has made our people mad. I beg you, Malam Kip, don't forget this writing, because we all beg that the (Crowther) should ask the great Mr. Page has had a sense for hu priests (the committee of the Angli- man interest that any newspaper can Church Mission Society) that they should beg the English queen (head of the Church of England) to prevent bringing barasa into the land. For God and the Prophet's sake! For God and the Prophet, his messenger's sake, he must help us in this matter tlfat of barasa." What European or American ruler ever thus appealed for tha deliver ance of the people? How evident it is that the religious pretensions of these governments are vain, and that what we need is the long-promised kingdom of Him who will lay justice "to the line and righteousriessto the plummet." MORGAX, ART AND THE AMERI CAX MAX. Perhaps the most wonderful phase of J. P. Morgan's genius was not his Napoleonic strokes of finance. The fact that he is probably the greatest art collector of all times is still more unusual distinction. The American woman-is much in terested in art. Whether because she feels that culture is a good so cial investment, or from real liking, she is studying art wherever there is a woman's club. But if you pro- vide a first-class lecture on art, you will find 25 women present to every one man. Nevertheless, in the crowds that on a Sunday throng the Metropolitan Art Museum of New York and simi- lar galleries in other cities, there are nearly aa manv men as women. They are not pro8perou3 American buslne88 men who left tbelr auto. mobiles at the door. Rather they are Italian or German or other me- chanics, in more or less shabby Sun- day best, to whom a beautiful pic- ture makes a bright spot of sun- Rhine Not one in a hundred' of success- f ul American business men has any trace of that superlative judgment for art values that made Morgan a great collector. The American mil- lionaires have commonly bought their pictures and rare books by the wholesale much as they select their brick and stone. The American people will not al ways be so indifferent. Through the wnman'R plnhn and school nleturea and 8tuav many young folk(J are ... I rnmlnp Alnnsr who run snnr the mnrfl I " O " - -- " - ,.. . . ,,., .,j uuviuub ionc vi oiuout Kuiu brick. ; Art ought not to be confined to a few metropolitan cities. There is weaUn enough for fine collections in t t M Morean has eath- ered in about all the classic art that was not nailed down in Europe. But there is a world of beautiful pictures to be had at comparatively low prices today, that will become treasures for another generation. LOCATE IT. My friend, have you beard of the town of Yawn, On the banks of the river Slow, Where blooms the Wait-awhile flow er fair, And the Some-time-or-other scents the air, And the soft Go-easys grow? it lies In the valley of What's - the use. In the nrovlnce of Lfit-har-sHde! That old "tired feeling" is native there: - It's the home of the listless I - don't - care, , Where the Put-It-offa abide. AX EDITOR AS AMBASSADOR. There are some people who, when an editor gathers in an important office, feel that it is not the most substantial and dignified choice, Some may thus criticise the appoint- ment of Walter H. Page as ambas- sador to England. ?jvertbeless, journalism does give a man a unique training. An editor has a pretty good oppor tunity to judge public sentiment. For years he has watched the turn- ings of that inscrutable weather- cock, public opinion. Men whose business lies in other fields will stake their success or failure on propositions that are absolutely con- trary to the prevailing modes of thought. Of course, an editor who really edits is never afraid to speak his mind, even though he knowa himself in a minority. But he doer- not cast away much of his life blood in the futility of forlorn hopes. He waits until he can see the fruit begin to ripen before he tries to pick It. Most of the shams of life have to take off their masks before they reach the editor's chair. Which must be highly valuable in diplo macy. Mr. Page, a magazine producer, has never known the hair (earing of evening editions, nor of the day a semi-weekly goes to pres.?. But his great success as an editor has come because he Introduced newspaper methods into the formerly secluded peace of magazine work. thriller might envy. Instead of learned papers about the decorations on Cardinal Richelieu's snuff boxes or the miniatures of Madame de Maintenon, he printed articles about waterways and better farming and social settlements. Thoso articles had to be little cross sections of vital human experience. Thesa are les- sons that the would-be newspaper man needs to study. the CEXTEXARY OF THE HIGH HAT. Sartorial and other experts have figured it out that the year 1913 ends a century during which the high silk hat has been in style. One sees considerable discussion as to the or igin of this fashion. According to one authority, it" all comes from London, where a black frock coat and high black hat seemed the form of attire best suited for an atmosphere that was filled with smoke. According to others, the real ori gin of the "plug" hat dates to a far earlier period. They attribute it to the Assyrians, and consider that the miter and robe of high priestly au thorities were really the parents of the high hat and frock coat of to day. The Israelites acquired the custom when they were captives of the Assyrians, and in the middle ages they brought these habiliments. somewhat suggesting present styles, to the ghettos of eastern Europe. According to this theory, when later the Jewish people entered the great centers of population, and by their hereditary instinct to' business became bankers and financiers, they still carried the custom of the high hat. derived from the miter of the Assyrian priest. I inus a high nat became in tne world capitals the symbol of finan ciai success, it was not long neiore It v . .a mm. not merely the bankers but the bank ers' customers, and all who hoped tor a DanK aeposit, Degan to wear . . . them The high hat custom has some de cline of recent years. Business men wore them very common')" twenty years ago. Traveling salesmen used to feel that they added impresslve- ness and enhanced the idea of their Importance entertained by the "pros- I Pi- TnHnv hieh hnta are iihpH nrtncl- i --,- v. r I pally by three classes or, people: P"""or cruellv killed, 'anv animal: and llc functionaries of prominence, In- U1u uw""" "u " nf Bii. and youthful male persons who wish to impress the other sex. APPLES MAKE FAT. Spokane Officer Declare He Has Proved It. SDokane. Wash. April 15. Prepa rations for observing the first annual "Apple Day" in Spokane gave inspir ation to Sergeant Asa Watscn of the local army recruiting office by which he claims to have increased his weight to a point eight pounds great er than it ever had been. Dr. Har vey W. Wiley's statement about the apple's being the worst foe the doc tor has excited the interest of Ser geant Watson. "I read this 'An ap-l - 1 pie a day keeps the doctor away business and decided to give it a trial." he said. "Every evening Just before retiring I ate an applpe. This II continued for a month. At the ... .... - end of the time I weighed 158 I pounds. The most I ever weighed I in my life before was 150 pounds." OUT OF PLACE. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst has missed the vocation for which her strange, wild notions especially fit her. As a' leader in the suffragette movement she is as out of place-as a hawk in a chicken yard She should have been an I. W. W. leader. She Is an out and out syn dicalist. She is a believer in direct action. Her method of campaigning is to wreck and destroy. A peaceful conquest has no charm for her; she would convince her opponents by first ruining them, says the Regis ter. A few extracts from speeches that she has recently delivered are inter esting because they afford an lllus tration of her warped and peculiar viewpoint: "We shall resume guerilla warfare and continue it until this question is settled. "Human life is sacred to us be yond everything else, but we are go ing to do as much damage to prop erty as we can. "For all that our women have done, for all they are doing,- and for all they will do, short of taking hu man life, I assume full lcsponsibil ity. 'We have to create a situation in which the ordinary business man will cry out: . 'We will not have this state of things continue any longer.' We are not destroying houses, cut ting telegraph wires and injuring golf links ill order to wip the ap proval of the people who are at tacked. "I have not only been breaking the laws myself, but I have been In- citing and instigating and preparing other persons to do the same. "I have advised, I have incited, I have conspired, and I say this: The authorities need not look for the women who have done whar. they did last night (referring to the blowing up of the Lloyd-George house). I accept the responsibility for it." Mrs. Pankhurst was convicted of inciting her followers to blow up the country villa belonging to Lloyd- George, the chancellor of the exche quer. It is the sixth time she has been in the prisoner's dock since she began her career of militancy seven years. In these seven years it is es timated that the property-destroying activities of her followers have cost the English public more than- $2,- 000,000. It is a record that the wildest '.syndicalist might well be proud of. The fanatical activities of Mrs. Pankhurst and her followers have set the cause of suffrage in England back uncounted years. John Bull does not yield easily to force. In stead of "creating a situation in which the ordinary business man will cry out, 'We will noc have this state of things continue any long er,' the outrages committed by this insane woman and her followers have aroused a stubborn and bull-necked opposition to votes for women that will not die out in a generation. Mrs. Pankhurst should be driven out of the ranks of the suffragettes. Her place is with the Industrial Workers of the World. She would be her element tnere. HUM AXE LAWS. We herewith print a section from the humane laws of the state of Ore gon. Whoever is inclined to treat his team with cruelty will do well to read and remember It, because Ashland will soon have a humane society whose votaries will keep an eye on 8UCh The law: "Whoever overdrives, or over loads, drives when overloaded, over works, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, cruelly beats, mutilates, or cruelly kills, or causes or procures to be so overdrlv i a,,, - ,oaded overworked( tortUred, tor 1 ' ' I a aia nor. tr l IUCUICUi UlA V CU Ul UGVCDDai J DUO- .... . . tenance, crueny Deaten, muinatea, whoever having the charge or cus- todv of anv animal, either as owner or otherwise, inflicts cruelty upon the same, shall, for every such' of fense, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding sixty days, or by fine not exceeding one nundred dollars, or by both fine and imprisonment.' Progress of Exposition Construction at San Francisco. San Francisco, April 12. The con' tract for the Palace of Education has been let to Lange & Bergstrom and work on this building will start im mediately. Contracts have also been awarded for the pile foundation of the Palace of Agriculture and for piling thefoundation of the Palace of Transportation. The roadway and gardens In front of the Service Building have been graded and planting is now under way. n is understood mat a lount- aln to be presented by a local civic I organization will grace the lawn In I front of this building. 4tinimiiiiiiiiiin THE PORTLAND HOTEL Sixth, Seventh, Morrison and Yamhill Streets PORTLANDOREGON The most central location in the city, and nearest to the leading theaters and retail shops. You are assured of a most cordial welcome here. Every convenience is provided for our guests. The Grill and Dining Room are famed for their excel lence and for prompt, courteous service. Motors meet all-incoming trains. Rates are moderate; European plan, $1.50 per day upward. G. J. Kaufman, Manager j1JHrl PERFECT POXIES SOUGHT. British Polo Players Trying for Bet ter Horses for Games. London, April 12. The Duke of Westminster claims that his stud for the challenging English . polo team is fully equal to the stable which Harry Payne Whitney brought to England In 1909, but even so he is not yet satisfied, and he has Issued an appeal to English poloists to supply several more ponies, preferably weight carriers. If the English team that goes to America is again beaten this year, they will not be able to use the ster eotyped phrase that the superiority of the American ponies caused their downfall. Among the volunteers who have stepped forward to provide the two or three weight carriers needed are Captain Edgar Brassey, who is lending his noted g"ay mare; Captain A. S. Willis, who lias offered the best of hi3 stable, and Lord Ashby of St. Ledsers, who has of fered one pony.. With the Idea of recovering the polo cup the Duke of Westminster formed a stable' of 40 high-class ponies, but only 17 oi these have come up to the standard required for international polo. A total of 37 ponies is now in sight for the work this summer in America, and only a few more are needed to make the stable complete. SEXT BY WROXG ROUTE. Finnish Lad and Lass Wrong. Are Billed Sent out of their way 4,000 miles by a mistake in the Issuance of their tickets at Halifax, Nova Scotia, go ing to Winona, Wash., instead of Winona, Mich., Fulda Aart, 20, a pretty Finnish maiden, and her brother, John, 10 years old, arrived at the former place to find only strangers at the station strange people, strange costumes and none who knew their tongue. Garbed in the showy gala peasant costume of their native country, the rair wan dered about the town with their bun dles. Finally an Interpreter was found and through him the mistake was discovered. They were returned to Spokane by railroad officials who took up the case. The girl and her brother have departed for Winona, Mich., where friends await them. When the mistake was fully ex plained to her. by an interpreter the young woman smiled, declaring It was a good joke. She said she was glad of the trip and that the only inconvenience was to her friends. Not So Sick. One of the stories around town concerns a man who caught a heavy cold during the changeable weather and concluded to take a spell in bed. His wife came into the room and Bald: "Jim, there's a visitor for you." "Oh, shucks," Jim growled; "I'm too sick to see anybody." "But It's our' pastor." "Thunder! I ain't sick enough to see him." Newark Star. Turn About But many a man has found it exceedingly embarrassing to be called upon to reciprocate by going security tor some one to whom he Is under obligation for a like service. Why Impose Upon Your Friends? When you need a Bond, get Corporate Surety and look your friends square in the eye. The United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. offers you a bonding service which is prompt, reasonably priced and absolutely dependable. G. F. BILLINGS, Agent 4f K. Main St. REAL ESTATE! AND INSURANCE. fbone 211-J MiiiitnHMniiiniitH 4 4 t . STATES WILL PARTICIPATE. San Diego Exposition Plans Devel oping. San Diego, Cal., April 15. Special Dispatch. Six states have made ap propriations for the San Diego Expo sition amounting to $405,000, and two county organizations have ap propriated a total of $300,000, with a right to increase this, if necessary, to $400,000.. Other states and governments have, through their legislative bod ies, taken necessary action to appro priate a total of $2,300,000 more. In all of these the appropriation acts have passed either the uppor or low er houses or have been brought to a point where they are practically assured. To meet these overtures and offers of exhibits the exposition organization is bending every energy to be in position when the time comes to furnish the necessary in formation as to rules and regulations of the U. S. customs, railroad routes and rates, facilities for transporta tion, warehousing and multitudinous things that must be ready when the first commission comes hire in May to start actual construction work and to arrange for assembling the exhib its. BARS MUSICAL AUTO HORNS. French Judge Says Law Requires Single Note. Paris, April 16 The musical au tomobile horns which threatened to fill 'the main streets of Paris with snatches of popular or classical airs instead of the usual "honk, honk" have come to a quick finish in France. A test case was brought against two motorists of Douai, who enliv ened the night trumpeting the leit motiv of "Die Waukure," and it has been decided that these instruments are illegal here. The decision brought out a judicial definition of the word "horn," which had hitherto been rather widely interpreted. "The latter," said the Judge, "must be for the purpose of sounding an alarm and be used to warn the pub lic, not to amuse it. It must give forth a single note which should be grave, even sinister, in order to call attention to the impending danger. The new fanfare horns," added the judge, "lack seriousness, and are therefore outside the meaning of the act." - Straight at It. There is no use of our "beating around the bush." WTe might as well out with It first as last. We want you to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the next time you have a cough or cold. There is no reason so far as we can seo why you should not do so. This preparation by its remarkable cures has gained a world wide reputation, and people every where speak of it in the highest terms of praise. It is for sale by all dealers. - Phone No. 39 when In need of Job printing. Work and prices are right. 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