Monday, April 21, 191S.
ASHLAND TIDINGS
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Asliland, Ore., Monday, April 21, '13
THE SCOFFERS SILENCED.
Eugene Guard: Evidence that co?
founds the roller that has insisted
that wonan lacks the mental fiber
to master the intracies of the Aus
tralia.! ballot system was brought
ovt at the city election last Monday
This evidence not only flatters the
Intelligence of the woman voter, but
condemns that of a large number of
the men who cast theirballots Mon
' day.
In two wards judges made a close
study of the conditions. They ob
served that few women almost none
at all voted In the morning, but
that In the afternoon and evening
the women voters outnumbered the
men almost two to one. It was ob
vious, therefore, that at the bottom
of the box there were few ballots
by women, while at the top there!
were many.
A study of the ballots as they were
counted revealed some Interesting
facts.' Those that came from the top
of the box were as a rule correctly
. and Intelligently marked. In spite
of the fact that there are at least a
dozen or more ways in which a bal
lot may be mismarked, there were
few misplaced crosses. The ballots
were neatly folded when they were
handed to the judges.
At the bottom there was & decided
difference. A far larger number
were wrongly marked. Crosses were
misplaced, and the ballots presented
a slatternly appearanco. Man's
boasted superiority was far from evi
dent.
I , , CI"" ! WfaiHi ' J '1 u 1A u 1 u U b ,
individuals
who have
i i i.Htnt . '
plnk tea be served at the booths?
Where are the jokers who have de
clared that unless the ballots were
cut on the bias they would fail to
find favor with the ladies? Where
are the skeptics who professed to be
lieve that a large percentage of the
feminine voters would demand rem
nants and mill ends? They are bur
ied beneath an avalanche of fact that
proves that women are fully as capa
bue of exercising the right of fran
chise as men.
Last Monday's election demon
strated that granting the ballot to
women was a wise move. Women
voted In large numbers, and they
cast their ballots intelligently and
thoughtfully. A new element has en
tered Oregon politics, and there can
be no doubt that the results will be
admirable
"AS LONG AS THE WIRES WERE
WORKING."
"As long as the wires were work
ing" the telephone girls at the Oma
ha exchanges stood by their posts.
The winds smashed the windows,
splintered glass fell in . a shower,
death rode the storm. The circum
stances were terrifying enough to try
the stoutest hearts. But no man,
however brave, could have acquitted
himself more finely than those Oma
ha telephone girls. They stayed at
their desks answering calls, making
connections, giving out information
as they could until the deadened
wires rendered further effort useless.
The Dayton flood tells the same
Btory. It was a telephone girl that
first flashed the news of that disas
ter to Phoneton, where another oper
ator relayed It to Governor Cox of
Ohio. Walls of water swirled about
both buildings and tales of horror
poured into the ears of those tele
phone girls from agonized lips. And
they stayed at theic posts "as long
as the wires were working."
The Tltanlc's wreck gave the world
a splendid picture of the age's chiv
alry "women and children -first."
But that was the valor of man, jus
tifying his manhood by meeting the
highest expectation of the world's be
lief. We do not look for women to
meet the supreme test 'of physical
courage. We do not charge. -such
tradition to her sex. But women
meet them just the same. The tele
phone girls of Omaha and Dayton
are sisters, in stern and loveliest
truth, to the men who, by death
and steadfastness, have bequeathed
the legacy of heroism.
JUSTICE AND THE POOR MAN.
An extreme case of how the law's
intricacies and delays react to deny
Justice to the poor was recently an
alyzed In Philadelphia.
A scamp employer at a week's end
refused to pay to a worker a prom
ised $10 wage. The latter decided
to sue. This was his experience:
To start the suit cost $10 for a
lawyer and $5 bond for coFts. Cross
firing between the lawyers took six
weeks. It was two months before
the minor magistrate awarded the
claim.
Instead of paying it, th9 employer
appealed. Two years followed before
the case was listed. In Philadelphia
the courts have a rule that if a case
listed for a certain term doesn't get
to trial within two days, it goes over.
The employer's lawyer was playing
for delay. There were a number of
continuances. The worker lost many
days' wages and had to pay for the
lost time of several witnesses before,
six years -after the' 'fact, he finally
got his verJict. And to get it cost
20 times as much as it wa3 worth!
Experiences like this vary in de
tail, but are common upon the one
point that a poor man with a just
claim is pretty sure to get stung if
he goes to law.
That is why we shall all be Inter
ested in the new poor debtors' court
which Kansas has established the
first in this country. A court ex
pressly designed to correct just sfuch
injustice.
It is a court without any costs to
litigants. It handles debts under
$20. The judge is appointed by the
county commissioners and doesn't
have to be a lawyer good sense and
human sympathy are the only qualifi
cations needed.
You bring your case before this
judge and tell him simply just what
the facts are. He sends word to the
other fellow to come in and tell his
story. No lawyers are necessary
No records are kept. The two liti
gants fight it out before the cadi, he
decides quickly, and his say goes.
Better than the long and costly
Philadelphia way, Isn't It? And
probably just as likely to result in
justice.
WHAT THE PEOPLE WAXT.
Congress has been called in special
session for a specific work. Two
and one-half years ago the people of
America went on record as demand
I ma a downward revision or tne tar-
J ' revis. ..Vs aiwinjfi-a-ij
ifl rnnprPHA then tlfptef! hut th
will of the people was defeated by
President Taft's use of the veto
power. Last fall the people of Amer
ica spoke in no uncertain terms in
demanding an immediate revision of
'the tariff. The question was so
squarely before the people that the
issue is not clouded as it has been
many times In the past. The people
of America are not interested in
whether a few men In Louisiana and
a few in Colorado demand protection
on sugar, 'or whether It be the man
ufacturers of steel or thy clothing
combines of New England that de
mand protection.
Broadly speaking, the people of
America demand that the tariff be
reduced or removed on all articles
necessary for food and clothing of
the average man. We are tired of a
system of raising money for the sup
port of the government which would
put $50 in the pocket of the trust
and $5 in the coffers of the govern
ment. A more direct method of tax
ation nniBt be provided. The Ameri
can people will not stand for favor
itlsni to special interests. If the su
ar interests and the wool growers,
after years and years of protection,
are not now able to "paddle their
own canoe," the Industry in which
they are engaged does not promise
success. The theory of the protec-
tlve tariff was, and is, that it should
be used to promote and build up in
fant industries.. These industries
most largely protected are infants
that have grown to be giants and
have turned gray. While we are at
it, let's try the matter out to its full
"AIN'T IT THE TRUTH?"
When a dog dislikes you he will
show his teeth and growl.
When a boy dislikes you he will
put his fingers to his noce and wig
gle them.
When a man dislikes you he will
shake bands with you, buy you a
I drink, pat you on the back and wait
until you go outside before he be
gins knocking you.
A RANCHER'S PLAINT.
"Gol darn the hens," said Rancher
. Brown,
As he, egg laden, drove to town,
His crop to market to devote.
"The pesky things! They git my
goat!
They loaf all winter on full feed,
Just at the time when egg we need;
An' in the spring when prices drop,
They, lay an' lay, and never stop."
A FAIR EDUCATION.
That man has had a fair education
who has been so trained In youtn
that his body is the ready servant of
bis will, and does with ease and
pleasure all the work that, as a
mechanism, it is capable of; whose
Intellect is a clear, cold, logic en
gine, wifh all its parts of equal
strength and in smooth working or
der; ready, like a steam engine, to
be turned to any kind of work, and
spin the gossamers as we'l as forge
the anchors of the mind; whose mind
is stored with the great and funda
mental truths of nature and of the
laws of her operation; one who is
full of life and fire, but whose pas
sions are trained to come to heal by
a vigorous will, the servant of a ten
der conscience; who has learned to
love all beauty, whether o? nature or
of art, to hate all vileness, and to
respect others as himself.
The editor of the Marshfield Rec
ord has been trying to run a news
paper to suit everybody, but now
gives it up. He should have done
that at first, for such a task is im
possible. So far as the Tidings is
concerned It has no hope, and does
not try to please all its readers. It
just keeps busy printing the news
and commenting on things general
ly, and lets it go at that. Some
people like it and some people don't
Some Deoule subscribe because we
said it and others quit because we
did. It all comes out in the wash
ing. There is a well-defined philos
ophy in newspaper production. The
paper that adheres to it through
thick and thin will have readers, but
woe to the paper that exists only to
please.
Our congress is not alone in try
ing to haH the mad rush to build
battleships. And American steel
manufacturers are not alone in the
prospects of losing rich contracts
contracts of the sort that produce
millionaires like Carnegie, Morgan
and Phipps. Winston Churchill, first
lord of the admiralty in England, in
a recent speech in the house of com
mons startled England by shouting
"Take a holiday of a year ia naval
construction." Then he made a d
rect appeal to Germany to join Eng
land in quitting. the building of war
ships. All that means something.
The world is tired of this mad and
senseless ruRh to build battleships
and incidentally to make multl-mil-
A fair illustration of dollar dip
lomacy and its scope may be found
In a recent news Item from Kille-
grew, England, a point of land on
the Cornish coast. Away back in
1619 it was proposed to erect a light
house there, because of the innumer
able shipwrecks off the coast. The
natives protested, alleging that the
lighthouse would b"ring ruin upon
them, that their only means of live
lihood was in gathering flotsam from
the shore. Think of it; a people be
ing opposed to stopping shipwrecks,
because they lived on tha disasters!
And there are people of that sort liv
ing in this good year of grace. Not
all dead yet.
George W. Scott and family ar
rived in Ashland Thursday from Mus
kogee, Okla., and will make this
their future home. He comes from
the old home of the Tidings editor,
having been our esteemed neighbor
for many years. He has purchased
considerable property here already,
somo of his purchases being the
Estes home place on Wimer street,
89 feet of the Paulson property on
Oak street, 20 acres near Talent,
five acres on north Oak street and
240 acres one mile up Ashland can
yon. They are substantial and wor
thy people and we gladly commend
them to the people here.
To brag a little, to show well, to
crow gently if in luck; to pay up, to
own up, and to shut up if beaten
these are the virtues of a real sports
man. .
The ladder of life is full of splin
ters, but they always prick the hard
est when we're sliding down.
"That makes a difference," said
Willie, snipping off the left ear of
one of the new twins.
People like to deal with a fellow
who is stuck on his job.
Success comes In cans,
come in can'ts.
Failures
There is no right way of doing a
wrong thing.
Escaped the Habit.
Mrs. O'Brien Sure, a dhrop now
an' thin is a comfort; but aren't ye
afraid, Mrs. Hinnessy, je'll get the
naoii;
Mrs. Hinnessy Niver a bit! Me
ould man's been drinkln' ut stiddy
these forty years past, an' he's niver
got the' habit. Boston Transcript.
LOGGED-OFF LANDS.
Peculiar
Legislation in
Washington.
State of
Snokane, Wash., April 19.
Through the operation of the logged-
off lands law passed by the last legis
lature 700,000 acres of laud in east
ern Washington are made available
for settlement. This land Is largely
in the counties of Stevens, Spokane,
Pend Oreille, Chelan, Okanogan,
Ferry and Asotin.
I believe 20 per cent of this land
will be taken up by June,
states Chairman S. H. Anschell of
the logged-off lands committtee of
- .
tha Inland Emmre Federation oi
Commercial Clubs. "The state should
have the bulk of the remainder in
readiness for the influx of foreign
ers following the opening o! the Pan
ama canal."
The law provides that the county
commissioners may, and cn petition
of 10 per cent of the qualified elect-,
ors of that county shall, by resolu
tion submit to the voters the propo
sition of creating an agricultural de
velopment district, which shall be
co-extensive with the limits of the
county. A district need not include
all the county. The powers of the
agricultural development district will
be exercised through a commission of
three members, serving without pay.
An. Individual owner of logged-off
lands may sell to the state, through
the commission, for a maximum of
$20 per acre. The state then will
clear the land and the original own
er has the preferential right of buy
ing It back for the price he received,
plus the cost of clearing. He will
have 20 years in which to make pay
ments, at -6 per cent interest. An
owner of lands may sell any amount
to the state, but 20 acres is the max
imum amount he will be pr rinitted to
buy back after improvement. Among
other powers given the commission
is the right to build roads.
The law provides that the com
missioners shall cause ai' lands in
their possession or control to be sub
divided Into the smallest practicable
tracts, In order to provide for as
many settlers as possible, giving
preference whenever practicable to
resident householders with families.
A Modern Solomon.
A man was brought before a Chi
cago court on a charge of fa.ltng to
Bunnort his aged mother. Hq Wore
jvui o
tic J"hV, no-
hfe to 1
a fine fur overcoat and the
Itloine tnW Mm he wo
Bell it, if necessary, to pay hit motn
er $18 a month, which th c U' t ad
Judged the son should pty her.' Thus
the law. holds that a son or daughter
has no right to go richly dressed if
their mother is in want. This law is
not universally recognized, since so
many widowed mothers go through
life in great need while their, chil
dren wear fine clothes aai ride In
automobiles.
Phone job orders to the Tidings.
Just received
latest style
brocaded silks
THIS IS WHAT YOU
One-Fourth Off
regular price on every boys suit in
our store. NO RESERVES.
This means to you a saving of
$1 ON EVERY $4 spent with us
for suits.
i
Boys' flats
All our boys' hats go at one-
i
quarter off regular price.
Boys' Shoes
Boys' dress and school shoes in
lace, blucher, button and oxfords
all go at big reductions
Men's Shoes
In all styles, all go at cut prices.
It will pay you to step' in and look
them over.
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The Grill and Dining Room are famed for their excel
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Some California Interests Demand
Changes in Pending J-aws.
Sacramento, Cal., April 18.
Whether the senate will pass its sub
stitute anti-alien land bill as it
stands or whether it will adopt
amendments that will exempt Euro
pean capital and aim the bill direct
ly at the Japanese, are questions be
ing asked at the capitol today.
Members of the senate are consid
ering two amendments, introduced
late yesterday by Senator Birdsall,
author, of the substitute bill. One
of these amendments provides that
corporations the majority of whose
stock is in the hands of aliens eligi
ble to citizenship can own land, and
is similar to the corporation clause
In the assembly bill.
The other amendment is drawn
with the idea of protecting the loans
of foreign banks. The clause ex
empts land devoted to oil, mining,
lumber and shipping Indus-tries.
Both amendments, if adopted, will
favor European capital and confine
the effect of the measure practically
to the Japanese.
The anti-alien land bills continue
to be the principal topic of. discus
sion at the capitol. Protests are ar
riving by the score from many sec
tions, and it was partly because of
these protests that the amendments
of the senate. Action on the bill by
that body is not expected for several
days.
Altoona, Pa., ascribes its immun
ity from epidemics and tho longevity
of its people to its simple habits,
Its pure drinking water and its vigi
lant health officer.
The earth's fertile area is esti
mated at 28,269,200 square miles.
m
CAN DO BY CLOTHING YOUR BOY FROM HEAD
TO FOOT AT OUR STORE
; A
EIL'S
PORTLLAXD MAN MISSING.
Left There for Southern Oregon Five
Weeks Ago.
Portland, April 19. Friends and
relatives of H. A. Hollinshead of 108
East 35th street, who left Portland!
for southern Oregon five weeks ago.
are much concerned about his prob
able whereabouts, as he has not been
heard from since.
Mr. Hollinshead was employed
while in Portland as an advertising
solicitor and intended, when he left
here, to seek a location in the south
ern part of the state in which to
start a bank. He promised his wife
that he would write from the first
town in which he stopped, but she
has not had a line from him.
- Mr. and Mrs. Hollinshead were
married at Hood River just five
months ago. Both formerly lived in
North Dakota. He left her amply
supplpied with funds. They were on
good terms and she knows of no
reason for bis failure to write.
Mr. Hollinshead is about 30 years
of age. His habits were good. He
is a Mason, and members of that or
ganization, as well as the police, are
assisting his wife in the endeavor to
locate him.
Brides in Arms.
A Bombay, India, correspondent
writes:
ebrated simultaneously on Saturday
at Surat among members of the
Lewa Kunbi caste. None of the
brides was over 12 years of age, the
majority being from 1 to 7 years old,
while the bridegrooms varied from 3
to 9. Most of the contracting parties
sat or lay on the laps of their par
ents during the ceremony, and were
given sweets to keep them quiet. The
caste only celebrates weddings every
10 or 12 years."
Full assortment
Summer
dress goods
Men's Hats
... We still have a full line of men's
hats for you to select from, at
slaughtered prices.
Regular $3.00 hats go at.... $1.95
Regular $1.50 hats go at.... $1.00
Men's Shirts
$1.25 shirts, sale price 85c
$1.50 shirts, sale price. $1.15
$2.00 shirts, sale price. ..... $1.50
We still have all sizes.
Ladies', Misses' and
Children's Shoes
We have a complete stock for
you to choose from, both in style
and material, high and low cut, at
right prces. Satisfaction guaran
teed both in fit and wear of every
pair.