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AHHLANU TIDIKG8 Monday, October 6, I01S AOE TWO Ashland Tidings SEMI-WEEKLY. ESTABLISHED 1876. Issued Mondays and Thursdays Bert R. Greer, - Editor and Owner B. W. Talcott, City Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Tear 2.00 Blx 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 mall mat ter. Ashland, Ore., Monday, Oct. (i, 1013 History in the Making We have little use for those who do not respect the American flag. It was raised as the emblem of re ligious and political liberty. How ever, practically every new govern ment that ever existed was organ ized on virtuous sentiment, drifting from that even into monarchy and tyranny. The emblem was never changed, but the government in prac tice slipped noiselessly away from its original tenets and became op pressive and unjust. The difference between monarchical and American government in this respect is this: The only plan by which a monarch ical despotism could be brought back to the people was by revolution in arms, but under our system, with a free ballot, the people are the gov ernment, or may be the government, and reformation in government is possible through a peaceful revolu tion at the ballot box. Under our free system is is the business of the citizens to see that the government 1s kept clean and wholesome repre sentative so that national adminis tration may always exemplify what the flag stands for, equal justice, equal opportunity and a government for all the people. A preacher and college president down In Indiana got into trouble by spanking his old father. The pater was charged with being abusive to ' his wife, the mother of the spanker, and admitted that he used stronge language to his old life partner. Per haps this was not such a bad case, after all. While the spanking of children remains a national custom and entertainment, we can see no reason why like chastisement should not be administered to' grown-ups. We know of parents who deserve much more spanking than do their children. And at that they don't get any at all. Too often it occurs that chastisement is administered on the Throng person. In the Indiana case it seems ,that the spankee admits that be deserved it. Zeppelin AlrslUp Accident. It is interesting to study the his tory of the Zeppelin airship, the lat est model of which met with disaster resulting in the loss of fifteen lives There has been a mistaken impres sion to the effect that the Zeppelin dirigibles are safer than- the heavier-than-air machines, but the facts do not support the theory No less than eight of these airships have come to grief, and if we count a re built and remodeled ship as two there have nine collapsed. The latest naval Zeppelin fell into the sea off Heligoland, and the history of the others is as follows: In 1906 two ships were destroyed, one being wrecked in a gale under circum stances similar to that at Heligoland. Two years later Zeppelin No. 4 broke loose from its moorings during a sudden squall, took fire and was soon a heap of ashes. In the following year the rebuilt Zeppelin No. 2 crashed into ,a tree, and in the same year No. 3 suffered many mishaps. In April, 1910, the rebuilt No. 2 was completely wrecked in a storm. Two months later a passenger Zep pelin, the Deutschland, was wrecked in a wood, and in September of the same year No. 6 was destroyed by fire at Baden Baden. Last year No. 3 was badly damaged by fire and No. 2, again rebuilt, was wrecked at Cologne. Add to that record the recent disaster, and it will be seen that there is not much to support the theory that the future of avia tion lies with the dirigible. There have been far more accidents with heavier-than-air machines, but in proportion to the total number in use the figures are not so fatal. Financing Electrical Enterprises.. There was material for much thought in a recent address by Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the New York National City Bank, on the growing tendency on the part of Wall street bankers to invest In electrical enterprises. Edison complained some years ago that bankers were averse to financing several of his moRt promising electrical inventions and George Westinghouse spoke of the same prejudice. This has all been changed, says Vanderlip, who, after dilating on the magnitude of present investment, indulged in a most optimistic strain as to the fu ture. Referring to the financial need which the utlization of electri cal energy will entail in the next five years, he said that at least $8,- 000,000 a week or $400,000,000 a A California judge held that the Mann white slavery act covered tak ing a woman across a state line for Immoral purposes whether it was for profit or pleasure. A Kansas judge held that the same act did not apply unless the accused had in view a commercial profit from his victim. All of which goes to Bhow that every judge has a right to his guess. The new currency bill has passed the house. And it got a lot of re publican votes. The solid Wisconsin delegation, eleven of them, voted for the administration measure. Only standpatters voted against it. A few of these were democrats, but of course as many as eighty republicans went on record as favoring the pres nt monopoly system. home rule bill, but as the monarch has always acted upon the advice of his ministers in this respect it is im probable that he will establish a precedent by disregarding their wishes. At latest it looks as though the royal assent to the. bill will be given next June while the appointed day for the starting of the new ma chinery may be any time not less than twelve nor more than fifteen months later. Asliohan Pant, in the Catskills. The Hetch-Hetchy project has been advanced another stage by the unanimous approval of the senate committee on public lands, and it appears as though the senate will Indorse the recommendation. The two forms of opposition, that ema nating from those wl)o, while not averse to granting the wishes of San Francisco, are yet against the claim of jurisdiction set up by congress, and that of the nature fakers, seem to have spent their chances of suc cess. While on the subject of water supply it is interesting to note that the menace of a famine has been re moved from the five boroughs of Greater New York for at least a gen eration. The first gate of the great Ashohan dam in the Catskills has been closed, and if necessary the Croton supply may be replenished from the mountains before next Jan uary. This feat' of engineering which necessitated the removal of seven villages and the impounding of 130,000,000,000 gallons from which the city of New York will de rive a daily supply of 500,000,000 gallons, siphoned under the Hudson in an artificial river over 180 miles long, is one of the greatest of its kind in ancient or modern times. ' BUYING AT HOME. Grants Pass Courier: Co-opera-tiontion is a blade that cuts both ways. Communities are built up through co-operation, but there is no such a thing as a one-sided co operation. The consumer uses the produce of the home farm and there is co-operation on the one side. But it is only a start in the right direc tion. The money that the home peo ple are paying for home produce and for home labor must be kept work ing right here among our own peo ple. But the minute it is sent out of the country to some mail order house it is lost to the community. and as soon as the goods it pur chased are gone the community has year could be wisely and profitably j neither the money nor the goods, utilized, if the money could be found. In other words, at least $2, 000,000,000 could, with advantage to the people and that of the in vestors, be placed In the securities of corporations whose product is electrical energy. Should this money be forthcoming we may be on the eve of realizing the Edison vision that the United States will use electricity almost exclusively for energy, for light, for domestic purposes and for the Bwift communication of intelligence. Your welfare is a personal obliga tion you and you alone must be the guide, guardian., and champion of your interests. The instant you re lease, the moment you tire, the sec ond you compromise, somebody more determined to have what you have or have in view will wreck or check you. R. W. Dickey. One great fact in human history is this: ' There are always two Bides to every question, our side and the rrong side. Cruel wars have been fought, men and women have been burned at the stake, all because they were so hopelessly on the wrong side that they could not be brought to OUR side. Another Bargain Offer. The Portland Evening Telegram (dally) and Ashland Semi-Weekly Tidings, both one year for $5. If you subscribe before October 15, both Tidings and .Evening Telegram free to January 1, 1914. After several trials In Holland of frozen meats from Argentine, the results have been found most satis factory, and a contract has been en tered into by the Dutch ministry of war for a steady supply for the army irom July 1 to December 31. Wireless 0erators and Disease. The oft-debated question as to the effect of electric waves, and particu larly those employed in the use of the wireless, upon the human sys tem is again to the fore. A German writer declares that wireless oper ators are' subject to anaemia, but it is not clearly shown that this malady is directly due to electrical causes. Many wireless stations are situated in unhealthy surroundings, and on many vessels the operator works in a room defective in its sanitary ar rangements. An American electrical engineer has made experiments on a sleeping cat, and he asserts that under the influence of the waves the animal leaped into the air as if an alternating current had been sent through it. However, as the cat has always been supposed to possess a highly electrical constitution, no very reliable conclusion can be de ducted from that fact. Most new industries give rse to new occupa tional diseases, but nothing is more remarkable than the rapidity with which they are mastered. A few years ago it seemed as though the X-ray would be strictly limited to its uses because of Injuries to operators, but now one seldom hears of such cases, though there must be at least a million Roentgen devices at work in the world's laboratories. You have got to keep this life blood of the commercial body within the body to preserve life. It benefits Grants Pass just as much to send by mail to Shears & Sawbuck for goods as it does to send to Tong Sung at Sacramento for the produce of his gardens. And there you are. There must be sympathy between producer, consumer and merchant. Those are the three elements that make np the community from the commercial and business point , of view, and when one is found out of harmony with the other, then you have discord and disaster. Traced to its final equa tion, co-operation spells patriotism; patriotism for home and for the home community and the home enter prises. Therefore, be patriotic. , The Home Circle Thoughts from the Editorial Pen 1 Money Makes Money JUSTICE IX OKLAHOMA. A negro boy seventeen years old confessed to seventeen petit robberies and was sentenced to seventeen years in the penitentiary by an Oklahoma judge. McBrine, a self-confessed forger of state warrants to the amount of $33,000, was given one year in the penitentiary by a judge in the same state. And yet some people complain because our judicial system does not mete out even jus tice. There are going to be some revolutions in our judicial as well as our tariff and currency systems during the next few years, and when the smoke clears away justice will be enthroned on the court benches of America, as well as in the legislative bodies of the country. The people are growing tired of dollar diplo macy and unequal justice. ProgreHs of Home Rule Movement. The Irish home rule movement is again in the American news columns, and it would seem that despite the vehement opposition of the Uulster party led so enthusiastically by Sir Edward Carson, the bill will become law next year, and then in 1915 will be held the first election for the new Irish parliament. A move has been made by the British tories to get the king to dissolve the house of cora monse before It can again pass the BARGAIN TIMES. Oregonjan and Tidings From Now Until January 1, 1015, for $2.50. We have made special arrange ments whereby we can give the Ore gonlan and Tidings from this date till January 1, 1915, for $2.50. This offer holds good only until Novem ber 1. After that the price will be $2.75 for the two for twelve months. This will be applied to either old or new subscribers.. Payments strictly in advance. Those taking advantage of this offer during September will receive both papers for 15 months at the price of one year. The Haunted House. They say that the house is haunt ed, the superstitious folk in the vil lage maintain retreat where you spent much of your girlhood, your early womanhood, and your young motherhood. And so it is to you, haunted with sweet memories of long-gone pleasures, of joyous re unions with loved ones, of merriment and laughter, and of tender associa tion. It stands aloof from the village, in, but not of it the dear old house of hallowed recollections, and per haps, because It stands, a lonely sen tinel upon the mountain of bygone days, the village thinks it is queer, and haughty, and different, some how. And because the village mind cannot grasp the subtle something that separates it from the village, it, the village, pronounces the curse upon it and says it Is a haunted house. You sit on its wide, hosptable porch, that one time rang with the laughter of a happy crowd, and your memory goes back to the first time you entered this haunted house. Now the boards of the porch are worn worn with the passing of many feet, the dancing foot of the thoughtless young, the romping feet of the grandchildren, and the steady feet of the elders, as they moved about. Now the haunted house needs a coat of paint, and it presents a-forlorn exterior to the curious ones who climb the hill to gaze askance at a haunted house where people dare to live. But then ah, then it was a fcay. irresponsible young thing, bright with new paint, young and untried, without a past, with its history still to be made, its future undetermined. Now it has lived. It has looked on gayety and youth and happiness, and it has looked on love grown mellow with the years. It has seen festivity and joy. It has witnessed grief un speakable. Then, when you came, in the pride of your young girlhood, into the house that they now called haunted, the one who had always done nis utmost to indulge you, led you into two rooms which were to be your very own, a bedroom and a sitting room completely and daintily fur nished. In the sitting room was a bookcase for your favorite books, and a writing desk, where you might sit and write all of the silly stuff that came into your silly young head. And In the drawer of the desk, as though you needed one thing more to complete your happiness, was an exquisite watch set with jewels. That was but one day of all the days of joy that came to you in the years that followed. As you sit in the silence and loneliness of the big porch, you wonder at- the love and the thought that was lavished upon you, when this haunted house, like yourself, was a gay young thing, without responsibility or history! As you gaze, with eyes that see but dimly, through your tears, at the vast panorama of ' cloud and plain and mountain peak, for those who have eyes to see, you behold the porch of this haunted house, peopled, Indeed, with those who have thrilled with the glory of it all! There is one who sits with folded hands, gazing with keen appreciation at the view, saying little, but ex pressing much. And the one to whom you owed those summers of ease and comfort and beauty, with his hat pulled down to shade his eyes, a cigar in his mouth, looks with the eyes of a dreamer, a poet, and a visionary upon the grandeur of the view that is peculiarly his own, because he dis covered it. The porch echoes and reechoes to the sound of voices long since stilled that die away into silence, as you realize that you are alone. You think of a day in your ma tures year when the young of your own household, and those of your brothers and sisters, have taken their places under a hospitable roof. It is a gala day, for it marks an epoch in the lives of those so dear who have given you all of the pleas ures in this bouse of haunting mem ories. The house has settled down into middleaged quietude by this time. It is not so young and jaunty as of yore, and the grounds sur rounding it are not so green and well kept. Yet a sweet peace has come upon it a sense of responsi bility akin to that which has enriched your own life, for it, too, is making history. They are wearing flowers today, those two dear ones, he in his but tonhole and she in her hair flowers that have been placed there by the hand of a child or a grandchild, it matters not which. You have those flowers now Everybody knows that yet how few make a real strong effort to save! The best way to Bave is to open an account with a good financial institution managed and directed by men of whose honesty and business ability there can be no doubt. Suppose you call and see about starting an account. One dol lar opens a Savings Account here and your money will draw four per cent interest. Granite City Savings Bank, Ashland i ii Ivm in r r - - - dried and wilted in your holy of holies with a few tear-blurred let ters, a lock of hair, and some old pictures. But there were no tears on this day, for it was a joyous occasion even the fortieth wedding annivers ary of the two dear ones. There was laughter and singing and feast ing, on this day that you recall, for not one loved one was absent, no break had occurred in the perfect family circle, upon that happy day. Before the next anniversary rolled around the faithful old house had sagged a little with its weight of woe, for two of the circles were missing. And this wedded couple, who had aged within that year, sat with clasped hands and quivering lips, and eyes that vainly strove to pierce the veil that obstructed their view. Vainly did cloud and plain ami mountain peak assume their most marvelous tints. The two who sat on this empty porch gazed with eyes, that saw not, and hearts that com prehended not. They knew but on thing they were bereaved! The subdued voices of curlou tourists penetrate the big porcht where you sit along with your mem ories. You catch the words, "Haunt ed house." You smile as you tell yourself, without fear or bravado, that yo rejoice in the fact that it is a haunt ed house a house that has lived an J loved and enjoyed and suffered, with those to whom it owes entire allegi ance, and that it would be ungrate ful indeed, for all its years of ex perience, were it not a haunted house. -OF- Ladies' Suits and Coats We are going out of the cloak and suit business, and are now closing out our entire stock of same, regardless of cost. NOTE PRICES BELOW and the money you can save by buying a suit or coat during this sale. $20.00 SUIT, SALE PRICE $12.50 $20.50 SUIT, SALE PRICE $12.50 $15.00 SUIT, SALE PRICE $ 9.50 $16.50 SUIT, SALE PRICE $10.75 $16.00 SUIT, SALE PRICE $10.00 $32.00 SUIT, SALE PRICE $18.00 $35.00 SUIT, SALE PRICE $20.00 $25.00 SUIT, SALE PRICE $17.00 $22.50 SUIT, SALE PRICE $13.75 $ 7.50 COAT, SALE PRICE $ 4.50 $10.00 COAT, SALE PRICE $ 6.75 $15.00 COAT, SALE PRICE $10.00 $18.00 COAT, SALE PRICE $11.00 $20.00 COAT, SALE PRICE $13.50 This is only a few of the many Suits and Coats which you may buy at almost your own price. You never before was offered such values. Is1' yL Hi ' V ! ! f'ki i rdwM We specially invite you to visit our Shoe department. Our stock is the most complete to be found in the city. NEMO CORSET SPECIAL We are closing out certain styles which the company will discontinue making. $3.50 and $4.00 values, special $1.98 The Quality Store"