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ASHLAN
Tidings
SUNNY
SOUTHERN OREGON
ASHLAND
THE BEAUTIFUL
VOL. XXXVIII
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1914
NUMBER 70
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BOYS' CLUB MEETING
WAS A ROUSING ONE
SEVKXTEHX NEW MEMBERS ADD
ED LAST FKIDAY EVENING.
STRONG TALK WAS GIVEN BOYS
Prof. Vining Discussed "What Vim
Are and Why, An Introduction to
Yourself" Hoys Treated to Ta
male Feed After Hose of Talk.
The second meeting of the Boys'
Vocational Club was a rousing affair-,
seventeen new members being en
rolled, bringing the total registration
up to 140. In spite of interesting
counter attractions 120 boys were
present, who were entertained by
music furnished by the Boys' Club
quartet, consisting of Messrs. Briggs,
McWilliams, Burdic and Merrill, and
under the direction of Mr. A. L.
Strickland. After several college
eongs had been enjoyed and a vocal
eolo by Mr. Strickland, Prof. Vining
talked to the boys on "What You
Are, and Why, an Introduction to
Yourself." The subject was first
treated on broad lines, the relation
ship between the plant and animal
worlds being shown and then the dis
tinction between man and the lower
animals was shown. This latter dis
function was presented under the
question, "Why must a boy spend
from 10 to 15 years of bis life in
school in order to prepare himself
to do something worth while in life,
while a dog or any other of the lower
animals seems to be born with all
the qualities necessary for his sue -
cessful existence." This question
was answered by showing how the
animal world has not changed
tbroug the agec and the animal in
stincts are capable of directing him
today as they always have been in
the past. A man's world, on the
other hand, is always changing, with
new ideas and inventions, and the
boy is born with few fixed instincts,
but with a great number of tenden
cies which must be trained "and di-
Unemployed" a
As
The use of the word unemployed
to designate the army of hoboes who
are traversing the country these days
is incorrect and a travesty on the
English language. They are em
ployed at their usual avocation. They
may take a few weeks enforced vaca
tion, just as a decent man does when
he is sick, but their "vacation" con
sists of a session at some rockpile
when caught stealing. If any proof
of this were needed It is easily found
try casual inquiry.
Station Agent Lehmann of Talent
tells of a "bo" who came along at
a station in the Willamette Valley
where he worked and got to talking
about freight shipments and showed
that he was an adept at such work.
He had, according to his story, been
head shipping clerk for Sears, Roe
buck & Co., Chicago, but declared
that he was on the road Just because
it was easier and he enjoyed life
more.
Stuart Saunders of this city tells
of talking to a "bo" recently who
declared to him that he would not
take a job if It was offered him. He
knew he could get enough to eat
from day to day and could steal or
beg what clothes he had to have, and
he was perfectly happy, without a
worry.
The experience of any. man who
ever had the hiring of any number
of men is in Hue with this. Building
work on railroads in the past has
Mayor Arrested
To Test Law
Portland, Jan. 26. Charged with
working firemen and policemen of
the city of Portland more than eight
hours a day, in violation of the state
eight-hour law, Mayor H. R. Albee
was placed under arrest here Satur
day by State Labor Commissioner
Hoff.
Immediately after the arrest, City
Attorney La Roche left for Salem to
file a writ of habeas corpus with the
Mate supreme court. Until a hear
tag is to be bad, the mayor will , be
constantly under the surveillance of
constable.
rected to meet the new demands of
the age in which he is Lorn.
Mr. Viuing then took up the vital
periods in a life's development. Fol
lowing t'.ie recapitulatory theory pre
sented in President O. Stanley Hall's
famous work on Adolescence, Mr.
Vining presented the first age from
1 to C years at which time there ap
pears a shore line, so to speak, in
a child's development. The 6-year-old
cl ild of today representing in his
mental equipments the matured man
of an early race period. George
Francis Barron, the bright 6-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Barron,
was presented as a model boy of
this age. Mr. Vining insisted that
two attributes must be developed at
this age as life assets. The first was
a healthy and vigorous development,
and the second was an unqualified
belief and trust in the world. All
fear should be avoided and the child
should be directed through right and
wrong but never through fear, as
Mr. Vinins's experience in analyzing
men in his past work has shown that
early childish fears have often clung
to men and incapacitated them for
iater l'.fe work.
The next period extends from 6 to
12 years of age and is known as the
"race man" period of life. This rep-
(resents the oldest development of
J the race. A 12-year-old boy was
used as a model. His harmonious
! development was demonstrated and
j his inquisitive mental life illustrated
The transition period, from 12 to
j 14, was shown, and then the baby
j man or adolescent youth of 16 years,
the latest development of the race,
was presented. The striking physio-
logical and psychological difference
between the old race man of 11 -and
the baby individualized man of 16
were presented and illustrated from
common life experiences. The old
race man a creature of habit and
imitation; the new individualized
man with his dawning personal opin
ions, his reason coming into play, bis
(Continued on Page Eis'ut.)
Misnomer
Applied to Hoboes
been suspended as much because of
the high price of labor as for any
other reason, and it is a peculiar
fact that while in skilled labor better
prices bring better service, yet in
railroad and lumber camp labor the
higher the prices and the more plen
tiful the work the less can be accom
plished. In Breaking of the "army" which
Invaded Ashland Saturday night
Archie Million was led to relate some
of bis experiences as a ranch fore
man in California. He said that he
had gone many a time down on the
banks of the Feather river where
there was a bunch of men sunning
themselves on the bank and asked
them if they wanted work picking
fruit. "Bring your orchard down
and we will look at it," was the
usual reply. When the ranchers
were compelled to resort to Chinese
and Japanese labor or lose their
crops they were denounced as "crowd
ing out" the white labor. Archie
also told that within the last week
he needed a man to help handle a
piano and offered either of two men
50 cents to help for half an hour.
Both laughed in his face and turned
and walked off.
And this sort of men are what
Ashland Is feeding, In self defense,
and because of the prevalent plan of
passing them on to the next town.
An experience of nearly forty years
of earning his own living has con
vinced the writer that outside the
targe cities there Is not and never
has been a time when any man, at
least in the place where he was
known, could not get some kind of
work to do at some price something
that to a selNreHpecting man was bet
ter than begging or stealing.
Today there are thousands of
acres of land needing clearing in Ore
gon, which would be cleared could
help be gotten men who would
work at moderate wages and do hon
est work, but which will not warrant
paying common labor within a few
cents a day what men can command
who have given years to training
themsolves.
, AH the Eastman Kodaks and all
the Eastman supplies at factory
prices. Wbited's. ' 70-2t
High Line Is
Knocked Out
The highline of the California
Oregon Power Company is badly
knocked out over the Sickiyous. One
tower is reported down and no less
(ban four trees have fallen across
the line, blown down by the recent
storms. C. A Malone with a crew
of six men to clean up the trees
and repair the tower has gone to the
scene. Meantime the Hogne River
Valley section and the section over
the mountains are being operated
separately.
-Studio Ashland is here to stay.
Bank Assumes Cost of
Exhibit
The United States National Bank
has again not only proven its faith
in Ashland and in its future, but
has showed its generosity in for
warding the same. Last week the
bank assumed the entire expense,
amounting to $250, incurred by the
Ashland Commercial Club in sending
D. M. Lowe and the Ashland exhibit
to the Chicago Land Products Show.
This action is highly creditable on
the part of the bank and is very
much appreciated, the more so that
Jackson County
Has Fine Jail
The Tidings city editor was in jail
Friday, but it was his lucky day and
he got out again. Through the cour
tesy of Sheriff Singler and Jailor
Wilson the editor was shown through
the county Juil erected at Jackson
ville a few years ago and found it
the most up-to-date institution of
the kind it was ever his good fortune
to inspect. It is fireproof and appar
ently burglar-proof not that anyone
ever tried to break Into it. Two men
did try to ' break out, only a few
days ago, they being the two men in
for burglarizing Simpson's hardware
store in tnis city, rney secured a
file in some way; either it was smug
gled in from the outside or they were
smooth enough to hide it where the
officers failed to find it when they
searched them. With the file they
made two caseknives over Into saws
and attempted to saw out. They had
only penetrated the bars about one
sixteenth of an inch when they were
discovered.
The jail is fitted with cells open
ing on corridors and the cell doors
are so arranged that any or all can
be locked and unlocked from outside
the corridors. There is also a pad
ded cell in which insane prisoners
may be kept, and in which they can-
not hurt themselves.
On the second floor Is the women's
corridor, consisting of the matron's
room and two cells with two bunks
In each.
The Jail is kept in perfectly clean
condition by Jailor Wilson and is
certainly a credit to the county, and
its condition a credit to Sheriff Sing
ler and his assistants.
New Principal Arrives
For Polytechnic College
Prof. George B. Shelton, a gradu
ate of the Polytechnic College of Oak
land, and who had been on the facul
ty of that school since his gradua
tion, arrived Sunday evening to take
charge of the school, relieving Prof.
Hardy, who leaves tonight Tor Olds
vllle, Wash., where he will go Into
the merchandising business with his
brother, Percy Hardy, who recently
visited here.
Prof. Shelton, the new principal, is
a very pleasant gentleman to meet
and one who thoroughly understands
his business. He will be a worthy
successor to the most worthy retiring
principal and without a doubt the
school will continue to grow in the
future tinder his management as it
has in the past under that of Mr.
Hardy.
Mr. Hardy has a host of friends In
Ashland who regret to see blm go
and who wish him and his all success
In their new home.
Present Ring to Prof, Hardy.
On Friday afternoon the students
presented Prof. Hardy with , a fine
signet ring, with his Initials engraved
on the signet in monogram and the
$1,000 Check Is
Cashed by City
There lias been some inquiry ar, to
whether or not the certified check
for $1,000 put up last spring by the
Minnie people when n'ter the trolly
franchise had ever been paid, and
City U. '.order Gillette tells the Tid
ings that it was paid promptly upon
presents ion to the bank in Medford
on v!ii:-h ii was drawn and the
money lias been parsed to the credit
of the general fund of the city or
Ashland.
Ask for Ball Band Rubbers,
them at Knders'.
Get
at Chicago Show
the city council turned down a re
quest signed by a large majority of
the business men and heavy taxpay
ers of the city, that the city assume
the expense. It is understood that
it is the belief of the city council
that there must be a tax levied for
advertising purposes to legalize any
appropriations of that kind. Be this
as it may, the action of the United
States National Bank was certainly
generous in the extreme and is heart
ily appreciated.
Assailants Are
Not Indicted
Hoiti-'htou. Mich.. Jan. 26. None
of the crowd that assaulted Charles
H. Mover, president of the Western
Federation of Miners in Hancock the
night ol December 26 and deported
him were identified to the satisfac
tion of the special grand jury and
no "true" bills were returned in this
case.
George E. Nicholii, special prose
cutor, decided there is no law under
which the men who forced Mover on
a train could be punished even if
they were identified, and he so in
formed the jury.
He presented the names of 17
prominent men, members of the
Citizens' Alliance, who were alleged
to be involved in the affair, and
sought their indictment on charges
of assaulting Moyer.
The -Jury examined the list of wit
nesses and announced none were
willing to swear to the identity of
any of Moyer's assailants.
SiH-clnl Price.
The following are some of our
special prices: Lard in ten-pound
pails $1.35, five-pound pails 65
cents, hams 20 cents per pound, ba
con 20 cents per pound. We pay 13
cents for fat hens. Bring us all you
have. Ashland Meat Company, A. R.
Brown, proprietor
Salem, Ore., Jan. 26. Treasurer
Tom B. Kay has announced his candi
dacy for re-election, subject to the
action of the republican party.
If your roof leaks see us. Carson-Smith
Lumber Co. 70-2t
words "Class of 1914" on the inside
of the ring. The presentation speech
was made in fine style by John Knd
ers. Prof. Hardy was so taken aback
with surprise that he was hardly able j
to respond, but In heartfelt words
thanked the pupils for their remem
brance. Could tin There.
Crusty Customer Gimme a pound
o' sulphur. How much Is it?
DrugglBt Fifteen cents a pound.
Crusty Customer What! Hang
it. man, I can get it across the street
for ten cents.
Druggist (In disgust) Yes, and
there's a place where you can get it
for nothing. Kansas City Star.
Gift for a Golden Wedding.
Blx What did you give the Serap
plngtons for their golden wedding?
Dlx A book entitled "Fifty Years
of Conflict." Boston Transcript.
Do you know when Red Letter
Day Is? Well, that's the day we
give double stamps.' MInkler's Cloak
and Suit House. - " 1
WILL BANQUET GOVERNOR
MILITIA BOYS AND GUESTS
Platinum at. Bandon.
Bandon, Ore., Jan. 25. Platinum
mined in the southern part of the
county has been produced at Bandon
which would indicate that there is
promise of the precious metal being
one of the resources of Coos county.
The Bandon Recorder prints the fol
lowing: "R. Smith Rass.ett has severed his
connection as manager of the Oregon
Coast Gold Platinum Dredge Com
pany and has gone into the mining
business independently. He displayed
$512 worth of platinum which he had
saved in six weeks recently with only
a rough cedar board for a sluice box.
This platinum was taken from a mine
which Mr. Bassett has near .this. city
and indicates that there is certainly
something doing in the platinum bus
iness in this section. Mr. Bassett is
very sanguine over the prospects.
"He also states that the Oregon
Hnnut P. r 1 rl Pliifinnln Hrpdirrt Pnm-
pany will continue to opera
will continue to operate this
summer and they will undoubtedly
make good, as there ar
prospects.
and a band concert before the bail
What's the .New? whi(.h wndg up thj ddlcat0 HM.
Do you know that an editor or a vCfi( jt wjn bo ,mpoHHible to nduRH
reporter tor a newspaper can in his,,,, any mm
rounds stop and ask a hundred per
sons, "What is the news?" and nine
ty out of the hundred will reply,
"Nothing special." And yet fifty out
of that number know something that
if not found in the next paper will
astonish them greatly and disappoint
them more and perhaps make them
madder than hornets. Don't be
afraid to let the newspaper man
know it. Kx.
KoKccrans lte-apMiiiUd.
At the adjourned meeting of the
city council last Thursday' evening
the council spent most of its time In
executive session. The appointment
of Fred Rosecrans to succeed himself
was about the only business of Im
portance reported.
Annual Report of the
Ashland City Library
The following is the annual report
of the Ashland City Library for the
year ending December 31, 1913:
Finance.
Unexpended balance
from preceding year. $ 205.94
City tax levy 2,326.39
Other sources 56.80
Total receipts $2,589.13
Kx(eiidlture.
Books $ 155.62
Periodicals 50.55
Salaries and library
services "67.00
Janitor 136.00
Rent 45.00
Heat 207.02
Lights 40.70
Permanent improve
ments 489.94
Supplies 32.92
Postage, freight, ex
press 24.10
Other expenses 95.20
Insurance 7.80
Total expenditures $2,051.85
Balance on hand 537.28
Circulation.
Total circulation 23.0G6
Largest dally circulation 227
Smallest daily circulation.... 13
Average dally circulation.... 74.4
Percentage of children's books 26
Percentage of adult fiction. . . 57.04
Number of books repaired In
library 097
Number of newspapers and
periodicals currently re
ceived, Borrowers' cards issued dur
ing yeur
Total number of days open. . . 310
Estimated number of visitors. 1 0,325
Petty CrmIi Account.
Balance on hand from Civic
Improvement Club....$ 5.88
Balance on hand from sale
of book cases 13.23
Fines.. 2.92
Books lost and paid for. . 2.45
$114.48
Paid out for Incidental
expenses 67.08
w. it. c. and v.. a. it. to r.i: hosts
AT FEED AT AllMOItV.
ABOUT 200 EXPECTED PRESENT
Dinner Will He Served at .V.:l in
Order to Make Way for Drill. ISumt
Concert, and Grand Hull Wlticlt
Will Follow the Dinner.
The members of Burnsidt? Post,
No. 2!!. G. A. It., and of Burnsidd
Corps, No. 21, will banquet the gov
ernor, his staff, the Coast Artillery
Reserve Band from Portland, and
the members of the 1st Company
Coast Artillery Reserves of tin's city
in the dining room of the Armory
building after the dedicatory servkvs
next Monday afternoon.
It is expected that about 200 will
be served. Governor West of course
being the guest of honor. The Coast.
i .lrii urv If fL.-.,,l,fl llilml I , , .. . I .. . I
mo Governors Stair and the local
e the best of t-'onil)ai,' oC ,n (,"K Artillery Re
serves will also be guests. Beenuiui
of the fact that there will be a drill
Grand Army boyH are noted foragers
and from remarks about Plymouth
Rock chickens let fall by Post Com-
mander Mattingly it is safe to assumu
that the feast will be one to inaku
those who are not there envy thoso
who are.
It will certainly be a brilliant af
fair, all members of the Coast Artil
lery reserves and probably of tlio
governor's staff appearing in full
dress uniform.
Peddlcm Forbidden.
Maid There's u man called with
a bill, ma'am.
Mistress Tell him we have some
already.-- London Opinion.
-Wet feet! New shoes! Knders.
Deposited with city treas
urer 46.80
$114 45
HICKS,
Librarian.
BLANCHE 10.
Should Attend
Demonstration
One of the most complete "demon
stration" trains ever sent out by an
American railroad and an American
college will be the dairy demonstra
tion train which will be sent out
February 2 by the Oregon Agricul
tural College with the co-operation
or the Southern Pacific Railway. Thei
train will consist of seven cars and
will curry dairy cattle and swine ass
object lessons In what is best for
Oregon. There will be up-to-dati?
machinery and expositions of u-to-date
methods by the college instruct
ors. The train starts February 2
and will spend two weeks In cover
ing the Southern Pacific from Port
land to Ashland. It is therefore
probable that it will reach this city
about the middle of February. How
ever, the itinerary will be announced
in the near future. Every person In
Jackson county, and indeed In th
entire territory tributary to the road,
should attend the instruction given
on these trains.
No Developments
On Highway
There are rumors plenty stirring
as to when work is to commence on
the Pacific Highway, but there huu
been no development in the matter
which gives any certainty of the act
ual commencement of work at any
fixed time.
CaiiklnettJ tiHH Busy Again.
Washington, Jan. 26. Commit
sloner General of Inmlgratlon Cauifr
netti on Saturday suspended Stephen
Miller of the Seattle Imrolgrptlou sta
tion pending investigation.