Ashland tidings., February 26, 1914, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

ASHLAND TIDINGS
Thursday, February 36, 191
Ashland Tidings
SEMI-WEEKLY,
ESTABLISHED 1876.
fssned Mondays and Thursdays
Bert It. Greer, - Editor and Owner
B. W. Talcott, ... City Editor
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BKI.N'U MKT BY
MERCHANTS.
MH'AL
The advertising mail order price
is becoming tho established retail
price all over the country and forcing
"honest dealers toward lower quality
and special brand goods," according
to reliable correspondence just made
public by the American Fair Trade
league. The writer is M. L. Corey,
a prominent retaile dealer of Argos,
Ind., and secretary of the National
Retail Hardware Association, and re
plies to a circular letter Issued by an
opponent of the one-priee-to-all plan
of merchandising as applied to
standardized goods. Mr. Corey at
tacks certain mail order practices
bitterly, saying in part:
"Experience is demonstrating that
unrestricted catalogue prices mean
the destruction of the retail mer
chant's opportunities to build a busi
ness based upon quality and reputa
tion of makers.
"You know mail order houses have
time and again advertised Btandard,
well-known brands of goods at less
than wholesale prices with the sole
idea of substituting others of un
known origin.
"You know that these same mail
order houses, in order to coerce and
injure reputable manufacturers who
refuse to sell the price demoralizers,
have even bribed retailers to pur
chase certain goods for them and
then advertised same at less than
actual cost.
"You know that the advertised
mail order price is becoming the es
tablished retail price all over the
country and forcing honest dealers
toward lower quality and special
brand goods.'
"There may be a dividing line be
tween 'attention getters' and 'baits.'
but the consumer never knows. Our
profits are right now a football for
the price cutter and dishonest ad
vertiser, and the result Is causing bo
much Injury to the country town
merchant that we welcome price
maintenance, honest window displays
and truthful advertising as moves lu
the right direction."
OREGON PRODUCTS TO BE
SHOWN.
At the great development conven
tion held lu Eugene it was the unan
imous opinion of the delegates that
a statewide exhibit of Oregon prod
ucts be maintained at Ashland during
1915. A meeting to discuss and defi
nitely determine the cost and other
details of such exhibit will be held.
All the members of the last legisla
ture who can make it convenient to
be in Portland on that date are
urged to attend. Also state officials.
Representatives from all the commer.
rial clubs will be welcome and all of
tho communities represented at Eu
gene last week will name special del
egates. Of course, under the law no mem
ber of the legislature cau give a def
inite pledge as to an appropriation to
be made In the future, but as a citi
zen he can give his opinion at to the
common sense of such an exhibit as
will bo under discussion. Ten thou
sand dollars will construct the build
ing, pay for gathering the products
and for every other character of
work up to January 1, 1915, when
the legislature will meet. Twenty
five thousand dollars will pay for the
entire year's work. The Portland
tension will welcome suggestions pro
and con.
We nieu often sneer at the foolish
things that women allow to excite
them but, of course, we did not
take the snme point of view when as
girls in their 'teens our evening visits
produced the same results. That
seemed like soinct hlng to get excited
about.
The vice-president's wife is such
a social leader in Washington, that
Mr. Marshall must be tempted to cut
out his dull work In the senate chair
and stay at home and pour tea.
At least learn uot to get out of
jallcnce with yourself.
HONESTY
THE BEST RESULT
GETTER.
"The real estate men who are
really interested in this country and
who are doing constructive business
must drive the fake advertiser out
of the field," said William Wood
head, president of the Associated Ad
Clubs of America, and general man
ager of the Sunset Magazine.
"Co-operation and not coercion
will bring about honesty in advertis
ing. Above all things swat the fak
er; let someone else swat the fly.
The west is the Mecca most people
are aiming for. Wo have created
that desire, and the only reason they
do not come in larger numbers than
they do is because we have permit
ted the fraudulent advertiser to spoil
the game. The people In the east
lack confidence in the advertising
they rend bearing on the wonderful
resources of this country."
Woodhead predicted that all the
Pacific coast unsettled lands would
be sold out within a very few years
if the people on the other side of the
Mississippi could believe all they read
about the west. He emphasized the
point that fake advertising reduces
the profits of the honest real estate
broker and that truth in advertising
is best "because it Is truth."
FARMER NEEDS TO APPLY BUSI.
NESS METHODS.
Farming is a business, and when
farmers run their farms along ap
proved business lines and put the
same intelligence and energy into
the conduct of their business that
the business man must put into his
if he Is a success, the farmer will
beat the average city man In results
ten to one, and at the same time
have the advantage of living where
there Is the greatest prospect of
health, which In so many instances
has the most to do with happiness.
The farmer may have sufficient area
and grow the right kind of crops, yet
not be successful, owing to the poor
quality of his entire business. Poor
crops do not pay the cost of produc
tion, and the feeding of these to un
productive live stock are common
causes of failure. This characteristic
of unsuccessful farming attracts
much public attention. Such farms
are unprofitable largely through ig
norance or indifference on the part
or tne operator, under good man
agement they can generally be made
successful.
HOW THE FIGURES READ.
Good roads throughout the country
would mean the saving of. enough
money each year to build fifteen
Panama canals. This is the state
ment of State Highway Commissioner
James R. Marker of Ohio in discuss
ing his plans for a publicity cam
paign in connection with the depart
ment's good ronds movement. "The
cost of hauling one ton one mile on
a good road by horse-drawn wagons
Is 8 cents," said Marker. "The aver
age cost in the United States is 23
cents. Five billion tons of freight
are hauled annually over roads. The
average haul is ten miles. This
makes the traffic amount to fifty bil
lion ton-miles. At 23 cents a ton-
mile, the annual cost is $11,000,00(1,
000. At 8 cents a mile, the good
road cost, the saving would be $7,-
500,000,000." It's easy to do things
with figures.
It might be convenient for the rail
road presidents to live In Washing
ton as most of the work nowadays
consists in answering the questions
of government officials.
The suffragists went away dissatis
fied from the White House, though
the president would have frankly
given them his ideas about the best
way to make bread.
Not merely was "Butch" McDevitt
forbidden to speak from the capitol
steps, but they wouldn't even give
him leave to print in the Congres
sional Record.
There is a disagreement of opinion
as to whether the smaller number of
people carried by the railroads is due
to hard times or the growing m arclty
of passes.
Although the world looks pretty
black to the income tax payers about
now, they should reflect that while
there Is life there Is hope.
Some cities are fining people $5
for tangoing, but the dancing teach
ers deny that this was done to In
crease their business.
General Villa always keeps in good
humor, provided he is not deprived
of the executions that constitute his
dally recreation.
That force of Mexican generals In
terned in Toms seem to have all the
comforts of borne except a few kill
Iocs.
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The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
Modern living is a complex affair,
greatly in contrast with the simple
modes of life of the earlier Americans
and of their immediate descendants.
All the appliances which have been
invented notably during the past
generation to give heightened com
fort to the home and to make lalior
easier, have added to this complex
ity of living, and most materially to
its cost. How materially one would
hardly believe until he had studied
the matter for himself and discov
ered beyond a question that today a
man cannot support a wife and bring
up one child living in a comfortable
and not at all lavish manner upon
what his ancestors would have con
sidered sufficient to rear a large fam
ily. He cannot do it on what it cost
his ancestors of only two generations
ago.
The modern conveniences of rural
free delivery of mail, rural telephones
and trolley railroads, are rapidly an
nihilating the old-time isolation of
country life and rendering the social
Intercourse of farmers and their fam
ilies one of the most delightful fea
tures of rural life. These modern
conveniences are all educational in
their character to a certain extent,
and they all mean a more intelligent
agricultural population for the future
and a strong guarantee of better so
cial economic conditions for all
classes. We do not believe a strong
er bulwark for the safety of Ameri
can progress and liberty could be es
tablished than the practical educa
tion of American farmers.
Songs and Cigarettes.
"Should Popular Songs Be Cen
sored?" This question is asked by
the Woman's World, and answered in
the affirmative. It cites the probable
fact that such songs as "When I Get
You Alone Tonight," "I Love My
Wife, But Oh You Kid," "My Wife's
Gone to the Country, Hooray, Hoo
ray," and "Row, Row, Row," are
lowering in their tone and because
of their repetition have a demoraliz
ing effect on the susceptible . young
men and women who sing them. This
is offered merely that others may ex
ercise their thought upon it If they
choose. A man In the theatre the
other night gave expression to the
belief that the moving picture with
practically every hero, and certainly
every villain, smoking a cigarette is
doing more to promote the use of the
cigarette among boys than all of the
agencies against it are able to ac
complish. This 'man is a tobacco
eater, not noted for any special re
finement, and could have no special
prejudice that would cause him to
make the remark. Is it possible that
a censorship of moving picture actors
is advisable?
Discouraging Extravagance.
The National Association of Retail
Grocers has vote'd to urge its mem
bers to discourage customers from
buying extravagantly.
Although the action taken by the
national body is most commendable,
the problem how extravagant popular
habits are to be checked Is not an
easy one. Few retail merchants en
courage the public to buy beyond
their needs.
The real cause of extravagance is
the effort of people to live beyond
their means. The woman who could
afford an ingrain carpet wants brns-
sels, and when she gets to the brus-
sels she wants oriental rugs. The
merchant must show what the pub
lic wants to see. The best he can
do is to extol the virtues of simple
and substantial articles.
The Innocent Cook Stove.
The cook stove is a horrible exam
ple of man's inhumanity to woman.
Sometimes, when placed In the hands
of a young bride who learned every
thing at college except how to hash
brown potatoes. It becomes an object
lesson of woman's Inhumanity to
man. The world Is full of bilious
husbands who married some prize
winner in (he Latin course, and woke
up later to find that while she could
pin the shoulders of a Greek root
to the mat three times out of five
she didn't know whether a cook stove
could be started from the seat or had
to he cranked wflh a half hitch.
In a newly established home which
Is filled with love and installment
furniture the cook stove used for
the first few years as a domestic scl
ene experiment btatlon. As nearly
all cook stoves are made of sheet
Iron, they do not feel these experi
ments nearly so much as the rest of
the family.. If there were more sheet
Iron stomachs In existence there
would be fewer round trip tickets
sold to Reno, with six months' stop
over. Tho cook stove Is a simple affair,
and seldom requires more care than
a six-cylinder automobile. It Is so
constructed that any one cau start a
fire in it the first time by the simple
expedient of substituting gasoline for
kerosene. As a rule, the cook stove
has to be fired up every morning and
this is a wifely duty which should
be included in the marriage ritual
along with love, cherish and obey.
Failure to attend to this, on the part
of enraptured and short-sighted
bridegrooms, often results in the
mournful spectacle of embittered
hubbies leaving a warm bed at an
unearthly hour and groping around
in a sepulchral woodshed after kind
ling, in their pajamas.
One of the principal t unctions of
the cook stove is to heat water for
the bathroom. It discharges this
function with great enthusiasm for
the member of the family who get3
to the bathtub first, after which it
yields an icy product that would
build chilblains on an Antartic ex
plorer. In summer the cook stove
does not heat water or anything else,
which accounts for the increasing
popularity of the bathing beach and
the four-minute sponge-off.
LOCAL WOMEN AGREE
WITH STAGE BEAUTIES
Of al! women in the world, prob
ably those on the stage are most par
ticular about their personal appear
ance, and especially In the care of
the hair; and when such leading
stage beauties as Ethel Barrymore,
Elsie Ferguson, Natalie Alt, Louise
Dresser, Rose Coghlan, Laurette Tay
lor and many others are 30 enthusi
astic about Harmony Hair Beautifier
as to write In praise of it, that is
certainly evidence that it does just
what they say it does that is, beau
tifies the hair. There are many
women right in this town, and men,
too, .who regard it as indispensable,
because it makes the hair glossier
and more silky, easier to dress and
make stay in place. Sprinkle a little
on your hair each time before brush
ing it. Contains no oil; will not
change color of hair, nor darken gray
hair.
To keep hair and scalp dandruff
free and clean, use Harmony Sham
poo. This pure liquid shampoo gives
an instantaneous rich lather that im
mediately pentertates to every part
of hair and scalp, insuring a quick,
thorough cleansing. Washed off just
as quic'.;ly, the entire operation takes
only a few Moments. Contains noth
ing that can har mthe hair; leaves
no harshness or stickiness.
Both preparations come in odd
shaped, very ornamental bottles, with
sprinkler tops. Harmony Hair Beau
tifier, J1.00. Harmony Shampoo,
50c. Both guaranteed to satisfy you
in every way, or your money back.
Sold only at the ::iore than 7,000
Rexall Stores, end in this town only
by us. McNair Bros., Achland, Ore
gon. Prices for seats on the stock ex
changes of the country are going up
with the rise in the market, but you
can still get a free ticket for admis
sion to Monte Carlo.
The fact that they can't make a
living at anything else Is considered
by many people a good reason why
they should be appointed income tax
collectors.
Some cities persist in selling their
bonds over the counter, Ignoring the
fact that this leaves the brokers
without commission.
People who are looking for the
"wild and woolly west" go east to
New York and Boston, the homes of
the gunmen.
Have you set out a
Ashland" this spring?
"red rose of
are usually thin and
easily worried, sleep does not
refresh and the system gradu
ally weakens from insufficient
nourishment.
Scott's Emulsion corrects
nervousness by its force of con
centrated medical nourishment
it restores the healthy action
of body cells, enriches the
blood, sharpens the appetite,
and feeds the nerve centres
by distributing energy and
power all over the body.
Don't resort to alcoholic
mixtures or drug concoctions
that stimulate and stupefy.
Get a bottle of Scott's
W 1 . m
emulsion tor your
nerves nothing
equals or compares
with it, but insist
on Scott':
VERY DRUOIST HAS IT
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17HEN yon think of "Firs! National," yon think of
TT "banking." Why not, when yon think of "bank
tag," think of "First National?" M We grant every ac
commodation consistent with a safe and conservative
yet progressive business policy.
First National Bank
Oldest National Bank in Jackson County
Depository of the United States, State of Oregon, Coun
ty of Jackson and City of Ashland.
Facing a Waterspout.
What It menus to encounter a water
spout In the south seas Is described
by a writer: "First of ull. n black
trunk, like an elephant's, lu'gan to feel
blindly about lu midair, hanging from
a cloud. It came uearer nnd nearer
with uncanny speed, drawiug up to
itself as it came a colossal cone of
turbulent sea until the two joined to
gether in an enormous black pillar
some quarter of a mile broad at the
base and probably a pood thousand
feet higb. uniting as It did the clouds
and the sen below. .Across the darken
ing sea. against the threatening cop
per crimson sunset, came this glgaatlc
horror, waltzing over troughs of torn
up water la a veritable dance of death,
like something blind, but mad and
cruel, trying to Qnd and shatter our
fragile little ship."
Wit Insects.
In his experiments to determine
whether it is the color or the odor of
dowers that attracts been and other in
sects M. Plateau, the Belgian zoolo
gist bethought him of trying a mirror.
He selected a flower of striking color
and strong odor and placed It before an
excellent glass lu which the reflection
was perfect All the iusects went
straight to the real flower, and not a
single one approached the reflection in
the mirror.
Fast and Slow.
Redd Did you have a nice auto
mobile trip? Greene Part of the way.
Tbe chauffeur went too fast going out
"I snptKwe be reduced speed coming
back V"
"Oh. yes: we were towed back!"
Yonkers Statexman.
Good Work Done Promptly
AT THE
N.
Rough Dry at Reasonable
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Office and Laundry 31 Water St TELEPHONE
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We personally conduct Repair and Lathe
work and DO THE WORK.
Our Repair facilities are unexcelled, our
system complete.
Our stock of Auto Supplies is right up to
the minute.
Shipment of Michelin tires just arrived.
Prices reduced Feb. 9. Call and see them.
LET US SHOW YOU
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Visitors to Medford will find thi
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accessible place from which to sho;
and meet friends. Rooms $1.00 up.
Hot and cold water in every room.
Courteous attention.
Ladies will find large, comfortabl
and airy parlors and reception room.
Meals served a la carte in spacious
dining room. EMIL MOHR, Prop.
YOllt RESTING PLACE.
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doou depend on
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Scale receipts at Tidings office.
&M. Home Laundry
Prices. New Machinery.
Are You Taking the Risk?
Can you afford to lose
Yonr Business House or Home?
A good fire policy protects credit
and may be the financial soul
of yonr business.
A few dollars invested today may
save you a thousand tonight.'
Write, phone or call on
Billings Agency
Real Estate and Insurance
Plione 211 41 E. Main
PHONE 152
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