ThOVS TWO
ARt1LAM TIDINGS
Monday, March 23, 191 (
Ashland Tidings
SEMI-WEEKLY.
ESTABLISHED 1876.
Issued Mondays and Thursdays
Uert K. Grti-r,
B. W. Talcott,
Editor and Owner
- - City Editor
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Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, j
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Ajhl;uif, Ore, Monday, Mar. 1911
HEM' TO (X)VKK THE IXK'AL
NEWS.
The Tidinsa is desirous of soeur
iag news items of personal interest
from every school district, local post
office and local community in Jackson
county. We invite and will encour
age in every possible manner those
who desire to send in short, crisp and
newsy items chronicling the local
happenings. It is the desire of tho
Tidings to make this a paper of per
sonal interest to every resident of
Jackson county, as well as every one
who resides in other states who has
friends or relatives here.
-Correspondence Is solicited from
every reliable source. We cannot
cover the country districts except
through this method, and give the lit
tle personal details of interest
Every feature of news Is to be en
couraged, barring only discussions of
Teligion and po'itics or Hems of an
uncomplimentary nature.
there is probably little need to
dwell upon the desirability of coun
try correspondence to the newspaper.
It is the principal means by which
the circulation of the paper may be
extended into the territory beyond'
the limits of the city in which it is!
published. !
Correspondence is usually interest
ins to city subscribers as well as resi
dents of the country districts. The
ranks of business people and artisans
of the city are usually recruited with
the bright boys and girls from the
farms of the tributary country. Then
farmers are continually retiring and
moving to town. This gives a large
element of the city population who
have relatives, acquaintances and old
time associations in the country dis
tricts, which fact makes them look
for news items from the country
quite as eagerly as those from the
city. Country correspondence appeals
strongly to the former resident or
your county who is anxious for the
privilege of receiving a newsy sheet
from their old homo county.
The correspondent the competent
one is like a precious jewel to a
newspaper man, and should be highly
prized and suitably encouraged that
he or she may stay on the job.
If your paper becomes filled with
interesting home news and informa
tion, neither dissenting politics, per
sonal dislike or prejudice, competing
newspapers, nor any creaturo on
earth or below can stop the increas
ing procession of satisfied readers.
PROGRESSIVES WILL HAVE
STATE TICKET.
The progressive state committee
has decided to put a ticket in the
field for state and congressional of
fices. An effort Is being made by pro
gressives in southern Oregon to in
duce Attorney F. W. Mears of Med1
ford to enter tho race on the pro
gressive ticket for congress against
Mr. llawley. While Mr. Meats has
not yet decided to run, if he does,
he will be a formidable opopnent to
Congressman Hawley. He in a man
of high character and integrity, is a
good campaigner and will carry the
full strength of his party.
It is said that Colonel Roosevelt
will campaign Oregon this fall in the
interest of the progressive ticket and
will go from here to California to
assist Governor Johnson in Ms cam
paign. It is understood no progressive
county or legislative candidates will
b placed in the field by the pro
gressives. r sited nooHTiscj for roc.ie
RIVER VALLEY.
The Medford Commercial Club is
making arrangements for a Rogue
River Valley get-together meeting In
the near future. The idea is meeting
with encouragement from all over the
valley, and the program is now In
course of preparation. The date will
probably be announced within
week. The boosters of the valley are
doner allied thnn over before and are
ready to make a strong pull, a united
pull, and a pull all together for the
future. Ashland will heartily Join the
force. v
Make It "Ashland the Beautiful.
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
Keating High Cost of Living.
A Philadelphia woman who is a
famous culinary expert has been at
tacking tho high cost of living in a
practical way in a little mining town
in West Virginia. As a starter she
announced she could prepare a good
dinner for four men at a cost of 50
cents.
. Four men were chosen having ex
ceptional appetites. The meal opened
with a beef stew, the meat of which
cost 1 8 cents. As potatoes were ex
pensive, Mrs. Scott replaced them
with dumplings at 4 cents, including
parsley and other seasoning. A soup
of stock cost 3 cents, and a can of
peas 6 cents. For dessert, Indian
pudding was served at a cost of 5
cents, and the coffee for the four
men cost 7 cents.
On the second day of the demon
stration a larger building had to be
used for the crowd.
There is no question that a con
tributing factor to the high cost of
living is the absense of economy in
many kitchens. Reform, to be effect
ive, must begin not only at home but
in the homo.
If our young men are wise and
truly have great ability they will re
main at home, at least for a season
longer than their wisdom teeth are
cut." It is more satisfactory to bo' a
prominent and respected citizen of a
village than to be an insignificant
stranger, jostled and ignored by the
hurrying mass of humanity. in a me
tropolis. We would rather be a dog
on a farm than a caged lion in a
menagerie.
In this day and age it Is conceded
that a practical education is the best
dowery parentB can bequeath to their
sons and daughters, and it is that
which will lead them up to the great
est success in life. And he who
shares in providing advantages for
this educational training Is doing
more for the world and humanity
that if he left to his heritage a pa
latial abode and vast fields of the
richest soils on earth.
It is very important if some school
boy reads a good essay or speaks well
a piece, or sings well a song, or
stands High in the classroom, that
kind of mention should be made pub
licly of such success, for more young
minds are injured by the want of
cheering words than are made vain
by an excess of such praise.
The daily paper, with its large
news service and quicker facilities,
may, in some instances, overshadow
tho weekly, but the weekly home pa
per fills a place in the hearts of the
people that a daily cannot fill. It
conies to your home as an old and
tried friend, while the daily enters
as a stranger.
The teachers would be glad to have
you visit them occasionally and see
that they perform their duties and
that your children improve their time
as they should.
When you pull down the town In
which is your home, you are pulling
down yourself, and when you build
up you are building up yourself.
The price of radium is a matter of
some concern, but lots more people
are concerned about the price of eggs.
SENATOR IIASKRUPT BY PERSE
ITTION.
Failing to publicly dishonor United
States Senator Gore, his political
blackmailers are said to have ruined
ilm financially, and the club they
used with which to sandbag him was
a court of justice. The plot of these
political shysters to disgrace Okla
homa's blind senator shows bow easy
it Is to use our courts for criminal
purposes, or by means of them to per
petuate an injustice. In this case the
court actually was made a party to
tho plot to ruin the blind senator,
for the conspirators used all the
court's legal machinery to carry out
their vengeance. Senator Gore stood
between these political grafters and
their plans to loot and plunder the
Indians. He declined to make the ap
pointments they wished made. It
costs a public man a saiall fortune
to defend his honor in a court of
justice and takes a poor man's all,
and it was here that the court of
justice became a party to the crime
in the Gore case. This perversion of
courts should be pre verged and the
cause of Justice be advanced.
" In developing the mineral springs
proposition It was noticeuble that
Sears, Roebuck & Co. did not furnish
any of the preliminary money, neither
did the green stamp companies. The
loyal, struggling merchants of the
town put up ail of it.
CURIOUS DUELS.
Combats In Which tho Weapons Se
lected Were Avalanche.
An extraordinary duel was fought
near Mont Blanc In France. Two
young men who bad fallen in love with
the same girl arranged to fight a duel,
with nature as decider of the result
Selecting a part of that mountainous
district, many thousand feet up. where
avulunchcti ure known to fall at fre
quent Intervals, the lovers agreed to
tuke it in turns to stand for :i given
time in the most dangerous spot that
could be found. The idea v:is that
when one was killed by an avalanche
the other should be free to propose
to the girl whom they both loved. In
this case the idea been mo a fact..
This is not the only Instance on rec
ord of n duel by avalanche. A few
years ago two Italians, named Guetta
and Sorato, decided to tost fate in this
manner, and also for the love of a
woman.
For throe mornings they tempted nn
ture. but nothing serious happened. On
the fourth day Cucttn was Knocked
down by n falling avalanche, but not
much hurt. Then it was thut their
food supply gave out. and they return
ed home to get some more. P.y tills
time the police hud come to hear of
their strange duel, and threatened them
both with imprisonment. So the un
daunted rivals settled their differences
in another and less adventurous way.
They drew lots for their lady love.
Sorato won. and after Guetta had left
the village he was married to the girl
of his choice. London Answers.
STRENGTH OF A LIMPET. .
Its Sticking Power Largely Due to At
mospherio Pressure.
Every one is familiar with the say
ing "to stick like a limpet," but there
are not so many who know bow it is
that a limpet Is able to stick as it does
to the rocks upon which it passes Its
existence. The creature is able by
means of the central portion o its
body, which can bo raised independent
ly of the ediie or frill which surrounds
It, to create a vacuum much iu the
same way that n piece of soft wet
leather can be made to adhere to a
smooth surface by pressing out all the
air. Thus the so called "strength" of
the limpet is largely due to utmos
pheric pressure.
It is not entirely so, however, for if
they ore closely examined it will be
seen that the shells accommodate
themselves around the edges to the
surface of. the rock upon which the
limpet is located, and if removed to
another spot the edge of the shell w ill
probably lie found to be a very bad fit
Slid the creature's power of adhesion
somewhat lessened. If taken by sur
prise with a smart sidelong blow even
a large limpet Is easily enough dislodg
ed, but it It is given tho slightest warn
ing its power of suction is Instantly
brought into play ami very often con
siderable force is then necessary be
fore it can be detached. London
Standard.
An Unburied Picture.
Rosselti secured permission in 18C9
to reopen the coflin of his wife in'
order to secure the manuscripts of
some poems which he had buried with
her seven years before.
Some such incident might have oc
curred in connection with J. M. W.
Turner if his desire to be buried wrap
led up In his own painting of Car
thage" had been curried out There
was some dilliculty hi selling the paint
ing, and the artist kept the canvas by
him. He always said he would be
wrapped in it when lie was buried and
even went so far as to ask Chantrey If
as his executor he would fulfill his
wishes on that point.
"No doubt," answered the sculptor.
"I shall bury you rolled up in your
picture If It is one of the conditions of
your will, but I wouhl take you uu
ext day and unroll you!"
Found a Way.
Teacher Now. children, try to figure
Just this once without counting on
your fingers. How much is three and
four. Peperl (looking under tho bench
after a long wait) Seven. Teacher
Might. Four and six. Peperl (again
peepng under the betieht-Teu. Tench,
or Hold up there, yon little rascal!
I'll teach you to count on your fingers!
(Takes PeperPs hands and clasps them
behind his back. Now. then, five and
three? Peperl (after another long look
under the bench) Eight Teacher
Well, how did you manage to do that?
Peperl With niy toes, teacher. F1I
fende Blatter. ...
The Brightness He Saw.
.A niau who died recently in the
north of England and had been living
a dishonest life under the cloak of re
ligion, wishing to pose ns a good man
to the last, said to those arouud blm:
"All is bright before me!"
"Aye." said one of those present,
whom he bad swindled out of a sum of
money, "an in about ten mlnnlts
theau'll be near enoof to see tli' blaael"
Manchester Guardian.
The Brighter Side.
"Well." chuckled the optimistic fail
ure, "Pre got one satisfaction."
"And what's that?" asked the sym
pathetic friend.
"If I had succeeded I should prob
ably have made a nuisance of myself
telling people that I was a, self made
man." Detroit Free Press.
Wonderful Printing.
Racon They say Dauber does some
wonderful work. Egbert Yes. I un
derstand be( painted some bananas
green, and In h month they all turned
yellow.
Do one thing at a time, "and the big
thing first Lincoln. ' "
RECLAIMING PRISONERS.
A few years ago in a certain county
jail there was confined a defaulting
bank official. This prison was small,
kept in a kindly, common sense way.
The "trusties" worked on a farm.
They were allowed to run errands
about the town.
On a few occasions this man was
allowed to drive a wagon delivering
chairs. Some of the metropolitan
papers featured the story. It struck
them as a primitive method of jail
keeping, that a man shut up for a
serious offense should be permitted
to drive a wagon in the open air,
performing a useful service.
No doubt many people feel that
such and offender should sit in his
cell, reflecting in a repentant man
ner on his misdeeds. This mood,
however, had been reached long be
fore. What was called for then was
a different kind of experience.
People who follow magazine liter
ature must be impressed by the
amount of space given within the past
few months to studies of prison life.
One thoughtful man recently in jail
says 50 per cent of the criminals
could be reclaimed. Actually the
great majority return to crime.
Many prisons are classifying pris
oners, and those giving promise of
reformation are allowed more free-
Staple and Fancy
Dry Goods
Fancy Waists
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We (Giwe 5 Gal;Cipois
WITH EVERY CASH PURCHASE
We redeem them by paying you $1.00 Cash for $20.00 In Coupons
whenever you wish to bring them in. h
Men's $3.00 Pelt Hats
Sale Price . . ...
Just received another big lot of Spring Dress Goods.
new shades and materials
New Spring' Footwear
Special bargain in ladies' low shoes. A $3.50 line to clean up.
Sale price $2.00
Boys' Suits, Boys' and Men's Shoes
let ns fit yon with a pair of S0R0SIS or ITZ & DUNN shoes. They are right in price, style
and quality. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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BUT THEY DON'T DROP
torn for some time. They were thought to be too high a short while ago, but they will
soon start upward again and iro still hicher. Don't laueh. frown nr Bhrn
aers ai inis, lor 11 is a.iact. "jiistory repeats." 1 nave recently bad more calls from
clients "raising their price" or "withdrawing" than listing new ollerings or lowerine
prices, But I still have some properties at REDUCED PRICES.
700-acre stock ranch, easy access $20,000
320-acre general and stock farm, alfalfa and fruit $20000
300-acre stock farm ; $10 000
160-acre mountain ranch.. , $ 4000
240-acre farm !. $12,000
All these are Rogue River Valley properties, quite nicely located.
For Exchange
1,280-atre farm in Douglas county; 400 in cultiva
tion; good improvements. "Will trade for in
come property. Value $28,000.
12-acre irrigated dairy and orchard home; fine
improvements; free water; close to city. Cheap
at 19,500.
35-acre ranch near town; lots of fruit. Will bo
sold for half price. Call for particulars.
For rent, furnished hotel.
. Four-acre Ashland home to trade for business.
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Hotel Ashland Bldg.
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Wlim you think of "First National," yon think of
TT "banking." Why not, when yon think of "bank
ing" think of "First National?" II .We grant every ac
commodation consistent with a sale and conservative
yet progressive business policy.
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Oldest National Bank In Jackson County
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Depository of the United States, State of Oregon, Conn-
ty of Jackson and City of Ashland. t
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dom. They work on farms or at
trades that will some day give them
a good living. They are finally let
out on parole, and the probationary
experience tends to fix in them a
sense of responsibility.
The jail that puts men at work on
farms never gets into trouble with
the labor unions. There is always a
demand for food. The plow and the
hoe point to occupation in which the
former convict's services will always
be called for. No soc ial stigma of a
jail record affects the sale of cab
bages and potatoes.
VAUPEL'S
QUALITY STORE
Pirnees
BELOW THE BOTTOM.
niHIIIIIII
MAKE THE
HOTEL MEDFORD
Your Homo and Resting Place.
Visitors to Medford will find this
modern hotel both convenient anil
accessible place from, which to shop
and meet friends. Rooms $1.00 up.
Hot and cold wp.ter iu every rooa..
Courteous attention.' -
Ladies will find large, comfortable
and airy parlors and reception room.
Meals served a la carte in spacioui
dining room. EMIL MOHR, Prop.
YOUR RESTING PLACE.
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Botterick Patterns
SHOES
GENTS'
FURNISHINGS
Many
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and Furnishings j&
Drop
They have been at tho hot-
$1.95
Kor rent. G-room furnished cottage on paved street
A Richmond, Cal., lot for sale on monthly pay
ments. Better profit than savings bank in this.
Two-aore Ashland home to trade for smaller
place in Ashland.
Some business chances. '
Houses to rent. v
Homes on installments.
Insurance.
Watch next Issue of this paper for new bar
gains.
Ashland, Oregon