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A8RLAXD TIDINGS
Monday, March 30, 1914
Ashland Tidings
SEMI-WEEKLY.
ESTABLISHED 1876.
Issued Mondays and Thursdays
Bert R. Greer,
B. W. Talcott,
Editor and Owner
... City Editor
SI ItSCKII'TION KATKS.
One Year $2.00
Six Months 1.00
Three Months '0
Payable in Advance.
TELEPHONE 39
PARCEL POST FILLS BILL.
The passing ot the United States
Express Company, which its directors
voted to dissolve, will throw 15,000
persons out of employment, about
2,000 of whom work in the New Yorlc
and Jersey City offices, says the
Salem Statesman. These employes
received in salary and wages approx
imately $6,000,000 a year, ot which
$7C5,000 was paid to employes at
Jersey City alone. Many of these em
ployes, especially in the larger offices,
have grown old in the service of the"
company, and 't was said that few ot
them were financially able to retire
Advertising rates on application. ! f..,,,,, ortiv, emninvmpnt nf some sort
First-class job printing facilities.; .. ,. . .. ... .
Equipments second to none in the Tlle Prospective dissolution will af
interior. ! feet express service covering 32,938
- I'milps nf rriilrnnrl villi hptwppn ft flflO
Entered at the Ashland. Oregon, , ... ,. .
Postoffice as second-class mail niat-!aml 6'000 Nations, according to a
ter. 'statement made public by Duncan I.
- : Roberts, president of the company
Ashland, Ore., Monday, Mar. :10, 101 1 i since January, 1913. Mr. Roberts
- i said that the new rates fixed by the
i mm mi i ii unit
THE MODERN NOVEL.
The old-time novel took a very
high moral tone. The hero was a
fank-faced and clear-eyed youth, who
struggled against fate and circum
stances, and who fell injove with a
high-minded girl. Finally they mar
ried and lived happy for ever after.
Marriage now is apt to be a rather
early incident in the story. The hero
nag a fatal capacity for picking out
the girl he didn't want. This of
our se was not due to his own lack
of brains, but to some fateful decree
of physical passion, which he could
n't help. Afterward he 'discovers that
his wife is a nobody. Around in the
next street is a pure and high ideal
of femininity whom he should have
selected in the first place. Hence
ructions!
Sex feeling Is a big element in hu
man life, but it is not everything.
As life grows more complex with its
struggles of business, society, politics,
a great many other interests meet
and clash and oreate dramatic situa
tions worthy of fine fictional treat
ment. The best fiction writers are
giving more and more prominence to
these other aspects of life
Ten years ago the railroad station
news etands were covered with long
libraries of paper 10 and 20 cent nov
els. Now they are apt to be put un
der the counter, while the news deal
er displays newspapers and illustrated
magazines. It is comparatively rare
today to see a man reading a novel
on the train. Perhaps one trouble Is
that modern writers have given the
sex motif such a morbid prominence
that it surfeits healthy minded peo
ple. As some one has aid, the mod
ern novel is to erotic, neurotic and
tommyrotic.
Interstrte Commerce Commission
were the chief factor in influencing
tho directors. Mr. Roberts also
blamed state rate commissions, which
he declared ordered rates in some
Instances lower than those fixed by
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Continuing, Mr. Roberts said: ."There
is no quarrel over the parcel post; it
fills a want the express companies
never could, with the utter impracti
cability of rural deliveries by them.
The fault lies with the change in
rates."
JllMJE CLE ETON'S TAX DECISION.
Half of your taxes can bo paid now
and the other half in September, is
the decision handed down in a Mult
nomah county case by Judge Cleeton.
This decision, of course, affects only
those taxpayers of Multnomah county,
but it sets a legal precedent that
should bo followed throughout the
state. Upon the basis of this decision
the county court of Jackson county
should instruct the county treasurer
to receive tax moneys on this basis.
If there Is anything crude in the state
laws of Oregon, its tax system is the
crudest. With the U'Ren single tax
ers batting at the tax ball, the legis
lature trying to trim for public favor,
and public officers trying to get every
penny possible into their hands to be
spent, the dear people are. left in a
bad way. The tax system of Oregon
should be -revised intelligently and
completely, and settled for a season
bo that tho average citizen may know
where to get on and off.
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
Want of Thought.
It is a trite, homely old adage that
says, "More wrong is wrought by
want of thought," etc. Certain it is
that tho mass of suffering and trage
dies of the world are the direct re
sult of indolence and thoughtlessness.
The old parable of the thoughtless
grasshopper who sang all summer
and starved when the season of
dearth came, is verified daily. Too
mauy young people fail to take an
earnest view of life, and too many
I suffer for their thoughtlessness. In
this land, where fortunes are piled
up from poverty, there is too often a
tendency toward the belief thai this
is luck, rather than the result ot toil
and industry, and, above all, a pe
culiar genius for money-making that
a few possess.
The boy, therefore, imagines it will
do no harm if he idles for a while.
When he is ready to settle down he
can easily acquire wealth by, a pe
culiar sharpness that quite likely he
does not possess. He forgets or fails
to comprehend that even if he is pos
sessed of financial genius it must also
be united with prudence and a mod
erate amount of industry to achieve
a career. A great many boys and
girls fail to make themselves valu
able to their employer because their
aim is not to do their work well, but
simply to earn wages. They are ever
eager to be through and slow to be
gin. Such workmen never rise be
yond mediocrity. Boys in this coun
try aro too often outstripped by for
eigners in the shops and trades be
cause they lack systematic business
habits. They have not been trained
to their work as the foreign youth
has been, under the sternest of all
masters necessity.
Oregon Woman On
Child Welfare Board
After ten years of continued activ
ity along the various lines of child
welfare work in Oregon, Mrs. Robert
II. Tate of Portland was recently ap
pointed national chairman of child
hygiene for the national Congress of
Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associa
tions. This is the first time such an honor
has been conferred upon an Oregon
woman. The appointment carries
with it a place on the board of man
agement. The Department of Child
Hygiene has become so extensive it
is necessary to divide the work into
two or three sections.
Mrs. Tate will have supervision of
the states west of the Rocky moun
tains. Special effort will be made to
reach young mothers, through child
hygiene departments in each state.
These'state departments will en
deavor to have child hygiene commit
tees at work in all the parent-teacher
circles and co-operate with the city,
county and state boards of health.
Special emphasis will be laid on
the importance of proper food, cloth
ing, rest and fresh air, in fact all that
will tend , to give the child a good
physical foundation. The chairman
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Capital and Surplus, $120,000.00
First National Bank
Oldest National Bank in Jackson County
Depository of the United States, State o! Oregon, Coun
ty of Jackson and City of Ashland.
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of child hygiene in Oregon is Dr. Mae
H. Caldwell of Portland.
Mrs. Tate is also president of the
Oregon child welfare commission, be
ing appointed by Governor West a
year ago.
At the last state convention of the
Oregon Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Associations she was
made honorary president.
Villa's ambition to become presi
dent of Mexico may cause some fiery
Brutus to arise in his own ranks.
Prunes Pay Well.
Reports frum Douglas county indi
cate that approximately 1,500 acre-,
of new orchards will be planted in
that section this year. A large per
centage of this acreage will be plant
ed to prunes. It is stated that hi
many instances the annual prune crov.
on farms has brought In cash in ex
cess of the assessed value of the land.
Present indications point to a record
crop this year.
Scale receipts at Tldlnes office
WHERE ARB THE DOCTORS?
Managements of medical schools
are expressing some alarm as to
where the future supply of physicians
Ja to come from. It Is a profession
that VB8 formerly regarded as over
r.rowded. Yet figures just mudo up
tfiow only 17,015 medical students In
the country now, against 27,615 ten
years ago.
T&S Jir.atlcial outlook is not very
encouraging to the young doctor.
He can go back to some country
town, In which there happens to be a
gap, and work up a practice In the
arduous life of driving about the
country roads. Or if he goes to a
city of some size he may have to sit
around his office many years until
he attains a recognized standing. Ho
may get the business In less time If
he has social gifts which give him
prominence. Hut it Is a ticklish thing
to turn social relations Into business
ties.
Apparently a great many young
men of scientific habit of mind, who
used to become doctors, are now
turning their attention to electricity,
engineering and other technical lines.
Mrs. Card, president of the Sun-1
shine Society, said, in speaking of the
price to be charged for admission to
the Helen Keller lecture: "Yes, no
doubt we could fill the house a't a
dollar a ticket, but the people cannot
afford to bring tho children at that
price, and it is important that every
school child see Helen Keller, for her
achievements will be an Inspiration to
the children, and the price was made
25 cents to the children. This Is the
Ashland spirit. In many places the
predominant ldoa would have been to
make as much profit as might be for
the society, but in Ashland we are
more interested, in. developing ambi
tion And high ideals in the rising gen
eration than in hoarding up wealth.
Criticism Stimulates Dancing of
Tango. -
Since the subject of the new
dances has assumed such importance
that the Vatican at Rome has ex
pressed a view on the matter, It seeniB
that fresh impetus has been given to
dancing, especially to the tango. The
tango, you may remember, was ac
cused of the charge of immodesty. A
committee of dignitaries in London
and another in Rome investigated the
dance, and both concluded that the
tango had been falsely charged. If
anything, it was too sedate, to slow
and too much like the old-fashioned
minuet all of which is very true, ex
cept that it takes grace and skill to
do the intricate steps which is what
makes it so fascinating.
However, all this has but revived
all manner of old dances, particularly
those of sunny Spain and Italy, where
the love of song and rhythm has al
ways been a national entertainment.
American dance experts declare all
the old dances of the Latin countries
are coming to America, and that the
tango Is but the rorernnner of many
Others,
There Is somo uncertainty an to
whether the additional troops have
been sent to protect the Texans from
tho Mexicans or tho Mexicans from
Governor Colquitt.
All the migratory birds are flying
north how except tho baseball players.
Experience and enervation have
taught us how impossible it is for
pupils to receive full benefits by go
ing to school two or three times in
a week and remain away the balance
ot the time. This is bad enough when
necessity compels parents to keep
their children from school, but when
they are permitted to remain out for
the purpose of attending some place
of amusement, or merely because they
feign sickness until after school Is
called and then immediately recover,
is much worse. Time thus lost can
never be regained, and parents all
will see the day when they will rue it.
LIMIT THEIR POWKJtS.
If there is no limit to the tax levy
and the assessed valuation may touch
the ceiling at all points It begins to
look as though the public would be
taxed out ot Its boots, says the Port
land Telegram. It was believed It
would be a fine thing to have a stun
ning assessment roll. We've got one
that beats Seattle by 6ver a hundred
million dollars. On the other hand
our public officials may run up our
levy as high as they please.
Among the other suggested amend
ments to the recently enacted tax
levy law It would doubtless be good
sense for the next legislature to limit
the tax levy. Then when we need
something more than that will bring
let us have a bond issue, voted with
the people's approval. In this way
we will have a sort of check upon our
public officials. Without It taxes will
soon be only another word for confiscation.
Peoule's Forum
SEEING THE iLIGHT.
Yet Helen Keller speaks out from
ber silent, dark chamber, saying;
"Tie world Is beautiful and life Is
ttorlooi."
(Dy W. W.l
When Milton wrote in blindness and
despair,
"Doth God exact day labor, light de
nied?" He yet had taecdfuH ears and Hps that
cried.
Articulate, his plaint, and voiced his
prayer.
Would Patience still have steeled his
strength to bear
His yoke, if prisoned like you, fated
child.
Where whispered hope nor word of
comfort, mild,
Had ever reached him, piteonsiy pent
Within a dungeon house thrice barred
by Doom?
Hut to you. Helen, exiled from your
race, '
Alone In bleak, blank-waited captiv
ity, ,;
A hand was stretched, which led you
from that tomb
To life and light. The soul dawned
in your faro
And brightened the nonday that we
see.
Nourish kindly feelings; look on
the bright side ot things and the best
side of people; think happy thoughts;
smile whenever you can; speak gent
ly; find pleasant things to say, for
they make the music of the world.
Those things are not written among
the recipes for Improving tho com
plexion, but they will help to make
the faco fair.
The citizens of any prosperous town
are always public spirited and united.
Stand together,' work for the Interests
of the wboleftown. Alwuys stand
ready to do your part.
There are some people who are
mighty careless about throwing old
truck Into the alleyways. Such peo
ple should be taught a little civic
pride by a modest fine.
Magazine.
We tako subscriptions at tbe Tid
ings office for new subscribers or re
newals to the following magazines:
The Ladies' Home Journal, The Sat
urday Evening Post, Tho Country
Gentleman, also Good Housekeeping,
Hearst's Magazine, Motor Boating,
Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazar.
You save money by subscribing for
these magazines and have the advan
tage ot having them delivered t
your home.
Staple and Fancy
Dry Goods
Fancy Waists
VAUPEL'S
Ue QUALITY STORE
Butterick Patterns
SHOES
GENTS'
FURNISHINGS
We kw$ Cash Gouimmis
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.
Men's $3.00 Felt Hats
Sale Price . . . . .
1.95
lust received another big tot of Spring Dress Goods. Many
v new shades and materials
New Spring' Footwear
Special bargain in ladies' low shoes, V $3.50 line to clean up.
Sale price $2.00
j& Boys9 Suits, Boys' and Men's Shoes and Furnishings j&
Let us 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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Launidl Prfieces fltorop
BUT THEY DON'T DROP BELOW THE BOTTOM. They have been at the bot
tom for some time. They were thought to bo too high a short while ago, but they will
soon start upward again and go still higher. x Don't laugh, frown or shrug your shoul
ders at this, for it is a fact. "History repeats." I have recently had more calls from
clients "raising their price" or "withdrawing" thn listing new olleringrf or lowering
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 $20 000
300-acre stock farm .... , $10 000
IGO-acre mountain ranch $ 4 000 '
240-acre farm , $12,000
All these are Rogue River Valley properties, quite nicely located.
For Exchange
1,280-aere 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 cityj Cheap
at $9,600.
35-acre ranch near town; lots of fruit. Will be
sold for half price. Call for particulars.
For rent, furnished hotel.
Four-acre Ashland home to trade for business.
tor rent. 5-room furnished cottage on paved street.
A Richmond, Cal., lot for sale on monthly pay
ments. Better profit than savings bank in this.
Two-acre Ashland heme to trade for smaller
place In Ashland.
Some business chances.
Houses to rent.
Homes on installments.
Insurance.
Watch next Issue of this paper for new bargains.
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Hotel Ashland Bldg.
Ashland. Oregon
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