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ASH LAND TIDINGS
Thursday, April 2, 101 f
Ashland Tidings
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KSTAKLIHllKD 1876.
Issued Mondays and Thursdays
Kftrt It. Gier, - Kditor and Owner
H. W. Talcott, ... City Editor
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Kewspaper writers sometimes re
mark, in hasty generalization, that a
free press lies at the foundation of
successful civil government. Yet
probably in Mexico today the editors
express their opinions with much
freedom. But they must be prepared
to back that freedom by quick re
source to the hip pocket.
, Not merely free speech is needed,
but the spirit of toleranec of free
speech. An editor has the right to
criticise those who differ from him
personally in public matters. Also
lis has a right to attack the charac
ter of his antagonists, provided he is
convinced that be tells the truth, and
is prepared to submit the justice of
hta statements to the courts.
The killing of the editor of a fam
ous Parisian newspaper is not neces
sarily an indictment of the whole
French people. Similar cases occur
with some regularity In this country, j
Fortunately they grow more rare.
The larger people's minds grow.
the less keenly they take personal
controversy
The great antagonists of the Unit-jthe
ed States senate hurl their defiances
at each other with Olympian thun
ders. Afterward they adjourn to the
restaurant, while their friendship is
repaired, and differences are toler
ated. It is a very easy matter to become
excited over trifles. The hardest j
thing is to grin and bear it, realizing
no personal flings and refusing to be
ruffled by criticism. The bigger the
man the more of a public character
he becomes and the greater interest
his acts excite. Criticism by the !
press is the most wholesome influ
ence In our free system of govern-
ment. It acts as a bridle upon tlw j
unrestrained public man and safe-1
guards the whole people. i
So it ought to be in newspaper con- j
troversy. Few editors put bitter per-
sonal feeling Into it. It is their trade I
to express points of view. They !
would be false to the people that hire i
them did they fail in so doing.
When a man shoots up or tries to 1
"lick" the editor, he hurts the place
where he lives. It giveB the rest of
the world the impression that the
town belongs on the social frontier.
Such an Incident turns the sympathy
of the community to the assaulted
man. Rut if the editor, is in the
wrong, the sympathy of the commun
ity can always be won against him,
byt the calm statement of the truth
in lawful ways.
The newspaper which leads must of
necessity take decided stands, fear
lessly and aggressively.
There is no place in modern life
for the weak and vacillating newspa
per or public official.
TIIK LESSON SnK TEAC HES.
Helen Keller, deaf and sightless,
yet a mind stored with knowledge
and a soul radiant with the touch
of divine glory. Has she been chosen
from among all the millions ot earth
to teach us how little we value our
blessings our wonderful and unim
paired faculties and how little ef
fort we make to develop them for
the world's good? In the presence
of Helen Keller the average man
must bow his head In shame at his
own indifference to his intellectual
opportunities. And think what al
world benefactor is Mrs. Macey, her
teacher, plodding through twenty
even years of such tedious work
radiating light Into the deep dark
ness surrounding her pupil and Into
the silent chambers of her brain; and
what a glorious result! Miss Keller
says the world Is beautiful and life
glorious. What a lexson! persist
ence and patience on the part of both
teacher and pupil greater than the
world has before known and now
they are both prepared to show, in
ocular and oral truth, what tremen
dous obstacles can be overcome
through persistent effort. Miss Kel
ler and Mrs. Macey are teaching one
of the greatest lessons ever taught
Will the people apply It and redouble
their efforts in self-development?
SOMEWHAT PERSONAL.
During the past two months many
friends of the Tidings editor have
encouraged him to become a candi
date for state senator. It would be a
very great honor, as well as a re
sponsibility, to represent Jackson
county in the upper branch of the
state legislature. It is a prospect
which has strongly appealed to us.
We think we can see many things
that might be accomplished for this
district by persistent and energetic
effort upon the part of a representa
tive, and we are free to admit that
we cherish such honor as would fol-
iH. first to his family, nwon.1 to bis
city, third to his county, then to his
state and nation. Not infrequently
a country editor's ambition vaunteth
high often higher than his ability
an1 tI,e TidinSs editor. Is no exception
t0 tnat ru,e- IIe would be glad if
he had the ability and could be pres-
ident of this glorious country; but
he has not the ability and may never
reach that goal. The next honor in
line of the ambition of a country
editor should be to represent his state
in national counsels, or his county in
state legislation. We aspire to eith
er. However, already we have asumed
a large share in the responsibility of
bringing the splendid medicinal wa
ters into the city of Ashland and es
tablishing this beautiful city as one
of the foremost health resorts in
America. For some time we have
been engaged in that business and
must, of necessity, be so engaged un
til after the primary date, for the
bond matter cannot be determined
and the work turned over to the city.
before the middle of June. The pri-
mary election is held May 15. Sen
ator Von der Ilellcn would be our
competitor for the honor at the pri-
," ' an mauie
Ren,lenlan' but is son, campaigner
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as well. If we landed more votes
I Y. 1. 1, ... . . 1 . 4 1. . - .
' 111 ' e aoine worn in i
campaign. I cannot give my time I
' nnrl t h mi frit t t rt i1Iti. nf Vilr. limn
muufjuv w ivyi i Ltvo a w iiiin ii 11113
without neglecting the springs work.
Therefore I have decided not to be
come a candidate for state senator.
It is more important to Ashland j
and to Jackson county that the
springs enterprise be forwarded to a
successful termination than that any
particular man be elected as state
senator. Avaunt, political bee: we
will finish the tourist resort work!
first.
TKX-IHHXAK GOLD PIKCK VKKK.
The Tidings will give a prize of
,en "oiiars in gold to the person
guessing closest to the number of
tourists that will visit Ashland dur-
inK ,he season of 1915, if the springs
nle brought in. All guesses must be
ln ,)V Xlay 19,4 (30 days from
now), and the prize will be awarded
at tl,e ond f the season next year,
Tne Person winning this prize will
no aut be the one who studies tour-
1st movements at other resorts clos
est, and makes the most correct com
parison between the attractions of
the other resorts with Ashland after
the springs are in.
Address all guesses to the Mineral
Springs Guess Department of the
Tidings.
The guesses, together with a short
reason why, by the guesser, will be
printed In the Tidings. Sign your
own name to your guese.
Lust summer during the short
season at Crater Lake 6,300 visitors
registered, notwithstanding there
were ninety miles of steep, rough
roads to travel In reaching it. Had
it been located on the main line of
the Southern Pacific railway, and
upon the hard-surfaced Pacific High
way, as Ashland is, how many more
thousand touriBts would have visited
It last season? Ashland's mineral
waters, when mobilized In our park,
will prove as great attraction as Cra
ter Lake can ever hope to be.
Jack Frost seldom injures tourist
crops. Few seasons are so unfavor
able but that gardens aud fruit can
be made to pay expenses It a ready
home market, at good prices, can be
secured. That is one of the advan
tages that is held by a tourist resort.
Many newspapers will soon be get
ting personal Interviews with Mr.
Roosevelt on bis trip, by giving Borne
smart reporter copies of "The Strenu
ous Life." "African Game Trails."
and a guide book to South America
A Cure for Sour Stomach.
Mrs. Wm. M. Thompson of Ilattle
Creek, Mich., writes: "I have been
troubled with Indigestion, sour stom
ach and bad breath. After taking
two bottles of Chamberlain's Tablets
I a mwell. These tablets are splen
did none better." For sale by all
dealers.
The Tidings for artistic printing.
JUDGK GRANT 11. DIM1CK
Republican Candidate for Governor
of Oregon.
To the Legal Voters of Oregon:
I have filed my declaration with
the secretary of state as a candidate
for the republican nomination for
governor, and as the law limits the
expenditure of each candidate for this
office to 15 per cent of one year's
salary, I am compelled, in order to
abide by the spirit and letter of the
law, to avoid making an expensive
campaigftn, and in order to reach the
voters whom 'I w ill not be able to
reach in person, I herewith submit
through the press for your consider
ation the following:
First I stand for a strict and
rigid enforcement of every criminal
statute.
Second I favor equitable labor
laws giving to the laborer just con
sideration. Third I am opposed to high and
extravagant legislative appropriations
and the constant creation of salaried
board3 and commissions which carry
with them an urmy of employes
to be paid by the taxpayers of the
state.
Fourth I stand for the constant
improvement of our public school
system free from extravagance, and
should the supreme court of the
United States declare a forfeiture of
the lauds now held by the Oregon &
California Railroad Company, then
and in that event I favor urging
congress to place those lands at the
disposal of the irreducible state
school fund of Oregon.
Fifth I stand for the permanent
improvement of public roads from
the market centers into the agricul
tural districts, the same to be built
under skilled management, so as to
get full value for the money ex
pended. Sixth I . favor a constitutional
amendment allowing the governor to
veto any one or more items in an
appropriation measure without veto
ing the entire measure.
High tax levies are usually the
result of excessive appropriations
and experimental legislation, and the
most effective cure for that abuse
is to be more careful ln the selection
of your legislative members.
I was born in Marion county, Ore
gon. March 4, 1869, and was edu
cated In the public schools, McMinn
ville College and the State Normal
School at Monmouth, Oreson; admit
ted to the bar by the supreme court
In 1893; served five terms as mayor
of Oregon City, three as deputy dis
trict attorney; was elected presiden
tial elector on the republican ticket
In 1904, and county Judge of Clack
amas county In 1906. I am deeply
Interested In agricultural pursuits,
own and manage the Dimick StocK
Farm at Hubbard, Oregon, and pub
lish the Western Stock Journal at
Oregon City.
I respectfully submit my candidacy
to the consideration of the republic
can voters of Oregon.
GRANT B. DIMICK.
87-4t-Thurs. Paid Adv.
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When you have a cold you' want
the best medicine obtainable so as to
get rid of it with tne least possible
delay. There are many who consider
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy unsur
passed. Mrs. J. Boroff, Ellda, Ohio,
says: "Ever since my daughter Ruth
was cured of a severe cold end cough
by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy two
years ago, I have felt kindly disposed
toward the manufacturers of that
preparation. I know of nothing so
quick to relieve a cough or cure a
cold." For sa'e by all dealers.
Magazine.
We take subscriptions at the Tid
ings office for new subscribers or re
newals to the following magazines:
The Ladles' Home Journal, The Sat
urday Evening Po3t, The Country
Gentleman, also Good Housekeeping,
Hearst's Magazine, Motor Boating,
Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazar.
You save money by subscribing for
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tage of having them delivered at
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The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pea
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Idle Women.
, The most unhappy women in our
communities today are those who
have no engagements to call them up
In the morning, who, once having
risen and breakfasted, lounge
through the dull forenoon in slippers
down at the heel and with disheveled
hair, reading the last novel, and who,
having dragged through a wretched
forenoon and taken their afternoon
sleep and having spent an hour and
a half at their toilet, pick up their
card case and go out to make calls,
and who pass their evenings waiting
for somebody to come in and break
up the monotony. Arabella Stuart
never was imprisoned in so dark a
dungeon as that.
There is no happiness in an idle
woman. It may be with hand, it may
be with brain, it may be with foot,
but work she must or be wretched
forever. . The little girls of our fam
ilies must be started wtih that idea.
The curse of our American society
is that our young women are taught
that the first, second, third, fourth,
fifth, sixth, seventh, tenth, fiftieth
thousandth thing in their life is to
get someone to take care of them.
Instead ' of that, the first lesson
should be how, under God, they may
take care of themselves. The simple
fact is that a majority of them do
have to take care af themselves and
that, too, after having, through the
false notions of their parents, wasted
In the year in which they ought to
have learned how successfully to
maintain themselves. We now and
here declare the inhumanity, cruelty
and outrage that father and mother
who pass their daughters into wom
anhood, having given them no facility
for earning their livelihood. Madame
de. Stael said: "It is not these writ
ings that I am proud of, but the fact
that I have facility in ten occupa
tions, in any one of which I could
make a livelihood."
A Word to W'iveo and Mothers.
Keep in advance of your boys and
girls. Be prepared to lead them, and
do not, as you value your husband's
love, allow him to develop and Im
prove while you lose your hold upon
those things which contribute so
largely to a womarr's attractiveness.
I see about me every day sisters
who, when they married, were, I
haven't a doubt, intellectually equal,
if not superior, to the men with
whom they cast their lot. In some
occult fashion they drift apart.
A man in daily contact with bright
minds, in his traveling, thinking,
planning, reading, unconsciously
grows away from the woman of his
cholV unless she is in turn keen wit
ted enough to make up her mind that
this shall not be the case.
A man likes at nigth, when he puts
on his slippers and settles down for a
smoke, to discuss the topics of the
moment and not babies and. the (Te
linquencles of the cook. Where one
woman can do this, a dozen would be
utterly at sea if an attempt were
made to lure, them away from them,
to them, always fascinating thems,
kitchen and nursery,
Be wary lest in your devotion to
sewing machines, bread board and
broom you allow blessed opportuni
ties for self-culture to slip by until
LanM Pipflees KDirop
BUT THEY DON'T DROP BELOW THE BOTTOM. They have been at the bot
tom for some time. They were thought to be too high a short while ago, but they will
booh start upward again and go still higher. Don't laugh, frown or shrug your shoul
ders at this, for it is a fact. "History repeats." I have recently bad more calls from
clients "raising their price" or "withdrawing" than listing new. offerings or lowering
prices. But I still have some properties at REDUCED PRICES.
700-acre stock rancheasy access ! $20 000
320-acre general and stock farm, alfalfa and fruit $20 000
300-acre 6tock farm ' ' no'oOO
160-acre mountain ranch !!.!.!.$ 4 000
; $12,000
All these are Rogue River Valley properties, quite nicely located.
For Exchange
1,280-acre farm in Douglas county; 400 ln 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 (9,500.
3 5 -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.
Hotel Ashland
HHtHMHtMmTtlMIMI HIIHWtttIIIIIM
Capital and Surplus, $120,000.00
First National Bank
Oldest National Bank ln Jackson County
t Depository of the Hailed States, State of Oregon, Conn-
t ty of Jackson and City of Ashland.
you find yourself a target for some
body's commiseration,
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A mistaken notion ties women
down to petty details, when many
precious moments might be given to
something that would elevate and re
fine. Labor Is life, but worry is killing.
Accept things as they are, and do not
bother about the yesterday, which is
gone forever; do not bother about
tomorrow, which is not yours; but
Lb proper
Bent from
fifty worn Id fully realize
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Scott s Emulsion contains the renowned body-building fats of
pure cod liver oil,-so medically predigested that it distributes energy,
power and strength all thru the body and simplifies the stomach's work.
To people in declining years we say with unmistakable earnestness
Scott's Emulsion will add years to your life and life to your years.
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Office and Laundry 31 Water St TELEPHONE 161
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take the present day and make tiio
best of it.
Some horrid man says: "A woman
can adapt herself to circumstances
more readily than a man. She will
drive a nail with a poker or a hair
brush, take out a cork with the scis
sors, no matter if it is pushed in, and
sharpen lead pencils with her hus
band's razors."
Phone news Items to the Tidings.
Aged People
sometimes forget that poor teeth and
mastication prevent sufficient noriaa-
ordinary food and burden the
digest iva organs, but if every sua or woman past
the boantifaL sustaining Boorish-
N.&M. Home Laundry
Prices. New Machinery.
Are You Taking the Risk?
Can yon afford to lose
Your Business House or Dome?
A good fire policy protects credit
and may be the financial soul
of yonr business.
A few dollars invested today may
save yon a thousand tonight.
Write, phone or call on
Billings Agency
Real Estate and Insurance
Phone 211
41 E. Main
For rent. 5-room furnished cottage on paved street.
A Richmond. Cal., lot for sale on tnoothly pay
ments. Better profit than savings bank in this.
home to trade for smaller
Some business chances.
Houses to rent.
Homes on installments.
Insurance.
Watch next issue of this paper for new bargains.
Ashland. Oregon