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Thursday, April 16. ioa
Ashland Tidings
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ESTABLISHED 1878.
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Bert It. Greer, - Kditor nnd Owner
B. W. Talcott, ... City Editor
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Ashland, Ore., Thursday, Apr. 1, 'I I
THINK IT OVER.
How much money will it take to
work out the mineral springs propo
sition? That cannot be known until
the estimates come from the en
gineers. However, we should be
thinking about the matter. A large
Tart of the expense necessary will be
in arranging attractive settings for
the springs at the depot and in the
park. Upon that depends as much
the success of the enterprise as upon
the merit of our waters. The ques
tion now is: How much will we esti
mate for the advertising fountains at
the depot; how much for each par
ticular fountain in the park, and how
much money should be spent in im
proving the park to make it attrac
tiTe enough lor the successful ter-
nination of the enterprise? The Tid
ings would vote against the bonds
quicker if the amount proposed was
too small than if it was too large.
It is possible to spend a large sum of
onoy bringing the springs to town
and then absolutely ruin results by
lrarying them after we get them here.
That must not be done. The com
mittee is laying the plan on such a
ecale as the investigation of other
-watering resorts proves it should be
hiid to get the best results. The
Tidings editor would rather lay the
hing out on a comprehensive enough
plan to make the venture a success
and have the bonds voted down than
to lay it out on so measly a plan as
to result in spending a large sum of
Money in piping the waters down,
and have the bonds voted, and the
money worse than wasted because
the sum would not be sufficient to
carry it out as It must bo carried out
to be successful. The Tidings editor,
while at the head of the committee
laying the plans, has exactly the same
Interest in the matter that every oth
er citizen has; that and no more; he
Ja a citizen and taxpayer and a busi
ness man. If the project is carried
out on a bond issue his property will
bear its share of the burden. If it
is planned so It will be successful his
business will be immensely stimulat
ed, his property will rise in value,
nd, if ho wants to sell it, buyers
will bo at hand to buy; at the same
time others will be attracted here
who will spend money building ho
tels, furnished cottages, apartment
houses, rooming houses, every avail
able room for rent in town will bo
occupied at a fair rent, and this new
wealth will help pay the taxes.
Strangers will bo hero in great num
bers when the peaches, berries and
cherries are ripe and on the market;'
instead of us having to ship our
fruits away to an expensive and un
certain market there will be a brisk
and good home market for them; that
will help everybody; at the same time
fresh vegetables will be here Just as
they are every year, and instead of
the garden grower being unable to
sell his basket of truck, as lias been
in the past, there will be enough
mangers In town to eat It all at a
rood price, and more, for there will
ood Work Done Promptly
AT THE .
Rough Dry at Reasonable
J. N. NISBET, Mgr.
Office- and Laundry 31 Water St. TELEPHONE 165
TFUTURE
iroF YOUR
1 BUSINESS
m HANGS
need to be twenty times as much
raised here to supply the local de
mand as there is now produced. If
this thing is a success it- will help
every citizen in and around Ashland,
and it must be done right. If the
things should cost $300,000 it would
add about $32 PER YEAR to the
present taxes paid on the Tidings and
the Greer home. If it Is carried out
successfully the Tidings is ready now
to enter into a contract to pay $32
PER MONTH for the next twenty
five years. But it will not cost near
that much to do It right. We want
to begin at once to study this thing
and come to see the importance of
doing it as it should be done to make
the venture a success. Think this
over.
MERELY A PERSONAL RACE.
The people of the United States
seem to have been misled as to the
issues the people of Alabama were to
determine in the senatorial primary.
The eyes of the prohibitionists of the
world were fixed ou Hobson, as the
hope of the white ribbon if not of
the white race. Hobson-, went about
from one end of the state to the
other, on a motorcycle, telling the
people what an awful man Oscar Un
derwood was, how he was one of the
tools of Ryan and predatory Interests
and also a tool of the whiskey ring.
But Underwood had been in congress
for many years nnd the people were
fairly familiar with his record. He
had won the reputation on both sides
of the chamber of being an honest,
able, courageous member. This, rec
ord had made him the leader of the
democrats, when the political wheel
of fortune gave them control of the
house. The Alabamans by about
30,000 majority put their seal of ap
proval on Underwood's career and
decided to Bend him to the senate,
which now has a smaller percentage
of able men than it has had in many
years.
At noon the day after the primary,
Hobson sent the following message to
Underwood: "Accept my congratula
tions upon your nomination. As the
democratic nominee you can count on
my loyal support In the general elec
tion." What does this message
mean?
The message merely confirms the
impression millions of Americans had
formed of Hobson. He merely want
ed to be senator from Alabama and
concluded that the best method to
further that ambition was to espouse
the cause of national prohibtiou and
assail his opponent as the tool of the
whiskey ring. His message of con
gratulations, if it means anything at
all, means that his charges against
Underwood were not sincerely made.
It means that in order to further his
ambitions ho raised a false issue
against an honorablo opponent and
that he hoodwinked the prohibition
forces, including the W. C. T. U., into
contributing to his campaign fund
and lending him other support. His
message means that it was merely a
political footrace and as a "good
sport" he must pretend that there are
no "sore spots." Underwood should
not do bis unfair opponent the cour
tesy of replying to his message of
congratulations.
Notlilug So (jchm! for a Cough or Cold.
When you have a cold you want
the best medicine obtainable so as to
get rid of it with the 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 and 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.
Phone news Items to the Tidings.
N.&M. Home Laundry
Prict. New Machinery.
Are YoulTakmg the Risk?
Can you afford fo lose
Your Business House or Home?
A good fire policy protects credit
and nay be the financial sonl
of yonr business.
A few dollars invested loday may
save yon a thousand tonight.
Write, phone or call on
Billings Agency
Real Esfate and Insurance
Phone 211 41 E. Mala
People's Fonim
The Stranger in Ashland.
I want to write a few lines about
Ashland. We are not entire strang
ers, having lived here .before, and
longing' to get back after we had
left. I had been told this time that
the Ashland people do not welcome
strangers, and I found this to be
true.
Walking up one of your beautiful
streets one morning, I noticed a wom
an fixing her yard. She knew my
name and where I resided, and one
of her remarks was tnis:
"You need not think Ashland peo
ple are running around after strang
ers." My heart was sick after hearing
her pour into my ears several un
kind speeches, and I went home a
more saddened woman.
Four years a.o, while staying in
Medford, in the same house where a
couple had a very sick child, 1 had
a chance to do something for the
strangers. They looked to mo to
save their loved one if possible, and
I nursed him night and day for three
weeks and he lived. The people then
said, "Are you related to those peo
ple?" I said, "No; I am a Christian
and doing what I can for strangers
who have no one ,to look to." The
same family came to Ashland, where
we had come before them. They had
some goods to ship by freight to Cali
fornia and the worthless husband had
gone ahead of the wife and child. I
told the freight agent I would stand
good for the boxes, and the Ashland
people thought I had run too great a
risk, but I was willing to do it. Word
came back from Willows that the
goods bad been paid for and removed
from the depot.
One lady remarked, "Let's get her
in the Sunshine Club."
Ashland people, open your hearts
to the strangers in your midst. Do
I not pass them as though they were
afflicted with leprosy.
"Jesus bids us shine,
First of all for Him;
Well He knows and sees it
When our light Is dim."
"He look3 down from Heaveu
To see us shine,
You in your small corner
And I in mine."
A STRANGER.
The Ant and the Aphis.
Editor Tidings: As there seems
to be a good deal of scepticism
among fruit growers with regard to
the part played by certain species of
ants in the economy of aphis life, the
ants collecting the aphis eggs from
the trees in the fall, storing them in
their nests and distributing the hatch
ing young ones over the erees In the
spring. I would like to add to my
article in the Tidings last year, draw
ing attention to this fact, by saying
that I have conclusive evidence from
experiments and observations that in
this relationship we have the key to
a simple means of suppression of the
black aphis of the cherry and peach
and the apple aphis. Io do not in
clude the woolly aphis or the green
aphis as I have had no experience
with either of these, but it is very
probable the green aphis might be
Included.
The ants appear to do the work
of clearing the trees of the eggs so
thoroughly as not to leave a single
egg on the trees. If this is really so,
as it almost certainly is where the
ans are sufficiently numerous, it fol
lows that by allowing free access to
the tree in the fall and preventing
the ants going up .in the spring, we
shall have done with most of our
aphis troubles. It is necessary, how
ever, to keep an eye on the weeds,
for I find there are certain weeds on
which the aphis thrives, and if this
be permitted the trees will become
liable to secondary infection by the
winged aphis.
Our dry climate Is 111 suited to the
needs of the aphides, which thrive
best In a moist atmosphere, and were
it not for the fostering care given
them by the ants I do not think they
would figure as pests at all in this
valley. W. TAVERNER.
ASHLAND DRUGGIST
DESERVES PRAISE
T. K. Rolton, druggist, deserves
praise from Ashland people for Intro
ducing here the simple buckthorn
bark and glycerine mixture, known
as Adler-l-ka. This simple Gorman
remedy first became famous by cur
ing appendicitis, and It has now been
discovered that A SINGLE DOSE re
moves sour stomach, gas on the stom
ach and constipation INSTANTLY 1
Egg eaters today are warned to
find out whether their Easter focd
came from China. There Is no use
in making Easter a Chinese holiday.
rsminiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiuunga
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
There is absolutely no redeeming
feature in gossip. Even true, we do
not desire to know disagreeable
things about any of our neighbors.
Nothing is more demoralizing to a
man than to lose faith iu his fellows.
The man of faith and honor is not
apt to be suspicious of others, and
does not willingly believe evil. The
lover of scandal and immortality and
the believer in it, alike deficient in
honor and morality, are the bane of
well organized society. If all gossips
could be quietly killed some morning
the next generation of men and wom
en would be happier. A case of hy
drophobia now and then starts the
cry of "muzzle the dogs!" Death on
the highways! There is death and
mystery in the highways and byways
and the homes from the poisoned
tongues of the gossips. Let the
voices go up, "muzzle the gossips."
Teach the children that gossiping is
disohnorable and that faith in the
honor and virtue of mankind will
build up society and add to the sum
'of human happiness."
Every true parent is desirous to
contribute what will add to his child's
happiness, and in a large majority of
cases imagines it must be houses and
lands, herds and flocks, or a solid
bank account. But how often this
proves a transitory happiness, serv
ing the possessor only a day, and
then leaving him stranded on the
beach, helpless and hopeless. How
much better to bequeath him a well
developed mind, thoroughly instruct
ed in good business principles, lan
guage and science, which will enable
him to successfully shift for himself,
and a possession that will be his for
ever. Our schools offer this valued
legacy to your boy or girl and you
had better arrange at once to send
them the coming year, though you
may not leave them a single square
inch of territory or a single penny In
their pocket. The knowledge that
they may acquire here will serve
tbom ! a far better purpose than
either.
If a man were to give another an
orange, he would just simply say, "I
give you this orange;" but when the
transaction is entrusted to the hands
of a lawyer to put in writing, he
adopts this form: "I hereby give
and convey to you, all and singular,
my estate and interest, right, title,
claim and advantages of and in said
orange, together with all of its rind,
skin, juice, pulp and pips, and all
right and advantages therein, with
full power to bite, cut, suck, and
otherwise eat the same, or give the
same away, as fully as I, the said
A. B., am now entitled to bite, cut,
suck or otherwise eat the same or
ange, or give the same away with
or without the rind, skin, juice, pulp,
or pips, anything hereinbefore or
hereinafter, or in any other deed or
deeds, instrument or instruments of
what nature or kind soever to the
contrary in any wise, notwithstand
ing." Back of the happiness of the sea
son at Easter lies the hope of the
soul, the augmenting certainty wih
which man answers this question. It
is one of the oldest of all qu9s:toiis.
THE STAPLES
; i
Watch this space for an important
announcement next week
80-acro ranch producing from two to three thou
sand dollars per year, beautiful location.
111,000.
800 acres under plow near Condon, Oregon, $40
per acre, on terms, or will take some clear prop
erty In exchange.
A 30-ncre alfalfa ranch, fine homo. $14,000.
Hotel Ashland Bldg.
MnimtiniiniiiiiimiiiiiiiHnminimiiiHM
Capital and Surplus, $120,090.00
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.
In the morning glow of time, hv the
fields of Egypt and the plains of
Chaldea, men sought to solve the
mystery. The Indian talked of hunt
ing grounds, and the man of business
in Chicago and Loudon drops his pa
pers on his desk and finds himself
wondering whether he will have any
part or knowledge in the life that
will go on when he is gone.
One pile of garbage left undis
turbed a few hours in the summe.
time will be a roosting place for flies
that can carry disease germs into
scores of homes. A few disease
germs propertly placed by a dirty fly
can cause illness which nets the doc
tor, the hospital and possibly the un
dertaker a big sum. And a few cents
expended in the first place would
Is a
fit lLJ
Baking and Cooking
m this Climate
Climatic conditions "are very importantlrTcooking and
baking; what applies to the high altitude of the East is
not adaptable to the sea level of this section. That is
why successful Eastern formulae are often failures here.
The Fairies Cook. Book, just issued by the Fisher Flouring.
Mills Company, manufacturers of
Fisher's Blend Flour
the perfect AH-Purpose Flout, made of choicest EaAern hard wheat
and choice A Weflern soft wheat, wa prepared with this fa3 in mind.
Mrs. Isabella. Swzy, recognised Authority on the art of cookery,
prepared and tested e'bery one of its 1S6 recipes. For successful bak.
ing in this climate the Fairies Cook Book has no equal. We will mail
you the book if you fill out and send us coupon below, together with
Ten Cents (cash or tamps.)
FISHER FLOURING MILLS CO.
817 White Building. SEATTLE. WASH. S
Herewith filled out Coupon and Ten Cents lor which mail me Fairie Cook Book.
Nam.
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REALTY AND
' I
Large and Small Tracts lo
have prevented the infection. Insan
itation is expensive, all right; bur.
sometimes a lot of people fail to real
ize it even when the argument is so
conclusive.
If you can think of anything that
can bo done to beautify or build up
your town, go do it. Keep your cap
ital at home; patronize home indus
tries; help your merchants so they
can sell cheaper; always get your
work done at home if possible; sub
scribe to and pay for your home pa
pers; don't steal or borrow the read
ing of them. If you follow these di
rections and your town does not im
prove it is not your fault. Try it.
The Tidings is for sate at W. M.
Poley's Drug Store, 17 East Main St.
sQol(nook
compendium of the
fines! recipes for
-SlreeL.
State-
AUTO AGENCY
ft
60;lVnCVin,e '"Wovements, in Missouri, to
$30,000 d Dd t0Wn prPerty t0 va,u
75-acrc improved Irrigated aitaira ranch well situ
ated In Idaho. Value $10,000. Clear W l
same vauLT' mercanti,e 8tck
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Ashland. Oregon