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Thnnwlay, Jan 1 1, 191t ?AUK TWO ASHLAND TIDIXGS Ashland Tidings SEMI-WEEKLY. ESTABLISHED 1870. Issued Mondays and Thursdays Bert K. Greer, B. W. Talcott, Editor and Owner . City Editor SUBSCRIPTION' RATES. One Year $2.00 Etx Months 1.00 Three Months 50 Payable in Advance. bare his waters analyzed, and beau tify the grounds about the springs, the committee will see that they are advertised along with the publicity for the main Ashland project. In order to take advantage of this offer the work must be begun at once. Mr. Greer would be glad to meet private springs owners during the rest of this week and explain the plan to them. TELEPHONE 39 Advertising rates on application. First-class job printing facilities. Equipments second to none in the Interior. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postoflice as second-class mail matter. "BEATING BACK.". Ashland, Ore., Thursday, June 1 1, '14 Will we quit without that Normal school? Well, I guess not. Again the city council "suspended the rules" and joy in Ashland reigned supreme. "THE NORMAL SCHOOL NEXT!" Let that soak in. Brother Ashlander. We can do it, and we will, Ashland, Ashland, Ashland. The scramble for the water wagon Tuesday was jdlting and jostling and in the rush the old-time "wets" came near crowding Dr. Brower off the wagon. We assume that those opposed to the bonds were sincere In their oppo sition. They had a right to their opinions and a right to freely express them. The Tidings was head on for the springs and in its enthusiasm it may have said some things that would have been better not said. It is altogether human to do such things. But the Tidings will hold no grudges. The occasion is too impor tant for personal bickerings. The bi opportunity is here. Let every citi zen work henceforth for Ashland. Le: us stand together and make her what God intended her to be, the best wa tering resort in America. It has been reported to the Tidings that the men at the head of the opposition toon their defeat with good grace, just a? it was to be expected of big men, and just as the supporters of the move ment would have accepted defeat had the majority expressed themselves against the project. No community will reach the limit of its possibilities in any line except by united and sin cere effort. The citizens of Ashland are together today looking and work ing for a greater Ashland. waste land and restoring the squan dered forests. They're still, you Bee, thinking more about the wastes of property than about the wastes of humanity. But the hopeful thing is that they're thinking. The customs of the fath ers are no longer good enough for the sons. Now no man can drain a swamp or plant a tree without being improved by the useful work. In adding to the common wealth he adds also to his own sell-respect. So far, so good. There remain the unemployables, Massachusetts hasn't yet realized Theodore Roosevelt either is the luckiest beneficiary of publicity the world has ever known, or else he tiroes his comings and goings with consummate skill with a view to dra matic effect He went into the African wilder ness immediately after Taft became president in his stead. Taft was to be left to stand upon his own feet. He did so stand, or wobbled, accord ing to the individual bias of the ob server. He committed the blunder of approving the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. He quarreled with Pinchot and supported Ballinger. Things were in the need of teaching them hoy to higgledy-piggledy condition before 1 help themselves. It Isn t yet ready It doesn't pay to gossip about one's neiehbors. Let us have only kind thoughts and good words for every one, and be sure to lend a helping hand whenever occasion calls for it. In trying to lighten another's burden we forget our own; and the kind thoughts we send out come back to us like echoes. THE CELEBRATION. Boom, bang, crack, hurrah! an nounced that Tuesday, June 9, 1914, was the day and hour of Ashland's awakening. The springs bonds had carried by a majority of four to one, recording a record-breaking vote of 1,514, the largest vote ever caBt on any issue before the people of Ash land. At wt it i a hard null to nut a The campaign closed on Aionaay community forward in depressed night with a rousing meeting by the timeB. The only plan by which it can at all be accomplished is by get ting every able-bodied citizen hold of the load, each' pulling forward and none pulling back. The most encour aging fact of the big celebration Tuesday night is that Ashland citizen ehlp is now hold of the tongue of the forward movement and none are pull ing back. We doff our hat to the Southern Pacific Company. It is fortunate both for Ashland and the railroad company that a movement Is launched In whic'i there Is a perfect mutuality betwe-j-i them. They can and will help each other. The railroad will make money hauling people into Ashland. Every person brought in by It will contrib ute cash to the city. That will pnv2 a mutuality over which both Intel ests can grow enthusiastic. No doubt the railroad realizes this as At-hland Joes and will stand solidly behind the project. Credit is due the men of Ashland for the results of the springs bond election. They did nobly. But when it comes to real backing, the kind that carries stalwart encouragement, the springs development committee gives the palm to the women of Ash land. Every hour during the prelim inary work the women were at the elbow of the committee urging them on, believing in the good motives of the committee and the feasibility of the plan, and assuring us of their loyalty and support. Sometimes the work was discouraging, but discour agement came not from the women of Ashland; they had long ago strick en the words "can't" and "fall" from their lexicon and every word from them was a word of encouragement. opposition at the Chautauqua build Ing. where oratory flowed free and good feeling was evident. It was more a difference of methods. Every body was for a forward movement and some thought it could best be accomplished by building pickel fac tories and canning plants than by at tempting to make Ashland a watering resort. But such were In the minor Itv. as the election proved in the ratio of four to one. But Tuesday night, after the vote was announced, every difference was swallowed up In joy. The bond boost ers and those opposed freely mingle in cood cheer and all boomed an yelled for a greater Ashland. There will be no bitter animosities between our citizens. All semblance of such was buried beneath firecrack er embers and confetti. And from this day forward there will be six thousand united citizens assisting each other in the grand labor of making Ashland the foremost water ing place on this continent. Ashland is started on a rush to ward her splendid destiny. CITY VS. COUNTRY. the colonel emerged from the interior of Afica. When he at last stood pon the banks of the Nile and began talking for publication, the world was waiting to know what he would ay. He was a bit cautious, but the j functioning in hopeful inquiries people were not long left to guess whether he approved or disapproved the Taft administration. The colonel had nothing to say dur g the earlier stages of the Wilson administration. He made so little stir and remained so quiescent that multitudes of people began to believe he had lost his grip, that he had be come an extinct volcano. In all the time elapsing between the inauguration of President Wilson and the departure for South America, Roosevelt said nothing notable, save once. Just ueiore ne went, away an article written by him appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. In it he adjured the progressives to stand firm, vehemently said there could be no coalition with the reactionary re publican party and declared war to the knife with privilege and standpat- ism. The earlier stages of his visit to South America were not productive of whirlwind of publicity. He made formal speeches on topics with which the people of the United Etates were familiar. Such of them as were re ported in this country made hardly a ripple. Then, suddenly he went into the jungle. Nobody thought much about it. Then there began to be in quiries as to his whereabouts. The longer he stayed out of sight and hearing, the more people began to wonder. Then came the story oT the accident of the rapids, the peril ous adventure in which he was en gaged. There were other well-timed intimations of an early return. HI H'lMIHIMM The Oldest National Bank in Jackson County to spend public money on tarm and industrial colonies instead of upon police courts, prisons, almshouses an(f asylums. But it is thinking. Its mind' is Its tradition-obscured horizon at last shows signs of the dawning of a bet ter day. j Member Federal Reserve System FIRST NATIONAL BANK Capital and Surplus $120,000.00 DEPOSITORY OF City of Ashland County ot Jackson State of Oregon United States of America Cut her loose. On to greater vic tories. "THE NORMAL SCHOOL NEXT." Dr. Hall left for Portland Tuesday evening to take the state board of dentistry. Good Work Done AT THE N.&M. Home Laundry The person who catches and keeps more fish than he can use is called a fish hog. What are we to call the spring time joy-rider who tears off more wild blossoms than she needs; who loots the country roadsides, the for ests and unguarded flower beds like the allied soldiers looted Pekin just because the looting was "good"? To be sure, it isn't done malicious ly. It's done in about the same spirit in which the average city person rushes into a farmer's orchard or potato patch or garden when out hunting or camping and takes an armful, because it's handy. The farmer, by the way, is ex pected to stand for that kind of thing as a token of his hospitality. But if the farmer should walk into the city person's jewelry shop and proceed to pocket diamonds, wouldn't there be a roar? The trouble with the city person in the country Is that he, or more often she, is liable to be a good deal more of a "reuben" than the coun tryman in town. Most of our town comedians, on the stage and in the funny columns, have turned the hose of their humor rather too much upon supposed rural eccentricities and have failed to make Rough Dry at Reasonable Prices. New Machinery. J. N. NISBET, Mar. Office and Laundry 31 Water St. TELEPHONE 165 Every Wise Man Believes In The Complete Protection of His Salary He KNOWS he may become disabled by illness or injured or killed by accident AT ANY TIME and those who depend upon him may suffer In consequence. He fully intends to find out about and always carry DISABILITY INSURANCE to protect both himself and his family in case of accident or illness. TODAY IS BETTER THAN TOO LATE. Billings Agency TTt'iT'I TTTIITI'IT1 1 11 Meantime things had been seething Lg consI,lcuoU8 a8 justice requires the n the states. "Watchful waiting" equany ludicrous misfits of city folks ed 1 X EXPEN'SI V K VACATION'S, Tuesday was a grand day in Ash land, and one that will be remem bered by future generations. The nnlla niiennd at 9 and by 9:10 the living stream of men and women be gan to file Into the booths to register their approval of the plan to make Ashland famous and prosperous. One of the oldest pioneers now living. Mr. Rockefeller, now 87 years of age, cast the first ballot for the bonds. And followed middle-aged women leading their aged and tottering mothers to the noils to vote for a greater Ashland, and In many cases three generations of the same family were casting their votes Blmultane ously. The Ashland spirit Is right and old failure files before such a company. Succeed? Of course Ash land will succeed. The bond are voted and the springs are assured. Work looking toward advertising Ashland as a wa tering resort will be started at once The data will be gathered and put Into the hands of one of the best advertising writers in America to be shaped for the railroad advertising, The 8. P. Company begins to put rnnv for 1915 advertising Into the vwf hands of the printer July 15. If each crlvate spring owner In thlB section will put his spring In sanitary shape, What are your plans for the sum mer? Are you figuring on going away to a summer resort or boarding at some farm house in the country? If you've never done this and can afford It, why, go to It. It will be a change; and a change is what we all need. But It isn't necessary to go to all that bother and expense In order to have a change. There are lots of easier ways. For instance, a painter in Atchi son, Kan., last year had a complete change of his ordinary living ar rangements without missing a day at his work; and he and his wife were as well rested and had as much fun as if they'd been millionaires with a yacht or a tour of a foreign country. He owned a horse and a spring wagon. At slight cost he rigged up a kit containing a small shelter tent, some cooking tools and Btorage room for raw foods. Near sunset, when work was over, his wife drove tip, he climbed Into the wagon, they went to a store for a few supplies and then Into the country. Coming to an attractive Bpot near spring or stream, they stopped, tethered the horse, put up the tent, made a fire, cooked supper, sat for an hour or two around the camp fire like KVDsles and then turned In to delicious, unbroken sleep. Up at daybreak, breakfast was like a picnic spread, ana me riue ubck to town a lung-filler. Next evening they went somewhere else. Thus they had a new expert ence every day. Almost any plan which departs from routine makes a useful vara tlon. Do something different that's the main point. D. Perozzl left Monday for Slskl you county, where he will be engaged on business for a couple of days. i was nearlnE an end. A climax to the Mexican situation approached. ' Pres ident Wilson had stirred up a fever of excitement with his demand for the repeal of the tolls exemption act. Most audacious of all, this new presi dent had the effrontery to negotiate a treaty with Colombia, providing for the payment of $25,000,000 by way of indemnity for the activity of this government in the secession of Pan ama. This was a direct slap at the colonel. "What will Roosevelt say? became the question of the hour. He has come out of the jungle, overed with bolls, lean In flesh, pre sumably irascible in temper. It did not take him long to express his rage over the Columbia treaty. "It would be an act of infamy." he is reported as saying. Inasmuch as the first ut terance came through the medium ot the Hearst newspapers the words lost none of their heat In . transmission. He says he does not know whether Wilson negotiated the treaty out of timidity or through a mean desire to discredit his predecessor, but it would be Just as dishonorable as for a fu ture president to pay the heirs of Huerta $2.",000,000 as solace to their feelings because we occupied Vera Cruz. This is about what would have been expected. His Btand on the tolls rontroversv Is in ODliositlon to the administration's policy, though he thinks tlie question should be arbi trated. He is peevish about Bryan's arbitration teratles and speaks dis paragingly of the secretary of state. In short, his utterances afford de light to the enemies of the Wilson administration. The republicans throw their hats into the air and ac claim him as a conqueror again "back from Elba" a second coming which they hope will usher In a millenium of peace and reunion of G. O. P. and bull moose. when in the country. Watch the autos that pass your door this evening and see how many are filled with country polls, seized without a "thank you." Then guess how many of their oc cupants believe that fanners are rob bers. i Dave Good and the Normal commit tee were there with the goods. That was a great stunt "THE NORMAL SCHOOL NEXT." 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SCOTT, General Passenger Agent Portland, Oregon THE STAPLES REALTY AND AUTO AGENCY Cleap Land and G Ml dond 200 a. stock ranch, water aud alfalfa 110 a. Large wheat ranch $ 30 a. 800 a. partly improved 25 a. 120 a. improved, close to town 100 a. 17 a. high grade alfalfa home $9,000 16 a. 6-yr-old gilt-edge orchard 6,400 80 a. alfalfa home ranch 12,500 20 a. bottom land on Bear creek 200 a. THE HAWKING OK A BETTER DAY. The1 Idea seems at last to be en tering the minds of lawmakers that when a man Is out of a job because he has never had the chance to fit hlniBelf for one, It la as much so ciety's fault as his own and that, therefore, it Is up to society to do something. In Massachusetts, where iron barred prisons of stone, grim surviv als of Puritan severity, remain to make unfortunate or "bad" men worse, the legislature has advanced In its thinking far enough to consider putting the employable unemployed to work at state expense reclaiming Lois oi other properties at lair prices and easy terms Automobile Insurance On all makes of cars against loss by fire from any cause in the old Boston Insurance Co., the first company to write insurance on automobiles. Stanley Steamer Agency The car that pleases. The car that excels in all points. Get a demonstration and tell us your opinion. Hotel for Rent Furnished House for Rent Hotel Ashland Bldg. Ashland. Oregon el)