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Monday, July 13, 1914
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ASHLAND TIDINGS
Ashland Tidings
SEMI-WEEKLY.
ESTABLISHED 1876.
Issued Mondays and Thursdays
Bort R. Greer, - Editor and Owner
Chan. V. Greer, Mgr. and City Editor
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Ashland, Ore., Monday, July IS, 1914
THE NOTION OF GRAFT.
It is fortunate that the vast ma
jority of publishers and the people
of the United States generally do not
share the view of Vice-President Mar
shall, who has just told 'the editors
of Virginia that "there is no free
press, no public opinion and no free
speech any longer in America." This
we consider a very gloomy view of
the situation.
In isolated instances it may be true
that papers are dominated by their
advertisers, as Mr. Marshall suggests,
but we are thankful to say that the
rank and file of publishers, particu
larly in th,e country sections, say
what they want when they want to
say it. And why is the vice-president
of the United States sad because pub
lishers are today selling their space
instead of giving it away to a lot of
people who think they have a mis
sion? Mr. Marshall in order to prove his
statement asserted that "hardly a
j modern newspaper could stop print
ing murders, crime stories and scan-
The most serious, accident in the
east occurred at Chicago.- A Bur
lington freight train crashed into an
automobile containing two men and
their wives. Dr. Henry Gerley and
wife and Mrs. C. W. Richardson were
instantly killed.. Richardson died an
hour or so later.
Frank Nelson Gifford of Chicago
was killed in an automobile accident
caused by the bursting of a tire.
Dolly Price, six years old, and an
unidentified man were- killed in an
auto accident at Somerset, Pa.
JOY IX HIS JOKES.
A good many of the notions of Ash'
land people will need be reformed if j dais without going upon the rocks
the springs enterprise is made the
success hoped for. One of the hard
est things the commission has so far
had to contend with is the lack of
understanding of the elements that
enter into the proper working out of
Ashland as a resort city. There are
four distinct features in the enter-
We do not intend to aefend the pub
licity given to murders and other
crime stories, much less the space
given to so-called scandals, but we
will remind Mr. Marshall that the
press serves the public what the pub
lic demands. The day of leadership
by the press is on the wane, we ad-
prise, one of which is as important to j niit. The press as the days pass is
success as the other. First, the prop- J exerting less and less influence upon
er mobilizing of the waters in the j public opinion. That is because the
park. Second, the proper develop
ment of the park for resort purposes.
Third, the securing of proper tourist
hotel accommodations before the first
season, and amusements. Fourth,
devising economical and effective1
plans of exploitation for next season.
The time of the commission could be
well employed all the time on any
one of these features, yet they have
them all to handle at once. There
fore they should have to consume no
time or patience in removing handi
caps. It is as necessary that some
body secure proper locations to offer
to prospective tourist hotel men, as
that the park be improved and the
waters mobilized. The location must
be right. The prices must be right.
There will be no opportunity for any
public which the press serves has re
ceived its education and to a great
extent formed its tastes and opinions
on matters in general. The public
today looks for information, not for
lessons. What industry is there that
does not cater to the tastes of its
customers? What business house
will try to force upon its patrons that
which the patrons do not want? The
business man who would attempt to
tell his customers what they desire
would speedily find himself without
an outlet for his wares. WThy should
newspapers attempt the Impossible?
Mr. Marshall is not far from
wrong, however, when he declares
that the "newspaper business is like
law in that it has ceased to be a pro
fession and has become a trade." Our
local man to profit in securing these i esteemed vice-president would have
sites. It will be hard enough to In
duce the building of the first tourist
hotel in time for next year's business
at the best, and it will not be accom
plished at all unless the people real
ize that the property needed for that
purpose must be put in at an attrac
tive price and no side grafts attempt
ed. The same applies to grounds
needed for amusements.
In working out the enterprise peo
ple must realize that many things
must be done without profit and be
contented to relp upon future devel
opment and growth out of which to
make money. The transformation of
Ashland from a peach town to a re
sort city is a big Job. Every citizen
has his part. There is much personal
sacrifice necessary to the successful
carrying out of the project, and un
less property owners and citizens
generally are willing to stand their
share of that sacrifice no good can
be brought out of it.
The commission hopes and expects
that no further side grafts will be attempted.
been more fortunate in the choice of
"business" instead of "trade." If he
means, however, that the newspaper
man and publisher is tired of being
penurious, if at last he has deter-
Texas is a wonderful state and big
In its men as well as its acres. The
Lone Star state has produced and
developed a great number of impor
tant men. With all her greatness,
however, Texas has no statesman, no
institution and no individual of whom
she has so much reason to be proud
as Judd Mortimer Lewis, the poet
and jokesmith of the Houston Post.
Mr. Lewis is frequently referred to
as one of the leading newspaper poets
of the country and sometimes one
reads interesting stories of his home
life and his humor. Mr. Lewis writes
some very clever verse and his Hu
mor is worth readin'g always. But
these are only small side lights. Lew
is is a great man in spit'e of the fact
that he is a poet. His greatness con
sists in scattering sunshine and hap
piness and sympathy and love and
service all over the great state of
Texas from the gulf to the panhandle
and from the Oklahoma line to El
Paso.
Incidentally he is in the business
. j. i a
it might be better to say he is in the
business of finding babies for homes.
Lewis finds the home which after
applying the acid test he believes
would be a good place for a homeless
baby. He has placed hundreds of ba
bies in hundreds of homes. No, he
doesn't run an institution. Lewis
loves babies and loves people and
loves homes, so he does what he can
to enalarge the happiness and possi
bilities of the babies and the people
and the homes.
George M. Bailey, the paragrapher
who works on the Post with Mr.
Lewis, fhs this to say. of him:
"Lewis Is a most methodical work
er, and to me he is an intellectual
marvel. He possesses a sense of hu
mor that is always ready to serve
him in emergencies. His good na
ture is never ruffled. He doesn't
swear at the proofreaders when they
Railroads Ask
Shippers' Help
The railroads throughout the west,
especially the Southern Pacific, are
trying this year to alleviate the
shortage-of-cars question during the
rush season that of grain and fruit
shipping. Heretofore much money
and time have been lost for moth the
shipper and the railroad by the unin
telligent ordering of cars, and the de
lays caused by delinquent unloading
and loading. Below we give an ex
tract from a letter from the head
office to the local agent and man
ager: "There Is unfortunately a prospect
that with the recurrence of the period
when car shortages have developed,
conditions for the coming season will
be rendered morevcute owing to a
dearth of westbound business to the
coast territory, forestalling an excess
accumulation of eastern line cars at
the time the harvest season begins.
The seriousness of the situation will
be further accentuated by reason of
the enormous grain crops in the mid
dle west which will render the secur
ing of cars from connecting lines
highly improbable.
"Shippers can materially assist in
relieving the situation by bearing in
n i ' niniM
The Oldest National Bank in Jackson County
member Federal Reserve System
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Capital and Su'rplua $120,000.00
DEPOSITORY OF
City of Ashland County of Jackson State of Oregon
United States of America
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mind that for every day a car is held
beyond the time actually required for
loading or unloading, some other
shipper is deprived of a chance to
load the car, and the railroad of a
chance to haul It to destination
promptly, so it will be available for
other loading.
"If shippers would endeavor to
utilize all the space possible in cars
Instead of simply loading with respect
to minimum, there would be a ma
terial difference in the amount of
equipment required.
"When ordering cars if they would
specify the number of tons of any
commodity they desired to move. It
would enable the railroads to handle
the car supply more intelligently than
under the present systm, which
would naturally accrue to the Inter
ests of all concerned."
The Tidings Is on sale at Foley's
drug store, 17 East Main street.
Make it "Ashland the Beautiful."
. y a1 j. 1 it. I
minea w sen nis wares urni is. iuB murder h,8 poetry. He is simply a
Binu.a m u.B ucopa,., juot Bweet-souled, talented, normal gen-
other business man does he has hit
the nail on the head. Because the
editor enjoys the reputation of being
one of the leaders in the community
is no reason why he should be will
ing to go without the comforts of life
and a little of its pleasures. The day
of attic poets and Bockless editors
has passed, Mr. Marshall, and there
is no use in being sad about it.
American Press.
BUT IT SOUNDS GOOD.
Now Anne Morgan, daughter of
the late J. P. Morgan, has broken Into
print. She writes on the sisterhood
of women. ANgood subject, but what
is one who has been brought up un
der the surroundings that she has to
know of "sisterhood"? She probably
never heard anything of sisterhood,
except In its most restricted sense.
Everything ' that makes to the up
building of a race of plutocrats was
taught her; she could breathe noth
ing else in her home life. Her fath
er believed in the power of money,
and if the daughter believes In any
thing elB we have to see it. She
goes about the county preaching the
stBterhood of women, and all the time
holdB tight to her purse strings. She
may feel a sense of sisterhood to oth
er wealthy women, but how can she
hold to her: millions and expect to
experience any sense of sisterhood to
ward a poor woman? This sisterhood
talk is largely what the boys the boys
call "bunc." At least that is the way
It looks to us.
self-preservation should go
FORWARD.
tleman who beholds all that Is beauti
ful in the world and whose heart is
responsive to its sorrows."
We wonder if Mr. Bailey hasn't
really described the greatest man in
Texas.
In dealing with the springs enter
prise the springs commission and the
Tidings Intend to be frank with the
people. It is the most important un
dertaking ever attempted in southern
Oregon. Its successful consumma
tion depends much upon the hearty
co-operation pf the people, and a full
understanding by the people of the
tremendous force needed to make It
succeed. Every roan must be a boost
er and helper. It is a very big job
for a community the size of Ashland
and it will require the earnest and
. persistent effort, ot the whole com
munity to accomplish It.
"Safety first" is becoming the cry
of every railroad in the country
Very naturally It Is to be presumed
that men following a stated occupa
tion every day In the year which is
hazardous would learn to safeguard
themselves. Self-preservation Is said
to be the first law ot nature, yet we
see automobilists every day taking
their lives and others' into the jaws
of death. Each and every one of
these drivers discuss the other fel
low's foolhardlness and tell how this
or that accident could have been
avoided. This Is a characteristic of
nature, to blame others for the
things we also are guilty. Here is
a small list for one day. No doubt
these people blamed others before
them for carelessness:
Fourteen persons met death July
4 throughout the country through au
tomobile accidents.
Thirty others were seriously in
jured, Beveral probably fatally. The
death list west of the Rockies was
comparatively small. Only one death
was reported In California. That was
at Sacramento, where Samuel R. Llye,
member of a picnic party, was killed
when he was hurled from an automo
bile truck into a ditch alongside of
the Folsom road.
As a result of an accident on the
state highway eleven miles south of
San Jose, Acton M. O'Donnell, aged
11 years, son of E. M. O'Donnell of
San Jose, lies In a San Jose hospital
suffering from concussion of the
skull. He may die.
While driving on'the highway be
tween Novato and San Rafael five
San Franciscans were Injured in an
accident and one, Hamilton S. Elliott,
may. die. His, collarbone, right leg
and three ribs, were broken. In addi
tion he Is believed to be suffering
from Internal Injuries. ' Others in
jure In the same accident are: Al
fred W. Hobro, chief deputy county
treasurer of San Francisco; AUerton
Hawlett, Dr. it, 0. Ryan and 'James
L. Hildreth. ' '
The springs water commission is
determined that the project under its
charge Bhall be carried out from start
to finish without graft. Every dollar
available must be made to earn its
just value in labor, material and nee
essaiy land, or the enterprise cannot
be carried out on the plan contem
plated for the .noney. There will be
no soft pension Jouj connected with
the work. There will be no fa.ncy
prices paid for real estate. An hon
est day's pay will bring an honest
day's work. The commission does
not intend to try to dip into the funds
itself and it certainly will not allow
other people to dip in. This much is
said for a fair understanding as to
the policy of the springs commission
Possibility For
Great Resort
Harry B. Miller, director of the
school of commerce of the University
of Oregon, spent Tuesday and Wed
nesday in Ashland. He formerly
lived here and is much interested In
southern Oregon, and especially the
proposed springs development. In
speaking of our futurue as a watering
resort he said: "I fear the people of
Ashland fail to realize her tremen
dous possibilities In developing along
resort lines. I have visited many of
the watering resorts of America and
abroad and Ashland has greater possi
bilities than any of them. Her com
bination of salubrious climate, scenic
beauty, fertility of soli and splendid
medicinal waters supplies a tremen
dous asset for the project. If a
proper resort organization as perfect
ed along scientific lines so that the
greatest possible attractive force will
be brought systematically to bear In
utilizing men), the possibilities are
beyond computation." His depart
ment of the university has .perfected
a system for gathering useful Inform
ation along all lines of development
throughout the world and Mr. Miller
will lend us the help of his depart
ment in perfecting a plan of organiza
tion for our resort.
Ashland
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