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ASHXAND TIDINGS .
Ashland Tidings
SEMI-WEEKLY.
ESTABLISH LI) 1876.
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Bert R. Greer, - Editor and Owner
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SURVEY SHOWS NECESSITY FOR
NORMALS.
THE AUSTRIAN ASSASSINATION.
The assassination of Archduke
Francis Ferdinand d'Este, heir pre
sumptive to the throne of Austria
Hungary, and his wife, the Princess
von Hohenberg, while they were driv
ing In the streets of the capital of
Bosnia, will shock the world. We
may expect a revival of stringect
laws against anarchists and a re
newal of precautions against assas
sinations. But experience has shown
both to be futile. While it is possi
ble to guard against bands of assas
sins and thwart plots in which many
persons participate, it is beyond hu
man power to prevent two or three
individuals who are victims of a pe
culiar type of insanity from carry
ing out plans they have secretly laid.
"While the prevalence os assassination
in Russia has given some grounds for
a belief that political oppression is
responsible, our own experience
should warn us against such conclu
sions. We lost three of our mo6t
beloved presidents, Lincoln, Garfield
and McKinley, through assassination.
An attempt was made on the life of
President Jackson. A lunatic named
Weilbrenner tried to kill President
Roosevelt in September, 1903. Dur
ing the 1912 campaign another at
tempt was made on Colonel Roose
velt at Milwaukee. France lost Pres
ident Carnot by assassination. Every
nation has similarly suffered, and un
successful attempts at one time and
another were made on Albert Ed
ward, Alfonso XII, Alfonso XIII, B's
marck, Francis Joseph, Frederick
William IV, George III, Henry IV of
France, Isabella II, Lord Lytton, Na
poleon I, Napoleon III, Pedro II of
Brazil, Queen Victoria, William I of
Prussia, William III of England. Two
New York mayors, Gaynor and Mitch
el,' have been attacked and one may
or of Chicago, Carter Harrison, was
killed.
Often there appears to be no dis
coverable motive for such attacks.
Archduke Ferdinand has generally
been highly esteemed. His refusal
to give up his morganatic wife, then
the Countess Sophia Chotek, won the
admiration of the world. While Aus
tria' has been engaged in foreign dif
ficulties the last year or so, there has
apparently been Internal calm. Austria-Hungary
Is a limited monarchy,
with a parliament in which Austria
and Hungary have equal representa
tion. The two assassins were evi
dently Insane. They must have
known that whether they succeeded
or failed death would be their por
tion. But for the intervention of
the authorities against whom they
made war they would have been torn
to pieces by the crowd of peasants.
If capable of reasoning from experi
ence they must have known that the
assassination would only aggravate
conditions against which they pro
tested.
Crazy as George HI was, he sized
up the situation when he said that
his life was at the mercy of any man
willing to forfeit his own. The pos
sibility of assassination is one of the
risks that every person of unusual
prominence must face, whether he
be an absolute monarch, president,
mayor, governor or only a dlstin
gutshed prlvpte citizen. We deplore
the fact the more because society is
comparatively helpless. The aged
emperor, Francis Joseph, has the
sympathy of the world in his afflic
tion, doubly sore through the fact
that his own consort, Elizabeth, met
the same fate in September, 1898.
There is no better evidence of good
faith in the advertiser than the quot
ing of prices. Of course mail order
catalogues quote prices, but you can
not check them up with the goods
you can't tell until it Is too la'e
whether those catalogue prices repre
sent real value. When our local mer
chants quote you a price you may go
to the store and check them up with
the quality of the gooda. And the
local merchant likes to have you do
it.
The Tidings it on tale at Foley's
drug store, 17 East Main street.
One of the last states to come to
recognize the fact that any school
system taught and conducted by un
trained teachers falls far short In
efficiency and in results for the boys
and girls educated in such a system
has been the state of Ohio.
From the very beginning of the
history of the state until the past
three years it has been the theory in
that state that the high schools and
colleges alone would prepare suit
able teachers for the public schools.
Young people, mostly girls, have
graduated from high schools or have
passed written examinations of coun
ty boards and county superintendents
and have obtained teachers' certifi
cates. Sometimes the newly gradu
ated girl, the product of the element
ary school and the high school of her
own community, has thus obtained a
certificate to teach; more often the
graduate of the elementary schools
has obtained such certificate without
even the high school training.
One result of the system has been
educational inbreeding of the most
pronounced character. The commun
ity school has been taught by the
untraind product of that school; new
ideas, broader outlook, more effi
cient practices, and better concep
tions have not been introduced, un
less the local superintendent hap
pened to be a well-trained, aggressive
person, or some potent influence has
existed in the community to bring ;
about educational progress. In so J
far as the rank and file of the teach
ers have been concerned there hasi
been stagnation.
The writer has observed teaching
in the schools of fourteen states scat
tered from Cape Cod to the Golden
Gate and he has found that Ohio with
her untrained teachers has been most
tardy in development and most crude
In dally school room practice. In
school room after school room visit
ed in that state during the years
1909-1913, he found the untrained
graduate of the elementary school or
the high school doing the best that
she knew how to do, but O, so weak.
The boys and girls under the in
struction of this weak teacher were
later to be recruits to the teaching
Feeling the need that existed in
the state, several educators succeed
ed in having passed by the legislature
a small appropriation to pay for an
educational survey. Last year, while
this survey was being made, the
writer of this article was in Ohio
giving summer courses for teachers.
He was in weekly conversation and
conference with the directors of the
survey, hence he obtained direct in
formation as to what was being done
and what facta were being elicited.
One of the clearest pieces of evidence
brought out was the untrained con
dition of the teaching corps and the
fearful results that had come from
the work of such an untrained body.
After the report was published it
was a very easy matter to obtain ap
propriations for three normal schools,
which are now In process of erection
In three different parts of the state.
However, when the legislators and
the people became Informed of thej
situation In Ohio, as compared with
other states, they did not wait for
buildings for normal schools, but at
once appropriated funds with which
fucultles were employed for the nor
mals that were to be. Until the nor
mals were built these faculties were
to travel over the state holding
schools of instruction. Although the
normal school buildings are not yet
completed, the faculties of the nor
mals have been under employment
and have been traveling about the
state many months.
In addition to the regular state
normal schools, three normal schools
In each county will be established
In connection with first grade high
schools for the training of rural
teachers. These will receive $1,000
each annually and will be located by
the superintendent of public instruc
tion. Quite In contract with Ohio are
such states as Massachusetts, Wiscon
sin, Illinois, Washington or Califor
nia, states where the policy for years
has been to liberally support normal
schools, the teaching force, as a
whole, In each of these states Is nor
mal trained and the schools are
famed for their efficiency and pro
gresslvenesB. In such a classification, where Is
Oregon at the present time? Where
will be she in the future? The writ
er has taught in the schools of Wash
ington, Oregon and Is now in Califor
nia. The training given teachers in
Washington and California is one of
the causes which accounts for the
high state of educational efficiency
in those states. Oregon has many
strong teachers, but the teaching
force as a whole needs the inspira
tion and help that comes from a nor
mal school system.
To one who has worked in several
states, Oregon among them, a great
need of the elementary schools of
that state Is a system of normal
i!iiii:;iuii:n
j The Home Circle I
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
Our city is simply one big family.
When this is discorded there is little
.progress. When there Is a united
pull for anything its accomplishment
is made easy.
It pays to read the advertisements
of enterprising home merchants.
They are the pecpie who make it
possible to have conveniences right
at your door, so to speak.
Any businesses more respectable
than what is termed loalng. A
young man had better sell clams by
the pailful than hang around public
resorts, murdering time and his own
reputation.
Give the boy or the girl a chance,
and if nothing else comes of it, they
will be better men and women for
the time spent within college walls.
And better men and women Is the
crying need of the world, yesterday,
today and forever.
If you should undertake to write a
letter to an absent friend every week
telling him all the news, you would
get a faint idea of the task in pre
paring a newspaper. Many of our
townspeople recognize this and take
pleasure In giving items of news.
It helps us and is appreciated.
",IUia apparent that thirty stand
ing committees in each house' would
be ample provision to take care of
the legislative business of congress,"
says J. David Thompson, law librari
an of congress, who has completed
an analysis of the legislative methods
of congress. Mr. Thompson found
that out of the 38,000 bills and Joint
resolutions introduced into the sixty
second congress, only 457 public acts,
73 public resolutions and 180 private
acts and six private resolutions were
acted upon. Further, he found that
of the 73 committees, only 31 had
anything to do with legislation which
became law, and on -the house side
only 22 committees out of the
acted on bills which became law.
M) nun linn utility
The Oldest National Bank in Jackson County
Member Federal Reserve System
Probably the showing up that Lor
imer has had in connection with the
failure of his Chicago bank will put
an end to his political aspirations.
He actually had the nerve to talk of
running for United States senator
only a few days before his bank
"busted." But he never was so very
reticent; "he always had nerve
enough. If he avoids the pen, he
may yet run for senator. He will be
prosecuted.
One way of spending your vacation !
Is to read the accounts of the prelim-
inary yacht races.
I FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Capital and Surplus $120,000.00
t DEPOSITORY OF
City of Ashland County of Jackson State of Oregon
United States of America
?
Six wooden-legged men testified in
a Massachusetts suit that the loss of
a single leg does not diminish a
man's earning power. The advan
tages of an artificial leg are so num
erous that the defendant railway
company may file a counterclaim for
services to the plaintiff.
. A critic calls Henry James the
greatest of living writers. How El
bert Hubbard will rave when he sees
this.
It may be all right to take your
wife into your confidence regard
ing your business affairs, providing
you are not making too much money.
She might want a new hat.
Curd of Thanks.
We desire to express our apprecia
tion of the kindness of friends and
fraternal orders during the sickness
and death of our father, C. P. Jones,
and for the floral tributes.
MR. AND MRS. L. E. COOPER.
The corn crop is declared to be a
bumper one all over the country.
Wheat is holding its own and in
many sections oats have broken local I
records. Practically every crop is'
reported good throughout the coun-j
try. We need not hesitate to spread
some butter on our mashed potatoes. I
We try to yrint all the items that
are news, or that will encourage, help I
or cheer any of our citizens along!
life's rugged road. We all doubtless j
would enjoy reading all the newsj
when it's about the other fellow, but I
our policy is to turn over to the gos-,
sips the spreading of scandals that!
only leave sorrows In their trail. I
The fly's attack is insidious and
therefore the more to be guarded
against. He buzzes into the houses,
drops his deadly disease germs where '
they will fertilize, and buzzes out
again to pick up a fresh cargo. Swat
him; he is your enemy.
Because the fly is small and does
not roar like a lion or devour its
prey at a mouthful, mankind pays lit
tle attention to it. But the fly is as
deadly a foe to civilization as any of
the pests of more fearsome aspect,
which man makes it his business to
exterminate.
The few cents that can be saved
by buying goods away from home is ;
injurylng your community to the ex- j
tent of many dollars by retarding!
progress and the increased valuation'
of all kinds of property, including;
your own. Stand together, and to-'
gether all will prosper Divided and ,
prosperity will flee. You know what
the Bible says, that "a house divided
against itself cannot stand."
The farmers have just as much to
do in building up and improving their
town as do the citizens of the town.
It is to their interests to have up-to-date
merchants, machinists and me
chanics. How can they expect these
conveniences If they send to all the
large cities for merchandise that,
should be bought of the home dealer? j
The happiest man in the land to-j
day is the successful farmer. He sits
under his own vine and fig tree, un-i
disturbed by the maddening noise of j
the great city. Banks fail, railroads,
go Into the hands of receivers, boom- j
ing towns collapse, business stag
nates. But the wise farmer can snap j
his fingers at these things. He ia
the monarch of all he surveys on his
broad acres.
After deciding to publish a paper
at the Illinois state penitentiary at
Jollet, to be edited by the convicts,
the prison officials were somewhat
embarrassed not to say surprised
to find there was not a printer
among the 1,500 inmates.
Ashland Tidings wants ads bring
results. tf
schools to vitalize, lnvigaroate and
lead.
The one normal school now located
at Monmouth Is doing its part to
meet the problem, but one normal
can do comparatively little. There
should be a normal school in the
southern part of the state and one In
the east to esrve as educational cen
ters for those great empires, eacb
larger than mnv of the states.
HARRY W. 8HAFER.
, Principal of Hanford Union Ht(b
School, Hanford, Cat.'
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Sale
A few items that should interest conservative shoppers
18-in. Shadow Lace Flouncing, Ladies' 76c black embroid
formerly sold from 40c to 60c ered silk Lisle Hose, now
a yard, now 25c a yard. 35C a pair
Entire stock of Sun Shades Remnants in silk, wool, crepe
reduced etc. at special prices.
45-In. Embroidery Flounclngs reduced. Boy's Porosknit Underwear,
Dainty exquisite patterns in sheer swiss regular 25c garments, now
and rice cloth, lor Russian tunic effects. 20c a garment.
Entire stock of Men's Straw Lot ladies' $4 tan and black
Hats reduced Oxfords now $2 pr.
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THE STAPLES REALTY AND AUTO AGENCY
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Clieap Land and G
200 a. stock ranch, water and alfalfa 110 a. 17 a. high grade alfalfa home $9 000
large wheat ranch $ 30 a. 16 a. 6-yr-old gilt-edge orchard 6 400
800 a. partly Improved 25 a. 80 a. alfalfa home ranch 12'500
120 a. Improved, close to town 100 a. 20 a. bottom land on Bear creek ....... 200 a.
Lots of other properties at fair prices and easy terms
Automobile Insurance
On all makes of cars against loss by
fire from any cause in the old Boston
InnurancH Co.", the first company to
write insurance on automobiles.
Stanley Steamer Agency
The car that pleases.
The car that excels in all points.
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Furnished House for Rent
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