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AS ALAND TIDINGS.
Monday, February 4, 1915
Ashland Tidings
SEMI-WEEKLY.
ESTABLISHED 1870.
Issued Mondays and Thursdays
Bert R. Greer, . Editor and Owner
Chas. F. Greer, Mgr. and City Editor
Billie Briggs, - News ReMrter
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PORTLAND WANTS IT ALL.
"The total population of the state,
according to the Commercial Club's
figures, is 795,587. Multnomah
county, then, has a little more than
one-third the population of Oregon
within its borders.
"Under the present system with
a total of ninety menfbers in the leg
islature Multnomah county should
have thirty senators and representa
tives." Portland Oregonian.
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No subscriptions for le'ss than three
months. All subscriptions dropped at
expiration unless renewal is received.
In ordering changes of the paper
always give the old street address or
postoffice as well as the new.
Entered at the Ashland, Oregon,
Postoffice as second-class mail matter.
Asldund, Ore., Monday, Feb. 4, 1015
LAST DAYS OF WATCHFUL WAIT-INC.
For Ashland the past year has
been one of "watchful waiting." The
great chance, the mineral springs de
velopment, has been up in the air
because of the panicky financial con
dition of the country. But the year
1915 will be the greatest hummer in
the history of this city. There is no
question as to the good effect and
lasting the utilization of these splen
did waters will have on the future
of Ashland. Fortunate Is this city,
remarkably fortunate, in having the
backing of the great Southern Pa
cific system in the enterprise, for in
reBort development more than any
other railroad co-operation counts for
most. And doubly fortunate is Ash
land In making her development in
the year of all years when tourist
travel is directed toward the coast
with greater force than ever before
In the history of the country. The
intelligent expenditure of $175,000
of city funds in this kind of enter
prise should and will induce the ex
penditure by private Investors of at
least a million more within the years
19J5-16; in tourist hotels, furnished
cottages, water cure sanatoriums,
amusements, apartment houses and
the like, the demand for which will
be created directly by the results the
city will accomplish by its expendi
ture. The days of watchful waiting are
over. Tuesday night the-bonds will
be made accessible for the enterprise
and the sprlgns commission now has
assurance of financial backing
enough to go forward with the con
struction to completion.
Before the first of next July Ash
land will be celebrating as "the
Carlsbad of America."
ROGUE RIVKK VALLEY AT PA
CIFIC EXPOSITION
Mr. A. R. Allen, who owns a mov
ing picture camera, the Andrews and
others Interested In the proper ex
ploitation of Jackson county et the
Panama exposition, have devised a
plan to take moving pictures of the
cities, horticultural districts and man
ufacturing and mining enterprises,
for proper presentation in the Jack
eon county booth at the fair.
The enterprise will go forward, not
as a money-making one, but only the
cost of the films and supplies neces
sary fo the development will be
asked of the county and communities.
The county court will be asked for
a contribution toward the cost from
the advertising fund and each city
and community will contribute its
share in money and assistance to
whatever extent It wishes to be repre
sented in the advertising. It is hoped
to cover the whole county so that a
panorama of the whole valley will be
preented to view.
The films will be arranged In an
Interesting story presenting develop
ment from pioneer days to the pres
ent time'.
It Is a splendid scheme and each
community should take Interest
enough In It to see that it Is properly
represented.
A log raft containing one million
feet of cedar, said to be the largest
ever floated on the Pacific, recently
made the trip from British Columbia
to Puset Sound. It was 1 00 feet long
and seventy feet wide; It stood fif
teen feet out of the water and twenty
feet under.
It Is said that the war Is causing
a scarcity of French plays and songs.
That Is something to be grateful for,
as many of such productions have
been anything than of wholesome
charatcer.
That man never gets any Informa
tion who Insists In telling people how
much he knows his time Is too
much occupied to learn anything.
A bill to redistrict the state for
representation in the legislature
"probably will be proposed at the
forthcoming session," according to a
Portland Oregonian story, which thu3
gently breaks the news of how the
Multnomah county machine expects
to attain easy control of future legis
latures. The above quotation from
the same Oregonian story shows what
the machine would like to have.
The single city of Portland now
sends twenty men to the state legis
lature. It has twelve members of
the house and six members of the
senate. In addition, it has the Multnomah-Clackamas
joint place in the
house and the Multnomah-Clackamas-Columbia
joint place in the senate,
which two members not only repre
sent Portland but nearly always act
ually live in Portland.
If under the proposed redistrlcting
the "injustice" to Multnomah county
Is removed by g'ving Portland thirty
legislators instead of twenty, or one
third the entire membership of house
and senate, the additional ten will
have to come off the up-state mem
bership. For example, on the basis of repre
sentation shown in a table accom
panying the Oregonian Btory, four
legislators might have to represent
Jackson, Josephine and Curry, which
now have seven. For here in sub
stance is the deft Portland argument:
"We have 277,183 population and
only twenty legislators. This is one
for every 13,859 of population.
Jackson county has 27,144 people and
four legislators. This Is one for
every 6,786 of population. Josephine
has 8,785 people and two legislators.
This is one for every 4,292 of popula
tion. Curry has 2,628 people and one
legislator, or one for each 2,628 of
population, upon which in Its head
line the Oregonian naively comments:
"Curry represented best."
If Jackson, Josephine and Curry
are brought to the proposed Portland
machine basis of representation, that
of one for each 13,859 of population,
their combined populations will give
them four legislators, or exactly the
number Jackson alone now has.
"Multnomah county legislators
point out that Multnomah county Is
discriminated against by the present
districting plan," reads the Oregonian
story.
In 1913 the Portland machine
named the president of the senate.
He was a Portland lawyer. The
Portland machine named the speaker
of the house. He was a Portland law
yer. The Portland machine named
the chairman of the senate ways and
means committee. He was a Portland
dentist. The Portland machine
named the chairman of the ways and
means committee of the house. He,
too, was a Portlander. And of most
of the other important senate and
house committees the chairmen were
named by the Portland machine, and
In each case the holder was a Port
lander or an outsider who had been
pulled Into the organization.
One of those men has again been
set aside this year to become presi
dent of the senate, for know, gentle
reader, that the Portland machine is
not overlooking control of the 1915
legislature. For speaker of the house
the Portland delegation has united on
Ben Selling, the Portland clothing
merchant.
Selling's opponent is Allen II.
Eaton, representative from Lane
county since 1907. Mr. Eaton's plat
form calls for a reduction of 25 per
cent, and more If possible, in the ex
pense of running the legislative ses
sion. It calls also for a new legisla
tive procedure that will cripple gang
methods in the future.
The fight between Eaton and Sell
ing has become a fight between Port
land and the counties outside of Port
land. The Oregonian steadily main
tains that its candidate, Selling, Is
certain of election, and Mr. Eaton
says It has even refused him Its col
umns to state his case. Mr. Eaton
Is appealing to the country press and
the country legislators to stand back
of him. Present chances of election
are even between him and Selling, he
maintains.
As for 1913, when the Portland
machine ran over everything, "It was
tho most extravagant session Oregon
ever had," says Mr. Eaton. . "Its ap
propriations totaled $6,416,607. But
for the opplBltlon of the country
members they might have reached
$10,000,000.
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By work life becomes an achieve
ment. By surmounting obstacles and
facing dangers men and women bo
come masters of themselves.
1914 County Tax
Estimate $502,850
The county court met in open ses
sion all day December 31 to hear
protests against the proposed levy,
which provided as follows:
Mills.
School and library 3.0
High sohool .4
Pacific highway interest fund. . . .6
General road 2.2
General fund '. . . 5.1
State fund 2.7
Total 14.O
These will yield an estimated rev
enue of $502,850, divided as follows:
Pacific highway Interest
fund $ 19,000
General county road fund. . 79,200
County school fund 105,000
High school fund 14,500
School library fund. 750
State tax 7 97,278
General county fund (which
includes redemption of
warrants) 187,122
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
Do we take time during the hurry
and bustle of the holiday season to
review our work of the year and see
wherein we have made mistakes, jot
ting them down in our memory as to
be avoided in the future? That boy
would never have become a perfect
workman if he did not avoid mis
takes of yesterday. We must never
make the same mistake twice, and
in order to guard against doing so
we must look back and find the mis
takes we have made.
Total to raise $502,850
Comparison of Levies.
A comparison of the proposed levy
with that of last year shows material
reductions in all but the school fund,
as follows:
School tax, 1913 $140,348
School tax, 1914 97,278
General fund and redemp
tion, 1913 236,961
General fund and redemp
tion, 1914 187,12
General school, 1913 70,979
General school, 1914 120,250
Special school, 1913 175,884
Special school, 1914 152,580
General road, 1913 112,072
General road, 19L4 98,200
The general school levy shows an
increase of $49,271 and the special
levy a decrease of $23,304, a net in
crease in school taxes of $25,967. All
other funds show material decreases,
even the road fund, which includes
interest on road bonds.
In parts of the west where trees
are scarce sagebrush Is used for fuel.
In Nevada the large main stems are
trimmed by Indians at $3 a cord and
delivered to the user at about $6.50.
Sagebrush burns rapidly and Is rath
er dirty, but produces good heat.
Those familiar with the eastern
mistletoe only have no Idea of the
great losses due to this parasite in
the forests of the west, where it
counts next to fire and insects fn the
amount of damage done.
Education is- by no means confined
to the schools. Daily life is a school,
college and university rolled Into one,
and in one way and another it offers
more courses than any university can
give.
A woman worrying herself over
writing a "Don't Worry" paper for a
"Don't Worry Club" is an Interesting
sight.
DR. W. EARL BLAKE,
DENTIST.
First National Bank Bldg., Suite
and 10. Entrance First Ave.
Phones: Office, 100; Res., 230-J.
DR. D. M. B ROWER,
GENERAL PRACTITIONER.
Residence, 216 Factory St
Phone 247-J.
Massage, Electric Light Baths, Elec
tricity. JULIA R. McQUILKIN,
Superintendent.
Payne Bldg. Telephone 3GO-J.
Every day excepting Sunday.
E. A. USHER,
Christian Science Practitioner.
105 First Ave. ' Phone 71.
DR. ETHEL J. MARTIN,
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
In charge of tha practice of Drs. Saw
yer and Kammerer.
Pioneer Building.
Office phone 208.
Hours 9 to 6 and by appointment.
DR. B. FONTAINE,
OPTOMETRIST OPTICIAN.
Glasses Scientifically Fitted.
LenBea Duplicated.
Located at It. J. Smith's Jewelry
store, Elks Temple, Ashland, Ore.
CHAUTAUQUA PARK CLUB.
Regular meetings of the Chautau
qua Park Club first and second Fri
days of each month at 2:30 p. m.
Mrs. A. O. McCarthy, Pres.,
Mrs. Jennie Faucett Greer, Sec.
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT CLUB.
The regular meetings of the Ladles'
Civic Improvement Club will be held
on the second and fourth Tuesdays
of each month at 2:30 p. m., at the
Carnegie Library lecture room.
Turn over the leaf. You may re
gret to place such a page on the rec
ord of past years, but to mourn over
It will not change it. It is a page of
your past life now and must count
for or agaiu3t. Just one thing left,
forget the pa3t and press on. A
clean page i3 before you, ready for
the record of another year. The
great thing is to start it right and
the greater thing is to keep it right.
Keep the end in view and as you start
with a Happy New Year it may be
yours to be happy all the year.
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Happy New Year! Let not your
heart be troubled, neither let it be
afraid. Seek peace and nursue it.
Be true to every honest conviction,
and live to make the world better
for passing through it.
The days, weeks and years slip
away like water in a running stream.
Time's great clock never loses a mo
ment. Relentlessly, surely the mo
ments pass, and our eager hands are
not able to detain them. We cannot
keep back the flying years, but we
can and should keep the blessings
they bring. Hold fast to the lessons
they have taught. Keep the memory
of their joys. Enrich every day of
life with the garnered wealth of the
days behind.
We can wish no better thing for all
our readers than that they begin the
new year animated by a firm resolve
to turn all Its experience Into profit
for themselves, mentally, morally,
socially and materially, and then to
faithfully carry out tire resolution.
Delight and pathos are inextrica
bly mingled, with the thought of New
Year's day. It is only conventional
point of time; any other would do as
well. Every day closes an old year
and begins a new one, but for all we
cannot help feeling that this day,
which is agreed upon throughout
Christendom for the beginning of a
new year, is somehow unique. The
pathos conies from the review of the
past, and from the sense that another
notch ha3 been cut for us on the stick
of time.
The pessimist delights In derision
of the good resolutions which mark
the celebration of New Year in the
minds of many people. Shame upon
the man or woman who would dull
the bright ambitions and desires for
the better of any human being. But
there Is little time to give to habitual
mourners and augurers of evil. The
new year will be what vo make It,
so far as our individuals lives are
concerned, and the man or woman
who resolves to be happy in a health
ful, unselfish way is taking the first
road toward happiness.
A new year is here. It is a time
for Invoice. Business men take an
invoice of their stock. Wouldn't it
be business for you to take one of
yourself? Life, each life, is a busi
ness. Have you gained or lost last
year? Have you used the talents
that have been given you so as to
gain other talents? Is there any
prospect of your being placed over
ten cities or five cities or one city?
Have you declared any dividends In
the way of loving and helping oth
ers, and have you added anything to
the capital stock of your character?
These are pertinent questions that
press us all for an answer.
If the old year has brought sorrow
and desolation, and hung crepe on
our doors, the new year will bring us
the leaves and healing, and we are
glad to part with the one and wel
come the other. If, on the contrary,
the old year has brought us only joy
and comfort, we part from him sor
rowfully, but meet his successor with
the ardent hope that he, too, comes
with blessing. The sober jollity of
New Year's day Is like standing for
one brief moment on the threshold
between time and eternity. Here is
the world we know yonder the
world that Is new and untried.
One day at a time is the secret of
every noble lire. One day at a time
taken up bravely with its duties
faithfully done as they come, its
trials patiently borne, Its tempta
tions firmly resisted, its cross cheer
fully carried, its Joys rightly used,
I and its gladness gathered from every
hour as It passes on. Instead of
making many resolutions at the first
of the year to be quickly broken, let
us strive to meet each day bravely,
and take what it brings uiiquestion-ingly.
Speak Good Word Only.
Should every citizen of Ashland
resolve to speak only good words of
others during the year 1915, and
faithfully carry it out, what a change
would be wrought in the feeling of
one toward another! And If the
same resolution was applied by all
people everywhere, the world would
be revolutionized in the year. Prob
ably the other fellow will not do that,
but it 'a no excuse for us; we are
responsible for our own acts, and we
should set the pace.
Jealousies,- bickerings, backbitings,
are responsible for half the sorrow on
the earth. They create 111 and not
good. They are boomerangs as well.
Send out a poisoned arrow, If you
will, but rest assured It will return
to Inflict the Injury on you that yoj
Intended for another. But point It
with beneficent thoughts and good
words and It will surely return la
dened with the aroma of flowers and
the ess nee of sweet peace and lasting
Joy.
To speak well of all is a good re
ligion. It is part of the Christ ex
ample and the essence of the first law
of nature, self-protection, for what
you give you will surely get again.
It 1b the duty of every business in
stitution to favor its customers. It
should protect them as well, insofar
as consistent.
Virginia uses more wood for boxes;
and crates than any other state, fol
lowed by New York, Illinois, Massa
chusetts and California, in the order
named.
It Is one thing to be childlike, an
other to be childish.
REDUCE HOUSE
HOLD EXPENSES!
Make Your Own Cough Medicine
The difference ia buying one of the
most efficient, latest and up-to-date
cough and cold remedies (which can be
made at home), and buying the old,
ordinary, ready-made kinds, is that with
the new one you get all pure medicine,
instead of buying a large proportion of
sugar and water, besides paying for bot
tles, corks and labels; and it usually re
quires 2 to 3 bottles of the old-fashioned,
ready-made remedies to break up a
cough or cold, while 2 ounces (50c worth)
of Schiff raann's new Concentrated Ex
pectorant, which is so strongly concen
trated that 2 ounces, when mixed at home
with simply one pint of granulated sugar
and one-half pint of water, make a full
pint (16 ounces) of excellent cough rem
edy, and will be sufficient to probably
last the whole family the entire winter.
It positively contains no chloroform,
opium, morphine or other narcotics, and
is so pleasant that children like to take it.
Arrangements have been made with drug
store named below to refund the money
to any person who finds it does not give
perfect satisfaction, or if it is not found
the very best remedy everusedforcoughs,
colds, bronchitis, croup, whoopingcoughs
and hoarseness. You will be the solejudge,
and ,under the positive guarantee by
these druggists, absolutely no risk is run
ia buying this remedy. For sale here by
McNAIR BROS.
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Children are Entitled to
Underwear Comfort and
Fit as Well as Grown-Ups
They get both in Athena Underwear,
Children from ages about two to six are
broad in stature in comparison with
height, while those from 6ix to sixteen
are usually tall and thin.
These facts have heretofore been over
looked in designing children's underwear.
Athena underwear for children is sized
by ages not numbers. Ask for "age
two" for a two-year-old child, "age ten"
for a ten-year-old child, and so on. This
system of 6'izing insures a proper fit, age
for age, and makes it easy for the mother
to get garments that fit correctly, without
many trips to the store..
For Women if
No woman can ever know real comfort
in knit underwear until 6he becomes
acquainted with the perfect shaping of
Athena underwear. It fits snugly to the
figure does not wrinkle under the
corset. It is exquisitely trimmed. In
all fabrics, weights and shapes at the
price you usually pay.
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VAUPEL'S
THE QUALITY STORE.