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ASHLAND TIDINGS.
Thursday, Junaary 21, IMS
Ashland Tidings
SEMI-WEEKLY.
ESTABLISHED 1870.
Issned Mondays and Thursdays
Bert R. Greer, Editor and Owner
Ch. F. Greer, Mgr. and City Editor
Lynn Mowat, News Reporter
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THOSE WHO FIGHT IN THE OPEN
Ashland, Ore., Thursday, Jan. 21, '15
PENALTY OF LEADERSHIP.
In every field of human endeavor,
he that is first must perpetually live
in tho white light of publicity. Envy
is ever at work. In art, in literature,
in music, in industry, the reward and
the punishment are always the same.
The reward is widespread recogni
tion; the punishment fierce denial
and detraction.
When a man's work becomes a
standard it also becomes a target for
the shafts of the envious few. If his
work be merely mediocre, he will be
left severely alone; if he achieve a
masterpiece,, it will set a million
tongues awagging.
Jealousy does not protrude its
forked tongue at the artist who pro
duces a commonplace painting.
Whatsoever you write, or paint, or
play, or sing, or build, no one will
strive to surpass or to slander you,
unless your work be stamped with
the seal of genius.
Long, long after a great work, or
a good work, has been done, those
who are disappointed or envious con
' tinue to cry out that it cannot be
done. Spiteful little voices in the do
main of art were raised against our
own Whistler as a mountebank long
after the big world had acclaimed
aim Its greatest artistic genius.
'Multitudes flocked to Bayreuth to
worship at the musical shrine of
"Wagner, while the little group of
those whom he had dethroned and
; displaced argued angrily that he was
no musician at all.
The little world continued to pro
test that Fulton could never build a
steamboat, while the big world
flocked. to the river banks to see bis
boat steam by.
The leader is assailed because he
Is a leader, and the effort to equal
him Is merely added proof of that
leadership. Falling to equal or ex
eel, the follower seeks to depreciate
and to destroy but . only confirms
once more the superiority of that
which he strives to supplant.
There is nothing new in this. It
is as old as the world and as old as
the human passions-envy, fear, greed,
ambition and the desire to surpass.
And it all avrils nothing. If the
leader truly leads, be remains the
leader.
Master-poet, master-painter, master-workman,
each in his turn is as
sailed, and each holds his laurels
through the ages. '
That which Is good or great makes
itself known, no matter how loud the
clamor of denial. That which de
serves to live, lives.
The other day the Tidings editor
met H. O. Enders on the street and
greeted him with a" "Good morning,
fine morning,", at which Mr. Enders
responded and unconsciously tipped
his bat to Mr. Greer. We think and
say be did it unconsciously, but here
and now Mr. Greer desires to public
ly doff his hat to Mr. Enders, Mr.
Bressler, Mr. Edwards and others
who fought the springs project and
the springs commission out in the
open. We have a much greater re
spect for them than those who be
nignly smile in the face of the com
mission, orally advocate the project
and the commission and then avail
themselves of" every opportunity to
secretly knife both the commission
and the project.
Every man has a right to his
opinion and to advocate it. Messrs.
Edwards, Bressler and Enders dif
fered from Mr. Greer and six but of
seven of tho voters, but they got out
In the open, as good men always
should, and made their fight to the
finish.
They had a right to do that and
there are no sore spots on the Tid
ings editor over that fight.
SING IT! SHOUT IT!
Never had a small city such an un
developed asset as Ashland. As the
turth unfolds and we become better
informed on the value of our mineral
waters, the plainer It is to be seen
that If properly developed these wa
ters will make Ashland a resort of
great popularity. Waters alone, how
ever, be they ever so great, will not
accomplish our prosperity without
proper exploitation. The . men and
women of Ashland must get of one
mind and purpose, and that purpose
to make all out of the opportunity
that it will justify. Ashland already
is the most healthful and delightful
city on the coast Sing it. Shout it.
It is so With the added drawing
power of her medicinal waters she
will become one of the most attract
ive and prosperous communities In
America. That Is not wind. It is
fact. Get that into your head and
think it, dream it and say it. It is
true.
THOUGHTS OF. AN IDLE HOUR.
Chicago's oldest ,book shop has
sought refuge in bankruptcy because
its rich patrons did not pay their
bills.
But Chicago is no different from
other parts of the country in that
respect.
It Is the way of a queer world.
The poor man pays, because he
must. r
The rich man owes, because his
wealth grants him immunity from
"vulgar duns."
The poor man pays his taxes, be
cause he must pay or lose his few
possessions.
The rich man hides most of hia
wealth and dodges the majority of
his taxes, because under our political
system his millions place him prac
tically above the law.
Of course officials whose business
it is to enforce the law will take issue
with this statement.
But it is true and they know It,
and you know it.
And the common people, who are
vastly in the majority, are becoming
weary of such practices, and the mur
murings and mutterings are becom
ing louder day by day.
Some day the explosion will come.
SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT, THOUGH
MUCH ALIKE.
PROHIBITION STATE FIGHTS.
This year state-wide prohibition
campaigns In Ohio, Michigan, Penn
sylvania, Kentucky and possibly oth
er states are In prospect within the
near future. An especially vigorous
campaign is to be carried on in Ohio,
where the "dry" amendment was de
feated on the face of the returns, last
November. Ohio's campaign, which
is to precede a statewide election
next November, 1b to be given an im
petus luring the legislative session
now on; In the form of measures to
be presented, which will Insure an
absolutely fair deal next fall, when
an election is held. The passage of
these measures Is confidently expect
ed.
The time for holding statewide
fights In other states mentioned Is
as yet uncertain. They will hardly
come this year unless It bo In Michi
gan, but they may bo expected in
191 These campaigns will be aux
Ulary to the nation-wide campaign.
In one respect Ashland and Med
ford men are much alike. They both
lie continually about their town. The
Med ford fellow lies in favor of his.
In Medford the dominating note is
optimistic and positive. Here It is
pessimistic and negative. Which city
has the best chance, under the cir
cumstances?
Fellow citizen, it's not your town;
It's YOU.
Don't lie at all. The truth alone
will make Ashland great. But, if lie
you must, lie for Ashland, not
against it.
A PARABLE.
Judge Watson says of a cow stuck
in the mud: ' if you put a rope
about her horrs and pull her out,
you must be ready to get out of the
way, for if she has power enough
left to do It, she will at once take
after you and horn you to pieces."
How human when considered in
the aggregate. 1
I stopped on a street corner some
time ago and listened to a speaker
harangue a crowd. He was railing at
Big Business, and made a magnifi
cent ass of himself.
His insistent demand was for an
equal division of the wealth of the
country. In other words, he would
have the man who has worked and
accumulated a competence divide his
gains with others who are too lazy
to work.
Judging from his personal appear
ance (he was well dressed and spoke
like a fluent demagogue) he was one
of those who do not practice what
tney preacn. or course he never
thinks of setting a "noble example"
by first dividing his own pile.
He prefers that the flow of gold
be always in his direction, and di
verts public attention by raging at
Big Business. His own imperfections
are rept in the background.
But Big Business has made this
country what It is today the richest
on the globe. -1
The fault of our system is not with
Big Business.
It is the manner in which Big Bus
iness is handled and controlled.
vvnen we send men to congress
vho think more of country -than
they do of self, and who have the
nerve to enact Just laws for the regu
lation of Big Business, we will then
have progressed far toward the solu
tion of the problem.
And when we elect states attor
neys, and assessors, and sheriffs and
other officials who will ENFORCE
those laws, IRRESPECTIVE OF
PERSON OR WEALTH OR POLITI
CAL AFFILIATIONS, we will have
solved the problem and will cease to
have any Just cause for complaint
regarding Big Business.
And we will send such men to con
gress and elect such others to office
only when we begin to do our own
thinking and free our noses from the
strangle hold of the political bosses.
Give us men with public spirit;
with the welfare of the whole com
munity at heart; with encouragement
for every laudpble enterprise; with
assistance for mankind and with a
feeling of pride for the town In which
they live, thrive and gain wealth;
with a welcome to the stranger who
has come many miles In quest of a
home; with charity in their hearts as
large as their pocketbooks. Such
men we need; such are admired; such
men go about the world through
rosy pathways, and never a frown
o'ershadows their brow, but they are
happy in the supreme knowledge that
they have done the best they could
they have worked for their fellowman
and thereby assisted themselves.
We got Into an argument with a
fellow yesterday and tried every con
ceivable way to get him to disagree
with something we said. But he Just
pulled a balo of amiability and swore
every statement we made was gonpel
trntb. And now we are wondering
who told the biggest one.
Country merchants are smiling up
their sleeves at the predicament of
the millionaire head of a great mall
order house, who has been indicted
by a grand Jury, for tax dodging. The
sum on which he conveniently "for
got" to pay taxes was just an insig
nificant mite, being but a beggarly
$26,000,000.
Through the kindness of Repre
sentative F. D. Wagner the Tidings
Is now receiving copies of all bills
Introduced In the Oregon legislature.
This enables us to give our readers
a short sketch of each legislative proposal.
If a stranger cannot get a few
smiles and a happy look In Ashland
he Js going somewhere else to settle.
Some men will only loosen up
when they are tight. Are you that
kind?
Marketing and Distributing of Farm
Products. 1
(By T. N. Carver, Professor of EcO'
nomlcs, Harvard University.)
It 1b not hard work of the exposure
or even the roverty of the farmer or
his wife which makes farm life so
unattractive to so many of our peo
pie- It is the lack of team work. 1
nave never Known men ad women,
particularly young men and young
women, of our race to shrink from
hardship If they could feel the touch
of elbows and have the sense of com
radeship which the soldier has. Our
boys and girls as well as the men
and women of the farm should de
velop team work. They should get
together and work together for
common cause as the soldiers.
Touch elbows with your neighbors,
and get the sense of comradeship as
soldiers do. Organize farmers' clubs
not merely for the sake of having
clubs, but for the sake of team work,
for the sake of accomplishing some
thing for the building up of the rural
community, for the study of the prob.
lems of your community. People sel-
1om get together by merelv saying
"Go to it now, let us be united.'
Tbey are more likely to get together
when they tackle a hard job which
they think important, and then begin
working on that job. After they
have been working together for
while they find that they are think
Ing together and developing the feel
ing of comradeship.
We note with excruciating pain
mat congress snows signs of re
trenchment In every direction except
wherein their own Interests are at
stake.
Anthony Comstock was taken for
a bomb thrower In New York. The
mistake was In what he throws. Tony
only throws fits.
AN ARCTIC SOLOMON.
It Didn't Take Him Long to Reach a
Sensible Conclusion.
The "floating court" Is an institu
tion founded by the United States gov
ernment for administering Judgment .In
the far north. An interesting example
of the nnusual problems that confront
ed Captain A. J. Henderson, one of the
first judges of the court. Is told by Mr.
Walter Noble Burns in the Wide World
Magazine :
One day. at Point Hope, there ap
peared before the court held on the
Thetis, Captain, Henderson's ship, an
old Eskimo and bis wife. They were
accompanied by their pretty daughter
and two stalwart young men. who
were suitors for her hand. In choicest
Eskimo that sounded like a series of'
explosions of vocal dynamite, the ven
erable father poured a voluble tale into
the ears of the interpreter.
This man. he say," began the Inter
preter, "these two feller want this gal
for wife. One feller he offer a rifle, ten
pound whalebone, six walrus tusk, a
dog team and sled. The other feller.
he give kayak, two reindeer, a bear
skin and six fox skin. This gnl the
old man's only daughter. He old, and
he want good trade. But be not know
which he best take. He say maybe
ou tell him."
Captain Henderson is no Cupid lie
stands six feet two and weighs 250
pounds but he determined to essay the
role of Cupid's first assistant
"You love this girl?" he asked one
suitor. .
"Yes." replied the interpreter, "he
love her."
"And do you love her?" Ue captain
asked the other.
"Yes, he love ber too."
The captain looked at the girl, who
was a pretty little thing, something
over four feet high, with coal black
hair plastered down over her temples,
and sloe-black roguish eyes. Let no
one doubt the vital beauty of Eskimo
maids In the flush of youth and health.
Here." said the captain to the girl.
"which one of these men do you
want?"
The interpreter put the question.
The maiden's eyes grew brighter, her
cheeks a deeper crimson and a coy
smile wreathed her lips. She stepped
over to one of the young men unhesi
tatingly and touched him on the arm.
"This one." she said, and there was
no need for the interpreter to translate.
All right." said the captain, with a
roar of laughter, ''take him."
And he married them on the spot.
Straight from the ship back to the vil
lage the newly wedded couple paddled,
to set up housekeeping and to live
happily, no doubt, ever afterward. The
bride's father touched off n few more
explosions of vocal dynamite into the
interpreter's ear.
"Ho say." declared the Interpreter
to Captain Henderson, "he satisfied."
When Moslem Pilgrims Land.
Jeddah is a most important town for
the entire human race, apart from be
ing the principal landing place for pil
grims to Mecca. Just outside the city
is burled Eve. The reputed mother of
mankind, like a good Moslemah, lies
with her feet toward Mecca. Her
grave has gradually grown iu size aud
Is now of huge dimensions. Burtou
calculated that our first parent "meas
ured 120 paces from head to waist and
80 from waist to heel and must have
presented the appearance of a duck."
Probably the reason why the modern
lover still uses that word as a term of
endearment London Chronicle.
Poor Egg!
"Here's a Swiss named Egg who
lives in New York petitioning to have
his name changed."
Sort of an egg shake, eh! What's
the trouble?'
ne uud bis famkv have four chil
dren, and bis family Is constantly re
ferred to as 'the half dozen Eggs.' He
claims his yolk is too heavy to be
borne."
"Why doesn't he lay for his tormen
tors?" .
"It appears that he did once and got
beaten, whipped to a froth. Poor Egg
could barely scramble home." Boston
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Blamed tho Planets.
In the middle of the fourteenth cen
tury In Paris a new ordinance enjoin
ing the cleansing of the streets and the
shutting up of swine was carefully
neglected, as usual, and a terrible
plague was the consequence. . The fac
ulty of medicine, called upon for a
remedy by the king, sent to inform
him after long discussion that the
plague was the result of a hostile con
junction of the planets Mars and Jupi
ter. Carrier Pigeons. ,
Pigeons were employed in early
Egyptian days, navigators taking them
on their galleys and liberating tbera
when they arrived at their destination
in order to announce their snfe arrival
to their frieuds. The Romans utilized
them In communicating with each oth
er in wartime.
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The Oldest National Bank in Jackson County $
Member Federal Reserve System f
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Capital and Surplus $120,000-00
DEPOSITORY OF
City of Ashland County of Jackson State of Oregon
United States of America
I I .'tl'IH"I1"&lH'
NOTICE OF SALE OF AUXILIARY
WATER BONDS.
Recorder's Office,
Ashland, Ore., Jan. 1, 1915.
Sealed proposals will be received
by the undersigned up to 6 o'clock
in the afternoon of the 26th day of
January, A. D. 1915,and not later),
and the same will be opened and con
sidered by the common council of the
City of Ashland, Oregon, on same day
and date at 7:30 o'clock In the even
ing of said 26th day of January,
1915, for the purchase of the follow
ing bonds or the Bald city, issued in
accordance with an ordinance pro
posed by ihe initiative and adopted
by the people of said city on the 9th
day of June, 1914, In accordance
with the general laws of the state of
Oregon and the charter of said city
as in such cases made and provided,
to-wit:
' One hundred and seventy-five
bonds dated July 1st, 1914, bearing
interest at the rate of 5 per cent per
annum, interest payable semi-annually
at the office of the Treasurer of
said city, numbered 1 to 175, both
inclusive, said bonds to be of the de
nomination o One Thousand Dollars
each, and to mature in 45 years from
date thereof.
The first 25 of said bonds will be
optional and payable from and after
ten (10) years from date thereof,
and 25 oi! said bonds will (In consecu
tive order) become optional and pay
able each five years thereafter up to
and including the 35th year.
These bonds will be Bold to the
highest and best bidder for not less
than par and accrued interest front,
date of IS3U0 to date of delivery oC
said bondri
Bids must bo accompanied by a
certified check for an amount equal
to 2 per cent of the face value of th
bonds bid for payable to the City o6
Ashland, OreRon, which, in case tha
successful bidder fails or neglects or
refuses to take and pay for said
bonds as proposed in bid, shall b
forfeited to said city lis liquidated
damages for such refusal or failure.
Bids may be, submitted for any or
all of said issue, the numbers of
bonds bid for being specified in the
bid. The council reserves the right
to reject any or all bids. All bids
must be addressed to "City Recorder.
Ashland, Oregon," marked "Propos
als for purchase of Auxiliary Water
bonds."
The records of the above bonds
have been passed on by Messrs. Dil
lon, Thomson & Clay of New York
City, and pronounced satisfactory by
them. C. H.GILLETTE,
City Recorder.
We carry the finest line of railroad
movements in the city. We make our
own prices on railroad movements.
If you don't buy of us we both lose
money. R. J. Smith, Elks Temple, tf
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Revenge.
"Trill you marry me, Miss Gussle?"
"No. Mr. Jinks."
"Oh. thank you! 1 was ho afralo
you'd say yes, for, you see. the fellows
were betting no fellow bad the nerve
to ask you, end I took It up In spite of
the risk." bdltlmore American.
Domeetio Discord.
"My husband used to call me h'
lovely lute."
"And now?"
"Now he picks on me." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Where Troth deigns to come ber si
ter. Liberty, will not be far. Akenslds
i Did You Ever ThinK !
that you can buy tea at almost any pr'ce? But salt and sugar
have standard prices. So with Insurance. Good Insurance costs a
fair price and gives, In case of loss, satisfactory adjustments and
prompt payment. Is that the kind you want? Or the "little
cheaper," poorer kind, where you virtually agree to pay your share
of a Thirty-three Million Dollar Note?
The Billings Agency
41 East Main Street, Has the Good Kind for Sale
REASONABLE RATES
STRONG COMPANIES
PROMPT SERVICE
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Phone 152
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We personally conduct Repair and Lathe
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Our Repair facilities are unexcelled, our
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' Our stock of Auto Supplies is right up to
the minute.
Michelin tires in stock. Other makes on
short notice.
12 h. p. Traction Engine for sale.
flt2T Our Vulcanizing Department will please yon.
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