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Monday, March 1, 1915
Ashland Tidings
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PREMIUM STAMIfi OUTLAWED.
A number of new families have
been added to Ashland's population
during the past two or three weeks.
Already the good effects of the
springs project are noticeable. Some
of them have already purchased prop
erty. Many more will tome Jurlng
the next few months. Everybody has
confidence In the outcome of the en
terprise. There should not be found
a doubting Thomas In Ashland.
The Oregon legislature passed at
least one wise measure this session in
enacting a bill placing a prohibitive
tax on the premium stamp industry.
The lower house was divided, but
the senate passed it unanimously.
Few grafts are greater or more at
tractive. Men claiming to know have
stated that but thirty per cent of
premium stamps are ever presented
for redemption. The merchant pays
three per cent on his gross sales
the consumer ultimately pays the cost
and but thirty per cent comes back
to the community in premiums. The
trick in the game is that each stamp
company assumes to take in but one
competitor, but In fact eventually
there are about as many different
stamp companies as there are compet
itors In the town, resulting finally In
evening up the competitive benefits
with a direct loss of three per cent
to all merchants. And not infrequent
ly all the different colored stamps are
exploited by the same men under dif
ferent names. The doctrine of trade
at home Is a good and safe one both
for the merchant and the customer.
Persons who run into strangs lands
to make their Investments usually get
bit, finally returning to their own
land wiser and poorer. The stamp
evil had reached such proportions
that it required legislative action to
protect the people from their own
folly.
There are few vacant houses In
Ashland now. Iiefore four months
we will need many more. There
should be building activity at once.
Owners having vacant lots well lo
cated should erect neat cottages on
them and furnish them neatly. There
will be a demand this summer for
many more that can be secured. That
means good rent for the right kind of
cottages. Four, five and six room
cottages will be In demand.
Mr. Property Owner, that old shack
of a house won't rent. The people
coming to Ashland this summer are
coming for recreation, comfort and
health. They want comfortable and
respectable quarters. Overhaul it,
repaint and modernize it and the
springs project will furnish you a
profitable tenant, but It will not at
tract the cIukb who will pay rent for
a barn to live In. Paint and lumber
is needed to modernize a lot of Ash
land shacks that will otherwise stand
vacant when hundreds are crying for
houses.
Boost and the world boosts wtih
you; knock and you go alone. If
you cannot find a good word for Ash
land during the coming spring and
summer keep still. Hundreds of
strangers will be in Ashland and the
number who stay will depend largely
upon the spirit shown by our own
people. Strangers have most confi
dence In communities that have confi
dence In themselves. Ashland real
estate Is now the best investment that
can be made. As a rule tbe prices
are not too high. Some ranch values
may be considered excessive, but city
property Is not out of the way. Have
confidence in the future of Ashland
and let everybody know you have con
fidence and things will move along so
rapidly you will have to hurry to keep
abreast. If, every time you feel like
knocking you will kill it with a boost,
in three months Ashland will be the
llvelieKf little city on the map. Do
your part. You owe It to yourself
and to the community.
With dirt flying on the' springs
project, brick and mortar piling high
on a new hotel and marble slabs be
ing placed In one of the most modern
water-cure sanatoriums in America,
all of which will bo before the sum
mer Is past, the music of the hammer
and saw will stifle the most persistent
pessimistic note. Not only that,
these Improvements, will Invite oth
ers. The very necessity of the case
demands a number of furnished cot
tages, for there will be many to oc
cupy them at good rent. It all helps
to drown knocking.
Every community has its certain
number of citizens who cannot see at
all Into the future. They believe In
no new enterprise, Thpy ftr wedded
to the past and the now, Ashland
has a few of such. Because last year
was a had one they know this one
will' be worse. Somo of them wllj
mlngio in the activity and yet not
believe It exists. As a rule they are
ne'er-do-wells. Iiefore they get the
spirit the big opportunities have been
gobbled up by more hopeful and cour
ageous persons. They they kick be
cause others saw and took advantage
of it, while they, did not. Do not be
one of those. Get In the bandwagon.
She Is going some.
Ashland Is especially fortunate in
her woman's clubs. No city can boast
of more effective organizations or
women more alert to the necessities
of the community. This year the or
ganizations are proving especially ef
fective and this summer will see Ash
land clothed in more uniformly beau
tiful garments than she has before
worn. Now the Commercial Club
proposes to add women to Its mem
bership. That Is fine. The women
are full of good ideas and they are
possessed of that indomitable spirit
that brooks not failure. Everything
the women have undertaken in Ash
land the past four years has been a
decided success. They put fore
thought and energy enough behind It
to make It so. The coming year is
big with possibilities. Energy, co
operation ana earnest tnougnt are
needed. The women will supply It
The year 1915 will be especially
active in real estate. The springs de
velopment with the building of a fine
new tourist hotel and water-cure san-
Itflrl'.ini will supply the stimulus need
ed for an active market, Before the
work has far progressed the benefi
cent effect will be felt and those of
naturally pessimistic turn will get
confidence and there will be no fur
ther knocking. In the fall, when
strangers are coming, many win
"take a flier" In Ashland real estate,
for It will be livelier than any other
city on. the coast.
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People's Forum
Vindicating Cack.
We are Inclined to believe that tbe
Tales of the Tub" appearing in a late
issue of the Tidings should be attrib
uted to some author other than Cack
Patterson, and herewith we desire to
submit to the public eye our reasons
for so thinking.
The tale itself deals with a highly
improbable though not impossible
phenomenon, but because of the ele
ment or improbability one feels in
clined to demand proofs. We have
always sincerely believed Ashland to
be Inhabited by sane people, and
therefore the proof must be very
strong Indeed to convince us that a
sane person would allow his bathtub
to sail along Main street, unescorted
by any attendant, for a Sunday's air
ing.
Now, as we all know, Cack is an in
mate of the "bug house," which
means that if he had related such a
tall story he would have been able
to "limp across" with the proofs of Its
veracity. The fact that the "sailing
tub" could not be found "makes it
bad" for the investigating commit
tee which attempts to attribute the
fable to Cack. Should anyone under
take to dispute our theory, the only
evidence acceptable from them as
conclusive will be the production of
the bathtub and the owner, who, as
the tale goes, so luckily recovered his
property, and should this actually
come to pass, we will immediately re
taliate by having this same property
holder examined with the view of es
tablishing in the minds of his fellow
citizens the conviction of his mad
ness. As a final and most convincing
proof that Cack is not the originator
of the fable, ve wish to call attention
to the fact that he was not "on his
way to a downtown smoke shop," for
it has not been many days since he
solemnly and faithfully pledged him
self to desert the standard of those
who indulge in the use of the weed,
and to abstain from smoking forever
more. ANONYMOUS.
A JuHt Comparison.
Editor Tidings: These sunny days
in mid-February remind us of the
days in the same month that we have
experienced In our native New York
state, where the snow lay heavily on
the ground and the icy wind howled
and piled the snow in great drifts,
and penetrated every noolc and cor
ner, where heating stoves and fur
naces must be stoked to capacity to
keep buildings comfortable, where
snow shovels are a part of the equip
ment of every household and where
city ordinances provide that they
shall be used to clear streets and
sidewalks, otherwise the streets
would be almost impassable. Such
are the conditions there now, accord
ing to letters of recent date received
by the writer of this. And then, dur
ing the "heated term" in summer,
while we In Ashland are resting com
fortably under blankets at night, the
people there are restless from the
midnight heat and, like the "lost spir
its, seeking reBt and finding none,"
and about as weary In the morning
as they are at night.
We are led to these thoughts by
hearing some of the old natives of
Ashland complain of the severity of
the climate here and who know so
little of what a real winter la, or how
fortunate they are that tehir lot is
cast right here In Ashland.
A. B. SCOFIELD. .
SUMNER PARKER, violinist and
teacher, 59 Sixth street. 72-lmo.
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Appreciation.
The Youth's Companion makes an
earnest plea for an "appreciation
league," and the idea is most wor
thy. Probably you have complained to
the floorwalker or department super-
Intendent when a salesgirl has been ' X
inattentive or discourteous. Have
you ever gone to the floorwalker or
department superintendent to say a
word for the salesgirl who was ex
ceptionally attentive and anxious to
please?
Very likely you have written to the
general manager of the electric road
when a conductor rang the bell too
soon or did not notice your signal to
stop.. Have you ever written to tell
him about the conductor who Is al
ways courteous and obliging?
If you think one act necessary at
times, is not tbe other fair and gen
erous? Are kindness and courtesy
always to be taken for granted In
small business relations among
strangers, or are you readier to find
fault with than to express apprecia
tion? A man in an Ohio city has founded
what he calls an "appreciation
league." Its members agree to "re
port" employes who are considerate
and courteous, to emphasize the ami
able things that people do, to watch
more keenly for virtues than for
weaknesses and faults. The league
Is an Informal organization; you can
become a member by beginning at
once to practice Its principles.
A simple idea? Yes, but if it
could spread from ocean to ocean,
what a wave of kindliness and cour
tesy would sweep over the land!
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Our Mothers.
In the Pictorial Review, Dr. O. S.
Marden has an article on "Mothers."
He says In part, speaking of the rev
erence that ought to be paid, you owe
it to your mother
To lift all the burdens you can
from shoulders that have grown
stooped in waiting and working for
you.
To seek her comfort and pleasure
in all things before your own.
Never to intimate by word or deed
that your world and hers are differ
ent or that you feel in ay way su
perior to her.
To manifest an Interest In what
ever interests or amuses her.
To make her a partaker, as far as
your different ages will permit,' in
all your pleasures and recreations.
To remember that her life is mo
notonous compared with yours, and
to take her to some suitable place of
amusement, or for a trip to the coun
try, or to the city If your home is In
the country, as frequently as possible.
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To Introdueo nil your young
friends to her and enlist her sympa
thies In youthful hopes, projects und
plans, so that she may carry youth
Into old age.
To defer to her opinions and treat
them with respect, even if they seem
antiquated to you In all tho smart
up-to-dateness of your college educa
tion. To talk to her about your work,
your studies, your friends, your
amusements, the books you read, the
places you visit, for everything that
concerns you is of Interest to her.
To treat her with the unvarying
courtesy and deference you accord to
those who are above you in rank or
position.
To bear patiently with all her pe
culiarities or infirmities of temper or
disposition, which may be the result
of a life of care and toil.
Not to shock or pain her by mak
ing fun of her religious prejudices
If they happen to be at variance with
yours, or If they seem narrow to
your advanced views.
To study her tastes and habits, her
likes and dislikes, and cater to them
as far as possible in an unobtrusive
way.
To remember that she is still a girl
at heart so far as delicate little at
tentions are concerned.
To give her flowers during her
lifetime and not to wait to heap them
on her casket.
To make her frequent, simple pres
ents, and to be sure that tbe are ap
propriate and tasteful.
To write to her and visit her.
To do your best to keep her
youthful In appearance as well as la.
spirit, by helping her to take painsr
with her dress and the little' acces
sories and details of her toilet.
If she is no longer able to take her
duties, do not let her feel that she
Is superannuated or has lost any of
her Importance as the central factor
In the family, 4
Not to forget to show your appre
ciation of all her years of self-sacrifice.
To give her credit for a large part
of your success.
To be generous in keeping her
supplied with money, so that she will
not 'have to ask for It, or feel like
a mendicant seeking your bounty.
You have something you do not
need. Somebody else needs it and
has what you want. Twenty-five
cents puts your proposition before
two thousand people through the
"For Trade" column of the Tidings.
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Itcduce High Cost of Living.
Editor Tidings: Many an old
fence about town, once standing
strong and straight on the picket line,
guarding the lawn or garden from
depredations of the unrestrained
bossy-cow of former days, has long
since become a most unsightly object
weather-beaten and dilapidated.
Equally unsightly are the old
barns and other outbuildings many
of them unused and unrepaired for
years.
Yet the fuel bill makes us groan,
and lack of employment causes many
a sigh, while these old buildings and
fences stand offering employment for
Idle hands, and a means of reducing
the high cost of living if we will but
reduce them to fuel for the kitchen
range.
Let's do it! And a fruit tree will
wave beautiful green branches where
the old barn marred the view, and
where the old fence stood will flour
ish a rose hedge. (Or, If you like,
make It a hedge of Oregon grape
beautiful every day of the year.)
If the old fence or shed' must
stand, a very little labor In planting
vines will soon transform ugliness
Into beauty. '
Dy simply cleaning up and keeping
premises clean, we may do much in
the way of beautifying. N. E.
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