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Thursday, Angmt B, 1913
ASHLAXD TIDINGS
PAGE TWO
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Ashland Tidings
SEMI-WEEKLY.
ESTABLISHED 1876.
Issued Mondays and Tbnrsdays
Official Cify and COOnly Paper
7TT. . r.
Bert R Greer, . fcditor and Owner
Lynn Mowat, -evts ueponer
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A MJLtMuM A&VPiv&J Vv
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Equipments second to none in the
Interior.
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expiration unless renewal is received.
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Entered at the Ashland, Oregon,
Postoffice as second-class mall mat-1
ter.
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Ashland, Ore., Monday, Aug. 2, 1015 ;
AS OTHERS SEE VS.
It is well, when engaged in a work
such as Ashland TTnow undertaking,
to pay attention to the outside view.
Cities most talked about attract
strangers quickest. People are talk
ing about Ashland from San Diego to
Seattle. They see greater possibili
ties in our new development than our
most optimistic boosters. Here are
some of the editorial comment from
coast dailies:
Ashland Hospitality.
(Editorial from Oregon Journal.)
Ashland has set a high standard of
hospitality and as a result its fame
Is being carried everywhere by auto
mobile tourists. On arrival at the
outskirts of the city the traveler is
directed to the city park, that has
been especially fitted up for his con
venience. There are electric lights
and rustic benches and tables. There
is a cook house and sleeping quarters
and even gas stoves and kltchenware.
The traveler is made to be thorough
ly at home. It is an experience that
he appreciates and he does not neg
ct to tell everyone he meets about
it. The example of Ashland could
well be followed by other cities.
A Good Example at Ashland,
(Editorial from Eugene Daily Guard)
An example for western Oregon;
cities of the second class Is being set!
by Ashland, which Is the first Oregon
community outside of Portland to set
systematically about working up a
great tourist business. Ashland's,
springs are not the only item ex
ploited, although the community has
bonded itself for $175,000 to operate
these 6pring3 ns a municipal watering
place. The natural surroundings
the parks, the driveways, Mt. Ash
land, the orchards are being ex
ploited, too.
That western Oregon and western
Washington F.ie the country's finest
summer playgrounds and that Italy,
Switzerland, part of France and Ger
many and Great Britain, and even
parts of Spain, have been kept afflu
ent by getting themselves famed as
recreation spots, will bear repetition
until the Ideas are thoroughly In the
consciousness of every western Ore
gon town. It costs money to play; a
goodly portion of the hundreds of
thousands of American easterners
who devote each summer to play may
just as well leave their money in Ash
land, Medford, Roseburg, Eugene,
Albany and similar outfitting places
for scenic recreational wonders as In
the Catskills or Colorado.
It takes time and organization and
persistency to roll up the beginnings
of a tourist business, but the ball
rolls fast and gets large rapidly once
It Is started. There is no final and
ultimate reason
whv several trains!
should daily peas Eugene each way
without a tourist's ever getting off
to go up the McKenzie or to visit the
happy grounds along the Willamette
Pacific in the Coast range.
Let's not forgot these facts as an
incentive to some tourist work. The
tide of summer travelers was turned
to the Pacific coast this summer as
never before by the fair and the war
together. Portlcnd for several
months has been a second Los An
geles. Ashland Is st.ing out to be
a spa. Lane county has much to of
fer and Eugene is in the center of it.
At present we haven't even a summer
Chautauqua.
New Promotion Opportunities.
(Editorial from Eugene Register.)
The automobile, as everyone knows,
has brought about great changes in
the industrial and social life of every
community. By Its marvelous sales
growth it has become an important
factor in general business conditions,
for it has turned money into chan
nels that were undreamed of a decade
or so ago. By supplying quick and
easy transportation it has done much
to destroy the spirit of local provin
cialism and has made people broader
and more cosmopolitan in their in
terests. City people, for instance,
have become, through the instrumen
tality of the automobile, more fa
miliar with the country and the peo
ple of the country have become bet
ter acquainted with the city. Neigh-
boring counties and even neighboring
states are no longer distant regions!
fi
, , . . .BR,.ll. fre.
quent trips
that result In betterment to your property; don t throw
j knowledge of
what is going on in;trash in the street or tne back yard;
i other places.
j Jn he wegt wfcere he inimjgration
nm,iPni is one that nust always be
studied, the automobile has opened
; 1 i 1 ; . i , ihq, nine, nnt ItO
nil llt? ,ufiuiiiinrn iimi -
: neglected by communities that are
j seeking t0 attract new population
I a that hag bi,en made peculiarly
I apparent during the present year of
heavy tourist travel. Tourists in
; .i. thrniinh
preal
western citv and county, and
jmany 0( them are at least tentatively
joonsiderlns new homes. Others have
! no intention of seeking new locations
;uut will iay. t0 ,eo!,ie who are pros -
honieseekers. These are av -
. .... .
on nog oi puuucuy uiai uiusi iioi uc,juii
overlooked if the best community ad
vertising results are to be obtained
at the lowest cost.
First, of course, in the list of at
tractions that are likely to appeal to
the automobile tourist, are general
business conditions and opportunities,
climate and scenery, and the prosper
ous appearance of the country. These
are things that depend upon indi
vidual enterprise and can not be af
fected, except Indirectly, by the public
interests that are seeking to bring Isn't it easy to see that your prop
new population. Western Oregon has erty then will be worth nearly double
little to fear in this direction, for the
general appearance of the country is
attractive in the extreme.
But there are many attractions
that can be provided and that will
pay largo dividends in favorable no
tice and comment. The most impor
tant of these, probably, are better
roads. Every automobile traveler has
a warm spot in his heart for a good
road, and the community whose high
ways are good will remain long In
his memory and will receive his
praise at every opportunity. An ade
quate and comprehensive system of
road signs is another convenience
that greatly Impresses the tourist.
But, of all the means of gaining
publicity from automobile travel, the
one that probably pays the best re
turns on the Investment Is the pro
vision of adequate and comfortable
camping facilities for the large num
bers of tourists who prefer to spend
their time In the open. 'The city of
Ashland has taken the lead in this
direction and it Is reaping a harvest
of favorable comment. It has set
aside a beautiful little park for the
use of travelers and has provided
conveniences almost equal to those to
be found at home. Tourists who en
Joy this civic hospitality aro so im
pressed thp.t they tell of it wherever
they get the chance, and the name of
Ashland is carried far and wide.
All of these methods of attracting
the favorable attention of those wht
travel in the way made possible by
the automobile are worthy of study
by every city and town and hamlet
that is seeking new population
which means every one in Oregon.
The automobile has widened the
scope of community promotion.
A FAIRY STORY.
.Once upon a time a man bought a
second-hand automobile.
The vehicle was young when Noah
built the ark. Its body looked like
it had been wished on. The wheels
did the corkscrew curve every time
they turned over. The exhaust
sounded lik a fog horn with a cold.
"It's cheap at $450," declared the
smiling agent.
"I'll take it," responded Our Hero.
When he puffed down the street in
the relic no one laughed at him.
The engine ran very nicely and
never balked once.
He didn't stall on the crossings
and get in bad with the cops.
Everything went lovely,
j After a summer's enjoyment with
: his machine he went to a sales agency
jto trade In his machine on a new car.
I "How much will, you give me on
In tmrio?" aulto1 Our
tills uiaiiuuc iu a it . . v.
Hero. '
"Five hundred do'.lars," was the
reply.
"I'll take it," exclaimed Our Hero.
And he lived happily ever after.
The business of mail order houses
is claimed to have increased over 10
per cent since the parcel post started.
Also the business of the express com
panies In returning the unsatisfac
tory mail order goods would have
very considerably increased If the
customers did not live so far from
the place where they bought the
goods.
While we still are in the dark as
to Harry Thaw's insanity, there no
longer remains any chance to doubt
the dishonesty of New York lawyers.
YOU CAN IF YOV WILL.
Would you increase the value of
your Ashland property if you would?
It's easy to do and worth doing.
Get busy on it; clean it up; repair
and paint up; grade your grounds.
jif they need it; keep your walks in
good condition and add new ones
here requ,red. cut the weed and
kppn them down. both on and adJa-
keep up your fences, if you have
them; grow plenty of flowers and
neat shrubbery, and MAKE IT A
PLACE OF BEAUTY.
Then go around and brag like the
. .. w
j dickens to your neighbor about
jYOl'R place, and keep on bragging
; until you make him Jealous of its
j beauties and he goes to work and
, does the same with his.
Then let him in on the secret and
start hin out to rubbing it into his
'neighbors, and see that he keeps it
up until they, too, become tired of
( the contrast and the bragging and
'get busy on their own property with
!a determination to outdo the rest of
' ..
And in time the whole town will
become jealous of the property of
each other and every fellow will be
whooping it up to see who can have
the most attractive place.
Then the traveling public will
come along and take notice, and go
away and talk of the beauties of Ash
land and the thriftiness of our peo
ple, and other people will want to
come and live in such a fine commun-
ity.
what it is today?
OIIEGOX HEN'S XOW LEAD
IX ALL HONOR CLASSES
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis. The July report of the Inter
national Egg-Laying contest at the,
Panama-Pacific exposition shows that i
.hn I nernn S (,lliHl llllrfl I i n OPP i
Oregon
r j, i v .i. ,v i
hens are leading in each of the three
, .
nnnn, nlncoQ, nor, roATl TAI form ,
.. - . 1. -.1
to July l, pen recora lor monin oi
June, and individual record for term
to July 1. Each of the three pens
entered by the college poultry de
partment is represented in each of
the three flocks, White Leghorns, !
cross-bread and Barred Rock, leads
all the flocks of its class In the
United States. I
The preceding report showed that,..
the Leghorns had reached first place. furn,Bh me fertlllzer for uge on tbe
This report shows that the O. A. Cfarms t greatly reduced ratcg.
crosses have passed the former lead- There ,g ft gQod demand for me fer.
era, the Canada pen, and are now in tlHzer ,Q thlg gtate We expect t0
second place. The Barred Rocks
have passed their nearest competitor,
Fitzgerald's Leghorns, and are in
fourth place. The report gives the
highest ten in each class, the first
five of which are as follows:
Pen records to July 1: O. A. C.
White Leghorns, 1,078 eggs; O. A.
C. crosses, 977 eggs; Adams, Can
ada, Wyandottes, 958 eggs; O. A. C.
Barred Rocks, 934 eggs; California
White Leghorns, 886 eggs.
Pen records for June: 0. A. C.
Leghorns, 796 eggs; Idaho Wyan
dottes, 176 eggs; O. A. C. crosses,
171 eggs; Lebanon, Ore., Barred
Rocks, 160 eggs; O. A. C. Barred
Rocks, 157 eggs.
Records of the ten highest Indi
viduals for the term to July 1 show
that an O. A. C. cross-bred is first
with 136 eggs, another of the same
pen second with 135 eggs, the col
lege White Leghorns are fourth with
133 eggs, fifth with 132 eggs and
eighth with 123 eggs, while a college
Barred Rock was tenth with 119
eggs.
Quite 8af.
"What did that man want with you,
Henry r
"He was after my scalp."
"Goodness gracious!"
"Don't be the least bit frightened.
He's only a bntr specialist." Baltl
more American.
Retribution.
Today the boy who is snsslng mother
will grow tip a nd marry n woman who
will not stand for any pert "Ut New
Onemis State
Full Lubricating Efficiency
Zerolene is so distilled as to pre
vent the molecules of the oil from
"splitting up." Thus the mole
cules of Zerolene act as roller
bearings to protect the moving
Stnd for Lubrication In
ttructiom Chart, ipecify
il na mi and modtl if
jw con. f rtf.
Gold Hill Cement
Plant WLU Operate
J. G. Burch, president of the Beav
er Portland Cement Company,
which Ic constructing a large cement
plant at Gold Hill, writes the Mail
Tribune that the plant has been
financed in the east and construc
tion work will recommence at once.
The company turned down two offers
made by the coment trust which
would have resulted in the closing
down of the property and the with
holding of the lime deposits from
development and been a black eye to
the country. Mr. Burch writes as
follows:
"I have just returned from a con
ference with our people in the east
at which we decided to put up the
balance of the money required and
complete the plant at once. Some
of the machinery is already loaded
and on the way and as soon as it
arrives active construction work will
be begun and the plant will be put
in operation as soon as machinery
can be delivered and installed.
"We will furnish agricultural lime
as a by-product and be prepared to
make shipments of this by the first
of September, but will not have any;sun. Judge Tou Velle states the nol-
cement upon" the market until thirty ilcy of the county as follows:
to sixty days later. I "jf the owner 0f the Blue Ledge
"While we realize that building mne wnl give tne COunty court any
operations are at a log ebb In this assurance of operating the mine pro
state, we are confident that the low- j vtding the road Is put In shape, the
est point has been reached and the jcounty will proceed at once with the
tendency from this time on will be . road work even lf we have t0 mort.
Ifor an increase in this line of busi -
ness and 'we are backing our Judg-ready t0 co-operate in every way and
ment by matiing the additional In-'always have. But we have never re
vestment required in complete this celved any definite assurance of oner-
plant.
"Having made this large Invest
ment in the Rogue River valley, we
are Intensely Interested in everything
that will help to develop the natural
resources or mat section, as wen as
all other parts of the state of Ore-
En-'
In an Interview ln the Portland
Journal Mr,
.
lows:
Bucb is quoted as fob
found ready financial backing
in the east. Oregon is looked upon
as a good field for Investment in our
lline. We will make a specialty or
Portland cement with an agricultural
by-product, and will be prepared to
ship the agricultural lime within
thirty days. Portland cement will
be shipped thirty to sixty days later.
Tn ifllfi ip will add a hvdrating
... hfl enabled t
I employ seventy-five men at the plant
when in full operation.
"Cement shipments will be made
into northern California. Ours will
be the first cement plant in the state
of Oregon. At present Oregon
money is being sent outside of the
state for its cement supply. We
have plenty of first-class material for
the manufacture of cement close to
the plant."
Only a few states have elections;
this fall, and the political orators1
who usually save the country for j
$10 a night will have to remain re
gretfully at home minding their own
business.
Phone Job orders to the Tidings.
Our Interest
in you is not determined by the
amount of your business. We are
interested in your success because
without the success of the individ
uals of this community we cannot
succeed.
First National Bank
ASHLAXD, OREGON.
Oldest National Bank in Jackson
County
parts from rub and wear wis
means full lubricating efficiency.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(Californii)
Portland
ZEROLENE
tke Standard Oil
for Motor Cars
The Oldest National
Member Federal
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Capital and Surplus $120,000.00
DEPOSITORY OF
City of Ashland County of Jackson Slate of Oregon
United States of America
Build Road if
Kline Will Operate
The owners of the Blue Ledge mine
state that operations at the mine are
being held up by lack of a road,
which they estimate would cost
$5,000 and should be built by the
county. In an article in the Medford
;gage the court house. We stand
ation, and we are not justified
in
making the expenditure without.
"I do not believe that a $5,000 road
expenditure by Jackson county is
halting the operation of a mine on
: whlch a m1Ilon and a nalf dollars
has been gpent ln development work
j by a multi-millionaire owner, espec-
lallv ..... C0DDer selline at over 20
cents a pound. Nor do I believe that
such an Immense property can be
profitable operated with auto trucks
to haul ore forty miles over mountain
grades.
"Jackson county stands ready to
do everything in its power to assist
CLEANLINESS, PERSONAL
COMBINED
Eagle Meat Market Popular
Inspect our market, and your confidence will be behind the
pleasure of eating our meats. The knowledge of cleanliness and
a sanitary workshop will aid your digestion.
84N.MaiaL, SCH WE IN Phone 107
Mill Street, Near City Park
Park Garage
MORRIS & LIDSTROM, PROPS.
We personally conduct Repair and Lathe
work and DO THE WORK.
Our Repair facilities are unexcelled, our
system complete.
Our stock of Auto Supplies is right up to
the minute.
Prices reduced on Michelin tires July 19th
We have these tires in stock, also have
Goodrich and Firestone.
Our Volcanlzing Department will please yon.
LET US SHOW YOU
PARK GARAGE
' ;
Bank in Jackson County
Reserve System
in opening up the mine. Placing the
blame for the do-nothing, shut-down
policy of the mine owners on the
county's poor roads is nonsense. We
stand ready to build a boulevard if
necessary to secure the operation of
a great copper mine."
Big trunks are the. fashion for the
summer sojourner, on the, ground
that porters, baggagemen and hack
men like to show the public how
strong they are.
Get scale receipts, legal blanks,
etc., at the Tidings office.
Phone news Items to the Tidings.
belmont
(For Boys)
21 mites south of S&n Francisco
W think that v rlvt to oar boyi wht
thoarbtful irnta wmh. Our rra-1uu- enter,
on rt-4-oramendAUon, tnstltniione tht admit on
oertinftt &ud on -i urn nation ( p? M of
ourtaUJoffUf) to Harvard, Tbe MajMt-aturtts
lntUut of Ttx-hnolotry, and Ytla, w hot ad
niMtonmjalremraUarraoct severe. Bend tor
beautifully liluatrmb-d raUiAtru. wnlrn rlTr
not only a very good idea of tbe iplrlt and ptir
poMnf LheerhiKil. bot of lu equipment and tta
attractive erbonl borne. Nothlnif, however, oajl
quite take Uie place of a vliit to the ecbooL
W. T.KKID, Bead Maftcr, Box , Belmont, CW. ,
YOUR HORSE IS XO
BETTKR THAN HIS FEET
It behooves you then to have his
feet properly cared for. If his hoofs
are cracked, the frog decayed, or be
has a corn, bring him to us. We
will treat the hoof and fit the shoes
perfectly and make him as good as
he ever wa3.
A. L. LAMB
Corner First Ave. and C St.
Successor to W. W. Wilson.
ATTENTION AND COURTESY
TO MAKE THE
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