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ThnmdAT. September 9, 1015 fAOK TWO ASHLAND TTDIXGg Ashland Tidings n THE ASHLAXO ritlXTIXO CO. (Incorporated.) SEMI-WEEKLY. ESTABLISHED 1870. Ilert It. (ireer, Editor and Manager. Lynn Mowat, - News Reporter Issued Mondays and Thursdays Official Cily and County Paper subscription' rates. One Year $2.00 Bix Months 1-00 Three Months 50 Payable in Advance. TELEPHONE 39 Advertising rates on application. Flrst-clasB job printing facilities. Equipments second to none In the interior. (JOETUALS dislikes commis sion RULE. (Oregonian.) No subscriptions for less than three months. All subscriptions dropped at expiration unless renewal is received. In ordering changes of the piper always rive the old street address or postoffieo ?.s well as the new. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Fostoffice as second-class mail matter. Ashland, Ore., Thursday, Sept. O, '15 PROSPERITY" AXD Jl STICE. "Prosperity rather than justice," says William Allen White, progres sive national committeeman, "is lhe republican air." Mr. White of Kan Ras is a well-known phrasemaker. There are times when, in his desire to make good phrases, he sacrifices nense to sound. His present .state ment illustrates the point. What will it profit the American people if they are given many things as justice and yet be denied pros perity? Of what value will it be to them to know that business has been legislated out of existence In the name of Justice if they are denied employment at good wages, if the larder ia empty, if their families are In want? Justice can only be meted out to the people of the United States with prosperity in full swing. The re sources of this nation are so great, the workmanship of the people is so fine and the average intelligence is so high that the people have every right to be prosperous. No political party would be able to live a day if it placed the dollar above human rights. But an effort to restore prosperity is not Inconsis tent with moral improvement. The Kansas phrasemaker, when he sneers at the general desire for a complete restoration of prosperity, merely makes capital for the republi can party. THE VALUE OF (JOOI) ROA11S. The European war should teach the people of the United States a les son most us will be prone to over look. It is to get busy and put through a comprehensive scheme of improving' our highways. Half the efficiency of Germany has been due to the best system of roads the world has ever known. In the event that the United States should ever be In vaded there is little likelihood that there would be any war upon the soil of tho middle west, but the need of good highways Tor the transporta tion of troops and foodstuffs would bo as apparent from the first month of the war as it has been apparent all over Europe during the paHt year. Such an eventuality is possible, ac cording to the judgment of the most intelligent Americans of all vocations living today. Transportation of troops, munitions of war and food stuffs in minimum time and at maxi mum speed across the middle west by. rail, auto ana wagon may save this nation from a great peril in the not remote future. Look ahead. "Most men, I think, can not work under a commission," said Major- General George W. Goethals, guilder of tho Panama canal, In the course of an informal talk at a smoker held In his honor by Portland engineering societies at the Benson Hotel Wed nesday night. "Every successful organization, I don't care what it Is," he went on, "must have a head who is absolutely in control. If he does not make good, waste no time in cutting off his head. But when a man is trying to work under five or six or seven commis sioners, there is bound to be trou ble." General Goethals was discussing the organization by which the build ing of the Panama canal was accom plished. Ills remarks were regarded by some present apropos of the Portland city administration. "A commission," went on the Gen eral, "either will be dominated by one man who imposes his stronger personality on the others and be comes the real head, or if there is no such personality on the commission, there will be a weaker organization with six or seven heads. A commis sion is a good deal like a board. In the army we think of a board as a long, narrow piece of wood." General Goethals said that his pre decessors in charge of the canal work had been greatly handicapped by the canal commission then In control, and that even he, with a military rank that made him superior to any member of the commission and with the whole army organization behind him, had some difficulty at first be cause of the interference of the com mission. This was not eliminated, he said, until President Roosevelt took things in his own hands after congress had refused to act and eliminated the commission. Then it became possi ble to get results. The general said that the Canal Zone government is now working to depopulate the Canal Zone. "There is little land of agricul tural value in the zone," he ex plained, "and the natives are gener ally hostile to American administra tion. They have become more so since they have found they could not milk the American Panama canal cow as they milked the old French company. "They do not understand us, and the best solution seems to be to de populate the zone of all except the canal operating force and the mili tary. This will make not only tho administration but problems of sani tation easier. We are working to that end now." He said that he had been emphatic in his recommendation that his suc cessors as governors of the Panama Canal Zone, which includes director ship of the canal, should have abso lute authority, and that congress had acceded to this view, but had de clined to adopt the further reconv mendation that the governor should be an engineer. "It is distinctly an engineer's Job," said General Goethals, but he added humorously: "Some congress men were not willing to take the stand that a defunct member of con gress should not be permitted to have the job, if he can induce the presi dent to appoint him." He summed up his views as to the Importance of one-man authority with the remark that the governor should be given full authority, "and if it is plain after a reasonable time that he has not the ability to handle the situation his bead should be lopped off at once." The American dollar is now worth $1.05 in Tarls. Over there you can take a Jitney ride with a dollar in your pocket and come back with as much as you started with. A South Bend, Ind., judge has ruled a man has a right to swear when another man takes his umbrel la. Thus Is old established custom legalized. Absenco of sufficient powder with the Russians of course changes the complexion of the war. On Sep'tiStu-" hewill i don the , the new 0 ARRT ICOLMR CLUfcTT, PEABOD Y fr CO , Inc Urt The Home Circle Thoughts from the Editorial Pen The Old Home. The old home stands serene and staunch as in the days of yore, But gone are all the voices, and the welcome at the door. No footprints mark the paths within its garden desolate, Today 'tis memory takes my hand and leads me through the gate, Till in my fancy blooms again the garden row on row, The larkspur and the marigold sweet flowers of long ago. The roses grow beside the. wall as in forgotten Juno, The iris and the lavender distill their rich perfumes, The while I picture other days, and shadowy forms appear, Dream faces smile 'mid candle light, and sweet old songs I hear. The bride upon her wedding day comes softly down the stair. An old man dreams of youth within his fireside chair. The picture changes and a boy with manhood in his eyes Goes forth to seek his fortune oh, the years that make us wise! Dear house, long since is stillness left today you seem to wait To welcome home the boy again, grown now to man's estate. I pick a rose beside the door In ten der revery, Thankful for. all the past holds dear In precious memory. Esther Trowbridge Catlin. There is no more unfortunate thing than loveless marriage. The sacred relationship Is only hallowed by af fection, and without love it is worse than mockery truly the irony of fate. But let the unloving and the unloved be very sure that a worse fate does not await them before tak ing radical steps to change their con dition. There are few wives who will not respond to attentions prompted by a self-sacrificing spirit, and it is an easy matter to repay devotion in kind. Few husbands but are sus ceptible to sweet and gentle Influ ences, when the guiding spirit Is the one whom they promised to "love, honor and protect;" the mother of their children. The interstate commerce commis sion has reduced the freight rates on hard conl. Now watch the price of coal stay where It is. 'Kill the rooster," advises a farm paper forgetting that the first prob lem with most of us is to get the rooster. Why is it when you hear so much of hen-pecked men you never hear of rooster-pecked women? Mb. I. IUbbis, Manager and lWick lit 250 KEARNY ST. Bet. 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Don't introduce a, lady's name where you wouldn't introduce the lady. Don't count much on friendships formed in cafes. They never turn out well. Remember impertinence isn't wit, any more than insolence is brilliancy. If young men will not believe in themselves, no man or woman can believe in them. Don't indulge In the luxury of strong opinions in the presence of your elders and betters. If you haven't tho moral courage to laugh at srieerers, then you are another of nature's mistaken. Don't talk about what you are go ing to do, then, if you fail to accom plish It, nobody will know. If you learn that people say spite ful, wicked things about you, and untruthful things at that, be silent. It isn't a very nice thins for a young man, or anyone for that mat- This Is Your Hotel and headquarters when in Portland if you are discrimin ating. Location: center of city, ser vices unexcelled, rates as low as the lowest. Aar (o You SO room."per day J1.00 100 rooms with bath 1.50 too rooms with bath '1 00 200 rooms (tarpe outside) hath . 2.M) Kxtra person in room Sl.OOadditioual J ter, to smile In a superior way at ig norance. . Do not be afraid to go near your enemy. The nearer you get to a kick ing horse, the less damage is done to your person. Courtesies are indications of re finement and, costing nothing, they help to make the wheels of life move more smoothly. It is not an elabo rate attempt at politeness that true gentility consists, it is the simple homely expression of the genuine feelings of welfare of others. Our company politeness Is generally su perficial, because we are little or nothing to those we try to be polite to; but if we are Interested In those at home and are anxious to make their lives pleasanter, we will en deavor to give expression to that In terest, and in doing that we will be doing a really polite thing, for such things can not be expressed in an im polite way. The cultivation of this expression will be the best possible education in true politeness. tMIMIIHMIIMIHIIIIHMMM ' " The Oldest National Bank in Jackson County Member Federal Reserve System FIRST NATIONAL BANK Capital aitfl Surplus $120,000.00 DEPOSITORY OF City of Ashland County of Jackson State of Oregon United States of America 4 Mi hll Men are often found at places of amusement spending time in loafing, when they might find profitable em ployment at home, and be making themselves useful, if not ornamental at the same time, they would stand higher in the estimation of their wives and everyone else. T5hQ People's Forum Eagle Grove, la., Aug. 31, 1915. Ashland Tidings, Ashland, Ore gon: In sending you $1 to have the Ashland Tidings continued to my ad dress I feel I must congratulate you upon all that you are doing for the place. I certainly appreciate the pleasant. spirit of your paper, which Is indeed a force for a greater Ash land. I had expected to visit Ashland again this summer, but was obliged to spend the season In New England, and there they were Interested in your wonderful springs and the beau ty of your city. Very truly, LUCIUS M. PIERCE. visiting the Pacjfic coast before the expositions close. We receive the Ashland Tidings twice weekly, and after reading care fully turn It over to the II. C. Pick ens family, who also enjoy it, every word. Both families enjoyed their time of sojourn In Ashland and look forward to visiting that interesting city some time in the not too far dis tant future. Both the city and the people In it have a very warm spot In our hearts. Thanking you In advance for the booklets, and any other advertising literature you may care to send me, I am, Yours very truly, MARGARET M. HAMAKER. The Rectory, Greensboro, Ala. FIST FIGHTING. Some interest has been excited by a recent petition sent to the navy department, that fist fighting be per mitted the students in naval schools in settling personal disputes, as a means of promoting manliness. . There are a large number of peo ple who believe at least that boys of school age should settle their own disputes with their fists. One man who has raised up a good sized fam ily with a kindly hand, says that when ho heard his boy complain that he got a licking from some other urchin, he would give his son still another, to teach him to fight better next time. But in mature life the trouble with physical combat Is that It does not settle the Justice of disputes. The big man, heavy in beef and brut al In muscle, becomes too arrogant. The fact that a man is puny of stat ure does not mean that be has no Justice In his cause. If he must suffer not merely the original wrong, but a licking in the attempt to right it, his Iobs Is Indeed hard. As the principle of arbitration spreads, the power of the fist diminishes. CillGHESTER SPILLS DIAMOND BRAND L- av . 'Of, LADIES I ask jnr lrjrrt't for CHI-CirH9-TBS 8 A DIAMOND liKAND PILLS in BitD andA Gold metallic boxes, sealed with Blue 0 Ribbon. Taki mo OTBaa. BrTrY Drmcfflst aid ask for lllI.CHlia.T4B a V DIAMOND BUAND PILLS, for tweotT-Ov years regarded aa Best, Bafest, Always Rellablau SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS ttmb rurnvuinpnr wodttt. Tkixo Citniiintnc TKstBot' August 30, 1915. Mr. B. R. Greer, Ashland, Ore. Dear Sir: I noticed in the last Ashland Tidings received that the new booklets were ready for distribu tion. If you will forward me half a dozen or a dozen of these I will be very glad to distribute them to friends both here and in New Tork, as I know of a number who intend CLEANLINESS, PERSONAL ATTENTION AND COURTESY COMBINED TO MAKE THE 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. 8IN.MaioL SCHWEINrhonelw I These New TdDisties Are the first and only corn flakes that are "good to eat" without milk, cream or sugar. Try some fre&h from the package, and at once you get a wonderful true corn flavor vastly different from that of the ordinary "corn flakes" you may have had. Notice the little pearl-like "puffs" on each flake a characteristic that is distinctive; also that when cream or milk is added they don't mush down, but keep their body and appetizing crispness. There's a Royal Treal in every package of ' Mew Foslloasfiics from your grocer
