Thanfcjr, Octohor 14, 1015
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ASHLAND TTDIN08
Ashland Tidiiigs
By
THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO.
(Incorporated.)
SEMI-WEEKLY.
ESTABLISHED 1876.
Bert It. Greer, Editor and Manager,
tjron Mowat, . News Reporter
Issued Mondays and Thursdays
Official City and County Paper
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One Year $2.00
Six Months LOO
Three Months 60
Payable in Advance.
TELEPHONE 39
Advertising rates on application.
First-class job printing facilities.
Equipments second to none in the
Interior.
No subscriptions for less than three
months. All subscriptions dropped at
expiration unless renewal Is received.
In ordering changes of the paper
always five the old street address or
postoffice as well as the new.
Entered at the Ashland, Oregon
Postoffice as second-ciass mail mat
ter.
Ashland, Ore., Thursday, (ht I I, '15
FIRE.
Last Saturday was fire prevention
day, and In many cities of the state
wide observation was made of the
day, the purpose of which had been
proclaimed by the governor. In
Portland a big parade and Bpecial no
tice In the schools were features. In
Ashland the day passed practically
unnoticed. This is not as it should
be. Fire loss in Ashland ran up into
many thousands of dollars during the
past year and few and far between
were the fires which a very little pre
caution would not have prevented.
To the newspaper man who trots
around reporting fires, it is notice
able that in most cases no one has
the least Idea how a fire started. If
the owner can't think of anything
else, he charges It up to "spontane
ous combustion," "matches gnawed
by mice," or "defective wiring."
These ancient and hoary stock causes
should be given a rest. They are
badly overworked. They have been
the goat for many offences they nev
er committed.
There are more people who can
guess how fires started than are will
ing to admit it. This does not mean
that tbey burn their own buildings
for the insurance. It is simply that
they are ashamed of their stupid acts
of thoughtlessness.
Nine-tenths of the fires come from
some little act of personal reckless
ness. The custom of throwing light
ed matches into waste baskets and
other rubbish wipes out regularly its
millions of property. Failure to clean
out chimneys and smoke pipes is a
fruitful cause. Many people allow
stovepipes to rust out. A fire of
light refuse Is started in the fall, and
the sparks emerge freely from the
rotten pipe. People will open all the
drafts of a furnace or stove and go
off and lock up the house. Soon the
overheated pipe . sets unprotected
woodwork afire.
Another wretched habit is allowing
a mass of flimsy packing cases and
packing material to collect in base
ments. If fire prevention day could
arouse people to the stupidity and
costliness of such careless ways, it
would be well worth making a legal
holiday of it
THE PAGING OF LETTERS.
Some one has started a newspaper
discussion about the proper way to
page letters. It may be a minor
matter. But a considerable number
of bad words are constantly elicited
by the eccentricities of some people
in this respect.
Formerly people wrote letters In a
straightforward way. They begun
on page 1, turned the leaf over and
called it page 2, and so on with 3 and
four. Now they may start anywhere
and jump to any page on the sheet
One common method Is to jump from
page 1 to page 4, then write pages 3
and 2. Others will jump from page
1 to page 3, then take 2 and 4, argu
ing that the two front sides of the
leaves should be covered before the
two back sides.
Probably the real reason for these
peculiarities is the desire to give
some originality to a letter. It is
apt to be done by the same people
who adopt a very striking manner
of penmanship, which is exceedingly
stylish but very illegible. The best
written letter is the one written
without pretense, In the most obvl
ons way, the pages following like the
pages in a book.
Wine and women get credit for
making a fool of many a man whs
was born that way.
If we could only settle our bills by
pviog compliments!
THE OCCULT SCIENCE OP LAW.
(Saturday Evening Post.)
Law more especially criminal law
has usually been an occult science.
It is still the practice in Burma, we
believe, to give two disputants can
dles of the same size, to be lighted at
the same time. The one whose can
dle burns longest gets the judgment
against the other.
Less than a hundred years ago a
defendant in an English criminal
trial appealed to the ordeal of battle,
and the court was more or less sur
prised to find that the ancient law
on which he relied had never been
repealed. Determining a man's guilt
or innocence by his ability to walk
on hot plowshares, or carry a hot
iron, or drink a poisonous decoction,
or by throwing him oound into wa
ter, has been practiced for ages
among many peoples. The medieval
method of letting accused and accus
er fight it out with weapons was
common over Europe.
Our modest ancestors confessed
their inability to find the merits of
the cause, and so relegated the whole
affair to the Intervention of super
natural agencies. The main differ
ence is that we are less modest. In
stead of the ordeal of battle or the
old key-and-Bible test or the "sieve
witch," we have the defendant play
a game of trip-the-court. If he can
catch the judge putting an i dot over
and e he wins, and is pronounced in
nocent AN EMPTY SACK.
Did you ever stop to figure who
picks up that empty sack that you
carelessly toss Into the street? Who?
Why, the street cleaners, of course.
Who pays the street cleaners? Why,
the city, of course? Who pays the
city? Why why you and I and
the rest of the taxpayers, of course.
Economy begins with the little
things. It may not be economy to
cut out the street cleaning depart
ment and allow the streets of the city
to become one big rubbish dump,
but It is economy for you, Mr. Citi
zen, to carry that empty sack a few
feet farther and put it in a can pro
vided for the purpose. Then why not
go a little farther and impress the
Idea on the minds of the children? A
boy or girl Is the most rabid enthusi
ast along lines in which he or she
becomes interested. Arouse a little
Interest In a spotless city and the
children will do the rest
ANTI-CONVERSATION.
In an article on congressional pos
sibilities in the southern Oregon dis
trict the Oregon Voter states that
Congressman Hawley usually lines
up with the conservation element,
and some think the anti-CONVERSA-
TION sentiment will develop to the
point that Vawter would have a
chance." The Vawter referred to is,
of course, William I. Vawter of Med-
ford. Now what we would like to
know is whether that sudden change
from conservation to conversation
was a slip or a joke.
A hypocrite Is a man who acts dif
ferently when be knows some one is
watching him.
Many a woman who doesn't know
ber own mind gives her husband
pieces of it.
The flute player is no financier,
but he is able to float high notes
with ease.
The leaves will soon begin to blush
A. ikl.l. 1. V ' V, .11 1
summer. '
Aeroplanes are safer than automo
biles if you are crossing a street.
And sometimes a word to the wife
is sufficient to start something.
A castle in the air may be all right,
but a cottage on earth is better.
In telling a man of his faults use
a long-distance telephone.
The hard part about an easy job 1st
the getting thereof. ,
Sometimes money talks, bat some
times it stops ta'k.
There's a lo if dead timber in most
family trees.
GOTHIC THE NEW
ARUOW
a tor 2c COLLAR
IT FITS THE CRAVAT
CUWTT. PtAaOQT 4 CO.. bcr
214,000 People.
Killed on Tracks
"In the last twenty-flye years ap
proximately 214,000 peopie have been
killed on the railroads ofl the United
States, and of this numbler 113,480,
or over 53 per cent, were trespass
ers," said R. J. Clancy, sissistant to
the general manager of tl e Southern
Pacific, speaking before the Civic
Auditorium Safety Conference In San
Francisco, September 28. j
"Trespassing," he continued, "re
sults in more people beina killed so
far as railway operation is (concerned ;
than from all other causes, yet legis
lative bodies, state and national, have
confined their efforts entirely to safe
ty appliance legislation and bave con
tinued to disregard the appeals for
trespass legislation made tojthem by
the cemeteries and hospitals of this
country every day of every Kear. A
careful review of statistics makes the
conclusion irresistible thaf care in
the employment of men ana require
ment cf safe practices, sripptemented
oy trespass legismuun euecuveiy an
ministered, will do more to lessen
rail casualties than all the safety de
vices genius has afforded.
"The United States js the only civ
ilized country in the world that has
failed to legislate against trespassing,
the consequence ofwhich is best II
lustrated in comparison with similar
results in other civilized countries
where legislation against trespass ob
tains and where the casualties Inci
dent to trespass are very few in com
parison with the United States."
Mr. Clancy called attention to re
sults of observation tests on automo
biles, teams and pedestrians at rail
way crossings and the Importance of
safety practices in this connection.
"In 1914," he said, "at thirty-four
different crossings taken promiscu
ously to obtain average condtilons,
out of 16,482 automobiles, 17,755
teams and 54,835 pedestrians, or a
total of 89,072, with the number of
tracks at such crossings varying at
from one to fifteen, and the number
of trains over such crossings varying
from one to 100, 139, or only fifteen
hundredths of 1 per cent, stopped
and looked in both directions."
Superintendent W. H. Whelan of
the Los Angeles division of the com
pany called attention to the Southern
Pacific expenditures in safety work.
"The results of the company's ac
tivities in this direction are reflected
in its accident record," he said. J'For
the month of June, 1915, for instance,
the number of employes injured per
1,000 dropped from 8 per cent last
year to 6 per cent this year."
Phone job orders to the Tidings.
No Difference
The man with a small account In
this bank is given the same courteous
attention that is given larger deposit
ors.
Our service is for the small depos
itor as well as the large one.
First National Bank
ASHLAND, OREGON,
Oldttt National Bank In Jackson
County
Hill Street. Near Qty Park
."'ark 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.
55T Our Vulcanizing Department will please yon.
LET US SHOW YOU
PARK GARAGE
Billion Bushel
Wheat Crop Here
Washington, D. C, Oct. 11. Esti
mates of crop production and prices
for the state of Oregon and for the
United States, compiled by the Bu
reau of Crop Estimates (and trans
mitted through the Weather Bureau), j I
U. S. Department of Agriculture, are't
as follows: i
Wheat State: Estimate this year
17,400,000 bushels, final estimate;
last year 16,604,000; price October 1 i
to producers 76 cents, year ago 93
cents. United States: Estimate this '
year 1,000,000,000 bushels, final es-;
timate last year 91,000,000; October j
1 price 90.9 cents, year ago 93.5
cents.
Oats State: Production estimate
October 1 is 15,500,000 bushels, Sep
tember 1 forecast 14,159,000, final
estimate last year 12,740,000; price
October 1 to producers 35 cents, year
ago 42 cents. United States: Pro
duction estimate October 1 is 1,520,
000,000 bushels, September 1 forecast
1,408,000.000, final estimate last
year 1,141,000,000; October 1 price
34.5 cents, year ago 43.3 cents.
Barley State: Production esti
mate October 1 is 4,790,000 bushels,
September 1 forecast 4,309,000, final
estimate last year 3,660,000; price
October 1 to producers 50 cents', year
ago, 57 cents. United States: Pro
duction estimate October 1 is 237,
000,000 bushels, September 1 fore
cast 222,936,000, final estimate last
year 194,953,000; October 1 price
46.8 cents, year ago 51.8 cents.
Potatoes State: October 1 fore
cast 6,100,000 bushels, September 1
forecast 6,688,000, final estimate last
year 4,753,000; price October 1 to
producers 46 cents per bushel, year
ago 64 cents. United States: Octo
ber 1 forecast 368,000,000 bushels,
September 1 forecast 405,909,000,
final estimate last year 405,921,000;
October 1 price 48.7 cents, year ago
64.7 cents.
Apples State: October 1 forecast
1,060,000 barrels, September 1 fore
cast 1,134,000 barrels, final estimate
last year 1,200,000 barrels; price Sep
tember 15 to producers $2.55 per bar
rel, year ago $2.28. United States:
October 1 forecast 71,600,000 bar
rels, September 1 forecast 71,199,000
barrels, final estimate last year 84,-
400,000 barrels; price September 15
to producers $1.74 per barrel, year
ago $1.85.
Rope May Have
Fish Hatchery
At a meeting of the state fish and
game commission last week it was
decided to locate an experimental
hatchery at Butte Falls and later a
permanent hatchery on a larger scale
provided a hatcheiy site can be prop
erly secured and the water proves
satisfactory. This will be decided as
soon as possible as work on the ex
perimental station should start early
In December,
Many a woman has a fine carriage
who never owned a horse.
Courtship is the frying pan and
matrimony the fire.
The best way to get out of a tight
place is' to sober np.
Phone 152
! The Oldest National
Member Federal
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Capital and Surplus $120,000.00
DEPOSITORY OF
City of Ashland County of Jackson State of Oregon
United States of America'
Plans to Study 1915
Boxed Apple Crop
Washington, D. C, Oct. 2. Com
plying with numerous requests from
' tha irmvore' fnunt'Wtt fh A mhpm of
commerce, growers' and shippers' or-1
ganizations in the states of Washing
ton, Oreson, Idaho and Montana, the J
office of markets and rural organlza-i
tion of the United States Department 1
of Agriculture has made plans to es-t
tablish temporary headquarters in
the northwest for the study of the i
distribution of the 1915 boxed apple
crop.
The plan as outlined Is based upon
assurance that the office of markets
and rural organization will receive
the co-operation of all those Interest
ed in the apple industry, for without
; this co-operation the efforts of the
office would not produce valuable re
sults. It Is probable that the field head
quarters for this work will be in Spo
kane, because of the accessibility of
that point to the apple territory in
the northwestern states.
The work which the office will do
is not that of a telegraphic market
news service, but rather contemplates
the collection of mail and the com
pilation of data and issuance of week
ly bulletins concerning the shipments
and destination of the northwestern
boxed apples. In this connection
similar work will be carried on to a
certain extent in the apple sections
of Colorado, Utah and California.
Phone job orders to th Tidings.
Notice to Contractors.
Notice is hereby given that bids
will be opened and considered at the
office of the undersigned on the 16th
day of October, 1915, at 1 o'clock
p. m., for the construction of a
No
SleepyKead
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1
with that bowlful of
New Post Toasties
waiting
The new method of manufacture brings out a new
flavour, exceptional crispness, and a body and substance
that don't mush down in cream. -
Notice the tiny, pearl
"puffs" on each flake
characteristic of the
New
Post Toasties
t
Bank In Jackson County
Reserve System
Coffee
The airtight tins in
which Schilling's Best is
packed are safety deposit
boxes for coffee-treasure.
Treasure? Isn't the
flavor of fine coffee
treasure? What's coffee
for!
We put-in the flavor and
seal it tight against escape
and intrusion. We money
back the result.
Schilling's
Best
frame school house for District No.
54, Jackson county, Oregon.
Plans and specifications can bo
seen at the office of F. H. Walker in
the city of Ashland.
Address all bids to the undersigned
at Ashland postoffice.
Right reserved to reject any or alt
bids.
By order of the board of directors.
39-3t. MRS. A. M. FITCH, Clerk.
HSHL7TND
Storage and Transfer Co
C. F, BATES Proprietor.
Two warehouses sear Depot
Goods of all kinds stored at reason
able rates.
A General Transfer Business.
Wood and Rock Springs ComL
Phone 117.
Office, 99 Oak Street
ASULAXD. OREGON.
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