Thursday, January 27, 1018
ASHLAND TIDINGS
f APR TWO
Ashland Tidings
By
THE ASHLAND PRINTING 00.
(Incorporated.)
SEMI-WEEKLY.
ESTABLISHED 1870.
Ilert R CJrocr, Editor and Manager.
Lynn Mowat, . News Rcorter
Issued Mondays and Thursdays
Oliicial Cily anflCounty Paper
subscription rates.
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Equipments second to none in the
Interior.
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months. All subscriptions dropped at
expiration unless renewal is received.
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ASHLAND VS. MEDFORD.
The mineral waters running suc
cessfully into Lithla park marks the
finishing of the first step in develop
ing Ashland into a watering resort of
Importance. Already the work Is
. started for the complete remodeling
of the Oregon into a first-class com
bination tourist and commercial ho
tel. Negotiations are under way with
good prospects for early consumma
tion for a high-class water cure sani
tarium. Already Ashland has been
placed on the map through a well
conducted publicity campaign. Ash
land will be ready for the pleasure
and health seeker by the time the
1916 season is well opened. And the
. tourists will be here. The Southern
Pacific Company is behind the enter
prise and will bring the people to
Ashland. All of this means that Ash
land is on the threshold of a rapid
and prosperous development. But
the development will be primarily
along tourist and resort lines. A
tourist resort Is never, in the true
sense of the word, a commercial cen
ter, and by the very nature of things
R cannot be made so. The natural
line of development will be Into a
delightful health and pleasure center
and home city. That Is tbe line of
least resistance for Ashland and the
line along which our efforts Bhould
be expended.
There Is room In the Rogue River
valley for two large and prosperous
cities, besides leaving room for the
proper expansion of every tswn in the
valley. In successfully developing
r.ltled Droner recognition must be
given to geography and topography;
In other words, to the proper lines
laid down by nature for community
development.
Nature has laid out a proper des
tiny for Ashland In depositing her
wealth of mineral waters In this vi
cinity and leaving it possible for men
to augment her glorious handiwork
of scenery and climate and fertility
by the adaptation of her mineral
springs. This the people of Ashland
are now busy in the accomplishment
And the successful accomplishment of
this purpose not only will put Ashland
forward by bounds, but will lend
much force to the development and
expansion of the whols Rogue River
valley. In the present development
of Ashland there is no excuse for
jealousy and undue rivalry. Nature
has decreed that Ashland and Med
ford should develop along distinctive
lines, and has so ordered that each
may profitably lend to the support
of the other in their proper develop
ment. Medford is the center of the pro
ductive area of the Rogue River val
ley, and this geographical advantage
Is great; Indeed, so powerful Is it that
in spite of rivalry and the strongest
competition she Is by nature and al
ways will bo the commercial metropo
lis of this valley. TIiIb fact should
be recognized. Ashland could not
compete with her if she desired, along
commercial lines, She Is the natural
location for the jobblnfj trade and for
the manufacturing enterprises of the
valley. This fact mtiBt be recognized,
admitted and fostered. The proper
and rapid development of Medford
along commercial Hues will contribute
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QUIT IT.
Get some glass of water en- i
i vdopes at the Tidings office to-
day and help advertise Ashland
aa a resort.
Package of 25, 10 cents; BOO
with your business card printed
on them for $2JS0.
no small force to the rapid and pros
perous development of Ashland along
resort lines.
Self-interest dictates that Ashland
and Medford should be friends, not
rivals, and whatever of Jealousy or
enmity that heretofore existed be
twe communities should be at once
abandoned and they should Join
hands for the proper development of
the whole valley, for In this situation
it is peculiarly true that the prosper
ity of one contributes to that of the
other. Let Ashland help Medford de
velop along jobbing and manufactur
ing lines and in return Medford will
assist Ashland in her ambition to be
come a great resort.
SEEMS GREATLY EXC ITED.
"The First National Bank of Ash
land has filed suit in the Oklahoma
courts for the foreclosure of a $5,000
mortgage against the Ashland Tid
ings, of which Bert R. Greer is editor
and proprietor. The sheriff's office
served the first papers Friday."
Medford Sun.
The Tidings had held the opinion
for a long time that Medford was
suffering from the lack of an Intelli
gent newspaper. Just read the above
again and you will get what we
mean. "The First National Bank of
ABhland files suit in an Oklahoma
court to close a mortgage on the Ash
land Tidings." What do you think
of thut as an intelligent newspaper
statement? What is the matter with
tho Oregon courts that an Oregon
bauk can not close a mortgage on
an Oregon newspaper through an
Oregon court? The Medford village
press should hire a lawyer to censor
their items before they go to press.
Like most of their vaporlngs, this
item was dictated by spleen Instead
of truth and judgment. It Is false,
first, because there Is no mortgage
against tho Ashland Tidings. It is
false, second, because the Ashland
Tidings is owned by the Ashland
Printing Company, which owes no
one. The Ashland Printing Com
pany was incorporated a long, long
time ago, but the Medford Juvenile
press has just discovered that news
fact. The sheriff served no such pa
pers Friday. What they now refer to
happened weeks ago and they have
just discovered It The truth Is there
Is absolutely no truth in the story,
and the story, if it was true, is, as
usual, in the Medford press, late, very
late.
The animus may appear in the fact
that lately the Ashland Weekly Tid
ings has gained several hundred new
subscribers in Medford. That a num
ber of substantial Medford citizens
have proposed to Mr. Greer that they
will take half the stock in the enter
prise if Mr. Greer will establish a
dally newspaper at Medford and give
that city a real newspaper, not run In
the Interest of . a few gangsters.
A GOOD MOVE.
The Jackson county court has gone
on record as favoring the support of
county enterprises in the purchase of
supplies for the county. The action
Is commendable. Every community
spends .thousands of dollars, through
commercial clubs and otherwise, in
Inducing people to come and estab
lish business enterprises, and when
they are located straightway forget
them and buy their supplies from for
eign Institutions which neither pay
taxes In the community nor contrib
ute a farthing to legal payrolls. This
has been one of the greatest commun
ity faults in the past. As much at
tention should be given to fostering
home enterprises as Is paid to secur
ing new ones. What profit to a com
munity to locate an enterprise unless
It is surrounded with conditions that
will help it prosper? It Is a positive
detriment ,to have enterprises locate
and fall. Better had they never come.
The county court has set a precedent
and it is a good one. The citizens of
te county should heed and follow It
In making tneir private purcnases.
The surest way to build up a com
munity is to patronize local indus
tries and local merchants.
Focus your ability on one point
until you burn a hole in It. Genius
is lntonsity and digression Is as dan-
corous as stagnation. "lie who fol
lows two hares catches neither." It
is the single aim that wins,
It is easy to decide without think
ing; It Is easy to think and not de
cide; but It is hard to think fairly
and decide courageously.
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NEXT!
Several newspapers are eliminat
ing adjectives from their society
pages. We might easily spare more
of them, but we'd hate to see our old
friend, "dainty," go. Livermore
Herald.
And there's old reliable "quietly."
Without it a wedding might easily
degenerate into a noise like unto a
corkscrew parade following a foot
ball game. Memet News.
How about our old friend "de
lightful"? Is there ever a club af
fair, a home party or a wedding that
he does not attend? Any 6oeIa
event would certainly be a flat fail
ure without him EI Centro Prog
ress. But, oh, that word "delicious"!
Where could we find a synonym that
would so accurately describe the
cooking of the fair ones? There are
oodles of adjectives that need elim
ination, but leave use that mouth
watering "delicious." Rialto Rec
ord. We can readily spare all those ob
solete and unnecessary desciiptives,
but save, oh, save us the "motif" and
"color scheme," and do not mutilate
that most comprehensive paragraph
of all, "refreshments were served."
Rodondo Beach.
Which reminds the Plaindealer
that all the charm is taken from any
social event, regardless of "motif,"
"color scheme," "refreshments were
served," if we can not do "full jus
tice" to the "happy occasion." Al
ntturas Plaindealer.
So far as he Herald is concerned,
they can kill all of the noun modi
fiers ever used to make a common
little get-together sound like a White
Mouse reception, .providing only that
those old faithfuls, "banquet," "re
freshments" and "dainty viands" be
spared the pruning knife. Like char
ity, they cover a multitude of dis
crepancies, and even "those present,"
who ate, or tried to eat, the Junk
dished up feel after reading these
terms that it wasn't so had, while
those who stayed away feel they
missed something. Klamath Falls
Herald.
We are beginning to think that
mayhap after all the society editor's
vocabulary is less limited than that
of the fish peddler or auctioneer, but
our friends have forgotten our favor
ite. Take all the rest, but leave us
one. Have you ever heard of any
kind of an affair, from a neighbor
hood sewing circle afternoon to a
military ball, which was not "enjoy
able"? ... .
THE OPTIMIST.
The woman who read in holy writ
that faith as a grain of mustard seed
would move mountains, prayed that
a mountain be moved, and upon open
ing her eyes discovered the mountain
still there and said, "Just as I ex
pected," was a pessimist. She prayed
that holy writ might prove true and
at the same time hoped it would not.
An optimist is one who believes In
the present and has the liveliest hope
for the future. A pessimist is one
who believes In nothing and hopea
nothing will come to pass. All the
glorious development in the world to
day is the fruit of the optimist, of
men who dreamed and made their
dreams come true. Most of the obsta
cles overcome by the world doers
were laid by the pessimist. Thank
God for the optimist.
HIS NAME IS THE HELLYDID.
There is a guy whose name is The
Hellydid and he comes from the Riv
er of Doubt. His brother's name is
"I don't believe you." He is the
original quacker the original belly
acher. He is the guy that wakes up
n the morning feeling as though he
swallowed a bucket of sour paste the
night before. While everybody else
Is smiling and happy this guy is
gloomy. While everybody else is up
and doing, this guy Is down-ln-the
mouth. And what Is he down In the
mouth over? N-O-T-H-I-N-G. It's
ust his mental attitude. He Is
afraid. He is always fearful. He is
always distrusting everybody. To
him everybody Is a cheat, a liar and a
crook. That's why he is called "The
Heilydid" from the "River of Doubt."
Every Ashland citizen should Join
the Commercial Club at once. There
Is a tremendous amount of construc
tive work necessary in forwarding
the resort project. The Commercial
Club needs your help and you need
its help. Join. Get together and
have your part In the glorious work
of making Ashland a center of con
sequence. President V. O. N. Smith
and the officers of the club are lay
ing practical lines for effective club
work and deserve the support of the
people.
The divorce court Is the rendezvous
Of those who have said and done what
a lot of others have only sat and
thought. ' -
Coffee
Our coffee is called by
our name because you
know us better than you
know coffee countries.
i
The most that a coffee
country can do is to sell
us good coffee. The big
part of the goodness of
Schilling's Best is due to
the way we handle good
coffee clean, roast, grind
and pack.
The airtight tin are revol
utionizing the coffee busi
ness. They make fine coffee
economical and not-Iinc,
foolish.
Schilling's
Best
People's Forum
Port Orford, Oregon.
Editor Tidings. People of Curry
county are not surprised at anything
these days, and a railroad or two
headed this way would not start a
stampede or keep the children home
from school.
The latest report comes from the
mountain section of the county, and
the long-looked-for survey is now
started, and It's the road the people
of this section want, as it will mean
more for Port Orford than three
roads up and down the coast.
A party of twenty-two men have
headquarters at the boundary line on
Tim creek, half of the party working
towards Port Orford, down the mid
dle fork of the Sixes river, while the
other crew are - working towards
Grants Pass, north of Eden Ridge,
up China creek.
Port Orford has waited a long time
for this road, and it is the one road
that will give to Grants Pass and the
other Rogue River valley towns a
deep water harbor.
Port Orford is one of the oldest
towns in the state and is little known
by the people, even those who have
lived here for years.
In 1880 Port Orford was selected
by the government as the most suit
able place for a harbor of refuge be
tween San Francisco and Puget
Sound. Port Orford Is situated in
42 degrees 45 minutes north, longi
tude 124 degrees 30 minutes west.
It is the most westerly port on the
American coast south of Alaska. It
is the best and most capacious road
stead or summer harbor between San
Francisco and Puget Sound. It is
just midway between the two places,
and is 220 miles south of the Co
lumbia river. It is a deep, broad bay,
having on the west and north a head
land, perpendicular on the harbor
side, and 350 feet altitude. The bot
tom is sand and mud, clear and free,
and gives a good anchorage. A quar
ter of a mile outside of the extreme
south point of the heads the water
deepens rapidly and soon attains a
great depth, the effect of which Is to
prevent heavy ground swells setting
in at the roadstead. The harbor Is
three miles broad; there are no sunk
en rocks; all the dangers are above
water. The bay is effectually pro
tected on three sides by high and
prominent land. The beads are
formed of most durable rock, with
bold water from four to seven fath
oms immediately against them.'
Northwest fogs seldom enter the
roadstead of Port Orford, a peculiar
ity which distinguishes it from all
other harbors south of the Columbia.
There are 50 billion feet of tim
ber adjacent to Port Orford, and a
short distance from the harbor is the
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DEPOSITORY OF
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largest body of Port Orford cedar In
the world. Within 60 miles of Port
Orford is the largest waterpower in
the United States. This new survey
passes through the great coal fields
at Kckley, some 25 miles from Port
Orford. Government surveyors re
cently reported that this field con
tained a nine-foot vein of anthracite
coal. It Is an easy down grade from
these fields to Port Orford. At the
present time there Is no adequate
coaling station on the Taciflc coast.
Battleships and other vessels will be
able to enter Tort Orford and coal
and in a few minutes after coaling be
at sea. No delay on account of tides
or distance from the ocean. These
features will make of Port Orford
an important naval base. Directly
behind Port Orford harbor Is a splen
did site for a big city. Stretching
north for several miles is a level pla
teau, free from draws or hills. To
the southfest of the townslte are the
"Heads," 300 feet high. These hills
protect a portion of the town from
southwesterly storms, and they fully
shelter the harbor and beach from
northwest winds. This makes Port
Orford a popular place for a summer
resort. The new survey is the short
est and will have the best grade to
the main line of any that could be
selected. F. B. TICHENOR.
ROSE FESTIVAL SLOGAN FOR
1010.
The Por.tland Rose Festival slogan
for 1916 as finallp adopted reads:
"For you a rose
In Portland grows."
Date of the Rose Festival, June 7,
8 and 9.
Phone Job orders to the Tidings.
Good Work Done Promptly
AT THE
Rough Dry at Reasonable
J. N. NISBET, Mgr.
Office and Laundry 31 Water St. . TELEPHONE 165
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'All the better class of dealers uncon
sciously recommend Snowflake Sodas
because for so long they have been th.3 standard
ot cracKer goodness.
10c and 25c
packages
also in bulk
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i To Wood Contractors i
Notice is hereby given that bids will
be received by the Board of Direct
ors of School District No. 5 of Ash
land, Oregon, until February 1,
1916, at 6 o'clock p. m., for 160
cords of fir wood, to be good, solid
wood cut from green trees. Wood
received must not be more than
eight nor less than four inches in
diameter. Wood to be delivered
and piled as directed at the East
and West schools and some at the
High School on or before Septem
ber 1, 1916.
A certified check for $25.00
must accompany each bid and a
bond will be required from the per
son to whom the contract is award
ed for the faithful performance
thereof. The Board reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
By order of the Board of Direct
ors. H. F. POHLAND, Clerk.
Ashland, Ore., January 18, 1916.
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of America
Out of ninety members of the last
Oregon legislature the newspaper
correspondents concluded that, ac
cording to their standards, but eight
of them acted In such manner as to
j indicate their absolute honesty.
Some of them stuck on the "honest"
list till the last hours of the session
'and then had to be scratched off the
press roll of honor.
The Commercial Club requests the
names and addresses of parties who
are considering coming to the coast
his summer. We wish to stnd them
iterature and give them a good con
ception of Oregon. 74-tf
A nORSE IS OUR ERIENI)
and we should treat bim as such. To
shoe him with uncomfortable or pain
ful footgear is not "clubby." What's
more, It isn't human. If you care for
your horse as he deserves, bring him
here to be shod. We guarantee he'll
reciprocate the good treatment he re-,
celves here.
N. M. LANE
Corner First Avenue and C Streets
Successor to A. L. Lamb.
N.&M.Home Laundry
Prices. New Machinery.
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