Tbnmiay, March 28, 1818
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ASHUIJfD TIDINGS
Ashland Tidings
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Ashland, Ore., Thursday, Mar. 23, 16 !
WHO'S WHO, AM) WIIV.
The Business Men's Association
had under consideration a "TRADE
AT HOME" campaign. ' The object
was to make a concerted effort to
educate the citizen to the unquestion-;
able fact that he could better afford
to pay his home merchant a little
more for goods than he would have
to pay a mail order house for the
same article, because every dollar
spent with the home merchant stayed
In the community to enrich it wtih
ready cash, while the dollar sent
away was gone forever and left the
community that much the poorer.
The Idea was a good one and the ar
gument absolutely true.
BUT.
Hincy Enders tooK the floor to
advocate such a campaign and sug
gested that the association get to
gether and order a great lot of bills
'for a TRADE AT HOME campaign.
He said they could get them In big
lots from the east at a very cheap
price.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
Why not as well buy the TRADE
AT HOME CAMPAIGN bills from
Sears-Roebuck? They probably could
furnish them cheaper than the home
printer who spends his money in town
and pays taxes here, and might fur
nish them cheaper than they could be
had from the Portland printer who
pays taxes at least in the state.
There are a few definite reasons
why Ashland Is not a better town
commercially, and Enders has hit the
nail on the h'-ad without knowing it,
when he advocates having his TRADE
AT HOME bills printed by a mail
order house, while he boycots the
local printer.
The trouble with Ashland Is that
there Is no co-ordination or co-operation
between either her merchants or
her citizens. None of them seems
to understand what It really takes to
build np a town. As soon as mer
chant and citizen alike begin to think
about the other fellow and to realize
the building power of local co-operation,
Ashland will fcegla to look up.
But, as long as the Enders policy, as
illustrated in bin proposal for TRADE
AT HOME Vlis, is continued, Ashland
commercially wlJl nt anwunt to a
row of pins. Mr. Mertliant, if you In
sist on buriag ot of town because
you can get It a little cheaper, why
In the name of high heaven do you
complain when those in the market
for supplies you sell do the same !
thing? I
As long as the Ashlnnd druggist
buys his clothos of the mail order j
bouse instead of lv's neighbor cloth-!
ing merchant, he should not complain
If other citizens send away for patent ,
medicines. As long as tee banker In
sists on buying his supplies from
Portland or San Francisco lnutead of
one of the merchants who csrrles his
account In the local bank, of course
bank deposits will be low and money
tight
If money Is scarce, ns It appears to
be, possibly the solution might be
found in the business men patronis
ing each other as well as insisting
that citizens be educated to the ad
vantage of spending their cash at
borne.
What is sauce for the goose Is sauce
for the gander.
If every business man In Ashland
vould take a solemn pledge to see to
It that every dollar he spends goes
to a local firm, when It Is possible to
get what he wants here at any price,
be would likely find that half the
reason for a trade at home campaign
has been automatically removed. Tit
for tat Is a perfect'y natural human
game.
Let's do the thing ourselves, before
ve ask the other fellow to do It. We
may be surprised to find, when we
Talks Willi Screen-Slriick Girls
give every promise, so far as features
and carriage were concerned, fairly
worm their way out of further
chances through exaggerated wrig-
gling in front of the camera. They
were too anxious to be the center of
attraction.
The girl that the director finds
valuable for extra parts is the one
that is willing to take station where
and do what she is told. Often this
Is nothing more pretentious than to
stand still and follow the principal
performer with her eyes.
This, you may say, is not the way
(Copyrighted January, 1916, by for one to get on. 111 grant that it
Beatrix Michelena.) s not a highly enthusing way, but,
One of the first things that the girl after all, it is the only way. Meek-
who would get on in the film profes- ness and an inclination to subordi-
sion must lear. Is an absolute and un- nate one's self to the main purpose of
questioning obedience to tne direct- tne scene always onng ineir rewara
or'ts Instructions. 4 sooner or later. The girl that the
This may seem so self-evident that director finds dependable in the back
one wou'd think a "talk" devoted ground will eventually.be given her
especially to it a waste of space, chance closer up.
Hower, I dare say that more girls j Therefore you, who are Just mak
are permanently crossed off a pro- ing your start, must never get the
diner's extra list because of an un- idea that the scenes are being shaped
willingness to follow Instruction than Just for you. Realize that you must,
for any other single reason. j for a long time, be a very small part
The trouble comes from a novice's of it. Sometimes you will be way
undue eagerness to demonstrate on back and no more than the tip of
her first appearance before the cam-. your nose will show, but the good
era. She feels somewhere In her director somehow has the knack of
bones that she has emotional powers knowing without further clew wheth-
or perhaps it is the gift of comedy : er or not there is intelligence behind
and she wants to give proof of it that bit of nose. If he finds there is,
without delay. Consequently she is , all you have to do is to be patient
forever making a conscious endeavor and follow it. and, like other noses
to act. This Is Just what the director I've heard tell about, It will in due
doesn't want her to do. .time lead you to success and, maybe.
I have seen girls who seemed to fortune.
THE KXELL OP THE MOSSBACK.
RHYME A XI) REASON.
By Leonard Hinton.
"In January thirty millions of dol
lars of railroad bonds, bearing 4V&
per cent Interest, were offered at par
and taken so quickly that the sub
scription books closed almost as soon
as they were opened."
We quote from the Saturday Even
ing Post of March IS. This we find
in a year of the greatest war In the
history of the world, at a time when
the pessimist can easily be nnvincing
on the subject df the Irretrievable
ruin of the universe. It seems there
are still a few loose pennies for the
man with constructive Ideas.
Prosority.
It sometimes takes temerity
To say out loud, "Prosperity
Comes when you've learned the way
to talk It."
But here! We've got no war to balk
it!
What if business drops today!
Bring It back in some new way.
The smiling man makes plans that
sizzle,
But every grouch brings on a fizzle
Whistle!
Thoughts are things: then use 'em
right.
Drop that whine put up a fight.
Teach your brain a brand-new curve;
One thing makes you rule or serve
NERVE!
The analogy between scenic park
development and resort city develop
ment is too cIobo to Ignore. Four
years ago President Taft said in a
message to congress on the subject
of anlflod park management that only
In the case of the Yellowstone "have
we made anything like adequate prep
aratlon for the use of the park by the
public." That observation Is still
true.
It is Just as true that only in one
city out of every ten endowed with
great natural attractions has there
been anything like adequate prepara
tion for the use of the city by the
tourist. In which category are we to
place Ashland?
We are glad to hear that the coun
cil Is renewing Its activity In the
securing of the right-of-way for the
scenic road which is to be built on
the west side of the canyon. The pro
posed west drive will be an even more
valuable asset than the completed
Glenvlew Drive on the east side. It
Is to be hoped that property owners
will lend every assistance In giving
the council committee the right of
way and that the construction of the
drive may be carried through to com
pletion this spring.
The Tidings always boosts. When
It cannot truthfully boost It Is silent.
Some other papers seem to think the
popular thing to do Is knock. Result:
The Tidings has three subscrbersl
where the knocking sheet has one.
Movie men are quick to see profit
In adversity. Look for a flood of
Noah's ark photoplays from southern
California.
do, that the other fellow follows suit.
Loyalty to your home town, my
dear fellow, Is exceedingly Impor
tant. Cities cannot be built through
dls'oyalty. Let's all try It. It will
work well.
The Springs
Of Inspiration
(By Leonard Hinton.)
Fifth of Series.
I trust I may be pardoned for de
voting another brief sketch to the re
modeling of the Oregon Hotel, which
Is now being rapidly pushed toward
completion. In doing so I believe I
am only giving space to something
that everyone in Ashland is Interest
ed In, and rightly. For the new Ore
gon represents better than any pres
ent activity here, the spirit of "Pre
paredness" which alone can make of
Ashland a tourist Mecca.
Realizing something of this from
a former visit to the busy people in
the Oregon, I was not surprised to
discover in a later conversation with
one of the owners, that no effort is
being spared to make the new hbs
telry the equal of any of the best
tourist hotels In the country. This
is at once apparent to the visitor In
the new lobby. Here the white stuc
co and columns of the ladies' drawing
room will be repeated against a deli
cate ground of gray-green, while the
floor Is to be of mosaic tiling, white,
with sma'l designs and border of dull
blues and reds. The desk service is
to be of the best order, and will In
clude the conveniences of a checking
room and the house central.
Adjoining the lobby will be a bar
ber shop and manicuring parlor,
equipped to give the most expert serv
ice, and with every appliance to be
found In the best metropolitan shops.
Throughout the kitchen and serv
ice rooms revolution has reigned su
preme since the remodeling began.
Not only have the rooms been entire
ly renovated, but no effort has been
spared to make this part of the hotel
absolutely sanitary. To this end no
cupboards or shelves have been al
lowed in the kitchens or storerooms
which prevent easy access to the floor
for cleaning purposes, and all heavy
furniture has been equipped with
castors.
It has been characteristic of the
management to carry on this war of
convenience and sanitation In the
servants' quarter quite as thorough
ly as elsewhere. They have repa
pered and equipped five outside
rooms for this purpose, wprking on
the principle that It is the employe
who runs the house, and good serv
ice can only be obtained where the
same, has been rendered.
The building has been rewired
throughout, and new plumbing in-,
stalled. So we'l has this work been
done that each room-unit can now be
reached for repairs without any dis
turbance to the hotel system at large.
Water pipes of all kinds have been
installed In felt packing, so that a
practically silent system is the result.
The apartments which were for
merly used as parlors on the second
floor have been converted Into suites
of three rooms each, comprising
drawing room, bedroom and maid's
room. In regard to the Improvement
of the service In this regard the man
agement Is deserving of praise, for
the hotel when ready for use will
have seventeen rooms with private
bath and lavatory.
(To be contlnued.-
Phone Job orders to the Tidings.
' By Leonard Hinton
I might have beaded this "Atten
tion, Mossbacks," but had I done so,
I should never have reached my aud
ience. For the mossback knows not
that name. To himself he is a con
servative, though the only conserva
tion he believes In Is the conserva
tion of the dollar already in the
bank, and the conservation of Ideas
and traditions already In the dis
card. If. he Is a thoroughbred moss
back he does not believe In banks,
but keeps the aforesaid dollar in
a fruit Jar In the cellar, or under a
loose brick In the fireplace.
Such as he is, and was, we hasten
to toll his knell.
Perhaps there are some who will
censure us albeit unwillingly, for
j being a trifle premature. The moss
j back, they will tell us, is not yet
gone from our midst. Lo, he is still
j with us, and doing business after
the manner of his knisman, the busy
flea, crawling upon the back of en
terprise, stinging with the sharp
sting of envy and malice the flesh
of enthusiasm, and droning pessi
mistic lies in the ear of the booster.'
Let us reply that we know he is
still here, but we are conscious of
the fact that he is in a decline, and
that In the very near future we shall
be so busy with our booster's
column that we shall have no space
for a recital of obituary for the
gentleman in question. So we are
taking time by the forelock.
Behold the works of the mossback.
Once, a very far away once, it Is
true, he was young, with hopes and
aspirations and possibilities. But!
when he looked upon himself he
found much to censure, for the moss
backs of his generation pointed out !
his heresies. For was he not young, !
when youth was a crime, and high
treason to property and tradition alU:
the works thereof? So the moss-i
back of our story stiff led all
thoughts of youth, and with, them all
hopes and aspirations and all origin
ality, and sought to emulate the pon
derosity and the scepticism of those
about him, and he became as one of
the mossbacks.
Now there came a new business
Into the town, and new people, and
the mossback frowned thereon, for
it was a new business, and the like
of it had never been in the town in
the memory of the oldest mossback.
And the business flourished for a
time, for there was youth and high
hope behind it, but in the end it
dwindled and perished, for the mind
of. the town was against it. And
many businesses came and went, and
many people, but always they took
with thera the story of the, moss
back, and the town got unto itself
a black eye.
Now, there came a stranger into
the town, and found waters of great
virtue, and drank of them, and was
made whole of his sickness. And
he cried the matter from the house
tops, for he was exceeding glad. In-
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deed, there were those of the town
who held with him, and proposed to
give the healing waters to all man
kind, and for a time their way flour
ished, for there was truth and en
thusiasm with them. But there came
a day when the matter languished,
for the mossbacks met in the alleys
and the by-ways, and said among
themselves:
"What Is this new thing that is
going on among us, and why Is It
tolerated? It is not (he work of
youth, and the booster."
And they resolved to have none of
it, and they sniffed when the strang
er praised the waters, and raised eye
brows thereat, and some there were
who told lies. So that there were
many who began to doubt, and there
were many tales abroad.
But now there are coming together
in the town the men of vision, and
the young men of the city, and those
who have sought to make known the
worth of the waters, proclaiming the
crime of the mossback, saying:
"Behold, he giveth not of his time,
or of his moneys, or of his goodwill,
to the upbuilding of the city, but
sendeth his shekels to the mail order
house, and dwelleth behind shutters
lest he partake of the climate, and
setteth his mind against progress."
So they are crying In the streets
of the city, and In a few days, or
weeks, or months, they will rise and
fall upon the mossback, and his yam
merlngs will be heard no more in the
land. But when that happens we
shall be too busy building the future
to notice.
IXTERVRBAX AUTOCAR 00.
Change of Time Card.
Leave Ashland for Medford, Talent
and Phoenix dally except Sunday at
9:00 a. ra. and 1:00, 2:00, 4:00
and 5:15 p. m. A'so on Saturday
night at 6:30 and 12:20. Sundays
leave at 9:00 and 1:00, 4:30, 6:30
and 10:30 p. m.
Leave Medford for Ashland dally ex.
cept Sunday at 8:00 a. m., 1:00,
2:00, 4:00 and 5:15 p. m. Also on,
Saturday at 11:15 p. ra. On Sun.
days at 8:00 and 10:30 a. m., and
1:00, 2:00, 5:30 and 9:30 p. m.
Yom
Friends
Can buy anything you can
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