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About Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1916)
rAOB KTGHT 4IHMHIIIHIHMI1IIIIIIIIIHHIIMIIIIIIIHI :: : WhTZE yQu.,flguring. on ::;tt HhisSDrine? If so i selteet your paper now. ! We?Kave a new J 7 and complete siocjk. t prices from 7c per double roil up. many : of these patterns cannot be duplicated.' :: Let us show you our stock whether you buy or not. , i : A full line of paints for every purpose, varnish, stains, glass, building paper, roof- ; ; ing paper, etc., at the lowest prices consis- : : tent with the best quality. . i i i f PhnoniT Hure rami, coast maue ior coast trade. Ashland's exclusive glass t Uye People's Forum Criticisms, Accusations and Gossip. I am looking out upon a forest of gigantic firs. Directly in front of me stands one old tree with bare limbs, black, desolate, dead. And I said to the Forest, "There stands vnnr f-ritln in Vila lnnt stages." And the -waving branches of a thousand! trees answered, "Yes, but we are too happy to hate. it. It is too contempt- j ible to notice. We juBt forget it. And soon it will pass to oblivion." Dear reader, what is your concep tion of the critic, the accuser, the gossip? Whatever may be your esti mate of him, or her, let me assure yon of one thing, he or she has en tered upon the paththat leads to de struction; and at last his soul must stand, as that old blackened tree, desolate and alone, swept by the fires of bitterness and malice, blackened in character, dead to all that is good, forsaken, forgotten. By an Infallible j law of Justice, all the filth they have ever thrown at others rebounds upon themselves and will bury them from the face of all good people. And why is this so? Because the attitude of soul which impels one to, criticise, find fault, gossip, spread, scandal, etc., is a destructive atti-J tude. It consumes the one who in dulges it. It is a moral cancer eat- 1mr nwnv the vitals of the soul. Its Impulse Is to Injure others; but its end Is self-destruction. Its malignant , arrows aimed at others, rebound In- i variably and carry their poison into the soul of him who sent them forth, i Now, the above statements are not intended as fine figures of speech. On the contrary, they are statements of literal, scientific fact. Let us see if we can analyze this fault-finding, gossiping spirit and so discover Its deadly character. 1. The fundamental prompting to gossip, slander, and all manner of evil speaking against our fellow be ings is a deep, underlying sense of guilt, or moral culpability in our w.. & 1 "Motor oil made from asphalt-base crude gives best lubrication with least car bon. Such is the testimony of motorists and experts alike. As Lieut. Bryan, U.S.N., puts it: "Oils made from the asphalt-base crudes haveshownthemselvestobemuch better adapted to motor cylinders, as far as their carbon-forming pro clivities are concerned, than are paraf fine-base Pennsylvania oils." Zerolene is scientifically refined from selected California crude asphalt-base not only made from the right crude but made right. Dealers everywhere and at service stations and agencies of the Standard Oil Company. IE BOLEKI ihStadsrd OUior Hater Cars - - : paperiug your house : it will pdy. you to : oi wan paper at cfeersoi !! paint, paper and house I selves which we are trying to cover up or excuse. And, strange to say, by some infallible law of Nature which has been noted by Wise Men ages ago, the very crime, fault, or weakness which we most frequently find In others, and which we condemn In the most clamorous tones, are the very weaknesses which we ourselves possess In the greatest degree. Thus a wise and Beneficent Creator has so ordered the psychology of individual character that the chronic faultfinder and gossip, the retailer of filth did he but know It only advertises his own soiled character. Every evil word he utters against the character of another only proclaims to the world that he himself has that identi cal fault, or a similar one. For ex ample, a woman eagerly runs to her neighbor and in breathless whispers tells her that old Mrs. Jones has just told her that old Mrs. Smith has Just told her that a "Certain young woman who lives not more than fifty miles from here, whose name you can guess, has gone wrong. She has been caught! Actually caught! Now, what do you think of that?" This is a form of gossip most common. Now what is back of it? Why did this particular "respectable" lady want to run to her neighbor with the matter? Why did she not in shame keep it to herself and feel pain that a sister woman should have departed from the Path? What prompted her to rush to her neighbor with the news? Did she expect to do any one any good by it? No, indeed. As sure as God liveth, as sure as any natural law has ever been discovered, the thing that prompted her was her own un worthy character; for she herself, to gether with both the old gossips who passed the story on to her, have each and all either been guilty of the actual thing of which they accuse the young woman, or they have had it in their minds and hearts to do so, if the favorable opportunity had been offered. This Is no idle dream. It is a conclusion based upon a careful study of the subject running back through the ages. 2. Envy, jealousy, .self-pity, ASHLAND ff VV- lifffl f f'f .' 'fSCTSK ;;. urTLr L mmm iiiiiiiir.'irtrttrrrr'',l-ililflliitwiiiliiir'iifl-T- --'-'""--d$& m ii iiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiimiiMHiiiBwiin iinwim m iwi mon f I C H TING (WILLIAM FOX William Farnum in "Fighting Mood hatred, revenge, added to the above fundamental character, often prompt men and women to say, to invent, or to repeat all manner of accusations, slanders, gossips, or evil reports against any one who happens to be the victim. Such talk, then, is sim ply the means of Indulging their own evil impulses. It is the same law that Impels the libertine to Indulge his passion, or the drunkard to drink, the thief to steal, or-the murderer to kill. In each and every case it is the evil impulse in the individual which Impels him to give expression to evil. Out of the corrupt heart comes forth corruption. The soul which: is filled with all manner of mental and moral filth seeks every opportunity to pour it out onto others. This is the law by which disease spreads. .1 Gossips and scandalmongers are like swarms of flies which have fed upon the filth of typhoid excreta and then icarry it forthwith to the next house where they can find a window open. And the door of every houBe in the land should be more rigidly closed to all gossips and peddlers of evil report, than we close our doors and windows to disease-laden flies. ' Shall I define a gossip-, a chronic fault-finder? It is an individual whose moral nature is perverted, who loves filth as his mental food, and who seeks to pour out his accumulat ed and contaminating much into the sweet streams of human thought all about him. He Is the moral leper of society. He is the perpetual menace of mankind. Let me here declare with all the firm conviction of my soul that any one who tells an evil tale of another, who peddles that which Injures another's good name, is guilty of a worse crime than mur der, is a more deadly menaoe to so ciety than all the dreaded evils of intoxicating drinks and opium, and is lower in the social and moral scale than the common prostitute. Such a person stabs the innocent In the back, robs them of their good name, turns their neighbors and friends against them, and often sends them into the world helpless and ruined for life. Sometimes nothing but death can re pair the terrible ravages of this vile and merciless enemy of human life and happiness. Some who read this will ask, "Are we, then, never to mention any of the weaknesses of character and the glaring misconduct of which we know personally? Are we never to speak of bad men and their dark deeds?" In reply, let me ask,' Why do yon want to speak of them? Frankly, what can be your purpose in repeat ing such things? If you will but ex amine your innermost motives, your secret impulses, you will doubtless decide that your only reason for re peating anything evil of another is, in practically every instance, to grat ify some unworthy impulse of your on. There are just two conditions, and only two, under which one may be morally justified In repeating any thing which could bo construed to reflect discredit upon another per son's character, motive, or conduct. What are these two conditions? Note 1. When required to do so in a court of justice. 2. When it becomes necessary to do so in order to warn and protect the innocent. And In this latter case the matter must be presented only to the parties immediately in danger, or to their guardians and legal pro tectors. Not to the public in gen eral. . Even in both these cases one has no right to speak unless he has the 'tacts before him and knows with absolute certainty the truth of every word be utters. I hope to live to see state and na tional laws enacted that will make it penitentiary crime, equal to that of highway robbery, for any person to utter one word Ugalnat another r 'feiTOWtfwnmnr'i t,r, .1 11 nun,i'rKtHinK't' TIDINGS ""S3 B4.0 0 0 PRODUCTION " at the Viniiig Wednesday, Slay 21. person's character, good name or con duct, or In any way publicly or pri vately to reflect upon another, except under the above two conditions. All such criminals should be branded by law and by public opinion as among the lowest of human degenerates. , I must close this' article with a reference to a great principle in Na ture which bears upon this subject and is of the most vital concern to the gossip and the tale-teller. It is the law of justice. This law is not! of man, nor does its execution rest with man. It is self-acting, and un der It every wrong which any re sponsible individual Inflicts upon an other must be paid for to the last farthing. There is no escape. For giveness? Do not delude yourself. Do you think you can steal your neighbor's good name and poison his whole life and then calmly fold your hands and say a little prayer and escape from all further consequences yourself, while your victim may be an innocent sufferer for a lifetime? Never while there is eternal Justice; never while life lasts, either in this world or In the next; never can your soul go free from that bond until you personally make the matter right with the one you have wronged, if possible; and If.not with him, then by an equivalent service to Borne one else who needs that service. The auto matic action of this law leaves the scar upon each soul the moment an evil word is uttered against another. Every such word darkens your own soul, poisons it, weakens it, and sets in motion therein Nature's destruct ive processes. Every such act forges around your own neck an Iron chain and collar of servitude, and that Iron chain will hold you fast to the foul body of your own sin until by your owni efforts you melt its links apart In the fires of loving kindness and un selfish deeds. JULIAN P. JOHNSON, M. D. Telescope for Tourists. Ashland, May 15, 1916. Editor Tidings: Some years ago there was organized in the city of Ashland a hiking club under the name of the Siskiyou Hiking Club, if I remember rightly. This club pur chased a very powerful telescope for the purpose of viewing the country from the high points that their tramps might take them. This club is now unorganized and has been for some years back, with no prosperts of ever being revived, and the above mentioned telescope is, in all probability, boxed up for safe keeping, for a time indefinite. Now, why don't the remaining members of this club get together and donate, loan or lease to the city this Instrument that some benefit might be derived therefrom? Arrange ments, no doubt, could be madewith the city or the springs water commis sion to provide a suitable shelter and protection for the Instrument on the top of the so-called Roper's Bunion. This would give an unrivaled view of Mt. Ashland, the Sisklyous and, in fact, all of the surrounding country that would be well worth the time and climb of anyone. I believe that if we hear the senti ments of the members of the Siskiyou Hiking Club, together with the co operation of some of our civic bodies, It will not be long before we have this known all over the Pacific north west as "Inspiration Point" or "Ob servation Point." SUBSCRIBER. The famous "Silver" shirts at $1 and $1.25 in either soft or stiff cuffs. Mitchell & Whittle. Special sale and special values. Suits to order this week for $18.60 at Orres' Tailor Shop. ,., Belleview Notes (By the Language Classes of Belle ' ,-. . :.;! view Sohool.);,; "'""- ' , . .. : , ;'', . v A, D. Moore and -family motored away up Frog creek Sunday and spent the day. While up there, they met up with Mr. and Mrs. George Harga dine, some oW friends. They report a goodjlme. , Charles Swartzfager and family and A. D. Moore and family spent Sunday evening at the home of Ches ter Jenson. C. E. Gray and famUy spent Satur day in town visiting at the home of their uncle. School clloses Tuesday, May 23. The event will be celebrated with an all-day picnic. The Murphy and Neil Creek schools have been invited to attend and take part in some field and track events. Miss Skeen spent the week-end vis iting her sister at Montague, Cal. The Parent-Teacher Circle met in regular session Friday evening, the last meeting before the vacation. The special number for the meeting was a lecture by the Rev. Doran, rural mall carrier on route No. 1, on the sub ject, "Personality." To say that this lecture was well received is putting it very mildly. It is a lecture for grown-ups, and not one calculated to Interest children, yet it seemed as if every one in the room, children and grown people, were held in rapt at tention from the beginning to the end of the lecture. We have heard less able features from some high priced men sent from afar. ' Chautauqua board, please take no tice: "With Ashland trade (and lithia) is Ashland made." Mr. Gowland, wife and son Richard spent Sunday at the Spur. Miss Olive Howard is visiting at the home of Delphia and Capitola Beagle. W. A. Cooper and J. A. Kelts left Friday morning for Mr. C.'s ranch the other side of the summit. Mr. Kelts is helping Mr. Cooper repair fence. Mr. Cooper expects to remove to his ranch soon. There is joy in the eighth grade class, as all have passed and will re ceive diplomas, except one, and he Is conditioned on an easy subject. Having finished her last test at high school, Capitola Beagle visited at Belleview Tuesday afternoon. A gun was taken from the home of Frank King last week, presumably by a tramp. Mrs.' J. H. Beagle visited at the home of Mrs. Elbert Davis Monday. William Olen of Hilt, Cal., visited at Bayles Thursday and Friday of last week. Wilbur Beagle and Frank Harden are working for Fred Homes. Ivan Farmer bought six goats from Mr. Davis a few days ago. Merritt Randies is hauling gravel for the hotel work. County Reports Found in Woodshed The grand jury finished its work Wednesday. Its report is as follows: ' "Wn thn prand 1urv. reSDectfullV report that we have examined all matters of a criminal character brought to our notice and as a result of said examination have returned Into court seven true bills and one not true bill. "That we have examined the coun ty jail and other county offices; that we find the jail well ordered, sani tary and clean. We find that many valuable old records of the county are kept in a garret of a woodshed to'the rear of the court house in a most dis orderly accumulation, endangered by fire and subject to theft or indis criminate removal; that election sup plies such as ink, pens and pencils are littered about said place in a most wasteful and disorderly manner. We also find that many valuable records in all departments of the county are without vault room and in danger of loss by fire, a condition that ought to be remedied. "An examination of the county farm shows It to be well kept and the patients properly cared for and well treated. "The other offices of the county are all orderly and well kept, so far as we are able to observe from the limited examination that we have been able to make. "S. S. SMITH, Foreman." SISKIYOU HEADLIGHTS. Several camps are now established at Siskiyou in connection with high way paving work, as the families of men employed and in charge have come up for a summer of outdoor me. Mrs. Bowman is visiting her moth er at Alameda, Cal. Mr. Tom Davis, superintendent of the paving work to be done over tne Sisklyous this gammer, was np again last week, planning work. Siskiyou school closed on Friday Monday, May 22, 1016 , in that, the fipbool. mjghj, attend, the itJeliintBnfest'ateirCreeLSpell- Jng teams weife ttiere'-'frohl 'rieven'1 dis- tricts representing nine schools.. ' ,day was perfoct'and all' enjoyed ff-Attlno' tAcfathnP Mhft nrnffrnm' The the getting together, Jtho program; the sports and the feast: Grace .Smith and Marie Hartley of the seventh grade were the Siskiyou team and were among-the last to "spell down." A program and box supper is to be -given at the school house on. Satur day evenlng.'May 20. This Is to raise money for last payment on the school organ. Alt friends are Invited to come. Roy and Harry Hartley journeyed to Ashland to hear Senator Cummins. A sheriff's posse was up after a runaway auto late last Thursday night, but did not overtake it. Mr. Ben Haye reports successful rearing of his one hundred baby chicks from Petaluma. They are Rhode Island Reds. Verne Dollarhide and George Inlow have been running the road scraper for two weeks past. They are level ing hubs and ruts all the way from Steinman to the California line. ' S. F. Starr left today for Klamath., Agency for an indefinite stay. Classified Advertisements TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. WANTED Apparatus for dispensing soda drinks. Walter Keene, care Tidings. It FOR SALE Transplanted tomato plants, $6.50 per thousand. C. Carey, Talent, Ore. 104-lmo. FOR SALE Alfalfa hay In the field or delivered. W. D. Booth, 996 Oak street. . Phone 291-R. It FOR SALE OR TRADE Baldwin upright piano, walnut case; cost $500; will sell cheap or consider trade. Household goods for sale also. James Croxall, phone 325-J. T 1 lt FOR SALE One Studebaker wagoa with half truck wheels; one Mo Cormlck mower, five-foot cut, sec ond hand; one set new team har ness with breeching. Apply to G. S. Butler, 41 Granite street. t 104-lmo. HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS CAN MAKE GOOD MONEY DURING VACA TION Call at the Tidings office for information.. No experience or capital necessary. 104-5t WANTED TO RENT A piano. Tel ephone 39. 104-3t Rex BeachK."; "I have smoked Tuxedo in tab ArcticAlaska, inPmnamaand everywhere would not smoke another kind." . K Active, Clean -Cut Young Men like Rex Beach and the virile, red-blooded youths he writes about, have a hearty man's appe tite for tobacco. These men Snd Tuxedo supremely satis fying. And they can puff away at their beloved pipes all daV and far into the night so mild, gentle and soothing is Tuxedo. ThtPaltdTAaufnP'tmlOianHe Three to five years' ageing ir wood mellows the ripe Burley leaf for Tuxedo; then the fa mousorig iW'Tuxedo Process" takes out all the bite and abso--lutely prevents tongue-soreness and throat irritation. The "Tuxedo Process" has plenty of imitators, but none has ever equalled it. Try Tuxedo you take no risk. ' See the guarantee in the top of the tin. If Tuxedo isn't everything it claims to be, the dealer will give you your money back. You can buy Tuxedo everywhere Pouch 5c Famous green tis 10c In Tin Hu midtri, 40c Glan Humidtri, S0d90t. TNI AMUtlCM TOUCCO COMMMV 9 ' a. mm