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Ashland Tidings
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Ashland, Ore., Thursday, June 8, '16 '
THE SECRET OF JAMES J. HILL.
As an engineering feat a railroad
Is not more difficult to build than a
smokestack, but smokestack builders
are not usually James J. Hills. The
reason is obvious. It requires no im
agination to build a smokestack. It
requires no pioneering. They are not
built out on the prairie and allowed
to stand there until a factory comes
along and hitches on.
. Something like that was done by
Mr. Hill when he pushed the Great
Northern out from St. Paul. What
use is a railroad in a country with
out a population? What can it haul,
where can it haul it and for whom?
These are questions Hill probably
heard asked many times, and one may
suppose he was too busy pushing his
rails through the empty and silent
northwest to stop to answer them.
But the answer, if be had made it,
was that he was building not a rail
road, but an empire. His road was
merely an agency, a means to an end.
He saw that end because he had the
Imagination to see It. It was easy
enough to see after the territory was
peopled, when great cities bad sprung
tip and nearly one-half million farms
were under cultivation in the -Great
Northern's empire. Everybody saw.
It then, but "Jim" Hill saw it when
there was nothing there to see. That
Is why he was a great railroad build
er, if he had been less he would
have built his road between two es
tablished markets, paralleling com
peting lines, and fought for the
crape,
But Hill didn't build his road and
wait for business to come. He took
business out into the Northern's ter
ritory and planted it there. He made
every acre in his empire work for his
road. He - peopled it, stocked it,
planted it.
It took imagination to spend $30,-
000 a mile to build a railroad that
apparently got farther away from
anywhere every mile it lengthened.
It took Imagination to see the time
when the unbroken prairie would be
waving in wheat for the road to haul
to market. It took imagination to
see the road at tidewater unloading
steel from Pittsburg on ships bound
for the Orient. It took imagination
to see branch lines bringing down
lumber from the northern forests to
give the road a return haul east. Yet
all of these things James J. Hill saw,
and saw them while they were yet far
off. That is when all men of imag
ination see thlnfrs ahead of their
fellows. That Is the reason they suc
ceed. The men who didn't see what
Hill saw would have liked very much
to buy hla road afterwards. Such a
one was Harrlman. Harrlman is
known as a great railroad man. He
was, but he as not a pioneer. He
was a rebuider. He took the Union
Pacific when It was bankrupt, and by
spending millions made It a profitable
enterprise, yielding large rethrns for
himself and the men who had faith
In him. He went out of the range
of railroad development, which Hill
never did, and embarked In gigantic
speculation.
The Hill fortune was rooted in the
ground. His work Is likewise rooted
and will grow. The empire he opened
ASHLAND LUMBER
COMPANY
Dealers In
LUMBER
$hfng!es,.UtiV$a'sfi,"Ds,
Roofing Papers. Cordwood,
factory Block Wood
up will continue to send its wealth
out to the world and the road lie
built will continue to take its toll of
It. Tbere could be no better exam
ple of the fruits of a builder's imag
ination. The average business man
thinks bis business is to sell the
goods he deals-In to such customers
as happen to pass his door. The ex
ceptional business man the one with
vision, the James J. Hill of his line
helps his city to bring more people.
The more who come whether at
tracted by the beauty of its parks,
the excellence of Its transportation
! system or the cheapness of its utlll-
I iu. iha ninro pnstnmprs will nass its
V I V niv ...v fc- -
door. The business man and the city
who master that reciprocal principal
have mastered the secret of James J.
Hill.
ASHLAND'S FOURTH OF JULE
TOOT.
(By J. W. Dobbins.)
I have read of Roman triumphs in
the days when Rome played ball,
When she met alL other nations, tak
ing out of each a fall;
When v'ctorlous Roman generals
marched their legions home in
state,
With the plunder of the conquered
and the conquered paid the
freight.
Gorgeous were those vast processions
rolling through the streets of
Rome;
Mad with Joy went . all the Romans,
welcoming the veterans home.
Gold there was for fifty Klondikes,
silver trinkets big as logs,
Marble statues by the carload, gems
enough to Btone the dogs.
Following chariot cars were captives,
dainty damsels by the score,
Ballet dancers from far harems, sav
age men and beasts galore.
Millions cheered and yelled and thun
dered, shook the earth as by a
storm;
All Rome howled and yet Rome's
howling after all was not so
' warm,
For these monster Roman triumphs,
at which not a stone was mute,
Couldn't hold a Roman candle
With our Fourth of Jule toot.
I have read of the convulsions of the
fiery men of France
When Napoleon came from Elba,
eager for another chance.
Marble hearts and frozen shoulders
turned the generals to their
chief,
But the people hailed their master
with a rapture past belief.
What though Franc lay stunned and
bleeding, she arose and got too
gay:
What though he had cost her for
tunes, still the devil was to pay.
Though he'd slain a million soldiers
and returned tq slay some more,
The survivors stood there ready to
pour forth their Inmost gore;
And they wept and sang and shouted,
whooped and roared in sheer de
light,
On Jhei'r knees they begged, Implored
him to pull off another fight
Sure the champion was in training,
and In training couldn't lose
Thus they laughed and cried and
acted as If Jagged with wildest
booze,
But the passion that they cherished
for this brilliant French galoot
Is as that to zero
With our Fourth of Jule toot.
I have read of Queen Victoria and
her diamond. Jubilee.
London rose and did the handsome
it was something up in G.
Long and glittering the procession
beat old Barnum's best to death";
Troops of white and black and yellow
regiments from east and west
All the glory of Great Britain pomp
until you couldn't rest.
Russia also cut a figure when she
crowned the reigning czar.
In the line of fancy blowouts Russian
stock Is up to par.
There were balls and fetes and fire
works, bands played on and can
non roared;
Monarchy was at ,the bat. and all
their royal nibses scored.
Add the Moscow show to London's,
take the paralyzing pair,
Put the queen and czar together, yoke
the Hon and the bear
Swell these pageantries of Europe till
you get a dream to suit
And it's pretty small potatoes
With our Fourth of Jule toot.
TIb the screaming of the eagle as he
never screamed before,
'TIs the crashing of the thunder, min
gling with Niagara's roar.
All the whistles will be a-screeching,
with the bands they set the
pace r
But the yelling of the people will notJ
let them get a place.
Dancing. up and down and sideways,
splitting lungs and throats and
ears,
All will be yelling, and at yelling
seeped wound, np a thousand
yeart.
Of the earth' peat celebrations this
the champion heavyweight, ,
Tie the champion forever and day,
I calculate,
'Twill knock all its rivals, and un
daunted, resolute,
Punch creation's solar plexus
With our Fourth of Jule toot,
Sidelights On
Official Doings
The granting of a three-cent rate
for electric range current should
mean the installation of a number
of these this summer.
Twenty-eight thousand, four hun
dred and seventy candlepower were
used in lighting Ashland streets dur
ing the month of May.
The balmy summer evening Tues
day made settling down to business
difficult and it was after 8 o'clock
when .the mayor called the meeting
of the council to order.
If all the fireworks that went off
during the Tuesday council meeting
had been saved for the Fourth of
July no other prototechnlcs would be
necessary at the celebration.
The ungodly hour of 12:30 a. m.
saw the end of the council meeting
and everybody seemed to be still in
clined to argue. ' The adjournment
came by accident during a lull in the
festivities.
One minute angry exchanges of
fiery allegations and the next minute
a lively exchange of really humorous
Joshing, the citizen of Ashland who
missed Tuesday's wordfest, missed
a real treat.
More personalities and heated
compliments of a doubtful nature
were exchanged at Tuesday's council
set-to than have been stirred up in
months. But a small audience was
present to enjoy the vaudeville.
A. L. Irwin got the contract for the
construction of the curb and gutter
on Granite street, 1100 feet in all,
by a very narrow margin, his total
bid being Just a dollar and ten cents
less than Contractor Tiffany's bid.
Mr. Brown, the Maltese Cross fire
hose man, was present at Tuesday's
meeting and remained throughout
the evening waiting for a chance to
get a word in edgewise about his
hose. When along about 11:15 he
got a chance to talk he remarked that
he had spend one of the most en
joyable evenings in months listening
to the oratory which even the mayor
admitted had become rather frenzied
at times,
Somebody in the audience tried to
throw the mayor a molasses chew
all nicely done tip in tissue paper
during the reading of the bills Tues
day night. The. mayor muffed it and
In order to pick it up without loss
of dignity, went through a lengthy
bluff at looking over some bills just
to get a chance to get over near the
recorder's table under which the
choice morsel lay. Later In the even
ing Councilman Cornelius brazenly
passed a sack of candy around or at
least started it around, it getting
as far as the mayor who delayed its
progress until Mr. Cornelius had to
sneak over and steal it. We would
not say anything about this disgrace
ful comedy but for the fact that the
newspaper representatives were over
looked in the distribution and would
have gone hnngry but for the forag
ing ability of our friend of the Rec
ord, i
' A queer phenomena occurred Fri
day afternoon about 4 o'clock when
great drops of rain came splattering
down out of a sky which was clear as
a bell with the exception of a few
clouds low on the horizon.
HERE IS THE
TRUCK
ATTACHMENT
With the- Ford
It reduces the
cost of delivering
goods to a
ridiculously low figure
The load Is
on tlie truck
not In It.
I
Look It
over
before buying
FEATURES
Light weight '' Strong construction
Titnken hearings Steel castings
For sale by
Central Point Auto Co.
Central Pclst, Oregon
Sole Arenti
HEARD AND OVERHEARD.
Councilman Lamb says: "This city
council is at times just like the city
and company electrical plants used to
be. Hard to synchronize."
Doc Cambers, who is waiting for
summer so that he can go to work,
says: My idea of a light occupation
Is frying eggs on a mountain ran go."
Miss Cherie Starkey, who has been
seriously ill for the past two weeks,
says: "You have to-get real Bick to
realize how many friends you really
have."
D. Perozzl, who makes butter and
ice cream and owns hotels and things,
says: I wouldn't oe a Dit surprised
to see them get out a petition to have
the park board remove the pile of
undressed lumber that I saw up by
the park the other day."
Dr. Lanse Briscoe, who will start
in rehearsing, or, rather, practicing,
down at Talent this week, was the
first person, male or female, within
the radius and scope of our personal
observations who was heard to say
"Is it warm enough for you?"
( A railroad man borrowed a match
up in the park and said to the lend
er: "Believe me, son, I've been in
all the towns between San Francisco
and Setattle, and this has them all
faded. Take it from me, if I could
have a home town, Ashland is sure
where I'd build a little vine-clad cot
tage. This park can't be beat any
where."
Jack Guy ton,' whom everybody who
has ever lived over In Marshfleld
knows, was in Ashland the other day.
His first visit. Among the multitude
of nice things he said about Ashland
was: "This town has got me going.
I didn't know there was such a pretty
place in Oregon." And Jack thinks
Marshfleld is (about the "little bit of
heaven" at that.
V. O. N. Smith, who is treasurer
of most everything worth treasuring
around Ashland, was looking over the
collection of slugs and beer checks
which Frank Jordan had collected
from the cup. machines in the park,
and coming upon a piece of metal
with a hole In the center, said: "That
is a piece of Chinese money." B. R.
Greer, who was showing him the col
lection, said: "No, that is just a
common washer." V. O. N. Teplied;
"Well, that is all a chink is, isn't It?"
This E. F. Averill of Pendleton who
hires men to trap predatory animals
for the government overlooked a bet
If he passed up Fred Herrln and Ben
Bowers. Buffalo Vernon heard some
of the gang over In Grieve's talking
about coyote pups anTT said, "I'd give,
ten dollars apiece for coyote pups
alive," but was slightly surprised Into
doing some fast mental arithmetic
when Fred Herrln acknowledged cap
turing forty-nine baby coyotes last
year. Ben Bowers has issued no pub
lic statement regarding his year's
catch, but according to Fred is a past
master at the art,
Mrs. M. G. Lawerence, who is pack
ing np the Lawerence's belongings at
Buckhorn Lodge preparatory to mov
ing to Los Angeles, had 19 fine fat
hens which she wished to get rid of.
She brought them to town and asked
Henry Provost to sell them down at
dfse Gasoline
rif Qualify
' gives you more
miles to the dol
lar. Carbureting
qualities account for
that no waste of gas.
Dealers everywhere and
. also it ouf man
Service Stations.
Standard Oil
Company
FsrtUM
M.
The Oldest National
Member Federal
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Capital and Surplu $120,000.00
DEPOSITORY OF
City of Ashland County of Jackson State of Oregon
United States of America
MitMeeeee ! Mt
the Depot hotel to J. P. Wolf who ad
vertises for hens to feed hungry tra
velers. Henry obligingly took them
down. Mr. Wolf gladly welcomed the
fine chickens but when he counted
them became suspicious, old friend
though Mr. Provost is. The following
conversation ensued:
J. P. "This looks bad."
Henry "What looks bad?"
J. P. "Chief Porter was down this
morning and reported the theft of 20
chickens last night and asked that if
anyone tried to sell us hens to let
him know, so I guess we will have to
call him up."
Henry "But here are only 19."
J. P. "Did you have chicken for
dinner today?"
And blamed if Henry didn't have to
confess that he did.
Which was some coincidence.
Demand For Labor
Strong In Valley
The demand for labor is said to be
stronger now than for many months
past. Thinning and blight cutting
operations are providing employment
for hundreds of men and boys yes,
and girls, too, for some of the most
expert apple thinners are girls. All
of the industries of the valley are go
ing along under full head of steam.
The Neil creek sawmill of Cbristen
sen Bros, is employing a large crew
of lumbermen. The Blair granite
quarries have a big crew at work.
The berry season and the arrival of
the time of year when lawns have to
be mowed and other summer odd jobs
done provide work for even the chil
dren. Pay for thinner? Is generally
a little higher this year than in past
years, the growers seemingly having!
arrived at the conclusion that higher j
wages wilt produce better results.
tn Ashland the construction of the
Hotel Oregon annex, park work and
the building of the great grandstands
for the celebration roundup is pro
viding employment for most of the
carpenters and other workmen, and
the idle man is seldom seen on Ash
land streets, excepting of course
those who either don't have to or
don't want to work.
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PORTLAND STOCK REPORT
There were nearly a thousand head
of cattle on today's market. The en
tire day's receipts were Californlas
with the exception of a car of natives
and a few odds and ends. Mexicans
went for $8.00 for steers and $7.00
for cows. Natives went as high as
$8.35. Vealers and bulls bad little
activity. Market was steady.
Hogs With 4500 on today's mar
ket, prices sagged considerably. $8.50
was the best top and bulk $8.35 to
$8.40. Today's receipts were the
largest single day's offerings for sev
eral months. Market slow.
Sheep There was no over sup
ply In today's receipts. Not quite
700 were offered and nothing sensa
tional was developed. All kinds are
quoted steady.
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When corns make you almost "diar
with your boots on," when you'va
soaked them and picked them and
liced them, when corn-swelling
Why Have Corns At All When moMV
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ave only made your corns grow
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where, i5o a bottle, or sent direct by
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