Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1916)
JPAOK EIGHT AFRICAN ELEPHANTS. Thy May Be In Captivity, but Thay Ara Navar In Subjection. Far many reasons the chsse of the elephant stands at the apex of sport At a man killer In open combat be ranks with the lion and the African buffalo. He Is the only benst that fears ' no other. While he will almost Invari ably run from the scent of man he Is as Invariably ready to attack on the slightest provocation. Fear does not exist for him. Ills overwhelming bulk, power, speed and intelligence make him supreme beyond the range of ri valry. As though this were not enough to establish his pre-eminence, be alone carries a trophy which Is one of the atnple products of the Industrial world. The value of Ivory rises. It never fluc tuates. Nor is this alL In the mind of the east the elephant is intimately associated with dignity, pomp, pageant ry and kingship. But in the mind of the native African he is king a king In hia own right In this regard let It be affirmed that no elephant born In Africa has ever do cilely paced a hlppodromed stage, trun dled a circus wagon or taken children for a ride In the park. Those sleep walking cattle known to the American public as elephants come from India and are mere distant cousins to the king. You may have seen the African elephant in captivity, but never in sub jection. Chain him to the floor behind Iron bars, and after ten years be Is sttn quick to throw muck in the face of the man that Jeers at hlm.-George Agnew Chamberlln In Century. CHLOROFORM IN SURGERY. Tha Horror That Ware Stopptd by Its Usa at an Antithetic Sir James Simpson, who was con nected with the medical department of Edinburgh university, if not actually the discoverer of chloroform, wns nt any rate the first to Introduce Its em ployment as an anaesthetic Into sur gical practice. This was In 1848. Previously all operations were per formed without anaesthetics, the pa tient being drugged with whisky and held down by strong men while the op eration was performed. No medical discovery ever did more to alleviate human suffering. Sir James Is generally given credit for the actual discovery of chloroform, but It is stated In some works that It was discovered some years previous to bis first experiments by an American doc tor named Guthrie and by a French physician named Souberlan. In any case, It was Dr. Simpson who proved Its great value as an anaesthetic, and the room In which be made bis first ex periments still exists in Edinburgh. The story goes that be tried the chloroform on himself and two medical friends. They proved its efficacy by ' simultaneously falling beneath the table. Sir James bad considerable prejudice to overcome before chloro form was adopted generally by the medical profession, It being denounced at one time as dangerous to health, morals and religion. Pearson's Weekly. Tha Sal Ring. The seal ring dates back to the days of the Old Testament and products of the glyptic art, as gem engraving was called, were known In the most remote times. In Exodus xxvlil, 17-20, men tion Is made of the following stones, upon which the names of the twelve children of Israel were engraved: The aardlus, the topai, the carbuncle, the ' emerald, the sapphire, the diamond, the llgure, the agate, the amethyst beryl, onyx and Jasper. 1a verse 2 ef the same chapter we find mention of the engraving of signets upon the hardest stones. It is believed that the Egyptians Instructed the Israelites In the art of stone engraving. The Egyp tians used the lapidary's wheel and emery powder and knew the use of the diamond in engraving other hard tones. Among the Assyrian and Babylonian ruins were found fine spec imens of signets on gems, many of then set in ring, Dublin Cattle, ' f Dublin castle has a history of over even centuries, for It was King John who In 1201 ordered It to be built, "well fortified, with good fosses aud thick walls strong enough to defend or con trol the city." Henry III., when about to visit Ireland in 1243, ordered the ad dition of a hall, "with sufficient win dows and glass casements," and other Improvements were made In succeed ing reigns, particularly by the Duke of Clarence, son of Edward HI., who as viceroy spent much money on me cas tle to make it convenient (as bis father complained when called upon to pay) "for hit sports and other pleasures. London Standard. Raaliitio Pity. "Cant you children play without con tinually ringing the doorbelir asked mother, who had been trying in vain to get an afternoon nap. "No, mother," said Alice, "ifa quite Impossible. You see, Edith and I are playing house, and Freddie is the col lector." St Louis Post Dispatch. Long Tim Betwttn Showtrt. In 1912 rain fell in the nitrate terri tory of Chile for the Orst time in near ly half a century, and for the first time In man's memory the coast towns were free from dust Enough Said. "Thrifty, to she?" "Thrlf tyl I won't go Into a long dis course. I merely tell yon that she tanks money In December." Jost at yu are pleaced at finding faults you are displeased at finding perfection. La v a ter. Pacb Broa, HUGHES AND FAIRBANKS. EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS. Two futile Invasions of Mexico and six separate and distinct policies on the question of permitting arms and ammunition to be sent into that coun try are included in the performance of tho WUhou administration In its dealings with our southern neighbors In less than three years. It Is this characteristic Instability of the gov ernment that makes people want a change. Bryan reiterates that he Is out for Wilson. "Hark from the tomb a dole ful sound." Philadelphia Inquirer. The stopping of Governor Hughes' auto by a Cunadlan soldier will not matter, inasmuch as the band wagon's progress Is not to be Interrupted. Democrats who harbored hopes that Joscphus would catch the virus from the Bryan and Garrison resignations are still nursing their disappointment. Nothing remains for them but to re sign to a realization that Joscphus will not resign. "Inadequate" aptly characterizes the Wilson administration, but almost any synonym of unsatisfactory will do. When Charles E. nughes said: "The dealings of the administration with Mexico constitute a confused chapter of blunders," he gave an explicit char acterization of the Wilson administra tion's policy In one sentence. Just as It Is now obstinately shut ting Its eyes to the need of industrial preparedness, for three years the Wil son administration refused to see the need of adequate military prepared ness. With wur on our southern bor der It was content to rely on a regular army that could only muster 40,000 available men and refused to continue the established policy of building up our navy. When the time came for ac tion the country had not sufllclent troops to police the border, and tills force has been supplemented by a trifle more than one-third the war strength of the national guard. If the national administration had had the ability to interpret the signs of the time military preparedness would have been well un der way Instead of barely begun. Charles E. nughes, the Republican candldute, recognizes an important fact that Woodrow Wilson, the Demo cratic president appears to have over-looked-that the United States Is big enough to help Mexico out of tho con dition of anarchy In which that coun try is plunged and, by securing order in Mexico, Insure peace on our border. The Insuperable handicap of the Democratic party in this campaign is its record. If the Democratic national adminis tration had left on the statute books In 1894 the federal corrupt practices act placed there by the Republicans there would be no occasion for the present administration's campaign publicity measure, which at best Is a very poor substitute for the law repealed. President Wilson's campaign man agers are entitled to all the comfort they can get out of calling the roll of Progressives who are going to vote for him. It would be an endless task to call the roll of Progressives who are pot going to votefor bira. '' - ? For every reason that can be ad vanced why Progressives should vote for Wilson ten can be advanced why they should vote for Hughes, and the beauty of it is that they know the rea sons without having to be told. The Wilson administration went Into Mexico to punish Villa for his out rage on American soil. The only pun ishment Inflicted has been on American soldiers, who were shot down at Car rlzal by order of First Chief Carranza. "Franklin Roosevelt, assistant secre tary of the navy, sees a strong trend for Wilson In Maine." News Dispatch. Who can blame a man who for three years has been assistant to Joscphus Daniels for "seeing things?" Even Woodrow Wilson could not save the Infamous Clarke amendment to the Philippines bill, ne lost the ablest member of his cabinet. Secre tary Garrison, because of his advocacy of the policy of scuttle, but even the sacrifice of Garrison could not save It. WILSON'S POLICIES BLOWN UP. Charles Evans nughes did have ex plosives with him when his motorcar was searched by a Canadian soldier, but they were under the candidate's hat Mr. nughes will set them off on his western tour, and some of Mr. Wil son's policies will be blown up New York Sun. ASHLAND FUTURE OF ALASKA. A Companion of Our Territory With tht Scandinavian Countries. Alaska has the same lutltude as Den mark, Norway, Sweden and. Finland and similar climatic conditions. The same development may be expected In Alaska that has obtained In those Scandinavian countries, Increased and intensified by her enormously great latent resources. The Scandinavian countries have 10, 000 square miles under cultivation and 75,000 square miles In grazing. Our de partment of agriculture has classified 00,000 square miles in Alaska as suit able for cultivation, located mostly In the Susltwa, Tanana and Kuskokwln valleys, with an additional 100,000 suit able for hay and grazing, and another 100.000 square miles of reindeer range. This estimate makes available for ag ricultural purposes 200,000 square miles nf the 500.440 square miles which constitute Alaska's total area. Alaska's annual output of gold Is $20,000,000. Fisheries produce nearly as much; it has the richest and largest topper deposits in the world; it has coal deposits equaling those of Penn sylvania and West Virginia In quality and surpassing them in volume. The Scandinavian countries have 12, 000,000 population and 14,000,000 bead of live stock. Applying the same ratio to the available lands of Alaska would give her a population of 30,000,000. with 50,000,000 live stock. Hon. A Barton Hepburn in Leslie's. SHAPE OF THE SHOE. It la Radically Wrong, and All on Ao ' count of the Latt In the American Magazine Dr. Ar thur B, Reynolds, former health com missioner of Chicago, tells of the many troubles that can make life miserable and that come from feet that were neglected In childhood. Among other things he says: Children should go barefooted at all times while Indoors and through the summer. They should never wear any foot covering at any time that in any way distorts the toes or any part of the foot or that Interferes In any way with Its normal growth and develop ment The same may be said of adults. "Any reform In the shape of shoes must begin with the shoemaker'a last Shoemakers do not seem to be able to get away from form and beauty in shaping it It is shaped largely by guess and is pointed and turned np at the toe. No normal foot Is so shaped. "The only rational last Is made from a plaster cast of the foot while bearing weight, and the mold can be made only of some semi-solid material that bard ens when cool or dry. There is little hope of getting a rationally shaped shoe until the wooden last is totally discarded. It Is safe to assert that good looking and nondeformlng shoes can be made without it" Tha Magio 8have. The man with a retreating chin may grow a beard and bide it or he may frankly shave the exiguous offender, careless whether it recedes or not The utmost candor may be seen in a shaven chin, and of all the manly, valorous qualities that of candor, downright ness, may be ranked first The. weak ness attributed to a retreating chin may be canceled by shaving it The man who accepts his face as nature gave it to him, braving it to the world without concealment or decoration, must be classed among those with the manly quality. Cartoonists and novel ists have waived the weak chin to the limbo of the inefficient and Inept Let the man without the masterful Jaw take heart; be has but to shave to show the qualities desired. Atlantic. Too 8tntltive. It was the first night after the show The leading woman's mother was downcast "What's the trouble, dear?" asked the leading woman in surprises fl made a brilliant hit tonight" The old lady was surprised. "Did you, Sophie? I heard the audi ence shouting 'Play right! Play right!' and 1 thought yon had failed." And the leading woman laughed In amusement Why, my dear, they were shouting Playwrightl Play wrightl "-Chicago Tribune. ----- Oil Weill In tht Ocean. One of the most novel and Interest ing sights along the California coast especially to tourists, are the oil wella in the ocean at Summerfleld. southern Santa Barbara county. Long wharfs carry the scores of derricks which mark the location of these unique wells. The field Is small, covering about 125 acres. Argonaut No Gam. Pat and I were watching a game of chess. Suddenly I turned to him. "nave you the time?" I asked, glanc ing at bis watch pocket "Sure," replied Pat "I have the time, but not the inclination." Princeton Ti ger. 8omttimtt. Winis-Wbat is it called when two people are thinking of the same thing at the same time mental telepathy? Gillls Sometimes; other times Just plain embarrassment Judge. How1 It Was. Landlady (sympathetically) - Why, how did you fall downstairs, Mr. Lanks? Boarder (with dlgnlty)-UneX-pectedly, ma'am. Pall Mall Gazette. Fine. "Telephone girls are not allowed to talk bark." . . "What a field from which to select a j wife." Louisville Courier-Journal TIDINGS STATE NEWS IN GENERAL. Work Is going forward on nitrate plant at Vale. Astoria has a large new hotel near ly completed. Marshfleld is making plans for $50,000 armory. I i Coquille river open shop stevedore company is organized. Steel bridge is being built across Bear creek at Wallowa. I Ontario Episcopalians purchase site and will erect a church. i Big developments under way in Greenhorn district near Baker. i Pendleton gets new garage and motorist rest room, 100x135. I North Bend B'uehner Lumber Co. , Is erecting fine office building. I Pentleton $75,000 health resort hotel to go up at Lehman springs. Six modern dwellings are being rushed to completion at Astoria. Enterprise High power transmls-l sion line to be built to Joseph lake. Waters creek station Is shipping ore and lumber out of Curry county. Florence Shlnglemill company of Monroe, Wash., to build plant here. . Heirs of late W. F. Jewett present ' city of Gardiner with $15,000 school building. Florence $6000 electric fog and. signal station to be built at mouth of Coquille. I Springfield Southern Pacific Co. is putting 50 carloads of gravel bal last daily on Coos Bay line. I Nine shipbuildings plants are either in operation or building on the Columbia and Willamette rivers. Albany Democrat: The celebration of the opening of the railroad to Marshfleld is one deserving the atten tion it Is receiving. It is a state affair, a part of a great program In progress to give the state a network of railroads, reaching all sections. WThatevefhelps one section, helps all sections. EH Eushwood and Nate Natstead are on a prospecting trip into Siski you county. djO THE YEAR fDd Strictly In Advance $2 Southern Oregon's Big Twice-a-Week newspaper THE Ashland Tidings STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. r-Bi II Tk W The Ford factory turns out a completed car for every car built by all the other manufacturers combined. And not even this enormous production can keep pace with the demand for Ford cars. The big reason is that everywhere, every day, Ford cars are demonstrating their utility and reliability. Touring Car $3G0; Run about $345; Coupelet $505; Town Car $595; Sedan $G45; Chassis $325, f.o.b. Detroit. Add freight $53.25. On sale at F. L Camps' Garage Classified Advertisements TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. FRUIT WANTED We want 25 quarts of canned pears and 25 quarts of canned peaches. We will furnish the cans. Telephone 408-J. 28-2t FOR SALE Pure cider vinegar the kind you want for pickles. Thirty cents per gallon, delivered. Phone 411-R. fit IF YOU WANT a room, apartment or house in the finest location in town, call up Barber's and see If anything is vacant. Phone 411-R. It FOR SALE CHEAP Five-passenger Ford. Good running order. En gine just overhauled. Call 715 North Main. 28-lmo. FOUND Cap and pair field glasses. Call at Tidings office, prove prop erty and pay for ad. 28-tf TTv oaece lit Immediately After the Band Concert 3 AT liipldw Monday, August 28, 1916 WANTED The Tidings will pay 6r per pound for big clean rags. 28-tf FORSAl7eAT A PROFIT Forty acre orchard, hay land, Improve ments, etc. If you want it coma and see it. No time to answer questions. Three miles southeast from A&hland, Route 1, Box 102. 28-2t FOR SALE One good 4-year-old. miloh cow, one 2 -Inch lumber wagon. Will sell or trade for lighter one. Insqulre Sam King, east end Siskiyou Boulevard.. 101-A. 28-2t The second half taxes In Jackson county become delinquent on October 5. Taxpayers should see to It that their taxes for the year are cleared up by this time In order to avoid paying; the delinquency penalty. Supreme courts upholds Chambers Power Co., of Eugene, in Its fight for the right to widen its ditch to 50 feet. IHHIttMHIIMIHI l