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About Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1916)
Monday, September 25, ll)lg rAGB TWO ASHLAND TTDING8 Ashland Tidings By THE ASniiAXD PRINTING 00. (Incorporated) ESTABLISHED 1870 SEMMYEEKLY Bert It. Greer, Editor and Mnnnser Hw-vev R. Ling, Advertising Mnnncer Lynn Mowat, - City Editor Offical City and County Paper Issued Monday and Thursday TELEPHONE 39 SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $2.00 Six Months 1.00 Three Mouths 50 Payable in Advance Advertising rates on application First-class 1ob Drintlne facilities Equipments second to cone in the Interior. No subscriptions tor less than three months. All subscriptions dropped at xplratlon unless renewal is received. In ordering changes of the paper always give the old street address or postoffice as well as the new. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postoffice as second-class mail mat- ttr. Ashland, Ore., Monday, Sept. 25, '! TEACH THE ALPHABET. The' old fashioned requirement that every child should learn the at phabet has gone out of style. As a result many of the high school pupils of today have considerable difficulty in using an alphabetical Index of any sort without undtie mental effort and consequent unnecessary loss of energy and waste of time. This statement is not the result of a fancy cf the editor but Is the out growth from an Incidental remark recently made by a very competent city librarian who said: "The things that happen here are positively ridic ulous when some of the hi;;h school students come in and try to use the indices. It has been a source of great wonderment to me how a child could reach high school age without know ing any more about the alphabet than some of them do. And then another thing: a telegraph, operator told me that when a high school boy came In his office to learn telegraphy the first thing he had to do was to make the boy sit down and learn his A B C's. I had an apprentice in the library who first had to learn the position of the letters In the alphabet before she could do her work. And when it comes to the use of the dic tionary they have to know their let ters in proper order." From the foregoing we conclude that modern efficiency has suffered somewhat through the omission of one essential, at least, in framing up a course for the child between the ages of six and ten. During these years, learning by rotation and com mitting to memory is accomplished with the least effort and. when learned, stays with the child as a part of his mental habit throughout his career. Therefore the learning of the alphabet, the multiplication table and correct spelling should be accomplished In the early period of a child's schooling. After all, the old fashioned notion that "readln', wrlt in' and rlthmetic" constitute the es sentials of education was not as far out of the way as is sometimes sup posed in modern pedagogical circles. Every boy and girl nowadays, even more than in the past, should know the alphabet both forward and back ward so well that tho use of an index comes a3 easily as any instinctive action. There are probably but few young persons who do not encounter an Index In some from from the time they are eight or nine yenrs old, at which age they should become profi cient in the use of the dictionary. A little later a card index in school, in a library or In an office must be mastered if the child is to become efficient. The world of business, and even of pleasure and recreation, is pretty well card Indexed these days. Therefore see to it that your child learns the alphabet. If he can not do it In school, teach It to him in the home. Insist upon It, drill him nt it, and In later years he will thank you for it if he realizes that his com petency in comparison with anoth er's. not bo trained, is due to a parent's thoughtfulness. mj:::::::n::::::::;::::::::.":J I Heard and Overheard g iwata:Ktam:8:nma:m8a:H:K888 (By Lynn 1). Mowat) Messrs. lteed and Finley of Ash land were seeing the fair at Medford and, growing thirsty, sauntered up to the "1916" bar to relieve their state of dryness. "What have you?" said Mr. Reed. "A very fine soft drink," says the bartender. "We'll have some," says Mr. Fin- ley. Two glasses of foaming amber liquid were set before them. Mr. Feed looks closely at hlB, peers through it and smells of It. "It won't hurt you," says the bar- keep, and Mr. Reed takes a sip, then another, and finally drains the glass. Finley drinks his with a look of dis gust on his face. " 'Taln't strong enough for Fin ley," says Reed. And coming home they ran into a wagon and bent the fender on Fin ley's car while he was at the wheel. CHILDREN' AT BAND CONCERTS, What more Inspiring, and some times affecting, sight, than the one afforded by the illuminating face of a child as he listens In rapt attention to the music of a tmnd! Do VOU not remember that when you were young band music stirred your soul as nothing else ever did? It appeals at once to the child's sense of beau ty, form and expression. To him it means action in response to his best impulses. It fills him with a desire to do and to dare. He is ready to challenge the world for a combat, if necessary, in support of all his ideal istic ambitions. In the childhood of the race music led men to battle. In the childhood of the individual it arouses the same impetuous desires, the same loyalty and daring. Not all children are always profoundly Impressed with music. We speak of the average child in his receptive moments. Watch his face as he sits quietly with his eyes riveted upon the players. What do you see there? Desire, for one thing desire to emu late, desire for self-expression, desire to accomplish. Inspiration draws the lines upon his mobile countenance into a halo of delicate imagery and in his eyes you detect the feeling of the hero worshiper which lias led men to follow their comrades through storms of life since the world began. So let your child hear the band; let him hear it at his father's or his mother's knee with the occasional pressure of a sympathetic hand clasp. When the strains of the Star Span gled Banner make his little heart thump like a trip hammer, stand with your boy, or girl, and doff your hat to the honor of the nation. Do not look to see If your neighbor does the same, but be to your child an Independent hero. Confirm In his plastic mind the noble impressions and aspirations of his innocent and hungry soul. who got a letter signed by an official of a railroad that ran by his farm. He could not read a line of it, but he figured It must be a pass. He got on the train and tried it out on the conductor. The conductor could not read it either, but the signature looked natural and he let the farmer ride. At the end of the year the farmer wrote in to have the pass re newed and was astonished to get back the reply: 'That was not any pass. It was a request for you to move your pigsty. It is too close to our tracks.' " "Mox" Dougherty says: "Chi Pier son is playing it safe by betting on Wilson. If Wilson is elected Chi will need all the money he can win, and If liuglies Is elected money will come so easy that Chi won't notice his loss." Which Bounds reasonable (to a republican). Twenty-Five Years Ago in Ashland (Taken from the files of the Tid ings of September 25, 1891.) Page & Son have paid out about $20,000 in their fruit business here this season. Mr. Page, who was here last week, says their season's busi ness will be wound up within two weeks. Cleanliness, Personal Attention and Courtesy Combined to Make the Eagle Meat Market Popular INSPECT ourmarKet and your confi dence will be behind the pleasure ' of eating our meats. The Knowledge of cleanliness and a sanitary worn- shop will aid your digestion. L. Schwein 84 N. Main Phone 107 A six-foot sturgeon was seen in Rogue river near Gold Hill last week but was not caught. In the midst of a heated political discussion In Hastings' barber shop somebody used the term "rational 1st." "Coley ' Coleman, who was lying passive under the rasor and had taken little part in the talkfest, perked up at this and announced: "That's me. I am a rationalist. Al ways want to make sure of my ra tions three times a day. John Anderson, who just returned from Klamath Falls, where he has been "holding down a prominent po sition with a lumbering company, says lie got to be a regular "sawdust savage" and was promoted to the po sition of "tailing off the ripper." John should have stayed; he would have been president of the company next. Mrs. Ed Hanley, who presided over the Hughes Allinance meeting In the Chautauqua building, says: "When a woman wants to do some thing she does it and asks her hus band afterward." And we can't help but believe she does. Joshing Pop. Medford Sun: Practical jokers Friday, night took Fords belonging to C. E. Gates and Carl Tengwald, while they were attending the Elks lodge, and hid them while the own ers appealed to the police, and searched the city for their autos. A lodge brother tipped Colonel Teng wald to the real facts, but Mr. Gates was still hunting for his machine at 2 o'clock this morning. The jokers hid it In his own garage, where he will find it this morning. This is the second time in the last month he has "fell" for a joke. The first time he fired eighteen shots at a' stuffed d(.er he thought was a regu lar one. AT THE HORSE RACES. Scene Columbia Cafe. Time 12:30 p. m. Eater Fresh Traveling Man. Seats himself at table. Pretty Waitress approaches. After preliminary par ley Fresh Traveling Man ordors din ner. Pretty Waitress: "What'll yuh have to drink?" F. T. M. (trying to bo funny): 'Have you Rainier?" Pretty Waitress: "Rain here? Sure we have rain here. About twenty-five inches a year. "Maggie, bring the gem'man a glass of water." If the merchants all stick those "Don't park your car here" signs on the sidewalk, country people who drive to town in their autos will have to take them down in front of Wah Chung's, where they can't read the signs, to park them while they do their shopping. But, then, from careful observation we find that most people don't believe in signs. Most nutoinoljile owners, at any rate. Momentous (Question Worries Oak Run. Redding Searchlight. Does a rat tlesnake lay eggs and hatch out its young chicken fashion, or does it give birth to its young pig fashion? This question is a subject of warm debate in tho vlcintiy of Oak Run, a farming community beyond Mlll ville. Al Cook, a truthful farmer, killed a rattlesnake the other day. lie dissected the reptile and was astounded to find on the inside six teen baby rattlers varying in length from four to eight inches. The six teen little snakes were the wonder of all beholders. Even this sight does not settle the question on Oak Run, for those sticking to the hatching theory assert that the mother snake, frightened at the coming of Cook, swallowed the whole lot to prevent them falling into the hands of the enemy. The Southern Pacific Bulletin con tributes the following: "Write legibly. You like a letter that Is plan and clear. Why not send one to the 'other fellow'? You all remember the story of the farmer A good deal of newspaper space is taken about now with the report of summaries of the horse races. From one fair ground to another resound the hoarse cries of the starter. The crowd watches the speeding figures with breathless interest. Horse racing was probably at one time more entitled to be considered the national game than baseball. It will always Interest those who like competition in skill and power. A swiftly moving horse has a beauty of stride and motion all its own. And the human element, the ability to direct and utilize the power of the horse to highest advantage, Is an in teresting problem in efficiency. Horse racing has suffered from the feeling that there are too many crooks in the business. . Also the prominence of betting lias created the impression that many contests are not on the level. Race managers who wish to attract public interest must punish every suspicion of dirty work. And the more they subordinate the money motive, the more they make it a competion in pure sport and skill, the better crowds they will draw. E. R. Grelve accompanied John Hunt to Portland last week and vis ited for a couple of days in the Ore gon metropolis. Mr. Hunt was down on a sheep-buying expedition and shipped back a large consignment of lambs. Dr. J. P. Johnson Is establishing a fine practice in Joseph. Ore. The Joseph Herald makes frequent men tion of Dr. Johnson and his associate, Dr. Gregory, and their hospital, the Joseph Hospital. Clif Payne makes fruit-pickers' ladders. .NEAREST TO EVERYTHING Moter Manx San Francisco PowellSLiitOfirrell Oregonians Head quarters while in San Francisco m rates Running distilled "Yf1 ic ualer in every W. Kelley room. Special alien . traveling unescor ted." A la carte dining room. "Meet me at Y the Manx"' moderate fiisiia sTrJUiU-.U.I The bids upon the contract to erect a city hall and jail for Ashland having all faded away except the highest one, that of C. H. Veghte, who agrees to take the whole cheese the $3,000 bonds for the contract the council voted to accept his bid Tuesday evening. It is understood that the building is to go up on the Plaza west of the Pioneer block. As the howling dervishes of India work themselves into a fit that ends In complete exhaustion, so did the self-contitsuted priest of the public and private morals who runs the Record, exhaust himself last week in a ludicrous effort to work up into a sensational item the civil suit be tween A. Bish and G. F. Billings. East Tuesday's through south train carried 162 through passengers. George Glvan brought a load of fine salmon up from Rogue River last Friday and sold them in Ashland at 10 cents a pound. The fish are caught in a trap in the river near Gold Hill. John B. Griffin got 8 to 10 cents ! a pound for the venison which he ; sold on the streets last week. Ilej realized about $50 on his load, which I included the carcasses of eight deer, j J. M. Wagner has purchased of the railroad company abandoned buildings and property near the mouth of the Buck Rock tunnel which was abandoned when Hood's new route over the Sisklyoua was located. Burglaries are getting to be very numerous around Ashland. The tills of the meat markets have been tapped more than once and last Tuesday night the safe at Pelton's market was robbed of about $40 in coin. GILLETTE Means just as much-: on an Insurance Policy as on a Safely Rasor. The Grants Pass band of thirteen pieces furnished music dally at the fair. Mrs. T. K. Bolton returned home last Tuesday from her trip to Boston. John Griffin was hunting out In Dead Indian last week, the result being eight deer and three bear. He brought the venison into town and had no trouble selling it. The latest method of collecting fare from the hoboes who ride the brake beams of the express trains through Ashland is to turn the hose on them just before the train pulls out, and take the fare in fun at the scramble of the tourists to escape the cold bath. They don't seem to take kindly to baths. Ashby-Vi"-Lexicon AR.R.O W COLLARS! 1Scl. ech, 6 tor 90 CIs. I C LO TT PE A 3QPV&COL mC.MKCRS j Warning The undersigned hereby warn all persons to forbear trespassing upon their property and will prosecute all violators to the full extent of the law. 35-2t Signed MARK TRUE, G. G. KEXNARD, W. L. TINKER, BUTLER WALKER, J. T. MILLION. NEIGHBORLY ADVICE Freely Given By An Ashland Citizen. When one has suffered tortures from a bad back and found relief from the aches and pains, that per son's advice is of untold value to friends and neighbors. The follow ing neighborly advice comes from an Ashlnad resident: Allen Davis, 137 First street, Ash land, says: "Some time ago I had a bad attack of kidney and bladder trouble. It came on so suddenly that I thought I was done for. My back ached and when I tried to pass the kidney secretions I had such terrible pains I could hardly stand thera. I finally began using Doan's Kidney Pills and they proved a Godsend to me. They corrected the trouble and restored me to my usual good health." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Davis had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. See me when you want any kind of insurance ;; C. H. Gillette ii x m m...Jt . t t t . t. .- J.J.J-- TTTTVTTTTTTTTTTTTVVVT'FT'fTT ACE YOU INSUfiED ii Yes, that is a very burning ques tion sometimes! If you are not fully; protected by Insurance against fire, NOW Is the time to attend to It. Don't put off until tomorrow what can be done today. How about that home, merchandise, automobile, etc.? Did you ever stop to think Just how little it will cost you to carry your insurance compared to the ben-. efits which you receive? A few dol lars Invested today may save you a thousand tonight. Billings Agency Real Estate and Real Insurance 41 East Main Phone 211 Slip a few Prince Albert smokes into your system! Copyright HHbj You've heard many an earful about the Prinre Aihprt patented process that curs our bite flnrl nnrrh nnrl 1tc mit smoke your fill without a comeback I Stake vour hank mil that ii proves out every nour ot the dav. Prince Albert has always been sold without coupons or premiums. We prefer to give quality I There's sport smoking a pipe or rolling your own, out you know that you ve got to have the right tobacco I We tell you Prince Albert will bang the doors wide open for you to come in on a good time firing up every little so often, without a regret! You'll feel like your smoke past has been wasted and will be sorry, you cannot back up for a fresh start. a the national joy smoke You swing on this say-so like it was a tip to a thousand-dollar bill I It's worth that in happi ness and contentment to you, to every man wno knows what can be gotten out of a chummy jimmy pipe or a makin's cigarette with Prince Albert for "packing"! R. J. RFYNOLDS TOBACCO CO fruMon-atlem, H. C THE Princ mm, Thin 1b (he reverse title of the tidy IIU 111 m Albert tiilr red tin, and In fnrt. vfrv PHn Albert nackaee. h a reul message-to-you on its reverse side. You'll renH Pmrnes PainUi( July 30th, 117." That meant that the United States Govern ment has Rranted a patent on the process by which Prince Albert it made. And by which fontfue bite and throat narch arm rut nut t Cv. where tobacco it told you'll find Prince Albert awaiting you in loppy rea bags, 5c; tidy red tins, 10c; handsome pound and half-pound tin humldora and In that clever crystal-glasahutnidor.wlth sponge - moisten er top, that keeps the tobacco In suck fine condition always!
