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Thursday, November IB, 1018 Ashland Tidings By THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO. (Incorporated) ESTABLISH KD 1876 SEMI-WEEKLY Bert R, Greer, Editor and Manager Harvey K. Ling, -Advertising Manager Lynn Mowat, City Editor Offical City and County Paper Issued Monday and Thursday TELEPHONE 39 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dne Year 12.00 Rlx Months 1.00 Three .Mouths SO Payable in Advance ' No subscriptions for less than three months. All subscriptions dropped at xplration unless renewal is received. In ordering changes of the paper always give the old street address or postoffice as well as the new. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. News print has doubled In price ' the last four months. It necessitates an advance in advertising rates, or we will have to quit business. Fol lowing are the advertising rates in the Ashland Tidings after this date. There will be no deviation from this rate: ADVERTISING RATES. Display Advertising Single insertion, each inch.. 25c One month.... " " 20c Six months.... 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Ashland, Ore., Thursday, Nov. 10, '16 OUT OF DEBT The Ashland Commercial Club has reached a mllepost in its life which should be marked with a big monu ment. At Monday night's meeting Secretary F. J. Shinn announced that the club was out of debt. For years and years the club has struggled along under an immense debt un wisely contracted and as a result has lost its hold to a great extent upon the citizens of Ashland. Last July the Indebtedness of the club approached $400. Since that time radical changes have been made in the club In many ways. Social features have been disposed of, bil liard and card tables sold, elegant new offices In the city hall fixed up, the board of trustees enlarged td twelve members, and last but not least, under this regime of change, very cent of the debt has been clred up and the Commercial Club stands debt free and with running expenses cut to a minimum. At Monday's meeting the applica tions of twenty-two new members were accepted while but two resig nations were handed in, both for good reasons. The club has a set of officers composed of the plck( of the business men of Ashland. Ex penses are reduced to a point where every cent that goes into the -club is applied In useful work and the next year will see big things accom plished by the club. It is the duty and should become the pleasure of every Ashlander to enroll Ms name upon the club's membership. The credit for the accomplishments of the past five months must go to the public-spirited officials of the club who have devoted their time and effort whole-hartedly to the club's problems. Such things are not accomplished in a day, but with the new Bplrlt which is now a fact In Ashland, the placing of the Com mercial Club upon a more substan tial basis than it has ever been be fore, is the first of many achieve ments which are bound to come to the new Ashland. AIDING THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Superintendent of Schools Briscoe gave twenty-five business men of this city a new insight Into the construc tion of character which Is going on out at Ashland high school when he addressed the Commercial Club Mon day night. Most of the citizens of Ashland regard the schools and the lgh school especially as a place to learn to read and write and perhaps to polish eff with a little poetry and football. That the local high school Is in reality turning out dozens of capable young men and women who Are stepping right out of school into $75 per month draftsmen, bookkeep ing and teaching positions came as new knowledge to the men who heard Mr. Briscoe. Mr. Briscoe's appeal was for a closer co-operation between the citi zens of Ashland and the school, a co operation which could be evidenced in four ways:' First, by helping to keep the boys and girls in school by calling up the high school when odd job help is needed; second, by giving young men and women from the surrounding districts who are unable to pay their board an opportunity to earn their board and room and at tend high school; third, by giving the graduates help when they need a friend most, during their first year of bucking up against the matter-of-fact world, i and fourth, by visiting the school, offering suggestions and helping to make the schoor work more effective in preparing the stu dent for the problems he will meet out In the world. Ashland has one of the best high schools in the state. Educators of national fame have told us so. But outside of the knowledge that the standard of learning at our institu tion ranks with the best, the fact that Ashland high is turning out stu dents .who, during the past vacation, earned an aggregate 'of $9000 and for many of whom good positions await upon their graduation with the fact that they come from this school as their best -recommendation, Is even more gratifying. x CHARTER AMENDMENTS The charter amendments which are to come up for the approval or disapproval' of the peonle of Ash land at the sepclal election Friday, November 24th, should receive the careful attention of every voter. The reassessment amendment Is the less important of the two. Its necessity is recognized by the city of ficials and their statement that while no immediate cause exists, the amendment may save the city many dollars spenl for legal red tape should a flaw In an assessment be found , should alone convince the voter. The park system control amend ment will undoubtedly call for ob jections of many kinds. In all fair ness every voter who finds things he does not understand or fears may be. wrong about the amendment should take the time to talk it over with City Attorney Moore, one of the councilmen, the mayor, or one of the twelve trustees of the 'Com mercial Club all of whom have a clear understanding of the amend ment and causes which gave rise to Its existence. Orchard Sold To Albany Men The forty-acre six-year-old pear or chard owned by J. D. Sears, between the Vilas and 401 orchards, has been sold by R. H. McCurdy to W. H. Hogan and Owen Beam of Albany, Ore., for $12,000, with a mercantile establishment at Albany as parfcon slderatlon. The transfer will take place at once. The orchard was for merly owned by Attorney Evan Reams, John S. Orth and Ed B Han ley. Roseburg Review: At the local headquarters of the classification work now being made on the O. & C. land grant, all the force of employes Is said to be still laboring in the for ests. In spite of the recent rains the work has proceeded and it Is ex pected that it will take long and severe torms to drive the men from the camps in, to abandon their work for the winter. The task in Douglas county is now centering abbut Rose burg, the districts In the southern part having practically been com pleted. , There are thousands of children who are bright but frail not sick but underdeveloped they play with their food they catch colds easily and do not thrive they only need the pure, rich liquid-food in ENUSMD to start them growing and keep them going. Children relish SCOTT'S and it carries rare nutritive qualities to their blood streams and gives them flesh food, bone-food and strength-food. Nothing harmful in SCOTTS. Scott & Bowae, Btoomficld, N. I. 14 Sun Worked in Wilson's Behalf The Sunset Magazine came nearer to guessing lightly than any of the host of prognostlcators who tried their luck on prophesying the elec tion results. All of the ofttlmcs suc cessful easterners fell down. The Sunset Magazine offered the state ment that the contest might prove so close that the western states might decide It, and that the weather would have ft great deal to do wlt,h the Cali fornia vote. Read this from the Sun set of November and see if it doesn't come pretty close: "Organized labor is strong in the far west and organized labor is strong for Wilson. Yet the labor vote by Itself would be wholly Insufficient to swing one far western state not normally democratic. But In every state of the far west the women have the ballot; likewise, most of the women voters are supposed to be ardently for peace at any price. The growing horror of the European war has deeply impressed them, and the statement 'He has kept us out of the war' has Influenced thousands upon thousands of women voters In his favor, Irrespective of their husbands' or male relatives' political affiliation. Against this sentiment the hostility of the suffragettes has had no effect whatsoever. i "In all probability more western women will this year depart from the family troditlon and cast their vote upon Individual preference than ever before. Whethor the labor and the female peace vote can overcome the natural republican trend of the far west, remains to be seen Registra tion throughout the west was below normal a month preceding the elec tion and the rains were beginning early. A bright, warm election day, by stimulating female voting, will re dound to the president's advantage. Cold, rainy weather, on the contrary, will help the Hughes cause. "Thus the victory or the defeat of Woodrow Wilson may conceivably de pend upon the caprice of the weather through its influence upon the num ber of ballots cast by western wom en. But whatever the outcome in this most complicated of campaigns, neither candidate will win in a walk. And the Union will survive regardless of the personality of the next presi dent." Last Tuosday was a beautiful day. It may be that instead of thanking his lucky star. President Ison should thank the sun. A heavyVote was polled in California and the dem ocratic candidate won out by a few thousand. Fine and Jail for Pass Embezzler William E. Newell, assistant post master at Grants Pass, who was de tected after he had embezzled the postoffice there of various sums over a period of three years, to secure doctors' services and finally an un dertaker for his son who died of tu berculosis, was indicted by the Octo ber grand jury and was sentenced before Federal Judge Wolverton last week following a plea of guilty. He was Indicted on a charge of embezzlement by the October grand Jury and appeared before Federal Judge Wolverton for sentence, fol lowing a plea of guilty. Newell was fined the amount of the embezzlement, $581.84, and sen tenced to serve six months in the county Jail. His health is bad, how ever, and sentence was suspended until a government physician can de termine the probable effect of a term In prison. To fight the ravages of the white plague, which had seized his son, Newell was forced to borrow from his fellow townsmen; and then, as the need became more pressing and he became more desperate, he began to take small amounts from the Grants Pass postoffice funds. The boy was sent to Colorado In the hope that the high altitude would prove beneficial. Then the father brought his son home to die. During the past year Newell re placed $67 of the money he bad taken, but the shortage, skillfully covered' up, was finally discovered. Chimney swocp. Phone 294-R. ASHLAND LUMBER COMPANY Dealers in - LUMBER Shingles, Lath, Sash, Doors, Roofing Papers, Cordwood, Factory Block Wood Announcements HHilllll t M'M'I (Paid advertisements.) John B. Wimer, candidate for city recorder. A commercial graduate from the Ashland Normal School and the Capital Business College at Salem, with fifteen years' practical business experience, including the, past 'twenty months in the Ashland police department, and being closely connected with the recorder's office, assures you, if elected, an efficient, economical, impartial administration both as recorder and police Judge. I wish to announce to the voters of Ashland that I am a candidate for the office of City Recorder. At the time I came west I was serving a term in a capacity similar to our office of recorder. If elected I expect to look after the city's interest in every particular. I solicit your support. Very truly yours, 39-tf C. L. CUNNINGHAM. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of City Re corder at the coming election in De cember. ' W. H. GOWDY. 39-tf Candidate for Recorder. I am a candidate for City Recorder at the election to be held December 19. Have lived in Ashland over twenty years, was City Treasurer four years, and have had an 'active business experience of .twenty-two years, including banking and many methods of bookkeeping. I believe I am qualified to serve the city faith fully and well, and I will appreciate the votes and influence of all the people of Ashland. HENRY C. GALEY. For City Recorder. I hereby announce that I am a candidate for the office of City Re corder at the coming city election. I have had sufficient clerical and 'edu cational training to prepare me for the work. If elected I shall serve the people to the best of my ab'llty R. P. CAMPBELL. For Councilman. I hereby announce myself as can didate for councilman from the third ward at the coming election. I stand for a progressive yet conserva tive administration of city affairs, and respectfully solicit your support. A. L. LAMB. A king wear no better Listen! A blue serge cloth of excellent quality and rich color Cut by a cutter of surpassing skill Hand-tailored by an expert, in order that the fit and drape should be lasting Such is the kind we sell in a variety of styles at We repeat I king could wear no betted Model Cor. Main and Bartlett Cleanliness, Personal Attention and Courtesy Combined to Make Ihc Eagle Meat Market Popular L. Schwcin 81 Oregon Rural Credits Explained By the recorded will of the people, Oregon has enacted its own rural credits law. In that Oregon has taken a prodigious stride for the de velopment of Its agricultural in terests. The rural credits bill was a prac tical, economic measure, and it so appealed to the judgment of the Oregon voter. It seems to have been annroved bv every county in the state. It was simply "a proposal of j maKing u easier ior me mruij, u ; dustrious and enterprising man oi small or moderate means, either to maintain himself and family and ex-1 tend his activities on the farm, or to j acquire a farm for the future inde pendent creation of a home. In sin gular respect the rural credits bill was a measure that invited Oregon to help herself to bettor and more prosperous conditions; and it is not , at all surprising that tne gooa sense of the Oregon electorate should have enacted It into law. The Oregon law has several dis tinct advantages. In the first place, its operation will not impose any added burden upon the taxpayer. It ! will afford cheap money on long time and easy payments to the farmer and the prospective farmer who can show under the provisions of the act that the money is to be put to safe and profitable use in the development of agriculture. The basis of that supply Is to be the credit of the state to be made avail able just as fast as the money is act ually needed and the prospective use of it is approved, and no faster. The limitations with which the law has been hedged about, as it has been incorporated in the constitution of the state, will prevent the abuse of coul Clothing Co. INSPECT our marKet and your confi- dence will be behind the pleasure of eating our meats. The Knowledge of cleanliness and a sanitary work shop will aid your digestion. N. Main Phone 107 speculation; will Insure safe loans; will provide for amortization by which interest and principal may be met in lesser installments than Is now required to pay the interest alone on the average farm loan. The law Itself guards against expensive administration which minimum ex pense, in the ultimate, the borrowers will bear. One of the chief advantages of the Oregon law, as distinguished from the federal rural credits, is that of direct action. It will not be neces sary under the Oregon law to for mulate group interests, or in other words, to organize loan associations before the individual who can use monev for farm development or for the purchase of land can get It. The individual citizen can deal directly . romDtly wlth the Btate land board thftt g empowered with Bpe. clal commlsslonal duties for the ad ministration of the law itself. The Oregon law is a short cut, direct action statute that puts the state' credit at work for widespread Stat deVelopment. Portland Telegram. Mrs. J. II. Turner has returned from a visit with relatives at Oak land, Cal., extending her trip to San Jose to meet her daughter, Ruth, who is a student in the normal acliool m MARLEY 25 IN. DEVON 1VA IN. COLLARS 1 5 cts. each, 6 for 90 cts. CLUETT, PEf BODY k CO., INC. MAKERS A- 1. fJ ! 1 ' t t I ft Medford, Oregon 1 TT Y.i ARROW t
