Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1916)
Monday, December 11, 101ft tarium. Mr. Greer, will you ascer tain upon what terms the water may be had?" That, and that only, is what Mr. Oreer is now attempting to do. When he has done that, if the terms suit, it will be time enough to come forward and disclose the detail of the plans and enter into a contract City Editor i with the city. Until then there Is no Irpnnnn wtiv flin riptnlla slionld be ned- Offical City and County Paper dled about. To do bo might appease j somooue's curiosity, but it would: likely grep.tly hamper the consurama- i tion of the deal. Ashland Tidings By TOE ASHLAND PRINTING 00. (Incorporated) ESTABLISHED 1876 SEMI-WEEKLY Brt 11. Greer, Editor and Manager Harvey It. Ling, Advertising Manager Lynn Mowat, Issued Monday and Thursday ! i IL ill xlJ i , i Medford -Southern 3 3PH3E&FOR21ff-AJ03ES.S Oregon's Greatest Wednesday Nighl, Dec. 13, Thursday piace of Amusement Night, Dec. 14 Malinee Thursday TELEPHONE 39 sunsciuPTiox rates . One Tear $2-00 Six Months 1.00 Three Months 60 Payable in Advance Since the charter amendment wasj ! defeated, Mr. Greer has no assur-! t j nnce that his investors will build j I the sanitarium. One of the terms j upon which they proposed to invest'!! No subscriptions for less than three . has already vanished. Yet, Mr. Greer I jj months. All subscriptions dropped at llope8 that if suitable terms can be'fi .iplratlon unless renewal is received. mftde for U)e uge of the wator ,)e wl ; 0 In ordering changes of the paper j be able o overcome the loss of the j; always give the old street address or , lm.m1m,,nt n,i -,. n,e invest- H Dostoffice as well as the new. i . 1 - mem. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. That is what he is now trying to News Drint has doubled in price accomplish, with Httlo hope, of Nights Doors Open 7:30, Curtain 8:15; Thursday Matinee, Doors at 1:30 Curtain 2:15 Mail orders accompanied by remittance billed in order of receipt. Seats on nale for the three performances Monday, December 11, at ,10 a. ni. Phone 418. EVENING PRICES: Lower Floor $1.00; Halcony, flrnt four rows 75c, next four rows 50c, balance 25c. MATINEE: lower Moor 75c; Bal. cony, first eight rows 50c, bulance 25c. Direct from 8 Weeks at the Columbia Theatre, San Francisco. Medford tne First City In the States ot Oregon or Washington to Play This Gigantic Spectacle The Most Stupendous Attraction the World Has Ever Known the last four months. It necessitates course, because of the ill-timed and an advance In advertising rates, or Kpiteflll criticism, reflection and KLrt. about the attempt by the Ashland Tidings after this date. I those who have never themselves There will be no deviation from this ; tried to interest capital in Ashland's I tt rate: nrnWt. but who hone, bv inuendo or, The Mother and the Law- 8 ADVERTISING RATES. Display Advertising Single insertion, each inch. .25c One month " " 20o Six months. ... " and insinuation, to make it impossi ble for Creer, perchance, to get a mede of credit by landing an enter- 17''4c!nrlse absolutely essential to the sue- niflfnnc-B'cenU th line of the Prnw proiect. straight. Ashland eternally bickers over non- Classified Column 1 cent the word essentials. That Is her habit. She first insertion, cent the word ! ons to snllt hairs and loudly hag- each other insertion. Thirty ' . nv.r uiietiipr It in twepdle dee or did foundation half completed. mnnll. 11 - - wuiuo ui IC3D vim uiw. ll.ll, ,li ... . i i a , . 1, All written contracts for space al- j tweedle num. Instead of grasping the ready in force will be rendered at main chance. She is prone to hark the old rate until contract expires. en to the doleful wail of do-noth- Frateri.nl Orders and Societies. ratu,r than stand ,)t,hiu( those Advertising for fraternal orders or nnioHoo rh.ri. iwninr initintinn who are, at least, making an attempt It took three years time, 2 million dollars, the genius of Griffith to make. A story of loves struggle throughout the ages. Terriffic in action, eye-staggering in magnitude. 30 Grand Symphony Orchestra ol-30 Aticnlion, Children in Arms Not Admitted Li :::n:nnttBu:s::::H::::n::::n::mB:: A FOr.VDATlOV OXLY. While in a neighboring city the other day the writer viewed a pile of granite beautifully cut, In a splen- A OLD MEN AND THE! II JOHS. A recant newspaper dispatch re ports a movement to secure pensions for superannuated government em ployes. The graybcard of the de- fee and dues, no discount, and benevolent orders charged for all advertising when an admission or other charge is made, at the regular rates. When no ad mission Is chnrged, space to the amount of fifty lines reading will be allowed without charge. All addi tional at regular rates. The Tidings litis a greater circula tion in Ashland and its trade terri tory than all other local papers com-blned. rimrrh urbanization had la d the partments has always ueen one 01 foundation for a new house of wor- j Washington's moat perplexing prol ship at great cost, and before even : lems. In spite of all the red tape the foundation was completed had that interferes with government effi glven up and quit. The material was ' ciency, the government clerk is apt Ho has t,i. ...: ., ih.i.iiri,rurii Timt is hn of eranite ana tne worn. was wen , iu ue a iuiiu-wuimus wvu. will beUiiscoiirafTliiK feature of the whole j done as far as It had proceeded, but ! at least done his best by Uncle Sam. matter. That is why few men will i it had been abandoned and let go to It Is a hard proposition to know what persist long enough to accomplish rack and ruin gecause the structure j to do with him when he gets by the Bubstantlnl good. Ashland has, entered on an under taking that calls for courage. She must look forward, not backward, and have substantial faith enough in the future to invest her money, not upon what she has, or has had, but KnUrert at thn Ashland. Oreeon. 1 upon what she hopes to be. She has Postoffice as second-class mail mat-ja large enough foundation to war-lr- jrant such courage and she must not as she has been lately prone to Ashland, Ore., Monday, Dec. 11, 1910 THAT SANITAKU'M. lag, do, or she will find herself with a burden too great to bear the hour of opportunity past back-steppera like Enders and his cohorts in the After decrying Mr. Greer's dlsposi- saddle Llthia park destroyed the tion to keep the sanitarium details city split in two with selfish dessen- from the public, the Ashland Record proceeds as follows: "In the absence of more definite slon and jealous spite heavy bur dens and dwindling fortunes, and no man with courage enough to breast that come with public service in Ash land, to take the lead in a forward movement that will raise the burden. This Is an hour sublime with over hanging fate. Is Ashland strong enough to breast the wave? Will it be a victory or a cataclysm? information, many people believe the 1 the waves of villification and Blander proposition is merely In the promo tion stage that Mr. Greer as yet has no proposal from anyone, but merely hopes to tlo up a sanitarium site and then secure control of the mineral waters and take the two into the in vestment market and flno a buyer thereby securing a sanitarium for Ashland and a block of stock there in, or emolument, for himself." ' Suppose the thing to tie "only in the promotion stage." Is that a good reason why the city should not bend every effort toihelp the "promotion" through? Grant that Mr. Greer, in the "promotion," should get "a block of stock" or "emoluments." Is Ashland more interested in keeping a citizen from making a legitimate KMIMNK INGEXl ITY UXEAHT1IS A "NEW ONE." Did you, Mr. Husband, expect as your premier Christmas gift this year a lovely new oriental rug, a tea-table or a charming silk kimono, per chance? With a card attached, of course, reading "To dear hubby from his loving wifey." Lay aside your,. fears. Very likely fee out of a fair promotion than it Instead 'twill be a very fine set of is in getting a flrst-clns-j sanitarium tools in a wooden cabinet, one or and helping the springs project for- j those ingenious contraptions with a ward? Such argument is common in place for everything so that there's Ashland, but it Is mere sophistry. It j "ever an alibi for "leaving tools ly- has been used by so many citizens so . "K anout tne House. manv times that the life is nearly For your wife has been reliably choked out of the city. Here is the truth in regard to the sanitarium. Mr. Greer had capital ists who were ready to put fifty thou sand dollars, or more, into a sani tarium if the charter amendment which was defeated was carried and a fair arrangement could be made with the city for the use of its min eral waters for sanitarium purposes. The site had been selected in fact, two sites, either one of which Mr. Greer hid authority to close imme- informed (we wouldn't for a moment think of accusing those Keen Kutter tool cabinet ads which have been ap pearing in our columns) that a fine set of tools will tickle your fancy im mensely. In fact, she has heard that "most men would rather work with tools than eat." No, she doesn't Intend to cut down on your bill-of-fare even though that Is a tempting argument in these days of expensive living. She simply has it figured out that next spring there dlately upon the passage of the e quite a oil oi nxing up arouno. amendment and suitable contract for . the house, taking off storm windows, the water. ' getting the screens ready, putting up Whatever arrangement Mr. Greer shelves, making flower boxes, etc., had with the financiers was nrl-1 that you will gladly do for her be- was not built upon it. Every penny ago of greatest efficiency. invested in It was a dead loss. As I viewed this splendid wreck I thought cf the sacrifices that had been likely made by members of that congrega-ion in forwarding the work. Thought of the probable enthusiasm with which the work was started the august ceremonies with which the cornerstone was laid and then they quit. The splendid pile was tranformed into a thing cf worthless ruin, all because the structure was never reared on that splendid found ation. Then 1 thought of the Ashland springs enterprise. There was a foundation of solid granite, lajd at great expense and sacrifice, broad enough upon which to rear a speln did, substantial structure which would make the investors a large dlv dend upon their investment. But, it is only a foundation. Unless the structure is built upon it, It will prove a worthless burden, 11 Ke tne unfinished church foundation. It will decay and prove all a dead loss if Ashland quits. Citizens of Ashland, there Is still brick and mortar to be laid to make that foundation worth what it has cast. It will take money lots of money It will take untiring and in telligent effort lots of it. It will require united effort, confidence in the future and confidence one in the other to save this foundation from decay and rear upon it a substantial and profitable structure. Vou remember the tower of Babel. How tongues were confused and unit ed effort throttled. What a splendid start! Unity might have reared it to the sky; yea, even to the gates of heaven, but disharmony and confu sion in the work have left it but a memory a gilded fable with a high moral and a tremendous lesson. Will Ashland quit? Will confu sion of tongues, suspicion, acrimony and slander so persist and set one citizen over against another until none can be found to lead In the work? Will our splendid foundation he allowed to go to decay for lack of spirit and confidence? Have the people of Ashland the courage to per sist until the structure is crowned with success? Citizens, it's time to pray for suc cess, not curse your neighbor. It is time to work, not block progress. The crisis is at hand. vate. It was between him and them and was none of the public's business. The thing Ashland should have been most Interested in was get ting the investment, and not what connection Mr. Greer, or nnyone else, had with the investors. These finan ciers did not even ask the people to pass the proposed charter amend ment They merely said: "If the amendment carries we will have con fidence enough In the future of the enterprise to invest fifty thousand dollars, or more, In a sanitarium in Ashland." The "supposed" investors have not yet even asked the city of Ashland for the use of Its mineral water. They have simply said: "II we. can get the use of the mineral waters for sanitarium purposes on favorable Urms we are ready to enter Info Beprttattctna, to bujld the. j cauRe by that time tinkering with tools will have become a sort of hobby for you. AFFIDAVIT STAGE. The Enders campaign Is already to tho affidavit stage. Mr. Lamkln declares that he will not appoint J. O. Rigg chief of police or J. A. Lem ery city attorney if he Is elected, and is willing to make an affidavit to that effect. Should Mr. Lamkln deny making the above assertion, the Tidings stands ready to produce affidavits to prove that he did. We are featuring wrist watches. Largest line in the city. More than twenty different kinds. J2.60. ste I BO. Johnson'! Jewelry Store. 6&-tf Rowena Roberts will have a spe cial display of fancy work on sale at Mrs. Simon's Millinery store, Sat urday, December 9. Prices from 10c up. 57-2t Off till K Arrow Uf. COLLARS ortcurKcuttojittkskdhs perfectly, cmseoth.bjcr In business it is much the same. There are a great many concerns that keep him long after the time when he really earns his pay. But in per haps more he is coldly and curtly told that his place is needed by a strong er man. It Is a bitter day when he is turned adrift. His heart and hands are as ready to work as ever, but the snap and vim of youth have gone. He absolutely is not worth a great deal of money, but the world seems to turn to dust and ashes when he is told of that fact. The proposition in tho movement referred to is to establish a govern ment pension system for aged em ployes. It may be possible to work this out. But tho taxpayers already regard the cost of government work as to high. If the departments could by systematized by the same kind of business r.bllity that organizes a big factory, they ought to be able to pay their present wages, provide pensions and not Increase the cost at all. The individual worker needs to think carefully over this question of superannuation. Most men grow into elderly life without realizing that their power is - gradually slipping from them. They spend money free ly and then are out of sorts with the social system because some one does not supply the needs which they themselves have failed to anticipate. In the long run It pays a business concern to have a heart. It can not decide all relations between its em ployes simply on the basis of buying so much labor for so much cash. It has to create favorable sentiment in its own workshops and in the com munity it serves. Where it can rec ognize long terms of service by spec ial favors, it creates a sentiment of loyalty that docs not otherwise exist. me People's Forum A Good Word. Mr. Greer. Dear Sir: One likes a word of appreciation now and then. I should like to express my appre ciation of the work you have done for Ashland during the past few years. Had it not been for your efforts we should not now be enjoying Llthia park and the piped In mineral waters. Let the good work go on. The time will come when your name will be revered and honored as the one who promoted the best interests of Ash land and vlnicity. Sincerely, A Taxpayer Who Does Not Be grudge Paying for Benefits Received. Eat at the Llthia. EO-tf RSHLHND Storage and Transfer Co. C. F. BATES Proprietor. Two warehouses near Depot toods of all kinds itored at reason tble rates. A General Transfer Bnsinesa. Wood and) Rock Springs Coal. Phone 117. ' Off fee", 99 Oik Street, ASffLAXD. 0RBOO5. t :::::::::::5:Kt::mn::::j:::: I Heard and Overheard u:uu:::5:!:nt:Kt::::::::::::::n::::::::::j (Hy Lynn I). Mowat) You go home at night to the Mrs. She greets you with kind woids and krs. Don't it soak through your dome Why 'it's peaceful at home, When it's quite near to Chirstmas like thrs? cate" kind of had a nice rolling sound and we stored it by for futuro use. We went to one of these five hundred parties the next night and was playing at the same table with tiio hostess, who is an old hand at this society game and pretty well up on flowing language herself. It was her turn to deal and she was shuf fling tho cards, running them through pretty lively for a woman, too, and talking at the same timo about how much some Jewels of hers cost that her husband civp hup We started in to write a prophecy , , ,, . . . . . Came a kind of a lull as she finished, and hoping to fill in and at the same time pay her a compliment on her shuffling and display our hlgh-fala-tin' grasp of English as she is spoke, we burst forth with, "Mrs. E . you sure are great at prevaricating." She gave us the stony glare. Jumped up from the table and called to her husband, and would you believe us? we had to send that guy a marked copy of the dictionary before he would quit pestering us about a duel. of the history of Oregon for 1917, but found it to be a very dry sub ject. "Had a costly operation yester day." "That so?" Yep. Had my muffler cut out as I went through Medford and it cost me ten bucks." The self starter on ono of the new cars sold by Kenneth McWilliams was left turned on by the new owner recently, and naturally enough the battery ran down and the starter re fused to work. Mac received a call from a farm house out in the coun try and the following conversation ensued. New owner: "The dad blamed thing wont start." Mac: "Won't the self starter work?" N. O.: "Not a single turn." Mac: "Did you try cranking it?" X. O.: "I remembered you show ing me the place where the crank goes, and the crankcase is down un derneath there where you showed me and told me to keep it full of oil, but I'll be everlastingly hanged if I can find where you get into the crankcase to get a crank." At this juncture Mac fainted and the telephone company had to send up their trouble man to see why the receiver was not hung up and no one answered the bell. Sobetuff. The train slowed to a grinding stop, With sudden lurch and Jolting Jar. A wild-eyed man leaned out and yelled, "A woman's fainted in this car. Although I know this state Is dry And su.h appeals are risky, The need is great. In all this crowd Has anyone some whiskey?" Involuntarily a few Hands flew to bulging hips, But fearing, no one dared, until A girl with painted lips Thrust forth a dainty silver flask And sneered, "Here, I am game. I may be pinched for flashing this, But here goes, just the same." A wave of pity swept the crowd, The man stretched forth his hand, Tears in his eyes, caressed her, Held high the bottle, and He took two drinks, both long and slow, And said: "God bless you, girl, this ain't Bad stuff. It does upset me so To see a woman faint." Did you know that up until 6 o'clock Saturday the postoffice will sell twenty-six two-cent stamps for a cent and a quarter? These blame dictionaries get a fel low Into a peck of trouble. We are, or rather were, kind of partial to dic tionaries for light reading in leisure hours, they not being cluttered up with mushy love stories like the magazines. While browsing around among the S's the other day we came across the word "fhuffle," af ter which it says "prevaricate," "quibble" and several others as synonymous. Look It tip yourself, if yon don't "believe it It was a new tone" bn'us, but that' word "prevail-' A New Branch. When I went to school in the lonr ago, Jest about onct every year The school board would give us whar we called "exams." But times have much changed now, I fear. We used to be questioned on figure and sech, And spellin' and writin' and read In', Eut now they examine them twice every month On branches they'll never be neod in There's Latin and physics and geom etry The exams are few, they avoids And now they want to examine my boy On this here note says "adenoids." The 1917 magazines, like the 1916 magazines, will come to Oregon wit ti the liquor advertisements cut out. A bootlegger took forty gallons of whis key to Albany in the gasoline tank of his automobile. Why not pass a law requiring that all automobiles sold In the state in 1917 have the gasoline tanks removed? Eat at the Lithia. 50-t: IXTERURBAN AUTOCAR CO. Leave Ashland for Medford, Talent and Phoenix daily except Sunday at 9:00 a. m. and 1:00, 2:00, 4:00 and 5:15 p. m. Also on Saturday night at 6:30. Sundays leave at 9:00 and 1:00, 6:00 and 10:30" p. m. Leave Medford for Ashland dally ex cept Sunday at 8:00 a. m., 1:00, 2:00, 4:00 and 6:16 p. m. Also on Saturday at 10:15. On Sunday at 10.30 a. m., and 2:00, 6:00 and 9:30 p. m. Fare between Medford and Ash land, 20 cenis. Round trip, 85 cent, NEAREST TO EVERYTHING Hotel-Manx San FranciSCO Oregonians Head quarters while in San Francisco rates moderate "Meet me at the Manx'. Running distilled ice water in every room. Special alien. tion given to Xadiet (raveling unetcor ted. A la carte dining room, Management of Chester Keller ill!