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ASHLAND TIDINGS ' V Thumday, December 21, 1918 "" i i . . . ) A CHRISTMAS HEAR STORY. Ashland Tidings By JTHE ASHLAND PRINTING 00. (Incorporated) ESTA HUSHED 1876 SEMI-WEEKLY ert R. Greer, Editor and Manager Harvey R. Ling, Advertising Manager Lynn Mowat, . - City Editor Offical City and County Paper Issued Monday and Thursday HOW TO DRAW TOURISTS. Portland Oregonian: By joining in the general movement of the Pa cific northwest to attract tourist trav- (By John B. Orlffin.) " (Every man who has known the thrills of the hunt and every boy who el to this section of the west, Oregon , longs to invade the wilds with a dog hotel men show themselves alive not and a gun will read the following only to their own interests hut to story with the keenest pleasure. Mr. those of the whole state, which are j Griffin Is the greatest hunter of them identical with those of adjoining ! all In southern Oregon and tells his states. When people come here for true stories of his dogs and his ex- TELEPHONE 39 SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year 12-00 Bix Months 1.00 Hires Months 10 Payable in Advance No subscriptions for less than three months. All subscriptions dropped at expiration unless renewal 1b received. pleasure they are apt to return as per manent reslflents or to seize oppor tunities for Investment. Their pleas ure tours, while a source of profit to periences with at inimitable' style of his own.) In this story I am not going to tell you of a regular bear hunt, but In ordering changes of the paper always give the old street address or poetofflce 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.... " ' 17 c One year " " 15c Reading Notices 5 cents the line straight. Classified Column 1 cent the word first insertion, cent the word each other insertion. Thirty words or less one month, $1. All written contracts for space al ready In force will be rendered at the old rote until contract expires. Fraternal Orders and Societies. Advertising for fraternal orders or ocleties charging a regular initiation fee and dues, no discount. Religious and benevolent orders will be charged for all advertising when an admission or other charge Is made, at the regular rates. When no ad mission is charged, space to the amount of fifty lines reading will be allowed without charge. All addi tional at regular rates. . The Tidings hns a greater circula tion in Ashland and its trndo terri tory than all other local papers com-bined. the state, often serve only as an in-jara gollg t0 tell you of a few of the troduction, which results in their en-j bea,rs that Traiier treed, the fall that listment in the business and develop-, Ie wa9 tnree yearg 0id j 8av a few ment of the state. j for jf j would tell you of every one As an inducement for tourists, one, j )t would pro()ably take up more space two or tnree attractions are not sum-, than the e(iitor would feoi like giving cient, for they do not make a tour, j up as ne caught twenty, all told, and No person will travel 3,000 miles tothe last one on the day before chrlst- spend a day in seeing the Columbia River Highway alone, or Mount Hood alone, or Crater Lake alone. But these attractions, in connection with a series of others strung through Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Brit ish Columbia, will draw travel, pro vided that facilities exist for travel ing to and seeing them in comfort. Tourists in Europe do not go to see the Matterhorn alone; they go to see the Tyrol. They do not go to see Mount St. Bernard alone; they go to see all of Switzerland. They do not go merely to see Heidelberg; they make the tour of the Rhine. From Yellowstone park to the Pa cific ocean there Is a series of natural wonders surpassing anything In the Old World. That we may induce peo ple to visit them it is necessary that we make them accessible wtih good roads and modern vehicles, and that we make life at them enjoyable with frood hotels, and then that we make them known as parts of a single tour. Pleasure-seekers will come to see all of them who would not come to see any one of them alone. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Poetofflce aa second-class mail matter. Ashland, Ore., Thursday, Dec. 21, '10 I'D RATHER BE A Gl IDE-POST. I'd rather be a guide-post, direct ing humanity along the pathway that , leads o a bigger and better future, than a tombstone, dtpictlng a relic of the times and things that were. I'd rather have a living, breathing knowledge of being a useful unit In humanity's scheme, than to have reople murmur vainglorious praise over my deaf and mouldering clay. I'd rather have a few of the com mon flowers of earth offered me by some one I had helped over a thorny hedge and through a trying moment; some one to whom I had proven a harbor of refuge in time of stress, than to have garlands of sweetest roses banked against my mound when life is done. I'd rather eat the crust of poverty in peace and quietude, knowing it had been earned by the sweat of hon est toil, than to absorb the rich foods of an effulgent nature, gathered by the struggling many and moistened with the tears and sighs and moans of a sorrowing world. I'd rather be a guide-post, plain and weatherbcaten, but of use to all who journey along life's lonely high way, than to be a tombstone, carved from choicest marble, erected In a secluded spot of the silent city of the dead. I'd rather see a fellow-creature's face light up with joy and gladness at some kind deed I had done, than to have the word of sympathy uttered to those left behind when the sound of crunching wheels Is heard out front and the plumed chariot rolls lowly along the road toward the green spot on the hill. I'd rather feel the warm clasp of a friendly hand; hear the whispered thanks of a risen brother; see the sunshine of love banishing the dark clouds of sorrow and strife and re morse, than to he the possessor of earth's greatest riches, envied, hated and ostracised by all, cursed with a consuming loneliness end abandoned to the engulfing silence of the privy chamber. I'd rather be a guide-post than a tombstone. And so had YOU! THE DECREASE IN DEATH RATE. i Arrow fn,ft COLLARS are curve cut to fit the shoulders perfectly Chittt. Ptabody frCbrlndMakm Recently announced figures from the 1915 census show a big fall In death rate. For the whole country these figures show 13.5 per thousand. Fifteen years ago the rate was 16.2. The American people are growing healthier. Better knowledge of sanitation, better physical development, advance of medical science, account for this change. There are a great many peo ple who instead of dosing themselves with drugs as formerly, get out and exercise. More people work and sleep with their windows open. There is less horror of fresh air. ' No doubt the present rate can be still further lowered. It is up to everyone to co-operate with phy sicians and boards of health in re moving all known causes of disease. Premature death Is one of the great causes of poverty, Every time a wage earner is taken away before his time, some one is thrown on charity. The Ashland Fruit & Produce As sociation have land plaster or gyp sum, also superphosphates. The best fertilizers for alfalfa, clover, or chards, garden or lawns. By the sack or ton. 60-2t There are 500 miles of wagon road and 4,600 miles of trail on the ua tlonal forests of Oregon and Washington. Johnson's Jewelery Store the gift center. 65-tf mas. I was living on Griffin creek those days, running a farm four miles' from Medford, and did not have time to go out hunting very often, so Traiier got to going out of a night and tree ing bears, foxes, wildcats and now and then a cougar. In the morning when I would get up I would discover that he was gone, and I generally would go out and listen and, if I didnt hear him barking, I would wait until noon and then I would saddle a horse and strike out. I would then go to the top of what we called the divide between Griffin creek and Sterling creek, where I could hear off either way, then I would follow along the top of the ridge and every little while I would stop and listen, and at last I would hear his bow! wow! wow! Instantly I would throw up the horn and give it a long, loud toot to let him know I was coming. The effect would be magical. In stead of the bow! wow! wow! every few minutes, he and old Lion, my old standby that helped him tree so many, would turn loose too, barking steadily and joyfully, and there was a hunter who felt pretty joyful about that time, If you will believe me. I generally rode my horse until I was within two or three hundred yards of them, then I tied him up and made my way cautiously up to near the tree. When I had discov ered him I most always approached behind a tree so that he couldn't see me. After I got close enough I walked right out and under the tree as quickly as I could, then I had him safe. There is no danger of them coming down after you are under the tree, but, as I have said before, just as sure as a person undertakes to rush up to a tree where a bear, has been up any length of time, he will come down, and then you have got a scrap on your hands. So if young bear hunters will take my advice and always be cautious about getting up to the tree, you will seldom ever get into trouble and at the same time take no chances on getting a - dog killed, or, if not killed, spoiled, for any number of dogs, after having been whipped out once, will not tackle a bear the next time. Well, as I said In the beginning of this story, that It was not an account of a regular hunting trip. I will just give you the stories of each bear he treed and the little scraps I had with a few of them. I used a 44 Winchester in those days, and al though they are a back number now, we banked on them then and I feared nothing when I had my 44 with me. The first time that Trailer ever went out on one of these night hunts was In the fore part of the fall. One morning I got up and was chorlng around the house and hadn't missed him, when all at once I heard the sound of his voice away off up the creek. I listened until I satisfied myself that he wa sat a tree, then I got the gun and started out. It was about two miles, and when I got there, lo and behold, it was a fox. I was a little bit disappointed, but Trailer was awfully tickled to see me come, so I up and shot the fox and went back home, but carried the fox along with me, Trailer walking behind, perfectly contented. I skinned the fox and stretched the hide in good shape, and I guess Trail er thought ho had done something ! worth while, for he treod four that; week. I began to think It was going to be all foxes, but one morning 1 1 got up and discovered ho w as gone, j and after listening a wh'lo I hoard jT them both, away off up this same canyon where he had been Jtreolns the foxes. My first thought was an other fox, but they were twklng fur iously and I begnn to think maybe it might be something larger than a fox, so I hurried up, got my gun and lit out. There was a wagon road up this creek for quite aways, and they sounded like they were close to the road, so I stuck to It and, sure enough, when I got there I found them within fifty steps or less of the road, barking up a dead fir tree with hardly a limb on It, and there, Only about twenty feet up, sat a big mealy nose brown bear. Gee, but I was surprised and highly elated, too, and I lost no time in shooting him out, which I did by putting a 44 bul let square between the eyes. Over WISH to thank my' friends and patrons for the liberal patronage they have given me the past year and take this means of expressing my appreciation, and asking for a continu- i . ance of same in future, and wishing you and yours t A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year J.N.Dennis Merry Christmas and A Prosperous New Yea To all our patrons and friends whom we hope to have . for patrons Plaa Gtfocetfy Everything for the Christmas Dinner TmMHMMUHHIMIIUHMMIMHMHIIMMH' (My Naipe Is Dennis) The Grocer r T T I I Ft I T FT7TTT TT 'J TtTtTTTtt EBB he went and the dogs piled In on him and yaukod him around until I had to make them quit. I dressed him and went back home, ate break fast and hitched up to a rig and went and loaded him In and brought him homo. I took a fellow with nie by the name of Maxon, and we had to take the wheels off and let the hind axle down and the bear in, then we put him forward as far as we could and raised the hind wheels up and the trick was done. This bear weighed several hundred pounds and turned out several cans of oil. The meat was fine. I will say right now, while I think of It, that Trailer never treed an other fox In that region, that I recol lect of. I think he passed over tho tracks, feeling they were too insignif icant to bother with. In a few days more Trailer treed another bear In his same canyon, only higher up the creek and farther up the hillside. This, too, was a large mealy nose, and I killed him without any troube or excitement either. Shortly after that I went up in that part of the country to try to kill a deer. I had hunted up to the head of the creek and albng on the Sterl ing side and back over on the Griffin creek side without seeing a deer, and was headed down a ridge for home. The ground was rather open and, hap pening to look off to my right about a hundred yards, there stood a big black bear under an oak tree. The boughs hung down and he had his" head towards me, drooped down and looking at me. He stood a little quartering, so I pulled down and drew a bead on the point of his shoulder and let drive. At the crack of the gun down he went, but was up and out of sight before I could shoot again. There was a brushy gulch beyond him, and by the time I got over to where he stood he was down into that. I could hear the rustle of the brush at first, then all was quiet. I went down a short distance and could see nor hear nothing of him, so I came to the conclusion I didn't want him bad enough to go down In the brush after him, so I went back to the ridge and went down until I struck a good open place and sat down and commenced to blow the horn. By the way, I neglected to say that I had not brought the dogs with me, as I did not want Trailer to get any notion In his head of hunt ing deer. I sahere and kept blow ing the horn for a long time, and finally I had the satisfaction of hear ing Trailer answer me away off down the hill, coming. Say, my heart leaped for Joy and I never thought more of Trailer than I did right then. I commenced talking to him before he got to me, and he wagged his tall and was awfully pleased to get to me. I petted him a few minutes and then I told him to come on. I went bafck up and, say, when he struck that bear track and smelled the blood I think he knew what I had called him for. Away he went straight down the gulch Into the brush, and, sure enough, there was the bear. He was hurt pretty bad and was lying down all the time. Trailer was coming. I could hear'the racket and knew he was going down the gulch, so I ran down the ridge and pretty soon I got a little below, and I yelled at Trailer to go after him. The fight was now in dead earnest, and Trailer was making it hot for him, as he had one shoulder broken land Trailer could easily keep out of !J Ashland Washing Powder Factory Is putting in every home a sample package of the Cal ifornia Washing Powder, warranted not to injure the fin est of fabrics. For any and. and all cleaning. For gen eral use add one tableepoonful to each gallon of water. For sale at your grocers. Patent No. 9I.G44 Patented AprU 22. 1916 tsmsnmsmx mmmit.mum. .hutti rvirrmnrn his way. He must have heard me yell, for he left the gulch and took up and around the hillside and came up In plain sight. This was what I wanted. I caught a bead and pulled. I hit him, but he did not go down. Just then Trailer seized him by the ham, and as the bear turned to strike he held on a little too long and he got a lick on him which sent hint rolling down the hill. Before he could recover himself the bear made a dive to grabb him, but I shot again and hit him in the thick part of the neck, as I discovered afterwards. He reared straight back and fell with all heels up, but struggled to his feet again. I gave him another, and be fore Trailer could get to him I gave him another, and over he went and came rolling down the hill, with Trailer trying to hang on. He was dead as dead could be. He gave Trailer a mark on his hip that he carried all his life, and can be seen in his picture that I have here at home now. Well, the fight was over and the job was to get him in, which had to bo done by skinning him and cutting him up. This spoiled the biggest part of the day, but we got him in just the same. (To be continued.) This Christmas buy a rocker. J. P. Dodge ft Sons. 53-tf PLUMBING Installed or repaired also general repairing. Prices rea sonnble. GEO. L. CAREY, 4(12 Allison Phone 314-J What Was Your Auto Repair BUI for this last year? Do you think that it might easily have been less? Why not bring your work to us for the New Year? We have a conscience about the kind of work we do and the price we charge for it. Start the year right, and compare your bills from us with your former bills. f Ford Garage Lee Ball, Prop. Ashland Christitms Greetings and Best Wishes lor 1917 From I The Busy Store Ashland, Ore. s