ASHLAND TIDINGS ' V
Thumday, December 21, 1918
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) 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-
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In this story I am not going to
tell you of a regular bear hunt, but
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. 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
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(My Naipe Is Dennis)
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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
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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.
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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
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The Busy Store Ashland, Ore.
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