Thursday, January 4, 191T
ASHLAND TIDINGS
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HIMAXK WORK WITH CHILDREN.
One of the nation-wide movements
of our time Is the forming of Bands
of Mercy for children. During Octo
ber 931 iew branches of this organ
ization were formed, which already
has 100,000 members scattered all
over the country.
Children at their tender age are
easily swayed. It h the most natural
thing in the world for a boy to throw
stones at a Btray dog when he sees
the other boys doing it. And it is
just as easy to make him see how
he would feol in the dog's place with
a pack of pursuing giants after him.
Many of the older people have
gone through life without a particle
of humane sentiment. Common de
cency and mature feeling prevents us
from wanton cruelty. But every day
you see conio mnn angrily beating a
horse because the beast can't pull a
heavy load or fails to understand orr
ders. Only an Ingrained sentiment of
sympathy for these underlings of cre
ation can prevent hot-tempered peo
ple from such acts. And to create
that sympathetic feeling, the idea
'needs to be talked into the young
ster's bads at the Band of Mercy age.
SPECIALTY FARMING.
Ashland, Ore., Thursday, Jan. 4, 1017
OH, YOU SPORTSMAN.
The iVlrty thousand people who
live within a few miles of the Rogue
river ara not overly inquisitive.
Yet tho thirty thousand people,
from a portion of which the Mall Tri
bune draws a portion of its susten
ance, will proncbly want to know why
George Putnam, editor of the Meek
ford Mall Tribune, wishes to reserve
to Rod Macley, of the Macley can
nery, a practical monopoly on the
fish which Mother Nature put in the
Rogue river. Mother Nature no doubt
likes Rod and apparently Editor Put
nam likes Rod, hut we are sure that
Mother Xature Intended some of the
salmon for the rest of the folks who
live near the Rogue.
Mother Nature probably never In
tended to let the "Balmon rot on the
banks of the Rogue and its tribu
tarles" until the waters are contaml
nated, as Editor Putnam assures his
readers will happen if Rod's monop
oly Is removed. Chances are that
Mother Nature even went so far as to
make allowances for the normal ap
petite of the thirty thousand for an
occasional baked salmon.
Editor Putnam rares up on his
hind leg and calls upon his extensive
vocabulary for a -frenzied series of
"ohs" anl "ahs" to express his utter
contempt for the Ashland Fish and
Game Protective Association, who
favor allowing gaffing and spearing
of a few of the salmon which, accord
ing to Ed'tor Putnam, would other
wise "rot on the banks." The local
association passed a resolution favor
ing legislation to allow the taking of
salmon by gaff and spear for the
home use of the taker only. Such a
law exists and has proved satisfactory
In California and elsewhere.
The lo"nl association and practical
ly all of the people of the Rogue wa
tershed want Macley's monopoly re
moved, and no doubt would appreci
ate a chance to keep the water from
becoming contaminated and at the
same time set their teeth Into a sal
mon once In a while.
Editor Putnam wants Macley's mo
nopoly undlstrubed and scorns the
Idea of letting the fish do anything
but rot if by happy chance the leglsr
lature should follow out the will of
the people of the state as expressed
when the matter was voted upon un
der the Initiative law.
Editor Putnam is a true sports
man. He prefers letting Rod Mac
ley's teams haul out great net loads
cf salmon onto the sands of the banks
f the Rogue he prefers letting
Macley's nets divert the fish from the
Rogue into cans with Macley's label
to letting the thirty thousand have
an opportunity to gaff an occasional
almon.
"Oh, you sportsman." WHY?
Setting the price of all kinds of
food advnncing, the average, man
feels like offering much advice about
the raising of these products. Of
course such suggestions are apt to
be worthless. Still it Is admitted by
most experts that farm methods of
past years have been inefficient and
unbusinesslike. So the consumer
may perhaps express an opinion
about the general principles on which
ho thinks farming could be placed
more on a business basis.
A hint lu this direction Is of
fered by a dispatch just published
from Burlington, Vt., telling how one
man had made $8,000 by raising cab
bage on twelve acres of land. While
a good many farmed are making
handsome profits nowadays, it is not
likely that many of them have
cleaned up $8,000 in one year by rais
ing cabbages. This man no doubt
succeeded by specializing on this
crop. He must have studied every
authority .on the raising of this vege
table, and talked with every man who
could give him any practical Informa
tion.
Many farmers fritter away their
energy by doing too many different
things. In most forms of production
the man who wins out is the one who
specializes. He produces few lines,
but gets out a large amount of each
line. In that way his help becomes
expert on that proposition. When
you double your production, you do
not usually double the labor costs,
but ' should increase the skill with
which the work is done. The ex
pense account grows smaller per unit
of production, and the results should
become of better quality.
Of course, in specialty farming, If
there Is a crop failure, it is more dlsr
astrous. But the specialty farmer
should be better able to protect his
crop from Insect pests and the ricis
situdes of weather.
The consumer's hat goes off to the
farmer who can make a success in
any kind of food raising. He per
forms a public service in a time of
struggle with living costs.
THE UNFINISHED FURROW.
Out where the great fields of yel
low wheat gently undulate to the soft
breeze In a summer's sun, the tired
farmer sits, wondering, meditating on
the ways of the world, He Is far
from tho immediate touch of the
wheels of commerce, the lift of the
busy city, and droning whir of mar
chinery and the alarums of war.
Three scoro years and ten have
passed over his thin white locks; the
stooped shoulders and deep wrinkled
brow will soon bo laid to eternal rest,
yet, as he sits dreaming, awaiting
the last bugle's call, the thought of
another, long since mellowed to dust,
comes to haunt the chambers of the
mind; another, who, in departing,
left the plow-share upright in the fur
row, half turned. He recalls the life
less form, the field half plowed, the
effort wasted, the mysterious hand of
Fate, the seeming fallacy of it all.
But beyond these he views the vic
tory, the reward that can be the part
of every life, that can come to any
man and any woman. And the spirit
that stands beside the lifeless form
brings a laurel, not a flower of sor
row. For he started his furrow in
Ufa
That it did not lead to where he
planned is a small thing. That his
ambitions were not realized while he
watched means little. That he fell
and passed on to other worlds, leav
ing behind him the unfinished fury
row, is no tragedy. Ho conquered
when he started. He won when he
kept hie plow steady and straight.
He was victor at each step of the
path.
Upon this furrow others will come
to plant. What crops will grow?
Roses, perhaps, whose perfume will
bring back the smile to some fading
cheek. Wheat, whose grains will
bring strength to some fainting body,
worn with hunger and the wearniess
of it all. He will not be there at the
harvest, but that matters not at all.
That other hands will glean is no fac
tor in the great mathematics of prog
ress and life.
Long after he has become a mem'
ory, that unfinished furrow will play
Its part In life. Long after the winds
of summer and the snows of winter
have cast their Influence upon it, his
work will live, either for good or for
evil. The big thing 1b that he START
ED his furrow and that he did so
with a purpose and held to It. Th
big thing Is that be aimed to benefit
and change tho world; to prepare the
ground that It might produce.
The tragedy of the unfinished fup
row? There Is no tragedy. Only
those fall who nover plow at all,
If we wish to flow with the stream
of life, we must keep up with the cur-
rent of events.
However, the man who complains
most bitterly about the cost of living
Is usually the same one who can't
spend time to read the newspaper
advertisements,
New Year's Thoughts, 1017
While yet the year is new, I pray
All duties I may do each day;
Work harmoniously, on God's plan,
To help both self and fellow man.
To give my soul so much of good
That evil all will be withstood,
For if my mind will good I fill.
There'll bo no room for thoughts
of ill.
If I may any service be,
Help me each little kindness see.
Help me to know there's good In all,
Then 1 may cvse a brother's fall.
May I casih duty well perform,
To words and acts of friends conform.
If I have foes send thoughts to each
So full of love 'twill heal the
breach.
Then, if all duties are well done,
With faith in God and man, I've
won
And of the good which we receive,
We may to others freely give.
Elizabeth Yockey.
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GOOD DEED IN NAUGHTY, tt
IV WORLD. Vt
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IV There was a man In our town, and (V
)V he was wondroui rich; )V
IV He gave away hli million to the Vt
IV colleges and slch, V
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IV He ought to understand Vt
)V The ones who really need him are Vt
Vt the children of this land."
)V When Andrew Croesus built a home Vt
Uf for children who were sick Vt
II The people said they rather thought Vt
IV he did It as a trick, Vt
IV And writers said. "He thinks about Vt
IV the drooping girls and boys, Vt
(V But what about conditions with the fit
Vt men whom he employs?" Vt
IV Vt
IV There was a man In our town who Vt
Vt said that he would share Vt
)V His profits with his laborers, for Vt
Vt that was only fair, Vt
IV And iwople said: "Oh, Isn't he the Vt
IV shrewd and foxy gent? Vt
IV It cost him next to nothing for that Vt
IV free advertisement." Vt
Vt There was a man In our town who Vt
(V had the perfect plan Vt
Vt To do awny with poverty and other Vt
Vt ills of man, Vt
IV But ho feared the public Jeering and Vt
V the folks who would defame Vt
Vt him, Vt
Vt So he never told the plan he had, Vt
tS and I can hardly blame him. Vt
Vt -New York Tribune. Vt
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iBVSMeSVIV!S!VM
HOLD UP YOUR HEAD.
It Will Stimulate You Mentally at Wall
at Physically.
In a letter to Itobcrt Grlmshaw of
the New York university William Mul
doon gives advice that it would be well
for every nian and woman, boy and
girl In America to take to heart lie
says;
"I was taught In early manhood not
to throw my shoulders back, stick my
chest out, draw my stomach in or hold
my chin down like a goat preparing to
butt, hut to always try and touch some
imaginary thing with the crown of my
bead. If one tries to do thut first un
derstands how to try and then tries
be doesn't have to pay any attention
to the rest of his physical being. That
effort to touch something above him
not with his forehead, but with tho
crown of his head, will keep every par
ticle of his body in the position that
nature Intended It should be.
And as a boy I was advised to fre
quently back up against tbe wall and
make the back of my bead, my shoul
ders, hips, heels all press against the
wall at tbe same time, and in that way
get an idea of what was straight, or, In
other words, how crooked I was becom
ing by drooping."
Both to young and old Mr. Mumoon's
hold your head up" suggestion is In
spiriting. Try it The effect physical
ly and mentally is immediate. When the
bead goes higher the Impulse la to deep
er breathing. A man finds more elas
ticity In his limbs. He steps out with
more ease. There is more spring to bis
gait He Isn't a lumbering, shambling
creature, but a man alive. With the
elevation of tbe crown of tbe head
there seems to come clearer thinking,
a more buoyant feeling and a brighter
outlook. Commerce and Finance.
Heard and Overheard
Krimaumimnmummuumttramu
(Ry Lynn D. Mowat)
Fred Putnam's horse, which wbb
electrocuted by rarln' up and biting
an electric wire recently, had poor
digestion. The question is, Was it
the raisin' or tho current that dis
agreed with him?
A Song of the New Year.
(Orchestra should play sombrelsh
music during verses, chorus lively.)
We know that each one of our thinks
Our resolves will soon be full of
kinks,
But we have you all heat,
Our resolve we repeat,
"I swear I won't drink between
drinks."
Chorus
Oh sing a la la, sing a la la,
Oh sing a la la la, a la dear;
Oh sing a la la, sing a la la,
Oh sing a la la of the New Year.
Oh, most have kept theirs all this
week
And of their will power proudly
speak,
But we'll bet a big bill
If in June you talk "will,"
They'll look sick and ne'er utter a
squeak.
Chorus
When you solemnly held up your paw
And swore to dismiss every flaw;
When you swore to forego
And all that, don't you know,
Did the words kind of stick in your
craw?
Chorus
This year has played us a grim
joke
And many another poor bloke
For this blankety blanked slush,
O'er our rubbers did gush,
And a resolve to not cuss early broke.
Chorus
Fred's horses were running 'round
loose.
An electric light wire played the
deuce.
One must have been dry,
For he croaked in a try
To fill up on electric light juice.
Chorus
It seems kind of hard on a guy
When Xmas and New Year's are by,
For we'll havo no vacation
All over the nation
Until the next Fourth of July.
Chorus
We resolved to cut out all had puns
From this column as long as It runs,
For a pun in a rhyme
Is almost a crime,
So we'll "pun"ish hey, put up your
guns.
Chorus
A lady who lives on North Main
Stopped us on the street in the rain,
To tell us our junk
Was nothing but bunk,
And unfailingly gave her a pain.
Chorus
Owing to a resolve never to let our
work interfere with our sleep, this
merry song has to he chopped off
here just as we were getting ready
to tell the resolutions made by Fred
Herrln, Harry Hosier, Chi Pierson,
Clyde Costollo, Mayor Johnson, Rev.
Carnahan, Curt Roberts, Marian Van
Natta, Dave Good, Emll Pell and a
number of othor prominent and reso
lute citizens whose resolutions would
last much longer if made public, but
which will now have to be allowed to
resolve themselves into nothing or,
rather, dissolve themselves Into noth
ing In peace.
We think we have solved the whole
matter. First you solve the problem
of your failures. Then you resolve
them; they dissolve and next New
Year's you rerrcsolve, so on, etc.,
etcetera and so forth forever and for
ever until you are relieved of New
Year's recolutions along with your
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other troubles. And even then the
lodge passes a resolution about you.
Once rpon a time a stranger stood
before St. Peter.
"And what right have you tonter
here?" quoth Peter.
"I kept seventeen New Year's reso
lutions out of fifty-three," answered
the stranger.
Peter thumbed the great book In
which the death notices are kept by
the death angel are listed, until he
came to the stranger's name. Peter's
fingers traced across the page to the
date of demise: "January 3."
"You have indeed done well. Pass
In."
WKST PHOENIX ITEMS.
Sloppy New Year.
SUCCESS OF HOME GARDENS.
International Child Welfare League Is
sues Statement on Its Work.
The International Child Welfare
league has Issued a statement show
ing what success It was able to achieve
In its home garden movement for chil
dren last summer with the.proceeds of
a flower ball which it held last spring.
The statement reads In part:
The International Child Welfare
league, In conjunction with the bureau
of education of Washington, has been
studying the Introduction of Commis
sioner P. P. Claxton's plan of the
home garden under school supervision
as a substitute for child labor. Tbe
experiment was tried in Westchester
county, N. Y., last summer and has
been so successful that the Welfare
league is co-operating with all educa
tional leagues in pushing the work.
The school garden and the home gar
den are often confused. The former is
a community affair, with a teacher to
oversee the whole plot This plan is
an excellent one for collective Instruc
tion and is recommended for chil
dren who have no home garden. The
value of the home garden lies in tbe
fact that the parents take more pride
in the work of the child and with its
economic results, which are more read
ily seen in the home than when the
garden is at some distant point
Tarrytown, N. Y., raised privately
sufficient money, coupled with an
amount contributed by the Interna
tional Child Welfare league, to start
the work with a teacher In the Wash
ington Irving high school and also in
the North Tarrytown high school. In
this town the work was systematically
organized under the Claxton plan, and
Its success has led to its adoption by
the board of education as a part of the
regular school work in the coming
year.
Tbe fact that the work is done after
school hours and continued into the
summer vacation period makes it easy
to fit into the curriculum of any
school, and tbe happy results in its
bearing on health and morals make it
a most valuable adjunct to school education.
Mrs. W. T. Thompson of Willow
Springs and Fletcher Fish of Medford
spent Christmas day with their par-
j ents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Fish of
I West Phoenix. Mr. and Mrs. Bur
I dette Dodge and infant daughter mo
I tored out to be present at the family
reunion.
Word has been received by the Cal
I houn brothers that Orlando Calhoun,
another brother residing In Idaho, has
I nnuaori nwiiv. Deceased nnent snm
time last fall with relatives in Phoe
nix and a sister In Medford, Mrs.
Susie Ship. He came here in th
hope that the cllmato would be bene
ficial, but grew no bettor and re
turned home.
Miss Margaret Dally of Medford
spent Christmas day with her sisters
at their ranch home here.
Mrs. Dora Zimmerman of Mon
mouth Is visiting at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Wilson, of North Phoe
nix. Miss Elizabeth Turnbough of Med
ford visited at the home of her moth
er, Mrs. Will Wright, last week.
Wylie Turnbough of Montana, for
merly a resident of Phoenix, spent a
part of Chrlutmas day with E. Cal
houn and family.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Corliss and
little son Guy have gone to Portland,
where they will be the guests of Mr.
I Corliss' parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. C.
H. Corlba, and Mrs. Corliss' sister
and brother-in-law, Mrs. and Mr. C
D. Frazee.
Several sleds were seen in this vi
cinity owing to the rather heavy
I snow-fall of the past week. Several
J days of bright sunlight will cause the
retirement of these rarely UBed vehicles.
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Ninety-Eighth Half Yearly Report of
The German Savings and Loan Society
SAVING (THE CERMAN BANK) COMMERCIAL
626 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
DECEMBER, 30, 1918
ASSETS
United States, State, Municipal and Other Bonds (awkst talus
(20,338,296.00) Handing on books it . . , . $18,789,166.74
Loam on Real Estate, sssiusd by fint mortgage! , , 41,677,948.24
Loans on Bonds aad Stocks 690,473.99
Bank Buildings and Lots, main and branch offices (rahw $600,000),
Handing on books it , 1.00
Otker Real Estate (raltie $196,000.00), Handing on books M . 1.00
Employees' Pension Fund (yalus $236,046.38) standing on books at 1.00
CASH 6,606,143.97
' Tots! ......... $66,633,735.94
LIABILITIES- '
Dee Depositors III',:.'.'.: $63,499,332J
Capital ftoek actually paid la ....... 1,000,000.00
Reserre and Coatfateat Fwxls , , 3,134,403.65
Total . . . . ; . . . . $66,633,738.94
JOHN A. BUCK, President CEO. TOURNY, Manager
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