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About Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1917)
MGB TWO ASHLAND TIDINGS Thursday, January 18 191 T Ashland Tidings By IKE ASH LAM) PRINTING 00. (Incorporated) ESTABLISHED 1878 SEMI-WEEKLY Bert R. Greer, Editor and Manager Hairey R. Ling, Advertising Manager Lynn Mowat, - City Editor Olfical City and County Paper Issued Monday and Thursday TELEPHONE 39 SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Tear $2.00 tx Months 1.00 Ifcre Mouths 60 Payable In Advance No subscriptions for less than three souths. All subscriptions dropped at xpiratlon 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 j ,ate: I wv. , ADVERTISING RATES. Single insertion, each Inch. .25c ' One month " 20c ! Six months " " 17 He 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 rate until contract expires. Fraternal Orders and Societies. Advertising for fraternal orders or societies charging a regular initiation fee and dues, no discount. Religious aind benevolent : orders will be charged for all advertising when an admlsslon 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 has a greater circula tion In Ashland and its trade terri tory than all other local papers com bined. , . , , . Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postoffice as second-class mail mat ter. Ashland, Ore., Thursday, Jon. 18, '17 A HAPPT PARMER A certain class of newspaper men assert that a farmer is the most in dependent man on earth and that be has nothing to do but enjoy life, j That whon winter comes and the blizzard's on the wing he toasts his I feet In the oven and reads the local . newspaper and the only thing that disturbs him is a call three times a day to bauquet on mince pies and other luxuries. It Is a mistake. The Industrious farmer begins work long before the aun thinks of getting up. With his soul shroulded in gloom he proceeds to build a fire and softens his boots 'with a sledge hammer. He then takes a lantern and shovels his way tn thn ham and feeds the hoes. It ! is then time to feed the newly arrived calf, which seems to delight in butt ing a pall of milk over the tiller of the soil until he only needs to be stamped to pass for a package of ole omargarine. He crawls thorugh a barb wire fence and digs the hay cut of the snow, gathers up the frozen chicks, chases a stray pig, worth 25 cents, four miles, and does not catch it, doctors a sick horse, freezes his fingers, gets kicked by-a one-eyed mule, and when the gloam ing comes and quietness broods over all the earth, he has a single half hour to meditate and wonder how he will pay his taxes. THE RESULTS OP PROSPERITY. Much is being said, and well said, aa to the obligations our new million aires Incur In spending the new money made out of war munitions and 1916 prosperity. But that doesn't hit most of us. The average man also may well ask what he is doing to make the present prosperity some thing more than a mere ephemeral wave of high prices and free spend ing. A period of good business should j be one of building on stronger and deeper foundations. It should be a time when our people should estab lish new and better civic institutions. There should be a more liberal feel ing toward educational advance and . . . i .4. civic ana social institutions In spite of general prosperity, It Is j till very hard to get money for the best causes of philanthropy and civic betterment. There should in particu lar be better scholastic opportunities for capable young people. The boy or girl with brains and without mon ey should not find so many obstacles tn the way. of a thorough education. The average taxpayer should be more friendly toward these enter prise. He should reaUze that a high er national efficiency Is called for, And to secure that efficiency we muBt throw open the doors of training wide to the poor boy and girl. THE DIARY HABIT. One of the most prominent features of the early part of January used to he the keeping of diaries. Little black and red covered books neatly ruled and dated were a very favorite Christmas present. Some of them were large sized volumes with room for a very extended daily history of one's doings. ! Iost yun3 people at some time or gther tried keeping those books. Tha entries for the first week or two would be very detailed and complete. Not merely would personal events be chronicled, but the weather and local events were described. Many emo tional young people detailed their state of feelings and mental reactions. By about January 15 it became an old story. Entries became meager and scattered, and few diary keepers could keep it up much beyond Febru ary. Occasionally one finds among household treasures, however, a well kept diary of some of our ancestors. in the old days w hen life was quiet and there were few distractions, peo- ple o literary and contemplative turn found Journol keeping a very inter- esting diversion. They enjoyed reviewing the events of the day, and in after years it was a great pleasure to renew the experi ences of former times. Also It was an exceedingly convenient thing to have these personal records and many business disputes were settled by them. Some of these old diaries give a wonderfully accurate picture of the life of former generations. The modern age is too swift to spend time In this way. It is all we can do to perform the duties and en- 'gage In the pleasures of the day, wlth- out stopping to record them. Few people spend hours in the contempla tion of the past, and there is little reviewing of former experiences. Rather the mind Is concentrated on the future. So the old-time dairy seems to have gone out, and our past history lapses Into oblivion, with only the great landmarks of experience standing out. Pendleton (Ore.) Tribune: Ash land is starting her normal school campaign early, but it is the early bird that catches the worm. South ern Oregon .is entitled to such a school and Ashland is an ideal place for Its location. When the vote is cast in 1918, Pendleton ought to make it unanimous. We had a few adverse ballots for our own, everybody will vote "yes" for but the town and the county that stood by us. New Siskiyou Town Flourishes The town of Grenada, ten miles southeast of Yreka, is not yet a year old, but is recognized as one of the future progressive towns of Siskiyou county. The strides it has taken in the last few months are astonishing. The town la being built for the bene fit of the settlers arriving in Shasta valley and about the Big Springs. The new hotel, modern and up to date, waa opened on Tuesday for the use of the public. Large warehouses are not only completed but are filled with merchandise. The planing mill Is also finished and is expected to be in operation as soon as the power lines are connected at that place. New houses have already been built and sold, while eight more have been contracted for and sold before work has started on them. They are to be completed within sixty days. In addition a contract has been let and work will start at once on a good bank building. This banking concern will start with a capital of $50,000, the stock of which has al ready been subscribed. Contracts have been let also for the construc tion of buildings to be occupied by a hardware store, the postoffice, the express office, and a large general store. All of these buildings are to be completed within the next sixty days. A $10,000 hardware stock has already arrived and will be moved to the building as soon as completed. The water and sewage systems are completed and ready for use. All of these things are being done by A. L. Harlow, who represents his own and eastern capital. Mr. Har low Is demonstrating that great things can be done in Siskiyou county with its splendid agricultural and horticultural resources. He is meet ing with much success In developing and Improving this section of Siski you, and he has such confidence In the future of the valley that at least $150,000 will be Invested in the townslte and Improvements. Treka News. Balem agrees to fnrnlsh required acreage to any firm that will estab lish a flax products manufacturing plant there. I Movie Matters 3 liiii!iii;iii:iiii!;!:;i;!!iiiiiiiiiimaaJ Enid Dennett as a Peace-Maker. "Mlkey" met "Leo II" at the Triangle-Kay Boa Btudlos in the man ner characteristic of a cat and dog. "Leo II" is a scraggly little pup of mongrel breed with a predominance of Scotch terrier blood in his veins, while "Mlkey" is a pleasant-faced, backyard brand, common or garden variety of cat. Both of these are strays, and with fervor not unmixed with hatred h.pv and barked at one another ou flrst intrnilntinnpn,.i, t i. ing come to the studio uninvited and without any apparent reason other than that there was shelter there. But both of them fell in love and, strangely enough, with the same girl Enid Bennett, the new Triangle star. They met ber in one of her scenes in a new play she is making, and with one accord they attached themselves to her. Then a stringe thing happneed. Love worked a miracle. In their affection for Miss Bennett they forgot their own differences and grew fond of one another. Now they have been Declaimed stu dio mascots and they may be found 'safely ensconced In one another's paws on an Improvised bed at night, while the days go pleasantly by for them as they play together, romp to gether, eat together and are petted together by their favorite "Mlkey" and "Leo II" were recent ly christened by Miss Bennett,' who considered long before deciding on the proper cognomen for her pets. Dolls Represent Triangle Stars at Charity Bazaar. Strange news comes from Chicago, to wit, thnt "Bill Hart was responsi ble for a doll sold at a holiday bazaar for the benefit of the poor children there. Hart was first reported as claiming that ho produced this doll which is dressed in one of his famous cow-puncher costumes with his own fair hands, but when cornered he de clared that at least he had directed the wardrobo mistress In Its actual manufacture. Lillian Glsh, Dorothy Glsh and Bes sie Love also sent dolls to this same bazaar, as did Louise Glaum, Doro thy Dalton and Mabel Normand; and the claims of these latter that they really constructed the dolls may be regarded as having the basis of abso lute competency and- natural gifts, and therefore deserving of respect. Hart's claims to fame as a seam stress find a warm defender In George Stone, the six-year-old Trian gle actor. "I'll bet Mr. nart could sew that doll, all right," said George, "because when I was down there with him at Inceville he sewod up a baseball for me." Bo this as it may, all the dolls were masterpieces of doll culture. Lillian Gish's was a duplicate of her striking black velvet and ermine gown worn as the heroine of "Diane lot the Follies;" Dorothy Gish's was a duplicate of her play, "The Little Yank," and was quaint In crinoline and pantalettes of sixty years ago; Bessie Love dressed hers to corre spond with hor coBtume in "Nina, the Flower Girl," a blue dress with a gaily embroidered scarf over her shoulders; Louise Glaum sent the most vampirlsh kind of a vampfre doll, which it was necessary to en case in a separate package in order to prevent it casting its dangerous spell over William S. Hart's mascu line creation the only gentleman doll in the lot; Dorothy Dalton sent an elaborate doll representing the character she plays in "The Weaker Sex," in which her forensic skill was displayed , In conjunction with ele gance of apparel. Because she Is always smiling and happy, Marguerite Courtot has come to be known around the studio as "MIbs Happiness." It mat ters not what happens, she always sees the bright side of things and Is continually making others happy by NEAREST TO EVERYTHING Mote! Manx San Francisco PowellSi.otOrorrell Oregonians Head quarters while in San Francisco "Meet me at the Manx moder re rates Running dtttlUed "M Ice voter in every N Muntement of Cheater ' W. Keller room. Special aMn (ion tiven to Iodic traveUni unetcor- j. led. A la carte WW ; dining room. NSW a the manner In which she does things. Talent, like other ."afflictions," seems to run in families, judging from Kathlyn Williams- new Morosco photoplay on the Paramount Pro gram. In this film a father and son, a mother and daughter are all ap pearing in the same subject. There is Herbert Standing, the silver-haired actor of note, who thwarts the evil work of Wyndham Standing, his son, the "heavy," who is a new acquisi tion to the Morosco studios. In ad- 1 dltlon to this father and son combine, j Helen Jerome Eddy, the talented j young acress, plays the daughter to I her own mother, Mrs. F. Eddy. This should present real reel realism, i L Mae Murray, who has just arrived in Hollywood from New York, is the latest member of tho Lasky "Never Again" club. This organization is composed of members of the Lasky company, formerly residents of New York, who came to Los Angeles to make Paramount pictures, went back to the great metropolis returned to the west vowing that they never wanted to see the white. lights again.' Mr. Cecil B. De Mllle, director-general, Is the charter member; William C. De Mllle Is next. Others in the organization are Frank Relcher, Fan nie Ward, Marie Doro, Elliott Dexter, Jack Dean, Blanche Sweet and now Mae Murray. Of all things on earth, dress comes first with Fannie Ward. Never does a week pass that she does not design a new one for herself, and her critic on all such affairs Is her own hus band, Jack Dean, who is quite an au thority on the question now. Pass ing on more than fifty designs each year would naturally make him so. Teaches Ostrich to Sing. Mae Murray was presented with an octrlch she now has as her pet. So fond has she becomo of the bird that she is teaching It to sing like a ca nary and is moeting with success. Her greatest disappointment is that she can not keep tho bird at her hotel in Hollywood, the result of which compels the pet to remain at the stu dio. It follows her all day long and is a bird of unusual beauty. Says Ament Dam Menace toFish Rogue River Argus: In 1902 some men conceived the idea of building a concrete dam across the Rogue river, about three miles above Grants Pass, for the purpose of mining. This dam was at that time known as the Ament dam. After a short period, during which it was used for mining, it was given up as a failure. An irrigation plan was then put forth, but before the water was ever turned Into the canal this was given up. Next came the idea of utilizing the power. Ma chinery was Installed and the dam harnessed to furnish power. Among Another Good Subscription Bargain Until Match 3Jst Only The Ashland Tidings, regular price . $2.00 The Youths Companion, regular price . 2.00 McCalFs Magazine, regular price . .75 One McCall's Pattern, price ' . . .15 Regular price for all , . . . $4.90 And the Companion Home Calendar for 1917. FREE Our price until March 31s, $T Ci only .... J'OV (MJf Clean ttv U Vital m 8 Motion Mlthe family )) r yT Ik V i3& lA 1 f PICTURES liH"IUTaiBWWMiMHI MiW'I'ilWIHi jl'lllHi I'l III. II" III1 WmilUllMIIIII w Shown at the leading theatres the machines was a large centrifugal pump, at that time considered the largest of its kind in the world. High water took out part of the dam and the pump with it. The pump now lies at the bottom of the river and much money and time have been ex pended in t,rylng to locate It to raise it from the water. After this nothing more was done except to keep a day and night watchman at the dam. For years this Ament dam has been an eyesore. The timbers are decayed and ready to fall to pieces. There Is one place In the concrete construction where a leak has started. There are two fish ladders, one a dark under ground passage into which few fish will enter, the other a wooden struc ture, part of which goes out with the high water and has to be replaced each year. At that it is inadequate, for at low water the fish can barely get through, and it affords a splendid opportunity for the "fish hogs" to gaff what fish that do get into it. Upon Inspecting this dam we found nothing but decayed timbers and rusty and broken machinery, most of which has been removed by sheriff's Saving to you on the deal $1.30 sa le and otherwise. It is an aban doned project, doing no one any good. While we do not oppose any move la the way of mining, Irrigation or pow er projects, we can not see why this old eyesore should be left standing. It is only an obstruction to the prog ress of the river and a barrier to the fish going upstream to lay their egg. We are of the opinion that the per sons responsible for the dam's con struction should remove it, or if they fall to do so, the legislature or couft try should take some action. Trejwe"23aeBBay WTWf 1 crp A TALBOT & Arrow Hit COLLARS arc curve cut to fit the shotddcrs perfectly Ctuttt. fabody 6cd:ncfAihtts Htm"! mimniimimm "mmill1lll,""nfflt