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ASHLAND TIDINGS
Thursday, January 18 191 T
Ashland Tidings
By
IKE ASH LAM) PRINTING 00.
(Incorporated)
ESTABLISHED 1878
SEMI-WEEKLY
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Lynn Mowat, - City Editor
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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