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ASHLAND TIDINGS Monday, February 8, 1017" page two Ashland Tidings By THSI ASHLAND PRINTING 00. ! ' (Incorporated) ESTABLISHED 1878 SEMI-WEEKLY Sert R. Greer, Editor and Manager arvey R. Ling, Advertising Manager Lynn Mowat, City Editor Offical City and;County Paper Issued Monday, and Thursday TELEPHONE 39 SUBSCRIPTION RATES a Tsar $2.00 lx MonthB 1.00 fares Mouths JO Payable in Advance No inscriptions for lees than three Bonths. All subscriptions dropped at iplratlon unless renewal Is received. In ordering changes of the paper always give the old street address or fostofflc 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 He One year " " 15c Reading Notice 5 cents the line straight. Classified Column 1 cent the word first insertion, cent the word i each other Insertion. Thirty ; words pr less one month, $1. All written contracts for space al ready In force will be rendered at lhe old rate until contract expires. Fraternal Orders and Societies. ' Advertising for fraternal orders or societies charging & regular Initiation tee snd dues, no discount. Religious and bensvolent 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 has a greater circular ' Hon In Ashland and its trade tent lory than all other local papers com. Nned. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postofflot as second-class mall mat tar. Ashland, Ore., Monday, Feb. 5, 1917 THE MOVIES. H Is always true that the things In life that originate with or appeal to the masses of a people sooner or later make compulsory demand upon the attention of those select few who form what are loftily termed the "classeB." In the beginning and tor several years after their perfection, motion pictures held the attention of the great mass of the American people, while the Intellectuals, the scholars and tho critical persons In the profes sions and sciences stood on the side lines scoffing. Usually it makes little or no differ ence whether the Intellectuals like a thing or dislike it the opinion of the masses is the shaping or dominat ing factor and the opinions of the critics no matter how serious and competent they may be aro entirely secondary. This Is true In the world of motion pictures. If the producers had listened to the critics and the intellectuals the great motion picture Industry would have been scoffed out of existence. So tho producers took the Judg ment of the people themselves and adopted only such things from the critics as seemed beneficial and help ful. The result today motion pictures are the fifth largest industry In the United States. Also, today the critics who were skeptical and ironical are trying In every possible way to "get in tune" with the Industry and with the pic ture public. In the beginning dramatic critics did not care to bo seen attending pic ture presentations. For, in the be ginning, pictures made no demand for evening dress and social niceties There was no parquet; no dress cir cle. But times change rapidly In an as tonishing industry like this. In the majority of large cities to day the leading motion picture thea ters are much better buildings archi tecturally and in equipment than the leading dramatic houses. They are newer, fresher, better laid out, better lighted and ventilated, have better orchestras and superior equipment to the old dramatic houses. The average feature film that plays the average small town In America Is one hundred times superior in cast, In staging, in mounting and poneral presentation to any and al most all plavs that come to any lo cal rtrimstlc house. " The picture presented tli'-ouphoMt America are rn th aveiaee. much i more entitled to puM'c anprovnl than ' the theatrical productions sent to lo- j cal communities for presentation by road companies. The established producers lavish money on their productions. They hire the best known stars and sup porting players. They draw upon the famous novels and previously suc cessful plays. They hire the best and most skilled men In the business as directors. They labor for months and never less than five or six weeks in the actual work of making a five-reel feature. Their settings and stage equipments are the work of artists of distinction. Beginning at a point where a pic ture cost merely a few thousand dol- lars, the point has been reached now where a producer spends as much as $1,000,000 for a single picture. In other words, the picture play you see from a big and established manufacturer is superior in every der tail to the dramatic plays that come to the average city or town, the big ger cities included. Sooner or later the critics of an Industry are forced to take cogniz ance of the good points of the indus try, of its monetary worth, of Its su periority to the older branches of the amusement business where disinte gration and loss of public favor have worked havoc. The movie's have forced themselves upon the attention of the critics and exacted a broader form of treatment because they deserve this attention and also because the public would quickly discard and ignore critics who refused to become enlightened and in accord with a form of amuse ment which is universal In Its appeal. MAKING ECONOMIES. The high prices prevailing this winter would not have worried bur grandparents much. They were schooled in making economies. It was second nature for them to con sider each penny and nickel. They would spend half an hour to Btralght en out an error of a cent. It was conservation of resources, and they attended to It seriously and thoroughly, Nowadays . If people spend more than they expected, they "are going to make It up somewhere else." But thoy don't. All appropri ations are exceeded and they cheer fully consign the January bills to the wastebasket. The housewife may decide not to spend more than 50 cents on her meat. But she finds those cheaper cuts, about which the woman's page told her, all gone. Perhaps she could get them at the next store. But she dislikes to seem too frugal. Or she sees some of the most appetizing relishes and confections put up in Just the neatest and prettiest looking boxes. So tho 50-cent dinner costs her a dollar. Of course some people can't afford to bother. While they were saving a dime, they would be losing a dol lar's" worth of business. Most of us aren't in that class. Wise administration of household resources involves spending some time at the butcher's shop. It is as tonishing how much you can learn from the Man with the Cleaver. You can't get it over the telephone. Also In the kitchen. Servants and econ omy are two different propositions. And it means watching for bar gains and scrutinizing the newspaper advertising. It moans testing the less expensive foods to make them go farthest and taste best. The man who buys an automobile may not be tho one who Is. most successful in business. It may be the one whose wife Is the best plaijer. The European powers have got to that point in the national game of poker where you comfjine the effi ciency of a confident smile with the value of a bobtail flush. The public insistently demands to have the alleged leaks to the stock market thoroughly investigated, as it wants to know where these valuable tips can be obtained. After forbidding the reporter to put their names In the paper, many people will hustlo down to the news stand to get copies of the item before they are all sold. Investigating the high prices will at least serve the purpose of suggest ing to many people that they can get moro money for their goods. Phone Job orders to the Tidings. vffi Arrow A COLLARS ore cyrxiut to fit the shcMrs perjury, ifiVM'i.ejv f'U'-.TT PtSOTY 6. C'J '( M:'vr.t wmr ' row I'l l.i il JiliiwlillMuiliHNiiniiiiiiiiililli liu i l i Here and There Among Our Neighbors j Yaquina Bay News: Thursday evening last "Farthest West Camp" of the Apanlsh American War Veter ans was organized in Newport by De partment Inspector General Robert E. Green of Albany. Tho name so-, British government an order for eight lected for the camp is unique and carloads of prunes, the fruit to be at the same time very appropriate, sent to the soldiers at the front. Five for being located on the shore of the thousand boxes of fifty pounds each Pacific ocean, it is farthest to the. will comprise the shipment. Both westward than any other camp in the ' the Roseburg and the Salem plants United Slates, and also tho nearest to . will furnish the shipment, tho Philippine islands. . - - I Coos Bay Times: The new suspen- A meeting will be held In Riddle's'011 br:dee across Rogue river at Ag on next Monday composed of the ness ,s about completed, according to prune growers of that vicinity. The tlie Gold Beach Reporter, It Is said purposo of the meeting will be-to dis- jt0 be tne longest brldgo of its kind cuss tho advisability of erecting a co- j on tne coast- ,f nt In the country, operative process plant. Canyonvllle;118 main span is 365 foct, ini 635 growers will also paiticlpate In the'feet separates one anclior from the meeting and many spirited talks arejother- Tne company furnishing the scheduled for that time. The prune. wlr0 guarantees its stability and safe growers of Riddle and Canyonvllle ! ness- and wl'l have a representative claim that last year they lost $2,400 by shipping their prunes to Roseburg for processing. If this Is true they fqel as though they will profit much by the erection of their own plant and thus eliminate the loss. Dogs are worth more than cows in a number of counties of the state, ac cording to returns on file with the state tax commission from the asses- average value of a dog, ; Tillamook county Is i.iace4 at $33.75, while the averago valug bf cattlo is $27.72 An appropriation of $25,000 will be asked of the Oregon legislature, to match a similar sum from the state of Washington and $12,500 from British Columbia, for the big Joint advertising campaign of the North west Tourist Association. These sums are to be annual for a two-year period Pendleton Tribune: Every day brings to the office of E. F. Averlll, of the biological survey, reports of rabid coyotes and appeals for aid. Tho latest is that of Homer Ross, forest supervisor at Prineville. He says that reports come to his office almost daily, also, that January 23 two cows In that neighborhood died of rabies. Four mad coyotes have been killed near there in three weeks. Stockmen repoit rabies on the in crease and are extremely desirous of obtaining government aid. Eastern hat manufacturers are showing an Increased interest in Ore gon jackrabbit fur as a raw material from which felt may bo made, and one Phlladeplhla concern, L. Schoeble & Co., has, through Representative Sinnott, asked that 500 additional skins be forwarded for experiment as quickly as they can be prepared. The population mark at the Oregon state penitentiary has declined to 433, a record for the past two years. While two years ago tho number was a trifle lower, by March, 1915, the number ascended the scale to 566 and kept appreciably high until the prohibition law went into effect, when a steady decline became notice able. The number includes only those confined to the prison itself, and not j men out on parole. Roseburg Review: W. H. Redfield, who arrived here last Friday night from Cow Creek to spend a couple of days on business, is ono of the vet eran hunters of Douglas county. Dur ing the early rays ho hunted deer for their skins and is said to have killed as many as 1,000 -of these animals. Mr. Redfield has lived in Douglas county for many years and has a host of friends in this section. During tho early days in Douglas county deer skins were in big demand, and the hunters received substantial returns for their work. Grant County Journal, Prairie City: Word has been received from the Utah-Oregon Gold Mines Com pany, the now owners of the Ophlr group of claims, that tho affairs of the company are rapidly taking shape and that work will' be started on a mill at the mine six miles from Pralrlo as soon as the weather per mits. McMinnville Telephone Register: Sheriff Applegcte Sunday raided the wine ranch of Fred Setler, four miles above Mountainside, and confiscated about 3,000 gallons of wine. Setler Is a Swiss, about 60 years old, and is a bachelor. The sheriff found over fifty barrels of the liquor, many of which were nearly filled. Hundreds of gallons of the wine was seventeen years old. Hood River News: The municipal water plant owned by the city of Hood River has beon a success In pvory wf y. The records of the water rfflf Kliniv tfcnt $1.0(10 per month has lf-en earned through this source above expenses of operation and maintenance during the paat year. Salem Statesman: The Drager Fruit Company has received from the j on the ground to see. that it is prop- cr'y strung. Tho wiro is expected in Kogue Kiver on the Rustler this week, and evrything Is in readiness to have it put in place. New Issuelof Small Green Backs wen ioouc ui f i nuu f& uiiitcu states notes or "greenbacks," the ls- suing of which was discontinued more than thirty years ago, were put In circulation recently. The treasury department at Washington, in ex planation of the action, says the new issue was decided upon because silver certificates In small denominations could not be issued lawfully In suffi cient quantity to supply the business demands of the country. In 1878 the i limit of outstanding "greenbacks" was fixed at $346,681,016 and no currency of such class has been put out since 1885. The Amount of out standing $1 and $2 notes of this class Is now slightly In excess of $3,000, 000. However, thero Is $102,445, 300 of United States notes outstand ing of $10 denomination and higher, and a portion of these will be re tired and canceled, dollar for dollar, to permit the new issue of smaller denomination currency. Phone Job oraera to tne Tidings. INTERURBAN AUTOCAR OO. Leave Ashland for Medford, Talent and Phoenix dally except Sunday at 9:00 a. m. and 1:00, 2:00, 4:00 and 6:15 p. m. Also on Saturday night at 6:30. Sundays leave at 9:00 and 1:00, 6:00 and 10:80 p. m. Leave Medford for Ashland dally ex cept Sunday at 8:00 a. m., 1:00, 2:00, 4:00 and 5:15 p. m. AlBoon Saturday at 10:16. On Sundays at 10.30 a. m., and 2:00, 6:00 and ' 9:30 p. m. Fare between Medford and Ash. land, 20 cents. Round trip, 88 cent. Another Good SttbsaiptionBargain Until March 3 1st Only " a The Ashland Tidings, regular price The Youths Companion, regular price . McCall's Magazine, regular price One McCall's Pattern, price Regular price for all . . . And the Companion Dome Calendar Our price until March 31st, only . . 2jj MHMllMIIIHIIIIMIIIIllMMIIHMMIHIIMimnir Uif 02 GUARANTEED ATTRACTION Enroute Oakland to Seattle, this company ' will make only two stops. Geo. M. Cohan's Best! Cohan & Harris Present Geo. M. Cohan's Latest Laughing Success "Mitt-tlie-TpaS! HoIUday"L. o YOU'LL ROAR! YOU'LL HOWL! San Francisco Went Wild Over It. Seats on sale Saturday at 10 a. m. MMIimMIIUftMHMMMHMIMMMtnnilHIMt Obituary. Mrs. Nancy C. Bunnell passed way at the Granite City hospital on January 24, of a complication of dis eases. She had been a patient suf ferer for several years. She was born in Arkansas on August 11, 1853. Her father, Major R. H. Wim py, died a few years ago in Phoenix, Ariz. She leaves four brothers and two sisters to mourn her loss: Mrs. C. B. King of Los Angeles; Mrs. H. Dayton Smith of Endicott, Wash; Jo seph, Newton, Douglas and Harry, all of Washington and- Idaho. She was married to P. D. Bunnell in 1874 and has been an active and much-beloved member of the Congregational church since December 5, 1909, seemingly never happier than when working for the church or doing something to help others. With an affliction In her eyes which threatened total blindness, she never complained. We will miss the dear "Aunt Nannie," as she was familiarly called, but wo would not call her back. "Whereas she was once blind, she can now see her Saviour face to face," whom she loved so well, and her loved ones who have gono on before. Truly it can be said of hor, "Sho hath done what she could." Her neaily heart-broken sisters were unable to bo present on account of 3ickncss. Funerai services were conducted at tho church by her pas tor, Rev. Brett, assisted by Rev. Douglass of the M. E. church. Com forting word3 were spoken, also an abundanco of pretty flowers from the W. R. C, of which she was a mem ber, and the Ladies' Aid and other loving friends. Phone news Items te the Tidings miiii?tsii)iiniiiiiiimi)ii)iiiiiim;iiiiiiiiiinimmmm Saving lo you on the deal $1.30 Medford Southern Oregon's Greatest Place of Amusement lues, winni. ren. h Phone 418 For Reservation Now Prices: $1.50, $1.00, 75c and 50c. As lower salaries are expected next spring in baseball, many young men want to know what Is the use of a. college education anyway. Fire Insurance When yonr house is burning upv your neighbors will all Btand around until it Is a lltle pile of ashes, then walk off. and there will be nothing standing but the chimneys. We go right after your money for you. Our, companies all pay cash; no waiting 0$ parleying. We keep up with your pol icy; that's our business, and we make It our business to glva you the best service possible. That's why we are your friends af ter the fire. Established 1883 Billing's Agency Real Estate and Real Insurance 1 East Mala Phone ill $2.00 2.00 .75 .15 for 1917, FREE $7 L! J.OU !'''""iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiwwmmmttnma