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ASHLAND TIDINGS
Thursday, February 8, 101T
PAGE TWO
Ashland Tidings
By
- THE ASHLAXD PRINTING CO.
(Incorporated)
ESTABLISHED 1870
SEMI-WEEKLY
Bert K. Greer, Editor and Manager
Harvey It. Ling, Advertising Manager
Lynn Mowat, City Editor
Offical City and County Paper
Issued Monday and Thursday
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Fraternal Orders and Societies.
Advertising for fraternal orders or
societies charging a regular initiation
fee and dues, no discount. Religious
and benevolent 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 circula
tion In Ashland and its trade terri
tory than all other local papers oom
feiaed. "Entered at tho Ashland, Oregon,
Postofflce as second-class mall mat
ter. .Ashland, Ore., Thursday, Feb. 8, '17
THE INVESTIGATING COMMIT
TKES. Investigations are the style In poll
tics now. From congress down to
state legislatures, they're all doing
It. Commissioners are renting roll-
top desks, hiring stenographers, sum
moning witnesses, seeing the country
and smoking choice cigars (often at
taxpayers' expense). Cost of living
Is the favorite subject now, but the
labor question, decllno of country
life, taxation and many local prob
lems are continually being raked
over.
Often the only result is publication
of a ponderous black covered report
that gathers dust In libraries and
storerooms. Legislators distribute
conies to friends who aro pleased to
be thus recognized. The reports con
tain much useful Information, but
there Is often such a mass of statls
tics and conflicting opinion as to
leave the subject In a worse fog than
before. '
Ordering an Investigation is a fa
vorite political device. It keeps the
public quiet, gives the Impression
that something Is being done and
holds down the lid.
The Idea of Investigation Is good.
A business corporation gives to any
new problem the most intensive
study and exhaustive tests. But it
does not place such Investigations in
the hands of "lame ducks" out of a
Job.
Frequently tho reports of these
commissions are well arranged, with
practical recommendations. Dut pol
iticians, whoso chief interest Is dis
tributing plums and pork, feel help
less in the presence of big human
problems requiring constructive abil
ity. If public Interest has died
down, tho report Is apt to bo pigeon
holed. If the people would elect
their servants on a basis of business
rather than politics, there would be
more Investigations that really In
vestigate and fewer reports that
merely create paper stock for the
junk man.
About now the homesick city peo
ple who don't know anyone feci sorry
for the lonesome folks in the country
irho meet several times a week at
hurch and lodge suppers.
' Uncle Sam holding all the real
money, and Europe all the guns and
ammunition, is an arrangement that
usually doesn't work well when the
police aren't handy.
Klamath Falls Box factory com
pany with eapltcl of $40,000 will era
ploy over fifty bands and have B0,
000 capacity, to be new Industry here.
THE SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE.
It Is an Interesting problem in bus
iness psychology to determine why
people trade Pt one store rather than
another. Pi Ices, location, quality,
are all vital, but not the whole thing.
The wide-awake manager of a real
store comes down town full of the
spirit of enterprise. He does not ask
to be sure of two dollars back before
he will spend one. "Start something"
he calls out to the boys, and soon the
place radiates his pushing person
ality.
His first move Is to spread the
news. He finds this or that line in
his store where he got unusual val
ues, or something he wants to turn
Into cash. He realizes that the pub
lic will never know what he can do
for them unless he takes some pains
and goes to some expense to inform
them. By persistent advertising he
gives the public the news of his
store. Pretty soon the impression Is
spread abroad thr.t It Is a store where
there Is "something doing."
The American proplo have little
use for inactivity. They care little
for the business man who sits down
and waits for opportunity to knock
and business to come. They will go
out of their way to trade with a man
who seeks their trade and shows
some spirit of push. The one way
to convey this Impression Is of course
to advertise. Circulars don't give it
to any largo extent, as they are so
apt to be thrown away unread. While
the circular reposes all crumpled up
In the wastebasket, tho newspaper
remains on tho parlor table until the
whole family has been through it.
Solicitation from door to door, If
done by a tactful and competent man,
gives an Impression of enterprise.
But advertising is twenty times
cheaper and quite as efficient. It
spreads the news all over, and makes
a man seem like a pusher instead of
a waiter.
BOY8 BEET CLIRS
The proposed project of the estab
lishment of boys beet clubs should
meet with the hearty co-operation of
every parent of the valley. The boys
can find no more profitable way to
spend their spare time this spring
and summer than in the care of a
patch of sugar beets, be it only a
few Bquare feet or several acres in
extent.
The work Is bound to return hand
some remuneration. Many of the va
cant lots of the city could just as
well be put in beets and turned into
productive land.
The Grants Pass sugar company
will no doubt offer prizes of a sub
stantial nature, according to Field
Agent Pettlnglll, and offer the lads
every co-operation. It Is to be hoped
that the work may be taken up in
an organized manner by school au
thorities as Is the pig and corn club
work at present.
Ashland Has One
01 Four Stations
(Continued from Page One.)
bark, hatch out one hundred young
to each pair twice yearly; how the
trees fight back with pitch and some
times conquer the pest; how the
birds and parasites prey upon the
beetles to such an extent that the
bureau has learned that if 75 per
cent of the beetles aro destroyed,
nature's balance Is overwhelmed and
the beetles disappear.
Methods of Fighting
Mr. Kcene explained how the In
fected trees were marked and cut at
the right time and the bark burned
to destroy the beetles. The timber
could be marketed and is marketed
in many cases. The McCloud Lum
ber company employs their fire fight
ing crews in winter to fight the
beetles under the direction of gov
ernment oxperts and is highly gratl
fled with the work, according to the
bureau man. Other timber companies
are doing likewise.
Mr. Keene dwelt at some length
on the local problem. He closed by
inviting the people of the city to visit
the station and see the specimens
and many interotslng collections
which the bureau had collected.
At the close of the talk a vote
of thanks was extended to him and
the entire gathering stayed to ex
amine the several cases of sped:
mens and fire Interested questions at
Mr. Keene.
INTER URBAN AUTOCAR CO.
Leave Ashland for Medford, Talent
and Phoenix dally except Sunday at
9:00 a. m. and 1:00, 1:00, 4:00
and 6:1b 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,
1:00, 4:00 and 6:15 p. m. Also on
Saturday at 10:15. On Sundays
at 10.30 a. m., and 3:00, 6:00 and
9:30 p. m.
Fare between Medford and Aahv
land, 20 cents. Round trip, M cents.
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(By Lynn D. Mowat.)
The Emigration of February 9,
( Governor Wltbycombe signed the -
hone-dry bill ct 4 p. m.)
'Tis mldnjght,
And a grouping moon
Sulks through tho ever-shifting
clouds.
And chilling, shrilling
Wind gusts sweep
Down from the reaches of the
north.
And look!
The ghostly shapes,
High-flying near the gloomy sky.
I ask you, Night,
What are those ghouls,
Those southbound phantoms of the
mist?
No answer,
But the lonesome howl
Of far-off wind notes seems to
grate:
"South, south
I whisk them south.
The morning-after headaches of
your state."
Le Envoi.
I slammed the window hard and fast
And cowered, while tho phantoms
PASROd,
Lest, some of mine, bound from the
state,
Should think of me and hesitate.
Vim, Vigor and Victory.
(With apologies to Herble
man.)
Hoff-
It you would strong and healthy be
In body, mind and soul,
Trot to the corner drug store
And fill up on "Sargol."
Or If 'tis weight that holds you
down,
Grow lanky like a rat
By taking home a case or two
Of Johnson's "Antifat."
If you aro cross or have cold feet,
Feel heavy, dead or slim,
The drug store has the very stuff
To put you back In trim.
But never buy two kinds at once
You might some time get fussed,
And take a dose of anti-fat
With anti-lean and bust.
(The local drug stores are welcome
to the advertising.)
Friend "What was the name of
the . correspondence school 'from
which you took that memory course
which you said did you so much
good?"
Graduate "Plckboy, or Richard
son, or something like that. I don't
remember exactly."
Just as We Go to Press.
H. O. Butterfleld, who works up In
the hotel barborshop right next to
the express office, says he has noticed
a great many of our prominent citi
zens hurrying like an express train
into the express office with an ex
press purpose expressively expressed
In their expression. One man hurried
out with his express pressed to his
bosom, slipped and pressed his nose
to the sidewalk and the express ran
all over tho adjacent territory. H.
O. Bays the gentleman expressed him
self Impressively, but because of our
lady readers we will repress his ex
pressions expressly on their account.
(No, Mabel, he did not belong to the
Pressbytorlan church.)
Finding a Vocation.
There Is a man in Ashland town
Who had no end of trouble.
His eyes are somewhat out of whack
And make him see things double.
He barely made a living from
The sale of carpet beaters, "
But now the city's hired him
To read electric motors.
Oh, Scissors!
Little Willie yesterday
Stuck tho baby, all in play,
Head first In a rubber boot.
Isn't little Willie cute?
Agree?
A queer coincidence It seems,
Unto my way of thinking.
A fellow never takes to drink
Until he takes to drinking.
La Grande Imbler State Bank In
creases from $90,000 In 1916 to
$140,000 in 1916.
HarmlBton A two-story business
building Is planned.
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WIDEMANN GOATMILK CO.
Use of Whiskey
Increases in 1916
The amount of whisky consumed
by the American people In 1916 ap
parently was greater than in any pre
vious year since 1909, according to
tax returns to the treasury depart
ment, says reports from Washington,
D. C, and the amount of revenue
collected by tho government on
whisky, beer and cigarettes during
the year was the greatest on record.
While returns shows that the tend
ency toward prohibition has not low
ered the government's revenue from
whisky, officials believe a portion of
:the Increase nearly $24,000,000
J more than In 1915 Is attributable
i to the fact that the government Is at
present collecting taxes on all
whiskey produced in the country,
whereas, because of extensive frauds,
such was not the case a few years
ago.
Consumption of cigarettes in 1916
reached the highest mark ever re
corded. Tho tremendous increase,
more than 40 per cent over 1915, Is
attributed to two main causes: In
creased prosperity of the country
and growth of tho cigarette habit
among women. Many millions of
cigarettes mado for feminine users
were produced In this country and
imported during the past year.
The number of paper wrapped ci
garettes upon which the government
levied a tax during the year reached
the grand total of 25,232,960,928, as
compared with 17,939,234,208 in
1915.
Records show the government col
lected a tax of $1.10 per gallon on
146,355,146 gallons of whisky during
the year, a total of $160,990,660 as
compared with 124,549,210 gallons
and a tax yield of $137,004,131 in
1915. Beer consumption, according
to the records, was 61,145,583 bar
rels as against 57,805,896 barrels the
previous year. The tax yield on beer
during 1916 was $91,718,375; in
1915, it was $86,708,803.'
Total revenue on beer and whisky
during 1916 was $252,708,934 as
compared with $223,712,934 in 1915.
Cigarettes yielded $31,541,200 last
year and $22,424,042 the year be
fore, making tho total revenue to the
government from these three sources
$284,250,235 in 1916 and $246,136,
976 in 1915, an increase last year of
$38,113,239.
So far as heard from, the mer
chants who didn't advertise did not
complain about overwork during the
recent holiday season.
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"Give Me
As Sleep
O'Nights"
Julius
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One of the most admirable of
modem fecipes for good, healthy
night-sleep is the abstaining from
coffee (and tea) at the evening meal.
A better recipe, for health and comfort at
all times is total abstinence.
For a cheering, healthful, non-disturbing, delicious
beverage, use
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If Glasses WiUDelp
now is the timo to procure them. No
sight defect ever gets better of itself.
It always gets worse. If you cannot
read with comfort., if you have bead
aches after a llttio reading or wrltr
lng, you want glasses. Let us pro
vide those oxactly suited to the needs
of your vision.
H. L Whited
Registered Optometrist, Ashland
J. P. Dodge & Sons
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Undertakers
j Here and ThereAmongOurNeighbors
Echo, Ore., Artesian water has
Ibeen found on Butter creek, 15 miles
west of hea-e, at a depth of 77 feet.
Plenty of water Is easily reached at
a depth of 12 to 15 feet in that vi
cinity. Lou Wattenburger, a pros
perous farmer of the Butter creek
country, wishing to reach a lower
level of water for domestic use, had
a well drilled, when unexpectedly ar
tesian water was found. The exact
flow of water cannot be estimated
until the casing, which has been or
dered, is placed.
Eugene The board of directors of
the Lane County Fair association on
Saturday officially decided to hold no
round-up next fall in connection with
the fair. An executive board was
chosen by the directors as follows:
C. J. Hurd, M. H. Harlow, Amos Wil
klns, E. M. Warren, H. W. Stewart,
G. W. Taylor, E. E. Morrison, Alton
Hampton and E. A. Bond.
Eugene Ray Goodrich, vice-president
of the First National bank of
Eugene, and regent of the University
of Oregon, died in Boston, Mass., last
night, according to a message receiv
ed here this morning from Frank
L. Chambers, also vice-president of
the bank, whp accompanied Mr. Good
rich to Boston for an operation for
eye trouble. Mr. Goodrich was op
erated upon about a year ago, but
his eyes became worse recently. He
went to Boston a week ago and the
operation was performed last night,
but he failed to recover from the ef
fects of the anaesthetic. The body
will be brought to Eugene at once
for interment.
Salem Complying with the sug
gestion of Warden Charles E, Mur
phy, of the penitentiary, the state
board of control has asked Attorney
General Brown to prepare a resolu
tion submitting to the people at the
next general election the question of
a new state penitentiary, The bill to
Men
Caesar.
"There's
Lady Assistant
Deputy County Coroner
Slate Licensed Embalmer
be voted on will provide for an ap
propriation of $600,000 to extendi
over six tax levies of $100,000 a year,
and also to provide for new prison
grounds, if such are deemed best.
Paisley Croaraery
llshed here by spring.
will be estab-
NEAREST TO EVERYTHING
Hotel1
Manx
San Francisco
'BmellSLaWdmO'
Oregonlans Head
quarters while in
San Francisco
rates
Running distilled
Management
of Cheater
W. Keller
ice water in every
room. Special atfen-
lion given to ladies
traveling unescor
ted. A la carte
dining room.
Worth Looking At
Real Estate That Has Real Value
It you do not own your own home,
let us show you one of these:
Three acres of choice land, well lo
cated, close to the heart of towa,
good six -room house; $2,700.
Terms.
Two good hard-ftnlshed dwellings oti
B strcot, good sized lots, at a bar.
gain. Will sell one or both. As
sessments paid.
Billing's Agency
Real Estate and Real Insurance
1 East Mala Phone HI
a Reason"
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"Meet me at
the Manx
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