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PAGE TWO 1 ASHLAND TIDINGS Thursday, April 12, 191T Ashland Tidings By THE ASHIiAND PRINTING 00. (Incorporated) ESTABLISHED 1876 8KMJ-YVEEKLY Bert R. Greer, Editor and Manager Harvey R. Ung, Advertising Manager Lynn Mowat, City Editor Oifical City andlCounty Paper Issued Monday and Thursday TELEPHONE 39 SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Tear $2.09 Six Months 1.00 Tbree Months 50 Payable In Advance No subscription for leas than three months. All subscriptions dropped at xpiratlon unless renewal Is received. In ordering changes of the paper always give the old street address or yostoffice 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. .2 Be i One month. ... " " 20c Six months.... '" ." 17 He r it ti . r una year . ioc ' Beading Notices 5 cents the line I straight. 1 1 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 and benevolent orders will be .barged 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 itt trade terri , tory than all other local papers com Wned. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, .Postoffice as second-class mail matter. Ashland, Ore., Thursday, April 12, 17 CRAZY DEEDS OP VIOLENCE. From many localities are coming reports that suggest the work of for eign sympathizers. Men arc caught trying to make their way toward mu nition plants, stores of explosives, government property, public build ings. There are many, reports of bomb explosions. The majority of these cases may not be tho work of any organized spy system. There are always loose in the community a considerable body of weak-minded men. They take too aerlouflly tlio talk of sensat'onnl newspapers, and get wild Ideas Into their heads. They conceive the no tion that by Borne deed of violence they can help on BOine more or less visionary cause. The European war has been a strain on our alien residents. Na tional passions flaro up, and many a barroom quarrel starts in a war ar gument. Many people with low men tality are hysterical over It. They me friends In the contending arm ies. They are in a state of mental perturbation, and by long brooding they become tempted toward insane acts. Some of these attempts may not be from any purpose to destroy life. The crazy idea may simply lie to In npire fepr or to terrorize a neighbor? hood, to give tho Impression that there are dangerous forces among us to which we must give heed. But even if many of these at tempts are those of weak-minded per sons, they, are junt as dangerous. Every crazy net starts out other un balanced persons to commission of like deeds. Some terrible disaster is flu'te likely to happen. Indeed, the munition plant explosions have al ready taken a large toll of human Vfe. It Is time for vigilance on the part of all police and other public officials. Susp'clous acting persons should not be passed over as merely a Joke. AN ACTUAL KKJIIT-HOUR DAY. Hailroals are adopting the wise may of applying the Adnmson bw by n1fnvorfn7 to make the e'pht-hnur 47 a reality, not a more di'vice for fnorf-ing wa The average m'le a?e of freight txpins prr day Is ah irrf!y low r'ml this fact Is Inrqe'y responsible for the rhortagc of cars, n f.irt It will probably prove thnt tha shortage is not In cars but in the service oMalnod from thorn. If the existing supply of cars were moved faster, with fnwor and shorter delays at way stations rad particularly at terminals and In load'ng and unload big, ft might provr sufficient to carry ven the present enormous traffic. Speeding op train movement will require double track on some roads, more passing tracks on others, and more commodious and modern termi nal yards, which Involves 'large capi tal expenditure. But such permanent improvements increase the carrying capacity of a road, and consequently Us revenue per mile. They thus ob viate the necessity of increasing the amount of rolling stock, which wears out In a few years and must be re placed. It was by such improvements and by reducing grades and curva ture that the late E. H. Harriman raised the Union Pacific from bank ruptcy to a condition where It pays 10 per cent dividends. , Public opinion will approve the ac tion of the roads in living up to the spirit of the law by making the eight-hour day a reality, for that has come to be regarded as the ideal workday by the people. Many em ployers have voluntarily adopted it, because experience proved that it promoted efficiency among workmen and swelled production.. Those rail rond men who supported the new law with a sincere desire to reduce their working hours will get their wish, while disappointment awaits those who demunded it only in the hope of extra wages for overtime.' Opposi tion to the law was largely due to the belief that it was a mere subterfuge for an increase of wages. Oregon- Ian. THE ltK.A fi "KILIFH'STER" IX THE SENATE. Never in the history of the United States had there been a more urgent reason for calling a new congress into session than had been apparent from the beginning of February. With the country facing no emer gencies at all, Mr. Taft had convoked the sixty-first and sixty-second con gresses in extra session, and Mr. Wil son himBolf had convoked the sixty- third The new congress should have been called to meet promptly on Monday, March 5. It had been electr ed last November. The real filibus ter consisted In the attempt to dis pose with calling the new congress. It was inappropriate to ask the expir ing congress In its closing hourB, without t'rae'for dobate, to grant in definite war powers to the president In order to enable him to carry on the government for months to come, perhaps until next December, with out catting congress to Washington. Nothing In our history has so clearly shown tho rapidity of our tendency to an exclusive presidential govern ment. It is the congress elected last November that represents the public and that should have entered upon its work on the day following the be ginning of the president's second term, which is his by virtue of elec tion also In November. Thetmost es sential of the changes that ought to be made In our constitution Is one that would not permit an old con gross to assemble and do business after a new congress had been elect ed. There Is no other legislative body in the world that has an oppor tunity to do Us most important legis lative work after It has been voted out of office, and after its successor has been voted In by the people. The state legislatures of this country, as a rule, are elected in November and come into scss'on In Jr.nuary. From "The Progress of the World," In the American Review of Reviews for Ap'rll, 1917. Ml LI TA R Y PREPA REDNESS. Moving of heavy gun carriages and heavy loads of munitions and army supplies necessitate better roads than at present are available in Oregon. Our state is exposed to attack; the railroad facilities are not as well adapted to carrying heavy guns as are Improved highways; nnd it is up to Oregon to get its through trunk roads In shapo to facilitate the move ment of supplies. Should tho railroad centers be come too congested, owing to war burdens, or should they fall Into the hands of an enemy, the through roads would be the only means of communication left to get supplies from place to place In the Interior. Farmers would of necessity depend upon the through roads for market ing their crops. Every resident of Oregon will see tho necessities of the situation onco this Is called to his at tention, and wfll see the bearing this has on the road question to be voted upon June 4. ' Phono news Items to the Tiding itt. "ARROW form-fit COLLAR .Ifor&O ClUETT,PEABODy&.Ca;yVCMAKEaa Makes Plea for Food Producing Corvallls, Ore., April 3. To Oregon Organizations Interested in the Public Welfare: No phase of preparedness for the national crisis which we" are now lac ing is or greater Importance than that of the food supply. The present food shortage will be greatly intensified by the withdrawal pf many producers who are being called Into the military service. With our entrance Into the war, our obligations to furnlsft food to the allied nations wiill be greatly Increased. We must meet the situa tion. This can bo dono by Increasing production and by the more economi cal use of food. Vacant city lots and back yards af ford the best means for prompt relief In production. If these are properly used for raising vegetables and poul try, thousands of dollars' worth of food products ca,n be added to the normal supply in a few months. At least 60 per cent-of the city lots and back yards now available are not be ing used- In the interest of the na-1 tion, intelligent, sober and wel!-or- J ganlzed efforts should be made to aid ' in Improving tho situation. It Is respectfully suggested that all organizations interested in the public welfare should get together and plan a campaign for their respective com munities. A Joint committee repre senting commercial clubs, women's organizations, parent-teacher associa tions, school officials and other or ganizations Interested In public prob lems should appoint representatives HOmdo vhere the ? "Ifour'Nose -Knows" and with equal certainty your nose knows good tobacco. Pure fragrance is the soul of things. A tobacco with a satisfying, pure fragrance will prove a smoke with a soul. Such a Tobacco is to serve on a Joint committee to be charged wtih the direction of the cam paign. A survey should be made Im mediately to determine the amount of ground available and the number of persons who may bo enlisted to put it to tho best use. Encouragement and instruction should be continued in a systematic way throughout the season. The Oregon Agricultural Col lege has prepared a speoial series of pamphlets on poultry keeping, vege table gardening, the economical use of foods and canning foods, which will bo available to the people of the state. We shaill bo glad to Bend a supply of those publications upon re ceipt of evidence that this work Is being efficiently organized in your community. RALPH D. IIITZEL, Director of Extension Service. In these times of war-torn hearts I and homes one of tho moBt pitiful pic , tures is that drawn of Madame ! Schumann-Helnk. Schumann-Heink has four sons one in the Imperial j German navy, one In tho American navy, one in the New Jersey National I Guard nnd one at Culver Military J Academy. The great singer is a Ger- man by birth, but loves America as well as she does her native land. She Is reported In a Chicago dispatch as saying: "What can I say?" she pleaded, brokenly. "What can any mothor say? Oh, I love America, it is my home, my country. But I love Ger many, too. Oh, Germany is beauti ful. And the German people love America and Americans. Oh, those people who make war all of them, all nationalities, all kinds I hate them." , m-m you know honeysuckle grows ? ThePerfect Tobacco for Pipe and Made, as it is, from an expert blending of rich, ripe Burley leaves, grown in the sunny "Blue Grass" section of Old Ken tucky, TUXEDO has a pure fragrance that is all its own Try this Test: Rub a little Tuxedo briskly in the palm ol your hand to bring out its full aroma. Then smell it deep its deli cious, pure fragrance will convince you. Try this test with any other tobacco and we will let Tuxedo stand or fall on your judgment "Your Nose Knows" Ottrnlvd bjr llHILE our banking facilities afford EVERY- ONE equal convenience in handling receipts and disburpementp, those who are making the most of their connection with The First National Bank will be found constantly adding to their bank balances. In this way the bank account represents "standing" for its owneras well as a financial asset. If yon have a banK account here, Beep it growing always. If yon haven't started that account, why not do to NOW? THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ASHLAND J OREGON E.V.CAOTEa.PBtsioiNT J.W.M-COYCASHirft Ileppnor Gazette-Times: Towns and cities all over the United States are considering every possible means for combining the high cost of living. One of the essential ways Is by utiliz ing every foot of ground and every vacant lot for gardening purposes. By cultivating all the waste places. each family can do much toward rais ing vegetables for their own consump tion and thereby reduce the demand for these articles of food. Coos county dairies are to be re plenished with 150,000 worth of fine cows. Ci$arett9 f fiUANTEDTBSAt J h$H mi mti lifsSSmsi Pound Guss litfJ memm it ft mweixisssM m fZn Fuiagarfs I Kg 1 Making the Most of Banking C.H.VAU PEL. .Vict Pus. CLARK BUSM ASVCASH lUSS'UUttit 8 Home Poets SPRING'S AWAKENING. (By Mary Agnes Daily, Talent, Ore.) Spring awakes. Sho opes her eyes Pilled with dewy, glad surprise. Unloosed from icy fetters she Comes forth untrammeled, joyou free. Casts off the garment Winter gave Which sombrely conceals And dims her radiant loveliness To which all nature yields. She dons her shimmery greenery pale, Festooned with garlands gay. Serene and buoyantly she sings Upon her vibrant way. She frolics with the playful winds In unrestrained bliss, And nestles to the Sun's embrace. Returns bis passioned kiss. Inspires the little birds to love. To woo, to work, nnd raise Their silvery notes exultlngly In never-ceasing praise. To Winter, Summer, Fall belong Their meed of adoration. But give me Spring, the gladsom Spring, To be my inspiration. Good Roads Rally Has Been Arranged The legislative good roads commit tee had decided to hold a state-wld good roads rally In Portland Satur day, April 28. Every organization In the state favorable to the road bond bill Is Invited to send representatives to this gathering. The committee has taken up with tho various trans portation companies tho matter of se curing a special reduced rate for those attending tho rally. Reports from Astoria and several points la eastern Oregon are to the effect that the good roads enthusiasts of thoso sections are planning to charter a boat or special train and come to Portland In largo numbers, accom panied by band Similar large ex cursions are In prospect from other points. 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