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Thursday, May 8, 1 917 PAGE TWO ASHIiAXD TIDINGS Ashland Tidings Established 1876 Published EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY By THE ASHLAND PRINTING OOMP'Y (Incorporated) AS TO ADVERTISING. Perhaps we Paonlans are of too small a calibre to grasp Its full sig nificance, but we owo more than a passng thought to the appearance among the national advertisers of some new lines of business. Not long Harvey R. Ung. . .Business Manager j ' r . lusing liberal quantities of space In the Bert R. Greer Editor, " ' 1 . . r.,.. 1 largest periodicals In a campaign for Iviin Mowat ty Editor. ' , ,, new members. The Pullman company Offical City and County Paper not long since began taking a page a : " , ,. " week to acquaint the public more ful- Issued Monday and Thursday ,y wltn ltB 8ervIce amhItlon. The Union Pacific railroad blossomed out ilnst uopk with the f'rst of a Rprles of TELEPHONE 39 One Year $2.00 Bix Months 1.00 Three Months 50 Payable in Advance : advertisements recounting the history of that pioneer institution. Is It good business? You can hard ly believe that two concerns like the rafroad and the sleeping car com pany with th?lr wonderfully success- No subscription for less than three months. All subscriptions dropped at i ..-i -.,,. 1 1 .nt.ti llJ'Jjful records have suddenly gone daft In ordering changes of the paper jn a desir(, to part w'th their money -IWfyf?V n tndreM r!r t0 contribute to charity. , postoffice as well as the new. ' The value of advertising is just be- NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. JglnnJng t0 ,pprcc,ated. Big, broad- ftfZS foufmofnlcats j ' -en know that It Is advance In advertising rates, or proiitanie investment, .most, omers an we will have to quit business. Fol-i dream of It as an expense, a -dona- lowing are the advertising rates In I tion. a. loss. the Ashland Tidings alter this date. There will be no deviation from this ! L'ttle business grows b'g, and big rate: r ADVERTISING RATES. Display Advertising Single insertion, each Inch. .25c One month.... " " 20o Six months. ... " " 17c One year " " 15c Reading Notices 5 cents the line straight. Classified Colnmn 1 cent the word first Insertion, cent the word each other Insertion. Thirty words or less one month, $1. All written contracts for Bpace al ready In force will be rendered at the old rate until contract expires. Cards of Thanks $1.00. Obituaries 2 Vi cents the line. Fraternal Orders and Societies. Advertising for fraternal ordere or societies charging a regular Initiation fee and dues, no discount. Religious and benevolont 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 aU other local papers com, bined. business grows bigger by advertising. Are you awake or asleep? The Pa oa'art, Paonla, Colo. SERVICES THAT MONEY CAN'T BIT. Entered at tho Ashland, Oregon, Postoffice as second-class mall mat ter. Aslilund, Ore., Tlmrsday, May 8, '17 THE SHOE ON THE OTHER FOOT. None of us used to think much about it when we saw the railroad companies scrapping to the last ditch to prevent borfng put under jurisdic tion of state railroad commissions. The railroads have now on -their own accord asked that they be placed entirely under the control of one national regulating body In order that conflicting rulings may be done away with and red tape and expenses caused by 48 state commissions elim inated. This Is the logical outcome of the movement to regulate frertght and passenger traffic In the United States, and the roads are to be com mended for voluntarily asking for It Instead of wa'tlng until it was forced on them. The shoe Is now on the other foot, however, and different officials on etate ra'lroad commissions are fight ing tooth and nail to prevent general federal regulation. The main argument seems to be that the state would get no service under such a system. We can see no force to this as it Is an admitted fact that federal regu lation is always more severe and ef fective than local reg'ulat'on. For an Illustration, take the national banks. No one will claim a national bank In not as well regulated as a state bank' and the system Is uniform. The amusing part 1s to see state ff;cla's Instead of the railroads fighting federal regulation. Is It true that money the big men who represent money see In war opportunity for gain? Let us take a look at tho facts. Within the last few months we have had various propositions laid before our govern ment. Here are a few of them: Henry Ford offered his plant, one of the most wonderful in the world, to the nation without profit. He also offered his entire fortune to the na tion without Interest. Charles M. Schwab of the Bethle hem steel plant, which has a capacity greater than that of the Krupps, to the nation's service at any price set by the government. The copper prpducors of America offered' copper to the government at one-half the pnlce it sells for today. The zinc, the aluminum and other producers are expected to follow the example of the copper men. The shipbuilders of Amerjca of fered to cast aside all their rich pri vate contracts and work for the gov ernment alone on a 1 0 per cent basis. Willard, Ford, Coffin, Edison, Rosenwald, Baruch, Schwab and a score of other men of great wealth and great ability have placed their services at the d'sposal of the gov ernment. They have offered to the nation for love a service that no money could buy. Richard Splllane in Commerce and Finance. A RLE BODIES NON . PRODUCERS. IN THE EVES OF THE WORLD. Oregon and Washington today hold a most Important place In the cam paign for national preparedness.- These two states wUl bo called on to furnish a large proportion of the Immease fleet of ships requ'red to transport supplies to the allies. Steel shipyards In both Portland and Seattle are working to the limit. Wooden ship construction Is the only alternative for the rapid organ ization of an oversea fleet of fair sized carriers. Douglas fir, one of the greatest natural assets of these two states, w'll be the mnlerial used, and In this way its great value for ship-building will be proved in a short time as In no other manner. Also the Oregon and Washington shipyards will be brought to tho attention of the whole world and g've us an Inestimable amount of valuable advertising. Af ter the war our shipyards will be rec ognized the world over and be !n a position to cla'm their share of business. Out on the farms our agricultur ists are deploring the shortage of help. Yet we have a vast army of sound and abla bodied men perform ing useless tasks. Take the book agent, for example. Any person who wants or needs a book can order It of the nearest news dealer, or visit the nearest store, or write to any publisher. He can do this In much less time than it takes to deal with a loquacious book agent, from whom one usually buys what he never knew he needed, or something which he rarely needs after he gets. Other house to house agents and peddlers come In the same class. There is a small army of men picking up a precarious living by selling pat ent household appliances and clotti ng from door to door. Many of these things are absolute frauds. Others If useful can be bought at the nearest store. You have to pay the agent a very high commission, prob ably a third on an average. It Is wasteful, absolutely non-productfve. And yet we are conducting a war with the greatest military power on earth and there Is a question if we are able to feed ourselves and our allies on account of shortage of labor. It would seem funny if it were not so deplorable. The American people will not tol erate these conditions long under the strain of war. If necessary they can require men who wish to enter use less trades to secure permits. Li censes are needed for peddlers, book agents, hand organ players, and a thousand other useless call'ngs. If thfe fu'Ile trades could be closed, perhaps some of these Industrial slackers could be persuaded to help feed the people. The Pelican Bay Lumber Company of Klamnlh Falls hns 7,000,000 feet of timber In the water and expects to buy 15,000,000 more. Power development and industrial preparedness are synonymous and mean prosperity to the west. Movie Matters Our Queery Department. Dear Editor: Does Mary Pickford wear false curls? Fanny K. Ans. Dear Fanny: I have never had an opportunity of pulling Mary's hair to see if the curls would come off. However, a stamped card to Owen Moore will bring the desired Information, I am' sure. Ed. Editor of Movie Column: 'Can you tell me if Gustav Levy, the recent piano player at the Vining, left to join the movies or not? Palsy Drop't. ' Ans. Yes, Daisy, from the latest reports Gus has joined the Salem In mates Company, and will soon be seen in the stellar role of the big head- liner, "Soup to Nuts." This Is a won derful production and shows the In door dining rooms of the state insane asylum. Dear Editor: Can you tell me what made Harold Lockwood's face so sour looking In "The Bell Hop's Revenge?" Katie Did. Ans. Why, Katie, don't you re member that in the first reel of the production you spoke of, Harold gets on a ferry boat and It made him cross? Dear Editor: Don't you think that Gillian Lish was just wonderful in her picture, "Tho Garbage Keeper's Daughter"? G. B. Ans. She sure Is a great actress and furthermore she is a "swill" girl in the production you speak of. Editor: Are Charlie Chaplin's shoes mates? Jack M. Ans. We have asked Charlie for your benefit and he told us that they are not mates, as on,e of them is a deck hand. t Dear Ed'tor: When you are an swering the questions of your depart ment did It ever dawn on you Ans. Dear Reader: We didn't finish j-onr query because we never work that late. Dear Editor: During the final reel of "The Iceman's Escape" the power was shut off at our local theatre and I did not get to see the final conclu sion of the picture. Can you tell me if the iceman got away? Elsie. Ans. We don't know, Elsie, but if he jumped on a street scale we know he would get a weigh. Dear Editor: I understand that Roscoe Arbuckle was severely wound ed when he fell and h't the piano In the recent release, "The Washerwom man's Wit." Can you tell me if he did or not? Jessie P. Ans, No, Jessie, Roscoe didn't In jure himself, for when he fell he hit the soft pedal. In reply to your pre vious Inquiry will say that he did not throw his chest out the window. purchases being Bessie's belief that before long shoes and silk hose would be too expenisve for a poor little mo tion picture actress to buy. Fritzi Brunette's splendid work with the Sellg company has earned her a desirable engagement wtlh the Lasky company in a Sessue Haya kawa picture. Ruth Stonehouse's.'new contract with H. O. Davis of the Universal ! company calls for her appearance in features only for the next several months. After that time she will re sume directing as well as continuing to act before the camera. And now for Classy Clara! Clara Kimball Young's now apartment Is at last furnished. It Includes a Rus s'an room, a Louis XV bedroom, a Chineso boudoir, a mediaeval living room and a modern music room. The famous star has a costume and a dog to match each of these. She dines with a Siberian wolfhound, plays fan tan with a Chow, permits her toy French poodJo to sleep in a Louis Qufnze armchair, and plays her hand painted ivory pianola to her Boston bull terrier. Work has started on grading Co lumbia River Highway from Cheno wlth to Petersburg. Bessio Love, before starting for San Francisco, where she Is working In a Paul Powell directed feature, went shopping one day along Los An geles' Broadway and her purchases Included fourteen pairs of shoes and two dozen pairs of silk hose. ' A great variety of colors was a feature of Bessie's purchases, the cause for said J HI HOTEL MANX fill Powell St, at OTarrell San Francisco It In the heart of the business. shoDDine itu and theatre district. Running distilled ice water in every room. Vii A vUr IUIIIIIIUUIUU3 lobby,fineservice,and tliU vi 'i-t.- -i. tttli "'leiiKis reauiuiaiii win attract yuu. European Plan rates $1.00 up. Mi Mf?t Management P W.R.JMCS MJ Isurl Ooki, who before her entry Into pictures was known as "The Japanese Songbird." may return to the musical comedy stage, if certain arrangements now under negotiation with an eastorn musical production materializes In favor of the l'ttle Jap anese girl whov has' won popularity with screen fans. Thomas H. Inco introduces another Australian beauty to the screen when he presents "The Pinch Hitter." Her name Is Sylvia Bremer, ahd she is lucky enough to be Charles Ray's leading woman at the very outset of her career. "What do you do with your old clothes?" Is the burden of seven out of ten letters received by the female stars! Jackie Saunders, of Balboa studio, says that such appeals make her want to be worth a million dol lars so that she may please all the girls who wrlto her, for she has known what it Is to want for nice things. Miss Saunders compliments the good taste of hpr correspondents by say'ng that they invariably select artistic as well as expensive gowns. Balboa has made another discov ery. It Is not an ocean this time, hut a tfny bit of a girl and her name is Gloria Joy. She Is five years old, a beauty and some actress, and will very soon make her debut as leading lady in another series of "Little Mary Sunshine" plays under the direction of Henry King and under the super vision of the Horkhelnxer Brothers. Sir Rider Haggard's internationally known novel, "She," a wlerd, fantas tic story laid in the Afr'ca of 2.000 years ago, is announced by the Fox Film Corporation as the next release, starring Valeska Suratt. It win be remembered that Mae Murray, while on the stage, was the original "Nell Brlnkley Girl," a char acter which became internationally celebrated by reason of her appear- A Matter of System WHY not make up a Budget of your neces sary household and personal expendi tures? ;' Appropriate a certain per cent for each requirement. Then deposit regularly a a certain per cent each week in a Checking Ac count at The Firt-t National Bank. We belipve you will he agrfealily surprised when you nee how rapidly that account will grow. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ASHLAND ST OREGON E.V.CAQTE.R.. President C.H.VAUPEL.ViciPtea. J.W.M'COYCASHifft CLAPK RUSM At.CaSN.- ance in many newspapers throughout the country. The Los Angeles Ex aminer has requested the Lasky-Par-aniount star to appear at its forth coming advertising ball in the cele brated role of the "Nell Brinkloy Girl." When not experimenting with makeup for this "one-night stand," Miss Murray Is hard at work at the Lasky studio under the direction of Robert Leonard. Ruth Stonehouse gave a winter picnic recently to ten boys of the or phan asylum which recently provided her with her adopted son, Raymond. The picnickers had been the play mates of Raymond previous to his en tering the home and heart of Miss Stonehouse. The latter got the big gest auto she could findwhich, In cidentally, was provided for her by the Universal company and the pic nickers went forth with much lunch, many balls, bats and kites. And the combination resulted in a particularly happy day for a particularly happy group of boys. GORDON-aJi in. ARROW format COLLAR CLUITT, PEAB ODY&. COt C MAKERS Phone job ordr to th Tldlnn. ASHLAND LUMBER COMPANY Dealers In LUMBER Shingles, Lath, Sash, Doors. 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