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ASHLAND TIDINGS Monday, Slay 21, 101T Ashland Tidings V . Established 1870 Published EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY By THE ASnLAND PUINTIXG COMP'Y (Incorporated) Harvey R. IJng. . .Business Mnnnger llert R. Greer Editor Lynn Mount City Editor AMATEUR GARDENERS. Offical City and County Paper TELEPHONE 39 SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year f 2.00 Six Months 1-00 Three Months 50 Payable in Advance No subscription for less than three months. All subscriptions dropped at expiration unless renewal Is received. In ordering changes of the paper always give the old street address or postofflce as well as the new. ADVERTISING RATES. Display Advertising Single Insertion, each Inch. .25c Six months.... " ' 20c One year " " 17 He Rending Notices 5 cents the Hue straight. Classified Column 1 cent the word first insertion, cent the word each other insertion. Thirty . words or less one month, $1. Cards of Thanks $1.00. Obituaries 2 cents the line. Fraternal Orders and Societies. Advertising for fraternal orders or wcletles charging a regular Initiation fee and dues, no discount. Religious and benevolent orders will be aharged 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 combined. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postofflce as second-class (mail matter. The paragraphers and comic papers are having lots of fun w'th the ama teur gardeners. According to thier point of view, the novice agriculturist spends most of his time e-'enings rub bing arnica on his lame muscles, while he can be distinguished on the street by his lame walk. In bo far as the back yard farm ers aro suffering from their unaccus tomed labors, their Inconvenience is useful In that it reveals muscles that were lying dormant. It is surprising how any new kind of exercise will un cover faults In one's physical devel opment. A man may be an excellent vnlker, capable of tramping many miles, and may be proficient at some form of athletic sport like tennis or golf, yet when he wields the hoe he finds that many of his muscles were getting no exercise, and that games had only helped him in a one-sided way. A man may go along year after year doing sedentary work and think that he is In good health. Then all at once he collapses, and the doctor tells him he must have more exercise and outdoor life. He buys an expen sive automobile or purchases a health exerciser or joins a physical culture class. But if muscles have been suf fered to lose their fiber through long years of neglect, they can never be put back where they were. Wherefore let the gardener rejoice, even though for a few days he may need to use a bit of witch hazel on his creaking limbs. It simply means that they are reawakening out of sleep Into life, and If he will keep at it he will be getting a physical devel opment for which other men are pay ing good money. The gardener gets something other than the choice of vegetables which he stores away in his basement. Ashland, Ore., Monday, May 21, 1017 THE SIX.MIIXION BOND ISSUE. Last winter tho legislature passed a law doubling automobile taxes and providing that all auto taxes should go into the state road fund. This fund would be expended by the state for roads from year to year as it came in. That law had nothing to do with a bond issue. Under it tho amount would bo scattered over a number of years and it would be at least twenty-five years before we got general good roads, such as are planned by the sRito highway com mission, over the state. Whether the bonds are voted June 4 or not, this auto tax will be collected. ' Then some members of the legisla ture asked: If we are to double the auto tax, as provided in that law, and get a little road out of It during our life, why not work out a plan to build them quick and be using them while the yearly tax Is coming In? That was the foundation thought for the slx-mlllion-dollar bond Issue. Why not issue bonds and build all the roads at once, making the term of the bonds so that the auto taxes already provided, and which will bo collected anyhow, will pay the inter est and sinking funds on the bonds without any further levy and get the roads now? Therefore, whether the bonds are voted up or voted down on June 1, the auto licenses will be doubled. If the bonds ere voted down the auto tax will be expended by tho state on roads from year to year as the money comes In. If the bonds are voted the good roads will be built at once and the r.utomoblle licenses will be applied In payment of the principle and Interest on the bonds. If the bonds are voted taxes will not be raised. SPRING IMPROVEMENTS. The railroads are donating the use of thousands of acres of right of way for farming purposes. "CONTOUR'an Arrow FORM-FIT COLLAR CLPITT.MABOPV fa- C O. tec. Matrrt Spring Is a time when the desire for improvements Is felt by self-re-Rpectlng people. There are too many pearsons who complain bitterly if the heavy taxpayers do not provide them. Meanwhile they refuse to take the first step to Improve their own places. A man who owns a house need never think the thing is finished merely because ho has paid and dis charged the carpenters, masons and plumbers. There are always things wearing out, and these tend to make the place look unkempt and run down. Standards of living grow higher as time goes on, and to keep up with the procession people must expect to spend. a little money from time to time. It is a poor Investment for people to put money into a house unless they are willing to spend a little from year to year to keep the thing up. Before they know it the property will look seedy and Its selling value falls. It gets a reputation as a place not well malntatlned, and if they wanted to dispose of it ihey would find this out. One of the most attractive things about a place Is a good system of walks from doors to the street. The man who maintains a rough walk built of cinders or mere earth would find that a good cement walk would add more than double its cost to the appearance of his real estate. Then there are people who put In some form of paved walk, but allow it to become broken, in which case it looks worse than no pavement at all. Improvements along these lines help in the general appearance of a neighborhood and a town. No mat ter how much money Is spent on streets and parks and sidewalks, if houses are allowed to go unpalnted, without proper walks, with tumble down sheds and fences in the rear, and without an attractive adornment of shrubbery, the town will look de cadent and all real estate will suffer. THE PARABLE OP THE WOMAN WHO WORRIED. (By Mary Agnes Daily.) Once upon a time in the reign of the good Woodrow Wilson, there dwelt in a far province a certain woman called Worry Ann. She was espoused to a man called Jonah, but she took no delight in him, for she kept before her mind continually a vision of the man she thought he ought to be. Her anguish was ex ceedingly great and she cried aloud unto the Lord: "O Lord, behold the man thou didst give to be a helpmeet unto me. Lo! he is as ashes In my mouth. I find no virtue in him." Her troubles were as numerous as the sands on the seashore, and those which came not to her phe straight way went out and borrowed. "For," said she, "is It not meet that I should sympathize with my neighbor? I rejoice exceedingly that I am not like unto that Happy Jane who goeth about wearing a smile like unto a basket of chips." Now It pleased the Lord to bless the pair and give them offspring. Nevertheless, instead of a blessing, each new little branch became as a thron In the side of the woman, and being sorely tried she cried bitterly: "O Lord, look upon this little inno cent one. Canst thou not see that there cometh a time when, having reached manhood's estate, he can not associate with the rich because of this curse of poverty which affllcteth us?" Of another she mourned: "Of a surety now Is my soul troubled, for, O Lord, this child which thou gavest me is not bright. For, verily, al though but an immature child, never theless he has not yet selected for himself a profession by which he can earn renown, likewise a competence unto his old age." Now it came to pass that this wom an's friends became sorely afflicted. Yea, verily, they could nc longer en dure her mourning and walling. Wherefore they visited her not and took occasion to be elsewhere when she approached their dwellings And she, knowing not their thoughts grieved secretly, for she had not one friend In whom she could confide. And lo! her sons waxed tall and strong, but were surfeited with much grieving. And It came to pass that they left their father's house and found their pleasures elsewhere. Afterward, being so minded, they took unto themselves wives. Each one a wife took he unto himself. Now these women were not perfect, but because love is blind they appeared so In the eyes of their husbands. Not so, however, in the eyes of Worry Ana Lest they forget their faults she reminded them of them continu ally. And It came to pass that one of these women could bear no more and cried out unto her husband with a loud voice, "I will arise and go to my mother," and burst out weeping violently. And her husband was sore afraid and said unto her: "Wherefore doest thou desire to leave me? Have I not always been a good husband to thee?" But she answered him saying: "Yea, verily, that hast thou been. But thy mother, 'tis she whom I can not endure." "Thou shalt go with me to a far country. There we shall have peace and rest." And they went to a far country and were happy. And lo! after a tlmt the other sons's wife came unto her husband I . t ... 1 .1. .1. ... .1. ., , . lnLitrtl ri i 1 1 1 1 1 ri ttttt V" i Attention Teachers ! ' jj A Six-Weeks' Teachers' Training and Review Course Preparatory to taking the Examinations for Primary, One-year and Five-year certificates, will be conducted by Mrs. Evelyn L Walker Superintendent of the Teachers' Training and Methods department of the Central Point High School, at the Medford Commercial College 31 North Grape street, Medford, Oregon, from Monday, May 28, includ ing Saturdays to June 30, 1917. Tuition for course f 10, or $2 a week. For further details, phone 15-L, write or call at the office of the Medford Commercial College saying: "Lo! these many years have I put up with much for thy sake. I will endure no more. Let us also do like unto thy brother." And they likewise went and dwelt at a dis tance. And when they were gone there arose'a great walling and mourning In the house of Worry Ann. Once more she cried unto the Lord: "O Lord, now indeed am I deso late. Yea, verily, now am I bereaved and sorely afflicted. For my chil dren and my children's children are no longer'about me. Who shall read the desolation of a mother's heart?" And Worry Ann died and was laid with her fathers, and there was not one found to mourn her loss. Moral. Don't be a Gloom. Love everyone, even your daughterq-ln- It pays in the end. - law. 1 Heard and Overheard I a ua:na::::tm:::tm:n!:nj::tntati (By Lynn D. Mowat.) If the first automobile should make its appearance on the streets of the city again, it would creato more of a sensation than It did on its Initial appearance. Production and Consumption DO YOUR (BIT" to increase the for mer and decrease the latter. Every man, woman and child should endeavor to produce pome thing,xsave something, and WASTE NOTHING. , You may count npon the facilities and services of The Fiittt National Bank, as an aid to pro duction, anil a means of conservation. Open a Thrift Account today. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ASHLAND J OREGON t.V.CAOTER.. President C. H.VAU PEL, Vict Ptes. J W. McCOY Cahifb. CLARK RUSH' AmtCaAN . A Riddle. This actually happened. A man from the rustic districts near town brought in a sack ot parsnips. "What will you give me?" he asked of a storekeeper. "One twenty-five," was the offer ing. He took it. Ten minutes later, while the sack was standing on the walk, along came a city man. "Fine parsnips you got there. What do you want for em?" "Three twenty-five," said the store keeper. "I'll take 'em," said the C. M. Question. Who was stung worse, the city man or the country man? Answer: The storekeeper. The city man bought them on credit and went bankrupt on account of the high cost of living. X A hen owned by Albert. Howard at Merlin made a nest, laid eggs and hatched a brood of chickens in an oak tree, thirty feet from the ground. Feared a submarine, no doubt. Ted Hatfield, who is going Into the garden business, has his applica tion in with the secretary of the navy for a navy uniform on the grounds that he is going to raise navy beans. Sends Memorial Day Pamphlets The Memorial day pamphlet print ed by Slate Superintendent of Public Instruction Churchill has been sent out to the various schools throughout the state with its suggestions for tho observance of this day. It contains many patriotic selections. In addition, Superintendent Church Ill suggests that where arrangements can be made with the presiding Judge of the district those who are ready to become citizens of the United States should be assembled on Memorial day and the final act of citizenship be made a part of the ceremonies. Ho further suggests the establishment of a unique custom, namely, that of hav ing all the young men and young women who during the past year have become of age assemble on Memorial day and take the pledge of allegiance to the flag, this ceremony to be fol lowed by a brief address on the du ties of citizenship by tho circuit judge or some other qualified speaker. Milton may have a dehydrating plant. Ashland Transfer !; & Storage Co. ' ; I C. F. Bate, Proprietor I; Wood, "Peacock" and Rock Springs Coal and Cement PHONE 117 .. :: Office 99 Oak Street, lVare ; ; house on track near depot. Ashland, Oregon We'd rather risk a railroad wreck Than has afboll upon our neck. The Toledo & Slletz Railroad Com pany has Incorporated for $75,000, and the Siletz Logging Company for $30,000. The Gresham cannery may share in a $1,000,000 government contract. enp mtm iwmpiiiijpinjni iipmimi hhi-viTm ii Vtii'mi i mu-t 1 1 1 "Fire Sale" In Real Estate Here Is Your Opportunity To Get a Fine Home at a Great Bargain Tne Strickfadden house on Almond St. is being of fered this week for $1900 less than the cost of lot and improvements to the lot, exclusive of buildings. $1000 in repairs will make you a beautiful home with delightful view and easy of access from Main St. No assessments nor incumbrances of any kind. mm Billings' Agency HEMm i" aaawawjwiajaa: j BUICK SAXON ro in nm IWWH wW'lfil ' ' " ","!' 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