ASHLAND TIDINGS
Monday, Slay 21, 101T
Ashland Tidings
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Established 1870
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llert R. Greer Editor
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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
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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
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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.
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(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.
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and Rock Springs
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; ; 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.
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