Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, September 20, 1917, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO ASBXAXB TTDW08 Thursday, fieptembeg 20, 101t ASHLAND TIDINGS ! Established 1870 Published erery Monday and Thursday by THE ASHLAXD PRLXTLNQ COMPANY (Incorporated) Harvey R. Ling... . . ... BnalneM Manager Bert R. Greer . Editor Leith Abbott City Editor OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER. TELEPHONE 39 . SUBSCRIPTION RATES On Tear, when paid at expiration One Tear, when paid In advance Elx Months, when paid in advance Three Months, when paid in advance .$2.60 . 2.00 . 1.25 . .76 No subscription for lesa than three months. t expiration ualeos renewal lo received. All ?abscrlptlona dropped What We Have Done Since War Began It la four months since we declar ed that war existed between Germany and the United States.; Let us con sider what we have accomplished during those months toward winning the wai, says the Touth's Compan ion, which continues: We have recruited our standing army and our militia forces up to the line while we made ready. But very soon now the period of prepara tion will be over; America will stand forth, armed at last, and ready, to bear Its part in the tray. May that part be worthy of the history, the Ideals and the might of our country! Children's Day at Fair Tomorrow The following letter is from county In ordering changes of the paper always give the old street address or jostofflce as well as the new. ADVERTISING RATE3 Display Advertising Single insertion, each inch. J5c Six months, each inch 20c One year, each inch 17 He Reading Notices 6 cents the line straight. Classified Column 1 cent the word first insertion, cent the word each other Insertion. Thirty words or less one month, f 1.00. Cords of Tnanks $1.00. Obituaries 2 ft cents the line. Fraternal Orders and Societies Advertising for fraternal orders or societies charging a regular Initia tion 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 admission is charged, space to the amount of fifty lines reading will be allowed without charge. All additional at regular rates. The Tidings has a greater circulation in Ashland and Its trade territory than all other local papers combined. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postofflce as second-class mall matter. CONTRAST. Two merchants from different towns got to talking about business experiences the other day. The two places In which they severally con duct stores appeared to be of about the same size and prosperity. Both the men handle phonographs, and it appeared that No. 1 was selling about fifty talking machines a year, while the other did not dispose of over a, dozen. "How in thunder Is it?" asked No. I. "I have a mighty clean looking store on. the best street; we have been there. a long time and everybody knows us," "Well, I don't know what's the matter with you," replied No. 1, "but I know this about our town, and that is it's a place where our people all trade at home. There are lots of good places to trade In all around us, some of them considerably bigger than we are. But our people know perfectly well that If they keep the WOMEN AS GARDENERS. It was not so long ago that women working in the field were regarded curiously. It was permissible for them to dig in the dirt In their flower beds, but public sentiment made beans and potatoes quite different. It was expected that the wives of aliens would spade and hoe in the fields, but it was regarded as one evidence of their pathetic struggle for a foothold In life. Today In every back lot the women are hoeing and seeding as If they were meiti Their costumes are not always appropriate. One sees them at It In tailored suits and starched light dresses. But probably they only went out to peep at their back yard nurslings, and couldn't resist the temptation to clean up a little around them. The old prejudice referred to Is simply a legacy from the times when women sat In the house and did em broidery, carried Bmelling salts and war strength; we have, therefore, j superintendent of schools to the about 70",000 soldiers already under school children and teachers of Jack arms; those who are not veterans son county: are undergoing the final training j To the teachers and Bchool chlld- inai win prepare mem ror the iront. en of jackgon county, Oregon: Frl We have registered all the young day, September 21, Is to be children's men in the third decade of their day. at the Jackson county fair, at lives, and drawn nearly 700,000 of j which time special attractions for them to form a new army, the train- school children have been provided, ing of which is to begin In a very Where a considerable number from few weeks. any one-school desire to attend, we We have built 32 great" training 'urgently request teachers, parents camps for use of our soldiers in as'a&d school board members to plan many different parts of the country. ways whereby the entire school may We have given three months or have an opportunity to see the fair, more of special training to between I Children permitted to attend the 40,000 and 60,000 young men to getair this day should not be marked them to become officers. absent; .if or the time Is profitably We have already sent one division spent and the children deserve an of regular troops to France and more I opportunity to compare their own are on the way. It Is probable that attainments with those of their we shall have 600,000 men on the neighbor's. Sinceirely, yours, G. W. ,aDd ln DouE'a. Josephine fighting line before snow flies and Ager, county school superintendent! iand Jack80n counties, now naturally between 500,000 and 1.000,000 there R. E. Morris, rural school superln- p Qucuns oul mtle' M made by next spring. Our first detachment tendent. fH p 5 ss? y Hi Become Connected With This Bank YOUR 'account at the First National places your name upon our list of almost 2000 pa trons; gains the use of our varioua facilities and enlists our personal services in your bahalf. Remember, this is a National Bank 1 and a Member of the Federal Re serve System. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ASHLAND XT OREGON t.V.CABTER.. President C.H.VAUPEL.ViccPmJ. J.W.MCCOYCiSHif CLARK BUSH Asst.CaN Dry Farming Will Increase Production Jnto rather productive cereal dls- ! Tidings "For Sale" ads are actlvt little real estate salesmen. is already at the front The program fop J We have sent over scores of hospl- ' ti..- - .... iwhlch means scientific tillage. uv mo vaintnu vuuiiLT lair Lumurrnw tal units, with surgeons, nurses and js ag follows: supplies, and we have dispatched to j j p. m.i;hlidren's sports, bicycle France, to England and to Russia race D0J.g nnder 15 ywn of special corps of foresters, railway Medford to Phoenix and return. May workers and engineers, who are help- lor c E Gateg na8 provlded the fo, Ing mightily ln their own way, be- 'lowlng pri,es for tnlg event. Flrgt lplace, a pair of bicycle tires, value This is the conclusion reached by G. R. Hyslop, head of farm crops at the Oregon Agriculture college, after a close study of the situation, which culminated in a personal Inspection of the areas recently. Prof. Hyslop found that fall sown nheat, barley and rye, in these sections, were of good yield and quality, hlle the late sown spring grains were either a to- FOR SORE, SWOLLEN, TIRED FEET Dennis Eucalyptus Ointment AT ALL DRUO STORES Tubes 25c Jaws boo grTS.. hind the battle line. we nave sent across tne ocean al$10. 8econd nlace. a nalr of handle squadron of destroyers that have 'bars, value $2.50. Prizes will be of done valuable service in the cam- for , Bnnrnn.. . . palgn against the submarines, and Vhich we are not able to list at this! allure or Pr- ManT far-sighted we are building and have nearly com- time, but they will Include such 'farmer8 are already getting ready for pleted some 500 additional craft that events as 100-yard dash for boys un-th' blgr fal1 l,ant,n U8,n the are specially designed for attacking der 16; 60-yard dash for girls 12 0(rjdlBCPlow on tnjlr drylands md pre- submarlnes. uur navy pairois me Atlantic ana .15 0r under. 8 hv. t race I under; hand-over-hand race for boys .15 or under. 2 bova to a tenm is ready for battle duty whenever It There wlll De a ..klddle kar. Is called on. I for boys under 1Z, so be sure and paring to start their discs on the cul tivated lands that bore corn1, beans, potatoes and sugar beets tbls sum mer, as soon as the crops are re moved. In this way they will hsve fields ready for sowing as soon as the season arrives. Grains ln this region, says Prof, muney a. nume, everyona BDinBiojfanted on Bgnt provocation. In be more prosperous. It doesn't dothOBe tIrae9 they were rea,y any outside concern one particle of good to push their stuff ln our town. They have had dollar days and all kinds of sales and plastered the town with handbills, but our people simply will not do It. Of course we adver tise we have to make them realize that we T-eally have the goods. But as long as we keep letting them know 1 what we've got, you couldn't get 'em away If you offered to give 'era the goods. Our town galnel 40 per cent during the past ten-year census period. New houses going up all the time, everybody working at good Jobs." "Well, that's no doubt what makes the difference," said No. 2. "Our people would go out of town to buy even If they knew they were getting the same thing for the same money. They enjoy knocking the town. Makes 'em feel kind of superior, to make' out that nothing at home Is any good. Of course we don't gain In populatloo. If I could pet two thirds what I paid for my business. I'd sell out mighty quick." Which kind of a town Is Ashland going to be for the next ten years? The one that stands by Its home en . terprlse and grows, or the ons that knocks and stands still? They would have got sunstroke If they attempted operating a hoe. The modern girl, brought up In an ath letic way. Is Just about as strong as a man of her size. , Most garden work does not call We have organized the work of il)rln(r your wdevils" with vn building merchant ships; more than 1:30 D.m.r:,,nnin rnn Phn. 400 are already under way, and the nlx , . , Q number will Increase as fast as new .-roednesdiiv nftprnnnn .t i-sn . . - - I - . w w A . . . X. ischium are provided. from Taent ,, mt . t . m yfiop, neea me rainy season i.r We have appropriated the money :pnoenI, on Thursday afternoon I hwt rowt!l and ""M he turd for a fleet of 20.000 airships and t the same hour a team from Belle- f0r harvest 80on after tne dry 8ea" have begun to train the men jho arej wln meet a team from Eage ,on sets ln. This gives trem the best 10 oe meir pilots. Po,nt. The team wInnlng a trIp t0 " usrvesun? ronai- we nave estaonsnea a council or the state fair will be announced Fri- natlonal defense, a purchasing board day. and a commissioner for the control j i:3o, 4 and 7;i6 p. m. Altch of food, all patriotic and experienced iey & Aitchley animal actors, conslst buslness men, who are Introducing jng of ft miniature horse and lntelll Into our military preparations an or- gent dog will give Interesting per derllness and thoroughness such as farmances j was never known In any of our pre-j 2 p. m. Rock drilling contest. vious wars. ThIa wl be an nnusual event In We'have raised an loan of 2.000.- :whlch six teams from the big mines 000,000 without difficulty and are 0f southern Oreeon will comnete for .ready to absorb another. We have chamnlonshln honor found the money for our own prepar-j 7:30 p. m. The Medford Choral atlons and lent money in considerable society will rive an entertainment amounts to our allies, as they have jhlch promises to be one of the big needed It. attractions at the county fair. As a nation we have undertaken 8:30 p. m. Dance. The famous the support of the Belgians; we have jazz orchestra of Portland has been sent a medical mission to France to secured to furnish music for dances tlons. Where to get seed grab U an im portant question discussed by the far r ers, county agricultural agents and Prof. Hyslop. The agricultural col lege has a good deal of Information as to where the seed can be had, and is still collecting additional sources of seed supply. IXTERURBAX AUTOCAR CO. Leave Ashland for Medford, Talent and Phoenix dally except Sunday at 9:00 a. m. and 1:00, 4:00 and 6:15 p m. Also on Saturday night at 6:30. Sundays lesvs at 0S and 10:30 a. m., 1:00, 4:30. :S and 10:30 p. m. Leave Medford for Ashland dairy ex cept Sunday at 8:00 a. m. and 1:00, 4:00 and 6:16 p. m. Also on Sat urday night at 10:15. On Sundays at 8:00 and 10:80 a. m., 1:00, 2:00, 5:30 and 1:80 p. m. Fare betweea Medford and Asftj land, 20 cents. Round trip, 83 cents. Ashland Transfer I & Storage Co.; I C. F. Bates, Proprietor t J Wood, "Peacock" f ana Kock Springs ;: Coal and Cement ; phone irr j ; ! Office 99 Oak Street, Ware-1 bonse on track near depot, t Ashland, Oregon t M4 Me MtM FT n Comply With the Law j for heavy exertion, after th plot Is .help fight tuberculosis, which has be- t the Nat beginning at 8:30 on each jonce plowed and prepaced for seed, come so terrible a plague since the Evening of September 18, 19, 20, 21 Aeedtng Is hard to the novice not I war began; we have sent aid. flnsn-'and '2 " youcon flavor most daintily with LESLIE S A LT itisMflocvored free flowing slrongTvithoirt bitterness oecause or muscular enori, out onCial, Industrial and political, to Rus- I account or tne cramped position or BItf. the body. There Is much In getting used to It and In juitaiile dressing. There is nothing of the glory and glamour of war about this summary nen -women learn uau mey win 0f accomplishment. We have won find it not very burdensome. jno victories in the field, we have And the returns In health and . hardly fired our first shot agaiDst vigor will be apparent. After a good the enemy. We have had all the summer In the garden many of our foundations to lay, and when we con women will wonder what has become elder how mighty a task lies before of those persistent headaches and us and how utterly unprepared we nervous spells they used to have. 'were for It, the labor of laying the The Old Man will have to pay good foundations seems to us to have been sized butcher's hills for the meat; done systematically, carefullv and they will eat. But at least the doc tor won't be called so frequently. with reasonable speed. Fortunately, we have had allies who could hold P'f ff l'a comparable ak i'Vkll Baby Food. H yurm$ to Molkm' Hilk' 1 IwiDEMANN'Si Igoat MILK A PtrfKt Food alto Jar Invaluk. Jfif Tgi AT LEADING DRUaOISTS Af ll-o. Tim. WIBEMANH.GOATj,M ILK Ca IS If THE TRUTH H GENUINE GRAVEL INI THS PhT OFj THE CCUNT3YI I J YES, AND THE NEWL tTl 1 I rvM fi 1 trirrv it mrrxj tra - 9 - I IGOODTILLUSEDI r -v 1 1 1 1 w 1 1 1 if 'mummx GRAVELY S CELEBRATED Chewing Plu BEFORETHE INVENTION OF OUS PATENT AIR-PROOF POUCH GRAVELY PLUG TOBACCO MADE STRICTLY FOR ITS CHEWINQ QUALITY WOULD NOT KEEP FRESH IN THIS SECTION. NOW THE PATENT POUCH KEEPS IT FRESH AND CLEAN AND GOOD. A LITTLE CHEW OF GRAVELY IS ENOUGH AND LASTS LONGER THAN A BIS CHEW OF ORDINARY PLUG. J?J3.9rave!TotacceG himit.V. t?ftf SEE THAT SMILE-BILL POSTERS BILLBOARDS ARE SPREAD WITH MIGHTY PLEASING INFORMATION TODAY. 1M AND USE : Printed Butter Wrappers ACCORDING to the luling of the Oregon Dairy and Food Commission all dairy butter sold or exposed for sale in this state must be wrapped in butter paper upon which is printed the words "Oregon Dairy Butter, 16 (or 32) ounces full weight," with the name and address of the maker. To enable patrons of the Tidings to'easily comply with this ruling this office has put in a supply of the standard sizes of butter paper and will print it in lots of 100 sheets and up ward and deliver it by parcels post at the fol lowing prices: n 100 Sheets. 16 or 32 ounces $1.50 250 Sheets, 16 or 32 onnces $2.15 500 Sheets, 16 or 32 ounces $3.25 Send your orders to us by mail accompan ied by the price of the paper and it will be promptly forwarded to you by parcel post, prepaid. We use the best butter paper obtainable, and our workmanship is of the best. Let ua have your order and you will not regret it. Ashland Tidings Ashland, Oregon ra