ASHLAND TIDINGS
Monday, October 1, 1MT '
rAOB TWO
ASHLAND TIDINGS
" Ertabllshed 1876 .
. Published every Monday ud Thursday by
. TUB ASHLAND FBIWTINQ COMPANY (Incorporated)
; Itarrey B. Ling - - ' V Bu8lneM Mfr
Bert B. Greer... Edltor
OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER.
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The Tidings has a greater circulation in Ashland and its trade territory
than all other local papers combined.
Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postoffice as second-class mail matter.
atmosphere of gloom. Many men ing campaigns on which millions are
feeling this depressing influence tell spent).
their wives never to put on black for
them. They hate to leave behind this
perpetual suggestion of funeral
Few men wear black for bereave4
ment, though the custom of wearing
a black band on the arm Is common.
Men fejel sorrow as much as women,
yet are forced by the pressure of
work to leave It all behind them1, and
go on day by day as before. It Is bet
ter for them and better for women to
do so, and of doubtful value to keep
reminding others that their hearts
are grieving. It would not be the
wish of the soldier boys whom we
shall leave in France, that their
bright country Bhould emphasize the
sorrow it feels In any external way,
Mail order catalogues and I !g city
newspapers are coming n here all
the time, and the announcements in
those mediums attract our people.
The goods are not any better, it ea
good. But the fact, that the selieru
thereof have confidence to boom
them as persistently as this, draws
away the business from the home
town. The only way to meet adver
tising is by advertising,
LIBERTY BONDS ATTRACTIVE.
FEWER STUDENTS.
CONGESTED RAILROADS.
Preliminary returns from the col- A railroad man says that never In
leges and technical schools are show- his experience has he seen conditions
lng a decline In enrollment of 10 to on the railroads so tied up as they
40 per cent. As the majority of these i are at this present time. Freight
In floating the new Liberty loan
much will of course be said about the
patriotic duty of subscribing. This is
all true and good stuff. Yet many of youths, he writes,
People's Forum
How a Ten-Year-Old Detroit Boy
Write About a Parade.
, Professor H. G. Gllmore has a
grandson in Detroit, Mich., who, con
sidering his1 age, Is an adept In de
scribing current events. In a sense
not vouchsafed to all school-going
In a happy style,
our shrewdest bankers are
their clients to buy Liberty
as the very best investment In the
market;
It's certainly a phenomenal thing
that the bonds of the United States
government, the best security on
earth, should sell to net 4 per cent.
Never before has such a thing hap
pened. There have been many times
urging the two qualities of treating matter
bonds, land manner as boon companions, in
separable, and never to bo lightly es
teemed. Letter from grandson to
grandfather reads as follows:
"Irving School,
Willis, near Woodward,
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 19, 1917.
-"Dear Grandpa: Yesterday (Tues
day) there was a big parade which
when 2 per cent bonds could be float- thousands of people flocked to see.
ed at par by the government. The The Jam of people covered the stores,
At Your Service
IN the handling of the crops you 'may Deed as
sistance in harvesting, as well as a safe and
convenient place to deposit your money after
marketing. Call upon The First National Bank
in either or both cases.
'
REMEMBER, A LIBERTY BOND
MEANS HELP TO BOTH Y01R
COUNTRY AND YOURSELF.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
ASHLAND ff OREGON
.V.CATER..Pne9iDlNT C.H.VAUPEU.VictPttS.
J.W.MCOY,CA9HifPi CLARK BUSM-ASST.CASH.-
United States Panama canal bonds
sold a few months ago, before the
war broke out, for a premium of 2 .to the
to 4 per cent. And they pay only 3 though
per cent.
Conditions In the security market
now are wholly abnormal, and can't
last after the war. European invest
ors have been unloading on us their
American securities, as they wanted
the money to put Into their own gov
ernment issues. Our people have had
roofs of buildings and the sidewalks
and street of Woodward avenue out
car tracks on either side,
in some places there was a
space of eight or ten feet between the
jam in the street and the jam on the
sidewalk. The jam on the sidewalk
couldn't get out, for they were roped
in. I could have been In the parade
with the school children, but I didn't
want to, so I went to Fyfe's third
floor and watched. In the parade
students are under military age, it
does not seem possible that any such
proportion could have been drafted.
Probably a good many boys of 19 and
20, fearing lest they would be called
out before the war is over, dislike to
enter on courses that they may not
be able to complete.
The United States faces a hard race
after the war for technical and men
tal supremacy. The war has demon
strated that the old levels of attain
ment were not sufficient. Old theor-
tralna are so slow coming through
that many manufacturers send all
their smaller deliveries by express.
Freight and express business calls
for strong and husky men, so it is
performed largely by young men. It
takes a fellow with some elasticity of
muscle to handle big boxes.
Now comes the draft and calls out
a big share of these vigorous young
men, depleting the freight and ex
press terminals. Meanwhile a big
score of the young men from offices,
les of political economy, old systems factories and stores, who live under
of mechanical production,, have had 'conditions not conducive to nhvalcal
to go Into the rag bag. The world s :8trength,. are escaping service, since ;pavania&e 01 speculation wnnoui ian- and pushed bacK where the mounted
to dig money out of all kinds of in-! there were Canadian soldiers re-
vestments to buy back our securities turned from the
held abroad. This has reduced the
price on everything, including gov
ernment bonds.
In the face of this selling move
ment the first Liberty loan bos sold
for bu( a few cents under par. It
seems as certain as anything In busi
ness can be that after the war these
bonds will go up. If under normal
conditions a 3 per cent bond sells at
102 to 104, a 4 per cent bond should
bring a good deal more than that.
Here then is a chance to get inter
est that is higher than many savings
front, our drafted
men, a' float on which women sat
knitting, 33. bands, an 'armed corps.'
Knights Templars, school children,
Mayor Oscar B. Marx, Mn Henry Ford
and Mr, Helneman, local aldermen
and some other city officers. There
were also a lot of home guards.
There was a man near me who lived
in Highland Park and he called out
'Here comes H. P.' Every good-looking
regiment' was 'H. P.' There was
also a drunken man who shook bands
with Mr. Ford. The police controlled
the crowd by scaring them. The
"Liberty Engine"
On First Trip
The first locomotive constructed
on the Pacific coast in a quarter of
a century has Just had its maiden
j trip over the Southern Pacific lines,
having hauled part of the draft con
tingent from Sacramento to Oakland
and thence to Roseburg, Ore. In its
first 72 hours of service the new en
gine covered 1,040 passenger miles,
which is considered an exceptionally
fine showing. The locomotive was
constructed in the Southern Pacific
shops at Sacramento and Is of the
Pacific type. Six consolidation en
gines for freight service and three
ten-wheelers are also being built at
Sacramento, the ten costing $300,000
and constituting part of the Southern
Paclflo's order for 65 new engines.
The "Liberty Engine," as It has been
nicknamed, has a traction pull of 45,
470 pound
George McCormick, general super
intendent of motive power, states that
car building is now in progress at the
company's shops In Sacramento and
Los Angeles. Three flat cars have
been turned out already by -the Sacra
mento shops and eight at Los An
KXOWIT WELL.
Familiar Features Well Known to
Hundreds of Ashland Citizens.
A familiar burden in many homes.
The burden of a "bad back."
A lame, a weak or an aching back
Often tells you of kidney ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
Here is Ashland testimony.
Mrs. 3. C. McDonald, 685 B Btreet.
says: "I can recommend Doan's Kid- -ney
Pills just as highly today as I did
three years ago when I gave my first
statement. I have taken them on
several occasions for lameness across -my
kidneys and it has required only
a few doses to relieve me. Doan'a
Kidney Pills have always proven a
Bplendld medicine in our family."
Price 600, at all dealers. Don't,
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
; Doan's Kidney Pills the same that .
Mrs. McDonald uses. Foster-MHbnrn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
banks used to pay, and at the same ! mounted police backed their horses
time a practical certainty that the up against the jams and pushed, but
value of the principal will advance sometimes a person would get
within a very few years. Usually stepped on. The traffic police are not
when you speculate you must take mounted, so both the traffic police
risks. Here is a chance to get the and the plain policemen strung hands
industries are going to reopen on a the exemption boards won't pass
basis of greater production. Many them on accolint 0f physical dlsabll
wastes have been eliminated and the lty Thls loaveg the ralroadB terrl
wlts of men have been sharpened bybly handicapped in trying to handle
intense competition. jthe enormous strain of war business,
The United States can not go along with every factory jumping to fill
in the old wasteful way, It needs orders.
mechanical experts of the highest or
iing any risk. It should not be neces
sary to work the patriotic movement
so hard to sell these bonds.
der. It needs broadly trained men
who have studied deeply Into human
ADVERTISING COMPETITORS.
The question before the merchant
Of course the general shortage of;'8 not merely what he 18 &olnS t0 do . fain,ted
aggravating lwun ownwing.
railroad equipment is
this situation. The people with mon-l,nB 18 eomg 10 d0 wltn hlm-
history, and who can lead our people tn invent hBva wnmo ,n n i,;tail store need not think it
in ways of progress and In develop- ralroad stocks, claiming that under inore the matter of advertising. For
wnetner it tries publicity or not, it
Is affected by publicity, and It must
didn't look after. The motorcycle
police did their bit too. They would
start up full speed and fairly skin
the Jams, scaring them back, but in
spite of all this the people, would step
back again after the horse, man or
cycle had passed). A lot of women
A man was arrested. I
don't know why. Some airplanes
to come, but didn't.
Lane county will have another
RAWmlll fit IflrPA MnaMfv in nnn.nflnn
. . . .w. qv . I ,1 WM 1 1. J 1 11 V(CIAUUU
within a few weeks. The Common
i wealth Lumber Company of Portland
has started the erection of a mill at
'Nekoma, a station on the Eugene
Coos Bay branch of the Southern Pa
cific near Mapleton.
Phone Job orders to the Tidings.
"If" is the most unsatisfactory
word in our language. '
Ashland Transfer
& Storage Co. I
C. F. Bates, Proprietor T"'
Wood, "Peacock" I'
:: and Rock Springs
:: Coal and Cement I
phone 117
Office 99 Oak Street, Ware-: :
bouse on track near depot.
Ashland, Oregon
ment of better civic institutions. the strict government control now
Therefore the boy who abandons existing there is not much chance to
his plan for higher education Is not make money In buying their securi
dolng well. It Is quite possible that ties. The railroads finding It diffi
there will not have to be another .cult to get money, are not Increasing
drawing), Or even If there is, the Bee- ther facilities as they ought to.
It is what advertls-
The re-.were supposed
can ig- There were some queer looking Bo
hemians, whom we passed, going
home.
It would have required hours to
catch a Woodward car, so we took
the Fourteenth avenue car and trans
ferred to a crosstown which landed
us three blocks from home. The
meet the advertising of its compet
itors. This Is not merely that the enter
prising merchants of a town are
ond division of men called may get
no farther than the training camps
of this country and France.
In that case they can simply come
back to their work without any real
loss of time. The year will have been
well spent In a valuable training, and
they can resume their mental and
technical studies with more power
than ever. The country needs all the
educated men It can get. The un
trained man more than ever before
will be out of the game.
AMERICAN ENDURANCE.
Many of our people are wondering
what our navy boys are doing all this
time while there is such Intense ac
tivity at the army cantonments. A
letter from one of them gives a hint
of It. He says the crews of the de
stroyers who are hunting submarines
are having a very strenuous time of
it. ,
They are out four days at a time,
during which period they get scarcely
any rest or sleep and can barely stop
for food. He says they return to
port completely exhausted and then
get four days' rest;. It is a hard
game, and will grow harder as winter
weather approaches;.
Many people have the idea that the
. .Americans, while quick and nervous,
lack the power of enduring long-continued
strains. Such experiences as
these show that our boys can stick it
out with the best of them,, and have
the physical and nervous stamina to
stand as much as any human consti
tution can. They will show it when
hey get to the trenches.
Meanwhile manufacturers who !
can't get raw material and merchants !
who can't get shipments are pawing
up the earth and uttering loud Im
precations about freight delays. It
would help some If every man who
has a shipment of goods will take
away his stuff the day It comes In,
so that cars can be released and sent
off where most needed.
I drawing trade away from those who .Woodward avenue route would be
are more conservative. It Is also that quicker, shorter and land us a block
all the merchants of a town like ours from home, but it would be too
are affected by the advertising' of crowded and take too long to get It.
; great metropolitan department stores
and mall order houses. If our mer
chants remain passive a large sec
tion of their trade will be drawn
away from them by th vast advertls-
MOURNING IX TIME OF WAR.
The suggestion is made by the Dry
Goods Economist that during war
time women discard the habit of
wearing black for lost friends. This
Is urged on the ground of scarcity of
clothing materials, and the depress
ing influence of black in a time of
national sorrow.
If many women must by next year
face the loss of their boys, a large
part of them would no doubt like to
put on black. In times of grief wom
en feel a certain reserve about min
gling with gay life. The black dress
Is a suggestion that they are In sor
row and should not be pressed Into
scenes of merriment.
The wearing of black does tend to
set a person apart a. little, and it
often makes women morbid. They
seek solitude and avoid their friends
too much. Thoy get In a habit of
brooding and often become very ab
normal. It would have been much
better if at the start they Could have
plucked up their courage and gone
with their friends.
Yet there is a question if, not
merely in war time but always, this
attitude , is not unwholesome and
sometimes selfish- It does create an
"Well, I must close now, for this
was my language work and I have to
do my arithmetic.
"Your loving grandson, ,
"Mark Chancellor Stevens."
Page Theatre, Medford
Thursday Night, Oct 4th
(Note-Curtain at 8 P. M. Sharp)
Berry & Behymer Present
The La Scala Grand Opera Company
In a magnificent revival of Bizet's
masterpiece
"CARMEN"
.' ' ' Opera in four acta
time, Ester Ferrablnl,. late of the Milan Grand Opera Company,
and Guiseppe Gaudenzi, recently recruited from the Boston National
Grand Opera Company, will positively sing the leading roles at the
Page Theatre. .
The biggest attraction ever offered Southern
Oregon Theatre Patrons and Music Lovers
Prices $3.00, $2.50, $2.00, $1.50, $1.00. Mail orders ac
cepted. Seats now selling. Make yoorrescrvatioDS now ,
Comply With the Law
; AND USE:
Printed Butter
Wrappers
ACCORDING to the wiling 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:
100 Sheets, 16 or 32 ounces
$1.50
250 Sheets, 16 or 32 ounces $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 us
have your order and you will not regret it.
Ashland Tiding's
Ashland Oregon