r.-tir.M. Monday, Jannnry 28, 1918 ASHLAND TIDIKOS rAGE TWO T.--1 ASHLAND TIDINGS Established 1870 Published tjvry Monday and Thursday by THE ASIELAND PRINTING COMPANY (Incorporated) Pt R. Greer- . .Editor OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER. TELEPHONE 39 RimsrRIPTIOJf RATES Dat Tear, whsa paid at expiration ..$ -60 IDnt Tear, when paid In advance J-00 llx Months, when paid In advance (Three Month when paid in advance No (ubBcrlptlon for less than three monthi. t expiration unless renewal Is received. All subscriptions dropped In ordering changes of the paper always give the old street address or jaostofflce as well as the new. ADVERTISING RATES IrUplay Advertising Single Insertion, each Inch Z5e rit mnnthft. each inch 20e One rear, each Inch 170 Reading Notices 10 cents the line. riuaiftmi Column 1 cent the word first Insertion, cent the word each other Insertion, Thirty words or less one month, $1.00. Cards of Thanks $1.00. Obituaries 2 Vt cents the line. Fraternal Orders and Societies Advertising for fraternal orders or societies charging a rogular 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 Hum all other local papers combined. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postofflce as second-class mall matter. . . . -Zl W Jll'RN WATER A XI) SAVE COAL AX1) OIL When our warships and the allies meed coal and ol) It Is rather fine to! read of what one power company Is .doing to save naval fuel. To abate the smoke nuisance, abol ish car shortage, and save coal, oil f nd wood fuel lb what hydro-electric power accomplishes at one stroke. Head the record of one power com pany: The Utah Power and Light Com pany, that takes Its power from the Bear river and serve Salt Lake, Og iden 'and 160 other cities and towns, supplied power this year equal to 3,000,000 tons of coal. This means that power generated from the falling waters that are run ning to waste would have taken 25, 1000 carloads of coal to generate it or more than half as many cars of Svel oil. Put In terms of coal It means 2,083 carloads a month saved, engine power to pull them, miners to mine the coal, when cars and men are so fcndly needed in other lines of service by the nation. One million tons 1b about one-third the coal production of Utah, where coal shortage has been the worst in the past, and releasing of cars comes et a time when railroads are taxed to twice capacity. Other hydro-electric companies are making the same record. SOFT CORN OAl'SE OF HIGH PRICES ond the price of cornmeal, it should bo understood that the corn quota tions are based on feeding corn, rath er than on the milling grades. "A new and very) valuable food product, however, has been discov ered through the necessity of find ing a way to use the great quantities of soft corn that were produced this year. This new product is corn oil, which Is proving to be one of the best cooking oils yet discovered, and which Is given high rank among the different cottonseed, olive and other vegetable oils, by experts. Corn syrup is also being produced in great er quantities." WHY WE FIGHT AGAINST PRUSSIAN AUTOCRACY M iilllll .-y N ' fJZtfg Ji. -S.,-. -sa vw- vj. -, -fin-. ..iii. mm mm, IH1T" 3 - - 4 vW, '"r.. 4- I Btudy this remarkable picture and you cannot full to understand why we are fighting the PrusHlan autocracy. You will ace how truly the criminal spirit that moves men in the German nrmy and navy to commit outrages against humanity I is embodied In the German kaiser. Here the artlxt has shown the autocrat and his j warriors as tliey really are. In their effort to put he hobnailed heel of Prussian- lm on the necks of free nations the Germans plunder the homes of Innocent non combatants, use the white flag to lure their enemies out into the open to be shot, I murder women and children, cut off the hands of babies, and Introduce into war- ( fare poison gas. I XCLE SAM SHOWS NATION HOW TO SAVE ' Queries are constantly being made iit the office of the Federal Food Ad ministration in Portland as to whf tbe price of cornmeal, despite the big corn crop, Is bo high. Many persons clso want to know why there Is such a difference In the market price of corn, as quoted in the press, and the figure at which cornmeal Is to be had from the retailer. Assistant Federal Food Adminis trator W. K. Newell, who has Just returned from Washington, looked into the corn situation thoroughly while In the eaBt and reports that while the corn crop throughout the corn belt was very large, peculiar weather conditions caused a very heavy percentage, of "soft" corn, which Is unfit for milling. "Only the first grade corn, entire ly free from moisture and known to the trade as Ko. 1, can be milled," said Mr. Newell. "That is one reason why cornmeal remains at such a high figure throughout the country. The still higher price of cornmeal In the northwest Is due to distance from the producing point and the transpor tation difficulties. As to the appar ntly excessive difference between the quotations of corn In the market The "Eat" In Meat It really doesn't matter who first put the "eat" In Meat the fact we want to call your attention to Is that It Is In every piece of Meat that cornea from our market. There Is a science in killing and dressing Meats that Is only learned by long study and practice. "We believe the best is none too good , for our customers. East Side Market ' A. R. Brown, Prop. Phone 188. Where will you be ten years from new? If you are not in the land of the living, where will your wife and fam ily be? Much depends upon how you use your talents, and upon whether or not. you are thrifty. S. W. Straus, well known as a writer on Investments and things financial, has found that the records show that only 3 per cent of the men who die In this country leave an estate of $10,000; 15 per cent leave from $2,000 to $10,000, and the re maining 82 per cent die leaving no tangible assets. But they usually leave widows and families, because wives, so the rec ords show again, usually outlive their husbands. Only 18 per cent of the widows of the men who die are left in comfort able circumstances; 47 per cent are compelled to go to work, and the re gaining 35 per cent have to be taken care of either by the state or by their relatives. What Is the answer? Thrift. And Uncle Sam has shown that he appreciates the situation by his plans to give the people of the nation op portunity to serve their country in this time of war, and at the same time teach them to save, to become i thrifty, by the purchase of thrift stamps and war savings stamps. Is worth, regardless of the appear ance or taste of the flour. The peo ple of Finland are starving, trying to live on a dally allowance of three or four Blices of bread made from birch bark, beech buds and a smattering of wheat. Appendicitis and intestinal ailments are resulting in Germany from the use of the war bread pro duced in that nation. Scientists have given up the task of Improving the German war loaf and the government announces no relief in sight. America, however, Is backed up In wheat-Baving by the greatest corn crop In the world's history. As soon ns the big crop starts to market and prices drop accordingly, the govern ment will begin a campaign for the more extensive use of corn meal. Normally the people of America eat an average of one bushel of corn each year. This year there are 30 bushels for every man, woman and child In tbe United States. HOARD DOLLARS AND BECOME A SLACKER from fungous Infections may be ma terially lessened. The most success ful fruit men know this fact and bear It In mind when pruning, says H. P. Barss, plant pathologist, O. A. C. It Is positively known that the con tinued presence on fruits or foliage of moisture from rain, dew or fog is exceedingly favorable to the germina tion of fungous spores as those of apple or pear scab, brown rot, peach blight, leaf spots, etc., while any con dition which tends to bring about a rapid drying off of the leaves and fruit is decidedly unfavorable to In fections. Sunlight and air movement are nature's great drying agencies. Open pruning by judicious thinning is therefore of great value because It permits air circulation and sun shine within the tree, while ordinary heading back without thinning favors the formation of a dense top, and this retards evaporation. Correct open pruning Is worth dollars and cents FIT BANK TO NEEDS and the very best way to do this is to treat your Bankers as advisors as well as custodians. Give them such information about your plans and efforts as will enable them to be of assistance. We invite euch close connections here at the First National. Even though the price of War Saving Stamps increased 1 cent in price Feb. 1, your rate of interest does not change. 'The Bank That Helps Itself by Helping Patrons." THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Acuukin yr Oregon .V.CAttTEKTpRiDaNT C.H.VAUPEL;yiPrt .1 WMCrOYCAiHIf". t-LMK OUJIT W3Jl...Tn.. both from the standpoint of crop pro duction and disease reduction. KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL. Health is Worth Saving, and Some Aslilund People Know How to Save It. Many Ashland people take their lives In their hands by neglecting the kldnevs when they know these or gans need help. Weak kidneys are responsible for a vast amount of suf fering and 111 health the slightest delay Is dangerous. Use Doan's Kid ney Pills a remedy that has helped thousands of kidney sufferers. Here Is an Ashland citizen's recommenda tion: Mrs. E. F. Wolters, 263 Mountain avenue, says: "I have been taking Doan's Kidney Pills off and on for a long time when I have felt any need of a kidney medicine and they have never failed to give good satisfaction. I am subject to backache at times and my kidneys act irregularly. Doan's Kidney Pills soon correct this trou ble.'! Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan a Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Wolters had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Take the 25 cents you did not spend for pork chops and buy a thrift stamp with It, thus doing the double patriotic service of saving the most needed meat and loaning Uncle Sam money with which to carry on the war. IMG AMOUNT PAID TO FIGHTING FORCE The payroll of the fighting forces of the United States is now nearly $100,000,000. This sum Includes sal aries of officers and enlisted men In the army and navy serving both In this country and abroad, family allot ments and compensation for certain services, but does not take Into ac count family allowances paid by the government toward the support of families of enlisted men, under speci fied, conditions, nor does It include any of the special compensatory fea tures of the military and naval in surance act. Details of the pay received by sol diers and sailors and of tbe opera tion of the war risk Insurance bu reau have just been compiled by the several departments for information of the public, and those relating to the navy have been made public by the committee on public Information. The others will be made public later and separately. The committee's statement shows that in December approximately $17, 000,000 was disbursed as monthly compensation for the services of some 300,000 officers and men who constitute the uninformed force of the navy. Phone job orders to the Tidings. Frank A. Vanderlip hit the nail on the head in a speech at Cincinnati, when he said that "a hoarded dollar is a slacker." Work for the war is recessary and of primary importance, but industry and business cannot be overlooked without fatal results. The campaign against the enemy must be backed by industry and busi ness going on to a great degree as usual, else the wherewithal to finance the war will be cut off. To stop manufacturing trade and transporta tion, to hoard is killing the goose. Money must be kept In circulation, and let it be kept at home so that it will come back in circulation, and let It be kept at home so that It will come back in the natural cycle of business dealings. Trade with Intel ligent discrimination, that's always wlee, but do riot hoard. Denver Telegraph. rg'iwrwiinMirir . i "Tig''" 1111 PROPER PRUNING CHECKS DISEASES Pruning for an open condition of the top so as to admit plenty of light ond air to all parts of the tre Is an important means by which losses i YOUR SAVING if you PURCIA SE ,1 WORLD CRY FOR BREAD ANSWERED BY WAR LOAF American's answer to the world wide cry for bread will be the Intro duction of the war loaf Into Ameri can homes within very short time. Officials of tho food administration declare that It Is but a matter of weckB until there will be no other bread found In the United States. The people of America are now face to face with the choice of econo mizing or allowing the allies to starve. The last of tho surplus Amer ican wheat was shipped to Europe before Thankoglvlng, and the plight of the allies still is serious. With the surplus gone, and with the entire 1 world turning to the United States, the bread box of America must save other nations. Strict economy will make possible the sending of relief to Europe without Inconvenience to America. The condition In every European nation Is serious. England Is impris oning people who waste wheat, and France is milling her grain for all It ASHLAND MILLS Under New Management Denton & Humphreys Proprietors, are here to serve the people at reasonable profits. Our Watchword Is Quality and Service a Custom grinding solicited. Custom Prices Cleaning, per cwt lOc Grinding i50 Per 100 ton lots, per cwt 12 e Rolling i50 In ton lots 13c Corn meal bolted, per cwt , 25c Flour, graham and whole wheat and corn meal, 1-8 tole. Grinding and rolling, 1-10 tole. Car Before Feb. 15th. The Chevrolet Motor Company notify us that owing to the increased cost of materials, labor, etc., they are compelled to advance prices. There will be no Change from the Present Models As long as the cars we have on hand last, they will be sold . without the advance in price. N The World's Lowest Priced Electrically Equipped Automobiles Model "490" Five Passenger Touring' Car, Present Price $715. W. 'R. DeLAY, Agent MEDFORD, OREGON Complete Line of Accessories i $