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ASHLAND TtDITfGS Monday, February SS, IMS TAGS TWO ASHLAND TIDINGS EaUbUahed 1878 . PnbUahed CTery Monday and Thnraday by THE ASHULND PBLNTIXQ POMP ANY (iBoorporatod) art B. Greer . . Editor OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER. TELEPHONE 39 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Cat Tear, whtn paid at expiration . IJ-JjO Dae Year, when paid in advance J-00 Six lionthi, when paid In advance Three Monthi, when paid In advance No subscription for less than three months. AH subscriptions dropped vt expiration uoIsbs renewal is received. In ordering changes of the paper always give the old attest address or yostofflce as well as the nw. ; ' ADVERTISING RATES MepUy Advertising Single Insertion, each Inch Z&c Blx months, each inch 20e One year, each Inch . 17 He Reading Notices 10 cents the line. jCbaclfied Colnnut 1 cent the word first Insertion, V cent the word each other Insertion. Thirty words or less one month, f 1.00. ) Cards of Thanks $1.00. ' Obituaries 2 ft cents the line. Fraternal Orders and Societies Advertising for fraternal orders or societies charging a regular Inltis Itlon fee and dues', no discount Religious and benevolent orders will be charged for all advertising when an admission or other charge Is made, at he regular rates. When no admission Is charged, space to the amount of Dfty lines reading will be allowed without charge. All additional at regular Utee. 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. THE BLOOD CALL. There is no finer sight In this old world than perfect blood loyalty families bound by the ties of blood, cemented into one compact band to promote and defend the interests of the whole. The hour has struck when this call Is ringing clear and loud above all others in the ears of the American people. Every city, every town, every hamlet and every community in the land has given of its best be loved blood to swell the expedition ary forces on the battlefields of France. These men have gone to fight OUR battles. They have of fered their all In OUR service. The Mood tie holds them firmly to the task to which they are dedicated. We have the word of the commanders that their sacrifice is complete that the blood loyalty is perfect'. But is theirs to be the only demon stration of the power of blood loyal ty? What man worthy the name, if he lias a friend fighting his bat tles, will not back him up and sup port hi in to the limit of his power? Is the sacrifice to be out of all pro portion to the gratitude of the bene ficiary? These thousands, these hundreds of thousands, who have gone, are go ing, and who are yet to go flesh of our flesh and blood of our blood are appealing to us thorugh every af fection of the human heart for SUP PORT, for SUSTENANCE, for CO OPERATION, for POWER. These VE must furnish or their sacrifice will have been in vain. But we Americans need to be told that the very essence of blood loyalty is SACRIFICE. Not only a professed willingness to sacrifice "If neces sary," but real sacrifice the total subordination of our Interests to theirs, Coming down to grim realities, the success or failure of our sons "over yonder" will depend on wheth er or not we at home will sacrifice ,to the tune of twenty billions of dol lars yearly. There is absolutely no other way. This is the amount that congress has slotted to the task, and it must ALL come from the people, and that over and above their own necessary expenditures. Armies are not fed and clothed and armed and equipped with ammunition simply by proclamation or by "appropria tions." These can only authorize the necessary expenditures, the concrete , eupplles must come from OUR la bors and OUR savings and OUR sac rifices. Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, friends of our soldier boys, are we heeding the blood call? Are we not only "willing," but DO we respond with every throb of our hearts' blood to every call? Or are we by our lethargy and Indifference and selfish ness manufacturing German bullets lor their breasts for, get it right, that is the inevitable result If we fall fin our response to the call. An exchange says that one trouble with this world Is that there are too many people who will not cast their (bread upon the waters unless they are assured It will come back to them in few days a full-grown sandwich all jtximmtd with ham, butter and mus-jurd. WHAT WOILD JESUS DO? Just a few questions for the man whose "conscience" will not permit him to fight: Suppose Jesus had been walking In Belgium when the Hun army broke across the border, and had seen soldiers plunge their bayonets through Innocent children; had seen women and young girls treated as only beasts are capable of treating them; had seen the aged and Infirm shot down without mercy and without provocation; had seen sol diers captured in what they supposed to be honorable warfare, crucified by their captors; had seen aviators de liberately search out hospitals and nurses' quarters for bombing had he seen all this, would he have stood by unmoved and refused to lift his hand to right) these dastardly wrongs? If that Is your conception of Christ, you are right In your re fusal to fight, for If he were what yo'u picture him he would be as poor a specimen of humanity as yourself and you are the limit. (iEXllXE TO THE POINT SACRI FICE. What a great old world this would be If all the expressed sentiments of humanity were real, genuine, sure enough what they profess to be! But Satan originated the art of deception back there In the Infancy of the race, and he and his minions have indus triously perpetuated it. His amazing success Is due to his ability to, as the small boy would put it, "appear what it ain't." We now call it camou flage. Of all the various brands of human counterfeit, the demagogue camou fiaged as a patriot is the most con temptible. Patriotism is a fine thing, a sacred thing, but a counterfeit pa triotism la unspeakably disgusting. Yet we see It all about us. It mis takes noise for action and words for sentiment. Its omniscience is equal to solving the most knotty problems of the war. Its self-sacrifice Is capa ble of any devotion if the salary Is sufficient. Its renunciation is beau tiful until it is discovered that there U nothing to renounce. Its devotion to duty is sublime until It is known that the person stands to gain much and lose not at all. Every worthy cause of the human race Is cursed with these flagrant Imitation men and women. They ride every attempted reform to a disas trous fall If It is in their power. Re forms now in their Infancy would be ancient history were it not for their baneful influence. In the old American game of poker there Is one practice known as bluf fing which returns good results If successfully put oven. There is, how ever, a counter practice of "calling the bluff" that sometimes gives amaz ing returns. When you meet with one of these blatant patriots who only wants an opportunity to end the war, "call his hand." The Washington Post would have Dr. Garfield without fuel from con gress when next those hot debates are pulled off, on the ground that the capltol Is already sufficiently heated by hot air. But hot air Is their food, not their fuel. tt Our Resources to Receive Early Development I! . 8 (Medford- American) Jackson, Josephine and CurrJ counties are very rich in mineral re sources. We have here a great va riety of mineral products the value of which was not known to us until the war requirements brought them to the front. Many of the miners knew they were here, but there was no demand for them, therefore their extent was not. attempted to be de termined. Since the opening of the war shut off a great part of the world from the sources of supply elsewhere, Inquiry has brought the facts to the front. That which would not pay before at once came into de mand at high prices and prospectors began to bring in samples. Inquiries brought answers that stimulated fur ther search, and now men are com ing from all parts of the world to In vestigate and buy. Very recently a splendid deposit of manganese has been located and rapid preparation to work It Is going forward. It is said that $30,000 has been paid for It. It is in great demand to be used in the manufacture of steel; and oth er deposits of the same metal are being discovered and preparations being made to work them. Cinnabar and Chrome. Quicksilver is another subject of Inquiry, and many rich deposits of cinnabar are coming to the notice of searchers. Chrome is now in great demand and many rich deposits are known to exist In southwestern Ore gon. Splendid brown hematite exists in heavy bodies in Jackson and Jo sephine counties. This ore is in great demand for the manufacture of iron products requiring the best quality. Though no first-class asbestos has been found, yet that material in fairr ly good qualify and quantity Is known to exist In many places along the ser pentine belts that cross these counties in several places. Careful prospect ing and testing will result in the dis covery and development of this very valuable product. The building of steamships is increasing the demand for it as a matting with which to wrap steam boilers and pipes. In fact, the hundreds of thousands of engines operated by steam will bring much asbestos In the market that heretofore would not have paid be cause Its quality was not high enough to be used as theater curtains and for asbestos cloth, but Is suitable to cover pipes and steam boilers and for use in the manufacture of fire proof plastering and fireproof paint. The opening up of these deposits may develop a much finer quality, but what we have will eventually add an other valuable resource to our many already developed. A number of val uable minerals follow and mingle with the heavy serpentine "dykes so plentiful in southwestern Oregon. For Instance, accompanying these dykes Is found copper, cobalt, nickel and asbestos. Of all these, copper has as yet found especial favor among dealers in such metals. Many Precious Minerals. We have kaolin In great abund ance and of good quality, enoifgh to supply the nation with crockeryware and porcelain. We have mineral paint of excellent quality and not dif ficult of access. Large deposits of plumbago for the manufacture of lu bricants and graphite of good qual ity, though the extent of the depos its is not known. All of these prod ucts are known to exist here and all are rapidly coming Into use. Fire clay, potters' clay and coal are found in many placs3, but as yet little has oeen done to develop them, becausn tliey were not in sufficient demand io Justify the expenditure necessary to their development with inadequate transportation facilities. The de mand, however, has been greatly aug mented by the necessities of the war, and the development will follow,. This war will leave us a country greatly changed In many respects. Heretofore we have depended largely on some of the countries now at war for much of the material of which we have an abundance, but undeveloped because It was easier to operate in the same old rut than to open up one in our own country. We are now shut off from that old source of sup ply and from necessity are compelled to call upon our own resources, which when once opened will never be abandoned, and we will become exporters of much raw material which we have always Imported. We are now manufacturing and export ing many articles which we have al ways been importing, these things being manufactured from our own raw material. We have been great customers of Germany and France, simply because our capital was en gaged In other industries, but having prepared ourselves to manufacture these products, these factories will be maintained when the war is over. To do this they must be supplied with the raw material which our moun tains will supply unstintedly. There never has been such palpably plain prospects ahead of us for the devel opment of one of the richest mining regions on earth. Now is the time for the prospector ' and miner In Southern Oregon. There Is no coun try In the world with a greater va riety of mineral resources. The era of "good roads" is already on and the people will be ready to assist in the building of roads to any new de velopment of these resources that shows merit. Metals in Great Variety. We have gold, silvor, copper, co balt, nickel, cinnabar, asbestos, min eral paint, plumbago, graphite, pot ters' clay, fire clay, kaolin, chrome, Iron ore, manganese, marble, lime stone, coal, and some of the best building granite In the world. This Is only a partial list of the wonder ful resources to be found hidden away in our mountains. Here Is a foundation for many manufacturing industries. The time is now ripe to begin our drive on them. The United States will be better prepared to open up these great Industrial en terprises when the war Is over than any other country, and before the war-torn nations can regain their old ability to pursue their industries, shattered by the war, ours will have been so well established that nothing can shake them. These things will bring all facilities and accessories noededj. Railroads, wagon roads and all else that may be required. Our mountains will be filled with reduc tion works and lines of railroad will be ready to carry away our products. The roads that will help to open up our mines will also further ac commodate the operators in our for ests. We have the best climate for mining operations to be found any where. Unlike Alaska, the miner can work the year round and never be beyond the reach of great commer cial marts without the heed of snow shoes or arctic clothing. MAJOR HOUCK SEES BATTLE IX THE AIR Major George E. Houck, who is with the American expeditionary force in France, gave an interesting description of his experiences at the battle front to his wife and son in Roseburg, which was published In a recent Issue of the Roseburg Review. Major Houck stated that he had been stationed for sixteen days in a base hospital twelve miles from the front end the big guns were plainly audibla from there. This hospital has a ca pacity of 3,000 beds; the lectures and instructions are given by the French surgeons and the twenty-five Ameri can physicians have interpreters. He says the lectures by these surgeons are "a real feast." The war wounds are "awful ones to deal with," but they are doing much advanced sur gery over there. This hospital has been bombed by the Germans four times and now they have sandbags placed all around the buildings to protect the patients from shell frag ments. After this course Is finished they are to be taken to the trenches, and he promises an Interesting letter af ter that Hen is then to take a course at the Paris hospitals, but there the lectures are given in Eng lish. . In the letter to his son he said: "Yesterday was the first clear day for some time and the observation balloons were up. I could see four of them. In the morning a German plane chased a French plane over near where I -was. Suddenly I saw four French planes appear and the German spun around and beat It back, and It looked like when some hounds are after a jackrabbit. They split the riir like hawks, and as they went over the lines the shell bursts came up in the air first from the French guns at the German, and then the German shells after the four French planes. The German got away and airplanes were out in force, but no damage was done. It was a good race and rather exciting to see. That was the first day in two weeks that it had been clear enough for them." One afternon Major Houck with some other medical officers were ex cused as there were no more lec tures that day, and they visited a large wine cellar where, they make famous champagne. This cellar was dug underground out of solid rock in which to keep the wine for three years before it is made into cham pagne. There were bottles stacked up like cordwood "thousands of them." "I just saw a Frenchman trying to back his horse, and he was yell ing 'Allez vous,' and he finally got Plaza Barber Shop "On the Plata" Guaranteed shaves or whiskers refunded J. A. Yeo, Prop. THE elimination of 1 and heedless using for the duration of the' war will contribute toward the PRO TECTION of your country and add to your own PROSPERITY. Practice Household Thrift by the aid of one of our LOOSELEAF EXPENSE DIARIES. Call for one. Keep on Buying1 Thrift Stamps and Bniiding Up 3hiEcstMttonaiBaak ASHLAND, n him to 'allez vous.' " (Major Houck has had so much other work that he has not had much time for study ing French, but known enough to get along all right.) "When on the way to visit the old wine cellar we could see the shells bursting on the ground around the German trenches," says Major Houck. "The other day we were served somei fish they called 'ray,' but I believe It is the fish we used to see on the Sound and called them skatea. I did not think they were fit to eat I'd rather eat the snail any day. "All the people here wear wooden shoes and I guess they must be com fortable. The other day I saw a woman on her knees pounding clothes, on a flat rock beside a stream that had Ice on it." Major Houck sent George, ' Jr., some French money which looks like our paper money. OVER MILLION WOMEX ENGAGED IX FARMING According to a late report, of the 1,800,000 women engaged In agricul ture in the United States, 750,000 are under 20 years of age and 1,050, 000 are negroes. A majority of the women workers are found in the southern states. The lines of work in which women will be likely to Increase their farm How Does a Soldier Feel in a Life-and-Death Crisis? He was caught like a rat in a trap with only one chance in a million of coming out alive. He thought of What does a soldier think of in a life-and-death crisis? How does he fed ? What docs he dot What is the millionth chance that he takes to escape ? While trembling and hot from the experiences they have gone through, over two hundred men airmen, trench raiders, submarine commanders, grenade throwers have told what they saw, heard and felt. To read these stories of personal adventure is to get an entirely new viewpoint of the war. A Close-Up of the War Newspapers and magazines treat the war along broad, general lines :hey speak of nations and armies. Ivnt these storks tf 11 you about the most daring;, audacious and heroic deeds of MEN" individuals. They tell of exploits which even now you think never could pap pen. No professional author in the history of literature could tell nich stories, for no man's imagination could think them up. Yet each of these stories is true and so startling that the mind simply stands agape at wonder. They would thrill a man with blood as cold aa a Hah, "True Adventures of the Great War" 6 Volumes Free! , The F.erlfw of Reviews hni rnUectett thee two hrmrtred and more ""'lei in tlx hantisoi! volume, containing altogether 1800 pages, pro luv 'r illitrated. lery one of thene ttorlei it absolutely genuine ai lo Hie f wta rtiRted; every one of them la told in the word of the Dentin nha Ik the hero or heroine or the Mlolt. And now. for a limited tima, you can secure these aix volume tiw, Willi a two-) car sutauipUon to tilt Betlew of Beriews. Now, and during these nrtt few yean, si never before, everr mm 7 Trie w & M 4 9 ft mm offered aorlptlon. - REVIEW OF REVIEWS ,e, -rf22? CO. SIP NFW TOIX f'G'fie Bank with the Chma. Cock," Patriotic Principles v needless spending J and War Savings that Bank Account. d f r. riM aW evcarter.pres. r-tww cm vaupel vice Pres. llftlP" J W Mc COY. CASHIER CLARK BU5n.A5ST t-A5rf. ing activities, according to the re port, are vegetable gardening, poul try raising, butter making, hog rais ing, eta. It Is suggested that women who know how to operate motor cars may with little additional training; operate tractors. ASHLAND PROOF Should Convince Every Ashland Reader. The frank statement of a neighbor,, telling the merits of a remedy, Bids you pause and believe. The same endorsement By some stranger far away Commands no belief at all. Here's an Ashland case. An Ashland citizen testifies. Read and be convinced. Festus Butts, retired farmer, 172 Mountain avenue, says: "I was an noyed for quite a while by kidney and bladder trouble. Nothing seemed to reach It until I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. They soon regulated my kidneys and cleared up the kid ney secretions.' The above statement was given on March 12, 1913, and on March 15. 1916, THREE YEARS LATER, Mr Butts said: "I am ready to back up my former statement regarding my experience with Doan's Kidney Pills. It has been several years since I wa cured of kidney trouble by this medi cine and I am still enjoying first class health." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get. Doan's JCidney Pills the same that Mr. Butts had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. V. Partial List of Stories flirtwn Monthi in Four German Prisons The White Road to Verdun An English Girl's Adven ture! in Crmmy With s Field Ambulance it Yprea American Boys Kith Ambulance No. 10 The Spy Who Dined With the Kalier With I'rlnceti l'alricla'a Cana dians Escape and Capture- Under a II lnden burg'i Death Trip Adrift In a Mine Field How We Foiled "U 39" Mf ii from the Turks lisgui-id as a Woman. 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