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About Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1918)
MCK TWO Thursday, April 25, 191A ASHLAND TIDINGS Established 1876 Published every Monday and Thursday by THE ASHLA.VD PRIMING COMPANY (Incorporated) Bert R. Greer Editor OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER. TELEPHONE 39 81'IISCRIPTIOX 1UTES One Year, when paid at expfration Uue Year, when paid in advance Six Months, when paid in advance Three Months, when paid In advance .$2.50 . 2.00 . 1.25 . .75 No subscription for less than three months. t expiration unless renewal is received. All subscriptions dropped In ordering changes of the paper always give the old street address or postoffice as veil as the new. ADVERTISING KATES Display Advertisins Single insertion, each inch -3c Six months, each inch 2c One year, each Inch l"4c 1 load in ( Notices 10 cents the line. Classified Column 1 cent the word first insertion. 4 cert tie wcri eaci other insertion. Thirty words or less one month, $1.00. Cards of Thanks 1.00. Obituaries 2 i cents the lice. Fraternal Orders and Societies Advertising for fraternal orders or societies charging a reru'ar Initia tion fee and dues, no discount. Religious and benevolent orders wilt t narged for all advertising when an admission or other charre is cide, at the regular rates. When no admission is charged, space to tte amount of fifty lines reading will be allowed without charge. All additional regular rates. WHAT PLAYERS AKE 1HHXG FOR COVXTRY : t SI - A". 'i : .'"I -it1 3 .ieo The Tidings has a greater circulation in Ashland and iu trade territory than all other Jackson county papers combined. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postoffice as second-class mall matter. THE SCHOOLS IX DAXGER American schools are In danger of grave depreciation unless the Ameri can people face the school problems squarely, as they have faced every other problem that has confronted tbem. The schools are suffering from the two all-absorbing problems of the day the war, and the high cost of living. Wages and salaries In almost every other vocation have risen pretty much In keeping with the cost of living. Still the teachers grind on at practic ally the same old starvation wages. If the harm done were only In forcing a number of people to live on inadequate wages, the matter would not be very serious. But the harm does not stop here. The Impos sibility of obtaining living salaries Is Inevitably forcing the ambitious man or woman out of the profession and Into some calling that is- more geu erous. The natural rpsult must be the fill ing of the tselionls with a lot of second-rate teachers, boys and girls who regard the school room as merely e stop-gap between their own school days and a profession nice boys and nice girls, we grant you, but lacking much of being competent Instructors. The only possible result of this con dition must be the grievous neglect cf the youth of the land. And Just at this crisis this coun try can not afford to neglect her children. America has had too hard struggle to reach her present In tellectual plane to afford to yield one fraction of the progress she has made. We have made too many sac rifices In the name of education and culture and Intellectual and moral uplift to be willing to take one back ward step. We must go on, In Justice to future generations, In Justice to the Ideals that have Inspired us. Already the complaint comes from 65TH ARTILLERYMAN DIED OP FXETMONIA C. J. Hurd, formerly of Eugene, now county agricultural agent of Douglas county, has received a mes sage from Adjutant General McCain, at Washington, D. C, stating that John Clinton Hurd, who died of pneumonia In France a few days ago, and whose name was contained in the casualty list as sent over by Gen Pershing, Is his son. Mr. Hurd, when he read the list, thought it was his son, as the name was the same, but he had received no personal message from the adju tant general as is usually the case. He received a confirmation of his belief that It was his son who died. Young Hurd was a member of the 65th artillery, which had arrived in France only a few days before he died. He was a member of the old 2nd company, coast artillery, which v.as stationed at Fort Stevens, be fore starting for the scene of the conflict. GKAIX SMITS OF WEST AKE HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE Common smut of the Pacific coast states is said by Dr. II. H. Brown l. S. bureau of chemistry, to be one of the most Inflammable smuts. It is readily ignited by heat or electric ity, and because It explodes with con slderable force Is particularly dan gerous. Dust and smut explosions that oc casionaiiy occur in threshing ma chines, mills, elevators, warehouses and other manufacturing and handl Ing plants were shown to be due to a combination of organic dust smut cornstarch, wheat flour and others and air, touched off by a spark or flame. In a demonstration before the O.A.C. farm crops club Dr. Brown showed that It is only required to many sections of the country that have the dust finely divided, of rea- tinmhers of the more competent teachers, disgusted with the meagre salaries, are leaving the school room for more lucrative callings. Once out, and this talent is forever lost to the schools, because the channels of business will quickly and eagerly absorb them. There Is but one remedy, and that 1 for the people to look the situation quarely In the face, and be willing to levy taxes for school purposes that shall put the teaching profession up tnd abreast the other professions. More, perhaps, than on any othe class Is the future of this country dependent upon the faithful work of her pedogogues. We must suit the reward to the magnitude of the work. HARROW Collars FOR SPRING CASCO'lVtia. CIXDZ-J'Hn sonable dryness, and heat enough to produce ignition He created miniature explosions with smut, wheat and! corn dusts and other finely divided organic sub stances. The more finely divided the dust is the more readily it Ignites and burns, and the more violent the explosion. Because the smuts are so fine and dry they explode with con siderable force, Any situation that fills the air with a cloud of fine dust Is danger ous. Only a fire that will ignite It is needed to bring about violent ex plosions with great loss of property and sometimes human life. It Is par ticularly necessary that dust be not allowed to accumulate In elevator legs, on top of bins, around belts, or anywhere about the elevators an J bins. All such factors as static elec tricity, open flames and hot boxes, should be eliminated. The' use of Inert gas, usually flue gas that has been washed and dried and forced into the grinding ma chine, renders the dust practically immune to explosions. Threshing machine men are urged to send for the data on smut explosions available at O.A.C. or at the Office of Markets, U. S. D. A., Portland. (From June Motion rvur Magazine. Karlo Metcalfe is cow LVrimant Metcalfe and, until rofa5s ra tioned at Camp I'ptv'i. V jf. -r V I.. I., where he was one vrs In charge of train::: ti w. vr.-u army of drafted mes. Jack Pick.'ord tA i;.:.:u'i aviation corps. Fannis Ward $ y7v..t.tf Liberty bonds f.-vra e. Vs gulslied a l-cci '.-?;- is. '.i.AV, dent Wilson wij s.vif . :,.': to her of decvriv'j r si parted wi;2; :. . ': i i cial trair.. ; i;-vs ve ; an j cok; V.t 'i:.r;.r j :. fathers try l-t w, ) ' ::i cf Li'i-erty 11-rv.izc cvr to tis? ;,mr cifwu'.i lz Fntiisco. i" tils. rjs a F.j Ore, :i lx Aef".i which nt:ed I for :l Ds? Cross Tea Fornaa eslUt4 l;s t'..n a year a?J with the ran of corporal :a the tth company Coast artillery corps. Now te is Cnytain Fcrman and is stationed at Camp Kr:ae'. Ctl. S. Rankin Drew is an aviator of the first class in the famous Lafayette F.scadrille. Virginia Pearson and Theda Bara, two Fox stars, both have brothers in the service. Marguerite Clark sold $15,000.00" worth of Liberty bonds in her home town, Cincinnati, where a procession of SO'OO people escorted her through the city's streets to her Liberty bond office. Theda Bara sold $300,000 worth of Liberty bonds in one day In front of the public library, 'ew York. Rudolph Cameron has Joined the U. S. aviation camp at Miami, Fla Nigel Barrie, leading man for Mar guerite Clark, has Joined the Cana dian, flying corps. Kathlyn Williams is an active leader in the Red Star Society which lc supplying animal ambulances and veterinary surgeons to ease the pain of our four-footed allies in France. Pearl White is forming a Home guard composed exclusively of wo men, when some day. though God forbid it, it may become as famous as the Russian Legion of Death. Norma Talmadge has organized a circle of Red (Jross workers who meet at her home and prepare bandages. Roland Bottomley is a commis sioned officer in the English army. Charlie Chaplin invested $100,000 in Liberty bonds. Mary Miles Mlnter, William Rus sell, Gail Kane and Juliette Day pooled their subscription to the sec ond Liberty loan to the tune of $75, 000. Mary Plckford's efforts have been too numerous to try and mention them all. In addition to acting as gqd-mother to six hundred soldiers In the artillery corps and one hun dred and forty-four in the aviation corps, Mary has started a unique fund for the Red Cross. She re quests a day's pay from each con tributor and in return writes a per sonal letter of thanks. PAPER PUBLISHED IN MIDST OF FIRE ZONE "The Listening Post',, Is the title of a paper published by the First Battalion of Canadian volunteers at the front. Sergeant Goodrich, who recently returned from France and has been touring the state giving lec tures, displayed a copy of the publi cation a short time ago when he lec tured in Klamath Falls, some ex- ; tracts from it of which w ere puMish-i.- ed in the Klamath Falls Herald. Oom-- ing from a paper edited in the ion tif shell sid fir, the follow in ex- tr.u-t sho.s the immortal setue of .o tumor iu w. that never dies: I 4 ihic U New ArritaN" -' "Avoid tlv vicinity of bursting lae.' tiie ta most unwar ranted tiix'rtie ita your physique. "U you bae auy particular physi cal feature of wa;ca yon a-e proud, such as aa exceptionally sy metrical shiubot:. coucea.1 U carefully from er.emy shrapuet. Th alterations might not suit you. "Be chsent from th? neighborhood of rifle grenades when they are on the point of arriving. They are no respectors of the king's uuiform, and khaki shows stains so easily. "Never use your clasp knife to pry the nose off an unexploded shell. You might break the blade and lose a day's pay for destroying government property. "Have no dealings with the trench mortar bomb. It doesn't advertise. "The sigh of the nlnnenwefer may be a m6st seductive sound, but show your appreciation lying down. You may suffer a nasty bruise If you don't. "When you hear the sweet soprano notes of a traversing machine gun, stoop. Bullets enlarge the pores so. "Refrain from an excessive curios ity as to the construction and propul sive power of an enemy bomb. You might find out. "If an old-timer tells you to go out and paint a listening post, hit him with anything loose and handy. "Be absent from the line of flight of a bullet, If In the open; otherwise ward off any familiarity with a thick parapet. Don't look up at an overhead Taube. The aviator might be chew ing tobacco. Don't look over the parapet to see what the Germans are like. You can smell the good ones. "If you suspect any of your com rades of being a war poet, watch him closely. If you catch him In the act of writing a verse, slay him on sight. "Finally, if through carelessness, Ignorance, absent-mindedness, inad vertence or sheen bad luck, you should happen to be hit, conceal your money carefully In your sock before the stretcher bearer has time to go through you; simulate seml- delirium, and moan faintly, 'rum rum:' You will not get any. of course but It's worth the chance." I I ortff oann, vtitrr ih Chimo, Clock, Lend Your Funds to Whip the Huns SHOOT your 'Silver Bullets" into Liberty Bonds for Food, Supplies, Munitions and Ammunition. Save a little more. You run do it. SuWribe you limit to this THIRD LIBERTY LOAN, We shall be honored to accept your subscriptions or to give you any nec essary information. 1 ill w JLEvstNaUotiatJiank ASHLAND. OBEGON , .-.'' ";.,, , n.ii ii'MM! Ill EVCARTER.PPES. CM VAUPtL VICE PPCS JWIf COY. CASHItH CLARK BUSn.AS'TCASt HOMESTEAD RIGHTS VRGED FOR TROOPS I At the suggestion of the war aux iliary central committee and the Tathers' organization of Portland, Congressman McArthur Monday in troduced a bill giving preferential homestead rights to all men serving in the army or navy during the war with Germany, and also giving thes men the right to make filings on pub lic land while In the service through their fathers or other relatives or agents. , The bill provides that the time of service in the army or navy shall be credited as residence after returning, the soldier must live on his land at least one year, and that he must take up his abode there within six months after his discharge from the service. The bill also provides that. In case of death, the declarant soldier or sailor, before actually entering upon the land to reside, his widow or heirs shall have the right to perfect the homestead entry after one year's res idence upon the land. Mr. McArthur's measure has been referred to the committee on pub lic lands. This measure Is similar to one recently introduced in the senate by Senator McNary. If Secretary Baker had had any idea he would ever want to run for office he should not have permitted the report to get past the censor that he hid in a wine cellar in France dur ing an aerial bombardment. At least he should have had creditable witnesses to smell his breath when he emerged. Don't let your fire insurance policy give you a feeling of false security FIRE insurance is a vise and neces sary protection, espe cially when guaranteed by such a good com pany as the Hartford. But adversity has other forms. Accidents will happen that will cause you loss, which can be made up to you com pletely if you have complete protection. Let us explain this com plete protection as of fered by the INSURANCE 'SERVICE'; OP THE Jtt HARTFORD i Billings Agency Phone 211 "When you want good insurance talk with Billings." VICTORY WILL BE COSTLY, SAYS TAFT Advocating amendment to the draft law providing for the enlist ment of 5,000,000 or 6,000,000,00 men, ex-President Taft said: "This is to be a three-year war. two In which to send our boys across and a year to win the war. "I can't fight in the trenches be cause they say I can't get In them. But I can do my share and will do it, too, over here. We can't make omelettes without eggs; neither can we fight a battle without men. We won't win until the nation is a house of mourning. We'll have to go in the Valley of the Shadow of Death, but the result will be worth the cost." The State Treasurer is a member of the Board of Control, managing the state institutions. It re quires a man of executive and administrative ability Vote For E. D. CUSICK O! Albany Phone Job orders to the Tidings. RICH COAST MIXE HAS BEEX LEASED The Anvil Mountain mine, which has been leased by Arno Mereen and C. W. 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