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MOT TWO ASHLAND TTOIIfGS Monday, Jatw 17, 1818 MILLION AMERICANS WlLL ' '. BOON BE OVERSEAS ASHLAND' TIDINGS Bert R. Greer... Established 1876 Published every Monday and Thursday by . THE ASHLAND PRINTING COMPANY (Incorporated) (" ..). .....MM.M.M.. Editor OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER. TELEPHONE 39 SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, when paid at expiration One Year, when paid in advance. Six Months, when paid In advance. IXhree Months, when paid In advance .12.50 . 2.00 . 1.25 , .75 No subscription for less than three months. All subscriptions dropped t expiration unless renewal is receded. In ordering changes ot the paper always give the old street address or postoKice as well as the new. ADVERTISING RATES Display Advertising Single insertion, each inch . 25o Six months, each inch 20o One year, each inch 17 c Heading Notices 10 cents the line. Classified Column 1 cent the word first Insertion, cent the word each other insertion. Thirty words or less PB? month, ji.uu. Cards of Thanks 1.00. a Obituaries 2 ft cents the line. 5 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. l The Tidings has a greater circulation in Ashland and ita trade territory than all other Jackson county papers combined. ; Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postoffice as second-class mall matter. EVERYMAN'S PLEDGE v$ $ "America shall win this war! $ S Therefore, I will work, I will save, I will sacrifice, I will en- $ 4 dure, I will fight cheerfully 8 J$ and to my utmost ns If the 4 outcome of the struggle depends upon me alone." $ , i 4 S 4 $ S S s I i i DANGER OF OVER-CONFIDENCE No greater calamity could overtake .this country than for our people to become possessed of tho erroneous fcelief that the war Is as good as won and that further strenuous exertion Ja unnecessary. , The war is not won, and unless All indications are misleading, Is not likely to be won soon. The forces contending for victory are far too (evenly matched for either to obtain a decided victory. Every man, woman and child In jthip country should nerve themselves . constantly remind themselves that their utmost exertion and sacrifice is imperatively demanded. Any other attitude must result In a weakening tot the will to win, and a consequent ly slackening of effort and these at this stage of affairs would be fatal to our cause. Of course, It Is barely possible that some fortunate circumstance nay befall to throw victory to our arms, but this is extremely unlikely (until we have greatly increased our strength on the fighting front. So let us reach out after four or five millions of fighting men, put them on the front, and then sus tain them. It must not be said that America is a nation that has never done things by halves, has now taken VP the practice. We will have peace when our arms enforce it not before. THE GIANT IS AWAKE The giant Is awake at last. It has taken a year of sustained effort, and the mobilizing of an army of close to a million men, before we awoke from our slumber, but we are wide twake at last, and doing things with a big D. , Government departments are now Tunning smoothly, and 'the great ma chinery of war Is at last forging iahead. Huge stores of supplies of every conceivable description are be lng rushed across the Atlantic; army fter army Is being trained and dis patched, until the American forces and equipment on the other side are fast attracting the attention of the s . - - - , lASWWIm. CLYDE-2I. AR.R.OW COLLARS CLVm. PEABODY COU-. MAKEK3 world, and sending cold shivers up und down the German spine. The kaiser's boast to Mr. Gerard, that he had 500,000 German reserv irts In this country, and ready to take up arms at his word of com mand, has the ring of a huge joke. If they are here, they at least know how to preserve whole skins. We have hit our stride at last, and now let's keep it up till complete vic tory is ours. Kaiserdom, with Its at tendant train of evils, must perish from the earth. And let us not for one moment for get that America Is the deciding fac tor in the war. Every Piece of Meat From the East Side Market Is a Good Piece. That's the only kind we handle. Wholesale and Retail. FISH ON FRIDAYS. OYSTERS AND CRABS IN SEASON. James Barrett, Frop. Phone 188. ELKS LAY CORNERSTONE OF RASE HOSPITAL No. Boston, June 16. The cornerstone of reconstruction base hospital No. 1, the first of its kind in the United States and the gift to the government by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was laid yesterday In the presence of a distinguished as sembly of citizens. Representatives of the nation, state and city, with eminent men of the medical profes sion and thousands of Elks and prom inent citizens from all parts of the cast, participated in the ceremony on Parker hill and signalized by their presence and words the notable im portance of the event. This first reconstruction hospital, which will serve as the model, the ttandard-maker for similar ones to be established throughout the United States, will give the maimed and dis abled American soldiers and sailors the best of expert attention and oc cupational instruction. It will re build human wreckage into"able-bod-lcd men and will .educate them in occupations which' will best qualify them not to become a burden to so ciety. The aim of the hospital in brief may be said to be to minimize the sufferings and disabilities caused by the war and to protect the com munity from an undue number of crippled citizens. The government through the sur peon general's department in Nov ember last accepted the reconstruc tion hospital plans as a gift from the Elks. The Elks war relief com mission is building the reconstruc ts hospital at a cost of $250,000, (he money being taken from the Elks $1,000,000 war relief fund, voted by die Elks' 1917 convention. The hos pital will be ready to receive the wounded American soldiers and sail ors In early September. Fred Harper, graffd exalted ruler of the Elks, delivered the principal p.ddress of the occasion, telling of the benevolent and patriotic purposes that prompted the Elks to make the gift to their country and dwelling on the bleesingB that seem certain to await the war-afflicted Boldiery that court the benefits of the institution. The subordinate lodges of Elks in New England were represented by E. Mary Sullivan,- exalted ruler of the Boston lodge of Elks. Every devlci and resource known to the medical .science will be at hand at the reconstruction hospital to re build every part of the human frame. Men with half their faces shot away by shrapnel will get new Jawbones from their ribs and new noses and new checks from the cartilages and tissues on other parts of their bodies. Thousands of men who would be human wrecks without proper treat ment will be rebuilt at the new re construction hospital and taught a trade that will make them economic assets Instead of liabilities. The men with fractures that have not rightly knitted, with stiff Joints, with nerve palsies from shock or from injury Ihese are the cases the reconstruction hospital will help. They will have the regular base hospital treatment Just behind the firing lines, where ihe first surgical work will be done. Maimed and disfigured men will be reconstructed by operation, by ap laratus, by education. Treatment v. ill be given not only to,, the classes l1 ready mentioned, but also to those that need plastic operations to rem edy constructures or defects or who r.eed appliances to supplant a miss ing limb. Those given artificial limbs will be educated in their industrial use. No agency of the United States army or navy Is able to supply this treatment. The government has frankly admitted It and for this rea son has turned with eager grateful ness and an assured spirit of co-operation to the plans which were pro posed to it by the Elks. Dr. F. J. Cotton, one of the origin ators of the Idea of a reconstruction 1 ospital in Boston and one of the leading orthopedic surgeons of the country, will be in charge of the hos pital for the government. The hos pital will need a well trained and es pecially efficient professional staff. us necessary nucleus nas been re cruited and is only awaiting the word to begin its service. The institution consists of a complete unit of twin war hospital buildings, vocational workshops, barracks, mess hall and post exchange. t". OF O. TO CONDUCT MILITARY ENCAMPMENT The University of Oregon will con duct a military encampment for four weeks beginning Monday, June 24. The work will be modelled on that of the famous Plattsburg officers' train in? camp. Lieut-Colonel John Lead er, who was commander of the Royal Irish Rifles at the battle of the Som me, together with an American of ficer to be assigned by the war de partment, will be in charge.- Any one capable of doing the work is eligible to attend and no enlistment or promUe to enlist will be required. The following advantages 'are -to be anticipated: First: Men expecting to be draft ed will find that such perllminary training Is likely to secure for them early promotion to the position of non-commissioned officer, and ap pointment to army officers' training camps, where they may earn com missions: Second: Men satisfactorily com pleting the course may be Included in one of the quotas, to be assigned to the university for appointment di rectly to officers' training camps where they can earn commissions. Third: Men satisfactorily com pleting the course will be qualified to organize and command home guard companies. High school teach ers attending will be qualified to In troduce military training into their 1'Igh schools. Fourth: University, college and high school students taking the work will be qualified for promotion in the R. O. T. C. organizations and in high school training units next fall. Fifth. All attending may expect great physical benefit from a vaca tion spent In this way under Ideal conditions of climate together with carefully directed physical and men tal activity of a highly advantage ous type. Those desiring may take rdvantage without "extra cost of the university summer school. Sixth: Preparation of this kind Is an act of patriotism In the pres ent International situation, as no one knows what he may be called upon to do In the next few years. The cost will be nominal. The ra tions and fees for the entire four weeks will amount to $40. Each man will be expected to bring two blan kets and some kind of a uniform. Those not already supplied with uni form are advised to acqulre"coverall" trench uniforms at a cost ,of about 57.00. The guns and equipment of the university battalion will be avail able, and the men will be housed in the university , dormitories, In the gymnasium and In tents. Detailed information and descrip tive folder may be obtained from the adjutant, University of Oregon, Eugene. More than a million American men will be in service In France in the rear future, declared Secretary Bak er in a recent address to 137 gradu ates of the West Point military academy. . ' Supplementing ills speech an nounclng In Washington that "United States soldiers exceeding 700,000 in number have disembarked on French toil," Mr. Baker said that "we will shortly pass the mlHlon mark." General Peyton C. March, phlef of staff, who made commencement day tho occasion of his first official visit to the academy, said that neither the menace of the raiding German sub marines off the American coast nor the territorial gains of the enemy on the western front will effect Amer ica's policy of sending men to France as fast as ships can carry them. The graduaflon was that of the c'ass of 1919,. whose members were (.warded their diplomas a year ahead of time, the first since 1817 to at tain that distinction, because of the urgent need in the army for.tralnei: officers. Secretary Baker, who awarded the diplomas to the graduates, told them they were destined to have a part In leading the armies of the nation to a victorious peace. "After that," he said, "as officers of the regular party you will prepare not for war, -but be ready for another war, If anybody wants to make It." He declared the United States be came a belligerent because "fier many tried to. crush individual hu wan happiness and liberty." "I can Imagine that when the God of nations calls the roll of those who have been faithful," said Mr. Baker, "England will say, 'I have been. My losses have been grievous, but my spirit is unshaken.' Italy answers too, from. the Alps and the Aslago She says, 'My sons are here dying and ftruggling, Jiut holding the mountain passes against those who would trusn U3.' And France Oh! the beauty and sublimity of her re sponse: 'I am here bleeding at every pore. Sly country is part occupied The mother earth has received to it self again hundreds of thousands of ny dead children. But our heads are high, our determination Is un broken. They shall not pass.' "And when America answers, does it not thrill you to hear, 'We, too, have crossed the danger-Infested seas as Lafayette and Rochambeau did long years since; we have co-odinat ed our workshops and fabricated our materials., We are marching hun dreds of thousands strong, and we will continue to be there to the end ORDER FUEL NOW TO AVOID FAMINE LATER The Washington state fuel admin istration has served notice on house hold and industrial consumers that neglect to order fuel now may result in their being cut off from supplies later. The notice reads: "In case there is a coal shortage next winter, the consumer who has storage space, or who could have pro vlded for storage of his coal and who did not, will not be supplied until all booked orders have been filled, and then he will be obliged to take his chances." In this connection Fuel Adminis trator Holmes of Oregon does not de- tlre to make the same order unless compelled to do so. He points out. however, that there are many people without means of fuel storage and some without money sufficient to or der ahead, and that their needs must ne met if possible. To this end he is of the opinion that the "fuel slack er" that is, one who can buy and who does not, in the summer months -should not feel put out if such or der is put into effect when the cold weather sets In. Did you know that there was In Europe a tiny republic a mile and a half square and containing a popula tion of 3,500 people. Did you know It lay on the border of Belgium and Prussia, four miles southwest of Alx-la-Chapelle, and that it Is known as Moresnet or Altenberg? How would you like to live In a country Just b'g enough to plant a flagstaff In? "When you want Good Insurance Talk with Billings." Growing Grain r.NSURED against fire loss In the field, while standing, in the shock, and stack, In the sack and after ward can be transferred to warehouse. A small premium will protect the pro fits of a year's work. Billings Agency Real Estate and Real Insurance Phone 211 - 41 East Main St. Established 1883. 7 Community Co-Operation i 8l 85 PATRONIZING home industry is im portant to a local community. It bt . important to its industries and to its people. Remember, Ue money you Bpend with Ashland merchants stays at home and finally gets back to you. The First National Bank has long been a member of the Federal Reserve System. 1 i hJkErstNatiotiaWatik EV CARTER.. PRES.. CMVAUPEL VICE-PRCS OWM" COY, CASHIER CLARIS BU5PI.ASST CASH TRUTH TRIUMPHS Ashland Citizens Testify for the Pub- lie Ilenefit. A truthful statement of an Ash land citizen, given in his own words, should convince the most skeptical about the merits of Doar.'s Kidney Pills. If you suffer from backache, nervousness, sleeplessness, , urinary disorders or any form of kl(jney Ills, use a tested kidney medicine. An Ashland citizen tells of Doan's Kidney Pills. Could you demand more convinc ing proof of merit? , Allen Davis, 137 First st., says: 'Sometime ago I had a bad attack of kidney and bladder trouble. It came on so suddenly, I thought I was done for. My back ached and the kidney secretions were so painful In passage I could hardly stand the misery. I finally began using Doan's Kidney Pills and they proved a godsend to me. They corrected the trouble and restored me to my usual good health." Price 60c. at all dealers. 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