Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, August 19, 1918, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPACK TITO ARHLAVn TIDIXCft Monday, Angnst 10, 1018. ASHLAND Established 1878 j Published evwy Monday and Thursday by THE ASULAXO I'lUXTIXG OOMPAXV (Incorporate) rtR. Greer...... ... OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER. ' s TELEPHONE 39 SlllSCmi'TIOX KATES One Year, when paid at expiration una Year, when naid In advance Btx Months, when paid In advance,. Tore Months, when paid In advauce No subscription (or less than three months. All subscriptions dropped at expiration unless renewal Is received. In ordering changes or the paper postolflce as well as the new. ADVEKT1MNG KATKS Display Advcrtlnlns ' Siugln Insertion, each Inch 25c Six months, each Inch 20c One year, each inch Jtendini: Notices 10 cents tho Classified Column 1 cent the word other Insertion. Thirty words or less one. month, l.ou. Cards pf Thanks $1.00. Obituaries 2 M cents the line. i - I'rnternnl Order and Societies Advertising for fraternal orders or societies charging a re?ular lnltla Hon fco and dues, no discount. rhxrtpA for all advertising when an the regular rates. When no aamlsslon fifty lines reading will be allowed without charge. All additional at regular rates. The Tidings greater circulation in Ashland and its trade territory than all other Jackson county papers combined. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, J t S 8 ?$ i v 'V i 4 eyit.ym ax s pi.i:ik;e ? "America shall win this war! v T!;crcfore. I will vork. 1 will save, 1 will sacrifice, I will rn ? dure. I will tight cheerfully and to my utmori us If tlio outcome of the strussle depends upon me alone." 4 $ S $ ? i" '! ' $ J AX i:(.I.ISll SKXTIMKXT A Grants Pass boy In London sent the following clipping from the Lon don Tunes toils mother, In .which the attitude of the Finnish tjoward the American soldier Is expressed. The artlclo was published In the Grants Pass Courier: There Is no "mighty" for tho American soldier on leave from the front or receoverlng from wounds or nckness. England's strength has been in her ten days' leave at honu. Hut what will the Americans do? Have we thought about H yet? When Sammy comes to us. either rs a warrior eager for the fray or us a tired or broken man seekinj rest, he does not come home to the nc place in all the world where l'pace holds its place and human love t heds a radiance which floods tho Jieart.wlth a supreme Joy: Britain's sons from over seas, of course, "come home." But for the American soldier it Is, and remains, we regret to say, a strange country despite the fact that there Is hardly a town, a village, or a hamlet In all the country from wlilch his father or his father's father did not conic !Ie enters It, maybe, with some fam- .'lr tradition ringing In his ears and Mining the blood within him, which tells how in the days gone by some Ancestors of his left the English town or village for the Land of the Free, cutting himself off from home, 'oundlng for himself a home In the I'nited States where he and his hav l?arned to love and venerate Old Glory as the symbol of freedom. Deep down in his heart there still lingers a trace of love for tho Eng llfh home. It only needs an awak filing by us to stir it into life that v'.ll grow in strength, to the lasting benefit of the 'Anglo-Saxon race. The American soldier is "coming home " Have we thrown the door open wide enough? Four years of war ha've made us Mase. Official repression has shut down the expression of the spirit vhlcb, unseen, accompanies our own toldiers to the port of embarkation, and goes with them to the battle Held. V.'e haTe ot Into the war liablt of "carryicg on," without so CHICHESTER SPILLS tAcreti fclMoND bKAND FILLS Id Rro ndJ Colo mrtallle boxn. riled wub Blur() ibboa Tin kom. Bi,rf.V ilnrl.t m4 k tor HI.C Ul K.TH ( V " RUtmi PII.LM, for IwrntT-grt ytar regarded in I(t,balcsl. Alwayi Brilnble. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE .DIAMOND ffS BaANQ I TIDINGS Editor 12.50 . . 2.00 1.25 .. 73 always give the old street address or 17'4 line. ' Ilrst Insertion. H cent the word each Kellgtous and benevolent orders will le admission or other charge Is made, at Is charged, space to the amount of Postofflce as second-class mall matter. much as a heart-flutter, when our gallant sous go forth to fight our battles, uncheered and unaccompan ied to the edge of the great adven ture. And so the American soldier, com-:-,S Into the war to hnlp to punish the wo-ld's greatest evildoer, crosses sometimes farce thousand miles of land, always throe thousand miles of rca, fired by a holy desire and Im pelled forward by tht spirit of the Crusader. Tie passes through our ccuntry on his way to a cold mist, which, however, does not damp his i.'dor nor check his enthusiasm. He does not complain; he only feels the sudden change of human atmosphere -the change from a great coatinent to a sudden halt beside a still lake. Hut one day lis will get a well earned leave or an honorable Mound from which skill and science will help him to recover. ' Where Is he going? Blighty is not iho place for Mm, because. Blighty Every Piece of Meat From the East Side Market ' Is a Good rieoc. That's the only 'kind we handle. Wholesale and Retail. FISH ON' FRIDAYS. OYSTERS AND CRABS IX SEASON, James Barrett, Prop. Fuone 188 iios no meaning for him. He will come to London, perhaps. London the lonllest city in the world for tin stranger. Ho may wander along N streets when hi becomes convel tscent or gets his precious leave. Ho will find, in a city of more than a hundred and twenty square niile, one square mile In which a door will welcome him and a roof will shelter Mm among others who have come from the uttermost parts of the earth. 'Even then ho will not have found home. Will mother England take him home sons of her sons, bone of her bone, flesh of her flesh? Of course che will. She is anxious, very anxi ous to do so. We knQvthat she Is, for the edi .or of the Weekly, Dispatch has pos- rcsilon of a bundle of letters from representative Englishmen full ot the anticipated joys which would come into their lives were some cen tral organization established to maku England the home of the American cn leave or convalescent. Fathers who have lost sons in this war. mothers who have mourned In secret the passing of the boy upon w horn in the days of peace they had built their hopes and staked their ill, will fling open wide their doors to the American soldier, thousands of miles from home, and give Mm the best that an English homo tan give. He does not want to see our towns, although he shares our prldo In the historical features of so manv ot them-. To him, as to the British Ecldler, there Is no place like home. I et us give him what we give to all who count England home. Down In the depth of this coun- ry, right In the heart of England, there Is a spot hallowed for ever in the hearts of all who speak the Ejrig- HEAVY WORK ON ' - . 8 .-m L -Tw K . 1 " v v These powerful American nnillerymen, with huge crowbars, ore working fast to get thcirJieavy gun into position to hurl Its shells nt tho ret renting Huns. It is a diilici cult Job, for the earth sh tongue. In Stratford-on-Avon. the birthplace and death place ot hakespeare, born, and dead upoi'. the feast day of the patron saint of K'ngland, Is a glorlouj heritage of home. , Is there any reason why the rest home, the leave home of the Ameri can soldiers, should not be in the ppot sacred to England, represcnta- ive of England, and honored by the L'ngllsh speaking peoples throughout the world? What is there that tands in the way v such a home lor the tired and broken American soldier? Is It that cold-blooded form ula: It has never been done, there to no precedent? Or is it that those ho should think and act in these ciatters made a sterile imagination? The roses of England will soon Ij j bloom, the hearths and homes around which they grow have their f'a'ors wide open. All offer the Amer ican soldidr a warm welcome. He is here to help us to see tills world nightmare through, lie may e here for a long time to come. He vrlll not go home until he has done he work he set out to do. llai; did not wait for his numbers tom- lorm to regulations of the army council before giving the American soldier the chance to stand side by fide with the Ijiitish and French, cementing In blood a bond of friend ship which nothing may ever sever. And when he does go home, what then? As we sow we shall reap, and if we sow well today we know that when he goes home he too will sow the seeds of everlasting concord. The American mother is watching ind waiting. People's Forum Seeing Cedm-viUe . Cedarvllle, Cal., Aug. 11. '18 Editor Tidings After three days of mountain staging, here we are, 2(10 utiles from good old Asjjland town, oome or me riding was so rough that I verily believe my liver and lights changed places 19 times At Lakeview the southbound travel er rises at 5 a. m., an boards a lit tle jerkwater train which runs from Reno, New The slowness of this train is considered a fair subject for jokes. The traveler Is told tha there are two ways of getting Into Ihit, part of the country: walking m;d riding on the narrow-guage rail maa. ji in a hurry he Is advised to walk. Once upon a time, so the itory goes, when the train was Hear ing ilts southern destination, the conductor asked a. young man fo' his ticket. "You told me I didn't need a tick ei, replied the passenger. "Don't ycu remember telling me that when I got on at Lakewlew?' "I remember telling a little boy that, replied the ticket puncher. "Well. I'm.that little bay," replied uiv iuuiiB man. i ve grown some flnco we started." he added. Missing the Cedarvale stage at At luras. county seat of Modoc county i caugiu a ride for 12 miles, then walked 10 more over the mountains finally fettlnc a lift the last three miles. Into Cedarvllle, which is on Pie east side of the Warner ridge, Alturas being on the west sldi neart the lfeadwaters, of the Pitt river. That 10-mlle walk, two-thirds of it Leing uphill to the 7000-foot summit through the deep dust and In the iiot sun, earring a suit case that seemed to Increase In weight every mile, was not the pleasantest experi ence of this 523-mile trip. The higher slopes of the WarnSr mountains are clothed with beauti ful fir foredls , somewhat to tin traveler's surprise. Passed a pine stump over four feet across. Cedarvllle Is a sleepy old Califor nia village 600 sou's, founded 50 years ago. It Is the 'chief point In '.he Surprise valley, so named by some surveyor who discovered it in running the west line of Nevada, which Is only a dozen miles ast THE FIGHTING LINE ' . it v , SV v. i '. , . x it ' "" .- :" is pitted with shell craters. of Cedarvillo, and who were surprls od at the long, thick grass growing l'cre. Fort BIdwell, where there Is a Piute Indian school, Is located at tho upper end of the valley, near Cow Head lake. Although the altltuds le 600 feet, peaches, apricots, swee: cherries', watermelons and tomatoes ire successfully produced., Alfalfa seed Is one of the best paying croi',9, i 40-acre field averaging $30 per acre for 12 years. Tho , 120-acre place for which I am thinking of trading Is similar to this land, soma cf the soil being superfine and the location near the mouth of Granger canyon making It the best location In tho valley for tender fruits and vegetables, according, to the county horticulturist. This official, by the way. was murdered by an Irate or orehardifit who was compelled to i-'lray his trees. This morning I shot a jackrabbit in the sale brush, no, in the back, when the hit was made It Is a ques tion which was the most surprised, !he Jack or O. H. BARNHfLL. 7,000,000 Neglected Soldiers In America Tor every one who owns an auto mobile this Is tourning time of year. And In every part of the country, lours this season are planned to in clude at least one of the great can tonment the training centers from whence a million men already have been sent overseas and which now are" filling with the second million. Visitors to these cantonments are impressed by their extent and com pleteness. With surprising show of durability every necessary provision has been made for the health", com fort and proper training of the men who remain in them only a few months to be prepared for only : few years' active service, at most Of course the one answer to the 'onder aroused by this appearance of stability in an obviously transi ent need is the permanence of the cause. The aim is sufficiently high and beneficial to justify vast expen diture of life, labor and money, be fore that end is attained these sol dier cities may'mave turned out as jnany as 5,000,000 fighters for free dom. What then will become of the cantonments remains to be seen. Most of them, perhaps, will disap pear as quickly as they grew. . But with freedom saved, none ever will count the money cost. And that will be swallowed up in the pride and rajjsfaction of having faithfully serv ed justice, mercy and truth. , Indeed, pride swells In the breast of every beholder of these ample In stitutions for the defense of democ incy. They are so big and fine, and hey stand out so boldly against the horizon of our best hopes! Probably it never has occurred to one suoli visitor that on the way to any of these camps he has passed thg outer-fortifications of a system of defense without which an array of even 5,000,000 men would be a weak champion of human rights! Unfortunately, there is little rea son for such a thought engaging the traveler for the average one-room country school house in thiB land Is so forlorn as to make no Impression on the passerby. Y'et It Is upon. these '.ne-room country school houses, of which we have 210,000, that seven million boys and girls one-third of the total of all our human material training to maintain, defend ajid ad vance democracy through the years today depend for that training. In neglecting the rural schools we are disloyal not only to our ideals, but to the very basis of our Institu-i tions. The miserable excuse of education al advantages furnished by a large proportion of our country schools Is one of the causes for the Increasing oepopulatlon of our farm land. The iuro of town and city Is due In a reecure to better school advantages. AS a Xationnl hank, this Institution in Nubjcet lx)lli to the national bank inu laws und to rcgulur examinations !iv Koveriunriit Inspectors. You will enjoy a connection with the First National Hunk. Tin) 4th Liberty Lean has been announced for October. Begin to save for It NOW. 1 WkEesfNaiiotmimak fc ASHLAND. ''ll - Right-minded parents are not willing tber children should lack the oppor tunities which are freely within the reach of other children. The man in tio field knows as "well as any other man that knowl edge Is the master, key; he knows also, from experience, that the soil's tesponse Is measured as much by brains as by brawn. Naturally he and his mate desire for their child ren the best chances for success. It can be seen that food produc tion Is In no small measure depends nt upon what we will do for thi eduction of 7,000,000 rural children.1 aH0 lM0;ie U!it'a for livestock and In this connection one figure-fact i aK donicstlc animals. Rural schooM nlone should suffice to emphasize ' ?re on the "verage less adequate for the seriousness of this situation and ithtlr thi,n I)rlsons- nMyums, the need for prompt and intelligent ' "lmsho"st'9' Bta,,I,'H- dalrv ''"ns, pig action. lens, chicken houses and dog ken- ' r els " The average rural term in our' n', town and city schools Is IS! day3. , . 7 t'' condition must be In our rural schools It Is 13S days ' ' y .l'"'0,"8 ParU This means that the country ch Id , b" rota JC W II .t. v tija i-n.i BLIJUUII1IR IIIUU III'; city child, a total of 39S days lo-;:' to each child in the elementary S- ebools. Multiply this by 7.000.01,0 and you will find that the farm chJl dren of the nation lose each year 322,000,000 days of schooling. uch a loss should arouse public opinion even if the schooling provide ed in rural districts were equivalent J ic mat orrered in the towns and cit ies. But every one familiar with our lural schools knows that Is not the case. The fact that the average pay of the country school teachers Is $3C0 a year Is, in itself, answer enough. Nor is this or. any other i fact connected with the situation to lie wondered at, after seeing the av erage type of one-room rural school house which pockmarks each state in the union. I'sually it is set beside a bad road which, In wet or wintry weather be comes well nigh Impassable. Nearly fclways It Is a ramshackle bulldfng, improperly heated and without a semblance of correct ventilation. To rttempt in such a place to insplrs in the mind of youth a relatlonshlu between education and right' Ideals V WHITE OFFERED FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 5-TON SIZES Standard Chassis and Dump Models, Especially 9 Adapted for Hauling Logs, Lumber, Mine Hauling, and Heavy Mountain Work WARNING: Order THE WHITE COMPANY Market Street at Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, Cal. G. A. URQUHART, Pacific Coast Manager UNIVERSITY of OREGON LTSr I Full equipped liberal culture nntl scientific departments. Special I training in Commerce, loiirnaliin. Architecture, Lnw, Medicine 1 TnwhiniS. Library Work. Mimic. Ilutiiwhald Arl. I'liynirnl Training .ml Mu, Art. 'I Military Krirarr la rhantr ol Amrrlran and llrili.a ollicrn. Drill. Ii... . n.u . . all aa-loalr. aaanl oa nprrirnrr in aiwnl , . ,.... T s. Tallica FRKK. Library ol N0.IIO0 roluiar' Tr ' -i.r"j idiniivnri wy, V - H ril ,,ri',,," Kitfw, Of(tft. fur illunttMlt-d btx.klr.. h -Mr WHir ilk. mi . wnwten TfAff' Bank, ifh the Chimo, Clock," Government Supervision 1 Of2EGONI:T -evcarter .ppes . .Jiy CrtVAU PEL Vict Pts B CLAfM BUSftASiT CASH ef social lifo'and government Is al most like selecting a gambling room as an object Icsbwu of Industry and honesty. Any 0119 inclined to regard this as a prejudiced view may replace it vlth tho following statement from il. W. Foght, of the federal bureau of education: "Tho rural school, from the stand-1-oint of health and general fitness for Its Important us?, Is tho worst type of building in ihe whole coun !ry. Including not only all types of i u!Jdii:gf used for human beluga. ' . nu.,cu uu tuusullUUl- , ed schools substitution for threj or moro neighboring one-room shacks ci a modern building centrally locat- i I:',." X V ... ,e-1-' BS Lrow arc few and far between. Phil- uelphla North American. j.tPAMisi: oi kk kk ox ' VISIT TO CAMP LEWIS Major K. Mldzatanl, of tho imper- l.'.l Japanese army, for the past few months a military observer on tho French and Italian fronts, was a visi tor at Camp Lewis last week. He was with the French troops for three months and ona month with those of 'taly. Ho Is a veteran of thp Japanese-Russian war, having held a. com mission as a lieutenant In the Jap tnese army, and was also In com mand of troops at Chintau when tho Japanese wrested that city from German control. He said that the sending of troops into Siberia by the allies would ffcrca it.'ie Germans fo send men there, and veaken their western front. He also believes thct the Rusjian expedi tion w lll shorten the war to a greater degree than is generally thought. TRUCKS now supply limited 1 war. Comalrlr ayalrm ol Irrnrhr.. bride, . lar-uvrrnmrnl n. tl, T.C Itormilnrlr. I..r mm and worn