ASHLAND TIDINGS
Established 1876
Published every Monday and Thursdny by
THE ASHLAM) ritl.NTINU COMPANY (Incorporated)
fcert K. (ireer.
Editor
OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER.
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's- "America shall win this war! 1-
Thercfarc, I will work. I will S
save, I will sacrifice, I will en- '
& dure, I will fight cheerfully S
fc and to my utmost as if the s
outcome of the struggle depends $
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when auk AKiuvi:s
When I am old I will observe the
following Items (perhaps):
1 will not try to act nor dress nor
talk so as to make people think 1
am younger than 1 am.
I will not pretend to bo young, nor
be angry when called old, nor asham
ed of my age.
I will not complain of being old.
I will not continually remind peo
ple cf my old aga to secure their
sympathy, or to hear them say I am
not old after all, or do not seem so.
1 will not form the habit of In
dulging In reminiscences.
1 will be particularly careful not
to repeat the same anecdotes over
and over.
I will not complain of the pros
ent and claim the past was much
better.
If I am deaf, weak-eyed, lame or
otherwise afflicted, 1 will not adver
tise my Infirmities, but avoid ol.
finding them upon the notice of oth-
tr as much as possible.
I will not talk of myself, my
works, or my achievements, even of
my mistakes, any more than Is neces
sary. I will speak cheerfully or keep
itill.
1 will never Indulge In cynicism,
irver sneer at youth, and I will try
always to appreciate what younger
fo'ks do.
1 will be as little bored as I can,
rnd never say 1 am bored, nor, If
Iiofslble, act as If I am bored.
I will not give advice unless It la
arked, and not often then.
I will not be Irritable.
I will not be a nuisance nor an
encumbrance, so far as In me lies.
1 will not be offended by neglect,
but I will remember the words of
the sage: "Those who coma to see
ne do me honor; those who do not
come to see me, di me a favor."
I will be aa little disagreeable as
pcsiMe, and will never us my nat
ural dlsagreea'il'ncss as a means of
Fitting my way.
1 will cultivate the friendship and
companionship of young children,
who alone understand old age.
I will larn to love to lie alone. As
. i sn says: "The freest scul is tnc
joul that is alone."
I bhall try to show the world that
old ag Is spiritual opportunity and
i;ot physical calamity.
forced to become a by-stander, I
Miall try to be a hopeful one.
! shall try to sweeten like the pear
Hr. Holmes describes t hat mellows
.'ml becomes full flavored before it
drops from the stem, and shall try
not to sour and dry and rot.
I shall conceive my life's triumph
to be to grow triumphantly, victori
ously old.
la a word, I shall try to adjust my
self to old age, as to all other facts
of life. Ufa.
Every Piece of Meat From the
East Side
Market
Is a Good Tiece.
That's the only kind we handle.
Wholesale and Retail.
FISH ON FRIDAYS.
OYSTERS AND CRABS IN SEASON.
Janes Barrett, Prop., Thone 1S8
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SOLDIERS' LETTERS
Following is a letter from Private
ElJier II. Ketchum of the 6th Com
pany, 20th reslment engineers, now
hervlng In France, written to his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Ketchum,
of this city:
Started Aug. S, 1918
Dear Mother and Father: You
can Imagine how pleased I was to
get your letters of June 17 and July
1. after waiting pntiently for nearly
three weeks for some word from
you.
1 do not understand why they both
reached me at the sama time, there
being about two weeks difference
iu their dates, t read tho news clip
pings with much Interest and want
you to know I surely appreciated
tnem and your thoughtfulness in
sending them. Harold Simpson cer
tainly writes a very interesting let
ter and has the ability to state facU
clearly and in an interesting man-
ac r.
1 see lie is one of the lucky few
who have been to Paris and vicin
ity Well, we all can't expect to
see that famous city, but it does
teem too bad that we probably will
come back to the states without en
joying such a sight. Just in time 1
caught myself writing here Just how
far we are from Paris.
I have been moved from our camp
to a very pretty little town, from
viiere our lumber is shipped. There
aro 13 of us and are billeted (quart
tred) In a French building used for
the accommodation of U. S. troops,
s? I fi?el I am very comfortable In
l elng able to sleep under a good old
til a roof this winter instead of a
tow yards of canvas.
Wo have two front rooms on the
iccond floor and although electric
1'ht, steam heat, etc., are lacking,
we are very comfortable and satis
fied In that respect.
I begin to feel a little more civiliz
ed after being In camp so long, with
Just an occasional visit to town and
then just for a few hours.
This Is quite a fair-sized place,
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lii'obubly &000 people. It has num-j
U'cus shops, which do a good bus:-;
tk'ss now since the boys luive ccniej
over, but llio one uusiness mai uues;
i;ct a cood part of the soldier's
' jack" 13 the sale of wines and beer. 1
The towns aro "leusey" with cafes
nd some are even found between !
vlllases, at ci'oss roads, or on hill;
.tops.
The French are surely a win'j-
drlnklns people and remind me of
the Italians, who always have their
vino" with their meals. Well the
frogs" (as they are called by all
of us) are the sams way.
We all have had our fill of their
vines now though and take nothing
but the good old "la blere", unless,
of course, thoco who really want to
celebrate. They take wine or "bot
tled headaches," as we call It.
I am very surprised to hear you
are Intending to move to Sacramento.
Hope you do though, for I know you
will like it much better there, and
you will also have better roads fo.
that car you are going to buy before,
I get back, or did you change you."
mind?
If they keep the Boche on the
l.in for another month, like they
have for the last two weeks, It prob
ably won't be long before we are all
home again and that, of course, Is
o;;r only desire.
Since moving to town we all say
dinner Instead of "mess," and as it
i-i about time for dinner will lay
this aside till tomorrow evening, and
will then write more.
Just finished wo,k for the day,
had a good wash, so will add a few
llr.oe to this before supper. We are
divided Into three crews of five men
each and have three shifts. The first
crew goes on at 5 a. m. and quit
work at 4:30 p. in: with three-quarters
of an hour for breakfast and the
same for the noon meal. Oue crew
v-orks from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. and
the other from 9:30 a. m. till 9 p. m.
with the same hours for meals. Eith
er of the three shifts are par hon
'not good), but we alternate so are
all treated alike. Loading lumber
In these French cars Is no easy prop
osition, the cars being so small. The
i vtrage capacity of those wo get Is
llrom 10 to 20 tons so, dad, you can
.-ompare tnem to tne American cars
and see the difference. Although
there are larger and better equipped
cure In Trance they are not near
as numerous as the smaller cars.
Occasionally we get one from an
o;her country such as Belgium, Italy
cr German, In fact, va loaded a Ger
man-made car today. They are all
very similar and can hardly be rec
ognized except by the namas and the
writing on them.
Instead of the conductor collect
in;; the tickets enroute to your des
tination, they are taken at the sta
tion at which you get off, and be-
i'eve me, many a one of the "Amex"
ride free. The fare Is hardly worth
tlu trouble It might cause, for you
van nue ior less man 1 cent per
Mile, and consUlering the difference
in accommodations Mietween thesi
and American roads, that Is just
0'iout what it Is worth. The rate
1 speak of applies to third-class pas-
rengjrs only, the first and second
t'ar.s beins more, of course, but bet
ter coaches are provided. What lit
tie traveling I have done so far has
not been first or second class.
i receivea a magazine this evening
(ailed 'The Soldiers' News" and Is
published In Portland, Oregon. It
contains principally tho most Import
ant news items of the counties of
(i-ic'on and i.. v.-ry luterestln;;. The
account of ?,:r. Co:':i.;!ius' accident
:i:;;cn3 t::'-:e frcm Jackson coun
ty. Y(s, Vernon I'cnnedy Is still In
my comrany, In fact, he Is here In
town on one of the crews.
Glad the folks In Dunsmuir s:en
the picture, ii'H llir.t they would be
inierestcJ In seeing one of the fam-
i'y fr. one of old I'nclo Sam's army
uniforms.
The other (iiiestIoii3 you asked I
!,ave answered In some of the letters
you have Our r.as masks were Is
sued to us lr.it we.-k and expect to
aet our helmets !n'a few days. Wc
pro'iubly will never have occasion
i" use them, but they ore part of the
.emulation equipment and must be
had for emer?ncy.
Some of the engineers who have
them already ue the helmets for
vash pans. Will call this .the end
ot the second Installment and go
cat.
Have bt two days go by without
adding any thing to this, so will
i:?i!r,h It before going to work this
uiorning.
Tour of us made a trip to the near
est b!g town from here, Sunday, and
had quite a good time. Took in a
French "movie" but, of course, could
not read the writing, so did not en
jy It like wo would an American
1 icture Cost us SO centimes or
rl'out 15 cents. Instead of the chairs
facing the screen, they are placed In
line the other way and tables are
placed In front of them. Beer, cho
colate and other drinks are served
for a small amount. Tho French sure
lack the business spirit and enter
prise that the Americans have.
Tried to cash tho check, which I
was glad to gat, but failed to do
so, and was told although It was
possible, that It would take some
t'me and trouble, so will Just keep
it Of courso, I could use the money
but do not really need It.
Will thank you again for It, and
I know It was the spirit more than
the value In which you gavo It, that
you thought of.
It Is about time to labor again, so
v,!ll have to stop. Sure worked hard
yesterday.
Hope tho train is on time that
brings me back to California and you.
Write often to your loving son.
ELMER.
Notice new address, f-vt. Elmer H
Ketchum, Co. No. 6, 20th Regt. En
gineers, A. E. F via New York.
ONE WEAK SPOT
Many Ashland People Have a AYenk
Part nml Too orten It's
tho Rack
Many people have a weak spot.
Too often It's a bad back.
Twinges follow every sudden twist,
Dull aching keeps up, day and
night.
Backache, to often from weak kid
neys.
In such cases a kidney msdlcine Is
needed.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
For backacho and urinary Ills.
Ashland people recommend the
remedy.
Mrs. E. F. Wolters. 263 Moun
tain avenue, Ashland, says: "I have
been taking Doan's Kidney Pills off
lind on far a long time when I have
fe't any need of a kidney medicine
and they have never failed to glvs
,-ood results. I am subject to back
acho at times and my kidneys act Ir
reuularly but Doan's soon remedy
this trouble."
Price COc, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply aok for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same kind
Mrs. Wolters had. Foster-Mllburn
Co., Mfgrs.t Buffalo, Is'. Y,
w0mm
7,'Cfi9 Bank vi?b
the Chima Clock
A Great
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HIE new that every man and wo
man In Ann'ika voluntarily subscrib
ed their quotas in tho Jtli Lllx-iiy
Loan IMMEDIATELY, upon the
opening of tho drive, would do more
to discourage Germany than a mili
tary defeat.
Do your thinking mid figuring before
Saturday, Kept. THEX ACT.
The First National Hank will lo pre.
pared to accept subscriptions of non
customers as well us customer.
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ASHLAND. OREGON
'EVCAkTER..PRtS.
CHVAUPtL VICEPPtJ
JWMC COY. CASHIER
CLAFf MJUiriAiil CAirt
GOOD PRICKS FOR FARMER
WHO CARES FOR HIDES
Tiio present very urgent demand
for leather ns a war necessity ana
tiie Increase in price which unscoic.l
hliles bring on the market empha
sizes the Importance and even nec."i
i!ty of exercising the utmost care In
removing skins from farm animals.
By devoting a llttL' extra time neccs
ipry jn skinning animals carefully
puslldy only tliree to five minutes
,n taking off the tkln of u calf, or
?? minutes In the case of a beef hide
tho value of the hide ma; be in
creased several times, say special
ists of tin department of agricul
ture. Tho tanner pays more for pack
ers' hides than of those obtained
from farmers or country slaughter
ers. This Is duo In part to better
facilities In the large packing houses
for cuttlnrj and storage of hides,
b-it principally to the fact that suc'i
hides have been taken off propsrly.
Country hides removed by unskilled
vorkmen are often cut and scored.
When such hides come from a tan
nery, scores show very plainly, and
I" many casss one-half of the thick
ness of the leather Is lost to such de
fects. 'mperfections con be avoided by
the careful use of the skinning knife,
;v keeping the hides clean and free
f'ora blood and by proper storage
and packing.
The uso of the knife, the special
ists say, may be avoided In taking off
calfskins, except on the head, neck,
!egs and flanks, as the body skin
may bo drawn or fisted off. Where
the knife is used, the skin should
be drawn taut with one hand, while
the knife is used with the other, spe
cial caro being taken to hold the
lack of the blade close to the skin.
In lieu of the knife soma butchers
u.'-cd a wooden etltk sliaped llko a
nan's thumb and employ a knlfo
only on the portions of tho body,
iiii-ntioned.
It Is objectionable to have blood
on the hides, particularly lu tho sum
mer time, as It Is likely to cause tho
I Mr to slip from rot ti :i;r or decompo
sition when the hid'.s are packed and
i!ie placing cf rth'.'rwis'.' good hldea
hi the No. 2 grail? on the market.
C::re t.l.oiiM 1j taki :i to avoid
pl'irin mi v hiib.j In ihe pack until
i!.y are free from animal Irat. Al
itMv tirni to lie; folded for from 3 to
." hotir-i, or sufficiently ionn to allow
the animal heat to gi t out of them.
If this la not done patches of de
composition may result and such
1 Ides are often red net J In market
value t.t least a emt or more a
pound.
In buildinr; up a pack cf hides tho
cuter edg.'s ihculd 1 kept a little
higher than the middle, so that tho
I'quid or brine fonnel by tho dis
solving of the salt l.i the natural
moistuie of the hides may be absorb
ed by them. '
If the pack Is low on one side, or
Is built slanting like a shed roof,
the brine will seep out, causing the
Mdcs to shrink In weight.
Use s::lt that has been screened
and is free f.-om largj lumps and
c'irt. Dirty salt will stain the fresh
side of hides. One pound of salt to
each pound of the hide Is the gen
eral rule. Hides should remain In
rack from 13 to 30 days and stored
In cool (60 to C3 degrees F.) cellars
from which the outside air is excluded.
GLASSES L
GLASSES
WIIITED, Optition
Comply With the Law
AND USE '
Printed Butter
Wrappers
ACCORDING to the ruling of the Oregon
Dairy and Food Commission all dairy
butter 6old or exposed for sale in thi3 state
must be wrapped in butter paper upon which
is printed the word "Oregon Dairy Butter,
16 (or 32) ounces full weight," with the name
and address of the maker.
To enable patrons of the Tidings to easily
comply with this ruling this office has put in
a eupply of the standard sizes of butter paper
and will print it in lots of 100 sheets and up
ward and deliver it by parcels post at the fol
lowing prices:
100 Sheets. 16 or 32 onnces $1.75
250 Sheets, 16 or 32 ounces 2.50
500 Sheets, 16 or 32 ounces
$3.75
Send your orders to us by mail accompan
ied by the price of the paper and it will be
promptly forwarded to you by parcel post,
prepaid.
We use the best butter paper obtainable,
and our workmanship is of the best. Let ua
have j-our order and you will not regret it.
Ashland Tiding's
nd, Oregon
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