Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, January 21, 1919, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPACE BIX ASHLAND TIDINGS Tuesday, Janrury 21, 1919 1 f m-. ;-ra . ..;, vfca -J"r-(,-;'"-V''"4v Both Coal and Wood at Reasonable Prices SIMPSON Hardware Store . Full of Flavor A nut buffer that Is finding favor with thousands of thrifty families "UMECO'5 Nufmargarine . Rich oil of cocoaout meat, churned with a generous quanti ty of pure pasteurized sweet miik;and fine dairy salt, makes this pure, wholesome, nutritious and delicious nut butter. On bread and toast, in cakes and pastry, it "costs less and tastes best." The product of a sanitary, Pacific Northwest factory. Churned fresh daily, packed in waxed, odorproof cartons. Your Grocer Can Supply You. UNION MEAT CO. PORTLAND, OREGON. SREXBBEsat Everyone, old and $ i young, can drink. PCTUM I . with benefit to . . I health. ooaA I i delicious, drug- I I : free beverage. "YANKS" ONLY NICKNAME TO STICK TO AMERICANS Now that American soldiers are known as Yanks everywhere In Eu rope, says the Red Cross Magazine. It seems strange that anybody ever tried to fasten other names on them Yet there were many shortlived movements to disprove in this case the old axiom that a lasting nick name must be spontaneous, not arti ficial. The Red Cross Magazine has received from Heywood Broun, long a correspondent with our men at the front, the following account of those futile efforts. When the first division of the A E. F. set sail for France, it forgot to pack a name with the rest of the equipment. The omlalon was! not discovered until the troop ships wer three days out. Major General Wil liam L. Slbert posted the following notice: "The English soldier is called 'Tommy,' the French r.oldler is called 'Pollu. We would like suggestions for a fitting name for the American soldier." Suggestions came fast enough, but they were scattering. Some of the names, such as "Gringo," evidently originated along the Mexican border. Others seemed pure Inventions for Instance "Red Avengers." "Sammy" was not mentioned and nly on man In the whole division took the trouble to suggest "doughboy." The men were using his word as a matter of course and never thought of it as a nickname. Nothing on the list of suggestions appealed to the general or his staff and they decided .to let the French name the Americans. The first com pany had just swing Into step up one of the main streets of the land Ing port when an excited Frenchman cried, "Vive les Teddies!" The French public seized upon the name eagerly and It was as "Teddies'" that the troops were hailed when they marched In Paris on the Fourth of July. But before the name was well established General Pershing told -some of the newspaper men that he didn't think it quite suited the need. He suggested that they think up something on ihelr own account, and Henri Bazln of the Philadelphia Pub lic Ledger asked "How about Sam mies, from Uncle Sam?" The general thought that might do, and the combined press forces of America undertook to put this name USE Land Plaster NOW Ashland Lumber Co. Phone 20 LOSSES 01" 11KJ AlUi SMALL IH1UNQ PAST YEAR In the report Issued by Fire Chief Roblson for the year Just end&d, nineteen alarms were answered by the department during the year 1918. Of these one was in January, two In February, one in April, three in July, three in August, three in September, one In October, one In November, and four In December. Eight of the alarms were for burning flues and two were for grass fires. The effi cient manner In which the fire de partment handles all fires and the promptness with which they answer calls has much to do with the small fire loss of the city. over to the American people. It oc curred again and again in almost every story sent from France to America; but suddenly the war cor respondents found that, in spite of the vast publicity machinery which they controlled, the word was not holding up. No matter what the rest of the world did, the soldiers would have none of this name. Somehow, they all felt that It had a curious be littling sound. There was nothing virile to Sammy, as there was to Torn my. One officer explained that ho didn't like the word because, at the West Point mess, the slang for mo lasses was "Sammy." He had been out of the academy for 12 years, but, he declared, even yet the word gave him a sticky feeling! All the time "doughboy" went on. The newspaper men were familiar with this nickname, but it was not until late in the summer that they began to realize its availability for copy. There was the handicap that "doughboy" applied only to the in fantrymen, but for a time the name seemed to have been adopted as ap plying to all American fighting men. The next stage in the development of a real nickname for the American army Is outlined In this editorial ar ticle from The Stars and Stripes, un der the title, "Yanks It Is." Nicknames are not manufactured. Where they are, the "nick" doesn't stick. The world's greatest thinkers couldn't plaster a nickname on tho American array that would stick 10 minutes. For the American army has already recelvod Its nickname over here that nothing can shake loose. It Is "Yanks." ' It wasn't manufactured for tin American army, it Wasn't carefully thought out by any prearranged men tal drive.. It was Just the nickname every one over here took for granted. Yank no longer means a soldier of the north. It means a soldier 'from the United States north, south, east or west, so long as he wears the khaki of Uncle Sam and battles or For Pancake Time Wt Lsva Just yoor lund of r buckwheat and pancake) flours, riLt fresh torn tits mills. I'. J No flours yield man dean. jjr.j pure sweet, tpptbzanf eales j tho real nutxxmenta of wtct, tni tiey go ur- 3 f J lllli-1 frUOU WW WW J Pipiii 11 I A cup of our Vagrant eoSet, soma crifp .. ... , r '-i r.c:oa and cokes with oar ckuaous new mapM yrup for your breakfast tomorrow, will nwk your forenoon work pleasure. i -1 Come in and order today. i Plasa Grocery Telephone 78 There was z 'Crowd in the Store and they were trying to "Have a chew on me'says he."Break off just two or three squares. That's a man's size chew of Real Gravely. It holds its good taste PEYTON BRAND Real Gravely Chewing Plug , each piece packed in z pouch josh the Tobacco Man so long it costs noth ing extra to chev; this class of tobac co. goes further I hat's why you can get the good taste of this class of tobac co without extra cost. THE MOST DANGEROUS DISEASE Ko orrana of tha humai body ara ao Important to health and long lire us the kidneys. When they alow up and com mence to laK in their dutle. look out' rind out what the trouoie is without delay. Whenever you fel norvous, weak, dlzav, aufttr from (iecpleaencsj. or have paJne In the oacx icakt up at one. Your kMnera need help. Thrve are eiKna to warn you that your kid neys lire not performlnir their runc tlona properly. Thr fcro only hlf doing; their work and are allowing' im purities to accumnlate and he convert td Into uric acid and other poluonn, which are causing you dtslreM itnd will destroy yt-u unlesa they are driven from your aystem. Cet ot? (TOLD ML' DAL Il.xarlem OH Capsulei a: onco. Thoy are an old. tried preparation uk'J ail over the world for cenlutk'S. T!wy conta'.n nnly bld-fash. loti.:, KnnlhinK oIin 'mnlined wltb eirer.fc'.h-i ;..k nmi y iii';-uleanalna; herb. wa khuwn and u.d by phyal cinns in tholr 5ily pi.iolca. UOU7 MKl'AL Haarlnm (ill Cui-nlnn ara im ported .llrect from U. I..' f utorlrs In HcMunrt. They mi rn.-ivrn'- nt to Uka, anl vlil either kiv pr-.i.'pt relief or your mony will hi n-f-iniliii. Aik for them at xny dm store, l"t he aure to Ki't the nrifcinal imported GOLD MEDAL brar.d. Accept no .xubstltutea. la ucaK'l pcl.jf,ia. Three utzea. works under the old flag. It means 'Dixie" and "Yankee Doodle" rolled Into one. "Sammy" was a joke, and a painful one. "Buddy" failed to land. One nickname alone bag stood the shell fire of discussion. It Is Yanks Yanks, representing north and south, east and west, anything wholly American. You can't manufacture a nickname In a century, hut one can be hooked to you In a day Yanks It Is! Finally, on August 14, 1918, the army's chief of staff, General Feyton C. March, seml-offlclally sanctioned "Yanks" and threw "Sammy" into the discard. AVAR CASUALTIES IS RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA It Is said that, notwithstanding the fact that Russia ceased to be an ac tive belligerent about two years be fore the signing of the armistice, her war casualties reached- the huge to tal of 9,150,008 of which number approximately 1,700,000 were fatal. Althio Austria was in the very center of the struggle, during the en tire war, and was, during much of the time, fighting on her eastern as well as her southern and western fronts, her total casualties up to the end of May, 1918, are reported as only about 4,000,000 or less than half of those of Russia. SALT MAKES EFFICIENT CLEANSER. FOR CHIMNEYS Common salt will remove soot and tar from the heating surface, flues. smoke pipes and chimneys of domes tic heating plants, according to Fuel Administrator Fred J. Holmes. To apply, spread two or three handfuls ct salt on the hottest part of the fire at a time, when the fuel bed Is bright or incandescent, then close the door innd open the drafts. The furnace will become filled with dense, white fumes which will penetrate thru the pipes and clean the sooty surfaces. An application of salt treatment occasionally will keep the heating surfaces In efficient condition. The chemical action will not be detrimen tal to the heating plant. ONE WEAK SI"OT Many Ashland IVph Have a Weak I'urt and Too Often It's the Hack Many people have a weak spot. Too often It's a bad back. Twinges follow every sudden twist. Dull aching keeps up, day and nirtt. liackache is often from weak kid neys. In such case a kidney medicine Is needed. Doaa's Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys. For backache and urinary Ills. Ashland people recommend the remedy. Mrs. E. F. Wolters, 2(53 Mountain Are., Ashland, says: "I have bee.l taking Doan'a Kidney Pills off and on for a long time when I have felt any need of a kidney medicine and they have never failed to give good results. I am subject to backache at times and my kldyys act Irregularly but Doan's" soon remedy this trouble." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney P'.lls the same that Mrs. Wolters had. Foster-Mil-burn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. INTERURBAN AUTOCAR CO. Leave Ashland for Medford, Tal ent and Phoenix dally except Sunday at 9:00 a. m. and 11 a. m., and 1:00, 4:00 and 5:15 p. m. Also on Satur day night at 6:30. Sundays, leave at 9:00 a. m., 12:30, 4:30 and 6:30 0. m. Leave Medford for Ashland daily except Sunday at 8:00 and 10 a. m..' and 1:00, 4:00 and 6:15 p. m. Also on Saturday night at 10:15. On Sun days 10:30 a. m 1:30, 6:30 and 8:30 p. m. Fare between Medford and Ash land, 30 cents. Round trip 60 cents. EE SPILLS BRAND GmGHEST DIAMOND TSCm; K IS T-AT)IW9 I WAMOND liKAND PJUS (a Rso and SSK m,''m boxes, scaled with BluKO) Rihbon. Ta. ko oraea. nn,rfiW I tlst ea aid fr HI.CUl's.Ttua V Dj. iioinn n.iANit riM.n, for twentv-dia - " iwiv,niwiyi KCUIDIC SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS tfuft tvcii I WHERE ShJ Klamath Falls Kansas City caDl- tal to build sawmill at Goose Lake.