ASHLAXD TIDINGS
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ASHLAND
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EFFECTS OF PEACE PACT
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The effect of assured peace upon
the world will be to hasten tho re
turn of normal conditions. Many
restriction tnon foreign trade r'iil
won disappear. Great international
enterprises which have l'-ng been
suspended wlU toon be put into
operation, and as a result of the war
we may look fcr a vtidcrpread ex
tension of commerce and industry.
The world's shipping wil'. le more
free for commercial purposes. Grad
ually but surely traffic v 111 grow and
Industry revive. Peace will he the
, first step towarJs reducing the cost
f living; because millions of men
will turn from Idleness tc produc
tive Industry, while the scarcity of
food, minerals, textiles, ctq, which
te at the bottom of hish prices will
eventually disappear.
BOLSHEVISM
A socialist orator at Spokane eu
logisea Lenlne, the Russian dicta
tor, as having more brains than all
the etatesmen of the world. He says:
"Leclne Is endeavoring to Insti
tute a scientific, government where
all the people may live according to
the laws of nature." .
To make it possible to lire and
Trotect persons and property and
the right to life, liberty and happl
Hfa "law of nature" had to be set
asdde for laws of states and nations
In the operation of the "laws of
iiature" the strong takes from the
'weak, and such bagatelles as moral
ity, equity. Justice disappear.
To do away with all laws, means
to restore society to such primitive
wnditlons that civilisation as now
instituted will disappear.
That is about what is hannenine!
an Russia under the operation of
me laws or nature, where earn
Inge and savings arts Impossible.
Bolshevism In milder forms is
advocated in our country In the
name of democracy of Industry, and
state-owned industries.
The American ideals of individual
Initiative, Individual enterprise, ac
cumulation of property and homes
te the opposite of Bolshevism.
REMOVING l"OVERTV
The sufferings of the poor are the
world's most pathetic spectacles. Is
there anything sadder than a visit to
eome congested 6lum district in the
larger cities where the "submerged
tenth' are living In the most depres
fcd conditions? The misery is ap
palling.
The dwellers are herded together
like the lower animals without re
gard to comfort, health, or decency
'Every facility for the spread of dis
ease exist. The children look pale
and emaciated, the result of under
feeding and had An air of decay
nnd despair pervades the scene. The
people may seem cheerful enough
to the superficial visitor. But the
tragedy lies clofte under the surface
ana death and suffering are ever
tiear.
Now who and what Is to blame
for these plague spots In this fair
earth of bright skies and rich soils
end abundant resources? What can
he done to relieve the poverty not
mfaly of great cities, but that
which is found everywhere and uni
versally under all conditions of pop.
tilatioft?
Socialism pays the distribution of
rwlth is wrong, that the people em
ployed In any Indu6t
create the
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whole product and therefore should
divide up the whole product among
themselves. ' Altho many shades of
opinion are grouped under the head
of socialism, as a whole it denies the
right of capital to have a share In
the product. It also offers no in
ducement to brain power to develop
efficiency and systematic organiza
tion.
Without the advantages of labor
saving machinery and other facili
ties resulting from the accumula
tion of capital, and without the or
ganizing power of brains, the produc
tion of the workers would not be a
quarter what It now is. So social
ism Is simply a proportion to make
poverty at t least four times worse
then It now Is. You can see how It
works in hungry, agonizing Russia.
One must look elsewherte to find a
cure for the curse of poverty.
POIJi OF CONGRESS
SHOWS PROHIS LEAD
A poll of congress made by the
Telegram correspondent in Washing
ton Indicates overwhelming senti
ment against repealing the war-time
prohibition act Insofar as it relates
to wine and beer, as recommended
by the president.
It therefore appears certain' that
the country will become dry July 1
and will remain so until the "con
clusion of the war" and the "termi
nation of demobilization."
Some members of congress are of
the opinion, that the president could
declare the war ended as well as de
mobilization terminated at any time.
In all legal matters, however, the
(conclusion of a war means the offl-
Cooked LlinCh G00(lS
We have added to our Market a full
line of cooked camp lunch goods
and are ready to serve tourists and
campers as well as home folks who
wish to have cold meats on hands for
emergency.
East Side
Market
James Barrett, Prop. Phone 18S
cial proclamation ot peace by the
president, which cam .-t be Issued un
til the treaty is signed by the enemy
and ratified by the United States Ben-
ate. The prospect is that derooblll
eation, will be completed before the
peace treaty Is ratified.
Undeir these circumstances the
most that the wets can hope for Is
the removal of the ban on liquors for
a period of a few weeks or months
at the outside, between the date of
the proclamation of peace and Janu
ary 16 next, when the constitutional
prohibition amendment goes Into ef
fect.
The result of the Telegram roll
foM6ws:
Senate For repeal, 20; against
repeaL 34; noncommltal, 31.
House For repeal, 110; against
repeal, 216; noncommltal, 89.
We arte not scientific enough to
figure out just how much pressure
It would require to Induce General
Leooartt Wood to accept the Re
publican nomination, but "wo reck
on it mought be sump'n less" than
an eighth of an ounoe per square
.
Aren't You Glad?
Say, aren't you glad that you're living
On the road where happiness dwells,
Where the sun shines o'er the mountains
Lightening their snow capped citadels?
Where the wind rushes down thru the valley
Bringing hope on its silvery wing,
And the blue birds dart from the tree-tops
With the happiness it brings.
Say, aren't you glad that you live on this road
With happiness all the way,
Where tha work ot God In the mountain blue,
Casts out pain with its sordid hue?
And the dull-gold clouds on the horizon rim,
Make life's troubles grow faint and dim,
And happiness leaps from the side of the road
And casts from your shoulders its woe laden load.
Just open your eyes and take in this road,
The hills end the orchards and sky.
Don't stumble and grope, and lose faith and hope;
Smile instead of sigh-
Say, aren't you glad that you're living In this state
of Oregon,
On the road where happiness lingers
With the parting rays of sun,
And the dull pink glow on the mountains
Proclaim God's day is done.
Laura Ellis.
THEY ARE AFTER BURLESON
The American Publishers' Associa
tion Is after Postmaster General
Burleson and It begins to look as if
they will get him. The beat line
that we can get on all this opposi
tion to Mr. Burleson is the fact that
he Is responsible for the zone rate
of postage. And that Is what Is
hurting these big publishers in the
east A magazine publisher In New
York, for Instance, gets out a publi
cation filled to the rim with adver
tisements for which he gets a whop
ping big price. He wants to put
this stuff, enclosed In a beautiful
cover, In the malls and have the
government transport tons of it to
Lthe Pacific coast at the same rate of
postage that he would pay for send
ing the same batch of stuff from New
York to Jersey City. It can't be
"did." At least If so, .the govern-'
ment Is the loser1 In the transaction,
and in this case the government
means the people generally. What
the government loses In transport
ing this mall, the people will have to
dig up from their pockets. The gov
ernment does, and always have fav
ored the publishers In a special post
age rate, which means that any pub
lication may be entered as second
class matter and pay a rate' of one
cent a pound for any mail that goes
any distance under the old rate, and
nothing at all for papers or publica
tions which go to addresses In the
same-county In which the publication
Is issued. This seems fair enough
too fair, in fact. In a recent
statement concerning the opposition
to him and a demand that he retire
from the caK'net, Mi. Burleson
said: "Notice vas given me more
than a year ago what could be ex
pected if there was not acqulosence
on my part In the suspension or re
poal of the zone system of postago
for publicatipnc. At that time a
member of the committee represent
ing those contending for the repeal
urged me to acquiesce therein, and,
In the course of conversation, blunt
ly Informed me 'we have made and
unniajjo many congressmen. We
Iruilned Postmaster-Gonoral Hitch
cock and destroyed Mr. Taft. We
reallze ttyit without your aid wo
may not .be able to secure relief now,
but we will see what can be done
with the next congress. Later a
well-known publlshor called on me
and also urged that I recommend the
suspension or repeal of this law, say
ing to me 'If you will aid or acqui
esce In the repeal of this law, we
will make you the most popular man
In the Wilson cabinet; but If you do
not, I fear they will ruin you.' Theso
two statements were made to mo in
the presence of the present first as
sistant postmaster general. I spurn
ed them both and now I am con
fronted with the effort of these
deirish Interests thru systematic
propaganda, stealthily concealing
their real purpose by 'creating and
falsifying news, misrepresentations
of facts and appeals to prejudice' to
destroy me, thereby aiding in the
(repeal kf lthe lajw, ithus Enabling
thorn to rlesume the enjoyment of a
postal subsidy of ovor $70,000,001
per annum, which must be taken out
of the pockets of the other users of
the malls."
Don't strike. Curb your extrava
gance a little end hold on till things
settle down, The Idle day Is never
to he recalled. Not once In a hun
dred times Is a strike justifiable In
Juetlce, reaspn cr common sense. Pa
tience, investigation and discussion
will determine what Is fair,
The report is that "Lcnlne's armv
has been whipped on three front."
If that's the case, then a few kicks
in the rear ought to complete the
Job. ,
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THINK IT OVER
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
Stop a minute while we tell you
something for your own good.
Suppose "Abandon ship" had been
sounded and one of your pals was
without a life belt. You would say
to Mm "Here, Jim, you get into
this life belt and get into it quick!
You will need It and you will need it
badly. It's a great protection It's
a good thing--hang on to it."
Your Government Insurance Is a
good thing.. Hang to it.
You say "The war is over. What
is the use?" The Government says,
we say. every thinking person says
"Insurance protection is needed, War
or Peace."
Influenza uline killed more young,
healthy and vigorous persons In the
world than were killed by' bullets
and disease during four and one half
years of war.
And YOU ray "What's the use?"
Isn't it worth while protecting
your mother, wife, or other depen
dents djott't you want to protect
YOURSELF against disability?
During the period of the war the
Government issued a temporary type
of insurance known as War Risk, or
Term Insurance. It was designed
primarily for protection purposes
only, simply to tide the Service men
over the danger period of the War
at the lowest possible price.
This Term Insurance was the best
possible TEMPORTRY insurance the
Government could arrange. But
the Government realized that it
lacked the elements which would
make permanency In life insurance
desirable.
The cost of this old style of War
Risk insurance Increases as the
years go by.
The coat of the new insurance
DOOES NOT INCREASE once you
convert.
The government will announce
shortly a plan for changing this War
Risk, or Term Insurance to perma
nent life, or endowment Insurance.
It will introduce features highly de
sirable in any form of insurance hut
particularly In this new Government
Insurance at Its low cost.
Some of you men after being mus
tered out, are allowing your. War
Risk Insurance policies to lapse by
non-payment of premiums.
At the time when the Government
is about to make a "good thing" a
"better, thin?" you men are Betting
this privilege slip thru your fingers.
Boys don't let your policies lapse),
If you have done so thru misunder
standing, or lack of Information you
have six months from date of lapse
in which to re-instate the policy. v
If you want Information regard
ing the re-Instatement of your pol
icy, or regarding the new Govern
ment plan for converting policies,
write to the insurance Officer, Thir
teenth Naval District, Navy Yard,
Puget Sound, Wash. He will be glad
to answer your questions regarding
insurance.
RLUE LEDGE MINE
IS SHIPPING ORE
According to the Mail Tribune, the
Blue Ledge mine has been shipping
ore to the smelter since the middle
of March and Is hauling ore to the
irailroad at Jacksonville all the time.
The mine now has three car loads of
ore at Jacksonville waiting for cars
to be shipped away In. Sam Sandry
who has charge of the mine ship
ments, stated Saturday. He ordered
a car a long time ago but it has
failed to come. Twenty-tw men are
now employed at the mine.
It isn't that the American bolshe
vikl are any bigger fools than those
of Russia, but that they have no ex
cuse for being fools at all.
WHEN one carries an account here
at the First .National Bank, he some
times finds It advantageous to carry
on transactions in some of the larger,
centers, particularly when shipping
crops or other product Therefore,
our connections in the larger cities
come in very Landlly.
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Always ready to discuss problems as
well as to accept deposits
kShffrstNatioaafiaak
ASHLAND.
ROOSTERS FOR ROSE
FESTIVAL IN CITY
Ashland was visited the fore part
of the week by Colonel Lewis P.
Campbell and John F. Risky, special
representatives of the Victory Rose
Festival In Portland June 11, 12 and
13. who started out of Portland last
wjeek qnd) have b?n touring tbje
western part of the state In the in
terests of the event that has helped
to make Portland famous.
These mien have been Issuing invi
tations to this .great evpnt, and also
enlisting the various cities all over
the state to participate m the great
Victory Industrial parade to take
place on June 11. Bach city Is in
vited to send a decorated car, giving
the number of the men who served
with the colors, the number who paid
the supreme sacrifice and the num
ber who we.re decorated or cited for
bravery on land and sea in the great
world war. Also a record of what
each city and county on subscrip
tions and oversubscriptions to Lib
erty Loans, Red Cross and other war
funds.
While in the city Colonel Campbell
Invited the Commercial Club to send
a float to represent this city in the
great parade, and this body la con
sidering the matter. Portland Is
making more elaborate preparations
for this evtent than ever before, and
trill havle as their guests hosts of re
turned soldiers who will be given a
royal welcome to the Rost City.
There is never any limit to the
interest you havto to pay when you
borrow trouble.
Medford Auto Top Co.
30 N. Grape, Medford
BABY CHICK FEED!!
Of the best variety. . We can readily supply all de
mands for a few weeks at attractive prices. Get your ,
order in now. We guarantee this as the best made.
Ashland Mills
Aeflo 0 weeps '
Attention!
REPAIR WORK, OVERHAULING and I
1V Acetylene welding of all kinds done'
by experts. Try us. Also investigate our
j line of new and used
We have some exceptionally good buys,
including
I extra tire equipment.
. l Blks. South
MEDFORD -
Pacific Highway Garage
Bank, with
th Chim Clock.'
Big Outside
Connections
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OREGON,
NEVCARTttt.PBtS.
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CMVAUPCl VICEPPtS
JWWCOY, CASHICP.
' CLARIS BUSOAS'-JCAiM
Spring Valley 200-aore tract here
to be planted to prunes.
LEONARD C PE17IT
Violinist
Russian School of Violin
Teaching
311 Wlmer St., Ashland, Ore. '
Ashland Transfer
& Storage Co.
C. F. Bates, Proprietor
Wood, "Peacock"
and Rock Springs
Coal and Cement
phone n7
Office 99 Oak Street. Ware
house on track near depot.
Ashland, Oregon
Hotel Austin
Barber Shop
N. G. BATES, Prop.
First-class Service and Equipment.
Shoeshlning Parlor Baths.
Ashland, Oregon.
Auto Top
Repairing
Side
Cnrtalns
Upbolsfring
Top dressing
Plate Glass
Back
, Certains
cars before buying.
one new
At a reduced figure
Nash Hotel
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