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Ashland
Tidings
Established 1876
Published Every Evening Except
Sunday
THE I S L A N D PRINTING CO.
OFFICIAL
CITY AND COUNTY
PAPER
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ASHLAND DAILY TIDINGS.
Ouflis/f titbits
By KENNETH SULLIVAN
Comment on Government
Ownership of Railroads
•Saturday. August 6, lOfii
H. C. Goldea of McMinnville, Guy
D. Mosier of Eugene, W alter Tooze
j of Dallas, and R H. Hoskins of
Astoria. The delegates from tue sec­
ond district are E arl Blackabv oi
Ontario, H arry I. K ,ck cf Pendle­
ton, J. H. Carnahan of Klam ath
Falls, Guy F. Sifton of Hood River,
Francis V. Galloway of The Dalles.
The delegates from the ” ;• J dist­
rict (P o rtla n d ), are E arl R. Good­
win. Prescott Cunningham, A rthur
Murphy and Oliver B. Huston, and
C. G. Schneider of Gresham.
Many of the members f the old
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Sixty-fifth outfit were i n i io wel­
come one of our comrades ia the per­
son of Corporal Saiu Veatch, who
is now traveling as a n .e n b er of
Lou Cullins big circus as a slide
trom bone player. San) hails from
Cottage Grove and after being a
member of B attery C for many
months, was transferred to the regi­
m ental band. He sure can play the
slide.
Next Tuesday ¡light » ¡11 be our
regular monthly meeting, ai »1 wo
expect to have a i ..ular lime
If
plans m ature properly there will be
a big bunch for Initial! a.
each month until the five n um bers' The DeMillo Concert company,
have been shown.
j reai artists.
The following entertainm ents will
The LaSalle Q uartette, all ex-serv-
e _ 89eU here-
ice men and dandy entertainers.
The Lillian Ringsdorf Concert
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company, all specialists.
Feather-tipped shoes are the lat-
E rnest J. Powell, lecturer and je s t in Parisian styles
hum orist.
E sther and Clayton Staples, a rt-j
A number of A ustralia plants are
ists in crayon and saud, and in sojig. | covered with hair
The era of signed contracts and
Government Ownership Never
of the roads he placed in the hands
“sure
things” is upon us. Recently
Subscription P rice D elivered la City
Fall
River
(Mass.)
News
of
the employes.
One month .................................. $ .66 a W ashington university professor
Government
ownership
never
did
There Would he no more business
Three m onths .............................. 1.96 tied the m atrim onial knot aided and
SIX m onths .................................. 3.75
look
attractive
to
conservative
peo­
sense
in governm ent ownership of
One y e a r ......................... , ........... 7.60 abetted by a w ritten contract'. Could ple, and this latest illustration of the railroads with control by the
it be said th a t two lives were lite r­
Mail mid Rural R outes.
how it worked should be a clincher. employes than there would be in
One month .................................. $ .66 ally signed away.
governm ent ownership of the farm
Three months .............................. 1.96
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Six months .................................. 3.5u
P olitics in R ailroads
lands of the country w ith operation
A Morocco “ efficiency expert”
One year ....................................... 6.50
Indianapolis
(In
d
.)
News
by
the hired hands, who would fix
with an unpronounceable name and
ADVERTISING RATES:
If there is anything to which the th eir wages and hours of labor.
a shady character of the Villalst
Display A dvertising
people
of this country are strongly
Single insertion, each in ch ........... 30c type has offered to quell disturb­
opposed.
It is th e governm ent owner­
Labor and th e R ailroads
YEARLY CONTRACTS
ances in the Spanish zone of th a t no­
ship
and
operation
of
the
railways.
I
Indianapolis (Ind.) News
D isplay A d vertising
torious place if Spain will install
One tim e a w eek.....................2 7 H e
It
would
m
ean
th
è
addition
of
hun­
Much
of the trouble is due to the
him as caliph and sultan amid the
•'wo tim es a w eek.....................25c
dreds
of
thousands
of
men
to
A
m
eri­
fact
th
a
t
In the governm ent control
scenes of his potential trium phs. So
Every other d a y ......................... 20c
ca’s
already
enorm
ous
arm
y
of
em­
of
the
roads
politics was by no
lo c a l R eaders.
Tar as it is known he does not offer
ployes,
and
would
bring
politics
into
Each line, each tim e .................... 10c even a “scrap of paper” in a g ree­
means wholly ignored, especially in
To run every other day for one
the
railroads
and
th
e
railroads
into
th e m atter of working rules and
m onth, each line, each t i m e . . . . 7c m ent for the deal. His diplomacy politics.
%
wage increases. W hat happened then
belongs to the age when people com­
To run every issue for one month
would happen again, as the people
o r more, each line, each t im e .. . . 5c plained about the high price of liv­
C lassified Colum n.
“
E
nough
Is
E
nough"
very well understand. Government
ing with ham and eggs a t two bits
One cent the word each time.
St.
Joseph
(Mo.)
Gazette
ownership
is not likely to make
He should have asked !
To run every issue for one month or a throw.
The
real
facts
today
are
th
a
t
the
much
progress
in the near future.
more, H« the word each time.
for the job of prime minister. Spain
L egal R ate:
then could have granted his request average citizen thinks th e less the
F irst Time, per 8 point line . . . .10c
governm ent has to do w ith th e op­
G overnm ent O w nership D elu sion
face.
Each subsequent time, per 8 point • | and still saved ♦ her
eration of the railroads the b etter
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Indianapolis (Ind.) Star
l i n e .............................................. Cc
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
!
off
the
roads
and
th
e
country
will
The experience of this country
Card of Thanks, $1.00.
Members of the National Associa­
TO ORGANIZE
O bituaries, 2H cents the line.
' during thS disastrous McAdoo expert-
tion of Chiropodists who visited be.
Fraternal Orders and Societies.
A unit post of tiie Veterans of
' m ent in governm ental control of
Advertising for fraternal orders Portland Thursday had much praise
Foreign
W ars will be organized in
“F
ir
st
an
d
F
orem
ost”
| railw ays has disposed of the last ves-
• r societies charging a regular initi­ for Oregon. It is consoling to note
Ashland
during next week. J Ed­
New York Jo u rn al of Commerce j tige of hope th ere was for the public
ation fee and dues, no discount. Re­ th a t even foot doctors have no kick­
ward
Thornton
has received the ne­
ligious and benevolent orders will be ing to do when welcomed by Ore­
It (th e Jo u rn al of Commerce) ow nership theory in America. The
charged the regular rate for all ad­
stands first and forem ost for private people subm itted to the high cost of cessary application blanks for a
vertising when an admission or other gon hospitality.
ow nership and for th e necessary m in­ poltitical m uddling as a part of their ch arter and has started the ball roll­
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charge is made.
THE
ing. All veterans of the Spanish-
w ar bill.
C. M. Rynerson, editor of a Port- imum only of governm ent control.
W hat C on stitutes A d vertising!
They saw enough of the effects of American war and o£ the world war
In order to allay a m isunderstand­ land newspaper, in replying to al
W
hich
Side
A
re
Y
ou
On?
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governm
ental control to convince who had service outside the conti­
ing among some as to w hat consti­ leged th reats of the Ku Klux Kian
B urlington (N. J .) E nterprise . . them of its w astefulness and ineffi­ nental limits of the United States : re
tutes news and what advertising, expressed the desire th a t the office!
we print this very simple rule whicn
The farm ers of the country have ciency, even if they had not the ex­ eligible to membership to this new
Is used by newspapers to differin- girl should not be bothered and the repeatedly gone on record in oppo­
perience of o th er countries as a organization.
atlate between them : “ ALL future place be left in an unmussed condi­
Corner Highway and Main Streets
sition
to
governm
ent
ow
nership,
The American Legion is the l lrg-
w arning.
Governm ent railways in
events, where an admission charge tion a fte r the klan had given him
is made or a collection is taken ‘the once over. Any self-respecting particularly since th e proposal for Canada and in Europe have been a est veterans’ organization in the
IS ADVERTISING.” This applies to
MEDFORD, OREGON
governm ent ow nership has been cou­ disappointm ent, both as to service United States, but the Veterans of
organizations and societies of every jan ito r would be in sym pathy with pled up w ith a dem and th a t control
Foreign
W
ars
goes
fu
rth
er
afield
and revenue.
th e last req u est.
r
kind as well as to individuals.
and includes all the veterans who
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>y
All reports of such activities after
they have occurred is news.
served
in th e Spanish-American war,
A lecturer who spoke at P ortland
All coming social or organization
thereby
form ing two of the greatest
meetings of societies where no money Thursday evening on “ Undiscovered
co-opearting bodies of organized vet­
contribution is solicited, initiation T alents” purports th a t the “ great
TWffffillliimMliMIIII
erans in the world today.
charged, or collection taken is NEWS. 'American desert is under the av er­
The m utual purposes of these two
age m an’s h at.” There would b e ’
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We make aU quotations on
'cau se for rejoicing among thirsty
Ashland post of the.A m erican Le- and will continue to have weekly great organizations is fraternity
JOB WORK
minds
if
the
learned
gentlem
an
could
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w*ahes to call atten tio n to a m eetings th e re w ith a view to m ak­ among comrades, to uphold and de­
from
I
few
simple
rules regarding “ flag eti­ ing it a m ore o r less perm anent or­ fend the constitution of these United
Tind a couple of oasises or at least
THE FRANKLIN PRICE LIST.
States, and to promote good citizen­
Same prices:—Reasonable Price— scare up a m irage equivalent to th e q u ette.” Our patriotic in stru cto r ganization.
ship in every direction.
'reality.
will frequently rem ind us of our
to all.
L ieutenant Com m ander Beckwith
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A post was formed in Medford
seeming negligence tow ard o u r most
from th e B rem erton navy yard is in last Friday evening, and it is our
E ntered at the Ashland, Oregon,
glorious
emblem.
W ith approxim ately two hundred
charge of the organization work and
Postoffice as Second Class Mali
tnachines
parked a t th e local auto
There is always a considerable he has appointed Howard Fram e, of hope and intention to form a sim i­
M atter.
camp grounds, figuring on an aver­ am ount of discussion as to the pro­ T alentj who was an ensign during lar post here before the end of the
week.
<•> <S> $ age of th ree tourists to every car, per way to hang a flag for decorat­ th e world w ar. as his assistant in
If the ex-service men who had for
Ashland is rapidly becoming noted ing purposes or fo r draping with Jackson county.
&
» as
eign service and who are interested
the place where old friends meet other flags. These simple directions
* And, in spite of pride, in e rr­
They hold th e ir m eetings every in a distinctly foreign service men's
for
the
sake
of
Auld
I.jfng
Syne.
should be borne in mind by every-
ing reason’s spite,
T h u rsd ay night in Medford, and all organization will communicate with
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ody who Will
Rttempt such dec­
T One thing is clear— whatever
form er gobs should be th e re and join J. Edward Thornton at the Elks club
Ashland is a city of boosters. It oration.
is, is right.— Pope.
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in on th e “ deck swab bin.” Ralph or Don Spencer at the post office,
has a m ighty push, but a weak kick.
In hanging the flag horizontally, H adfield and P erry A shcraft will
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always
arran g e to have the blue, lead the way for the Ashland ex­ arrangem ents will he made for the
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first meeting.
CARD OF THANKS
star decked field in the upper left gobs.
Captain W. R. Gay of Portland is
corner. Then should you desire to
It Is seven years since the world
There is a plan under way now, the Oregon departm ent commander,
w ar began. Not iu seven hundred
We wish to express our apprecia­ hang it in a vertical position It will to assem ble a sufficient num ber of
and Colonel John L. May of Portland
Cleaning out carbon costs the average mo­
years should there be another world tion for th e kindness showeu, and be readily noticed th a t by lowering
them to tak e a to u r of the coast (or A shland), is a member of the
torist
from $2 to $8 every 1500 to 3000 miles.
war.
the beautiful floral offerings during the right end the starry field will
from A laska to Son Diego as an in­ organization committee. Both Col­
In addition, carbon damages the engine, re­
be seen in the upper RIGHT corner.
our late bereavement.
stru ctio n cruise. It will be a great onel May and Captain Gay expect to
duces
its power, cuts down gasoline m ileage
These are CORRECT positions.
Mr. M. L. Johnson.
Sid Hatfield, notorious mountain
trip for them , awd it is getting to make us a visit this fall. They both
and
runs
up repair bills.
feudist, was shot to death by a de­
Mr. and Mrs. W allace Galbreath.
In d raping the flag, it is well to he about th e r ig h t tim e for them to
informed A djutant Spencer a t the
You can avoid carbon troubles by using
tective, in West Virginia. There will
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Stevens.
‘member that Mi; banner m ust al­ have a “ h an k erin ” for some of the
state
convention
of
the
American
Le­
SUNOCO
Motor Oil — the oii that eliminates
be one good feudist hernceforth. th* Oil A ctivity—
ways have the place of honor, or the old-tim e stu ff again.
hard
carbon
deposit.
gion
th
a
t
they
intended
to
have
a
same being Sid Hatfield.
The Trigoiiia oil well, northw est forefront position, the right o r the
big working organization here in
SUNOCO is a wholly-distilled, non-com-
of Ashland, is now down 1350 feet highest elevation.
If there are two» L’s In Cadillac, Ashland, but we intend to beat th e m j
pounded
oil — free of carbon-forming elements.
From Chief Justice Taft may be and going strong. Oil has recently
The flag should never be allowed how many L’s in a. Ford? Ask the to it, and have it done before they
expected decisions of great weight— been found at the 2000 foot level
Begin using it at once. We will tell you tin-
to touch the ground or floor, a t any a d ju ta n t; he owns one.
I
get here.
right
type for your car.
and this has no punnish reference a t Eureka, in a field which geologists
time. It should never be used as a
L et’s go, fellows— ail you overseas
to his avoirdupois.
had condemned. That gives a liv t|y curtain, or a cover fo r other articles,
There will be a bttg drive for mem­ ginks.
A SH L A N D
hope to the Trigonia people and and m ust never be hung upside
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bers for th e A m erican Legion d u r­
The next edition of the dictionary
there may be a big surprise to valley down.
ing September. Th e slogan is “ Ev­ THE LEGION LYCEUM COURSE
will have to revise its definition of
people when their well reaches the
On
Memorial
day
tho
flag
snould
ery Member Get a M ember.” T hat
the word “ drive” so as to include 2000 foot level.
The first papers concerning the
be ru n to the m ast head and then will make the leg io n ju st twice as makeup of the lyceum course pro­
“an insistent, persistent, merciless
lowered to half m ast until noon. stro n g as it is now»— and wa think gram which will be held in Ashland
m anifestation of human energy hav­
NATIONAL
Y.
W.
C.
A.
LEADER
From noon until sunset it should be it is some o rg an izatio n rig h t .tow.
ing for Its purpose the acquirem ent
under the auspices of Ashland post
We know of one post th a t offers of the American Legion, have a r ­
for public purposes of any moneys
MAY VISIT ASHLAND SOON flown a t top mast.
W hen th e flag is used as a cover a $10 gold piece to ^anyone who can rived, and the program bids fair to
a person may have loose in his pock­
for
a table in any service, it m ust find any ex-service men w ithin ten be even b etter than, we had a t first
ets, or in the form of a credit bal­
The local unit of the Y. W. C. A.
never
have any article except the miles who are not legionaires. T hat hoped or expected.
ance at the bank.”
is greatly interested in th o n a tio c a l
Holy
Bible
resting upon it. Under offer is n o t good h e re yet— ’cause
convention of the organization which
The first appearance in Ashland
The wealthy Battle Creek break­
meets in San Francisco August 18- no circum stances should a pitcher we are only about; sixty per cent will be during the month of October
fast food barons have been a t it
of w ater cr a vase of flowers be strong here.
Eveny new paid up and will be followed th ereafter m e
23. Among those of national prom i­
placed upon it.
quite a while and made piles of
m em ber
will
matke
from
one
nence who will address the conven­
kale, but none of them have pro­
When
two
flags
are
to
be
draped
to
th
re
e
m
ore
eligib
las
for
the
Wom­
tion and the general public of San
duced anything th a t will equal ham
together— one a foreign flag— always en ’s A uxiliary to thva American Le­
Francisco is Federal Prohibition
and eggs.
place our flag to the rig h t of the au ­ gion, and believe us th e Auxiliary is
Commissioner Haynes. If th is offi­
dience. When carried In a parade going to w ork on Uzose chaps who
cial comes west by way of Portland
ASHLAND NEEDS A BIG HOTEL he will in all probability he persuad­ with another flag, our flag m ust be are not m em bers o f A shland post,
on the right.
' so they can get raoija m em bers for
ed to pay Ashland a brief visit; also
Persons in uniform should salute th eir bunch.
While every one welcomes the other notables, both men and wom­
• •
a
passing
flag with th e m ilitary sa­
news th at the hotel a t Ashland Is en in the union’s ranks, among whom
lute,
but
civilians
salute
the
flag
by
Each week we fiud. m ore news re­
being refitted and will be operated are included Miss Anna Gordon and
as a real hotel, yet every thinking Miss Ju lia Deane, who will recount removing th e h at and placing it over garding the com ing n a tio n a l conven­
resident of the city knows th a t Ash­ the story of th eir South American th e left breast opposite the left tion. There are sfct ra ilro a d s •»'ho
We sold enough paint this spring to paint one out of every eight houses in Ash­
land NEEDS a BIG hotel, one w ith tour, on which continent prohibition shoulder. In storm y w eather it is have granted, th e ome c en t a mile
sufficient
to
raise
th
e
h
at
from
the
land.
fare from th e convention, bn t Ore­
two or three hundred rooms at least. is due to be enforced within five
gon has not yet been tapped. The
The park is the draw ing card, ail years; Mrs. Mary Armour, o rato r of head and hold It In th a t position.
This enormous turn over of our stock insures the purchaser of the la te st price
Our flag should always be saluted state delegates fro m the F irst d ist­
right, but Ashland needs a good ho­ national reputation; Dr
Valeria
and that the material has not stood on our shelving for any length of time.
tel of large size so th a t it will be Parker, authority in the realm of in this m anner w herever it passes. rict are G eorge A. W hite of Salem,
Follows a few DON’TS in regard
possible to boost the tourist trade in social hygiene; Mrs. Deborah Liv­
We have been the exclusive paint dealers of the town for twelve years and estab­
to our flag:
the right way.— Record-Herald.
ingston, who will present her appeal
lished our reputation on service and onir willingness to estimate and give advice on
Don’t sew the flag onto a sofa
for th e b etter citizenship of women, pillow;
any work.
BOOM COMING IN LUMBER
a them e which particularly appeals
Don’t use it as a silk handken-?
In spite of high freight rates aud to Ashland women who are em pha­
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We are specialists in paint and its uses and our experience is at your command.
chief:
I t
cheaper southern lum ber in competi­ sizing the need of enlightening pub­
Don't tw ist It into fantastic dé-“
Use it.
tion, the western lum ber industry lic opinion iu these im portant m at­
signs;
is gaining ground.
ters; also Mrs. Eva Wheeler, who
Oregee*» Hid ter fatliiutioa of
Don’t use it in any form of ad-j
The lum ber industry is getting on has traveled extensively in A ustralia
vertising;
its feet slowly, and the cut of west­ and other sections of the Antipodes;
Don’t let it drag in the dust whpn
erns sawmills is still one-third be­ all of whom will duly present the
handling it.
low normal.
Eight Schools; $ eveaty Departments
work th a t is be’ng dong as a portion
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For instance the northw est coast of the greatly extended program of
FALL TERM Of ENS SEPT. 19. 1921
The ex-navy men all over the val­
F®r i nUn sM i w t writ« Is th« Registrar
mills cut twenty million feet a week the organization, and who will outline
ley are organizing a company of na­
Oregon A g r i cultural College
and new orders and shipm ents last an energetic program associated with
val reserves. The form er gobs have
coa valus
week totalled eighty million feet.
th® W. C. T. U. plans for the future, had several meetings in Medford,
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