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ASHLAND DAILY TIDINGS
(Established in 1870)
Published Every E vw in g Except Sunday by
10íM
Wednesday, Januar}' 3d
than the native born American. I t is a stran g e yet logical HELENA so healthy
HOSPITALS MAY CLOSE
tu rn of events w hich m akes the children of m onarchy the
; fath ers of dem ocracy. Still the fath e rs of the Am erican
HELENA, Mont., Jani. 30.—
republic were not less subjects of E uropean m onarchy than W ith 100 per cent health condi
the Greeks of todav.
tions prevailing in Helena and vi
BANKER-FARMER
MEETING NOTES
SPANISH KING PLANS
TO RACE IN BRITAIN
REDUCE TAX ON SMALL
INCOMES 25 PER CENTi
LONDON, Jan. j u . — Announce
ment that King Alfonso of Spain
intends racing in England this
B ert R. Greer ................................ ......................................................... Editor
cinity for several months, lack of
year has been received with plea
House Ways and Means Commit
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patients threatens to close St. | A conference of bankers and
sure in English racing circles.
WHAT
NEXT
IN
RUSSIA?
tee Adopts Mellon’s Plan
red at the Ashland, Oregon, Postoffice as Second Class
P eter’s hospital, unless trustees farmers of the Fifth Federal Re-
King Alfonso has announced
T he eyes of the world again tu rn to Russia. W hile of the institution are able to re- j serve District held recently at
for Reduction.
Mail Matter
that
he will race his horses undre
, . . .
Raleigh, North Carolina, under the
the
u
ltim
ate
effect
of
L
en
in
e’s
death
upon
the
form
er
do
the
name
of the Duke of Toledo
plemsh
its
finances
through
sub-,
auspices
of
the
American
Bankers'
Subscription Price, Delivered in City
WASHINGTON, Jail. 29.— The and th a t he will probably enter
o n e M onth................................................................................ ............. 3 .65 main of the czars cannot yet be foretold, none believes th a t stantial cash contributions. St. i Association Agricultural Commis-
Three Months ................ ......................................................................
1.9 5 it will result otherw ise than in im provem ent of the R us P eter’s is the only Protestant hos- slon adopted the following prin- plan of Secretar>' Mellon for the them in the classics.
Six M o n th s................................... ..........................................................
3.75
pital in the city. The other hospi-S ciples:
¡relief of small income taxpayers,
governm
ent.
One Year ................................................................................................
7.50 sian m,
.
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tai, St. Jo h n ’s, is a Catholic insti- i “In order to encourage and pro-| granting a deduction from taxes
By Mail and Rural Routes:
m a t tile soviet d ictato rsh ip IS not a representative j tution and has not been overtaxed mote a safe» sane and constructive of 25 per cent on all earned in-
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governm
ent of the R ussian people and wilL eventually lie ¡w ith patients for several weeks, system of farm practices, the Bank | comes up to $6,000, was defin-
f'hreo Months .......................................................................................
I.95
er and Farmer Conference of the ¡tely accepted by the wavs and
Six Months
3.50 overthrow n by them and a republic set up, has been the
Fifth Federal Reserve District
, ,,
xu » following
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Ono Year ................................................................................................
6.50 prophecy oft-repeated in th is country by Count Ily a Tol
would make the
recom-1 ■ means committee of the house.
mendations with reference to the
1 ongressfan Garner s efforts to
Today and Tom orrow
DISI’l »V iDVERTISING RATES:
stoy. B u t u ntil now the red rulers have been successful
activities of farmers and bankers increase the deduction to 33 1-3
single insertion, per inch ................. .........................................
.30
in crushing in the incipiency all anti-soviet movements.
on which to concentrate efforts per cent was defeated, likewise
1 early Contracta:
during
the coming year:
th at of Young, of North Dakota,
P
erh
ap
s
D
eath
will
succeed
where
R
ussians
w
ith
the
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“1.
Encouragement
of loana by who urged a reduction of from
Two Insertions a week .............................................................
.25
real in terest of th e ir unhappy country a t h ea rt failed.
bankers to bright and deserving 15 to 20 per cent.
Daily insertion ...............................................
.20
young men and young women who
wish to go to college to study agri
Rates For Legal and Miscellaneous Advertising x
WHY RENTS ARE HIGH
Salem— Oregon Pulp & Paper
culture and home economics.
F irst Insertion, per 8 point l i n e ................................................... 3 .10
Co.
to build $20,000 addition.
W
hen
two
m
o
n
th
s’
re
n
t
each
y
ear
goes
in
city
taxes,
“2.
Promote
in
a
rational
and
‘•..•if ' subsequent insertion, 8 point line
.05
• -<l
conservative
way
the
economic
in
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we cannot avoid the question: Con the m odern city pay
Obituai* •s, per line
crease In the productiveness of the
Corvallis fire departm ent will
•02% its own w ay!
soils of the district so that a larg purchase two new engines.
WHAT CONSTITUTES ADVERTISING
er unit of crop production may be
T h at is the situ atio n in New Y ork City, as shown
“ All fu tu re events, where an admission charge is made or a
secured. Small unit yields of ne
by a careful stu d y m ade by the M erch an ts’ A ssociation,
.■llection taken is Advertising.
cessity are expensive, while mod
7 discount will be allowed Religious or Benevolent orders.
w rites Lewis E. Pierson, New Y ork banker, in “ The N a
erate to large yields of crops are
of head or chest are more easily
generally the cheapest. Larger
tio n ’s B usiness.” I believe th a t a like situation, v a ry
DONATIONS
treated externally with—
yields per acre coupled with a re
No d o tatio n s to charities or otherw ise will be made In advertis ing only in degree, holds good in m any other com m uni
duction in the acreage, when ad
ing. or job printing— our contributions will be in cash.
visable, should and usually will be
ties.
more profitable, and when han
V a p o R ud
H igh taxes inevitably help to m ake high ren ts and
0e>*r 1 7 M iltfan J ara U aed Y ea rly
dled properly will not lead to an
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over-production.
SEEK YE THE LORD W HILE HE MAY BE FOUND, CALL poor housing conditions, and a tra in of evils follows. The
T
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ren
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p
ay
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m
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p
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up
w
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sm
aller
q
uarters,
which
YE UPON HIM W HILE HE IS NEAR.— Isaiah 55:6.
system of diversified farming in
IU O U SN E S3
m eans less air, less light, less sa n ita ry conditions, or
which farmers will grow, »s far
TRIMLY SMART AND YOUTH as practical, all the food and feed
s ic k h e a d a c h e , s o u r sbons.ieh
he m u st p ay ren t m oney im peratively needed for ade
e o u s tlp a tto u , e a sily a v o id e d
FUL
THE STATE ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
crops necessary for feeding the
A n a< firs liver witheni ccltm el.
quate food and clothing.
A dress that would be both vep family and livestock of the farm, C H A M B E R L A IN S
I f one is to ju d g e the success of the. plans recently
and to keep the farms on the req
A t a recent hearin g before a S tate H ousing Com
discussed and adopted by the S ta te A g ricu ltu re Econom-
uisite kinds and amounts of live-
TABLETS
mission in New Y ork City, a represen tativ e of the City _ . . . . . ----------— — -------stock
best to meet the economic
ic conference held a t the Oregon A g ricu ltu ral College bv n T o n
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frock, it is trim, and acknowledging th« needs of farming.
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u flmence’ -‘ u
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“<• To formulate and put in m«,
velSwd2 îî« £ ,Ue> ?Llth bxnghtu red
tion definite plans for carrying out
here can be onlj one conclusion and th a t is th a t the con- tion rate sinee 1916 We fouud ¡n a su
th
adjustments3 a t the k it s'id?8 Anyoî ^ n U n ^ h H
lerence was the m ost constructive ever held m the N orth-
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w ere intelligent and practical, and it proceeded in a p ra c
tical w ay to the w ork of solving some of the problem s
th a t beset the ag ricu ltu ral, h o rticu ltu ral, livestock and
o th er industries of Oregon.
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a single room. T hat m eant th ere w as less air, less light,
and less sa n itary conditions. W hen ten to twelve people
34 to 48 inches bust. Price, 35
at the agricultural college of
live in one room, they sleep less. More money goes out Sizes,
cents.
each State.”
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L istening to the oral rep o rts th a t are com ing from
serious facto r in the increased ren tals and is bringing ti
the conference, and from read in g the accounts of its activ-f
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delegates, composed of
le of the United States took stock of (heil. ln.anicipaI
m unicipal
hard headed farm ers and business men, recognized th a t it
governm ents to determ ine how fa r the cost of modern
is im perativ e th a t the rep resen tativ es of each com modity
city governm ent can be curtailed.
o r line of a c tiv ity w ork out th e ir own economic problems.
In th e U nited S tates, as a whole, the cost of city
They realized it would be to no avail to bemoan the p res
governm ent has m ore th an doubled in the ten years since
ent unfavorable conditions into w hich m any of our in
1913. T his increase is due not so much to waste, to in
dustries have been plunged. The reasoned th a t th e only
efficiency, or to risin g labor costs, as it is to the fact
method of overcom ing the h andicap of overproduction is
mode™
c a rry a
to lessen production and im prove q u ality ; to decrease 1 j
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burden fa r m excess of its proper resources
th e overhead expense of grow ing th a t which it is neces-
sary to produce.
fear he hasn’t brought a silk hat
One of the m ost encouraging rep o rts com ing from the
along with him. When the Ambas
conference is th a t it w as generally recognized th a t it will
sador arrived he wore a derby
p ay in the f u tu re to encourage only those industries and
hat, or a “ bowler" as the English
lines which tim e and experience prove can be conducted NEWS LETTER—
call it. That rath er worried some
LONDON, Jan . 29.- -Amba8sa- of the English
newspapermen
p ro fitab ly and successfully w ithin the state, and to dis- dor Kello tore
courage new settlers in en terin g unprofitable in d u strie si t h l tiret°U m °rbe” p la A d 'o r e r ’ an and p6rl" ‘>” em barrassed some of
rising
American ” diplo
and activities. T his in itself is the adoption of a policy i English golf course.
ri81n£ young AmOTl“
m ats who had turned out in tall
of honesty, not w ith respect to those who a t present com-
There is no record of what the hats and long coats. Then when
Ambassador
said when he tore the
pose our present population only, b u t to the thousands
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American Ambassador went
card up, but tis whispered t h a t ! , .
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who will come into Oregon in the fu tu re. T his policy will k his
face
indicated
more to W aterloo Station to b d far
well to Sir Auckland Geddes, the
prevent th e un itiated and -inexperienced from entering than chagrin.
retiring British Ambassador to the
lines which can only resu lt in failure.
In fact, the Ambassador isn 't
United States, he again appeared
certain
w hether he is going to be
A fact th a t is encouraging and com m endable in con
w earing a derby hat. This was
nection w ith the conference was the disposition of rep re as great a golf enthusiast in Eng too much and a worrying reporter
land as he was in the United
sentatives of various lines of in d u stry and business to States, at any ra te he has learned for Lord R otherm ere’s Even’ng
m ake th e ir problem s of common in terest, and to cooperate th at golf in England is a much News wrote:
“ Perhaps it was out of diplo
in liftin g to a p ro fitab le basis those in d u stries th a t are different game th an golf in the matic courtesy th a t Mr. Kellogg
not re tu rn in g a fa ir p ro fit fo r th e cap ital and labor in United States, at least it’s played wore a ‘bowler,’ most English of
different conditions.
vested. T he conference co nstituted a long step in b rin g under
hats; and Sir Auckland had on a
Golf Is a more or less soggy
soft
grey of the sort America in
ing to an actual reality co-operation between business game in England, the Ambassador
vented.”
men and bankers on th e one hand and ag ricu ltu re on the has discovered. There is no such
There is really worry in th at
other. I t presages a d ay not fa r d ista n t when business thing as a roll to make a 175-yard
paragraph. The poor reporter
men and bankers of the state generally will be m aking the drive into a 250-yard feat, except probably wept a b itter tear th at
on rare occasions. In England you
problem s of the farm er th e ir problem s to th e m utual ben get w hat you drive and If you Sir Auckland has fallen prey to
efit of all.
drive a high ball the chances are the American custom of wearing
All in all, th e results of th e conference will he such ten to one, particularly in w inter, a soft hat and got ju st a little
consolation out of calling the
th a t its w ork will add im petus to th e unprecedented era th a t you will find your ball sunk American Am bassador’s derby a
of developm ent and grow th the sta te of O regon is en ter en half-way into the fairw ay— “bow ler" and describing it as
ing.
WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN ON UNIVERSAL EDU
CATION
K now ledge is in every country the su rest basis of p ub
lic happiness—George W ashington.
I believe th a t public education is not only im portant,
h u t the m ost im p o rtan t concern of the A m erican people
—A braham Lincoln.
W ashington realized th a t if the republic which he and
his colleagues had founded was to endure its people m ust
be enlightened. N early a cen tu ry la te r Lincoln was con
vinced th a t public education was the m ost im p o rtan t bus-
iness of the republic th a t be and bis colleagues bad pre-
served. Schools, churches, civic and p atrio tic societies cel
ebrate, in F eb ru ary , the b irth d ay anniversaries of these
two g reat presidents. Once again thousands of children
and adu lts in all p a rts of our country will pause to revere
th e ir lives, th e ir deeds, and th e ir public utterances. W ould
it n o t be well a t th is tim e to stress th e fa c t th a t both of
these p atrio ts declared“ th a t universal education is neces
sary fo r the h ighest efficiency of a dem ocracy! W ould it
n o t be well to select as slogans fo r th e occasions th e ir u t
te ra n ces reg ard in g ed u catio n !
—
W ash in g to n ’s b irth d a y is a legal holiday in all States,
T errito ries, and possessions; and L incoln’s in 26 States,
A laska, and P o rto Rico. The laws of a few S tate s m ake
th em school holidays also; in others th e school tru stees
are given the pow er to declare them holidays if they so
desire; and in several S tates the observance of the d ay by
a p p ro p ria te exercises is m an d ato ry fo r the schools.
SPREAD OF AMERICAN IDEALS
A political w riter in Greece a ttrib u te s th e recent Re
publican coup th ere to the influence on th e G reek n atio n
al m ind of th e thousands of im m igrants to the U nited
S ta te s who have retu rn ed to the hom eland a fte r absorbing
A m erican ideals. T hus it seems th a t the m issionaries of
o u r in stitu tio n s shall be our tem porary resid en ts ra th e r
if you are one of those accom
plished persons who drive onto
the fairway.
Rain and wind has made golf
in England a game only for the
sturdy and those who are willing
to undergo considerable discom
forts in order to play. Courses are
generally heavy with rain and
very frequently the players them-
selves suffer from the same
causes.
Ambassador Kellogg made h 's
f rst excursion into English golf
cn a typical English w inter day.
It was cold, but there was a heavy
get in a little work. The Ambas
sador played over the Sandy
Lodge course, one of th© best in
England and one of the driest,
but nothw ithstanding he found
the going p retty heavy and dis
couraging. It takes courage to
play under normal conditions in
England, but it is to be hoped the
Ambassador won’t make a prac
tice of tearing up his cards be
cause he has been presaged th ru -
out England as a golfer of con
siderable ability and there are
many who are aw aiting the op
portunity to test his mettle.
American Ambassadors can’t
seem to dodge the English style
experts.
Form er Ambassador Harvey
shocked the properly dressed
Englishmen when he drove his
own Ford, while w earing a silk
hat, and again when he played
golf in his sh irt sleeves.
A mbassador Kellogg h asn 't yet
offended the sense of nicety of
the correct young men who w rites
pieces for the English papers, but
they are beginning to worry for
Take
ON THE SHOPPER
F
O
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Laxativo
Brom
Quinän®
A shopping tour becomes a
pleasure not only to the shopper
and the shops, but also to the In»
nocent bystander, when it is con
ducted In a long manteau of frost-
krepe sponsoring the straight belt
less lines decreed by Paris. Es
pecially when the tubelike sil
houette Is agreeably Interrupted
by bandings of dull red, and soft
ened with a circular flounce. The
color of this appealing costume is
cinnamon, and, by the way, enough
cinnamon is being used this year
to entirely deplete the cinnamon
bug or cinnamon plant, or where-
ever one does get cinnamon from .
The latest fashion news relayed to
us from Paris by Henri Creange
ig th a t couturieres of International
reputation are showing delightful
coats and wraps of silk, lined w ith
fu r that is soft and pliable as a
fabric itself. Silks adaptable for
these sm art reversible coats are
frostkrepe, mlrrokrepe and broka-
do crepe, and a new material, cote
centaur, which Is a heavy ribbed,
lustrous member of the bengaline
family.
This particular costume takeg
to itself the inevitable accompani
ments of fox scarf and cloche, and
th e sartorial scheme Is further
harmonized by the fact »»«>» the
h at and bag are both made of
heavy black satin, with pipings of
bright red. It occurs to us a t th is
point that the frivolous little can
ines which Madame used to carry
under her arm are, In the verna
cular, slightly out of luck since
the new bags came into vogue.
One mugt a t least have one arm
free.
NEWS LETTER
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tablets
The tonic and laxative
effect of Laxative BROMO
QUININE Tablets will for
tify the system against In
fluenza and other serious
ills resulting from a Cold.
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W H Y BANKS?
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By J H p. - i x kc H, Chairman,
Committee on Pu lie i ' i u c . ' t
••rr'e a n Bankers Association.
Formerly th e xn
Willi
his money kept in a safe
place. Today he i¡> fi
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hj banks which keep his sav-
ing* s.-ife I this interest on money, saved
and depisii ! in the bank, the only gala to
the deposit«’ fm n saving?
M ONEY S
BANK
o u t on
• ' ED AND DEPOSITED IN
funds for the banker to loan
farm mortgages, land bank OT
othci fdiin bonds; railroad, municipal or
guvvinment bonds; or notes of farmo»*»,
merchants uud manufacturers. Thoro*
fore
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AMERICA NOT
INDIFFERENT
and has In its own vast domestic
market and in other non-European
markets an outlet for Its products
adequate to maintain a fair degree
of national prosperity, the fact re
mains that It is very definitely to
“ most English of h ats.”
By FRANCIS H. SISSON,
the selfish interests of the United
The new American Ambassa Chairman, Public Relations Com* States to have Great Britain and
d o r’s personal appearance has
mission, American Bankers
the European continental countries
regain their normal prosperity at
Association.
generally found approval, and
perhaps lie will be accepted as en
While the facts justify the belief the earliest possible date. They
tirely correct as soon as he un that the financial and general eco normally absorbed between 60 and
packs h s silk hat and has a few nomic strength of the United 70 per cent of American exports,
S t a ' e s is so but recently have been taking less
suits made by an English tailor.
great that it than 50 per cent
At any rate all of the English
Moreover, the rich contribution
creates a sta-
papers have adm ired his grey hair
b i 1i t y here which Europe has made in the
and his "distinguished face.”
which cannot j past to the upbuilding of other
b e seriously j pans of the world, including the 1
Mrs. Kellogg has met with im
shaken by the Liiiied States, would seem to cre-
m ediate ap p ro v al In interviews!
adverse condT j a lt a «eDaine obligation upon oth '
she announced she hoped and de-|
tlons in Eu- Í 1 er countries to come to its aid in
sired to do considerable enter i
rope, it still ¡ the present period of difficulty.
tain ng. If for no other re a so n s !
remains true General well being throughout the
this should m ake.her popular with
© O. & O.
that an atti entire world will be diminished to
Francis
H.
Sisson
English society, for Somerset
tude of indif- a degree as long as Europe is un
able to play its part in production
Maughman probably hit th e nail ference to these distressing condi and consumption of valuable prod
tions
is
unworthy
of
the
American
on the head when he w rote:
people. In fact, 1 believe that such ucts. It possesses vast resources
‘ There’s nothing an Englishman indifference does not exist The of skill and equipment for the pro
likes better than something for nation is observing with deep in duction of useful commodities in de
nothing.” But aside from her terest the progress of events mand by all nations, and loss con
promise to entertain, the English abroad and has given many evi tinues while these resources are
limited in their use by poverty and
seem to have taken to the new dences of a readiness to aid In re by adverse political and social con
Am bassador’s wife and Mrs. Kel storing normal conditions there ditions. That the share of the
logg should enjoy her stay here. whenever it is seen that a suitable United States in this loss is rela
opportunity is afforded.
Our people have naturally been tively small should not preclude
reluctant to act while the Euro an active interest in every promis
BLOCK NOMINATION OF
pean nations still fail to display ing effort that may be made to
GEORGE B. CHRISTIAN the will to accept the only terms restore the European nations to
on which rehabilitation is possi economic and financial health.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.— Sen ble, and to abandon their mutual
For Community Betterment
ate Insurgents, led by LaFollette hatreds and distrusts, their per
sistence in preparation for further
The Committee on Agriculture
blocked the confirm ation of nom warfare, and their destructive
of the Missouri State Bankers As
ination of George B. Christian, Jr., ! political and financial policies. sociatlon has sent out a question
secretary of th e laite President S ich policies have so weakened the naire to all members to secure a
H arding, as federal trade com credit of some of the continental frank opinion as to what are thn
m issioner at a salary of $10,000 nations that the task of aiding most Important community prob
them seems ft.tile until It Is clear
a year.
Insurgents announced that these policies are discredited lems to be solved In the State.
The questionnaire covers bank de- I fli
th a t they would fight the appoint and disowned by them.
posits, crops, schools, manufactui- ! 3
m ent on th e g ro u n d s’th a t Chris
Although it seems clear from the ing. roads, junior club work, agri |1
tian is u n fit for the post. Post- record of recent years that Ameri cultural agencies, co - operative J j
ponment of consideration for a t ca, more perhaps than any other agencies, farm abandonment, lard 1 §
least two weeks was forced by La country, has been and will continue values, finances, dairying, and so- H
to be able to adjust. Itself without
Follette in the meeting of the sen •erlnus disaster to the conditions cial life, with a view in deterni’n g
i.ig what work should be undet- P
ate commerce committee.
eriated by European depression. taken for the year. •
SAVING «= assisting the farmer to raise
crops; the railroads to run trains; tho
town, city, state or nation to build achoola
for the children of the depositor and his fellow eitiaona; or
construct water works or other public enterprises. Ravfay
also equals helping the butcher, baker and grocer to do busi
ness so that food is brought within reach of the homo; and
the manufacturer to make shoes, clothing and tho many
things people need to live.
Every saver, therefore, Is not only putting away money against
a rainy day and earning interest on it meanwhile, but bo is
also making it possible for himself and others to have tho
z luxuries, comforts and necessaries of life,—to enjoy all tho
« advantages of a greater and better civilization. Thus through
banks every saver gains a great deal more than merely la*
terest on his money.
J. H. Puellcher
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The Citizens Bank of Ashland
Ashland, Oregon
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