fc*AGE TWO
ASHLAND DAILY TIDINGS
Tuesday, Novem ber 4, i 024
ASH LAND D A ILY TIDING S! Ex-Senator James A. Q’Gorman got $65 an hour as referee of the
Calipooia mountains commenced to receive home-
(E stab lish ed in 1 8 7 6 )
in the Gould estate accounting. With an 8-hour day and ¡seekers. In 1847 Warren N. Goodall located a donation
a 300-day year he’d get an annual $156,000.
claim on the present site of Drain, at a point where the)
P u b lish ed E very E ven in g E xcept Sunday by
The trouble with the folks who loudly proclaim that present S. P. railroad crosses Elk creek. In 1848 Levi
THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO.
‘no man can earn $100,000 a year” is that they don’t Scott settled in Scott valley near the mouth of Elk creek,
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George Madden Green ............... ..................................Business Manager mean that at all. They mean that any man can live on and his two sons, William and John, settled near by in
iess than that.
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Yoncalla valley. In 1848 Jesse Applegate, J. T. Cooper
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Most of us do. In fact, only 2,352 persons reported -and------- Jeffrey settled in the same vicinity. The dis-
E ntered at th e A shland, Oregon P o sto ffice as Second C lass M ail M atter
incomes
of $100,000 or over for 1921. But what a man covery of gold in California in 1848 had attracted great
Subscription P rice, D elivered in City
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$ 65 earns and what he needs are two far-apart amounts. Most attention in all parts of California and Oregon, and in­
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need even more than we earn.—The Nation’s Business.
in great numbers, of which we will speak more particular­
B y M ail and R ural R ou tes .
ly presently, and new settlements were begun in the
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The
man
of
means
used
to
have
a
den.
Now'he
is
Umpqua
valley.
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more likely to have a love nest.
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Bancroft says: “ The immigration to the Pacific coast
in 1850, by the Overland route alone, amounted to be­
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The destructive instinct remains. The old fashioned tween thirty and forty thousand persons, chiefly men.
Y early C ontracts
girl used to break Hearts. The modem girl breaks records. Through the exertions of the Oregon delegate in Congress!
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aoout eight thousand were induced to settle in Oregon.” !
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The
nations
with
surplus
population
seem
to
agree
With the yearly increase since the large immigration of
R a tes for L egal and M iscellaneous A d vertising
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that immigration isn’t America’s private business.
1843 with eight thousand added in 1850 Oregon was secur­
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ing a population able to cope with emergencies as they
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We must keep the national sport free of the national arose and were no longer uncertain as to their national
weakness.
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status, having been given a territorial government in
“All future events, where an admission charge is made or a
1849.
collection taken is Advertising.
No discount will be allowed Religious or Benevolent orders.
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The discovery of gold in California in 1848 produced Abraham Lincoln
Pioneering in Southern Oregon
Billinas) &nd. fu$ Family
a remarkable situation wherever the news spread. Per-
DONATIONS
by G. B. Watson
No donations to charities or otherwise will be made in advertis-
At the VINING Today, Tomorrow and Thursday
^ .h a p s no where else in the world was there wrought a great-
tag or Job printing—our contributions will be In cash.
I er spectacle than in Oregon. These pioneers who had just
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| arrived and yet hardly settled on the lands chosen by them
CHAPTER POUR
DID YOU VOTE?
The uncertainties involved in the ultimat esettlement of were violently taken with the lust for gold so soon as the
In spite of ' e intensive campaign waged by The
the Oregon question, brings the Southern trail into news was fully confirmed and verified that the reported
Tidings, by the h vanis Club, and by many other organ­
discovery was not a hoax, the greatest excitement prevail­
more general consideration.
izations and business firms in the city, there were hun­
ed. We will let Bancroft paint the picture for us. He says:
The year of 1846 was in many ways a year presenting
dreds of citizens in Ashland today who refused to accept
“ No one doubted longer; covetous desire quickly in­
By O. H. O TIS, D ire c to r, A g ric u ltu ra l Com m ission
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their right of franchise, and who failed to visit the polls. many serious questions. The settlement of the.“ Oregon creased to a delerium of hope. The late Indian disturb­
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erican
B
ankers’
A
ssociation
On the other haul there were tliose who realized the Question,” was the most pressing of all subjects for pub­ ances were forgotten; and from the ripening harvests
Farmers, like other business men, frequently need to
wonderful opportunity give nthem, and who did their duty, lic and private discussion. In the case of war between the the reapers without compunctions turned away. Even
borrow
money. Business men furnish their bankers with
voting, no matter who for, or how they voted, for the United States and Great Britain, it was seen that there their beloved land-claims were deserted; if a man did not a statement.
W hy should not the farmer? In order to
right of selection is their own. But the idea is, they vot­ must be some route to and from the “ Oregon Country,” gb to California it was because he could not leave bis fam­
safeguard the depositors’ money which he
ed. Under which classification do you fall. In the “ I other than that which followed the Hudsons Bay line of ily or business. Some prudent persons at first seeing that
loans out the banker needs full information
regarding
the borrower’s financial condi­
trading posts an dforts, over which up to this time, the provisions and lumber must rapidly increase in price, con­
dids” or the “ What difference will it make” category.
tion.
Many
farmers are entitled to better
A month, a year from now, these same “ slacker” cit­ immigrants found their only route to travel. The United cluded to stay at home and reap the advantage without in­
credit standings which such credit state­
izens, who today failed to cast a ballot, will be the ones States would not be likely to select a line already occu­ curring the risk; hut these were a small proportoin of Mie
ments will give them. These statements
who will most loudly bemoan our “ inefficient” govern­ pied and forified by its enemies in the event that military able bodied men of the colony. Far more went to the gold
will also tell the farmer whether his busi­
ness as a whole is a going concern.
forces
were
to
he
sent
out.
Hence,
this
southern
route
ment. It Will he they who complain of high taxes, poor
mines than had volunteered to fight the Cayuses; farm­
It is not such a difficult task to make out
management, slack law enforcement, and the dozen other was anxiously looked upon as the most available for the ers. mechanics, professional men, printers—every class.
a
statement
at least once a year. The first
0. H. O tis
future needs of the country.
wails of the discontented and disconsolate citizen.
year
will
be
the
hardest. After that it will
Tools were dropped and work left unfinished in the shops.
The
new
route
was
not,
in
every
respect
as
good
as
it
But by what right do they wail! We deport undesir­
The farms were abandoned to women and boys. The two come easy. The statement should include the value of
able aliens for just such actions. Ship them hack to the was hoped to find, but it was believed that with more inti­ newspapers, the Oregon Spectator and Free Press, held land and buildings, the value of the crops on hand at the
of the year, such as received during the year and cash
country from which they came for criticizing the govern­ mate acquaintance it would be found to present less of out, the one till December, the other till the spring of g beglnning
rain, hay, fiber crops, fr u its and paid out during the year.
ment. Have these so called citizens, who failed to vote, hardships than the Snake and Columbia rivers route. Be­ 1849, when they were left without compositors and sus­ vegetables, etc. The Btatem eut These various items can be ar­
also Include the num ber ranged in tabulated form, and ihs
any more right to criticize our city, state and national gov­ sides Oregon would be reached earlier in its Southern val­ pended. No one thought of the outcome. It was not then should
and value of the d iffe re n t classes figures indicating the amounts in-
ernment, than the latest foreigner to pass the authorities leys, that were in some respects more inviting to the known in Oregon that a treaty had he ensigned by the of liv e s to c k , in c lu d in g horses, cat­ volved placed opposite each item.
at Ellis Island? They are both in the same class. The weary immigrant. When these first pioneers had seen United States hnd Mexico, but it was believed that such tle, sheep, hogs, p o u ltry , bees, etc. A copy of this credit statement
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It should also 6how value of should be preserved lo r use in mak­
alien who has no vote, and the citizen who fails to exercise Rogue River and Umpqua valleys, they ceased not to dis­ wouici
be the result of the war; hence the gold fields of’ cr<Jl> u*acll*ner>’« d a iry equipm ent, ing out next year's statement, and
his. The alien is blameless, for it is not yet his privilege cuss their desirability when they had reached Mie settle- California were alreadv regarded as the propertv ’ of i p o u ltry equipm ent, harness, pleas­ also for purposes of comparison
vehicles, pow er m achinery, etc. when two yearly statements have
to vote, but the citizen who failed to vote has no one to ments of the Willamette, and many of them in subsequent) Americans. Men of familv expected to return -
n,on ure
U nder o th e r assets should bo in- been compiled. This comparison
blame for mismanagement of the government hut him­ years returned to make their homes there.
c,uded cash 00 hand or in bank, will give the farmer an Idea as to
thought
little XT about
it. l To i ” go i and
go at
once W * ‘l< ' i T t l 10 I loans
c h ip f iilo n
o n .-
n ’
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receivable, accounts receiv-
self.
bow his business is going. It will
Jealousies between the various missions and the var­ chlet idea. Many who had not the means were fitted out! able, cash
value of insurance poii-
be in the nature of an inventory,
But in all probability, the “ slacker” ciMzen we will ious denominations that fostered them produced dissen hy others who took a share in the venture; and quite dif- cle8’ sLocka and bonds. United and
will furnish abundant food for
always have with us. No matter how much publicity is tions, that were carried into politics in the early efforts to ferent from those who took like risks in the east, the trusts States securles and other miscella­ thought. If the practice is per­
assets, not Included In the sisted In for a series of years it
given the matter, it will always he impossible to get out establish a provisional government, which added to their reposed in men in Oregon were as a rule faithfullv carried neous
above.
will be of untold value to the
100 per cent of the vote, but we can say to these non-voters other embarrassments, and discredited them in the eyes out.
The financial statement should farmer In studying the business
also list liabilities, such as mort­ management of his farm.
“ you failed to do your part, so forever keep your peace.” of the Indians who soon were made aware of the situation.
(To he Continued)
gages, both real estate and chattel,
Business men find It absolutely
The Missionaries soon became discouraged in their efforts
notes due bank, notes payable to necessary
to take Inventory and
others, accounts or bills due oth­ prepare financial
WELCOME HOME
to “ Christianize” the Indians and lost morale when they
statements. Such
land. It will carry fuel for 1,300 ers. premiums on life insurance, i n ­ practice has not been so general
Hurrying home, in order to arrive in time to cast his discovered the difficulties that confronted them.
flying miles. It will also carry a terest on taxes, etc.
with the farmer. Here lies an
ballot, Professor Irving E. Vining, Ashland citizen, and
It is not strange that under the circumstances stimu­
net worth may be determin­ open
door of opportunity. The
wireless set, weighing only half ed The
by taking the liabilities from the
president of the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce, lus was added to the efforts of those who championed the
a pound, for the reception of total assets. If there are any con- financial statement Is the first step
toward reliable farm accounting.
weather reports.
slipped into the city Sunday evening, unattended and al­ Applegate route. Bancroft says: “ In May, 1847, Levi
I tlngent liabilities they should also Once
farmer gets started In
‘I think that I have a good ! be listed. These would include making the statements
most unobserved, but we hasten to add, not forgotten.
Scott led a pariy of twenty men destined for the States, L ondon
It will stimu­
— Grettir chance of succeeding in reaching ! endorsements on notes of others, late him to keep more records, to
For the work Mr. Vining has done for Oregon will over the Southern route, and also guided a portion of the! Aigarsson, young
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security or bondsman for others, study more closely and minutely
Icelander ex- j the pole.”
live forever. Taking the East by storm, Mr. Vining, immigration of the following autumn into the. Willamette plorer, who recently took an ex-'
leases or contracts, judgments or his business and to ascertain the
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suits
pending.
wherever he supoke, left an impression of a Greater Ore V alley by this road, arriving in good season and good con­ ploration party to the Arctic Cir­
sources of his profits as well as
Cliff
Payne
makes
forms.
O ther In fo rm a tio n
the
factors that make up his ex­
cle,
announces
that
next
year
he
I
gon, along with a feeling of comradeship for Mie North­ dition, while the main immigration, by the Dalles route,
In
addition
to
the
above,
gen­
penses.
When these are known
west, never before felt in these Eastern states. Mr. Vin­ partly on account of its number, suffered severely. This proposes to make a sensational!
eral information could be given on ways will be suggested as to how
one-man dash for the North Pole
the cash value of life insurance as­ to Increase receipts and reduce
ing’s eloquence, coupled wilit his wonderful personality, established the reputation of the Klamath Lake road; and in a low-powered aeroplane from Complete line of Ashland Can­ I sets
pledged as collateral or insur­ expenses. There are both satis­
ned
Goods
at
Detricks.
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formed a combination which immediately forced the East the legislature this year passed an act for its improve­ a small bas%-ship 600 miles away.
ance carried on buildings, insur­ faction and profit in following up
ance carried on live stock, insur­ from year to year these • credit
to recognize Oregon as the “ coming” state of the Union, ment, making Levi Scott Commissioner, and allowing him He will sail from London about
ance
carried on machinery or Im­
Special Auto Accident Policy plements, taxes for the year, cash statements and the farm records
and made the people of those states realize the possibilities to collect a small toll as his compensation for his services. May 1 In the eighty-foot steam
that necessarily go with them.
drifter Aduna the Fair and will
$5.00 a year. Phone 21. Yeo
of this section.
The troubles with the Cayuses which broke cut in the carry, besides the aeroplane in for
of course.
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And more. Cutting short his stay in the East, declin­ winter of 1847, and which, but for Oregon volunteers, which he proposes to make his
Tidings classified do the business
ing invitations to speak, which would have occupied his would have closed the Snake route, demonstrated the wis­ attempt, a small launch, sledges,
attention for inon hs, Professor Vining hurried horn to dom of its explorers in providing the mountain-walled and scientific instruments worth
Ashland in order lat he might cast his ballot in today’s valleys of western Oregon with another means of ingress 1100,000.
“The main object of my expe­
election. That nu ve, even without his brilliant record, or egress than the Columbia river; their road today being dition Is to discover islands believ­
would mark him as a remarkable citizen. Here, hundreds incorporated in some way with some of the most import­ ed to exist between Spitzbergen
and Franz Joseph Land. This will
of citizens elect to turn down their right of franchise, ant highways of the country.”
undertaken by the ship, which
while Professor Alining elects to turn down, what surely
“ In June, 1847, a company headed by Cornelius Gil- I be shall
leave when about six hun­
would have been a tour of triumph in order that he might liam set'out with the Intention of exploring the Rogue dred miles distant from the North
cast his vote This sort of man is a credit to any city. River and K
Klamath valleys, which from this time for Pple,” Aigarsson said in an in­
and we are more than proud to have him as neighbor, as ward continued to be mentioned favorably on account of terview.
“The aeroplane which I propose
a citizen of Ashland
their climate, soil and other advantages.
to use is a development of the
“ In 1849 Jesse Applegate removed to the Umpqua small, high-powered machines now
WHAT’S A MAN WORTH?
valley, at the foot of a grassy butte called hy the Indians being extensively used in Eng-
W hat’s a man worht? There isn’t any answer. When ‘Yone-calla, or eagle-bird,’ which use has shortened to
Will Hays left the Cabinet and took the task of straight­ ‘Yoncalla’ near Elk creek close to which the railroad
ening out tangles in the motion picture industry, it was now passes. His brother Charles settled near by him; and*
believed and not doubled that be was to get $100,000 a Lindsey Applegate somewhat later made himself a home Faith - - - Without Works
year. Those who know say that lie has saved his employ­ on Ashland creek, where the town of Ashland now stands,
Preaching the gospel of op­
ers many times that amount in countable cash by the mere and directly on the line of the road he helped to establish.” timism is a mighty good thing
—so far as it goes. It does
prevention of lawsuits alone .
“ Uncle” Lindsey Applegate told the writer fifty help
direct thought the right
Another report is that Secretary Hoover was asked to years ago that after he had received his first view of way. But our idea of the true
is the practical one«—
help the citrus fruit industry in Florida to organize for Rogue River valley on that memorable trip of 1846,' he ootimism
the person who ACTS as if he
better marketing, and that $200,000 was to be his yearly had declared a vow that he would sometime make a home believed the things he talks
hopes for are going
wage. Again much money; but if a man can save millions, here, and up to the date of his death he considered Rogue about*and
to come to pass. Putting opti­
can you measure his worth except in hundreds of thou­ River valley the gem of the Pacific coast.
mism to work is the way to
multiply its value.
sands ?
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The year 1846 was a memorable one in the annafs of
Let’s not only keep on look­
Someone not long ago put before the legislature Mie Pacific coast, the treaty with Great Britain was rati­
ing on the bright side: let’s
of the state of New York a proposal to limit the salaries fied, fixing the boundary line at the 49th parallel north. continually be doing some­
to make it brighter. At
of life insurance president. The New York Insurance Re­ This gave the U. S. all that territory known as Old Ore­ thing
this hank we believe in our
rooting is something new come to the White House and
port for 1923, covering the business of 1922, gives Haley gon, extending from the Pacific odean to the summit of country, our city, our neigh­ in Silent
twirler replied, 'my fingers resting
baseball.
bring his athletes with him. At
bors and ourselves. And we
Fiske as the highest paid life insurance president in the the Rocky mountains, and from the 42nd to the 49th par­ believe
One of the persons in Washing­ that conference the President here and---------
in putting our faith in ton most interested in the great
“At this point the Chief Execu­
proved to the ball players that he
United States, and lists his salary as $133,000 a year. Who allel of north latitude. This removed the menace of war our daily business practice.
snowing made by the American had closely followed their deter­ tive took the ball and proceeded,
to imitate the Johnson grip. Walter
doubts that Mr. Fiske could show a legislative committee that had so long hung over this region, and gave the anx­
Let’s all be optimists and not League team representing the Cap­ mined fight for the pennant and grasped his opportunity.
ital
has
been
President
Coolidge.
urged them to bring a pennant
let’s boost Ash­
that he earns many times that each year?
“Will you autograph that ball?”
ious settlements promise of speedy protection under the pessimists—
land and not knock—push for­ Never has he raised his voice In back with them at the close of he asked.
raucus outcry against half-witted ^T n8^ 80“'»,
There are consciences that are shocked by the $750,- stars and stripes. The same year saw California a pos­ ward rather than puli back,
.
No sooner 833(1 than done, and
decisions by earnest umpires; nor
In
the
above
picture
the
Presi-
now
the ball player has the Pres­
000 counsel fee in the M. K. & T. reorganization. Emi­ session of the United States, an unbroken coast line from
has he shouted his advice to strain­ cient is standing with Manager idential
BOOST FOR ASHLAND
ing base runners, but his silent Harris (left) Walter Johnson plaything. signature on his favorite
nent lawyers have testified that it wasn’t too much. Mexico, at the head of the Gulf of California to the 49th
“pulling” has helped make the (right) and Clark Griffith, owner
Samuel Untermver in his biography in Who’s Who (and degree of north latitude. The immigration was increas­
once-despised Senators the most of the club, to the right of John­
feared baseball team In the League. son. In Walter Johnson, pitching
You are welcome to compare
First National
these are mostly autobiographies) says that he got $775,- ing each year at a rapid rate, and an added impetus was
They say so, anyway.
ace
for
eighteen
years,
the
Pres­
my Automobile rates with any
000 as a fee for consolidating Utah Copper with Nevada given by this new assurance of protection.
Stanley “Bucky” Harris, m an­
Bank
ident was particularly interested other rates in Jackson or Jose­
ager
of
the
W
ashington
—
Consolidated and Boston Consolidated. Time says that
From this time on exploration of this immense em­
Oregon w ho by the w ay is the youngest and asked him how he pitched his phine Counties; you can be the
Levi Mayer, of Chicago, got at least one fee of $500,000. pire of territory went on rapidly and the country south Ashland,
team director In either m ajor famous fast curve.
fudge. Phone 21. Yeo, of course.
H ague—recently
Invited to
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FARMERS’ FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS AN AID TO BUSINESS SUCCESS
ICELANDER TO TRY
FLIGHT O M POLE
Washington Baseball Club Visits .
The President A t The White House; <
Johnson Given Autographcu Ball
^**1 bold it this way,” the S to rt
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