ASHLAND DAILY • TIDINGS san tranci »© O F F IO U L C IT Y PAPER T M p riet of Greet er Compeny Oí Cnit Cent P r e fm e « stock k w e^veae- ed from » I to »9« a »haro. Th> new price h now effective, accmrd* in g to an ennouncemeat from the company. This Is M o th e r reflec­ tion of the demand tor invest­ ment seenritiee.»' ’ '" The Great W estern’s 8 per cent preferred slock eras placed on the m arket last year at an loitta; of- ferine price of f»2 a share, .fol­ lowing discontinuance of the sale of the 7 > r cent preferred- The active demand tor public utility securities has caused the rise in price to the present level of 194 a share during the past few months. The number of shares which caa be purchased by any one subscriber h as also been set f t a lim ited number, even at the new price of 196 a share.----- — - The preferred stock of The Cal­ ifornia Oregon Power Company, another investment opportunity of strong m erit w ith good yield, soils rr.pidly in invest men c circles at the price announced d u rin r the •alter part of May More than a thousand sHireV’ of this new Copeo preferred clock Issue have sold daring the last few weeks by the C \iy Insertion I * R a te s fo r L eg a l a n d M is cella n eo u s A d v e r tisin g Ritst insertion, per 8 point line ____ __ ........_________ Bach subsequent Insertion, 8 point Une ___ ___________ C^rd of Thanks.......... ................... ..........___ ’ ./ Obituaries, per line --------— ..................................... ................ tive public u tility se surlty while still available a t its piosent sali­ n i price. Restful Pullman quarters assure a night’s restfpl sleep; arrival in tune for business next morning. * 16/5 16-day limit. 119.95 tl b health-giving bounty which nature has provided, have ft iled at times to look ahead with eyes that vision on iiio the future. Alas, we have taken too much for granted. j n If California had your Crater Lake and your Col­ umbia river highway, the entire world would soon know o f it,” this world traveler is quoted in The Oregonian. . Very generously and very wisely, the Portland cham- l>«r of commerce during the past few years has subscrib­ ed a sum of money to he spent fn a carefully planned land h(|tlemeiit campaign. One of the officers of J hi? bureau ¡•¿located here in Ashland and'»'doirt^ir'kplendid hit of w}»rk not only for Southern Oregon but for the entire » .But to our mind, the appeal for newcomers must be bâsed on even broader Jines. Wo must send forth through- o it the nation accurate descriptions of Oregon’s scenic attractions. We must paint truthful yet alluring word ]»«itures of thq genuine contentment to he gained in this fifendly state by the western sea. The money-making op­ portunities of Oregon or of any other state are by no in|ans the only things to be considered. } W hat kind of*n home can I rear for myself and my fajnily in Oregon! W hat of the future fop my children aijd my childrens’ children! What has Oregon in thfe way (»»culture, in the way of schools, in the way of churches! V liat are the pleasures to which 1 may look forward for rcsBxationf Give me convincing proof of.O regon’s wilL ingnees and ability to take me into the fold. f t These are questions which a possible ¡newcomer- has R ftsh t to ask and which the people of Oregon are under o lfcatio n s to answer. It is not enough that we point o iftth e fârra lands of this section or th at and quoth col- u ifls of statistics to show that spcCess is assured the man o lftv e ru g e .intelligence and pereervereuce. » e.iw ust'also exploit the true value of our seethe1 M p h . Wé-must conducteur advertising campaign along thfttam e lines as any successful merchant. If we will ad-i will»special and thus get them into the store, wo' btftH a good chance ot selling them more than they came to w v . æ iiregow ’s lakes and jhighways, her mountains' and parks, her clim ate and in vig o ratin g atmospheric aiftw er epOeiahs. 1x4.her advertise these plentifully and and she will soon find an ever inereusing nuftber of eastern visitors coming west. Then after they B Y C H A R L E d P . HTK W ART N B A S e r v ic e W r iter WASHINGTON — No wonder the government finds a national­ ly owned merchant marine un­ profitable. If one of the shipping Board’s line3 is operating at ''a hopeless loss, the board hangs onto it and keeps the ships running, the gov­ ernment ponying up the money to meet the deficit. If a line is paying, the board Immediately becomes anxious to sell it as soon as it can, (dr pret­ ty much anything it can get. If a line looks as if It might pay before lonSL the board wants to sell that, too, and is willing to make thp terms so reasonable that the purchaser will find the tran­ saction a paying one in the long run, even if it does take him a few months to begin making a margin of profit. Unbusinesslike A business man who sold ' all his divlden-paytng stocks far be­ low their market value and hoard­ ed those on which he was being regularly assessed would hardly expect to grpw rich. However, such is the govern­ ment’s policy with its merchant ships. The explanation, \of coumc , I» N O TTIN G H A M , Eng., (U P )— Garden vegetables grow more pro­ fusely under the influence of radio Mosquitos must be looking (or waves, according to the experience of W illia m Boot, am ateur garden* er near here Boot claims the proximity of Wonder how much these (ish an aerial increased t f e fertility of Coolidge caught really did weigh. his garden *0 per cent.- Experi­ ments aye npw under way here to Plane stolen In Richmond, Va determine th e le as lM lU y of “wire­ Thief grabbed it and just (lew. less fertiliser” not only for hot- hoiia?s but fur field crops as welL, , IÇrjy -cleaners are striking * in New York and tt’a watermelon sdaaon.’ that President Codlldge represents a school .of thought which holds that a, government should .en­ gage in no commercial ventures, or being 30 engaged* should get ont of it as speedily as possible and at almosUany cost. It simply cannot sell vessels that promise to cost a private company money to operate, even as a gift. " • It stands some chanee of dis- poling of linns, .which pay or premise to ptykoonV but’prospec­ tive purchasers see howe desper­ ately anxious it is to sell, ere Prussia offers ex-kaiser a (arm more moderate in their bids. (lend ish type of punishment. New to Them This policy of keeping what Is Shock restored Seattle man’s ,worse than worthless and getting ice. Divorce ’does the same. rid, at a sacrifice, of what yields handsome returns. Is one which the president has had some dif­ F IG H T A P P R O V E D ficulty in Instilling into the minds N E W Y O R K , J u ly US.— (U P ) o f the men at the head of the. — T h e N e w Y o r k b o x in g ro m m is- governmentkliy owned merchant. Klon to d a y a p p r o v e d t h e p r o p o s­ marine. * | ed f i g h t in N e w T a s k in S e p te m ­ The Shipping Board balked at, b er b e t w e e ^ J a c k D e m p se y , h e a v y ­ first. w e ig h t ch a n tilló n an d G e n e T u n l Finally, however, by appointing n e y . • new and more manageable mem-' bers, when old members’ terms expired, he got a working major- ( ity on the board, with Chairman T. V. O’Connor at its head. VIceChairman Plummer and * ' i-rfa -» t* • - lim ite d O çt.31,1626 Stopover privflegee Similar comfortable''Pullman ser­ vice leaving Portland either at 9 x 0 p.m. (N o. 13) or (N o. 53) at s x » a.».-—sleepers ready at 93O p.m. O. N. Kramer, Ticket Agent—Phone 43 ipatalacce HCRCs ÎOIM& WRÖ&&! OUCH/ DoôGcNir, I FOR&OT ' X THIS TWiNtr WAS c o M N e c ife p /y —-T 7 - wealthy or by a few “big cap Vaian Oil Company of <3 a W estern C om p an y, mal pbaykaowusMst. Ba­ carne (hsy am uart af « a Knew eur lataat, enr v a tie n » . T b a y k n e w ,w b»A erenr mspdardtgm atwrfy metteas m am am tuaby adkamd tm They DM’S BU W IN T M CKSM tPTfcUÜN’ DM ONICnttN* W IW ’ N t k S l ^ T l B . - , ___> O W VMHAÏ 18 TOUR NAME 8MITH? le ijew York Times has l»etu gathering some stati»- the largBftt tainjlieb in jju? country, so far as family f(O. Tap nuwtcr muiuos predominate. The S iiiith s e Johnsons by nearly 200,000, with a total of 1,304,- *be courttry is safe Vo!, when we find that the ten that lead all others are all Kuglish. -Ho lung as tliev inate, God will reign in his heaven and the naiion . R etu rn in g The answer » ,'“10,200 people,” of whom no one indi­ vidual ^owns. more than 2 per cent Probably, some of vruir fv*i<»n/4c » By Taylor I w o t l i « WHAT'S B ecom e?' O F T X H K T o r TMe. ' SCREWS FOR THIS SOCKET - A M V, T lE U . M O M T b CÒME. . H€RR A M lM U Tt— — Phone our agent for reservations on either N o. 54 or N o. 16. The former puts you in Portland at 7.15 nett morning, the latter at 8:50 a.m. and Aristo M a te r O il dm Watt, and Imqpfr m w i t W e s fe m a seterin g CnCHiitM af « h id IIBFfM . W HI w falftituciotl T Sm S greatest w isch t» te the bast é f k t 1