THE D fllb Y TIDINGS' EDITORIAL ESTABLISHED IN 1876 ONE WAY TO HELP A local merchant in a recent conversation, in which ho took occasion to praise the community spirit that exists locally, mentioned the fact that in one year, he, in his business, had paid out nearly $3000, as his share in the financing, of community projects. While we know little about this .man’s business, We feel safe in assuming that it does not differ materially from other institutions in that this amount of money could have lieen used advantageously, for expansion or other plans that he undoubtedly had. These were disregarded however, and he dug down in his pocket and paid out nearly $.‘{000 in order that he might do his share in seeing that Ashland went ahead. Other business men have done likewise, with the result that there are many community enterprises here that stand as monuments to the civic activities of business and professional interests. When you take down your favorite mail order catalogue, and get out the order blanks, ready to send away from the place in which you make your living the dollars that rightfully belong here, think of this man and what he has done to make this city a better place for you and yours to live in. When you thoughtlessly stop in neighboring cities and make purchases, think of the loyal busi­ ness houses at home who are contributing heavily out of the money spent with the^n to give you and your city the many advantages that belong here, and— Remember This — Every dollar that is sent out of Ashland that could be spent here lessens just that much the ability of local business institutions, to cooperate on financing the things we need most. If every one spent their money out of town there would be no business district, and if there was no business district there would be no Ashland. IT SOMETIMES PAYS TO BE IGNORANT One of the new arrivals in this city receptly told of the advantages of being ignorant in so far as tra­ dition regarding the success or failure of certain projects are concerned. He aptly illustrated this by telling of an incident that occurred in a neighbor­ ing state several years ago when the question of local option was up for discussion. He was named .. chairman of the committee in charge of the cam­ paign to see that local option was made effective in his city.. He had lived there for some time, he.knelv the temperament of the people residing there. He had no hesitancy in declaring that it would be an impossibility to carry the election. Others felt the same way, and it was a pessimistic committee which started on the campaign. Before they had gotten fairly under way, the chairman’s duties called him out of town, (He term­ ed it an act of providence), and a stranger came ambling in. He was terribly ignorant in so far as local conditions were concerned. In fact his ignor­ ance extended so far tliat he thought local option was a possibility in this city. They named him as the successor to the former chairman, and he in his ignorant, blundering way did not for a minute real­ ize that his was a lost cause, and when tlie votes were counted, on election night, this poor misguided, ignorant stranger, who did not know enough to real­ ize that local option was an impossibility in his adopted city, had succeeded in carrying the election. The inspiration for this littlle prologue was re­ ceived when two Ashland citizens today stated th a t” if everything went well Ashland some day might be a city of ten thousand but never any more,-and they were not overly enthusiastic about the prospects of it ever really reaching that figure either. * • Well, we are comparatively new in this commun­ ity, and we plead guilty to being terribly Ignorant, and we presume, and assume, that we. shall he brand- i ed bb such by many when we venture the prediction that Ashland will become just as large as the people who reside here want it to be. If the majority of , them want it l>e a city of ten thousand, in tiino it will reach that figure. If there are those in sufficient number who want it to exceed that, it will do so, and then if there are those whose vision is so ob- ^ “ lbted that they cannot see even a minimum popu- on of ten thousand, then Ashland will be restrict- to just exactly the size they wish it to be. The tie within a community are the guiding factors-. r are the ones who place the limit upon the Ih of any community. In our ignorance we can see at least three differ- projeett, any one of which developed sufficiently Id bring Ashland’s population far in excess of the thousand figure. One of these is the poultry in- r, one the Lithia Spring water, and the third granite. .We do not believe that it is feasible or ■al to make an attempt to finanee any one of tee with local capital, but we do believe that icient people talk about any one of the three tg long enough, and loud enough', they are go- make themselves heard by interests with suf- capital to make a business out of any one of that will bring hundreds of new people, and new money into Ashland, and then d happen to predictions of a city of ten C. J. READ, Managing. Editor and - FEATURE PAGE W. H PERKINS, News Editor OUT OUR WAY B y W illiam s PUBLISHED BY THE ASHLAND POINTING CO Kiddies’ Evening Story By MARY GRAHAM BONNER H E LLO MA'. W H U fC H A D01U ? HUH? WHurTCHA* , Jack F r o tf i Home ••Warm weather nwkes me laey," said Jack Frost to his companion, Master V e ry —J----------- - “I’m not one to like It my­ self," said Mas­ ter Very Cool. doim * T h e r e ? myself every summer that I simply won’t, let it get the best of me, but It does, every cannot go out In the warm “Warm snm- nre r evenings ,ion't Interest *"« ,n ‘>ie feast. They make me feel so drowsy and so sleepy, and I just stay In my Frost Palace and sleep. “You like my Frost Palace, don’t you?" Jack Frost asked. “Oh, enormously,” Bald Master Very Cool. “It has been nice of you to have me here for a visit, too. ' I really i had no place to go when the weath­ er was so warm. “I couldn’t stay outdoors when It was like that, and no ono asked me Ilf. “I didn’t feel like going In any­ where, either. If I pad been asked, I would have said: “ ’No, thank you, I simply can- ■ not accept your invitation.’ But as I received no invitations, I didn’t I have to make such a speech. “But you are so beautifully sltu- i nted here. Your cool cave In the ‘ heart of these cool woods Is so lovely. The little pond nearby with such cool water Is delightful. And I do admire the works of art you have about.” “Well,” said Jack Frost, “I do like to have a nice home. I like it to be big, too, because there are all my magic workers, wbtj make this (Corvallis Gazette- Times) their headquarters. “They must have lots of room in A veteran railroad official which to prepure some of their whq read of the aid given the magic paints, too. “I must have plenty of room, too. chahffeur of one of the railroad'^ “But I am delighted to hear you automobile busses In changing a BOjr that you like jny works of art. “Pve kept them here, some of tlrej on the road recalls the- simi­ them, sine# I've been very young. lar Jsplrlt In the early ’70s when / “Years and yearw-and years and years ago my great, great, great, steam locomotives burned w ood.1 great, great-grandfather ¿¡aid: “ ‘Little Jack Frost promises to It Vas the duty of the entire a talented boy. Let him liave Iraki crew In those days to be bis own way. ’‘wood up” engtnes at the many “ ‘Don’t try to teach him any- j wood yards along the line. Occa­ thing, but let him use ills own Ideas sionally passengers fell ¿ o and and tils own Imagination.’ “Now, with most, that might not helped. Immigrants earned a part have been of nny use. If you let others just use tlieir own ideas and Imagination and didn’t make them study and combine their study with their ’own Ideas, they will amount to very little, If anything. “But they could see that I was brakes, dubbed ‘‘Armstrong” different. And almost ns soon fts brakes, and on steep declines I was able to walk I was beginning through mountainous sections to show what I could do. “Some of those childish works I passengers helped In applying have here. You will see some the brakes. Passenger coacheo still of the paintings of lftlle bushes— were lighted with sperm candle?, these are what I did when I wnsn’t which sometimes burned ont. Ac­ big enough to reach unything higher. cordingly, passengers who Insist­ “Now with the aid, of course, of ed : upon eravellng In luxury my great steplndder, I can reach bron ght their own candles, often anything. “Tops of trees mean nothing to mogntdd In ~ special traveling me! I can.reach them nil. But I have these paintings and frostlngs and window work all about her«. 12**"_____ - Soma of the Paintings. , What Others Say | ANO CLEBURNE, Tex., — Mrs. C. G. Fitzgerald, 40, died when the limb of a tree which he husband waa sawing to hive some bees, fell on her, breaking her neck. LONDON, It may come In handy sometime,*’ Thomas S. Frankland, 45 year old war vet- erant, would say when his wife urged him to throw away a German pistol he found In Flanders. He used the pistol— to commit suicide because he could not find work. •’ Fashion h reit^cted « o re th in the Supreme Court. V J« i ’ 1 '» Marriage is the only game where tw" J . , “»’ 7r.„”5 me so that I will never forget that I am a frost worker. “Well, Master Very Cool, I think it Is going to be cold enough to­ night for us, and for all the work­ ers to get started. Now for a good old frost party with lots of gaiety and color I” DAILY IUBLB PASSAGE “Brethren, if a man be over­ taken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of m eekness; con­ sidering thyself, lest thou also be tem pted.” Galatians « : ! . ”A man who never made a mistake, never made anything”. We all have our faults and make mistakes. Read the above passage again. if .s s s ta s tn s s u s s g g a s ts s u tiiiittltiliti i, The Tidings SOON Watch for It!