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THE D AILY TIDINGS EDITORIAL
ESTABLISHED IN 1876
ASHLAND DAILY T ID IN G S
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a t sh« Ashland, Oregon Poatofffce ne Second Claao M a li M a tte r
C. J. BEAD, Managing Editor
OUT OUR WAY
By Williams
( a l l R ig ht mis T oh s
ponvf a u * b e a u s of
The people of Oregon are again to have an op­
portunity. to vote down another tax. Thia time the
darts of those with a tax complex are directed against
tobacco. Probably the majority of the state«, north­
ern at least have at some time or other, attempted
to gather in a few unearned ahcckles by making the
eon8umer contribute aR his penalty for being a suitor
of the fair Lady Nicotine, a couple of cents on a
package of cigarettes, or hi« favorite cigar bears the
additional burden of the price of a postage stamp.
One state that we know of even went so far as to
pass an assinine law, prohibiting the smpking of
cigarettes in public. Prominent citizens were arrest­
ed, a test case was made, which resulted in the law
being cast into the discard.
The only result of a tax on tobacco has been the
increase in price and the making of a few more law
violators. The dealer has to take on the" additional
burden of seeing that his tobacco, bears the necessary
stamps,
then he has to make
a strict accounting. He —
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can charge no more for this additional time and ef­
fort on his'part. The consumer must necessarily
pay the bill.
If it would result in fewer people using tobacco,
there might be some merit in such a tax. But that is
out of the question. Any man who smokes will not
give it up for the additional cost. It /just means
that he trill have to dig a little deeper in his pocket,
and jiay tribute to those who would place this bounty
upon tobacco. This measure, like many others ac­
complishes nothing, and should be defeated.
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and FEATURE PAGE
W. H. PERKINS, News Editor
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Ashland's hotels are to be the wain theme of
community bill board advertising on the highways
out of here for the winter season according to the
decision of the Chamber of Commerce advertising
committee made today.
Through the energetic and ambitious program
adopted from time to time by the business interests
to bnild a city ’here, Ashland has received many
blessings, the greatest of which is the hotels. There
is no community the size of (Ashland that oan boast
of the splendid hotels that are found here. Every
day, the vision of onr eity, as an ideal place to re­
side, and as a place with q splendid future, is im­
planted upon some one’s mind through the hotels.
It is a well known fact that hundreds of people
«topped here, have spent there money here, mainly
through the attraction of the hotels.
That the Chamber of Commerce should recognize
these institutions by giving’ special attention to them,
on the available bill boards, is but partial recogni-,
tion of their splendid service they are daily render­
ing the city. This advertising should result in many
winter tourists stopping here that might otherwise
pass on by, and it is to be hoped that the hotels as
well as the community as a whole may reap some
benefit from this service.
▲ UNITED ASHLAND
Charles Pierce, candidate for Mayor, in a paid
advertisement today expresses a sentiment that might
well be adopted. He makes an appeal for a united
community, in an attempt to arrive at a feasible
solution of the water problem. He urges that all
people forget for the present petty jealousies that
may exist, to bury any personal feelings that may
tend to break out, and settle for the years to come,
the future of this city in so far as the water supply
is concerned.
That is a splendid thought. Of course Ashland
does not differ from other healthy active growing
communities, in that there are factions which repre­
sent a difference of opinion. Every community that
amounts to anything has them. If they are not allow­
ed to run too far, to deal in to many personalities,
they are a good thing, for it indicates that the people
are thinking about community problems. And when
people start thinking about anything, it denotes in­
terest. When there ¡ r sufficient interest, there ean
always be found a satisfactory solution to nearly
every problem.
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The Prince of Wales didn’t fall off any Shetland
ponies last week. But it was learned, on the highest
authority, that he is not to marry the daughter of
King Alfonso.
An army man in Washington talks without vocal
cords. That’s nothing. Lots of people talk who have
nothing to say.
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Not« to Bill Tilden, Bobby Jonefl and Jack
ipoey — The sun spots have been acting up thio
If you’» in college thia fall and want to make a
hit with father, writ« home for a couple of pairs of
What Others Say
AND
GRAND FORKS, N. D., W ear­
ing overalls and her h air cropped
close, .Helen Vender, A 3 year old
Cleveland girl has been found
near here working as a harvest
hand w ith a threshing rig. Slid
hired out three weeks ago au-r
waa assigned to driving a bundle 7 Ä* town ordinance never
wagon, one of the heaviest Jobs changed a man’s nature.
in the outfit.
Fun comes while acquiring
money; trouble comes after you
have it.
N E W R O C H ELLE, N. Y . —
Clark Burton Sherwood, a much
You can judge people better by
married man, suffered the exper­
what
they haven’t than by whnt
ience of meeting two
of his
they have.
wives at one time. Just as be
entered the door of his home here
An uneducated man who works
the two women, one on each side
Is
a better citizen than a college
of him, pinioned hig"'arma and
then turned him over to the po­ graduate who loafs.
lice as a bigamist.
At least half our modern phil­
osophy now proceeds from loafers
LONDON. — Trained sea llon3, around filling stations.
commandeered from vaudeville
acta, helped the British navy dur­
Success begins when you reach
ing the w ar to keep the Oermau the point where you can guess
submarines away It has just been right at least 61 per cent of the
disclosed. The sea lions, tied by
long ropes to floating buoys nt
sea, were trained to dive and re­
Hez Heck says:
“No matter
port any sub-surface vibrations how big a fool a man makes o'
by rising to the surface and bark- himself, there is always some
fool woman who admires him.”
Kiddies’ Evening
Story
B illic’t Laat V in t
.» ism sv .WS sowscfc ita.“
THE LOCAL HOTELS
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Now Billie Brownie had said he
was going to make one last visit to
the zoo.
By that he did not mean that he
would never again visit the zoo.
Oh, no, not by any manner ot
means.
Bat he had been pay] >g a great,
great many vist? to the aio of late,
talking to the different animals,
hearing their stories pf iheti. ways
and habits both' here and in the
zoo.
\ Some of those who had not told
of their ways In a long time and
felt they should have a chance ¿nee
more were given that chance by
BIHie Brownie.
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But now Billie had given many,
many, many of them tho opportu­
nity for telling their stories.
He had had h most interesting
time, too. There was hardly any­
thing he enjoyed more than hear­
ing what the animals did when
they-were free, and what they did
here In the zoo.
He loved animals and he loved
being with them. .
.
But he trad almost neglected some
of his other friends for the ani­
mals, and now he must see them.
He wanted to visit more of the
flowers and the trees, and the good
old friends, Mr. Sun and Mr. Moon,
and the King of the Clouds, and
the army of Raindrops, the Mist
grandchildren and Nurse Fog.
He had not seen any of them in
a long time and was anxious about
w h ile C o R '
I S A F tV
HO ASE.'?"’
HAH
(Eugene Guard)
b r. Henry Suzzallo smiled
He also wanted o talk to Prince
Autumn and Old Man Winter, and
he wanted to see what the children
were doing when they played.
He also wanted to send messages
by the Breeze Brothers of the hap-
peningft in Fairyland.
So he toll’ the zoo animals he
would not come to see them for
quite a while.
The Camels Insisted upon talking
to him Just before he left, for they
wanted once more to tell him how
the keeper thought it such a pity
as
h< emerged from the.m eeting of
regents wherein he had been In­
continently .fifed out.ifi5 p r e s i ­
dency, of thé University of ' Wà’é V
JngtOn;'*. H e was In better posi­
tion to smile than any
of
the
regents or Governor Hartley, who
at* last had fulfilled the venting
of hia personal grudge. D r Suz­
zallo can
get
along
without
Washington and he w ill not long
remain idle, hut the university is
likely to look about quite a bit
“ Don’t Stay Too Long.”
l>efore it finds another executive
that In the winter, when .few came
as capable as he, or one who can around, they had such beautiful
deliver to that particular institu­ long brown hair, and that when
tion anything like the vaîuahl» ■ summer came they looked so
service that he has been enabled shaggy.
And It was in the summer when
to give because of his vast knowl­ the children ode upon the camels'
edge of Washington , conditions, backs.
“Well, come and see us before
his, valuable contacts
and
hia
very long,” they said ns they
great executive and educational chewed even while they spoke and
abilities. No university president moved their mouths from side to
comes into his greatest useful­ Side.
“Don’t stay away too long,” said
ness in a given environment in s King Lion.
day or a year.
“Come and see us again,” hissed
the snakes.
Governor H artely packed hts
“Don’t leave us entirely alone,”
board of regents with an eye saW the elephants.
"We don’t want to be forgotten
single to the dubious purpose
about,” said the tigers.
,
which he has now been enabled to
“Nor do we,” said th ^ zebras.
execute.
“Nor do we,” said Mrs. Hippopot­
amus.
“Nor do we,” said Mrs. Rhinoce­
ros.
"Nor do we,” said the members
of the Peccary or Wild Swine fam­
ily.
“Nor do we,” said the leopards.
“Nor do we,” said the bears.
ASHLAND
" I’ll be along again before yon
know It,” said Billie Brownie, “but
this Is my last call for quite a little
while.
“But before you know It, really
The Misses Applegate left by and truly, the time goes by and
stage yesterday for their Klamath then yo 1 will find I am about once
again.”
home. Their brother Morey Ap­
“Good,” said the animals as they
plegate • who
travels
between waved him a good-by.
“And good luck to you,” they
Klamath
and
Monmonth
by
added. In their different ways.
wheel, stopped In town this week
(©. 1(31. W«»tern Nawapaptr Union.)
en route home from school.
TURNING THE PAGES BACK
ASHLAND
10 Years Ag<
ASHLAND
20 Years Agi
Mrs. Shirley Keene leaves to­
Ex-governor Z. F. Moody of
day for San Francisco,
Cal , this city went south today for a
where she w ill visit w ith friends short stay In California.
and attend business.
PUBLISHED BY'THE ASHLAND. PRINTING CO
By M A R Y G R A H A M BONNER
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30 Years Agi
Vernl Mills and Paul W illiams
ueo. a . Knoblauch, the S. P.
X«ro the guests of their classmate roundhouse superintendent, went
of the A. 8. H . *13, Elm er Ash­
to Sacramento today, and w ill be
Rev. F. G. Strange returned
craft, at Medford Tuesday eve- absent for a few days.
yesterday from his Eastern Ore­
alng.
gon trip and w ill conduct the us­
ual services morning and evening
at th e Presbyterian church next
R. L . “ Bod” Bardic, Jr., and
Henry Carter visited the Nor­ Sunday.
Donald W a lk er left Sunday for
Portland, where they are attend­ mal Tuesday. Mr. Carter, now a
The Ashland steam laundry
ing the N orth Pacific Dental student In Corvallis, was a former
Normallte.
changed hands last week and the
College end learning how to exo-
new proprietors, Robt. L. Terral
cate strange holds on recalcitrant
and T. M. Slusser are now In
molara. They have been spend­
charge. They are metiers
for
ing a vacation w ith their parents.
The members of Mrs. Susie trade end propose running a
Neil's class In Instrumental mfisic wagofc to Medford end points in
Harold “ Sleepy” M errill left gave a recital at her home F ri­ the lower part of the valley re­
Sunday evening tor P o rtlA d , day evening, to which the par ceiving and delivering work.
where he Intende to wring his ente were iiivlted.
The crown­
fortune out of the cold hard ing feature of the evenlng’e pro­
Conductor George Morgan Is
world. His many Ashland friends gram was an eight hand piece taking a vacation to Acuperato
wish M m a ll kinds of luck and played on two pianos by Misses from a threatened attack of 111*
success la
any uadertakng In Nellie Briggs. Hope Bnrdic, M ar­ neSS, and Conductor Parker is
which he may embark.
tian Neil and Vera Hicks.
taking his ran on the south end.
EVANSTON, H I., Co-eds at
Northwestern are too busy to
work, according to the school’s
employment bureau, which re­
ports it has 87 requests for co­
ed “help” and no takers.
He who' hesitates gets bawled
out by a traffic cop.
DAILY BIBLE ’PASSAGE
“Inasmuch as jre have done
It unto one of the least of these
n»y brethren, ye have done it
unto me.” Matthew 30:40. '
We are Judged on the basts
of service rendered to onr fel-
low man.
-YDIA
zwïïnes
was your mother1^ IraTF T w l l l i I ’d
bad it. Though hoW I could look
ahead on a dollar-and-n-half-a-day
THE STORY
— Lydia, it's bedtime.”
,
I.ydla roae reluctantly, her book
under urm.
“Don’t read upstairs, child,"
Amos wept on: "go to bed and to
I sleep, directly.”
Lydia looked around for a safe
; place for the book and Anally
climbed up on a chair and laid it
on the top shelf of the sideboard.
Then she came back to her father's
side and lifted her face for her
good night kiss.
"Good-night, my child,” said
Amos, ,
"How about me?” asked Levine.
“Haven't you one to spare for a
lonely bachelor?” .
He pulled Lydia to him and
T d like to get enough ahead to kissed her gently on the cheek. “I f
buy a little farm. All my folks you were ten yaara older and I
were farmers back in New Hamp­ were ten years younger—”
“Then we’d travel,** said the
shire and I was a fool ever to have
quit it. It looked like a mechanic child, with a happy giggle aa she
could eat a farmer up, though, ran out of the room.
There waa alienee for a moment,
when I was a young fellow. Now
a little farm looks good enough to then John Levine said, “Too bad
me. . But on a doliar-and-a-balf-a- ’old Lizzie la such a slob.”
day, I swan—” Amos sighed.
’T know It,” replied Amos, "but
“Land’s high around here,” said she gets no wages. Just stayed on
Levine.
“I understand Marshall after nursing my wife. I can’t af­
sold Eagle farm for n hundred dol- ford to pay for decent help. And
Inrs an-acre. Takes a sharp farm­ after all, she does the rough work,
er to make Interest on a hundred and she's honest and fond of the
an acre. Lord—when you think of children.”
“Still Lydia ought to have a bet­
the land on the reservation twenty
miles from here, just yelling for ter chance. I wish you’d let me—”
men to farm it and nothing but a he hesitated.
'Tx*t you what?" asked Amos.
bunch of dirty Indians to take, ad­
“Nothing. She’d better work out
vantage of It.*’
‘ ’ Look here, John,”
-An»», things her own.way. She’ll be get-
with sudden energy. “I t ’s time that tlrtg to .notice things around the
bunch of Indiana moved on and house as she grows older.”
“It la the devii'a own mess here,”
gave white men a chance.
I
“I'm going to
wouldn’t say a word If they farmed admitted Amos.
the Jand, hut such a lazy, lousy move next month. This place has
got on my nervoe. I ’ve got to get
outfit!”
“Poor brutes of Indians,” said Into a place where I can have a
John Levine, refilling liis pipe. “I garden. I f we go further out of
get ugly about the reservation, yet town we can get more land for less
I realize they’ve got first right to rent.”
t the
t i n l land."
a n rl ”
“It's a good Idea to have ■ gar­
“The man that can make best den,” said John Levine. “I tell yon.
Use of the land's got first right to take that cottage of mine out near
it,” Insisted Amos. “That’s what the lake. I'll let you have It for
what you pay for thia. I t ’ll be
empty the flrat of September.”
‘T il go you,” said Amos. “It ’a
as pretty a place as I know of.”
Again silence fell. Then Amos
said, “John, why don’t you go to
congress? Not today, or tomor­
row, but maybe four or tlve years
from now.”
“Nice question for ohe poor mnn
to put to another,” said Levine,
with a short lough.
“No rAson you should always
be poor,” replied Amos. "There’s
rich land lying twenty miles north
of here, owned by nothing but In ­
dians.”
Levine scratched his head.
“You could run for sheriff,” said
Amos, “aa u starter.”
"By heck!” exploded John Le­
vine. “H l try fpr i t , No reason
why a real estate man shouldn’t
go into politics as well as some of
the shyster lawyers you and I knoff,
huh, Amos?”
j Upstairs, Lydia stood in a p ath .
of moonlight polling off her clothes
«Uowly. Having Jerked herself into
her nightdress, she knelt by the
bedside.
1
«he prayed in a whis­
per, don’t let there be any more
deaths In our family and help me
to bring little Patience up rig h t”
(Continued From Yesterday)
"Poor
Brutes of Indians,“
John Levine.
3ald
my ancestors believed two hundred
and fifty years ago when they set­
tled In New Hampshire and put
loopholes under the eaves of their
houses. Our farmhouse had loop­
holes like that. Snow used to sift
in through ’em on my bed when I
was a kid.”
Lydia, lying on her stomach on
tlie couch, turning the leaves of
“Tom Sawyer," looked up with sud­
den Interest.
“Daddy, lei’s go back there to
live. I ’d love to live In a house
with loopholes.”
The two men laughed.
“You
should have been a boy, Lydia,”
said Amos.
"A boy,” sniffed Levine, “and
who’d have mothered little Patience
If she’d been a boy?”
“That’s right—yet, look at that
litter on the.desk In the parlor."
Both the men smiled while Lydia
blushed.
“What are you going to do with
that doll furniture, Lydia?” asked
John Levine.
“I ’m going to make a doll house
for little Patience, for Christmas.”
Lydia gave an uncomfortable wrig­
gle.
"Don’t talk about me so
much.”
“You’re working a long way
ahead.” ioiu w eiiiiil Amos. “That