Z
TRE DRILY TIDINGS EDITORIALI an d
PUBLISHED BT THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO.
W. H. PERKINS, News Editor
G J. BEAD, Maa Ming Editor
ESTABLISHED IN 1876
By Williams
ASHLAND D A IL Y T ID IN G S OUT OUR WAY
bed and, as once before, she
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The Holiday Season
A significant annormceraeat was made is last
utgbt’a Tidings. Ashland merchasta are to combine
in one great big movement that witt inaugerate the
official opening. of the holiday season in this city.
This event which is to be staged on the evening of
Friday, December third, should mark an epoch in
the business life of the city, for when one event of
this kind is pot on successfully then the next comes
jnst that ranch easier. Furthermore with the pooling
of interests, with the forgetting for a short time the
shortcomings of competitors and-all working to a
common end, that of bringing people down to the
business section of the city to see what local mer­
chants have, a step is being taken that will result
in the ultimate good of the entire city. •
Of course there are the “ doubting Thomases”
who can. only see in this an effort on the part of
local merchants to increase their business. They
are so short sighted that they can not Tealize that
a city is just as prosperous as the basiness district
which is the very heart of the community. When
merchants are prosperous, when they are doing an
excellent business their stocks become laager, their
interests more varied, and the many things that
result in the ultimate good of all concerned, spring
forth without much effort If this step on the part
of the business interests results in their doing, even
five oeuts’ worth of business more than they did
last year, the Tidings will rejoice. If this step that
will be taken Friday night results in one person
doia^his Christmas shopping locally instead of go­
ing ont of town to buy his or her merchandise then
it will have been worth while.
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Let’s give the local merchants a ran for their
money. Let’s ooaie down town Friday evening and»
join in the festivities. Let’s take a real interest in
what they are doing, and we venture to predict that
thia interest will be retuned a thousand fold.
The Golf Course
T ïe Golf draner dance is nmkiug feeadway. Tttc
> men whe are «elling tbe tickets report an excellent
reeeptioaHhd everything points to a moet successful
affair next Tuesday Might. The management of the
hotel reports that merchants have been in looking
over the available spaoe and it is predicted that
this portion of the entertainment will be unusually
attractive and interesting.
With the staging of this affair, the golf busi-
twee ia Ashland should he looking up. There should
be renewed activity and interest shown ia this
essential sport. Not from a selfish standpoint how­
ever hut from a matter of civic pride, this should
t t »* the startittg point of a successful effort to
•ecare eneffieient membership to insure the final
completion of the golf coarse. Other cities, smaller
than Ashland without nearly as much civic pride or
community interest have bdilt splendid golf courses
aad the citiaenry as well as the visitors are daily
reaping the benefits.
The golf coarse in Ashlnad is nearly up the
lull; it has reached that stage in the climb where
just a little extra push will shove it «ver and from
then on it should be able to travel on its own
moment tan.
During the last few days the Tidings has run
aeries of articles dealing with the shale industry.
We have carefully refrained during these articled or
at any other time, to advaaee aay opinion we might
have as to the value of this enterprise from an in­
vestment HtandjHiint for it is not the duty of a news­
paper, and neither are they ordinarily qualified to
pass u]M»n the soundness of any enterprise of this na­
ture flora a strictly financial standpoint However,
there is • duty that this paper feels in connection
with our own Shale Oil jKitentialities.
Several local business men have visited this en­
terprise, they have publicly placed their stamp*of
apixuvai upon the work tioit is being dime, they have
pointed <«t the fact that every opportunity should
be given to thoroughly tost ont the present project,
and’they call attention to the great amount of good
thjit will result to the city if the present project
shertld be gucooKsfully carried out. The mere fact
that » many representative basiueas men shonM
BgBBa ott the worthiness of the project should in it­
self be signifieaaL The fact that they have allowed
their names to be used in eennectioai with tlie work
strtttid remove ail taint e f promotioa ami bring it
within the definition of civic witerprise. Ashland
people will do well to look into this matter. Jt. is
worthy of Berioas thought and thorough investiga-
tion for when success is attainod the heaofits derived
will hg gduend.
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went to sleep.
The next night K ent came.pvt to
«be ertftage. U d l a dreaded M a e « » -
8
to iS y ia d ’ b S « * « ^
rs ^ r houu
flnnal surprise to her. She baa
wakened to » * • wa of robin aeaga.
end had dressed
T J to H o l U a y S t u
I t waa really the w in ter
The Ir a waa heading to . t e
X o c T acre woRO
R»CH6 K O O ttM
wn« •« GRIPPE
L Ö» BuM PM ’l S
H e r whole IÚ-
i, a clear and
glow over toa
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T h e workers
of Old M ap W in-
S ÄT.
««S:
•ta te m a on the
windows, f rroa
log touches add-
P e t f e r t a m o m « * ty d to «id not
stir, then h id h e r face against hla
shoulder and clang to- him w ith an
M ra u fity te a t w a d e him toembto.
be a ead, aad wind.
Then again the v
dance and wMatlp.
What Others Say
j
Isn’t It Odd?
r
A P o rtla n d m inister Sun­
day urged th e necessity of
“ weeding, out false gods.”
T h e d iffic u lty w ould be In
getting a unanimous vote on
w h a t they aTe. — C orvallis
Gssette-TIm es.
According to a Chicago
« d e u tle t, lig h t travels faat-
or than Its preRent estimated
ra te o f speed.
T h e state­
m ent ta confirm ed by th e ex­
perience of many drow sy per­
sons whose duties require
thdm to g e t v p a t day­
b re a k . — K leaseth News.
W hen a woman aaya, “1 don’t
care,” she admits th a t she does.
when nature undertakes to do a
th in g , she never Mes down on
Ik e toft.
By oarofully observing «11
th e ru les o f h ealth you may
peoofbly add 20 yearn to
yo ur W o , t a t who comld a f­
fo rd to live th a t much teng-
The w orld w a r was net tbe
longest on record, but the
hangover seems to be— V e r-
onla Eagle.
T he
firs t
ru d im en t
of
W hen
you w ant something
hard enough, you can usually go
out and get it.
The advantage of living In a
sawU te w « la that you don't
have to t o very smart to be
the
leading ettteen.
town
th o r-
M s home
News.
Hoz Heck says: “It's about a
toas-up which covers the «most
sinners— charity or lingerie.”
W H IT ®
P L A IN S , N . Y.,-
P a u l F is h e r, a fo rm e r b ra k e -
m an, la suing . the C e n tra l
N ew E ng land ra ilw a y fo r
1 5 0 ,0 0 0 , Claiming
th a t be­
cause e l In ju r y to a « la n d in
hla stomach received w hen he
Can betw een tw o car», every­
th in g he eata tu rn « to ta t. H e
to ld a supreme c o u rt
Jury
Chat h la Weight - h ad m ore
than doubled since the acci­
dent.
X 3A M B R ID G E , Mass., F ft-
th e r and son, both charged
w ith cru elty, a re being sued
fo r divorce In th e earns court
b e re
b y ’ th e ir
respective
w lvee, w hom th ey
m arried
w ith in a y e a r o f each other.
Mrs. M aud E . W oods Is
suing th e fa th e r, H a rry E .
W oods, w h ile h e r stepson’s
w ife , M rs. Phoebe D . Woods,
la bringing
action
against
H a ro ld E . Woods.
H O N O L U L U , N ov. 27. —
tag ad ventures, tw o fo rm e r
lu te a fte r a series o f exclt-
(U . N . ) — Stranded In Hono-
^tudents o f th e “ flo a tin g
U n iv e rs ity ” the 8. « . ttyndam
« re tertdlng « b o u t fa r means
of
transp o rtatio n
to
the
TURNING THE PAGES BACK
ASHLAND
ASHLAND
10 Years Ago
20 Years Ago
Jnmes M c N a ir «n d daughter,
Normal Notes—Frank Linton
M rs. H ow ard Rose, to ft yesterday and Archie Clanton, both of Ash­
to r P o rtlan d . In P o rtla n d
they land, entered the training ¿apart­
w ill m eet Mrs. Rose's tw in atoter, ment last week.
M rs. P re y and w W go to Astoria
fo r a auMrtb’s vlsist.
H . L. W h ited , the jew eler and
optician, leaves tonight fo r an
«astern trip of a month or «lx
weeks. H e w ill go to his
eld
heme, E ldora, Iow a, to visit rela­
tives and thence to Chicago to
make selections of holiday stock.
<Ben Young has accepted an
Miss Jessie Darby, of the State
o ffice position w ith
the
F r u it
N o rm a l has been In attendance at
G row ers' Supply Company a t H tR
the Young W om en’s
College
and le ft the last of the week to
C hristian Association a t Corvallis
ta k e up his new duties.
the past week.
D . P e ro ix l has purchased a new
F o rd an d g a rs his old oar to
Dave Irw in , fo rm e rly o f t l
George Oanlera. M r. Perossl rays Ashland House, Is up from tt
tt was the easiest way o f getting B lu e Ledge country, where he hi
rid o f It.
been w orking fo r the past year.
ASHLAND
ta r « w a y they citod o u t “O d d ."
Tbe holiday season was ao fu ll
o f fa n mid spirit aad games and
p i n s and letters «ad topee.
W ell, a t last Christman came and
every one seemed ao pleased.
B u t of aB thorn who wore pleased
no «one was any m ore pleased than
-One off hla hooka was fhe hook
th at bad Adteagad to • folend « f hla
mother’s wfam she vpw a e M d .
She would -orty hove given tt to
a child to whom «he waa very de­
voted such t a aha wae to Buddy.
H e used to a r t oat th e pictures
In the drteeent beoks t o taoelved,
and he used to tr y to t o r t even
like the dogs « a d the cats and the
boy« and th e glzle In th e p tohaim.
H e was given m art h it presents
from Santa Glens b n t'b e had somo
trom kls m rtk a r ta d d a d k r «ad
and -efttobeta and ta n a aotmals.
Then IM tls OaroUae was s te m
the moat beautiful bins outfit town
Santa Claus.
Tbere was a Moe knitted h a t and
a blue euOt vo d fttoe «dt t sne and
blue garters and
not only th a t
but Santa gave
W * 9W >
her a B t«e doll
K A m Z i
all dreaaed ia
^ S h e ^ a s so
proud th at she - ftte W
\
would be . able > 3 d i r * ) l*lV /Z i
to w a l k wtth
P w r iT W
her deU and th at
1 Q ¥J 1 i K
th e ir
clothes
l.liM
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would m a t c h
ev-
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la's Chert and turned t a r «ace so
th at be anted t a r t In to Mar eyes. At
whe t he eaw there M e own firm lips
•Otveevd.
"Lydia 1” t a whispered.
Then he bladed her again. *
‘ -N o w ,* be to ld gently, wMte •
•n r te « t a ovality Lydia never bad
m en on M e llp e before, -now,
sweetheart. ana yea going to to
" I n ," murmured Lydia, w ith a
jotetrsdto M t la to r voice. “ W het
t o yen ’wont tee to t o , » t l t r i ’’
- I w ant what you want, dearest.
I want the old Lydia w ith the She Had Awakened to a Dream of
Robin tonga.
«Utah. H as «he cone bate, or shall
It o s r e to lo d k to r h e r a g a ta l”
was a creature to whom a great
M e started os I f to take Lydia
love end devotion were essential
In hie e rn e once snore, bat, with aa motive forces. In turn ato had
a sadden rich Mt tie laugh, she
given thia. In childish toon to her
stepped aw ay fro m him.
mother, to little Patience and to
“S h e * to r e t o . B illy, dearest! Levine. One by one these had "been
How oetfid yon let to r WBiider tabes dram her and she had strug­
around atone ao tong J”
gled to give t o r devotion ta Kent,
- I t d id s t h u rt ray canoe an y for bat she coaid not give where these
t o r ta ados nra” answered Billy, was no understanding.
B n n to -fheagh I totdn’t naUce that
f i l l a moment ago. 8top your trem­
bling, Lydia, r m here to look ont blned all the beat of what her
d rtn w n . dm tea n o t t o tone." - •
mother, her baby sister and Levine
“
the cottage had. meant i Ip her, w ith something
In silence, ban
land.’ They. greatly more—(he divinity eg pae-
paused at te e ga
id Lydia point­ alon—a thing she couW not under
ed through the
it a t the new stand, yet th a t had created a new
''Lot’s wish oo It,” she said.
-Giese your eyes, and wish.”
couch and shook his bead a t Amoe.
B itty dosed M e «yes. A Mss as
"D ate's not going to get assay w ith
soft as the robin’s aote fo il on M s H. HsCs got some kind of a row go­
lip s and the gate clicked.
He
ing wtah te e W hisky people and be
opened his eyes and stood looking says we might aa well «ovnt htau
•
te a p a te Isag a fte r the door o u t I don’t know what to de now.”
otoeed. Ma h a t te Ate haste
Amoe groaned.
*Lord, what
Ig d la wandered into the dlalng
ta rtr
room gtffte casually.
"Don’t - l e t I t worry you,” said
T e r h e a rts ’« sake, L ydtal" cried Lydia calmly. " I made op my mind
Asses. I I seae Just g e l « to start
today that I ’d go ahead « a d enter
on a hunt fo r yon 1"
on that land Just as otfwd folks are
"7 took a walk In the woods,- ex-
doing, |a the good eld way. I ’m
»lalned Lydia, -u n d waa gone
going to make a ta n a up there,
onger than I realized.”
th a t w ill blot out aB memory of
”8upperta ready.
Bit
rig h t
w h a t,M T . Levine did.
B a t Tm
down,” avid U s rie , looking a t L yd ia
going to work for i t as a home­
totmtelg.
• t o t e f i s t * teday, L y d ia !” she steader has to and not take any ad-
vaxftage through M r. Levine's graft.
asked.
Tm going to homestead tor that
A tta r « moment— "Did yov apeak land.** There w as no escaping the
to me, Lhudef” Lydia Inquired.
note of flnsfltty In t o r decision.
•T e a , I tad. I baked I f you’d seen
• Kent's face whitened. H e looked
N X * fta e e a t oeen B e n t We ap steadily a t Lydia. The aseeat
stood on his . forehead.
had a Quiz In chemistry today.”
"Yon know what that means, as
"W hat’s th a t got to do with any-
th tegT’ granted Lizzie. But she ta r t a Tm conctmed," he «aid.
Lyrila, chin up. ta te never more
■clearly bine, nodded.
. M a Norton asms over during the
’ •Yes, K ent, we never would have
evening to borrow some yeast.
been happy/ Yon and M argery were
Amou was working over some tlg-
meant for each other, eagnssr. <Go
vres -on v M t of paper. Lydia waa
to Margery smw and tell her, K e n t -
attttag w lte a te s t book ta «root of
X eat nicked us Ala oan. "You
her. She Aad n e t tam ed a leaf ia
twenty minutes, to Lizzie’s actual aren’t treating me right, Lydia. I'll
k t e to you when r m not so t a n ,"
count.
-S p a ta g k to ro -te d d a m . "Thoogh and he walked out of the house.
L ydia turned to Amos and Ids-
there’s still a bite In the air. Not
that B iily eeems to notice It. I zle, ‘There," she said,’ happily,
found him sitting on the front steps *T ve got K ent settled for l i f e r
Ames sank tot» his armchair.
w ith his (flgue,M K t sras-Iane."
Lizzie gave Lydia a quick look "Lydia, have yon lost your m lodf”
ta d wandered Jr te e only Imag­ he groaned.
“No, Tve found It, daddy. Poor
ined that her cmeeks were turning
dad, don’t took aa tt you’d fathered
P l- i evert « It down," ma went « n ; a lunrtJcJ Daddy, Jetts hemestood
{
T r o got t a art ttda apeage to rise.”
Dicky « s t a
! 1
T i l walk home with you, M m .
r r ^ - W " an d h s
I I
M id l.ydla.^gudden^y. ^ ‘7t
mads a wonder-
\ 1
tul c o a s t i n g
4 1
11
Bsrt states d a y "
place and a ll - g - A r — L XT* e f U this
v l * M a £ roloe was always
Ms M eads w re t
extra cocdial when she spoke to
coasting w i t h
Bha^Waa Bo
LyMa.
hhn. They ware
wrouv.
' Ltssile w vttfied rise doer rioee be­
gathered a * th e hom e ftf M ilto n d rtg h ted to k a r t te a toboggan, a
hind 4Aa two. *3 to e w I t " «be ex­
they Aad t a r o casaOag on boa eat- claimed.
Tier* j in waat A shland, where
psa for some time.
“K new w h a tr* Ingnlrcd Amos,
they were A aUghttnUy eaftsrtaln-
Yea. the holiday season was a ladling vp t a n Ms Bgwres.
ed a t « p a rty g lrtO b y te a Misses wonderful season w ith sncwDsfn
matches and snowmen being made astarorad toe old tody shortly,
jttawd B e rry and Louise « h a le r? .
and old treaa «took op In the snow trudging ott to her bedroom.
_ .
and decorated, too—old Christmas
" U i ’l l getting cbnaish,” thought
Nwrmal N otes—P rofs. Berry trees ware often p a t la snowkanltt. Amos, returning to kte wort.
B illy ’s mother want Into the
and Storms a n d te e Misaea Sm ith
kitchen
entrance and Lydia went
and Byoros attended th e K . P. em-
over to te e dim dture ta the stay«
te rta ln m a B t M onday evening. A
"Tour nwteer told a n to « p e rt to
num ber o f students were down
to hoar M r . D . C. H e rrin Tuesday
evening.
ham and Roftt Shaw
■ the ' H u n g ry
Creek
th e south «ide o f the
oday to s trik e fo r Plac-
Oeo. Crowaoa
la rem odeling
and adding to the residence an
th e Southerland place on the
« •u le v a rd . now owned by him .
W e have much to th a n k 'G e d
f o r .' liven when I t looks aa
tftoagb «verythlng vans going
wrong, we h a re asarah to t a
th a n k fu l fo r.
Ir e note la L ydia’s voUra, did not
o ta r to touch her b u t rtood looking
down a t the sweet, dim 'face ranted
« • to h ta Bbe lltead t a r band,
te a t te la hand w ith tea werk cal*
hues on It , and ran I t over his
cheeks, bruatad t a r Chert ugrinst
She finished her studying and
want to bed. early, only to lie awake
that landl
L e ri) quit «Kls Idea o f
our forefafli"
____ ters did. Let’s
homestead th at land 1 L et’s earn It
by fanning I t ”
Lydia’s father looked at her, long
ana meditatively. H e was pretty
w rtl; dlyomwaged about th e ®rob-
ability of ta e r getting a otoar title ,
to the land through K ent or M ar-
rta fi. And the longer he looked at
ld rta .'fite n to n Ute « ta d reverted
to Naw England, to aid tales r t tea
farm on which Ae and hla ancestors
had W an bred.
*A man With three hundred end
twenty «ores of land to a power
in toe oopupunlty,” Aa said, and-
Lydla -wedded. Amos began to
walk the Hoot “I'm still a ya*u<
m aa.. J t < t o d te e hacfcfo« «hot
land g irts a msm, t cotfld clean ont
* <«>t M rotoMaass ta te a «tote,
■tab v t< only 3kd t t b y a h e w ln g
what a man w ith a dean record
could .make of hlmsalf."
"T h a rs Just the point,” cried •
Ig ro a ta ta riy , “and your record
« ta W B ’tto a ro b a m clean I f pos'd
gotten U toroegh Marshall."
i®ke Brown’s offer fo r the
o r tn ta I t would leave us enough
to « « « team , akd I b et t om ld
h lr e a tractor to « r t < o te a cleared
portion of It this fa ll. A hundred
state a r t deer, you know. I might