THTRSDAY, H O b f B. I m T THE DAILY TIDINGS EDITORIAL and pEflTURE PAGE ESTABLISHED IN 1876 ash L a N d D A IL Y C. T ib i J. READ, M A N A G IN G EDITOR W. H. PERKINS, NEWS EDITOR PUBLISHED BY THE ASHLAND PRINTING 00. TURNING BACK THE PAGES The Best Month ASH LAND Ib ir in g th e m on th o f D ecem b er th e T id in g s p u b lish ed m o re p a id lo ca l a d v e r tis in g th an In a n y o n e p r e v io u s m on th In th e h isto r y o f th e p ap er. W h ile th is in c re a se ip d o lla r s and c e n ts w a s n o t p a r tic u ­ larly s ig n ific a n t, d u e to th e fa c t th a t t h e T id in g s h a s one o f th e lo w e s t d is p la y ra tes in th e e n tir e sta te, th e in c r e a se in th e num ber o f in c h e s w a s e x c e e d in g ly g r a tif y in g to th e T id in g s m a n a g e m e n t A sh la n d m er c h a n ts, or m an y o f th em , so m e fe w m on th s a g o d e cla red th e y w ou ld be g la d to in c re a se th e ir n e w sp a p er a d v e r tis in g p rovid ed th ere Was a sp irit o f co o p era tio n e x is t in g b etw een the p a p e r an d th e b u sin e ss In stitu tio n s. B y th is sta te m e n t w© d o not m ean to in fe r th a t p rio r to a fe w m o n th s ag o there w a s n o t th is f e e lin g o f coop eration , b u t we d o know th a t sin c e t h e f i r s t o f O ctober, th e Tidings has fu lly r e a lise d th a t it s fu tu re su c c ess w a s en ­ tir e ly d ep en d en t u p o n th e su c c ess o f th o se p e o p le Î w h o w ere its g r e a te s t su p p orters, th e b u sin e ss in ­ stitu tio n s. T h a t if w e co u ld in a sm all w à y b e o f I som e a ssista n c e to th e m by s e r v in g th e com m u n ity, j u n se lfish ly an d to th e f u ll e x te n t o f ou r a b ility , then w e sh ou ld a ll fe e l in a m e a su te Ute r e su ltin g proe- J p e r ity . A sh la n d m erch a n ts h a v e kept their fa ith . T h ey J h a v e su p p o rted th e A sh la n d T id in g s m ore g en eri ; o n sly th an th e y h a v e e v e r done in the p a st. T h is « h a s n ot been b ecau se o f a n y c h a rita b le im p u lse . upon «their p a r t b u t b eca u se th e y fe lt a d d itio n a l ; m o n e y in v e ste d in lo c a l a d v e r tis in g w ou ld b r in g - them a f a ir retu rn u p o n th e ir in v e s tm e n t T h is - has p roven to be th e c a se , T h o se m en w h o u se d th e g r e a te st a m ou n t o f n e w sp a p e r sp ace d u r in g th e m onth o f D ecem b er, a r e th e m en w h o rep ort th a t th e y h a v e sh o w n a s a t isfa c to r y in crease in th e ir b u sin ess d u r in g th e h o lid a y season . T h is is n o t a coin cid en ce. I t i s j u s t th e a p p lica tio n o f a w e ll know n fa c t, th a t th e m odern w a y o f a ttr a c tin g Crater Lake In Winter Time M artha, Electa, WÀrtéf. destinai, BY JOHN HÀBIN C aro tale/ aè ten tar Lèkd 10 Years Ago I CALENDAR 0 9 9 C V m » J tmu MU m . *«*• «^-T rinity ooild r,1 , o f T rin ity Bpltoepdl choMS r MOdti Itt the P ir tth House. 9 Election of officers. I Thursday, Jaa. «.— Berean Class f Of th * Baptist e ia M B Will have High School Notes— Morris, •’Gravy”, Plymato, the old baaket- ' ball and football standby of the Ashland school, Is contemplating a return to school, He has been out practicing with the team quite often of late. ■ j Mr. and Mrs. J. K. McClaren and M r. and Mrs. W . S. Ball made a trip to the county seat Monday. of the If . E. church meet, t» « « Miss Florence M arreM M arried Bunday— with roe, yos w itc h / he E "Ford’s a thief And Ss yoor ftrtl lag to toe tv A, seen to »A that ; Fondi" "My father couldn’t hate stem Fed ihe from marrying Jimmy I * There wne no irreverence, only sublime faith. In Ruth’s reference. "Well. I can," be snarled. Al- moet before ahe realised what he was abont or dittoed (he Unmlnen- cy of physical assault Murtagh had Judge MUton Berry ahd Wife left yesterday tor V tlls jo , Cal., to pay a visit to their sen, Eugene Berry, who Is an employe in the clerical department of the. U. 8. nkfy ytlrif there. They do not ex­ pect to be done long. j i a business session a t the home of Mias Olarabell More­ house on T h ird street, at 2;30 F* J Saturday, Jan. to-^Jaughters of Nfle meet in Grants Pass Lunch k at l t t f t . NlOetton of effle- i ers.. Anyons wishing to co phone 388-J. ’ January 8.— College Club lunch­ eon et H otel Medford, Med-1 1 ford, ore. Monday, Jaa. 10,* Queen Bathers I Last Sunday afternoon Miss Helene Casey entertained at her home on Pioneer Areane. Those present were Misses Edna and Myrtle Dougherty, Gertrude and Helene Blede, Lydia McCall, Geòrgie Coffee, Effie Carland and Calla Belale. 20 Years Ago Tuesday, Her. 10, 10M, j •eh nod thighs la physical distant«, Murtaghl Oh. if It had only been Jimmy instead. O r if this man Darrell M inkler went down to had nst ooms natU later, until Jim­ Gold m u Mondsy to r A short my wae there with Rlnty, and ska visit with his aunt, Mrs, Charles coaid have fait safer, f tr f » n o YIM Of. meat ahe was almoet of a mind not to answer the knock, not to 1st on Mrs. J. V. M iller and children, she was at home. But she knew John and Vivian left for New that tehisle light attests What un­ York yesterday. They w ill re to rt der the door Into the dark hall and after a three or four month's visit would hells her. Wearily she OTuoea nar m am powerful .armp with friends. gathered up Bar »ewtng sad rasa totolMt his bread Chest. b«nt her nhm body over bAdtWards until her head reeled and she felt that she Mrs. P. Dunn came np from Jacksonville, yesterday to remain for a few days with her dattgh- sjgmldsr^^from which he brutally ers, Mrs. Rice, Mrs. Caldwell and 4 r S i ,2 . “ S s r s r f i i Mrs. VanSant of this city. ; ' the top. I t has • send face two thirds of Its height the rest is of rook, fairly smooths. The wind in time of storm coming , aeross the upper end of Pumice Dessert whistles across the mouth of this pocket with considerable force and makes-a whirlpool or an eddy within the enp. The first show that (alls frames to the rocks at the neck of the funnel, this keeps It from sliding o ff as it falls. As long ns the sun does not shine It keeps build­ in g the drifts, I think it is safe to aay that they are at times fifteen to twenty feet deep. I f the morning has started Warm two hours of sunshine w ill cut It loose, but I hare seen It bold until two o'clock in the a fter­ noon. in your mind can yon pic­ ture a Niagara Falls two thou- sand feet high and a half m il« wide? I f you can, yon can un­ derstand what it is that makes Liao roar. Work— Carried water out of rooms, inspected roof, moved more bedding, worked on engine. Weather— Day cloudy, wind northwest, snowfall since last ob­ servation 3.8, in., preclpatlon .48 in., depths of snow on ground >8 ln.s Tem p.-H . 87, L. 21, R. 14, M. 86. j Miss Florence Nadine M arrett, I only daughter of M r. and Mrs. J. O. M arrett on Nursery street, a n d ]1 Mr. Robert D. Porter of Medford. 1 son of Or. and Mrs. B. H . Port- ] e.r of Medford, were quietly m ar-11 rled at Yrgka, California, Sunday, 1 January second. |l The bride is well known la I ’ Ashland haring attended grade 1 school hud high school la this elty. « The couple hare not made nay I ' definite plans for permanent lo - P ration, but w ill probably locate in I Medford. 1t The young couple's many I f friends In Ashland Ashland and and Medford Bedford mends in extend their wishes and congrat­ ulations for happtneas and pros­ perity In their new life, ft ft « The ladies of the Civic Im ­ provement ris k enjoyed g flelight- r in i party in the clvle eldfe house Party— on W inbura M ay, Tuesday nftor- One of the most deHghtfnl af­ ■Inboa. January foarih, fairs of the heliday season was >1 The afternoon was spout plOy- held In the local Pacific Tele­ ■ lag Bridge and Five-Hundred, gad phone A Telegraph office, Christ­ those who did not piny cards spout inas Eve at seven-thirty, when HhO time in eeavereatiea and tpe employes enjoyed a Jolly par-i fancy work. L ittle Mice M arjory ty. McNair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A beautiful Christmas tree, I J. J. M cNair, danced two beanti- mol thia ounce to a degpertta dght elaborately trimmed, bore Joke If n l danoeo, accompanied nt the against this ghastly ravishment gifts for each guest, besides thrf piano by Mias Lolllta Pieman. many lovely present» the girle re­ Dainty refreshments were serv- ceived. I b dot a table prettily decorated M cNair Bros, gave each one a I I with red carnations, ferns and nice tooth brush with a tube of rod candies Mrs. a . h . Praeht gurgling I h M Mrs. B. B. Balis poured. fess, Lending to Neighbor» A m erican s, from, th e ir b ig p r o sp e r ity sa v in g s, h a v e len t $1,200,000,000 in fo r e ig n c o u n tr ie s la st year. T h ese are p r iv a te loan s, and are m oye lik e ly to be rep aid than th e g o v ern m en t lo a n s m ade d u r in g and a fte r th e w ar. T h ere is a ll th e b etter ch an ce o f the c r ed ito rs g e tt in g th e ir m on ey back becau se m ost o f it h a s been d e v o ted to u sefu l, c o n str u c tiv e d e v e lo p m e n t M ore o f th is m on ey h as gon e to otlr A m erican n eig h b o rs th a n to E u rop e. A n d in len d in g lib e r a lly to C anada a n d L a tin -A m erica , ou r p eo p le h a v e sh ow n m o r e w isd om than in len d in g to th e old w ortd. I t is b e tte r to u se A m erican m on ey to d ev elo p A m erica— f ir s t out* ow n country« th a n n e ig h b o r in g cou n tries. T h is h e m isp h ere is d estin e d to becom e a g r e a t eco n o m ic an d finan cial u n it, i f n o t a p o litica l u n it, and it is g o o d A m erica n ism to h elp a lo n g an y ten d en cy in th a t d irectio n . T h e trend to w a r d p o litic a l u n it y can h ard ly lead to a n y th in g m ore th a n an in tern a tio n a l group- ASHLAND 30 Years Ago Miss Minnie nockfellow entnr- ainod a company of so mends at the home Of Capi. Stad MfS. A. D. Helman recently. The evening *a d passed In ehojymetti-of music. OeP. croWson is Vemodeiing and adding to the residence on the Sutherland place on the Benl- vvnrd now owned by him and ex­ pects to occupy It with his fam­ ily, having rented his 40-acre tra it tract south of town to his w a - t t - la * , Tied. FHXbie. Ralph Moody, temporary chief ’tovk of the recent David house H Salem. passed through Ashland loot Saturday. He Is the son of iX-Goveruor Z. F. Moody sad the brother of Z. A. Moody ot AsH- 3 S * ttd eeuld not see i t Bnt over bis Ishenlder Ruth’s toffor stricken eras Sew, and in that mod me* Fho Stonepsd to shriek "ZtNtssgZ hand and shriek: RtotyZ" * "Jimmy! R ln ty !" '» Murtagh’s lasting brain was too and opened the door, admitting beclouded with the evil passion of Murtagh. He atroiled to. agfrtvatlngly the moment to react quickly; ft would not have been of much avail sure of himself. He laid hie hat to him even If he had, for In an­ sad ease aaMa and amUlagly other Instant, with a making fury gtospad Ruth's haad « M leered ■p* one sharp hark of rage, Rlnty tote Bar eyes. The prickling sense MttBMaa MBMd nB aver Bath’s reluctant- Ignorance gets some of us Into trouble; others ItAecps out. hr, staggered fe t i e feet end tto <8 the door. hs'ward boss, a picture of hell- Bhtred, .pnnsed in the doorway tamed end transflxed all thia» hat room—Ruth and Jlmmy'nnd ty— With foe vilest, most oh* H ead lin es you n ev er se e ; F O R D R E T IR E S FRO M B IJH IX E H R j W IL L S P E N D L A S T D A ¥ 8 IK P A L E S T IN E . C h ristm as Cards revealed o n e th in g , a n y w a y A lo t o f }ieople have v ery p e c u lia r m id d le nam es. A n o p tim ist is e y n ica ] o f w oe. > ’ * ■ ' I f you a ll w et. -— - - . t h i n k c o h l s h o w e rs a r e l o t o f fun, v o n ’re STOP CATARRH! OPEN NOSTRILS AND MIAO Hostesses for - thy afternoon were Mrs. A. H. Praeht, Mrs. w . Son's gave each one a box of sta­ L. Maxey, Mrs. B. B. Balls, Mrs. tionery; Miss Helene Beide gave Harris Deaa, Mrs. F. G. Sweden­ each one a beautiful hand-made borg add Mrs w ill Dodge. drdsser scarf; Dr. and Mrs. F. G. I 88 « ft Swedenburg gave each girl a box college Club Meets Saturday«*. • f candy; the Ashland Greenhouse Members Of the College Wom­ presented the force with a eyelo- en's elHU of the Rogue River mon; Dr. Charles A, Haines pre­ valley are reminded that the next : sented them with n large bouquet i meeting w ill oecur at the Hotel of chrysanthemums; Beheurmaa’s M edford. Saturday, January l grocery presented them with a eighth, with luncheon preceding 1 cyclomen; M r. Lindley of the iuncrest orchards seat a box of 3’AnJou pears; M r. and Mrs. A. ■ I. Davenhlll seat a box of apples; and. the following gave the force 1 arge boxes of candy: The Pie »a Confectionery; The Roee and Aek- or Medford leading. Other pre- I gram Autohera may be given. W e nil obey custom more than wd obey law. N o w w e know w h ere S a n ta C la u s s|*ends h is sum m er«. T h e old f e llo w .c a n be ‘seen a fte r the gam e«, fr o lic k in g around u nd er th e g ra n d sta n d s hi th e b ig lea g u e parks. to d ay I heard LUM Bock roar for the first time this winter, it fairly shook the Lodge. I t takes two or three days of storm to make conditions right, then a good h ard, freeze and two hoars e r so of sunshine, the sound can ba heard for miles. I do not know If yon hare notleed it, bnt there la a funnel shaped enp near the front on the south angle. This cup la probable 600 feet deep and a quarter of a mile wide acroae Probably no household was ever (uMy prepared for the arrival of twins. Rich fools are called "eccen- tric,” while poor fools go by the name of “ nuta.” .Opinions, Ilka linen, should be eoenstonnly changed to keep them wkoleeome. [ Hes Hesk says: " It kin be said Spent Yesterday in A s h la n d - in favor o' Bve that she never got Mrs. Herb Hussotlg Of Medford med end threatened to go home spent the dny tn this city yester- to ’her asotler.M, day-vM H ng with - friends. Mrs. Huasong. nee Mies Carmen Rose, foriherly resided la Ashland, erad iatin g from the Ashland high school. > » ft ft Baptist Charch Officers Elected— The all-day service, Whieh was bald et the Baptist chhreh on New Joy this a ffa ir were H attie Bur- Year’s day, Was very well attend-1 nett, Lucille Butler, Lourdes ed and several visitors Fere pres­ Breedlove, Helen Murphy, Mildred ent at the Sumptuous dinner given Erickson, Bessie McM illian, Leone 1st the noon hour. .Smith, Florence M erritt Porter, Officers for the church for the I Myrto Otterdale and M r H 8 enehllg year were elected he fol­ AikldO. low»: Deaeons, o. w. Gilmore H. C. stock delightfully Oater- ahd F rank Bsswick; deAconeswe, tatned the forte with e dinner at Mrs. J. L. Oxford and Mrs. 3, C. the Plate eonfectlehery loot Mon­ Hopper; trusteee, h . P. Holmee, day evening, as a Christmas gift, V. D. M iller, H . C. Hdnsen ahd V. ft » ft O. N Smith; financial secretary Alpha (Tiapter No. 1, O> B. S^ Installs Offiessn * ■ Alpha Chapter No. 1. o . E. 8.. installed the following officers at their regular meeting In thM Ma- renie hall, Tuesday evening, Jan­ uary fourth. Mr«. Mabel Jordan, ps»t matron, was installing of- lenaeni, Mrs. V. O. N. Smith, ft tt N H a a g h tm O f The Nile Meet la Grants Pn»e— The Daughters of the Nile w ill me»t in Grants Pass, Baturday. Luncheon At t*M y « -ih irty ’ followed by election of officers. S0^JT<,ne * rh° to * ° h^ofle Specials .O ur sp ecial p lat« lunch a t c o a ts in p r o v in g a strong fa v o rite w ith m an y people. O ur m en u each clay offers a w id e v a r ie ty AI m Complete Fountain •orvioe N I N I N G E R 'S