THE DAILY TIDINGS EDITORIAL and FEATURE PAGE
C. J . H E A D , MANAGING EDITOR
A SH LAN D
D A IL Y
T ID IN G S
! What Others Sayj
;ers And The “Joiners”
Governor. A1 Smith’s presi
Will Rogers, the traveling diplomat, in a recent
address, characterizes the American men and women
as “ joiners” and says th a t’the American man will
join a luncheon elub, a lodge or anything else but
his own family, or anything that will take him
away from home.
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The women, he says, are no better and seek to
belong to about everything that they can gain ad
mittance to.
He states that we have so many luncheon clnbs
that every <wher man carries a gavel and. meeting
a friend on the street immediately proceeds to call
the meeting to order.
America is criticised for “ butting in ” on other
people’s affairs by the great humorist, who with his
homely wit and keen satire, which while not very
diplomatic in its utterance, is filled with wholesome
truths.
In discussing the farm relief bill, in his dis
cussion of politics, he stated that he could find no
fault with the president for having vetoed the farm
relief bill, as the farmer had been relieved of about
everything that he has now, all of which may' not
be true, but illustrates his point, as when he tells
the farmers that if they would pass more filling
stations and fewer resoh^ions they would not need
so ranch legislation. z •’
It is refreshing to listen to and read Will
Rogers. He is no respector of persons, and does
not permit the dignity o f the one he is discussing
to disturb him in the least, and regardless of who
the person is, king or peasant, he is always wel
come, as" illustrated by his recent visit to Europe.
If he talked to the kings and queens of the
European nations as he does to our president .and
the American prime minister, Wm. E. Borah, of
Idaho, ke must have been regarded with some
good deal of Respect and awe.
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While no respector of persons, Rogers is clean,
witty and never unkind or cruel in his comments
or criticisms which while barbed with sharp Wit
leave neither sting or wound.
The rare good humor with which they are told,
plus the homely truth, is very palatable to the
American taste and ear and we are all rather proud
of the gum-chewing, rope-twisting cowboy and phil
osopher and short sleeved diplomat.
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No Substitute for Civic Duty
The Literary Digest says that “ picking on the
parson is a favorite indoor sport,” and the Balti
more Sun remarks that if * the minister takes a
narrow view, he is accused of bigotry, and if he
takes a broad view he is suspected of heresy. If
he asks for money, he is accused of worldliness,
and if he doesu’t his church falls to pieces, etc.
Ministers, like newspaper men, have a position
of peculiar cotispicuousness. If a business man or a
factory worker makes an error, no one usually
knows about it except the people immediately af
fected. But if the newspaper man makes a bad mis-
• take, every one Who reads his wrong article points
the finger at him, and if the minister does or says
something wrong, he is convicted at hundreds of
dinner tables.
But in spite of the business man’s errors, the
people keep on buying the sheet just the same.
They will do well, in spite of any errors the min
ister makes, to turn up at church as usual Sun
day morning.
The Minister’s Errors
There is agitation in m aiy states against the
primary system of making nominations, and many
favor returning to the convention plan. Also there
are many who claim that the evils of the old con
vention nominations were worse tjian anything
seen in the primaries. But however one feels about
it, people of all points of view should allow one
truth to sink into their minds.
And that i> -that there will never bo any kind
of substitute for civic duty on the part of the peo
ple. Almost any plan will work badly if the )>coplu
A woman can dress In sin
minutes faster than a man,
according to a recent test.
Again we polnC w lth shame
to the collar button — But
then women’s clothes these
days consist more of what
they do not wear than what
they wear.
The boys w ill
have
one advantage
this
summer,
though.
There’s
still something le ft for them
to take o ff— Women these
days spend most of their
time dressing on their faees.
We wonder how a woman in
this rougeful day
really
looks.— A married man used''
to have to w ait for his wife
to dress when they were go
ing out. Now i t ’s she who,
does the swearing— Women
certainly have been emanci
pated, as fa r as clothes are
concerned.
New York
woman got
13000 a word for a poem her
husband wrote. I t was his
w ill, done io verse— Like so
many poets, his work was
valueless until be was dead.
Which is a good thought for
spring poets— Garret garb-
lers and basement bards are
writing lots of odes— “Owed
to the . Groceryman” and
“Owed to the Landlady” are
favorites now— T h at’s what
comes from expecting to be
paid regular rates for free
verse. They’re getting verse
The radio commission ig asking for suggestions
from listeners for tiie tietterment of tl^ situation.
We wish they’d do something alniut that tire shop on
West 15th street that gives prizes after every item
on the program.
Did von
The big noiee eomes from the
little end of the horn.
No one can be very wise and be
ry popular at the same time.
I t doesn’t m atter much when a
man loses his Jab if he doesn’t
lose his nerve.
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Nature cares nothing for extern
uating circumstances; what’s com
ing to you, you get.
In good society everybody has
the same opinion, rfnd so ' any
body who argues is considered
vulgar.
Generally
speaking,
public
dance halls cannot be said to im
prov« the morals of a community.
Hez Heck says “Give me the
feller who uses an alarm elock,
and you kin her the feller that
wears a wrist watch.’’
and verse — New England
poet committed suicide. Prob
ably he’d dlscoveiW there
would be no spring thia year,.
dential boom was launched
the other day in Neyr York,
but it is to be remembered
that there are more rivers to
be crossed between Manhat
tan and Washington than
there are between Manhattan
and Albany.— Eastern Clack
amas News. ‘
Large mirrors at railroad
crossings to reveal the ap
proach of trains are propos
ed, but that wouldn’t do be
cause the toll among femin
ine motorist who stopped to
arrange their toilet would be
too heavy. — Silverton T ri
bune.
The New York man who
boasted he had been married
20 years and had never given
his wife a cent surprises us,
not because he had never giv
en his wife a cent, but be
cause he has remained mar
ried 20 years.— A m ity Stand
ard.
The people of the United
States pay more for tobacco
than for taxes, and how they
do growl about the taxes.—
Halsey R ural Ehterprlse.
The difference between the
price the farm er gets for his
produce and what the con
sumer pays for his food Is
what keeps automobile fac
tories and night clubs work
ing over time.— Forest Grove
News-Timee.
TURNING THE'PAGES BACK
ASHLAND
ASHLAND
10 Years Ago
30 Years Ago
M r. and Mra. G. S. Butler left
last Saturday evening for Seattle.
E. A. H ildreth
sold his residence
and Mrs. Doran,
from Washington
iocgte here.
Sr., last week
Archie Pennington la now chief
property to M r. clerk of the McClunie store, which
recent arrivals, has been moved to the corner of
state, who w ill Main and Granite streets.
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J. E. Wilson of this city was a
M. V. Crocker and fam ily re-
visitor in Roseburg for a few
cently moved back to Ashland
hours last Thursday evening
from the farm near Talent, which
they sold to A. L. Rhodes, pur
chasing the le tte r’s property on
East Iowa street, in this city,
Mrs. W. M. Barber and child which they now occupy.
ren Marshall, Mildred and Jose-
phine, left receatly for Newport
Mrs. Anna L. Myer and Mrs.
where they will spend two weeks.
Bertie
Kerryman
represented
Ashland Lodge at the Grand Ral
ly of Women of Woodcraft held In
Eugene recently.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Paulserud
and Theodore LaCerte left last
Saturday for San Francisco. They
Jack Beagle came up from
expect to be away for several the Applegate country Saturday
days.
where he has been trapping.
CALENDAR O F EV EN TS
Friday, A p ril «.— .Rainbow class
of the M.
at 7:20 p.
Wed. April
dance In the
E. church w ill moot
m.
29. — Elks* Ladies
Elks Tempi«.
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M O U N TA IN STILLN ESS
The tw itter of birds Jn the red
woods.
A squirrel’s bark— the flu tter of
wings;
Then a sudden deep, listening
i (
silence
I 'Like the »pause in a - symphony
brings.
The soft hissing sound of the
forest.
A sharp crackling — then its
cease.
An stillness again like a blessing
That brings with it Infinite peace.
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Alice Mulker, Berkeley.
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He fell off his liogbe again.
W ho!”
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PUBLISHED BY THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO.
ing killed her young brother God
frey, heir to tho Duke of Brabant,
who died a short time before,
leaving his children to the care of
Telramund. Elsa was to be Telra-
mund’s wile, hut he wedded Or-
trud of Friesland and now claims
the deserted duchy of Brabant.
As Elea declares her Innocence,
nht knowing what has become of
her brother, who was taken from
her during her sleep, the King re
solves to decide by a tourney In
which the whole m atter shall be
left to the Judgment of God. Tel
ramund, sure of his rights. Is
willing to fight w ith any cham-
pion who may defend Elsa. All
the noblemen of Brabant refuse
to do so and even the King,
though struck by Elsa’s Innocent
appearance, does not want to op
pose his valiant and trustworthy
warrior.
Elsa alone is calm; «he trusts
in the help of the heavenly
knight who has appeared to her in
a dream, and publicly declares her
Intention of offering to her de
fender the crown and her hand.
W hile she prays a knight arrives
In stiver armor; a swan draws his
boat. He lands. Elsa recognizes
the knight of her dreams, and he
at once offers to. fight for the ac
cused maiden on two conditions:
■tq emooeq n«qz eqs ju q i ' jsjij
wife; and second, that she will
never ask for h it name and his
descent.
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-(Continued Tomorrow)
Crater Lake
In Winter Time
BY JOMN MABIN
Caretaker at Crater Lake
Lodge
Again f p m alone, this time
more than ever, tor nil is as quiet
as a church, even the wind is
still. The sky |n still cloudy but
there is a soft glow on the enow
that makes the tree« visible for
half a mile away.
I was out in the timber to
night, and it seemed as it I had
been transferred to the land of
the igloo There were snow drifts
of every conceivable shape, there
were low 'drifts, and drifts high,
series of drifts like mountain
ranges in miniature; there were
fla t drifts, sharp drifts, drifts as
smooth and round as our north
ern brother’s honse. Everyone of
them had a reason for being
there; the direction of the wind,
the lines of the trees, the contour
of the hill, the shape and the dis
tance of the branches from the
snow. For a time I could not ac
count for the deep holes in the
snow where it should have been
level. I looked up in the trees
near the holes and there I saw the
reason. Hanging above the snow
ten or twelve feet were great
branches laden with frozen snow
and ice. Their load was so heavy
that they hung in a curve, or
shell-shape; the wind sweeping up
the windward side of the hill
would hit these great baffels and
be forqed downward with a ro ll
ing motion. Where it hit the
sjiow it would dig a hole some
thing of the shaperof Its deflector.
The storm that ended last night
started the 15th, and 90.5 in. of
snow has fallen in that time.
W ork — W orked on lamps,
shoveled snow.
\ W e a th e r— Day cloudy;, wind
west; snowfall since last observa
tion 8 In.; precipitation, 79 in.,
snow on ground, 224 in.; Temp.
H. 24, U 18, R. 8, M. 20.
Thursday, February 94, «027.
- This morning had a ll the ear
marks of the beginning of a fine
day. The wind was <julet— that
is It was .quiet to what it has been,
but it wks « till in the southwest;
the sky in the northeast a sunrise
was blood red. So the skipper
gave order that all snips stay in
side. The storm flag is still up
and Is likely to stay at the mast
head Friday and Saturday.
"Sometime during the day the
temperature took a Jump, a fog
came up the slope and it has been
a dreary day. Tonight the wind
is freshening to a gale, and is be
ginning to make all sorts of noise
under the eaves, but the few
warm hours of the day have
dampened the top of the snow so.
it won’t blow as badly as it has
the last week.
The drifts aronnd the building
are level with eaves, a few days
like today and they w ill be solid
ice. Next season when you visit
the Lodge yon w ill b» abl» to
reach your bedroom window' and
get a handful of snow, if there la
four feet more* of snowfall I will
have to etart shoveling It In the
lahe. I t don’t know what I w ill
do with it on the south side of
the building* unless I carry it
around the rim.
Today I heard someone or
something knocking— I thought
that ! bad a visitor. I went to all
the door« and looked out all the
windows that were open, but not
a soul was in sight. I went
through the building and finally
located the sound on the ontalde
of the third floor of the old build
ing. I opened a window and
scratched the snow away with my
hands so I could look out. There,
under the eaves was a woodpecker
hammering away for all he was
worth. I left the window open for
a while to aee if he wanted in, but
he refused my hospitality.
W ork— Shoveled snow, melted
snow, worked on lamps.
W eather — Day clondy wind
southwest; snowfall since last ob
servation, 1.5 in.; precipitation
.26 In.; snow on ground, 325 in.,
Temp. H. 80, L. 14, R.18, M. 22.
Federal Adv. Man Here —
F. O. Strickland, federal adver
tising engineer from Los Angeles,
Cal., is spending the day 4n this
city looking after business af
fairs. He has placed an Illum in
ated "H” on display in the win
dow of the X L Electric store on
the Plaza.
Just natural.,.
Men like the "natural” in all
things. Chesterfield’s natural
tobacco taste is no exception
Riddle M ite: T. D. Gilmore and
w ife departed tor Ashland this
morning to reside permanently.
John Stanley has been visiting
his folks in Ashland during the
past week. He is employed in one
of the big sawmills at Sisson.
Dunsmuir Herald— Mrs. J. J.
O’Neal and son Johnnie Jeave to
morrow for Ashland where they
w ill reside in the fu^pre.
F arm ,’* was given in Miss Clara
Hucfc’s school at Soda Springs
Friday evening, March 25, in
which a large number of the peo
ple of the community took part.
Tho school house wae filled to ca
pacity.
The proceeds from this a ffa ir
are to he used to purchase “ play’’
apparatus for the children’s play
ground. A fte r the entertainment,
refreshments of cake and* coffee
were served.
Those who attended from Ash
land were: M r. and Mrs. "Larkin
Doer, Mrs. F. J. Ahlsttom and two
daughters the. Misses Leona and
Gertrude, Miss Virginia
Roach
M r. Robert K luth, M r. Roy M ur
phy and M r. Wycoff.
Mesdaatee Reader and Pnyne En
tertain Art Club« •
Mrs. C liff E. Payne and Mrs.
Norma Reeder entertained the la
dies of the A rt Club Monday eve
ning, March 28, at the home of
the former on Granite street.
There Were twenty members pres
ent and tour visitors.
The time was pleasantly spent
doing fancy Work, in conversation
and playing cards; both Bridge
and Five Hundred being played.
The hostesses served delicious re
freshments of salad, nut bread
sandwiches and coffee.
The club w ill hold its next
meeting at the home of Mrs. Sam
McNair at 381 Scenic Drive on
the evening of Monday, April 11.
LGHKNG RIM
Romantic Opera la three acts by
Richard Wagner
The scene Is laid near Antwerp
where "Heinrich
der Vogler,’’
KlOg of Germany, Is Just levying
troops among his vassals of Bra
bant to repulsythe Hungarian in
vaders. The King finds the peo
It «2 N
p le In a state of great commotion, “Treasure Farm” Given at Soda
Beaverton has new weekly
for Count Frederick Telramund Hprlng Mchnnl —
newspaper, “The Enterprise,” 8,
accuse»» Else of Brabant of kay-
A splendid play,
“Twasure M. Brown editor.
H ere, and here alone,
will you get natural to
bacco taste at its mild and
mellow best for here natu
ral otoasn and character
are e n tirely h eld and
brought out to the full!
Chesterfield
nd yet, they’re MILD