THE DAILY TIDINGS EDITORIAL a n d FEATURE PAGE
C. J. READ, managing editor
ESTABLISHED IN 1876
A sh lan d d a il y t id in g s out OUR WAV
By Williams
Ratcrod a t Ose Ashland. Oregon P o e t o « « aa Second Class Mail H itte r .
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This is Life Saving
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More than 2000 coal miners in the United States
are killed every year while at their work. That
adds a tremendous cost in blood to the pnee of this
common fuel.
At pretty regular intervals the country is start­
led by the news of a mine explosion. Some of these
are spectacular and attract the attention of thous­
ands, but the least of such accidents is a tragedy to
the families and the fellow workers of those whose
lives-are blasted out.
The American Association for Labor Legisla­
tion, whose roster contains a score or more names
of national and international influence, is calling
attention to the declaration of the United States
bureau of mines that many mine explosions can b e
prevented by a simple precautionary measure.
In a large number of cases explosions in mines
are caused, or are rendered destructive and fatal, *by
the presence of quantities of finely divided coal dust.
When a local explosion occurs such as frequently
is incidental to the work of mining, this coal dust is
thrown into suspension in the air and ignited. The
resulting explosion ig terrific in violence and heat
and qften kills every man in the underground work­
ings.
Government experts in a series of tests have
proved that coal dust becomes non-explosive when
mixed with rock dust. Rock is ground to powder
and scattered by a portable blower, over the under­
ground surfaces of the mine. Since that annonnoe-
ment was made, a number of the more important
mines have been protected by rock dusting and
have been free from disastrous explosions. Several
states have passed laws requiring thiB precaution.
A campaign has been undertaken to promote
such legislation. It should come to the attention of
legislators in every state in which coal mining
exists.
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No Guns By . M ail -
The mails are now closed to pistol shipments
by regulations of the postoffice department, issued
in accordance with the new federal law. Certain
specifically described persons may receive them.
Others must get their one hand guns iu some other
fashion than c. o. d. from the mailman. Uncle Sam
is out of the distributing business for the man killer.
It is not to be expected that this takes the
pistol out of American life. Determination to have
-a gun will get the gun w'e suspect, but the pro­
bability is that fewer of them will be lying about
for use when drink, anger, nerves, or a mental un­
balancing makes a person suddenly willing to kill.
uThe weakest moment and the pistol on the hip or in
the drawer have combined in many murders. It
was an abominaiton as a mail order business with
the mail man delivering the goods and collecting the
prioe.
What is a Canadian?
Under the above caption the Manitoba Free
Press discoOrseR at length on the nationality, or
rather nationalities, of the natives of the dominion
and opnclndes that legally there is no such person
as a Canadian. Although a man is born in Canada
o f native Canadian parents, is reared and settles
down there, he still is not a Canadian, but is reg­
istered according to the nationality or nationalities
Of his ancestors—Scotch, Irish, English, French,
German, Ruthenian, etc. The situation arises, it is
pointed ont, because the census bureau insists on
going several generations back to list the racial
lineage of the inhabitants, to the exclusion of their
acquired nationality.
Within recent years, the Free Press points
out, an attempt has been made to remedy this con­
dition by defining as a Canadian any one born of
the third generation of native Canadians, but adds
that “ this, of course, is not enough.”
It is difficult for Americans to understand the
attitude of the Canadian census bureau. Canada, like
all of the other « ‘If governing portions of the British
empire, is virtually an independent nation, being
only nominally within the jurisdiction of the king
of England. If such if rule were applied in the
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will meet at the home of Mrs.
• L. E. Williams, 620 8. Peach,
Medford.
Saturday, May 14^-Oanghters of
the Nile Spring Ceremonial at 2
p. m. in the Masonic temple,
Medford, Ore. Banquet at Ho­
tel Medford at 7 p. m., followed
by dance at Fair Grounds pa­
vilion starting at 0 p. m. Call
. 40T-R for information.
Wedneshday, May IK— Mrs. Oa-
briel, state president of the P.
T. A. will meet with the local
associations
at
the Lithia
Springs Hotel. Luncheon at 1
p. m. Ppone reservations to
Mrs. O. A. Briscoe before the
evening bf May 13th.
mrsdap. May !®— .glka Lojlge
No. 044 will give a shirt waist
dance in the Elk’s ballroom.
Domlno Provost’s orchestra will
play.
Satarday, May I t o —-Rogue
M O M EN T'S U æ ' o like T o L ive OVER.
TH E INTELLECTUAL-.
CURRENT EVENTS
AND
1. What U. 8. battleship recent­
ly ran aground in New York har-
2. For what purpose is a ^reat
Rad Cron fund now being raised?
3. What foreign president has
been visiting in this country? „
. 4. Why was the Mississippi Riv­
er levee dynamited in lower Lou­
isiana, flooding property worth
millions?
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5. Why are Mr. and Mrs. Cool­
idge not living In the White
House?
3. What American newspaper
won the Pulltser award thia year?
7. What international confer­
ence now in progress is attended
by the United States and Russia
aa well as many other nations?
8. What country has the Prince
of Wale been visiting the past
tow days?
9. Distinguish between Chiang
Kai-shek and Chang Tso-lin.
10. What American airplane Is
being prepared for the New York
Paris flight?
ANSWERS
Malay States and Sumatra.
Formosa.
Southeast.
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No; it Is a peninsula.
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3. Nearer to Canton.
7. Caspian, Black, Medlterran-
X and Red Seas.
8. Singapore.
I . 1810 miles. •
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Charge accounts rarely develop
Into savings accounts.
Sorrow can he hidden, but Joy
Is harder to conceal than a bass
drum.
The leading family in any
neighborhood Is the one owning
the best car.
You get the cents out of others,
but the dollars you must get out
of yourself.
The fellow who is "on his job”
every minute usually gets the
high-salaried position.
An ideal cook these days is one
io Is an expert can-opener.
What I like about Christian
Science la that it never runs up
the white flag.
Fore mileage for our autos
all right, but’ the real need
more mileage for our dollars.
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NEW YORK — Pbliticians
take note. A1 Smith is living
at Coney Island in the hotel
Half | f don, nem ed f w the
ship of Hendrik Hudson,
¿who, searching for a passage
to China, stopped at Albany,
disappointed. At the formal
opening of the hotel, A1
/commented:. “Many persons
have journeyed to Albany to
face disappointment.”
NEW YORK— Part of a
vision of New York ia 1377
entertained by Harvey Wiley
Corbett, noted
architect:
“We shall get ear food prob­
ably by radio with convenient
radio food broodcasting sta­
tions at every oarner.”
NEW YORK— Five year»
out of La Fayette college.
James B. Williams, Jr., has
made enough in stocks to
pgy »200,000, a high record,
for a stock exchange mem­
bership. And In a few months
he expects to make the seat
worth 1300,000 to him’.
LONDON — George Ber­
nard Shaw discovered that
there is dissension in the
royal family. He writes to
the papers that such a con­
dition is revealed by a recent
speech in which Prince Henry
praised the prowess of early
banters and by the refusal
of the Prince of Wales to at­
tend h hull fight in Spain.
or loss. The highest rainfall wee »7.» teehee; It wee In the year
1810-00; the next highest wee 11.7 inches In 1924-86. The yew
1914-11 would be considered • year with a heavy rainfall for this
country bgt nevertheless wo were short of water sad obliged 'to
hare strict water restrictions darlag the »»tamer. It ha» also been
discovered by onr engineers that over 3 ascend feet of water 1» used
on the lawn» and small gardens of Ashland! this is more water
then Medford requires for the same pnepose. This is mere water
then there wee la Ashland crash during the summer of 1136-23.
prior rights to the creek water were such that had they been de­
manded we would have had less than a second foot of water left
for the city. These are some of the condition that caused the en­
gineers to advise the construction of a storage reservoir in the canyon,
I . While we believe in conservation of water by preventing
waste and stopping leeks, we do not believe there ihas been so
great an amount of waste as has been thought. Referring to tables
by Mr. D. C. ^enny we find the most water in the creek since the
summer of 1883 wee daring the summer 1113, when Ashland Creek
measured 8 second feet. The lowest was In 1334 when there were
8.1 second foot. 1133 had 3.6 second foot. Mr. Henny has figured
out that during the average month of May the city of Ashland requires
3 second feet of water. We find by the table of statistics that out
of 47 years. jnet past, we have had 13 years that oome up to the re-
qniremente er 81 per cent of the time, it is evident from these facto
that Ashland Creek does not supply Ashland with enough water der-
Dm the summer and th e tt t te*teoeeeai*y to store up-some ef the
viator and spring flow for summer use.
•• The 8360,000 heads together with Ito interest will be paid
from the water revenue and not by raisng taxes. The water rates
have been made adequate to take care of the retiring water bonds.
(Cintinued Tomorrow)
and modern yonth come together themselves in Ameeterdam at the
In this romance of the “Land of GUImore home, where all in-
Faery.”—The Lariat.
dulged in some favorite pastimes
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of Holland, before being served
with coffee and sandwiches by the
Dutch twins. The last country vis­
* The borne of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. ited was gpaln at the Frank Bes-
McAllister at 410 Beach street wlck hoi
where much interest
was the eoeah of a merry birth­ was shewn in learning of the
day party Monday evening, May 0, Spanish history and customs from
given in honor of the blrth- tlje Belle of Barcelona. After ap­
day anniversary of . Mias Ha- propriate refreshm ents had been
Ml Edmiaton, who will graduate served, all boarded the homé-
mat school in June. Mias Edmis- ward bound steamer, hoping at
ton’ haa been employed to teach some fatare time to enjoy an­
school at St. Heleas, Oregon this other such Journey.
turning year and it is certain that
she will make a great success of
Portland— Broad wa
her w « r t M her js a m a appapyh^ ramp ateli work will
<m the Honor Roll last term,
A delicious luncheon was en-
fayed. the table being beautifully
decorated in pink and white. A
Wallowa— Forest Service will
huK® birthday cake, which» waa b«P 4 &4 miles new trial and com­
made by Mrs. Stockdale, adorned ] plete 21 miles road thia year.
THE ROBB
with pink chudles formed a very ,
Today is like a silken gown
pretty centerpiece. Miss Edmts-
Of rich and lustrous sheen—
ton was the recipient of many
A robe of bine and stiver, fit
dainty and useful gifts, sad gopd
To grace a lovely qaeen.
wishes.
Music
and guessing
Ito folds have laid between sachets games occupied a large portion of
the evening and afforded the
Of Javendar and roee;
guests much pleasure,
They rustle softly, musically
Those present'to enjoy' this
With every breeze that blows.
Jolly affair were: Mr. and Mrs.
Stockdale and .daughter Miss Ar­
ties, Miss Mildred Johnson, the
guest of honor Miss Hasel JCd-
p n tn w d bjL
mlston and the host and hostess, i
fbotewhokootr
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. McAllister and
son James.
Oh, everything aboat today
Is satin-soft and rare,
1 wish that I could slip it on
For just, a while—to wear.
Dorothy Sanderson,
Olive View, Cal.
Halfway — Cooperative Cream­
ery paid out »108,278 to dairy
men last year.
Im portant Books Reviewed—
"Fairy . Gold,”
by Compton
Mackenzie. (George H. Doran
Company, New York.) He has
Hez Heck says: “Young doctors
written many novels, all rich In
answer calls quickly, but old doc­
literary values and vitomines, to
tors come when they dam please.”
bis ¿fqdlt. Here Is a well priftt-
ed book of 447«pages describing
the adventures of young army of­
ficer placed in charge of an is­
land during* the World War, that
is the property of a romantic pri­
vate owner with two picturesque
daughters, VeUetia and Vivien—
prospective mothers In search of
lovely names for dxpected girl
babies will blease 'take notice.
The excitement of navy and army
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Yockey, the
B. E. Witte, wife end infant war times off the coast of France
real estate dealers, have purchas­ left yesterday for New York City on an island In salt Water of mar-
ed aa pere lot adjoining their and expect to make their home in velqys bines and greens, ia de­
place on Granite atreet. from Mrs. the future there or ip Brooklyn. picted In a charming flow of con­
Hattie M. AlInnt, which they will Mr. Witte sacrificed hip property versation which will entertain
plant to California grapes. They in order to accept a position both sexes of several generations.
anticipate making the beet vine­ which has been offered him in There Is some warrant for call­
yard and chicken ranch in town the Mg metropolis.
ing this a great love yarn. Fan­
out of their two an a h a lf. aerp
tasy, charm and beanty of writ­
tract.
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Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Skidmore ing combine to make this the best
and'Oofc Charley left Friday for sto/y "Compton Mackenzie has
Mrs. Laura Wiley of this city Little •haste. Cal., where they written in years. He has caught
had the misfortune to fall and will visit Mrs. Skidmore’s sister, the spirit of romance and mys­
break her forearm near the wrist. Mrs. Terwllliger.
tery. which broods over Celtic
Monday evening.
She w a s
lands, and has woven into the
emerging from the door of
Thomas R. Brown, whose ar­ fantastic tapestry of his back­
Holmes Bros, grocery when she rival frost Tacoma was mentioned ground a love story of simple ap­
slipped and fell on thé pavement. last week, has rented Mrs. Land­ peal. The lonely island with its
er’s pleasant home on south Main fendal family descended from the
Jake Welker has sufficiently street The remainder, of his daughter of a eea king lends itself
recovered from his reœnt illness (aniily will Join him and they will admirably to a story which never
as to be able to'ride to town to­ takeup permanent residence in falls for a mhment to hold the
day.
Ashland.
reader’s attention. Agq-old legend <
TURNING THE PAGES BACK
Kajoy T rip Around W o rld —
The young people of the Bap­
tist church enjoyed a trip around
the world recently.
After securing their tickets,
passage was token for Japan,/
whicr was located at the Baptist
parsonage on Oak street. Much
credit is due Rev. and Mrs.
Thatcher of the Nazarene church,
returned Missionaries from Jap­
an, who helped the young folks
to enjoy a “Nippon Ogojlso,”
which is a Japanese feast, eaten
with chopsticks.
Next the steamer stopped at
Hanumaconda, India, the O. F.
Carson home. Here, all were in­
terested in the wlerd magic of the
orieht, after which the hostess
served bananas, a favorite Indian
food. Later, the tourists found
20 Years Ago
Mrs. 8am McNair, who has been
vieltlag ia Missouri and the mid­
dle elates fer the past four months
reluraed home Sunday. She was
accompanied home by her slater
Mrs. Greenlease.
E. C. Stoner of Brown county,
Kansas, is here visiting his
brother, F. D. Stoner. He arrived
from the nort'nrn route. The
twe brothers have not seen hack
other for niaetr n years.
nrepMarv to make the White
• in order to make sure that
. J list now there is a waiting
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PUBLISHED BY THE ASHLAND PRINTINGCO.
Rev. W. J. Douglas and wife
are entertaining the former’s son
(aad wife, Mr. and Mrs. A. F.
'Douglas of Portland, who ar-
rlved Renday. for a two weeks
visit in the Granite city.
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