TRE DflIbY TIDINGS
BY THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO.
ESTA BUSHED IN 1876
A SH L A N D D A IL Y T ID IN G S
Victims
First duty of the country is to bring immediate
relief to refugees from the great floods which thirty»
states have poured down the valley of the Missis
sippi. The second duty is to make a repitition of
such disaster impossible.
Secretary Hoover' says that it can be done by
engineering works at a small fraction of what this
year’s flood has cost Probably this great construc
tive work can be done for what our politicians
waste by inefficiency and graft in state and local
governments.
Aside from engineering works flood control
means scientific reforestation. It is said that the
Mississippi knew no floods while virgin forest» still
covered thousands of square miles of the territory
it drains. And while no practical amount of refor-
¿station alone will prevent a flood, it stands to rea
son that it will help control them as well as bring
other blessings to a nation which has frightfully
wasted it« resources of timber.
The tragic sufferers of the Mississippi floods are
less the victims of the blind forces of nature than
of roan’s willingness to take a chance, and for the'
sake of n little present gain rick enormous future
OUT OUR WAY
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LONDON. (IP)— Brlttofa estsoa-
oaters ar< devoting a s s t of tkelr
time bow to observations b f tbs
latest tenant of Mother Barth's
FHAIHWL
««elusive neighborhood.
K flh S r L w /f e
If the citizens of Ashland will work together
now, they will accomplish so much that they will be
aWe to play together in the years to come.
OM Age Pensions
The Pennsylvania Old Age Pension Com
mission systems throughout the United States,
concludes that they are inadequate in scope, their
cost makes them impossible as a 'permanent policy
and they do not accomplish the result hoped for ia
ployee. The pension is too small and the age of re
tirement so advanced that workers ’ beeome incom
petent before reaching it. «In most cases pensions
are forfeited by a man who leaves or loses' his
work. As a means of reducing ïabfcr turnover they
are most effective with the class least desirable
to retain. As a disciplinary measure the commis
sion admits the pension may have some effect with
older employees, bpt not with the yonng and vigor
ous worker. As a means of freeing the worker from
tho dread of an unprotected old age they aro mani
festly ineffective. Under most systems the em
ployer has no legal claim and present plans
amount to little more than a vague promise based
on “ if everything goes right.”
The commission asserts that there are prob
ably altogether less than 90,000 men and women
now in the receipt of industrial pensions through
out the country. On the other hand, it is estimated
that about 1,800,000 of the aged men and women of
the United States are in need 'of some support.
This fundamental fact should be sufficient to
indicate how little these pension systems are cap
able of meeting the needs of this body, of indigent
aged.
Suppose
Suppose that this newspaper were issued with
out a single advertisement?
Wouldn’t the “ make-up” look plain and
rather dull?
Wouldn’t the readers be a little disappointed!
Wouldn’t business drag?
Wouldn’t the stranger in our city or in distant
circulations think there was something wrong with
the town!
Wouldn’t other publishers think the editor of
this paper a little slow! And wouldn’t we cuss?
Prohibition’s greatest popularity io as a sub
ject of conversation. •
Every man goes to his gravp leaving books he
wanted.to read and friend« he wanted to know.
A third term in the Presidency must l»e a great
life if your handshake grip doesn’t weaken.
2. Prom whom waa the west-
- e ra w o rld savedla -th e b a ttle ot
(a ) Cha)pna ’(h ) TonrsT
3 Name the t in t emporer ot
Rome.
4. W ta t King of Sweden won
great military fame tn the Thirty
Y ean W ar
6 Under what c u r did Russia
«•cure access to the sea on the
Baltic 7
• To whom did Constantinople
fall la 14537
7. What groat African general
attached Roma .ite r crowing the
Alps.
8. W hat religious - military
movement spread its conquests
around three sides of the Medi
terranean Sea in the seventh and
eighth centuries 7
9. W bat English general died
at the capture of Quebec 7
10. What great event occurred
In the year 39 A. D.T
A bigamist is classed as a criminal hut lie’s at
least got more downright courage than a lot of
aingte-wifers. .
Health to the result when you
behave /yo u rself, and sickness
when yon don’t.
AU beautiful women are spoil
ed, whleh probably explains why
they are so charming.
No one eaa climb up high until
he brings himself down to the
level ot common sense.
When you butt Into another
man’s troubles, you do Sot lessen
his, but only add to your own.
The mors initials there are at
tached to « professional man’s
name. the more,'It costs to hire
1. 315,000.
2. Everett Sanders.
3. Tea.
Harlan Ptoke Stone.
S.Wllliatn Howard Taft.
0. In case of a tie vote.
7. Nicholas Longworth.
8 Yea, by non-voting deputise.
0. 436.
10, Senator Borah.
This can be said la favor of
present styles: A woman doesn’t
have to take off much to go to
bed.
Hss Heek says: ”» aerar TH
a monument o* a bst» » iu . aer»
either spats sr a wrtoi watch.*’
nuta.
'
When Gene Tanney was
In Los Angeles, Jack Demp
sey Invited him over to hls
hotel for breakfast. Steal
ing the White House stuff.
Anne Nichols gave Ed
ward Payson Weston a life
income.
A few days later
the aged walker was hit by
a taxicab. I t ’d nice Weston
will be able to hire a law
yer, anyhow.
TURNING THE PAGES BACK
ASHLAND
10 Years Ago
ASHLAItD .
20 Year» Ago
the mining man.
O. W.
g. V. Carter took Irving Vining
lay from a three
sad a party of boys, R«M Harrell, returned
■ip to Ornate Pass.
Pay Phillip«, Arthur Mansion and day’s bus
Charlie Brady out to Beaver dam
la Dead Indian last. Tassdsy,
where the day w u spent fishing.
A. W. Herbert of Corvallls b u
purchased s two acre tra< t in thè
Mysr addltlon wlth thè «xpeeta-
G. N. Kramer returned Satur
tlon of building upon,lt.
r
day from Newport with hls wife
sad sou Pose.
The Hiaaimiippi river used good judgment
keeping out of Herrin; toom aeh wet opinmitiou.
Mavbc all we needed was Aimee McPherson’s
afctroraiK’e that the bobbed hear had come to stuv.
N eal virtue doesn’t go around
pounding a bass dram.
H dm psfftms of prohibi
tion continu«« to - spread,
fo otfw ttl b a t k e n a x t thing
¡banned, Edna Perber told a
(Yale audience the o t h e r
;nlght. W ell, maybe that’s
the only way w e ll ever get
around to home oooklng
again. . . . The ban on food
would Just suit some of the
ladles who have quit eating,
anyhow . . Maybe if some
people had to take their
soup In a speakeasy they’d
not he so bolstrotnr about It
. . . It to high time some
thing were done about the
men who go around over
feeding th eir vesta . . . I f
food prohibition does come,
the ekleka cad forget their
hip flasks and start string-
la«: their belts with dongh-
K. R. Dougkr ty. assistant post
master at Salem. 1« vtsltlng at tho
borne af R. JH. Grew. Mr. Dough
erty says that be w u In love with
tbe Ashland park, thought the
Lithla water simply tbe best ever,
but that there to one Ashland girl
who h u all ot tbe other attrac
tion« pat tdkether eclipsed.
ASHLAND
SO Yean Ago
Th« northbound “flyer” paaeed
through Ashland Monday after-
nog ».hat <H u«4 •top here. There
wan< a Mg crowd Of passengers
aboard Including several promin
ent Ashland eitlssas who were ob
served to be slttla oa the car plat
form» ■* the train whirled p u t
the Ashland depot.
Th® wtff and daughter of G. W.
Cutts, night operator at the S. P.
station In Ashland, »rrfred from
«. P. Lena, who rgeentty mov. the W illapette valley -yesterday.
od to Ashland fro ti Maktyou has
purchased a dwelling en Helman
Tios. James leaves this evening
Strub
for i t . Louie, where he Avili at
tend Abe republican national con
vention sad thence go on to New
York
where be .hopes to In
terest some New Yorkers of capi
tal ta the mfntng resources Ot
Scuthsrn Oregon.
i
The latest transient visitor,
MISS DOÉOTHY REID, Editor
Which can already be obeerved
•early 50,006,600 miles away la
the bssvena, to the esmat Pons-
galmmdab o r bvmntb
tlea, are pictured by this author
Winnecke, which
to rushing
in a constant stream of literary
through space In the direction of
lesday, May 17*— Women’« Civ
fireworks.
I t to the most read
the earth at a coapatsd speed* of
ic Improvement club w ill hold
able
volume
ef the particular
1,000,000 miles a day.
regular meeting In Civic club
kind that has probably ever been
"Oa February 35th, we were
house oa W lnbura Way. AU
written. Westerners and fiction
able to get a photograph of the
members urged to attend as
fans w ill respond by making it a
comet, sad Ws are making pre
there w ill be election ef offlc-
beat seller.— The Lariat.
parations to observe It as It ap
«3 ft it
proaches n elrer the earth," Sir Tuesday, May 17— Stated com
IkMghteM of Nile Spring Co®- r
Prank Dyson, Astronomer Royal,
munication of Alpha chapter
told the United Press. "Unfort
No. 1, O. B. 8.. Initiation.
The Daughters of the Nile,
unately, It comes closest to the Tuesday, May 17— -Young Wom
which
to composed of Shrlner’s
earth only two days before the
en's Foreign Missionary society
wlvee daughters, and mothers held
mueh-awalted eclipse of the sun
of the M. B. Church meet at
their, annual spring ceremonial
and many astronomers are read
home of Miss Hasel Bruner, 356
Saturday, May 14, at 2 p. m. la
ily foregoing the observations of
Scenic Drive at 7:30 p. m.
the
Mhsonlc Temple at Medford.
a comet only 3.500 miles away Wednesday, May 18*— Missionary
The Initiatory ceremony w a s
for an observation of a total
society of the Baptist church
perfectly carried out in a moot
eclipse of the san."
w ill meet at the home of Mrs.
beautiful manner, the ball being
Sir Prank pointed ont that,
Prank Beswick, 177 Hargadlne
gorgeously
decorated.
At 7
with its present rate of speed,
street.
o’clock
the
members
enjoyed
a
the Poas-Winnecke
would
be Wednesday, May 18*—W. B. A.
sumptuous'cBk'nquet at the Med
closest to the earth on June 27,
#111 hold regular meeting.
when more observations w ill -be Wednesday, May IS *—Covered- ford hotel, where the dining room
was also prettily decorated. Aftfer
made.
disk supper in the Civic club
a
moat generous meal an enjoy
According
to
astronomers
house on Wlnburn Way. AH
able dance waa held in the Pair
here, the tall w ill not come over
Civic Club members, their hus
Grounds pavilion, a few miles
the earth, and on June 37th it
bands and friends are cordially
south
of Medford.
w ill be faintly
vtoible to tbs
invited.
The
meetings of this organisa
naked eye. There was consider Thursday, May 10*— Baby Clinic
tion are held alternately In Ash
able excitement In 1031 over the
in Civic clubhouse on Wlnburn
land, Medford and Grants Paas
nearness of the aamo comet,
Way.
Large attendance de
with the exception of their spring
which at that time was 12,000,-
sired.
ceremonial,
whlck -to— always
000 miles <way. People who have Thursday, May IB*—&lks Lodge
held at the home of the queen,
the popular mlaconrspUun re-
No. »44 will give a shirt waist
who to now Mrs. Naomi A. Mont
yarding comets at that time pre
gomery
of Medford.
dicted that the
Pons-Winnecke
Those who attended from Ash
would strike the earth and de
stroy it. The general Idea that Friday, May SO*— Regular meet land were: Mesdames Clifford
W.. H. McNair. T. P.
a comet to a ball of fire, follow ing of th« D. A. R. a t the home
Franco,'C-
H. Vaupel, J. H. Hardy,
ed by a tail of flames still per
of M n . B. V. Carter oa the
T.
H
Simpson,
A Livingston, W.
sist in many parts of the world
Boulevard at 1:80 p. m.
J. Wallace, Nellie Loomis, Sam
and many people believe that a Sunday, Jane IS*— The Music
McNair and P. R. Hardy. The la
cotqat wblch approaches too near
Teacher’s association of south
dies
were Joined at the dance by
the earth wHl destroy all human
ern Oragoa win meet la. Ash
their husbands.
life with its h eat
land.
8 8 8
Astronmsra here point o a t
8 88 .
Neighbors of Woodcraft Invited.
that there u ao fir« .on a comet
To Phoenix—
VENUS DE MILO
and that the tail to a mere harm I know you now, warm loveliness,
The Ashland lodge of the Neigh
less bunch of vapors, whtoh ia And you forever seam to see
bors of the Woodcraft enjoyed a
many ease« are ao thia t h a t 'The very soul and heart of me,
very interesting and pleasant af
stan can be seen through thorn. W ith eyes deep-shaded of distress. ternoon recently when they were
It to noted that twice during the That lifted arm, that glorious guests a t the regular meeting of
past century the earth has pass
the Phoenix D. A. R.
head
ed through a tall of a comet, On which a light divine to shed;
Initiatory work was in charge
once In 1910, when we passed I know yon now and why so fair of the Ashland Guards and two
through the tail of
Halley’s Yonr burning month, your gath saw members were initiated. Fol
comet, and in 1301 the tall of
ered h a ir ,/
lowing a delightful social hour of
another comet passed over the Xour brow so perfect It would conversation a committee
in
earth’s surface. No one to the
charge served delielous refresh-
worse for either experience.
A God had fashioned It of dream; ment.s
Aatronomen even feel t b i t You are my dead love caught like
Twenty ladles from this city
for the earth to come In contact
this, -
were present at thia Jolly affair
with the head of a comet would The deepest I have felt or known; and they all report a wonderful
not result In serious conse The constancy, the radiant bliss time.
quence«, although a few casual- Are-of three and around thee
8 8 8
tles might result from the col
Celebrate W edding A n n iv e r sa r y ..
thrown,
liding of the two masses.
Drr and Mrs. E. B. Plckal of
Aa shells retain the mournful
Medford celebrated their wedding
tone
WHICH IS WHICH? -
Of the wide - throated fragrant anniversary Friday evening, May
13* with p delightful dinner At the
CORVALLIS, Or«., May 10.—
(IP)— Which Is which? That ques
blood ot Lithla Springs hotel.
- The gueat list Included, Mr.
tion to a bothersome one f o r
and Mrs. H, U. Lumsden, Mr. and
Oregon Agricultural college in And I am but your .heart alone.
Mrs. J. A. Andrews, Mr. and Mrs.
structors, for Charles and Rob
Guy Pitch Phelps,
C. I. Hutchinson, Mrs. U. I. Vaw-
ert Webb, twins, look so much
Salem, Oregon.
ter, Mr. Prink Calltson and Mlaa
alike that few persons can toll
Pern Hutchinson, all resident« of
them apart.
Medford.
The twins are freshmen In ag Important Books Reviewed—
riculture and sometimes profit
"A Free Soul,’* by Adels Rod
by their Identical appearance. In gers St. John, (Cosmopolitan'
military classes they worked out Book Corporation, New York.)
»no louowing 20 new books
a system of winks, so when the The most extremely typical novel h a,a keen received at tbs public
instructor would ask one a ques ot the golden days when San library and are now ready for
tion which he couldn’t answer he Francisco was In its highest glory distribution:
"Dawn,** Bachel
would wink and the other would ot sports and gambling. The au o r ’’WUliaot Blake.” Burdet;
answer it.
Clampett;
thor to a Native Daughter and has ."Luther Burbank,*’
Sergeant H. O. Crocker,
In imbibed the real California spirit "Addison,” Courthoiie; "James
structor
in
cavalry
theory, and, what Is more, the spirit of Bryce,” Ptober; “ Modern Use ot
solved the
pussle for a time distinctive San Francisco genus, the Bible,” Posdick; "HOrman
when he discovered that
one The heroine w(s the only child of Melville,” Freeman; "Libraries in
twin had larger feet than
the Stephen Ashe, typical criminal Adult Edueatlon;” "Call of ¡ho
other but now he Is at a loss for lawyer and politician combined, W ild, London; "Men and Jour
he has forgotten which twin has of the days of corruption and high nalism.” L o rd ;. “Songs of Three
the larger feet.
Ilfs when Abe Ruef reigned over Friends and Hugh Glass,” Nel-
"Autobiography,” Yeats;
tbe Board of City and County
Inhourae,” Nteholedn; “Pear.”
AND TORN 8HB KVCKBD
Oommtosioners.' Jan Ashe.Ameri-
FRESNO, Cal., May 1 4 —John claae of the Pres Soul, who as a
* » ’’Maurleua. the Bpihpr-
Oram, compared hte wife to a woman, brought up as pal j sad oan,” Pater; '■•Scottish < Chiefs,”
Portbr; ?*Boys and JDtrto ' p( His
cow and calves, spat In
her companion for the great and
face, threw shoes at her, suggest Stephen Ashe, was trained as hls tory," Power; "Georgs lk red lth .*’
ed that she belonged In a pas equal and compantoa. In every Pyetotleyi ’’Partis» for th» Child
ture and advised her to learn walk Of Ute. to play straight with ren,” 0ert>n«r; v'abort >laya by
how to commit salclde, A s al hersklf as her highest Meal, malted Representative Auahdr»j* Smith,
leged In a salt for divorce filed the most striking figure among all and the Who’a Who for 1»£7.
here recently. 1; .,
I .
wossbn evpr depleted la western l b » *■■■»; ' . m *11 i a «8 wihj A
Cottage Grove —• Gordoa Mac-
ftettom. Sea Francisco society,
Klamath city hand M to ba CB politics, prise fighting, borne rac- aaley pays 916,000 for local steam
lag, dueling, great legal court bat- laundry.
tranced by a “Tag day” fund.