THE DfllüV TIDINGS EDI
PUBLISHED B Y THE ASHLAND PRINTING
ESTABLISHED IN 1876
ASHLAND DAILY TIDINGS
Ferdinand
King Ferdinand of Rumania is dead. His 62
yeans of life have been eventful and tempestuous,
but though he has been prince and king, he has had
small part in shaping the events anjl little power to
$tiil the* tempests.
Ferdinand was a Hohenzollern, educated in Ger­
many, and in his princely days, an officer in the
German army. Naturally, his sympathies inclined
toward the Hohenzollern William, but Marie, his
Hushing and ambitious queen, was an English prin­
cess and she was determined that Rumania should
lend its support to the allied arms.
So it was that Rumania declared war again|t
Germany and in its weakness and isolation, it fought
a hopeless fight against the impossible odds. Final
surrender was only averted at the eleventh hour by
the signing of the Armistice.
Ferdinand’s private life was tragic. In the first
place he didn’t want to marry Princess Marie. He
was deeply in love with the charming and intelligent
Helene Vacaresco, favorite of Carmen Sylva, and
Marie knew it. He was a reluctant bridegroom,
hut he lacked courage and stamina to assert him­
self and refuse the marriage altogether; and, ever
since, he seems to have done his gentlemanly best
in a situation which must have developed many
hectic moments.
In recent months, suspicion and subterfuge have
surrounded him, robbing his lingering death of de­
cency and dignity. His womenfolk have quarreled
and plotted while his disgrunted son has sulked in
Paris.
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B e is well out of it all, the futile struggle for
an empty prize.—Portland Telegram.
Letting Contracts
Quite a controversy developed in Medford recently
when the city paid a bonus of $6,000 in order to let a
Medford contractor have the job of building the new
city hall, and this discussion eventually reached all
over the state» many agreeing that the city did right,
while others held that this policy would not pay in
the long run.
It is difficult, we Will admit, to harmonize a
direct loss of $6,000 with the idea that eventually
the city gains by such a move, and the writer has
hesitated to express an opinion. However, the more
wa thought of this situation, the more promising and
attractive it developed; and the more favorable
publicity Medford gained by this action, the more
convinced we became that this spirit is a winning
spirit, either for a municipality or for an indivdual
busness firm.
In addition to the financial gain by keeping
money at home, there are so many advantages to
having work done locally and buying locally When­
ever possible that it seems jt would be useless to
elaborate. Nevertheless, letting contracts to outside
firms and making purchases from outside ¿tores con­
tinues everywhere, no matter how much discussion
there is on the subject.
While there happened to be only one bidder
on a paving job let by’ the Ashland city council this
week, would there have been any saving to the city
if, for instance, a Medford or other outside firm
had underbid the local firm $100, and they had
let it to this outside firm!
The Daily Tidings does not think there would
have been and can assert, without fear of contradic­
tion that, if all contracts let here within the last
few years had been let to local firms, the city
would now be enjoying greater prosperity.
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1. W hat was the greatest earth
quake in the la st five years?
Many gn arden sw ain’s love for
g .W h a t ancient Italian city
his lady h a s b e d n f ndely shattered
w as destroyed by eruption o t a
by a concrete bridge.
noted volcano?
3. Nam e the American state
Senator Boomboom McWb
Every cackle doesn't mean
moat heavly dam aged by hurri-
Is advocating th e “hands off*’
cane in 193«?
cy tow ard China. He Bays
4. W hat Is the m ost fam ous
policy’s been “ H ands Up**
flood in the history of P ennsyl­
enobgh.
A
corkscrew
isn
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the
vania?
thing
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crooked.
5. In what year did the great
Ruth Snyder (w asn't she the
Chicago fire occur?
lady who swam the English Chan­
6. W hat American river caused
The fellow who “ don’t care” is nel w ith th e eernm for the Ar­
the great floods of 1927?
broke every Monday morning.
m enians?) says that sh e believes
7. W hat western city of the U.
she sees a. loophole in the law,
8. w as partially destroyed by
Unprecedented!
*Use both eyes when you
earthquake and fire in 1206?
One eye is enough ¿when you
8. Name a grept theatre disas­
Brides of Abchasia, in the Cau­
ter in Chicago early In the tw en­
casus, demand that t,h4 bride­
Failure com es to every
tieth century.
groom do mock battle with a dag­
to tries to bore an augur
ger w ith the w tte’s relatives on
9. Nam e the movie theatre dis­
th a gim let.
the m arriage eve. Those Ameri­
aster In W lshlngton which caused
cans w ho fear overpopulation
large loss of life in 1922.
staohld do A little lobbying for
10 Nam e the U. S. battleship
A man som etim es gets a repu­
destroyed In Havana Harbor in tation for bravery because he was
1898.
afraid to run away.
A m erica la enslaved, nays «
French novelist, speaking of pro­
Hez Heck says: “ Death and hibition and moral legislation.
AN8WERS
taxes ain’t the only certain things
Maybe the novMliC didn’t ttaff at
1. W illiam Gibbs McAdoo.
In the world. There’s rheama;
any of the hotels whUe he was
3. Irving Berlin.
tiSm and the fin .”
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3. Col. W illiam M itchell.
4. Herrin. 111.
How Ih th » world do you sup­
7. Germany.
5. Lieut. Commander Richard
pose H enry Ford ever happened
8. Queen Marie of Rumania.
B. Byrd.
to*read the.D earborn Independ­
9. King Tutankham en.
6. Sinclair Lewis.
10.
John
T.
Scopes.
ent?
7. Germany.
A groat otory a t adventure and
sheer thrills w ill bein W ednes­
day, July 87 in the Daily Tidings.
This story ts centered about the
activities ot th e
Marines in
crushing a hand of m ail bandits
who are im posing a reign ot
terror upon a seottpn ot the west.
A very little tim e ago such
happenings w ere common in th st
area and it is only through the
action o f General B utler and his
Marines that the scourge ,was
destroyed. Much of ¿the data in
the story w as taken from the o f­
ficial archives, and Major Phillip
Howard, one of th e characters, is
typical ot the kind of m en who
helped to stam p the robberies
out.
The story deals w ith the adven­
tures o f a young Marine lieuten­
ant and his pal the Sergeant, who
are detailed to duty w ith the mail
service. They a t once plunge ipto
a tan gle o f m ystery and danger,
which only unfolds when; in spite
o f all their efforts, the m all train
is dynam ited, and in the sm oking
ruins a tew M arines hold their
own until help arrives.
The
bandits figh t to the end, but aid­
ed by airplanes apd the strange
actions of a man th at fought
against them , the M arines even­
tually win. The m ystery clears
np and the story ends in a novel
punchy climAx.
Sergeant B ill la a great comedy
character, and few who start to
read th is latest story w ill not
stop till they have devoured the
last installm ent.
Remember, it
starts on W ednesday, July 27.
DOROTHY REID, Editor. A o n e 39 or 224L
Friday. July 82. — P ast N obis
Grand’s club w ill have a cov­
ered dish luncheon In Lithla
park at 8:30 o ’clock.
Tueeday, July 2d — W. C. T. U.
w ill m eet in the public library
' at 3 :10 p. m.
Tueeday, July 26— Installation of
officers
of Hope Rebekah
Lodge No. 14. Postponed from
Tuesday, July 12 to Tuesday,
ROADS
W ild pear trees shout up Tinges
Lane: • r
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Through the tall dusk they snout;
Through th e tall dusk where wild
trees run
And hack the candles oat.
Down Oxford Road by the great
thqrn—
Ot tw o 'm e n ’a height the stalk—.
W hite as its w hite In the sagged
grass, '
The Dead Folk come and talk.
Over a pot in the Old York Lane,
There stoops a scarlet witch;
This night one man dies in hit
And one down In a ditch.
L isette W oodworth Reese,
Present-day tariff discussion Is
based on the Idea that free trade Important Books Reviewed—
is alw ays an adm irable thing for
“Sweeping«: The Stlfty of* the
another country.— Eugene R egs­
Pardw ays,” by Lester Cohen.
ter.
The story o f a great Ironmaster.
Two brothers inherit an enorm ous
fortune, one was a daring genius
Now that Henry Ford has apol­
of shrew dness and thrift, coupled
ogised to the Jew s and the Jews
w ith a love of trading; the other
lave accepted the apology the
was gifted with a daring and un­
chief engineer Will please pull the
erring gam bling spirit. The story
lever and start the world to re-
carries back to th e C ivil .War
tolvn g once more. —« Monmouth
days when trading was not con­
Herald. .
fined to operations In the wheat
pit, but included running the
The new geologcal department blockade with cotton. One o f the
of the Southern P acific, with sons m akes two m arriages, and
headquarters and exhibits in the story Is enorm ous for action.
lu Francisco, w ill certainly help The Pardway fam ily has trem en­
ore than any other one 'thing dous g ifts of individuality. The
could In attracting attention and women are pictured in high col­
capital to this state, in developing ors. -As a novel this is a super­
eur mineral w ealth, known and to ior class o f literature. There are
be discovered. Oregon haa too superb waves of passion and the
long neglected this vast gourde hf publishers score for the superior
quality of their books.
weajth.— Salem Statesm an.
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As to jew elry, nothing is sm art­
er at present than chokers of
fla t gold links or of sem iprecious
carved beads.
These made of
scm l-precious beads usually have
large carved pendant shaped
clasps. Colleen Moore, of moving
picture fam e, w ears a typical
choker o f carved Jade beads with
a large green jade clasp. The clasp
are worn at the front of the neck.
Pearls of short length, In either
single or double strands are pop­
ular with the m ajority of women.
Wide bracelets made of large
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By Taylor
Mokn and Pop
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NEW YORK, July 22.— Some
are accessories apd som e are nec-
esa ltles'b u t a ll hall under the
headline summer accessories 1
The costum e accessory m ust be
sm art and individual this season
to attract attention.
Gloves,
shoes, jew elry, corsages, belts,
scarf« and umBrellas are as care-
full selected as the costum e itself.
The m ost attractive glove at
present Is the slip-on suede model
in cham pagne or beige shade.
W hile som e of these slip-on mod­
els are Just a trifle higher than
w rist-length, others extend mid­
way between the wrist and the e l­
bow and are crushed lh folds
a b o v e the w rist. W ith strictly
tsUored suits cuffed gloves con­
tinue to be popular, the cuffs u s­
ually being of contrasting color.
Handbags in medium .sizes are
preferred to the larger shapes of
last sum m er.
Reptile leathers
and calf or suede leathers are
those m ost popular. Neutral col­
ors rule above more colorful
types since the handbag should
harm onize with the shoes this
year.
B elts are an im portant acces­
sory since most dresses at present
worn with narrow suede or
leather belts. Here, too, neutral
colors are preferred to m ore col­
orful types. B elts this season
often com bine reptile akin with
suede o t leather and much em ­
phasis is placed upon the clasps
which are made of m etal in mod­
ernistic designs. E yelets outline
In m etal are also shown. Plain
belt buckles are not considered
extrem ely sm art this year. '
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ASHLAND
20 Years Ago
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Seeking Settlers
Almost every afternoon, a member of the local
chamber of commerce can be seen walking up and
down Main Street—stopping at every automobile
bearing a license plate from some state other than
Oregon and dropping into these automobiles a little
card.
What is the wording on this card! It tells of
the opportunities for settlers in ibis section. Hun­
dreds of visitors from other states hav^ read these
cards. Many of these will leave their old home places
back in the eastern states where they have to endure
intry snows and blizzards, summer dust storms and
listering heat, as well as many other inconveniences
and disadvantages, to come to the beautiful, pros­
perous and delightful Pacific coast to establish a
new and happier home.
Ashland and the Rogue River valley is certain
to get their share of these newcomers, and Mr.
Hopper, who distributes these cards as a service to
the community, dserveg commendation for his work.
C
w . A. Kropke and I. B . Vining
who have been cam ping near the
Jenny Creek Soda Spring came to
towfi on-Saturday w ltk fish stor­
ies galore^ They start ont again
tom orrow to sam ple th e sport at
Busk lake ^ n d w ill Continue the
Frank L. Nelson, o t the firm of trip to th e Klam ath lake resorts.
Loomis and Nelson and wife,
went over to Coleetln Satuzday
for a two days’ stay In camp
Mias N ina Nqrrls want ont yes­
among the pinee.
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terday to JolA th e Ylr»in and N ell
party <{< cam pers at Dead Indian
and who proceed to Klamath.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Patrick,
their eon Donald. Mls%Ora Pat-
rick and W alter Walrad will . de­
part next Monday for a two
A. D. Helman and w ife and
week«* ou tin g at U n t e r Lqke and Mrs. John Carter and daughter,
vicinity.
started last w eek tor Adin, Cal.,
W. A. Butler and fam ily re­
M iss y iv la n Lindsay has re­
turned to her hom e in Dunsm uir cently o f Kelso, W ash., are visit­
after a three w eeks’ visit with ing relatives of the D. A. Apple-
her friend Mrs. W alter Blalock. gate fam ily in Ashland. Mr. But­
ler Is looking for a new location.
Don W alker. Bdward Stannard
and two young men who are vis­
itin g them from W isconsin left
Thursday tor Mt. Ashland and
w ill return Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schwein
le ft Thursday for San Francisco
where they w ill Inspect the expo-
sition.
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happen
to visit relatives.
O. L. Emery and fam ily and
Miss Thors Paulson left ThurO-
day tor a three weeks* cam ping
trip. Crater Lake w ill be In­
cluded in their itinerary.
Ifon. L. L. Mullt and Torbet
Sanford, who went to Keene
Creek earlier in the week on a
fishing trip, returned home Fri­
day because of 't h e unexpected
rain storm .
W*. H. Parker, the attorney,
a returned tram Coleetln and
ne to the Sound e ltle i for n
ort trip.
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