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Wf0r( ASHLAND WEEKLY TIDINGS A 8H LAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, O CTOBER 29. 1919, VOL. XLIII NO. 68 IQLINIST Florence Hardeman, the American violinist, who appears with Sousa's band In Ashland November 16, has won for herself an enviable reputa tion and critics have been unani mous In their pralBe of her artistry. This Is the second tour Miss Hard eman bas made with Sousa's band, and the great leader himself says he considers here one of the leading vio linists before the public today. Mad ame Sarah Bernhardt, with whom Miss Hardeman toured the states and Canada as assisting artist, Is a most Interested and enthusiastic admirer of the violinist's work. Miss Hardeman bas appeared as soloist with some of the leading symphony orchestras of the country and with the New York Glee club at Carnegie ball, the Rubinstein club at the Waldorf, the New York Criterion club, the New York hippodrome Sun day night concerts, and with Bern hardt at the Knickerbocker. She is the proud possessor of Ole Bull' rare old Amatl violin. This Instru ment was presented to her by Cin cinnati patrons of music, who also sent ber to Europe, where she stud led with the famous master, Leopold Auter, In Russia. In order that the Oregon dele gates to the national convention of the American Legion to be held in Minneapolis on November 10, 11 and 12, be advised of the attitude of the members of the Legion of the state on various matters that are likely to come before the national body, the following Important questions to be voted upon have been placed be fore the various posts to secure an expression: 1, Bonus or additional pay for service men. t. Universal military training. Requiring a man to devote a certain time exclusively to military training, (a) Universal military training in connection with educational Institu tions. I. National defense, (a) Large standing army, (b) Small standing army, with a well organized and quipped National Guard, (c) Re serve corns, training of civilians. 4. (a) Preference to ex-service men to requiring public lands, (b) Financial assistance to ex-service men in form of long term loans on home building and purchase of farms. t. Immigration, (a) Restrictive policy as to all Immigration, (b) As tatic. 6. Naturalization. (a) Strict naturalization laws, (b) Immigrants required to make application for cit izenship papers In a limited time af ter arrival. 7. Constructive policy and Imme diate relief toward disabled service man. t. Opening of Klamath lake lands to settlement Instead of lease to cor porations. t. Parallel paragraphs transla tions for all newspapers printed: in foreign language. 10. Abolition of all foreign lan guage newspapers. II. War risk Insurance bs amend ed so that beneficiary may have op tion of receiving principal In lump sum or monthly payments. 12. A liberal constructive and ef ficient system of vocational training tor service men. 13. ' Immediate deportation of all ntl-government aliens. 14. Complete Investigation of all army prison camps and punishment of those responsible for unjust treat ment. Ashland Post expects to have a called meeting soon to bring these questions before the members to se cure their expression which will be mailed to the state secretary so that tbe Oregon delegates will know the attitude of the various posts. CHAMPION SIGNER HAS 15,000 NAMES IN BOOK LONDON (By Mail) Reginald Bray claims to be the world's "auto graph king," having secured the sig nature, of 15,000 celebrities Blnce 1900, quite without influence. His "bag" during the war Includes President Wilson, signed at Paris; General Pershing, Marshal Foch and Field Marshal Halg, all signed on tbe battlefield; Admiral Be?tty sign ed on the Lion during tbe batttle of Heligoland; Admiral Jelllcoe, signed on the Iron Duke; General Sir Stan ley Maude, signed at Bagdad; Mar shal Joffre, signed at Buckingham Palace; Vedrines, the French "ace," and Madame Botchkareva, com mander of the Russian Women's Bat talion of Death. Recently an Australian soldier, Corporal 8. B. Williams, walked into Buckingham Palace, asked for and actually secured autographs from King Geor.e Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales; and this following many similar trlumhps. Induced tbe "Digger" to claim tbe championship; but Bray says he has blm beateS. The most fortunate man In all the world Is be who bas achieved tbe rreatest success through bis own honorable and unaided efforts. WITH SOUSA'S BAND COLONEL TRADED FIVE YANKS FOR A GENERAL SAN FRANCISCO Colonel Gid eon ,H. Williams, "who arrived here from Vladlvostock on the transport Logan, brought back with him the reputation of having commanded the only offensive operation ever eon ducted by the American forces In Si beria, fighting nine engagements last July in the Suchan valley. On receipt of news that an Ameri can officer and four men had been captured while fishing, according to the stories told here, Colonel Wil liams and a detachment of 100 men marched on the bolshevik! at Novit skaya. One enemy volley brought down six Americans, but the bolshe vik! hastily retreated, leaving 32 killed, It was said. Colonel Williums, It Is said, got his men a week later, by trading them for Brigadier-General Samusenko of the bolshevlkl, captured at Vladl vostock. Ashland won four times over In the challenge issued by the young people of this city to Medford when they claimed they would send two persons to Medford's one to the young people's evening of the Jack son County Sunday school convention In session. At the count last even ing Ashland had 95 representatives of the young people's societies, while Medford had 23. Both, however, were! . . .. ... , . good representations and the utmost i . ,' . ., ... ,. of amicability existed among the i . , A t i . . v ,, i good-natured rivals. Led by Yell-1 leader John O. Rigg, Ashland dem onstrated vhat they can do In the way of expressing their exuberance, and the rafters rang with their war! cry of victory. Medford came back! at them and made up In the volume of noise what they lacked In num bers. A good attendance greeted the popular meeting of tbe convention last night and listened to an excep tionally flro program. The song ser-l vice was presided over by General. Secretary Humbert, after which j President Carson took charge of the; meeting, when the vote was taken; proving Ashland's victory over Med ford In the numbers attending. A male quartet rendered a fine vocal selection, followed by Ralph Bran-. ; . , c. v i "The Kind of ' a Sunday School Like." This was full of piquant stor ies and pointed references that put the audience In a good humor, yet carried a lesson with each one. Miss Hazel Green of Ashland read an ex-, ceptlonally creditable paper on "The Kind of a Teacher I Like," which was . . . , . , all Sunday school teachers should was one take to heart. After singing a selection by re quest Harold F. Humbert, general secretary of the State Sunday School association, gave an inspiring ad dress on "The Torch of Flanders." n.l.iMM LI. fHAm tl.A I.A'iutlful . , . . . poem that will become a classic, "On Flinders Field," Mr. Humbert thrilled his audience with his word paintings of thelnspiratlon to be gained by carrying on the work be fore the Sunday school workers. Yesterday sessions were all brim full of excellent talks and demon strations of Sunday cchool work. Among these were "The Teachers' Challenge," by Mrs. F. W. MearB and 'A Church School Goal," by Harold .,..v. . . t .I,1 afternoon the school of methods took' . . i. ..,i by Mr. Humbert, Miss Parker and Rev. J. W. Hoyt, who addressed the different divisions of the Sunday school work at the same time. The auditorium of the Methodist church Is beautifully decorated with autumn leaves tnd late flowers, which with the appropriate banners adorning the walls, make a beauti ful setting for the convention. Today's programs are full of interesting nnd inspiring events of vital importance to Sunday school workers. HONOLULU, T. H. Transporta tion is the one big question which has the Immediate attention of everyone in the Hawaiian Islands. Everything that is going to hap pen seems predicated on "when we get the ships." At present three steamers oper ating on regular schedule, connect the Islands with the American main land. In addition to these, Japanese steamers touch at Honolulu but are unable to furnish any real transpor tation facilities. It is estimated that 500 persons are waiting to get to the mainland from the islands and the list Is added to as rapidly as those who have been waiting are carried away. To get out of tbe Islands the wold-be be traveler registers his desires at : the steamship office. If he is wise and most are he registers at all of tbe steamship offices. Then, it he Is patient, In tbe course of two err three months he may get his turn to purchase a ticket.1 But better times are looked for in about three months. Word has been received in the islands that about the lust of November several of the large steamers which formerly operated out of San Francisco to Ha waii and which were used in the transport service during the war,-will be restored to their owners and be sent back to the Island trade. Portland gets two new auto host lerles both 100 by 100 feet. Guide Map Is Issued "Recreation In the Southern Cas cades" is the title of a folder Just Is sued by the Forest Service. One side of the folder contains a map, 18 by 24 Inches, showing the recreation features of the Crater na tional forest. In southern Oregon. The map Includes considerable of the surrounding country. It shows the roads and trails giving access to the forest from Medford, Ashland, and Klamath Falls, and calls attention to the public camp grounds and sum mer home sites maintained by the Forest Service at Lake of the Woods, Dead Indian Soda Springs, Recrea tion. Union Creok, Odessa, Natural Bridge, Blue Mountain and other places. Points alon the routes where tourists may find stores, meals, lodging, service statlonK, garages, and horse feed are Indicated, and the lo cation of Huckleberry mountain camp ground Is also shown. Thej map Includes a mileage table giving. h0 rtutnnra from Medford. Klamathl Falls, and Ashland to the principal nwrMtlnn mints. Falls, and Asniani recreation points. The back of the folder carries a brief description of the Crater Na- .... A i n t onal forest, nnd calls attention to , . . ,. . "Hs more Important recreation fea- , r tures. Importance of care with fire . . . . ,,.. 10 tjiuijiiaonjcu, mm . preventing' fire are given. "Forty thousand people vlBlt the Crater National Forest for varying periods each year, and there la room for thousands more. The visitor Is not trammelled by rules or regula tions. He may go where he likes, pitch his tent, help himself to wood for his fire and forage for his horse and enjoy himself In his own way. All that is expected Is that he will be careful with fire and in other ways see to it that be does not in jure the beauty and usefulness of forest. For the benefit of the visitor conveniences, especially at the many niOBt frequented camp sites; has h..M .noH. anA trails nnd nliired . . .appointed countryr EUlde signs, surveyed summer home w ' ,;s tes, and n many other ways made I1" , .,.. , ,hJ it easy to travel and vacation in he IT . , ... , h The fo owing quotation from the . ,j . ... . .... ..T..i, folder Is worthy of repetition: Take care of your forests as you do of turo m ,uu ' . Do your sh fuul , " ' . ' . th.J attractive for other, people. Damage to the forests means 1 1 .... . I iOSS u, e,eu.., ... ...- """"I I Ways. JJU uaiciui mm . '- ; the Btream pure. Keep a clean camp. This folder tells you about : many of the recreational features of the southern Cascades. The map will guide you to them and to the enjoyment of many leisure houra, ' ' OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis. A short course on using the home newspaper to sell surplus farm produce will be offered farmers' week at the college, De cember 29-January 3, by C. J. Mc Intosh, farmer, farm writer and ex newspaper man. "I have known farmers to pay a local commission man $50 to sell 100 tons of alfalfa at $20 a ton, when they could have sold It by Paying (be ed tor a donar, sam mr. ncmiwu In announcing the course. "They could then have kept the extra $49, credited it to the buyer or split It with blm. I asked why not advertise nnil nnll direct, and they said, 'Why, I never thought of It.' "Not only the advantage but the method of using the home paper will be considered. The success of the advertisement depends on the facts selected for announcement, the form In which they are stated, and the reputation of the advertiser. All of these except the last will be ex plained and so far as possible dem onstrated. Specimen advertisements that have been business-getters with results are wanted for this course. Using the home press is not only profitable business but Bound public policy as well, Mr. Mcintosh asserts. These papers help farm production by running many a farm story that enables the farmer to Increase or protect his crops, and are fairly en titled to a shore of the paid news matter advertising. Editors generally like to run as news Items farm stories of unusual yield, odd and interesting farm hap penings and community enterprises, and the course will show how this matter may be handled to mutual advantage. The funeral of Miss Florence Erickson was held Saturday after noon from the home of ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. Erickson, on Fair view street, and was attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends. Rev. C. A. Edwards, pastor of tho Methodist Episcopal church, conduct ed the services at the house, and Hope Rehekah lodge of which the de ceased was a member, held a ritual istic burial service at the grave. Miss Erickson was well beloved by a large circle of friends who expressed their sorrow over the death of this young woman and sympathy to the bereaved family with offerings of many beau tiful flowers. THE SHRINE. ! A modest grave on the ridge of hill In the cemetery of a $ small Long Island town, marks the final resting place of a plain, simple man and has be- come the mecca of pilgrimage for all the world. Upon It are heaped each day 8 fresh flowers, roses ana tor- mal flowers from the florists; set pieces from assoclutions all 4 over America. There is no $ headstone to mark the spot, a lone locust tree, its strong limbs thrusttnglt. sparse toll- age against the elements, 3 stands as Nature's single sentl- pel upon the simple mound. $ Theodore Roosevslt's resting t nlnrn In there. A Travelers from ; the north and south, east and west, from! India, Egypt and Africa, from wj the capitals of two heml- spheres, come to stand and pon- , der over the simplicity of the ! rontmst it with the $ dge(Jg fif hm who restg i- there. ....-. i i ,,i,i a p-g ,eRthered frlendB perch L ... a uh i" ir""" ...... v. aiop ine mcum n. v, and chattering. Oribles and sparrow, hold forth in the leafy recesses of the wild bush- es. A iiasn ui wjiwi wiid iud 1-1 . n ih. a 4 passage of a scarlet tanager; cat birds nest among the lilacs; woodneckers all seem to ex- press some sentiment for their friend who lies cllently beneath them. , i ITALIAN'S SHOW WEAKNESS OF I'. S. LAWS The vanguard of the host of Ital ians who sailed with their families n (hoi mvltiri for their native '"" land a. speedily as possible after, tneliana as bv J v .J New York last week, on the steam- " ,. 800 of them, all traveling steerage, and they prophesied that their dis- men would fill westbound ships for months to come. Turbulent Italy, they declared, has no place today for thrifty sons re " ' turning from foreign shores. Food .. .' .. ., . ... . live' prices, they Bald, and profiteers throng on every slde.to pounce upon the unwary. This news Item ml?ht equally well have applied to any one of the south- ern nations of Europe from which our Immigronts have come for the past decade. It points to a sinister menace that Is becoming clearer to those Amoricans who have eyes to see. It means that Americanization, us applied to many of our foreign born citizens. Is a flnt failure. Aside from the fact that less than ten percent of these same Immigrants even go through the form of taking ntil nltlvannhln nunara' nalla fpnm tho .,.. hif f h. fact that more than one-half of the workmen In our fundamental Indus tries, iron, steel and coal, are for eigners, there remains the bitter truth that we have a huge and undi gested alien population within our boundaries, which has come here for what there Is In It, and Is interested in only what it can get oufof our eountry, and eager to return to home lands with Its earnings at the first possible moment. Theodore Roosevelt said, "Unless we are thorough-going Americans and unless our patriotism Is part of the very fibre of our being, we can neither serve God nor take our own 1 h. h part. Whatever may an Infinitely remote future, atifor hls vlo,atlon of ,he n,,"s- n"; In present no people can render any service to humanity unless as a peo ple they feel an Intense sense of national cohesion and solidarity. The man who lores other nations as much as he does his own, stands par with the manrwho lovesi"' on a other women ns much as he does his wife The United States ean'nlm'e" ,ar tne mlnerlnr an'' 11 en' own accomplish little for mankind, save!ab,ed hlm ' wl" wm,t was 8 verV In so far as within Its borders develops an Intense spirit of Ameri canism." His words are worth pondering. Beyond and above hnd below any other need Is the need for the im migrant to learn the language of the land of his sdoptlon. Until Jie can niuuik suit rwd F.nirllsh he ( heln- less. Until he know the language! of the Declaration of' Indeoendence i he Is a menace. One of the priceless legacies left us by Theodore Roosevelt was his; clear vision and powerful words on! hi. nrohlem. Ha knew: and w. on do well to remember what he said, nnuhnrr Fira thousand boxes I of tomatoes from five acres of land ' at Dlllard Is the record made by T. j B Evans ft Son, the largest grow-! ers In this section. ' Of eonrse everybody longs for peace and tranquility In the U. 8. A. And. likewise, everybody wants the other fellow to be .the one who Is flattened out by the steam roller of Individual prosperity. Good resolutions are all right, pro-1 vIAkA the re.nl liter rasolutea ai ha resolves. FTZWATER CALLED W DEATH ' Clay VesA Fltzwater, a brother of L. G. Fltzwater of this city, died Sunday evening at 6 o'clock of spinal meningitis. Mr. Fltzwater came here from Fall River Mills nbout a month ago to take treatment, but his trou bles were too far advanced for med ical help. The body was shipped lust night to Redding, Calif., for burial. The deceased was 41 years of age and was married. NEW YORK. Seven wars ago a slim, muscular school boy walked from an athletic field I Pasadena. $iCal., with an ambition to become the nation's greatest athlete. At the age of 15 he had taken the colors of the Pasadena high school Into tin all-around championship and I""" crowned the victor. Recently at Jersey City, this same gl0wn now to a six fooler of tlon's oremler athlete in the natlonnl A. A. U. "all-around" championship meet. . - He 1. Samuel Harrison Thomson, -tar Princeton athlete of Los An - geles Call and late ef the Amerl - can Kxueaiuonarr lorcea. ; n new cnampiun is a years m aK- He comes of athletic Block. Six years ago at Princeton his broth- '. Rev. Fred C. Thomson record of 7,411 Vs points, which still stands. In bringing the second champion - ship title to the family, the younger Thomson accumulated a total of 6,133 ponts after a battle with Larry Karlmo, the noted Finn of Detroit. The Californlan won the running h6h Jn'P Bt 5 feflt 10 lnrhefl: the S80 yard3 wak 3:37 4-5; the 11 pound hammer throw with 115 feet, lu incnes. r.e was seconu , u, 1UU yams aasn, iinisiiing one iooi behind Dan Shea of the Pastime (N. Y.) A. C. In 1 1 1-5 seconds; second In the 16 pound shot put with 38 feet 6 Inches; second In pole vault with 9 feet 6 inches; second In the 120 yards hurdle behind Karimn, who ! went the dlstnnco In 16 3-5 seconds; second In the 56 pound wolclit event 'with 18 feet 1 Vt inches; fourth In j I the running broad Jump with 1 S i I """ ,,7S """ cne-mne run ai o:ji ..-. j The now champion Is no Thorpe In nblllty or physique but he does ap proach close to the type of the Ideal American athlete. Ho has size, grace and ease of movement almost to the point of laziness. In the high jump he would rise from a squatted position on the ground, walk leisure ly to the bar and clear It with no e ertlon. The same confidence an;l ouse of action wus apparent in nil his efforts. i In commenting upon tha cham- plonship meet it Is but fair to pny . , ,, , tribute to tho Finn representative of the Detroit Young Men's order, Lnr-j ry Kurimo, who finished second In the meet. Without attempting to detract any from the credit due to Thomson's victory It Is said In pus tl'e to the Finn that the Detroit man beat himself out of the champlon- Bn"' thnt h'9 a"-"-01ini1 (orm ,rove'1 he deserved, Karimo lost the championship by beinK "'qualified In the 880 yards walk. His indulgence In hunning, which caused his disqualification and the loss of at least 700 points must have been due to a case of "rat- jtled nerves" as there was no reason waa in lourm j.mce coiiuui inmy .... instead of playing snrewuiy ior,sure points he hud one of those so-called "Balloon ascensions" and got out of his gait. Howevr cool nerves nnd steadiness 69 8n ttribnt. of a champ ilon , and In this respect Thomson proved' cio8By maicne.. cm.. WANT BACHELOR FOR THE SMALLEST RECTORY NEW Y O R K The Eplscopnl Church Is In quest of a.barhelor rec- 'Of t occupy the smullest rectory. " America. He must be a bachelor, for the for the smallest rectory Is far too small for rector with a wife, nnd quite im-, possible for a rector with a wife and children. The smallest rectory Is at St. Mark's church. In Tonnpnh, Nev. The nee of a bachelor to fill It has been brought to the attention of the heads of the Church's nntlon-wldo campaign in New York by the Right Rev- George Coolldee Hunting, D. D., missionary bishop of tho state. The rectory has stooa vacant, nisnon 'Hunting explains, beriuse none but a single man could get Into It, "and : there do not seem to h any more single men In tne ministry. j But Bishop Hunting has found a war out of the difficulty. In his: statement of the proiects for Nevada I to be embraced In the campaign, he I recommends a nc rrctory for St. Mark's. "There Is not a bed to bo had In the town." he reports, "to jsay nothing of a bouse." j ELECTIONS COME HIGH IN GERMANY (By the United Press) BERLIN,. (By Mall.) Democra cy comes fairly high In Germany. While she has no campaign expense laws like America, Bhe Is already learning that elections are costly as evidenced by a compilation of the costs for the national assembly and Prussian land assembly elections some months back. The expense against tne government was more than 1,000,000 marks, while to the parties Involved the expense was more than 6,000,000 marks. These expenses are likely to be vastly increased when the elections tor the Reichstag occur. So far,; no definite dutes have been set fori these, but the present regime Is strlv- ; n(? lmrA to get (he elections post- ; poned to next gprin(f on the theorv j tnat elections this fall or winter! ; WOuld. only make for fresh unrest. I no,,, the rgllt Bnd the ,eft arfl m,lS9,lg fnnSi howerer, so ns to nlilke a 8(r0ng campaign against the moderate regime, and the new teats wm fHrll9h one 0f the bitterest cam- r,aEn ever waited In Euronn ,... , ... .' man.) uwners ot coal DiacK j ksre kee ng ou n ; t s I . .... tnai wie cnicxen nouse aoor s ockoii Becu,.ey 1 An , , 1 f Kiauea , ow the m0flt Mtve ' . . . it has been for 35 years. Six months ago Kilauea was sput tering away In its mile wide bowl of burning, molten rock, with the level o( th8 (,anlK crhn8011 8M 0, bo,n. feet from the top of the cnitor The niirht that Secretary of the ! Nnvy Dlinelg nd w par(y pd K, auea a visit the latter part of Au gust the level of the seething lava lake was about 50 feet below the crater's top. Several overflows nlrendv have oe- curre( A cone whch onM 500 feet nhovo the crater's top has melted away Into the sea of fire. Two , aftor ,he ocro,ary nd hl rar. (y (lft ,he yo(,nnf) m wa, be. tween the main crater and a second smaller one, caved in, Joining the craters. And Kilanei still Is going strong. As to tho connection of all this with coal black game cocks? Oh, that's very simple. M'mj' years ago, when the Islands first were becoming n while man's land, Kilnnea became angry, it roared and hissed and sputtered nnd the ground shook Then the lava overflowed anil moved slowly down the mountain side toward Hllo. The native Hawiiiians had been Christians hut a comparatively short time. Their (rit'ht knew no bounds, for the Island let-ends were full of ii..u nf wit k-ii,. ,ii,t vi,n Madame Tele, the goddess who lived in Kilauea's crater. In came anry. So the Hawaiians prayed that thn flow would stop. Hut It didn't. Then they danced. But that was ineffective. Filially, forgetting their Christi anity for a time, they sent a party Cnsl Miller, who has been In the by canoe to Honolulu to consult a j employ of the Southern Pacific corn few remaining priests of the days 1 1'? 'r several yea,rs here, has gone when they all worshipped the strange, ,0 Coslollo, Calif., where he holds South sen diodes. a Psltlon similar to the one held In "Throw a black rooster Into the! Ashland. Mrs. Miller will Join him lava flow," was the advice they brought back. ti,u .i,.oi,n. i,iint rnk on the ,Hlani of Hawaii was picked for the1 sacrifice. anil while the maidens .1 1 ,U .. ...... ...... t U . ,.,, I, I n(o ic of the lavffl uam . it, llie mil I mm , ani iiiit niuun-. flow. In an hour the flow hnd stopped. Madame Pele, the most feared (less of tho Island, evidently had U.IM. . ,llpkn ,Hnner. ! American residents of the Island, 1)pleve ,, ,inre , ever nnother bg )ayn fow coa ,)la(,k rnmtfin wil, come into demand once more. LET PROSPERITY REOIN AT HOME Community prosperity is, or Is not, WB ' " community make It, Much money will be spent around iiere during the coming Christmas holidays. It is right that It should secretary; Mrs. Gustave Johnson." be so, for every normal person likes treasurer; Mrs. John Graves, auditor, fo partake of the Joys of the yulejnnd Miss Elisabeth Merrill, state dl- tlme. Hut where will that money go? Will the profits remain here, and continue to circulate In our midst, continue to circulate In our midst, and enrich our local community? Of will they go to foreign houses, and be forever lost to us who have pro- duced them by our energy and our thrift 7 The answer Is in our own hands, Our loci merchants will be well equipped for supplying our demnnds. The goods will be on their coun- tors, where we can see them, Judge as to their quulity, and know what wo get. And the name of a local neamr suinns as a Kunraniee ior. everything he sells. . ! Hut if we buy abroad we lose from our midst both the dealer's cost price hiui nis proms, we rever see ineiii again. And our community Is. the poorer to the evtent of the profits on' every j article not purchased at home. Which shall It be? A constructive Mirirtmas. or a de- structlve one? Prosperity should begin at borne. Trousers Not for Women; California!) Has Own Ideas Olrls, have you a secret, silent longing to be a farmerette and don overalls, or to wear a distracting riding habit and brother's military niitfooa? Tf t,nnA I nA ... - , . . ... t uireim propnesies a uamornia man, opposed to woman's suffrage, has to make: "Overalls spoil girl's beauty, giv ing them a 'mascline, repulsive as pect' and vulgar manners, which un fits them for home duty," decides the California prophet. "A woman, who from the outset would show a desire to wear breeches," he says, "would never be wed by a sensible man," Seven reasons are submitted for donning the trouser by women. They are: 1. Because some girls should like to be men; 2. Others do not live with their cruel husbands (?); 3. Others are German sympathizers; 4. Others are working hard to heat the Chinese lottery; 5. Others are lowering the high cost of living: 6. whlcT oZl.I: Zd T,ZZ wtlloh otherwise would be spent In : i.i,.. j n nti,.. v.n.. cte be.. ZlZl Vl ? r" "bout I . tight, - - j j silks In our factories, but a plain, female, patriotic, decent working i girls. Our shops would look 100 per cent prettier than with girls In man's trousers," according to tho opinion of the Calitornlan. EVEN SOME NEWSPAPER PEOPLE ARE Ql'EER Newspaper folks are supposed to be the most open hearted people on earth. Their diversified experiences usually makes them broad. Yet, once In a while one Is met up with who seems not to have profited by observation or experience. We are led thus to cogitate on remembering that the Portland Chamber of Commerce, In conjunc tion with the civic bodies of South er Oregon prepared a fine excursion throitRh this beautiful region for the National Editorial association at an expense of some ten thousand dol lars. They did it of course In the ' hope that It would Illicit favor- V' comment concerning this sec' in iip.iiilli.nlR when Mia vlaitnra re. ,, , , ' lurneii, ano u uiu in moRi cast".. i;;u, one very fine lady n v.rvi "ir.T er and editress, llvlnir nt nixon. 'V . nnd editing the Dixon Telegraph. kM no Inspiration from the t !p. Not withstanding having net a number of former Dixon people in the Ash- "u" ,mm """ Bu" especial attention, the only comment InnA ......Ir i.t.l I I she made when she returned was that she had hnd a very pleasant trip through the northwest. It Is so un usual that we are led to think that 1 she saw only with her eyes. Her in-' i tolled was asleep. ",lBr' 'r. ami mrs. miner nave Deen ! Identified with the social and club affairs of Ashland during their resl- lce here, and will be greatly ""'"'" The fifty-first annual Oregon Bap- - llHl SIte convention nns been in see- sln In Portland this week, of which god-i'ev. and Mrs. W. N. Ferris, of the '"cai napusi cnurcn nave Deen at- tendants. A large number of minis- lers and laymen and women were present all week from various parts 0f the state. The following officers were elected at the ministerial con vention: President, Dr. W. A. Wal- do, Portland; vice president, Rev. E. M. Cllne, Grants Pass; secretary and treasurer, E. A. Smith, Lents. Other officers chosen at the women's ban quet of 620 guests were: Mrs. F. E. A. Smith, vice president; Mrs. W. E. Scotton, recording secretary; Mrs. Thomas Broomfleld, corresponding rector of the world-wide guild, ventlon closed yesterday. The v. 0. N. Smith, cashier of the Clt- izens Bank, received a letter from H. 0. Frohbach, former secretary of the Ashland Commercial club, but now of Three Forks, Mont., In which he lauds his adoptlvo state greatly, but before closing he says: "Some day I am coming back to Ashland to liv. Just when that will be I cannot say, but I am sure It will be some time when Ashland finds Its proper gait." In speaking of the Commercial flub of which Mr. Frohbach still takes greni interest, ne siaiea: "ion cannot do anything without money. If the merchants of Ashland refuse to contribute to their Commercial Club, iney tnemseives are to uiaiue ior m condition of their community. If about time you folks woke up Thlnrs have been coming too easy for you and you are waiting for some thing to develop. Get off of the waiting Job and go after things with your money and tbe spirit of your Comnuinity will soon change.'