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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-24

Il. Il. Sdu w Gil vi lICllNOl hdo DCCn
in the city the past few days with
view to spending the winter. Mr.
Caldwell states that he has spent sew
eral summers in Ashland and now
wants to try one of our winters. He
also wishes to change from the alti-
tude of Denver, which is one mile
high, and expects his family to join
him here in the near future.
Talk about class! Have you
been in one of those English slip
ons at Enders? One for all members
of the family.
Oscar Myers and family of Salem
arrived in the city today and may
make Ashland their future home.
The railroad watchmen and local
police are having considerable trou-
BILE with hoboes who break car seals
in order to crawl into the cars to
sleep or ride. Special Officer Irwin
of this city rounded up eight in one
car the other night. The city record
er was out of town, so after holding
them few hours Officer Irwin herd
ed them to the edge of town and told
them to hit the pike, which they did.
-One-half off on handbags at
McNair Bros during next two
weeks. Get one.
Ashland Feed Store for seed
wheat, barley and vetch. 40-St
For up-to-date job work call up
the Tidings, No 80. Prompt service
and satisfaction guaranteed.
]. T. Sayle was the victim of an
attempted holdup near the Brethren
church on East Main street a few
nights ago. He had no money and
says all the fellow got was a good
cussing. The robber wore black
domino, according to Mr.. Sayle's re-
port. There are rumors of other at
tempted holdups, but none have been
reported to the police. The officers
are naturally sReptical about at
tempts where they are not reported
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
AN Ex-KING IN CLOVER

From the Louisville Courier Journal. It is reported in London that Manuel formerly King of Portugal, likes Eng llish society life so we'll that he does not wish to return to Lisbon and is not greatly interested in the plans of the royalists who have been hanging around in Galicia for the last year or two, giving the correspondents at Bad ajoz a good deal to write about. If Manuel is content with the com- pensation of private life his Judgment cannot be questioned. Better throne less king in clover than king in con hot water constantly about the tangled affairs of Kingdom almost bankrupted by the extravaganza and incompetence of his dynasty.
 The murder of Manuel's father Don Carlos, was a cruel and useless crime, but the ousting of Manuel was good example of humanity toward an unde- sirable Manuel was in the royal car riage when his father and his elder brother, the Crown Prince, were killed by the bomb throwers, and he was wounded
 In the 'Panteon de los Reyes in Lis bon all of the dead Bragana Kings are kept upon exhibition. As modern em- balming does not prevent the processes lof decay where collins are exposed to the air spectacle unique in ghastli- ness, and unexampled as a proof of the cynical brutality of the people and the government responsible for it, is pre- sented.
 "The Braganzas," say the Lisbon up- holders of the republic, 'are rottine there upon the hill as they allowed Portugal to rot when they ruled it. The smile that accompanies the statement reveals no sympathy for the Braganzas who were murdered and sent to the "Panteon de los Reyes to join their predecessors, fostering in the purple beneath the banners of weak little country that was once mighty empire and the leader of all nations in maritime strength.
 To a young man who is fairly we'll to-do. thanks to the liberality of revo- Ilutionists who left the royal family Tn lpossession of their estates when they exiled them from Portugal, English so- cial life, plus the prospect of marrying a fortune without having to ask per mission of family, church or state should be more agreeable than sitting upon a tottering throne in an out-of-the way. and rather dull. capital and look ling forward to being sent by a bomt thrower to join the rest of the family In fba royal mallSpleum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
PROSPERITY AND BlRMINGHAMs FUTURE

With every prosperity increases country today than it and there feel that activity will continue for sometime Some business wide think that this period prosperity will last As all solid prosperity in the United States business conditions somewhat year small But this productive seldom short
 This bounding section of the country The south splendid condition and is making high records in material five will witness strides in the south; will witness exceptional strides the Br mngham district The federal of 1910 Birmingham urban population 212Oo That included the city of Birmingham and the outlying within radius of four five miles Ours by the nearly 4ooo than Alanas urban population.
 Birmingham had 212ooo population has about 23oOO reasonable predict that by will population upward the territory Birmingham surprise deed to find this and the territory immediately adjacent with population of fully
 The corporations shown menda enterprise their properties lines dvual upuid have foresight and have forward in large But the city itself has been backward One the troubles with Birmingham municipality the disposition promise to be city of great population city of skyapers and city 10
 We have talking getting rid of the grade crossings, haven't Two three heard sloss engineers considering solution than when the agitation first started When Birmingham and crude the railroads doing part noby up-bung city public demanded railroads something safeguard life and inside the they pleaded they be off while
 city, with future, with dangerous rail roadcr in many something should be It is only question when the public of the other This work will the railroads deal money, but it will be economy in the end.
 
 
 be less expensive begin get ready they five this all should rateo of up ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22

to again enjoy big prices for the i'm mense yield of foodstuffs in this country. And it has been many years since this was not the case.
 With the government using every effort to encourage farming, reclaim ing and making fertile lands that were supposed to be worn out, introducing the latest and most approved farming machinery and the most effective and economical methods of fertilizing, the tilling of the soil is no longer the un- certain and questionable occupation that it once was, but on the contrary it has been scientifically reduced to an approximate certainty, and cer- tainly no field of endeavor offers more stable or surer returns for in vestment and labor than does farming in this country right now.
 In spite of this fact, and in spite of the fact that this has been the case for several years past, the census returns show that farming in the United States has not kept pace with other occupations. Our boys have yielded too readily to the call of the city. Let us begin to exploit the farm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
SHE WAS so TICKLIsH

Kansas City Telegram to the Philadelphia
 Record.
 While Mrs Frances Justine was walking home along Campbell street Tuesday night, she was confronted by two armed men, Each took hold of an arm and com manded her to walk back to the shadow of a large warehouse
 eve want money, that's all, she was informed.
 Too frightened to give outcry, Mrs. Jus tine did as she was told
 ..rve got about $5. butlits in my dress, . she told them.
 "Thats all right. lady, we'll get it. Hands up"
 Tn answer to demands she saia 9. small nurse was tucked into the top of her cor set under her arm. One of the robbers ierked the waist open and thrust, hand backward. Out it came in hurry, to clap over the woman's mouth as she screamed, "Dontv' q didn't mean to call out that way she explained between giggles, but I'm awful ticklish I just can't stand it." Well, git 'er out yerself,' the now grin ming highwayman answered.
 ..Indeed I will not was the reply. Then while the woman involuntarily, but effectively hugged her side with an arm that just would not stay up, ,he robbers wrestled with her, keeping her mouth covered as best they could while she squirmed and laughed. Finally as she sank to the pavement, laughing hysterically, giving high cres- cendo each time they approached witt, hands outstretched. the robbers decided they had better leave, and did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Rapidly Growing Cities

'"The southern cities that seem to be
 growing at the most rapid rate are Bir-
 mingham, Atlanta, Memphis and Rich
 mond," said John H. Noland of Wash
 ington, D. c.
 Richmond had a population of 127.a0C in 1910. It had been growing fast for several years, but I am told that the rate of growth Is even more rapid now
 Atlanta made great strides from 1900
 to 1910 and it has not stopped striding
 The census bureau credited it with T population of 154,0s0 Some people think that the enumeration was slightly padded.
 but anyone who looks over the Georgia capital would guess that it had fully 150e00
 Memphis had not quite 1s2,0oo when the last census was taken. but it will prob ably get into the 2O0.0o0 class in 1920. Birmingham, as every we'll informed person knows, is the coming city of the south. As prosperous and as hustling as Atlanta is, Birmingham is almost sure to outstrip it in 1920, and I believe that lin less than 30 years Birmingham will be larger than New Orleans. T take a southern trip every two or three years. and it Is interesting and most gratifying to me to see the whole south making progress"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Music at the Fair

"Yisitors to state fairs and expositions always enjoy the musical features, and it is interesting to note the steadily in- creasing importance attached by the man. agement of the Birmingham States F'aiI to the band programmes" said a citizen whose business keeps him in touch with the fair association
 Ten years ago 1t never occurred to the management to engage more than one band. A few years ago two bands were engaged and ever since then we have had not less than two. In 1909 and 191C we had in addition to the local band the Navassars with 40 pieces. Last year We had Innis and his band and Nappi and his band This year we will have Liber atis band, one of the finest in the coun- try; Reiss' carnival band of 25 pieces, and Nappis band of 20 or 21 pieces. We will have music galore, but we cannot have too much of It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Lost or Stolen, An Issue

The Roosevelt pledge to 90,000,000 of people against third term was broken without rhyme or reason, and yet no one is angry. No one cries out against third term. Why is this?
 The spirit of the American people is not broken, and they no more want a third termer than they did when Washington declined third term and Grant tried to secure one. The tra- ditions of the republic in that re- spect still stand unchanged, and it must be that the lack of protests is due to the belief that the sage of Oyster Bay is not again within sight of the White House. He is on the offensive and he employs very of fensive language, but the people seem to consider his harshness as joke, and they let him go his way unmo- tested and uncontradicted.
 The moral sense of the country is not shocked because the shocker has no chance to win third term. There is no other way in which to explain the dropping of the third term issue. And yet this is the man who said to the people on November 8, 1904: "On the fourth of March next I shall have served three and one-half years, and this three and one-half years consti- tute my first term. The wise custom which limits President to two terms regards the substance and not the form, and under no circumstances will be candidate for, or accept, an- other nomination"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Great American Preachers

A recent feature of Golfers has been the series on the Preachers of America, by Peter Clark MacFarlane; and 1 have enjoyed particularly the article on pr. Alexander Mann, rector of Trinity church, Boston," said professional man.
 "Mr. MacTarlane. the author of the and each of his sketches has been dis tinct contribution to literature.
 Trinity church has one of the handsom- est buildings in this country. The parish was erected in TIPS, but the present church edifice is modern. This is the church that Phillips Brooks made famous. Dr. Mann, the present rector is a different type of preacher. He addresses large congrega- tions every Sunday and holds their close attention, but social service work seems to be the key to his extraordinary suc- cess.
 Not only does Peter Clark MacFar- lane give us vivid picture of Dr. Mann, but incidentally he works into his story great deal about Boston and Bos- tonians. Strictly speaking, there are two Eostons,' he says. One is teeming work a-day city. 65 per cent Irish, containing more Irish, in fact. than does Dublin. and the mayor of this Boston is Honey Fritz these quoted words being the slang moniker of Hon. John F. Fitzgerald. There are two opinions about the mayor. One is that he Is as rectitudinous as the steeple of Old North church; the other is that he is as crooked as the sadly scrambled streets of Boston itself. which would be to say that he is the worst warped soul that ever administered the affairs of an American municipality. Which of these views is correct. should in this article be regarded as purely domestic and private matter in which out siders have right neither to concern nor | opinion.
 But there is the other Boston-the idealized--the real Boston. the Boston .oi our imagination. Strictly speaking. again,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
pemand for onice Space

"When I came to Birmingham to llve' not quite IA years ago, the Tennessee company was getting ready to manu- facture steel, but few people seemed to imagine that this city would ever be much more than coal and iron center" said a prominent citizen "The jobbing trade here was comparatively small and the highest mercantile build ing was five stories.
 To-day Birmingham has many tall office buildings and work on 22 story office building is about to be started-the Jefferson County Savings bank I used to hear a great deal about Atlanta and it's scores of gem eral agencies. Those agencies made great demand for office space. Four or five years ago many general agen- cies were established in Birmingham and they are now coming rapily. It looks as if within the next two or three years we would have as many agencies as Atlanta, if not more.
 Birmingham Is the geographical hub of the south. Birmingham's jobbing trade is expanding steadily and the time will come when this city will be known as we'll for its commercial as for it's industrial activities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Activity in Educational World

The schools and institutions of higher learning in Alabama have be- gun the new scholastic year auspl- ciously. The seminaries, colleges, in- stitutes and the University of Ala bama are scenes of marked activity.
 In many cases the educational equipment has been enlarged. Never have the colleges of Alabama been so well prepared to educate the youth of this state as now. The faculties are composed of able and earnest edu- cators and this years results are promising indeed.
 The university is now thoroughly organized. Its scope is larger than ever and the time is not far distant when it will rank right up with the great universities of the east. In ad- dition to it's academic department it has fine law school, one of the best equipped engineering schools in the south, an excellent medical school at Mobile; and it will soon have great post graduate or polyclinic depart ment in Birmingham This Birming- ham medical branch will soon become famous. It will be strong asset of 
 Tthe university and will bring thous- ands of doctors to this city every year.
 There never was time when col lege education was more needed than it is today, and there never was a time when boys of the south were so well able to go to college as now. There is a great demand in Alabama for technically educated men, and this state has provided the means for tech nical education. But the time must never come when academic culture will be neglected, when the old humanities will be pushed aside. The most sue cessful men in the technical field are those whose minds are informed by liberal culture as starting point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
Not Enough Farmers

The United States in its broadest sense is an agricultural country and it is passing strange that the mag nificent prices for the products of the farm that have been sustained for the past several years have not been a sufficient lure to our people, whose natural instincts ought to tend toward agriculture, to abandon the crowded vacations in other lines, par ticularly when they are less remuner- ative and go back to the farm.
 A bad crop year in the old world is an assurance that the farmers arc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 IF the colonel can only have a third
 term, which is very different thing from having only third term, he will convert Washington into a model city and teeming social science laboratory for the edificatfon of the states and as an ex- ample to humanity. Such was his message on Tuesday to the people of Phoenx' Ariz., who have never been haunted by their interest in the reclamation Of the District of Columbia. Apparently this is the colonels answer to the infamous stric- ture of the Hon. Adam Bede, who IS trailing the colonel and telling his creo- ulous audiences that most of the things the colonel talks about are things the fed- eral government can't do, but he has not found 1t out" So the colonel is going to show. if the people elect him President again, what the federal government can do in darkest Washington under his per sonal supervision and direction, and the millennium he creates at the seat or gov ernment can be copied by the states. So much for the Bedian sophistry-a blow under the belt.
 In the colonels plans for the Aemp- ton of Washington can be discerned in the shadowy background his solicitude for the colored people who are 45 per cent Of the city's population. for he told his rapt Phoenix hearers that i've should put a stop to doing what has been done so far in Washington, that Is, merely developing the boulevards for the wealthy people in the suburbs : and apply and enact into law for the District of Columbia every proposition that the progressive nIatform holds as regards social and in dustrial justice" The colonel would try the platform on Washington first, ssince the objection seems to be we'll taken that the states cannot be compelled to take his panaceas by act of Congress. HOW different it would be if the colonel could be the legislative and judicial branches of the government as well as the executive, with the constitution thrownsin for full measure. Then there would be the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
schoolhouses as Social Centers

In his speech at county fair in New Jersey, Woodrow Wilson talked to the farmers in a most practical manner. He told them that they could not get rid of the bosses unless they get together often to discuss prob lems and to form neuclei of public opinion. It is public opinion, and pub lie opinion only, that the bosses fear.
 In order to get together, Governor Wilson urged the farmers to build larger and better schoolhouses, and to make those schoolhouses, out of school hours, social and civic centers where those in the school district could meet as they may seem inclined, the oftener the better.
 The idea is not new, but it is wholly excellent. Every schoolhouse should become the districts social center, it's public opinion mill, the place in which to talk over men and matters. The building belongs to the people, and Governor Wilson asks them to use it freely, for the good of the country is bound up in the home formation of public opinion. Don't wait upon the bosses or even the news papers, but let each district become the source and origin of its own in- ctrnction on all nrnhlemS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAIT

By Eugene Field. over the hills, and far away. A little boy steals from his morning
 play, And under the blooming apple tree He lies and dreams of the things to be: Of battles fought and of victories won, Of wrongs oerthrown and of great
 things done Of the valor that he shall prove some
 day. .. over the hills and far away
 Over the hills and far awayI Over the hills and far away. It's oh for the toll the livelong dayI with it mattereth not to the soul afiame With love for riches and power and
 fame! On, man, while the sun is high an to the certain joys that lie Wonder where blazeth the noon of day, over the hills and far away
 Over the hills and far away! Over the hills and far away, An old man fingers at close of day; Now that his journeyi is almost done, His battles fought and his victories
 won The old time honestt and truth. The trustfulness and the friends of
 youth. Hsfne and mother-wh(re are they? Over the hills and fir away
 over the year1 and far awayl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
FASHIONS OF YESTERDAY

From the Indianapolis News.
 What has become of the nightcap, the nightcap of our grandmother? It is gone, gone with the nightcap of our grand fathers for they, too. wore this nocturnal headdress as a precaution against colds and influenza. The very word has gone out of use. 'Shirt'' was a term once ap- piled alike to that article of both male and female attire worn next to the skin. But now, as far as woman's wear is con- cerned we must make shift to do with out it.
 In novels dealing with seventeenth and eighteenth century life the reader will come across allusions to Holland shirts These had ruffs and handruffs attached to them and were of cambric or lace Hose formerly were not stockings as now worn, but were drawn up the full length of the leg, sometimes even to the waist and had pockets at their sides. In the time of Queen Elizabeth and later these were termed "netherstocks.
 Tops" were the Holland linen and lace Things and frills worn about the full hanging boots of the cavaliers. The ruff was the frill or plaited collar so generally worn by persons of quality in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and in that of James I. Laced handkerchiefs first came into vogue under good Queen Bess. The word napkin" was once applied to handker- chiefs and table linen. ''Napery was the general term for linen, especially that for the table. What our grand mothers called the pillow slip" that is the GOV ering of the pillow. was at an early day called the .'pillow-bier."
 In the days of Elizabeth the word buck" meant ito wash" and the buck basket" was that in which the linen was taken to be washed. Sir John Falstaff in Merry Wives of Windsor gives his bitter personal experience, carried in q