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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20
THE SPELLING BOOK.

The familiar old "blue-back spell
err is seen no more in the public
schools. The study of spelling has
had its ups and downs of popular
favor. Once it seemed to be felt
that children would absorb spelling
with the air of the school house
Just now there is some revival of
interest in good orthography.
All kinds of educational short cuts
are continually being tried with the
feeling that somehow time can be
saved, the clock can be cheated, and
one or two extra branches of study
can be crammed down the juvenile
throat.
1t is pretty good general principle
that an important thing cannot be
taken up incidentally. The human
mind will not follow two main lines
OF attention at one time and do both
OF them Systematically.
The poor writer gets by NOWADAYS
by using a typewriter. The poor
speller may possibly be able to buy
correct orthography by having a
stenographer 10 his writing. But
the proportion of people who have a
secretary waiting around notebook
and sharpened pencil in hand to take
their letters is pretty small.
A poorly spelled business letter
strikes you like shabby suit Of
clothes worn by stranger. The
man who wrote it may be able tc
make good, but the bad spelling car
ries suggestion of Incompetence
a badly spelled social letter give,
the feeling of slovenliness. and yo,
can almost imagine the writer wear
ing the latest Paris styles but failin,
to keep her face clean.
The trouble is not so much will
the long words that you have to lool
up in the dictionary anyway. It /
the little tricky short words. tn
ever-puzzling questions like whethe
il is "ei'' or lie"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20
SHOULD KEEP HANDS OFF.

The Taft admin. .stration is show
ing excellent judgment in keeping
hands off the Mexican situation.
There has been more than sus-
picion that the American Interests"
in Mexico would be glad to have the
government intervene so as to give
a governmental sanction to their at
tempts to gobble the resources of
Mexico.
The Mexicans could not be blamed
should they resent the entrance of
American capital to develop" that
country as it tried to develop"
Alaska. Develop in high finance
means to plunder and monopolize all
the possibilities Of the country, and
this is largely the mission of Ameri-
cans in Mexico
If American capital We're willing
to accept reasonable dividend and
pay a reasonable wage it could find
plenty of chance for investment in
the United States.
OF course there are many Ameri-
cans of small means who have gone
there because, all things considered,
they preferred it to the United States.
That was their pr r'vilege; but it does
not follow that the United States
must send an army down there to
protect them.
Were the present trouble the re-
suit of an uprising against the Amer
leans there might be some reason
for intervention. Even then it would
be the part of wisdom to investigate
and see whether there was cause fo1
the feeling or not. The United
States cannot afford to be like 9
parent who stands up for spoiled
child right or wrong.
There is no intimation that the
Americans in Mexico are being treat
ed any different from the Mexican,
in the present miXup. 1t is purely
a family quarrel, and family quarrel.
are proverbially bad to mix up in.
One good might come out of Amer.
lean intervention. 1t might unit,
the MeXicans in opposition to the
Americans, but is it worth the price
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
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People of means and good taste
may make their homes perfect
dreams of beauty, but they cannot
make them too beautiful, as long as
the comfort and happiness of the in
mates are sought and promoted
Surely money cannot be expended to
a better purpose than in making and
adorning a home for ones self and
loved ones and furnishing it with all
that is calculated to foster in the
inhabitants thereof love of home as
well as a love of the true and beauti-
full and the good and even poor
people will best secure their own
happiness by toiling and saving to ac-
quiTe and embellish homes for them
selves. There is pleasure connect
ed with home making that is rare,
rapturous and absorbing, and love
of home is as noble and ennobling a
feeling as can still the human soul.
We look for good things in a person
in whom an ardent love of home has
been developed, ard hope for little
from one who speaks indifferently or
slightingly of his home. We do we'll
for our children when we make hap
py homes for then, which they will
naturally learn to love.
The road along which the man of
business travels in pursuit of happi-
ness or wealth is not a macadamized
one, nor does it ordinarily lead by
pleasant scenes and well-sprlngs of
delight On the contrary, it is
a rough and rugged path, beset with
'wait-a-bit" thorn8 and full of pit
falls, which can only be avoided by
the watchful care Of circumspectiOn.
After every days journey over this
rough turnpike road the wayfarer
needs something more than rest; he
requires solace, and he deserves it.
He is weary of the dull prose of life
and athirst for the poetry. Happy
is the business man who can find
that solace and that poetry at home
Warm greetings from happy hearts,
fond glances from bright eyes, the
welcome shouts from children, and a
thousand little arrangements for our
comfort and enjoyment that silently
tell of thoughtful end eXpectant love;
the gentle ministration that olsen
cumbers us into an old, easy seat
before we are aware of it; these.
and little tokens OF affection and
sympathy, constitute the poetry that
reconciles us TO the prose of life.
Think of this, ye wives and Gaugh-
ters of business men. Think of the
tolls, the anXietics, the mortifica-
tions that fathers undergo to secure
for you comfortable homes, and COM
pensate them for their trials by MAX
ing them happy. at their own fire
side.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20

The daily papers assert that it
would take 250,OOO men to pacify
Mexico, and there is little doubt that
this is true. The country is mostly
very broken and excellent for guer-
lila warfare, and prisoners captured
would have to be deported or they
would go to the mountains and be-
come outlaws as fast as paroled or
released 1t is much wiser to let
them settle their own difficulties,
letting Americans abide by the
chances they took when they left
American soil.
If MeXicans cross the border in
their raids that is different mat
ter altogether The United States
should station troops there, notify
both sides to keep out and then treat
invaders as a foe
The determination of the first
armed party that ventured on Amer
lean sold would do more to maintain
American prestige than any amount
of intervention.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20
Basket Willow Cuttings.

The Department of Agriculture is
getting ready to fiji requests for the
basket willow cuttings grown last
year on its experimental farm al
Arlington, Val. Distribution OF these
cuttings takes place early in March
each spring, to farmers and others
who wish to make trials of basket
willow on lands 100 wet for other
crops From so - 100 cuttings are
given each person.
The distribution is not mere Civ
ing away of government material to
persons who desire to get something
free, because it is required that each
recipient of cuttings shall make a re-
port of the treatment given and the
results obtained. Several select va
rieties are included in each set that
is distributed, and the aim is to Sc
cure information 9s to the best va
riety for each locality, since no one
hihu Ioh pc ltlltu uDOu ~ tlclu
maximum results over a wide range
of territory.
In the basket willow investigations
carried on at the Arlington farm,
Arlington, Va, and at Ames, Iowa,
by the forest service, particular at
tention has been given to teh devel-
opment of American species for bas-
ket-making purposes. The European
species now commonly used have
never proved themselves entirely
adapted to American conditions and
are as rule less thrifty than the
native species. At present there is at
Arlington a willow garden contain
ing nearly 500 lots gathered from all
parts of the country and represent
ing practically every species and va
riety found in the United States and
Canada.
A system of selection which has
been carried on For several years is
already indicating which strains
show the best basket willow charac-
teristics for American conditions.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20
HOuSecIeaning

Housecleaning is a pastime which
woman INDUCES in whenever she
wants to give her husbands temper
a workout. 1t is accompanied by a
spasm of industry, which makes the
interior of the home look like the
headquarters of a wrecking crew.
When woman makes up her mind
to clean house, she changes with
lightning rapidity from a mild, hu-
name creature into a fiend in human
form. Armed with a dust cloth and
a bar of soap, she charges through
the house, leaping from room to
room and chair to chair with the
! agility of a humming bird and the
relentless mien of an avenging an
gel. Puny, invertebrate man is
pushed out on the back porch and
obliged to assemble his victuals on
the kitchen table, after which he is
led out on the lawn and into the
presence of rag carpet, which is
choked with dust and red oral de-
signs, and invited to lean up against
it with a wire fail This is the
most humaliating work a man can
engage in, and nothing but love and
the sanctity of the marriage vows
prevent him from rising up in re-
bellion. A woman is never satisfied
that the house has been thoroughly
cleaned until she has shifted things
around, so that a man couldn't To-
cate his slippers and pipe with a
posse of bloodhounds For several
days after housekeeping most men
have to remove their shoes on the
front stoop and sit at the dinner
table in a pair of bed slippers and
subdued look. During houseclean-
ing there are few four-course meals
served, and the pantry is never con-
gested with mince pie to any extent.
Some day man will arise and stran-
gle the housecleaning microbe with
his bare hands. 1t is a cruel custom,
which not only frazzles the temper,
but creates a good deal of unneces-
sary deshabille There ought to be
law against it,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20
County Salary Bill Means $500 Cut.

County Salary Bill Means 5000 Cut.
The county salary bill, which
passed the legislative house, reduces
the salary of sheriff in Jackson
county to $1,000, Q cut of $500 from
the present salary, The sheriffs af-
fected if the bill passes are planning
to make a fight TO defeat the meas
ure when it appears in the senate
Sheriff August Singler received a
telegram Saturday night inviting him
to join in the fight, but he reserved
his decision
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20
SYMPATHIZING WITH MIR. ROCK.
EFELLER.

Evening Telegram: In many pa
pers, noted for their decided stand
pat attitude, there has appeared that
sort of sympathy for the stricken and
persecuted William Rockefeller that
is calculated to bring the pang of
regret and the blush to the Pujo
money trust committee in particular
and to a callous and unfeeling public
in general
Says one of these papers: THE
pitiable plight in which the Pujo
committee found William Rockefel-
Ter is a pathetic illustration of the
undependability OF hasty popular
| opinion. 1t is unsafe,
unfair-often unkind and sometimes
unjust and cruel-to reach a conclu-
sion upon outward appearance or in
proneness to suspect dishonest or
selfish motives" There's more of
the same reproachful, heart-throb-
/ bing, sympathetic and pathetic
strain, but this much will serve to
indicate the general tenor of the
slush.
II there Ssuspicion-Gnd there is
there is no one 20 blame save Mr.
Rockefeller If that eminent gentle
man is actually suffering from paral-
ysis of the larynX, or anything of
that sort, lodging Uncle Sans pro-
cess servers was not at all likely to
cure him, nor was il an act calculat-
ed TO establish proof of the malady
either before the Pujo committee or
in the public mind 1t is not so
very long ago since the entire Stand
ard Oil crowd was in the habit of
treating with cavalier contempt all
desire of the government to know
something of the conduct of Stand
ard Oil affairs. The public memory
is not so treacherous on this point,
and with no other fact before it eX-
cept that of defiant subpoena dodg-
III - AllN puDllN Ntlp JuSllllCu III DC-
lieving that William Rockefeller was
pursuing the old tactics. Sorrow
fully be it said there is public sus-
picion yet lingering to that effect
But there's the pathos of that or
deal of Jekyll Island-what are we
to say of that? What should be !
said where the congressional inquis- !
itorg had cornered the multi-million-
aire in the luxury of his island re-
treat, and having tenderly propound- !
ed to him four questions, elected |
nothing but a bit Of coughing? Con- |
sidering all the circumstances there |
was but one thing for those inquis-
itor3 to do, end that was to leave in |
hushed and solemn sympathy for suf-
fering before the old gentleman
coughed up something, and that's ex
actly what they did. But let us sup
pose that William Rockefeller had
been so poor in purse as, ostensibly, !
he was in health; what then would |
have been the proceedings? Far be
it from us to say that the Pujo com
mittee is any respecter of persons
or bank accounts, but somehow we
cannot dismiss from mind the wealth
and the foXiness CT the Rockefeller
tribe, and how both of these are
brought to the defense of the most
vicious financial institution this
country has ever &nown.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20

Keep in good heart, though ad-
verse winds blow and a chilly atmos-
phere prevails. Truel the way is
rough-eXceeding rough--and the
winds are keen and pierce us
through and make us shrink from
duty. But hesitate not, face the
blast firmly determinedly, good ma
turedly and hopefully, and when the
better days dawn, when the clouds
have dispersed ana all is sunshine,
how sweet and satisfactory will be
the rest in the MONDAY of life,
knowing our work is done and that
labor has not bean in vain.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20
ale Was Good 10 His Mother


How many of the young men who
read this column could truthfully
have the above said of them? An
exchange tells of a group of young
men who were speaking OF a man
who lay without hope at the point of
death. They spoke of certain ex-
change tells of n group of young
men who were speaking of man
who lay without hope at the point
of death. They spoke of a certain
excellent quality possessed by him
and passed lightly over any weak
nesses he may have displayed. When
one said, 'He has always been good
to his mother" all spoke at once
in approval. The rest of it became
minor. The supreme test had been
passed. He had been unusually good
to his mother ana the verdict COW
cred his other Weaknesses like
mantle and overshadowed all else
that had been said in condemnation.
He was extremely good to his moth
er.
If charity covers a multitude of
sins, so does the love and obedience
of man for his mother. There are
no virtues more highly applauded by
grown men and woman. And yet
they are not uncommon. Reverence
for holy things is not uncommon and
one of the holiesy on earth or in
heaven is a mans mother.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20

Accomplishment of great deeds is
not necessary for splendid epitaph.
He was good to his mother" is a
finer tribute to dead mans worth
than was ever craven on the sar-
cophagi of conqueying kings.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is plan
ming the erection of a psychological
laboratory, which will be one of the
most remarkable. in the world. The
purpose is to save girls from crime.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20
Small

Don't you find the Honeymoon
Apartments rather small?"
Yes; we even have to keep our
flowers in the folding beds. Buff
falo Express.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20

Drillers for water at Boyle and
Duncan avenues, St. Louis, the other
day, struck a gas well, which will
be utilized by brewery plant which
owns the site.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20

Either solid stream at right an
giles or cone toward the rear of the
discharge can be thrown by a new
adjustable fire hose nozzle.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20

A fluid secreted by certain fish
caught in Portugal is used by fisher
men of that country to make their
bait luminous.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20

The centenary of the birth of
7David Livingstone will be celebrated
next March by the geographers of
the world
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-12
BlGAMlST AND F0RGER
SENTENCED TO PRISON

Oakland. Cal, April li.-Word was
received by chief of Police Peterson
today from South Africa that Sir
Harry Westwood Cooper, alias Dr.
Milton Abraham. notorious forger
and bigamist. had been sentenced in
Durham to eighteen months az hard
labor for obtaining money hy trick
and device"
The south African officials cahled
thar Cooper would be turned over To-
the California authorities on the COM
pletion Of his term of Imprisonment
Cooper T. known i'm south Africa as
Norman H. MackaN.
Cooper is wanted la Oakland on
three charges-higamy forgery and
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. While ont on parole from san
Quentin penitentiary in January
1912. he figured in q pretended mar
riace with young woman of good
family in this city. deserving her in
London while on their honeymoon. IT
is known that at the time he had a
legal wife and several whom he had
victimized with bogus ceremonies.
one of Coopers principal resources
In the line of crime was TO pay court
To women until he obtained their
money. marrying them II necessary i'm
the meantime.
GIVE me "a shave and Il clean col
lar" was his sneering boast I'm court
and I'm guarantee the first woman ]
meet on leaving this building VIII
agree 10 elope with me within two
hours
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-12
AN TIT RUST BILLS
BEGIN To SHOW
UP IN HOUSE
Representative Baker intro
duces Measure of Drastic
Sort to Define Combinations
IN Restraint of Trade,
nv Morning journal speclal Isa.ed wlre3

iHN MNFHiuN bnNfHHN HpfftN hSHNrU NttFesf
Washington April Antitrust
legislation Is 30 engage the atten-
tion Of the democratic congress early
In the regular session If not in the
extra session. which now Is wrestling
with the tariff.
Several bills amending the sherman
law are in contemplation and one. all
ready introduced by Representative
Baker, Of California. has been re-
ferred to the judiciary committee
The Baker bin would define speci-
fically the law ana public policy of
the government with respect to COM
binations. Combinations IN restraint
Of trade would he defined as all ar
rangemonts. without exception, liml-
tation or qualification. between two or
more persons which IN any way or tel
any extent limit competition or the
freedom 20 compete Ia trade, or which
create a dangerous probability that
the totality Of a national trade shall
be decreased FOR private profit such
in which unlawful means
are used to further the purpose Of
would be classed as con-
epiracy
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-12

Representative Dillon. OF south pako-
ga, providing that the republicans
should not bo bound hN the action OF
the caucus, but should ho ffve Go vote
according 60 "thc dictates of their
consclenecs ON legislative matters,
was allowed to go over To the next
meeting.
Representative Gardner, of Masea-
chusetts, opened the tariff discussion
10y presenting a resolution nstructing
the republican members OF the ways
and means committee 60 prepare an
amendment 90 The democratic tariff
blli. providing for the appointment OF
% tariff commission.
General criticism Of the democratic
tariff hill was ndulgcd ia bs Rep
rcsentaiiNe Sloan. Of Nebraska who
criticised President Wilson for inter
fcrlng with the framing of the hill.'
we are not Ina favor he sald "of
dclegating the framing OF "a tariff bill
to amy coordinate branch of the gov
crnment even II That coordinate
branch be the president Of the United
States with millions of patronage at
his disposal "a he used In aiding the
passage of that bin through both
houses uf congress.
In ouuu caucus the republican
memhrrs of the housc hli plans to-
might for "a vigorous orsunized oppo-
stiOn 90 the Underwood thrift hill
The caucus ordered the preparation
oi amendm ents Go tho unds rN0od hill
providing for "a non partisan tariff
board and for rDNlsluus of the cotton
and wool schedules af the tariff.
Republican members uf tho house
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-12

PEACE COMMISSIONERS AlkE
DENOUNCED BN REBELS

El paso. Tex, April ill., Eight self
styled pence commissioners arrived
here today from Mexico CITY and viii
proceed 60 Tucson. Arlz tomorrow.
They are denounced by local consti-
tutionalists as secret agents of the
Hucrta government, said 20 hc ad-
Nuncins the plea for peacg on the
grounds that the lnsurgent border
states viii seek annexation to the
United states, which program has been
decricd by Sonora and Coahuila lead
ers The party is headed by Jose Maria
Garza Ramos who appeared in sim
liar capacity during the Madero rev
oluton.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-12
Sc NDATTEMPTT To
BLOW UP NACO
IS FAILURE
Rebels Send Car Loaded With
Eleven Hundred Pounds Of.
Explosives Into Town But.
Fuse Fails to Work.

llSy Morning JOufual Hpfcihl icaHtu 0ftsi
Naco. Afiz. April l1.-An0ther att
tempt to annihilate Naco. Sonora. by
dynamite. without apparent care for
the result to the Arizona town, failed
late today State troops loaded 500
pounds of dynamite and 500 pounds
of giant powder on a car and dis
patched it by gravity toward the two
border towns. The time fuse failed
to operate.
The federals hauled the car to the
garrison and celebrated the bloodless
victory boistefously re prevent a re-
cnrrence of the attempt General
Oieda ordered a long section Of the
railway track torn up below Naco.
The work was accomplished without
opposition.
There was no resumption of the
cannonading today, and the fedefais
rested i'm assurance Of their strong
position.
Receiving needed artillery during
the night. the state troops surround
ing Naeo. sonora took the aggressive
in three distinct engagements before
daylight today They poured shrap-
ni Ill ,nfo the Mexican border
town and incidentally into Naco
Ariz. American residents here hur-
ried from bed and found shelter in
thn thaater hnildine ana guests Of the
IataI v.co nromptlv abandoned the
rra,,,,. str,,otiro
pat otodo dtd NOT fail TO retain his
,asitions AMI often look the aggres-
.i,o a. the Mont fighting. In the first
,..., l.o.,,,a,,onts fba state troops
IVY '''-,'','''io ...,,liod i retreat hnt bv
,,ornino had Gained their former po-
s4ti,,s in rifto uits within 400 yard