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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27
THE LARGE VS.. THE SMALL COL
LEGE.

One can see hungry look in the
rural college presidents face when
he reads that Princeton University
gathers in 100000 from the will
of the late Ferris s. Thompson. One
per cent of that sum would enable
Lonesomehurst University to stop
the leaks in the roof of its single
building.
Que of All colleges and universi-
ties in the United States, only 256,
scarcely more than half, have seen
the insignificant sum of 100000 as
an endowment. ITO him that hath
shall be given" while the army of
pathetic stragglers on the outskirts
are sending out their form letters by
the thousand for dollar-bill contribu-
tions.
The more prosperous universities
can undoubtedly make good use of
all the money that can be given
them. 1t makes a big difference if
college can hire the best talent in
the market. A $4,000 man may be
able to teach his stuednts how to
think out and solve problems for
themselves, where a $4,000 man
would hear them recite lessons out
of books.
Nevertheless, there is a field for
the small college, even along the
fringes of population. Its students
don't learn much about turkey trot-
ting, and they don't get their pic
lures on the sporting page of the
metropolitan newspapers. They do
find that the sum of the wisdom of
the ages is within easy reach of any
youth who wants it, even if he has
to hire a dress suit for the gradua-
tion festivities.
Would that the millionaire could
see that when they endow such an
institution, instead of leaving all
their money in personal bequests.
they exchange a monument Of cold
marble for one of popular affection.
An educational expert, after study
ing conditions in "A small colleges
recently said thai what was needed
was the elimination of half of them
He would not give their property
and students richer institutions in
distant states, but simply double UP
at home. But unfortunately many
people regard college as only a
means of boosting business and real
estate.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27
APPOINTING AMBASSADORS.

Pre- ident Wilson is no doubt hav-
ing trouble in finding suitable for
eign ministers. For an American
ambassador is usually man chosen
to go abroad and spend 100000 out
of his pocket in behalf of the peo-
pie.
European courts expect the Amer
ican minister to spend freely. They
want him to maintain a courtly par
lor where impecunious noblemen can
meet marketable heresses under
proper chaperonage. To conciliate
the higher-ups of foreign diplomacy,
the most expensive provision of
wines, dinners and flunkeys becomes
necessary
One great trouble with American
diplomacy is that it is regarded as
an incident in mans career, rather
than permanency after the Eu-
ropean manner.
Some more or less astonished
American rises some morning to find
himself appointed He hustles down
to Washington, where he receives
the intimate inside of delicate inter-
national negotiations. Being a be-
lever in publicity. he lets it out be-
fore he gets to the steamship wharf.
The result is much as when your
young son proclaims at the evening
party what you said about your
neighbors at the breakfast table.
Some of the ministers live in pal
aces, furnished out of their own
pocket. Others dependent on the
government salary, who were sent
abroad on much minor considera-
tions as experience in statecraft and
knowledge of international politics
are housed much like the representa-
tive of a tail-end Balkan power.
So it is not surprising that 9
noted statesman, being informed
that the government wanted to make
him ambassador, emphatically re
marked, mo plush pants for me-
Others are more yielding. They de
part amid the unanimous acclaim o.
the American people, Darn the ex
pense and let George do it,"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

One of our most popular young
ladies played a cruel joke OIL her
mother, and this is how it happened:
She accidentally found a love letter
that her father had written to her
mother in heir halcyon days OF court
ship. She read the letter to her
mother, substituting her own name
and that of her lover. The mother
raved with anger and stamped her
foot in disgust, forbidding her
daughter to have anything to do with
a man who could write such nonsens-
ical stuff to a girl. The girl then
gave the letter to her mother to
read, and the home suddenly became
so quiet that she could hear the
snowflakes falling in the back yard
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27
Notice of Filing Plat of Survey.

Notice of Filing Plat of Survey.
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Roseburg,
Ore.
Notice is hereby given that sec
tions 5, 6, 7, 8, II, IS, 10, 20 and
26 to SO inclusive. in township 38
south, range east, w. M, are sur
veyed and plat of survey will be
filed in this office April 22, 1918,
at 9 o'clock a. m, and on and after
such day we will be prepared to re-
ceive applications for the unreserved
and unappropriated lands therein.
All persons are warned, however,
that said lands being in the Crater
National Forest, applications cannot
be received except from bona fide
settlers who made settlement prior
to the withdrawal for reserve pur-
poses.
B. F. JONES, Register.
G. w. RIDDLE, Receiver.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27
SOMETHING TO STUDY.

Eugene heSlSleT. Inc cOlOnlSL
movement for 1913 has begun. Sixty
homeseekers arrived in Portland day
before yesterday, and advices from
the east indicate that many times
that number are on the way, or are
planning to be on the way within a
short time.
This means that the work that has
been done by commercial Clubs, pri-
vate individuals and publicity organ
izations of all sorts during the last
year is about to be put to the actual
test. The test will consist in keeping
as manyof these hopeful newcomers
here as possible. If large number
of them are satisfied and decide
that they are ready to stay, and roll
up their sleeves and help to develop
the country, thereby laying the foun-
dation of a fortune for themselves,
the work that has been done will be
good. The development of Oregon
will be accelerated, and great bene-
fit will accrue to all the states resi-
dents-new and old alike.
But if, on the other hand, the
greater portion of these people we
have invited here are disappointed
and return to their homes feeling
that they have been imposed upon
and misled, we will all suffer. Ore
CONS greatest need is more people
more people on the farms especially.
No other agency will be so active in
keeping people away from Oregon as
the man who has come here and has
gone away disappointed and disgust
ed. The fact that he failed to stay
will be accepted by all his friends as
proof that Oregon is good place to
remain away from. They will not
be obliged to accept the fact tacitly
he will take pains to impress it
upon them.
The people who are coming here
from other states are worth careful
study, for by studying them we can
learn whethor our methods of at
tracing a permanent population are
effective. If they find conditions
here similar to what they have been
led to expect, it will be proof that
our publicity methods are right, for
community advertising is founded
upon the same principle as advertis-
ing of other kinds-if it is to be
effective, it must tell the truth.
If the people who come find less
than they have been given reason to
expect, we may accept the fact as
evidence that our methods have been
wrong. Overstatement in advertis-
ing is a vital mistake. The woman
who fails to find as good a quantity
of ribbon as she expected loses con-
fidence in the advertiser. The same
holds true of the man who seeks a
new home.
Holding Oregon up as a land
where the horn of plenty hangs al
ways upside down and is never
empty will avail but little. This
state is not a Golconda where mug
gets of gold lie ready to be picked
up without effort. The nuggets are
here, but to win them requires work.
Oregon is a land of opportunity
but it is not land of easy money.
1t offers attractive rewards to the
man who is willing to work with his
head and with his hands, but it has
little for the one who prefers to
stand on the street corner
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27
"THE CITY BEAUTIFUL" L."

This phrase is attached in the
minds of many people to campaigns
of sentimentality, in which burden
some additions to the tax rate are
made on the plea of beauty that
proves costly.
Nevertheless, in more places than
ever before the advent of the spring
season is seeing movements for
cleaner back yards, prizes for good
gardening end disposition of eye
sores.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

Despite the precautions which are
taken to prevent theft, it is said that
gold to the value of $1,000 900 is
annually stolen from the mines on
the Rand, South Africa.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27
SPECIAL NOTICE.

All matter for the Tidings should
be directed to the paper, rather than
to any person connected Herewith.
When directed to a person it is apt
to be sent to the home address, thus
delaying its insertion.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

In England there has been pat
ented a combination of opera glasses
and sound intensifier for the use of
playgoers whose hearing is impaired.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

A travelling man got into a con-
troversy. with one of the phone girls
in Atlantic City, and while some
what excited told the young lady to
Just keep her shirt on" The man
ager of the exchange went to the
gentleman and tod him he had bet
ter apologize. He rang central and
asked, Are you the young lady !
told to keep her shirt on?" 81 sure
am" she snapped back. "Well, it's
all right with me; you can take it
off if you want to-" was the apol-
ogy.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

Don't run down your own town.
Be loyal to its institutions as you are
to your personal interests. Don't
condemn its enterprises and at the
same time withhold your support and
patronage, which would aid in MAX
ing the enterprises a creditable sue
cess. And this sentiment will also
apply to the treatment of your home
paper as well as to other business.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

A tower go feet high is being
erected at MAIDEN, Germany, for use
in wireless telegraphy. 1t is expect
ed to have radius of 5000 miles.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

Under the social ideas of China,
every man is anxious to marry, but
no man is permitted to seek a wife
for himself.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

Along human nerves the electric
current travels at from SS to 60
yards a second.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

Chicago's grand opera season just
closed shows receipts about $780,
600 against $4,000 last season.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

The PORTLAND EVENING TELE-
GRAM and Ashland Tidings one year,
$500.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

When the grasshopper ceases to
hop and the old cow quits her bawl-
ing; when the fishes no longer hop
and the baby stops it's squalling;
when the dunners no longer dun,
and the hoot owl quits its hooting;
when the riders ever cease to run
and the burglar stops his looting;
when the vine no longer runs and
the skylark stops it's larking; when
the sun no longer shines and the
young man quits his sparkling; when
the heavens begin to drop and the
old maids stop advising, then it is
time to shut up shop and quit your
advertising.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

Phone No. 3s when in need of Job
printing. Work and prices are right.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

Screen doors for sale. Carson
Smith Lumber Co. S3-6t
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

Tearing another's character to
pieces will not help yours, no mat
ter how dirty the other mans may
be. Pointing out the weeds in your
neighbor's yard will not make those
in your own yard more beautiful.
The white cottage and brown man
sion each hide trouble from the
world. People talk and know not
whereof they speak. They retail
slander to show how foul is the dish
most palatable to them. Let us walk
straight along. Let us each mind
our own business and we will never
be out of employment.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

The United States last year gath
cred $4,000 tons of peat.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27
Wanted-A Better Friend.

Who will answer this want ad
which appeared in an Illinois pa
per?
II am a horse that shivers in the
street.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27

The grounding isn't the only ami
NAL that's afraid to see its shadow.
The express company magnate now
sees the parcel post shadow when
ever he gets in the sun, while the
dove of peace sees flying beneath it
the black shadow of the war vulture.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-27
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen

Onions, according to a leading
physician, have little food value. But
they are not to be despised. as the
doctor probably will admit. They
impart a sort of-of lasting aroma,
don't you know, to real food, when
engu.ted as a concomitant thereto
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13

a gas log! The very thought brings
the laughter Of meritea scorn. foll0w-
"a by gulp ut the remembrance Of
better days.
OF the old time pleasures. Dopplno
corn alone was not gregarieusly pur-
sued. It took two to pop, the duet be-
ing made UP Of both SEXES IN squsl
proportions. The little wire basket
was filled with the flinty grains. held
over the glowing Goals Of the big wood
flre by one hand, while the othsf
shaded q fair cheek. which coloFed
sloriously under the wooing Of an n.
dent flame, ana for other reasons pos.
sibly attributable to the presence OF
the ardent swain who helped hold the
handle. But those were Goals in which
both could read the future. Goals In
which could be seen ships sailing to
strange lands. and many castles IN
Spain. And when the corn was popped.
the two ate musingly. talking Of many
things Of transcendant interest %
them. and then forgetting to eat.
The agricultural department may be
right. Pop corn may solve the food
problem. We don't know. But It didn't
then. On the contrary. It led by insen-
sible thought delectable gradations
from counting to love. and from love to
marriage, and then. OF course. there
were more little mouths to feed than
ever before. There was lure about
it more irresistible than baseball. more
fatal than the governorship OF New
York. IF 1t could be brought back. So
ciological students wouldn't have 70
fret about the 100000 young mar
ria geable folks in the United States tnat
are not married. Maybe that IS wna'
Secretary Houston has in mind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
COLONEL HEPBURN.
IClar.nda HeraiJ.1

Every time Colonel Hepburn comes
TO Clsrinda We love AMI respect him
more and more, and hope the day will
come when Mr.. and Mrs Hepburn con-
c!ude 70 make this their permanent
residence. Talking with the colonel
when here recently attending the
Croker brigade reunion he spoke o,
ths days back in the SOS when he first
came here. Colonel Hepburn once
owned half interest in the Clarinda
Herald, at a time when It V as expected
to make Grand Army paper out of it.
Those we're the days also when news
papers cut a greater sgure in politics
than they do now. He came to Iowa
away back in the .os. settling near
Iowa City. Colonel Hepburn has had
much 20 do with the prosperity Of the
state and the nation. His talents are
still much in demand and occasions
like the Keokuk dam celebration and
the Croker brigade reunion. which,
we're the occasion recently of his com
ing back to Iowa from WASHINGTON.
where his business is the representing
Of special clients in connection with
pending legislation and the operations
Of the various departments of the ma
tional government. Clarinda is still
Colonel Hepburn's voting place and
nominal residence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
LAST wEEk's sv,,nEss.

Adjustment to new conditions fol-
lowing the enactment of the tariff bill
results in some irresularity, yet in a
broad sense, the situation reflects CEN
tinued improvement. Nest reports In
Dictated that the volume of trade Is
gradually depleted merchandise stocks
causing increased activity. The pauc-
ity of supplies Is SO marked in certain
lines that difficulty Is experienced in
filing immediate needs, with shortage
of labor han1pering some manufactur-
ers in complying with requests for ur-
gent deliveries This Is particularly
true OF the cotton goods mills, which
have orders n hand calling for a full
demand in both jobbing and retail
circles continues brisk at the highest
prices Of the year for many products.
altho business has been restricted to
some extent by the unsettled condi
ton Of the raw material markets.
Distribution of seasonabie wearing
apparel and footwear at retail is
checked somewhat by warm weather
but wholesale dealings are fairly active
and results so far attained are quite
encouraging Betterment IL thu shoe
trade is becoming more apparent, the
factories being we'll employed and less
concern is felt regarding possible cur
-ailnlent
The situation in iron ard steel re-
fleets considerable irregula-iIy. with
runlors of price reductions on various
products. and the volume Of new bust
ness has diminished Consumption,
however. has fallen of only slightly
from the maximum OF the year while
the daily rate of pig iron production
during September was larger than in
the previous month.
Operations in the securities marke;
az New York have been on a small
scale and this accounts in a measure
for the loss o. 90 per cen, in total
bank clea-;oss this week as compared
with a year ago a gain OF S0.7 per
cent appears. however in contrast
with 1871, The hrme- tendency in
money continues and, ;E.o sterling ev-
change has again declined, no imnedi-
a-e tapor,atio.s Of gold are likely in
view Of he u-Sen, demand for funds
3 broad. Railroad traffic still shows
moderate expansion over last year,
gross earnings for September irc-eas-
ing II par cent. while in comparison
with 1911 ,as Improvements was 81
per cent.
Liabilities Of commercial failures
thus far reported for October amount
70 s3.s2e5s Of which s-.3s= s02 were
il manufacturing. s212o1s5 in trading
and s.l7,so2 il other commercial lines.
Failures this week numbered PSI In
the United States against 500 las, year
and 81 in Canada compared with 80
yea rago
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
THE sLUGGARD.

The fellow who maintains that there
IS lack of opportunity fo- success and
happiness is usually the me who can
hit spittoon q, creates; distance. or
catch the bigges, string "t fish. II he
is Young man he finds greatest ease
in dou!ng up at some enc else's eS-
pease. and snuEs tile oTa:imiis. grin! 2
and grease that spell g start towards
something. If he is pas. TIRE meridian
he finds greatest pleasure in danning
the government. or susnectiNg MS
neighbors. while wife or children
Keep pork on the table and coal in the
stove
The world has proportion Of men
waiting for ease and plenty 10 be
dumped into their laps. Their wait
Will be in vain. Man Is hlppiest when
occupied, and best occupied when en-
gagged in honest toll of field. or mill.
or shop. or office Almost anything is
work when 1t becomes compulsory or
continuous. We doubt rot that the
sh!ft!ess. irresponsible fellows whose
constant JOB is worrying about others
or moaning abou, themselves. are
doing a hard sort of work with little
of compensation. They simply haven't
awakened to the fact that their task IS
hard and their hope forlorn. Some OF
them never vii! awaken. Some o.
theIn-the Younger cnes-s,!ll have the
chance and the opportunity to get GU.
Of the rut TO get BUSY and assume :.
working place in the affairs OF the
world
The useful citizen is the one who
produces enough 10 support himself
and family. The thrifty one is he
who does more than tina. The failure
is the one who. endowed with strength
and brain and ability, wastes his ener-
gy and ends up each day short Of his
actual keep He is human leech.
His species fills the jails, the peniten-
t.aries and the almshouses. He pre-
sents the sociological problem that
puzzles society and makes the revenue
tax a possibility
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
HANG IT ON YOUR WALL

An Oakland preacher has formulated
q creed for young mans recreation"
that should be framed and hung on the
wall of every mans bed chamber and
one that every youth should memorize
and carry with him as the decalogue
Of his amusements and recreations
Here it Is:
First will never patronize an en-
tertatnment that brutalizes man or
shames a woman.
Second-I will always DO some part
of my playing in the open air.
Third will not be merely lazy
spectator Of sport: l will taste for my
self its zest and thrill.
FOURTH will avoid over-an,usement
as ! pray that I may be saved from
over-work
Fifth will choose the amusemente
that my wife can share.
SIXTH will not spend Sunday in
caring for my bodily pleasure SO much
that I forget my soul and its relation
TO Gods kingdom.
SEVENTH will never spend on
PLEASURE money that belongs TO other
aspects of my life.
Eighth vii! remember 20 enjoy a
boys sports again when my boy needs
me as a churn.
Ninth will -ecollecr tina. play
should be for the sake OF MY mind as
well as for my body: hence shall not
shun those forms Of entertainment
that deal with ideas
Tenth Will never LEI play serve "a
the end of existence. bu- always II
shall be used TO make ne better
workman and q richer soul
There is present need 81 precisely
such a creed and necessity for its OBJ
servance. Young men and older ones
need it. This IS not vicious age but a
careless one. Young men care for
their mothers and their sisters as
much as men ever have cared fo-
women. Men love their wives quite as
faithfully as other men have done. uBt
there IS ca-e!essness o. o,har mea's
sisters and mothers ard wives tina.
lacks Of the best manhood. No man
Is fully a man in me best sense OF Inc
term who finds amusement and enter
-ainment IN the shame OF women OF
the oestiaiity Of men.
From beginning 10 end the Oakland
pastors creed is good one 70 OBJ
serve Il will make better and
healthier men mentally. physically and
morally.