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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21
PORTLAND MAN MISSING.
Left There for Southern Oregon Five
Weeks Ago.

Portland, April 19.-Friends and
relatives of H. A. Hollinshead of 10S
East 35th street, who left Portland
for southern Oregon five weeks ago,
are much concerned about his prob
able whereabouts, as he has not been
heard from since.
Mr.. Hollinshead was employed
while in Portland as an advertising
solicitor and intended, when he left
here, to seek location in the south
ern part of the state in which to
start bank. He promised his wife
that he would write from the first
town in which he stopped, but she
has not had line from him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hollinshead were
married at Hood River just five
months ago. Both formerly lived in
North Dakota. He left her amply
supplied with funds. They were on
good terms and she knows of no
reason for his failure to write.
Mr.. Hollinshead is about 80 years
of age. His habits were good. He
is a Mason, and members of that or
ganization, as well as the police, are
assisting his wife in the endeavor to
locate him.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21
A FAIR EDUCATION.

That man has had fair education
who has been so trained in youth
that his body is the ready servant of
his will, and does with ease and
pleasure all the work that, as a
mechanism, it is capable CT; whose
intellect is a clear, cold, logic en-
CINE, with all it's parts of equal
strength and in smooth working or
der; ready, like steam engine, to
be turned to any kind of work, and
spin the gossamers as well as forge
the anchors of the mind; whose mind
is stored with the great and funda-
mental truths of nature and of the
laws of her operation; one who is
full of life and fire, but whose pas
sions are trained to come to heal by
a vigorous will, the servant of ten
der conscience; who has learned to
love all beauty, whether OF nature or
of art, to hate all vileness, and to
respect others as himself.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21
LoGGED-oFF LANDS.
Peculiar Legislation in State OF
Washington.

spokane, Wash, April 10
Through the operation of the logged
off lands law passed by the last legis-
lature 100000 acres of land in east
ern Washington are made available
for settlement. This land is largely
in the counties of Stevens, Spokane,
Pend Oreille, Chelan, Okanogan,
Ferry and Asotin.
81 believe 20 per cent of this land
will be taken up by June, 1914,
states Chairman S. H. Anschell oil
the logged-off lands committee OF
the Inland Empire Federation OF
Commercial Clubs. 1.-THE state should
have the bulk of the remainder in
readiness for the influx of foreign
ers following the opening o. the Pan
anna canal"
The law provides that the county
commissioners may, and en- petition
of 10 per cent of the qualified elect
ors of that county shall, by resolu-
tion submit to the voters the propo-
sition of creating an agricultural de-
velopment district, which shall be
co-extensive with the limits of the
county. A district need hot include
all the county. The powers of the
agricultural development district will
be exercised through commission OF
three members, serving without pay.
An individual owner of logged-off
lands may sell to the state, through
the commission, for a maximum OF
| $40 per acre. The state then Will
clear the land and the original own
er has the preferential right of buy
ing it back for the price he received,
plus the cost of clearing. He will
have 20 years in which to make pay
ments, at per cent interest. An
owner of lands may sell any amount
to the state, but 20 acres is the max
imum amount he will be permitted to
buy back after improvement. Among
other powers given the commission
is the right to build roads.
The law provides that the com
missioners shall cause all lands In
their possession or control to be sub
divided into the smallest practicable
tracts, in order to provide for al
many settlers as possible, giving
; preference whenever practicable t.
resident householders with families
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21
JUSTICE AND THE POOR MAN.

An extreme case of how the laws
intricacies and delays react to deny
justice to the poor was recently an
alyzed in Philadelphia.
A scamp employer at a weeks end
refused to pay to worker prom
ised $40 wage. The latter decided
to sue. This was his experience:
To start the suit cost $40 for a
lawyer and IS bond for costs. Cross
firing between the lawyers took six
weeks. 1t was two months before
the minor magistrate awarded the
claim.
Instead of paying it, the employer
appealed. Two years followed before
the case was listed. In Philadelphia
the courts have a rule that if case
listed for a certain term doesn't get
to trial within two days, it goes over.
The employers lawyer was playing
for delay. There were a number of
continuances. The worker lost many
days wages and had to pay for the
lost time of several witnesses before,
six years after the fact, he finally
got his vey dict. And to get it cost
20 times as much as it was worth!
Experiences like this vary in de-
tail, but are common upon the one
point that a poor man with a just
claim is pretty sure to get stung if
he goes to law.
That is why we shall all be inter
ested in the new poor debtors court
which Kansas has established-the
first in this country. A court ex-
pressly designed to correct just such
injustice.
1t is a court without any costs to
litigants. 1t handles debts under
$40. The judge is appointed by the
county commissioners and doesn't
have to be a lawyer-good sense and
human sympathy are the only qualifi-
cations needed.
| You bring your case before this
| judge and tell him simply just what
the facts are. He sends word to the
other fellow to come in and tell his
story. No lawyers are necessary
No records are kept. The two liti
gants fight it out before the cadi, ht
decides quickly, and his say goes.
Better than the long and costl!
Philadelphia way, isn't it? Ant
probably just as likely to result il
Justice
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21
WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.

Congress has been called in special
session for a specific work. Two
and one-half years ago the people Of
America went on record as demand
ing a downward revision of the tar
EIs revision Was aJusnfS tO@2 ~ !
lie congress then elected, but the
will of the people was defeated by
President Taft's use of the veto
power. Last fall the people of Amer
lea spoke in no uncertain terms in
demanding an immediate revision of
the tariff. The question was so
squarely before the people that the
issue is not clouded as it has been
many times in the past. The people
OF America are not interested in
whether a few men in Louisiana and
few in Colorado demand protection
on sugar, or whether it be the man
ufacturers of steel or the clothing
combines of New England that de-
mand protection.
Broadly speaking, the people of
America demand that the tariff be
reduced or removed on all articles
necessary for food and clothing of
the average man. We are tired of a
system of raising money for the sup
port of the government which would
put $50 in the pocket of the trust
and So in the Golfers of the govern
ment A more direct method of tax
alton must be provided. The Ameri-
can people will not stand for favor
itism to special interests. If the SUI
gar interests and the WOO growers,
after years and years of protection,
are not now able to paddle their
own canoe" the industry in which
they are engaged does not promise
success. The theory of the protec-
tive tariff was, and is, that it should
be used to promote and build up in
FAINT industries. These industries
most largely protected are infants
that have grown to be giants and
have turned gray. While we are al
it, let's try the matter out to its full
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

A fair illustration of dollar dip
lomacy and it's scope may be found
in recent news item from Kille-
grew, England, point of land on
the Cornish coast Away back in
1919 it was proposed to erect light
house there, because of the innumer-
able shipwrecks off the coast. The
natives protested, alleging that the
lighthouse would bring ruin upon
them, that their only means of live
lihood was in gathering flotsam from
the shore. Think of it; a people be-
ing opposed to stopping shipwrecks,
because they lived on the disasters!
And there are people of that sort liv-
ing in this good year of grace. Not
all dead yet.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21
"AS LONG AS THE WIRES WERE
WORKING"

"As long as the wires were work.
ing" the telephone girls at the Oma-
ha exchanges stood by their posts.
The winds smashed the windows,
splintered glass fell in "a shower,
death rode the storm. The circum-
stances were terrifying enough to try
the stoutest hearts. But no man,
however brave, could have acquitted
himself more finely than those Oma-
ha telephone girls. They stayed at
their desks answering calls, making
connections, giving out Information
as they could until the deadened
wires rendered further effort useless.
The Dayton flood tells the same
story. 1t was telephone girl that
first flashed the news of that disas-
ter to Phoneton, where another oper-
ator relayed it to Governor Cox of
Ohio. Walls of water swirled about
both buildings and tales of horror
poured into the ears of those tele-
phone girls from agonized lips. And
they stayed at their posts "as long
as the wires were working"
The Titanic's wreck gave the world
a splendid picture of the ages chiv-
alry-"women and children first. "
But that was the valor OF man, JUS
tifying his manhood by meeting the
highest expectation of the worlds be-
lief. We do not look for women to
meet the supreme test of physical
courage. We do not charge such
tradition to her sex. But women
meet them just the same. The tele-
phone girls of Omaha and Dayton
are sisters, in stern and loyeliest
truth. to the men who, by death
and steadfastness, have bequeathed
the legacy of heroism.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

George w. Scott and family ar
rived in Ashland Thursday from Mus
kogee, Okla, and will make this
their future home. He comes from
the old home of the Tidings editor,
having been our esteemed neighbor
for many years. He has purchased
considerable property here already,
some of his purchases being the
Estes home place on Winner street,
80 feet of the Paulson property on
Oak street, 20 acres near Talent,
five acres on north Oak street and
240 acres one mile up Ashland can
yon. They are substantial and wor-
thy people and we gladly commend
them to the people here.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

The editor of the Marshfield Rec
ord has been trying to run a news
paper to suit everybody, but now
gives it up. He should have done
that at first, for such task is i'm
possible, So far as the Tidings is
concerned it has no hope, and does
not try to please all it's readers. 1t
just keeps busy printing the news
and commenting on things general
ly, and lets it go at that. Some
people like it and some people don't.
Some people subscribe because we
said it and others quit because we
did. 1t all comes out in the wash
ing. There is well-defined philos-
ophy in newspaper production. The
paper that adheres to it through
thick and thin will have readers, but
woe to the paper that exists only to
please.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21
A Modern Solomon.

! A man was brought before Chi
cago court on charge OF failing to
support his aged mother. He wore
a fine fur overcoat and the conf, no.
lticing If told him he won [ hke to
sell it, If necessary, to pay hi motn-
er SIS month, which the court adj
judged the son should pay her Thus
the law holds that son or daughter
has no right to go richly dressed if
their mother is in want. This law is
not universally recognized, since so
many widowed mothers go through
life in great need while their chill
dren wear fine clothes and ride in
automobiles.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21
EXEMPT EUROPEAN CAPITAL.
Some California Interests Demand
Changes in Pending Laws.

Sacramento, CAL, April 49,
Whether the senate will pass its sub
stitute anti-alien land bill as it
stands or whether it will adopt
amendments that will exempt Euro
pean capital and aim the bill direct
ly at the Japanese, are questions be-
ing asked at the capitol today.
Members of the senate are consid-
ering two amendments, introduced
late yesterday by Senator Birdsall,
author of the substitute bill. One
of these amendments provides that
corporations the majority Of whose
stock is in the hands of aliens eligi-
BILE to citizenship can own land, and
is similar to the corporation clause
in the assembly bill.
The other amendment is drawn
with the idea of protecting the loans
of foreign banks. The clause ex-
empts land devoted to oil, mining,
lumber and shipping industries.
Both amendments, if adopted, will
favor European capital and confine
the effect of the measure practically
to the Japanese.
The anti-alien land bills continue
to be the principal topic of discus
sion at the capitol. Protests are ar
irving by the score from many sec
tions, and it was partly because OF
these protests that the amendments
were sP ..sAk - =
of the senate. Action on the bill by
that body is not expected for several
days.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

Our congress is not alone in try
ing to halt the mad rush to build
battleships. And American steel
manufacturers are not alone in the
prospects of losing rich contracts
contracts of the sort that produce
millionaires like Carnegie, Morgan
and Phipps. Winston Churchill, first
lord of the admiralty in England, in
a recent speech in the house of COM
mons startled England by shouting,
"Take a holiday of a year in naval
construction" Then he made di-
rect appeal to Germany to Join Eng
land in quitting. the building of war.
ships. All that means something
The world is tired of this mad an6
senseless rush to build battleships-
and incidentally to make multi-mil
/ rli9naiigfs saev
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

A Bombay, India, correspondent
writes:
laIcAaar hundred Weddings were eel
ebrated simultaneously on Saturday
at surat among members of the
Lewa Kunbi caste. None of the
brides was over IL years of age, the
majority being from 1 to 7 years old,
while the bridegrooms varied from 3
to 8. Most of the contracting parties
sat or lay on the laps of their par
ents during the ceremony, and were
given sweets to keep them quiet. The
caste only celebrates weddings every
10 or IL years"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21
"AIN'T 1T THE TRUTH?"

When dog dislikes you he will
show his teeth and growl.
When a boy dislikes you he will
put his fingers to his noce and wig
gle them.
When man dislikes you he will
shake hands with you, buy you a
drink, pat you on the back and wait
until you go outside before he be-
gins knocking you.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21
Escaped the Habit.

Mrs. OBrien-Sure, dhrop now
an thin is a comfort; but aren't We
afraid, Mrs. Hinnessy, yen get the
habit?
Mrs. Hinnessy-Niver bit! Me
ould mans been drinkin' ut stiddy
these forty years past, an he's niver
got the habit.-Boston Transcript.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21
A RANoHER's PLANT.

"Gol darn the hens" said Rancher
Brown,
AS he, egg laden, drove to town,
His crop to market to devote.
THE pesky things! They git my
goat!
They loaf all winter on full feed,
Just at the time when eggs we need;
An in the spring when prices drop,
They lay an lay, and never stop"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

Altoona, Pa, ascribes its immun-
ity from epidemics and the longevity
of it's people to it's simple habits,
it's pure drinking water and it's vigi-
liant health officer.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

To brag a little, to show well, to
crow gently if in luck; to pay up, to
own up, and to shut up if beaten
these are the virtues of a real sports
man.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

The ladder of life is full of splin-
ters, but they always prick the hard
est when we're sliding down.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

THAT makes difference" said
Willie, shipping off the left ear of
one of the new twins.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

Success comes in cans. Failures
come in can'ts.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

The earth's fertile area is esti-
mated at 28,269, 200 square miles.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

There is no right way of doing a
wrong thing.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

individuals who have maintainedd
pink tea be served at the booths?
Where are the jokers who have de-
clared that unless the ballots were
cut on the bias they would fail to
find favor with the ladies? Where
are the skeptics who professed to be-
lieve that large percentage of the
feminine voters would demand rem
nants and mill ends? They are bur-
led beneath an avalanche OF fact that
proves that women are fully as capa-
bue of exercising the right of fran
chise as men.
Last Mondays election demon
strated that granting the ballot to
women was a wise move. Women
voted in large numbers, and they
cast their ballots intelligontly and
thoughtfully. A new element has en-
tered Oregon politics, and there can
be no doubt that the results will be
admirable.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21
THE sCoFFERs sILENCED.

Eugene Guard: Evidence that cor
founds the scotIer that has insisted
that woman lacks the mental fiber
TO maser the miracles of the Aus
tralisa ballot system was brought
one at the city election last Monday.
This evidence not only flatters the
Intelligence of the woman voter, but
condemns that of large number OF
the men who cast their ballots Mon
day.
In two wards judges made a close
study of the conditions. They OBJ
served that few women-almost none
at all-voted in the morning, but
that in the afternoon and evening
the women voters outnumbered the
men almost two to one. 1t was OBJ
yious, therefore, that at the bottom
of the box there were few ballots
by women, while at the top there
were many.
A study of the ballots as they were
counted reVealed some interesting
facts. Those that came from the top
of the box were as rule correctly
and intelligently marked. In spite
of the fact that there are at least a
dozen or more ways in which bal
lot may be mismarked, there were
few misplaced crosses. The ballots
were neatly folded when they were
handed to the judges.
At the bottom there was Il decided
difference. A far larger number
were wrongly marked. Crosses were
misplaced, and the ballots presented
slatternly appearance. Man.
boasted superiority was far from evi
dent.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

People like to deal with fellow
who is stuck on his job.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

Phone job orders to the Tidings.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

of the senate. Action on the bill by
that body is not expected for several
days.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-21

A Bombay, India, correspondent
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-10-31
Coyotes XIII Game Birds.

Pierre, Oct. 2S.-A number of
the beautiful Chinese pheasants
brought to this section of the
state have been killed by coyotes,
because they were let out into the
open before their wings had grown
sufficiently to enable them to tiv
away and save themselves. Their
wings had to be clipped good
deal for shipping and exhibit at
the fair and they should be kept
in captivity and safety until the
wings have grown again, when
they will be quite able to care for
themselves. 1t is the idea of
Game Warden Hedrick that the
birds should be turned loose as
soon as possible, as they do not
take we'll to captivity.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-10-31
Encourage Boys To Raise Pigs.

In an effort to increase the num-
ber of pigs raised on the farms in
the United States and improve the
breed the department of agriculture
has started movement to organize
boys pig clubs. In explaining the
reason for organizing the pig clubs
the department makes the follow
ing statement:
In organizing tue boys pig club
it is the purpose Of the department
to establish clubs in every southern
state. The animal husbandry di.
vision is cooperating with the
farmers cooperative demOnstra-
ton Office in the bureau of plant
industry and already has clubs in
Alabama and Louisiana and the
movement is under way in Georgia.
The organizing is being done by
the officials Of the farmers cooper
alton force, and the animal nus
bandry agents are inStructing and
demonstrating how to handle the
stock and to breed a superior type
Of pigs.
1t is the purpose of the depart
ment to have every member of the
club encourge not only an increased
production Of the swine family, but
a better breed of pigs than is being
raised at present. 1t is serious
purpose the officials of the depart
ment are engaged i'll one that is
aimed at the high cost Of living.
The production of pork is not
keeping pace with the increased
population and something must be
done to harmOnize there two ele.
ments. If each member of the
club-and they will be growing it
is expected all the time will see to
it that one more pig and better
pig is produced each year then
long step will have been taken in
meeting the ever growing chasm
between pork production and in
creased population"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-10-31
Purchased Cattle From Indians
Arrested By The Government

Wood, S. d., Oct. 2S.-Martin
Anderson. one OF the best known
ranchmen Oh this portion of Mel.
lette county, was arrested by
Deputy Urited States Marshal
Mcqueen on the charge of purchas.
ing cattle from the Sioux Indians.
in violation ct the federal statutes
which prohibits white men from
purcbasin. cattle bearing the
government brand I'D" AS the
.sas@!t @ his, .pgetiniaary hearing
before federal commissioner the
defendant was held in bonds Of
$l,0O6 for appearance before a
United States grand jury which
will convene at Deadwood next
May.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-10-31
Settlers Want Payments Stopped.

Washington. Oct. 24.-Hundreds
of settlers on the Cheyenne and
Standing Rock Indian reservation
in South Dakota petitioned Con-
gress today through Senator Ster-
ling for relief from further pay.
ments on their lands. Four years
of drought and poor crops, they
say, have put them on the verge of
ruin and that they would be com
PEELED to leave their lands and lose
their homestead rights unless re-
lieved. The case will be taken up
by the public lands committee.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-10-31
Another Game Shipper Arrested.

Jean Cronk was arrested near
WatertOwn and charged with ship
ping ducks. The Judge before
whom Cronk was taken admins.
tered 800 fine and costs. This
is the second case on record this
season of shipping wild game and
q few more big fines will be likely
to make the violatOrs realize that
it is costly Offense.