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Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-16
IMPROVED BY COMPARISON.

General Pancho' Villa feel like has humane scale when he made of atrocities committed by the Germans the Russians Begians and the Austrians, far in this war
 Besides the burning of maternity hospital, which oaed the Red Cross flag and killing of hundred babies charged against Ausrans anything done by order of Villa angelic He charged with assauing the Russians in East Prussia he charged killing prisonersso the Germans France he charged mutilatng the dead-so the begans charged lining suspects before firing line and ruhessy shooting em That charge has been made against practically the armies engaged in this
 lot of things told of Villa les-anoher point ay between his reputation and the Europeans engaged struggle lot of things charged against him rue there the similarity also holds good
 Villa is bad but than lot of other men the highest civilization when restrained by law when free from influence civilization
 War is savagery and who engage har back character o barbarans Villa not bad when compared with other engaged in the horrible business of killing men,
Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-16
A HOLLOW VICTORY.

The renomnation of Governor Hunt by majority of 5000 Dr. Hughes such victory appears its face. True the figures loom large but the they alarming the opponents of the chief executive.
 In the first place Hughes weak candidate from any point you him and oregone conclusion that he doomed slaughter the his candidacy announced With him in the fight it impossible to get strong man to primaries opposition Hunt divided it political certainty that incumbent had all the best of the argument
 The people realized that what Hughes said about Hunt nerenay admitted the charges by refusing the physician public debate when challenged do
 With the and dry issue before the people the coming general election natural that all those opposed prohibit on would voice their sentiments the primary against admittedly the of the saloons The saloons therefore took hand in the game and there question doubt but that they directly responsible for Hunts victory and Hughes defeat than any other contributing In fact
 stretching any say that the saloons controlled in the least the number of which Hunts majority In addition the druggists of the state and the business each formed organizations combat the dry Hughes looked upon peril and they therefore rallied the support of Hunt because they loved but rather they viewed Hughes busi and determined eliminate him any cost
 One significant feature of the primary the renomina of C. Calaghan for auditor. Calaghan has been the nemesis of the administration and the avowed deter imitation beat him. To that intention into effect the strongest be found against him, but despite the efforts of Hunt and his horde of axears better known the machine Caaghan the best and most efficient nated
 Equally significant the attempt of the administration the present members of the corporation
 mission. Particularly vicious the attacks made Com
 Jones by the Gazette the personal of the which commenced campaign against him months ago. Bradne the right hand of Hunt in the legislature selected trick the turning all in the other direction against Hunt and in favor of those who have fought him and his and policies the advent of statehood.
 If Hunt glean any consolation from the returns he any is welcome To dsnerested observer it looks like the handwriting the wall than victory.
Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-16
PARTY DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF.

Hughes campaign for that the ad- nistraon of Governor Hunt costing the people of Arizona per capita than paid by the people of any other the unon He insisted that the capita tax paid in this nearly double that paid any other due to the mismangement affairs by the Hunt regime Time and again emphasized expenses and one-ha times high any other monwealh between the per capita and that the ad mnistration of the criminal affairs of the had been made by Hunt His of the Hunt policy with refer the of criminals the handling of the state penentay and the conduct of the reform school indeed and invariably he ended his talk this point by saying the administration disgrace Arizona declaring that Hunt reelected the people would have relief from existing ntolerabe conditions.
 All this particular intelligent people of the Bu coming from fellow democrat and competitor for the gubernatora nomination. resolves itself into than statement of ctst repudiaton of Governor Hunt by Of the leaders of the democratic party who declared he had al ways been democrat
 When Judge Fred Sutter withdrew from the gubernatora and announced himself for Governor Hunt stating that he made such choice because Hunt the of evils he have thought Dr. Hughes monstrosty sderng the statement the light of the Hughes arragnment Whether Hunt really the evils little difference at this stage Of the game however. The fact remains according the testimony of the leading cas of the state that the democratic party has nominated man for governor who IS unworthy of election a wha as gubernaorial history which anything but crediable
 himself or the state which he This being the the democrats the going to place Hunt again authority chief executive after the which they themselves declare disgrace shall expired
 
 ecng for governor whom has designated failure and the other evil?
 There a better history Arizona for he opponents of the democratic party spur themselves into winning activity The nomination of Hunt disgusted rank and file of the democratic party itself Had there strong democrat the primary ticket against him he would have stood chance for nomination. The majority of in the state evidently took the of Judge Sue and they have elephant the head of their ticket tor the November election It Oppoune time for the re- ubcans to elect and prove the people that A of the best the above the spells system the political graft idea and keep her ship of the channel of honesty dignity and economy second other
Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-16
QUITS THE CREEK.

William Miller. the well known pioneer miner of the Hassayampa. was in the city Friday and is leaving the old cabin home after a third of century. He will enter the Pioneers Home in this city this week. disposing of his loea, tions to McGarvey and Hatch.
Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-16

The schools which organized for during the past campaign portions of the have had
 good effect It generally known but fact just the that number of such schools organized and held regular meetings which instructors explained political questions and gave ideas of the rule of politics, teaching them how vote,
Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-16
THE PROPOSED STAMP TAX.

Congress has been asked by the president levy federal offices of register and of the United States provide $1OOOOOOOO for the treasury and that without de
 lay There is little doubt that the request will prompt compliance. Presumably stamp tax such employed during the with Spain will be the method used raise the
 The people of the United paid that stamp without complaining because they recognized that made by conditions that could have been oresee Very probably they will not grow much because of this levy For obviously, the government hole be helped But the time there will be feeling that the ought be in financial and that the the only of the treasury shortage It apparent long be the declared, that the government would be barrased by lack of result of Democratic cement Weeks predictions quite generally made that bond issue other extraordinary step would be necessary
 order supply the which the reduced tariff could provide And however cheerfuy the people may submit the stamp their good will blind them the facts
Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-16

Three nights ago Colonel Roosevelt delivered address New Orleans which might just we'll have been delivered by less parsonage far interesting the public concerned The address the subject of the pro- posed payment of $250OOOO In this of world crisis such para interest the people. Roosevelt has lost New York and that he losing his prestige throughout the country ioregone conclusion He back though Dwight B. Heard keeps stranng gna for the balance Gf his lifetime
Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-16

Arkasas highwaymen took large plugs of 4 cash away from their victim Highway robbery be condoned but Akansan large plugs of tobacco fWful temptation.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-01-08
Newspaper Duns.

We presume that some people
think the newspaper men are persist
ent dunners. Let a farmer place
himself in a similar business position
and see if he would not do the same.
Suppose that he raises 1900 bush
els of wheat and his neighbor comes
and buys a bushel. Suppose the
price is only one dollar and the
neighbor says II will pay you in a
few days" AS the farmer does not
want to be small about the matter,
he says all right.
Another comes the same way and
another and another and so on, till
the whole 1900 bushels of wheat are
trusted out to 1900 different persons,
and not one of the purchasers con-
Germs himself about it-thinking it
Is small amount to the farmer, and
would not help him any.
Don't you see what a hardship 1t
would work upon the farmer if all
the purchasers failed to realize that
he had frittered away his large crop
of wheat and that its value was due
in 1900 driblets and that he was seri-
ously embarrassed in business be-
cause his debtors treated it as a lit
tie matter?
II all would pay him promptly
which they all could do as we'll as
not, it would be very large amount
to the farmer and enable him to
carry on his business without diff.
Guilty. The above comparison fits all
too truly the difficulties that the
newspaper man has to contend with
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-01-08
TWO POINTS OF VIEW.

The New York Herald in a recent
survey of business conditions of the
country says that the most severe de-
preston is in the east and middle
west, while the South Atlantic, Gulf
states and west and southwest are
enjoying normal business conditions.
The Herald seems to think that the
panacea for these stagnant conditions
is an increase in railroad freight
rates. We confess that we are un-
able to follow the Herald's logic.
The New York World on the other
hand publishes an interview from
Senator Simmons, chairman of the
finance committee of the senate, in
which he charges that the depression
which exists is due largely, if not
entirely, to the efforts of the big
concerns like Morgan & Co. to fright
en- congress and the president from
contemplated reforms and enforce
ment of the antitrust laws.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-01-08
CHOKE OFF WINDY SENATOR'S

President Wilson has been doing
very nicely thus far in his admins
tration. The country has witnessed
the passage of two great reform
measures, both of which passed not
because congress wanted them to but
because the people and the president
insistently demanded their passage
The house under the management of
Spaker Clark and William Under
wood has given splendid account
of itself.
The senate on the other hand has
apparently talked against time and
has succeeded in keeping the country
in suspense months longer than there
was any need Of. Now II President
Wilson can convince the senate that
IL should adopt rules including the
cloture, ne will have performed a
third great service to the nation.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-01-08
WHY BANKERS LINED UP.

A number of newspapers seem to
be considerably mystified as to why
the bankers of the country, who so
universally condemned the currency
bill, suddenly veered into line for it.
The explanation is not hard to find.
There were not to exceed two dozen
bankers in America who ever did
have any real complaint against the
currency bill. The trouble was that
a few of the men representing the
very largest banking institutions Of
America saw that enactment of the
Owen-Glass bill would put an end to
a part of their business which en-
riched their banks at the expense Of
the country. These men immediate
ly set up a howl against the curren-
cy bill, and the bankers, who are
more like sheep than the sheep them
selves, just tumbled into line and
followed. 1t took the average coun-
try banker a long while to make up
his mind that the transfer of few
hundred million dollars of reserve
from Wall street banks to regional
banks would really be a good thing
for him. 1t will be long time be-
fore the country banker again puts
his trust so implicitly in the fellow
who has been growing rich at his
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-01-08
Ashland, Ore, Thursday, Jan. 8, IA
NO MORE FIFTY CENT PIECES.

According to the treasury depart
ment, the half dollar of our daddies,
a fixture of our currency from time
immemorial, is in disfavor None
have been coined the past year, as
those on hand amply supplied the
small demand. One reason given is
that the 50-cent piece is confused
with the 25-cent coin.
Considering the decided difference
in size, this does not seem to account
for the change. Possibly the prefer
ence for small coins is an uncon-
scious mental outgrowth of the strug-
gle against high cost of living.
Small units of money may have
some tendency toward economy. A
traveller recently returning from
France, where currency is based on
the franc of about 20 cents, said that
the size of the unit so affected her
that she felt much less inclined to
spend five francs than one dollar.
with a nice clean franc in my
pocket I feel almost as rich as if it
was a dollar at home" she said. An
article of clothing offered for so
francs would seem prohibitive, but
ten dollars would have seemed very
reasonable.
An abundance of small coins and
bills saves much waiting for chanbe
The people who deal with tradesmen
at the door often find them unable to
make change, and the housewife new
or gets too many dollar bills ant
small coins.
Many small services must be pait
for out Of the pocket. Every trav
eler knows the advantage of pock
ct full of small coins in meeting will
the clamor for tips.
The mark in Germany, the shilling
in England, the Ira in Italy, tn
franc in France, coins varying no
more than five cents from our quar-
ter, are the very backbone of dali
commerce in Europe. Our 25-cen
pieces seem to fall in line with thes
as the normal unit of small change
and the half dollar seems as needles
as the old 2-cent piece.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-01-08
OREGON NINE PRODUCTION.
Year 1913 Shows an Increased Out.
put of Gold, Silver and Lead.

The mines of Oregon made a some
what unexpected large increase in
gold yield for 1918, compared with
1912. The mine report of 1912
showed production of $77O,O41 Ga
material increase over 191D, but
the premilinary estimate for 1913
made by Charles G. Yale of the Unit
ed States Geological Survey shows
that the gold output nearly doubled
in 1913, amounting to $1,393, 1922
or $623,2S1 more than in 1912. The
mine output of silver in 1912 was
57,0S1 fine ounces, while the esti.
mate for 1913 shows a yield of 218,-
949 ounces, an increase of 161,S6S
ounces.
The copper output in 1912 accord
ing to mine returns was 26O, O,429
pounds; the estimate for 1913 is
144,796 pounds, or 1853 pounds
less than in 1912. The mine report
Vi 1919 SuO"Cu q SlSiu VI % %
pounds of lead, but for 1913 the esti-
mate is 96,749 pounds, an increase
for the year of 56,426 pounds.
While the hydraulic mines of Ore
gon are large producers and there are
about 100 of them among the 160
producing placer mines, the increase
of gold output for 1913 comes main
ly from the deep mines, of which
there are so or 60 producing in the
state.
The most productive deep mine in
the state is the Columbia, at Sump-
ter, Baker county. Other large deeI
mines are those of the Highland De-
velopment Company at Baker, the
Commercial Mining Company at Rye
Valley, Baker county, and the West
Coast Mines Company at Champion
Lane county. The average values Of
the ores treated in Oregon have been
increasing materially in the last few
years. A very large percentage Of
the gold produced from deep mines
in Oregon comes from Baker county
though Josephine county leads il
I output of placer gold. Very little
of the Oregon ore is shipped to the
smelters, most of it being worked il
local mills at or near the mines.
There are about 80 active quart
mills in the state, with daily ca
pacity of about LOO tons. 1t will
be a matter of great encouragement
to the miners of Oregon to know
that so large an increase of gol,
yield is apparent for the year 1913
even if the increase does come from
few of the older mines and no
from new ones, and it may attrac
attention to the gold-mining industr
of the state in which capital is need
ed for development and operation G
mines and mills.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-01-08
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
Your Town.


If you live in town you should be-
lieve in it. If you don't believe your
own town or city is a little better in
most respects than any of it's neigh
bors you should move out. Like 9TH
er places, it has advantages that 9TH
ers have not, and your modesty
should not prevent you from making
that fact known whenever the oppor-
tunity presents itself. At home or
abroad, whether pursuing pleasure or
engaged in business, do not neglect
to give those with whom you come
in contact to understand that you
live in live town populated by en-
terprising, wideawake, go-ahead peo-
pie, and one that is advancing in
stead of retrograding. If you can
truthfully speak in commendation of
the ability of your professional men,
the square dealing methods of your
merchants, the excellence of your
mechanics, the superiority of your
churches, schools and public institu-
tions and industry, energy and So
briefly of your citizens, let nothing
prevent you from exercising that
privilege. You should learn to be-
lieve, if you do not already, that
we have all these and in addition the
best located town, the finest country
surrounding it, with the most intelli-
gent class of ranchers to be found.
If there are any drawbacks it will not
be necessary to mention them. The
people and newspapers of competing
towns will relieve you of that task
by attending to that part of it them
selves. Strangers seeking locations
are always greatly influenced in ia
vor of any town whose citizens are
enthusiastic in its praise. No city
or town expects to attain prominence
over its rivals unless it's inhabitants
appreciate the excellence and virtues
of each other and will collectively
spread abroad their faith in the pres.
ent prosperity and future greatness
of their locality. Talk is a cheaI
commodity, but when rightly utilized
it can be made effective in many d.
rections and this is one of them.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-01-08
HOW TO FILL THE PEWS.

We like the spirit behind the plan
of that Cincinnati clergyman who has
opened his church evenings to the
unemployed, serving free food, good
advice and an invitation to use the
idle pews as cots if they have no.
where else to lay their tired heads.
That's most decidedly the spirit of
Christianity as exemplified in the
teaching and practice of Christ and
the early Christians. He preached
yes; but He also fed the hungry and
healed the sick and comforted the
miserable. And we guess it wasn't
half so much His preaching, unsur-
passed as that was, as it was His
practicing that made the common
people hear Him gladly and follow
Him with affection.
In the cities are great, fine church
es, representing millions invested,
but empty and dark most Of the week
and not any too well filled on Sun
day.
And outside, on the streets, are
able men who have no work and are
hungry-some, also, bitter men, who
think the church is of no use to
them and who sometimes, with an
oath, doubt whether even God cares.
Rev. A. N. Kelly of Cincinnati be-
lieves that God does care and that
at least one church can help. He
doesn't stop with believing and say
ing it-he is proving it.
If Christ were in every church, do
you suppose that it's doors would
stand closed and it's kitchen idle
while hunger stalked the town?
Then why isn't your church work
ing?
Did we hear you say, 81 have NO
church?
Yes, you have; you have Rev. Mr..
KelTy's church. If you lived in Gin
cinnati could you be kept from lend
ing hand to a church like that?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-01-08
Bliousness and Constipation Cured.

Biliousness and Constipation Cured.
If you are ever troubled with bill
iousness or constipation you will be
interested in the statement of r. F.
Erwin, Peru, Ind. "a year ago last
winter had an attack of indigestion
followed by biliousness and constipa-
ton. Seeing Chamberlain's Tablets
so highly recommended, bought a
bottle of them and they helped me
right away" For sale by all deal
ers.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-01-08

All the big irrigation reservoirs of
Colorado, and there are several of
them, are reported to be filled with
water. That means prosperity for
the eastern end of the state. The
recent heavy SHOWS. while they
caused great inconvenience and ex-
pense to the people of Denver and
other cities, brought certainty OF
crops to the agricultural sections
And so it is through life.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-01-08
HOLDING DOWN THE LID.

1t is mighty fortunate for the peo-
pie of this country that they have
had a man like Charles A. Prouty on
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Mr.. Prouty has declared very posi-
lively that he is opposed to any ad-
vance in freight rates until some SUI
pervision is exercised by the govern
ment over the endless and almost
criminal expansion of capitalization
and bonded Indebtedness of the rail-
roads. AS long as a railroad COM
pany can increase it's stock and bond
ed indebtedness it will always man
age so that the net income will be
less than a reasonable return" on
the face value of the watered stocks
and bonds. The present system il
like attempting to fill a barrel with
water after the bottom has been
knocked out.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-01-08

gain of 10000 over last year. At
the present rate of licensing the to-
tai number in the Empire state
licensed in the calendar year will
approach 100000, and will probably
exceed that, for the rate is increasing
all the time. When a single factory
turns out 1000 day this newest of
large industries attains proportions
difficult to comprehend.