Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-17
Zueblin Gives
Good Advice

Charles Zueblin, the Boston civic
lecturer, began his lecture last Tues-
day afternoon by saying that Ashland
had the most beautiful Chautauqua
grounds and the worst auditorium Of
any city in which he had addressed
an audience. The subject of his talk
was "The New Civic Spirit The ad-
dress was one of the best ever heard
on that or similar topics. He did not
talk long, but he talked so fast ,and
said so much in a few words that
when he stopped he had said a great
deal. He started in with the church,
the school and charity. He said the
American church was no better than
the European church. People do not
talk so much any more about the
little red school house on the hill"
The three RS" are thing of the
past. Men learn to do things-to
make a living. Charity, a few years
ago, was an institution used wholly
for show. A man gave, not just for
the sake of the giving, but so that
someone would see him give. Now
men give as if on level with the
person to whom they are giving
man to man. He skipped around
some in order to cover his ground,
but all his talk related directly to his
subject. He said that the streets
showed the kind of people that in
habited the town. That was one of
the things he liked about Ashland.
He liked the paved streets and park
rows. He said that there can be no
competition in public utility-there
must be monopoly. Electricity can
not be supplied by one company, the
water by another, etc. There must
be one big municipal company to sup
ply all these things. He next stated
that he noticed that the streets OF
Ashland were swept and wanted to
know what was done with the sweep
ings. All street sweepings, garbage
and sewage are worth money, he
said, and money should be made with
them. He again said he liked our
park rows and trees. These should
be taken care of by public author
ity in order to be sure Of good and
uniform care. Especially the trees
should be set out and cared for by
one person. Some people" he said,
"do not know the difference between
tree and a telephone pole" You
never can tell what such people will
do to tree. Therefore, have one
man take care of the trees and have
them, all alike. He has met few flies
in this community. This sounds
promising to us. We shonld endeavor
to keep it so that strangers shall for
ever after be met by only a few
flies" He said that in Boston all
children were required to take part in
athletics. No child should be allowed
to escape from school until he can
earn a living with his own hands.
Most people become criminals behind
the bars. These were some of his
sayings. Then came one of the big
gest things-every city must have a
big, progressive, municipal plan. He
said Ashland had started we'll along
that line with the exception that the
public library should have been built
on the Plaza where the city hall is.
When we get our postoffice it should
be built there also. The idea is to
make the city center around one
place. The park could not have
been put in a better location. 1t
suits Ashlands municipal plan very
well. Ashland has chance to be-
come one of the most beautiful OF
cities if it will but. keep the good
work going. But-there is danger OF
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