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Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-06
Protests on Water Pipe Charge.

Florence, Neb, March 3.-To the
Editor of The Bee: Seeing an edi-
torial in an Omaha paper entitled,
"Burdening Water Consumers" take
the liberty to say that there are decid-
eddy two sides to this question. 1t is
all very well and good for a man who
has had his water main laid and paid
for by the water company to say that
the other fellow should not enjoy the
same privilege, but that he should be
compelled to pay SO cents per front
foot for the water main that Is laid
In front of his property, which is for
the convenience of the water company
much more SO than his own, as it
allows the water company to furnish
water to users that are many blocks
further on that he has no interest in,
but is compelled to pay for the pipe
laying and all expenses for furnishing
these people water There are many
cases like my own, or even worse, in
the city of Florence, and l might add,
also in Greater Omaha. Having a 264-
foot frontage I was compelled to pay
$132 when the water main was run
by my place. l was also compelled
to put in eighty feet Of lead pipe. me
ter and other equipment, making the
cost almost amount to 5000.
Under the old regime none of this
would have been necessary, and I
wish to say that when you wrote this
article you did not stop to think how
hard 1t is for a poor man to try to
pay this exorbitant sum besides try
ing to pay for his home and raise
his family in a decent manner. Esti-
mating the savings that I am able to
make by the present reduced water
rate and figuring my outlay that
have been compelled to make at the
rate of 6 per cent interest, I find at
the end Of twenty years am loser
by this system 1870. l would like to
ask: Is this fair or just? I say,
mo" Municipal ownership that does
not reduce the rates Of all equally,
but doubles one persons rate and gives
the other a SO per cent reduction is
not a success. Right here In Flor
ence there are many persons who are
worse hit by this unfair system than
I am. l would also like to ask is this
necessary? In almost every public
meeting Mr.. Howell has been brag-
ging about the large amount of raoney
that he has been able to accumulate
upwards of $2,000.OOO believe, So
1t does seem as though the water
company could well afford to lay these
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-06

If the police Khan COLA, who will can the
suckers in the net?
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-06

When preacher goes a-slumming he is likely
TO find what he is looking for
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-06

Another campaign Of education for less speed
and greater safety is overdue in auto-drving
circles
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-06
The Day We Celebrate.

DR.. Charles W. Pollard was born
March 6, 1871. in Albany, N. Y. In
addition to his practice. he gives gives
instructions in obstetrics to the medi-
cal department Of the University of
Nebraska.
Frank W. Corliss, president of the
Waterloo Creamery company, was
born March 6, 1912. at Richfield, VT.
He served nine years as county COM
missioner Of Douglas county and still
has his farm at Waterloo.
Charles Harding of the Harding
Creamery company was born March
6, 1859, in Pike county, Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Harding is interested in various
business organizations here in Omaha.
Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer
of Scotland and hereditary keeper of
Holyrood palace, born fifty-fve years
ago today.
Prof. Archibald C. Coolidge of Har-
ward, appointed to investigate Red
Cross operations and methods in
Europe, born in Boston fifty-one years
ago today.
Truxton Beale, former United States
minister to Persia and to the Balkan
countries, born in San Francisco
sixty-one years ago today
DR.. Albert Parker Fitch. who has
resigned the presidency of Andover
Theological seminary to accept a pro-
fessorship at Amherst college, born
forty years ago today.
William J. Sweeney, former we'll
known shortstop Of the Boston and
Chicago National league base ball
teams, now coach at Boston college,
born at Covington, KY, thirty-one
years ago today.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-06
ECZEMA FOR YEARS
CUT|CURA HEALS
On Head and Neck. |tched Terribly
Scratched and Became Sore Erup-
tons. Lost Rest At Night. Had
to Have Hair Clipped.

81 suffered from eczema for number
Of years and tried many different REM
edies but with no effect. The trouble
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-06
This Day In History,

1706-Sir George Pocock, the Brit
ish admiral, who took Havana from
the Spanish in 1852, born. Died in
London April 3, 1892.
1820-Congress authorized the peo-
pie of Missouri to form state con-
stitution.
1836-Texans who had retired to
the Alamo were overpowered and
massacred by the Mexicans under
Santa Ana.
1S45-Mexican minister at WASH
ington protested against the admis-
sion of Texas into the union and de-
manded his passports.
1S57-The supreme court of the
United States delivered the opinion in
the Dred-Scott case.
1861-Salmon P. Chase resigned
his seat as United States senator from
Ohio to accept appointment as secre-
tary Of the treasury.
1S67--Charles F. Browne (Artemus
Ward), famous American humorist,
died In England. Born at Waterford,
Me-, April 26, 1884.
1SS2-Serbia was proclaimed a
kingdom.
1SS9-Milan I of Serbia voluntarily
abdicated in favor of his son.
1909-Ex- President Castro was for
hidden to re-enter Venezuela.
1916-The Hay bill for increasing
the army was introduced in congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-06

Epitaph for armed neutrality: Talked to
death"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-06
CHEEKY CHAFF.

Lawyer-Did you see what passed be-
tween the two men during the ARRAY?
Witness-No, sir.
Lawyer-But you were present, weren't
you?
Witness-Yes, sir; but my eyes are not
quick enough to follow a bullet-Boston
Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-06

war seems to be very much like that
old genii who got out of the bottle in the
Arabian Nights !"
''Hows that?"
why, it's a hanged site easier to let
1t loose than 1t is to cork 1t up again.
Boston Transcript,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10
SANS VALLEY ITEMS.

A fine April shower on hand, re.
joic'ng the hearts Of the farmers. Il
came just when needed.
John Hoist, the forest ranger, and
family have gone to Pelican Bay dis
trict for the summer. They will. be
missed greatly by the community.
Miss Cooper was visiting her par
ents on Sunday.
Don Houghman, recently Of Ari-
zona, is visiting his grandfather, Mr..
Smith.
Mss Ruby Strathren was visiting
Miss lila Stoner Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Scroggs has been laid up with
la grippe for several days, but is slow
ly recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Rowe made a trip
to Medford on business Saturday.
E. G. Cooper has spent a week in
the mountains, prospecting and look
ing after his mining interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Z. Stoner visited
Henry Hoist and family Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. Burch is on the sick list and
has gone to Medford to see a ply
sician about his condition.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10
WRITE TO FRIENDS.

If each citizen should write letters
to six acquaintances who live on the
Pacific coast and who have automo-
biles, telling them about the Hytu
Hehe and Roundup and our splendid
free automobile camp ground, and
ask them to make their outing trip
here to attend the festivities on July
8, and 5, the attendance would he
increased by at least five thousand.
1t would he worth five times the cost
and effort. No doubt the Roundup
committee would furnish citizens
Hyiu Hehe and Roundup stationery
upon which to write the letters. Tell
them about Crater Lake and all the
nice camping places hereabouts.
Make the trip look good, to them.
They will be pleased and Ashland
and every citizen here will profit
from it. Will you do your share?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10
WILD FLOWERS ON THE HILL.
SIDES.

What an advertisement 1t would be
what tremendous value would 1t
add to the city-what a pleasing at
traction, If Ashland should invest
about two or three hundred dollars in
wild flower seeds and strew them on
the side hills up the canyon and
wherever waste side hill land is
found. If the seeds were distributed
in the proper season so they would
become well established before the
dry season sets in, they would main
tain themselves after the first seed
ing and continue blooming from year
to year, a magnificent array of color
and beauty to please the sight and
charm the senses of visitors. Such
are the things that count in building
pleasure resort. An annual wild
flower picking event of some three
days, in the proper season, would at
tract thousands here every year.
People like to live amidst such en-
vironment. Many visitors attracted
here by the gorgeous flower aspect
would settle permanently, build mod
ern homes, remodel old buildings and
add generally to the delight and tax
able value of the city. Sometimes n
little cash well spent pays a thousand
per cent in dividends. To strew wild
flower seeds on the hillsides looks to
the T!dings like big dividend payer.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10
Ashland, Ore, Thursday, May 10, y
GOOD USE OF ROSES.

One of the most pleasing effects in
southern California are the rose
bushes blooming along fence rows
Even along the country roads the
tourist rides for long stretches be-
tween beautiful rose rows. Not oply
do they cover the bare fence aspect
but act as a sand break as well.
What wonderful change planting
of roses would make along the Pa
cific Highway continuously from
Ashland to Medford. Many beautiful
Improvements, such as new modern
homes and fences, are being con-
structed this year. The additional
expense of setting rose bushes would
not be great and would almost double
the selling value Of the property in
two years. The county could we'll
afford to cultivate the ground along
the roadway between the paving and
the fences and plant it systematically
to bright blooming wild flowers
After the first planting they would
take care of themselves.
But il is especially important that
Ashland be made to look her sweet
est. Thousands Of tourists will visit
Ashland each year, and the effect the
first view of the town has on them
will in many cases determine whether
they settle in Ashland or go on south
where more care and pride are
evinced in fostering a happy civic
life.
Ashland can be transformed in two
years by the planting of Towering
shrubs and clinging vines over un-
slightly places. Every citizen owes a
duty both to himself and his town
to go to the extra expense and labor
necessary to accomplish 1t. His
property will increase, and be salable,
at more than five dollars to one so
invested.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10
ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS.

Again the unfail'ng success in their
public undertaking has been demon
strated by he-women of Ashland in
the Auxiliary ball It was a decided
success. The decorations are worthy
of SPECIAL mention as they were more
attractive than any previous attempt.
The scheme was thoroughly patriotic,
flags being displayed in profusion,
covering almost the entire walls Of
the large Natatorium room. The pill
lars and balcony were decorated with
greenery and wild flowers. The deco
rating committee was composed OF
Mesdames w. L. Maxey, f. B. Tracy,
Benton Bowers, Nate Bates, Monte
Briggs, A. w. Boslough and Frank
Grisez
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10
State Insists on
Full Measure

Shipments of Strawberries are be-
ing made in the state and the district
sealer of weights and measures calls
attention to the law governing the
sale of same.
First, that the berries must be Sold
in standard boxes, in quantities up to
and including a dry quart.
Second, that the boxes must be
well packed. The purchaser is en-
titled to a box OF berries well packed
and level full.
Last year the state office spent
considerable time and money distrib-
uting about 5000 copies of the weight
and measure laws, visiting the grow
ing sections in the state, calling the
attention of the merchants and grow
ers to the law, and insisting on the
boxes being level full when sold to
the consumer.
The law is as follows: The stand
ard boxes or baskets used in the sale
of Strawberries, blackberries, Logan
berries, raspberries or similar ber-
ries, shall be Of the interior capacity
Of 672 cubic inches (dry quart or
1876 cubic inches (dry pint or 1873
cubic inches (dry one-half pint). And
it shall be unlawful to offer or ex-
pose for sale or sell strawberries,
blackberries, Loganberries, raspber-
ries, or similar berries, in boxes or
baskets of other than the standard
size; provided, that nothing within
this section shall be construed as IN
any way preventing the sale of straw
berries, blackberries, Loganberries,
raspberries or similar berries, by the
weight or in boxes or baskets of
greater capacity than 67.2 cubic
inches.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10
WHO HAS A FURNISHED HOUSE
TO RENT?

Lately a number of persons have
called on the Tidings and asked abou
! furnished houses. Some of then
have gone away because they did mo-
/ find a furnished house to suit them
The Tidings thinks it is highly i'm
portant that such people find com
I Portable quarters and stay for the
summer. 1t will be good for the
town.
Therefore, the Tidings has decided
to advertise all well-furnished houses
for rent-houses that are neat and
clean, with good carpets, good cur
tains clean yard and general attrac-
tive appearance, from May Is to June
80 without cost to the owner, .abso-
lutely free. There is an ad undar
the big star in the Tidings for rent
column today that will give you an
idea how to describe your house and
furniture.
Rules governing the free adver-
tisement:
Give location.
Give number of rooms.
State whether modern.
If modern, whether tin tub or por-
eelain.
A modern house means bathroom
with tub and stool in it. Otherwise
partly modern.
Tell the kind Of carpets and what
furniture it contains.
What rent do you ask per month?
Write the advertisement in such
way that a person sitting in a hotel
can tell what you offer and what it
will cost without looking at the
house That means to describe the
house AS 1T is. Use as few words
as you can in describing it, but de
scribe it fully.
All the Tidings asks is that YOU
OWN the house and that as soon as
it is rentetd, if it does rent before
June 80, to call up phone 80 and ask
us to take out the ad.
Write your own ad and get your
copy in to the Tidings office as soon
as possible. REMEMBER, IF YOU
ARE THE OWNER THERE is NO
CHARGE FOR THE ADVERTISE
MENT.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10
Heard and Overheard
Observation-Disclosures
(By Lynn d. Mowat.)
Why Worry?

/
If you are of eligible age one Of
! two things is certain: Either you are
drafted or you are not drafted. 4
you are not drafted there is no cause
to worry; if you are drafted, one of
two things is certain: Either you will
be sent to Europe or you will not be
sent to Europe.
II you are not sent to Europe
there is no need to worry; II you are
sent to Europe one of two things IS
certain: Either you are sent to the
front or you are not sent to the
front.
If you are not sent to the front
there is no cause to worry; If you
are sent to the front one of two things
is certain: Either you are wounded
or you are not wounded.
If you are not wounded there IS
no cause for worry; # you are wound
ed one of two things is certain: Eth
er you are wounded seriously or you
are wounded slightly
If you are wounded slightly there
is no cause for worry; if you are
wounded seriously one Of two things
is cetain: Either you die or you do
not die.
If you do not die there is no cause
for worry; If you die you can't worry.
So why worry?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10

Colonel May, of the Third regiment
Oregon national guard, motored up
to Siskiyou Monday with Ed Thorn
ton and Jack Mattern, of this city, on
tour of inspection Of the guards
stationed along the railroad. Colonel
May was Captain May of the Ashland
company when Mr.. Thornton was
first lieutenant and has many friends
in the city with whom he renewed
acquaintance during his stay here.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10

A recent ruling of the war depart
ment states that no members of the
Oregon national guard who have been
married since enl'sting can be dis
charged on that account. Also that
no man of eligible age who has re-
Gently been married is exempt from
the draft.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10

Mr.. Strathren and family attended
the high school play given at Gold
Hill. They said the play was splen-
did.
Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Shattuck
visited Mrs. Stoner Tuesday after
noon.
Mr.. Dahuff breaches at the Panky
school house Sunday mornings. They
have quite an active Sunday school in
that neighborhood
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10

It won't be many days until the
fellow who greets you with "do you
think it will rain, will be springing
is it hot enough for you" We saw
a travelling man sheepishly sporting
straw hat the other day.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10

Redd'ng Searchlight, May 1st-"A
headline in one of the upstate papers
reads: Annette Kellerman displays
her versatility. Annette, you have
gone just about far enough"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10

to invent a side-hill lawn mover to
NOW the lawn on the terraces in
front of our respective residences as
soon as they get the submarines
taken care Of
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10

After listening to the war talk at
a local hairmowing emporium, we
have come to the conclusion that SO
per cent of the population of the U.
S. are German spies, and two-thirds
of the other per cent is hyphenated
Americans. That would leave the In
dians.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10
Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank the many friends
and neighbors who by Their words of
sympathy and acts of kindness light
ened our load of sorrow in the loss
of our wife, daughter and sister.
FORREST EMERY.
MRS. CHRIS BLAKE.
CHARLES BLAKE.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10

S. P. Agent Kramer and we are
going to request the United States
naval consulting board, which is conf
posed of Thomas Edison and a few
other men Of inventive turn of mind,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10

Entered at tho Ashland, Oregon,
Postoffice as second-class mail mat
ter.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10
ADVERTISING RATES.

ADVERTISING RATES.
Display Advertising
Single insertion, each inch. .25c
One month. ... " zoe
Six months. -. 17hc
One year. see. 15c
Reading Notices. cents the line
straight.
Classified Column cent the word
first insertion, "a cent the word
each other insertion. Thirty
words or less one month, 81.
Cards of Thanks $1.00.
Obituaries 21a cents the line.
Fraternal Orders and Societies.
Advertising for fraternal orders or
societies charging regular initiation
fee and dues, no discount. Religious
and benevolent orders will be
charged for all advertising when an
admission or other charge is made,
at the regular rates. When no ad-
mission is charged, space to the
amount of fifty lines reading will be
allowed without charge. All addi-
tional at regular rates.
The Tidings has a greater circula-
tion In Ashland and its trade terri
tory than all other local papers COM
bined.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-10

In ordering changes Of the paper
always give the old street address or
postoffice as we'll as the new.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1917-04-28

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