Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-23
SMALL PARAGRAPHS.

Inc government mas ann0unceu
that mail to boys in the trenches will
not be higher than domestic rates
A man who had run himself breath
less missed his train by ju.. & few
feet. A bystanderl remarked "Ycu
didn't run fast enough" You're
wrong" puffed the disappointed one:
"I ran fast enough, but didn'c star;
soon enough"
Seventeen nations are at war and
five others have broken off diplomatic
relations with Germany, making
twenty-five affected, but those that
have broken off diplomatic relAt cnS
are not necessarily unneutral.
Chief Forester Henry s. Graves Is
in France with majors commission
preparing the way for the forester
regiment now in training as American
farm engineers. The regiment ic
preparing to operate in woods behind
the armies getting out timbers, ties
and lumber needed for military pur-
poses. 1t is being recruited from the
ranks of the forestry service and tim
ber workers generally. 1t is takirg
the same military training that is Civ.
en- the soldier.
A Swiss newspaper correspondent
who recently visited Kiel says the
German submarines of the latest type
are cruisers of 1000 or more tom.
with radius action of thousands Cf
miles. 1T least four of these new
U-cruisers have already been built,
and several others will be completed
this summer. The submersible crGic-
ers have several batteries of six inch
guns and three torpedo tubes Their
speed is said to be over 20 knots per
hour on the surface and IL knots sub
merged. Each one Of the vessels has
a crew of more than 100 men. An
important feature of the new monster
submarines Is that they have noise
less motors. After diving they move
silently through the water and their
presence can not be detected by an
enemy ship even with the finest in
struments.
The college graduate who can't get
job in these times has probably
learned one very important thing dur
ing his course, and that is how to
work father.
Our peculiar military system turns
down the man who is anxious to go
to war, but has to wear glasses for
slight defect, and compels the
man who has little better eyesight
to go. even II he has to be dragged all
the way
So far as yet heard from, none OF
the girls have yet been drowned by
any long and encumbering bathing
suits.
The recruiting has fallen off In
England owing to the strange neglect
of the Germans in failing to send over
Zeppelins to lombard the towns.
There is an unanimous opinion
among the married men that If they
only had no families dependent on
them, they would gladly enlist.
The men who have been killing
negroes at East st. Louis are prob
ably the same ones who complain 80
bitterly about the lawlessness of the
capitalists and politicians.
Either too much sun or too much
rain hurts the garden crops, while
either condition seems to make the
weeds grow.
It costs the railroads lot Of mon
ey to provide their bulky timetables
which the public finds convenient to
wipe cinders off the seat with.
It is safe to say that the man who
orders the boys not to play ball in his
neighborhood does not contemplate
running for office about ten years
from now.
Every dog owner is convinced that
his Tower is noble and kindly AMI
NAL, while his neighbours is a de-
PRAYED and dangerous beast.