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Evening star., 1917-01-25
Not Altogether Utopian.

president Wilson's speech had TINS
am-to gain peace now ana secure
peace for the future. That is our aim,
and our only aim. He hoped to secure
this by a league of peace, and he not
only smoke in favor of such Il league,
but he is trying to induce the American
Senate to take the steps necessary TO
give effect to it. 1t would not be right
to regard this proposal as something
altogether utopian.
You know that almost up to our own
day due.ing continued. and just as the
settling of private disputes by the
sword has now become unthinkable, So
I think we may hope that the time VIII
come when all the nations of the world
will play the part which Cromwell
described as his life work-to act as
constable and keep peace. That time
will come, I hope.
But this whole subject is not an
abstract question for the future. 1t
is a question of life and death now.
In judging whether that result can be
secured by his methods. it is impoS-
sible for US to forget the past. For
generations humane men, men of good
will among all nations have striven
by The Hague convention, by peace
conferences and by all other means to
mitigate the horrors of war. When
war comes, by what means can these
barriers built up against barbarism be
made effective? They cannot be pre-
served by the belligerents, if any of
them choose to ignore them. 1t is only
from neutral states that effective sane
tion can be given to them.
Evening star., 1917-01-25

AuEu. In, Charleston, Summeryille,
Savannah, FlOrida, Cuba.
Atlantic Coast Line. 1906 n. Y. ave. n. "
Evening star., 1917-01-25
Comment of Newspaper.

Commenting editorially on Andrew
Bonar Laws speech. the Daily Chron-
icle says:
"Mr. Bonar Law has made a prompt
and pertinent reply to President will
sons address and has indicated with
great clearness the main differences
between the Presidents viewpoint and
our own.
"In the practical world we cannot
safely shape our plans for the future
without reference to the past and the
present, and Mr.. Bonar Law is justified
in his reminder that for that past and
the present the United States has a
share of the responsibility. We are
bound to ask ourselves what sort of
value the concurrence of the United
States in international agreements has
been to their maintenance in the past
and present, and the answer is that
under President Wilson's own admins
tration it has proved valueless.
Evening star., 1917-01-25

are urged to attend Admission to the
meeting which will be Addressed by the
President Will be limited to the active
members OF the association.
Evening star., 1917-01-25
Barriers Swept Aside.

What happened? At the very out
break of the war the Germans swept
aside every one of these barriers. They
tore up treaties which they themselves
solemnly signed. They strewed mines
in the open sea. They committed
every atrocity on sea and land against
The Hague convention, which they had
themselves signed. They made war
women and children. They destroyed
neutrals as ruthlessly they did their
enemies They are at this moment
driving the population of conquered
territories into slavery. and. worse
even than that, they are making some
of the subjects Of their enemies take
up arms against their own country
'All this has been done, and no neu-
trail power has been able to stop it, No
neutral power, indeed. has made any
protest against it. We must then take
other means to secure the future peace
of the world
Evening star., 1917-01-25

members OF the association to be held
at 1880 o'clock tonight in the assembly
hall of the Park View School, at New
ton and Warder streets. All members
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
BOrr0WS Cash for
Theatre and SkipS

A Grants Pass dispatch says
Grants Pass dream Of motion pic
ture theatre de luxe was rudely shat
tered Monday when persons who
sought wages from w. ]. Graham,
the supposed impresario, found that
Graham had departed without notify
ing any one, and his big scheme had
departed with him. 1t is estimated
he got 81 500 from local persons who
deposited the money as guarantee"
on the promise of Graham that he
would give them positions.
Graham came to Grants Pass ten
days ago. He told of plans he had
made for a theatre with a $4,000
pipe organ, a splendid drop curtain
painted by a noted artist, and other
features. He got money in advance
from merchants who were to get ad-
vertising space on his curtain, and
more money from persons who
sought jobs in answer to his adver-
tisements. Though the trains were
watched when the townfolk became
suspicious, he got away.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
UNSHAKEN TESTIMONY.

Time is the test of truth. And
Doans Kidney Pills have stood the
test in Ashland. No Ashland resident
who suffers backache or annoying
urinary ills can remain unconvinced
by this twice-told testimony.
S. F. Long, S64 Helman street,
Ashland, says: ~ used in all two
boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills and can
say they gave me good relief from
backache and kidney and bladder
trouble. I recommend them with
pleasure"
The above statement was given on
March II, 1913, and on March Is,
1915, Mr.. Long said: my former
recommendation for Doan's Kidney
Pills still holds good. / know they
are medicine Of merit and can't be
equaled for backache and kidney
trouble. Whenever l have occasion
to take kidney remedy, Doan's Kid
ney Pills never fail to give satisfac-
tion."
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Long has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster-Milburn Co., Props,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
Ashland, Ore, Monday, Jan. %, 1917
NEW HOMESTEAD LAW.

The salient features of the $40
acre grazing homestead law recently
passed, and which is receiving much
attention from many Ashlanders, are
as follows:
Land enterable must first be des-
ignated by the secretary of the in
terror as chiefly valuable for grazing
and raising forage crops; must not
contain merchantable timber, and be
susceptible of irrigation; of such
character that GAO acres are reason
ably required for support of fam
fly.
On application being filed the land
applied for shall not be disposed Of.
No right is acquired to occupy land
by reason of an application until des-
ignation.
A former entry of same character
is no bar to entry within radius of
lWcuby uillVp ilOuu IuO lOi AhSi Shtl y
provided both entries do not exceed
$40 acres; but the entryman must
enter contiguous land before he can
take non-contiguous.
Instead of cultivation under the
homestead law, permanent improve
ments are required of not less than
$1.25 an acre; one-half of said i'm
provements must be made within
three years after entry.
Entrymen on an existing entry be-
fore submitting final proof may enter
contiguous land where both entries
do not exceed $40 acres, the residence
on the original being accredited on
both; but improvements must be
made on the additional entry equal to
$1.25 for each acre.
Persons Eho have submitted final
proof of patentees who own and re-
side on an original entry may take
contiguous land, both entries not ex-
ceeding $40 acres, the expenditure
to be made on the additional entry.
Where no contiguous lands or
lands within the twenty-mile limit are
available, the entryman or patentee
residing on and owning an original
entry unincumbered may relinquish
or reconvey to the United States the
original entry and in lieu thereof
enter GAO acres within the same land
district. Communication will not apply
to these homesteads.
An entryman or patentee has a
preference right for ninety days after
designation to enter contiguous land.
Where lands ara contiguous to lands
OF two or more entrymen or paten-
tees the secretary may take an equit-
able division among applicants in
tracts of not less than forty acres,
but provided where but one such tract
may adjoin the first applicant is to
have preference.
All entries are subject to reserva-
tion for coal or mineral. Lands with
water needed for the public are not
TO be designated.
The secretary is to withdraw lands
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
THE AUTOMOBILE PIONEERS.

There was an interesting event at
the National Automobile Show at
New York recently, when 400 motor
manufacturers and designers were
present. Never before, the dispatch
says, have so many of the pioneer
makers of automobiles got together.
The occasion was tremendous con-
trast from the days when these orig
inators of the automobile were first
trying to market their product.
The automobile business is now
one Of untold wealth and vast posi-
bilities. Great fortunes and great
corporate industries have been built
up. Fifteen years ago, many present
day millionaires were unknown men,
struggling with great mechanical diff
ficultics and pressing financial prob
lens. Many of them succumbed to
the situation and went into bank
ruptcy or broke down physically.
They had in their heads the germ
of great idea. But it was tremen-
dously expensive to work it out. In
many little dirty workshop these
pioneers were wrestling with refrac-
tory motors, trying to make the
blamed rhings work. For every diff
Guilty removed some fresh problem
took its place.
The new automobiles went chug
ging around the country, soaring the
horses, while farmers families rushed
to the door to see the new wonder.
In every town you can now find some
man who boasts Of being the first to
own an automobile in that locality.
He can tell you a comical story of his
experiences. He would get stranded
on some out Of the way road, while
the country people gathered around
and laughed at his predicament. All
the wiseacres were positive that the
thing would never be practical.
The development Of the automobile
in the past fifteen years is one of the
most wonderful chapters of human
progress. One wuld like to have been
present at that dinner in New York
and seen the men who have put
through this great proposition. What
story of human persistence and in
genuity they could tell
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
A Tabloid Romance.
CAS- told to us by respondent can
opener.)

| CAS- told to us by a respondent can
opener)
+ HER fathers occupation was bossing
,at bank,
And every days vocation was being
just plain crank.
HIS fathers means of living was SOL
dering tin cans
From Christmas to Thanksgiving,
among the also rams.
They met in soft September at Beach
burg by the sea,
And neither can remember just how
1t came to be,
That ere she knew his lineage and
fore he knew her wealth,
They'd progressed to the mine" age,
and often met by stealth.
Nor came the grand old showdown
until they got hooked up
Then her dad danced hoedown and
called tho boy pup,
And got brain congestion and shut
fled off the earth,
His will, without question, leaving
them all he was worth.
They tried to get HIS father to leave
the tin can mill,
And live without a bother in a great
house on tho hill.
The old man had the habit. In the
house he could not stay.
He is back at melting babbitt at
dollar ten per day.
Moral-There really isn't any.
P. S.-We added the last verse in
order to dispose of all the characters
introduced into the romance. The
poem would make just as much sense
without it. But If we had not added
it, the world would never have known
what became of the old man and his
soldering iron.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
THE TRUTH OF BELGIAN RELIEF

Editorial from New York Evening
Post, Dec. 21, 1860
No one can read the account of the
condition of the Belgian people, and
especially the Belgian children, given
in today's Times by George Barr Ba-
ker, of the Commission for Relief in
Belgium, without having his heart
wrung over so pitiful, so appalling, a
spectacle. But wlinging of the heart
is not, in itself, of any avail. What
ought to be brought home to the
American people-what is brought
home to them in such a statement as
that of Mr.. Baker, if people will but
stop to Thinks that it is easily in
our power to rescue these helpless
and innocent victims from the worst
of their distress, and that we are not
doing ii. From the Atlantic to the
Pacific, from the Great Lakes to the
Gulf, this nation has sympathized
with Belgium, has admired her heroic
sacrifice, has been filled with indig-
nation at the cruel wrong to which
she has been subjected-has done
everything, in short, ercept give her
material help in measure anywhere
near what is required to meet her
direct needs, or anywhere near what
it is our plain duty to give. Whether
it be $S,000,000 that has been sub
scribed in America, as Mr.. Baker
says, or $40, 1000, 900, as has been stat
ed by others, the amount is paltry. 1t
is unworthy of our position of pre-
eminent wealth, our abounding pros
perity, our high professions of hui
manity; it makes shabby showing
when compared with that of other
countries laboring under the tremen-
dous stress of war. Surely there
there must be some way of bringing
together those who feel the impera-
tive need of giving much and giving
quickly, and organizing an energetic
canvass for the raising Of at least
what is necessary to save the children
of Belgium from the extreme of hun
ger and the wasting diseases that are
its inevitable consequence.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22

needed for rights of way to watering
places, shipping points and summer
and winter ranges, not to exceed one
mile in width on a driveway less than
than twenty and thirty-five miles in
length, and not over five miles for a
driveway over thirty-five miles in
length. Sheep and goats are to be
moved on the driveways not less than
three miles a day; cattle and horses
are tN be moved not less than six
miles a day.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22

Betcha!
This life would be a merry jaunt,
From woe we'd all be free,
Were we as honest as we want
All other men to be.
" Cincinnati Enquirer.
And all of us would now wear wings
Like birds that pierce the blue,
If we would only do the things
Our neighbors want us to.
Nebraska State Journal.
And we would sit in places high,
The highest on the earth,
If the old world but had the eye
To recognize our worth.
Houston Post.
And cuss words would not fly so loose
If every motor car
Were half as good in actual use
AS dealers say they are.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
A hundred thousand unemployed
pottIa oncnarc

A hundred thousand unemployed
Bottle openers
And corkscrews,
And each accused me in way
That chilled me to the spinal cord,
Loudly bewailing
In silent acclaim
The fate that left them bottleless.
Their fate hereafter is to hang
And rust on nails on closet doors,
And lose themselves with lonesome
pang
On dreary cobwebbed attic floors.
Amt it pitiful?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
Added Offense.

Country Justice-"Ten and costs
for reckless driving"
Young Motorist Listen, Judge!
We were on our way to your office
to have you marry u.s.
Justice-"Twenty and costs, then.
You're a darned sight more reckless
than thought you were. Judge.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22

In this issue of the Tidings COM
mences series of articles on choos-
ing an occupation. The articles were
written especially for the young la
dies by Miss Alice Brady, noted screen
star.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
Continually Rises.

The Baker Herald says: Blessed
is the man who getteth up in the chill
ly morning and buideth the fire for
his wife; he shall rise again" Verify,
verify.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22

Almost any man can convince a
woman that he really and truly loves
her, but he has to work overtime to
keep her convinced.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22

Red tape continues to be the most
costly of all known commodities.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22

Entered at the Ashland, Oregon,
Postoffics as second-class mail mat
Der.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

News print has doubled in price
the last four months. 1t necessitates
an advance in advertising rates, or
we will have to quit business. Fol-
lowing are the advertising rates In
the Ashland Tidings after this date.
There will be no deviation from this
rate:
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
Heard and Overheard

(By Lynn ID. MoWat.
A Jitney Episode.
One coat sleeve was tucked
Into his pocket,
And his back was twisted,
But he rolled a cigarette
With one hand
And smiled
When you spoke to him,
And answered:
Gust to Ashland,
And then to Hornbrook,
And then to Montague,
And so on,
Begging
.
From town to town,
Until
I get to San Francisco,
Which is home
And where they will care
For me at the hospital"
And he told of an accident
With moving machine
In Australia,
=
And how he beat his way
By ship to Seattle
7w''
And from town to town.
TIT
When not in hospitals,
~
Where they fixed him up
la
To 60 on to the next
4~~g
Place.
And he smiled 'r
,r~r,~~,1
And said: ''~fF
~r'lTns
"I'm almost home"
t''i
And the stout man
In the front seat 7IlTfElT1
Grabbed at the driver
Because he would be
'@BT
Five minutes
Late for supper.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22

A Legislators Dream.
l dreamed l saw in vast array
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
ADVERTISING RATES.

Reading Notices. cents the line
straight.
Classified Column cent the word
first insertion, Y cent the word
each other insertion. Thirty
words or less one month, 81.
All written contracts for space al
ready In force will be rendered at
the old rate until contract expires.
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 q greater circula-
tiOn I'm Ashland and its trade terri
cory than all other local papers COM
bined.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-29
INTOLERANCE" SEATS
ON SALE TOMORROW
Grrtffiths Collosal Spectacle at Popular
Prices Three Days Beginning
Thursday, at the Court.

If you would live four lives in one
if you would be transported TO the pomp
AM Splcndor Of the Ancient Babylon.
walk near the Nazarene on the shores Of
Gallilee and through the Swarming
streets of Jerusalem, see Catherine de
Medici TO order her coterie Of plotters
influenc" Charles IN Of France to order
tho massacre OF the HuguenctS. thrill
with tho love ard adventures OF the
Dear One and The Boy in the under
world cntanGlcmcnts OF L modern AM
cricAn city, then .oin the army Of sea:
purchasers at the Court tomorrow
morning and SO secure your opportunity
to sec D. w. Griffith's colossal spectacle
Intolerance when II comes here
Thursday. Friday and Saturday for a
return engagement al popular prices.
Nothing ever before accompanied il
is said. gives SO fine an idea OF Medieval
prriS ms this Griffith masterpiece NJ
loves struggle throughout the ages TIL.
old Louvre. which years ago disappear
cd. has been Reproduce with rnrc tldcl-
ity to authentic records and Ia old
prints. glimpse OF the bell that toll
ed the signal for the massacre Of ST.
bartholomew is Lad.
The wonders Of "Intolerancc' with i:s
fourfold story. it's galaxy Of screen
stars. etc. command the attention OF
everybody.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-29
TRADES ASSEMBLY
OPPOSES THE MERGE
ADOPT Resolution Protesting Con-
soIidation Of Phone Companies
LOYAL Liberty Bond Buyers.

With the largest attendance IN
wears at a meeting of the Ohio VAL
lev Trade and Labor assembly, yes
rerdav afternoon. the organization
wont on record as indorsing the cry
administration relative 10 liz oppo''
ing the merging Of the two telephone
systems of this city, In alleged Flo-
larion Of the franchise given the Ma
tiOnal company at the time OF lls
organization. The assembly also
went OF record protesting against
The decision approving the proposed
merge. 4 resolution was unanimous
~ PASSED by the organization re-
ouesting tha; all its members haV-
ing telephones refuse TO sign any pd-
pers indorsing the consolidation or
any contracts 10 install the Bell phone
in lieu of the National to assist Ill
bringing about the merging Of the
companies.
Il was requested that all the To-
Gals make reports 10 the secretary
Of the assembly at the next regular
meeting Of the amount Of Liberty
Bonds bought by their respective
union. that the same may be tabu.
lated and published, showing the
LOYALTY Of their members. Crescent
lodge, A. A. |. s. and T. W. reported
that its organization had purchased
a $500 hond other thanscoros Of its
members had bought individual
bonds. Street Car Workers division,
No. 102. reported that their local had
purchased $500. and that the in
'dividual members had bought bonIs
totaling $4,000.
The pharmaceutical employees OF
thc Neuralgyline company and the
electrical workers local were largel:'
represented at the meeting and wern
admitted TO membership in the AZ
sembly. The leather workers local
will be enrolled into the assembly
al the next meeting.
In mmory Of Rizin Daddy Orr.
secretary of the International Stree;
Car workers. union. who died last
week in his home at Detroit, a risil.S
silent tribute was paid the we'll
known and popular official.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-29
The Y. M. c. AS on Duty
Wherever Boys Wear Khaki

| The Young Mems Christian asSociG-
/ tinn Is on Il war basis. Americas on
trance into the great war meant millions
, of our boys In training camps in TINS
country or 1T tn front somewhere IN
! France" Parents III once inevitably
raised the QueStion-"Who Will keep
! the home ties from breaking whom our
! sons join thu colCrs""
The Young Mems Christian associa-
! ticn of the United States volunteered
3 for this service. They assumed this ire
mcndouS responsibility. \ National
! War Council. composed OF leading c!.-
! liens. was organized TO direct the as
ISOLATION program among enlisted men.
! This War Council of the association
! has erected hundreds Of large build
3 lnps-ccntera OF frlcndlIness prov lding
physical. educational social and rcliG-
: ious activitics-for our own troops
! whcrcvor they are and Is yet to do sc
I fo- the French. Russian and Italian SOL
! dicrs.
| President Wilson not only issued
! general order giving the Young Mems
J Christian association recognized
! standing in the army and navy. but he
: also expressed to the National Wa
! Council his estimates OF the very high
value OF the work or tho association in
: behalf OF enlisted men.
! Millions of soldiers each month thank
! God for the friendly Y. NJ. G. a ccnters
! "a q relief from the hard. cold life OF
! the camps and trenches. But It takes
: millions OF dollars to continue and 70
! extend this vital home touch.
! At q meeting Of the National War
Council Of tho Associations OF the
United States held in New York city.
September 81. and largely attended by
members from every section OF tho
country. the program for the war work
, to July l. 1915, was faced with solemn
earnest ness. Reports based on pains
: taking investigation indicated that at
least $35.onn.O00 would be required &c
meet tho needs. 1t was with sense
of deep conviction and obligation TINT
! II was voted to set aside the period nf
November 11th to 18th inclusive to un'
; dertake the raising Of this largo sum
! of money. Now that the Liberty Loan In
!. subscribed preparations will he made
, for n nation wide compaiGn To raise n
+, fund to carry on this important work.
West Eirginia's share OF this fund Is
100000. Wheeling y. u. c. a. Ia plan
! ming to secure our share.