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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-27
A little Ford kicked Tom Hill on

A little Ford kicked Tom Hill on
the wrist Sunday and broke the bone.
One hundred and eight auto tour
lists registered at the auto camp
ground during the past week.
Mrs. Elmer Bagley, Jr., returned
from Algoma yesterday, where he has
been the past thirteen weeks. He is
much pleased with the work there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Perry of Elk's
Head, Ore, are visiting Mr.. Perry's
sister, Mrs. s. M. Hardy, and nieces,
Mrs. j. H. and Mrs. T. F. Doran, on
Ashland street.
S. T. Hallowell, commercial in
structor in the local high school, re-
turned to Ashland Friday evening
prior to taking up his work in Ash
land high school this year.
No time to consider life insurance?
A dozen other things you do every
day are of less Importance to your
family. H. c. Galley, agent, w. S. L.
|. Co., phone 431-J. 2S-2t
Miss Susie E. Arnold, R. N, left on
No. 13 Saturday evening for San
Francisco, on professional business
expecting to be gone month, and
will visit Sacramento and other Cali
fornia points on the return trip.
The band concert in Lithia park
Sunday was not very we'll attended
owing, no doubt, to the dubious ap-
pearance of the weather A good
many people from down the valley
visited the city Sunday afternoon
however.
Walker Thorne, who has been
spending the past ten days in visiting
his friends and relatives in the city
left Saturday for Seattle, where he
will resume his responsibilities as
buyer in one of Seattle's largest de.
partment stores.
Mems socks in black Cd tan, extra
quality for the price, IL Rc pair
Mitchell & Whittle.
"Heinie" Heidenreich, the popular
coach of last years local high school
athletic teams and manual training
and mechanical drawing instructor in
the local high school last year, has
accepted a position in like work In
the Roseburg high school this year
Miss Fern Murphy and Miss Mil
dred Gearheart, two prominent Local
young ladies, left Saturday morning
for the east. Miss Murphy will spend
month in visiting relatives at Colo
RADIO Springs and Miss Gearheart will
spend a year with one of her sisters
in Iowa.
For sale, cut flowers, asters, zeinas
in solid or assorted colors, 1c each
Mrs. F. ]. Irwin, 166 North Mair
street, or phone S47-R. II
Andy McCallen, who received g
captain of infantry commission after
his course in the officers training
school at San Francisco and who
spent a few days in Ashland renew
ing old acquaintances, left for Amer
ican Lake, Wash, Friday evening.
He expects to make few hours visit
with the members of the 1st COM
pany at Fort Stevens. if he can regu-
late his train schedule so as to give
him time to do So
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-27

the class Of IA and Mr.. Phillips with
the class of '13. Mr.. Mills also grad
uated with the class of '13. He re-
ceived a commission as second lieu
tenant in the Coast Artillery branch
of service.
Ide and Silver shirts in many good
and some fancy patterns, $1.25 and
$3.50 each at Mitchell & Whittle's.
s. Permission, who has been en-
gagged in the landscaping Of the park,
city squares and streets of the fast
growing little town of Grenada which
sprung into existence several months
ago near Montague, CAL, visited his
home Saturday and Sunday. He re-
ports that the new town is growing
rapidly and that number Of new
buildings are to be started soon.
Miss Ethel Hale of Mountain av-
enue returned to her home last week
after some time spent on visit at
Portland. Miss Hale was accom-
panied home by her friend, Miss Jane
Gilcrest, of Cottage Grove. who is
spending a few days visiting at the
Hale residence and enjoying her va
cation in our city before beginning
her next term Of school near Eugene.
Cliff Payne makes clothes racks.
Mrs. Howard Rose, who has been
visiting her sister and brother-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Fry, in Astoria
for the past two weeks, expects to
return to Ashland soon. Mr.. and
Mrs. Fry will accompany her. They
will make the trip in the formers au-
tomobile, and after a few days visit
in Ashland they will proceed on to
San Francisco. Howard Rose will
join them here and spend his vaca-
tion in San Francisco.
Elmer Bagley, Domino Provost,
Johnny Johnson, Olin Conwell and
Edwin Frazier, Ashland boys who
have spent the past three summer
months in the Algoma sawmill near
klamath Falls, returned to their
homes Sunday. Edwin Frazier came
home by train; the others were
brought over by w. L. MaXey, who
went from here to bring them back
by auto. They report that fifteen
Ashland boys we're employed in the
Algoma mill during the summer, but
that all of them expect to return soon
to attend Ashland high school this
winter.
w. w. Caldwell's holdings on Oak
street, corner of Nevada, consisting
of residence and lots, have been sold
through the Beaver Realty Agency to
Carl Lack of North Dakota, who will
occupy the premises with his family
Mrs. DR.. Black, on Granite street
has for her guests her cousins, Mrs
o. L. Wilkinson and Miss Edith VIII
kinson, of Ft. Worth, Texas, and her
nephew, Mrs. S. B. Wade, of Port
land.
The forest fire smoke hanging over
the city and valley will not be dis
PEELED, it is claimed, until there is a
fall of rain for an hour or so. The
few drops of rain that fell Saturday
night aroused hope that more would
follow and clear up the atmosphere
so that the beloved hills will again
become visible, Tourists visiting in
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-27

Mrs. F. R, Mason, who has this
summer visited her sister, Mrs. C. w.
Fraley, Of Ashland, and relatives in
Medford, left for Canada last week,
where she will visit for a short time
before returning to her home at Web
ster City, Iowa Mrs. c. w. Fraley
of this city accompanied Mrs. Mason
to Medford as she started on the
homeward journey.
Bernard S. Davis will give an elo-
cutionary recital at the Christian
church at 5 p, m. Friday night, Au-
gust 81. Admission Is and 25 cents.
1t
Bob Ellis once a familiar figure
in the local railroad yards but now
of Oakland, brought up number Of
his railroad friends for an outing in
the Cinnabar Springs districts some
time ago. They returned to Ashland
Saturday after a successful quest of
the elusive venison.
Lee Hall, the enterprising local
Ford agent, received carload OF
Ford machines this week. Mr.. Hall
counts himself especially lucky in be-
ing able to get this shipment on ac-
count of the increased call for Ford
machines which is current all over
the country.
New hats in the latest fall and
winter styles, SO and $3.50 at Mitch
ell & Whittles.
John Riggs, one of the rejected
men from the 1st company, returned
to Ashland Thursday evening. He
has spent the time since his dismissal
in Portland. and during his stay
there he enlisted in the Y. NJ. c. A.
corps for foreign service He has no
idea when he might receive call for
action.
Mems work shoes in extra heavy,
bellows tongue, unlined, brown calf
at $3.50 pair. Mitchell & Whittle
Stevenson will develop your films.
]. M. Hindman, one Of the oper-
ators in the local Western Union tele-
graph office, left last week by auto
with his wife and baby son to spend
his vacation in visiting central Ore
gon. Mr.. Slingerland. formerly in the
government service in the Philippine
Islands, is filling his place during his
absence.
Orson Coleman of Hit, who is act
ing as packer for a crew of govern
ment surveyors in the Dead Indian
district, visited Ashland Friday to get
a load of supplies. W. A. Radclift
of this city returned to the mountains
with him to take the position left va
cant by Leith Abbott, who returned
to the city Thursday.
Billy Briggs and Walter Phillips
two newly appointed commissioned
officers who have spent the past few
days visiting friends and relatives in
the city, left Friday morning. Mr.
Briggs left for some fort in Kentucky
where he is. commissioned in the cav
airy service and Mr.. Phillips left fol-
Fort Houston, Texas, where he will
take second lieutenant's commits
sion in the Field Artillery branch
Both are graduates of Ashland high
school, Mr.. Briggs graduating with
a
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-27

Ladies who wear sizes 2H to
Az in Shoes can find un-
usual values here at csc and
$l.9S.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-27

36inch Wool Serges-Known as the gen.
uine Amoskeg fast color serges, in all
shades. The new price on these is $1.50
yard. Buy them here while G. M
they last at, yard n. ..... ID .VV
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-27

80 and 36-in. Voiles
and fancy Batistes
this weeks clearance
price .~~ l9c
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-27

45-inch sponged and shrunk Serges, an
elegant weave and serviceable n1 m
serge Here at yard . . m Ol.JU
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-27

All silks are to rise considerable in price
as raw silk is advancing from So so ID to
$40. We bought heavily so that for this
reason we will show an exceptionally
good value in 36-inch taffeta d. En
in all leading shades at yard d. .OU
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-05
JUSTICE TO JAPAN.

| 1t would be easy to establish lasting good re-
ations with Japan All that she asks OF us is
liustice, that we keep our treaties with her and
do not hurt her pride and humiliate her IN the
Ieyes of the world.
We have treaties with Japan and emma
which provide that the immigration OF laborers
from those countries may be limited but shall
not be prohibited Yet in defiance OF this agree
ment we are excluding them on the theory, IN
sulting to the japanese and bitterly resented by
them, that they are unworthy to be admitted TO
our shores.
And this is so unnecessary, so needlessly OF
fensve to spirited people. They ask no ad-
vantages over other nations Equality OF
treatment is all they wish; and they would
cheerfuly acquiesqce in any general rule re-
stricting immigration. An excellent suggestion
has been made by DR.. Sidney L. Gulick, a resi-
dent of Toxic for the past thirty years, that
congress might limit the actual immigration
from all countries to five per cent. of the total
number of that race already here. This
would admit larger number of the really de-
sirabe peoples than have ever come in any
year, but it would cut down immigration from
Japan to about two hundred and fifty persons
an entirely negligible number whom
our population would easily absorb.
If only our rulers were wise and far-sighted;
if only our diplomacy was mature; if only our
would legislate for the entire ma
ton more generally than they do, how easy it
would be for our government to maintain
relations with every other honorable
on earth.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-05
1GNAcE PADEREWsK1, PATRIOT.

To all the world Ignace Paderewski has for
years been known as one of the greatest living
pianists. But it is not so well known that he
is one of the most devoted of Poland's living
patriots Indeed, the great ambition of his life
is to see his illustrous but unhappy country
once more free.
The sufferngs of the Polish people during
the present war have been poignant in the ex-
treme. Germany and Austria last November
craftily proclaimed portion of the ancient
Polish dominions an independent kingdom as
a bait to the Poles. 1t was a fraitless political
ruse for it could only apply to fragment OF
the Polish nation. What Polish patriots have
long desired is united and independent Po-
land The recent offer Of the Russian pro-
visional government to re-establish Poland as
an independent state is more in harmony with
the aspirations of patriotic Poles.
It will be remembered that President Wilson
in message to the senate spoke of the right of
all small nations to work out their own des-
TIMES, with special allusion to Poland, and
Mr. Paderewski seems to see connection be-
tween the president IS message and the action of
the new Russia.
The unpopularity of the German govern
ment in Poland may be realized from the fail
ure to obtain substantial number of recruits
for the Teutonic armies among the Polish popu-
lation AS Mr.. Paderewski points out, Ger
man victory would be fatal obstacle to the
realization of the Russian plans as in that
case Russia would no longer be in possession of
Poland.
Millions who are not Poles will sympathize
with the fond hopes Of Ignace Paderewski,
whose magic touch has appealed to even those
who have only a vague knowledge of Poland S
checkered history.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-05
Young Old Men.

Leslie's Weekly: A generation ago
1t was customary to talk of those who
had reached 40 as of mature age. A
man of those years is now considered
young, and at 60 or 20 can have bril-
liant future still ahead. That our fore
fathers had no such conceptions of
relative youthfulness can easily be
shown. The constitution provided
that no one should be eligible for cleo
ton to the senate at an earlier age
than 35, the reasons advanced being
that such restriction was necessary
In order to keep the senate made I'D of
grave and reverend seigniors-elder
statesmen, who would not be blown
about with every veering wind of po-
litical doctrine. Today there Is not a
senator who is just barely beyond the
age limit, and the great majority do
not come into senatorial honors short
of so and So. Alexander Hamilton
waa sadata sanratary of tha traaa-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-05

sections of the country and the organ
ization as whole will operate the rail-
roads as one system, pooling their
equipment and physical resources.
routing freight and regulating traffic
and train service to secure the best re-
suits. The traffic which is of the great
est Importance will get the preference.
unnecessary Implications OF service
will be eliminated, and congestion in
some degree at least, will be avoided.
All the railway facilities of the coun-
try will be co-ordinated.
This action is highly credftable to
the railway officials and it is evident
that the plan will give the community
an exceedingly interesting experiment
It is not doubted that important econ
omies will be accomplished, but it re-
mains to be seen how great they will
be and how the individual companies
will fare under the arrangement. II
there are great gains to the public it
is scarcely conceivable that the organ
ization will ever be dissolved and
roads go back to Independent and
competing operations.
This country will not be and should
not be content with anything less than
the best and most economical railway
service that can be had In the past
1t has been the public policy to compel
the railroads to compete, although the
advocates of government ownership
have claimed that great advantages
would be'realized by consolidating the
lines under one management. Possib-
ly system can be worked out com
bfning the benefits claimed for govern
ment ownership with the benefits of
private ownership and management
The problem is too complex for hasty
but permanent good
should come from the experience.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-05
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT..
Consolidating Our Railroad L
Under One Manaoanoa,k

Under One Management.
National City Bank of New York Re.
view: The railroad companies, in
view Of the enormous pressure upon
their facilities, and the Importance of
rendering the most efficient service
possible during the war, have taken
a step which may prove to be epoch.
making in its lasting results. It Is
nothing less than the consolidation OF
all the railroads of the country under
one management for operating pur-
poses. At meeting of the presidents,
held in Washington on April 18th, the
following resolution was adopted
Resolved: That the railroads of the
United States, acting through their
chief executive officers here and now
assembled and stirred by high sense
of their opportunity to be of the great
est service to their country in the
present national crisis, do hereby
pledge themselves, with the govern
ment of the United States, with the
governments of the several states and
with one another, that during the
present war they will coordinate their
operations in continental railway
system, merging during such period all
their merely individual and competi-
tive activities in the effort to produce
a maximum of national transportation
efficiency. To this end they hereby
agree to create an organization which
shall have general authority to formu-
late in detail and from time to time a
policy of operation of all Or any of the
railways, which policy. when and as
announced by such temporary organi-
cation, shall be accepted and earnestly
made effective by the several manage
m ents of the individual railroad com
panies here represented"
An organization was effected with
Fairfax Harrison, president Of the
Southern Railway system, as chair
man, and the chief executives of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford,
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy, South
ern Pacific and Pennsylvania compan-
les as members of the executive com.
mittee. This committee Is supported
hr subordinate committees in various
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-05

Writing in the Wall Street Journal G. W.
Barron calls attention to mistakes in war fl
nance at Washington. He says that after con-
gress has Numbered by tying the hands of the
secretary of the treasury as to the price he
must pay for money for the war, cit is but
natural that he should put his hands first, not
upon primary reserves, but on final reserves of
the federal banking system' And instead Of
putting the first temporary borrowings into the
voluntary row Of business finance, keeping the
banking system in reserve and the federal re-
serve banking system for final reserve, this
writer says the head of the treasury depart
ment "presses the federal reserve system to
loan him fifty millions dollars at two per cent.
Next he presses the national banking system
into service for two hundred million at two
and half per cent 1t is pointed out that
these reserve systems could loan their money
outside at igher rate and in a way to make
it available to the government later, and that
now bank resources are tied up ''when they
should be the last reserves for the government
and people,
Mr.. Barron says the allegation against the
federal reserve system has always been that in
time of stress the government would Mexican
lie our banks'' and forcibly borrow their re-
serves. Chow much BETTER he adds, ''to
have followed the first moneys from the
profits of the people short term rates with
declaration that the notes ght be used in pay
ment on the national loan account-thus be-
ginning the mobilization of the peoples money
for the war!'' And of course it is true as he
says, that it is the people s money that wages
any successful war; that the money of the
banks is already assisting in the exchange of
the products of labor, and that the million
aires capital is at work in manufacturing and
transportation He believes that to mobolze
this capital is to repeat in finance the blunders
made by France and England in their mobiliza-
ton of men. Both these nations found it neces-
sary to send men back to factories and the rail-
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ury at 30. The younger Pitt became
prime minister, first lord of the treas
ury and chancellor of the exchequer
OF England at "a. Washington spoke
of retirement from active life to well
earned rest and leisure for his remain
ing years when still but &c. In recent
times we nave had no presidents
young in years by the former stand
ards, unless Roosevelt be classed as
an exception in connection with his
first 'rm of service. Even the popu-
lar novelists have sensed the change,
now making their successful business
man of 40 or thereabonts attractive tn
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-05
BLUE LAW FOLLY.
Living Under Virtual Form Of
Slavery

Living Unoer Virtual Form OF
Slavery.
| Cedar Rapids Republican,: If the
socalled blue laws are to be enforced
at all, and there is no demand in the
state for a change of existing condi-
lions that we know of, conditions
which are regulated by the common
sense of the people, and not by laws.
that were enacted seventy years ago
under conditions that have been en-
tirely changed since-but if they are
to be enforced at all we are in favor
OF enforcing them to the very hilt. If
one may not sing in a concert for hire,
why shall hire be paid to other Sunday
singers? While we are going to have
imposed upon us the bigotry of few
men who happen to have been elect
ed to office, why not fill the people
chuck full of it? The reasonable en-
ltertainment Of the people, the some
thing wherewfth to spend the hours
pleasantly even on Sunday is mod
ern human necessity end there can be
no rational argument against this ne
rcessity. 1t Is not for some one man
to say what the people may have and
what they may not have. To live I'M
der such presumption would be a
virtual form of slavery. The people
have some rights left, let it be hoped.
We have many things to think of
now, the worries of great war are
upon us and the people, especially the
young men, are stirred by generous
impulses and 1T is to be regretted that
any set of officials mould be talking
about adding to the troubles of the
situation by precipitatfng internal
strifes In every considerable commu-
nifty of the state 1t is wholly un-
necessary. uncalled for and the whole
performance is the result of spirit
of defiance and impudence The peo-
pie of Iowa are good enough as they
are. There are no fragrant law vio-
lations in this state, none that call for
such a movement. We are a sensible
and decent people living under a re-
gime OF decency and self restraint that
is most admirable in any people. The
few liberties we have are not dele
ferrous to public good.
But if we are to have such petty
disturbances. let's have them in plenty
and make life in Iowa a Sahara, a
holocaust of folly, bigotry, of invasion
of personal rights and liberties that
will expose the follies Of the slave
drivers who have suddenly come upon
uo Jul VI lclloic PAST. Let oxdlL
rettyisms, If that Is what is wanted.
Let's stop the street cars and the au-
tomobiles, the church chofrs and let
no little child be suffered to eat an ice
cream cone the coming summer be-
cause it would be against the law to
let some one take nickel for sup
plying that unnecessary refreshment.
Folly can go no farther, but we are
on the verge of reign of folly and We
may not be able to get rid of all the |
fools We have "in our midst"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-05
TODAY,s BIT OF VERSE
GODS RICHES.

GODS RICHES.
/ said it in the meadow-path.
/ say it the mountain stairs
The best things any mortal hath
Are those which every mortal shares.
The air we breathe. the sky, the breeze.
The light without us and Within
Life, with its unlocked treasures,
Gods riches,-are for all to win
The grass is softer to my tread
For rest it yields unnumbered feet;
Sweeter to me the wldrose red
Because she makes the whole world sweet.
Lucy Larcom.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-05

Do all the good you can, by all the means
you can, in all the ways you can, in all the
places you can, at all the times you can, to
all the people you can, as long as ever you
can.-John Wesley.