ASHLAND TIDINGS
Tuesday, Manch 4, 1019
TAGE TWO
ASH LA ND TIDINGS
Established 1876
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LEGAL SUBTERFUGE
Practically every attorney In Ash
land agrees that the city election
aeld last November at which the
present city administration reelect
tl itself without giving an oppor
tunity to others who might desire to
.submit their names as candidates,
-was absolutely llrgil In at least two
.respects. The state constitutional
amendment by which the date of
election was changed provided that
candidates for city offices should be
nominated at primaries the same
time county officers were nominat
ed, Under that provision they shoull
have been noiulnatod In the last
April primarto. That was not done.
Another provision was to the effect
that municipal administrations
Khould enact such measures as was
necessary to put the constitutional
provision into action. That was' not
done. The constitutional amend
ment provided that election offlcerj
at tWe general election should act as
officers for city elections end that
city voting precincts should be the
ame as the county election precincts.
That was not done, but tickets to be
Toted on city officers were to be
found only at three precincts in the
city.
All of these errors wore vital and
absolutely nullified the election. City
officers are now holding on only by
reason of a constitutional provision
that all officers shall hold until their
successors are elected and qualified.
Notwithstanding the absolutely il
legal status of the council Messrs.
Santa and Lamktn are now maneuv
ering to save their political Jobs by
asking citizens, at a special election
oon to be called to amend the city
charter In the two respects attempt
ed before, to ratify the Illegal No
vember election. Thfe effect of which,
if carried, will be to allow them to
Jill the offices for the next two years
without affording citizens an oppor
tunity to vote for other candidates
If they deslrte to do so.
Hname on such peanut tactics. If
these gentlemen dedire to do the
right thing why do they not call a
special election for all city officers,
at which anyone desiring to become
a candidate may contest with them
for election. There Is no good reason
why they may not bo candidates to
succeed themselves and if the people
want them they have nothing to fear.
It looks as If they do not want a fair
quare election. They appear to be
afnald to submit tholr case to clti
ns. They appear rather to desire
bjr legal and political subterfuge, to
put the matter up i guch a way that
lople will have to vote for them or
leave the administration illegal for
Mother two years. It Is about the
most brazen piece of political chl
eanery we have ever heard of. Whv
Oo they not file their resignation's
with the recorder to take effect five
or ten days after -a special election
lor city officers and take their chanc
s In a fair ppen contest. They are
afraid to do it.
It is our judgment that citizens
will not stand for such unfair and
arbitrary tactics so long as the re
call provisions are In thefr hands
thru which they may protect them
selves. If we understand the tem
per of the people at this time, on
J 1. 1 ... . I. . 1. .
iaai buujoci, n nucn unrair cram
ming 1s attempted the recall will be
Invoked to stop them.
"GETTING BY."
In article IX, section 4 of the
Charten of Ashland it Is provided
that there shall be no right of ap
peal from the decision of the record
er unless the fine imposed shall ex
ceed $20.00. Most attorneys hold
that it is not constitutional to deny
a defendant the right of appeal. The
other day the attention of the coun
cil was called to this unconstitution
al feature, whereupon it is reported
Mayor Lamkln replied: "Well, we
are getting by with It." ' Section 1
of article IX of the charter makes
the Recorder the Judicial officer of
the city and section 9 of article VIII
provides that "in case of the ab
sence or Inability of the recorder to
perform his duties, or in case of a
vacancy In the office of recorder, the
mayor shall have power to perform
his duties, to try cases, etc., but
there is no legal provision of the
charten that gives anyone but the
Recorder power to try offenses
against the ordinances of the city
when the recorder is on duty at the
city hall. In assuming to try city
causes, unless the recorder Is absent
or otherwise incapacitated, the may
or does so without warrant of law
and therefore has absolutely no pow
er to assess a fine, or to force the
collection of a fine. No doubt should
you ask htm In regard to his author!
ty he would reply: "Well we are get
ting by with It aren't we?'? He has
a penchant for "getting by" with
things. No doubt when he dlscov
ered his "police court" charter
amendment was not good there run
thru his mind the Injunction: "Well,
maybe we can 'get by' with It, at
least, we will 'get by' with it until
we are caught." From the expert
ence the writer has had with the
mayor we are led to think that he
has a fixed motto both in politics and
public life: "If it can be gotten by
with it is O. K." And that Is exact
ly why we are opposed to Mr. Lam
kin as mayor. The "get by" doctrine
Is an exceedingly bad one to be ap
plied In the conduct of municipal af
fairs. A municipality has no exis
tence except by law. A municipal
officer has no power except that
properly given him by law. Whatever
Is attempted by a municipality, or
municipal officer, beyond and out
slde.of the powers conferred on It or
him by law Is absolutely without
without force or effect. In pretend
Ing to act as magistrate of the city
court the acts of mayor Lamkln are
absolutely Illegal even it it be con
ceded that he Is legally mayor of the
city, which we think he is not. One
of these days he will fall to "get by"
with It and the city will be made
liable for heavy damages for false
Imprisonment.
It Is our opinion that Mr. Lamkln.
both In politics and public matters,
has "gotten by" with many more
things In the past than he will likely
get by" with In the future.
In attempting to act as police
Judge the mayor puts himself In ex
actly the same Illegal position as
Judge Brower found himself. As
soon as he knew It Judge Brower
resigned. That does not appear to
be the attitude of the mayor.
CHERRY TREE DAY
The cherry tree meeting at the
city hall Saturday, under the aus
pices of the Horticultural committee
of the commercial club was highly
interesting and Instructive. Mr. Dill
and Mr. Joy supplied inspiration for
the meeting, These gentlemen are
FARM BUREAU BRINGS
INESTIMABLE BENEFITS
Government Farm Bureau work is
being thoroly organized thruout
Jackson county. It is a splendid
move.. A. C. Joy of Bellevlew is
county chairman of the organization
and its plans are being put Into ac
intensely interested In helping to in-'tlon with a ylm. It will no doubt
struct producers that they make a
success of their ranches and small
acreage tracts In the city. Both of
them have made decided success in
handling profitably their small tracts
and feel convinced that with proper
knowledge and effort practically all
of the small holdings can be profit
ably handled, especially those whlcli
have access to water for irrigation
By invitation Profs. Cate and
Relmer were present, ; the form
giving Instructions in cherry culture
and the latter on soil fertilizers. It
was a splendid meeting. Every or
chardlst and rancher in this end of
the valley should have 'been present
Such Instruction as Is available thru
these sources should be taken ad
vantage of, for, It Is only by advanced
knowledge of the culture, adaptabl!
Ity of soils and fertilizers, to par
ticular crops and intelligent market
Ing of products can ranchers hope to
get profitable results.
Many such meetings should be
held and they should be largely at
tended.
COMMERCIAL CLUB ACTIVE
This year the Commercial Club
Is being put In dandy working shape
under the leadership of President
Clark Bush. He has placed each di
rector at the head of a speclflo com
mlttee allowing each to select two
helpers from the body of the club.
These committees are expected to
work and President Bush Insists
that they do so. At each, directors'
meeting certain speclflo work Is giv
en each committee to do and tho
president insists that the work bo
done and reports made at the next
directors' meeting. The club Is now
in such working shape that citizens
may expect some fine results the
coming year. Thru the activities of
such a working organization Ashland
can be materially put forward. Every
citizen should become Interested in
tho work both with moral support
and an active membership in the or
ganization. Join the commercial
club and you will see Ashland en
forward with a bound this year.
As usual, the farmers claim farm
ing does not pay, but it is noticed
the automobile dealers spend a lot
4f time drumming their trade.
The people who don't want to give
any money to feed starving Europe,
may soon be complaining because
anarchy In Europe paralyzes Ameri
can export trade.
, "With every town planning to erect
a soldiers memorial, anybody who
can lay a stone wall should get a
chance to sculp a monument.
Every riece of Meat From Vhe
East Side
Market
Is a Good Piece.
That's the only kind we handle.
Wholesale and Retail.
FISH ON FRIDAYS.
OYSTERS AND CRABS IN SEASON.
James Barrett, Prop. Phone 188
prove of inestimable benefit to the
ranchers of this section. The piano
of organization will bring forth per
manent good. It is being organize!
In departments to reach the differ
ent activities and products of the
districts. It is practical because one
of its main features Is to handle the
marketing problems of the farmer
For example, a hog department is
established and the head of that de
partment given to an active and in
terested hog producer. He establish
ed, for example, a hog marketing
dfcy. Every hos raiser connected
with the organization Is notified that
there will be a hog shipping from
given point on a given day. Each
rancher can thus pool his hog ship-
ments with his neighbors whether
he had one hog or a dozen or more
and they are shipped in car lots to
the market Instead of leaving the
small producer with ono or two hogs
to the mercy of the local market.
One of these shipments has already
been made and on a ten thousand
pound shipment the association gain
ed for the producers three cents
pound advance over what the local
market afforded
An egg day will be established so
that on the certain shipping day ail
local producers can bring their eggs
to a common oolnt and dooI them
for shipment, whether they have
dozen cases or only a dozen eggs. It
Is then proposed to offer all or anv
part of the supply to the local buyer
at the market price and if they are
not taken locally at that price they
will be shipped away to market
In bulk, thus relieving the small pro
ducer from having to accept what
ever the local market cares to offer
as has been necessary In the past.
Success of small ranchers in the
neighborhood Is Important to Ash
land. The more profitable' the
ranches can be made the better they
are for the community. The Farm
Bureau movement deserves encour
agement
Question is asked what all the
rifle factories are going to do In
peace times? Well, the kids re
quire quite a lot of air guns to shoot
at their neighbors' hens and shed
(windows.
Again the women of the Wednes
day club have demonstrated their
genius In supplying extraordinary
cntertalnmont and successful enter
prise in their Washington's Birthday
dress parade party. Some of the
dear sweet things were beauties even
If they did appear of the vintage of
the forties, f Kites and sixties in
dress. Their success was of the mod
cm, 1919 variety.
ui an me legal mtxups we ever
witnessed Ashlandj Is now la the
worst sort. It has no legal acting
police court. Irregularities In the
last city election were such that it Is
altogether likely that Ashland has
no legal officers. It Is doubtful even
If they are defacto legal enough to
call an election. The election to put
Ashland back on a legal basis may
have to be called by Initiative.
Waiving t,he illegality of the last
city election Recorder Be-lde is the
only person legally qualified to as
sess penalties for violation of Ash
land's city ordinances.
The slackers who will soon lose
the jobs that they took when the
soldiers left now see that they made
a great mistake in not enlisting and
getting as far as the cantonments.
The folks who complain of tho
high rate of .fire Insurance common
ly include a lot who keep their ashes
in wooden barrels.
House Builder asks what Is the
largest building in the world heated
by hot air? Far as we know, it's the
Capitol at Washington.
The girls will all welcome the sol
diers back by consenting to be tak
en out to the ice cream Joints and
picture shows.
The Bolshevist sympathizers who
favor anarchy want the business of
handing food to them to be very f-
ncienuy organized.
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Ttha Bank iih
the Chim Clock.
A Bank For .
Every Purpose
There's the Commercial banking de
partment of the First National for
business and business people and
then the Savings department for
those who have no business dealings.
So you see whatever your need may
le you are assured of its fulfill
ment here.
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WMs ASH LAND
'"EV CARTE (4. PRtS.
CMVAUPCl VICEPPtS
J W M COY. CAiHItR
CIARI BUSH.ASir CAiit
If the dear girls glue down sec
tions of hair mattresses over their
ears, will they be able to hear the
Important questions the returning
soldiers may put to them?
An increase In the number of
tramps Is reported. Probably escap
ing from places where they were In
sulted by offers of work.
Best Investment
I Ever Made
Contractor Wouldn't Take Five Hun
dred Dollars for Good Tanluc
' Did Him.
As soap costs more, the boy. kind
ly consent to economize on it.
"I Just want to say right now that
I wouldn't take five hundred dol
lars for the good that first bottle of
Tanlac did me, for I feel like It has
given me a new lease on life," said
C. E. .Nelson, a contracting carpen
ter living at 7728 63rd Ave., South
east, Portland, Ore., recently.
"Following a serious accident four
months ago," he continued, "which
laid me up for eight or nine weeks,
I lost my appetite, and my stomach
got all out of order. What little 1
did manage to eat would sour and
form gas, which would cramp and
pain me until I could hardly stand
It. Then my kidneys went back on
me. and my back hurt so bad I
couldn't find a comfortable posi
tion. They said I had rheumatism
or 'lumbago', then my right leg, be
low the knee, got to hurting me, and
at times I couldn't stand on my feet
or get up when down. I was consti
pated all the time and suffered a
great deal with headache, Nobody
knows how I really did Buffer, be
cause I Just can't describe It, and as
nothing seemed to do me any good
had become discouraged about my
condition.
"I finally sent down and got s
bottle of Tanlac, as I had read so
much about It, and it was about the
best Investment I ever made. My ap
petite came bounding back after mv
first few doses, and by the time my
second bottle was gone, my stomach
trouble was almost gone, too. I am
now eating any and everything 1
want and It don't hurt me the least
bit, and my kidneys and back are
greatly Improved. At the time I
started on Tanlac I had to use
crutches In order to get about, but 1
don't need them now at all, and have
Special Values
IN
WALL PAPER
We have a fine stock of Wall Papers ranging from tha
most inexpensive to the highest grades all beautiful
patterns. That house will bring higher rent if bright
ened up. Let us figure with you.
Our Stock of
Floor and House
PAINTS
IS COMPLETE white lead and oil or mixed paints in
all shades. ;We also carry the celebrated Acme auto
mobile paints in all shades.
v Springtime is coming. Time to brighten np.
Swenson&McRae
ECONOMICAL HOUSE FURNISHERS
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Out tm BtrUt tflnftrmmtivtArtUUt
Dntal Bnlmu-Nu.
What Are The
Six-Year Molars?
wi
appear.
ui tin '
EN th child ! about
x yera or ms tba
Antpermanent molira
. There are four of
hm two In tba UDDer law
and two In the lower. Thn
come la after all the tempor
ary teq nave taken their
Slice; iMd appear juat back or
lie lat temporary molar on
each mSe and In each jaw.
Thr arowary often mlataken
for tejnporarjr teeth, and folki
ImasUM that any t(h com
ing In tht axa muat necea
earUy betamporary teeth. If
an m, Dint '(oe wrong with
tham thevlw M ml thlnklnt
they Will toon be replaced by
Mature.
If any of the tlx-year molari
red to be loat by
aUowo
r. it u 1 1
(replaced, nothing can
loat which can-
deoay.
' not be i
ever Be done in the future
which will permanently re
place the loat molar after It
aaa been removed.
Thee four corns an not mqlara
do mA tf ft ifcMirfafor a
MrMirhitam They prop
the apart While other
Methv uiataire'and take their
. feverai pfaCflaMti the Jaw.
Their loail apt eciiaary and
.' mil be wholly voided. Mo
other taeth are M iweaarw .
and .immrimt U ;tbe Orai
permanent or ttear aiaiara.
nMUtafeffa
mw" Omll Xrvbnr
BtmUfOrtg
j , a tx n .ii . r
thrown them aside. ' I have gained
i
several pounds In weight, and can
just feel myself getting stronger
every, day,. I have gone back to
work already, and I never lose an
opportunity to speak a good word
for Tanlao.V .
Tanlac Is sold In Ashland by J. J.
McNalr; in Medford by Eagle Drug
Co.; In Gold Hill by M. D. Bowers;
and In Central Point by Miss M. A.
Mee. r.. dv.
in.
I LUMP IN BREAST
I Will Give $1000
IflFAILtoCUREanyCANCERorTUMOR
I TREAT before it POISONS deep or
ATTACHES to BONE
wimouTt'wl.faiionrAT
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other nrtndlv. AoliUoa
Plant Pltitrr miketthr rata,
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lit, face orbodr lonr li
tiacii. loo-pin toot
IINT rilt. TntinwBlili.
M,M0UMD. Write to soma
ClDcrfoui lore Irrt cnrrtl
A LUMP IN
WOMAN'S BREASTts CANCER
It POIIONt MNPIT BLWN m KILLS QUICKLY.
ONI WOIUN IN rVW DM H UNCI! 1. 1 MrW
poor cunfo mic ir oHcca is vrr aamtL
mt DR. S. R. CHAMLEY
57 SIXTH STRICT, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
nusi hii nan somiboit anywhere
ak w oa
Ashland Transfer
& Storage Co.
CP. Bates, Proprietor
Wood, "Peacock"
and Rock Springs
Coal and Cement
phone vT
Office 99 Oak Street. Ware
house oo track near depot.
Ashland. Oregon
W. A. Shell
The Barber
137 . Main