ÁáttLAND DAILY
Thursday, April 20, 1022
Ashland * © •
ibout something else. No mun-
ality west of Dublin can boast of
Established IS
Published Every Evening Except such a consistent record, says the
Medford Mall-Tribune.
Sunday
By GEORGE E. ROBERTS
THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO.
_ F irst th ere was a court house war,
(From the Monthly Bulletin Issued by The National City Bank of New York for April)
OFFICIAL CITY A N D c d U N T f^ resulting in the construction of two
court
houses,
then
th
ere
was
a
news
PAPER
paper war„ with editors behind b ar
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H E general feeling in business
circles is one of strengthening
ricades shooting out copy via the
E. J. BARRETT, Editor
OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING CONDITIONS
confidence
that the corner has
Colt autom atic. Now, after a few
been turned and that 1922 will be a
Aside from the unsettled and extremely unsatisfactory state
subscription Price Delivered in City weeks’ diversion with a lum ber'm ill
b e tte r year than 1921. The improve
ot the reparations question, European affairs have been pro
One month ........................... .. . . $ .65 strike, sagging interest 1 b revived by
m en t in fundam ental conditions and
gressing in a manner to give encouragement
in general feeling since the first of
Three m o n t h s .............................. 1.95 a recall against Mayor Wiley,
The Genoa Conference, although of vague import, should
the year has been very m arked; in
s'x months .................................. 3.75
accomplish something by bringing the high representatives of all
charged
with
bootlegging
affilia
deed, from the middle of January to
Europe together.
One year .................................... 7.50
tions. Every now and then some
the first of M arch optimism was
M a il a n d R u r a l R o u t e s
The disturbance in the textile industry of New England is
p erh ap s over-pronounced, and a
One month ..................................$ .65 courageous citizen ar-:es to suggest
unsettled and spreading, with a likelihood of involving the entire
m oderate reaction in some lines has
textile industry of that section before it is settled.
Three months .............................. 1.95 peace or at least a sh o rt period of
naturally resulted.
*1 he public has taken the impending coal strike very quietly
Six months .................................. 3.50 arm ed neutrality. It is pointed out
1 T he stock m arket, which is
refusing to believe that there will be any serious effects upon
One year ..................................... 6.5C
business.
th at open w arfare, while stim ulating
p ro m p t to reflect and even anticipate
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changes
in
fundam
ental
conditions,
1 he labor organizations may have more power than the em
to the sporting instincts, pays no
|has been creeping upward for the
ployers,
but both are subject to economic law. There is more to
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grocery bills.
But the protest Is
last six m onths in a slow but per
the industr.al problem than a mere trial of strength between
81i) te insertion, each in ch ........... 30c
soon lost in the uproar of another
sisten t m ovem ent which suggests
employers and wage-workers. Industrial peace and progress is
- YEARLY CONTRACTS
dependent upon a general understanding of this fact.
' faith th at better days are coming.
civic
riot.
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The unfavorable factor which continues to retard industrial
| Railroad traffic, as indicated by
One tim e a w eek.............................. 27 %c Of course this spirit is modern,
»ecovery is the unbalanced relationship between values in the
I the reports of car-loadings since the
Two times a week....................... 25
in few portions of the world today is
different industries, resulting from the uneven fall of prices and
■ first of the year, have been running
Nveiy other d a y .......................... 20
wages.
-
r
peace fashionable.
But some day
.ahead of last year, although Janii-
Local Readers
!
ary
gross
earnings
were
about
1
6
----------------------------------
the
worm
will
turn.
When
it
does,
Each line, each tim e .................... 10c
per cent, below those of the same rise in prices of farm products
To run every other dhy for one
we suggest th at the court house prec
It Although the exports of all meat
m onth of 1921. On the other hand came so easily and naturally as to products in 1921 increased 3 per
month, each line, each t im e .. 7c edent be followed. Instead of hav
S57 M M ™ ® ° l 199 r° adS " Cre de,no" stTale ¿»'at the country had cent, in pounds over tnose ot ¡ M
To run every issue for one month
those of 1920,
ing
one
city
of
K
lam
ath
Falls,
why
228
W 956 in T JanUario?i aM?;ins.’ been suffering from excessive pessi- hog products fared rer
better than beef’
or more, each line, each tim e .. 5c
S L 33? ’9; i
January, 1921. v.lnch m.stn. and that in the natural order
Cotton is about where it was at
not have two? One m ight be chris
Classified Column
expenses
reduCt'°
n
,n
Opera,,n(T
’lungs
the
economic
situation,
the
beginning of M arch. As the
One cent the word each time.
tened K lam ath City and the other
expenses.
glVen reasonable time, would re- world has been living on reduced
To run every issue for one month Falls City— although the titles are
grading
in all lines is on a short cover its equilibrium. Grain - prices
prices consumption
consum ption for
f o r several
s e v e r a l years it
,
,
or more, %c the word each time.
o
rd
er
basis.
Foreign
buyers
wish
"i
M
arch
lost
a
part
of
their
Feb-
very
much
needs
to
use more cot-
im
m
aterial.
But
have
two
distinct
Legal Rate
to
avoid
the
risks
of
exchange
ruary
gams
but
the
reasons
were
ton,
and
the
situation
is
disquieting,
F irst time, per 8-point lin e ......... 10c civic corporations, put all of one fac
fluctuations
so
far as possible, and obvious and there was no serious If the season should be bad for the
tion in one unit, and all the others
Each subsequent time, per 8-
in the dom estic trade there is a iiro s- loss of confidence. The breaking of grow ing crop we may have very
point line ..............................I . . 5c In the other, and then erect a Chin
pect that in some lines, part.cu- P’o drought in the southw est and high prices for cotton Such an out-
Card of t h a n k s ........................... $1.00 ese, sound-proof wall between them.
larly clothing
and textiles, prices im provem ent in the outlook for the come is very undesirable for it will
Obituaries, the line ...................2% c
m ay be lower. T here is general 'V inter wheat crop was the pi in- mean high' prices to ’consumer»
Then there might be some chance of
Fraternal Orders and Societies
agreem ent, however, that both at cipal factor in the decline. For sev- with little com pensating benefit to
Advertising for fratern al orders a normal and peaceful life, provided,
hom e and abroad stocks have been eral .m onths the country had been rowers.
or societies charging a regular initi of course, stringent and uncom
w orked down to the minimum and bearing that the condition of the
Prospects E ncouraging
m ust be constant buying K ansas wheat crop was
and
ation fee and dues, no discount. Re* promising im m igration laws were es
* th a t there
,
. critical ----
On the whole there seems to be
ligious and benevolent orders will be
to meet the dem ands for current getting worse every day. and then a good basis for believing that a eri-
charged the regular rate for all ad tablished at every hole In the wall.
eonsum ption. This is one respect canie snow and ram, and the pros- culture in all branches will have a
»n which the situation is decidedly P « » »« now reported good for a better m arket for the next cron than
vertislng when an admission or other
xnore favorable than it was in »he large crop. I he world situation in for the last one. The farm er’s costs
charge is made.
CIVILIZATION
latte r Part of 1920 and throughout wheat is closely balanced and any are declining, and we believe that
There are now 115,000 miles of
W hat Constitutes Advertising
m ost ot 1921.
im portant news is likely to have die necessary readjustm ent» to
more than the usual effect. Aus- bring industry into balance require
In order to allay a m isunderstand paved or surfaced highways In the
T he steel industry hhs made
m arked recovery, the U nited States tra l'? and A rgentina are both ex- that they shall continue to decline
ing among some as to w hat consti United States— more than there are
•tccI Corporation now operating at P °r !,ng !rccly
New wheat from It is in the interest of all business’
tutes news and what advertising, or ever were in any other country
about 70 per cent, of capacity and
,
ava'Ub!c w ith in a that the farm ers, the m ost num er-
we print this very simple rule, which
th e independent companies in tne m onth- a,,d the harvest is only three otis class in the country shall have
is used* by newspapers to differenti in the world. They have all been
•KKregate a t probably 60 per cent.
„7 ?£L,n__tr” ’ ‘^ " u tr y . As the a fair show in the field. W ith ag ri-
ate between them : "ALL future builty, too, within com paratively few
W hen it is considered that produc- cn‘.1
,h.e cr°P Vc ' r a p p ro a -lu - cultural production increasing in
events, where an admission charge years. When the system provided
tion
capacity
has
increased
about
opinions
about the supplies give way Europe the farm er cannot expect
is made or a collection is taken IS lor in the federal highway act Is
50 per cent, since before the war. it to rcal" es-. »here have been two the prices of his products to go
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This applies to
i will be seen that this is far from a po?,,'.vS opinions as to whether or hack to the high level» due to the
organizations and societies of every completed, the ag ricu ltu ral _ depart
not this ~~...............
country was selling it «e war, and if he has made mistakes of
■ state of stagnation.
m
ent
reports,
the
improved
mileage
kind as well as to individuals.
now gen- judgm ent by buying property at
The implement industry, althnuyl,
All reports of such activities after will am ount to 180,000 miles.
will
he
enough
to go high prices lie has lots of company
j
Still
far
from
normal,
is
much
better
around
they have occurred is news.
The process will keep right on,
■
among people who are not farmers,
than at this time last year, and that ‘ Corn
All coming social or organization
»• the case also with the automobile flucnccd and oats always are in- but he has a right to expect that
m eetings of societies where no with accelerating sjieed, establishing
,0 with the I t m b ' m e ' Z i X m i h c ^ ' - ' ' ' — V ” “ r *"?“ • * « •
industry, and even more so
money contribution is solicited, initi new trunk lines across the continent
1 hr shall have a purchasing power in re.
building
industry.
The
figures for
ation charged, or collecton taken IS and up and down, in a transportation
» H a .t e r
re r'rk a b lc per’
«'
« » tra l market, are iatinn to other commodities and
NEWS.
p its ’ in 161 Cities aggregating -'„J '?Pt ° S,° raf c cap“c,t>’- ?nd »>’< services equal to
system of ever-growing fineess and
^ >132.909,000
n ? . W 0 0 " i „ in " " F Februlrv
; b™ ^ ' ,!’ last
^
«»•, We
' ' / S do
o "<
n-oi'ISnk
th m m ^ '
£ * 2 1 VC ™ r m ‘S * •!«'
?ot "i'-’i-» war'
>»
Entered a t the Ashland, Oregon, durability.
$50,433.167 in February will t
Postoffice as Second-class Mail Mat
Im agine all this netw ork of good
l»2l
? i ,i e (1<?n” natt,(.‘ ,n the long run to secure this to him, but arc ooii-
ter.
roads swept away— the condition in
The chief
Situation
l i l v Xie™
t dollars
tVOd<’
p:"',licu lav''
;i’' e " ' n. 5il ° ’,r
larlv
hoes. * Ten
The
factor in in Agriculture
the chamr* nf , K
s pvr
^ ¡n opinion
g ¡» to that
him, economic
and we
which it would leave the country,
n r,
th cha,n pc of died for r hogs
hogs mean
mean t i’ ai
m a 'arge n o . counsel a’! „»her group, to cheer-
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b
h”
05
curi
cd
s,”
<-e
of
the
umme ^P layûrouhc
and the inevitable deterioration th a t
n .ikctc l fu,!y accc:d it to him at rightfully
tr s t
the year ha. been the a , v-e :> V" c <r
! i '! '
would follow.
due.
MERIGO
Good roads are civilization. There
possibly by other members of their f the public is growing more cautious.
has never been a high state of civili
■old gang
It refuses to take the chances it did
zation w ithout dependable transpor
A
few
of
the
many
types
of
cases
a
year ago
tation routes connecting every local
were
cited
by
officials
today
when
The old-time booze consumer now
ity with every other, and still less
the records showed hundreds of con- J wants to know more about the prod-
will there ever be hereafter. You
OREGON
victions of rum -runners upon the tes uct he buys. He knows absolutely
can
m
easure
modern
hum
an
progress
WASHINGTON ft
.BRITISH f
timony
of their form er colleagues as nothing of quality when the bootleg,
pretty accurately by its roadbuilding.
a result of “ fram ed” hold-ups of palms off a variety of "w hite light-1
,
^ T . COOL DAYS
[A RESTFUL SLEEP EVERY HIGHT.
members of th e gangs.
HELP WANTED
ning.“ _ If he takes a chance and es
R
um
runners,
in
a
certain
set
know
A governm ent publication sent out
capes convulsions, or worse, he m ere-'
SOLOMONITES
when^one of th eir num ber ventures ly considers the incident as one with
monthly
asks,
“
How
can
the
govern
According to Cosmo Hamilton, the
forth on a dark night for a load of a most fo rtu n ate ending.
famous author, the “ flapper” is a m ent help you in business?”
WASHINGTON, April 20.— Vol illicit booze. Frequently It has hap-
The tru th is business in our coun
Prohibition officials appear confi-
girl with a 12-cylinder human en
stead law enforcers insist they are pened th a t plots have been laid by a dent that they have definitely sto p -'
try is alm ost at the point of being
gine and a “jitney” body.
beating the “'bootlegs” at their own few in this inner circle to hold up the
governed to death.
ped the flow of real whiskey for bev
♦ •
game.
rum -runner on his retu rn voyage.
erage
purposes.
A
few
more
trad
e
commissions,
The Jacksonville road— the most
T heir explanation is that the boot
The rum -running game is becom
commerce
commissions,
shipping
traveled highway in the county— is
leg Industry is firmly embedded on ing gradually more hazardous a n d ' ICE HAS BROKEN UP
not far enough out in the woods to boards and wage boards, and w hat the principal of “ dog eat dog.”
its perils more dangerous for the av
little business is left would vanish.
IN KLAMATH LAKE
be paved this year— Mail Tribune.
Elucidating this theory, prohibi erage even among the care-free boot
There
are
now
estim
ate
*
by
F
o
rd
’s
• •
tion officers say a surprising m ajor leggers, prohibition officials m ain
Weekly to be fifteen million p e r
MEDFORD, April 20.— A. C. Al-j
One definition of the “ flapper,” is
ity of dry law cases are made upon tain.
len, member of the state horticul
that she is just a plain girl caught sons making their living off govern facts supplied dry agents by boot
The profits of the rum -runner also tu ral board, who recently purchased
ment
in
one
form
and
another.
In the unrest that followed the re
leggers, or others in the rum ru n have dropped. Fortunes are not be
the Rocky Point sum m er resort on
A little broom-handle factory in a
turn of the boys from France, b u rst
ning fraternity.
ing made overnight. The traffic now K lam ath lake, has received word I
western
state
was
visited
by
seven
ing with enthusiasm and vitality th at
Bootleggers fall out with each is confined to the product of the here th a t the Ice In th at lake broke
teen state and federal inspectors in
she doesn't know what to do with.
o th er and do the inevitable “ squeal ‘corn liquor belts.” Demand for it
side of three months.
up several days ago. This Is the
• •
a ct.” The result, they say, is the fact s not keen. The profits are less, be- latest for many years that the Ice
Al,
rode
in
m
otorcars
paid
for
by
A couple of co-eds at the Univer
th at the governm ent obtains valu cause Its sale price is lower than on has broken up in th a t section of
sity of Oregon have unearthed a pre the government, and all burned gas able inform ation which nfight not the bonded goods.
“Bootlegs” find ■ K lam ath county.
historic clam th a t is said to have and had their expenses paid by the be secured in any other way, leading
government.
upset all previously formed palaen-
to th e prosecution and possible pun
The ordinary state government
tologlcal theories— w hatever that is.
ishm ent of prohibition law violators.
has expanded until a half million
We have known some co-eds in our
Commissioner Hayne’s records to
time who would not have gone fu rth dollars a year invested in motor ve day bore am ple proof of this con
er tiian the campus to make th at hicles for officials is not uncommon. tention.
State directors reported
The taxpayer and the producer are
discovery; and they weren’t in the
this as a feature of th eir work. Li
crying not for more help from the
flapper class either.
quor inform ants, within the none too
government, but for less of the end
♦ «
restricted bootleg circle, are actu
less chain of supervision.
A good story has befen wafted over
ally being relied upon to come for
GRAHAM BREAD—PIES AND CAKES
from England in (connection with
ward and give the data needed to
Think twice, act thrice, before clamp down the jail braces.
----- SA L A D S-------
E. O. McCormick, vice-president of
leaving
your
fire.
the Southern Pacific, who is in Ash
The “ Inform ers” in the bootleg set
land with A. L. Richmond, looking
LUNCHES PUT UP
differ in no great degree from other
over the city as a prospect for the
Oregon and W ashington have al inform ers. Their purpose is revenge
establ shm ent of a big hotel and san- moat one"half of th e rem aining tim- for some act com m itted by a former
69 N. Main St.
itarium . McCormick, it seems, bears ber- If Protected from fire it will confederate. They have lost money,
a rem arkable resemblance to the late keep growing.
or were made the v ictims of plots, I
King Edward, who in his day was a
good deal of a sport. His striking
By Charles Sughroe
resemblance to the king was a m at
• Waaem Nnnpap« Unia*
ter of considerable comment when
McCormick was in London a few
years ago. He attended a banquet
at which the king was present. No
sooner did Edward get a good slant
at his double, than with a puzzled
smile on his face, he leaned tow ard
McCormick with the query; “ I beg
your pardon, but was your m other
ever in E ngland?”
“ No, your m ajetsy,” replied the
quick-w’itted railroad m agnate, “but
my father was a good bit of a rover.”
C u r r e n t B usiness C o n d itio n s
L''7
TRICKS USED IN
TOPS TO NAB
Home Bakery
S P E C IA L S
MICKIE, THE PRINTER’S DEVIL
A SUGGESTION FOR KLAMATH
There is this much to be said for
Klam ath Falls— there is no excuse
for anyone living there being bored
to death. If the population is not
fighting about one thing, it is fight-
MISS GEORGIA HOPLEY
A
LIMITATION FAVORED BY
KOLONS FOR IMMIGRANTS
WASHINGTON, April 20.— The
United S tates senate, through ,Tt»
committee on the subject, has favor
ably considered the plan to extend
for three years from July the present
so-called 3 per cent quota law, by
which the num ber of im m igrants,
adm itted to this country in one year
can he put 3 per cent of the iium bet
’of nationals of any country already
here.
A proposal by Senator H arris to
bar all immigration for five years,
was defeated 6 to 3, while another
amendm ent by the Georgia senator
to require im m igrants to use Amer
ican ships lost 6 to 2. The commit
tee vote on reporting the amended
house bill was 6 to 3, five republi
cans being joined by Senator H arris
in supporting the measure, while
Senators Sterling, republican. South
Dakota; H arrison, democrat. M issis^,
sippi; and Watson, democrat. Geor
gia. voted against reporting the
Miss Georgia Hopley of Ohio, the measure.
first one of her 6ex to be appointed a
general prohibition agent. Miss Hopley
Great fires from little campfires
is now In Washington where her desk
Is located in the office of the prohibí-1 Rrow- I3 your campfire out w ithout
tion commissioner.
a doubt?
TODAY ONLÏ
Gareth Hughes
As the Yank Who Became a Bandit-King
-m-
“ I CAN’T EXPLAIN”
A Story Whore the Hero Comes Baek from the Tropics
Tangled in Adventurous Romance and Business
FRIDAY — SATURDAY
T O M M IX
■------ in -------
“ THE
ROAD
DEM ON”
Action—rI brills—An Apjiealing Storv
When You do Fishing
EQUIP W ITH THE BEST TACKLE
We Have I lie Latest and the
Best in
RODS AND REELS, BASKETS, EGGS, ETC.
As a Precaution, so None Will Question Your
Veracity, KODAK Your Cat< h
We Have Them
NININGER & WARNER
“ Don’t Forget to Put Out Your Campfire”
PLAZA MARKET
61 NORTH MAIN STREET
Get one of those live Bunnies—50c each
Has just what you want for that Easter Dinner—say
A can of Brussels Sprouts
Fancy Maine Corn
Red Kidney Beans—Sweet Potatoes
Fruit .Salad
Also Shrimp or Tuna Fish
JUST OPENED
Fresh kegs of Chow Chow, Sweet, Sour ami Dill
Pickles, Ripe or Green Olives
Best of Potatoes at $2.35 per Hundred
This is the last week to buy Crown Flour at
$2.25 per Sack
BEST MEATS AT RIGHT PRICES
iVe Got Some Shoes Fit for a Rthg