Hfcfc two Ashland m N « * ta ■bòa Tidings K M fifiO i ÂSSU to DÀHÌ ffôtfïGa Fighting Incendiary Firei in Belfast E stab lish ed 1876 Published Every Evening Except Sunday THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO. Inditi1. «M 2». l& tí Facts, Sanity and Reason VS. OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER T E L E PH O N E 39 Bunk, H ysteria and Hypocrisy E. J . B A RR ETT, E d ito r E n tere d a t th e A shland. Oregon, Postoffice as Second-class Mail Mat ❖ ter. t & eert M oses If the v oters of Jack so n c o u n ty , The opposition to th e recall lays 1922, in re p o rtin g th e findings of will p au se for a m o m en t’s reflectio n I g re a t s tre ss on th e expense of th is the 1921 gran d ju ry , s ta te s in big on w h at has been tra n s p iriu g in th is election, but they failed to s ta te th a t h e ad lin es— “ S h eriff G rilled in G rand com m unity d u rin g th e p ast tw o if th e s h e riff’s L ice had been prop- J u ry F in al R eport. Asked G overnor y e a r s ,%anfl give a little tim e to a orly and ably conducted it w ould for A ssistance." calm a n aly sis of th e source an d i n - ’ not have been necessary to spend On Ju ly 22, only a few days ago. sp ira tio n of th e vindictive cam paign untold th o u sa n d s of d o llars for ape- the Mail T rib u n e, which is under the of m isre p re se n ta tio n being w aged cial o fficers and sp o tte rs to ru n sam e m anagem ent as th e Sun, with a g a in s t th e recall election to be held dow n law v io lato rs, nor for special th e sam e re p o rto riu l staff, sta te s in }to m orrow they will be in a m uch g ran d ju rie s called for political pur- its rep o rt of in ju n ctio n proceedings b e tte r position to cast an in te llig e n t poses to in v estig ate e v ery th in g and a g ain st th e recall, th a t “ th e recall and unbiased ballot. H ow ever w e ! everybody in a vicious and con tem p t- m ovem ent a g a in st S h eriff T errill is may d iffer as to th e m e rits or d e -p b le e ffo rt to cast reflectio n s on th e a Ku K lux K ian plot to secure con- s ira b ih ty ot the- recall law, we will j c h a ra c te rs of o u r indiv id u al citizens tro l of the s h e riff’s office.” all ag ree th a t it w as m ade a p a rt of ¡and to blacken th e good nam e and T he case is plain and no one with o u r election m ach in ery to en ab le the,; fam e of Jack so n county. ‘ o rd in a ry intelligence need be de­ people to co rrect any m ista k es they j The opposition m akes th e false ceived. Abe we to put confidence in m ight m ak e in th e selection of th e ir ,a n d m islead in g c h arg e th a t th e Ku the report of the 1921 g ran d ju r public se rv a n ts, and to give th e m ; K lux K ian is responsible for th e re - signed bv seven im p a rtia l citizens of an o p p o rtu n ity to quickly re m o v e ,'c a n . We wish to m ake the s ta te -; Jack so n county, and in th e nor «my o f.ic ia l whom they m ig h t deem j merit rig h t here th a t p ra c tica lly ev- of th e sta te , who suggested the re- in efficien t, c o rru p t or d ila to ry . In- ery o rg an izatio n in th is county th a t call as a rem edy, or shall we be stead ol h av ing to w ait fo r th e ex- stan d s for m o rality , law , o rd e r and ta k en In” hv the insidious propa- p ira tio n of bis official te rm before,' decency, is backing th is recall and g anda sp read broadcast over th e rem oving him by th e m ore o rd e rly j th e candidacy of D. M. Lowe for county by a bunch of M edford law- process of a general election. Fhe sh eriff. And we wish to call a tte n - vers, w hose bread and b u tte r de- p rim a ry p u rp o se of th e recall is n o ta tio n to th e fact th a t th e re p o rt of pends upon th e ir a b ility to stir up to secu re th e rem oval of an o fficial: th e 1921 g ran d ju ry show s th a t they strife and co n ten tio n , and a few caught in som e o v ert crim in a l a ct, j seriously considered b rin g in g an in- M edford office seek ers, who hope to b u t to cu rb th e in efficien t, th e in- j d ic tm e n t of m alfeasan ce in office reap p ersonal or political advantage capable, o r th e e x tra v a g a n t, a n d to , a g a in st S h eriff T e rrill, and w ere by lining up all th e exciteable. de- replace them w ith resp o n sib le a n d , only d e te rre d from doing so by lack s tru c tlv e and law less forces of the ab le o fficials. of co-operation and su p p o rt from the com m unity a g a in st th e recall of a W e call on th e people of th is j d is tric t a tto rn e y , and when an ap- public se rv a n t ch arg ed by a Jack- county to exercise th e ir rig h ts tin-, peal was m ade to th e governor, he son county g ran d ju ry w ith not y be put on a th e re c a ll.” / d th is re p o rt was D. M. LOWE. sound, econom ical business basis, I signed by seven responsible citizens A uthorized by th e G eneral Com­ and law v io latio n s and law evasions of th is county. m ittee. W. I). H ughes, C hairm an. be m ade d an g ero u s and u n p o p u la r. I The M edford Sun, of F e b ru a ry 2 6 .1 2 7 8 -lt G ettin g business h olding it is h ard . su b sc rip tio n P rice D elivered in C ity:! One m onth .................................... $ .65 A ' T hree m o n t h s ................................ 1 .9 5 1'® The vital o rg an a Six m onths .................................... 3.75 h e a rt, lungs, kidneys One y ear ...................................... 7.60!«^ pocketbook. Mail and Rural Routes _______ One m onth .......................................... .65 . _ . The T n ree m o n t h s ............................... 1.95 ’ !e 0,1 tim e it pays Rlx m onths .................................... 3.50 ‘ •> q u a rre l is tom orrow Ons year ....................................... 6.5f <» ---------- ADVERTISING RATES ♦ F a ilu re is su re if you try to Display Advertising < S > get m ore ou t of m a rria g e th a n SlDgie Insertion, each in c h ............ 30c <$> th e re is in it. <$> YEARLY CONTRACTS •?> --------------- & Display A dvertising One tim e a w e e k ......................... 27 *6c You will alw ays find men <•> Two tim es a w eek................................25 c lu res believed to be of Incendiary nu tu re recently broke out in B elfast the scene. The photograph shows one of th e arm ed detachm ents holding back Local R ead ers * ----------- «¡, tbe crowds while firemen fought a blaze in an engineering plant. Each line, each tim e ......................10c To ru n every o th e r dby for one <$► W hy not s ta r t a Society fo r 4 m on th , each line, each t i m e .. 7c S taying a t H om e and E n jo y in g find a follow ing. T he m ain th in g ‘‘A religion th a t m akes d an cin g To run“ every issue for one m onth -? > Y ourself? $ |w a s to say so m eth in g an d sit down. and d iv o rce com pulsory would sweep of m ore, each line, (fetch t i m e . . 5c 1 th e c o u n try .” ------------ C lassified Colum n F o r in stan ce, I a tte n d e d tria ls , Being an o p tim ist, m uch o p ti­ One cent th e w ord each tim e. •> HEZ HECK SAYS: w here alleged bad m en w ere up for To ru n every issue for one m onth mism g ets into my p a ra g ra p h s, as “ I d o n ’t im ag in e Adam b re a k in g th e law. T he p ro secu tin g or m ore, % c th e w ord each tim e. fo r in sta n ce : ❖ p u t up m uch of a kick Legal R ate a tto rn e y told how te rrib le th ey w ere, w hen Eve tem p ted h im .” T all people g et th e fro n t seats. F irs t tim e, per 8-pc.'nt lin e ..........10c and th e a tto rn e y s fo r th e defense i r .v i . i ‘‘The law of g ra v ita tio n is alw ays Each su b seq u en t tim e, per 8- d of th e ir good points. A fte r I a t w ork on y o u r re p u ta tio n , p olnt line ....................................... 5c listen in g fo r h o u rs to th e la n g u ag e; T h ere is no p a rtic u la r glory in a C ard of t h a n k s .............................> 7 .0 0 | on R oad Tou read in g in p a rt as let loose, I w ent hom e and w ro te hom ely w om an being v irtu o u s. Obituaries, the l i n e .................... 2% ci follow s: F ra te rn a l O rders an d Societies | th is: j “ W hy n o t apply th e b irth -co n tro l “G overnor O lcott w as in A sh­ „,1 . . , , idea to bedbugs? A dvertising fo r fra te rn a l o rd ers to k . « , .h " - ° dy “ ! “ S ' T ro u b les an d cockroaches n e v er land th is forenoon. He cam e o r societies c h arg in g a re g u la r in iti­ to keep nine of th e co m m an d m en ts com e Bingly p ractically u n h e ra ld e d , a n d atio n fee an d dues, no discount. R e-i 1 it ,n ie - “ How to get a ra ise is th e m ale ab o u t all th is city saw of th e llglous and benevolent o rd e rs will be If th e law s w ere fixed up to a g re e: pro b lem ; how to keep th in is th e charged th e re g u la r ra te for all a it dow n: I “ G oing dow n g rad e, all m akes of tu te s news and w hat a d v e r tis in g ,! s ta te highw ay com m ission and we p rin t th is very sim ple ru le , w hich : a re p re se n ta tiv e of th e fed eral “ D ignity is ab o u t 50 p er c e n t! ca™ i av « sam e horsepow er, road com m ission.” la u sed by new spapers to d iffe re n t-1 frock coat and 50 per cent w b is -L u [ h e best m an e v en tu a lly gets to T his a rtic le does me an in ju stic e, R ers.” a te betw een th em : “ ALL fu tu re ¡th e top in ev ery th in g b u t politics. eventa, w here an adm ission chargc in th a t I was no t a m em ber of th e F la tte ry is a n o th e r pestilence, an d P o lite folks get little to e a t in a ' -------------- * — — boar(y n g house. ls m ade o r a collection is ta k en IS highw ay com m ission p a rty a t th a t: A D V ER TISIN G .” T his applies to tim e, having left th e p a rty a t M e d -!very few people know how to getj < ‘ t 0 be ab le to earn a living is o rg an izatio n s an d societies of every : ,o rd th e n ig h t b eto re, h ay in g b e e n , th e m ost m ileage ou t of it. W om en m ore im p o rta n t th a n a college edu- called back to Salem . I rejo in ed th e fall for fla tte ry , w hile m en ta k e cation. kind as well as to individuals. All re p o rts of such activ ities a fte r com m ission a t Bend a few days la te r m ore kindly to josh. S till, fla tte ry T he wife of a genius know s th a t and com pleted th e trip th ro u g h e a s t­ they have occurred is news. he Isn’t. T. P. C olem an, p ro p rie to r of th e “ In ta k in g exercise, d o n ’t o v er­ AU com ing social o r org an izatio n ern O regon, a rriv in g , hom e la te la st is effectiv e w hen sk illfu lly em ployed evening. H ad I been a m em ber of A shland C ry stal C a rb o n atin g com ­ w hich su g g ested th is p a ra g ra p h : look th e m e n ta l m uscles. m eetings of societies w here no th e p a rty a t th a t tim e, I a ssu re you “ M uscle and m a n u re a re w hat pany, v o lu n ta rily has ap p eared and m oney c o n trib u tio n is solicited, In iti­ “ In app ly in g fla tte ry , you get b e t­ ation charged, o r collecton ta k en IS I w ould have a tte m p te d a t le ast to te r re su lts w ith an ato m izer th a n m ak es a fa rm pay. m ade th e follow ing a ffid a v it, te n d ­ to quench have sp en t a few m in u tes in A shland w ith a sq u irt g u n .” NEWS. “ T he firs t place a c a rp e t w ears ing to d iscred it and falsify th e a ffi­ as I have m ost p leasan t m em ories that thirst Seneca, Spencer and Schopen­ o u t is in fro n t of th e looking g la ss.” d av its h e re to fo re m ade th a t S h eriff of it and its people, h aving had th e A lto g e th e r I have w ritte n som e SOLOMONITES p le asu re of living n e a r th e re in h a u e r w ould n o t express it ju s t th a t e ig h t o r ten th o u san d p a ra g ra p h s w as d ru n k a t K ingsbury was ---------- ' 1893. I a p p re cia te th e fact th a t th is way, b u t th e w hole th in g Is rig h t th e la st 25 y ears, p u ttin g them in: By this, tim e tom orrow ev en in g ? is not a very im p o rta n t m a tte r, ex­ th e re in a few w ords. . I A F F ID A V IT cept to m yself, bu t if you can give I once w ro te a book an d h a d j cold 8 to ra *e a Sa in st a d a y w heu 1 ! S ta te of O regon, th e agony will be over in so far as th e co rrectio n to it I a ssu re you I will ab o u t 2000 copies p rin te d , and told ra*8ht a cq u ire enough g u m p tio n to Jack so n County.— ss. recall of th e sh eriff is concerned. a p p re cia te it. • < sy n d icate th em . A y ear o r two ago; I, T. P. C olem an, a fte r first being th e p rin te r to keep th e type s ta n d ­ Y ours very sincerely, I s ta rte d sen d in g o u t th e s tu ff in duly sw orn, depose and say: T hat ij BEN W. OLCOTT. W onder if th e late J. P ierp o n t ing fo r a second and m aybe a th ird -------- 1------------------ - . p ack ag es to th e n ew sp ap ers, and ani a tax p ay er and legal vot- • M organ could solvo th is fin an cial ed itio n . It was a re a l good book, e r w ith in th e county of Jack so n , puzzle? F ran ce cannot pay h er in ­ o r r a th e r I th o u g h t it w as, b u t th e now th e P re m ie r Syndicate is doing O regon resid in g a t Aahland> O re. T H E PH ILO SO PH Y O F MOSES debtedness to th e U nited S ta te s u n til public has been slow a b o u t recog­ it fo r me. W e have a fine list of gon; th a t I have been p re se n t at she collects her indem nity from G er­ nizing niy ab ility . A nyhow , a b o u t p ap ers, an d hope in tim e to have every dance w hich has been held a t By B ERT MOSES m any m ore still. K in g sb u ry S prings since its opening m any, and th e la tte r cannot pay th e Back in th e 90’s I cam e across 1800 copies a re still a w a itin g a de­ to July T“ ’ 1st, 1922; th a t I have teen W h en ev er 1 have so m eth in g to S h eriff C. E. T errill th e re m any , indem nity u n til she gets a loan from th is p a ra g ra p h from Jo sh B illings- m and, and so I am p ro m p ted to say: us. W h a t’s th e an sw er? “ W hile it m ay re q u ire no genius say th a t I am lo ath to be responsible tim es. In fact, every tim e he h a s ' “ I d o n ’t k a re how m u tch a m an • • to w rite a book, it re q u ire s ra re for, I pass th e th in g along to my ever been th e re and com e in th e ta lk s if h e sez it in a fu w o rd s.” g enius to sell it.” side p a rtn e r, Hez H eck. H e is a b u ild in g ; th a t I have ta lk e d w ith In th e event of th e recall election The th in g stu ck in my m em ory S h eriff rrill p ra lly every tim e T hen th e re is th e g re a t p ro h ib i­ wise wise old old man m an, alone alo n g in in his his 7ft’s 7 0 s , a and n d , he hag T e faeen Jn c tica the K ingsburv going a g a in st S heriff T e rrill, it is u n tn R becam e alm ogt an obsession. tio n q u estio n . T hey began ta lk in g his sto re of h u m o r, w it and w isd o m , S prings b u ild ing, and th a t I know m ore th a n probable th e m a tte r will Jo sh was rig h t. T he sh ee r w aste of he c arried Into the c o u rts in an e f­ lan g u ag e is colossal, an d th e n u m ­ a b o u t iti'w h e n M eth u saleh w as a is In ex h au stib le. He is, p erh ap s, be- of my own p ersonal know ledge th a t young m an’, and a re a t it yet. And com ing m ore of a n a tio n a l c h a r a c te r ¡ th e r e was no odor of any. intoxicat- fort to in v alid ate the election, p ra c ­ b er of w ords a m an can use in say­ in all th is w aste of w ords, th ey have th a n I am . b u t th ia d istin c tio n in n o apy Kl»d ° n M i b re a th . tically on th e sam e g rounds as set ing n o th in g is stag g e rin g . la n d th a t he w as n e ith e r d ru n k n o r m issed th e h e a rt of th e w hole q u e s­ w ise affects sim ple ta ste s an d j in to x icated a t any of th e various up In th e ap p licatio n for the in ju n c ­ W hen I w ent to p o litical m eetings tion. I have p u t it in a sen ten ce: ways. H e p u ts all his philosophy tim es a fo re m e n tio n ed w hen he has tion which was denied by Ju d g e o r to ch u rch o r to g a th e rin g s of any “ P ro h ib itio n w ill n ev er come u n ­ in to th is sen ten ce: “ H appiness c o n -! visited K in g sbury S prings dance C alkins, kind, th e sp ea k e rs took W e b ste r’s til God gives m an th e sam e view ­ • • sists o ’ g ittin ’ y o u r fun w ith o u t pay­ h a ll; th a t I have never seen S h eriff ! , C. E. T e rrill ta k e a d rin k or use in- D ictionary by th e ta il an d w ildly point of w a te r th a t He gave th e in ’ o u t any m oney fe r it. R aising th re e m illion d o lla rs in d u c k .” A m ong to x icatiu g liq u o r of any kind, a l­ sw ung it a ro u n d in th e a ir. A fter som e of his la te say in g a re th ese: R eligion is one of o u r c o rn e r­ th o u g h I have kno’wn him for about five days for an hotel show s how they had fin ish ed , th e au d ien ce was two years. stones. W ith o u t it, we a re to ld , ‘ All dogs ta s te alik e to a flea. they do th in g s in S eattle, i n d is a w ading aro u n d in lan g u ag e up to its T. P. COLEMAN. “ L ife is jist a co n tin u al stru g g le civilization w ould ju s t d ry up and p retty fa ir indication of th e sp irit j S ubscribed and sw orn to b efo re, knees. to keep dam fo o lish n ess u n d er con­ blow aw ay. T h ere a re p len ty of re ­ trol. th a t has placed th a t city in th e en me th is 20th day of Ju ly , 1922. One day I w rote th is: “ W h at we ligions now, and it is as h a rd to viable position it occupies today. WM. M. BRIGGS. M edford , O regon “ T h ere is lots o’ tim es w hen need in th is co u n try a re m en w ho N otary P ublic for O regon m ake a choice betw een th em as to thinkin* a in ’t no good unless you do Let us hope th a t when o u r own ho­ can say so m eth in g and sit dow n.” My com m ission expires F e b ru a ry 1 jtx’iil Representative get a good living from a p e an u t it quick. tel proposition gets u n d e r w ay, a 11 1923. 2 7 8 -lt T he p a ra g ra p h flo ated a ro u n d in “ N ever hev y o u r tro u b le s half- stan d . E ach creed has its ad v an ­ sim ilar sp irit will m an ifest itself. soled. th e p ap ers, got in to e d ito ria ls, was • • tages. b u t no one seem s to be w idely “ Scum rises to th e su rfa ce w hetli- q uoted in th e sen ate, and w as cred it- p o p u lar. W h at we need is a m an e r in society or th e soap k ettle. M arshfield has a m ag nificien t wa- . . _ ~ | ed to Irv in g Cobb, Solom on, Bern- like F o rd to s ta r t so m eth in g w ith “ P a in t im proves houses m ore th a n te rfro n t on Coos Bav. F o r y ears it . , . ¡a rd Shaw, Billy Sunday an d P y th a a u n iv ersal ch assis t h a t h its th e , , . . . has been d isfig u red w ith a lot o f' „ .. ' T h e re is p len ty o’ o p p o rtu n ities, ram sh ack le bu ild in g s, w hich w e r e S °™ 8’ . . „ p u rse and fancy of , th e m asses. Af- b u t ab o u t 95 pe/ cent of th em ig , To econom ize in th e use of w ords te r th in k in g th e th in g over fo r a 'w o rm y , wiped o u t by fire la st Sunday Kecam e a passion w ith me, an d for j q u a rte r of a c en tu ry , I sen t th is sug-i “M any hopes a in ’t realized ing. No evil th a t som e good can n o t: com e o u t of it, and in all p ro b ab ility 25 56318 1 h3Ve ***" taklnK h u m a n ! gestion to H enry and hope he will caua® th e y cK 0V®r tos° m uch ground. r n u tn m t o n .l « « « ♦ 1 « « «x I« « < vA/ l i o n n n h n n v n - ix 'r x o ex ow * W hen nobody gives a H dam , 4 i ^ t * ’s - th e old th a t d isfig u re d th e: " “ ‘ “ 7 ? “ '"n''“ “ “P, aCt upo" lt! ¡tim e som eone d id .” w a te rfro n t will quickly be replaced “ P’ " ' 6E rM d y *° S* “ " OW » .„.-.u j . , , ¡sm all price. w ith m odern build in g s th a t will be T. < ». x v x „ a c re d it to th e city. Ls , har