ABHU91I DAILY TIEDTÖM
M 0 fc TWO
Ashland
Tidings
£ « tabllshed 1876
Published
Every • E ven ing
Except
Sunday
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th a t does not bring w ith It a search
ing investigation of th is evil by a
com petent federal com m ission will
hold o u t any reasonable prospect of
leading to a fa ir reduction in th e
excessive cost of fuel.
by one of ;he M erritt boys.
The pol ce a rriv ed a t ab o u t th is
tim e, and iound they had a rriv ed too
late to be of any m ate ria l assistance.
They claim It is the d o cto r’s tre a t.
PENDLETON ROUND-UP DRAWS
MANY FAMOUS PEOPLE
D on’t laugh *at th e m an w ith the
u
E. J. BARRETT, E ditor
"crazy Idea.”
PENDLETON, Or., Aug. 11.— The
F orty-five years ago, Thom as A.
E n te re d a t th e A shland, Oregon,
P endleton Round-Up never fails to
Edison laughed a t him self, because
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Law su its a re w h at S herm an <$ he had a “ crazy Idea.” B ut he kept a ttr a c t m any fam ous people, who
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said w ar is.
<$ on, and today in m illions of hom es a re am ong th e tho u san d s who see
Oubecriptiou Price D elivered in City:
the big show and th e 1922 p rese n ta
* th e phonograph plays.
One nftm th ....................................Î 65
tion,
S eptem ber 21, 22 and 23, will
som e <s> Less th a n a score of y ears ago
Three m o n t h s ............................... 1.95
All religions teach
be
no
exception, as m any notables
3.75'<?> tru th , b u t no religion teaches <§> L angley was laughed to d e a th be
Six m ouths .................................
alread
y
have m ade reserv atio n s for
On« year ....................................
7-50 •> all.
<$> cause of his “ crazy id ea” th a t m an
Mail and Rural Routes
th
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th
re
e
days and o th e r p rom inent
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<§> could fly. The g re a te st m ath em a
One m onth ....................................$ .65
people will be here also.
T nree m onths ............................... 1.95 *
ou can alw ays f i n * loafers ♦ tician of th is country, Newcomb,
A lready th e livestock is being
Six m onths .................................... 3.50 S> tellin g m en who a re w orking <♦> dem o n strated “ conclusively” ( ! ) th a t
b
ro
u g h t to P en d leto n in p rep a ra tio n
On*
‘ tf'5* *’ how the th in g ought to be done. ? a h e a v ie r-th an -a ir flying m achine
ADVERTISING RATES
for
th e stag in g of th e w o rld ’s g re a t
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couldn’t fly.
Display A d vertisin g
est
out-door d ram a. Two carloads
W hen we a re not ru n n in g to 4>
tin g le insertion, each in c h ............ 30c
The w orld has been lau g h in g for of M exican longhorn steers, whose
YEARLY CONTRACTS
catch tra in s, we a re w aiting -i> a h u n d red years a t th e “ crazy id ea ”
chief c h a ra c te ristic is a decided hos
Display A dvertising
4> for them to arriv e.
<•> th a t wom en could, should, o r would
tility to th e w orld in general, are
One tim e a w e e k .................................. 27 %c
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<S> vote.
Two tim es a w eek............................... 25 c
The m ain tro u b le now adays
It was a “ crazy id e a ” th a t two
Every o th er d a y ..................................20 c
L ocal R eaders
♦' is th e insane dem and for m ore
g rea t nations, w ith a boundary line
Bach line, each tim e ..................... 10c|<§> wages for doing less work.
<•> betw een them th re e th o u san d m iles
To ru n every o th e r Jay for one
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long, could, by tre a ty , do aw ay w ith
m onth, each line, each t im e .. 7c j
W hen you sw ear a t every-
arm ed cam ps, fo rts, soldiers, ships
To ru n every issue fc r one m onth
* m ore, each line, each t i m e . . 5c
th in g , you don’t get as m uch 4> of w ar on th e lakes.
B ut Canada
C lassified Column
❖ out of it as when you sw ear <$> and the U nited S tates never have any
v One
r u e cent
v c u * th
iu e
o w
w ord
u . u each tim e.
, w hen vou have to
use fo r th e soldiers and th e forts
To ru n every issue for one m onth ,
y
-
displaced
by a tre a ty .
or m ore, %c the w ord each tim e.
W ireless was a “ crazy idea.” So
L egal R ate
i<$ HEZ HECK SAY’S:
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F irst tim e, per 8-pclnt lin e ..........10c .§>
<*jt ¡s ^jje upkeep of
<?> was B ell’s telephone a n d M orse’s te l
Bach subsequent tim e, per 8-
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egraph, and W h itney’s cotton gin.
point line ................... . . . . . . . 5c
botb ™a ™ a g e and an au to
Many have th o u g h t Jesu s C hrist
th a t so rt o’ palls on you.”
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C ard of t h a n k s ............ ................$1.00 ”
. 2 *4 c I '$><§> <$> <$> <$> <$> <•> <§> <$> <$> <S> <•> <J> <♦> <*> <s> <§> had “ crazy id eas.”
O bituaries, the line
Fraternal Orders and S ocieties
Don’t lau g h a t th e m an w ith the
A dvertising fo r fra te rn a l orders
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. idea which seem s “ crazy” ju s t be
o r societies charging a re g u la r initi- jo k er which would im peril th e ir
atlon fee and dues, no discount. Re-J seniority rig h ts, have reniged on cause i t ’s NEW. If th e re had never
llglous and benevolent orders will be th e ir agreem ent. As a consequence, been any new ideas, we w ould still
charged th e reg u la r ra te for all ad tb e coulroverSv is no n e a re r settle- ja il lu n atics and debtors, b u rn men
vertlslng when au adm ission or o ther m ea t now th an it was before t h e i for w itch craft, and use pine knots
charge Is m ade.
I t ’s not so long
------------------------------------------------------ I p resident su bm itted his proposals. for illu m ination.
W hat C on stitu tes A d vertisin g
T eeth jn
labor board
can since s, republic was a “ crazy id ea”
In o rd er to allay a m isu n d erstan d -
,
in governm ent.
lng am ong some as to w hat consti- bite, appears to be the only m eans
Some day th e m an will be born
tu te s news and w hat ad v ertisin g , of b ringing the s trik e to an end.
whose
“ crazy id e a ” will end w ar,
we p rin t th is very sim ple rule, which
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strik es, oppression, an arch y , crim e,
Is u se d by new spapers to d iffe re n ti
How little we have advanced to and fra u d . He will be laughed at,
a te betw een them : “ ALL fu tu re
events, w here an adm ission chargt w ard a solution of th e problem of I as all lea d e rs have been. B ut let us,
is m ade or a collection is tak e n IS unem ploym ent is being strik in g ly il-
you and we, be not am ong those who
ADVERTISING.
Thia a PPliea to i lu stra te d in A shland every day,
deride m erely because not yet has it
organizations an d societies oi every
kind as well as to individuals.
when we see from 15 to 25 men been given to us to un d erstan d .
All rep o rts of such activities a fte r ! brought in to court, charged w ith
they have occurred is news.
beating th e ir way on tra in s. In the DAYLIGHT BURG LAR SCARE
All com ing social or organization ! jud g m en t of th e court> tb e
Hce
GIVEN ASH LAND PEO PLE
m eetings of societies w here no
money co ntribution is solicited, Initi- an£l new spaper m en, n o t one per
atlon charged, or collecton tak en IS cent of these m en a re w hat m ight be
Some of the citizens of th e n o rth
NEWS.
(classed professional hoboes. F o r the end of A shland w ere tre a te d to all
m ost p a rt they are m echanics out of th e th rills of a day lig h t b u rg la ry
SOLOMON ITES
w ork, for w hose services th e re is yesterday, b u t investigation proved
only a lim ited dem and. U nlike the th e supposed b u rg la r to be a neigh
“ S ettling the R ailroad S trik e ’* comm on lab o rer, they cannot get
bor unexpectedly re tu rn e d from a
will soon be in the category w ith w ork a t will. W hen these jobs give
vacation trip.
“ Daily Irish C asualties.”
o u t, p a rtic u la rly in th e sm aller
The M erritt fam ily, who live a t
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tow ns, th ey m u st m ig ra te to o th er the co rn er of N u rsery and Rock
W onder w hat re la tiv ity exists be tow ns to secure em ploym ent, and stre e ts, left several days ago on a
tw een K ansas aud Oregon? R ecentj lacking th e price of tra n sp o rta tio n , m o n th ’s vacation trip , and asked th e
m o rtu ary sta tistic s tend to show th a t they have recourse to th e freig h t Dr. W oods fam ily to look a fte r th eir
people a tta in to g re a te r ag e in these tra in s.
property w hile away. Shortly a fte r
two sta te s th a n anyw here else in th e
noon yesterday, one of the W oods
country.
boys h eard som eone in th e M erritt
THE SABOTAGE OF TIME
In his ad d ress a t the opening of house as he was passing by, and
Some of S enator H a ll’s friends
the Chicago P a g e a n t of P rogress, looking in. saw th e form of a m an.
say th a t now he has called off the
P o stm a ste r G eneral W ork m ade a The lad called his fa th e r, who took
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recount, we m ay look fo r his a n
forcible p rese n tatio n of th e basic a look th ro u g h th e window, and saw
nouncem ent th a t he will ru n in d e evil in th e coal m ining in d u stry . I t j tb e m a n ’ a PpareA tly collecting th e
pendent. He h|ts u n til the 27th to
is an evil th a t everybody recognizes M erritt silverw are in a bag. N eigh
file. Gee, but th e dem ocrats m ust
I aud yet no th in g effective is done bors w ere called, and the house sur-
be chuckling.
! rounded, a fte r w hich a call was put
¡about it.
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As Dr: W ork says, th e re a re about ln for th e police’ One of th e boys
Every live new spaper in th e land |
stood g u ard w ith a shotgun to pre
, has put , into type a biographical
____twice as m any coal J m iners in the
vent the escape of th e supposed b u r
, . .
. T ,
___! U nited S tates as a re needed to per-
sketch of Lord N orthcliffe for em er-
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glar, should he m ake a b rea k for
gency use b u t th e re isn ’t a m an form tb e w ork of Se tti“ S o u t tbe
liberty.
am ong u s - n o , n ot a single o n e - u a tio n 's supply of coaL T bere are
A t th is ju n c tu re , Mrs. H uis called
who does not earn estly w ish th a t its also very m any m ore o p e ra tin g coal
to Dr. W oods and said she th o u g h t
publication m ay be d eferred m any niines th a n tb e country needs’ Tbe
som e of th e M e rritt fam ily had re
resu lt is th a t th e m iners ord in arily
years.
tu rn e d d u rin g th e nig h t, w hereupon
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w ork only ab o u t half th e tim e.
Dr. W oods approached th e fro n t
By und erg ro u n d w ire comes the th ro u g h an extrem ely pow erful u n
door and knocked and was greeted
announcem ent th a t New York bank- ion a union which causes its mem-
ers will m ake a large loan to Mex- bership dues to be collected out t»f
ico, and th e next day com es the ^be wages of the m en— they dem and
news from W ashington forecasting a living wage for h alf-tim e work,
recognition of th e Obregon govern-
sabotage oi tim e by the idle
tnent.
C urious coincidence to say under pay, says Dr. W ork, “and of
S p a rk lin g
th e least!
p roperty in tru ste d to th em , m u st be
fo a m in g
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added to th e cost price of any pro-
g o ld e n
As was to be expected, th e re was d u c t.” And th e price is paid by th e
brew
a la rg e r a tte n d an c e a t th e concert in consum ers. And th e consum ers in
th e p ark last n ight th an ever before, niost instances a re them selves wage
The program was splendid and thor- e a rn e rs who w ork steadily th ro u g h
oughly enjoyed. T here ought to be *be y ear to e a rn a living. A larg e
no grudging of th e am o u n t of raon- p ercentage of th e s trik in g m in ers |
“CRAZY ID E A S”
W^ERT-MOSES j
Friday, August 11, K)2'J
being shipped to th e Round-U p city
The anim als will w ithout doubt add
considerable zest to th e events of
tra c k and a re n a , and it is probable
th a t a pleasant tim e will be had by
all w hen th e visitors from over th e
b o rd er “ m eet up” w ith Round-Vp
perform ers.
PLAN IS UNDER WAY TO
FU N D THE FRENCH DEBT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.— P ro g -!
ress is being m ade in determ ining
upon a plan for funding the th ree
and a half billion dollars of F rench
debt to th e U nited S tates, Secretary
Mellon sta te d today, follow ing a
conference betw een the A m erican
MUTE SINCE BIRTH , BOY
REG AINS H IS SPEECH debt funding com m ission and the
CLARKSBURG, W. Va., Aug. 11. F rench m ission headed by Je an P a r
— C larence McAtee, a 10-year-old m entier.
boy, m ute since his b irth , suddenly
recovered his speech a fte r praying ACCIDENT ADDS 272.500
for it a t th e a lta r of a ten ted cnurch
FISH TO BUTTE STREAMS
w here evangelistic services had been
Because th e tru ck s on a fish car
carrie d on by th e P entecostal de I belonging to the C alifornia Fish and
nom ination, a t B road Oaks, accord Game comm isison broke down on the
ing to M rs' Ida T rib lett, of S turgis way to A lturas, and on account of
Mich., th e evangelist in charge. s trik e conditions it w as im possible
Those acquainted w ith the boy say to re p a ir it a t the shops of the W est
he had not spoken before. The a l ern Pacific railro ad , th e load was
leged m iracle is vouched for by v a r dum ped and the m ountain stream s
ious persons of the city who w ere in ad jacen t to O roville were enriched
by 272,500 tro u t fry.
a tte n d an c e a t th e m eeting.
Cream
Puffs
Tomorrow
Lithia
Bakery
(New Managemeut)
A. BARTOLETTI, Prop.
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SEE THE NEW
H udson S uper -S ix
W i t h a N e w M o t o r o f 72% M o r e P o w e r
a n d 17 M ile s o n a G a l l o n o f G a s
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ey necessary to keep up these b a n d , a re nG*- needed
th e coal m in in g ,
concerts as long as th e w arm wea- Industry on any term s. T here a re .
th e r prevails.
in d u strie s w here th is su rp lu s labor
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th a t now will n e ith e r m ine coal nor
T here is a very la rg e G erm an; let anybody else do so m ight be em- i
population in St. Louis.
E very ployed a t good wages th e y e a r
new spaper p rin ted in th e E nglish around. T hus, th e rest of the m in- ¡
language opposed the re-election of ers m ight have steady em ploym ent j
S enator Reed, accepted os th e enem y ¡ m ining coal .
J u s t on e
of fo rm er P re sid e n t W ilson, who
It is im possible to see why the
ta ll cold
navigated th e ship of s ta te d u rin g people and th e in d u strie s of th is
one and
th e late w ar. T he population of St J country should pay for coal prices
th
ir
s
t
v
a n ish e s
Louis is m ore th a n 700,000. Reed sufficien t to keep m iners in idleness
was given a bigger m ajo rity in St. h alf th e y ear and give a p ro fit to th e
Louis th an he got in th e re st of th e ow ners o i tho u san d s of producing
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s ta te all put to g eth er. The inference m ines for whose p ro d u ct u n d er pro
ís obvious.
perly a rra n g e d econom ic c o n d itio n s!
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(th e re w ould be no sale in c o m p e tí-i
W ord was sent out yesterday th a ti tion w ith m ines w here production
th e railw ay executives
a m eeting costs a re less. Even th is is by no
in New Y ork today will agree to ac- m eans th e w hole story. Coal m ining
W h e re v e r g o o d drin k s a r e so ld
cept th e p resid e n t’s proposals to set- can be done largely by m achinery a t
tie th e strik e. Of little avail a t t h i s 1 only a fractio n of th e cost of hand
Snider Dairy & Produce Co.
la te day.
The term s should have labor.
T he m in e rs’ union forbids I
Medford
been ag reed to in th e firs t place by th e use of such m achinery,
Local Representative
th e railw a y executives, a t th e sa m a
H ere is far-re a ch in g sabotage
tim e th e shopm en accepted them , th a t m akes coal d e a r and h ard to
T h e la tte r halving discovered th e get. No se ttle m en t of the coal strik e
Columbia
Brew
SEE IT AND RIDE IN IT
CLA SS A G A R A G E
The Best Tool for
a Big Job
An axe in the hands of a crazy man is a serious menace, yet
we do not condemn the axe for its wild or foolish application.
Advertising can be—has been—sometimes misused.
Like
all great forces, it must be intelligently planned and directed.
In the big job of reviving American business, advertising
is the best tool that money can buy.
and well!
Let’s use it—boldly
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