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THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO
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The custom of the courts to make the fine the major
and the loss of license the minor punishment for illegally driv
ing the automobile should be changed. The greater punish
ment for the larger number of speeders, drunken drivers, or
those otherwise indifferent to the law is to have their licenses
1 ' I taken away. And while the lawbreakers are not permitted to
A drive, the public, so far as they are concerned, enjoys safety,
i The public, in fact, is the more important factor in the mat
ter and should receive first consideration. And to this end
the courts will serve the public best by giving life periods of
rest to the nenons wrecks who at dangerous points lose con
trol of their machines, hog the road, attempt to shoot in ahead
of others at curves, or otherwise endanger the lives of others.
—Oregon City Banner-Courier.
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Europe’s come back isn’t going to he snappy.
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WHAT CONSTITUES ADVERTISING
"All fu tu r events, w here an admission charge la-
made or a collection taken is Advertising.
Iso discount will be allowed Religious o r-
Benevolent orders.
DONATIONS:
If the League of Nations can take the muss out of
olini it will be agreed that it is a great league.
iMduy, September 14, 1923
M USS*
On the other hand, it is perhaps fortunate that we do not
have as many coal strikes as there are announced settlements.
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U. S. MAY CONSTRUCT
POWERFUL AIR FLEET
INDIANAPOLIS, /Sept. 12,— Con i
SEPTEM BER 11.
structlon of a powerful m ilitary air
force in the event of a failure to
W HY N O T ?— () ye sim p le, u n d e rs ta n d w isdom : a n d , ye fools, be ye
hold the international a ir disarm a
of an u n d e rs ta n d in g h e a r t.— P ro v e rb s 8 :5 .
ment conference, proposed by the
American Legion, was advocated by
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Lemuel
Bolles, national ad ju tan t of
WHY IS A KNOCKER?-
the Legion in a recent statem ent. The
The caption composes a question that many have been legion official declared th a t if, after
attempting to answer lor years, but to no avail. There may exhausting its best efforts, the Un
be some doubt about bis origin but there is no question about ited States fails to end the air race
now in progress among European
his existence, nor is there anv question about the energetic nations,
it is up to this country to
manner in which he operates to the deti injent of the commun en ter the contest in earnest.
ity lie infests.
"Two years ago we were prepar
ed to build a navy that could sweep
Reasoning prematurely might lead, one to believe that any other sea force from the s e a .|—
the persistent knock» r usually springs from the class of down a fact which some practical obser
ami out fellows, hut it is erroneous. The fellow who is down vers have declared contributed to
and out because ot some business failure in the past is sel the success of the W ashington con
dom found knocking. The fellow who drifts along, content ference,” he said. “ If the a ir race
up, despite our best efforts
with lite today and exhibits no worry over the events of to keeps
to bring it to a halt, we m ust build
morrow, seldom engages in knocking. Careful observation a fighting force th a t will defend our
and thought reveals ihat the most persistent and professional skies, come w hat ma.y If we don’t
knocker is the fell» w who may be classed as comfortably we invite d isaster.”
situated, due, no doubt, to inheritance or a n ati/al increase Mr. Bolles, however, expressed the
opinion th at it would be possible to
in land, values.
obtain the participation of world
[he knocker is usually the most inconsistent individual powers In the proposed conference,
the world a fiords,
suallv he is one of the fellows who has despite the acute situation in E u
giown last to the town in which he lives; couldn’t be driven rope centering about the R uhr oc
out ot it with a clul yet. as soon as the stranger comes in he cupation.
giabs his hammer and starts working on the new-comer. “ If it is true, as some have intim
ated, th a t certain nations for un
I or God’s sake man, don t stop here. This town isn’t dear!— worthy motives, would prove unre
it is worse than dead. The climate is Totten; there’s nothing sponsive to overtures for a confer
doing tor the working man; business is rotten. Say, there’s ence,” he said, “ I think th at fact
a hunch ot sap-heads here trying to boost the town, hut they should he ascertained beyond ques
tion and published to the world.
had better save their wind. You can’t help a dead horse. Fine We
of the American Legion, who are
climate they have down, in Francancisco, Things are doin& urging the im portance of this con
down there. That’s the place to go stranger. L you expect ference, do not believe there is any
to li\e long, and if y »u. have any ambition to get ahead in the such nation. Some m ilitaristic clique
wot Id, shake the dust of this place from your i'eet right this n>ay— though I question it— e n ter
tain such ideas, but the people of
minute and hit ’er south.”
no nation do. I believe the people
It is hoped that the foregoing don’t quòte too closely the of Europe are ju st as eager to dis
knocker, who alter delivering himself of the harrangue set pense with this crazy competition as
tles down to spend another 20 years in. the place that has been the people of America are— doubt
less more so. At any rate, the Am
kind to him.
erican Legion, having asked the di-
Jealously no doubt plays sa part in the origin of the iVct question, ’Why not an a ir con
mocker. It seems possible that; he is really in Jove with his ference?” ’ Respectfully feels th at it
t°yn and community, and realizring his pleasaiat condition in is entitled to a response in the same
lite is afraid that it too many strangers came in and locate explicit term s and it means to ob
he will he bereft ol his happiness. What otlner motive can tain th a t response if it can.”
acute the knocker?
I hat llie knocker is a pest; none will (Jen v, lie is a detri
ment to the community, and a nuisance difficult to eradicate,
lie has no conscienctious scruples, with respect to telling the
tiuth; he loses sight ot his neighbor .when lrc drops a remark
that defeats the sale of his property, and. in his advice to
o mis to move on, he proves himself an idot for remaining so
so long in a place for which he has no little regard.
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WEED OVERSUBSCRIBES QUOTA
FOR JAPANESE RELIEF
WEED, CAL., Sept. 13..— While
full retu rn s have not been received,
Weed has oversubscribed the ?500
quota for the Red Cross drive for
Japanese relief. Booths were es
tablished at .several places in town
in charge of young girls in Red Cross
garb, where subscriptions were re
ceived.
Anthracite operators lose coal strikes in something: the
same fashion that Turkey loses wars. Operators as a matter' ione finishing concrete sidewalk
ot tact, have never lest a strike, not even when the miners won,Iprogram,
and it becomes apparent they have not the slightest intention
of permitting the present disagreement to cost them a dime.!
1 he public lias already been warned that the miners’ original:
wage demands would entail an increase of $2 a ton in re-'
tail costs, and that Governor Pincliot’s suggestion of a ten
per cent wage increase will increase eoal costs 75 cents a ton.I
I here is precise!) no eomceivable ground for either of those'
giandiose figures, save the capacity of the operators. Gov-; Cured W ithout Surgery
suffer with
Piles
0,1101 1 incliot is ev rlastingly right in his contention that a JF you
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ten per cent wage I >ost can easily be deducted from the uu-j * I will send you my
preeedented profits enjoyed at the moment by operators with-j FREE, illustrated boOK
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out any reflection in the mine or retail costs of coal.
telling o f the causes,
It is easily proved. The labor cost for mining one ton of
antluaeite, which was $4.12 earlier in the year, has been late symptoms and injurious
effects-if neglected. It also
ly leduced to $5.98, according to figures of the coal commis
describes the n o n - npygical,
sion. I he a\erage profit per top to operators has increased
since March trom $ Oii to $1.06. A 10 per cent increase in p ainless m e th o d s w h ic h
GUARANTEE a
wages will involve al m t 4<> cents <f ton, reducing the operator’s enable me to «peedy
and permanent
eure.T
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present net to 66 eents a tou.
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weakly if it It Inconvanlant to
ba hate for daily i
A 66-cent profit will he approximately 50 per cent higher
W rite
than the 45-cent pro.it enjoyed hy the operators’ in the first
quarter of 1922.
PILES
It mining is ci‘E anted shortly* tluire are indications the
>ear s \ield will reach 90,000,000 tons. A 66-cent net profit
her split schools the percentage of
failures has been reduced from more
than fifteen to less than five per
cent, and th a t one-tenth of her en
rollm ent has received an acceleration
of a half year. Superintendent Tupper
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.— The seg of the southern city’s school sys
regated school in which backward tem, says:
children are separated from their
‘‘Failures represent wasted teach-
Z h inte‘,ig: n a33ot',ate3’ »‘as been, ing. teaching bought and
condemned by some as more ex- but which has failed t0 resu,t iQ
pensive than the "stra ig h t” school.1 proper development, which must be
Statistics prove that it is slightly repeated and paid for aga,n A rp.
more n cost than the old scheme, duction of failures from 15.3 to 4.7
but also show that a great saving is is a reduction in the amount of
tc t in t< a< nng and in time.
i wasted teaching equivalent to >8,-
Miami, Florida, reports th at in <»00 annually.”
WASTE OF TEACHING
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This Refers To Meter Users As Well
As Flat Rate
O U can buy a
Yc
ery good suit,
"Tailored to Measure
by B orn/’ for $35 or
$40—the kind others
s e ll today at fifty*
Y o u sav e m o n e y
here, judged by the
price per suit, or the
cost of your clothes
by the year*
The all wool fabrics
are of excellent quah
ity; they are tailored
to fit correctly; to give
lasting style and long
wear.
Come in and make
your selection while
stocks are complete.
Classified ads bring results.
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Notice To All Water Users
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No donations to charities or otherw ise will bs
made in advertising, or job printing— our contribu
tions will be in cash.
THEY NEV’fiR LOSE A STRIKE
tidings
per ton will mean a total net to the industry of about $60,000-
000, or about 12 per cent on capital roughly estimated at half
a billion dollars.
The suspicion is well rounded on circumstances that coal
operators in year of unprecedented production are not entire
ly averse to coal strikes. Strikes not only automatically inflate
prices for stocks on hands but, mor eimportant, they permit
operators to slip across a new standard of profits’. If oper
ators have any intention of increasing the present mine cost
of coal, it simply means they consider a twelve per cent pro-
lit too little on their investment.
A s h la n d D a ily T id in g s
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Paulserud’s
Io n arc hereby notified that on and after Sept.
11, 1923 the City of Ashland will lie divided
into two districts, upper and lower, for irriga
tion purposes, the dividing line being the Boule
vard and Main Streets.
UPPER DISTRICTS
That portion of the City lying above the Bou
levard and Main Streets to be known as the
upper District will be allowed to use water for
sprinkling lawns, and irrigation of acreage on
Mondays, Wednesdays, and
p Fridavs.
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Acreage tracts from 6 a m to 9 a nt and 4
p. m. to 8 p .m.
(Lawns from 5 p m to 7 p m)
LOWER DISTRICT
That portion of the City lying below the Bou
levard and Main Streets to be known as the
Lower District, will be allowed to use the water
tor sprinkling lawns and irrigation of acreage
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Acreage tracts frmo 6 a in to 9 a m and 5
p m to 8 p. m.
(Lawns from 5 p m to 7 p m)
No Irrigation Or Sprinkling on Sundays
Water used for sprinkling streets, store fronts
or sidewalks prohibited.
By Order of Common Council.