PÀ G fi TWO A shland » ♦ ♦ ................................ . . , (Established in 1870) l'ublished Every Evening Except Sunday by THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO Bert I t Greer ............................... Editoi : O FFIC IA * 1, CITY PAPER Telephone 39 E ntered at the Ashland, Oregon, Poatoffiee as »• cond Claas Mail M atter. Subset iptlon ihrice. Delivered in City * One M tnth ....... ............................ „ .............. $ .f,/, Three Monti j ................................................. 1.95 Six Months ..................................................... 3.75 One Year .......................................................... 7.5,, By Mall and Rural Routes: One Month ...................................................... j >65 Three Months ................................................. 1.95 Six Months ........................................................ 3.50 One Year .......................................................... 5 50 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. o > o o < Europe’s come back isn’t going to he snappy. 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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. • n sn ■ j---- ■ «x- 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 /! 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. \ 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 . _____ 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 ■ I • « 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 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 ► ♦ NEW 3 PACKAGE aaaaaaaaaaaaaa 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. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ a Notice To All Water Users V < » < ■ 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 4 h A lif 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. * 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.