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Bert R. G reer ............... ~........................................................................ Editor
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Rhine, accepted th e chairm anship bf the* A m erican
) Com m ittee for- R elief to G erm an children, some of the
G erm ansnsked him :
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec. 9.—
‘ • How does it happen th a t you, a com m ander of Amor-
ican soldiers in G erm any, are heading th is com m ittee to T-he dowry i3 coming back in 1111-
NEWS LETTER
fe p d flp iT n n n n h ililr o n ? ”
ite tl mi
u e im
n a n C illiaren I 1
Monday. December 18, I tttt
her newly acquired earning power ,
she supplies her m
dowry,
some cases 9he has the money all
piled up in a neat bank account, I
which becomes her husband’s joint
property a t m arriage, but more of-
.
.
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, , „ . a ,
ten
of her « Grout»
Iiu n m iu v w
. „ she earns _ the equivalent
.
ro u p insurance
w in
in l o u t Qo,
. dowry a fte r m arriage.
(HW Employe« of g. p.
The num ber of young women
and Subsidies
who continue working a year or
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two a fte r m arriage is Increasing, n The plan of the Southern Pacify
*n th« «ppqrtufilcy 1» udte «at
SM DPOLM K
EFFECT JAN. 1
twdmi pfiysiwaj «attffiiRBtiga «rt
rugaHS to agt, rretn $1900 ft $2.«
000 additional instirahke at the
rate of 70 cebta munthly psi
<1000 th« maximum am«« aft
purch&aaable being MMM1
nois, bnt papa doesn’t pay it. The
,
.modern
bride earns her own dowry
'ICIAL CITY PA PER .............. ............................_....... Telephone 39
lh e General s reply: “ A m erica never w aged w ar on money.
money
th« income of the individual.
red at the Ashland, Oregon, Post office as Second Class ,4 -1
The group insuranae law ra»
Mali Matter
1 CRlKJieU, m ay be taken as so ch aracteristically A m erican j This strange condition is being
quire« th a t three-foHrtb» of ih<
th a t it fairly represents our idea of things
forced by several factors which
Subscription Price, Delivered in City
employ««
take out additional la*
W e arc not given to much p ra tin g about any su p e rio r-; »«.ve arisen along w ith u o o a p a r t- 1
,
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o n e M o n th .............................................................................................. $ .65
ic
Company
for
issuing
group
in-
durance
before
the policy With tkg
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and
$400
fu
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coats.
Three Months .................................................. ...... ..................... ..... ...
1.95 ity o r holy m ission we m ay believe we have on earth. T his
tories— wherever women are em* surance for the protection of all ' M etropolitan Life Insurance C o*«
Six M o n th s................................................................................. a ...................
3.75
ployed— young m arried women employes and officials of th« rail- pany become« effective,
One Year .................................................................................................
7.50 food fo r hungry children is not ethereal or sp iritu a l: it is
The m arriageable young man
It is eetlmated th at th« policy
m undane and practical. W e have the food and th ey have haa‘ Mme to reaUtt tllat the dow. can be seen working out their dow- i road and jtB subsidiary companies
By Mail and Rural Routes:
One ...0» th ...................................................................
insuring the fioutharn Pacific Will
?i -95! ?tftrvm S children. I t is p a rt of the A m erican philosophy ry is a very useful institution and riea. Their earning9 are "pure win go jnto effect January 1.
Three Months ............................................................
velvet," and with the m ore provi
This
announcem
ent
was
m
a
d
«
,
total between 11250,069,609 aa<
3^50 hl suc‘h cases to help them out. H e w ith plenty who will not not some funny idea of French- dent every penny goes into the
Six ".o n 'h s
* todayTiy President Wra. Sproule, ( <130,000,000. Thia la mor« tkaa
On.j Y e a r ................................................. .............. • ............................
6.50 sh are it w ith the needy is not our sort. W e do not expect men- WIth daughters th at m ust be hank.
following receipt of advices from I twice the am ount of th e largest
pay. I t is not a loan th a t th e Q uaker com m ittee is adm in- kept aa fathers have kePl them
D181*LAY ADVERTISING RATES:
Julius K ruttschnitt, Chairman, Ex- 1 policy of thia kind known to hevg
slngi« .nsertlon, par inch ................. ......................... .............................30 ’ i isterin g in G erm any for th e A m erican people. I t is ju st “ “ ¿ A “ 1." 1“ T?“ are dlsm,y-
The young husband, whose in - j ecuUve Committee at New York, been Issued in the past.
, Yearly Contracts:
On« Insertion a
.......................... ............... .......................... $ .27% GUI W ol doing tilings. It it is d ifferent from the common j have to look for help from some come barely suffices for current th at fhe insurance has been accep­
Two insertions a weak ..................................................................
,25
practice in the world, let US say th a t A m erica itself is dif- ‘Other quarter.
‘expenses, is thus enabled to build ted by more than the num ber of
Dally insertion ........................................ ........................................
.20
ferent. T h at is w hat m akes it A m erica.
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Father, who set the pace, ought up a surplus with which to sta rt a employes on all Southern Pacific
—Schenectady, N. Y. U nion S ta r 1 to come through and help son-in- home. The couple can easily save properties necessary to make the
Rates For Legal and Miscellaneous Advertising
,
F irst insertion, per 8 point l i n e ................................................
| .10
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, law whiz past the startin g point enough to make a first payment plan effective.
subsequent Insertion, 8 point line ............................................. 05
As a result, with the advent of
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| at d au g h ter’s accustomed sp e e d .( on a house of their own out of the
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rnankB .................................................................................
1.00
B ut by the time the average 1111- ! bride’s
post-nuptial
earnings. the new year all employes ranging
Obituai s, per line .......................................................... ....................... 02%
nois fath er has gotten his daugh- They are usually able to buy furni- from high officials to the moat
WHAT CO.» wTITUTES ADVERTISING
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te r ready to give away at the al- ! tu re and sometimes a motor car, humble workers, who have been
read aeaures good
"All future events, where an admission charge is made or a 1
ta r he has nothing else left to which would have been impossible *n continuous service six months
:! -tion taken is Advertising.
give. It is up to the daughter.
-without the extra funds. Many or iongor will be insured.
0 discount will be allowed Religious or Benevolent orders.
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¡happy homes are being founded
About 90,000 employes of the
egularity; kelp« tt«lt»
DONATIONS
And daughter delivers! W ith through the aid of the new form Southern PacKic and its various
No rtcLatlona to charities or otherw ise will be made In advertis­
— ------------------------------------------- of dowry th at, w ithout it, would subsidiaries are effected. Each em-
"When Senator H ubert D urrett
log. er job printing— our contributions will be in cash.
STANFIELD APPOINTED
be threatened by poverty.
jploye who has worked 6 months
atiug enjoyable With
Stephens, of Mississippi, retired
ijY) FINANCE COMMITTEE
——
———
.receives <250 free insurance and
from the House of R epresenta­
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This revived and revised dowry each one who 1,89 worked 0 year or
DECEMBER 10
tives in March, 1921, at the close
id lo good blood
GLADNESS IN SERVICE:— Serve the Lord with gladness. E nter
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 10. is beginning to make its influence longer J5 0 °-
of the Sixty-sixth Congress it was
l— Senator Robert N. Stanfield of felt in the m arriage m arket. Sane* In additlon* employes who hav«
into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be
with the flat declaration and
¡Oregon today was tentaively pla- young men, after investigating ! worked a >’ear or longer are glv-
eterm ining go«d heelrk
thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good.— 1 strict w arning to friends th a t he
,ced
on
the
finance
committee
by
¡apartm
ent
rents,
property
prices
Psalm 100: 2, 4.
never again would venture into
the senate committee on commit- and general living costs are prone eheck-book. No lawyers are em-
public life, th a t he was dons as
tees, and Senator F ran k R. Good- to lose their hearts to girls who Ploye<L and ihe questioning of
an aspirant for State or national
ing achieved the am bition of nis : can contribute som ething substan-
bride about her resources is
THE CHAUTAUQUA BUILDING
office. He had served eight years
public career in W ashington w h.n tial to the m arriage contract) The not
acceptable, but conditions
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SALLY ANNE
New Senators Who Are
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B
Sitting In Upper House
R
E
D
Litliia Bak©ry
R eports come to the Tidings th a t the C h a u ta u q u a . al ,he 90ath end
CapltoI
he w-as assigned to the in terestate girl with a good position which she are forcing lovers to grow more
commerce committee.
(is not averse to holding after the and more practical.
Senators Jones of W ashington wedding is coming to have a bet-;
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■ and Borah of Idaho, both of whom . ter chance of a quick trip to the :
, have m ajor committee chairm an- altar.
ships, will not retain the old com-
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m ittee places.
Senator McNary! Courting in Illinois as yet has
of Oregon w ill become second on ■ shown no Rigns of being reduced
the committee on commerce if to the business proposition that it
Senator Lenroot ol \\ isconsin js ¡n European countries, where
.moves over to the foreign relations the dowry system prevails. Soul-
committee as is expected.
ful eyes and curly locks still count,
i hut are being crowded by the
NEWS OF RUNAWAY
GIRLS IS WEI.COMED
B u ild in g , adm ired alike by home folks and visitors, is al- and he was determ ined to go back
lowed to stand unlocked and is generally neglected. These to his home in New Albany, Miss.,
reports are not w ithout foundation and p o rtra y a situ atio n to practice law.
th a t dem ands the atten tio n of the public sp irited citizens of l N ear,y lwo years passed, ste-
A shland. It m ay not he generally known, hut it is a fact phens was ke,eping hl9 Promiao-
th a t the C hautauqua A ssociation is not in a financial . .F,nall> ’ ho'vever’ hi>SM10,,d
position to m aintain the building as civic prid e dem ands, 8ippi Went to Stephens and told
hut th ere is no excuse fo r p erm ittin g the building to re- him they wanted him to run for
main open and left to the destruction of vandals.
the Senate post th at was to be
The C hautauqua B uilding is a cred it to A shland and is j vacated voluntarily by John Sharp
the p ride of all of southern Oregon. I t affo rd s facilities Wil,ianis> one of the last in the
for program s and en tertain m en ts as no o th er stru ctu re in upper chaniber of the famous
the d istric t can. T he value of the stru c tu re was fu rth e r °“1, Kh“0' ° ',^ ,lv‘ lrou“
dem onstrated d u rin g the \ \ in ter F a ir last week, it afford- Uge trom
pre.war days 0( Ihe
ing an area sufficiently large to accom m odate all exhiits south and had served long in the
w ith com fort to both exhibitors and spectators. As the Senate, but he desired to retu rn
years come its benefits will m ultiply and it will grow in , 10 Mississippi and spend the rest
value to the city. W ith p ro p er effo rts exerted in a ttra c tin g jof his life in <iulet nnd ease- with
conventions to A shland it can be m ade a financial asset. ihIs beloved books and hi8 com'
I t is understood th a t the C h au tau q u a A ssociation is pa" l®n7
carry in g an indebtedness of only $6,000 on the building, a ‘a n ^ X ^ ^ m X “
Ladies
of Ashland
MEDFORD, Dec. 10.— R ela­
tives, friends and Medford school
any political faith, in the sense of officials were considerably re-
always voting for and w ith the lieved today when news from Oak-
party leaders, th a t Senator is : land, Cal., was received here sta-
W heeler.
ting th a t the run-away 15-year-old
W heeler is ultra-progressive, ( girls, Pauline Shuey and Mildred
Some political w riters prefer t o , Bever were safe and under arrest
classify him as a member of the (in th a t city.
so-called "radical bloc” in the ( N either family cared to make j g
Senate, comprising, besides W heel!any statem ent regarding the mat-
er, B rookhart of Iowa; Frazier of te r today. Both girls said ta have i
North D akota, and Shipstead, of enjoyed good reputations, and it
is believed they ran away merely
Minnesota.
His friends say that Is stretch ­ as a larke and so they could see
som ething of the country.
ing a point too far.
com paratively sm all am ount, considering the value a n d jta n tiy at first, entered the race,
ch a ra cte r of the stru ctu re, and if unable to raise the a- under the personal guidance of
m ount as an organization financial assistance ought to Senator P at H arrison. He em er­
he extended from outside, and the C hautauqua B uilding ged trium phantly in th e prim ar-
saved to A shland. A discussion of the m a tte r through the
C ham ber of Commerce, through the city council, the Litli-
ians, the K iw anis and o th er clubs can not help but result
W heeler does believe in re­
form
; th a t certain methods of PAIR ARRAIGNED FOR
in some intelligent scheme being devised to not only p ro p ­
MURDER OF SKEIN
running the country are not in the
erly m aintain the stru ctu re, hut to save it as a civic a ttra c ­
best interests of the people; th a t
tion and asset.
YREKA. Cal., Dec. 10.— W il­
many of our laws are archaic and
need new life and revam ping and liam Hard, 17, and Ronald Em o,
32, accused of slaying Fred Skein,
IT MAKES ALL THINGS NEW
the injection of more
modern
Sam’s Neck rancher, while he
W hile it seems im possible to say an y th in g new*on the!
ideals.
slept on the night of October 31st
subject of C hristm as celebration, the m iracle of the season
For instance as regards foreign
last, yesterday were arraingned on
relations, he is found at variance
is th a t the custom of n early 2,000 years m akes p ractically
; charges of m urder before Justice
with most of his colleagues in ! of the Peace Albert H. Thomas.
all things new. The aged become young again through
W ashington. He feels th a t the
Erno appeared in court in his
th e ir rejoicing in the d elights of the grand-children with
tim e long since has passed for cowboy costume.
He apepared
the things th a t once m ade th e ir own eyes open wide in w on­
the recognition of Soviet Russia. nervous. Hard, garbed in a new
d er—m em ories of th e ir own childliood also come hack to
He has made this known to Presi­ suit of clothes, was apparently un­
them.
dent Coolidge and, in addition, concerned.
I t is not sim ply a je st th a t p ap a also likes to play— ;
told the Executive th a t Russian
leaders have promiseo to pay and MACCABEES ELECT OFFICERS
even though he m ay say it is ju s t to test them —w it the
redeem
all outstanding debts.
toys he buys fo r the youngsters. Thus, w hile the holiday
TO ACT COMING YEAR
He
is
opposed to large m ilitary
is p artic u larly a festival for the children, em phasizing the
At the reg u lar m eeting of Mar­
forces. He favors a bonus. The garet Review, No. 22, W oman’s
story of the Babe in the M anger it also has fo r eleders its
E8ch-Cumimns law, which ho re ­ Benefit Association of Maccabees
pleasures and the w ider significance of th a t w orld-inspir­
gards as gonreally unfair and dis­ held W ednesday evening, Dec. 6
ing event in Bethlehem .
crim inatory, will be the subject of the following officers were duly
many stinging attacks from “him elected for 1924.
FLOATING BIG THOUGHTS
!,as ovar former Seaator JamC9 this w inter. The Supreme Court Comander, Hazel H aberly; Past
in his opinion, should not be per­ Co., Frances Hobbs: Lieut. Com.,
B ig th o u g h ts are a form of o p p o rtu n ity th a t come to : Vardam an and was elected,
people and com m unities and nations, b u t there is not al-
Stephens somewhat resembles m itted to declare acts of Congress Lillian Y ates; Collector, Jose­
w ays enough m ental room to float them. They are like H arrison in personal appearance unconstitutional merely by a m a­ phine W allace; Record Keeper,
jo rity vote of the court.
Anna Hensley; Finance Keeper,
some g reat ship w hich sails up a harbor, b rin g in g w ith it and in characteristics. At a dis­
These are fundam ental princi­ Mabel Moor; Chaplain, Dora Pay- j
tance
it
is
difficult
to
distinguish
new o p p o rtu n ities of commerce. B ut it m ay find th a t the
between them. Both are artfu l, ples of the La Follette progres­ ne; Lat a t Arms, Elsie Crowson; j
w ater is shallow, ao th a t it has to go elsew here to deliver
agile debaters and parliam entar­ sives. W heeler will go along with Seargent, Maud R uger; Sentinel, i
its rich freightage. M any young people have d u rin g the ians. Both have th a t alm ost un­ th a t group on these isues. In some Lena Nelson; Picket, Minnie |
p ast few m onths had big th o u g h ts in reg ard to education. canny ability to instil respect and others he may go fa rth e r; it’s a G earhart; Musician, Ivy Sanford; .
P erh ap s school teachers talk ed to them on its advantages. confidence among political oppo­ certainty he can’t be classed as a Captain, Izora O skar; Color Bear- j
A big th o u g h t w as try in g to en ter th e h arb o r of th e ir nents as among friends. Some of "re g u la r” on the Democratic side. er,* 1, Marion Jeffries; Color !
W heeler, a lawyer by profession B earer, 2, Mae Underwood.
minds. B u t as they reflected, the difficulties seemed to Stephens’ closest companions in
was born in Hudson, Mass., Feb­
grow. T hey would h ave to give up m any pleasures. Some the House sat on the Republican ruary 27, 1882.
side of the chamber.
Silverton has 'plans for erect­
oi these young people were not p erh ap s fitte d fo r higher
Stephens was born in New Al­ LOW TURKEY PRICES
ing Union High school building.
book education, and p erh ap s th e ir fam ilies needed the bany, Miss., August 17, 1865, the
DISCOURAGE GROWERS
money they could earn. T h eir decision to go to w ork oldest son of Judge and Mrs. Z.
Corvallis to improve 20 street.
ROSEBURG, Dec. >10.— Much
m ay have represented good judgem nt and self sacrifice. M. Stephens. A fter attending pub­
B ut in m any cases the trouble was m erely th a t th e ir m ental lic schools in his native town he dissatisfaction is evinced among
channels were not deep enough fo r a big thought, which was graduated in law from the turkey growers here over the
if acted upon m ight have enriched th e ir lives. So it is University of Mississippi and ad­ price quoted for th e birds for east­
ern shipm ent of 20 cents per
in the life of a city. B ig th o u g h ts come seeking entrance m itted to the bar shortly after pound for firsts and 15 cents for
reaching his m ajority.
to the civic harbor. P ra ctic al suggestions are m ade of
His only im portant State office seconds. This is the lowest price
means by w hich a city m ight broaden its life and increase was th a t of D istrict A ttorney in since 1915, when turkeys sold for
hum an w elfare and enlightenm ent. B ut over conserva­ the district of eight counties su r­ 18 cents. The price has risen
Will radiate happiness for
tism , too g reat parsim ony as to taxation, lack of self sne- rounding New Albany, to which steadily since th a t time, the peak
being
47
cents.
Buyers
are
firm
ifice, are form s of silt th a t o b stru ct these channels, and he was elected in 1907. He re­
all the family and g ath er in
m ake m any of these civic h arb o rs too shallow fo r those signed th a t post in April. 1910, to in th eir conviction th a t th ere is
no b etter price in view for the
all th e en tertainm ent, presi­
g re a t vessels of th o u g h t and action th a t seek to enter. make the race for Congress.
Christm as m arket, and advse the
dential speeches, football
People need a kind of m ental d red g in g th a t shall m ake us
growers to sell now.
"W hatever else he may be. Bur-
all able to flo at the big th o u g h ts th a t ask to come in and
news, baseball, big events
j ton W heler is NOT, thank God, a LONE WOMAN BANDIT
land th e ir freig h t in our lives.—R oseburg News Review.
politician!”
ESCAPES WITH 918,000
This rem ark was made by a
FOSTORIA, Ohio. Dec. 9.— A
We are Radio Specialists
JU ST OUR AMERICAN W AY
i man who has know’n M ontana’s woman bandit, playing a lone-
for complete sets or parts.
I f it ever has occurred th a t the general conquering new Democratic Senator since the hand, held up the Ohio Savings
troops tu rn ed aro u n d and led those who would feed the time, several years ago, he was a Loan Co. and escaped w ith $13,-
children of the conquered country, the event does not stick young D istrict A ttorney in B ut­ 000. Stepping into th e bank, she
te.
locked the door behind h er and
out very prom inently in history. I t is so unusual, in fact
If th ere is one man in the Sen- forced the girl clerks to hold up
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th a t when G eneral H en ry T. Allen, who com manded th e
wh0 cannt>, ba lab6lad aad
th eir hands while she grabbed the
A m erican troops d u rin g th e period of Germ an occupation ticketed as being a
regular
of money from the cashier’s cage.
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Cream Separators
Manure Forks .
I t will pay you to buy fum of a fu rrier.
Inspect our stock at M. M. Store, Medford.
Collars and C uff m ade to order.
B
Trace Chains
H arness
Bartlett. ✓ Furrier
g
T axiderm ist and F u r Shop
128 N. Grape
Medford
PEIL’S CORNER
A New Botiv Tvne
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THE
SEDAN
f o .n .
DETROIT
T he Tudnr Sedan i* a distinctly
TxC'v Ford : k i 4/ type, admirably de-
e.gaed ier h. rm ory of e x te rio r
appearance and excellence o r interior
comfort and convenience.
A t $590, its price is not only lower
than any previous Ford Sedan, but
lower than any 6eJan ever put on
the AxLerican market.
Body linea, long
T k íí¡ c e n can be
panel rear quarter
w in d o w s, broad
cowl and high ra-
FULLY
EQUIPPED
diator £,ive it grace and poise from
every angle.
W ide doors, hinged to open for­
ward, folding front seats, well spaced
interior, dark Irow n 1 roadc'.oth up-
lioistery and a ttra c tiv e interior
trimmings add meaturabiy to ita indi­
viduality, comfort and convenience.
obiained on lhe
See this exception­
ally desirable new
F o rd p ro d u c t in
F o rd show room s.
HARRISON BROTHERS
A SHLAND. OREGON
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