Saturday, December 15, 1923 ASHLAND DÁÍLY TIDINGS A 5 o n T AND M L A iW BATTY U A IL 1 T T D T N G S supplanted obedience to the law and to the promptings 1 in in f common seDce. What dreadful repetition of such les- ( E stab lish ed in 1 8 7 6 ) P ublished E very E v en in g E xcept Sunday by THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO. Bert R. Greer -1 sons as this must motorists witness before they resolve to obey the law? How long will it be before we learti that a grim fate waits for the heedless—death, the most vigi- .Editor i ¡a n t of ap traffic patrolmen ?- -Oregonian. ICIAL CITY PA PER ......................................................telep h o n e 38 red at the .Ashland, O regon, P o sto ffic e M all M atter as Second Class A LIVELY BANKING PROBLEM EY AND TAR COMPOUND has been th e standard family cough W ith the changeable w eather remedy for over 35 years, bring­ which we have at thi9 season of ing prom pt relief and when once the year coughs and colds are very prevalent. Be prepared for them. used you will never be w ithout it. Have a bottle of FOLEY’S H O N -;Sold Everywhere EY AND TAR COMPOUND handy, ! VACATION NOTICE and with the first sign of a cough NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN or cold take a dose and prevent a serious ailm ent. FOLEY’S HON- ! th a t the BALFOUR GUTHRIE ' TRUST COMPANY, S. A. AR- Eugene F irst N ational Bank 1 NOLD, and BLANCHE ARNOLD. observes fortieth anniversary I have filed in the County Court for Dec. 15. Jackson County, Oregon, th eir pe­ tition praying for th e vacation $30,000 will be expended by of all of the P la t of Ashland Or­ Clatsop county and city of Seaside chard Tracts, “ P la t A ” , which in replacing old bridge across Ne- canicum river. W IN T ER COUGHS AND COLDS Branch banking bids to become a popular subject. Subscription P rice, D elivered In City There is now before the Supreme Court a case in which the $ .65 One M o n th ..... 1.95 State of Missouri lias undertaken, in connection with Three Months 3.75 branch banking, to tell a national bank what it may and Six M o n th s..... 7.50 One V ear ....... may not do under its national charter. The Department of By Mail and R ural R ou tes: ? .65 Justice has appeared in the court to contest any such One 1 ot th ..... 1.95 Three Months 3.50 right on the part of a state. Six 'lo n lh s __ After obtaining the opinion of the Department of 6.50 O nj Year ....... Justice the Comptroller of Currency lias recently issued DISPLA Y AD VERTISIN G R A TES: .30 regulations to national banks, telling them that they can- single insertion, per inch ............................................................... Y early C ontracts: 27% i not in any case open branches outside their own cities and One insertion a w ;*k ..................................................................... $ that branches cannot undertake any business except mat­ .25 Two insertions a week ................................................................... .20 Daily insertion ................................................................................. ters of a routine character.* While the banking fraternity was mulling over these Rates F o r Ia*gal and Miscellaneous A dvertising F irst insertion, per 8 point l i n e ................................................... $ .10 regulations, the Federal Reserve Board tackled the ques­ .05 •' ' subsequent insertion, 8 point line .................................... tion from another angle, announcing that it was not un­ 1.00 • t u lu a n k s ......................................................................................... .02% animous in its decision, but had a majority and minority Obiluai* s, per line ........................................................................ party within itself. The majority held that after Feb­ WHAT COx.vTITUTES ADVERTISING “ All fu tu re events, where an admission charge is made or a j ruary 1 the Board would refuse to admit to membership ..ihcticu taken is Advertising. in the reserve system a state bank which liad branches o discount will be allowed Religious or Benevolent orders. outside its own community. The point of view which led DONATIONS No flcihiicns to charities or otherw ise will be made in advertis to this conclusion was that, as members of the system ing. or iob printing— our contributions will be in cash. should be on approximate terms of equality and national banks cannot have branches outside of their communities, DECEM BER 13 state banks desiring to come into the reserve system NOTHING TO FE A R :— Thou son of man, be n o t* afraid .- i should stay inside of their communities. A minority of Ezekiel 2:6. the members of the Reserve Board think such a position --------------------------- ' .g erroneous> ¡n that the Reserve Board should not at- THE DISASTER OF THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY | tempt to tell a state bank that, when it enters the re- A1 though figures are not available, it is safe to state serve system, it cannot exercise rights conferred upon it that half of the stockmen of Oregon have gone broke dur- by its state.—The Nation’s Business. ing the past five years, and that of the remaining fifty - : per cent not more than half are solvent. This applies THE TEST OF A CHRISTMAS GIFT . to the cattle man and as well as the sheep grower. There’ Many millions of dollars will be spent during the is one county in Oregon, prominent for its cattle and iisi next few weeks for gifts. The greater part of them wih sheep, in which there are perhaps three or four livestock he well bestowed, hut many such offerings will he useless, firms that are solvent. Five years ago that same county The best gift is something that the recipient has was the home of perhaps twenty-five individual, partner- wanted. While useful articles that a person is go.ing to ship, and incorporated livestock concerns, some of them i need are given more than ever before, yet the gift that rated at from $75,000 to $150,000. Of the concerns' five appeals to a person’s imagination and sense of beauty years ago there was one individual, a sheep and wool: may seem equally appropriate. grower who was conservatively estimated -to be worth! People often long for things for years, hut feel they $100,000 in land and shdep. He is broke today Others can get along without them, and so never buy them. A were forced out of business by their creditors, and still! gift of that type may not always be strictly practical, others were compelled to enter bankruptcy and were yet if it satisfies a long cherished desire, it may create not able to pay more than ten cents on the dollar. The more happiness than anything else. The person who condition in the county referred to applies to all other wants to make appropriate gitts must think cai efull j livestock growing counties of the state, especially in the of the tastes and desires of his friends, and often con­ sult the members of the friend’s family to see wliat is eastern and central districts. The desperate condition of the stockmen of the state wanted or needed. was reflected on many of the hanks, some of which were Nonnalcy lias been restored on the Pacific Coast. forced to the wall, breaking their stockholders and los­ Harry Williams lias been declared legal head of the Pacific ing money for depositors. The end of the World War brought a drop in the Coast League. price of cattle, sheep and wool, hut that was not the sole reason that stockmen were unable to withstand the de­ SEV ER A L IN JU R E D IN New L a m p Burns FIG H T AT VANCOUVER pression. During the years of the war livestock loan _____ * 94 Percent Air companies of Oregon and the Northwest fairly showered VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 14.— their money on the heads of cattle and sheep growers. Seven men are in hospitals, one BEATS ELECTRIC OR GAS It was a period during which the owner of sheep and seriously injured and three are un­ a rre st as the afterm ath of a cattle did not have to beg for loans. The loan com­ der A new oil lamp th a t gives an fight between longshorem en and panies begged them to accept the money, encouraged them strike-breakers. amazingly brilliant, soft, white to buy more sheep and cattle, and influenced them to ——-------------------------- i light, even b etter than gas or elec- plunge. To illustrate the frenzied desire of some of the Hood River— Apple Growers tricity, has been tested by th e U. loan companies to advance more money it is necessary, Assn., which last year handled j g .G overnm ent and 35 leading uni- only, to state that some of them were not at all partic­ 1,300,000 boxes apples, will reach versities and found to be superior to 10 ordinary oil lamps. It burns ular about going out to the ranges and ascertaining first 1,600,000 m ark this year. --------------—----------- w ithout odor, smoke or no'-se—no hand whether they were loaning on 5000 head of sheep FO LEY PILL S BRING R E L IE F pumping up, is simple, cleean, or 10,000. All a man with 5000 sheep had to do to obtain “ FOLEY PILLS are the best I pafe B urns 94% air and 6 % com- a loan, security for which 10,000 head were usually re- have tried. My kidneys work a môn kér0Sene (coal oil) <|uired, was to ask for it. It is a well known fact that lot better since 1 received your The inventor, v. m . Johnson, when the final crash came and loan companies sent their i'""™“8 X 7 ’ w l h 1Ç1 North Union Ave., Portland, a lamp field representatives to the pastures and ranges for a PILLS are a diuretic stim ulant for (Jrefion, is , offering to send . thorough checking-up, it was revealed in many instances, the kidneys and while being ta- on 10 day’s FR EE trul> or eveu that instead of having security for 1000 head o f’cattle or ken close attention should be paid to give one FR EE to the first ito the diet. Avoid sweets, pas-i «ser in each locality who will sheep they were secured for only half that number. try starchy foods, alcoholic j help him to explain how you can Other instances of the zealous and frantic efforts drijjks tea -and coffee. Drink get the agency, and w ithout ex­ of loan companies to loan other thousands is revealed in plenty of good fresh w ater, and perience or money make $250 to their attempt to induce their debtors to. launch out and keep the body warmly clothed, $500 per month. buy more livestock, and in numerous instances, one of Re£use substitutes. Sold Every- them personally know to the writer, begged a cattle man ¡where’ to double his herd and his indebtedness. Already fearful Classified Ads Bring Results for the future, lie finally declined, and wisely, for the creditor took over his cattle'and his land holdings in the fall of 1921—he failed. Ashland The frantic and frenzied efforts of livestock loan com­ panies to loan money, and the eager desire on the part of livestock growers to become enormously wealthy, have Service Station left a trail of disaster and waste in Oregon, from which the livestock industry will he years in recovering. The Whiz Anti-Freeze dire results will doubtless prove a lesson for a few years to come. ... Radiator Service DISOBEDIENCE AND DEATH FREE They were racing against one another, on the way Freeze-Meter Service irom the Oaks park to the eitv—two automobiles laden is gratis with laughing young folks. Disregarding prudence and the law, the drivers made a speedway of the city streets You buy this guaranteed so­ and the inevitable tragedy overtook them. Death stopped lution and we test vour Ra- that reckless race—in a sudden terrible tangle of wreck­ diator without charge wThen- age. Because they cast all caution aside, Frances Weller, ever you wish—just drive" in. Jefferson high school student, is dead, qnd her companions Prevents freezings—will not have paid a sad price for their mutual folly. injure. State laws and city ordinances for the regulation Gallon $1.75 j of speed have in mind the safety of the public, the pres­ Quart 45c ervation of the imprudent from their own impulses to­ Do not drain Radiators ward folly. These laws are not unreasonable, they do not Do Not Use Alcohol shackle the motorist to a snail’s pace, they are moderate and sensible—they’re the direct product of dire experience; C h r is tm a s If it were wise to make of our highways and streets so Suggestions: many racing courses, the law would not object. But since it is not prudent, and since maiming and death are the Tires Lap Robe certain results of recklessness, the law calls on all citizens Spot Light Chains to observe it—for their own safety, and for the indisput­ able right of others to safety. We Want Your Business Frances Weller is dead because the laws were brok­ en. There is no escaping the fact. She is dead for no Dr. Oeser & Son other reason than that folly, and careless confidence, 1 ’S was filed for record in the office be held in the County Court of the County Clerk of Jackson House at JacksonlvUe, Oregon, on County on the 7th day of June, the 26th day of December, 1923. 1910, and appears of record at This notice is given by publt- Page 33 of Volume 2 of the cation thereof for th irty days Records of Plats of Jackson previous to said session; in the County; said petition praying 1 Ashland Daily Tidings, a public also for the vacation of all streets newspaper printed in Ashland, and alleys in the said plat; and Oregon; the date of first publlca- the said petition and any objec- j tion being November 24th, 1923. tions thereto will be lizard by the CHAUNCEY FLOREY said court at a session thereof to 72-5 Sat. County Clerk. 5 ME THEATER B EAU TW Tonight Hickman- Bessey Co. Special P resen t $1.00 Stationery At 75c “Nearly A — Symphony Lawn, novelty borders in w hite and all col­ ors. One quire, in a neat box. R egular $1.00 n f ’ value— priced special Cowboy” / jC with McNair Bros. J3U Vaudeville and SANTA CLAUS “Coleen of the has a Pines” V IC T R O L A Grand Rapids, Mich., Father Pleads A warm photoplay of a country. Admission Including Tax: 2 5 c and 55c Pictures 7:30 and 10:00 Play 8:30. Sunday Only cold for YOU Stop in and see ns about it. It seems to me the persons who object to having their brakes tested are taking an unreasonable position —Christmas is a day of giving and receiving. There is not one gift that will give your family so much pleasure nor from which they will re­ ceive so much happiness as Music. Give them Music this Christmas. For a small payment down—a wonderful Victrola on Christmas morning. Wont you give us the privilege of demonstrating it and explaining our easy mon­ thly payment plan before you consider another Christmas gift. For Good Brakes My little girls, m urdered so cruelly a short time ago on the streets of this city, might still be living if the brakes on the contrivance which kil­ led her had been in proper w orking condition. W e In sta ll R aybestos B rake L ining AUTOMOTIVE Shop ROSE BROS. E xclusive V ictor D ealers Cor Main and P ioneer ♦♦♦♦♦< Cllbat a re You Going to B uy Dad for C h ristm a s Tense D ra m a ! Breathless Suspense I Is it to be the same old thing— C h arles K. H a rris ' A necktie he never wears? A box of cigars he gives away? A box of handkerchiefs or a pair of slippers lie doesn’t need? Why Not “Something tor the Car for Christmas A Vase A Chamois Skiu or Sp mge A Moto-meter A Visor An Automatic W indshield Cleaner A Rear Vision Miri ir A Tube or Tire » A Spotlight A Bumper A TLre Cover AND SCORES OF O TH ER ARTICLES M A K E PRACTICAL A Stop-signal A Set of Spark Plugs AND PERSONAL GIFTS They’re with him all the year ’round H A R R IS O N B R O T H E R S L incoln F ord F ordson D ealers Ashland, Oregon YOUR HOME PAPER Is a Mighty Good Christmas Gift For your Boy or Girl away at School or at work. For your Brother, Sister, Cousin, Uncle, Aunt, or any friend or relative who knows us folks Back Home Unless you’ve been in their position, you have no idea how they crave the news from back home—how eagerly they scan every line of the home paper. Really, they’re far more interested in the paper from • hack home than the folks here at home are Your Home Paper $7.50 a Year T he Horae P a p e r ^ 1 2 TÎ SI Contains more News in one issue than you will w rite in a dozen letters. It costs less than your postage and stationery for a letter. Your friend will be reminded of your ^ th o u g h tf u ln e s s . Each week, as he or she reads the interesting things about the home folks, they will silently thank you. Ashland Daily Tidings B. R. Greer, Editor Ashland, Oregon