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foreign city. Chicago is the sixth largest German city ini addition a grandstand having a
the world. The northwest is 100 per cent American. It is seating caPacit>’ of 2,500 will be
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— really aggravating to have those fellows up in Vancouver Construction will start next
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Spring, according to Dr. Hardy.
COMMUNITY SUICIDE?
I k t R. Oreer ....... ..................................................................................Editor
IJeorge Madden Green ..................................................... Business Manager
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i R egister Cars—
to Fifteen out-of-state cars were
From the facts given in a press report, we are
understand that once more a mob has hanged, shot, drag- reglstered at the local bureau at
| u ered a t th e A shland, Oregon P ostoffice as Second C lass M all M atter
the cham ber of Commerce rooms
ged and burned the wrong person. This time it was at Saturday. Seven were reported
Subscription P rice, D elivered in City
1 Friday which is a little above the
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The mob was angry at a grand jury . Some months average
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B y Mail and R ural R ou tes
white woman. Forty negroes were arrested, and in
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indictments.
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—- j crime about which there was no question except as to
DISPLAY ADVERTISING RATES
who did it. The community was resentful. But the com­
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munity .lid not hang, shoot, drag or burn itself. Neither
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did it do these things to the members of the grand jury.
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They just waited. When, in the course of time, there was
R ates for Ix*gal and M iscellaneous A dvertising
another man accused of another <*rime, it did not wait
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upon the grand jury to bring a charge.
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The citizens, in the form of a mob, hanged, shot, drag­
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ged
and
burned the new man.
WHAT CONSTITUTE A ADVERTISING
This is either funny or atrocious, excusable, or la­
“ All fu tu re events, where an admission charge is made or a
CCi action taken is Advertising.
mentable, according to one’s previous mental experiences.
No discount will be allowed Religious or Benevolent orders.
But it is a summary of the facts as given.
DONATIONS
The man who lost his life was not a victim of the mob.
No donations to charities or otherwise will be made in advertis­
ing or job printing— our contributions will be in cash.
Not at all. He was the victim of the community, in its
DECEMBER 28
failure to make its own system of justice function. We
FINDING THE RIGHT V\A\ . Seek ye the Lord while he
advocate tile Ivnchillfi’
of CTaild itiries_ w
ild o f n s
n m / be found, call ye upon Him while He is near: let the wicked u " u l
i \ m ix in g 01 g r a n d j u r i e s
WHO 01 US
fo.sake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let I might not be, in the course of time and tile friendly notice
him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; a n d '
of a superior judge, a member of a grand jury ? Hanging
to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.— Isa’ah 55:6, 7.
PRAYER:— May each of us, O Lord, be enabled to seek first might be too severe a penalty for the general crime of
th e Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and then all other I cing a grand juryman.
to ugs will be added unto ua.
A community that cannot control its own justice, so
as to lynch victims or offenders in regular form, should
PASS IT ON
Ivncli
itself.
The story is told of Benjamin Franklin that once
tjj . jii a time he loaned a man $10 with the provision that
A GIRL WORTH WHILE
• lfc-„ man loan it at some future date to some other needv •
Miss
Annie
Menuskin of Chattanooga recently wrote
xu.'-11 with the same injunction.
There is a good deal of philosophy in this and 300 letters on her typewriter without making a mistake.
it showed Benjamin Franklin 'up at his best. It is easy She has also taken as high as fifty words a minute from
ci. nigh to receive, hut it sometimes hard to give, and ^et dictation direct to the machine. That’s a pretty good
tt at is the foundation of the Christmas spirit. Long ago record, isn’t it?
But the interesting part of the story is that she is
5¥e were told it is more blessed to give than, to receive,
ai 1 yet in our selfishness we have turned that around totally blind. She was educated in the Nashville School
ui-d made ourselves believe that it is more blessed to re­ for the Blind, where she finished the high school course
el ve than to give. A man who lias received a favor by at the age of 18, and besides her skill as typist she is
pissing that favor 011 to another opens the way for the an accomplished pianist.
After finishing a business course, she found difficulty
IL Ik of human kindness to circulate through the human
rr e.
in securing a position, because no one believed that she
could do the work under the handicap of blindness. But
she would not be thwarted in her determination to suc­
GREEN AS LABOR LEADER
The new president of the American Fédération of ceed and she lias now been for several years a public
Labor goes into office with every expectation among his stenographer in a leading hotel, where she is kept busy.
Whenever we who are in full possession of our facul­
a; sociates, that he will lead 011 in the direction of labor
Oi ganization development that was so skillfully pursued ties are disposed to whine about the unkindness of fate,
by his predecessor.
we ought to think of what this little blind girl lias ac­
If there is any apprehension, it is due to a vague fear complished—and be ashamed of ourselves.
o1 any new man. If lie is the right man for the place, at
a'!, he will not he an echo of the Gompers methods. Yet,
How fine it would be to be innocent again, so that
il he is the right man, lie is not apt to depart materially everything would seem naughty and thrilling..
ii >m them.
One thing that wakes the American up is the fact
It will be difficult for him at times to choose between
his relations, intimate as they have been, with the United that he’s three laps behind a charge account.
?x .ne Workers, an organization composed of much more
rr lical elements than many of the other 'unions. He will
To cover the purchase price of
the block it is understood th a t
have to acquire a working relation with the mass of
the m ajority of the funds now in
American workingmen, who are little interested in the
the club treasury will be used and
philosophy of economic determinism. They do want what
5 per cent bonds will be issued
?y earn, in the course of their co-operation with their
for the rem ainder. Members of
the club are expected to subscribe
e: »plovers in productive industry.
to
these bonds.
One thing is to be noted, from the contacts of the
E. w federation president It is very likely that lie will SAN FRANCISCO, Ded. 22.— At present the California Club
has a membership of about 200
irk, as did Mr. Gompers, for a resaonable co-operation Tennis, as a popular sport, is ta k ­ men and women. This m em ber­
OI this country with world efforts at constructive peace. ing California virtually by storm. ship, however, is expected to be
1 ‘i will have no foolish isolationist notions about Ameri­ San Francisco, especially, greatly increased with the com­
seems recently to have been pay­ pletion of the new clubhouse and
can politics.
ing more than the usual C alifor­
PLANNING FINEST
TENNIS STADIUM
YESTERDAY AND TODAY IN OIL ,
nia homage to the t queen of
sports.
In response to popular demand
,for adequate p u b l i c tennis
grounds, a hug£ municipal ex­
hibition and tournam ent stadium
was completed a few weeks ago in
In 1859, the total crude oil produced ip the United
Slates did not exceed 2,000 barrels. By 1869, production
h J increased to 4 million barrels per annum—less than
2 days’ production today.
Today we consume about 1,000,800 barrels of crude! Golden Gate Park here in addi
per day, with only about 5 months’ supply in storage.
tion t0 the tennis facilitles ai-
ready existing in the park.
I11 1882, we exported $44,523,000 of petroleum pro­
And now come a few gentle
ducts.
hints from Dr. Sum ner Hardy,
president of the California Lawn
Li 1922, this jumped to $330,900,000.
In 1882, entire capital in petroleum industry was Tennis Club th a t his club plans
the construction in San Francis­
14,000,000. Today it is about $8,000,000,000—an aver­ co
of a tennis plant which will be
se e increase per year of $197,150,000.
second to none on the Pacific
In 1882, it cost about $3,400 to drill a well. 3268 Coast, or in the United States for
Molls were drilled in that year. All but 179 were pro­ th at m atter.
Already Dr. H ardy’s organiza­
ducers—only 5 1-2 per cent loss.
tion has purchased an entire city
In 1922, 24,642 new wells were drilled. 5406 were dry block in this city, and it is under­
bi les— a 22 per cent loss. The average depth of the mod­ stood th a t the projected tennis
em wel is over 2800 feet against the 1600 feet of the plant will be built on th a t site.
The block is bounded by Scott,
earlier wells.
, The total cost of « -5 5 0 ^ 0 ,0 0 0 barrels of crude pro-1
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i d Hl 1.
WHS $ 8 3 4 ,1 /3 ,0 0 0 .
1 h e p r o d u c e r s r e n liz e d
ride by street car from the world-
only $775,000,000—-a loss of $59,273,000 to the producing famous Ferry Building.
¡bianch of the industry.
Total CO9t of the project win
In 1882, only 3.2'per cent of the export value of pe-
w"’. '' ’25#,0°<’-
ti oleum products was naptha. Today naptha represents ‘
caU fornte d” b la a t prea-
t-t per cent.
ent located on the northw est cor-
ner of the block it has purchased.
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the additional courts.
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The five tennis courts which
now occupy part of the newly a c ­
quired block will be increased by
five more. Dr. Hardy said, and
the old club house will be re­
placed by a new two story stru c­
tu re, modern in every detail. In
Chev. Touring .. ....$250
Chev. Coupe ........... $650
See the 1925 Advance Six
Nash Touring at
our Showroom
Automotive Shop
VERY FOOLISH
There is a very foolish set of men in Vancouver, B. C.
Of course they do not represent anything like the popula-
n up there, hut they are making a good deal of noise
just now because a British vessel was illegally searched
IT. Portland. They announced that they would set up
F claim to Washington and a part of Oregon as British
territory
There is no influence that could be brought in this
W »rid to compel this territory to go under foreign rule.
Il the United States government this morning should
ferde Oregon and Washington to Great Britain by way of
Canada, they couldn’t raise an army over there big enough
Jtc force us in. or an army here big enough to drive us ont.
Ip fact the the best Amreicans in the- world live in these j
tv o states. They have the highest conception of their |
¡duties as Americans and are uncorrupted with the influ-
jBi.ce of royalty in the old world. New York is almost a
For Christmas
We are especially prepared to
make up wonderful gifts in any
design, or style and our facilities
are such th a t we can make deliv­
ery in this city or any other city
in the country.
WIN A HAM FREE!
December 24th, we will give away several Ar­
mour Hams to the parties guessing the number of
articles in the beautiful colored cards in our win­
dow7, showing the various activities and products
of The Armour Plant.
i u< «xlay, bete in ber ü3, ltfll4
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Leave Tuesday—
health artd to be near their chil­
Mr. and Mrs. Janies Doran and dren, Mrs. C. C. Cole and Vernon
daughter, Alice of Ashland street Doran.
leave Tuesday for Oakland, Calif.,
where they expect to locate. Mis-
Santa Claus has a Victrola for
Doran has been employed in th e J you. Stop in and see about it.
Hargrove Millinery Shop for sev-1 Open evenings. Easy payments,
eral
months.
The Dorans own J The Rose.
95— 2t
niSht a f«ot of snow fell in Stage
coach pass arid the plow was found property in Ashland but are niov- i _________
necessary to keep the road open. ing on account of Mrs. D oran’s '
J. G. Bromley, district engineer
of the highway departm ent, to­
day stated th at he hoped to keep
the highway open despite the
snow.— G rants Pass Courier.
Plow At Work—
A snow plow is at work on the
Sexton m ountain in an endeavor
to keep the Pacific highway to
the north open during the present
snow storm which is quite severe
in the m ountains.
During the
EVERY STREET IN ASHLAND I
Has Its Share of the Proof That
Kidney Sufferers Seek.
Backache? Kidneys weak?
Distressed with urinary ills?
W ant a reliable kidney rem ­
edy?
Don,’t have to look far. Use
w hat Ashland people recommend.
Every street in Ashland has its
cases.
H ere’s one Ashland m an’s ex-1
perience.
Let E. Carlon, 159 Helman St., I
tell it. He says: " I used D oan's,
Pills for attacks of kidney tr o u - !
ble. My back was so weak and {
lame I could hardly stoop or lift
anything and I felt dull and run
down. The action of my kidneys
was irregular, too, but Doan’s !
Pills soon fixed me up in good
shape. The aches and pains left
and I felt b etter in every way.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan’s Pills— the same that
Mr. Carlon had. Foster-M elburn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo. N. Y.
to us for quick and effi­
cient glass service.
Largest stock of glass in
the city.
J. O. BIGG
In Cut Flowers we have the fol­
lowing: Carnations, Mums, Roses,
Snapdragons, Narcissus, Sweet
Peas and Violets.
Your Pet
DESERVES THE BEST
Bring or send it to
The Medford Veterinarian
Hospital
Dr. E. C. MeCULLOCH,
Graduate Veterinarian
Corner Fifth & Grape Sts.
S ymphony L awn
Phone 369
MEDFORD, Oregon
W R IT IN G
I will he at The East
Side Pharmacy in Ash­
land every Wednesday,
12:30 to 7 p. m. Cull there
or phone 51.
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PAPER.
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GOOD JU D G E M E N T
McNair Brothers
2>rug Star* ,
BASKETBALL
ASHLAND H. S.
VS.
CENTRAL POINT H.S.
at
ASHLAND ARMORY
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23
7:30 p. m.
ADMISSION 25c
Good Preliminary
E V E R Y B O D Y GOME
Holly W reath« and Cut Holly.
In Pot P lants we have: Poin-
settas, Cyclemen, Begonias, Nar
cissus, Prim ulas, and all kinds of
ferns.
Best Quality— Lowest Prices
My flowers can be had at
L ane’s, Holmes and The Rose or
Telephone 120.
Ashland
Greenhouses
uSally Ann”
is the name hundreds of
bakery bread users rem­
ember w li e n ordering
bread.
Lithia Bakery
PAYING FOR
LOSSES IS
NOT ALL
Of course insurance
pays for your losses. But
this agency offers you
more than that—it offers
to spend time and effort
to make your property
safe from loss, to elimin­
ate your risks and haz­
ards.
This agency of the H artford
Fire Insurance Company offers
to protect you in «very way
possible from the inconven-
ience of fire, as well as from
th e financial loss th a t a fire
would cause.
Billings Agency
Estab. 1883
Real E state & Real Insurance
41 E. Main St.
Phone 211
The Best
CHRISTMAS
GIFTS
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Dodge Delivery ....$275
Cliev. Touring ....• $ 75
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Bring Your
Window Frames
Used Car Bargains
Chev. X Sedan ........... $700
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Waffle Irons
Vacuum Sweepers—
Royal, American, Hoover
Toalster
Curling Irons
Electric W ashing Machines
Electric H eaters
Electric Irons
New House Lighting Fix­
tures
Percolators
Urn Sets
ASHLAND ELECTRIC SHOP
Lest We Forget
ANY a mistake or loss has
■come by forgetfulness. No
man can remember all the time.
But an institution can. This bank
watches vour interest for you and
looks after your money and is on
tlie job even7 minute.
M
COSTS NOTHING
to make a guess. Come and look at the exhibit in
our window. Make your guess and win one of these
fine hams for the Christmas dinner.
The Citizens Bank of Ashland
EAGLE MARKET
Ashland, Oregon
Good Will
and Good Cheer
Go Together
Good cheer and good will go together.
Swift & C om pany p u ts its good will
into acts of service, w hich extend from
year’s end to year’s end, and are not
confined to holiday seasons.
City hom es th a t had to depend upon
th e country cousin for holiday fowl, and
country hom es th a t h ad to shoot wild
gam e on th e w ing to m ak e a feast for
th e assem bled fam ily clan — both now
d raw upon Swift & C om pany’s vast
supplies of delicious, fine-flavored roast
beef an d steak s and
Premium
Milk-Fed Chickens
Golden West Fowl
Premium Hams
The system of the old days was good—for
those times—but today’s method is infinitely
better. W ith the enormous increase in num­
ber of homes throughout the land, only a big
organization, such as Swift & Company, can
assemble and distribute enough fine holiday
meats to make good cheer for everyone.
Ideals are of no avail unless translated
into action. Swift & Company’s ideals of ser­
vice go into practice every day.
Look for the m ark “U. S. Insp’d & P ’s’d”
on fresh meats and “Prem ium ” and “Gol­
den W est” identifying tags on poultry.
Ashland Local Branch, Cor. First and A Sts.
F. Crouch, Manager