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A S H L A N D D A IL Y
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asa
AMUlAND D À tif TIDINGS
T ID IN G S
The statement, any way it is put, is an absurdity.
(E stab lish ed in 1 8 7 6 )
The only conditions under which whites can live perma-f
This is Aslilands
A Feature Page
— nently in the tropics is an impossible condition. The so*
Place To Find
For Telling the
P u b lished E very E ven in g E xcept Sunday by
¡cial and industrial facts are as prohibitive as the simple
What
It
Wants
Cooks About the
THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO.
question of clothing. The only way in which whites can)
To Eat Sunday
Good
Eatables
I'» t R. Greer ......................................................................................... Editor maintain a social status in the tropics is by living as an I
t»«-orge Madden Green ..................................................... Business Manager
overlord race. If they live as the natives they soon sink!
« FICIAL CITY PA PER ...........L . . . . ................................Telephone 89
into the social degradation of the natives, and in the WASHINGTON, Jan . 2. — ■ The “deplorable, conditions in the I
ku.rerea a t th e A shland, Oregon P o sto ffice as Second C lass M ail M atter
Representative -E lect
cdurse of not too many generations would become very The effort of Civic Service r e - ! postal service’’ resulting from
Subscription P rice, D elivered in City
Faunce 92 Years Old
« t a Month ............„ ...........................................................................
$ .65 like the natives even physically. This is shown specifical form organization is being con-i this practice have been called to
1.95 ly by the racial characteristics of the Polynesians, who
•j i.ree Months ................................................._....................................
during the present ses- the attention of the President by
KINGSTON, Mass., Jan. 2—
3.75
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“ <». of congress
~~
* behind
-
-
th e league on fjve separate oc
sion
three
Representative-elect
W alter H.
Cue Year ........................... ...................................................................
7.50 i:re prehistoricallv whites.
principal legislative measures, ac casions, the report adds.
B y Mail and R ural R ou tes .
Fauncqr,
ninety-tw
o,.
ettte.(_ained
While, if the whites, like the European colonials, live cording to the report subm itted
“ In this correspondence
the
t . m Month ............................................................. .............................. $ .65
NEW YORK, Jan. 2. — A gift
1.95 as overlords, they must maintain their self respect, as by the Council of the National league has m aintained th a t the of $200,000 has been made to the the Marshfield H istorical Society
'i.'uee Months .............. - .......................................................................
of which he is a member, at his
3.50 well as that of the natives, by dressing as Europeans, not i Civil Service Reform League at Post Office D epartm ent has actu
fc.x Months ..........................................................................................
institute for Crippled and Dis hom e
o u j Year ..............................................................................................
6.50
There were »'xty
with the physical comfort of natives. The European dress i ,the openiug session today of the ally removed employes in the abled Men by Jerem iah Milbank. members present,
au well as a
Civil Service for the ap
DISPLAY ADVERTISING RATES
The income from the gift will
is not a mere clinging to habit—it is a badge ot authority. vention. These measure8 are: classified
number
of
his
relatives.
Joseph
fc.hgle insertion, pe • inch ........... .....................«.......................... $ .30
parent purpose of m aking a va be used in the work of training
Y early Contracts
V bites will always 1)8 outlailders in the tropics.
'
(1 ) The F razier bill for the. cancy to which a Republican
C, Hager, president of the so
men who are physically handi
M arket Basket
CIVIL SERVICE!
< ’»e> insertion a week ........ .................................................................... 27%
•j *•"» insertions a week ...................................................................
.25
Daily insertion .......................................................................................... 20
R ates for Legal and Miscellaneous Advertising
f i r s t insertion, per 8 point line ................... ..............- ............ $ -10
hwch subsequent insertion, 8 point line .................................
.05
»
of Thanks .................................................................................
1.00
vm tuariee,
per ______________
line .......................................................................
.02%
_________
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Xx
WHAT CONSTITUTES ADVERTISING
“ All future events, where an admission charge is made or a
L« iiection taken is A dvertising.
x
No discount will be allowed Religious or Benevolent orders.
ciety, presided.
capped to enable them to earn
Among the members of the so
CONSTRUCTIVE POLICIES DEMANDED >
their own living.
ciety
present was Charles Spra
Our lawmakers should busy themselves on policies for
Milbank always has been prom
inently identified with the work gue 1 eterson, who i$> ninety-eight.
reducing taxation, both state and national. They should
of the organization. He is a mem One of the members read “ Hap
study methods for equalizing the tax burden, rather than
penings of a Hundred
Years
ber of the board of trustees.
adopting tax measures .which' fill the public treasuries by
The institution, since 1917, has . A;" ‘
special taxation on special branches, of business or. in
found jobs for 4,430 disabled men I
dustry. They should consider measures which will help
and has sav e d .th e m $65,000 in
employment
fees. The 840 men
enlarge the market for our manufactured and agricul
DONATIONS
trained in its classes earn more
There are hundreds of constructive
No donations to charities or otherwise will be made in advertis tural products.
than $1,000,000 a year. The main
ing or job printing— our contributions will be in cash.
measures on which they can work which will be of bene-
rke quality that cannot
objects of the organization are
fit to all the people. There is absolutely no excuse for ad-
a free employment service, the
be beat and the price
WILL THEY MEASURE UP?
vocating or supporting destructive measures which dis- Act from the requirem ents of the! on the eligible list in every case. production of artificial limbs and right.
the furnishing of work to home-
The United States enters the year 1925 with the courage or unsettle business and prevent investments of Civil Service law.
j jn this way only can the present bound cripples.
Crown F lour, |x r wick .. 8 8 .4 5
brightest prospects of any nation in the world. We have capital to the detriment of the whole nation.
(3) The Lehlbach bill, passed practice be effectively checked.”
W hit«* Loaf Flour, per sack
seen wonderful development in this country in the past
8 2 .4 5
The national election decided in November was a by the House at the last session
Baker Girl, per sack ...... 8 2 .4 5
59 years but this has aW been preparatory to even great wonderful revelation of the ability of the American peo abilishing the Personnel Classifi
C olaiubia Baker'll Hard W heat
er growth and greater wonders tp be performed in future ple to discriminate between sound and unsound doctrines, cation Board and transferring its
F lour, jler barrel ........ $M.D5
functions to the Civil Service
years.
and better still, to decide great issues along the line of Commission, in the interest of
The legislatures of our various states will soon he in principle instead of following personal leadership. Polit economy and improved personnel I
P e tite PrunoN, 4 lbs. 25c
17 lb». 8 1 0 0
session and our new congress will be assembled. The ical leaders in state and national affairs should never for adm inistration. The Council’s !
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Jan.
2.
—
No. 1 Italian P nuieg, 10c lb.
yentlewen who comprise these bodies should thoroughly get that out of over one hundred million people, less than report recommends th a t all p e r-!
Mrs.
Florence
Kahn,
widow
of
functions, except those be
Extra l^trge Imperial», 2 lbs.
recognize the responsibilities which they have assumed four per cent voted red and radical tickets. The aggre sonnel
Julius Kahn, veteran California
longing to the President, and
35c
as the representatives of 110,000,000 people. First of all, gation of Big Noise Agitators was met by the silent bal the heads of departm ents, be BERKELEY, Cal., Jan. 2— The member of the House of Repre
every lawmaker should understand that he is a repre lots of men and women in the homes and work shops who centralized in the Civil Service longest accuity laboratory in the sentatives, is. prepared to “carry
Commission.
world; 135 feet in length, is now on” the work of her husband if
sentative of all the people and not merely nf some spec base their political action upon reading and thinking.
effort of the field division completely equipped and open for elected to his unexpired term .
ial class, bloc, group or other division of citizens.
Political parties in power in the nation in the 48 of The
The district which returned
during the next experim ental work at the Univer
H. A. Stearns
Important legislation affecting the growth and de states should study that election and remember that de year, the the league
h
er
husband is expected to sup
report announced, will
of California, where experi
port her unanimously. I t is im
velopment of every basic industry in the United States mands for conservative policies, reduction of tax bur be concentrated in seven States, sity
m ental work is to be carried on
ill be presented to state and national lawmaking bodies. dens and minimizing the volume of freak legislation came! which are at present w ithout by students in educational psy probable th a t any apposition can
didate will be put up when the
Policies regrading the future of radio will he up for con from every state and that there is uo escape from res-
chology in testing the auditory special election is called to fill
?ervi^e
laws„™ey
are
sideration. Public utilities whjch are rendering local and ponsibilitv for any political party or individual for failure Pennsylvania, Texas, Minnesota. and visual range of their fellow the vacancy.
Vermont, Utah
and students.
F razier & S on
interstate business in supplying a growing demand for to heed the mandate of the American people on these vital Kansas,
For twenty-five years Mrs.
Michigan. ‘In addition to these
Experim ents will be conducted K ahn has been an interested gal
their service on farms and in smaller towns will he con issues.
j States,” the report adds, “ condi- by Professor J. V. BreJtwieser, of
lery onlooker in the House. D u r-1
sidered. Railroad legislation is perennial. Various meas
Get the constructive viewpoint, Mr. Lawmaker. Real-j tio518 are 8rad u ally form ing so as the educational departm ent. The Ing th a t time her husbana’s ad
ures affecting the insurance business offer a prolific field ize that your duty to your state and nation is greater than t0 ^ dlcaJe “ ’« “ ate favorable aim in m aking these tests is to de viser and for the last ' eight
A Haifa, hay, grain and
for experimenting. Mining, lumber and oil are three your duty to any political constituency. \o u have the Tlce ,aws in Ne6raska, <jMrgIa> term ine how many students have months during his illness had
great primary industries that have been special targets opportunity of a lifetime to help carry the United States | Alabama, Kentucky and Virgin- bad eyesight, to find the normal carried on his work for his con-I straw; wheat scratch, feed
r&nge of vision of the class as a stituency.
for legislative attention. Many other industries might forward as the greatest nation in the world. Measure up ia.
oats, barley. Anything in
Mrs. K ahn will be the second
be added to the list. Legislative activity in the past has to your position instead of falling below what your fellow During the past year, the report whole and to work out ways woman
to represent San F r a n - 1 the feed line.
through which adjustm ents of
been largely directed against those industries which em countrymen expect, or be prepared to accept the sternest j announces, letters have been sent* vision
cisco
in
the House. If elected,
can be made in the school
by the N ational Civic Service Re
ploy the greatest number of workmen, pay out tjie most in rebukes from the plain citizens of Our Country
she
w
ill.en
ter the House as Mrs.
form League to all members of room.
Mae
Nolan
retires. Mrs. Nolan
wages and taxes and keep the business df this nation
Data given to the students con
the Republican Committes sub-
Clierro Flour and a full
named to succeed her hus- ¡
going.
It is possible to drive a car and court a gal, but it ' netting resolutions substantially cerning the average visual range was
band, the late John Nolan, but • line of first class groceries
identical in character by the adop under standard conditions.* Then
takes teamwork.
after serving one term did not
tion of which either party would they go to the laboratory and
YOUR RABBIT FOOT
seek re-election.
challenge the other to join in a test their own eye sight under the
In the minds of many the superstition regarding the
That cynic who says there is no thrill in domestic life public pledge to uphold and abide standard condition# given in the
:uck of a rabbit’s foot is connected with the American never saw anybody sit on the cat.
Sheridan — Petitions sent to
by the m erit system, in letter and acepity room, and make com par
negro, but it appears that the idea is of ancient origin.
in spirit.
isons of the two. Such an experi postoffiiV departm ent for wide I
F razier & S on
“ Three-fourtlis of the replies m ent takes five to ten minutes. extension of ru ral delivery.
As far back as 1668 a medical book advised the carry
IN DAY’S NEWS SPOTLIGHT
P hon e 2 1 4 — 3 5 3 E . Main SL
received by committeemen of both
The accuity laboratory ia a
ing of a rabbit’s foot as a preventative of rheumatism.
Classified Ads Bring Result»
parties state th a t they would sup long sub-basem ent located in
It is also recommended that to avoid toothache the gums
port such a resolution as was pro Haviland hall. The room has
should be scraped with an iron nail until they bleed, after
posed by the league at the next .been so constructed th a t no day
1
which the nail should be driven into wood up to its head.
meeting of th eir respective com light can enter it. It ia illum in
S'
mittees.
Only two of the com ated by huge daylight lamps.
But nothing is suggested as to the remedy for blood pois
m unications from national éom- These throw a w hite light on to!
__ .
oning or lockjaw which might result fro mthe treatment.
m itteem en expressed opposition
the screens and from these screens]
There is no end to old fallacies and superstitions,
to the m erit principal.
the light is reflected on the read-!
such as those quoted above, and to this day many equally
‘ Much is said of the uselessness
ing charts. A yellowish light,
ridiculous ideas persist among otherwise sensible people.
of the pledges and
platform s
adopted by political organizations. coming from the ordinary elec
However not many years ago a tric lights which are strung down
AN EXPLORER PASSES
sim ilar inquiry addressed to mem the center of th e room is also
The world seems today a very different sort of place
bers of th e national committees used in the tests to dem onstrate
from the one into which Henry Savage Landor made his
both organizations would undoub the difference between electric
tedly have resulted in a# many lighting and standard daylight in
distinctive way. Not that we know so much more about
statem ents in denunciation of the th eir effect on visual capacities
this globe of ours than was known then. But we think we
Civil Service system as were re The room lias unusual ventilation.
go , which is much the same thing as though we actually
ceived this year in endorsem ent Washed air enters it from three
knew all that there is to know.
different underground openings.
\of it.” .
' The practice of the Post Office - . Equipm ent for the laboratory
While the world into which Landor as a hoy entered
D
epartm ent in subm itting eligible was s,pnt from the research de
was a world that invited exploration because of its mys
lists
for Presidential postm asters partm ent of the General Electric
tery and its lure, it was a world into which we were all
fourth-class postm asters and ru ral Company in New York City,
born eager, inquiring children instead of being sophisti
carriers to Congressmen for th eir which ia attem pting to get accur-
cated grownups, as even the youngest of us are now. Then
recom m endation of the candidates rate m easurem ents of accuity un
to be appointed is vigorously con der standard conditions.
there was knowledge, and even some science, hut it was
demned in the council’s report.
a very humble science. Today, the child mind works out
-------------------------------------
application of the m erit system might be appointed.
of appointm ent by law, as recom
“ It is well understood th a t the
mended by President Coolidge in appointm ents of postm asters and
his annual
message, to first, ru ral carriers as made under the
second and third class postm ast present practice of the Post Of
ers. There are 14,788 of these fice D epartm ent are largely po
offices in the postal service.
litical in character. The league
(2) The Cramton bill provid condemns the practice of referring
ing competitive exam inations for the eligible lists to Members of
prohibition agents. This legisla Congress and reiterates its for-
tion was passed by the House at I mer recom m endation th a t the
the last session and was recom-i P resident provide by executive
mended by the President in his order or otherwise th a t the Post
messa8e- Prohibition agents Office D epartm ent in m aking se
FLOUR
STUDENTS’ EVES MRS. KAHN TO HAVE
TESTED IN GREAT OWN WAY AT POLLS
Plaza Market
1
of its books of knowledge a complete theory of the uni
verse that takes in Betelgeuse and accounts for the trans
formation of matter from the original cosmic vapor
through the course of the primordial cell of the latest
antic of a French academician, Russian bolshevik' or
Broadway jazz artist.
Landor’s world was one that sought knowledge be
cause it knew that this knowledge existed, hut had not
been brought to bay. And the particular kind of adven
ture that Landor craved was on a geographic base. It was
i period that had been made notable by such men as Liv
C O U N T ft C O U N TER ? S A lzM Z .
ingston and Stanley. It bad the example and the tradi
M R S 'G R A C E OOFFTNT §> TT A .’V A M D E E .vIS’
tions of Arctic,search. South America as well as Africa
from Paris bring rumors of another divorce sensation,
and Asia were uncharted wastes, the former merely this Whispers
one, according to Reports, involving the Count Salm Von Hoogstrae-
nrought into fancy’s.range by such writings as that of ten and his bride of a year, the former Mary Mllllcent Rogers, heir to
the Rogers millions. The Countess, it is reported, soon will go to
Mayne Reid
Parts to start proceedings. Following the divorce—U It takes place—
the Count may marry Mrs. Grace Coffin, now living in Paris, to whom
Landor had the vice of curiosity—it has to be a vice he
was reported engaged before he married Mililcent Rogers, the
to develop into such a fixed idea as Landor had. Who of whisperers declare further. Frank A. VanderUp, noted financier and
of the National City Bank, is critically ill at his home In
us would iaee the tortures of Thibetan intrusion, the phys ex-president
Scarboroughon-the-Hudson, New York, physicians have announced..
ical abhorrences of Chinese villages, the resentment of H e la s uffering from typhoid fever.
primitive people against the patronage of their white
whose name was not disclosed,
cousins, as did this man? It was “ the life’’ for him. For Shoplifter Sent to Jail;
would
pick the articles off the
Taught Child the Trade
us, he and his fellows have brought the world close home
counter and pass them to Mrs.
to us. We have it in its primitive form, on our breakfast
NEW YORK, Jan. 2. __ Ju s-F Schezer. who would place them in
tables. He made the unknown world known, as even did lice in Special Sessions were told a bag.
the World War make the known world known.
th a t Mrs. Catherine Schezer,
twenty-two, m other of a three-
Opens Purse in Wind:
year-old child, taught an eleven-
NO WHITE LIFE IN THE TROPICS
$300 in Bills Fly Away
year-old girl to become a shop
Observers point out that the wearing of a minimum lifter. They then sentenced her
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2 / — A
«• mount of clothing is necessary to the perpetuation of to five days in Jefferson M arket mischievoua<wlnd
cost W illiam
white life in the tropics. In other words, it is impossible Prison.
Wilson, of San Francisco, ju st
for human beings to live continuously and maintain a per Mrs. Schezer pleaded guilty to $300. W illiam was taking out
manent society dressed as we do when within the climatic stealing trin k ets valued a t $31.32. his w allet to buy a paper when
Detectives who arrested her In- the breeze caught three $100 bills ‘
conditions of the torrid zone.
l formed the Court th a t the girl, and carried (hem down the street
NOTICE O F FINA L REPO RT
Notice is hereby given th at, the
undersigned, R. . Medora Shep-
herd, -Executrix of* the last Will
and Testam ent of C. E. Shep
herd, deceased, ^ k s filed with the
County Clerk ot Jackson Coun
ty, Oregon, her final report in
said E state, and th a t the County
Court of Jackson County, Ore-
gori*, has fixed the 7th day of
February, 1925, a t 10 o’clock A.
M., as the time, and the County
Court Room of the Court -House
of Jackson County, Oregon, as
the place for the hearing of ob
jections, if any there be, to the
approval and acceptance of the
final Report.
•D ated this 30th day of De
cember, 1924.
R. MEDORA SHEPHERD.
Executrix of the last Will
„
and Testam ent of C. F.
Shepherd, Deceased.
103— 5t
ROSEBURO SEEKING
SITE FOR BUILDING
ROSEBURG, Jan. 2.
fro
se^ec^ a ¡life for the new school
building, for which bonds of
$165,000 were recently voted,
the school board has appointed a
committee of 40 men and w on^n.
The board already has obtained
options on two sites, and from
these or other places the commit
tee will choose the one believed
to be best suited.
For Your
Sunday
Dinner
we will • h a v e
Choice
Chickens, Lamb Roasts,
N ow is th e tim e to buy spray
pum ps, p lo w s and
harrow s,
d rills and a ll k inds o f farm
im plem ents. F en cin g In every
sty le. H arness, oollars, snaps,
and pads. N ew and used Sew
in g M achines. A uto R obes, etc.
«
PEIL’S CORNER
and all other meats suit
able for a real feast.
Eagle Market
F ro m m o th e r to d a u g h te r to g r a n d
d a u g h te r h a s b e e n th e p r o u d de-
s c e n d e n c y o f G o ld e n W e st C o ffe e
in th o u s a n d s o f fa m ilie s , s in c e its
f ir s t a p p e a r a n c e a s th e s ta n d a r d o f
g o o d -c o ffe e s 42 y e a rs ago.
In all th a t tim e it h a s h e ld th e s e
f r ie n d s — a n d m a d e c o u n tle s s m o re
— b y im p r o v in g w i t h ag e— g e ttin g
r ic h e r , m e llo w e r, r a r e r in f l a v o r - -
a s e x p e r ie n c e a n d s c ie n c e a n d s p e
c ia l p ro c e s s e s h a v e c o m b in e d in
th e s e le c tiv e c h o ic e o f o n ly h ig h -
g r o u m b e r r ie s , in b le n d in g , r o a s t
in g , s te e l c u ttin g a n d v a c u u m p a c k
in g .
IL.
Goodneu larked in
—opens with a Key
The handy key-
opening top is
quickly, easily,
safely removed.
No can-opener;
no digging in;
no raw edges to
cut you. There’s
a convenient con
tainer when the
coffee Is gone.
Y ou, to o , w ill s a y — “ n o o t h e r c o f f e e
w ill d o ".
CLOSSET &. DEVERS. COFFEES & TEAS EXCLUSIVELY,
PORTLAND AND SEATTLE
G old en
W est Golden
West^
C o ffee C o f f e e
© 1924 Closset & Devers
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