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ASHLAND
D JPBBfTINO CO.
AÎLY TIDTNGS
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Democracy’s Foundations
A m | a
attraction ftf ptiWjc
and qs an
occupant o f the first page newspaper space, there
is no denying that the Halls Mills murder trial
made of the Fall-Doheny case au ignominious jdso-
ran. C om parison'of the two makes a fairly good
philosophic ground upon which to base some honest
th ou gh ts about democracy and its much-touted and
brawl-engepdering holiness.
* W hat are the M « 1 A member o f the cd^ pet,
a sanctified guardian of the democratic .holy of
holies of our national ’ government, • (for w hich,
we ecstaticize each Fmirth of July, our forefathers
ran blood) is charged w ith having s o l d o u t 100
million dollars' worth of puhlic lands for 100 thous
and dollars, or just one-tenth of one per oent on
the dollar — and w ith having pocketeq fe e whole
100 thousand, leaving the public what the little
boy if reported to have shot at-
Ebe case comes up for trial after a moat leis
urely four years, just contemporaneously, so i t ’hat)
pens, with evidence that many millions have he^n
B t JOHN MABÖf
B ash F u t ’
AM* HUGS A PARC!
< g ffT g ç > w
SUCHA
R tO fa O M
♦ to n . knew th a t l too find ;my-
waiting a n « watching. g v-
« 1 » le ft M
U » » ' peculiar
whistle, I find myself
saying-,
thia oee y tli bring M- Ehsry
low . Mack bank o f clouds com-
l n g f f t f t » | h a southwest « M the
chariots of Skell loaded w ith the
ahackels that are to b in d , the
people of the land.’
Yantai*«? afternoon « •« last
night w m pn« of those tinea.
T fe wind w m M o w taf a * » le .
the cloud» war» eweeplng
the
tree top», rolling an« tumbling
like huge'“engines o f destruction.
The «app throated vole» of the
sentinel tree» calling to one an
other fydm canyon pad g o a f, the
whimpering * * “ ° t
small
trppa grouped together fo r eom-
paay a n d strength. The boom-,
log Battle c»y of the rockg'gnd
d rp fk* *dd their warning tries
to (he V a te fi, - a l l ' mingled 1 to-
gether In g thundering chaos of
F
cÆr
F'äCZ«
spent in a half dow n states tp secure election to
the United States senate. There is the story o f-th e
million spent to elect a United S ta te s senator from
Pennsylvania, and thft alleged brazen election board;
frauds that followed in th e.w ake of the spending;
electing W illiam S- Vare.
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There is the story o f. |h e public u tility slush
fund in Illinois, and the «lection of Frank Sm ith,
member o f the Illinois public utility edmmisfaion,
as United State« senator th e n . There are the rumb
lings o f the m ow recent slush funds in the, senator
ial elections m Maine and in Massachusetts, of
which nothing has been proven, it« is true, but the
Maine charges were supported by the authority of
the governor of the state, him self a republican, as
is Senator-elect Gould, in whose behalf the money
was spept.
A ll these instances, from F all and D oheny
down to Senator-eleA Gotild,’ Are serious charged
affecting the very foundations of democracy. They
are more potent attacks against the theory o f
popular ruit man were w o o ia m p t a x a n a its
legislative relations which provoked Lexington and
Concord and what followed them, up to the found
ing of the new United Stages, the first democracy
since Greece and Rome dedicated to the theory th at
all men are equal, money or no money.
They should be tinder enought in this to start
a holocaust o f flam ing indignation — if democracy
were loved and patriotism as holy as all this flag-'
shouting and fervent per-orationing would indicate
they ate. A ny one of these Offenses against demo-,
cracy would have been enough to start a real war.
back in 1776, enough to let the dogs of battle- slip J
and tear through the entire country.
,
B ut they start no holocaust now. The dogs of
war are gnawing too comfortably upon the fa t
bones of contentment, perhaps, to be worried about
who goes to the United States senate, or'h ow -nr
w hat happens to the public oil field reserves of the.'
people of the United States.
Or is it contentment!
Is it the callousness,
the eaag froid e f full dinner pails and bungalow
garages and radios, or is it a sophistication borp
of « hundred and fifty years’ experience with demo
cracy.!
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¥ w nay year money, a« the saying goes, and
you take your choice. You stand for the assessor
and the income tax collector and write your checks
for them, you shout democracy and snarl at Queen
Maries when they bring close to hand the aura of
so-called royalty on occasion, "but* you reed the
Malls-MiUs ease and lose your sleep over it rather
than bought election»—if you lose any sleep at all.
Purchased elections unA stolen public property Ure
politics and politics you say, is bunk, even though
it is the nursing pap o f democracy. W hy worry
about bunk whan thaw are such interesting things
US smoking pistolry and «ex triangles, ultra-romantic
and ultra-revengeful women, and W illie Stevens«»,-
thick-lipped, to weave info real drama! It ¡ r on
such a very human nature that democracy has to
npuntain her foundations.
W e <fo bop« tke secretaries of state in Wash-
on and Mexico C i|y w oq’t send each ot^er
;b« for Cbrisi uaaa gifts. 4
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M O M fc W fë
w e'
-1Ö L ts /E . O V C t f i;
I What Others Sat |
Isn’t If O W
Oregon hae 8.131 miles Improv
ed apd #47 miles unimproved
»toto highways.
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Motolla— F: C. MorteUsorl i
bull«, pa wm 111, south of todrp.
The bum speakers at " a
it a certain pleasure
[his we are ashamed
Anyjtow, radio bugs
can’t'
raise windows apd apnay us this
kind’ p f wek'ther.
NEW
T O R k —-Trousers
fo r women, are predicted by
Paul Polret, pnd M r» .. Car
rie' Chapman Catt M think
ing of writing an essay on
“ w ill . M en wear skirts f ”
The trosser. >(. Polret writes
* in the Fornm, w ill become
. a« Inevitable as hnhhnid h a ir
but he sets the date for
their general use as IPS?.
N E W YO RK .— “ The ex
periment havlng.prOved suc
cessful thug far, Mies Elisa
Riser and M r. A. o ; W el-
dlke desire to announce their,
marriage,” are the engraved
announcements Jugt mgiiet^
telling of a wedding ‘ th a t
occurred a y e fr agp. Ae-
trees and insurapee hrpker
explain \> a t tpey desired to
Ten times as many words are
required to* conceal your thoughts
M to exprtos them.
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’ - Any one who can Invent a pro
poses to recover the grease on
garage overalls win threaten the
supremacy of Standard Oil.
•
Hes Heck
think o’ .the
name o' thé
stone o’ the
»ay»; ’^Vhat do you
idea* d’ caprin*, the
doctor on the tomb
deceased.’'* f*
, AS HLAN D. .
10 YeawAgo
20 Years Ago
Hornbrook Leader— Mrs. C. E.
P ra tt entortalned at dinper Rev.
H . O /E d so n and wife, th e ir'tw o
daughters.
Mesdamee Taanaat
and Stout, and «hitdrea, and Mrs.
A. SXrake and son Albert o f Aah-
Normal Nets»— Officers warp
elected as follows for the Athena
literary society:; president, Mis»
Lela Spencer; secretary. Miss Nal-
lie Palmer; treasurer. Miss C la n
Sylvester.
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M *P their uqion sefcret un
t il they wq-e sure it wop id
l>e \pprmanent. jY M afrtage
Misa Jaunie Wl)l
torani M m m ,.3raa
where s^e has been
accountant for the
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LONDON, Dec. 33.— (U N )—
Prince George, the youngest son
of King George and Queen Mary,
I oelebrated his 34th birthday re-
i contiy. A happy fam ily party w m
|r "and
P H IL A D E L P H IA ,— A U -
tok b e ll, that -'can' bè heard
fo r 30 miles w ill rin g .ip .th e
pew year. I t i» a memorial
to John W ananiaker, biade
In England and «as ¿ijpst
cropped the*Atlantic.
A fitn y .A ig n
Mrs. Anua L, My4r and * Mira.
Mrs. Hartley. Is having her Nob Bertie Karrympn rpptepeated Ash
H ill residence repainted and other land Lodge at the Graad Rally
improvements added about the of Yfetoen of Woodcraft held at
Dr. and Mire. Jr P. Johnaon. Mrs
Jails MoQuilklu, Mrs. Leah Cal«
well and Miss Mary Pierce motor
ed to Medford Sunday.
I
o t e e . e s »» e ,
>♦
I f that cotton crop is figured much higher,
the South w ill sfort «ttKSrtiftg ft hew «pd iaore
efficient breed o f weevils.
about Ghristmftft, somebody shoufo tap
ft America! oil w ells in .Mexico and poor
th« «entants on the trenbled diplomatie
Theta WM a 1*U of the Wind,
a fd m jl the land began to fh is -
ppr. the swaying * tease were
pointing their tope toward the
w pet There wee the promise of
U ao to bis people, th a t he would
come again. Sterling *
faint
glow on. the horlson, like a bolt
a f lightning It set ell the under
lining of the sky aflame, -and
ttfen there w m e peaceful Still
ness that told the happiness of
hie people. Now the fig h t is on
again, the windows are rntt)lng,
the banding swaying, the biasing
noise 0 / the hell and rain as it
beats against the w ant. Yet In
a lt thia turm oil there Is a peace
fu l'fe e lin g M ,1 think o f the
premise of Dao, the king
of
summer.
_ .Bans eara a t the rim
today.
The day w m stormy, fog, rain,
sa d snow .
Wind, 8. W . temp. H . <«, L.
11, R . 1 3 , M. 4 « .l.
(Received
left Jimmy
some near weather lastrumsnts)
Perctpttbtlog, . I f .ln,
Ifiabdrty and Rlnty, WhOe
? Y *m .a-«»rto T ig h t m hla
d n a few crisp Instructions
his reserves Into the police
xsooo ä o * « ,
There is possible to be
built up in the Salem district
a great new Industry.
The breeding o f rabbit»^—
And the rkbbtt breeders wW
already hare here are to meet*"'
tomorrow evening at the Sa
lem Chamber of Commerce tp .. .
o rg an !» for th d r .m utual
benefit; to lay plans for th e '
development of their Indus
try hers.
The muted Stotoe depart ’
ment of agriculture Is taking ..
au Interest In this industry.*
That department has detailed
experts, to help the j>reed<ra, '
and MM leaned an attractive
'poster illustrating, the excel
le n t »ualtqee of r»bfc(t meat.
Th(s poeter says, tQ display
.type aoeeftrigtotsd By p.o
¿»res,
meat, rh e le -
some. appetising, nutritious.
Domestic rabbit meat is de
licious, lender and floe fla
vored.’ I t Ik f i r « »nft White,
like the breast of chicken; '
fa r superior, dp wild raftMt
and always in season; rich 1«
protein hnd'economical.”
f
and before a dosen'et
nds had, elapsed two pa
te ppd several1 seput road-
ambnlaAce and the cap-
a.own high powered car
m eomtnrl
By possible for (hi
krtment am bulato»
pltal. Plaherty^WN
Stay with him. Jj
mteparatlous wUk i
kjWhlla ke a s u i:
Vho—la going (o
r tth ls r
T
lalmrty knuckled a
held at ' Bucklnghom palace In
honor of the young prince who
has Just
returned fro m ,, hie
lengthy naval service In oriental
waters, and the birthday festivi
ties were in the natmte e l a wel-
, come home. , .
;
Prihoe George, lik e hla royal
father, la a keen sailor. He 1»
now a lieuteaght, and has been
•erilh S «n the cruiser Hawkins
to cito«.. t -
4
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Alto ’*ke hla father, Prince
George’s favorite «port Is shoot-
tog, and he M an excellent shot.
Ha is also fond
riding, hnt his .
Hfe ln the nav^hga pot give» him
much opportunity to become ex
pert.
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H r receives an panulty of about
I I I , 000 and is free o f any burden
of
aapectancy
regarding the
throve« Oagepri11’ ' *!»•« the birth
of the Duke of Y o rk’s daughter,
■Itsabeth, who is now third in line
of «ueeesslo*, following the prince
o f Wales k»d
fath er.’
trip la the
to Bellevue i
«g go along j
amy halted
,
ASHLAND
Ye^fs !Ago
Jimmy st
A t à caned meeting of those In-
(Yktod ip thb lnc»rpprpt|qn a«d
iprovemeat of the Hargadlnea
metery, Saturday, Mrs. D. E.
rde w m ckosea-chainpa* apd i
)gsne W alrad secretary. *4 eom-
" « o t > W « l r r i l , G.
appori
Incorporation pnd
find what ls nooMsary to se
ar perfect ' title to" the said
Sherdrood.— 3aMeaddd stfeet
Mghttog sy^e minetplled,
]
Mrs. J. D. Crocker,, delegate
to the grand lodtfe. O. E 8., left
shared
F o f the mah whose trust Is
In rood and who is living on
M taia, before going , on to Ppr|-
Wm W r ig h t'rin n F Newman’s
Çh»
Oroya, Neb ,.!« tftp gueat o f «pg» >W toa
Ward. Mr, W right Is on a four o f
A.
Investigation and may locate hare. I school.
«retofth M a a .M e e i
.W a tn a r.ilU y Robley and
Sftkncer are home from
C;.. where, they .attend
George £
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v *t -
Clfae. an iMuraftee
Antons
Olsen
of
fcpyfleld
m a . from . P o rtk M i. O re ./ Js in Colo,, i , Ip^Ashlpcd to epepd th<
this d ty today leaking after bdel- Chrfsttaak holidays
with* -h it
Bess affairs.
,
,
daughter, Mrs, Howard G earh ak
We have done a' wrong that we
are la fear* a f beltg, found
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