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THE DAILY TIDINGS EDITORIALI aö d
ESTABLISHED IN 1876
G. J. READ, MANAGING EDITOR
ASHLAND DAILY TIDINGS
Spirts and Politics
Senator Borah anBoanoed the other day that
the recent administration, of the alien property
cnstodian’e office constitutes “ the worst sinkhole
of iniquity” in the history of the American gov­
ernment
The statqpent was made deliberately,
after a study of the report, not yet made public,
of Comptroller General McCarl, after a searching
investigation pf the records.
; .
This charge, coming from so exalted a Bouree
would naturally be considered a sensation of the
first order. A scandal worse than the scandals that
have involved Fall and Daugherty and Forbes and
Sinclair and Doheny and Jess Smith could be des­
cribed only as unimaginably bad. It would involve
betrayals of publio duty and of public confidence
unprecedented in American politics. It would en­
tail an ineradicable stain on the national honor and
go far to destroy the already weakened popular
faith in the integrity of government.
' Yet the charge created hardly a ripple of com­
ment, and no excitement
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A day or two later came the accusations
against Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker, two of the
Star Spangled Banner’s foremost professional ath­
letes. They were alleged to have been guilty of
conspiracy, seven year ago, to “ throw” a baseball
game in the expectancy of cleaning up a few thous­
and dollars of dirty money betting on i t
The newB has profoundly shocked the repub­
lic. It made many men and boys literally sick,
as if an earthquake had been misconducting it­
self beneath their feet. It brought dolor and wee
and black pessimism into millions of honest hearts.
Everywhere the fear is expressed that it will “ ruin
baseball.” It was unthinkable, it was calamitous,'
that Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker should have sold
their honor for a few pieces of silver. When such
a thing could happen the skies might as well fall
and make an end to everything.
Why, one cannot help wondering, the contrast!
Is it because we are more interested in base­
ball than in the science and art of government!
Or is it because, in the nature -qf, things, we
think that professional sportsmen should be more
honorable than professional politicians, statesmen
and public office holders!
Why should not a self-governing people have
the same concern in clean politics as in clean sports!
Why should they not set up a standard for politic­
ians at least as exalted as those for ball players!
We do not venture to answer these questions.
We merely venture tp propound them. And we
do that with only the remote hope that In a little
thoughtful contemplation of them the American
people might learn something to their own ad-
The McPherson Case
W .H . PERKINS, NEWS EDITO*
Frétai Wagner Crd e b
Mrq. C. A. Knighton of Wagner
By W illiams
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PUBLISHED BY THE ASHLAND PRINTING 0 0
Greek was a visitor la this city
last Thursday.
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VWted la M edford-
Horace Mitchell - of Ashland
■pent Thursday la Medford look­
ing after business affaire.
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From Klamath Falls— p
Mr. and Mrs. It. D. Barnard of
Klam ath Tails spent the' week-end
la Ashland at the home of Mrs.
Bussard’e parents, M r. and Mrs.
S. D. Doremue of the Standard
Cleaners on Qak street
WJU VUlt Daoghtet^—
Mrs. A. E. Patterson of Port­
land, Orc., returned to Ashland
with her- fcranddaughter, Mlae
Margaret Churchman, who had
been viistlng with her for a few
day«, and w ill, spend the next two
months In this city w ith Her
daughter, Mrs. Elsie Churchman.
Gasrin*
M erta*»
««*• Mr •(<*
CHAPTER H CMW—ed
*T<ta*8 tape go through wtte teto
thing, Dap Murtagh. Tm gotag lor
the dicks, and Pm going to MB
them the truth—that pou*re the
guy who s ta te ap the bonk and
murdered thia kid’s tetheri* NeH
thrilled.
She turned and htartafl tor the
passageway. Bottleneck moved to
eovar bar retreat, bet with a snarl
of rage that matched tea unexpect,
•daeee af tala agsvemaM Daa her.
tied a steal, whleh he eaught with
oas foot under a bottommost rang,
straight Into Bottleneck's face,
flooring him. NsU, seeing this,
broke lata a ran, bst Murtagh over­
took her. evprwhelmed her, wrae-
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I Itfftaf 0/Aers Say j
G R A N IT E V IL L E , N. Y„—
Mrs. Anna W ilks leased part
of her term to a fireworks
company,
little suspecting
that she would he chased out
of her cabbage patch by sky­
rockets. She has begun shit
tor 910,000, allelglng that as
she fled from the patch, onU
of the skyrockets came roar­
ing along and caught her in
the small of the hack.
wishes
again to respectfully call at­
FINISHING TODAY
»SYNCOPATING
SUE»
, ■ with
OOBINNE GBÏFFITH
Tomorrow and Wednetday
tention o f the business peo­
ple who want to see growth
and prosperity to the fact
F ailure:
Trying to
goods you haven’t got.
deliver
Talking: Popular method
ployed to obviate thinking.
N E W YO R K — Called to a
Broadway fu rrie r’s shop by
an automatic burglar alarm
at I a. a . , detectives Vlethen-
Bargain: Paying half a dollar
helmer end McCabe, swung
for something worth a dime.
the beam of their flashlights
on a scurrying, fu rry ani­
mal.
Flu: A disease that keepB you
“ Skunk?” each exclaimed.
sick a month after you get well.
"Yon get him end I ’ll get
help.**
They both went for help after
some argument. They called
Investigation:
An
official
the proprietor from his bed.
smoke screen behind which the
“ H ew , h e w !” he came back, big offenders hide the shells.
skunk, fiddlesticks!! T h at’s a
raccoon,” which It was .
Thbre is one outstanding result in the McPher­
son case to jdate. It has probably ruined whatever
N E W YO RK. There’s So
chance the Los Angeles county district attorney had
much
new talent In the Met­
for reelection. Just now the district attorney is in the
ropolitan opera, that Teddy,
position of a man holding a red hot coal and not
a coal black eat, who has
knowing whether to drop it or to tighten his grip.’
spent nine years of his first
After moving heaven and earth to secure Aimee’s
life in the o p e n house boil­
er room. Is Jealous. He went
indictment, 4he prosecutor now finds he has no evi­
on the stage during a per­
dence which would warrant a jury in finding her
formance of Turandot and
guilty of anything. Thus the elaborate attempt to
stopped the ehow.
send Mrs. McPherson to jail promises to sputter out,
a miserable fizzle. If Mrs. McPherson is similarly
willing to let the matter drop there seems to be
nothing more to be done about it except for the dis­
trict attorney to go into court and move the dismis-
isal of the charges against her. And she can well af
ford to be satisfied. Whatever vindication she might
receive through acquittal by a jury she get from the
frank admission by Mr. Keyes that he hasn’Lgot the
goods on her at all. The prosecutor plaintively com­
plains that his principal witness won’t stand pat,
Those of the football squad
but he deserves little sympathy on that score.
who were entitled to get a “ map
But in spite of the present situation there is no
made of hie pryslognomy" were
doubt that a large section of the public believes
“Climax’* Delsman, “ Brigham ”
Young, “Jack” Joaee, LaVerne
Airnee wag skylarking with Ormiston instead of being
Buck, B art W lane, “ Doe” F urry,
trussed up in a bandit’s rendezvous. This is an im­
Doane Lews, “ Lee” Cunningham,
pression that an acquittal by a jury probably would
“ A rt" Long, “ M ilt * Fraley, H a r­
not remove any more than the prosecutor’s confes­ ley Brower, Reed H arell, Alward
Leavitt, Cecil Ndrton and Bentley.
sion of failure is likely to remove i t
But this impression should worry Aimee. She
has her followers whose loyalty appears to have been
unshaken by the discovery of grocery lists, lingerie^
The high school instrumental
red hairs and alleged perjured affidavits.
trio, consisting of Miss Alive Van-
dcrslule. Fern Mnrphy and John
Distressing as may have been the publicity she
hijs received, it at least has had the effect of bring­ Anderaon, had their petures taken
ing thousands of the curious to her temple, and it is
conceivable that of the number who camo to scoff
there were some who remained to pray and contribute
to her gaudy enterprises. As a fitting conclusion to
Miss Ethel Davenport, book­
the whole affair, Mr. Keyes might .establish a per­ keeper at. the Ottlsonfl* bank, le ft
yesterday afternoon for
San
manent exhibit of red hairs to the new Los Angeles
Diego.
eonnty hall of records.
newspaper
started, now flowed back full-fold,
ha shook himself grimly. There
was small time to «state to repin­
ing. Action I .That’s what the situ­
ation called ter. Tracking! He
bounded to the door, hat here met
an Immediate rebuff, tar the door
«an of the spring look variety and
had Mapped securely when dosed
by the departing marauders the
preview m idnight Btety*a skill
sad. cunning and tricks availed him
It was not possible for
oat of the flat without 1
some human agency,
that Jimmy weald coma
did qot the neat best thl
Rlnty to go fetch him.
kitchen window attract
(K lam ath Falls News)
This
Mrs. Raymond Roger H ere..
► Mrs. Raymond Huger of Duns-
fciulr, Cal., Is spending a few days
In Ashland visiting w ith rela­
tives and friends.
th a t freight rates cut a big
figure la future development.
W ith o u t an ■' equitable rate
for
commodities K lam ath
w ill remain
handicapped.
W ith a carload rate to this
point suitable for distribution
of merchandise from here
K lam ath w ill occupy that en­
viable place among cities of
the northwest where
the
freight rates blend to such an
extent to make the canter a
great distributing point.
Expert:
One who draws big
pay for dolag simple things we
ought to ave sense enough to do
for ourselves.
Now Is the time to do this
investigating of rates. Moun­
tain divisions have
their
handicap on rates, to be sure,
but K lam ath can be benefited
more by an equitable freight
rate than any other city in
the state of Oregon. Just be­
cause we are getting ra il­
roads don’t go to sleep on
the rate question. I t la im ­
portant.
H et Hack says: “ I never ylt
seen a grass wldder who was
green, nor one who was a vege­
tarian.”
Sanitary m ilk bottles a n
fine things.
Thsy preserve
a monopoly for the germs on
your thumb nail.—«CorvalUs
Gazette-Times.
recovering from the stunning ef­
fects of the stool blow when Mur­
tagh assured the test knot on Ruth.
Bottleneck was by no means the
mental equal of Murtagh, but this
discrepancy he more teaa made up
la the wiles of a natural born “dir­
ty” lighter.
Me stayed on bis
knees and feigned to be still dated,
pretending not to notice that Mur­
tagh wee eeverteg him. The ap­
parent insensibility of the tallow
disarmed Murtagh, who relaxed his
vlgllanoe, but In that very instant
Bottleneck struck. hurtling him­
self. right frees hie knees, across
the floor M Murtagh’s legs la .a
te n d s tackle. Murtagh fired, but
tee shot weftt wild. 'Another sec-
o M and he was crashed to the
of Bot-
with hla forepawe, relinquished bis
lew-grip on the Uns end sorumblsd
to safety. R was' so early that flb
ena saw him: or they might have
tone running to Patter Clancy to
unbosom the guilty conscience that
made them eee flying Hons In the
yule day dawn! Carefully negoti­
ating the iron ladders. Bint? reach­
ed the courtyard levaL A ran and
• leap and he wae over aa alloy
fence and racing ont to the front
flt the Allen house.
He circled and sniffed around the
door. Again the fend odor stung
Mis quivering nostrils, the smell of
that long remembered enemy! Jh-
Stantiy Rluty’s sagacious mind put
atete, ehtii« and I
two sad twq together—oeaneetod
terskelter. Aa olt
uth’fl disappearance with the rea-
kept lighted M i l
mvoos of hip enemy, which he
the trapdoor to tt
knew from his adventure of that
gear's use la tee •
So recent night The warehouse!
ta tee S r k M mm
But first he must find Jimmy. lie
Streaked out tor the Ford home.
Over on Eighth avenue he efieoan-
tosa, saw what the *■•8, la the lost
the usual early morilng
of their fimd tin head. throat-to tored
Ip the Subway
throat fldhu eñ id set m a wild crowd—laborers
oonsUuctlon, dock workers, vag­
eyed/they MW flamee fres» the tan- rants. AU stared in surprise nt the
flight of the rushing dog. One
there was who stared In more vsu-
dm than surprise— Kid J'wlst be­
ginning his begin to parib remote.
The KM feKfcr his gun, but beef
CMAFTBR 1«
a s , t & , A M« 3 X ' * £ £
ttM aw hlle, through teas* long
hours of the nflt»t, Mlnty had lain hays oanne arrest under the SuflJ-
unoonsoious on tea Alien kitchen ten law. But he had a score fta
floor. The dawn brought A fresh, settle w *& Rlnty, tee marks o*.
sold hreese that blew through the
partially open kitchen window end
dispelled thes fog of tames that
»d until Rlnty ten
still eagflod heavily through the llt-
rted after M » M
flfl£ Y&fi M i/ tetas that bad
cry of "Mad Jo a f •
flwved M a ty from death during the
ataht wap the toot that his mo-
ttonleM ndM wqe out-thrunt upon
the floor beneath the heaviest part
of the < M poison curtain, which. In
Ofltotao» .W»t t mw,t
ßiACK ftìeePi
Mystic Orient — flashing
fights — treacherous tribes­
men — plots — Pursuits —
and the most dramatic love
story ever filmed. -
saJrssri
TURNING THE PAGES BACK
ASHLAND
20 Years Ago
30 Years Ago
Miss Younger, daughter of An­
dy Younger, formerly connected
w ith the Iron works In this city.
Is staying In Ashland with Mrs.
G. M. Grainger.
M r. and Mrs. O. W in ter assist­
ed by about twenty friends and
relatives, accorded M r. and Mrs.
R. T . V in in g -a pleaM nt surprise
party on the occasion of their fifth
weeding anniversary.
M r. and Mrs. L. P. Hubbs left
Friday for Lebanon, where thep
expect to open a new branch dry
goods store. For the prekent Har­
old w ill remain in Ashland with
his unce, A. W . Hubbs.
M r. and Mrs. J. J. McNair "re­
turned to their hjyne in Lewiston,
Idaho. yestegdffF
i Lee M inkler and wife, who have
been la San Francisco during the
past five /reeks, were on Thurs­
day’s train enroute to Salem
where Lee has secured a' pertaant
Joy In the Western Union office.
I
strong M W carrant of morali
<fc»C. Chitwood came In from reeteed hts nostrils unpol
The first waitings of It hrougl
K lam ath Falls by team Tuesday • r te a te M e f life that Rlnty h
and retnraa there tomotrow ac­
companied by his sister, Mies
>rwM«r Resident Hero—
l o r t a Ashland over the Week-end.
Mrs. G. F. Fondai 1 leaves today Irene ChltweOd. Miss Ohltwotad
B ill Holm e», .Who le employed lO. llolmee te the eon of Mr. and
for a visit to California. Miss May w ill probably spend the ^w in ter
the Standard Oil company In Mrs. H . P. Holmes and formerly
will remain in Ashland.
with relatives In Klam ath Falls.
■ants"Pass, was a business visit- resided In this city.
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