TRE DflIUY TIDINGS EDITORIAL and FEATURE PflGjE C. J. READ, W. H. PERKINS, M A N A G IN G B H T O B ASHLAND DAILY TIDINGS OUT OUR WAY Railroad A ccidents Reduced In no r esp ect h a v e th e railroad s o f th e U n ite d State« m ad e g r e a te r p ro g ress th an in th e p r e v e n tion o f in ju rie s to em p loyes. s ** .* R ep orts o f th e in te r sta te oom m erce co m m issio n sh ow th at in road fr e ig h t service, w h ieh rep resen ts th e m ost r a g g e d ty p e o f serv ice, there h as b een a g r a tif y in g p r o g r e ssiv e red u ction io both f a ta litie s and in ju ries p e r 1000 then em p loyed fo r ea ch su c ce ed in g y e a r fo r th e la st n in e y e a r s. „For ex a m p le, in 1918, whan th e r a ilro a d s w ere con trolled and op era ted b y th e g o v ern m en t, th ere w as an a v e r a g e o f 109„819 e m p lo y e s in road fr e ig h t service, o f w hom 847 w ere k ille d an d 23J)23 iu ju rod , or a rate p er 100 employe)» o f 4.99 k ille d and 135.57 inju red. In 1921, u n d er p r iv a te co n tro l and o p era tio n , there w a s an a v e r a g e o f 137,852 em p lo y ed , o f w h om 302 w ere k illed and 13,128 in ju red , o r a r a te o f 2.19 k illed and 95.23 in ju red , a red u ctio n eom p ared w ith 1918 o f 50 per oen t in th e ra te k ille d an d o f n early 30 p er cen t in ju red . S till g r e a te r p r o g r e ss in a co id eu t p r e v e n tio n is show n fo r 1925, I n 1925, th e a v e r a g e n u m b er em p lo y e d in road fr e ig h t se r v ic e w a s 148,267, th e n u m ber k illed p er 1000 w a s 1,97 an d in ju red 82.47, a retf^ption in th e k ille d co m p a red w ith 1921 o f 10 p er cen t a n d in th e in ju re d o f 13 p er c e n t; an d a red u ction in killed co m p a red w ith 1918 o f o v e r 0 0 per cen t an d in in ju red o f ab o u t 31 p er cen t. T h e r e su lts n o t o n ly th o r o u g h ly e x p lo d e and d isp ro v e t h e c la im s o f p ro m o ters o f train lim it le g isla tio n , th a t h a z a r d of a c c id e n ts in c re a se s as train s a r e m a d e longdr, fo r tr a in s w ere lo n g e r in 1921 than in 1918 a n d lo n g e r in 1925 th an in 1921, y e t a s th e y ’h e e o m e lo n g e r a o e ld eh ts to train m en b e cam e le ss; b u t m a k e i t c le a r t h a t a c c id e n ts are m a in ly c a u se d b y c a r ele ssn ess, r e g a r d le ss o f len g th o f train, a n d th a t th e re m e d y is co m p ete n t su p er v isio n and s y s te m a tic s a fe t y w ork , ra th er th an train lim it la w s, f o r sh o rter tr a in s w ou ld m ean m ore train s, m ore e x p e n se t o sh ip p e r s a n d m ore lik e li hood o f a c c id e n ts. Go A head A nd B u y T he Car. I t is n o t lik e ly v is it o r s to D o tr o it’s la te s t an d g r e a te st au to m o b ile sh o w w ill b e d eterred from b u y in g th e oar o f th e ir ch o ice b y a n y co n sid era tio n o f th e o c ca sio n a l m ou rn fu l w a r n in g s o f p r o fessio n a l p e ssim ists th a t th e w o r ld 's s u p p ly o f fu e l oil is ab o u t exh au sted and m ay g iv e o u t b e fo re th e y h a v e p a id th e th ird in sta llm en t. F a r from liein g e x h a u sted , th e w o r ld ’s oil su p p ly is as y e t sca rcely tra p p ed an d p ro b a b ly , so fa r as the requirem en ts o f m en g o , is p r a c tic a lly in e x h au stib le. S till, it is a lw a y s p lea sa n t to be reassu red . A n d G eorge H . J o n es, chairm an o f th e b oard o f directors .o f th e S tan d ard O il com p an y o f N ew J e r se y , s p e a k in g at a banquet th e o th e r d a y , w in m ost reassu rin g. “ There, is no lik e lih o o d o f th e w o r ld ’s g a s tan k e v e r g o in g d r y ,” said Mr. J o n es, “ but if it sh o u ld , w e a lw a y s know w e can m ake a m otor fu el sim ila r to ga so lin e from raw m a teria ls such as o il sh a le and coal, w h ich are a v a ila b le in enorm ous q u a n titie s ,” S o go ah ead and buy jh c ear. A d efen d a n t in a T exa« court, w h o ask ed w h at is prohibition iu ig lit h a v e been told th a t it is a sta te o f affairs w h ere th e d ry s h a v e th e la w s and the w ets have th e liq u or aud n e ith e r is sa tisfie d . N E W S EDITOR By. Williams / Z 0 0 m T |4 a O ^ »F ATS a \ tO «N O Q 6N C l'JHA-HA NOV VUAwT I COlHClOOWCE. B R MOT. V FOOWftMS'AM CVOÔ4S *T h * s OfttMK'is P u n \ * Â T UB»M »M ! C o t t ' e m m û m e s , <=o foo nt U ’ fvt F ouh U m AM CVOCH' 9 0 D o v e ORtwrta. a w I ABOUT MV«« R l& H V +AAWCN Nî> Z »ûr. \ u c x x e / Y T ’tU a o o < S w » «lOMT U P CMV« U G r \WORWe -TkM M lM utE -S \ TURM *tÍ4»MQS'u. ¿H£R£. BN m sO C K H AM’ TAtM O O F* AM GfCB A \ F®R ’ífae.'MSBV.VR* T Z tfiV INQRK < H uH T y Hft. VSORkS AHtSMVR (M A V R ttk « POOR < B v m c m T / ’IfcM a m ’ « o e s AM' e t E i toMKT ZlCr -H I.' IX H AFTA T I m l rT 1 Í W MIGHT / »M H i s OWN \ N O T 0 V A COIMC i O u N C X M ÖACK'VARO mca N 1 R /i ■ ‘—»rt! -V O U BCO M O M S I WhatOHiers Say I WINNIPEG— Sowing rice br airplane has been Inaug urated by the Manitoba de partment of agrienltura, Sacha of wild rice • ’ere for warded to Cormorant lake station for distribution by airplane over suitable marsh es la the noythland- I f is ex pected that-ths ri«e wifi in-, crease the food supply aad attract wild ducks aad musk rats. REV AL, Bsthonla— Scent ing lucrative business, a firm chiefly consisting of boot leggers has planned a float ing restaurant on the Baltic. A passenger steamer will be purchased and anchored off the coast outside the jur isdiction of countries where prohibition la enforced Past motor launches will trans port the patrons. CHICAGO Playful burg lars pushed Mrs. Rebecca Kats Into the filled betotnb of the Kats home and scoop ed up 16,000 In Jewels. SPRINGFIELD, III. — A small clod of froaea dirt, weighing toon than three pounds, killed Lnurlts Lar sen when it strnek him on the head after felling i l feet. Larsen was in e man hole, working on tke con- gtruetion of a sowar system. Sorrow : Something that is eas- ly borne if aonmbody else has It. Vice; Similar to an iceberg mont o í it halag below the sur- Dishonesty; Being honest for tbs sole reason that you think it will* pay. Issue: The ope essential thing politicians must create In order to continue In business. Preeodty: The early symptom that mediocrity will develop when the whiskers begin to grow. Diploma: A piece of paper that “ *y get a boy a Job but gives no guarantee that he can hold it. Hos Heck eays: “Affy mnn kin be respectable on a Utile meney casier thgn he kin on a lot.” • < « sm e a r s» e * » * e iw (Bead Bulletin) U due poqroe of tipte, and with the dignity and ponder ous motion which might be expected from the namesake of Kenesaw Mountain, Judge Landis, dictator ef organis ed baseball, hoe finally de cided and announced that Ty Cobh and Tris Speaker are not guilty of the charge of “throwing” games. The Judge Is weeks late. Pub lic opinion had exonerated Tris and Ty from the mo ment the charge w u prefer red. (Klamath Palls Harald) Attorney General Van Winkle may possess the wis dom of Solomon hat his wis dom never can convince ns that the state as a political unit la entitled to mare than a mllMoa dollars of the feder al refund tax on the grant lands whlck was brought hack from Washington as a conscience fund from the government. It is quite plain that Salem la proceeding on the theory that this money will go to the state, and it la squally plain that 1« ^counties will resist such interferenee with county business. Because tke state as a po litical unit Is In the red fi nancially 1« no good reason for taking from 18 eouptles that which rightfully belongs to'those counties. PUBLISHED BY THE ASHLAND PRINTING. CO Crater Lake In W inter T im e BY JOHN MABIN Caretaker at d a ta r Lake Lodge W W M I saw something yesterday that I have never seen before, a thawing wind coming from the p o rth Seme time while I was gone the wind blew a gale from the north and filled the lake aide rooms full of snow. It was melt ing when I arrived- That 1« the beauty of the watch clock. I dis covered the anew When I waa making my five o'clock round, juat after I arrived nt the Lodge. I did what I could to protect the rooms in the new building, but It waa dark and I had come all the way from the Fort and wee dead tired eo I had to let moot of it-go. Thia morning the first thing I had to do was to hnnt the break In the telephone line, for I had told the operator as aeon aa I reached the Ledge I would call her. I found «the break down the hiU a half mile away, a tree had fallen and had taken the line with it in it’s elide down the MU, It la hard to make you see the amount of snow that le blown in the rooma In a abort timet la some of the roams I found drifts two feet deep. This had Mown In one night. Hew de I know? I waa In sight of the rim almost every hour that I was away, and ex- cepting the night that I left and until seven the next morning, Garfield was In eight at all Umea. Work— Fixed telephone line, shoveled show, mopped up rooms and cleaned gutter or vallies of roof. Weather— Day clear; w i n d northwest; snowfall sines last obeorvatlen 0.1 in., precipitation 0.00 In; snow on ground 5 tin.; H. 45; L. 15; R. 10; M. 37.«. »Senator J im B ead h as d isco v e r e d th a t th e p r e si d en tial K|*okeHuian in C oolid ge h im se lf. N e x t th in g you know mmuo o f th e se in v e s tig a tin g sen a to rs is g o in g to find ou t h e 's n R ep u b lican , too. Philadelphia clubwomen have joined a move ment to have public libraries open on Munday. Whère is this wave of dissipation carrying usf Perhai>s U n cle Sam is n ’t jm pular w ith hig w a y w ard u ep h ew s an d n ices ju st now , but d id you ever see a rich uncle w ho w as? W ash in gton h as seven d eb u ta n tes w h o n eith er »m oke nor d rin k , »ay» » d isp a tch . S o c ia l ta len ts c e r ta in ly arc w a n in g in t|m ca p ita l. C h ica g o d en tista s a y w c sh ou ld eat a lfa lfa w e h a v e to eat it and sm ok e it, too? < ASH LAND 10 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jeter re turned from Perfand yesterday where Mr. Jeter went to inter view a doctor In regard to Injur ies rnpclvod In a wreck last July. M m . Lloyd Leuner end her son Verg. of Grants Paas have been vIslMng* thslr grandmother, Mrs. A. Baldwin 1n Ashland. R. P . -Campbell visited his ranch nn? Griffin creek for ,a coupla rt days last week. ASHLAND 30 Years Ago Wm. Hardy, wko reaantly lo •R ise Lena BUtot entertained a cated In Ashland from Garfield, number e f friends at a party at Week., pqrehaslag property on her -parent's home Inst evening, Boat Main St., w y s that there in honor ef her dfifh birthday, are now seven famMtos ik Ashland who have recently arrived hero from Garfield and located- Cliff Payne and Will Lindsey will start nexf Tuesday for Bear From the Berwick, Navd.Bcotls, er Creek, Gal., to begin, prepara Register It le learned that Dr. H- tions for the eeaeon’s worb at the M. Skew has loft that laanUty tor hydrnrtta mine of Wm.. Patterson N«w York City, where be will Bros, and Payne. complete a eonree of hospital study, after whieh, accompanied by Mrs. Shew and the' children, Rev. F. G. Strange, 8. 8. Csld. they will return to their home In well and Elder L.. A. 8aakett of this city. AsHland nvo nt Grants Pass at- tending « meeting. F. G. Me Williame has none to Mise Basale Eddy, daughter of Imperial valley where he will A. F. Eddy who formerly lived In Cal Eubanks was doing b»»i vielt hie non end recuperate hie Ashland, ie vtaltlnn friends nt her ness and greeting triends In Ash. health. old home here. land this week. Agn/l A. flfwAan/ML. Loobtnp proof that Joan to /«UhtoM ha plan« to trap her and Abner wMto then are oil on s was* end orotoe an the peart of flrtveov, • *--- M ru flnmoUdia. silver service, the sheen of its (tong matttpip. /oam jeatoni mMn its and glass, nod the Immacu- Banny flirts w<(* Cnwg, a wMem, crystal of ltn napery to the dinner. enmmropes Abner's Memmsa « t o Hcy with the flowers and potted ner, laptop Glare, resents Jrtnng*« These, d pngm smm« BeMSdMe 4 W m «d k r r o a w fl*L plants indigenous to that lounge v*W V n i^ffe« W flwwoieaai P W deck, formed a colorful background nrnoe a hnetaet« deal wUh «toner, tor the glittering evening gown« f w i s s i b r - e f ithe peobf. Clare’s and the hared shoulder, hack and Tiismrrin flesh of the woman, end tor t^e Tuxedo drees of the men. It termed, too. a fitting social battleground tor the tournament of Jealousies, the eye and wit Jousts ■ /CHAPTER IX Night had tacked s' aahla abroad of the hoot and foot of hie gueata, ever the uneasy seaway. A blue- gering through the medium of fur black zoom. Dinned to the ton of tive nudges and eovert whispers of ■ the universe hr etara, erohod to»b the remainder of that smartest of ty overhand, its ends loot In the smart society pasties. Abner Gretmoa waa counting tho dark voids of the horlaon. The wind had freshened and dragging hours until these oom- wieps df clouds eeudded la low munal gatherings would be over tor from the Bast, telltale forerunners that night and toe meeb-endere would he asleep la their re aps irt lve of stormy legions to come, Long bland Bound, a lb Atlan cabins. Then he could go about the eater tic extremity, to black of alghte— business of his tryst wito Jana. Joan, with her mature beanty and marble skin, as proud and defi antly calm an Clare was rootless and kronen under the over wattk fnl eyes that table round, felt her self treading on the edge of an un certain abyss. Given as much to gutek tears as ip swift rages. Jean silently taught Within herself the question of whether to melt Into weeping o f to indulge a, tantrum vicariously by etraint or reservation to the con suming impulse e f the bom—the surcease to her heart promised In A bner's king beckoning a r m s Joan was quite sure of her own mind. She loved Abner. Body sad soul she desired him. But it was provoking to nee her husband, even though she did not lpve HIM any more, passing whol ly end shamelessly into the wily toils of an adventuress. It waa one thing for Joan to fall in leva, «x- tramaritally, herself, but to have the humiliation of seeing Runny T H E FORUM race her publicly, neck and n eck — Arttoina a t timely interest» are welcomed under this head. CommoaclaUons must hoar the signature of the author- Editor Ashland Daily Tidings: Dear Editor, I have Just read roar editorial in the Jan- 17th lasne of the Tid ings in regard to the development of the poultry business at Ash land. read carefully , everything In relation to the poultry busi ness at Ashland since I have been thinking of making that my fu ture home in ease prospects are St all rosy for the future In that direction there. Would sure be glad to have a oommKtae investi gate the possibilities of successful poultry raising at Ashland aa suggested in this editorial refer red to above. No doubt many others would also who may per haps be thinking along the same lines as myself. Very Truly, x C. D. CURTIS. TURNING THE PAGES BACK A n uitp lication by th e v a m is ji m ak ers fo r au inju nction re str a in in g th e g o v e r n m e n t from se llin g them poisoned alcoh ol h a s been d en ied . T h e y 'r e be com in g m ore u n sa fe a ll th e tim e— w in e s and lacq uers starring Irene RM h U a tWi pleturlzation ef thia novel. w i f e ," Mr. H a n sen o f T h e H o t e l A sh la n d is A p p o in te d A g e n t fo r T h e Pickw ick Stage System Phone 47 IVeg — Information F uller Paints and Varnishes p o in t an d v a r n ish e v e r y n eed J. 0 . RIG G Best Palnb—Bert Wertm P h o n f ll 7 2 or rather, aecker and nockev— along the primrose path of dalli ance, aroqsed at least a point of pride. It was not that she cared, Joan avowed to herself, but it would ve been so much more decent if s thing had been done with clean hands—if Ranny had patten a dk voroe and given her the freedom she needed to consummate her new love without deception. One thing she had always ad mired about Ranny was his consist ent disinterestedness in women * since their marriage, even after their quarrels had attained the s ta tu of utter and unbridgeable Incom patahUity. Much as Joan had wanted the divorce she secretly ad mired the lunate fineness which hod kept Saaay from illict liutona. Now auddaaly, in <ms fell swoop, Ranwr'had apparently c u t aside all his Inhibitions and reverted to crude aad unrefined first princi ples. But there were compensations la being disillusioned, Joan felt, tor over and above her hurt pride she ■ grew oonsetau of a een u of being unshackled. Heretofore Banny’s exemplary loyalty to their marriage vows, add ed to her own spirit about such things, had kepi her from cheating. Now, divorce or no divorce, she considered that ltaany^a patent d e sertion of his irt s s ls . hla iapu from their Joint loyaltiaa, unlettered bar own actions. Joan, too, theretorp began to count t^ie Iftoairs unUU sdtu ^sotild li^B had descended upon the yadhTand upon aH lta passengers except these two whom hearts beat t o ' S gke looed Abner—body and sonL rn beginning to foal the influenae the boisterous Cape. Sometime after midnight the big yaoht woold vser south to the open sea, beiwe Montauk Ught OS the s lonely Block island fa^ to port. That waa the sailing plan. Braced on the bridge against the inereaalag roll. Captain Marty eoeked a weatherwiee Maine eye upon the bespangled heavens, sniff ed the message of the salty wind aad lowed to the mate that M it*a gels' to blow up a bit thick." “Small difference to that bunch, blow high, blew low,** grinned the mate. “Two hoars mare, the wey they’re steamin' up now, aad they won’t know whether w ete oomin’ or goto’ or whether we’re to Davy Penea* looker. Wall, if it Ueks up toe smart we kin stay offshore an’ ride H o v t Do that crowd good to get shaken pp a bit!" Captain Marty giameed aft aad granted. Rambles aad eleek of dinner rev elry came from the brilliantly 1UU- mlnated lounge deck, which waa cloned now at the sided by sliding glam partitions that had been -noleolassly adjusted by the moon faced steward to shield deffeste bare shoulders from the chilly his impatience strain St «11 ho Clare meanwhile wm ronfi n a e ts had dreaaed formally for her ffmperate play for Ranny. dinner. 11 m Speedwell waa that Whan the maftng arrange Rind of a ywebt. placed her next, to BUvnerah» It w«g a resplendent aaena. By arbitrarily vanrpad the pine» < wlsardry of the «nave steward other n e a t next to Ranny ox his efficient assistants, coupled I to surrender ft. ffhere conM with the Ingenious mechanisms of o denying favors to that oweet the luxurious fittings, the lou n ge “ »kylfttnHy Pleading n*d been converted tor all Intents s, ootn of which could aaatime and purposes Into a palatial sec dosnant underground of fliratt- ondary dining room. Btiqnette to the four wtwta. in mild nummar tamnemtoro the Speedwell's kningb oft«« served the dto this dual role while unclosed to the 2PM® the graceful salr, bnt tor Jnrt each occasions so this, when there was n bit too mnch nest In the breene, ft could he vlrtnaHy enclosed Uka * huge con servatory. brushing ft was merely to humor a very rtafl mnnh idea at * lark and not baaanaa of any lack at a dini“" room proper lounsr » Movie D ir e c to r s H ere Pet Mohan, a movie director from Hollywood, Gal., accompan ied by his assistant L. L. Lasher •pent yesterday In Ashland. From Klamath Falls— Mr. end,Mrs. J,-A. Cameron of Klamath. Falls were In Ashland yesterday looking after business nffnlrs. I