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C. J. READ,
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‘ W. H. PERKINS, NHWS EDITOR
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Dr. Ivey of Northwest University says that foods
too hot for the thumb are too hot for the human
stomach. That soup the waiter just brought 'itt
must have beeh about right.
It isn’t the brevity of skirts that worries
fathers; it ’s the short length of time they’re worn.
Working is almost as much fun as not work­
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ing.
Telephone operator won a small fortune ns a
casino. She got the right numbers.
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s u t ' o raise ?
H A lti ! IT Ö UOMûs T ' A
Ç-XPtKlSlFF T t A S E T
VNt'LL H E M U ifc v tlT O F F
Not Guilty
Last year’s most notable criminal trial was
the Halls-Milis case) resulting from the jtturder
of a minister along with a woman not his wife. A
jury held the minister’s wife and relatives not guilty
of the crime.
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Throughout the latter part of the year ran legal
proceedings against Mrs. MfcPherson, also a preach­
er. In this case the prosecution was finally aban­
doned. The new year’s most marked criminal trial
thus far has been the Norris case in Texas. A jury
takes the view of the slayer of Chipps acted in
self-defense. Norris, a minister, is accordingly ac­
quitted.
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In designating these as the most notable crim­
inal proceedings we are assigning to rank, of course,
the Daugherty-Millet trial, Where a hung jtlry pre­
vented a verdict as to criminal charges against men
fonüerly high in the government. This applies also
to the Fall-Doheny case, a similar case in which the
Verdict was for acquittal. These were not, of course,
of less importance than these others. They were
the most vital prosecutions in years. They were
not followed, however, with anything like the public
interest bestowed on these other cases.
The first comment to occur to the beholder of
this record will concern, no doubt, the part played
in each of the big three by ministers of religion. It
is easy at this point to be unfair to the ministers,
to the church and to religion. One of the tilings
that make a criminal proceeding notable is the pres­
ence of à minister in the line-up. When a Chicago
gunman runs afoul of the law that is hardly news.
It is the expected thing.
When a minister or
évên à minister’s soil goes wrong, that is the Un­
expected, and the world takes notice.
We hAvë mnrdére itt America by thfe thOusafadS.
Most of them, and the trials resulting from them,
receive small attention. But when a minister is
compromised as in the Hall-Mills case, or when
one commits a killing, Us in the Netris caBe, the
exceptional has happened and the world is inter­
ested. *the ffact is ehibaTrrtsslng to thç church and.
ministry, of course, although it is a tacit compli­
ment to them. It suggests, of course, the need of the
ageheies bf religion to weed out to the utmost pbs-
siblfe extent a sensational, nervously unstable type
of person not uncommonly in search of the promi­
nence which religions leadership brings and whose
conduct is most likely to bring odium upOh their
profession.
The fraility of the ministers is hot, hoWDver,
the chief commentary on thepe cases. To the three
notable cases itt which preachers Were involved
add now the two greater, but less-noted cases already
mentioned. There is something common to all fivo of
these, the most famous prosecutions of the last 12
months, llie common fact is that nobody Was con­
victed. ihree juries returned verdicts of not guilty.
One jury Whs unable to reâbh a verdict. One base
was abandoned before trial.
What does this meant It may only meatt that
by a remarkable coincidence trials of the last year
concerned only innocent defendants.
This fact
would be a severe indictment of the judgment of
the officials whose duty it is 'to prosecute criminals
but not to persecute innocent persons. It may mean,
the other hand, that the prosecuting officials were
inefficient. That is one thing to consider in con­
nection with our crime problem. Prosecuting at­
torneys are generally poorly paid and often cnbsen
by the hit and miss method of popular election.
Attorneys for the defense in great casCS) especially
such as the Daugherty-Miller and Fall-Doheny cases
are carefully selected and highly paid.
Is the
American jury system, juries being of the quality
insisted upon by our criminal law practice, break­
ing down under the Weight of the complicated
causes and the skillful practice of the defense at­
torneys of today.
The defendants in all these cases, save the one
which is to be tried over, arc legally in the clear..
Their innocense is legally decreed, and it is not for
the onlooker to reverse that decree. Nevertheless,
the record remains an exhibit of thoughtful inter­
est to anyone who is solicitous for the welfare and
order of the society in which we live.
By W illiams
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BY JOHN MABIN
CftréUker at Critter ta k e
Lodge
peridldr reriltoekssj of AilPer, hto boy, Silver." We’re
coaelanf
«ojapaatoti, « tape v>A«e No time now.** Silver
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borer, and jeaoee only after riding eagerly and flew along the dark
Blact BataH, a vtewne wild bores. road.
Monday, January 3, 1027. ,
Cftn it be that the storm is go­ Mrs. Blafce of borne eeat an article ■'The stars
in a paper detcHPing a long-loet eon out, and ha he -_______
ing to break away? .1 saw a of a tin , Monroe. A tramp inter- Silver’s sturdy back Ffed
up at them and emltod. Ottfce ha
Knight sailing tiling inside the m pte and aeke her for food.
roared aloud, and Silver, mistak­
rim today, biit I haveh’t seen any
ing the laugh tor A command, halt­
«¿HA p T I r ll^-centtnued
other sign of wild life. ÀÜ the
She smiled At him, vgd he shuf­ ed abruptly—so enhiptly that o
small birds have left the r ib , ahd fled
about Awkwardly, fumbling Fred’s instantaneens bac!
leap saved him (rdm being hurtled
F haven’t aMd ft'track of a mar­ with tho hack of a chair.
headlong into the road ahead.
tin 'or pine squirrel for days.
•Whoa!
There are a few tracks of snow­
nanny-goatr
said falntlf.
,
shoe rabbits Just adder the fltst
word I Just
MrS. Blake gathered up her pol­ ly. “I didn't say
bill, hut they Seldom come up on ish. newspaper, and cutlery hastily, thlnkln’ what tools* re V4M> to
that
top of the bill- Tfie reason seems and with Another smile harried leave that nloe easy rodeo
’s hunch!"
way—Juet on a v o i
to be that therd Is most i l ways a Into tha kitchen, leaving the man And
hto head
again he tt
aloadt
crpst on the snow Oh thé hill;
A Mpld change came over his to give vent te
Silver swam Into motion
And their large-padded hind, feet face. Where he had appeared
hto tosad dtoapproi
give them less advantage over the miserable and whining before, he shaking
now, looked cunhlng. Hie eye Fred, was Fred. Fred VM i
puts tier.
roved greedily about the room, but Silver felt something, fix the
The love of moohlight and took In Mra. Blake’e open purse on ate, perhaps. Carried along by the
dancing has been the Undoing of the side-board, with a tew silver invisible guardian of horse’s. In­
that had rolled o u t Wheel­ stinct, perhaps. But there It was.
diàny a snow-shoe rabbit. The coins
ing quickly, he u w the silver cup A something. That eahsed Silver
place of ainusement is 111 chosen on the table And teas about to to shake hto head violently, let hto
to mÿ why of thinking ; it Is uéu- reach his hand tor It, when he sat back, stretch hto legs, and By des­
perately along as If ho wore in
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aliÿ an Open space fifty feet itt suddenly down.
Mrs. Blake cams briekl} Into the a grim race with death.
diametri*, Ahd is surrounded with rbom, carrying several plates. She
Five miles to go. Fred raised
trees Of low, dénsé foliage. The saM as she began to set the table. himself In hto stirrups slid
“You must have come a long breathed deeply. Mighty tong ride,
dance begins ih the center; with
way, young man. We don’t gel that stretch from Matures. Bnt It
mincing steps, hops and a great ihany
vtottors odt this way. And would be good to get home to
deal of prancing. The circle of w i’re mighty glad to aee new /Bother. Wouldn’t she be glad to
see him I
dancing widens until it reaches faces.**
The tramp twirled hie hat un­
runny about that hunch, ft had
the very edge Of the glade. It is
comfortably between his Anger. He I corns at that split moment when
here the murder usually takes
place.
A swaying bough,
a
spring, a piercing wall, and the
dance IB over. I have seen the
tracks of The Gray Phantom
where he attended such a dance
and stayed for supper. If the
snow-shoe rabbit stayed It was In
another form, for I have yet to
see the place where the Gray
Phantom has set to spring that
there wasn’t blood on the snow
where he landed.
Work— Painted beds,
le a t h e r — Day cloudy; wind
south; snowfall since last obser­
vation, 3 in,; precipitation, 43
1x4.; snow on ground, b2 In.,
Temp. H. ï i , L. 20, ft. 4, M. 27.
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T e a i n c OFF.
o««gt srwu jsjMca q
Htt’t it Odd?
The well-dressed bride­
groom will wear a lace-
trlmmed hat, says fashion'«
newest dictates. We suggest
a hose-ring and bustle ho
make the costume complete
Pretty sooh the word obey
will be added to the piece
the brldgegroom speaks. .
It’s getting harder and hard­
er to get married And easier
and easier to live in Holly­
wood.
Pillow fights have a bad
effect on JttrSnile nerves,
an eastern college’s home
economics classes have dis­
covered. Legislators, there’s
your chance.
John D. Rockefeller gave
away a whole handful of
shiny dimes the othet* day.
Does that
explain # h y
Wheeling A Lake Erie Call-
road stock went wild.
Babe Ruth, demanding a
higher contract, SAys he’s
worth more than Cobb or
Bpeaker.
Maybe he was be-
tor
Judge Landis helped
them along with all that pub­
licity.
w llo ever knew a genius
went to bed early?
Where there Is smoke, there Is
usually a cigarette.
You can’t blame
handles honey for licking
fingers.
What I am ashamed to tell is
probably what you arc ashamed
to tell, too.
To live lOO years nnd have
nothing to show for it but old age
Is hardly worth the effort.
WESTFlfe^D, N J ..— An
unamed resident obeyed In­
structions of a gypsy phren­
ologist and phi $2,000 In a
little bag which she . hung
about his heck as a “charm’’
to cure catarrh. For a few
days the malady disappeared.
But when he opened the'bag
and found only 8 2 the victim
Bald the disease returned.
i
cape H ay . i t j — H e
swift flying seagull Is no
match for man when it comes
to gathering clama.
Thousands of clams Were
washed asfapre by the big
storm Suhday. Gtalls and na-
tlteS have been engaged In A
race to collect them. Hut
while beachcombers
have
scooped up the bivalves and
carried them off in motor
ttufckk, the gulls can get only
one at A time.
One who never laughs is more
endurable than one who laughs
when there Is nothing to laugh
ht.
PONTIAC; Midi. - “-Claim­
ing to be deprived of his
Ability to whistle or sing by a
golf ball which struck him in
in tbe mouth, the Rev. Paul
Arnold Peterson is suing C.
G. McCollom for 820,000
damages. McCollom is said
to h ive driven the ball.
Hbx Heck says “The two easiest
things a man kid make a mess of
is monkeyin’ with a carbureter
and doin’ his home plumbin’.*’
(CHICAGO — In the first
| (fays of the new year,
888 autolnóbiles were Stolen
in Chicago, but police recov­
ered 1,816.
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TURNING THE PAGES BACK
'* ASHLAND
ASH LAND
ASH LAND
10 Years A go
20 Years Ago
30 Years A go
John M. Grimsley, a ttéw ar­
richì frofh Montana, hAs bought
the J. V. Kalfer ranch of ten
acres on the Erb road, two miles
east of town. He Is already in
possession, and the place, which
hag been neglected bf late. Al­
ready takes on the appearshce of
great Improvement.
H. tTonch and family went ov­
er to Jacksonville Tuesday, where
Mr. CroUch will be engaged In
mining operatidns for
some
time. Their home In Ashland will
b'e occupied by i . W. McCoy of
the Hank of Ashland.
Mrs. Chas. Slade and her sister
Miss Jennie Cooley arrived yes­
terday from Grant, Ore., for a
visit here with Mr. Slade’s sister,
Mrs. Dr. Sbnger and at the Cooley
hottie dear Ager.
Mrs. James Mattingly left for
Sacramento oh Tuesday morning
td be with her daughter Mrs. C.
C, Harris, who Is about to un­
dergo a serious operation.
barld Carey spent last Balor­
da^ t? Medford looking aftah
budines» affairs.
Miss Daisy Mingus to visiting
M. C. Llninger, manager of the with her brother’s family In Med­
Ashland Fruit and Protthce A ji - ford.
f
adciatloh,
returned
yesterday
from a trip tea Northern Californ­
ia points as far south'as Chico,
where he WAa looking up pros­
Mrs. Frartk W lilla me returned
pective markets.
lait bvenlng from h visit to 8an
Francisco.
NOTICE TO COÑTltÁCTOttS
AD v E r T íse A í EN t
Ashland, Ore., Feb. ¿4, Í9Í7.
NOTICE •Ofr HÍD8— Notice Is
heheby given that bids are now
called for the construction of the
Crówéon Hilt ftefeervbir fór the
Water Department of thé City bf
Ashland. Thé plans And specifi­
cations can be seeh at the office
of the City Engineer, in the City
Hall, Ashland, Oregon, and cop­
ies obtAlnéd Upon A deposit of ten
iO) dollars, which will be re­
turned to each bona fide bidder,
when said plans and spécifica­
tions aré returned.
The plans calf for thé construc­
t s bf A 2,260,000 gallón dis­
tributing réservoir, ihvolvlng ex-
cavatibn, placing fcohcVeie and re­
inforced concrete p Dp e and
rélttforcihg steel in the following
approximate quantities:
Excavation— 8,718 cubic yards.
Concrete— 740 cttblc yards,
ftelhfbrcéd Concreté pipe— 120
linear féet.
Reinforcing steel — 42,000
pounds.
The City Council wilt tfecelve
sealed Proposals therefor and the
proposals will be opened In the
CoUnCil Chainber In the City Hall,
AshlAhd, Oregon, ori March 10,
027, At 8 o’clock p. m.
Each bid mil at be accompanied
by a Certified check or bid bond
of not less than five !5) per cent
of the amount of the bid. The
right Is reserved to reject any or
all proposals, to accept the pro­
posals, to accept the proposal sub­
mitted by any bidder, and to
ftralve technical defects, as the
Interest of the City may require. .
CttPY COUNCIL
C ltY DF ASHLAND
By, C. H. PIERCE,
Mayor.
By, GEftTfttlbE BtEDE.
Recorder.
160-Frl.-Mon.-Wed.
Attebtted RAttg—
Four carloads of young people
from the local Baptist church at­
tended the Haptist fatty Which
took place In Medford Sunday
evening. Those from this elty
vho took part la the program
4ere Mabel Day, Velma Reece
and Alice H1U.
.
W E. Chamberlain has been
Visitor from WasUa<ttttt—
called to Los Angeles to look at­
B.'G. Hodge and G. M. Hodge
J. G. Hart ett has beeh at honte of Tacoma, Wash., were business
Kneut Shook to . visiting his tar the estate left him by his fa­
quite ill for the pA»t th# ttftJrA. visitors In Ashland yesterday.
ther.
brother itt Klamath county.
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sneer galloped with itartting tpeed down the rood
tlced that the little woman had ha bad felt Black Satan rise with
t three plates around the table, a vloteht bunching of enraged
and a sudden suspicion struck him. muscle straight into
“You aimin’ to bavé* comp’ny to­ hunch of warning,
night, ma’am?" ho asked softly. u wrong.. .Almost ettsu
Mrs. Blake busied herself about kept his seat on the
the tablé, apparently Unconcerned then hers was Silver, acting—
"Why—not exactly, young man. <ru*r. Might be somethihg—at
But I am expecting my son home that But he felt the fresh plgbt-
from the Madura« rodeo—he’s Alr en hto tired cheeks, asd saw
te a hbrseman, iny son—And at tbe friendly glint of the stars, and
ugh he Isn’t really due for two shook oft. the morbid thought
three days, hs might drop In
He heard a frantic squawking
unexpectedly—you know bow It far
Is down the road behind him, and
with
Sh® chuckled happily reined Silver In sharply. Sounded
like Bob Fogarty and hto dinky
The tramp continued to abuse Ford. He drew aside In A elump
is hat, The old dame was guyin’ of bushes. Sure enough. There
lm! Expected somebody and let was the old elinker. A hearty hall
him know it! Maybe it was Just a came from the shadows of the Au­
atalL Maybe she suspected him tomobile aa It slowed up beside
and wanted to scare him away I
him.
;
.
He started at her sudden ex-
"Hoyt What’s the almighty har­
blamstlon. She was Ataring at his ry for? Holy llve-fctoqk, 1 thought
hand. He hid It sneOmfortatily. there was a Are in Loa Angeles
What It that old sear was there? It the wgy yon was streakin’ It up
he was goln' to rob her, though, the pike. Right glad to see ynh
she might Identify him by that back. FrSdI"
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Fred
Silver up to the ear
With a look of surprise and Joy and bent edged
over to
shake the drl
driver's
.................he
Mrs. Blake excused herself attd hand.
hurried into the kitchen. That
“Mighty good eeeln’ ynh too.
scar—where had she heard a|»out Bob
I" he said. “I—hold still a
it ’before? Yes—the newspaper! minute,
BilVer, will yon?—Wonder
This might be the very man I Mrs. what’s' the
matter with him!—1
Monroe’s eon missing these twénty-
been trayeling like fury 'eause
oné years I Whgt a wonderful there
a little old lady watting for
thing It would be fqr the man and
his mother If she should actually me at the end of the stretch, how
he able, to re-unlte theml With are yuh? And the mIssue?"
Frted. Bft8! , Had to close
tho purpoae of getting th^s newspa­ a "Fltte.
deal in i Ban Jgclnto,"
Jack
responded
per and showing It to the unkempt
visitor, she had gone back lPto the ftom? a n ritS ? ” k#r* ’ good yaar
yon cornin’
kitchen.
,
Finding It on the kltehen tablé
"Oh, Tvs bean measla* around
Where she had laid It a few min
nutes béfere-, and ra-raafling if Mur­ theJlladnsM rodeo a bit—stayed
iy as she went back—yes, here long enough to ride a devil named
wa
was — triangular eear — right Blaek Satan—but then I thought—“
wrist — she returned to the hd . Chuckled sheepishly—"thought
threshold
>id Of thé livittg-roottt. . - iflbther might be a tttito IbttUsome
n d hero I am."
k
She stopped short, éWckctt Ifttô ^ .Fogarty
J b iw i "Well, h r toe
epeechléespees.
leespees. The tramp was
standing by thl table, the table­ love o* Mike! Hhre you tras trav­
cloth In hto hands, sweeping her ailin’ all thi hiy from thalG4wd
pocket-book, some odds attd ends forsakeg, H8)» AM I glg’t ftran in-
from the side-board, and the .silver vlted you tq go, a ways with me I
ip whlph the had been polishing Hep In, Fred! 1’Tl take yuB home.
he* came In, Into hto hastily- Yuh must be pretty tuckered." .
Fred hesitated, then ellmbed
provlsed, sack. He heard her
ep and little gasp
. u p of
of. astonish resolutely out of the saddle.
“Don’t Bstoft If 1 do, Bela WV
ent»
whirled* about with
vsr's a mighty good %>r»e, but
aavagn fury.
"Wh: y—what are you—I was go­ rldln* all day and all ttlght and
t e to showyou—" she stammered. then all day again sort o’ thces the
Then hs leaped aeroes the room. pep out of a fellow. BUteri"
«Stunt the table, coining towaka The vraite horse pricked tab his
r With nnmlstiikable intSht
ears and Stopped hll lftputlent tAtr
the hard dirt Of the read,
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te r
iver, rttn on along home and
Oto, the thought f i l l
lttd—his enp—F . _ _
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hard., tor fw-thto
cooked one large ’eye on
steal
teal It
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hto .master, shook hjmaelf. And 'gal­
_ W>on her. krOirttig
loped with startling speed down
ikb a great cat
the rohd. Fred sighed, stretched
himself, and ktepped Into the little
ÇHARTBR III.
automobile. Fogarty started the
engine, and they* began to putter
SILVER OÖttS A-HbNTINO
along the narrow pure attof silver.
Dusty, bones aching, Fred Blake
rode Along the last short stretch.
Silver wks Bow In familiar eoutt-
t
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