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-, - THE DfllbY TIDIHGS EDITORIAL an d FEATURE , PAGE - -
ESTABLISHED IN 1876
A SH LAND
D A IL Y
Ç. J. READ,
T ID IN G S
MANAGIÑG EDITOR
W. H. PERKINS,
new s editor
By W illiams
OUT OUR WAY
Entered at the Ashland, Oregon Postoffice aa Second Claaa Mall Matter.
L’f lf t t R E 's ANGIW e r X X ö H »
About the only satisfaction wo get from the
offer by 'Homblower & Weeks of a billion dollars
for the Ford factories is the opportunity it gives to
sjieculate over just how much a billion is. , ■«.
The amount is so staggeringly large that it is
practically impossible to comprehend it in ft lump
sum. And it doesn’t help much to take it in in­
stallments of a thousand millions. Even a million,
for all the ease with which we speak of it, is dif­
ficult to visualize.
Suppose Mr. Ford had accepted the Hornhlower
& Weeks offer and demanded payment in gold.
To make good on their contract the bankers would
have had to get hold of a quarter of the nation’s
gold reserve. Even if Mr. Ford had been content
with any old kind of money, it would have taken
one-eighth of the country’s stock or one-fourth of
all that is in circulation to make jmyment.
Looked at from the standpoint of savings the
sum becomes stupefying. Mr. Ford has been less
than 25 years accumulating his fortune. This means
that he has piled it up on an average rate of
nearly 50 millions a year.
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Fifty dollars a week is considered in some
quarters to be pretty fair wages. The government
taxes bachelors who make even less than that. And
many captains of finance cried that Ford was ruin-
ning labor when he proposed to establish $5 a ¿lay as
minimum wage. And yet at the rate of $50 a
week it would take the wage earner 400 thousand
years to save a billion dollars. But, according to
Genesis, the earth is less than 6000 years old. If
Adam had landed a job at $500 a day immediately
after he lost his soft berth in Eden he might have
been able by now to accumulate a pile comparable
to Mr. Ford’s.
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Freak Laws
Although the state of Kansas already has more
freak laws on its statute books than all the rest of
the states put together, the legislators of the sun­
flower commonwealth seemingly don’t know when
to quit
The latest is a bill just introduced in the Kansas
legislature which would make it compulsory for a
couple applying for a marriage license to prove
that they have $1000 in coin of the realm before
the license would be issued.
Probably such a law would have its merits,
but at the same time it would soon make matrimony
a lost art. \ thousand dollars is a lot of money in
Kansas.
Bat as long as Kansas is going this far it
might as well go a little farther. Kansas should
also demand of the groom-to-be a home fully paid
for and furnished. The home should contain at
least a kitchen sink and, except in extreme cases a
stationery Washstand and bathtub.
The groom
should have a life insurance policy, the assurance
of a steady job in the form of a certificate from his
employer and at least one best and one second best
suit of clothes. There should also be a layette for
the baby. What guarantee is a thousand dollars!
A reckless couple might blow it all in on the honey­
moon.
There in a school of biographers in America
which believes that it is in the interest of truth
and a clearer understanding of our sainted heroes
to reveal matters concerning them «usually om-
mitted from or glossed over in the conventional bio­
graphies. Thus we are asked to believe that Wash­
ington acted a good deal like the mill run of
prominent men not only of his day but of every
day since right down to the present.
However our own investigators of the table
manners and bedroom secrets of the great are mere
tyros at the game of blasting reputations oompared
to the ruthless character assassination that seems
to have been the purpose of Captain Peter Wright
of England in a sketch or Gladstone and which
had its echo in a recent lil>el suit in which the late
Mr. Gladstone was vindicated.
Compared to what Captain Wright said of
Gladstone, the few unkind remarks devoted to Mr.
Washington by Rupert Hughes seem almost like
praise..
Edison promised 30 years ago that when he
reached 80 he would take up bridge and talk
foolishly to the fair ones. H e’s 80, bat we don’t
know whether he’s placed bridge yet.
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big oranges. Now comes a
600 pound prune pie, five
feet in diameter, baked un­
der the watchful eye of Mrs. .r
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Walter Johnson, ex-Callforn-
Impossibility: Teaching cats to
lau, and carried by five
b9 virtuous.
wlaters to a banquet of Cali­
fornia state society where
Justice: 'A luxury that the poor
Herbert Hoover cut It.
cannot afford.
BISMARCK, N. D.,— The
state legislature Is consider­
ing a bill which would leg­
alise the sale of snuff in
North Dakota.
The house
already has passed the bill
and the senate Is expected to
follow suit.
Marriage: A school that teaches
us what love Isn’t.
Stock Broker: One who gets
paid for helping other people lose
their money.
Support: Something that is dif­
ficult, to give to both a family and
The congressman who forms a and automobile.
political bloc must run the risk
8tand-off: Whether Nature or
of having i t knocked off.— Sil­
Mothers make the most failures in
verton Tribune.
arranging marriages.
The house of representatives
Hez Heck says: “I don’t know
has turned its guns upon the
navy.
The verbal thunderbolts o’ nothin’ that makes a good wife
wiU hardly dent the navy’s ar­ so surely as Just plain homeli­
mored plrite, but the gobs may ness.”
find it necessary to put oil their
gas masks.— Astoria Budget.
FORT MADISON, la.-
A. Gruetche of putherte
Center today took his mis­
NEW YORK — Breaking
creant son, Delbert, 30, to
Into what appeared to be a
the prison gates Io begin
deserted house, police found
serving a five year sentence
three drunken bulldogs lap-
for receiving stolen proper­
i P ilng up the leaking from a
if« argelwhlskey
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FEW -A M S SCURE
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up 1ft warden !
NEW YORK — A marble
statue of an angel weighing
200 pounds and worth $1,000
was stolen from the family
plot of Joseph Selgler in
Calvary cemetery, It was re­
ported to police today.,
SOMERVILLE, M a s s . —
Despite his plea that alcohol
found In his home was mere­
ly for “rubbing purposes,”
96 year old Baron Goldberg
was fined for bootlegging to­
day. He appealed.
WARTBURG, Tenn.— For
frightening two youths into
the act' that caused their
deaths, Will Llntner of Wart­
burg was convicted of Invol­
untary manslaughter and
faces three years imprison­
ment. Evidence showed he
fired several shots at Walter
Johnson, 16, and Alfred
Johnson, 4 8 , and that, fright?
ened, they leaped Into the
Emory river and w e r e
drowned.
MARKESAN, Wls.— Dr. J.
A. Freudenberg, a fox breed­
er, has demonstrated a new
and up to date method fox
hunting. He went out In his
automobile with a shotgun
and driving with one hand,
shot with the other and got
the fox.
TURNING THE PAGES BACK
ASHLAND
ASHLAND
ASHLAND
10 Years Ago
20 Years Ago
30 Years Ago
T. H. Thompson has sold his
Rev. W. J. Douglas has return­
residence on Granite street to Mr.
ed from a trip to Ohio.
Dimlck, a recent arrival, and has
A. V. Whitney attended to bus­ purchased a larger property fur­
iness matters In Medford yester­ ther out the street from J. W.
Hanvllle, comprising a dwelling
day.
and an acre of land.
Neal Shinn is 111 with an attack
of quinsy following an operation.
H. A. Barney and wife who ar­
“Doc” Chambers left with his rived here a short time ago from
tran of pack horses and saddle Kearney, Neb., have purchased
horses yesterday for the high the J . H. Will place on So. Main
hills of the Lake of the Woods street, and proposes to carry a
neighborhood, where he will .es­ Ashland. He Is a brother of R.
tablish himself In hie ranger’s E. Barney of this city.
cabin In preparation for the sum­
mer months.
Fred J. Tolburg, the plumber,
D. D. Norris, whose resignation Is opening up a shop for business
as secretary of the Ashland Com­ In the plumbing and heating line
mercial Club will take effect noon, on his own account on 8. Main
will accept a position as night street, an d proposes to carry a
train clerk at the 8. P. Station. full stock of plumbing goods.
PUBLISHED BY THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO.
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Crater Lake
In Winter Time
BY JOHN MABIN
Caretaker at Crater Lake
Lodge
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Tuesday, January 4, 1027.
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Regular Scout
TBB STORT SO FAR
Fred Bldke^a Weiterner with a
reputation, leave» the Madurai ro­
deo in haite when he is overcome
bp a premonition that hit widowed
mother i t in danger. Mr». Blake at
home tee» an article in a paper de-
tcrlbing a long-lott ton of a Mr».
Monroe. A tramp trie» to »teal, and
when the think» the recognize» in
him the long-lott ion mentioned in
the paper, he threaten» her. Fred,
on the road, »end» Silver, hl» hone,
»head to greet Mr^. Blake.
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I was painting beds today and
I heard something rattling' on
the roof. I didn’t pay much at­
tention to It. but It kept up and I
thought I had better go and see
CHAPTER III.—Continued
what was doing.
I didn’t get
Fred watched him and began to
started until I knew what It was, a
chanook was blowing, the thaw . laugh.
“There’s an animal for you. Boh!
was on. I hurried and got my Like
a kid. Understands every­
dishpan and shovel and went to thing I say—Intelligent? They
the fourth floor on the run. I don’t come that way in some hu­
d'dn’t get there any too soon for mans!”
Fogarty grunted amusedly be­
(he snow had started to melt, hind the wheel. ”Yuh always was
there were wet edges around ev­ a nut on that hoss, and I can't say
ery pile. I shoveled and carried I blame yuh. Always follow or­
snow all afternoon and as It be­ ders thatway?
“Sure!”
came dark I had It all where It
“You’re a lucky dog. . . . What
belonged, outside.
yuh totin’ them Irons fer, Fred?
After I was done shoveling Out gunnln* for somebody?”
They both laughed. “No. ’ Just
pnow the thought struck me;
a little touch of color. Always did
why not go down,with my reports like the feel of ’em. And I get a
tomorrow? I haven’t received my kick QUt of practicing. I’ve got so
Christmas mail yet. So I am go­ I can hit almost anything In sight.
Makes me feel more secure. Man
ing to take a chance on the can
never tell when his gun means
weather and beat it the first twehty years more' of life.”
thing la the morning.
Fogarty sank back a little In his
The sun was out today for the seat. “West ain’t what It used to
Fred ole boy,” he said soberly.
first time In days, I don’t remem­ be. “No,
but It’s mighty handy to
ber how many, but It has been ten remember that all the bad men
at least. The warm wind blow­
ing, It seems like spring, the
greens of the trees are free once
more. The reddish brown Is
showing in places up on Garfield,
and looking south the timber has
shed its snow and it all has a
black and white picture effect.
There Is open water on Klamath
Lake showing that the thaw has
been on In the lower country for
some time.
Work— painted beds, shoveled
snow.
Weather— Wind, south; snow-
frill since last observation, 8 In.,
day clotidy! precipitation, .28 it .,
show on ground, 9i.6; In., Temp.
H. 36, L. 27, R. 8, i t . 31.
«lashed, out with his head. Again
the man retreated, looking abont
with feverish eyes. He dashed for
the gate, now swinging a llttla
open, but once more the horse was
before him, and this time' with un­
mistakable Intent He rose men­
acingly on hie hind legs and struck
out with his tremendous Iron-shod
hoofs. The man gave an Inarticu­
late cry and leaped backward,
dashing again across the garden,
up the steps of the porch, through
the door, and disappeared. Silver
leaped ’after htm, and was Stopped
Just the fraction of a second too
late at the implacably shut door of
the house.
He had been right then. This
stranger, this Intruder—something
was wrong with the mother o t the
god. . . . Desperately Silver tried
to bite off the knob of the door,
pash through i t But „ he could
not—It was a silent mocking bar­
rier to his efforts. He nibbled at
the door, slipped, whinnied soft-
•ly—but the door held. Slowly he
retreated to the gate, standing
tense end expectant, awaiting the
coming of his lord and master. . . .
The tramp dashed through the
house and scurried through the
back window. It had been a nar­
row escape, and breathlessly he
panted In relief. The sack swing­
ing from his hand, be came to the
edge ot the road, having circled
the house, and peered Intently for­
ward. Suddenly he started hack,
and retreating Into a clump of
hushes waited. He heard the clat­
tering racket of an automobile
motor, and saw a little car stop
shout a hundred yarde away. A
tall man In a wide hat was talking
PRINCE READS ROOK SENT
FOR HIS AUTOGRAPH
LONDON, (U P )—Getting the
autograph of the Prince of Wales
Is not hard if he Is sent the proper
kind of book to autograph.
A book collector here recently
sent the Prince two volumes of
“The History of the Guards (Di­
vision.”' asking If the Prince
would he kind enough to auto­
graph them.
No reply waa received from
the Prince for some time when,
one day a package with the royal
seal arrived. An enclosed note
from the Prince explained his de­
lay In returning the autographed
books was due to the fact that he
had read them. He asked the col­
lector to find and send him anoth­
er set for his own library.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice Is hereby given that the
undersigned has .been appointed
egecutor of the estate of Amzi
Wheeler Thomas, deceased, by the
County Court of Jackson County,
Oregon, and that he has qualified
as such.
All persons having
claims against said estate are no­
tified to present the same to
said executor at the law office of
W. J. Moore In Ashland, Oregon,
wRh proper vouchers and duly
verlfledt within six months of
the first publication of this no­
tice, which is February 26, 1927.
ALBERT W. THOMAS,
Executor.
151-4-Sat.
Geo. L. Mathews, formerly of
this city, has sold his grocery NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
store at Dunsmuir and wlN go ,In tho County Court - of the
to San Luis Obispo, to engage In State of Oregon for Jackson
the same business there.*
County.
In the Matter of the Estate .of
Sarah Bradney, Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that the
of
Miss Sadis Ober started this undersigned, administratrix
morning for San Francisco, in­ the estate of Sarah Bradney, De-
tending to spend several weeks In ceased, has tiled her final ac-
that city in the working rooms of cdunt-In said county court and
the loading millinery establish­ that the court has fixed Monday,
ments to gather all the latest the 14tb day of March, 1927, at
frills of the decorative art In that ten o’clock a. m., and the court
room of said court as the time
line.
arid place for the hearing of any
objections there may be to tho
said report' and the settlement
thereof.
. .
Date of first publication, Janu­
Miss Emma Tolman of Ashland
will again give Instructions in ary 29, 1927.
INE2 FERGUSON
painting and drawing to those
Administratrix.
who desire her services.
Be rote ,menactnglp on his hind leg» and »truck out with his hoofs.
didn’t die when they stopped build
lng the railroad.”
For si few moments they were
silent, musing on the state ot af­
fairs In a new age, with landmarks
Of the old gory West still rearing
their ugly heads from the Rockies
to the Pacific slope. Fogarty be
gan to chew on a cigar, eyes In
tent on the dark road, while Fred
slumped luxuriously back In his
seat, watdhlng the dark trees slip
by.
Stiver sensed trouble. There
was no doubt about that. He w
already well in advance of Fred
and Fogarty, and as he lashed out
with his strong big limbs he nick­
ered softly, as If he was whisper­
ing a danger to himself. His hoots
made singularly little noise on the
seml-eoft dirt of the road, and In
the half-light he looked like a
ghostly visitor from another
planet
He pattered up to the Blake
house, his tall lashing noiselessly
about his thin fins head straining
forward. There was for a moment
nothing to see but the dim house,
the shadows of the trees about;
and the soft whistling of the wind
was the only sound that came to
Silver’s sensitive ears. He stood
like a sculptored horse In front of
the gate, the remembrance ot
Fred’s parting words strong In his
consciousness. “Tell mother I’ll
be right thwe. . . .» Where was
the little old lady who was so
beloved of the god? Silver began
to paw about roritlessly, unde­
cided. . . .
Suddenly a faint but unmistak­
able sound came to his ears. In
stsntly he was tense, quiet Some­
body was oomlng out of the front
door! His ears flattened against
his head as he stared fall at the
still-closed door, his great dark
eyas luminous with Intelligence.
There!
The door opened silently, and a
dark shadow passed onto the
porch. It was a man carrying a
small shapeless sack In his hand.
The figure prowled quickly about,
looking to right and left, for the
moment not seeing the huge dim
figure of the horse at the gate.
Satisfied that there was no one
shout, he furtively stepped for­
ward—and stopped. He saw the
horse. For a moment he seemed
panic-stricken—then he leaped for­
ward, streaked across the yard,
stepping on the tiny garden-plot
and trampling the flowere under
his heels, and dashed tor the gate.
As ha put his hand forward to rw
lease the catch, a quick motion of
the horse’s head stopped him. For
a (tin terror-stricken minute he
gased Into the burning steady eyes
of Stiver, sad then slowly retreat­
ed. clutching the sack. There was
death In those huge eyes. . . .
Then fear overcame him. and he
ran for the side of the fence, In­
tending to leap ovef. But Silver,
with a rapid twisting of his gigan­
tic hulk. Intercepted him and
lightly and laughing with the
driver of the car.
The tramp's mind worked rapid­
ly. Brazen It out. Get away be­
fore that—that thing In the house
wa« discovered. He stepped self­
consciously out of the bush,
hitched up his tylt-wlth mock bra­
vado, slung the sack over his
shoulder, and began to walk lastly
toward the machine.
Everything was going fine. He
had covered half the distance—no
sign of hostility on the. part of the
men. I! only there had been an­
other way to got But no—this
was the only road to escape. He
dawdled forward, essayed a low
dance-hall tune In a quavering
whistle. He saw out of half-closed
eyes the tall man and the driver
of the machine, who were chat­
ting. look np at him Indifferently,
heard the sound of an Indistinct
remark made by the man at the
wheel, and the amused laugh of
the second man. Langh, yuh fool!
thought the tramp. Three-quar­
ters of the way. . . . Looked good
now. Now he was abreast of the
machine. Make a last gesture.
“Howdy,” he mumbled, and
sauntered on. They returned his
greeting, and turned hack to the
wheel. Good I It was over. He
had passed them. He quickened
his pace a tittle.
Suddenly with a choked shriek
of alarm he began to stumble on.
The inexorable patter of hoofs
came to his ears—steadily, swift­
ly. That horse had found him out!
He looked back over hla shoulder
as ha ran and aaw the looming
bulk of Silver pass the automobile,
saw the flashing glances of aston­
ishment on the faces of the two
men—and then he waa pushed vio­
lently aside by the great nosa ot
the horse, and the tack torn from
hla gTasp by the horae’s teeth.
He was afraid.
Dreadfully
afraid. . . . But maybe he could
brazen ft out still. The horse
didn't want to kill htm. Just
wanted the hag. Maybe—
By this time Fred .Blake had
leaped out of the* antomobtle and
confronted Silver, who trotted trt-
umfbantly up and dropped the
sack at his master’s fe et There
was an amnued glint In hla eye as
ha picked np the sack and pushed
Silver’s head away.
“8hame os yuh. Stiver,” he said
softly, “Pickin’ on strangers. . . .
I thonght I’d taught yuh better
manners. Ohre that back. BOverl”,
Hs held out
ont the bag to Silver,
eying the erlngtng figure of th«
t r a m p with
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trump
a smile, _ ______
silver shook
his head In a violent negative.
negative
”811v«rl” But the whits
hJrui
“Silver!”
white hhrse
adamantly refused. Just then th<
the
tramp scrambled forward, Jerked
:ed
the hag o u t ot Fred’s hand, land
began to streak down the- ’n a d .
never once looking hack. Fred
saw for a flashing instant a trian­
gular scar on the a n a ’s right
wrist as ha had reached forward.
JT t be continued)
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