r DAILY «UO-JL GEORGE MADDEN GREEN, Mantona daily , tidings PWNTOïGOO Miter OUT OUft WAY v V O O O O M -Y Í VMEtVA^^jfivASM . A no Hfc CAMB'TG CÖMÖ M is hair V o v v ° ° h ! ’ MOLUMtARttH t o , BB S O SuBPOSi •JlMe ÍM A r r iv e LOOKiMCr I J j? 2 ^ S Dx r o o e r u p o n -» G t * e s m < HAsne> c o m b / H E R f f a n c e r L roof if rr w o m ^ Ä m is H A i R - C Q o e e z e s s / A M ’ N o w nobôoÿ WRIGHT IM FftpMT OP M E V 'C 'N G (T MEAT? A tO Q HM GrLA*=€> ; i f e r H o u r s . m ’ y 1BL<< MH83L i l l / W Who Could Decide? From the above heading there appears in one of the reviews for this month a plea for the ejec­ tion of standard English classes from the school­ room and the introduction in their stead .of the classics of today. The deviser of this »revolutign- ary educational plan would put away Scott, Dick­ er®, Thaekery and George Eliot in favor of Edna Fferber, Booth Tarkington, Fannie Hurst and Anzia Yesierka oq the ground that it is'more practical to read books dealing wi|fc present day.manners, in­ terests and problems than those which describe conditions prevalent in bygone generations. There would he more force in the argumnt if there were any authority competent to decide which of the many volumes pouring from the presses in the present age are the veritable, genuine,' simon pure “ classics. ” But what individual, or what learned body, will have the temerity to venture even to hazard an opinion on so vexed a qu4stion? The only real test of great literature seems to be the crucible of time. Without the prospective which thne alone oan give, it seems impossible to make a final evaluation of literary worth. Who, for example, will claim that Shakespeare’s works seem­ ed to his contemporaries as they now seem to us? Fifty y ea n after the great dramatist had passed away we find even so competent a judge as Drpden having difficulty whether to award the palm to ShakeaDdrin or to B en -Tobwnon, Literary emancipation is a most desirable thing, but there is grave danger of liberty degenerat­ ing into license, if every teacher is to select, the subjects of study, or, worse still, if every pupil, as seems to be advocated, >is to be allowed to decide what hooks to read. It essms on the whole better pedagogy to stand by the authors who have been tried and nqt found wanting than to pin one’s faith to books which, however popular at the moment, may prove, after «U, to be bit aa ephemeral ip 1/ V M O uR S ; r ^ â b t Mea who make a very Mette fighting. New things are admired, when eld things are better. Atfrfce is a 5«-W proposition— i t 4a either good or it teat. 1 * — — . ■•»-J- .■?» Bkery “ reform " soopet o r later breeds an arm y of sshUere who deatroy i t WlUlam J. K line, publisher, of the Amsterdam, N. Y., Recorder ft Democrat, says: “The » a n who wants hls'-rity to grow and prosper should‘bay a | home. < “ B e should do this because It is the right thing to doi And. if his motive Is selfish, he should do toe sane thing. . “ His own prosperity depends upon th a t of the city. I t 1« t)ed np w ith that of the merchants who offer to him purchasing op­ portunities. Good business for them means good business f o r h im , no m atter what the occupa­ tion hi which he is engaged. “To buy at home creates better when calle« feeling all around. a thief, feels that he has a license “ I t helps your neighbor, and he is grateful. < “ Ho w ill be ready to do somw- thiAg (or you when you nood it. U m I a ûû ® o X “ I t is ot great aid to building most uncertain ways to either get up united, harmonious and ear­ «tel or «Softa o ropatiuea. nest civic spirit. “ I t keeps money at beam, H to Hex Heck toys: “The only meet the taxation required fpr complaint I bev agal&et Ufa municipal maintenance and natef- the cost, of It« upkeep.“ “I f you spend year ateney In an oatuMw «Wy, yea are assisting Europeans doubtless t h i n k that city grow at the expense American« ore people who «Mnk ef year own. they are rteh hecaaee they charge “ Ten ewn town should come one soother op mack. — Banks You live th e r^ 'y e n r lnter- (Pfoasa Thrn Tq Page Five) Tho Msxtona revBMtion nemos to have become history. What a tank the history students of that country 1 most have. ' ; W A S H IN G TO N — It was ^ per­ haps tim e that som eone sm other­ ed the Hon. Simeon D. Pees, the bulltent senator from Ohio, and President Coolidge was In a bet­ ter position to do ee than .anyone • sloe. » The H 4s. Simeon had become a veritable toferry Andrew of poli­ j f f i y r T ji] tics. I t was almost impossible to pick up a morning, afternoon or dF* Sunday newspaper w ithout dis­ m gf* j F ■ covering th a t the man Was at It \ * L \ db A 1 A again. W hen a man w ith the on. Simeon’s close contact W ith >e W hite House spent most of -his waking hoars whooping up a Coolidge boom, i t wee natural to suspect that his outgivings had something lik e tseit approval from on high. * Some writers seem to believe the verbal spanking M r. Coolidge gave Pees on his last visit to the W h ite Hoase was tantamount to a definite announcement that M r. Coolidge positively would not ac­ cept renomlnatlon. Others have a contrary opinion. JBri*- 1 I Despite the fact that the presi­ L x J dent had spoken heatedly, he did no go so fa r as to te ll Pees that he would not accept renomlna- o W bS F tton. And whhn Fees quoted him t X R W ii as saying. “ I t won’t w ork oat that way. I won’t he nominated.” It die not appear that M r. Coolidge planned personal intervent to see that It didn’t ••work oat that way.” In short. It continues to appear that M r. Coolidge intends to le t m u tto n take th e ir eonrse. One wonders whether the pres­ ident need any good old-faahten- ed cuss words In his ta lk w ith Senator Simeon. H e eertaialy has no reputation fp r profanity, and ft la itet dommpaly told tkn( he has employed It even under pro­ profesBors who w ill wish it sever vocation during hie pcenpancy of had been invented. t M W h ite Hoase, hat he has a command o f aosso of the more conventional expressions and on Came the Daw n— back. rare occasions as governor ot Massachusetts was heard to em- . ploy them in moments of lrrlts - A Russian is practicing mass hypnotism to cure alcoholism. ac­ Many of as, to our unthinking cording to a dispatch. W e are way, sometimes forget that the wopdering If he can make then» president la Ü » commoader-te- say “ Insatiable.*' chief of the arm y and navy. Of­ ficers of these two services, how­ I t seems President Coolidge ever, hear the fa c t'la mind and called in Senator Fess to explain sometimes are reminded of It that what he meants when he said forcibly. he “ did not cnoosp to ra n “ was The recent ezperlenet of Gen­ that be* “ did qot choose to ru n .” eral Charless P. Snmmerall, the arm y’s chtef-of staff, may not have been adequately explained. W e know what the new Ford is Sam m erall was peremptorily or­ going to be. - A barber from De­ dered back from the Pacific tro it told us. I t w ill be a copy coast by his commander-ia-chief of the Rolls-Royce, the only d if­ a fte r he was reported to have ference being that It w ill either criticised the adm inistration for fo ld .'e tw k o r flatten into a space tailing to retqlve-the body army where no Rolls-Royee o o a 1 d housing conditions. squeete. I t appears that toe general was speaking at a private Iqpcheon. A movie patron in New York where no reporters were suppos­ fell asleep during the show and ed to be present, and waa e x p ia t ­ the trerfher woke him up. W h a t’s ing to a group of Californians a man supposed to do In a .movie why the arm y couldn’t establish an Important baae fn their terri­ th e a tto ’ these days, anyhow? » tory. / I TURNING THE PAGES BÄCK ASBLAXD 20 Years Ago 1er ftolphln of th» Catholic Mra. A. Bentley has gone hag Teturned f»om a vteft Drain, Ore., for a visit. Jos. A. Poor, the S. P. Locomo­ D»lbert Moore, living south of tive engineer retarned this morn­ Ashland near the Home« cross­ ing from a three weeks* visit to ing, killed a big black bear en the Bay cities. V M m a a croeh Meaday. Donald Sutherland, from “A r- 'M r. and Mrs. Bionic of Chicano m of M». visiting his deeghter, Mrs. Mgry and Mrs.. C. W . NIms. L. W hitney nod other relatives d«norato.” te Joseph tne ooanty. Is are vtettiag at tho H o Head writer says “ GovenuMrit Strikes Blow to. Hip Flask Carrinrs.” Uoti! kicking is substi­ tuted for striking the flasks will probably be reas­ onably aafat By Rodney Dutcher NBA Service Witter S 'Aw Ian» seat m n, You tised to be strong* fdr the old tovov—a civic patriot. Yeh, you med to be ft live-wire sealot tor the vledge er the club or the church or the political Party. Y ob need to be the boy who stirred ’em up aad poured your biting* sarcasm on the heads of those less eager fellows who loved the same thing you ’did but not quite so hard. And, now you’ve gone cold. Lost your }>ep. Dropped eat ef everything that isn’t actually pay­ ing you some real hard coin that will jingle in . your jeans. You may—well, maybe, bat dunno for cer­ tain—if some succeeding patriot persuades you, you may take hold and attend the meeting that’s just exactly, like the one you used to he willing to die for. Yon may, if the wife hasn’t something else to do after rapper. You didn’t stick—not in politics, sociability, religiofi, fraternity or civic gumption. Boy, you were “ hot” once upon a- time. You were the high mogul—went through the chair»—got yours. Now what? The fellows whom you used to think were not so much about town or about the club or the lodge or the church are still there. They’re watching you and that contracted horiaon of yours. They’re still m politics and keep community and other affaire alive. They prove they still love the old girl. You’ve proven yoar inconstancy—and, what a pity, you’ve • quit! You’ve lost your enthusiasm. The whole town’s fuH of you. MoWDAt, Oct Ai. ite r ?» IL'' Mrs. Ptee Nèbon of Oakland Col., Is visiting his parents, M r o a d - M n . R. M - M iller la tM i ^fty. Jeoena^R nsk bae sold bakery to M uller, taking In trade towi party and a tea-acre ranch Ashland. Fourth ttreet Hprooo Pettua, ia prominent rancher and «tqckman ot the north end of the county, was a baslnem ria tta r IS Ashlaad yes­ terday.* Everything would have bean all right if ho hadn’t referred to the “adm inistration.” as he was said to have done la * published re- 30 Years Ago A card from H. C, DoMarhlde Indicates that ho is located at OCT. M , 1TM ■KAIN ve. BOONS Stockteh. Oo)., at the preeent. W DOC R E ID I One hundred and forty-one years'ago today BenJsmln Brain, R. L. Parker, the S. P. eonduc- heavyweight champion of HJng- tor, returned a tow days ago from laad. defeated Jack Boone, “T h e a vielt ef several weeks I» San Fightlag Oreaadter’’ at Biooms- Francisco.' Mrs. P a rk er a n d bnry. Bag., to a desperate battle chUdreiL who accompanied him, testing about an hoar, for a side w ill return to Ashland after a bet of »SOB short visit M Chico, Co». Ao woo the eastern la* these days, tho men tonght w ith bare kaocktee and a t the end cd SO minutes hath of Brain’s eyha wets Vayor J. P. Dedse te it on Sun swellsa shut, when a tree fo t all right w«> started and Severn! day for D u n a p u lr, jbal. Mr. Z. A. Moody returned te the city this • m oralag- Mre. Frank Swivgle and fomtl^hato Moody hasfeontinued her trip te (o n e te Ashland' from K lam ath The Dalles, where eh» w ill visit her parents fo r a few weeks. county for the winter. D aring tho « M lte a u a t. o « off ttratn’B seconds predated a gacri- tet kalte and qalekty tented both eyes for B rain, than roaterlon Mk ylaloa W ith in aaothar-H min­ utes tho backprs of Room teaaed a towel i Into the ring in token of defeat. • S a u ^ S ^ , ... SnfiOtt ** ktoiMMM Ute driving spreytrenl T x ' i r s . » confber whipped her face. of Ate» toeing oft hie money while