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About Ashland American. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1927)
ASHLAND AMERICAN with farm ing. He raises wheat as A BA N D O N ED H O U SE. Oh, chemist please investigate Oregon cherries, loganberries, well as other crops. TEACHERS TO And drop me ju st a line. pears, peaches, straw berries, prunes He said that he ha«k made it a The following poem won recogni- I’d like to know what carbonate and apples are known and accepted point to inquire among his tion in the "Poets Corner’ in last And where did iodine? in all parts of the United States as ENJOY STATE special neighbors as to their attitude to- Sunday’s Journal, w ritten by May — National League Barber of superior quality and flavor. uard the McNary-Haugen bill. Out of M acullar Coggins, Ashland one hundred men he only O V ER 200 T E A C H E R FROM found one who favored it, and after A little house winked as I happened this man had discussed and consider DLE W E ST TO COM E H E R E to pass; ed the m atter for a while he de Its two windows twinkled with sun cided that he too, was against it. glinting on glass; The Beacon has made inquiries in A half-opened gate, like a welcoming other directions. smile, Out at Larned is J. S. Brown, a Stood, seemingly waiting for me all successful wheat farm er. He lives in the while. N oted Profe»»or* From E astern In the heart of the Kansas wheat belt. A young bird’s note fluted from high, His county, Pawnee, has been the leafy lair, stitu tio n s to be A t U niversity banner wheat county of the state for And echoed and luted on sweet per several years. He is a real farm er fumed air; Sum m er School. being president of the Farm ers’ Na A rose raised its face from bright tional Grain Dealers association, masses of flowers, University of Oregon, Eugene, which is solely devoted to the inter Yet— sad seemed the place, drenched in long, lonely hours. Feb. 26.— (Special.)— More than 200 ests o f the farm ers. Mr. Brown has high school teachers from all parts streneously opposed the McNary- Low whisperings stirred in the cotton wood tree; of the muidle west are expected to Haugen bill, and has worked out fig Oregon fo r enrollm ent in the Uni ures showing th at the imposition of I fancied I heard a soft call, “ Stay with m e.” versity sum m er session a t Eugene the equalization fee will be a loss and for series of trips to famous to the wheat farm ers of Kansas. scenic spots in the state, it was an Recently the author had an article Now, often at night, when sleep nounced today by A lfred Powers, in a national magazine which discus- comes not to me, director of the sum m er session. ed bills of the M cNary-Haugen type, The house, bathed in light, in my fancy I see. In co-operation with one of the and received many letters concerning it. A small num ber of city men up Star-lit and moon-lit,— it haunts me large railroad companies the tour is until being m ade from Chicago beginning held the McNary-Haugen bill but not June 16 and ending August 6 or 7. a single farm er did. M. H. Rinker of ' I wonder if it can be waiting me still The purposes of the tour, as ex Ogallah, Kan., who has a 1,500 acre 4* T h e a te n M akes Strides. plained by President Arnold Bennett wheat farm , says in his lette r' “The farm er does not need any special From nothing to the fourth in Hall, are as follows: “ To have several hundred school legislation. All that he asks of the dustry in the country in a few years teachers spend the sum m er here with legislative bodies is that he be let — that, briefly, is the history of the splendid side trips at the week-ends alone and protected from discrim ina motion picture industry There is no to the points of scenic beauty will go tion from other industries,’ need to trace again the steps in that a long way to spread the stories ot These are only random instances. m eteoric career, but some figures Oregon’s charm among the people of We have talked with men who are compiled by Will H. Hayes, presi the middle west. These teachers will mingling with farm ers constantly and dent of the Motion Picture Produc tell their students about the beauty they report the same trend of opin ers and Distribuors of America, Inc., of what they saw. They will have ion. will be of interest. They were pre interviews and w rite stories for their W hat then does the support come pared last fall. local newspapers telling them of their from? Daily attendance at motion pic impressions of Oregon as the nation’s There are many farm organiza ture theaters, 20,000,000. playground. They will have been here tion secretaries and officers who Pictures theaters in United States, long enough not only to have seen have to do something to earn their 20,250. the beauty of the state, but to have salaries. The politicians and bankers Total seating caapcity, 10,500,- learned to love the kindly hospitali from some of the corn states started OOu. ty of its people, and they will return the McNary-Haugen furore and lined T heater property subject to taxes, to their homes enthusiastic advocates up such busy lobbyists as Peek, a 31,0c1.», (00,000. of the beauty and charm of Oregon. form er plow m anufacturer, and Set Gross income each year, $1,000,- I believe th at such a group of teach tle, the president of the Indiana Farm 000 , 000 . ers will do more to bring an ade Bureau, who wears spats while hustl Production costs, 1025, $150,000,- quate understanding of the possibili ing about the capitol corridors. There 000 . ties of Oregon to the people of- the grew, therefore, a concentrated lobby j Export of films in 1013 (feet) country than can be accomplished in in favor of this bill. This lobby has 32,000,000. any other w ay” a system of sending out form tele E xport of films in 1925 (feet) In addition to five w eek-end trips gram s and letters to groups here and 235,000,000 ------------------------- * ------------------ ------ the visiting teachers, and of course, there over the country, urging them the several hundred other students I to sign these messages and send them A K A N SA S PR O D U CT from all parts of Oregon, will have ¡ to their congressmen. In that way the benefit of instruction by experts ( members of congress have been high- Hutchinson, Kan., Feb. 22.— T rain in nearly every field. N inety-three, pressured into voting for the bill, al loads of fine powdery stuff, a gen professors will be on the sum m er ses though many of them adm it private uine volcanic ash, are shipped an sion faculty, approxim ately one-half ly that they don’t think it is a good nually from Meade county, the pro of whom are being brought from bill. The secret is organization. The duct of silica mines near Fowler. such noted eastern institutions as advocates of the bill are organized, It is shipped to plant at Omaha, Columbia, Colgate, Pennsylvania, Sy but the opposition among real farm Neb., Clumet, Ind., and Toronto, racuse, Michigan, N orthw estern and ers is unorganized. N aturally the Canada, given a little treatm ent, others congressmen pay little attention to canned and shipped back to Kansas The side trips include a journey the opposition that comes from the and all parts of the world as “Old Duch Cleanser.” up the McKenzie river, across the nonfarm ers. pass and to Bend. On July 2, 3 and We still believe th at the farm ers “ Kansas folks may not realize it, 4 a journey will be made to the Ban- of the United States are, for the most but Old Dutch Cleanser is alm ost en don beaches. Over the Columbia part, actively or passively against tirely a Kansas product,” explained river highway the party will be taken this sort of legislation. That is why W. J. Cooper, of Omaha, general on July 31. C rater Lake is to be The Beacon has consistently opposed m anager of the Old Dutch Cleanser visited July 23 and 24, the teachers the bill. If we thought it was actual company, who was in Hutchinson on going by way of the new Cascade ly for the benefit of agriculture we business recently. railroad line and returning by way would be enthusiastically in favor of “ This silicia, which we find in such large quantities down near Fowler, is of Medford. A picnic party to Spen it.— W ichita Beacon. a fine volcanic ash that is softer than ---------------------------------------------------------------- cer Butte form s the recreation for glass, and can be used in cleansing July 26. On their return to Chicago FLO W ER PO T SC A N D A L glass with no danger of scarring,” j the party will visit Rainier national park, Lake Louise, Banff, and other Hardy Sweet William was in love explained Mr. Cooper. “It is put with Rose. He had often thought of through a drying process at the plant points of interest. A nother reason for expanding the m arriage, the song of the Lark- near Fowler, and then shipped in car- sum m er sessions and securing noted spur-ed him on, and finally he Aster lots to our plants over the country. professors from other institutions, declaring “ I adore your Pink cheeks, But we do not do very much more according to President Hall, is that your cute Turnip nose, your Radish to it. It forms about 99 per cent of the University is laying the founda hair, and your Violet eye--. Lettuce the Old Dutch Cleanser itself It is so fine, th at we put a soap sub tion for a four-quarter system. This get m arried.” system not only makes it possible “ But we Cantaloupe,” she sighed. stance in it to give it more body, and th at is all. It’s pure stu ff ns it for the student to save a year’s time “ You will have to ask Porpy ” in graduating but will increase the “ Are you sure your aren 't trying comes from the ground. capacity of the U niversity’s plant to String Beans or M arigold?” she The theory that ages ago when the thirty-three and one-third per cent, questioned again. “ If so, d m ’t Dahlia Rock m ountains were a range of vol canoes. and in convulsion, this great thus effecting a big saving to the around me, but Beet it!” “ No. I’m not trying to Lima. Lima mass of ash was hurled down here in state. President Hall declared. Bean.” Their Tulips met a id sh? was what is now Kansas and that it has -----------4»---------- lain all these years and now is un DO T H E FA R M E R S W A N T IT ? Souash-ed in his arms. The sunset was a beautiful Golden covered, com paratively close to the All the newspapers and publicists Glow on the wedding da;. All the surface, and practically all ready for that have been backing the McNary- Black eyed Susans from ihe neighbor use in cleaning and scouring in the Haugen bill have taken it for grant hood v.ere bridesmaids .la •---r'-ihi- homes of America. ---------------* --------------- ed that the farm ers of the country Pulpit officiated with Cider Berry assisting. The Blue Bells pealed W hat about this here Christian are in favor of it. The Beacon is quite certain that merrily as Phlox came to the wed America? Thangsgiving day has he ding. Snowballs and Ladies Slippers come to thousands merely “turkey this is not a fact. Just as one example, a farm er from were thrown at the departing couple. day.” The president and secretary ot Sum ner county, was in W ichita the "Forget-m e-not,” cried the m other the certain state Press association in their Christmas greeting cards tc other day, and was asked about the is the bride left. bill. 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