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About Ashland American. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1927)
* ASHLAND AMERICAN TO OK HIM UP. fuse pile you make certain there will dur state regulation and control: be fewer flies in that particular neigh “ Is it any wonder that legisla tu res fall into disrepute and that borhood during the coming summer Last night, says Wade Willard, a A d I ndependent Weekly Paper Publ i t hed at A.hland, Oregon •Jie public looks upon politicians as months. The experts tell us that the man in the hotel lobby wanted to bet (Successor to the Central Point American) ______ _ _ m alefactors almost beyond compare? average fly travels only a few hun five bucks he could whip anybody PAUL ROBINSON, Editor and Publisher _________ F ortunately the people of Washing dred feet from his birthplace, so in the loby. The colored elevator when any particular locality manages boy took him up. ton have the ballot.” Office at .‘174 East Main Street The people of Washington, as of to get rid of the fly breeding spots BUSINESS AND NEWS PHONE 95 ------------- * -------------- Oregon, do have the ballot, and in it means that section will be practi $ 2.00 One Year As a steam er was leaving the h a r 1924 they voted on just such a cally free from the fly pest during bor of Athens a young passenger Advertising Rates Given on Application proposition as was defeated by the the summer period approached the captain and, pointing legislature, and they killed it by a . For several years the anti-fly cam Entered at the Postoffice a t Ashland, Oregon, as Second Class Matter, to the distant hills, inquired, "W hat majority of 77,901. In Oregon a pro paign has been pushed with much under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879 is th at white s tu ff on the hills, cap posal to place the state in the light vigor, and the indications are th at i tain?” JACKSON C O U N TV S WEEKL Y P A P E R and power business was rejected by will be waged with even more aeti “ That is snow, m adam ,” replied a majority of 112,779, or more than ity and effectiveness during the com Member S T A TE E D I T O R I A L ASSOCI ATI ON the captain. four to one, and in California the ing season. All over the country the Member N AT IO NA L E D I TO R I A L ASSOCI ATI ON “ Well,” replied the lady, “ I adverse majority on a similar mea word is being pussed along to “ Swat ^FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1927 thought so myself, but a gentleman sure, submitted to the people for ’em,swat 'e now, and swat ’em hard.” told me it was Greece.” the third time, was 418,034. The adherence to this advice will ---------- V ---------- Legislators of the state of Wash mean better health and more com During 192fi, more than 300,000,- ington voted in accordance with the fort for every community th at fol expressed wish of the people of that lows it, and each individual will 000 barrels of gasoline were con state on a measure which would have share in the benefits and advantages. sumed, both a t home and abroad, a Last Saturday resembled a “ Visi plunged that common-wealth into the So start in early to swat the flies, gain of nearly 20 per cent over 1925. Six million miles of telephone wires supply the requirements of tors day” at the Ashland American sea of industrial socialism. and above all do not neglect to get office. We were pleased to note that One-fifth of the fuel oil m arketed New York city. - ■ ■ o----------------- rid of the breeding places of these -----------------o----------------- more people called at the office in the United States is consumed by W H A T MAKES P R O S P E R I T Y pests, which constitute a genuine railroads. The highways were covered with Saturday than that of any one day menace to human health and happi Fords and other vehicles last Sun since the publication of the puper. It Prosperity means good business, ness. Buy it in Ashland. day between showers. Everybody was told us by these subscribers many md good business means .active buy wunted to get out in the wide open times that the American was the ing. Buying moves in a circle. spaces and license plates from many best paper in Ashland and no doubt There are four factors in the circle states were speeding too and fro. It the popular weekly of Jackson coun of buying, the m anufacturer, the was warm and inviting and the gas ty. We are giving the National Farm ■ jobber, the retailer and the buyer. News for a year free with every new stations did u good business. J Together these factors constitute the subscriber to the American, and we o ■ ■■ were greatly pleased with the num public. The manufacturer, the jobber Looting of American stores in >r retailer is in a separate class from China, or a fight with some American ber of new readers that came in Sat the buyer only so far as his business oil workers or miners in Mexico, is urday. From Ashland, the truding is concerned. In every other relation territory surrounding the city, from constantly being complained of to Talent and routes out of there the in life he is one small individual in Uncle Sam. It really is too bad that American is meeting with universal the great mass called the public, and this little old U. S. A. is so small approval and the friends th at the he is affected by the same living that these Americans are compelled conditions that affect the latter. O ut to go to China or Mexico or any paper is gaining is quite gratifying side his own business he, too, is a other country to exist or make an to the office. We will continue with buyer, so he joins with the public in our subscription offer and will not honest living. be content without a hundred per starting the buying impulse th at o----------------- sweeps around the circle. He buys i:ent circulation. Sometimes we of Western Oregon the comforts and necessities of life, -----------------o----------------- complain of it raining, or it’s too and he wants reasonable prices the ALL S TO CK HO LD ER S hot today or to cool today, etc. Never same as the public does. has Oregon experienced an eastern Not all Ashland merchants arc us blizzurd, cyclone, electric storm, hail Every ninth person in this country ing the local papers to unload their or tornudo. What would unex is a stockholder in some sort of a shelves. But it can be depended upon perienced, unprotected Oregonians corporation. The utilities, the indus that the ones who are the ones who do, should we be visited by a snow tries and the banking of the coun are anxious to join hands with the storm and blizzard such as visited try are largely in the keeping of public in bringing about prosperity ; . Colorado or Wyoming last week? the masses. Even the man who and keeping the community pros — o ■ shines the shoes owns a share in the perous. Doctors, lawyers, preachers, teachers, o----------------- There n considerable 192S cam light and power company. Perhups mechanics, craftsmen, housew ives— all arc 1 S W A T ’EM paign guessing and framing in the this is a reason why the modern partners in this company. ! political air. The Middle West is politician does not find so much Now, and for the next six or eight busy with clubs and propoganda and sport in baiting the corporations. Our shareholders come from all walks o f weeks, is the time to swat the flies the battle cry is "Lowden for Presi ----------------- o----------------- life. Some own substantial amounts o f our with real effectiveness. In other dent.” In the East less interest is MINING MEANS H O P E words, the early swat is the swat that Preferred Stock — others only single shares. ! shown at this early stage of the game and the Easterners are waiting Amazing progress has been made really counts, for each fly killed d u r Some have purchased their investments word from Coolidge. The president in chemical and mechanicnl treat ing the early part of the season has nothing to say; attends to his ment of ores, so that ores once re means the eliminiation of several mil ou tfigh t, for cash — others have used the job and lets the politicians worry. garded as expensive wnste are today lion possible descendants later on. convenient monthly investment plan. I — ------------ o ----------------- producing good values; and capital Of course it may seem like foolish Ewing Herbert tells this one: is available in increasing amounts businessto chase the flies where there All receive dividend cheeks regularly__ are so few of them, but if you wait Owner of auto had his driver stop for new ventures. by mail — every three months You can do J to pick up a lot of children on the What the miner produces is new for them to multiply it will mean just so, too j way home from country school. He and clean and helpful. It is not a that much more worry and trouble, put one of the bright little girls on speculative trade, with a luckless and just that much more swatting to his lap, began to talk to her: "Have victim at the other end; but a posi be done. l ou S h o u ld K n o w the Facts A b o u t Also it is well to remem ber that you any lunch in >our dinner box?” tive, valuable contribution to the In Our F t ef*n cd ±hares he asked. “No," she said. ” ! always world’s savings. In every way, the there is something even more impor liked to save some of mine to eat on miner is a business asset to any com tant than swatting the individual the way home from school,” he munity. Mines make the best possible flies, and that is swatting the places said. "Do you like your teacher?” noncompetitive local markets for where the flies breed. It is a far he asked. "Yes,” she said, “ I am the farm and range products. They more effective method than either teacher." T he C alifornia O regon P ower C o m pany breathe courage nnd enterprise and swatting or using fly traps. Old files --------■ -------- o—-- O ffici* vision as does no other investment or of refuse of any kind are a p t to be MaUtuftì O ranti Pat» Ruteburg M am ath Fallt-Oregon This as we all remember was go industry known to man. Mining pays fly incubators, and they work with V itka D u n tm u u -C altlu rm a ing to be nn economical year. Pre splendid physical contributions to out any of the fuss that is needed to make a success out of the conduct election campaign speakers nnd national prosperity; but of even smaller office seekers all promised greater value is its spirit of militant I of an ordinary chicken incubator. Every time you get rid of an old re- it. Every candidate wus a friend to hope. the tax payer. He said so. Still the If there is nnything to mine in Inst state legislature was the most your proximity, organize nnd g o a f expensive in the history of Oregon. ter it. It will be a splendid stimulant I he expense for the session, with merely to get the miner’s habit of the miscellanious items for the days h o p e , besides the physical reward the members were in session was that is now coming to the miner about $160,000. The 1928 legisla everywhere. 1927 A Y arch 19 27 ht Htm Kt » « s rat ture will be the same thing. Promises — - o • 1 2 • “ • .1 3 4 5 will be numerous and when they U NDER T H E BALLOT 9 6 5 7 IO 11 12 meet, «very member will have some 13 14 15 16 17 16 19 building to build or a new law cal Observations of the measures ¿O 21 22 23 24 25 26 ling for a high salaried commission. Passed by the Oregon legislature in i. 27 25 29 30 31 • 1 banks for a ' .-el >:ng” governor w ho dicate an unwillingness to tamper knows how to economize. with either statutes of constitution ------------- ------.-------- al amendments enacted by the people " T O SAVE P E O P L E ” While the legislature did attem pt to grunt a stay of execution to the Co In his inaugural address. President lumbia river fish wheels until next Coolidge said: December, the governor stepped in I fa»or the policy of economy, not and vetoed the bill. The general liecause I wish to sa\e money, but trend of the legislature, however, because I wish to save people. The was toward a "hands-off" policy with The reason why it pays to plan your spring advertising early is the increased men and women of this country who respect to taws and constitutional toil are the ones who bear the cost of i provisions enacted under the initia results you obtain through having a definite outline to follow vi i • vv e are e q - the government. Every dollar that tive. u i PPed with cuts, copy and suggestionsto aid you in this important work we carelessly waste means that their This same policy is noted in the life will be so much the more meager, Washington legislature, where a bill "Every dollar that we prudently to permit Seattle and Tacoma to sell save means that their life will be so electricity outside of their own cor much the more abundant. Economy porate limits has been defeated, and is Idealism in its most practical form. it is interesting to not* the comment * * The wisest and soundest m eth of a Portland newspaper which advo- od of solving our tax problem is ates by indirection state-wide op- VVVVVVVVVVVWW tbenugh economy " '♦ v v v v F W v y y y , ration of puhlie utilities, new un* A s h la n d A m e r ic a n * EDITORIAL From All Walks of Life ! j é 1 T h eresa Reason for EVERYTHING A sh lan d Anieriocin è