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About Ashland American. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1927)
ASHLAND AMERICAN f CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS THE ETERNAL AGITATOR WILL USE THE NEWSPAPERS Any movement that has at its basis the capitalizing of discontent among the people is apt to flourish for a time and then fall to the ground like house of cards. There are many FOR r a i l w a y m a i l c l e r k s t o a instances in American history that is true that there is no doubting the BE H E L D H E R E USE L ARGE SP A C E results of any agitation that has its __________ 4 I foundation of minor,i> the people who believe that their interests have been placed in jeopardy. It is easy to pity one’s self. And it is easy for one man or a small Persons E n rrtin g E xam ination Not I group of men to forment dissatisfac Chcago Landlord* Refuse to Rent tion among a considerable number of Allowed to E n te r any Other Buildings Unless T enants Will people, until those people wake up Examination to the fact that they have been ex Promise to Advertise. ploited to satisfy the selfish aims of some one man. The United States civil service Take Kansas, for instance. A num The value of newspaper advertis commission announces an open com ber of years ago the state was visit ing is no longer seriously questioned petitive examination for raily postal ed for several seasons with a drought. by any economist. A realiation of clerk, to be held on April 9, 1927. The main industry at that time was this value not only to the adver Vacancies in the railyway mail ser agriculture. Many land owners be tiser but to the consumer as well is vice throughout the United States at came land poor and could not even now almost universal. The latest $1850 a year, and in position requir pay their taxes. Individuals like tribute to newspaper advertising ing similar qaulifications, at this or Sockless Jerry Simpson, Long Whisk comes from J. C. McQuiston, mana higher or lower salaries, will be filled ered I’feffer and Mary Ellen Lease ger of the publicity of the Westing- from this examination unless it is paraded up and down the state house Electric company, and comes found in the interest of the service capitalizing the poverty-stricken con with the announcement that begin to fill any vacancy by reinstatement, dition of these farmers and even ning April 1, the advertising appro transfer or promotion. tually herded these farmers into the priation of this company will be ex The date for assembling of com Populist movement. Nothing much pended entirely among metropolitan 1 petitors will be stated on applicatns came of it except that Sockless Simp and local newspapers. admission cards, and will be about son went to congress and Pfeffer “Newspapers,” said Mr. McQuis ter. cays after th" close of receipt rf went to the United States senate, ton, “seem to offer the only medium applications. and a Populist governor was elected by which we can both ‘nationalize’ Persons who enter this examina for one term. Then prosperity came and ‘localize’ our various sales cam tion will not be allowed to enter any hack to the people and the advocates paign on products and at the same other examination for which the re of discontent blew up like an over time vary our program to fit the ceipt of applications will close on taxed automobile tire. needs of specific districts. Later on the farmers of North Da fhe same date. “For many years we have been suffered from a protracted users Places of examinations in Oregon kota of a considerable amount of and the preachers of social are at Albany, Ashland, Astorie, Ba drought newspaper space for certain of our invaded the state and organized merchandising ker, Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, Grants a ism natural and the results discontent into the Non so obtained have lines, Pass, Klamath Falls, La Grande, partisan league prompted us to ex This pand this advertising to cover Marshfield, McMinnville, Pendleton, lasted a little longer movement. all of the Kansas the many lines in which the company Portland, Roseburg, Salem and The Populist movement than because it was Dalles. better organized. The Nonpartisan is interested. In addition to the salary provided league captured the legislature and “Our decision to concentrate on by law, railyway postal clerks are al all the state offices and sent their newspaper space came after a care * lowed travel expenses not to exceed men to congress and the United ful study of all factors entering into $11 per diem while on duty away from States Senate, marketing, selling and advertis their homes, such allowance to begin still there. and some of them are the ing One important item ten hours after the start on their But the bobble is just about ready was situation. flexibility whereby we could runs. to burst. Like any movement that carry our plans to conform to var All citizens of the United States is foisted upon a discontented people ious factors, such as weather con who meet the requirements, both it is bound to fall to earth and it ditions and peculiarities in the men and women, may enter this ex will take several decades for the economic situation with respect to I amination; appointing officers, how state of North Dakota to recover any particular district of the country. | ever, have the legal right to specify from the debauch of the “reformers.” City stores have a regular budget the sex desired in requesting certifi Several other states , in the union appropriation for their newspaper cation of eligibles. The general sup have had touches of this madness advertising. The Harvard school of erintendent of the railway mail ser and have suffered accordingly. Uni business research has made a survey vice announces that the department versally all these kinds of move of these appropriations and has com has discontinued the appointment of ments feed upon discontent and some piled the following: women in the service. one who is just a little smarter than Per Cent False statements in applications the usual run of the people elects For Advertising concerning age or other matters af himself as the head of the movement Department Stores ...................... 3.87 fecting the applicants eligibility will and gets all the profit in the end. result in cancellation of examination The people are no better off after Furniture Stores .......................... 3.72 and debarment from future examina their flight into an uncharted sea of Men’s Furnishing Stores ........... 3.16 tions, and removal from service in politics or finance. Jewelry Stores .............................. 3.10 There are locations with small Drug Stores ................................... 2.76 case of appointment. Substitute railway postal clerks areas like a municipality that have Shoe Stores ................................... 2.65 are aid at the rate of $1850 a year had the same experience and there Grocery Stores ............................ 1.83 for the services they actually perform are other localities that will have a and are credited with ful time while fling at it. No matter how many Hardware Stores .......................... 1.12 traveling under orders of the depart failures are recorded, yet there are Lumber Dealers ..................................30 ment. They nre allowed travel ex people who are willing to take a Statistics compiled by chambers of penses not to exceed $.1 per diem chance that their particular little commerce show that the percentage while on duty away from their desig movement will be a success and they of failures among nonadvertisers is will emerge as a financial saviour of very high. Thus among all the busi ns • I headquarters. < mpetitors will be rated on the their neighbors. No matter how ness firms who failed in Cincinnati r following subjects, which will have much strife is stirred up, no matter in one year nonadvertisers amounted I the relative weights indicated: Mail! if some men’s reputations must be to 91.9 per cent. In Chicago appar test, including sorting, routing and blasted for the moment, this selfish ently a business man who does not address reading,60. General tests, in course must he pursued and all pro advertise has very little chance for cluding spelling, arithmetic and loca gress halted except that part of it ! success. The percentage in that city tion of principal cities. 50. Only that is a benefit to the aggrieved of magnificent boulevards and gun those who attain a rating of at least without cost to them. men is 98. Statistics in other cities f>0, exclusive of preferance allow- But it is almost futile for anyone all bear out the point that the per anc s on the general tests will be ra to rush up and try to stop these centage of failures among nonadver movements. They must run their tisers is enormous. The cards, in ted on the mail tests. Applicants should at one apply for course and after the smoke clears cities at least, are stacked against form 2600, stating the title of the away the cause of the whole rumpus the nonadvertiser. exam ¡nation desired, to the Civil Ser still remains as a reminder of a lost The result is that in some cities, vile Commission, Washington D. C., cause.— Dunsmuir News. notably Chicago, landlords frequent or the secretary of the United ly refuse to rent store buildings to State Civil Service Board at any ex- tenants unless the tenants will prom aminntion place listed above. Appli- ise to advertise.—Grants Pass Ob- rat "ns should be properly executed, servor. •orluding the medical certificate, but excluding the county officers cert if i- S $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ fati' and must be filed with the U. S. $ $ f i\ Service Commission at Washing- T H IS MEANS DOLLARS $ $ foo. I). 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To raise funds for a new play shed at the Lincoln school the normal school students and Lincoln school teachers assisted by grade children put on a big day and night “eiri us” W E S T IN G H O U S E COM PANY TO last Saturday at the normal. Crowds From Years of Study of school children and their parents attended both the day and night per formance and results were more than satisfactory. Numerous side shows and attractions were quite clever. ---------------* --------------- Buy it in Ashland. LADIES Remember that Franklin’s 1 y2 loaf is now a full Milk Bread, the only Milk bread made in Southern Oregon. Electrically baked in the best equipped and cleanest shop in this part of the state Franklin Bakery NOTICE! The Box Factory lumber yard during the month of March will make big consessions to Farmers and others that wish to build. The price of all Common lumber will be reduced during March to $20.00 per thousand feet. This includes Shiplap, Rustic, Boards, fencing, plank timbers and dimension lumber. We have a stock of half million feet to reduce before our mill starts sawing again. This lumber is all dry and freshly milled. Come and get it yourself or we will deliver it for small cartage charge. Make your order a thousand feet or more to <et this $20.00 price. CAL1FORN1A-OREGON BOX & L UM BER CO. Box Factory East Main St., Phone 30 H y W ay Printing Commercial Printing for Jackson County The Ashland American is a newly equipped and up-to-the-minute Job Printing Office. No better work and prices pleasing. Better try us on that next job of Printing. We cover Jackson County when it comes to printing. Write us, phone us, call on as. Let u» k n o w and we can come after it. We are here to serve and please • • Job Printing i