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About Ashland American. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1927)
- A S H L A N D A M ERICA N A s h la n d A m e r ic a n An I nd e pe nd e nt Weekl y P a p e r Published a t Ashland, (Successor to the C e n tra l P oint A m e ric a n ) Orejón PA U L RO B IN SO N , E d ito r a n d P ublishe r O ffice a t 374 East Main S tr e e t B U S IN E S S AND N E W S P H O N E 95 $ 2.00 One Y ear ! in t h e face, and the local p a p e r may w r ite colum ns and columns about the im p o rta n c e of buying a t home, but unless we spend our money w here we m ake o u r speeches and w rite o u r ed- itorials, we are homet-own g r a v e diggers. CALL TO PR AYE R Advertising Rate* Given on Applicati E n te re d a t th e P o sto ffic e a t A shland, O regon, a s Second Class M atter, u n d e r the A ct of C ongress of March 3, 1879 JACKSON C O U N T Y ’S W E E K L Y P A P E R Me mb er S T A T E E DI T OR i /v L A S S O C I A T I O N Me mb e r N A T I O N A L E D I T O R I A L A S S OC I A T IO N FRID A Y , A U R IL 1, 1927 E D IT O R IA L Get some r a b b its and some chick ens— the more you get, th e b e tte r. o------------------ A special election in J u n e , and no one seem s to mind it in th e least. ■ - ...... o ..................- March show ers make April flowers in southe rn O regon, w here we a r e a b o u t a m onth aheud o f o th e r sec tions of the sta te . ------------------ o------------------ T here has n o t been a day w ithout w ar some place since the big World War. “ W orld P e a c e ” seems d iffic u lt to establish a n d m a in ta in , a lthough we a re all fo r it. ------------------ o------------------ No Mexirun or C hinam un is going to shoot “ y o u rs t r u ly ,” e ith e r acci dently or on purpose. We intend sta y in g o u t o f th e ir wny and out of th e ir c o u n try . Wish they would feel the same w ay a b o u t it. • o------------------ A n o th e r paper s ta r tin g up in Yreka. T h a t m akes th re e fo r o u r city on the s o u th — a n d 1500 population for th e town. But they a re certainly good papers. Both Y reka a n d Duns- inuir have weekly n e w sp a p e rs fa r ahead of the uverage und they a re splendidly supporte d. The park board has been doing fine work in cle a n in g and p lanting in und a ro u n d I.ithia park and a d j a cent to the P io n e e r hall. New flow er beds, new plants and m any new rose bushes have been planted. It will be oen of the most b e a u tifu l spots in O regon in a few weeks. ------------------ o We are glad we a r e not living in China. Glad we a r e not a “ f o r e ig n e r ” over th e r e ; glad we are c o n te n te d to stay in A m erica— alw ays home, w here we can alw ays ask for p ro te c tion with a c le a r conscious. We are glad we have no business calling us to China and what business have we in Chinn a n y w a y ? — o------------------ The Gold Hill News is continually a dvancing in the b e t t e r weekly paper field each week. T he News covers the n o rth end of Jackson county, and the A m erican covers the south e n d — and we a re glad the business looks so good in the News. Its e d ito r is a w orker. The E a s te r season is one of more th a n usual sacredness to the a d h e r e n ts of the Christian religion. E a s te r m arks th e close of the Lenten se a son, the preiod of self-denial p r a c ticed generally by the Catholic bodies and partly by some P r o te s ta n t denominations. It recalls the re c o rd ed events accom panying the r e s u r rection o f Je su s Christ. The tim e has passed when men may scoff a t the effectiveness of p ra y e r in the national and individual life and a t the same time m aintain a re p u ta tio n for sound judgm e nt. W hatever may be the explanation fo r prayer, w hether it be the r e s ponse of a supreme being to the r e quests of men or w hether the e ffe c t is purely psychological, results of u n equivocal c h a ra c ter a re seen in the lives o f men. T erm in P e n ite n tia r y .” And the news spre a d s as the crime wave in creases in th is c ountry. " T h e h a lf has n e v e r been to ld .” T here a re m a n y more a t large who a re r e g a rd e d w ith suspicion as d a n gerous, and th e a la rm in g f e a tu r e is th a t they a r e m ere boys and girls. Many children, e ith e r by inheritance or u n f o r t u n a t e circum stances, belong All the sin and injustice in the to this class. It is som etim es called world is the result of selfishness in the d a n g e ro u s class— and it is a d a n the h e a rts of men. No individual can g e ro u s class— fo r we a r e not too a p t e n te r sincerely into the practice of to be n e g le c tfu l to the y o ung? A re p ra y e r w ithout the s u r r e n d e r of the we not much a t fa u lt f o r the p re se n t mind and disposition th a t would crim e wuve t h a t is sw eeping over this prom pt the doing of things th a t C hristian la n d ? We give them little would work harm in th e lives of a tte n tio n while m a tu rin g , and all too others. soon they form the hubits th a t shape P ra y e r as it is revealed in the th e ir destiny. Holy S c riptures, makes f o r a se re n i T his lesson of citizenship is one of ty of mind and a fixedness of pur vital im p o rta n c e to the f u tu r e g e n e pose to do righteously th a t can not rations. If p a r e n ts and teachers be easily destroyed by the o rd in a ry would devote as much tim e to the experiences of life. The most o u t stu d y o f citizenship as they devote sta n d in g men and women in history to a th le tic s und social functions, we have practiced prayer for them selves believe it would be a g r e a t f a c to r in and f o r the interests to which they a b a tin g crime. We m ust teach boys gave themselves. a n d girls th e d u tie s o f citizenship. | We m ust em phatically impress upon T H E F U G I T I VE IS C A U G H T th e ir minds th a t the g o v e rn m e n t is bound to p r o te c t its citizens from H ugh D e A utrem ont has n o t been the c rim inal classes. Who a re the criminals, a n yw ay? declared guilty of m u r d e r or tr a in W hoever is willing to in ju r e his robbery by any legal decision in any courts. He has not been legally tried neighbor or the w elfare of society is so f a r a crim inal. T h e re a r e m any nor has he, b e fo re a c o u rt, e n te re d w ays of in ju r in g others. Besides a denial or confession. H ugh D eA u those who rob and do violence, those tr e m o n t is in jail, accused by his may also as seriously in ju r e society actions and by circ u m sta n c ial evi dence exceedingly convincing of be who get money by fra u d , o r by bad m ethods of business, or who pursue ing one, and probably th e leading brains in the much ta lk e d of and a vicious or idle course in life. d re a d fu l Siskiyou ro b b e ry a n d triple T he boys and girls of this g e n e r a m u r d e r n e a r A shland in 1923. tion a r e hurt m ore by a w asting and His two b ro th e rs accused with insidious disease th a n by cruel blows. him have never been c a u g h t. The A thorough course o f study, we be public has ta lk e d of, tried, convicted lieve, will accomplish m ore good fo r this g e n e ra tio n and f u tu r e g e n e ra - I “ nd H “ * h eVery day since ___ . i ,, ., . . . . the cold blooded tr a g e d y occured. tions than all the c ourts of the land. Now th a t ou r Ja c k so n c ounty jail -------------- — o holds him, a w a itin g tria l, it is b e t T H E T O W N ’S G R A V E DI GGERS te r th a t the public hold ju d g m e n t In practically every c om m unity and learn m ore facts b e fo re g e ttin g The p riso n e r will th e re can be fo u n d a few persons who unduly excited. u n d oubtedly be given a f a ir trial and consider themselves leuding citizens, m any new a n g le s o f th e a f f a i r will but who, in tr u th , a re helping to dig a g ra v e for th e ir town. This is done come to light. H ugh is bright, m anly a p p e a r in g chiefly through f a ilu re to su p p o rt lo cal business concerns a n d in stitu tio n s j “ ml his plight now is th e end of his which make the tow n w hat it is. They c a r e e r us a useful c itiz e n — no m u tte r Me hear tha t the Jacksonville Post do it by sending a w a y to o th e r towns if he should be c leared of th e p re s c ontem plates suspension the coming fo r m erchandise which might be e n t case, he has a cknow ledged his week. Jacksonville is only a b o u t I bought with equal a d v a n ta g e a t home. g u ilt as a law b re a k e r, confessing f o u r miles from Medford a n d the 1 They do it f r e q u e n tly th ro u g h ■ th a t he was a whisky still o p e r a to r adve rtise rs in the Medford papers thoughtlessness, but o f te n e r through b e fo re the tr a in wrecking.. draw all the tra d e to the civic c e n t sheer disregard fo r th e w e lfa re of H e, with his b ro th e rs, j u s t " g re w er. Then with the expectation of the com m unity of which they are a u p ,” as fa r too m a n y y o u n g men a re Jacksonville losing the county seat. part. g r o w in g up today. His was no home. E ditor Bray is wise in discontinuing The doctorine o f buying at home His f a th e r and m o th e r s e p a ra te d . the work tha t d o e sn ’t bring him liv is not advanced solely in th e interest the fam ily divided a n d the world his ing expenses. of individual m e rc ha nts. It is ad- play ground a n d school. His associa- vocutod because every citizen in town tes were found a t the d a n c e halls The individual should not wait for is to a certain e tx e n t d e p e n d e n t upon and on the s tr e e ts a t night. The o th e rs to develop the com m unity. If every o th e r citizen for his own pros y e a r n in g fo r m ore easy m oney to he consistently applies m odern busi perity. The man who w ants to live th r o w aw ay on tr if le s lend to the ness developm ent m ethods in his in d e p e n d e n t of his neighbors and m oonshine ro u te . T hen th e nwful business, his business will grow. As w ithout re g a rd fo r public spirit m ight clim ax to his restless life nnd jazz his business grows his com m unity b e tte r re tire to the ju n g le s and live a sperations. P roba bly th e most s e r will grow with it. a n d as his com by himself in a cave. Business men ious shock th a t could oc c u r in the m unity continues t progress his a re som etim es as g r e a tly a t fa u lt as c a r e e r of any y o u n g life. It caused business will e xpa nd with it. Thus a nyone else in the m a t t e r o f tr a d in g a halt, it b rought him to th e end of an endlc s chain is form ed th a t will out of town. the jo u rn e y . His hiding from justice surm ount all obstacles and the co m If the shoe d e a le r sends aw ay fo r days a r e over. T he shock was also m unity grow th goal will lie reached. his autom obile tire, und the a u to m o severe enough to u n ite a se p a ra te d Port Or ford News. bile man for his f u r n itu r e , and the m o th e r and f a th e r , who now a re as f u r n itu r e man sends aw ay fo r hi* one in fig h tin g f o r a so n ’s life. The T HE CRIME WA VE clothing, and so on down the line, life o f the boy, the history of the how can they expect to build pros home, the seem ingly small d isa g re e I housands of people in this c o u n pe rity ? The b utcher, the b a k e r and m ents, a re now all p ic tu re d to this try are confined to ou r jails and pris the candlestick m a ke r ven the trio. Tin» late p e rh a p s is the a tte m p t ons on a ccount of th e ir crimes, and p r i n t e r — re q u ire local p a tro n a g e if to re -a d ju stin g . new candidates are springing up they a re to do th e ir share in the m a t H ugh may be cleared o f the every day and every night. Read the te r of c om m unity building. c h a rg e s a g a in st him. He m ay be head lines of your daily paper* and All the fine talks a b o u t civic pride I t will ta k e tim e and n ote the grow th in crime. The - - - col- - - . "*■ n»*y indulge in will never make convicted. l imns are filled with shocking e v e n t Boy Burglar* Caught on Way to >e* Lfe. Hank President Sen- fenced to Prison. ' Cashier (Jets » town, so long as the life-blood o f In *ither case, it is a ruined the com m unity— the cold cash— is life, a life badly lived. There is «pent elsew here. A man may make certainly some good traits in Hugh, "boosting speeches” until he is hluek , but he failed t» develop them. O RE GO N SCENERY A T T R A CT S FAMOUS P O S T E R A TR I ST land to O gden and New O rle a n s as well as displayed in th e o ffic e s o f its g e n e ra l agencies, lo c a te d O r e g o n ’s unparralleled scenery has c o u n try a n d abroad. 1 a ttr a c te d the brush of one of the c o u n tr y ’s most famous poster artists. in this ------- +------- KEEP A PULLIN’! T his was announced by John M. Fish d o n ’t bite j u s t f o r th e w ishin’. Scott, assistant passe n h e r tr a f f ic Keep a p u llin ’! m a n a g e r f o r the Southern Pacific a t C hange y o u r bait and keep on fishin’ Keep a pullin'! P o rtla n d , who stated th a t a f o u r Luck a i n ’t nailed to a n y sp o t; color oil p ainting of C r a te r Lake has Men you envy, like as not, j u s t been completed by Maurise Lo Envy you y o u r jo b a n d lot! gan o f San Francisco and copies of K eep a p u llin ’! the p o ste r a r e being broadcast by the --------- * --------- ra ilro a d company. E v e ry m a n should keep a f a ir Copies o f the a ttra c tiv e poste r a r e sized c e m e te r y in which to b u ry the being posted on the bulletin boards fa u lts of his frie n d s— H e n ry W ard o fth e c o m p a n y ’s stations from Port- Beecher. It’s the Essex Super-Six Engineered to low est operation and m aintainence cost. Entirely new appearance W ill do an easy 50 m iles an hour all day long. Priced w ithin the reach of all Phone 46 for dem onstration or call at Lithia Springs Garage Rack of Lithia Springs Hotel — W hat would you do without electricity? J Interesting essays have been written_ pages long—describing the calamities that would happen if the world ran out of electricity. Interesting—but idle. The practical question is—what do vou do with electricity? Few homes have as many convenience outlets as every housewife wants— but they are easily and cheaply installed. A vacuum cleaner — an electric sewing machine — a washing machine — an elec tric range—these take most of the drudg ery out of housework. h elertricity?0U~ if y° U °0"l<l~ do 'vithol>‘ Electricity is the cheapest service you can buy. The California Oregon Power Company O í fle e t : Medford. Oregon R o ie b u rg , O re g o n G r * " l . !*••«. O re g o n K la m a th F a ll,, O r e g o Y r , k *. C a lifo rn io M ju k w a i in r h w w __ j i D unam uir, C a lif o r n ia