Afilli AND AMERICAN A f i l l i ! i id A m e r i c a n Ar. f:» d e p e ::d c ;it \.'c . . - •— A . j - a t , C r-g jn ( u u u c tM r 1 « tile C entral P oint A m eric an )____________ PAUL ROBINSON, E ditor and Publisher_____________ A d vertisin g R ates Given on A pplication E ntered a t the P ostoffice at Ashlan d, Oregon, as Second Class M atter, under the Act of C o n f e s s of March 3, 1879 C O U N T Y ’S WEEKLY BINGO’S BUBBLES I - • rect BUSINESS AND NEW S PHONE 95 JACKSON m ent which le d to setting aside M o t h e r ’s Da;. - n - *n«*rally known I .. atte n tion in view of the increasing observance of it. Investigation shows th at Miss BINGO Jr. Anna Jarv is of Philadelphia in Copyright 1K7-A1I Right* KvHervsd i — * 1908 made the first step tow ard i M other's Day, when asked th a t the church in the little Virginia town, It a in ’t th e n um ber of blocks in a W hen opportunity knock* at where her m other had been a lead­ load th a t counts, it’s the size of ’em. the door, *ome men are in the ing spirit, hold a service in her mem­ Bath Tub o f Detpair. — (B B )— ory. A little later the Philadelphia churches are found to have been — ( B B )— Sign on a Farm Gate: “ Beware. generally observing one Sunday in Our dog ea ts an y th in g with two A garage in the backyard is in May as M other’s Day, and the plan legs. This m eans yo u .” grew to culm ination in N ational the m ajority of cases accompanied by a m ortgage on the contents. — ( B B )— P A P E R M em ber S T A T E E D IT O R IA L A S S O C IA T IO N Member N A T I O N A L E D IT O R IA L A SS O C IA T IO N Various English customs act as a precendent for the idea of Mo­ th e r’s Day. In the days when young men and girls were bound out as apprentiecs or maids the fourth Sun­ day in Lent was set aside as a day when they might retu rn to their D E L IV E R IN G TH E GOODS parents. Still earlier the idea is found in Rome, when on the same The english language as spoken in fo u rth Sunday, gifts were annually the U nited S tates, is very expressive brought to the Mother Church. Even When you hear it said th a t someone the pagans had their idealization of : is “ delivering the goods,” immed- m otherhood, expressed in the wor­ ' iately you understand the m eaning ship of a supper-goddess known as the phrase conveys, though straight- Rhea, the great mother of the gods. laced gram m arians may call it slang. -----------------o --- When you read an advertisem ent, An industrial city brags of the you have good reason to believe th at | fact and it caters to those industries the man or firm whose nam e is signed to it is “ delivering the goods” th at bring so much trade to the re ­ Aside from any consideration of tail establishm ents. An agriculture honesty, it is a law of self-preser­ city brags on it’s rich farm ing com­ vation th at the advertiser has to m unity and realizes many cash dol­ lars from the farm ers who p atro n ­ make good. ize the retail establishments. This This is the reason for placing im­ must be tru e the world over or th at plicit faith in the advertisem ents. city will never be popular with the They not only tell you what and class of citizens supporting it. A where to buy, but they o ffe r an ad ­ city cannot live within itself. If it ditional g uarantee th at the m er­ is surrounded with rich dairies and chandise will be as represented. No poultry ranches it m ust cater to m erchant can follow any other 1 these dairym en and poultrym en, as policy and succeed. th at city needs the trade of its su r­ No one should have any hesitancy rounding territo ry . The city trade about buying from advertisers. Ad­ alone is not sufficient, and the idea vertised products are b e tte r products alone is rediculous, th at a city can for the money. The dealer invites depend upon those within its gates com parison and he has to “ deliver alone. Ashland, like all other cities the goods.” needs and w ants the trad e and Business concerns which have a friendship of its surrounding te rri­ worth-while m erchandise or service, tory. It w ants them to make this appeal to intelligent men and women th eir city, to enjoy our schools, through the new spaper advertising churches, park. camp and play columns. grounds. And Ashland invites them ---------------- rO , — . , all. It is possible th a t Ashland is BR OD IE C A LLS lacking in some respects in the invi­ - tation or the inducem ents. If such The w orst disappointm ent to be­ is the case it should be inform ed. fall us fo r m any days is the fact The best way fo r the knowledge to th at while we were absent from our lie gained by all concerned is occa­ office for nn hour, we had an hon­ sional com m unity m eetings, business orable caller who we would have and pleasure gatherings. A general liked very well to visit with. E. E. com m ercial m eet of farm er and Brodie, ed ito r of the M orning E n­ townsm an. T alking over business terprise at Oregon City, visited problem s o ften m ake those problem s Ashland last S aturday and left his easily solved. Co-operation and an card on our desk. Being a personal outw ard display of willingness to friend of E ditor Brodie, and not help, on both sides, is a m ighty good h arin g seen him for some months, idea for any city and com m unity. makes the disappointm ent g reater. In some states an«! some cities we E ditor Brodie is a friend of all Ore- | see where annual dinners, celebra­ gon editors. F or several years he tions and com m unity rallies are held. was U. S. m inister to Siam, but en­ Not a bad idea a t all. joys his Oregon City home nnd the o ... friendship of O regonian’s much b et­ S alem -W ork begins on athletic ter. He is past president of the stadium at Leslie ju n io r high school S tate Editorial association, nnd past president of the N ational E ditorial Klamath F alls-K lam ath Ice & a ocintion. Mr. Brodie travels con­ Storage plant to be doubled to capa­ city. siderable during the year, but stays w‘‘ll within the domain o f his own T illam ook-B ig new veneer plar state. We have heard Mr. Brodie’s to be ready to run by Ju n e 1. nam e m entioned as one who would m ake a splendid governor of O re­ gon— but we have never heard Mr. Brodie mention the subject one way or the other. — ( B B )— W hen a man ain ’t working, hi* overall* get *hiny in only one »pot. If a cold s e ttle s in the weak- e*t part of the body, the heed and the back get m ore than their »hare. — ( B B )— — ( B B )-- FRIDAY. MAY 6. 1927 E D IT O R I A I. A city and com m unity can pro­ gress, advance and prosper, or it can go backward, loose in tere st and die down. The unity ofthe citizens is essential to progress, co-opera* ion is necessary fo r success. Optomism is needed if business stim ulant is desired. The minds of the business men should work in nccord fo r big­ g er and b e tte r things. The best in­ te re st of a city should be talked over in friendly, well-m eaning town building lines. Get the general sen ti­ m ent favorable fo r good tim es and prosperity will follow. A general mnss m eeting and get-to g eth er m eet­ ing called with a fellow feeling spirit prevalent som etim es accom ­ plishes much. All get the idea of advancem ent and each u nderstand­ ing the o th er— then with the d eter­ m ination of “ P ep,” “ Go.” A double injection of “ pep” adm inistered with cheerful doses will accomplish wonders. Think prosperity, talk b et­ te r times, work fo r the city, boost and not whine. Believe, act, and re ­ ceive. Ashland is headed for a re ­ vival of good times. You can’t stop it. ----------------- o ...... - - ■ Modern parents are much to blame for the present disregard for law or authority of any kind. The old time p aren t probably was a little too strict in the home discipline, but his children grew up with a full knowledge of parental authority, and also with a respect for the authority of the governm ent in which they lived. The modern parent as a rule is lax and in many instances he has no centred over his children even when they are small. They begin th eir lives by having their own way about every little thing, and soon they reach the point where they pay no atten tio n w hatever to the wishes of the parents. The time to begin training a child to respect your authority is in th e ir in­ fancy. The child who is not obedient to the laws of his parents will not be obedient to the laws of his country when he arrives at m aturity. - o----------------- TH EY USE NEW SPAPERS Public U tilities in the U nited S tates invested $25,000,000 in new s­ paper advertising alone in 1925. This is 70 per cent of the to ta l of utility advertising appropriations fo r the year. TH E HENS RESPOND Eighty-five cents worth of elec­ tricity, used to get the hens up early and set them to work, increased the profits from one chicken pen $9.05 in two m onths, according to the m anager of a poultry farm in Kan­ sas. The experim ent was made with two pens, one of which was below the other in ra te of egg produetion. When electric lights were used, the hens in the pen th at had lagged in production caught up with and pas­ se«! the production of the other pen. At the end of «dght weeks the lighteii pen had pro«luced 1,158 e g g s as against 905 eggs laid in the pen w ithout lights. There was a d iffe re n c e of tw enty- one dozen eggs in the two pens, which m eant a gain in re v e n u e of $10.50 with eggs selling at fif ty cents a dozen. Electrical en«Tgy consum ed in lighting the pen am ount ed to eight and one half kilowatt- hours which cost eighty-five cents. The difference between cost and in­ creased income was $9.05 which represented the gain from the use of electricity. OBSERVANCE OF MOTHERS D A Y OF A N C IE N T OR IGIN Sunday, May 8. is this y e a r desig­ nate«! as M other’s Day. This will be the 13th year of official observation the second Sunday in May having been set asi«le as M other’s Day by an act of C«»ngress signed in 1914 by Woodrow Wilson. In it provision was made for display of flags on public buildings, as well as the e x ­ pression «>f individual trib u te to mo­ therhood. That the i«lea was a welcome on«' has been proved by the rapid growth of cerem onies in connection with the day. Church services on M other’s Day are now almost univesally a r ­ ranged with the day in mind, and other custom s of the day art* sp rin g ­ ing up. A white carnation is the ac- «•epte«l fl«>w«-r to be worn in m em ­ ory of one s m other, and the sending to m others of specially designe«l greeting cards noting the day is an o th er simple method of expressing appreciation which has m et with approval. The actual origin n f the move- j WEBSTER’S NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY - T H E M ERR1AM W EBSTER A w aterm elon can easily bring Some ru ral whiskers look as if the owners are going to stu ff a m at­ back fond m em ories of buck shot and rock salt. tress. — ( B B )— Plea»e toot the b u gle for Podunku* Wrot; The train travelled f a tte r than Podunku* Thought. — ( B B )— If you d o n ’t *ee a di»h towel in the kitchen, you can bet that the di*he* dry them telve*. — (B B )— — ( B B )— A com plication of diseases follow It takes a man th a t can stretch a man a fte r the sp ring spading is the tru th to make a good auto sales­ com pleted. man. — (B — ( B B )— A u t o ’* are increasing by leap* and jump*. 1 »urvived the *ame way thi* m orning when e r o d i n g the »tree!. — (B B )— B )— If it ha* 14 kids in the back »eat A dog and a bird c a g e on one side, And a baby b u g g y on the rear; You can b et you r last dollar that it ’s a Ford. — (B B )— Even preachers are tem pted to swear when a player piano chants On Sunday, m any Ford drivers at 2 A. M. get a sermon from the back seat. — ( B B )— | Many te a broadcast for To the fi*h. tick traveler* the f ir it time. — ( B B )— Soap and W a ter will change the color o f m any neck*. — ( B B )— — ( B B )— When a young hopeful w ants to The N e w R estau ran t S o l o : smoke, give him a w h iff from an “ Change shirts for the soup chorus.” old pipe. I t ’s the cheapest cure in — ( B B ) the world and the most effective. A tu ip en d e r button i* o fte n worth it* weight in pure gold. — (B B )— — ( B B )— Good Judge* are n e v er a f ­ fec te d by tear* or the w eather. — (B B )— A*t U n forgiviab le Sin: P roprietor “ W hat will you have this morning, A cup of coffee a t m idnight is Mrs. S m ith?” Mrs. Sm ith: “ Please a good drink fo r a night horse. let me see your underw ear.” — ( B B )— — ( B B )— Correct this m istake: “ The trom ­ "How would bone solo from the soup chorus was you like to see your Prof, in this charm ingly received.” for $1.98.” Local A dvertising: — ( B B )— She had Pullman teeth : One up­ per and one lower. — ( B B )— M hat would you call a person th at told you, Bridge could be m astered in one evening? — (B B )— G ettin g back to childhood day* rem em ber this son g: “ You c a n ’t drive a nail with a sponge, no m atter how m uch you soak it ! ” — ( B B ) — Instead of using a k n ife a t the table, why not pick up th e fork in Headline: “ Woman discovers fire the road? in her shingles.” A nother bobbed — ( B B )— hair m ystery solved. —- ( B B ) — — ( B B )— The house and lizzie always get a Spring cleaning. With a w ooden leg it is easy to keep socks up with a thumb tack. — ( B B )— — ( B B )— ^ ears ago we m ight have be­ “ T here’s been a terrib le wreck at lieved th at a pair o f balloon pants sea, M arthy," said the old man as was either an heirloom or an a n ­ he looked at the news pictures up tique. side down. — ( B B )— People ride around in antiques ns well as buying a few for th eir p ar­ lor. — ( B B )— A woman never argue* at a Bargain Sale. She b a ttle s ! — ( B B )— P atti De Foi G ras’ latest sensa­ tion: “ Did she fall o r was she Em ployment M anager (question­ pushed? \ \ e im agine th a t on the ing R astus:) "Now Rastus. where last page we’ll find th a t she was a do you wish to have your rem ains victim of circum stances. shipped in case of accident?” — ( B B )— R astus: "Boss, there ain ’t gw an’ be no shippin’, I’se tak in ’ my rem ains W hen prohibition return* to wid me right now.” America, the S cotch will hold — ( B B )— Because Hun«lrcds o f Supreme Court nie) Jude*.’» c«-*ncur in highest praise of the werk as their Authority. The rrt-.ivlonts of all leading Uni- vcrsitics College», and Normal Schools give their hearty indorse, ment All States that have aJoptcJ a large dictionary as «t.indurj have selected Webster's New Interna­ tional. The Schi ibox'ks o f the Country .idhere to the M irti m-Webster rym-m 1 f diacritical marks. The Go\ rnmont Printing Office at Washington u-ea it as authority f » '»rrpir race of the Vw — ( B B )— — ( B B )— Regardless of what a millionaire looks like, his relations always pro­ It s a mighty poor sport th a t will claim him a handsome person. park a ( hev nnd go riding in a Buick. — ( B B )— It doesn’t take a radio to have static in the house. — ( B B )— -, • v / ri U 'g A charity bazaar*. A man is head over heels in debt when he wears a wig th at isn’t paid for. — (B B i - Back seat driven now carry loo per teat union carda. — ( B B )— A NOVEL A D V E R T ISEM E N T: P iit le d u n k e r ’s P leasant Pink P c lle tt. Prescribed Period ically Perform P e r fe c t ly . P urch ase P*nk P ack age P un ctu ally. P a p ’s Prescription Parlor. — ( B B )— S 'm e men are walking example* of “Th* Wreck of the Heipenia."