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About Ashland American. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-1927 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1927)
■M m J If ASHLAND AMERICAN fe e t; is ideal for toruists and trav e l W ithin a short distance of wonder ers. ful fishing stream s und a n atural T he clim ate in nearly ideal; no ex gatew ay to C rater la k e loop, one of Subscriber* Show U nited E f o r t to trem es of heut or cold; no blizzards the g reatest scenic spots in America. H elp Progres* or tornadoes. Ashland is noted for its efferves Has a bountiful supply of the clear cent and healthful L ithia w ater which A little m oral encouragem ent est and purest w ater to be found any bubbles up constantly through the goes a long ways, w hether it pays where. rocks of granite. bills or not. A small delegation of citizens of southern Jackson county enform ed The A m erican th e past week th at they and all th e th ree thousand readers are back of the p ap er in its boosting fo r southern Oregon and in what it seem ingly advocated for the city and county. We believe every word of it and we know th at the weekly A m erican is the largest circulated and m ost popular weekly in the county. These facts give the paper m uch encouragem ent. If the people, the re a d e rs as a whole, are with a publication, like it, help it, THE LAST DAYS OF THE STOCK REDUCING furnish it news item s and enocurage- m ent— then business of a b e tte r financial backing is sure to follow. SALE AT McGEE’S! The A m erican is proud of its readers, although they all know th at After Saturday the general sale reductions will subscription m oney doesn’t pay fo r the blank paper. B ut advertisers be,off, but there will continue the same low prices w ant the readers. T h at is why The on some season end lines and broken lots until all A m erican spent so much tim e and are sold. money g ettin g the subscribers. The subscribers can g re atly help the p a p er by p atronizing the advertisers th a t use these columns. W ith a united e ffo rt and the support o f th e hundreds of frien d s in this new spa per fam ily we are sure to help Ash land in its upw ard, progressive grow th. We can be o f much b en efit to the city and southern Jackson county. O f some good to our com m unity is the desire and the work of We have a big stock of Coats and prices were this, your readable, home paper. made so attractive that they have “walked out. ---------- * ---------- The sale racks are thinned but for Friday and Sat W atches— sure a t the sale now, at urday many coats that are left have been changed Johnson’s Jew elry. over to lower priced racks!!!! ----------------- 1*----------------- TO Miss Grace H ardy, d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. H ardy, e n te r tained forty-one young friends at the Hardy home on south Second street last n ight, the occasion being Miss H ardy’s sixteenth birthday. Big special sale fo r 20 days a t Johnson’s Jew elry store in Ashland. At the re g u la r council m eeting held Tuesday evening a t the city hall, the bid fo r clearing the re ser voir site was aw arded to H. C. High at $6,650. O th er bids subm itted were Sw arthy B rothers, $8,600 and C. Frank Rhodes, $8,000. A special committee consisting of Mr. Borg- ner, T hornton and Dr. Woods was appointed by M ayor Pierce to look after the m a tte r o f designs for the fountain to be installed for Lithia water in th e Plaza. The Hi-Y club will hold th eir first annual m other and son banquet next Tuesday evening in com m em oration of M other’s day. A com m ittee com posed o f Donald H inthorne, Marion Frost and W ilfred W agner was ap pointed to w ork with S ecretary W. P. W altef in m aking plans fo r the affair. Cut glass, m any designs a t John son’s Jew elry. On sale Mrs. Moss and Mrs. Louis Schwein were hostesses last T hursday even ing, A pril 28, when they entertained at the L ithia Springs hotel in honor of th e ir dau g h ters, Misses Rosalind Wise and M ildred Moss. The time was spent dancing in the ballroom of the hotel, the music being fu r nished by D ickey’s orchestra. There were ab o u t th irty couples present, the m ajo rity of the guests being juniors and seniors of the Ashland high school. P. S. L aughlin of D etroit, Mich., who has been visiting his son, Dr. S. B. Laughlin o f W illam ette uni versity of Salem , Ore., fo r the past five m onths, is now the guest of his nephew, I. J . Saw yer and fam ily of Grand View Drive, Ashland. Mr. Laughlin sta te s th a t he finds O re gon to be one of the m ost productive states, and has enjoyed the genuine w estern hospitality. Mr. E te w a rt has been hanging paper and calsom ining fo r Mrs. O. O. H elm an on B street. Social circle enjoyed a very pleas an t m eeting W ednesday, April 27 in the parlo rs of the Christian church. E. H. H edrick and fam ily of Med ford visited home folks Tuesday evening. Mrs. Mike T ucker was calling on friends on B stre e t one day last week. Mrs. V. K. Allison has retu rn ed to h er home in Eugene a fte r spend ing last week here with relatives and friends. Lloyd Sm ith o f Gold Hill visited his m other, Mrs. Geo. C lark on A stre e t one day last week. H ighest q uality m erchandise at lowest possible prices during the sale now on a t the Johnson Jew elry Store. Mrs. M ark Sm ith and daughter, Loraine of Red B luff, Cal., visited with Ashland friends S aturday and Sunday. C harley Huschke of Dunsm uir spent the week end with home folks on T hird stree t. We learn th a t there is much talk ° f calling a big general m ass m eet ing fo r th e purpose of talking over Ashland possibilities. The American has advocated some such co-opera tion in its every issue. We are glad the idea is taking root, and glad o th er citizens and publicity agencies have “ fell in line” V ital needs of Ashland can be worked out if all will “ pull” We might use the large, elab o rate round domed Chautauqua building fo r a “ convention auditor- ium ,” and make this a convention center. We can build the dam. se cure in d u stries and accomplish much if all o f us will think so. The Edson fam ily from Green Spring m ountain was down Sunday atten d in g church service and visit ing at the J . R. Elder home. J u st before graduation. The Johnson Jew eriy S tore Big Sale sta rts to d a y ! A nice little business; chance to double y o u r money in 30 days. S uitable fo r lady, or man and wife 1250 will handle. See Deacon, 17» East Main. NORMAL B A SE B A L L P R O SPE C T S Season Promises to Be Lively One From In te re st Displayed HELP IN UPW ARD TREND The southern Oregon Normal school baseball team is now prac ticing regularly since its organiza tion was made complete by Coach V. V. Caldwell last week. Tenative arrangem ents are now underw ay to arrange gumes with the U. of O frosh and the Oregon Aggie rooks. So fa r the northern schedule includes a game with Chemawa on May 19 and a game with Monmouth on May 20. W ith retu rn gam es at Ashland with these institutions later in the month. A shcraft, a veteran from G rant high school and Kinney, a Benson Polytechnic le tte r man are showing up well on the bases, while B ritten- bucher a t short has proved a sen sation at picking up the ball in his territory. B utterfield, M ercer and Vim ont, comprise the pitching sta ff while B arker and Laws are on the receiv ing end. D efinite places have not as yet been assigned by Coach Caldwell as he is trying out th m em bers in various positions and a selection will be made within a short time. In an interview last night, Coach Caldwell said: “ I am m aking no p re diction for the coming season, but we will represent the school to the best of our ability.” The season promises to be a live ly one from the interest displayed by the men who are practicing every evening, and the en tire stu d A R E U N B E L I E V E R S O F C H R IS T ent body is anxiously aw aiting the O rg a n iz e A th ie st Society in New first game. Trick LETTER SHOW S UP Two Score Y ears O ld W orks for Superstitous. Still Several Ashland citizens have re ported to us as having received the fam ous “chain le tte r” this week. The “chain le tte r” is a page of nonsence th at claims to bring good luck to those receiving it, providing they copy it four tim es and mail a copy to four friends— a cost of eight cents in stam ps besides the trouble. And in these enlightened days, still exist people so supersti tious th at they comply with the le t te r ’s dem ands, fearing th at a re fusal may bring bad luck. The le t ters are harm less and perhaps there is a certain am ouut of mischievious pleasure in sending them. B ut for luck, one m ight as well w ear a Chinese ring, spit on a fishworm , say "bread and b u tte r” three tim es or pick up a hairpin. The chain le t te r fad is two score years old. ___________ jl .___________ League Elect* Officer*. A fte r much deliberation and vot ing, officers were elected last Tues day night a t the Epw orth League regular business m eeting. They will take office next m onth and serve fo r a period of one year. The complete list of League officers is as follows: Beulah Hussey, presi dent; Lawrenec Powell, 1st vice- president; Clara Anderson, 2nd vice president; Madge M arean, 3rd vice president; Dora Sparks, 4th vice president; George Mason, 5th vice president; Helen High, secre ta ry ; J. O. Rigg, tre a su re r; Nadine Swenning, ju n io r league president; Ruby Powell, song leader and Charles Mitchell, pianist. -------------- + -------------- W H A T, HO! NOW ITS Friday and Saturday a Wonderful COAT SALE! I 1 1| Y ork; A gnostic I* Ig n o r a n t. ----- — * -------- CHAIN COME! W O M EN Co-ed* of U niversity of O regon Co for M en’* PI»JT. University of “ Oregon, Eugene, 0 -e „ May 4 . - (Special to The Am eri can. )-B asebalI is no longer a sport only for men. Seven team s of oc-eds have been organized on the campus and the first two games of the season will be played Monday. Each class ex cept the seniors has two team s, and already the line-ups have been se lected. -------+------ S tarts today. The sale a t Johnsons Jew elry store. Go to the M. E. church to night (Friday) for interest ing program by week day Bible school. One cannot b u t question the ob je c t of the New York people who have organized a society fo r th e ad vancem ent of atheism . An ath eist is one who disbelieves in the existence o f God. An agnostic is one who says he does no t know. He is ig n o ran t on the subject. O f the two, we choose the agnostic, because he proclaim s his ignorance. The ath eist expresses his disbelief in a Suprem e Being and tries to support th a t disbelief. W hat object eith er can have in organizing fo r the “ advancem ent” of atheism seems hard to understand. He who notes the heavens a t night o r the succession of days, or the won d er of the seasons, and fails to de te c t a guiding Influence, is not a reasoning being. N atu rally , such folks say they have grounds fo r th eir opinions. R obert Ingersoll was an infidel. The m eaning of this word is “ no t fa ith fu l,” and he who goes ou t u n d er th a t ban n er to oppose the C hristian religion b ran d s him self as unw orthy of confidence. Again we have the skeptic, who like th e .a g n o stic , is an unbeliever. In all these cults, fo r th ey are of th a t n a tu re (m erely th e develop m ent of an idea, usually u n d er the leadership of a b rillian t m ind such as Ingersoll, or P aine) th ere is a lack of objective o th er than to te a r down the belief in C h rist and the religion of w estern civilization, ad ded to the denial of th e existence of a Suprem e R uler of th e universe. O rganization of this society has been given some publicity and perhaps no one will deny the rig h t of m em bers to th eir opinions, b u t in expressing them they m erely adv ertise th em selves as p a rt of a m ovem ent th a t never can succeed. E ffo rts to popularize agnotic teaching have failed in Europe and in Am erica. Many of us may be u n certain as to how, where? when, but we do not deny the existence of a Suprem e Being. Those who do so m ark them selves as egoists, know well th a t there can be no g re a t fo l lowing, nor well-founded reason fo r such an organization. The g re atest minds of history have th ro u g h o u t the Christian era reverenced the re ligion o f C hrist. Those who would destroy it can only come to disap pointm ent. "W hatso ev er a man soweth, th a t shall he also re a p .” ------------+ ------------ — Lawn mowers sharpened and ad- rusted, $1.25, rep airin g ex tra. Call 'o r and delivered from shop, 25c. ix it-It Shop, 343 E. Main. 1-4 -------------------- 4*--------------------- A SH L A N D Has an elevation of two thousand McGee’s * ill New Train Service ■ ’ •—/or quick, convenient, comfortable travel to Portland or to California. N ew trains betw een P o rtlan d and Ash lan d , by day n o r th b o u n d a n d c o n v e n ien t over-night service r e tu r n in g in a d d itio n to th e Shasta an d th e O regonian. T h e p o p u l a r S h a s ta n o w c a rrie s day coach fo r th e c o n v e n ie n c e o f so u th ern O reg o n travelers. N o te th is new, co n v en ien t service: 8:00 10:00 10:49 12:20 f 12:43 12:37 1:33 1:45 2:20 2:26 3:10 f 3:30 3:52 4:05 f 3:00 3:40 f 3:36 7:15 Lv. . Portland . Ar. 5:10 ........... S a le m ............. 4:25 . . . . Albany . . . . . . . Eugene . . . .’ 3:10 . . . . Creswell . . . . f 2:29 . C ottage G rove . . 2:05 . . . . D r a i n ............ f 1:15 . . . . Yoncalla . . . . f 1:02 12:34 . . . O akland . . . . . . . Sutherlin . . . . f 12:26 . . . . R o seb u rg . . . . 11:50 f 9:30 f 9:45 . . Myrtle C reek. . . f 10:42 . . . R i d d l e ............ 10:30 . . . W est Fork . . . 19:35 . G lendale . . . . 9 :0 0 . . . W o lf Creek . . . f 8:38 f 8:15 f 7:57 . . . . M e rlin ........... f 7:45 . . G rants Pass . . . 7:20 6:55 . . . R ogue R iv e r. . . . .G o ld H ill____ 6 :4 0 6:22 . .Central P o in t. . . . M edford . . . . tfc 13 . . . . Phoenix . . . . f 6:00 ........... T a le n t............. f 5:55 5:15 1. . . . Ashland . . . 1:00 . Sacramento . . Ar San Francisco Lv 9:0 0 Ar Los Angeles 11:25 6:40 f 12:35 1:00 f 1:30 7:35 2:05 8:13 2:40 6:20 950 11:15 f 9:00 f 9:12 9 30 14 1:00 3:13 4:23 5:55 f 6:17 12.47 j 6:30 7:12 f 7:24 1 f 7:53 f 8:00 8:45 3:00 8:30 10:13 10:56 j 12:10 Í6 22 f 6:39 f 6:53 7:23 7:43 8.02 8:28 8:45 STA TIO N S 13 31 11:50 Hi 32 12 7:40 5:30 4:42 3:30 f 2:48 2:31 1:49 1:35 1:08 1:01 12:25 f 11:54 11:28 11:13 f 10:10 9:35 f 9:14 f 8:54 f 8:37 1 8:25 8:05 7:45 7:27 7:08 7:00 f 6.46 f 6:40 6:30 11:00 9:05 8:20 7:10 4:25 1:55 12:35 11:42 11:20 7 :40 Light face figure* A M — D a r k race fig u re * Buy ro w mi trip ticket*; w i t m oney. Southern P? G. N. Kramer, Ticket Agent I