P ASHLAND REGISTER PACE 4 T h e R E G I S T E R ’S E D I T O R I A L a n d F E A T U R E C. J. READ, Editor and Publisher Along the Concrete ÜII k Aslilattù 2fcgist?r Pap« r Published al A*».«od, Oregon Formerly the Central Point and Aahland Ameritan O ffice at 372 East Main Street «U S IN E S ANO NEW S PHONE »5 $ 2.00 Advertising Ralas Given on Application i Entered at the Postoffice at Ashland, Oregon, as Second CIs Matter, under the Act o f Congress of March 3, 1879 Member STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Member NATIO NAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION OUR OW N FUTURE A t the town meeting held Friday night, secre­ tary o f the Chamber o f Commerce E. G. Harlan told o f the conditions in Tacoma, Washington when the rail road shops were moved to Seattle, how the business district was nearly paralysed tor some time, and how after they had once re­ gained their confidence, the city enjoyed a great­ er and more substantial growth than it had ever had before. This is a message that Ashland can take to heart. For years and years business has progressed locallv, with the serene confidence o f a community tnat knows it has a large payroll from which to make its living. No effort has been made to rightfully hold that which belonged to it. There was no particular reason for attempting to build up outside trade territories, or develop local resources, for business was good because o f the railroad pay roll. Then one day Ashland folks woke up to the full realization that families who had resided here for years were moved, forced to move into other communities, that ties of friendship, established over a period of years were being broken and business relations were severed over night. This created a feeling o f dispair in Ashland’s future. The prop that we had been leaning on for so many years had been kicked out from under us and we were left suspended in mid air with ap­ parently nothing to light on. However as the months go by, we find that we have a compara­ tively soft place to land. W e find that the pop­ ulation is just about the same, or if anything a lit­ tle larger. We find that Normal school students spend considerable money, we find that there are many people living in the outside districts who would prefer to come to Ashland to do their shopping, and we find that the rail roads can­ not take away the greatest thing we have, our na­ tural resources. Our job now is to come to the full realization that our future lies in our own hands. W e can do as Tacoma has done. Hut it will require the unit­ ed efforts o f every interested individual. The fu­ ture o f the City o f Ashland is greater than that o f any individual and by working out our destiny together, it can be greater and more successful. THE ACTION OF THE HEALTH BOARD There has been some criticism directed to the board o f health for their action in prohibiting all children under sixteen to attend Sunday school and other gathering places, but still allowing the schools to remain open. The Register feels that this criticism is based upon a misunderstanding ot the motive o f the board rather than anything else, and that a brief explanation as to the reason for this action would not be out o f place. According to members o f the health board, there has not been one single case o f infantile paralysis originate in Ashland, the one case that was discovered here was brought in from the out­ side. The board of health arrived at this conclu­ sion,^ that as long as there were no cases originat­ ing in Ashland, the nrobable source o f the dis­ ease was not in Ashland and if there could be some means adopted to keep local children from coming in contact with outside districts, the chances for the spread o f the disease would be considerably minimized, and there would not be the great loss entailed in the closing o f the schools. O f course only the future can tell the wisdom o f this course but it would seem that the boards rea­ soning was logical. a g r o u n d l e s s id io s y n c r a c y Herbert Hoover proposes a question very per­ tinent to the time wnen he says: “ I often wonder why it is that insurance must be secured by soli­ citation.” It is a peculiar fact that, with the exception o f fire insurance, practically everyone has to be “ sold” by the ability and tenacity o f the agent, rather than by their own wish to purchase an in­ dispensable commodity. Yet the hazards o f death, accident, liability, and the rest are every bit as imminent as the BAYONETS! UHeWarat Clo.se Ranery near. The sergeant tossed a ering fire at 23 hours It* Take grenade at the nearest; he had you six minutes to get over, huh? toted that Frog citron grenade around fur quite a while, some­ 'All right, colonel bonne chance!” Just before dark the colonel and what against his Judgment; bs now t’aptaln de Stegur were ai bat­ reflected that It was good business talion heudquartera. “ Whitehead —“ grenades— I hope to spit In yo’ will give you your men. and I'm mess-kit they are— ask the man «ending my acout officer along. that used one— " It was good busi­ Needa that sort of thing. Be sure ness. for It fell fair In the other cra­ «mu come buck where you went out. ter, thirty feet away, where the t’ rahbe’s to the right o f there You rest o f that front-post squad were T A L E N A NEWS NOTES beginning to react like the brave know Crabbe Shoots quick." chance o f fire, perhaps more so. This idiosyn­ "But. My Colonel." represented German men they were. Two of cracy of entire races o f people, to “ dodge” the Mrs. Geo. Netherlands, whs was raptulu de Stegur "one should ar­ these survived, much shaken, and insurance sellers, is groundless and foolish. It has in the Medford hospital for blood range. one should explain, one scuttled Into the clever tittle tun­ should Instruct— In effect oue nel that connected them with the poisoning is now at home with gone to the extent where insurance selling is the should rehearse— " Feldrltter'a crater, emerging with her sister Mrs. Wm. Fox. Mr. "Rehearse hell, sir! I’m due In pacific cries at the sergeant’s very basis fo r numberless jokes. But the humor quick­ Netherlands left for their home in Baris tomorrow night. Where feet. Being a man not given to ex­ ly reacts on the joker when he dies leaving a Winters, Calif. Wednesday, Mrs. those marines, major? I’ll tell 'em citement, he accepted them nllvq, penniless family, or is injured, or has his business the while he dragged the scout offi­ Netherlands will follow Sunday. what I want—” So tt was that a wedge o f men cer standing. “ We got our prison­ wiped out by court judgment. Mrs. E. E. Cooke and Mrs. Dix debouched Into the wheat at 23 ers. sir. Let's best It,” he suggest­ Persons will eventually realize that they should visited with Mrs. Wesley Vogelli hours 19 minutes. It being guff ed. “Their lines Is waktn' up. sir. ,‘lenity dark. It's gonna be bad here— " Sunday evening. give every assistance toward furthering anything The battalion scout officer and The colonel, aa gallant a man as Mr. and Mrs. Stanford are pack­ a disillusioned sergeant. with ever lived, but Dot fast, barked so entirely for their own safety and benefit. And hash marks on his sleeve, were the ing tomatoes at Mr. Vogeli’s and Into them. “ Brlsonersf Hey? when that comes to pass, more people will come 'Milnt. The men w, re echeloned How many? Two? Excellent, by hauling them to Klamath Falla. hark, right, and left with an auto­ G od! Give 'em here, young man !*’ to the insurance dealer’s office, instead o f trying Frank Straten in company with matic rifle on each flank. In (he and he seised the unhappy Bocbes to avoid him in theirs. Merrick Thornton o f Ashland are ■ enter marched the colonel, smok­ bv their collars and shook them "Thought you'd start leaving Saturday in the Thornton ing. to the horror o f all. a cigar. violently. Smoking was not done up there, Coupe for an extended trip in Can­ sifter dark. With him was the el­ something, hey? Thought you'd start something, he.v?" ada. They will visit at Eugene, egant French captain, who ap­ The scout offli-er now blew his peared to be very gallantly re­ Portland and Seattle on the way | MORE PUBLIC JOBS, MORE TAX EXPENSE whistle, the sergeant shouted In a signed to It. The story would, he to Victoria, B. C. and points in voice of brass, and the colonel made reflected, amaze and delight hta the kind of remark a colonel The annual conference of state governors and Alberta Province. mess If he ever got hack with It' makes. It it related by truthful These droll Americans! He must several institutes and economic congresses have Fred Rupp, chairman o f the marines there present that every remember Just what this colonel school board visited the school puzzled themselves how to curb growing state German lu Von Boehn’s army fired said: a type. Nom de D teu! If only on them as they went back, but no Monday. he had o**t worn hta new uniform— extravagance. two agree as to the manner o f their the cloth chosen by hta wife, you Mrs. John Robison made a The Institute of Public Affairs wracked its “ turn It la. however, established ■oncelve. . . . business trip to Ashland Wednes­ that the eolonel bringing up the brains two weeks at Charlottesville, Ya., and The 75s flew with angry whines car. halted about half-way over, day. that arched across the sky and came to the conclusion that what the states need­ drew his hitherto virgin pistol, and Mrs. Bessie Palmer o f Grants -mote with red and green flame* wheeled around for a parting shot ed was “ wiser, not less state spending.” As the . . There waa a Pass while enroute to Talent Tues­ along a Hue. something In the nature of un spatter o f rtfle Are toward the states have pyramided their expenditures from Seeing this, the tall day was hit bya car cutting in on l ight : flares went up over the dark beau geste $2,227,000,000 in 1913 to $7,400,000,000 in the highway, no one was hurt but ,mill of the Bols; a «‘ertnlu violence French captain to hta rear and left, r machine guu lire grew uu and drew tils pistol and wheeled also, her car was damaged. Mrs. Palm­ 1925, in addition to Federal taxes, the statesmen maglnlng pursuit. The colonel — waxed lo great volume, hut always er visited her parents Mr. and 0 the right. of the high school of public extravagance agreed Forward, where the and to this attest the scout officer .Mrs. A. T. McMahan. -hells were breakiug. there was ind his sergeant— then shot the that some form of economy in state affairs was Frenchman through the— aa sea­ A surprise party was given for noihing. . . . necessary, not so much fewer dollars spent as bet­ The acout officer, leading, had going marl ties say— stern sheets Elton Hart at the G. F. Hamilton out his canteen and wet his dry Ttie scout officer and the ser­ ter use of the dollars, “ increasing the efficiency home Wednesday evening. mouth. He waa acutely conscious geant got him buck same way, both and modernizing the conduct of public business.” His mind filled with admiration at hla lan­ Mrs. John Robison entertained o f his empty stomach. dwelt yearningly the m e«*klt. guage There was much learned talk about "econom­ Mrs. Edith Cochran and Esther freighted nobly with monkey-meat By the time they stumbled ies in the use o f the tax dollars” by the various and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Childers end tomatoes, awaiting him In the through the nervous outpoets te ihetr own place, the French cer­ and John at dinner Sunday even­ dependable Tommy's musette. governors attending, but none of these governors -.Vs A hundred meters forward the tain bad lapsed tnto English ing. could show that the total expenditures had not ust sheila burst, and he saw new a wound, you perceive It la good Prof, and Mrs Briscoe o f Ash­ But It is not a dirt. Ahead, a spot darker thuD for a permission risen by leaps and bounds during their brilliant It la an Indignity! And. land visited at her parents Mr. lie dark ; he went up to It. Away wound economy administrations.” Ah, and Mrs. Vogeli Sunday. They ,ii the right a (lare soared, aud besides my eew breeches! omethlng gleamed dull In the IMou de Dteu! O sale coiooel-ct I The basic fact remains that state politicians took Mr. and Mrs. Vogeli for a idock hole at his feet— a round, Whaf will my wife say! That one. are constantly multiplying functions in the form nice ride Sunday afternoon. leep helmet with the pale blur of she «'hose the doth herself! Tou- of new’ activities, duplicating federal activities Mr. and Mrs. Andrews and . tu'-e under I t ; a dick and the nerre de canon!"—end he sank Into «trteken silence. daughter Constance o f Medford shadow of a movement there and and fashions in other states, all making places for 1 little flicker; a matter of spill The raiding party shook down spent Monday evening with her econds: the scout officer hail » high salaried easy jobs which increase employes in several boles, praised God. and P*rent* Mr. and Mrs. Wesley ':i.\»net In hi* stomach, almost went to sleep. The colonel, with in the public service. Vogeli. ddrltter Kurt Iden. <'«onpuny Slv his prisoners, received the compli­ The more the state is called upon to do for the ilie Margrave of Hraudeuburg ments of the haltalloo headquar- Donald Long motored down glmeut (this estahti-t.ed later by iers and departed for Brigade The people (outside the function of governing) what from War Eagle mine and return . it. tile Intelligence uu exainina scout officer observed to Ms araaxe- they could do for themselves, the higher the cost Wednesday afternoon. ion o f the payhook of the de 't**nt. that they had been oat of A dinner party was enjoyed at cased*, being on frout post with their lines less than twenty min­ of government mounts. The result is more public “ Where s the Forty ninth r the home o f F. L. Holdridge Sun­ ,t.» -quad, beard a noise hard on ute« jobs at high pay. The simple-minded producer he cessation o f the shelling, and he wanted to know flrst. "Hell. day. Sept. 25th, to celebrate the ut out hla neck l*ear God. shoot ’ Mm. they went np to the Bote right from the soil anti industries must foo the bill in birthday o f D. O. Hurley. Frank Hhoot! qu ickly! site- ihe major sent for you A „. the form of increased taxes. Could anything be The scout officer was conscious Reed. F. L. Holdridge and Esther W ere moving bet. s i m p l e r ? ___________________ »lion headquarter« up there now. Holdridge and Aunt Martha Mat- o f ■ monstrous «urge o f fewper. teaon. The guests were, C. W. He gathered hla feet under him. 7 * •V>ar r* ° f >,e ,B dead scout officer went head 11 rat into Hrtnl^. Helnle« 1 aytn by . btg tree, all at 2:30 P. M. Or»*>>n far October l, 1927. Ashland Oregon. • he crater, hla hand* locking on ge her Csn't miss tt. «|r “ The Siat«- o f Oregon, County of Jack- Mr and Mrs. Chaa Estes and something wet and hairy. Just the 3. That the known bond holders, v>ut officer had no desire to be ana. mortgagee«, and other security Fay spent Saturday night at thq alxe to 411 them; and presently he «G ng l i the ,-oot of the morning at the bottom of the crater, Before me, a Notary Public in holders owning or holding 1 per home of Mr and Mrs. Gregory on dirt In hla meuth and a butting |f posothte and If you moved anti for the «tat? and county cent or more o f total amount o f Green Spring. While there Mr. In hla head, strangling something asleep here the old Bo. he b, d , ^ of aforesaid, personally appeared C. bonds, mortgages, or other securi­ Estes went hunting.Mrs Gregory's (hat flopped and gurgi~d aad made ■' N * with WG