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About The Ashland register. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1928)
r. t >AGE F O U R THE ASHLAND REGISTER 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 P a g e C. J. READ, Editor and Publisher Aalflanù Srgiatrr Í3 = Our Pet Peere Semi-Wei kly Paper Published at Athland, Oregon O REG O N form erly the Central Point and Ashland American O ffice at 372 East Main Street BUSINES AND NEW S PHONE «6 $ 2.00 One Year t Advertising Rates Given on Application 216 Central Ave., Ashland, Oregon Member STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Member NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION FRENCH AND AMERICAN “JUSTICE” TOO MUCH HEAT IS UNH EALTH Y At this time of the year it is probably’ well to • call the attention of our readers to the danger of excessive heating. Americans as a rule like their homes and officers to regir**er not less than 70 degrees and there are individuals who get cold in a room where the mercury showes less than 75 degrees. Too much heat is dangerous. Excess temper atures causes increased heart beats and- acceler ated respiration, with a fall in blood pressure. Eminent physicians are agreed that the high pneumonia rate in winter is caused, not by cold weather, but by the habit of many people, who keep their houses too hot According to Dr. C. E. InsloW, of Philadelphia the proper householu temperature is between 64 and 68 degrees. This is healthful temperature. Any more is dangerously unhealthy. There may be homes in Ashland unequipped with thermometers. In this case we advise the householders to make an immediate investment. These instruments are so cheap that it is not toó much to have several scattered through the home, where they will render accurate testimony as to the actual temperature of the rooms. COOLIDGE GOES TO CUBA This week President Coolidge leaves the United States for a visit to Cuba, where the sixth Pan-American Conference will conwne in Ha vana. If we understand the purpose o f the trip it is to answer the threat o f tne smaller countries, who have determined, it seems, to bring some pressure on this country through the conference. £ By DAVID MARK Entered ut the Postoffice at Ashland, Oregon, as Second Class Matter, under the Act o f Congress o f Murch 3, 1870 There are American citizens,-some of them in Ashland, who smile at what they call the French idea of justice, when “ crimes passionels” are viewed with apparent leniency. This observation follows the acquittal of the Countess de Janze, formerly of Chicago, who abandoned her husband and children for an Eng lish lover. Whop he decided to leave her, because his religion would not sanction marriage with a divorcee, she accompanied him to the station. As they kissed she drew a revolver and shot him near the heart, than sent a bullet, into her abdo men. Roth recovered. Her victim refused to press the charge against her, and in, court, accepted all the blame himself, after listening to the Judge’s re proach for his breach of faith. Heavy censure was poured on the lady her broken heart was "su ffi cient excuse,” after the shooting but opinion pre vailed that although/ the judge upbraided her with treachery for shooting, while pretending to kiss her lover. When found guilty she was sen tenced to six month.} in jail and fined about $4 but the jail term was suspended. This "justice” amuses some Americans im mensely. For their benefit, consider the case of George Remus, convicted bootlegger, who pur sued his w ife through the streets of Cincinnati in an automobile, forced her car to the curb, and when she fled, overtook her in a park and shot her to death. When brought to trial Remus, an attorney, be haved in a manner unknown to American courts, blamed, his trouble on the prohibition law, and attacked the memory o f his wife, charging that she was about to run o ff with a prohibition agent, after conspiring to kill an<^ rob him of what he possessed. The American jury found him “ not guilty” on the grounds o f insanity, the most fav orable verdict that could have been rendered un der the judge’s charge, and one of the jury is quoted as saying, "we could have returned our verdict in ten minutes. If Judge Shook had given us a plain not guilty verdict we would have brought in a straight acquittal.” Among other remarks, the juror continued, "w e felt Remus had been persecuted long enough — There was never a question about the acquittal When we retired l said, ‘Let’s go out and give him <i Christmas present. Let’s make him happy this Christmas. He says he wasn’t happy last Christmas.” W e submit, with all pride in our native land, that the Remus verdict takes precedence over the French decision and outranks it in any and every ridiculous consideration. Or a Romance and Adventure in and of the West * Under a social system freed from, legalized exploitation, Jus-i Christian tice will remove nearly i f not quite all ills of, or on, the social body. What Justice doe* not remove Mercy will. By jus tice mercy and faitful works man is approved by Him from we get the word Christian. By preven ting the exploitation o f the wor kers by the exploiters, which has been accomplished by the adop* tlon o f the constitutional provi sions found in the amemdment creating the fourtg, the depart, ment o f industry and Commerce in the Oregon Constitution, it has been made possible that all may secure reasonable participation/ in the benefits o f the gifts o f nature and o f new inventions and dis. coveries which are rending nature with all her mighty forces, man* .willing servant Oregon is helping us to do and doing lo r us. No wonder we are proud -of him. Heretofore, these gatherings have been nice ly worded love feasts for the most part with lit tle international politics mixed in the agenda. This country has had its part in the gatherings, about the same authority, one might say, as Uru guay, but so long as nothing serious was attempt ed this made little defference. A t the Cuba Convention eminent Latin-Amer- icans will gather for the first time in a serious effort to lay down certain rules to govern the re lations between one and the other. This is plain ly aimed to lay down the law to this country, be cause our well-meant efforts in Panama, San Domongo, Hayti, Mexico, Nicaragua, etc., have aroused, at times, vigorous opposition in these countries. y The most impressive delegation of American representatives named since the Versailles con ference will take care of American interests. President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg will be guests not delegates, but heading the Ameri can delegation will be Charles E. Hughes, and there will be the ambassadors to Mexico and Cuba, Henry P. Fletcher, Oscar Underwood, and a group of others well known in Latin-America- President Coolidge will make one speech, on the sixteenth. This will probably be an exposition o f the American conception of duty and respon sibility in this hemisphere. It will he an important occasion and the message will be on*1 o f vital interest. J » SAFETY AND THE SUBS Considerable discussion follows the loss of the S 4. Everybody and his brother is rushing in to print to tell the navy how accidents o f this kind should have been prevented. Some valuable suggestions may result anti future lives be sav ed, but. it seems, that most of them have been considered and eliminated for on or two rea sons. Either they have been: (a ) Impractical, or, ’ (b ) The installation o l various devices, to be used after acicdents, would sacrifice essential safety in operation and tend to increase acci dents. g While we hold no brief for the naval experts,, who have considered and reported on many sug gested safety devices, it does seem to us that then konw something of the risks to be run. If in their judgment, it is safer to put every ounce o f sp a n and strength into making submarines safer in « p eration, rather than in providing equipment ami devices for use only after accidents, the layman will have to accept their verdict Naturally, there will be a full investigation by Congress and the suggested safety devices will be advertised. The naval experts will have to their exclusion by overwhelming reasons or suf fer the harsh condemnation o f the public gen erally. The fate of the trapped submarine sailors is too fresh in memory and their slow death too harrowing to be lightly overlooked. t ---------------- { Our extra slice of pie for this week is awarded to the little girl who was sick in bed when Santa Claus came. ? The anticipateti slump in the rag business will be brought about, it is predicted because men today are wearing their clothes too long and the women too «hurt. >,j SHOOTS HIS HELPER ---- y Indianapolis. — A fte r being hi Iped across a busy street by Louis Bernhardt, Jr., ^21, Fred Matelioh, 65 confessed that tv fired a shot which killi*d the boy. although, he could assign no rea son for his act. He is the peoples pried and joy. A ll the forces o f nature coupled with the inventive genius o f man and under the blessings o f God has and will contribute through him, Oregon to the welfare o f all no wonder we love him. “ How about the other Staes o f the Inquired Molly who had an eager interested listener. and is due the provision in the State Constitution provided f ir a State Superintendent o f Publio Listructioi' or School. So now ‘ he opportunity to work and freedom to work i f all residents o f the State t> work and freedom to without exploitation was and u due to a provision in the Const!< tution providing for a Depart' ment o f industry and commerce o f which the State Labor Com. misisoner is the head. The right to work, means the privilege to work. No force is intended or will be used, unless there is depeud. ents whom he should support. The discussion as interrupted at this point by Donald Waldo en tering the room and reporting that the volume o f water, coming over the falls was materially les« sening. “ I fear,” said H a rtley that the enemy have discovered how to remove our defense ang are taking advantage o f it.” Don ald and Hartley, both left the cav* ern, “ W eil,” said Hartley, afte.» noting the considerable decrease o f water coming over the falls, the villians have made their move guess we will have to make ours, “ I have as yet told no one. Think ing thut^if al knew it they would want to leave here while the eq- emy> were above the falls instead o f down in the canyon as they are now. There is a narrow stair way or opening from the inner room to the top that opens above the fall* on the left o f the creek. The op. ening is well hidden by a tra j door and debris. Guess that i f we havd to we can make our get away by the opening in the nights I would hate to kill a lot o f these deluded mutts then later perhaps get killed because o f shere numi bers as we might be overcome byi repeated rushes o f the neeray. I guess we had better use our head* and legs and thus avoid killing and being killed. Many o f the Cities o f other States have adopted Charters, ’ which upon their adoption created Washington, D. G.— Up to the Christian, Co-operative, Indus, time o f the Christ mns recess ¡1 trio Commercial Municipalities. totul o f fifteen days, 8,459 mea Likely soon, very soon let us sures were introduced and forty- hope they the people o f the Stater seven bills and resolutions! werd will follow our example and be. passed by the House. come Christian, Industrio-Com it will be but a few years until BURNS POWDERED COAL many o f them will do so. Like women suffrage and the prohibi. Baltimore, Md.— Equipped with tion movement in the first quart a $36,500 power plant designed ter o f this century so, let u* hope; fo r powdering coel and burning it, the movement toward Induatrioi the Steamship Mercer is one of commercialism will stop only the first vessels which will us* when the Nation will be a Indus, This pipe you see here comet the new fuel. The coal pulverized trio-commercial Republic. down from the outer edge o f the to the consistency o f talcum pow By doing so our civilization, der, is blown by pipes into the that is so dear to all o f us will be falls or the c liff over which th* water pours. It is still full o f wat* ships fireboxes., saved from the fate o f former er and will likely stay full as it i* the wealth thereof accumulated not likely that all the water ia CHIEF MOURNER. ACE 111 in the hands o f a few. When the the creek^hannel will be turned Nation becomes a Christian, Co. out. The pipe has supping Illahee, Wash.— The chief Republic and the fate o f the ha. water to run an electric dynamo mourner a t the funeral o f Joe civilization who perished because which has furnished the elecrtic* I Dun, 108-yecir old Duckabush In tions o f the past that perished Is ¡ty for light and heat. We are fo r dian who was killed while trying Avoided then our Oregon, whose tunate in having a storage bat to dodge an automobile on Hood'l predecessor had been daubed the tery which will be useful wheil Canal highway was his brothe* fool o f the family will have be wo disconnect the pipe. Please as* David, 111, who walked briskly come the savior o f the family. sist me to uncouple the pipe iron* alongside the bier. Of States, the Federal govern the dynamo, and then together we ment, He Oregon, will be the hero can fasten this three inch hose to GIRL SHORTAGE IN WEST o f the century The Labor Pro j nosiI *t the other end o f the hosd blem, the problem o f all problems ! which when we turn on the wate» Olympia, Wash.— A shortage being setteled all other problems ■ will throw a stream o f water with o f marriageable women and girls will be easily settled. Making a | force enough to topple over any has been reported in almost every living questing and how it was ! one who might get in its way. Pacific State and especially is it made has been the real question true in the State o f Washington, When the enemy gets upon th« where according to statistics there confronting mankind since orga. slippery shelf above the pool c i jare 87,1J)5 more men than girl* nized society had a begining. Or water, made by the falling water, I Idaho har< as urplus o f 31,842 men since Nimrod founded Bahyalon. which is several feet deep they BILLS! BILLS! BILLS! while l>r**gon and Montana a r * ; Oregon pays to each state wor- can he met with a stream o f wate» girl shjr also. In Alaska bachelors j *‘ er or employee laboring for the with force enough to knock then* look in vain fo r 2,567 o f the op* lo,,ectivity as each has contribu« o ff the shelf and they will sorely posite sex. *° (he welfare, wealth or bene* get a bath. I f they don’t know fit society Collectivity or State. how to swim I fear they will meet Each worker, employee or of. their death from exposure, may* BIRDS DODGE POISON GAS ficial is rewarded according to bis be. Before any o f them are ready Washington, D. C .— Inquiries deed. In refering to the state for a second bath or can get out made to the Bureau o f Biodggical just now I mean Oregon and his o f the canyon we ought to be we It Survey o f the DepartmenC of fracional parts or sub-divisions. on our way to friends and aafety, fractional« part» Bv the way Waldo, who is urging A g riciltu re as to whether toxic Counties and gas could be used in a figh* *uch as Cities towns or Justice of these fellows on and what ia then against bird pests, the department the Peace Precinct«. U is hard, object.? “ Pomeroy," «aid Waldo« you that a I heard him and recognized his announced that birds show a re- ly nescessary to tell ___ markable decree o f rp> istance t* j »(though employment with or is voice a couple o f hours «go aa he poieon gases, as they merely fly Industrio-commercial properties, shouted his orders to some o f hi» up, rettin g «out a t i t enterprises or persuits is free tc men. Their object is the getting ----------------------- I * 11 that • " will «»a il themselves of our blood. They are the worst NEAR DEATH BUT LAUGHS of 11 but '« *» always there, theop, , o i ' ‘ Ilians alive. Let in hope --------- j ortunity is theirs I f they ran do tlw.r kind will never be reproduc Oconto, Meb.— Paralyzed fo r | l>*‘ ’ t,r 'n »«m e and wish to the» od within the state. It is that meg aM»re than six weeks and breath, j I'kely do so. I f you will re- ; ire largely what sociaty make* • » » only with the aisT o f a r t ific ia l'ni^mb* r '» your childhood you them that k*>eP. me f rom respiration supplied t*y her fath. |a^' bad the oportunity to go to to kill the whole bunch. Mayba •r, who pressed air int> hs-r lung* *b<' Public school, hut all the rhil. killing is too good f 0$ them. Per- Alma Overgard. Ift-yw ir old higll •*rrn dld not go. Many pr* f, red b*P* • bath and beiag pat school g ir f laughed »and joked a®^ d'd f ” to a private and other* hors de mmbat because o f loss o f with heg friends m l . xpreted to to Parochial school. However fire arms that will fir* „tit ^ enjoy a merry Christ mas. 1>e Public School wa* open * ’ worse than death. I rather hop« it ----------------------- ( “ • " wh* " •"<* if they wl,hed te wi L I f Pomeroy will f.remvbdaw Madras buys 10,400- feet pipe *® it. l » " I If Pomeroy ever had a hear* fo r waterworks pipe h a * from Me Th* opportunity o f the child to he has changed it fo r a gizzard • toliua. . . . i - -- - go to the Free Public School waj » i l j , 1 (T o be Coatiasad)