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About The Ashland register. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1928)
1 ■ ■ ** " s # 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 Doing His Best âhf Aalilauù Si«»ijcater Sami-Weekly Pittar Published at A .»la n d , Oregon OREGON Formerly the Centrai Point ami Ashland Ameritan O ffice at 372 Kant Main Street BUSINES A N D NE W S PHONE 1*5 One Year Or a Romance and Adventure in and o f the West $ 2.00 Advertising Ratas Given on Application By DAVID MARK Entered at the Postoffice at Ashland, Oregon, us Second Class Matter, under the Act o f Congress of March 3, 1879 216 Central Ave., Ashland, Oregon Member STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Member NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION THERE IS NOTHING NEW It begins to look as if there isn’t anything you can hide from the human mind any more. Aside from a few minor mysteries like death and the hereafter, mankind has at last solved the many problems that have afflicted the world for so many centuries. If you doubt it just follow the re marks of the preachers and lecturers and novel ists and the psycho-analyista and the economists and the welfare wizards and anybody else who has anything to say bout what is wrong with the world and why— and everybody does have. The answ’er, it has been discovered, is amaz ingly simple. Just attribute every evil to one or more of the following: (a ) the aftermath of the war: (b ) ja zz; (c ) radio; (d ) movies; (e ) the automobile. There’s your answer friends. Does n't everybody say so? Certainly everybody can’t be wrong. It is true that there have been a few notable exceptions, as for instance, when Columbus stood against the field in claiming that the earth is round and not flat. Also, when Galileo assert ed that the earth wobbles about a bit intead of remaining stationery and letting the sun do all the work. A lot of folks got real sore at Galileo for that wise crack, but most people have con cluded by now that perhaps he was right. However, this is a new day, and when you hear the preponderant majority claiming that you can make snakes out of horse hairs or that it is jazz and the Wicked Six that are sending youth to the bow wows, you had better just believe it and save yourself time. If you* children break out with- measles, it’s probably the aftermath of the world war. If you fall behind in your house payments, blame the radio. If the weather goes agin your apricots, it may be the fault o f the movies. Now that you can fix the blame, it ought to be easy to remedy the evil. How fortunate we are to live in this enlightened age. The only thing that puzzles some people is that we had all or most of these ills before we ev er dreamed of the war, before we had invented movies, radios or automobiles, and when jazz was not and had never been. Rut as for us, we aren’t going to worry about the past. The present is good enough for as— that and the future. POLITICAL GUESSES Political writers, politicians and others may be expected to flood tne news column.1» with their predictions from now until the presidential elec tion is over in November. And about 99 per cent o f all their guesses will be worthless, as usual. There is one strange thing, though, about poli tical predictions. No matter how wild they may be, there will be some to believe them, and after time proves them to be merely foolish guesses those making the predictions will have lost noth ing in prestige. Ordinarily when one “ talks through his hat’’ and subsequent events show him up he is more or less discredited as a prophet. Not so in politics. For example, Charles D. Hides, who declared on the eve o f the presidential election in 1912 that Taft would win over Wilson and Roosevelt, is now getting considerable space for his forecasts o f coming events, in spite of the fact that in 1912 Taft carried only two states. Many who confi- *' dently predicted the election of Bryan each time •’ he ran are still doing business at the old stand. W ell, people have to read a certain amount of trash anyway, so possibly foolish political dope is as harmless as anything they could waste their time on. M OVIE CENSORSHIP During a recent debate on the question, “ Should there be a Federal supervision o f motion pictures?" the affirmative was upheld by Can on, W. S. Chase o f Brooklyn, who incidentally in dulged in some loose talk on the subject. He declared among other things that the mo tion picture is a school of crime, and attributed the kidnapping and killing of Marion Parker by the young fiend Hickman, to the fact that the murderer was a frequenter of the movies. That such a statement is not only ridiculous but vicious, is evident to any sane person. In all cases in which motion pictures deql with crime the crinmal is brought to justice before the story ends. W e have never seen a picture in which the criminal escaped. Therefore, there is nothing in moving picture plots which might encourage^ a person to believe that he could commit a crime and get away with it. Federal censorship and supervision of motion pictures would merely add another lot of office holders, with authority to harass producers and an already overburdened public. If such a thing were possible, any censorship which might be in voked had better be applied to such idle talk as Rev. Chase indulged in concerning the cause o f crime. TO LEND DIGNITY The announcement that an Eastern university English class is engaged in research in prepara tion for a debate on the question, “ Do gentlemen prefer blondes?’’ is extremely diverting. It re futes the base libel that colleges are of little util ity except to provide football teams for the gladi atorial games of the twentieth century American. Anita Loos’ Little book, whose title bravely af firms that “ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” is the frank diary of a gold-digger. There isn't a gentle man in the book, but as piece of literature, re flecting a phase of the life and times of the day, it is of some value. The university flebators will lend dignity to the subject. They will perform a valuable public ser vice if they answer the questions for all time. Then the rest of the world can go about more serious business, and the collegians can look a lit tle into Shakespeare, Milton, Hawthorne, Brown ing, DeQuincy, Macauley, Carlyle, Stevenson and others of the pre-Loos era in literature. UNANSWERED QUESTIONS Messages tapped out against the hull of the S-4 by some disciplined sailor tell the tragic tale of disaster, At first, when communication was es tablished the men asked: “ How long will you be now?” A little later in heavy taps, they asked. “ W ill you raise us soon?” pass And, finally, after hours and hours had passed, the final query sounded. “ Is there any hope?” And the men above, working as hard as they could, fighting the sea and facing death them selves, could in mercy send no reply. The only answer came with death and the vic tims had to go to another world to‘ hear the re ply. When mail order catalog* come into Ashland there are some people who just have to send their money out of town to find out that the mer chant! ise is about the same as onial. Every citizen shoud remember to talk about Ashland when away from home. If we don’t ad vertise our town nobody else will. Correct this sentence: “ She knew he was about to propose and she took advantage of Leap Year.” If some mens heads were as well filled as their shtjes they would be better off. J “ He differs in many ways but erated by the glare o f sun o f chiefly 2 said Judge B, ,“ in that righteouness. form erly he had pagan-political Since the latest or present Ore. characteristics. In his form hd gon, was born the Courts have re. was Politico-democrato-republi- cognized that he has a different can. Now he has Christian chain form and difefrent characteristics acteristics, and his form is Indus- from his predecessor.” “ Some d if trio-commercial. When forme* Oregons functioned they brought ference I should guess, yes; Spoke forth politics, which because it up Molly. “ Under the form er so favored or stimulated coveteous- cial order” continued the Judge. ness which is idolitry, which be cause in former ages in spite of Sin and iniquity increased enor imperial ukase was the worship of mously. This increase was to bd the peoples o f the small towns o# expected, it hardly could be other the Roman Empire nau the Latin wise in a state where men mad.« name o f Paganus (a village) their living by living o ff o f eac;* gives us the word pagan meanint* other. W H E R E IN business work an idol worshiper. Thus it can eas- fo r profit primarily instead fi • ily be seen that it was the im use. Figuratively speaking, it wuj morality of politics, legalized by Industrio-commercialism can- that men made exploitations that corrupted ever^ ibalism This increase ' thing it touched and it touched their living. continued in everything. Politics or legalized in crime was exploitations pouched business tho the face o f the her uledn a ffo ri i administration, which many peo* o f the churches. Fraternal organ pies wrongly call government, the izations, W. T. C. U., Y. M. C. A. __ _______ home, the school, _____ the ________^ church, ___ tho a"d Y. W. C. A. et, al, Crime and lodge and the collectively or so-! sin becam'“ 80 alarming in spite o J ciety. Politics-blinded the eyes anil efforts that many desparied civ».« A lfa lfa growers in the north, debased the thoughts o f th$ peo- I an<1 ffave up tbe f ‘Knt io r righteousness. Its increase was s i pie, Politics, legalized Exploitation west have long profited by the dis fast, being made worse by th, covery made a number o f years created prejudice, in the hearts of many new inventions in all field* ago that sulfur is a good fertilizer well meaning but deceived and de o f endeavor, in’ production and er on many semi-arid basaltic luded peoples. This delusion was distribution that the foundation of types o f soil. Scientists have been so much that they thought th-’ y society were trembling and it were doing God’s service by hat puzzled however as to the direc seemed doomed fo r a fall. ing and persecuting the righteous tion o f sulfur on the soil and a? Since the birth o f Christian, co Our Oregon, when he functions to ifs final effect. Dr. W. L. Low operative Industrie - commercial ers chief in soils at O. A. C. stud* brings fo u r tl Christianity in gov cities, which was fi,.lowed by till ied this problem while working fo* ernment, industry and commerco birth o f the present, Oregon; thf his advanced degree at University the concept o f Jesus Christ influ decease o f crime ar 1 iniquity ha « o f California and his findings have ences the mind o f the Court puts a been over fifty percent. Sins just been published in a technical heart o f flesh in all activities of ginsl property right - or rights i f bulletin by that university. His the people. ■ roperty, have decreased much final condensed conclusion follow : For the benefit o f our host, who more than other sins. The adop (a ) That some soils may have a were not with us in the cave we tion o f the last amendment ha* ♦ sulfate content which is unfav will state that Oregon is a sue- made a host o f laws void or ah, orably low for best growth o f al cessor to a fictitious or legal per* solute no matter if such laws had falfa, especially early in th* son, or municpal corporation, that been made by enactment or by growth period, (b ) that sulfur oxi* the people living within the ter precedent. For the information oi* dizes to sulfate and brings addi* ritorial limits as described to many o f you I will state that more tional calcium and other bases in Congress at the time o f his ad- laws have been made by precedent to solution; (c ) that sulfur in mod- misison into the family, or uniort than by enactment. erati amounts improves the reac o f states. He exists in the mind of “ It was inevitable that forme? tion of arid soils for alfalfa nutri* the Judiciary. His form,, charac political Oregon should be hurtful |tion; (d ) that the sulfur applica teristics, privileges, rights, pow. and harmful to the people, n* tions which are o f contest benefit ers, obligations and duties are disi matter if a great majority did will depend on the soil at hand; cerned by the Courts upon theii not desire he should. It is just a* end (e ) that ordinary applica. inquiry into the provisions o f th» impossible for Christian, Indus tions o f sulfur fo r alfalfa on th# Constitution plus any laws thaV trial commercial Oregon to hurt arid basaltic soils or those liberal* were constitutional at the time or harmful to any one, if that on r ly supplied with calcium com o f his admisison.” appealed to the Courts, no matte f pounds is probably good practice, “ Briefly, Oregon is a govern now jrreat a majority desiréd it. especially where the growth se. ment by law, as interpreted by the “ Let me repeat, Oregon U a cured is consumed on the farm. Court. Government by Law. Oregon at he The present Oregon is a child of must enforce equality o f oiv County agents o f Oregon re. our bosom. We can never lose him port unity for all in all things port that fall sown grain in many os heretofore when ha automatic Must protect them in their right* o f the northern western sections of ally became the child o f sinister to engage in any and all industri • j the state on the low undraineii interests. He differs from his pre. commercial enterprises or pursuit- lands, was injured considerably by decesssor in that when he func the people desire to engage in th; 1 the recent period o f freezing tem tions he brings forth Christian, in> “ not immoral. He must support peratures. Similar land having the dust rial-commercialism. His heart the doctrine o f the American De advantage o f tiling carried winter is set on righteousness, because claration o f Independence, th, * grain uninjured. This is a repiti. the Golden Rule, as taught by life the opportunity to get a liv tion o f last February when grair* Jesus the Christ is recognized by mg. liberty, and the pursuit or froze out on the wet lands. the Cburt as being or existing in* happiness is the inalienable right The Oregon Drainage associa the constitutional law. o f everyone. tion, which is now the drainage To The possibility o f his conception section o f the Oregon Reclama and birth, or creation, and his re. nf iK !T ! " “ n*e- Tbe sentiment# ° f the deIc l* r»tion o f Indepen- tion Congress will hold its annual cognition as being what I stated dence and the Spirit o f the Christ winter meeting at Corvallis Feb. he was a moment ago. began . - ___ with 18 meorporated in the nersnn ^ . ruary 11*. announces Dr. W. L. the birth o f Christian, co-opera " " ------ P SOn> 07 ~orpo ration we so fondly call Powers, secretary, and chief it* tive-Industrio - commercial cities. soils at O. A. C. A t this meeting His existance s the latest child of e d T h "- o ' tHiS Wil' * monifest. <?d when Oregon functioned. Anv» the latest developments o f drain the people began with their adop age practices will be presented. tion o f the Amendment to thu Constitution that added a fourth • mwl “** ’'"constitutional, Lake County sheepmen sell SO,- Department to it. which is known What influence will Orego 11)00 fleeces 1928 wool at 33c a ■s A Department o f Industry and ^ - ( O h a l l y r ’. . ^ an J er. ! pound. t ommerce. In his heart and in his " K'’ rm,'r O regon , --------- I soul he hates the «bings his y r e mf'uenced the family o f State, O f 94 autos stolen in Eugene: dccessor loved. His predecessor *«>d Judge B. “ because o f havin - last year 91 were recovered. Supported parasitism and protect. constitutional provisions --------- i d the parasites. Oregon. Our Ore* ln(T that the election o f U. 8 Se,T Congress asked f o r $35.000 f . f 00' (fives justice to all. It Wa* Î Î Ü 5 fr0m »hi, state be by ^ inside improvements at Oregon iimpo**ihl* his predecessors t o H '1^ 4 vote Y f The' do “ ’r*--» — ■■ - _ People and one Care? 1 *l" _ 1 s&ssmtx o.T h e evil shadow o f his prei | cequiring or instituting H ie D '0" * decessor follows him. Hence; ,h, ' * W y . that all X , now ,T7 During 1927, 91,34« tourist au- * * * «H »a n e e »nd the cause I election* h e c i u T o f * ' * registered in Oregon. Farm Pointers lesson the «hadow until , of our 1 „ | „ 1 1 Sal« m built six large ipr.Ttnient disappear,. When the evil and evil I const,,utiona7 n " *"* constitutional during 1927 . influence of legalized ___•-*___ rr».*i_ _ _ . al provision* exploitation b a t i n g a department o f t _ j Ll . . *hich i, politics, that has for age ,r>’ *"d common o." f 1 du<‘ Corvallis— $ 20.000 greenhouse I '"Huenced the courts will no long (To b« « ontinued) is built for State College. <>r do so, the shadow will be ohlit 1 Stanfield— Broom fact ■ . ___ AstoruT* fire |„ , ¡„ , 927 w. „ gets its broom corn from local! *Collossians 3 Myre, Genera! ' >nI> * ,,<9* 7* » " d »» steadily de- growers. j History P. 307 . reasing.