PAGE » F O U R THE OREGON Or a Romance and Adventure in and o f the West ’ By D A V ID M A R K 216 Central Ave., Ashland, Oregon A S H L A N D REGISTER 1 1 . prophets in charter provisions and judk'ate it into constitutional or oiganic law.” Svfni-Wvrkly P t|,*r Published a. Am l.nd, Oregon ‘Nearly half a century ago l Kortnerly the Central Point and Ashland American heard men talking and using the phase ‘ industrial democracy, in- O ffice at 872 East Main Street teruationni brotherhood and BUSINES AND NEW S PHONE 95 world peace.” . "W e o f Oregon have, in the legal person we have Oar Y ear $ 2.00 named Oregon un industrial dem Advertising Ratas Civea on Application ocracy. May the other two follow /w iitly. "Having and industrial demo Entered at the Postoffice at Ashland, Oregon, as Second Class Matter, under the A ct o f Congress o f March 3, 1879 cracy,” said Judge B------ , “ let os hope we are in the beginning Member S TA TE E D IT O R IA L ASSO CIATIO N o f the end even though the end is Member N A T IO N A L E D ITO R IA L A SSO C IA TIO N not in sight.” The four friends had come out D EATH TO KID N APPE RS! o f the city hall and were in the highway near the stalled car The Loeb and Leopold crime was bad enough. when u woman’s scream quickly followed by the report o f a gun The Hickman brutality amazed a nation. Now smote their ears. comes the Hotaling criminality to spread the The commissioner ran to the car and grabbed a gun that had thought that there may be others o f like mind been left in it and ran up the roud in this country. two hundred yards and jumping the fence ran a little ways and Leob and Leopold are in prison. So is Hotal came to a small clump or trees. Within the shelter o f the trees ing. Hickman faces trial, with an insanity plea, was a seetee pr bench, beyond nothing to get a life term. While we dislike the the bench about five feet was a man luying on his back looking idea of capital punishment those tfho kidnap much like he was dead while a young children and murder them should be kil few pascs beyond at the opposite side of the grove stood Donald led as quickly as possible. * Waldo. The wrath of the Michigan citizens is easily With her arms around his neck r.nd held very close to him was Miss Leonard. “ Oh, oh,” she sob bed. “ I hope I have not killed him.” At their feet was a short jjeavy set man lying on the ground with blood flow ing from a wound in his head. “ Don’t feel so liudly about it dear,” said Waldo. “ Hi? is not dead but he will get , hhn to . he . , if we do . not -. . wh” " hr1 can ?,ot sur* lcal treat- ment nn(J care, (T o be Continued) ©K Aaljlattò ¡Swjiater It pays, I'll Kay it dues. Our rule, as a provision o f the rrum fields and pastures furn charter thereby making the teach ish us with feeds fur uur stuck and fluur for our bread. Our tim mg o f the Nazarene a part of •He o'Cnnic law o f tiw municipali ber and stone supply us with building material. By coporeating ty, helps wonderfully toward ace i hi -ng us, i r v oirit o r the together we du much better than by competing against each Christ influences all fo r good, es No one oth»r. Cooperation tends to pecially the otucials.' peace, competition is war minus realizes this influence more than , the un. Bruugh to its fullest and we three,” said Judge B------. i rawest compect the gun comes in "B ein g written in as a charter provision it has a better effect later. than if it were a municipal law Under cooperation we get a or a law due to an ordinance.” more abundant living. Supply is “ Its primary principal effect is here for our needs. Yea, an upon the officials, upon the ad abundant supply. Thanks to the ministration, upon the govern supreme court and our Oregon, ment much more than upon the tt will continue governed or upon the private “ What about Texas,” inquired citizens or resident.” Judge C--------- . “ We pay no “ I nevej- saw it in that light property tax,” replied the com- before but I guess you are right," mlasiuner. “ You doubtless know said Commissioner Goblet. “ Hang that municipal owned property is ing his head fo r a moment. Judge fr;— r— spoke, “ When Rudy an] nun-taxable. However, the city pavs an income tax, which is the Kipling coined the pharse: ‘ The only just tax that can be levied.” Fatherhood o f God and the Commissioner Goblet next led brotherhood (jl man’ he should kla guests to the city hall. It was have_ added. ‘The Lordship o f Je- «18 Christ.’ I am wondering if men a roomy two story cement build -„s do not recognize the Lordship I ing. In the building was many o f o f J f uh Chriflt. when they write* fice rooms, built with a view of hi» concept o f the luw and the certain necessary purposes. There was an office for each o f the commissioners and a large well equipped room for meetings of ths board o f commissioners. A large fire and burglar proof vault was built in the center of the building. Within the vault was a strong safe for the keep ing o f currancy, gold, silver and LIN CO LN ’ S FIRST D O LLAR ether valuables and papers neces sary to insure and preserve the credit o f the city. The port of the vault not occupied by the safe was used for storage room. There waa shelves all around the room Young Abe Lincoln used to per on which were kept indexed im form any odd job to get a penny or a portant city records. Next, the vault and in front o f it was the niekle. One day he rowed two men out office o f the commissioner o f fi on the Mississippi to board a boat. To ance. It was in this office that nil his astonishment they threw him two bills were paid, all checks or city warrants were honored and ex blight half dollars -the first that he changes made. All commercial had ever had. business, both within and with out the city passed thru this o f To this incident Lincoln attributed fice. The office furnishing and the awakening of his ambition to pre fixtures much resembled hanks m use a few decades before. pare himself for service which would Daily reports the day beginning assure a good return rather than a pit at noon, passed thru this office from all departments o f the <;ity tance. that were of a financial or com Out of his experience he said in la mercial character. Clerks nnd o f ficials and office employees be ter years: “ Teach economy. It is one gan to arrive to take up their du of the great virtues. It begins by ties . Many o f which only lnsted an hour or two, after which they saving money.” were occupied in other occups Oin- savings department offers you tions or persuits. These were nil introduced to the three jurists. a convenient attractive banking home They all hurried to their respec where your money earns four per tive rooms and desks. “ This looks more like a cor cent interest. poration office building of forty Closed Monday, February 13th years ago, thnn a city trail’ * said Judge A ------. "That is what it A legal holiday— Lincoln’s is,” said the Commissioner. Birthday. “ Hope is a municipal industrio- commercial corporation and she does the things she wns intended for. t odo. Hope as well as our Oregon has buried politics along side the saloon o f form er decad es. It is true that follow ing the burial o f the saloon, the politi cians dug up Jolui Barleycorn, _ ASHLAND CirNÌVÌj Q tìE C O N ~ the evil shadow o f the saloon, but since the burial o f politics, then- la no politicians to sustain the C O M M E R C IA L •» S A V I N G S , - SAFE D E P O S IT shadow., and he too has gone to hades from where he canu-.” I am hoping,” said Judge B------ “ that militarism, the last o f the trinity o f evil will soon be hur ried alongside o f the other two.” •'Amen,” answered the others. "Someone has said that industr ial democracy. international brotherhood and world peace would follow each other,” said Judge B———.“ W ell we have in dustrial democracy,” said the com missioner, Continuing he said, "Th e office o f commissioner of finance acta as a clearing for the municipal corporation Daily report* from the other de partments come to the depart ment o f finance office, commer cial activities, trade and finance are handled by the department o f finance. The duties o f my o f fice are to attend to the indus trial collective o f the city as well Pacific Coast paper dealer re as the governmental or executive ceived a surprise shipment o f 800 activities or phases. bundles of tray paper [for drying The duties of the department o f safety is to see that the sani grapes] which had not been order tary condition o f the city is one ed. This resourceful dealer quickly * hundred per cent. Water supply light and heat, drainage, sewer- turned the supplier’s error to good are septic tanks, in fact his o f account. 7 fice to to care for the safety of the inAabtlsnU and property o f Telephone calls to customers the c * T in nearby towns disposed o f thi v “ I f ‘ conditions in my depart ment are unclean or dangerous, entire shipment and one hundred the commissioner o f aafctly calls additional handles for larcr de un me. He aeldoma if ever has to call the second time.” livery— gross sales $ »MX).00. « The usefulness o f and benefit* 1 Successful sales campaigns now • f the two other ^commissioner* V are greatly enhanced by their co | consider the telephone-the rapid, operation with the state com mis J convenient, economical, personal •loner o f finance and the state commissioner o f insurance. The 1 means o f com m unication with credit o f the city is greatly en- | customers in and out o f town and Hanred thereby. “ Crop insurance added to in- j a sale* force o f proven merit. turance o f other property makes for eafety and the cost there of , "W krm IM M0 té* trmjt r F t Ir iifW is inflntismal compared with the l i f t km «u i t a k i H tmmrtbrwg benefits secured. The city hall is j * 1 u *r«> , U «• my“. a busy place. There is something doing that is worth while, and it T H * PACIFIC T IL E PI I O N I AND TFLEGR A PI! C O M P A N Y Is doing much o f the time. Things with us are doing nicely." “ The insertion o f the golden I Ll-iX M F ir s t N a t io n a l B a n k ^pç/nitiaâvc understood. Their effort to “ get” the abnormal man who murdered a five-vear-old girl, it is true against the law, but nevertheless, easily excused. Our own notion is that the speedy execution of a few abnormalities will help some scounderels to regain their sanity before committing such awful crimes. In these days o f motor compe tition the pedestrian is never safe I f an automobile doesn’t get him an automobile salesman will.— Virginian Pilot. Nowadays E verym a n is en titled to life, liberty and an auto mobile in which to pursue happi ness.— Oregon Motorist. A New York’s girl’s excuse for driving past a red traffic light was that “ the most wonderful man in the world had just asked me to marry him and I was in clouds o f dreams.” She was fined $3, which, we are quite sure, the wonderful young man paid with- , out a kurmur. This being leap year, how ever, we suspect the young lady didn’t tell it exactly as it was. What she probably meant to say was that “ the most wonderful young man in the world had just consented to marry me.” — Kan sas City Star. It looks to us as if it were go ing to be the worst year yet fo r the horse-fly.— Ohio State Jour nal. Most o f a bond issue o f $950,- 000 will be spent in Salem this year, for bridges, sewers and drainage. Medford— Hearty, Inc., will en large $183,000 fruit plant. V m Ä k f. T I O " f$ Listen to This1 ? & Ashland ♦ Products % • Exposition W eek of F ebruary 20 TO 26 Ashland Products Exposition 20th to 26th Telephone tj During this entire week Ashland W holesalers, Producers and Manufacturers have united with the retailers in one conce ntrated effort io bring before the people of Southern Oregon, some of the many thing s that are “ MADE A T HOME.” THIS IS NOT A TOOT AT HOME . „ 4 Do not confuse this exposition wit h the so-called h-ade at home campaign. You Will Not Be Asked to Buy g “ 1 durin* thU main « •n e y ri\ A ? Supply Company an will be featured, and every opportunity wil with products produced in your own vicini * position hall in the room formerly occupied d at every retail store, Ashland made goods I be offered to allow you to get acquainted ty. q * TRY AND GET IN! i