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About The Ashland register. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1928)
PAGE SIX THE MM ASHLAND F R ID A Y , M A R C H 2. 1928 REGISTER TTT'F T h t 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 ab Àalflauù iKrijtatrr Along the Concrete S em i-W et lily P a p e r P u b lu h i d a , Aehland, O reg o n ORE Form erly the C entral P oint and Ashland A m erican O ffice a t 372 E ast Main S tre e t BU SIN ES AND N EW S PHONE »5 One Yea $ 2.00 Or a Romance and Adventure in and of the West By DAVID MARK A d v ertisin g R ates G iven on A p plication E ntered a t the Pootoffice a t A shland, O regon, as Second Class M atter, under the A ct o f Congress of March 3, 1879 M em b er S T A T E E D I T O R I A L A S S O C IA T IO N M em b er N A T IO N A L E D I T O R IA L A S S O C IA T IO N | ,1 SPECIAL CREDIT Especially commendable in our estimation is the voluntary action taken by the Ashland and Medford student bodies in taking steps to abol ish the rowdieism that has accompanied basket ball games between the two cities. They asked the school authorities that they might settle the matter themselves, and on Tuesday held a joint meeting, attended by representatives of both schools, and drew up a set of resolutions that if followed out will do away with egg fights and sundry other acts that mar the effect of a good clean contest on the athletic floor. In this connection, however, it must be re membered that while all of the blame has been heaped upon the shoulders of the boys of the two schools, there are outsiders who have no school interest, who are just as much responsible for the fights as the boys themselves. It is a known fact that the most recent escapade and the one in which the entire matter was brought to a head, was led by boys that did not attend high school. It is not our intention to infer that there were no high school boys there, but we do say that they were in the minority. Yet the en tire blame of the affair was placed upon their shoulders, and with the severing of athletic relations they would be the ones to suffer most. The public should remember this fact be fore placing too much blame upon the boys. They are human, they perhaps do nothing but what we at the same age were just as guilty of doing ourselves, and the fact that they were men enough to express a desire to end the fights, and then go further and take steps to end them deserves special recognition from a public that is always prone to criticise rather than praise. in price, which they do as soon as quantity pro duction is reached. According to Col. Lindberg neither his plane or his motor have had over 5 per cent of replacements and are yet in excel lent condition, “capable of continuing in ser vice for a much longer time than they have now been in use.” The sweet young thing of Ashland can read a man’s mind just as far as it is necessary. Life’s Little Joke No. 657893: Peddler, telling Ashland merchant’s wife how the local stores rob the cutsomers. Women who rush for bargains get them. THE BOXING COMMISSION The Ashland Boxing commission staged their first of what will he a series of boxing contests at the Ashland armory Tuesday evening. If the entertainment on Tuesday evening is a fair sample of what can be expected in the future the success of the commission is assured. The arm ory was nearly filled and the general atmos phere was such that it resembled an evenings show crowd rather than rabid fight fans. The Commission deserves special credit for this. By providing girl ushers, prohibit smoking, stop ping a fight a hen it became too evident that one of the boxers was out classed, they gave no op portunity for criticism. Th ir efforts to give Ashland good clean en tertainment in the way of boxing deserve the wh le-ho irtnd s”pp<”t of lovers of this form of sport. It is only through support of this kind that the contests can be continued. FAME IN ONE YEAR Last year during the same month, the United States government lost an air mail pilot in the name of Charles A. Lindberg. V'ery few people in the country knew he was in existence. Today the world knows him by name and acclaim as the marvel of the new-born flying age. Rarely, if ever has a man so completely capti vated so large a portion of the public’s atten tion and esteem. In almost ever)’ nation the name of Lindberg is known. Since his resigna tion from the air service he has carried his plane into seventeen independent countries, three col onies of Great Britain, the West Indian Is lands, forty-eight American states, the District of Columbia, the Canal Zone, the Virgin Islands and Porto Rico. His last flight, from Havana to St. Louis marked the end of his tour of Central and South American states, in which he flew more than 8,- 000 miles. Altogether the Spirit of St. Louis has taken more than 407 flights, covering more than 40,000 miles and the original motor has never been replaced and has not yet received a major overhauling. No wonder Col. Lindberg is able to say: “With proper care and maintenance, the modem plane and engine should have a min imum life of 150,000 miles.’’ Automobile owners in Ashland who are in clined to doubt the everyday use of the plane will realize what this will men. when planes drop 216 Central Ave., Ashland, Oregon D t Frank Crane Says ENDURANCE Importance depends on endurance. Endur ance is the retention through time of an achieve ment of value. Thus says Whitehead in Science and the Modem World. Endurance is the real test of a man. It is something that we can all have. If we can do nothing else we can hang on and remain the same. Sometimes this is mere pigheadedness and stubbomess. But in this world of fluctuating val uer and fluctuating nun it is a pleasure to find something stable. One of the strongest pleas of the church is that it has endured throughout the ages and is still going strong. Whatever has endured for a length of time must have some merit to it. The life of an organism depends upon its abil ity to adjust itself to its surroundings. Life is a tragedy for the unfit. A man is in perfect health when he can breathe the air, enjoy the sunshine and partake of the food that is offered him, and his lungs, his stomach and his other organs are attuned to his environment. If they become out of tune or, in other words he becomes unfit, nature eliminates him. Emerson says that the best test of a book and the finest critic was time, and advised us, as a whole, to read no book that had not been print ed twenty years. Time has dealt harshly with some popular favorites, while others have survived. Some of the popular songs our ancestors sang are still popular. No one could tell at the time w hich they were, but the passing of years has tested them. It is perhaps a wise thing not to build a monu ment to a man before he is dead. Time must have its opportunity to pass upon him. There is something in mere endurance, and the man who is able to stick a thing out to the bitter end has the advantage over one who is constantly changing. Do not stick to a thing simply because you have chosen it, but after choosing it wisely keep your feet firm and do not vacillate. While* th ere they learn ed m ore a sim ilar c h a ra c te r and kind. fuliy how th a t collectively used H ere they had it im pressed up properties w ithin th e sta te th a t on them , as never befor. th a t all overlapped county lines w e re 'a c the officials and em ployees of q u ir e r m aintained and held in the sta te and th e sub divisions, tru s t by the S tate Labor Com mis counties and th e ir subdivisions, sioner. T h at sim ilar p ro p erties cities or J. P. p recincts w ere un with the counties th a t overlap d er civil service ru les an d regu ped precinct or tow nship . lines lations. were acquired, m anaged, m ain T hruogh Oregon ,the child of tained and held in tru s t by the th e masses, they th e m asses nad labor com m issioner th a t p ro p er su b stitu ted m unicipal or public ties w ithin cities o r precincts co rp o rate in itiatio n in industry herein owned by county commis and com m erce fo r priv ate corpor sioners. „ a te initiation in in d u stry and They realized as never before com m erce. U nlike th e last pro th a t Oregon was a legal person ductive and com m ercial activi or corporation was a w onderful ties w ere ca rrie d on fo r use. Not force in economics. T hey discov fo r p ro fit. O w nership was by ered th a t from an alm ost incon- citizenship, not by titles, stocks or cievable cause money had lost its bonds. pow er of cum ulation. Hence, was The people of O regon had rep alw ays used fo r service. N ever udiated in te re st b earing bonds fo r oppression. and cruel bondage when they put Buying in large am ounts and politics on the scrap heap and in shipping in ca r lots the sta te doing so had cast out legalized saved much in expense accounts. exploitation as an evil thing. W ith the varied clim atic condi It was while engaged in the tions due to altitu d e, longitude office of th e sta te finance com and latitu d e the people w ithin m issioner th a t W aldo and Miss the s 'a te could raise and produce Leonard discovered th e g reat alm ost every th in g th ey needed ex b enefit secured to th e sta te and cept tropical fru it. T rade flowed tho people th e re o f because of a freely betw een cities. The slogan m unicipal o fficial known as an “ Oregon m ade with O regon insurance com m issioner whose T ra d e ” had a m eaning w orth office had been created by the while. sta te legislatu re o f 1905. His The cities on navigable w aters duties w ere a t th a t tim e to look AMOTHE*. T H IN O TH E E P ITO K . engaged in ship building, ships a f te r the conduct of th e insurance HAS TO BE T H A N ^E O t F O K 19 flying th e U. S. flag and th e O re com panies doing business in O re THAT HE D O E S N 'T H A V E TO gon p en n an t was to be seen in gon. To issue license and collect ANSWER m any seas w ith O reg o n ’s cured fees from o r fo r th e sam e. Make A N O N V -.A A O O S and finished p ro d u cts in th e ir annual rep o rts. From hts rep o rts holds. LETT ER S- of the y e a r 1925 they learned O regon being a C hristian gov th a t the people of O regon w ere erned in his conduct as m an ifest exploited annu ally to the am ount ed by his ag en ts the o fficials the of $10,000,000 by th e insurance sta te , county and city, by the com panies w ithout th e sta te . The golden tu le could n ot legaly, r ir«t leg islature th a t convened hence, did n ot use th e police follow ing th e adoption of th e de pow er to collect in te re st o r en p artm en t of in d u stry and com fo rce an y o th e r form s o f exploi m erce took o r tra n sfe rre d th e o f tations. fice of sta te insurance com m is Being a co-onerative body, h° sioner from the executive d e p a rt th o u g h t his o fficials encouraged m ent to which it had been acces T id : I f a b u rg lar should break and aided co-operation in indus sory and placed it in the d e p a rt try and .com m erce. In all things into the basem ent, would th e th a t p ertain ed to th e peoples m ent o f in d u stry and com m erce, as an accessory th e re to and coal ch u te? economic w elfare. m ade its d u ties to be to engage He O regon was a Christian, b e in th e in surance business in su r B it: Now, b u t the kindling cause he w as controlled or ruled ing th e lives and p ro p erty w ithin wood. by the golden rule, which was th e sta te to insure priv ate as well C h rist Je su s idea or conception as collectively ow ned p ro p erty of th e law and th e p ro p h ets o r both an im ate and inanam ite, C urled is her h air as an aire- m oral law. grow ing crops and o th e r risks. d ale's coat G ettin g a day o ff from th e ir This lead to a g re a t saving. It d u ties in th e o ffic er o f th e com k ep t $10,000,000 annually w ith And btack as p rin te r’s ink. finance, Donald in the sta te th a t had form erly H ere eyes a re brow n as oozy mud m issioner o f W aldo and Miss L eonard u n d er been ex tra cte d from th e pockets or th e p ro tectio n o f a military' g aurd of the people and if re tu rn e d in O ysters fried I th in k and th e ev er p rese n t Molly O’ the form of investm ent a t 6 p er H er lips are red as a b ab y ’s toe, Toole, visited the o ffice of th e cent (exploited) the people would M arion co unty labor com m issioner have $600,000 annually. This they H er voice as so ft as mush. H ere th ey found a building with had paid fo r th e privilege of T h at is th e girl w ith whom I go— m any office room s which w ere g e ttin g capital to develop th e ir bu ilt and fitte d fo r use w ith the own recourse. On whom I have a crush. idea o f saving tim e fo r those By ta k in g the office o f the w orking th e re in . All th e officials sta te insurance com m issioner "O n e m ore crack like th a t and and em ployees w ere u n d er civil from the executive to the indus you’re th ro u g h .’’ m urm ured the service, i. e. u n d er civil service tria l d ep artm en t thereb y adding exam ination an d ratin g . P artie s fell* vr on shore as he w atched the w ishing or asp irin g to official the offices of the sta te finance com m issioner and th e sta te in ice c iac k u n d e r the sk ater. po- tions w ere ineligab'a fo r th e surance com m issioner to th e d e - ^ o ffice except having certain p artm en t o* indu stry and com q u alificatio n s one of which was m erce added g re a t stren g th to the W ith spikes and pincers, files holding a ra tin g of 86 p er cen t fo u rth d ep a rtm en t o f the sta te . or above, secured by ex am ina T he labor com m issioner, fin and hooks. tion by a civil service board, em My d e n tist lately to rtu re d me, ployees in th e o ffice th a t oppor ance com misaionec and insurance com m issioner had official re p re W hile close his ugly head he tu n ity fo r em ploym ent and re sentatives in th e fra ctio n al p a rts w ard fo r service depended upon of O regon thereby y a k i n g the poked. And sm iled a t me w ith horrid p ercen tag e ra tin g given them by w orking of the d ep a rtm en t free a board of civil service. E fficiency and sure. The insurance stabal- glee. plus application governed rew ard ized business it secured th e c re d T hereon I vowed revenge to I t was h ere th a t th ey first its of th e sta te and all th e f ra c learned th a t those who earned tional p a rts of th e whole, the have To m ake him curse his ad m ore th an th ey req u ired invested insurance cost to the laborers o f th e ir su rp lu s yj life annuities, ficials and em ployees engaged in * verse f a te ; th u s providing fo r fu tu re use. the various en terp rises was no N ext tim e before I called on This in v estm en t fu rn ish ed th e g re a te r than had costa th e lab sta te and an y fra ctio n al p a rt o rers in indusrtial co rp o rate en him, th e re o f w ith m eans fo r increas terp rises fo r th e ir b en e fit in and I h a lf a pound o f onions ate. ing th e w ealth and usefulness received from the sta te accident th ereo f. If an y of th e officials commission the b en e fit o f w hich o r em ployees o r em ployed citi “ O fficer, you c a n 't b lu ff me. zens were in ju red the S tate In they had enjoyed fo r several de cades and th e cost was paid fo r I’m an A. B. and an A. M. d u strial A ccident commission in the same m anner. “ F in e! Now w e'll give you the functioned fo r th e ir w elfare. All By an enactm ent, th e sta te in knew th a t to excel o r succeed re dustrial accident com m ission had th ird d eg ree.” quired service yea the best of been com bined in th e sta te in- f service. surance com m issioners o ffice Daily rep o rts, th e day begin- w here fo r the best o f reasons it Sw eet Mabel stru m s the m ando ing a t noon, w ere received at the n aturally belonged. The change lin, o ffice o f th e county labor com of th e office of sta te insurance m issioner from the d iffe re n t c it com m issioner from a passiv to an Claris* plays th e cello; While ljttle Eunice tw an g s the ies or sub-divisions o f the county active office which by coopera reg a rd in g th e in d u strial and com tin g w ith th e o th e r com m ission uke m ercial activ ities carried on ther- ers in t h j d ep a rtm en t of in d u stry To fascin ate a fellow. in. W eekly rep o rts w ere received and com m erce was highly bene But Polly, writh h er liquid tones reg ard in g th e activities by coun ficial and added g rea t stren g th ty em ployees engaged in o r on to th e m ighty industrial arm o f • (T he little ca p tiv a to r.) any p ro p erties or en terprises The change m et w ith Makes sw eetest music o f them all owned o r carried on by th e coun Oregon. much opposition from w ithout, She perks th e p ercolator. ty including th e officials and em b u t 'i t was necessary to stop ex ployees w ithin the county commis ploitation and it was done b e si oners office. Said officials and cause of a necessity, and w as One o f th e d ifferen ces be em ployees w ere often paid in ! being done gradually b u t surely. tw een a liar and a publicity ag en t co unty w arrants. Said w arran ts O regon was being sorely te ste d is th a t the publicity ag en t som e w ere non in te rest bearin g nego- i but w ith each te st he was g e ttin g tiab le and p ara b le on sight. S tate ! stronger. He was a g ian t am ong tim es gets paid. officials and em ployees w ere giants. often paid in sta te w arra n ts of (T o be continued) Kind Old loidy: "A nd w hat are D aughter: ' M other, a t t h e T l r ^ you going to do when you grow cos the hum an skeleton trie d to I Riff: “Doe* this road go to D urham ?” up. my little m a n ?” kiss me.” R a ff: “Y es.” U rch in : “ F elle r in me fa th e r's M other: “ D aughter. I told you Riff: “Well, when does it fin g erp rin ts. bew are of stran g e m en.” leave?” n p r