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PAGE SIX THE 1 L ASHLAND FRIDAY, REGISTER MARCH 23, 1928 ______ __ L — 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 age C. J. READ, Editor and Publisher RED HAIR BLUE SEA sooocoocoacocccoaopfleaeccocccoeocococcccoccocc Aaijlanii iRryistpr Scnai-Weekly Paper P u b l i i k d •> Ashland, Oregon Formerly the Central Point and Ashland American O ffice at 372 Fait Main Street BUSINES AND NEWS PHONE 96 Oar Yea Advertising Rates Given on Application Entered at the Postoffice at Ashland, Oregon, as Second Cl Matter, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879 Member S T A T E E D IT O R IA L A S S O C IA T IO N Meenber N A T I O N A L E D IT O R IA L A S S O C IA T IO N By ST A N L E Y R. OSBORN Copyright by Charles Scribner’s Sons A G O O D LESSON The basketball tournament recently brought to a close, was a huge success, judging from all the standards o f measurment proper to apply to such an affair. There was only one note o f discord in the whole procedure, and that, in our estimation was entirely uncalled for. One o f the teams leading in the tournament was defeated after making a strong showing. One o f their re- seans for defeat was because two o f their star men w’ere pud out on personal fouls. This team did not take their defeat gracefully, some o f the members going so far as to fcay that they felt they had not received proper treatn.ent. In our estimation, this team has failed to grasp one o f the fundamentals o f basketball or any other athletic contest. They have not learn ed to accept defeat as cheerfully as they do vic tory. The statement that they got a raw deal is in itself preposterous. There are certain things you can do on a basketball floor, and there are many things that cannot be done. This team did so many o f the things that called for fouls that they lost two o f their star men. That certain ly is not the referees fault. It is not the meri in charge o f the tournaments fault. It is not the city o f Ashland’s fault. They simply went up against a better team, one that later wron the tourna ment, and were defeated. The fact that they lost two men on fouls is a part o f the game. Boys playing basketball or any other game should be made to realize that they do not de serve to win until they can take defeat graceful ly- That lesson learned while they are still boys will go far towards smoothing the, path o f life in years to come, for life itself is a series o f de feats and victories, and the man who can not accept defeat and still go ahead, gains few vic tories. O UR M A Y O R Too often we are prone to criticize our city officials placing special emphasis upon the things they do not do rather than giving them the proper credit for the things that they do. In this connection the Register would like to call spe cial attention to the work that has been done the past few days on the air port. A raw field o f ninety some acres, has been transformed into a landing field as yet not com plete but suitable for planes to land upon. This field wa| converted in less than five days, and how, the question arises was it done? Simply by the whole-hearted coopoiation o f the city de partments working under the direct supervision of Major C. A. Malone. And how you may well ask, did this c^me r.bout? F 'n p ly because Ashland has a mayor v ho has suflicic;.. vision and foresight to realize that tho town in the future without an air port will be occupying the same relative position that a a town ot today occupies without a depot. There was no questioning or quibbling about the matter in any way. Mayor Thornton, when told o f the conditions that existed, he gave in structions for all city departments to unite in placing the field in the best possible shape in the shortest length of time. The results are appar ent. It is such action on the part o f city officials that will go far towards developing Ashland. HE W A N T S TO HELP If other people in southern Oregon had the same consideration for the Normal school as Billy Briggs, who served this territory so well in the last session of the legislature and whom we understand will be a candidate for the same o f fice at the coming primaries, then some o f the troubles that beset President Churchill in the conduct o f a school that in two years has com pletely outgrown its present facilities would be made considerably smoother. Recently Jackson counties local representa tive was asked if he expected to be a candidate for the office. He did not know at that time that the remarks were going to be published, ami in publishing them we an1 accepting all responsi- tiiity for so doing. But this was his replv: ‘‘ I really don't see how I can afford to give it the time necessary, but 11 feel that it is my duty to go back if the electors see fit to send me because o f the Normal school. I feel that my experience in the last session will be valuable in assisting to secure some of the things that are absolutely (Continued iront bist Friday I vital to the continued growth o f the Normal school. Yes— I think I will file shortly now’, be cause I believe that I can do the school some good, and for that reason I am willing to make the necessary sacrifice o f time and money.” That was a splendid statement in our estima tion. This maq realizes the benefit to southern Oregon o f a Normal school, so equipped with fi nances and other things that it can keep pace w ith a marvelous growth. There is only one )lace those things can come from and that is the egislature, and in our opinion “ Bill.v” Briggs s the man to see that they get what they need. DcFrank Crane Saysl; TH E COMIC STRIP A recent article on “ The Compensatory Func tion o f the Sunday ‘Funny Paper’ ” , by Harvey C. Lehman and Paul A. Witty is at hand. It gives a very ingenious explanation for the popularity o f the comic strip. It gives as a trait o f character in almost every one the desire to "escape.” “ In the word o f ‘actuality,’ ” it continues, the child is obliged to conform to certain con ventions, to treat other persons with a reason able amount o f decorum, to abide by the conse quences o f his acts when he defies natural law t r human authority. In he ‘funnies’ he will defy every law and he will do sojwith immunity. “ Thus the child who looks at the Sunday ‘ funnies’ is enabled to identify himself with the most intrepid adventurer or the most resolute law-defying citizen or the capturer or such a criminai. On the other hand, he may identify himself with the serial-motion-picture type of hero w ho wins out over apparently insuperable odds." All o f us are aware o f constant limitations in our ordinary life. W e are unable to thwart these constrictions, so we seek numerous and varied forms o f gratification of| our impulses. Certainly the comic strip does not excel in showing actual life conditions nor in its artistic quality. It only suggests human characteristics in exaggerated form, but they are naively and crudely presented and so direct and unmistak able that even the most obtuse cannot fail to recognize them. The pamphlet savs that in the Sunday funny section the child often takes many risks which in real life he would not think o f taking. “ In some cases he succeeds by resort to magic. At other times he is pictured as falling squarely upon the face or being severely burned with fire or scalding water. He falls at a great distance or he is closely pursued by dangerous wild animals He knows no decorum. He puts his cigar ashes into an upturned silk hat. or into the goldfish bowl. He rests his feet on his neighbor’s lap. “ He endures no suppression. He has complete freedom o f self-expression.” This is at least an ingenious explanation o f the popularity o f the comic strip, as the value o f any entertainment, theatrical or otherwise, is it-» escape value. A carpenter went forth one day .To get his saw made keen ; He hunted high and low, but not A blacksmith could be seen. He gave up in despair with thoughts O ' losing many dollars, Until he found a laundry where They put saw teeth in collars. Tourist: “ Is the London fog really so awfully heavy?” Londoner: “ Terrible." Tourists: “ How do the vehicles get along?1” Londoner. “ Well, the first one makes a tunnel which all the fol lowing ones pass through.” A curator of a certain zoologi cal gardens was on holiday. He received a note from his assist- ant: “ The chimpanzee is sick. He appears to pine for a companion. We don’t know what to do pend ing your return.” “ Whither away,, stranger? What wouldst?" cherrioed St. Pe ter, as he leaned over the pearly gates. “ Gosh, let me in,” muttered the wandering soul o f convict No. 999 just released, “ I just had the shock of my life.” "But, lady,” ho explained earn estly, “ don’t mistake. I sure meant t’plav fair and square with Uncle Sam. I planned both t’mako a piece o ’side money and do my plumb duty as a citizen by tipping o ff the contraband.” His countenance beamed with enjoyment o f the intended coup; innocent o f any slighted percep tion of the shame o f bad faith. As he went on, however, his features turned ugly with disgust Uncle Sam had proved an unbe lievable tightwad, and the Orien tals had discovered Burke’s at tempt. They had set gunmen after him. And “ for a reason” __which the man did not explain — he was conspicuous. “ I could of laid up ashore,” he concluded, “ but some ulavale de vil Shanghaies my bankroll and leaves me just plain on the beach. So I stows away here.” Palmyra thought it safe to be lieve he might really have been robbed. “ So, then,” she inquired in a tone o f regret, “ you’re not, after all, a pirate? I felt you might have heard the Rainbow was seeking buried treasure.’” Ponape Burke shot a look of interest in her direction. Then, apparently annoyed that, for even a moment, he could have taken her seriously, he voiced a protest. Presently: “ Miss, why did y ’lay below here?” She had lain below mischievous ly to consult a buccaneer. So, “ I’m sorry you don’t smack more o f the Spanish Main,” was what she said. Then he asked: “ But what did y ’have in mind? Maybe we could do better’n y ’think.” 1 Palmyra shook her head invis ibly. “ Oh, no,” she said “ you’re not at all the sort.” But she ex plained. When she had found there was someone aboard, she recalled a popular comedy: a bur glar entrapped all unknown to the others, with a house party under guard in quarantine; no end o f mystery, excitement, be fore he’d been discovered. “ And I hoped,” she concluded, “ we could get up a little plot. Some thing piratical, thrilly. But.” she added resignedly, “ not a one would be scared at you." From the dark there came a prolonged chuckle. ‘‘ W ell," hesi tated Burke a t length, “ if y ’insist on pirates . . . But why not some stunt a little more gen teel? A concert say? Know a lot c ’ native songs.” In sample he gave her a phase; a chanting fragment, rhy thm without music; low-voiced words, melliflous, polysyllabic. “ There,” he concluded with a touch o f pride. “ Something like that.” invaluable Statistic*. The best vegetable soup is us ually made with vegetables. It is still possible to secure whiskey in the United States. Michelangelo was not the in ventor o f golf knickers. If a piece o f burning wood three inches long be dropped into a fifty pound box o f dynamite, there will be an explosion. It is two hundred and twenty miles from Peru, Indiana, to a point two hundred and twenty miles away from Peru, Indian. But the girl scorned minstrelsy. Saint Peter never mastered the He relapsed into the laugh__ art of shaving himself with a to her irritation. “ Pirates It is,” safety razor. It has beeif estimated that 9,- he assented. "And even if yer bunch ain’t scart o’ me, maybe 712 toothpicks are lost every | wp couij f rani* ’em up a startle. year. face. Burke still sat on the trunk. Again darkness; impenetrable, intimidating. Before Burke could have mov ed, she whirled toward the entry, switched on the light. The shaft leaped across, and then in its circle, vivid against the door, there sprang into be ing a savage face. Wild, copper- hued, it held rigid as jungle iron caught by photo-flashlight. Un der a great mat o f hair, fierce staring eyes, grinning lips drawn back from two rows o f square teeth that clnmpde upon the blade of a ten-inch knife. It was not the face o f Burke. It was not the face of a white CHAPTER II Next morning Mrs. Crawford and her guests were gathered in lee o f the deckhouse, bundled in their rugs. The sun only at intervals, had been blinking through, bringing a touch of warmth to ihe surface of the sea, charming the spread ing canvas into life. As, present ly, Palmyra roused from her pre occupation to join the others in a laugh, the luminary glanced down again and printed on the deck, black and sharp-edged, the lifting shadows o f the sails. Such a shade lay across the girl’s face. When the Rainbow rose to a surge, the shadow moved, as a curtain up, and the sunbeam caught in turn and illu- ^ mined perfect teeth, dimples, eyes that danced wfth fun; set a- flame the crown of bright hair, her most noticeable endowment. But soon she was somber again She had been shaken by that fierce visage leaping at her from the dark. She should have suspected a second presence. One glance at Burke’s hand, gloved though it was, should have sufficed. It was small, pudgy, never the thick sinewy paw that had fastened up on the cabin port. Her wits about her, she should have mistrusted Burke’s song; not have waited to be told afterwards that he was chanting: “ Silent, go, stand against the door, knife in teeth, and look terrific.” At this point the shadow o f the d sail came swooping down again across Palmyra’s eyes and she awoke to find that Mrs. Durley, the stewardess, was regarding her with an amused and curious ex pression. The girl flushed guiltily. Mrs. Durley stepped forward, hesitated, held out a card tray. "A gentleman to see you Miss Tree.” she anonunced. “ A gentleman to see Miss Tree?” inquired Mrs. Crawford in amused acceptance o f the Play. “ Why how unexpected.” “ Airplane or sea horse?’ ques- tioned Van. At this moment she caught sight of the man himself, standing in the alley between the house and the rail. “ Mrs. Crawford,” she intro duced. “ this is Mr. Burke, the well-known pirate. Will be pleas ed. yo ho ho, to demonstrate walking the plank. I am sure if you could see him scuttle a ship, you’d feel we’d been greatly dis tinguished.” By daylight the pirate’s face had lost its cherubic aspect. Still singularly undeveloped as to line and feature, there was now more visibly upon it a maturity of sig nificance that could only have been stamped by dissipation, hardship and danger, or some more violent temperamental urge than, at first view. could have bcen suspected. A man diving from the Rock Wouldn’t be a bit surprised. Not o f Gibraltar will drown if he is a bit.” He was amused. She remained unconvinced and unable to swim. To be a good housewife it is he laughed again. There was silence for an in necessary to he a woman. The Spanish language is spok terval. Then, “ D’ye know where * I the gangway is y'came in at?” he en in Spain. Bald headed men should not asked unexpectedly. The girl looked puttied, to part their hair in the middle. I George Washington did not ward him: turned her gaze in the direction o f the door. "Y es," she enlist in the last war. said wondering!,-. ” 1 know exact Impassioned youth (throwing ly where it i s ” "Then." said Ponape himself to his knees:) Light of Burke, my life! Light of my existence! “just give it one flash with yer torch." I ight of------ The girl was. suddenly again The Lady A s . douse the glim | a little afraid. Hark? Was that mer kid. and while you’re down l a sound of Burke, moving? there will you buckle my galosh- I Her thumb But if Burke’s face had gained touched the torch, * significance, hi. figure hjsd es. j As a light ning flash, its ray shot not. lamm Lumber company at ’c.ward, landed full upon the Klamath Falla starts mill and >.ump vest, the chubby infantile P«g* 7) (Continued