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The St. Charles herald., 1922-11-04
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WILL DEMAND CIVIC VIRTUE
Writer Sees Time Coming "ns"
Citizen Must Measure UP 20
the Right Standard.

Civic virtue and public spiri, ralght.
perhaps, 60 under one head, meas
uring the proportion of citizens ac-
lively interested In the affairs OF the
community, and the quality OF their
service. For instance, anyone WORK.
ing In any store, shop. school, mill or
other form Of public service, and NOT
doing honest work. lacks civic virtue
Just as much as If he were In an OH
cial position. We live and die by the
services Of our fellows. whether elect
ed or not. A man who builds dark
tenements or who owns and rents sucn
tenements lacks civic virtue. SO does
the packer who sells bad meat, tho
worker who does poor work, or the
selfish and ignorant who rob the puD-
lie by stealing flowers in the parks.
We are already proud OF our edu-
cational facilities, and we should see
to it that the next generation can Do
far prouder. We are but beginning
to awaken to the need for providing
social facilities as a civic function.
We can keep tabs on admlnistra-
tive efficiency as soon as there Is COM
mon knowledge Of what we have
right to expect. As to administration
honesty. think what a healthy thing
II will be when We can learn from
our "city book" which town has the
worst record and which the best. and
where we stand at home. Think OF
the eager committee on improvement
sending for the competent civic ex-
aminer. and having their town records
exposed to public knowledge In clear
and simple terms.
Minimum prosperity means the op-
posite of our present system OF boast
ing Of first citizens: 1t means boast
ing of the last ones. Of the poorest.
We now exult In q millionaire more or
less and pass over without notice tho
mass of poor. What a town should
be proud Of is not the height OF its
maximum in wealth, but of Its mini
mum: not 1--WE have three miiiiOn-
aires in this town." but There is not
a family In this town with an In
come below $1,000. One thousand dol.
lars is only $50 a week, with fort
nights vacation. Little enough for any
family today.-CharlOtte Perkins Gil
man, In the Century Magazine.
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sound Of q single JACK hammering on
the end of q drill could be heard. Fair
child called and went forward. to f1nd
Harry, grimy and sweating. pounding
away at a narrow streak Of black Tor
nation which centered In the top OF
the stope.
"It's the vein," he announced. after
he had greeted Fairchild, land 1t don't
look like it's going to amount to
much!"
"NoT
Harry withdrew the drill from the
hole he was making and mopped his
forehead.
ut amt a world-beater," came dis
consolately. II doubt whether it'll run
moren twenty dollars to the ton, the
wye smelling prices ave gone up!
And there amt much money in that.
What 'appened in Denver?'
Another frame-up by the Rodafnes
to get the mine away from US. 1t was
a lawyer. He stalled that the offer
had been made to US by Miss Rich
mond."
"How much?"
1.-TWO hundred thousand dollars and
US to get out Of all the troubles we
are in"
"And you took II. Of course?"
II did not"
No" Harry mopped his forehead
again. "Well, maybe you're right.
Maybe you're wrong. Rnt whatever
you did-well, that's just the thing
would ave done. Only" and Harry
was staring lugubriOusly at the vein
above him ";t's going to take US q
long time to get two hundred thou
sand dollars out Of things the wye
they stand now"
But we're going to keep At 1t,
Harry, sink or SWIM"
"YOu know it,"
1.-THE Ro1aines have hit-maybe We
can have some good luck too"
1.-THE Rodaines?" Harry stared. "It
whatY'
1.-Two hundred dollar q ton ore"
| A long whistle. Then Harry, who
had been balancing single jack. pre-
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gauged train took him again through
Clear Greek canon and back to Ohadi.
The station was strangely deserted.
Only the bawling bus man for the
hotel, the station agent wrestling with
a trunk or two-that was all. Fair
child looked about him in surprise.
then approached the agent.
whats happenedF'
"A lot. From what / hear it's
strike that's going to put Ohadi on
the map again."
"Who made itr'
Don't know. Some fellow came
running down here an hour or so ago
and said there'd been a tremendous
strike made on the hill, and everybody
beat 1t up there"
Fairchild went on. to turn into de-
serted street,-a street where the
doors of the stores had been left open
and the owners gone. Everywhere II
was the same; II was as II Ohadi sud-
denly had been struck by some catas-
trophe which had wiped out the whole
population. Only now and then hu'
man being appeared, a few persons
left behind at the banks. but that was
about all. Then from far away. up
the street leading from Kentucky gulch
came the sound Of cheering and shout
ing. Soon a crowd appeared, led by
gesticulating, vociferous men. who
veered suddenly into the Ohadi bank
at the corner, leaving the multitude
without for a moment, only to return
their hands full Of gold certificates
which they stuck into their hats
punched through their buttonhoies
stuffed into their pockets, allowing
them to hang half out, and ever
| jammed down the collars Of theil
rough shirts. making outstanding dec
orations of currency about theil
necks. On they came. closer-closer
and then Fairchild gritted his teeth
There were four Of them leading tn
parade. displaying the wealth tina
stood for the bonanza Of the silvel
strike they had just made. four mei
whose names were gall and wormwoot
to Robert Fairchild.
Blindeye Bozeman and Taylor BIZ
were two Of them. The others wer'
Squint and Maurice Rodaine!
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paratory to going back to his work.
threw 1t aside and began to roll down
his sleeves.
.We're going to ave look at It"
"A look? What good would it-T
"A cat can look at q king" said
Harry. They can't arrest us for go
ing up there like everybody else"
"But to 90 there and ask them to
look ut their riches"
There amt no law against it,"
He reached for his carbide lamp.
hooked to a small chink Of the hang
ing wall, and then pulled his hat over
his bulging forehead Carefully he
attempted to smooth his straying mus
tache. and failing. a. always. gave up
the Job.
.Td be 'appy, just to lock at It," hs
announced. ~Come on Let's forget
90 they are and just Be lookers-on-" !"
Fairchild agreed against his win.
Out Of the shaft they went and on up
the hill to where the townspeopls
again were gathering shout the open
iug Of the Silver Queen A few were
going In. Fairchild and AIRY Joined
them.
A long walk, STOPPING most of the
way. AZ the progress was made
through the narrow. low-roofed tun.
mel; then q slight raise which. Travelled
for 4 fair distance at an easy grade
at last to stop; and there before them
jammed between the rock, was the
strike, a great. heavy streaking vein
nearly six feet wide, In which the on
stuck forth In tremendous chunks
embedded In q black background
Harry eyed 1t studiously.
"You can see the silver sticking
| out!" he announced ut last. It's won
| derful-even II the Rodaines did do II
Come on. Boy. let's us get out Of ere
I'll be. getting the blind staggers II
stay much longer"
Fairchild accompanied him word
lessiy. 1t was as though Fate hat
played q deliberate trick. that IL Nigh
laugh at him. And ~ he wake,
along, he wondered more than eve
about the mysterious telegram and th
mysterious conversation Of the greaG
Barnham In Denver.
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FOR HAPPINESS AND LIFE
United Effort Will Make Addition to
Both Possible In Every Part
Of the Country.

There ought to be course OF civic
esthetics in every college, and youths
should be taught that Beauty is worth
while. declares writer in the Chi
cago Herald and Examiner
There ought to be at least one artist
employed by every manufacturing
company to idealize and glorify the
work.
Esthetics Is not q niminy-piminy.
sissy affair. II means happiness. It
means an interesting life. And hap
piness and life are what we are all
after.
America II the richest country In
the world. There Il no reason why It
should not be made the most charm
Ing
Beauty and art are fed by the sur
plus means Of people. We have the
surplus.
We csnnot maintain the leadership
Of the world II We are only vulgariy
rich.
And let n use our riches not to
al museums with old world frag>
ments. nor to build gingerbread freak
houses here and there. but to make
every town and city and farm . thing
Of beauty and % q Joy forever.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-11-04
CHAPTER XIV

Had II been any one else, Fairchild
would have shouted for happiness and
Joined the parade. As 1t was, ne
stood far to one side, silent. grim
figure, watching the miners and towns
people passing before him. leaping
about in their happiness. calling to
him the news that he did not want to
hear:
The Silver Queen had shit" The
faith Of Squint Rodaine. maintained
through the years. had shown his
Derspicacity. 1t was there; he al
ways had said It was there. and now
the strike had been made at last. lead
silver ore. running as high as two hum
dred dollars ton. It meant every
thing for Ohaai II meant that mining
would boom now, that soon the hills
would be clustered with prospectors,
and that the little town would blossom
as q result Of possessing one Of the
rich silver mines Of the state.
Fairchild felt cheap. He felt de-
feated. He felt small and mean not
to be able to Join the celebration
Souint and Maurice Rodaine possessed
the Silver Queen: that they. OF all
persons, should be the fortunate ones
was bitter and hard 10 aeespt. Why
| should they, Of every one In Ohadi. be
the lucky men to find q silver bonanza.
that they might haunt II before him.
that they might Increase their stand
| ine In the community. that they might
raise themselves to q pedestal In the
| eyes Of every one and thereby rally
| about them the whole town In sny
| diflculty which might arise In the, fu-
turef II hurt rairchild. II sickGned
him. He saw now that his enemies
were more powerful than ever. And
for q moment he almost wished that
he had. yielded down there In Denver
that he had not given the ultimatum to
the greasy Barnham. that he had ae
cepted the offer made him-and gone
on. out Of the fight forever.
Anitai What would II mean to her
Already engaged. already having giver
her answer to Maurice Rodaine. this
now would be an added incentive foI
her 20 follow her promise. It would
mean q possibility Of further argument
with her father, already too veal
| from Illness to dnd the means q
eysding the insidious pleas Of the fwt
men Who had taken his money ans
made him virtually their slave. Tn
| A,ture lcoked black for Robert Fair
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.'$2oo.oool"

6YNOPSIS-At Thornton rnir-
child's death his son Robert learns
there has been dark period In his
fathers life which for almost thir.
" years has caused him suffering.
The secret 10 hinted at In . docu-
ment left by the elder Fairchio'
which also informs Robert no -
now owner Of . mining claim In
Colorado. and advising him to see
Henry Beamish. . lawyer. Beamish
tells Robert his claim. silver
mine. il At Ohadi. thirty-eight
miles from Denver. He also warns
him against . certain man.
''SQuint" Rodaine. his fathers en-
amy. On the road to OhAdt from
Denver Fairchild assists . girl. ap-
parently In . frenzy OF haste. 20
change . tire on her auto. When
she has left. the sheriff and posse
appear, In purusit Of . bandit
Fairchiid bswiidered. misleads them
a TO the direction the Girl had
tkken. AZ Ohadi Fairchild y warm
" greeted by Mother" Howard.
clearinghouse keeper. for his fath-
er's sake. From Mother Howard.
Fairchild learns something OF the
mystery connected with the disap-
pearance Of "Sissie'' Larsen. his
father's co-worker In the mine. He
meets the girl he had assisted. but
she denies her identity. enc 70
Anita Richmond, Judge Richmond's
daughter. Visiting his claim Fair
child In shadowed by q man he
recognises from descriptions ~
..Souint" Rodaine. Back In Ohadi.
his fathers old friend. Harry Har-
kins, . Cornishman. summoned
from England by Beamish to help
rsirchild, halls him with Joy. The
pair ind the mine flooded and nave
not sufYicient funds to have II
pumped dry. Later IN the oay
''Souint" Rodaine announces that he
practically saw Harkins fall into
the Hooded mine. and evidently 10
drowned. Harkins being . general
favorits. the entire population turns
out to clear the flooded mine. When
the work u practically done. Harry
appears, apparently surprised ~
the turmoil. II had been . shreWd
trick ON his part to get the mine
pumped out without cost to him.
elf or FAirchild. and the men take
Il q . good Joke. FAirchiid learns
that Judge Richmond u dying. and
that he and Anita are m the power
Of the RodAineA They begin. e
partners. to work the mine. In
their hearts both fear Larson was
killed By Thornton FAirchild and
his body buried by . CAVERN which
destroyed the mine. At the 'NOld
Tfmes Ball. FAirchild dances with
Anita. to the discontinue Of Maur-
Ice Rodaine. son Of ''Scuint." sup
posed to he engaged to the girl.
A bandit holds up the dance and
shoots q msrrymaker. Maurice Ro-
daine claims he recognized the
bandit ~ Narkins. The latter 10
arrested. Fairchild interferes 10
save Anita from the bullying OF
the two Rodaines. and - mystided
at Anita's apparent ingratituds.
NAirchild puts up the claim ~
bond. and secures Harry's release
from Jail. Thsy ars offered &0ooo
for the clAtm. hy IN unknown
party. but agree % disregard H.
Clearing the mine. they come 10
whore thsy fear to ilnd LArssn's
remains A skeleton. In . miners
costume. which Harkins identities
q Larsen. b there. and there
sesma little doubt that Thoxnton
FAirchild was Q murdsrer. Fair
chi1d informs the coroner Of the
discovery Of tAo skslseon- Al the
tnoueg4 s.CraU Laura" castc6 Wtfe
4
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of the kind, in your mine-which, II
You will remember, brought about a
very disagreeable situation. And
through her very good connections In
another way, she is able to relieve
YOU of all your financial embarrass-
ment and procure for you from Ger
tain Eastern syndicate. the members
of which am not at liberty to name.
an offer of 100000 for your mine. All
that Is necessary for you to do Is to
say, the word"
Fairchild leaned forward.
"And Of course" he said caustically.
"the name Of this mysterious feminine
friend must be a secretT'
Certainly. No mention OF this
transaction must be made to her d.
rectly, or Indirectly. Those are my
specific instructions"
"Do you want my answer nowF
AT any time when you have given
the matter sufficient thought"
THAT'S been accomplished already.
And there's no need OF waiting. want
to thank you exceedingly for your Of
fer, and to tell you-that you can 60
straight to h-ll!"
And without looking back to see
the result of his ultimatum. Fairchild
rose, strobe to the door. unlocked 1t.
and stamped down the hall. He had
taken snap judgment. but in his heart,
he felt that he was right. What was
more, he was as sure as he was sure
of life itself that Anita Richmond
had not arranged the interview and
did not even know Of 1t. One streak
ing name was fitting through Fair
child's brain and causing 1t to seethe
with anger. Cleverly concealed though
the plan might have been. nicely ar
ranged and carefully planted. to Rob-
ert Fairchild 1t all stood out plainly
and clearly-the Rodaines!
And vet whyf That one little word
halted Fnirchild as he left the eleva-
ter. Why?, What did they know
about the Blue Poppy mine. when
neither he nor Harry had any idea OF
| what the future might hold for them
theref That day in court Rodaine
had said that the Blue Poppy mine
was q good property and that 1t was
worth every cent of the value which
had been placed on 1t. How did nc
knowr And why?
Suppose that It had been Anita
Richmond after all who had arranged
| this? 1t was logical in way. Maurice
Rodaine was the one man who coult
give direct evidence against Harry as
the man who had held up the Ole
Times dance, and Anita now was en-
gagged to marry him. Judge Richmond
had been a friend Of Thornton Fair
child: could it have been possible tha
this friendship might have entailet
the telling Of secrets which had no
been related to anyone else? TIT
matter Of the finding of the skeleton
could be handled easily, Fairchil'
saw. through Maurice Rodaine. On
word from him to his father coul'
change the story Of Crazy Laura ant
make It, ON the second telling. onl,
the maundering tale Of an insane
herb-gathering woman. Anita coul'
have arranged II. and Anita Nigh
have arranged II. Yet, why shoul'
she have gone through this procedur
10 reach himf Why had she not gon
| to Farrell with the proposition-to
man whom sss knew. Fairchild trusi
Cd, instead os 70 . greasy. hand-ruh
bling shysterf And besides-
i But the question was past answer
ing now. Fairchild had made his d
eision. and, hs had told the lawye
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.Harry, this vein deesnt ieek
liise much, but n you're saHss,
Pm eane.s
ero BE CoNrINUEDJ


Maonifisd TsisseA
Trifies that amount f0 little are too
frequently msgnined and those which
really should receive stfenfion sfe ig-
Eored This Is bes.xHse too many men
and women hack ability property to e.
innate the valne II things. Abiiify d
apprai-e u at pEemfum n0waaayp
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Saving Money ea 9ssser Building.
TIE district which was severed for
q residence district may ultimately b.
esme q manufacturing one. In which
case many OF the sewers win Be abanr
dened. because Of the vaeatin& Of 80 No
sf the streets to consolidate various
blecks into enc area Of suficieat size.
The more despite the Information
concerning the NaA. density and char
scter Of the eeeuRahiop Of an,y distsies
or none 70 hs severed the less hkelt
heed there b Of mistits on sewer de-
sign With the resulting financial lose
d shutting pzopersY owners
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ue00t1Soo w. ~ 0ttSO09r0&
No billboards win BE- permitted IN
residential and apartment building dis
tricts under the New York city xoning
ordinance now being formulated. It be-
came known. when Building Commits
sioner Bostrom announced the uses to
which property may be put In the 1--WE
ZONES proposed by the measure.
Billboar1s win Be allowed only In
business, commercial and manufactur.
ing districts, according to the classi-
ficatfOn Of property IseA There will
be scores Of zones Of each Of the five
types in the city. according to Mr.. Bos-
from. who asserts that In laying out
the zones common sense" has been
the commissions prsacipAl guide. IN
some eases. especially where COM
mercial and manufacturing 1ones Join
each other. the line between them will
not be hard and fast. but the twe win
Be shaded" into zach other. he said
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Fsress Hands % Diiatssy citi1snA
Dallas. Texas. cuts the weeds On the
vacant lotS In town and charges the
expense to the ownefA
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-06-07
PIERCEHARRELL

Andrew Lee Pierce and Louise
Harrell were quietly married Tues
day evening at 8 o'clock at the home
of the brides parents at 1177 Iowa
street.
The date of the marriage had
been set for June 10, but desiring to
spring a surprise on their friends,
they decided to advance the wedding
dates several days.
Mr. Pierce is native of Iowa and
came here several months ago with
the Harkins family. He is an in
dustrious young man with a host of
friends throughout the city.
Mrs. Pierce is popular young
lady and has lived here with her
parents for a number of years. She
has been employed at Rose Broth
ers confectionery for the last few
months and is one of Ashland's most
pleasing personalities.
The young couple are spending a
few days at Medford visiting, and
on their return here, will proceed to
Buck Lake where Mr.. Pierce will
be in the employ of the forestry de-
partment during the summer.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-06-07
TWO BRIDES PLEDGE
TROTH ON HYMEN ALTAR
MACKENZIElBLUNIE

A. b. Mackenzie and Miss Eliza.
beth Blume were married yesterday
in Portland, according to informa-
tion that has reached this city.
Mr.. Mackenzie has been in Ash
land for the past few years and has
been in the garage business in the
Hotel Ashland building at the corner
of Pioneer and East Main street for
several months. He is one of Ash
land most congenial young men aid
has a large circle of friends.
Mrs. Mackenzie is also quite fav-
orably known particularly among
the educators of the city, having
been teacher in the departmental
work at the Junior High school
during the past two years.
Mr.. Mackenzie drove to Portland
few days ago in a Paige roadster
and he and his bride will return in
few days in the same machine,
They will make their home in
Ashland, having purchased the Bos-
Tough bungalow on Hillcrest place,
before they left for the northern
city.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-06-07
Notice of Appointment of Executor
and to Present Claims

In the County Court of the County
of Jackson in and for the State Of
Oregon.
In the Matter of the Estate OF
Virginia Fales, deceased.
Notice is heraby given, that |.
Abraham Lincoln Lamb, have been
appointed by the said court as the
executor of the estate of Virginia
Fales, deceased All persons having
claims against the said estate are
hereby required to present the same.
duly verified, to the undersigned, or
his attorneys, Briggs & Briggs, In
the Pioneer block, in Ashland, Ore
gon, within six months from the
date of the first publication of this
notice.
Date of first publication, June Z,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN LAMB.
1922. 41-4wed
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-06-07
HIKE TO LAMBS NINE
DECORATION DAY

A party Of sixteen young people
hiked up the canyon Tuesday after
noon as far as Lambs mine, where
they enjoyed a fine picnic dinner
and whiled away the time until the
cool of the evening.
Those in the party were Misses
Catherine and Frances Pratt, Ethel
Reid, Kennedy, Jessie Thatcher
Jean Anderson, the Messrs. John
Rigg, l. C. Wilson, Fred and Rein
hart Kruggel, Glenn Hale, Alta
Powell, Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Gunter
and Dr. and Mrs. w. J. Crandall.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-06-07
Visit Relatives

Mr.. and Mrs. f. G. Roberts motor
ed up from the ranch near Med
ford and spent Sunday with their
sisters, Mesdames E. E. Gall and
Lulu Van Wegen. On their return
home in the evening they were ac-
companied by their sisters and Mr
and Mrs. Merritt Randles and baby
Robert, who went with them to the
cemetery at Central Point, where
they decorated the graves of rela
tives. and then went on to the ranch
where they made a short visit before
returning home.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-06-07
Embroidery Club Meets

The Friday Afternoon Embroidery
club met this week with Mrs. NJ
Dyrud, on Fourth street. The af-
ternoon was spent IN the usual man
ner with small talk and all kinds OF
needlework, after which dainty re-
freshments were served, consisting
Of sandwiches. ice cream bricks and
cake. Those present were Mesdames
o. W. Long, H. C. Emery. ]. c. Poor
C. A. Cotter, Frank Nelson and M.
Dyrud.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-06-07
Entertains Past Matrons Club

The Past Matrons club of the Or
der of Eastern Star was delightfully."-
entertained Wednesday evening at
the home of Mrs. E. d. Briggs, on
Almond street The hostess was
assisted in serving the delicious re-
freshments by Mrs. c. S. Butler.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-06-07
Here from Canada

Here from Canada-
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Sair have ar
rived from Battleford, Sask., to visit
Mrs. Sair's mother, Mrs. Patterson,
on Fourth street. They spent three
weeks on their way here, stopping
at Vancouver, B. @, Seattle and
Portland to visit for a short time.
They are very much delighted with
our city and expect to remain inde-
finitely, Mr.. Sair having taken a
position in the Fourth Street barber
shop for the present.
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Plan for Picnic

A committee composed Of EN-
ployes of the local telephone ex
change, attended a meeting at Med
ford Saturday evening and with
committees from Medford and
Grants Pass, made plans for the an
nual picnic of the employees in the
valley.