A shland D aily T idings
SHLAND climate without the aid
ot Medicine, cure« nine caie« ottt
of ten of Asthma. This 1« a proven
fact.
A
p i iLARIA Germs cannot survive
A • three month« in the rloh osone
at Ashland.
The pure domestic
water helps.
International News Wire Service
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VOLUME
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(Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Vol. 43)
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ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1921
No. 23
100 ARE KILLED AS STORM SWEEPS JAPAN
Consolidate R. R.
Properties Plans
Of Commission
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IN S IS T S «
MASS MEETING AT CITY HALL
DEVELOPS
A
DISCUSSION ; .
FREE-FOR-ALL
METER
QUES­
TION IS ARGUED BY ORCHARD-
ISTS.
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Before a meeting of fifty inter­
ested citizens and irrigation farm ­
ers at the city hall yesterday eve­
ning, K enneth Shibley, San F ran ­
cisco engineer and m anager of the
C alifornia F ilter company, re ite ra t­
ed his statem ent made before the
city council Monday evening to the
effect th at an enorm ous waste of
w ater was prevalent in Ashland His
talk, which was virtually the same
as th a t made before the council and
published in yesterday’s Tidings,
was followed by a free-for-all dis­
cussion among the audience, mem­
bers of which directed rapid-fire
questions at the speaker.
At times the trend of discussion
threatened to make the installation
of m eters, which would necessitate
an expenditure of approximately
$30,000, the issue in the many-cor­
nered debate.
Much opposition among the irri­
gation farm ers against m eter in stal­
lation was expressed, not on the
ground of the
initial expense for
such action. but because of the
claimed added expense to the users
Oppouents, among whom were in­
cluded John H. Dill, orchardist and
farm er, asserted th a t m etering of
the w ater supply would m ake it im­
possible for the growers to continue
on a money-making basis. The
orchardists contended th at, owing to
n ature of the soil here, which is said
to be largely of graqite composition,
more water was needetf here than in
the m ajority of places throughout
the country which have taken as a
basis for figures of two acre feet of
w ater per year, the maximum
necessary demand for irrigation
purposes.
Figures from the city
w ater departm ent show a use of
three acre feet in Ashland.
In spite of all argum ents brought
out by the orchardists. Mr. Shibley
m aintained th a t a great am ount of
w ater was wasted in Ashland. He
Aid not attem pt to say how or
where the waste was. lie said the
solution should be left to the engi­
neer and insisted th at a w ater su r­
vey should be made. “The waste
is existant,” he said, “and at the
most only
3,500,000
gallons of
w ater can be accounted for. w here­
as between 5,500 and 6.000,000 gal­
lons are being used daily. I ’m not
tryin-g to blame the irrig ato rs; I
don’t know where the loss exists.’’
As a source of possible loss, Mr.
Shibley rem arked th a t there were
2,000 w ater service taps on the city
system.
The average ratio, he
claimed, was five persons to every
tap.
It was contended by the irrigators
th a t the greatest am ount of waste,
if any, was by the owners of small
tracts and city-law ns. It was as­
serted by many th at no waste at all
existed.
Some qualified th eir re­
m arks with “ not th a t much waste.’
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept.
<S> 2§.— Plans for the consoiida-
tion of the railway properties
of the United States into nine-
•> teen systems
was announced
♦ today by the in terstate com-
merce commission.
■?> The proposed plans are in ac-
♦ cordance with the provisions
'•> of the in terstate commerce act
and is intended as a recommen-
® dation for the solution of the
nation’s transportation diffl-
culties.
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French Money Misuse
Is Charged By Germany
H az IÇik
GRAVEL PIT JOB
Arrest Of River
Pirates Discloses
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CHICAGO.
Sept.
28.- An
■§> illic it liq u o r rin g t h a t is he- ■•s>
•$> lieved to have smuggled in vast -•>
?> quantities of contraband booze •
; ?> into Chicago was uncovered to- *
?> day with the arrest ' of ten •
“river pirates." The men were
•> arrested as they waited for the
THREE H UNDRED FISHERMEN
I
arrival of the launch which is
I »ROW NED; D 1 S P A T C H E S
•> believed by officers to have a <•>-
FROM ABROAD ARK STOPPED
•> shipm ent of liquor on board . <♦>
The police and federal agents 4^
AND PA PER S CARRY LOCAL
»> are endeavoring to find the Q
launch.
NEWS ONLY.
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TOK1O, Sept. 28.— The death toll
MEDFORD, Or., Sept. 28.— Milton
resulting from a terrific storm which
BERLIN, Sept. 28.— Sensational
W. Huson, an employe a t the county
has swept northern and western
disclosures of the method in which
gravel pit near this city, died
•Japan mounted to nearly 400 today.
the French used the money supplied i'
yesterday noon a t the Sacred H eart
Three hundred fishermen are re­
by Germany for the upkeep of th e|
j hospital from injuries sustained in
ported to have lost their lives in the
French arm y of occupation a t the
an accident at the pit plant early
Toyama district alone. It is esti­
time when Germany
could b a re ly 1
Tuesday forenoon. He was 49 years
mated th a t more than 3,000,000
meet her indemnity and obligations,
old, resided a t Sunset Place, between I
homes are inundated. Nogoya and
was unleashed today amid a storm
here and Jacksonville, and leaves a
Sometimes 1- wonder, if I was a
Kobe are the centers the hardest hit
; of dissension in the reichstag
There will be eighteen or twenty j wlfe and several children. Every-
by the storm. Reports received here
hew guy, just from a great center!
one ¡tine in the official treasury
A telegram has been received state th at the harbor of Nogoya pre­
cars a t the Siskiyou county fair from th in g possible was done to save th e of population, With a pocketful of report was th a t Germany, upon
Ashland today as a result of th e ! un£oi'tu n ate man s life, but 10 no
from A. J. McCallen stating th at sents a scene of disaster. W ire com­
'money, a headful of ideas and a ! orders from the French generals,
Chamber of Commerce co m m ittee's! avaib
had
won
the tw enty- m unication has been badly in ter­
hatful of bunk, whether I would | had 8UPPlied- 731,000 m arks for the Oregon
efforts at having Ashland make a
' be accident occurred a t 8:40
erection of houses for im m oral p u r - itbird Place medal in the national rupted and no dispatches from
little noise at the neighboring coun- ° ’c,ock in the morning, incidental to look upon everybody in a small
poses in the French zone of m ilita ry ' rifle matches recently held in Camp abroad are being received. Newspa­
ty ’s annual showdown of what It ear* the startin g up of the plant, which community who opened their mouth,
occupation.
j p e rry, Ohio. This is a signal honor, pers here are going to press with
do. The sta rt was not quite as uni i had beeu closed down for some time offered a suggestion, or asked a
Tbe cost of m aintaining the a l­ as tw enty-third place is a high rank only the local news.
form as the committee had expected, pafd' A force of ten or fifteen em-
question, as a “gossip” and “moss- lied arm ies of occupation was esti­ ami places Oregon again in the fore-
some startin g earlier aud some later ployes was assembled waiting for
FILM ACTRESS
'back.” Somebody with calons hands mated to be half th at of the rem ain­ i most ranks.
Last year the state
than the schedude of 2,30 o ’clock operations to be resumed, including
TESTIFIES AGAINST
had to come first and blaze the trail, der of Germany.
j team made a very poor showing, and
The com m ittee hopes th a t the plan ■ Ilu8on’ who was in tem porary charge
“FATTY” ARBUCKLE
or the place would never have looked
it is due in no small m easure to the
of having all cars meet at the Yreka lu tbe ab3ence of the regular man
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 28.— skill of the local F irst company men,
attractive enough to some bf us’
city lim its and effect a parade will who hel d th at position.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 27.— "Wo
A fter everything was put in read- *ven t0 llg b t> and besides. som etim es| Controversy is brewing in the Ger- A. J. McCallen and J. Q. Adams,
be a success.
went
into the room and found Vir­
iness to sta rt th e plant, which lfl It is not a b a d idea to look a strang-1 man reichstag over the clause iu- th a t this medal was won this year.
ginia
Rappe
on the b ed ju lly clothed,
h .11 there ' will be a delegation
an<-
o -'er over b®iore
take
too firm a l i v i n g of the reparations .........
commis-;
In addition to competition with
gether
o£, operated
operate«» by a a fifty-horsepower
ntty-horsepow er m
mo-
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bat with her h air down, moaning as
100 representative citizens, includ- j to r’ L
Skinner, of the California- hold on him, lest he pan out like ¡«ion in the German-American treaty teams from every state in the union,
if she was in pain,” testified Zeb
i
on
the
groundl
th
a
t
it
would
make
th e local men went up against scores
ing quite a sprinkling of the old i Oregon Pow er company staff, start- the stran g er in “ ’Osler Jo e.’’
the
present
German
government
as­
HAZ KIK.
Of inen from rifle team s all over the Prevost. one of the state's s ta r w it­
pioneer descendants, at today’s p ro -' ed up tbe rao£or with Huson, w h o ;
nesses against Arbuckle a t the fifth
sume for the German people respon-, (’nited States
gram of the fair and rodeo a t Yreka. t was to have operated the machinery ■ SEXATB
»TARTS
jsibility for the world war. according; McCallen’ and Adams are now on session of his prelim inary hearing
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(a fte r it had been placed in opera- ‘
to official advices received by r e r ! llieir way batk lo Ashland by way on a charge of m urdering the film
tion, beside him.
!
FIGHT AGAINST R. R.
Canadian Pacific route Their actress.
Scarcely had the machinery gotten!
TRANSPORTATION TAX publican senators and which are u m tof
She testified th at when she e n ­
derstood to have been transm itted ABhland trieud8 and t he F irst com-
in full operation when a wire on
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tered the room Miss Rappe was
to the state departm ent.
pany hoys will welcome their re-
the cable of the drum of the elec­
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 28.— I
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screaming, “ I’m dying; oh, I know
! turn.
tric hoist, to the horror of Mr. Skin- The senate agricultural bloc has ¡SOUND KNELL OF
i’m dying!” Miss Prevost said thnt
F ir S f C o m p a n y
an.tl
others in sight, caughi started a fight against the retention
“ HELP" AGENT AT
the girl then started tearing off her
, Huson’s sleeve and he was wound of half the present tran sp o rtatio n tax
NATIONAL .TINI EREN. E
fljjf g g jjJ j
clothing. Arbuckle helped her tear
around the drum four tim es before on freight, pullm an and passenger j
off her waist and then started te a r­
Skovgaard, the noted Danish vio­ th e m achinery came to a stop, al­ railroad rates, as proposed by t h e . WASHINGTON. I). C., Sept. 28.-
ing off the rest of her clothing. She
linist, will give Ashland music lov­ though Mr. Skinner had turned off revision bill
Senator McNary has The abolition of all private employ-
and Mrs. Delmont finished the re ­
ers a music feast Thursday night at th e cu rren t immediately he had seen offered an am endm ent for the re-I ment agencies and the establishm ent
m ainder of the clothing.
the Armory under the auspices of H uson’s sleeve caught on the cable peal of all transportation taxes by of a fedbral employment system to
Miss Prevost corroborate«! the ice
the F irst company, Oregon National The momentum, however, caused the Jan u ary 1, 1922, as provided by the ' bring the w orkers and jobs together
story told yesterday by Semnacher.
drum to continue to revolve several
guard.
house tax bill.
was advocated before the national
She said
The m andate for the delivery to m anager for Miss Rappe
Music lovers are
requested to 'tim e s,
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unemployment conference by a long
th
at
Mrs.
Delmont
ordered.
“ Don’t
(he state prison at Salem of Pater
bring flowers of every kind and de-
Tbe injured man was extricated
WASHINGTON. D.
Sept.. 28.—- list of witnesses.
do
th
a
t!”
and
Arbuckle
stopped.
F. (Dutch Fete» Strauff and Frank
scription in order th a t the stage may quickly and a doctor was hurriedly A drive for an am endm ent to the
“Vicious, dishonest, and labor vul-
be decorated as attractively as pos- summoned to give first aid, and also senate rules to perm it cloiture or re- ( tudes” were term s used by witnesses Rod at, convicted of the attem pted
INDIANAPOLIS. Tnd„ Sept. 28.—
robbery of the Gold Hill hank last
sible.
nn ambulance. It was seen at once
striction of debate, to be invoked by : in describing, the m anner in which
The G rand Army of the Republic,
April, has been received, and the
Reserved seats are now on sale a t ‘ tb a t bis injuries
were probably th e m ajority, instead of tw o-thirds the private employment
agencies
in
national encampment here, went
two men will be taken to Salem a t
Rose Brothers, and Ashland people 1 fatal, and Huson was taken to the
vote, as at present, was s ta rte d by a operate. They are described as in­
on
record a« condemning the Ku
once, exact day and time kept secret
are advised to get them reserved at j hospital a fte r being given first aid. group of republican senators friend­
creasing unemployment ra th e r than by the sheriff’s office, which fears Klnx Kian
once. The F irst company is under;
ly to the administration today.
decreasing it.
(Continued
on
Page
4)
the two men will make a dash for
contract with Mr. Skovgaard where-!
liberty. The pair recently w ithdrew N ew Yendotne
by they receive a large portion of
Mr. and Mrs W. A. Hudnell will
th e ir appeals to the suprem e court
the advance seat sale, consequently
take
charge of the Vendome a p a rt­
for a new trial. Influential friends
every one wishing to help the First
ments
and room in »r bouse October 1.
have promised assistance in placing
company is ask ed to buy seats in ad­
(heir cases before the board of par­
vance and thereby a large sum so
dons.
paid goes to the f i r s t company.
The men were convicted, and the
Practically all of the money received
entire
case hangs on the question of
the night of the perform ance goes
Identification, and the testim ony of
to Mr. Skovgaard. consequently the
an ex-convict th at
he had been
advance seat sale will be of the
“
tipped
off”
th
a
t
the
robbery was
greatest help to the F irst company
to
occur
on
a
certain
night. The
and will insure b etter seats for the
chief witness for the state said he
ticket purchasers.
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An apple exhibition will be held
“ couldn't tell them from a China­
Mr. Skovgaard comes to Ashland
at
Medford in October, according to
m an” at the prelim inary hearing,
as an a rtis t and is being presented
the
plans of the Medford chamber
but was very positive ‘at the trial,
to th e Ashland public at a price far
though adm itting the cobbers had of commerce. Although this dis­
less than is ordinarily charged at
A shland a H om e City
their faces blackened, wore masks, play will be held at the exhibit room
his performances.
“This is a home city with g a r­
aud it was m idnight in the back at Medford, it will not be a Med­
Captain Briggs, of the F irst com­
ford affair, but for all of the Rogue
dens; we need more w ater,’’ re­
Voom of the Gold Hill bank.
pany, stated today th a t any one a t­
m arked one resident. A nother was
Both men have prison records, River valley.
tending who did not think th a t he
It is estimated that there will be
applauded when he stated. “We have
which weighed heavily against them.
got his money’s worth a t th e per­
in
the neighborhood of 1,000 cars
fine w ater here; very seldom any one
Strauff was pardoned Christm as day,
form ance would have his money re­
of
apples
this year. At no time in
dies. No irrigation, no tow n.’’
1918. Both- protest their inno­
turned at the door, which is an ex­
In advocating the filter, Mr. Shlb
the hiBtory of the Rogue River val-
cence vigorously.
tremely liberal offer to any au d i­
‘ ley has there been the tonnage in
ley explained th at the purifying of
ence
apples as during this year and due
the city's w ater would make the in­
S.OOO JAPANESE
The F irst company, in order to
stallation ’of m eters possible by ob­
/to the moisture which fell during
DOCK WORKERS
provide itself with club rooms, is
viating clogged meters. The filter,
STOP SHIPYARDS^ la®t winter and spring the apples
indebted to the F irst N ational hank
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¡ have attained remarkable size.
he said, would cost approximately
in the sum of about $600. and it Is I
$1 50 per capita per day to oper-|
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Sept. 28.— • The committee which is to have
necessary for the Ashland public to,
Five thousand dockyard workers ■ charge of the Rogue River valley
ate, inclusive of operation costs and j
respond in order to help them pay i
the interest and depreciation of thej
have struck here and are demanding 1'apple exposition has not as yet been
i a 30 per cent increase in wages.
investm ent. It was stated the aver­ th is no-inconsiderable sum.
appointed, so that no announcement
Clippings which have been re­
The strike will seriously interfere can be made as to the manner In
age home owner in Ashland spends
ceived from newspapers from differ­
at least $10 per year in. w ater pipe,
with the naval construction program which apples will be displayed.
ent cities all over the coast indicate
now being carried out in the Yoko­ There undoubtedly will be plate dis­
repairs, according to a local plumb­
th at Mr. Skovgaard has been re­
er, because of the debris gathering
hama shipyards and will add to the plays of the various varieties and
ceived with the utm ost enthusiasm .
in the w ater fixtures.
delay th a t has already been oc­ instead ot full-sized commercial
They have a ll,b e e n lavish in their
casioned by the labor troubles in boxes, one-layer boxes will be sub­
commendation ,
(Continued on Page Four)
other Japanese shipyard«.
stituted.
100 ASHLANDERS
ATTAIN HONORS IN
SISKIYOU CO. FAIR
Advance Seat Sale
Armory Program to
(J q /J
Robbers to Start
Prison Term Soon
D
Valley Apple Show
Preparations Are
Made-Next Month
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