I A IHLAND climate, without the aid [ * * of medicine, cures nine eases out of ten of asthma. This Is a I tfflrten fact* Z= A shland D aily T idings A lA LAR IA germs cannot survive) *’ * three monthB in the rich oconel at Ashland. The pure domestic wa ter helps. (International News Wire Service) ÆMÊ 3 (Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Voi. 43) ASHLAND, OREGON~FRTDAY, JANUARY 13, 192? No. 112 SIXTEEN BURIED IN SCRANTON COAL MINE Disregard of Rules Causes of Wreck ABOUT TWENTY PUPILS WILL FINISH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WORK AND ENTER THE HIGH SCHOOL NEXT SEMESTER. B oth th e Low er G rades and Junior H igh School Had a Splendid A t ten d an ce During P ast H alf Year; <75 E n rolled In Junior H igh. SALEM , O r., J a n . 13.— E x o n e ra t ing th e m em b ers of th e tr a in crew s from re sp o n sib ility fo r th e head-on collision of tw o p a sse n g e r tra in s a t Celilo, O r., D ecem ber 1, in w hich seven p e rso n s w ere k illed an d 73 in ju re d , th e s ta te pu b lic se rv ice com m ission to d ay re p o rte d th e fin d in g s of its in v e stig a tio n in to th e w reck. D isre g a rd of th e o rd in a ry ru le s of “ sa fe ty f i r s t ” by o p e ra tin g o ffic ia ls of th e O reg o n -W a sh in g to n ra ilro a d In a llo w in g tra in No. 12 to ru n over th e e a stb o u n d tra c k w ith o u t p ro p e r s a fe g u a rd s is b lam ed fo r th e w reck. One more week will bring to a close the first semester of the Ash land public schools, and it is con sidered by those close in touch with the school work, that 11 has been the most successful semester in point of work accomplished as well as in at tendance. The attendance at Junior high has been better than 95 per cent and at least half of this ap parent delinquency is the result of LONDON, J a n . 13.— U n d e r th e a few pupils who have very poor te rm s of th e A u g lo -F re n c h tre a ty of health. Very little need is found a in Ashland for the compulsory at llia n c e , G re a t B rita in p ro m ises to tendance law, as practically every go to w ar on th e sid e of F ra n c e in one knows the requirements of this th e ev en t of d ire c t, u n p ro v o k ed a g law and endeavors to act accord g ressio n a g a in s t th e F re n c h by G e r ingly. Junior high has an enrollment of m any. T he c o n tra c tin g p a rtie s a g re e 476 pupils, there being 10 more girls to a c t to g e th e r in case of v io la tio n than boys. The grades up to and in of th e V e rsaille s tre a ty . cluding the sixth have an enroll T4>e tre a ty w ill im p o se no o b lig a ment of 260, and there is one teach tio n s on th e B ritis h o v e rse a s d o m in er for each of these grades. Miss ions u n less it is fo rm a lly ra tifie d by Wattenbarger, Mrs. Umphlette, M iss' them. Bruner, Miss McCredie. Miss Ken- j nedy and Miss Smith have charge of [ the grades from the first to the Sixth, respectively. All of these are exceptionally good teachers and; have their worth In the Ashland schools as well as by previous work at other places, having an average of seven years teaching to their credit, which goes to show that Jun ior high has an excellent corps of teachers in the lower grades, and it would not be an easy matter to re place a single one of them. PASCO, W a sh ., J a n . 13.— T w enty- The pupils in these grades have one p e rso n s w e re in ju re d , six s e r all of the advantages of the best iously, w hen th e o b se rv a tio n c a r a n d schools in the country, being second one p u llm an of th e N o rth e rn P acific to none in the state of Oregon. The fifth grade is given a full course in N o rth C oast L im ite d le tf th e tra c k reading, arithmetic, writing, spell n e a r C onnell, W ash. F iv e of th e in ing, geography, history, music and ju re d w ere b ro u g h t to th e h o sp ita l drawing. In the sixth grade, phys h e re fo r tre a tm e n t. P h y sic ia n s d e iology is taken in addition to the c la re d th a t all w ould recover. O th e r in ju re d p a sse n g e rs, a fte r above. f ir On entering the seven B, the pu -1 s t aid w as re n d e re d , w ere ab le to pil finds a slightly changed condition re su m e th e ir jo u rn e y . A broken ja il caused the observa- — there being a _____ special teacher for each subject. At the same time they ition car to leave the track on a find a greater number of pupils in ! curve> Pulling the pullman after it. this class. class, a s all th e sev en th am? eighth g ra d e p u p ils in A sh lan d a re " ’ i“ *‘s<b‘-v B rid g e Club Meets— taught a t th e J u n io r high b u ild in g . M rs’ G uy Ja c o b s e n te r ta in e d th e These two g ra d e s co m p rise w h a t is " e,llW 9da-v B ridge clu b la s t W ednes- properly termed J u n io r high. (,av n ig b t’ tb e fo llo w in g lad ie s be- IÏ WHEN CARS ' LEAVE TRACK T h e w o rk in th is g ra d e is only p re s e n t: M esdam es C. A. C o tte r, s lig h tly ch a n g ed from th a t in t h e ' 0 ’ H H e d b u r&- W a lte r B evington previous grade, grammer being W a lte r F r u la n , G eorge M acV icar, taught during the B semester and J. C. P o o r, C. A. S h u tts , J . D. M cR ae, history during the A semester. Sew L. C. C h u rc h , R oy H ale. S. D y ru d , ing for the girls and physical train M iss E lsie A lex an d er. R e fre s h m e n ts ing for both boys and girls are new w ere served. subjects in this grade. Agriculture for the boys is taken New Dodge Mr. ana and Mrs’ G A. Cotter are up in the seventh A In this sub-k ™r- ____________ _ [s p o rtin g a b ra n d new D odge to u rin g (Cotftlnued on Page 4) car. Home of Mr. and Mrs. Paulserud Scene of Enjoyable Party Among the notable events of the season were those at which Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Paulserud, in their home at 124 Oak street, entertained their numerous friends Wednesday and Thursday nights with card and danc ing parties. The house was prettily decorated with numerous pot's of flowers, interspersed with the deli cate green of ferns. Punch was served throughout both evenings. Cards and dancing were the enjoy able entertainments indulged in. At I t o’clock an elegant and daintily appointed luncheon was served by the host and hostess, whose charm- lag hospitality permeating the home wW he a cherished memory for all the «M ats. These invited Wednesday were: Mrs. Hal McNair, Mr. and Mr. *ad Mrs. E lm o N eil, H. G. E n d e rs J r ., Mr. a n d M rs. V. V. M ills, A ndrew M cC allen, M iss H elen D ick erso n , Mr. a n d M rs. W illiam B riggs, Mr. a n d Mrs. T. J . C offm an, Mr. a n d M rs. H o w ard B a r re tt, Mr. a n d M rs. E d m u n d Dew s. Dr. a n d Mrs. R. L. B ur- dic, Mrs. E m m a C offee, Miss G eorgie C offee, F loyd P lace, J o h n F in n e ra n , M iss F e r n M urphy, Mr. an d Mrs. H. K. T o m lin so n , M r. a n d M rs. E a rl B eeson, J. A. K o h a g e n , Mr. a n d M rs. N a te B ates, H u g h B ates, Mr. a n d M rs. R ay M urphy, Mr. a n d Mrs. K e n n e th M cW illiam s, Mr. a n d Mrs. H a rry H a rris o n , M iss S idnia H elm an an d H a ro ld P ro se. T h u rs d a y n ig h t th o se p re s e n t w ere: M illard G d ubb, M iss A ileen (Continued on Page Four) Citizens National Shows Substantial increase tor Year E BEETLES NFEST SOUTHERN FATTY HAS HAD D E T R O IT , Ja n . S O ver one m illion a c re s tim b e r in s o u th e rn of O regon pine is in g re a t d a n g e r of bein g k illed by pine b eetles, a c co rd in g to a re p o rt just, m ade by A. J. J a e n ic k e of th e fo r est serv ice to th e d is tr ic t fo re ste r. T h e re h as been a pine b e e tle d a m ag e of a t lea st one a n d o n e -h a lf b il lion feet of yellow pine on th e in fested a re a d u rin g th e p a st te n y e a rs. T h e r e p o rt e m p h a size s th e n ecessity of p ro m p t co n tro l m e a s u re s if f u r th e r d a m a g e by th e pine b e e tles is to be p re v e n te d a n d th e e x ten sio n of th e d a m a g e to tim b e re d a re a s sto p p ed . T he tim b e r in q u e s tion covers an a c re a g e of 1,200,000 a c re s. H a lf of th is a re a is in p r i v a te o w n e rsh ip a n d th e o th e r h a lf under fe d e ra l c o n tro l c o n sistin g la rg e ly of n a tio n a l fo re s t a n d In d ia n re s e rv a tio n tim b e r. T h e tim b e r is lo cated in J a c k so n , K la m a th a n d L ak e c o u n tie s in O regon a n d in M od oc co u n ty in n o rth e rn C a lifo rn ia . T h e in fe ste d reg io n in O regon ta k e s in som e of th e G reen S p rin g s m o u n ta in 16 m iles e a st of A sh lan d , a n d e x te n d s s o u th w a rd to th e C ali fo rn ia line a n d n o rth w a rd to th e s a d d le of Buck la k e a n d J e n n y creek d ra in a g e . I t in clu d e s a ll th e tim b e r in O regon w hich lies b etw een A sh lan d a n d K la m a th lak e, so u th of th e D ead In d ia n c o u n try a n d a ll th e tim b e r in K la m a th an d L a k e c o u n tie s s o u th of S p ra g u e riv e r an d w est o f Goose la k e in L a k e co unty. T h e p riv a te tim b e r o w n e rs w hose p ro p e rty is th re a te n e d by th is b e e tle d e p ra d a tio n have o rg an iz ed th e m selves fo r th e c o n tro l of th e m en ace. h u t b e c a u se of th e in te rm in g le d c h a ra c te r of th e fe d e ra l a n d p riv a te o w n e rsh ip , it is n e c e ssa ry to in s titu te c o n tro l m e a su re s on th e fe d e ra l tim b e r a t th e sa m e tim e. T h e re p o rt b rin g s o u t th e fa c t th a t in o rd e r to e n a b le th e g o v e rn m e n t to h a n d le th e s itu a tio n on its ow n tim b e r an d p e r m it th e p riv a te o w n e rs to proceed sa fe ly w ith th e ir ow n fight, a g a in s t th e b e e tles, th e low er h o u se of con g ress h a s re c e n tly passed an a p p ro p ria tio n b ill c a rry in g $150,060. T im b e r in te re s ts of th e s ta te h av e th e ir re p re s e n ta tiv e s in W a sh in g to n , D. C., w h e re th e y w ill a p p e a r b e fo re th e s e n a te fin a n c e c o m m ittee and u rg e th e p a ssa g e of th is a p p ro p ria tio n bill. T h e p assag e of th e hili is c o n fid e n tly expected. T he c o n tro l m e a s u re s fo r th e s p rin g of 1922, w ill c o n sist of feY ing, p e e lin g a n d b u rn in g th e h a rk oi th e d y in g tre e s c o n ta in in g th e b e e tle s b e fo re th e in se c ts e m e rg e to a t- (Continued on Page Four) Ford May Build Expensive Cars T he a n n u a l m e e tin g of th e s to c k h o ld e rs of th e C itizens N a tio n a l bank of A sh lan d , w as held y e s te rd a y a f tern o o n in th e b a n k room s. T he c a sh ie r s u b m itte d an e x h a u s tive re p o rt sh o w in g th e a c tiv itie s of th e b a n k fo r th e p a st y e a r. T h is r e p o rt show ed an in cre ase in th e b u si ness of th e b a n k of som e $5000 ovei t h a t show n in th e s ta te m e n t issued fo r th e firs t h a lf of th e y e a r a n d seem s to in d ic a te a h e a lth ie r c o n d i tio n of b u sin ess. Im m e d ia te ly a f te r tn e s to c k h o ld e rs m ee tin g , th e new ly elected b o a rd of d ire c to rs convened a n d elected th e o ffic e rs fo r th e e n s u in g y ear. T h e d ire c to rs elected a re : C. B. L a m k in , W . F. Loom is, S. P a t te r son, W. M. Poley, J. P. D odge, J. W. M illner, a n d V. O. N. S m ith . T he o ffic e rs chosen a r e : J . P. D odge, p re s id e n t; C. B. L a m k in , vice p re s i d e n t; V. O. N. S m ith , c a s h ie r; F . S. E n g le, a s s is ta n t c a sh ie r: S. A. P e t e rs J r ., a s s is ta n t c a sh ie r. OF DOLL LIFE 13.— R e p re s e n ta tiv e s of E dsel F o rd a n d M otor com pany will bid th e fo r F o rd th e PANIC AMONG p ro p e rty of th e L incoln M otor com pany at th e a u c tio n se t fo r F e b ru a ry (B y I n te r n a tio n a l New s S ervice) 4, it w as s ta te d a t th e F o rd M otor SAN FRA N C ISCO , J a n . 13.— The! com pany offices a t D e a rb o rn to d ay . If th e F o rd com pany o b ta in s th e p a st fo u r m o n th s have been th e UP TO A LATE HOUR THIS MORN. I p ro p e rty , a new L incoln M otor com q u ie te s t in th e life of R oscoe ( F a tty ) ING ONLY TH REE MEN HAI) pany will be o rg an iz ed , It was s ta te d , BEEN RESCUED AND TAKEN A rb u ck le. and th e F o rd in te re s ts will begin TO HOSPITALS. Up u n til his a r r e s t ju s t fo u r th e m a n u fa c tu re of h ig h e r priced m o n th s ago th e fam o u s film com e c a rs th a n has been th e custom in th e From Present Indications It May lb d ian led a c a re -fre e existence. past. Days B efore Men ('an Bo Rein-Ins “ T h e p a r ty ’s th e th in g ! ” w as his — They Are B elieved to be Buri<-< m o tto , a c co rd in g to his frie n d s, and B eneath Tons o f Coal Rock. he a lw a y s so u g h t to get a ll th e fun a v a ila b le o u t of life. SCRANTON. P a., J a n . 13.— Six He s ta g e d p a rtie s g a lo re , (hey say, ten m in e rs w ere en to m b ed by a cave in th e old days. in in a m ine in S outh S c ra n to n th h T hen cam e a lm o st th re e w eeks in m o rn in g . Up to a la te h o u r this ja il. D u rin g th is tim e “ F a t ty ” m o rn in g only th re e m en, each ser ta lk e d to no one b u t his co u n sel. He iously in ju re d , had been rescu ed a u t h ad lots of tim e to th in k . ta k e n to th e h o sp ita ls. F re e d on bond w hen th e c h a rg e T h e cave-in, w hich o c c u rre d e a rlj a g a in s t him w as red u c e d to m a n th is m o rn in g , cam e w ith o u t w a rn in g s la u g h te r, he w en t to his L os A n ca u sin g a panic am o n g th e m in e rs geles hom e w ith his w ife, M inta D ur- B elief t h a t m ore p ro g re ss in gam e hom es. B u ildings w ere sh a k e n fee, w ho c am e from New Y ork to p ro te c tio n a n d p ro p a g a tio n has been w indow s b ro k en , a n d sle e p in g fam h is sid e w hen th e s to rm b ro k e e x p erien ced since th e last re g u la r ¡lies of m in e rs w ere tu m b le d Iron a b o u t him . She, who h ad been se p session of th e le g is la tu re w hen th e :h e ir beds. S tre e t p a v e m e n ts won a ra te d from him fo r th re e y e a rs, has com m ercial and g am e in te re s ts w ere c ru m b led as th e e a rth gave aw aj been h is c o n s ta n t co m p an io n ever s e p a ra te d , is ex pressed by S ta te b e n e ath them . since. She s a t th ro u g h every ses It is feared th a t a ll th e entom bec P A R IS , J a n . 13.— R aym ond P o in sion of his f ir s t tr ia l a n d w as w ith G am e W ard en B u rg h d u ff, in his a n n u a l re p o rt filed recen tly w ith th e m en a re dead, as it is g e n e ra lly be c a re , fo rm e r p re s id e n t of F r a n c e .' him w h en he a rriv e d h e re fo r his s ta te fish a n d g am e com m ission. lieved th a t th ey a re b u rie d b e n e a tl w ho w as d e sig n a te d by P r e s i d e n t ' second tria l. T h a t th e office of th e s ta te gam e to n s of coal a n d rock a n d from al M illeran d to form th e new m in is try “ F a t ty ’s ” c a rr e e r h a s been a pic w a rd e n lias been a fin a n c ia l success in d ic a tio n s it m ay be d ay s b e io n to succeed th e B rian d c a b in e t, ju s t tu re s q u e one. is show n by th e fact th a t th e receip ts th ey can be rea c h e d . resig n e d , will be u n a b le to co m p lete Born in Kansas exceed th e e x p e d itu re s by $55,- th e ta s k to d a y , he s ta te d a fte r a H e w as b o rn in K a n sa s in 1887. long c o n fe re n ce w ith M illeran d . H e He e a rly beg an to a c t an d to u re d 131.40. A dding th e b a la n c e from is m ee tin g w ith m an y d iffic u ltie s in w ith sto ck c o m p an ies an d fin ally had 1920 b rin g s th e to ta l b alan ce on h a n d to $80,488.13. s e c u rin g m in is te rs . a com pany of his ow n. L a te r on, One of th e m ost in te re s tin g fea w hen th e “ m o v ie s” beg an to ta k e tu re s of th e rep o rt is th e ta b le of hold, he s ta r te d w ith K ey sto n e, a t s ta tis tic s sh o w in g the a r r e s ts m ade $3 a day a s an e x tra m an. L a te r he by gam e w a rd e n s fo r v io latio n of th e got to be a le a d in g m an an d a d i fish and gam e law s. F o r th e year recto r. th e r e w ere 605 a rr e s ts for g am e law T h a t “ e x tr a ” m an , A rb u c k le , w as v io la tio n s a n d 50 for fisli law v io la q u ite a d iffe re n t m an fro m th e pie- tio n s. F ro m th is n u m b e r 92 w ere th ro w in g “ F a t ty ” in w hose h onor c o n tin u e d fo r se n te n c e, th e fines film p ro d u c e rs a n d e x h ib ito rs te n W ASH IN GTON, Jan. 13.— N ot a m o u n tin g to $18,780. d e re d a b a n q u e t in Los A ngeles F e b less th a n tw o b illions, seven h u n d re d T h e re w ere 3694 g am e b ird s lib ru a ry 16, 1917, on th e eve of his d e fifty m illio n s m u st be pro v id ed fo r e ra te d by th e com m ission and th e re p a rtu r e fo r New Y ork. th e s o ld ie rs ’ b o n u s o u t of th e p ro a re now on h a n d 1194 on th e C or ‘ F a t ty ” becam e a c o n n o isse u r of posed fo u r b illion B ritish bond issue, v allis farm a n d 2056 on th e E u g en e m o to r cars. H e alw ay s b o u g h t ca rs is th e ju d g m e n t of S e n a to r L odge, fa rm . th a t could speed, b u t th e a v e ra g e re p u b lic a n s e n a te lea d e r. L o d g e ’s One of th e a c tiv itie s of th e com “ cop” p assed “ F a tty ” up m o st of th e e s tim a te is based, it is s ta te d , upon m ission d u rin g th e p a s t y e a r was tim e, th ey w ere so r a p t in a s to n is h th e belief th a t from 72 to 75 per th e sa lv a g in g of th e fish from th e m e n t a t th e s ig h t of his cars. T his cent of ex-service m en will re q u ire C olum bia riv e r slo u g h s a n d th e lib w as th e re s u lt of h is p u rc h a s e of five a cash bon u s w hen th e a d m in is tra e ra tin g of them in o th e r w a te rs of d iffe re n t c u s to m -b u ilt b o dies fo r his tio n le a d e rs u n d e rta k e to c a rry Out th e s ta te . v a rio u s c a rs, a n d he a lw a y s in siste d the plan of lin k in g so ld ie r bonus on s h in in g nick el a n d loud colors. plan s w ith th e B ritish w a r debt. You c a n n o t b u ild a re p u ta tio n “ F a t ty ” g av e th e w orld a n o th e r T he plan involves th e sa le of fo u r on th e th in g s you a re going to do. th rill e a rly in 1919 w hen it w as a n billion d o lla rs w o rth of B ritish gov T h a t’s w hy th e C h a m b e r of C om n o unced th a t he h ad been sig n ed up e rn m e n t s e c u ritie s g u a ra n te e d by th e m erce h a s not a b e tte r re p u ta tio n . fo r th re e y e a rs by A dolph Z u k o r for A m erican g o v e rn m e n t as a p ra c tic a l T h e s e c re t of success lies in th e $ 3 ,000,000. W h e th e r th is w as to be m eans of m ee tin g th e g rav e p ro b d ire c tio n of th e C h a m b e r of Com a ll s a la ry o r w as to in clu d e th e tu r n lem s p re se n te d by th e s o ld ie rs ’ bon u s m erce, not on th e s tu ff it w o rk s ing o v er of a c e rta in n u m b e r of film s an d th e fo reign w a r d e b t; a t th e on. HAZ K IK . LONDON, J a n . 13.— G eorges C ar sa m e tim e p ro v id in g sta b iliz a tio n of (Continued on Page 4) p e n tie r, h e a v y w e ig h t ch am p io n box-1 th e in te rn a tio n a l econom ic a n d fi e r of E u ro p e , won his m atch h e re ' n a n c ia l c o n d itio n s b o th h ere a n d la s t n ig h t a g a in s t G eorge Cook, th e ab ro a d . A u s tra lia n heav y w eig h t. H e knocked Cook o u t in th e fo u rth ro u n d . LOGAN. W . Va.. J a n . 1 3 — In Poincare To Form French Ministry H az JÇik BULLETINS Friday the Thirteenth SAN FR A N C ISCO , Ja n . 13.— T he f ir s t p a n e l of 65 ju r o r s w as ex h a u ste d to d ay in a n e ffo rt to se cu re a ju ry to try A rb u c k le in h is second tria l fo r m a n s la u g h te r. J u r o r a f te r , j u r o r p leaded “ preconceived o p in io n ” to s e c u re rele ase from d u ty. d ic tm e n ts, c h a rg in g tre a s o n w ere re tu rn e d se c re tly y e ste rd a y by a g ra n d ju r y a g a in s t o ffic ia ls of th e U nited M ine W o rk e rs a n d w ere m ade public to d ay . T lie„ in d ic tm e n ts a re th e o u tg ro w th of th e a rm e d in arch la s t s u m m e r of th e m in e rs to th e L ogan co u n ty b o rd er. Second Anniversary Program Of National Prohibition Victory Sunday, 7:30 p. m., Presbyterian Church T he v a rio u s c h u rc h e s and o rg a n i r.on O ldfield. A d d ress— “ F o r th e za tio n s of th e city will u n ite to g e th S ak e of O ur F u tu r e C itiz e n s”— P ro f. S in g in g — H igh e r S u n d ay e v e n in g to c e le b ra te th is G eorge A. B riscoe. School Glee club. 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