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