I SHLAND climate, without tha ltd '
* * of medicine, cures nine eases
out of ten of astnma. This Is a
I proven fa c t
«
VOLUM E
3
A shland D aily T idings
(International News W ire Service)
(Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Voi. 43)
alaria Bermi cannot « m ir e
M
three months In the fleh cions
at Ashland. The pure domestic wa­
ter helps.
■P
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922
No. 124
“SPEED UP PUBLIC WORK” SAYS HARDING
PIT T S B U R G H . . P a .,
Jan .
27.—
CUT MADE IN
PRICE OF COAL
Hittson Repair
And Service Shop
Changes Hands
STATE OPENS
Many Animals
Escape Taxation
PO R TLA N D , O r., J a n . 26.— T h e re
w ere 84,761 h o rse s a n d m ules, 227,-
Ja co b A tk in so n a n d Eli T hom pson
T he J -P -R
A u to m o b ile Service!
440 c a ttle , 550,818 sheep an d g o ats
w ere k illed , an d Jo h n O 'H a ra , c o n ­
co m p an y h a s ta k e n o v e r th e service
a n d 165,318 sw ine n ot show n on
d u c to r, badly scalded and b ru ise d ,!
th e a sse sm e n t ro lls of th e s ta te last
d e p a rtm e n t a n d re p a ir shop a t th e
in a co llisio n betw een tw o tra in s on
y e a r, a c o crd n g to th e fin d o f th e
H itts o n M otors, 36-40 F ir s tr e e t,
th e U nion ra ilro a d n e a r h e re th is • C o-O p erativ e C om pany, B la m in g R e-;
M iss Rappe Subject to Severe At­ s ta te ta x in v e stig a tio n c o m m itte e
M edford.
tack s and C onvulsions, A ccording y e ste rd a y .
tallera for H igh Prices, E lim in ates
m o rn in g .
T h e aim of th e new m a n a g e m e n t
W A TER , W ATER PO W ER AND NI­
to W itnesses.
A ccording to th e fig u re s com piled,
M is u n d e rsta n d in g th e o rd e rs w as
M iddlem en.
AIM IS TO RELIEVE THE UNEM­
w
ill
be
to
do
c
o
n
tra
c
t
w
ork
on
all!
TROGEN A R E NATURAL E L E ­ said to be resp o n sib le for th e acci­
th e loss in a ssessed v a lu a tio n to th e
PLOYMENT SITUATION WHICH
r e p a ir jobs.
In o th e r w ords, they
MENTS,
H ARN ESSED
W I L L d e n t. T h e ste a n i pipes in o n e e n ­
SAN FRA N C ISCO , J a n . 27.— T he s ta te ta k in g in to c o n s id e ra tio n th e
(B y In te rn a tio n a l New s S ervice)
HAS INCREASED AS THE WIN­
gine b u rs t, sc a ld in g th e crew .
d efen se in th e second tr ia l o f Roscoe n u m b e r of a n im a ls e scap in g tax a tio n
REVOLUTIONIZE FARMING.
CHICAGO. J a n . 27.— R e ta il coal will te ll th e c a r o w n e rs th e ex act
a
n
d
th
e
a
v
e
ra
g
e
assessed
v
a
lu
a
tio
n
TER PROGRESSED.
A rb u c k le fo r m a n s la u g h te r, reste d
d e a le rs a re resp o n sib le for p re v a il­ cost of la b o r on any job th a t com es
a t 1 0 :3 5 th is m o rn in g . T h e d efen d - a head is $ 1 7 ,257,339.
ing high p rices of coal, a c co rd in g to th e ir shop. T hey will g u a ra n te e
Harnessing of Muscle Shoals Is At­
" T h e w only way
explain it,”
. F.
, , , E. , , K , elsey,
,
.. e new - ! a ll c o m p lete r e b u ilt'jo
, b s fo r 90 d a y s, ¡ j a b n e t h a did
n o t a t ta k tb e e th fo
e rm
s ta e n r d t in
"**■> c * I h a can
mrrL-.ii«
to
m a n a g e r o f . th
, f &8
r ,a h , is ow
T h n e i | sig h *“
e d I. N. Day.
irm a n , “ is t •*.
hat ‘
M<Mt t D
,frlc u ,t Po-bu
Herlwd o f U ,n ,e r
tracting Attention of Farmers,
Is
Still
B
efore
the
Country, Says
ly
th e e sa
sa m
m e e a a s s m
th e e ia
fa c c io
to ry
rv .
, s ta te im
. m
. e . d ia . te ly o p e n e d . re . b u tta l . w hen th e cen su s w as ta k e n th e ow n­
Business Men and Industrial En­
/ fo rm ed In d ia n a P o c a h al o n ta s M in- .m
ing com pany, a c o -o p e ra tiv e “ d ire c t j R. t . Jo h n s o n , g e n e ra l s u p e r in - ! teg, fl
gineers from All Parts of Nation.
P resident H arding in Circular
e rs w ere a trifle o p tim istic a n d w hen
from th e m in e» - coal p ro d u c in g a n d , te n d e n t o f th e »hop. com e» from th e ,
T h)s m o rn ln g a „ d yea, . rd a y
th e a sse sso r c am e a ro u n d th ey w ere
Letter to Sen . eta» les.
»oiling com pany.
Mr. K elsey a . , . Cook a n d G ill com pany of P o rtla n d , j d e(en ae a tte m p ta d
pr0v8 t h a , M1„ a little f o rg e tfu l.”
( I n te r n a tio n a l New s S ervice)
hla com pany Is o u t to show t h a t „ h e r . he has b een em ployed a , a u. . H appe w as 8 u t(e rln g from a c h r o n k
It w as th e o pinion of th e m a jo rity
FLORENCE, Ala., Jan. 27.— The
W ASHINGTON. D. C., J a n . 27.—
coal can be pro d u ced a n d dispoaed of p e rlh te n d e n t of th e aerv lce d e p a r t - (rom „ , l k h 8he
8e. of th e ta x in v e s tig a to rs th a t th e re
manifold possibilities of the Muscle
,
P
re
s id e n t H a rd in g in s tru c te d six of
to th e c o n su m e r a t m uch c h e a p e r m e a t. P r io r to g o in g w ith th e Cook v ere a tta c k 8 i by ln tro d d c ln g a e y e ra ,
sh o u ld be a c e n tra l a u th o r ity o v er th e c a b in e t officlala tQ ..apeed u p .
Shoals power and nitrate project
p rices th a n p rev a il a t p rese n t.
a n d G ill co m p an y . Mr. Jo h n a o n w as; wlt„esse8 w ho w e re n o t c alled In a ll a ssessm en t» tn th e s ta te . b e - |p |a n s
t h e k d e p a rtm e n ts' fo r th e
have fired the imaginations of far­
tra v e lin g te c h n ic a l m an fo r th e N a s h i th e fira t trla l
M
r.
K
elsey
said
th
a
t
in
th
e
last
c a u se of th e u n e v e n ess of th e p re s ­
mers, business men and industrial
a c co m p lish m e n t of a ll public w orks
ten days h e had sh ip p ed coal from an d H u d so n M otor com panies.
E u g e n e W . P re sb re y , d ra m a tic a u ­ e n t system .
engineers from all parts of the
d u rin g th e re m a in in g m o n th s of
PO R TLA N D , O r., J a n . 26.— D irec­
R. L. P a tte rs o n , w ho is a lso con- th o r of H ollyw ood, C alif., te s tifie d
th e m ines in th e A y rsh ire d is tric t
country.
w in ter, in o rd e r th a t th e u n em p lo y ­
tio n of th e ovnnaitinn
c a m p a ig n w fo -» r th e pro-
in in s o u th e rn In d ia n a to to w n s in • n e c te d w ith th e ab o v e firm , is an t h a t ln M arcb 1917> he m e t Ml88
Water, water power and nitrogen
m en t s itu a tio n m ay be f u r th e r a lle ­
n .T ’ . „ 7 ^
Z , " I n o rth w e s te rn In d ia n a a n d s o u th - ! e x p erien ced m ec h a n lt: a n d tu r n s « le t! K appe ln a p u b llc r00m
a H olly.
— these are the natural elements th e h a n d s of a c o m m itte e of nin e,
v iated.
w e stern M ichigan, a n d th a t r e t a il ' high g ra d e w o rk .
H e h a ils from wood h o tel. H e saw h e r d rin k tw o
whose harnessing at this point is follow ing a n n o u n c e m e n t by J u liu s E-1 d e a le rs im m e d ia te ly cu t th e ir p rices
T he p re s id e n t’s in s tru c tio n s w ere
S a c ra m en to , C alif.
glasses of a F re n c h c o rd ia l " a n d a
expected to revolutionize the agri­ M eier, s h a irm a n of th e s ta te w ide
c
o
n
ta in ed ln a le tte r to th e se c re ­
few m in u te s la te r sh e was in con-
cultural and commercial activity of exposition b o a rd , of th e n a m e s of $2 a ton.
ta
rie
s of w ar, navy, • tre a s u ry , com ­
W h e e le r co u n ty ta x ra te , six m ills vulsi
„ he aald
H e a tte ra p te d to
“ B lam e fo r high p rices can n o t be
a large part of the United States.
th e m em b e rs he w as a u th o riz e d T u e s­
m erce, In te rio r a n d a g ric u ltu re .
o v er 1921
p u t on th e coal o p e ra to r, th e m in e r
'
give h e r som e ice a n d h e r ja w s w ere
When the harnessing of Muscle d ay by th e b o a rd to a p p o in t.
H a rd in g s ta te d th a t th e m o st d if­
n o r th e r a ilro a d ,” said M r. K elsey.
se t so h a rd t h a t h e h ad to force th e
Shoals is completed, it will have a
T h is c o m m itte e will h av e c h a rg e
fic u lt p eriod of th e w in te r w as still
Ice betw een h e r te e th .
four-fold effect. In the first place, of ex p o sitio n a ff a ir s d u rin g th e a b ­ “ T he o p e ra to rs a re m a k in g only
b e fo re th e c o u n try a n d su g g e ste d
A c tre ss R e g re tte d , H e S aid
it will open up navigation on the sence of Mr. M eier, w ho will m ak e a b o u t 15 to 25 c e n ts a ton on coal
t
h a t th e go v ern m en t d u p lic a te th e
P re sb e ry g av e a s " tr ib u ta r y occu­
Tennessee river, and will link up the a w orld to u r in th e in te re s ts of th e in In d ia n a , th e h ig h a v e ra g e fo r a
sp
len d id e ffo rts a t a lle v ia tio n of u n ­
p a tio n s ,” th e s e c re ta ry s h ip of th e
entire territory as far as Chattanoo­ ex p o sitio n , s ta r tin g from San F r a n ­ m in e r is $6 a day a n d th e ra ilro a d Vi
e m p lo y m e n t w hich had been m ade
S creen W rite r s ’ g u ild an d th e “ u p ­
ga with the Mississippi valley and cisco, F e b ru a ry 21. Seven of th e fre ig h t fo r coal is n o t in any sen se
W A SH IN GTON, D. C„ Ja n . 27.—
I
by v a rio u s m u n ic ip a litie s, s ta te s and
lift of th o se w ho w rite fo r th e
excessive.
New Orleans.
m em b e rs a r e P o rtla n d m en, one W.
T h ^ b lam e fo r a la rg e s h a re of th e p riv a te concerns,
s c re e n .” H e said he had w ritte n
R esponsibility Is P laced
Second, It means the creation of W . H a r ra h , Is from P e n d le to n a n d
p re s e n t a g ric u ltu ra l c risis was placed I
se
v era l
su ccessfu l
sc e n a rio s a n d
“
I
h
av
e
ju
st
had
tw
o
in
sta
n
c
e
s
of
cheap electric current and the estab­ one, F r a n k H. D eckenbach, from
on th e I n te r n a tio n a l H a rv e ste r com -'
plays.
w here, in my opin io n , th e re sp o n si­
lishment of a manufacturing and In­ Salem .
“ I w as a fool to d rin k th e liq u o r, pany by th e w itn esses a p p e a rin g be­
b ility fo r high p rices can be laid . I
dustrial area which may equal any
L a u n c h in g of a new fin a n c ia l plan
fo
r
It alw ay s a ffe c ts m e th a t w ay ,” fo re th e s e n a te c o m m itte e on ag ri-!
sh
ip
p
ed
coal
from
s
o
u
th
e
rn
In
d
ia
n
a
In the United States.
w ill be d e fe rre d u n til a f te r th e May
I
M
iss
R appe sa id upon h e r recovery, c u ltu re to d ay . J. N. H ag an , fo rm e r j
to
th
e
to
w
n
s
of
St.
Jo
sep
h
an
d
B
en­
Fanning May Be Revolutionized
p rim a rie s In o rd e r to keep it from
'
a
c
co
rd
in g to th e w itness.
Third, it means the operation of becom ing a p o litic a l issue, it w as a n ­ ton H a rb o r in M ichigan. I a d v e r­
s e c re ta ry of a g ric u ltu re fo r N o rth j
L a te r he m ad e a s ta te m e n t to
tised th a t my coal w ould be sold fo r
* fertilizer plant which would revo­ nounced.
¡G eorge M elford, m o tio n p ic tu re d i­ D a k o ta , te s tifie d t h a t co n d itio n s!
$6 a ton on th e tra c k o r $7 a ton
lutionize farming in the south and
T he new c o m m itte e w ill m e e t in a
re c to r, “ th a t t h a t g irl c a n n o t d r in k ” w ere so bad th a t th e fa rm e rs w ere
east and even all over the United few d ays an d is expected to a p p o in t d eliv ered . T h e r e ta il d e a le rs w ere
facing ‘‘su icid e or b a n k ru p tc y ."
he te s tifie d .
c h a rg in g $13 a ton a n d , a lth o u g h
States.
H. D. Lea. s ta te fa ir s e c re ta ry , as
T he last n u m b e r of th e lyceum
J. M. C ovington, cafe p ro p rie to r of
Fourth comes the question of na­ vice c h a irm a n to ta k e a c tiv e c h a rg e , th e re w as no c h a n g e in th e m a rk e t
co
u
rse u n d e r th e au sp ices of th e
V enice, C alif,, s a id t h a t he saw Miss
price, th ey im m e d ia te ly c u t th e ir
tional security, as It will be en­ a c co rd in g to c o m m itte e m em bers.
A
m
erican Legion was given la st ev­
¡R a p p e in th e c a fe in M ay, 1918,
price $2 a to n . w hich w as s till hig h .
hanced by a supply of artificial ni­
e n in g a t th e P re sb y te ria n c h u rc h .
! w ith H en ry L ehr^nan, a m o tio n pic­
T his is an in d ic a tio n of w ho is g e t­
trates, making the United States in­
T
he a tte n d a n c e was good, c o n sid e r­
I
n
o
tic
e
d
th
is
m
o
rn
in
g
th
a
t
tu re p ro d u c e r, a n d a f te r d rin k in g
tin g th e big p r o fits .”
dependent of importations from
ing
th e sto rm , a n d th o se p re se n t
som e people, even b u sin e ss m en, I som e liq u o r sh e w ent o u tsid e , “ te a r-
Mr. K e lsey ’s m eth o d of co -o p e ra ­
Chile.
!
w
ere
d e lig h te d w ith th e c o n c ert and
clean ed a little p a th In f ro n t of ! ing h e r clo th e s a n d s h rie k in g in
tiv e coal d e a lin g is as follow s: A
What Is known as Muscle Shoals
i w ere a lm o st u n a n im o u s in th e opin-
th e ir p laces.
Som e c le a n e d off ; p a in .”
n u m b e r of m in e rs get to g e th e r, form
is *n extended hard rock formation
! ion th a t it w as th e b est n u m b e r of
a
ll
th
e
ir
w
a
lk
;
som
e
sim
ply
m
ad
e
■
U
nder
cro
ss
e
x
a
m
in
a
tio
n
he
a
d
­
a com pany an d lease a m ine, p ay in g
which has blocked the natural deep­
j th e course. T h e le a d e r w as a g en iu s
a No. 9 tra c k th ro u g h th e snow
m itte d th a t he h ad h e a rd v a rio u s
th e o w n er 25 c e n ts a ton ro y a lty on
ening of the Tennessee river in the
I w ith his c o n c e rtin a , an in s tru m e n t
to th e d o o r, a n d som e c lean ed off ' w om en “ s h rie k a n d h o lle r” w hile
all coal ta k e n ou t. K elsey a c ts as
vicinity of Florence and Sheffield,
! b u ilt to his ow n sp ecificatio n s an d
th e ir n e ig h b o r’s fro n t a lo n g w ith
u n d e r th e in flu e n c e of liq u o r. Miss
m a n a g e r an d lo o k s a f te r th e d is­
situated respectively on the north
____________
i
one of g re a t b eau ty and tone. His
th
e
ir
ow
n,
in
o
rd
e
r
to
try
and
R
appe
a
n
d
h
e
r
c
o
m
p
an
io
n
“
did
n
o
t
posal of th e coal, h is s h a re b e in g
and south sides of the river In the
im ita tio n s ran g e d from pipe o rg an
h a v e th e
public c o n sid e r his j get a lo n g very w ell in th e c a fe ,” th e
id en tic a l w ith t h a t of th e in d iv id u a l
northwest corner of Alabama. In
W
A
SH
IN
GTON,
D.
C.,
Ja
n
.
27.
to
th e far> fa in t echo of a bu g le call.
n e ig h b o rh o o d w as of a re s p e c t­ ! w itn ess said.
m in er.
E ach m an, re g a rd le s s of
their ceaseless flow, rivers attack
T
h
e
re
a
re
still
2,500,00
w
hiskey
an
d
wa8 e q u a lly good In aceom pany-
a b le class.
P revious Illnnsn R ecounted
w ork, s h a re s a lik e . T h e m a n a g e r's
the soft rock in their beds more eas­
drinkerH
in
th
e
U
nited
S
ta
te
s,
H
c-:b
lg
voice,
violin o r in co n c ert. T he
I no ticed t h a t th e re w ere but a
Mrs. A n n ie P o rtw e ll, w ho sa id
PIT T S B U R G H , P a ., J a n . 27.— s h a re is th e sam e as th e coal dig-
ily than the harder crust, and owing
few fa th e rs o f th e L egion boys in ; sh e lived on a ra n c h n e a r Selm a, c o rd in g to P ro h ib itio n C o m m issio n er v io lin ist c h a rm ed h e r h e a re rs w ith
to the peculiar formation of the riv­ L oot e s tim a te d a t possibly $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,1 g e r ’s sh a re ,
h e r selectio n s, as did th e so p ra n o
M iners’ Strike F orecast
a tte n d a n c e a t th e L yceum co n ­ C alif., te s tifie d t h a t Miss R appe, h er H aynes.
er bed of the Tennessee at this point in c lu d in g $ 8 0 ,0 0 0 . in L ib e rty bonds, I
Mr.
H
ay
n
es
e
s
tim
a
te
s
th
a
t
o
u
t
of
and
p ia n ist.
c e rt la s t n ig h t. Oh! th e e m p ti­ m a n a g e r, A1 S e m n a c h e r, a n d a m u t­
th e w a te r h a s e a te n aw ay th e e a rth | w as ta k e n by five heavily a rm e d
T he P e re M a rq u e tte ra ilro a d , ac-
e s tim a te d
2,500,000
re g u la r
»phe jj6 gjon ought to h av e th e
ness of a ll th e c la tte r tr a p ta lk of
ual frie n d , M rs. B am bina M aude th e
u n d e rn e a th in such a m a n n e r as to b a n d its who e n te re d th e F irs t Na- c o rd in g to K elsey, is h e lp in g him e s­
w
hiskey
d
rin
k
e
rs
,
a
t
le
a
st
1,000.000
h
e
a
rty 8Upport or clti2en8 ln th e ir
th e m o st of us!
D elm ont, visited h e r hom e w h ile on
c r e a te a fa ll of n e a rly 150 feet.
jtio n a l ban k of C ra fto n , P a . A ssist- ta b lis h coal y a rd s a t v a rio u s places,
a
re
in
th
e
class
of
old
d
rin
k
e
rs
who
e
jf
o
r t to give th e tow n w holesom e,
HAZ K IK .
T h ls fa ll is m ad e by a bed of solid a n t C a sh ie r Moss w as sh o t th ro u g h
(C o n tin u e d on P a g e 4)
(C o n tin u e d on P a g e 4)
Im
bibe
a
lm
o
st
a
t
w
ill,
and
as
freely
con8t
rUctiv e e n te rta in m e n t, such as
ro c k , w hich w ill p ro b ab ly c o n tin u e th e h ead an d is re p o rte d to be dying,
as
p
o
ck
etb
o
o
k
s
will
s
ta
n
d
,
u
n
d
e
r
,
tbg
|y
Ceum cour80 a ffo rd s.
T h re e
to w ith a ta n d th e e ffe c t of e ro sio n
E sc a p in g from th e b a n k in a n a u - 1
p rices of b e v e ra g e liq u o r th a t a re 8bo rt y e a rs ago we could n o t do en-
A fo r a n o th e r geologic epoch. In th e tom obile, th e b a n d its la te r engaged
well
nigh p ro h ib itiv e fo r th e a v e r " OUgh fo r o u r so ld ie rs, a n d It w ould
m e a n tim e it c o n s titu te s b o th an im - in a hot gun b a ttle w ith th e police.
a
g
e
m
an w ith a v e ra g e e a rn in g s.
r a th e r seem th a t th e le a st we can do
pediment to free navigation on the T h e c a r w as a b a n d o n e d , a n d they
C o m m issio n er H aynes re c a lls t h a t ; ..,n re m e m b ra n ce” is to s ta n d by
Tennessee and a potential source of took re fu g e in an old d e s e rte d b u ild ­
ln
th e old w et days th e re w ere 20,- w ben th e o rg a n iz a tio n trie s to do
a vast amount of water power en­ ing. A lth o u g h th e b u ild in g w as com ­
000,000 liq u o r d rin k e rs in th e Unit-1 som eth in g u p liftin g fo r th e tow n. If
pletely s u rro u n d e d by th e police, th e
ergy.
ed S ta te s. He fig u re d th a t 1 7 ,5 0 0 ,-j th e y re p e a t th e c o u rse n e x t w itn e r,
6 0 0 ,(MX) H orsepow er Is Created
b a n d its sh o t th e ir w ay o u t an d e s ­
000 d rin k e rs have q u it. A nd he be- tb ev 8hould have b e tte r su p p o rt th a n
Measurements taken by govern­ caped a g a in .
lieves t h a t of th o se w ho now find it thlg y e a r gg th e y have a d e flc it tQ
ment engineers show that 600,000
possible or p ra c tic a b le to im bibe in pay them fQr th e ir pajns
horsepower la created at Muscle
b e v e ra g e in to x ica n ts, th o se of th a t
Shoals, and that at a certain perijd
class a re co n su m in g only 5 p er c e n t
of the year, the figure rises as high
of th e q u a n tity th ey w ere a c cu s­
as 1,000,000 horsepower.
tom ed to d rin k in th e p re -p ro h ib i­
The early colonial settlers saw
tio n days.
H az ¡Çik
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L
E
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OF 0. S.
IS
AUER GON PLAÏ
A Dangerous Curve
T
RAIES ASKED BÏ
LI
Muscle Shoals only as an aspect of
grim, remorseless nature opposing
itself to the progress of man. In-
A deed, the presence of Muscle Shoals
proved an absolute bar to the spread
of the French colonists who sought
to push east from the Mississippi
valley. It has required the enor­
W A SH IN G TO N , D. C., J a n . 27.—
mous mechanical advances of the
S w eeping re d u c tio n s on th e fre ig h t
nineteenth century before man was
ra te s on lu m b e r fro m th e PacK ic
finally able to appreciate the poten­
n o rth w e s t s ta te s e a stw a rd was a sk ed
tial riches offered by this despised
by lu m b e rm e n a p p e a rin g b e fo re the!
gift of nature.
I n te r s ta te
com m erce c o m m issio n ’s
During the war the federal gov­
h e a rin g on th e tra n s p o rta tio n s itu a ­
ernment set to work feverishly to
harness part of the energy at Muscle tio n today.
F ig u re s p re se n te d by th e lu m b e r - 1
Shoals and ______
manufacture nitrates.
h o 'm en te n d e d to show th a t w hile th e
Nitrates, curiously enough, form » the
1
4 most essential Ingredient of both ex- frelSht rates on luniber " ^ e far in
plosive materials and agricultural excess of w h a t th ey w ere in M arch,
fertilizers. The government wanted 1920, th e p rice of lu m b e r f. o. b.
nitrates for war purposes only, and m ills is only a b o u t o n e th ird of th e
when the war was over, It closed up p ric e it w as a t th a t tim e.
It* nitrate plant and waited to turn
Albany— 2300 acre drainage dis­
trict being formed.
(Ceatlauad on Pago Four)
CAR CROSSES TI LE LAKE
Mot or is ta R eport Ice from 10 to 14!
Iches Thick
KLA M A TH FA L L S.— A new ro u te !
to th e M odoc lav a beds wes trie d i
T u esd ay by J. H. S h o rt, su p e rin te n -1
d e n t of th e co u n ty h o sp ita l, w ho, ac- j
TIMES SOON
,
companled by H. Newton, well- j BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 27.— By
known
sheepman,
«truck
out spring, all conditions will be greatly
straight across Tule lake in his au- im p ro v ed , Ben H ooper, vice p re s i­
i to m o b ile o r C a p ta in J a c k ’s s tro n g ­ d e n t an d c h a irm a n of th e U n ited
S ta te s ra ilw a y la b o r b o a rd , p re d lc t-
hold.
No d iffic u lty w as e n c o u n te re d , ed In an a d d re s s b efo re th e B oston
said S h o rt, in th e 45-m ile trip , of c h a m b e r of com m erce,
“ Upon th e a p p ro a c h of sp rin g th e
w hich 14 m iles w ere over th e ice­
bound s u rfa c e of th e lake. T he m en n u m b e r of ra ilro a d em ployes w ill
sto p p ed
sev eral
tim e s
to
t a k e • d o u b tle ssly be larg e ly In cre a se d ; th e
“ s o u n d in g s ,”
w hich
show ed
th e rev e n u e s of th e ro a d s will be en-
th ic k n e ss of th e ice to be fro m 10 larg e d by In creased b u sin e ss, a n d
.
, .
*
„„„
„ „111
..«I*.. _ a __
conditions
will probably 4..
justify
re­
to 14 inches
duction of railroad rates, which la
Eugene cigar factory manufac­ essential to the restoration of nor­
ture* 500,000 choice cigars yearly. mal business.