D aily T iding s
A SHLAWD climate, without the aid
of medicine, cures nine eases
out of ten of asthma. This Is a I
proven fa c t
(International News Wire Service)
VOLUME
3
(Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Voi. 43)
[ JVï ALARIA germi « « « f i lürvlve
I ’ * three months In ths Hah csene
at Ashland. The pure domestifl wa-j
ter helps.
ASHLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1922
No. 137
ARMAMENT TREATIES IN SENATE’S HANDS
Julius Meier
On World Tour
IT
IH PO SSIBLE
HAVE
BEEN
5LABLE MIGHT
CAUSE
OP TAY­
LOR’S DEATH, B lTT ENTIRELY
INNOCENT, SAYS ADAMS.
R ich, Idle Son o f New York M hiiu -
tectu rer Is H aving D ifficu lty E s­
ta b lish in g H is W hereabouts on
N igh t o f M urder.
LOS A N G E L E S, F eb. 11.— M abel
N o rm a n d , film s ta r a n d close frie n d
o f W illiam D esm ond T a y lo r, sla in
d ire c to r, a n d th e la s t p erso n to ta lk
w ith him b e fo re he w as m u rd e re d ,
w a s re p o rte d la st n ig h t to h av e s u f ­
fe re d a c o m p le te b rea k -d o w n . Two
p h y sic ia n s w ere a tte n d in g h e r a t h e r
ho m e on W e st S eventh s tre e t. One
o f th e p h y sician s, w ho declined to
give h is n am e, s ta te d t h a t Miss N or­
m an d had s u ffe re d a n e rv o u s col­
lapse. It w as of su ch a, s e rio u s c h a r ­
a c te r, th e p h y sician in d ic a te d , th a t
no one could be p e rm itte d to q u e stio n
h e r th is a fte rn o o n , n o t ex cep tin g a t ­
ta c h e s of th e d is tric t a tto r n e y ’s o f­
fice.
A s e n sa tio n w as c re a te d by C a p ­
ta in A dam s y e s te rd a y w hen he m ad e
th e fo llo w in g s ta te m e n t:
“ I do n o t believe M abel N o rm an d
k illed T a y lo r. I t is possible th a t she
m ay h av e been th e ca u se of his
d e a th , w ith e n tir e innocence of any
c o n n e ctio n w ith It.
It is possible
th a t som e d ru g -c ra z e d a d m ire r m ay
h a v e follow ed h e r to T a y lo r’s house
a n d k ille d him in a je a lo u s frenzy.
W h o e v er k ille d him m ad e s u re of his
deed.
H e s h o t a t close ra n g e an d
m ad e s u re th a t T a y lo r w as dead b e ­
fo re he le ft th e ro o m .”
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11.— New
a n d d ire c t evid en ce s in g lin g th e rich
a n d id le son o f a New Y ork m a n u ­
f a c tu re r from th e fo u r u n n a m e d su s­
p e c ts u n d e r in v e s tig a tio n , e le c trifie d
th e d is tr ic t a tto r n e y ’s office la te yes­
te rd a y . T he lead w as fu rn is h e d by
D eputy S h e riff N olan, w ho re tu rn e d
fro m H ollyw ood, m ad e a h u rrie d r e ­
p o rt, a n d a g a in d isa p p e a re d .
“ T h e new a n g le I am w o rk in g on
m ay r e s u lt in an a rr e s t w ith in th e
n e x t few h o u rs, if th e m an w e’re
a f t e r fa ils to c le a r up th e q u estio n
o f h is w h e re a b o u ts on th e n ig h t of
th e m u rd e r ,” N olan said.
T h e y o u n g m an w as g rille d e a rly
in th e in v e s tig a tio n . He o ffe red an
a lib i, w hich c le a re d him a t th e tim e,
b u t w hich is now c ru m b lin g as one
w itn e ss a f t e r a n o th e r, nam ed in th e
a lib i, is c ro ss-ex a m in e d by D istrict
A tto rn e y W oolw ine, it is re p o rte d .
T h e m an u n d e r su sp icio n , re p u te d
to be je a lo u s a n d h o t-te m p e re d , is
sa id to be in love w ith an a c tre ss
p ro m in e n tly m e n tio n e d in th e T ay ­
lo r case, a n d m ig h t h av e Jia d a h an d
in th e sh o o tin g .
J u liu s M eier, c h a irm a n of th e
b o ard o f th e 1925 exposition, passed
th ro u g h A sh lan d y e ste rd a y , accom -i
penied by his fam ily, on th e first
lap o f th e jo u rn e y a ro u n d th e w orld
th a t will ‘re q u ire fo u r m o n th s.
lie
will c a rry th e m essag e of th e ex­
position to th e v a rio u s fo re ig n c a p i­
ta ls a n d g e n e ra lly s p re a d k n o w ­
ledge of th e ev en t w h e re v e r he goes.
Mr. an d M eier an d fam ily w ill sail
from San F ra n c isc o F e b ru a ry 21 on
th e s te a m e r T okio M ara, g o ln g to -
H ono lu lu and th e n c e to J a p a n . D u r­
ing Mr. M eier’s ab sen ce, ex p osition
a ff a ir s will be in th e h a n d s of a
m a n a g in g
c o m m itte e
re p re s e n tin g
th e city a n d th e sta te .
SA LEM , O r., F eb. 11.— P e rso n s
o p e ra tin g m o to r vehicles w ho c a n ­
n o t show t h a t th ey h av e m ad e a p ­
p lic a tio n fo r 1922 licen ses a r e now
s u b je c t to a r r e s t a n d p ro se c u tio n u n ­
d e r th e s ta te tra f fic law s, a c co rd in g
to a le tte r issu ed by S e c re ta ry of
S ta te K o zer a n d m ailed to a ll peace
o ffic e rs in th e s ta te .
T h e a n n o u n c e m e n t w as m ad e by
M r. K ozer fo llo w in g re c e ip t of in ­
fo rm a tio n from th e m o to r vehicle
d e p a r tm e n t th a t h te re c e n t conges­
tio n re s u ltin g from th e e le v e n th -h o u r
a v a la n c h e of a p p lic a tio n s had been
reliev e d .
R e q u e sts fo r licen ses a re
now bein g filled o n th e day th ey a re
received.
“ No c a r o w n e r has any excuse now
fo r n o t h a v in g a 1922 license, except
a few p e rso n s w ho have a p p lied a n d
a p p lic a tio n s h av e been r e tu rn e d for
c o rr e c tio n ,” sa id K ozer.
Approximately
79,500
licenses
have been issued up to this time,
against 75,800 for the same period
in 1921.
Mr. Kozer’s statement
showed that about 20 per cent of
the applications filed for this year’s
license« h av e been returned to the
a u th o r s fo r c o rre c tio n .
LOS A N G ELES, Feb. 11.— A w om ­
an , m id d le-ag ed , of in te lle c tu a l type,
a n d know n to he deeply in love w ith
W illiam D esm ond T ay lo r, slain film
d ire c to r, , w h(le actre'sseji sh o w ered
him w ith a ffe c tio n a te a tte n tio n s , Is
expected to «be called ¡o th e d is tric t
a tto r n e y ’s office fo r q u e stio n in g to ­
day.
It is th o u g h t th a t h e r testim o n y
will open up an e n tire ly new an d im ­
p o r ta n t p h a se of th e m y ste rio u s
m u rd e r.
T a y lo r’s tra g ic d e a th , it w as s t a t ­
ed, cau sed th is w om an to go into se­
clusion a n d deep m o u rn in g .
T h e w o m a n ’s n a m e is w ith h eld ,
h u t she is know n to be a p ro m in e n t
sc e n a rio w rite r.
U n r e q u ite d love o f th is w om an
fo r T a y lo r is said to have ex ten d ed
o v er a p eriod of years.
No su sp icio n is d ire c te d a g a in s t
h e r, b u t it is believed t h a t sh e m ay
be a b le to th ro w lig h t on T a y lo r’s
life, w hich m ay rev eal a ta n g ib le
clue.
IRISH POLICE
INE
10 DUELL RIOTS
B E L FA S T ,
F eb. 111.— M ach in al
i
g u n s w ere used by th e police in i
q u e llin g th e rio tin g b etw een O ran g e-:
By W ILLIA M F. SU LLIV A N
s e ttle d .
T h e trip of th e L in co ln s
m en an d th e Sinn F e in e rs e a rly to-:
i
(I.
N.
S.
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from
In
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ia
n a to Illin o is w as m ade
day. F ig h tin g b ro k e o u t w hen m obs;
S
P
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IN
G
F
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L
D
,
111.,
Feb.
11.—
jin
a
w
agon
d ra w n by fo u r oxen.
a tta c k e d w orkm en en ro u te to places!
A
b
rah
am
L
incoln,
th
e
g
re
a
t
e
m
a
n
c
i­
W hen L in c o ln le ft iiis f a th e r ’s
of em p lo y m en t. T h e police o p e n e d '
p
a
to
r,
w
ould
have
been
a
fa
rm
e
r
had
c
o
u
n try hom e in Coles c o u n ty , he
fire firs t w ith se rv ice p isto ls, b u t;
he
follow
ed
tlie
in
c
lin
a
tio
n
s
of
his
m
oved
w est in to Illin o is a n d firs t
th ey proved in effec tiv e , so m achine!
f
a
.h
e
r
a
n
d
had
lie
been
s
a
tis
fie
d
s
e
ttle
d
a
t S alem , n e a r S p rin g field .
g u n s w ere b ro u g h t up.
w
itli
th
e
im
p
o
v
e
rish
e
d
s
u
rro
u
n
d
in
g
s
L in c o ln ’s e a rly life w as o n e of
T h e re w as m uch d iso rd e r re p o rte d !
of
his
boyhood
days.
m
any
s tru g g le s , h a rd s h ip s 'a n d o f
d u rin g th e n ig h t. Mobs g a th e re d ini
But
th
e
im
m
o
rta
l
L
in
co
ln
,
w
hose
i
poverty.
A lw ays a plain m an , he
d e fia n ce of c u rle w re g u la tio n s a n d :
! w as f irs t cf a ll a '“ m an of ood jo b s,"
113th
b
irth
d
a
y
is
being
c
o
m
m
e
m
o
r­
gave b a ttle w hen police trie d to dis-!
p e rse th em .
C o n sid e ra b le shoo in » | a te d by tlie n a tio n an d th e w o rld to ­ rail s p litte r, b la c k sm ith , s to re c le rk ,
w as h e a rd in th e s tre e ts d u rin g the{ m o rro w . had lo ftie r a m b itio n s an d , an d tr a d e r b e fo re he p ra c tic e d law.
•
n ig h t, and se v era l bom bs w ere ex-1 f u rth e r, a h a ire d for th e ru stic life H e la te r e n te re d p o litics.
of
a
soil
tille
r.
O
ne
of
th
e
m
o
st
in
te
r
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s
tin
g
books
ploded. No c a s u a ltie s have h e e iu re -j
S carcely had th e m an w ho la te r on th e e a rly d ays of L incoln, m uch
p o rted .
becam e one of th e g re a te s t fig u re s | of w hich h as been u n to u ch e d upon
DU BLIN, Feb. 11.— F e e lin g b e ­ in A m erican h isto ry becom e old e n ­ by h isto ria n s , is i n th e possession of
tw een th e O ra n g e m e n a n d th e Sinn ough to sh ift fo r h im se lf th a n he left l D ennis H a n k s D ow ling, a blood c o u ­
F e in e rs is ru n n in g high a lo n g th e th e hom e of his f a th e r a n d s te p ­ sin of th e civil w ar p re s id e n t, who
U lste r fro n tie r, but no f u r th e r fight-1 m o th e r, w hich w as a sm a ll cab in lo­ 'n o w re sid e s in S p rin g field .
cated on w h a t w as know n a s Goose
“Scrapbook” Is Valued
ing h as been re p o rte d .
N est P ra irie , n e a r C h a rle s to n , HI., in
D o w lin g ’s
“ sc ra p b o o k ,”
upon
Coles co unty.
' w hich he h a s sp e n t m o re th a n fo rty
T his was n o t th e hom e in w hich I y e a rs, c o n ta in s a v ast collection of
Abe w as horn, h u t w h e re his f a th e r i in te rv ie w s w ith m en w ho k n ew L in ­
s e ttle d a f e r com ing to Illin o is. L in ­ coln p e rso n a lly , of p ic tu re s d e p ic t­
coln w as horn on F e b ru a ry 12, 1809, ing th e p o v e rty of h is s u rro u n d in g s
in a log cab in on a b a rre n farm in ¡an d
n u m e ro u s
oher
in te re s tin g
th e backw oods of K e n tu c k y , th re e fac ts of L in c o ln ’s in n e r self. A m ong
m iles w est of a place called H odg- th e collectio n of p ic tu re s is th e f ir s t
en sv ille.
p h o to g rp h e v e r ta k e n of L incoln.
Spent Y outh in Indiana
D ow ling’s m o th e r, S a ra h J a n e
W hen lie was seven y e a rs old, iiis I D ow ling, w as a second cousin of
fam ily m oved to a tow n called G en ­ | th e g re a t p re sid e n t a n d sp e n t m any
try v ille , in S p en cer c o u n ty , In d ia n a , y e a rs n e a r th e fam ily w hen L incoln
C E N T R A L IA , W ash ., Feb. 11.— w h e re his m o th e r, N ancy H a n k s 1 lived in C oles c o u n ty . She knew him
F iv e c h ild re n of Mrs. E d w a rd R hodes L incoln, died.
S h o rtly a fte rw a rd p e rso n a lly a n d o fte n c o rre sp o n d e d
who lives at K la b e r, n e a r h ere, died L in c o ln ’s fa th e r w as r e m a rrie d t< w ith him a f te r he w as elected to th e
w ithin a u h o u r a f t e r th e ir m o th e r th e w idow S a ra h J o h n s to n , a K en presid en cy .
gave all five E psom sa lts. T hey w ent tu ck y g irl, a n d th e fa m ily m oved
In la te r y e a rs D ow ling said , his
in to sp asm s, d y in g b e fo re th e d o c to r over in to Illin o is, w h e re h is f a th e r m o th e r o fte n held him on h e r lap
a rriv e d .
A p ro b e will be m ad e to
le a rn if th e s a lts c o n ta in e d poison.
R hodes, who is a tim b e r c ru is e r, was
not hom e w hen his w ife a d m in is te re d
th e sa lts.
EPSOM SALTS
SECOND ANNUAL
LICENSES FOR MOTOR
VEHICLES NOW NECESSARY
Another Sweetheart
Lincoln Balked at Becoming
Of Taylor’s Found
Farmer as His Father Wished
NATIONAL <’<INVENTION
DISABLED VETERANS
SAN FR A N C ISC O , Feb. 11.— P r e ­
p a ra tio n s fo r th e second a n n u a l n a ­
tio n a l c o n v en tio n of th e D isabled
A m erican V e te ra n s of the W orld W ar
w hich is to be held in th is city J u n e
26 to 30. inclusive, have been s ta rt-J
ed u n d e r th e a u sp ic e s of th re e sp e ­
cial c o m m itte e s: one from th e local!
c h a p te r of th e D isabled V ets’ o rg a n i­
z a tio n . a n o th e r a p p o in te d by M ayor'
Ja m e s R olph J r ., re p re s e n tin g th e
c itiz e n s of San F ra n cisc o , an d a th ird
ciw nm ittee n am ed from th e officials
of th e lea d in g f ra te r n a l a n d civic
o rg a n iz a tio n s of C a lifo rn ia , a ll of
w hom a re c o -o p e ra tin g for th e suc-i
cess of th e com ing co n feren ce. H ead-!
q u a r te r s have been opened a t th e
St. F ra n c is hotel here.
It is expected th a t 15,000 to 20.-
000 m em b ers of th e D isabled V e te r­
a n s ’ o rg a n iz a tio n will be in a tte n d ­
a n ce a t th e co n fe re n ce of next J u n e ,
d e le g a te s and v isito rs com ing to San
F ra n c isc o from all p a rts of tlie U n it­
ed S ta te s, re p re s e n tin g th e 800 c h a p ­
te r s a n d 100,000 m em b ers of th e o r ­
g a n iz a tio n . An e la b o ra te e n te r ta in ­
m en t a n d rec e p tio n p ro g ra m m e is to
(C o n tin u e d on P a g e 4)
NAVY TREATY 10
RECEIVE FIRSI
WORK OF THE CONFERENCE
AND STUDY OF TREATIES RE-
GUN BY SENATE ÍXIMM1TTKK.
Unless A m erica Approves Treaty Its
Influence Throughout W orld Will
Re D iscredited and F uture Peace
E fforts Made F u tile, Says Harding,
W ASH IN GTON, D. C.. Feb. 11 —
A p re lim in a ry su rv ey o f th e w ork ol
th e a rm a m e n t co n fe re n ce a n d h
stu d y of th e seven tre a tie s which
a re th e ta n g ib le re s u lts of its d e lib ­
e ra tio n s , w as begun by th e sen ate
fo reig n c o m m ittee today.
A lth o u g h th e c o n sid e ra tio n of the
tre a tie s b egins u n d e r p ro p itio u s c ir ­
c u m sta n ce s, w hich s e n a to rs of both
p a rtie s a ttr ib u te la rg e ly t o th e fav ­
o ra b le Im pression c re a te d by P resi
d e n t H a rd in g in his a d d re s s s u b m it­
tin g th e pacts, It was in d ic a te d th at
th e re w ould be no u n d u e h a s te in se ­
c u rin g th e s e n a te 's ra tific a tio n ol
th e new In te rn a tio n a l a g re e m e n ts.
It is believed th a t th e navy tre a t)
will be th e first to be disposed of, in
view of th e e x p e cta tio n t h a t It will
m eet v 'th le a st opp o sitio n , an d of
! th e d e s .re of th e h o u se a n d se n ate
le a d e rs to m ak e p e n d in g navy a p p ro ­
p ria n o : s conform w ith It.
E U G E N E , O r., F eb. 10.— B re a k ­
T he s ta te m e n t of B orah, one ol
ing th ro u g h th re e steel a n d one oak th e “ irre c o n c ilia b le s ,” th a t he In-
door, n in e p riso n e rs escaped f r o m : ten d e d to su p p o rt th e n av al tre a t
th e L an e co u n ty ja il a t 1 2 :3 0 o clock u n ,j p ro b ab ly w ould fav o r th e othi
th is m o rn in g , a n d none of them h a v e 1 tre a tie s if he found P re sid e n t H an
been re c a p tu re d . T he escaped p r ia - ! fng c o rre c t in hla opInlon th a t ,h.
o n e rs le ft th e d o o rs w ide open, b u t w oulu I10t ,nVolve th e A nlerIcan p e ,
13 o th e is in th e jt|U . refu se d | o p je jn e n ta n g le m e n ts or fo reign a
leave.
T he |ir e a k w as d is c o v e re d j Rances. wa8 re g a rd e d as havjr
w ith in a few m in u te s a f te r it occur-1 eage(1 , he 9 enate s itu a tio n , both I
red ‘
'a n d o u t of th e c o m m ittee , conside
C h e ster W lieatfil an d H a ro ld J .'a b l y
S tu m a n , E u g en e boys, c h a rg e d w ith !
T he se n a te fo reig n re la tio n s con
larc en y of an a u to m o b ile , a re said by ; m itte e a d jo u rn e d session w ith o u t d
th e o th e r p riso n e rs to have been th e cid in g w hlch of th e treatleB 8hou]
lea d e rs in th e s e n sa :io n a l b rea k , be c o n sid ered first.
S everal " ir n
T hey p ried th e tw o heavy p a d lo c k s 'c o n c iia b le s .” who a re m em b ers .
off th e m ain cage d o o r an d rele ase d th e c o m m ittee, in siste d th a t th e foi
th e call lev ers w ith an iron pipe from pow er P acific tre a ty head th e 11.
th e ja il h e a tin g system .
j fo r c o n sid e ratio n .
Seven T reaties O utlined
T he seven tre a tie s P re sid e n t H ari
' ing s u b m itte d to th e s e n a te yeste
j day a re :
T he fiv© pow er tre a ty reg u la tin
i poison gas and su b m a rin e s.
T he fo u r pow er P acific tre a ty .
A d e c la ra tio n acco m p an y in g tli
fo u r pow er tre a ty re g a rd in g A iner
can rig h ts in m a n d a te d te rrito ry .
An a g re e m e n t s u p p le m e n tin g t t
P acific tre a ty , ex clu d in g th e Ja p a i
¡ese h o m elan d from its te rm s.
A n in e pow er tre a ty on th e Chli
W A SH IN G TO N ,D. C., Feb. 11.—
ese
"open d o o r.”
T h e tre a ty b etw een th e U nited S ta te s
A
nine pow er tre a ty on th e Chli
a n d J a p a n to s e ttle long s ta n d in g d if­
ese ta riff.
fere n c es over th e a d m in is tra tio n of
th e isla n d of Yap, th e m o st im p o rt-'
, 1 nle8S A m er,ca a p p ro v e s th e tr.
a n t cable s ta tio n in th e P acific, w as
f eH
’n ( ' ue,1Ct th ro u g h o u t I
signed a t th e s ta te d e p a rtm e n t by w, ° / ld wiH
‘» c r e d i t e d and fu tt
S e c re ta ry H u g h es a n d B aron Shide- ( ° ' ts °* likt n a m e will he r<
h a ra , J a p a n e s e a m b a s s a d o r, today.I e ,t
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day.
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w as n e g o tia te d d u rin g th e a rm a ­
H e was g re e te d by a s e n a te cha:
m e n t co n feren ce.
W h ile J a p a n re ­
h er well filled by its ow n inembe
ta in s th e m a n d a te o v er Yap, A m er­
a n d a g e n e ro u s g ro u p from t
ican n a tio n a ls a re g u a ra n te e d eq u al
house.
rig h ts . T h is g o v e rn m e n t is g u a r a n ­
teed e q u a l cable, a n d te le g ra p h fac- viA RD I GRA S DAY AT
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NEW ORLEANS FEB.
9
a n d to ld m any in te re s tin g sfLorles
a b o u t “ U ncle A be.” On th e m o rn ­
ing follow ing th e n ig h t w hen L in ­
coln w as sh o t, sh e w as te llin g th e
fam ily a t th e b re a k fa s t ta b le of a
d re a m sh e h ad of th e p re s id e n t,
w hen a n e ig h b o r b ro u g h t new s of
th e a s sa s s in a tio n . Mrs. D ow ling a l­
w ays th o u g h t h e r d rea m w as a p re ­
m o n itio n of L in c o ln ’s d e a th .
S te p -M o th e r’s Opinion
D ow ling’s book, w hich he te rm s
“ L in c o ln ’s L ife from th e C ra d le to
th e G ra v e ,” c o n ta in s a new sp ap er
clip p in g of an in te rv ie w w ith L in­
c o ln ’s ste p -m o th e r, in w hich she
sa y s:
’[ th in k th e first tim e I saw Abe
he w as th e u g lie st ch a p th a t ever
o b s tru c te d my view.
B ut he was
h o n e st to th e core.
H e w ould not
d rin k , b u t a t tim e s a h ig h ly -p o lish ed
cuss-w ord w ould escap e ills lip s .”
T he face of L incoln is o fte n r e f e r ­
red to as h a v in g had th e look of
d e e p est sa d n ess. J u d g e O. B. F ick -
lin, w ho lives a t C h a rle sto n a n d
who serv ed in co n g re ss w ith L in ­
coln, is q u o ted in a n o h e r clip p in g
in th e D ow ling “ re m in isc e n c e s” as
sa y in g :
“ He w as n a tu r a lly d e sp o n d en t and
sad, lik e m any a n o th e r who has
m ad e m irth fo r a m e rry com pany.
He could tell a s to ry to m ak e a g ro u p
ro a r w ith la u g h te r, b u t w hen his face
was u n lit w ith p le a s a n try , it was
d a rk , gloom y a n d p e c u lia r.”
H ated W ork on Farm
A n o th e r c lip p in g q u o tes C ap tain
J o h n E a sto n , a close frie n d of L in-
YAP ISLAND HAVE
BEEN SETTLED
W EED-KLAM ATH ROAD
GETS NEW SUPPORT
TO VOTE ON BONDS
KLAM ATH FA L L S. Feb. 11.—
G e n e ral in te re s t in th e special elec­
tio n to be held h e re February* 21 to
vo'te on a n $800,009 issu e of ro ad
bonds w as in d ic a te d a t a c h a m b e r
of C om m erce m e e tin g W ednesday,
w hich w as a tte n d e d by re p r e s e n ta ­
tiv e s from ev e ry sectio n of th e
c o u n ty , a ll of w hom pledged th e ir
su p p o rt.
It. w as re p o rte d th a t th e Siskiyou
co u n ty s u p e rv iso rs had a g re e d to
su p p o rt th e im p ro v e m e n t o f th e
W e e d -K la m a th h ig h w ay an d w ould
se t a sid e a sum to buy th e r ig h t of
w ay of th e p riv a te ly c o n s tru c te d
ro ad from W eed 20 m iles n o rth w a rd
im m e d ia te ly , a n d t h a t th e ro ad had
behn a d o p te d a« a c o u n ty highway.
M ardl G ras day, th e fin al a n d
m ost im p o rta n t day of th is fam o u s
c e le b ra tio n held a n n u a lly in New O r­
lean s will fall on F e b ru a ry 28, ac­
co rd in g to an a n n o u n c e m e n t by
C h a rle s S. F ee, p a sse n g e r tra f fic
m a n a g e r of th e S o u th e rn P acific
com pany.
F e b ru a ry 27, K rew e ad P ro te u s
w ill hold a s tr e e t p a ra d e a t 8 o ’clock
p. m ., follow ed by a ball a t th e A th ­
e n aeu m a u d ito riu m .
F e b ru a ry 28, M ardi G ra s d ay, p u b ­
lic m a sk in g on th e s tr e e ts will be In
o rd e r.
R ex p a ra d e w ill ta k e p lace
In th e m o rn in g a t 10 o ’clock. In th e
e v e n in g th e c a rn iv a l seaso n w ill close
w ith th e s p e c ta c u la r K in g Rex t a ­
b leau x an d b all.
T o u ris ts tra v e llin g e a st via New
O rlea n s w ill be allow ed te n d ay s
sto p -o v e r p riv ileg e to e n jo y th e M ar­
dl G ra s fe s tiv itie s w h ich began Jan-
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