4 SHLAND climate, without the aid
* of medicine, cures nine caaea
out of ten of asthma, This la a
proven fa ct
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three months in the floh osane i
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(Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Vol. 45)
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1922
BRANDEGEE
CONGRESSIONAL AXE HANGING
OVER NAVAL APPRO PRIATIONS
TH REATENS H ALF TH E YARDS
<S>
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. <g>
<S> 24.— The congressional axe is
Mr. Greer Makes Interesting
Talk Before Large Audience
No. 148
CROWDED COVRT W ITNESSES
SHOOTING OF TEXAS MAN
BY GIRL HE A SSALI,TED
WACO, Texas, Feb. 24.— <j>
<s> While a crowded court room <$>
<$> looked on in horror, J. S. Cross- <$>
lin, on trial here for crim inal <i>
vest from $300,000 up In a gani jln consideration
of the 1925 exposi-
assault, was shot and killed by <8>
A large and interested audience ! tarium and hotel project. From th a t Hion to be held In Portland, which <8> Marcle Mathews, the 17-year- <$>
day to this, Mr. Greer has been busy was believed would bring many to u r-¡3» old girl he is alleged to have <$
on hand last evening at the city . endea voring to bring such capital to ists to Ashland as well as Portland,
<8> wronged.
<§>
hall at 7:30 o’clock last evening to ' Ashland.
and
help
to
make
up
the
early
de­
Miss
Mathews
took
the
stand
<
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hear the proposition th a t Bert R.j A fter having various persons here. ficit.
to tell her story. Trembling 4»
<S>
This capitalist is now ready to <$> and alm ost hysterical, she drew $> IMPROVEMENT IN SITUATION IS
<S> Greer had to present in regard t o 1 endeavoiing to get them interested
the hotel and sanitarium project. At in the project, Mr. Greer finally come to Ashland, according to Mr.
from her pocket and autom atic 3>| NOTED AS TWIN CITIES BEGIN
<?> the hour of opening, over a hundred I came in contact with a wealthy ho- Greer, and is aw aiting the word to!$> and shot Crosslin three times. >1 DIGGING OUT FROM UNDER
tel man and one who has had a wide start.
This word depends on t h e > He fell from his chair dead.
<•>'
<?• peisons were present, and they con-
experience
in
the
kind
of
hotel
Ash­
outcome
of
the
coming
Chamber
of[
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<§> • HEAVY SNOW DRIFTS TODAY.
tinued to come until 8 O.cjock niak.
A ction on F our-P ow er Navy Treaty
land is In need of a t the present time. Commerce election. The retiring di-
ing the total num ber present run in The gentlem an is the owner of three rectors, who Mr. Greer asked to be
U ntil Tom orrow; A ttitu d e o f “Ir-
Thousands o f D ollars D am age Has
the
neighborhood
of
150.
recon ciliab les” A Puzzle.
large hotels in California, one at • replaced by other persons, are E. V.
Been D one by T orrential R ains
Mr. Greer, in beginning his talk, Santa Barbara, one a t Los Angeles C arter, .)
W. McCoy and V. O. N
and Sleet in Northern W isconsin
took his hearers back to 1914, when and another at El Centro In the Im- Smith, who have thrown various ob
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24.—
/e thrown v
and M innesota— Schools Closed.
A compromise reservation to the
he was a t the head of the springs perial valley. A fter having heard of structions in his path in the past
four-power Pacific treaty was agreed
water commission, and was in s tru -^ h e Ashland proposition from a num -| when Mr. Greer was working in the
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 24 (2:30 p.
upon by President H arding and Sen­
mental in mobilizing the various her of friends, this gentlem an finally interest of Ashland
These gentle­
m .)— Improvement, in conditions Is
ato r
Brandagee, “ irréconciliable”
spring w aters that we now have i n , was willing to talk business with Mr men Mr. Greer praised in the high­
expected
shortly.
Railroads are
Lithia
member of the senate foreign rela­
park in the various foun-j G reer and told him th a t if every est way as bankers, but said he be­
making
a
determ
ined
effort to move
tains.
tions committee.
At that tim e the city was ¡thing was as represented, he was lieved they must be set aside as di­
Ben
Scovell,
Shakespearean
actor,
’^e
mails.
Telephone
and telegraph
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.— The su­ bonded to tlie extent of $175,000 for
The reservation stipulates th at the
‘sold” on the proposition. But, real- rectors of the Chamber of Commerce
United States understands th at un­ preme grand jury yesterday returned this purpose, and Mr. Greer em phat­ izing the isolation of Ashland and before the city can be expected to who filled a num ber of engagements officials said it would be many days
der the term s of the Pacific pact. two more indictm ents against George ically stated th a t every cent of th at the loss th at would inevitably result ¡take its place as a large tourist cen- in Ashland some time ago, and Miss before normal traffic conditions can
Eula Flurry, of Roseburg, were be resumed.
there is no commitment to employ L - ’ Tex’) Rickard, internationally money went for the payment of said at the beginning before the place
te r which is justly its due. In clos­ quietly m arried Wednesday in Oak-
The Twin Cities are digging them«
arm ed force or for any alliance, and known sportsm an, m aking four in system. This am ount paid for the could be properly advertised, he de­
ing Mr. Greer asked th a t the direc­ land, Or.
all
Mr.
Scovell,
who
was
selves
out this afternoon from under
no “ obligation to be in any defense”
system but at th a t only the basis of { manded some offset in retu rn for tors elected a t the coming election
Each of the new bills charge ab­ what was to come had been a cco m p -'th at loss in the way of a $50,000 be wide awake and open-minded cit- through this country and England heavy snowdrifts, in some places 30
of the Pacific possessions of the pow­
duction. A 13-year-old girl gave tes- Rshed. On that basis, it was expect-j bonus. A fter fu rth er conferences, izens who would work for the best with his uncle Sir Henry Irving, is feet tleep. Thousands of automobiles
e rs signatory to the treaty.
a veteran of the Boer war and served were abandoned in the streets,
It was first proposed th a t final
i., « , , e C arge’ and an 11_!ed to interest outside capital to in- this demand was reduced to $30,000 • interests of Ashland.
as an entertainer with the Canadian
Thousands of dollars damage has
action be taken on the Pacific treaty ypar*°U gii‘1 for the other,
and
American
forces
on
the
western
been
done by torrential rains and
today, but Senator Johnson u rg e d ,
front from 1915 to 1918.
s’esi storms throughout northern
th a t it be deferred until tomorrow f r
The
bride
Is
a
native
of
Mississippi
Wisconsin and Minnesota. All rural
The senate voted so.
and the sister of John Flurry, com- schools in the vicinity of the Twin
m ander of the American Legion post Cities have been, closed.
PRESIDENT HARDING
at Roseburg. They left at once for
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LOSING PATIENCE
Eugene,
where
they
will
be
enter-
MINNEAPOLIS,
Minn., Feb. 24.—
A public meeting of the Chamber
W ASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 24.—
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24.— The
tained
by
the
Phi
Delta
Gamma
fra-j
The
death
toll
of
the storm th at
of
Commerce
will
be
held
in
the
city
President H arding was represented
condition of Mabel Normand, ill from
ternity.
!
buried
half
a
dozen
states of the
hall
Tuesday
evening,
February
28.
by the adm inistration senators who
' influenza, aggravated by the nervous
’ middle northw est, completely Isolat­
This meeting is not confined to the
have recently conferred with him, as
PORTLAND, Feb. 24. H earingi breakdown following the m urder of
ing some sections for the past 72
membership of the chamber, but it of witnesses in the second trial of W illiam Desmond Taylor, was de-
“ fast losing patience” with the in­
hours, is known to be at least nine.
creasing delay the arm am ent confer­
is hoped th at all who are interested Charles W. Purdin, charged with the scribed today as being “grave and
It
is feared that when the wire con­
ence treaties have encountered in the
in the civic betterm ent of our com- m urder of his form er wife, Agnes critical” by her physicians at her
/¿ 't r ip - X
nections are restored th at reports
senate foreign relations committee,
munity will show their interest by I Purdin, and her lover, Howard Sig- secluded tem porary home.
from
other towns will increase the
attending.
The directors of t h e ' sby, was continued this morning.
due to the opposition to the four-
Two nurses are In constant a t­
'- ■ m
death
list.
power Pacific treaty.
chamber will be glad to listen to a n y • Leo Gotesch, deputy coroner, said tendance and only her physicians are
Train
schedules and wire eommun-
The committee has before It again
suggestions th at may aid them i n ; that when he arrived a t Mrs. Pur- allowed toj see the film star.
It
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2 4 .— Nation are still seriously interrupted.
today the substitute for the B randa­
the discharge of their duties and din’s home on the morning of De- was reported that she was partially
? À
Tlie sales tax- plan, designed to raise
J e a ’li was reported at Roches-
gee reservation to the Pacific treaty
constructlve criticism will be wel­ cember 31, he found Mrs. Purdin, in paralyzed.
m
oney
n
w
e
s
s
a
iy
for
’th
e
so
ld
iers’
ter<
Minn.,
through a short-circuited
comed.
agreed upon by H arding and Lodge,
her nightgown, dead on the bedroom
Dr. Fulton, one of Miss Norm and’s
*
«
bonus,
w
hich
was
rejected
by
tlie
f
l
^
c
t
r
i
c
w
ire
due to th e sto rm .
but there appears little chance of
Louis E. Bean, ispeakei’ df the floor, and Sigsby, scantily attired, physicians, issued a statem ent later
compromise being reached in view
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house of representatives in the la s t; dead on the floor in the front room, in the day th at the actress was In no tax snb-com m ittcc o f th e bouse ways
I am told that Secretary Fuller legislature speaks at a Cham ber of Purdin, with a gas tube in his mouth, im m ediate danger of death, but was and m eans com m ittee, was referred
^T. PA1 L. Minn., Feb. 24.— Bliz-
of the continued refusal of the re­
to th e fu ll republican m em bership zarJ conditions prevailed again to-
publican “ irreconciliables” and dem­ makes the flat positive statem ent Commerce meeting in G rants Pass on was on the kitchen floor. The gas seriously ill.
th at every one of the present di­
o f th e w ays and m ean s com m ittee da^
throughout
fh e
north we:
ocratic members to accept one.
rectors of the Cham ber of Com­ Monday, the 27th, and we have his was turned on and he was semi-con-
today. The commit tee discussed the Sw eeping in from the Rocky Moun-
promise to make a short address to scious. A canary was dead in a cage
DOG GUARDS DEAD M ASTER
merce will be elected next month
and that he will rem ain as secre­ us at our meeting, the 28th. Mr. ■ near him.
plan for a few m inu tes, but ad- îa ’n regions, the storm which began
tary the coming year. That makes
Bean is an eloquent speaker and his
R. J. Endicott, taxi driver, testi­ Body o f H otel Caretaker Found jo u in ed w ithout tak in g action for or ^uesJay night was rapidly m oving
it look as though the board of
eastw ard today.
B eside F orest Trail
against th e m easure.
fied to driving Purdin to Mrs. Pur-
directors had formed a slate which talk will he an interesting one.
Winds ranging from 30 to 50 miles
A report of the financial standing J ia ’s home, 448 East Forty-seventh
they intended to put through,
STEVENSON, Wash., Feb. 24.—
an
hour swept the snow in the Da­
whether or no.
of the organization anJ the work of street, about 10:45 o’clock the night
DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 2 1 .— Seem
Now, I desire to make this flat i the year will he given by the secre before. A neighbor testified to hear­ John Munyan, 60 years old, care­ ingly positive proof that Harry N, kotas in huge drifts. Duluth, Minn.,
statem ent: If either C arter, Mc­
*' ,!e a i'-v
inches of snow. re-
tarv. and the prelim inary steps tak ing three shots and the scream of a taker of the Soda Springs hotel in F ie ld s could not have been in Ixis
Coy or V. O. N. Smith are elected
the Columbia national forest, was A n geles at th e tim e of th e Taylor P°rted Jrifts in many places more
en
toward
the
election
of
six
dlrec
woman
about
11
o’clock.
to succeed themselves, the chance
found dead beside the trail Sunday
we now have through Mr. Greer to tors for the term of two years.
m urder w as com m unicated to Sheriff ! 'iau
Ieet high.
There was no indication th at the
morning,
his dog keeping vigil over C offin la te yesterday by Edw'ard F ox,
finance the new hotel and sani­
Most
trains
out ol Duluth have
I defense would be changed from what
tarium is absolutely killed. The
the
body.
Munyon
was
last
seen
ch ief of d etectives, who declared he
cancelled,
i it was at :he first trial, when Purdin
men Mr. G reer is figuring with At Ju n io r High—
alive on Wednesday, February 15,
Merl
Hess
has
left
school
had
evid
en
ce
that
F
ield
s
m
ade
a
<le-
'
this
claimed
th
a
t
he
found
his
form
er
will not invest th eir money in a
when he came to the Stabler post
place
where
the
Chamber
of
Com­
week
and
moved
with
his
folks
to
wife
posit
o
f
$
1
8
0
in
a
Chicago
hank
un­
and Sigsby together, he not
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24.—
office for mail and provisions.
merce is controlled by men whom
California.
der th e nam e o f Sam Caplin on F eb­
knowing th at his wife had obtained
The United States has made a formai
they know to be absolutely against
t
The snow at the hotel, which is in ruary 2. Tlje hank hook show ing
The pupils who have been confined a
protest to the Japanese government their investm ent, and they would
i
‘,h at ,hey attack e'’ the heart ot the m ountains. Is four
th e deposit was found on F ield s nt
to th e.r homes with colds for some him when he broke through a win- teet deep,
M„
wa9 ab|e
against the sm uggling of opium, m or­ he ehumps if they did.
;
time,
are
Mr.
Greer
has
no
desire
to
“con­
the tim e o f h is arrest. Fox said.
H
im
.
,.™
gradually
retu
rn
in
g
to
dow.
Sigsby
had
a
gun.
he
c
la
im
s
.walk
„
„
„
„
crQ8,
and
bad
phine, heroin and other narcotics in­
tro
l”
the
Chamber
of
Commerce,
i
school.
F ields adm itted using th e nam e of
and Mrs. Purdin was killed when abou.
(rom |||e
to this country by the means of J a p ­ but he does sincerely hope th a t
The committee of entertainm ent she stepped between them.
Caplin
w h ile In Chicago.
He
anese steam ships.
open-minded men will be elected
he apparently became ill.
has plans for a program to be pre- killed
Sigsby, he adm itted, but
Replying to the American com­ pasniq Xiamajixa oseqi jo p a is u i
plaint. the Toklo foreign office in­ ones so that the proposed hotei sented in the Armory about April 1. claims it was in self-defense.
B asketball T onight—
MEXICO CITY, Felx 2 4 .— R ebels
and sanitarium project will go
The county nurse has been at the:
form ed this governm ent that efforts forward,
under
th e direction o f A ntonio Me­
Ashland
high
school’s
quintet
will
favorably and speedily.
Junior High and H awthorne schools
All
was
fair
in
love
and
war
until
play
the
Roseburg
team
tonight
at
would be made to prevent the illegal
dina,
held
up three trains in th e last
In the approaching election, on­
this
week.
they
held
a
peace
conference.
traffic in drugs and a request was
ly paid-up members of the Cham­
the high school gymnasium.
tw o days on th e Vera Cruz lin e b e­
ber of Commerce can vote. .Those
tw een San M arcos and . T ezuitlan.
MEDFORD,
Feb. 24.— As the
being made of the Japanese ship
who would rath er have a big to u r­
owners to co-operate with Japanese
Service
has
been
halted,
|>ending
the
i*nie
approaches
for the big banquet
ist hotel and sanitarium for Ash­
and meeting of the Jackson County
and American authorities in sup­ land than to have the three gen­
arrival of troops.
Game Protection association a t the
pressing the traffic.
tlemen named above sit in the
Chamber of Commerce saddle and
*
Hotel Medford on the night of March
th ro ttle
A shland’s
immediate
CELEBRATES TW ELFTH
, interest in the event increases. A
prospects for big things, should
BIRTHDAY
WITH
PARTY
meeting was held here recently b r
join the Chamber of Commerce
:
Medford
and Ashland members of
before next Tuesday, so they can
have a vote, and all members now
Master Bill Wilson celebrated his the committee on arrangem ents,
delinquent in th eir dues should
twelfth birthday yesterday evening
special invitation is extended to
pay them before next Tuesday so
in various ways. To start the even- l^e stockmen and farm ers of south­
they will be entitled to a vote.
ing
off in good shape, a num ber of ern Oregon to attend for the pur-
The Chamber of Commerce elec­
boy friends were invited in to have il0se of discussing ways and means
tion is a seeret ballot. If you are
a member you can register your
dinner, which was served in the early to hanJle the predatory animal sit­
vote without fear of any of these
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 24 —
evening and was rath er mixed with tiation, which is becoming such a
men, by reason of th eir connec­
Three alterations to the proposal
¡various combats among the youngs- fe’reat menace to the wild life of Ore-
tion with banks you owe money,
made by Henry Ford for the govern­ em barrassing you by calling your
ters. Having had a bountiful meal P°n> The farm ers and stockmen ara
m ent’s n itrate and power project at
loan. The ballot is secret and
the boys retired to the park and en- a ^so u rSeJ to come and participate
Muscle Shoals, Ala., have been they will not know who voted for
joyed themselves in what way you in a Jiscussion on the bounty law
agreed to by the Detroit m anufac­ or against them.
will have to find out from them di- O-Uestion, and the game laws perrain-
As these men are forming a
tu rer. They are:
rect. When it was time for the firs in? to the opening and closing of the
combination to re-elect themselves
1. To w rite into the proposed con­ it is essential that the opposition
show at the theater, they were all season- Their advice is wanted on
tract a definite guarantee to produce should have a caucus at once and
found present and spent an hour of many im portant questions,
fertilizers in their finished form at« form ulate a ticket to run against
perfect enjoyment.
| And far more than 100 cents worth
them so that the opposition can
a given annual minimum tonnage.
Those
present
a
t
the
party
were,
Bne eats will be served for the
concentrate on given candidates
2. To capitalize the operating com­
¡Horace Dunn, Joseph Conley, Jack Lumquet dollar ticket, along with a
against the Chamber of Commerce
pany. which is to be created for the slate. Unless this is done the op­
INlms, Francis Sankey, Barney Miller, fine ciLertainm ent. The banquet will
position vote will be scattered and
supervising of the Muscle Shoals
Dugal Young, Marion Frost and be served at 7:30 o’clock, and there
their efforts will be defeated. I
operations.
will be both vocal and instrum ental
Billy Young.
have kept pretty closely in touch
music and 1100 feet of moving pic­
3. To revise the language of the
with the sentim ent of citizens and
tu re films, showing pictures o f'w ild
so-called farm ers’ clause In order to feel certain th at there is opposi­
R eturns from Salem—
game, birds and wild Oregon life, by
Insure the delivery of fertilizers to ' tion enough to defeat these men
five to one if everybody who are
Miss Mary Spencer, who was in a t-'a n d under the direction of A. C Al-
the consum ers a t a profit not to ex­ members
pay up th eir dues and
tendance at the Christian Endeavor len.
ceed 8 per cent based on the moat of other interested citizens at once
convention
at Salem, returned to her
Prof. Irving Vining of Ashland
m anufacture.
join the club so they will have
home
this
week. Miss Spencer re ­ will be the main speaker of the
F ord’s approval to these modifica­ a vote. To be in good standing
ports considerable sickness down the night,
Captain Berghduff, state
tions were announced by W. B. Ma­ you need only pay up your dues,'
not -o u r budget subscription.
valley, and said the Christian En game warden, member of the state
yo, chief engineer for the Ford com­
If you want to vote you must
deavor delegates were not allowed game commission and a num ber of
pany, upon his retu rn from Detroit, be a member in good standing be­
to
visit the penitentiary on account Portland hotel men will be present,
fore
next
Tuesday.
where he conferred with the m anu­
HAZ
KIK.
of the severe influenza epidemic Ashland expects to have a delegation
facturer. N
among the prisoners.
iof not less than 50 at the gathering,
1
now hanging over the army and
<» and navy appropriations threat-
ening the existence of more
* than half the navy yards in the
!<* country, navy officials said to-
day.
<$> It was declared th at should
NO OBLIGATION TO BE IN ANY <S> the axe fall as heavily on naval
appropriations as some congres-
D E FE N SE OF PACIFIC POSSES­
i
sional leaders are threatening,
SIONS OF POW ERS SIGNATORY
|>
the navy departm ent will be
TO TREATY SAYS AMENDMENT
; forced to close all except a few
of the essential establishm ents.
Senator Johnson Urged D eferring
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Public Meeting
H a z ¡Q k
Called Tuesday
Mabel Normand in
Serious Condition
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