FR ID A Y IS ASHLAND DAY A T
* ASHLAND CLIMATE, w ith o u t <&
Q> th e aid of m edicine, cures nine
cases o u t of ten of asth m a. ❖
«$> Thia is a proven fact.
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TH E F A IR I
L E T ’S G O /
A shland D aily T idings
♦ MALARIA GERMS cannot su r- <&
vive th re e m onths in th e rich >
® ozone a t A shland. The pure do-
m estic w ater helps.
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(International News Wife -Service
VOLUM E 4
ASHLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY!, SEPTEM BER 13, 1922
(Successor to th e Sem i-W eekly Tidings. Voi. 43)
No. 10
DR. RICH. BRUMFIELD CHEATS HANGMAN
Convicted Slayer of Dennis Russell TaRes Pfl I KJ f| f YT j- D IQ !•?> JACKSON COUNTY
I <S>
FAIR RACKS HELD
Own Life With Rope in His Cell at il U111U LAI L11 10
TH IS AFTERNOON
the State Penitentiary this
Afternoon.
SALEM, Sept. 18.— Dr. R ich
ard B ru m field , con victed sla y er
o f D enn is R u ssell, ch eated the
g a llo w s th is aftern oon , w hen he
h anged h im self in h is veil at th e
sta te p en iten tiary.
B rn m fioeld su cceed ed in end-
ii.4 h is life w ith about a foot of
rope, w hich h e tied arou n d h is
neck. H e had placed a dum m y in
ILLINOIS RESIDENTS
HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC
T w enty-four m em bers of th e Illi
nois society m et for a picnic d in n er
a t L ith ia park th is noon. No sp e
cial program had been arran g ed ,
a n d those p resen t spent th e tim e in
g ettin g b e tte r acq u ain ted and in
ta lk in g over old tim es in the
“ s u c k c r” sta te . L ast year the a ffa ir
w as atte n d ed by nearly 40, but too
m any co u n ter a ttra c tio n s cut down
th e a tendance th is year.
. O fficers elected for the com ing
y e a r w e: Mrs. A. C. Briggs, presi-
d e n t; M is. W . D. H odkinson, vice-
p re sid e n t; Mrs. E tta R oland, secre-
ta ry -tre a s u re r.
h is bed to d isp ell suspicion,
body was still warm w hen
guard found it.
His
the
Dr. B rum field tore a strip from
h is
m attress,
tyin g
on e
end
around th e steam pipe« running
alon g th e ee ll ce ilin g s and th e
oth er end around h is neck.
He
th en ju m p ed from liis bunk.
FAR AHEAD OF
HIS OPPONENT
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W ith a m edium -sized crow d,
th e Jackson county fa ir opened
I <$■ today. The grounds w ere said
<t> to be fairly well filled w ith
<$> autom obiles.
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R esults fo r th e a fte rn o o n ’s
I <♦> races are as follow s:
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Q u arter m ile— tim e,
24>4
1 seconds: M essenger Boy first,
PLURALITY EXPECTED TO BE
|<s> “ Nick C a rte r” second, and
25,000 IN WASHINGTON
<$> “ B ridal V eil” th ird .
PRIMARY
<$> F o u r and a h alf fu rlo u g h s—
<♦"> tim e 56 seconds; tie betw een
REPUBLICAN NOMINEES <»> “ Sw oon” and “ Miss U nion.”
SWEEP ENTIRE FIELD <§>, T hree and a h alf furlo u g h s—
<$> tim e 45 seconds: “ Miss D euce”
Four Congres »men Renominated; <$> firs t,' “ Hattie- S tover” second,”
Senator Lodge Carries Massachu-j<g> and “ Ba by G ra n d ” th ird ,
setts by Plurality of 120,000; Is
His Sixth Nomination.
SEA TTLE. Sept. 13. — U nited
S tates S en ato r Miles W P oindexter
was successful in y esterd ay ’s repub-
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.— Steady 1 can P rim aries, on th e face of the
im provem eut ln the‘ condition of re tu rn s today. His p lu ra lity is ex-
Mrg H arding hag been 3Uch ag to peeled to be betw een 20,000 and
forecagt her com plete reC0very from 25,000.
tfae daea3 e th at c a rr ie d . her alm ost
R e tu rn s from 1075 prceincts out
tO d e a th -3 door> her phyajciana 3aid. of 2446, give P oindexter 43,396 and
H ow ever
unforeseen
Com plica- L am ping 31,365. All four republi-
tiQng m ight arige tQ re ta rd h er can congressm en w ere renom inated,
steady im provem ent.
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BOSTON, Sept. 13.— U nited States
\ S enator Lodge received his sixth re-
♦
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STRIKE FORCE
IS BROKEN BY
ROADS, CLAIM
HORSESHOE PITCH ERS WILL
HAVE CONTESTS AT FA IR
FAIR GROUNDS
E n tries for the horseshoe pitching
contest to be held d uring the a fte r
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noon n ear the A g ricu ltu ral building
<$>
a t th e Jackson county fa ir m ust be
<$>
l m ade by T hursday, according to re
<$>
ports from the com m ittee in charge
<§>
’of th is barn y ard diversion.
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Since A shland in au g u ra te d the
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¡event here on Ju ly 4, g re a t in te rest
<S>
has been m anifested in the ancient
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pastim e.
The w inner a t the fair
LAST
W EEK
HEAVIEST
FOR
<$>
will receive a ribbon for his prow FIN E PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR
FR E IG H T LOADED IN 11
FIR ST DAY O F TH E BIG
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ess, and be crow ned th e cham pion
MONTHS
EXPOSITION
>1
of so u th ern Oregon. A spirants for
<£•
th e title are requested to forw ard
AFFIDAVITS
POURING
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th e ir nam es to the cham ber of com- FRIDAY DESIGNATED
«•>
INT0 CHICAGO COURT m erce, a t M edford.
AS DAY FOR ASHLAND
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T A“ E fforts Mad«» to Lim it Influx
• Schools and B u sin ess H ouses W ill
Meet, Failure; Government’s Side
C lose E arly; Request Made t o
Of Question Will Be Heard by
Purchase T ickets H ere, and to
Kml of Week.
Use South E ntran ce to Grounds.
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BALKAN STATES
MAKING READY
FOR MORE WAR
ANO O K S I.C.C.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 13.— M arked
F orm al dedication of th e Jackson
progress by the railro ad s in com-
county fail- grounds was m ade today
I b a ttin g the effects of th e r a ’lway
when George A. M ansfield received
' shopm en’s s trik e are indicated by a
I th e exposition site, which was pre-
! sta te m e n t from the A ssociation of
DETRO IT, Sept. 13
H enry F o rd sented by H. L. W alth er, president
, R ailw ay Executives.
today issued a form al statem en t a t- of the fair association.
More revenue from freight load-) tacking th e in te rsta te
com m erce
M otor and horse races, m erchants
! ed d u rin g th e week of Septem ber 12) com m ission for its failu re to see th a t displays, concerts d u rin g th e a fte r-
1 th an d u iin g any one week in 1 1 ) coal was d istr.b u te d to th e public. I noon and evening, a e rial gym nastics
, m o n th s,’ said the statem en t.
. h did not re fe r to the th re a te n e d .—in fact, som ething doing every
closing of his plants, which has been m inute th a t the grounds a re open,
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.— E ffo rts to
fo r Saturday,
is on the list for th e fair.
stop the deluge of affid av its in tro
T hursday has been designated as
FIGHTING WITH GREEKS IS RE duced by th e governm ent in the
M edford and Jackson county farm
! publican nom nation for th a t office
I h e a r ng to m ake perm an en t the
PORTED ALONG SOUTHERN
bureau day. V arious labor saving
by
a
p
lu
ra
lity
of
m
ore
th
an
120,000
“ M OONSHINE” ATTRACTS BOYS
i d rastic injunction ag ain st th e strik -
FRONTIER
devices for th e farm are to be
as a resu lt of y e ste rd ay ’s prim ary
' ing railro ad w orkers failed in court,
THOUGH INTOXICATES NONE
shown, while an exceptionally fine
election.
i As a resu lt, it was sta te d , the gov-
stock exhibit has been arran g ed .
JUGO SLAVS B.UGIN
I e rn m e n t’s side of th e case will not
“ M oonshine” and
th e p resent
M otorcycle and autom obile races,
TO MOBILIZE MEN ' be com pleted u n til F rid ay or S atu r-
EASTERN OREGON PEARS
g e n e ra tio n a re on speaking term s a t
besides several fast horse races, a re
SOLD TO NEW YORKERS
least, but it took f<?ur local boys
I day.
billed
for tom orrow . A fast boxing
HOOD R IV E R , Or.. Sept. 13 — Rouiiiunia to Join W ith G reeks
to b a th e In it
card has been a rran g ed for the ev-
Against Turkey; Many Russians , j KWELL-W 1LI .ARD PLAN
U nderw ood, W ash., o rch ard ists r e
A ctracted by the beau ties of the
I ening, as well as dancing.
Radio
Are
Arrested for Plotting Against
ACCEPTED BY COMMITTEE
port
th
a
t
practically
th
e
e
n
tire
ton
n ig h t, a p a rty of four, M eredith
i concerts will also be featu red Many
Moscow Soviet G overnm ent.
’ CHICAGO. Sept. 13.— The policy
nage of D’A njou pears of th e neigh
Beaver,
H arold
Sim pson,
W ard
carnival a ttra c tio n s are on th e
boring Skam ania county fru it d is
com m ittee of th e railro ad shop-
H am m ond and
Elw ood H edberg
LONDON,
Sept.
13.—
B
ulgaria
is
W
ith
th
e
advent
of
th
e
school
grounds,
Mrs. G ertru d e Frosi;, w ife of tric t has been purchased by Ira L.
c ra fts, has ten tatively accepted the
m ade a trip to th e Jackson Hot
A shland public schools will be
fo
u
n c J m a n G. M. I to s i , of V teim er
of w h ite Salm on, m id-Colum - p rep a r ng to go to w ar a g ain st Jew ell-W illard plan, but has m ade year, the cabins a t Lake of the
sp rin g s last nig h t, and proceeded to
d isp o rt
them selves
beneath
th e iIe ," l!,s' di£‘d ai th eir home early bia rep re sen ta tiv e of S tein h ard &| Greece as a resu lt of th e G reek de c e rtain stip u latio n s th a t railro a d s W oods are slowlv being deserted by closed a t 11:15 F iiday m orning, ac-
th e ir ow ners and only five or six of cording to S uperintendent Briscoe,
feat by th e T urks. The plan is to
th is m orning.
K elly, New York City buyers. Prices
m ust accept before peace has gone
beam ing countenance of the moon.
them a re occupied at the present in o rd er th a t all the school children
M rs. F ro s t’s death cam e as a paid a re announced as follows: Ex- resto re the old B ulgarian fro n tie r
into effect,” said one of th e high:
F o r once, “ m oonshine” and boys
may visit the fair. Many of the lo
resto
re
the
old
B
ulgarian
boundary
shGCK to her fam ily, as well as to tra fancy and fancy> $2 25 a Dox,
officials of the s trik in g sh o p m e n :
did not prove a bad com bination.
in
th
e
so
u
th
e
a
ste
rn
corner
of
the
,
F
o
u
r
new
cabins
have
been
erect-
cal m erchants will close th e ir doors
her wide circle of friends, for she and c grade $ l ?5
here today.
B
alkans,
according
to
inform
ation
le
d
about
the
lake
d
u
rin
g
th
e
past
duriQK
the a f ernoon. All children
retire d last evening in h e r usual
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PA R E N T S NOT PR E SE N T
¡season,
and
practically
all
of
the
under
16> whPn accom panied by
received
here.
health. D ur ng the n ig h t, Mr. F ro st
WHEN HOWARD IS BURIED was aw akened to find his w ife feel
w
h
i
c
h
'^
e*r
Pa
re n ts -
be a d m itte d free
It is reported • th a t fig h tin g has
best lots have been bought, on
of
charge
on
F
riday.
T ickets are
1 alread y broken out betw een th e
ing quite ill, and he called a phys
m ore cabins will be erected next
SALEM, Or., Sept. 13.— The body ician, wiio arriv ed prom ptly, and ad-j
being
d
istrib
u
te
d
to
those
a t the
i T u rk s, B ulgarian irre g u la rs and th e
sum m er.
of G eorge H ow ard, who was hanged m inistered some med cine to relieve
G reeks on the so u th ern B u lg a ra n
The lake has been a popular fish various school buildings.
in th e sta te p e n ite n tia ry here last thg pajn but thp a tta c k had been
Local people are urged to pur-
fro n tier.
,
ing spot this sum m er, and will be
F rid a y , was buried in th e C atholic tQo u n jc t fQr h er faea
&nd Mrg>
....
,
,
______* chase th eir tickets in A shland, as
still m ore popular in th is respect
ATHENS, Sept. 13.— Jugo-Slavia,
cem etery in Salem yesterday. How Frost passed away before it w as;
. . . .
. .
„
this will facilitate the speedy ta k in g
d u rin g th e next few years, as it has
fearin g a new w ar in the Balkans,
of tick ets a t the fair grounds.
A
a rd was executed for the m u rd e r
h a r d l y ‘realized th a t she was ill
, been stocked w ith ab o u t 75,000 fish
j has begun to m obilize, according to
G eorge Sweeney, a trav elin g tailor.
portiou
of
the
grand
stand
has
been
Mrs. F ro st was born in R andall,
of d iffe re n t kinds d u rin g the sum
inform ation from Sofia. Jugo-S lavta;
who m ade his h e a d q u a rte rs a t Vale, Minn, in 1883, being 39 years old
reserved for A sh lan d people only
m er.
W ith an addition of 51,000
•
and
R
oum
anla
have
both
inform
ed
on F riday, and those atte n d in g are
M alheur county
at the tim e of her death. She had
silv e rs’des, 14,000 bass and a good
¡Greece they will a d this country in)
H ow ard’s p a re n ts have w ritten Hyed |n Aghland for lhe pagt geyen
asked to e n te r the grounds by the
num ber of sm aller species such as
GENEVA, Sept. 13. G eneral dis- event of a n o th e r of the B alkan pow-i
F a th e r Buck th a t they will not be years, and had m ade a wide circle
south entrance.
T ickets inay be
A new m eat m ark e t is to be es-
perch, sunfish and catfish, th e fish-
.
„
a rm am en t has been approved by the ers assistin g T urkey.
... .
.
..
purchased a t N inm ger & W arner s.
i tablished in A shland in th e very .
ab le to a tte n d the funeral of theii
t r jends d u rjng th a t tim e,
ing will be im proved considerably. •
near fu tu re , a lease having been
son.
F u n e ral services will be held a t League of N ations a t the assem bly)
The experim ent w ith rainbow
d
isarm
am
en
t
com
m
ission,
whicj»
LONDON,
Sept.
13.—
A
plot
to
obtained
on a -portion of the H. G.
the P re sb y te ria n church a t 2 o’clock
tro u t in the lake has proved even
T hursday afternoon. In te rm e n t will adopted th e plan of Lord Cecil of overthrow the Moscow soviet gov-. Gnders store, w here the new m ark- m ore successful th an anticip ated , as
L ngland.
■ ern m en t has been discovered, and
will he opened hv A R Brown
be m ade a t P o rtlan d .
all rep o rts indicate th a t they are
The plan is th a t th e W ashington m any prom inent R ussians have been and Ed Ba rro n
th
riv in g in the new location.
conference program fo r naval dis-j a rre ste d , according to a H elsingfors j A new p a rtitio n is to be placed
The logs are being cleared out of
W RESTLING AND BOXING
a rm am en t be extended, and th a t the dispatch.
th ro u g h the building, and the car-
several
of the sm all creeks th a t
ARRANGED EOK TH E FA IR I m itatio n of land arm am en ts be
D isorders a re rep o rted to have pente rs have sta rte d w orking on
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considered sim ultaneously
broken out, though th e d etails of thig and wiU have lt com pleted in- em pty in to 'th e lake in ord er to m ake
a place for th e fish to spaw n, and
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W ith several good bouts a r r a n g e d _________________
th e anti-soviet conspiracy a re not side of a few days.
thereby
in
su
re
th
e
fu
tu
re
supply
of
KLAMATH
FALLS, Sept. 13.—
for T hursday and F rid ay , and a big OLYMPIA FIEND REPORTED
I given
A sla u g h te r house to be used in f .gh fOJ. thp lake w ithout fu r th e r T housands of acres in the lower
SALEM. Or., S ep t.’ 13.— The sta te w restling m atch slated for S aturday.)
SURROUNDED BY POSSE
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connection w ith th e new m ark et is ass'sta n ce from th e hatcheries.
of O regon. October 1. will pay to the boxing and w restling fans will be!
OLYMPIA, W ash,, Sept. 13.— The
K lam ath m arshes a re m enaced by
being b u ilt on the B arron place east
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th e fire 'w h ic h sta rte d F rid ay on th e
holders of o u tsta n d in g bonds, inter- a ble to see some fine foot and m at ‘-beast
m an” who atta ck e d th e
BASEBALL RESULTS TODAY
of the city.
) F IN E EX H IBITS DISPLAYED
’ gain ranch of Chin Lung, near Mid
est in the am ount of $775,575. This work at th e Jackson county fair O’H ara fam ily, n e a r here, a w eek;
if
Mr Brown will have direct charge
AT
ROGUE
RIV
ER
F
A
IR
land. More th an 1500 acres of grain
National League
was announced here yesterday by th is week. T hree or four fast pre- ago, has been cornered n e a r Olympia
of the m ark e t, while Mr. B arron
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have
been destroyed.
At Brooklyn 3; C incinnati 2.
O P. H off, s ta te tre a su re r. Of the lim inaries are on th e books for by an arm ed posse, which exchanged
will look a fte r th e sla u g h te rin g of
Jackson
county
is
fo
rtu
n
a
te
in
Tije
g rea test dam age, however, is
At New York 8; Chicago 3.
to ta l in te re st due approxim ately T hursday and will proceed the m ain shots w ith him. H ;s c ap tu re
Is be-
the stock and delivering the m eat , having w ithin its boundaries the being done to the ground. The fire
A t P hiladelphia 4^1; St. Louis
$770,575 will be paid on $32.800,- event, betw en Bob Brown, M edford, iieved im m inent.
to the m arket.
com m unity of Rogue River, for in has burned in to the tule roots and
13-11.
000 of bonds issued th ro u g h th e and Gordon McKay. S eattle.
Fri-
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th a t th riv in g little city th e re is th e eaten two feet into the ground. It
At Boston 1-1: P ittsb u rg 8-9.
s ta te highw ay d e p a rtm e n t for th e d ay ’s m ain b a ttle will be betw een
sp irit of co-operat'on and progress ¡a believed a large area will have
co n stru ctio n and im provem ent of Birnie B u rn ett, A shland, and “ B a t-|
American League
■
th a t au g u rs well for the fu tu re , says to be flooded, encircling th e fire, to
At Chicago 7; New York 3.
s ta te roads. The am ount of $22.500 tlin g ” F rick , of M edford.
i
the G ran ts Pass C ourier. They held beep it froni destroying th e fertility
At D etroit 6; P hiald eip h ia 5.
w ill be paid as in te re st on th e first
R alph H and, of Gold Hill, will
ia
fa ir th e re M onday which would of th e entire reclaim ed portion of
At Cleveland 1; W ashington 4
$10,000.000 issue of bonds sold by m eet O scar B utler, of P o rtla n d , in
!
have
been a c re d it to a m uch la rg e r the m arsh. T here a re about 20,000
At St. Louis 1 ; Boston 3.
th ew orld w ar v e te ra n s’ s ta te a id ,'a cham pionship lig h tw eig h t w rest-)
[te
rrito
ry th an th a t included in the acrea ¡n th is dan g er area.
P acific C oast L eague
com m ission, and $5000 as in te re st ling bout S atu rd ay evening. All of
Rogue
R iver, R iverside, W im er and
a . new highw ay bridge is m enaced
(Y esterd ay ’s G am es)
on farm cred its securities.
I th ese a th le tic events a re scheduled
Savage Creek d stricts.
The fair. and th e county co u rt today sent re-
At P o rtla n d 6; San F rancisco 4.
P ractically all of th e in te re st is for 8 :30 o'clock in th e evening and)
which
included
exhibits
of everv ¡nforcem ents to aid the fire fig h ters
At
V
ernon
5;
S
acram
ento
4.
T E R R E HAUTE, Ind.. Sept. 13.—
payable a t New York city b an k s, a re to be held in fro n t of th e grand-1
NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 13.— T hree
kind
and
even
am
usem
ent
features. Tw enty men have been on th e scene
At O akland 2; Salt L ake 4.
F ire com pletely destroyed th e plant
and will be forw arded to th a t city stand.
men w ere drow ned here in th e E liza
ended
w
ith
a
ta
lk
by
W
alter
Pierce, sjnce th e fire sta rte d . At noon yes-
A t S eattle 13; L es Angeles 19.
of the A m erican Hom iny com pany,)
Last
w ithin th e next few days.
b eth riv e r when a 30 foot lau i b dem ocratic nom inee for governor
terday, they were* said to ne com-
m onth th e sta te redem eed $100,000 EIGHTY T H R F B VOTE AS
the larg e st cornm eal plant in the
o v ertu rn ed a fte r colliding w ith a
The
fa
ir
was
held
in
the
com
m
un-
pietely
exhausted.
BEAR VALLEY MOUNTAIN
of o u tsta n d in g highw ay bonds.
.SOCIALISTS IV SHASTA u01'ld ‘ here today.
tow line betw een a tu g and a barge. ity build:ng erected recently by th e
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The loss is estim ated a t a m illion
COVERED BY BIG EIRE
¡people
of
Rogue
R
iver
and
the
sur-
FO
REST
F IR E S AGAIN
Mr and Mrs. L. R. M cG rath and
REDDING, C alif.. Sept. 1 3 — T he dollars.
j KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. 13.— A
R E PO R TED MENACING
ROSEBURG, Sept. 13.- S heriff rounding country- The large room
Mr and Mrs J. H. C arlston. of Ar- socialists cast only 83 votes at th e
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forest fire is rag in g on Bear V alley,
K
irke
Field,
an
a
tto
rn
ey
of
Red-
m
ountain
n
e
a
r
K
eno
and
has
burned
Sam
S
ta
rm
e
r
and
T
raffic
Officer
was
filled
w
ith
a
g
ric
u
ltu
ra
l,
horti-
M
ARSHFIELD
, Or., Sept. 13.—
v a d a . W yo., arriv ed in A shland sev- prim ary election here. W hitm ore
five
m
iles
in
E
a
rl
W.
P
e
rk
in
s
w
ere
a
rre
ste
d
here
c
u
ltu
ra
l
and
ladies'
exhibits.
F
o
rest
fires
subdued
by th e heavy
e ra l days ago. a fte r a four m o n th s’ co n tin u es to be th e b a n n er precinct lands. Calif., who is a cousin of Mrs. over an a re a fo u r or
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rain
last
week
a
re
again
breaking
•into trip along th e coast, and like in th e county of th e party , 20 votes O H. B arnhill of th is city, Is travel- length, according to D. R. Docen of S aturday evening by “ Two G un”
Mr.
and
Mrs.
F
red
W
illiam
s,
of
out.
Two
are
reported
in
the
Brew-
th e city so well th a t they have de- being cast th ere.
Tgo cam e next ing abroad, and w rites th a t he is on Keno. Doten said he believed th e fire F ra n k H opkins, and charged w ith
cided to spend the w liter here, w ith w ith nine votes.
his way to O beram m ergau, w here was confined principally to an old o p e ra tin g m otor vehicles w ithout A lbany, Or., passed th ro u g h A shland s te r valley section and a fire in the
th e*possibility of buying a hom e in
The pro h ib itio n ists m ustered only th e Passion Play is given every ten b u rn , b u t th a t considerable greer. proper lights. They pleaded guilty th is m orning on th e ir way to south- Eden R idge country is sa:d to be
e rn C alifornia.
bad.
I ten votes in all of S hasta county.
years.
tim ber w-as being dam aged.
^and w ere fined $1 each.
th e spring.
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