:: ASHLAND CLIMATE» without “ . the aid of medicine, cures nine <’ cases out of ten of asthma. This | “ is a proven fact. <► IH H U h M U U u M «‘ THE TIDINGS HAS BEEN ASHLAND’S LEADING NEWSPAPER- _____________________ VOLUME 4 Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Volume 43. CHINA MAY BE DISRUPTED BY CIVIL STRIFE * MALARIA GERMS cannot sur- * vive three months in the rich Z ozone at Ashland. The pure do- J (International News Wire Service) ASHLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1923 MUSICAL PLAY BE WEDNESDAY WILL BE PUT ON HERE SOON NO. 2S4 LITHIA CAMP SETS RECORD Plans Being Completed At Washington For Great Public Rites. Over 70 Machines Register Last Night And Set High Score General Lu Shiang New In Chinese »Affairs Now Threatens War. HIGH SCHOOL SETS RECORD WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.— Cast Of Two Hundred Local -'Ounty Report Shows That People To Be Used President H ardind’s funeral train The largest num ber of new cars Ashland School Is In Production speeds through Nevada on the th a t have ever registered In one Best Managed sorrowful journey back to W ash­ day in the history of the Ashland ington, plans are progressing here Auto f amp Ground were there ¡SOLDIERS ATTACK under the direction of President UNDER DIRECTION I last night, when 70 machines OVER $94 SPENT AMERICAN VESSEL Coolidge and secretary of State OF MR. WELLINGTON drove in, in addition to many ma- FOR EACH PUPIL Hughes, for the great public fun­ | chines th at were in the park from eral, next W ednesday. A m ilitary j the day before. Revolution At This Time escort which will escort the fun­ Civic Club To Back Play The cars represented sixteen Local F ig u res Much B etter Would Be Disastrous eral procession from the W hite T l'n ie * Ï Ï * different states in the union, and For Nation Because Of House to the Capitol, will be led Ah.an , A’hose o f Alediord also British Columbia. W hich Js Only Othei Bad Famine Which Would by General Pershinp, and Army Staged In Chautauqua 1___ _______ _______________ According to John H. Doran, Result This Winter. L arge h ig h School In Building. and Navy units of high officials superintendent of the park, the NEW YORK, Aug. 4.— Edward great gift— a divorce so th a t she Ih is Section. out of pique, she said— but when will m arch in cortege. W. Browning, m illionaire real­ can m arry Wilen. Financially Wilen learned of the m arriage he crowd last night was the most Form er president, Woodrow tor, m ight have retained the af­ he provided for her some time ! induced her to refuse to live with cosmopolitan ever in the park. SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 4.— W ilson, will be asked to occupy About the snappiest th in g in fection of his beautiful young ago by settling $100,000 upon Beside being adm ittedly the Cars from the following states A new civil war was threatening the post of honor in the funeral. th e way of en tertain m en t th at wife had he possessed even an her to insure her independence. her husband, and at his sugges­ registered: best In the county from an edu­ W ashington, Cali­ China here today with the out­ tion, she made every possible ef­ fornia, Colorado. British Colum­ The body will arrive here Tues­ has ever been offered an Ash­ elem entary knowledge of psy­ cational standpoint, the Ashland " I shall not stand in the path break of hostilities between the day afternoon where it will re­ land crowd is to be p u t on here chology— as it applies to woman. she believes leads to her happi­ fort to have the m arriage an- bia. Texas, Oregon, Missouri, II- high school is also the most ec­ Chihli forces and those of Gen­ B r o v i n " " ' ’ 1” 6 ** ,o r I «=¿1.7 O ki.ho'm «7" N <£” pose at the W hite House until •in about three wéeks by Jay “ I would have died for h e r,” ness,” Browning said. onomically managed, according eral Lu Shiang, the w ealthy war ° D D*' ' K ansas, M aryland, Idaho, Mon- to figures obtained byYhe Tidings Wednesday, and then will be ’W ellington, a n ationally known he said. And Mrs. Browning re­ Nellie Adele Browning was lord, appearing imminent. r . ? ^ a w1u v M7s.I x nneinSh; . ,,x ; ,or o h , : . Rhode Ii,s n d ’ w ~ - „ , „ conveyed to the Capitol where priducer, who, fresh from a big ¡’ paid his devotion by s lo p in g to ™ and from, the records of the B usiness Men Meet the body will rest in state until success in E ureka, arriv ed here ■ Paris, it is alleged, with Dr. County School Superintendent. la tte r is declared to have per­ The local Chinese cham ber of after the funeral services, W ed­ yesterday to get the play u n d er ' Charles H enry W ilen, nee Wilen- suaded the m illionaire’s beauti­ piro said, “ I nearly went wild. I Of these states, about holf the Comparisons .^ade commerce and most of the in ­ nesday night, the train will leave way. sky, known now as the Green­ ful wife, accustomed to new and For a few days I thought I tourists came from California, In making a comparison of the fluential business men met here for Marion, W here the final re st­ would go insane; then slowly the with the other in proportion to expenses of the school of the Back by Civic Club wich Village “ dentist-sheik.” expensive diversions, th a t she this morning in order to consider ing place will be in the old home The production is to be- jpro- Mrs. Browning, petted and : could do nothing b etter than love I felt for him crystallized the distance they are from Ash- county, it would be unfair to some sort of peace plans which town of the President. duced for the benefit of the A sh ­ pam pered, h er every w ant satis-1 take him— for all time. So they into hate. And if he bragged of land. consider the sm aller schools, ac­ may be worked up and offered his ability to love, then I now land Civic club, and accoaxíijg fied alm ost before it was uttered, fled to Paris. All walks of life were repre­ cording to Mayor Loomis, who Mrs. Browning, to the w ar lords in an attempt, to to the producer, will require < uvht merely rebelled against a s u r f e it! for the d en tist’s sake, incurred boast of my ability to hate. sented a t the camp, and a mem- was instrum ental in getting the avert the threatened w ar, which, 200 persons in the cast. T h e ex­ of ease and luxury. The a d v e n -: even the risk incident to travel- I hate Charles H e n r y , her of the K nights of Columbus figures, as the overhead and oth­ coming at this time would do the act date of the play has nott yet lu re w ith th e dentist promised a • ing on a false passport, it is He wrecked my life, and he’ll and a Ku Klux Kian exponent, er expenses oi the sm aller schools Chinese nation inestim able dam ­ pay if I can bring it a b o u t!” been set, but will be known not break in the monotony of a too- j said. staged a h itter verbal battle am ount to nearly the same as the age. later than Monday. Wilen, according to Paris dis- which as far as the rest of the larger schools, ond yet a much perfect existence; th a t was the j Dr. W ilen’s reputed “sheik” Trouble Threatened Is Musical Production patches, has denied the charge tourists were concerned, ended sm aller num ber of pupils are reason for h er alleged desertion j propensities have been attested General Lu Shiang is practi­ "A N ight in D ream land” id of h er husband, her two young to also by Renee Shapiro, beau- th a t he wrecked the Browning in a draw. taught. cally a new figure in the Chinese the name of the musical e x tr iv a - adopted children and her “ Dream tiful Titian-haired, A nother feature was an enter­ his relationship Ashland-M edford Compared blue-eyed home, or th a t civil friction world and seems ganza which Mr. W ellington i s to H ouse,” friends say. with Mrs. Browning has been tainm ent on the banjo by a to u r­ actress. Jilted by the dentist, A comparison, however, could destined to become entangled ROSEBURG, Aug. 4.— Evelyn produce here w ith a cast ir nde ist, who was an a rtist in his line. be made between Ashland and The m illionaire’s love persists, i she m arried a w ealthy real es- anything but platonically profes­ with General Lin the M anchurian Bryant, aged 13, and Cleone Bry­ up entirely of local talen t. Cnrer , He intends to give h er a final j tate operator two m onths ago- sional. Medford, according to the May­ ru le r of the far north, and with ant, aged 6, daughters of W. N. 200 persons are in the play and or, as these schools are of about Sun Yat Sen, who is the ru ler of B ryant of P ortland, were injured the choruses, Mr. W ellin g to n ! the same size, and afford t h e ASHLAND STARTLED the southern division of China a t here today when they were struck says and It offers a great ^»pnor- best comparison. . present. by an autom obile driven by Roy tu n ity for any local people w ho BY NEW CAR COLORS On June 30, 1923, the expens­ American Boat Attacked Miller of Eugene. The girls have talen t to come o u t and es of the current school year for Peking ia aroused over the a t­ were standing on the curb when show w hat they a re a b le to ac­ Ashland amounted to $26,110, or STIT T. tack of the American steam er the car driven by Miller rounded complish. A new “ P eril” has made its an average of $94.46 spent for Alice Dollar, by Chinese soldiers an intersection and in dodging First Meet'ng Tonight appearance in Ashland accord each pupil. The Medford expens­ and the owner of the vessel has another car, swung over the curb Anyone in terested in th e pro­ ing to employees of the local Post es for the same period amounted WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.— asked for guards which will be and struck them, pinning them duction of th e e x tra v a sa n za “ The only solution, of in tern a­ Office who claim the Yellow P er­ to $42,034.71 or $104.33 for each instructed to protect the vessel against th eir fath er's machine According to City Judge Dill, il has nothing on Millard Grub’s pupil, a difference of nine dol­ will have th e o p p o rtu n ity to n ig h t tional as well as national Prob­ even at the risk of causing tro u ­ which was standing against the penitentiary term s are aw aiting car with its new coat of dark red lars and th irty seven cents for of finding out all ab o u t th e play lem s in the F a r E ast lies in ble with the Chinese forces. curb. as Mr. W ellington is h av in g a C h ristian principles. The spirit of ‘Spark -Plug” the good old several habitual loafers of Ash­ p a i n t , f a v o r i t e l y d u b b e d each pupil educated, and a total Troops Moving Evelyn sustained a broken leg, m eeting at th e Civic alubhouse Jesu s m u s t ru le .” I w arhorse of the local fire depart- land, whose names, for the sake the “ Red P eril” by Grubs fellow difference of $5,924.00. Officials in power at Tien Tsin the bone being fractured near the at 7:30 for th e purpose of tel- To a body of churchm en to- men^’ which for the past ten of their families, will be w ith­ employees. More Pupils in Medford have already ordered th eir troops hip, when she was crushed be- ling all interested p erso n s Just day th e Rev. Dr. Sidney L. Gul-; years has been on hand in Ash‘ held. Millard evidently desired some­ The average daily attendance moved In the direction of Nan­ tween the machines. H er smal- i w hat the play Is to be like and For the past several winters, thing novel in the way of Fords in Medford, however, amounts I«'k, sec re ta ry of the Commission ^and t0 fires is in near- king. w here the governor of the ler sister was knocked down and the parts th a t are to he played, on In te rn a tio n a l Ju stice and Good ly as good shaPe now as when according to the judge, several and certa^ily raised his above, to 402.5 pupils against a daily province is practically powerless it was feared she has a fractured I Rehearsals Daily Will Of the F ederal Council of first instal,ed in 1913, according I loafers have made a habit of the common run of the m ultitude attendance of 279.08 for Ashland a t present, due to the revolt of skull. Mr. B ryant and his fam-J Beginning Monday, th e re will working enough to keep alive in when he put on th a t coat of paint or a difference of approximately his arm y which has refused to ily were on their way to C rater be rehearsals fo r th e ch ild ren in C hurciies, a noted au th o rity on t0 eniPl°yees of the departm ent, |h e sum m er and depending upon the Far* E ast, who has ju s t i e - ! wbo bave charge of the big en- for one can hardly tell it is a 123 pupils. In m aking a com­ take his orders and virtually has Lake- charity in the w inter have been member of the popular Ford fam ­ parison, the mayor believes it the afternoons a t th re e o’clock, turned lYom n early a year in the gine- control of the province. If the and for the a d u lt persons in the north :ind south of China, in An illustration as to ju st how g source of constant aggrava- iiy now. would be unfair to Medford not Tien Tsin forces come into con­ Thia car ia aa eaay on the eyes to account for these extra pupils play in the evening at TiTlO every Korea, 1 k Jap an and in the P h il-; good the old boy is after the ten tion. Most of these men have tact with the N anking forces a YOSEMITE PARK TRAVEL day. The persons th a t a re picked ippines, :tnade this report. He years of faithful service is cited families, who never know where aa compared with Billy Briggs in figuring the difference in total general upheaval may be expect­ LARGEST EVER REPORTED for the paTts will have to rehearse declared th a t the Question vex-i by the driver of the truck who the next meal will come from, j neweat creation though, for after expense. Even with these 123 ed as practically every province quite often Mr. W ellington states ing the U n ited States and Japan stated th a t on the call to the fire and in addition to supporting , painting his old car several colors pupils allowance of $104.33 each in China at present has a large YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, as some of th e p a rts ar© ra th e r can be soltved only along the satne back of Livingston’s house ear­ themselves, often have to take j which he evidentiy did not care subtracted, however, «the Ashland force of men under arm s which Aug. 4.— Travel to Yosemite this difficult. ly this week the truck was am ­ care of a shiftless hesband and much about he fina„ y ,,t on th{? schools are still rnu more econ­ lines. refuses to obey any orders ex­ year exceeds the record-breaking , never before conceived of idea of omically W ellington Is Director than the Medford 'The A nti-C hristian movement bling along at a speed of 74 miles father. cept those of generals in immed­ totals of 1922 by approxim ately Determined to stop practices ! putting a coat of Robin egg. blue schools. Jay W ellington, th e d irector, an hour part of the way on the which re a c h e d its height a little iate power. 20 per cent. According to figures who was secured by th e local more t hi air a year ago >has died I trip, and if pushed could have of this sort, several m easures on the old Boat and the re8uU Jg O ther Schools H igher Japanese Alert received from the government Civic club to d ire c t the play, has down.” h e said * C hristain n ia -i made a little better. This sort have been considered by the rem arkable to say the least. The costs of running the other Several Japanese cruisers and rangers h eadquarters, exactly been engaged fn th e production sions a re e x e rfjf’ng g reat in f l'i- i0^ thing after ten years, shows (judge. A rrest ion charges of He at least gets the right of schools in the valley are even gunboats have been ordered to 15,371 more people visited the of com m unity plays fo r the past once in th e n atio n al life of b o th ' th a t the truck is a long way from vagrancy is being considered. In way for wheQ the brilliancy ap- higher than are the figures of strategic positions along the valley up to July 22nd, the last 15 years and in all cases his ef­ China and J a p a n . In this lies the being on its last legs— or wheels. such a case, the offender would paralled boat comes rolling down Ashland and Medfor^, according Chinese coast by the Japanese date for which figures have been be put to w o r k o r the county. the road every other driver is to the records, as Ashland and forts have been, crow ned w ith hope of th e situ atio n . The prob An average of three calls a government and are prepared at announced, than up to the same success. P rev io u s to his com­ lems of C hina will gradually take month have been answered by and his earnings turned over to I either so surprised or so blinded Medford can take care of more all times to protect th e rights of date last year. The totals are his family. m unity play w ork h e toured the charge of a lla lr s .” in the glare th a t he always pulls pupils at the ram» operating ex­ “ Spark P lug” during the ten Japanese citizens in the territo ry 77,491 for this year, against As the result of a consultation to one side thus giving the enter­ pense. country ns lead in g ro a n ^ n sever­ The cost of education In Japan Dr. G ulick received years of his service here, or dur- under arm s. A ttorney Moore, 62,120 for last. al productions. His ability as a wide w elcom e. Union m eetings o f 1 ing the total ten years the old with D istrict per pupil in other schools of the prising City A ttorney all the S itu ation Rad the judge is also considering The annual Indian Field Days, teacher of d ra m a tic a rt is said county range from $112.63 for The Pekinese governm ent has this year set for A ugust 3rd and j to be recognized in m any parts C hristians w ere held in 85 cities. machine has pulled out of the startin g charges of non-support, road th at he could desire. Central Point to $306.00 for It appears at present that there fire hall a grand total of 350 or He was giv ?n 38 luncheons and very little power outside of its 4th, will keep the valley well which carry a penitentiary sen­ of the Unified States. Prospect, which are respectively will have to be a city ordinance banquets by ehurches, cham bers 360 times. own province, and even there the populated until August 5th tence, against some of the offen­ Is T hroe Act Play passed against bright colors if the the largest and the smallest, of com m erce, business men and The truck is good for a period power is divided as the great rail The play, “ A NigTit in Dream­ foreign resid exits. These dinners of a good many years yet the ders. present demand keeps on, for the schools In the county with the rm d interests have refused to lan d ” Is a th ree a c t m usical ex- were in the la rg e r cities like Yok- firemen say, but the most pres- num ber of people th at appear on exception of Ashland and Med­ ohev the m andates of the govern­ St. Helens— Portland Railway, trava.ganza w ith edght scenes, the streets wearing glasses, as ford. ohmoma, K io tp , Osaka and Kobe, sing need of the departm ent just m ent and have been collecting Light & Power company makes and w hile not possessing an ac­ and upon the n ig h t before he Het a t present is a light chemical FORMER ASHLAND ROY R u le Applied the result of viewing one of the taxes and tu rn in g the proceeds This indicates a rule that the tual plot It Is m uch o n the order Jap an he was given a big dinner! wagon which could answ er calls REPORTS FINE TRIP'i new marvels is increasing every application to Columbia county into their own coffers lately. » largest school is the m oii e<«oii of m usical com edy w ith the in Tokyo by the Japan-A m erican j to small fires and in this man- I day. T h e nresent situation is the for franchise to extend power omically run, and that the smal them e of "Love, L ife and Y outh” R elations C om m ittee, a t which n er save wear and tear on the worst th at China ha" faced for line along highway from Rocky lest school costs the most, but ru n n in g th ro u g h I t. The produc- V iscount SKibasawa re s id e d . Dick Stratton, a form er Ash-1 --------------------------- heavy trcck which a t present vpars ->(, a hie- revolutionary Point, through Scappoose to j tion contains a m elan g e of song Ashland is an exception, accord­ land boy who last w inter was _. , In China many m eetings were races out on every alarm . m o v e m e n t at tfc»s tim e would . x x , n . P ortland— U nitarian church to ing to the records, for it has the W arren. and dance and will be fully equip­ held to receive his m w sage from pipe organist at a large Portland destroy manv of the year’s crops New hose for the departm ent theatre, and who this summer has COi,t H 2 5,000 to be built. second largest school in the coun­ ped with spectacular lighting and th e churches of Am erica. He which has been needed for some and would no doubt .bring on a ty, yet it’s expenses are almost scenic effects. _________________ m et scores of men of influence in time is practically assured now been playing the organ in a Pend- fam ine this w inter th at has nev ten dollars cheaper per pupil Local Talent Used th various cities. He visited South the firem en say and this will leton theatre was in Ashland a er hen panelled In the history than the largest school. The entire cast of tw o .hundred China as well as the N orth. In short time W ednesday afte rn o o n ,' U p y y lA /flP Z if greatly increase the efficiency of on his return from a trip to Tia of the nation. ' I lC G l Sam e Last Year persons Is to be selected from the K orea he was given a score of the departm ent, which is already Last year, according to com­ people of the com m unity and banquets and addressed th ree big quite capable as the 74 miles per parative records, much the same Mr. W ellington is said to be one m eetings o f K oreans besides those In his 1923 Chevrolet roadster: * h o u r speed In answ ering calls figures were found, and the Ash­ of the most capable «directors on for Jap an ese and for m issionaries. Stratton left Pendleton about the ; ---------- will indicate. NORTH BEND, Ore., Aug.— the coast, so may fimd some per­ land high school war the most middle of June, on a vacation In the fo u r co u n tries— China (Special.— An unidentified base­ sons unusually taftented here J. S. Rasur, a farm er whose economically managed in the trip . Japan, K orea and the Philippines ranch is 3 1-4 miles north east ball fan resorted to a movie stunt while, producing th e play. county. Exact figures for years Dr. G ulick m ade 296 addresses He first went to Portland over in order to witness the ball game of the city recently finished thresh previous to this are not avail­ MONTREAL SENDING 155 of them in Ja p a n 109 in the Columbia River Highway, ! ing his wheat crop, and reports able, but it is undersiood th at between Marshfield and North China. then to Tia Ju an a over the Pa- CATTLE TO ENGLAND Bend here today. an exceptionally heavy yield. Ashland has had the most econ­ CHEVROLET SHIPMENT cific Highway, which is paved the As a re su lt of his attendance , 800 bushels of wheat were har- omically run high school in the RED BLUFF, Calif., Aug. 4. The individual who wanted to ARIIIVES IN ASKILAND at the first an n u al M eeting of the . , , , vested. In one field of Bluestem county for some time. — J. H. Bennett of K ennett ap­ attend the game boarded the train N ational C hristain Council of MONTREAL, Quebec.— Mon­ of a stretch through northern wheat, the yield was 35 1-2 bush­ peared yesterday before United at N orth Bend, expecting to jum p China, a com m ittee of in tern a­ treal is playing the greatest p art California. els to the acre, while a sm aller States Commissioner H. S. Gans o f f .a t the ball park. When he MONTREAL, Quebec.— The The Ashland Auto company, tional relatio n s was established in the movement of Canadian On his return, Stratton stop­ field of Little Club went 34 1-2 first official figures on the move­ of this city, waived prelim inary reached his destination, however, through which the churches of store cattle to G reat B ritain ped in Ashland a short time to bushels to the acre. hearing and expressed a desire the train was going too fast, and local agents for the Chevrolet re­ m ent of Canadian cattle to Great China will be able to stu d y in­ since the removal of the British visit with friends. He reported ceived a slifpfifcent ’ of enclosed The w heat was grown by the B ritain under the new import to plead guilty to the charge of he looked good for a long ride. cars 'niuraday. Of the six re­ ternational questions, speak on embargo, according to figures i s - : th a t the tires that were on the dry land method, and the field possessing and selling liquor. He Before the train was far past regulations show th at since Ja n ­ ceived only ewe* remains in the in tern atio n al m atters and coop­ sued by the Dominion D epartm ent machine when he bought it had was not irrig ated .- was bound over to the federal the baseball grounds, however, uary 1 to June 30, shipm ents court a t Sacram ento under $1,- a Ford drove up beside the train, show' roomat A n o th er shipment erate with the churches of other of A griculture. The total for the lasted the entire trip w ithout a W hile heavy yields of wheat, have increased 400 per cent over is expected not 1 ater than Mqn- nations in the program of the first five m onths of the present puncture, and th a t he had no in comparison with th a t of other 000 bail. and was hailed by the man. Keep­ those for the same period last d^y and w ill com sist of from six Church U niversal fo r a W arless year is 9,584, compared w ith 3 ,- ¡trouble of any .kind. He also g o tiaections of the country ing at the same speed as the train are com- year. A toV l of 19,908 head of to twelve cars. W orld. 897, for St. John anji 1,653 for aa excellent gas mileage. i mon in the Rogue River Valley, cattle have left for the United the man was unable to change to The agency als o reports the Dr. Gulick, w ent to the F ar Quebec. Montreal has also s h ip -! S tratton intend to take a trip it is believed by Mr. Rasur that A storia— New B aptist church the machine, and so was not car­ Kingdom from Jan u ary to June sale of th ree see on<^ hand cars to be finished soon. ped 1,996 head of fat cattle through W ashington before re -¡th is crop is even of a heavier ried far beyond his destination. today. 30, compared with 4,503 in the (Continued on page 4) since January. 1 turning to Pendleton. | yield than usual same period a year ago. 1 ASHLAND FIRE FAR EAST ENGINE FAST MACHINE BOOTLEGGER PLEADS GUILTY AT KENNER d FOR NEARLY FIFTY YEARS." *««<, water helps FUNERAL WILL Uses Car To Leave Train l J“ana Crop Reported