■ri-fc« ihuk'^. M A L A R IA G E R M S Cannot Survive three months in the rich ozone at A shland. P itre domestic water helps. ASHLAND CLIMATE Without the use of medicine cures nine cases out of ten of asthma. Thi s is a proven fact. The Tidings Has Been Ashland's Leading Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years (In tern atio n al News W ire Service) VOL. XLVII. OVERIOOAT C C’ LAST NIGHT ---------- Successor to the Semi-Weekly TidlngB, Volume 43. CUPID AN D DIVORCE RACE IN CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO, Nov. 21.— Fig ures compiled from federal sta ­ tistics by L. E. Ross, director of the state bureau of vial statis- i tics, show th a t California in 1922 : ranked fourth among the various , states in divorces. The compila- AUTO LICENSE FEES TOTAL $ 4 ,0 3 1 ,1 4 1 ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1923 Chicago Girl Simply Had Io Have Knickers Even at Cost of Husband NO. (IS LOCALSCHOOL IS P R A IS E D BY EDUCATOR Event Was One of the Most tions made by Ross also show Total Auto Registration to Successful of the that tbP ration of divorces to October 31,1923, Was m arriages is gaining in Californa Year. 258, 381. P a c i f i c University Man Qualified Statement Made in Address Last Night. COUNTIES GET FOURTH LOCAL SYSTEM LEADS Jackson County Has 9,240 Vehicle Operators—Fees $32,240.09. Visitor Tells of Pacific Uni­ v ersity -O n e of Oldest in Nation. or, in other words, Dan Cupid is having a hard struggle to hold DINING ROOM CROWDED his own. In 1916 there were approxi­ Prof. H. S. Tuttle Delivers a Masterful Address—Ex­ mately six m arriages to every di­ vorce. w hereas last year there cellent Program Given were but five m arriages to each The regu lar monthly dinner of divorce. Since 1916, Ross’ figures the Cham ber of Commerce at show, divorce has increased 65 Hotel Ashland last night was a per cent in this state, Los Ange­ pleasant and interesting event les leading last year with a total and one of the most successful of of 2,826 legal separations. San Francisco came second, with the year. — The attendance of members 2,162 divorces. The divorce record forY he en- and th eir wives exceeded the ex­ pectations of the committee a n d i tire state ,ast year was 9.227, was such th a t the dining room compared to 5,572 in 1916. was taxed to accommodate all, j ------------------------ however, all were seated with but I : little delay. The dinner was ex- ’ eellent. R oast tu rk ey predom in­ ated the menu, which in its en- tireity proved the excellence of the cuisine departm ent of the hotel. Program E n joyed. FORES! SERVICE ÎIÂS COMPLETED EXCELLENT MAP According to a report issued from the office of the Secretary of State, Sam A. Kozer, up to Octo- her 31, 1923, there were reg ister­ ed and licensed in Oregon 560 m otor vehicle dealers, 13,824 chauffeurs, 258,381 m otor ve­ hicle operators, 3,101 motorcy­ cles, 14 8,999 passenger and com­ mercial cars of less than one ton capacity, and 13,201 trucks and trailers, from which the total li­ cense fees aggregated $4,031,- 141.92. The fees, less adm inistra­ tive expenses, are distributed one- fourth to the counties from which the registrations are received and three-fourts to the State H igh­ way fund for the prosecution of road work throughout the state generally. The distribution of the 1923 registrations up to October 31. 1923. shows th a t in Jack3on County there w ere licensed 24 motor vehicle dealers, 584 chauf­ feurs, 9,240 m otor vehicle oper­ ators. 70 motorcycles, 5,265 pas­ senger cars, 1 am bulance and hearse. 31 busses and stages, 182 commercial cars of less than one ton capacity, 447 trucks of from one to five tons capacity, or a total of 5,937 licensed passenger and commercial vehicles. During 19,3,2 therg w^a, a total of 5,128 pasenger and "com mercial motor CHICAGO, Nov. 20.— Some husbands don’t like their wives’ vehicles licensed in this county. cats, others don't like their wives’ relatives, but Raymond Hotchkiss, Between September 15, 1922 i form erly a naval officer, didn’t like his w ife’s knickers. Mrs Hotch- and September 15, 1923 of the kiss’ on tbe otller hand, is a lady who simply m ust have her knickers receipts from m otor vehicle „ ! of a »\o in in S ° r ’dse he a bundle of loose ends all day. i a /» * Things ju st wont from bad to worse a lte r they were m arried censes and fees $967.492.19 was ¡th ree years ago until they appeared in court here. The learned judge distributed to the counties of the J asked Mrs. Hotchkiss to choose between her husband and her knick- state, and there was turned over ers- A husband m eant nothing at all to her where knickers were or transferred to the State H ig h -‘ concerned’ so they were divorced- D uring the dinner an excellent I Roads and Inform ation Shown for program was rendered, consisting Sportsm en and Va­ of instrum ental and vocal music. cation ists. In addition to the regular a d d res­ ses scheduled for the evening. The Keen interest is m anifested in High School orchestra, headed by the new road and recreation map Mrs. W. R. Henry, rendered sev­ of the state of Oregon, ju st issued eral selections and was compelled by the United States forest ser­ to respond to a numbe of encores. | vice. The map, perhaps the most Mrs. Henry, who heads the music | complete road map of the state departm ent of the school, captur-1 thus far issued for public d istri­ ed the audience with a vocal solo bution, folds up into a pocket-size which elicited a hearty encore. packet. On the map are given all P a ir and Show Roosted. paved, graveled, tru n k , secondary O. A. Briscoe, superintendent ' and proposed roads of the state, of the Ashland schools, presided | i the various roads being shown and introduced V. D. Miller, ! in distinctive ways with two-color head of the Llthians. Mr. Miller, printing, with milages between somewhat abashed at the sud­ points. denness of the call, responeded On the back is printed m atter nobly and anonunced the m in­ descriptive of all camping places, strel show for December 3 and 4, recreation and scenic areas of the Inform ing his audience th a t an national forests in the state, a event of unusual interest was in list of municipal auto.cam ps and «tore for the public. He also call­ other valuable data for the m otor­ ed attention to the coming W inter ist and vacationist. Twenty-two F air. of the main scenic and camping way fund $2,902,476.56 during Fred C. Holmes, president of areas of the state are described th at period. Jackson County’s STEALING CARS LIKE the Cham ber of Commerce, fol­ in detail and a num ber of illus­ share of the foregoing allotm ent ROLLING O FF LOG lowed Grand High Fizz Miller and to the counties was $.f4,240.09. tratio n s are included. supplem ented the la tte r’s rem arks A map somewhat sim ilar, al­ REDDING, Nov. 20.— “ Mr. and on the W inter F air. President though not nearly so complete, Mrs. John Doe” were arrested Homes called particular *attention was issued by the forest service here yesterday afternoon on a to the prospects for the most suc­ in 1921 and an edition of 50,000 w arrant telegraphed from Los cessful poultry show in the his­ was soon exhausted, requests for Angeles. They have several dif­ tory of the Southern Oregon the maps being received not only ferent sets of names, so Doe is as P o u ltry association. He also in­ from all over Oregon and other One H as Chintz Trim m ed F rench good as any. dicated th a t all other departm ents W indow s, P otted F low ers northw est points but from far Constable George F. Graves gave promise of being excellent, and R ear Porch. d istan t states. A heavy demand is says they are the pair who stole and closed his speech with an ap­ anticipated for the new maps. Harold M ark’s car two or three peal for co-operation in the un­ chatter, ch atter as I tl(fw to Copies may be obtained on re ­ O fficer T hinks R ecovered Body weeks ago. Doe is alleged to have! d ertaking. ", That o f a P ortland quest from the district forester, stolen a car in Portland, which h e ' Join the brim m ing riv er..............” Mills Legion Speaker Woman. postoffice building, this city, or abondoned in G rant’s Pass, only Sltch *s the song th at is ta ttle d off The dinner and program fea­ from any forest supervisor’s of­ to pick up another car, in which not only by Srade sch° o1 children, tu red N ational Education Week PENDLETON, Or., Nov. 19.— he made his v » y to Redding. Here but literally by the countless fice in Oregon, it was announced. and in as much as the American Detailed maps zfor public dis A theory th a t the body of a he is alleged to have stolen autom obiles th a t are rum bling Legion is sponsoring the move­ tributon of two Oregon and th r e e ! woman found in the Columbia, M ark’s car and started off f o r ! over the highways to Los Angeles, m ent. V. V. Mills, responded in W ashngton national forests also November 4, not f a r from W allula Los Angeles. He is now wanted in the cosmopolitan city, and other behalf of the veterans on the have ju st been issued by the P o rt­ on the Oregon side of the state Los Angeles for stealing a carj California points, subject of “ P atriotism ” . He urged land office. These include the line, may have been th a t of Mrs. for the homeward trip. Every -m anner, shape, size and th e practice of patriotism in every Cascade and Umpqua national í 'l°i'eI)h*ne Covak of Portland, has color of vehicle th a t has been day life and with respect to m uni­ created since the days of the auto­ forests in Oregon and the Chelan been advanced by T. B. Buffing­ cipal, county and state govern­ mobile, pass through Asland daily. Olympic and W enatchee national ton, deputy sheriff. m ents, as well as to the federal From inform ation obtained The casual by-stander is made to forests in W ashington. The Cas­ governm ent. He characterized from Portland officials, Mrs. Co­ pause at the method by which he cade national forest map is of N ational Educational W eek as an would travel after w atching the particu lar interest, as it covers vak is said to have been missing from her home since April 6, She the McKenzie highway region as llltlA T r n r i a i i a i i i count ‘®8S k * nds of conveyances (Continued on page 4) fa r south as the middle fork of was about 25 years old, was 5 ITIII lU I LIiLL UllUTT Typical and truly novel, prob­ the W llam ette river. It joins the feet 4 inches tall and weighed TEXAS INSANE ASYLUM ably b etter constructed and con­ region covered by the Umpqua 165 pounds. The deputy sheriff PROVES LIQUOR OASIS national forest folder, which ex­ stated today th a t E. L. Yeager, 1 Good P rogress R eported A m ong ceived than several, was one mov­ Those R ehearsin g for th e able domicile the passed through tends as far south as C rater lake living near the place where the SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Nov. 21— national park. R ig E vent. body was found, has reported Ashland late last night. Unique Discovery and seizure of liquor on having seen a cross-eyed woman to the nth degree would express th e State Insane Asylum premises Carl Loveland, director of the the pale green house with its lav­ dressed in m en’s clothing, in the URGE JE W S TO FIGHT by ranger forces is developing into company of a man in th a t vicin­ Lithian Cabaret Minstrel Show, is ish trim m ings. To be sure, there HENRY FO R!) AND KLAN a State-wide investigation prom pt­ ity lats spring, in either April or in receipt of a telegram , stating were French windows hung with ed by the urging of scores of civic th at the costumes for the Lithian pretty chintz, scores of sm aller NEW YORK, Nov. 20— Isarel May. Mrs. Covak’s eyes are said organizations. Rosebud Chorus have been mailed windows, allowing the best out­ to be slightly strabism ic. The liquor, rangers declare, was Zangwill today Included mem­ from New York. Mr. Loveland, look, a neat chimney and best of The body was identified a few found In the q uarters of an as­ bers of his own race in his caus­ when interviewed by a Tidings re­ all, a rear porch th a t extended days ago by A rth u r Rogers of sista n t supervisor. Jesse Jam es tic criticism s of America. Lam ent­ porter, stated that the costumes, across the entire length of the Eagle valley a8 being his daugh­ Robinson, the assistant, has been ing the failure of the Jews in ter. Mrs. Edna Pitm an. .Mr, Rog­ although scanty, are very elab house.. placed under bonds of $500 an- the United States to fight Henry orate and have been ordered from The stealthy railing of the porch sw ering to a Federal charge o f ^ ord and th ? Ku Klux K lan’ the ers was positive of his identifica­ a fashionable costum er on Fifth assured the traveller as ' much British-Jewish author told the tion and based his opinion on the possession. Avenue. Mr. Loveland is highly safety as does the Pullm an obser­ Jewish Publication society. “ I fact th a t curved bones in the lit­ pleased with the prom ptness with vation car to the rail tourist. P ot­ don't like to see a million and a tle fingers and little toes, which FURNISHES LIQUOR TO which the order was filled, as he ted flowers radiated Ih e homelike were characteristics of his daugh­ STUDENTS; INDICTED! half people in this city with cold feared the costumes might not be atm osphere in which these people ter, were found on the skeleton, \ MEDFORD. Nov. 20.— George i t feet.” here in tim e for the show on De­ were traveling. 4P and a nick in one front tooth and Zangwill said he is not angry Tucker of Medford was indicted cember 3rd. The house was large and roomy, today by the Jackson connty b«t only disappointed with Ameri- an old scar on- the shin corres­ " R ehearsals for the show are p ro b a b l/ more than eight feet in pond to m arks found on the body grand ju ry on a charge of pos­ ca. but that he is both angry and now being called almost daily and w idth and every, convenience in­ of the woman taken from the sessing and giving away liquor. disappointed with the Jews in hose who are perm itted to witness cluding bedroom, parlor and bath river. T ucker pleaded not guilty and the United States. “ It is peculiar them state, th a t the Minstrel Show could surely have been harbored W hat flesh rem ained of the will undoubtedly be the finest of was jailed In default of $ 2 0 0 0 ,th at hpre in New Y ork- the l a t ­ in the interior if outside dim en­ est Jewish city in history, men body when it was found ig being its kind ever produced in Ashland. bond. sions are any criterion. The Indictment Is the result of should be ashamed of being removed, and as soon as this work P articularly pleasing are the m usi­ This is only one of the many is completed by J. T. Brown, cor­ cal num bers, which contain many someone having furnished intoxi­ Jew s,” he said. — one on which a feminine tour- oner. exact m easurem ents will be of the best voices in the city, and cating liquor to Medford high j ist was m aking use of the pretty made in an effort to establish a are produced in a snappy and or­ TO HANG DECEM BER 8. school students a year ago. Ef­ porch and seeing Ashland in the final identification. iginal m anner. forts were then made to bring twinkle of early evening. WALLA WALA, Nov. 21.— about the indictment of Tucker D irector Loveland states that before the grand jury. That jury, Thomas W alton, who was convic­ Portland— Ndrthwest Copper th e chorus has worked hard and j Canyon City— Valuable mine after having investigated the ted of the m urder of P. B urt at and Sheet Metal Works to erect enthusiastically and both in sing-1 developed on Miller Mt., surface case, did not return an indict­ the penitentiary here, was sen­ factory on East Madison and ing and dancing shows splendid , cropping show’s vein about 28 ft. tenced today to hang December 8. Sixth streets. ment. form. ¡wide. , ALL S E COSTUMES ON WAV T 0 ASHLAND F 0 # MlNXIrnrl \Hllmithat pass throu&h *al1y- PARENTS GIVE FOUR CHILDREN TO OTHERS OROVILLE, Nov. 21.— Adop­ tion of four children, three boys and a girl, aged from 4 to 9 years, was the unusual proceeding in th e B utte county court Monday. The children are of one family, the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Overton of Chico, giving them up because of constant m isfortune. They were adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Jam es R. Morrison, also of Chico, who stated their desire to give the children a good home and an op­ portunity in life. SWIFT & CO. ASKED TO PAY $1,571,882 POOL ROOM ARE KILLED City Council in Regular Ses­ sion; Inspection of Walks Ordered. CHANGE STREET NAME Order Ordinance Drawn Re­ stricting* Minors E nter­ ing Pool Halls. “ Ashland is getting more per - The city council met in the City WASHINGTON, Nov. 20— The dollaj- for the money invested in Hall, last night in regular session. public schools than any town on governm ent yesterday filed a brief The most im portant item for con­ the Pacific Coast,” such was the in the United States court of sideration was that of three o r­ glowing trib u te paid the local claims here claim ing th a t Swift dinances proposed at the preceed- schools by Prof. H. S. Tuttle, who & Co. made enorm ous and uncon­ ing meeting for the regulation delivered the principal address at scionable profits out of the war of pool rooms. Following a dis­ the Cham ber of Commerce dinner and asking th a t the packing con­ cussion, it developed that the con­ last night. In his address before cerned be compelled to retu rn to struction and general form of the the cham ber he qualified the fore­ the governm ent the sum of $1,- ordinances did not conform to the going statem ent. This morning 571,882. usual form of ordinances, a mo­ The brief was filed In a couter he called at the Tidings office and tion was adopted which killed all said: “ I want to qualify my state­ suit brought by the governm ent three of the much discussed m ent of last night. I am always a short time ago when Swift & measures. careful in m aking statem ents, hut Co. sued the governm ent for $1,- Following this action, however, I don’t know why I said th at 459,885 because of the term ina­ the council voted to instruct City ‘Ashland is getting more for her tion of a war tim e bacon contract. A ttorney Briggs to prepare a new dollar than most towns of the ordinance, which will provide a Coast.’ ” more effective law preventing the ‘ I spent the greater part of two entrance or loitering of boys un­ days becoming acquainted with der 18 years in pool halls of the your excellent school system, and city. This action, and the general I can say w ithout any qualification discussion, indicated th a t the w hatever, th a t it is a pleasure to council stands ready to provide note the superb organization and necessary restrictions with re ­ methods at work here. W ithout spect to pool halls, yet the death doubt, you people have the finest D isplay Used to D ecorate T ables of three measures proposed by the school system on th e Coast, It is for Cham ber Com m erce Ministerial association and W. C. an inspiration to visit your D inner. T. U. is taken as an indication schools. The attendance and in­ that the city government is not terest th a t marked the dinner and Chrysanthem um s converted the in sympathy with many of the program of last evening in honor dining room of the Hotel Ashland features embodied in them. of N ational Educational Week is into a flowery fairyland last night Street Nani“ ( ’banged com plim entary to Ashland and is when flower lovers conveyed A petition, representing 97 per indicative of the^spirit th a t is in th e ir choice specimens to the cent of the residents of Factory your schools.” hotel preceeding the banquet of Street, was presented, asking that Professor T uttle is well quali­ i the Chamber of Commerce. the name of that street lie chang­ fied to judge and is a man who V arieties of Infinite beauty, ed to that of Central Avenue. An is reserved in his statem ents and showing the result of care and ordinance waH passed providing his compliments. Ho came to culture, attracted favorable com­ for the desired change, and here­ Asland as a representative of m ent from those who viewed the after it will he Central Avenue. Pacific U niversity of ForVst Grove. display. Mrs. L. J. Jacks won first W ill Inspect W alks This school is the W esternm ost prize and Mrs. D. A. MacDonald The m atter of the condition of college in a chain of forty-two was given second award. side walks throughout the city founded by the P u ritan s of New Following the judging of the came up for discussion and a vote England and th eir spiritual suc­ flowers, they were taken to the prevailed instructing Street Com­ cessors. H arvard, founded in dining room, where they were dis­ missioner Merrill to make a 1836, was the first; then Yale, tributed among the tables, adding thorough inspection of all walks D artsm outh, Oberlein, Grinnell, pretty atm osphere for the other of the city and report all that are and Beloit, with Pacific not by setting. found defective. any means the last in the chain, Through the courtesy of Ash­ New Charter Considered for this school was founded in land Greenhouses, an immense The m atter of adopting a new 1849; so th a t at the next com­ bouquet of perfect yellow chry­ form of municipal government mencement it will celebrate its santhem um s was given to the was discussed at some length, be­ diamond jubilee. Cham ber of Commerce for decor­ ing the result of the presentation Pacific University is a college of ating purposes and not entered of a new charter, providing for liberal arts, accredited as “ stand­ in the prize winning display. a commission form of govern­ a rd ” by the U. S. Bureau of Ed­ When they were auctioned off, ment, by Dr. Rrower at the last ucation, and the state departm ent every blossom brought approxi­ regular meeting. A motion was of education. The graduates are m ately a dollar. carried authorizing the mayor to certificated for high school teach­ Judges selected were Mrs. appoint a committee, composed of ing w ithout exam ination. A high Oeder and Mrs. Johnny Gruelle. members of the council and a reasonable num ber of citizens, to (Continued on page 4) TWO DISASTEROUS FIRES make investigations, and if neces­ REPORTED IN STATE sary draft a new charter, provid­ ing for a new’ form of govern­ PORTLAND, Nov. 21.— Fire ment. early this m orning swept the bunk­ Successor Not Announced ers of the Pacific Coast Coal com­ No appointment was announced pany and menaced adjoining prop­ by Mayor Loomis to succeed Mrs. erty along the W est w ater front. Fred W agner, who resigned a R a The loss is estim ated a t $100,000. member of the Park board at the Close to 1500 tons of coal were preceeding meeting. The mayor consumed. P rotestan ts O ffer E d ifice F o llo w ­ announced tliat be desired to give IE Ï OF ACCEPTS PROFFER OF PROTESTANTS in g D estruction o f Cath­ olic E d ifice. ESTACADA, Nov. 21— The bus­ iness area of this place was nearly wiped out when fire, of an unde- SUTTER CREEK, Cal., Nov. 20 * J L ,nol , , ’ ‘ , term ined origin, started early to- The »nnnnal spectacle of a day and swapt , ranlp re , Roman Catholic congregation wor ,a || M Ub„ , hm M U Th, , ol„ o |e „ shipping in a P ro testan t E pisco-,n re dppartnw n, aldwi niater|a|i pal church will be witnessed in in halting the flames. The loss Sutter Creek for the next few is estim ated at approximately months as a result of the destruc­ $100,000. The buildings were old tion by fire of the Imm aculate and the flames spread rapidly. Conception Catholic Church, in a blaze declared of incendiary ori­ HEARING SET FOR gin. ERNO AND HARD Rev. Michael O’Conner, pastor of the destroyed edifice, was w ait­ YREKA. Nor. 21.— William ed upon last night by a commit- Hard, held with Ronald Erno in tee from the local Episcopal con-, connection with the slaying of gregation, who tendered him and I Fred Skpen at his ranch home ,n his congregation the use of their Sam8 Npck on October 31st was church with all its equipment un- , akPn boforP Judgp c j L uttrall til his own house of worship can of the supprior court yP8tPrday be rebuilt. The committee told th ej afternoon a8 a m attpr of form al. priest th a t Bishop W illiam Hall ity and arraignpd as a juvpnilp Moreland of the Sacram ento dlo-, Commissioner Charles Graves cese of the P rotestant Episcopal | appearpd and Thursday aftPrnoon church had bee,a communicated j was agrppd upon a8 thp tJmp for a with and had consented to the use hearing of H ard ’s case in the of the denom ination’s church h e re ' j UVen i!e court. by the Catholics. D istrict A ttorney Charles John­ Offer Accepted. F ath er O’Connor, w’ell know’n throughout the Mother Lode, re­ membered for his eloquent eulogy over the bodies of the victims of the A rgonaut Mine disaster at Jackson a year ago, and loved by people of all denom inations, was greatly touched by the offer. He gladly accepted and expressed his thanks. son announced that he w’ill recom­ mend th a t Hard be referred back for crim inal prosecution. If rec­ ommended back, the prelim ilnary hearing of both Hard and Erno would be set for the earliest day possible. the appoitnment further consider­ ation. NEW SISKIYOU POWER LINE IS O PENED YREKA. Nov. 21.— The Cali­ fornia-Oregon Power Company turned on current over the new’ line just completed from the Cop­ co and Fall Creek power houses to Montague, Yreka and G ren­ ada and the tap line extending from Ager on this line to H orn­ brook pn last Sunday. This line replaces the old line built in 1903. This pioneer line of Siskiyou County was originally built to supply current from the Fall Creek power house to Yreka and Scott Valley. The line had outlived its usefulness and the power company was forced to make the large expenditure of money necessary to construct tho new and up-to-date line to supply these communities. COOLIDGE NONI ’<)MMITTAL WASHINGTON, Nov. 21-Presi- dent Coolidge declined to commit himself when a delegation of prot- estant churchm en presented him with a memorial, urging him to get behind the world court pro­ posal. A fter listening carefully. President Coolidge said he was "glad to have thetr view point." New income tax law creates 60 jobs and annual expense of $150,- Heppner plans 000. Main street. to improve