EtSs&u ASH LAND C L IM A T E W ith o u t th e u se o f m ed icin e cu re s n in e c a se s o u t o f te n o f a sth m a . T h is is a p ro v e n fa c t. A shland D aily T idings The Tidings Has Been Ashland's Leading Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years M A L A R IA G E R M S C a n n o t s u rv iv e th re e m o n th s in th e ric h ozone a t A s h la n d . P u re d o m e stic w a te r h elp s. ( International* News Wire Service» VOL. XLVIII S uccessor to th e S em i-W eekly T id in g s, V o lu m e 43. TAX LEVY FOR 1923 DRAWN BY COUNTY COURT WE KILL ’EM FASTER THIS SIDE OF POS’D tt I» : U !« » » * » , « ; tt S h e r iff’s O ffice Is G iven « L a rg est Item in : « ' » B u d g et --------- i a E S T IM A T E $16, 602 .50 « a L«*vy In sid e H igh School D istricts to be S a m e ns l^tst Y ear, O ut- s id e S lig h tly H ig h e r An o rd e r fix in g th e J a c k so n c o u n ty tax fo r th e com ing y e a r w as signed by th e c o u n ty c o u rt W ed n esd ay . In sid e th e h ig h school d is tr ic ts th e levy is 22.2 m ills, th e sam e as la s t y e a r, a n d o u t­ sid e h ig h school d is tr ic t, it is 24.2, 6 m ills h ig h e r th a n last y e a r. T his is d u e to th e in cre ase in s tu d e n ts in th e h ig h schools, a n d th e new needs of th e schools. In fix in g th e levy, th e a ssessed v a lu a tio n of th e c o u n ty is fixed a t > 2 7 ,7 0 7 ,5 6 4 .9 3 .. T he levies a re a s follow s. Fund— Levy— G en eral .............. 15.3 m ills M a rk e t r o a d s ................... 1.5 m ills P a c ific H ig h w ay bond re d e m p tio n ..........................9 m ills P a c ific H ig h w ay in te re s t fu n d ....................................... 7 m ills C r a te r L a k e H ighw ay in te r e s t fu n d ........................9 m ills S chools ........................... 2.7 m ills L ib ra ry fu n d ...... 2 m ills O u tsid e high school d is­ tric ts ............................. 2. m ills T h o u g h fo r th e p a st tw o y e a rs p ro h ib itio n e n fo rc e m e n t h a s been one of th e h e a v ie st ite m s of ex­ pense, no levy is m ad e fo r it. H e re to fo re , it h a s been d raw n fro m th e g e n e ra l fu n d . T he a m o u n ts a llo te d c o u n ty o f­ fices a n d v a rio u s a c tiv itie s fo r e s tim a te d ex p en ses under th e levy a re a s follow s: C irc u it c o u rt ...................> 9,500.00 C o u n ty c o u rt ................ 5,200.00 J u v e n ile c o u rt 7,020.00 J u s tic e c o u rts ...................... 2,500.0b A d v e rtis in g .............. *....... 5,000.00 C o u n ty p rin tin g ....................1,500.00 C a re of p oor .......... 14,1 5 0 .0 0 V a rm in t b o u n tie s ...... 2,000.00 S heriff s office .............. 16,602.50 J a il ........... 4,200.00 C o u rth o u se ’................... 4,750.00 A sse sso r’s office ......... 10,882.50 C le rk ’s office ................. 12,951.00 C o ro n e r’s office ......... 500.00 F r u it in sp e c tio n ............ 3,000.00 C o u n ty a g e n t ................. v3,300.00 D e m o n stra tio n a g e n t ... 1,700.00 C lub w ork .................. 3,000.00 School S u p t....................... 6,600.00 400.00 W e ig h t in sp e c to r ......... 500.00 S tock in sp e c to r .............. W a te r m a s te r .............. 6,997.00 C ou n ty tre a s u re r ......... 5,666.00 C ou n ty h e a lth w ork .... 4,860.00 D is tric t a tto rn e y ......... 4,300.00 R ed C ross ........................ 600.00 F ir e w a rd e n ................... 450.00 A u d it c o u n ty books .... 600.00 C o u n ty fa ir ................... 2,750.00 T ax re fu n d s ................... 1,500.00 PETERSON IS MADE SUPERINTENDENTS KLAMATH F. SCHOOLS KLA M A TH FA L L S, Dec. 29.— F re d P e te rs o n , c le rk of th e c o u n ­ ty school d is tric t, h as been e le c t­ ed d is tr ic t s u p e rin te n d e n t to su c­ ceed Mrs. T w yla F e rg u so n , effec­ tiv e J a n u a r y 1, it w as a n n o u n c ed F rid a y n ig h t by m em b e rs of th e c o u n ty school bo ard . S electio n of Mr. P e te rs o n to su c ce e d th e p re s e n t s u p e rin te n d ­ e n t o c c u rre d a t a m ee tin g on De­ c e m b e r 12, b u t w as n o t officially m a d e pu b lic u n til la s t n ig h t. Office Now Appointive U n d e r th e c o u n ty u n it sy stem a d o p te d som e m o n th s ago, th e e le c tiv e office of c o u n ty s u p e rin ­ te n d e n t of sch o o ls a u to m a tic a lly ce ase d a n d th e n a m in g of a s u p ­ e r in te n d e n t w as d e le g a te d to th e c o u n ty b o a rd a s o n e of its pow ­ e rs . M rs. F e rg u so n by v irtu e of h e r e le c tio n to office by p o p u la r v o te, c o n tin u e d to hold office u n til th e e x p ira tio n of h e r te rm , w hich e n d s th is J a n u a r y 1. T he in co m in g s u p e rin te n d e n t h a s been c o n n e c te d w ith c o u n ty sc h o o ls fo r som e y e a rs , h a v in g f ir s t been a te a c h e r, th e n c o u n ty school s u p e rin te n d e n t a n d a g a in a te a c h e r a t a la te r d a te . H e h a s b een c le rk of th e b o a rd fo r th e p a s t few y e a rs a n d a c te d in th e c a p a c ity of an a s s is ta n t to th e s u p e rin te n d e n t. A s to ria — H o e fle r, can d y m a k ­ e r , w ill b u ild > 40,000 fire p ro o f buildiar. tt' a a a a a a a a a a a CH ICAG O, Dec. 29. — E n g lis h m e n in th e ir d a ily liv es ru n less th a n h a lf th e risk fro m a c c id e n ts th a t A m e ric an s do, a c c o rd in g to R ic h a rd E. K ro p f, su p re m e re g e n t of th e R oyal A rc a ­ n u m , in a n a d d re s s h ere. In E n g la n d a n d W ales th e fa ta l a c c id e n t r a te in 1922 w as 321 p e r m illion p o p u la tio n , w hile in th e U nited S ta te s th e sam e y e a r th e p ro p o rtio n w as 698 p e r m illion, he a s s e r t­ ed . ’ “ A m e ric a loses by a c ­ c id e n ts 209 p e rso n s, o r th e p o p u la tio n of a sm all v illag e , ev e ry day of th e y e a r,” d e c la re d Mr. K ro p f. ‘ E v ery w eek 1,4 62 p e r­ sons, o r th e p o p u la tio n of a fa ir sized to w n , m ak e up th e a p p a llin g a c c id e n t d e a th to ll. In 1923 fa ta l a c c id e n ts n u m b e re d 84,- 000, o r th e p o p u la tio n of one of o u r m edium -sized sitie s. . A u to m o b ile a c cid e n ts head th e list, w ith 262 d e a th s p er w eek. F a lls of a ll k in d s, n o t fa r b eh in d w ith 254 d e a th s p er w eek. D ro w n in g c la im s 134 v ictim s a w eek, an d 128 people a re k ille d each w eek in ra ilro a d acci­ d e n ts .” a n n n n » » « » A S H L A N D , O R E G O N , M O N D A Y /, D E C E M B E R 29, 1924 WORLD FLIERS TO BE HONORED BY PROMOTION HOMELESS MEN MARCH ON CHURCH « n S ix Men E lig ib le to A w a rd s of D istin g u ish ed S ervice i M e d a ls' « » A L L M A Y R E T IR E N O W :: « » :: tt OTHER EXPERT '. IS CALLED IN IN DEATH CASE tt tt S H E P H E R D IS N O W D U E •tt ♦♦ H uiidson A sked to E x p la in O p p o r­ tt tt tu n ity f o r l.ityiin h to O b tain tt C u ltu re s of T y p h u s B arelliti:, ! tt R ecom m endation!) W i l l A llow T h em to Q uit A rm y W ith F u ll R a n k a n d S a lary Now W A SH IN G TO N , Dec. 29.— T h e h ig h e st h o n o rs e v e r to be g iv en an A m erican a rm y officer fo r a c ­ tiv itie s d u rin g peace tim e s w ill be a w a rd e d th e six ro u n d th e w orld fly e rs upon th e re c o m m e n ­ d a tio n s m ad e to d a y to P r e s id e n t C oolidge by S e c re ta ry of W a r W eeks. T he re c o m m e n d a tio n s. w hich w ere d ra w n u p ' by th e g e n e ra l staff of th e r e g u la r a rm y , upon th e re q u e s t of P re s id e n t C oolidge, p ro v id e fo r th e a w a rd in g o f d is ­ tin g u is h e d serv ice m e d a ls to each o f th e six fly e rs, an d a d e q u a te a d v a n c e m e n t in r a n k , th e m o st ra d ic a l in c re a s e e v e r g iv en A m e r­ ican flie rs. T h e six d is tin g u is h ­ ed se rv ice m e d a ls w ill be th e la r g ­ e st numbeV e v e r a w a rd e d d u rin g peace tim e s, a n d a lso th e la rg e s t n u m b e r e v e r a w a rd e d fo r o n e ex­ p lo it. In a d d itio n to th e a w a rd s and a d v a n c e m e n t, a n d a c tin g upon th e p ie c e d e n t se t in th e case of th e officers w ho a id e d in th e c o n s tru c ­ tio n of th e P a n a m a C a n a l, a ll six flie r officers w ill be e lig ib le to r e tir e a t a n y tim e, a t th e ir ow n re q u e s t, w ith th e ir p re s e n t full r a n k a n d pay. T h ey m ay r e tir e a t a n y tim e th e y so d e sire . One of th e flie rs is a t p re s e n t o u t of th e se rv ic e, r e tir in g to ac­ tiv e life soon a f te r th e s q u a d ro n co m p leted th e ro u n d th e w orld flig h t. H e w ill be e lig ib le to fu ll p io m o tlo u , to th e ru n k to be given th e rem ainT ng five m en. PRETTY G IR L S DO NOT W AN T CONDUCTOR JO B S ----------- a ! H e a lth C o m m issio n er A sk e d » tt to A p p e a r in O ffice of t t S t a t e ’s A tto rn e y n « n NO. 100 TO K IO , Dec. 29. __ Supei in te n d e n t Saw a, of th e C ity E le c tric B u reau , is bew ailin g th e lack of p u lc h ritu d e am o n g th e w o­ m en of J a p a n . T he b u re a u re c e n tly d e ­ cided to in sta ll a new m o to r bus Service an d c o n ­ ceived th e schem e of “ b e a u tify in g th e b u se s’’ by h irin g g irl co n d u c to rs. It a d v e rtis e d fo r com ely m aid e n s an d Saw a picked h im se lf as th e b e a u ty ex­ p e rt w ho w ould se le c t th e fa ire s t from th e a p p lic a n ts . M ore th a n 100 w ould- be c o n d u c to re tte s tu rn e d up. Saw a looked them over. “ T hey w ere p re tty , all r ig h t,” he said. “ A h, yes, p re tty poor. It w as a p ro ­ cession of th e h o m elie st faces I e v e r gazed upon. I am b e g in n in g to th in k th a t J a p a n h a s no p re tty g irls. If th e re a r e auy th e y c e rta in ly a re n ot lo o k in g fo r jo b s as bus c o n d u c to rs .” tttttttttttttttttttttt n tt ; tt' tt tt tt' FRENCH NOT TO FAY WAR DEBT tt tt. tt N a tio n C o n sid e rs O b lig a tio n « , P o litic a l D eb t, S a y s F i- tt n a n c e M in iste r « C R E A T E S A S E N S A T IO N tt ______ _ A fte r L ong N eg o tiations, F ra n c e F l a tl y lt<-ins«»s i o |»a> F o u r Billion», to A m erica CHICAGO, Dec. 29. — T he in- ~ W ASH IN GTON, Dec. 29. __ A v e s tig a tio n being c a rrie d on h e re J bald ad m issio n inadt to d a y by in to th e d e a th of th e la te W illiam j ** th e F re n ch M inister of F in a n c e ^ M cC .intock, “ m illio n a ire o rp h a n " I ** a n d given to S e c re ta ry of S ta te to d ay took a n o th e r o m in o u s tu rn , » H u g h es by ¿he F re n ch a m b a s s a ­ i w hen c h ie f h e a lth c o m m issio n er tt « d o r, th a t F ra n c e re g a rd s h e r fo u r B u n d eso n of Cook c o u n ty w as » tt billion d o lla r in d e b te d n e ss to th e n tt su m m o n ed to th e office of D istric t t t | U nited S ta te s a s sim ply a p o liti- t t a A tto rn e y C row e, in o rd e r to ex­ » t tl cal d eb t, w hich she n e v e r expects :: 1 U R B A K W O J X & * T it H P D T /' p lain th e p o ssib ility and ch an ces tt :: to pay, c re a te d a se n sa tio n in po­ of a lay m an o b ta in in g typhoid tt » litic a l c irc le s in th is city th is I« Driven by the Intense cold to seek sh elter. 300 hom eless d erelicts fev e r germ c u ltu re s . ' m o rn in g . « In New York, led by Urbalo Ledoux, known also, paradoxically, as T he th e o ry th a t th e ty p h o id tt S e c re ta ry of S ta te H u g h es im ­ “ M-. Zero,’’ because of bis seal in behalf of the unfortunate, m arched g e rm s m ay have been a d m in is te r­ upon and obtained perm ission to ustf the Cam p Memorial Church as tt m e d ia te ly updh receiv in g th e d is­ sie e id n c q u arters. "M r. Zero” is solving th e question of food also. Inso­ ed to M cC lintock, e ith e r in his » p a tc h w ent in to co n fe re n ce w ith far as the lim ited resources o t his little hoboes’ retreat,* "T he Tub," food or th ro u g h h y p o d erm ic in­ »Elliott W a d sw o rth , s e c re ta ry o f tt en.-rhle him to do so. He has appealed to the au th o rities for aid of the je c tio n s h a s a lre a d y been a d v a n ­ t h i A m erican D ebt F u n d in g C om ­ :: thinly-dari and hungry throng. ced by th e D istric t A tto rn e y 's o f­ « m ission, in d ic a tin g th a t A m erica fice, a n d th e su m m o n in g of B u n ­ in te n d s to c h a lle n g e th e a n n o u n c ­ :: deson is ta k e n a s an in d ic a tio n ed F re n c h policy. « th a t th is line’ of in q u iry w as be­ t t » 8 t t « t t t t t t t t t t t t tt The announcem ent by Hie in g developed. F re n c h M in ister of F in a n ce com es T he f ir s t r e p o rt of th e e x p e rt as th e fin al s ta te m e n t of th e ph y sician a n d to x ico lo g ist, w o rk ­ F re n c h n a tio n in re g a rd s to th e ir in g on th e ex hum ed body of th e E a g le P o in t M an, C h a rg e d W ith d eb t to th is c o u n try . F o r th e B o o tleg g in g F a ils to M ake dead y o u th show ed th a t th e re ­ p a st sev eral m o n th s th e tw o n a ­ A p p e a ran c e p o rt of th e a tte n d in g physician, tio n s h av e been a tte m p tin g to w ho w as p re s e n t a t M cC lintock's a g re e upon th e te rm s fo r s e ttle ­ P re lim in a ry h e a rin g s of c h a rg e s G re a t N o rth e rn , N o rth e rn P a c ific L ocals to B a ttle N o rth e rn e rs in d e a th , w hich s ta te d th e y o u th had m ent of th e d e b t, and upon sev­ a n d U nion P a c ific to M eet on T w o G aines B illed fo r F rid a y died of ty p h o id fev e r w as c o rre c t. a g a in s t a lleg ed p ro h ib itio n vio­ e ra l occasions, it a p p e a re d as K la m a th P ro je c t T he e x p e rts a re now w o rk in g to la to rs, a rre s te d in a re c e n t c le a n ­ th o u g h a s a tis fa c to ry a g re e m e n t a n d Sat u rduv R a n c h e rs of S ta te to R eceiv e To­ d e te rm in e w h e th e r th e ty p h u s up, headed by M. V. McMills. s ta te w ould be reach ed . But each tim e I PO R T L A N D , Dec. 29—- P la n s! T he A sh lan d H igh b a s k e tb a ll g e rm s w ere ta k e n in to th e body p ro h ib itio n e n fo rc e m e n t officer, som e u n fo rse e n a tta c k upon th e ta l o f $ 1 0 ,5 0 0 ,OOO M ore T h a n fo r ra ilro a d d e v e lo p m en t of cen-l five w ill be given th e ir firs t real n a tu r a lly o r w h e th e r th ey w ere w ere s ta r te d before C ou n ty J u d g e e te rm s ru in e d all n e g o tia tio n s. in L ast Y ear tr a l a n d s o u th e rn O regon and ex­ te s ts of th e season h e re F rid a y in je c te d o r caused to be taker, G eorge G a rd n e r F rid a y a t Ja ck T he final c h a p te r to th e nego­ ....... te n s io n s in to th e K la m a th reg io n and S a tu rd a y of th is w eek, w hen in to th e body of th e dead youth so n v ille, an d re s u lte d in one a c - . tia tio O regon fa rm e rs re a liz e d >10,- n s cam e a « few q u itta l, tw o d ism issa ls, one p le a ! w hen it w . g ' on a b a sis th a t w ill be “ m u tu a lly th ey ta n g le w ith th e 500,000 m o re on th e ir co rn , N ew burg by som e o u tsid e cause. of g u ilty , a n d one fo rfe it u r e ^ o f j ja j te in is p L W illiam S h e p h e rd , fo ste r f a th ­ w h eat and o a ts th is y e a r th a n in a g re e a b le ” to a ll bines se rv in g th e h ig h q u in te t in a tw o g a m e bill hud been g ra n te d e r of th e boy, a n d biggest b en e­ >750 bonds. T he re m a in in g case*: F ra n c e , in o rd e r th a t th e debt 1923 a c c o rd in g to th e S e a rs-R o e ­ s ta te , w ill be d isc u sse d a t a m e e t­ a t th e A rm ory. will be h e a rd In F e b ru a ry . ing to Y e held w ith in a w eek a t buck A g ric u ltu ra l F o u n d a tio n , m ight be m ore easily c le a re d up. C e n tra l P o in t f u rn 's h e d little ficiary in th e w ill of th e dead E ll D ahack of E a g le P o in t, At th a t tim e, th e F re n c h m in is­ y o u th , sh o u ld a rriv e in C hicago w hich r e p o rts th a t th e n a tio n a l F ra n c isc o . T h is becam e o p p o sitio n to Coach W a lt H u g h e s ’ A n o th e r of th e six w as red u c e d to San failed to a p p e a r fo r tria l w hen his te rs claim ed th a t th e F re n c h n a ­ in c re a se in g ra in v a lu e s a m o u n t know n to n ig h t w h en e a s te rn ex­ o u tfit a w eek ago, th e locals ru n - la te th is a fte rn o o n . S h e p h e rd was th e r a n k of s e a rg e n t, th e ra n k he in New Mexico w hen th e in v e sti­ nam e w as called , an d J u d g e G a rd ­ tio n w as u n a b le to to > 5 5 0 ,000,000. O ats a lo n e w ere m eet th e he h eld b e fo re s ta r tin g th e flig h t. e c u tiv es of tra n s c o n tin e n ta l ra il- n in g ro u g h shod o v er th e v isit- n e r, a f te r a 15 m in u te w a it, d e ­ g a tio n s ta r te d , an d im m ed iately re sp o n sib le fo r a gain of 2 m il­ te rm s of th e o rig in a l a g re e m e n t, H e a lso w ill b e e lig ib le to fu ll p ro ­ ro a d lin e s ad v ised local re p re se n - j o rs, fin ish in g on th e long end of c u t s h o rt his v a c a tio n in o rd e r cla red his >7 50 bond fo rfe ite d . and all in d ic a tio n s p o in ted tow ard lions, w hile w h e a t b ro u g h t f a r m ­ ta tiv e s to a r r a n g e fo r a t t e n d a n c e & 60-12 score. A fte r th e firs t m o tio n . * D ahack e n te re d a p lea of g u ilty to e rs of th is s ta te an ad d e d 8 1-3 a fla t re fu sa l of p a y m e n t if th e few m in u te s of p l a / th e g am e to r e tu r n a n d a id in th e in v esti­ No a n n o u n c e m e n t h a s been a t th e m eetin g . g a tio n . A lth o u g h it a p p e a rs th a t th e second c h a rg e of se llin g li­ te rm s w ere n o t m odified. Im m e­ m illio n s o v e r la s t y e a r, th e r e ­ In clu d e d in th o se w ho w ill go tu rn e r^ in to a ru n a w a y a ffa ir, m ad e as to th e r a n k to be given th e D istric t A tto rn e y is a tte m p t­ q u o r, a n d w ill e n te r a plea th is d ia te ly follow ing th e a n n o u n c e ­ p o rt s ta te s . th e tile r s , e x c e p tin g t h a t th e to th e s o u th e rn m e e tin g is C h a s .i w Rh th e locals sc o rin g a lm o st a t ing to show t h a t S h e p h e rd had a fte rn o o n , to a th ir d a n d s im ila r m en t th a t th e te rm s of th e F re n c h W hile th e O regon c o rn crop s ta te m e n t of th e re c o m m e n d a tio n s H. C arey, re p re s e n tin g th e n o rth - ! w ill. s o m e th in g to do w ith th e d e a th c h arg e. At th e la st session of th e pay m en t had been m ad e e a sie r, for 1924 fell c o n sid e ra b ly below in clu d e s th e fa c t t h a t th e p ro ­ e rn tra n s c o n tin e n ta l ro ad s. In a s-l T h e N ew b u rg o u tfit is c e rta in of th e y o u th . S h e p h e rd has given g ra n d ju ry , D ahack w as in d icted th e E n g lish P rim e M in ister a n ­ t h a t of th e p re c e d in g y e a r, tliJ m o tio n s w ill be th e m o st ra d ic a l m uch a s th e G re a t N o rth e rn , th e to ffive H u g h e s ’ c h a rg e s som e th re e c o u n ts, c h a rg in g sale o u t m uch in fo rm a tio n w hich wili on b e tte r p ric e th is y e a r b ro u g h t th e nounced th a t sh o u ld F ia n c e be e v e r given flie rs in th e A m e ri­ N o rth e rn P acific a n d th e U n io n ! s tif f c o m p e titio n in th e ir tw o and t b e j u r y d isa g re e d a fte r 2 7 j given , pe(.ia , tenns> t|ij? aid in (he in v e stig a tio n . to ta l incom e to a p p ro x im a te ly can a im y . T h is m e a n s t h a t th e P a c ific d e s ire m ost of a ll to e n te r ' g a m e s h e re . W ith se v era l gam es j w ould d em an d th e sam e te rm s S h e p h e rd h a s been h ig h ly in­ h o u rs d e lib e ra tio n . w h a t it h ad been th e y e a r before. m en will be ra ise d a t le a s t to th e th e K la m a th F a lls te r r ito r y , now a^ready u n d e r th e ir b elt th e v is­ T he c h a rg e of possession and ' from th e U nited S ta te s. censed o v er th e p ro c e e d u re so far, T he 2 m illion b u sh e l in c re a se in im m e ­ r a n k of m a jo rs, sin ce se v e ra l c o n tro lle d by th e S o u th e rn P a- ito rs w ill be p rim ed fo r th e ir m a n u fa c tu ré of liq u o r a g a in s t a n d in his s ta te m e n ts given o u t th e w h e a t crop th is y e a r b ro u g h t d ia te ly follow ing th is a n n o u n c e ­ o th e r officers h a v e b e e n ra ise d c '/ic , re p re s e n ta tiv e s of th ese ] A sh la n d in v asio n , an d it w ill ta k e on th e tr a in en ro u te to C hicago, E dw in T a y lo r of th e A p p leg ate, m en t, th e r e cam e a n o th e r by th e th e v a lu e up to > 31,500,000 as a lm o s t t h a t h ig h . lin e s a re forced to v isit San F ra n -; so m e re a l b a s k e tb a ll fo r th e A sh- he h a s given v e n t to his feelings, w as d ism isse d , and th e tr ia l of B ritis h , s ta tin g th a t i f . F ra n c e co m p ared w ith > 23,000.000 of I t w as b eliev ed by m an y in T he cisco to c o n fe r w ith W illiam lan d o u tfit to sta v e off a couple c a llin g th e D istric t A tto rn e y a his b ro th e r, J o h n s ta r te d . 1923. T h e o a t crop of th is s ta te sh o u ld s ta r t p a y m e n t to A m erica, close to u c h w ith a rm y a ffa irs t h a t S p ro u le . p re s id e n t of th e S o u th - ' of tro u n c in g s. T h e local q u in te t case a g a in s t J o h n w as la te r also “ fo o l’’ a n d a “ n u m s k u ll,” an d th is y e a r is up to 12 m illio n b u sh ­ th e B ritish w o u l d expect th e re c o m m e n d a tjp n s w o u ld c a rry e rn P a c ific ra ilro a d . : show ed p le n ty of b a s k e tb a ll in c la im in g th a t w h a t he c alls a m issed. els as c o m p a red to 10 1-2 m illio n h e r to c o m m e n c e to liq u i­ w ith th e m a p ro v iso of a cash J a c o b S p itz le r of T a le n t w as T h e r e p re s e n ta tiv e s w ill discuss! th e ir tilt w ith th e C e n tra l P o in t “ flim sy film o f c irc u m s ta n tia l ev i­ th e y e a r b e fo re w ith th e re s u lt d a te th e B ritish lo an s m ade d u r ­ a w a rd to be m ad e th e m en, b u t th a t fa rm e rs w ill have ta k e n in th e a n s w e r to a te n ta tiv e re p o rt! a g g re g a tio n , a n d w ith a couple of d e n c e ’’ is a ll th a t is being used a c q u itte d by a ju ry , a fte r te n ing th e w ar. T h ese tw o a n n o u n c e ­ th e r e w as n o t p ro v isio n fo r a m in u te s d e lib e ra tio n F rid a y 6 1-2 m illio n d o lla rs on th is crop m en ts p ra c tic a lly k illed all ch an ce b o n u s in th e re c o m m e n d a tio n on c e n tra l O regon ra il c o n stru e - w e e k s’ a d d itio n a l p ra c tic e b eh in d ! to ,)ase th e in v e stig a tio n upon a fte rn o o n . P o ssessio n o f liq u o r as c o m p a red w ith 4 1-2 m illio n s tio n , filed tw o m o n th s ago by C. th e m , th e y sh o u ld be a b le to give fo r a m o d ificatio n of th e te rm s to given P re s id e n t C oolidge. w as th e c h a rg e . I t w as b ro u g h t th e y e a r b efo re. I. K e p h a rt, E xam iner fo r th e in th e v isito rs tw o re a l b a ttle s , w ith F ra n c e , b u t no such a n n o u n c e ­ o u t in th e te stim o n y t h a t S p itz­ T he yield p e r a c re on co rn in te r s ta te com m erce com m istdon. j m o re th a n ian even chance m e n t as w as m ade to d ay w as ex- of le r had a rev o lv e r tie d a ro u n d O regon, th e r e p o r t s ta te s d ro p ­ B O A T S H E L D B Y ICE pected in th e U nited S ta te s, R a ilro a d s h av e been given u n til i tro u n c in g th e n o rth e rn e rs . A R E F IN A L L Y F R E E D his w ooden leg. W h en he a ro se I T. , . . . . . ped to 27.8 b u sh e ls p e r a c re as a J a n u a r y 17 to file ex cep tio n s to , I t is lik elv t h a t a co n feren ce T h e d e fe n siv e w ork of th e local fro m a c a rd g am e la s t S u n d a y , in I e. . , . . . re s u lt of u n fa v o ra b le w e a th e r, th is re p o rt. ’ i betw een th e fin a n c ia l m in iste rs sq u a d w as e sp ecially good in th e PO R T L A N D , Dec. 2. — T he resp o n se to th e n o tific a tio n th a t b u t th e profit p er b u sh e l to th e of th e tw o n a tio n s w ill be called A t le a s t tw o of th e sy ste m s C e n tra l P o in t gam e. K a tz e r a t s te a m e rs , R ose C ity a n d C u ra c ao he w as u n d e r a r r e s t, it w as c h a rg - fa rm e r w as 36 c e n ts as c o m p a red fo r th e n e a r f u tu re in o rd e r to h a v e ex p ressed a d e s ire to con-1 b ack g u a rd an d R am sey a t ru n - p ro ceed ed Co sea to d ay , a f te r be­ ed t h a t S p itz le r p u t h is h a n d in w ith 29 th e y e a r before. The- m ak e a d e fin ite s e ttle m e n t. show ed esp ecially ing h eld up fo r se v e ra l h o u rs fe r an d w ork o u t som e plan “ ipu -i n in g g u a rd his p a n ts p o c k e t. T he a rre s tin g w et days, on th e o th e r h a n d , w ere O regon m a in ta in e d Its se v en ­ S u n d a y in th e lo w e r C o lu m b ia tua.lly a g re e a b le ,” a t le a s t fo r t h e w ell, w ith B ry a n t th e la n k y cen- officers re g a rd e d th ia as a h o s­ a g re a t help to th e w h e a t an d te e n th place in th e re la tiv e s ta n d ­ extew sion of a lin e so u th from t e r p lay in g th e m o st a g g re ssiv e R iv ef by Ice floes. A w a rm tile m an e u v e r. S p itz le r lived w ith o a ts p ro d u c tio n , th e fo rm e r ris in g b a s k e tb a ll o f th e gam e. T im e ing of th e S ta te s of th e U nion in W illiam L acey, w ho e n te re d a ChinooTc w ind a n d ra in a r e ex­ B end to K la m a th F a lls. to 26.2 b u sh e ls p er a c re as co m ­ I t w as n o t k n o w n w h e th e r th e a f te r tim e th e C e n tra l P o in t of- m e rc h a n d ise e x p o rts fo r th e q u a r ­ p lea of g u ilty th e f ir s t of th e p a re d w ith 24.1 th e y e a r b efo re, pected to b re a k up th e ice in th e U nion P acific h ad been in v ite d ■ te n siv e w as b ro k en up, a n d th e te r en d ed S e p te m b e r 30, 1924. w eek to possession of liq u o r, and a n d th e la tte r to 44.4 from 39 C o lu m b ia a n d W illa m e tte R iv e rs to a tte n d th e c o n fe re n ce a lth o u g h i Play s ta r te d in th e o p p o site 'd i- w hen its tra d e in th is d ire c tio n th e d e fe n se conteifiled t h a t th e s h o rtly . in 1923. T h e p ro fit ppr bushel ra ilro a d o ffic ia ls h a v e . ex p ressed reebion. B u tte rfie ld had a field a m o u n te d to > 13,186,084, a drop th re e b o ttle s of m o o n sh in e em ­ of w h e a t th is y e a r w as 34 c e n ts th e b e lie f t h a t th e c o n fe re n ce r e ­ d ay in th e g a m e , d ro p p in g th e of >277,882 from th e fig u re s of ployed as evidence a g a in s t him , w h ere o n ly 6 c e n ts w as ta k e n g a rd in g c e n tra l an d s o u th e rn O re­ ball th ro u g h th e hoop from al- th e p rev io u s q u a rte r, a c c o rd in g to belo n g ed to Lacey. la s t y e a r a n d 6 c e n ts p ro fit in s ta tis tic s ju s t rele ase d by th e De­ gon r a ilro a d c o n s tru c tio n w ould moist a n y a n g le , w h ile M arske o a ts fo r th e 10 c e n t loss of th e p a rtm e n t of C om m erce. A v ery in te re s tin g p ro g ram h a s be p a rtic ip a te d in by a ll p a rtie s .I sa n k th ro u g h e n o u g h s h o ts to p re c e d in g y e a r. W h e a t to p p ed th e lis t of c o m ­ been a rra n g e d fo r th e C h a m b e r w in a n o rd in a ry g a m e by him self. T he in c re a se d yield p e r a c re m o d itie s e x p o rte d w ith v a lu a tio n s W ANT L IC E N S E TO W E D , of C om m erce F o ru m lu n ch eo n to A M E R IC A TO P R O T E ST T h e N ew b u rg q u in te t is ra te d oT > 5,578.190. P la n k b o a rd s and CALL of sm a ll g ra in an d th e in cre ase d F IR E ST A T IO N be held to m o rro w a t th e H otel E M B A R G O ON S P U D S a s o n e of th e f a s te s t o u tfits in s c a n tlin g s fo llow ed, v a lu e d a t >1,- p rice per b u sh e l on a ll g ra in s h i s A sh lan d , a c co rd in g to J . H. F u l­ aid e d m a te ria lly in re s to rin g th e n o rth e rn O regon, an d th e locals 84 2 ,2 8 3 , arid th e n cam e tim b e r T he boys w ho la b o r ev ery now ler, s e c re ta ry of th e b o o ste r o r ­ , WASHINGTON Dec. *29 -T he wU1 h a v e to show th e sa m e b ra n d s h ip m e n ts a t $ 1 ,1 5 0 ,4 7 0 , and a n d th e n in q u e n c h in g th e fire s f a rm e r to a b e tte r fin a n c ia l b a s­ 29 — T h ^ t i H e l / N e^ a d a ’, U n ited S ta te s wi!1 P ro te s t to ! of b a s k e tb a ll, o r even b e tte r th a n g a n iz a tio n . is, th e F o u n d a tio n r e p o r t con­ t o ! of b a s k e tb a ll, o r even b e tte r th a n flo u r a m o u n tin g to > 1,150,327. w hich th re a te n tp d e stro y h o m e s ! — T h e ta le o f a n h e ro ic res- G re a t B rita in a g a in s t C olonel C. G. T hom pson, Sup-> cluded. T h e h ig h e r g ra in p ric e s th e e m b a r - 1 th e y PUt up a g a in s t C e n tra l P o in t T he f irs t te n s ta te s included in th e city h av e receiv ed m any cue and a C h ristm a s E ve tra g e d y go w hich h a s been p laced o n ! in o rd e r to cop th e v erd ict' e rin te n d e n t of th e C ra te r L a k e h a v e re s u lte d in h ig h e r live stock in th e ta b u la tio n , an d th e a m o u n ts q u e e r te le p h o n e c a lls a t th e fire N a tio n a l P a rk will be th e p r in ­ w ere b ro u g h t to th is c ity to d a y A m erican p o ta to e s , d u e to th e ac-! —________ ______ p rices a n d th is has b ro u g h t a new of th e ir fo reig n sh ip m e n ts, a re s ta tio n , b u t la s t n ig h t th e q u e e r- from A n d rew s, a S o u th e rn N evada cipal sp e a k e r of th e d ay. C olonel tiv ity of th e p o ta to b u g in th is v ita lity to a g ric u ltu re . New Y ork, w ith fig u re s of >175,- e st of a ll w as re g is te re d . tra d in g p o st, 150 m iles n o r th of c o u n try , it w as le a rn e d a t th e K ID McOO Y J U R Y S h o rtly a f te r te n o ’clock, a f te r ™ OI" pson wil1 o u llin e th e P,a n s 9 0 9 ,1 8 0 ; T exas > 16 3 ,2 0 5 ,8 3 9 ; i h e re by a s ta g e d r iv e r c a rry in g S ta te D e p a rtm e n t to d ay . T h e De­ W IT H O U T V E R D IC T P e n n s y lv a n ia > 7 1 ,8 3 4 ,6 3 2 ; Illin ­ th in g s had been locked up an d w hich have been p re p a re d fo r th e W I F E ’S M O TH ER A T p a sse n g e rs b etw een th e tw o p o in ts p a rtm e n t o f A g ric u ltu re in fo rm ­ co m in g season, and will give a — f , G O LD EN W E D D IN G ois > 7 0 ,7 5 5 ,6 1 3 ; C a lifo rn ia >54,- th e boys w ere p re p a rin g to spend F elix A riz a r, a ra n c h e r of th e review of th e w ork th a t has been LOS A N G E L E S, Dec. 29. __ ed S e c re ta ry of S ta te H u g h e s t h a t n ig h t, th e 3 7 4 ,5 5 5 ; New J e rs e y > 49,852,- a n o th e r u n e v e n tfu l A n d rew s d is tric t, w as a tte n d in g accom plished in th e p a rk d u r in g th e r e is n o le g itim a te b a sis fo r D ue to th e p ro sp e c t of a com ­ 174; SANTA ROSA, C alif., Dec. 29. L o u isia n a > 4 6 ,4 7 0 ,8 2 9 ; te le p h o n e tin g led . R a th e r ho p in g th e p a st tw o years. a C hri8triias E ve d an ce in th e eity th e e m b a rg o , as th e p o ta to bug p ro m ise v e rd ic t by th e ju r y in M ichigan > 3 9 ,7 1 5 ,7 7 4 ; O hio >31,- th a t it m e a n t som e a c tio n , o n e of — T he n o v elty of h a v in g h e r w h en a fire b ro k e o u t in th e A n­ A m usical p r o g r a m w ill be is fu lly u n d e r c o n tro l in th is th e case of “ K id ” McCoy, J u d g e m o th e r p re s e n t a t h e r g o ld en w ed ­ 0 7 1 ,9 8 4 ; an d M a ssa c h u setts w ith th e m em b ers of th e d e p a rtm e n t d re w s h o tel. A riz a r’s y o u n g son. c o u n try . j fu rn is h e d by se v e ra l of th e U nl- C rail a n n o u n c e d a t noon to d ay d in g cam e to M rs. N. C. H a rris > 27,702,446. -In d ia n a , ru n n e r-u p hopped to th e p hone, on l^ to h e a r fo u r m o n th s o f a g e , h a d been le ft ! v e rs ity of O regon s tu d e n ts w ho th a t h e w ould k e e p th e ju r y o u t of th is fcity re c e n tly w hen sh e and to O regon, bad to ta ls of >12,875,- a sw eet fem in in e voice a sk “ can in th e h o te l room w h ile th e p a r ­ ; a re now v isitin g in th e ir h o m es a n o th e r 24 h o u rs in th e e v e n t 619. h e r h u sb a n d c e le b ra te d th e f if t­ F O U R C H IL D R E N A R E we g et a m a rria g e license th e re e n ts w 6re a tte n d in g th e d an ce. ; over th e ho lid ay s. V iolin an d ieth a n n iv e rs a ry of th e ir m a rria g e B U R N E D IN B A D F IR E t h a t no v e rd ic t h ad been re a c h ­ G ran d to ta ls fo r th e f irs t nine to n ig h t.” T h e b rav e fire lad d ie, 1 piano r o ’os will be fu rn is h e d by D ash in g from th e d a n c e h a ll, an d ed b e fo re n ig h t. in R in co n V alley, n e a r th is city. m o n th s of th e y e a r give O regon w ho h a s faced th e fie rc e st so rt of I p lu n g in g in to th e sm o k e a n d fire. H A X TU N , Colo., Dec. 29. — R u m o rs to d a y w e re th a t ten I e x p o rt fig u re s of > 46,923,080 and blazes w ith o u t a q u i v e r ' becam e H a rv e y W oods a n d Miss B e rn ic e T h e b r id e ’s m o th e r, M rs. J . N. A rize r g rab b e d th e c h ild , a n d T ra p p e d in an u p p e r c h a m b e r, j u r r o r s w ere e n d e a v o rin g to con-j s ix te e n th place in th e e n tire list so excited a t th is s tra n g e re q u e s t Yeo. L ocke, w ho is 88 y e a rs of age w a lk e d o n to th e p o rch ro o f a t th e fo u r sm all c h ild re n of Mr. F u lle r a n n o u n c e s th a t one o r v nee tw o. I t is believed t h a t Me- o f s ta te s. T h ough M innesota s e ­ th a t he s tu tte r e d a n d sta n rm e red , w as one of th e m e rrie s t g a th e re d th e second s to ry . T h e ffam es a te a n d M rs. A. S to ffer w ere b u rn e d j Coy m ay g e t a p riso n ” se n te n c e, tw o m a tte rs of im p o rta n c e to th e a t th e g o ld en ju b ile e p a rty . T h re e cu re d e le v e n th p lace in re la tiv e u n a b le to a n sw e r. A fellow m em - aw ay th e p o sts s u p p o rtin g th e to d e a th to d a y w h en fire d es­ h e r of th e d e p a rtm e n t, b ra v e r ch a m b e r w ill be b ro u g h t up at c h ild re n a n d seven g ra n d c h ild re n s ta n d in g of th e s ta te s fo r th e ro o f, a n d th e p o rch caved in, tro y e d th e S toffer hom e n e a r h ere. th a n th e r e s t took up th e receiv-! e ' u n 1,295,637. M ary­ is w h ere th q fire of love is q u e n ­ M rs. H a r r is is th e s iste r-in -la w baby w as u n in ju re d by th e fall, d ren . city , w as th is m o rn in g u n a n i- la n d , ju s t of C. A. H a rris of th is c ity , a n d K la m a th F a lls — S hevlin H ix- to p p in g O regon fo r ched. n ot a id e d .” A click a t th e b u t th e f a th e r is n o t expected to m o u slv e le c te d c h a irm a n o f th e fig u re s of th e th re e q u a rte rs , a t o th e r end of th e lin e to ld him on C om pany w ill begin by A pril M rs. T. R. Eggers, who ' Ar,~ r7 There’s a message in The I n te r s ta te C om m erce C o m m issio n . taI ned’ t r a d e 't o t h e ‘ a m o u n t "of was badly re s id e s In A sh la n d . brokpn (h e fa |L t h a t a n o th e r of y o u th * ro m a n c es J, to _ lo g its 1.00 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 0 feet of a a a a ft a a a a a a a a » « « « » FARMERS’ REVENUE FOR CORN, WHEAT o T SHOWING FOR CASE CONFERENCE WILL ASHLAND HI FIVE BE HELD BY ROADS |' TO MEET NEWBURG ON TERMINAL PLAN’ TEAM THIS WEEK i EXPORIS KEEP THIS STATE UP IN RACE HAVE PARK LEADER AS SPEAKER OF DAY EVE Tidings Want Ads. for the ensuing year. >47,160,968. I was ru in e d . tim b e r In K la m a th co u n ty .