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dogs on automobiles
camp. Wright, is is.said discovered a plot on the part of' « 1P1? DTAAn tv wr t - i
T^e Oregon Humane Society is sending out to the the Indians to surprise aud massacre his force; but be that f
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----__iewspapers in “all the states a copy of following bill to os it may, he,was too quick for them and put in effect his
P u b lish ed Every E ven in g Except Sunday by
;require protection of dogs carried on automobiles. Here ¡own plan without delay. Sending six men across the river
THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO.
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ftHj t(.x, ol- ttu. lilw;
i to where they would be opposite the Indian camp and
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Section 1—It shall be unlawful for any person to, thus able to cut off their passage across the river, Wright, j
t,rorKe Maddep Qreen....................................... Business Manager: carry a dog upon the hood, fender, running board or other i himself went down among the Indians who were scattered
< fficlal city paper ..................................................... Telephone 3 9 1external part of anv automobile or truck, unless the same about the campfire and shot dead at a preconsidered sig-
> : (ercd at th e A shland, Oregon P oetoffice as Second C lass Mail M atter - - -
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shall be protected by a frame work, carrier, or other de-hial, a young buck. The other whites being ready contin-1
Subscription P rice, D elivered In C ity
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Month .................................................................................... $ 65 vice sufficient to keep any such animahfrom falling fromiued the work of destruction, and soon no men were left
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1.95^he said automobile.
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¡alive except John Schonchin and Curly-headed Doctor.
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Section 2—Any person who shall violate the provis- These two had escaped and were heard from twenty years
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B y Mail and R ural R outes
I ions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor later at the murder of General Canby and Commissioner
Month
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and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Hun-• Thomas. Forty-seven Indians and several squaws were
b.x Months .......................«............................3.50 dred ($100.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment in the county killed. Wright’s men numbered nineteen, including two
u u j Year
650 jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both1 Indians. Their casualties consisted of several wounds to
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such fine and imprisonment.
Isaac Sanbank, Poland and Brown, the rest were unin­
tin g le inaertlon, pe.- inch ............................................................ $ .30
Section
3—Justices
of
the
Peace,
district
courts,
coun­
jured and returned to Yreka where they were greatly
Y early C ontracts
r i 9 Insertion a week ........................................................... .......
.27% ty courts, and all other courts, having jurisdictions as feted by the people. They rode into.town escorted by a
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.25
justices of the peace, shall have- concurrent jurisdiction guard of honor, their forty scalps and sundry other me-
belly insertion ..................................................................... *20
R ates for L egal and M iscellaneous A d vertising
witli the circuit courts of all prosecutions under this act. mentos dangling from their rifles’and bridles. The en-
f i r s t insertion, per 8 point line ................................................. $ .10
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thusiastic crowd bore'them from their horses into the
le c h subsequent insertion, 8 point line .................................
.05
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1.00
The proper study of .mankind is the grand jury.
{saloons and there was nothing too good for them. Whis-
vuituaries, per line ............................................. ...................... .
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key was free to all and a grand dinner was given in lion-
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it to get elected.
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No discount will be allowed Religious or Benevolent orders.
It is not strange.that accounts should differ in the
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It isn’t real charity if you-feel cheated when you get narrative of these tragic events. With hundreds of men!
No donations to charities or otherwise will be made In advertiB
scattered over largeareas of country, menaced on every
no gratitude in return.
•ça or job printing— our contributions will be in cash.
jnst been discovered that Adolph Eckstein star of th -
turn by savages of the most ferocious character, where K n , University. Providence, It I., loo.bill tetun itn'd « » ¿ i n of
stllDg team, has been working his way through coUeee bv
OH THAT MEN would piaise the Lord for hi3 wonderful works
Very few barbers have vet learned to talk entertain- eternal vigilance was the price of a chance to live. These •e.ling wr® his
blood. In pint lots, for transfusions. Eckstein considered
io the children of men.— Psalm 107:21.
ull-Ainericaji centra, hot, been urged by U . coacïes w
t ï i
various parties meeting after the campaign lost nothing .n
ingly about embroidery.
other means
h,S
thrOQRh colleSe- because they fear
of the excitement and interest in the telling and many be wll) nnrfenr.
.enr.lns his tremendous srj-eneth
IN FAVOR OF PURCHASE
At times you enjoy beattiful things, and at others different tales were told by the separated adventurers.
Speaking to the members of the Ashland Chamber there is a guide along to explain them.
The facts, however, of the massacre of many immigrants, 000,000 and $54,000,000. respect-| diamonds of the Army, Columbia
cl Commerce, at the Forum Luncheon of the organization
in the most barbarous manner in the shambles about fully, while barley, showing a Colgate and Penn State nines
yesterday, Mayor 0. LI. Johnson declared, “ I would hate If=
Bloody Point, could not be denied and could not result sm aller yield of 9,816,000 bush-i Earl G. Mat-hold, student man-
Pioneering in Southern Oregon
to see the Chautauqua building pass into private hands
otherwise than in the most intense excitement and bitter­ els under 1923, has an increased ager of baseball, is carrying on
by C, B. Watson
without the city making some attempt to save it«” Mem-
valuation of $72,000,000.
negotiations with the U. of P. and
ness. It may seem that Wright and his men acted, them­ total
The
repcirt
states
the
grain
'
one
or two other colleges, it was
I ers of his council almost unanimously confirmed this
selves, like consummate savages, yet they were fighting m arkets have influenced each learned recent.y. Approximately
Jeff Riddle,j the half breed son of Toby Riddle, who a foe that had no knowledge of methods tinctured in the
r.ttitude, showing that the city fathers recognize the nec-’
other this year to increased s e ll-' twenty games have been arran g ­
ecsity of keeping the building in public hands, and that was the wire of Frank Riddle, an interpreter for Gen­ ieast with mercy. There is no doubt that extermination ing value per bushel for the ed so far. Pittsburgh, an old foe
eral Canby during the Modoc war, has written a hook seemed to these early settlers, the only course to pursue world shortage in practically all On both the gridiron and the dia-
they realize the advertising asset it is to the city.
Truly, as Mayor Johnson declared, times have chang­ which he has entitled “ The Indian’s History of the Mo­ with these relentless and barbarious foes. With two thou­ Uje grain crops.
i mond, will not have a baseball
ed, and changed rapidly during the past few years. In doc W ar” ; in which he recounts the Indian’s version of sand miles between these settlers and civilization, the
I nine next Spring on account of the
lack of playing facilities.
The
the past it was possible to ponder over the slightest de­ this affair of Bloody Point. He claims that the Piutes dangers and hardships separating them, were forced to
new Pittstadium is being erect­
tail, without much danger of any opportunity presented and not the Modocs were the leaders in these bloody in­ kill or he killed. The success of W right’s campaigns as
ed on the old baseball field and
escaping. Opportunities, in some ways, were more plen­ cidents of 1852. Of this I will have more to say when we compared with others who allowed.some sentiment to in­
arrangem ents have not been
made for a mew place to play.
tiful than n()
now, and all the time needed for thought was come to recount the atrocities of the Modoc war. Be that fluente them seemed to justify his methods. The Indians
^ 1 the present age, opportunity has developed as it may, there is no doubt that Toby Riddle, who was
Coach Lew C arr will have a
available. Rn
knew that with him there was no quarter asked nor given.
num
ber of veterans to make up
into a veritable will-o’-wisp, darting here and there a Modoc woman, known as “ Winema,” was as true as This they could understand and their own methods justi­ SYRACUSE, N. Y. Jan. 14.— A
his team, only two or three hav­
and resting in no one place very long. The opportunity steel to the whites and doubtless saved many lives. She fied the treatment he meted to them.
contest with the Yale University ing been lost by graduation.
is present, must he considered and either grasped or dis- was a woman of ability and is entitled to a monument in
baseball nine at New Haven will Among those who will be avail-
The last war-like incident of the vear 1852 I will re- feature
the tw enty - two
game. ai)ie for th e varsity are Jiggs Ma-
tarded with speed which would make our forefathers gasp her memorv.
late refers to the disappearance of seven miners at the schedule
a
for
1925
now
being
a r­ lymey,
catcher, Captain
Lee
After meeting and protecting other trains, Captain mouth of Calice creek on Rogue river. These men dis­
were they to view it. Gone is the day when time was
ranged for the Syracuse Univer­ Bonghter, first base. Hank Greve,
cheap, gone to the same limbo as that period when the ox­ Ross with his.company returned to Jacksonville, escort­ appeared mysteriously; and not having been seen for sity team.
shortstop; Tommy
Ringwood,
cart was the only mode of travel.
ing, on his way the “ Snelling train” to Yreka. This.was several weeks were supposed to have been killed by This will be the first time th at third
base; A1 Sawyer, left field;
The opportunity for the city to take over the Chau­ one of the largest trains of the season. Captain Wright Chief Taylor’s band from Grave creek. Enquiry elicted the Orange team has met the Blue Jim Foley, right field. All were
tauqua building is as fast moving as any other opportun­ conducted an active campaign for three months, fre­ no information. Some weeks after the disappearance, a aggregation since 1920. and it re gUiars iast season,
be the only game in which :
ity of this period. If we sit down to consider it for several quently skirmishing with hands of these -Indians and ad­ party of Chief Taylor’s, savages headed by the chief him­ will
the Syracusans break into Big
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months, the opportunity will be gone. The proposition ding other trophies to his collection, besides protecting self appeared at Vannov’s ferry and in the purchase of j Three com petition in baseball next {
Swallowed
should he thotight over thoroughly, and every angle in­ other trains and furnishing escorts until his,company was some articles at the store, exhibited quite a quantity of
in ’96 Taken from Lung
vestigated, but these actions should be done in the man­ reduced to eighteen men With this small company he gold-dust. The Indians were not in the habit of having The schedule promises to be one
ner of the present, not the past. Then we shall have the determined to make a vigorous campaign against these any but a small quantity of gold-dqst in thq^r possession . of the best Syracuse has had for PITTSBURGH. Jan. 14. — A
years. No easy teams will .be met
savages whose principal force was securely entrenched on at any time and suspicion was a t once aroused and they! either
opportunity still with us, should we care to grasp it.
on the home field or on one-inch brass screw, swallowed
The almost unaimous opinion of many of the citizens an island in the lake. As a method of securely watching were questioned. Their answers were not satisfactory., foreign diamonds^
twenty-eight years ago, was re­
of Ashland has been that the city should take over the this band he caused a boat to be built and shipped by They were then questioned about the lost »men. They Coach C arr’s men will start the moved from the right lung of
building. In our opinion, the idea is a good one, and wagons from Yreka. He manned this boat with six men claimed that the menliad been washed from their claims season with a five-game trip to Frank Crawford by Dr. J. Homer
South during the E aster r e - ! McCready h e r e .,.
should be investigated. But the investigation should be and kept a constant-patrol of the lake, the better to keep and drowned by the high water. The Indians were arrest­ the
A tube, equipped with a small
cess. Two games will be played
started immediately, in order that the opportunity, if it track of the Indians. A company of U. S. dragoons un­ ed and charged with having murdered them. After seeing with both the University of Vir­ electric-light bulb, was inserted
.is the pleasure of the city to grasp it, will be still with us der the command of Major Fitzgerald was sent out to that they were not believed and that the miners were going ginia and the Virginia M ilitary through the mouth, and, after the
when we make 'up our minds. And we have to make them scout along the lake-shores and force the Indians to re­ to hang them on suspicion and that their fate was sealed, Institu te aggregation and one screw had been located, a long
up with speed, for we are living in the age of the automo­ main on their island while Wright and his men, assisted they finally boastfully admitted that they had killed will be played with the Virginia forceps was used in its removal.
The patients condition is report­
College team.
bile, the airplane and the express train, not that of the by five Shasta Jndians and “ Swill” a stray Umatilla nosed them and narrated how they had tortured them. They Polytechnical
ed
as being “ good.”
Other trips will be made to the
ox-cart.
out their caches of provisions that were hidden in the lava- were hanged without more ado. There was no court, nor
bed near by, and destroyed them. They seemed to have any regulative law to guide or direct the excited men. It
laid in a large supply of seeds, wocus, camas, fish and might have been that these men had gone away without
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other
provisions as bases of supplies to support the sav­ leaving any word, and some of the whites doubted the
The development of the radio industry is passing
through a period of expansion apd it is too early to estab­ ages that were employed in destroying immigrant trains. justness of their action, but inasmuch as these meh were
Winter was coming on and the Indians were being reduc­ never after heard from, and these Indians were known to
lish limitations.
Whether there is to be rapid increase of numerous ed to a distressing condition for the approach of winter be among the worst in the country, and there lining no
local broadcasting stations or whether there shall be and indicated a disposition for “ A Klose Wa-Wa,” way by which the truth could be learned, it was treated as
fewer, larger and more powerful broadcasting plants can­ (friendly talk). A stray squaw culled “ Old Mary” was a closed incident, and closer watch was kept on the
not yet be determined.
sent out to the isl^id and after a day or two forty In­ Grave creek hand.
This great invention, that is connecting the homes in dians came out and began to spar for peace. Wright,
(To he Continued)
the country with the arts and entertainments in the cities, however, was not in a mood to make peace, but was
and that is uniting continents, is in its early infancy of enough Indian to use savage strategy to accomplish- his
achievement
purpose, which was to kill Indians and not to make
Merely to think of an invention that unites and ce­ friends with the fiends who had done the deeds that he
ments home life and carries the message of love to marin­ and his men had proved. After the evidence of Diabolism
&
ers on board ships^t ruggling with storms at sea, makes that possessed these fiends he would find plenty of excuse
the human intellect pause in reaching conclusions about for his methods.
TEHERAN, Persia, Jan. 14. —
its future.
There have been several stories differing in character The American Financial Mission
about what Wright did in the premises. One was that a headed by Dr. Milispaugh, prob­ CHICAGO, Jan. 14. — W heat,
lot of strychnine had been sent out to him and that in­ ably will quit Persia when its corn, oats, rye and barley, the
MINING MONEY DISTRIBUTED
contract expires w ithin a few
Soutint. ^ C a lifo rn ia
Zinc reached $7.80, December 30, a gain of $2.01 since viting the Indians to a feast he killed and caused an ox to months,
five m ajor grains of the United
and undoubtedly will quit
hvj^-ess
States, recorded a value of $2,-
June, 1923. Lead has passed the $10.00 mark; and cop­ he cooked; spreading a goodly quantity of strychnine over dissatisfied.
To L o s Angeles
yourwinter trip east via Shasta route to sun-
per has held firm at $15.00. The opening of new mines the feast he succeeded in killing about forty of the In­ The success of the mission has 226,000,000 more in 1924 than in daily at 11:35 p.m., Plan
swept California— thence via th e scenic Sunset
1923, according to a report issued .also carries through route to New Orleans and the East.
and the rehabilitation of older properties long idle, has dians.. Another is that he killed about half a dozen in this not been m arked, because of ob­ by
the Sears-Roebuck A gricultur­ sleeper f o r San Enjoy th e comforts o f th e N ew Sunset Limited
way and made the others very sick. Wrmht and his men stacles which have been placed al Foundation, of Chicago, based Francisco.
followed in almost every mining eamp.
through the romantic Southwest toNewO rleans.
its way. Thus far the mission
See this year’s colorful Mardi Gras pageants.
It is worth noting that these are not speculative all declare that they did not use any strychnine, because in
on Government statistics for the
To San Francisco
has succeeded in establishing con­ year.
And
you’ll like Southern Pacific dining car ser­
prices, but are the prices fixed by the consuming public it was “ more fun” to kill them in fight. The following trol over the revenues and ex­
“ Shasta” 4:25 p.m.
vice— highest quality fo o d deliciously prepared
that uses these metals in its industries. The sources of story was printed at Yreka in 1881 in a history of Sis­ penditures in practically all de­ If the farm ers could have sold “O regonian”
and served at your accustomed meal-time.
4:15 p.m.
all their grain at a national m ar­
Low
round-trip excu rsion fares; full stop-over
supply are world-wide; the competition is keen. There kiyou county, and is said to have been prepared by men partm ents of the Government ex­ ket on the first day of the year “ San Francisco Ex­ privileges.
press” 11:30 a.ra.
can be no compulsion in price, save the public demand at who had the facts available for such purpose. This was cept fhe W ar Office. The Persian they would have gone home rich­
For full information, ask
Prim e Minister stands at the head er by $5,868,000,000, the report
prices that the public will pay. There is no “ cleaner” within thirty years after the occurrence and seems more of
the W ar Office; and as this
money than that dug out of the mines; and no industry likely than either of the other stories. I will, therefore, departm ent draws 4 6 per cent of states.
Figures compiled s e f e r i l
that distributes money more lavishly for wages, supplies give it as it appears in that publication, as follows:
the total revenue of the country months ago showed th a t the far­
Negotiations being in progress, notice was sent out its refusal to undergo control has mers averaged an increase in
and taxes in the localities where it originates.
G. N. Kramer, Local Agent.
Phone 14 or 43
If there are mines within your reach, give them a to the Indians to come in and .feast. The eamp was on been alm ost a barrier to success wealth of $95 for the year, bas­
ing the compilation on all' farm
Lost river and the Indians speedily came in and camped of the mission.
boost. They will he your best friends.
Persians are somewhat
dis­ products. Today the recent rapid j
near by on the bank of the river, both of the camps being pleased over the failure of Ameri­
increase in the m arket price of
about a fourth of a mile above the Natural Bridge, and can capital to flow into Persia as grains
1925 CREED
has boosted the average to
I will vote at every public election, trying first to not far from the spot where Captain Jack and the troops the result of the establishm ent of $346, according to the report.
WITH
inform myself on the candidates and the questions to be first fought ushering in the Modoc war of 1873. Some the mission, and the recent break­ W heat showed an increase in
of the negotiation^ with the value of $809,000,000 over 1923.
half a hundred of the braves with their squaws made their down
voted upon.
Sinclair Oil Company has been a The yield per acre was 16.1, as
I will try to buy stock in some local industry or util­ home in the camp and lived off the provisions of the blow.
against 13.4 in 1923, although
The newest spring patterns in paper are ready
ity serving my own locality, and help to build up payrolls whites. Old Schonchin head chief foreseeing trouble left Tax reform s which have been 3,450,000 less acres were planted
for you. Acme Quality Paints and Varnishes are
the camp as did others. It appears to have been W right’s proposed by the mission have met to this grain during 1924. Corn
and values and sobriety in my home town..
with
stiff
oposition,
some
of
them
highest
values.
I will obev the laws as they are written; it may be as intention from the first to get the Indians to return the having already been vetoed by on the other hand, was planted
We will be glad to estimate on your paper and
offensive to my neighbor for me to dodge taxes or make valuables they were thought to have stolen from the im­ the P arliam ent; and others, fac­ over more ground and yielded a
sm aller crop than last year. The
paint needs.
I,ooze or exceed the speed laws, as it is to ,me for him to migrants, and then bring on a fight and kill all of the ing a like fate, are now under valuation increase for the year
Indians they could. The time was November; the river consideration.
rob or burn or violate my home.
ju st passed was $876,000,000, or
was very low and had two banks, formirfg a high and The ruling class in Persia is an additional wealth for the fa r­
I will work at my job as though I believed in it.
to taxation and has, mer of $136.
I will try to make my street the best street in town. low terrace. On the higher one the whites slept while opposed
therefore, winked a t evasions
“Oats, rye and barley, also
I will practice the belief that prosperity and good they cooked and ate on the lower. The Indians camped which have been devised.
show substantial gains in value
government and neighborly love is here now, and to stay, but a few yards away, mingling with the whites during
Bring in your sash; glazing free
for 1924 over 1923. Oats and
the eating time, both parties having their arms in the Tidings Want Ads bring results rye register an increase of $415,-
jf L will but accept and live it.
(Established in 187«)
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1924 GRAIN CROPS
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