A shland D aily T idings MALARIA GERMS ' Cannot survive three months in the rich ozone at Ashland. Pure domestic water helps. The Tidings Has Been Ashland's Leading Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years ' (International News Wire Service) VOL. XLVIII Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Volume 43 ASHLAND CLIMATE yV ithout the use of medicine cures nine cases out of ten of asthma, Th is is a proveu fact. ASHLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ",.1925 NO. 132 EMIGRANT D A M ^ T X ™ by Creditors NEARLY FILLED BY BAD STORM 8 ______ o OF CITY MADE BY Chief Figures in the News of the Day FISH BILL HELD OVER TO AWAIT ACTION MONDAY Woman Didn’t Read Papars and Eclipse Was Puzzle to Her CAVE VICTIM IS SHUT OFF FROM AID BY SLIDE XX XX » ( X X XX PHOENIXVILLE, Pa., 8 XX h eb. 5. — There was one XX X X person in the United «J XX XXI XX States who did not know XX XX XX about the eclipse until it XX XX r Full 8,000 Acre Feet Nearly ’ XX happened. Oregon Insurance Rating X X Then a wo XX Backed Up by Giant Dam. ; Action Deferred Until Next XX XX - Bureau Surveyor Com m an’s voice called the po XX Mouth of Cave Is Closed to Water Is Let Out , Week bv Members of XX lice station. XX pletes Work Here XX Rescue Crew by Order of Senate XX XX “ W hat’s happening?” XX ------ x Military Commander STREAMS ARE FULL XX she asked the officer who XT XX REPORT IS TO BE MADE TRAPPING BILL PASSED £ answered (he phone. “ Why XX IS STARTED K lam ath ami Kogu,» Sai<l to be XX SHAFT R equest for R e-R ati ng for City XX H igh est in Y e a n . Ashland Irrigation D istrict B ill Providing XX is the sky so dark? Is it a XX XX thunderstorm , an e arth XX P al Declare* H e W ill E nter Cave XX R esu lts in Insp ectin g Equip Creek C arries Much W ater for P ow er for Directors Is Giv m ent and W ater H ere No Men-. S tates His R elief ¡X X quake fir w hat?” XX XX en U nited Approval That Colling W ill D ie XX XX " I t ’s the eclipse,” said XX Proving unsound all the argu Acting upon a request of Fire i XX the officer. X X XX ments advanced against the con SALEM, Feb. 5— On motion !xx CAVE CITY. Ky„ Feb. 5. — XX Chief Clinton Baughman, th a t “ Eclip‘8e! W hat do you XX struction of the Em igrant Creek of Senator Ritner, senator from the city be inspected and a new All efforts to rescue Floyd Collins X X X X m ean.” XX dam, completed late this fall, the Penfdleton, the Senate deferred fire raring given the property X X by means of the tortuous, twisted X X The officer explained as XX heavy rains of the past three days action on the ffch bill today. The owners here, W. F. W hite, su r XX have filled the dam nearly to b’ll, which seeks to take the com XX best he could, and asked: XX Passage into Sand Cave, in a veyor for the Oregon In/surance XX “ But haven’t you read XX small pocket of which he has X X capacity. Yesterday afternoon, plete control of the fish commis Rating Bureau spent several days 1 XX lam pinned by a large boulder for with the w ater within one and sion out of the hands of Gover ¡ 8 about it in the newspa XX here during the past week do- pers?” XX the past six days, was abandoned eight tenths feet of the top of the nor Pierce, and to place it under I specting the w ater system, fire X X “ No, I didn’t know a XX by bis rescuers here this morning. dam the flood gates at the bottom the control of the Board of Con departm ent equipm ent. inspect X X With m artial law clamped tight thing about it. You see, I XX of the dam were opened. This trol,, was postponed until Mon ing buildings and doing other XX don’t read the news XX ever the cave area by General was done in order th at the water day afternoon. necessary work in order th at ln- 8 papers.” XX Denhart, commandant of the mll- m ight be prevented from running- W hile the bill is likely to pass, 8 Itary forc®« of the state, the tun- XX formarion could be obtanied up- Mr. Officer hung up the over the spillways, and thus flood the senate, there are some doubts XX phone receiver in disgust. 8 nel through which Collins entered orf which to base eith er the re Em igrant creek below the dam.’ existing as to the ability of its fusal or granting of the re-rating 8 the cave, and through which his At the rate the w ater was ris proponents to enact the measure XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX request. « • rescuers had been working, was ing today, even though much war finally over the veto of the Gov closed. The work of sinking a W hite declared the w ater ¿sys running out the flood gates, it is ernor. two foot shaft to the spot where tem here to be one of the "best (estimated th a t by tonight the The Port of Portland commis it is estim ated th at Collins lies in the state. Testing the large level of the w ater will be within Columbia Also Rising, With sion bill was easily passed in b o th ! hydrants in the business section was started immediately after the Danger of Floods in one foot of the top of the dam. I houses, with the knowledge th a t I closing of the mouth of the tu n of the city, he discovered they Portland If the rains continue as heavily even though Pierce were tc veto! nel. were capable of supplying from during the next tw enty four hours the m easure it could be passed! Johnny Geralds, pal of Collins PORTLAND, Feb. 5. — Tor one thousand to one thousand, as they have during the past like over his veto and thus become an ■ Gaston B. Means, long time Investigator In the Department of Jus in many mine exploring advent ren ts of freshet w aters coming five hundred gallons per minute. period, there is a strong possib tice. and often tried for various crimes, bat never convicted, has finally active law. The fish hill, how ures, said this morning that he ility of the level rising to the from m elting snows in the moun The high m ark was registered been found guilty by a New York Jury and sentenced to two years’ Im ever, although it was passed in would go in the cave no more. level rising to the top of the dam. tains, today were pouring into when only one hydrant was op prisonment for attempted Jury flung. Colonel Charles R. Forbes, former , the house with an overwhelming director of the Veterans' Bureau, has been found guilty In Chicago of Shaking from exhaustion, Geralds the W illam ette river, all along ened, while the low m ark was The capacity of Em igrant Creek- declared he believed th at Collins its course. As a result of this registered with more than one , conspiracy to defraud the Government Herr Braun, Socialist, has been I nial°rity , Joes not have as many reservoir is 8,000 acre feet. le-eleeted as Premier of Prussja, receiving 221 votes to the 175 cast porponents in th - upper hou^e cf f Reported to be Negotiating would be in the cave forever. He early thaw in the m ountains, a hydrant opened. for bis Nationalist opponent Krles. Lillian Gish, noted motton picture the legislature to insure its pass »The rains which have put lo With Pelican Bay Lum said that the rock was falling go 22 foot stage, seven feet above The city, however, will be star, and Charles H. Duell, Jr., often reported engaged, have finally cal rainfall far above normal, and ber Company age should Pierce veto it lie broken off friendly relations, and Duell has entered suit In New York fast from the sides and roof of the warm rains in the higher al the flood stage will likely be re somewhat penalized for the small to restrain her from appearing in pictures for anyone but him. surely will. the cave that it is impossible to titudes which have melted a large ported by Sunday, w eather bureau hydrants in the residential dis KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 5. — The senate passed bills today clear it out. He believes the end officials announced here today. trict. Although the pressure is p a rt of the snow, have turned the increasing the salary of the c.»i«u i he Shevlin-Hixon Lumber com is near for Collins. The Columbia river is also rap the same, or even g reater than stream s in to .ra g in g torrents. ty school superintendent of Jose pany, extensive operator in the Doctors Hazlett and Jones sent idly rising, which will probably in the busindis section of the Ashland Creek today was ru n central portion of the state and phine county from $1200 to to the cave from Chicago, in or ning more w ater thaji has been retard the flow of the W illam ette cityA the small hydrants allow a owner of big tim ber resources in $1600.* . der that th e / might endeavor to carried by the stream for years, at the m outh. This will likely much sm aller flow than the down • The house passed a bill today this section, is negotiating for the free Collins by am putating his cause serious floods and much town hydrants. according to those who keép a perm itting the taking of "beaver purchase of the plant and hold leg. arrived here late yesterday The electrical wiring in the check upon the stream flow. It damage to m aterials lying on the during the months of December, ings of the* Pelican Bay Lumber afternoon, but Collins’ relatives appeared for a time during the docks here, aw aiting shipping. homes and business houses in the January and February, after the company, according to inform a who are on hand refused to give night as though the creek would Everything has been ordered from city are declared to he above the trapper has obtained a license. tion gained by local authorities. them permission to am putate the overflow its banks, but this m orn the docks and lower w aterfront a Air age fon Oregon o t :es. but It has been known for some The b.ll proyides, however, that leg until it was discovered there ing the w ater had fallen some basements, but it is doubtful if with plenty of chance for stiii fur- Untrue, Hughes States. Team in Best Condition beaver cannot bo taken in any time th a t the Shevlin-Hixon in was no other means of saving the the work can be accomplished in th er improvement. what, and the danger of a flood pf Year. Marske Still Out With Mumps, But Wilson national forest, or in game dis terests have had plans for open injured man. The surgeons, who tim e to escape th e flood. The fire departm ent equipment had passed. trict No. 2 or Coos, Curry, Jack- ing a plant in this territo ry and are two of the most prominent Going in Great Style. Expect to Win Vale, the county seat of Mal K lam ath River is reported to be w*i given a thorough examina-f son or Josephine counties, or in rum ors of purchases of different of their profession in Chicago, higher than in years. Dams used heur county is today under a foot tion, but W hite failed to make! sites have been current. Last by“ lum ber operators along th e 1 of w ater due to the breaking of comment upon th e apparatus, ex-j BY TUT JACKSON contest but went ahead and play- partb of Douglas, Clatsop or Co December it was reported the were prepared to work in the stream have been swept out, and it tlie dam in 81,1 ly Creek. No lives cept to compliment the men fo r' Reports em anating from self- ed a slashing game against the lum bia counties. The house ap company had an option on the close quarters in which Collins proved the bill relating to the was confined. They were confi is reported th a t the w ater is with-1 J'ave be€n losL but two bridges I the good condition styled “sportsmen.” in a town near u - of O. frosh.” Shaw-Beritram holdings. Earlier in which it dent they would be able to re assessm ent of lands within irriga- by and published as news in th a t I University of California has her in a few feet of the bridge floor I have been washed out. More rain was kept. He intim ated, however, an option on the Modoc Lumber tion districts, authorizing boards lease the victim in a short time. is the forecast of the w eather bur on the bridge near Yreka. that since Ashland has but one city, state th a t because some of “Andy Smith system,” Stanford cpmpany was allowed to expire. 'Yesterday afternoon, the huge of the dstricts to enter into any Roy P arr, deputy state game eau, and a new storm , even more Piece of fire fighting equipment, the Ashland High School basket her “ W arner Bystem,” W ashing H. D. Mortenson, president of obligation wth the Unted States boulder which has been holding warden reports the Rogue to be violemt than the present one is i the city wU1 be penalized for ball players are out of the line ton her “ Bagshaw system ” and the I elican Bay Lumber company for tlie construcción, Collins rolled loose, but before predicted. x operation up because of illness, th a t the Medford her “ alibi system .” The higher than in years. The stream J lack of proper equipment. is in Minneapolis, the headquart the Injured man could drag him and m aintenance The Coquille Valley in Coos1 necessary for is carrying an immense am ount of ers of the Shevlin-Hixon company, self to the mouth of the cave, The Oregon Insurance R ating two gam?s scheduled for this system employed by Medford of the delivery and distribution of county is inundated, and the high- w ater which has changed it into Bureau recently adopted a grad week with the Salem High school startin g an alibi campaign early water. and is reported to be concluding a slide closed the entrance to the w ’ay north of Eugene is covered a raging to rren t. Fishing for the sale for his company. uated rating system, by mean8 of have been cancelled. The “sports in the season, in order to be sure cave and shut him off from the steelhead, according to P arr, h a 3 iM*tb ten lncbes °F water. Due to il? 1? ‘DdlViduala are ff 'v e« apoc- m en” claim th a t their team will of an adequate excuse if their Horace W. Bridgeford, secre outside. It is no longer possible endeavor to obtain a game with team takes a beating does not INDICTMENTS AGAINST tary of the Pelican Bay Lumber tem porarily stopped because of bad slides E ast of Lyle, near for his rescuers to talk with him th e high w ater which is carrying W hite Salmon, W ashington, the blanket ratingB ° f havinS the Salem outfit for one of the meet with the entire approval of, CLEAVER ARE DROPPED company, when questioned last S» P Àz S. Q f r a i n e s ! h o v û Vvxxzxn and furnisli him food. For this flPP1y for the nights which they are to play not only Ashland supporters but S. P. & train have been rout plenty of food for the fish. night, said he knew nothing of the entire city. reason, the members of the res PORTLAND, Feb. 5. — Upon proposed sale. here. of any fair minded sportsman. We R eports from the W’illam ette ed across the Columbia at Fall- It is not known when W h?te cue crew are almost certain th a t advice of A ttorney G eneral’s ' Coach Hughes of the local five doubt if many of the Medford sup o the Valley state that the W illamette bridge. ffice in W ic h in ♦ ----- ! The Frem ont Land company of be will be dead by the time they ! repor. Will be completed, but It m & on- D. C. the Minneapolis, holding company for has risen rapidly during the past estim ated the work will be com- when called this morning stated porters entirely approve the alibi in d ic tm e n t reach him. system. th a t the first inform ation he had . ‘ g'‘,“St “,a ,e »'•■»‘">1- the Shevlin-Hixon company pur- tw enty four hours. The highways JUSSERAND IS NOT Pleted w ithin two weeks. It will take two days to drive obtained about the cancellation WORRIED OVER DEBT ' " “ rglnB ! •hased last July the North Marsh «re ftaoded with from six inches Coach Hughes announced this him w hlTilm the shaft, which was decided upon of the games came from the an morning th a t the team was in him with the unlawful seizure of! unit of reservation tim ber con- to a foot of water. w hen-it was determined th at at PARIS, Feb. 5— “ Tho France- ALL ALASKA IS IN BrlHsh Steam‘ ta,n,D< 350’000-°00 feet of tim nouncement in the Medford news great shape for the Salem con erq iLondo°a M The roadways in the section, worst, it will sacrifice only the DANGER, EPIDEMIC paper. “ We will play Salem If test, and th a t he expected his er, London M erchant was dismis her. Before this purchase the F re although slippery, are s till* in American debt problem can be a r life of Collins, while a continua we have to use the Ju n io r High chargers to ring up a couple more sed by Judge Bean. The ju rist mont Land company owned 73,- good shape. R eports were circu ranged more easily than is gen NOME, Feb. 5. — All Alaska tion of the tunnel method is like team ,” Hughes declared. lated th a t the Ashland-Klamath erally b eliev ed ” said Jules Juss- victories. A1 Marske, the flashy reluctantly dismissed the case but 426 acres of tim ber land in the ly to sacrifice the lives of several may be gripped by the fearful Ashland supporters of the high little forward is still out with the the governm ent attorneys state Klam ath country. Falls highway was impassable, erand, form er French am bassa of the rescuers. _ diptheria epidemic, according to school athletic team s remember mumps, and probably will not they believed Cleaver acted only but the Howard and Grimes stages dor to the United States, who ar Leonard Seppella, world champion the incident of having a game sta rt but Wilson has been coming in Ignorance of the law in board have continued to m ake the trip rived here today. “ I believe a CO ED’S STORY OF ACTION POSTPONED dog musher, who arrived here to favorable solution can be reach cancelled by the Medford team. along rapidly, and will fit in nice ing the vessel. on scheduled time, although the day. KIDNAPING DOUBTED WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. — Probably the “sportsm en” can re ly. The rest of the first string drivers state th a t the road bed is ed which will not crush France,” A fter two hours debate, the Sen . Seppella stated th at the towns call th a t incident if they care to. five are in the best condition they in bad condition near Klam ath he added. EUGENE, Feb. 5. — Officials ate today indefinitely postponed of Elim and W hite Mountain have At th a t time tickets had been sold, have shown d u rin g the year, and | Falls. in the sheriff’s office announced further action for this session on been quarantined as cases of the advertising was out, and the Ash will make the Salem boys romp J Tuesday th at they had, to their any world court legislation. disease are suspected there. land team was ready to play when along at a fast clip to grab the complete satisfaction, pulled to Springfield— Pacific Telephone Thirty two casfes are officially on the Medford outfit refused to do verdict. • bits the kidnaping story told by a and Telegraph company adds 200- record a t the village of Shaktoo- their stuff. That is the only legi 20-year-old University of Oregon B utterfield and Wilson will nam e switchboard and audible lick, Sepella stated, with many tim ate cancellation on record at co-ed Monday night. Earl Luckey start at the forw ard positions, KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 5. — ringing for all phones. contacts and possibilities for even the local.school, and the memory Bryant a t center with Ramsey At the annual deputy, who investigated the case meeting of the more cases. rankles. believed the story entirely imagin and K atzer holding down the board of directors of the Klamath The report of the cancellation guard positions. Stratton, who has Irrigation district, R. E. Brad ary, he said, although he would of the Salem games included the been running with the first string bury was elected president, A. M. give no reason as to why the girl following statem ent. “Ashland and several other second strin g Thomas secretary and J. H. Car should have said what she di<T. has scheduled two games this ers who have developed in great nahan Attorney. Bradbury sue-' Luckey found that about half week with Salem, but as a couple style since the opening of the sea ceeds T. N. Case on the board as a dozen men were busily employ KLAMATH FALLS. Feb. 5. — of th eir best men have the mumps son will be ready for action if president. ed near the alley intersection Reputed threats against the life Thomas succeeds A. it is expected th a t they will can — — — - i where the girl claimed to have they are needed. L. W ishard, who has been Secre KLAMATH FALL$, Feb. 5. — of John Taylor, confessed leader cel them. This method of Ash COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb, 5. — • been pulld into an automobile by H ereafter the weary tourist up of the gambling house slayers, Good prelim inary games have tary for eight years, Qnd J. H. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5. — land’s dropping a game because The strong possibility th a t the a party of three men and subject- and down the Pacific highway recently caused Sheriff B urt Haw An increase of two cents a gallon been- lined up for both Friday Carnahan succeeds F. D. Flet- they had a man out of the line up distribution of strychnine among ed to a wild and hum iliating auto- Charles E. isn ’t going to fume and fret and kins to have him removed from on the price of gasoline and from and Saturday nights. The pre ) cher as attorney. does not meet with much approval ! Drew and J. L. Jacob are the the Ohio State University s tu d e n ts' mobile ride to Cottage Grove, w onder where the dickens he's the county jail to the city jail. It 25 to 58 cents a barrel in the price lim inary tussles will get under from Medford supporters in view wav s t 7 -in with • .holdover members of the board. in this city, which seemingly r e - ' where she said she was dumped going to tu rn off the beaten path is understood th at he will be kept cf fuel oil, effective yesterday, was of the fact th a t Medford had their *a> a t 7.30, with the main gam es, The board went on record as suited in the horrible death of two, out. the oy>er de announced by the Standard Oil o f concrete in order to visit Cra separated from best men crippled and out of the startin g a t 8:15, sharp. opposed to the proposed leg'.sla students, and the serious illn ess• te r Lake, K lam ath Falls and other fendants until after all the trials company (C alifornia). tive bill which would change the of (our others might have been scenic points in the “ Empire are completed. The oil increase ranges from 25 It was Taylor’s voluntary con cents to 45 cents a barrel, ex MAN SURRENDERS election date of irrigation dis due to a mistake on the part of A w akening.” GENERAL WHITE IS some pharmacy student loomed IN CAB MYSTERY For the highway committee of fession which brought about the cept for crude oil of 36 per cent UNDER FIRE NOW tricts from the second Tuesday here today. % ------- in October to the first Tuesday the Klam ath cham ber of com a rrest and m urder indictm ents gravity and above in th e Rose- Dean Dye, head of the school of SEATTLE, Peb. 5. — Elm er . SALEM, Feb. 5. — In an affi in September. merce today was authorized to against the others. In the trial crans-Athens field in Southern pharmacy, announced this m orn The board decided not to make procure four big signs to be placed of Sira Pate, which resulted in California. Here,, where the high M anhart, 35, who last night su r davit filed with Governor Pierce ing that he had discovered a bot One hundred and one autom o north and south of the “ cross- conviction, it was Taylor who ap er priced light oils predom inate, rendered himself to officers, say Major Charles Gyedsted charged any move toward a change of lo tle containing strychnine on the biles were registered at the camp roaba,” and also to arrange for P®ared In the role of star witness th e increase ranges from 46 to ing th a t he had found out he was th a t A djutant General W hite is cation, as reported. It was ev- shelf of the dispensary on. the ing ground during January, ac suitabie electric lights for the big against his form er bootlegging 58 cents a barrel. The fuel oil wanted in connection with the guilty of petty graft in the con plained th at there was no disposi University campus. Previous to the cording to a report of the LIthia shooting of Mrs. Lillian Helen duct of his office. Gjedsted, until! tion on the part of the old board sign where autoists sta rt up the companion. Increase of 25 cents a barrel is discovery, Dean Dye announced Pate, Sullivan and O’Shea are effective at all points except El Morley in a taxicab Saturday a few days ago an assistant in the or the retiring secretary to take Green Springs hill. B ert H ill, „ 4. i park commission. In the cars that all the strychnine was in-1 there were 290 persons and 32 of chairm an of the ccypmittee, says said to be extremely bitter against Segundo and San Pedro where the night, was to be faced today with office of the A djutant General al advantage of the district in the tact. j the cars rem ained at the park for th a t speed is going to m ark the Taylor because he “ came clean” increases is 20 cents per barrel. fitn e sse s of th e affair. M anhart leges W hite charged traveling ex m atter of lease of the quarters, Pharmacy students compound two or more days during tile and confessed the crime, impli The company did not state the appeared in a dazed condition penses for his Buick automobile, it being proposed to protect pres activity of his ^committee. all the prescriptions issued by month. when he surrendered. He said at the same tim e he was making ent tenants. cating them. Which of the trio, reason for the increases. the school infirm ary physicians, th a t he had been on a long spree, use of a Dodge car m aintained by if any, made any direct th reats This is r.n unusually good re The Increases a re effeettve a t TIDINGS WANT! ADS SELL against Taylor’s life could not be and it is believed th a t the strych cord for the month of January was relu ctan t to talk, appeared the National Guard. W hite con all points served by the company ANYTHING. nine was m istaken for some other and indicates th a t 1925 will brin^ puzzled a t questions and stam tends Gjedsted was discharged learned. ' in Pacific coast states. There’s a message in The drug, and dispensed by the stu mered in his answers. and the la tte r says he resigned. i a record num ber of tourists and Tidings Want Ads. dents. campers to this city. « TOKYO, Feb. 5. — XX Creditors of members of XX the Japanese Imperial XX Diet w ant their money, so XJ they keep track of when XX pay day comes for the XX parliam entarians and /are XX on the spot to press their XX claims for settlem ent. XX Members of the Diet XX get $1,500 a year and, XX when the Diet opened in XX December, they were paid XX five m onths’ salary in ad- XX vance. Creditors swarmed XX about the entrance in such XX numbers police guards had XX difficulty in handling XX them. Despite th eir alert- XX ness the creditors report- XX ed collections poor. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX WILLAMETTE IS ABOVE FLOOD LEVEL SHEVLIN-HIXON PLANT AT KLAMATH F. SALEM CONTESTS HERE ARE NOT CANCELLED, COACH DECLARES New Signs to be Placed on Roads Near Klamath F. TAYLOR’S LIFE THREATENED BY of Gasoline MEN ON TRIAL Price Is Raised 2 Cents Over Pacific Coast Klamath Body of Irrigationists to Choose Officers DIE AS RESULT OF BAD M ISTAKE 101 Automobiles Are Registered at Park Camp Ground