MALARIA GERMS
Cannot survive three months in
the rich ozone at Ashland. Pure
domestic water helps.
A shland D aily T idings
The Tidings Has Been Ashland's Leading Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years
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(In tern atio n al News W ire Service)
VOL. XLVIII
Successor to the 8eml-Weekly Tidings, Volume 43
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Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
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L ondon , Feb. 12. __
8 J. M. B arrie is still as
8 modest and unassum ing
8 as ever.
8
When the pictorial ver-
8 sion of his “ P e te r P a n ”
Makes Statement, Urging People to Vote for Purchase of 8 was recently presented in
McCormick Tract and Chautauqua Building and Site 8 London skysigns over a
as an Addition to Lithia Park. City Going Ahead 8 foot high announced th a t
8 J. M. B arrie’s "P e te r P a n ”
Must Have Land to Care for Increased Travel.
8 was playing a t such and
8 such a theatre, B arrie’s
That the people of Ashland should be in favor of the 8 name being very promin-
issuance of bonds, both for the purchase of the Chautau­ 8 ent.
signs were missing
qua building and site, and the McCormick tract as an ad­ 8 8 the The
second day, however,
dition to Lithia Park, is »lie opinion of Mayor 0. IL John­ 8 and a new sign was put
son, under whose instructions the resolution calling for 8 up with B arrie’s name
8 om itted.
It afterw ards
the bond issue was drawn up.
8
transpired
th a t “ J. M.”
Mayor Johnson has pointed out that several times in
8 had requested th a t the sign
the past, the city has delayed the purchase of land which 8 be taken dbwn and his
is now paut of the park system, and that later, when the 8 name om itted, “as he
purchase of the land was imperative, the council and the 8 never perm itted his name
people discovered that the land had risen in value and 8 to be displayed unduly.”
that the city lost much money by delaying the purchases. 8 8 8 8 8 3 3 3 3 8 9 3 3 8 8 8
ROLLS SHOW A
GOOD INCREASE
IN CO. VALUE
The tax rolls of the county for
Mayor Johnson, in a. sta te m e n t’ ------------------------------------------------ 1924, to be turned over by the
this morning declared. “ We have
assessor to the sheriff, about
the finest municipally owned park
February 20, show the assessed
of any city near our size in the
valuation of Jackson county to
chuniry. It was the first municip­
be 324,799,170. In 1923 the val­
ally owned camp ground in the
uation was placed a t 324,474,-
country, and the city of Ashland
950. The public service corpora­
has derived advertising which it
tions are assessed at 34,691,-
would be impossible to purchase,
912.22. For 1923 they were ass­
through this camp grounds. We
essed at 34,259,928.34.
are now face to face with the
According to the rolls, 842,790
problem of improving still furth er
acres of land in the county have
our facilities for handling • the
F. W. DeFord Elected Di­ been listed, with a valuation of
tourist traffic. ' Some will say
313,891,150. Of this total 108,-
rector at Meeting Held
th a t our new hotel will handle
940
acres are filled .
in Portland
this increase. I do not think it
Sixty-one automobile? in the
will, for it has been shown th a t
PORTLAND, Feb 12 — The county are taxed, because the
°.n l y :a ¿ t i tain. ^ S.„?=_Jt°„Ui i!t? i Pac,flc Co-operative Wool Grow- owners failed to get a state license
stop in hotels, the rem ainder pre­ 1 e rs’ new board of directors m et or wait into the end of th e half
ferring to take advantage of the
Tuesday and elected officers for year to purchase a license for
camp grounds along their routes the coming year. Charles L. half price.
of travel. To adequately care for
The rolls show 3886 horses and
Beckley of Dixonville, Ore., was
these tourists, we must have more elected president, succeeding Fred mules 22,935 head of stock, 10,-
land upon which to construct W. H errin, who has been presi­ 580 sheep, 3298 swine, 3309
cabins, and the McCormick tract
dent during the past four years. goats and 31,488 hens and roost­
furnishes us the only opportun­ Dr. E. E. Brownell of San F ran ­ ers, th a t are taxed.
ity for this needed addition.
Twelve hundred and nine dogs
cisco, was elected vice-president.
Some say th a t the land has al­
E. A. McCornack of Eugene was are taxed. This is not an accur-
ways been there, and will be there elected secretary-treasurer.
rate count of the canine popula­
open to the city for some time
tion,
as the assessor claims it is
The new board of directors are:
In the future. In the past, many F. W. DeFord, Ashland, D. H. difficult to get anyone to claim
have taken this same attitu d e in
. P rio r, Blocksburg, CaJ.; C. L. ownersip* of a dog. If a dog is
regard to other contem plated ad-1 Beckley DixOnville> Ore.; E A laying around the house when
ditions. Later, when the city was McCornack> Eugene; j w Smith the assessor comes, it is claimed
forced to make these purchases. ' AuPora; T D Tyrer> Friday H ar. he is Just a visitor.
it was discovered th at the value bor, W ash.; E. E. Brownell, San
The work of making assess­
of the land had risen, and we Francisco. Cal.; W. E. Hunt, m ents for 1925 will sta rt March
were holding tlie bag. to the ex­
Maupin. Ore.; T. M. Cronin, Pow­ -1. J. T. L ittle has been named
ten t of the rise. We do not want
ell B utte, Ore.; C. V. Bales, Spray, deputy assessor for Medford and
this to happen in the present Ore.; S. D. Dorman, Ontario, J. R. Robinson for Ashland. The
case, and we therefore are urging
deputies for other districts have
Ore.; H. G. Peckham , W ilder,
th at the city purchase the land at
Idaho; C. J. H urd, Corvallis; C. not been selected, definitely.
the present time, before it gets ’
The sheriff will receive pay­
H. Doolittle, Ukiah. Cal.; J. H.
into the hands of a private indi­
m ents for taxes beginning March
i Peterson, Dixon, Cal.
vidual, who can use it for specu-!
Secretary W ard reported th at 5, and a fte r April 5th they will
lative purposes.
the association was able to fin­ be delinquent.
The C hautauqua building has
ance wool growers through pre­
long been A shland’s indentifica-
shearing advance as well as m ak­ 138 KILLED BY RAD
tion, m ark. To lose it would be
ing advances on the wool after it
BLAST IN GERMANY
to lose the thing which sets us
has been warehoused. This has !
other
cities
of
this
i
ap art from u u « . —-
” * " " /e n a b le d growers to take advant
DORTMUND, Germany, Feb. 12
section
The purchase, a t the i
price at which it 1. ottered, would ! /
ot OTiert’ « "» P ’ ™*” » m a r-i - T h e total dead In the «plosion
| ln the bu*e <‘oai’ ralnp* here yee-
be a good business venture, and
terday, was this afternoon defi­
I do not see where the city could
nitely placed at 138, as rescue
go wrong by taking over the
crews
tried to reach some of the
land.”
IL J lin i
I
HI
I I f I f l l i m e n believed to be st'll en^omVed.
i The bodies of 52 of the dead were
; brought to the surface last night
i and this morning by rescue crews.
ASHLANDER IS
DIRECTOR OF
WOOL GROWERS
« v v a n
/ I ( a n A ir
♦ Vl a V
t
A
V O
U O
1
SHAFT IS TO BE
Booze Peddlers
COMPLETED
BY
i at Yreka Will be
Coolidge Fights
r Given Stiff Term NEXT SUNDAY
for Appointment
YREKA, Cal., Feb. 12— Friday
CAVE CITY, Ky„ Feb. 12—
the 13, held no terrors for eight
men. recently indicted for vio- Sand Cave, the living tomb of
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12— Preft-
iating the lìquor laws at” Wee“d Ì F,oyd Col,ins’ intrepid e*P»o™r,
and Shastina, when they a p p e a r-¡who has ,aln imprisoned for the ¡dent Coolidge today called upon
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the administration forces of the
ed in superior court here and past fifteen days in
the dePths
changed th e 'r pleas to guilty. Sof the dark cavera- wil1 giv* lt9 senate to wage a fight to the
They will be sentenced on t h a t j answer to the rpspupr s at the finish for the confirm ation of
date.
Thirty-tw o indictments! ear,y dawn of nex‘ Sunday, the, Charles W afren of Detroit, Mich-
squad leaders declared. ’San, as A ttorney General in Jus
were returned in December and , rescue
, ,
‘ ‘ morning.
Cabinet.
this
Jan u ary against a group of men
Sixty hours from th ’a morn- - Th’a was the message carried
and women.
Jury trials were demanded and| ing’ thp ever deepening shaft, to the senate today by Senator
the court’s docket was blockaded' lhrough whlch Collins-
be •Cummings, Republican, of Iowa,
to the middle of June. The pleafe1 brOugbJ ou t’ “ d«ad or alive” will after a conference lasting an
a re said to be the result of a I reach th * levei of the m a' n tu n ' hour with the President.
President Coolidge, according
compromise and the men whoi nel of 1 e ca' e- Here, (side drift-
to
the message carried by Senat­
pleaded are in the hands
hands of ,ng wil1 be started - in an effort
C h a rle y S. Graves, county pro­ to actually locate his body. Then or Cummings, has Ignored all the
hibition officer, who will report the completion of the rescue will attacks m ade by members of the
Senate, upon W arren’s connection
be only a m qtter of hours.
his findings February 13, at which
The depth of the shaft was 49 with the sugar beet interests in
tim e sentence will be pronounced.
In two of the cases he has al­ feet, at n ’ne o’clock this morning. Michigan, and has demanded th a t
he be given the rig h t to name his
ready recommended the defend­ H. Carmichael, old resident of
own choice for th e im portant po­
a n ts be paroNed.
(Continued on page four)
sition» in his Cabinet.
of Detroit Man
NO. 138
DEMAND M A D E S ;:“
1" MORE STOCK IN
011 Shores of Lake
THAT CLEAVER
HOTEL A SSN .
BETAKEN OUT
WILL BE SOLD
8
r
8
ROME, Fen. 12.— W hat 8
8 is thought to be the villa 8
8 of Julius Caesar has been 8
8 found on the lower slopes 8
8 of the shores of Lake 8
8 Nemi.
8
Committee Finds Officer Is 8
Besndes Lite foundations 8
no Longer of Service
8 of the Im perial villa, many 8
to Oregon
8 very beautiful classical 8
8 statues have been found, 8
CHANGES SUGGESTED 8 together with tiles, bronze 8
8 objects and coins.
8
1 Knfojv« un n t W ork May I»,. Plac-
8
Several skeletons were 8
! «d in H ands of Sh eriffs ainl
8 found In positions that 8
District A ttorneys
8 indicated they had been 8
a overtaken, by some erup­ 8
SALEM, Feb. 12. — Contend­ «
tion or earthquake.
8
ing th at George Cleaver, state
“
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n
R
a
n
a
R
R
s
a
a
n
prohibition enforcem ent director
“can be of no fu rth er service to
the state of Oregon as Prohibi­
tion Commissioner, and th at for
the furtherance and settlem ent
of law enforcem ent, his resigna­
tion, should be demanded, or that
he should be removed from his
present office, and also severely !
criticising Governor Pierce for his ;
interference with the conduct of i
the prohibition departm ent, the j
special joint committee from the 1
house and the senate a p p o in te d Hopes to be Freed in Klam
to investigate the conduct of the
ath Killing-
ing- Case by Meth­
state prohibition departm ent, this
od Used by O’Shea
afternoon sent its report to the
senate and the house.
KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 12.-
In addition to findings of fact, The wheels of Justice traveled
which were signed by all ten mem­ ’round the clock of 9 to 9 Tues­
bers of the committee, two con­ day and lndicaitlons were th at
clusions were also subm itted for there would be other night ses­
the consideration of the branches sions if it should develop lu the
of the legislature.
One is the afternoon that the trial of Pete
recommendation th a t the law and Sullivan, who Is alleged to have
the prohibition enforcem ent de­ fired the shot th a t killed Oscar
partm ent be left as they are now. Erickson,
had
any
passible
w ithout a change. The other is chance of going to the jury at the
that the law be changed, and the close of today.
work of prohibition enforcem ent
While yesterday in court was
be placed in the hands of the a long drawn out affair it em­
sheriffs and district attorneys of bodied mostly a repetition of
the various counties.
By this testimony given in the Sim Pate
plan a “ flying squadron” of tra in ­ and the Johnny O’Shea trials.
ed and experienced dry operators
That Interest In the trials was
will be hired. They will be un­ not waning, however, was evid­
der the direct control of the a t­ enced by the crowded court room
torney general.
and the jam around the door out­
B / a vote of 33-25, the house side where thrill cravera crane
today refused to reconsider lts their necks for a peep inside
action of the previous day in adop every time the “ R ight H onorable”
ting the report of the house com­ Bal iff Mattoon has occasion to
m ittee on resolution, on the child open wide the door. Ears in the
labor amendm ent. This report was hallway are still popped for an
subm itted as a substitute report occasional choice bit of evidence,
to the house jdint resolution, ra t­ or the voluminous voice of a
ifying the child labor am endm ent “ Now Your Honor, we object”
to the federal constitution, a hill th a t floats frequently from the
by which;, the question would be court room.
subm itted to the people of the
The leading role In the third
state for a vote.
perform ance of the dram a of
The fish bill, passed yesterday trials Is being played by Pete Sul­
by the senate, goes to the house livan. In well informed circles It
Friday for a vote. Although the was the opinion th a t the plot
m easure w as passed in the sen­ would be very sim ilar to th at of
ate, it is believed th at when the Johnny O’Shea namely an alibi
m easure is finally passed by the by SulHvan himself with num er_
house. Governor Pierce will v e to , oug substantiating witnesses. To­
it. It is definitely known th at day>8 te9timony will put any
there are not enough votes in the ! doubt8 on tb a t
to sleep But
senate, antagonistic to Pierce on ,t ig almO8t a foregone conclus­
th’a mpasure tn over ride his veto ion that Pete will make his de­
and it is certain that the bill will hut on the witness stand to te st­
not become a law. The propon­ ify in his own behalf today.
ents of the bill are working hard
in an effort to line un enough
senatoria1 votes to h - sq tbo
ure over the veto which is certain
to come.
SULLIVAN WILL
MAKE ATTEMPT
TO PROVE ALIBI
It is his opinion that the same thing will happen in the
instance of the McCormick tract.
That the city will practically obtain the land free of
charge, since the park commissioners plan to retire the
bonds with monev
r * obtained from the rentals on cabins to
be erected on the addition, and other land released from
its present occupation, by the purchase of the addition,
is assured. Figures presented by the Park Commissioners
detailing the revenue derived from the cabins already on
the park lands show that the upkeep of the park and the
of Properties in
retirement of bonds has been possible in the past, and with Valuation
Jackson County Placed
the addition of the cabin* contemplated for the new addi­
at $24,799,170
tion, the retirement of the bonds will be an easy matter.
Oar
v
He was born in a log cabin.
His mother died when he was nine years old.
He wore the shabby clothing of .poverty.
He ate the simple fare of the poqr.
He had no education in the schools.
His library was the Bible anti Pilgrim’s Progress.
He split rails in winter snows for his bed and board.
He studied borrowed law-bdoks and became a brilliant
lawyer.
I
*
He defended the widows ant) the orphans.
He was the champion of Justice in Legislature and Con­
gress.
He became president of a dying nation.
He healed the wounds and saved the Union.
He struck the shackles from four million slaves.
His Secbnd Inaugural is the most remarkable address
ever delivered by a ruler of any nation.
His Gettysburg Speech is the most wonderful oration of
its length ever woken by the lips of man.
He loved God. He loved his Country. He loved little
children.
He loved his enemies and now their children love hint.
He defended the weak, lifted the fallen, pardoned the
guilty.
T
He held God’s hand-through the darkest night and walk­
ed with Him until the morning.
And so he lived, this wonderful man: the loftiest patriot-
the kindliest soul; the gentlest, saddest, finnesl,’
wisest ruler that ever saved a nation.
And when he had loved much and suffered greatly, he
gave<tis life for his country.
He died for Justice. He died for Liberty. He died for us.
And this nation he lived for and died for is Ours, and in
God’s name we will keep Our Own.
And now we, love him: ah, hpw we love him—Our Hero—
Our Beloved Abraham Ijincoln,
—Harvey Smith McCowan
CLIMATE
Without the use of medicine cures
nine cases out of ten of asthma.
This is a proven fact.
ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1925
Barrie Takes Name
Off Electric Signs
of His Photoplay
4»
ASHLAND
RAIL SERVICE
New York State Is TO SOUTH HELD
in Grave Danger
of Heavy Floods UP BY STORMS
MANJ X ^ 5 IED 9 ERE
. more
charges are
SCHENECTADY.
New York.
SACRAMENTO,
FOUND IN PRISON
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MADE
AGAINST NAVY! Feb 12. — Rising at the rate of i heaviest
storm of
$20,000 in Stock to be Sold
and Company to Issue
$80,000 in Bonds
FINANCE BASIS SOUND
Two for One Security to .Make
Price o f Bonds to be Issue
H igh, Hankers I>cclMre
Plans for the sale of approxi­
mately 320,000 more stock in the
Lithlan Hptel Corporation, in or­
der to bring up the paid up stock
to 3160,000, and for the issuance
of 380,000 ini bonds, to complete
the hotel and furnish it, were
form ulated at the stockholders*
meeting held in the city hall last
night.
It was explained by the mem­
bers of the hoard of directors
th a t at the time the subscription»
were originally taken, there was
3150,000 subscribed. Of this
amount, there is a total of ap­
proximately 37,000 which it ap­
pears the company will be huable
to collect, m aking a net paid up
stock subscription list of 3143,-
000. The hotel structure, not In­
cluding the furnishings, will cost
In the neighborhood of 3193.000,
or w ithin five per cent of the
original cost estim ate. The fur­
nishings for the structure will
cost approxim ately 350,000 at the
maximum, making a total of
3100,000 which is needed to put
the hotel into shape where it
can begin earning money for the
investors.
The directors explained to the
stockholders th a t there three
plans for the raising of the addi­
tional money.
The company
could issue bonds for the entire
3100,000,
additional
s to c k
am ounting to 3100,000 could be
sold, or an additional am ount of
stock could be sold, and the com­
pany issue bonds for the rem ain­
der of the money needed: The
last named course was decided
upon, since it was explained th at
with the Issuance of 3100,000 In
bonds would force the price of
the bonds somewhat lower than
they should be, and th a t it would
be practically an impossibility tv
sell 3100,000 more stock in A sh­
land. The L’.thlan Hotel C orpora­
tion is incorporated with a capi­
tal stock of 3183,000, and thU
new plan for the sale of addition
al stock will in no way raise tha
capital stock of the company, lt
will merely mean .th a t the to tal
of stock told will he raised t«>
3160,000.
An inspector, employed by th ♦
architects to safeguard the stock­
holders' interests appeared be­
fore the meeting and explained
tests which are made daily on
the concrete used in the building.
He declared th at the sand and
gravel used here is the best used
on any job he hac been connected
with, and thfct the structure is
testing far above the state re­
quirements.
T. H. Simpson, one of the d ir­
ectors, explained the plumbing
work now under way. and told
of some minor changes made in
the plumbing designs. '
A financial report, subm itted
by J. II. Hardy; treasurer of the
corporation shows th a t 380,62?
has been paid in on subscription
pledges, up to date. Disburse­
m ents have been 370,250.87, leav­
ing a total of cash on hand of
310,851.13.
Feb. 12— The
the w inter to-
more than a foot an hour the i day tightened Its grip on North-
Word was received here last
WASHINGTON, .Feb. 12— The
Mohawk River was up fourteen ern C alifornla, halt<ng
rall.
night by Chief of Police George charge th a t the Navy Depart-
feet
above
the
normal
stage
of
road
tra
ff
k
ofi
W
w
t
of
McNabb th at Norton Hansen, ac­ meift, through Secretary of the
the
stream
a
t
an
early
hour
this
complice of R. E. Cate, a mem­ Navy W ilbur, had refused to ac­
the Sacramento Valley, and flood­
afternoon.
ber of the gang which robbed the cept the offer of a new type of
ing fields and highways in the
flood conditions are
(Goutlnued on Pane Four)
Plaza Confectionery and Enders airplane, which, if used by an ­ - „ Serious
.i
i vicinity of Willows, Colusa, Meri-
feared
through,,,,t
the
entire
val-
J
and
Han,
uton
c
,
„
.
A1,
store here several m onths ago, other nation, would place the
„„ (he Wcs, sla,
th6
had been convicted upon a feder­ United States at its mercy, was ey „ the result of the breaking
al charge of stealing an autom o­ today made before the house a ir­ ,, h° , . e . 1Ce ll|K,n ° ”e of *he Val.ley was cancelled last night,
,
bile in Astoria. He was sentenc­ craft investigating committee by Mohawk s largest tributaries. The , o ||„ w,
ice
went
out
with
a
ro
ar
last
ed to 18 m onths on McNeil’s Is­ Lieutenant Colonel Hartley, form ­
night, releasing floods of w ater
r ,
j
,
land.
j
a t
. bed nf the
It
reported to the main of-
er arm y filler, who commanded the wnich are taxine
th
e
Cate, who was also arrested in F irst P ursuit Squadron of the Rtreent ta
stream to the i.
limit.
The streets : fice of the Southern Pacific here
A storia, implicated Hansen, Chet American Expeditionary
alone the
thn w-ater
„ t
« front here
,
Forces i along
are th at , 1800
. 4 feet of track had been
Smead and "W hitey” Fuller in during the World War.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON.
i ¡Hooded
finndoti and thousands
.1,
.a of a personsL washed out at Willows.
the robberies here.
Eugene, Feb. 12.—-(Special) —
have had to move to higher levels
.
aters
AU nortbbound tra1««»’ running Caroline Tilton of Ashland is a.
THOUSANDS FLOCK TO to escape the __ w
___
into Ashland, were running far successful candidate for the U ni­
TOMB
OF LINCOLN
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TRUCKS MAY BE PUT
ALBANY. Feb 12 — A lbany! beh’Dd scbedule’ y«««rday and versity of Oregon’s rifle team
OFF FALLS HIGHWAY SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 1 2 — and the upper Hudson River v ? l-! tOday’ Th‘S mornlng the Sbaata which will shoot Its first match
Thousands of visitors, from all ley were this afternoon th re a t-<
’ ar<riTed in Asbland abou‘ two of the season against the Rive’ -
KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 12— parts of the country, and hun­ ened with a serious flood, as t h e 1 h° U1'3 behlnd
^ c o rd in g side Polytechnic high school and
If th e fickle w eather of the past dreds from foreign nations, today Hudson rapidly took on the a p -! t0 Sam BaIley’ Southern
Junior college.
R lrerzlde, Cal.,
this week.
n
ten days prevails d u ring the ten journeyed to S p rin g feld , the! pearance of a raging torrent. The I Passer-£er age a t-
days to come, the state highway home of Abraham Lincoln, to pay w ater went over the docks h e r e ’ Tbe wires in tbe South are
In the Riverside match each
office will be forced to recom-j th eir tribute to the memory of and has completely covered sev- down’ and Ibe southbound trains member of the team will shoot a
The fifteen highest re­
mend to the state highway com- the m artyred President on the eral streets in the w ater front are also running somewhat be­ target.
mission th a t loaded truck tra f­ 116 anniversalry of his birth
cords
will
be compared with the
hind schedule.
Since all tele­
district.
corresponding
num ber from River­
fic be stopped on th e Ashland-
graph rnefe to the South are out,
The tomb of Lincoln, beneath Ì
side,, which will be received by
K lam ath Fails highway, it w a s ^ great monument erected toi
,
“ Lum ber is labor.” Apptoxi- the cause of the trouble has not mall or telegraph.
stated today by officials of the his memory, was the one spot to m a te ly ’ 58 per cent of lumber been definitely d e te rm in e
by
Twenty-nine girls made the
state highway department.
which afl pilgrim s turned their COst is for the woods and mill local officials.
varsity
rifle team.
From this
With heavy snows followed by footsteps.
labor, and 23 per cent is for
squad,
a
group
of
10
or 15 will
warm rain a dally occufence, the
Oakridfce — Plans made to
freight, which is mostly labor;
be chosen, according to the size
structure of the road has been ’Roseburg — Eugene telephone m aking 80 per cent of the sales open hospital.
of the opposing team, for the
seriously damaged in some sec­ line to be rebuilt at cost of 3119,- price th a t goes directly
into
Vernonia — Four-room school- various matches that follow thq
tions.
°°°-
' wages.
1 house placed in service.
Riverside oontest.
Ashland Girl Is
Member Oregon
Univ. Rifle Team