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•¡.’¿er»»,-. 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 — ■MM ASHLAND CLIMATE W ithout the use of medicine cures nine cases out of ten of asthma. This is a proven fact. ( International News Wire Service I VOL. XLVIII Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Volume 43 ASHLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1925 NO. 140 '.A '’ •' Pastor in Night Attire Chases Elusive Bovine W Young Women Are Mystery Says Edison Confesses Poisoning Eleven 8 « Dr. R. L. Burdic, Former Chairman of Council and Acting Mayor Favors Purchase of McCormick Tract as an Addition to Lithia Park. Declares Camp Grounds Must be Extended to Care for Tourists. Reiterating former statements, and backing up the arguments offered by his colleagues- Mayor Johnson and Councilman W. M. Wright- Councilman R. L. Butdic, veteran member of the city council, last year chairman of that body and acting mayor for a period of several months, this morning declared himself thoroughly in favor of the purchase of the McCormick tract as an addition to the city park system. In a statement *o a representative of The Tidings, Dr. Burdic declared that he has always been in favor of the purchase of the McCormick tract, since the matted was first broached by members of the Park Commission sev eral weeks ago. At the time of the passage of the resolu tion calling the special bond election for February 17, Dr. Burdic was one of the councilmen who insisted that the park addition purchase lie added to the ballot. According to Dr. Burdic’s statement- Lithia Park is the city’s big appeal to the tourists. Through this park, thousands of dollars worth of business is brought to the merchants of Ashland every year. The city must make preparations for handling the thousands of additional tourists who are certain to visit the city during the com ing years. Unless the camp grounds in the park have suitable facilities for the care of these tourists- they will move on to other towns, and Ashland’s favorable publicity will be a thing of the past. In his statement this morning, Dr. Burdic stated, “ Without the addition of the McCormick tract to Lithia Park, we have advanced our park system as far as we can. At the present time, our camp ground facilities are taxed to the limit in caring for our tourists. OAKDALE, Calif., Feb. 8 14. — Rev. R. E. Griffith « of the N azarene church tt was awakened a fte r mid tt night the other morning tt by the loud barking of his tt dog. He surm ised a t once tt th .'t his cow had broken n loose, and his suspicions » were confirmed as he saw 8 a black shape speeding 8 down the road. He s ta rt » ed a fte r the anim al, » w ithout bothering about » adding to his night shirt, « but he hadn’t traveled 8 over a few hundred feet tt before he decided th a t it tt was going to be a longer tt and a colder job than he tt had anticipated. So he. tt accordingly, returned tt horhe, put on a suit of un tt derw ear aind shoes and tt added a bathrobe for tt w arm th, then took up the tt case again. tt Mr. G riffith is both a tt young man and a speedy tt man, bu t he found th a t th e tt cow had increased the dis tt tance between him self and tt herself during his re tu rn tt fbr more clothing, so th a t tt he was forced to travel tt for two miles before catch tt ing up with h er bovine tt m ajesty. And then she re tt fused to answ er to his tt name. The m inister per tt sisted, however, and fine- V ally caught up with the tt cow, so th a t he could look tt her squarely in the eye. tt W hereupon he discover tt ed th at he had been chas tt ing somebody else’s cow tt and she would neither an » swer to her name or any 8 oth er name. But his dog 8 had quit barking. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 YREKA CASES! ?8 Defendants Will Probably;« be Placed Upon , Probation n FINANCIAL COST GREAT » ---------- E stim ated Triuls W ould Cost $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 and P lace County in , F inancial H ole ' Authorities are investigating the strange story of A|sa Thompson, ar-old Los Angeles girl, who confessed to the poisoning^ of eight »isons and killing of three others. Her twin sisteru were victim« <<f the alleged poisoning. She said she killed them because the “■she liked to see them die.” 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Last year, our Park Commis sioners inform us, many were turned away, th ere not being enough cabins to care for all who wished to stop over here. We cannot let this condition exist, for it counteracts all thé favor able publicity the city has receiv ed from our wonderful park. Un less we m ake preparations for handling these tourists this year, and next year, and in the years to come, we m ust take a back Request Is Sent Judicial Beat, and let other cities obtain Committee of State the advantages which we now Legislature Falls-Lakeview Highway Is KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 14— have. Impassible. Men Work Every tourist who stops over in A request or the judicial com on Roads our camp grounds spiends money m ittee of the legislature at Sa here. Every additional tourist we lem to consider three new meas KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 14.— can induce to stay here adds still ures was forwarded yesterday by K lam ath Falls-Lakevtew highway more to the income of our m er A ttorney Frank L. Mars to Rep between Drews Valley and Lake- chants, and to the prosperity of resentative R. S. Hamilton of view is practically impossabie ac Ashland. It stands to reason if K lam ath county, who is a mem cording to word reeeived by the local state highway office from we have more land upon which ber of the judicial committee. The first of these recommen B. J. Crowley, resident engineer to erect more cabins, additional tourists will stop over hiere, ad dations was for two circut court of Lake county. Strong and pow ding to the prosperity of the city. judges for K lam ath county in erful oars can pull through the Every county in muddy roads, but lighter ma The purchase of the McCormick stead of one. the state has but one judge, Mult chines are not able to make the tra c t furnishes us with our only It was asked grade, it was said. opportunity for expanding our nomah excepted. The road north of Paisley, park. W ithout it, we are up th a t the pay for circuit judge of K lam ath county be increased washed out in several places. Two against a stone wall, so ar as en larging our camp grounds is con from $4,000 to $5,000. county bridges on the west side The second asked for increase of Summer lake havte been wash- cerned. This camp ground must be enlarged, and cabins erected in the salary and clerical help : e<j out, by th e swollen w aters of a to care for our tourists, otherwise j for both courts and th e d istrict at- small stream . As a resu lt the vie lose p art of our principal as«- torney’s office, stages and mails north from Lake- The th ird asked for qualifica view are being routed over the set. The P ark Commissioners have tions and compensation for ju s road which leads up the east side pointed out to us th e ir plan for tices of the peace in town of 500 of Summier Lake. The local highway office, de- the retirem ent of the bonds to be or more populatin. notes', the K lam ath Falls - Lake- issued, through the (revenue to view highway was impassable. be derived from the camp grounds. They have accomplish They state th a t it is a moot ques ed this on other purchases, and tion w hether an east hound car I believe they can do the same would make Lakeview over the i roads in th eir present condition. w ith the McCormick tract. ! R eports on the highway between (Continued on Paee Four) { K laihath Falls and F o rt Klam _____________ ath from the forem an of the m ain tenance crew on th a t section are to th e effect th a t the road has showed some slight improvement KLAMATH FALLS KLAMATH FALLS ASKS ANOTHER ROADS ARE IN CIRCUIT JUDGE BAD CONDITION Sullivan Trial i on Death Charge Still Under Way COURT GIVES APPROVAL ON RESCUE WORK CAVE CITY, Ky„ Feb. 14— The state of K entucky’s official seal of approval upon the man KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 14— ner in which the attem pted rescue j of Floyd Collins, entombed mine The fifth day in the trial of Pete 1 explorer has been conducted d u r Sullivan on a charge of m urder ing the past eighteen days, wan in connection with the killing of to be handed down late today by O scar Erickson on the night of the court of m ilitary inquiry Ja n u a ry 3. wild commence at 9 which has been engaged during oclock this morning. The climax the past few day9 in sifting is expected when Sull’van himself stories of the witnesses summon takes th e stand. All indications ed to p*lace th eir knowledge of point to his being the first to be the accident upon the formal examined by the defense when record*. court resum es hearing the case It was declared today th a t the after a recess over the Lincoln finding of the court will explode birthday holiday. any possibility of a hoax In con Sullivan has m anifest unusual nection with the im prisonm ent of interest in h's triad from the out- i Collins. Bet. When Taylor and O’Shea The ishaft to Collins ia being testified earlier in the week he sunk with alm ost deadly slowness scarcely batted an eye while they through the flint-like limestone. w ere on the stand. Today nine and one-half hours The sentence of Sim Pate, con were consumed in cutting through victed last week, will not be giv three feet of th e formation to e n untM after the conclusion of reach th e 54 Mot level. As the th e Sullivan trial. The sentence digging operations were advanced o f Taylor is scheduled to be giv en by Judge Leavitt this morning. (Continued on page four) i 8 (Continued on pa»» 4) Joint Passenger Service Ordered Seattle, Portland WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.— The Interstate Commerce Commission tadqy authorized the Southern Pacific, the G reat N orthern and the O. W. R. N. Hoes to establish a jo in t passenger tra in service be tween Seattle and Portland, and issued an order th a t ’th e lines di vide the earnings therefrom . The contract between the th ree roads, according to the proceed ings draw n up, is to continue for two year?. Five train s are to be operated daily between Portland and Seattle, with one train to be lim ited ,to stops and to ru n on a fast tim e schedule. Provision was also made for passenger train ser vice in each direction daily be tween Centralia, W ash., and P o rt land. ROADS OVER SISKIYOUS NOW IN FAIR SHAPE REPORT SAYS Slow Driving Necessary All Way Over Mountains- Happy Camp Marooned by Heavy Snows in Yreka Section YREKA, Feb. 14. — Wli,en the highway north of Dunsmuir al most as» far as Weed was buried in snow Friday, snow plotys came to the rescue and kept the main artery between San Franoisco and Portland clear. Through Shasta vaViay, the highway was in good shape, but the Siskiyou grade had to be cleared with snow plows.’ Traffic kept moving slowly but surely and no serious accidents were re ported. Gairage men did a land office business from Redding a north in selling chains. Rapid progress is being made on construction work on th e Pa cific highway north of Yreka. Steam shovel work has been completed and the shovels were removed during th e last week. In one or two places in the con Btruction area the gravel is wet and careful driving is necessary with the use of the second gear for several hundred yards, Gor don I. Mitchell, m anager o f the Y reka branch of the California State Automobile Association re ported. Beyond thfe construction work th e road is in first close condition to H ornbrook and Hilt. Approximately two miles north of H ilt, repairs are being made necessitating slow and careful driving. Beyond the Oregon line the road may be considered in ex cellent w inter condition, although on many of th e curves it is still wet. Some blasting is being done to remove a slide, but very litXle delay is» resulting from this work. Flagm en are stationed at both ends of the slide and m otorists are advised w here to stop. W ork on th e 10 mile section of highway straightening, grading and surfacing immediately north of the P it river bridge between Redding and Dunsmuir will not be completed on schedule, but the rem aining odds and ends will make no inconvenience to the traveling public. T h ij was stated by H. C. Comly, division engineer for the California highway com mission, in discussing progress on contracts supposed to have been completed last week. Some work along the borders of the highways remain?» to be checked up, and this will go on in connection with the straighten,- ing of 11 miles next fa rth e r north ending at Halfway creek. The job ju st finished is being done by the Nevada Contracting Company, as will the n>~xt stretch, under an agreem ent with the commis sion and the Edwards brothers contracting company of Los An geles, to whom the contract was awarded. Completely blocked by snow and mud, the lower Klam ath riv er highway leading to Hamberg, Seiad Valley and Happy Camp presents the most serious prob lem io. Siskiyou county. • Stages are no longer running and Happy Camp is getting its mail by men who carry it in on horseback. Several Happy Camp visitors in' Yreka last week were h»eld up three and four daiys long er than they had planned in o r der to aw ait an opportune mo ment to retu rn home. The roads to Scott Valley are reported to be in good shape for this time of the year. 1 MRS. HOMES TO BE BURIED TOMORROW The funeral services for Mrs. Myra Homes, pioneer resident of this city, who died a t h er home here yesterday will be held from the Dodge) chapel ait 2:00 p. m. tom orrow it was announced this morning. jj YREKA, Feb. 14.— W ith Sis-i a kiyou county facing a financial j. crisis as the result of the cou-1 jj gestion of the trial docket of the [ jj superior court with the 32 now I jj noted, so-called Ku Klux Kian 8 indictm ent returned by the jj grand jury in December and J a n -| jj uary against alleged violators of j jj state liquor laws at Weed, Shas- jj tina and Mt.» Hebron, a compro 8 mise was reached last week, it 8 is said, whereby it is possible th at 8 the alleged offenders will be plac 8 ed on probation upon pleas of 8 guilt to the indictm ents. Nine defendants have pleaded guilty as a result and more are to follow suit. That a compromise was under way was mooted about the streets last Thursday, when the grand ju ry suddenly reconvened after adjourning in January to April 6. Tha jurjl rem ained in sfession until today when it ju st as quiet ly folded up its official records and the members left for their Rogue River Radio Club of respective homes, not to. return, Jackson County to under present plans, until April Gather 6. W hile the inquisitorial body Monday evening, a t 8 o’clock, was still in session, however, Jackson county radio fans will Frank L. Montgomery and John j meet in the Public Library hall L. Covig of Weed went before at Medford for the purpose of Judge C. J. Luttrell Friday and completing the organization of changed their pleas to an adm is the recently incorporated Rogue sion of guilt. Montgomery’s trial River Radio Club of Jackson had been set to open Monday, but County. Ashland radio users are when the sudden change in the requested to attend this meeting, program came to light, Sheriff which is for the purpose of com A. S. ( alkins started his deputies pieting the organization, and to notifying prospective jurors, who j discuss local conditions, with a had been summoned earlier in the view to th eir improvements for week from all parts of the coun the reception of program s from ty, not to come to the county the broadcasting stations. seat. The Rogue River Radio Club Subpoenas for dozens of jurors has been organized to promote had already been made out and the interests of all owners of ra many of them served, for the dio sets in Jackson county,, and Montgomery trial would have these over 21 years of age are started the flood of trials which eligible to membership. The would have been carried on at membership fee is $1.00, and the the rate of about two a wpek annual dues $1.00. The corpor into the m iddle of June. ation is non-commercial, and can It is said th a t the compromise not bind its membership to as came about when certain in ter sume any financial obligation. ested taxpayers started to calcu The affairs of the corporation late the approximate cost of the are given attention by a board trials to the county. F irst, they of ten trustees, elected annually decided th at D istrict A ttorney a j |ije meeting to be held the first Charles E. Johnson was facing a | nionday in March of each year, physical impossibility when h o , provision is made in the by-laws essayed prosecuting each case, in for monthly meetings of the mem- addition to handling prelim inary , ^ers discuss radio problems. hearings throughout the country _______ ;_________ _ and his office routine, single j handed. On top of this expense, which, comparatively, was but a drop in the bucket, would come the daily ju ro r fee for each of the true and tried men and women who would sit in judgm ent, coup led with their mileage. To sup plement this would come the cost of the conduct of the court until the problem resolved itself into 1 a situation, it is said, th a t might R em em bering, the attractively cost th e county not .less than enj e rj_a in 8 how by tbw Lithians $100,000. last year> the Medford chamber To offset this, suggested those of Commerce has asked for seven- who were anxious to see th e pro- ty. flve tIcketa for thft IJth!an secutions on the indictments car- ghow> ..CoVege Dayg.. t0 gold ried through, were the fines that among t he business men of Med- would be collected in case of con- fOrd viction. Thos? who have witnessed the COUNTY RADIO FANS TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT MEDFORD ASKS TICKETS FOR ‘COLLEGE DAYS' rehearsals of “ College Days” are loud in their praise of the show, commenting w ithout reservation | th at it is a hundred per cent bet- KANSAS CITY, Feb. 14. — A ter show than last year. And, in million and a half dollars worth respect the local company of the finest show cars in Ameri 1 •:____________ I expects to outdo itself in pleasing ca are today masses of twisted and charred steel, th e great j In their last game before their i the out of town occupants of American Royal stock show pa-\ opening tustlA with ffie Medford seats at the Vining Monday and vilion is in ashes, one fireman High quintet, the Ashland high Tuesday nights of next week, February 16 and 17. is dead, and fu rth er losses of ac five last night tround?d the ; Tickets sa’.eui are fast, but cessories and trucks m ake a total G rants Pass high team, 41-23.1 of alm ost th ree million dollars The tussle was staged on the tpany ticket holders have failed to take advantage of the opening as the result of a fire th at swept G rants Pass floor. of the ticket office at the Vining the Kansas City motor show ear A1 Marske, fast little forward.. for making reservations. Those ly today. although he was in a suit, did who have tickets should make It not get into the lineup. A1 but recently recovered from an attack a point to make reservation im- DAUGHTER IS BORN of the mumps, and Coach Hughes n e ^ 'a te 'y- epecifying which night TO MRS. LONGWORTH took no chances, saving him for * ley Pre^e r- Reservations may be made during the ««gular hours of CHICAGO, Feb. 14. — A the Medford games. In a prelim inary battle, the the Vining: 1:30 to 4 in the after- daughter was born this morning to Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long- Ashland girls’ team won from the noon’ » to 10 at night. The .‘Co,leBe Days” is a real show worth. Mrs. Longw orth's step G rants Pass team, 21-10. not only entertain with mothier, the widow of Colonel game was a nip and tuck affair Theodore Roosevelt, and her bro throughout, and it was only in conie^y an(i tun, but will amuse lts speed’ delight with ther, K erm it Roosevelt were at the last few m inutes of p’ay th a t the locals held their lead. j beautiful costumes and melodious the hospital at the time. The first Medford game will tunes- Mrs. Longworth has been m ar ried to R epresentative Longworth be played here next Friday night. for fifteen years. This is their 1 (Continued on page four) Tidings ads bring resalta. first child. FIRE DESTROYS BIG MAN INSISTS HE IS K. C. MOTOR SHOW WANTED BY POLICE A somewhat m entally unbalan ced man, giving th e name of Joe Lfiuchart, who declared th a t he was wanted here by the police to answ er to a serious charge, was taken into custody last night by Night Police Clause. Lamchart, who was form erly employed here, declared th a t hq» had left San Francisco and a r rived in Ashlaind to answ^j¡\ the charge against him. A fter being questioned this morning, he was given a floater out of town, and w arned to rem ain aw ay from Ash land. 8 FORT MYERS. Fla, 8 Feb. 14. — Young men 8 take no advice and young 8 women are a mystery, was 8 Thomas Edison’s birthday 8 decision W ednesday when 8 he observed his seventy- 8 eighth anniversary, and 8 he sagely refrained from 8 offering either advice to 8 the men or a solution to 8 the m ystery of the young 8 women. 8 Edison, questioned dur 8 ing his annual birthday in 8 ' terview, was brief but em 8 phatic in his answers con 8 cerning the younger gen 8 eration. They are show 8 ing no improvement in 8 manners', he said, express 8 ing the belief alBo th a t 8 American educational 8 standards have shown no 8 improvement since the is 8 suance of his questionalre 8 several years ago, which 8 proved such a nightm are 8 to applicants for places in 8 his establishm ent. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Ashland Quintet Wins from Grants Pass Team, 41-23 that GARLAND BILL IS LIKELY TO GET PASSAG E House Committee Recom mends Measure After it Is Amended DIVORCE BILL KILLED Bill ( ailing for Establishment of K indergarten, Fail« to Fas« $<*iiate SALEM, Feb. 14. — The house Judiciary committee today re ported favorably upon the Gar land bill by which it is provided th a t the commission select certain passages of the bible to be read in the various high schools of the state. The house committee amended the bill, which was, originally de signed to read th a t the King Jam es version of the bible be us ed. The amendm ent («alls for the reading of certain section of the various bibles, and a committee, consisting of a Catholic, a Jew, a Christian Scientist and six Pro testants, none of whom may be of the same religious, denomina tion, to meet and to select the passages of the bible to be read in the schools. The house bill, passed by th a t body several days ago, providing for the establishm ent of kinder gartens in all school districts of the first class, today failed to pass the senate. The Joseph bill, providing for the selection of the probate judge for Multnomah county by the cir cuit judges of this district, and th at the judge be selected from among their own num ber failed to pass the senate. Senator Joseph changed bis vote on the bill when he saw th at the measure was lost, in order th at he might bring it up for con sideration at some later date. - The Bennett bill, providing for an increase in the fees for m ar riage licenses, and for divorce actions, and providing for filing with the state board of health, m arriage health certificates, was defeated today, after Senator Strayer attacked the bill on the grounds th a t divorce fees are en tirely too high at the present time. From all indications today, the legislature will likely adjourn sine die next Saturday night upon scheduled time. TRAVF.T.F.R.8 BRAVE THE HOODOO DAY In spite of the fact th a t yester day wa> Friday the th irteenth, the well known Jlux day for tra v elers, the out of state cars reg istered at the cham ber of com merce office totaled more than any previous day this month. Eleven eairs were registered a* the local bureau. Offic'als at the office dipelare th a t in '■pite of thn wet w eather and bad condition of the roads, tourist travel Is holding up very well. DENTISTS TO GATHER The regular meeting of the R o g u e R i v e r Valley Den tist Association will be held s t the Hotel Josephine in G rants Pase at 6:00 o’clock this evening. Several local member« of the a s sociation are planning to attend the meeting. Bone Removed as , Alaska Governor, Jardine Ag. See. «■ WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 4 . - - President Coolidge announced th it morning the appointm ent of Georg? Park?, to be Governor of Alaska. The announcement creat ed considerable surprise in officlr 1 circles, since there had been n > intimation that the present go\ - ernor, Scott Bone, had contem plated resigning. Bones' term expires on J up » 13. No reason was advanced by the W hite IIou-o for the dropping of Bone. He was appointed by President Harding, and for years had been engaged in newspaper work in W ashington and in th e Northwest. He was chief of th e Republican publicity forces dur ing the campaign of 1920. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. — William Jardine of Kansas Is to be the new secretary of Agricul ture, it was officially announced today a t the W hite House. The nom ination will be sent to th e Senate Monday.