•¡.’¿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
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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
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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.
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YREKA CASES!
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Defendants Will Probably;«
be Placed Upon
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Probation
n
FINANCIAL COST GREAT »
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E stim ated Triuls W ould Cost
$ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 and P lace County in ,
F inancial H ole
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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.”
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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
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{ K laihath Falls and F o rt Klam­
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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on
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.