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I MALARIA GERMS CfiUnot survive three months in the rich ozone at Ashland. Pure domestic water helps. ASHLAND CLIMATE W ithout the use of medicine cures nine cases out of ten of asthma This is a proven fact. The Tidings. Has Been Ashland's Leading Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years (International News Wire Service) Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Volume 43 ARE BELIEVED TO BECAPTURED X-Word Puzzles Worked in England by Caesar’s Legions ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1925 NO. 149 =K HO USE PASSES TEN PER CENT TOBACCO TAX Collins Sealed in Cave Tomb DISM ISSAL OF KLAMATH CHIEF IS POSTPONED Her Immense Size Causes Her Death POOL ROOMS TO PAY LICENSE OF $ 1 5 PER TABLE CIRENCESTER, Eng. 8 8 8 AUCKLAND, New Zea- 8 8 Feb. 25. — Perhaps Ro 8 8 land, Feb. 25. — Yella 8 8 man soldiers whiled away 8 8 Metaroa, a native Maorf 8 I 8 the Winter evenings with 8 8 giantess, is deud as «i re- 8 Î 8 cross - word puzzles. At 8 8 suit of heT being too big 8 I ■8 _ any rate on a piece of plas 8 Mistake Made in Figuring Mexican Authorities Hold 1» 8 to allow her to' be attend- 8 ter, which is believed to 8 Council Foiled in Attempt to in< Three Men in Old | 8 have adorned the walls of 8 8 ed to for curative treat- 8 Ordinance Passed by City Amount of Revenue to Frame Up Means for 8 ment. Mexico Council Requires Pay be Derived 8 • 8 a Roman villa here some 8 Removal 8 Aged twenty-nine, she * ment 8 1,700 years ago there is 8 8 weighed 524 pounds. She AGENTS ARS ON WAY 8 inscribed a device which 8 MAY BE CUT DOWN 8 REPORTERS ‘GET W ISE’ 8 lived in an isolated part 8 FEDERAL FEE IS $10 8 certainly looks like the 8 O fficials Reel C onfident Men Now N ew B ill W ould B ring in to State M embers A ttem pt to Givp ( ‘lean 8 of the country, and no 8 8 original cross-word puzzle. 8 L egislation Coin rollin g la Custody A re Members of Treasury $ 1 ,1 1 0 ,0 0 0 8 horse In the district could 8 O ther 8 It is as follows: »! Slate to N otorious H otel Op Pool Room s to be Presented Murder Gang Yearly 8 be found strong epou^t to 8 8 erator and “Can” Chief R O T A S 8 to Council Soon 8 convey hej t,o a ofty for 8 8 O PE R A 8 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. — 8 SALEM, Feb. 25. — Thursday T E N E T KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 25.— 8 medical attention when 8 8 Pool and bILliard room operat Immediate steps will be taken in 8 afternoon will likely see the close , A R E P O Further substantiation of street 8 she fell 111, while ¿.he wa« 8 8 ors in Ashland will hereafter ba an effort to idehtify the three 8 8 too huge to enter am auto of the 1925 legislative session, 8 SA T O R I reports that the city council plan 8 forced to pay a city license of $15 men who were captured this morn 8 ft mobile or a railroad car- 8 This device is on dis 8 with only the revenue bills pend ned to ‘tire” Chief of Police Per table per year In addition to ing in the Yaquin Valley. Mexico, 8 play in the local museum. 8 ing for action this afternoon and Harry Loucks at the meeting was ft riage. She died before any 8 their present federal tax of $lu according to the statement of 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 tonight. seen by many when the council ft other arrangements could 8 prominent officials of the South The hanking code bill which 8 per year, in order to operate, ac held a secret meeting at the city 8 be made to carry her. ern Pacific who state special was sent to the office of Governor luill Saturday night, at which 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 cording to regulations contained agents have been sent to Yaquin. in an ordinance passed by the Pierce February 20, and under time it gave a hearing to Mrs. The railroad officials state that city council at 'an adjourned the law which the governor must M. B. Panos, operator of the no meeting last night. the Mexican authorities in that act upon by tomorrow, is causing torious hotel Ray. section hare token into custody The measure was discussed some worry. Rumors of hl? veto The council, it is reported, three men. whom they are certain thoroughly last night, occupying on the bill has led the organi planned the Saturday night meet to be Roy Ray and Hugh D'Aut- almost half the time the body zation to lay plans for holding ing as a means of “whitewashing” reraont, accused of dynamiting the e fighting forces over. was in sess'nn. Although it was this hotel, and with this to back Southern Pacific lines, and rob- known that such legislation was The house today passed the ten them up, it then planned to re kiyou mountains and killing four per cent tax upon all forms of to to be brought up by the council move Loucks as head.of the city’s trainmen on- October 11, 1923. bacco. This tax was planned to some time in the near future, police force. The search for the murderers, yield an annual revenue of $400,- none of the members wer« aware But premature publicity given who set a trap In tunnel 13 of the Indictment Is R e t u rned 000 but new figures secured from of the plan for the introduction of these reputed secret ptojis appear Against Pete Smead for the internal revenue department Southern Pacific lines, and dob- to htave “crabbed the party.“ The Levens Will Direct Work the ordinance until Mayor John Robbery of Enders bed the mail car after they had indicate that the tax on cigars son presented it to the City Re hotel Ray hearing was held ac of Enforcing “ Hop” killed the clerks, has been one of corder to be read. JACKSONVILLE, Feb. 2^5. __ and cigarettes will yield $1,110,- Funeraleeremonie« at the enhance to Sand Cave, at Cave City. cording to schedule.’ but report Laws the most intensive and' exhaust 000 anmually. Lobbyists, working Every member of the council , ,waere Fioyd Collin« lay imprisoned beyond rescuers’ aid until too ers learned of the ?ecret meeting The grand jury for the February late to save him, were conducted by the Rev. Roy Biser. Seated in and flocked to the council cham ing ever undertaken by the South for the tobacco men, are swarming wa)s thoroughly In accord with SALEM, Feb. 25. —- The house term of the circuit court conclud ^ J ° regrOUni *r# th e,Par#«lt® of the dead man. listening to the eulogy ern Pacific special agents. Roy throughout the capital bunding, the license proposal, but four of bers, much to the amazement and ye terday voted to kill the senate ed its deliberations, Saturday, spoken over the natural tomb where Collins’s body will lie forever and Ray D’Autremont* are twin and it is now doubtful whether the members were opposed to the disgust of the five councilmen. bill which would place all the re and in its report ’‘suggests that brothers, well known in the the senate will pass through the Neither Mayor Fred R. Goddard sponsibility for enforcing the original fee of $25 per tabla the county health officer, take Southern section of Oregon while nor City Attorney J. H. Carnahan anti - narcotic laws ,in the bands which was contained in the meas some means of ascertaining if the bill os It was sent from the house Hugh is a younger brother, al i knew that the meeting was to be of the state board of pharmacy ure. They stated that the oper inmates of the county home, are or will amend it to cut down the most equally well known. anticipated revenues. j held. Chief of Police Loucks like- The enforcement of the narcotic ators were already paying a fed getting the proper amount of The prisoners are being trans Both houses have passed the re j wise was kept in the dark as to regul,. ¿.ions will remain in the eral tee of $10 per table, and the nourishing food." The establish ferred to Hermosillo, Mexico, peal of the quarter mill road tax, j the councilmanic plans. Until the hands of the prohibition depart addition of $25 per table would ment of a ward at the poorhouse, where they will a,wajt positive , reporters arrived the only persons ment of the state, under the di riake the operation of the places for the treatment of injuries, afnd thus releasing $265,000 of general identification by the special; taxation. ’ The senate this morning present’were the five councilmen rection of William Levons, state of business impossible. A com the care of the sick, is recommen agents. passed a tax on the gross earn ded. Mrs. Panos and her attorney, and prohibition* director. promise was effected, and l i e Rewards totaling 314,500 are The report also suggests “that ings of public utilities and pass H. M. Lichty of Sunnyside, Washington, Declares System a few witnesses for Mrs. Panos The house concurred wtith the city fee reduced to $15, after offered for the capture of the and her hotel the Honorable County Court take ed over the governor's veto, the senate in the passage of amend which the measure was unani three men, who have been the in Use Here Is Best of Any on Entire step-, to ascertain if the cows at bill providing for an appropria It was learned that the council- ment- raising revenue by raising mously passed by the members. object of an exhaustive search Pacific Coast the county f>oor farm are paying tion of $100,000 for the support men at this secret session, cover the rates on trucks going between An emergency clause In the, or since they committed the des- of the public service commission. for their feed.” ed a lot of territory in their criti fixed terminals, and for hire dinance makes it effective im prate robbery. The house today passed hills Ashland has a oajnp ground con whose work keeps them Indoors, cism of other pfppointees of Mayor trucks, in order to provide funds mediately. The report is signed by Herbert L. Moore as foreman, with no dis appropriating $30.000 and $40,- sidered the finest between' Seattle but to the thousands who are Goddard. Chief of Police Loucks for the use. maintenance, repair Mayor Johnson indicated that OOD respectively for the construc and the Mexican line by. H. M. SENATOR McCORMICK senting opinions. and construction of public high was not alone in condemnation. an additional ordinance on pool tion of armories at Forest Grove Lichty of Sunnyside, Washington, continually in the open. FOUND DEAD IN BED The report is as follows: But whether or not the council- ways. .rooms would be ready for the ac After spending more than a and La Grande. who stopped here yesterday. month in a well equipped touring men decided to grant a license to ‘‘We, the grand jury, duly im- The senate killed the bill pro tion of the cuncil at the next reg WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. — The senate killed the state mo Lichty declared that so.', good pajnnelled aaid sworn have dis car, always using the auto camps the hotel Ray could not be learn viding for two high school inspect ular meeting. The new ordinance Undted States Senator Madill Mc posed of the several cases brought I tion hill “ Y* , - ¿ picture * ^ 7 « censorship tt’ J were the accomodations that he along the way when weather and ed. as they kept their views and ors and appropriating $22,000 to will put teeth in the law requir Cormick, age of the Republican before us and have investigated through »ndefinlte postponement had stopped in the camp early In service were agreeable. I feel pre derisions very much to them cover their salaries and traveling ing the barring of boys under 21 from Illinois. died very sonle conU)lalnta brougllt the afternoon when he might have- pared to tell the tourist promoter selves.. For it was a secret meet expenses. Senator Strayer led years of age, and will provide « d d en ly 1» . ho el here today M aJ gran;J WASHINGTON SOLONS gone on in his trip home. ing. and they wanted to keep their the attack on the bill, and criti fines and imprisonment for of- about conditions. from »h at ihye.claae described rMpect(u,ly auggest , hM STILL IN BAD JAM Lichty ¿ays “We are just com ,. The tourist is not looking for action as much of a secret as cised the senate's opposition to fenderU. The ordinance passed * * J ’!!!tr‘C,lT <,rrhTge'e e „ , ' he“IUl «**• dome pleting an auto trip from Canada possible. over ride the ways and means last night porvldea that a vio OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 25— to Mexico and return and must a free camp. Even the “auto McCormick was found dead in .. _ . , ... committee. Strayer contended that* lator will lose his license, and means to ascertain whether the bed at 10 a. m. by hotel employes' in,no. _ . The omnibus appropriation bill say the lure of the road is great. tramp“ expects to pay for what the bill was designed* only to may be fined, not more than $50- . . , » , inmates of the county home are who went to his room and broke getting the proper amount of will become a law without the Everywhere we were impressed he gets. Here in Ashland your AGED RESIDENT IS more jobs, adding that or given a jail sentence of not system is ideal, and fe rated as CALLED BY DEATH create down the door after telephone nourishing food; and, we a-lso governor’s signature, it was an with the efforts of the communit the best on the coast. “we are already Inspecting every more than 25 days, or both. rings had gone unanswered. The bill makes ies to have the tourist come back suggest that one of the rooms nounced here. Frank Rolland Rcris. aged S6 thing on Gods green earth.” It was explained by City Water At El Centro. Calif., there is a He was forty seven year old, be fixed into a ward for the appropriations for the operation and to bring friends back. ,. The years and ten months, died at the well patronized camp at twenty- Superintendent Earl Hosier that and had served in, the senate dressing of injuries, and for the and maintenance of several state cordial service rendered by.every five cents per night, another with home of Mrs. T. E. Hadfield of j BANDIT FAILS IN the line carrying soda water to since 1918. sickness of any inmate that may departments and institutions for one along the road is remarkable. J itte r service at fifty cents. Here 151 Coolidge street this morning HOLDUP ATTEMPT the city is In bad condition and Mrs. McCormick, near collapse, The statement that one of the n the “Winter Garden” the tour at 5:30. arise, sfnd also that the Honor the fiscal year beginning April 1. should be -replaced in the near is enroute here from Chicago. The able County Court n certain The governor vetoed the bill pro greatest crops of Southern Cali ist finds no cabins, but hundreds PORTLAND, Feb. 25. — A lane future. He said that the I.lth’a Mr. Ross had lived in Ashland senate adopted resolutions of re whether the cows at the coun viding for additional forest, pro fornia is the “tonrirt crop” is no of "rooming houses" build for for 15 years and has been re-1 armed bandit, giving the name water line was altso in bad con gret and adjourned for the day. ty farm are paying for their feed.” tection upon the grounds that the! longer a joke, and now other cheap auto service. The camps tired during that time. He was j of J. Brown, wai captured and dition, and would'soon have to bo McCormick was defeated for re present law is ample. This is the states are planting the seeds of “HERBERT L. MOORE.” in Southern California are large a well known resident of Ashland pla^ed in l a<* yesterday after he replaced. Engineer Walker ad je c tio n in the last Illinois pri last day the governor may tgke advertising and better service The grand Jury returned two and had a great number of friends iA’-,ed ,n an attempt to hold up vised the council that the soda ly managed by chambers of com maries. new indictments. One charging action upon measures passed by with the ho<pe of benefiting by merce, and, in some instances by here. j Jack Johnson, manager of the water line be discontinued, and attracting the “tourist crop.” non-support was against C. C. the legislature. He is survived bv four daugh- Pantages Theatre shortly before that the city concentrate its ef - the cities but there are also many ? There are many attractions Galo, and the other against Pete D FIREBUG privately owned camps in and ters, Mrs. T. E. Had field Ashland; uoon, and made away with a farts to bettering th« Lithla line. ?0 which can call the tourist to a Smead, charged with burglary of CHICAGO GIRL SLAYS •about Los Angeles. Some of this Mrs. L. C. Gelwicks. Hotchkiss, valise containing about $400. Hosier was instructed to obtain S MORE FIRES the enders store at Ashland. DEMENTED FATHER certain section. First of course, work is being done by landscape Colorado; Mrs. Myron Lewi's. Employes of the bank came to prices on cement lined cast iron there is the auto, then the road, gardening. ' PORTLAND, Feb. 25. — Chest Hotchkis-. Colorado; Mrs. Ed Johnson's rescue when they heard pipe, which ho explained would CHICAGO, Feb. 25. — Rose and third the service rendered. er Buchtel. Portland fireraam and At Florence, midway between McCool. Cleveland. Ohio; one son scuffling in the theatre office on carry tho water, and make a re De Petro, 17, today shot and Service fe no longer confined to ipuater arsonist, yesterday admit Los Angeles and Long beach there Walter W. Ross, Tonopah, Nevada the mezzanine floor. Johnson suf port at the next meeting of the killed her father, John De Petro. the filling stations in which the ted netting fire to several are nice clean cabins *with gas and several grand children. Mrs. fered possible concussion of t}ie body. in their Home here, when, she oil companies are more and more tlfaqrches, Including the Temple and electricity and water at a Gelwicks is in Ashland now and bstritv from a blow on the head In order to clear up a misun told the police, her father, for the rivaling not only by furnishing very low price. At Santa Barbara Walter Ross will arrive In a short from a black Jack during the Both Jsreal, Jewish synagogue, derstanding, and to officially puc second time within this week at courteous white clad attendants, there is a new camp personally time. Funeral arrangements have scuffle. No money was taken. cap sing a loss set at $300,000. on the records the authorization but with rest rooms having furni conducted by a “retired” mer not been completed yet but will be tempted io attack her. Buchtel, since his arrest last Wed- for the ditch to carry the Talent ture finer than. that found in chant, where modern cottages may announced later. Upnday, had admitted firing 25 Irrigation Co. water, a motion many hotel lobbies. It is safe to be rented very reasonably. The buildings and Ms contention yes was passed, authorizing the con say that our hotel service is ri municipal damp ground at Balboa terday cleared up nine more in- struction of the ditch. valing, if not excelling that of cendiarlea. The lire (tepgrtmant Park has been abandoned for the A petition, contained the names Europe, where for years America squad expect» him to reveal the reason that private camps ade of more than two-thlrda of tho haji paid its tribute In millions atartlng of several other large Weary days are ahead for John quately care for the wants of the annually through tourist travel. tourist. l Taylor, former Applegate youth, (Continued on Page Four) But there are many who can not sentenced to serve 15 years in the KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 25.— afford hotel expenses and these rsteThe’ Aahtand' e m p th T best' state penitentiary and whd enter The limit allowed by the law waa narrin mitUfo ! w» p » . p lIie ne Desi. Dest’ ed the institution last Friday, with handed to Billy Huff, Chiloquin provide camp outfits. These out- Yn» i,,,, JACKSONVILLE, Feb. 25— j fit? 2 rV ° W fUrnUh6d f° r Varying ‘ your T o u r is t ™ d ^ h e Sim Pate and John SulLivan, his pugilist, and Foster Karkley, his Mrs. R^se L. Page, wife of Ar-j • ’ . d th |g co-defendants, sentenced to life partner, when Justice of the Peace prices by auto makers. Out door shccess von h»v thur Page, reputed bootlegger KLAMATH FALLS, Fob. — imprisonment, for a hold-up and R. E. Spink of Chiloquin sentenc H feapp eals. not only to those part of that which X c o m e . ” Ut who plunged to his death over an The Ashland-Klamath Falls htgb- murder at Klamath Falls ed dach man to six months in embankment in the Siskiycus way is again in fairly good eon- ■ — — January. The bitterness that arose jail and fined them $500 apiece SON IS SEEKING y ALET Is November 12, last, has filed a dition after having been almost KLAMATH FALL». ***>• 25.— between them durtng the trial, Saturday. The t# o rtfen had been MISSING FATHER WORRIED OVER BOY motion in the circuit court, ask- impassable Sunday. A heavy MEDFORD. Feb. 25— A .aum- 1 if die Congo, rep B ted leader o f . and resulted in Taylor Ijeing mov- caught redhanded with two gaJ-j in^ for a jury trial,- to decide the freight truck was stuck In a mud I mer resort, includ'ng a general A ¡son, who has never seen his lamath’s bootlegging colony, and ; ed from the county to the-city Ions of moonshine in their poses- PARIS, Feb. 25-—Chang, far! right of the state to confiscate the h°le Sunday afternoon on the |a wife, were r«|«ased from cus-! jail, still burns, according to the slon last wek. They were arrest father, has written to the au- four years valet to Lieutenant! Chrysler car PaRe used- and de- Ashland side of the McCullum mill store, is to be established at Lake of the Woods In the near future, Mjy Saturday night when they following clipping from the Salem ed by Henry Shadley, constable thorlHw o( th i. cltjr, requesting O.“borM ~W oid.'‘ before Wood’s ! c'ar’ng ^iat ^ e section of the and held »up traffic for some time. if the plans of the forest service raised |w p $2000 bonds. Tom < Capital - Journal: I T " 8 th»'abrupt departure from Pari, alt. of the1 Wood River district, and liquor law, prohibiting the trans- This was Pulled out by a hlgh- Wilson, who WM arrested with The three Klamath murderers brought to Klamath Falls, where father. ’ Matt Fisk Batson ° er his heavy losses at the Biar- portation of liquor by auto is “un-i way truck but the road wae left are successfully carried out. For Iff amd Mrs. Congo, was unable were here ,in the sheriff's office charges of possession of liquor amd Council Bluffs, Iowa, is the son, rietz gaming tables, departed to conjititutlonal.” Last week Mrs. in such bad shape that It delayed get Supervisor Rankin stated ye* - terday that be is authorized to to furnish a hopd satUfactory to for a time this morning waiting introduction of liquor onto an In and the father he is seeking is day for Manila, alone and much Page testified regarding her ow n-’ traffic. The Howard fi receive applications for a permit the district attorney's office and transportation to the prison and dian reservation were preferred. A. B. Batson. The elder Batson ership of the car, and stated that! Hght Dodge truck was delayed! t to conduct the resort. The permit *** ,deeP’y C° n' Is still la cuutoffy. It was evident from their de The introduction charge will not left Nashville, Tenn., in 1870, and] ceroed _V night. n tz h t I _ wl„ i,. ». . • for a the insurance company had re-¡several hours Sunday iod the son. was born in December ofi wouid ’ kT f ® expIanatlon he Congo w,111 probably be tried meanor that Taylor will have no be pressed, District Attorney Wil paired the vehicle which she now heavy w’.hd The w .nd of fiunday | yeare. and wJU be l88ued “ X In Justice court on Thursday, Dis- j snappy time of it in the peniten- liam Ganong stated this morn- the same year. The maiden name! holds under $500 bonds. morning uprooted four large tree» as to whyj of the wife and mother was Mary: he h d trlct Attorney William Ganong . tiary If Pate, and SuH&an havering. applicant who will furnish the near the Jackpon-Ktamatli coun care of Os- E. Christman. The son states h e ! ^ rn e. Bald thia morning. He and his theiT way. Taylor held very much best accommodations to the pub The two men have been active FLAG SHIP AGROUND ty line, delaying traffic at fti* wife will be tried together with aloof from the other two men In bootlegging operations, accord believes HRs father is in this v l-‘ lic. The minimum requirement point for a few hours but were ------- ------- —----»— Justice of the Peace R. E. Hun- and they showed no disposition ing to police. Huff was arrested cinity. Ariypne Aff^p who has any in will be the expenditure of $15.- SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 25. — removed by highway workmen. GLORIA BETTER saler presiding. of friendliness toward him. The several weeks ago and was dis formation aa to h|s whereabouts 000 in permanent improvements The U. S. S. Huron, flagship of The state highway department PARIS, Feb. 25— Gloria Swan Mr. and Mrs. Congo and Wilson other two still deny their Impli charged from jail following his la requested to turn it over to within three years after January were arrested Friday night by a cation in the shooting affray for trial in Chiloquin, which termin Matt Fisk Batson, care of Matt son’s change for the better, which the Asiatic Fleet is aground off had about 20 men working on the 1, 1926, the improvements to in force of city patrolmen and pro which they were convicted largely ated in a hung jury. Huff and F. Miller, 1620 Second Ave.. came suddenly last night, contin Palawan, 200 miles southeast qf road yesterday filling the ruta clude hotel, boathouse and other ued today, and the pffkiftl bull Manila, according to reports re- where the trucks,were stuck with hibition officers and a large quan on Thylor’s evidence. Barkley were returned to Klamath Council Bluffs, loffg. buildings. Mr. Rankin abated etin said she coujdi be considered cetved by the Marine Department small rock and gravel so that the that he would be glad to discuss tity of alleged moonshine and Falls yesterday and lodged in of the San Francisco Chamber j road is about back tu a«no«Ky wine were confiscated. ___ Tidings Want Ads ar« cheaper. Jail. Tidings Want Ada ar« ge-gtitgra out of danger. the matter w i t h interasufi ^4 Commerce. again. parties. INVESTIGATION OF CO. HOME IS ASKED BY J U K U NARCOTIC WORK IS TO REMAIN IN HANDS OF PROHI TOURIST GIVES ASHLAND CAMF ACCOMODATIONS MUCH PRAISE TAYLOR IN FOR HOT TIME AT Klamath Pair Are STA TE PRISON Given Stiff Jolt Fr»* _________ (ooflegging King Released Upon Deposit qf $2.000 I for Selling Booze Mrs. ,Page Asks Jury Trial to Get Possession of Car ASHLAND-FALLS HIGHWAY AGAIN' IN FAIR SHAPE Possibility for Improvements at Lake of Woods