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Chalk Up Another
For Animal Who
Saves Human Life
Beauties of This City
Told in Portland
PARK PROJECT PRAISED
. Another editorial, lauding Ash
land, was carried In the Ore
gon Journal yesterday:
This
ddltorlal, a follow up of oite
carried several days - ago,
In
which the natural beauties of
Ashland and the surrounding
country were told, tells * of the
many beautiful buildings, con
ducive to home life, which havi
. HAYW ARD, C at. Sept.
14— (U. P .)— Chajk up
one more animal hero—
pardon ne, heroine— on
the list!
Pansy( fox terrier, he
lon «in« to the _w. e
Leggs family. Is now
'worth her weight In gold,
platinum or other pre
» cious substances.
Mrs.
Leggs was awakened by
the dog jumping upon
her bed and barking.
When the mistress re-
fused to gat UP. Pansy
ran to her master, woke
him with barks and tug
ged at his hand until lie
followed her into the
kitchen.
Investigation disclosed
a broken gas connection
out of which the gis was
tt pouring.
To Call It a Day |
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The editorial was written by
Prank IrvinC editor of the Ore
gon Journal, who was a guest
of Jesse Wlnburn, at Sap and
Salt, several days ago.
The editorial follows:
One of the most beautiful
parka in Oregon is at Ashland.
The people there have spent
9290,999 on R. In It are the
wonderful Llthla Springs, which
yield a mineral water that is
aa a beverage.
A beautiful lake with graceful
swans oa Its surface is a part
Of the perspective.
Handsome
trees, footbridges, walks, flow
ers, rustic seats, waterfalls' and
a running stream are gmung
the appointments.
Several 'of
the few surviving elks In Amer
ica ere la the park zoo. Close
by la the famous Ashland auto-
mobile camp, used perhaps bv
■ore tourists than any other
eamp In Oregon with the possible
exception of tStaJiAftland camp.
_ The
new
AMutad normal
pus of nearly 26 acres. presented
to the state by the Ashland peo
ple at a cost of around $25,000.
I t occupies a strategic site near
the handsome Ashland boulevard,
where travelers, noting the park,
the normal school building and
campus and the nine-story LdrhU
hotel, will get a wonderful Im
pression of the spirit of Ash-
A feature of the city Is its
education and literary status.
Daring the summer months the
school buildings are nsed by
the state department of educa
tion in conducting a teachers’
training school.
A school of
a rt has been established by In
structors from the famous Pratt
Institute, Brooklyn, New York.
In Jackson couhty, there aré
12 high schools. Those at Ash
land and Medford come under
the state classification as first
-'nr-
Two hundred and fifty
teachers are employed in the
county, and all that la modem
in the way of consolidated
acbools and* transportation of pn-
la In vovne.___________ ,
In Ashland there, la a splendid
community house which was
built at a coat of about 920,000
and presented to the city by
Jeaee Wlnburn.
There is also
one of the best appointed hos
pitals In the state, which Is also
S gift to the city of Mr. W ln
burn.
Another public building
which exataples the literary and
educational spirit of Ashland; la
the Chautauqua auditorium. ■ It
is much used for lyceum and
Chautauqua purposes and la the
scene of spectacular pageants.
As a home city with appoint
ments that make for culture,
good living and human happi
ness. Ashland has standards that
are a very great appeal.
A verill Guest
at Meeting oi
Klamath Spòrta
H. F. Averill, new state gam*
warden, waa the guest of honor
at a venison dinner, served by
the Klamath connty sportsmen'»
club Saturday night at the
Crooked River fish hatchery.
Bill Coleman, state screen and
fish ladder man,
Roy Farr,
deputy game warden and Blaine
Cotatnsn and Roy Parr. Jr., were
among those who accompanied
Averill from Medford to Crook-
• ^e date an aggregate of 337
motdr vehicle headlight adjust
ment stations have been Inspect
ed and authorised throughout
.the state by the traffic division
of the department of Secretary of
State and CO applications for
inspection ere on hand which
will probably be Inspected and
passed upon by the close of
the present week. It Is estimat
ed that there will b eapproxl-
mately between 460 and. 500 ad
justment stations authorised la
the state when a ll application*
are In and acted upon.
Of thé total number of head*
light control devkea submitted
by the Secretary of State to the
U. S. Bureau of Standards* foe
testing, in compliance with the
provisions of the headlight ad
justment law, all haVe been re
ported upon with the exception
of two ppon which reports are
peading.
An aggregate of 31
devices have been approved by
the Secretary of State, acting up
on the teat reports, from the Bu
reau of Standards.
Every au
thorised adjusting station In the
state la furnished a complete
list of those approved devices,
which are ‘required to be posted
cousplclously In the adjusting
plant, and these bulletins must
be observed and' followed by
the licensed adjustor In charge.
A survey of the reports re
ceived from the adjusting sta-
IS
LONDON, Sept. 14— (U. P . _
The Tientsin corréapondent of
ported tojtay that great floods
of the Yellow River were sweep
ing away dikes In that section,
and had inundated one thousand
villages In the Chow Chang dis
trict of the Shantung province.
Inhabitants of the village*
worked frantically for hours to
strengthen the dikes. It Is said,
but during the night the dikes
crumpled away,* pouring an over
whelming flood <Wrer the vast
At.eom ff points, the water la
said to be fifty feet high, while
>ut 200 members of the villages for fifty mtloa aroand
sth club and their families have been Inundated. The dis
present at the dinner, It Is patch estimated that at leist
throe thousand ware dead.
OUT ON $50 BOND
Officer W ho M akes Arrest Oeclares
Senator Wan R ioting In
As the result of a two day
search, /lu rin g which Chief of
Police McNabb and D. Ouy Oood
carefully searched almost every
inch of Llthla Park and the sur
rounding hills, what the. police
declare to be the biggest petty
thievery ring every to be un
covered in the county has been
broken up.
Mrs. Oesle Bennett end Mrs.
Rojr Saxon are now In the connty
ja il at Jacksonville on a charge
of burglary.
Clyde Leer. IT .
a brother of the two women Is
being held In the city ja il on a
similar charge, while Delbert
Lhcy, 15. Cyrrll Lacy, Ellis Lacy
and Virgil Lacy, together with
their mother. Effie Lacy, of 482
Granite street, are la custody,
but are not being held In jail.
According to the police, this
gang has been responsible for
a number of email robberies
which have been reported daring
the pest two months, and on
which It has been Impossible to
obtain a clue.
The home of D. Ouy Oood was
robbed
Thursday
-afternoon.
While th e Verne Tempter home
on Terrace street was robbed
either Wednesday or Thursday,
the family being out of town
Saturday, Oood and Chief of Po
lk a McNabb searched the hlllsld-j
In the vicinity of the Oood horn«*,
and. discovered a number of ar-
tides which has Men removed
the Lacy borne, and the younger
boys were taken Into custody.
After several hours of quev-
tioning Saturday night, the boys
were released, but Sunday morn
ing they were again taken from
their home, and Delbert Lacy
confessed to the crimes, impll-
eating his older brother, his
two married sisters and hla
mother^ the police declare.
Delbert*told of how be and hla
younger brothers. had been In
timidated by the threats of his
sisters and his. older brother,
and how, they had been forced to
commit the robberies and bring
the loot home, where It was
stored in the Lacy home.
He
told of several caches, and when
the police investigated his story,
they
uncovered
trunk
aftei
trunk, rilled with goods which
they declared to have been stol
en.
Most of the property stolen nt
the Good and Templer resi
dences has been recovered, but
It Is believed there are other
caches, where additional loot will
be found,____________________ |
Sheriff Ralph Jennings was
called last night and took the
two elder women to Jacksonville.
Clyde Lacy, who has been before
the courts before, and who la
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Poiketaan at Baker Uses
Club to Subdue
Senator
Entire Family Involved in
Thieving Gang, Police
Night Police
Captures Real
Kicky Mule
The rPHidenta of Ashland
may sl«*ep without fear of be
ing disturbed by hoboes or
prowlers. Hie night police
man la on the job, watching
and petroling the streets, and
keeping the city free from
the night pests which invade
some cities. Like Santa Claim,
his namesake, he aeea every
thing and knows everything.
Friday night, a hobo was
walking along the streets,
looking at the lighta, at the
w I i h I o w s , and stopping every
once In a while aa if he did
not know what it waa all
about.
The keeper of the city waa
on the Job, and soon put the
poor hobo under arrest, since
he would not, or coaid no*
answer the qncatlon put to
him. At a little before four
o'clock Saturday m om lag,
there coaid be seen the faith
ful keeper of the city coming
down Mata street, with hia
BAKER, Ore., Sept. 14— (IT.
P ,)— The charge against Senator
Stanfield, arrested last night
and hooked on the charge of
drunkenness and disorderly con
duct. will be pressed only at a
disorderly conduct charge, It was
declared here today by' Frank C.
McCotlock. city attorney.
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B^KER, Or«.. 8ept. 14— (U.
P J — Senator R. N. Stanfield of
Oregon, republican, the junior
United States senator from this
state, was at liberty here today,
under a bond of fifty dollars,
on a charge of drunkenness and
disorderly conduct, which has
been filed against him In the
city court here.
Stanfield wan arrested Sunday
night, in a cafe here, by Po
liceman Phil Edens, who de
clared that Senator Stanfield
was throwing things about the
cafe.
When Edens told Stanfield
that he was under arrest, the lat
ter is said to have hit the officer
under the eye. Eden promptly
took out his club and subdued
Stanfield. The senator spent the
night In the city Jail, and at
hls preliminary hearing this
morning, pleaded 'not guilty to
the charge, and was released
upon the posting of the fifty
dollar bond.
fJ E E C H K U Y T .
Cullen Landis, screen actor*Jeriously injured in Log
Angeles when hia automobile
Another car collided.
Roy Chapman Andrews, explorSf, who reports finding
forty dinosaur e n a in China. Mary Lygo, former Follies
girl, la said to be, the reason Gordon G. Thorne, wealthy
Chicagoan, haa broken down. Love for his wife and fe a r
she thought he still loved Maty sent him to the hospital.
Count Laszlo Szechenyi, Hungarian Minister to the United
States, and husband o f Gladys VajideibHt, has sailed for
Europe.
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Go »’long
Mule,
You’re Through
With Serviee
Samuel Rea, president of
the Pennsylvania Railroad,
who will be seventy Sept. 21,
will retire on a pension Oct.
1, after fifty-five yearn in the
service of the road.
W ith • total of 16,222,
registration of foreign mffOta
vehicles In Oregon for the W M
of August, just closed, W M-ffgl
132 In excess of the registratteta
for August of 1924, and leaked
4,468 of equalling the legleird
tions for the month of Inly,
1925.. The registrations for Aeg-
ust of 1923, amounted to 11,121,
according to Sam A. Koser, Sae-
retary of State.
Every state In the United
States was represented aMonff
Oregon guests for the month of
August and there were 241 vie-'
(tors from Canada,
19
from
Hawaii, four from Alaska, owe
from China and one from
trails. The total registration lor.
the eight months’ period, Jane
uary 1 to August 31, Inclusive,
amounted to 62.933 as compared
to 69.632 for the corresponding
period of 1924 and a total Of
75,671 for the entire year of
! 1924.
. si ;* lO I
The
Total of $245,000 to be Pre
Seated to Klamath
Tribesmen
K LAM A TH PALLS, Sept. 14.—
A special payment o f^ 200 to each
Indian on the Klamath Indian
reservation has been authorised
by Secretary of -the Interior Hu
bert Work, according to word re
ceived here Saturday.
Upon receiving verification of
reports that the Klamath Indians
had experienced 8 consecutive bad
years in which poor crops prevail
ed, the secretary of the interior
authorized the 'general payment
from the tribal reserve receipts
from reservation timber sales.
The number of Indians partici
pating In the special payment will
be 1226 and the aggregate pay
ment which was authorised am
ounts to 9245,000. It Ci under
stood that the money will be dis
bursed to the Indians by federai
check Immediately.
The treasury deposit credited
to the Klamath reservation from
which the payment -will bo made
now amounts to 9168,000. A con
stant Income from tribal Umber
sales is expected for the next 20
years. Contracts now In force are
expected to bring in 9700,000 for
next year alone.
INQUIRY BOARD
18 NOW APPOINTED
United States forest rang-
it
eps“ at
66
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tt
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I
Wash., station has put up ff
with the most pestiferous, ff
k M n t a nkerous, balkiest ff
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
46
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tt
mule that ever wagged
Its ears, for two long
years.
Now he demands that
thia government mule be
ousted from the service.
in a complaint to d ta
trict headquarters here,
reading:
"Our mule has not yet
become tameable and Is
still a menace to life
and property. Apparently
there is no hope for It to
reform.
It has already
crippled
one
regular
sklnnur and eaten up
blankets In fits or anger,
besides
various
minor
escapades and minor In
juries which have a de
moralizing effect on the
reet of the string."
the ' ‘ Okanogan,
*
genburg goat, but It may w ell
have been an elephant for the
excitem ent It caused.
The little
goat, escaped
from its ow ner, dashed down
Main . afreet early Saturday
evening. In th e dusk, it« col
o rin g almo:«t Identical with
that o f a «leer hundred« who
naw it w ere po«ltlve that a
faw n or sm all deer, frighten
e d , by th e sh o ts «luring. ( I k *
early part o f d«*er «canon, lia«l
Nx-onie bcwlhlrn*«l and came
Into town.
Down Main str«*et the goat
ran, 'alm ost luto the |to«t
office door. It wa« frtghter«*d
aw ay by the crowd o f peopl«»
«landing there, and turned
in to Llthla Park, where It dis
appeared.
Those who «aw the goat
w ere alm ost positive it wa* a
deer — at leant they were
positive until It« owner ap
p ealed on the a v n r looking
for It. Then they «l<*clar«*d
they knew all the tim e It was
a goat, but were «Imply try
ing to "«poor1 som eone.
STEAMER MAY STAY
IN ICE ALL WINTER
Whitey” Watson, Held f<
NAME, Sept. 14.— (U P .) —
Theft, Declares welcher The Hudson’s Bay Company steam
er Baychlmo, caught In the lee
Was Friend
off Hershchel Island, Is In no
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ASTORIA, Ore., Sept. 14— danger, and may stay there all
“Whitey" Watson, Identified as winter, according to reports reach
one Of the men who robbed the ing here today.
EVOLUTION LECTURE
HERE IS POSTPONED
The lecture "Evolution or the
Bible, Which.” which was to have
been given at the Baptist church
this evening, will be given tomor
row night by J. J- 81ms. noted
«^ttnr sad lecturer. It wds an-
Murray, Wlllos and Kelly, wa«
very ' much Interested in - the
R 0DGBR8 TO START
1 Aurora bank robbery.
Several
FOR HOME FRIDAY times he asked the local pollc'o
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I what reward had been offered
HONOLULU,
Sept.
14— (U .' (Or the capture of the men
P .)— Zealously guarded by phy-
alcians and friends, Commander
fobn Rodgera and hla flying
mates of the PN-9-1, continued
to recuperate today from their
experiences during the 919 hours
whteh they ware adrift at sea.
Rodgers w ill leave Friday to?
California on the U. S. B. Call-
ferula. Whether his four mates
will sail with him Is uncertain.
679t
16,-
943; Colorado, 968; Connecticut,
46; Delaware. 4; Florida, 194;
Georgia. 9; Idaho. 3,191; Illinois,
648; Indiana. 263; Iowa, 477;
Kansas, * 534;
Kentucky, 96
Louisiana, 61; Maine, 14; Maa
sachusetts,
94;
Maryland,
27
Michigan. 353; Minnesota, 299;
Mississippi, 34; Missouri, 977
Nebraska, 477
Visitors who attend the Jack- Montana, 745
ff
WASHINGTON». 8ept. 14. —
(U . P J — Secretary of Navy
W ilbur today announced the per-
sonnet of the court of inquiry
Which la to investigate the Shen- Aurora State bank last October,
amioah disaster. The board will was a pal of Philip Carson, who
■abt at Lakehurst as soon as tippe^ officers on Tom Murray
possible, possibly this week. The a few weeks ago, Watson told of-
board constats of Rear Admiral fleers before ba was taken to
H ilary P. j Jones, Captain P a u l; Salem - Friday to await trial in
Foley, Captain Frank A. C lark,1 the Marlon county circuit court
Captain Lewis B. MeBrtdga, Com-J for his allege«? part In the bank
mender John H. Towers, Lieuten- robbery.
ant Commander Ralph C. Penney-
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or and Lieutenant Commander M.
Carson, when he was In Ash-
1, Pierce.
land, **,°rtly after the capture of
by states.
Alabama, 21; Arisons,
* Arkansas. 79; California,
at Jackson
31
81
registrations,
' for the eight months period,
I January 1. to August 31, inclu
sive, follows:
who
held up the bank, and upon onn
occasion remarked: "That Isn't
enough.
I f they offered more,
| could bring the man in."
officers at that time paid
little u r no attention to Car-
yon'a- remarks cducernlug the
'Aurora robbery. since It was felt
that ha was simply endeavoring, ease of I
to air hia Importance over having taken up
aids« la the «apturc of Murray, expected
son County Industrial Fair, Med
ford, September 19 to 19, will
have an opportunity of seeing
a larger and finer fruit ex
hibit than shown at any other
fair In the country this year.
While fair patrons will be sur
prised and marvel at the many
fine attractions at this year's
show, no sight will prove more
impressive than the many ex
hibits of perfect fruit that will
greet the eye In the agricultural
pavilion: There will be the out
standing varieties of pears from
the two and one-half million dol
lar crop this year as well as
scores of other varieties of fyult
and vegetabes too numerous to
mention^
With the fair season close at
hand the management is makirg
preparations for the biggest pear
show In years. Enough entrlej
already have been assured to
nearly tax the capacity of the
pavilion and- entry lists do not
close until September 14.
Re
gardless <>r-H»a number of en
tries every exhibit entered will
Nevada. 312; New Hampshire.
12; Nevv.Jersey. 106; New Mex
ico, 108; New York. 380; North
Carolina, 23; North Dakota. 197;
Ohio,
425;
Oklahoma,
460;
Pennsylvania, 223; Rhode Island,
19; South Carolina, 8; South
Dakota, 181;
Tennessee, 89;
Texas, 480; Utah, 719; Vermont,
16; ■ Virginia, 47; Washington.
12,430; Washington. D. C., 16;
Wisconsin. 235; Wyoming, 279.
The registrations, by stations,
for the eight months period,
January 1 to August 21, In
clusive. follows:
Albany, 955; Ashland, 19.047;
Astoria,
322;
Baker.
1,279;
Bend,
553;
Corvallis,
411;
Eugene. 1.685; Gold Beach. 222;
Grants Pass, 4,942; Hood River,
493; Klamath Falla. 2,879; La
Grande,
954;
Lakeview.
71;
Marshfield. 169; Medford. 9.992;
Mlltofl-Freewater, 799; Newport,
10; North Bend. 51; Nyaaa. 799;
Ontario, 2.984; Oregon City. 291;
Pendleton, 1,454; Portland, 6,-
841; Roseburg. 1,660; Salem,
3.027; Seaside. 195; The Dalles.
1,627; Vale. 40; Inspectors, 30.
at Chamber
Luncheon Tomorrow;
Congressman W. C. Hawley,
Oregon congressman, will be the
main speaker at the Chamber of
commerce forum luncheon, to ba
held at the Llthla Springs hotel
tomorrow, J. H. Fuller, secrotary
of the chamber announced to
day.
Hawley is the second
Ms
speaker to appear at the tarns
luncheons since the sumador per
iod during which no luncheons
were held.
Secretary of State Sam. A.
Koser was the speaker at the
opentpg luncheon throe weeks
ago. Last Tuesday no luncheon
was held, since Monday was a
holiday and It was Impossible to
reach the members of the cham
ber. Senator Stanfield had heea
arranged as the speaker at thia
luncheon, bnt ho appeared Mon
day evening nt a dinner gtvee
here la his honor.