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Historical Society
Auditorium
MALARIA GERMS
Cannot survive three months in
the rich ozone at Ashland. Pure
doinestio water helps.
The Tidings Has Been 'Ashland's Leading Newspaper, For Nearly Fifty Years
(United Preen ttflr Service)
OL. XL1X
Successor to the 8emi-Weekly Tiding». Volarne 48
HOFE TO S T O >|is P Clad
I S ^ to r Hc
D S Ô F Ï M R Be Out of it
ON SUN D A Y S
Petition Being Circulated to
Put Stop to Attractions
at Pair Grounds
COUNTY COURT ASKED
Declare Large P a rt of People
Cannot W illin g ly Ha net Ion
•
each Attractions
Backed by the Jackson County
Branch of the Rogue River Val-
fcy Ministerial association, a
move is now on foot to prevent
the use of all county 'grounds for
commercial enterprises on Sun
days, it was learned here this
morning.
That the move Is an attempt
to prevent the use of the county
lair grounds for any amusement
. purposes on Sundays Is apparent,
' for worded In the petition is the
request that the County Court
take such action as may be
Bgcexsary to prevent the use
of these grounds on Sundays.
The pastors and a volunteer
gtonp of the lay members of
Mie churches of Ashland and
Talent will meet in the Christian
church this evening at 7:30, to
complete plans for securing sig
natures to a petition to be Sub
mitted to the County Court.
This petition, contains the fol
lowing paragraphs:
(“We, whose signatures
are
hereunto attached, being real-
dent cltlsena of the County of
Jackson and the State of Ore
gon, and of legal age. do here
by respectfully and most earnest
ly petition the County Court of
Jackson County, Oregon In the
0 . A. C. Professor Says
Spray Should be Used
at This Time
Fruit grbwers of Southern
Oregon should at once start
spraying their trees with Bor
deaux mixture, in order to pro
tect them during the winter from
the various tree diseases, ac
cording to H. P. Baras, professor
in the department of botany
and plant pathology of the Ore
gon Agricultural College.
Carl J. Brommer, manager of
the Ashland F ru it and Produce
association inquired of Baras the
protection which should be given
trees at this time of the year,
and in reply. Bares outlined the
following matter;
FPSeedUiu - in ' protecting every
“ First. Believing that a right
fru it tree, raised in any quan
attHnde toward the recognised
tity in the Southern Oregon sec
and established sanctity of the tion. -
%
American Christian Sabbath, pre
Apple trees may be protecteJ
cludes the right of any body of against weather Infection from
cltiaens to utilise the property apple tree anthigcnose. European
of the county for purposes, in canker and lonirf other rarer
which a large part of the etti- type of Bark diseases by the use
sens cannot willingly assent, and of Bordeaux mixture, Baras says.
which practice we believe has The branches and trnnk should
already
been detrimental
to be thoroughly coated with the
county harmony, peace of mind
■pray.
and fullest cooperation in County., Pear trees that suffer from
enterprises, and a financial loss
European canker -will be bene-
In the operation of same; and
fltted by a similar appUeation
"Second.
We, therefore, be to prevent new infection.
.
lieve it develops upon your hon
Peach trees should be pro
orable Court, which has the lé
tected in the summer or fall, in
gal oversight and custody of the order to prevent wet weather
Jackson County F air Grounds, in infection from the peach blight
the name of the County, to take fungus, which Is the cause of
such action as may be necessary the peach fruit spotting, and
to prevent the use of these the death of the buds on the
grounds for commercialised av peach trees during the winter.
tractions on Sundays in the fu This is he most destructive peach
ture.”
disease in Oregon.
Every bud
This petition Is sponsored by and ail the bark of the peach
the Jackson County branch of tress should be thoroughly cover
the Rogue River Ministerial as ed with the Bordeaux.
, ,
sociation, and Is being circulated
A ll loganberries and raspber
throughout the county. The Med ries, currants and gooseberries
f o r d Ministerial association has and rose hushes are more likely
charge of the • elrculatlon of the to come through the winter with
petition In the Northern half uninjured canes if the Bordeaux
of the county, and the Ashland mixture is applied before the
association in the Southern half. fall rains come on, Bares de
clares.
Tooze Candidate
For State School
Head Position
F. J. Toose, editor and man
ager of the Oregon Teachers
Monthly, has announced his can
didacy for the Republican nom-
IUAtTon At tne m a y p r i m a r y w tw v
tlon for 8tate School Superin
tendent, the office to be vacated
by J. A. Churchill, when the lat
ter becomes president of the
Southern Oregon Normal school
here.
Toose has had extensive edu
cational training and successful
experience in school teaching and
administration.
He taught In
the rural schools for several
years.
He was superintendent
of city ’ schools at Oregon City
CALIFORNIA CAR
DAMAGED IN
CRASH HERE
A . Star conpe, driven by
James ^1. Kearman of Los An
geles was badly damaged in an
accident which occurred on the
Paelflo Highway, at the in ter
section of W alker Avenue and
the highway this morning.
A Chandler touring ear, driv
en by Austin Parsons of W alker
Avepue was slightly damaged In
the same crash, which accnrred,
according to Chief of Police Mc
for Blue years.
Nabb, who Investigated the ac
He wan n member of the Sen cident, when Parsons drove hie
ate Ways and Means committee car onto the highway without
during the last session of the first ascertaining whether, any
state legislature.
cara were traveling along the 1M*
ter roadway.
St. Heelns — New High school
will ba ready for occupancy by
New, Year.
As Col. Mitchell's Court M artial Started
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N EW YORK, Nov. 5—
Mayor John F. Hylan,
after casting hie vote in
a candy store. Tuesday
morning, came out with
Mrs. Hylan and confront
ed a battery of camera
men and reporter*. -
" I guess this is the
la s t' time,”
he ’ said.
“There will t nsvpr be
enotagh interest in me for
the editors to send you
out to see me vote.
I
have
had eight
hard
working years, troubled
years. I am glad to be
out of it.”
BORDEAUX WILL
PROTECT TREES
SAYS EXPERT
This picture was taken as Col. William B. Mitchell went on trial in Washington for his
attack on the arm y’s air policies. Left to right, it shows Col.White, his military coun
sel, and W hite’s assistant:-Representative Frank R. Reed, his civilian counsel; Col.’Mit
chell, and, seen oyer his shoulder, Mrs. Mitchell.
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H. C. CONWAY IS
CONVICTED ON
LIQUOR COUNT
Prince Takes
Another Tumble
While Hunting
Man Arrested in Local Case
Found G uilty on Opening
Henry C. Conway, « charged
with possession of a still, was
found guilty by a Jury in the
circuit court Tuesday afternoon
after 45 minute«’ deliberation.
The principal witnesses against
Conway were Mr. and Mrs. Don
Stonebreaker, who testified to _
alleged associations for the sell
ing and manufacturing of moon
shine.
Jack Durondo, ' alleged
salesman of the liquor, was ac
quitted by a Jury last week.
The defense presented an alibi
to the state’s etar witness by of
fering testimony that Conway
was in North Bend on June 25,
an Important date in the testi
mony of Stonebreaker. ,
The trial of J. 8. Wheaton,
also charged with a liquor viola
tion, was began in the ' circuit
court this morning and Is ex
pected to be concluded late to
day.
*
The next case on the calendar
Is that of Hyman Huntley, charg
ed with first degree murder as
the result of a stabbing affray
last September, In Medford, re
sulting in the death of Jesss
James Gibbs. The quarrel was
due, it is charged, because of
the alleged attentions paid by
Gibbs to Mrs. Huntley.
Mercury Here
Drops Below
Freezing Point
, NO. 56
ASHLAND, OREGON, THÜRS DAY, NOV. 5, 1925
LEIG HTO N BUZZARD,
Bedfordshire,
England,
Nov. 8— The. Pf }nce of
Wales Tuesday took his
first tumble from horse
back since returning to
England from his South
African and South Amer
ica Journey.
The fall
came in the course of an
exciting fox hunt whan
the. prince's horse failed
to. take an awkard fence.
The prince was nnhurt.
The prince’s hunt had
been chasing a fox for
TEAM IS
INGOOD SHAPE
FOR HEDFORD
Speed to be Mainstay of
tyocal Attack Indicated
'*
by Hughes
W
but four practice ses
sions remaining before their
first tussle with the Medford
High eleven, the Ashland high
pounding along every
until dark, in an effort
to get Into shape where they will
-w r h ear and the hounds
Y e 'Is le to make a strong show,
were in full cry. Coming
tng against the strong Medford
to a fence with a big
outfit.
ditch In front of it his
Coach Hughes has been work
horse failed, to take the
ing on speed and then more
Jump and both the prince
speed, antj^hls first string men
and his mount disap
are showing up better than ever
peared Into the watery
before thlB season. The victory
chasm.
The
prince
over the Roseburg outfit gave
Scrambled
ou(
unhurt,
the inexperienced youngsters a
but his horse was ihired
lot of confidence and since that
and was released Only
time they have looked L00 per
with
difficulty.
The
cent better in practice than ever
royal huntsman then gave
before this year.
up the -chase and re
Gosnell, who had to be car
turned to London.
ried from the field during the
Several other hunters
Roseburg game, is still out of a
In the party had bad
suit, and it is doubtful whether
falls on account of. the
he will get into the first Med
wet grounds.
ford game. The defensive work
of the little fullback will be
sadly missed, since he was one
of the strongest on the local
squad In stopping line plays.
Gillette, the husky tackle,
whose leg has been bothering
him all season, is in the best
shape yet, and should be capably
of. putting up a real battle
against Medford.
W ith the exception of Gosnell,
probably the same lineup which
took the field against Roseburg
Judgment Sought Against will face the Medford eleven.
Local Man to Force
No .game has been scheduled
Payment
for Saturday, and the boys will
enjoy a two day rest over the
The Llthlan Hotel company ot
week end.
Ashland, TuesdB^ filed civil suit
In the circuit court against J. J.
Deakln for |42 0, alleged to be PLAN TO MURDER
due on stock subscriptions to the
MUSSOLINI FOUND
hotel construction campaign. It
ROME, Nov. 6— (U. P . ) ~
Is alleged that Deakin, a real
estate agent, subscribed for 3500 Police today reported that they
worth Of stock and paid 3150, had discovered a plot to shoot
Following
and subscribed for a 3100 share Premier Mussolini.
and paid 330. Judgment on the the discovery, Mussolini ordered
two causes of action for a bal all Masonic lodges to be occupied
ance- d i H Z d alleged to he «I...- r,y m ili tary f ore**, and fur the
Unitarian,-Socialist party to be
la sought.
,
, .
disbanded.
The plot was to assassinate
EDITOR MUST SERVE
Mussolini aa he spoke to thou
TERM FOR CONTEMPT sand before Chlgl Palace on
Italy's Armistice Day. The ar
8ACRAMENTO, Nov. 6— (U. rest of ex-Deputy Zantbonl, So
P .)— Alfred LAndsley, Eureka. cialist, and his secretory, Qnag-
California editor, must eerve his lia, and General Luigi Capello,
sentence of 1,000 days in Jail for noted Mason, is believed to have
contempt of court, the Third ended the Incident.
District Court of Appeals held
LITH1AN HOTEL
CO. OPENS SUIT
IN STOCK CASE
B r-r-r-r!
That single exclamation ex
plains Ashland’s attitude toward
the weather last night.
W ith the mercury In the
thermometer resting at 24, eight
degrees below the freezing mark,
motorists were crawling around
under their cars, draining the
water from the radiators to pre
ven t freezing.
A heavy, killing frost was reg
istered here, and a coat of 'white
g ree t ed —M r. e nd M ro i A s hl a n d
when they arose this morning.
During the morning hours, the
surrounding hillsides were cov
ered with snow. About an Jnch
of snow was recorded at the
Slskljrous, but according to W il
liam Drummond; in charge of
the highway maintenance crew,
there la no- snow on the pave
ment.
• Yesterday, the rainfall totaled
.18 Inches, one of the heavleet
rains of the season, Lohls Dodge today in effect.
The editor was sentenced in drunk is killed
official weather observer report
the lower . court for contempt
ed.
.
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>
as a result of articles appearing
TACOMA, Nor. 8— (U. P.)—
In hie newspapers during his
WALL HTREET WILD
to
NEW YORK. Nov. 8— (U. P .) trial on a charge ot criminal James Casey was burned
death
last
night
in
a
tide
flats
--Another wild day on the -stock libel.
FINE DISPLAY
OF APPLES IS
BÉING HADE
S'
ANTI SALOON
LEAGBE STARTS
SESSION TODAY
Fruit and Produce Associa
tion Has Packed Pruit
on Show
Declare Need for Vigilance
is Greater at Present
Than Ever
ALBERT JOHNSON W INS
IS
Veteran Orchardlst Given F irst
Frtee for F ru it Shown at
Forum Luncheon
A ttem pts Being Made by Liquor
Interests to W eaken Watch
fulness o f Authorities
F IG H T IN G
MAD
CHICAGO, Nov. 5 — (IP) —
. The display of apples in the
Aroused by jttae persistent agita
lobby of the Lithla Springs hotel
tion for modification of the dry
1» a part of the program for ob
law after five years of prohibition,
servance of national' Apple Week
the Anti Saloon League of Amer
by the Ashland chamber of com
ica convened here today In Its
merce.
22nd national convention to pro- ‘
The chamber offered three
claim to temperance Amerjca and
prizes for the best three, plates
friends of prohibition “ the great
of five apples each of any var
est crisis since 1913.”
iety.
Harking back 12 years to their
Albert Johnson, Ashland's vet
eran apple grower exhibits eleven “Honest Tom " Cavanaugh. Pittsburg decision to campaign for nation-
ide prohibition by constitution
plates of eleven different var police lieutenant, has resigned from
ieties, the following
varieties the force after having made more al amendment after 20 years of
than 8.000 Uquor raids. * Once he
constituting , the
assortment: descended on 200 places In two days. local- option experiments, leaders
Newtown, Black Twig, Bellfleur, BeOhatUhoen^on the*force^tw enty took courage from the success
of the move and prepare to fight
Llmbertwig,
Delicious;
Golden
“ wets” to a standstill in defense
Delicious, Banana, King David,
Shannon,
Pippin,
Gano
and
of the reform.
A national enforcement plan
Swaar.
The plate of Delicious
and policy to weldF'churches and
won the first prize, being an
temperance people everywhere
nounced a perfect exhibit so far
throughout the country into de
as color, etc., is concerned.
termined resistance to modifica
Second prize was awarded to
Thornton Wiley on a plate of
tion has been formulated by the-
Spltsenberg, and third also to
League and will he announced at
Mr. Wiley on a plate of Yellow
the present convention.
Newtown. Other exhibitors were
The League Is fighting mad at
H. H. Leavitt of Ashland and
the recent turn of events which
H. 8. Glelm of Talent.
have cast doubt on the success'
Damascus of prohibition and given encour
The intention was not so much Inhabitants of
to make a prize contest as to Fleeing, Damage Estimat-
agement to the modlflcatlonlsts.
. ed at $27500,000
make a showing of the quality
They blame the temperance work
and variety of products of the
ers of the country for a relaxa
LONDON, Nov. 5— (U . P .)— tion ot vigilance aa much as the
Ashland and Talent District. The
Ashland F ru it and Produce as- French artillery units, according aggressive efforts of brewers and
aociatlen is making aa exhibit to a Jewish Telegraph agency ether “wet«" to reopen th e R-
of apples In commercial pack report, have chocked the advaace quor question In Congress.
shape In the former Plummor of the Syrian Insurgents, who
Words will not be minced at the
were aiming • blow In the direc
Grocery store.
present meeting. Attendance of
A plan of having vacant store tion of Damascus.
clergymen has been particularly
The report states that all traf
windows filled with exhibits of
solicited so that the fighting
home grown products is being fic ' in Damascus wap reported spirit may be instilled in them
worked out by the retail trade suspended, with all shops closed, again and a crusading message
committee of the chamber of and the Inhabitants fleeing Into given them to take back to their
commerce, of which cotnmlttee the open country.
congregations.
Railway service Into Haifa
E. Jt. Isaac Is chairman. This
Leaders of the League avow,
week the Ashland Fruit and Pro from Damascus has been In and say that everyone ought to
duce Association, filled ope win terrupted.
know, that the prohibition Job
dow.
in the United States is not com
PARIS, Nov. 5— (U. P.) —
Next week the Bagley Cannery
pleted. Prohibition has been on
will utilize the store formerly Losses caused by the French the statute books five years and
occupied by J. H. Mcgee, and bombardment of Damascus last Its benefits are apparent, they
others will he filled as fast as month were seml-offlclally esti say, but add that enforcement
mated today as totalling two mil
opportunity is given.
Is not on the high level of achieve
The weekly chamber of com lion, five hundred thousand dol
ment It must reach.
lars.
merce forums are
continually
Liquor Interests, Ij Is contend
growing In interest, and this
ed, have never given up hope for
week taxed the’ capacity of the
repeal of the dTy law. and they
dining
room at
the
Lithla
are charged by the League with
Springs hotel, It was thought
using eSery means, legal or Illeg
that the chamber of commerce
al, to bring back the sale of
and the Women's Civic Club
liquor. The League to particular
could be accommodated at the
ly alert to what It
declares
same time and that the latter
“their most Insidious proposition”
organization might enjoy the
— the restoration of light wtoe
program of the chamber prior to
and beer "under the pulse of
their own program, hut over
promising temperance.”
150 of the two groups gathered
Necessity of reorganising the
for the luncheon, the chamber
Cash, checks and Jewelry, federal prohibition forces, the
having more than forty of the valued at more than 3150, were
apparent Inability of all dry forces
farmers from the surrounding taken by burglars who broke in
to cape with certain wet cities,
territory as guests.
V) the Trowbridge Cabinet Works publication of the prohibition re
The forum programs for the In Medford last night, accord
port of the Federal Council ot
next two weeks will center ing to the local police, who were
Churches which tended to bring
around Armistice Day for next notified this morning.
the ultimate success of prohibi
week, Tuesday, November 10,
Chief of Police McNabb today
tion in doubt — all these are
and Education Week and day. warned merchants of this city
symptoms of a situation which re
Tuesday, November 17.
to be on the lookout for these
quires the concert attention and
For Armistice Day program checks, since it is believed that
drastic action of prohibition’s ad
Rev. H. B. Pemberton, newly tho»e who committed the rob
vocates’ In the League’s opinion^.
appointed pastor of the Ash bery will attempt to pass them
land Methodist church will be before leaving this vicinity.
the speaker who will give an ad-
The following checks were
7
FRENCH GENS
HALT SYRIAN
REBELADVANCE
CHECKS TAKEN
IN ROBBERY
AT HEDFORD
dm »
«Specially appropriate to l . (nlBn
the occasion.
The officers of
the Ashland Legion w ill have
charge of the program, and It
is hoped as many chamber of
commerce members as possible
will avail themselves of this op
portunity to honor and observe
the true significance of this
yearly occasion.
For the education week pro
gram some consideration Is be
ing given to planning an evening
meet. Instead of the usual noon
gathering.
WHEN SHAOK BURNS
shack. His friends say he was
According to the new motor market's latest boom saw 8,-
Colombia River cranberry drop drinking, and waa probably too
790,800 shares change hands to
drunk to escape.
la estimated at 160 carloads.
(Continued on gaga fear)
day.
.
,
5,(XXr Raids
Rudolph Blnsler,
38.75
drawn on the Farmers and Fruit
Growers bank; N. L. Hawka, 34.
drawn on the tame bank; Mrs.
Eva Owens, 330, drawn on the
Medford National bank; J. H.
Owens. 336, drawn on the Med
ford National bank; A. Psnwsll.
322.86, drawn on the Jackson
County Bank, and H. L. Vandsr-
tnark, 310.60, drawn on the
First National B a J ^ of Medford.
In addition. Insurance policies
and personal papers, a man’s
cameo. ring and long agate set
for a ladles ring * sre token.
THE WEATHER
t
Oregon and Washington
I — Fair and freeaing in
I the Mast portion. Frost
I In the West. Light varl-
I able winds.
YOUTH SHOOTS FATHER
ALRAMY, N ov . 8— <U. P .)—
Jackäon County
Assessed Value
Set at 61 Per Cent
SALEM, Nov. 8— (U . P .)—
The ratio ot Ysaoesed value to
the actual caatr value of property
shows hot a alight change for
the 1935 ratio over the ratio of
last /bar, figures made public
by the State Tax Commission,
here today revealed.
The ratio this year tor Jack-
eon county to <1 per cent -while
for Josephine county It to 47
per cent.
Joe Schwlndt, 48, a farmer, who
Eugens — Forest
was shqt by hla son sear Scio
yesterday, to resting easily, part will build 18-mlle No
^ B lech ley phone line.
ly conscious today.
t