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VOL. XLIX
imi-Weekly Tidings, Volume 43
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ASHLAND, OREGON,
Portia Brings Her Baby
Obtainh
tition
Friends at a Loss to Understand Tragedy. Bodies Not Found
Until More Than Four Hours After Shooting. Neighbor
Declares She Heard Shots, But Paid no Attention to Them.
Five Shots Were Fired.
, Seized with a sudden fit of insane anger, Ray Jillson, 30,
son of a well known local family, shortly after one o’clock
yesterday afternoon, after crushing her skull with heavy blows
from a gas pipe, shot and killed Mrs. Fred Neil, daughter of
a pioneer Southern Oregon family, and then^ turning the gun
on himself, sent one bullet'crashing into his brain; The shoot
ing occured at the family home of the Neil’s at 152 Sherman
street
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Jillson has for years been intimate with the Neil family.
For five years he has been a roomer at the Neil home, while he
was emplolyed as night ticket agent at the Southern Pacific
depot Before coming to Ashland, Jillson was employed hy
Fred Neil, husband of the d$a 1 woman, qathe Neìlrànbhon
thè Déad Indian’ road.
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In fact, so intimate was Jillson with thè family that lie had
been taken many times as a son of Mr. an dMrs. Neil. He was
looked upon as a son, according to Mr. N eil t ,
Jillson’s actions shortly before the fatal shooting prove
conclusively, the police declare, that the act was done in a fit
of anger. Working nights, it has been Jillsón’s custom to sleep
throughout the morning, rising shortly before noon. Yester
day, according to his custom, he arose at eleven o’clock and
came to the business district There he met several acquaint
ances, who talked with him for some time, and he latter made
purchases of clothing in several stores.
He returned home, according to Mr. Neil, while the family
were at their'noonday meal. He was apparently in good spirits,
Mr. Neil declared, and about 12:45 when the latter left for the
Ashland Creamery, where he is employed, Jillson was playing
with Jean, young daughter of the family.
The first intimation that a tragedy had occured in the
little white house on Sherman street came when Jean, the eight
year old daughter òf Mr.,and Mrs. Neil, ran to the home of one
of the neighbors crying,1 ‘Ray Jillson is lying on our hack
porch.” The neighbors investigated and called the police.
Signatures to P<
ddrnr P ie r » to
Chief of Police McNabb and Patrolman Ingling im-
mediately investigated and found Jillson lying on the
back porch of the home, with his egs protruding through
the door leading into the kitchen. Mrs. Neil was lying,
concealed from view from the front of the home in one
comer of the rear porch, which is screened.
Pive shots were fired by Jillson, four entering the
/body of Mrs. Neil, while the fifth was used to end fris
own T O Two of the bullets which were lodged in Mrs.
Nejl’s body would have proven fatal, physicians who
examined the body declare.
Two bullets, which the physicians declare paused
death, crashed into Mrs. Neil’s neck, a few inches below
and to the rear of her right ear. A third bullet, passing
through her hand, lodged in the wall of the abdomen,
while the fourth bullet lodged in her right thigh.
JillBon shot himself in the head, just below the right
temple.
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In addition, Mrs. Neil’s head was tetribly crushed
from the heavy blows of a gas pipe, which was found
lying nearby. The Bhots were fired from a .38 caliber
Smith and Wesson revolver, which has been identified
as belonging to Jillson.
Friends of the Neil family, and those who were in-
If IT P IID I I TDIAI
nil 11 Hr I I I K l/l|
May Change D istrict.
AU ÀÀ
N in e M iles o f Proposed Near f
Road Already Opea ,
M EDFO RD, Nov. 13. — W ith
the announcement from Salem
that the Oregon State Highway
commission haa approved, , the
boundaries of the Siskiyou high
way improvement d istrict ^a Sub
mitted, work was started:- here
getting the Signatur«« o f voters lb
tjhe district to call an election to
got the oplulon of the public la
the matter.,
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The district embraces Medford,
Jacksonville, and towns between
Jacksonville sad
the» Oregon
Caves along the proposed, new,
route from .Medford to the Cavegl
by w ay of Applegate and W llliam d
Creek valley», Throe weeks ago;
the commlsoioaer held a hearing
in Jacksonville,' and on November
7, approved the boundaries. V o t.
ers must now sign a petition ask
ing Governor Pierce to call a *
election. A t the ejection, voter«
w ill decide whether or not tq
build the road, the general law«
of Oregon provide.
A plan for financing the road
w ill he prepared by a C o m m ltti/
named at the tim e the voters ap
prove the project.
“ I t to » n r desire to rush
through the legal preliminaries,
and to start actual construction -
work as near the first of the year
as possible,”
declared
Robert
Boyl, Chamber o f Commerce sec
retary today.
I t is said th a t Grants Pass is
largely in sympathy w ith
the
movement, as the new road will
her a loop entrance to the caves,
and It is thought that that city
w ill ask to come Into the improve
ment district. This could be ac
complished In two ways. By one
method, the highway commission
would be asked to reapprove the
district boundaries, enlarged to
Include Grants
Pass.
By the
other method. Grants Pass could
be Included In the district by a
m ajority vote of the citisens of
that city.
W ith the exception of nine
miles, the road is now open and
in good condition. Between W il
liams and the Caves, however,
there is nothing but a pack trail.
Under the provisions of the law,
the Improvement district may be
organised, and the cost of build
ing the road carried by lands in
cluded In the district. In case the
new route to recognised as a State
highway, however, part of the
cost would ,be carried by the
state and national governments.
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Over Use of Gaa in
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arfare. Mitchell Upheld
by Air Officer
W ASHING TO N, Nov. 11— (U .
P .)— Dropping for the moment tho
inquiry Into the alleged irregu
larities reported In connection
with the testimony of Mrs. Mar*
garet Laadedowne at the inves
tigation of the Shenandoah din-
aster, tho court m artial trying
Colonel W illiam Mitchell today
studied how much gue It would
take to fore« the evacuation of
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Xlru. Jane Sutter, of Toledo, O„ graduated from Ohio State University
•rid was admitted to the bar In 1911. She continued to practice law after
her marriage a year and a half ago. and recently took her baby, Mary
Patricia, to court with her while she argued a ci > m .
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Eleven of 20 Nations Al
ready Have Agreed on
Funding
Idena Joy Wins Trip to
Chicago for Efficiency
in Club Work
LEAVES IN DECEMBER
K' m H ighest Scoring G irl in Htate
W ith Record of 90 1-3
P e r Cent
A wire received last night
from Miss Helen Cowgill, state
club leader of the extension ser
vice of the Oregon Agricaltural
College, stated that Adena Joy,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Joy, of the Bellview district had
beeq selected aa the outstanding
all around club girl of the stats
of Oregoq.
This selection entitles Miss Joy
to tho International Livestock
Exposition, an anual event at
Chicago.
Miss Joy wiU leave
for Chicago early in December.
Similar trips are given yearly
by the Montgomery Ward com
pany to the outstanding» club
girl In every state In the union.
A week’s entertaining Is provided
while the club girls are in Chi
cago, and those who have al-
ready made the trip report won
derful times.
Girl Student at
0. A. C. is a
Regular Tombòy
W ASHING TO N, Nov. 18— (U.
Miss Joy has been active in
P .)— W ith the Italian W a r debt
club work tor four years. This
to the United States funded as
year she carried on four pro
the result of th« acceptance /oa-
jects, aewlng, cooking, canning
terday by the Italians, of the
and home beautification.
counter proposal submitted by
it« fair.' Mias Joy
A t the
the members of the American
won first place in the cooking
Debt Funding Commission, that
and canning competitions, with
body tddsy took up the n«go-.
a percentage of 99 1-3.
This
tlatlons with Roumsnla’s Debt
scor« made her the high scoring
Commission for the settlement
girl In the state.
of that nation’s forty-six mll-
A t the Pacific International
five hundred thousand do!
Livestock Exposition, with her
lar obligations.
team mate, Mery Galey, she won
Funding
agreements
with
first place in a prune bread
eleven of the twenty nations that
demonstration.
This to a new
horrowed from this country dur
feature of club work, which was
ing and immediately after the
Introduced to assist the Oregon
war, have now been effected.
prune growers in disposing of
Thè announcement of the set
their product.
Last year, two
tlement between the Italian and
Ashland girls, Misses Roslna and
American commissions came yes
Frances Gallatin took first place
terday afternoon, after a confer
in the prune bread baking con
ence between members of the
test.
American commission and Presi
This to the first time in the
dent Coolidge, and a later meet
history of club work in Oregon
ing between the Italian and
that the outstanding club girl
American commissions.
of the state has been from
Later, It was indicated that
Southern Oregon.
the Italians agreed to a total
Much credit is given By Miss
debt of 33,042.000,000.
Pay
Joy to County Club Leader R.
ment^ on this debt will be made
W . Fowler and Home Demon -
at a rate of 39.000.000 a year
stratlon Agent Miss Ada Brew*
for five years, increasing there
ster, for the success of dub worlf
after each year.
in Jackson county.
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8 dent from Portland, Is a
taking Industrial' arts at 8
the Oregon - Agricultural 8
college w ith the rest of 8 Products Reach High Point
for Jackson. County.
the boys.
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Figures Show
She is the only girl in 8
the department.
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W hile Miss Anderson 8
Agricultural conditions In Jack-
attended high school in 8 son bounty ^ere never better,
Portland she took man- 8 although prices on. most farm
ual training, and is quite 8 produce are slightly lower than
at home in the wood
last year, inquiries made thia
working shop at O. A. C.
week by a news reporter show.
Definite
plans
have
, JVheat is worth 31.45 to 31-60
ana is worth the same in Port
been made for her life
land, 'less- the freight.
This is
work by Miss Anderson.
lower than last year, but yields
When she finishes college
she wants to teach, and
were better, and the good crop
later study medicine and
was general, assuring a more
even distribution than was evi
go to India as a mission
ary.
dent ldst year.
A lfalfa seed is selling at 36
Recently when a water
pipe broke at Cauthorn
cents a pound, or the same an
last year.
Jackson county pro
H a ll she prevented much
duces not quite enough to meet
damage by prompt use
the local- demand.
of her pliers.
This year, there Is a shortage
of hogs in the county, with the
result that they are selling for
about 12 1-2 cents In Portland,
where local livestock is largely
marketed.
The price last year
was 10 cents.
Barley is selling for 332 a
ton.
Last year the price was
336. but the larger crop will
L IT T L E T O N , Colo., Nov. 13
make up the difference in price,
it Is claimed. Butter-fat Is now - u ( U . P .) —-The life of Dr. H e r
selling at around 69 cents, or old Elm er Blazer, against whom
all charges of murdering bis
George Neathamer Killed
Imbecile daughter, Hasel, were
While at Work on Ranch
yesterday dismissed, has been
Near Rogue River
that of a country doctor.
To the little village of Dil-
GRANTS- PASS, Nov. 13— Skid
lervsle, Ohio, there cams in
ding Into a ditch on the Neat
8 — darson, freshman- girl stu-
tractor Tuesday noon fell on
Georg» Web Wallace Neathamer
and killed him Instantly. With
In Febnm ry, tho thir
his father, the young man was
teenth camo on
Friday.
seeding a piece of land and had
Again In March, the eanu*
been le ft to operate tho tractor
thing took place, and now,
while the father went for more
we get another shot nt It.
teed.
Hie mother heard the
Rowan» o f ladders. Mack
noise of the traetor overturning
eats, witches and «11 eu-
and rushed to the field, only a
peretfttoos,
fa r
today Is
short distance from the house,
Friday, the thirteenth.
and found her eon dead, his
skull crushed, near the tractor
There were no witnesses to tho
TWO ARB INJURED
accident which occurred about
TOULON, France, Nov. 1 3 -
noon.
(U. P .)— A gas explosion to
Funeral services w ill be held
day aboard the French submar
this afternpon at 2 . o'clock at
ine Noreide. started a fire and the Hope Presbyterian chnrch at
injured two
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Motion Pictures
Transmitted
By Wireless
LENINGRAD,
R ussia,
Nov. 13— Dr. V. Popov,
professor of physics at
Saratov university has in-
v e n t e d . an apparatus
which
he
claim s
w ill
transm it photographs of
m oving objects by wire-
less.
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In an application to
It the state patent depart-
It ment for letters of patent,
Dr.
Popov makes the
claims that his machine
w ill transmit within a
few seconds all details
of such objects as moving
m ilitary columns, naval
movements, airplane con-
c e n t r a tlons, theatrical
performances, and similar
spectacles.
BOUNDAR Y APPROVE^
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ASHLAND CLIMATE
Without die nse of medicine cures
nine cases out of ten of asthma.
This is a pjrovr' \c t.
l O * t >8 year aid youth Just
admitted to the
prseUee
of
THE WEATHER
Oregon and Washington
— F a ir in the East por
tion.
Unsettled,
with
probably rain In the west
portion.
Freeh, souther
ly wlnde along the coast.
medicine.
Harold (H a l) Blaser, his life
consecrated to the sufferings of
humanity, settled down In the
none too renumeratlve duties
of a country doctor. There are
those left In DUlervate who re
call the enthusiasm and the ten
derness of the young practtc-
ttoneer.
Mt. and Mrs. Blaser were
prominent In the social life of
their village.
They were com
fortable and happy. Mrs. Blaser
learned not to mind those long
trips her hueband was forced
to make at night along country
roods.
In May, 1831, a daughter war
born to Mrs. Blaser. The child