,!'W MALARIA GERMS Cannot gnrVive three months in the rich ozone at Ashland. Pore domestic water helps. ffs Has Been Ashland's Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years W ire S ervie«) ASHLAND CLIMATE Without the use of medicine cures nine cases out of ten of asthma. This is a proven fact ’ ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2, 1925 Motorship Crosses Ocean; First o f it s Kind A VERY. SHORT SPEAKER ..................I * <• Six Nations Have Recently Agreed to Fund Debts in Sixty Years FIVE A G R E E D UPON Belgium, ('aerilo Hluvakia, Latvia, Esthonia, Ita ly and Roumanla Agreement« to Come up » even a wisp at- smoke 8 from her two funnel^ 8 the Swedish motorshlp 8 Gripahobn, firs t of her 8 k in d t o cross the Atlantic 8 reached this port Monday. 8 The Gripsholm left 8 Gothenburg November 21. 8 The time o f the run to 8 Qii« port was about the 8 average of /t h e largest 8 steamships. 8 Propelled entirely by 8 Diesel engines, the Grip- 8 , sholm is the first large 38 passenger ship of this « type, f " 7 ' W A SHING TO N, Dec. 2— (U . P .) — Agreements with six of the foreign countries, borrowers from the United States during and Im­ mediately after the werld war for fnndingAhelr war debt to this country, win be submitted, for ratification to Congress by the American debt commission next 8 8 The funding agreements, which 8 ♦ e re reached a fter strenous ef­ 8 forts on the part of the mem­ bers of the committee, call for the funding of the debts over a period of 62 years. The nation« which recently agreed *on funding terms, the terms which Congress w ill be asked to ra tify are Belgium. Csecbo-8lovakla, Latvia, Esthon­ ia. Italy and Roumanla. Arrangements which were reached with Hungary, Great Britain, Finland. Lithuania and Poland have already been ra ti­ fied. FIGHT W COUNT Claire Beebe, reported to have paid a fine of >50 in Klam ath connty for taking more than the bag lim it of docks, declared this morning that he had - not plead SRiKL.«to the charge, and was preparing to fight the case. Beebe was charged by F M. Brown, ohief deputy state game warden of bagging more than the lim it of «lacks, and Brown. after a' conference with Beebe, announced that the la tte r had agreed to plead guilty to the charge. Beebe declares Brown whs wrong in making this statement and declares that he w ill fight the case to the lim it OREGON CITY CLAIMS OLDEST NEWSPAPER OREGON C IT Y , Dec. 2. — (IP) — Oregon City, one of the oldest cides In this state, claims the distinction of having the first newspaper In the Pacific N orth­ west. The pkper was the Oregon Spectator,' issued first on Thurs­ day, February 6, 1866. A monument has been erected by the Hawley *Pulp and Paper company at the spot where the old plant was located. I t is on property now owned by the com­ pany. . W illiam G. Tusult was editor and publisher of the old Specta­ tor, Crude oil is used for internal combustion much as an automobile uses gasoline. f * t-' Angelo Ritto, who i t ' 17 years old and lest than three feet tall, it a member of the debating team of Tech High school at. Omaha, Neb. He’s shown here chatting with a fellow student of riorqel height. Risso trains his ora­ torical voice by selling pa­ pers in his off hours. Page WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—(LP)—Safeguarding Uncle Sam’s vast estate of natural resources lias been Secretary of Interior W ork’s principal task, lie stated in his annual report today. IWork explained bis policy on teelamation, water I>ower, coal, oil, mineral, grazing and timber leasing in a general conservation program. •» — Conservation of these resources, meaning economic use without waste and an intelligent distribution as to time, is finding systematic application in the administra- tion of his department, Work declared. He stated that after a “ hopeless” condition two years ago an appraisal of reclamation work has been made with 1 lie result that $(>(),0(H),000 in new projects has been de- laved because of the danger oT over development. ___ “ The acre construction cost of these new projects will he more than double that af older projects,” said Work. “ The cost of developing farms has increased in like ratio to project construction cost. “ The prospect for settlement is more uncertain at this time and without adequate settlement no project is feasible. 8 8 8 8 No drdtnary m ail la to be .de­ livered on Christmas Day this year— that is the edict thdt haa gone forth from the Office of the Postmaster General of the United States at Washington: And every postoffice in the eoaa- try la iaying its plans to carry out these instructions and -at the same time do it without im pairing tho postal service. W ith a reasonable cooperation on the part of the public there is no question of the depart- ment's program going over with a bang. I t ie Just three weeks and a day now until Christmas and down at the postoffice the force of employees is being organized to carry ont the instructions of tihe^ Postmaffter General. The postal employes are ready to do their part and there is every Indication that the public is go­ ing to cooperate. Christmas mailings are already in evidence. Packages destined for foreign countries have been going from Ashland for a week past and those for eastern states are also beginning, to come in, local post office officials report. Remember, to give to Christ­ mas m all its sentimental value U should reach the addresses In ample tim e to be in keeping w ith the spirit in which it is sent. Shop early, m ail early, and put on your package: ‘‘Do not open t ill Christmas” if you want to make the joy of Chrlat- On TW O N E W V E S S E L S Over $60,000,000 in Projects Delayed in Effort to Make Use Without Economic* Waste. Acre Construction Costs to be More Than Double on New Projects Over Old, Report Shows. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 ' 8 Middle West Big Contributor ion of Public Asked ? Postal Employes ull Holiday (Continued vv Man Testifies Navy lir Force Strongest of Any Nation in World Six) ‘‘Whether the lands will be sufficiently productive to attract qualified Bottlers a f ter the guv- Several weeks ago', th * drive wae first opened, and ,96 mem­ bers were secured for the asso­ ciation within a short time. Mc­ H enry was than called to K la m ­ ath F alla to assist in opening an office in that city, and returned to Ashland to complete the drive here last night. ‘‘W e have had more flhan 35 promises and ww are confident tn a i Wg W ill Hive IRUe or no trouble in cleaning up the needed memberships, In order that Ash­ land may have an A. A. A. of-, flee here In the very near fu-( ture,” '- McHenry declared this morning. At Klamlath Fulla, during the past week., M cHenry obtained 85 new members for the association. A t least 126 new members must he had for the association her^ before an office can be profitably opened. The office, ft has been pointed ont, will bring Ashland much bdneflt, through stopping tourists, a ma­ jo rity of whom are A. A. A. member«, and who stop to con­ sult A. A. A. offices fbr direc­ tions when tearing. Itoy M. Finley, attorney for a Texas poultry association, is the man who prevented 2.500,000 tur- key» from being lost to the Thank: giving market of the east. Easteri states banned shipments of poul­ try front Texas because of an out­ break of the hoof and mouth dis­ ease, but Finley went east anc induced them to modify the em­ bargo sufficiently to permit the M ie of turkeys from counties that wore not affected by the epidemic W ASHINGTON. Dec. 2— (U. P .)— The United States leads the world in naval aviation Commander Kenneth W hiting of the navy bureau of aeronautics, In charge of aircraft carriers, testified a t the Mitchell court m artial hearing today. When the Lexington and the Saratoga. the new airplane carriers, are commissioned, the nation wtll have the most powerful aircraft carriers afloat, W hiting testified. "Each ship is of one hundred eighty thousand horsepower. They are the moat powerful ships of their kind in the world,” W hlt- ing declared......- ......... ....- .... - ■ — W ASHINGTON, Dec. 2— (U, P .)— The Morrow board report on aviation conditions in the United States was delivered to President Coolidge, this morning and will be made public tomor- ro w ._'________________ ' * 1 8 The report, K Is understood by those in close touch w ith the President, recommends no radi­ cal changea in the national de- f (V a U n O i l T A ? i n l A o V j v f k i n i s u I » m k o » a v l i t r a o a l t i t u n i n i A o i f three under-secretaries fbr the a ir in the navy, war and com gallon works, it the question K $18,000 of Equipment Re- merce departments, ip order to to be answered before new pro- ft quested by Chief Baugh­ foster aviation developments. . Jects are recommended.” 8 man of Council The public domain, W ork ex- It piaiped, consists of reeowrcee re ­ A “ Wdnlkltlon "~fW~ M 8,000 ■8**'tW Othirtfi of th e 'c ie C T o j/ » quiring economic,' development worth of equipment for the Ash 8 building 6,000 miles of* 8 to supply present needs as well land fire department was pre­ 8 hard stir faced highways 8 as foresight In administration sented to the city council at the for future generations. Roger Welles, Crater National regular meeting of that body 8 West Phoenix last night, Rathbun is “ There ’are a dozen waterpow­ park ranger, returned Monday Royal Orchards Company last night by Clinton Baughman, 8 The 8,000,000 automo- 8 In the county Jail, facing a er plants operating now in the night from a several days’ in­ Put in 80 Acres Bartletts, chief of the department. In ­ 8 bile owners in these 8 United States of greater capacity cluded in thé list o f equipment liquor charge, while the district spection trip to the park w ith Winter Nellis, Cornice 8 states h iv e paid this year 8 for developing primary power requested by Baughman is a attorney is In charge of 2 gal­ the information that there are 8 more than 861,000.000* 8 2 1-2 feet of snow a t the rim Eighty acres of pear trees are than the site of Muscle Shoals pumper, 2,000 feet of hose, a lons of fig brandy, to be usod 8 in license fees and nearly 8 of the lake, 20 inches at Anna now being planted by the Royal and an equal number of available turret nossle, a life net, and as evidence. 8 830,000,000 more in 8 Although a thorough search of Spring cainp and 10 inches at Orchards company, a California sites of equal possibilities of de­ two ewtra men for the depart­ 8 gasoline taxes. Illinois is* 8 the premises was made, no still velopment,” W ork stated, min­ the Klam ath entrance. concern, a short distance east ment. 8 the one state of the group 8 could imising the Importance of the He found things all right in x be I found, and ft is prob- Baughman explained that he 8 which does not have a 8 Of Talent, where now 20 men single project, in the southeast had been in communication with able that only a charge of pos­ the winter-garbed resort, except are engaged in Che work. 8 gasoline tax. 8 that a large bear had played The trees being set out, are which has been the subject of so the Oregon Insurance Ratlng,Bu- session of liquor w ill be filed 8 Federal aid funds add- 8 against Rathbun. < . . much controversy. havoc in one of the park cabins reau and officials of the bureau 8 ed nearly 820,000.000 8 two years of age, and are of The raid was* conducted by at Anna Spring camp, and also A new grazing law was urged Old Home stock of Bartlett, had informed him that this ad­ 8 to the total available for 8 found Keeper Haas, the youth of to permit establishment of graz­ ditional equipment would result State Officer T. A. Talent, Fed­ W in ter Nellis and Comice varie­ 8 trunk highways this 8 18 who is the sole w inter guar­ districts by Presidential In a reduction In Insurance rates eral Prohibition Agent Cletus 8 year, which, added to the 8 ties. The trees are expected to ing McCredie and Constable McNabb dian of the big lodge and the 8 890,000,000 contributed 8 be full bearing within se\en proclamation which would do of 3.6 per cent. and his deputy, H arry Ingling of park proper, except during the away with "gratuitous use of The council was appointed as 8 directly by automobile 8 years while fru it is expected to Ashland. visits of the ranger, in good the public domain as an unre- be picked in five. Approximate­ a committee to investigate the 8 owners, makes 8110,000,- 8 health and spirits, and very 8 000 of the approvimate 8 ly one-half the trees are to ho strlctel range for livestock” re­ requisition, and to report at glad to see and talk w ith a sulting In overgraslng. There is the next meeting. Should the SHIPS IN DISTRESS 8 8160,000,000 spent this 8 planted this «fall. human being again. OFF ATLANTIC COAST The Royal Orchards company, no charge or control of the investigation be favorable, it 8 year on the central M id- 8 Ranger Wells, in looking 185,000,000 acres now being is probable that the people will made up of the following: C. M. 8 die W|est for hard roads. 8 W ASHINGTON, Dec. 2— (IT. Coffee and Royal M iller of Sac­ utilized in this fashion he de­ be given an- opportunity to vote (Continued On Page Six) P .)— Three ships were disabled ramento, and K. L. "Pete” En­ clared. on the proposal f He Identified the teachings of for 81,000,000 paper m ill, and . . evolution w ith the teachings of dared. (C ontinued ,On Page Six) construction w ill begin soon. 8 8 8 8 8 CHICAGO, Dec. 2— The 10 states ta ’ the heart o f thb Middle If e s t have collected this year from autom lblle owners 8 em inent haa completed the Irri ‘Home a Day’ Record Being Maintained at Klamath Falls Grants Pass Has Big Record for Year in Building memberships W ith, but 86 standing between Ashland • and a n ’ Oregoh State Motor assocla- non BWBcii orrree naro. ctb n= nal drive to bring the member­ ship total up to the. 126 mark was started -thia morning, upon the return of B. C. McHenry, field secretary of the associa­ tion. ' ‘ A number of local business men ere aiding McHenry in fin­ ishing up the drive, and ft is hoped that by the end of the week, the 26 memberships need­ ed w ill h ave beeq obtained. Morrow Board Report Given to Coolidge. No Sensations Con­ tained in Message