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ASHLAND, OREGON, > Mj)M)AY> DEC. 7, 1925
NO. 82
PU fflS
THAN IN YEARS
SAYS JARDINE
La Follette Jr.
M O R T O Bob
HAN D IES IN “
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Takes Fathers
SELECTED AS Seat in Senate
CAR CRASH 0N M,w Co^ “
NEW SP
HIGHWAY Œ
Annual Report Shows Farm
ers Still' Far From Well
Off However
CongreM R ubs Into OM
surgent Controversy on’
Opening Day
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CROPS TOP 12 BILLION
DEMOCRATS RUN W lW
Seven Per Cent Inerenne Over
Year Ago Shown. Conditions
Better Each Tear
By JOSEPH S. W A8NBY,-
( United Press Staff Correspon
dent)
W A SHING TO N, Dec. 7— The
agricultural situation improved
moderately, during 1925 to the
most favorable position since the
crash o f 1920, but farmers are
not yet on an economic parity
with other great groups of pro
ducers, Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine reported to the President
in his annual report today.
• "The heavy net movement of
rural
.population
away
from
farms has been checked," said
Jardine.
"Noteworthy progress
has been made In the liquidation
of Indebtedness among farmers
Purchase of supplies and mater
ials for farm use has been re
sumed over the country on a
scale contributing measurably to
general business prosperity.
“A gricultural production this
year has on the whole been well
balanced.
The successive sur
passes of cattle, corn, hogs,
wheat and various minor crops
which so depressed the markets
during and following 1920 have
been largely worked off. Prices
of farm products have in con
sequence risen to higher level«.**
Oross Income from all erep
production for the wop year
192A 45 w ill aggregate **2 ,1 0 0 ,-
000,000, an increase of seven per
cent above income fo r the pre
ceding crop year, but "only a
moderate Increase may be ex
pected for the crop year 1925-
29,” the current year.
But, looking at the general
situation
"agriculture is con
valescent n o * after a severe ill
ness.” and the purchasing power
of farm products is still 13
per cent shy of that of non-agri-
eultural products, despite better
prices than at any time in the
past five years, estimated on
the basis of pre-war average,
Jardine said. ■
" I believe we must have sub
stantial readjustments in freight
rate«," he said.
“ High freight
rates constitute one of the many
causes that have contributed to
the depression in farm prices, es
pecially In areas distant from
the market. I t should be possible
to make rate adjustments that
take into account the m arket
value of farm products, and like
wise the Influence" of frejght
rates on the economic develop
ment of different regions and of
the country as a whole."
Concerning farm taxation, Jar
dine said that it Is prpbably
Impossible to bring back the
low taxes of 10 years ago, but
"unless a more equitable distri
bution of the tax burden can
be brought about, the agricul
tural Industry may expdet recur
ring periods when taxes w ill
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ASHLAND CLULA'"
Without tiie use of me*’’ .
nine cases out of '
This is a pro*
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Large Attendance
at Elks Memorial
Day Services
An audience of several hundred
persons were on hand yesterday,
to hear George L. Rauch, mem
ber of Portland Lodge No. 142.
B. P. O. Elks, deliver the mem
orial
day address of Ashland
Lodge No. 944 yesterday after
noon.
Rauch’s address was a master
piece of sensible oratory, during
which he told how the living may
profit by the acts of those pow
• dead, in leading better lives.
Musical numbers were present
ed by Mrs. B. O. Smith, Sumner
Parker and Leonard Pettit, and
a male quartett/, composed of W ,
M. Briggs, 8. y A 'R efers , Jr., R.
L. Burdic Jr., and V , D. M iller.
Simple Ceremony, Accompanied With Usual Solemnity,
Used in Taking Office of Sixty Ninth Congress. Many
New Faces to be Been in House and Senate.
By Paul fi. Mallon
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, Bee. 7. — (IP) — With accustomed
solemnity and simple ceremony, the new s i x t y n i n t h
congress elected last November convened here at noon
today to cope wit„h tjix reduction, the world court, fann
relief* and matters of air defense.
It was the Coolidge congress rolled in by the tremend
ous majority of the chief ex>e«utive in the election last
year which today assumed legislative control of the na
tion.
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(The parliamentary«clattery of gavels at noon stilled
the buz/ of conversation in the chambers of the senate anu
the house and officially opened the regular session.
The familiar faces of many statesmen who died or
were defeated were absent but in tlieir places were the
ambitious of a younger generation. There were four new
comers to the senate, selected since the special session last
March' and the first official step of the new congress was
taken when they marched down before the rostrum to be
sworn in by Vice President Charles G. Dawes. The House
had no special March session like the Senate and one third
of the entire membership took the oath of office as new
members.
Party Division
in New Congress
Aids Republicans
W A SHING TO N, Dug, . 7
— (U . P .) — Here to how
the convening congress
lines up.
HOUSE
Republicans, 247.
Dejnocrata, 183.
Farm er-Labor, 3.
Socialists, 2.
SENATE
Republicans, 56.
Democrats, 39.
Farm er-Labor, 1.
There Is no vacancy In
either bouse.
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In the galleries watching the
prellm lary ritu al were the high
est diplomats and social lights
of the capital. Women gowned
in fashion, ambassadors in bril-
T la n fg o ld braided uniforms, a r
my and navy officials, statesmen
In their -(rocked coats and m -
tired sens torn and congressmen
a ll gave color to the opening
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Only the prelim inary regula
tions were complied w ith In the
opening sessions and the actual
business of legislation w ill not
begin nntil tomorrow.
In
the
House
Republicans
went through the function of
electing Rep. Nicholas Longworth,
Republican, Ohio, as speaker, al
though the election amounted to
little more than a form ality be
cause of the u-ndisputed Repub
llcan
m ajority.
Prayer
was
rendered by the * chaplain and
requirements of the constitution
were complied with, in prepara
tion for beginning consideration
of the new tax bill Wednesday.
The official totals on the first
roll call showed 247 Repnbli-
WOULD EXPEND
S 3 MILLION ON
HARBOR WORK Lack of Discipline
( Continued
Coos Bay Harbor May Re
ceive $1,046,000 From
U. S. Government
W A S H IN G TO N , Dec. 7. — (IP)
— Appropriation of *55,062,065,
for river and harbor improvement
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1927, compared with *62,121,955
expended last year, was recom
mended by MaJ. Gen. H. Taylor,
Chief of Arm y Engineers, In his
annual report made public today.
Greater New York harbor head-
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LEAGUE MEET
TODAY B MOST
IMPORTANT ONE
By H E N R Y WOOD
United Presb Staff Correspondent
C B NEVA , Dec. 7. — (LP) —- The
Council of the League of Nations
met here today ¡tor what is ex
pected to be the moat important
meeting in its history.
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Friends of the League see as
(he probable result of the present
meeting Its final rtoe to a secure
position of world wide power and
respect. A t the session beginning
today the Coanoll is to make for-
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W ill Join Insurgents to F ig h t A» J
Change in Buies . W hich I - j
May be .Proposed
W A S H IN G TO N . Dec. 7— (V .
P .)— The naw 6 |th Congress^
vened today, and im n e d la
ran Into the old Insurgent
troversy. •
Representative Nicholas
worth of Ohio, was elected
er of the House, succeed:
Frederick Gillette.
The outstanding developments,
behind all the frills of torgani-
cation of the House and Senate,
which were elected >;wlth Pre»!
dent Coolidge thirteen months
ago in the republican landslide,
was announced by t h e . House
democrats when they declared
that they would support the in
surgents against any change Jr.
the present rales, thus embar
rassing the republicans, who bad
planned a change.
The senate held only a 95
minute session, In which all
>n were
formalities of organisation
ware
ie body
transacted, and then the
r, wM 'n
adjourned until tomorrow*
QUESTION BY
REY.L.L MYERS
Revivalist Has Optimistic
View of Moral Qualilties .
in Country — »•
W. A. McLean Killed When «
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S E A T T L E , Dec. 7 — (LP)— AU
eyes turned today toward Stan
ford as the likely representatives
of the P« elfte Coast conference at
the Tournament of Roses foot
ball gaqie, as the result of the
University of Washington board
of control decision not to parti
cipate In the ovqnt.
BIRTH OF BABY GIRL
RUINS OBLEBRATION
TO K IO , Dee. 7— (U . P .) —
Japan’a celebration today of tho
birth o f a baby to Crown Prin
cess Nagako and Crown Prince
H irchito, was somewhat dampen
ed by the fact that the child la
a girl instead of the anticipated
boy.
CLIFF LAMIE CHARGED
WITH SPEED COUNT
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cident ou Pacific H ighw ay
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Skidding on the treachegous.
icy pavement of the Pacific H igh
way. ten miles south of Ashlalnd,
an automobile, driven by George
McMillan of the Hillcrest ranch
a t T f f l r crashed over tho grads,
killin g W illiam A. McLean. alBo of
the Hillcrest ranch, and seriously
injuring McMillan. The accident
occured
yesterday
morning,
shortly after nine o’clock.
‘ The men were en route to Ash
land when the crash occured. The
car started skidding on the last
curve In the hills, Just south of
the Barron ranch, but apparent
ly straightened out. A few sec-
onds iater. It agalnTikliFaeff and
finally crashed over the Side, rear
end first.
McLean was thrown from the
car, and suffered a brokon neck.
Death was Instantaneous, exam
ining physicians declare.
McMillan suffered a broken
right arm and right shoulder, and
several fractured ribs on the left
side. It was feared at first that
he might have sustained internal
Injuries, but this morning tt was
declared that a'side from the brok
en bones, he had received no ser
ious miurtwr. ~
McLean's body was taken to the
Stork Undertaking Parlors by As
sistant Coroner H- C. (Hock. and
an Inquest will be beld, probably
tonight. McMillan te In the com
munity hospital, where tt is to-
ported he Is resting easily.
McLean was 64 years of age,
He was born In Canada, and had
been a resident of H ilt for sev-
eral years.
He fs well known
here, being survived by a broth
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relatives
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city.
Funeral services w ill be held
Wednesday from Stock’s Parlors.
the scriptures in unexpected ways.
The mrialc of the meeting g j f l y g C o V O t e .
measures up to the music of any
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evangelistic meeting of this kind.
V U (3 3 D O 1 1 U s e d
Sunday morning Miss Eunice
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Hagar, possessed of a surprisingly ,
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sweet voice, rendered the solo,.
Loa Angeles and Corvallis ha'c
"H o ly City” . Miss Hagar Is only I tholr prim itive men, who hunt
sixteen years of age and ha's a their game with the yewwood bow
Ash
range of tone that promises much and steel tipped arrows.
for her future.
In the evening land has a man, even more primi
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clothing
himself In the
Floyd Putman and the pastor. tive, who
conventional
breech
clout, sallies
Y. R. Allison, sang, "Then I Shall
la search of fleh and game
Understand." Thalr
blending In such perfect harmony arm ed with only nature'll weap
ons.
as to the delight the audience.
R. E. Detrlck, well known local
The
only event
to mar an
man,
Is the noted hunter.
otherwise happy day in the ser
Yesterday, while enjoying a day
vice -was the theft of some parts
of an automobile parked In fropt fishing on the Rogue River, De
discovered a fu ll grown
of tho church Sunday night. The trlck
coyote
in the water, where tho
Chief of Police le placing a guard
animal
had
gone to throw hounds
around the church each night, to
prevent a recurrence of this un which were pursuing It, off the
fortunate and disturbing occur scent.
Dashing after the animal and
rence.
armed only w ith a rock, Detrick
L u t Year’s building in Port clubbed It to death.
W hat to more, he has the coy
land totaled *29,000,000;
this
ote as proof of hie skill.
yoar’s wHI reach *>3,000.000.
I t Is believed that the Grants
Baker — More mining activity Pass Cavemen are making ever-
to noted 'In Beker county than tnree to Detrick to obtain him as
a member ot that body.
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The Sunday morning and even
ing dbrvlces of the Church of
Christ revival were attended by
immense
(¡rowds.
Rev. L. L.
Myers, the evangelist, while not
blinding bis eyes to the facts,
took an optimistic position on the
Subject,
“ Is
America
Safe?”
America’s enemies are at work
but also tbose who love America
are at work. Mr. Myers read to
his audience two newspaper clip
pings of recent date. One recit
ing the statement of Mayor Bak
er of Portland, Oregon, that he
was going to enforce the law in
Portland if tt- was the lout act
it hts life with reference to the
published threat against certain
churches that were gambling to
raise money. The one from Se
a ttle where the grand Jury praised
the work of the Baptist pastor
there for his crusade against viee
conditions in that city.
Mr.
Myers then took the position that
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in order to make America Bare the
churches and pastors must be
come m ilitant in their attitude
toward those forces that seek to
destroy those moral forces that
have made America the.country
WASHINGTON GAS
that it is.
TAX ON INCREASE
Evangelist Myers stated that he
is at his best when people talk
O LYM PIA , Dec. 7— (U . P .) 4 -
back to him. -Therefore he has A bill which would Increase the
provided a question box for that gasoline tax In Washington from
purpose.
Many questions ore Pwo to three cents per gallon
coming In and are answered in the was Introduced in the House
spirit of fairness. Mr. Myers today by Representative W lllhito
states that it would be no humll- of Snohomish county. . The bill
lation to him to say In answer i provides that one sixth of tho
to a question, “ I Don't Know.” sums collected would be turned
Mr. Myers is a graduate of a Uni over to the permanent highway
versity, with two post graduate fund, and one sixth given to the
courses to his credit and he has counties, for distribution to the
discovered that there are many various road districts. The plea
things in the world thnt he does ' sure is designed to help the
not know. However in the quest small counties build up th eir
ions that have been placed in the secondary road systems.
question box the answers have
been great throwing light upon
C a v e M a il
age w ill
President Coolidge’s message
.be read.
Longworth succeeded Senator
Frederick G illette of Massachu
setts, who advanced from 'the
speakership, which ho held in
the last Cogreee. to the "upper
house. «
C liff Lamie, of this city, was
arrested Saturday afternoon on
a charge of speeding by State
Traffic O ffic e r C. P. Talent.
Lamie was headed south, be
tween Ashland and
Medford,
SALEM, Dec. 7— Lack of dis
when, stopped by Talent. He is
cipline created an undesirable
to appear in court this after
condition at the Oregon state
noon.
penitentiary last summer, and
was partly responsible for the
sensational prison break August
ON
UNO COUNT
12 of Tom M urray, Ellsworth
Kelley and Jamea Wlllos, accord
Max H aw k«,, 16* loeal youth,
ing to a report of a special In
was arrested Saturday afternoon
vestigating committee appointed
on a charge of forgery, preferred
by Governor Pierce, It was re
agalnet him by Chief of Police
vealed here Saturday.
McNabb.
Pierce released for publication
Hawke, it it alleged, wrote
the report which was made many
checks, drawn on a local hank,
weeks ago. Its release followed
which he caahed at several local
shortly a fte r ttje annoucement
establishments.
In addition to
resignation of Warden A. M.
signing h l* awn name to
checks, It is alleged he signed
" It is our opinion that the
the names A. C. Hunt* Bert
escape of the four desperate crim
H unt end A lbert Larkin.
inals’ on August 1 2 -was prevent-
When taken before Justice of
abld had proper precautions been
the Peace Roberts Saturday af-
taken to prevent It, and had
te^noon, Hawks was ordered
higher discipline and organlxod
held over for the Juvenile Court.
vigilance existed at the prison.”
This sums up the findings ef
the special committee, consist
WB A tH E R
ing of Jefferson Myers, Ad
ju tan t General George A. W hite tt
Oregon — Increasing ft
and Col. A. A. Thompson, man tt cloudiness. Probably rain tt
ager of Crater lake national tt in the northwest portion, tt
park, named by Oovernor Pierce tt and easterly winds along tt
to Investigate the prison condi tt the coast.
Washington tt
tonight
and tt
tions following the break on tt — Cloudy
August-1 2 .
Col. Thompson did tt Tuesday, with rain in tti
not sign the import because of his tt the west portion.
Mod- tt
federal position, but is said to tt erate to fredh easterly tt
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have concurred in Its conclusions. tt winds on the coast.
Responsible for
Prison Break
W ASHING TO N, Dec. 7
— (U , P .)— A son is tak
ing the oath of office to
day for a post which hta
father held fo r 20 years
before him,
Robert M. La Follette
Junior, a “ chip off the old
block” took the seat of
Wisconsin made vacant by
the death of his father
after congress bad reces
sed last March.
The younger La Follette
strongly
resembles
his
father and is an advocate
of his father's principles.
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— ( U. P .)— Three women
comprise
the
feminine
contingent In the new
Congress, the first time
in history that there has
been
more
than
one
woman members.
The three feminists are
Mrs. Mary Norton, of Jer-
sey City, N. J., the first
woman Democratic mem-
ber In Congress; "Mrs.
Florence P. Kahn, widow
at the late Rep. Julius
Kahn, of San Francisco,
Cal.,
and
Mrs.
Edith
Nourae-Rogers* of Lowell,
Mass., widow of the late
Rep. Jacob Rogers.
All have considerable
practical political experl-
ence.
Mrs. Norton from
personal participation In
New Jersey affairs, and
Mrs.
Kahn" and
Mrs.
Rogers from long contact
with
national
affairs
through their husbands.
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J 3 0 TOWARD
FUND
First Contributors Toward
$800 Quota to be Raised
By Local Legion Post
Ashland Lodge, No. 944, B.
P. o. Elks was the first con-
trlbutor to the Ashland-Post No.
14, American Legion endowment
fund drive.
» Although the drive will not of
ficially open until Thursday, the
local Elks, at their meeting'Sat
urday night voted to contribute
*50 to the fund. It Is believed
that this action on the part of
the Elks w il l. be followed by
sim ilar action by other fraternal
o rg an izatio n s in th e city.
Final plans for the drive
Thursday have been completed,
and those who are to take part
In the campaign are simply mark
ing time until that day. . I t is
* confidently expected that the Lo-
I glon members* aided by commit
tees from the various civic or
ganisations of the city, will be
able to put the drive over in
one day.
The chamber of commerce will
appoint a committee at the
forum luncheon tomorrow to aid
In the drive.
A committee, al
ready appointed by the Klwanio
club w ill work with the chamber
members in canvassing the busi
ness difitrlct.
Eight captains, selected from
the
Legion
membership, *111
head teams which will canvass
the residential sections of the
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AGRICULTURE
SHOULD LEAD
SAYS COOLIDGE
President in Address Before
American Farm
Federation
DEFENDS TARIFF BILL
Says “ Wherever There is a Farm,
There
The Greatest Op
portunity for a True Home”
By L U D W E L L D EN N Y
(United Press Staff Correspon
dent)
CHICAGO, Dec. 7— President
Coolidge
today defended
the
present ta riff aa an aid to farm
ers. warned against government
price fixing as a panacea for ag
riculture's ills and lauded co
operative marketing as a_ way
to farm prosperity.
Addressing the annual conven
tion of the American Farm Bu
reau Federation here, the presi
dent enumerated the steps by
which he believes agriculture
cah be put on a sound and inde-
pendout baajg.
These included extension of
adequate storage facilities, co
operative marketing, information
and advice from the agriculture
department and farm loan bank
credits. W ithout discussing any
of these in detail, Mr. Coolidge
devoted most of his speech to
exposing alleged fallacies of gov
ernment marketing panaceas and
emphasising farm benefits result
ing from protective tariff.
.... Leaders in the cooperative
movement and the agriculture
department have prepared a farm
hRl embodying his principles* ho
said.
The president opposed - pro
posal» tor government corpora,
tfona which ffourd directly or
Indirectly fix prices or buy end
sell farm product« because, he
said, they would oreate bureau
cracy, destroy cooperatives and
the farmers’ Independencies and
stimulate over production end
ing “in complete collapse.”
Elaborate statistics were pro
duced by the president to show
that the present ta riff rates bene
fit the farmers and should not
be revised. W ith , over fifty ma
jor articles purchased by the
farmers already on the free Hat,
he said, there remains “only 12
per cent of our Imports upon
which the agricultural Industry
pay» any part of the tartff.4’
;
"The total adverse cost to the
farm er on account of the ta riff
Is only between two per cent and
three per cent of his purchases.
"On the other side, protection
to a great benefit to agriculture
a whole.
The *780,000,<M»9
of agricultural produce Imported
last year had to pay *2*0*000.-
000 for the privilege of coming
t o . compete with out own
farm
production.
Protection
greatly aide diversification and
so eliminates an unprofitable
surplus.
Any study of da^yy
products, flax, wool and many
other commodities w ill demeu-
SERVICES FDR
MRS. W. CLAPP Sams Valley
Woman Dies Here
TO BE TUESDAY From Heart Attack
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Funeral services for the late
Mrs. W illiam R. Clapp, who died
, Jn Portland Friday, following an
operation/w lM be held totnor row
afternoon at 2 o’clock, from lEe
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Suffering a sudden heart at
tack, Mrs. Fern Abbott. 25, of
Sams Valley, visiting at the home
ot her ullto L Mr«. Archie L. Ba*er
of th is city, died early this morn
Church of Christ, It w a i stated ing.
Mrs. Abbott had arrived in
today.
Rev. V. K. Allison, pastor of Ashland a short time ago for a
the Church of Christ, will officiate vielt of a few day» here with her
relatives. When she retired la «
at the funeral services.
Mrs. Clapp was born In Morris night, she wab In apparently
town, Minn.. In 1832. She moved health.' In the night Mrs,
to Ashlandf In l» 2 0 . end had heard her gasping, and before a
made thto city her home since physician could ho summoned,
she wee deed.
that time.
The deceased to survived Iff
She le survived by her husband,
W illia m R. Clapp, one, son. Ralph her hriiband, Mervia M .
W . Clapp and one daughter, Mrs. one daughter, and her father and
mother. Mr. aAd Mrs. F. M. lie
A. V. Hood, all of Ashland.
Interm ent w ill be In Mountain Klnnts all e f Sama Valley,
The
funeral
View cemetery.
Funeral arrangements ere la Which will bn
ebarge of the Stock Unde risk lag are In charge of the
Parlors.
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