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Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Yean
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Successor to the Semi*Weekly Tiding», Volume <1
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ASHLAND, OREGON,
Califôrnia Çhickens
Refuse to Chew
Tobacco
Quota N ot Reached, in Spite
o f Splendid Efforts of
Legion Men
D R IV E
IS
CONTINUED
Fund Approximately «200 Short
of Mark of «800 Het for
Local Legion Post
In spite of the efforts of prac-
tlcally every Legion member,
of committees from the chamber
of commerce and the Kiwanis
club, and of many private citi
zens, who aided in the drive, tha
American
Legion
Endowment
fund drive, staged here yester
day by the Ashland Post No.
14, American Legion, fell 6200
short of the mark set. The Ash
land quota in the national drive
was set at 6800, and last night
but slightly more than 6*00
had been received at the drive
headquarters.
This 6600 total inclifdjes
contribution of 850
made by
Ashland Lodge No. 9 4 4 , B. F . O.
Elks, a contribution of 625
made by the Masons at their
weekly meeting last night, and
several contributions by Indi
viduals, before tbe campaign
opened.
Practically every home in tbe
city wae solicited by tbe A m eri
can Legion members,* a ll
of
whom sacrificed a fa ll day of
their tim e ,. to . order that. they
might be able to put the drive
over. The city was divided into
eight districts, and each district
was in charge of a team. The
members e f these team« report
ed a thorough can vass of their
districts.
D aring the early hours o f the
campaign, every Indication point
ed to Its successful completion.
However, daring the la tte r patt
of the day, the reports came
in slower and slower, until, when
the final team reported at head
quarters, it was found that the
SACRAM ENTO. Dec. 11
— California chickens pos
itively refuse to chew to-
baoCo, the state' depart
ment" of agriculture re
vealed today. Efforts of
poultry experts to per
suade barnyard’ fowl to
ooatraet the habit have
failed and 'it has become
necessary to force the
stuff down the bird’s
throats In capsules.
The department has a
good reason fo r encourag
ing the use of nicotine in
the hen house, of course.
The tobacco derivative ad
ministered to poultry is
an effective cure fo r cer
tain intestinal parasites.
W ork to
Superini
Pupils of the Ashland city
schools w ill hhve but few days
vacation in which to prepare for
the coming ofc Santa Clans this
y e a r.' The schools w ill hot close
until December' 2 3 , bat two days
before C hristm as, according to
an
anbouncement
made
thia
morning by George A. Brisco«',
city Superintendent of schools.
A long rest following the
Christmas dtnner w ill be in store
for the students, however, for
school w ill not . reopen
until
January 4. This long rest w ill
also give the pupils an oppor
tunity to recuperate from their
said this morning.
"W e had
New Years Eve celebrations
hoped." he continued, "to clean
up the drive In one day, thus
saving much inconvenience and
ô LUU/vCta, Qi'-
work, but since we were not able
to do that, we are going to work
until we finally do put it over.
W e believe we can complete It
today.”
No record was kept of tho
team
collecting
the
largest
amount, or of the individual col
lecting the most funds during the
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drive.
International Train A ttack
ed by Chinese Rebels
Board o f Education W ould
be Replaced, According
to New Wash. B ill
McElroy and Hall Break Jail
by Sawing Bars From
Window
FRENCH, BRITISH
SESSIO N
HARM ONIOUS
TAKEN AT GOLD HILL
B a il L ine B ein g Guarded to I’re-
v en t Any Futon* Outbreak.
No C asualties
Home Members o f le g is la t u r e F e e l
R ocky T im es C om ing Before
H oliday A djournm ent
A t Liberty A bout Ten Hours. -Xet
o f P o lice Thrown About
E n tire D istrict
P E K IN Q , Dec. 11— Chinese ar
tlllerym en today fired
International ijraln, en route
to Tien Tsin, from Peking, with
several American and European
passengers on board. There were
no casualties.
O LY M P IA , Whsh., Dec. 11—
(U. P .) — A move tq replace the
present state board of education
by an educational board, com
posed of seven members, five
of whom would be elected by
the people, wqs made in the
state legislature here
today.
Senator W alter S. Davis, of
Pierce county, introduced the
bill into the Senate.
Sawing he bars from one ef
the windows In the county Jail
at Jacksonville, Don H all, ar
rested on a car thqft charge In
Medford, and Hai*ry McElroy,
convicted Wednesday on a rob
bery count, escaped from the
custody of Sheriff Ralph Jen
nings yesterday evening.
They
were recaptured early this morn
ing at Gold H ill by the city
marshall and constable of tnat
city.
The escape of the men was
discovered very shortly after
they left the Jail.
The Jailor
noticed the men In their plaoes
at 6:30 yesterday evening, sad
about half an hour later, whew
he again looked In the ceU,
H all and McElroy were gone.
Sheriff Jennings immediately
notified the officers in every city
in Southern Oregon and North
ern California, and within an
hour after the escape, a cordon
of officers surrounded the entire
district, through which it would
have "been almost impossible
for any n » n to escape through.
At shortly before four o’clock
this morning, H all and McElroy
were sighted near Gold H1U.
A fter a short d
Near Peking
ACT
T IE N T S IN , Dec. 11— (U . P .)
— A ll
railw ay
service
from
Peking to Tien Tsin has be-iu
suspended, as the result of the
firin g .upon a train by Chinese
rebels. It gas announced here
this morning.
British, French and Japanese,,
guards are reinforcing the rail-
way, which has been btoken In
several places near Tong Shan.
I t Is believed that draatlc mea
sures w ill be taken by the Euro
pean legations, in China to put
a stop tfi such activities on
part of the rebel soldiers.
Civil Suits to
Come up in
Court Monday
The tria l list of the circuit
oourt for the week beginning
next Monday, is aa follows:
rk>J3M6^MW. Onego« Bxglqratioe
company - vs. W, O. Lynch, a
civil action involving oil drilling
operations at the T rig o n i* dig
gings.
J. B. M e rs tl, vs. M. C. Page,
a money recovery.
Busy Corner Motor Co.
Fred Duke.
8. L. Leonard-vs. H . E. M ur
phy.
F. 8. Provost vs. Jack H ilton,
et al.
W. R. Gaylord vs. H . D. Grey.
The last four cases are minor
civil actions
Twelve years ago Iiuella Melius left her homo town of
Appleton, Wis.," for Europe to develop her voice. Now
she has made her debut with the Chicago Opera Com
pany and is hailed as one of the great “ finds” of the
century. She is a coloratura soprano.
Chicago to Hold
World’s. Fair in :
It
CHJCAQ0. Dec. I t —
It A 'World’b fair »prend
I I along the new 10-ralle
8 ‘ parkway w ater front here
I I has been planned for Chi-
either in 1994 or
JJ 1987, the respective anni-
ft versarles of tbe Incorpora-
tion as a village and of
the city charter, but prob
ably in the latter year.
The exposition would
center around Grant park
ft opposite the Heart of the
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city, extending southward
8 along the new lake front-
MASONIC LODGE
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outer park now under
CHOOSES OFFICERS 8 construction, and term!-
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nate in Jackson park
Ashland Lodge No. 23 A. F. 8
where a few relics still
and A. M., held election of 8
remain from the world's
officers last evening in the Ma 8
Columbian exposition of
sonic Temple.
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1896.
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Officers elected were: Dr. R
L. Burdlc, Jr„ worshipful mas
ter; V. V .Mills, senior war
den; D. Guy Good, Junior war
den; E. V. Carter, treasurer,
and W . H. Day, secretary. Tho
appointive officers w ill be ap
pointed later by the Worshipful
Master D r. R. L. Burdlc, Jr.
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SAVIDGE R E FL IE S TO
H A R TLEY ’S CRITICISM
A series of entertainments,
planned to raise funds to finance
Christmas charity work, »re be
ing planned hy the Ashland
Camp F ire Girls, it was learned
this morning.
There are -five, camps of
these Camp F ire Girls in Ash
land, two at the high school; two
a't the Junior high and one mado
np of sixth grade students.
Efficiency in outdoor sports,
B u R B y bodtea and m ade, * » •
the alms of the organisation, it
was explained.
In fact, the
work is much the same as that
carried on by the Boy Scouts.
Miss' Beryl Jarmon, Miss Helen
Holtah, Miss Edna L. Go been,
Miss Nora B. W ard. Miss, Carter
and Mlsa Mildred Crain, Instruc
tors in the city schools, are guar
dians of the various camps.
Member! of the organisation
in the city are: M arie Davlec,
Dorothy Chappel, Jane Pollard,
Annie Wells. Linda Oeder, Doris
Hitchcock, Letha Miles. Mildred
Nor red, Luclle Beswlck, Edith
Brookm lller, Alice P ratt, Ethel
W h itaker, Lorraine Sparr, L or
etta WfkerlHe, Janie W alker,
Helen Detrlok, Madeline Ste-
Fl&ckens,
Mae
Clary,
Carol
Clark, Georgia Coed, Agnes H a r
vey, Maxine Gearbart, Gladys
Ham aker, June Alklns, A rvllla
Harris, Gladys Hanson, Juanita
Borgerson, Zella Bailey, Eleanor
Coombe, Charlotte Leedom, Mad
eline H ill, Florence Borgerson,
Marguerite Irw in , Helen h artley,
Margaret Johnson, Clara A tter-
burg, Elizabeth Applegate, M il
dred
Barbour,
Ruth
Harvey,
Gladys Johnson, Francis Philpot,
'Lucille Carson, Ethel Dodge.
Fredericks Bromme, Lydia W il
liams, Irw an d * Bateman, Nedra
B artle tt, Velm a Bpencer, Iris
Hubbard, Frances W arren, M yrtle
Nanat, Ellen Onley, Beeale Daley.
M arjorie Carthell, Elisabeth W il
lard,
O LYM PIA , Dec. 11— (U . P.)
— Clark V. Savtdge, state “land
commissioner, answered charges
made against his office by Gov
ernor H artley, in a -statement
before a Joint session of the leg
islature today.
He said tbe
Governor’s own personal In
terests were Involved in the
criticism of his practice of hold
ing state crulsee of state timber
lands aonfidential. Lengthy ap
plause greeted Savldge's remarks
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more
SHOPPING
' PAYS
Services in N ew B uilding to
Be Started Sunday,
December 20
According « to a statement,
made public thia morning by B.
0 . M iller, pastor' of the First
Baptist church of Ashland, Inn.,
the congregation of his church
has purchased the Stone Church
building, on the corner of East
Main and F irth streets, and ser
vices w ill he held there in the
Altar«,
iULnidg
Second
found
H arry
McElroy,
26,
guilty by a ju ry in the circuit
court Tuesday afternoon
Indictment
charging
robbery,
pleaded guilty ‘to a second slm-
ila r charge Wednesday afternoon
and was sentenced
to
state
prison for tertns of seven and
three years.
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McElroy was accused by Rich
ard Dunn, Jr., of Oakland, Calif.,
of acting as a Fagin In a series
of store till robberies in South
ern Oregon and California dur
ing the month of November. The
• pair were traveling in an auto
stolen by young Dunn in Hay
ward, suburb of Oakland.
McElroy was found guilty of
the robbery of the cash regis
ter of the Kell Garage at Gold
H ill, and pleaded guilty to an
indictment accusing him of rob
bing the Nlnlnger store here.
In both cases McElroy was ac-
ensed of keeping watch outside
while Richard rifled the tills.
His accuser was a runaway
boy of exceptional mental alert
ness and personality, who loft
yesterday by auto with his fath
sr for the bedside of his mother
who was prostrated by the es
capades of her son.
Cooperation of
Farmers Needed
Declares Kipp
'‘Cooperative marketing is the
salvation of the Oregon farmer.
We are more than 2,000 miles
from the big m arket centers,
and it Is only by group selling
that we can get over the top,"
said ,W. L. Kipp of the m arket
ing department of the Porth-nd
chamber of commerce, speaking
at the Kiwanis club weekly lun
cheon meeting at the Llthla
Springs hotel today.
Kipp, who is here conferring
with officials of tbe Ashland
F ru it and Produce association,
urged that the people of the
city back up the farmers of the
surrounding territo ry in their
cooperative marketing plans. He
pointed out Eugene as an ex
ample of a successful city, which
is successful because' of the ef
fort of the townspeople to aid
tbe farmer.
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The program was in charge
of the new members of the
club, with Rev. P. K. Hammond
presiding.
J. M. Borgaraon urged that
the poultry and dairy Industry
in the surrounding territory be
supported. He pointed out sev
eral Washlgton cities as examples
of this work.
H. L. Claycomb, another new
M URRAY GETS STAY
comer,
urged the backing by the
FROM SU PREME OOURT
club of the Park and or sev
SALEM, Dec. 11— (U. P.) — eral other enterprises near the
F riday for the murder of John
Sweeney, prison guard, in the
sensational prison break of last
August.
His sentence was automatically
suspended today when Chief Jus
tice McBride and Justices Rand
and Bean of the Oregon Supreme
Court Issued a certificate of
ware not altogether satisfactory,
probable cause, nlsurlng an ap
and for that reason, the Ston«
peal ot Murray's ease to the
church v u purchased.
The church edifice, which th«r Supreme Court.
Baptists hhvs purchased has been
used by the Pentecostal church
for soma time. I t was owned by
Mrs. Lou Rheder of this city,
Oregon and Washington
Tha terms of the purchase were
— Oeeaslonal
rain
to
aot made public.
night and Saturday, with
strong southerly winds
along the coast.
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cember 30.
/ o r several weeks, the congre
gation ot the church has bee«
gathering at the home« of mem
bers, and meeting to the Runga-
low, to L lth la Park, for their
Services. However, according to
M r. M illar, these ’ arrangement«
O LYM PIA , Wash., Dec. 11—
(U . P .)— A more harmonious
conclusion to this session of tho
Washington legislature was in
prospect here today, as tha re
sult of the signing yesterday
by Governor H artley, of the
compromise
reclamation
bill
not so optimistic as others, how-
passed by both houses of the leg
islature.
Seme of the legislators were
not so optimistic as others, how
ever.
Senator Palmer of King
county said that he expected
"at least four more measures
which are sure to be vetoed
by Governor H artley.’
Mauy o f th« m ajority lea d ers
do not hope for an adjournment
of this session before the Christ-
piss holidays.
They (gel that
the legislature had better delay
ad<j protect itself usaiqV . the
governor’s/ veto,
rather
than
abandon important measures to
his discretion in the closing
hours of the session.
Two violin numbers, which
were well received, were given
by Sumner Parker.
He was
accompanied on the piano, by
George Converse.
GEN. COE UPHOLDS
M ITCHELL’S STAND
W ASHINGTON, Dec. 11— (U.
P .)— M ajor General Frank W.
Coe, coast a rtillery, supported
Colonel W illiam Mitchell's pro
gram for national defense, and
termed the a ir force the "pri
mary factor in defense.” in his
testimony before the court mar
tial today.
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Three months ago Nelson Bockus,
16-year-old high school student
of Berkeley. Calif., began swim
ming. Now he does the 50 yards in
26 1-5 and experts predict he'll
be smashing world records in q
year or two. He’s certainly made
rapid ‘progress.
630 Mile« of Road to be Sur
faoed With Oil, Com-,
PO RTLAND, ore., De«. U —
Very llttitf^ S fc V wót*k will be
undertaken by the state highway
department in 1926, as the dé
paraient has only >600,000 for
new construction. I t was stated
at the meeting of the highway
commission which ended late
Wednesday .- - w
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Bnt as s large number of
heavy contracts for road building
were let late this fall, there
will be plenty doing througho*
the coming year.
The commission decided to let
bids at tbe next meeting, Jan
uary 19, for the following new
work!
Five miles of grading on the
Redwood highway uorth ot K ir
by; ID miles of vurfsclng on
the Roosevelt highway between
Cannon Beach and Hamlet Junc
tion and the bridge across the
Silets river.
The commission decided to oil
630 miles of state highway next
summer nt a cost of some 6450,-
obo.
Tbe following roads will be
treated: .
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All of the Old Oregon trail
that Is not
hard
surfaced:
W illam ina to Hebo, Toledo to
Newport, Biggs to Wasco, Co
quille to Myrtle Point,
the
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returned to Jacksonville.
MoElroy Is factor • tea year
sentence on charges of robbing
the Nlnlnger Sporting
Goods
store here, and the Kell Oarage
in Gold H ill. He was fcapturod
H all is accused
of steaing an automobile from
s paint shop in Medford.
Nearly fifty men answered a
call sent out last night by Chief
of Police McNabb of this city,
and every possible point of es
cape was closely guarded until
the report sf the capture of
the men was received.
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
CONTROL AIR LIN E S
W ASHINGTON. Dee. 11— (V*
P .)— Foreign owned sir comp&a-
lea have obtained control of the
airways surrounding the Panamyt
Canal, Major Oeorge V. Strong,
of the army general staff told
the Mitchell court m artial today.
Strong declared that a French
company had obtained axel naive
s ir concessions In Guatemala,
and a German concern had
"tied up" the
best
C e n tra f
American-United States airway,
with bases in Key West, Cuba,
Mexico and Columbia.
More than thirty Ashland flow flower shows w ill be held here
er fanciers met last night in during the coming year, one to
the city library, at the ofgant- be held in the spring and the
flower
club.
Officers
were
sleeted and a committee ap
pointed to draw up a constitution
and by-laws, which w ill be pre
sented to the body a t the next
meeting, to be held early In
January.
Mrs. Lewis H. Jacks, one of
the leading flower growers in the
city was chosen president of
tha organisation, with Harry
Hosier, another
well
known
flower
fancier,
selected
vice
president.
Mrs. Frank Jordan
and peonies. For these fancier«
who would be unable to enter
their flowers in a show held to
tbe fall, the spring show w ilt
be held. ,T h e tail show w ill
be for the benefit growers who
specialise in gladioli sad othet
rail flowers.
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It is believe« that maay move
flower fanciers w ill |ola the or
ganisation which la tor , the pern
motion of better flower» to Ash
land. when they leera ef Its OT9
gas last ion. Many were uasSto
to attend the meeting last algid,
although they signified their M-