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Cannot survive thrw months in
the rich osone at Ashland. Pure
domestic water helps.
The Tidings Has Been Ashland's
\g Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years
ASHLAND CLIMATE
Without tile use of medioiue cures
nine cases o u * / 4«n of asthma.
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VOL. XI4X
Successor to tbq Semi-Weekly. Tidings, WlU>e«SS
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ASHLAND, OREGON,
Resolution Asking Coolit
to Modify Sentence
Introduced
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JENE, Ore., Dec. 1» »
(U . P .) — Eugene w ill »
soon bare it» first movie a
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The Cope F ilm Cor-
poratlon, beaded by W . S.
Cope, ha» announced It
w ill »tart construction in
December on a 1400,000 a
plant, t h e . first unit of
which w ill cost 11000,000
R epresentative Calls Jury “Boot­
ed and Sparred Inquisition”
in Congress
W ASHING TO N, Dec. 19— (U.
P -)— The first reference to the
court m artial of Colonel W il­
liam Mitchell, thorn in (he side
of the arm y and navy officials,
on the flo o r of congress, was
made today In the House by
Representative Tillm an, demo­
crat of Arkansas who charged
that the sentence Imposed ou
the flying colonel was “ an in­
sult to a free American."
Tillm an charged that the court
m artial was convened for tbo
special
purpose
of
^getting
Mitchell."
“ This spurred and
booted Inquisition got him in
the repre-
double quick time
sentative declared.
A resolution asking President
Coolidge to modify the sentence
which was imposed on Mitchell,
and to restore “ his proper rank
with its proper pay and all
other emoluments” was lntro-
duced into the Houhe by Rep­
resentative Black of New Y o rk,
a democrat.
A sentence of five years sus­
Excellent' Displays Made
By All Merchants
of City
Christmas tims usually means
beautifully decorated windows in
Ashland, and this Chrlstmqs is
no exception, ter almost every
business establishment nas made
a special effort to deck tlfelr w in­
dows out in the finest possible
displays.
Although most of the windows
are arranged attraotively and de­
corated with goods which the es­
tablishments have for sale, a few
pension was imposed on Mitchell
by the Jury of generals, but it is
believed this w ill be cut down
by Coolidge.
POUR CARS CRASH
Four cars, the drivers’ names as
yet unknown, crashed over th«
edge of the highway in the Sis
klyous yesterday afternoon, and
although each car rolled more
than th irty feet, none of the oc-
pupants were injured.
The smashup occured. it was
learned when one car skidded
over the bank. A second car stop­
ped to aid the first car, and then
two more cars, coming from up
the mountain, In attempting to
stop, locked wheels and skidded
Into the second car, all three ro ll­
ing over the edge.
OARS CRASH, BUT
NONE ARE INJURED
have entirely left out the mer­
chandising end of the decorations,
making their windows purely de­
corative. .using
snow
scenes,
Christmas trees, Oregon grapes,
holly and other w intry decora­
tions.
One of the finest displays in the
city is seen in the Western Auto
8upply company window.
Much
effort was spent by R. J. Woods,
manager of the establishment, In
arranging his window, which is
made attractive, in spite of the
small space available.
Another beautiful window is
the Babcock G ift Shop window.
Here, a w intry scene has been
worked oat to excellent advant­
age.
Enders’, Isaac's, McGee’s, and
the other department and clothing
stores in the City have very at­
tractively decorated windows.
V. D. M iller, of M ille r’s Tog­
gery, has worked out a beautiful
and attractive display.
•
In fact, the windows in almost
every business house are in ex­
cellent condition, and In many re­
spects surpass those of past years.
A car, owned by J. L. Barn-
thouse of this city, was damaged
yesterday -exisning when a car
owned by B. L. Delsman was
driven into the rear of the Barn-
thouse car. The accident occured
on the Boulevard.
No report had been made up to
noon a t the police station, and
the driver of the Delsman car
was unknown.
In his report,
Barnthouse stated his car was still
Medford building permits for
when struck.
11 months total >882,836.
Dec. 19— Confessing
their efforts to have
of the four alleged
a co charged with
m alicious' mischief as the re­
sult of much destruction of
property in Weed following a
raid
by
federal
prohibition
authorities recently, the mystot-
lous sponsors of the accused
have evidently agreed that the
defendants may be tried In ’ a
Siskiyou court.
Hon. W . A. Beasley, former)
superior Judge In California, re^
quested City . Attorney Horace
V. Ley, yesterday to appear for
him before Judge C lifford E.
Butler, Justice of the peace for
Yreka, and have a tria l date
set
Out of courtesy to Judge
Beasley, Ley appeared before
judge Butler and the date was
fixed for Febrnary
1,
thus
bringing to an end a concerted
action by the defendants to
have the charges transferrod
to the federal court* in San
Francisco.
District Attorney Jeaae W . Car-
ter of Shast* county recently
appeared before united States
District Attorney George H a t­
field In San Francisco, w ith M.
E. Kern, Charles H . M iller, H.
B. W harton and B. L. Rlchard-
sffn.
Kern and M iller are at
liberty on Individual ball of
>600 each, together w ith J. G.
Gilstrap and J. B. Cantrell,
alleged leaders In the wrecking
of the Hotel Savoy and other
properiiee.
Two "John Doe’*
warrants for alleged prohibition
agents have never been served
by Sheriff A. 8. Calkins St the
request of* Colonel Ned Greene,
prohibition
administrator,
who
promised a complete Investigation
as
to
their
near riot.
complicity
in
NO. 93-
DlsappoInleiK ilAIRYINC
to Have
Picture Studio,
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■ F ll IN JACKSON CO.
Offers Come in to Give Aid
for Woman Pacing Poor
Farm
TO S T A Y
IN
HOME
‘G randm a” W ill Not be F orced to
g o to P o o r F arm Hay Many
L ocal P eo p le
"Orandma isn’t going to th t
poor farm .”
This is the declaration of a
number of Ashland people, af­
ter they read la The Tidings
of the case of a little old lady
here, no longer able to support
herself, but who is determined
to remain in her home, in spite
of a ll efforts to remove her to
the poor farm.
“ I've had a home all my life,
and I want to stay in that home
now,” said the little old lady,
and those who have taken up
the battle in her behalf arc
squally determined that she is
going to stay in the home she
worked so hard to build up, ami
in which she has lived for years
The Tidings office has been
beselged w ith calls from gener­
ous people, inqhlring as to the
identity of the lady, who is af­
fectionately known as “Grand­
ma” to those who are intimately
acquainted w ith her.
One of
those who called a well known
local business woman said, “ 1
am w illing to contribute to a
fund to keep her in her home,
and I know there are many
others in- Ashland who feel the
same as I do about- the m atter."
“Grandma.” was long one of
the leading civic workers . of
the city.
Every effort to Im ­
prove her city found her w ork­
ing with a ll her m ight.
Now.
no longer able to be actlve,.those
who have the advantages o f.tb e
city she helped to make a bet-
ter place la wjilch to live, are
determined that she also, Is to
enjoy the fruits of her labor.
NEW MARK IS SET
POR REGISTRATIONS
Yesterday, w ith a total of 27
out of state registrations, is the
high mark for the month of De­
cember, since the opening of the
local registration office it was
learned today.
The high mark
for past Decembers was 20, set
DOHENYS TURNED
DOWN IN APPEAL
W A S H IN G TO N , Dec. 19. — (IP)
— The District of Columbia court
of appeals today denied Albert
B. F ail. Edward L. Doheny and
Edward L. Doheny Jr., a rehear­
ing on bribery Indictments re­
turned agqlnat them. The court
recently held the indictments valid
reversing the lower court.
Hi ¥ Clubs to go
After Older
Boy’s Conference
Thursday night of this week
the Ashland H l-Y club of the lo­
cal High School had their reg­
ular bi-monthly meeting in Pio­
neer H all.
This meeting took
the form of a supper followed
by a business meeting.
About
16 boys wera In attendance.
The deVOTtonai periàd was WXffl
by M r. Howell, whose subject
was "Petering.”
The thought
which was le ft w ith the boys
was that so many people, and
Institutions today want to start
with a whoop and a hurrah and
finish with a gasp rather than
take the accepted rule that great
oaks from acorns grow.
I t Is the steady plodder that
gets to the finish and not one
who goes bÿ spurts.
Other
Items off business IJransaoted
were the adoption- of a Constitu­
tion w ith state affiliation and
standardisation.
A motion frae
passed to the effect that a Md
be made for the older Boys’
Conference of Southern Oregon
an annual a ffair sponsored by
the «tâte Y. M. <5. -A.
To Give Report at Annual
Meeting to be Held on
January 9
Big Ranch Near Talent is
Sold to Tillamook
Man
CONTRACTS
FAVORED
W I L L S E L L ST O C K
Many Schem es Offered. B ut N one
M eet A pproval * ta t G rowetn ‘
And M em bers o f A ssn.
Much o f Land Under T alent Ir­
rigation D istrict W ater, Which
O w ner Hays He W ill Use
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A fte r a long conference, in
That a great development In
which growers, directors of the
the dairying Industry in Jack-
Ashland F ru it and Produce as­
son county will take place In
sociation and a dumber of busi­
the next few years in indicated
ness men took part, a committee,
by a recent real estate transfer
composed of three business men,
Involving irrigated farm lands.
three growers and three direct­
Vast Improvements are contem­
ors of the association was ap­
plated, which will result in
pointed
to endeavor to work
Jackson county’s milk produc­
out a ’plan for the betterment Adelaide Cody, 21, Is a Hollywood ing herds being of better stock,
She fell In love and being Increased in numbers.
of the association.
This Plan movie actress.
E.
Two weeks ago, Dr. J. E.
w ill be announced at the an­ with an electrician at the lot. i
love affair
affair hit a
a snag.
snag. Reedy,
nual meeting of the association, Then i the love
Reedy, veterinary
veterinary _ ’ surgeon
surgeon of
of
She took poison and is In a aer-1 Tillamook, purchased the 27S
to be held on January 9. <„
Several schemes have been sug­ lous condition,
i acr° EI118 ranch near Talent
gested, but none have met w ith
from John Shattuck.
Seventy-
the fu ll approval of .the associa­
five acres of land on the ranch
tion of the growers.
One of DAWES PLAN PAIL8.
Is in the Talent Irrigation dis­
GERMANS DECLARE trict, and is under irrigation.
these schemes would have the
present association, the stock
Dr. Reedy has announced his
B X R L IN . Dec. 19— (U . P .) — Intention of making full use of
in which is held by both grow­
A message to the farmers i f the country was delivered by ers and local people, retire from Misgivings ns to the feasibility the water rights, and now has
President Coolidge at Chi tago, where be addressed the business, w ith a new association, of the Dawes plan were express­ men working on cultivating the
National Farm Bureau Fed fration. Photo shows the presi­ made up of growers, to lease the ed for the first time, openly land. He plans to put 200 acres
today, by the government of­
dent and Mrs. Coolidge on d e platform with bureau offic­ plant from the present asso­ ficials. Speaking In the Relch- under cultivation in the near
ciation. In this way It was felt
ials just before Mr. Cooli ie began to speak. 0 . K. Brad- the 'association would have the serat, the government spokesman future, planting it in alfalfa
and grain.
Improvements In
fute, president of the oi enization, stands next to Mr. united support • of the growers. said that the funds from taxes farm buildings are planned, and
Coolidge.
I t appeared to be the con­ were unavailable for the Dawes a new barn w ill be constructed.
census of opinion that without plan payments In 1927 and there-
In the past two weeks since
contracts w ith the growers, the
he has owned the farm , tin
TWO ARE HURT IN
Revenue from other sources Reedy has shipped five cars of
association could not exist, prof­
AIRPLANE SMASHUPS itably. A t the present time, would be necessary, the speaker well bred Tillamook dairy stock
th© association has contracts added, contending that industrial to Jackson county, selling t ie
ZA N E S V IL LE . O., Dec. 19—
with no growers, and for that taxes, already -heavily saddling stock to dairymen in the Talent
(U .
P .)— Sergeant
Lawrence
must
he
re­ district.
reason, the growers market their m annfaeturou,
I t Is Dr.
Stipe of Saginaw, Mich., was
v
themselves, and turn duced! l Aln sg o ■!
tention tu uptiB HS ' S tnir
best
produce
fcrobaTSIy fatally tnJiTrtd art«
to the association their sec
as a central station M the sale
■Lieutenant James Hewings of over
ond class products.
W ith con- OAN’T PAY PINES. TO
of TUlamook dairy stock.
In
Boston Mass., was seriously hurl
tracts, the growers would find
addition, he w ill conduct a
LABOR
ON
STREETS
when their plane crashed, eu
It necessary to turn over all
dairy ranch of from 50 to 60
route from Aberdeen, N. D., to
their produce to the association
From no on, according to Judge
Dayton, Ohio
and in this way, the good pro­ Frost, who presides over the city
Dr. Reedy Is now in T illa ­
Show to be Given Again on
duce marketing would aid In the court, those who cannot pay their mook county, and w ill return
■ TAsraAxy Evening, it is
expense of marketing the poor fines w ill be sentenced to work on to Jackson county in a short
Announced
produce.
the city streets. In the past, those time with his family, to mako
Those oppolnted on the con»- who did not have the money to his home her*._______________ Z_
In spite of the heavy raine,
mlttee to work out a plan are: meet the fines were sentenced to
which made the toads very slip­
Peters Evans and Gallatin, as­ the county Jail, where they re­
pery,
and
undoubtedly
kept
HOSPITAL GOES TO
sociation directors; W iley. Horn?» mained. with the city paying for
many who otherwie would have
MISS J. AITOHISON
and Howell, growers and McCoy, their upkeep, until the fine had
attended, away a house packed
Smith and Brommer, business been served out at tho rate of >2
A t a special meeting of the
to its fullest capacity witnessed
men.
per day.
city council, held last night, the
tho presentation of “ F ud on
Four youths, under 21 years lease for the Community Hos­
the Podunk Lim ited,” the first
of
age, caught playing pool In pital, over a three year period,
of a series of entertainments by
Reinhart’s Pool H all, were re‘ was let to Miss Jeanne Altchlsoa.
the people of Bellview, in an Land Office Sale Nets Fed
contly sentenced to labor for five
Although her bid of >>00 per
effort to * raise funds for the
eral Government. Total
days in lieu of paying a >10 fine year was not the highest of
construction of a Community
of $60,280.33
assessed against each.
the list submitted the members
House in the Bellview district.
The youths were Janies Heer. of the council
favored
Miss
ROSEBURG, Ore., Dec. 19—
In fact, so many were turned
Ix>e T u ttle, <*dltor o f The
Wayne H ill, Frank Moore’ and Aitchlson because of her lone
a w a y that those in charge of T h irty million feet of timber
Jack son C ounty N ew s X»f
experience in hospital manage­
Vernon Phipps.
the a ffa ir have decided to have from 1000 acres of land were
M
edford, und H .H . W ither­
ment and the fact that she is a
another showing of the farce sold yesterday to nine bidders
spoon
o f E lg in , Oregon,
graduate nurse.
Monday evening, when It is in a public sale conducted by
Advertís«1
w ere In A shland Friday.
hoped that all who could not the Roseburg land office.’ The
Mr. W itherspoon, w ho 1»
attend last night w ill witness sale of timber from O & C and
a
m em ber o f tho state
Coos Bay wagon road grant
the show.
h o rticu ltu re board and one
More than . >130 was realized land, netted the g o ^rn m e n l
o f th e la rg est apple grow ers
A ll of the timber
from
the
performance
last >60,280.33.
In th e sta te, attend ed th e
night.
The food and candy Is In Coos and Lane counties.
fru itg ro w ers’
m olding
in
sales aided In this total, which
M edford.
was far beyond the expecta­
HEAVY RAIN FALLS
H e w as d elig h ted w ith
tions of those who sponsored
THROUGHOUT NIGHT
tile A shlam l territory anil
sah l th a t th e fru itgrow ers’
Homer Billings carried the
Frlday, December 18, at Pi©
Over a quarter of an inch of
m eetin g In Medford luwl been
ncer H all, the Aahland Boys' hoys with him lu a brief sum­
rain fell last night, in fact, .32
o f gront valu e to th e raisers,
Clubs held the first of a aeries mary of what "Christmas Spirit’*
of an inch, to bo exact, according
a s som e o f th e best growers
of rallies.
Following the sea­ Is.
to figures by Louis Dodge, of­
In th e country hail given
son’s demand the meeting took
ficial weather observer.
A l­
Tha final scene was enacted
th e ir
experience • at
the
ou the form of a Christmas ra l­ w ith Santa* Claus, playing the
though this total Is not extremely
m eetin g.
ly. About 60 boya were In at­ chief role as good old Ntek
high, in comparison with othsr
tendance and all spent a very is supposed to do. This was giv­
storms of the past, the total fall
enjoyable evening.
was great for the time the rain
en by the Beavar Pioneer Club
The rallies are planned by" a of the Methodist church as their
fell.
group of boys called the Boys stunt.
Several atreota In the lower
SWOPPING
A fter thinking that his
Council.
This council la a rep­ r~tsf"«»
aids a *
were flooded
Mff8
necessary, therefore, to raise w ith water for a few minutes,
resentative body of alt the Pio­ ride through the clouds and
only the funda necessary tor the w ith water running over the gut­
neer and Scout groups In the rain to get here old Santa
purchase of the materials nesd-
town.
Those which have beeu found them and bad a candy
ters.
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selected by their respective clqbs bar for all thoee present.
as representatives are as fol­
HEADS SAY DENVER
Tbs Boys* Couacll have v a
lows.
BANKS MAY REOPEN
great many such good times,
Stag -Pioneer Club, Dick Hitch­ planned fo r ' ths future.
TWO ARRESTED ON
They
cock; Beaver Pioneer, Raymond plan to have besides the month­
LIQUOR CHARGES D E N V E R , Dec. 19. — (IP) —
(Rennet ;< Bear ’Pioneer Club, ly rally one other item of la-
Officials of the five banks that
K eller Mabbett; Soout Troop No
A. V enturi and b . Catallnl were closed here Thursday and yes­
terday
were
making
efforts
to­
yesterday afternoon lodged in the
county Jail, charged
with tho day to reopen their Institutions.
transportation of liquor, follow­ Gordon H o llis/ president of the
ing their arrest by State Truff 16 Grovers National Bank and the
Officer C. P. Talent *on the 31e- Broadway National, the first two
to close, said .that work was un-
kiyous.
WEATHER
Venturi and Catallnl eonftused dor way to reopen the Broadway.
Oregon and Washington
that they were returning to their Officials o f , the Metropolitan and
— Cloudy.
Not
mu ph
Capitol H ili'S tate banks said they
homes in K lam ath Falls after *
change
in
temperature.,
trip to Weed, where they obtained believed their bank* would be
M elerete southerly winds.
open soon.
ten gallons of wine.
Elgin Man Has
Much Praise for
Ashland District
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