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LY TIDINGS
Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years
The Tidings Has Been Ashland's
W ire 8« ft lee)
vou xux
o r 'to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Volume 4 J
B U SIN E SS OF
1 9 2 5 SEASON
Special Meeting Held to
Clear up Stray Ends
of Work
Dry Agents Will
Dress to Suit
Occasion
SAN FRANCISCO, Déc.
8 _ so.— Every Federal pro-
8 hibltlon enforcement agent
in ‘ San Francisco today
received a little sealed en
velope bearing the nota
8
tion;
BILLS ORDERED PAID
Advertising
Campaign
8
8
8
T oned
Down. Plana tor Care of
Drainage W ater Asked For
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Bills, amounting to slightly 8
more than 17000. the funds used* 8
in transacting the business of the
city during the past month, were
ordered paid by the city council
last night at an adjourned meet
ing, held to clear up the end of
the year business.
.
The meeting was called, pri
m arily for the purpose of order
ing theee bills paid, but the
council took other matters un
der consideration but in most
cases no definite action was
taken.
A request th a t. the city coop
erate w ith the chamber of com
merce in an advertising campaign
in the Portland Journal was
turned down fla t by the council,
the members giving as their rea
son for this action* a lack of 87
“ Do not open until
New Year’s eve.”
Colonel Ned. M. Green,
enforcement officer for
this section of the state,
let It be known today
that the envelope did not
contain a bonus or any
other form of g ift, but
held terse ordeiy telling
the recipient just how
he Is to help to see that
1920 is christened w ith
nothing
stronger
than
FLYING SPARKS
BADLY BURN
L. APPLEGATE
funds.
A representative of the resi
dents of A lld a street addressed
the council, asking that some
definite action be taken to care
for the drainage of water on
that street.
He explained that
the residents were ready to 1a-
a ta ll tilin g -to carry -off the water,
but they wanted some assurance
that such work would be per
manent. He also requested that
the city set • standard sise of
tilin g and a street line fo r the
tile.
The purchase of whatever hose
the fire department w ill need
during the coming year was re
commended by a representative
of a hose concern, who stated
that a substantial increase in
price might be expected after
the first of the te a r. Again, be
cause of a lack of funds, no ac-<
tion was taken.
ANNOUNCEMENTS OP
SERVICES CALLED
AU church notices for Sunday
services must t/e in at the Tidings
office ^tomorrow evening. Ann
ouncements w ill not be taken
over the telephone, and unless
they are received In the office
by tomorrow night, w ill not be
published on Saturday.
Year Old Southern Ore
gon Pioneer is Hurt
in Home
K L A M A T H FALLS, Dec. 80.—
A glowing spark from a pipe he
held in his hand falling on a
woolen bathrobe, caused painful
burns about the legs of Lucien
Applegate, 87 year old pioneer
of Klam ath county, a major in
the Modoc war, and an older
brother of Captain O. C. Apple-
gate, as he sat dosing before the
fire of his home at Brookside
ranch, in Upper Swan Lake val>
ey, Bunday evening at 8 o’clock.
Instant response of his daugh
ter Elsie and “Chuck” M iller,
hired ranch hand, who were in
the room at the time, prevented
the burns from being fatal.
According to attending phy
sicians, the burns, which appear
ed at first to be serious, upon
examination were found of such
nature that they would heal rap
idly.
The old gentleman is In good
physical condition, and although
confined to his bed, will be about
in a few weeks.
Lucien Applegate, who Is a
member of the prominent Apple-
gate fam ily, and one of those
hardy pioneers to cross the plains
in the famous Applegate covered
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CHANEY PRAISED FOR MANNER
OF HANDLING PROM FUNDS
Thgt the prohibition fnad, the
bane of the political lives of sev
eral previous Jackson county law
enforcement officers, is being well
handled by D istrict Attorney
Newton Chaney is shown by the
report of the Jackson county
grand ju ry to Circuit Judge C.
M. Thomas.
In this rsport, the .jurors 'de
clare they have carefully gone
-over the books o f the district
attorney, and find that a bal
ance of over 02700 was on band.
Since that time, Chaney declared
yesterday, that a email amount
ha* k een dea w a fa nas the toad,
but there still remained over
02200 for prohibition work.
This money camé from flnee
aseeeeed against bootleggers and
other dry law violators/ and none
from the general fund, which,
It Is said, In the past was drawn
npofi rspeatsdly tor funds with
Which to carry . on the prohibi
tion work.
Mem harp, of the grand jury
were 8. P. Hunter, H. 8. H arrl-
aon, George W . King, J. L. HUI,
Orville Rlehey, Lewis H . W yatt
and Hom e» Nichelson.
A part of their rsport, con
cerning ths prohibition fund, fol
lows:
“ W e have carefully examined
into ths m atter of ths purchase
and nee of automobile equipment
of the District Attorney and find
same was handled in an honest
and business like, way, that the
results accomplished by the uae
of said equipment, as provided
under the law, has warranted the
purchase and use of said automo
biles.
ASHLAND, OREGON,
DANA FAVORED
AS SH IPPIN G
BOARD MEHBQt
ÎECDAY, DEC. 30, 1925
He’ll Join Ford Orchestra
1 9 2 5 WAS VERY
PR O SPE R O U S
FDR AM ERICA
He’s lost
THOUSAND DIE
FROM FLOODS
OVER EUROPE
Raging Gales And Flood
California Republican Prob
able Map to Get Other
Appointment
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Politically Yw r Was Quiet
er Than Any Since
Pre-War Years
CONFERENCE IS HELD
CABINET O H A N O E 8
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W A SHINQ TO N, Dec. 30.....(IP)
Senators
McNary,.
Republican
of Oregon and Shortridge, Repub
lican of California, after a calf at
the W h ite House, today announc
ed that an agreement was In
sight on the appointees to the two
Pacific Coagt,- vacancies,
one
Democratic and one Republican,
on the United States Shipping
Board.
;
•1 —
Phlllfp Teller of San F ran
cisco, a Republican and Marshal
N. Dana, a Democrat, are consid
ered the most likely candidates.
"WASHINGTON. Pe c. 30.
The Wenatchee - Southern R ail
way' company has filed with
the Interstate Commerce
Com-
diissoln its application ., for a
third extension of time within
which te begin construction OP«
line, authority for which was
granted y» the summer of 1924.
Negotiations for financing cannot
be completed by January 1 , when
the first extension expires, It is
said.
Stores of City to
Remain Closed
On New Years
"Hurt- w e’re going to close
New Years Day. don’t we
have to start 1(KM right?”
w as the answer o f several
business men th is m orning
when questioned as to w heth
er they would have their
plan's of business open F ri
day.
A holiday to open the > ear
in Just the stuff, they de
clare. The stores w ill be
open again on Haturday and
elosed on Sunday, givin g the
em ployee and owners tw o
days of rest in rapid order.
There w ill be no Issue of
the Tidings on Friday. All
advertising copy tor tom or
row’s issue m ost be in at
nine o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, w hile all advertising
copy for the Saturday issue
m ust be in the Tidings of
fice by nine o'clock on Sat
urday morning.
ENGLAND IS HIT HARD
Low Streets in Ixtixlon Arc
Flooded by Waters Front
Thames '
Little Ijeglslation Enacted. Ad
m inistration is Defeated in
Many Crises’
Report on Proposal for • Columbia
• Channel is Heat Back for
More. Information
W A SHING TO N. Dec. 30.— (U>)
— The report on the proposal for
widening and deepening the Col
o m b ia River channel has been
returned to the district engineer
at Portland for additional infor
mation, according to Senator* Mc
Nary. i t is expected that the pro
posal w ill be back In time to bé
submitted to Cognress if it is ap
proved by the hoard of army en
gineers.
Waters Bring Destruc
tion to Continent
Jesse Martin, 71, Of Fre
tion to the old-fashioned
Ford is trying to popul
ago. He plays a dulcimer,
of pianoforte.
FEO PIi
-r
Gertrude M.
Suit
J7 Fraley
Gertrude M. Fraley Mom
filed auit tor divorce In the
cult court against Milton
Fraley on the -ground» vtf
and Inhuman treatm ent, the spe
cific allegations being as fol
lows:
That “defendant was sulky and
morose” and to r six weeks last
spring “ never spoke .to the plain
tiff.”
That last A pril when plaintiff
was stricken w ith the mumps,
defendant refused husbandly care,
failed to build the Drop or pro
vide food, u n til p lain tiff was
forced to ask her slater and
brother-in-law, Mr. ^nd Mrs. W.
H. M cNair, for aid and her fam
ily for financial asslatafice.
That for years the defendnnt
neglected intentionally to split
wood and kindling, being forced
to do it herself.
That he complained about "the
poor quality of her cooking” and
“ five yekrB ago brutally pulled
p la in tiff’s hair."
A restraining order prohibit
ing the defendant from visiting
the home on tho grounds "it
would simply be grounds for
further argument and abase,” is
also sought, w ith 040 a month
maintenance money, custody of
three minor children and an ab
solute decree of divorce.
The contestants are residents
of Ashland.
TWO ARE KILLED IN
CAVE IN OF MINE
S E A TT L E ,
Dec.
30.— ( I D -
Two men were killed, and three
others trapped for several hours
SUSANNE CARTER
in the old Black Diamond mine
IS QTVEN HONOR No. 11 of the Pacific Coal com
pany late yesterday.
PO RTLA N D, Dec. 30.— (IP)—
The dead are W . R. Bruner,
Mrs. Susanne Homes Carter, sup
36, and Em il Piquet, 36.
A
erintendent of schools In Jackson
cave-ln or “ bump” took place
county, was elected vloe presi
at the tw elfth level at the hot-
dent of the
Oregon \ Teahcers
association late yesterday. She
snceeds D r. J. N. Lkndera, presi
fa th er
dent of the Monmouth Normal,
IS
REPORTED
BETTER
who w ill automatlcAUy succeed
to the office of president of the * PL Y M O U T H , V t , Dec. 30 (IP)
“We further find that the said
automobiles purchased were so
purchased out of the prohibition
fund created by the prohibition
law violators namely; the boot
leggers, and- not by the taxpay
ers of Jackson County, Oregon.
We fu rth ê r'fin d that the sys-
tem of bookkeeping and record
kept by the District Attorney is
excellent and that his expendi
tures ef the prohibition funds
have been made as provided un
— Colonel John Coolidge, father
der the law, and that he has had association.
of the President, today was re
his prohibition fund and system
audited three times by E. M. EARTHQUAKE ORAOXS ported to he very comfortable,
Wilson, C. P. A., of Jackson
TOP OF MOUNTAIN following another restful night.
His condition is so favorable that
County, Oregon, to-wit:
On, May 12th, 1025; on Sep
ANCHORAGE. Alaska,
Dec. Dr. A lbert M. Cram, his physi
that
the cian, . postponed his usual earty
tem ber' 12th, 1926, and in De SO.— (ip)— indicating
peak of Mount McKinley had morning call.
cember 22nd, 1926.
That we have carefully examin been fractured by an earthquake,
ed the audits of the said B. M. which shook this section a week
W ord has been received from
Wilson and find all accounts of ago, an Immense volume o f smoke
the prohibition fiind to bé true and steam were pouring from the M r. HoBfcbyer who left Ash
and correct; that we find a bal top of the mountain today. From land last fa ll oft account of slok-
ance on December 22, 1920, of this point to the south of the nsM that he la much Improved
02710.11, according to the Coun mountain, the eruptions appear! and hopes to he able to return
to Ashland soen.
to be steady.
,
ty Treasurer's Bboks."
PREBIDENT’8
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urg, N. Y., is the latest addi-
ee orchestra by which Henry
e the-steps of a generation
shown above, an early form
Electrir
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Shocks Fished
From Ocean
SEA TTLE, Wash., Dec, it
30.— On exhibition here
today for a meeting of
tho Pacific fisheries so
ciety was an electric tor
pedo. This la a fish that
gi v es an e l ec t r ic s h ock-tor-
half an hour after it is
taken.
A fisherman who caught
the specimen said that
the torpedo knocked him
over with a shock aa heur
8 after he captured It.
8
How the torpedo re
charges Itself under water
was a problem for the
meetlfig. The fish is flat
and has an ugly snout.
I t was caught in the Pa
cific ocean 200 miles from
Washington.
GRANTS PASS
TO BE COUNTY
ROAD CENTER
Number of D istricts in State
Are Reduced B y New
Move
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 30.— Effec
tive January 1 on account of
curtailment of the new construct
ion program of the state high
way department, the Southern
Oregon division w ill be discon
tinued and Klamath and Lake
counties will be consolidated with
the division now supervised by
District Engineer C. W. Warner,
whose headquarters wUl be trans
ferred from The Dalles to Bend,
Jackson and Josephine countlas
w ill be consolidated with the
Southwestern Oregon division un
der the supervision of W . E.
Chandler, whose headquarters
w ill be transferred from Marsh
field to Grants Pass.
Under this new arrangement
the northern boundary of Chand
le r’s division would be the Doug
las county line on the Coast
IB V k f fillff Ruaohuig m r the
Pacific highway.' District Engin
eer J. A. Sawyer’s territory, with
headquarters in Salem, will be
extended correspondingly south
to the Coos-Douglas county line.
The change reduces the num
ber of divisions in the state from
six to, five and leads to the resig
nation of C. C. Kelly, who has
been district engineer for the
Klam ath division and who has
been with the department since
its organisation in 1917.
BY L U D W E L L DEN N Y
United Press Staff Correspondent
W ASHING TO N, Dec. ’ 30— (IP)
— Politically and legislatively thg
year 1925 was quieter than any
since pre-war years. For the first
time since before the war Con
gress was in recess for nine
months, and it was an "off-year**
for ejections.
Butteressed behind the-mandata
of 17,600,000 votes received la
the 1934 election. President Coo
lidge intensified his politicles of
conservative administration with
federal economy and tax reduct-
ion as the focal points.
Meanwhile Administration op
ponents, challenged and defeat
ed the Administration when the
Senate rejected the President's
nomination of Charles B. Warren
as Attorney General, and again
at the polls when Robert M. La
Follette, Jr., following the death
of his father, was overwhelm
ingly elected senator from Wls
consln over his Old Guard op
ponent.
Overshadowing other attack?
«gainst 4be- A dm in i s tr a tio n— in
public interest were the sweeping
charges of Brig. Oen. W illiam
Mitchell, assistant army air chief,
against his superiors, thvr conse-
quent Mitchell demotion 'and
Court m artial and special Presi
dential A ir Board probe.
W hile Europe was apparently
moving toward International ac
cord through the Locurity and
arbitration pacts, the State De
partment here was having- its
difficulties In Latin America and
the Far East. A sharp exchange
of words with Mexico, the dis
puted preliminaries under Oen
John Pershing e f the Tacna-Arica
plebiscite, and Chinese ctyjl war
and antl-forelgn demands em
barrassed the Administration In
• conduct of Its foreign policy.
Cabinet changes, which contin
ued throughout the year, began
with the announcement early In
January of the resignation df
Secretary of State
Charles E.
Hughes, who was succeeded on
March 4 by Frank B. Kellogg,
ambassador to Great Britain.
On the retirement of Justice
McKenna, Attorney General H a r
lan B. Stone was elevated to the
8upreme Court and John G. Sar
gent of Vermont wak put in
charge of Department of Justice.j
President W illiam M. Jardine of
the Kansas State Agriculture Col
lege was appointed to succeed
Secretary of Agriculture Gore,
who had been elected governor
of West Virginia.
A fter five months absence from
Washington fbllowlng a paralytic
stroke, Secretary of W ar John
(Continued On Page Three)
Tidings Employe
Taken to Hospital
Seriously Hl
John Hollenbeck, for several
o ntnl iiflm P ft dpkfator in tfifl
Tidings office, was token to the
hospital yesterday, suffering from
diabetes. As a result, the Tid
ings mechanical force Is lacking
ono operator, and the force 1»
being rushed to the lim it to turn
out the paper.
Hollenbeck, since, hie arrival
here from W alla W a|la, has made
a host of friends, who unite in
wishing him a speedy recovery.
His physicians declare that he
has a splendid chance for a quick
recovery..
The Tidings Is in need of a
linotype operator, and any man
In P o r t la n d -
Frank Murphy is spending a who has had experience on a
tow days in Portland this week machine, and Who desires to
on h combined business and work, is asked to call at tke
Tidings offloe.
pleasure trip.
LONDON
Dec.
30.— (IP)—
Flood, waters and a raging chan
nel gale brought disaster or dis
comfort to a large area of the
continent and England today.
The
Transylvanian
floodr,
the worst in thirty years, have
taken a toll estimated at from
fivd hundred to one thousand
lives, over a large area.
Reports from Germany, H o l
land and Belgium told of the
Dr. W illiam McGovern of Lon flood damages.
Some low streets in London
don Is being sought in northern
Peru by a searching party that were flooded by the Thames.
fears he has met some accident?
He left London last August to ex LOCAL STORE WINS
plore South America and haa not
PRIZE FOR WINDOW
been heard from «Ince Oct. 31.
R. J. Woods, manager of the
local Western Auto Supply com
pany store, this morning receiv
ed word that hia Chriatmas win
dow had taken third prise In
competition with 70 other com-
pany stojres op the Pacific ootsy.
Tn awarding
coat of installing the windo—
amount of merchandise dlspla
ed and the amount of wlndo~
pace available were taken Into
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__The window her«
was installed at a cost of 61.26,
High School And Battery B Woods aays.
HOOP SQUADS
ARE TO CLASH
THIS EVENING
Fives to Tangle in First
Game of Season
Christmas vacation has meant
little to the squad* df candidates
for the Ashland basketball team
thia year.
Almost every night since school
closed, Coach W alt Hughes haa
had hla squad at the armory,
working them overtime.
In an
effort to round them into shape
for their opening game, to be
played tonight with the Battery
B. five.
Hughes did condescend to
let his charges rest on CKrist-
mas day, and on the Sunday
following, but since that time haa
pounded them harder than ever.
He realised his pluyors are go
ing up ugalnst a real basketball
team thia evening, and wants to
have them In the beat shape
possible for the tussle.
The Battery B. o u tfit haa a
number of last year’s players In
the line-up,’ together with players
who starred on Ashland High
fives during the past several
PORI
AS RESULT OF WOO!
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PORTLAND Dec
—
Ray Trask, 29*. confessed bandit,
died at St. Vincents hospital here
today frftm a bullet wouad, in
flicted when he sought to elude
the police Monday. Traak con
fessed to a aeries of holdups and
robherlea. In which
he impli
cated Ned Bahomdony, who waa
arreeted.
The latter also con
fessed.
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BANDITS GET RICH
H A U L FROM BANK
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 30.—(IP)
(LP)The Argyle State Bank waa
robbed today of 030,000 by five
bandits, who escaped In an auto
mobile.
AIR MAIL BID IS
AOOEPTED TODAY
W ASHINGTON, Dec. 21.— (IF)
— Postmaster General New today
years.
announced the acceptance of the
Cleon Caldwell, Hoxie, Butter
hid of Vern C. Oorat of North
field, Bryant, Ramaey and a num
Bend for the contract to carry
ber of others w ill take the floor
air mall from Seattle to
Angeles.
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MCNABB TELLS MINISTERSOF
LAW ENFORCEMENT METHODS
The M inisterial Association of
the Rogue River valley held their
monthly meeting In Ashland on
Monday. The Association was
well represented by most of Its
dilatators, and several visitors.
A moat delightful luncheon which
was enjoyed by all was served
at the Llthia Springs ho
luncheon the party ascended to
the observatioq tower of the
hotel where they were able to
bask In the sunshine, and look
down upon the fog.
z I
The meeting of the afternoon
was held at the First Baptist
church of which Rev. M. 8. Wood-
worth Is pastor, and proved to
be one of interest mingled with
the moat splendid fellowship. O
W . McNabb, chief of police of
Ashland M t lp 'w lth the brethren,
and gave a rMume of the law en
forcement work In Ashland. He
also pointed out how the Minis
terial Assodatlen oould assist the
public official, to making Jack-
son county morally pure.
His
presence was much appreciated
by all.
-The program fo r the day wee
a paper presented by the Rev.
T. L. Thuemler of Medford, on
the subject, “The Speculative
Themes of Scripture, and D efil
ing W ith Them." Rev. Thuemler
arly way, stating that the two
speculative themes were “The
Second Coming of Christ” and
“The M illenium.” find ho point
ed out In a clear and coaripr
manner how we should deal w»*»>
them.
' ■ T
A lively discussion’ fo lio -" ’
the brethren being dtoevee» ’
their remarks.
Many at)
things of vital internet were
cussed.
Leonard Brown told a few in
teresting things relatlvfi to »h>
preacher in t8w fiMfhli
Anselmo Semfoarp qg
cisco. A t a la te r fionv
ual. the memhfite left
various homes hig h ly i
the day to AshU^d.
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