í
MALARIA GERMS
Cannot survive thrçe months in
the rich osane at Ashland. Pore
domastio water helps. *
A S P ^ / d CLIMATE
Withoi/ '^ a s e of medicine caree
nine / ? ' out of ten of asthma.
Thif'y . proven fact.
Tbe Tidings Has Been Ashland’s Leading fiewspaper For Nearly Fifty Years
(United Press Wire Service)
ASHLAND, OREGON, .THURSDAY, JAN. 7, 192G
Sister PeJdl CS
Papers; Brother
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M ONT C L A IR , N. J.,
Jan. 7. — W hile Irving
B erlin, composer of popn-
j 8 la r songs, was on his
I 8 honeymoon today, with
8
his bride, the former Miss
Say Charges on orthwest 8 E llin Mackay, society girl,
Shipments
8 and member of a wealthy
8 fam ily, Mrs. A. B. Kahn,
Illegal
8 sifter of Berlin, attended
A S S O C IA T IO N S JOIN 8 to her newspaper delivery
8 route as usual. She de
Idaho Wool Growers and North ft livers papers on a route
west Livestock Association
8 for a small store in this
Together In Protest
8 city.
'
8
• Mrs. Kahn said the ro-
W A S H IN G TO N , Jan. 7.— (LP>— 1 mance started between her
The Idaho Wool Growers associa 8
brother and Miss Mackay
tion. and the Northwestern Live 8 a year ago.
stock association, two organisa
tions which Include « about two
thousand sheep raisers in the
Northwest, today filed a supple- ]
mental complaint with the In-
te n ta te Commerce .Commission
against the present freight rates
on wool, which is shipped on the
Western and* Northern railroads.
association charged , in
their complaint, that the present
rates from points of shipment, in
Oregon, Idaho' and Washington,
to the points of delivery, in Chl- Letter Sent to Congressmen,
cago, Omaha and other Middle
Demanding Probe at
Western points, were "illegal
Once
and unreasonable
K L A M A T H FALLS, Jan. 7—
Senate investigation of the man
CALIFORNIA MAN TO
U8E LOCAL BUTTER ner in which the affairs of the
Klam ath Irrigation district have
Ashland butter made an lin- been handled by the United States
pressoin upon
one
California reclamation service is asked by
man, It is indicated by a message the directors of the Klamath ir r i
received today by the Ashland gation district in a leter mailed
Creamery,
to Oregon representative? in con
Rewman
MacMJnnfleld.
.or gress. .
' •
Memo Park. California, a former
The letter sets forth that re
Ashland visitor, was so delight peated hearings before officials
ed w ith the local hatter that he of the interior department have
Me sent to r another consign failed to bring redrees.-------------
ment.
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In their letter the directors
In his
letter,
M aelflapfleld ask especially that thorough tn-
eaid, "About three- weeks ago I veettgatton be made of the man
called at your place and bought ner la which the California Ore-
four pounds o f -b u tter to bring gen Power company acquired use
on heree w ith me. We like It so. of water from a government re
well I should like you to send me servoir without charge, together
with control of the main source
snother four pounds."
of supply, of the K lam ath pro
ject for a period of fifty years.
I t is also asked that a probe
be made of the sale ot two power
Funeral services for the late canals to the power company for
Louis Schwein, who died Tues what is termed a "vastly inade
day'afternoon, following an ill quate" consideration.
nose ot several years, w ill he held
Charge is also made that the
at the Masonic Temple Friday a f bureau of reclamation ' has at
ternoon at 2 o’clock it was stated tempted to influence
elections
today. Members of the Masonic in the district by publishing con
order are requested to meet at fidential reports from Washing
the Temple at 1:30 p. m. tomor ton with a view to discrediting
row.
irrigation
district
candidate«
soleum, with . Masonic
honors. known to be not in favor of the
Interm ent w ill be at the Man- manner In which affairs of the
Tbere w ill be a Knight Templar district had been conducted.
A total of seveh charges are
and E lk escort.
Friends of the fam ily are in listed and the letter states that
full proof regarding each of them
vited to attend the services.
has been secured and
is now
ready for presentation.
IE FELT
SHOOKS
lit
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IN C
TRAL ITALY
CATANZARO, Ita ly , Jan. 7, ¡8
— (IP)— Strong earthquake shocks 8
were felt at Geracemarlan today. 8
A panic ensued, but no damage ¡it
was reported.
8
Oregon and Washington
— F air tonight and F ri
day, w ith normal temper
ature. "Moderate north to
east
winds . along
the
coast.
Although finishing on the short
end of a 28-27 , score in their
first tussle w ith the Battery B
tosaers, the Ashland high school
engagement,
ions of a,
They have
the Medfori
they w ill finish in front When
they tangle brtth the soldiers in
a return engagement tomorrow
night at the Armory.
five from H ilt, and, two or three
other tnsslea lined up, which
w ill make them hustle- through
out -the season. They have prac-
ticed faith fu lly for the battle,
and believe they w ill have an
even larger margin of victory to
morrow night than they secured
in the first go.
Caldwell, Bryant, Clary, But
terfield and possibly Ramsey will
start for
the soldiers,
while
Hughes hap not determined who
w ill represent the hifch school.
I t is probable that the high
acho^l,' mentor w ill start about
the same outfit which faced the
Battery boys in their last game,
and w ill them run In his entire
sqnad.
The high schoolers led through
out the game in the first tqaale,
but blew up in the closing ihln-
utee, and the Battery B hoop-
gtera, coming with a rush, closed
up a six point lead and went out
in front by one poAt. The stead
iness of the soldiers, most of
whom are form er high school
stars, stood them in good stead,
and although a couple of them
were in rotten eondltion, they
managed to stick it-o u t and Irin.
The soldiers h are been ttain -
ing seriously for their return
Snows Below Normal in
High Altitudes, Says
Water Head
Black Declares Tire Makers
Use Hoover to Boost
Prices
Minority Members Hope to
Hold Session Together
Longer
SURVEY BEING MADE
SCOFFS AT THEORIES
VETO IS OVER RIDDEN
Late Snows do Not F reest and
Pack WelJ, an<I Run off
Fast, H osier Saya
Says British Monopoly H as Noth
lug to do With Increased
Prices of Auto Tires
Court Action Threatened by Min
ority on Education Appro
priation .Measure
Unlcss heavy snows are ex
perienced -during this month,
high In the mountains, at the
heads of the small streams which
feed Ashland creek, Ashland has
another dry year such as was
W A SHING TO N. Jan. 7 ..-4 tP » —
The words of Secretary Hoover,
in protesting against high rubber
prices, which he says are caused
by a British monopoy, "are being
used’ by American rubber inanu-
facturers in their boosting of
prices on automobile tlree, Rep .Harry Williams haa been mayor
resentative Black, Democrat, of of Vermilion. O.. for. 26 years,
New York charged ¿n his speech and is starting on his thirteenth
consecutive term. He vows he's
before the House today.'
Black said the price of crude very lazy, but citizens say his
rubber had very little or nothing I activity in the mayor's office
to do with the Increase on tire proves he’s only joking.
prices.
He declared that "this
last blast of steam, let <
Hoover, is propoganda, plui
QLYMPJA, Wash.. Jan. -Z.— ■
<IP>— Adjournment Is looked for
some time late this afternoon or
tonight.
city water superintendent.
"This winter has been an ex
ceedingly open one." Hosier said,
and unless heavy snows fa ll in
the higher altitudes during thU
month we are liable to be faced
with another dry summer."
Hosier explained that so fai
this year there has been very
little snow recorded in the higher
altitudes, in comparison with pre
vious seasons. Usually, be ex
plained. the snows which are best
for the summet* water supply,
fall during late November, Dec
ember and early in January.
There has been almost total lack
ef heavy snowfall d u rin g these
months this winter, in some /ears
Hosier explained, when there has
been a light fall, there have been
heavy winds which drifted the
snow on this side of the water
shed, and have made conditions
fairly satisfactory. However, 'this
year there has been but-very fittle
wind. On optimum year ie the
year when heavy snows fall. sad
heavy winds d rift the snow.Hrt«i—
riiis propellor is 17 1-2 fed long and weighs only 140 PAT GRAOE AGAIN
)Qiuid«. 11 was made hythi? L'. S. air service at McCook IN ON DRUNK CHARGE
Field, Dayton, O., for the Jiew army dirigible RS-1, un
Grace, recently released
der construction at Scott- Field, HI., and weighs less from Pat
the county Jail, where he
than half as much as it would weigh if made of the was serving a term for drunk and
wood usually used. It ia of balso wood, the lightest disorderly aonduct here, last night
Dean Frowns
onPaintedFace
at Altar
1.
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James C. Burger, of Denver. 8
Imperial potentate of the Mystic 8
Shrine who visited oflcially in 8
Officers Elected Dor
Visit of Shrine Head
Here
Dodge Motor Car
deduction is
Announced Today
A substantial reduction in tbe
price of Dodge motor cars was
announced today by the Eakip
Motor company of Medford, Jaçk-
son county sales and service rep
resentatives of the Dodge Motor
company.
The average reduction on the
cars Is 1101, according to^ the
new price schedule.
Prices on the varions models,
under the new price list are:
touring, 1796;
roadster, | 7 » i ;
type B sedan 9896; type A sedan.
81016; coupe, 1846; panel com
mercial car, 1886, screen com
mercial car 8810 chassis, 8886.
ASHLAND STORE HAS
FINE WINDOW RECORD
The Ashland
store
of the
Western Auto Bupply company
was one of the two stores, lo
cated outside of California, which
placed in the recent Christmas
window decoration oontest held
by the company.
In the first class, the Deliver
store took second place, while
in tffe second class, the« local
store placed third. In the same
class with the Ashland store, the
Anaheim, California store was
first and the Fresno, California
store second.
These tto re a are
located in cities mnch larger than
Ashland.
—
8
8
-evMto ’ 8
faced £
and painted lips has been
started by Rev. A rthur
Welle, dean ef a fash-
ionable church. Although
other and equally fash-
Ionable churches of the
metropolis contain special
rooms In which the bride
may carry out cosmetic de-
corations. Dean Wells us-
aerts that he w ill not
Ashland, Monday, carried horns 8
with him a Southern Oregon 8
souvenir presented by the local 8
temple of Shrlners.
It was gl
handsome cane of native woods,
"disfigured."
the main part ot polished man-
The dean has not per
xanlta, a
gnarled
oak
piece
formed a marriage cere
furnishing the handle. A prop
mony for several weeks
erly engraved gold band com-
pleted the memento, which tha
distinguished visitor
e&press- d
the highest appreciation for and
promised to treasure among hie
most prised* personal belonging*
Officers of H illah Temple were,
elected during Burger’s visit hers
Ths following
were elected’
Illustrious potentate, Fred D-
Wagner of Ashland: chief rabbax.
Sajn H. Baker. Grants Pass; as
sistant rabban, Phillip K. Ham Pierce Sets Election Date
For February 16. To
mond, Ashland; high priest and
be Great Aid
prophet, E. C. Jerome. Medford;
Oriental guide. R. E. Detrlrk.
SALEM,
Jan.
7.— Governor
Ashland; treasurer C. H. Vauixl.
Pierce
yesterday
signed
a pro
Ashland; recorder, W . H- Day,
Ashland; first ceremonial master^ clamation fixing Tuesday, Feb
H. Q. Enders, Jr., Ashland; see- ruary 1C, as the date for a special
ond master, Carl Y. Tengwald. election in Jackson and Jose
of Medford; captain of the guard. phine counties on the question
W . C. Van Bmon. Klamath Falls: whether the Siskiyou highway
shad
bt
trustee, three year term, W. H. -Improvement district
formed.
A
petition
from
the
res
McNair,
Ashland.
George
R-
Chapmen, Gold H ill. W. E. New idents of the proposed district hae
comb, Grants Pass, and.' F. G. been filed with the secretary ask
Wagner of Ashland were elected ing for the election.
Formation of the district lb de
as representatives to the imperial
sired
for the purpose of building
council.
a road up W illiam s creek from
JNTOOK WILL
IS IN LITIGATION
CHICAOO, Jan. 7.— (U>>— Both
sides rested to d a y'In the famous
McClintock million
dollar «'Hl
salt, la which W illiam D.
herd seeks to obtain tife o«iate
of B illy, M iC llatock,
"million
aire orphan."
Attorney« for the nine courina
of B illy and Miss Isabelle Pope,
S illy ’s fiancee, put on no »8»
nesses, depending upon argn«
meats to prove that Shephard
used undue pressure In havia*
B illy sign his w ill In Shepherd’s
favor.
■»
Th. birth rata of tbs United
States is ‘decreasing.
gon Caves. Federal forest road
aid is expected.»
I t Is claimed
that ths proposed road would
give Medford a direct route to
the Oregon Caves shorter than
the present road by the- way of
Grants Paaa, and also give that
city direct connection with Cres-
eent City over the RedVood
highway.
«
In pouglas county an election
w ill be held January 26 on the
question of forming the Umpqua
highway improvement district. \
Since the pasage of the act
in 1921’' providing for the forma
tion of highway Improvement dis
tricts several elections have been
held, but the proposed districts
have always been rejected
by
O LYM PIA. Wash
(IP)— While most of the members
were preparing today to wind nj|
their affairs, in anticipation of
of un adjournment of their spe
cial session, which is now closing
its ninth week, a few disappointed
minority members were bnsv de
vising means to make higher ed
ucational
institutions
finance
measures the means for holding
ths legislature in session.______o.
These minority members are
bitter agaiust those minority re
presentatives who strayed from
the fold yesterday, to vote with
the m ajority members, permitting
the House to over ride Governor
Hartley's voto on the millage
bin, a supplementary measure to
the appropriations bill.
->
Court action., in an effort to
havq the whole proceedings de
clared unconstitutional, is threet-
was arrested by R. J. Schrader
and Chief of Police G. W. Mcuabb
following an automobile accident Noted Evangalist to Con
on North Main street.
duct Six Weeks Meet-
Grace, driving while drunk lt ____ iiJg.ThisSumm§r___ . . uaud by theae minorlty inember«.
s aald, ran into the rear end of
but the members of the m ajority
Definite
arrangements
have do not take their threats serious
a hay truck, badly damaging
his car, and suffering minor In been completed for a revival ly.
campaign to be carried on here
juries himself.
When the officers attempted by B illy Bunday, noted evan-
OLYMPIA. Jan 7. — (LP) —
to arrest him. Grace resisted. gatlst, according to an announce Reports were circulated about
-” »4 - MnNahh was fprqpd .tp use ment made this morning by of the capital flits morwhur Mat «•»-
force to. bring him to the police ficers of the Ashland Minister- ernor Hartley expected to deliv
station.
ial association.
er another special message to
It is probable that Grace will
The services will start about thé Legislature before its ad-
be turned over to the state to b* May 30, which ia the tentative Jonrnament. Governor H artley
tried on the driving while drunk date set, and will continue for would not say definitely what he
charge, McNabb said this morn six weeks. This time was select had in mind, and declared there
ing.
ed by Sunday as (he best sea were "still some matters that
son of the year In which to con needed explaining.
duct services In Southern Ore
gon.
The evangallstlc meetings will CARDINAL MERCIER
SAID NEAR DEATH
he held under the auspices of
the M inisterial association, with
BRU8SELS. .Jan. 7. — (LP) —
the churches of the city uniting
Although there la no danger of
to
bear
the
expenses
of*
the
Members of the recently organ
his Immediate death, according
ized Ashland Flower Club will meeting.
Union Sunday morning services to his physicians. Cardinal Mer
gather
at
the
city
Library
cier has been administered the
this evening at 8:00 o’clock. are to be held by Sunday. It was
last sacraments, at his own re
for the second meeting of th' declared today.
There will be at least, six quest.
club, with much- business to be
Flower Clyb to
Hold Meeting
This Evening
transacted during the session.
Mrs. Lewis H. Jacks, president
of the club, declared today thu
the constitution and by-laws,
which are to be presented thiq
, evening, have been drawn up,
and it i-s expected that the club
will adopt them, and the organi
zation put under wp.y at once.
A t the first meeting of the
club, which was simply an or
ganization meeting, there w erj
many flower growers of the city
who were unable to attend be
cause of
other engagements.
However, notices have been seat
out for this meeting, and It is ex
pected that the membership of
the club w ill be doubled, at least,
by the new enrollment tonight.
Plans for flower shows and for
Interesting school children In the
growing of flowersi will be taken
members In the Sunday party,
Including the evangalist, and his
musicians.
The services w ill be held In
the Chautauqua building, ar
rangements for the securing of
that structure having been made
with the Park Hoard. A platform
will he erected for Sunday, and
with the large seating capacity
available. It is belfeved that the
services w ill attract the great-
(Continued On Page Three)
VESUVI0U8 BREAKS ...
ARE SAID NOMAL
NAPLES, Jan. 7. — (LP) — Two
eruptions of Mount Vesuvloug,
which occured yesterday, are
normal, according, to Professor
Malladra, of the ,Vesuvius lab
oratory, who said there would
be no outbreaks at the side ot
the mountain.
Advertise In Tb« Tidings
up this evening,
MARGHERITA TO BE
BURIED ON SUNDAY
MEGAN LLOYD GEORGE
GOES UNDER KNIFE
PO RTLA N D, Jan. 7. — The his family and their future pros-
fame of Oregon has penetrated pacts, he feels impelled to seek
the Orient, and from the pro- elsewhere for a prominent home,
vinca,, g t (ihttlUl.. Mortharn fihlBtu.— Adilsed bp .a ¿stead, who nt
far beyond the Yellow 8ea, comes present ia visiting in China, Glen
a letter to the Land Settlement has written for information on
Department
of
the
Portland the opportunities of Oregon,
chamber of commerce.
The voice from far off China,
A fte r years spent In the Mon- not a,#B® P ^ ic t s a year of rqgl
gotlan land. John Erskine Glen, ,and " t t U » e a t activity for Ore-
an European, I . about to retire, <OB* Slnca Naw Yaar a Db*
and is casting about the world flTe « ^ c u ltu r a l inquiries harp
for a suitable home for his fam- cdma ,rom a" *» inta Bf
< *■ "
Hy
pass to the Land Settlement De
partment. Every day brings freak
Tbe inquirer explains In his inquiries.
*
LONDON, Jan.' 7. — (LP) — letter that he has a modest in-
During the month e f Pvtnaibnr
Megan Lloyd George, daughter come and a family of three chil- thirty-two new settlers, with a
of the former Prime Minister of dven, who 'are at present attend- capital investment of approa^B
England, today underwent a suc ing school in England. Himself mately 8199.099, were
cessful appendicitis operation.
a Scotsman, he Is of the Impree- ed The Chicago Lead C o.w g
H er condition wa» reported as sion that England doe« not of- Grants Pass. Oregon, haa Jggg-'
being satisfactory this afternoon. fa r, the opportunities for the s ea t’ln the names of 18 famlMee
rising generation that she once from other states If t a it i la
did, and that on account ot past 99 days.