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the rich oxene at Ashland. Pure
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ASHLAND
,
Without,¿e
use of CLIMATE
medicine cures
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nine cases out of tea of aathma.
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ASHLAND, OREGON, MÓNpA Y JA N U A R Y 18, 1926
Knock, K n o c k ,.
Knock? The Girls
Are Coining
Resort Features of This Sec
tion to be Discussed at
Meeting
ALL AFTERNOON MEET
9
8
HAYWARD* Cal., Jan.
8 IS— (U. • P .)— The Hsy-
8 'Ward Oraminarschool is
8 claiming- the distinction
8* of being the only school
8 in California with a drum
8 corps composed entirely
8 of girls. ■
8 - - The corps now has a
8 dosen members and was
8 organised and, is being-
8 directed by J. B. Hol-
8 llngshead, ■ musical ln-
8 structor at the school.
8
In addition to the
8 dram corps the Hayward
8 schools have a boys and
8 girls band and glee clubs.
8 Mr. Hollingshead is a
8 full time instructor, and
8 regular credits are given
8 pupils for musical work.
All the resort features of this
section will be considered at the
convention of Southern Oregon
city
representatives
at
the
Li thia Springs hotel tomorrow.
The gathering will be started
with the regular Forum luncheon
of. the Ashland chamber of com
merce. At the luncheon. Colonel
C. G. Thomson, superintendent
of the Crater Lake National
Park, and George Sabin, man
ager of the. Oregon Caves Resort,
will be the principal speakers.
It will be remembered that last
year, Colonel Thomson made the
first - announcements of
the
plans for paving roads in the
park, at a meeting of the Ash
land chamber, and he has as
sured Secretary Fuller of the
local booster organisation that J.
1
he has more plans, to be an
nounced here.
In addition, Thomson will give
a resume of the work completed ,
during the past year In the park. |
At the afternoon session, rep
resentatives of the various civic l
organisations in Southern Ore- 'I
gon will discuss the means for <
better attracting and holding i
the tourist. Among, the speak
ers at this gathering will be I.
B. Vining, president gfc the state i
chamber of oomaerw, Hugh 1
Rankin, representative of the 1
forest department, J. A- Perry, 1
president of the Diamond Lake 1
company, Frank Jordan, chair- 1
man qt the Llthla Park Board, 1
Herbert Cuthbert, manager of 1
the publicity department of the 1
Portland chamber of commerce, j
and Mayor O. H. Johnson, of <
this city.
C. Pickens, Grand Sentin
al, Making Official
. Virit
TRAINS CRASH, 20
REPORTED INJURED
BROOKLYN, Jan., 18— (U.
P-)— Running through a dense PICTURE SALESMAN
fog, an eight car wooden train
BURNED TO DEATH
telescoped a train of steel cars
NEW YORK, Jan., -18— (U.
at the Williamsburg bridge to
P
.)—
Robert
Pritchard,
sales
day.
More than a score of
director
of
the
Flrat
National
passengers were Injured.
Pictures corporation was found
burned to death in a hotel room
NINE KILLED WHEN
today. Pritchard had ap
GAS TANK EXPLODES here
parently fallen asleep with a
BERLIN, Jan. 18. — '(U>) — cigar in his hand, which started
An explosion here today in a ben- the fire.
sine tank in a corner store of a
four story tenement building,
hurled tenants of the building CARDINAL MEROIER
from their beds with the force of
IS REPORTED WORSE
an earthquake.
BRUSSELS, Jan., 18— (U. P.)
Nine aré reported to be dead,
with 33 Injured, of whom 13 are — Cardinal Mercier passed a bad
seriously hurt. A number of per night last night, and his condi
sons are missing.
tion has been reported worse.
More than twenty five new recruited» from among tho rola
tlves of Lggftni BKgnmn, But
Ashland Poet No. 14, American It la tho Intention of the Aux
Legion, will be initiated tonight, iliary to canvass the city, in
together with the installation of order that every person, eligible
a new set of officers. The In to membership, may be given
itiation and Installation will he the opportunity * of joining.
held at a covered dish supper,
The covered dish supper this
to be held at the Parish House. evening srlfl be held at 6:30, It
The Auxiliary to the legion was declared. Immediately fol-
has been very active during the lowing the sapper, the Installa
past few months, and la now tion (gad initiation wilt b.e held.
randy for a drive for member
The new officers who will be
ship, la which It Is hoped to
Installed
tonight are: president,
aecnra every woman, who had
Mrs.
C.
A.
Malone; vice prest-
some blood relative in the ser
dent,
Mrs.
J.
XL Enders; secrq-
vice during the World War, ns a
tary,
Mrs.
C.
B. Shinn; tress-
member of the Auxiliary. '
nrer, Mrs. C. A. Heath.
It waa stated today that the
group of candidates, who are to
Appointive offtoers will be
ba initiated this evening, were selected later, It was Indicated.
Prince
Ashland Baptist Church vg.
First Baptist Church
Started
Bond» to be Sold Soon to P»V
Por Construction of
Building
Slight increase is Shown at
Opening of Second
Semester
PROPERTY. IN DISPUTE
COLD HAMPERS WORK
ONE
February 4 Set mh Date for H
o f P art of p i Oft, (MX) School
Bond Issue
Opportunity Room is Opened,
With Mrs. L. K. Merritt in
Charge
Hearing of testimony In the
ease of the Ashland Baptist
church vs. the First Baptist
church of Ashland, Inc., started
thia morning in circuit court,
before Judge C. A. Thomas.
The case 1» one of the
strangest in the annals of the
Baptist church in Oregon.
It
is based upon an entire change
In the creed used in the Baptist
chnrch here, causing a split in
the congregation.
Court action has been hanging
fire for almost a year, caused
by postponements and the filing
of demurrers by both sides in
the controversy.
The action started when the
congregation of the church split
over the teachings of Rev. Price,
who held evangelistic services
here over two years ago. Price
was a teacher of the Almee Mc
Pherson, or “Four Square Gos Little Chief Tom Reynolds is the “
pel” creed, which 'wag adopted Cheyenne Indian tribe ii^Oklahom
by Rev. B. C. Miller, pastor of Germany with a circus he met Fra
the church. A part of the con stein and it ’s said they’ll; be wed.
gregation refused to accept thia officers will bar him from lieritag
creed and were ousted, it is said, marry a full blooded Indian. Tom
from the congregation. Rev. Mil
his financee into the United States,
ler stating there was no set
Baptist creed, and that any
creed could be taught within
the abuet b. ' The fettowera o<
Rev. Miller held the church prop
erty on Hargadlae street, and
the parsonage on Oak street.
Salt was brought by the mem
bers who were alleged to havo
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 18
been ousted, these 'members de
—U. P.)—The retting
claring they were the Baptist
capacity of the flax plant
church of Ashland.
However,
at
the Oregon state pen
the followers of Rev. Miller, hav
itentiary
is to be doubled
ing filed Incorporation papers
Building
Fund
of
Rural
Club
to
mefet
the demand of
with the state corporation com
Raised
to
More
Than
an
ever
Increasing
yield
missioner, pointed out that the
$220
of
flax
in
the
Willamette
property had been given to the
Valley.
church, In the name of the First
Slightly more than 370 was
Prison authorities also
Baptist church of Ashland, and realised by the Bellview Com
are considering enlarging
that they were therefore the munity club, through the tag day
the scrutcblng capacity
Baptist chnrch.
staged here Saturday by the mem
of the plant.
After several months delay, bers. The money received from
The state flax plant
those opposed to Rev. Miller the sale of the tags will be added
will contract this year to
took possession of the chnrch to tho building fund of the club.
Mrs. Mary Homos Tucker, sec
property, which they now hold,
retary-treasurer
of the club, an
while Rev. Miller still retains
nounced this morning that the
club had slightlyl more than 3220
in the buUding fund, as the re
sult of the entertainment, staged
several weeks ago, and the tag
day efforts, I ~
As soon as enough money lias
been secured with which to pur
chase the materials, the work
will be started. All the labor
needed In the construction will be
donated by the men of the Bell-,
view district. In this way it Jit
hotted to secure a building In
which meetings of the club may he
er of Year Book is
held.
lade Member of
Mrs. Tucker announced that the
Society
’chicken dinner and dance, which
were to have been held at the
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON,
Civic Clubhouse on Wlnburn Way Eugene, Ore., Jan. 18.— (Special)
Friday night, has been postponed — George Ross, of Ashland, busi
until Friday, January 29. This ness manager of the Oregana, stu
move was made because tho fu na dent annual publication, has just
tion conflicted with an affair to been elected to membership in
be given by the Women s Civic the W. F. G. Thacher chapter of
dub.
.
.
; Alpha Delta Sigma, national Aon-
More Work £ojr
Flower Society
to Hold Meeting
Here This Evening
Although severely handicapped
by the cold weather of the pas»
few days, the contractors on
the neW grade school building,
being erected on Beach street,
are now engaged In putting up
the walls of the second story of
the structure.
The building will be com
pleted, and turned over to the
school board, for occupancy some
time early in April, Fred Bugle,
secretary of the board declared
this morning.
As soon as work on the new
grade school 'Is completed, it
will be occupied by the pMplls
n o r attending the Hawthorne
school, and that building will
be turned over to the contractors
tor repairs and additions which
will be made on it. In addition
to changing the exterior of the
building, giving it a more pleas
ing appearance, an auditorium
will be added to the structure.
When this work is finally
completed, the Hawthorne school
will be made the Junior High
School, while the present Jpnior
High building will be used as
a grade school,
Engle announced that 180,000
worth of the 8105,000 bond.ls-
■1*4 .will be offered tow n i e «1
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1 SERVIO! campus publications and the elec
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 18— (U.
P .)— Frank
J.
Hagenharlh,
president of tha National Wpol
Growers association attacked the
bureaucratic System of govern
ment, that gave the forestry
bureau legislative, executive and
judicial towers, with practirally
no right of appeal. In an addreas
at tha opening of the national
convaatlon bare today.
The
bureau has developed the Idea,
he said, that “it Is the owner,
rather than tha administrator of
tha national forests of the
country.“.
tion was in recognition of good
work he has done.
Membership In Alpha Delta
Sigma is limited to men who have
expressed the desire to make ad
vertising a Ilfs profession. Four
others ware also elected.
MAN DIES WHEN OAR
” HITS FIRE TRUCK
VINCENNE8, Ind.. Jan. 18—
(U. P .)— A fire truck and an
automobile collided here today,
causing the death pf three men
and Injuring two others, one
perhaps fatally.
MADE
Total enrollments at the Ash
land schools for the coming
semester will total about 1200.
Gen. William Lassiter, U. S'. A., according to figures given out
commandant of the Panama this morning by O. A. Briscoe,
Canal Zone, has been appointed city superintendent of schools.
successor to Gen. Pershing as These registrations are divided,
about 875 for the grades, with
head of the Tacna-Arica plebis
cite commission. Pershing will about 334 for the high school.
Last semester, the registra
return home on account of ill
tions for the grade school wore
ness.
843, while at the end of the
semester which closed Friday
afternoon the registrations at
the high school were 299.
Thirty five new students have
been added to the high school
rolls, most of these coming from
the Junior High school eighth
grade graduates.
About the
same numhep entered the grade
schools at the opqalng of thia
semester.
These, Briscoe ex
plained, were children who were
too young to enter school at
Local Youth Winner of Port the beginning of the semester
land Chamber Market
which opened in September.
Contest
But one change in the teach
ing personnel of the
school
PORTLAND, Jan. 18. — Bern
system was made this semester,
ard Joy of Ashland high school
Briscoe stated. Mrs. Llssle K.
and Eleanora Wilmer of Gresham
Merritt,
who has had charge of
were named state winners, re
spectively, in the high school and the third grade at the Junior
grammar school divisions in the High school has been pat lb
Baals here Saturday njgbt <4 t>r charge of the opportunity room
state essay contest on marketing, at the Junior High. Min Hasel
conducted under the auspices of Bruner has bean transferred
the agricultural committee of the from the Hawthorne school to
chamber of commerce, the Oregon the Junior High, to take charge
Agricultural college extension di of. the third grade, while Mias
vision and the Oregon State Bank Margarita Gordon, formerly of
ers’ association.
Spokane, has replaced Min
Bruner at the Hawthorne school.
once. Bids will be received,, up
to 7:30 p. m., February 4, at
which time the bonds will be
sold. The bonds will be dated
February 1.
.
Sale of the bonds has been
postponed as long as possible,
In order to save the Interest
which otherwise would have
been paid out on them.
OREGON FOREST FIRES
This 360,000 issue will be
COST STATE $239,000
used In paying for the con
SALEM, Jan. 18— (U. P .)—
struction of the Beach street
Losses from forest fires in Ore
grade school.
gon, exclusive of national for
ests, were only 3239,980 during
MRS. COOLIDGE HAS
1925, The total acreage burned
SEVERE GOLD ATTACK over was 01,576. In 1924, the
loss was nearly 31.000,000.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 18— (U.
P .)— Mrs. Coolidge is confined
to the White House with a cold,
due to the damp, foggy weather
at the capital. President Cool
idge remained hoime from church
Oregon and Washington
because she
was
undecided
— Generally fair. Colder
whether to go out or not.
In the east portion, with
gentle variable winds.
THE WEATHER
WHO SAID GREEKS
LACKED REAL NERVE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18— (U.
P.)— The Greek debt commission
today Informed the American
Debt Funding commission that It
had no authority to make a
funding agreement unless tira
United States advances Greeea
333,000,000 more on their or
iginal credit of 348,000.000. The
American commission refused to
consider the proposal, and the
Greeks withdrew to communicate
with their government.
SUPREME COURT DROPS
APPEAL FROM WASH.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 18— (U.
P.)— Appeals Bom the Wash
ington supreme court decision,
holding constitutional that the
state’s law, regulating wholesale
Butt and produce businesses and
commerce in agricultural pro
ducts on commission, were dis
missed by the United States Su
preme Court hefe today.
Donald Wright is
Member of Handball
Rois has been active-In adver
s
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CHANGE
OREGON AGRICULTURE
COLLEGE, Corvallis, Jan. It».
— (Special) — Donald G.
Wrlglit of Ashland, ^pho-
more In commerce. Is showing
np well In Intramural hand
ball competition. Tho Theta
Nu Phi team of which Wright
la a member la one of tho
teams showing tho most ipi'iil
anti style of the many teams
entered In the competition.
The winning team will have
Its name placed bn a loving
cap. The team winning three
times In succession will come
Into permanent possession of
the cap.
n overwhelming
hands of the
:hool five Sat-
o Merrill high
will stack up
nd high tossers
hls evening.
nable to even
: against Med-
i p short end of
Medford scored
nd, although it
e of the season
>uthern Oregon
went through
nugh they were
Merrill, a little school, Is thlb
year playing her first year In
the Southern Oregon conferanqe.
The men. although they played
some basketball last year, have
had little experience, and ab-
solutely no competitive expert-
ence against teams of the eaj-
iber of the outfits this side ef
the Green Spring. OtheV small
high schools in Southeastern
Oregon have formed thelt com-
petition heretofore.
c<Mch Hughee will probably
nge hlg
tu„ Ie |b
. ,
quintet, hATl"<
back from his
:h Walt Hughes
w ith a toug
rear In an ef-
ny sort of a
declared this
loes not sip rot
run up
Medford made
got a reel lineup on hie meg.
Marske and Frulan will ha
...
wUh
for lntergCholsstlo gamea,
of the new
today.
Mareks will
probaWy M gtarted at forward,
a,oag
Aide
M
Bay ny wUh Roy
Vktia Rap
Parr, Frulan, Abbott, Roeoom
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Oooaell and a eoepb M M U ft