MALARIA GERMS Oannof inrvire three monttu Jn the rich oxene at Ashland. Pure domestic wafer heipä... ASHLAND , Without,¿e use of CLIMATE medicine cures The Tidings Has Been Ashland's nine cases out of tea of aathma. This is a proven fa ct ¿¿k 7 Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years W ire Service) 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 1 ' t 1 ‘ 1 1 1 ‘ i 1 « RESIDENT tising work in connection with 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 ! 1 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