, liAT ARIA GERMS
Cannot «arrive three months in
the rich ozone at Ashland. Pure
domestic water helps.
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A S H L A N D O REG O N,
Wir« Service)
D A Y , J A N U A R Y 19, lft>6
INCOME
$2150
MR. AVERAGE J““ - Dc« mbcr
AMERICAN I S F " 7 ' A
FOUND AT LAST fcJöäi
1 WIFE&
I AGE
1 85
W h ite h a ll,
In d ia n a
M an,
P its E x a c t ly a ll
F ig u r e s
Mr. Average
HEIGHT
5FT6IH.
EYES BROWN- BLUE
NEW YORK, Jan. 1»
Plaintiffs Presenting Case in
Local Church
Row
TO LAST OVER WEEK
Smith Testifies Brown’s Manual
Used as Basis for Creed In
Local Church
V. O. N. Smith, local banker,
and H. P. Holmes, another mem
ber of the Ashland Baptist
church faetion were the first
witnesses put on the stand yes
terday by Attorney William M.
Briggs, local attorney, at the
opening of the case of the Ash
land Baptist chnrch vs. First
Baptist church' of Ashland, Inc.,
being heard this week In circuit
court, before Circuit Judge C.
M. Thomas.
Smith and Holmes are wit
nesses for the plaintiffs In the
action, opposed to Rev. B. C.
Miller, and his followers, for
merly/ associated with the plain
tiffs In the Baptist chnrch, and
who are now following
the
Abnee McPherson or "Four
Bqnare Gospel” creed.
Smith testified that In 1921,
the Baptist chnrch here had
adopted the Newton Brown Bap
tist manual. This Is a manual
of faith and practice, and It
w*s believed that this evidence
was Introduced In -an effort to
refute any
future
evidence
which may be brought In by the
defendants, alleging that, since
no creed is set forth to he fol
lowed by Baptists, any freed
may be followed to the. pkgby^
A history of the break in the
> local Baptist church was given
by Smith, In his testimony, he
declaring that certain members
of the original congregation
were ousted from the chnrch
since they refused to accept
the MoPherson teachings. >'
Holmes and Smith also testl-
, fled concerning the conducting
of the “tarry” meetings, and
offered, what they declared to
be the objectionable features of
thee« meetings.
It is apparent that the plain
tiffs will not complete their
case for at least three or tour
days, after which the defendants
will be given opportunity of
p r e s e n t Ing. their witnesses,
among whom, it is believed, wiil
(Continued
the
,an
11«.
the
at-
or-
the
>ot-
►lef
ras
till
— Two years ago Rudolph
Raymondl fell In love
with the picture of a girl
on a Red Cross poster In
■Rome. He learned that
the model for the poster
was an American girl
and he crossed the ocean
to find her. In news
papers, magaslnee, the
movjes and along the
streets he looked always
for the face of bis
dreams. Finally he saw
It smiling at him from
the window of a pho
tographer's shop.
The photographer sup
plied the name and Ray
mondl called
her on the
4
telephone.
Possibly be
cause she already was
married, she was deaf to
his
Importunities
and
when he persisted In his
telephone calls she had
him arrested today. He
was held for arraignment
tomorrow.
«XJMNSOH HOME
CECIL
ALFRED
JO H N SO N
Above are shown the U. S. Census Bureau's requirements for the Average American
and Cecil Alfred Johnson, of Whitehall, Indiana, who meets nearly every one of them
His home is near the exact center of population of the United States.
“Waist Line”
Now Adopted
C ity D e c la re d to b e o n E d g e
o f F a m in e R e su lt o f
F ir in g
ar$ reported |o have perished
as a resnt of the heavy firing.
Heavy damage was inflicted In
this, the second big bombard
ment of this ancient cltf, in
recent months.
The best obtainable Informa
tion, says that the French have
lald.selge to the city, upon the
allegation that the Inhabitants
have been asslslntg the rebels.
■Jhe heavy bombardment was
the culmination of the selge,
and,many structures are report
ed’ In ruins.
The selge had
reduced the population to a vir
tual state of famine before the
bombardment came, and some of
the hungering populace had
sought to quit their dwellings
and escape through the French
troops.
•
Publishing company at Redding,
A wicker suitcase nearby con-
talned a shaving outfit, tooth-
brush, a few other toilet ar-
tides, underwear and ’ a bathing
suit.
The presence ol the
swimming snlt in the suitcase
led Mr. Haftl to believe that it
summer when the suicide
occurred. t
' .
The men had evidently been
prospecting-, judging by the suit
he wore and the presence of
the m in in g nn/lr«« which he
a big oak tree, just over
place where the. skeleton
discovered.
"
Although the clothing was
still In good condition. Coroner
L. B. Hall believes that the
skeleton had been there since
the summer of 1998. As the
man had not been missed and
pipers were found oh the corpse
which indicated residence In
California. Mi. Hell gave his
Opinion that the maa was a
transient of middle age. The
only papers which ‘gave any cine
to the man’s home or which
might help in Identification were
some mining notlcee which had
been printed by the Searchlight
OCCUPATION
MECHANIC
LJ
by Mere Man
p i) B
LONDON, Jan. 19—
r IT » The “waist line" In draes
■J M* St not only Is being revived
back in the hills, there heir
several shacks along the rldi
to the west.
The skull was found first t
A. F. Pederson, of the Crysti
Springs farm.
The man -hi
left the , trail and had hang«
himself to a tree about 60 yart
away. He had apparently jam
ed 18 or 16 feet from the lowi
Umh of the tree, breaking h
neck as he fell. The sknll hi
later rolled to the bottom i
a steep grade, the reet of tl
skeleton being found under tl
tree where it had flrdt fallen
Barnard
Winner I
.if “ ®
C ham ber
PORTLAND, Jan. 19. — Fun
damental facts of marketing and
co-operative enterprises have been
learned by thousands of farmers
and farm youths throughout the
state as a result of the market
ing essay contests, the finals of
which were held at the Chamber
of Commerce Saturday night.
Such is the opinion voiced Sun
day by E. E. Faviile, head of the
agricultural committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, and H. C.
Seymour of the Oregon Agricul
tural college extension divisions,
who were actively In charge of
the contest. -'
Seven boys and three girls took
part In the final contest, which
was staged jointlly by the Cham
ber of Commerce, Oregon State
Bankers’ association and the Ore
gon Agricultural college extension
division. Lessons on the subject
of marketing, prepared by Dr.
Hector Macpherson of Oregon Ag
ricultural college, were studied for
some months before the contest
by 10,01)0 members of the boys’
and girls' clubs.
Parents of the ¿lub members
have reported that they have In
formed themselves on the subject
by studying the lessons, algp. In
fact, so* satisfactory are the re
sults of the affair that the three
organizations behind the contest
have already made arrangements
for a similar effort next year.
The winners In the contest fin
als were:
High school division —- First,
Barnard Joy, Ashlalnd; second,
Othel Stroud, Eugene; third, Blls-
St for women, but man la
■< adopting the Ida», which
SS up to the present Bee
been In vogue among the
more
smartly
dressed
army officers.
Youths
abont town are wearing
doable
breastld
coats
with a sharp waist line,
and the latest • dress and
dinner Jackets are cut on
the same lines.
IJor the man afflicted
with superfluous flesh,
the stores are selling
."obesity girdles” so they
can wear clothes giving
an
appearance
of a
“waist” while “banting
has also been popular.
A S e t o f T u rq u o ise
“ A s y lu m B a ll” to
G iv e n
“A Set of Turquoise" Is the
title of a play In three scenes
which will be given at the sped»!
matinee at the Vining Theater
on Friday of this week. The scene
is laid In an Italian garden where
the Count Lara end his wife are
spending their honeymoon. Dif
ficulties arise over the set of
turquoise which the bride wished
and the husband feels he ennnet
a fford ._________ ______ _______ ,
A seoond play, the "A^vl'ig
Francis Rkstrom, Gresham, and
fifth, Adolph Benscheldt, Tilla
mook.
s
Grade school division — First,
Eleanor Wilner, Gresham; second,
Winslow Stilwell,
Tillamook;
third, George Turner, Portland;
fourth, Rex Eldson, Eugene, 'and
fifth, Raymond Kortge, Dufur.
In his winning essay Bernard
Joy, Ashland high school repre
sentative, sketched the growth of
the present economic system and
pointed out the Importance of the
farmer adjusting himself to mar
keting conditions if he Is to suc
ceed. With free lands.exhausted
and the fertility of the soil be
ing deetroyed, producers of ths
(Continued
On Page
Six)
Ball” Is bullld around two char
acters who here met at a bail In
an asylum end each one feels that
the other Is an inmate. In both
of these plays, Mrs. W. M. Poley
and Mrs. F. D. Wagner take tka
parts, and all who have seen theee
two finished actresses know wliat
a treat Is In store at this mating«.
In addition t,q the above I'lafb
the regular Vining film will he
shown. The matinee Is put en
under th6 auspices of the Civlo
Improvement d u b and only ladlea
will b* admitted.
Heppner — New Morrow (
erkl Hospital here opened
the public.
M u st A ct a s U n it in G ettin g
T o u rist T ravel
H ere
HELP
I N P O P U L A T IO N C E N T E R
BENTS
HOME
JERUSALEM. Jan. 19— (U
P .)— The French today bom
barded the Shagonr quarter of
according .to reports
ASHLAND C
W ith o u t the u se o f i
n in e cases o u t o f 1
T h is is a p r o j '
U n ion C reek S c e n e o f M uch
W in te r S p o rts
A c t iv it y
While it was rsining here Sat
urday and Sunday, snow was fall
ing heavily In the mountain dis
tricts, so much so that at Union
Creek Sunday there was from 8
to 12 inches of snow, and there
was quite a covering of snow
In the foothills Monday morning.
The natural presumption is that
the fall in Crater national park
was very heavy. •
Quite a number of Ashland and
Medford groups of people started
out early Sunday morning to mo
tor to Crater Lake. Intending to
go as far as they could by auto
and then make the remainder of
the trip on sklis. Enroute they
encountered rain all the way un
til Evergreen ranch was reaohed
in the Prospect district, and from
there on motored through a heavy
snow storm until Union creek was
reached where the heavy snow
on the ground prevented further
motoring.
Most of the outdoors enthus-
ists ate their lunches at Union
creek, played with the snow for
a while und proceeded on their
journey haiqe. i
However, aeumber of the more
ardent enthusiasts put on their
sklis and enjoyed some • great
sport in going through the snow
by that means towards Crater
National park. At Union creek
Mrs. Beckelhelmer served meals
to those who had come without
lunches.
So far as It could be learned
here up to this’ noon there was
but little if any snow on the high
way up in the Slsklyous; at least
north bound tourists stopping
here this forenoon made no com
ment on snow there, and it Is
known that there was just enough
to cover the highway Sunday
afternoon. There has not been
enough snow on the highway up
in the Slsklyous so far this sea
son for use to be made of the
snow plow, a feature at variance
with winters of previous /ears up
to this time of year.
THE WEATHER
Oregon — Fair in the
east and cloudy In the
w e st,
Washington —
Generally cloudy, with
local rains along the
eoast.
Gentle, variable
winds along the coast.
IS
COMING
Cecil Alfred Johnson is Claimed
as Average American Fitting
All Requirements
Delegates to Convention Here
Today Speak at Forum
Luncheon
By ROY J. OIBBONS
NEA Service Writer
. WHITEHALL. Ind.. Jan. 19
—At last— that Average Amer
ican Citizen you have heard so
much about has been found.
He lives In this remote vil
lage of 50 Inhabitants, eight
pities from a railroad line.
He pays F3 a month rent for
his home. He Is married and
has four children. He believes
in God and says this country
is the best In the world.
His name Is Cecil Alfred John
son. Besides being the closest
resident to the national center
of population, Johnson quali
fies closely to all the char
acteristics the U. S. Census Bu
reau says the Average American
Citlsen must have.
The center of population of
the United States is a big tree
1.9 miles west of Whitehall.
Mathematicians have figured It
out to a hair's breadth.
It
shifts from year to year. John
son lives little more than a mile
from the exact center.
The Average American should
earn $2150,
Johnson earns
“We might as well realize
right now, that we In Sontkern
Oregon are- a separate scenic
unit, and that we are not going
to get a great deal of aid from
other sections of the state in
exploiting our resources. Ore
gon“ has many scenic units, and
each must work for itself before
It can work for others, and have
others work for It,” said Colonel
C. O. Thomson, superintendent
of Crater Lake National Park:
at the chamber of commerce
Forum luncheon today.
Thomson declared that as yst
there is no organized effort
on the part of Southern Oregon
to help Itself, bnt that he hoped
. *
that before long, such action
would he taken.
Herbert Cuthbert, manager
of the publicity department Of
the Portland chamber of com
merce, gave a brief outline of
the work to be dons In adver
tising the entire Pacific Coast.
He declared that the various
organisations of the coast had
organised, with the Idea of ad
vertising in the east, showing
that one state had fewer assets
than three states, and coaid
therefore advertise them to bet
ter advantage to attract the
tooriat.
'»■ • ■
A resume of the work already
completed, and the work which
is expected to be completed In
the near future, at the Oregon
Caves, was given by George
Sabin, manager of the Oregon
Caves Resort.
Among other improvements.
Sabin said ft -was believed that
before long the Caves would be
lighted by electricity, and that
pipe lines would he run Into
the caves, In order that the
walls might be washed down
and the trails cleaned of aC
mud and drrt.
The annual report of the Park
Commission was made by W. H.
McNair, secretary or the board:
Delegates to the convention of
resort owners and managers,
and of others interested In the
boosting
of
tourist
travel
through Southern Oregon, were
welcomed to the meeting by
Mayor O. H. Johnson, who was
toastmaster at the meeting.
The Average American should
be about 28 years old and
weigh J48 1-1 pounds.
His
complexion should be “Interme
diate.” He should be a me
chanic.
Johnson Is 28 and has four
children Instead of the required
three, but the rest of the data
fits him like a glove. Even his
complexion and that of his wife
fit the census requirements ex
actly.
Mrs. Average American Is sup
posed to be a few months un
der 25.
Mrs. Johnson Is 25.
Her height, weight and com
plexion are almost Identical with
those arrived at by the census
bureau—statistics that were ar
rived at after examination of
2,000 subjects whose forefathers
had been Americans for three
generations.
*
Farming ranks second to me
chanical trades in the bureau's
list
of
gainful
occupations.
Johnson has been a farmer, too.
and
right now occasionally,
pitches In when a neighbor needs
a hand.
The chief aim of Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson Is to rear their
children to useful citizenship.
Neither has any use for rouge,
(Continued
On Page Six)
Winifred
Granted
* t
Divorce From Rudy,
Don’t Rush Ladies!
divorce from him. Valen
tino sailed for the United
States today, aboard the
Leviathan.
Tim granting of the di
vorce became certain a few
days ago, after Mrs. Val
entino
presented
letters,
which the French coart«h<*id
proved that Valentino w«n
the responsible party in the
martial separation.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1O—
(U. P .)— Free from Ru
dolph Valentino, film star,
W in ifr e d
Hndnnt will
“think a long time” before
she marrie« again, she sold
h«m today.
The elopement of Mrs. Elizabeth
Mathews Richardson, 54, Chicago
settlement worker, and Rev.
Stanley W. Graf, 24, Congtpga-
tionallst minister, has just been
disclosed.
They were married
sehretly several days ago and
are on their honeymoon In In
diana. Mrs. Graf’s first' husband
died In 1903. The young min
ister was ordained last June.
In S p ite o f S o f t. O p p osition ,
L o ca ls S h o w L ittle
' F orm
In epite of the fact that they
were up against a team which
offered little or no resistance, the
Ashland high school quintet last
night made one of the most mis
erable showings any high school
five has ever put on on a local
floor. That they won from the
Merrill high quintet, 52-5, means
little. In fact, had the Merrill
tosaers been able to locate the
basket, they would have given the
locals a real run for their money,
and probably would have finished
In front. They averaged nearly
two shots to the. Ashland outfits
one, but the local tosaers were
more lucky In dumping in the
markers.
A1 Marake bore the brunt of
the scoring for the Ashland five,
but even he went haywire lp the C A R D IN A L M E R C IE R
REPORTED BTTTEX
second half and missed shot after
shot.
. BRU8SEIÆ, Jan. 19— (U. P.)
But twice during the entire
tussle did the Ashland five start — The condition of Cardinal
Mercier is slightly Improved here
today.
(Continued On Page Six)
19—During jng quarter Is largely accounted
rear ended fop by the fact that gralna and
the state preparations of grains, which
nerchandtse predominated among tka ex-
o >12.859.- ports of the 'state daring both
Ith 97,224,- quarters, rose In the value cd
ling three- their foreign shipments fr«j>
Ing to sta- 91,989,94s la the seoond tklW-
hy the De- month period, to 98.99?,SIS R
:e.
the third quarter. Woed a0d
the second manufacture! of wood rakMI
led Oregon next to grains In importeMfc,
mately 97,- with exportations totaling 9k£
out in tka 991.918, while canned fltiXl
under dis- maintained its lmpertned »
state which sit Ion w ith exports amounUAb
In the race to 9 1 ,0 8 8 .? » . Flak, end lA L