MALARIA GERMS
Canno| survive three months in
the rich osone at Ashland. Pure
domestic .water helps.
ly
The Tidings Has Been Ashland*s
Successor to the SemlrWeekly Tiding«. Volume 43
ASH LA N D , OREGON,
SETTLEMENT OF Knocks Out 4 WINBURN GAINS
EAGLE POINT IS
SPOTLIGHT FOR
FACTORY GIRL
THE FIRST NEED i
tDAY, FEB. 6, 1926.
NO. 133
Hobby Was Too Funny
Converts Her Into Modern
Cinderella for Evening
on Gay Broadway
É0
COMMITTEE IS NAMED
Aaliland Has Representation at
Meeting and Pledges Part
In Work
The Eagle Point Irrigation
district was the principal topic
ot discussion at the meeting
held in the Medford hotel yes
terday afternoon when a rep
resentative group of landow n-p
ers, bankers and business men John W eller, marshal of Beaver
of Jackson county osbembled dam, O., 1 b 60 but he’s still
to discuss the question of obtain tough. He proved it when four
ing more settlers on the lands men tried to drive away from
of Jackson county.
a fillin g station without paying.
A rth u r Foster, representing Using only his fists, he’ knocked
the land settlement department out all of them.
of the Portland
and
State
chambers of commerce, stated
that explicit promises had been
made by the representatives of
these organisations to help' this
project in an intensive way dur
ing the next six months, and
that similar promises had been
mode by the chambers of com
merce of Jackson- county.
GRANTS
PASS,
Feb.
6-
This created considerable dis Plnnged into the flood waters
cusslon and Mr. Barnes, realtor of Whiskey creek, at the foot
from Medford, thought that at of Oregon mountain on the
tention should first be given to C alifornia side, the mall stage
the Medford and Talent irrig a of the Coast Anto lines is lying
tion districts and that after In water about a foot over the
these were cared for and set car. The machine, dropped into
tlers found for some of these the
creek
when
the
right
close in, bnt now idle lands, it Stringer on the bridge gave
would be easier to then turn way, is on Its side.
The only
attention to the Ragle Point occupants, Hal Truax, the driv
district.
er, and an unknown transient,
This view, however, dfd not made their esoape from the ma
seem to prevail; at least,' It chine after they had been given
seemed the general desire of the a thorough soaking.
gathering that every effort pos-
In the car at the time of the
sible should be made to render ^accident
was
United
States
effective assistance to the Eagle through mail to the extent of
Point District now.
1750 pounds.
A dog, said to
Messrs Spencer, B »'w n and have
been
registered,
was
Campbell of the Karfe Point drowned.
Thd accident hap-
district made statements, show pened at about 3 o'clock yester
ing that there was nothing the day afternoon, while the stage
matter with the disrlct except was on Its way to Crescent
a need of more settlers and that City.
Whiskey creek is ex
non-resident land owners were tremely high and large logs and
responsible for this difficulty. other d rift Is reported.
I t was also shown that, although
a little farther from the prin
HIGHWAY IS OPEN
cipal cities of Jackson county,
IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
the district^ offered land at
equal quality and a t lower prices
Tourists coming In from the
than any other section.
south 'this morning report that
‘Real estate men claim that section of the Pacific highway in
Eagle Point people had failed good condition, with the except
to properly present their ad ion of one or two short stretches
vantages, had not listed their whicTi were washed out and are
lands or advertised, and said now being reconstructed.
The detour In Cow Creek can
they were w illing to cooperate
yon, due to the heavy flood* in
glad to sell these lands.
Some stated there was a that section was very rough, ac
call for rental farms and that it cording to those who came from
was Impossible to fin d any the North yesterday.
w
STAGE PLUNGES
INTO C REEK
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AWARD MEDALS
TO HEROES OF
THE ROOSEVELT
King’» Medals Given Them;
Recommended for Fam
ous U. S. Navy Cross
W A nrilrvd r ( v . ,
r»n. w
— (U .P .)— Seoretary
of
Navy
W ilb u r today asked President
Coolidge to award the much-
prized navy croes to Lieutenant
George Fried, of the naval re
serve; commanding officer of the
Steamer President for "courdg-
eous seamanship upon the high
seas” in his rescue of the crew
of the British steamer Antlnoe.
SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., Feb.
6— (U .P .)— Medals
for
Eng
land's King were bestowed upon
the heroes of the United States
line steamer President Roose
velt for their rescue of the
British crew of the distressed
tramp freighter Antlnoe In mid-
ocean.
FLOOD STAGE IN
COAST . STREAMS
IS THE FORECAST
PO RTLAND. Ore., Feb., 6—
(U .P .)— High water floods are
anticipated in various points of
western Oregon and Washing
ton as a result of the torrential
rains. In the last 24 hours the
rainfall in Portland was 2.07
Inches, Oregon city 2.32 Inches,
Salem 2.05 inches and Albany
1.97 Inches.
The barometer In
still low and unsettled weather
fs the forecast. The flood stage
w ill be reached
W illam ette.
In
the
lower
LOCAL GIRL MADE
ORATOR AT LINFIELD
L IN F IE L D COLLEGE, McMinn
ville, Ore., Feb. 6. — The ora
torical contest was won here this
week by Carm elita JVoodworth, of
Ashland, who spoke upon thd mod
ern girl and her problem.
She
w ill represent the college in the
contests to be held la the spring
with other Oregon colleges..
Miss Woodworth is a Junior
and w ill also represent the col
lege at the national forensic fra
ternity meeting at Estes Park.
Colo., in April.
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Rich
easterners
adopt
c
phans and are given columns ot
publicity.
Jesse W lnburn, ver
satile New Yorker who is welt
known here, has not adopted any
orphans, hut he is getting pub
licity, Just the same, tor he
has sponsored a b rilliant trip of
a New York factory girl into
New York's spotlight for one
night.
Dispatches from the east give
the following version of this,
the latest, activities of Mr. W in
burn: ,
"Jesse W lnburn, for sevoral
years a resident of Ashland, Ore.,
and who four years ago offered
$5,000 to elect W alter M. PJerce
governor, has blossomed out In
New York In a -new role.
"Through the agency of Mr.
W lnburn, Mis» A m ira Calderon,
a New York factory girl with an
unusual voice, became a Cin
derella for a night. The young
woman was given an opportunity
to appear on a radio bill on
Broadway, she made good and
after one glorious night return
ed to her job In a suit and
cloak establishment. The limou
sine, which waa at the disposal
of the Cinderella for the eve
ning, as well as the chance to
sing on the program, was pro
vided by the ex-Oregon cltlxen.'*
Ancient Gun
Failed Boys
In a Holdup
M A N H A TTA N .
K a n.,
Fob. 6— (U .P .)— L e f t y
W right, deceased bandit,
who attempted two hold
ups here recently, held
more faith in the awe-
inspirTng qualities of his
gun than In its reliability.
On inspection by of
ficers, a fter W right fell
victim to ;three shots
from a patrolman's re
volver. It was revealed
that Lefty carried a gat
of the percussion cap
type, used about the time
of the Civil Whr.
His
gun bore a patent of
1856.
One of the officers
tried his best to fire the
piece but could not make
It go off.
Tidings Late
Due Accident
to New Press
Even the best of machinery
gets out of order occassionally.
and the brand new printing
p re » which The Dally Tidings
installed several months
ago
went on a rampage Thursday
evening when about half of the
edition was printed.
This caused a delay that eve
ning and then Friday, a neces
sary part to pnt it back in or
iginal condition had to be made.
This was not completed until
about 6:30 o’clock. In 45 mln-
iTTBg nrng thereafter the edi-
tion was printed. However, the
late delivery these two vepingn
caused many subscribers to miss
their copies.
The Tidings re
grets this, but feels confident
that th etronble w ill not occur
again— at least very goon.
POLAR PARTY TO
» MAKE START SOON
KANSAS C IT Y , Mo., Feb. • —
(U .P .)— Member» of the W il
kins ¿arty, which is to attempt
ta fly over the North Pole, left
here last night for
Seattle,
Washington, to make fin al ar
rangements before their start
to Alaska and the polar regions.
use of medicine cures
nine cases out of ten of asthma.
This is a proven fact
Wire Sarrlce)
Refuses
ROBBERS SHOT
MARSHAL WHEN
HE JUMPS THEM
JÉJ
Meeting Votes to Assist This
District and Then to
Aid Others
<
S 1 U U N S ARE
W I L E D AS
CROSSING SEA
«• t'
:ii;S
71-Year-Old Official is fcr -
iously Injured by a
Gang of Burglar»
After Years of Litigation,
O L Y M P IA , Wash., Feb. • —
(U . P .) — C. It. Pake, aged 71.
who le night marshal at Yelm ,
is in the hospital hero severely
wounded as a result of a gun
fight early this morning with
two burglars.
His condition 1.-:
serious.
He
surprised, the
gunmen I w »
while they wore attem pting to
enter a store. They opened fire
on the marshal.
Yelm citixens
later captured a suspect, who Is
being Investigated by author
ities.
There are three bullet
wounds in Pake’s thigh
and Hero's “ Oontleman Jim ," or, if
you don't know him by that
groin.
name, it's James J. Corbett, ex
holder of the world's heavy
weight boxing title.
Jim was
recently challenged to a bout
by a 73-year-old youngster, and
Is here depicted looking over^he
defl.
Oh, yes, Corbett turned
down the offer.
BOUND
Famous Stillman Case
May Come to End
k
Sea-Lions
Kill Fish,’
Reported
Hazol Howell, film actress, won a divorce when she told
a Los Angeles judge her, husband had torn her clothes
off so she couldn’t go to n matinee. “ H e’s a comedian
and sometimes he tried to;get funny with m e,” she com
plained.
SAN
PEDRO,
Cal.,
Feb. 6— (U .P .)— O r e a t
herds of sea-lions off the
Southern California coast
are menacing the fish
ing Industry, according
from the local harbor,
to anglers who operate
Thousands of the Heals
are encountered dally in
waters
between
Santa
Barbara and San Diego,
the fishermen report
California law forbids
killing sea-lions, and con
sequently they are m ulti
plying
rapidly.
Other
states are said to pay «
bounty
on
the
ocean
animals.
SCOUT TROOP, ROSEBURG ABLE
RE-ORGANIZED, TO ANNEX ONLY
Deer Meat is
BY 12 MEMBERS THE SHORT END Cause Heavy
Is Pioneer Oreanization of Score 36 to 7; Alumni Given
State; J. 0. Rigg is
Defeat by Girls of High
Scoutmaster
School Last Night
Scout Troop No. 1, the pio
neer troop In this city and pos
sibly one of the oldest troops
in the state, was revived Thurs
day evening at an enthusiastic
meeting in Pioneer hall, with J.
O. Rigg as scoutmaster.
Twelve boys were out to join
this troop and more are expected
to join in the future, as the
quota is much higher than the
present membership. Officers of
the troop will be elected al a
subsequent meeting.
This troop, while it has not
been actively functioning dur
ing the last six months, has
been in existence for 12 year»
and' during th a t period, ac
cording to J. O. Rigg, the troop
has conae in contact with more
The Roseburg basketball team
was
a
scrapping organization,
gamely fighting even though the
edds were against them, but they
could not locate the basket, in
the contest at the armory with
the local high school team last
night, w ith the result that the
visitors took tho short end of a
36 to 7 score.
The visitors were able to place
the ball in the basket only onco,
w hile the locals, displaying splen
did teamwork, rolled up a com
fortable score.
The locals used
both th e ir first and second teams
during the game.
As a preliminary the Ashland
high school girls defeated an ag
gregation of alumni by the score
of 22 to 20.
Tito alumni who
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HUGE MEMORIAL TO INCLUDE
MANY INTERESTING FEATURES
»
A T LA N T A , Feb. 6. — (LP) —
Under the direction of Augustus
Lukeman, New York
sculptor,
electric drills are beating a i. nd-
tonous tat-tat-tat on the sheer
side o f Stone Mountain, seen, of
the gigantic memorial to luroea
f ‘,7 k Confei» ic>
Lukeman tsfhtwtd direction of
the carving of tho m eiietiln after
the dismissal of Ouizon Borglum
W ork was suspended for nine
months but the carving has t een
resumed and the hope wns ex
pressed by officials that It will
be completed in two years. - ■*,'
The new sculptor has con. plat
ed a model of the Memorall Hall,
which w ill be carved out of solid
granite at the base of the Moun
tain underneath the-central group
of Confederate figures and win
be dedicated to the women of the
Secession.
CLIMATE!
)U t the
thi
.Without
Newspaper, For, Nearly, Fifty Years'
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A SH LA N D
Memorial H all will be an im
mense senil-clrcular chamber cut
into the mountain, according to
Ltikemnn s IT R ffrr” AUIUM Uie
front ofHhe hall w ill be a colon-
ade of six solid granite columns,
standing 42 feet high, 7 1-2 feet
thick and 13 feet apart,' the larg
est monoliths in the world.
Inside tho H all, in the center of
the floor, w ill stand a colassal
block of granite .carved into the
figure of a woman. This figure
w ill be at least 20 feet high,
larger than the marble statue 6f
Lincoln in Washington.
Around' the semi-circular in
terior wall of the H all will be
carved 13 classic columns rising
from floor to celling. The spaces
between them
w ill be dressed
down and polished and each panel
w ill be dedicated to a state of the
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Fines to Two
Hughle Combast and W. A.
Ziebler were each fined $76
and costs in Justice Taylor’s
court In Medford today on
charge of having deer meat in
their possession during the clos
ed season. The arrest was made
by Deputy Game Wardens Roy
Parr and Daly, according to Mr.
Parr, who returned to Ashland
this afternoon from Medford.
The men were trapping on the
Applegate, it was stated.
SPRING CEREMONY
BY HILLA TEMPLE
H lllah Temple of Shriners will
stage a spring ceremonial at the
armory in Ashland on Saturday,
March 13th, according to plane
formulated at the regular ses
sion which was held at Musonic
Temple last evening.
Shriners from Ashnlnd, Med
ford, Grants Pass and surround
ing country attended last night's
session, which combined social
and business features.
New scenic and spectacular
equipment for ceremonial work
was recently authorized, by H ll
lah, and this Is to be ready
for nse at the coming event, to
which a special Invitation to at
tend is to be sent to Potentate
Phil Metschan and the divan of
AT Tfadcr TWtnplW, Of FOrtt.'tfftf.
GARDENER KILLS
SOLDIER AS HE
ASKS ADMITTANCE
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 6—
(U .P .)— Vincenze Candello. an
Italian gardener, killed Clar
ence W . W arf, a Vancouver,
Wash., soldier,* when the latter
appeared on hie front porch
early today, demanded entrance
and started to break In when
admittance was refused.
Candello gave himself tip to
the police, who are investigating.
I t is believed the soldier was
looking for a place in the Italian
quarter to buy wine.
FIVE SENT TO
THE R0CKP1LE
Five Jackson county prisoners,
four unde rsentence for pro
hibition infractions and one for
contributing to the delinquency
of a minor, left Friday for Kelly
Butte, a rock quarry operated by
Multnomah county near Port
land, In custody
of
Deputy
Sheriff
Lewis
leasts gs.
to
serve their sentences of fy>m
six months to a year. An Ash
land girl. Edith Jordan, 17,
was In the custody of Mrs.
Ralph Jennings, to be committed
to the state industrial school
at Salem.
O. C. Reed, a former em
ploye of the Ashland water de
partment, w ill serve six months
on tho rock pile for alleged as
sault;
Oreel
Menuler,
five
months and $500 fine for posses
sion
and
transportation
of
liquor; Edward E. Foster, 15
months
for
still
possession;
Cheater Carter and Lester Shoe
maker, each six months for Il
licit mash possession. The last
four are residents of Gold H ill
and were arrested last week.
AIR SERVICE HAS
NEW 10-CENT STAMP
The postal department is about
to issue a 10-cent air mall stamp
The stamp will be for use primar
ily in the a ir mall service, but it
w ill be valid for all purposes for
which postage stamps of the reg
ular Issue are used.
The new .stamp will be
horizontal rectangle and will he
printed in blue ink. The central
design w ill represent a map of
the United States, showing some
rivers and mountain ranges. On
each side is an airplane In flight,
one traveling
east, the
other
west. Across the top will be the
words "United States Postage.”
with the words "A ir M all” direct
ly beneath.
EXPECT TO END
S E A TTLE , Wash.. ,F eb. 6—
(U .P .)— W ith only one
more
whispering wire witness. Mrs.
W . W . Whitney, to testify, the
government expects to close its
case ,Wednesday against Roy
Olmstead and 45 other defen
dants In the Pacific coast's great-
it
liquor
conspiracy
case,
United States Attorney Thomas
Reyelle said today.
,
THE WEATHER
I
Oregon— Rain
tonight
1 and 8unday; fresh south-
I west winds, strong on
t the coast.
’
tt
tt
It
tt
FOR P A R I S
Stated They W ere Going to Join
Daughter in French Capital;
On S. S. Olympic
ABOARD, S. 8. OLYM PIC A T
SEA, Feb. 6— (By El ward J.
Bing, Copyrighted)— James A.
Stillman and his wife are aboard
this ship bound for Paris.
S t illm a n ,
whose m artial
troubles have occupied the pub
lic eye for several years, told
the United Press that he and
his wife are going to the French
capital to Join their daughter
and are planning to stay In
definitely.
He announced a further state
ment would be made after con
sultation with Mrs. Stillman. The
fact that the couple are going
to Join their daughter, Mrs.
Henry R. Davidson, in Paris,
was taken as proof that they
have become reconciled a fter
their years-long feud in which
the Stillman's divorce action and
denial of paternity of Baby
Guy Stillman played an impor
tant part.
N E W YO RK . Feb. 6— (U .P .)
— " I know nothing about It and
have nothing to say," was the
only comment Former Governor
Nathan M. M iller, attorney for
James M. Stillman, would make
early today upon the published
report that Stillman and bla»
wife had sailed together on the
liner Olympia ami t h a t t b e t r
m artial difficulties were now to
be marked by reconciliation, i n - *
stead of farther proceedings.
Th« White Star line lists and
a checkup of the passengers re
vealed that no Stillman was
listed nor was there anybody
with Stillman passports on the
Olympic.
A "Ben sm ith" and "Miss
Henrietta F u ller." were listed
and it was reported the Still
mans had sailed as Mr. Smith
and Miss Fuller.
The tickets
for
two were booked
through a hotel booking oftiep-
but no address was furnished.
TRAFFIC COPS
PEEVE POLICE
BY MIXING IN
Traffic Officers Interfere ip
Portland by Tagging
Tardy Antoista
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 6—
Secretary of State Sam A. Kov
er yesterday theoretically slap
ped the face of Chief of Police
L. V. Jenkins by sending state
traffic police to Invade Portland.
Four motorcycle officers o f
the state squad— Nichols. H at-
Held. G riffith and McMahon—
arrived In Portland to arrest the
owners of all automobiles w ith
out 1926 licensee.
This was done a fter Chief
Jenkins had announced
that
irtiand police would not be
gin making license arrests unto
next Wednesday.
Thia action came also after
Koeer bad been quoted In a
speech he made before local
auto dealers to the effect that
he would not order arrests until
after February 15.
Many motorists who bare not
yet obtained licenses fe lt th tt
they were being made the aetaol
goats of a renewal of b«
which started last fa ll when
state department and
police clashed over
light la v .
Portland police said that
conlda't tall how to
light few and wouldn't
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