MALARIA GERMS
Cannot survive three months in
the rich ezone at Ashland. Pure
dm&estio water helps.
The Tidings Has Been Ashland’s
Auto Thief Halts
Here; Stolen Car
In Local Garagi
Land Settlem ent foroea W ill
Conduct W eekly Oham-
. ben Luncheon
PLANS ARB OUTLINED
A complete report on the land
settlement work in Jackson
county, together with a resume
of the progress being made by
the Medford, TaRnt and Eagle
Point irrigation districts, will
be made here a week from to
morrow at a chamber of com
merce luncheon at the Llthia
Springs hotel.
,
Decision to hold the big Ash
land meeting was reached at
Medford yesterday at a con
ference of the Jackson county
land settlement committee. The
regular weekly forum luncheon
next week will be switched from
Tuesday to Wednesday in order
to accommodate members of
the committee.
Time Extended
At the conference yesterday
it waa decided to extend the
time for real estate agents to
Hat farms with the committee
until next Wednesday noon. It
also was decided that the com
mittee would print all such lu t
ings in pamphlet form and mail
them out with other publicity
and1 'advertising matter rrom
Jackson county.
This
work
man of the Hating commlttm
from thia section of the county
and agents who dealre to Us
their lands are urged to gei
In touch with him before Wed
nesday of next week.
S ite Committee Ready to
Report Final Plans for
Ashland Course
All persons interested in the
formation of an Ashfqnd Golf
club are urged to attend an or
ganization meeting a t 7:30 to
night at the Llthia Springs hotel,
at which time it is hoped a per
manent organization can be per
fected.
The site committee has com
pleted Its investigation work and
will have a complete report to
submit to those Interested in
the movement.
Some- Portland anto
thief who didn’t hare the
nerve to drive a etolen
car across the Califor
nia line, halted in Ash
land and placed it in
storage at the Automo
tive shop and then sent
the storage cheek to the
owner in Portland.
The owner of the car
today notified the Ash
land police department
that it had received the
storage check and asked
the aid of the local po
lice in finding some re
sponsible
person
who
would be willing to drive
the car back to Portland.
The car belongs to the
Drivurself Auto company
of Portland, which will
pay all gas and oil bills
for
the
person *who
wants to drive it back
to Portland.
Medford Lions Clnb An
nonnoe Plans for Com
petition on March 4
Old-timers from every nook and
corner of Southern Oregon and
Northern California will limber
up rheumatic old joints, tune up
their fiddles, rub a generous
amount of rosin on their bowa
and vie for honors' in the Fid
dlers Contest, which ia being ar
ranged by the Medford Lions
Club. On Thursday night, March
4th, strains from many popular
old tunes like “Turkey in the
8traw*’ and “ Blue Danube W alts”
dena ballroom at Medford, when
old-time fiddlers will compete for
several prises which have been
off erod by the Medford Lions.
With the first announcement
of the novel contest, inquiries
from Roseburg to Dunsmuir,
from Applegate to Lakeview
flooded in to the contest head
quarters at the C. B. Gates Auto
Company of Medford. Enthusiasm
baa been growing by leaps and
bounds and already indications
point to one of the season’s most
brilliant affairs In Medford. Not
only will old-timers enjoy the
novel contest but young as well,
since the contest will be followed
by a big dance where new and
old time dancq hits will be fea
tured. Henry Ford, who has made
a country wide effort to revive
the old time dances, haa been
selected as honorary jndge of the
Lions Contest.
Pasadena Reports
Big JeweH Theft
PASADENA, al„ Fab. 28.—^IP)
— Police today were without clues
as to the- Identity of the jewel
thieves who yesterday stole Jew
elry valued at fAf.OOO from the
winter home here of Mrs. Edward
C. Crosaett, wife of a millionaire
Chicago lumberman.
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Serrlc«)
ASH LA N D , OREGON,
AY, F E B R U A R Y 2 3 ,1 9 2 6
AUTO PARK
.L E. "VINING
TAGES
LLS
BETTER
SU PERVISIO N
No Radical Change W ill be E f
fected, Declares Ashland
Official
The real purpose and objective
of the plan under which the city
council expects to appoint an of
ficial who will have general man
agement of four of the city de
partments— water, electric, street
and fire— waa explained in an
Interview this morning with Wm.
Briggs, city attorney.
Sometime ago Mr. Briggs con
ceived the • Idea of coordinating
two of the moat closely connected
departments whereby one official
would have general management
of the two departments.
Later, in discussing this idea
with other city officials, it was
thought that the plan would work
equally as well for the coordina
tion of the fonr departments nam
ed above, instead of merely two
units.
&
OF
NEED;
»
«
‘ to GET BUSY
ASHLAND AS1
C ity A ttorney Explains A ll
Features of New Pro
posal for Oity
Entrance Fee For
Crater Lake Park
Auto Travel T
URGED
If the people of Ashland ws*t
to keep pace with other PM>-
gresslve communities of tse
northwest and retain the w in
tourist trade which
now Is
their's, they must take steps to
provide the auto tourist tank
with a group of new and eaA-
tary cottages before the polk
of the tourist travel next J n » ,
declared Irving E. Vining at
the chamber of commerce f o r t »
luncheon today noon.
Mr. Vining characterise* tge
preeept accommodations as a d k
grace and declared that he a 1
a group of other citizens won 4
be willing to advance the mon y
to |^ e park board for the co i-
structlon of the cottages if th y
could be assured of the return If
their Investment.
The speake? Indicated that
the matter is now up with tl e
park board and that some d«
lnlte announcement should
ft
forthcoming within a short tin: I.
Mr. Vining, as president of
the Oregon state chamber ef
commerce, has just completed a
tour of northwest states, and
gave his hearers an interesting
resume of his travels. He said
that the development program of Auto Traffic to Ma
W ill be H alted for
the Portland chamber of com
W eeks More
merce has been a remarkable
aid in bringing settlers to the
P. TRACKS FIXED
northwest. Three years ago, he
said, It was a matter of visual
H . Powers One ef Laet A uto
ization, but now with the three-
ista to tiet Through,
year program behind them, It
Visita Here
was a matter of realization.
MARSHFIELD, Ore., Feb. S3
— (U .P.)— A huge landelldo 1*
still blocking the paved highway
between here and Coquille, halt
ing all auto traffic in and out
of Coos Bay.
It ta now esti
mated that it will take nearly
two weeks before the toad la
again passable.
Highway engineers are await
ing the arrival of steam shovels
before much work can be ac,
complished.
A wrecking crew of the South
ern Pacific succeeded in laying
a temporary track around tho
landslide which permitted trains
to operate last night, although
it will be at least a week before
normal rail traffic la reatorod.
for Oregon residents as
well as auto tourists gen
erally.
According to word re
ceived here today from
Washington, D. C., the
national park service has
reduced the entrance fee
to Crater Lake national
park from $2.50 to 81.00
per automobile.
As in
former years, if the en
trance fee is paid once
the same car can enter
the park as often as its
owner wishes for the re
mainder of the year.
The same cut In en
trance fees is to be made
In the Mount Rainier na
tional purk. This is ex
pected to increase the
Local Basketball Five Has
No Trouble Defeating
Josephine Boys
GIRLS
ALSO W INNERS
Boys Take Easy Game, 24 to Iff
And Girls Also Triumph,
28 to 10
Ashland high school had but
little difficulty in
defeating
Grants Pass high school's bas
ketball five at the armory last
night, 24 to 11, In a game en
tirely void of sensational work.
The local boys showed the ef
Fred Homes told of the work
fects of their hard campaigning
of the Jackson county land set
against Medford last week and
tlement committee and urged a
did not put up their usual
big attendance at the forum a
flashy game.
week from tomorrow when Gov
Grants Pass battled the Ideal
ernor Pierce and other state of
boys almost on even terms dur
ficials are expected here for a
ing the first half, with the
land settlement and irrigation
score standing 11 to 8 for Ash-
conference.
land when the game was half
over. But in the second half
the local quintet showed a bunt
of its old time speed and speed
ily put the game on ice.
Many People Attend Wash
Marake and Moore were the
ington Birthday Func
LAST MAN THROUGH
two high point gainers for Ash
tion Last Night
A. H. Powers, prominent Coos
land high, each getting four
FRESNO, Cal., Feb. 2 ^ — Earl
Council Favors It
Bay
lumberman,
waa
among
the
field baskets. Garrett did the
Last week, after further dis McCrory, district foreman for the
Attorney
Frank
J.
Newman
ta
in
O.
I.
Clampitt
of
last
autolata
to
get
front
Marsh
best work for the Grants Paa»
cussion, it was announced that the San Joajnln Light and , Power
of Medford gave an interesting
ancouver
Barracks
in
team.
field
to
Coquille,
he
said
while
company,
waa
In»
jail
hese
today
city council expected to make this
discourse on the life of George
Serious*
Case
in
the
city
last
night;
Good Passing Game
as
the
confessed
bandit
who
last
change and appoint a city man
Washington at the Washington's
With his wife Mr. Powers loft
Grants Pass uncorked a good
ager, who would have general, Friday help up and robbed the
8AN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. Marshfield yesterday morning by birthday banquet given by the passing game, but was* woefully
management of the electric, First National hank of Chowchil 23— An army court martial will
local De Molay at the Llthia
motor for Mexico.
After he
weak
on
shooting
baskets.
water, street and fire departments. la, near here. McCrory yestejd*y convene here this week to try
Springs hotel alst night.
Ap
had
arrived
at
Roseburg,
he
Graves,
center
for
Grants
Pass,
No serious objection developed went with officers and dug np Captain O. I. Clampitt, army
proximately 150 were in at
received word of the slide, and
drew
a
hand
when
he
shot
a
83500',
which
he
said
comprised
as a result of thia announcement,
chaplain now at Vancouver Bar Immediately telephoned his log tendance at the banquet and basket almost from the centos
although discussion of the above his entire loot.
racks, on 'charges involving two ging headquarters at Powers. the dance which followed.
brought out some remarks which
Albie Beck, Roland Parks,
1 girls at Leavenworth, Kaqsas, Ore., to rush a steam shovel
were slightly In opposition to the
Charles
Chattln and Ralph L.
where Captain Clampitt was for to the scene of the slide.
Robinson were members of tho
merly stationed.
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De Molay who also Spoke
The* nature
■ th V charges
‘iris- <r
i » '
«
Mr. Chattin spoke off etoanli-
not made known by army
aess
and fidelity.
officers here, who declined to
Mr.
Robinson,
who presided as
discuss the case. It is known
toastmaster, spoke on Masonry,
however, that the two glrla In
the origination of the order.
Mrs. Em m a Bergdoll Victor volved are now enroute here to
Milton Franklin had charga
appear as witnesses.
in L itigation Involving
Quartet
Suspected
of
Clover
of
the regular De Molay 9
$1,000,000
on Member of Board
dale Safe Blowing
o’clock ceremony.
BaHquet, Entertainm ent and
Ifants
to Quit Qffice
Held by Sheriff
Special music was furnished
PHILADELPHIA. Penn., Feb.
V olley B all Enjoyed
by
F
irst
of March. , •
by a quartet composed of Dr.
23— (U .P .)—rMce. Emma Berg-
Last E vening
MCMINNVILLE, Ore., Feb. 23 R. L. Burdic, V. D. Miller, S.
doll, mother of Grover Cleveland
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 23
— Four men were being held In A. Peters, Jr., and Karl NlmB.
A George Washington minuet, Bergdoll, notorious draft evad
—
(U P .)— Bert E. Haney, com-
the county jail here today as
danced by eight of the women em er, today won two federal court
Dancing waa enjoyed until a mlssiondr of the United States
suspects In the safe blowing at late hour in the hotel ball room.
ployes of the Grants Pass banka, decisions against the alien prop
shipping board, today sent his
featured the entertainment given erty cnstodlan amounting to Oregon Champs to Start To Cloverdale early Sunday whpn Muslo for this part of the func resignation to President Coolidge
more
than
36,000
In
currency
at The Hotel Josephine In Grants nearly a million dollars.
tion was furnished by Love asking that it became effective
The
morrow Noon for B ig
and negotiable papers was taken land's Oregonians.
Pass last night when the bankers case concerned the seizure of
California Series
March 1. Mr. Haney will leave
The four men are Wallace
of Josephine and Jackson coun property during the war.
with his family immediately
ties met for their regular session.
EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 23— (17. Wetzel, George Welch, Charles
thereafter for his home in Port*
The entertainment followed the
P ) — The University of Oregon Griffin and James Bloomer, all
volley ball games between the
baaketball team leaves here to of whom are said to have ex
generally believed in po-
Grants Pass and Ashland bankers,
morrow noon for Oakland where tensive police records as safe
circles here that Mr.
which resulted in four victories
it wili meet the University of blowers and who have been at
will announce hia caa-
out of seven encounters for the
California for the Pacific coast liberty op bonds for alleged Im
for the democratic nom*
Ashland bankers.
Tbe banquet
championship. The Oregon team plication In the recent robbery
for United States senator
Reputed
King
of
Pacific
and entertainment at the hotel
Will be weakened by the loss of of the bank at SHedd, Ore. Tho
after his arrival la Ore-
Coast
B
o
o
tle
g
g
e
rs
De
was greatly enjoyed.
A1 Westergren, all star »guard, men were caught after a hard
nies
Wrong
Doing
Those who attended from Ash Los A ngeles H ealth Officer who is ill. The first two games Chas« by 8herlff Aschlm of Tilla
Says There is N o Truth
will be played at Oakland Fridav mook county and sheriff man
land were: Citizens Bank, V. O.
8EATTLE, Wash., Feb. 28—
to Report
and Saturday night' and the ning of Yamhill county.
N. Smith and F. S. Engle; State
Roy Olmstead, former Seattle
third game, if necessary, will
Bank, G. O. Eubanks, J. H. Ful
police lieutenant and more re
LOS ANOBLES, Cal., Feb. 23.
be played at Berkeley Monday
ler, J. C. Hopper, C. W. Banta;
cently known as king of Pacific
— Dr. George Parrish, city health
Bight.
First National. J. W. McCoy,
Coast bootleggers, today an
officer, today vigorously denied
Gerald Wenner, H. C. Emory and
nounced hia intention of ap
street reports of yesterday that
Frank Hamilton.
pealing to the highest -court In
four deaths have been reported
the United States from his con
Tonight will be a big night
from the Mexican quarter here as
viction In federal court here for tho American Lsglon sad
the result of botullnus poisoning.
Council A lso, to Consider last week of conspiracy to vio Auxiliary of this city.
Only two deaths have been re
Smoke Nuisance Com
At 7 o'clock tbs members ef
late the federal liquor laws.
ported, he said," and these have
plainte
Tonight
the
Legion show cast will meet
Olmstead
said
he
didn't
be
been due to pneumonia. He ad
lieve it to be a crime to buy at Memorial Hall for a regular
mitted he had found sanitation U niversity of Oregon Co-eds
Consideration of the proposed and sail whiskey. He also de practice, which will start off
TROY, Ohio, Feb. 23— Police
conditions deplorable, but said
ordinance
whieh would provide clared he will sell his palatiaf the intensive practices that will
A
ssessed
$100
Each
by
today were still without clues in there was no basis for th l botu
for
a
city
manager in Ashland, home near here to help pay the be continued up to the nights
Judge
Kelly
their efforts to solve the myster llnus poisoning rumors.
and decision on the complaint expenses of his court appeals. - of the performance at the Vining
ious murder of Mrs. Frances D.
EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 23— (U. of residents near the box fac
Nesbitt, aged 26, Whose lifeless
March • and 8.
P
.)—
Laura Pauline Breske and tory concerning
the alleged
body, clothed in a nightgown, was
After the show practice the
BI eanor O. Burtchell, University smoke nuisance in that section
found in the bathtub of their
Legionnaires will go to the At-
of Oregon students, who pleaded will bo the two chief things to
guilty to stealing |4 0 0 In mer be considered by the city council
wili be held. This wUl he Rtf-
husband.
chandise from Eugene stores, at a special adjourned meeting
lowed by a “feed,’’ which tbe
were fined 3100 each today by this evening.
American Legion Auxiliary R
Circuit Judge Percy R. Kelly.
City Attorney Briggs has been
A' mens banquet was held at arranging complimentary to the
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal., Feb. Judge Kelly said if the humilia several days working on tho first the Presbyterian church in Med Legion members. A big atten
30— (U .P .)— California's motor tion they had already suffered draft of an ordinance providing ford last evening with Dr. Camp dance at each of the meettnth
cycle riders, 1200 strong, will would not reform them, a jail for a city manager, and It Is bell of San Francisco and Mr. this evening ia anticipate*.
expected that it will evoke con Carlton of Eugene as speakers.
hold their annuel rally here and term would do no good.
NEW YORK CITY. Feb. 33—
siderable discussion when It Those attending from Ashland
at Plsmo Beach on May 29 to
(U .P.)— Habeas corpus proceed
81, according to plans announced
comes up for consideration.
were: J. L. Harner, A. H. Hays,
ings
instituted
by Ceuntess
J. M. Ross, W. H. Oraham, Carl
today by Roy E. Garner, Oak
Cathcart in connection with bar
land.
Brommer, Rev. J. C. Merglsr,
THE WEATHER
exclusion from the United States
ang W. M. Wright. *
Washington and Ore
Races
along
the
beach,
broad
were continued until March 2,
Jumping with the two-wheeled
g o n — Unsettled. Probably
when the case was called In fed
Members of the Ashland Ameri
REPORT APPROVED
rain in west portion. Lo
speed
machines,
and
other
stunts
eral court here today.
r
•re schednied to make np the can Legion post are expecting a
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 3*
cal rains and snows In
— (UqP.)— The conference re
east portion Washington.
program according to Garner. big crowd at the armory Friday
port on the ne wtax reduction
Value of 1325 spring and fall He Is manager of the all-state evening when- they stage ono of
Warmer tonight and Wed
bill wee approved today by the
nesday. Fresh southerly
salmon pack on Colambia River, rally of the California Motor their enjoyable dances. Loveland’s
House.
winds along coeat.
Oregonians will furnish the music.
Is 38,000,000. -•
cyclists* association.
V. V. Mills, chairman of the
forum committee, reported on
the success of the luncheons
during the past fiscal yoar and
said no city in the state could
better the record set by Ashland.
Lone Bank Bandit
Confesses Guilt
Auxiliary Will
Give “Feed” For
Legion Members
Joe Palmer, Prison Convict,
Punished for A ttacking
SAN RAFAEL, Cal., Feb. 23
Prisoner
— (U .P .)— George Vino,’ Fairfax,
wae sent to jail for driving his
horse while Intoxicated.
Then
in Jail, the humane society
threatened him with arrest for
not feeding the animal.
Vino, receiving the note for
warded to jail, waved his hands
and
exclaimed
despairingly,
"How?”
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Newspaper, For Nearly Fifty Years
ASHLAND CLIMATE
Without the use o f medicine w
nine cases out of ten o f asth
This is a proven fa c t
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 23— Joe
Palmer, former Jackson county
moonshiner, was seqjt to the
state prison "bull pen’’ yester
day by Warden Lillie for an un
provoked attack on Oeqrge Wil
liams, fellow convict
Palmer
together with Gilbert Lawrence,
sent to the prison hospital.
The cause df the attack was
not definitely known hut is
believed to have been admin
istered because Williams was the
convict who discovered the fire
In the prison flax plant last
week and put It out
before
aerions damage was done. There
are nop 16 convicts In the
prison “bull pen** as a result of
recent'disturbances and riots.
Ospoo Official Visits—
*
W. H. Crawford, ef the de
Bandon — California capital velopment department of tho
will develop black beach sands California Oregon> Power com
for gold, platinum and chro pany, was In the city today from
mium.
his headqnartera ta Medford.
Death Of Woman
Not Yet Solved
Held In Medford
Çountess Cathcart
Hearing Is Halted
Legion Dance To
Be Staged Friday
Mexican Officers
Probe Vice I