MALARIA GERMS
Cannot sarvivo three months in
-the rioh osone at Ashland. Pore
doxneetio water helpe.
Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years
The Tidings Has Been Ashland's
Wire Service)
(United
VOL. XLIX
Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings. Volume U
DETROIT H EN
READY TO FLY
TO FAR NORTH
Wilkins Party Completes
Plans for Air Trip to ,
Arctic Circle
PLANKS IN READINESS
To Study W eather Conditions and
Explore North of Point
Barrow
SE A TTLE. Wash., Feb. 26—
Practically all is in readiness
for the transpolar flig h t of the
D etroit Arctic Expedition which
in three giant Fokker mono-
planet, w ill "hop off" on March
21 from Point Barrow, Alaska,
for a non-stop flig h t of 2100
miles to Spitsbergen. A ll of the
equipment, together with Cap*.
George Hubert W ilkins, leader
of the party, Is on Its way
north.
A month ago four snow mo
tors were shipped to Fairbanks;
Alaska.
From there they w ill
haul the o u tfit and supplies of
the expedition across the snowy
wastes to Point Barrow in time
for the "hop-off."
The Fokker
monoplanes w ill, however, make
the flight to Point Barrow, In
stead of being transported by
snow motor.
The flight has a dual purpose,
that of determining whether
land lies in the unexplored area
1,000 miles square, lying Just
north of Point aBrrow, and
studying meteorological condi
tions in the Arctic as part of
an International weather fore
casting plan.
SACRAMENTO,
Cal.,
Feb. 26. — Popularisation
of the automobile has in-
creased Juvenile crime in
California by 20 percent,
according to O. H. Close,
superintendent of the state
reform school a t Preston.
H e said he had kept a re-
cord of Juvenile delln-
quenctes during the past
10 years and found that
most of the crimes of
minors had been in con-*
nectlon w ith automobile
or auto accessory thefts.
Liquor Is still a con-
contributing factor In Ju-
venlle crime but there has
been no great incroase
since the advent of pro-
hlbition, he declares.
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TKfflWSItWLTON
OK H B .Y W A Y
Prominent Ashland Druggist
Suocumbs to a General
Breakdown
MRS. LYNN SKEEN
A LB A N Y, N. (Y„ Feb. 26— A
determined campaign against the
"backet shop" type of financial
houses in New York was started
here today by Attorney General
Albert Ottlnge?.
Investors are
being mulcted out of hundreds
(7 1
I f l < 7 a r v c » IT T ln
C /I
Q u llf lF R
tr y
crooked operatora, said Ottlnger,
who plana to put them a(l out of
business.
Sale O f Grocery
Store Com pleted
The sale of F ra ile r 'A Son’s
feed and grocery business to H.
O. Parkhurst of Chants Pass was
completed yesterday, J. L. Ketch
handling Mr. Frazier’s end of the
deal and Mr. Parkliurst being
represented by O. F. Mays and
W alter H. Leverette of Medford.
The consideration was 120,000,
Mr. F ra ile r taking, as part pay
ment Income property In Grants
Pass.
Hqre Is C hano
TORNADO LOCAL H O TEL M AN IS BOOSTER;
Juvenile Crime
BRINGS DEATH M EM BERSH IP 0A M PA IG N NOW ON
SHUT TO U:
AND DISASTER
U IM N IS W
M l
New York Prosecutor to Put
Crooked Operators
Out of Business
NO. 149
GOLF MEASURE;
PRICE
.Thomas K. Bolton, pioneer
Ashland druggist and Jeweler,
died early today at Community
hospital following aq illness of
several itiMkths, when he suf
fered a ffB b ral breakdown. He
.was 74 years old.
M r. Bolton was born at Paise-
ly, Scotland, on September 12.
1261. As a boy of eight years
lie came to this country w ith his
g*#ents.
He came to Ashland
42 years agp when he established
the drug and Jewelry business
which he owned at the time of
his death.
He is survived by hie widow,
Mrs. Lizsle B. Bolton, pud a
daughter and sop.
They are
Mrs. ) . 3. McMahon of JsOt-
sonville and W alter E. Bolton,
who was associated with his
Colonel Thomson Will be. father in business.
The body Is at Stock's funeral
Chief Speaker at Boost
establishment,
but funeral ar
er Club Dinner
rangements have not yet been
Colonel C. G. Thomson, super completed.
*
intendent of Crater-Lake national
park, w ill be the principal speak
er at the regular monthly dinner
of The Llthians at the Llthia
^
Springs hotel at 6:30 tomorrow
evening.
Colonel Thomson was
elected an honorary member last
summer but this w ill be his first
Former Ashland Woman
opportunity to meet with the L ith -
Passes This Morning;
lans and test out his effervescing
to be Buried Here
qualities.
l/v ln g E. Vining also w ill be
Mrs. Lynn Skeen, former well
present and it is likely that the known resident of Ashland, died
Lithians w ill take up his chal this morning in Klam ath Falls,
lenge made at the chamber of according to long distance tele
com m erf) forum Tuesday rela phone
reports
received
by
tive to cabins in the auto park. friends this afternoon. The na
The Llthian quartet is now ture of the illness whleh led
recognized ae one of the pre- to her death was not given, but
’ mier male quartets in the valley It was reported she had under
andJ it w ill lead the Llthians in gone a serious operation there
some singing.
this week.
H er husband for
CAMPAIGN STARTED
ON “BUCKET SHOPS”
SPAY, FEB. 25, 1926
ASHLAND, OREGON,
U se O f A uto Is
. H eld Cause For
ASHLAND CLIMATE
Without the use o f medicine
nine cases out of tea of asthma.
This is a-proven f a c t
merly lived here, but they moved
to Montague prior to going to
Klamath Falls.
The burial arrangements are
in charge of H. C. Stock, and
he left this afternoon for Klam
ath Falls to return the body
to this city.
M
Several Lives Lost in Twis
ter Which Sweeps
Through Mississippi
PROPERTY TOLL HEAVY
Meager Report* From Stricken
Area Indicate Dutnage la
Severe *
M E M PH IS. Tenn., Feb. 26. —
(IP) — A tornado struck several
towns in Northern Mississippi to
day and passed northward over
Tennessee, leaving Its devastating
mark principally in the rural sec
tions.
Several lives were reported lost
at Enid and Greenwood.
Nearly all lines of communica
tion are badly crippled and prop
erty damage as far as the Tennes
see line is reported to have been
severe.
Meager reports received here
PALO A LTO , Cal.. Feb. 2 6.4 -
indicate that the death list in the A fter a search continuing state
rural sections of Mississippi may Feb. 1. Mis» Clarice Harleaoa.
be heavy.
school teacher a t Princetown, Caj..
was found at Orland, near beffe,
yesterday. She disappeared tropi
her home the first of the month
»nd had not since been seen, She
sustained a head In ju ry • y«0r
ago and this to believed respon
sible fo r ber wanderings.
M issing Teacher
Found B y P o lice
A fter Long H u n t
m S m
BY PACK Of BOGS
New York Man is Believed
Victim of Ferocious
Police Canines
Ranges Attracts
W om en o f City
M IM IH B
,
DAMAGING CHARGE
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YONKERS, N. Y ., Feb. 25.—
A pack of police dogs are believed
to have been responsible for the
death of H arry G riffin, a me
Arm; Preaeher Pleads' Not
chanic whose mutilated body was
Guilty to Crime In
found on a lonely road along the
volving Girl
Bronx river last night. The earth
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.7 h A l
waz badly torn near the body. In
dicating he put up a bltteir ight 25. — (LP) — Chaplain Orvtlle I.
against the ferocious animals.
Clam pitt, United States army, to
day pleaded not guilty to charges
of Intimacy w ith Lucille 8wallow
pretty Kansas girl. Court martial
proceedings against the chaplain
were under way here today. Chap
lain Clam pitt is now stationed at
Vancouver Barracks.
OREGON BASKEHERS
ARRIVE AT BERKELEY
Two Star.Players May be
Out of This Séries Be
cause of "Sickness
B E R K E L E Y , Cal., Feb. 26.—
The University of Oregon basket
ball team, weakened by the sick
ness of A1 Westergren, star guard,
arrived here this morning to pre
pare for the gamee Friday and
Saturday nights with the Unlver-
sity of California for Pacific coast
conference honors. Ben Holmes,
captain of the team, is suffering
from a severe cold and may be
kept out of the game. The games
w ill be played at the Oakland
auditorium.
COOLIDGE WILL GO
Gwin S. B utler
Is B etter Today
Gwin S. Butler, widely known
Ashland man, was reported as
greatly Improved today, following
an operation at Community hog-
yesterday for a fractured
j^nee cap sustained in a recent
auto accident at K lam ath Falls.
F o r a tim e yesterday It was
feared Mr. B utler m ight not sur^
vive, but his condition today was
encouraging and his ultimate re
covery Is now expected, barring
complications.
MELLON K I H
NEWWXMEASURE
President Will Officiate at
Opening of Fair on
Law as Finally Passed Will
July Fourth
go to President For
Signature Today
W ASHING TO N, D. C.. Feb. 26
— President Coolidge w ill o f
ficiate at the opening of the
Susqulcentenntal
exposition
at
Philadelphia on July 4, he an
nounced definitely at the W hite
House today. So fa r as Is known
this w ill be the only trip the
The electric range at The Jor president win take while con
dan * Electric shop has been at gress Is |n session.
tracting large crowds, according
to Miss Grace Bogue, who is in
charge. The Westlnghouse elect
trie range, which Is sold by The
Jordan Electric, la used in the
cooking
demonstrations.
Miss
Bqfue has been here on sim
ila r work several times In the Pilots Forced to Descend Be
past. She w ill be here until to
cause of Bliuard
morrow evening.
Through Wyoming
D em onstration Of
Richard W . Price of the U gda
Springs betel is one of the moot
enthusiastic boosters for the new
Ashland Golf club, and prior to
his departure for Portland Mst
night on a brief business trip he
announced his wiltlngnese Vnd
eagerness to aid In the formation
of the club in every possible way
"The advertising value
land of a good cou;
Pacific highway s o u tb ^ ^ th a
w ill be Immense." he shl
the standpoint of the aubetantlhl
auto tourist, a better movement
could net be started.**
As proof of his desire
both financial ancf moral coo;
tloq to the movement, Mr.
W A S H IN G TO N , D. C., Feb. 26
— (IP) — Secretary o f the Treas
ury Mellon today expressed ap
proval of the new 2387,811.000
tax reduction b ill as passed by the
house and senate and which goes
to the president today for hts
signature.
The measure Is en
tirely satisfactory to the admin
istration, Secretary Mellon paid
AIR MAIL DELIVERY Student Prank Is
W EATH ER
Oregon and Washington
— Occasional rains west
portion. Light local rains
east portion tonight and
Friday. Moderate Temp
erature, Increasing south
erly winds along coast.
.
B lam ed For Flag
declared that he would be w ill
ing to work actively in the field
during the campaign for members
and would gladly serve on any
committee which the sponsors of
the club might wish.
I
For Som*
WILL BUILD HOUSES
L
Hilt Contractor Plans to
Carry on Operations
Here This Year
Several new houses w ill he
built near the normal school if
the plans ,of T. S. Batchelder, of
H ilt, materialize.
He has re
cently purchased two acres of
the tract'opposite the Lay ser
vice station on the Boulevard
from The Beaver Realty com
pany and, according to
Mt.
Beaver, the new owner expects
i to build some modern houses
on the land purchased.
Mr. Batchelder is a carpenter
and stated that the houses he
will build w ill be in keeping
with
the
reeidential
section
which is expected to grow up
argund the normal property.
fWtRAND BOT B
. VICTIM OF CRASH
James Clement, Aged 7, Dies
Today From Accident
Last Night
P O R TLA N D , Ore., Feb. 25.—
(IP)— James Clement, aged 7 son
of a Portland newspaper man,
died early today from Injuries
sustained last night when he was
run d o w n b y a heavy sedan driven
by G ilbert Cheney, 18-year-old
high school student.
Police say
Cheney was driving at the rate
of 60 miles an hour when he
struck the lad. Cheney probably
w ill face 'a serious charge.
Mrs. C oolidge Is
Tia Juana and Mexicali Will
Be Closed Soon as
Ports of Entry
V ictim Of Grippe
W A S H IN G TO N , D. C., Feb. 25.
— Mrs. Coolidge, w ife of the pres
ident. was reported as much im
proved today following a severe
cold which she contracted earlier
In the wçek. Mrs. Coolidge was
forced to cancel several social en
gagements because of* her Indls-
positoln.
H ealth Body W ill
Postpone M eeting
The annual
meeting of the
Jacisoh County Health Associa
tion xNlch was to have been held
on March 2nd has been postpon
ed until a later date due to the
ple Leads to Drastic
Action
M E X IC A L L I, Mexico., Feb. 25.
— (IP) — Governor Rodrigues of
the northern district o f Lower
California moved today to close
Tia Juana and Mexicali as parts
of entry as a retaliation measure,
against California for its unfriend
liness.
"This would mean that no com
merce could be transacted be
tween California and these ports,”
he said. “ Although the value of
commodities sold by C alifornia
'firms to Lower C alifornia amounts
to many millions annually there
is no reason why we should co
operate with C alifornia people
unless they cooperate with us.”
I f the two cities are closed to
entry it w ill result in a practical
shutting down of the many resorts
in these two towns which thrive
mainly off the American tourist
trade.
LOCATE IN ASHLAND
Ed High W ill be in Charge
of Agency to Start Here
on March 1
PROVIDE LOTS OF
“ The Black and White
Revue’’ Promises Lots
of Clean-Cut Comedy
The American Legion Show Is
fast rounding into shape, with
a fine spirit of cooperation being
shown by the entire cast.
John Enders, the Legion Com
mander, Is much pleased with
the way in which the production
has rounded Into shape and a
splendid performance is assured
for the two nights of March
8 and 9.
Miss Vernonia Hughes and
Randall Woods are vprklng uu
S clever ffance pant'omlnfe. Some
thing entirely new and different
from anything every given in
the city.
Can you imagine «
cafe deedrated entirely In black,
with mysterious tables and chairs
that float through the a ir at the
command of the customers, and
an unseen waiter who appears
from nowhere and ghostly hands
FOR POLAR FLIGHT
cels Speaking Tour add
Goes to Norway
E V E R E T T , Wash., Feb. 26.—
The remaining speaking tour of
Captain Roald Amundsen, noted
i Arctic explorer, was canceled here
last night, and he w ill leave at
Bill to Tighten up Laws once for New York where he will
Against Grime Favored ship for Norway. Captain Amund
by Committee
sen said/ arrangements for his
, polar dash by airship were near-
W A SHINO TO N, D. C., Feb. 2 5 | | ng compeltlon so rapidly thet
— As a further step In the drive, he wou((j have to return and take
against crime, the house post of- perBona| charge.
floe committee today approved
a bill which would bar pistols
(•id revolvers from the United
States mails. Anti-revolver laws
of states are now made Inef
fectlve because they can be sent
by mall.
AGED P lO ra IS
CALLED BY DEATH
D eputy Collector
W ill A id Ashland
I ax XAZ*\.*WaXX t
IIiC'CyFTÎC X. ftX WV A X T i f I g* .
land could not keep his appoint
ment as chief speaker of the ses
These are the trying days when
sion on that date. Announcement
Individuals and corporations beg-
w ill be made as soon as possible
ing wrestling w ith their federal
I the next date of meeting.
Income tax blanks Which are now
being received from the office of
Clyde G .Huntipy, collector of
Internal revenue.
Word was received today from
Mr. Huntley to the effect that
BANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb. 25 a deputy collector w ill be In Ash
— ( t lP .) - —Clover Field, a gov land from March 10 to 13, In
ernment airport here, is to be clusive, to aid Ashland residents
converted Into a municipal fly in making out their returns.
Monday. Match 15 is the last
ing grounds, public * park, golf
day
on which the Income tax re
course and playgrounds, accord
ing to the
city
commission, turns can be filed.
M unicipal Airport
W ill B e Provided
L A W R E N C E , Kans., Feb. 26'.
— A student prank le belleved by
"^CHEYENNE, Wyo., Fab. 25.— university officiala to he respon-
A ir mall pilots last night were siblel for thè flylng of a red flaff
forced down by the heavy snow on thè campus of thè University
storm which raged through the of Kansas bere yesterdajk Offic
mountain sections of Wyoming. iala ent thè offensive banner down
According to reports received here late In thè afhertooon and are <novr
nearly all sections of the state conductlng an oftlcial investiga*
were in the path qf the storm. tlop.
which has-approved a bond Issue
Traffic has been interrupted to
for purchase of the property.
Advertise
I»
The
Tidings
a considerable extent.
H e re \ a chfcnco for
some of Ashland’s expert
horseshoe tossers!
Any person who can
invent non-skid horseshoes
can earn himself 31000
In cash, and the American
Society for. the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals will
pay the award.
Announcement of the
offer was received here
today, and may result in
some of Ashland’s experts
exercising their ingenuity.
Present day pavements
aro laid mainly for motor
vehicles and the inventor
must take into account
the usual slippery con
dition of pavements gen
erally. Over 600 devices
have been submitted but
none of them has been
found feasible.
The De Bon Automobile com
pany w ill occupy the building
on Main street formerly occu
pied by the H. B. Plummer Gro
cery, starting March 1, accord
ing to an announcement this
morning by Ed De Bon and Ed
High, who will be the members
of the firm,
Ed High, who has been con
nected with a Yreka automobile
agency and is well known here,
will be in charge of the agency,
(Continued On Page Three)
which will handle two popular
automobiles.
Mr. De Bon op
erates an automobile agency in
Weed.
The front Of the building will
be used as a display room, will'.«
in the rear there will be a work
shop, where service will be giv
en the owners of automobiles
sold by the agency.
Noted Arctic Explorer Can
REVOLVERS WILL BE
FI
Classified Ads Bring Resulta.
KLAMATH WILL
.’v^NOT nm ns
“ It will be a fine thing for
Ashland and for the people of RETALIATION MEASURE
Ashland," he said. “ I will go the
lim it in helping to put it across." VnfrlendlincMe of California P eo
Members of the campaign com
mittee said today that they are
meeting with good 'success and
they expect to have the list of
charter members sufficiently large
within a few days to arrange for
the permanent organization of the
club.
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Mr». M. J. Sherman Passes
Today Noon at the Age
of 93 Years
TOURIST PLAN
Ashland Offered Chance to
Help Finance its In
formation Bureau
MEETING DEADLOCKED
Offer
to Use Local Chamber
Quarters Turned Down
By Klamath
“ Big hearted” Klamath Falls le
perfectly willing to let Ashland
help finance the proposed Klam
ath
information
bureau
and
branch office at the junction of
the Pacific and Ashland-Klamath
highway, but it does not propose
to halt its plan to divert traffic
from the
Pacific highway
to
Klamath county. ‘
This was the answer given to
a chamber of commerce delega
tion which conferred at Klamath
Falls yesterday with the Klam
ath chamber committee which is
sponsoring the branch office move
ment.
May Meet Again
The Ashland delegation indi
cated that residents .of this city
would not consider such a pro
posal, although it is possible an
other conference w ill be held In
an effort to iron out the difficul
ties and possible misunderstand
ing.
The Ashland chamber, proposed
that Klamath establish a branch
tourist information bureau in the
Ashland chamber of commerce,
but here, again, the “big-hearted
ness" of the Klamath folks assert
ed Itself.
They felt there was
not room in the local chamber
quarters for such an office and
they wouldn’t for the world think
of crowding In on Ashland.
For Klamath Only
A t the outset or the martin*,
W illiam McNoaly, one of the
Klamath spokesmen, confessed
openly that the branch office pro
posal was being made in a de
termination to d iv rtt traffic from
the highway to Klamath county.
Other communities, It was agreed,
could put in their road pamph
lets and
other publicity,
but
Klam ath would devote her time
to getting what tourists it coujd.
According
to
reports
from
Klam ath the financing plans of the
Klam ath chamber are not meet
ing w ith expected success, and It
la barely possible that it w ill be
unable to (take up the option
which has been extended until
March 1.
LOS ANGELES CHIEF.
Of P M BESGHS
111 Health is Cause Given by
Lee Heath; Successor
Named
• LOS ANGELES. Cal., Feb. Sfc
— Ill health Is given by Lee Heath,
Los Angeles police chief, as the
reason
for
his
resignation,
which he has submitted, effective
March 31. He has been In fa ll
ing health for some time.
He
w ill be succeeded by Captain
James Davis, now head of the
police vice squad.
GAOL LtVELANDEO
, BUMCKHMKHI
Mrs. M. J. Sherm an, aged 93,
died at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. O. A. Stearns, 78 Pine street
today noon following an extended
Illness from ailments Incident to
advanced age.
She had lived
w ith her daughter for the past
six years although she had been
a resident of Oregon for half a
century
* She Is survived by three daugh
ters and one son. They are: Mrs.
O. A. Stearns of this city, Mrs.
H. H. Goddard of Talent, Mrs.
Alloe Roberts of Oakland, Cal.,
and Charles Sherman of Vallejo.
0*1.
Funeral
arrangements
will
await the arrival here of the son
and daughter from the south. The
body to at Stock’s'mortuary.
L ocal M usician W lll b s
the Air at Seattle, Says
Report
Carl Loveland, well known Ash
land musician, will be "on the
a ir” again thia evening, accord
ing to word received by hie friends
in this city. H e will be with the
Clay Harrison 10-plece brehesttt
which broadcasts over station
C. T. L from the Eagle’s
torlum between 12:32 and
Medford — Owen-
her Co., starts work on
3500,000 sawmill. Now
mill win ent 101.002
sklft