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GERMS
Cannot survive three months in
the rich ozone at Ashland. Pure
domestic water helps.
A shland
daily
T idings
— The Tidings Has Been Ashland’s Leading
Neuspaper lo r Nearly Fifty Years
otMflB W ir« Service)
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ASHLAND CLIMATE
Without the use of medicine cures
nine cases oat of ten of asthma.
This is a proven fact
NO. 157
ORCHARD M EN “
OF TALENT TO
B E ORGANIZED
Talent District Fruit Grow
ers Launched At Rous
ing Meeting ■
COOPERATION U R G E D
—>. . i
B elieve Industry W ill Be Bet-
tere«i By New Associa
tion Formed
Organization of the Talent
District Fruit Growers was per
fected at a meeting of or
chard men in the office of the
irrigation district at Talent last
night.
Officers were elected as fol
lows: president, B. T. Newbry;
vice-president, B. C. Gardner;
secretary and treasurer, S. A
Nye. These men together with
the following, will comprise the
board of directors: H. W. Frame,
M. J. Morris and Eric Wold.
There are estimated to be sev
eral. hundred carloads of high
grade pears and apples marketed
from this district. A number
of growers believe that by get
ting together, getting acquainted
and mutually discussing orchard
problems they will be better
able to handle and dispose of
their fruit. >
Regular meetings of the or
ganisation will be held on% the
last Friday of each month In
the Talent Irrigation District of
fices, Talent, and all orchard
men In the district are urged to
join the association.
CANADA LAND AGENT
V IM A S H LA N D
Tells of Settlement Work
Now Being Carried On
By (Dominion
Canada each year Is drawing
hundreds of homesteaders and
homeseekers to various parts of
the dominion, according to J. L.
Portei,
Canadian
government
land agent, who Is a business
visitor In Ashland today, enroute
to California on a tour of inspec
tion.
“We have several million acres
of productive land which we are
giving free to settlers who are
really looking for permanent
homes,* said Mr. Porte. "If a man
will come to Canada and Improve
his land for a period of three
. years, we give him 160 acres.’’*
Mr. Porte devotes much of his
products at fairs in the northwest
time to exhibiting Canadian farm
and last year he carried away two
first prises on grain at the Paci
fic International Live Stock ex
position in Portland.
Eugene To Build
Own Light Plant
.SALEM, March 6— (U.P.)—
The city of Eugene late yester
day filed application tor a water
power permit to cover a munici
pal power plant on the McKenzie
river, estimated to cost >4,281,780
The project Includes develop
ment of 71,363 theoretical horse
power, a main canal 11.2 miles
in length and a dam In the Me
Kenzie river 88 feet high.
Sick Fisherman
Drowns In River
ASTORIA*, Ora., March 6— (
p .)— Fred Hler, Med 60, /
toona, Wash., fisnerman was
drowned in the Columbia river
last night when he became ill
and fell from the stern of a fishing
boat.
GRAZING BILL
Of Legs In Wreck
BY STANFIELD
MEETS DEFEAT
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S A N F R A N C I8CO,
Match i 6— (U,;P.)— Mrs.
Olga
Howe,
Oakland,
will
receive
>125,000
damages tor the loss of
her legs which were
severed in a wreck of a
Key Route train, Decern-
her 4, 1924.
Mrs. Howe's suit Is the
first to be decided in
a series of damage ac-
tions brought as the re-
suit of 10 fatalities and
40 injuries in the wreck.
A jury in superior
court held the Key Sys-
tern Transit company,
the 8an Francisco-Sacra-
mento Railroad company
and J. E. Compton, Key
Route motorman, jointly
responsible for, the mis-
hap.
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Oregon Solon Asks That
Compromise Measure be
Drafted Soon
WILL MAKE CHANGES
S P IE N M O O L
‘Black; and White Revue”
Promises Real Entertain
ment Next Week
The American Legion rehears
ed their "Black & White Re
vue” at the Vining Theatre until
one o’clock this morning. This was
the first work-out at the Theatre,
and another will he held at nine
o’clock Sunday morning.
Dr. Shinn and Carl Smith made
their premier appearance on the
tlght-rope, much to the delight
of the few spectators, and their
feats of strength and acrobatics
were a source of wonder to the
uninitiated.
The Legion Q^prtette, which
bine -set ou t t e m a k e a m n e - t o r
themselves as clever entertainers,
have been putting In all available
time in practice, and have a pro
gram lined up sure to please.
They will appear as "Ye Village
Quartette” with an original set
ting, and the only difficulty so
far encountered has been to find
suitable clothes for "Long
Andy McGee, and "Round” Bert
Miller.
The seats for the two nights
of the show are selling rapidly,
and those who contemplate at
tending should make every effort
to have their seats reserved at
once. Prom reports received from
Medford there are several groups
who are coming over Tuesday
night. Those who have kept
close tab on the progl<ess of the
production and know what a
good clean funny showf it will be,
are counting on a better house
Tuesday night than oil Monday.
Parachute Saves
Lives O í Flyers
MOUNT CLEMENS, Michigan,
March 6— (U.P.)—Captain Frank
O. D. Hunter In charge of oper
ations at Selfridge flying field
here, successfully leaped in a
parachute from a burning air
plane 500 feet over Lake St. Clair
today and landed on the Ice with
minor burns and bruises. His
plane was wrecked when it crash
ed.
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Helen Wills Loses
In Mixed Doubles
MENTONE, France, March 6—
(U.P.)—Helen Wills and her
partner, Van Alen, were defeated
today in the finals of the Mentone
tournament mixed doubles by
MUe. Didi V’asto and the French
player, Coehet.
R. R Conductors
Will Build Home
CEDAR RAPIDS, IoWa, March
g - T h e proposed >250,000 homo
WINTER TOMATOES
for the aged and disabled of
NAPOMO, Cal., March 6
(U .P .)— Fresh tomatoes, local the Ordef of Railway Conductors
ly grown, has been marketed will be constructed in Savannah,
here througtont the entire win Ga., President L. B. Sheppard
of the nnion announced today.
ter Just closing.
MONUMENT O F W“ ^ X MEDFORD WINS
TO SEEK CIVIC BETTERMENTS;
By Movie Queens
CRUCIAL G AME
MODOC
WAR
TO
MAYOR JOHNSON IS COMMENDED
R ISE SHORTLY
FROM ASHLAND
NEWCOMERS’ CLUB ORGANIZED;
Many F eatures of Proposed Law
To B e Left Out Of
Next Bill
WASHINGTON, D. C. March
8— (U. P. )— Three weeks of
hearings, mostly unfavorable, on
the Stanfield grazing bill which
has been before the senate pub
lic lands committee, have con
vinced Senatar Stanfield that he
will have to revise it to get it
passed by the senate.
Senator 8tanfleld has asked the
legislative council of the com
mittee to draw up a compromise
bill which will meet the demands
of Secretary of the Interior Work
and Secretary of Agriculture Jar
dine.
In the main the proposed new
bill will retain the provisions of
the present bill giving stockmen
legal right to grazing areas cov
ered in the lease, but it will con
cede that the interior and agri
culture departments have the
right to control grazing.
Ashland's latest civic or*aai
zation was formed last night.
It is the Newcomers’ dub.
composed of persons who have
come here to live within the p u t
two years. According to official
annoucement this morning, the
club will keep its membership a
secret for the time being, or
least until it has proven that its
sole purpose is to work for civic
progress and development.
The meeting was quietly called
and was attended by all who had
been advised of its purpose,
according to reports given The
Tidings. Officers were elected
but their names, too, are being
withheld.
A resolution was adopted
commending Mayor Johnson for
his stand on the sidewalk Im
provement project adjacent to
the new normal school. It was
declared that this Is one of the
most
Important
Improvement
projects which may be launched
this year and should receive the
moral support of all Ashland
residents who stand for growth
and prosperity.
It was reported that another
meeting will be held next week
at which time other matters
of civic improvement will be
discussed.
Dirt Slide Halts
Highway Traffic
Tl
THE DALLES, March 6— (U-j
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p .)—Traffic over the Columbia. Jensen And Von Herberg
river highway was suspended for
Sell Interests For Nearly
a short time last night by a
$6,000,000
slide five miles west of Hood
River, which brought about 400
PORTLAND, Ore.,. March 6—
yards of dirt and rock down (U.P.)— C: 8. Jensen of thv
across the surface of the road.
Jensen and Von Herberg theat
rical firm today confirmed re
ports that an agreement has
been reached for the sale of the
string of theatres to the North
American Theater Corporation.
He said the valuation of the
property involved is >6,000,000
and that the transfer will be
Plans Fof Completion of Or
effective May 1. Contracts prob
ganization Are Fast
ably will be signed Monday,
Taking Form
or as soon as attorneys can com
plete
details in connection with
Definite plans for work on
the
new
Ashland
golf
coartf
the
b,g
deal*
Joe Keller Gives Facts Con
cerning Thieves And
are fast materializing and active
construction will get under way a _____
Crime Prevention
within
short time, officers
Strict application of the cer the organisation announced to
tificate of title law and better day.
cooperation by anto drivers gen
Several additional members
erally will greatly reduce auto are now being signed up. It
TH|O Armstrong Motors, Inc.,
thefts in Oregon, according to was reported, and prospects are
of this city, reports the unload
Joe Keller, Oregon representa reported to be most encouraging. ing of a carload of Hudson
tive of the Pacific Coast anto
Following are tlhe charter Broughams today. They have sold
theft bureau, who was in Ash members of the club:
five of these cars. Two will be
land today. Mr. Keller is re
Louis Dodge, J. H. McGee. R.
turning to Portland following an W. Price, Harry K. Tomlinson, delivered to Ed Wyatt and J. D.
anto theft conference in San Frank Jordan, J. H. Fuller, J. GUI. This model has proved
Francisco this week.
S. Jordan, G. W. Gregg, C. E. very popular and the agency is
"Auto drivers are in a mea Shinn, H. O. Enders, Jr., C. 3. unable to get enough to fill their
sure responsible for the many I Richardson, H. G. Enders, Will orders. They report automobile
thefts,” declared Keller.
"If I m . Dodge. F. F. Whittle, F. D. sales as brisk with many pros
every driver will take pains to Wagner, C. A. Malone, K. P. pects in view.
lock fils car every time he parks Nlms, Hal McNair, F. G. Dean,
it, there will be considerable H. A. Stearns, O. F. Carson,
less thievery, as the auto thief Daisy C. McGarry, O. Winter, V.
will not fool around a car after O. N. Smith. Joe Miller, A C.
he finds It Is locked.”
Nlninger, V. V. Mills, J. W. Mc
Mr. Keller also is a strong Coy, E. V. Carter,
Wirt M.
supporter of the certificate of Wright, V. D. Miller, Dorn Tro-
title law, and explained where vost, The Tidings, by O. M.
this new Oregon law had per Green, D. F. Kay, Jr., Fred C. Ninety Days In Jail Given
mitted his bureau and the Port Homes, I. E. Vining, A. L. Lamb,
Man Who Violates Pure
land police to solve the big O. T. Bergner, H. L. Claycomb,
Food Laws
O’Hara anto theft
ring,
in and Dr. Ernest A. Woods.
LOS ANGELES. March 6— (U.-
which 17 stolen
automobiles
were recovered.
p .)— Manuel Newman must spend
"The certificate of title Is
90 days in the Los Angeles coun
insurance for the man who buys
ty jail for bringing three pine
a used car, and I think when
apples here from Hawaii.
the people of this state are thor
Newman was sentenced here
oughly acquainted with Its pro
today for violating the pure food
visions they will be more
and drugs act, which states that
strongly in favor of It,” he Land Board Will Net Ap every possible Insect - Infected
said.
"Of course the law is
peal Decision In $200,
food article must be properly la
weak In some respects but
„ 000 Litigation
beled.
these defects will be ironed out
He said he had merely brought
ASTORIA, Ore.. March 6—(U. the pineapples with him for re
at the next legislative session.”
Mr. Keller Is a veteran police P .)— The state of Oregon will freshment during the long voyage
officer. He was a' lieutenant on not take an appeal from the de not realizing he was violating the
the Portland police force for cision of Circuit Judge Eaktn
law.
years and later served as state who ruled against the state In its
claim on the >290,000 estate of
parole officer.
Mrs. Asmua Brix, the state land
board announced here today.
The state relinquishes Its claim
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T J ^ y np.
NEW GOLF CLUB HAS
40 M S M E M
«IHO THEF M l
ENDORSES NEH UN
a
^Arm strong Motors
Gets New Hudsons
M S HNEAPPIES
II
SIATE DEFEATED IN
UM A 1E 02
Farmer Is Kicked
May Be Necessary to Dyna
mite Jap Vessel To Clear
Grays Harbor
ABERDEEN, Wash., March 6
— (U.P.)—The Japanese freight
er which overturned her^ Thurs
day la now lying In- the middle
of the Grays Harbor channel
almost submerged and is s men
ace to navigation.
A special
course Is being mapped our for
vessels with tugs placed near
the sunken vessel to sound warn
Inga. It may ba necessary to
dynamite the ship In order to
clear the channel.
Fralerson of Germany, the mo
ther of Mrs. Brix. The derision
was reached after the states
attorneys had examined eastern
court rnllnga which were unfa
vorable to the state’s conten
tlon.
Bryan Leaves Big
Estate To Widow
MIAMI, Fla., March 8— (U P .)
— The • late William JennInga
Bryan left an estate valued at
>668,202, It was disclosed by the
affidavit filed In probate court
here today by the three apprais
ers.
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Fitting Memorial To Mem
ory of General Canby
To Be Erected
NOW BEING DESIGNED
Lasting Bronze Piacque W ill
Mark Scene Of Peace
Body Mflesarru
A fitting monument to General
E. R. S. Canby, hero of the
peace commission massacre of
April 1873. and the scores of
heroes that died In battle during
the Modoc war. will bo erected
this spring ip the lava beds of
northern Modoc county. It is to
be created kout of the natural
rough lava rock, cemented to
gether. and has been designed
by Paul Fair. San Francisco
artist. His work has been ac
cepted by the Native Daughters
of California, who are back
ing the movement.
A bronze placque will be ce
mented Into the base of the
monument depicting the Canby
murder. Another will be dedi
cated to the officers and men.
soldiers and volunteers who fell
in the fighting in the lava beds.
Fair executed an order, without
charge. He created the work
with a mental picture of the
scene as he carried it back to
Francisco after a trip Into
the lava bed country last year
with Captain Applegate.
The date of the dedication of
the monument is not definiteiv
known, according to Captain O.
C. Applegate, Oregon’s command
er of the Veterans of Indian
Wars.
ITbn u
M N ETP O ST
HOLLYWOOD,
Cal..
March 6 — ( U .P .) — it
was “bargain day” for
women in Hollywood yes-
terday,
as
>100,000
worth of discarded gowlis
worn by movie stars went
under the hammer.
Hundreds of women—
bargain hunters and sou-
venir seekers — battled
for* the' castoff raiment
of the stars put up for
sale
at
knockdown
rates.
Pola Negri's black sat-
in evening gown, em-
broidered
with
small
pearls and rhinestones,
worn In her latest pic-
ture, was sold for >35.
The purchaser was a
plump woman Identified
as the landlady of a
boarding house patroniz-
ed by movie cowboys.
The gown originally cost
>750.
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BY FEDERAL JUDGE
Ex-Service Man’s Record
Wins Freedom in White
Slavery Case
PORTLAND, Ore., March 6—
(U.P.)—H. P. Fromwlller, who
was‘decorated for bravery in ac
tion while serving as a lieutenant
with the 91st division In France,
was paroled by Federal Judge
Benn yesterday when he pleaded
guilty to charges of violating the
white slave act. The act of leni
ency was granted by the judge
upon recommendation of Asslst-
. ant
United States Attorney
Stearns, who investigated the
case for the government. From-
willer was charged with having
transported a woman from Spo
kane to Portland for immoral
purposes.
Local Basketball Quintet
Outplayed In Fast
Contest At Armory
BASKET TOSSING POOR
Visitors On Ix>ng End of 32 To
21 Scorp; To Play This
Evening
Ashland high school lost all
chance to compete in the state
|tournament last nlgfit when
Medford high school defeated the
local quintet, 31 to 22, In a fast
and cleanly played- game.
For the most part the local
boys played listless ball. When
they did show flashes of speed
and got possession, of- the ball,
they were as wild as March
hares In shooting baskets.
The Medford five held the
upper hand from start to finish
and outplayed the Ashland team
from start to finish. During the
closing quarter. Coach Hughes
rushed in substitute after sub
stitute but without avail.
z Fine Refereeing
The game was interesting to
watch, due largely to the splen
did work of Referee Stritmater
of Corvallis.
The dlmlnultlva
official had the game under con
trol from whistle to whistle and
kept the hoys going at top
pace. Nor was there the least
bit indication of roughness or til
feeling among the players or
the supporters of the two teams.
The armory was packed to
the doors with rival partisans
of the two teams, bnt it was
good-natured rivalry with a
total" absence of ’ the strained
feeling whleh existed two weeke
ago.
M in g
le
Star
M G. TennenJ Is
Favorite To Win
Portland Doctors
Tacoma Election
Take Vaccination
TACOMA, Wash., March 6—
Against Smallpox
(U.P.)— Mayor A. V. Fawcett,
Laing, the Medford cents”,
was high point man for hie
team, with four field goals to
his credit. White at guard an
nexed three field goals. Marske
and Moore each tossed three
field goals for the Ashland team,
with Gosnell and Aldo Parr each
getting one.
Ashland started off with a
rush when Moore shot a perfect
basket * moment after the game
started. . Laing came back and
evened up the count a moment
later an<i from then on Medford
held the whip hand. The first
quarter ended with Medford IS
and Ashland 6. At the half
Medford was 20. to 14 for Ash
land.
The third quarter was
the hardest contested of all,
with Medford getting but one
field goal and Ashland one foul
throw. At the end of this quar
ter the count stood 22 to 15
for Medford.
The two teams will wind np
their basketball schedules to
night with the closing game at
Medford. Although no title 19
at stake, a large group of Ash
land fans are planning to go to
Medford to cheer the local quin
tet.
celebrated his 80th birthduy to
day by winding up his cam
paign for re-election.
M. G. Tennent, only hnlf that
age, led the octegenarlan In tha
primary by 5.000 votes and is
the favorite to win In Tuesday's
election.
Voters also, will select two
councllmen, two school board
members and a park commission
er.
The question of a flat raUe
The teams lined up last night
as follows:
Medford
Ashland
Dunn
............ F ............... Marske
Horrlott — ......... F .............. A. Part
Laing..................C—........ .. MoorA
Williams........... O............... Gosnell
White................ Jb............... H1U
Substitntlone— Medford:
Mel
vin for Dann; Archer for Wil
liams.
Ashland: Roy Parr for
Aldo Parr; Abbott for Gosnell;
P r e s e n t Ambassador To
England Mav Succeed
Frank B. Kellogg
WASHINGTON, D. C., March
6— (U.P.)— Announcement of the
Immediate return from London
of Amerjcan Ambassador Hough
ton revived reports today that
he is being groomed to succeed
Frank B. Kellogg, as secretary
of state.
The present slight Illness of
Kellogg emphasizes the fact that
his physician has advised him to
retire. The primary object of
Ambassador Houghton’s visit Is
to confer with President Cool
idge over European events.
tic a o n y iwi& u oi
a montj, jor
au
police
More Than a Thousand Per
sons Die In One Week,
States Report
ALLAHABAD. British India.
March 6— (U.P.)—An epidemic
of plague has broken out In the
United provinces, according to
word received here. It was of
ficially announced that 1143
persons died in one week at
Agra and Oudh. The plague is
seasonal here and occurs coin
cident with the aproach of hot
weather.
PORTLAND. March 6— (U.P.)
— Multnomah county physicians
are willing to take their own
medicine.
At a meeting held
here 75 physicians and surgeons
submitted to vaccination by way
of warning citizens to take pre
caution against smallpox, which
is prevalent in several north
west communities.
Train Kills Man
Walking On Track
Lineup .
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Katsor for Roy Parr; Katsor ^or
Aldo Parr.
In a preliminary game the
Medford Junior high defeated
CHEHALLIS. Wash., March 6 Ashland Junior high, 24 to 18.
— P. M. Mundy. 70. was killed In
stantly when struck by a north
bound Oregon-Washington pass
enger train as he was walking the
track. Three sons, Sidney Mundy
Centralia; Frank Mundy, Win
lock. and Charles Mundy. In the
Because of the Illness of
army, and a daughter In North retary Fuller, primary ha
for the annual chamber of
Carolina survive.
and firemen and a proposal
PORTLAND. Ore., March 6— to build a municipal auditorium
(U.p.)— Edgar Charleston, aged will appear on the March 9 bal
<
27, Brush Prairie, Wash., farm lot.
er, was In a critical condition
In’ a hospital here today from
injuries sustained on his farm
yesterday when he was kicked in
the head by a horse. His skull
was fractured.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Marqh
6—
(U.p.)— The eenate will vote
THE WEATHER
Monday on the house resolution
which proposes to create a con
ton — Fair tonight and
gressional commission to n»'go-
Sunday.
Freeslng tem
Southern Pacific completes
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a lease for the Muscle
perature east portion.
>124.000
bridge on Big Baldwin
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Shoals
project.
The
vote
will
Frost, west portion to-
hlght. Gentle northeast It be taken at 8:80 p. m. Monday. Crdek, between Mayo and Coeb
ran.
It i It follows a week's debate.
ana
winds.
To vote Soon On
Skoals Question
The
John H. Fuller
,
Has Tonsilitis
meroe election will be
for a few days, it waa
ed at the chamber of
office this moratag. Mr.
confined to hie bomb
vers attack of