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Cannot aurvivo three months in
the rich oxone a t Ashland. Pore
domefftio water helpa.
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SuewM or to the Semi-Weekly Tiding«, V e in » «
BIG MAJORITY
IN FAVOR OF
MODIFICATION
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More Than a M illion V otes
W ill B e Cast in N ational
Prohi P ell
BIO IN T E R E ST SHOW N
(lia n g e From Present Dry Laws
Favored by Ratio of
Nine to One
N E W YO R K C IT Y , March 12
— (U .P .)— Prohibition poll« be
ing taken by nearly 700 new»-
paper« In the United States is
drawing a vote which It expected
to exceed the million mark, it
was indicated today.
I t could
go to several million« If the vot
in g wer« not lim ited to three
day«, It was said.
Figures compiled today from
2u cities showed a vote of
267,409 for either modification
of present liquor laws or a gen
eral repeal of the federal laws.
The vote against any change
was 27,230, or a ratio of ap-'
proxlraately 9 to 1 for soma
change.
The heaviest dry vote reported
thus fa r Is at Tampa, Fla.,
where the ratio in favor of the
wets la only 2 to 1.
I t w ill be several days before
all votes are received and tubu
lated at headquarters here.
M M SCHAPERS M E
C O M » OH WOK
Tests Beinar Made on City
Streets T his Afternoon
by Tw o Makes
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Competitive tests between two
different makes of road scrapers
were beihg made thia afternoon
nnder the direction of City M an
ager Malone and the street de
partment.
The tests are being
made by W ehr and
Russell
scrapers, both * of . which are
seeking to sell the city scrapers.
The testa are being made on
Beach street, which Is compara
tively level, and on Vista avenue,
which has a steep grade.
The
Russell grader yesterday did
some prelim inary scraping work
on Fork street.
The question of purchasing a
new scraper probably w ill come
before the city council next Tuea-
May evening.
Railway Officials
Visit In Ashland
Y R E K A , Cal., March »
12— W ith « 4 irk sticking
In his heart,
Manuel
Soils, aged 30, a Mex
ican, employed by the st
Weed Lumber company o Jack Ryan Pound N ot Guilty
o f Murder of Carmen
a t Tennant, waa found »
W agner Near Eureka
murdered early yesterday, »
he was killed in his cab »
JURY" R E PORTS TODAY
in.
The
killin g
is
thought to be the re
Cadb A gainst Half-Breed Mpdíly
sult of an old feud b e-. »
Circumstantial in Hlayfng
tween Solis and another «
Mystery
laborer, fanned by the tt
presence
of
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E U R E K A , c al„~ March 1»-—
»
liquor.
(U .P .)— Jack Ryan, half-breed
The slayer fled into «
Indian charged with the murder
the hills after the mur »
of Carmen Wagner. 18-year-old
der, and a possex of man »
h air dressSr, was found not
hnnters Is now searching »
guilty by a superior court jury
the Tennant district for »
here today.
him. Coroner Kunz and «
The girl's body was found
Claude Gillis of the dis »
In
the wilds of Coyote F lat last
tric t attorney’s office are «
October.
The discovery followed
leading the posse. *
a
the finding of the body of Henry
Sweet, a friend with whom she
had gone on a hunting trip.
Sweet had been shot and killed.
The g irl was carried for miles,
attacked and held a prisoner for
several days before being mur
dered.
H e r body was found
Five Oases of Dread Malady burled In a shallow grave.
Reported There During
Ryan and hla brother David
the P ast Month
were both arrested and charged
w ith the crime.
David was
K L A M A T H FA LLS . Ore., M ar
released following a preliminary
12— K L A M A T H
county
last
hearing. Evidence against them
month had five cases of spinal was largely circumstantial.
meningitis and nine cases the
preceding month, according to
figures compiled In the county
health office.
This dread m al
ady, which has
been
noted
throngbout the Pacific north
west, waa worse In Klam ath
county than In any other county
Grace Chamberlain
of the state, with Clackaihus Miss
Speaks on Honolulu;
county a close second.
Health
Vote an Prohi Poll
officials believe conditions are
better at the present time, how-
Honolulu, where «very day
,'Seems to “be «»holiday, mbs the
eubjeet of a short, Interesting
talk by Miss Grace Chamberlain
at thh Kiwania luncheon today
a t noon.
Miss Chamberlain told of many
of the quaint customs and hab
its of tbe people In the Islands,
W ater Declared N ot Cause which are called "the crossroads
o f Malady W hich Ap
of the Pacific," which was visit
pears Near Bonanza
ed by the missionaries for the
first time only 100 years ago.
K L A M A T H FA LLS , Ore., Mar.
Prefers Ashland
12— N either water nor dried
She opened her talk by plac-
fru it
contained
the
typhoid
ng a lets, the wreath with which
germs which caused the illness
newcomers are welcomed to the
from typhoid fever of three chil Island, around the necks of
dren of Mr. and Mrs. E st I the Kiwanians sitting next to
Brown, who reside near Bonanza.
her.
And she closed her re
This was the report received
marks by stating that she and
today at the county health of
Miss Palmer, who accompanied
fice by Dr. D. O. S. Newsom, her on the visit to Honolulu,
medical director.
Dr. Newsom
(Continued On Page Three)
had Investigated the case and
sent samples of the water and
some dried fru it to the state
health office.
" I t simply means that there
may be a carrier In the fam
ily ," the health officer explained,
"and that I w ill have to contlnuo
my investigation along different
Champion
Says Final Ar-
ampie
lines."
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KIAIIA1H S IU H 1 S
SPIHMMEHIHGIHS
E
INTERESTING TALK
KLAMATH FAIWLYIS
IL WITH TYPHOID
P H D SHRINKS
HONORED AT SALEM
nruiiruuir uiuiTii
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PRINEVILLE YOUTH
HAS SPOTTED FEVER
— (U .P .)— The flrat case of the
drtsad spotted fever for the year
in Eastern Oregon was rep o rt
ed by local • health authorities
today.
The victim la Leonard
Porflly, aged 15 year«.
The
fever Is censed fro m ' the bite
Mr. Metschan w ill be in Ahhland
tomorrow for the spring ceremon
ial of H lllah temple, according to
word received from Portland last
evening.
Medford —
Victor Bareell
of a tick. Ticks are unusually
numerous In this section nt the plants IS acres grafted Fran
qnette walnuts.
present time.
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(Catted
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I AUCH 1 » 1926
INDIAN W
INS' s ^
FREEDOM IN
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CASE
n » E R
a
A. S. Rosenbaum, Southern
Pacific official, was at tbe Lithta
Springs hotel Friday for lunch
eon, having driven some Eastern
railroad officials from Gold H ill
to Siskiyou.
M r, Rosenbaum
—
said the officials .were delighted
▼1th L ith ia Park and all other
sections of the Rogue River val
ley. They were surprised at the
fact they could drive frojn Oold
H ill- to Siskiyou quicker than
the tr«*n could make the trip
The officials were L. F . Vos- Phil Metschan, Illustrious
baugh, of New York, and F. O.
Potentate, is Guest at
Stafford of Chicago; traffic man
B ig Banquet
agers of the New Y o rk Central
railroad In the respective cities.
SALEM, March 12. — Illu s tri
They are among the leading raM- ous Potentate Phil Metschan and
road officials of the East. •
Recorder Harvey Beckwith of A1
Kader temple, Mystic Shrine, Port
land, were entertained here Tues
day night by the Salem Shrine
club.
H arry Levy, president of
the local organisation, Introduced
the visitors.
Many prominent
Shrlners of this district. Including
five members of the Oregon sup-
F irst Case o f Dread D isease fame court, attended. Potentate
is Reported by Health
Metscfaah and Recorder Backwith
v
Authorities
w ill visit in Corvallis and Eugene
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P R IN E V IL L E , Ore., March 12 tonight.
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Posse Searches
For Murderer Of
Mexican Laborer
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Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years
The Tidings fía t Been Ashland's
•
ASHLAND CUMATB
n t m edium « i
Without th e ,
nine cases out of ten of
This is a proven fa $ t
S
“S
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W A
BIG FESTIVITIES PROMISED M T BUREAU ^
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BY NEXT WEEK »»
H lllah Temple Shrlpera *U1 the annual banquet w ill be held
invade the oasU of Ashland’ 'to ! at the Lithia Springs hotel, to
morrow In a spring ceremontgl which, the wives of shrlnere also
which promises to eclipse «11 are Invited.
The banquet will Tourist Information Booth
those of former years.
, “l“Vt at 5:16.
a t H ighway Junction is
, , ..
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,
ii
The ceremonial session will
Beady to Operate
Starting w ith the bu.lnem.ee4-,
#t g o>c,ock
slon In the armory a
'
and at its conclusion an old- PLAN
DEVELOPM ENTS
re w ill -ge
the afternoon, .there
fashioned'dance will be held.
something doing for the shrlners
The patrol as well as ''the Officer« Chosen anil Program of
i
and
their wives until late nt
Actlvltiee Mapped Out by
drum and bugle eorps w ill he
night.
Heeds
much in evidence throughout the
Following the business seeslop festivities.
Hood River Boys j
Are Donated Gytn
COLONEL COOLIDGE
HOOD R IV E R . Ore., ^M ardh
12— Frank J. Schuler, west side President’s Father Spends
orchardlst, has turned h is . *p-
R estless N ight: is
ple packing house into a gym
Better Today
nasium.
W eekly Monday even
PLY M O U TH , V t„ March 12—
ing meetings ere held for boys
of
the
neighborhood.
Mr. (U .P .)— John C. Coolidge, fath
Schuler libs Installed a large er of the president, spent a rest
less night last night, but was
wrestling m«t.
reported as resting fa irly com
fortable this morning.
D r. A l
bert M. Cram reported the pa
tient’s condition as slightly Im
proved, although he Is. said to
be In ’serious condition.
S O M E W NEW
B A L K K IR S I
City Engineer W alker is
E stablishing Grades N ear
The Norm al School - .
H HARO C U N E I
City Engineer W alker is now
doing the field surveying work
for the new sidewalk improv»- G r a n t H igh School of Port-
ment district in the vicinity or
land Takes Basketball
the normal school.
The field
Game, 25 to 21
work w ill continue for andther (
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10 days, after which there wfll
SALEM, Ore., March
12—
be considerable office work -to Grant high school of Portland
be done in connection w ith the eliminated Medford high school
Improvement.
I t Is ‘expected as a championship contender
that the preliminary plans and In the basketball tournament
estimates «rill b»-ln reafflness fA Theve tert sight, 15.to U . aitax a
the advertising of bids early close ana b itterly fought eon-,
test. The two teems were |lod
next month.
at the end of the firs t quarter
as well as the half, but Grant
forged ahead In the third quartor
and kept the"lead until the end.
Neither team scored In the final
quarter.
WEALTHY YOOTH TO
S E M TERM
Young Man W ho Attacked
Student Nurse L ast May
Quickly Convicted
MAN» «OMEN GUESTS
AI BIRTHMY PARLY
MASON, Mich., March 12. —
(IP) — A rth u r C. Rich, son of a
wealthy Michigan
fam ily, was
started today on his way to state's Valued G ifts Distributed by
prison where he was sentenced
E . R. Isaac and Company <
to life Imprisonment for a crim
Store Yesterday
inal attack on Louise King, pretty
Over 600 pieces of cake were
student nurse, on May 25. last.
The ju ry which heard the evid cut at the fifth birthday anniver
ence against young Rich deliber sary party yesterday at the E.
R. Isaca and company store. Little
ated less than a half hour.
Miss Opal Chase found a $5 gold
piece In her slice of cake, while
Mrs. Oeorge Larder found a gold
ring.
Other
women who received
birthday present from the store
PO RTLA N D, Ore., March 12 were Mrs. O. Chase, a pearl neck
— D r. R. B. Craver of Klamath lace; Elsie Prater, a silver thim
Falls, convicted recently on a ble, and Mrs. J .,R . Leslie, a pair
charge of furnishing nareotics’jiol allh garters
to a drug addict, waa sentenced
SM ELT RUN STARTS
to two years In federal prison
TR O U TD A LE, Ore., March 12
when he appeared for sentence
in federal court here yesterday — .(U .P .)— The annual smelt run
started today In the Sandy river.
afternoon.
DEMPSEY TO FIGHT Klamath Doctor
WILLS LABOR DAY
Goes To Prison
tid es for
’
- B ig ? T
it
Title
' Match Are Sii igned
LOS ANGELES, Cel.. March
12— ( b .P .) — Jack Dempsey end
Floyd Fitzsimmons, fight promot
er, announced today t h a t . final
articles have been signed for
a Labor Day match between
Dempsey end Hai'ry W ills.
A ll
that remains to bind the deal,
they said, was the posting of
guarantees and promised that
before night 3550,000 w ill be de
posited In Los Angeles banks.
vniiTiwiu
Quinn
TuulnruL ÖWWII
IS IN JAIL AGAIN
Alfred Morgan Released by
Portland Police Only to
be Re-Arrested
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PORTLAND, Ore., March IS —
Alfred Morgan, 21-year-old al
leged bandit, who was released
on ball last week was raarreated
yesterday whan ppllee Inspectors
Collins and Goltz gathered nipe
hold-np victims at police head
quarters and fo u r'e f them "poel-
tlvely Identified" the youth as
the one who held thorn np dur
ing January.
shland Co’
By Bi'
PROHIBITION BALLOT
Prohibition Editor,
Ashland D ally Tidings,
Ashland, Oregon,
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I have marked belnW, With a cross my position
on the prohibition question.
I favor keeping the prohibition amendment
as it now stands, with strict enforcement.
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I favor repeat of the pro*
hibition a m e n d.m e n t
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g rie d
Street address
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I favor m odification of the prohibition law
so as to allow the sale o f ligh t wine and beer.
City
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Twenty years ago to
day snow began falling
In Ashland and by the
following
morning,
18
inches blanketed the city
and vicinity.
The big
snowstorm was recalled
today by Mrs. Otto W in
ter, who vividly recalls
the storm.
It was the
first big snow storm of
that winter.
Then, by a peculiar
weather coincidence, on
the two succeeding years
the
only
real
snow
storms of the winter each
began falling on March
12.
In direct contrast of
20 years ago today, Is
the warm sunshine and
spring
weather
which
prevails now.
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END TOMORROW
Much Interest Aroused in
Ashland Over Nation-
Wide Referendum
JUDGES
ARE
CHOSEN
Votes W ill Be Counted Tomor
row Noon; To Print R esults ’
Saturila)
Balloting In The Tidings' pro
hibition poll w ill close at noon
tomorrow.
Interest locally in
the poll has been much greater
than expected and the ballot
box in The Tidings office is now
almost full.
The prohibition editor of The
Tidings today appointed three
judges to count all ballots and
announce the results Shortly
afteiv the noon hour tomorrow.
Those selected are Mayor John
son, City Manager Malone and
Louis Dodge.
So today and tomorrow morn
ing is tbe last chance you wlH
Hartford, Conn., officials Re have to vote in this nation-wide
poll on the prohibition question
fuse to Discuss
which Is being conducted by
Status of Probe
700 newspapers In a ll parts of
HARTFORD, Conn., March 12. the United States.
— (IP) — While authorities here
The Last Chance
did not deny that the Investiga
The ballot la being printed
tion of the death of W illiam Des for the last time today. I f yon
mond Taylor, noted film direct are going to mall your ballot,
or, who was slain in Los Angeles be sure and get It In tha post
four years ago, has been brought office tonight so It w ill be dis
to this locality, they refused to tributed with ' tbe morning mail.
day to give out any information. I f you wish, you can bring your
It had been reported that Ed ballot direct to The Tidings of
ward F. SandB, Taylor’s valet, who fice and deposit it In the Mg
disappeared after the murder, ballot box supplied for that pur
came to Connecticut, died here pose.
and is burled in this vicinity.
More than 40,000,000 people
Rumor has it that tbe body was are readers of the newspapers
to be exhumed to determine which, In cooperation w ith NBA
service, .news feature syndicate,
whether it Is that of Sands.
are
conducting
thia
gigantic
poll, so it ought to give a good
eroMrsectlon of public sentiment
on the prohibition question as
WASHINGTON, March 12. —
It exista today.
(LP) — Corn on farms on March
1 totaled 1.318,793,000 bushels or
45.6 per cent of the 1925. crop, as
compared with 759,471,000 bush Six Chamber of Oommeroe
els or 32.8 per cent held over on
Members Suggested for
the same date last year, the agri
E lection as Directors
culture department announced to
Six members of the Ashland
day.
chamber
of commerce were en Report Made at M eeting
Wheat on farms on March 1
L ast N ight Shows ’ -
was about 99,279,000 bushels, or dorsed for election as directors
G ratifying Results
14.8 per cent of the 1925 crop as at a meeting last night of the
compared with 112,042,000 bush- Netvcomers’ club, according to
A report showing the net pro
eU or 13 per cent of the crop of official announcement this morn-
ceeds of the American Legion
1924 held on the name date last lng.
year
,
Those who w ill have the sup- show at Ashland end at H ilt to
Oats on farms totaled about Port of the organisation a re - be approximately 3500 was reed
677.064.000 bushels, or 38.4 per ¡H a rry Tomlinson. Louis Dodge lest night at th e ' meeting of
the local post at tha armory.
cent of the 1S.25 crop, as com P. 8. Provost, C. 8. Richardson,
R.
L
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Cleycomb
and
V.
V.
Mills.
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Besides the financial return from
pared with 646,(56,900 bushels
"None of these men belong to i the show, the Legionnaires stet-
or 35.9 per cent o r March 1.
the Newcomers* club, but we be ed they had enjoyed the fellow
1925.
lieve they w ill work untiringly ship and fun which the show
for progress and development, experience had created.
The Legion poet has been very
and tor that reason we urged
active
the last few months and
their election," reeds an official
statement from the new organi the officials Intend to keep ap
thia activity. In line with this
zation.
a committee w th ’ R. J. Woods
as chairman was appointed to
handle an April Fool’s Carnival
Dance at the Armory March 23.
A complete directory of all
The Legion w ill also stage *
members of the Ashland cham
Cabaret show later and W illiam
ber of commerce as well as their
Briggs was appointed chairman
business affiliations will be pub
of tbe committee to handle thlb
lished w ithin the next few day*,
Oregon Member Lauded by entertainment.
Varions
other
it was announced this mornns
Former
Colleagues
in
matters
at
Interest
to
tbe
Le
by Secretary Fuller.
Bet of Resolutions
gionnaires ware discussed.
In the chamber of commerce
In The Tidings prohi poll tbp
list as published yesterday, the
W A S H IN G TO N , March 12. r—
Legionnaires
voted about 3 to
names of several were Inad (IP) — Resolutions of regret at
1 for modification.
vertantly omitted during the
the resignation of Commissioner
compilation at the chamber of
Bert B. Haney of Oregon, who
fice.
Two o f the hold-over di
quit a fte r a fight with President
rectors who w ill remain on the
Coolidge, were adopted unani
board are B. R. Isaacs and
mously by the United States ship
Nimier BMUnga. TUB' »«me of <r.
f
ping board Tuesday. The resolu
C. Hopper, a recent newcomer,
tions said:
W ASHINGTON, D,
also wee o u s te d through error.
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Ideat
of expressing to Mr. Haney Its ap Coolidge leaves for hla
preciation of his service as s com week-end cruise down I
missioner of the board and Its tomae on the Mayflower
regret at the severance of the row, be w ill have
most pleasant personal and of and Mrs. Maurice Cram
ficial relatione that its member of Oregon as hie
W A SHING TO N, March 12. — ship enjoyed with him as a col party w ill return
(IP) — The McNary bill appropr league.”
tel Monday morning
iating 340,000,000 over a period
, ASTORIA LOSES
of 10 years— 33,000,000 each
ly n»—
SALEM , Ore.. March IS — As
year for the first five years end
.
Mrs.
Jack Beagle
35,000,000 annually for the next toria lost to McLaughlin high
1
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at
her
bopie et
school
at
basketball
today,
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flvd— for the protection of water
K L A M A T H FALLS, Ore., Mar.
12— Ed Vannice waa yesterday
elected president of the Southern
Oregon Tourist Bureau, Inc,,
which organization Is to under
take to advertise the Klam ath
. country to the world and give
full Information to tourists on
the Pacific highway at the Junc
tion of the Klamath Falla road.
Other officers elected were:
R. E. W right, vice president, and
Ben H . Stevenson, secretary-
treasurer.
The
officers,
to
gether w ith two directors, B. B.
H ayll and Fred Barlch, are go-
lag to the tourist bureau prop
erty this morning to make a
study of the grounds.
Plans
for the operation of the leased
Helm property, comprising a
hotel building, service station,
grounds, soda spring and other
features of the property w ill
be based on the visit to the
junction.
No time is to be tost in equip
ping the highway mecoa fin-
tourists, and w ithin the next
few days complete plans w ill be
announced, according to the of
ficers of the K lam ath tourist
bureau corporation.
Grain Percentage.
Remaining Unsold
More Thaft in 1924
WILLIAM 0. TAYLOR
NEWCOMERS'CLUB
T
LEGION SHOW HAS
PROFIT O E M
Chamber To Print
Complete List Of
AU Its Members
T R O T TO HANEY
Oregon Man To Be
__ President's GuççJ.
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McNary
iry Watershed
w
Bill
Is Reported
UUIs
Salem defeated H ills Mr and Mrs.
sheds In Western states, was fav to 24.
boro,
43
to 3».
McLaughlin owaed the Golden
orably reported by the senate ag
ere well kaowa to
and Salem meet tonight
ricultural committee.
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