«
MALASIA GERMS
Caimoí survive three monthç in
the rich osane at Ashland. Pure
domestic water helps.
iVeM/Hpuper
The Tidings Has Been Ashland* s
(United
For Nearly Fifty Years
Wir« Barrica)
NO. 173
iSDAY, MARCH 25, 1926
And Frolic at Box
h
REVIVE
SHALE F IE L D
Retort Will be in Operation
at Shale City Within .
Three Months
DIFFICULTY OY1SCOME
Burners IkrUed to Make Work
Success; Old Company
Reorganized
Revival of the shale oil In-
dastry Is promised for Ashland
early this summer.
Thia was the positive an
nouncement last night by Charles
D. Crouch of Los Angel«*, presi
dent of the re-organlsed H a rt
man Syndicate.
The big 260-ton retort In the
unlimited shale beds east of the
city w ill be in operation within
the next 60 or 90 days, with
every prospect |pr the concern
to grow In financial and Indus
tria l
importance
before
the
coming of fall.
For the past seven months a
series of experiments with tlio
retort have been made at Los
Angeles, with the result that
success is assured. The old re
tort was unable to distribute the
beat properly, but with a new
system of burners, this d iffi
culty has been overcome, and
the present retort with Its new
burners installed w ill prove a
success, declares Mr. Crouch.
Under the re-organisation plan,
the new capital which has be
come interested in the shale
oil industry has agreed to go
ahead with the work on condi
tion that the creditors of the
old company w ill declare a tem
porary moratorium.
At other
words »hat money la — u.iu»
Social Tomorrow
W ith D r. C. E. Shinn
as auctioneer, meVnbers of
the Amiercan Legion post
are expecting a lot of
fun and some spirited
bidding at their box so
cial which w ill be held
tomorrow evening at the
Civic clubhouse. A ll ex-
service men with their
wives and sweethearts are
invited, whether members
o f the legion post or
not.
The party will start’
promptly at 7 o’clock.
MAY TRY JUDGE Oh
(Ï1RRJP1IDN CHADGE
Impeachment Trial is Adopt
ed to Come Before
Special Session
W A SHING TO N, D. C., March
25 — (U . P .) — Congress
today
moved toward the first impeach
ment tria l of a decade when the
house Judiciary committee sub
mitted a report recommending
tria l before the bar of the
senate of Federal Judge George
Washington English of the east
ern district of Illinois.
Five
articles filed contain more than
th irty separate charges, "from
tyranny, oppression, corrupt use
of bankruptcy funds, unlawful
disbarment of lawyers, profanity
and favoritism from the bench.
, The case w ill probably be
brought before the house next
week. I f adopted the tria l w ill
be during the special session of
the senate following the ad
journment of the present session.
The house committee w ill have
inority report
a Jgtoorlty
report also,
also. English
Lngiisi
- - -
- ~
•
dent Wilson.
be used exclusively in develop
ment work for the time being.
Later, they confidently expect,
the company w ill be on a firm
financial basis and w ill be ablei
to take care of the debts of the I
old concern.
The new company has many
ambitious plans for the develop
ment of its property, but these Basin Irrigation L e a g ü e
w ill not be announced until a
Calls Upon Northwest to
later date, or until the con-,
-
Back Bill
templated operations are able to
stand on their own feet.
,
PORTLAND, Ore., March 25
Mr. Crouch h is every air o f , — (U .P .)— The Columbia River
the
conservative
who
means basin project produces more thau
business. Instead of announcing two hundred m illion dollars
the revival of the shale oil in annually from nearly two m il
dustry with a blare of trum - lion acres of land, according to
pets and tell in glowing termal Roy R. G ill, chairman of the ex-
of the plans for his company, ecutlve committee of the Basin
he prefers to go ahead quietly Irrig atio n League, which held a
and with as little publicity as special meeting here today.
possible.
Briefly, he wants to
The committee called upon
convince people generally that the northwest to back the bill
the shale oil industry can and now pending in Washington, D.
w ill be made a success.
Then, C., regarding a ll location of the
he says, it will be sufficient time waters of the Columbia. I t was
to
distribute
whatever vocal pointed out that the passage
bouquets which might be in or of the bill would be of greatest
der.
benefit to Oregon, Washington,
Idaho ’and Montana.
The proposed project is said
to be n e a re r. success at the
present time than ever hefoie
and it seems to stand higher
with Congress.
GDNGIESS SAID 10
F A M D M FIAN
CIVIC CLUB WILL
. EXCHANGE PLANTS
A free plant exchange at the
civic club house under the aus
pice« of the Women’s Civic club
and the Ashlapd* Floral dub,
w ill be an event of tomorrow.
i t is hoped that Ashland may. be
beautified by th4 addition of
more varieties of plant« and
shrubs throughout the city.
Persons who have plants and
shrubs to exchange, are urged
to bring them to the club house
In the mornlpg.
The exchange
w ill start at 10 "o’clock and con
tinue through the day until 5
o’clock in the afternoon.
Persons having bulbs or plants
to spare are urged to contribute
them, while tboge who desire
may get thein free by visiting
the exchange.
The Western League season
w ilt gat under way on A p ril 14
with the Denver team playing
at St. Joseph, Omaha at .Wlchlta,
Llnoola at Tulsa and Dea Molneit
at Oklahoma City.
MANY FAMEES HEDE
10 SEEKE0CA1I0N
Three Out of State Residents
Inspect Property
(Yesterday was an unusually
busy day at the. Land Seulement
Department, according to A rthur
Foster. ’ Mr. Foster was a t,h is
desk for only four hours of
the morning and was visited by
three
different
families
de
siring locations in X*blhnd or
the Rogqe River Valley.
Included among the group was
B. W . Keyes of Riverside, Cali
fornia, who is In the state tool»
tog for a dairy location.
He
spent yesterday in the city and
seemed very well pleated with
the prospects. He went on this
morning to the W illam ette Valley
where he w ill
Inspect, dairy
ranches.
FOR ANNUAL!
SENIOR
"Putting it Over’.’ Three Act
Dramatic Comedy,
Chosen
STUDENTS REHEARSING
•—
Proceeds to Defray Expenses fas
Ashland Hlgpi School
Library
"Putting it Over,’’ a dramatic
comedy In three acts, has been
choaen by Miss Florence Noltl-
mer, director of dramatlce at the
Ashland High school, for the
senior play, which w ill be glten
during the latter part of April.
The cast Includes five boys
and three
BBd U ,ta two
and a harif hours. The cast:
Tom' Browne— The Chief En
gineer.
Jack Stewart— Who drew the
plans ...»....... W ilb u r Tucker
(Double role)
Colonel Lane............B a rt N atter
‘ A Heavy Stockholder
Lannon
........ «...Virgil Gillette
A Contractor
Bolton ......... ........ Boland Parks
Browne’s . Valet
D alntry ............... Albert Marske
Foreman at the Dam
Eva Lou................„...Velm a Clapp
The Colonel’e Daughter
Torrence ........ Frances Chisholm
Lannon’s Daughter
Mrs. Lane-Turner ....... ............
................ ..
Elisabeth Stearns
Eva Lou’s A nnt Jule
The play sparkles w ith w it,
and the plot, while dramatic,
Is fu ll of real fun. Browne, en
gineer In charge of a big Ir r i
gation dam .project, disappears
when It seems the constrnetlon
w ill be rained by g ra ft e«4 in
efficiency.
Stewart, from whom
Browne stole the plans and who
looks exactly llge Browne, ‘ is
down and out, and breaks in
to steal.
Everyone mistakes
him for Browne, and a fter a
series of exciting incidents Stew
art is successful In putting over
his well-planned scheme.
The play was w ritten by Larry
Johnson, and has been a big
sqccess wherever It has been
produced.
The students are working hard
to make thè play one of the
best that has ever been given
at the high school. Regular re
hearsals srez being held, and >lt
is hoped that it w ill be ready
for an appearance on or about
April 23. The members of the
cast are well suited to their
various roles and Miss Noltlm cr
is well pleased with the showing
that has been made.
Proceeds of the play w ill be
used to defray expenses in the
school library.
Commandery Easter
Service Is Sunday
The Annual Baser reunion and
services of M alta Commandery.
No. 4, Knights Templar, ef this
city w ill be held Sunday, A pril
4, it wag announced today.
A luncheqn w ill be served nt
twelve-thirty, to be followed by
special Easter services at the
Trin ity Episcopal church. Rev
erend P. K. Hammond conduct
ing the ceremony.
Members of M elita Command
ery of Grants Pass have ac
cepted an Invitation to JoJn la
the service at the church.
“Kip” Rhinelander
Again Loses Case
PO UG HK EEPSIE, N. Y „ Mar.
25 — (U. P .) — Leonard
"K ip "
Rhinelander came oqt loser again
today in another step In the liti
gation to annul bis marriage to
Alice Jones Rhinelander, be
cause she had negro bloed, when
Supreme Justice Morschaueer de
nied the motion to net aside the
ju ry’s verdict which sustained
the totality of the marriage. Ho
also denied the motloh for a
new trial. . An Immediate appeal
Is expected.
i
F COVKSE
TY WITHIN
MITTEE STATES
IS ASS
MONTH,
That a temporary golf groen. it to have an ideal location and
foe Ashland Is assured within contour, and all the qualities
the next two months and tBBt necessary to make it an excel
an architect to lay out the com lent course.
A nine hole course is planned,
pleted links Is expected shortly,
as membership
grows,
was the statement Issued today until,
by Louts Dodge, president Of more are needed. These w ill be
the golf club. The committee fa added as demand requires, until
in epmmunlcatlon w ith several the full IS are established.
architects from whom they eg
According to Mr. Dodge, the
pect to hear either today ««■ reason actual work has not been
tomorrow.
! done on the links is that the
The temporary course w ill be committee has been unable to
located on the site purchased f o r 1 get In touch with an architect
the new links, and although It to lay out the tract.
A t the
Is not planned to make it
present time, he states, there are
full nine holes, It w ill be largr over 4,000 golf courses under
enough to play upon. I t has
j construction in the country,
been decided whether or not
others than members of t l y
Chandler Egan who agreed to
do this for the club, was forced
club w ill be allowed to use
The site occupies a tract m to give up his Intention when
land of 130 aerps, about 6 miles other important business re
south of town on the north aide quired his attention.
RAINFALL FOR
MONTH IS FAR
BELOW NORMAL
Precipitation for March Only
Equalled in 1885, Re
cords Show
PORECAST DRY SUMMER
First Winter Without Snowfall
Experienced For .Many
Years
Rabbits oV ~nu
For Sunday Meal
HEAD COACH OF
Breeders Declare UNIVERSITY IS
ASHLAND GUEST
B ’rer Rabbit and his
cousins and his aunt are
to for a hot time of It
Sunday.
For that day has been
proclaimed
as
Rabbit
Day by the Jackaon Coun
ty Rabbit Breeders asso
ciation, and Everybody
in Ashland and Jackson
county is asked to eat
rabbit next Sunday.
Butchers and hotels and
restaurants reported to
day that they are enter
ing into the spirit of
the occasion, and rabbit
meat to many delectable*
forms will be on the
menu ffjor the Sunday
dinner.
I f you’ve never tasted
rabbit meat, Sunday Is
a good time to start. It
you once start, rabbit
breeders
Insist
you'll
come back for more.
McEwan and Young, Preti"
dent of Alumni Associa
tion, Make Visit
ATTENDED
LUNCHEON
Former Army Captain Tells of
Benefits of College
Football
A luncheon, honoring F. H.
Young, president of the Alumal
Association of the University of
Oregon, and Captain J. J. Mc-
Ewan, newly appointed head
coach, was held at noon today by
students and graduates of the
University.
Twenty-two people
were present.
Tracing the progress the Uni
versity has made during the
A t the present time 41 mem-
of the Pacific Highway. Experts
past few years.
Young sketch
who have examined It declare ! berships have been taken.
ed its financial growth and Its
progressing
enrollment.
"In
1914 when I graduated, there
were but 700 students to school,*’
he said.
"Since then it has
been increasing from 12 to 15
per cent each year, until It
The Ashland Bottling Works,
now has nearly 3,000 students."
"Man
in
Green
Hat’
Said
to
located on Granite street, has
He told of a meeting to be held
Grants Pass, Medford and
Have Capital Patronage,
in Eugene. A pril 8-9-10 at which
Ashland Men Orgaaiw . bejen leased to the Ashland
Placed in Jail
Creamery for an Indefinite per
an attempt would be made to
to Handle Production
iod.
supply a vehicle for the expres
W ASHINGTON, D. C .,. March
W ork has been started on the
Most of the egg production of
1914 ..............
1.31 85— (U .P .)— The "man In the sion of the alumni.
the valley w ill be handled by remodeling of the plant; many 1916 ............................................. 1.61
" I do hope that the alumni
green hat’’ elusive Capitol boot
to Ashland w ill get together and
a n ' organisation Just formed by changes and improvements are 1916 ,............................................2.11
legger, who sprang Into promi
the producers, the Southern O re -1 being made.
The
machinery 1917
2.36 nence by dropping five quarts realise that they are no longer
11 a ll be moved into the upper 1918 ....................................... „...1.63
from a small college bnt from
gon Poultry Producers, It
of rye whiskey In the hallway
the .tower floor being used 1919 ................................. —
announced today.
8.32 of the house office building was one of the better universities of
a storeroom. The machinery 1920 ................................. :..........2.30
the country," he added.
Two thirds of the eggs of (he
captured today, George L. Cas
is
being repaired and put to
Ashland district have been con
Captato
McEwan,
heralded
1921 ............................................. 1.71 sidy, 84, was identified by agents
tracted for, as have practically good shape for the summer 1922 ............................................. 2.35
West Point coach, who has bean
as the stranger alleged to have
a ll of the Medford section, ac- j season,
1923 -------
84 a large clientele to both wings signed up with Oregon for five
cording to H . J. Carter, of the
years, sketched hia plans for
1924 ................. -......................... 1.12 of the Capitol.
He was arrest-
Ashland F ru it and Produce As
season next fall, and
1926 .............................................1-15 ed at home, charged w ith poses-, successful
..
....
,
societies.
The producers
192g .--wr-— V . . - - . - - V - - - - „-J^l s k a m rt^ a n a p o r ts tle a W Manor t0,d oI the
Grants P acsw re «Iso
"Football
This winter Is the first on and was Immediately taken Into championship reign.
the organisation.
Only those
may be exaggerated,’* be said,
record during which there has
custody and placed to Jail.
owning 100 hens or over are
"but so are many other things.
been no snow fall.
Thera ‘has
include«] in the organization.
The reason people so criticise
______
! been but little of this, however.
professional football Is that they
Me. Dougherty, Farm Bureau
New Route May Start first at anr »lac® a,on< the h,«hwa>-
do not realise Its good point«»
Co-operative Exchange agent iu
of May, According to
i The «reate8t snowfall in Ash-
Medford
manager of the
It practically supports, flnanetal-
R eD O rts
i *ftnd occurred to March to 1906,
Producers.
T'he Ashland Fruit
i ly, all other college athletics.
______
when 14.3 Inches was recorded
and Produce Association will be
. Lane’s - Confectionery,
T.
1 Students who are not able to
Inauguration of the new con-
Should this season follow the
on t h e ,
a receiving station for producers tract air mail service on th^ rule of its sister
„
,
.
t
.
l
■
football, are forced to en-
to 1886, we Boulevard, has Installed a new Play ....
,___. _____
of his end of be valley. 1
Pacific coast between Seattle and shall have a great deal of rain soda fountain with an automatic ter other sports of minor tenor,
Los Angeles Is expected to to- during the month af April and ammonia refrigerator system in and the upkeep of these are
made possible through the bene
crease popular Interest in air an unusual wet season In May. connection.
In addition, a new
fits
obtained from football.
mall, according to reports. No April to 1886 had a rainfall of lighting system has been Installed.
"Besides being a football play
official lnformatoia of the ac i 1.52 inches, and May of tht
Tho fountain is of a colored
tual date of the beginning of same year a precipitation of t ile front, whty? the Inside is er. we require our rthletes to be
students.
The University de
the new mall route has been re -i 3.74, while to June It decreased
equipped with the latest fixtures.
mands,
always
that to participate
»
eelved at the local postOfflcc, i to 2.40 and to July dropped to
A feature of It la three degrees of to a game, one must first be a
.02
inches.
.
High School Junior and Sen although newspaper stories based
temperature
to which different
ior Teams to Give Ex on statements of contractors in , Unless there Is rain during thu food stuffs may be kept. The scholar.
"The trouble with Oregon has
dicate the start may be early In next two months, there is all evi temperature Is controlled by an
hibition of Training
always been that they have been
dence that the summer season
May.
automatic machine, which auto too strong on the defense. They
Typewriting teams of the high
This new service, for which will be unusually dry. However,
matically operates as soon as the always have to fight too hard to
school, who are preparing for the department has entered Into nobody but the farmers are com
temperature Is lowered.
This save their goal. In the future
the county commercial contest contract, will greatly speed mall plaining of the unusually agree
runs day and night, unless it is we expect to develop an of
In Medford. A p ril 10, will fur communication
between
coast able weather.
shut off ehtirely, keeping an even fensive drive that will push ball
nish the program for the Kl- cities and may speed east bound
temperature at all times.
and team alike across the op
wants Club luncheon tomorrow a ir mall from Southern Oregon
A device Is furnished to freeze posing goal,” he said In con
noon.
to quite an extent, say postal
ice for the drinks, although as clusion.
Eight students are in training, officials.
yet this has not been received.
Short speeches were made by
a senior and ju n io r team. In ad
Under present schedules of the
several
of the alumni.
Senator
dition to working for the county railw ay mall service and the
Oeorge Dunn, who gave the first
congest they are making plana government transcontinental air
oration ever delivered to his
for the state contest at Corvallis, service, lqfters are only 66 hourc
toric Villard H all, related sev
A p ril 17.
Senior typists are in transmission eastbound from Fifteen Miners Killed; Many
eral of hl« axAerlences with the
Ruth Anderson, W ilm a Oygei\ Ashland to New York.
. Injured, When Rope in
University Vhfcgl It was In Its
Mary Oaley and Donald Vestal.
A ir mail deposited at the Ash
c Mine Shaft Breaks
A STO R IA , Ore., March 25.
youth.
jQ i f
.
Junior^ are Velma Clapp, Marl« land postoffke up to 10:40 a. m.
1----------
Acting oh a suggestion made
Davies, Katherine Phipps and and dispatched on Train 13 nt
B E R L IN , March 25— (U .P .)— (IP)— A small group of communists
Janey W alker.
11:10» connects with the gov Fifteen miners were killed and here was dealt a heavy blow last by President Young, Mrs. Rosa
Special m ask for the lun ernment transcontinental air ser- twenty Injured when a coal mine night at a mass meeting consist Dodge Oaley was chosen head
cheon. w ill be furnished by the, vloe eastbound out of Sacramento cage, containing thirty-five min ing ninety five percent of Astor of the Ashland Alum ni body
high school,
the next day. It takes one day •rs, plunged to the bottom of ians. A resolution was adopted which will be formed here.
Young and McEwan are oa a
to arrive at Chicago and the the shaft near Oberhausen today, condemning communism and sup
barnstorming
tour of the lead
porting
the
school
authorities
in
same evening at five o’clock according to an Essen dispatch.
relieving
Paul
Siro,
14-year
old
ing
-towns
In
the state, where
reaches New York.
The rope suspending the cage
communist, as president of the they are speaking before high
broke.
schools and gatherings of al
student body.
umni and students.
They <f-
iullìyj
rlved in Ashland thia morning
—-
*
from Medford, and will leave
shortly tor Klamath Falls. They
Docum<
i From Di*-
w ill make stops in Grants Paas,
trict Attorney’s Room;
Roseburg, Salem, Astoria and
Returned After Hour
Senate Must Ratify Long
Portland. They left Eugene last
Time Payment Plan,
W A SHING TO N. D. C. March 38
CHICAGO, 111.. March 2 5—
Bays Smoot
— (Ip) — The Walsh resolutloa,
tU . P .) — Im portant documents
The Stone Church at the cor asking Attorney General Sargent
bearing upon the W illiam D M
W ASHINGTON, D. (J. March 26 ner of F ifth and Best Mato ta tall how much money the gov
mond Taylor murder case hav«
b««n stolen from the hotel room — (IP) — A low Intereat rate and streets has been leased to the ernment spent In the prosecution
of Hhrold L. Davis, assistant to long time payment plan for the General Council, of Springfield, o f Senator Wheeler of Montana
District Attorney, Asa Keys, it Italian debt must be ratified by Missouri, who w ill form the was adopted by the Senate to
BEAUMONT, Tsxaa, March M .
was learned yesterday afternoon the senate. Chairman Smoot, of Glad Tidings Mission, according day. -
— (IP) — A cyteone of a
the
senate
finance
committee
told
to reports. Thai church has been
from the office Of the State Am
and a ’half duration
tornsy, Robert L. Crows. It 1« the senate today. Regardless of leased by Mrs. L n lu Reeder (or
one man In the Orange
New Pump Installed—
reported that they were re the cost Fo American Tax pay- one year.
A
new
gasoline
pump
la
being
Injured
eight
others.
Miss Hasel Noose will hold
turned an hoar later. No rl«o ara, Italy says it can’t pay more,
Installed
at
the
Park
Oarage.
The
negroes,
and
blew
down
The total sum services there Sunday morning
a« to the thief haa been found, declared Smoot.
werk
le
being
done
by
Simpson*«,
<red
oil
derrtekh.
Other
and
evening
and
Tuesday
and
although detectives are working of Italy's debt to Amerloa is 12,-
Hardware.
'
»<*
Friday
evenings.
048,600,000.
<*£ clues.
• i
tSb
y
Leases
EGG M S B FORM Creamery
Bottling Works
IDULTRY ASSOCIATION
Jupiter Pluvlus1 evidently has
begun
his
vacation
several
months earlier than usual this
year.
Not since 1886 has the
month of March been so dry.
and not since 1913 has there
been so many uncloudy days.
According to records, precipi
tation for this month haa been
but ’01 inches, while ra in fa ll for
the same period last year to
talled 1.46.
The precipitation
for 1886 was the same as that
of the present month, though
the number of cloudy days was
greater. Temperature this month,
has been warmer than at any
period preceding it, although a
definite report w ill not be com
piled until the end of the month.
Precipitation for the last 16
years Is as follows:
1912 ..........................
2-00
1913 .............................................. *77
CAPITAL BOOTLEGGER
CAPTUREDBY POLICE
U
a
=ÄM# SEBVBE MAY...
SPEED IDEAL M A I
New Soda Fountain
Installed By Firm
isjfpe
IYFISES ID FURNISH
e
n Ml
MIDE CAGE DISASTER
> TAKES HEAVY TOLL Astorians
Support
Removal Of Siro
PAPERS Of TAYLOR
MUfiQFfiCiSfivïïIlFHÜUl
mvfWLn, UnuL 0
trnL VUflll
i niLL fiMÀNtl
i/LlTinfW
Glad Tidings
LOW M E S I DATE Mission Leases
Stone Church
Walsh Resolution
Adopted By Senate
week.
Man Killed, Many
Hurt In Cyclone