« 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 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