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Cannot durvive three months in
the rich ozone at Ashland. Pure
domestic water helps.
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Without the use of medicine euree
nine cases out of ten of asthma.
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ASHLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1926
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A few minutes after
Lawrence Ritsinger, a lo-
cal youth, is alleged to
have sold a gallon of
moonshine to a thirsty
customer last night, a
group of officers pounc-
ed‘ on him and carted
him away to the county
Jail at Jacksonville on
a charge of possession
and sale of intoxicating
liquor.
Ritsinger is said to
have acted as commission
man between the moon-
shiner and the customer.
The customer, it is al-
leged paid Ritsinger >13
for the gallon, while the
moonshiner got $10, and
Ritsinger $3 for making
the sale.
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rest were < State Agent
Terry Talent,
Federal
Agent McCredie, Deputy
Sheriff Jenping« and Po-
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ASHLAND
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LOCAL WHITE SLAVER
Gordon MacCracken is
IS SENT TO PRISON Mrs. Honored
at Annual D.
. A. R. Meeting
B. F. Chisum Coes to Federal
PORTLAND, Ore., March 27
Penitentiary for Term
— (U.P.)— Mrs.
Gordon Mac­
of Five Years
PORTLAND, Ore., March 27—
(U.P.)— Bland Chisum. aged 47,
was today sentenced to five years
in McNeil Island federal prison
by Federal Judge Wbl'vertoit
after he had Pleaded guilty to
a charge of whit« slavery.
Chisum admitted transporting a
15-year-old girl froha Jonesboro,
Ark., to Ashland, Ore., for im­
moral purposes. The girl was a
cousin of Chisum’s wife. The
' girl was picked up in Ashland
and Chisum was arrested at
Weed, Cal.
Cracken of Ashland was elected
a state regent for the Daughters
of the American Revolution at
the annual meeting here today
Qn the fir«^ ballot Mrs. Mac­
Cracken was tied with Mrs. E.
G. Epperson of McMinnville, but
on the second ballot she re­
ceived 68 votes out of 108 which
wer« cast.
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Mr«. H. O .' Anderson, also of
Ashland, was elected treasurer
of the state organization.
MUSIC LOVERS ARE
EN FORREAL TREAT
SENATE VOTES TO
W right Violinist,
SIDETRACK PROBE Mildred
Will Appear Here Next
Thursday Evening •
La Follett e Proposal is Held
in Abeyance Until
Mildred Wright, violjnlst, who
Next Week
will appear In recital here next
Thursday' evening at the Civic
clubhouse under the auspices of
the Ashland Music club, Is a
musician Whose art has won
much praise from qrltlcs gener­
ally, and Ashland music lovers
are In for a genuine treat. It Is
Indicated in press clippings which
have been received here.
Paul Stelndorff of the Uni­
versity of California, said of
her recently:-.
“Mrs/ Wright has played on
three .different oacasions under
my direction, two of which were
at the Greek Theatre, before an
audience of several thousand
people and through her sterling
qualities as an artist,'a violinist
Grants Pass to be Scene of and a woman, won their hearts.
"Her tone is round, rich, and
< Joint Conference This
.noble, her technic all that is re­
Evening
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quired of a first class Virtuoso
1 Several local attorneys are and, her personality 'very at­
planning to attend a joint meet­ tractive.”
ing of the Jackson and Josephine
county bar associations to be held
at Grant« Pa«« this evening. Thfe
meeting will start with a ban­
quet at the new Redwoods hotel
in Gifents Pass. .Chief Justice
McBride and Associate Justice
Bean of the State supreme court
will be among .the speakers. R.
Heavy Loss of Life Report­
W. Montague and Lair Thompson,
ed From Storms in the
Portland attorneys', are also
Orient Today *
scheduled to speak.
TOKIO, Japan, March 27—
(U.P.)—Blizzards today swept
the islands of Yese and Kuriles
north of Japan, according to re­
ports received here. The loss
of lives Is reported to be heavy.
A railroad train carrying <0
, WASHINGTON. D. C. March 27: passengers was bnrled beneath
, _ (LP) — The United State« public the snow near Teshlo. Twenty
health service today ordered that fishing boats ark missing from
all persons leaving the Pacific Sado Island and It Is feared
coast for Hawaii or Alaska be that the crews aggregating 60
men, have been lost.
vaccinated against smallpox.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,‘ March
27. — (LP) — By a vote of six to
two, the senate manufacturing
committee today decided to side­
track the La Follette resolutions
for a senate Investigation of the
Passaic, N. J., strike until next
Saturday. In the meantime. Sen­
ator Edwards of New Jersey will
confer with leaders of both fac­
tions.
A S M ) ATTORNEYS
TO ATTEHR BANQUET
H jz n m s ' sweep
M O JAPAN
Vaccination For .
Tourists Ordered
Post Office Worker in Port­
land Accused of Stealing
Small Sum
Members of Dry Squad Held
For Asking for and
Getting Bribes
IS VETERAN EMPLOYE
TWO OTHERS INVOLVED
Klamath Falla White Slaver Gets
Jail Sentence for His
Federal Agents Take Steps to Rid
I*uget Sound City of
Crooks
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PORTLAND, Ore., March 27—
Calvin E. McCurdy, for 17 years
a mall carrier in the Portland
postofftce, was Indicted Thurs­
day on three counts by the fed­
eral Jury for alleged embezzle­
ment of a letter on March 4.
The bill accuses him of opening
the letter, addressed to the East­
ern Outfitting company, and
taking . the contents, amounting
to. $3 in cash and a passbook.
McCurdy is under arrest.
Immediately after being in­
dicted on white slave charges,
Jennings Bryan Owen pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to six
months In the county Jail. Ac­
cording to the gAvernment, he
transported Mrs. Alpha McMain
from Breeee, N. M., to Klamath
Falls last February.
Five other indictments were
returned as follows: Betty Bax­
ter. Lottie Lum and William
Yuen, Harrison narcotic act; 8.
Kanal and James Ellenwood,
national prohibition act.
Three secret Indictments also
were reported and one not true
bill was returned in favor of T.
Goto, who was arrested on
charges of possessing liquor and
maintaining a nuisance at No.
273 Davis street.
7 <y
Mister Rabbit, pictured above
made a determined effort
escape but was simply ont o
luck.
You see, tomorrow
Rabbit Day In Jackson count
and a host of well bred, tender
rabbits are going to grace the
dining board in many Ashland,
ana Jackson county homes.
Market» this morning report­
ed a good demand for dressed
rabbits, and there is every in­
dication
• that the • rabbit day
movement, sponsored by the
Jackson County Rabbit Breed­
ers' association, will be in every
way a success.
O. A. G QUARTET WILL APPEAR
WITH GLEE CLUB TUESDAY EVE
W IN F H THIEVES ' ?
O M fflJ O P IO N
Boys Who Robbed Portland
Home Recently, Admit
One of the pleasing features the Pacific coast.
The group of soloists will en­
Their Guilt
of the O. A. C. Glee* Club con
PORTLAND, Ore., March 27—
The three boys who robbed the
A. O. Riddell house on King’s
Heights recently were sentenced
to three years each In f McNeil
Island penitentiary by Federcl
Jndge* Bean, Friday.
The sentence had nothing to
dq witth the robbery, but was
based entirely on their pleas of
guilty to charges of interstate
auto theft.
Ray Klinger, 18; ^dgar Ho­
bart, 24; and Helmuth Nechyda,
18, were the three defendants.
TO ATTEND MEETING
County Health Officer Geary
to be Speaker at Port- .
land Session
Dr. V. S. Geary, county health
officer for Jaokson county, will
be one of the speakers at the
annual meeting and conference
of the state medical society
which starts In Portland next
Wednesday, according to word
received here today. The Jack-
son county health officer will
speak on "Preventing Disease»
by Immunization."
County health officers and
physicians generally from every
section of the state wlU b«
present.
The conference will
continue for three days and
will devote much of Its time to
a discussion of public health
matters.
Local Speaker At
Medford Meeting
"Daddy’s Night" was held' at
the Jackson school at Medford
by the P. T. A. I. O. McLakgh-
lln of Corvallis, cahdldate for
state superintendent of school«,
gave an address comparing the
German and American system of
school«. Mrs. Louis Dodge of
Ashland talked on "Why Fath­
ers should join the P. T. A.'*
cert to be given at the high
school auditorium Tuesday eve
nlng will be the appearance of
the O. A. C. quartet, which is
heralded as one of the best male
quartets among the colleges of
tertain with a variety of pleas­
ing- songs which are certain to
register a big hit. The appear­
ance of the glee club here Is un
der the auspices of the Ashland
high school.
TAYLOR APPOINTED
Guard Leaves To
Return Prisoner
SALEM. Ore., March 27—W.
M. Miller, principal keeper or
Will Become Manager of the state prison here, has left
Fruit and Produce As­
for Omaha, Neb., to bring back
sociation April 1
Phil Davis, a trusty who escup-
ed from the prison about a year
S. D. Taylor, for the pas; ago. Davis was sent up from
two years manager of the Ash­ Wallowa county in 1922 to serve
land Preserving Co., and field seven years.
man for the Bagley Canning Co.,
has been appointed manager of
the Ashland Fruit and Produce
Association, taking charge, April
1.
Mr. Taylor will continue
In charge of the Ashland Pre­
serving Co., but will sever his
connection with the Bagley Can­
ning Co,
Mail Bandit Battles to End
Mr. Taylor said that he had
in Effort to Escape
no announcement or promise to
Noose April 6
make as to the policy of the
NEW YORK CITY, March 27
Association, under his manage­
__(U.P.)—Friends
and attorneys
ment, except that he would, to
for
Oerahl
Chapman,
notorious
the best of his ability, endeavor
to conduct It for the best In­ mall bandit, are making 'a last
terests of'the growers and stock­ desperate effort to save him
from the hangman’ noose. He
holders.
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Is scheduled to pay witth his
life April 6 for the murder of
a Hartford. Conn., policeman.
Several mystery witnesses were
being sought here today in the
hope that their testimony would
win the convicted murderer a
A design for Me In advertis­ reprieve.
ing Mt. Shasta Io« cream, manu­
factured by the Ashland Cream­
ery. Is being used by the Seal-
right company of Fulton, N. Y..
In advertising circulars for
Sealrlght Icq Cream containers,
thus giving Ashland sonje natf
All changes In the telephone
tlon-Wide publicity.
The design, was drawn by directory must be made before
Fred Neil, who sent It to the next Wednesday, according to
Sealrlght company.
It regis­ Miks Myrta Otterdale, local man-
tered such a hit that the com­ safer o | Jtl/a Telephone Co.,
pany Is using a photograph <4 office. The new directories will
It on all its advertising matter. b« out May 1.
DESPERATE FIGHT
Ice Cream Design
Winning Publicity
Will Soon Issue
New Directories
SEATTLE. March 27—Two
more members of the police dry
%qitad, Bergeant Ray Newton
and Patrolman George Christy,
found themselves involved Fri­
day with Patrolmen Tom Feek
and H. D. Kimsey in police graft
charges when Deputy Prosecutor
Ralph Hammer went Into Justice
of the Peace C. C. Dalton’s court
and filed a blanket state com­
plaint charging the four with
“asking for and receiving a
bribe,” from King Tanaka, al­
leged Japanese moonshiner. Feek
ana Kimsey, arrested Thursday
night, are charged as the prin­
cipals, while Christy and New­
ton are accused of "aiding ami
abetting” them.
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Warrants were issued for
Christy and Newton and turned
over to Sheriff Matt Starwicb.
The warrants had not been serv­
ed at noon, but at police head­
quarters, it was declared that
both men would call at the sher­
iff's office and surrender- them­
selves.
The complaint charges the
fo«r policemen with asking Tan­
aka for $2.000. a demand sub­
sequently reduced to $1.000. and
recitOs that Feek and Kimsey
actually received $500 as tho
first payment of the alleged
bribe'from the Japanese, at the
latter's home,-- 734 I»tb avanoe
north,I juft prior 'to (heir ar­
rest.
f Ball for the four was fixed
at $5,000 each, a total of
$20,000.
LEGION BOX SOCIAL
IS PLEASING EVENT
Ex-Service Men and Wives
Have Enjorable Party
. at Civic Clubhouse
Ex-service men of Ashland en­
joyed a box social at the Civic
Clubhouse last night, with a
dance following the feasts which
the men found in the boxes they
purchosed during the auction
sale.
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With dozens of beautiful
boxes, some "dolled up" Ilka
Christmas packages, Dr. C. E.
Shinn, with J. E. Enders and
Carl Loveland as assistants, auc­
tioned off the boxes. There was
a lively demand for them and
all brought good prices, al­
though the men stated aftor
they had eaten that the prices
paid were far too low consider­
ing the sumptuous banquet in­
side each box.
After this Carl Loveland and
his orchestra furnished music
dancing continuing until a late
hour. Interspersed between the
dances were several features, in­
cluding an enjoyable Charleston
exhibition by Carl Loveland.
This is only one of many
social and entertainment fea­
tures which the Legion has
planned for this year. The or­
ganization has beep active dur­
ing the last few months, success­
fully staging dances, the recent
Legion show and . In the near
future wlU brink all of the Old
Fiddlers of Southern Oregon and
Northern California together for
a contest to decide which can
put the most pep And music -in­
to his playing.
THE WEATHER
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probably Sunday. Frost
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tonight.
Gentle variable
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along coast.
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Speedy progress is now
being made in the ini-
provement of city streets,
and the work will con-
* tinue until all dirt streets
are put in good condi-
tlon, according to City
Manager Clyde Malone.
The new Russell grad-
er, purchased recently
by the city, got into ac-
tion yesterday on Central
avenue, and was grading
and
scarifying
Fifth
street today. This new
type o( grader is speed-
ing up the work and
will permit the street de­
partment to cover con­
siderable territory with­
in a short space of time.
Work Is being mapped
out for the grader to
keep it busy for the next
several weeks.
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When Claude Morris, I. W. W.
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waiting room shortly after 4 o’­
clock this morning, he wasn’t
quite fas: enough.
C. W. Priest, Southern Pacific
special agent, whipped out his
• own gun in a flash and had the
suspicious looking "Wobbly" cov­
ered before he could make an­
other move. Up went the suspect's
hands, high In the air,, and a few
minutes later he was under lock
and key at the city jail.
Meat to Jail
He appeared later in the morn­
ing before Justice of the Peace
Roberts where he was found guil­
Ashland Men Attend Initial ty of carrying concealed weapons
Meeting Held at Med­
and sentenced to 10 days La the
ford Friday
county Jalil.
Special Agent Priest was sus­
The Cleaners and Dyers of picious of the actions of Morris
Southern Oregon held a banquet and walked up to him early this
and meeting at the Hotel Hol­ morning to question him. But the
land, at Medford last evening, suspect attempted to pull his gun
the purpose of which was to or­ on the officer, as he was com­
ganize an association to
b-) manded do stand up. Priest took
known as the Southern Oregon a fully loaded 32-20 Colt's revol­
Cleaners and Dyers. Mr. Erke ver from him. Morris also was
and Mr. Anderson of Portland carrying $386, mostly in $20
were the speakers for the eve­ bflls, which la considered a size­
ning, taking as their subject, able sum for an I, W. W. to be
Cleaning and Dyeing.
carrying around with him.
Following the banquet a busi­
P rofessional Gam bler
ness meeting wks held and the
Morris told the police that he
following officers were elected: Is a professional gambler and
D. Terril,' or 'fbe Psntorfttih Dye carries the loaded revolver
Works of Medford, president: tect hia bank-roll.
At the polio« station he was
Paul Lambert, of the Klamath
Cleaning and Dyeing
Works. finger-printed and photographed
Klamath Falls, secretary and by Day Officer Ingling, and the
treasurer; anj the executive com­ finger-print records will be sent
mittee, S. D. Doremus of Ash­ out today to learn whether or
land, R. D. Bussard, Klamath not he is wanted in any other
Falls and JDon Springer, of Pacific coast city.
Grants Pass.
The next meeting will be held
In Ashland next month.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Doremus
of the Standard Cleaners, and
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Back of
the Ashland Cleaning and Dye­
ing works attended the meeting
Gold Beach Citizens Are
from Ashland.
DYERS ORGANIZE
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IS HELD IN JAIL
Seeking Pardon for Dr.
J. W. Wheeler
Local Boys Held
On Liquor Charge
Fred Merritt and Ellis Llnlng­
er of Ashland are in the county
jail at Jacksonville charged
with the possession of liquor.
Tlyty were arrested by State
Agent Terry Talent following
their apprehension, with Tracv
De Vlnney, with a gallon Jug
of moonshine. Young Merritt at
the time was on parole to Chlof
of Police McNabb following his
conviction to an auto theft, and
It was indicated at Jacksonville
last night that this parole will
be revoked and he will be com­
pelled to serve out his sentenco.
DeVInney and Llnlnger were
In poaaeiflon of the liquor when
Talent caught them, but De
Vlnney broke the Jug. Talent,
however, had taken a pint for
evidence from the cache before
the boys appeared to claim It.
Many Plants And,
Bulbs Exchanged
The Ashland Civic Club and
the Ashland Flower Club held
a flower exchange day at the
Civic Club house yesterday from
ten until five. Ladles In two's
and three’s came at different
Intervals to exchange plants and
seeds, also exchanging hints In
the art of growing healthy
plants.
The Ashland homes In the
near future should be a bevy
of bright colors with a founda­
tion of well cared for lawns.
GOLD BEACH, Ore.. March
27— (U.P.)—A petition signed
by practically every resident of
Gold Beach was sent today to
Governor Pierce, asking him to
grant a pardon to Dr. J. W.
Wheeler, no> serving a <0-day
sentence In the Coos county jail
at Coquille on a charge of driv­
ing while under the Influence fo
liquor.
Dr. Wheeler Is the only phy­
sician In Gold Beach, and his
detention In jail Is declare^ to
be a serious menace to public
health here.
Fancy Hockey
Player Is Dead
MONTREAL, Canada, March 27
— (LP) -j- Georges Vesina, the
greatest goal tender the gamfe of
Ice hockey has ever known, died
at Chicoutimi, a small Quebeo
village today, a victim of tuber­
culosis. He had prayed wf?B (Be
Lee Canadians for eight years. He
was 28 years old.
'.AS
Freezing Weather
Hits Middle West
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Marek 17
— The’ kUling freeze that kll
Kansas City and the Middle West
last night will he repeated
night. It was predicted at
weather hureaa.
A nnlaln
of 21 degrees wai
here. Considerable
early budding vegetation
has resulted.