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MALARIA GERMS
Cannot survive three mpnths in
the rich ozone at Ashland. Pore
domestio water helps.
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(United »was Wire Service)
Ashland Park Gets
More Praise From
O u t s i d e Visitors
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KLAMATH PLAN
FOR TOURIST
BUREAU GIVEN
.Llthta Park auto camp
continues to find favor
with the "vanguard of
tt auto tourists this year
tt who,have stopped to rest
Information Booth at High­
H. A. Forsythe is Nabbed by » there so far this sprint.
way Junction to be
Portland Officer, Po­
tt' Proof Is shown by the
Ready Shortly
lice Are Told
» following tributes writ­
» ten In the register at the
CONCESSION IS LEASED
CONFESSION IS MADE » park community house.
Mrs. T. M. Jones,
A ssistant Hecretary Named to
Iff Bad Checks in One Day; »
Corning,
Cal.—"This Is
»
Have Charge of Exhibit
Youthful W ife'Also
« the most beautiful park
'B uilding
Arrested
» I have ever teen for it
la the hand of God that
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., April
H. A. Forsythe, youthful Cali­ tt
planted
it
here.”
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3—
With the signing of a lease
fornia forger who mulcted sev­
* Dr. and Mrs. Roy J.
»
.
yesterday,
the development fea­
eral Ashland merchants with his
ture of the Southern Oregon
spurious checks three weeks ago, tt C u n a I n gham, Wooster,
Tourist bureau establishment at
is under arrest In Portland, ac­ tt Ohio— “The beauty of
the junction of the Klamath and
cording to word received here tt this park so appealed to
us
that
we
stayed
over
a
tt
Pacific hlgbway, has become a
today by Chief of Police Mc­
The
reality, and Immediate construc­
Nabb. Hla young wife, Anita, tt day to enjoy it.
tion will commence there on 15
la also held by the Portland po­ tt. finest camp we have seen
on our trip from coast to
two-room duplex cottages, an<l
lice as she Is alleged to have
coast.”
the
general improvement and
aided him in his bad checx
Buelah
C.
Howatt,
beautifying
of the admirable site.
operations.
Washington,
D.
C.—
The concession goes to Angus W.
According to word from Port­
“Home was never like
Webber, an experienced resort
land, young Forsythe passed IS
(his.”
operator of southern California
bad checks in and about Port­
“Scotty
the
Desert
who was attracted here by the
land In one day, leaving a trail
Rat”—
“A
Garden
of
tt
possibilities of the tourist bu­
o f . bad checks and angry mer­
Eden; the most beautiful tt reau as proposed by energetic
chants behind him.
He was
nest in the west. Na­
Klamath business men.
nabbed at Multnomah Falls on
ture Is abundant and har­
A remarkable mineral spring
the upper Columbia River high­
mony
relgna
supreme.”
on
the grounds will be built into
way while attempting to pass an­
Dealfrey ana wife, Car-
a cistern and flowers and
other of his worthless checks.
stairs, Alta., Canada—
shrubs set out in an effective
•
Admits » A lt
"Auto camp best In the
manner.
After his arrest, young For­
west— by dam site.”
Webber is now In charge of
sythe confessed willingly to his
the present gas station facilities
forgeries, admitting he had left
on the ground and Is giving out
bad checks behind him all the
in formation and directing tour­
way up from California.
ists not only to Klamath but
In Ashland he succeeded In
to any section of southern Ore­
passing four worthless checks
gon, that may hold an appeal
and attempted to pass several
to the state’s newcomers.
others.
A description of him
Webber is to handle the de­
was sent north but It was not
velopment feature of the resort
until he had passed 15 of his
which is confidently expected to
forged checks in one day that
Owens Valley Men Want pay dividends, and la to operate
be was finally apprehended.
Others to Migrate to
on a percentage basis with the
the Langeli Valley
Southern Oregon Tourist bureau.
The money obtained is expected
Arthur Foster of the Land
.to * pay rent' for the grounds
Settlement bureau returned this
and also maintain a regular paid
morning from Klamath Falls,
Klamath attendant who will have
where he visited yesterday with
charge of a Klamath exhibit
a group of farmers who mi­
building which Is to be run by
Railroad Schedules Badly grated last year from Owens Val­ the Southern Oregon Tourist Bu­
ley, California to the Langeli
Delayed and Traffic
reau, Inc., on behalf of the
Valley country of Klamath coun­
Conditions Bad
Klamath
county chamber of com­
ty.
merce.
CHICAGO, III., April 3. — (LP) The newcomers expressed them­
C. D. Chorpening', an old time
— The middle west was further selves as being delighted with
snow-bound today with continued their new homes, and urged Mr. resident of Klamath and for­
precipitation and strong winds Foster to visit Owens Valley merly the- principal of the Henley
which blew the snow into mas­ farmers and ask them to visit school hag been engaged by tho
sive drifts. Traffic conditions are their section when he goes to bureau directors to take charge
extremely bad In xpany cities. Rail­ Los Angeles week after next on of the Klamath exhibit building.
road schedules continued to be business for the land settle­
irregular.
ment bureau.
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DELIGHIED
■ KLAMATH LAND
STOMI M M E S
THRU IM D IE WEST
Sunday Dancing
May Be Stopped
— •
LOS ANGELES, April 3— (U.
P .)—The issue of Sunday danc­
ing at Venice will be decided at
a special municipal * election
April 30.
This was definitely determined
when the city council sustained
Mayor George Cryer’s veto of the
special ordinance to allow Sab­
bath day amusements at the
Beach city.
Sunday amusements went un­
der the ban at Venlee when the
beach city voted to annex to
Los Angeles, which has a city
statue forbidding dancing and
other pleasures on the Sabbath.
Bureau Says Mois­
C U M TRIAL Weather
ture Will Fall; Storm
Headed This Way
Notorious Mail Bandit And
Slayer Sentenced to
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 3
Hang Tuesday
— (LP) — A wet Easter is In pros­
Fifty Killed By
; Peking Bombed By
Calcutta Tomado
Chinese Aviators
PEKING, April 3. — (LP) —
rhlnflK MtlxtflM
P .I .-
lng today. Ten bombs were drop­
ped during two raids by Chang
Tso Lin’s fliers. Five exploded
and the others were duds. So far
no casualties have been reported.
pect for the Pacific coast, accord­
ing to the U. 8. Weather bureau
office here. A disturbance is mov­
ing from the Pacific and will bring
general unsettled weather over
Oregon, Washington and most of
Caljfornia.
Bert Haney Will
Not Seek Office
PORTLAND, Ore., April 3. —
(LP) — Bert' E. „Haney, fofmer
member of the U. S. ahipping
board,
will not run for U. S. sen­
LONDON, April 3. — (LP) —
ator
on
the democratic ticket,
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch
has confided to close personal
from Calcutta says that GO persons he
fr la w A w
H u n r f i t n *
m
g c n r v
i n e / t k
i
p u r * t * f i t * r o i u S 4ft
L n u
were killed, 100 injured and seven I i i 11
villages destroyed by a tornado make any formal announcement
Which swept the Madarpur district until early next week.
today. '
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French
Civic
Priijce Of Wales
•
* Tax
Plan Gets Favor
’
Is Convalescing
LONDON, April 3. — (LP) —
The Prince of Wales #ae able to
sit up for the first time today
since he submitted to an opera­
tion last Sunday to relieve an
abcess in his ear. The prince Is
considering going to a seaside re­
sort to complete his convaleec
ence. >
Has 209
—
Asks $50,000
PARIS, April 3. — . The finance
commission of the senate today
approved the civic tax as adopted
by the chamber of deputies by a
vote of IS to 10.
This apparently fndlcatee that
the flnandaj project, aa enacted
by the chamber will receive sen­
ate approval.
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a
Coquille Rancher
Drowns in River
MYRTLE POINT, Ore., April 3.
— George W. Halter, ,61, prom­
inent raneher qf Arago, was
drowned at his ranch yesterday,
Mr. Hatter was attempting to load
potatoes onto a boat from thd end
of his warf in the Coqutile <iver
and fell Into the river. He had
recently recovered from an attack
of Influensa and was still weak,
according to his neighbors.
ARMY OFFICER
ROUGHLY USED Sunday^
IN FIST FIGHT
War Department is Aroused
Over Attack of Colonel
Frank Pyle
CHILEAN
IS
ACCUSED
Member of V. S. Commission is
Abused by Member of Secret
Service
WASHINGTON,.D. C., April 3.
— (LP) — War Department offic­
ials were aroused today by a re­
port here that Colonel Frank L.
I Pyle attached to the staff of Oen-
j efal Lassiter, neutral chairman
!of the Tacna-Africa plebiscite oom-
' mission, was seriously injured by
a member of the Chilean secret I
i service and news of It suppressed. I
Pyle, it was learned, was as-
saulted in The streets, thrown
into a gutter and badly hurt. It
Is understood that he is now re­
covering In California.
VENTURA, Cal., April 3 —-
(LP) — “It was purely a personal
affair,” Colonel Pyle said today
when told of reports reaching
Washington about a native attack­
ing him.
“I had an encounter with a
native but it had no political sig­
nificance.”
Two hundred letters form the basis of a $50,000 -breach o f:
promise suit which Miss Marie Drischeau of Chicago *S!PA|
prosecuting against Dr. Leonard A. Ensminger of In d ian -1 UnLUUI I n l ln l IVLu
apolis (inset). She says she met him as he was driving his
auto along a Chicago bonlftvard.
'STATE POLICE
Afternoon ORGANIZATION
TO BE SOUGHT
John R. McQulgg, na-
tional commander of the
American Legion, will de-
liver a short public ad-
dress to ex-service men
and citizens generally at
the Southern Pacific de-
pot at 4 o’clock tomorrow
afternoon.
,
• A c c o mpanying Com-
mander McQulgg are Na-
tional Adjutant Baron
and Carl Moser, state
commander of the Amerl-
can Legion.
The party will arrive
at Medford on No. 53 to-
morrow where a short
talk will be given. He
will then come directly
to Ashland, probably by
motor, and following his
address here, members of
the Ashland Legion post
expect to take him by
motor
to
Hornbrook
where he will again board
the train.
Commander McQulgg Is
enroute to California on
a tour of Legion posts
throughout the country,
He is declared to be a
forceful speaker and local
LeglOn members are anx-
ious for a large crowd
to be out to greet him
upon his arrival here.
IG RIOT
Plowing Record
Declared Broken
ARLINGTON, Or».. April 8 v
Four thousand acres In 38 1-3
days was the plowing record made
by Prufer brothers on County
Judge Weatherford’s ranch near
here. The work was done with a
tractor pulling 12 16-lnch plows,
plowing six inches deep, and op­
erating day and night.
An average^of 104 acres a day,
or 41-3 acres an hour, day and
night, was made.
AGED PIONEER OF
FORMER MAYOR OF
KELSO ON TRIAL
A. Ruric Todd Faces Jury
On Charge of Malicious
Prosecution
KELSO, Wash., April 3. —
Trial of A. R. Todd, recalled as
mayor of Kelso last June, on a
charge of malicious prosecution
was under way. In superior court
today.
Judge H W. B. HeWon of Pa­
cific county Is presiding and
Maurice Langliorn of Tacoma is
appearing as special prosecutor
with Prosecuting Attorney Hite
Imus and Deputy Prosecutor R.
J. Quinn. John P. Casey of Se­
attle is representing Todd.
Hindus and Moslems Battle
For 24 Hours. With
Many Killed
* CALCUTTA, India, April 3. —
(LP) — The European quarter of
the city was In a panic today fol­
lowing 24 hours of rioting be­
tween Hindu and Moslem fana­
tics. The situation Is grave. Ten
are reported to have been killed
and 30 wounded. Native leaders
lost control of their followers and
British troops are patrolling the
affected area in armored cars.
HOTEL PUTTIN6 UP
to m
m
Annual Easter Observance
Will Draw Members From
Many Sections
, Knight Templar from all points
of Southern Oregon will join with
the Ashland lodge tomorrpw In
the annual Easter sAHdce to M
held at the Episcopal charch. The
commandery from Grants Pass
will be here -in full uniform to
assist the local commandery in
carrying out the service.
The annual Easter function will
start with a luncheon at the
Lithia Springs hotel tomorrow
noon. The service will be held
at. the* church at 2:30 o’clock.
Local Man Held On
Charge of Larceny
Southern Oregon Peace Of­
ficers Will- Urge S ta te .
Constabulary
TO MEET IN MEDFOBP
F irst Step in Proposal Wfll
be Taken at M eeting on
April Iff
Peace officers of Southern
Oregon wUI recomm«»>d to tlft»
next legislature ft system of state
police, It became known here
today. Southern Oregon offic­
ers are scheduled to convene at
Medford on April 15, at which
time they will choose perms»
nent officers and map out plans
for presenting the state police
idea to legislators in this sec­
tion of the state.
It Is understood that auto
Insurance associations and others
#111 support tHe peace officers
in the proposal and assist in for­
mulating the needed legislation.
McNabb For It
Chief of Police McNabb ,1s
a strong supporter of the state
police system and believes that
the never-ehdlng war against
crime can be materially strength­
ened by such an organisation.
The best authorities agree that
one of the moat potent deter­
rents to crime Is a well or­
ganized and thoroughly trained
state police department, coop­
erating with the city depart­
ments.
Each of the. following states
has a state-wide police system:
Connecticut, Maryland, Massa­
chusetts,
New
Jersey,
NeW
York, Pennsylvania and Weftt
Virginia.
Crime records show
thpt there wqs less crime .la
these states than In others ss
thickly populated which did not
have the state police system.
During the war, Oregon had
a state, police system but Pa
work was confined mainly to
military matters and was never
given a thorough trial 1« straight
police work.
CLAIMS U. S. ARMY
IS EAR TOO SMALL
Lithia Springs Places First
Charged with the theft of Commander of Legion Says
of Highway Publicity
it is Reduced Beyond
wood from a Southern Pacific
Signs for Tourist^
Safety Limit
freight car, George Clark was
An attractive new sign board
has Just been completed for* the
Lithia Springs hotel two miles
south of the city. It is located
directly across the highway from
one of the Chamber of Commerce
boards. A large painting of the
hptel Is In the center of the board
and this catches the eye of the
motorists as they start around p
sharp curve comlpg Into the city.
Two other similar boards are now
being placed by Manager C. S.
Richardson north of the city.
arrested this morning by Special
Agent Priest of the Southern
Pacific and taken before Justice
of the Peace L. A. Robert?.
The case was continued Tor sen­
tence for 30 days, pending good
behavior.
PORTLAND. Ore., April 3. -r -
(IP) — John R. McQulgg, national’
commander of the American Le-'
glon, upon hie arrival here today
declared that the regular army
has been reduced beyond the
safety limits, and decried the ten­
dency toward pacifism which Is
sweeping the country Hundreds
of ex-service men from all parts,
of the state greeted him upon hip
arrival here this morning.
Edward O. Kilgore, a pioneer
resident, seventy three years of
Messrs. Pettigrew and Bacchus,
age, died last evening of diabetes
and heart trouble.
He waa local engineers, went over the
born in Ohio In 18G3 coming to ground south of the city whore
Jacksonville with his parents a the Ashland golf course will bo
year later. In 1871 he moved located, Saturday In company
to Klamath County where he with several of the directors and
had a large stock ranch, re­ members of the golf association
Both of them were enthusiastic
turning |o Ashland eleven years
about t!he location and tontour
ago.
Burial Is In charge of H C. of the land, sta tin g .it would
L. L. Jewell, pioneer Grant
Stock Undertaking Parlor, and make a sporty course, apparently
Pass merchant and tor raanv
funeral arrangements will be at a very reasonable cost. Each
years a member of Hillah Shrine
I of them has had considerable ex-
announced later.
Temple,
died- yesterday In Port­
I
perlence
in
playing
golf
ar.d
Mr. Kilgore Is survived by his
land,
according
to a telegram re­
looking
at
the
ground
from
this
wife, and two sona, H. H. Kilgore
CHICAGO. April 3. — (IP) —
BREA, Cal,, April 3— (U P ) - ceived this morning by Fred | Arthur Dickman, an Insurance
of Slaters, Oregon, and Ivan Kil­ standpoint ant# a from an en-
gore of Merrill, Oregon, and one g 1 n e e r l<n g standplnt, they The “world’s smallest mono I Wagner, potentate of Hillah Tem j agent whose wife, Rosetta, com­
s||ter, Mrs. Josie Squires of thought Ashland-wa& fortunate in plane*’ has been constructed here pie, Mr. Jewell will be buried j mitted suicide Monday becanee he
having selected this location.
by William D. Tremaine a:ul Monday In Portland. Besides bis chided her tor smoking a cigar­
Portland.
affiliation with Hillah Temple, ette, was arrested Friday on a
Fred Thaheld.
The aircraft has a wins Mr. Jewell had been prominent­ warrant from Hillsboro, Ore., ac­
spread of only 21 feet.
Its ly Identified with the Knights cusing him of bogus cheek deals.
length, over all. Is IB feet. The Templar of Southern Oregon. He
Dickman
was
apprehended
total weight, without pilot, U was for many years In the hard­ through a telegram he sent rela­
ware business at Grants Pass.
360 pounds.
,
tives In Hillsboro, hla former
noine, ieirnx< ih v ib ot biw w n ri
A speed at ftG mttes si» he»»
death.
Is possible with the tiny plane,
Mrs. Dickman wna buried Inst
according to its bulldera.
Thursday.
The
machine
consumes
only
WASHINGTON, April 3— The
WASHINGTON, April 8—(U,
P .)— Leaders in Senator Smith Anti-Saloon league today started two gallons of gasoline per hour,
W. Brookhnrt’s right to retain a drive to raise a “battle fund” and carries seven hours’ fuel.
e
his seat from Iowa capitulated at of 150,000 to combat the wets It Is equipped with a 25 horse­
Parents and teachers from var­
the last moment , today and in hearings before the senate power air-cooled motor.
ious
parts of Jackson county
agreed to postpone consideration judiciary committee next week.
were
In
attendance at a meeting
Thousands
of
letters
are
being
of the case until Monday.
of
the
county
council today nt
mailed
from
he
league’s
head­
Although senators In chargo
the Lithia Springs hotel. Ap­
8EATTLE, Weak.. April 3, —
of Brookhart’s fight had pre­ quarters to bonedry advocates
proximately 40 delegatee were (LP) — Coast defense forces on the
Oregon and. Washing­
viously declined to agree to any throughout the country, urging
present to discuss school mat­ Pacific coast s n | woefully under­
ton—O c c a s i o n a l rains
The funds will
postponement, Senator Borah. contributions.
ters of Intsrsst to parents and manned, Colonel F. M. Keeeler.
west
portion;
local
rains
be
spent,
the
league
announced
Republican, * Idaho, Brookhart’e
teachers. *
commander ef the Puget Sound
and
snows
east
portion
in
an
effort
to
repudiate
the
chief supporter on the floor,
Luncheon was served today defenses told the chamber of com­
tonight * and
Sunday.
agreed with Senator Curtis. Re- wet propaganda to be broadcast
noon, at which Arthur Foster of merce kero today. There are only
Slight change In tem­
pnbliean floor leader, shortly af­ at the hearings
the land settlement bureau epoke I I I men In the five Puget Sound
perature.
Moderate
south­
ter the senate met that the con­
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briefly on land settlement work. forte, be snM.
Advertise
In
The
Tidings.
erly
winds.
.
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test should So over.
Oregon Pioneer
Dies In Portland
Oregon Man Held
On State Charge
Minature Plane
Now Being Built
Dry League Seeks
Brookhart Fight
Propaganda Funds
For Senate Seat
To Battle
W B e Delayed
ifWetsn
Parent-Teacher
Conference Held
Coast Defense On
Pacific Too Weak
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R IIN W B ttB
Came Here 72 Years Ago Local Engineers
Answers Call
Favor NewCourse
FOR E M SUNDAE
HARTFORD, Conn., April 3.—
(LP)—Attorneys for Gerald Chap­
man, notorious mall bandit who Is
sentenced to hang next Tuesday,
was refused a hearing on a mo­
tion for a new trial today. Chap­
man is believed to have exhaust­
ed his last legal chance to escape
the death penalty as a result of
his banditry.
NO. 1$1
ASHLAND, OREGON,“ SATI RDAY, APRIL 3> 1926
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YOUNG FORGER
WHO OPERATED
HERE IN JAIL
ASHLAND CLIMATE
Without the um of medicine enrea
nine cases out of ten of asthma.
This is a proven fa c t
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