MALASIA GERMS
Cannot survive three months in
the rich ozone at Ashland. Pore
domestic water helps.
CHURCHILL TO
TAKE HOED OF
LOCAL SCHOOL
A shland daily T idings
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The Tidings Has Been AsNfflnd’s Leading Newspaper, P ot Nearly Fifty Years
Lithia Park Is
Big Feature In
Copco Magazine
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President Will Arrive Here 8 tlon, The Volt. This pic- 8
Saturday to Take Active 8 tore shows one of the 8
Charge of Work
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Bulb lin g W ill be Ready for Open- 8 pictures
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With work on the new normal 8 group of pictures Is one 8
school fast nearing completion, J. 8 of the finest ever gathered 8
A. Churchill, president of the 8 for the purpose of attract- 8
school, will arrive here Saturday 8 lng tourists to this vicin- 8
to remain permanently In Ash­ 8 ity and shows glimpses of 8
land and get the Institution In
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readiness for the summer session
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According to word received here 8 hotels and others inter- 8
this morning, Mr. Churchill last
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night submitted his resignation
8 "tourist crop” will make 8
to Governor Pierce as state sup­
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erintendent of public instruction.
8 of The Volt by dlstrlbut- 8
Ho asked that the resignation be
8 lng It to tourists for their 8
made effective June 1, in order
8 Information and guidance. 8
to permit him to devote all his 8 The May Volt, in addition 8
time to the Southern Oregon nor-'
8 to its excellent grdup of 8
mal school.
8 pictures and clever story 8
Nearly Completed
8 includes a map showing 8
Workmen In the employ of Con­ 8* how easily all the many 8
tractor Tranchiell are now putting
8 attractions pictured can 8
the finishing touches to the big 8 he reached.
structure on the Boulevard and
it will be in readiness to turn over
to the regents several days be­
fore the scheduled opening of the
summer school.
Reports received here and by
President Churchill Indicate there
will be a large attendance for
the summer seeelon, while more Ashland Ex-Service Men At­
tend Session at the Med­
than 300 are expected here for
ford Armory
the regular fall and winter term.
The dedication of the building
Members of the local American
will he held June 29. at which Legion post held a joint meeting
time some of the most prominent with the Medford poet at the
educators of the coast as wen a»1>fedjord armory last night, at
high state officials will be here which they discussed matters of
for the oeremonies. Plana for the Interest, to both organisations. It
dedication program are now In was agreed that a spirit of co­
the making and will be announced operation between the two posts
within a short time. .
would result In benefit for both
organisations.
The Medford auxiliary put on
an Interesting program and fur­
bished a light lunch for the ex
service men following the busi­
ness meeting.
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POLAR FLIERS
ENJOYING BIG
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NEWARK. N. J., May 25.—
The Tranh-Marlne corporation of
Port Newark, has received ’word
that Lloyd’s has posted the freight
steamer Suduffco as missing.
The Sudriffoo left port New­
ark on March 13 bound for1 San
Francisco. It carried a eraw of
28 men under Captain L. Turner
of Holmes, N. • Y., and o cargo
valued at 1600,000.
Lithia Springs Hotsl
Hotel Ashland
Lithia Park Board
California Oregon Power Co.
'Ashland Natatorlum
Jackson Hot Springs
City of Ashland
Talent Irrigation District
YOUNGSTERS GUARDED
Son and Daughter Being F ollow ­
ed; Search for Body Still
Goes On
LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 25—
(U.P.)— "There Is absolutely no
hope of Sister McPherson being
alive on land or sea," Mrs» Minnie
Kennedy, mother of Almee.Semple
McPherson, declared In a formal
statement today.
The statement was issued as
the cult’s reply to a sensational
rumor that Mrs. McPherson was
not drowned last week as reported
but had merely vanished as a
publicity stunt and would event­
ually reappear.
D og A uto Enjoyed
REBEL RIFF LEADER
ABANDONED BY TRIBE
Abd El Krim is Forced to
Flee With His Family
Across the Border
FEZ, Morocco, May 25.—Abd
El Krim, rebel Riffian leader, has
been abandoned by the Ouriael
tribe and has fled to the north­
west with his family, advice« re­
ceived here, said.
It was reported he has arrived
at Bou-Jeanne, in.the territory of
the Staff tribe.
Krim Was forced to fide before
an important advance of French
and Spanish forces.
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Messenger Robbed
In New York Citv
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NEW YORK. Mag 25.— (UP)
__Two bandits robbed a messeng­
er of the Hamilton National Bank
of «34,000 In currency In front of
the «bank In the Bronx today. As
.the messenger left the bank two
men attacked him, knocked him
unconscious and flex) in an auto
with the loot.
Four Baby Coons
Adopted By Dog
MYRTLE POINT, Ore,, May
25.— Lloyd Jarvis, veteran hunt­
e r / has ait hie home In Myrtle
Point a mother , dog that Is nars
Ing four little baby coons. The
mother coon was killed and In or­
der to keep the little coons from
starving to death they were
tnrned over for the dog to moth­
er, which capacity she is filling
with perfect satisfaction to the
little wild animals of the forest
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Richafld Róese Whittemore
Will be Sentenced Later
This Week
BALTIMORE, Md., May 25.—
(UP)— Richards Reese Whltte
more, youthful bandit, will be sen­
tenced the litter part of this week
for killing a penitentiary guard
in an escape here'more than a
year ago. Convicted of first de­
gree murder, the young outlaw
faces hanging as the extrema
penalty.
The two men who were riding in this auto at Strinestown,
a;, had just about the narrowest escape on record; Their
car failed to make a turn and crashed through the side of
tlie bridge. But one rear wheel caught in the wreckage
and the car hung suspended over the side. The men
stayed in the car and wore rescued by firemen with lad­
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Aviators K illed
As Plane Crashes
GOLF COURSE M S
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Holes to Get Under Wav
Soon, is Report
Park Bear Shows
Two Husky Cubs
Cobb Is Witness
At Carroll Trial
In New York City
MUNICH, Germany, May 26.—
(UP)—An express train coming
into the station at Bergaleln’be­
tween Mu filch and Salsburg today
crashed Into a standing train
Reports indloate that at least 80
people wiere killed and many oth
ere Injured.
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” YREKA, Cal., May 25.
— (Special)— Ho was old
and ahe waa old, but he
showed the vigor of youth
as he shouldered hie way
Into z the chambers ot
Judge Clifford E. Butler,
Justice of the peace.
"Got a little business
here for you,” he said to
the magistrate, and he
thrust forward a wedding
license. "Can you marry
us’ ’’
The justice assured him
that he could and tho
knot was tied.
“Ami what do I own
you?” said the bride­
groom.
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"That," eadd Judge But­
ler, “Is something that
only you can eay.”
A witness on the side­
lines saw the bridegroom
extract a $5 bill.
“Could you gimme three
dollars change?" said the
bridegroom.
Both witneaees and jus­
tice was without change.
"Give tho judge the
five,” suggested the wit­
ness. “A wife like you
have la surely worth
double that."
The bridegroom hesi­
tated.
"Go on,’’ nodded tho
bride, "give him the five;
I’ll glvte you the other
three when we get home."
And the bridegroom did.
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NEW YORK, May 26.— (UP)
— Irvin 8. Cobb, writer, was the
first witnesb today when the trial
of Earl Carroll, theatrical pro­
ducer cWargted with perjury was
resumed In federal court. Cobb’s
appearance came aa a surprise to
Miss Joyce Hawley, the girl who
bathed In the wine, was expected
to be the first witness.
Gene Hastings was fined a total
of 1525 on liquor charges when
he pleaded guilty before Justice
of the Peace Taylor at Medford
this morning on charge sof pos­
session of liquor, transportation
of liquor anil reckless driving.
A charge of driving while Intoxi­
cated was not pressed. He was
fined $250 on each of the liquor
charges and $25 on the reckless
driving charge. The fines came as
the result of his collision with a
Pickwick stage several nights
ago on the highway south of the
city.
STORES M l CLOSE
FOR MEMORML DAY
Aukland Merchants Decide to
Make Entire Day Holi­
day on Monday
Cases
Reported.
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WEED, Cal., May 25. — The
outbreak of typhoid fever in Weed
:: and its sudden spread caused Drs.
a W. E. Teblie and C. W. Nutting
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a tho disease under control.
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Fifteen cases have been placed
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With a strict quarantine over
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a source of the origin of the disease
8 and when this was found other
8 measures became necessary. The
8 water In Bowles creek was de­
n clared contaminated and people
8 living along the creek were no­
8 tified. Bowles pnd McMahon
8 creeks have been posted with
8 placards warning the public ot
8 the condition of the water.
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The state board of health and
8 the state dairy inspectors were
8 notified and a state nurse was dis­
8 patched from Calexico, where she
8 had been on similar outbreaks,
8 and she is assisting with the pa­
8 tients and making investigations.
8 Officials from the board of health
and dairy division are also at
Wood and precautions are being
taken to keep tho disease out of
the public schools. All parents
of school children have been no­
tified that free vaccine and vac­
cination of the children may be
to hod aa the hospital.
LOS ANGELES. May 25.— (U
P )__police and searching parties
have not yet relaxed their vigil­
ance 1n an effort to locate the
body of Mrs. Aimee Semple Mc­
Pherson, noted evangelist, who
was drowned last week while
bathing at the beach near Santa Ö
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given her up for dead, and are 8
having guards watch her small
son and daughter, who are said
to have been followed , during
the past few days by strangers.
Protection Asked
Mrs. Mlnnlne Kennedy, grand­
mother of the children, asked for
police protebtio*. for Eteberta. Ashland Man Speaks
aged 14, and1 Rolf, aged 10.
Large Audiences on Ore
In some official quarters Im-
gon as Vacation Land
llef Is strengthening that Mra.
Irving E. Vining, now on a
McPherson may have been mur­
speaking
tour of California, Is
dered instead of being accident­
making
a
big .hit with his Cali­
ally drowned, and numerous rum­
ors were being.run down by de­ fornia audiences in appealing to
them to make Oregon their sum­
tectives today.
The fact that Mrs. McPherson mer playground, according to
recently opposed Sunday dancing press clippings received here. At
at Venice, a beach r&eort, is given Fresno, the Ashland man had
hy relatives as qne possible rea­ 400 hearers at a !>ig# meeting,
son why she may have l>een the while he spoke to even a large
crowd at Sacramento.
victim of foul play.
The speaking tour will close at
the end ot this week, but he is In
such a demand with California
cities that he prol>ably will re­
turn there early next month to fill
more speaking
engagements
which are l>elng booked for him.
hit incalifornia
FIRSE M IC REACHES
RIM OF CRA1ER LAKE
Gene Hastings is
Given $525 Fine
OUTBREAK OF
TYPHOID HITS
TOWN OF WEED
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COATSVILLE. Pa., May 25 —
Two men were almost instantly Bert Miller to Retire as
Grand High Fizz of
killed when an airplane in which
Booster Organization
they were flying, plunged nearly
2000 feet to the ground as the
Members ot the Lithlans, Ash
wings collapsed today. The d< ad
land’s booster organization, will
are: J. Harry Jones, pilot, of
elect a new grand high fizz and
Chester county, and a man by tho
other officers for the ensuing
name of Moyer, %f Darby.
year at the annual election to be
held next Friday evening, accord
ing to Bert Miller, retiring head
the organization.
Final plans for the work of the
club during the coming year also
will be outlined, it was said. The
place of meeting has not yet been
fixed but will be announced within
Actual Work on First Nino the next day or two.
Stock Ford From Klamath
The 20-year-old youth has lost
none of his show of daring or
Work will get started shortly
bravery and boasts that he will
on
the first nine holes of the Ash­
yet cheat the law. He also faces
land Golf Club, according to an­
conviction for a murder in New
nouncement today by
Louis
Yprk.
Dodge, president of the orgnnizo-
tlon. The complete plans and
drawings of the course have boon
received from Sam Whiting, Kian
Francisco golf architect, anil as
soon as the neceseary arrange­
ments can be completed, tho actu­
Although she’s a lady her name al construction of the course will
Is Jeremiah; at least t)jat'« the get under way.
name which Louis Dodge brought
Whiting, who was hero several
back from Crater Lake, where he weeks ago, laid out the nine lióles
went with Richard Price on an in such a manner as to enable the
auto trip a few days ago.
club to put In
second nine
Jeremiah is one of the big holes at ’ any time it Is deemed
Crater Lake park bears who was advisable, although It is generally
missing all last summer, and park believed that the first nine holes
attendants feared she had either will be sufficient for the first
been killed or had wandered couple of years.
away never to return.
But last Saturday, Jeremiah
wandered lastly Into camp with
a couple of husky young cub
bears In tow. Jeremiah’s wel
come addition to her family will
ineure plenty of bears which park
visitors can see during the com
Ing tourist season.
Many Killed As
Trains Collide
BriCy«**’ X d To
Pay\#udge When
Hubby Hesitates
Some. Officials. Believe
Aimee Semnle McPherson
is Murder Victim
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A "dog auto" Is a oar on tracks
hauled by dogs. Ellsworth has
nevsr ridden on one and he ex­
pressed pleasure- at the prospect.
"I’ve ridden on puIlmans,
steamships, airplanes, dirigibles
and In automobiles," the explor­
er said, "but never anything like
this dogmobile."
Captain Peterson of the launch
Plpplri and Lieut. Omdahl, who
started to return to Tellet, where
the dirigible Is being dismantled
were forced to put back here by
stormy weather and were still
here last night.
THIS ISSUE
is distributed gratis to the
guests of The Lithia Springs
and Ashland Hotel and to the
campers at Lithia Park and
Jackson Ho| " Springs camp
grounds— a total of approxi­
mately 200 copies each day—
In order that Ashland’s visitors
may know something of ■ ear
city.
MANY RUMORS
HEARD ABOUT
«OMAN PASTOR
NOME, Alaska, May 25.—
Sight-seeing parties Into Nome
hinterland Is being enjoyed by
leaders of the Amundnen-Ells-
worth-Nobile expedition
here
waiting the breaking up of the
ice so they may leave for the
United States:
Captain Oscar Wlstlng
for
years a co-explorer with Roald
Amundsen, was due back Friday
from the scene of the Bluff gold
strike.
Upon his return Wlstlng will
start out again, with Lincoln Ells­
worth bound by- "dog automobile"
for Cape Horn, 60 miles in the
interior which was Ellsworth’s
camping ground in 1903, when he
first came to Alaska investigat­
ing waterpower possibilities.
COURT DECLINES TO
HALT SALE OF SHIPS
Vessel Posted As
Missing By Lloyd
Insurance Agency
Narrowest Escape on Record
Unable to Leave for States Yet;
Dogm obile Is New Thrill for
Them
lEGIONPOSTS HELD
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 25.
(U P)—In a decision given yes­
terday by Chief Justice McCoy
of the District of Columbia su­
preme court, the shipping l*oard
was permitted to go ahead and
complete the sale of the Admlral-
Qriental steamship line to the
Stanley Dollar interests. The
temporary injunction sought by
Portland and Seattle shipping in­
terests was ordered dissolved.
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Sight-seeing Trips to Inter­
esting Points Being Made
By Leaders
«NEMEEI g OF
Portland and Seattle Inter­
ests Lose Suit Against
Shipping Board
F ftu WirA flArrtc«)
ASHLAND CLIMATE
Without the use of medicine cures
nine case« out of ten of asthma,
’’his is a proven fa ct
Falls A gency Arrives
There E arly Today
Tho first automobile to reach
the rim of Crater Lake arrived
there at 5:16 o'clock this morn­
ing, according to word received
here this afternoon. The car was
a stock Ford roadster from the
Balslger Motor company of Kla­
math Falls.
The driver, Eddie Van Sickle
and Mark Knull, mechanic, have
been hovering arould the snow
line at Government Camp for
several days, shoveling and buck­
ing snow. Sometimes the car
would be In over the radiator;
other times It would be perched
on the steep sides of a huge drift.
The boys shoveled snow six­
teen hours yesterday that they
might be at the crust line early
this morning and were repaid as
tho therpiome|ter |Registered 2D
degrees at Government Camp.
This sets a new record In all
the history of Crater Lake Na-
t tonal Part. The earliest date any
other car has reached the rim in
years past was May 26th, 1924
at 9 a. m.
The atunt the boya pulled la
only one Indication of the people’»
restlessness to reach the rim, as
Snnday 46 people mushed through
the snow for two and a half miles
to see Crater Lake and It Is to be
regretted that the Park Service
hasn’t a few hundred dollars to
open the road, according to state­
ments of those interested In ear­
lier opening of the park.
A The stores of Ashland will
close Monday, the day after Mem­
orial Day, according to a petition
which was circulated this morn­
ing and signed by practically all
of the local business men. The
agreement to close was conting­
ent upon getting the signatures
Of the majority of the merchants
to close.
The Dally Tidings will not Is­
Cobb said he attenfied the par»
Castle Rock—County and For­
ty, but he waa not asked if he sue on Memorial Day this year,
est
Service will spend $14,000,
drank from the tub or if the girl due to the fact that the merchants
on
Spirit
Lake road.
are closing.
bathed In the wine.
FOR K U O FALLS
“ Sunny” Mohler Gets Ready
to do Twirling; Better
Work Displayed
With "Sunny” Mohler, veteran
southpaw twlrler, unllmberlng his
firm, and with the two new ln-
fleldera showing a lot of pep and
fast work, the Ashland baseball
club last night started another
week of grinding work to get In
shape for the game with Klam­
ath Falls at Klamath next Sun­
day.
It was Mohler who did most of
the' pitching for Klamath last
year, and ho wants to beat his
former team-mates in his first
game for Ashland this year. With
a greatly improved Infield and an
outfield which Is showing more
promise, fans are looking forward
to a real battle when Ashland In­
vades the Klamath grounds Sun­
day afternoon. According to re­
ports, a big crowd of fans will
journey over the mountains with
the team.
Mrs. Landes Is
í o r Bobbed Hair
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. May 15.
-r- (IP) — Mrs. Bertha Landes,
mayor elect of Seattle, believ
in the younger generation.
"Bobbed heir and short skirts
do not bother me," she raid
"Sanity and Judgment come with
the' years.’’
ACTON ON BOULDER
M M BILL DEIAYED
House Irrigation Committee
to Postpone Action Until
Next Session
WASHINGTON, May 25.— By
a vote of 9 to 6. the irrigation
committee today decided to post­
pone action on tho Swlng-John-
son Boulder dam bill until next
session of congress.
The motion to defer action
waa made by Rep. Hayden, demo­
crat, Arizona, and waa supported
by all democrats on the commit­
tee except Rep. HUI. Alabama,
and two republicans, Rep. Leath-
erwood, Utah, and Rep. Allen. 1111-
no I a.
HUI and Rep. Sinnott, republi­
can, Oregon, were unable to at­
tend the meeting.
Former Resident
Of Ashland Dies
Word was received here yester.
day of the death at Pasadena,
Cal., qf John Marshall Kirkpat­
rick, former Jacksonville miner,
who was well known in this coun­
ty prior to his departure several
years ago. He was 80 years old
at the time of his death. The
deceased wap a native of Iowa,
but came to the pacific coast in
1849, He lived In Ashland for
many years but left here In f i l l
to reside with relatives In Cali­
fornia. While living In Ashland
he was a member of»the Congre­
gational church.
Ashland
The Starting Point for
Tourists!
Spend a few days here and visit
the following scenic wqndera
within a day’s driving distance:
Lake of The Woods. -
Klamath Falls.
Oregon Caves.
Rogue River Fishing Spots.
Klamath River—Flaking.
Jacksonville—County Seat.
Crater Lake—Open later.
Beautiful Siskiyou Mountains.
Diamond Lake--Fishing.