MALASIA GERMS ' -
Cannot survive three months in
the rich osone at Ashland. Pore
domestio water helps.
Hew Been AsMand's
ASHLAND, OREGON,
ASHLAND CLIMATE
Without the use of medicine cores
nine eases out of ten of asthma.
This is a proven fa ct
Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years
i Wire Service)
KSDAY, JUNE 30, 1926
B y r p C orn os B a c k fr o m th e N orth P o le
Voters Are Almost Unani
mous in Favor of Big
Civic Improvement
TO START WORK SOON
Southern Pacific to Defray H alf
*
The Cost of « 1 2 3,000
Crossing
Direct Word From Hi#
Bcdv States That W
«. W fllbe Delayed
Man Caught in Billings
Jumps From Fast Train
Above Marshfield
Despite contrary reports yes
terday in Medford, oiling ogera-
tlons w ill not be started on the
Medford-Crater Lake highway at
the present time. This Is direct
word received from the office of
the state highway commission In
Salem today.
,
Medford reports yesterday were
to the effect that the oiling of th.'
highway had been started ltetwoe'
T ra il and Medfori), hut the high
way conun lesion sends word that
no oiling has been done and prob
ably w ill not be done during the
present summer months.
A halt In the oiling plans was
made because of the heavy tour
ist travel to Crater Lake, and It
was generally believed that oiling
operations at this tim e would dis
courage many autolsts who oth
erwise would visit Oregon’s big
national park.
M A R S H F IE L D . Ore.. June 30.
— ( U P ) — Leaping from a
Pull
man window of yesterday morn
ing’s train from Portland while
tho la tte r was travelling 35 miles
an hour. Frank
Lawson, had
check man whom Deputy Sheriff
Sam Malehorn was escorting her-
from Billings, Montana, eluded his
captor and escaped into the hills
near Hauser.
W ith lesB than 30 miles separ
ating him from the Coquille jail,
whero he was destined to be con
fined
tho
much
sought
for
swindler of North Bend business
men, apparently took a Ion,-?
chance and made his get-away, at
least for the tim e being.
Dep
uty Sheriff Mnlehorn believes that
I-awson will be recaptured soon,
however, as ho Is’ without any
clothes, without food and without
money.
STRANGE STORY TOLD
Victim o f Boose Thieves Defies
Them and All Three Go to
PO RTLA N D, Ore., June 30.—
( U P )— M. E. Dawes, former spec
ial officer, and an accomplice,
Mike Flagel. alleged hl-jackers,
as w ell as Ulrich Kilbourne, a re
puted bootlegger, are all In jail
today Itecause Dawes carried a
bluff too far.
,
The two hl-jackers Confessed
that they had obtained
m ony
and liquor from
Kilbourne by
Impersonating officers. Kilbourne
became doubtful and later defied
Dawes to take him to ja il.
Dawes answered the defy hy
taking Kilbourne to the court
house where he swore out a war
rant for the man’s arrest on a
liquor charge. Kilbourne told his
story and all three were jailed.
; K L A M A T H FA LLS, Ore.. June
30.— ( U P )— For the flra t time In
her colorful history K lam ath Falls
was as a unit yesterday when the
voters went to the polls and au
thorised a 163,000 bond issue for
the construction of an overhead
crossing on South Sixth street
where The Dalles-Callfornla high
way crsfwes the Southern Pacific
tracks.
,
The vote was 1225 for the bond
Issue, with only 21 votes in op
position.
Both K lam ath
Falls
newspapers supported the mees-
ure. which is In Itself something
of a record for this scrappiqg com
munity.
The Southern
Pacific has
agreed to pay one-half the cost of
the viaduct with the city paying
other half. I t w ill cost approxi
mately 6125,000.
Larrv Simpson’s Noted Or
The railroad company now has
chestra Will Furnish
Its engineers and a crew of work
Music for Event
men on the ground ready tn pro
A «pedal public dance w ill bo
ceed with the work, and it is re
ported that actual construction given at Llthla park this evening
w ill get under way within the under the direction of the Llth-
lans, with L arry Simpson and his
next few days.
famous players’ orchestra furnish
ing the music. This dreheatra is
originally from Kansas C|ty, and
those who hare heard the musi
cians declare it one of the fines)
dance prehestrka that has ever ap
peared on the eoaal..’
Simpson and his musicians have
Traffic Experts in Portland been
retained to remain here the
Sav This Will Prove to
rest of the week and furnish mu
be Record Year
sic for the regular Saturday night
dance
by the Llthlans In the city
PO RTLA N D, Ore., June 30.—
Excellent tourist - travel In the park open-air,pavilion.
Pacific northwest this summer
was predicted In Portland yester
day by two capable authorities—
A. B„ Smith, passenger traffic
manager of the Northern Pacific
railroad and Floyd 8. Judah, part
ner of the Peck - Judah Tourist
company of San Francisco.
Mr. Smith, here from his ra il
road's headquarters in St. Paul,
declared that the volume of tour
ist traffic now flowing to the
coast from the east larger, than
at this time last year. Improved
agricultural conditions in the mld-
dJewest and qast have enabled
more persons to enjoy trips, he
stated.
Mr. Judah came here w ith a
party being sent through the
northwest by his company.
He
stated that the absence of big na
tional conventions on the coast
this summer enabled the “ home
folks” to do rtiore travotimr
_
Lieut. Com. Richard E. Byrd of the U. S. navy, who with Pilot Flovd Bennett flew the
first airplane to the north pole, being greeted by his family — and officially — on bis Oregon Scenes Depicted in
arrival in Nqw York. Right to left, the picture shows: Assistant Navy Secretary The Beautiful Verse Shown
At The Vining
odore Douglas Robinson, who extended th e nation’s congratulations; Byrd, waving to
circling airplanes above; Bennett; Thomas Byrd, the flier’s brother; his mother, Mrs.
The Illustrated poem, “Ore
Eleven Different Cities Are R. E. Byrd; Governor H arry F. Bvrd of Virginia, another brother; Grover Whalen, gon, My Home,” which was w rit
Represented iti Ashland
head of New Y ork’s welcoming committee, and H arry Byrd, Jr., the governor’s son. ten by Mrs. Charles B. Hines of
Portland, a former Ashland resi
Art School
Five states and eleven
cities
ar» represented among the stu
dents who have already registered
for the Ashland A rt school which
started this
at the Junior
high school bnilding under tfie
direction of Bell« Cady W hite of
P ratt Institute, New York.
Following are
the
students
and the cities from which they
are registered :
Stanley Brenelser, Santa Marte,
C alif.; Rose Kochendorfer, Y a ki
ma, Wash.; Thelma W yatt, Ta
coma, Wash.: Alice Kos, Klamath
Falls, Ore.;
Helen
D.
Hicks,
Portland. Ore.; Bertha E. Teller,
Portland, Ore.; Caroline W il
liams, Centralia, Wash.; Irm a
Zlckler, Zillah, Wash.; Alice Mae
Clary, Ashland; Mrs. R. 8. South.
Clear Lake, South Dakota; W an
da Schweln, Ashland; Rosalind
Wise, Ashland; Esther Spencer,
Ashland; Miss Pearl Heath, Rose
burg, Ore., A rthu r Landrlenalt.
A shland;'M axw ell Roheraon a «»,.
Hen. Arthur Mcisrhen Names
Ministers for Temporary
Government
OTTAW A, O n t, June 30,__
( U P ) — Hon. A rthu r Meighen was
sworn In late yesterday as new
prime minister of Canada. He
formed his cabinet and will carry
on a temporary administration
until the next general election.
New ministers appointed are:
Sir Henry DrAyton, acting minis
ter of finance and of railways,
and canals; H. H. Stevens, Van
couver. B. C., acting minister of
customs, trade and commerce; R.
J. Manion, acting postmaster-
general, and minister of health
and labor; Hugh Guthrie, acting
,
..
The players renewed practice
last night and cavorted about the
playing Held like a group of
young colta. The finished team-
work which was lacking at the
.E V E R E TT , Wash., June sV.—
3. Amdon, logging road’ fireman
was la itan tly killed at Index. ,4 (
miles cast of here thia morning
when a legging engine turned ov
er crushing him.
is d.strlhuted g ra tis - to the
’ nests of The Llthla Springs
and Ashland Hotel and to the
campers at Llthla Park and
Jackson
Hot Springs camp
grounds— a total of approxi
mately 200 copies oach dav—
In order that Ashland's visit
ors may know something of
our city.
Llthla Springs Hotel
Hotel Ashland
Ashland Natatorlum
o California Oregon Power
Company
Llthla Park Board.
Jackson Hot Springs
City of Ashland
Talent Irrig atio n District
SANTA BARBARA. Cal.. June
i 30.
Broken windows, several
I cracked chlmneya and severe dam-
! age to three large buildings co:i-
, atltuted the main , damage done
by the earthquake which shojk
Santa Barbara lk t3 yesterday.
LIN C O LN. III., June 30.— Boot
Bill Orr, agod 3 ¿ears, lest bis
leggers here have baen thrown lu- j life when a chimney fell. The
to a pqnlc to loarn that Mayor . shock camo on tho first ann'-
Howard Engles ha t a knowing : varsary of the big qukke In Santa
»b sc to help him keep the city I Barbara last year.
’’fifln. White panning a fióme, the
mayor’s delicate noatrlls were as-,
sallod by a faint w hiff of "un-
volsteadlan’’ odora. He then or
derod a raid on the place and 21
gallons of “ white mulo” war? con
fiscated.
This Officer Gets
Liauor Evidence
For His Officers
Frank Albers is
According to Klam ath Falls
newspapers, Internal dissension on
the team waa responsible for tho
comedy of errors at Medford last
Sunday, in which Medford trim -
med K lam ath, 15 to 14, in a hec-
tic exhibition
of the national
pastime. This dissension will be
straightened out this week and
the Pelicans w ill attempt to get
back In th e ir stride.
ft tt tt
Ashland’s ball club has been
absolutely free from any internal
strife throughout the season. The
boys are all good, clean sports-
men, they pull together and get
in there and work right up to the
last of the ninth. I t was Ash-
land’s fighting spirit that brought
them two well-earned victories
this month, and tt is the same
spirit which la going to put them
out In front In a few more games
tt tt tt
Small Boy Killed by Falling
Chimney in Earthquake
Last Night
Firemen Killed
In Lumber Cam
ASHLAND’S BASEBALL CLUB
IS WORKING BARD TO BEAT
- GRANTS M S S HERE SUNDAY
8unday, a
crowd of 1
hand at
Sunday a
wins— as
climb up
ath Falls
Southern
once flrir
second pn
start
Medford t
rung of tl
proper an
fans, this
•
* <
’ Th® «a
1» 1
Program <
t,on> WU1
fan8 a
of
the
League.
the Callfo
Ashland h
ternoon
’
baaeba„ ,
.
g m°
•ta rt Is now getting to a fine
point, and every player seems t : TU/fl l/l
know just what to do at all stages | WII
of the game. The work of the lo-
cal players last Sunday was ns
vTAT
pretty an exhibition of baseball
u lr ll
as you w ill find around in the
bush leagues, and if the boys S h e r id a r
keep up their present gait th?y
Fire I
will be m ighty hard to stop.
\\j
Tl
dent. and which has been shown
for the past two nights at the
Vining Theatre, has caused wide
spread favorable comment from
local residents whd have been
privileged to s^e It. Tho picture
W h ile on construction
work near Hornbrook last
week, Paul Gulley of Ash
land and other employees
of the Copco Company,
M ine upon a baby coyote,
which w ai trying to find
water In a dry Irrigation
ditch. They ran It down
and Mr. Gulley caught it,
bringing It home w i t h
him. It doesn’t seem to be
mean and sly and resem
bles a German pollco pup
py. Mr. ami Mrs. Gulley
expect to make a pet of It.
One Known Dead and Heavy
Propertv Damave Caused
by Forest Blazes'
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June
30.( U P ) — Forest fires raged In
nine central and northern Cali
fornia counties today, with ‘ 1m-
menso property damage and ono j
known dead.
At least 500 fires were started
by electrical storms and are burn
ing In Siskiyou. Mnrlpesn and Tu
olumne counties.
Guy Wilson,
fighting a Siskiyou county flre,
w ai trapped and burned to denth.
' j
Galled by Death !
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., June
— Frank Albers, vlco-preeldent
of the Albore M illing Congmny,
died here today of heart trouble.
The death came suddenly and
without warning. He was 63
year» old and owe of fiv „ broth
ers who had bwilt up a big coast
buriatas.
VISIT LITHIA PARK
PROBE
IS
RENEWED
ArUonu Authorities Asked to
Ccndnrt Another Search for
O’« Shack
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 30.
— (U P )— An old fashioned. Bon
Ton corset may hold the clue
leading to a solution of the Aimee
Semple McPherson
kidnaping
story.
Z
Deputy District Attorney Joe
Ryan is making an extensive
check today of
Pacific coast
stores In an effort to learn where
the corset worn by Mrs. McPher
son had been sold. The corset is
of a special style sold only In five
or six roast stores.
I f the saleslady Is located sho
will be asked to view the rouge’s
gallery In an attempt to Identity
the alleged kidnapers.
Douglas, Arixona,
authorities
have been asked to make another
search for the shack in Mexico
where the evangelist Is alleged to
to have been held. The place as
yet has not been located.
Romance Language Staff In
creased, Says Official
Announcement *
UNIVERSITY
OF
OREGON,
Eugene, O r» , Jmie
Two as-
sistant proreoaora and an In
structor have been appointed to
teach In the romance language
department. It was announced to
day by K arl Onthank, executive
secretary of the university, Leav
itt O. W right, assistant professor,
will teach Spanish; 8. R. Wads
worth. assistant prrfessor, w ill
teach French. L. A. Woodworth,
graduate assistant, w ill teach
Grain Valued at Nearly a
Million Dollars Leaves
Portland Today
» « «
A t the start of the season. Mrd->
SALEM,
ford, Klam ath and Grants Pass Franklin
were quite w illing to admit that wards of t
Ashland
probably would be the. for boys,
underdog this year but they want- that Instil
ed Ashland In in order to com- ’morning b
-BlaU-ihA-telUMl»b-alMwUT— WaUr-tba-aaeaad
Ashland, got In all right, and now way down
t.hat it Is trim m ing oil the i ther > Hn is 16
teams, the patronising smile of a j* I» h t and
month ago is fqding In theie oth-j weighs 141
er town. When the
under-dog! Ion, blue
gets his back to the wall and th ® .instlti
starts fighting he can make It about thre
hard sledding for the others.
•» 18 yi
E
t
t
a
pound», is
BEND, Ore., June 30.— (U P ) —
That protested game w i t h half incl
Holding a stop-watch <4i lightning
Grants Paas w ill be the only reg- •hoes. coal
will be ’one of the duties of fire
Ularly scheduled league game this **01 up fi
lookouts In the Deschutes nation
al forest hereafter, tim e w ill be
taken from th« flaeh to the thun
der. This time Is translated Into
a distance of 1100 feet for each
W hile you are a guest In our city, be certain to vllslt Llthla
■econd elapsed and tho direction
Park, a playground of many acres, with the mliln entrance
taken by tho lightning noted.
at the Plata, where Nature’« daapest beauties are found
This data w ill make possible tho
along tba walks that lead yon through the forest border-
lag On Ashland creak.
accurate platting of the result
ant forest fir«, it 1» believed.
poem w ill be shown I t -the Vining
for the last time tonight.
Mrs. Illnes Is now composing
another combined picture-poem
which will feature numerous Ash
land scenes and which It Is hoped
will be shown at the local theatre
early this fall.
¿Authorities Search for Store
Which Sold Special
Brand to Aimee
T H E W EATHER
Oregon — F air tonight
and Thursday but cloudy
near craat. Local thunder
»torma In the mountains.
Slight change in tempera
ture! w ith moderate winds
from northwest.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 30.—
Almost a million dollars worth of
wheat left Portland for the ex
port trade today. The Belgium
ship, Menopier, the British ship
Vulcag City and the French ship
Montana left with a total of 614,-
129 bushels valued at 8883,184.
According to the Merchants' Ex
change report the wheat exports
for the month, will total 4.000.-
000 bushels.
Explosion Kills
Forty Soldiers
B E R L IN , June 30.— (U P )— A
shell explosion during military
maneuvers at Kovel. Poland, re-
suited in a large loss of life to
day, according to dispatches from
Warsaw.
A t least 40 soldiers
were killed and 38 wounded, dis
patches stated.
Effort to Change
Booze Law Beaten«
June 30.
increase
ieoerai prohibition enforcement
fund« by 1100.000,000 waa made
in the house yesterday afternoon
by Congressman La Guardia of
New York and
then promptly
voted down. Besides la Guard
in’» motion, a<n attempt of wets
to elim inate the entire deficiency
Item for prohibition and to ellm-
Innt w tag nifltf for
cover
•gents was overwhelmingly de
feated.
Pupils of Miss Imogene Wallace
will appear In recital at 7:45 to
morrow evening at the Presbyter
ian church. An interesting pro
gram has been prepared. Friends
of the pupils are Invited tw attend.
Grocery to Have
Its Own Delivery
oanitary and delightful
ilungoj are available to tour-
stg and others who visit Ash-
and during vacation days. The
U hland Nat a tort urn, Just two
blocks below the new Llthla
Soring» Hotel has two largo
dungea always available.
ph
Beginning Thursday morning
n July 1, the Pints Grocery will
rr. have Its own delivery service, ac
cording to Thomas Hill, proprie
tor. A Ford commercial track
- was purchased by the Plata O rj-
8 eery recently to enable it to make
g It» own deliveries. Four deUver-
gg lea will b» made each day with
It orders limited to 81 or more. De-
tt j liveries will be made at 6 o. at.,
tt ; 10 a. m., 2 p. m. and 4 p, m.
Two
At Jaekaoa Hot 8prtags io a
largo opoa a ir plaage with
bubbling mineral water.
Ost the habit of a dolly swim
In dither or thooo pluagao. It
w ill hoop yon
daring thooo
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