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W Newspaper For Nearly f if ty Years
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HDAY, JU L Y 17, 1926
Prize Beanty
Los A ngeles Shoe Salesman
Gets Money for M ythical
" K icks”
<
Man W ho * Blocked Traffic
Found to be Fugitive
From Virginia
Frank Shelley, Formerly of
’ Yreka, Victim of D o
m estic Quarrel
Hip . Sing Tang Man Shot
And Seriously Wounded
by Rival Gunman
Gamblers and Other Crimin
als B elieved Slayers of
Publisher
•
P E A C E ' PACT
BROKEN
BIG REW ARD O FFERED
Relative
of
Bilka so the peopfe crowd up to see me.
—
— ¿gage''James
J esse''Jamee Bilka
Portland Police Guard ililnatow n
Nearly lo o Ashland Men on
They Mock traffic trying to get
For Fear Trouble Will
,, Beal
a look at ate.” .
Start
Ex-Governor CoX Post« gOOOO for
Capture of M allett’s
FR A U D IS UNCOVERED
Jesse James'has long since
passed on to that haven of out
laws and bandits, but one of his
apt relatives, in action and spir
it, If not in flesh. Is still carry
ing on the work which wan start
ed by the Immortal Jease.
A t least, there are something
like a hundred Ashland man who
think it was a Jease James in
spirit w h o . recently
‘’nicked”
them to the tune of *1 each as ad
vance payment on a Los Angeles
brand of shoes which failed to.
materialise.
His Name Was James
A few weeks ago a couple of
debonair young blades from Los
Angeles breezed
Into
Ashland
With glib tongues and order
blanks. One of the youths boast
ed the name of Frank James,
which gives rlke to the suspicion
that he and Jess« are of the same
family tree.
.
These two young men were
selling shoes; nice looking shoes
ana which sold for $3 a
two pairs for >6. They
samples of . the shoes and
trouble In getting plenty
tomers.
pair, or
carried
bad* no
or cus
" SI Per Head
The young men were eminently
fair with their customers;
in
deed, they were w illin g to gi7e
the customers all the best of It.
They collected Jnst »1 on each
Pair of shoes and told the cus
tomer* to psy the postman the
balance when the shoes got here.
Day after day the local cus
tomers waited
for their prize
packages from the City of Angela.
Thfe soles of some shoes were
well nigh
gone but still they
waited for »the new "kicks” to
arrive.
Fraud Exposed
,
Finally, one or two of the cus
tom er*. became
nervous.
They
wrote a letter to the Los Angeles
firm to inquire about
the
shoes. Today the letters came
back. - They Were returned by the
postmaster.
Investigation
dis
closed that there Is no such firm
I
Y R E K A /C a l.. July 17.— "I'm
the ’ handaomest man 'In the
world,” John A. M iller, 24, told
a gathering crowd on* a street
corner at tfeed.
‘‘Wherever I
They did block traffic In Weed
aa M iller continued to tell of his
beauty,
and the
"handsomest
man” was brought to the Siski
you county ja il at Yreka for In
vestigation..
"
,
Following an investigation by
Sheriff Andrew Calkin, it
de
veloped that M iller was wanted
at Providence Foage, Va.,> for
shooting a man last May; and a
wire was received that a Virginia
sheriff is enroute to Yreka with
extradition paperfc.
r .
” 1 dldq't k ill the fellow" said
M iller. "Just shot three fingers
off.*>
The degree team from
the
Jacksonville I. O. O. F. lodge was
her» this week to in stall, the
newly elected officers of Ashland
lodge N o .4 5 of Odd Fellows. The
degree team was composed of A.
T. Norris. David Horn, Peter J.
Fisk, A . L. Gall and J. R. Morris.
Following are the fbcal offle-
fers who were Installed:
A. C. Haselwood, N. O.; H . O.
Wolcott, V. O.; C. E. Hooper, R.
8.; T C. Payne, L. 8.; G. W.
Randles, treasurer; Leo Scboen-
lger. warden; G. A. In low, con
d u cto r G. W . NIchois. I. O.; p.
D. Brown, O. O.; A. L. McMahan,
R.. S. N. O.; F. D. S m ith ,'L . 8.
N. 01; J. W . Stump, R. s. V. G.;
L . R .'H a tc h e r,'R . s. 8.; D. J.
Wolcott, L. S. S.; F. L. N u tte r
chaplain.
Roy McCoy .was fined |1 0 and
hlx driver’s license suspended for
an indefinite period after he was
found guilty of a charge of reck
less driving yesterday. He back
ed hts car out from the curb by
the poet office and bumped into
an Ashland Creamery company
truck»
Talent to Show
At Tljree Fairs
Again This Year
Oregon — F air tonight
and
Sunday.
Normal
temperature with lox? hu
midity.
Light variable
winds.
is distributed, gratis to the
guests of The L lth la Springs
and Ashland H otel and to the
campers at Llthla Park and
Jackson H ot Springs camp
grounds— a total of approxi
mately 200 copies each d a y -
in order that Ashland’s visit
ors may know something of
onr city.
Ashland Natatorlnm
T h e ’’California Oregon Power
Company
Llthla Springs Hotel
Hotel Ashland
4
L lth la ' Park Çoard
Jaqkson H ot Springs
City of Ashland
¿
Talent Irrigation District
British Miners
To Be Assisted
LONDON, July
17.— (1
Members of the Trades
cotncU representing the
blned strength of British
unionism today, according*
official statement, pledged
selves to raise funds and
wise assist -the miners in wl
the straggle which has pari
the coal industry since the
page began May 1.
B iggest Crowd of Season is
Expected at Jackson
Springs Tomorrow
HARD GAME EXPECTED
Klamath Falls Bunch Determined
To Halt Local W inning
Streak
CANTON, Ohio., July 17.—
Ashland's steady upward climb
(U P ) — Spontaneous wrath which
in the Southern Oregon baseball
seized Canton yesterday follow
league w ill be continued tomor
ing the murder of Don Mallett,
row when it meets the Klamath
■publisher of the Canton News
Pelicans on the local field ,a<
cooled as the investigation got
Jackson Hot Springs. The gam,;
under good headway today.
will start promptly at 2:30.
One city official declared he
Emory Davis probably w ill bo
wanted nothing to do With the
called upon to start against the
Investigation because
he
was
Pelicans, with Bill Force back of
afraid of his life if he mixed in
the bat.
This battery will be
to it too deeply. The general be
kept in until Emory's qld fling
Miss Jaen Marre, of CBi< go, who perches so gracefully lief prevails th a t'th e young pub
ing arm shows signs of distress,
on the back of this amiat ! elk, has reason to smile. She lisher was murdered because lie N early SO More Oars Needed when Sunny Mohler will be rush
For Crater Lake Picnic
ed in to finish It out with Phil
las just won the beauty ontest at the E lk ’s convention had been waging a relentless wsr
against gamblers and on crime in
O'Brien doing the receiving.
Tuesday
:n Chicago, has been giy i the title of “ Miss Fidelity,” general.
Gne New F ace
and will get a tryout in tj i movies at Hollywood.
k Former Governor Cox, owner
Ashland ministers w ill
make
The pitching assignment, hoW-
o f the newspaper, offered a re an appeal from their pulpits to ever, is not definitely settled ac
ward of |6 0 0 0 for the capture of morrow for more volunteers with cording to Captain Watts. Thq
the publisher's murderers.-
autos to aid in taking the normal only nbw face on the Ashland
PORTLAND FEARS TROUBLE
school students and faculty to team will be Pete Pearson, the
PORTLAND. Ore.. July 17.—
Grater Lake for the all-day picnic rangey railroader on first base,
(U P ) —
Police are guarding
next Tuesday. This plan of pro Pete worked out like a leaguer
against a possible outbreak in
curing more cars was advocated last dlght and la expected .to fit
by Rev. V. K. Allison.
Chinatown following a
request
In nicely since the place waa left
from a local merchant that his
At a meeting of the picnic com vacant by Mike Cassidy heading
Chinese employe be made a spec
mittee at the chamber of com back north for home.
ial deputy sheriff with the right
From the lowly last place po
W ater Levels W ill Reach merce’ last night It was decided to
M T. SHASTA. Cal:, July l f c —
to carry a gun. W ith atranre A duel of fists and tailor’s shetrs.
start from In front of the Llthla sition Ashland has climbed stead
Record Breaking Mark
Chinese in town police are guard w ith a pair of pants aa the stab«
Springs hotel between 6 and 6 ily for the past five weeks until
For This Year
o'clock Tuesday_ morning. The It now is tied with Medford for
ing closely against an outbreak An Italian tailor upholding >is
one who
of rival tongs.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jnly 17.— autolsts wilt be "asked to go by first place. Othgr teams have
business methods and aa uneeey
name is
W
ater
level In Oregon streams way of Klamath Falls and return been strengthening their line-up
customer demanding his tro r
will
reach
the lowest point this
during the past week In a der
era.
.
resumed
Such was the seems s t a g e /a f
y®*.’’. .
. jpeasurements
hare
been recorded. This is the be-
the tailor shop of V . Gallettf, In
lief of T. H. Canfield, assistant
Main street at M t Shasta.
district engineer of the United
“ You no gotta de tick, you no
States geological survey.
Meas
getta de pants,” repeated Oallet-
urements began on the Bull Run
General Crops W ill be W ith tl for the tenth time more or less.
river in 1907 and on other
“ But I have lost the ticket,”
out W ater A fter July
streams later.
arged D. E. W itte, the customer
20, is Word
Previous low water levels were
who had left his trousers for re
'established In 1916 and
1924,
General Irrigation in the T al pairs of a certain nature.
but these will be lowered
this
“ Yon finds de tftk , you getta
ent irrigation district w ill wind
year, according' to Canfield, who
up about July 20, according to de pant,” the tailor repeated
reports that streams are only 75 Average Price of 30 Cents
Manager Olin Arnspiger who was wearily, "Yon looks tonight and
Paid to Growers Here
per c liit normal now. and with
In the city today. Respite the wa finha de tick tomorrow you get
This Summer
no prospects for steady rains un
ter shortage throughout the sum ta de pants.”
til
September
or
October,
- Coetomer Returns
mer the district, by conserving its
PENDLETON, July 17.— Prac
supply, was abl* to get through
So the dialogue was resumed
tically all or the 1926 Oregon
/
the worst part of the summer Wednesday.
wool clip is iii the hands of buy
without in ju ry to the crops.
"Yon finds de tick?" ailo«<the
ers, according to Hugh 8 proa/,
Although wafer for general tailor when h ie , customer ap
executive secretary of the Ore
peared.
gon Wool Growers’ association.
“No.” replied W itt,’ " I can't
About one million out of the
SALEM, July 17.— (U P ) — Be
find the ticket, but I want my
18,000,000 pounds remain in the
cause he married a Salem woman
hands of producers.
The aver-
pants. They’re my pants and I
before
he obtained a divorce from
want ’em.”
1
a wife In Seattle, Lewis D. G arri
pants? ,
”Ne gotta de tick, no getta de
son today was under sentence to
pents— ”
That seems to be the mystery
two years In the state peniten
W ASHINGTON,
Jufy
1 7 .-_
“No gotta de pants, you getta i of the case. When last seen he
tiary.
(U P )— Echoes of former Briga
de kick,” the customer cut in .
i
was
wearing a pair.
dier General W illiam Mltebell'ô
PANTS,” IS
BATTLE WITH
AND FISTS USED
Salem Bigamist
Sent to Prison
Will Investigate
Army Promotions
Secures Bail For
His Opponent in
Political Battle
u r. Bernardo Batiz waa arrest
ed on complaint of Governor
Rodrigues, who charged that Ba-
tis had written a letter making
slanderous charges against the
governor. Tapia said he did not
wish to take nnfair advantage oS
a political rival. -
Women Bums Are
Bothering Rail
Men in Montana
BUTTE, Mont.. Jnly 17.— R ail
road men in thia section declare
that women and girls era “ bum
ming” rides on freight tralna la
constantly Increasing numbers.
Many of the woman who tra
vel about the statd without the
form ality of paying their fares
are wives who are accompanying
their husbands to naw places of"
employment la some instaaces
babes In arms have been carried
on freight ears.
sensational attack on the army
air service administration last
fall were heard today when aa
order was Issued by the adjutant-
general of the army calling on
officers to submit facts substan
PARIS, July 17.— (U P )— The tiating their charges-of injustice
government of . Premier Aristide to air officers In the army promo
Brland resigned this evening «’ • tions system.
ter its defeat in the chamber ot
deputies when the demand
of
Finance’ Mfntajter OalRaux
for Visiting In Ashland—
M-s. Cleveland, of W itbar.
full powerp was made a confi
Orfegon, le visiting te Aahlqad
dence vote.
with Mrs. Decker.
Suspected Drug
Whitman to Head
Another French
Leader
is
Held
Bar Association
Cabinet Resign
Hundreds o f Men Endanger
ed in Timber B lase in
Deschutes Oounty
state fair as well as the Pacific
International Livestock
exposi
tion, it was announced yesterday
by Olin Arnspiger, manager of
the district.
The Talent district last year
won prizes at all three of these
exhibits and hopes to repeat Its
success again this year. Some of
the best agricultural specimens
In the district are now being Re
sembled In preparation for the
exhibit.
HUyers
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Jaly 17.
— (U P )— The Pacific eoaat tong
war extended to Los Angeles to
day when _ Frank Lee, a member
of the Hip Sing tong, was shot
and probably fatally wounded by
Ah Sing, a Bing Kong, Ah 8lng
was arrested and identified
as
th» assailant.
%
This is the first tong outbreak
In this city slnfce the tong war
fare was renewed In San Fran-
clsco and Oakland several weeks
ago. Local tong leaders had giv
en assurance that there would be
ne' trouble here, but the attempt
ed slaying of the Hip Sing tong
man indicated that tong leaders
were nnable to hold their mem
bers In check.
‘NO TICKETS,
STAKT OF B
Degree Team Prom Jackson
ville Lodge Here fòr
Annual Induction
Cáreless Driver
Gets Fine of $10
"
ROSEBURG, Ore., July 17 —
( V P ) — W. Frank Shelley, super
intendent of the Oregon Cali
fornia Power Company' here, was
shot and seriously wounded by
his wife last night. The shooting
is believed to be the culmination
of domestic difficulties as both
had sued for divorce.
Physicians say the injured man
has a fair chance to recover.
The Shelleys formerly lived at
Yreka, Calif. Parks Shelley of
Medfo’-d Is a brother of thd .
BEND, J aly 17.— (U P )— Five
logging camp bank cars were de
stroyed by firs at Shevlln-Hlxan
camp No. I, about IS miles south
of Band
early this
morning.
Th< care wars on a aiding near
the camp, and the flames for a
tim e threatened the entire camp
which has a population of Bevy-
al hundred people, loggers and
thatr families.,
_
AVIATOR DftOWNS
SEATTLE, Wash., July 17.—
(U P )— Will tom a . Bowen, 35. a
student aviator at Sand Point
naval aviation field, was drown-
today jnat after he had help
ed to Unnab a seaplane.
DEN VER, Colo., July 17.—
(U P )— Charles Seymour W hit
man, governor of New York from
1916 to 1919, wps elected presi
dent of the American Bar ass>-
clatlon at the annual election yes
terday afternoon. . W illiam
P.
McCracken of Chicago and Fred
erick E. Wadham of Albany. N.
T „ were named secretary and
treasurer, respectively.
Pastor is Freed
Of Theft Charge
M C M IN N VILLE. July 17.— (U
P ) — Edward Baker, alias E. W.
M llls o f Vancouver, B. C„ was In
Jail here today, being held for
Canadian authorities who
sus
pect him of being a leader In dope
traffic between the United States
and Canada.
Marries Witness;
Heat Wave Grip
Wins His Release
Hits California
KELSO. Wash,, July 17.— (UP
— Charles Burleigh of Longview,
who was serving 30 days In Jail
for an assault and battery charge
preferred
by Cordelia D. Leek,
N E W YO RK, July 17.— Chas.
has
been
released
on marriage of
Himes, pai(or of the Presbyter
the woman who caused his Im
ian church of Hanley, Pa., was
prisonment.
freed when, arraigned on a charge
of stealing a pair of baby shoes
(rom a department . store.
He
pleaded that, glnce an attack of
typhdld fever ha suffered from
lack of memory.
VISIT LITHIA PARK
W hile yon are a guest in oar city, ba certain to vltolt Llthla
Park, a playground of many acres, with the mein entrance
at the Plesa, where Natura’a deepest beauties are fouad
along the Walks that leed.yoa through the forest border-
Tomado* Brings
Death to Three
ASHLAND. Wls„ July
17.—
(U P )— Three persons era dead
and a largo number were Injur
ed as the result of tornado which
«wept through the farming com
munity south of here last night.
The property damage to reported
to bo enormous.
SAN FR A N cfscO . Cal., July
IT .— (U P )— California was kept
In the grip of the heat wave to
day. The bay district was cool
but other sections were swelter
ing under a maximum of 100 de
grees and np. The weather bur
eau forecasted a continued high
foreet fire hasard all along the
Pacific coast.
PICK S UP NUGGET
-
Y R E K A . Cal., July 17.— W alk
ing over his placer claim 41 Hun-
gry Creek gulch after a heavy
rain thia weak, N. W. Coleman,
owner of the claim, picked
np
ISO in gold nuggets.
W. W. Coleman, father of the
miner, wee in Yreka and reported
the find made by his son.
Pwo sanitary and delightful
tinges are available to tour-
lata and others who visit Ash
land during vacation days. The
Ashland Natatorlnm, Just two
blocks below the new Llthla
Springs Hotel has two largo
Jlnngae always available.
At J a c k m a 'H o t Springs la a
large open a ir plunge with
bobbling mineral water.
Get the baMt of a dally a w te