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MALARIA - GERMS <
Oannot mrvive three months in
the rich ozone at Ashland. Pure
doxneetio water helps.
The ; Tidings Has Been Ashland's
ILAND CLIMATE
the use of medicine «pre«
)«« out of ten of asthma.
a proven fact
s a
YOU X U Z
to the Semi-Weekly Tldlnga. Volume 44
TEN VIOLENT
DEATHS OCCUR
IN NORTHWEST
Mid-Week Toll of Tragedy
Greater Than Over the
, Past W eek-lnd
SEVERAL
IN
OREGON
M«xlfo«d Mill Worker Cn»Hli<<l Ip
Dent I, Voder Heorjr'Pile of
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Wi(j o
nir J? w
Th - <
I LwnUer
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44Hot Dog” Essay
Wins Him Honors
CHICAGO, July 2«. —
The bark of a “ hot dog”
wop tfie degree of doctor
of philosophy for Lee
miles Roderick, a student
at (he University of Chi
cago. Roderick turned in
a thesis ' on the lowly
Frankfurter and the sub-
» Ject was so well handled
that Roderick-wen the
coveted medal.
F B E S T f i l i RAGES
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NO. 278
ASKIANI), OHEQQN, W
M oth er A nd S on
WOMAN RILLS
AGED MOTHER
WHILE
H ave C lose C all
KLAMATH FALLS, July »
28.— Mrs. H. McCoy and It
her 21-year-old son, both 8
of San Francisco, fell in- 8
to Crater Lake late Sun- 8
day afternoon, and wero 8
caught upon the limb of a 8
tree. After sdkeral hours 8 Man Who Aided Tax Refund
Bill Complimented By
they were extricated and 8
- Ashland People
taken out in a swinging 8
ladder. A force’ of volurt- 8
Aers, attracted by' tho 8 TELLS OF DIFFICULTY
cries, worked in the res- 8
cue. Both escaped injury. 8 Jackson County Will Receive
Nearly a till lion Dollars,
Mrs. Melissa Bolton, 73, of
Oregon City, is Victim
• of Daughter
NO MOTIVE LEARNED'
Police Find Hlayer In Barricaded
. Home With Loaded
Revolver
PORTLAND, Ore., July
(U P )—-Tragedy, which d e a l t
OREGON CITY, Ore., July 28.
lightly in the northwest .over the
(U P )— Mrs. Meltss Bolton, aged
week-end, mgde up by registering
73, died at a local hospital early
a heavy mid-week toll. Ten trag- Over 1500 Acres Affected by today aa the result of l>etng shot
Serious Blaze Near
• ic deaths were reported to the
about midnight laat night by her
Hildebrand V
United Press today. .
daughter, Mrs. Charley Warren,
"'The (oil by cities follows: Port
agtd 28. .
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., July
land, Charles Vap Wart. &, killed
It was believed by police au
28.— A large forest fire, covering
under auto truck; Oregon City,
thorities that Mrs. Warren suf
an area of 1500 acres, did heavy
Mrs. Melissa Bolton shot and
fered a temporary fit of insanity
damage yesterday and this morn
killed by her daughter. Mrs.
as there was -no possible motive
in g to a large stand of pineMlm-
Charles Warren; * Medford, Chaa.
for the slaying, sj far as they
ber northwest. 6f Hildebrand and
Garrison, mill worker; crushed
could learn.
east of Klamath Falla.
beneath a pile of lumber; Astor
Neighbors heard t£e first shot
Originating In slashings of the*
ia, Raymond Maynard, 11, drown
but hesitated to enter until they
Wheeler Olmstead logging camp,
ed; Pasco, Vida and Dorothy
heard a second shot. One of the
the fire aoon was out of control.
Perry, school girls, drowned; Ho
two bullets struck the woman
All efforts of loggers to stem the
quiam, 4-year-old son of Max
in the stomach.
tide of the advancing wall of
Hudson, an Indian, drowned;
The sheriff was called and
flames were of no gvail. »
Seattle, George Wataoke, 12, nt
found the home barricaded with
Yesterday 100 men, supervised
Japanese boy, killed by a truck;
Mrs. Warren standing guard with
by the Klamath Forest Protective
Donald, B. C„ a forest fire fight
a revolver over the body of her
er named Lundstrom, trapped and association, fought the big blaze mortally wounded mother. Mrs.
burned to death; Spokane, Mrs. throughout the day and last night, Warren's husband is a railroad
added by higher humidity and
Harry Hunt, drowned. ,
man and was away a t the time,
lower temperature, checked ^.the
although their babies were in the
blase.
,
room when the shooting occur
Damage sustained by the fire red.
1« unknown, according to J. F.
The tragic shooting took place
Kimball, secretary of-the Klamath
Irithe Warren borne a mile south
Protective association.
of here. Mrs. Warren Is being
held in- the county Jail although
no formal charge has been placed
Evangelist 8ays Damnable
against her.
XL H. GORE IS
GUEST AT BIG
BANQUET HERE
ASHLAND M B
Morgan Let Out of Local
Ball Club for Breaking
Training Rules
He Says
Jackson county wlll^ receive ap
proximately $1,000,000 ins’ead ol
1 the $750,000 ns first believed, as
a result of the passage of the
Stanfield tax refund bill.’ Thin
cheering message was given the
people of Ashland last night by
W. H. Gore of Medford, honor
guest at a banquet given by the
Ashland chamber of commerce at
the Llthla Springs hatel.
It was Mr. bore who was one
of the first to conceive the jus
tice of the federal government re
imbursing the 18 western Oregjn
counties who lost heavily in tax
money when the Oregon and Cali
fornia land grtuit lands reve.-ied
to the government. He was one
of the leaders in the movement
to urge the government to reim
burse these counties when the
matter was first' considered last
fall, and when the hill finally was
drafted and presented to Congress
by Senator Stanfield, it was Mr.
Gore wHb haunted the halls of
house and senate for weeks, work
ing day and night for the passage
of this measure.
_
Appreciation Shown
And last night the people of
Ashland showed their appreciation
of this public spirited work with
the testimonial banquet for Mr.
Gore.
As the chief speaker, Mr. Gore
recounted the various s t e p s
which had to be taken before
final recognition could be pro-
' Johnny Morgan, whose stellar
hitting and ijefenslve work aided
the Ashland baseball club In its
climb to the top of 'the league,
Here are five brothers of Dinakl R. Mellett, murdered publisher of the Canton (O.) was given his release yesterday
beeauso he refused to keep him
News. All of them are in hew.spà{>er or magazine work.- L eft-to right, they aro: self In condition. Morgan left at
Llpyd Mellett, city editor of the Canton News; Lowell M ellett,‘managing editor of once for the south and will not
the Scripps - Howard Alliance of Washington; .1. II. Mellett, Rolund Mellett and John appear in an Ashland uniform
ftgaln.
Mellett, of Indianapolis.
Morgan’s* going will make a
permanent ttbrth for “Cholly”
S h in y Star D id
Curran, one of the moat loyal
players on the local club. All sea
N o t W ork; W earer
son long Curran has been shunted
about from infield to outfield and
L ands in P riso n
back again, and has been kept on
the bench most of the time as the
chief utility player. Curran is a
SAN FRANCISCO, J u ly -28. -
fast inllelder and during recent
Decorajed with a shiny star, Pet-
Girl At Lithia Springs Hotel er Evdakimass, 20, Informed a Man in Charge of Canton weeks has been showing morn
Recovers Gems for Mrs. number of girfo that ho vrfs a Probe Warned That Others strength nt the bat.
May be Slain
Morgan was a good ball player
Lucile Harris
“detention home detective assign
If
he kept himself in condition,
ed to protect girls who work at
CANTON, O.', July 28.— An- but his work during the past two
Because of the honesty of one flig h t.”
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,
.( onymous letters, each with a cor- weeks has been far below par
of the maids at the Lithia Springs
Persecution Must
Elsie Korrall, 15, was one of •
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.
„
-
.
aer torn In a peculiar and Identl- simply because he would not take
hotel, Mrs. Luclfe B ., Harris, of
r»an approached.
q n n r n q /'h p J
P
p fu r n
f r a Fori
those
Peter
offered
Gome to End
cal manner were received Mon- care of -himself.
Berkeley, Cal., will within th e
w
to ( * e her home in his car. In- „ay by D#tecUve Oro T Slater,
negt few days recover .valuable
With
the
league
season
nearing
LOS ANGELES. July 28—
stead of riding with him, Elsie who is In charge of the Melette
Jewelry, including five diamonds,
nn
end,
and
with
Ashland
forced
(U P )— In a dramatic appeal for
which she misplaced at tbe.locaS had/'Peter arrested.
murder Investigation, and Charles to fight every Inch of the way to
“Fair ’play,” Atmee Semple- Mc Fun« of Ashland’s Lithia
E. Morris, the slain edl^pr’s suc maintain its slender leud over
hostelry a week ago tonight. ’
Pherson today niton Issued a Water Depicted at Normal
cessor.
School
Skit
Mrs.
Harris
was
a
guest
at
th-
the other clubs. It was deemed
(Continued on Page Three)
lengthy statement flaying officers,
Owens Valley Parmer so hotel last Wednesday night, hav
The letters, believed to contain best to keep those players who
who have taken part in the inves
Pleased With Prospects
The health-giving qualities of
ing arrived on one of the motor
important information concerning! would keep themselves in shape at
tigation of her alleged kldnaplug.
He is Booster
Ashland's famed Lithia water
stages from the south, enroute to
the shooting from ambush of Don nil times and thu? give the club
The statement says the time has
qere brought to the fore at a clev
R. Mclette. crusading editor, on I (ho best they have
Bellingham. Wash. She placed
come for a final show-down.
Before many weeks have elaps her Jewel box In a dresser draw
er skit presented at the normal
July
18, had been mailed in Can-'
“Another persecution of Almee
school assembly this morning by ed a large number of O.wens Val- jjr and left the city the next morn Attempt Made on Life of ton.
Semple McPherson has come to an
lflu
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ley farmoro
farmers urlll
will arrive <_
in Oregon
The letters also are said to
ing, forgetting to lake It with he
Don Mellett's Widow
end and still the gospel rings to the Jackson county club, compos
from
California,
drawn
here
by
ed
of
students
who
reside
In
this
The
maid
found
the
Jewelrv
to
contain threats against those
And Two Children
the rafters of Angelus temple,”
William V. Dwyer Foun
the glowing reports of J. S. Bragg and turned it over to.Manager C.
county. .
seeking
the slayer as well as oth
reads the statement. “Bn the gos
Guilty After Sensational
of Biahop, Cal., w ho’is .returning 8. Richardton.
Dressed
as
a
physician,
Mrs.
He
received
a
CANTON,
O.,
July
2
8
—
(UP)
ers connected with (ho sensa
pel rings because' another dastard
New York Trial
south after an extensive visit letter from Mrs. Harris last night — A gas bomb was hurled at the tional case.
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Bonham
established
her
office
on
ly attempt to assassinate charact
-W"" - ’
through
the
western
part
of
the
asking If her Jewels had been home of Don R. Mellett, murdered
er and the chastity of a defense the assembly room platform and state.
NEW YORK, July 28. — (U
Thousands
Made
Homeless
waited
for
patients
to
arrive.
Be
found, and this morning ffce Jew publisher of the Canton Dnily
less woman has fallen by its own
And Property Destroyed — William V. Dwyer, the silen
Mr. Bragg Is one of those In el box was mailed to her.
side her restart a large bottle of
News, this afternoon from nn au
wickedness.
spectacled master-mind of a $40
in San Domingo
Lithia water.
terviewed this spring by Arthur , The Jewelry Included a dia tomobile which daRhed by loaded
‘‘I will reveal In sequence the
000,000 rum-runntag' ring, ha
Foster
of
the
state
land
settle
First came Ruby Powell with a
mond engagement ring, three dia with unidentified men.
Mrs.
slnster events which will make
SAN
DOMINGO,
July
28.
—
(LP)
been
found guilty df conspirac
ment bureau. He became inter mond brodchs and one brooch cf
widow of the slain man,
the motive of the whole damnable severe toothache. One drink of.the
*—
This
city
has
been
Isolated
to
violate
the Volstead act afte
ested and promised to Investigate diamonds and sapphires.
and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lloyd
conspiracy known to every person mineral water and she wai cured.
from
the
rest
of
the
world
for
one
of
the
most sensational trial
Then followed Edith Patterson Oregon farm lands. As a result of
Mellett, who were sitting on the
in the civilized world.”
two
days
owing
to
the
devastating
In
the
history
of prohibition.
with a hugh wart (temporary) his visit he has decided to buy a
porch, were made ill. Two child Republican Party Leader
E. C. Cohron, one of tjie seve
hurricane which has swept the
on her nose. Again the Llthla large farm In Lincoln county and
Tells
Probing
Body
of
ren In the house were overcome
West Indies.
name'd as co-defendants wit
water worked the necessary mir will come north shortly to reside
Recent Campaign
by the fumes.
Dwyer was also found guilty by
Enormous
damage
was
caused
permanently.
acle. Came next Ben Vlmont,
, CHICAGO, 111., July 28.— (UP) to agriculture and sugar centres federal Jury late Monday nigh
both deaf and dumb. Llthla water
Enroute back to California yes
Tale^ of large cash sums handled and, in the Port ow San Pedro while six of the alleged consplra
cured him. Grace Brown was quite terday afternoon, Mr. Bragg, vis
during the Illinois primary were De Macorls, boats were wrecked. tors were acquitted.
sick following smallpox vaccina ited Mr. Foster at the local cham Normal School President
related to the senate investigating The town of Hlguey was devastat
TOPEKA-, Kas.. July 18. — The tion. and It was not until she has ber of commerce offices. He prom
and Party Spend the
committee
yesterday afternoon by ed and 1,000 families were made
quaffed
the
Lithia
water
that
her
ised
that
he
would
lie
a
real
boost
prohibition question may domin
Night at Prospect
Roy West, secretary of.the repub homeless. A famine threatens
ate as a political Issue elsewhere, ailments were over. Geneva Hart er for Oregon and would induce
lican national committee. After here.
but ou£ In Kansas, where It all represented Jhe homely gitl Who many of his neighbors to come
J. A. Churchill, president of thp
charging
Yhat the democrats nnd
wanted
to
become
beautiful.
north with a view df locating In Southern Oregon state normal Horace Bridgeford of Klam
started. It simply doesn’t exist.
some
republicans
had conspired to E lk B ecla red T o
Again
th
doctor
prescribed
the
Southern
Oregon.
ath
Falls
Saved
by
This In I he opinion of David W.
There will be an Importai
school, and wife and party, wer"
defeat
Senator
McKinley,
W nt
Fellow
Official
Mulvane, republican national com Llthla water and her wish wns
meeting of the Wawoklye and W'
compelled to spend last night nt
granted.
.
revealed that he received $30,000
mitteeman of Kansan.
Prospect on the Crater Lake high
B e D o in g D am age tomachee groups of the lor
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July; dom H. I. Green, McKinley's
Last
but
not
least
came
Spark
i S ev en A viators
camp fire girls at the public 1
Mnlvane, who predicts the re-
way as the result of an auto col
lision beween bis car and a* Cali 28.— Horace Bridgeford^ general campaign manager. Werit admlt-
brary on Thursday evenlpg i
nomlnatlon in the fall of Sena- Plug of funny paper fame. Mrs.
P lu n g e to D ea th fornia motorist ’a short distanc, manager of the Pellcari’ Bay Lnm-ifod that his organization had SALEM, Ore., July 28.— F. M. 7:80 o’clock. All members’” i
tor Curtis, declares that th er e1 Lisle Gregory and Miss Norma,
Brown of Portland, chief deputy these groups are urged to alter
this side of Prospect late yester ber company, narrowly- escaped i to^nt $159,144.83.
will be no political disturbances Reeder were made up for the part.
Spark
Plug
ambled
Intp
the
scene,
drowning in the Lake of the:
— ,
state game warden, was In Salem as Important matters are to 1
day
afternoon.
None
of
the
mem
lr Kansas In the fall" and nothing,
BAGDAD, July 28. — ((_p) __
disconsolate and worn out. He
lo quarrel about.
bers of either p ^ ty w as’lnjur-'d Woodu yesterday afternoon. Hei CHICAGO, 111., j u|y 28.— (UP) today on his way to the Santiam considered.
three ¿ 1 7
,7 7 , ' T
drank deeply of Ashland’s Llth Seven persons, including
UH
cars were slightly darn- was saved from almost certain'— Senator VZIUlftm McKinley, un- district where he'w ill Investigate
were killed in the I »a
r « w
C “7 i
la water’ and became as active as British officers,
Advertise In fl»« addifez"
« in i - XV
’ - I e<*. ‘ J. H. Fuller
r Murr of
oi the
me chamber!
cnaiuner death , by E. H. Pike, superintend-[ Nuccessful republican senatorial domplalntai Jthat elk have been
crash /xf ................
ft young colt.
' ,
of the
the Pelican
Pelican Bay
Bay rallL
mill..
| candidate,
financed his own
„„ „ responsible for heavy losses to
______________
j . to _______
> (candidate,
flnancod
iirtq' * t
trlPTof commerce
motored
Prospect lent t of
iralann at tho
. , ..,
the T-rinoui
Iiinaldl ehrly
Harrison Leer, aged 6, sang carrying airplane
this morning and returned ( The two mcn ,,Ad been tak""' ?:!50 00° campaign, his campaign ranchers in that section.
Sweet Miss Mary," accompanied airdome. One Inan was seriously the Churchill party to Ashland : to the middle o f the lake and wero . manager. Henry L. Green, told
If was reported that the elk
THTS IS S U E
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, „„„ B
Injured.
by his sister,
Mm-Jorle
Leer,
and a Tho plane struck stores
.
'
__________ ' swimming
He said m,
It HHiu it have destroyed a number of gar-
Dn. to
u. shore
B ,v, when w Bridge- the senate committee.
ww.MMm.ice.
quartet sang the Llthla chorus an<1 8l,ot,s of th® airdome. The
is distributed gratis to the
ford began to show signs of dis- was McKinley’s policy not to-^e- fl**11" »“<1 have insisted on spend-
, A " ; acciijent
—
- was
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worst In the his- D ron s D ea d W hen
« ..
w„ sank
..„ v below »»,.
|ng the nights In grain fields.
cuests of Tho Ll’hfs Sprlmr'- “Sparkling Water.”
i » tress.
He
tho sur- mtvo
celve conctrlbutlonn In a _ s< nafo
All students, were agreed R f y y pf the Royal air force.
and Ashland Hotel end to the
The elk are protected by law. Two sanltarv and d4hghtfu
s ,fjg G(*tS B )'r F i s T v ,ace tw,co ,>efor® bis companion, lal race.
was one of the m-'st novel and en-
Pike, could roach him.
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campers at Lltbla Park and
plunges are available to tour
-
Pike, WHH
with arHlUBIT.-Q
Bridgeford in
In tOW, _ _
Jackson Hot Springs camp tertafolhg assemblies staged dur-
nn
nw.
_ .. „ .
f
flKC,
lets and others who visit Ash-
2 8 -T h o r n s . Po a»k,.«6, caught
A«
“C
a d ie ” Foi*
And during vacation dare. Th»
grounds— a total of npproxb
ing the present summer session., VlVaClOUS G lflS
5 ^
‘o ‘•“’T a<d beter. they reached
.
1 <H
'shbnd Natstorlum. Just twe
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’ to lb
v<nfttelv 200 copies each dav—
blocks below the new Llthl«
B
eco
m
e
“S
co
ld
s”
a
reT
r
«•’“»«'».w
hile
fishing
shore
In order that. Ashland’s visit
L iq u o r is Found
recvttuie at OHlS ,-ff Edlz Hook herB ye,terdfty and
Springs Hotel has two largs
ors mhy know something of
dungee always available.
while
admiring
hla
catch
dropped
MANCHESTER? Vt„ July 28— ,
our city.
Advertise In The Tidings.
SALT LAKE CITY, July 28.— dead from 'heart failure.
ASHLAND, Ky„ July 28. — A Quiet services for Robert Todd At Jackson Hot Springs is I
large open air plunge
“A
girl
who
Is
the
life
of
the
brand
new moonshlno “dodge” Lincoln, last male descendent of bubbling mineral water. witl
Ashland fcatatorlum
President
Abraham
Lincoln,
were!
was discovered by enforcement of
FRESNO, Cal., July 28.—-Ac party in her ’teens and early
The California Oregon Power
twenties
Is
a
scold
at
forty.”
ficers here, who hail been accus held today at Hlldene, his aum- Ge* the habit of a dally
Company
cused of forgery to obtain from
In either of these plung«
Roswell
H.
Johnson,
professor
Llthla Springs Hotel
tomed fo trnce Illicit si Ills by I mar estate here, It was annoone- " It: keep von fit during
her trunk letters he had written
While yon are a guest In our city, be certain Io vilsB Llthla
Hgtel Ashland
met,no Of thelr sans« of smell. ”d tohtfrht.
■nmn*r ds' M - >
to Leila Atkinson, 22, who died of eugenics at the University of
Park, a playground of manv acres, with the main entrance
Llthla Park Board
Pittsburgh,
made
this
statement
Bootleggers
brought
four
skunks
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Following
the
services
the
body
after an operation by him. Dr. Q.
att the Plata, where Nature’e deepest beauties are found
Jackson Hot Springs
to the city and used them offer- will rest In a cemetery here until
Carl McPbeeters. was arrested* Jn a lecture on “Marriage” be
along the walks that lead yoa through the forest border-
„
City of Ashland
t'vely to cover the scent of op- the fall when It will be removed
lag on Ashland creak.
while several other C h a r g e s fore the University of Utah sum
Talent Irrigation District
eratlons.
*
i to Springfield, 111.
against him are being eqnaldered. mer school. -
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INSISTS ON
UTTING F ffl P U T
MURDER OF EDITOR
• BRINGS THREATS TO
' DETECTIVE SLATER
HONEST HOTEL MAID
finds m s left
' T1... ¡T
HUMOROUS K H 1 B IV , _ _ _ _ _ _
GIVEN ffl STUDENTS WILL HDIKE OTHEIIS
to « to
■r
on
DEAD EDITOR’S HOME
HIM MMffi
BWlfGEEB H ET
CONWCB BE M
IS HUBHMNE TOLL
BIS SUM SPENT IN
I l
Prohibition is
. No Kansas Issue
in
m
m ip
I T TAKE OF WOODS
Camp Fire Groups
To Meet Thursda
S W IM M IN G
Kohert Lincoln
Is Laid to Rest
Physician Held
- In Girl’s Death
VISIT LITHIA PARK