MALABIA GERMS Cannot survive throe months in the rich esone at Ashland. Pure domestic water helps. W« Rae Been Athlan4'i u CLIMATE ’ Withe / use of medicine euro nine . 5 out of ten of asthma.,, This ìs S -p roven fact. Fifty Years 35=25 to the samt-weeuy Tiding* voiaxre «ft ASHLANÛ, NO. 284 ■ BIANACER BIG PREMIUM PAID COOLIDGE ON BY PORTLAND FIRM SUBMITS HIS FOR SCHOOL BONDS ANOTHER YEAR AS PRESIDENT ULAN WINNER OKLAHOMA M A R Y VOTÉ Clyde Malone Offen to Quit as Nominal Head of the City Henry 8. Johnson Ahead for Democratic Gubernatorial Nomination OVRR WATER SUPPLY Controversy About Improvement Plans Brings About Tronble d Board Sells $55, of Recent Lume " at $102.584 ‘ A good price was paid for the remaining «65,000 in bonds which were offered for said by the Ash­ land school board last night un­ der competitive bids. The bonds were the last of the issue of «105,- 000 which were authorized for converting the Hawthorne school into the new Junior high school. The bonds were sold to Peirce, Fair and Company and Ferris and Hardgrove of Portland, their bid of «102,581 being the highest o f eight submitted. Other firms which submitted bids were: N. 8. Hill and Company, of Cln- einatti, «101.093. Freeman, Smith &. Camp Com­ pany, Portland, «101.273. Lumberman’s Trust Company, Portland, «101.882. A. D. Wakeman Company, Port­ land. «101.49. Hugh B. McGuire A Company, Portland, «101.03. Geo. H. Burr, Conrad A Broom, Portland, «101.38. Blythe Witter A Company, Portland, «100.831. result of differences oi , between City Manager )ne and members of the city relative to the mu t water situation, Mr. Ma lone laeft night submitted his res­ ignation a s city manager. Instead of acting on the resignation, the council held in abeyance until its meeting on the third Tuesday of th4 month. I In his letter of resignation, Mr. Malone'points ont that in his opinion the water situation is one of the most important which now confronts the city, and that there must be united team-work if tiie water problem is to l>e solved properly. . Controversy Marts The controversy started some weeks ago, it is understood, when City Manager Malone appointed an engineer to make a complete survey of the water possibilities. This engineer is now engaged In the work. Some o f the council members felt they should have been advised of the selection be­ fore any definite action wee tak­ Attorney G e n e r a l Rules en. Against Oregon in Re­ There have been other differ­ clamation Right ences o f opinion between Mr. Malone and the city council from time to time bad ell of these min­ WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 4. or controversies came to a head —-(U P )— Attorney General Sarg­ last nlgbt when Mr. Malone sub- ent ruled today that the secretary Wt the interior Is' net «bthpelled Whether or not the council will to expend appropriations made by accept it is problematical for the congress for the constrnCtioh o time being, i f they do decide to new reclamation projects unless accept the resignation it is he is certain of their feasibility thought more than likely that the The decision was rendered In city manager plan of govern­ connection with the proposed liew ment which was started about Bakr project in Oregon which four months ago will be discon Senators Stanfield and McNary tinued entirely as it Is operating and congressman Slnnott had con­ under an ordinance and not by a tended the secretary was compel) vote of the people. ed to bnild. lows: fol­ The Honorable Mayor and City Council, Ashland. Qr* Gentlemen: 4 ■ I herewith submit to you, , my resignation as City Manager of Ashland, and respectfully request that it be given your wdrthy and immediate consideration. I wish also at thia time to thank the mayor and each member of the Council, for their confidence and hearty support during my time in office. It has indeed been gratifying. I feel that I have given the plan as outlined in the ordinance, ear­ nest effort and proper attention. I also feel that the progress made daring the last few months, has Justified all expenditures. We, of course know, that if Ashland Is to progress, the City of Ashland must spend some money. Nothing worth while oaa be accomplished for nothing. Individual effort alone will never build Ashland. We must all believe, think and talk in terms of "WE”, then nothing can stop our progress. If-the Council desires that I contlnqe to handle the investiga­ tion plans and specifications of (Continued On Page Four) STANFIELD ASSERTS HE MAYJNTER RACE Junior Senator Prom Oregon Awaits Reports Prom This State WASHINGTON, D. C„ Ang. 4. — Senator Stanfield declared Monday he would give serious consideration to. entering the fall election contest If the grand Jury investigation showed irregular! ties In. the primary. He said that he had heard re­ ports from the Weet that he was thinking of running on a third ticket, bnt said that his actions would be gnjded by developments In Oregon. He said hat he would leaVe tor home Thursday. Bank RoÉbers in • Classy Plane Do Real Speedy Job TURLOCK, Calif, Aug. Something new In bank banditry was demonstrated at Crew’s land lag today whan three men raided the First National bank of «2500 and escaped by airplane. According to Sherifr Grant Ho- gin, the robbers locked two men in bank vanlts, looted cash draw era and then me|ored to the out­ skirts of the town where they J. A. Stokoe of Loa Angeles has lumped Into a watting plane and purchased the battery shop from flow away. ' Wl H. Sams at 38« Hast Main St­ and took charge of the plant to­ day. He will kdd new equipment and sffer a general hatary, starter, generator aad Ignition service. He c o a s t to Ashland with years of experience back of GENEVA, Swltseriand, Ang. 4 Los Angeles Man Will Locate Here Bulgarian King On Auto Junket him. King Boria of Bulgaria, who haa Mr. Sams cqntinnse as owner en in Swltseriand, incognito, aad manager of the Ashland Bi left Territet Tuesday for North- trie Supply company at «44 Bast n Swltseriand, driving hie own Mala Street. automobile. ’ > ■ HEALTH IS IMPROVED MONTANA Unlike Sir. Wilson and Mr. Hard» lag, He Seems to Thrive on Job Kansas Voters Repudiate K. K. K. in Its Choosing Party Nominees PAUL SMITH’S. N. t „ Ang. «. — (U P )— After three years Pres­ ident Calvin Coolidge is thriving hi the office that caused the un­ timely death o f his two predeces­ sors, Woodrow Wlson and Warren G. Harding. Further, he is thriving on the very aspects or the office that brought about their end. Their worries and actual labor of the job. Instead of discouraging his health, have fattened and cheered Mr. Coolidge, who rounded ont his third year in office last night. The President flourishes under mental ekrattii fTaklng recrea­ tion In work, he spends more time and energy In the executive office than has aqy other executive. /It Is not usual tor him to work ten hoars at his desk, and return af­ ter dinner to work several lou rs more The President's secretary, Ev­ erett Sanders, however, has not fired' so well On the eve of Mr. Coolidge's fourth year In offic-a, Sanders is in a Boston hospital under examination by specialists for intestinal disorders- Sanders has anffsred from abdominal com' plaints since last winter and his ill health had been obvious for several weekh. (By United Press) Late returns from the primary elections in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and' Montana forecast a klan triumph In Oklahoma, its repudiation in Kansas and a vlc- tory for the modlfledi wets in Missouri and Montana. Senator Charles Curtis and Charles Stephens, a democrat, were heralded as the primary win­ ners in Kansas. In Oklahoma, Henry S. John­ son, democrat, who was support­ ed by the klan, held a'lead in the gubernatorial fight, while Sena­ tor Harreld, republican, seemed assured of nomination. In Montana there was no pri­ mary election on for United States senator this year, but the wets were leading a majority of the state for congressional offices. WETS , WIN Veniremen Admit it Will Take Strong Proof to Convince Them S eattle , wash., Aug. 4.— (U P )— Because some of the pros­ pective jurors could not conceive a man killing his own daughter, the selection of a Jury In the trial of .Wallace Gaines, charged with murdering hla daughter, • Sylvia, will be delayed for another day. Several veniremen admitted It would require more proof to con­ vince them that the father killed his daughter than to convince them she was killed by a strang­ er. It is believed the Jury will be finally selected by tomorrow night and that the presentation of evidence by the prosecution can get under way. Despite the web of cirenmstan- tlai evidence In which he Is said to be entangled, the defendant continues to maintain his compo sure and Inststa that he will win full vindication before the trial is brongjit to a close. Player Who Brought Team up to Lead Prom Last Place Resigns WALT HUGHES NAMED Reorganisation of. Team Annouw- ced Today.. Mohler May Also Go “Redy Watts, who has captain» ed the Ashland baseball club since early In June and whose leader­ ship resulted in the team ascend­ ing from last place to the league leadership, resigned from the club yesterday and will not be seen again this year in an Ashland uni­ form. Whether or not Watts will sign up with one of the other teams la the league is not known although it is understood that one or more of the clubs are after his services. Team Dieaension Differences of opinion l>etween Captain Watts and several of the directors le d . to the dissension whlc hreenlted la Watts turning, In his uniform and severing his connection with the club. It also was reported today that This is Mrs. Charles A, Taylor of Los Angeles, whose Sonny Mohler, southpaw pitcher? husband has sued her for divorce, charging, among other Plan to Include Diamond will leave the club within the things, that she perched is the lap of Red Grange and next tow. days. According to re­ Lake in Orator Lake ports today both Medford and kissed him. Taylor added that he blamed*Grange not at Causes Wrangle Klamath Falls are, hot after the all, as the famous football star didn’t have a chance to servicea of both players and if KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug. dodge. Mrs. Taylor denies the charges. 4.— (U P )—Considerable feeling Mjphler la given hla release before is evidenced here today as the re­ Sunday he probably will be seen Benjamin McGinnis Dies of sult of a rumor that the presi­ in the game with Watts on either injuries Sustained on dent’s special coordination com­ of the cluhe next Sunday. Saturday The Davis Episode mittee will recommend that Dia­ mond Lake be Included In Crater' The thing which, brought about LA GRANDE, Ore., Aug. 4.—. Lake national park. At a meet­ the open break between Watts Benjamin «McGinnis of Wallowa ing of the committee here last TO VISIT PLYMOUTH and the club directors was his re­ PAUL SMITH’S, Mew Peek. Granp c l Mudeaa Bankern OUv Uouneil Will Have died at WaUowa yesterday after­ night, Stephen Mather, director of moval of Emory Davis from the Urged New Laws be n Springs Oleitted 0 « to noon of injuries received in an nattona’ parka, Unshod With A 1». mound of a weak ago Sunday. Da­ Aug. .4,— (U P j—Paeideab Cool antomobllewreck Saturday night Averill, state game warden, who vis at the time was hurling a idge left today for a visit of a few •suspended Suspended at Once Increase Supply a mile east or Mlnam, on the La opposed the transfer. No action good brand of hall, bnt his infield. dags at his boyhood .home .’in Grande-Wallowa Lake highway. was taken. The committee meets Plymouth. He was accompanied MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4.— (UP) support was ragged Watte waved An experiment to determine McGinnis and two other men were at Diamond Lake Thursday and1 him to the bench and put In. by the nsnal staff of attaches and Pointing ont that heavy bank whether or not more water might newspapermen. withdrawals occurring In the re­ he procured from the present returning, home from a dance at Medford Friday. Mohler, hoping that a change in ligions situation and expressing source providing some of the when something hspened to one pitchers would brace up the in­ belief that conditions will become springs were cleaned up will be of the wheels preventing control field; serious if it continues, a group of tried by the city under authority of the car, which plunged off the Davis not only left the field but Mexican bankers ealled on Sec­ granted by the the council last grade, McGinnis’ head was crush also left the park and announced retary of Finance Alberto J. Pant night. The sum of «100 was ap­ ed and he failed to regain con he would not play another game today, offering to mediate in the propriated with which to carry sctouiness before death. under Captain Watt* With Watts The other two men were unin­ religious issue. They proposed on this work merely as an ex­ now ont as captain of the local jured. i the suspension of the present re­ club It la understood that Davie Alleged Rum Runners Slain ligious laws until the controver­ periment. ’• If it succeeds it is College Students to Give up will be hack In an Ashland uni­ possible that other springs will in Lobby of a Down Old Custom Because of form next 8unday. sy could be straightened out undergo the same treatment. Town Hotel Dangers New Infield A couple of well diggers in­ formed the council that they LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4. — (LP) With 8tan Ptllette Jut of the CLAREMONT, Cal., Aug. 4.— could locate well sites with a wil­ - Victims of a spectacular attack (IP) —- Another college tradition game for at least a week. Ashland low wand and offered t<> dig a by three gangsters, two men iden­ faces extinction. Cordugpy trous­ will present an entirely new In­ well which would give the city tified as Harry Schwarts and ers worn by upperclassmen are field when It faces Medford at Officials Show 1000 gallons per minute at a cost, Treasury Harry Moran, alleged rum run Sunday. Raj| doomed, according to announce­ Medford next of «8000. No action was taken Government Debt is Be­ ment from the laboratory at Po­ O'Brien will he on first basei ners, were shot and killed in the ing Reduced lobby of a downtown hotel to­ School Child Trapped in although some members thought Charley Curran on second base, mona college. this xnig.it Id posslb e. day. The men were standing in Planting Dwelling; Others Duke Marlow at shortstop and Examination in the college lab­ WASHINGTON, D. C„ Ang. 4 The resignation of G M Frost the hotel lobby 'when the gang — (IP) — Now tax reductions oratory revealed that the average Winters, the new pitcher, on third* Rfloape 4« police Judge was submiu-d sters entered, emptied their re­ which may possibly be inaugurnt- pair of dirty coflege “cords” har­ base. Thia infield worked ont to­ Mayc» Johnson and ac- volvers at them and then fled be­ LEWISTON.'Mon., Ang. 4 - through . e i before the next presidential bors 20,000 bacteria to the square gether for the first time last fore they could be caught by the Fourteen-yrer-Old Doris Carroll C*pted by the COUDCfl Mrs Rosa election were forecast when trees- inch, or some 30,000,000 germs to night and was reported to have of Cat Creek, M ont, was burned P#tlt rM‘w ed “ caretaKer <* th« ury experts made public figures the garment. «trailed bystanders. displayed a good brand of ball. , to death in a tire that destroyed ; c,tjr dump