•r— yAEAttTA GERMS Cannot survive three months iu the rich osone at Ashland. Pore domestic water helps. ASHE £ CLIMATE Without th< z of medicine cure nine oases of ten of asthma. : This is a f • o c £ ® n fact. T/te Ttdmi* Has Been Ashland's Leading Newspaper For Nearly Fifty , wim service) ▼OL. ZUX Sa« tv to ta* it-Weekiy Tiding«, Volume 41 ASHLAND, OREGON, R A IN SPOILS SOUTHERN OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL IS BALL CONTEST GIVEN RECOGNITION WITH MEDFORD Game Called in Middle of , Third Inning With Lo­ cals Abated s Become« Accredited Institu­ tion for State of California J. A. Churchill, president of thie Southern Oregon state normal school, today received notice from BIG CROWD ATTENDS the California Commission of Cre­ dentials that the new Ashland More Than 1200 Persons school is now on th » Ils t of accred­ Brave Stormy Weather ited schools in tl^e sister state to —To Play Sunday the south. The fallowing letter received by him this morning Is self-explana­ A «trenching rein gave Mod- tory: ford’« baseball club a temporary August 20, 1926 respite at the fa ir grounds yes­ terday when the umpire called th e J. A. Churchill, President South­ ern Oregon Normal School, Ash­ game In the middle of the third land, Ore. Inning, w ith Ashland leading and My Dear M r. Churchill; almost certain defegt staring the We have made a careful study Pear Pickers in the face. of your bulletin and have also The score stood 4 to S fbr Ash­ received the letter from the De­ land when the steady drlssie de­ partment of Education of the veloped into a steady downpour State of Oregon stating that your which sent players and fans alike normal school is fully accredited scurrying for shelter. according to the standards of the The postponed game probably State Department of Education, w ill be played o ff next Sunday and that graduates are admitted to at the fa ir grounds. Directors of certification In Oregoiuaipon the the two clubs w ill meet at Med­ samp basis as that accorded to' ford tomorrow night to make a graduates of any standard normal definite decision. Rain checks gchool In the United States. were Issued to all cash customers In view o ftb ls the Commission yesterday and these w ill be hon­ of Crelentlals is pleased to ad­ ored when the postponed game Is vise that graduates of the South­ played. ern Oregon Normal School w ill Glen W inters took the firin g be eligible for the state board ele­ line for the local players, and mentary credentials In California a fter g ettin g -o ff to a bad start upon the completion of an addi­ in the opening canto, he settled tional half year of college work. down In this next two frames and As you doubtless know, the stan­ was making the heavy hitters dard in California is a two and from Medford eat out o f I t s hand. one-half year course at the pres­ Medford scored a pair of runs In ent time. Yon w ill find the re­ the first inning on three hits and quirements for the general ele­ a M t of looap fielding, due to the mentary credentials In California muddy condition of the Infield. outlined In detail In the enclosed bulletin 10 -EL In the eeeond inning W inters whiffed two Medford batters and in the third, struck out three op­ posing batsmen. - He was Just hitting bis stride and showing a choice selection of hooks which were destined to hold Medford safe throughout. ^Very truly /ours. COMMISSION OF CREDEN­ TIALS, • By Evelyn A. Clement. IL Blumenstein started the chuck­ ing for the Pear Pickers and went through the opening frame un- scatched so fa r as runs were con­ Screen Notables Among the cerned. But in the second frame, Throng Paying Parting the local batsmen started hitting Tribute to Star and before M r. Blumenstein knew What it was a ll about, four runs N E W YO R K C IT Y , Aug. 30. — had been chased across the home (U P ) — Farewell was said today reserve, w ith five real hits con­ to Rudolph Valentino. tributing to his downfall. W hile thousands gathered In W ith two out and one on base, the streets the body was*curried Foley relieved Blumenstein and through New Y o rk’s theatrical retired the side without further district to the church of St. M al­ damage. The locals blanked Med­ achi and there, while thousands ford in the third and had Just wept, priests intoned prayers for started what looked like a genu­ his sonl. ine bombardment against Foley, The body then returned to the w ith O’Brien hitting .safely gold room of the funeral chapel through second when the umpire j where it will await the coming of decided he had enough dampness Vskentlno’s brother, and then will for one day and called a h alt to be sent to Hollywood to be burled furth er hostilities. among the other great of the mo­ Brave Storm Clouds tion picture world. Uncounted thousands view the cortage as It moved down Broad­ way. Mary Plckford. Pola Negri. Constance and Norma Talmadge, Douglas Fairbanks and othor noted screen artists attended the funeral «enrices Approximately MOO persons braved the storm clouds and rain to witness the epic clash between the two baseball clubs, and with fa ir weather prevailing next Sun­ day It is believed all attendance records for thia part of the state w ill he broken. The Grants Pass-Klamath Falls game was postponed because of ruin and w ill be played off next Sunday. Many Klamath and Grants Pass fans rushed to the valley to gee the Medford-Ashland TACOMA, Wash. Aug. 30. game and most of them were pull­ Slipping from a freight train upon ing fo r the locals to cop. which he was trying to steal a ride to Portland. Edward Leydon, 20, laborer of Ruston,' lost two legs In the railroad yards hero last night and died in a hospital yesterday. Laborer Killed Beneath Wheels Governor Pierce Here Over Night Oovernor Walter M. Pierce Was In Ashland last night and this morning and left before boon for Klamath Falls, where he Is sched­ uled to address ther annual con- vwntiott of the Oregon State Fed­ eration of Labor this afternoon. The governor la npw busy with his campaign and will look over his political fences while in the Klamath country todky. He will return td Ashland tonight end take a night train heck to Salem. Driver of Horse Fined for Speed N EW YO RK, Aug. SO. — When a magistrat« fined Jacob Nein- stain .for speeding he asserted, “Street* of the city are not built for such exhibition as you gave. W e have race tracks for speed­ ing.” Nelnsteln had been driving • hone. 306 IN DAY, AUGUST 30, 192fi BIG SQUAD OFiffiMlHirs TAiLOR ASKS Wins Airplane Reliability Tour MARINES LAND AT N1CARAIIGUA Federal Game Warden in Klamath to Invetigate New Epidemie Lives and Property of Amer­ icans To Be Protected By Soldiers FRESH WATER NEEDED Alkali Not Responsible, Is Claim; New District Is Affected LLi K L A M A T H FALLS, Ore., Aug. 30. — Duck epidemic which wiped out thousands of game birds in Tule lake last year, has reap­ W alter Beech (rig h t) la the Jtlbter of the Ford Reliability Tour for peared not only in Tule lake but In commercial type airplanes, which took a score of mahclnes over thousands o f miles o f country ^without A serious mishap. He is flooded lands of Poe Valley. shown receiving congratulations from Louis Meister of Detroit, who Pat Daley, field investigator of took aeoud place. tbe state game commission, report­ ed today that ducks were dying, apparently from the same cause as In Tule lake last year. 28 Carcasses “ I counted 28 duck carcasses along the edge of the lake,” he said. “ Buzzards were In evidence. Indicating that they too, had learned of the deaths in Tule lake. George Tonkl, Uited States Game Warden from Sdcramento, arrived in Klamath Falls Saturday for the purpose of Investigating the duck epidemic, which accord­ ing to reports received at his.of-’ flee in Sacramento, had broken out again in Tule lake, Modoc County, California. M r. Tonkl spent several weeks In Klamath last fall investigating the duck GOLD BEACH E D IK ASHLAND GIRLS TO ■ . VISITS IN ASHLAND TEACH IN HONOLULU W. E. Hassler Visits Friends The Misses Silver and Mar­ guerite Hammond To < Here on Short Vaca­ Sail Tuesday tion Trip M I S BEAM BY German Swimmer Breasts English Ohahnel in Record Time APPROVAL OF STREET BONDS Chairman of City . Finance DOVER, Eng., Aug, 30 (U. P.) Committee Explains — Ernest Vlerkotter, German, to­ Special Election day broke Gertrude Ederle's rec­ MORE TROUBLE LOOMS ord' for swimming the English FUNDS BADLY NEEDED ... ■ » channel. He landed at Langdon '» League of Nations Question Stairs, near Dover, at *2:17 this Improvement Work 1« Es­ Arises in Settlement afternoon. sential Before Winter I Yierkotter’s time was 12 hour» of Dispute .» Months Set In and 41 minutes o,r one hour and 49 minutes less than the record Reasons why he believes the W ASHINGTON. Aug.' 30. — made by Gertrude Ederle. Vler­ people should vote for the 35000 (U P ) — Affairs of Nicaragua. kotter was accompanied by a tug. Central America trouble center for years, sprang Into new promlnenco Saturday night with landing of 200 American bine Jackets at Bhieflqlds to protect American lives and property, and a Nlcara guan protest to the League of Na tions that Mexico had violated neutrality rules by aiding a rebel­ lion against the Chamorro de facto government. The covenamt of the league and the Monroe doctrine w ill prevent any league action. It is believed. , For Publicity bond issue for the street fund at NEW YORK CITE, Aug. 30 (U. P .l—Gertrude Ederle today chal­ lenged Ernest Vlerkotter to rac© her across the English channel next summer. Dudley Field, her manager, announced ho had sent the following cable to Vierkot- ter: • “Congratulations on great chan­ nel swim. I hope I can race you across channel next summer to bring record, back to my sex. Good luck." the special election Wednesday are advanced by Councilman 8. D. Taylor, chairman of the finance committee, in a signed statement to The Tidlngh today. The council, by unanimous vote, authorized the special election which will be necessary If the streets are to be put In proper condition. M r, Taylor’s Inter­ view, In which he asks for favor­ able action by the voters, follows: “ Many tax payers apparently do Observers assert that Nicara­ not understand why the council gua’s protest was made for pub­ found It necessary to call a spe­ Misses Kathleen and Isabelle licity purposes. The United States W . E. Haaaler. editor and pub­ cial election for the purpose of lisher of the Gold Beach Report­ Silver, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. 11.1 remain neutral both as to issuing bonds to take care of the er In Curry county, waa a visitor H arry Silver, left yesterday for I the revolution and as to the aid expenses ot the street department In Ashland over the • week-end San Francisco, where, with, Mbs I reported to have been given the w ith Mrs. Hassler and d aughter.' Marguerite Hammond, also of this I revolters by Mexicans. This gov and it Is my desire to present H e is taking a well earned vaeo-' city, they w ill sail at 2:30 to- eminent does not recognize the Grand Jury Will Take Over the matter to our citizens through Investigation Within tlon after publishing a progress morrow afternoon for Hawaii. The Chamorro government which gain­ your paper. In this day when peo­ Three Weeks number of hie Interesting and p op-! three young women w ill teach in ed power In a revolution over ple are demanding every modern h la r paper laat week. The Re- a private Episcopal girls’ school night, Improvement, and cities, counties {(ot being a member of SOMERVILLE, N. J., Aug. 30. and states are endeavoring to porter is the only newspaper pub- In Honolulu this winter. Miss the league, It is not likely the lished In Curry county and coir j Hammond Is a daughter of hev. league even will take up wjt.h this — W ith W illie Stevens and Henry keep pace with their neighbors, era the entire county field. | a n d T f is 7 K K . Hammond o f t W country the protest against Mex­ de ta Bruyere Carpentier refused every tax handling body finds it Tonkin Puzzled Trin ity Episcopal church. Miss ico and in view of the Monroe hall. Alexander Simpson, special almost«1mpossible to stretch the " I can’t say what th^ trou b le Is Hammond left for San Francisco doctrine, it is not likely to take prosecutor, today said he expect­ funde at their command suffi­ Friday. for I don’t know,” he said today ed to present the famous H all- ciently to cover the demands. Your the matter up with Mexico, “ I ’m here to And out if possible Miss Isabelle Silver, for the pah Mills murder case to a grand Jury city government la no exception Land at Bluflclds In about three weeks. >y Analysis of.carcasses and By two years had beeki a'reporter for to the rule, and so, rather than In­ The marines and sailers wore th e ’ D ally Tlfflngs Until she fe Simpson Is confident hie evl observation. cur indebtedness for our «acces­ landed at Blueflelds from the dence will warrant Indictment of signed two weeks ago. The Silver "They say that it is a case of sors to wrestle with, or spend gunboat Galveston at the. Atlantic Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, her girls were accompanied to San alkali water, but I doubt If that Is money now and later ask the d tl- “ Ma” Ferguson Beaten By port of Nicaragua after Nicara­ half-witted brother Francisco by their father. W illie and the case in Tnle lake, as repeated guan authorities were reported un­ her cousin, Carpender, on charges sena to authorise this expenditure, More Than Two to One analysts has disclosed that there Is able to guarantee safety of Amer­ of slaying the Rev. Edward W. we are asking for money to take ' in Primary 'not enough alkali in the water ican life and property, according Hall hnd Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills care of the necessary street im­ to produce that effect. Dr. Snyder DAI-LAS, Texas, Aug. 80. — provements now. e to reports to the state department. when he was here Investigating (U P ) — Tabulation of returns in N o tin g has been heard from Starved for Funds the problem last year contended the Texas run-off prim ary are ex­ • the gunboat Tulsa sent to the Because of the fact that they that It was a case of fowl cholera. pected to show a further Increase Pacific coast port, Corlnto, on a apparently produced no revenue, Fresh W ater Needed In Dan Moody’s lead over Mrs. similar mission. the street and fire departments " I have felt all along that if M iriam A. Ferguson for the dem­ Week-end Toll Heavier Than Accumulating troubles In Latin have always h y n starved for Last Week, Reports the America directly ' affecting the some means were devised to fresh­ ocratic nomination. W ith funds to properly carry on their Indicate United States, were being studlnd en up that water In Tule lake count almost complete Moody had work, yet without them their Im­ by state officials here tonight and Manslaughter Charge Filed by letting In a .head of water 469,182 w ith Mfh. Ferguson tra il­ portance would be realised. Last Against Ermil that the situation could be recti­ ing far behind w ith 274,100 votes. 8AN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. may bring about erabarraslng de­ spring, because ot the demand, Baiai) asen fied. Of course it Is impracticable 30. — (U P ) — Tragic death took velopments. for better streets, the council W ith Mexico delaying answer­ because of farming Interests there various forms claiming 18 lives C LEVELAN D , O„ Aug, 30. — transferred some 33,000 from the United States protest over the week-end on the Pacific ing the but I don’t see any other way to Erm il Balanascu, young medical general fund for the purchase of get results. I t has been proven coast. Eight persons were killed against alien laws and Catholics student, has been named In a war­ a new grader and other needed that when the sick ducks are In automobile crashes. Accidental attending the non-intervention in rant charging manslaughter. In equipment for the street depart­ the Mexican religious contest, the placed In fresh water they re­ deaths while hunting claimed two Nlcaragiian" revôlut?onârv"7ctlènn I conn® ^’on W‘‘ h the death of h,s ment and we believe all the eltl- cover In a short time. persons. Four persons were sweetheart, Dorothy K irk, who sens are agreed that this was drowned. Twelve of the deaths are endangering citizens and new1 died after taking “love pills” “ Perhaps If they could drain money well spent and that the efforts are required to mediate were In California. the seepage water Into another supplied by the youth. streets are better cared for than O LY M P IA . Wash., Aug. 30. — Oregon deaths 4rere: Independ­ the bitter Chllean-Pruvlan dispute sump and allow the present Inun­ The warrant was sworn out they ever were before. In doing The K ing la dead. e n c e — Philip Lammermler, 28 over Tacna-Arlca provinces. dated section to dry up, the sit Friday. j this work.however, there ba« been But he happened to be king of portlaid,* d r o ^ T T in lh e W il nation would be aided. The coroner's opinion was that a deficiency incurred fa the street C harlesM cM lllon of Handle, who lBmette rIver R n n k o r fi F /d ln w To Remain Here Miss K irk's death was the result fund of 11.300 and the fiscal year reported to biological survey of- Dallas _ Jack Brown „ Qf H a n k e r » P O llO W “However, that is all specu­ fleers here that he had trapped 8gn Monlca Cal drowned. of an overdoes of aphrodisiacs. is only one half gone. Then,’ Balanescu admitted giving his upon the demand of the people, lation. I shall, be here for ten the huge cinnamon bear which) • .____________ sweetheart "love potions to make extensive sidewalk Improvements days or two weeks closely Investi­ Is declared to have taken toll of t j -. v were made In the eastern part of gating the matter. A pen w ill be about 300 sheep annually on tbe x l l ^ I l 1 T1CC 1 5 e e r eth city, these being charged to constructed and sick ducks will south side of R ainier National the adjoining property, but the be placed therein for observation. Park for several years. city charter provides that a ll Whatever can be done feasibly and s The bear weighed 1800 pounds,' NASHU, Mo., Aug. 30.— (UP) cross walks shall ba paid for by practically to remedy the situation McMIUon reported. , — W hile the cashier, the presi­ the city, which means there la on Tule lake will be done. dent and the Janitor of the Nardin 31800 more to be taken care of. “Game, authorities are deter­ state bank followed the fire wae- A considerable asm w ill be nec­ SALEM, Ore., Aug. 30.— There on to a school house fire which mined to correct the epidemic that essary to put the streets where la no sentiment to speak of In he had started, a bandit today has claimed so many thousands of KANSAS C ITY, Mo., Aug. 30. these Improvements were made In England for prohibition, but the entered the bank and stole sev­ birds not only in Tule lake but — Mrs. C. A. Morton, 19, who is condition for winter travel and —< ■ ». * | high price of beer is drying the eral hundred dollars. other sections also. W e had the the only lady paper hanger in while thia may also he assessed D r. Fred C. Ayer of the School country, according to John W. same problem last year at Grid- Nashn which is about 20 miles ley. California. The problem was of Education o f the University o f Collins, here for a London firm from Kansas City hat a population Kansas City and lwlleved to be to the adjoining property the one of few In the entire country, conncil feala that thia ahonld he solved when we flooded the affect­ Washington, visited the Southern o f hop dealers. of only several hundred and a Oregon state normal school to­ ” 8lnce the war the price of beer ed section of water with a head fire here la an event. The bandit says she achieved success with borne by the entire city ns the the paste brush after proving to streets are used by nil and IS« of fresh water. In a short time day. Dr. Ayer hps been conduct­ has advanced numerous times tin- escaped In a battered flivver. herself that, as a housewife, she burden ot the property owners evidence of the epidemic disap­ ing classes at Stanford University tlleit no longer Is the poor man’s was a "dub.” during the summer. d rin k,” said Colllngs. “Thy bever­ peared.” la large enough In that district. "Nothing depressed me more W hile here he conferred with age has been placed above the " I believe that we are all proud than a pile of dirty dishes,” de­ Walter B, Redfield and A rthur* reach of the masses of the Improvement that has been clares Mrs. Morton w ho was mar­ 8. Taylor of the normal school • ------------------- made In that part of town, that ried at 16. "And I couldn’t boll faculty, who formerly were stu. • THE WEATHER water without burning it. al- we all believe it necessary and dents nnder him and who are that whan the voters understand i though I honestly tried.” now connected w ith the local Oregon — F air In Interior and why we are asking tor this money Prof. A. C. Strange of the nor­ school. Dr. Ayer expressed him- cloudy along the coast tonight they will vote the snm we nah for mal school gave an Instructive self m i being well pleased with and Tuesday. W armer In the In- John' Arnold, a farm er resid­ w illingly,' though perhaps not talk on education at the Presby terlor Tuesday. Gentle winds. ing at Eagle Mills, waa seriously the normal sehool her«. gladly. In any case these Improve­ terlan church yesterday. He oc­ injured this morning when an ments must be paid for an wall cupied the pulpit In the aheenco atito strnck a buggy In which he of the pastor, Rev. tough Mlthel- as those In other parts o f the city was riding. The accident occur­ more, who la now w ith his fam­ and I f these bonds' are not author^ red about a mile north of the PORTLAND, Ore., Ang. 30 (U. land, It w ill be ily on a vacation trip to Crescent J. 7 WhUa yotf are a guaat in our city, be oeruin to vlialt Llthla city. Mr. Arnold was taken to P .)— Gus Anderson, a longshore­ part of the eoat to City. Prof. Strange spoke on the a playground o i many noma, with the main entrance his home where be la under the relation of tho public schools and man, was killed today when he party and borrotr at the Plaaa, where Nktura’a dnepeat beauties are found care of a physician. Authorities along the walks that lead yon through the forest border­ educational Institutions to tho fell from a hatch to tha bottom the balance nt did hot learn the name of the ing on Ashland creak. church. A special solo waa given of the hold of the Swedish mot- Interest than tho autoist who struck him. by Mrs. Vivian Woodalde. orship Sinn. ry .” HALL - MILLS PROBE DAN MOODY'S LEAD - B 6BDWING H B O i MEEURAGIC DEATH tore pm S M I 10 BE PR0SECU1EB Cinnamon Bear; King Killer of Sheep Is Trapped Fire Wagon and Bank Is Robbed her ,ove me n,ore ” In London Drys Up Entire City Woman Prefers to Do Man’s Work; Is Dud As Housewife Washington Man Visits in City Nonnal Teacher Talks at Church John Arnold Is Seriously Hurt Longshoreman In Portland Killed VISIT LITHIA PARK ■ >