r
5 MALARIA rim ali«
Cbmnot survive three ifaonths m
tfo rifih < mum at Ashland, Pure
domestic water help«.
W Has Bee* Ashland's
ASHLAND CUM AT»-
Without the use /'*^»dioine ci
uwe o a e e so u t/ /
of asfc
This is a prove $
J» ff
newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years
ASHLAND, OREGON, jPtlDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1926
Freight from Portland Con
tains ul Oars Over .
Natron Boute
Races at Jackson County
Pair This Tear Held
. Best in History
Suspects Charged With Kill
ing Canton Editor By
Grand Jury *
PROBE M UNDER WAY
PURSES ARE
FUGITIVE
Trio Have Liquor fax t o *
. seesjcn; Reoord of Men
Is Being Sought
Pour Days of Racing Are
, Planned—Track Will
Be Past One
Traffic Officers South .
of Ashland
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'0
LARGER
I here—Marjorie- and Sonny,
I ha« been done under the ,
A number of locally owned horses . U m p h al SWMn ai>r088 th el
have been working out on th e !
h e r by boat.'
Wet Gaa” Believed To Be
0 « u e of Death of Two
Drillers
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16
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AMARILL. T e£, Sept. 3. —
"Wet gia “ a poison dMngerdus In
oil fields. Is believed to haVe
caused the death of W. D. Hawk,
. A-
house-to-house
salesman
pSdSllpg spurieue likens has been
bilking Medford housewives and la
headed toward Ashland, accord
ing tq^ a totophooe report today
fo Chief of PoHCu McNabb from
Medford police. > - -
The report stated the enJesmSn
would show a good grade of linen
pieces and collect a deposit on U s
ordsf* When the stuff arrives
later it is of Inferior quality. It is'
claimed. *
Chief MeNahb urges that Ash
land residents take warning So
they will not be duped by the
wlley salesman.
Mexico Does Not
. Ask for Any Aid
MEXICO CITY, Sept. I.
(U
"Foreign auggeetlohe. gre
uhneceseary", In the Oftttohtlqn
ehd enforcement nt Koktoaa U «n.
President Callee assorted Wbdttoe-
day ih an address opening ihh
Sind smeton of th e Mexican ebh-
Referring to the t
troveraary. the presi
ed the government’s
City
! feSsy»,, frpm
bodies were
^editor of a
’’e'well, near
Judge Pays ftent n
Pioneer Jacksqn
; Resident Pátees
L. M. Rhode», pioneer JaCkSes tt
oounty resident, died today hl Ito tt
home on Ashland crank follew- tt
lag an ijlneea of eome tiO«. He tt
waa . ?« rears qf age.
«
The fonerai 1H11 bo hoi« from tt
BtQCb’o chOpal s t 8:80 o'clock fo-
mortow afrernooa. with burial l»*tt
•than »' eetoriery on Wagner ¡3»
Cfoak. -,
<s
«
to Help Prisoner
BROOKLYN, Sept. 3.
Mrs. Terrence
MqOownn pleaded wjth
Magistrate Golden not to
■end her husband to Jail
ter drunkeaneee because
pay the req t th e judge Ih-
•toted
upon
McGowan
edrvtog 10 day» in the
workhouse. “Here’s your
r e it,“ nnld the magistrate,
handing Mrs. McGowan
111.
<
»
£wa»
U M tN
Councilman Explain
Ashland’* Probtom ’
at Loach 3 ,
|
Philadelphia Police Arrest
Lester Price for a
$20,000 Theft
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 3.
■ (UP) — Charged with the
theft of 348,000 worth of Jewels
and securities from the residents
of Cardinal Dougherty, bishop of
Philadelphia, Lester Price, 21.
was being held without bell to
day.
He was arrested by de
tectives late yesterday.
Price is said to have made a
complete confession to police.
Hltchell Novak, who waa detain
ed aa a suspected accomplice, has
been released under 8500 ball.
Novak Is said to have attempted
to dispose of the securities.
™
A thorough and Instructive
w . P. Walter, the newly i
discussion of Ashland’s water, pointed secretary of the Aehla
. problem was held by members T? m . C. A. arrived In the c
of the Kiwanis club at their reg- Inst evening and is getting rea
ular weekly luncheon today noon to take charge oft he work h<
at the Lithla Springs hotel. ■■
for the coming year. Mr. Wall
8. D. Taylor, Dr. R. L. Burdie comes from Eugene and w
I and 8. 4 . Peters, all members of handle the Y. M. C. A. work
, the council, discussed various foil
, phases of the water situation and
A meeting of the assorfath
■ told of the vttal need for exten- directors will be held early ne
sions and Improvements. .
week> Bt whlch time lt
Mpe<
The work which has already ed. complete and definite plai
been done along preliminary lines for the work will be outlined,
was explained. The councllmen
Mr, Walter has taken a hom
told of Ihe esveral poasthle altos at the corner of Scenic Drive ar
for a storage dam In Ashland Nursery street and will return '
-creek canyon and tho work pf the Eugene next week to bring h
engineers in seeking a suitable family to Ashland,
location.
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Vets Encampment
Planned Next Week .n X X ; 'S .X ,‘h:„"X! BeUview School
son hl.ll, the extensions and lm-
privem ent, to the distribution
A large number of Ashland Civil
war veterans and members df the
Women's Relief Corps, as well as
Spanish war veto and auxiliary
members are planning to attend'
the four-day encampment which
will be held at Rogue River, be
ginning next Monday and con
tinuing through until Thursday
evening. A complete and inter
esting program has been pre
pared.
Body Shipped for
Burial in' Ashland
tt
The body of Mrs. A. B. Band
it arson, who died this week at
It j Corhing, Cal., will be shipped to
tt Ashland, whore funeral services
fr .will be held 8unday. Notice of
tt the shipment of the body was re-
tt celved today by J. P. Dodge and
It, Sons, funeral directors.
H
It to admitted; that «thafieM ¡m.
stronger now than- "tnrfgff the
May primary when h e ran second
trncto for several weeks. The ‘
r ‘ " 1
managemrnt will spend consider- l/ltilA |U A < l< ^ I I M T I I ' ' -‘l
a
It Is Conceded that
PORTLAND. Ore., Sqpt. 3 (U.
Strength Is Better Than
P .)— Jerry Moran, 59. and Hen
in Primaries
ry Cannon, 26, were
arrested
here yesterday afternoon and are LAND GRANT IS HELP
■■-..I I ■
being held for federal authori
ties oil a -charge of impersonating How Will He Measure Up
federal officers. ’
With Haney Is Ques
The arrest comes as an after
tion in State Politics
math of their alleged attempt to
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. S. —
bilk bribe money from John Som-
merville. They attended a par- (U P )' —■ The last step toward
In the middle of It declared all completing his re try as aa in
ware under arrest. They later of dependent candidate waa taken
fered to let Sommervllle off for by Senator Stanfield when he was
1160. Bommervllle reported the nominated at a mam meeting here
affair to the police and the ar I last night. The meeting was o e
ganised aa a nominating conven
rest of the pair followed
CANTON, O.. Sept. 3.— (U P)
— Three men were indicted for
first degree murder today by the
Stark county grand Jury follow
ing a thorough probe of the Don
R. Mellett assassination.
The men are Patrick McDer
mott, a fugitive who has since
tion, and seleNed Stanfield as a
disappeared from Cleveland fol
senatorial lEaiMidate to campaign
lowing the murder; Ben Rudner,
under (he slogan: “ Freedom from
Massillon
bootlegger, who was
Dictatorship.’’
,. ; . ,
arrested thia morning, and Louis
Maser, reputed underworld lead
er of Canton. Maser In held la
jail at Cleveland.
Mellett, a vigoroua, young news
paper editor, was shot and killed
at Ms home here shortly after
midnight of July 18 when he Federal Sleuths Find B ig
was putting his automobile in the
Traffic in Drug*;
garage. As editor of the Canton
Police Aid
News he had been waging a vig
orous fight on graft and vice con
KLAMATH PALL8, Sept. 3 —j , “Whet W|ll Bob do»“ That has
ditions.
Bight men and women, alleged be®h the all* engaging question
dope peddlers and addicts, are un- tor several) tweaks, hut Senator
der arrest here as the result of Robert N. Stanfield has answer-
several days’ activity on. the p a n : *d 1» tones that cannot be mls-
of two federal narcotic agents, B. taken. If possible he is going to
M. Jackson and Lon McIntosh,! blast the hopes of Frederick
who brought several days’ work Stefwer, regular republican nom-
Rj this city to a head Wedtoesday !«••. His entry a» an indepead-
night with a raid on the Commer- «nt candidate fo^ the United
clal street establishment of Wong States senate left no doubt of
Kay, Chinese.
that.
With the aid of local police.
The question which today was
the federal agents here been causing O. O. P. chleftians tq
making, arrests since last Satnr- deepen crows* feet, wrinkles was
“what w i u ^ y q t e r s do»"
,a A « W io aqy igna'q gne^a.
’ era cities many miles closer to
r Klamath Falls. L&cal passenger
• service between. Klamath Falls
1 and Eugepe is to be inaugurated
noon, sn<J sometime this fall it
' is expected that through passeng
er service will start.
With the increased freight pes-
’ Mge through this city, the popu
lation of Klamath Falls gets an
other boost. About 7« trainmen,
engineers and
firemen were
brought here from Dunsmuir yes
terday. and will establish per-*
Wednesday, September IS
O m M the ruga to a ’heautlfui mnneat headquarters, working 2:17 Pace. 3 heats. Purse, 8500
2:24 Trot, 3 heats. Parse. 2400
large polar bngr hide. , Another e«t of the loenl terminal.
to « JCodlak bear, another g per-
In addition to this number, Running Races, Overnight entries.
f c e t ì i , marked Jeopard, 4«d the •hfht additional office' clerks and
Thursday, September 18
toot M W * 0 t , M r * 4 » > > «< three call boys, w^re puj into ser- 2:14 Trot, 3 ‘ heats, Purse 21000
Tte* *t the local depot. As fast Free-for-all Pace, 3 in 6.— 3600
as places can he foatad for them, Running Rates, Overnight entries.
ether crews and railroad men
will be bronghrhere from differ
ent points along the line, nntJl
* total df approximately 200 have Running Races, Overnight entries.
O n c e again a WOtnan hai
established themuelves in. £lam -
Hatonday, Hr*ar—hn ig
and done it in faster time tl
affc Pbfis, tt -Fae euied. " “ " 2 :t s Paoe, s heats. Pur«« iioo.i The second vietotf )8 Mrs.
The first through freight train 2:10 Trot. 3 in s, Parse 3«oo «ional swiinnier of Danish
Skn Francisco arrived here
¡',nd
>» •
early yesterday morning, and
altar changing crews, continued been set aside by the fair mam. i a P ° G n s Nea» France, to
agement, to be split among th « Hites over 15 hours—or less
Ifo northward Journey.
wla e l n i r k e f nhss n i s .-- Euttlae far! JSdOrlff*g rfteo n l. Her feat i
the horse races must be sent in ' that «he ¡8 the mother of
Bufoka offictoto
SOUGHT
Two Alleged Slayers Now
Held in Jail; Probe
Comes to End
The beet harness racing card
ever offered the fane of this sec
tion will be one of the many fea-
turea on the program of the com
ing Jackson ‘County Fair, Med
ford, September 15 to 18.
The complete card, aa announc
ed today by Secretary Brown,
calls for four days of racing, Wed
nesday, Thursday, Friday and.Sat
urday. the 15, 1«, 17 and 18th of
September, respectively. It Is a
well balanced card, and with a
record > breaking number of en
tries assured, should produce the
keenest racing in years.
The complete card:
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i.
IS
Portland Police Arrest Men
on -Charge of Imper
sonating Officers
z*v
•
t i 1
O p d l l l l g lJ ,e lfly e (
Jim Brusco, the driver. Is held
in jail and probably .will face a
manslaughter charge. It Was re
ported that the women were car
ried 30 feet before the speeding
machine could be stopped. It la
the 28tb fatality In Portland since
the first of the year.
- cpunt|qs. . That was . f e t a r
Sw»atdr’s"«*rowft§Arl c ijTPv^InrTTT.
and thfe‘foretagth A l ¿ r tfijfoby
Is not berttg ah d d r h nmated by
either faction?**"“*
There werei>123oS0>0. republican
iv o tes cast.during Ihp primary.
Sfoiwer gutting S M jg Sf^ .Stsu-
I tletd 89. »OQ. Leas then hqlf ,thqt
' number, of democratic) vptq» were
oast In. the cpnteat from jmhlch
Bert E. Haney, Jormen UqttwJ
States shipping; bogrd ,commis
sioner, emerged sa thejiqmocrayc
senatorial nomlneq.. ,r . .
.
, Mow Will* Haney Stand? ./
•How the . divided republican
strength will affect Haney to nn-
known. b s ld t should help him.
as the bitterness engendered
among republicans mages an ulti
mate democratic vletory..not. Im
possible.
— ►.
Although Oregon to a republi
can state, democrats have been
elevated to high office several
times. It happened In ISIS when
Senator B eam s was defeated In
the republican primary by Ben
Selling and ran as aa Independ
ent. which reunited In the elect
ion of Harry Lane, g democratic.
Dut that was the year of the Wil
son landslide.
system as well nS their belief that
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Sept. S - -
additional water should be pur- /<.
,
A bolt of lightning today killed
chhsed from the Talent Irrigation
Here’s good news for the yoqn( T. F. Snapp and injured five
I
district. ,
eters of the Bellview school dii
Others, all employe, eof the Kan
Following the talks members tr*ct.
sas City street department. They
of the clube met with the council-
Because of the delay in th
were engaged in laying a water
Supports Adndnietrntlow
men until nearly 2 o'clock ask-
of new school equipment
main when the lightning struck
Stanfield
differs front Inori- In
BUENOS AIRB8. Sept. 3. —
tng numerous questions concern- the opening of the new fall am the pipe, killing Snapp Instantly
dependent
candidates.
He to* Mt
A new sort of long-distance en
Ing the water situation In order; Vptfo** term has 'been postpone« and Injuring the others.
an outlawed radical 'but S iugu
durance
contest
has
been
thSt they might be thoroughly In- u“til Sept. 13th, school author
lar republican, a staunch CooNdg*
launched by Aime Tachlffe»,
formed concerning all phases of
announced this morning
supportar and his committee
the matter.
i School was to have started nex
who has set out to ride horse
are numerous end pow
back from Buenos Aires to NeW positions
It was announced that the re- Monday morning.
1
erful. He to meeting the plea i f
York.
When last reported ttau
ports of President J. H» Hardy •
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“support
the
administration“
and Secretary H. G. Galey, w h o1
WEATHER
equestrian bad reached QnIM,'
with
the
qlaim
th
a t.a (v o te for
Ecuador.
*-
were delegatee to the district Kl ' Oregon — Fair tonight and
him would signify mors friend
wants convention nt Eugene toet Saturday with normal tempera
liness fo the presilent than a voto
week, will be heard next Friday tares and gentle northwest winds. Construction will start soon on to STOKER CLOSE MONDAY
for
a mao who to unknown fo tho
the three and one - halt mile «
It behovoe -the house
chief executive, end hto Wblfo
stretch of Incomplete highway In n wife to do her week-end
House spokesman.
Montgomery county which will » ■happing tomorrow far
On the other haaft. Stefebr has
complete the Blerra-to^the-Sea It an extra xldy,' aa ' next
the advaatate of being t t o ra<u.
roadway,
g monday la Labor Day aad
While you are n gnest In our d ty , »0 certain to vllslt Lithla
Inr nomlneà. wtth t i e suiferift'at
Fresno and Monterey counties It all business bouses,w ill
P*rA.’ a P***<ronB<J of many acrw, with the mein entrants
the powerful Oregon red^Mena
have
furnished
3880,000
to
aid
tt
at the W»ea. where Nature’s dnapest beauties are found
be closed during ttrn en
organisation. This makes l i e fear
along the walks that lend yeq »ro u g h the forest herder-
tho state highway commission In tt tire day. Business lHwla
of a divided vdth a Raanw«ha, i h >
constructing this new scenlo cross- tt Ashland wRl be at a staad-
state lateral. *
g atill.
Horseback Ride
Is New Feature
VISIT UTHIA PARK