’
M ALARIA GEfiM S
Cannot survive three months in
the rich ozone at Ashland, Pure
dom estic w ater helps.
.
ASHLAND CLIMATE
'• Has Been Ashland's
Without the use of medicine <
nine cases ou t o* m o f ast
This is a pro’’
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Newspaper. For Hearty F ifty Years
Wir» ferrie«)
(United
ASHLAND, OREGON/ THURSDAY, SEI>T. 16, 1926
Exhibits Bigger and Better
and Crowds Are More
Enthusiastic
HELD
REAL
irturned Lantern B
.rd Luck to A utoist
H is Ford
SUCCESS
moors Move to Aid
County Fair '
W arfare a t W an Hsien is
Declared One of Bloodiest
in H istory
Entire Mexican Infantry is
Alm ost W iped Out in
Yaqui U prising
M ANY SOLDIERS DEAD
MORE SOLDIERS
Oriental« Lone Between 2000 and
BOOO in Hktrmiah W ith
Britlah »
’ “
Additional Force of Men Expected
to Reach Rattlefront
Tonight
LONDON, 8ept. 16. — Amplifi
ed reports of the fighting at W an-
Hsiefc, China, in which a BritUh
boarding party released white of
ficers of vessels seised by Chin
ese troops, indicate that the bat
tle was the bloodiest in modern
history.
General Yangsen’s losses were
placed at between 2,000 and 5,000
killed mostly by the British bom-
ibardment of the city. The port
Jackson county, all
dressed
up, w ith a clean and smiling
face presented a bountiful hand,
to hundreds of visitors yesterday
when the gates o f thl «county’s
annual fa ir at Medford were of
ficially thrown open and people
from the entire northwest trek
ked their way Into the many
buildings which housed the vast
exhibits of live stock, horticul
ture. agriculture,
mining
andi ¡Eastern
forestry.
j Passes
That Jackson county’s natnrall
Oregon Woman
in Hcanital From
Sunday Crash
I side of
the British
auxiliary,
Kiawo, which participated In tho
boarding expedition, was report
ed virtually to hare been repaint
ed with the blood of Yangsen’s
Chinese.
F ire Big Guns
When the British tossed grap
pling hooks aboard one of the
captured steamers, th e Chinese
soldiers aboard fired a one pound
er gun whose shells were timed
to explode five feet from the inut
ile ,
The British commander of the
boarding party was killed, accord
ing to the reports, as he Jumped
aboard the deck of one of the
steamers. His body w y m utilat
ed w ith knives, whereupon the
British sailors were reported to
have refused quarter to the 400
soldiers aboard one steamer and
then proceeded
to the
other,
nearby. The imprisoned merchan-
tile marine officers reached the
deck and Jumped from the deck
or the IClaWo. One m limed and
fell into
the water,
where a
Chinese shot him.
SEN T
NOGALES, Arizona, Sept. 16.
— (U P ) — A battalion of Mexican
Infantry was almost annihilated
by the warring Yaqui Indiana ly
ing lu ambush at Sonora, Mexi
co, according to advices received
here.
Five thousand troops are re
ported being rushed from Chihu
ahua to the scene of the Yaqui
uprising.
Meager reports from the battle-
front indicate that the Indiana,
who have been on the war path
for the past several days, are
gaBing In numbers and have the
entire country completely teror-'
Ixed. .
A white tomb, empty, its lid lying on the ground beside it,
has waited for 12 years in an isolated spot near Prestons
burg, Ky. 8. P. Ratliff, mountain doctor, built it for him
self because be could not bear to think of being buried in
Director of National Park
the naked ground. He and bis wife are shown here at
Service Praises Local
the tomb.
.
Public Park
Ashland's three bank«, the gro
cery stores. practically all the
d ry good« and furnishing «tores,
m eet market« and other lines of
faalnes« will close their door« at
poon tomorrow to that owners
and employe« alike may attend
thia afternoop at the Jackson
county fair.
Mr«. J. H. Fuller of the cham
f e r of commerce got in
touch
w ith
retail establlahmenta this
morning and received united co
operation from
merchant«
In
m aking Ashland day at the coun
ty fa ir a real success.
Although a little more rain is
expected tonight, the veracious
weather man at Portland promis
es that it will be fair in Southern
Oregon tomorrow.
Records Show More Than
120.000 Acres Burned
Dürfe# Summer
Land Settlement F ield A gent
W ill Leave Portland
This Week
TO
V ISIT
PROSPECTS
_____.
x
Man Who Handled A ah land Offtrq
la . Given Important
Commlttalon
Personal messages of Oregon
w ill be taken to the farmers of
the Middle West this week by
A rthur Poster, field agent of the
Land Battlement Department of
the Portland and Oregon State
Chambers of Comreree, .accord
ing to word received here from
W . Q. Ida, department manager.
Decision to send Mr. Foster on
this scouting trip to Interest
farmers In Oregon, was reached
after thoroughly considering the
possibilities of inducing many
new settlers to come here. The
department has hundreds of sign
ed questionnaires returned
by
prospective settlers of ehe Middle
West saying that they Intend
making their future homes In
this state, setting forth the kind
of farms they desire and the
amount of money they will hav«
to Invest.
Live Prospects
AU of these are live prospects
and It will ba the aim of Mr.
Foster to call upon them in their
homes to tell them more about
the West.
Group conferences
w ill also be arranged in various
communities.
Foster w ill have the coopera
tion of the immigration officials
of the Great Northern, Northern
Pacific and Union Pacific com
panies. included la the states to
he visited wlff be Mlaaseeta, Wle-
PORTLAND. Ore., Sapt. 16.—
Tha past fire season saw 131,146
acres o f national forest timber
resources are as varied and vers
burned over in the Pacific North-
atile as is possible for one coun
T H E DALLES, Ore., Sept. 1«.
West, according to a survey of tho
ty td be, was the
unanimous — ( U P )— Mrs. M yrtle W illiam s.
Portland headquarters
of
the
opinion of those who made their 81, of Gateway, died at 2 o’clock
*
Stephen T. Mather, director of forest eerrtce.
in itial visit to this year's display. this morning at the Muapin ho-
National Parks, was in the city
Three
forests
In
northern
The "Ohs,” and “A ha- that came ffel at Manpin, as the result of a
for a few hours this morning, ac Washington sustained the great
voluntarily from the
admirers crashed cheat suffered when an
companied by Colonel Thomson est loss. They a n the Chelan.
In the horticulture and agricul automobile driven by Oerald W il
Bakar. The
of Crater Lake national
park. Colville and Mt.
tural hgll ware sufficient proof cox of Antelope struck her horse
Mr.
Mather
has^
Just
returned
heavlsest
loss
any
one
forest
Tomorrow w ill be observed fib
-----------
the
animal
of thl«, as the big red apples, Sunday, knocking
from
an
extensive
trip
to
Alaska
was
suffered
by
the
M
t.
Baker,
the delicious pears, the lasetoufe Sawn and running over the rider.
Constitution day throughout the Mrs. Orla Frazier, N ee W il
and, w ill visit Crater Lake while where flamee swept over 40,000
country, and members of p«-
son, Meets Death in
having
baea
plums, sad the a a tira -fa m U y gf W llcèx -admitted
in this section.
acres. Tha Chelan came 'next
trtottc
organizations
la
Ashland,
North
Monday
fru it find T e k M A A s O i*'« e 1 T a s driving about 86 miles per hour
W hile In Ashland Mr. Mather with 87.000 acres. (a tbs Co4- coasln. Wltisl«. -Notth Dakota,.
have
suggesteB
that
city
flags
-----------
when
the
horse
shied.
Into
the
the morff pldblah farm products,
Nebraska, Xanana, and Iowa.
Lithla vllle 25,000 acres were burned
and flags generally he displayed . -»Mrs. Orla Frazier of Portland took occasion to visit
including pnmpkin. corn, 'wheat car, throwing the woman under
orar.
on Main street and in store formerly Orla Wilson of this cltj Park and declared it to l>e one
Connty authorities
and the balance of the mortgage the wheels.
Typical of tha
wragamsat
Lightning storms, occurring oil
fronts.
’
was killed In the north Monday it of the finest city parks he has
lltfers and their big brothers and here today declared that a probe
to
send a representative to these
three different days, were the
ever seen.
little sisters, were paid the hom would be made, the facts ascer
greatest cause of damage In state« la a letter Just received oy
tained to be placed before the
age that is their dne.
these forests.
Many fires war« the department from R. T. H as-
Judges started work thia morn- grand Jury, which convenes here
started, several leaping out of mumen, a South Dakota farm er,'
"Our fam ily la leaving for Ore
ing on the gigantic task of nam next Monday.
gon
about December 1,” writes
ing the winners In th«f many de
Incendiary Hre
figures
are
Rasmussen.
"We spent
six
partments, and it
is expected
higher in the current report than
Mrs. Frances H all Ordered
months
|
n
Oregon,
Washington
that their decisions w ill be an- |
ever
before,
and
virtually
all
to Apnear in Court
„
The following tribute to Fred
nouftced Friday.
White Blanket Seen This
and California three years ago,
Tomorrow
g A. Taylor .'local business man. Is were confined to southern Ore
and Oregon appealed to us as sn
Morning; Better W eather
An Im portant Chapter
contained In the current issue of gon. F ifty such fires were start
ideal place to make a home. Two
in Prospect
This year’s demonstration of
S O M M E R V ILLE , N. Y.. Sept.
the Pacific Northwest Hotel News. ed In the Umpqua reserve alone.
families heft here for Oregon a
the county’s resources Is by far
16. (U P ) — Mrs. Frances Stevens
"By keeping a little ahead of Onljr a few offenders were arrest-
Although it rained f a i r l y
few
weeks ago intending to make
the largest chapter in the entire «
H all and three of her relatives,
the march, Fred A Taylor, oper
steady in Ashland and - vicinity
their
hornet there, and there wiH
fair book to date.” Sid Brown,
will stand before Justice Charle3
Absence of snow last wi
ator of the Plaza Confectionery
during the night, It was a bit
be
others.
I f your representative
veteran fair booster, and secre
W . Parker here tomorrow and
n
and Cafe at Ashland, has one of and shortage of ralntall
acolder up on Mt. Ashland, and a
comes here, we shall he glad to
tary of the organization, declared '
enter pleas to Indictments charg
the
season
one
of
tha
wors
the best dining places in South-
today.
"Every year sees the
ing them w ith the murder of I coating of snow covered the fam
■ ern Oregon. The Plaza was estab history, according to forest
ed
peak,
today.
I
t
was
the
first
tide of exhibits, rise higher and
Rev. Edward W . H a ll and Mrs.
lished some 30 years ago as a ficials.
snow reported In any of tha
higher, but this y e a r,'it exceeded '
Eleanor Mills, choir singer. Mrs.
i confectionery when m ilk shakes
Evangelist
Says
She
Will
our fondest expectations, with 1
H all is the widow of the slain mountains o f this section so far
Remain in Jail in Case were a novelty and ice was bought
this fall.
9
more livestock, and a greater 1
pastor.
from the local brewery. The res
She is Arrested
The clouds began breaking eor-
variety of fru it and grain than 1
taurant part was added some four
ly this morning, indicating that
we had thought possible to se
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Sept. 16. years ago by the present owners,
better w«ather might be In pros
cure.”
’ 1
— Aimee Semple McPherson plans i
"During the past four years,
pect fo r the remaining days of
MADISON. Kan., Sspf. I I —
The “ Sport of Kings” was the 1
to refuse bail in the event she Is by giving the people what they
the Jackson county fair.
Over-taken
by a moving wall «f
center of attraction during the
arrested, she told
the United wanted and by constant Improve
GRANTS PA88, Ore., Sept. 16,
afternoon with some of the feet- ]
water
in
tha
Neosho river val
Pre«« today.
ments, the Plaza has enjoyed a (U P )— Tha Josephine county re
ley flood, C. Wood abandoned
"
I
will
remain
in
Jail
and
ost horses ever seen on the ex
substantial
growth
In
business
There are so many different
publican committee
yesterday
telephone pole. The onrush of
cellent half-mile track, clipping
preachings will be carried on by and can be called today one of
rules and regulations regarding
went on recorn as conrsmning water swept down the pole and
off new records, and bringing the
my disciples ,”she said. She fu r Southern Oregon’s finest. Cooking
the new a ir mall service which
Wood, unable to swim, wka
hundreds of spectators to their
ther said she expected to lie ar is done by electricity. To handle
got under way on the Pacific
drowned.
feet wildly cheering their favqr-
the
volume
of
business
It
has
be
rested
on
charges
of
conspiring
to
coast yesterday that Postmaster
Rev. H. F. Pemberton w ill give obstruct Justice but reiterated come necessary to install two re
Itea as more than one heat In tho 1
Wagner urges that alt local resi
harness event was settled w ith 1
frigerating machines, a small one
dents who wish to send letters by a t a lk ’on the constitution at tha her claim to innocence.
for the fountain and a two-ton
.the winner having but inches to 1
air mall make inquiries at the weekly KJwanls club luncheon at
Arctic unit for the kitchen and
•lifire In Its favor, i t was ex- 1
post, office regarding rates and the Lithla Springs hotel tomor-
luncheonette. The Arctic is rep
^•om noon. This week Is being
plained by officials that while 1
service.
resented in Oregon by the Mein- ;
Observed throughout the country
this year’s entries in the races 1
tosh Ice Machine Company of
as Constitution Week. Special
were not as large as UfinAl the 1
Portland who'are mechanical re
class was generally better w ith g
music also w ill be provided, no»
frigeration
engineers in all Its ap
cording to announcement by H.
many o f the speed demons, who *
Pioneer H all is to be fitted up
plication.
C.
Oaley,
secretary.
recently performed at tha Cali- *
as a club room and meeting place
"Meals are served In the Plaza
M O R RIS, III., Sept. 16.—-A fter
forhla state fa ir which has Just c
fo r the Ashland American Leg
from seven to eleven each day. devoting tha bast year» of his
closed, being brought to tha Med- 1
B A LTIM O R E, Md„ Sept. 16.
ion poet. The proffer of this
This includes apopular 60 cents Ufa
;
to campaigns against tha
ford track. One of the m oat.no
(U P )— A neck and neck race be
hail for a club building was ac
merchant
lunch.
Chicken
dinners
>
ticeable features of this section
menace
or grad« crosisags, A. 0.
tween Senator W eller and Repre
cepted by the legion at a meet
are featured every Sunday for 85 j Parksr, secretary of numerous
of the fair grounds wad the tiny
sentative John P. H ill for the re
ing this week, and plana are
cents and are popular with the ] Ilttnoi« automobile dabs, was n
building directly opposite the
•«
v
a
H!
publican senatorial nomination
now tinder way to make it into
people
from all near-by common- ,
grand stand over which flu t
N
E
W
«YORK,
Sept.
16.—
Bert
resolved itself today Into a W ell
a comfortable club house for Le
tered the America«
flag.
in
Luckenback, >4, a law student, gion members and their friends. itles.’ Besides tha luncheon busi- <
creaked into his automobile at a
__
er victory.
ness the Plesa offers a complete | fitada crossing near here.
O n 3 “Y e a r C n i f a d »
bold letters on the front of the
lost his first case in court, when
fountain service, a good line of
building, it was proclaimed to
P. and S Railroad inaugur- candles, a full cigar and tobacco
Accidents Reported—
1 *' he defended himself against a
charge of petty larceny and re
the Wold that this was the new
improved new pension, sys- department and service with a j
The total of 829 accidents were
LOS ANOELB8, Sept.
ceived
an Indeterminate peniten
est junction point in the Pacific
for employes above 70 years smile.
reported to the state Industrial
This combination keeps
Three
years at eaa waa’the
a ir mall service, the first {rip ot
accident commission daring the tia ry sentence.
the Plaza busy indeed.”
tanca impose don Edward 3
which was made yexttrday, and
week ended Sept. 9. Of the total
era, a yonng hsrglar. Ba
as the two airplknee, A n ailally
number of accidents
reported,
originally
seat to Jail, bet
constructed, for this leg or
671 were subject to the provis
Returned to A s h la n d -
hated oa eoadltlea that ha
journey, to allpw forced landing
ions of the workmen’s compen
Mrs. Ray Jeter and Mrs. Claire
Califoraia oa a thraa-yaar a
when necestory, la h , , h<ar_
w n t i e yon are a guest in our elty, be certain to vllslt Lithla
sation law, 140 were from firms
Cox returned Tuesday evening
amoBg
tha Baath «aa U sa d
timberlands, rested in th e ir new
A
ot many acres, with tha main entrance
and torporationa that have re
from a vacation of two weeks
at
the
P
la
n
,
wiper«
Nature*«
deepest
beauties
are
found
homes, the contrast between the
jected the act and 18 ware from
spent In Portland, Eugene and
along the walks that lead yon through the forest border
Madford -
(Continued On Page T^We)
1
public utilities
ho (s u b je c t to
ing on Ashland creak.
Roseburg. They visited with rela
Congty Naw«'
state protection.
tives and friends.
Display of Flag
Tomorrow Urged
Ashland Business
Man Wins Praise
To Give Steiwer
Complete Support
Air Mail Rates
To Be Explained
Autoist Drowns
In Kansas Flood
Pemberton Will
Be Club Speaker
Legion Will Get
New Club House
Weller Wins Out
From Ardent Wet
Poke Bonnets To
Be Winter Style
Safety First Man
D ies A t Crossing
Law Student is
Beaten in Court
killed wh.n * Rock WaBd tra|, Burglar Ordered
VISIT LITHIA PARK
October 1.
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