m : RDAY, OCT. «RO» 1926
Know
A THIAL APPEAL
O K LA HO M A C IT Y . Oet. « • —-
(United News)— W . fc. Hale,
Oklahoma ranchman, and John
Romany, a former eowhoy, wore
found guilty Friday by a federal
Jury on charges of murdering
Henry Roahorse, wealthy Osage
Indian.
The Jury said that they should
net hang, and Federal Judge Pol
lock sentenced the twoXmen- to
life Imprisonment in tho federal
penitentiary
at
Leavenworth.
Kansas.
The ‘‘rsgin of terror’’ In which
20 Osage Indians were myster
iously killed, began In 1020. L it
tle was thought of It until 1022,
when the Aiurders broke out In
earnest. It was then that Anna
Brown was found dead in n lone
ly ravine oa Three Mile ereek
with a ballot hole in her head.
I t w is generally known that she
was wealthy, and In addition she
was getting a huge amount of
money annually from her oil
holdings.
" Borne little stir was made to
solve the mystery of her death
and then the m atter was dropped.
In that part of the country an
Indian more er less amounts to
A short time a lte r this Henry
Jtaahotse, a cousin of Anna, waa
found dead In an automobile, with
a bullet hole through h ta .fceed.
*£fce following week Henry WhKe-
iiorse, another relative of Anna’s
wan fonad lying In a pool o f bin
o <n blood. Band. George Big-
heart. another Indian of wealth,
complained of feeling 111 and was
taken to the hospital. Certain
powerful cattleman Instated on
coming to aee him against 'the
Indian’s wishes. Blgheart called
a lawyer but no one has learned
what took place In that room. Tho
Indian died the next day, frothing
at the mouth.
The day after that his lawyer
left for Pawhuska, but never a r
rived there. His body was found
on the railroad right of way with
a bullet hole through the head.
So 'th e plague
of mysterious
death continued to stalk through
the Osage nation.
Fam ily Killed
In 1023 W . E. Smith, his wife
and their servant girl were killed
when their home In Fairview was
dynamited.
The government finally woke
up to the fact that something
ought to be done about thia
ccntihuation of crime. Accord
ingly on January 4, 1020, a fed-
etal grand ju ry convenede at
Guthrie to ferret out the master
mind behind nil these Indian
deaths.
R. P. Watkins Is
Called By Death
Rannus Perrine W atkins pass
ed sway, nt the hom of his son,
Charles B. Watkins, In Medford,
October 29, from hear) trouble,
aged 77 years. He was born nt
Leonidas, Michigan, January I t .
1249. He had been a resident of
Ashland for sixteen years and
came to Medford about g year
ago making his horns with his
son. He was married to Mary
Jans'D raham at Sharron, Michi
gan, May 2 |,' 1874. And to this
union were born two sons, May
20, 1024, they celebrated theta
Golden
Wedding
anniversary.
Mr. Watkins had been a member
of the I. O. O. F. at MgnehOOter,
Mich., for many years. He was a
member of the Episcopal church
<.f Ashland. He leaves his wits,
Mary Jane, and one son, Chartes
B. Watkins and one grandson
Jean R. Funeral ser rices wUl be
held at ths Perl Funeral Home
Monday at 2 p. m. Rev. ■ F. K.
Hammond, officiating. Interment
In Phoenix Cemetery.
Before m aking positive decision to ran for the
office o f m ayor I was assured from many sources
there would likely he no opposition if I would
promptly declare my candidacy. Such has proven
to be the result, which I can only take as a mark
o f confidence, that the m ajority o f Ashland voters
believe î cita be trusted to promote a strictly busi
ness administration, to keep attention centered on
the all important water development, to be a* factor
in securing harmonious continued action, along this
line, and in d o se cooperation w ith a water board and
council, to x safeguard the expenditure of so large
an amount o f money as is called for in the bond
issue.
For five years I have known and admired En
gineer Frank Dillard, have often conferred with
him on Ashland's water problems and I know per
sonally o f his excellent record before he came to
Southern Oregon from a brother civib engineer of
considerable prominence. W e all know what he has
accomplished in onr midst, how capably he handled
the building of H iatt Prairie and Emigrant Creek
dams and .other minor projects for Talent Irrigation
D istrict, and how more recently as engineer-manager
he has brought a certain orderly development of a
water system for Medford from an uncertain, chaotic
condition.
W e have the utm ost confidence in Mr. Dillard's
ability and integrity, and n o w in his supplemental
report published in M onday’s issue o f The Tidings,
he comes out positively fo r the elimination o f all
other sites and projects and declares him self for a
dam at the best site obtainable in Ashland Canyon,
for the purchase of 200 additional acre-feet' of
Talent water, to which proposition I am most em
phatically sold by reason o f my long service on the
council and contact w ith the subject from its very
inception until now. He also urges the installation
of a better distribution system and for gradual
m etering of the entire city, to* all of which I now
pledge my hearty support, and urge every friend,
every voter, to set aside fo r the tim e being all fac
tional or personal feelings and prejudices, and to
believe that all m atters of engineering, actual con
struction and adm inistration o f all these several
p r o je t* «W -bb at* iff! flirtes hatkfted'honestly «nd
capably. I sincerity trust that everyone will turn'
oat and pile up the biggest vote on record next
Tuesday to indicate to jrbiir public7 servants full
confidence and moral support.
♦
You will never be disappointed. Yon will never
regret such hearty support.
• I f these mèasurës fail to carry Nov. 2 I stand
committed to re-open the subject full blast January
1st and to work and campaign incessantly until
som ething is accomplished. ' A t this w riting I feel
sure I should two months later sustain the reports
and findings of Engineer Dillard, the present mayor
and council, Kiwania, Lithians, American Legion
and chamber o f commerce, just the same as now,,
and the next campaign for water would be alînost
identical to the one just ending. Much valuable time
o f the new council would he required for each new
water campaign, to the detriment of other city busi
ness. It also would entail the extra cost of special
elections and the further chance • that much turmoil
and dissension would eventually discount the sale
of our bonds several points below the handsome pre
mium we are sûre to get if the bond measures carry
at the coming ejection next Tuesday.
Even if some m odification of present plans and
projects later seems necessary, please be assured
there will he good and intelligent men on the job
eageç to do their fu ll duty?
I f I knew how to make a stronger guarantee to
you to secure the speedy fulfillm ent of water de
velopment, I should certainly put ev ery ounce of my
personal self into this plea for harmony and com
plete’ support of the present water projects sub
stantially as recommended in Mr. D illard’s latest
report.
CHARLES H. PIERCE,
For Phone
Speed Of Trains
May Be Lowered
A LBA N Y. Ore..
Oct. 30.—
(United News)— An ordtnancs to
lim it tbs spaed of (1*1*0 Within
the city llm lta beg been proposed
by Councilman Fred Bloom as’ a
result of th t rail crossing acci-'
dent Tuesday In which W illiam A.
ter Attorney General Van W inkle Buchner. Benton farmer, w a s
to Investigate the telephone rates killed.
and charges in Origen.
■loom brought up the m atter
at the city eouhctl meeting end a
T H A X K S G IY IN G
commftteh was delegated to inves
W ASHING TO N. D. C.. Oct. 20. tigate and recommend action.
(U P )— President Coolidge, today
issued a proclamation declaring
Thursday. N o v .'lit h , as Thanks
giving Day.
PO RTLAND, Qrs., Oct. 30.—
(United News)— Governor Pierce
has requested Secretary of State
Sam Koser to call 4 meeting of
the emergency board,on Novem
ber 3, or as soon thereafter as
possible to vote sufficient funds
Another Underground Disas
ter Reported Today in
Pennsylvania
©darai «Men in California
Have Narrow Escape
in Fight
I BAN FRANCISCO. Oct. -------
L United News)— Mistaken for hl-
backers when they sought to p4s-
went the landing of a liquor car
t e oa the M arin . county shore
three federal prohibition agents
¡were fired upon by rum runners
who used a machine gun to cover
‘their retreat.
, '
LOS ANGELES. Oet. 30. -r-1 Agents Carl ' Ahlfn, W illiam
(United New«) — Although Hral Ipnget and George Hard describ
district attorneys* office con tin s- 1 ed the encounter when they ret
ed to attach great signlfleaage tof burned herq todky. Three shots
the finding of Kenneth -0. O rp tto tl passed through Hard's hat. while
grased Paget’s
ton’s trnnk in NeW York, AtaaeM another bullet
Semple McPherson and he> eeaitaf arm.
sol w ill take no cognisance of ltd | The three smugglers put out to
existence when the final s t a n j Isea,
1
with their cargo after the
of tho ' ovgngollst's preHatinarJG battle.
hearing Is enacted here nanti
Wedneeday.
4
Members of the district attdr-M
ney’s staff anxiously awaited th e !
arrival of ths trunk white
trlct Attorney Keyes bnstgff hfcm-j
self w ith plans for a microscopie j
comparison or a strand of h air I
purportedly found In the tra n k ,*
w ith a sample of the evaag»llst*s|
old Hill Workers Strike
Pay Dirt While Work
ing on Bridge
GOLD H IL L , Orc., Oct. 30.—
The trnnk and its contenta,
especially Colorful ns they asap (United News) — Construction
highway
be, w ill in no manner affect th? records on the new
being
defense case. Attorney W . L OH- I ridge at Gold H ill are
bert declared today.
F M m a shattered and no wonder.
Every time a shovel fu ll of the
legal standpoint .any Inform ation
gained In examination sit tira earth is turned up there Is the
container,. w ill have no* hnOrlgff possibility of it containing a day's
on the present bearing, . f t jb pay in grains of gold.
At the present time the found
said.
However, much of the mieeeC-’l ations of the bridge Vest on gold
lany it contains prdhnhiy Will ho quarts, and also every hole that Is
Introduced If the ease goes to ouq shows color, and there Is not
superior conrt. Two widely dif a man in the crew who hasn’t ob
ferent Items, in addition t o t f c s tained a few grains of the prec
hair caught In a bondoia cap, ate ious metal. *
But the big gold yield Is ex
understood io ho the most dam
a g in g a rtic le s .
7
pected when concrete pouring
One of, those, an im porto* starts, as gravel and crashed rock
Freaefc goWn purchased a t a »*- will come from the river "bed just
below the bridge mid
i) » « «
cal department store, is said to
maintain that this is the source
correspond la every detail With
a dress Mrs. McPherson wore on of the gold.
nt least one occasion. The temple
leader, however, baa registered
a vigorous dental that the'clo th- '
tag is. heps. Documents In the
famous piece o f baggage are ex
pected to prove that even while
Or mis ton. known then as Her
bert Coriiell, was registered gt j
the Marylarid hotel In Pasadena |
last May 0. the evangelist cabled, i
to England la an effort to secure t
a minlstbr presumably to take 1
her place at the temple for a t
two months service campaign.
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Another Apartment House
Murder is Averted Just
\
in Time
ATTORNEY IS SLEUTH
When Fata Client Falla to Hhow
lip, He Breaks Down
H er Door
W IL K E 8B A R R E . Pa., Oct* 30.
— ( U P ) — Eight men met Instant
death today In a mine explosion
at Nanticoke, near here. Two
hours after the blaat rescue work
ers reported they had brought the
last victims to the surface but the
search Is being continued for
more casualties.
•
The explosion .occiwred In No.
7 colliery of the Susquehanna
Colliers company. The eight men
were working together In the
same vein when a terrific explo
sion swept the tunnel. The min
ors were scattered about l i k e
duck pins.
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Company officials said they
were unable to say whether the
blast was due to gas or powder
which might have become Ignited.
Several thousand people, iqclud-
Ing hundreds of relatives pf the
men at work, gathered at the
gates during the morning.
“ Pop” Oates and Ons Nertr-
berry Address Local
Mass Mooting
CLAIMS ARB RIDDLED
Gus Newberry,
attorney of
Medford, and C. B. Oaten, form er
Medford m ayor,M riddled
the
claims of the people of Jackson
ville concerning the county seat
removal at a public mass meeting
at the local armory last night.
Mr. Newberry took up the sub
ject from the standpoint of a clt-
lsen and taxpayer, asserting that
It would mean a saving of'money
The young woman, who is 20
to every resident of Jackson coun
years old, was near death from
ty to move the county seat to
strangulation
when
she
Medford, closer to the*center of
found.
A fter she had been re
population.
vived by a physician she said
Free Building
that she had been choking .and
The offer of the city council of
helpless for nearly eight hours,
Medford In furnishing the coun
Since opening the door supposed
ty with a court house for a five-
ly to admit a Western Union
year period without one cent of
messenger boy at 4 o'slock in the
rental was given as one of the big
morning.
vaasons why the move should 'be
Narrowly Kxcapes
Police say that Mrs. Mabel Clifford Elford Faces Jury made at this time.
“ Competent contractors
have
narrowly escaped the fate of
For Alleged Murder
estimated
It
would
cost
between
Louise Lawson, the young music
Of unde
390,400 and >100,000 to repair
student, who’ died of strangula
the present antiquated and unsafe
tion by apartme'nt Invaders In
COQUILLE, Ore., Oct. 30.—
building in Jacksonville.” he said.
the Same neighborhood.
1 U P )— W ith the Jury now select
“This money cannot be raised by
ed.
the
murder
trial
of
Clifford
When a clerk from the office of
bond issue. It must be raised by
her attorney knocked for ten Elford. 20. of Powers, accused of
direct taxation and* would mean
ententes at her door without slsying his uncle, W illiam Whor-
su immediate Increase in your
arousing her, Mrs. Mabel's at brey, last June, opened in ear
taxes."
torney in her suit against Leon nest yesterday afternoon.
He then went on to explain that
The jurors were taken to the
ard Hardes, a real estate brok
the county court, if the Medford
lonely
spot
where
the
elderly
er, postponed and hurried to his
site were chosen, would levy one
client’s apartment
The lawyer, man was battered to death with
m ill per year for a period of five
Frederick Goldsmith, prevailed an automobile jack.. Elford has
years, and then, when the five-
stuck
to
bis
story
that
an
.
un
upon the ja n ito r to unlock the
year free rental at Medford* was
known man attacked him and his
door.
at an end, the county would have
Uncle while on their way home.
more than 3200,000 for the con
'iVe state contends he killed bln
struction of a new conrt house,
uncle because of financial d iffe r
and the burden would be so dis
ences.
tributed that It would not be felt
by the taxpayers. He further
brought home the fact t h a t .. the
city of Medford hap guaranteed to
An Injunction seeking to pre
donate the site for the building nt
vent the county clerk from count
any point the county court might
ing the ballots and canvassing the
<gfdffffatQ,
‘
‘
vote on the county seat removal
Puncture« Claims
,
question was filed In Jacksonville
The local American Legion post
Mr. Gates took up much of his
yesterday by attorneys represent is doing Its part to help get out a
ing the Jacksonville county seat representative vote at the gener time to exploding what he de
clared to be the unfair and ex
committee. It is alleged In the al election next Tuesday.
The travagant claims of the opposi
complaint that those seeking the ppst printed several hundred
Jacksonville people, he
removal of the county seat to little placards addressed to the tion.
Medford fail to comply with the mothers add fathers of all Ash said, are claiming that the coun-,
ty court would levy 10 mills for
land school children and had 10 years for a new conrt house.
them distributed* in all public He showed this to be out of rea
schools of this city and Talent.
son by explaining that each a ta»
The cards urged all men and would provide more than >>,000,-'
women to go to the polls next
000 for a court house.
Tuesday and cast their vote. The
Mr. Gates declared that senti
legion did not urge a vote for any
ment along la actuating those who
candidate or any measure, but
oppose the removabof the county
simply asked that voters exercise
scat to Medford. He went hack
their right of suffrage.
Into history and painted a picture
of Jacksonville 40 years ago
vhen It was the largest city in
Southern Oregon, with approxim
ately 3000 people. Now it has
only about 400 people. Only one
Yearly models In automobiles of the present county officials
ate something the buying pub lives at Jacksonville, he said.
V .*V . Mills presided as chair
l i c 's entirely fam iliar with, but
thia idea as applied to 'washing man. E. D. Brigga of this, city,
and Ironing machines Is some was to have spoken but , because
thing hew. -It Is the Washer W il ot the lateness of the hour, he
son, Inc., organisation that has gave his time to the two Medford
adapted this policy to ths sale of speakers.
their product.
“ Father no longer has any
thing on mother. When father
Roll-along, mother can go shop
ping, for her. new 1027 Horton
goes out tp< buy his new 1027
washer and Ironer,” declares V.
PORTLAND, Oct. 30.— (United
R. Milam , branch
manager.
“Ths fact that ww, have absolute Nows)— After deliberating sew-
ly the latest Improved washers era! hours the Jury In the B rig
end Ironera on ths m arket, guar ham will esse reached a rardtet
anteed 1027 models, Is making a late Friday.
The jury decided that Mrs.
big h it with
our purchasers.
There is a great deal of satisfac Mercedes Wadsworth, 47. of The
tion Vo use'that ws can actually balle», was John R. Brigham,
cut the washing time In half. Portland capitalist's daughter,
Much o f‘the Ouoceea o f the Horton but that Brigham and her mother
Is dug to tfce clean washing It never were legally married.
tui*ns?but w ithout this' slightest
damage to even the most fragile
DOUBLE TRAG EDY
articles.
“The first Hortons wars manu
factured
l8 7 j ,' and Washer
WUsan lac.. W ait sstahlttMff<"l>
yoarS age. Jt is now the largest
organtadtioB of tbfk type tai the
west,
maintaining
o ra * 100
stores.”
N EW YO RK. Oct. 30.— (United
News)— Mrs. Marie Mabel of St.
Louis'didn't appear In court F r i
day to press charges against a
real estate broken she accused
of falsely obtaining >12.000 from
her, because she was bound and
gagged In a chair In her west
side apartment.
File Injunction
. On County Seat
Ashland Voters
Given Reminder
By Legion Post
The Huniiiig Season Opens
Horton Washer
Now In Ashland
Will Contest In
Portland Decided