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D aily T idings THE WEATHER Unsettled with rain tonight and probably tomorrow. Increasing winds. as Been Ashland a Leading Newspaper. For Nearly Fifty Years - to tbe Wtokly Tidings Voi GRANTS FASS ™ V * MFN TO ÏIW OF EHM MS 10 nui 1U ILMI nog D M FORUMLUNCHI Comstook Lode, Richest of All, H m About Faded Out Visitors Will Take Part in , Weekly^Tuenday «I A shland , P repon , mömuay , DOCTOR GOES ON TRIAL IN MURDER CASE nov . is . 1926 NO. 63 ; Here is the Winning Letter in The Tidings Letter Writing Contest •' . " :-<A - • ••• .................... STUDENT’S — It was written by Lyle Ashcraft, Normal School Student. . » Ashland, Qfegon, Oct. 20th, 1926. O. F. Austin, . New Bethlehem, Penn. Physician Accused of Pois oning Wife Faces Trial Jury To do your bit in the Y. M. C. A. drive. __ ¿ f in dwvtae) __________________ (United VOU L rX IF A X X SALESMAN IS WITNESS FOR CASE PROSECUTION College Man Seeks Educa tion by Selling g Mrs- Hall and Brothers Al ’ SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16 w - Nov- 15 leged Seen at Death -v , — Bootlegging One of the most stirring chapters Soane Dear Grandfather:— s•. . ' ert\O*** .rough college Is the In the history of the gold rush latk -port model method of get MORE EVIDENCE GIVEN OTHER N E W S NOTES days, dealing with miners and COUNTY IS D I V I D E D You have oft« n written that you were looking for sortie modern ting an education. In the case of saloon keepers who later became i ““ —— ~— Utopia where A i etired railroad man could live and .really enjoy Gilbert Robe, 21 years old colle Widow of Murdered Pastor is Chamber of Commerce Activities multi-millionaires and the found Opposing Factions Quarrel Over Accused in Important gian of Topeka, and father of a ers of huge family fortunes, is re the afternoon and ruirset of life. Are Outlined by Accused Man’s Guilt or ' three months old girl, the plan Testimony called with the announcement that Becretary lanocease This letter is f'Written because I have found jtist the place that was not so successful.. the famous Comstock Lode, in Robe was arrested by police 8IMERVILLB, N. J.. Nov. 15. would make your dreams come true-' It is not Utopia, for you would Members of the Realty Boards Nevada, will close down Decem PORT ANGELB8. Wash., Nov. here after his companion had been -(U P)— Ira Nixon, a salesman of Grants Pass and Medford will ber I f. 15.— (UP) — With all Clallam not be content to dwell in a town where perfection always reigned. shot in the leg by local officers. of Newark, N. J., testified in the At one time the Comstock Lode county manifesting a keen Interest attend the Chamber of Commerce In police headquarters next Hall-Mills murder trial today that It is Asliland-^a progressive, cultured city of some 5000 people, Porum Luncheon at the Llthla was the richest of all western In the proceedings, Dr. Paul D. morning Robe said that he was E. K. Soper, a fellow salesman, Springs Hotel tomorrow noon for mines. Its discovery In 1861 Moore, Sequiem physician, went nestled among the • rolling foothills of the Siskiyou mountains! Z .. _ * making his fourth trip to Topeka told him a week after the mur a conference with Ashland Realty transformed Virginia City into on trial here today on charges of with whisky manufactured in Kan der that ba had seen Mrs. Fran - The very air of Ashland is an inspiration to youth and age alike. teeming mining town and in the men. murdering his wife with poison sas City, Kan. Some three months ces’ Stevens Hall and Henry and If yon want to get pepped np next $0 years nearly 1400,000,000 jtllls. In the early summer you have the budding blossoms of myriad fruit ago he and another man bought Willie Stevens at the scene of tha come to the Porum Luncheon was taken from its veins. Since the body of Mrs. Moore trees with their fragrance and beauty. In the early fall there is a a dance hall near Topeka but fail murder tbe night Rev. Hall and But the real story connected was exhumed last September and Tuesday noon. Several interest tang in the air which sends the life-blood racing through your veins. ed financially. Robe then took up Mrs. Eleanor Mills were killed. ing talks will be made by new with the Comstock Lode centered murder charges filed against Soper, who waa a witness at You breathe deeply and walk briskly because it is good to be alive bootlegging as an easy method of comers and some lively singing In San Francisco. Two miners Moore, the county has been split the morning session, told of seat earning money. later to become famous— John Mc- in Ashland. will be led by Lew Hansen. where he went after the death of “I made from $3 to $5 a gallon Ing a woman and two men in De- The advertising committee Is kay and James G. Pair— wander Into opposing factions. I am here attending normal school and I want you to come and on the sugar whisky I bought tussey’s lane on tbe night of tha making a careful study of the ed into town and pooled their Arrested In Nashville, Tenn., here and sold in Topeka. On my murder but Insisted that he did recources with two waterfront sa visit me. You will fall in love with Ashland. You will marvel at problems Involved In more exten bis wife, Moore was appre first trip I carried three pints, not recognise them. sive plans for advertising Ash loon proprietors, James C. Flood hended and brought here for trial. her public park—«rwinding, irregular ribbon of shrubbery and verdure Nixon's testimony started tbe second trip -a gallon, third trip land. This committee will meet and William 8. O’Brien. He baa been at liberty under $30,- sloping down from snow-crested hills to the south. The health-giving three gallons. I expected to sell afternoon session after a morning With their pool of f 250,000 the 000 bonds since a short time after together at the Porum Luncheon Lithia water will imbue you with the spirit of youth. it in Topeka for 312 per gallon.’* hearing marked by the revelation Tuesday noon with Mr. Cole of quartet started out to buck the he was returned from the south. Robe said that his wife knew of Mrs. Mills* sister, Elsie Barn- Bank of California crowd’, the Poster A Klelser Company. You will like the people; they’re a whole-hearted, friendly lot- He also said that his companion, hardt, that tbe pair planned to which controlled the Comstock Attend Meeting You will like the modern stores; the wide, shady streets, the pretty nothing about his liquor traffic. dope and that Mrs. Mills thought Representing Ashland’s Cham Lode. William Sharon, later Greer Trthur, was making the trip more of the pastor’s little flngsy homes and schools, the verdant lawns. ber of Commerce, J. H. Hardy, J. United States senator, was a mov for the first time but that he than of her husband’s whole ing, spirit in the stock exchange W. McCoy, P. P. Whittle and Sec Come as a visitor and you will remain, as I have remained, a. knew Its purpose when they left hand. retary J. H. Fuller attended a clique and In the bitter fight that loyal booster of the most delightful, friendly little city that man and Topeka. meeting of delegates from Cres followed he threatened to drive nature have weaved from the golden fabric of life. cent City, Grants Pass, Medford Mackay out of San Francisco in end Ashland Elks Temple, Med rage and called O’Brien and Flood Dinner Tonight at Presby Your devoted grandson, ford, last Friday night relative to big waterfront whisky men. terian Church Will . ‘ LYLE. Flood came back with the as the completion of the Crescent Mark the Start Lyle Ashcraft, " . . City Harbor. The meeting was sertion that some day he would Everything Is In readiness for 1307 Iowa street, convened at 4 p. m. and adjourn sell whisky over the counter of ment was had to the Hotel Med the ”bl gfour” of the "Bonansa the annual Y .' M. C. A. Budget Ashland, Oregon. f o r d at 4:10 for dinner. The crowd,” eventually rounded up Week Campaign which starts to Old-Timers Will Don Foot purpose of the meeting was to se enough of the Bank of California morrow morning, according to ball Togs Tomorrow North Dakota School Offic- cure help from Jackson and Jose liabilities to send* that institution those In charge. Teams are all Afternoon . ial Pleased With _______ • • organised and will meet tonight phine Counties at the next session to the wall. Tidings It may not bo muc bed a foot - But the Comstock began to fade for the kick-off dinner which Is of Congress. ball gams, but It ought to be a .befog given by Jhe lgdlee of the Vlaiag Retnraa ■■■ » In 113$. Low grade ore A real “prospect" for Ashland's worth-while spectWte tomorrow President Irving B. Vining has drops in the price of silver have Presbyterian church at the church poultry induatry Is fa' (NFBilking. afternoon .whan a football team combined to dlscoura gethe own Raspberries and blackberries at 3:30. The personnel of the Just returned from an extended He la C. D. Curtis, city school will* bear In Ashland as late as superintendent of Pembina, North recruited from The Lithtans playa speaking tour In Southern Cali ers, who have thrown in about divisions and the teams was an November 16. While there may Dakota, who is taking a genuine Ashland high school on the high fornia and will address the Ash $10,000,000 in an effort to coax nounced today as follows: O. F ASTORIA, Ore, Nov. 15.— further riches from the mine, and Carson, General Chairman; Di land Chamber of Commerce and WASHINGTON, Nov. 15,— Leg be some "Doubting Thomases,** Interest in Ashland as a result of school athletic field. The game starts promptly at 4 o’clock, with sign telling of the approaching vision A, headed by John Rlgg, (United Press)— Clatsop county islation to permit the American that will accept this statement the Dally Tidings. cltliens of Ashland Tuesday, Nov. 23. It is possible that an eve« abandonment has Just been post with the following teams Í Team couples must be very sensible. distilleries to manufacture liquor with a grain of salt, It waa a Mr. Curtis writes that he is no holds barred and a rsferoe’s ruling to protect yourself at all proven fact when D. A. Owens, number 1, L. H. Hansen, Cap ning meeting may be arranged to ed on the famed property. At any rate a study of wedding for medicinal purposes will be local resident brought to the Tid looking forward to a trip to Ash times. accommodate a larger number tain, C. C. Darling, J. A. Put- licenses show that they marry at asked at the coming session of ings office this morning two land next spring, with the Inten Bart Miller will play fullback than usually attend the noon ses n, F, F. Whittle, J. W. Mills, Congress, General Lincoln C. An tion of locating hero permanently and direct the work of The Lttb- branches from a blackberry and sions. Jr„ and P. J.-Swennlng; Team tbe so-called "sensible age.” drews, In charge of prohibition and entering the poultry indus lans, with Walt Hughes at right raspberry bush, both heavily lad Foster Wires number 2, V. O. N. Smith, Cap try. Tbe average bridegroom who enforcement, said today. A re half and Coach Crlpe at left half. Secretary Puller received a tele tain, J. W. McCoy, Dr. G. W applies for a permit which will quest for a permit to make three en with the ripe fruit. Hia letter follows: 8. A. Peters, Jr., will call signals gram today from Arthur Poster Gregg, C. B. Evans, H. Berry, entitle him to disprove tbe truth million gallons annually will be Editor Ashland Daily Tidings: and handle tbe oldtlmes from tha from St. Paul Minn., advising that and Ralph Billings Team num- of the fancy that two can live as Nnade, Andrews said, and unless Dear Sir: quarterback pdsltlon. several families of Hollanders Light Toll Taken on Pacific ’her 3, Geo. A. Briscoe, Captain, cheaply aa one la 27 years old. a permit Is granted, there will be Horton— Road rock crusher "I have been a reader of the Clyde Young will play center, are enroute to Oregon for a loca H. F. Pemberton, J. H. Fuller, The average age of his bride Is a medicinal whisky famine In all finds ore carrying $180 gold per Tidings for several months now. Coast Over Past with Guy Good and Glen Simp tion. and will arrive in Ashland C. J. Read, Dr. Roland Allen and 23, If tbe figures don’t He. ton. have •’dreamed" a good deal probability. Sunday son bolding him up as guards, soon. These parties want to rent M. Beaver. Division B, headed about a poultry business perhaps At the tackle positions will ba faryns for one year before buy combined with some fruit. SAN, FRANCISCO, Cal., ' Nov. by Henry C. Galey, with the fol Harry McNair and Dorn Provost, ing. 15.— (U P )— Tragedy exacted a lowing teams; Team number 4, Through advertisements I became with Karl Nlms and Millard Rev. Chas. D. Oaffney, pastor comparative gentle toll of lives H. T. Mitchel more, Captain, W. Interested in Oregon as a desir Grubb playing tbe and positions. of the Congregational church, bn the Pacific coast over the past M. Wright, C. N. Glllmore, H. able place for an ex-teacher to newcomer from Salt Lake City week-end, it is revealed in a tab L. Moore, T. S Wiley add J. C. spend their remaining days. I will speak on “Impressions of a ulation made by the local office of Hopper; Team number 5, H. O. have become much Interested In Newcomer” at the noon Porum United Press. Anderson, Captain, Homer B ll. Ashland through the Dally Tid this week. ings and am pleased to noto that The death list was set at 15 lings, D. M. Spencer, G. W. The Y. M. C. A. Board and so persons, which is one of the low Dunn, Eric Weren and H. C. yonr are advocating Ashland as a licitors will meet In a group and est of the present year. There High. Team number 6, S. D. Tay future poultry center. Last year, occupy a table a \ the noon Porum were approximately 40 persons in lor, Captain, W. M. Poley, M. S. or rather this last summer, we this week. planned an auto trip to Oregon jured. Woodworth, Dr. R. L. Burdlc, V. for the express purpose of looking Rich Iowa Banker Kills No tragic deaths were reported D. Miller jmd W M. Briggs. John up a location with Ashland vary from the state of Oregon over H. Rudd, secretary for Town Wife and Then Him- much In the foreground In our the week-end. Of the fifteen fa and County work, with the North - I eelf Today talities, all were in California or west Council T. M. C. A.’s of minds. Wo finally gave up the trip and want to the Sesqul-oen- Washington, and ranged from the Oregon, Washington and Idaho, COUNCIL BLUFFS, lows. Noe. tennlal Instead. Now wo are 16.— (U P )—John B. KooUnot usual quota of fatal auto acci arrived In the city from Seattle again planning a vialt to Ashland millionaire banker and sports at eleven this morning to assist CORVALLIS, Ore., Nov. 15.— dents to suicides. next spring aa soon as school man, today shot and killed bia with the campaign. ”We feel (United Press) — The absent- oloses. We shall be looking up wife, wounded his slstsr-ln-law sure of success with so many In minded professor who has been a future home and If we Ilka the and then committed suicide. The terested and such a fine spirit the butt of countless jokes has country expect to make a home tragedy followed a long drinking being shown,” said O. F, Car been discovered in real life on there. son this morning. "WO are going orgy. the Oregon Agricultural college "I a a enclosing a check for out after a bigger budget than campus. He Is C. J. McIntosh, EUGENE, Ore., Nov. 15.— ever because we have put tbe few months more subscription to professor of industrial editing. (United N ews)— Jennings Math work on a full time basis. The the Dally Tidings.” One fair morning Professor er, 15, of Vancouver, B. C., holds ’’Vary truly,” McIntosh draped what he thought the distinction of being one of amount of the budget being a "C. D. Curtis little over $3300; th is’will cover was*an overcoat over his arm. the youngest regularly enrolled cost of the campaign and carry Although the sun was shining he university students in the country. the work for one year. This was taking no chances, knowing Mather is a freshman in pre- means that a number of ua will The Rips Comrade club of the the Oregon cliihate. Methodist churo hbas been hold medieg at the University of Ore have to give In larger amounts Upon arriving at his classroom gon. He finished grade and high ing regular meetings In the Pio he discovered that instead of schools in'n ine years in Canadi, than we have 'heretofore, and I neer Hall, under the leadership believe tbe people are going to an overcoat he was carrying a where a greater amount of study of J. W. Mills, Jr. The following respond, when they realise that X mp 'AT hb one-piece bathing suit. officers have been elected: 8-« ing is demanded. VOLCANO HOUSE, Hawaii, this money Is being raised for “Not a bad Idea at that for Nov. II.— (United P rssa )— An nlor Comrade, John Billings; Jun- the boys and young men In Ash these rainy days,” giggled a pret Immense lunar rainbow, flaring lor Comrade, Jack Leslis; Secre land, and will be spent right here ty co-ed. In a myriad of colors, was soon tary, Raymond Powell: Treasurer, In Ashland,” further stated Mr. to arch Itself over tbe crater of Raymond Stannett; Comrade of Carson. . Kilauea volcano a abort time ago the Keys, Donald Vestal; Comrade READY FOR SWIM aa one of the moat spectacular of the Colore, Lloyd LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15. — AIRPLANES USED and vivid displays of sky phen club meets every Saturday < (United News) — At least 30 MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va., Nov. Û Z LOS ANGELES .Nov. 1$. — omena to be eeen in Hawaii na to carry on their human fish, undaunted by the 15.— (U P )— Five miners* were gram of activities a tional park In many years. unsuccessful efforts thus far to killed today In a gas explosion in (United News) — Descending L ». their manual. Thin elnb'i from parachutes, members of the The rainbow appeared moat conquet the Catalina channel, the shaft of the Glendale Gas and new county air squad, have dem brllllaitt directly over the flre- ganlsed b ytha Boys’ Committee will compete in the $35,000 Coal Company. plt of Halemaumau, dashing col of the Y. M. C. A. thr Three other men were tempor onstrated the practibllity of us derby of the sea that William or against ths steam columns ago, and latereet in ing airplanes in apprehending Wrlgley, Jr., chewing gum mag arily entombed and two word In among the membere. from the grottos. criminals, fleeing la automobiles. jured. , nate, will stage Jan. 30. PLANS COMPLETED FOR Y.M.C.A. DRIVE WANTS 10 LOCATE HERE IN ASHLAND Clatsop County / Licenses Show “Discreet” Age MFDIHNM. M S B IE C M N UHO L IM IN S 10 F W (K M Berry Crop Is Thriving Here WEEK END MARKED BY FEW TRAGES The Old Soak Awakens r W *1Z Zff-HIÇ-AIL THÉRE • K ------ -] UFTÇ)’’ “ BOOZE ORGY ENDS IN TRAGIC DEATHS This Prof Was Ready For Rain Medical Student Is 15 Years Old Officers Chosen By Comrade Club Lunar Rainbow Seen In Hawaii ilosion To Miners ! A » tom-« •••■«a