THE WEATHER
C1RI8TMAS 8H0FFIR0
Do your Christmas shopping
i^ly, while the stocks are coin-
Fair tonight and Tuesday, slight
change in temperature.
Ashland’s Leading N<
(United P r e « W ire Service)
'
per for Ovefr Fifty Years
I
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(United Neve Wire Ser
ASHLAND, OREGON,
New Fire Truck
Ion Tàlli«*
Portland
Utah Professor Says Two
, Hundred Tears More
Will See Changes
r-H ung Tog in Lower
Valley Forces Them
to Come Down Here
BUOBNB. Dee. I . — A man riv ­
ing the name o f Morris Yoffee
vae under a rrw t here, being held
for; Investigation in connection
with ther murders o f. Mrs. Blanch
Myprs of P o rtla n d a n d Mrs. F lo r­
ence Monks of Seattle. When ar­
rested be gave the name o f John
Harris bnt later admitted that his
real name was Yoffee. Adrian
H arris Is the name need by the
strangler, according to Portland
police. He « m e here December
1, Mrs. Myers was killed Novem­
ber S t, He stayed In a room
sending out for Seattle papers
and betrayed an unusual Interest
In the Monks caw.
Whsn arrested he asked "A n I
wanted In 8 m ttle T " P o ll« m y
he answers the description
Adrian Harris who Is suspected of
slaying a down women In coast
ettlee. rin g e r prints are being
rushed to Portland for checking
w ith (hose left at the scene of
Mrs. Myers.
Because of the fog which hong
. low over the valley yeeterday the
Sixty Students Are Enrolled
‘ air mail planes from both Port-
At Corvallis Prom
, land and San Francisco made
Jadcson County
t forced landings near Ashland. One
f plane landed near the golf course
Solemn Ritual of Organi
Congressmen Resemble Col­
MART
COURSES
TAKER
► and the other came down with­
lion is Carried Out wil
lege Class After Sum­
out a mishap a short distance east
Formality
mer Vacation
of the city. The fog was so heavy
over the fa ir grounds that the pi­
POLITICS IS POPULAR
VAOART
lots .were unable to land at their
regular field.
Congratulations' and Sympathy
O R K O O N A Q R IC U LTU R A L
The planes could be heard hum­
Extended to Various
C 0LLEO B , Corvallis, Dec. S. —
ming aboufover the elty for more
Members
Ashland la represented at the col­
than half ah' hour yesterday as
lege by 16 e f the 8430 full-tim e
BY WILLIAM J. McBVOY
8AN FRANCISCO, Dec. «— The they swooped down through the
WASHINGTON, Dec. ».— (UP)
students. Sixty students are en­
fog hase looking for a safe land­ United Press Staff Correspondent
return
of
the
dark
strangler
— W ith- historic ceremony, the
rolled from Jackson county.
W ASHING TO N, Dec. «.— L ika
charged with the murder of a ing place.
final session of the slxty-ntnth
Frances P ratt, w n lo r in com­
a college class returning for study
down elderly Pacific coast wbm-
congre« was usherqd In today to
merce, Is a day editor on the O.
after a summer . vacation, t h l
en was believed to have been Indi­
* dole out a tax redaction, wrestle
A.- C. Barometer. She has been
House of Representatives con­
cated today with the reports of
with prohibition legislation and
active In journalistic work, be­
vened
at noon today for the
th
rw
fresh
attacks
In
San
Fran
­
deal with the businese of-tka na­
ing a member of Theta Sigma Phi
second
session
of the Slxty-ntnth
cisco.
In
each
case
the
fiend
wan
tion.
national honorary fraternity in
Congress.
frightened away bdfore he accom­
• Fine ladle* w ith lorgnettes;
journalism for women. Miss Pratt
. Vigorous bangs of the gavel
plished his purpose. W hile the at­
business men from over the coun­
is manager of the' Alpha Detla PI
by Speaker “Nick” Longworth,
tempted
outrages
were
believed
try;
silk hatted , diplomats;
w ro rity .
Famous Old Mining M Ohio, ended temporarily the hub­
to
have
been
by
the
same,
ntan
wounded veterans from .hospitals
Hugh Bates, w n lo r In phar­
Takes Shot at Neighbor
bub and roaring converwtlon
and glad-hand ' government offic­
macy, la president of the Pal Chi In one caw the fiend was Identi­
After Dispute
between
members and Rev. Dr.
fied
as
a
swarthy
foreign
looking
ials and politicians peered down
frptprnity. He la on the art staff
James Shera Montgomery,, H o nw
degenerate who was believed to
Into the wells of the Senate and
of * the Orange Owl, college hu­
Chaplain, prayed to the Almighty,
the
H o n « of Representatives
morous publication. M r. Bates la have been responsible for the
for aid and guidance during the
slaying
of
women
In
California,
when the stroke of noon summon­
a member of the Inter-fraternity
three-month session.
Oregon
and
Washington.
The
ticket
selling
contest
for
ed the national legislators to or-
council.
A fter a short business meet­
Margaret McCoy, — n in r in p ro-
ganiM for the work at-hand. - the U kra inian National Chorea
ing,
adjournment was taken un­
Concert
which
la
to
be
given
In
Vice President D a w « In the
feeslonal home economics, is a
til tomorrow ont of respect to
the
Armory,
December
IS
,
la
MK88AGBS
BROADCAST
Senate ana Speaker Longworth In
member of the Alpha Delt Pi so“r-
members and former members
Directly in the. interest of
the House Immediately called tor creating grant enthusiasm among ority. She was a member of last
who died during the five month
the
Normal
school
students
thin
early
shopping
and
early
mailing
order and introduced the chap­
year’s Braver staff and has been
recess.
week.
A huge thermometer on the Barometer staff for two and Indirectly to aid the merch­
lains tor prayer.
The journal of the proceedings
The solemn ritual of organisa­ which is placed In the assembly years. M i« McCoy Is on the great­ ants of the country ns well pa the
of the last meeting of the first
room
registers
the
daily
Increase
postoffice
service,
during
the
tion prescribed by the constitu­
er O. A. C. committee, which fu r­
’ seaalon, July 3, was read and^ap-
tion was compiled , w ith, and for­ In the « l e of tickets. Thera have thers college activities outside of Yuletlde Mason, the following
’ proved.
Several of the regular
message is being broadcasted by
malities were cleared away so been about two hundred tickets school.
appropriation
bills which brodght
sold
to
date.
The.
assembly
per­
’radio,
through
-the
newspapers,
that President Coolidge tomorrow
Donald W right, ju n io r In com­
of the Appropriations
may present his annual message iod program for F rid a y morning merce, la secretary of the Theta and on the screens of the moving of “Johnny Behind, the Gun." He .members
Committee here two weeks ago, I
on the state o f affairs, with rec­ was to stimulate the Interest and Nu Phi fraternity. He is a mem­ picture theatres throughout ,the was freed by a California court.
were presented and given' a p rl-l
whole Unite« States:
While the Leadfleld excitement
ommendations aa to what busi­ to acquaint t ig f students thor­ ber of the College A rt Club.
vlleged status on the calendar. I
oughly with this rafW> program.
would he was running high last summer
ness should be transacted.
A rtro Swingle, sophomore in * The government
A committee was appointed to I
electrical engineering has receiv­ grateful if you would, shop early, Cyty decided that It was time for Inform the President the House]
wrap
carafally,
address
plainly
him to M ttle down into some lean
It was the « m e ritu al that hag I
ed honorable mention -«or high
had assembled and was repdy to
opened préviens «angrassaeaipe»
WhdtnrsMp by the engineering 4e- and mail promptly a ll c h rls tm « Strenuous occupation than tramp­
(Signed)' ing the h ills fa» the-valnbrar'a’p «
the foundation oAthu roputftlc bnt
pariaraut. H e was 0a th e rtfto packages . and m a il.
H arry 8. New, Postmaster Oener- of gold. He purchased the Beatty might' wish to send It.
ft boro
auelted Inf si sal tu the
.squad last year.
Adopt Resolution
Hotel and became a fullfledged
speotaUrs and participants alike.
I ftoelna Gallatin, sophomore in
Except
for the adoption
landlord.
Senators ware dressed in their
professional home economics, is
the
adjournment
resolution,
Crock «feats’ and high collars.
Johnny at 75 Is easily Irritated
deeratsry of the 4H club, a Smtth-
th e y stood at 'th e ir desks in the to buy tneir tlc te tr Soon.
»
H u g h « club under the supervise
and when George Dalton, one of
A free concert w ill be given to­
the owners of the Nevada hotel,
The Normal school la working | q D of the extension department of
semicircular chamber w ith bowed
night In the Presbyterian church
for
Its
reputation
as
well
As
for
the
college.
She
is
on
the
com-
picked up a bucket the other
heads as thè chaplain prayed.
;at 8 o’clock, in which 186 high
day and dumped Its contents of
A t the front of the chamber the financial returns which It w ill inanity service committee' of the
- school students w ill take part.
M l«
G allatin (
nuts and bolts, deposited there by
there were two vacant chairs to receive from this entertainment, y . W . (J. A.
This concert, which w ill be under
Cyty, "Johnny Behind the Gun”
mark the passing o f-tw o raa- I t la Indeed a rare opportunity played frmhman basketball and
the direction ot M l « Laura Rag-
was enraged. Dalton la In the
ntors during the nine months for Ashland to he able to secure was on the sophomore volley ball
use, music supervisor at the local
‘
hospital recovering from a bullet
summer recess, Albert B. Cum­ such an entertainment of thia team thia fall.
high school, is given under the
Charles Tilton, frmhman In ea-
hole In his left leg. Johnny la
mins of Iowa and Bert M. Fernald c la « . And In order to he pble to
auspices of the Ashland Music
put this program over the top we gineerlng, la A pledge for the Beta
in Jail awaiting tria l.
of Maine.
Study Club.
A fter the prayer was over new must have the fultast cooperation Theta Pl fraternity. He la trying
The public la cordially invited
senators ware brought forward to and support of both the students out for froshman basketball,
to
coma and bring the children ot
Corvallis — Plans approved,
George Gillette, sophomore In I
receive the oath of office. T h e ft and townspeople. Therefore we
school age, In order to stimulate for 8500,000 soldiers Memorial
must
nil
do
onr
part
In
making
commerce,
isHipeclallxlng
In
p
o
llt-l
was former Senator David I.
building on O. A. C. campus.
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He 1s a m ember! their Interest In music.
Walsh, Dem., M a « * who was thia a aucce«. I f yon are Inter- leal science.
rated
In
thia
program
from
the
of
the
Theta
Nu
Phi
fraternity.
|
elected to fill an unaxplred term
Doris Hitchcock Is a freshman
to which W illiam M. Butler, chair­ artistic standpoint, you w ill be
man ot the Republican national Interested In the many gorgeous, in home economies la a freshman I
unique out for the women’s rifle squad,
committee previously had been b rillian tly eipbroldered
Kenneth Hobson, freshman in
appointed.
He, w ith Senator costumes of both the men and
H arry H a w « . Dem., Mo., and the women. I f yon are interested civil engineering. Is a pledge of
He
Senator David W . Stewart, Rep., In the social qualifications,’’ you the Sigma Nu fraternity.
Iowa, v t j e the only new ones w ill have the pleasure of seeing pUys a clarnet In the college m ill-
*
who had not been sitting at the and hearing a dnehera, three tary bead.
Bernard Joy, freshman In agrl-
last session but form ality requir­ priests, two professors, a lawyer,
AWRC-totooWiK
ed that the others chosen to suc­ a physician and a hanker. And culture, la on the freshman de-1
M
out uva OH FUT
from
the
standpoint
of
aaalc,
the
bate
squad.
He
had
to
do
hard
I
ceed themselves also receive tin
«UM O *
oath. Thera included Senator Ger­ fact that forty chosen voices sing- work to be cboeen from the man)
ald P. Nye, Rep., N. D.. and Sen­ tng as a human pipe-organ under that tried out for the aquad. He
ator A rthur Robinson. Rep., lad the direction of Alexander Kosh- u a member of the 4H club, being
ets, one of the -world’s greatest especially Interested In animal I
Administer Oath
I
The oaths being administered conductors, seems to speak for husbandry.
Itself.
The
price
of
the
tickets
Lloyd
Shrlner
la
a
senior
in
In-1
to the candldates-ia palm, Senator
o|
Normal Stages a
Sales Contest
J
ca
RECORDS ARE BROKER
tend of through the medium of
•nts and that this might
.
a
•Botany," declared
ttam. “la the most
D
(United Press)
The entire east from thq
w ve
Mississippi valley
to the . . At, ..
,
’ a
.
Professor
Important ,a n tic O c e a n a n d fr o m M o n <
treal to the Deleware break-
water paused today before
¿“a X V ^ T C,Oth' it8 8now induntated dooi
for mankind and also pre-
.
.
. ,
.j
•e the air we breathe by elim-
to t&ke tllO toll of tllQ
ting carbon dioxide and other first blizzard of the yean
■t of biology in the science of
i. Plants, either directly or in-
ises that would be harmful to f t ¡ g th e w o r s t SHOW s to r m
“plants also supply man with “
W e a th e r ! » « » « > a n n a ls ’,
irgy, though of course the, ui- since the record breaking?
iate source is the'aun. This snow storm fo December 8j-
irgy is stored up In plants,
letlmes for millions of years,
'
.
. .
.
,,
la the case of coal, for the use
S w e e p in g out of Ohio, the
— a.
__ ____ blizzard whirled north ovei
^2!**_Pi e8ent A!“ * th.e ’ro.rld the Atlantic Coast line, leav»
ing disorganized shipping
' and snow blanketed cities
in its wake. In the storm
area approximately twenty
lives were reported lost,
and the casualties were ex­
pected to run even higher.
Shipping suffered particu-i
larly.
Dispatches f r o m
Sault St, Marie «aid that
que hundred and twenty
vaaagls were imprisoned in
an ice jam, which was the
wortgriir-the history of thft,
gretf
!•(»«. On board thd
SAN DIBOO, C at. Dec. »,
vewielB
thousand aea-'
I men weffc preparing for a*
protracted '¡stay, with the
food low and famine threat;
ening unlesfc supplies reach
•them.
‘ J
•
.
Deny That Insanity
' Is Hereditary
Oiir» Inquiring Reporter Does A Little Inquiring
Curtis, Republican floor loader,
Introduced the usual resohttiene
of notification to the president
and t^s-house that the senate was
in M M ioa and ready to do basi­
n e«.
Adjournment then wee
taken until tomorrow.
The scene in the honse was
more jubilant. There the 415
members acted like claèsmatee re­
turning frotp the summer Vaca­
tion and few of the memherp paid
much attention to the- tontine
basine« transacted upon the santa
formula as provided in the sen­
ate. The cqngre«men bussed In
little groups, shaking banda and
telling storihs of the compatta.
Democrats found thole strength
Increased substantially In the sen-
eta ns n result of the last e leo
tlons although thalr fa ll newly n o
qalrad strength w ill not M felt
until the new congra« oemee In­
to power after March 4. This see-
sion Is a hold-over
ot the
range from 50c to 3S.0A and ev-
ary seat la the building le to be'
reserved. Bny your ticket now
and reserve a good seat.
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dustral arts. This department, in
which he Is registered, gives In-
structlon in woodworking, black-1
smithing, automobile
repairing
and vocational work In various]
How A t o ù r Ì T -
PtACRB
CANG b T A U M d C H
Try To Measure
I Chester Woods is a second year J
I K «A sms
special student in civil engineer-]
M3FS ’lempcraturc tng. Ths eourae w ill prepare
— “—■—
PASADENA, Cal., Dee. I . —
(U P )— -Astronomers nt J it . W H-
1 ion are attempting to measure
' he temperature on the planet
Hara and to determine the com-
1 tosltlon of. Its atmosphere.
According to Dr. W alfer J. Ad-,
ims,
director of the M t. Wilson
1
' ibservatery, It, Is expected that
1 he observnttAnd w ill result In
1 mportant ' conclusions concern-
1 ng the poMlblllty of life ea the
1
1
old con- 1
grass elected two years ago and 1
the only changes made, were 1
through tilling vacane!« «used
by death.
•“ ■
him for participation In admlnln-
tratlve and governmental service
as well aa In the technclal field of
engineering.
Donald
Ross and W illiam
Briggs are freshman In electrical
engineering. They are receiving
special training la the theory of
engineering, leaving practical ex-]
perlenca to be gained f a r in g va- ]
cations and after graduation; M r. I j
R om Is a pledge of the t a n Kap-
pa Epsilon fraternity.
Lacomb — Strawberry grower*
sell 1087 pool to Seattle company
for 8.4 cents a pound.
»
* Clatsop County b e « make
tons of honey, worth |SPO
ton.
Following .the heavy rains
ot
the past week, raising the water
' levela la nil nil valley streams,
a
coatlhued drop in them com­
menced Friday.
From Friday unMlentlflc faahien we are
morning until » o'cloek Saturday ed to swept A theory timi
afternoon, rays W . R. Coleman, sanity er feeMemtadedhea
state superintendent
of flab hereditary. ”
screen, the Rogue River dropped ,
th e Yale lecturer dora .
over 1 8 taehee and Saturday was UMt (he theeght
yèmag
dropping even faster, indicating i
enthutiastto átate offloer”
that normal flew would he reach* J
ed la a cpmparntlvely short time.