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THE POULTRY INDUSTRY
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cloudiness in the west portions
tonight.
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ASHLAND, QBflflON, TUESDAY, FEB. 8, 192
Little Railroad
Stock Stai High
I
Locals Put nu Stiff Oouosi
tion to Crack Capital
City Team .
Have Been Slain in
Lisbon
of Oil
RESIDENTS EVACUATE
I,
N E W YORK, Feb.
-Harassed
shorts of the Wheeling apd Lake
I Erie were squeesed for loan fees
of 2,500 per cent'today when the
I common stock of .the compear
ranged to a new high of >5 points
and became so scarce that scores
of bearish brokers lost miUtoaa
of dollars delivering shares which
they had sold short before the
present
boom.
Thirty Six Hour Run Pro­ Stock unprecedented
exchange authorities and I
duces Several Barrels
officials of the hitherto obscure 1
RETORT WORKS FINE
Efforts to Rappresa R evolt Fail
Public Buildings Are .
Darned
I
"O il can be produced in com-
11 merctai quantities from the 8hale
I south of Ashland," is the state-
' I ment made today by M ajor Car-
I lisle Mason, engineer in charge
I of the operations at Shalehurst,
I and who has just completed a
I raccessfnll thirty-six hour test
I run, which proved conclusively
I that the retort, was correct In j
Former Attorney General
and Property Custodian
Again Defendants [
little railroad became panicky in
the face of a technical order, hat'
they were not half so perturbed
as the brokers who had sold short
only to find the supply of common
stock bnobtalnable except for fab­
ulous premium. t »
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OtLate in the afternoop W . M . 1
Duncan, chairman of the road’s *
board of directors,
announced 1
I what appeared to be a solution
when he said that counsel for the 1
commission and the public u tili- <
ties commission of Ohio to con-, <
vert preferred stock into com- 1
mon<
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Chisholm was presented for pro­
bate in the county court yester­
day morning. There was a large
number of citizens fropi Ashland
Decision of . Executive on and other portions of the bounty
McNary-Haugen Measure who were interested in the matter Portland S e n a t o r Also
of the care of the family, which
. is in Doubt
Would Prohibit Proposed
consists of six orphaned children,
Tithing Plan
I S V E R Y IMPORTANT only two t>t whom are of age.
The approval of the will was re­ PATTERSON IS OPPOSED
Veto Would Mean Blow to Coo- presented by Briggs & Briggs and
those in opposition were repre­ Executive Proposal For Raising
H«lgo Candidacy, Many
sented by Bray & Bray of Med­
Finances Due for ljard
Believe
ford.
Sledding
I t appears from the
W A SHING TO N. Fbb. 8. — The
senate will vote Friday at 4 p. n»., that the d e c e a d ^ .
at
on the McNary-Haugen Farm Re­ property on Oa
lief bill, under a unanimous con­ between »3500' and »1000. and
left
insurance amounting to
sent of agreement.
»4200 if paid in installments and
W ASHING TO N, Feb.,8 — As »2800 if paid in cash. - This In­
the time draws near for a vote surance is to be used for the care ’
on the McNary - rfhugon bill one and education of the four smaller
,
political question absorbs Wash­ children.
Joseph H Sander was appointed i
ington - will President Coolidge
as the executor of the estate and I
approve or veto the measure?
of
the c h 11 d r e n I
Assuming, as most in congress guardian
do, that the bill will pass, Cool­ which position he accepted and i
i
idge’s decision will shape political agreed to do his best.
history for the next few years.
All here regard the test as pro­
bably the outstanding one of Cool­
idge’s presidential career. I f he
signs the bill, his renomination is
almost inevitable. If'h e vetoes It,
there will be a rush to Frank O.
industry in Oregon,
Lowden, one of the sponsors of
New
Marriage
Service
Elim
the farm bill. Coolidge will find
inates the Word Obey
SALEM, Feb. 8. — (U N ) —
himself the object of a great anti-
From Ceremony
Already, before Governor Pat­
third time cry, with Lowden'as a
terson’s finance program has had
new political favorite. This- .view
of the possibilities is held, not
a chance to get started in the
only by most observers in con­
house three different and addi-
gress. but by some who are ex­
tremely close to the president. Yet
Coolidge's intentions remain the
mystery.
Last spring, when the same bill
Fas up in congress,the president
»aid privately that he would veto
««fiSi
principal, and that Shale oil can
I be produced in paying commer­
cial quantities, from this field.
I
M ajor Mason, who baa spent
Bond Street. Style Dictators I many years in the development
I of machinery to take the oil out I
Favor More Colorful
I of shale, and who superintended Fred 0. Harnee and Irving
Clothes
I the rebuilding of the local retort
E. Vining Tell of PorV
LONDON, Feb. 8 . — (U N ) — I declared today that the results of |
land Session
Men’s clothing during the com­ I the thirty-six hour run, which
ing year w ill be brighter than took place Saturday, Saturday I
ary manifesto."
,
during the past few seasons, ac­
night and Sunday left no ques-1
cording to the Bond Street style tion as to t«e feasibility of the I
Fire on Cruiser
Revolutionists
crowded
the dictators.
local plant.
"W e were able to
streets shouting “long live the
Jt has always been considered | control the heat perfectly," the I
that conservative oolora in clothes M ajor stated, “and every bit of I
republic and the constitution.”
A rtillery on shore returned the were a part of the good taste oil was successfully taken from I
lire from the cruiser Carval Hoa- in the wardrobe of a well-dressed the shale.
I f it -is possible is I
quanjo.
man.
“ Plain bines for Plain
The Bar Association of Jackson
the future to replace the ma­
and Josephine counties met at (he
The ministers of foreign af­ John”, however, have passed out
chinery that is now there with
fairs and the interior have been of popularity to make way for modem and up-to-date equip-1
Medford hotel la s t evening to con-
arrested.
Residents and shop­ gayer effects.
. cider suoh laws as the Bar might
ment, built on practically the (
Brown mixtures, Into which same lines that the present ma-1
keepers have fled to their homes,
deem advisable to be submitted to
the legislature.
while buildings in the business are woven fain t stripes of reds, chlnary has been constructed, 11
section are exposed to the gun­ blues and maovee w ill be worn can see so Teason why Ashland I'
The meeting lasted from ,8:30
for everyday wwar. Tweed», ‘ a l­ should not have an excelleht I
fire.
w i l l ' 11:00 cu’cloek. *n d x xoju
•idsrable- portion of the time was
A revolutionary committee has though the best wearing for a ll­ | paying industry.”
spent
In considering the proced­
been established in the city. Sail­ round wear are hot destined to I
Several (barrels of oil were
ure on appeal. The Bar passed re­
ors, police, members of the re­ he popular and the once fash-1 I taken out in the test run and
solutions commending the legis­
public guard infantry forces hare ionable whipcords are now never I
I some of it is on display in the
lators of Jackson and Josephine
joined the revolutionary force seen in London.
Barret meat market. The oi! is
counties in the matter of the
A t one time St. Patrick’s D ay]
here. They have sent details to
of an excellent quality and as-
w
’ae
regarded
as
the
first
day
in
I
measures introduced
by such
sefte various parts of the city.
cording to the officials w ill com­
“open
season”
for
clothing
buy-1
UNLO
ADED
OUN
legislators,
and
instructed
the sec­
W hile gunfire In the city contin­
ers, but since the war this Is I mand a high price when it is
PORTLAND, Feb. 8. — Jackie retary of the association to wire
ued another stream of fire was
I possible to place it on the market. I Wlldo, aged 4 , died here today
them a message of appreciation.
This is prin­
directed on the capital fro m the merely a legend.
cipally due to the fact, It is said, I The recent test run is the re­ as the results of wounds which he
Practically the entire Bar of
cruiser Carval Hoaquanjo at an­
that well-dressed men desire only I sult of weeks of Work on the received while playing w ith a gun these two counties were present.
chor In the harbor.
to reptentish their wardrobes as I part of the engineer and others that wasn’t supposed to be loaded
Dcfnand Action
needed, rather than at a parti-1 .nterested, and the 'successful re­
The boy was playing with a Medford Vlsitor-*-
Reports from Operto said that
sult w ill be Welcome news to small companion, found his fath­
Paul Robison, editor and own­
cular
period
of
the
year.
the m in u ter of war, who detail­
many Ashland people who have ers’ rifle and during the play dis­ er of the Ashland American,
ed by Premier Carmono to sup­
become atockholdera in the ven­ charged It the ballet penetrating made a business trip to Medford
Enterprise — Allen & Lewis
press the revolt has been unsuc­
ture.
j the lad’s liver.
yesterday.
t
Company to open chain store here.
cessful and the battle in the
Major Mason expects to leave
second largest city of Portugal
shortly for his Los Angeles of­
was continuing. In both Oporto
fice Where other Shale oil de­
and Lisbon the revolutloniata de­
velopments await hia attention.
manded immediate resignation of
the government and a return to
the constitution.
Revolutionists Mrs.
Chaplin's Attorneys
of Oporto brought reinforcements
Granted Ten Days to
from Valencia and government
Amend Complaint
troops bombarded them while
they embarked. Throughout yes­
terday heavy cannonading con- -
tinued there.
Its intensity was i
Indicated by the fact that one <
Emergency Clause Contain
government at Santovidlo nearby, <
ed in Bill Makes it
fired 150 shots in two hours.
1
Now a Law
Among the many public build- 1
inga burned in Oporto were the I
W hile in session of the legisla­
ture in Salem a message was re­
postal telegraph and the Theatre >
St. ,Jean.
ceived by W. M. Briggs to the
effect that Governor Patterson
signed the Courthouse Removal
Normal Assembly W ednesday
bill yesterday about 6 o’clock and
The music and Dramatic de-
partment of the Greater Med­ materialise, attorneys for Mrs. that owing to the emergency
ford club w ill entertain the Nor­ Chaplin announced that irrefu ­ clause in the bill, It is now a law
mal school students nt an as­ table proof of the marriage would fcf the state.
Bar Association
Holds a Meeting
Driven Off af Last
■ey-ec^.
Pit/ u K i
sembly to be held Wednesday
morning nt ten thirty, in the au­
ditorium.
A trio consisting of
Mrs. James Collins, soprano. Mrs.
Richard Mulholland, contralto,’
and Mrs. Rawles Moore, pianist,
w ill provide the entertainment
and Mrs. W illiam Mullholland
w ill give a brief talk on Cad-
men.
The public has been in­
vited to attend this assembly.
BLASTER KILLED
M A R S H F IE L D , Feb. 8.— John
TIcaa, 40, experienced powder
and slopeman, was instantly k ill­
ed Sunday at the Hauser Con­
struction company rook quarry
on Coos river, when he fell
down a 160 foot bapk.
The man had been blasting
and he had a rope arojind his
body for safety bat removed It
for a short time before he slip­
ped.
be contained in the amended com­
plaint.
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The absent comedian’s 'firs t
victory came when Judge Schmidt
granted a demurrer filed by
Lloyd W right, personal attorney
for Chaplin, 'dismissing W right
from the divorce complaint. Judge
Schmidt ruled that the complaint
failed to show sufficient reason
for considering W right aa a de­
fendant in the divorce action.
Chaplin scored a second vic­
tory when a demnrrsr filed by
the Chaplin studios, Inc., was
granted dismissing the action
and quashing the restraining or
der against It.
LEG IO N TO M E E T
The local American Legion
poet w ill meet nt 8 o’clock to­
night nt Pioneer hall, at which
time matters of Importance to
the post will be considered.
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Golf Game Leads
To a Shooting
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8.— (U N )
— A- dispute over a game of golf
led Andy Jankowski of Toledo,.
Ohio, Ao commit suicide hers this
afternoon, after shooting and per­
haps fatally wounding his play­
ing companion, Cornelius K. Cal­
lahan of the same city.
The men, playing nt the B e ll*
vue Country Club, became involv­
ed In an argument concerning the
number of shots each had taken
at the eighth hols. Jankowski, ac­
cording to tnfc police drew a gnn,
shot Callahan and then turned
the weapon on himself.
Callahan was rushed to the re­
ceiving hospital, where his death
la expected momentarily.
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finance program, and the third
would tend to cure for all time
the shrink of the tax levying
base caused by the six per cent
limitation amendment. This lat-
ter suggestion would fix, by an
amendment to the six per cent
limitation ameiyiment of the con-
stitution, an irreducible direct
levy base to which resort could
always be had in the event of its
approval by the people.
H ie d Base
i ; The amendment provides that
• ithis definite and permanent base
shall be the sum of »3.588,275.35
i — this being the base in 1922,
which was cut by the state tax
commission and which cut has
been, the major cause of the
state’s present financial trouble.
It would increase, if permitted
by six per cent each annum, and
the base thus would grow by
those steps as it does now under
the constitution.
Joseph sees no reason for sub­
mitting the Income tax to a
special election, but would let
it go over to the November elec­
tion in 1828. To bridge the gap
H. A. Stearns, owner of the be would borrow money enough
Lithla Springs garage, is putting to carry on the general state ex­
in a concrete floor on the upper penses from the Industrial acci­
part of the garage, and getting dent fund and the highway fund,
it In shape for the summer tour­ if available, and the money thus
ist season. Other Improvements taken wonld be returned when the
are being planned by Mr. Shearns state gets on a sound financial
as he believes this will be Ash­ basis again.
Joseph contends
land’s banner year so far as auto that this would be strictly a
traffic is concerned.
loan, interest bearing, which
would not impair the balance of
the credit to either the industrial
accident or the highway com­
missions.
Joseph declares that
the tithing bill through its di­
version of funds, a special to a
One or two ex-Ashland high general use, is Illegal under su­
school stars are members of the preme court decisions and could
Dunsmuir A ll Stars, who play the be prevented by litigation.
normal school basketball quintet
at the armory this evening. Be­
cause of the presence of these
F IN D FOUR R O M E S
basketball stars of former years
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8.— Be­
much interest is being shown In lieved to have been dead more
the game and it is expected a than two days, the bodies of two
large crowd w ill he preeent.
men and two women ware toaad
Coach Htyhes Is looking for­ in a bungalow la W atts suburb,
ward to one of the hardest and after the door had bean battered
moat bitterly contested games yet d ow n to d a y.
olayed this year as the Dunsmuir
I t Is thought that they had
team is reported to be the speed­ been the victims of either palm a
iest in Northern California.
ed liquor or carbon-monoxide gaa.
There will be a preliminary
game starting nt 7:80.
Concrete Floor
Added to Garagi
Dunsmuir Team
To Play Normal