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THE POULTRY THE WEATHER Cloudy and unsettled tonight and probably rain. J ia a potential pay roll for 7 ' Ashland’s Leading Ne (Unit«« News W ire Servie«) di to the VO L. L WILL M R Y B WINNER i IN M Y M E ASHLAND PLAY HOST TO W. 0. W. LODGE DURING 1928 Extra Period Needed to De feat Faculty by One ; Point Mangin ASHLAND, OBKOOfl, INTEREST IN BIG OPENING GROWS KEENER Poorest Speller Ornees Troi (United Prete W ire Service) l Y, N O .'] FEB. 18, 1927 IM S BOUSE M M CHIIK BOTH VANCOUVEB, B. C.. Feb. — (U N )— “ Paul, the R Falls in a Faint and Sym has been la town again end pathetic Priests Offer ping clerks In wholesale houi Assistance have had their annual struggle In. figuring out his orders. B A K E R S FIE LD . CaL. Feb. 18. No one recalls Paol’s rag) — (U N )— A élever swindler "Who name, but he is known as the preys on priests and churchmen champion poor speller o f the trad has appeared in California. ers who come to Vancouver to Appearing at some church, the obtain their tuppllee. Letters stranger suddenly faints, and from him , are treasured for their upon being revived, says, “ My peculiar fepellint. 'Never having God, give pie some food, I attended schools where Epgtfcm haven’t* eaten for days.” He is Is spoken,, he writes the word« as always fed by kind-hearted per they sound .when he pronounces sons and usually given money. them. . The man appeared at the St. .Among Paul’s orders this tim e Francb church here and went were eofe. (coffee.) shouo tobhdfUnto h b faint. Upon being re (chewing tobacco) b la b parafdm' »nTe, ived he was fed a hearty meal (lilac perfume)7 I ra l (ro ll) and sympathetic priests gave him pianist eaten (flannelette cot |1 0 . They haven't seen him ton,) 3 Tai gengamf gingham ), 1 sinee. ” __ . — dos met» (m itts ), shot (ab o u t) 19 Descriptions of the swindler par shous (pairs of shoes), < have been given the police, who wendars 8 pain (six windows. M y that he had appeared in sev each with six panes) 2 4 led eto)N|i era| California cities and misled (fo n r-lld stoves.) - Mtple without arousing suspic- Paul alee Is noted for hie hon n, Church officials say the esty, a very remarkable memory man b a finished actor, grabbing and his bookkeeping. These w W food given him as though fam know him say be rarely ever fort ished, and showing a remarkable gets anytp’ng and has an annantf ability to stimulate unconscious faculty of keeping h b accounts ness. straight. A ll Tear round he goto between Quesnel end a village l i d miles north of there, buying furs and trading with the hunters and trappers of the Cariboo country. Battery B’s fast basketball ag gregation emerged trium phant last night In the final contest of Stvle Show. Auto Show and Vaudeville on March 1 the city basketball league pro and 2 - Planned moted by thb Y M. C A. Bat tery B and the Faculty team were National Convention Will be tied' for first place In the series LEGION HAS CHARGE Held' in This City and they met for a fight to .the Next Year finish In the first game of the Enthusiasm In Community Pro ject Mounts Dally; Ford evening. A t the close of the game OHAMBRR IS SPONSOR the score stood 29 a ll and It took Coupe to be Prise Director« Urge Support to Plan; the extra throe minute period to Each day added momentum is decide the score which ended 29 Spring Opening Is to 29, the wfnnlng score being a given the enthusiasm which is Indorsed foul shot. The game was fast greeting the effort of the ’ local from start to finish neither team American Legion post, sponsors An Invitation to the Woodmen being able to get lead enough to for the big Spring Opening, auto of the W orld to hold their nation make sure of victory. In the show and style show which w ill be al convention in Ashland in 1*28, second game between the High held at the Ashland armory on and assurance from national of School Seconds and the Normal the nights of March 1 and 2. fleers of this fra te rn a l. organisa Merchants today announced Seconds, the Normal boys emerg tion that Ashland’s Invitation ed victors with a safe score, 31 to that they are selecting the var would be accepted • featured a 11. The final game of the eve ious frocks and other wearing special meeting of the chamber ning was played between the H I-. apparel which their models w ill of commerce directors at the L lth - T Employed boys and the L ith display on the two nights of the la Springs hotel-yesterday. ians. .This game was a fight to show. Auto dealers have placed . The chamber directors adopted the finish to stay out of the cel orders for the very latest models a resolution pledging their sup lar, the H i-Y Employed team Just of cars for exhibit purposes In port to the Woodmen of the crawHng out by a one point vic the auto show department, while W orld In arousing Interest in tory which was won on a foul other merchants are making com Ashland and Southern Oregon, to plete plans for their displays of shot In an overtime period. the end that the 1928 convention The final score being H y-Y Em new spring and summer goods of here would be one of the great ployed Id , Lithians IB. The f i all kinds. est ever held by the organization. ns) standing of the teams are: W hile the merchants are bend President O. F. Carson appoint Battery B, first place Faculty, ing every effort to make their ed a special committee to work nd; Normal Seconds, third; part ef the Spring Opening a with officers of the lodge to nr High School Seconds, fourth; H i- rousing success, the Legion com range preliminary details for the Y Employed, fifth and Lithians,. mittee Is busy night and day MISSOULA, Mont., Feb. 18.— chamber’s cooperation in the con sixth. The winning team w ill' be working out the many details o f (U N )— A final check on the vention plan. presented with a silver eup. "The the big show. Practically all of ’damaged tim ber of the last fire Members of this committee are series was a decided success from I the five vaudeville acts to be season in the national forests SUVA FIJI, Feb. 18,— ( U P )— V. V . M ills. C. A. Malone and H. every point. Not one game was shown each night have been sign oi Western Montana and north In to the picturesque tropical har L. Claycomb. forfeited, but all were played as ed up and rehearsals are noyr ern Idaho has been made. It bor here, surrounded by ' ■ palm- 'A t the suggestion of M r. Clay- per schedule,” - said Secretary under way. reveals that (he ferests of these fringed shores, and studded w ith comb, the directors voted to hold W alter. W ithin the next day or two , . areas suffered a loss of 792.- definite announcement w ill be f'nat,Te .the Brl a Joint meeting with lo cal’ gro cruiser Renown steamed joday, '919,000 board feet/ The season’s cers and commission merchants made of the free street stunts to fire loss exceeded that of the for the purpose of aroeking a be held on the down town busi bearing the D a te of York, second preceding season because so much Gog of the British g rille s ----------- nn’ted spirit ’ of cooperation in ness streets between 7 and 8 eon of the king hi<A wife, dagghdw ot the timber burned was In Empir» promoting the interests of Ash o’clock each night of the ebow».«;' « a ¿ on their m e > “ »« w* eetefn pine belt. Scotti land products. Cooperation ‘ of W hat promises to he n mag h alt of the total loss ............ A W Almost - the chamber with the farmers, net to attract several hundred “ ra ^le Kanlkau-fores|, where rrorers and merchants genenattr people on the lest p tffit erf (be „ 9 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 board feet of THH- will result in better conditions. Former Frerident Obregron »bow is the anhouhjmment ths( | I'co a t of W*h Gives Hie Idee of What trffpl ber w ew destroyed. Mr. Clavoomb declared. tofrng in paint sh geek 1827 Ford coupe will i t ’ late WfrernOoii, Considerable salvage w ill be -* Wonld Help Another reeotutlon was adopted »h away on the (dosing' n ig h t cal turni presented I spectacle I P°«*lbIe there- however. pledging the unanimous support This feature is attracting w ile - the Rei SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 18. — Ificane» <hd might. ' P® P1« F,atheBd forest, the of the chamber to the big Spring of s |l*« r.i soroad interest throughout the •lgbtod on Athe offing. Io8“ 8 were «00.000.000 Opening which w ill be held at thé (U P ) — More determined work c ity ,. vAe ape • board feet and on the Black- armory on March 1 and 2 under and leas flowry t a l k . is what __ _ welcome eame In addition to the nuto show, sbtffi the auspices of the local American Mexico needs to solve her many style review end vnudevill pro Tropi (ha'jjfblte(»rósldelìts of this feet forest 148,000,000 board harassing difficulties,, and. when feet. I t is believed that little Legion post. gram on the opening night,' the b tttp o d tW the-. British Empire Officers of the Woodmen of the th b work is accomplished the Legion has arranged for a big knd excited native», arrayed In of this may be reclaimed. W orld declared that more than country w ill reap the benefit of country store, at which many val I h e f r b b t t clothes for this 6c- 300 accredited delegates w ill be great natural resources, equal uable merchandise prises w ill be é M t o n . R n y a gets little excite Returned from Salem— H al M cljalr. who lias spent the here for the national convention to those anywhere in North given away. The; Country Store ment hbydnd the regular calling past few days in Salem,- Ore., next year. In addition to the America. always proves a strong drawing of the .mail boato, and this Was attending the legislature return Such was the statement of regular delegates, they predlA- card in any city, and with the hn occasion only equalled pre- ed to his home on Oak street ed that more than 200 lodge mem General Alvaro Obregon, form prises which the Legion expects to ~~ (P lee«s~T u rn to~Pagu s / ' yesterday. . bers would be here for the meet er president of Mexico, while give away during this fM tu re, ing and attendant festivities. It here on business recently, Obre many persons w ill receive in mer is planned to hold the convention gon said there was no end to chandise far more than the small during the latter part of June, possibilities in bis native land. admission cost to the show. “The west const o f Mexico,” and arrangements w ill be made to use the Chautauqua building for the .form er liberal leader ex plained, “ has a potential wealth the business sessions. F 7 / vastly greater than that of the west coast of the United States. W ater for Irrigation purposes BETTER LIGHTING URGED FOR PICTURE THEATERS may be taken from* IT different rivers; the climate is good; the soil is perfect. By bringing cli N E W YO RK , Feb. 18.— (U P ) — Motion picture houses are too mate, water and soil together Merchants Tailors Conven tions Suggest But Few * dark, according to Guy A. Henry, we could have a paradise.” - The one-armed fighter and, Changes General Director of the Eye Sight Conservation Council of America. former political leader said that In poorly lighted auditoriums, his business in the United States PO RTLAND. Ore., Feb, 18. — he asserted,, people are subject had no political significance. He (U N )— Merchant tailors of the was here to buy supplies and Pacific coast, who met here for to eyestrain. Investigations reveal that man organise a business deal through their annual convention, decided agers of motion picture theatres which he has already leased that the present style of men’s have no method of determining thousands of acres of Mexican clothing was quite satbfactory the effectiveness of the lighting, land owned by Americans. for another year at least. I “ I am here to work— to pro said Henry, who urged the fram They did recommend, however, duce the west coast of the United ing of a special code of Illu a few minor changes which in mination for motion plcUfre audi States on the west coast of cludes: / toriums, following a scientific Mexico',” ha ■ smilingly explained. Coats with full rounded cheat A t his home in the state of and soft rolling fronts. study of the problem. Sonora, the ex-president is doing Coat collars to he Set lower many things to show his faith and well rounded. in Mexico’s possibilities. There Slightly longer coats w ith the FENCES KEEP HIGHWAYS Is a huge irrigation project be central vent #ln the back. FREE OF SNOW IN KANSAS ing constructed under his di Waistcoats to be fashioned full COTTONWOOD FALLS, Kan., rection, a s e ttle m e n t project for chested andl single breasted. - The use of suspenders. . Feb. 18.— (U P )— No longer w i’l natives, and the production of Wide trousers have now be the fifty-m ile gales, heavy snow millions of dollars annually worth of peas, tomatoes and peppers come the vogue, the tailors de storms and drifting snows hold terrors for farmers of Chase which ar« sent to the United cided, but they are not to go to States. the extreme. They should meas county who must keep In com Declaring that ha Is not In ure from SO 1-8 to 81 1-8 inches munication with the county seat terested la the oil situation and at the bottom and fame 17 1-2 to during the winter months. Snow other Mexican troubles, Obregon I t ’ at the. knee. Plain bottoms fences, erected in the fa ll and said he has settled down to ’’pro are correct tor dark and dressy taken down and rolled rp in the ductive peacefulness” — a rare materials, but cuffs are permit spring, are successfully k e-p ln r gesture for a Mexican general and ted for light colors and sporty the .western Kansas roads cldar a form er president of the south • ¿ 7 ■*' of snow. The fences are ra-tde wear. ern republic. The tailors Insist that it K , of woven wire with pickets four Incorrect and bad taste to wear or five feet high and are stretch Portland — Heavy shipments a whits wabteopt with a taxedfe ed along the north side of the highways 100 feet back from the of Portland-made bathing suits and light colored overcoat with go to Europe, a dress salt or bright colored hat. road. Seasons Fire Loss . Shows an Increase Royal Family Are Visiting Tropics MORE WORK AND LESS TALK FORMEXICANS PASSES NORMAL SCHOOL BILLS Aouropriation of Hundred Fifty Thousand for Build ing is Favored WILL WORK OVERTIME legislature Gives np all of Finishing Session In Prescribed Time SALEM. Feb. 18.— The house bill appropriating one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for new building, and 833,210 for general expenses of the Southern Oregon Normal school passed the house today. SALEM. Feb. 18.— This Is the fourtleth day that the legislature has been in session and they have definitely eliminated any hope of adjourning without an overtime* session. Tonight marks the end of the normal ses sion,'^ period for.which the law makers have paid. W ork after today will be gratis. Both houses and the senate are faced with heavy calendars. Vetoes B ill Governor Patterson late Thurs day vetoed the Wilson rivpr toll bill and sent the bill and his mes sage back to the house of repre sentatives Just before adjourn ment. SEVENTY lmjimn LOSE LIVES STORMS THAT SWEEP Expect to Celebrate. the Hundredth Anniversary in 1933 CHICAGO, Feb. 18.— (U P )— Future, present and past in the worlds of business, engineering, a rt and agriculture will be par ad'd.! before the people of the nation in 1933 when Chicago celebrates its 100th birthday. Plans aré going forward for the , exhibit, which according to those In charge, will surpass everything done of this nature before in the country. Edward N. Hurley, former head of the Shipping Board, is chairman of the committee preparing for the big event. Attempts are being made to have .th e Olympic games here that year. While the Olympic games • coiné only every four years— which means In 1932 and then again in 1936— the committee will attempt to exert the necessary influence to have the games in 1933 and in Chi cago. Plans already call for using the giant Soldiers Field, scene ot the Eucharistic Congress and the last Army-'Navy football game, for the centennial exposition. Then too, Chicago is suggest ing that a mammoth hall— cap able of housing any sort ot per formance— be erected for this affair. It Is pointed out that the ball not only could be used for national political conventions, big sporjing events and similar attractions. The committee also is plan ning to erect temples for the various units of the centennial. One will be a labor temple. Plans call for agricultural, fine arts, engineering and manufacturing divisions. This will be in addition to the museum and big public buildings along Lake Michigan which*« The governor's veto brings climax the two year fight force the highway commission construct the road or authorise its construction under private toll franchise. The governor gave as his rea- 1 son for vetoing the bill " It la lo cal in color,” and that “ this local convenience is not sufficient to counterbalance the fact that the road is not vitally needed from a opmmerclal viewpoint.” He also ready «»Id be objected to the emerg« Cyclones ■ in South Kill : Thirty Five and do Heavy Damage PREDICT COLD WAVE F ruit Region of Month la Warned of Cold Weather That May Damage Tree» CHICAGO, Feb. 18.— Atmos pheric disturbances today caused widespread damage throughout the nation with- a loss of life from storm and tide estimated as high as seventy-two. In the del ta region of the south, centering In Mississippi and Louisiana, cy- slones swept through many com munities, and the loss of Ufa was estimated at thirty-five. The storm reached Itq greatest fury In the vicinity of Pleasant H ill, Louisiana. The freight steamer Elkton was missing be tween the Phlllplnea and Guam, and it was believed that it went down with thirty-seven men. Cal ifornia was coming back after a tremendous rain fall, which caus ed all of the rivers to rise, with resulting flood conditions. A cold wave was threatened'in the mid dle west, with a temperature be low zero pending. The govern ment forecasts predict *that the cold wave will extend into the fruit region of the old south, and may cause considerable damage to ' budding trees. K ills Thirty-five N EW ORLEANS. Feb. 18.— A cyclone that struck portions of Mississippi and Louisiana late have been tendered the yesterday took a toll of lives esti mated at 35 injuring more than lo r the cfintenplal.^ 40 persons end causing huge property damage. Two entire families were wiped but. The worst fury of the ^tnrm was spent in the Pleasant H ill district, where casualties may mount to a dozen. clause attached to the bill, declar ing that “ no emergency exists.” As soon as the governor's mes sage bad been read In the house, Representative Grgham, Washing ton county, moved that the bill and message be laid on the table to give him. as be expressed it, “ time to Investigate and see what Would Like to End Custom this action o f > the governor of Betrothal Made by means.” Parents Before Birth Graham said the house should grant him the courtesy to table PEK IN G — (U P ) — A striking the bill whfle he -investigated. example of the conflict between This the house granted and Gra China’s adopted Occidental legal ham left the chamber, evidently codes and the inherited customs In a warm frame of mind. of her people is furnished by a CHINESE GIRL SEEKS H He Knows WAen He's Had Enough MEN’S STYLES ARE QUITE « T O R Y land. iper far Over Fifty Year) ä4M(/Ä8,J «¿y««-' A in T âc HM' »T uke Tw wp XT Rs Tüte of Baxae IMS M - bò T ì I Strong Wind» M E R ID IA N , Miss.. Feb. 18.— Eight persons were killed at Rose- hill. 45 miles south of here last night when a windstorm swept- •hat section, according to reports received here. The wind was so vtoient that 41 bales of cotton were picked up and hurled a long distance. Two- case now before the Peking dis of the bodies were blown 200 trict court in which a girl, be yardb. trothed before birth, is striving Steamer Goes Down to avoid marriage with a man she M A N ILLA . Feb. 18.— Thirty- dislikes. Twenty-three years ago two seven men have perished and the families, the Hans and the freighter Elkton, with a million Tsaos, were neighbors in the dollar cargo, has gone to the bot small town of Tsai Yu Chen near tom between the Philippines and Peking. In the fashion known Guam, is the belief of insurance to all Chinese for centuries, these companies. No trace of lifeboats or the families pledged tbelr friendship by agreeing that If the next wreckage have been f o u n d , •hough four navy destroyers have children born to both families cruised over the sea’s course In a were ot opposite sexes they would search for the Elkton. be betrothed. To the Han fam ily was borif a daughter; to the Tsao family, KNIGHT TEMTUAR PARTY a son. The betrothal took place. As the years passed. Miss Han An informal Knights Templar grew into a clever industrious party will be beld on the evening girl, attractive in nil respects i f Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Masonic and of considerable literary ac Hall. Ashland, under the auapldea complishtnents. On the contrary, of Malta Commandery, No. 4, of the heir to the Tsao name and •his city. Dancing, cards and fea property found no Interests be ture entertainment. The event yond the home farm and, in the will partake of an observance o f eyes of Miss Han, was not only Washington’s Birthday. A ll uncultured mentally but uncouth Knights Templar and Indies are in appearance. cordially invited. The committee The time drew near for the In charge have issued invitations marriage. Miss Han’s father died, to the membership in Ashland, and thus removed one of the Medford, and adjacent towns, en great binding ties of the Chinese deavoring to cover this entire ter family. A t once she exerted ritory. However, if nay parties pressure tq obtain release from have been overlooked, thio an a promise in which she had had nouncement will serve as a ro- .minder that they* are Included In no part. But the bond had been signed. the list. R. E. Detrick and W . H. Mc The Tsao fam ily was obdurate. A Only one solution appeared, and Nair. of Ashland, and R. that has been taken through ref Sweeney and W . W . McDonald, of erence oi the marriage contract Medford, are member« e l the, committee o a ----------- — — to the courts. Halraman Hero T o d a y - Henry Weishaar, a salesman for Oeorge Lawrence company in Portland, Ore., Is »pending the day In Ashland looking after busiaese affairs. visitors from Wn Mrs. William Karhy, man Summers aad lor of Wagner Ci Ashland yesterday visiting with fries« *