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 “ »« 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» 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« *