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THE WEATHER
THE POULTRY INDUSTRY
cloudy and unsettled tonight
is a potential pay roll /or
Ashland.
Ashland's Leading N<
(Uultod Maw* Wire Service)
probably rain.
far Over Fifty Years
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)AY, FEB. 21, 1927
NO MAUL TODAY
M a t a i Officials Say They
Will T a n D ’Antremont
O v r ta State
Bridges Are Washed Out;
Swollen Streams Do
Much Damage
FEÀR MELTING SHOW
as Snow
the Mountain
M elt Under Rntos
River« Ar« Still
oi
GRANTS PASS, P«b. 31.— In
the southern, «action of Oregon 5
Inches of rein fell in 41 hours
and the Rogue river is reported
to be raising one foot per hbur.
The bridges on the Redwood
highway are washed away and the
railroad bridge over the Apple-
gate river is gone. Thousands of
tons of rocks have blocked the
Southern Pacific tracks near Ash
land and 200 feet of track is
submerged near Medford, cutting
off all rail traffic from the south.
Douglas county is partly Isolated
and Canyonville la nearly washed
out.
Flood conditions in the valley
towns are feared by tonight as
the warm winds are melting the
snow and the rivers are by feet
rather than by Inches.
Portland has had an Inch of
rain In 24 hours, Marshfield has
had 3 Inches In 12 hours and
there is a spectacular rise of
streams notably the Rogue. Wll-
llamette an dthe McKensie.
PORTLAND, Feb. 21.— Flood
conditions prevailed in the west
ern and southern sections of Ore
gon today as a result of torren
tial reins over the week-end.
Trains from Ban Francisco
failed to arrive In Portland last
night because of slidea and .wash
outs caused b’y «willing "’wafers
when the rivers overflowed their
banks.
P ortland , Feb. 31.
(UN)
— Hugh D’Antremont, accused as
a train bandit and killer now on
route from Manila to San Fran'
cisco, will go back near the scene
of his alleged crime and face
trial on a'charge of. ffirst degree
murder.
This became known here to-
night when U. 8. District Attor<
ney George Neuner announced
that the government will make
no attempt to Interfere with the
state of Oregon in its announced
plans for prosecuting D’Autre
mont.
As a result. District Attorney
Newton C. Chaney, Jackson coun
ty, will apply to the war depart
ment for the prisoner when he
arrives In the United States and
no similar application will be
made by the government.
The reason .is {hat they can be
hung under Oregon law, and un
der federal law would only be
sent to Jail for 25 years.
Will Arrive Soon
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S i.—
(U P )— Hugh D’Autremont, one
of the notorious trio of alleged
train .bandits which dynamited a
Southern Pacific mall train in
Oregon, slaying four persons,
will arrive in the United States
March Id, it was aanounced to
night by C. B. Cain, chief postal
Inspector here.
D’Autremoat will be question
ed closely in San Francisco upon
arrival from Manila and then
placed in custody of postal au
thorities from the Northwest to
be taken to Portland, where his
trial will probably be held.
U» Ye Gobs
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Officers of the transport Thom
as are responsible for his delivery
here, Caln said. No postal author
ity is aboard the v<
. Cain sal* th
ment had information that D'-
Aatremont was in the Philippines
as early as last November, The
name of the informant, a dls-
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AVIATORS ARE ASKED
TO FLY PLANE HIGHER DISCOVERIES MAY
Lives and Property Are
CONTROL DISEASE
Endangered by Low
Plying
VENICE, Cal., Feb. 21.— (UN)
— Low-flying airplanes are so en
dangering life and property here
that citisens have asked District
Attorney Asa Keyes of Los
Angeles county to take some
motion to force aviators to fly
higher.
A petition presented' to the
district attorney said that:
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Real estate owners were un
able to rent their houses because
of the menace of low-flying
planes.
A plane flying low over one
of the main streets several weeks
ago narrowly averted a collision
with an automobile and did hit
a telephone pole.
,
A “stunt man“ missed striking
one of the piers “by a foot’* and
went to his death in the ocean.
Two young girls were killed
when a plane, flying low, plung
ed into the surf.
There are several fields near
Venice where flyers can kill
themselves, if they choose, with
out endangering innocent persons.
NORM AL ASSEMBLY
The Chinese have respect and
admiration for the American peo
ple. students of the Southern Ore
gon Normal school learned today
when they heard Mrs. Wilhcimlna
Arget Singer, superintendent of
a normal school in China, speak
at a regular assembly o f the
school.
“The Chinese expect the Eng
lish to exploit their country “the
speaker further declared, basing
this assertion upon the landing
of troops upon Chinese soil. “To*
can be thankful that no marines
have been placed within the
boundaries of China.’ By specif)
request the visitor addressed the
music appreciation class conduct-
ed by Miss Mareters.
Hew Substance That Spies
Out Tuberculosis Germs
Found
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21. —
(UP) — ' Eventual control of
'tuberculosis by a new substance
that “spys” out the dread germs
at an early stage of the disease
has been announced, as practical
ly a certainty by Dr. Frederick
Eberson, assistant professor at
th^ University of California medi
cal school in San Francisco.
The new blow at tuberculosis
is through tuberculin, a substance
obtained from tubercle germs. .
If prepared in a specific form,
tuberculin may be depended upon
to discover the presence of tub
erculosis in the human system,
according to Dr. Eberson.
The difficulty in diagnosing
tuberculosis,’* declared Dr. Eber
son, “Has been in detecting bor
derline eases, especially in chil
dren. This type of infection is
elusive and vague.’’
It has been for the purpose of
discovering a means of distin
guishing between healed inflama-
tory copdltlons, active tubercu
losis. evidence of previous infec
tion and latest tuberculosis that
his research has been carried
op. With tuberculin he believes
he has succeeded.
When iatroducedi into the skin
or underneath the akin, tuber
culin hits a tendency to form
red, angry patches on persons
who are carrying tubercle bacilli
in their systems, either actively
or la a latent condition.” Dr.
Eberson stated in bis report.
“Positive skin tests were per
fectly correlated with the posi
tive ellnical and laboratory flnd-
of tuberculosis lafUetion,”
be stated.
By finding the germs at an
surly stag«, it will be possible
to
' eatirely stomp out the disease
eveatually, th« doctor declared.
there has been
a total o f 441 inches of rain
for the asonth. O f this amount
nearly foar inches of rainfall
daring the last foar ddyn This
as In 1P19 the rain fall for the
month exceeded five Inches.
Bo to r this season« the rata-
to ll totals »1.17 laches o f rain
un til Heptember first. -The
sal rainfall, the weather
farth er reported for the
M l 1» aO .-Wi Inches so that
with several months still to
already ex
ceeded that which Coaid nor-
Bridge M «»Id Hill M
1 « M — ia the
Traffic to
Medford by Bridge»
n Traffic in the North and
pa Delays Stage and Tourist
Train Service Held up at
Washed Out.
up from the north at Med-
With train iervico,
slides through the Qiskiyous
ford,
and
from
the
south
mall be expected.
ing desperatq efforts to go
and with the stage line»
land at noon today was as
both North and South
le world as it has been for
near isolated from the
many yean.
>ugh southern Oregon, riiised
Unprecedented rains
streams into raging rivers; lndermining bridges and gen-
orally tied up traffic.
Unusually Large Humber of
Between A sh lan d and edford, the water stood over
Station« Will Take Part the road several feet deep i places and many motorists
in Program
were stalled as a r e su lt 'At .Tackson Hot Springs the
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
WILL BE BROADCAST
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.— (UP)
— The initial broadcasting- on
what is expected to develop Into
the first truly national broad
cast network, with seven Pacific
Coast stations participating, will
bring ths votes of' President Coo
lidge to listeners from coast to
coast tomorrow.
The occasion will be the Joint
session of Congress on Washing
ton’s Birthday. It will mark the
first address of the President
over a nation-wide hook-up since
his Inaugural on March 4, 1024.
The record presidential hook-up
at that time, 17 stations, will be
broken tomorrow, with 38 broad
casters participating.
Speaking in the House of Rep
resentatives, the president’s voice
will he carried by telephone lines
to New York and distributed over
the wire networks of the MUUowgl
This organisation, upon the in
vitation of the United States
Commission for the Celebration
of the 200th Anniversary of the
Birthday A) George Washington,
extended the government its fa
cilities for the interconnection of
the stations.
It is expected that tbs Preel
dent's message to Congrees will
go on the ai£ a t - 12:30 p. m.
Eastern time, Which is 11:30 a.
m., Central time, and 8:30 a. m..
Pacific time.
The
National
Broadcasting
Company is already organising
a radio network for the seven
Pacific Coast stations involved,
with the idea of
western
to that of t
west.
Not
be broadcast from some central
coast point, but the programs of
the east will be extended even
tually, with the outstanding
musical events of California, Ore
gon and Washington In turn
made available to eastern listen
ers.
Superstition to
Always Be Herê
* STANFORD UNIVER8ITY, Cal.
Feb. 31.— (UN )— Civilised man
never will be rid of superstition,
according to Dr. J. E. Coover,
Stanford psychologist. *
“Man has the capacity
superstitious. Just as he
capacity to be religious,”
Superstitons are foupd in
ranks of cultured and educated
people, in different forms, bnt
superstitions neverihless.
“The educated man differs,
however, in that his faith in sup-
ersitlon lies ia his belief tin t they
are a result of super-normal laws,
not yet discovered by scienee, bnt
believes that they are susceptible
of scientific explanation.”
Dr. Coover said he ha« come to
the conclusion that “while there
has never been any positive proof
of the exlstenee of super-normal
phenomena, where there Is so
much smoke there must be some
fire, and it Is a subject worth
close study.**
Klamath Falle —
ber Company will
pldyee’ homes.
heaviest damage was done, when the flood gates at
Em m igrant dam were thrown open, allowing the water
to sweep down through tha lower places, upsetting some
of the cabins at the popular resort, and at a late hour
last night, bedding and aW perishable articles were re
moved from the buildings by O. H. Franklin who with his
son worked tirelessly throughout the day, transferring
people and valuables from the marooned resort.
In Medford the principal streets
were flooded and hundred« of ed this morning by George Kra
basements were filled by the rap mer, ticket agent at the Southern
Pacific depot, the water in Rogue
idly rising waters.
Ashland suffered an uneatimat- River valley is receding fast but
able amount of damage when the not enough to permit of heavy re
bridge on Water street, was com pairs before 7 o’clock this eve
pletely washed out. while the one ning.
Three small bridges are washed
on Van Nesa avenue and th# two
in the canyon were badly damag out between Medford and Grants
ed.
■ A Paré and the track, along tbs
Louie Dodge local
weathUr Rogue river will be impassable
man reported at noon that fonr until the water receeds material
ly. The Cow Creek canyon will
inches of rain had fallen d
ha «pe* by the Aims the Bogue
the lest Tear days. This lp
River valley Is cleared.
Naa not unusnsl Mr. Dodge
ed. but with the heavy rein toll ia
Workmen and all available la
the surrounding district created borers are doing everything they
tpe uaueuel flood conditions.
possibly can to clear the line, and
Bulletins on the stag« service E. L. King, superintendent of the
both north and south, gave Med Portland division, is sow at Dil
ford as the limit to transportation lard taking charge of the work.
facilities, one way and Ashland as
The track is Impassable for 40
the southern boundary. Thia was
miles
between Ashland and Gold
brought about by the .bridge at
Gold Hill which was rendered un H1J1, and even if it could be re-
safe for travel, while slidea in the paired tonight ll would , be ex
Siskiyoua kept many men busy tremely hazardous to attempt to
attempting to clear the roads (or love the trains over this district.
No. 12 will undoubtedly remain
traffic on the south.
la Ashland until sometime after
Trains Held Up
According to telegrams receiv-
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Pitcher
“What are you doing for
mail today, Mr. WaguerT*’ was
the question asked postmaster
F. b. Wagner about nee*.
“We are doing wtthftit.” was
the reply. / . •
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'No mall In Ashland since
eleven o’clock yesterday morn
ing, was one of the results of
the flood conditions that have
partially Isolated Ashland. The
postmaster made a trip to Med-
lord yesterday and secured the
letter mall from train No. 12,
«but all tra}as since that time
have been held up at Gold
Hill. ’ ,
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Local mall has been dis
patched as usual, as well as the
regular' service between Klam
ath Falls and . Ashland, and
one trip w ith mall for Med
ford has been made. It is-ex
pected that regular mall ser
vice will be established some
time during the night wijh the
resumption of the regular rail
road traffic.
w
mins I B R D ®
0 1 » “ I be provided
IN DANGEROUS
AERIAL STUNT
¡Last Four Minutes of Play
Marred by Usual
Tactics
Resorting to the “stall” dur
ing the last four minutes of play
the Medford high school basket
ball team succeeded in nosing
out the Ashland high five Sat
urday night on the Medford arm Roy Dean, Movie Dare-
ory floor by a score of 14- to
Devil, to Make Straight-
18. The game was close with
Jacket Escape
both sides making desperate ef
forts to score, and was featured FOR SPRING OPENING
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by roughness, when one Medford
player and both of Ashland Legion Signs up Free Street Act
to Precede Shown Next
guards were removed for rough
Week
ness.
Medford started the game off
Roy Dean, former stunt man la
with a couple of baskets before
the local team steadied down. Hollywood, has been signed by
Coach Crlpe sent In Roy Pars, the American Legion committee
veteran center at this stage of to stage a ’thrilling aerial exhibi
the game, and from this time tion on Main street next Tuesday
on the tide turned in . favor of and Wednesday nights In connec
the locals with the opponents tion with the big Spring Opening
on the defensive a majority of to be held at the armory on those
the time. - Ashland's inability to two nights. *
Strapped In a regulation gov
shoot baskets during the first
half, lost them many chances to ernment stralghtjacket, Dean wilj
score, and the game stood nine dangle head-first from the top of
the Elks building and attempt to
to nine at the halt way point.
Coming back in the second release himself from the straight-
Plan on'.Building Eighteen half Ashland took the lead, only jacket while in this perilous poei-
Hew Vessels During
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ttn" ^^|g|p I
to have It evened up by two fr--
* Next Year
Subled for movlo
throws by Dew, of
..ouywood in some of the
other free throw!
LONDON, (UP) — Progressive
dangerous stunts on land and in
naval construction "according to after gave them 1 uuo point the atr, and his big free street ex
plan" will be carried out by Great Margin.
hibition next week promises to be
At the start of the third quar
Britain during the coming fiscal
a breath-taker.
year, H. C. Bywater, well-known ter Ashland again took the lead,
Wlng-walklng is one of the
British naval expert declared in only to be passed when Archer stunts which Dean has done In
a recently published article here. of Medford In a shot from the the movies, and he has also at
Bywater declared that the Brit middle of the floor, brought the tempted the stralghtjacket feat
ish Admiralty's building prbgram score up to sixteen to eighteen. while dangling from a swiftly
for 1927-1928 has been complet Here it remained until the final moving plane. He Is declared to
ed and includes provisions for the whistle brought to an end, the be one of only two persons who
laying down of 18 new ships dur stalling tactics of the Medifhrd have ever accomplished t h e
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ing that period. It is estimated squad.
stralghtjacket escape while hang
For Ashland, to single one ing down from a racing plane.
that these new vessels, together
Srlth the large volume of new con man and say he was an outstand
The legion show In all particu
struction now on hand will run ing star would be doing an In lars promises to be the greatest
the naval estimates of the com justice, to the other members, civie event ever staged in the city.
ing year well above the present but special mention should be Along with the style review and
year’s estimate of 1290,600,000. made of the work of Roy Parr, exhibits ot merchants In all lines
, The end of 1930, which , marks for while he did not play suth
of .business, the Legion commit
the end of the seven-year build sensational game this mere tact tee bra. signed up Six vaudeville
ing program Instituted by the that he was on the floor, leut sets which promise to be far bet
Labor Government in 1834; will encouragement to the other mem ter than the average.
see England 1320,000,000 richer bers of the squad, and they exert
On the opening night there will
in ships, but that much poorer In ed themselves to keep pace with be a country store, at which many
Treasury, he asserted.
tbelr team mate. A1 Parr was valuable merchandise prises will
The new fiscal year, he .declar again high point man scoring be given sway. A new Ford coupe *
ed, will find work begun on three eight of the sixteen Ashland will be given away the second
new cruisers, one of 10,000 tons, points. The Ashland guards Hill night, while a big free dance will
and the other two of 8,000 tons and Abbott done much to keep be staged the second night after
each, nine destroyers and six sub the score down, and are deserv the regular style review and
marines, all at a total cost of Ing of a lot of credit. From the vaudeville program.
148,250,000. The appropriation splendid showing the team has
Every Indication points to a .
for the preliminary work on these made In every game this year record breaking crowd on both
ships and progressive work on and particularly in Saturday nights of the show, with mer
ships already under construction night’s game, they are deserving chants and townspeople generally
of more support from Ashland showing increasing interest tn the
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fans than they have been re affair as the date draws near.
ceiving.
They will again play
Medford a week from Friday at
Medford and the following night
will meet the same team at Ash
land.
Saturday night’s line up was
as follows:
Medford
Ashland
First of Suspended Span
Melvin (8)
F
Nutter (4)
Meaauri/g 460 Feet to
Archer (5 )
F
A. Parr (8)
Be Placed
Laing (2)
C
Garnett
Anderson (1)
G
Abbott
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 31.—
McDonald
O
Hill (U P )— The feat of flinging the
Substitutes Dew (4) for Mel first of the two double centlllvera
vln. Leedom for Nutter, Roy across the 28,000,000 Carqulnes
Parr ( 3 ) «for Garnett, McGee (1) bridge on the northern arm of
for Hill.
San Francisco bay will be at
Dave Stritmater, of Corvallis, tempted here today, If the weath
referee.
er conditions permit. The bridge
Is the largest highway structure
In the world.
FIRST SPRING FLOWER
The two suspended spans are
TO BE IN BLOOM SOON
460 feet each in length and each
will weigh 750 tons. Putting
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.— The them in place is considered t a
eerlieet Spring flower blooms the most delicate engineering accom
last week In February or the first plishment.
of March says a bulletin from the
A sudden turn of the tide, an
American Nature
Association. unexpected wind, a fog bank or
The name is the skunk cabbage. any other sudden change ia
The skunk cabbage, although weather conditions might send the
it* blossom has an unpleasant huge cantilevers crashing into the
scent, Is, neverihless, a flower, swirlng waters ot
Carqulnes
and, by reason of Its hardihood In straits.
braving the cold long before any
All precautions are being tok
o t the other flowers have com en. A weather bureau sub-station
menced to push themselves above has been established nt the bridge
ths earth, it is deserving of all the to eld the builders la the task of
honors which the name of first Installing the suspended epaaa.
spring flower may carry with It,
the bulletin declares.
ft
Trailing arbutns is claimed by
some to be the “first flower.” It
can be found In March and even,
Dae to the' ite-ap
oa rare occasions, la the latter
end rail traffic, the
pari ot February.
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Store were arable to n
laud and the scheduled
St. Helens— Knights of Pythias gnaw with the Norm
Will spertd 839,808 on modern qulatet tonight has ha
iaitoly postponed
lodge halldtng.
GREAT BRITAIN PLANS
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