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7 ■w THE WEATHER THE POULTRY INDUSTRY Fair, with a kjlliiig frost tonight is a potential pay roll for Ashland YOU L and’s Leading Nvwepaperfor Over Fifty Successor tp the Semi-Weekly Tiding» Voli IlS BE TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION AT FORUM LUNCH ON French and English Have a Wide Difference of " Opinion , (United i Wire Service) 4» Ä S H i^ N P , OBEOOW-i MQNOAY, APBIb 11, 1927 MURDERER OF PRISON GUARD LOSES BEFORE HIGHEST COURT and HU Y qtadt JULI ulfini Splendid Faculty for Sum mer Has Been Jar- ranged for The. Ashland Oregon School of Art will begin its fourth euusmer July 5th and extend to August 8, 1827. Practically th» same cours es offered the last «three years will bo given with the opportanity Ellsworth Kelley's Appeal for more advanced Individual Invitation is Extended to is Called Frivolous by Governor Patterson for work by those who have taken Judge Taft Address Soon former courses. The general ses of work for which eolb ATTACKS STATE LAW credit will be given art: TO NAHE COMMITTEES ■> i painting, wgtor color, froa Claim is Made That Oregon's President Milla W ill Announce decorative. -Tempera. Design, Ms Capital Punishm ent Law is A ssignm ents for New Year dustrlal Arts and Crafts, Methods Not C onstitutional At Noon M eeting for teachers and supervisor* of both elementary and high schools The Tuesday Noon Forum WASHINGTON, April 11— Ells Poster work, Figure Drawing and Luncheon this week will continue worth Kelly convicted of slaying Head ConstructWn. the discussion of the Income Tax The faculty will consist of Mips an Oregon State prison guard in Bill to be voted upon by the an attempt to escape, lost today in Belle Cody, White, director Mr. people on June 28. Mr. J. W. the United States Supreme coifrt Payant, Mias Hanks ..and Mias McCoy will lead the discussion. his action to escape the hanging Murphy. ’ The first three having At last Tuesday’s Forum Messrs. sentence Imposed upon him. The scored high in the estimation of Dunn. Mills and Hopper expres Oregon supreme court decision.Up the students last year. Mlsa Mur sed their view« on the question holding the conviction and sen phy is new to the Ashland School in a very brief manner and it of Art and has had a great deal of tence was affirmed. was the nnanimous decision of Kelley charged that there were experience In teaching art in the those present that the debate irregularities in his trial and also grade and high school, besides should be continued. attacked the constitutionality of general supervision, so mill ho Gold Hill Man is Winner of the Oregon capital punishment able to help with the more, prftd- Season Ticket for An Invitation has been extend law. It was also alleged that he tlcal first hand knowledge of con Best Name ed to Governor Patterson to y should be allowed to complete hts ditions teachers meet. ________ visit Ashland in the near future Each one of the faculty stands The Ashland basebalLfepm will prison sentence before being exe and to speak on the purposes high In New York in his or her cuted. The appeal was frivolous, ..and policies of his. administra be known this year as B-Q-A. This Judge Taft ruled. sphere of work. This coast is for tion at the Forum, Governor Pat being the first letter of the three tunate in having such teachers terson has been speaking In other participating communities, the connected with Pratt Institute. parts of the state, especially re Beaver Portland Cement Com Brooklyn,' N. Y., located here for pany. The Owens Oregon Lumber garding the Income • Tax. their summer session. Teachers Company and Ashland. This from our two or three finest Art The new committee assign name was decided upon at a meet schools are going out mope and ments will be announced at the ing held yesterday at Niningers, more, establishing smelled, unit Forum tomorrow Careful atten and attended by representatives "The beat entertainment of its schools In th« summer to -bring from all * of the towns of thb the splendid work "they repfinaat tion has been given to this mat league except Klamath Falls, kind that has ever visited Port in their institutions to those farth ter by the newly elected Presi heavy snow on the mountains pre land.” Such is the ^comment of er away and at the same ' time dent. Mr. Mills and the Secretary, venting their representatives The Morning Oregonian concern and if each one of these com ing Jean Gros’ Marionettes, which gain new ideas and added inepir*- from getting here. tion from a change in atmosphere mittees will undertake the work At this %ame meeting, the by are to appear for two ’performanc for their wints r t erma ■with—an aaraeat /intention-And laws for the season were adopted es at the Southern Oregon NorffiST Besides the gaserai endeavor, undreamed of results and the schedules adopted as well auditorium Tuesday, April 12. there will ha special may be obtained. In fact it is , The most interesting factor o< as the bond money posted xouraea fpr the students, ofw k l oply through team work and a This completes the pre-season the Marionettes la the diminutive united community effort,-,tftpt details and all is now in readiness size of the actors, and fo’ fhe Au the public may tabe ppregiation, Ashland can go ahead and make for the opening games which will dience Tt seems as If an optical il These include Art appr the progress to which she is en be played on May 1, Ashland lusion of some kind is in progress The Modern 8chdol of Phlnters. Art In Bhrope, Egypt and Conn- titled. playing at Grants Pass. In the as the various little characters tries of the Mediterranean. negotiations Ashland agreed to perform their amusing antics. More tnformartbn ooncepilng Appreciates Confidence It is difficult to conceive o f 150 keep the local grounds in good the courses may be had through Ashland Chamber of Commerce condition, and it was estimated different Marionettes performing, the Chamber of Commerce or Mrs. Ashland, Ore. that about $200, will have to be but in Mark Twain’s humorous Victor Mills, 55 Strawberry Lane, J. II. Fuller, Sec. raised to fulfill this obligation. story “The Adventures of Huckle Ashland. , My Dear Mr. Fuller: berry Finn” which is the enter Committees will start work within I am in receipt of your favor the next few days to raise this tainment for the evening, that Myrtle Point — Distillery of April 6th, and certainly ap money. many characters produce the ver be operated for extracting t preciate your expressions of the The winner of the season ticket sion in a most skillful manner. from myrtle leaves. Ashland people. J have always offered for the best name was a At three thirty Tuesday after Oregon hops sell up to 25c been treated fine at Ashland and Gold Hill man by the name of noon a special performance will a pound, with 78000 bales still I have never asked a favor from Merriam. be held for school children and unsold. * . Ashland that I did not receive the amusing play by Howard R cheerfully. It is great to have Garis, “Uncle Wlggily At the Cir friends and t o ’ know that they cus” will be presented. are with you in times like these. Ashland is the only city be Hoping for the best for your tween Portland and San Francisco where the Marionettes will stop fair city, I remain as ever, Very truly yours, for two performances and from Local Dokies will hit the trail the enthusiastic reports from var C. E. GATES. for Medford next Thursday night, ious large city papers, the attrac April 14 to attend the April meet tion is one that will long remain ing of Fuhat Burkan Temple No. in the memory as a pleasant and 224 Dramatic Order Knights of amusing entertainment. Khorassan which will be held In the Knights of Pythias hall In the northern city. Royal Vizie R. G. Beach reports Between Thirty and Forty that the committee has prepared Thousand is Taken by a new brajid of entertainment Bandits from Store for the boys that will be worth PORTLAND, April 11.— Hold going miles to see and if it is as The affirmative team of the ing F. J. Rohkar, night watch unique as the announcement cards Senior high school debate squad, man, captive for three hours, !ft recently sent out the program and composed of Dick and Adena Joy band of burglars rifled the vaultq stunts will certainly hold their in won the decision 3 to 0 Saturday of the Olds, Wortmqn and King dividual attention as they will night In the high school auditor department store and. escaped have to look twice to make sure ium, when they met the Klamath with from thirty to forty thous they are right. » Falls negative team on the ques a n d dollars The watchman, did Their famous band, patrol and tion, resolved, “That the Sever not obtain an adequate descrip whole divan will be there which ance tax should be made a feature tion. The police discovered the insures the injection of'still more of the tax system of Oregon." crime when they investigated af pep Into the meeting while the This decision gives t h i local ter the usual midnight call from refreshment committee is plan team the championship of South ning a feed that will be fit for a ern Oregon and the eastern dis t^e store failed to come in. . king. trict, and they will meet a north WILL KILL RODENTS ern team In Ashland a week from LOS ANGELES, April 11. — Friday. Either Los ^ngeles farmers will get rid of ground squirrels on their property or the county will AIRPLANES EMPLOYED FOR do It for them, according to let WALRUS HUNTINO ters dispatched to property own BOSTON, April 11.— Fighting ers by L. 8. Neville, chief deputy LENINGRAD, (IP) — Airplanes *'7 . hortlculturale commissioner In pgalnst lime, the Sacco-Vansettl have been pressed Into service to defense committee today were pre > V - , charge of rodent control. assist tlie walrus hunters who are Unless owners rid their pro paring a petition to Governor now at work in the White Sea. Fuller to appoint a special com perty of the pests a gfts attack will The planes are sent out each day be started to exterminate the mittee for complete investigation to scou( for the walrus and to di ? squirrels. Field workers with Jute of the case. rect the hunters. The. hides and •' Such a probe-it was said would waste balls soak«« In carbon bi- fats of the sea animals are very sulphide will carry on the offen save the live* of Sacco and Van- valuable and the early spring wal sive. Squirrels qre said to die zcttl who Inst Saturday tfere sen rus hunts are well ^organized com tenced to die In the electric chair quickly after breathing bisulphide mercial undertakings. during the week of July tenth. fumes. ' . ! I ' * • ’■ GENfeVA, April 11.—The col lapse of the League of Nations preparatory disarmament confer ence'was threatened for a tinyi today when England objected to the French formula for Naval lim itation. The collapse was averted when it was found that the French proposals had wide sup port from other quarters. The discussion revolved around Frqsident Coolidges proposals for further naval limitations and Vis count Cecil Insisted that the French defer its plan to reduce by total tonnage rather than ships until the Coolidge conference met. Only Italy joined England in complete objection to France’s plan. B-fl-A IS NAME OF A SH LA N m iTE A M Newspaper Praises The Marionettes Local Dokies to Visit at Medford \ (United Pr Huge Sum Will be Spent on Parks Service) NO. 188 WELL KNOWN LOCAL JOIN IN NOTE, R R O T E ST IN G RIOT SAN FRANCISCO. April 11— Fifty million dollars will be spent on national parks In the west in the nex 10 years. Such Is the statement of Secretary of the In terior Hubert Work, who spent some time In the San Francisco hay region before sailing for Hon olulu last week. Addressing a meeting of park directors and business men, Dr. Work said that moat of the mon America, England, France, «Japan_______ , .. Sign and Italy ey would be spent on improving Communication ^roads in the parks. Yosemite National park, he said would receive $11,000,000; Crat MAKE THREE DEMANDS er Lake; $1,500,000; Glacier Na tional park, $$,231,000 and simi W ant Officers m u lsh e d , Com plete Reparation and Apology lar allocations will be made to From Commander other parks. ' CHIEF 1 0 ® H IE S on « n s Ships Outside of Three Mile Limit Cam be Prose- —— cuted —— —— WASHINGTON, Apr» 11.—Un der the British American riim treaty crews of British ships siezed outside of the three mile limit can be prosecuted for con spiracy to violate the United States laws, the United States Su preme court held .today. The con viction of Captain George Ford and four others connected with the seizure of the British steamer Quandra off of the Faralone Is lands near San Frandlsco In 1924, was affirmed. Chief Justice Taft said the per sons outside of the United States conspiripg with persons within the United States against this govern ment can be prosecuted and con victed by this government. ” BONANZA WOMAN DIES ~ ’ The funeral service of the late Leola May Findlay, weft known °f in heJd thBt fj>w C,ty ° 8tock.g n AprU .Under. taking parlors tomorrow after- fiodn at 3 o’clock, the members of the Ashland Apostolic Faith of ficiating. " ' > Interment will be made In the Ashland cemetery. Gold Beach — New salmon cannery being built to replace one recently burned. Klamath Falls— Pelican Bay Lumber company opens mill with doubla shifts. SHANGHAI, April 11. — The Pow'ers note protesting to the Nationalist government against antl-forelgn violence at Nanking last month was presented to the Nationalists at Hankow and Shanghai this afternoon. Five countries were behind' tldRnote, they being The United States, England, Japan, France and Italy. It was understood that the three demands contained* In the note were adequate punishment for officers tyi command during the Nanking outrages and punish ment of all other Individuals con cerned. Az written apology from Marshall Chiang Nationalist com mander in chief and assurances from him that his’ troops in the future would refrain from attack ing foreigners, 'And third, com plete reparations for all damages done. Wild Animals Are Found Near City A » SPOKANE, Wash, April 11 — Wild animals such as cougars, lynx, bobcats, usually associated with sparsely inhabited regions, are beings killed within JS miles of Spokane. The citified wild game hunting began after C. L. Murphy made public, a scale of predatory ani mal bounties. • Coyotes delivered to Murphy-, are worth one. dollar each, and the trapper or hunter .may keep the skin. A bobcat or lynx Is worth $5 while a cougar net the owner $20. An average of $10 a month in these bounties is paid out in Spo kane. Many of the animals cap tured have strayed from their wild habitat and are shot before they can safely rereat, The Flower? Thai Bloom in The Spring High School Debate Team Are Winners i Charles Haight, aged 89 years, passed away Saturday evening, April 9 at 8 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Clinton Baugh man on Easf*Main street. Mr. Haight has been a resident of Ashland for the past seventeen years and has many frleuds in this city who will mourn his loss. The deceased is survived by nine children: Mrs. C l i n t o n Baughman and Miss Berna Haight of Ashland, J. H. Haight of Oak land, Cal., Henry Haight of Cot tage Grove, Ore., George and Ira Haight of Little Shasta valley, Cal., Mrs. Anna Fox of Horn brook, fCal., Mrs. Ali<ie ^Imcox of Mt. Shasta City, Cal., Mrs. Arthur Bates of Fresno, Cal., and three grandchildren: Sutherd and Chas. Wari'anffTdrs. Floyce Simmons of Mt. Shasta City, Cal. ^Funeral services were heW this morning at 10 o’clock at Stock’s Undertaking parlors, under the auspiceR of the Benevolent Order of Elks No. 944. of which Mrr Haight was a member. Interment took place in the Little Shasta Valley cemetery in Siskiyou, coun ty, Cal., where his wife Hanna Mc Gee Haight is burled. Rev". P. K. Hammond of the local Trinity Episcopnl church officiated at the burial. Styles in Horse Shoes Not Changed YOSEMITE. Cal, April 11. — Styles in smart footwear for hay . ,,, , . . burners will remain unchan«.^ this spring, according to Fred M. Bruschi, veteran blacksmith for the Natio nal Park eerviee hewh in fact, says Bruschl, horses have not experienced a change In shoe styles for last quarter cen tury. * ’ • “Today I celebrated by putting on my fortieth thousand horse shoe,” he said, “since coming to the Yosemite Valley twenty years ago. During this time I have shod horses for sojfllers, rangers, cow boys and Iiidians,* yet none has ever questioned the shoe style. Folks Just don’t seem to c a r e about Old Dobbin’s footwear so long a* he takes ’em there and brings ’em back.” “All of which means more work for me,” he continued. “The park rangers are doirtfc more pa- troling than ever before and I do not expect It will be long now un til I reach the fifty thousand mark in horse shoes.” War is Started on Fee Grabbing ^Traps P O M O STORE IS Defense Committee Prepares Petition Charles Haight, Resident of Ashland for 17 Ygprs Answers Call ’ I WANNA newcak " iwnna NEW COT AUF MAT* » IWAMA New BicYcte /AMT? golf cross" IWMNA 41 hWAMMA Ne* e m tq EfcüM l?tX5 .'H SEATTLE, Wash., April 11.— Northwestern motorists, automo bile dealers and associations have started a "war” against “fee grabbing speed traps.” At a meeting here of drivers and dealers, unanimous approval of the efforts of the Detroit Auto mobile club, thè Western Michi gan Motor club and the American Automobile Association to. quash all Irregular justice in controlling speed, was voiced. They decided to start organiza tion of a unit similar to those mentioned, to campaign against potty practices of constables, and other .rural officers who set traps to catch speeding motorists. Many reporta have been receiv ed from motorists of high power ed cars driven by constables touf- Ing the highways, inviting racing and promoting speed with the purpose of making arrests and collecting a share of the fines. Postpone Sentence * <. of Harry Sinclair J WASHINGTON, April H .—Jus tice Hits of the District Supreme court today on his own motion deferred for thirty days the sched uled sentencing of Harry Sinclair^ oil magnate tor contempt of the Senate, The Judge gave no ex planation for his act LOCAL BOY IS ELECTED BEAD OF THE OLDER BOYS MEETING Other Officers Are Named From Klamath, Medford And Grants Pass RESOLUTIONS ■ t ■ ■ r PASSED Various Civic Organizations Are Thanked for Their Cooperation James Nutter newly elected president of the Southern Oregon District Older Boys' Conference officially declared the conference to be closed at noon yesterday fofc lowing one of the most interesting discussions and sessions of the conference. The closing cere monies and meeting of the con ference were held Jn the Junior high school where the delegates assembled at nine in the morning and carried their conference to a successful close. On Saturday eve ning the conference elected offic ers for the coming year. The of fice of president falling to James Nutter, president of the -Ashland Hl-Y club. Other officers elected were: Cllftord Beckett of Med ford, first vice-president Frank McCornaek of Klamath Falls, sec ond vice-president and Edwin Dole of Grants Pass, .Secretary. These boys will hold office until next year’s conference when a new set will be elected. Crosby Speaks Saturday evening the meeting was given over, to a talk on “Vo cational Guidance” by Fred A. Crosby of the Northwest Council staff. This talk was given in re sporise to the num*rous requests by boys In the conference for such a talk and was well handled by Mr. Crosby. Saturday afternoon was glhen over to a recreational period conStstlpg of basketball games In the Junior High gym, hand ball In Pioneer hall, a trip to the Normal school, and a trip through Lfthla Park by many of the delegates. The closing address of the ."conference on Sunday morning was given by Secretary W. P. Walter of the local Y. M. C. A. text being, "The Confer ence Thought, John 14:6” The conference was a success through out, surpassing the expectations of those in charge. In comment ing on the local conference, Mr. Crosby who has promoted ten conferences since last fall, stated "This Is without doubt one of the most successful conferences of the year. While It was one of the smallest, from the standpoint of results and the general run of things. It is one of the outstand ing ones. Too much cannot be said for those who worked to make the conference what it was.” Mr. Crosby was especially loud in his praise of the conference banquet, which was cooked and served by Miss French and her girls of the Domestic Science department of Ashland high school. “This Is something new to us who have been promoting these confer ences,” Mr. Crosby said, "but without a doubt this banquet was handled the beet of any we have ever had and it has put a new Idea into my head. The fine way In which this banquet was handled had much to do with the general spirit of the conference." D. M. Spencer, who had charge of local arrangements (or the con ference commented on the hospi- tallty and response of the people of Ashland In throwing open their home to the delegatee. “I wish I could thank every one of them personally, and tell them Just how much this meant to the confer ence. I have only one regret and that Is, * e did not have enough boys to go around,” Mr. Spencer said this It » waa de- saw inis morning. morning, zi » • not ow- elded Just where ne*t year's con- terence for the Southern Oregon district would ba held. Thia will be decided at a later date It was announced. At th* closing ses sion of the conference the follow ing committees read their reports: The Credeatlale committee gave their reports aa follower Delegates (Please Turn to •>