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Should a Storage Reservoir
Woodmen e t the World W ill
, Hold National Conven
tion Here
5,000
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Ashland wHl bo given the 1988
national convention of the Wood
men of the World, according to
definite assurance given Congress
man W. C. Hawley, chairman of
the Jx>ard of bead-managers of the.
fraternel organisation, who was
the princlpl speaker at a big Ini
tiation meeting of the local organ-
lsatioa held Wedneeday evening
In the I. O. O. F . hall.
"The convention .city mnat have
a thriving Camp, there must be
no unfriendly feeling toward the
organisation, and toward these
aims Ashland Woodmen should
work during the year,” Hawley
The national convention will
bring approximately 5,000 visitors
to the city. Ordinarily the con
vention la held in June but an ef>
fort will be made to postpone the
1928 meeting until In July la or
I
The lgror, a gray haired moth
der that delegates and visitors
er, collapsed shortly before court
may take the trip to Crater Lake
convened. H er breakdown was
while here.
' occasioned, an v attending physi
Delegates, officers and drill
cian reported, ey the visit of
team members who w ill*h e in
the Jurors yesterday to the scene
the city during the entier conven
of the alleged “knuckle beating.'’
tion w llln u m b e r. approximately
Kelly, . who had sat through
400 according to T. T. Chave, dis
- the early stages of the trial, more
trict manager of southern Oregon,
like a bewildered schoolboy than
who uststod In the tarnation
a man charged with murder,
meeting
Wednesday
evening.
evidenced signs of life for the
' 4
Wopdmen o f the World camps are
first time today.
located in dries Jn «lne western
" Throughout the maid’s teetl-
states and delegates ami visitors spendlng a two- weeks vacation
in
Ashland,
ha
found
they
bad
l
“
ony he fMggted nervously about
are expected from all of these
climbed a. aaow drift, broken to hie chair, shaking his head
camps.
J.
through a third floor Window of * t
statement or that, while
Initiate 40
the lodge and raided his larder, beads of perspiration appeared
Delegations from Grants Pass,
The springtime breakfast en- on kls brow.
Phoenix and Medford were pres
Joyed- by the beers, according to
Anticipating a. day of sensa-
ent at the meeting held here
a check-ap made by Mabln con- tions to the trial, a hnge throng
last night. Forty npw members
slated of seven hams, six sides gathered early at the barrier be-
were initiated.
Initiatory work was put on by of bacon, a each of sugar and a fore the courtroom door. Flap-
box of crackers.
pers with their lunches, prepared
the Grants Pass Camp No. 50 of
The
lodge,
was
in
a
state
of
for an In d efin ite wait, mingled
ficers:’ Steve Jewell, Past C. ©.;
disorder
and
according
to
Mabln,
with
gray-haired women and a
Stanley Augden, C. C ;
W . C.
Harmon, advisory lieutenant; B. the bears had apparently enjoyed sprinkling of men.
Ml“ Mackay probably will not
V. Smith, banker; A. V . . Wick, a morning nap in kls bed.
The
bears
had
been
"holed-np”
r«nch
the witness stand until
clerk; Neil Vincent, escort; L.
since
last
November,
and'
Mabln
Friday,
when she to to be called
Calhonn, watchman; J. A. John
son, sentry; G. 8. Calhonn, flag was anxious to return to the by the prosecution.
Defense Attorney Gilbert ex-
bearer, sad George 8. Orover, cap Lodge, expecting they would
come
out
In
the
near
future.
pects
to put Kelly on the stand
tain of the drill team.
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sometime early next week.
Election of officers for Ashland
Camp resulted as follows: L. A.
• COURTROOM, LOS ANG e L b S,
Foberts, Paat C. C.; V. D. Miller,
May
13. — The subdued voice
C. C.; Lewis Dodge, advisory
of
a
negro maid drooned omin
nontenant; V - O. N. Smith, bank
ously through the courtroom at
er; H. L. Claycomh, escort; Fred
the murder trial of Paul Kelley
Taylor, watchman; 8. A. Peters,
Jr., secretary; Henry Enders, Jr., Normal School Students En late today In a chilling recital of
hare-knuckle beating the state
manager for 18 months; G. E.
joy Talk by W ell Known the
charges sent Ray Raymond, musi
Simpson, manager for 12 months;
Traveler and Author
cal comedy "hoofer” to his death.
AI Jordan, manager
for six
Dodging and ducking aa if
months.
Upton Close, traveler, author,
feinting
the Imaginary blows
F. B. Tlehenor, deputy head and authority on Asia, spoke at
which
ahe
claimed the young
the
Southern
Oregon
Normal
council for Oregon, Washington
and Idaho, assisted In the Initia school at a special- assembly Wed scheen player rained upon hla
smaller opponent, Ethel Leo, only
tory work. Other assistants to. nesday afternoon.
Close spoke on ’’American Bar eye-witness, hissed out detail* of
barians In Chinn” in a clever and the "aboriginal love battle over
masterly manner depleting the re Dorothy Mackaye, actress wife of
volt of the Chineee against west the song and dance man.
K LN O U LOOK Ä TMM.
"At leapt five times Mr. Kelly
ern civilisation. " It to n cultural
MOW* I WOULPMMR ;
knocked
'M r. Raymond to ' the
revolt
which
to
taking
place
In
u u jpgpm gK roM nM .I
floor.”
the
witness sai<^ In a deep
China,
a
revolt
against
the
Inroad*
» dUSBLÒMN A M f l A *
of the culture of western civilisa melodramatic voice that held the
M MV gNfl, JU ft Ai I f
tion against the centnriee-eld civ spectators, mostly women, In a
ilisation and culture of the east. breathless spell.
Cloee’s review of the present
disturbances in Chinn was pre
sented in a manner which was
mnch enjoyed by the student*.
Boas Play at *
Medford Sunday
G. R. Hammersley
Dies Thursday
HE GOLFER WHO
AÜMWSHAS AM
ALIBI HAMO*
Oeorge R. Hammersley, aged 73
year*, died Thursday morning.
May 13 nt 5 o’clock nt the home of
hl* daughter, Mr*. Pearl Kerby of
Wegner Creek. Mr. Hammersley
we* a native of Mtoeonrt.
. Funeral actrices w ill be held
from Stock's Undertaking parlors
Friday, May 18 at 8 p. m. Inter
ment will be made to the Wegner
Creek cemetery.
Southern Oregon League - bell
game*, will be played at Klamath
Fell* end Medford Sunday and
give promise of being interesting
clashes.
Grant* Paa* and Klamath Fall*,
each with two wins to their
credit will play at Klamath. Med
ford end the Boa*, with strength
ened teem* wtl lplay nt Medford.
Both have lost two games this
1
Y ears
• Wir» ferries)
KflDAY, MAY 12, 1927
h
(C ob tinned
Southern Oregon Normal School
emerged victorious over the H l-Y
baseball team by a score of 8 to 4
la the opening game of the Y. M.
C. A. twilight league played on
the High School grounds last eve
Bye-Witness to “ B a r e -
ning. Batteries tor the Normal
Knnckle“ Murder in
were Lairs, catcher and Dickson,
Dramatic Recital
pitcher. The Hl-Y haters soon
found the tall youth from Duns
MANY WOMAN W O P
muir and when they began to
stage a swattest, he was replaced B ru tal Bearing Given Musical
by Butterfield who held the Hi-Y
Comedy Victim by Movie
team. Batteries fpr the Hl-Y
Star, Alleged
were, Hartley, catcher and Kanas-
to, pitcher.
The game was fast from the
start, and aside from few errors
on both sides, an excellent brand
of baseball was played for the
benefit of the good sised crowd
that attended. The proceeds de
rived from the game approximate
ly *20, will be turned over to the
local Bed Cross to be used for the
benefit of sufferers in the late
Mississippi -disaster. Tonight the
second game of the serlhs In the
league w ill be played when the
Bankers* team will cross bats with
Battery B nine. This promises to
be a fast game. The games will
all begin at 6:80 and are free to
the public.
1
intruded in Ashland Creek Canyon
im. Yesterday)
Transfer Which Ordinarily
Took a Week Now
Made in 12 Honrs
9. The 94SO.Oeo.oe bond» together with Its Internal will be
paid from the water revenue end not by raising taxes. , The water
ratea have been made adequate» to take eare of the retiring water
Snew in the Green Spring
bonds.
mountains, making the trail dlf-
It will take about 80 yearn to retire the present bonded In
| flcult hag brought about a revo
debtedness, including the 1450,000.00 bond issue. If the dam Is
lutionary change in moving feed
not built the bonds will retire earlier but the water rates will
ing cattle wintered In the Rogue
remain as they are. .
J:
River section to the Klamath
7. This dam will be built Ms safe as' It is possible to construct No Trace of the Phantom section
feeding ground
this
“
White
Bird“
Plane
a concrete structure. It w ill have a solid granite foundation and
spring,
according
to
A.
S.
Rosen
Found
walls. Engineer Henny was net' satisfied until test holes were dug
baum. district freight agent of
to make sure that a dam c o *d safely be built, one that would
the Southern Pacific lines.
MISTRIAL IS DECLARED
7
RAN
OX
MOURNS
LOSS
Ifand the worst of storms. State geologist Williamson and Consult
The cattle are belnp shipped
ing Engineer O. C. Henny would not pass on this site I f ,the City of
Possible Aid Being Given over the mountains over the
Ashland was In any way enda<t*ered by having this body of water
Southern Pacific llpes, the jour
French In Search by
up th e, canyon.
ney which ordinarily required
United States
8. 800 acre feet of water may be stored In this reservoir;
,fretn five "to seven days now
this is 280,188,800 gallons, ft Would take »0 days to use up this
JACKSONVILLE. Ors., May 1«
NEW YORK. May 18.— Weath taking about 12 hours. The first
amount of water at the avers*«* rate the City of Ashland uses er condition! a n
unfavorable trainload of cattle was shipped — (IP>— The Hugh D’Autremont
water. This simply means, that water restrictions would be post 'as searchers continue efforts to from Medford Tuesday, and this first-degree murder trial has end
poned 90 days; so If it has beea»dustumary to begin water restrictions locate Captains Nungesser and morning a second trainload, left ed— at least, until next Septem
July 1st, with this dam In operation, they would be put off until Francola Coll, missing Paris to Ashland. More than 1,000 head ber.
October. 1st, or la other worda,JM restrictions would, be needed.
Death Wednesday afternoon ol
New York filers'. Rain and fogs are now on the Klamath feeding
9. New pipes, together with the equalising pressure reservoir in many places along *the Atlantic grounds, Rosenbaum said.
8. W. Dunham, <8-year-old juror;
and the storage dam in the canyon, will insure plenty of water seaboard prevents search
To aid the cattle men, special whose Illness caused a temporary
The
for all on the elevated districts ps well as t*B low parts of the city. dirigible Los Angeles, which was freight rates have been made postponement of the case last
Small 2 Inch pipes are being replaced by 4 and 8 Inch pipes. Of to have left at daybreak to aaslat for the shipment.
week, has resulted la a conOntu
course more water will be carried thru these pipes than was carried 4a the search, was kept at her
ance of the trial until the fall
thru the small ones. More water will be used for lawns and gardens moorings because of poor flying
term of court.
and domestic purposes than heretofore.
Our present two small conditions. Seaplanes are ready
Thia decision was reached last
reservoirs up in the canyon w ill empty more rapidly when our new to assist in the searih, remained
night following a conference hw
pipe system gets Into operation, so the canyon storage reservoir
on land because the range of vis
tween Circuit Judge Thomas and
ion was so greatly reduced by
stats and defense attorneys.
10. The water in the storage reservoir will be just as pure ¡tog*. Ships at sea reported vis
- Dunham’s death, physicians say,
and cold as the. water we are now getting. In fact the mica and ibility so poor lookouts can ac
Elaborate Plans Made for was caused by an scuts attack or
silt will be eliminated as the iWservoir will act as a settling tank. complish little.
valvular heart trouble, brought
Beauty Contest by
The silt and settlings may be flushed out in the winter time by
on by gall bladder trouble. HM
opening the flood gates and allowing It to wash down the creek?
condition was reported mnch im
We will continue to chlorinate the water as at present. During the
proved earlier In the day, and
Seats
for
the
Çithia
Cabaret
to
wet months this reservoir will fill rapidly, as water will come Into
be held soon are now on sale at It was thought he would bo »Me
It from both forks of Ashlas<-iCreek and also from Reeder Creek.
the
distressed
—
keyed
up
its
¡The
Rose, and tables are fast be- t
It has been found by actual measurements that daring an average
search
for
the
missing
French
av
ing
taken.
Llthians ask everyone v
wet month in the spring about 4800 acre feet cf water flows down
to
make
up
their parties now and
iators,
Captains
Nungesser
and
Ashland Creek; thia would more .than fill the storage reservoir twice.
Coll,
today.
Reports
to
headquar
reserve
their
tables. This is- an r
With these facts before tbs public it Is readily seen how foolish
ters
showed
eight
destroyers,
four
event
which
none
can afford to a
and uarasonable^ it would be to try out the water system without con
cutters
and
three
airplanes
now
miss
if
they
enjoy
a
good time and r
structing the dam. Without the dam. we are doing, nothing to ln-
believe
in
boosting
for
Ashland.
t
engaged
in
whht
the
guard
terms
creise our water supply. If wo Uould store the amount of city water
One of the popular numbers J
np in the canyon that Will herakbstltuted by Talent ‘irrigation water
whiCh-will be presented In the ,1
It would mean something, but t h is would require the dam as our
feature vaudeville acts to be stag-'
present small reservoirs are
small for any amount of storage.
ed
at the cabaret la the big Bath
Before voting at the special election May 31st. every voter
ing Girl Revue. The Llthians have ■
should get the facts. Think what it will mean to Ashland If this
put up a generous prise for the |
dam is not constructed. Can pee afford. tf, be .without It? I t la
girl
who will win the meat votes i
every voter’s duty to go to the poles and do his or her Mt.
in
this
popular contest and the i
Signed:
Rogne River Valley girls are (
8. A. PETERS, Sr.
eager to get in on this event. Sev- j
r
’ DAN KAY,
eral
of the' Ashland and Medford y
C, A. W H IT E .
merchants will have entries, and g
*
E. A. WOODS.
w ill furnish the niftiest bathing tl
suits that can t^» purchased. Sev- j,
oral of the girls who have already
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS
entered In the contest are plan- n
Slxty.-elght out-of-town cars
Lew H a n s e n , proprietor of
PARIS, May 12.-^—(IP)— United hlng on designing and making
the Hotel Ashland, to making ex were registered at the l o c a l States Ambassador Myron T. Her their own bathing suits, of fash- w
tensive Improvements in the Chamber of Commerce Mond&y, rick today explained in a tele ionable cut and colors,
building, having hardwood floors May 9 and 71 stopped Saturday, phonic interview from Rheims * The Llthians say the bathing d,
put down and new drapes and May 7. The greatest number of with the United Press why he had girl revue is not to be just a style j,,
blinds put up in several of the ears registered In one day this
show, hdt will be used in connec
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.year were 78 on May 6.
upstairs rooms.
tion with a startling vaudeville d)
number, which will be worth the g,
price of a table itself.
fc
Rehearsals are already going
forward nicely for the big vaude
ville acts, and it is expected that 0]
It will not be many days until all 0|
table reservations are sold out.
-,us»V
0 . M. Green, Former Man
ir Will Arrive Satur
ty to Take Charge
C. J. Read for the pest nine
months editor end manager of the
Tidings has resigned hla position,
effective Saturday end will
be
succeeded by G. M. Green former
manager of the newepeper. Mr.
Read has not announced definite
plana as yet other than he ex
pects to engage In publicity work
in San Francieoo. where a realty
firm has offered him the position
of advertising manager. Mr. end
Mrs. Green expect to arrive Sat
urday afternoon from Ratoon,
New Mexico, where he ha* been
engaged in newapeper work.
C G Membership
Drive Near End
Chamber of Commerce . mem
bership eommttteee are eoutlnn-
lag their drive far a 45 per cent
Increase end after working tore
day* report a total of 5 * ae*r
names, according to O. F. Ceres»,
chairman of the committee..
"We expect te have at leak» 75
LOCAL BOV HONORED
T. N. H u m
Eagene Detrick, well known
Funami
m
Ashland hoy and a student at the
Washington State college, has Humphrey* «7
Just been honored by being made Ident who d ie
a member of the Scabbord and
Blade, National honorary military
fraternity.
This is the second time within
* few weeks that the local hoy he*
won distinction, he recently be
ing made a member of the Rho
Chi National Pharmaceutical fra-
ternlfy.