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ASHLAND, OUEflON,
fe i^ J lO r tn n
Historioi
AudKertnm
GOVERNOR PATTKRÄON
Everyth lug is in readi
ness for the Chamber of
Commerce banquet to be
held this evening in honor
of Goverhor and Mr«. I. L.
Patterson.
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CAMP FIR E C
CEREMi
HOLD
AW ARD HONORS
As a mark of their apprecM
' tlon for her untiring effort» J
behalf of the Camp Fire G ill
Gnerilla Band Clashes With
U. S- Forces; Fatal
ities Retrait
TWO MOBS WOUNDED
W ASHINGTON,,May »7—
(IF)- -T h e navy department
was advised late Monday that
Captain Richard Buchanan
and Private Martin A. Jack-
son., V. 8. M. C., were killed
at 2 a. m. in an attack by
Nicaraguan guerilla
bands
at La Pas Centro. Two
marines wete wounded. not
seriously — Corporal An
thony J, Rausch and Private
William T. Simon.
Captain Buchanan, a na
tive of Illinois, leaves a wife,
Mrs. Margaret Buchanan, of
thia city.
Jackson, a native of Jack
sonville. Fla., leaves a wi
dowed mother, Mrs. Nellie C.
Everett of Chicago.
The attack in which the two
marlhes were killed
the sec
ond made by Nicaraguan ’ revolu
tionists upon the American camps
within the past few days.
According to Admiral Latimer,
the marine camp at Chlhandega
was fired upon Saturday by at-,
tackers who withdrew when the
marines returned the fire. No
casualties resulted.
Th« < j | v U war tn Nicaraguw 'tx
definitely ended. Col. Henry L.
Ptimson, the president’s personal
representative ip Nicaragua! -M A
notified the stgte department.
“NeaVly all the government
troops and practically the entire
insurgent army of Moncada have
been disbanded and substantially
all or their arms have been turn
ed over to our custody»’1 Stimson
reported. "W e have received thus
far 6200 rifles, 272 machine guns
and 6,000,000 rounds of ammuni
tion There has been very little
disorder and not a single Ameri
can shot has been fired against
the organised forces of either
side. Among the Nicaraguans
themselves, bloodshed has sub
stantially ceased since our actions
of May 4th.”
More C attle Are
S eat to K lam ath
A trer.'ioad of I f care of cattle
were shipped from Ashland near
midnight last night to the Klam
ath county feeding grounds. This
was the second shipment of local
cattle to be sent to the Klamath
terrltoiy. A third carload com
posed of cattle from the Barrotn,
Dunn and MMsfcel* ranches will
ba shipped Friday.
The 460
head shipped last night were
owned by Mrs. R. A. Brown.
PH ill 1 A
for Referendum Under
Advisement >—
‘The Camp Fire Girl work 1»
Arguments in connection with
« jnsndamus «Olt brought by
to force tte county auditor to
call a special election and submit
t« a referendum vote of the Jack-
son county voters, the removal of
the county seat to Jacksonville
were heard in the Oregon Su
preme court at Salem, Monday.
1 The case was taken under Ad
visement.
Attorneys defending the valid
ity of a recent legislative act
which provided for the proposed
change, providing Medford build
a city hall to care for connty
business unttl a court house
structure could be erected were:
Rawles Moore, Porter J. Neff,
Wm. M. Briggs, A. E. Reams and
Newton C. Chaney.'
Following the passage of the
legislative act, tie bond issue
for the building, was approved,.
Later a petition was signed by
Jacksonville residents and man
damus suit filed by Mayor Cam
eron, and asking the state su
preme court to order the county
auditor to sail a special election
and submit tfe question of
change of the location of the
couilty seat to a referendum vote.
Financing Plan Gives Every
Oitisen of Portland a
Chance to Help
HE6UyWH0AWSl$
houerimgtrore "
of Ashland, members of the A d
land Council .presented Mias MM
dred Crain, with a beautiful!
framed picture of Crater LnM
at the Ceremonial meeting Dell
Sunday afternoon'at the old Not
mat school groands.
> Miss Crain, «whp is physics
World War Veteran Hanged culture instructor for the girl
- at State Prison This
at the Ashland- senior big)
Morning
school, two years ago organisai
.the first Camp In Ashland w lt|
FACES SCAFFOLD EAST a membership of less than 2 *
The.Ashland council bow has
membership of 110 girls in sa
camps. Miss Crain, bps been u »
tiring 4n h er. efforts in behalf m
the organisation, and the g ir l
SALEM. May 17.— (LP)— Pro
regret that the qjose of schotl
testing the state "framed me’’ Al
;
will
bring her departure from
bert Brownlee, young World War
¡this
city.
Miss Crain will not rd
veteran, ex-convlct and convict
turn
here
next year.
ed of the murder of Eston Hook
Thé Ceremonial held Sunday
er. posaeman, was hanged at the
state prison here this morning. was an impressive event, with I l f
girls receiving the Fire Maker«
The /ra p was sprung at 8:29,
raAk, which has 27 requirement*
one minute ahead of schedule.
Brownlee did not falter.
He and eight receiving the W orn
Bearer rank which has 10 rt^
smiled and called goodbye to
quirementa.
spectators Just before he was
All high school girls who are
swung Into eternity.
members of the Senior class wer«
Before his execution he called
awarded national honore wit«
Sheriff Frank Taylor, Gordon
special awards being made Nedra
Wells, deputy prosecutor of Lane
Bartlett and Lucille Carson. Mlm
county and newspapermen to him
Bartlett won national honors' for
apd la a co° i volce aald he yras making a set of three original
not afraid to die but was Inno
candlesticks. «These were carved
cent.
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out of wood.
- i have confessed in the Catho
Miss Carson's work wjs quit«
lic faith and am unafraid to meet
unusual and has been the sub
my Maker. I am not guilty of
ject of considerable comment.
killing Eston Hooker. I was the
She won three national honors,
n il f \T G l l i r h i n i l ,
victim of framed evidence,
one for keeping a health char«
M r R IP Q
said.
(or. 12 months, one for writing
I IL U I
n lllL B Iv n
an original playlet which was
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accepted by national headquar F am o u s A v ia t o r is N u m a d
ters and has been producecMand
one for keeping a thrift chart
for ltPmonth«.
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T he first and one of the vesry
few to correctly gaees the nam e
of last w eeks photograph, was
^Mrs- O. F . Silver. The paper
had been on th e street bat a few
m inutes, when ¿Mrs. Sliver phon
ed her guess In, and then follow
ed a contest stream o f names
/Briggs and Dr. Woods taking the
lead in s u g g e s tio n s .
Here 1» on e today' ' that w as
selected to satisfy those who
h a v e made t h e s ta t e m e n t t h a t
the pictures w ere too easy to
gaess. This m an Is one o f Ash
land’s W ell' know n clttseas, is
active In business and has done
much toward the developing of
the town. The first correct guess
secures a m onth’s free subscrip
tion to th e T idings, so phone
qr bring your nam e la early.
ceremony.
A talk by a Camp guardian.
Edna Goheen, followed. Award
G o v e r n o r Patterson
ing honor beads *«s made by
spoke ur noonday lunch
Mell Carter. A cello solo by Rose
eon at Medford today. This
Alktns followed. Awarding of the
afternoon he ;s speaking
Wood Gatherers Rank and gowns
before the student body of
followed, in charge of Miss Crain.
the Southern Oregon Nor
“Along the Road." was then
mal school.
j
sung. This was- followed by the
Dlsi liaison of the taxa- !
awarding o f the Fire Maker's
tion situation is cue gener- I
rank, and a eong, "Give a Cheer, Medford Voters Bring Coun
al theme of his discus- 1
ty Seat Change
and “Wohelo" by a c h o r u s
sions.
j
Nearer
'Awarding of national honors was
'hen made. The presentation of
Miss Crain's gift followed. Bible VI0T0EY IS SWEEPING
reference reading was In charge
Construction of New Htracture
of Madeline Stevens. The cere
'
WUI Start in the* Near
monial closed with a song by the
Future
group.
Girls receiving tjie Wood Gath
Medford citizens by the over Flood Waters in Louisiana
erer’s Rank were: Louise Ander
whelming majority of 1391 for
' ' Continue to Break
son and Ruth Billings,
Camp
|to 241 against, Monday approved
Through Levee
Gatusl; Eleanor Coombe a n d ,
the «60,000 bond Issue to r- the
Clara Atterbury, Camp Waxt-
WASHINGTON. May 17 —
erection of a new city hall, prac
yatk; Madeline Stevens, Norma
(LP) — Warnings have been
tically assuring the removal of the
Brower, Louise Hansen and Rose
Issued for flood stages Thurs
county seat from Jacksonville to
Alklus, Camp Wawaklye; Fire
day or Friday and consider
that city.
Maker’s rank, Esther
Chllder,
able higher stages for next
A legislative measure provided
Maxiue Gearhart, Arvtlle Harris,
week, (hr the Willamette
for the removal of the court house
Jean Audsow and Hasel Duncan,
river at Portland and Col
to Medford provided that city pro
Camp Tula Hilusl; Nedra Bart- vided a ne% city hall in which the
umbia river at Vancouver,
lett, Ellen Galey, Lydia Smith, I county business might be tran
Washington, h |. the United
Irwanda Batsman, and
Lucille sacted until a county court house
States weather bureau.
Carson, Camp Wawaklye. ------ Is erected.
Guardiatls who assisted in the
NEW ORLEANS. La., May 17.
Last November the bonds were
Ceremonial were: Mildred Crain,
voted, to be Issued contingent up — <LP>—The mad flood waters of
Helen French, Mirim Calmensen,
on voters of the county removing the Atrhafalaya vied with those
Nora Ward, Edna Goheen, Mell the county seat to Medford. The of the Mississippi today, threat
Carter, Beulah Hussey,'Ella Mc- removal measure carried but waa ening to break through the levee
Leod and Ethel Reid
declared illegal so that the bonds at Woodside and inundate the
PORTLAND, Ore., May 17. —•
Portland’s, plan of financing the
1927 Nose Festival and pageant
“ RosarlA,’’ to be staged June 18
to 18, .will doubtless be adopted
by all cities of the
Pacif
ic Nerthwest where each
year
some big event is presented for
the entertainment df local peo
ple as well as visitors and tour-
tstsk
Most ‘ events are
financed
through subscriptions
on - the
part of the public-spirited citl-
sehs through
publicity cam
paigns, committee, work by rep
resentatives of civic and service
clubs and the help and endorse
ment of the Various departments
of the city gövaremen.t
Since 1906 Portland has staged
A Rose Festival each year through
public, subscriptions. Two years
(Plenas Turn To Page Five)
Committee in Charge of
Flower Show Requests
Cooperation
Cooperation of flower growers
of Ashland in the past has been
hearty and their response to the
request for blooms for the annual
floral .displays sponsored by the
floral society, that the organisa
tion (eels confident the spring
show, to be held Thursday and
Friday of this week in the Hotel
Ashland will be a complete suc
cess.
Everyone who
hns flowers
which they desire to enter in the
show are requested to bring them
to the Ashland hotel before 10
o'clock Thursday morning, if pos-
r'ble. Flowers retain their fresh
ness longer If they are cut in the
evening or very early in the morn-
Irig and Immediately placed in wa
ter, according to Mrs. Lewis H.
Jacks, president of the Floral so
ciety. Contributors are requested
to note this fact and care for the
preservation of the blooms enter-
The committee requests that a
large amount of Bhrub blooms, li
lac, Scotch broom, or any other
chrubs now flowering, be brought
to the hotel. These blooms Are
needed for mass effect in the large
dining room.
The public Is urged to make ar
rangements to view the display
from 2 p. m. to 9 p. m. Thurs
day and from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m.
on Friday
O ut on B ail to
V isit 111 M other
Jack Fry of Everett, Wash.,
who April 4. was arrested by
Chief of Police George McNabb
and turned over to the sheriff of
Redding, Cal., to await grand
ury Investigation on. a burglary
charge, was in Ashland Monday
evening. ’
Fry claimed A Hudson Brough-
mnn in which he was travelling
when arrested by McNabb. He
was recently released from the
Redding Jail under «1.000 bond
and was enroute to his home ia
Everett to visit his mother who is
critically ill- He continued his
Journey from Ashland In the Hud
son car.
Salem— Oregon Linen Mills
•put out first linen product, May
10th.
a work which develops all of t W ‘ nlght ,n the campB of
Ne5
better qualities in young woman* York tQ ParlB aTjptorg.
hood, and the efforts of Misp
w h ile
the Bellanca-Columbt
Crain cannot be too highly « ’n * ^ n h5raftB eorpaf,tto n ii project*
mended," according to one of | monoplane flight was'reported t
her co-workere.
j,e collapsing In an Invisible ty
The meeting held Sunday hfter- pijoon of financial differences be
noon was opened with the Coun- tureen flyers and their backer
ell chant, followed by a reading, announcement was made In th<
“ Prayer" by Ellen Galey. A song, camp of Commander Richard E
“ Wpheho for Aye ’ was then sung Byrd that Bert Acosta would bi
by the group.
chief pilot of the three-motore<
The candle lighting ceremony “ America."
included the following vows: seek
The, trans-Atlantic race is stll
beauty, give service, pursue hap- delayed because of unfavorabh
piness, be trustworthy, hold on to weather.
health, glorify work, and be .
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happy. These Ideals were most
Cottage Grove— Chambers log
beautlfuUy exemplified in the glng railway almost completed.
EDITOR • ELECT
OF EMERALD
DROWNED IN
WILLAMETTE
Harold Mangum, Football
Star, Dies When Canoe
' Overturns
COMPANION
ESCAPES
Many Join Benrch for Body
Hwept Away by Sw ift Cur
rent o f River
EUGENE. May 17.— Hundreds
of students were searching Mon
day night for the body of Har
old Mangum, editor-elect of the
Oregon Emerald, University of
Oregon newspaper, who drowned
Monday afternoon when a canoe
In which he was paddling with
Arden Pangborn, another student
capsized.
The accident happened In the
Willamette river, near the head of
the mill race.
Pangborn waa able to support
himself on the canoe until help
arrived.
Campos Leader
Mangum was one of the most
popular men on the campus. In
addition to being a leader In stu
dent activities, he was also a stel
rich bottom lands between the lar football player, having been
could not be issued.
The new city hall will be built two rivers where more than one of the mainstays of the 192«
on Central and Fifth street op- 100,000 farmers and their fam varsity team. Besides his par
polite the Elks Temple The site ilies live.'
ents who reside In Portland, Man
Eucineers reported /h e levee gum Is survived by a brother,
18 a,ready cl«ared * nd rPadr for
excavation work. Plans are com- nt a point ten miles below Old
Howard, IS.
»
piste and construction of the Rivet on the east'bank of the
Search For Body
building will» start jxs soon as the Atrhafalaya was weakening and
In the morning. A l Clark, San
in several places slides had oc Diego will fly In an effort to lo
bonds are Issued.
-
Meanwhile District Attorney N. curred. They held out hope, how cate the body. The river Ih sev-
d. Chaney, Is waging a battle in ever, that i t would withstand* the ea feet deepand awUt at ihe point
*
the Oregon supreme court, in an great current.
where Mangum was drowned. Ia
< ffort to haafce the removal of
the msanttme, a group of Cane
the county seat possible without
^ounty officials, working id a
referendum vote on the question
windwMpped rain, searched 'the
by outran« <f,J»cln»B «Runty.
bottom of the Willamette in vain
while students And townspeople,
lined the, bank.
Kdltortalshia Vacant «,
,ual Y. M. 0. A. Camp * Mangum’s death leave« the edi-
torahip vacant, and a special elec
Vili be Held at Lake
tion
has been called for May 26.
of the Woods
Nominations will be * Thursday,
i The Annual Y. M. C. A. boys’ May 1».
Mangum attended Commerce
I camp will be held July 6 to 19 at
| the Lake of the Woods, according high school of Portland, where
j to a decision reached by mem he starred in footbdM add wan'
bers of the boys’ committee who named Portland all-atar fullback.
j met in seeslon last evening. The Before coming to the University of
camp will be open to all boyjAof Oregon three years arfo. he work
Ashland and vicinity between <he ed as a reporter for the Oregon
ian.
tjges of 12 and 18 years of age.
Dean Walker last night d re w
“ We are anxious to make this
camp bigger and better than ever attention to three administration^
aud every effort will be made to rules aimed to prevent drowning
(his end. We will begin register accidents. These rules require,
ing boys for the camp at once," ‘hat students going out in canoes.;
Secretary Walter said this morn know how to swim; that all< stu-*
t o
dents know how 'to swim before
ing.
In preparation for the camp It graduation, and that no canoeist’
was decided to stage a series of is to shoot the rapids at the head
over night hikes. The first one of the mill race. The latter rule*
of these will be held this . Friday doe« not apply In the case of the
evening when boys and leaders Mangum drowning, as he and,
will leave Immediately a f t e r Pangborn had negotiated their'
school-for a trip to Wagner Gap. oraft into the river without riding
On Saturday morning the group the rapids' to do so.
will climb to the top of Mt. Wag
ner. Oars will be used to carry
the boys and their blankets to
within a few miles of the Gap..
Dandelions—And Prohibition
A w
Indian H istory
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May B e R evealed
Bankers Fail to Stop Fast
Normal Nine in Twilight
League Game
The Normal school won from
over the Bankers team last night
In ths thiiM game of the Y. M. C.
A. twilight league series» by tak
ing the long end of a 20 to 6 score.
The game was fast from the start,
the Normal taking the lead in the
first inning by putting over three
runs to the Bankers* two, and this
lead gr/w till the final inning
when five men crossed the home
plnte.. Batteries for the game
were: Normal, Laws, catcher,
Dixon and Butterfield, pitchers;
Bankers, Hltqhock, catcher, Crlpe
ahd Petersen pitchers. The next
game In the aeries will be played
on the high school grounds tomor
row evening when the Bankers
will cross bats with the Employed
Boy’s club team.
/
BEND, May 17.—(U>>— Traeee
of ancient encampments, some of
them evidently hundreds of years
old. have been discovered la Dry
River, gorge of an ancient stream
east of Bead where a mana of
Indian writings were found last
Several feet beibw the snrfaco
i f the wind drifted earth, teeth of
•leer, many Shattered bonne sad a
mass of broken sryow headn wer«
located. Amoqg the rdfaaa drem
the old Iddlan camp ’were fonad
fragments of class' sheila.
FAMQÜR AUTJKMI W BM
wil U mantic : COSÀ.,MA
— (IF) r - Blood «krewsfnste
which
Leonard Olla«, aw
gave a pifft of hlaod (ailed to
the life of, W ilfred Brvta. a
qApermaa.i m fetaHy; m
while a gneat a« Ol«ao*a eap
home. Cline in being held pen
'nqneet. MvMeaee ladMotee