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About Ashland daily tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1970 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1927)
Fire Previ tion. There will he contests, (oat, games, and entertainment for 1 everyone. Oolf sticka will be ass» •Tellable to thoae dealring to "try eon Fer limdy (Continued In reviewing measures now be ing taken by the International Association of Fire. Chief a to com bat the appalling, loaa of life and property by fire In the United 8tates, Fire Chief dltnt Baugh man points out that one of the most effective ways to reduce the fire danger 1, to give such build« ings as we erect the highest de gree of Incombustibility. "It would be Impracticable, of course, to build an all-fireproof structure;” Chief Baughman con tinued. “In a residence of thia nature the beds wculd have to be steel of concrete slabs and furni ture would have to be of a simi lar material. The?e could be no draperies, rugs," linen and cloth ing. But it never Is impracticable to construct a building as fire- safe as is compatible with com with the thousands of other fire chiefs throughout the oeuntry.he la actively cooperating with the International. Association of Fire Chiefs in its great "1127 is Fire P r e v d q t i o n Year” movemen*. r which It la hoped wUl acquaint i the public with means for reduc ing the annual fire toll. * fort." Pioneer Woman Funeral services' for Mrs. Kate Hdwell, who died early Wednes day at the home of her son, E. V, Ilowell, on Maple street were held this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Burial was made in the Ashland cemetery. Mrs. Howell was 90 years of age at the time of her passing and had lived in Ashland for the past three quarters of a century. Her son and one daughter, Mar garet Herrow, survive. HEALTH HEAD I Best Sprinter Your Kitchen AUTO H1TÍ BABY NERVOUS; LAWSUIT Her husband (below) threatened to kill her jraleas she poisoned Clifford Cox. he»- first coaatn. Mrs. Dorothea Walter. 16 (above), re» lated in a signed statement to police at Falrmoant. lad, Mrs. Walsqr bad taken out s 6666 In. sarance policy on the 12-yeer-oKl boys life a few weeks ago and the boy died e< poison at the Waleev home. Paper Staff • Is Rewarded Faithful work on The Siskiyou, Southern Oregon Normal paper, was recognised by the edi tor, Wednesday, June 15, when he awarded "certificates of a d vice” to bia staff members. Re plan3 to award pins for one year participation. The following received certi ficates: A.. C- Mmw»ser Arthur 8. Taylor, Glenn .Hale. Lawrence Mitcheimqre, Albie Beck, Ruth Aitken, Clarence Haan, John Churchduta, Mildred Gygev, E- Lovely Harris, Lorraine ,Brook- miller, ;Leuise , 8croggin<, Earl Hc-raell of Ashland, Lois Knapp of Knappa; Edith Deuel, Medford, Victor Phelps, Gladys Rice, Hasel Leonard of Eugene; Ruth Triplett of Bend; E. Faye Arthur, Marsh field ; Alec Bowman, Talent— one year. One term workera— Jennie Grover, Eda Jonea and Hillis Mc Call of Klamath Falls; Joe Mer cer, Aubrey Haan, Ashland; Gar nett Burkhart and Marie Bolleau of Marshfield; Mella Brandon, Eaataide; Sara Mosier, Mt. Ver- non; Betty Brown, Talent; Ella Hinton, Eugene. TACOMA, June 16 — (IP) — Every day little Frank Miller 'jt.. Is snpposer to have a bath in his little green tin tub which sets so cutely in mamma and papa’s big white tub. And every day. wben Mrs. Frank Miller, Sr., starts to pick him up and place him in it, he howls most dolefully and kicks his fat little legs in all directions. So mamma and pappa Miller are In court today asking a jury to make ^une« Wood oflseattle give Junior 62,560 because of this nervousness. Junior was in papa’s automo bile last November when Wood's Ford struck it. Junior, accord ing to some accounts, was thrown through the windshield. Accord ing to other stories, he was not. MUSIC TEACHERS MEET The members of the Jackson County Music Teachers Associa tion met in Llthia Park Tuesday evening for the last meeting of the year. A picnic luncheon was enjoyed by about thirty of the member* including several frienda after which a business meeting was held, Mies Leona Marsters presiding. The present officers were re-elected — Miss Marsters, president; Imogene Wallace, vice- president; Mrs. E. B. Gore, aec- retary^treasunbr. The first meeting fetter tha fall teaching season begins will os held October 11 jn ftedtofd. Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Janes were Informally presented with a beautiful bouquet, It being their wedding anniversary. Crisp, snowy-White curtains, immaculate walls, floor and ceiling, shining cooking uten sils, and a stove that glistens are the pride of every woman. Electricity creates no smoke, soot, nor fumes. Dirt and dust from carrying and handling fuel and ashes are a thing of the past. This composite aerial photograph shows how the Wash ington Monument and the surrounding grounds appeared when President Coolidge formally welcomed Colonel Cha/les Lindbergh, New York-td-Paris flyer, back to the country Saturday*. A huge throng gathered around the historic obelisk when Coolidge decorated Lindbergh with * the highest aviation honor of the nation. Stories Of Lincoln Told By 85-Year-Old Wc man Who Knew H int-R et alb. Campaign Days the (Cont infeed From Page One) Point; Dr. W. H. Heckman, Cen tral Point; Dr. R. C. Mulhol land, Medford; Dr. W.’ R. Adams of Medford and Dr. F. C. Swed- cnburg, Ashland. Sadie Orr Dunbar, secretary of the Oregon Tuberculosis As sociation, was the main apeake* at the meeting. Much oL the time was devoted to the discus sion of business .and reports. Baseball ia the big attraction at the ’ Ashland-hlaygrolhd O>r the bays and girls past IS years of age, according to Miss Fay Car ver, playground, supervisor, who Wednesday afternoon Inangaurat- ed .c wprlga- of ♦ “OMMapipnahip !gd«fieb>’ ' ‘ In the ten inning first contest, a teanu captained . by Lawrence Gill succeeded in-defeating a team &ptarar"B>* wfettfew H6w«n? The older bo^s and girls show more enthusiasm in baseball than any other form' of entertainment offered at’ the playground. The games start at 2 O’clock each afternoon, Miss Carver says. A goodly number of boys and girls are reporting -for swimming instruction at the Helman pool. - LE BOURGET FIBLD.'France, June 16. — (LP) — A French at tempt to regain tha non-stop dis tance recently taken by the Ameri can plana Columbia, ended in dis aster which nearly cost the lives of two of the 'country’s most prominent aviators. Captain Pelletier d’Olsy, and Lieutenant Qonln narrowly escap ed death when the plane in which they hoped to fly to India burst •nto flames an»J crashed' to the* ground here. Both filera were sl<ght)y burned on their hands and faces in tha explosion and fire. , CHICAGO---- Some new side lights on Abraham Lincoln were divulged . by one o f , his former neighbors, Mrs. E. L. Capps, fe5, while she was here recently visit ing her grand-nephew, Marion É Lushbaugb. • 'Mrs. Capps lived near the for mer president in Springfield and was Robert C. ” T6d” ¿Mcoln’r first playmate. ' The aged woman still in good health, told of 'hAw Lincoln, the country lawyer, gave twenty-five cents to a small boy for a bed for a friend, and how Lincoln, the great - hearted, wept over aome orphans. ’ * "I can see him padding across a yard, bear-headed and in his shirt-sleeves, wearing carpet slip pers, shovel in hand, to borrow a few life coals to start thé morn ing fire.” ’ : It was after the Capps family moved to Mount Pulaski that the incident of the rented bed took place. . "Mr. Lincoln — no one called him Abe in those days — would come to Mount Pulaski for court twice a year," Mrs. Capps said. "He would stay with us. I used to wait on the table, and I can remember keeping the flies away with a peach bough while Lincoln and his family were eating. "He had the front room, with a great four-poster bed, and my NOT HOW OLD—BUT HOW ACTIVE* \ 7*0 have ga active, limber pain-free body, unhampered by advancing years, watch elimina tion. At 19, Major Ackerman. Barberton, Ohio, la fit hie Office daily, healthy, hearty and active. "I- find Foley PIlM diuretic Juat the right thing to regulate kidney elimination'and keep me lb fine condition.” The medlclnfej finali ties of Foley Fills diuretic are valued so highly »hat they are guaranteed to give satisfaction. In constant use over IS years. Ask for them. Sold everywhere:—No. (tide brother slept in th e, « dm , oom ia a smaller bed. Leonard 3wett of Bloomington was In the '.ame house,, : and Mr. Lincoln wanted, us to take him in. Lin- olngave pay brother ^twenty-five 1 e n ts to give up'• his bed', to'’ Hr. 1 5Wett.” Mrs' Cappa rpfckHS vividly Lin- j •o|c«\«am paJ»n far the presi-1 lency. ’ i ‘. ■ j "People came from all.o^ r the 1 state to the rally at'Springfield^’’ j she said. "Some traveled fhree j or four days to get there. - Men < stood In* line for blocks to shake ] his hand.” ’ - i » 1 After Lincoln became president, I Mrs. Capps’ father, a storekeeper | at Mount Pulaski, visited him at j the White House. ] "Mr. Lincoln was talking to I some gentlemen in the east room” a she asserted. "He got up at once ! and came toward my father, say- J ing, "Why, Tommie, how are you? I I’m glad to see yon! And he made | him sit down to talk over old ] times.” j “And I want to tell, too, of the j visit Lincoln made to Five Points | Miaaion In New York. The little j orphan children clustered around I him and caressed him. He was j crying and, turning to a friend, 1 he said, "Now I know what tha J Savior meant when He said; “Of I such ia the Kingdom of Heaven.” I "That la the Lincoln I knew.” I T a u g h t F lyer Are You In Prim e! N01 NOT F E E L IN G JUST R IG H T — f a q u ic k , Richardson Springs Near Chico, Butte County, California bàn do Wonders For You. , convenient, comfortable travel to Portkaul or to California. N ew trains between Portland and Afih. law!, by day no rthbo un d and conven» lent over-night service retu rn ing in ad« ditian to the Shasta and the Oregonian. T h e p o p u la r Shasta now carries day coach fo r the convenience o f southern Oregon travelers. ' N ote this new, convenient service: S T A T IO N S 8:00 10:00 10:49 t2:2O f 12:43 8:30 10:13 10:56 12:10 12:57 f 12.47 1:33 1:43 2:20 2:26 3:10 3:32 • 4:03 f3:00 3:40 f3 :3 6 £6:22 Yoncalla . , Oakland . . Sutherlin. , R oseburg., .D illa r d .. IvrtleGteek 7:40 3:30 4:42 3:50 f2:48 2:31 1:49 1:33 1:08 W1 12:25 f 11:34 • f10:42 11:28 . 10:30 11:13 f 10:18 9:33 19:14 W est Fock . G lendale. W o lf Creek . .L e la n d .. f8:34 f8:37 f& 23 8.03 7:43 7:27 £6:39 £6:33 7:23 7:43 8:02 . « . G n a ts Pus . . . , , . Rogue R iv e t .. , . . . . G o ld H i l l . . . . , . .Central P o in t .. . . . . . M edford . . . . . . . . Phoenix . . . . , • • • .T a le n t • • • • ■ . . . . Ashland . . . . . . . Sacramento . . . At. San Francisco Lv. Ar. Los A n g e le s .. . Range XL ELECTRIC Station" G U Y GOOD Phone 82 Weak Spots There is nothing like newspaper advertising for strengthening weak territory. . How much is it worth while to spend to capture new trade? A news paper advertising campaign in weak territory may bring sales up to par be fore embarking upon more costly gen eral campaigns. . . Then the gjy" shinn and hot minenl bttiie of ■ Here’s Charley Borah, t»:fe, cut- standing sprinter of The ?egr. The Southern California star wav tho only raftn to win t^o event* la the big I. C. 4-A meet last month, cap turing first in the 160 afed 2*20- , yard event*. • N ew Train Service f3:3O sparks fa r and wide." "But It is probably a long way off before wood frame houses will be altogether abandoned, particu larly since the development of modern building materials has re- * suited in a protected type of wood construction that retains ail the good features of the all - wood house.” "In building such a fire - pro tected wood house the wood frame is erected in the regular manner. But Instead of a sheath ing of wood being applied over the frame, an incombustible type of sheathing Is now used. This protects the frame from the out- » side.. To protect it from the^in- Hltle a metal or rock lath Is used in place of wood latY_ With a roof-covering of asbestos or other flre-reslstiVe «alerlsV ahouse M bpilt pdsseaaes as high a degree of-protection from fire .as <s,pee- slblo in a rrame structure.’* Chief Baughman feela that pre venting fires Is just as important a part of tha Fire Department’s work as fighting fires,, and along Page One) the. Pacific Highway was finally chosen. 8am Whitlag, famous golf engineer, designer of the fam ous Olympic Club course of >6 holes, laid out tha local course. There were many difficulties sn- 'eountered In bringing the dream to a realisation, but the course new has a complete watering sys tem, secured by laying of 10,000 test of pipe. Greeks and fairways ware seeded with specially recom mended grasses. While the bourse is not yet fin ished, sufficient progress has been made to enable players to use the greens. Golfers who have tried the links are enthusiastic sad say Ashland golf course from a scenic standpoint is one of the finest on the coast and from a players* standpoint a most desirable one. 4 The formal, opening is to be celebrated * with a basket picnic and an invitation is extended to every one in Ashland and all Vat- ley folks to attend the celebra- This Is tbs Distinguished Flying Cross which President Coolidge is to b*s:°w on Captain Charles A. Lindbergh at Washington up on his return home. Recently approved by the, Fine Arts Com mission, it is the first of its kind struck. "Take the average wood frame house as an example. Wben the fwood frame Is covered with a sheatlng of wood, and this in turn Is covered with wood siding; and when the lath under the plaster and the shingles on the roof are of wood, you have a highly com bustible, conflagration - breeding type of construction — one that wofeld put surrounding structures in jeopardy if a fire should break out, particularly if there were a high wind blowing. For* a-high wind would carry burning embers to adjoining roofs and scatter F re n Newspaper advertising is easily and promptly extended or contracted, and its cost exactly controlled. « ' WRITS US L E E RICHARDSON, Manfiget Milton Servos* (abort) was on* of th* proudest men In Clarence A. Chamberlin’s home town of Denison, la., when new* that tha pilot had crossed the ocean reached the town. Servos* taught * Chamberlin bow to fly. For quality, purity and flavor, always Read the advertisements. They ask your grocer for give you wisdom when you buy , .. . Ashland Creamery BUTTER «Bam f