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County officials are busy this
I wash packing up and moving
I courthouse equipment to the
Medford A rm ory which next F r i
day, July 1. 1327 becomes the
county seat— the arm ory building
to he the court bouse u n til the
new city hall is completed early
'in the fall.
K lam ath Falls Pelicans defeat-
the Cavemen from Grants Paas
Sunday by taking the long end of
a 3 to * score and won the South
ern Oregon League championship
fo r the first season o f the play.
Tha championship pennant Is to be
given to the Pelicans at a meeting
of baseball men which w ill prob
ably be held in Ashland wlthfn
the near future.
The Pelicans were defeated b u t '
Remodeling work at the a r
mory l a nearing completion and
the building w ill accomodate
practically a ll o f the county of
fices, except the (circuit court,
seeeion which are to he held in
the federal building.
Many of the records w ill be
le ft in the tire proof vaults ot
the old courthouse at Jackson
ville u n til the new fire proof
vaults are bu ilt in the new city
ball.
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LEGION MEET
BIG SUCCESS
Studebaker T o u r i n g Oar
Lands On Top Of Coupe
Which Skidded Off The
Highway—Occupants Are
Slightly I n j u r e d And
Taken To Yreka.
Three ta les Wide Crashes
urops Ana Property—No
Lives Lost In Tarraat.
A R LIN G TO N , June 27.— (IP)—
Residents of this section of Ore
gon were today checking up dam
age , caused when a cloudburst
struck here Bunday evening.
A rlington was the scene of
principal damage. M ilton and
Weston also suffered from heavy
property loss.
A great w all of water seven feet
high crashed down on Arlington
a fte r the cloud burst hi^ seven
miles south of here.
The deluge on M ilton followed
a series of cloud bursts in nearby
'
a
I
Weston was swept by a m ighty
w all o f water throb miles wide.
So fa r as is known there were
no injuries or death bat property
damage including crop loss to ex
pected to teach nsore than h alf
Sid Batts
Post of L
the Hotel Medford in Medford,
A rllngton and M ilton spent the
was one o f U m most-out-standing
night in darkness. The Vendôme
events o f the organisation fo r the hotel a t A rlington was completely
ruined. Highways, were damaged
and bridges washed out*
newspaper comment so w e» as
McNary, and Frederick Steiwer
I comment among those who knew
and Congressmen N. J. Blnndtt
I Sid Bates. .and have followed
and Maurice Crumpacker were
I
closely every development in the
guests of honor a t the affair and
unravelling of the mystery which
gave short speeches before ■ the
I surrounded the dastardly crime.
arm ory program was taken up.
The Portland Orbgoniah, com
The evening’s festivities started
menting editorially on the con-
at <:3d o’clock with a banquet
Federal Officers Bald Kla I fessions has the following to say
at the H otel Medford.
math Fall* Dives And
under the caption. “Bid Bates the
A rth u r M urphy, Commander of
Take Liquor.
I Engineer.” . .
the state organisation was tbe
j
"O ut of the hideous narrative
principal speaker and said In part, ‘ Three hundred bottles of beer
I
of
the t h r e e
D'Autremonts,
“The 'American Legion has an and several bottles o f moonshine
bandits
and
murders,
steps the
im portant p art to play in national were confiscated by federal of
I brave wrath of a very gallant
Ufa, and among its duties Is that ficers who Saturday night raided
o f n u rtu rin g patriotism la the a "dive" operated by Mrs. Laura man. I t to the shade of 81d Bates
hearts of e v N y countryman." E f
the engineer .grown gray in tbe
Sellers at Klam ath Falls. Mrs.
forts have brought about the pres Sellers was placed under arrest^ service. He stands before us in
greasy, faded denim, w ith a
ent system of national defense, the
H a rry Kincaid, former resident
regular arm y In the first line, the of Grants Pass, now of K lam ath smudge on his cheek, gay mock
national guard second and the Falls was placed < under arrest ery in his eyes, and a jest on bis
reserve corps, third , he m id. He when officers found two gallon lips. He to Sid Bates, who. was
also spoke highly of the w o rk be jugs and several pint bottles of! unafraid or death, and whose
ing done by the Legion A uxiliary. moonshine in his place of bus fidelity to duty, as he coneelve<J
It, caused him to be pistoled in i
T . B. Patterson,, John B. En iness.
-his own cab. H e lay sprawled on
ders, D r. C. B. Shinn and W. C.
Several other arrests of minor
the (ron floor, beside t ip throttle
Patterson were In attendance offenders were made.
from Ashland.
Fédéral D ffieers G. W . Shirley
MOONSHINE
CONFISCATED
Medford Pearpickers w eat down
to defeat at the hands o f the Ash
land Boas Sunday to the tune of
seven to four score.
Boas held the
Pegrplckers
scoreless un til the seventh Inning
when McShane- and M arkle scor
ed first base hits, and were fol
lowed by Banhiater who connect
ed w ith one of Davis’ tw trlA s tor
a tw o bagger scoring McShane
and M arkle. He was followed by
Beebe
who reached
first, and
Boston who also h it first base,
scoring Bannister, giving t | e
Pearpickers three runs in one
Inning. In the eighth Inning w ith
the bases empty McShane again
a t bat lost the ball fa r into tbe
Held, and scored a home ran , mak
ing the last run for the Medford
aggregation.
Davis in addition to pitching
LA B O R SURPLUS IB F R U IT
his usual fine game of baseball,
There is said by C. H . Oram,
knocked a home ra n for the Boas
la the sixth inning, loosing tha state labor commissioner to be
surplus o f labor |n a ll fru it sec
ball fa r In the le ft field.
Un
Scoring for the local aggrega tions of Oregon this year.
usually
large
In
flu
x
of
labor
from
tion started in the fourth inning
when Hughes at bat h it to first. Idaho and other states to said to
be responsible for this unusual
eandition.
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Circus Folks Mourn Death O f Tiny
“King Dodo” Famous N egro Pigm:
"K in g Dodo” circus favorite,
known a ll over the United States
and beloved by show folks, died
Saturday evening cradled in the
arms o f a s ta lw a rt sword sw iflow -
er, in the big è a rn iv s r u n t nt
Klhinath Falls.
H is death was
sudden and was^duh to heart
trouble.
K ing Dodo, aged IS , whose real
name was John Taylor, and his
residence Los Angeles, where tor
years he has been under the
guardianship of a retired aUintol
trainer who years ago took * toady
to the tin y freak, wag « tiny
negro man, 13 tnchee taH end
weighing 43 pounds.
Me was
born In Jacksonville. Florida, and
early in lits lost th e nés e l his
lower limbs and M v e r walked a
stop to his lif e .'
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the moren about him. He could
neither read nor w rite but in p ri
vate conversation, aw^y from the
glamor of the big tents, the little
man exhibited remarkable agility.
H e was intensely religious and
often during the quiet hou/s ot
the sabbath would speak on re
ligious topics to his beloved to r-
nival cohorts.
"Yeah boy” was the favorite
expression of the little man, and
had been heard by circus goers
In every part of the United States.
H e muttered theee words, Satur
day night just before the spark
of life flickered out.
It was with heavy hearts ths
shew people presented their per-
formanee Saturday night— while
the body of the midget ley in a
K la m U t h andertahiag parlor
awattlag tastrtMfone for Ite dto-
Two southbound Studebaker
automobiles skidded over a 3(1-
foot embankment on the Pacific
highway, about one mile on this
side of the California line Sunday
afternoon. Occupants of the two
cars escaped with minor injuries.
A coupe, driven by T. B. Tart-
ino, representative of the Tartino
Rubber Company ot California,
was the llrat car to ekid off the
highway. This accident occurred
at 3:30 p. m. The accident oc
curred on a stretch of highway
where the state maintenance crew
air and alighted wheels .down
flags along the way marked the
place as dangerous. The ralnfhll
Sunday afternoon made the hlgh-
way at this point a sea of slippery
r I unit system, wherein it is pro-
r I posed to consolidate or centra-
, I lise the operation of the rural
.■schools in a way which the pro-
, I ponents ot the measure state w ill
I make for more efficient ru ral
11 school operation, is certain to
. I bring out an unusually large vote
I In the rural districts, which w ill
I I no doubt roll up a large total
I vote la the county. -
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W hat wlU prove probably a
I Ter7 effective campaign »gainst
J this measure has been waged by
Tartino secured a lift from »
passing motorist and went to
Hornbrook where he secured the
awviees o f 4" wrecking erew to
assist in removing the car back
« to the roadway. As he return
duty. Thu lightp ip the yards at ed to the scene of the wreck, he
evening, the mellow gossip of: the saw a seven-passenger 8tudebak-
bells, the rush o f th a wet n ig h t
against his face— n e v e r. t-> know
."M p had saan .t w o of hie fellow
tnrihmen die. F ö r the body of
several of the most active rural
; I districts. This, w ith the attitude
> '£ some sources that Ashland and
, Medford should" not participate
. in the vote on this question, al
though it to believed everybody
w ill, or should vote anyway.
OUTLINE NEW
MAIL ROUTE
Contract To Be Given For
I Ashland . Klam ath F alla
Service
had, tallan to the gravel bestd-i
The poatofflce department has
the tr tta . R u t when they bade
I called for proposals for a new
h,m s u s a t t « his seat in th-j cab
I matlcarrylng contract between
♦ad "m> ahead," that the mail
c |r might ha dragged away for Ashland and Klamath Falls, be
yfondssfiug, Sid Bates said that ginning August 1st, which ‘ will
not drive the engine.
I t wpa-eet a t fu ll stop. He said
t h a t ' h e c a u lk not say what was
wrong w ith the. engine. He dared,
as they phyaaed it, to "kid " the
murders whose ready weapons
were presented at his body. And
evening when >Dr. Sidney L. Ouj- rate.
The new contract will also in-
ick o f Los Angeles, California,
Who is visiting w ith his daughter,
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Mr». Leverett Davis, spoke. Dr.
Gulick, prominent authority on
conditions In China, Is an orator
of masterly a b ility and his mess
age on “ Doll Mbssengers of
Friendship”
delivered
In
the
morning, was well worth listen-
Next Wedneeday morning mem
tog to.
bers of Battery B, 343th Coast A r
“ Battleships and Friendship”
tillery, who have bssn in camp
Was the theme of his discourse in
at F o rt Stevens for ths last 13
the evening.
days, w ill start their .return trip
Ito Ashland.
In spits of rainy weather more
than 10,030 people gathered at
Camp C(atsop Saturday morning
to see the entire Oregon National
guard, Including both the infan
try and coast a rtille ry divisions,
. J « C . Hogalsnd of Los Angelas, pass ia review before Governor
C alifo rn ia was arrestad by T ra f Patterson, General George W hite
ilo Officer C. P. Talent Saturday aad General H unter Liggett and
•bhtged wtth driving a flve-pas- other high officiale.
amtger Cadillac touring ear as a
The satire fores of 3,000 men
private has from L. A. to Seattle took part la the parade. I t Includ
Without a public service permit ed the 143th coast a rtillery, 136th
dr Oregon Ucease. H e save a and K i n d infantry regiments aad
• IS S bead to guarantee h ia ap- one battery of the 313 field ar
hPargaee before Justice of the tille ry la addition to provisional
Peace >-Taylor of Medford July regiment of headquarters, medical
aad other troops.
B ig Review
Talent Arrests
',
Wildcat Driver
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probably surprise many.
Usually, a special election lik e
this— regardless of the fact that
the measures on the ballots are
of such a nature that they v it
ally affect every pocketbook In
the state— rarely brings out a
In All Department* Exhibit*
Warrant Additional
However.
the
agitation
m
Space
I Jackson county on the county
The coupe going over the em
bankment, turned turtle In mld-
has been recently employed. Red
practlally undamaged except for
a broken left front wheel.
B ig Audience
Newspapers
Hears Gulick
bergh?" “ Who wen the ball
game?" " I wonder i f the stock
m arket is going up or dowa?”
"Has anyone died?”
Has Byrd
taken off for Europe yet?” "W hat
was yesterday’s output of cop
per?”
I These and a hundred and one
other questions are going unans
wered because Butte and Anacon
da citlsens have no local news
papers, through which they ordin
a rily found th e ir questions afi-
swsred.
No dally 'newspapers have been
issued since last Monday when
publishers of the Beits M in er and
the Butte Post and the AngSonda
Standard looked se t their deni*
posing rooms Ih rotoMhtloa to the
local typographical unloa’s strike
FAIR BUILDING
PLANS GIVEN
mud.
include mail service for Pinehurst
and Keno, according to official In
formation received this morning
by Postmaster F. D. Wagner.
The important feature of this
's that the new contract will cover
all classes of mail, whereas at
nresent the contract covers only
! first-class mall. Parcel post can
not now be shipped direct to
Klamath Falls or points in that
and Terry Talent, assisted by
region. For instance, today par
K lam ath police and county auth
cel post shipments to Lakeview
orities made the arrests.
•ake third sone rates, whereas,
when parcel post can be shtoped
B U T T E , Mont., June 37.— (IB
The Congregational church was over the direct route to Klamath
W H B R B YO U V O TE
— “W h a t’s become o f Lind well fille d Sunday morning and Tails it will take the second sone
Voting paraphanalia, bal
lots, booths, poll books, etc.,
were placed in the nine Ash
land voting precincts Mon
day by the F. F . W h ittle
Transfer company, prepara
tory for the election tomor
row.
Voting precincts are an
nounced as follows:
Precinct 1— Ashland ,Bou-
levard— Public library.
Precinct 3— Ashland Bast
Central— City H a ll.
, .
Precinct 3— Ashland West
Central— McCarty
building,
corner M ain and Granite
streets.
Precinct 4— Ashland Oak
— W h ittle Transfer Company
office.
Precinct 3— N orth Ash
land— Presbyterian church.
Precinct «— Bast Ashland
— Fourth Street B n g 1 n e
Room.
Precinct 7*— 8 o u t h e a s t
Ashland— 413 Palm AveUUe.
P r e c i n c t 3— Northwest
A s h l a n d — Junior High
School.
*. Precinct I — Ashland West
— Valley View School.
The average motorist pays Httle
attention to the motor number of
his automobile, according to those
la Charge of the registration bur
eau here.
Fully one-half the tourists who
atop to register their cars In this
city must investigate to learn the
ig Vote Is expected As
number of the motors on their
Interest In Measures Af-
oars before the registration Card
f p e t i n g Schools A n d
is illled out.
Pocketbooks Buns High
Frequently the motorist does
t-ra ir Support Levy Most
not know where to look on the
Popular.
engine for the motor number— I
and %hen the police force helps I The vote in Jackson county
them out. Occasionally a motor-1 | tomorrow when citlsens w ill be
1st applies for registration with-1 asked to pass judgment upon a
ont knowing his license number. I large variety ot measures w ill
Chicago Women
May B e Hanged
CHICAGO, June 35— (IPXIP)—
Mrs. Catherine Cassler, convicted
of the m urder of W illia m Lind
strom was today sentenced to
hang, Ootober 21. She was found
guilty by a Jury several weeks
ago and was the third woman to
be sentenced to death in Chicago.
The thrpe
D ’Autremont
brothers lost their Identity
at the penitentiary at Salem
yesterday.
Hugh became 3303, Roy
3301 and Ray, 3304.
They w ill be known by
these numbers for the rest
ot th e ir life.
Another local oounty measure
to the proposed m ill levy for the
county fair. This- to a straight
question as ot whether the county
fair shall operate this year— if
the levy to approved there w ill
be a session of the county fair,
while if it to defeated, all indica
tions are there, w ill be no oounty
fair, unless some angel unex
pectedly develops to finance It.
.The most outstanding state Is
sue to the income tax. Several
organisations in the state are
working actively against this
measure, while the state admin
istration forces and the state
grange are about the only active
forces working for the passage ot
the measure.
W ith the usual large number
who vote No on si} tax ques
tions, those who do not want
Oregon to be the first state on
the coast to adopt this form ot
taxation in opposition to the
policy of laying o ff in California
and Washington, those who feel
that It is merely another experi
ence of "giving the state officials
more money to spend," and other
factions who oppose the income
tax, it appears It w ill have hard
sledding in tomorrow’s election.
W hile the income tax is said
by those favoring It to be for
the purpose eventually to relieve
the burden on property tax, many
reel that that the property tax
w ill never be m aterially reduced,
and that the lacqme tax vltll
(Continued On
County Unit School System Fav<
By Men Who Study School
H . 9* Seymour, state leader of
Boys’ aad G irls’ Ouh work in this
state, form erly a county super-
lntendsnt ia Oregon, has heartily
endorsed the County U nit Plan.
Hto work takes him Into every
county ia Oregon and brings him
in touch With work being done in
rural school work.
“ As a n I m p a r t i a l o b s e rv e r 1
favor the eeuat*. unit plan now
in operation ia Crook Klamhtb
and Linqel» eoupties.
I . have
been ia sahuol p o rk loB< enough
to see the benefits these soaatleS
have derived aader the s a lt ays-
tern o f to:
tion aad
that systs
Jackson cc
“The Hv
the people
thing .in tl
the admh
in the chi
leats of I
equality «
surely ma
atm” rage
e t tha C
where lev
U att phut