In Mineral Water Lies Ashland's Greatest Asset Ashland's for Over Fifti/ Years (United New* Wire I (United Press Wire Service) ASHLAND, Y, JUNE 28, 1927 LITHIANSTO MEET FRIDAY GOLDEN RULE STORE OPENS P i n a l A c t i o n O n Park Pavilion Dances Will ' Bo Takan Closed Por Two Weeks Por Invoice Of Stock—New Manager In Charge The Golden Rule store, which has been, closed for two weeks to complete an Invoice In connection with the sale of the local unit, as well as the Medford and Yreka units, to The J. C. Penny com pany, has reopened. An announcement from New York a few days ago contained the Information that the J. C. Penney company would officially take over the three stores which have been operated under the name of The Golden Rule on July 15th. Mr. Poremlller, a J. C. Penney company representative who came here from Albany, stat ed yesterday he did not have any announcement to make at pres ent. Mr. and Mrs. Evans, who have been in charge of the local Golden Rule store, are no longer connected with the management. 1100,000,000 Consideration Is Given In Big Deal— May Mean Re-establish ing Of Ashland Railroad Center — No Statements Made by Company. Only a light vote la being cast In Ashland today. At S o’clock reports from six precincts showed only 199 votes had been east. Interest in the county eebool unit Issue and the state income tax seemed to have waned with the arrival of election day and there seemed to 'be a general lathergy about the poets. At the city hall, precinct 2 on ly 9 votes were cast n p t o 3 o’clock and five of these were caat by city employees. At the public library, Precinct 1, 2* votes were cast; precinct 2, McCarthy building showed 24 ’votes cast while at the Presbyter ian church, precinct 9, 20 votes were cast; precinct 4, Whittle transfer showed 2C votes and pre cinct • showed 14 vote*. 260 Enrolled At Enrollment at the Southern Oregon Normal school has rsa yk ed 2*0 according to Miss Kath erine Vincent, registrar. Thia number exceeds by SI the enroll ment for the summer term Inst year. The student body this summer Is made np largely of teachers who are doing required normal school work. Attendance and enrollment at the summer school classes be ing conducted at the Lincoln school is also larger this year than it was last. Students con duct the work here under .the di rection of supervisors, x TO 8KLL GRASBHOPB1W Klamath may yet derive some profit from the grass hopper crop which the Tnle Lake region produced thia year— a crop so extensive and destructive experts were called to combat. From a fish company at Port, Huron, M i c h i g a n , comes the offer of 29 cents a pound to ha paid for the hoppers, which according to the Michigan fisherman, make ideal bait for Lako fishing. » No fireworks are on display in Ashland, sale and aae of the fire works in the city being prohibit ed by city ordnance. The police fores of the city baa Issued annual warning against the use of fireworks la the city — although little trouble has been experienced In the past the warn ing la annually issued. Mnch speculation regarding the possibility of Ashland being re established as a railroad terminal OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, June 28- ( U P ) — The by the Southern Pacific, follow ing J h e consummation of a deal tri-motored Fokker monoplane piloted by two army with the Oregon-California com aviator» soared into a low fog over San Leandro Bay at pany Is beard. 7:10 today to start an attempted flight to Hawaii. In one of the largest recent Tile plane was in the nir one minute after racing transactions in Oregon the South down the runway. ern Pacific company issued a trust deed and mortgage to the amount Captain Charles C arteranol^M The start was sudden. X . Sm ltnwno followed the army of 1100,000,000 to purchase the Lieutenant Lester J. Maitland and Lieutenant Albert right of way, rolling stock, and fliers onto the Pacific today.bst ¡turned for slight repairs to their- f. Hegenberger had arrived on the field only a few equipment from the OregoaXtell- plane. Will start second take O this afternoon and hope to beat arm fliers to destination, moments before. fornia company. The deed waa filed with the Maitland ordered the second rope barricade placed county elerk at Roseburg’ through around the giant ship. Suddenly both Hegenberger and Seventeen Girls Respond the National'Bank of Commerce Por Practice Monday daitland donned helmets and jumpers, entered the plane, at New York, the trustee bank. Afternoon waved goodby and were gone. All rights, franchises and prop erty of the Oregon A California Ernst L. Smith, air mail pilot who expects to beat railroad are conveyed with the the flyers to Hawaii smiled as he saw the great ship rise Police are seeking the owner of deed except the corporation fran into the air. chise and money paid to the O. A a stolen auto. The man who stole the ants has eonfnsssd - to the = = k The travelar monoplane which Smith expects to pilot C. comphqy by the United States government Under the Chamber- theft. The man who bought the. ;o Honolulu was through its final tuning up, and. expected lain-Ferrls act providing for pay anto in broke financially and ment from the sale of grant lands without the automobile, but police are seeking the owner. revested in the company. O. H. Robineon. employed nt Through the consummation of »hid deal, the Southern Pacific Ptoapect, told gotten last Thnra- , trains now pass over' tracks own day hie Hupmoblle—an antique I ed by the company. The S. P. vehicle of uncertain vintage *— I lease on the lines would have bad been stolen by his pal Robert 4 soon expired, and the deed and Williams. Williams was placed « mortgage conveys to the 8. P. com under arrest by Night Policeman , pany all of the holdings which Charles Clease, and admitted i Ernest L. Smith and Captain stealing the traveling bad owned t have been under lease. Charles Carter, took off shortly after 9:29 this morning. A short Its order to make this purchase by his pal and the automobile and i time inter they returned, the plane the.S. P. company Is issuing bonds selling It to G. J. Stammen of was heavily loaded but landed to the sum of 9100,000,000 and Mariposa, California. Stammen waa located and re easily, it was learned a broken Is mortgaging their newly-acquir ed property as security until such turned to Ashland without a cent windshield, caused the early re turn. Repairs are being rushed time as the bonds may be retired. — all o f,h is money having gone 1 and Smith is hoping for a second Local S. P. railroad men said toward the purchase of the Hup. I Lleutenant Dale D. Sackett of take-off ’ later today as ke wants they had heard of the sale but Now police are seeking Robin- < the Salvation Army has arrived to beat the army fliers to Hawaii made no comment on the possibll- eon in order that the car may be 4 returned to the rightful owner e In Ashland to establish a definite despite the several hour lead (Please Turn To Page Five) and eettle the case. o branch of that 'organisation In which the army men now have. this city according to announce 1:19 p. m. Bulletin, ment made today by Normal A. i The Army Fokker was 99* Borgen of Portland, financial miles west of California according Unusual Storms Brew Over worker, who is in Jackson county to a radio dispatch from the fly assisting fn the raising of funds ers Intercepted by navy radio A tlantic Ocean—Plans ■I .■'. M M 1 i lH.VML'1 1 A for the work. Return Plight headquarters here. Headquarters in this city are Carter Backs On* NEW YORK, June 28.—r<LP)— established In the old fire hall SAN LEANDRO BAY—Bdmnad Commander Richard E. Byrd wlli on Fourth Street, and Lieut. Sack J. Moffett, flight backer, announ not start on his flight to Paris for ett will spend all of his time di ced at noon that the Smith-Carter another 24 hours it was annoua- recting the work in this city. Mnch flight la naw Indefinitely post ced this morning. work has been done here In the poned. Lack of confidence on the Unusual and u n f a v o r a b l e past year under the direction of part of Captain Carter, the navi- weather conditions are existing (Please Turn To Puffs Five) (Continued On Page Five) over the Atlantic, although the runway at Roosevelt Field Where the Fokker monoplane "America” is moored has dried o ff sufficiently for a take-off. "More storms are developing over the Atlantic today," weather observers said. Commander Byrd Is definitely “Climatic conditions In this ideal for development of the fta- planning a return flight from territory are ideal for fox farm eet pelts. The California Big Paris to the United States in case ing" according to Arthur E. Bear country has not proved en bte flight is successful. Tucker, who cornea from the Big tirely satisfactory for fox Cann Bsar country la Southern Cali ing Mr. Tucker said, and pos fornia where' he has been la bus sibility of bringing thy big torn» iness with the Tnplln-Dalton fox from that territory to this sec The Normal school bus line ranch breeders of the recognised tion nf O’vtcn F not improbable. established last week on the open At the present time according leading grads of foxaa among ing day of the summer term of the to Roy Parr, gams warden, there fox farmers in this country. Southern Oregon Normal school Mr. Tucker has secured the are two other tar terms in this Is popular among the Many teach Spencer ranch on the Deed In er» and student* attending the dian road and Is making repairs college. The bus rank on regular on the dwelling and other pre Lake oa tke Grseaaprteff m od i schedule. parations for the bringing of his tains is one of the meet totoF- •sting far terms and one e t the stock to this connty. "My present plans are imma most i lofitaMe la the eenaty* ture and indeflnits bnt I hope The Crater Lake Beaver Fan* to bring approximately >0 pair of foxes to stock my farm. This will mean an expenditure ef *90,099 la the enterprise the foxee being valued nt 92.999 per pfilr." according te My. Tucker. According to his. plans Mr. Spencer would raise stock for both breeding and pclto. tka cli mate around hero being quite POLK DANCES ARE POPULAR CRATER LAKE Delay In Opening May Re sult Prom Sunday ï —k - Night Storms More than a foot of enow fell at Crater Lake Sunday night and there to danger that tlje opening of the park will not be made by Friday on schedule. The «now conditio* at the Sark constitutes a fffeomy out look at the present tithe accord ing to R. C. Prien, general man ager. The snowfall continued all day Mohday at the park. Forty men are working clear ing the road, but the unseason able weather makes progress slow, it to said. Use of the bit rotary snow plow has made the work of clearing the road a pos sible task although the banks were piled higher than they had bean for many years. MUSIC WILL BE SCHOOL CREDIT Certification O f M u s i c Teacher* Authorised By State A revised plan for certification of private music teachers in order that tbelr pupils may receive high school credit, has been received from the state superintendent of schools, according to announce ment made by Mrs. Snsanne Homes Carter, superintendent of Jackson oounty schools. Tbs naw plan requires that ap plication for certification for the coming year be filed With the state superintendent July 19, and blanks for the purpose are furn ished by the state department of education. This plan of certification, does Please Turn To Page 9 D’Autremontg P ot T o Work A t ' Salepi Pen - Twins In Limeyard PORTLAND, June 19.—(lF>— That the federal government to determined to keep the three D*- Antremont brother« la prison for life was indicated in a statement made here today by United States Attorney George Nenner. Meaner said he .was conducting an investi gation into the procedlngs that closed the D’Aatremont case at Jacksonville with the acceptance of pleas of guilty and sentencing of the trio to life imprisonment. Aooordlng to Nenner the federal indictments against the ma* charging mail robbery will always be valid, ft any attempts are made by the parole board to lib erate the desperadoes the federal Army Men Begin Trip With Little Show And Start Off Into Ocean Fog Early Today—Mail Pilot Says He Will Reach Hawaiian Islands Before Hegenberger And Maitland—Starts On Handicap government will Immediately press its charges. 4 The fedeAl indictments, if proven, carry a sentence of life imprisonment at the federal prison nt McNeil’s Island. SALEM, June 29. — « ft — The D*Autremont twins, confessed' mnrdereri, were pqt to work in the prison lime plant yesterday. Roy and Ray started to <p«ah wheelbarrows. 4 ( e Hugh,^softened by liia ~ six months confinement in Jail prior to conviction a^d sentence was assigned to lighter hash* tempor arily. Auto Owner H earing Today BAD WEATHER DELAYS BYRD Can't Keep a Good Man Down limatic Conditions 0 1 County Idéal For Fox Farm, Say s Expert