for Over Fifty Years
(V alta* Premi W ir« l a uto»)
AY, JUNE 30, 1927
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FARMERS LIKE
OREGON STATE
Visit in Willamette Valley
and Lower Columbia
River Region
Toung A r m y Lieutenants
Disappointed Whan War
Department Reíase» to
G r a n t Permission f o r
Homs Flight—fete d by
Islanders.
WASHINGTON, J u te SO.
— War deportment affidato
HONOLULU, Jana SO.-— <IP>—
Lieutenants Lester J. ffaltlead
sad Albert Hegenberger, frat
aviators to croes the broad Pa
cific sad heroes were at pooa
today ready to m a w their re-
"Rogue River valley orchard-
lata should conserve their water
supply sad not waste it,*' says B.
B. Newell. Irrigation engineer of
the Hood River district who to
making a tour ot the valley.
The new low pressure Irriga
tion system was thrown into op
eration at the Hillcrest orchard
Wednesday and Newell was en
thusiastic over the result. This
system of percolation and econ
omic distribution of water will
net. the growers an Increase of
thousands of dollars a year and
conserve the water supply for
surrounding orchards he said.
Under some systems of irrigation
more than 'one third the water
supply to wasted, he said.
VIOLATED
FOUR LAWS
Guilty to Many Traffic
Violations
A. L. Rice, chief building lu-
c specter of Klamath Falls was ar-
t rested by State Traffic Officer C.
P. Talent Wednesday evening,
i with four traffic violations charg
ed against him.
g •Btot.w as driving a Buiek coupe
with inadequate brakes, driving
in a reckless manner by passing
L M i r on curves, driving 42 miles
an hour withla the city limits and
oparntota U-
Acclaims* as no human I
haH been feted siuw Mi
Fein eheee these totonds ft
home, two young American army
aviators Wednesday afternoop
slept soundly after conquering
th* elements in the first non-stop
flight ever made between the
mainland and Hawaii.
Lieut. Lester J. Maitland and
Lient. Albert Hegenberger, proud,
happy and tired, were secluded
In the luxurious roof suite of the
R o y a l Hawaiian hotel while
thonaaads of men and Woman,
pouring .out their enthnaiaam in
the most Spontaneous outburst
Honolulu h is seen, elamored for
a sight of these men who had de
sired fate and won.
After slightly leas the» 1«
hoara of flying, through fair
weather and storm, light and
darknaaa, at speeds ranging from
7» to near.ly 130 miles an hoar,
the fliers who left the Oakland
airport at 7:10 a. m. Tuesday,
landed nt Wheeler field, Honolulu
at 3:6» a. m. Wednesday, Pack
fle standard time.
They had conquered the Pa
cific easily. As If making a last
frenzied attempt to retain its age-
dld domination of the air, the
ocean kicked up a storm around
Hawaii Just before the fliers
arrived.
Message« Home
The United Prom delivered
m essages from the parents of
both men.
(Please Turn TO Pag« Five)
In response to a widespread de
mand the Woodrow
Wllaon
Foundation has Increased the
scope of the prise essay contest by
adding to the two 315,00» Wises
offered »3 smaller prtoee totalling
17,000, according to a communi
cation received by J. ft. FuUSv,
local Chamber ot Commerce sec
retary.
The purpose ot th« Foundation,
according to tho offtoer, 1a to In
duce young people to understand
the Ideals and principles Of Wood-
row Wilson. Man and . ’womStt
who have passed their twehtleth
birthday are eligible for nfitrance
In the contest. Articles are to he
of no more than 1400 words, an*
»re to ba written on th« subject
"What Woodrow Wllaon Manns to
Me.”
PLAN NEW
ORDINANCE
Within
Limita is (
Problem
Disposal of city garbage to oc-
cnpylng the attention of city
eouncllmen and members of the
sanitary committee at the present
time.
With
City
Solicitor Wm.
Briggs, eouncllmen are working
on an ordinance which will pro
vide for city regulations. A num
ber of propositions are under con
sideration. Tho sanitary commit
tee will probably report at the
council meeting next Tuesday eve
ning with a recommendation that
an ordinance which is being
worked oat be accepted.
GAR STOLEN
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Report of the theft of an auto
mobile frojn Dunsmuir, Califor
nia at midnight Wednesday was
received by Night Police Chas.
Clause early Thursday morning,
A lookout was kept in this city
for the stolen machine.
Enthusiasm In connection
with the Aohland-Talent Irri
gation District July Fourth
celebration la increasing all
the time and a big crowd will
undoubtedly attefid th« cele
bration according to those in
charge.
The old-fashioned picnic
Idea has appealed to many
folks and they are planning
to spend at’ least the morn
ing hours at the Hyatt Dam
where the festivities are
scheduled to take plaoe.
Among the youngsters Sec
retary W. P. Walters finds a
lot ot enthusiasm and Inter
est In the gam es which are
being
planned
for their
pleasure.
The Talent District folks
are displaying
as
equal
am onnt o t attention an d to-
t er Set in the affair.
Damp Life Was Much En
joyed by 47 Enlisted Men
and Officers Composing
Battery B Unit — Troops
Entrained for Home at
5:30 a. m. Wednesday.
Bronzed and sunburned, it was
a healthy looking lot of aoldiers
who arrived in Ashland this
morning gfter spending 1* days
at Fort Stevens, at the regular.O.
N. G. summer .training camp.
Forty-aeven enlisted men of
Battery B 24»th Coaet Artillery,
together with their three offic
ers, Captain L. G. Slack, Lieuten
ant Clyde Young and Lieuteaant
J. Q. Adams reached Ashland
this morning.
The troops were entrained from
camp at S:SO o’clock yesterday
morning and went as far as Port
land In day- coaches, reaching
that city at 0:80 a. m. Wednesday
night at 11:30 the Roseburg,
Grants Pass. Medford and Ash
land companies were entrained on
a special train and the home
ward. trip alerted.
» Every detail of the camp at
Fort Stevens this year was most
desirable according to Lieutenant
Clyde Young. Buttery B did ex
ceptionally uraU in target work,
making three hits out of a pos "Señora X" to in the market fur
Lady Bountiful offers to hash fij
•▼UOor
sible eight.
Bain was owe of the wnAttr- race ter Oto |Xt.6<to prise effevfi
sb le feature« of the camp and It las. Tex., to Hongkong. Chin».'
rained every day with the excep- through the Dallas Chamber of Commutes, to that th« aviator must
taka her along.
ilott ot two while the men 7
were In training.
The artillery from Ft. Stevens
and the infantry from Camp Clat
NEW YORK, June SO.—
sop were reviewed by Governor
(IP)—Lou
Gehrig. New York
Patterson and high government
Jackson county may not have a
first
baseman
hit his 25th
/A ill'
)fficlals last Saturday. All dur
fair this year as the result of
ing the review work the men
home run of the season in a
the re|eetlon of the one-mill levy
marched in a downpour of rain.
gqme with Boston today and
by vdtors of county. Directors
passed Babe Ruth in the four
will meet Monday evening, and
base marathon.
nnleoa! funds can be raised by
Ruth has 24 homers to his
other '.means It to likely there
eredit.
Gehrig hit in the
will' hip no fair thia fall It to
first Inning and scored Ruth
and- Morehart ahead of him.
said. . .
Western Oregon received high
praise from 20 farmers from Iowa
North and South Dakota and Min
nesota when they spent the week
end visiting points of interest.
The group, brought west by the
Northern Pacific railway, under
the direction of,H. W. Byerly.
General Immigration Agent, was
filled with enthusiasm after they,
had been showered with hospital
ity by commercial organisations
throughout the WUamette Valley
and the Lower Columbia region.
Accompanied by T. F. Lang and
L. E. Lowe of the Northern Pa
cific railway, and representatives
of the Land Settlement Depart
ment of the Oregon State Cham
ber of Commerce and tho Port
land Chamber, the mlddlewest-
ern farmers were taken by the
Washington county delegation to
Beaverton where they visited
Johnson’s onion farm; thence to
Hillsboro, stopping at Hire's alf
alfa farm and the Ray Mating
Cannery. At Forest Grove. Behr-
man's dairy and Ihrick’s straw
berry farm as well as walnut and
prune orchards attracted the vis
itors. Bates’ combination dairy
and poultry far/n at Gaaton re
ceived a visit.
Giant Fokker “ America*' Plows Through Great Sleet
Storms and Pogs Over Vastness of Atlantic Ooean—
Radio Log Sent Prom Plane—Byrd Congratulates
Honolulu Fliers in Afr Message.
Bulletins
LEBOUBGET FIELD—Byrd’s monoplane America
arrived in vicinity of Lebonrget early this morning, bul
because of fog, darkness and bad compass, experience?
(diyiculty in finding airdrome. ’ United States radio
picked up a message from America, saying “ we are fly
ing around with bad eompas; cannot find airdrome or
landing ground.” At this hour, 7:50 p. m. Thursday,
Eastern daylight time, the America had not yet beeu
sighted.
PARIS, June 30.—(IP)—Comiqander Byrd and his ,
crow of three in the monoplane “ America” through rain
and darkness, made their way to France after a heart
breaking flight through freeaing fog.
Through a drenching and terrific downpour of rain
the Byrd plane made its way along a southern route in
DIAMOND LAKE France — a route well lighted from Cherbourg to Paris.
The plane was moving slowly at the finish, scarcely
ROADS OPENED 80 miles an hour.
A tremendous ovation awaited-the conquerors of tho-
Mndholes Are Few and Fish ocean vastness.
turned
PARIS—Unconfirmed messages this afternoon report,
ed that an.airplane resembling that of Commander Byrd
passed over Landisvisiau, 25 miles east of Brest at 3:9ft
p. m. Eastern daylight time. A message from Brest Me-
reported the plane passed over that city at 3:20 Eastern
daylight time.
Dr. C. A. Haines, with Q. M.
Franklin and others, returned
yesterday from Diamond Lake af
ter a very pleaaant fishing trip,
reports that the roads are in
splendid condition to this popular
resort, contrary to previous re
ports that snow had blocked the
road to the lake.
Dr. Haines said they encount
ered only two mud holes, the on
ly obstacle to a perfect road. In
cidentally they reported they
caught the limit and that the fish Ex-Service Men Must File
Application for Renewal
were biting everything they fed
in Two Days
them.
TIMELIMIT
SOON EXPIR
Few Ashland World War vet
erans have taken advantage of
the government proposition for
renpwal of war risk insurance and
conversion of Insurance, accord
ing to Millard Grubb, commander
of the local Legion Post.
Expiration of the government
offer occnrra on Saturday, July I,
and local Legion men are being
advised that only two days re
main on which they may file
papers for securing the govern
ment Insurance. The rates are
moat favorable, and n continua
tion of time was once made by
the government In order that all
veterans might be given ample
opportunity to secure the Insur
ance.
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PLAN ROGUE
RIVER PATROL
State Men Meet With Val
ley Sportsmen to Dis
cuss Work
Matt Ryckman, superintendent
t t game fish hatcheries of the
state and Hugh Mitchell, super
intendent of commercial f i s h
hatcheries and Hareld Clifford,
state game warden, met with a
group of Rogue River valley
sptfrismen at Medford Wednesday
evening in an informal session
to discuss the advisability of pnU
tine a special fish warden over
all the length of the Rogue River
Sportsmen of the valley some
time ago started a movement for
the.appointment of a game war
den for this duty, to look after
the prevention of polution of the
water, to screen open irrtgatien
ditches and keep a highway for
them to go up and /ow n to the
ocean, and supervise the restock
ing of the stream.
Definite action on the matter
will be taken th« later jtort of
thlr. week, OUfford Bald.
NEW YORK. Jnne 30.—Oft— «
Bridging the Atlantic on a aoa-
stop
scientific
expedition t o ;
Paris. Commander Richard B.
Byrd and his three aides left the
American continent behind them
last night and were heading
straight as a homing pigeon for
the coast of Ireland.
The mechanical monster to
which the four airmen were un
dertaking the moat scientific of
all long-dlstanea flights— the tri-
motored monoplane
America,
went snorting ont to son off the
coast of Newfoundland shortly
before 7 p. m.. Eastern daylight
time. .
Reports received by backers at
the flight at Roosevelt field Indi
cated the plant
encountered
considerable trouble over New
foundland and that Byrd had
great difficulty in navigating his
craft.
"Dense fog covers all New
foundland," Byrd radioed at «:»•
p. m. “Getting above It and have
had adverse winds.
Impossible
Old Newspaper Has Interesting
Item s o f News o f 75 Years
"Horae thieves, more arrests,
fire, robbery, murder, Indian
troubles In Shasta, Jieavy robbery,
scene ot desolation,” so read the
headlines In no issue of the "Sac
ramento News Letters" of July
31, 1IS1.
The interesting issue w a s
brought to the Tidings office by
W. Beeson -ot this city who
found the relic among some old
papers. A letter was written en
the hlaqk page inside the sheet
— newspapers serving as both
personal and general greetings ia
the days of pioneer life in the
LIGHT RAID PLANNED
Traffic Officer 0. P. Tal
ent and Olin Nichols went to
Klamath Palls today to assist
traffic officers to conducting
a light raid In that eounty.
The “one-eyed” driver to to
be Kept off t>e highway and
light raids planned are a
part of tho concentrated ac
tion of traffic officers to put
a step to the light menace.
west.
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The paper to the second leans
of the first volame of the Sacra
mento News Letters.
Qua interesting Item found to
the paper concerns the founding
of "California City" net* hnoWn
as Oakland.
Oregon and
Which V*ek P
T elile Roek «
a »hart Um«