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About Ashland daily tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1970 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1927)
/or Over Fifty Years (United P n m W ir« Si ASH ! ,A N D, OUTHERNERS LIKE ASHLAND READERS Sine« the first anuounoemgnt was made that Richard«, the Ih- moua magician, weald anstopr question« through the columns nf the Daily Tidiaga, letter« ha#» S lu ggish Games P layed Over fo u r th Ashland Boas and Yreka split ( honors in the week-end ' ball schedule, each checking one win. The Boas Sunday afternoon de feated the Californians i t to four. L ithia Park W as Close Sec- Monday afternoon the Californ - ond in W ay o f Popularity ians came back with a better va A m ong Those S e e k i n g riety of baseball and defeated the * uiet Beauty—P lenty of Boas eight to two. ntertainm ent aad B ats Both games were sluggish and quite commonplace. Several er a t Community Picnic. rors, made at the wrong time were costly to both sidet. Ashland folks observed the Both games were witnessed by one-hundred fiftieth anniversary big crowds. of the Nation’s (firth In varied The game Sunday started off In fine shape when the Boss uored ways. The weather man seemed to de seven runs In the first Inhlng, sire to cooperate in every way four in the second, one in the and the weather could not have, third, and then settled down to been more Ideal for out-door en hard playing for the remaining four rdns. joyment. 'Monday afternoon Yreka start Hyatt' Dam ed out In fine shape, played a The Hyatt Dam picnic was a big success. The expectations of consistent game of baseball, and those in charge of the affair were held the local team scoreless un exceeded when mate than 800 t il the fifth inning whan Robbins crowded on (he grounds round st bit hit a triple, scoring the the big reservoir, an ideal spot man ahead of him, and was fol for the get-together, old-fashioned lowed by Miller, as a pinch hit ter, who squeesed Robbins in picnic. There was plenty of amuse- home, making the two runs In the meat for everyone, all games un entire game for the local team. Next 8undsy sees the start of der the direction of W. P. W al ters. Baseball proved to be the the second lap of the Southern Oregon League schedule with biggeet attraction. The hungry picnickers enjoyed Klaqjath Falls, Boss. Medford the barbecued beef, the steaming aad Grants Paas' Cavemen, 'a ll coffee and dellcioui toe eream set to go again for the champion which was furnished by Talent ship, won by the Klamath aggre Irrigation district folks and Ash- gation in the first season. The Boas and the Pelicans are land Chamber of Commerce. strong contenders tor the lead Prof. Irving B. Vining qualified with the Pearplckers and Cave early u an expert at Tag O* W ar between Ashland and Talent folks men, constantly showing more which aroused considerable spirit strength in their playing. Caveman and Boss will play at of competition. Mr. R. B. New the Jackson Hot Springs grounds berry, President of the Talent Ir __ rigation District being a lusty so- next SundaZfe--. feourager of the Talent te n .trh ile J. C. Hopper of Ashland'nrged on th e ' Ashland huskies. Honors ware about even between the eon- tenders. The husky farmers ef S the Talent District Showing tfcato mettle In two hard pulls, while the younger boys of Ashland were able to defend themselves ably against the Talent youngsters. Running races for Both bqys and girls brought forth many en trants and contenders. Marion Hale winning first pleas in the 10 year old class; Teddy Gibson, second. In the class from 10 to 13, W alter Loung, Medford, first; Arnold Yonng, second. In the g irl’s race, Mildred Johnson, Ash land, first, Frances Arnaplger, second. A fat man’s race brought out a full Hat of contenders with J. D. Yerrlck, Talent, first: J. E. Brownells, Medford second, Ed Hughes, Talent third. Bvery feature of a proper cele bration was observed, even to the singing of “America** and the ad dress given by Professor George A. Briscoe was in outstanding feature of the occasion. Directly after the address the summons of D. M. Lowe the “Valley View Bar becue Expert,” “go to it” sn- (Pkease Turn to page X) Ambulance is Now in City The new city ambulance ar rived Saturday afternoon and is now* installed In its permanent position in the city building. The naw ambulance Is an attractive looking car and waa found to be in first class condition. The am bulance was held In readiness all day Monday, the usual fourth of July accident expected, but no use was found for the machine on the first day of its "residence” in this city. Daily Tidings (T COURSES START T O D A Y D irector o f School and O u t of-Town Students Lo cated H ere Belle Cady White, director Of the Ashland, Oregon. Summer School of Art. and other mem bers of the faculty have arrived in this city to start the summer school which began today. The art classes are held in the Wash ington school bnilding and w ill continue until August 8. Enroll ment started thia morning and waa aald to be gratifying In num ber. “SOLO” FLIGHT IS POSTPONED Richard G r a c e U ninjured W hen Plane Crashes on P a cific Hop HONOLULU, T. H., July 6. — (IP)— The most serious accident of a long series of mishaps which have befallen Richard Grace, Southern California stunt flyer, has caused temporary abandon ment of Grace’s plans for a “so lo” flight from Hawaii to the mainland. A fter getting away In his small Cruiser monoplane early Monday, Grace was forced by rud der trouble to return to the Bark ing Sands runway on the Island of Kenai, from which he had started dnt over the Pacific toward Cali fornia. ' In landing with his heavy load, Grace had little control over his .plane and the machine was s6 badly damaged In the resulting crash that repairs will require several weeks. T The aviator was uninjured. Two1 Lawyers Stage Battle Save 11.50 MAIL OR BRING YOUR *6.00 TODAY PORTLAND. July 8.— (IP) — Two attorneys, Elton Watkins, former congressman and Georgs Joseph, Aate senator, engaged In a fight in eircult court Jndge Stevenson’s chamber today after an argument over a legal esse. Numerous blows were struck be fore the pair were parted. More Than 100 V i s i t o r « Spend Five Honrs Here Sunday sectio n s T ragedy M arks B Celebra- tion a t Grants Torn From B ody of Child W atching Auiw Races as Speeder Leaves Track and Runs Into Crowd. Tragedy stalked at Grants Pass Sunday on the first day of the big celebration, when a racing car driven by M. Goualneau failed to negotiate a turn at the speed way, and Robert Holmes, 11, suf fered fatal Injuries. He died this morning. Three other spectatores were struck by the racing car and were injured. Goualneau suffered from a wrenched spine. The injuries suffered b t the 11- year-old boy were of an excruciat ingly painful nature. His left leg was practically torn fro m ' his body, dangling by Just a few shreds of flesh, as he was struck by the heavy racing car. Big crowds attended the ro’deo celebration, and with the racing car running wildly into the crowd packed about the speedway it was considered quite remarkable that even more were not injured In the mishap. a n d !' R ichards Is go- Ing to be kept busy every ute of his s p a r e ! ' tim e, that he is I * nt t at th e t h e - H M n S 9 B H S i a t re , preparing ! ' r' '-j-'iSj the an sw ers, th e ’M B k firs t in s ta llm s u f ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ W of which appears below. They run the gamut of human emot»«» from birth to death, from lore M divorce. Richards is appearing at t * * Vining Theatre tonight. Wednes day and Thursday night and a ladies’ matinee on Thursday, and he brings to Ashland the greatest attraction of this nature that has been here for yfeara. Everyone in this vicinity is in vited to take advantage of this offer to have questions answered,* either in the Tidings or at the Vining Theatre, as Richards has a very massive porductlon. It 1« the largest of the kind ever Cowboy Band Quartet Will P h y s for Cal Sing Tonight Show F olks A re Uninjured in Crash on P acific H ighw ay Driving to Ashland from Callforn is In a new Studebaker coach, accompanied by his mother, and Mias Heiskell Booton, Richards, the magician who is presenting a show this wee,k Bt the tfce" stre, escaped Injury when he fell asleep st the wheel of the car which plunged ihto the mountain side. Miss Booton, whose stage name is Jean Lewis, is from Virginia, and her father, John Booton, prominent educator of that state was among the Shanadoah Valley visitors expected in thia city Sun day. In order that she might vis it with her father, Mr. Richards started for Ashland Saturday night after completing an en gagement at a California town. He was quite tired and fell asleep at wheel. He was awp.kened when the car plunged into the side of the mountain. The accident occurred about two miles on this side of the California border. Mr. Richards, Miss Booton and Mrs. Richards ijere uninjured bat the Studebaker car was badly damaged. A Ford truck passing by a short time later brought the party to thia city where they ar rived in time for Miss Booton to greet her father as the special train reached this city. PRISONERS SEE YOUTHS DROWN Sing S in g Convicta Fran ile as Boys D ie in W ind W hippéd Hudson OS8ININO. N. Y., July 8.— While 1200 convicts in the exer cise yard of Sing Sing peniten tiary stormed at their guards and begged to be allowed to go to the rescue, three unidentified youths died before their eyes in the rough waters of the wind-4rhlp- ped Hudson river Monday. Six guards, powerless under prison rules to permit a b l e swimmers among • the convicts to attempt to save the drowning boys, held the would-bs res cuers behind a 12-foot fence on the river hank with threats to shoot to kill. One of the youths finally swam from their capsized canoe to within 16 feet of the prison dock, where he sank exhausted while the Inexorable tew of Sing Sing prevented a man among the hundreds behind the picket fanes from rescuing him. Autom obiles and Drowning* Are Major Oausee—L iter ally Hundreds Are Injur e d — Two D ie on P acific Coast as D irect R esult of Fire Work*. More than 200 persons lost their lives in the nation’s week end holiday celebration of the one-hundred and fiftieth anni versary of the independence of the country, reports from every section of the country showed to day. Literally there were hundreds injured. The celebritlon assumed the proportions of a major disaster. With some sections still to re port the toll stood at 210 st 10 a. m. The majority of deaths were due to automobile accidents. Twenty-three, deaths occurred in the three-day period on the Pa cific coast. The majority of these were due to automobile ac cidents and drownings. Two were caused directly by fire works. S. M. Harris, 61, was k ill ed at Cheney, Washington, in an explosion of a bomb of his own I 1 R A PID .CITY, 8. D.. July 6.— ; (LP>— Rough and ready western - enthusiasm and effete W ashing - > ton ballroom manners mingled at r President Coolidge’s birthday Pacific coast state totals were i party Monday afternoon on the » lawn of the W hite House, deep as follows: California, 15; Ore gon five and Washington, six. i in the Blaiek Hills. i The cowbody band did not i kndw much about bowing and scraping, but they knew how to yell “Cal'a our pal,** and they lustily eaag a song m which on%L, bf the lines was “W e’d like all ~ the folks hack home to„ see you MOUNTAIN SIDE , The visit of the Shenandoah Valley folks in this city Sunday was pleasing in its every detail, according to Col. H. J. Bencboff, president of the party touring North America. Sufficient automobiles to fur nish transportation for all of the visitors were secured and assem bled under the direction of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce. “T he visitors were taken about the Ashland district and were loud in (heir praise of this territory. Ashland is the only small town where the visitors stop on their entire Itinerary. They came di rectly from San Francisco to Ash land, and wont from this city to Portland. Sunday morning they stopped a short time at Mt. Shas- to for breakfast. More than 100 men and women are Included in the group making the tour. Secretary J. H. Fuller of the Chamber of Commerce expressed thanks to Ashland folks who con tributed the use of their automo biles for furnishing transportation for the visitors. The southern folks of this com munity were also loyal In their cooperation in making the recep tion of the Virginians a success ful affair. 1 been pouring ln fro m v a r io u s ! In F lag Bai FORT COLLINS, Colo., July 8. and Mrs. Coolidge served ph — Jack Albeaa, a private in the of It-to the cowboys. Butted States army, died in a hospital here late Monday from firing of a cannon salute. After 21 shots of a 48-gun sa “Not an arraat, a com lute had been Tired, the cannon plaint, or an accident in failed to discharge. Albean went Ashlkhd over the week-end,” around to the front of the gun Police Chief George McNabb with a ramrod and « charge acci said Tuesday. dentally want off, striking him The crowd In Ashland waa full in the body. well ordered and the day pasaad by without a single M ill City— Shepherd Logging unpleasant disturbance of Company starts cutting logs for any sort. Hammond mills. Cow Country Bovs and Oi G ive Annual w estern ' Demonstration BBLLBFORCHE, S. D., July 8. boys and girls of the cow country assembled in the arena here today to stage for President Coolidge a big show of the west. * The show is the nineteenth an nual tri-state roundnp of Mon tana, Wyoming and South Dakota and is considered a tame affair unleas the necks of a steer or two are twisted beyond restitution, and performers nurse injuries for months afterward. —(IP)— Many Ralph Budd, President of Great Northern Railroad Says Survey for Connect- in£ Line o f Oregon Trunk w ith Southern Pacific is A lready B eing Made. BEND. Ore., July 6. — (IP)— Construction work on the Great Northern railroad from Bend to Chemsult, connecting .the Oregon Trank with the Southern Pacific starts immediately, according to Ralph Budd, president of the Grea^, Northern, who was inter viewed here today. “Immediately means now” Kenneth O. Hauser, of the Hauser Brothers construction company, contractor added, revealing for the first time that his firm has the general contract for the work. The new survey, starting north of Lapins and carrying the right of way seven-eighths of a mile east of that town and seven miles east of Crescent tying In at Che msult instead of Pennine as was previously planned, has Ween ac cepted aa the location, Budd said. Budd and party surveyed the terminal sites here and then left on speeders of the Shevlin-Hixon logging road line recently acquir ed by the Great Northern. At the south end of the line they left by auto for Klamath Falls to survey work which is be ing done there. CHIROS PLAN STATE MEET Dr. A ngell of T his City W ill Attend State Convention in Balenai- OLSEN SHOW TO PLAY HERE The twentieth annual conven tion of the Oregon Chiropractic association w ill be held in Salem July 6, 7, 8, and 8 in the Cham ber of commerce rooms there, according to Dr. B. B. Angell 6f this city who Is making arrange ments to. attend to state meet. Lectures, demonstrations and clinics are to be held dally. “Chir opractic has made marked pro gress in the laat few years, standards have increased, until today the carriculum of the chir opractic college Is three .years with a high school education. Post graduate courses are being ar ranged to keep those now prac ticing in touch with all of the la test advancement in the work,” Dr. Angell says. Mr. Pim Passes B y " to bo Presented a t Normal School The Moroni Olseq Players will present ’’M r.P im Passes By” Jaly 14, at the Southern Oregon Nor mal school auditorium, according to announcement mods today by members of the entertainment committee. The Olsen players are quite well known in Ashland having played here on former occasions, and being booked tor a return en gagement next winter. They are the most prominent Pacific coast travelling artist group. The ticket sale for the show will start soon under the direction of W alter Redford. Elisabeth Richardson Is chair man of the Normal entertainment committee and is assisted by W al ter Redford, V. V. Caldwell, Lea ns Marsters, Beatrice Hall aad A. 8. Taylor. MANY VISIT CRATER LAKE Road W as Opened to Lodge Sunday Noon—Rome W ent Over Snow fbllTK* Crater Lake was one of the popular Fourth of July vacation spots. In order that the road might ha cleared, a crew of 60 men worked for 86 hours without rest. The road was sufficiently cleared that at poon Sunday cars started to travel to the lodge. During the forenoon most of the big cara van was stopped at Government Camp, a mile and a half from the lodge, some of the visitors walking to the lake, but many remain at the camp until the road waa cleared sufficiently for travel. Great snow banks are still piled about the lodge and the path to the water’s edge Is covered deep with snow. The force of 8# workers about the lodge had ev erything In seediness for the summer season and entertainment of the hundreds of tourists who spent the Fourth there. Elks Convene For State Meet BAKER. July 8.— (IP)— With 40 accredited delegates present from Oregon, the Elks Assocl»- tion opened a convention hers to day. The principal business was the election of officers. It is thought C. J. Crab of Baker will be promoted from vice-president PORTLAND, July 8.— (IP)— Aroused from his slumber this morning, A. A. Clark, manager of the Olympia hotel, was robbed of 8X80 by two armed bendito who forced him to deliver the money from his trousers whieh were under his pillow. Bomb Put in B ig Building SPOKANE, Save One H ie Daily I —(IP>—A bomb containing 102 sticks of dynamite was found at the en trance of ths Spokesman Review bnilding today by ths Janitor. Ths fuse had been ignited but had gone out. I t was still warm. Had the bomb been exploded It prob ably would have caused the l i ttery building to crash Into the street. a
