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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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