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u Min.™» W .tor Iñw Ashland’s Öreatest A*wt Ashland's Leading N for Over Fifty Years (Ualtad Press Wir« Servios) (United News Wire Service) AifflbANP, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1927 Medford Tragedy Is Feature Of Departure Has Anybody Lost Homing Pigeon 1192 Loss estimated at >86,000 was caused by fire which gutted the basement of the M. M. department store in Medford shortly after A o'clock Wednesday evening. The b lu e is believed to have started when a cigarette stnbb rolled through an open ventlla- tor onto a pile of cotton batting. The blase w u discovered by a .woman who saw the blase and smoke curling up through the ventilators in the sidewalk. "I am unable to estimate the damage** said Clarence Meeker, manager of the store. "It looks as though the tire and water have completely ruined the stock in the basement and the goods on the main floor »re damaged by smoke.** Insurance on the building w u carried by an Ashland company. The b lu e w u not spectacular but w u one of the hardest fires the Medford fire company h u been called upon to fight, accord- Geneva Armament Limita tion is at Standstill as Fundamentally Different Conceptions of Manner of Obtaining R e s u l t s Are Given. Ambitious Program Outlin ed by Trans - Atlantic Aviators — B y r d Now Wants to Fly Over Brazil —New York to Norway for. Balchen—Levine Flies Home. Sidewalks Torn up to Firemen in Fighting Si born B l a k o J n Barj Basement of M. M,‘ nartment Store — 1 Covered by Insurance. ( PARIS. July 7.— (IP)—Five great flights in which pioneers plan to blaze, trails between z the Antarctic circle and ffthe South Pole, form the most ambitious program in the short history of aviation. . Much Interest Being Shown Charles A. Levine, partner in ' in English Comedy Clarence D. Chamberlin's flight Presentation to Germany, announced that he would fly his Bellanca nftnoplane with a French pilot, back to New , York, this month. ( Commander Richard E. Byrd ( revealed plans for a flight over ( the vast unexplored interior of , Brull, opening up vast wealth ( hidden in the virgin forests. ( Capt. Frank T. Courtney. Brit ish pilot, w u warming up his I seaplane for an early tyigbt to ( New York from London. ( Bernt Balchen, Byrd's relief ( pilot in the monoplane America's ( New-JTork - France flight, was , ready*to start a New York-Nor < way flight soon after his return to ln g to F ire C hief Roy E llio tt of ( the United States. that city. * ( Byrd had previously announced Much difficulty w u experienc- , that his next flight— would be ad in getting the hose linos laid , across the South Pole. to the fire. Volanteer and regu- ( All American trans-Atlantic lar firemen marked together- 4m .aviators, now hers, except Levine extinguishing the blase. Two plan to return to the. United fire engines were used in fighting , States on the Leviathan next the blase. Sections of sidewalk , Tuesday. ’ were torn up to allow firemen to , Levine announced that Cham flood the basembnt. It required ( berlin had declined, because of two hours th bring the stubborn ( previous contracts, to accompany b lu e entirely under control. ( him on the return flight. The Scheffel Electric com So Chamber) tn and the America pany, Sinclair Dollar Store and crew will be together and will Twentieth Century store, all lo give New York an opportunity for cated on the first floor of the its biggest homecoming celebra building, suffered damage from tion. smoke. Full insurance is carried on the Fay ' C a r v e r , Supervisor Chamberlin, Byrd, Lieut. No- stock of goods, according to the Finds Time Occupied by ville, Bert Acosta and Balchen in tend to visit London before em manager. Many Youngsters barking on the Leviathan. Folk dances, ball games, slides, , Upon their return to New York swings, all remain popular at the they will begin figuring on more park playground, according to flights. Fay Carver, supervisor, who says that there Is no diminished In terest in the projeot. "My main trouble Is to got the Because . of eye inflammation from which he has suffered for children started home, or keep several days Judge C. M. Thomas them off the grounds on a rainy plans to change the summer vaca day rather than offer attractions tion period of court. The Judge to get them to the playground," Milwaukee Home Folks Plan planned to take his vacation per Miss Carver says. For Great Jubilee in Hundreds of tonrlst children iod in August but this eye trouble His Honor which Is temporary, and tho fact visit the playground In the course M1LWAUREE, WIs., July 7.— that several attorneys In Import of a week, in ad<ltlon„to the large — when he comes home, ant pending cases which a n soon number of local boys and girls Lieut. Lester J, Maitland, the Cal to be np for trial, a n on a vaca who are found there each day. The playground is in close ifornia Ijo Hawaii flyer, will re tion, caused him to consider thf advisability of taking his vaca proximity with the city park camp ceive the royar welcome of Mil tion this month partially. HJs grounds and the visitors there waukee. Maitland has cabled the Mil tentative plan is to adjourn cir frequently are found about the waukee Chamber df Commerce: Lithla Springs fountains and play cuit conrj from July 16 to Au "Delighted to accept your invi ground during tho evening hours. gust 16, tation, subject to the approval of the war deparment.” Major General Mason M, Pat rick, chief of the army air service, has been asked to permit Mait land to come here immediately after bis arrival at San Franotaco. tllle has started negotiations to Jacksonville, which recently lost ths county courthouse, may construct a sanitarium there, It The flyer will be met there by * Is said. Ths sits of the sanitar brother, Frank Maitland and become a health center. Dr. C. E. Jenkins of McMinn- ium would ho across tho street Lieut. Albert F. Hegenherger, from the old courthouse, the with whom he flew th " Hawaii county now owns thia land, but from California, wltlout a stop, it is understood that the resi are dne In the United States Tues dents of JacksonviUs plan to buy day. tho plot and turn It over to tho sanitarium officials. According to- tentative plans ths first unit of tho sanitarium will cost in ths neighborhood of >8,080 and if enough buslneae de velops a second unlt wiU SEATTLE. July 7.— at an estimated coat of >18,000. Twenty men aboard ths Tho now sanitarium would deal with chiropractic, hydro thera- ship "Brower” of San 1 paios, electrotherapies and rest faced death today as ths being pounded to pieces CtflWS. - «: • Seventh Day Adventists, may St. Lawrence Island r latar tik e an Interest in tho in Nome, Alaska, according ÏO D A V stitution, It is said. . dio messages. i TICKET SALE OPENS FRIDAY TOURIST KIDS ENJOY PLAY This picture of Mathew Klmes (left), most notorious of Oklahoma bandits, was taken in front of the Jail in Flagstaff. Aris., following Rimes’ capture in the Grand Canon. With the bandit are shown a couple who gave their names as Mr. and Mrs. G- H. Rady, in whose car Rimes w u riding. They' explained they had no knowledge that Rimes was being sought. Seven murders and .a dosen bank rob beries in Oklahoma are charged-to Rimes, whose brother, George is serving a-life term la te Oklahoma penitentiary. RICHARDS CLOSES AT VINING TONIGHT-FINAL ANSWERS The following is the final in- questions at the theatre stallment of answers Richards, and it ia stated that a i the famous magic Un, baa given baby will also he give the Daily Tidings. An avalanche tonight. If you sent yon of questions poured in during the] ion in early your answei last two days making it Impost appear below. Questions f slble for Richards to answer them, of town have received tl all in the ailet-__ - ] attention as local qusrU ed space, J. O.— Where U my net all the case and money? »„ the W Ans.— You were out rlc order vfook with two girls a w hich th e y w e r e ^ ^ ^ H M K f l\h ^ y s . You loft the vanity rec eiv e d , fl r 8 t ItW car. The girl who wt come, first s e r v - H ^ ^ ^ M |||H lng the light tan coat ed. T h e e a r l y w h o found the case and questions n a tu r -B ip flE K ^ ^ B Ask her and she will re ally received t h e H O W ^ ^ H - L. B — Will I be succt preference. Rlch-i^M J k E H getting m y divorce ards closes h 1 Ans.— Yes, If properly engagement a t for, and I also see a i the Vining Theatre tonight with ,for yon within the next his big amazing show and mys- months to your present tery production which Is the larg- heart.** est and finest attraction of the W. O. P.—Will' it be kind ever brought to this city host for my husband to and those^who have not already course la draftsmanship' witnessed this u n u s u a l show Ana J—Ho will do well should avail themselves of this llM lf w,u be # ,,tt last opportunity. Richards w i l l ............. also be glad to answer your (Please Turn io Pagi HONOLULU, T. H.,—July 7.— (IP)— Festivities attending the de parture of Lieut. Lester Maitland and Lieut. Hegenberger (pr the mainland Wednesday were sud denly turned into tragedy when an army aviator plunged to his death In the sea after escorting the trans-Pacific fliers from the harbor. Lieut. Charles Lincoln Williams of the 19th pursuit squadron Wheeler field, was killed when his plane noseid-dlved into the sea off Waikiki peach. With other army fliers he was returning to Wheeler Field when the accident occurred GENEVA, —July 8.— (IP) — Fundamentally different concep tions of attaining a mutually de sired end still foriA an insur mountable barrier in the path of navaTlimitations negotiations. Virtually no common ground between American and British delegates has yet been found on tho delicate cruiser question, Americans are talking of a to tal tonnage to be allotted each Salesman Uninjured When Car Crashed Into nation. British delegates áre Hillside talking of the number of cruisers they need without regard to the C. E. Channing, Oakland, Cali- tonnage angle. fornia, escaped Injury Thursday The British talk of the number morning when his new Willys- of cruisers they need to' protect Rnight sedan was wrecked near their long trade routes; Ameri the Rlamath road Junction south cans respond, in trying to cut down the figure, that qniy In of town, Channing failed to Judge the creased construction will result turn of a curve properly and his unless present estimates of cruis car ran Into the hillside, practic er requirements are whittled. ally all of the glass being broken But despite this unfavorable out, and the radiator b a d l y outlook, an atmosphere of com smashed. promise is apparent. * * — The machine waa towed to <=an Perozzi and Butler Have Not Yet Accepted Lithla Water Contract Hood River— Strawberry, crop this year breaks five-year record. Camas Valley planning to build >46,000 grade and high school. Completion of the contract be tween D. Peroszi and Gwen But ler. with the city, fofr the rights of bottling the Lithla water from the city springs and placing it on the m»rke(, Is held pending the arrival of Councilman O. T. Rergner from California where he is spending several days. / The original contract provides for the contracting company be ing given franchise rights to the city supply of Lithla water and a royalty to be paid the city after a certain output is reached. Many Tourists In Local Camp MAITLAND TO TTO J. H . “Daffy” Harrington. 80, well known Ashland man, was electrocuted at IO o'clock this morning, when WILLYS-KNIGHT SEDAN DITCHED Ashland garage for repairs, District Court Adjourns Soon J. H. Harrington, 35, In stantly Killed When 2200 Volts of Electricity Bass Through His Body—Relief Crews Attempt to Restore Life to no Avail. W Repairs on the old McCormick dwelling recently purchased for city park purposes by the Root Memorial committee, have been completed and the building Is oc cupied by tourists each night. Between <6 and 77 cars stop at the camp grounds each evening, according to Frank Jordan, park superintendent. The tourists mostly demands cabtns, few car rying camping equipment with them. ■ , Harrington was employed by* tae Copco company for the last ‘.bree' mbnths as a lineman. He was working stringing wire out the power line near the Neidemire place west of Medford when the accident occurred. Harrington's body was not bad-* ly burned by the force of the voltage which passed through Ms body. Death however, was In stantaneous. ( DF. R . J r ©ouToy- o f Mwdtosd was called immediately following the accident and every method was used in an effort to restore, iuo . ; The Harrington family resides, at 96 Dewey street* thlq elFy.* Mr. Harrington is survived by. his widow, formerly Mies Myrtle; Ramsey, and two small sops. Mrs. Harrington Is employed at - the Lithla ■ Springs Pharmacy. He was an expert lineman, popular among his fellow work men who wore quits overcome by (Please turn to Pago Throe) TO PICNIC Large Crowd ia Expected and Match Games are to Feature Event Members, of tho Ashland Golf Club and their friends will en joy another golf pienlc at tho 3lub's grounds tomorrow night. Members will meet at the course a the afternoon, play for several; aours and than gather under the- troes for a real pienlc spread. Several of these picnics have been held and each has brought ont a targe enwd. Then may ho some match games between some of the "chestieet” of tho ptayon, who have been heard to issue challenges this week. Beautiful Ashland Golf Course Was Started Just a Year Ago Jacksonville May Have Health Center Sanitariuip Built There Just a year ago work was be gun on the Ashland. Golf course, and tho work of laying ont and grading the fairways, building np the grgons, laying 8,000 feet of water pipe is now practically fin ished, according t o -a letter re cently sent members of tho golf clnb by the board of directors. Labor haa boon the largest Item of expense In the establish ing of tho golf course and ths fol lowing major items have boon lu- <Inded: tractor >700. water hoes >400, sprinklers >180, grass seed 81000, ferijliier >880,. small tools, >10V Tho organisation is now incor porated under fhe Oregon taws, and -the greens are ready for play. Ths board of directors are urging all interested to play Daily Tidings Ship Wrecked 1 Near Alaska V > on tho grounds and tho mombors of tho club to remember tho monthly duos of >6 which started July 1. The Daily Tidings
