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OHPAŸ 3VLY M, 1927
Fire Obtof Ctlnt Beaghman la
busy thane d a n «tartlng fire«.
‘U n ounce of prevention gooa
a long amgr la our baglnaaa and
we prevent Urea by starting
them.”' he aaya.
Iky, dead g ra n on recant tote,
along streets is always a menace
In the summer time and there
used to be frequent serious graaa
Urea throughout thia auction, ac­
cording to the chief. - Bach sum­
mer now Chief Baughman “burns
o ff” these recant lots, keeping
the fire under control and pre-
renting the fire hasard which
cornea from grass Urea unchecked.
“ Ashland folks should remem­
ber, howerer, that It is unlawful
to start a grass fire without a li­
cense,** he states. Several viola­
tions of this ordinance have been
noted recently, he said. ~ Graaa
Urea should not be. aUrted with­
out proper precaution being taken
to prevent their spread, he aaid.
Ashland Bo*« won a contested
victory from the Grants Paso
Cavemen Bunday afternoon at
- Jackson Hot Springs, after the
Cavgmen started the game with
a fust inning in which they scor­
ed Arc runs.
‘The Pcarplekers upset all the
dope when they defeated the
Pelicans, League champions, at
Klamath Palls, three to two, in.
a fast, brilliantly played contest.
The game played on the Jack-
sou Hot Springs grounds was
sluggish, and was featured by
bickering over umpire's decisions.
This bickering reached a climax
in the seventh inning when a Nature Studies, Rifle Prac­
tices, Bible Study, Are
Grants Pass runner, stealing from
Activities
second to third bases was called
oat by Umpire LeRoy when be
Ashland V. M. C .,A . camp at
interfered with, the bell.
Lake of tbe Woods is a busy
Davis, pitching for the Boas,
place.
according to the Cavemen made
Nature studies started Satur­
a balk. They ehargad he started
day under the direction of Prof.
to pitch to the hatter but chang­ Wayne W. Wells of the Southern
ed his mind and threw to second Oregon Normal school, and a na­
base wlthont completing the plug. ture study hike was made.
LeRoy la rendering hie decision
Clyde Malone carried off hon­
said Davis was never ,ont of mo­ ors in tbe first rifle practice work
tion, nor did be complete his with a score of 18 out of a pos­
“ position” to pitch before throw- sible 28.
log to second, at which time the
way and the hoys are showing a
splendid cooperative spirit in this
work. Secretary W 7 P. Walter re­
Y CAMP IS
BUSY PLACE
ports-
Considerable heated discuaaion
about this decision held the play
up for several minutes. Grants
Pass players said they would con­
test tbe game, bat this w ill be
impossible as the rule book states
speclfcially that no game may be
contested on an umpire’s decision.
NEW KLAMATH
JAIL OCCUPIED
Jailbirds Enter Their New
Home Today—-Splendid
Accommodations
Klamath county Jail birds were
moved today from the old jail
into their new and modern two
story home— tht new county Jail
which stands at the rear of the
court house. The new building
was accepted from the contractor
Saturday by the county court,
and everything was put In readi­
ness for the move which was
made today.
There are three cells, each cap­
able of housing eight prisoners, a
trusty's ward, large enough for
IS; Woman's ward for six; hos­
pital room for six; insane padded
cel) for one; detention room for
six; tWo Juvenile rooms for . six
each a complete kitchen and sher­
iff's office, In the new structure.
PHOENIX RESIDENT DIES r
Geo. W. Modrell. 77, died Sat­
urday after a lingering iftnees at
the home of his daughter, Mr«.
G. W. Parsons, Phoenix. Ten
children mourn hie death. Fun­
eral services were held Sunday at
the Conger chapel. Burial was
made at Phoenix.
At
‘ Lak.W49od” church
Sunday morning Lonnie Scroggins
and Bert Wright sang a duet and
Mr. Walters spoke on self-control.
Several visitors
attended tbe
camp.
There was one unhappy event
occurred over the week-end. The
boys lost their camp boat.
Tbe
boat was loaned to them by a par­
ty thinking they were Klamath
Scouts and when the mistake was
discovered.* change in ownership
was made.
There were many visitors at
the camp over the week-end and
the boys seemed to enjoy theae
visitors very much.
FISH DIE IN
STRANGE WAY
mail OR BRING YOUR » 0 0
TODAY ..
DUBLIN, July 11. — (IP) —-
Korin O'Higgins, - vice president
of the Free State government,
was assassinated on his way to
church Sunday by a volley of
shots whose echoes c a r r i e d
throughout Ireland a threat of
renewed civil war.
O'Higgins, a backstage Htisso-
*1111, whose unflinching determin­
ation had brought the Pree State
through the story throes that
marked Its birth, was walking to
mass.
After he had left bis home in
Blackrock, fashionable seaside
suburb fire miles from Dublin,
an automobile approached him
bearing the three assassins.
Usually, O’Higgins was accom­
panied by a priest on his way to
mass, but he had returned only
Prtday from Geneva, where he
had, as minister of external af-
fairs, another of his governmental
posts, observed the naval 11ml-
tetion co/tferenccs activities.
As he entered Sans _ Souci
. . . .. f ave-
nue, a dark spot overhung with
trees, the men opened fire from
tbe passing automobile.
O’Higgins staggered across the
road and fell, hitting his head
heavily against a lamp post.
E. C. McClellan of Kelso, Washington is Seeking to In­
terest Local Capital in Plan Which Would Bring
Hundreds of Settlers to This Section—Colonisation
Plan is Copyrighted and Involves Cooperative Plants.
Ashland may become the hom eof a gigantic cooper­
ative chicken project which would ultimately bring
hundreds of settlers to lami adjacent to this city, accord­
ing to men whe are today interviewing local people in
an effort to procure a nucleus organization to finance
the preliminary work,
K. C. McClellan, of Kelso, Washington, who stated
The huge new all-metal DornL
“Super-Wei" Plying boat, with capacity for 60 passengers, is nic-
this
morning he has been working on such a plan for 17
tured above. The plane was tc « recently at Friedrichshafen, Germany. It Is capable of maintaln-
ing a speed of 180 kilometers
i hour and is equipped with two 600-horae Rolls Royce Condor years, his plan just recently having been copyrighted, id
motors in tandem. The plane
nilar to this will be used by Captain P. T. Courney, British flier,
here explaining the details of the plan.
in his tnw Atlantic flight scheduled for the near future.
If worked out completely as Mr, McClellan outlined
DIAMOND LAKE GETS
the proposed project this morning, Ashland Acres ad­
RARE SNAKE
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1,000,000 RAINBOWS 40 CAMPS IN
jacent to this-city would be colonized by hundreds of
FOUND HERE
THIS COUNTY settlers and the hills would be dotted with thousands of
One million rainbow trout
chickens and hundreds of small tracts and ehicken
are to be released in Dia­
(»lants. His plajj contemplates cooperative plants for the
mond Lake this year to off­
Beautiful Reptile is Deadly set
Healthy Survey Shows All
the tremendous catches
Enemy of Rattler—
Accommodations in Fine - handling of the products of the chicken farms, all oper­
being made by the hundreds
ated hv the parent organization of the entire project.
Is Nonpoisonous
Condition
of jingleres who are visiting
rare and most beautifully marked
snakes to be found In this ter­
ritory, was found Monday morn­
ing, by J. P. Cole, at his hdme,
536 Ashland street. Two children
had found the reptile, and at­
tracted by its bright crimson,:
black and white stripes were
playing with it. The King snake
A mysterious malady which
last year In July spread through
the waters of the Klamath river
killing trout by the thousands
has reappeared this year, accord-
in» to Marion J. Barnea, deputy
state game warden.
A survey of the stream showed
hundred of dead fish along the
banks. Samples of water from
the river are to be analysed.
Barnea said the state department
was baffled by the nature of the
disease. The only explanation he
could offer he said, was that pol­
lution from Klamath Falls sew­
ers is poisoning the water of the
river resulting In the plague
among the fish.
The plague among the fish is
said to be unusual and unparalled
la piscatorial annals of the north­
west.
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CLEMENCEAU
Dr, CrandalL
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In Washington
Dr. and Mrs. W. J ., Crandall
left Bunday evening for Ellens­
burg, Washington, called there by
the death of tbe letter’s father.
They plan to remain in Washing­
ton until after the funeral ser­
vices and will return to Ashland
the latter part of this week.
as a deadly enemy of the rStHer,
and great numbers were Import­
ed to Texas to fight the rattler
,
menace there, It Is said. The K ln^
snake colls itself about the' raf-f
tier’s neck and literally chokes
the life, out of it. the rattler
PARIS, July 11— (IF)— Georges
unable to reach the smaller snake Clemenceau,
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most famous man In
with his fangs. The snake taken ( all Franqp Is today surrounded
by Mr. Cole was 29 Inches long. , by his relatives, summoned by
It was later released.
. physicians who fear that the fa­
mous “Tiger” may not recover
from a severe cold which he has
contracted. He Is past 86 years
FIR E CAUSER »4000
LOSS— ROADSTER BURNS of age.
MRS. BURDESS PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Ellen M. Burdess, for the
last 20 years a Medford resident,
died Saturday at foe Community
hospital in that city. Funeral
services were held this afternoon
at the Perl funeral home in that
city.
Loss estimated at >4,000 was
caused by a fire in Medford Sat­
urday night. The blare partially
destroyed the home of H. C.
Fredette on North F ir street, and
destroyed a roadster owned by J.
D. McPherson.
UB3PE9 TO TAKE A SUMM BUT SHÛÙOERS
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\DHEM HE THINKS OF THE
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Splendid sanitary conditions
are found in the 40 tourists
camps in Jackson county accord­
ing to a recent survey made by
County Health Officer Dr. I. L.
Inskeep.
Regular
inspection
of the
camps is made by the county
health commissioner. A ll camps
are registered
Additional accommodations and
Improvements are being made, nt
practlcally all of the camps, Dr.
Inskeep reports, and all eamp
managers report tourists passing
thxaugh Oregon M» JB»to epjoy. to
linger in this county. One camp
located in the Slsklyoua is of such
popularity that visitors are per­
mitted to stay there but one
night he reported.
COOS COUNTY
CLUB ACTIVE
Splendid Assembly Program
is Presented at S. 0.
N. A. Today
BUR IED AT LONG BEACH
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Gertrude Markle, 76, of Medford,
Assembly at the Southern Ore­
w ill be held Tuesday at the Perl
gon Normal school this morning
undertaking parlors In that city.
was in charge of the Coos County
Burial is to be made at Long
Club, composed of 41 students
Beach, California.
who are residenta of that county.
J. S. Bruckhart of Marshfield
read a letter extolling all of the
virtues of the coast county and In
a clever skit presented by Mrs.
Laura Brandon, the entire cluh in
their county. This was followed
J H occah ’- pbee
by a song by the club members.
T O P L M A T LAST—
Mrs. Laura Brandon of East-
HE TOIE3 TO SCRAPE
side, Js president of the organiza­
U PA K X3R SO M E
tion; Mrs. Wanda Wilcox of
BUT ALL O F UtSOLD
Broadbeach Is vice - president:
B U S SEEM TO
Mrs. Ann Chase of Coquille Is
B E BUSY
chairman of the Good W ill com­
mittee.
Assembly at the Norifial school
Is in charge of a county or club
each week. Members of the Nor-
Wes-Co club, composed of stud-
dents coming from the counties of
Northwestern Oregon held a meet­
ing Monday to make arrange­
' SOME POiENDS TAKE
ments for the assembly of which
H iM T O A fA C T Y BUT
they will be In charge in the near
H e cant compete with
future.
THE PGUGSTOQE
tràìiwrws WHEN IT COMES
AT MEALTIME HE BACKS HIS (MAY INTO AN
ELCOW CHWC2.ATTHE
& V
. SELF SERVE UJNCH
PCEAD8
thattheue <
KEEP MAPWT
UinHOtfTTREV
HUSBANDS
THE HOUSe AND
TO DE ALAMI PASSED 1
«EN RaOM UACATTOMNG
Mr. McClellan recently outlined
a similar proposition to the Ore­
gon Land Settlement department
of the Portland chamber of Com­
merce, which endorsed his idea
and plan.
If successful, five Ashland men New Jersey Man Posts Gash
will each invest 8500 in the pro­
Bond After Making
ject. These men will form the
Fast Run
management organisation of the
Traveling 66 miles an hour In
project— elect officers and work
out detStlB m"the operation of the a Pierce-Arrow roadster, on the
SPEEDED 80
ON HIGHWAY
Pacific highway on the
straigbt-
Settlers would be procured way between Talent and Phoenix,
from the4 titles and other east­ F. A. Truslow, Bedford. New Jer­
ern centers. Bach unit will com- sey, ran nfoul oftlüstow w h e h lîë
prtse g
ncree,
I»»0<- sMshtns,1
buildings, residence and lot, all tie Officer C. P. Talent.
Officer Talent was compelled to
buildings being erected by the or­
ganisation. The Investment to drive 80 miles aa hoar on his mo­
the settler for each unit w ill be torcycle to capture the speeding
82500. The settler will receive Pleree-Arrow.
Truslow posted a 850 cash
wages for his work and all pro­
ducts of the colony would be bond to guarantee hie appearance
handled through the various co­ before Justice of the Peace G. O.
operative plants which the pro­ Taylor of Medford to answer
moter says would be erected. The charges of speeding and improper
colony would firm a suburb of license pistes.
He was accompanied by a
Ashland, with streets and other
city improvements for the set­ friend from Kentucky.
tlers.
Many similar projects h a v e
been formed in Washington and
California. It was said by Mr. Mc­
Clellan. who stated that Ashland’s
location and climate was more
adapted to chicken raising than
any other place he had visited.
Manv Visitor! at Park Savh
Associated with Mr. McClellan
Sunday—Has ’ Many
In the project today were E. G.
Attractions
Kingwell, company agent for the
Ashland Acres of Sutherlin, Ore­
While mountains and streams
gon, and J. J. Deakin, local ag­ call many folks away from their
ent for Ashland Acres.
duties for the week-end, there Is
Ashland Acres comprises ap­ probably no city park in southern
proximately 1,800 acres, practic­ Oregon more popular for Sunday
ally all of which is under the Tal-
visitors than Lithla Park.
en irrigation ditch. It Is said to
Hundreds of out-of-town visit­
be an ideal location for such a
ors strolled through the park
project aa Mr. McClellan has out­
Sunday, many spent the noon
lined. The land la now owned by
hour there and enjoyed picnic
the Balfour Guthrie Trust com­
parties. Each Sunday sees hun­
pany of Portland, Oregon. This
dreds of out-of-town machines
plan, worked out, would mean
pass through the city, and many
maximum development of the
stop at the p o p u l a r picnic
large tract of land.
grounds.
, .
Confession of a woman to
Klamath police led to the recov­
ery of loot valaued at 88,000 in
cash, Jewels, and other valu­
Fell From 128 Foot Tower ables stolen from a pool hall at
When in Contact With Chiloquin recently. One of «the
robbers confided to the woman
Live Wire
the story of the theft and where­
PORTLAND, July 11.— (IP) — about« of the loot. Three arrests
The desire to thrill other mem­ have been made ip the case.
bers of a bathing party claimed
the life of Fred Imfleld, 19. who FLYING SCHOOL TEACHER
WOULD FLY TO HAWAII
Sunday climbed to the top of a
125-foot line tower on Ross Is­
M ARYSVILLE, Mich., July 11.'
land, and stood upright.
Thera was suddenly a flash of — « K - M is s Mildred Doran, 88, j
fire and the lad fell. A cross bar Michigan flying school teacher
100 feet above the ground caught and Anggte Pedler. Flint aviator,
his body. He hung there for half completed the first leg of their
an hour before he was recovered projected flight*to Hawaii whan
by firemen. Hi« body was terribly they flew from Flint here thia af­
ternoon In a Buhl sedan plane.
burned.
Suffering «xcrndatlng agony They Intend t& leave for Long
from the terrible burn«, the boy Beach. California, for the Pacif­
ic flight August 11.
lived until today.
YOUTH DIES
FROM BURNS
FEDERAL MAN
D IE SSU N D A Y
PORTLAND. July 11. — <LP>—
Stricken with heart attack follow­
ing pneumonia, John W. Cochran,
»1, died late Sunday. Ho was
assistant collector qj Internal rev­
enue and former prominent news­
paper man. Ho was chief deputy
secretary of .«tote before his ap­
pointment to the internal rove-
there this year, according to
Matt L. Ryckman, state sup­
erintendent of game fish hat­
cheries. The 1,000,090 eggs
being hatched in the fisher­
ies at the lake are to be re­
leased as soon as they have
reached the proper state.
is ndt poisonous. It is best known
Hundreds Dead Fish Found
Along Banks of Klamath
River
John W. Cochran, 51, Was
Former Prominent
Newqmper Man
Save 11.80
•via 0 ’Higgins, Vice-Prés­
ident of the Free State
Government and One of
t h e M o s t Outstanding
Irish Leaders, Assassinat­
ed Enroute to Church.
LITHIA PARK
IS POPULAR
GROCBRYMAN HELD
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Paul Barron, Medford grocery-
man Is held in Jail in that city,
following aa accident Saturday
night when his automobile was
searched by Chief of Police Mc-
Credie and 88 bottles of allaged
moonshine found in hie poeese ■
■Ion.
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