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About Ashland daily tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1970 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1927)
In Mineral W it« U n ? Ashland’e Greatest Aseet - ASHLAND, HURflDAY, JULY H , 1927 ON PACIFIC FLIGHT British Ocean-Hopper Bi-M otored Seaplane ; Members of the Ashland Oolt Club are-going to the coarse this afternoon about 8:30 o’clck when they will Join,in doing sone neces sary work about the course, such as burning grass alongside the fairways, which wlH make playing easier and prevent loss of balls. Club' officials are anxious to hare every m entor out, and In stead of bringing their bags and oluto they are requested to bring a gunny-sack to assist In fighting fires. City of O&kl&nd” Made Beautiful Takeoff at 10:39 Thia Morning—Pilots Plan to Fly to Hawaii and After Refueling Make, Immediate Return ijp Plane to Oak land Airport—Expect to Reach Honolulu in 21 Hours. OAKLAND AIRPORT, San Leandro Bay, July 14.— (LP)—A civilian challenge to the once-conquered Pacific airway began at 10:39 this morning when Ernest I*. ( aptain t . H. (ourtney, famous test and racing pilot Great Britain, who will attempt to fly from Calshot, Eng {Smith accompanied by Navigator Emory B. Bronty took Mr Uninjured in land, to New Yorky. is pictured to the left. His powerful seaplane, an all-metal Domier-Napier craft, powered off in the silver gray monoplane ‘City of Oakland” mak with two Napier Lion motors of 450 horsepower each, and with a carrying capacity of 1700 kilograms, is shown to ing a perfect departure from the-Held after one false k on Scenic Drive start. - tW right. • Pilot and navigator smiled broadly and waved good H. C. Hopper, local banker, “FOGGY” bye. Four homing pigeons carried with them will be started out tor a ride la his au OLD ASHLAND HOSPITAL ON Investigates 8AN FRANCI8CO, July 14, released at intervals of about 200 miles while at sea. tomobile ■ Wednesday afternoon, — (IP) — Federal Telegraph hut' ended under au apple tree, After Smith swung his plane out to sea, he swung LOOKS FUNNY Company at 13:13 today re RESERVATION with a plentiful harvest of apples about again and headed over San Francisco, circled the ceived the following mes which had fallen from the tree city twice before gliding away through the Golden Gate«, sage from the Smith Bronte when hie ear collided with the Health Survi of Klamath Report of dead catfish floating monoplane: ,He was sighted over the entrance at 11:08, headed for the Indians g vs Good In the Rogue River near the tree. “Our( position 100 miles Gold Ray dam was received Wed Open sea. The speed of the plane as it passed the bay Mr. Hopper was driving down Health There southeast of San Francisco. nesday by Game Warden Roy region was about 90 miles an hour, its maximum with Scenic Drive and started to tarn Altitude 2,000 feet. Foggy into NuUey street. la doing thia, - Quite queer and funny are the Parr who is Investigating the the present load, but this will increase as the flight pro Indians of the Klamath Reser- as hell below,” his eoat caught la tho gas food street scene« of Ashland as shown matter. Belief was expressed that ratios are Uking full advanUge gresses. sad hie ear headed alright toward on several old-time scenic post the fish was Inoculated with some BANKER GETS APPLE SHOWER Twenty-two known dead and hundreds of prostrations consti tuted the toll of the beet wave in the eastern half of the United autos, on the basis of statistics compiled Wednesday night hy the United Frees. Relief to tho sweltering terri tory between the Mississippi valley and the Atlantic seaboard was promised by the weather bur- ea. with a forecast, ot thunder showers within 24 hours. The first break la heat was re ported Wednesday night from New Ragland, where a cool rain was falling. In other porta of the East temperatures ranged Into aa apple tree. He said the tree very obligingly stopped hla ear. The car was seat up for repairs, but M r. Hopper suffered ao Injur ies. AULT. Colo., July 14.— OP>— An accommodating hail storm broke at the peak of Wednes day’s 90-degree heat here and in 30 minutes piled up cracked Ice a foot y deep along Main street. The hailstones, large as wal nuts, broke practically all the windows On the south sldq. of the business district, riddled automo bile tops and broke up a game at the city to ll park. The storm struck with Increas ed force at Eaton, about 10 miles southeast, at 4 p. m., aad wrought heavy damage. The wheat crop, ready for harvest next week, was totally destroyed over a four-mile strip. Thirteen hundred windows were broken In the sugar refining plant and business houses and dwellings were hard hit. IN AUGUST SALEM, Ope., July 14.— O R — The mandate from the United States supreme court, up hold ing the death sentence imposed upon James Wliloe, convicted of first degree murder In the partici pation and killings of two state prison guards in 1926, was re ceived today by the clerk of the supreme court. Daily Tidings Save $1.60 MAIL OR BRING YOUR »5,00 TODAY Speeder Donates $15 For Offense Clifford Mooae, Medford, was ordered to pay a fine of $16 and land hotel, an unpaved street, costs by Justice of-the Peace G. 0. dosens of riders, broad rtmpied Taylor ot that city when he plead ed giiilty to a charge of epeadlnik which would cause considerable Moore was arrested by State Traf fic Officer C. P. Talent. attention on the street today. Composition pavements soften ed under the ska’s glare and re flected the billowing heat Into the When the temperature reached #1 In Nsw York, thousands of workers deserted their offices and started for Coney Island and oth er beach resorts. cards which Chief of P o l i c e George McNabb is displaying at h it Office. “Celebra'tlng the Fourth of July at Ashland, city noted for its lady equestrians. Come Join ns**' reads the caption of one card which The sixth and last carload of cherries to to packed at the Ash land F ru it A Produce warehouse this year was started for eastern markets this afternoon according to 8. A. Taylor, maaager at the plant. The cherry crop far ex ceeded all expectations, both aa to quality and quantity— t h / crop this year being one of the tost in several yean and will net growen a nice profit. • Between 50 and 60' crates of berries are being handled at the warehouse each day, the rasp berry season Jnst starting to “tap er” off while the blackberries are Just beginning to ripen, accord ing to Mr. Taylor. The berry crop exceeds expectations as did the cherry crop. DIVORCE IS ON INCREASE United Press Survev Shows One Divorce to Every 622 Marriages WASHINGTON, July 14 — <U>) — Divorce continues on the in crease, United Press anaylals for 22 states and the District of Columbia showed today. In 1*26 there was one divorce to every 6.22 marriages in the area surveyed, and indications were that the entire country would .show baout the same rate. The year before there was one divorce- to each 7.25 marriages throughout the United States. Rock Crusher Crushes Auto Two California boys travelling In a Nash sedan, parked their oar near a rock crusher, an chored v to a tree, near Crater Lake. They were not far from tho -ear whan they hoard a re sounding crash and found the cable holding the crasher, un h id broken and the machinery had crashed down on their sedan, canning extensive damage. Another view of Main street shows the old opera house which burned down, tho old city hall, the dirt streets, horse drawn ve^ hides in evidence along the side of the streets. A view of the Plasa shows a water trough at the base of the tree which now stands in the center of the little plasa center park. A fire hydrant stands near the old water trough. Anyone who doubts the value (Please Turn to Page 2) Another speed violator, Mr. W atkins, also of Medford, had his driving license suspended for the same offense. APPOINTMENT MADE SALEM , Ore., Jujy 14.— (IP)— M illen F. Kneeland, Portland, has been appointed deputy state labor commissioner in charge of the Portland office. Kneeland, who is a form er secretary of the Port land Printing Presstnen'sl Union, was appointed, by Labor Commis sioner Gram. at the new hospital at the agency where natienal and state tubercu losis association represenUtittves recently completed a survey, ac cording to Grace Holmes, who made a check of the survey. Twenty Indians, mostly chil dren were treated at the hospital for tonsil trouble and prelimin ary trachoma operations. A spec ialist is completing the survey of the trachoma prevalence on tto# reservation. Twenty-eight cases of tuber culosis and five suspected cases were found. Three Indian boys were found seriously 111 suffer ing from the disease. Sanatorium car is offered for Indians found to to tubercular. Thirty-four Indians out of 468 examined were found to suffer from trachoma, while removal of tonsils was recommended-ln 68 cases. sort of virus is the belief of fishermen according to Warden Parr. ÈROKE PAROLE TAKEN TO PEN diet, Must Serve Sentence Having violated his parole from the Oregon State Penitentiary where he was sentenced for rob bing the offices of several Med ford doctors, Maurice W hite, has been taken to the penitentiary to start serving the remainder of the sentence assssed against him. W hite Is well known in Med ford and Ashland, having been in trouble on a number of occas ions. He Is a dope addict and was. convicted of stealing moro- The hen is yolked to her Job—- phine from the offices of several Cottage Grove Sentinel. doctors. He was taken to the peniten tiary by Deputy Sheriff Paul Jennings. Just Buzzing Around WELL KNOWN WOMAN DI Three Month With her gasoline tanket full, her motor tuned to the highest pitch of perfection, her radio equipment thoroughly tested, the little silver monoplane ‘City of Oakland” waited through the ¡homing hours before the flight started. The graceful IHtle plane was, under heavy police guard before wtto ot daylight. For “ honr and 11 «»“ «»•« iome In Wednesday, Smith, the pilot and ness of Emory Bronte, the navigator, en had flew * boTe 8an Franeiaco Bay I and out to soa In the last test be held Olght. They reported their plane loon at performing perfectly a n d t h e rlors in army’s radio beacon at Crissey ger of ®®ld functioning with absolute H jp. accuracy. M E “The flight will be a race ict the against time,” said Captain Royle, family “w # expect that the boys will lal will beat the army's time of 25 hours r ceme- * nd 49 «ninutea by at least four hours. tlve of Because the aviators expect to make the hop to Honolulu In I something under 21 hours, the arv starting time, originally eet for 7 r * a. m.. was delayed until about 8 lonvllte, or 9 •• m * t0 them da* ,,aht Board- |Q whlch t0 locate the landing SMALLPOX . IN COUNTY (¡eorge Eleven O a s e s of Smallpox and One of Measles During One Week »•■other es and Seven cases of small pox were reported In Jackson county during the week ending July 9, accord ing to a report filed by the state health department. One case of measles was reported during that time. This Is a considerable decrease In the number of new measle cases. Ending of the school term makes this source of contagion of children's disease negligible and decreases the spread. L. A. Company Buys Rich Mine The Queen of Bronse copper mine, located 40 miles west of Grants Pass has been sold to a Los Angeles company. The mine produces, copper, gold and silver, It la said. Thirty thousand Ions of ore shipped from the mine averaged 880 a ton in copper and 86 a ton in gold and silver.' \ From 1814 nntil 1916 the mine Is said to have realised over 2600,000 for the owners. A t the present time there is about 40,000 tons of low grade ore on the damp awaiting rail transportation. rs. A. Honolulu rwwzv Th# **dty of Oakland” was iuejed jate Wednesday with 37# gallons of gasoline and 18 gallons of oil. Its weight, loaded, will to about 4800 pounds. The radio equipment of the plane is specially designed and weighs leap than 50 pounds. The radio outfit used hy Lieutenants Maitland and Hegentorger in tho first trans-Paciflc flight weighed HVvJ 126 pouhds. refren, , Jack- Bronte plana to- keep In touch M ig h t with the army radio beacons at ent Crlssy. Field, San Francisco, and Wheeler Field, Honolulu, to t he will also carry navigating instru- — (IP) manta naed in ship reckonings In Cooy, case the radio beacons fail as they iseday did when the army fljere neared river, the Hawaite. oo far th e army officials have slgal- urrent eTer, willingness to aid their gu ith thia time, althoagh they Save One Fourth ORANT8 PASS. Ore., July 14. — (IP)— The Spokesman, a semi- weekly newspaper published In this city, has been purchased by D. L. Ewing of Medford. The purchase was made at a receiver’s sale. Publication will continue ac cording to Ewing.
