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Fire of unknown 'origin Sun
day noon destroyed the Harfah-
LaBare lumbar ♦ mill, 16 miles
east of this city on the Dead In
dian road.
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Loss Is estimated at *29,000.
Insurance coven partially half
this loss.
The Maae wee discovered by
J. A. Harrah, manager of the
pleat. Lees than half ap honr
before he saw the blase shooting
through the roof,-he made a tour
of Inspection through the mill
and found everything alright.
The blase burned with terrific
rapidity, the flames, shot high
Into the air. Before the entire
building was ablase, the roof of
end of the mill where the blase
originated, collapsed. Workmen
about the mill wore unable to
do anything to check the fire
which spread rapidly over the en
tire big frame building.
The
building was dry and burned like
tinder.
Three-hundred thousand fast
of lumber was saved when work
men tore down the tramway lead
ing from the mill to tb«Uuinber
piles.
» A good flow of water front a
.spring enabled the men fighting
the blase to prevent ita spread
ers Tried To Return
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PELICANS WIN
SUNDAY GAME
The flrb burned for about two
hours before It w m brought un-
der coutrM.
No clue regarding tha -wslffto
of the M« m w m advanced by
Mr. Harrah who w m in Ashland
Monday morning. The grass about
the mill la still quite green and
an effort to burn thia away as
a matter of preventing possible
fire at the mill, was made sev
eral days ago but was not suc
cessful. Incendiarism, spontan
eous combustion, or possible a
lighted match or cigarette stub
were possibilities of the origin of
the blase, considered.
MT. Harrah and Norman La-
Bare are owners of the mill. Mr.
Harrah was unable to state Mon
day whether or not the mill
would be rebuilt. .
NEW YORK. July I f . — AW
most dramatic spectacle the jWfge
ring provides— the attempt of. S
man who once has been heavy-
weight champion of the world, to
fight his way back to the t o p -
will be enfolded before more thpat
to, OOP pairs of eager, enelMgt,
eyes at Yankee stadium Thursday
night.
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When Jack Dempeey glides no«
footedly from bis corner at thin
sharp clang of the starting bell Jtp
meet the leering* figure . whieh
awaits him with upraised arsga
and poised fists. He will be-tah-
Ing Ma first step on the road po
heavyweight champion before hint
ever fellowed to the end.
Of the three ex-champions
tried to defy time, upset preoe d '
ent and win back their heavy*'
weight eroWns— one, Jim Corbett,
trill bo a sympathetic spectator at
the ringside; another, Jim Jef
fries,. will lend a distant, cauH-
f lowered oar to the radio; while
the. third, Bob Fitsaimmons, haa
passed on to the Oalhalla of fisti
cuffs. ;
To date. Jack Dempsey haa
furnished no -grounds for be
lief that hla battle with Jack
Sharkey will result differently
fly>m the last big tights of those
other former champions.
All but his morst partisan ad
herents admit to grave doubts as
to Dempgby. There Is reason to
believe Dempsey himself doubts
that the sudden decision of the
ex-champion to cease work six
days before the fight has causel
a mild'panic among those of his
followers who are given to panics.
FOLK DANCES »
ON PROGRAM
••FLAGPOLE PHANTOM"
LOS ANOBLES, July 18.
—(IP)—Chicago had Ita "Hold
'em Joe" Bowers who Is
said to retain the flagpole
sitting championship of the
world,. D e a r e r had 11 a
"Spider" Haines and New
ark it’s "Shipwreck" Kelly
— but mark up another vic
tory for the Los . Angeles
press agentry.
For at noon Monday the
"Phantom of the Flagpole,"
with hit Important identity
hidden behind a black mask,
mounted , a. “bosuh's chair”
and hoisted 100 feet above
the Rose Room Dance Hall,
to begin setting to set a new
world's record.
Community Sing Under Mips
Marsters’ Direction to.
be Big Humber
In a very modest voice. Jack Sharkey says ho will take Dempsey
whan they fight in New York soon. The Bostonian scrapper feels
confident ho wlU ho the next champion of the world, and, as a re
sult, ho known, he wUl hare to beat Dempsey, the ex-champion,
before he can get to Gone Tunney for his title.
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Medford, 8; Grants Paaa, 5
Medford stopped Into first
place In the Southern Oregon
League Sunday when they copped
their second straight victory by
defeating, the Grants Pass to the
tune of. five to six.
Grants Pass, Ashland Boas,
Klamath Falla tied for second
place with one win ahd one lose
to their credit.
The Pelicans administered a'
sound trouncing to the Boas at
Klamath, In a sluggish game. The
local aggregation was held score
less until the ninth inning when
two hits, a. double by Roggins, a
single by Logan and an error on
the part of the Pelican second
baMmen enabled them to score
three runs.
Boas had five -coatly errors
checked against them gt the end
Mountain Climber Slips Qn of the nine- Innlpgs while three
Ice-Covered Slopes -
errors were made by the Pelicans.
Nine Injured
The game 'was witnessed by only
a small crowd.
CLOUD CAP INN, Ore., July
Klamath started scoring In the
18.—(LP)—One man was killed
second inning with one run, fol
and nine persons were injured lowed by twe runs in each the
when ten, roped together, fell third and fourth innings. Their
600 f>et- down the ice-covered .scoring w m stopped with one run
slopes df Mt. -Hood Sunday.
In the sixth Inning.
Dr. S. W. Stryker, Portland,
Foroe and Davis formed the
died ^s he w m being ruahed battery for the local aggregation.
from the scene of the accident. Henlon and Reteraon did batten
An alpenstlck penetrated through work for the Pelicans.
hla chest during the fall.
Boas .will play' Medford at the
According to witnesses, one Jackson county fair grounds next
climber in the center of the group Sifnday.
which w m making the ascent of
the mountain, slipped and the
whole group went rolling down
the side of the mountain ending
In a heap at the bottom of a Id-
toot crevatM.
None of the others w m thought
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
to be fatally Injured.
■ July 18.— (LP)— Cornelius Vander-
. Wit Jr., Reno-bound after a di
vorce, found time here Sunday to
tell Interviewers, about his work
since the collapse of his tabloid
newspapers nnd to tots native
ly .MaD)
Coloradoans a few bouquets about
their state.
Vanderbilt ' arrived here late
Saturday and readily admitted to
newspapermen he was enroute to
Nevada to begin divorce action
against Mrs. Rachel Littleton
Vanderbilt.
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From his earnings as a writer
Bave I1.W
Vanderbilt hopee to repay the
atoehholders
who lost with him
HAIL OR BAINO YOUR M OO
I in "certain California and Flor
TODAY
id a tabloid papers.**
FATAL FALL
AT MT. HOOD
Vanderbilt Is
A fter Divorce
Celestial
Supremacy
Folk dances will be a part o l
the recreation night program nt
Llthta park Wednesday evening,
according to Miao D. Virginia
Hales, physical instructor at the
Southern Oregon Normal school.
Folk dance students under Miss
Hales* direction will present thia
part of the program.
The old fashioned dance pro
gram with quadrttts and a ihal
old fashioned orchestra. Is en
sured. The Tucher orchestra,
well known throughout Rogne
River Valley is to furnish thia
part of the program.
The folk dance pupils
of Miadj
CATFISH KILL
TROUT CLAIM
Fay Carver will Mae bo invWedt»
--Vadim is the outstanding stel participate.
Those youngsters Large Humber of Fish Elec
trocuted at Gold
lar attraction In the heavens at have mastered two stags o f a M.X
- Ray Dam / r ’
the present time, according to Dr, atop dance, hut will work hard h .*
A. M. Harding, noted astronomer to master the remainder of -the
Cattish kill* trout, according to
who spoke here today.
dance In order that they too may
E. B. Woodworth of Central
Venus is the evening star and appear on this entertainment.
Point, who says to plant cattish
la outstanding in her bright beau
Mies Leona Marsters Is in In the Rogue River or other
ty. She will continue to grow charge of the musical program,
brighter and brighter, for sev and in charge of the community streams is foolish.
' "Catfish drive all trout away If
eral week. Dr. Harding stated.
singing which promises to be the they Jiave once had a good start.
Through the telescope Venus is big feature of the program—the
shown to be a crescent, rather part in which everyone will parti In fact they kill the trout by
sticking spines in’thelr bodies and
than a pointed star as she ap cipate.
The old songs, with 'staying until their victims are
pears to the nak&d*eye. Venus Is haunting melodies will be sung.
dead.” he says.
the same sise as the earth, and is
The program is lo start prompt
A large number of fish were re
one of the most beautiful and
ly at 8«30 o'clock in the sylvan cently electrocuted in the tall
moat interesting plants studied by
astronomers, according to Dr. theatre where the spring festival race of the power plant at Gold
was presented.
Ray Dam, according to Mr. Wood-
Harding.
Police will cooperate In handl worth who lives near the dam. A
ing the crowd which is expected short circat caused the accident,
he said.
to attend.
FLIERS ARE
ENTERTAINED
Back Seat Drivers-
Ernie Sm ith and P ilo t W Ul
Start fo r Frisco > on
A ugust 3
HONOLULU. T. H.. July 18.—
(IP)— Plans being completed for
the entertainment, both public
and private, of Ernest Smith and
Emory Bronte indicate the clvilan
trans-Paclflc fliers will have little
idle time on their hands during
their stay in Hawaii.
Honolulu will tender Its, first
public reception to the fliers next
Tuesday night fit the Royal Haw-"
ailan Hotel.
Smith and Bronte were guests
at, a dinner at Wheeler field Sun
day. Earlier in the day the fliers
attended a luncheon at the Pearl
Harbor Yacht club and then wit
nessed a yacht race in the bay.
Before bidding goodbye to
Hawaii, Smith and Bronte will
pay a flying visit to all the in
lands of mld-Paciflc Polynesia. As
passengers in a navy seaplane
they will take off from Pearl
Harbor some.day next week. and.
will fly to the Island of Hawaii
where they will riew the vol
cano Mauna Loa and Hamemu-
mau pit (Lake of Fire).
The fliers will depart from
Honolulu for Ban Francisco on
the liner Mani, sailing August 3.
CITY DADS TO MEET
City oouncilmen will meet In
regular session Tuesday evening.
Disposal of the city garbage ques
tion, and Ather matters of im
portance are scheduled to be
brought up at this session. / i
Can Dempsey Come Back
age Come-Back;
Three
Harrah-LaBarc Mill on Daad
Indian Road B a n s to the
Ground Sunday Boon —
Origin of Blase is Un-
known — Workmen Save
300,000 Feet of Fine Tim-
bar.
Precedent
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Automobiles Claim 17 of 33
Victims Over R e g u l a r
Holiday — Drownings and
Other Accidents A id in
Making Total Small Ca
tastrophe.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 18.—
(IP) — Automobiles Gtayed a
big part in the exceptionally large
toll of violent deaths which occur
red on the Pacific coast over tha
week-end. .
Seventeen of the 32 fatalities
recorded were the result of anto
accidents.
In the Pacific Northwest the
deaths were:
Mt. Hood— Dr. 8. W. 8tryker,
Portland dentist, died as result of
fall.
Vancouver, Wash. — Henry
Hecker, 42. drowned.
Kelso— Body of Edward Swan
son, logger, found.
Wenatchee— Everett O. Harri
man, killed while working on the
engine of a truck.
Seattle, — Henry Jorgenson
drowned. „
Bellingham— Mrs. Joe
Silas
Jack Dempsey, who lost his championship to Gene Tunney last year
at the Sesqui stadium, thinks he can come back. The ex-champ and L. W. Jumpers, traffic fa
meets Jack Sharkey In New York soon for the right to face Tunney talities.
in a title bout.
SAN FRANCI8CO, July 18.—
(IP)— Death today of Edward
Tallman, Jr., brought the total
of persons poisoned by mussels to
six and revealed a new location
of the dangerous sea food In the
Bay region. Tallman gathered
S lig h t Dam age is Done in
mussels at Point Reyes last
Earthquakes in Jeru
night. His wife who also ate the
salem Sunday
A second collection -of pictures shell fish ie critically ill.
Five
of
Old
Ashland
has
been
added
to
are
now
deed
from
mussels
in
the
JERUSALEM, July J8.—
Twc earthquake shocks Sunday the collection at the police sta Pedro Point region.
through Jerusalem Into panic. tion started recently by Chief of
For a time residents believed last Police George McNabb.
Gfenn Simpson has a collection
week’s shock was tb he repeated.
of
23 pictures, many of . them
Apparently, however, damage
prints
from old tintype views,
.was slight.
The first shock occurred at showing Ashland In the days of
10:05 a. m., the second ten min stage coaches.
Mrs. G. F. Billings has inform Two Hundred Regulars Áre
utes later.
Re inforced Following
ed
Chief McNabb she has a col
Both were of short duration.
Dynamiting
lection she will be glad to place
in the exhibit.
"Sid" Carter,
NEW CITY AMBULANCE
LOS ANGELES, July 18. —
another pioneer plans to bring In
USED SATURDAY NIGHT his "dope” for the collection.
(IP) — While extra guards were
According to present plans one rushing to reinforce the 300
First use of the new city am room at the police station will be now stationed a^ong the Los
bulance was made Saturday even fixed up for the display which Angeles aqueduct, workmen Sun
ing when Mrs. Earl Williams of promises to be mighty interesting day were repairing damage done
Talent was taken to the Ashland when completed.
early Saturday when the water
Community hospital. The ambul
way was dynamited in two widely
ance was In fine working condi
separated placed.
tion and the run was made in
The explosions marked the
short time.
ninth and tenth blastings of the
aqueduct since Its inception and
the seventh and eighth within a
two months period.
. Water bureau; officials said
damage resulting from the most
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“recent acts of violence could he
repaired by Monday hut feared
water turned into the ‘dfy hod
Aboard ' U, 8. S. Leviathan, of the Owens lake by the breaks
nearing New York, July 18.— (LP) Id the aqueduct might .spell rntn
— Clarence D. Chamberlin who to mineral beds there.
flew the Bellanca monoplane,
“Columbia” to Germany, today
revealed plans for flying the first
passenger plane across the Atlan
tic. The flight Is to be made next
summer.
The plane is to be of the Bell
anca type and Its particular fea One U. B. Merine Killed in
Fighting With Liberal
ture will be an automatic control
Troops
device.
Commercial flying over the At
MANILA, July 18.—(IP)—One
lantic Is possible from an engi U. 8. marine w m killed, another
neering standpoint the flyer said. wounded In a bomWng attack
What la neded most Is Instru which occurred Saturmty morning
ments, similar to those with In which more* than IBS liberal
which ships are navigated, he troops under General Sandine
said.
were reported killed.
The liberals then withdrew to
the hills. The attaek con tinned
for eight hours.
HOLY LAND IS Old Ashland
Pictures In
AG AINSH AK EN
B ig Display
MORE GUARDS
AT AQUEDUCT
COMMERCIAL
FLIGHT PLAN
CIVIL WAR
AT_MANILA
Changes-PIea
And Is Fined
W. A. McCutcheon, Klamath
Falla man, charged with reckless
driving when arraigned before
| Justice of the Peace L. A. Roh-
j arts Saturday, changed his plea of
, not guilty to guilty and was fined
1 136 nnd costa on two traffic vie-
i latioa charges. He made arrange-
i meats to pay the fine and w m
i released.
McCutcheon’s Ford
; struck * Dodge car driven by H.
A. Bntschli of Bakersfield, Cal.,
last Friday afternoon. The acci
dent occurred on the Pacific
| highway.
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