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•ESDAV, SEPT. 21, 1927
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WEATHERMAN NICK
CHICAGO. Sept. 81.— (LP)
IRISHMEN HOP OFF FOR
— Fair weather, moderately
eoof ie predicted tor the
Tunney-Dempsey fight here
tomorrow night. At the name
time it to said radio, round-
the-world broadcasting con
ditions are good.
W. Stuart Booth, C. S. B.
of Denver, Colorado, spoke
before a large congregation
at the First Church of Christ,
Scientist Tuesday evening.
l»ack of space made It Impos
sible to use his entire ad
dress today, but this will
appear In tomorrow's Issue.
UNIQUJ2 TYPE
INVITATIONS
AREPLANNED
Director* Arrange for Old-
Fashioned N ew England
Town M eeting a t W hich
Time Outline o f Plans for
the T ear W ill be Pre-' P all F e s t i v a / Committee Here is the monoplane In which Captain R. H. Macintosh and:1
sented Public.
Free State air force hopped off at Baldonnel airdrome, hear
Chairman W ill Meet
T h etw o Irishmen were eapected to fly either to New York or
Thi* K rening
Macintosh.
Baseball T
■' American
D e tro it, (3 ;'M e w Y o rk ,
Chicago, 9 ; Boston, S.
C leveland, 6 ; P M la d e ip h ta ,
N a tio n a l
B ro o klyn , 2 ; P itts b u rg h , 4
STUDENTS E LE C T
N o Doubt B ut That so Par
as Tunney. Dempspy and
Rickard Are Concerned,
E verything W ill be on
the “’ Up and U p ” in the
Ringside Parlance.
CHICAGO, Sept. 31. — (IP) —
Tex and Gene and Jack— the
three who after a*ll have more to
do with what takes place In the
ring next Thursday night than
all the gamblers, poison cream
1 and phony contract. Men who
could and should he dumped into
nearby Lake Mlehtoaq.— . each
protntted sdlemnly Tuesday that
the fight for the world’s heavy
weight championship will
be
strictly on the level.
Special pin** for cooperation
with churches, ledges and other
social and religious bodies have
been worked out and representa
tives of thepe groppe will ba in
vited to attend and bear the " fta s
discussed.
ft is tk e Intention of the cham
ber to hold these town meetings
from time to time and thereby
keep the citisene Informed of ^iv-
le conditions and to welcome the
suggestions and ideas of every
one.
It may seem a bit atrange^that
such assurances were necessary
but the fact, is thgt the "spirit
of the sock’’ has almost been
prevented from taking off by
fogs of false rumors, winds of
/
.
Everett McGee, wan elects
ed president of the senlqr
class of the high school at? a
claaa meeting held this af
ternoon. O t h e r officers
named were: Kenneth Mad
den, vice-president; Dorothy
Chappell, secretary - treas
urer and Miss Waters, phys
ical training teacher, class
adviser.. ,
. ? 1
Student body officers w hs
w ill serve this year include:-:
Roy Abbott, president; H o t * j
ace Dunn, vice - president; i
bet ha Miles, secretary; S. A.-j
Peters, J r^ treasuser; Seldon 4
Burton, Rogue News Editor;
Barney Miller, Rogue Annu
al Editor; Marion Moore,
Junior vice - president and
Earl Winkleman, sophomore
vice-president. These offic
ers were named last year be
fore the close of school.
MILLIONAIRE
WEDDED HERE
Portland— Bates Bank opens Ir
fine new location at Union Ave
and Russell. *
John Andrew McCandless,
of Honolulu, Married at
E piscopal Chnrch
Tualatin— Pacific
Poultry Producers
members.
John Andrew McCandless, 70,
multi-millionaire of
Honolulu,
prominent
along
the
Pacific
const, chose Ashland ns the scene
of hls marriage to Miss Stella
Hymson, 80, of San Francisco,
with his friend. Rev. P. K, Ham
mond. vicar of the Trinity Epis
copal church as» the officiating
cleargyman.
Trinity church, was the scene
• of the wedding which was wit
nessed Wy James C. McCandless,
. brother of the groom and Miss
Rae Hymson, a sister of the
• bride.
The couple left immediately
following the ceremony for San-
Francisco by way of the Red
wood Highway. Both are well
known and thelf marriage comes
as a -complete surprise.
(Please Turn to Page 2)
FIGHT OVER
OCEAN HQPS
UNDER FIRE
tendant Fltsmaurlce of the Irlah
Un, thelr destination America,
lelphia. To the rlght la Captain
MRS. KEE DIES.
THIS M0RNÍNG
level nt the present time. With
work retarded by tho weather
the fence will not be completed-
for. another two weeks. • The
men nt. tho present time are in
the viejnlty of Wagner Butte and
are working toward the city, Mr.
Mosier states.
There are nix
men on the crew nt the present
time.
COSTUME WAS
QUITEWR0NG
GLENDIVE, Mont., Sept. 31—
B athing B eauty W ill be
(LP)—
Six planes in the Clans B
Ready to Start on Ocean
race
in the Spokane air derby
F lig h t Friday
Former Local Resident is to
were to take off from here to
Be Buried a t Medford
CURTI8 F IE L D , Long Island, day for Spokan.e
They spent
— Funeral Friday
Sept. 81.— (LP) — Ruth Elder, the night here. Others in thin
Civic Club A sks F or Don
ations from A nnosi Sale
—Plan Flow er Show
Snowstorm On M t Ashland Delays
Completion Of Stock Fence Repairs
C. 0 . Officials H ave no Coast Derby Planes P ass Over Ashland—Two Planes
Leaving New York This Afternoon E xpect to Reach
Jurisdiction They
State
Spokane in Time for Dinner Tomorrow E v e n in g -
One Mishap Mars Race from Frisco to Spokane—»
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.— (LP)
A viator is Uninjured.
•
— I. C. C. officiti» expressed opin
ion tonight that the Commission
lacks any authority to Intervene
Six Class B planes in the San Francisco to Spo
In the Honolulu fight film show
kane
Air derby passed over Ashland and stopped to
ing controversy and indicated no
day
at
the Medford airfield to refuel. The machines
action by the Commission Is prob
able here. Two officials expres stopped betwen 8:30 and 10 o ’clock. A special mechan
sed belief no action would be tak ical force and others interested in aviation were on the
en.
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field all morning. A plane piloted by Vernon Brook-
John Each, chhirman of the In
terstate Commerce Commission waiter, Vancouver, was- the first on the field.
said the matter haa not beep pre
sented to the Commission f o r
(By United Press)
Business, Including Streets, oplpion or action. “We have only
Class A and Class B planes in the great air derby
Bills, and Other Matters a limited jurisdiction over Hawa from New York flew across sparsely populated planes
of a Minor Nature D iscus iian Islands and no authority over
sed by City Dads—T hom army transports, which are not of the Dakotas and Montana today nearing their goal
in eastern Washington. . . J
, ...
as Mayor is common carriers,” he said.
‘‘Even
If
the
transportation
to
Class
C
planes
took
off
this
afternoon
on a non-stop
Absent.
the Islands were accomplished by
journey to the same destination.
City street department was au a common carrier the Commission --------:----------------------------------------—
ABERDEEN, 8. D. 8ept. 31.—
thorised by councilmen in regu would have jurisdiction only if
Fh 1 f i r m
W A IT
(LP)_«• E- BaHough. pilot and
lar session Tuesday evening, to the shipments were completed by
|| fl| p \
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Charles V. Dickenson, passenger
a
local
rail
line,
which
probably
sew roofs of trees which were
,
llrlv
lJ
L
s
I
I
v
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l
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r Chicago, arrived here at 8:38
damaging a number of streets would not be the case at the port
'
a. in. St. Paul where ntne planes
of
Honolulu.
I
assume
that
au-
•bout town. City Englnerr F. H.
took off this morning in the
W alker said the offending limbs thorlty in the matter would rest
Class A division of the New
could be removed with little dam with the district attorney and the
York to Spokane A ir Derby. They
local courts.
age to the trees and the uproot-
departed five minutes later for
“I think that the matter H not
MQta etty. VontnnA
-
our
concern,"
said
Commissioner
vented.
Repairs of
several
rived h ere a t B t lT E d
this
Thomas
F.
Woodlock.
"The
army
streets and sidewalks are neces
aftern oo n .
SAN FRANC1BCO, Sept. 31—
sary where damage has already transport is not a common carrier
under
the
Interstate
Commerce
J . 8 . C harles la
“ E a g le ,
(LP)—
The San Francisco-Spokane
been done, it was pointed out.
Rock” a biplane, waa firs t to
law and the Commission therefore
race started shortly before dawn
Routine business was tran lacks authority over them T h e
a rriv e In Clans B in th e New
today with ideal weather con
sacted by councilman in session
Y o rk to Spokane race. H e
Commission is not called upon to
ditions along tho entire route.
last night. A bill for 3436.80 was
landed a t 2 :9 0 .
enforce any Federal set concern
The original entry list of 13
allowed the Carson-Fowler Lum ing fight films.”
L lp p le tt said he did not aae
was
cot to 11 by withdrawal of
ber company for a* carload of ce
an other plane a fte r leaving
Patrick J. O’Farrell, c h i e f
Arthur Emanson with hls “ Eagle
ment which was purchased for use counsel of the Commission expres
th e C a lifo rn ia line and knew
Rock** biplane damaged in an
an the new by-pass which is be sed a similar opinion:-“ I do not
nothing or th e whereabouts
accident
enroute to the field and
ing constructed at the lower res see any action that the Commis
o f V ernon Brook w a ite r anti
J. 8. Sam, who failed to report
ervoir. Mr. Walker reported 10 sion could take,’* he said. “ In
A rth u r B orne who failed to
In time for the take-off.
men were fo rk in g on this project order to-bring a water carrier
a rriv e in P o rtlan d , th e con
Planes entered in .the contest
and would probably complete it within the Jurisdiction of the In
tro l station period.
were
’divided Into two groupe,
within the next two weeks.
C . W . M.vers o f D e tro it In
terstate Commerce
Commission
Class A with motors, five ban«
the Clans B
race
crossed
control, management or arrange
dred to eight hundred cubiç
(Planee. Turn To Page Five)
th e finish a t 2 :8 4 p. m.
ment for a continuous carriage or
inches
displacement and those of
shipment with a railway company.
less then 300 inches. A ll are
to stop in Portland for five min
utes and other ' may stop In
Medford, Oregon.
RUMMAGE SALE
WILL BE HELD
Childrens clothing is especial
ly in demand and a ready market
for all need clothing will be
foun<J, according to members of
tho Civic Club who are planning
for the annual Rummage Sale
to lie hold in the club hduse
October 4 and I.
**We are anxious that nil whb
have clothing to contribute to
RESTRICTIONS ORDERED
the sale bring It to the club
Grants Pass health authorities house on tho afternoon of /Oc
have issued an order prohibiting tober 3“ , Mrs. G. A. Briscoe,
all children under n . coming president of tho club stated to
to that city from Klamath Falls day.
,
attending school and public gath
I f the weather permits a flow
erings until three weeks a f t « er show will bo hold In connect
arrival. This measure to taken ion with the Rummage Sale.
to prevent a spread of infantile
Tho Rummage Sale is an an
nual activity of tho club.
paralysis in that district.
Workmen engaged in replacing
the fence about the etty water
shed on Mt. Ashland have been
greatly hampered by storms and
snowfall according to City Water
Superintendent Bar) Hosier , who
recently made a trip np the
mountain to tho camp.
There
was firs Inches of snow on the
Cooperative
have 1800
Medfor
S iT E N T lH ^ H PO K R
D STATES
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Aa old-fashioned New England
towR meeting to be held in the
armpry on tho evening of Septem
ber 30, was decided upon Inst I to ber (.m e e t thia evening, plans
night nt the meeting of the Cham- ,for a publicity campaign which
her of Commerce directors.
win carry the message of
For the past week the commit- ? entertainment into every
tees of .the chamber have b m n jo f southern Oregon and (
preparing plana for the coming in, w ill he outlined,
year’s work and It to the idea of
A Pony Express Is to b
the directors to present the united urated and the lavitatioi
plana approve* by the directors the Mayer of Ashland to
before the entire community.
this territory will be cm
The program for the evening daring horsemen who‘ w'1
will he under the supervision of'record Urne in reaching cl
the entertainment committee ‘ of the old style pony express
the chamber headed by L. H .
President Coolidgg, 8
Hansen. H. L. Claycomb w 1 1 1 of Agriculture Jardine, O
handle attendance arrangements.
All members of the chamber
and citisene generally w ill
be
invited to attend and an oppor
tunity to mnMa ^ggaotlon for
tho upbuilding of tho community
will he afforded as was the cus
tom in the early New England
town meeting«.
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-or near
<emi>erature
C U E S S "8
IT'S U P TÖ
M ETO
X P O IO O IÏE
bathing beauty contest winner,
Mrs. Kesssndrs Kee, who for
and prospective trans-Atlantic sv-
merly resided in this city with
Itatrlx, arrived at Roosevelt Field
her son-in-law and daughter, Dr.
Tuesday to Inspect her mono
.and Mrs. W. E. Buchanan, died plane, “American Girl,’’ b u t
at 8:20 o’clock Wednesday morn found that she was clad in the
ing, September 21, 1927 at the wrong contarne.
Buchanan home in Eugene. Her
Her fetching black and white
death followed an illness of silk garments were too spotless
several weeks.
for her to get within sailing dis
Kessandra Caroline Price was tance of the plane.
born near Somerset, Kentucky,
Captain George Haideman, her
in June 1851 and was aged 76 pilot, superintended installation
years at the time of her passing. of Instruments.
By tomorrow
■Her marriage to John S. Kee, work on the Instruments will be
who preceded her in death, oc completed and the plane will he
curred at Springfield, Missouri, taken to the turn table at Mitchell
Field for tests. A test flight will
In 1877.
For the last 17 years, Mrs. be made by Captain Haideman
Kee resided in Ashland, Butts and Miss Elder Thursday, the pair
Falls and Medford and Jias a host alternating at the controls, and
the plane w ill be ready to go
of friends in these cities.
Surviving are her two children aerose the ocean Friday.
Mrs. Buchanan of Eugene and
W. E. Kee of Medford; two
brothers, and two stotres: John I
Price, and. Mrs. H? M. Tinker,
of Sunnyside, Washington; Reu
ben Price, Medford and Mrs.
Fannie Swink, Eugene.
New lights recently installed
Funeral services will be held from Beech street to tho end of
Friday afternoon at the Buchan
tho parking on the Boulevard
an home In Eugene. Burial is
are
in operation and aro attrac
to be made in Medford.
tive and giving excellent satis
faction.
Tho now lights, situ
Astoria — Cranberry harvest ated in the center of the park
about ready to opon, with record ing on stool standards Are iden
crop.
tical wlthUwo tost lights which
division spent the night in Fargo.
Leslie Miller arrived first at
4:30 isat evening.
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In another race from Saif
Francisco, six Class B Craft and
five Class A planes were speed*
ing toward the same goal. Load
ers In both Class A and Class B
of transcontinental flight are
now roaring away scrom Mon
tana nonring tho goal w hen they
are dee today. ,
Clam B leaden left Oleadive
this morning and Clam A lend
ers B. B. Ballosgh la a Laird
commercial plane arrived In Mile*
City and sped on toward BUtte,
tho last control stop before Spo
kane.