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About Ashland daily tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1970 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1927)
A sh la n BRAUTÏ Years ' jACK, B LA C K BOVS MATINEE AGAIN Hooray Bhlnnqy. k t* » ATTRACK i r o c ^ T i o x Much Interest wah arous ed by two coed black "Pygmies,’’ with head shap ed like geography pictures f t African Wildmen w h o were found yesterday awer- noon in the rear seat of an automobile left parked on Main street. One of the ‘'pygmies’’ was very small, the other about four feet tall. Spears and huge bows and arrows caus ed many' conjectures regard ing the possible origin of the two blackmen. Two white men and two white women later joined the party and said the pygmies were exhibited in a side show and the arrows and bows and spears were merely part of the bquipment. The two black boys were indignant when the crowd gathered about the car and repeatedly urged the crowd to ."go way, go way.’’ to Dto matinee tomorsew. /■ W ith the quarantine ban lifted, H enagar H. B, Hurst o f the Vining theater « n - nouncOd today the teanmp- tion of the* regular 1:30 matiqees — particularly ap propriate among children on Saturday afternoons. W ith the favorite, Tom M ix scheduled for a screen "The Outlaw of Black R iver" Manager H urst has given the' ing Lease of Rieh Leases to Sinclair W A S H IN G TO N , D. C„ Opt. 81. — (VP>— Both sWee strnck effec tive countering blows today in the government’s conspiracy tria l of. H arry F. Sinclair and Form er Secretary of In te rio r F all growing ont of the Teapot Dome navll oil reserve lease In 1 *82 . Answering the government's contentions that F a ll practiced secrecy, the defense Tend i letter M r. F a ll wrote to the late Senator La Follette, fath er of the senate oil lease probe. The le tte r Was dated a fte r the lease had been signed and said there was no objection to the widest publicity. No sooner had the letter been read than the government pro duced tw e witnesses to strike * t the contention that F a ll leased the Teapot Dome because of pa triotic motive« to eave the navy’s oil from being drained because of nearby drilling. G eorge. Otis Sm ith, U. 8. geo logical survey director, told o f a conference w ith F a ll, as a result of which K. C. Heald was as signed to Investigate the drain age situation and Heald reported, both he and ■ Smith testified, that he sad Smith testified, that thé main body of the Teapot Dome was in ne danger. QUARANTÈNE" OFF TODAY Rerumption of AH Activities Scheduled to Take . .Place kid« t t y lr heart's desire— as h a nasally does— and the theater w ill nndonbtedly get a capacity crowd. '• W ith the klda out of tbo theater for throe weeks It has seemed a desolate place and they w ill get a real welcome back again. Presentation o f the needs of the Bible achocl w ill be m a d e Sunday evening at a community mass meeting which Is to be held at the Methodist church. Congregational, Preibyterian, Baptist, Christian. Nasarene, ■ Four Square, Brethren and the ■Methodist churches are cooperat ing in sponsoring the school and a ll othertf interested in ¿he work are Invited .by thls/group to a t Sparks Fallii on Shingle tend the services and pledge their rly Mora- support. Roof Cause » hag Mrs. Grace Andrews, who is In charge of the Bible School work F ire , starting ^ frq in sparks l has expressed herself as w e l l which fell on the dry shingle pleased w ith the result of the roof, early Thursday morning first two weeks of stu d * Of,' the destroyed the home of D. N. graded course w ith more than Davis, well known rancher whose 300 children enrolled. home is several miles south of The course of study outlined by this city In the -Green Spring the state, a graded course which mountain district. takes the child each year into •"-ff “brisk tire started In the more advanced work, without de- fetornlng, and the sparks fallin g nora (national quality, is used * in on ‘ the shingles are believed to the local Bible school which has have smouldered for some time been pointed ont as a criterion of before the conflagration broke The budget this y ea r, amounts oat. Tbo entire roof of the dwelling, a fram e structure, was to $1.200 and an effort w ill be ablase when the. fire was discov made to raise this amount at the ered aad little furnitu re or other meeting Sunday evening. ~ H e*. H. F. Pemberton w ill de household equipment was saved aa the building burned furlons- liver the principal address, with Oy. Neighbors gathered but were other pastors of the city taking unable ; to . «Kt^guiah the fire part In the services. “ No one w ill be overly urged to and ffhwrted tbtrtr efforts ta the pledge so come and hear what la direction e f saving other a r m buildings end carrying a ll the beiqg done in onr Rfbl« school’’ contents o f the dwelling possible 1« the request made by members o f the executive organisation. from the flam ing structure. ' FARM HOME IS LOST IN FIÉE Tho loss la estimated at be tween $1,000 and $1,000 and is p artially covered by Insurance carried in the Billings Agency. “PEP” MEETING A Ï HI SCHOOL Henry O. Enders Bpésdcs to Student Body at Assembly Volunteers The volunteer f iw boys enjoy ed a food In ' the /Ir e station last night. Those who in addi tion to the regular firemen were present were: Guy Good. Lloyd Orowson, Voyal F ran klta, Micky F ra n k lin , Guy Applewhite, George Baughman, f Lester W erts, Joe K ing and Sam Prescott. * W ith the game w ith K lam ath y Falls scheduled fo r «tomorrow >r Senior H igh pupils at an assem- hip Thursday showed « lot of pep and Joy over the fact that the ban * on athletics was lifted. h Henry Binders, J / . , * a a the as- d «effibly speaker and Was introduc- 1 ed by Prlaelpl B. F. F o u y th a "Mr. Enders reminded the pu- ,c pile there are three types of ath- * letlc followers, the optimist, ths pessimist and the pspthnlat. ’ 1 la "D on't ha over optimistic nor down In the month wtt& pessim ism.’ but he loyal to yoe'r team and say *• we w ill do o ar heat-’’ Of coarse tho peptlmlst bits a cer- tain amount o f optimism aad a B certain amount o f pessimism, bnt W u r* *y l4- >■ !d m » ir z * V TO E ASHLAND Three Die, Thousands Are Homeless and Property Damage is Estimated at More Than a Million as E e e o r d Breaking Pall Rains Dover Entire State. Support of Week Day Bible School Work WiU bo Ask ed in Community Meeting to be Held. Sunday Even- P ITTS B U R G H , Penn., Oct. 21.’ — (VP)— Pennsylvania Is today re'- covering from one of the most d Haste rous fall floods in t ie history of the state. Following continuous rain for 7$ hours, three are dead an& many are homeless. Kuudreds of highway* In thia district were flooded, creeks overflowed* their bank; and water poured Into towns. Two rallrpad employees were killed near Hallstead when their engine went into a washout and an unldeqtiiled man was drowned near Sayre. Coal mines were flooded forcing a suspension of work. As the torrents made the WUkes Barre section an inland sea, hundreds of families fled from their homes to dry grounds and were marooned in the bot Gnglielmo Marconi, In ven tor o f wlrelesy, and his titled wife, the tom lands of the Susquehanna. former Countess Christina Best! Seals, ate pictured here arriving Highways and residence« «round In New York to attend the (International Radio Conference at Scranton were ruined by the Washington. waters and lowlands were wash ed out and badly dkmaged. Accompanying the floods near Uniontown, snow clogged traffic arteries. Along the Deleware river, seven feet of water covers the Maximum loads on macadam mala highway in spots and It la highways west o f the Cascadk impassible at Poltat Pleasant, bave baen reduced by the « t * •!. In aeettena where «HflkpUy ta highway commission, the ordef Experienced In applying the late Bxowuahnrg and Yardley. imm ediately effective «nd to ba d&rmaMt spray because of Wet in force until A pril 1$, 198$. The soli coadltlon, it Aould be ad order lim ita loads to .16,60« visable to apply the* lime sulfur pounds. spray this fa ll, says County The AshlandKlamath F a l l a Agent J. P. Wilcox. highway between Klam ath Fall« Liquid lime sulfur, one gal and the junction with the Pacifie lon . to sight gallon« of water, highway is included in this rul applied when approximately 80 ing. per cent of the foliage has 'fa l Prohibition Badge Used in Conspiracy Witnesses len;- w ill be just as effective In Testified th« i «antro! of «cale. Insects as YOUNG M AN K IL L E D the spring application, he says. SE A TTLE. Oct. 21.— <IP>— Use F R E M O N T, Neb., Oct. 2 1 — (IB Remembering last years ex- c-f a federal prohibition badge to — Slyberg E. Haugen of Pelkan Rapids, M inn., nephew' of Con perlence it . would be well for amoothe the way And arrange for gressman Haugen of Iowa " M orchardiets to consider this pro the landing of liquor cargoes Was killed when his auto overturned gram and makèi their plans ac charged against Alfred M. Hub bard, a suspended dry agent, in cordingly, 1s the advice given. today. the Olmstead liquor conspiracy trial today. / Hodges, watchman for a ftah concern, and one of the de fendants made the charge. Hub- 'bard is alleged to have shown his badge IO arranging for .nse of the dock in landtag , State Highway - Loads Reduci A gent’s Advice CHARGE DRY AGENT MADE WAY SMOOT CAROL WOULD SEEK THRONE he Is well balanced,’* the speaker said. In a more serious line of talk Mu. , Baders reminded ths stu- dents they should begin tblnk- in g about whet they are to do af- te r they leave school, as' every one should have some Idee as to the teak ahead o f them. ’’Dou’t be just d rifters" was hta advice Following hta ta lk M r. Enders land thd* school la staging some of the old songs o f t h e h i g h The stretch of Pacific highway between Medford and the Cali fornia line is in rfne condition, according to Wm. Drummond, chief of the’ state maintenance crew who has returned from a trip through the east and Thurs day afternoon made a complete survey of the road. The maintenance crew has spent much of the summer wid ening the road in the mountain section, building up “ shoulders’* on the curves, and doing general maintenance work, he said. W ithin a tew days a crew w ill •l»e working between Ashland and t ty Ktomath * J «set ton, «doing general repair work on this stretch. A state maintenance crew, un der a division foreman w ill prob ably be stationed Ip Ashland this winter, in charge of the road between Medford and the Klam ath Janctlon, M r. Drummond stated. Quicker and more ef- toclept «tearing of roads follow ing storms Is possible*' when the c ïe ty ta- d)W(ted in|o groups, each w ltfl. a «toetci bf highway to keep' In condition and operat- a competitive basis, he said-' . ■ ' : i ' He said the crew w ill prob ably be'divided Into three groups during tho winter months when maintenance work constats large ly of keeping the highways clear ed of snows and slides. to “ Pep” Them ui thusiasm at School High. In spite of the fact that th e j have been “cheated" out of sever al games through the quarantine ban which first made It impos sible for them to play In Klam ath Falla and later kept them at home when Jackson couqty became in looted Irlth infantile paralysis, the football squad a t the high school has been fa ith fu l in practice and training sad Ash land folk« owe It* ta the boys to turn out full force tomorrow and see the Grlsslles pit th e ir strength against the K la m ath gridders. Just what the result M going to be when the smoke o f tho opening contest clears away and Coach Crtpe’s men have shown their stuff in this In itia l contest, « no one is predicting, the K lam ath gang Is heady and fast, h at the G rlu lles lack' nothing in speed and handwork on the grid- Iron and are expected to show some real ' class and team work in the battle. The high school is a happy place these days— pep meetings are everything the n ita e implies and enthusiasm and confidence in the Grisslies runs high. , Msqy new playa hav« been developed and many old .play*, have been rsheareed fa ith fu lly by the squad in their scrimmagn which with the quarantine baa seemed rather hopeless. A , per fect defense and a strong offense has bean Worked out. A lthough It might hav» don« ao w ith no criticism the t«am has not gone stale. ~f , For thfsvfakh rn l .p o rk la the face of dhwuMdntmpnts and d if- fieirtttes d L rH w m daaarve« a lo t R’ a of support. up to Ashland to tu rn J c m fiaS a help, the boys w ith 'a lp li-ro e rin ' rooting sup port, wheq Ah« whistle 1» softad- ed tor the kickoff at 2 :3 0 o’clock tomorrow. - Plans To Send - Daughter To GANGSTER WAS Local Seta HANGEDTODAY $ r —------- - First of the Birger Crowd J., W. Grinnell, m a y Shasta City, Californio; i of Southern Illinois Ashland yesterday content] Beaches Callows Channel Swim Failure Today ths purchase of a hems where hta mother and 1 old daughter wlH ■ locate. Grinnell said he was anxtc Ms daughter be in a cleat and where tltare mere schools «ed tadlevad Aahlai the meat d««lrahld leeatto daughter, who aeoempqate Is a junior In high «afc» Carol ta In d«My communica work - h«r* tion with advisors In Roumanie Normal ««* and has consulted, th«™ on th* advisability df rétuinhig to clnimi CAPE G R IZ NBZ, O ff. S l ^ r hta throne n o * occupied by hta (L«)_-_Mlss Merced«« Glelta«k<* ff T* five year old son, Michael, th» Hntaspo- je«Mf- A .’S London typist, tailed today to United PreSs was informed on swim the Enrllsh channel, bnt good authority today. proved her courage In «■ heroic He may retufn to reclaim his effort. She entered the channel throne the middle o i November, here at 4:20 a. m. and carried add ta In .th e meantime awaiting on until 3 p. m .rw h en she was the decision o f Ronnsanian poasj w ithin eight miles of Dover, her -ants party regarding his candi qbjeetlve. t • dacy for the high place in Rou manian politics. '■ mech the w ane for wear, aqd all assisted in moving the wood to tty beuemenf. 'A ,«. - • v, , , „ After the men bad completed their Work members of the Ladles Aid. served some food which was attired In overalls and clothing much appreciated. * S t a t e Maintenance Crew Foreman Makes Survey Yesterday -t VLKKVSK, III. Oct. 21.— <LP)— Redo M llllch, the first of the Birger gangsters of southern 111- Love for Politics loota to reach the gallows, was hanged at 10:05 today for the PA RIS, O C t r i H - ^ P ) — Car<’1- murder of Ward Jones, a fellow madcap prince of the Aalkans has gangster. He pleaded self-de given hta old ldve, Mme. Lupe- fense to the last. son dismissal In favor of high Pep yells opened the assembly Mn>. Lee Bromley of Klam ath Falls, form erly a resident of Ash add were led bp t t y «new cheer land has returned to this , city fot leader, L Boyd, la prperetlota for the game with K alm ath. '* a «tay of a«yer«i weelf«.^ ; ' It was u real "woOd-bes" whtab waa sta g ed '.a t the Methodist churh last evening when the good brethren met and atorad sway more than $0 eorda af waod.for, the cold Winter day« Ahead. . > HIGHWAY IN FINE SHAPE >ys Hard Worked Hard Io Keep Prom Growing Stale Through Long Period of • ■ ■ * \ \. \ y ’ M iiW illiM W wvAn W to W SIGNALS IMPROVED A new jreostatt Is used on the Philltps-C«rter trafflo signals to be Installed in thia «lty< which according to.F. M. Carter, will not cause any interference with ro> dlos. The signals are electricity operated after nightfall aad this has lq the P*at causM r » d L« trouble, he said. W th 'this new model thta trohble ii elimlnsted. ¡‘ Because a ’’vllllan** who before abeeended with Ms di tea and than btouaht her r«p away with the yoeeg this morning, Jaa. C blett of Chiloquin thia mol raqqteted Ghter of Polka O< McNabb to ha on the loohbu
