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IDAT, OCTOBER 28, 1927
Medford Legion
Names Officers
Compass and Watch Fob
„ B ro u g h t
Equipment and Stuctyo
Work to be Considered at
Friday Hight Meeting.
Preliminary .plans looking for
ward to the establishment of a
motion picture studio in Ashland
were adopted last evening at a
meeting of business men»at t h e
chamber of commerce.
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John Enders, J. A McGee anil
H. G. Harlan were appointed a
committee to interview interested
parties after it . was shown that
substantial support was promised
by thoee attending the meeting;
J. A. McGee was appointed
chairman of the meeting and
called upon Mr, Carl Theobald to
present the pinna he has in mind
for a studio and allied businesses
which would be drawn to
the
movie center. Mr. Theobald de
sires that the enterprise be start
ed in a small way and as Interest
develops and the first pictures
'begin to bring In revenue to make
additions to the property and fa
cilities for not only making pic
tures but to popularise the stu
dio grounds and other attractions.
A pioneer city w ill event nally be
built which w ill be typical of the
west and be an added attraction
to stopping the'tourists who visit
this section by the thousands ev
ery summer.
Several sites were mentioned
and these will be investigated and
ptae of them chosen for the studio
end pioneer city.
As a training school for those
who will participate in the mak
ing of the ptetttipe, Mr. Theobald
w ill start immediately a screen
historical society. Member» * pt
this society will meet, regularly
and Mr. Theobald will instruct
them in the art of make-tfp Ad
screen acting. Branches of this
soofety w ill be located in various
coastAowns and cities.
A second meeting w ill be held
on Friday evening of this week
when reports will be received on
’ eouipment needed in the studio
and a site for the enterprise.
REVOLUTION
LÇADER OUT
Otto W inter, aa official of the
Ashland Golf club, says that pos
session la ten out of ten points la
law, provided you hold posses
sion.
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When the golf club purchased
the land near .this city for Its
coarse there1'were several o l d
signboards abandoned on t h e
tract.
Since there apparently'
was no claimant of these slgn-
Macda, Mr. W inter took three of
them last sammer. painted them
nicely to announce that visitors
were .welcome on the course, and
erected them at stratefle points
so that they would attract tourlsa.
Considerable time and effort was '
spent in laadilng these -sign- .
hoards.
Recently, while Mr. W inter wap
at the course, two men drove up 1
In a truck and informed him 1
that the signboards belonged to
the company tor which t h e y '
worked and that they were ont '
collecting them.
Mr. W inter, remembering Ihe
time and effort he had epeat on
the signs, protested that they
would have to prove ownership.
I t is understood they became ra
ther “hardhpiled,'1 yet MB W hi
ter persisted in hie determlila-
tioa to terse them to prove own-
erthlp, to r W a s w h ls ¿me a t e
Leon Trotsky is Shorn of
All Power by, Oom-. •< BAND
muniste
NEEDS
CONSIDERED
MOSCOW, Oct. 2 5 — (IF)— Leon
Trotsky, • former dictator of Rus Matter of Uniforms
sia, went under in a political
Band Supplies. to
eclipse today.
I Chamber Problem
He Is even threatened with loss
of membership in the Commun
istic party which he was Influen
tial In organising.
was dismissed from the execu-
Shorn of all political power, he
tire committee of thn Communis
tic party as well pa tbs govern-
'■ ment. Trotsky was hlaaed and
booed as he tried to make a fin- •'
a) speech In the convention here
of the communistic «executives.
and
he
Gets Honors
Dr. Meredith G. Beaver, son of
, 7,
7 ' . “
M r and Mrs, A. M ^ e a v w . le w .
throughout the co,
’ street, this1 city, is assigned to
have had a great p eri.in ,
service in experimental surgery verttolng their cities and it
and pathology at Mayo Broa, in
“ *»» the Ashland ha
Rochester, Min., where he to at-
receive, the proper gnpp
tending school, having won a fsi- *«>"> the entire clfy which
lowahip by hto high grades at the u e ri^ .
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'University of 'Osegon Medical
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school in Portland. The Univése-
SAFE BLOWN
,
ity of Oregdn conferred on him
Yeggmen dynamited the
the degrees of A. B. ia 1S18 and Bakery safe at Berrydale Sund
M. D. in 1825. He wae Instructor morning and secured 8120
in pathology In the University of cash. The cash register pres to
Oregon from 1824 to 1817, and ed ot 810. The safe was bn,
served hto Intership ia the Mbit- damaged hy the exploeion.
nomah County Hospital during trace of the thieves was found.
1820-1887. He to a member of
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Alpha Omega and Sigua ¿ I. 1
WILL HEAR PICKET CASI
Dr. Beaver previous to hto laav-
Judge Orlando Corkins, who
lng to attend school, realdad in presiding at Jackpop County C
' this city. He wan graduated from onlt court thia week w ill go
the local high school with thp Lakevtftw naxt week to preside
dase of 1817, after which he the trial of Lorena Diekey, c<
served la t h e army tor two yeprslglrt, charged with ih e murder
during the W orld war.
(her husbaad, “Slim** Harris,
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Olympia
The candidacies of these tw o!
a wet-dry* issue thia fall. Mg
re-election, declares that aa at
in New/York, Chicago. Detroit
hypocrites, grafters and wlnfh
John 0. Lodge (rig h t) who
Evangeline Lindbergh, mother
didacy is generally considered 1
a siisi
Annual School
. Census Taken
The sent morning Mr. W inter
went to the golf course aad. Io
and behold.“ the three signs had
disappeared— ia other words the
men are alleged to have proved
ownership during the dark hours
of the night end now they are
rrobably as emphatic in their be
lief that possession to ten out ot
ten points in law.
\
The golf dab is arranging to
collect rental from the company
for tbo time that the signs were
on the golf club property.
Held for Contempt of Court
Sam H u m e s , Released
When Records Are Turn-
edO ver to Highway Com
mittee—Books Are Again
Seised, However.
I for mayoraltty has given Detroit
r John W. 8mith (le ft) seeking
dpt to enforce the prohibition law
any, other targe city only “ makes
peepers out of the community.’*
»poses him. Is an uncle of -Mrs.
t Colonel Lindbergh. Lodge’s esn-
,t of a “dry,” though he ia making
campaign. -
Normal Faculty
Peak o f
mbers Scale
, Shasta on Sunday
Two tired and weary faculty
members were In charge of classed
the Southern "Oregon’, Normal;
school Monday morning, after at
week-end trip ’ which Included a
climb to the summit of lit . Shah-
Monday morning started their
descent to Shasta City.
They reached the n o r m a l
school with a tardy mark check
against them Monday morning,
too late to conduct the first per-
W alter Redlford, social seleno*
Instructor, and Wayne WoH^J
science instructor, drove to Shas
ta Clfy Saturday, and early Sue-
day morning started their climb
to the snow capped qsak of ML
Shastg. I t was a long Weary cHmhl Sheriff Stete« Rush Should
Start Before No
with ft rest at the half way house,
vember 6
at an elevation of 8008 feet, then
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the last long drlye to the peak <f
Tax payments are being made
an elevation of 14,141 feet.
- to
■ A t the peat the wind blew a Jennings who spent in short, time
terrific gale and aearly’bxhansted in Aahlpnd Tuesday jnorning.
It to > expected 'that the early
from' their long climb they were
compelled to clutch rocks tightly part of November will see an In
to keep from being blown'down. ; creased rush at the sheriff's of
They signed their names on the fice where payments are made, as
register at the peak of the noun- j starting November 5 Interest will
he charged on thé second halt of
tain.
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They returnfcd Sunday night as unpaid taxes. Payments this year
fhr aa the half way house, a for- i are coming in much more slowly
pstry department station. a cabin than last year. Sheriff Jennings
carved -from stodh, w berl a rang- j stated.
er |s stationed all summer, but | The tax duplicate for the coun
left October 1. Plenty of fuel ty amounts to 871,700,040 and
and provisions were found in the more than half thia amount of
cabin and the two weary moun- , taxes was paid at tile first pay
tain climbers spent the night in ment. many email amounts being
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the half way house and early r paid In foil.
LITTLE TAX
MONEY PAID
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Did Someone Say ‘¡There Ain't No Such Animal?
OLYMPIA. Oct. 3«.—ruW— Sam
Humes, state highway engineer
was Released from the county jail
here today where he was h‘ e 1 d
since a week ago Friday on order
of the State Supreme court charg
ing he was guilty of contempt of
court.
Humes was held tor refusal, to
turn over to the highway commit
tee records of the committee x a»
ordered by the court
A. R. Gardner, director of effic
iency who has been auditing the
bdoks turned them over to the
com m ittee today, thus complying
with the court order.
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Gardner
immediately seised
the books again and locked them
In a vault in the state engineer’s
office where they cannot be takoq.
cut except on hiq orders, until
the audit is completed.
- H. L. Bromley was elected
commander of the Medford Amer
ican Legion Post Monday evening.
Other officers are C. T. Baker,
first vice-commander; E. C. Fnr-
geson, second vice-commander; L.
G. O a rlo ck,ad ju tan t; Bernelce
Cameron, finance officer; W. H.
Paine, historian; A. J. Anderson,
chaplain;
Seely Hall, George
Codding. Fred Scheffel, J o h n
Partridge and R. C. Holmes, ex
ecutive committee.
CONSISTENT
ADVERTISING
IS PLANNED
d Estate Dealers Will
ooperate in Formulat
ing Literature
Former Secretary of Inter
ior Was Motivated by Pa
triotic Interest When Tea
pot Dome Leases Were
Signed, Witnesses Testify
in Court Today.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.— For
mer Secretary of Interior Albert
B. Fall was sketched in court to
day as having sparred constantly
in behalf of the government while
‘signing the Teapot Dome Naval
Oil reserve ovér to Harry F. Sin
clair.
Lawyers for Sinclair and Ball
seeking to disprove charges that
the two had made the lease In a
plot to defraud the government,
painted Fall as attempting to
guard the nation’s interests at ov-
ery point of the lease negotia
bility
This line of defense is in keep
ing with statements mads by at
torneys for the defense when the
trial started, regarding the pa
triotic motives which governed
Fall in granting the leases to the
famoug'oii company. -
Real estate men and women of
Ashland met yesterday afternoon
in the chamber of commerce
rooms to discuss with Secretary
E. G. Harlan the best methods
of answering letters from pros
pective settlers in this district.
Communications received at the
chamber office are answered
promptly and specific informa
tion concerning certain proper
ties and opportunities are gath
ered from local real estate peo
ple. It Is the intention of the
chamber to work in cooperation
with real estate people so that
accurate information may be
furnished and prospective settlers
be given courteous treatment
Theater Owners Held Quii upon their arrival here. The Typhoid Infection Bouree
— ty for Gruesome
real estate people will later as
Officially Reported by
Tragedy
sist in formulating some adver
County Doctor
tising literature which will be
MONTREAL, Oct. 25.— (LP)—
Source oC the typhoid
infec
enclosed in letters sent to pros-
After less than half an hour ot
tion.
which
resulted
In
the
de
pMtg.
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consideration this afternoon, a
velopment of S’ 1 cases of typhoid
Jury returned a verdict of guilty
In Medford, and one death, has
in the manslaughter tria l, of
been traced by Dr. Lu D. Inskeep,
Ameen La wand, Camll R a u l and
county health officer to the H ilt
Michael Arlle, oWners of the
on Dairy farm, on the Pacific
highway a short distance from
Laurier Palace theater . which
Medford.
burned last January 8, causing
r Inskeep, with the operators
the death of 78 children.
Traffic Offioer Issues Warn-, of D the
dairy, Georgq aftd B e n
The theater burned on a Sun
ing — Roads Áre
Hilton,
In hie'office, made tj»e
day afternoon when the children
Dangerous
statement ot the source of the in
were enjoying n eutrate, matinee.
Most of them were present with
Fall rains have started' and fection oRicislly to the press.
The fairy, Dr. Inskeep said,
mountain highways are becqm-
out adult companions.
became Infected from an outside
An investigation disclosed most lng frequently dangerous. Ser
source, one entirely outside of
of the dead were crushed In the geant C. P. Talent, state traffic
the control « f the owners. Mrs.
panic which followed the out officer, whdse patrol includes the Clyde FiWtred. a sufferer of ty
burst of the fire. The suit cli Pacific highway between Med phoid visited the Hilton home and
maxes many suits for damages ford and the California border, dairy feéversl times daily for a
and inquiries to place the guilt. warns motorists to prepare for period of 2 daÿs before her ease
these winter danger?.
was diagnosed and she was con
“One of the most frequent fined to a hospital. Mrs. Fris-
causes ~Bf accident our reports tred, occupied a home, equipped
indicate, are improper lights,** with only an open toilet across
the highway from the dairy.
officer Talent states.
Dr. Inskeep appointed oat that
Frequent ' “ light ralftp’’* con
ducted this summer, brought the typhus germs were possibly
about an improvement in this carried from the open toilet to
L i g h t e d Cigarette Stub condition, when violators were the dairy by. flies. A severe Wind
Causes Near Tragedy
cited into court and lined for storm on the evening of Septem
AV Shasta City
ber 18 ia believed to have driven
these violations.
the
flies from the former to the
Traffic and police officers find
Destruction of a filling station,
latter. The «form occurred ia the
carelessness
among
local
driv
and large gasoline tank trunk at
Mt. ¿hasta City Sunday morning ers In this regard, is again evi evening just at ' milking time,
dairy hands remember. The sup
was reported to Fire Chief Clint dent and have Issued a warning
ply of milk of that ovealqg wae
Baughman.
violators will
be relentlessly
delivered the following morning
According to the report receiv prosecuted.
and a survey reveals that only
ed by Chief Banghman, a passer
“One-eyed care, autos with those patrons servo« hy t h e
by carelessly threw a cigarette tall lights missing or not burn-
stub mat as the hose which was
beinq need to fill the under
ground . tanks from the tank wag
ons was removed. Gasoline sta
tion attendants aad the ( r u c k
drjver’saw the dagger and rushed
away, reaching a safe distahee
Just, aa the explosion occurred.
The station and truck w e r e
destroyed but underground tanks
were not damaged.
JURY RETURNS
QUICK VERDICT
DAIRY SOURCE
OF CONTAGION
KEEP LIGHTS
IN CONDITION
g
OIL STATION
IS DESTROYED
Bandits Rob Bank;:
Flee Over D esert QUAKE BREAKS
GIANT CABLE
V IR G IN IA CITY, Nevada., Oct.
25.— (IF) — Three bandits today
held up the first national bank of
Wlnnfmucca aad escaped X T t b
cash and securities estimated at
810,000. '/They fled In an auto
presumably across the desert to
SEATTLE,. Oct. 15. — ( If ) —
ward Reno. Posses are reported
The «taaka «sable ship Bellwood,
la pursuit.
Will feave here tonight to rash re
pairs oa the Alaska cable hrokea
Two conferences on Evangelism
yesterday bettreen Ketehlkqa aad
were to feature the Presbytery
Wraagell aad betweea Juaeaa
meeting helft today In Medford. and Halhea aad Shagway hy aa
earthquake. The eenter ot the
disturbance to believed to knva
been 800 mllee south ot thq la*
land, Kodiak. No serious damaaff