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SIX LABORORS
WE IN CRASH
MEXICAN REBS
GET BIG HAUL
Unofficial Dispatches Say
$625,000 Government
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Accident O c c w r
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POMONA, cal.. Oct. 99— (IP)
— Six' fatalities resulted from a
crossing e«cldent at San Dim a*
today «hen a 8anta Fe passeng
er train eraahed Into an auto-
ttaoblle truck loaded with labor
ers. ’ Fiye Others were Injured
and one probably fatally hurt,
are lit the ¿capital.
Local Woman is Defeated
After' HarcLTought PoHti-
eal Battle—Southern Ore
gon Delegations, Solidly
Behind Mrs. Dodge Were
Depleted by Bpidetadc.
LITHIANS GET
N ew members
MARTIAL LAW
Mrs. Louis Dodge of this city
by Mr< W. W . Ga
IS DECLARED briel defeated
of Portland by only 17 votes
Irrigation, the Talent irrigation
district and the problems facing
Che districts tbroughdatthe state
were the Interesting subjects at
the Klwanla Club luncheon today
when OUIh Aruspiger.' secretary
and manager of the district, and
A. C. Joy, ona of the most suc
cessful farmers la the district,
spoke. Homer Billings was in
charge of the program.
Despite the fact that some of
the districts have Apparently
proved abeoiute financial failures,
they still have an intrinsic valne
to the state, Mr. Aruspiger stated.
I t la therefore no unreasonable or
impractical foe the state to con
sider the possible ref hading of
these Irrigation districts as many
held should be done, he eoutinu-
Return of Carol
eg Trouble in
VIEN N A , O et 8 8 — (U»)— In-
formation reepived through dip
lomatic channels today said that
marjial law had been declared
throughout Roumanla, and part
of th e a n a y . Because of suspect
ed disloyalty, had been disarmed
and confined to the barracks..
A state of salge has-existed for
stvsral mohths tar portions of
Roumapia, ‘lacloding Bucharest,
and th e ' government has .bad
hcjMd of weathering the erieis
of Prince Carol‘s throne ambi
tion Without extending the areas
of martial law. Matiny is im
minent in several garrisons, ta-
fermatton said.
Lend settlement is necessary to
the development of the state and
this cannot he accomplished until
the problems of the irrigation un
its are settled. The governor, state
treasurer sad secretory of «tote,
form an irrigation comaMaaion.
tien sad- they beye appareatly
accomplished
considerable
-to
ward bringing the bond holders
and rand owners togaiter to that
a settlement can be accomplished.
Some of the districts w ill not he
able to refund 100 per cent, as
the value is not in the land; hat
some form of settlement shohld
be made, as the stotp chamber of
commerce is unable now to rec-
emmend settlerg on come of the
rrojecta due to the financial mud-
die.
He emphasised the develop-
ment ^hich
Irrigation h a s
brought to California, W*ashlng-
ton and Idaho, which states'have
ferged ahead of Oregon ln colon-
isatlon. Only about 1,0 per cent of
the land in Oregon can bp efflc-i
lently cultivated without Irriga-
tion, which emphasizes the im-
portance of thia question.
A. C. Joy said that, whpn he
returned to the Rogue River yal-
ley, he realised the coatraet be-
tween this and other districts,
While die had considered m arkpt-
ing a serious handicap, the said
eastern Oregon had a. more dJffl-
cult market problem than we
have In this vaUey.
The soil can be developed arti
ficially, but the Rogue River
rallcy has, for superior ellmate
and more-inspiring swftoundlpgs.
Flnannially thia district l i hi t
bfttAv condition.«Sa ihstegd of de-
creasliig In production, th ia' pro-
Ject is showing a rapid Increase.
He stated^, thia year the district
has developed an average of 9*0,-
000 worth of produce per month.
He"spole of the farmers w iling
their dairy cows to California
farmers, saying thia waa a fine
thing for California; but added
That, agriculturally, the farmers
have been Jo*slng the best f r o m
their farms tor many years, since
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PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 27.
— (IP)— Unofflcial dispatches re
ceived «pre today state the rebel
forces In two Forays have Inter
cepted near 9626,000 sent . to
Mexico City by President Callee
to defray expenses of the revo
lution.
Sa president of the State Parent-
Teacher Association Thursday af-
ernoon; ¡In a hot contest which
marked the elosing seshions of the
itate convention held -' in La
Crsnde this week.
One hundred and
ninejy-two
votes were cast, 86 for Mrs.
Dodge end 182 for the Portland,
who was re-elected, having been
‘ho Incumbent in office for the
last year.
Southern
Oregon delegates,
headed by Ashland women, who
made the trip to La Grande In a
targe passenger has chartered for
the trip pat np e determined fight
The little girl la the center of this picture la Ruth Elder, now fam
battling against odds all the time. ous as an Atlantic flier, nt Die age of live. W ith her are two
In an effort to have Mrs. Dodge' sisters, Pauline (le ft) sand FhcB«; in front la a little brother, Her
bert. who diem at the age of six.
elected to the presidency. W ith
the exception of one year, t h e
state presidency has never ¿een
cetstde of Portland, and t h i s
precedent was one of the stone
w*U oppesittans whtchj the local
women
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l l U e r officers elect«S!*1refi: " ’
Members of the Medford- Realty
First v'Ice president, Mrs. R. M.
Bchauaep, Kendleton; second vice Board heard' Frans Auert Austra
president. M rn C. W . Stanley. lian cellist who id establishing his
Klamath Felts: Third yice presi studio in thia city, in a brief
dent, Mrs. Richard Williams, ccnoert program at their noonday'
Roseburg; fourth vice-president, luncheon held I> Medftord today.
M<ss Lenoree Mooney, Portland; M r., Aner has received an lnvlta-
fifth vice president, Mrs. J. B.. tlcss to play before the h i g h 4
Smith, Nyssa; sixth vice presi eehool ln Medford, and with hia,
dent, Mrs. Lamoine Clark, Saleim ability re^pgnixed, la receiving,
recording secretary, Miss Jessie many invitations to appear in
McGregor, Portland; treasurer, program work in the valley. A lo
cal concert scheduled for n e x t
Mrs. H. M. Shaw. Milwaukie.
Sutherlin — Local orcharhlats
The battle was one of the most Tuesday evening la the Ashland
will
ship about 20 cars of apples
hotel has been postponed for one
this yaar.
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Sylvester Decker, 30, for many years an Ashland
Initiatory Cerem ony Are resident and engaged in the wood business hère, and his
to be Staged Thia ' younger brother, Allen, 18, a native of Ashland» w«r©
Evening
instantly killed this morning when the automobile in
With five candidates schedul which they were riding was struck by ah S. P. motorized
ed to become full fledged Llth- train at Neshith Station near Dallas.
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ians tonight and the Initiation
Mrs. Sylvester Decker, a third occupant of the caif
committee slyly smiling and-vte-
is
seriously
perhaps fatally injured, according to press
I cur of initiations of the past
reports
received
in this city.
and all of the enjoyment
they
have Inspired for those other than
the candidates— there promises to
be something doing in town this
evening.
In the past there has been no
lim it to the fun which the can
didates have provided for the re
mainder of the aggregation and
t^e committee— with Major Ma
lone and Guy Good very much In
evidence— promisee there wW’ be
lacking in the day Of entertain
ment this evening.
Lew Hansen, who directs the
affairs of the Aahlam) hotel;
Chief of Police Georgs’McNabb la
nothing if n it a thttrtoghiy effic-
lent law enforcement off leer; Rm-
mett Gillinga, who, like a certdfci
nejrs reel *aee» *11 and knows all”
in his position pa linotype opera
tor at thO T id in g office and R.
Schuerman Rho “ knows Ms gro
ceries” and
Elwood; Hedberg,
who handles “shining sheckles”
at the First National Bank, are
TESTIMONY
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Son-in-L&w of Tall is Not
- Compelled to Disclose
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Souroe of Money
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Try-Outs Over, Cast u Named
For Annual High School Play
After a serlés of try-outa an-
The title role w*a given Marion
nouncemato « to made by M lw A l- Frost. Others to the cast arai
then Dwyer, the coaeh, of seleo- ^ t h a Miles, Tom Beewlck, David
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Jton BHltois, Frank
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•«*•»•! p , mberton, Ho« Dean, Earl Ldn-
stodent body play tk lc h thia year
«Ulu>n, j . n .
is to be “Hla Majesty Bttaker ( Turner, Kathryn Lucas, Roy Met-
Bean” a tantaktic and elevar three {calf. Nad Myers, Laurence Powell,
act comedy. Reheatoals will start Jack Balding, Norma Crauer and
immediately.
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Claud Kleiahammer.
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was driving through a drizzling
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-The Deckel family left t h i a
Hard-Time Mixer Planned
as Part of Hallowe'en
Célébration
city only a few months ago and
8ylveater Decker wae located Is
Hugo, a «mall sawmill village in
Josephine county where he waa
engaged as* a wood contractor^
His brother, Allen, resided with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tran*
Decker, at McCoy.
The packer family waf w e l l
»»own tn Ashland'tor th f last 8K.
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A special clast is to he con-
ducted for S. O. N. students who
are planning to taach next „year,
President J. A. Churchill aphonn-
cetf In Assembly this moral»«. *Z
assembly morning
meetiM for
U * yww>
to A b special
/ S 8atultt<£
■ *»« the fathers Frank Decker»
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ail the girls who are attending c* ’ ’ • ‘ «toarlaa
The mother,
the school.
wh0 M o n h n «¿•rrlage. W a a
V ™ are being made for a
hard-time mixer and Antertola- kB0Wn
ment for Monday ajght at which
tlxpe the Alpha <£&rl .Dramatic
society will present ,1 their first
play. "When the Lights, a rt
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Announcement was also made
nt the'Cello concert which Frans
Auer is to give at ■ the school
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one son. Jack Decker, waa kill-
ed ln the w orld W ar, his bedy
one of the first to be returned
from France to Ashland for bur
1*1.- Surviving brothers are Ned
Decker and Wm. Decker, both of
whom were well known in Ash-.
land and In the Talent vicinity
where they were engaged la the
Students Enjoy
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Creek district and sold much to ft
WA8HING*TON, Oct. 98.— (LP)
That The Tidings to moch ap- In Ashland.
A slater-in-law Mrs. Ned Deck*
I — Blocked iu gn effort, to have ireelated by college ■ students la
i> the witnesses toll th o ja ry where ivMenced by letters of apprécia- «r. *® a» present time visiting with
j( former Secretary of thg^Interlor ion which are received at . this her mother, Mrs. Frank Hibbs, B
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street. An uncle of the two vlo-
j F all’s 9230,800 tn liberty bonds tffice.
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certainly
appreciate
recelv-
tlms of the horrible aeehtoat, A r-
came from, the government to-
ng new» from home every day thur Decker, is also an Ashland
' day' rapidly traced the securities
Into . Banks In Colorado, New s I do with 'the paper. When It résident.
ernes 'fL day late something Is
Details of the wreck were not
« Mexico and Texas.
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'TMdlngs carries contained in the press report re*
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Justice Slddona upheld the re
iews of, what the people at home ceived In this elty.
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fusal of M, T. Everhart, Fall’s
aon-btslaw, tell thgm where he
obtained the bonds Which he
brought to Paeblo.
That was
Juat a few weokar after Fall
taawd the Teapot Drtfce to Harry
F . Sinclair.
Juniors Hoifl
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Sylvester Decker and Allen Decker Are Instantly Killed
Near Dallas Early Today—^Family Well Known in
Ashland—Tor Many Years Operated Wood Saw and
Wood Business—Woman May Die.
B V T H FLIES AGAIN
PARIS, Oct 29.—
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Rath Elder and George
W ith two month« of school
gone Juniors at the senior high
school are Making platoa - tor com
mencement days to d Ihv annual
fruit sale which la h«M for the
purpoao of ralaiag clkas Fuads, is
being planned. Dhlly Treat has
been named chairmen of. the com
mittee. A e%nfly sale M to be
held next Tuesday at the school to
'start the fun^a.
At a Junior mealing festerday.
Gul Moore, theiptoeldent. called
on the ctaha members to assist In
the work.’ W e Rotd. cheer leader
urged the boys to turn cjut for the
rooter seotioa at the » football
game.
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Discuaslag off the Juaior rlnga
was also token up with a decision
td’ n Rtode in (he npar future.
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Haldman, her co-pllot la
the trans-Atlantic y flight at
tempt, lauded at the Le-
Bourget.alr drome at 9:49.
Ashland men latoreated- h
buMama development of a m
picture atudlo to , th ia «My
planning to meet this eveata
the Chamber o f Oemmmrw »
tor aa orgaataatloa atoettog.
A. Theobald, who M ha«ktw
dereiopmeat of a atadlo la
city, w in ha at tha aarntta*
maho flaa l plaas o f orm wtaat
'Boy Crusaders” From
The “ Boy Crusaders* four Ken
tucky mountaineers, spoke today
at an aaeembly at the Southern
Oregon Normal school oa t h e
splendid misaienary work which
is being done In Bloddy Breethtt
and the Canyon Creek district» »1
that stot«
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Two of ,the b$ya were het eevea
years o f age hut in a deflates and
cooclae M aaner explained through