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ONBSDAY, NOV, 2, 1927
DECKER RITES
HELD TUESDAY
nt* Bstik to Arouse
thnaiasm in Albany.
Game Saturday •
Funeral Servioes and Burial
, at Bethel—Local Rela­
tives Attend
A ll merchants wfco harp any
Funeral servlces were h e l d
sort of'trash which w ill burn nr«
Tuesday for Sylvester Decker and
requested by Norm al School stu­
Allen Decker, former local men,
dent» to place It outside t h e
who were recently killed in
a
stores— a contribution tb the pep
crossing crash near Salem. Ser­
Request for 18,000 to Moot bonfire which Is to be lighted at
vices were held at Bethel, a small
In terest and Retirement 10 o'clock Friday night to arouse
town near Salem, and burial was
Obligation on C a n y o n enthusiasm for thé In itia l football
made in a cemetery there.
Dam Project is Turned game o f the Institution Saturday.
M r. and Mrs. Ed. Decker, Law ­ With 1927 Budget as Guide Citizens Committee Consid­
Down by Budget Com­ C lark Butterfield is la charge,
rence Decker, Vernon
Decker,
of the arrangements for the big' ‘
ers Expenses of City for Coming Year—Blight In­
mittee Last Night.
and W illiam Decker, all local res­
bonfire, and aU the trash— every­
crease in Taxes Will be Made Necessary by Total
idents, the four men brothers of
W a ter rates must be increased thing which w ill burn, Is to be
the two victims, were a m o n g
Increase of $12,008.50 in 1928 Budget.
to supply funds for Interest on pUed la one great pile on the
those who attended the services.
bonds fo r the construction of the campus to start the fire which
Mrs. Sylvester Decker, who was
It will cost approximately $76,305.80 to conduct the
Canyon Creek dam, i f the 8338,- w ill preced the serpentine and
the third occupant of the automo­
000 worth of bonds voted for the street rally which the normal stu­
husiness
o f the city of Ashland during 1928, according to
bile which waa struck by an S.
construction are issued, according dents will-stage later. <
P. electric car, is yet in an uncon­ recommendations of the citizens budget committee and
to a decision reached by e l t y
Merchants are requested to , A crowd estimated at 30,000 people witnessed, the Ceremony of Abdication of the Arisona Temple al scious condition in a Salem hos-I
eotmeilmen who held a joint meeting last evening.
council men and members of the place th e ir contributions, waste ] Mesa, Arts., by President'Heber J. Grant of the Churph of Jesus Christ of Latter-D ay Saints. Follow-
pltal, suffering from a severe
• This budget will mean a slight increase in taxes, of
citisens committee in considera­ paper, traah of any sort, outside ing
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the exercises the magnificent structure was closed to the public and w ill be used only for relig skull fracture, a. broken shoulder,
tion of the 1888 budget last their stO(« and the Norm al stu­
and other interna] injuries. Some approximately four mills, according to the city recorder,
ious rituals. The picture shows p art of the crowd.
dent committee w ill gather it up'
night.
hope Is held for her recovery al­ who has not yet rev iv ed the 1928 duplicate from the
.B y a vote of 10 to three, the and take It to the campus. , "
though her condition is still ser­ county assessor. The duplicate will be slightly less this
JOHNSON
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Several speakers, whose names i
committee voted down a motion
ious.
CHICAGO,
Nov.
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year, the county assessor stated due to the decrease in
presented by D r. E. A. Woods, have not yet been announced w ill "
According to information
re­
E. 8. Barnard, president of
value of S. I’, property.
asking that 86,888 be appropriat­ be heard during the tliqe the fire |
ceived by local relatives, the au­
'th e Cleveland Indians was to ­
ed for a sinking fund, to take burns.
O The levy for 1027 waa 21.8,
tomobile
in
which
the
two
men
day elected president of the
car« o f interest on the beads
Bnthuelasm about the - game'
and with the Increase w ill prob­
and
women
were
riding,
w
a
s
American League succeeding
when they are Issued for the dam w ith Albany college Is high— In
ably be near >5.8 mills.
struck by the car and crushed
Ban Johnson.
construction, such an appropria­ spite o f the woqp of coach McNeal
An Increase in funds necessary
against a cattle guard, both men
tion to be raised by taxation* '
whose squad gets bumped and
for the genertl, fire, sewer, li­
instantly
klllr»’ , their
bodies
M ayor C. H . Pierce, who “said bruised, u n til it looks like the
brary, park. Interest and bonds,
crushed and horribly mangled.
he was elected on the water plat­ backfield w ill not be so strong as
and
General bond sinking depart­
The two brothers were
both Jackson
Conni
form ” questioned -the legality of had been anticipated.
ments was made totalling, 812,-
well known in Ashland. M r. and
turai Display
th^ budget com m itteeanlhorlsing
008.50.
Mrs. Sylvester Decks» were mar­
the issuance o f these bonds, be­
Increase odtside the
interest
ried a little more than a year ago.
cause o f the alleged p/e-election
and bonds and general bond sink­
Be
Woman,
Unmentioned
Proteet
is
Made
Charges of Jury Tampering
jam p h let promise that the 9480,-
ing fund departments, amounted
in the Log of the Ship is
Armistioe Day F<
to be Investigated by
00« bonds, together w ith their in­
to 1 1406, staying well w ithin the
Believed to Have Been
Games
Special Federal Grand
terest would be paid from the wa­
six percent lim itation established
Member
of
Japanese
Fish-
Juror Who Boasted of
ter revenue and not by raising'
by state laws.
in s Smaok — Gruesome
Expecting to Profit by
taxes. It was also asserted that a
The cltlsen’s committee made
Discovery Made Yester-
Acquittal is Held.
councilman had a the time of el­
only two cuts in the budget as
ection said that -water -rates had
presented by the councilmen, a
ty was forwarded to the atete
WASHINGTCÍN, N ov . 2.— (IP) Young Men Will Handle
been made adequate to take care
reduction from (1,5 00 a year for
SEA TTLE,' Nov. 2.— One wo­
»¿quarters and coast Universl- — The Fail-Sinclair tria l ended
■ q X retiring-w ater bonds.
special police to (000- per year
Club
Membership
and
man. unmentioned in the «hip’s
s> by the Roseburg Post Am eri- abruptly and prematurely today
The proposal of D r. Woods
and a cut of from (40 0 to (8 6 0 a
Boost Game Here
log and unnamed In p a p e x s
n Legion.
. "
when Judge Slddons announced a
have meant an apprdklmato two
year for automobile expense for
found aboard went to death wtth
The petition states the day is mistrial as the result of charges
m ill tax levy it was estimated.
the police department.
Devotlng their entire time and
the
1> members o f the crew of
F. ‘C. D illard, city engineer of
of ju ry tampering.
,
Members of the citizen's com­
effort to developing an interest
the
Japanese
fishing
smocy
‘
Meahwhile the grand Jury is in golf, J. B lair and P. Smith,
Medford Who.haa dose consider­
mittee who considered the bud­
©eimaru cannibal ship,
picked
able estimating la aanaaelfog
get were: George Dunn, A. E.
taveetlgwtteg the charges. - «w o-X M vem U y o f C alifornia stu­
up
o
ff
Cape
F
lattery
a
fter
d rift­
with the Canyon Dam 'project,
Kinney, Jas. Runny, J. H . Mc­
are
The trtal ended after four dents, who snnonnee they
ing
across
the
Pacific
ocean.
presented*a plan whereby ba said
Gee. Henry Enders, Jr.. F ran k
affidavits were submitted by the really "Sold On Ashland" plan
This discovery was made today
the cost of the interest sad p ay-
8wsnning, and O. S. Butler.
government that one ju ro r boast­ to open a golf shop In the Ashland
hy quarantine officers who found
went of bonds might be met and
Following the regular council
Hotel
building,
in
a
room
adjac­
ed he expected to profit by ac­
the woman's purse and torn bits
a plan which la followed in cities
session
the Budget Committee,
ent
to
the
former
Ashland
Cafe.
quittal of F ail and Sinclair and
<9T clothing. The woman’s name
where public u tilities' are pri­
composed of citisens named by
The
two
young
men
Will
handle
that detectives had had jurors
is unmentioaed in the final mes­
vately owned.
councilmen, and the councilmen
golf membership, give Instruc­
undqr surveillance and that Sin­
sage of the crew scrawled on a
He estimated that a fte r refund­
was organised with Acting Mayor
tions gratis, have a driving net
clair employed those detectives.
piece of board found In the cabin
ing and lengthening m aturity of
J. E. Thornton as chairman and
and practice putting green in
Juror Edward K idw ell, who
reading:
"December 8, sailed
certain bonds. Interest and bond
Oscar Bergner as secretary.
.their shop— in short they w i l l
talked of expecting a car a block
from Nlsaki on this, our last trip
retirements would amount to sp-‘
The estimated expense of the
boost golf In Ashland In every
for fish.
Engine crank
broke
long in case of acquittal did not possible manner.
proximateiy (61,000 each year,
various department as compared
and we could not find a steamer. Engine of Stalled Automo leave the court room when the
end asked for (54,000 as a safe
They have purchased a com­ Primeval Forest is Explor with the 1927 budget and given
bile Explodes—-Five
.Have decided to- die. F ifty — Rice
margin. W ith an approximate
ju ry was dismissed.
the O. K. by the committee is as
p le te s t o c k of golf goods,
ed by Geologist and
Are Injured
remains but no water.
It
is
(44,200 estimated income -.from
follows:
and plan to Increase their stock
Scientists
March 8.” The names of the 12
the water system based on pres­
General Department: (18 ,88 4 ,-
as they succeed In developing in­
C
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,
Ken.,
Nov,
2.
Portland
to
have
extension
of
sailors followed.
ent Water rates and operating ex­
80,
1927 budget;
(13.028.5e.
BURN8,
Ore.,
Nov.
2.—
(IP>—
terest
In
the
game,
possibly
at
a
This death pact was apparently — (IP)— Three bystanders w e r e New York stock exchange ticker.
penses estimated at (1 6 ,0 0 0 , this
later
date
adding
tennis
and
oth­
Trees
of
primeval
Oregon,
which
Instantly
killed
and
five
Injured
Pendleton— J a me M a l o n e y
would leavd
an
approximate
broken and the men turned canni-
today when thk engine of a stall­ ranch, 900 acres, has crop of 48,- er sport goods to their line of attained a height of approximate­
(7000 to (10,000 to be raised in
stock.
ly 1,600 feet have been found
000 bushels wheat.
ed automobile exploded.
event other bond obligations were 1
They are working with t h e in a fossil forest discovered near
refunded, from some o t h e r
Chamber of Commerce in the here by E. F. B. Daude, geo­
source, he stated.
I
membership week.
logist, It was learned today.
Two ways were open to raise *
About 10 specimens from the
this money, either through a 1
stony forest have been forwarded
straight increase in water rates 1
to scientists at Washington D.
or by combined increases in wa- '
C. and the University of Oregon.
ter rates, tax levy and refunding 1
The forest is believed to be the
certain of the present Issues,
I
largest
or its kind and evidently
Mr. D illard stressed the fact i
grew
along
an ancient embank­
that the city received great re- i
State Health Report Shows ment. Many trees retain their
turns from the water department, ,
Little Contagion in
y lg in a l position.
that the water department should I
County
be paid by fire an dother city de- <
partments commensurate w i t h
The health report filed by the
protection and service given.
i
state department for the week
LEGION ASKS
FOR SUPPORl
“MISSIONARY”
TEA PLANNED
WILL OPEN
GOLF SHOP
I
C fo w iei Off The Highway
PARALYSIS
CASES FEW
Large mains are neceksary for
fire protection, and insurance
rates are adjusted according *to
the fire protection which the wa­
ter department, affords, he stated,
and in Ashland no payment for
this , service is made by the gen-
e ra l'fu n d to the water depart­
ment, although the electric lig h t
department receives a straight
(5,000 from the general fund for
such service.
z
He cited figures from Klam ath
Falls, Roseburg and Grunts Pass,
showing how this was dons in
those cities, the water depurt-
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Vale —
beautifying
City extending and
Riverside Park.
ending October 29, shows a m ark­
ed decrease in Infantile paralysis
In tjie state, Benton and Coos
county head the list w ith five
cAes in each county, while six
cases developed in Portland. In
eleven other counties in the state
new cases developed last week.
No new cases developed in Jack-
son county.
Four cases of typhoid' fever,
all of which developed in Med.
ford from the dairy source, sc-
cordlng to county health officers,
were the only contagion reported
In this county^last week.
Display Walnuts
And Raspberries
The chamber of commerce has
on display some everbearing rasp-*
b erriis and walnuts grown by C.
W . W aite, 684 Iowa street. Mrs.
Garrett, Mansanita street, h a s
some beautiful white chrysanthe­
mums which she has developed.
J. A. Greene, 850 Oak street, has
on display a large yellow ecken-
dorf mangel beet that weighs
20 1-2 pounds. There are also
two large bunches of tokay grapes
raised north of town which have
attracted considerable attention
from tonr lets?
City Dump Grounds so Clean
Signs Necessary for Direction
Methodist Group Plate Glass Windows Bad
by Weilders of Soap
Wffl Hold Party
Because the city dufap grounds Is to be "free day” at the dump
east Of town, are so "cleaned up” ground«. These regulations have
not boon recently enforced, bnt
by the caretaker, C. M. Dodson,
D r. Woods waa authorised by the
Dr. B. A. Woods, chairman of the council to advise M r. Dodson to
sanitary committee at ceuncll make the chargee la the future.
meeting lest night, offered the
Councilmen decided that no fall
suggestion that signs ho placed nt "clettb-ap day or week” Is to bo
the entrance to the grounds.
observed this year us it is late
By city Ordinance a 88 cents sueugh It Is unnecessary and an
"entrance foe” Is to be charged early spring clean up would ho
off a ll days except Tuesday which BON advisable,
A F all party Is to bo held F ri­
day, November 4 at the Methodist
church, sponsored by the Wesley­
an Foundation.
Much interest has been shown
in the Foundation which was or­
ganised as a religions and recre­
ational a ctiv ity 'fo r young people,
special emphasis being placed on
the invitation to Normal School
students.
'
Hallowe'en pfaaks were dis­
covered to have been to some ex­
tent damaging when merchants
began clearing soap and paraffin
o ff windows.
Evidently the hoys who wellded
soap and paraffin so effectively
mixed the soup with sand and an
they marked the windows they
cut deeply Into thé plate glass.
Dr. F. G. Swedenhurg has offered
a reward of 910 for the identity