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W A Y , NOY. 28, 1927
BIG LIQUtwt
LOAD TAKEN
BY OFFICERS
Load of Moonshine Enroute
for Klamath Pall*
Confiscated
Meeting Wednesday W ill be
Pirst of Senes
Planned
Local Chairman Plaoes the
“ Mail Bale’* Oat Today
—Resume of Work Done
in the Last Year and Con­
templated Activities Car­
ried With Seals Already
Thousands of D olían Worth
of Christmas Stock Ar-
rive* in City and is Plac
V od on Displas ia Stores—
' Merchants Report Early
Shopping—Windows Are
•W ith the grand opening date ,
seA ,for Friday night stores In ,
Ashland today started to take on '
a holiday atmosphere as mer- ,
chants were busy unpacking a
great stock of Christmas goods, ,
which promises, to. exceed, in qual- ,
tty anything of former year*.
Already (some - windows are i
* kept from public view as mer- |
chants start work on decorating <
for Friday night when in accord- <
aace w ith -th e custom establish- |
ed last .year, all decorated wia- i
dows will be lighted and all street I
lights extinguished la order that i
Christmas goods may be shown
to • the beat • possible advantage, i
Already Windows are filled 1
with dolls and . o^her toys which 1
will bring joy to the hearts of «
the many beys and girls who are 1
•w aiting the arrival of Santa I
Clans with his reindeers, an<b i
.merchants
reported
Christmas I
shoppers were clamoring for
Christmas good Saturday Indlcat- 1
—tag a heavy early trade may be
expected.
Christmas mailing has been
.started and many packages dee- /
tlned for foreign lands are
already oa their way. the public
showing a general inclination to­
ward cooperating with the postal,
authorities in making the usual (
holiday
mall
congestion
less e
likely.
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W ith Thanksgiving padt, <01 «
thoughts are turned toward the £
Yuletide season.
i
A luncheon meeting at which
Lawrence X Todnem, tor . many
yean a V. M. C. A. worker In
China ,wiii speak, is to be held
at 12 o’clock tomorrow at the
Llthla Springs Hotel dining room111
sponsored by the J . M. C. A. and
Chamber of Commerce.
Others present nt the meeting
Todnem to expected to reach were Benlah Hussey; Doris Hitch­
Ashland this evening and remain cock, Cedric Sharrf, E, G. Har­
here until Wednesday morning. lan and W. P. Walter.
The
He to said to he an authority on latter two were elected as ad­
the. present Chinese situation, visors, a third advisor to be
and lu s t. before returning to the local pastor named by th* min­
United States, ' made a tour of isterial association.
the principal cities of the conn-,
try, Interviewing the leaders o f
the armies, gathering first hand
Information. Jt speaker of more
than usual\ ability with 'a real
nyessage to bring, it to expected
a large delegation * of represen­
tors Placed Throughout
tative citizens of, the Commun­
Southern Oregon and
ity will be prfpent at -the lunch­
Northern California
eon.
CARNIVAL IS
ADVERTISED
Talent Club, and Prominent
Y Worker in China
to be Questa
Ashland N eeds
rport Says
ly Experienced Pilot
Two Killed b i
Airplane Crash
Famous Authority on the
Chinese Situation Will
Speak
HI-Y BOYS
ENTERTAIN
The “mall sale’’ of Cfirtptpas
seals, was started today, accord­
ing to Mrs. Rose Robinett, Ash­
land Chairman, who said In ac-
< T.rdanee with a custom establish­
ed several years ago, seals were
«laced in tile mail to mapy Ash­
land residents who harp support­
ed the work in the past and w*ho
prefer thft “mall sale” to t h e Following (he death of his 1 Iher, the beloved Moroccan sultan
Mouley Youssef, the youngest In. Mouley Mohammed, 14. took up
.house to house sale..
the first problem of state— vtk | to do with the couple of hundred
Later a booth sale, ahd still wives left .by bis father. T1 I hoy sultan (shown in the Inset
later a "clean-up” by the simopl and to the left, rear must <tt Ide the problem for himself. The
children, is the plan which is to deceased sultan Is pictured In he center, with another son to the
right.
be followed this year.
The Christmas anal sale
is
conducted by the Jackson Coun­
ty Pnbllc Health Association with
Mia« Alice Holloway as county
sale director, and district direc­
tors, assist In the work. . ~
Gaston Fernand, who reeantw ■ show that slmlliar benefits will
A resume of the work done by
purchased
the- 750 acre ranch accrue to the cities who today
proceeds from tbe sale last year
known
as
“ Ashland
Heights’’ i develop their a'r port on modern
is carried In a letter which ac­
I principles. That air p&rts will
companied tbe stamps sent out in near tbe city, has writetn the fol-
bear the same relative import­
.
lowing
interesting
article
eon-
the “mall sale/’
i cerning the - possibility of an air- ance tomorrow, as the sea ports
Since 1907 when the stamps
I port in this city. Mr. Fernand and railroad terminals do today,
were first placed on the market
the tuberculosis death rate has has been a plane pilot tor the last to the commercial world.
five / ‘An air plane pilot cannot gat
Imen cut in half— the'stamps be­ 13 years, and served for
must
ing originally sold for this pur­ years in the World W ar wlth fhe ! up or land at will. He
Foreign Legion of France, spudd­ I head against the wind. Conan;
pose ajone.
The investmeat In Jackson ing six months in 1916 on the j quently the air port must have a
<
I wide expanse. I. E. wide all
county last year paid 2000 f o F l l Verdun «front.
Compnenttag on the posslbUi i ways, not a long narrow strip. It
tuberculosis patients who m>uld
not help themselves, paid for 16 t ie s ; « the airport Mr. Fernand ¡.Is hardly necessary to say that
' the land must be reasonably
alyettes, paid 1100 for milk for said :
tubercular patients paid 8180 for ’ "The readers w ill have watch­
six standard scales for r u r a 4 ed wRh considerable interest tftfe
schools, held and financed '3 8 strong fight .that Is being putffin
free clinic« whore ggV children by the City at Portland to proton
Its navigation rights.
Readers
were examined.
The money this year w ill as- will have read that the ."Port of
slst In two health proejcts among Portland" Is Ita life blood.
"They strive to maintain thé
the 7,700 school- children In the
county, a complete dental
sur­ confidence of the captains that
rldfe the seas that Portland as a
vey and a health honor Coll.
Port has all the attributes that
spell safety, recognizing that a
successful seaport must have cer­
tain maratime conditions to en­
courage confidence of those who
ride the high seas.
"In history it Will be found
DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 28.— (IP) that following each successful oc­
— Jack Gage, aviation Instructor ean port hah developed large com­
and James Galleepie, student fly­ mercial. JslUen, such as London,
er. were killed here today when Bordeaux; Nèw York, San Fran­
their airplane crashed 300 feet cisco, etc. v
Please Turn to Page Five
“llhé history of the futhre will
and caught fire.
"Its On Again" la the way the
Llthtans are advertising their
Mg holiday Indoor Clrcqs which
to to start a week from tonight,
December 6, and to continue for
six nights-
f
Ashland was, today placarded
with handbills advertising the big
circus.
Dauling, gorgeous, and color­
ful, Areadjectives
used to des­
cribe the circus acts which are
the same As Wele Planned for the
original A ll festival which was
postponed because of quarantine
restrictions.
The ticket-sale tor the, n o w
Ford sedan, being conducted by
the Miss Popularity contestants to
said to be progressing nicely and
dates of the carnival are '-being
broadcast through ay ot southern
Oregon and Northern California.
Llthtans w ill be busy this week
getting the armory decorated for
the big celebration next’ week.
Leslie WlUer, principal of the
Talent high school, and five stu­
dents from the achoo.l Eton Spen­
cer, who was reeentlg n a m e fi
leader of the'Junior i l l - ¥ - club,
and Lawrence Todnem, V Worker
In China w ill be guests of t i t
Senior Hi-Y club at a meeting
and chill feed to be held tomor­
row evening in t h e T . M. C. A.
headquarters <ta
the Pioneer
Hall.
A H l-Y organisation is being
effected at the Talent high school
and the students and principal at
the school are-guests of the local
club as a part o p * ^ e a r l y or­
Condon - - New "Wrick— tile
ganisation work?
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Mr. Todmen w ill be the brtnof- betiding under way lor Fatland
fillin g station.
pal speaker o( the, tervlçf, •
We’re-Tryihq Our Best to Patch Him Up, Cal
• lïïlîia ô ïf
Conrad Caillonette, IS, Klam­
ath Falls youth, la to be ar­
Former * Millionaire Boot­ raigned before Justice of the
legger Will be Permitted , Peace Glenn O. Taylor of Med­
to Introduce Evidence ford this afternoon to answer
Showing Events Which , to a charge of transportation of
■*
Might Have Cansed Him , liquor.
Deranged Before Murder, Caillonette, was taken into
to B e c o m e Temporily custody by Federal Agent Terry
A. Talent, and Officer Sam Pres-
, cott early this morning driving
a 1927 model Star coupe with a
cargo of five ten-gallon kegs of
moonshine liquor.
The arrest
was made as Caillonette. bound
from Weed. California, to Klam­
ath Fnlls, passed over the Sls-
klyous. .
The car which will be confis­
cated by the federal government,
is owned by Mrs. Noel Caillonette
of Klamath Falls, and was pur­
chased less than - a month ago,
according to Klamath Falls of­
ficers.
Caillonette became sullen after
his arrest, and refused to talk.
This is the fourth large cargo
of contraband liquor taken by
Officer Talent in the last week,
other cargoes Including 80 gal­
lons of “Dago Red” liquor, 50
gallons of alcohol, six gallons
of "Gago Red" and the 60 gal­
lons of moonshine confiscated
early today.
I
Three cars have been confiscat­
ed, a new Dodge sedan, a new
Flying Cloud Reo coupe, and
the Star coupe owned by Cail­
lonette.
LETTERMEN
ARE NAMED
Awards for Work on Foot­
ball Squad W ill be ' '
Made Soon
Fourtee nmembers of the Grls-
zly football squad will be award­
ed letters for their work t h i s
year, according to a decision
reached this morning by members
of the executive board. T h o s e
who will receive their letters are:
Everett McGee, and Fred Katser,
end; Roy Abbott, captain a n d
Claud KlelnhaUfmer, tackles; Ops
Moore, J. Brown and Dick Hitch­
cock, guards; Kenneth Madden,
center; James Nutter, quarter­
back, Ronald Oandee, full back
and Elliott McCracken, manager.
These much,' coveted letters
will be presented to members of
the squad at a special assembly in
the near future.
BASKETBALL
First Call for Squad Issued
Todav — Practice
Tomorrow
Coach Russell Cripe Issued a
yell for basketball players at the
high school today, w ill meet with
the boys who turn out for the
game thia evening, and will start
practicing tomorrow evening, ac­
cording to announcement made
thia morning.
Three games will probably be
played during the holiday season,
with. Magshfleld. Myrtle Point
and the University High at Eu­
gene, according to Coaeh Crlpo.
The squad will be whipped Into
shape tor these early season con­
tests.
. ,
Nutter ahd Leedom, at for­
ward, Pferr, McGee,. Abbott, all In
splendid condition after months
of training for football practice
tonight and about whom tbe 1927
and 1928 squad will probably be
built.
WUey,
Hulqn,
Simpson,
Woodson, Katser,"And Moore, are
others who last year showed real
stuff and who era expected to
develop Into first line men this
year.
German Plane
Delays Flight
IIORTA AZORES, Nov. 28.—
(IP)— The Jankers plane, D 1230
attempted- to take off today for
Harbor Grace, Newfoundland but
was damaged. After examination
of the plane It Whs said the flight
across' the Atlantic will probably
be abandoned,thto year.
Oewego votes 882,000
for modern schoolhouse.
bonds
COSTUME BALL
WILL BE HELD
Real Entertainment
Friday Evening
First of a series of entertain­
ment which the Screen club plans
to hold 1^ to be held next Friday
evening, December 2, at t h e
Moose hall, with a costume dance,
comedy stunts, taking of pictures,
choosing of good types a n d
awarding of prises for the best
ccstume of the period between
1850 and 1880. Anything in style
then will be In style at this time
according to the committee.
Music- Is to be furnished by
Tuckers’ Old Time Dance Orches­
tra, and will bring back the days
of the old west.
“.Give Grandmother’s wedding
drqsg a night out, air the m o t h
.balls out of the old frock tall
and treat yourseir to an evening
of good fun" to the advice of the
committee.
CORPORATION
TAX REDUCED
Strictly Party Vote Taken
— Democrats Favor
Delay
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 8 — (IP)
— A two per-cent reduction of the
federal tax on incomes of corpor­
ation* to be effective on pay­
ments due next March, was esti­
mated by the House Ways and
Means committee today. By a
13-10 strictly party rote, the Re­
publicans voted down the provis­
ion offered by Democrats for a
dolay of tho reduction until 1929.
Girl Winner
Miss Hortense Mills Hough,
former Grants Pass girl, well*
known in Ashland now a resident
of Pasadena, was named an an
alternate winner In the far west­
ern district radio audition, by
Rcscoo C. Mitchell of Now York
.field director for the Atwater
Kent Foundation who directed
the aadltion.
A San Francisco girl, and Ted
A. Toy. 21-year-old tenor were
named ae winners for tho district,
while Miss Hough and L o r e n
Peas. Reno, were named alter-
Portland Newspaper Mas
and Unidentified Passen«
er in Truck, Instantb
Killed as Electric Trail
Crashes Head-on at Cross
ing—Was “ Dead Head*'
Train, Portland Bound.
PORTLAND, Nov. 28.— <IP>—
Alexander Slovlok, 22,- Portland,
and an unidentified companion
were killed 12 mile« west of
here at Aloah station, when the
truck In which they were riding
was atrtfck by an electric train.
Biorick was a driver for the
circulation department of a Port­
land newspaper.
it Is said he was giving the
unidentified man a ride when
the big truck was demolished by
a train. The train was a dead
head, returning; to Portland after
having transported Oregon State
College students to Corvallis.
FORD STORY
TO BE TOLD
ON FRIDAY
Local Dealer Sees New
Dream Oar“ in Portland
—is Enthusiastic
The toll story of the new
Ford automobile, described by
Henry Ford as being “superior
In design and performance to
any now available In the low
price, light car field,*’ will, be
told first in Ashland next Friday,
December 2, according to sn-
nouncement today by H. L. Clay-
comb, local dealer, who returned.
Sunday evening from Portland
where he saw the new "dream
car."
A public reception to to be
held here simultaneously with
slm llir gatherings at every Ford
dealer In thè United States, thus
constituting a part of the great­
est automobile shown in the*
history of the Industry.
While no detailed descriptions
hare yet been given out by local
dealers, the Ford Motor com­
pany, from Its headquarters la
Detroit, has announced that the
New Ford car will be asz far in
advance of present public de­
mand for speed, flexibility, con­
trol In traffic and economy of
operation a< the famous Model
T was In advance of public de­
mand when H was introduibd taf
1908..
Dealers hare not yet been a d \
vised as to the prices at which
the new Ford line w ill sell, bat
definite assurance has come from
Detroit that the prices w ill be
entirely in accordance with thè
policy of the Ford Motor Con»«
pany to provide the best pos­
sible automobile et the lowest
possible price.
Elaborate arrangements are
being made for the public re­
ception here, aocordlng to Mr.
Ctaycomb.
City officials and
prominent business men of Ash-