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About The Ashland register. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1927)
The Register Majority o f reach's Farm Tkr th* circulation of kkia i*- ia r is more than H o u in le o o lo Southern Oregon FORM ERLY C e n t r a l POINT AND ASHLAND AMERICAN VOLUME 3 PROMISE ASHLAND, JACKSON C O im u licU U N . t KlU A Y. N U M B E R 21. JULY 22, »927 Peculiar Taste in W ater TRAVEL HEAVY ON LAKE ROAD Caused By Waterproofing PEARS Í0 MAY BOlEO NEW CUY AEEEYWAY Over 17.000 People Visit Crater Committee of Three Viewer* I* Residi nts o f Ashland who were 'w ou ld run into Bear Creek, thence 1 Lake Durine Two Weeks It Appointed By Council To d ou itfu l as to the cause o f the to the Rogue river and on into the Has Been Open Investigóte Change peculiar “ tarry" taste in t h e 1 sea. drinking water last Tuesday, need In case o f fire the increased, Records at the entrance station A committee o f three viewers J not have taken alarm, fo r this pressure afforded by its splendid o f the Crater Lake National park, i was appointed by the city council was merely residue oil from the location will be o f material aid to j i where all ingoing cars must regis- I -n its regular session in the city ! j newly water-proofed walls o f the the fire department. It further- | ter, show that travel fo r this | j hall Tuesday evening to in vestí-1 Crowson Hill reservoir, and was more will act as a settling bnse for year is heavier than it has been i gate the damages and changes that | perfectly harmless. ; the water, and will take out m u ch : fo r several years past. Over 17,- The gates o f the reservoir were c f the seci.ment that is common to 1 California Delegation L*«c Varieties To Bring £ £ o p I. 000 people have visited the lake opened fo r the first time Tuesday , all water» Nearly Double THat of during the two weeks that the road Ashland Yesterday afternoon, and water u«ers, at One o f the finest features o f; From $1 50 to $2.50 With Bench and Vista streets. A platt; has been open. Good-Will Visit £ Some Higher — Nearly o f the alleyway was presented by Last Year— Many Sec 'east that part o f them that a r e f the system is that it furnishes a Heavy snows, which kept visi- They Hope For ______ __ p _____ supplied by the Terrace street ‘ means o f separation for the flow 75 Per Cent of Normal city engineer F. H. Walker, and * tions Report Even Higher was approved and adopted. ent, CanadaTo Mexico . r f f " n1 ^ e"“- " on*; main, are drinking, cooking nnd o f water into the mains by reduc- Increases Crop Found in Valley The viewers are W. A. Patrick, ,d er fo r nearly seven weeks longer j irrigating with water from the ing the pressure on certain point, than ip 192tf, are nearly gone, al- I city’s newest dam. That Jackson County’s wheat W here it has been too high. It is j Southern Oregon fruit growers W. C. Mitchell and E. M. Shoudy, At a meeting held in the Ash- I though many 1er go patches are i Two-million, two-hundred thou- ] explained that form erly thrre will receive $50 a ton for Bartlett who will make a thorough study cr„p is nearly double that o f last land hotel yesterday afternoon, speakers for the Sacramento Re- • l" ‘ " unu " ‘ “ r F>vemmem i gallon* o f water is the cap-j were excess pressures o f over 200 this WH, oni according to an o f the existing conditions and re- 1 ye|ir ¡, the belief o f Prof. F. C. gional Advisory council announ- art" ‘ n' * 1 01 Re- «city i f the immense tank, which pounds on many o f the important announcement made recently by port their finding, to the street Reimer o f the Southern Oregon committee. | Experiment station. This is due red their determination to do all , ls p 1P' ed thaf parl>- nim o” | G directly connected with the connections, and that these were county authorities, An appeal from the Ashland chiefly to the highly favorable within their power to make a con- . * * !? at *, * / W'\U , domestic supply o f the city. It is constantly weakened. The new sy s-1 This is an exceptionally good ice company asking for a special m ow in g conditions o f this spring, tinuous paved highway from the o n lc c o u n t T f ’ he sn ow 1u l / T ^ apd * " Um ]o™ fhi’ 100 price for the fruit, it is believed, Canadian border to Mexico. This publiclv corrected and n r o '* ^ I U‘ “ inlention o f n’at'‘r de- pounds, l e a n i n g the possibilities #s in othpr spction ,t i(| jn many water rate was laid on the ta b le ' bp «ays. uptil a later meeting. It was ex Harvesting o f the crops has be would mean the paving o f that L r i s t s fr« m all’ ^ " th* ,,ftrtment to ke« n « » * • . aceprd- « f breaks in the mains. instances several dollars lower, m a 1 parts o f the to p H Walker, city engin-1 W ater is circulated continually [ Thp Californ lia pears are selling plained that the present rate is gun, and in many places the wheat part o f the highway in. C alifor so high as to make the cost o f the is being prepared fo r the market. nia that is now surfaced with oil. then- i i a c e r tonCbe s e e n ’* “ m° " * eer' who has in di^ ‘ touch through the reservoir, preventing L $44 through' buyers used each Wheat in the Ashland district is P 1 *e n' I with the project since it wa« start- >t becom ing stagnant. It en ters! Thp fnct that ,()ca, fruit men large amount o f . . . water The delegation compogeu of .. By far the moot cars thet have ed las? April. I day. almost prohibitive. At pro Inter than that in other parts of through ' ‘ a main ' on the " southwest ““ seven prominent men from North ilo not sell through buyers, entered the park are from C a li- j sent the regular commercial rate ,ju , county, and will not be start- The reservoir will «*>rve the city side o f the structure, is partly dis- > e r n California, is an advisory com fornia, there records show, *.c • n ' •n many ways, and besides givingi 11 touted through holes around its , s ret the straight fiftv-dollar price is paid, and it is the desire o f the j llntil next Week. mittee to the northern district considered a big advantage ov- Oregon a weak second. Almost j it a direct sudp I v plant to secure an irrigation rate, | ypar rather a had year I base and is • supply o f fresh, cold » " d i, shot into the main California orchardists. who a> commission and is every state in the union is repre- ; ! water will conserve a large part ; body at an angle keeping it in a f(>rfp!t two dn„ ar, fop pach ton which is considerably lower. f<>). prainmen. as well as orchard- Southern Oregon inspecting the “ented. as are five foreign count- p i f the overflow that A cting upon n sugg**stion by [ Reim;.r sava. and the big ordin arily1 perpetual state o f gyration condition o f highways. fo r marketing. ries. H I » 1 Counci'man E. A. W ood«, further ¡ncrea*c in th- crop this year is Their mission is in the form o f The late varieties will sell from People daily bring to Ashland WILL LECTURE ON disci.aalon unon the proposed g a r -, ()f much satisfaction to growers, a good-will visit, partly fo r the between $1.50 and $2.50 h box, , messages o f the unusual benutv o* FRANK JORDAN T O “ EGYPT” TONIGHT with choice boxes a , high as $.1.25, bage ordinance was abandoned j n n, Rny part« o f the state the purpose o f establ.sh.ng a friendly | r r „ , er U k e tM, ye„ p p£ ect REPAIR PAVEMENT until a later meeting, when more aJ.p n,.nrly fou r times heav- spirit between the two sections, it is announced. Out o f this, nenr- weather, snow and a profusion o f „ I Miss Margaret Murphy, instruc- de finite rlans will have been for- jpr with grain thnn in 1926. nnd partly to bring home with ’ v »P goe« to the fruit men, there wild Gowers make it more beauti- Tbe contract fo r laying cement L at thp Ashland Summer midaied by the committee which, cou nty’s wheat is seat- them an impression o f the roads h r-e , m the many strips, o f pave- Schoo1 (>f Art gpeak, at tht Civic being no split. i ’ll than «ver before, it is «$‘„1. has l« t n considering the p rop osi-, an(t there is no concentra- in this part o f Oregon. Thpre i« nesrly 75 per cent o f ment torn out in the- recent re- rlubhou#p tonight on «‘ jfry p t.» tion- Lion point fo r the product. There The men arrived in Ashland vamp.nft pn.grapi o f the water de- ; she w,n ^ o f hpr experipilce, in the normal pear crop in the valley, Councilman Dan Kay .praised | nr„ lHrjp. ¡n the Belleview y<‘,t»rdav afternoon at f o -«- o ’ the r.artment. Sa« W a let to F ra n k , th#t eoim try and RÍVe „.n-resting it is estimated. Because o f tbc > f o r ' the. is being made by d|, trict MlU?h ()f A«hland, unit clock, and were entertained for shortage in other fruit section«, Jordan according to city engin- . ctount o f E>fVptian art and cus- : l'ire Chief Clint Baughman to ; many to the north near Talent, an hour before continuing to the price« are higher than u«ual. eer Walker. toms. oving natural nal « tl v i • ... . . . , i .r .'b file s hv removing M edford and Central Point. Con Grant« Pa«s. where thev invest-, 1 Over 3000 feet o f thi« pavement H anks another Th\ ' * ' m a ' " 1Mhln* to; *"'} ' pv' ' h o a rd s in his grass-burning cam- sequently the harvesting Miw Emily season gated the northern end o f the Rerf- N eri!» 1500 People Attend Spien- was removed, all o f which will be era! other sections is far below I member o f the faculty, w-ill.illus w-nnd hieburav. will be slightly longer in this coun- did Entertainment L«»t Night normal, it is said. 1 **'*"■ replaced in the near future. The trate Miss Murphy’s talk with ori Ilisposal o f the wood being rut fy than th,,rP oniy a few-' George Gates, member o f th« In Lithia Park The near, in th'« vicinity will emer.t will form a solid founda . , . . , ... from the site o f the new dam loca- lRrge producers. — ’ reg. 1 - «tats highway commission. fdthia Pork last evening was tions for the a*ph»TT w hich will be ginal drawings. » 1 not lie ready fo r picking for ne*T-' ion in AsMnnd (,’iinyon by H. C. " ___ , Fred W arner, 1. E. Vining. Lon • *>e ,l’ene o f one o f the most o n - 1 applied to its -surface. ,\|r-' the 1« .«<dd Iocai- 1 Jy three weeks. ELECTRIC PROGRAM High, contractor was the suh|prtr jv f0 poultry pro«lucer« end flour Hansen. Ilnmer Billin«rs. d . M. usual community entertainments | _______________ - f much discussion. City engineer n||l,a Mr H,.itT1er , av,. A p «rt o f G-een. H. L. Clavcomh. C. IT. ever given in this cit” PROGRESSING WELL EMIL ENNA COMES Walker whs instructe.l to arrange jt ¡, ,akpn hy nu, gi(1„ »„.yen,. and Pierce and V ictor MM's nearly 1500 people gathered to TO NORMAL SOON T he city electrical department | .. contract fo r the city for the sale „ )art^ amount is handled through emonw those who entertained the •mjoy a program sooosored hv : f the »06 tiers that are now o n . ;),„ Fnrm n ureau at Medford. •s progressing with it< irrogram of Californians during their short via- i Mias Virginia aKloS, nhvsical ed Erul En»a. noted pianist, e e n - ; imppovinK the liyhting system it in thi« city. ucation instructor o f the Normal *land- laical wheat grow ers are re- Mr. W alker advised immediate eqiving th Mr. Gates, speaking >n b e h -lf nf school, ,,^ _ W .d ^ t “ re._i*.8Ch‘ 'dU!e 4 _ ? throughout the city according to A etM lW . M .ke Siwdie. At School verv satisfactory sale o f the wood before the road | prlrP nf $1.10 n bushel for the In lw e tti* » To Large Cl«*« the highwar commission, told the The a ffa ir was featured bv j ar'f**fcr at ' ‘ orma aa<* city electrician C. A. Malone. to the sRe becomes impassable. grain At the present time a crew is O f Student* gathering that ho w a, in favor o f '" « " X ¡n to re -in g number*, and I T * ' ™ > Z r L ila Park fs Scena Oí Comrminîîy Program Lincoln Sumner Session Interesting to Chiiifren Kent busy installing new steel carried out Miss Hale's de*ire to ! .T i**'* * 1 United States as an entertainer Summer school in Ashland has GUY GOOD SELLS light pule, on the Boulevard park ml*ke it primarily a sociable av DELINEATOR HAS and his recital here promises to be row , and other replacements on this year demanded more atten- j NEW REFRIGERATOR pn>nft fo r the neople o f the city, one o f the biggest drawing yards many streets that nre 1>eing made ; tion on the part o f parents and A W O M A N HERE Three quadrille dances opened yet t.T(.-«!it to the* drool. in conjunction with the Pacific I children than ever before, and an program. These were given by Guy Good o f C • X -L Electric! Mrs. II. E. Hawkins o f the De Wb««rever he lias made himself Telephone and Telegraph com- unusually liu-ge attendance is company has announced the selec- * "rtt people in beautiful costumes,. lineator, nooular mngnrin« having known. Mr. Enna ha, distir.guish- pany are also goin g on. \ shown. 'ianvinit to music furnished by the I ! ed himself as an artist, and h i s ____________________ M is. Fv» W K ile ...o e e v - e f tÍOn 0 f ^ “ * ! C#“ " d » «Hk H c H M , f a n i o n s . Of t h e Tucker orchestra, and was per-: Miss Eva White. superMsor o f , f ^ r a t o r . as the one meeting the home> w l„ hp at thp |paac( gtorP individual appearances in pvblic SOROR1Ty G1RLS TO ¡the pre-primary, first, second and high requirements established by . fo r f)lp npxt wppk or tp„ daya The delegation snent Inst night *inp” ,,ne and private recitals have fixed his his electrical store and now has fo r thp purpo, p o f lak i,1|f sub. in Grants Pass, and todav were features o f the evening. A Virginia position as being that o f a talent HAVE ORGANIZATION thir<l *"*dp* at Llaro,n _ __ reports an enrollment o f 72 in on. in opration on his floor. The s,.r¡pt¡ona fo r thiw „ „ „ o ,,,,. ma<ra. to visit C»mter T^Ve and return bv rpp* followed, in which normal ed. highly trained and artistic I those grades. Eightv-one students refrigerators are school students and people from finished in xine. A special o ffe r is being made way o f Klamath Falls. perfoivaer. A psn-hellenic organixation, afe takinB. , hf> internlHdiate and ! the audience participated. white nnd present a beautiful np- which in eludes the giving o f a ! He is popular as a teacher o f consisting o f all girls who are ! ^rammar rours„ . undpr the dirPC. V. P. Miller sang a solo peantnee. They work electrically 256 page beok on " The Art o f .BUICK t o MAKE "l/o v e 's Old Sweet S o n g " which “ nd in th‘" cohnertion he m,n>^ o t co1,^ p w>roritl“ ’ WB* tten o f Mi«« H ara Trotter, and while the demonstrator has Dressmaking.” Local women are h“ a* a™ * * to* thj " city’ at 8 . n ^ \ Many activities are being car- been in hut a short time, many in BROADCAST SAT was in keening with the old-fash- us invited to stop in to the store any he has with his recitals. ing held Tuesday evening in the I rjpd on „ t th<. gohoo, in an en quiries have already been made, ioned dancing and other numbers. ; time within the next few days, and Lithia Springs hotel. deavor to make the summer work and unusual intere«t has been dis- Several harmonica selection s1 National Brodcasting will be _ _ v iC I T learn more o f the magazine and F.ighteen women were present used for the third in historv and were rendered by a trio composed * » U i x U K E,LJD V l o l l . . . . .. . ... , , , both interesting and beneficial. At played by Ashland people in this tbp book the first time at the exw n se o f an . o f Mickey Franklin, Ward Park-1 THE ENDERS CO. w“ " he' d the prese-«» time the primary stud moderh method o f refrigeration, j ____________________ A fter dinner ents are engaged in constructing a individual firm , Saturdsy night, inson and Roland Park. ■«■■ — speeche« were given by various Friends o f Ike Porter, son o f when the Buick A u tom ob ile; Harvey W oods furnished two The successful culmination o f a tourist .-amp, and it is th • Wip. o f p|NDS NO SPEEDERS Mr. and Mrs. C. 1. J. Porter o f members nf the group, and nlans the instructors at the school to Company, using the National viol-n selections. j score o f years in business was ob- m> ’ » for a future meeting at ON CRATER HFWAY North Main street, will be inter- mn’:e th i, into a nag Mit before Broadcasting System, will an-j The evening’ s entertainment served Wednesday evening July ----------- e«ted in know ing that the orches- v hich r - to definite plans would the session is over, according nounce new features o f their 192$ , was wound up by a community j 20th, when many hundred peo- In answer to complaints o f reck- *ra o f which he is a member and be forn ’ ulated. The second Tues- - Miss Lillian Nicholson, who ia in automobile. The Medford Auto sing, which was given the support 1 Pi® jammed their way in’ o the En- less driving and speeding on the located at V ancouver, British Col- day in August was chosen a , tb e ! rbBr(rp Company, Jackson county Buick o f the entire gathering. "O ld j der Company department store to Crater I-ake highway. T raffic Of- umbia, is now playing in Portland d .?< for this. Another group, under the di- dealers will hold open house all ! Black J o e .’* “ Stars o f a Summer participate in the entertainment, The sororities that were re rr«. rPrtif,n o f y is s y nry Wilson if do- ficer C. P. Talent recently made fo r a week, preparatory o leav- day Saturday when the new Night.” “ Little ’ Liza Jane.” “ Good | Many congratulatory telephone an investigation o f traffic condi- ing fo r H ollyw ood to fu lfill a Buicks will he on display, and on Night Ladle«,” an3 “ Stars Spang- calls were received throughout •"‘ t’ **” * are: Alpha Chi Omega, Del- jnff very interesting work in geo tions on this popular thorough- year’s engagem ent at the famous Saturday night will keep their led Banner” were the numbers the day by Henry Enders Jr. and ,p Kappa Kappa (i.imn'.n, iq ip h y and each week a novel- fare. J C afe Montmartre. The orchestra is show room , open, and by means o f 1 given. Miss l^*ona Marsters. Nor- Anna Wagner, with a note wish- * Omega Gamma Phi R»ta> Did- story ses«ion is held for their lie was unable to catch anyone known as Dwight Johnson’s fain- Delia. Alpha Ci Delta S g benefit. a parlor radio receiving set will ; mal school music instructor di-1 ,u - . - ing him success during his “ fort- ta speeding or otherwise breakin g' °u s Hotel V ancouver, B. C. or- entertain their many friends rected. ieth, sixtieth and eighteith anni- m* KaPP°- Kapra Alpha Theta Al-I Rifle practice, nature study, and motor laws, although this is prob- j cheatra, and ia prom inently inden- throughout the county. The an-1 The program began at 8:15 and , versary. and so until you becom e Delta Pi. Pi Beta Phi, Kappa hintory study o f China are other ably often done. 1 lifted with the broadcasting sta- nouncements will be interspersed , lasted until 10:00. Ian old man,” sent a beautiful b o u - j^ * * H and Delta Gamma. | activities o f interest to the rhild- When a car goes more thsn 35 | tions o f the P a cific Coast. Prior to with an excellent entertainment. Mi»« Hales is well-pleased with I quet o f magnolias. J Mis« H»|en Churchill ent»r-|ren. It is planned to give archery miles an hour or turns a curve at their departure fo r Loa Angeles, #nd those who are unable to vis-1 the success o f the function, and ----------------------------- tp'>"d with a plea«ing solo. Than later in the summer, and several more than 20 miles an hour, o r ' Mr . and Mrs. Ike Porter will it toe show rooms o f the concern believes sufficient interest was | W alter Hughes, form er athletic ' Melon Anderson o f the Normal hows and arrows have been order- fails to give the right amount o f ' spend a few days here at the are invited to tune in on th e ir ; shown to recommend a repetition i coach at the Ashland high school school presided at the meeting, led fo r this purpose, road, the motorist is breaking the home o f Mr. P orter’s parents, ar- favorite station Saturday night be- ( o f it next year. I f possible she left last evening fo r San Francis- Arrangements for the affair In order to determine the ac- law, and therefore he should be re - 1 riving in Ashland July 29th. tween nine and ten. and hear this wishes to make it a monthly oe- «• sfte r a visit o f several day* in were mad* under the direction o f tual needs o f each m dividu.l i ported by securing the o ffen d in g ! M r. G W Gregg departed on prorr8m' | o r r .n c e dunng Juno. July and ‘ h i, erty. Mr H u g '............... .......... \j . nd Mim cMld. lhpfr, t. and m e . license number. Mr. Tab Tuesday a f i e r n o o p f o r T p old with his brother in business *t Edith Dodge. The first time the N ational. August. # surements have been given to the ent says. (h om e at London. Ohio where she Colorado Springs, Cob rado. Broadcast was used when Presi “ I f it is given again.” site ss'd. ! children o f The sixth, seventh and) will attend a fam ily reunion. Mrs. dent Coolidge delivered an ad- “ I hope the people will realise Mrs. D. P. Shrum. daughter eighth grade*. These records are L. A Roberts, attorney, repre- G regg will be away fo r about dress and when Charles Lindberg. thet it is fo r the sake o f a com- Rev. and Mrs. Howard Gear, « f Pearl and son Milton, who drove tabulated nr.d filed, so that they - sented the state in Juatice Court tw o months. trans-atlantic flier arrived home, munity gathering, and not alone Grants Pa*«, spent Wednesday vis-j to Portland last week to spend a may be referred to at any time. ‘ Wednesday, in the case o f State for the program. The people re iting in Ashland at the home o f few day* with friend* and rela- A pageant will he presented at o f Oregon va. H. A. Stbnpson o f Mr. Charles R. Rose, for many at i Portland, Oregon. Stbnpson was Dr. and Mrs. F. G. Moore, o f sponded splendidly and we are Mrs. Gear’s mother. Mrs. C. T tives, are expected to return to the school M on dav morning year« one o f the firm o f Rose Pavne. on the Boulevard. happy over the results.” their home in Ashland on Sunday. 10:30 oVIo •k. for : vhich a gen- charged with having improper li- ■*uia. Mont., are very w*ll Brothers, doing a successful - — eral invitat on is ex >nded to the cepse plates, and was fined $14 f»he explains that many did not Phonographs repaired. Fix-It Shop ed with Ashland. They »re business in Ashland, hut now in Mr«. Audrey Myers. Mrs. Elsie and cost«. C. P. Talent wa* the tn«* was expeet- that cularly Impressed with th# John Churchman, who is an em -jP 'JKbc- the furniture hus’ ne«« at Pacific I the program, McCune. Babe High and Jim Bow ployee o f the Southern ■ - ■ I prosecuting o fficer. Pacific i and the beautiful sc«>nprv Grove, California, is in the city - r f f i r m a r i v * * v . er* motored to M edford Wednes- Company, was ip Ashland a f e w 1 The> •ntrd'nt« the city Mr. and M*< K. Davis o f ------------------------------ fo r a few day«. His w ife and 4a” evening to attend the Associa days this week having been trans- the Rageerl G Ig Wit vect Shop ar Baker— Oregon Copper Com- daughter accompanied him, and tion Vaudeville program at the f erred from Klamath Falls to m oving froi *hcv will spend some time visiting C rateran Theatre. Lunamuir. Shinn erari friend* anik better an,i more highwavs, nnd sketched his experiences at sever- al rood mept«ngs both in Oregon and California. In a retaliation soeee't, it wn« announced that Gnliforr¡n was to "nend nearly $50.000,000 in its highway nrogram.