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i I MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. BEDFORD, OREfiON', SUNDAY. NOVEMBER M7. :1929. H 1: ASHLAND TIDINGS FILES FIRM PLEA FOR CUT OFF ROAD BlronR editorial endorsement of the proponed Williams Creek rond lb fffven ly the Anhjand TUHjikk, in Its Ismio of Saturdny, as fol lOWM "Southern Orepon. particularly Jackson county, has nlwny been progressive in the matter of honey-combing the country with Im proved highways. .'"As a part of that progressive hlfrtiwny program the county, ut nn Initial cost of more than $300. 000 constructed u highway which extended through Jacksonville and IlUch nnd clown tho A?ilogntft river to tho mouth of Williams creek. Then tho 'Williams creek district residents exterfded the highway Into a market rood well! up to the head of the creek. j "To complete this cut-off It will; lit' necessary to construct a road j through the Siskiyou nutinnal for i est a project which is generally ! known oh the 'Williams Creek Cut-' I "Ashland community through ! the ehamhor of commerce repre sentatives, -has given this pro itosed road unqualified approval. JI'Tho Ashland Dally Tidings lik- wlse has approved the project. We yivo. given our endorsement, lmsed ft) the merits of the proposition.) i'The proposed cut-off rond I would provide a more direct route! for tourists coming north on tho . J ted wood highway to visit Oregon Caves, Crater lake nnd the nkr region In Klamath county. It would tnko tho tourist through th beautiful rich Williams creek pud Applegatn sections and would further stimulate development of thot nrea. And It will shorten materially the distance for Ash lrn1 and other Jackson county and eastern Oregon folks who wish to visit tho Pacific ocean. "One-way roads to natural won der's or recreational points nre not sfttiflfactory the loop highway drawn- the maximum patronage tho Williams creelc cut-off road would provide!' that loop hlghwuy to the wonders of tho Hogue rlvor valley 'and southern Oregon. "Then there Is tho matter of freight rates from the 'coast to further tho cnuso of the proposed highway extension. 1'ntil such time ns a railroad leads directly from tho const to tap this sec tion of the Htute, the only hope of getting n reduction In freight rates. Is through development "f , highways over wmch freight can) pass. Kvery increase In traffic ' fncilltles will serve to aid In this direction. ' "The Williams creek cut-off Is a' project for which southern Ore gon can make a united effort for success. drnmat'c climax to the life of ttho little old Catholic church on Houth Onkdale, will be the opening o ine annum uueu-uuy hnKnnr next Thursday evening ai ' 5;0, when a chicken dinned will no Hervvu iiihi mc uii iiikih events will begin. Ony nnd colorful ns theso par ish bazaars have nlweys been, 't 1h , (fftitlclpated that this one will hold an unique charm all Its own. The somewhat deerepjt, Ivy covered walls nnd the belfry wnicn nos neconie nome mr swai-, lows could tell n quaint, individual. i'"""u ntwij. n m "i"'. however, that they will but silent ly siiHRest H nnd become n willhi;i hnckfiround for the rollcksome ac tivities of the carnival affair. . When the doun close, Haturday night on the hniaan they will al so close for the last time on the whimsical little edifice, that faced out upon the world at nn nimle nnd seemed to he regarding life W'.th n humorous slant all Ms own. 4 J.SAN DIKOO, Col.. Nov. 10. A) Lieut. F. M. Trapiuill, attached to tho aircraft squadrons. of the hat (Jo fleet, yesterday made pnra ah ute leap fi1om n binning plane. 51?00 feet in the air, over the Camp Kearney mesa. The cnuse of the fire, which Is sold to have broken out us the plane started n parachute dive, Wtt not determined. Heelng that hli crnft was In flames, l.leut. Trnnnell "balled out" and made a safe landing. The plane crushed I to earth some distance away. I OEAF MUTE GIRL FALLS, FROM PORTLAND HOTEL ft'OhTr.AXD, Oro., No. 1 . VP) -i-Two men wore held In Jnll under flOflO Imll each whllo police en deavored to learn whether llennlre Travis, 22, doaf mute, wn thrown orTfell accidentally from tho third floor of a hotel, Kdward H. VNoolver and Jnck Oloaaon aald they had not oren ptl Jhn room for several days, lull nolehboM mid tlioy heard a qnar rat la the room from which th yowl woman Call mitt mjitrod. FIVE SUSPECTS HELD IN i. .1,1 -rt. . Jackie Thompson (left), 5, troit. and returned to his father MERCHANTS MEETiFAMOUS OREGON ! FOR YULE PLANS1 BATTERY A. NOW 1 i Of special Interest to all M'd fonl merchants will be the meet ing of the retail trade division of the 'Med ford chamber of com merce, formerly the Aledford Mer chants' association, which will he held In the basement of tho Med ford hotel tomorrow evening, at 6:30. Mr. A. Meeker, president of the Detail Trade division, states that this will bo one of the most important meetings of the year, and that tho session will bo feat ured by plans for the annual Christmas opening which will be hold on December fi. Committees have already been appointed to handle the various dntnils n( the Christmas opening, nnd they will make fhelr reports at Monday's meeting. '. All merchnnts In the cltv nre re- nuestprl nml uriroil lo hn nresent llt lnr dinner which will begin promptly nt 6:30. neVt Alexander llonnett. pastor nf Min Methodist church, will also HjlCltk. KrClRXH, Ore., Nov. I lomer AukcII, Portland 10. (A1) - want f llnlley, .lunclhm iMty, I will be Increased within two yearn were nominated - for the presl-1 to provide for the remaining unit 4 dency of the PnlvcrsUy of (he jin the regiment. While Portland goii Alumni association at tuihiy'Sj is considered the logical location meeting on the Oregon campus, j for the remaining units it was In The off'cers of the association wlll:dleuled by ienral White that ))e cj0C(lHi by ballots mailed to! the active alumni of the unlver-; B,ty urcKon s nmnwii iuu iri" ; were, represented at the alumni! mentlnir I Other nominations follow: Kor j vice pres'denl, Otto I (elder, Shert da n ; II e n ry McKi nn ey , 1 tu k er : May Klnzcy. Kugene; t'nrl Nelson. Halem. M,Hf, JonncUo Calkins, who has ht,hl the office of secretary of th n.-iui,, f,,r HMvci'iil vears. was unn- i " nlmotisly re-elected. LONDON, Nov. Ifi. i7P People colng o K o'clock mass at Cotllu.i- i town. Weximeath. Ireland, today were astonished to find a man bound and chained to n telegraph post near their church. Three notices were pinned to his clothes, reading: "This man was convicted by the Irish republican army for giving Information to the crown forces." nnd: "Spies nnd Informers be ware." And: "Tried nnd courtmnrtlaled, found guilty of spying. He who releases him does so nt hid own risk." , Tho parish priest was called, and he released the man who gave ht name ns Patrick Manna, a middle aged farmer. Ilo was suffering from exposure but soon recovered sufficiently lo relate bin expiri- cure. CLOSE BORDER SUNDAY FOR MEXICAN El MKXlfO flTV, Nov. 1(1. m Tlie depurinient of the Interior hits ordered closing of the northern Mexican border nil dny Stimluy so as tu avoid tho possibility of Amer ican crossing and becotnlna In. vnlved - -In any .-elrtruon disorder whlrh might occur. Ilonter polniH will close at the rr-KUliH' tltue toniaht and will re open nt 6 p. nt.. tomorrow by which time It Is expected the vot ing will ha OMr, ' kidnaped Seotemb-r 30 .,nH i after S25.000 Tu." " . t . HA MOM, Ore., Nov. 10. (P) Haltcry A, famoim ifl-ycnr-old unit of the Oregon XationnI (luut'd has become a regiment. The or-Jot der was hisucd today by Itriga- dier Oeneral (leorgc A. White, commander of the Oregon guard. A -little over n year ago it was made n battalion. i nner mo pmn announced M henddunrters.lho Oregon field nr- tlllery battalion, locnted in Port- land, nnd now armed with 73 m.m. cannon, becomes tho nucleus f of nn- artillery regiment to be armed with 165 m.m. howitzers. Tho allocation of the new regi ment to Oregoh follows a change in the regular organizations table under whh-h tho regiment of large Howitzers becomes pari of tho di vision artillery. Tho regiment will be part of the Cfl.fi -pound field artillery brigade of the 41st division. In the regiment are u regimental ' headijuarlers, head quarters battery, service battery, and threo battalions. Kach of tho ) latter consist of n battalion ht'ad I qunrters combat train nnd two ! firing batteries. .Major William a Jackson, who, was an artillery officer In the : worm war. is commander or mo 1 present field artillery battalion. The war department has hill ! mated, according to General White; the armory facilities there are in- adequate. The location to hp se lected has not been determined. The Weather. Clearing Sunday, pre-1 Oregon: Clearing Sunday, pre ceded by ruin In north portion; 1 dition of Secretary Oond was re Montlay generally fair; diminish-J ported late today by attending ing northwest winds on tho coast. i physicians. James M Cox Would Help Public to , Forget Panic and Return to Work i OAYTON, Ohio. Nov; 1 3. (IV-1 tions of tho stock market should i Kx-(iovernor James M. Cox ofjho ,n hack In their proper de ! Ohio, owner of n group of news- j partmcnt, but , of course without j papers In the north and south has , suppression of fact or develop j Issued ordern to his publications ment. The great masses of the to take all stock market news off J people who are not involved can I the first page. Asked why he j pursue uninterrupted, their course did It. he said: j In commerce. Othnrwlso the 1m- ' The purpose Is obvious. The . presslon will grow that we are on buying of stocks In tho market, orj the verge of n serious Industrial j If you want lo call It speculation. depression. What Is not in nny lis a minor and Incidental thing In reuse justified by fundamental the life of the country. Tho em- i phasls we have given It makes It appear that more people nre Inter, ested than In our normal pursuits, i The Inevitable reaction came. It is nearly. If not u.ul(e over, and yet all of our newspapers are fill ing the public mind with tiie ldc:i of illKiHtn-. Thin rim pnnllr do- vilni a ivholnRleul coiulltlon which him hiin In no mimM l--huriful to il iii-ncinl Intflioxt. i kiii menial with tho holder of ',TIhm In n tllsilnt'don holwocn j nponi-MIra nml lei the counli-y ro .lom-nnlimU- entprprlne ntul moohh-. lo work. Kor more thnn n yenr tlomiliv viitK'eitnit, wUhont rexiud the (teneral efflolomy of luminous lo t'ontH'ditrnoeR. the ,4ast atom umjhiiA been below pnr because of a of a ilriiinaUc event.. The opera- speculative obsession, " Campus Warmers Vent Ire on Dean; . Hanged in Effigy and Home Egged ni:s MulXKH. lft., Nov. IS. (T Student revolt nitalnsl the attitude of Drnke university authorities to- ...., cnn.i.us ri Iowa State collcite. n a prelude to warfure with tne aennni football Kame nt Aim a, many 1 1 a r e it into open tnou-; hanpted on the campus In front of nation yesterday with a rotten j the administration bulldlnir. eta bomlmrdmcnt of the homo of; The six suspended students In H. O. Davles. dean of men. j eluded all the lrake cheer leaders. Kiivles hud refused to con-j Mure than a0 atndenta slcned t'ie slder a petition asking for the re- petition nskltm that they he rein lntntenient of six Drake students slated to lend tho eheerlnu section who were suspended for palniliM-nt Ames today. slRtw on Iowa Htato bulldlnss and Pavles. upon hrnrlnc of the p slde walks, lie told the tnion. remarked. "It will not mat Rroup who presented, the petition tcr a prent deal to me if there arc that It would have to come throiiali no cheer leaders." the student council before he would rtoth the Iowa Slate ami Drake consider It. j campuses received dclviRcs of paint In retaliation, a doten or more as a result of yesterduy's aclivitlcn. stmients came to his home shortly slu.Unts from each school Invadlnc after mldnlaht and plastered the the other's campus. 1 DETROIT KIDNAPING Associated Press Photo . u ..... , ;i L7" " .ovc m ue BUTTE FALLS TO VOTE ON SCHOOL j Although all school districts In Jackson county are concentrating upon their own school budgets "this time, general Interest, Is focused vote to on the outcome of the be- taken by the liutte ( Kalis district next Thursday night I on their proposed budget for this year. , y Bald to have the highest mill tax in Jackson county . and the highest per pupil cost in the state, tne bu,iKet ln tnat district last l.nr Clllletl fop approximately 13.000 Thn IirnnrM1P(! 'reduction fir this year presents a cut of $10,000, which the will cither accept or Thursday night. tax payers reject next The reduction will be madci possible by n decrease In grade school xteacher salaries or from $200 to $150 a month, by the elimination of tho grade school principal altogether nnd tho elim ination of d ; tiuautlty of equip' incut thought to ho easily dis- penslblo. The district will also vote whether or not to pay the board. and transportation by put ills In- I mirrori liv mmiln Uvlnir outside Itlp (1(8trkt mt ultem1in(f flehool ln ujit, Kails. . , Speeders who happen to fall int the clutches of a certain hand mi me young motorcycle , officer California, highways dining the winter tourist season, should not regret what it costs to hear hi. pleasant baritone voice when he overtakes them. Some day they may be glad to say "I knew him when " nnd to pay twice the amount of their fine to hear his voice again. 1 WASIHXOTON, Nov. 10. (ZD- A slight Improvement in tho con conditions now, can W created by widespread timidity or fear. The Impressions' of the country In thj active nge nre on n very sensitive center and the newspapers nre In n position to render grent benefit or create serious injury. "My thought, as publisher, was lo licln our nubile : turui'l the twnl, front of II with ckbs. They disappeared In thre avtto : mobiles before they could be Iden i tin... i t fsiruv ,,pfor(l lhc , episode. n efflcy of Iean Dnvles. benrlnu n slen. "Dean II a w k a h a w." was BRAZILLE IS GIVEN AIR MAIL HAULING Frank M. BrazIIle has been! awarded the contract for the air mail messenger service between tne Aicnroru itoatnmcs and tno new airport for 1624. be. being .the lowest of Jive or six bidders. I ' J-lo has been the air mall mes senger between the- old airport nnd the postofflce for tho pnst two yeuru, a distance of only two miles between, but becauso the new airport Is further from the postofflce a n exact d Ista nee of 3.7 miles the jinntoffice depart ment at Washington, D. C, re quired that a new air mail mes senger carrying contract be ad vertised and entered Into by com-, petltive bidding. FOR 21 PARTIES BGHLIX, Nov. i6.-i-iP) Twen-i ty-ono political parties wound up their campaigns tonight and wait ed for the Herlin voters to march to the polls tomorrow in the municipal elections. ' Tho Social Democrats are pro mising homes for Berlin's 200,000 home-seekers and the Nationalists and the People's party a fight against corruption coupled with a j progrum of economies. 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