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The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24
BLAkELEY, THE BIRD-MAN, NARROWLY
ESCAPES DEATH this AFTERNOON
Great Programs Announced For Tomorrow and day-kbfS to EypeGiaOS-B
man Will Fly Again TOmonow-Hndds Of Visitors in The Town.

~ NE of the biggest crowds that
ever attended an opening day
at Mesa county fair swarmed
through the gates this morning and
entered upon the enjoyment of the
first day OF the exposition. At least
five thousand people crowded the eS-
hibition halls, the grand stand, the
bleachers and concession tents dur
ing the day.
The ball game was watched by q
monster crowd and the race program
and other stunts on todays program
were thoroughly enjoyed. The con-
cert by the Grand Junction band, led
by Charles kerstetter gave several
enjoyable concerts that received pro
longed applause from its hearers.
Steer roping, relay races. wild
horse racing and similar wild west
stunts we're crowded into the busy
day and everything received cheers
from the populace.
1t was by far the most successful
opening day In the history of the fair
and the secretary and board of direc-
tors are jubilant.
The grounds are in excellent shape
and everything possible was done for
the pleasure of the people,
programs for Thursday and Friday,
many new attractions being added to
the already elaborate programs for
these two days.
There should be Iecord-breaking
attendance tomorrow and Friday.
Everybody may be certain that they
will get their money's worth.
The racing programs. the wild
west features and other big track and
field events will play prominent parts
in the programs for the remaining
two days.
Tomorrow morning the decisions
will be announced in the baby show.
Birdman Blakeley narrowly escap-
ell death this afternoon when his
aerOplane motor failed just after
starting his first attempt at flying,
and crashed into the west fence of
the fair grounds, running the most
anticipated event of the day. He had
risen to "a height of 75 feet when it
was seen that the motor WAS acting
badly and the machine dipped and
crashed into the fence breaking both
wings of the machine but not injuf-
ing the motor. Mechanics went to
work on the damaged aeroplane inn
to have the biplane ready for the
flight tomorrow afternoon.
Blakeley was plunged from his ma
chine but was only shaken up by the
impact. He and his manager, j. I.
Tarnahan attribute the failure to the
fact that the machine is one that had
Just been released and had never been
given a thorough trial. The motor
worked rather stifly and out of tune.
With two aeroplanes within 300
miles of this city Manager Ternahan
and Blakeley will wire for the ma
chimes to be sent by express and If
the injured biplane cannot be fixed
by tomorrow afternoon the new ma
chimes will be rushed here at top
speed.
The flying machine did not make
very good headway due to the muddy
ground before making the first lit
and it was seen by all that ill was
portending.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24
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THREATEN TO KILL

FL Paso. Sept 24.-Work has been
discontinued on Laboquilla dam prof.
ect on Conchos river, following a
threat of Paneho Villa. rebel leader
to kill all American officials. twenty
of whom started for the border.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24

The postoffice was closed this aft
ernoon from one to five p. m. and
win be closed again tomorrow after
noon during the same hours with but
one delivery by carriers during the
day, following the receipt OF special
order received this morning from
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24
JOINT TRACK
PROPERTY OF
RIO GRANDE
Colorado Midland Loses All
Control Over Joint Track
Leading Into This City
DECISION HANDED DOWN
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 2I.-This
afternoon United States District
Judge j. \. l,inert handed down a
decision in which he sustained the
sale of 1871 shares of stock in the
Rio Grande-Junction railway. operat-
Ing between Grand Junction, Colo,
and New Castle, Colo, to the Den
yer y Rio Grande railroad company.
The effect OF this decision is to
give to the Denver & Rio Grande the
exclusive control of the Rio Grande-
Junction line which has for years
Teen used jointly by the Colorado
Midland railroad company and the
Denver-& tis-Grairtic raaffnssy cu1ns-
pany. The contest for control of tho
Joint track has been spectacular ono
and one which has attracted atten-
tion in railway circles throughout
the western country.
The attorneys representing the
Midland had maintained that the sale
OF the stock, around which centered
the control, was not regal, but in the
decision today the Midland lost out.
1t is reported that the case may
be appealed to the United States su-
preme court
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24
MAYOR GAYN0R'S WILL IS
FILED; LEFT S2,OOO,0 600
Associated Press.

HSSUCIdICU IItSS.
i New York, Sept. 24-The :
:, will OF late Mayor Gaynor was :.
= flied today. He leaves to his !.
= widow the Brooklyn residence :.
> and five hundred shares of Roy :
:, al Baking Powder company !
= stock. The remainder. with the !
> exception of minor bequests. is !.
y is divided two seynths to each !
= of his two sons. one seventh :
= to each of his three unmarried .
), daughters. The value Is esti- :
: mated at two millions. :.
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The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24

joy to all postal employees. The post
office department is always kind to
its employees adm the county fair was
no exception and the clerks to a man,
were given their freedom this after
noon and will be off again tomorrow.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24
BIG FOREST FIRES

{, San Francisco. Sept. 24-Af- $
!, ter burning three days with :,
:, damage to timber and agricul- p
g tural lands estimated upwards .
6, of one million forest fires in -
{, four counties in central Cali p
9. fornia are reported under con- {,
8 troll. No loss of life has been =
g reported. 3
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The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24

Here in Grand Junction there has
naturally been very keen interest in
this case and the fight for control of
the joint line has been watched close
ly.
The joint line is &c miles long
Both companies have operated their
trains over this line into Grand juno
ton.
With the Rio Grande in complete
control the Midland traffic could be
cut off and the Midland deprived of
a terminus in Grand Junction. There
is a possibility of the Midland trains
being forced to operate no further
west than New Castle.
Just what will be the effect of the
decision it is hard to foretell
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24
SNOW FALLS IN
De BEQUE and
C0LLBRAN

Several inches of snow fell last
night at Collbran and in other points
of the Plateau valley. 1t did not
remain on the ground, however, be-
cause of the recent rains. At De
Beque early this morning wet and
heavy snow fell. which burdened the
limbs of trees and bushes. 1t is one
of the earliest SHOWS in the weather
annals of that section.
The temperature did not drop sur
prisingly low in any portion of the
valley. Light frosts have been re-
corded at several places recently. but
no killing freeze has as yet been re-
ported.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24
FIRST BLOOD FLOWS.
In COLORADO STRIKE.
Officer is Killed by Three Men He Detected WeCkng Bridge
Reported That Armed Strikers Are Moving in Body
Toward MneS.-GTea lheaSineSS Felt.
associated Press.


Trinidad Sept 24The first disorder of the
occurred today when Marshall Robert Lee segundo mining camp
near here shot and killed supposedly by strikers
Shooting done by foreigner whose unknown
two other foreigners who detected by tearing
bridge Lee shot from horse the bullet striking in the
breast The foreigners escaped the hills
They had into after being elected adjoining
camp.
Following the shooting at Sgundo reports
strikers and planning operation
These caused the authorities
confirmed.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24
CLOUDS D6EO AND DGREEAT CROWD GG FAIR GROUNDS THIS STAR FEATURE
STEAMER is WRECKED
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
:, Montreal, Sept. 24.--Steam- q
!, ship Mount Temple of the Ca !.
. madam Pacific railway service ,
= is ashore in st. Lawrence river >
= off Maissonewye today. en- route :,
= to London. The accident occur .
= red in a fog. 1t is reported that 2
= the vessel is badly damaged. =
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The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24

Mr.. and Mrs. George Pierson of
Rifle, formerly residents of this city,
were arrivals here today to attend
the fair.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24
Associated Press.

Associated Press
Denver Sept 2The today communicated with
strike affected district The c. opened mines the south
district today and will open number of the k
the southern district leaving the state returning their
tive country. They mostly foreigners.
On reports received at o'clock this afternoon claim five
per cent moro men working today than yesterday making
mately 35 working
about 55 per cent working in the entire n
Relative to the Lee shooting. welbona president Of the @
Co., said No attack had been made the
character and habits above reproach.
Union officials claim 95 per miners idle
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24

Washington stands first in lumber
production, with Louisiana second.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24

Mrs. James NJ. Silcox returned this
morning from Palisade, where she
has been visiting her parents.
The daily sentinel., 1913-09-24

Fair Visitors.
Miss Grace Chrissman and Miss
Agnes Campbell of Glenwood Springs
arrived in the city this morning to
attend the county fair. Miss Chriss-
man is well known here.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-05-26
A. H. 81 GERMAN PLAY
German Class of Ashland High
School to Give Der Eigen-
sim.

On the evening of May 27 the sem
iors in the German department of
the high school, assisted by the dou-
BILE quartet and the high school or
chestra, will give an entertainment
which, though German in character,
is intended to please not only the
German friends of the department
but also all friends and patrons in
terested in the school.
The program in detail will consist
of three selections by the orchestra
and the same number of well-known
German songs given by the quartet;
a summary of the play in English
followed by Benedix's comedy, Der
Eigensinn."
Miss Esther Whited will give the
English summary of this comedy,
which is based upon the obstinacy
with which the three women of the
play resist the insistence upon a
foolish request made by the three
men of Der Eigensinn."
Miss Olive Thorn will play the part
of the saucy, independent maid, Lis
beth; Herbert Poor that of the un-
yielding butler who likes to have his
own way but not at the expense of
his friendship for Lisbeth. Miss
Gala Biegel and Robert Throne have
the roles of the young couple in
whose home the story occurs, and the
worthy but rather hasty and impa-
tient parents in this comedy are por-
trayed by Miss Rose Thomas and
Fred Tostevin.
No admission will be charged and
an invitation to be present for this
German evening in the high school
gymnasium is extended especially to
the German people of the community
and to all who are interested in the
activities of the Ashland high
school.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-05-26
SCHOOL EXHIBIT WAS A GOOD One
DOMESTIC SCIENCE AND ART, MANUAL TRAINING AND ART WORK
LEADING FEATURES in EXHIBIT OF ASHLAND SCHOOLS

The school exhibit held at the
high school Friday afternoon was
very interesting in all departments.
Especially were the people who at
tended attracted by the works in the
newer lines of education, and it
would be hard to tell which was the
most attractive, the manual train
ing, domestic science or domestic art
Perhaps the domestic science took
the palm, the deliciously smelling
dishes being prepared by the young
ladies penetrating the halls and at
tracing attention.
The manual training specimens
were fine, ranging from simple let
ter files to elaborate and beautifully
built Morris chairs, tables, booc-
cases, lamp stands and the like,
many of which would do credit to
professional builder. But that it
would be invidous to mention some
and not all the Tidings would like
to make mention of various articles
which were extremely we'll made.
The same is true of the domestic
art department, where there was a
large display of plain and fancy sew
ing, the work of the pupils commenc-
ing in the sixth grade with making
buttonholes and tiny toy aprons and
extending to dainty gowns and lin
gerie upon which mere man is in
competent to pass judgment, but
they certainly were pretty and well
displayed.
In the domestic science room the
ladies were tantalizing the crowd
with an array of cookery which
should forever refute the SANDER that
the present girl does not know how
to cook.
The art work of the grades, which
was displayed in the manual train
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-05-26
WE'RE IN A HURRY.
Tourists Left for California Last Sat
urday Morning.

According to the reports of the po-
lice department, the party of Ash
landers who went to California last
Saturday departed in considerable of
hurry. The police state that they
attempted to overtake the automo-
bile in which E. V. Carter, president
of the U. S. National Bank, G. s,
Butler and F. D. Wagner, local capi-
talists, and Floyd Dickey left the Guy
Saturday en- route for southern C6,i-
fornia and were unable to do So
The police wished to bring them
back to answer to a charge of ex-
ceeding the speed regulations of the
city, but failing to overtake them the
charge was booked and will be
brought to the attention of Mr.. Car
ter, the owner of the auto, upon his
return.
The party will be absent for an
indefinite length of time and thei1
route will be as pleasure and inclina-
tion dictate from time to time. Mr.
Dickey goes with them in the capac.
ity of chauffeur.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-05-26
FORTY PEOPLE KILLED
Floor of Auditorium Caved i'm at
Long Beach During Celebra-
ton of Victoria Day.

Long Beach, Cal, May 24-Amid
scenes of indescribable confusion. 35
to 40 persons were killed and 100
or more were injured when a sec
tion of the Long Beach municipal
auditorium floor caved in and pre-
cipitated three to five hundred per-
sons through to the floor below, and
the sands 25 feet below.
The accident occurred while a
crowd of Britishers, celebrating Vic
toria Day, were marching into the
auditorium. In an improvised
morgue in the armory lie the bodies
of IS women, two children and one
man.
The undertaking morgues have a
number of others and it is believed
the total will reach at least 40. The
majority of the killed and injured
are old persons who had been wait
ing for hours for the auditorium to
open.
They crowded in behind the third
section of the parade and the floor
gave way beneath the jam.
The identified dead up to 1870
o'clock are:
Mrs. Fannie NJ. McGee, Long
Beach.
Mrs. D. S. Loman, Long Beach
Mrs. Arthur Helps, Long Beach.
Mrs. d. McCarron, Long Beach
Mrs. A. j. Hill, Orange. identified
by her husband, who collapsed
Scott, 10 years old, Glendale, son
of Walter Black.
Mrs. D. S. Holmes, no address.
Mrs. Martha ]. Burnett, Long
Beach.
Mrs. George Dowle, aged 40, 279
Grand street, Pasadena.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Christie, 5S37
South Grande avenue, Los Angeles.
Mrs. Franch Matthews, Pasadena.
Mrs. Dan Thomas, Long Beach.
Mrs. Alonzo Bartz, Long Beach.
d. McSpeers, Long Beach.
Unidentified man, initials "F. P'
on ring.
George Dowle of Pasadena, whose
wife lies dead in local morgue, was
painfully injured, his left collar bone
broken, and he sustained other in
juries.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-05-26
BUILDING TENNIS COURT.
High School to Have Fine Double
Court Soon.

The high school grounds will have
a fine double tennis court in the fall,
work on it having already begun.
When the reporter of the Tidings Wis
tied the grounds Friday afternoon
there were two teams at work grad
ing and a number of the school boys
were out using shovels and assisting
in handling scrapers to assist in the
work. The grounds will be 100 by
$50 feet and so arranged that two
games can be played at the same
time. The game of tennis is one of
the best forms of athletics, especial
ly for the ladies, and the addition
of these grounds to the school equip
ment is move in the right direc-
tion.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-05-26
INSTALLING NEW CHURN.
Ashland Creamery Puts i'm 1000
Pound Machine.

The Ashland creamery has just
installed a new Victor churn and
butter worker combined, with a ca
pacity OF 1000 pounds at each churn-
ing. The machine is in addition to a
65O-pound machine already in use
In speaking of the dairy interests
or the valley Mr.. Perozzi called at
tention to the need of more COWS.
He said that while Grants Pass was
trying to enthuse to build cream
cry they were shipping cream from
Ashland for use on their hotel ta-
bles. With the present freight rates
on cream and milk the cows are
what is needed, even more than the
creameries.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-05-26
PLAY COLLEGE BOYS "
High School Seniors Presented Glass
Play to Crowded House Last
Friday Evening.

The high school gymnasium was
crowded to its capacity Friday even
ing by those anxious to see the SEN
lior play, college Boys" which was
put on in manner to do great credit
to the class. All did we'll and men
tion of individuals would not be ap-
propriate as space will not permit
mention of all, and all deserve IA
vorable mention. The following was
the cast of characters:
Edward Seymour, captain OF the
college ball team. :. . John Enders
Archie Stanley, Eds chum. :.
........ Walter Phillips
Walter Addison, an adventurer. :.
....... ...... Fred Tostevin
Colonel Seymour, Eds father. =.
Elmer Ashcraft
Robert Owens, known as Pork
elk" Donald MacAllister
Willis Hammond, known as
Shorty" . Robert Peachey
Henry Stanley, Archies father,
professor at the college. ......
Ike Donivan, Idle Ike. .......
........ %. Edwin Dunn
Percyval Albert Bulger, the new
pupil .............Ly Lynn Mowat
Zeke Bowman, choreboy at Mrs.
Pilson's ..... Edward Stannard
Madeline Morris, an heiress from
Boston 49,. Vivian Greer
Grace Hanson, Madeline's chum
from New York. f.. Rose Taverner
Nellie Seymour, Eds sister. -.
-. Angela Bomar
Nancy Havermyer, friend who is
visiting Madeline. Beatrice Miller
Mrs. Pilson, landlady of the col
lege boarding house.
Frances Hamlin
Susie Watson, Mrs. Pilson's maid
OF all work. =. Ruth Hutchings
Synopsis: Act L, college campus;
Act II, Mrs. Pilsons parlor; Act III,
gymnasium. Arch Stanley, the son
of a professor in the college, is in
trouble over some money that has
been stolen from him. Ed Seymour
clears Arch of all suspecion and ex-
poses the villain, Walter Addison,
who has been posing as friend to
the college. Seymour is assisted in
his plan by Ike Donivan, a tramp.
Much of the fun is furnished by
Lucy Watson and Zeke Bowman, SER
wants of Mrs. Pilson, who runs the
college boarding house.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-05-26
RELATES A RICH FIND
j. l.. Corbett Brings Reports of Very
Rich Find on Hungry Creek
by Portland Miners.

j. l.. Corbett came in last week
from his mine on Hungry creek. He
reports everything progressing satis-
factorily in that mining district. He
states that just before he came out
party of prospectors who had been
working in that district passed their
camp on their way out with a couple
of horse loads of ore that tested SIS
to the pound. 1t would not take
many wagon loads of such ore to put
a man on easy street for good.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-05-26
Child Welfare Meeting

A meeting of mothers to consider
the problems of the right upbring-
ing Of the child will be held at the
home OF Mrs. NJ. NJ. Edmunds, 924
East Main street, on Tuesday after
noon at 2:S0 o'clock. One lady will
read a paper on the effect of cigar
cites and cocaine. Another will give
"a talk on the bad influences brought
about by careless mothers. She
knows, because she was interested in
the settlement work in great city,
and learned from the lips of the
daughters whose mothers forgot
their highest calling, just how they
were caught in the dragnet.
Visitors are invited.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-05-26
MOTOR IN COLLISION
Struck by Light Engine When Near
Grants Pass Friday Night
Seven Injured.

Grants Pass, May 24.-Seven OF
the Is passengers aboard Southern
Pacific motor No. 80, running from
Ashland to Grants Pass, last night,
were more or less injured when a
light engine struck the motor in
the rear, the accident occurring
three miles east of the city, at San
ders' station. The. injured are:
Mrs. Emma Daniels, Butte Creek,
arm broken.
Claude Barden. Grants Pass, two
ribs fractured.
Mrs. Mike Calvin, Grants Pass
two ribs broken.
Sam Ellis, Grants Pass, leg badly
bruised.
w, F. LeClaire, Grants Pass, arm
bruised.
Mrs. Moore, Grants Pass, cuts in
head.
Martin Brown, teeth knocked out
e@AN NHh ohQ ONCI UOuy
Brown was thrown 20 feet through
a window of the motor.
Engineer Gottsche of the motor
was cut in the forehead and scalp
and has a sprained back.
The motor had stopped at Ament
dam to take passengers and was just
getting under way again when the
engine, running light to assist No.
IA over the hill, struck it in the
rear. The motor was on time and
the stop was regular, one. The
engine was only slightly damaged.
Engineer Denning and his fireman
both escaped injury. The rear
trucks of the motor were thrown
from the track and Conductor Hall
was hurled from the motor but was
uninjured. A board of inquiry will
probe the cause.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-05-26
BACCALAUREATE SERMON.
Occasion of Union Services Sunday
Evening.

The Methodist Episcopal church
was well filled Sunday evening by
friends of the high school gradual
ing class and others who thronged
there to listen to the baccalaureate
sermon, which was preached by Rev.
Nelson L. Browning, of the Christian
church.
There was appropriate music by
the union choir and the various pas
tors of the city joined in the service,
there being no services in the other
churches. The effort of Mr.. Brown
ing was very able one and carried
many good thoughts not only for the
graduates but for all young people
as well as their elders. =
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-05-26
TO HOLD JOINT MEETING
Commercial Club Invites Producers
to Attend Regular Meeting of
Monday, June 2.

The Commercial Club at its regu-
lar meeting next Monday evening
will entertain large number of the
producers of the territory tributary
to Ashland. The business meeting,
which will be brief, is set for 1880
o'clock and the producers are invited
for o'clock. There will be num-
ber of brief talks on subjects of in
terest to both and light refreshments
will be served. Among the subjects
discussed will be the exhibit to be
given at the Chicago Land Products
Show next fall. Mr.. Lowe will speak
on this subject.