Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-12-06
Local and Personal
(From Mondays Daily
Basketball Next


season, athletes of Ashland hig
school are beginning to make plan
for the coming basketball season
When football is terminated a
Thanksgiving, it is customary to Civ
the boys a two-weeks' rest. II |
thought practice would begin lat
next week.
Buys Klamath Mill
The defunct klamath Pine Manu-
featuring company at Pelican City
has been purchased by ]. f. Wheeler
one of the owners of the Portland
Telegram, The site of the mill oc'
cupies 63 acres. The company was
organized in 922, but became in
volyed in financial difficulties and
never started operations. Enlarge
ment of the plant and the addition
of box factory and sawmill are un-
derstood to be on the program. Work
on the improvements will start i'm
mediately.
BriscOc Has Wreck
Superintendent G. A. Brscoe,
while en- route to Eugene with a
party of Hi-Y boys to attend the Old
er Boys conference, met with an ac-
cident about six miles this side OF
Roseburg information regarding the
affair being learned when the party
returned from the Willamette valley
Sunday. The machine was proceed
ing nicely down the paved highway,
when suddenly the machine swerved
on the highway and started back to
Ashland. Before the car could be
stopped, 1t went over bank. None
of the occupants were injured, and
all attended the convention. Six
machines we're observed in the ditch
at various points during the return
trip.
VIII Return to Washington
Mrs. Bessie Buchanan will return
this week to Clarkston, Wash, after
few days visit with her father, c.
B. Haney, east of town. Mrs. Buch-
anan also had other relatives in Ash
land that she visited while here and
all join In wishing that her stay
might have been prolonged.
Attempt Made at Robbery
What appeared to be the work of
an amateur in the robbery game was
discovered this morning by DR.. Mac
Cracken when he arrived at his Of
flee and found an attempt had been
made some time during the night to
gain entrance by jimmying the door.
The efforts of the would-be burglar
were foiled, however, as the instru-
men.s which were used in the effort
to gain entrance were apparently too
light for the work, and the door re-
mained in place.
Ask Lower Insurance Rates
Since the installation of new fire
fighting apparatus and the extension
OF the city water mains and the con-
sequent increase in area and press
ure, klamath Falls has made an ap-
plication for reduction in insurance
rates. Representatives of the insur-
ance rating bureau and state mar
shalls office will be in Klamath
Falls about December Is to make a
survey. Before the installation of
the new equipment and the mains,
the rating bureau had threatened a
raise in existing rates. Action was
postponed when active steps to lower
the fire hazard were taken.
Hold Social Meeting
A social meeting of the Loyal Ber-
can class Of the Christian Bible
school, was held one evening last
week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
r. Elder. of $40 Almond street.
Those present were: John +. Leg
gett, teacher OF the class; Dr.. r. l..
Burdic. class president; Mrs. Grace
Putnam, vice-president; and James
Putnam, Mrs. ]. r. Elder, Miss Ethel
Reid, Mrs. Anna Parr, and Mrs. Il. l..
Burdie. Visitors present were the
three Elder children Mr.. Parr and
Mr. Jackson. Mr.. Jackson gave sew
eral readings that were highly ap-
preciated by all. Refreshments were
served and all had an enjoyable even
ing. This class was organized short
time ago with A members, and their
slogan is "25 members by January
/. 1928"
Returns from Eugene
Katie Buchanan, who spent the
holiday vacation with her parents,
DIR. and Mrs. w. E. Buchanan, 3S7
Thirteenth avenue East, in Eugene,
returned to the city yesterday, and
will resume her teaching near Ash
land.
Miss Lennoy Home
Mfa. Irlt..h.t.