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About The Ashland register. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1927)
S»t I r .jy p of fncad* fonrcot» v>»g roo*, 4a formed *t“ dinin* 7 -1 .« 7 . ■*- R-men J. r ««4, la Southern O regon FORM ERLY C E N T ' A L PO IN T A N D A S H L A N D A M E R IC A N •». Dr and A S H L A N D , JA C K SO N C O U N T Y , O REG O N , F R ID A Y , A rthur Johnson to A pepar C on cert Thursday Evening N ovem ber 3rd First Meeting will be Held Tuesday Evening at Ash land Hotel Men and W om en F gular ly Employed in Local Stores Urged A. .end 7 he Retail and Trade .laticas c< mmittee of tha f'hr. er of Commerce will ¡.p'.'iser ; <-lass in Retail selling and store manage ment ment, the first class to meet at the Ashland Hotel on next Tues day evening. The meetii s will be held every two weeks a 1 will be free to people regularly employed in Ashland stores. The program for the first meet ing will be as follows: Sales Arthur Johnson, noted tenor, | will appear in concert Thursday evening, November 3, in the audi torium o f the Southern Oregon Normal school. The music lovers all, over the southern part of the state are invited to attend this per formance. Mr. Johnson has many friends in Oregon, having been at the University of Oregon for some time. He is the master of a large repertoire sung in half a dozen languages. Endowed with a phen omenal voice, carefully schooled in the technic o f his art, possesor of an interpretative sense of the highest order, a widely experienc ed the thoroughly routened singer Arthur Johnson has been the re cipient of the enthusiastic acclaim of his audiances. These audiances have recognized in him a person ality of real interest who has a definite musical message to im part and the rare ability to pro ject that messege in a delightful and completely satisfying manner. D em onstrations Selling a Golf Club, E. G. Har lan. • Dr. Bertha Saw yer has a V eritable Selling a pair of shoes, J. W. Treasure Chest o' Real Murphy. Antiques Selling a battery, E. G. Harlan, jp, Sale* L ectu re Dr. Bertha Sawyer has a verit- Economics in Selling, E. G. Har- able treasure chest of antiques and heirlooms in her possession. land. Factors, in Selling, E. G. Harlan. Among the most worthy of espe- cial mention are two paisley Improm tu Talks By Students How I greet a customer, John shawls. One is a somber mottled Daugherty, Our Policy in hand East Indian design-all dull blue, ling mistakes, Elsie Churchman, greens and browns with that pe- Our Bargain counter, Hugh culiar ash-biue cashmere center, This shawl is thought to have been Bates. ’ • How far I can go in suggesting woven on the hand looms in India to a customer becoming garments, about one hundred and fifty years ago. The doctor has the remnant Waive Enders. of this shawl hanging on the wall Social H our Dancirsg and Musical Numbers. with a bit of the ash-blue 'ente’r framed and hanging above it. Mrs. Anna M. W illiam A w ay at Hom e of N iece Passes Her Mrs Anna M. Williams died Wednesday morning October 26th at the home o f her niece. Miss Oak street, Georgia Coffe well known Mrs. Williams here in Ashland where she was a resident several time3 since 1918. She returned several weeks ago from a visit in Alhambra, Califor nia, with relatives. She returned to make her home with her niece, snd her death was due to a lin gering illness of internal cancer. Anna M. Martin was bom in Jersey Shore. Pennsylvania, May 15th, 1853. She was 74 years. 6 months, and 11 days at the time of her death. Her husband and two children preceded her in death a number of yearn ago. The only surviving relatives are: one son Henry H. Williams of Birming- O C T O B E R ZS. 1927 Nineteen Y ear Old Boy E lectro cuted late Thursday A ftern oon On P ow er Line Local Man it H onored at General Church M eeting Tuesday and W ednesday Rufus Kennedy, 19 year old son At the meeting of the Southern of Sam Kennedy, was instantly Oregon Presbytery held at Med killed late Tuesday afternoon ford on Tuesday and Wednesday when the wagon on which he was of this week, Mr. Wirt M. Wright ridinir pased beneath a 9,000 volt of the local Presbyterian church power line. He was standing oil a was nominated as alternate to the wet board as he struck the power General Assembly of the church line. The accident ocurred on a to be held at Tulsa, Oklahoma in potato ranch near Klamath Falls. May. Under the rules ,of the Pres He was engaged in hauling straw bytery thi» places Mr. Wright in to cover potatoes; a damp board line as alternate to the principal University of Oregon First had been kicked up and flung in ,for this year and in case the prin Year Team to Battle on to the wagon; he was standing on cipal should go this year Mr. Local Field this board as the wagon passed Wright becomes the representa beneath the wire. He reached up tive next year. EXPECT F A ST G A M E and unthinkingly grasped the Those who attended the Evange wire? the damp board, the damp listic Conference and meeting of Presbytery were Mr. Wirt M. High School Teanp Vic straw and the falling mist caused what is known in electricity as a Wright Mr. W. P. Walter, Mrs. tory of last §st. Gives "grounding” of the current. His Garett, Miss Estellla Hasy Mrs, Them Confidence bpdy was covered with burns. One Hugh T. Mitchelmore and the pas o f the horses was killed instantly tor Rev. H. T. Mitchelmore In the second ..<• tbaL 'im e of the other, badly frightened, plung the season the Ashland Grizzilies ed madly abcut dragrr'ng .h. ' t r I will meet the Oregon University horse and wagon for quite a dis Freshmen here Saturday afternoon tance before it succeeded in free in what is predicted to be one of ing itA lf from the wagon. the most thrilling games o f the Rufus Kennedy was born in the season. ! Emmigrant Creek district where I-ast Saturday the Grizilly ag he spent practically all of his life. Correspondent Says , Students are gregation sprung a surprise on the He had been engaged in assisting M ore Enthused Than They Klamath Falls team, and defeat J with potato digging in Klamath Ever W ere ed them 68 to 0, Scoring almo-t county for the past Week fftifus' at will. Coach Cripe has expressed was very popular with his many complete satisfaction with the pro friends. His mother died when he gress made this year,' and expects was a small child and he lived with tomorrow’s game to give him a de r hi* grandmother up until her finite line up on the strength of death a few years ago, since that the local team. j-tirrre he had made hir home with Starting at the first o f the sea j his father who is an employee of son with a presumably weak line, pep intensive work has resulted in this ¡n a nu] phase o f the teams development Lee g„y into unexpected strength. This was Henry evident in Saturdays game when pt.p taHj the locals forward wall beat there! tc ^e op opponents on the charge every simistic time. happy n With but little to worry about bosters. from the line Coach CriDe is de- number Mary Ga Friday was ^ Many M em bers o f Federal A j j r £ r. ciation H ere for Regular gtUdent (j0 (^ej Perhaps the white casnmere more ah shawl is the more interesting and bott, caj romantic of the two shawls. It has MaeCrac a printed floral pattern, its white Eator al yarn fringe is hand knotted and Dick J tied. This shawl more dresden than football Paisley in type, was boqght in assembly New York City in 1850 and was Lee Boyi the gift o f a bridegroom to his teachers bride on tjieir wedding day. The peppiest shawl was used during her life- that the time and later cherished by her > for a lo daughter. ! Friday The daughter on her death-bed j percent bequeathed this beautiful heir- in front loom with several hand woven big yell i blankets, linen sheets and pillow- timistic” cases to Dr. Sawyer. a numbs Dr. Sawyer is also the owner of students, some old Colonial dishes and a j streets < breast pin that dates back to the as the P A R TH U R BRISBANE Arthur Brisbane, the world’s most noted edi torial srriter will conduct a weekly column in the Register starting very soon. Nearly every one has cither heard or read the interesting edi torial comment by this noted man. and starting very soon each week will see a column conduct ed by this noted writer. DR. FRAN K CRANE Known as the highest priced newspaper writ er in the world will write exclusively for the Register in Ashland. Each week one of his well known articles will appear. This is but one step in our general plan to give Southern Oregon the best semi-weekly newspof»T possible. Farther important an nouncements will be made soon, watch for them. Someone handed Fleming a note. It was from a young mother in behalf of her children, begging permission to see the filming, "be cause.” H read, "I want my boys and girls to have an education in the fine, true side of American history and it great men.” “ Open the gate,” said Fleming, "and let every child in. Well make a special place for them near the cameras.” Youngsters by the score flash ed into the grounds, thrilled to the depths of their little hearts. Not only did they see history in the making hut they saw such favor ites of the screen in big roles as Mary Astor, Charles Farrell, Charles Emm *. M **•*. Noah (Continued j • gr J ) A special train will leave Ash land Saturday at 3 p. m. to take the Elks, their sweethearts, wives, and daughters to the annual B. P. O. E. meeting at Montague, Cali fornia. The train will arrive in Montague at 6 p. m. The return train will leave Montague at 1:30 a. m. and arrive at Ashland at 4 :3U a. m. Specinl rates of $1.95 for the round trip has been ar Register Offers Prize for ranged. Pederson's orchestra will Most Constructive Letter furnish the music. Dancing will On Ashland be enjoyed in a -pecial caV, and a buffet lunch will also be main O N L Y SH O R T TIME tained for the convenience of those making the trip. Lodge will open at 7 o'clock But Two Weeks is Given for Letters to be Sent and close promptly at 9 o’clock The evening’s entertaiment will In to Office conclude with a grand ball and Just' supposing folks, that some a banquet, the first to be staged unknown force should tap you on in Northern California. the shoulder and give you the poorer to be Ashland’s dictator, what Would you do? WJmt con structive steps would you take to make Ashland a better city in which to live, Oiow would you change conditions locally to make more prosperity, how would you attract new people, and new capi tal into your own city? The Register invites its readers to write in, telling us just what you would do if you were the dic tator of Ashland and could mold It at your will. We do not want criticism unless it be constructive. Sit down today and write us. the letter should not be over 160 words in length. The person send ing in the best letter will be award- are j ld " Priz« <»f $5-00 and you will W A G N E R CREEK M AN DIES LA ST M O N D A Y Mr. D. E. Combs died Monday evening at his home on Wagner Creek. Mr. Combs was 63 years of age. He was born in Iowa but has lived in Oregon for fourteen year'.. Funeral services for Mr. Comb , were nt the Stork Undertaking Parlors at tw< o’clock Thursday. Eleven Tonsil Cases Are Interment w.<.« made in the Stearns For by L ocal Physicial Cemetery at Talent, He leaves a Com m unity Hospital wife and several brothers to mouri his !o«s. • Dr. E. A. Woods and Dr. G. W. Gregg held a children's clinic at USES V A C A N T W IN D O W S the Community hospital Thursday Ton*ilectomies W. M. Herbert o f Herberts morning. Eleven Grocery is making good use of were performed and the children some vacant windows adjoining his werq all taken home in the even store by making some excellent ing in good condition. Mrs. Bertha window displays. In one Del Monte Denton. Public School Nurse, as products are displayed while an sisted Miss Gene Aitchison, sup other features Maxwell house co f erintendent o f the hospital in the fee and the third Carnation Milk. surgery. Mrs. Perozzi of the School This makes a decided improve ment in the appearance o f the win Board visited the hospital during dows and effectively displays the the morning. products. This is the first semi-annual event of the year, another clinie The Southern Oregon organiza is scheduled to take place in about C A M E PO ST P O N E D tion has been in effect nearly a On account of quarantine con two weeks time. year past, the next meeting, in Since Miss Aitchison has had ditions existing in Areata Cali January, at Medford, being the an fornia, the football game that was charge of the hospital within the nual one for the election of offi to have been played at Medford, last two years. Dm. Woods and cer». Saturday, between the Southern Gregg have performed fifty eight Among those in attendance Oregon Normal and Humboldt Tonsilectomy operations in the from outside points at the Tues Teacher* College, was postponed Clinic. day meeting in Ashland were H. B. yesterday by the school authori Rankin, supervisor of Crater Na-J ties at Areata. Stadeat lajarad tional Forest, headquarters at Donald Stanaci] a Junior High Keen disappointment is felt by Medford, L. D. Arnold, superin Coach MrNcal and the team, as school student, had hia wrist bad tendent for the Klamath Indians, they have long waited their op ly cut the 26th of, October, when Klamath Agency; Herbert Newell,, portunity for a first game, how he put hia hand through a glass engineer in charge of the Kla ever, their spirit remains undaunt door at the schoel building. He math Rerlammation projects, Kla ed by these set barks and trill con was rushed to the Community Hos math Falls; W. J. Warner, post tinue their practice, hoping for pital where local doctors repwired master at Medford. John A. Mc better lack in the near future, the laceration caused by the cut. Call, postmaster at Klamath Falls; when a game is scheduled with He was taken home Thursday ev fcol Thompson, super^itenden^ of Albany College. ening. His wrist is healing nicely. Crater Lake Park, and secretary Mrs. Frobach of Mgdfsrd, was Mrs. W. H. Smith of 166 East Main street has returned to her visiting friends in Ashland the home for a few days before she first of the week. again returns to visit her daugh Mrs. R. Lucas of Mountain ter Mrs. W. R. Psrshal of Monta gue. California. Mrs. Pershal ac Avenue is quite ill. Their daught Mr. C. W Lyman and Mr. F. companied her mother to Ashland. er Miss Marion Lucas of Port 8. Lyman were business visitors They plan to leave again for Mon land is expected to arrive this week. tague withia the next few days. in Medford October 26th. The Federal Business Associa tion of Southern Oregon, which is composed of the executive heads of the various federal acti vities represented in this section, anti is an organization fostered by and reporting to the coordinator of the ninth area national bureau of the budget held its regular quarterly session in Ashland on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, the session being in the Masonic temple. Similar organizations meet in all sections of the United States and matters o f interest and value in coordinating the work and ad ROUGH RIDERS ARE FEATU RED A T VINING ministration o f interest and vnr- various departments o f the fed eral government are discussed and recommendations made for any improvement which is deemed possible in the matter o f efifeient and economical conduct o f the de tails of governmental business a f fairs. H ER E 15 TH E BE ST N E W S Y E T Special Train W ill Take Loc. Member* to N eighboring L odge