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5C A Copy S outhern O regon M iner Ashland, Oregon, Friday, May 10, 1935 CITY WILL NOT EXCEED BUDGET SAYS RECORDER Los Angeles' population Is re ported to have gained by more than 113,000 since the last census, and without doubt San Francis cans would like to bridge that, too. • A Portland surgeon was arres ted for the fourth time thia week on traffic charges. Evidently he didn't confine his short-cuts to the operating room. • A lot of unemployed, judging from the news, have turned from biting their fingernails to biting the hand that has tried to feed them. • England la celebrating the sil ver Jubilee of the ascension to the throne of King George and Queen Mary and, should the affair prove a financic* loss they can take a leaf from Medford and congratu late themselves on the publicity. • In this newest version of post office, instead of kissing a pretty girl you kiss a dime goodbye. When Uncle Sam finds it essen tial to live within his Income, his millions of beneficiaries may have to live without it.—Weston Leader. ----------- •------------ It seems probable now that in sofar as Germany is concerned, what she lost was not a war, but her recollection.—Weston Leader, A Copy Successor to The Jacksonville Miner Volume 4 . An Illinois ghiHH eater claims to nave swallowed 100 gross of fish hooka In the hint 12 v«iirn. which ought to entitle him to vote along with the real of us. e Out of respect to music week ■ome alert legislator should have |MiMsed u bill to quiet the radio stations. e "Vanilla ice cream still holds u comfortable lead over other fla vors” says a news dispatch from Boston. My, my, the intellectual advantage of research! e A note pinned to a Vancouver, Wash , abandoned baby said It« parents were "Irish and English " As If the child could ever be proud of them. e Now a super chain letter has been devised, alleged to be fool proof, which costs a dollar to par ticipate and is carried on by air mail. When this Idea Is worked out In state of Washington's new flfth-cents, the Miner will tie wil ling to participate. e And. too, this chain-letter flood of mail should Justify a special stamp issue bearing a likeness of Get-Rich-Qulek Wallingford. e There are people who would be better off is some of their gray matter were prod flesh. • Big-time opportunity, that's what it is, this send-a-dlme letter racket, to the person who even cheats at solitaire. • Clark Wood, editor of the Wes ton (Oregon) leader, the scribe who can nay it all in a paragraph, let more than his mind wander for a couple weeks. He recently re turned from a tour of California, where he noted a modesty remind ful of his Georgia enema, Olin Miller. • A planning board is looking to the retaining of her natural beauty tn relocating the Columbia river highway at Bonneville, which probably has reference to the high way's alluring curves. • Today's PiUful Case: The famous person who does not smoke, uses no patent medicines and has never been quoted. • Klamath Falls is having her troubles concerning a proposed new waterworks, and some of Windy Willis Mahoney's argu ments concerning same are claim ed to hold water like an old flivver radiator. • Death is still the penalty in Ore gon for stock rustling. A Coquille farmer last week shot and killed a bear that had been making reg ular raids on his sheep and goats. • Art (Hie) Powell of the Central Point American took all last week to compose a phrase for Brother Bob Ruh) or the Medford Mail Tribune which described Ruhl as the "attempted O. O. McIntyre of Oregon”, and was too busy to pay his usual homage to the Miner. • At last real news comes to the starving, vitaminless press. A Lakeview drunk "arrested” an other citizen for walking the streets sober. • After an Australian cut a snake in two the head half attacked him, which reminds us of Ameri can political parties. 50 City dads burned midnight oil Tuesday evening. At 12 o’clock they cleared the council chamber and went into executive session with the city attorney over legal matters. Since 7:30 they had been In open session marked with much business of many sorts. The re ports of the recorder was read, also a report on the actual ex|>en- ses us compared with those esti mated In the budget, expenses had exceeded the budget 3 per cent over those estimated for this portion of the year. City Recorder Adams reported, however, that the entire year's expenditures prob ably would be kept within the budget anil receipts. Tiie report of the city Judge showed $1X250 collected in fines and $17 50 in costs during April. The street department was di rected to fix the ulley near the Freeman pro|»erty to make it fit for travel at an estimated cost of $75 The matter of opening an alley through th,- block from the Lithia Springs hotel to Pioneer street was referred to the city superin tendent for investigation and re port. The city attorney was Instructed to acquire for $25 the lots on Granite street back of the Susie Allan building, that the city might clean them up and erect a safety fence along the front with SERA labor. The properties were sold for taxes but the county would re mit them If the city took them over. It was proposed to set native shrubs and clean up the place which had ben declared a health hazard. The city superintendent was in structed to negotiate for a right- of-way along the fence on the Heath property near the lower reservoir in exchange for a road now unused through the center of the Heath property. The right- of-way, while not needed for a pri vate road or absolutely necessary to reach the reservoir would save much distance in reaching it. Two permits to sell wine in the original package not to be drunk on the premises were recommen ded subject to the approval of the police department. One goes to I-arry Porter and the other to East Side Pharmacy. ----------- •------------ Citizens Bank Depositors Get $17,000 Return Fifth dividend of 10 per cent on all ordinary deposit claims filed and approved against the com mercial department of the Citizens bank of Ashland, up to and in cluding March 20. 1935, will be mailed out after May 14, according to announcement of A. A. Schram, state superintendent of banks in charge of liquidation. The 10 per cent payment, amounting to about $17,000, will bring total recovery to depositors to 60 per cent since the bank closed its doors March 12, 1932. Fine Flower Flickers Flowers are plenty in Ashland but they are not alwuys cheap. Three normal students found that out yesterday when they were up before Judge Fuller charged with taking flowers from the garden of C. W Fortmlller, 514 Boulevard Fuller assessed fines of $25 and $2 50 costs against each and re mitted $15 of the fine on condition thut the $12.50 is- paid and satis factory settlement be made for the flowers The fines were all paid. • Number 19 TOWNS AND CITIES ARE NEVER KILLED FROM THE OUTSIDE— RATHER THEY COMMIT SUICIDE Taxpayers Forbid Tearing Down Of State Capitol Walls A temporary injunction forbid ding the tearing down of state capitol walls until further action based on a hearing tomorrow, wks granted by Judge L. G. I>-welllng in Marion county circuit court Wednesday. As a result, there will lie a delay on starting or razing the charred wallB of the building, although clearing away of debris will continue The action was brought by the Marion County Taxpayers’ association. The delay was occasioned by a technicality raised by the Marion county group and, due to the emergency situation arising from the empty walls which might con stitute a physical hazard, Judge Lewelllng hus ordered that all briefs and arguments against razing the ruins be presented by Saturday. NEW FRONT FOR FORTMILLER’S Fortmiller’s announces the establishment of two new depart ments soon as remodeling of the store is completed. With the new departments, the clothing wants of the entire family can be filled at this store. A complete line of men's cloth ing and furnishings will be instal led on the north side of the store room. A complete shoe department for men, women and children also will be added. The entire front of the store will be remodeled and, accordingly J. H. McGee, owner of the building has let the contract for the chan ges to Frank Jordan. The new front will be the latest two-door type. The Island windows will re main as it now is, but the other windows will be modernized Doors will lead into the center of each half of the store and the win dows will be rearranged. All the store, interior as well as the front, will be redecorated. When com pleted it will compare well with any store in southern Oregon. The management, in adition to their full line of ready made men's clothing, also will be In a position to furnish made-to-measure suits and overcoats on short notice and in a large variety of materials, styles and prices, said C. W. Fort miller and J. P. Daugherty yester day. ----------- •------------ When it gets around to balanc ing the budget, the Administra tion may find itself a little out of practice. Weston Leader< Your first interest should be the town in which you live. Civic pride is a splendid thing, but it means little if not supported by the one thing which builds and maintains towns and cities—the cold cash of business. The doctrine of buying at home is not advanced solely in the interests of the merchants. But it is necessary because in this community every citizen at some time or another is dependent upon every other citizen. Fail ure to support Ashland institutions, Ashland mer chants, leads finally to community suicide. Boastful speeches will not build Ashland. Unless a citizen spends his money where he makes it he is help ing to dig a grave for his own city. Trading with home merchants is the first principle of town building. In no other way can the community grow; in no other way can the many fine schools and churches of Ash land be supported; in no other way can your property and investments be made secure. Support your home-town merchants, whose tax dol lars join with yours in supporting Ashland institutions. Give him your support that the business life of Ash land may grow and thrive. Do not help your home town commit suicide by your own carelessness. And always remember that the only 100 per cent dollar is the dollar spent at home. The only thing that can hurt Ashland is the indif ference of its citizens! S’MATTER POP................................ By C. M. Payne CITY, SERA MAY EXPEND $4,405 The council Tuesday night voted to apply the same rule on delin quent irrigation water rentals as is applied to house rentals. Those in arrears must pay current water in three payments, June 1, July 1, and August 1. as in the past and must in addition pay half the amount of each current payment to be applied on delinquent rentals. City Superintendent Biegel laid before the council a request from Councilman Guy Applewhite of the county relief administration for the set up of a federal project for road improvements in the Ashland watershed to amount to about $4405 of which about $1063 would be material and rental of equip ment to be borne by the city and about $4405 labor to be furnished by SERA. Five building permits were ap proved by the city council Tuesday night. They were: L. L. Trapp, 323 Helman street, repairs and re model dwelling, $300. J. C. Pen ney company, 143 East Main street, remodel store, $200. J. N. King, 231 Van Ness, remodel and build garage, $200. H. G. Enders, 140 South Pioneer, plaster and re model, $400. Associated Oil com pany, Eeast Main street, steel ser vice station, $3500. The council also directed the city superintendent to have the ceiling of the city hall replastered at a cost of $75. ----------- •------------ PARK STORE REOPENED The park store, adjacent to the Lithia Park auto camp, was re opened this week by Sadie Temby, assisted by a brother, Charles Temby. Groceries and delicatessen foods will be sold. The store serve« tourists residing at the park. CHAINS CLANK AS MAIL FLOOD HITS ASHLAND Ashland business was shackled by a chain letter fever early this week, the burst of postage hys teria striking this city late Mon day, and with full force Tuesday and Wednesday. The storm was abating today, as the saturation point in “suckers” was reached. Early birds, in the chain letter business, seem to be the ones who collect the bait, and a few local residents had realized handsome profits on their early starts by press time today. One of Ashland’s first enthusiasts had realized close to $50 from a $1 Investment in an air mail chain, while local print shops were cashing in, too, by the selling of printed forms which gave stenographers of the town a needed rest. It was estimated that a large percentage of local coin had been diverted from regular channels into Uncle Sam's letter boxes here this week by reason of enthusiasm for a dollar chain which originated in Medford over the week-end, and most civic energy was expended on passing on the obligation of mailing money to those fortunate ones at the top of the lists. Ten cent, two-bit, 50-cent and dollar chains were clanking over the county throughout the week, most of the dime divvies coming from California and Denver. According to Postmaster Fred Wagner, a peak in Ashland chain lettering was apparently reached Wednesday, when letter business had increased from 25 to 50 per cent, with a heavy drain on air mail stamps. The local post office had received no official notification of the department's attitude to ward the chain letter racket yes terday, said Wagner, only light having been cast on the subject’s legality being news accounts which said the postoffice department re garded the practice as fraudulent, believing that the person induced to mail his coin to "the top name” had no assurance of ever having his investment returned, although letters were written to present the scheme as a sure-fire money getter. Meanwhile, practically every businessman and resident of Ash land and environs was waving a bundle of letters to their friends, laughing and making a Roman holiday of the flood of mail. Typ ists and stenographers were being imposed on by friends at an alarm ing rate Wednesday and it was expected they were entirely sym pathetic with postmen, also suf ferers from the deluge. The Miner, however, will carry no editorials against the practice in this issue, the staff having been bitten by the postman bug as readily as other victims. LIBRARY BOOKS The report of the city library for April shows 15 books pur chased. 15 donated and 179 re paired, making 209 additional books in circulation. Books cir culated over the desk totaled 5149: loaned city schools, 56; loaned rural schools, 94. New bor rowers numbered 33: largest num ber of books loaned one day 291: smallest 160: average 204; per centage of adult fiction, 66; atten dance at reading and reference room 3190; rural circulation 892. ----------- •----------- MINE JUBILEE AT BAKER Baker, Oregon, will hold its an nual mining jubilee July 3 and 4, with many varied features accen tuating mineral activity in eastern Oregon. • — ■ SEEN ¡n a DAZE LOWELL GAULT and AL LUTZ trapping for fish and get ting skunked. JERRY O’NEAL drinking milk. VERNE TEMPLAR commuting between the high school and his Third street garage. The BUSINESS RIVAL ped dling dirt from a vacant lot. SHIRLEY ERLANDSON and LUCILLE BISBON playing tennis at dawn. BUD GANDEE figuring how he can squeeze a haircut, shave, lunch, and a glass of suds out of 75 cents. DICK HALL being mistaken for a taxi driver. ANDY ANDREWS crossing the street in a furtive manner. JOHN MILJUS tailing mi umpire in two languages.
