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A Copy
S outhern O regon M iner
Successor to The Jacksonville Miner
Ashland, Oregon, December 27, 1935
Volume 4
Se
A Copy
Number 52
Mayor Wiley Was Christmas Cheer Work Will Begin Must Serve Term Sewage Disposal
Liberal S. Claus Widely Spread In Monday On Street In State Prison Bonds Forwarded
Surface Project On Barn Burning
To Portland Co.
During Holidays Good Old Ashland
Nuggets From
The Miner
By C. B.
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Mayor T 8 Wiley is Axhliind'x
largest apple grower and th«- ap
ples h«1 grow« are not dlmlnutlv«-,
cither. But figuratively speaking
his heart is a heap larger than a
whole bushel of the largest ap
ples h<- could possibly grow
It's jetting along pretty close to
a couple of thousand yearn since
< xhcphcrda of Bethlehem heard
k 1‘enci on Earth song with its
^luini ot good will to uuiiiluii'l
But la there pence on earth?
Probably there him never been a
year since that song win sung
that han not witneaaeil win some
where on the earth
Fifty boxes of hlx fine apples
were distributed free Monday and
Tuesday in thia city to bring
Christinas cheer to many homes
l.axt week he gave liberally of ap
ples to be included In the distri
butions at th«1 Community Christ
mas party Tuesday evening of this
week, and Monday h«- added a lot
more fruit to that gift
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It must not la* denied of course
that the world has made tremen
dous advance .Sentiment for (trace
Is growing stronger War in losing
Its glory as well as its glamor It
1s known now In its true color as
a black .unspeakable horror, a
grizzly, gory game of which the
lowly ones of earth are always the
helpless victims The blare of the
iiugit ih lowing its thrill
Holiday Business
Was Greater Say Will Barnstorm
Local Merchants
In The North
Then why is war? There's no
lamor for it among the ordinary
individuals of any civilized nation
But when the diplomats get to
gether they arc no longer Indi
viduals They represent nations
And most nations still do business
according to the code of the re
lentless law of the jungle The
sacred rights of the weak are of
ten sacrificed to the greedy de
mands of the strong Heeds being
scattered right now In the Old
World across the sea may bring
forth monstrous weeds of hatred
and w<s* Diplomats appear to
have taken the place of kings as
nsiters for the game which grim
old Mars loves to see played
¡
But some day, some time, Peace
is going to conquer War lx>ve is
goug to eonquoi Hat* Right is
going to conquer Wrong Truth is
going to conquer Error. Back
where the first day dawned, the
world starb-d to climb. It has
come far on a long trail that often
was dim, but It is still climbing
Ever there is a call to the race of
man to advance It will not always
grope
All that th«1 Old has ever given,
of dream or effort or of shining
deed, all of Its visions and Its
martyrdoips, are stepping stones
toward mghtcr glories of the
New. For all the prayers and
tears, the longings and the heart
aches, all the weary watches and
the waitings, all the lonely mid
night vigils, all the faith and hope
of other «lays, have lifted us to
higher ground and pointed farther
upward, along th«1 path immortal
of <>ur dreams
Starting Monday with th«1 okeh
order of P»»A, construction work
on the Ashland sewage disposal
| plant is off to a g«xk! lively start
The preliminaries, such as the
building of toolhouse and office
had already been completed.
Announcement of the order wax
made by D. L. Buckingham, res
ident engineer inspector of Med
ford There wax a slight increase
in the crew made Monday and by
now the number is considerably
augmented.
Benjamin A. Eddy is to act as
resident engineer, being sent here
bv rile PvVA He will also be in
charge of the Normal school gym
nasium work here, another I*WA
project.
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No us«1 now to give any more
gentle hints as to early shopping
Any incorrigible old gent who
hasn't already done as advised is
Just naturally going to be stub
born enough to wait until the day
after Christmas in order to avoid
the rush.
Governor Martin urges more
progress
From my observations
Oregon is just about as progres
sive ns some of the states that
are staggering under loads of
debts that arc entirely too heavy
to carry. To pile up a lot more
debts might start Mr. Progress in
the wrong direction.
And now It is being heralded
about that no outstanding econ
omists in th«1 country favor the
Townsend plan. Of course it isn't
true
But anyway. I've noticed
that scarcely any two outstanding
economists ever agree on any sub
ject. There’s a vast difference be
tween theory and practice.
Ashland merchants report a
very fin«1 holiday trade this year,
th«1 volume of business exceeding
that of liny year for th«1 past sev
eral y«;ars.
There wax a big rush at the fin
ish ax usual. Shopping began at a
rather early date and volume wax
steadily Increased
Th«1 trad«1 territory of Ashland
covers a wide area and the mer
chants here are wide awake and
modem Window displays and the
xtr«»et decorations, backed by the
splendid stocks of merchandise,
made this city an attractive trad
ing point for holiday buyers
Ashland however does not de
pend merely on sp«"clal occasions
Trad«1 lx good at all times of th«1
year because the merchandise is
attracove, ami th«1 prices are
right, ami th«1 merchants adver
tise.
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Elks Lodge Gives
Ball For Charity
I
!
The charity ball given by the
Ashland lodge of Elks on Christ
mas night was a big success and
netted a nice sum for the char-
ity fund. The ball was given in
the lodge temple and dancing was
enjoyed from 9:30 to 1:30.
Music was by George Dayton’s
orchestra. M. W. Hamel, Frank
Van Dyke, Clinton Baughman, Lee
Dunkeson, J. E. Thornton, Ash
land; Harry McNair, Yreka; W. G.
Smith, Talent; Harry Kennedy,
Hilt; and Roy Swaggert, Montag
ue, are the members of the gen
eral staff.
ury figures show that there are
goodly numbers of American citi
zens who are forced to eke out a
precarious existence on puny in
comes of from three to nine mil
lion dollars per year. Not half
enough to buy daughter a prince
Headline: "It’s Easy to Find or a duke.
Gifts Ladies Will Appreciate." In-
Oregon State Board of Educa
dee« 1 yes! But it’s the paying for
them that makes the old pretend tion says "nixie” to any more
Sunday football games for stat«1
to have a sort of hurt feeling.
school teams. Oh, of course the
An Oregon man was arrested in board didn't order the funds from
California recently for fast driv that Sunday game played in Cali
ing. And he was only making fornia sent back, but hereafter it's
eighty miles an hour. The Cali very naughty to play Sunday
fornia cops ought to come up here games.
once in a while and see the boys
The diplomats just tip their
making real speed!
hats, and smile. But in their domes
Page the relief agency! Treas- dwell many gnomes of guile.
Among the dark and jarring
news on social, racial, factional
and political news, I not«* one lit
tle gleaming item: "Wool prices
the past week were mostly firm
despite small sales.”
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Just A Wee Boost
For Ashland Climate
Townsend Club No,
One Meets Tonite;
Mahoney Speaker
Christmas Service
By Knights Templar
Homecoming For
Former SONS
Work Is Started
On Sewage Plant Boxing Board Is
And Going Lively Named By Mayor Special Townsend
Meeting Saturday
Evening, Medford
We climb, and climb, and climb,
becaus«1 the wav was smoothed by
other feet. And climbing thus, we
reach new heights, and leav«1 new
stepping stones for thox«1 who fol
low And climbing on, we look be
yond the doubts and fears and
clouds of Time and see the sweet
light shine above .and trusting it.
can never go astray.
Some of the G. O. P. leaders are
rooting for a program of economy,
balanced budget, sound money,
and protective tariff. They had
all those things when they held
the reins of government, and yet
they drove right ke. smash Into
the depression.
M<«re than fourteen miles of un-
George A. High of this city, who
Ashland sewage disposal bonds
paved streets in Ashland ar«; to be wax convicted and sentenced to in the amount of $27,000 were
«•«•surfaced when; needed. It is a
state prison on the charge o f signed Monday and sent to the
WPA project an«l will give em
bon«! company at Portland which
setting fire January 1, 1933 to the bought them. The PWA has given
ployment to fifty-five rnen.
Th«; proj«;ct includes the resur Balfour-Guth.ri«1 bam near here complete approval.
facing of aligned portions of the for the purpose of collecting $15,-
The federal government made a
streets with four inches of gran 000 insurance, surrendered volun grant of $36,000 to the city, and
ite, lowering of 1550 feet of curb
to the total of the bonds and the
tarily Tuesday morning at the
ing. ami also provides for new
federal grant will be added a suf
| county jail and was placed in cus ficient amount to be taken from
drains ami cross drains.
The cost to the city will b e tody. He has been at liberty on the city’s el«x:tric light fund t o
$2,798 The government is furn bonds.
build and install the disposal
High was accompanied to the plant.
ishing $6,371 through WPA, mak
ing a total cost for the project of Jail by his motner. He returned
The money from the light fund
recently from Los Angeles, where was voted at a special election. A
$9169
business, and where good many citizens objected to the
Th«; work is to start next Mon he has been
day an«! will be under the direct his family resides On Tuesday af diversion of any part of the ■ light
supervision of City Engineer Frank ternoon he appeared with his at fund for helping out on the dis
Walker. It is expected to be com torney, William M Briggs of this posal plant, saying that electric
city, before Judge H. D. Norton rates should be lowered instead
pleted within three months.
in chambers, and made a plea for of the funds being diverted.
parole, which the court declined
There are indications that such
' to grant. He will probably be tak objections may come to the front
en to the state prison Saturday if again as a well-defined issue in
the mandate from the supreme j local civic affairs.
court arrives in time.
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The weather bureau forecast of
Robert N. High ,a brother, is al
rain for Christmas failed to click so expected to be taken to the
so far as Ashland was concern««!. | state prison at th«; same time. He
Nice, bright, sunny, happy day, has been confined since July in the
Eight Ashland high basketball 1 with an extra broad smile on old
county jail. With his brother,
players and coach Pon Faber will Sols beaming face. To the north
George A , he was convicted last
leave here next Monday morning ward about a dozen miles, where
March by a circuit court jury, and
for a four game barnstorming tour boasting about the climate is the
about two weeks ago the supreme
of the northern part of the state. : favorite sport, it was different
Dallas will b«1 the Grizzlies first Ashland ought to make more noise court confirmed the conviction.
Joe B. Holland of Astoria, con
opponents, being played on Mon about her climate. A foggy day
Ashland Townsend club No. 1 is
fessed dupe of the High brothers
day night Tuesday, the Faberites or night is the big exception Th«1
in the bam burning, is on parole. to hold its regular meeting this
will tangle with McMInneville; contour or whatever they call it
evening, beginning at 7:30. Mayor
Wednesday, New Year’s Tilla- seems to shunt the fogs away Theron Martin, another accomp Willis E. Mahoney of Klamath
lice, who pleaded guilty, is serving
m«xik will be met and the trip from here.
I a sentence of two years. They Falls is to be the speaker and a
wound up with a set-to against
1 both confessed that
they had big attendance and a rousing meet
the Chemawa Indians Thursday
been hired to aid in setting the ing are anticipated.
morning
The club meets now at Eagles
fire.
Hurrying home. Faber will take
hall, having found it necessary to
The
bam,
which
was
a
well
his squad to Klamath Falls for
known landmark of this area, was find larger quarters in which to
the opening Conference game Fri
purchased
by George High at a hold tne session. The club has a-
The Knights Templar command-
day night.
bout reached the limit of member
I sale, six weeks before the fire.
Players certain to make the tour ery of this city held a brief Xmas
ship allowed in any one club.
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are, Hess, Fowler, Schilling. Mur service Wednesday morning at the
Mayor Mahoney is one of the
phy, Lee and Mayberry The two Masonic Temple, the service being
great speakers of the Townsend
others will be selected from the followed by a waffle breakfast
movement and his fame is more
following: DeMers, Bromley, Dav The service began at nine o'clock
than state wide. It will be a pleas-
is, Bruce Schilling. Gettling. War Formal observance of Christmas
I ure to hear him.
as well as that of Easter,
has
ren and Porter.
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Ashland high journeyed to Cres- ' been added to the Templar calen
AUTO CATCHES FIKE
cent City tonight for a return 1 dar All the members of the local
Homecoming!
The fire department was called
game with that team
commandery were invited to at
That’s what it will be for How j Tuesday evening when Austie Bar-
tend, accompanied by their ladies
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ard Hobson and his university of j rie's auto caught fire on the Boul-
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Oregon varsity basketball team | evard on account of a shortage
I when they take the floor against in the light and horn switch. The
the SONS of Southern Oregon estimated damage was $45.00.
Normal New Year’s night in the
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highlight battle of the entire seas —YOU SAW IT IN THE MINER
on.
In reserve, Eberhart will have
It will be the first time that
Mayor Thornton S. Wiley has
Hobby, after three great basket Bill Hoxie, Leavers, Wayne Har-
appointed a boxing commission
ball coaching years here, has plac iss, Patterson and Neil Winkle.
to govern matches and smokers
Oregon’s starting lineup, while
ed a quint on the Junior high bas
given in this city and sponsored
A Townsend meeting which is ketball floor since last season :and not definite, will probably consist
by local groups adn fraternal or
said to be an important one is to along with the soft spoken coach of McLean and Leibowitz at the
ders.
The commission named by the b«* held tomorrow (Saturday) eve will come eight former history forwards; Howell at center and
mayor consists of Chief of Police ning in the Armory at Medford, making SONS players who are Willard Jones and Patterson at
battling for first team berths on the guards. Jones, last year all
C. P. Talent. Dr. W. J. Crandall. beginning at 7 o'clock.
R. Z. Adams, national coordin the Pacuic Coast Conference Web Northwest center, has been shifted
Merritt Randles, Cal McClellan
to guard to make way for slam
and Jean Eberhart, coach of the ator of the Townsend Plan clubs foots.
bang Ward Howell.
Homecoming!
of the United States, is announc
Normal sch<x»l.
The two teams will play in Med
For Howard Hobson and for
The local Eagles sponsor regu ed as the principal.
ford
the following night, January
Accompanying Mr. Adams will Wardlow Howell, undoubtedly the
lar semi-monthly boxing events
here in their lodg«1 rooms, and at be Townsend Plan State Manager finest court performer ever turn 2.
times the Normal school and the Bunnell, shortly to be transferred ed out at Ashland high; for Cluf
to Washington, D. C., who is slat- “Chief” McLean, the brilliant In
Elks lodge stage events.
e«i to deliver a special message dian fl«x>r man; for Bill Courtney,
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peerless guard and dead eye shot
Mankind Meat Wafers, a bal direct from Dr. Townsend.
Frank X. Sherrer, president of artist; for Charles Pat” Patter
anced dog f«Mxl in a convenient
form. Per |x>tiiid 15c; 5-lb. carton Townsend club No. 2 of Medford, son, the perfect basketball player;
H5c; 9-lh. carton *1.10— At IMRi will preside. In addition to the for Wayne Scott, of the sharp
speaking there will be an excel shooting eye and for Ray Jewel,
F«H*d and Seed Store.
six foot six inches tall.
lent program.
Those are the men who follow
"We all want Mr. Adams to car
ry the word back to Washington ed Hobson to Oregon when he was
that we are an alive, up and com appointed head coach there last
ing. aggressive band of Townsend- year, and in addition to them there
ites here in Oregon" the announce will be the two Jones boys, Wil
ment of the meeting says, which lard and Budd, for the past pair
also urges all who possibly can of seasons at Oregon but who
both were at Southern Oregon
to attend.
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Normal three years ago.
So it will be Homecoming for
FIRE DAMAGES HOUSE
Fire last Sunday damaged the practically everyone on the Web
residence of David Benjamin at foot squad in addition to Hobby.
287 Avery street to the amount of And tnose players, teamed with
approximately one hundred dollars. Leibowitz. Silver, Harcomb and
The second story of the house was O’rourke, are expected to drive the
destroyed. The fire department re Oregon team to the northern div
sponded quickly when called af ision title of the Coast Confer
ter the roof was discovered to be ence.
Jean Eberhart, handling the
blazing, and kept the house from
Ted Guetzloff, teaching his par
SONS for the first time, has built
being
entirely
destroyed.
rot to talk French.
an excellent team with which to
A lot of guys staying away
Troubled with RATS? RAT weic«me the Webfoots. With only
from Council meetings. (Fear?)
Aubrey Miles, wishing Saturday NIP is guaranteed to kill them. two b.ttermen available—Walton
would last a week.
For sale at Ted's Feed and Seed and Winkle—the SONS have won
three games while losing but one,
Art Cooper, figuring in seconds, Store.
and mis-figuring
that to Oregon at Eugene early
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DEMURE..!
Art Gilbert wondering if he is
President Roosevelt expressed a in the season.
DIMPLED..I
the only lone wolf (HOWL ART)
With
Bob
Hardy
.gangly
form
Carl Oeser putting over a red- lovely sentiment in his greeting er Ashland high center at that
to the American people: "The spir
hot sale.
position for the SONS; Ted Scliopf
Art Coggins, rend« ring a brain - it of Christmas knows no race,
high scoring ace from Portland,
no
creed,
no
clime,
no
limitation
straining decision.
at a forward berth; Monk Walton
Bill Dean, making up for lost of time or space.”
at the other scoring position; and
time.
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Merritt Randles making
a i The playlet "No Room at the Howard Scroggins and Arba Ager
speach.
Inn” was presented at the Pres at the guards, the SONS will pre
Jerry Gault's favorite express- | byterian church last Sunday eve sent a fighting team that will
JO.-.M oo
ion is: ‘‘It's to early to go home; ning. Preceding the playlet there probably give Oregon everything
yet.”
they
want
and
maybe
a
little
bit
Jack Bears, wondering,
just I was a devotional service, also car
ols by the Sunday school orchestra. more.
wondering!
If anybody In Ashland missed
getting a liberal portion of Christ
mas good will and cheer, It wasn’t
th«1 fault of the various fraternal
orders of the city, nor of civic or
ganizations
The Masonic fraternities, th«1
Elks, the Eagles, th«1 Legion, the
Auxiliary, the Odd Fellows, the
Boy Scouts, the Camp Fire Girls.
th«1 church organizations, the lod
ges. all did their part
The fire department fixed up
broken toys almost g«ssl ax new
for distribution among the little
folks There wax also many indiv
idual donations by citizens were
needed.
it wax a joyous Christmas. The
city sparkled with holiday lights
ami decorations, and visitors an«l
tourists received vivi«l impressions
of the way Ashland does things
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