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A Copy S outhern O regon M iner A Copy SucceHsor to The Jacksonville Miner Volume 5 Ashland, Oregon, Friday, March 20, 1936 ♦ Nuggets From NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR THE City Council Has ASHLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THE Busy Session On HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY LATEST IN PROGRESS PROGRAM Tuesday Evening FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROGRAM The bonded indebtedness of the Among other live boost issues Field work for the Historical discussed by the board of direc city of Ashland has been reduced Records Survey, a new nation Birthday Of The Elks Celebrate tors of the chamber of commerce $232,357.55 since the year 1928 it wide project of the Federal Wri at a meeting held Monday noon, wax shown by a report of City Re ters’ Program of the WPA was Anniversary Of wax the feasibility of securing corder J. Q Adams to the city started this week in Jackson Coun American Legion new headquarters for th«- offices council at its meeting Tuesday ty by Miss Restora French and Al night. fred Segsworth, of Ashland. The While the move lx still in a ten The Home Lodge tative Was Celebrated In 1928 the debt wax $781,164.82. purpose of this undertaking is to state, and while no action Since first the world turned on its axis, folks have teen roaring ut the taxes. But the taxes have generally come back smiling, hus ky and strong, at every tap of the gong. They've never been whipped yet, and it Is doubtful if they ever will take the count of ten Among the thousand or so reasons given Ashland B 1* O E I 944 cele- by historians for the fall of Rome, brated Itx thirty-first annivernary taxes arc among the list Saturday evening, 300 i Elks, wives Slash, .cut, trim, pare That's al and families enjoying the happy ways been the attitude That's the occasion. A delightful dinner wax attitude now as to budgets, whe- served and a very interesting pro ther it te city, school, county, gram wax given Exalted Ruler E C. Gardner state.or nation. Reduce, delete, el- gave a talk on the ideals and prin But old man Iminate, expunge Tuxes Just grins. He has run that ciples of the order He spoke of same gauntlet since primordial the good financial condition of the local Icxlge and predicted further days and then some. growth. William Briggs gave some in A determined taxpayers league teresting .lata, reviewing the his lurks In every corner of the ring, tory of the local Icslge since it panoplied In rigid economy and received its charter, which was in armed cap-a-pie with bristling sta- the year 1905 He said the build tlstics You*d think that Iters ing, which cost $85,(XX), lx one of would i»c no chance any more for tin few lodge temples III the coun a fat, squabby budget to escape try free of debt, lie s|s>ke highly utter annihilation You'd think of the efficient work of Secretary that every stray item would boiat J E Thornton, who began bls ser the white flag and howl for mer- vices ax secretary in 1914 cy Mr. Briggs gave the names of charter members who were later But instead of that, they ■ecm exulted rulers, ax follows: E V. to be loved and petted and pro- Carter. C II I' kkt , George A tcctcd There's always some guy Knoblaugh. H C Span A I’ >t.i "Th.- little pics, J. M Wagner, D. A Apple- to plead for them town of Podunk got iui appropria gate. A C. Ninlnger and D. Per- tion, and why shouldn't the town ozzi. of Bqueedunk have a little rake- Many other interesting features off?" Uttlc stray items, but what were on the program, including an ImmriiM' aggregate! And Po- dance numbers by school children dunk and Bqueedunk will boost for the feller that boosted for them. I News dls|Mitches recently told of a town in Pennsylvania that is taxless and has $19.000 in the bank For five years the expenses of the town government have been paid out of the profits of the mun icipal water and light plants. There arc quite a number of cities and towns in the United States that are "taxless" to that extent They can't control the county, state and national burden of course, but every little helps Some congressmen are born groat, some achieve greatness, and picturesque some either wear clothes or manage to get them- stdves called down by the presid- Ing officer. And no rooner does one senator quote a long string of figures that absolutely prove his argument, than another senator bobs up and refutes those figures beyond the last shadow of a doubt and the least quintilllonth of an iota. wax taken ax to definite location, At the close of the year 1935 it the feeling is strong that a more wax $548.807 27. Annual interest central location is desirable. This payments have been cut from $39.- lx in. line with the trend of prog 058 to $27,440 in the same period rexx and pep and push that was during which the city has paid a In manifested by the boost body at total of $267,873 in iterest. 1928, the dally inteerst rate was the recent annual dinner $108, at the end of 1935 it was Discussion at the meeting seem $93 ed to faeor the l'laza, or at least Representing the management a location nearer that section of of the Lithia Theatre, Attorney the business district. One plan sug William Briggs protested against gested and discussed wax the erec the annual tax of six cents per tion of a new building in the cen seat assessed by a recent ordin ter of the Plaza area, with the ance.* He said it was unfair to aid of the city. This is not a new I single out one of the regular bus- proposal, as it has been often dis I Iness houses of the city for licens cussed at civic meetings during ing purposes and asked that the the past throe years since the tax be eliminated. "If the tax on headquarters were in the city buil the theatre was recommended by ding. the committee on account of the Following the discussion, Pres cash night, I want to say that ident Frank Van Dyke wax' auth such cash night has no resemb orized to appoint a committee to lance whatever to a lottery. It is consider the plan. Later he an- for the purpose of increasing pat nounced the committees as foi- ronage. the same ax merchandise lows: Dr. R. L. Burdic, O. M stamps are for the purpose of in Green, Louis Dodge, P. R. Hardy, creasing trade" he said. Mr Briggs Hal McNair and C. P. Talent. further protested against the the Secretary Gordon MacCracken atre being included in the class submitted his report to the board with pool tables and pin-ball ma Among other items he reported chines. that 366 out-of-state autos had Walter H. Leverette, lessee of registered in the first 14 days of the theatre building, and Lee B. March. For the same period last Ryan, local manager, were pres- year the registration wax 294. ent at the meeting Mr. Leverette which indicates that this will be called attention to the theatre as a good year for tourists. being an important asset to the Fred Tayler. T L. O'Harra, Dr city and protested against discrim Walter Redford and O. F. Carson ination. "We are willing to pay a were appointed ax a committee to reasonable tax.” he said, “but we make a study of the proposition believes other lines of business of erecting entrance signs to the should bear their share." City Attorney Frank Van Dyke city. Street Superintendent Frank explained that licenses were plac Davis announced Tuesday the com ed under the general classification pletion of one of Ashland's largest of amusements. "The theatre falls WPA projects of the past winter, within that class,” he said, "and the resurfacing of streets. The it also requires more fire protec work included not only resurfac tion. The tax is in line with that ing streets, but realignment of i imposed by other cities." blocks, installation of storm sew -*-ier jurther arguments, the ers. construction of culverts, and For the first time in several shutting off of debate, and agree improvements on curbing where years, the Buckhorn Ixxige health ing to take the matter under ad needed. resort thirteen miles southeast of visement, things took another The Job lasted two months and here was opened to guests last turn when on motion of Council required a crew of fifty men on Sunday. There are nine cabins and man Ralph E. Koozer the council the average. Most of the expend a bathhouse, and construction of a decided the ordinance should not iture of $7000 wax for labor, the house for gas baths is to be un be amended. Councilman Ingle cast WPA bearing that part of the ex- dertaken. An electric plant has the only negative vote, explaining penxe been completed and the property that he did so not on the merits —,— — ®-------- of the ordinance, but because the has been further improved. KIGHT now you snould have a Ashland and surrounding com council had given Mr. Briggs and new portrait. Your family and munities have fine facilities in the his client to understand that the friends want It—business often ' matter of mineral springs, mineral matter would be further discussed demands It. Arrange now for an baths and mud baths. Sulpher when they might be present. appointment. Bushnell - Perkins springs arc but a few miles from On recommendation of Chief of Studio. Mur. 13-20-27 hero The lithia fountains in the Police Talent an ordinance was city and the municipal park are passed providing a penalty of $5 Tlie famous Barney Oldfield was ix>pular attractions for visitors to $25 for dog owners failing to an Ashland visitor Tuesday on his There are great opportunities for procure dog licenses prior to way from somewhere to his home further development of these min March 1 of any year. in Beverly Hills, and stopped long eral resource«. enough to see the sights and get his auto tank filled at Dr. Oeser's Super Service Station. Street Project Now Completed Just think of the varied re«- ources of this county of Jackson, state of Oregon! Cities, towns, hamlets, farms, fields, gardens, schools, art. poetry, refinement. And yet withal the rugged grand • eur of mountain and gulch where The Missionary society of the can be enjoyed the royal sport of Presbyterian church is to meet rounding up a band of wild wild this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The i^^Bhorses. program is to be the one outlined in the year book. Building permits in Salem so far this year of 1936 have passed the YOU SAW IT IN THE MINER million dollar mark. While three school buildings were included, construction of residences also took a big spurt. s, Number 12. Lodge Near Here Open For Season Obituary Sarah E Crawford, long time resident of Talent, passed away at her home at the age of 83 years, 11 months Mrs Crawford was born March 20th 1852 in Niagara county New York. Funeral services were conducted by the Stock Litwiller Funeral Home Interment was held at Talent. Good Supply Of Water Assured collect Information for a compre hensive index of the basic mater ials for research in the history of the United States; a guide which, it is predicted, will be of incalcul able value to historians. The res ults of the survey in Jackson County and every other county of Oregon are to be included in a separate index which is to be prin ted by the University of Oregon Press. Among the public sources of his torical information which Miss French and Mr. Segsworth will ex amine are the archives of the coun ty court house, the records in the various city halls of the county, and the relics that may be in the possession of historical and pion eer societies. They will also un dertake tc inventory privately owned historical materials. In order to make an exhaustive survey in Jackson County, one of the most historic counties of the state, Alfred Powers, dean of the general extension division of the Oregon state system of higher • ed- ucation and state director of 1 fed- eral writings, urges that all per sons who own or know of histor ically interesting old letters, diar ies, ledgers, photographs, newspa pers, articles of early furniture, etc., report such items either to Miss French or Mr. Segsworth, at Ashland, or write to the Historical Records Survey, Bedell Building, Portland. The survey does not contem plate the lemoval of any relic from its pi esent locaetion or own er Its purpose is merely to rec ord what the item is and in whose possession. Members of the Ashland Legion and Auxiliary were guests Tues day night of the Medford post at an enjoyable event held in honor of the seventeenth anniversary of the founding of the American Leg ion. A covered dish dinner was ser ved and after the dinner a short meeting was held. At 8:30 Nat ional CorAmander Ray Murphy gave a radio talk which was high ly appreciated. This was followed by very interesting talks from Ben Dorris of Eugene and Paul Mc- Donald of Ashland. The Medford Gleemen sang sev- eral numbers, after which danc ing was enjoyed until a late hour. A good sized delegation attended from Ashland. SATURDAY 3—Unit Show-3 “ 1 Uftfi’t Ikrihq CussSj ■ vim so miro ' JtGRIN? william BOYD < Jimmy Elli««« A Piramos»! Picture Ralph Sweeney Enters List For Treasurer Post Ralph E. Sweeney of Medford has declared his intentions of be coming a candidate in the coming political primary for the nomin ation for county treasurer on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Sweeney is savings teller of the Medford branch of the First National Bank of Portland. Mr. Sweeney has resided in Med- ford 15 years and has been __ with the bank about 12 years. He ent ered the primary campaign for treasurer at the earnest aolicitat- "~~—r friends ion n of r many Especially active In Masonic circles, Mr. Sweeney has held many important offices in the or der. He is a past master of the Blue Lodge in Missouri, past illus trious master of the Medford Council, past commander of Malta Commandery, Ashland, an officer of the State Grand Council, Royal and Select Masters. He is a mem ber of Hillah Temple, Hillah Tem ple patrol, and of the Medford Shrine club, Emigrant dam. near Ashland, chief source of water supply for the Talent irrigation district, is full to overflowing, according to Olen Arnspiger, general manager 1 of the Medford and Talent irriga tion districts. Fish lake, main water source of NEW FIXTURES FOR Isaac Bailey of Ashland, passed Seems like the young folks an« the Medford irrigation district, is ADDIS DRUG STORE away March 13th at the age of bound to keep up with the times. 83 years, 8 months Surviving him about 60 per cent full, with the Several items in the papers lately are one son, R. C., of Portland, and spring runoff to come. Thirty-nine By far the busiest and most about school strikes. When I went one daughter Mrs Luella Vance of inches of snow tributary to Fish active place in the city of Ashland to district school the kids didn't Seattle Interment was held at the lake awaits the spring thaw. Irri Thursday, was the Addis Drug need to go on strike. They Just Hargadine Cemetary, Stock and gation officials hope the snow’ will Store, when a full carload of new stayed out to help shuck com or Litwiller officiating. began rolling in to be put melt gradually, instead of melting fixtures in place. something. under a Chinook wind. A gradual Completion of Mr. Addis' plans Verian E. Farliegh, Ashland, passed away March 15th at the thaw eliminates loss of water by' will soon be realized now that Congressional investigation of exapo ration. these fixtures are being installed. the Townsend Movement is bound I age of 74 years 10 months. Surviv Heavy rains In the valley and Mr Addis states that the increase ing her is her husband Geo. W. to have at least one important ru- Farleigb, a son Clarence F., of near normal snowfall in the hills of business during the past vear sult. It's a safe bet that all of the Grants Pass, A brother John Ed- assure Rogue River valley orchar- has necessitated the move enlarg $50,000 appropriation will be spent munson of Long Beach, and a sis dists and farmers of a near nor ing the store. The Addis Drug by the committee. *“ LEE RYAN dreaming of YE ter. Mrs. John Farliegh of Gaston mal supply of water next summer Store has been established since 1927 and has made a very rapid Oregon. Interment wax held in the OLD SWIMIN’ HOLE. ------------ •------------ growth in this short period. There's one ray of hope in the ( LARK THOMAS, wandaring Mountain View Cemetery, Stock CHORI'S MEETING The complete overhauling of the and Litwiller officiating. European war situation. Most of around. Every member of the Jackson store includes new shelving, count Half the town of ASHLAND the nations over there have so County Teachers' chorus is re ers. lighting fixtures etc. A com George Milligan Robison, life In for WILD HORSES. many troubles of their own that going to be present at the re plete new prescription department » ♦ ♦ BI D GANDER Is said to be time resident of the Rogue River quested hearsal Saturday morning at ten including they don’t hanker for an extra latest in labratory valley, passed away March 15th the OKNKIEST guy In town. o'clock in the courthouse auditor equipment the load. will be one of the im ««• A BEAUTY SIKH* proprietor at the age of 68 years Surviving ium. The chorus is now engaged in portant features. css yearning for more PEANUTS. him are his widdow, Anna M., a intensive practice for the spring Here it is way along in March *•« GI-ENN ADDIS and .IIMMY son Merle B., of Grants Pass, The should be completed concert scheduled for Monday eve within a work and no arrangements yet under METZ becoming SLAVES. week to ten days. a brother, John R., of Talent and ning, March 30. way for the celebration of April two sisters, Mrs. Eva Hoyt of Med •------------ Amid the news of wars and ru ford and Mrs. Della Roper of Lodi, HIGHWAY DEBT Fool day. Nobody will deny that Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Edwards The f ....................... . commission _____ mors of wars in the old countries California. State Highway there's plenty of material. and son, formerly of Hilt, are now will reduce its Interment was held in Talent making their home in this city. — bonded -— - ■ debt on and the clang and clamor of pol April 1 to $24.416.750. according When Shakespeare sprung that itics in this country, there occas with Stock and Litwiller officiat ------------ • ------------ to a voucher for $1.834,098.43 re line "What fools these mortals lie” ionally appears in some humble ing. Lovely assortment of greeting cently filed with the state depart he omitted a certain adjective spot of metropolitan papers an of cards Just arrived. Be sure to see ment. The money will pay $1,275,- Mr and Mrs R E Black that is often used for a more em item like this: "New York bought nut were here Monday to do some them. Bushnell-Perkins Studio. 000 on principal and $5*59,098 in a carload of Tillamook cheese." phatic description. - , shopping. Mar. 13-20-27 interest. 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