A Copy
S outhern O regon M iner
A Copy
SucceHsor to The Jacksonville Miner
Volume 5
Ashland, Oregon, Friday, March 20, 1936
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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