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Page 2 Musical Notes JENNINGS RI NS By LAURF.N4 F. Hl BERT • Feggy Guiley, fiddler, has a bad case of wanderlust. In the last two months she has been a resident of Ashland. Medford and Klamath Falls. She has played in the high school orchestras of each city thus creating some kind of a record. Just another wandering minstrel from the Lithia City. • Mrs. Charles Robertson is one of the very few piano accordion ists in this part of the country. This instrument, which has shown so much popularity of late in the larger cities seems to be lagging a bit around here. Maybe people think that you must have good old Italian blood in your veins to master it. Well, I've known many fine performers who were Americans but still I always as- socite accordions with a big steaming dish of Italian spaghetti. • Chester Woods, cellist, went Ralph Jennings, well-known hunting and got a buck the other day. Took his cello along and Jackson county figure and probably scared it to death with former sheriff, is campaigning a "flying staccato” — the old on the democratic ticket this year for a seat in the county meanie! • The girls who make up the per- I court as commissioner. Jen sonnel of Phil Spitalny’s "Hour nings s|>ent two years su|>ervis- of Charm" orchestra, radio’s fin ing road construction for the est all girl ensemble, spent an forest service .and is now oper average of 12 years studying mu ating a ranch near Medford. He has had eight years' experience sic. • Dr. W. J. Crandall demonstrat in county affairs and pointe out ed to the Music Study club the that during all that time he was intricacies of making a violin. It in close contact and cooperation was an interesting talk and com with the county court and un pletely caught the attention of the derstood its functions. audience. His instrument is well made and has a very nice tone. decked with sunflowers and play I wonder if he used a local anes ing a Frisco jazz whistle. Just a thetic on the top when he cut out one man band ballyhooing for the "F” holes. Landon. • Some of our young musicians • The craziest sounding phono- who are disappointed because they graph record I have ever heard cannot play a concert after a cou was the one played between pic- ple of years of study should re tures at the Lithia theater Sat- member that Paderewski, one of urday night. It was so funny it the worlds greatest pianists, was good If Lee Ryan doesn't made his debut in Vienna at the stop it he is going to have every age of 27. one in town cutting out paper • Phyllis Sparr is the possessor dolls or something. of a fine new cello made by John Jusek, one of Europe’s famous vio • All activities cease when Aub lin makers. It is something she rey Miles hears a radio announcer can cherish all her life and will mention Lawrence Tibbet's name. add much to her musical interest A good singer in his own right. Half the battle is a good instru Miles is an inveterate Tibbet fan especially if it’s the "Road to ment and so few young musicians Mandalay"—but then who isn't. possess one. • Eddie Lang .trumpeter of weird • The editor of the Miner must rhyythm, work at the new Ash think that some of this column land radio shop. This fellow is a makes good news copy judging newcomer to these parts and he from the way it was scattered is certainly welcome because good through the paper last week. It doesn't make any difference but trumpet players are scarce. • Billy Elhart running around be- if any of it lands in that "Seen FOR FASTER, BETTER, EASIER IRONING AT HOME A NORGE mOH» The Norge way is the most comfortable way of ironing ever devised — you sit relaxed with simple and complete controls at your fingertips. 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Curved sur face of plate assures correct ironing pressure for perfect finished work NORGE 2U-1-6 Phone 209 ASHLAND GROUP URGES VOTE FOR PARK PROPOSAL CITY ( HARTER Section 15, Article 7 BOOK AND MUSIC STORE 278 East Main Street In a Daze'* thing I'm going to PANIlilTV I >I?I kII1Wk’Q I ‘»I’ I IvVrivIIriLri throw fits. • Shirley Walton and Florence Hubert, violins, were keeping time at the last rehearsal by chewing gum. It was all right for a while but when the music changiui to a fast 2-4 movement they nearly dislocated their jaws. This will probably allow them the error of their ways. • Coda: The woman who hit her husband on the head with a violin apparently was not fiddling • • Mrs G H Hedberg is confined to her home as a result of a liadly sprained ankle Mrs A W. Hen lung ot Sacramento, her daughter, ■uid young son Phillip are staying with het To the Editor: To abolish the Ashland park commission will be one of the wisest moves the people of Ash land can make, because by so do ing they will save themselves, as taxpayers, thousands of dollars a year in park maintenance. If the present park commission is allowed to try to carry out their fantastic plans for park beautifi cation and expansion, the problem of maintenance in our park will be a serious one too serious for the park commission to cope with, and it will then be necessary for the council to take over the park and provide the necessary fumis. which will come from just one source the taxpayer's pocket One very good illustration of this happened less than two years ago when the park commission made the N'utley street fill and, at the end of the project, passed on to the city council, on account of their inability to pay them, bills amounting to over $600 which they had incurred, but which the city council paid out of the gen eral fund because of the inability of the park commission to meet these oblications. The present park commission is committed to a policy of expan sion and rebuilding our park which will call for the expenditure of thousands of dollars of the tax payers' money, and for which there is absolutely no demand. Our park is satisfactory as it is; it does not need to be landscaped, expanded or rebuilt it was de signed and landscaped by one of the foremost landscape architects in the United States, and now our park commission has turned this park—our park, our biggest as set—over to a green, inexperienced kid to experiment and play with. Ninety-eight per cent of the people who use our park are per fectly satisfied with it as it is, and tell us we have one of the finest parks on the Pacific coast, and that the greatest charm of the park is its naturalness and natural lines. To change this, and make our park over into a formal park is to spoil this attractiveness and charm, and to ruin our park for ail time to come. A formal park is the most mon otonous kind of a park, and while to a person seeing It once it is fine, it will not stand close ac quaintance, and to rebuild our park over into a formal park will be to absolutely ruin our greatest asset. Just why our park commission has taken it upon themselves to take all control of our park away from a man who has had control of it for 15 years- 15 years prac tical experience in the operation of our park and turn this control over to a green, inexperienced kid, is something we would like to have them explain to the public— if they can. Frank Jordan, in his interview with the Miner, states that the duties of the council and the park commission are entirely separate, and not overlapping, and are reg ulated by charter amendments. All right, let’s look at the charter which, we take it. is the govern ing code of both the council and the park commission. The park commission contends that It Is an independent body— responsible only to the people, and that the council has nothing to say about its actions, and they do not know their charter. To precede the charter amend ments and sections, we will state that the park commission was created by a vote of the people on the 15th day of December, 1908, and that all sections of the char ter referred to are after the 18th day of April, 1910, almost two years after the establishment of the park commission. NORGE The Duntnl system of ironing control—perfected by Norge — doubles the ease, doubles the speed, doubles the satis faction of home ironing. Friday, October 30, 1936 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER I The common council, by a two- thirds vote of the council at any regular or adjourned meeting, shall have the power, within the city limits of the city of Ashland, to lay out, establish, vacate, widen, open and extend streets or parts of streets and alleys, or parts of alleys in said city, and to lay out. establish, erect, construct and maintain any and all public parks public grounds or public works. And the park commission says the council has nothing to say j about their actions ask the coun cil if it was consulted about the rock garden or so-called Root me morial park we had wished onto us last winter. Part of section 3, article 19: "It shall be the duty of said commission, and they shall at th* “I promise a courteous and efficient administration,” said ( larence Pankey, democratic candidate for county clerk, on his visit to Ashland this week, Pankey, member of an old and popular southern Oregon fam- lly, has been acting as fore- man of a Medford fruit pach Ing plant, ile has made a clean, commendable can>|»ulgii throughout the county. Ashland public park system known as the munici|>al auto camp ground, including that part used and required for auto camp cab- I ins, provided that any such lease shall contain a clause prohibiting the carrying on of any mercantile or garage buslneaa, on said lensed premises, without first obtaining the UNANIMOUS consent of the said commission and the common council." And yet Mr Jordan says that the duties of the council and the park commission do not overlap and are entirely separate Also Mr McNair perhaps they both had better read and study over our city charter they might learn that the duties of the coun cil and the park commission d< overlap and are not separate Referring to the statement made that the council would not have the time to devote to park affairs, we believe the counci fully capable of handling the park and. also, have the fantastic ide." that the council, being composed of sensible men. might consldei letting the men they hire to man age the park actually manage It PROGRESSIVE Ct »MM ITTEI By CHARLES I HOMES ¡“ginning of each month, file with the city recorder for the informa tion oi the c».v council and the public, u report of their dotngs for the pieceeding month Sue i re- |»ort shall specify all funds on hand, and the source from whence than 10 years, that pail of the obtained, it ahull carry u clear statement of ull moneys ex|M*nded. and for what purpose, all pur- chases made und all labor per formed, together with the cost thereof shall be embodied in salii report ” You try to find one of these we could not. 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