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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
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ASHLAND GROUP
URGES VOTE FOR
PARK PROPOSAL
CITY ( HARTER
Section 15, Article 7
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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.
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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.
Section 5. article 19:
"The Ashland park commission,
with the consent of the common
council, shall have the authority,
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