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ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1936
Miner Mellows; Gives
George and Crew Best
Wishes for Holidays
XMAS IN REVERSEI
/UIRIHTMAS,
PORTMAN never
1 gets a bleak lit this time of
year Just as soon us he finishes
carrying packages and greeting
curds, along comes the first of the
month
notice that every btisl-
angling for t rade who
With the king already abdi­
cated, Amos' baby named and the
Brite brothers' fate sealed, pros­
pects for a happy newsy year for
headline writers look pretty slim.
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AMERICAN« ARE POKING
FUN AT ENGLAND'S CORONA
TION MEAT SALES. WHICH
THREATEN TO RIVAL OUR
OWN FOOTBALL GATES
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Europe, fearing another general
war, is courting American good
will again by mumbling something
alxiut readjusting debts from the
lust war. But when money talks,
they all speak In broke English
lly A. L. I.INDBECK
Slate Capital News Bureau of the
Southern Oregon Miner
UALEM
Wealth would become
k the yardstick by which votes
would Is- doled out If the Wittiwer
federation should succeed with its
program The federation ha* In­
corporated in Oregon under the
leadership of a group of Portland
citizens, including John Schroeder.
Veteran chief clerk of the legis­
lative ways and means committee
Under the pro|M>sal of the federa­
tion all taxpayers would be re­
warded with an extra vote Per­
sons paying more than $50 a year
in taxes would be given two extra
vote* and those paying more than
$100 a year In taxes would lx*
given three extra vote« It I* un­
derstood that an attempt will be
made to refer the program to the
voters through a pro|a*sed consti­
tutional amendment
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The wml annual apportion­
ment of highway funds among
the .36 counties of the state
was completed by Secretary
of State Snell this week. Un­
der this apportionment $800,-
ooo Is distributed among the
counties every six months on
a basis established In 1931.
County courts are rx|M<cted to
make a fight for un Increase
of this amount at the forth­
coming legislative session.
Getting buck to the season, we
notice that an editor is a guy who
spends a<> much time writing shop
and mail early articles he never
gets around to doing his own till
about December 24.
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Golf courses have been installed
near Routh African gold mines
and, like Ike Fridcgar, miners
spend their leisure seeing who can
nugget the farthest
Seven hundred automobile driv­
ers were convicted on various
traffic counts in Oregon courts
during September, according to re­
ports filed with Secretary of titate
Snell
The list ill« llldi M but 78
drunken drivers who suffered rev­
ocation of their drivers' licenses
in addition to fines and jail sent­
ence*. Twenty-five reckless driv­
ers had their licenses suspended
<luring the month.
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It has been intimated that the
next four years will sec a show- Christmas Tree
down between congress and the
supreme court unless the court de-
Winners
dares
showdown*
unconstitu-
tlonal
Contest
Will Be Named
The Christmas tree contest
News of the week remind* um
that private Ilves of comedians sponsored by Ashland Chamber of
aren't as funny as they sound Commerce to promote decoration
of evergreen trees and shrubbery
over the air
that deck landscapes of many
Art (Hie) Powell believes in a Ashland residences met with popu­
heavy diet for readers of his lar approval.
Twelve entries had been re­
Central Point American. I-ast
Week, In his Bystander, be served ceived before the contest closed
'em up a column of lead pi.
Monday evening Winners will be
announced at 1 o'clock this after-
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Our recent campaign in this noon. Thursday, bw the JUdge.M, El
column for the serving of olives in mer Hiegel, W F Knox and Dr.
restaurants by the handful or not R L. Burdic.
Winners will receive $10, $5
at all is bearing fruit. Yesterday a
gallon can of something was re- and $2 50 awards for first, second
celved from southern California and thin) places, respectively.
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which sloshes suspiciously like
olives, bearing the notation: Do
Opens
not open until Christ nuts, but
when you do. take a handful into
At
the restaurant and spit meds at
the waitresses.
With first skiing of the winter
•
NOW IF WE CAN JUST being enjoyed Sunday above head­
THINK
O F
SOMETHING waters of Neil creek near summit
FEH HIN« ; TO I SAY ABOUT of Mount Ashland, near the 7.000-
foot level, snow sports lovers were
MONEY . .
enabled to unlimber their togs and
Automobile dealers are display­ paraphemalia and start bruising
ing their new models covered with shins and knees.
According to John Daugherty,
cellophane so now about every­
thing comes wrapped In the stuff president of the Mount Ashland
ski club, no snow has fallen on
but cellophane.
their course on the 4,bOO-foot level
7.8 miles up the Mount Ashland
road from the First National bank
^Lrek For Tree Ends corner
here, although some rain
been falling.
General Search has With
flurries of snow in the
mountains early this week. Daugh­
Being Made Sunday erty
said he has appointed a spe­
While Ashland folk were avidly cial committee to pray for enough
following accounts of searches for white blanket to slick up their
two lost planes over the week­ course for the holidays.
The Nell creek pass meadow,
end, a pair of local youths, Nixson
Denton and Bob Davis, both 18, where skiing was possible last
gave friends and relatives a start week-end, is two miles beyond the
when they became*'*lost” on Dead Mount Ashland run, and was eas­
Indian mountain above snowline ily accessible by auto although
chains were necessary.
Sat in d.iy
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Leaving in search of silver fir
Christmas trees, the boys bogged
down a short distance beyond Entries Pour
summit of the mountain grade Naming of
and walked several miles in dark-
ness to an old barn where they
Interest in a name has been
took refuge for the night. Sunday
to the extent that 62 en-
morning they reached a rural tele­ aroused
tries have been received in the
phone and sent greetings to anx­ Boulevard naming
contest.
ious searchers.
Competing
suggestions
Nixson and Bob, like Paul Bun­ been pouring in steadily to have
the
yan, "got their tree" and returned chamber
of commerce office since
with two silver firs.
announcement of the'contest a
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week ago. A $5 award will be
NO MAIL FRIDAY
made to the winning contestant,
Uncle Sam's unsung holiday It is expected that more than 100
heroes, the postal clerks and car­ entries will be in hands of the
riers, will get a brief respite to­ local chamber before the contest
morrow, Christinas day, front al­ closes January 1.
Judges, Mayor T. S. Wiley, Bill
most never-ending toll. There will
be no mail deliveries again until Eberhart and Leonard Hall, will
Saturday morning, save for spe­ decide upon a winner and submit
cial delivery and perishables. his suggestion to the city council,
Clerks and carriers have been which will meet first Tuesday in
working double shifts in Ashland January. Official name of the
«luring the week in an effort to Boulevard will be made public
keep packages and mail going out about January 6.
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on time.
• Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carson of
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• Arthur Goss, who has been vis­ Pittville, Calif., are guests of Mrs
iting at the home of his parents, Carson's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Goss in Turner, Clint Dunlap, during the festive
season,
Ore., returned Sunday,
Skiing Season
Neil Creek Pass
with Its Santa
v Claus, deco rat tons, Includ­
ing Tom and Jerry, gifts, kind
Kluhin and tu-lpfulness for the
poor, would not be complete
In Aahliuid without a special
gesture of Its finer Interpreta­
tions from the Miner.
Eor months past we have
ribbed, roasted and poked at
a worthy rival and his flock
of hirelings like a Christmas
carver having a fine tine with
roast turkey. But thut was all
In fun. At least for us.
Sincerely, though, we are so
mellowed by the occasion—
and a mighty fine <M-raslon it
1s—that we want to extend
our sincerest holiday wishes
to our neighbor (and com­
petitor) George Green, arid to
all of the fine ¡»eople who help
produce the Ashland Dally
I Klings.
Wi- wish all of them u
merry Christmas and a happy
New Year. In fact, we're not
even going to send George
that marble head-stone we
had decked out with a s|teclal
Inscription for his Christmas
card.
Ia>t the glad Tidings come
forth!
S anta 7
come AMD take
AWAY -TMESE ’PRESEMTS
VOU tePT last
year
/
keep
O ut '
STAR OF EAST’
IS PRESENTED
Siskiyou Justice Strikes Again!
Something different in enter­
tainment was offered by the Pres­
byterian church Wednesday eve­
ning when they presented the
The recent* conviction of the Brite brothers on a
"Star of the East,” a nativity
pageant, directed by Mrs Wilmer first degree murder charge, without recommendation,
Poley.
With a cast of more than 30 in Yreka has caused some comment hereabouts where
performers, the play was a popu­ the boys and some of the circumstances relating to
lar success The special lating
system, with elaborate settings, their crime were known.
aided in enhancing the production,
There seemed to be some substantiation of the
which featured a pasture in Judea
and the stable at the inn in Bcth- claim made that the arresting officers, who were killed
lehem.
by the brothers, “stuck their necks out” and precipi­
The program opened with
Christmas carols played by the tated violence by bursting in on the brothers in their
Sunday school orchestra under di­ mountain retreat on a simple assault charge, which
rection of Mary Ixiuise Roberson.
Included were a Christmas hymn, might have been controversial. Many are inclined to
. prayer by Rev. M_ L. Edwards and believe that if the officers, and their complaining wit­
a reading by .. Elisabeth
............ Martz
White gift presentation followed ness, had been willing to wait until morning to make
a short talk by the Rev. Edwards, their arrest, no serious violence would have resulted.
Members taking part in the
However, Siskiyou county’s heavy peace officer loss
pageant were Miss Edna Goheen.
Marjorie McNair, Velma Brower, should be taken into consideration when weighing the
Laverne Roberson. Marilyn Young.
Mary Uorthcll. Mrs Crawford. final verdict, which will mean execution for the half­
Marie Prescott. John Icenhower, breed brothers. Looked at from a long-range view, it
Bert Swartsley, William Edwards^
Mrs. C. W Lyman, Mrs. C R seems to the Miner that the best ends of justice will
Bowman. Barbara Jean Moore, be served by carrying out the capital punishment
Dorothy Scofield. Nadine Shinar,
Josephine Curtis, Phyllis Dozier, sentence.
Margaret Sarah Wagner, Venita *
Of course, execution will be a little hard on the
Loy Roberson, Mary Louise Rob- , Brite brothers themselves, but stern disposition of all
erson, Marguerita Lyman. Yvonne '
Miles, Jackie Porter. Rosalie ' murderers who shoot peace officers is, in the long
Stauffer. Carol Fern Edwards and long run, the most humane thing the law can do.
Sherry Ann Stansbury.
MINER ISSUED DAY EARLY’
Because the staff wanted to sit
up Thursday night and watch for
Santa, instead of work on the
paper, and because there will be
io mail deliveries Friday, this
week's issue was printed Wednes­
day night and posted for Thursday
morning delivery. The staff, along
with Ashland merchants who ar-
tanged a special page of greetings
in this issue, extend the season's
best wishes to Miner readers.
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VFW MEETS
Veterans of Foreign Wars aux­
iliary will meet Monday, Decem­
ber 28, in the IOOF hall for regu­
lar session. The Walter A. Phillips
post also will meet then, joining
the auxiliary for a Christmas par­
ty and refreshments.
ÌABBY 1 Q ertie
In For
Boulevard
"Whether anything is proeuc ed on
* small or large «call makes little
ilifTcicnce II the properties are al
tractive."
Drunk or sober, people just shouldn’t go around
killing other people.
Sets In As
GORE LOSES IN Winter
Days Stretch Out
SUIT FOR FEES ASTRONOMICALLY,
or
something. Old Man Win­
ter moved in on Oregon and
Shortly before midnight Monday
the northern hemisphere Mon­
a jury of 10 men and two women
day and, as slight comfort to
returned a circuit court verdict In
the cold prospect, also brought
with him the gradual length­
favor of the defendant in W. H.
ening of daylight.
Gore's 188,000 suit against Jack-
For Monday, December 21,
son county.
was the shortest day of the
Gore claimed the county owed
year hereabouts (although
him the amount sued for because
they all seem unusually short
of services rendered in 1926 in
to shoppers Christmas week,
connection with passage of the
and too, too long to young­
Oregon-California land grant tax
sters) and officially the first
refund bill by congress.
day of winter.
But you can't believe in
Attorney Guy W. Cordon of
signs, almanacs or what is set
Roseburg, counsel f~>r upstate Ore­
down on paper, for the past
gon-California land grant counties
week has been more spring­
and a member of the Oregon com­
like in Ashland than spring
mittee of which Gore was chair­
itself, with a few scattered
man, contended that the county
wringings of moisture in the
was under no obligation to recom­
valley accompanied by some
pense Gore even though Attorney
snowfall in the hills.
G. M. Roberts delivered final talk
And, according to most
for the plaintiff, answering Cor­
Ashlanders, they hope it will
don's points and insisting that a
be a cold day before Old Man
contract did exist. He cited as
Winter pays a visit here, per­
proof letters of the county court
sonal-like, date or no date.
judge and statements to news-
papers.
Gore’s attorneys were undecided CHRISTMAS SEAL SALES TO
CONTINUE THRU HOLIDAYS
on further steps to be taken, lf
any.
Tuberculosis Christmas seals
will remain on sale in lobby of
the Ashland postoffice through the
Ashland Sends Half holidays,
it was announced by Mrs.
Harvey Woods, chairman of the
Ton Gifts To Bandon local seal sales campaign.
The booth will be in charge of
More than a half ton of articles Betty Whittle and Gertrude Wen­
have been donated by the Ashland ner.
,
townspeople for a gift shipment
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that was sent to Bandon yesterday MEDICS CHANGE MEET DATE
by the Medford Rotary club.
Jackson county medicos will
All donations were of a prac­ meet on second and fourth Wed­
tical nature and will be used by nesdays, beginning in January, it
Bandon residents. Included In the was announced here. The medical
shipment were beds, cooking uten­ society will hold its annual ban­
sils, boxes of canned goods, fresh quet Wednesday. January 20, with
fruit and even a sewing machine. program in charge of Dr. E. A.
Chamber of commerce officials Woods, Dr. R. W. Clancy and Dr.
were deeply gratified by the fine W. G. Bishop, chairman, the lat­
ter two of Medford.
cooperation of iocal people.
Number 52
FIREMEN WILL
DISTRIBUTE 300
TOYS TO TOTS
Red
Cross, Legion and
Auxiliary Combine
In Effort
VU’ITH better than 300 toys re-
paired and made, the Ashland
firemen are still hard at work to
complete as many as possible be­
fore Christmas.
Firemen, through cooperation of
the Red Cross, American Legion
and Legion auxiliary, are going to
make thia Christmas a merry one
for 100 or more children who oth­
erwise would not have been vis­
ited by Santa Claus. Fruits and
candies also will be given, along
with toys.
All manner of toys have been
repaired and built, the assortment
ranging from dolls to wheelbar­
row's and wagons.
Numerous handicaps have been
overcome by firemen in building
toys. When starting the work De­
cember 1, they had practically no
equipment to work with. After
borrowing an electric saw, an in­
genious fireman exerted his ef­
forts to build a turning lathe and
an electric sander. With a vice
the fire company possessed, this
equipment has proven sufficient
to accomplish much in the way of
preparing cheer for unfortunates.
Firemen will act as Santa Claus
and will distribute toys to children
known to be needy. L. M Wilson
and J. W. King, regulars on the
force, have been in charge of re­
pair and construction work, with
the help of Volunteers M. L. and
John Baldwin and Bruce Wallace.
The toys will be distributed to­
day, Thursday, firemen said.
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Christmas Tree Fund
Of Legion, Auxiliary
Goes Well Over Top
Santa Claus, in the flesh and
with ample provisions, will make
a special tnp to Ashland s Lithia
park at 7 o'clock this evening
(Thursday) to greet kiddies and
all youngsters 12 years of age or
under. He will pass 700 well-filled
sacks of candies, fruits and nuts
to his small friends at the large
tree in the park entrance.
Santa's special visitation has
been aided and abetted by the
American Legion unit and Legion
auxiliary of Ashland, and through
cooperation of both iocll newspa­
pers. Sponsored by the American
Legion, with work of preparation
being handled by the ladies aux­
iliary, a fund of more than $60
was raised by popular subscription
through the papers to foot the
bid.
Although jointly sponsored by
Legion and auxiliary and the Ash­
land Tidings, Legion officials ap­
pealed to the Miner for aid when
it appeared that contributions
might not be sufficient to assure
success of the annual party, and
in two days the Miner was able to
swell the party chest by more than
$11. Chief contributors to this ad­
ditional fund, which put the affair
well into the black, included the
following, to whom the Legion and
auxiliary have requested their
thanks be made public:
Ashland Chamber of Commerce,
W. D. Jackson, Dick Phaire, Aub­
rey Miles, Bohemian Club, A. C.
Nlninger, Dick LaFleur, Southern
Oregon Miner, Al Jordan and the
local Western Union office.
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SEEN in. DAZE
JEAN HASTINGS knocking
over his half-trimmed Christ­
mas tree with a tinkling tumble
and then nailing it to the parlor
floor to prevent a recurrence,
and his brother VERNE adding
it was lucky the thing wasn’t
to be set up on the piano.
NIXSON DENTON and BOB
DAVIS looking for a Christmas
tree, and going a little too fir
in their search.
ALLEN AUTREY having the
tables and stuff—turned on
him in recent sidewalk-sweeping
fued of the WHITE HOUSE
neighborhood.
STEVE FOWLER and MARI­
LYN NOURSE playing a game
of monopoly at a party.
A STRANGER wondering
what Ashland needs with a new
FORT on North Main street.