POLICE REPORT
FEWER CRIMES
(Continued from page 1)
Number ears reported by other
cities and recovered by Ashland
officers, six
Number juvenile eases handled
by department. 14.
Assistances rendered to citizens
and other officers, 298.
Number calls for investigation,
SM
Number calls for information,
3.047.
Number dogs and other animals
impounded for disposal by pound
master, 91.
Total amount collected on fines
and forfeitures, city. $994.00
Total cash collected in fees for
licensed activities, such as tem
porary automobile license permits,
dog license, pin ball machines,
card, billiard and pool tables, and
beer licenses. $3,759.15.
Type and number of cases cited
to court during 1936:
Drunk and disorderly
50
Disorderly conduct (not
drunki
6
Vagrancy ................................. 4
Disturbing the peace
.... 2
Insanity
2
Trespassing on others’ prop
erty ..........................
4
Tampering with property
not own ............................... 4
Obtaining money under
false pretenses .................. 1
Petit larceny ........................... 10
Assault on officer................ 1
Forgery ..................................... 1
Burglary ................................... 1
Illegal parking of cars
4
Reckless driving .................. 3
Driving while intoxicated
1
Theft of bicycles ....
2
Theft of automobiles
5
Total number cases for
1936 .......................
108
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You will see by this report that
we had a total of 108 court cases
during 1936. with conviction or
forfeiture of bond in each case
We had a total of nine felony
cases, however five of the defend
ants were released on parole and
four of them are serving time at
Salem. There were 14 cases which
drew county jail sentences, seven
being released on parole and
seven serving time. There were
only three cars stolen out of Ash
land during 1936. all recovered.
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Friday, January 22, 1937
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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Aid Proferred To
Local Farmers In
Debt Difficulties
Ed Enegrvn, 31« Liberty building,
Medford."
Klundt will he through this ter
ritory regularly every four to six
weeks
Walter A Klundt, district Farm
(Continued from page 1)
Debt Adjustment supervisor for
which would relieve motorists of western Oregon and Klamath and
paying $1 for a new driver's li Lake counties, has the following
cense every two years All of the to say regarding farm debt ad-
safety features of the present law ! just ment:
would be retained as well as the
"The farm debt adjustment pro-
provision for renewing the permit ' gram is an organized effort to pro-
every two years Included among vite facilities for adjusting farm
the sponsors of the bill are Rep ers' excessive debts to conform
resentatives Hyde and Uiird of with their capacity to pay In or
Line. Eckersley of Clackamas. der to carry out this program
Bull of Union. Oleen of Columbia. county farm debt adjustment com
Bevans of Clackamas, Miller of mittees have been appointed by
Josephine, Duerst of Yamhill, I the governors of each of the sev-
Munroe of Hood River and Senator ! oral states The purpose of the
Ross of Washington
committees is to guide both debt-
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1 ora and creditors toward satis-
\ total ot 189 emploies are
factory adjustments in order to
on the legislative payroll, In
avert the alternative of court
addition to the 90 senators and
liquidation through bankruptcy or
représentât II vs. Sixty-eight of
foreclosure with the undesirable
these are working for the s«*n-
social and economic consequen. es
ate and 121 for the house.
which are inevitable if such pro
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cedure becomes too prevalent
Townsendites won the first
"In large measure these com
round in their fight for recognition mittees are confining their efforts
at this session when they put over to those cases wherein deserving
their memorial to congress in the farmers, because of circumstances
house by a vote of 38 to 20
over which they have had no con
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trol are faced with the loss of
The names of 26 of the 90 rep their property unless mutually ac
resentatives and senators are af ceptable adjustments can be made
fixed to a bill which seeks to clar with their creditors
ify the "good time allowance" sit
"When a farmer-tivotoi Is con
uation at the state prison The fronted with the hopeless task of
measure would authorize the war attempting to carry a debt-burden
den to deduct five days from the that clearly is beyond his capacity
sentence of a prisoner for each to pay in reality he is insolvent
month of gixxi behavior This prac Insolvency only can be dealt with i
tice was followed for many years effectively in one of three ways !
at the state prison until halted by Bankruptcy, foreclosure or VOL
an opinion of the attorney general UNTARY ADJUSTMENT
holding that it was not authorized
“Any farmer interested in ot
under the law
desiring the services of the farm
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debt adjustment program should
Oregon's insane population
contact R G Fowler, secretary ot
has increased 18 |x«r cent in
the county farm debt adjustment
the past 15 years according to
committee for Jackson county,
the Oregon Mental Hygiene
whose office is in the court house.
society which is supporting a
Medford, or Eugene Hampton or I
move for two legislative ap
propriations, one to finance a
psychiatric ward in connection
with the University of Oregon
Medical school in Portland,
the other to extend the Uni
versity Child Guidance clinic
to every county in the state.
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WALTER STEPHEN KEI.I.ER
Funeral services for Walter
Stephen Keller. 70. who died at
his home on Oak street Friday,
January 15. were held at the J. P.
Dodge funeral home at 3:30 Sun
day. Interment in the Mountain
View cemetery.
Leever Enthusiastic
Over New Dodges
TWO BILLS FIND
WAY TO MARTIN
We also recovered six automobiles
which were stolen in other cities
There were five car thieves con
victed xho were captured by Ash
land officers.
You will please note the de
crease in transient persons picked
up and given meals or bed A total
of 600 for 1935 while we had only
248 for 1936, a decrease of 352
There was an increase of two
cases of drunk and disorderly con
duct the last half of 1936 over the
first half. However, we had 14 less
of such cases in 1936 than in 1935
Our records also show a decrease
in felonies and their convictions
for 1936, there being 19 cases in
1935 while we had only nine this
year
Our recommendation at the first
of 1936 that by taxing gaming de
vices our revenue would probably
be increased ’at least $1000 has
been fully justified, for our records
show an increase over last year of
$1,601.65
During the last four years we
have had a total of 448 court
cases, all convictions This is not a
great number of cases for that
period of time, but we consider
it a noteworthy fact that crime
is not on the INCREASE in Ash through instructions of the mayor,
land and we feel satisfied in mak insists on strict enforcement of the
ing Ashland safe for its citizens liquor laws, we have the full co-
without making a large showing , operation of the owners and man
of court cases. In this connection agers of these establishments. If
we wish the city officials to make this were not true we would have
note of the fact that the Ashland a great INCREASE in CRIME
police officers DO NOT cite cases
Mayor T S. Wiley, councilmen,
into court when the same RE city recorder and other officials
SULTS can be obtained by issuing have given the police department
a warning. You also will please the necessary support which en
note that we issued 834 warnings ables us to maintain an efficient
for law violation during 1936, for force, as have also the two local
we fee) that, after all, law en newspaper, all of which directly
forcement is a matter of preven reacts to PREVENT as well as
tion rather than punishment after punish crime violation.
the crime has been committed. In
accordance with the above policy
we have, during the past four |
years, issued 7,786 warnings as
compared with 448 arrests. With
the exception of one fatality, we
have been exceedingly fortunate in 1
having no serious traffic accidents
within the city limits during the '
past four years. During 1936 there
were only three arrests for reck- ,
less driving and one for driving I
while intoxicated, all of which
were disposed of in city police
court. We do not take full credit
for this record, for while we keep
a close watch for reckless drivers
and traffic violators we also have
the assistance of the Oregon State
Police officers in this vicinity and
enjoy full cooperation of Supt.
Charles P. Pray and Capt. Lee M
Bown, who is in charge of the
Ashland district. We also appre
ciate the cooperation of Ashland
citizens who, with a few excep
tions, are very careful drivers.
In justice to certain business
firms, we would like to mention
here that while the department,
REQUIRES fire to keep folks
comfortable. Fire is a mighty
good servant but a poor mas
ter. Statistics shw that more
disastrous fires occur in the
winter time when there is
more fire about the house.
BETTER BE SAFE THAN
SORRY INSURE NOW!
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forenoon In the First Presbyterian
church, Medford. Mrs B C. For
sythe, of Ashland, county presl
«lent, wks in charge of the meeting
Which lasted well Into the <lav
Church ladles served luncheon to
visitors at noon.
Guest speaker for the meeting
was Mrs Maybell«« Church, who
spoke on “Forcefulness " The
mothers* chorus, directed by Es
ther Church Leake, sang
Earl Leever, of the Leevcr Mot
or company, who returned from a
factory conducted sales meeting
Teilt Now to Earn Up to
in Portland recently. Is agog over
new 1937 Dodge trucks
Leever claims the new truck has
IIHB'4 .U ÍHTÜT1
beauty, style and advertising val
ue that every truck owner wants,
Jobe b»r thuuaatute in Kia«*-
yet is priced amazingly low The
trir Rafrtgaigtion and Air
vehicle has a new Dodge engine
Conditioning Prepare at
designed exclusively for commer
home in •(*•'* time L«»w-
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cial car ami truck use, which op
(engineering, Ratimating.
erates with greater economy The
Installation. Hrrvb Ing Get
new truck type transmission has
t*ia< tl< al »»ttcrirnue in our
laigr, completely aquippad
helical gears and second speed for
Laboratories Kmploemaat
quiet operation, and a first gear Her vice FNKK of rstia cost Many 0 K I-
ratio low enough to handle maxi trained men now employed by leading torn-
K antes Let us help you get a lug pay Job.
mum loads under all conditions
fail Coupon below Tor Free llooli of Facta.
According to Leever. Plymouth
also is entering the commercial ' Utilities Engineering Institute
field with a new line of pickups
-IUI N. Wellt St., Chicago, III.
and sedans
An Conditioning
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YOUR ELECTRICAL SERVANT
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in
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in
industry ... in kitchen and living room, library
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Multitudes rely on him.
He is at home everywhere, is Reddy Kilowatt
all know and welcome him for his versatility
for
his many-sided personality of Light—Heat—Power
and their numberless applications
His wants are modest, his wage is low
Sleep is
□ stranger to him, clock and calendar alike are
meaningless
He lives in his work, appears only
when summoned, departs instantly when dismissed
Reddy Kilowatt is YOUR servant, proved —
established
You've met him before, but perhaps only as a
casual acquaintance. Welcome him as a constant
friend ... for none will serve you os faithfully.
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The California Oregon Power Company
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