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ASHLAND, OREGON, APRII, 20, 1037
Volume 6
Ashland's Embryonic
Editors Launch Into
Pubblishin’ Baseness
MARTIN SEEKS
OREGON GAIN
AT BONNEVILLE
Vehicle Regist rut ions Up
For Stat'* A h F es
A BOUT hulf the world s fighting
ships must be patrolling the
Top $ .»,030,(MHI
Spanish coast in an avowed effort
to confine the war to Spanish soil,
A. I.. LINDItECK
but we Just can't help but notice
how ready they'll be to pitch In Stnt«< Capital News lliire.ttl of th
Southern Oregon Miner
themselves at any slight "inci
QALEM Governor Martin Is In
dent."
‘
W i .‘iington D <'
doing
little lobbying In behalf of Ore
A prohibitionist has accused gon's claim to Bonneville dam. th«1
White House guests of becoming benefits from which !x>x Angeles
"befuddled” from drink We see is trying to nullify through havlnr
no reason to blame alcohol for it tied in with Boulder «lain for
one of our stock requirements of rate making purposes. Th«1 gover
politicians
nor is appearing before the river.“
and harbors committee of the
fia. V Ground. Wash , students houa«1 which la conducting hear
iAve auwted a "sit-down" protest Ings on several measures dealing
to dismissal of their principal, with the udminiatratlon oi lion
choosing tò seat their complaints neville Tills is the committee on
alongside a fishing spot. It used which he serv«i«l while a member
of congress prior to becoming gov
to be called playing hookey.
ernor. It is th«1 governor's longest
1
absence from the stat«1 sin«-«1 he
le Ixis Angeles murderess who assumed th«* office mor«- than two
rted to a coma to escape sent- years ago
now will spend a short period
r r 1
in prison
Mor«1 than 2.000.000 adults are
enrolled in educational classes be
1
The lucky English are being ing conducted by the Works Pro
trained to don gas masks on a gress administration throughout
moment’s notice while we Amer the nation, according to I. R
leans must continue to long for Aiderman, national director of the
adult education program who was
them every four years
In Oregon this week checking up
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Haven't heard much from Col
onel Clark Wood at Weston lately
Guess he must've quip poking fun
down this way.
1
A popular tooth paste
a new abrasive from
strengthening our belief
those countries have sand
features
Europe,
some of
to spare
1
Musty history books never re
vealed a fraction of the story
about crowning of kings that the
coming coronation tells Meaning
less social niceties are parenthe
sized by the sterling mark
1
With a billion and a half dollais
to be asked for governmental re
lief, it is expected that there will
be little closing of the yap between
income and outgo for the admin
istration.
1
The worst hazards of all are
mental ones, and the smaller the
mind, usually, the larger the haz
ard.
Stock-Lit wilier
Chapel Improved
C. M Litwiller today announced
completion of first step in a re-
decoration program planned for
the Stock and Litwiller funeral
home.
Interior
decorators
recently
have been engaged in kalsomlning
the office, chapel and family room
in a new pastel shade, and the
soft color scheme has been carried
on with attractively designed wall
paper for family room and chapel.
New office furniture further im-
proves appearance of the local es-
tablishment.
LICENSE EXAMINEE COMING
Announcemene was made today
by Earl Snell, secretary of state,
that Ward McReynolds, examiner
of operators, will be at the city
in Ashland between hours of
• m. and 5 p. m. Friday. April
ill persons wishing permits or
ises to drive cars are asked
et in touch with McReynolds
ng these hours.
BOY SCOUT FEED
IS BIG SUCCESS
Attracting 150 men and boy«,
the Boy Scout father and son ban
quet held Friday night in the Civic
clubhoua«- was. in proportion to
th«1 number of scout« enrolled |n
Ashland, an even greater succens
than similar affairs recently held
in other southern Oregon cities
At a court of honor held near
th«* end of the program 11 boy»
were award«1«! merit badges and
ratings for accomplishments In
scout work
They were Robert Dooms, John
Icenhower, Billy Bement. Man-
Smith.
Robert
Farlow,
Earle
Chamberlin and George Bibby, all
of troop 12; Jack Hand, Dale
Kaegi, Frank King and Norman
Kerr from troop 13 Roy Bayless
was not present to receive merit
badges which he had earned
Frank j Van Dyke presided
over the court where Irving P
Beasley, Scout executive, exam
ined
candidates
for
honors
Awards were made by dads of the
boys
Dr. R L. Burdic acted as toast
master at the banquet and speak
ers included I. E Vining, Larry
Schade of Medford, John H Ful
ler, Norman Kerr, George Bibby,
M. W Hanel, V. D Miller, Charles
Grover of Grants Pass, Henry En
ders. Earl Newbry. Willis A (island,
C P Talent, H. C Rud«1, How
ard Mayberry, Dr. Walter Red
ford and Executive Beesly
Invocation was given by the
Charles M Guilbert and, opening
the court, a pledge to the flag
wax led by Howard Mayberry.
Other numbers on the evening's
program were selections by th«1
chamber of commerce pep band,
directed by Virgil Jackson, and
group singing led by Mr. Beesley
with Mrs. R. L. Burdic, accorti-
paniat.
Expressions
of
appreciation
were tendered by Fuller, banquet
chairman, to committee members
and all others who aided in the
success of the event.
• Mrs. Henry Hughs returned
•
from Portland Sunday accompan
TOWNSENDITEH MEET
ied by her daughter Dorothy, who
The Ashland Townsend club met
was confined in the Shrine hos
Tuesday
night in the Eagles hall
pital for the past six weeks.
for an important business meet-
ing, according
to Charles I.
Homes, president.
Q abby G ertie
I
yv’irii Journalistic ambit uhi »
»tirrnig their liiigi’rtlp»,
iuh I
with a typewriter for
pres» »ml go»»lp iu> ctqty, two
young \»lilmid lad» last w««'k
lami« ti«*«l «me of th«1 most
startling publication» ever to
»(»It till» heretofore |M*iiceful
eoinimiiilt».
Hill Ikinint mid Stmi l>.ill»,
»«■If annotine«1«! "editors, re
porter» unii publishers," pro
ducasi their first rililloii of
Snoople "Naterduy, prlntcal a»
super muter ut th«1 »iqM-r pub
lishing olii«'«1 nt Ashland, On
under tin1 iu*t of <h toiler I
1192." Both publishei» ai
»tmli-utw of Aalilund Junior
high school mid piomi»«1 to lei
reader» "ohtane miy rcui in
side dopo on any
of our
skimps, scandal or »»raili«1», It
will I m * glmliy given to you
on th«* receipt of one tenth of
u dollar.”
I lie paper, laborious!.» pro
«incisi on n ty|M*w ritcr, Ira
ture» un agony
column by
Gigolo Georg«*, »ii|M*r »iqu-r
»« nudai», »< <i«ip» mid scrut«'hes
mid das-lar«1» "Nnooplr I» the
only nrw»pa|M-r timi travasi
polii leal «-ontrovrrsl«*» out, mid
I» devoted to local scandals."
It I» predicted that. If th«- pa
|M*r Ilves up to it» promise, th«1
publication either will enjoy
mi
immediate
circulation
I mioih or suffer hurried cen
sorship In It» horn«1 mdghlior-
hood.
The islitors formato entry of
rivals, however, aliasi they
«hs'tarasl 'Th«- Snoopl«- I» too
young of a nrw»pa|M*r to luiast
u feud but have patience, kind
readers," and yasitrrday llllly
Klhurt, < lifford Miller, Philip
Uiidary ami Gtsirge Ila1»! iui-
noun«-«si that they will pro-
diM-r a publication, via mim
eograph, early next wcek. Al
though th«1 op|Hi»lng editor»
shake fiats mid write ealltorlal
JII m - o in l»-*t Journalistic fash
Ion, th«1 embryonic lndii»try I»
In good fun.
Even down to the free-for-
all "rn»»lc" which developed
In front of th«1 Miner office
yesterday when their putii»
crossed.
Here’s What I’ll Do!
By LARRY HUNTER
It s easy to get a line 01 a man
tfbo la interested in yen«'*
First Lady Feted by Indians
This season has me all befuddled,
And even the weathermen are muddled
For one says “Rain!” and another “No!”
Then the sun says “Spring!” and the wind
says “Snow!”
First I think it will rain till I’ll need a boat
And so I wear my overcoat;
But old Sol comes out and, just for fun,
He puts the storm clouds on the run.
I think I’ll go home and get myself set
In an easy chair
Till the weather is fair
And once in awhile, lest I forget
Why I’m sitting there,
I’ll call in the dog to see if he’s wet!
NORMAL SCHOOL
PLAY ATTRACTS
PLEASED CROWD
Threp-Act Play Presento
Cast Of Experienced
Performers
'■'Itili M. danc«-« and gift« were prcM-nt«1«! by Onagv Indian» In honor
1 ol Mr». Franklin D. Roowirit when the Flrat l-ady vlalted Paw
huska. Okla., und view«1«! the colorful «cri-iiionlr» of the tribe hi'iulrd
l>> Chief Frisi Dwikout.
BABY CONTEST
BOOMS DOODADS
Opportunity will b«1 presented
for I'llgibl«- war veteran« and war
veterans' widow» to sign for tax
exemption» ut 1 p m Monday,
April 2fl, when County Assessor
J H Coleman will be at the Cham
ber of Commerce office, according
to Guy Applewhite, American Leg
ion service officer
Included In exemption daxsifl
cation will be veteran« of the
Civil war. Spanish American war,
Indian ware, or widow» of any
»uch men. widow» of World war
veteran« and World war vet,
w’ho have suffered 40 per
dlna bllity
Exemption will be made on
taxes on the first JI (MM) property
valuation
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Banner Work To Get
Ham Convention Ends
I nder Way By C-C
With Portland Chosen Meeting Monday night In the
Chamber of Commerce office, the
’38 Meeting Objective Joint
advertising committee of
Closing the sixth annual Oregon
Amateur Radio association con
vention here Sunday with a ballot
selecting Portland as 1 938 confab
headquarters, over 1(X) hams left
for their homes throughout the
state after a busy week-end spent
in Ashland.
Small attendance was due to
bad road conditions and floods up
state which prevented travel for
many delegates.
Following registration Saturday,
various activities were sponsored
by the Ashland Radio club, host
group
Phone operators rooked the code
exponents in kittenball Saturday
afternoon and, later, meetings
were held in the Pioneer hall with
D. Guy Good, state president,
wielding the gavel.
Following an address of wel
come by Mayor T S. Wiley, talks
and demonstrations were given by
Prof. E. A. Yunker, OSC, a hain
in his own right; R Bargelt, Port
land. who had motion pictures as
background for his speech, and
Don Wallace, noted amateur from
Long Beach talking on antennae
Entertainment rounded otft the
day, with Ted Goodfellow of Port
land playing some musical tricks
and the Ashland Chamber of
Commerce Pep band presenting
several numbers.
Group photographs and contests
took place Sunday, with contest
prizes awarded at the evening
banquet at the Chateau which
closed the 1937 meet.
Number 23
chamber directors and city coun
cil representatives ironed out dif
ficulties which have held up In
stallation of the huge banner sign
to be suspended across Main street
at the city plaza Plans were made
for the immediate commencement
of tile project.
Made of metal, the sign will be
40 feet long by four feet high and
will direct tourist attention to the
out-of-state
registration
office,
and also will bear an emphatic
"plug" for beautiful Llthla park
It will be illuminated by flood
lights at night.
C. P Taient, chief of police and
member of the Chamber of Com-
merce board of directors, presided
at last night's discussion.
Dorcas Society Will
Hold Food Sale 22nd
It has been announced that the
first of a series of food sales spon
sored by the Dorcas society, ladles'
group of the Seventh Day Ad
ventist church, will be held Thurs
day, April 22, in the building on
East Main street formerly occu
pied by the chamber of commerce.
Opening at 8 a. m , the sal«1,
managed by Mrs. William Rob
erts, president of the society, will
present a tempting array of home
prepared foods, including bread,
pies, cakes And salads.
Funds derived from the venture
will be used by the ladles in work
of the local church and the church-
sponsored day school.
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HARDY URGES COUNCIL
INDUCE MANY VISITORS
TO SUMMER IN ( 1TY
All members were present at a
routine city council meeting Tues
day night.
P. R. Hardy, representative
from the chamber of commerce
advertising committee, addressed
the city dads to some length in
interest of sponsoring Ashland as
a recreation center. Although no
definite project was set forth,
Hardy advanced the opinion that,
with proper inducement, several
hundred families could be per-
suaded to summer in the city.
Other Issues discussed Included
a report on cemeteries, with a
plan passed to discontinue present
$2 50 fee for use of city owned
equipment for lowering of caskets
and a resolution, also which
passed, to accept a proposition
of the Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company for a central tele
phone office alarm to notify city
police of trouble calls.
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• George Bourne of Phoenix via-
Since inauguration of the "best
baby” photograph contest spon
sored by Bushnell-Perkins studio
an<l J C Penney company, a sharp
rise has bren expected in market
prices quoted for rattles, thingu
majigs, ami d<H>-dads, with a not
iceable upward fluctuation to b<*
the current trend for such stand
aril accessory concerns as See The
Hit lie. Im
What started out as a generous
gesture on part of the two partici
pating firms in celebration of Na
tional Baby week. May 3-8, has
snowballed along, gathering mo
mentum and, at last reports, all
Ashland dealers of novelty toys
are racking their feverish brains
for th«* ultimate in unique baby
amuse rs!
Wilbur Bushnell, camera artist,
soon found his silencing equip
ment to be inadequate Consisting
of a teddybear and an elephant
isans legal, the array lacked that
certain unilcflnabl«* something
"No soap," said the younger
generation, in substance.
"You want gurgles of
contented coox. and you
thia Frank Buck nonsense!"
Other probable prodigies are ru
mored to have remarked, as they
posed for their pictures, that their
"interest in such prehistoric mon
ster» was negligible to a degree
bordering upon non-existence"
Bushnell, eager to please his
clientele, immediately sent out
special operatives and searching
parties in his frantic efforts to
unearth gadgets more modem and
more acceptable to the critical
Juveniles
As a result, the last entries in
the contest have acceptetl their
position tx'fore the discerning lens
with a complacent expression
which is best described as a smug
smirk!
Proof of the maestro's success
will be produced soon when dis
plays of baby derby photographs
will b«1 arranged in show windows
at the studio, the J. C. Penney
Htore and the Miner office Mean
while proud parents continue to
sponsor their bouncing babies as
contenders for valuable prizes to
be awarded the contest winners.
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NEWELL ELLIOT LEAVEN
FOR TOUR OF WORLD
Newell Elliot left recently for
Los Angeles, starting point of a
world tour sponsored by Sigma
Phi Epsilon, national honorary
fraternity.
Continuing to New York, via
Mexico and the Isthmus of Pan
ama, the students will embark
May 1 on their trip which will
last a year and will take them
to lending universities in all coun-
tries of the globe.
Elliot, who is a son of Mr. and
Mrs Otis Elliot of Iowa street,
is 22 years old and was awarded
the Journey for accomplishments
while a student at Oregon State
college.
ROSE AIKINS, JAMES HAINES
UNITED HERE LAST SUNDAY
United in marriage Sunday at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs Harold Aikins, was Miss Rose
Aikins of San Francisco to James
H. Haines of Aberdeen, Wash.
The bride, who attended school
here, has many friends locally, and
and especially is well known in
musical circles, where she was
prominent as a cellist.
Many out of town guests were
present, including Miss June Aik
ins of San Francisco, Paul Aikins
of Bums and Mr. and Mrs. George
itud with Ashland friends 8unday. Rose of Klamath Falla.
QTUDENT players under the dl-
k
red Ion of Altx-rt Van Aver,
dramatics instructor, presented a
treat to Ashland drama lovers
Tuesday night at the Southern
Oregon Normal school auditorium
In th«1 form of the SONH produc
tion. "Mix Moonlight."
Ikiastlng, in the main, an ex
perienced cast <»f players, the
piece, In three acts, covered the
affair« of the Moonlight family
throughout the Interesting course
of three generations in the years
1881, 1898 and 1929
Cast ax Sarah Moonlight, the
lead, Roberta Nours«1 Indicated her
ability to handle the difficult and
sympathetic role Opposite her in
the part of Tom Moonlight wax
la1 Roy Lindner, who handled his
lines and characterization with an
aptitude little short of profession
al technique.
Other characters included Wyn
ona Ealow as Edith, a typical old
maid, with Wanda Minter furn
ishing th«1 romance ax Jane M«x>n-
light, piqdunt daughter of the
family, and Isaura Hughes in the
important character role of Min
nie. the Scotch maid.
In leading male support were
Kenneth Burns as Willie Ragg,
debonair suitor of Jane, and James
Baughman who, ax Percy Mid
dling, kept plugging along syste
matically as Ragg’s chief conten
der for th«1 attention of the charm
ing daughter.
Norman Hamilton added great
ly to the action of the third act
in hl« part a« Peter Middling.
Heading an effective technical
staff for the production were
Hamilton, stage manager, and
LuVina Williams, wardrobe mis
tress Miss Williams wax allied by
Priscilla Marsh and Mary Ann
Whitsett Others engaged in en
gineering the drama Included Con
nell Napier, Lucille Ixvnibert. Ber
nard Applegate, William Howe,
Anita Feldmaier, Ralph Train,
Roberta Nours«1. Alic«1 Ixiftsgaard,
Jeanne
Dubuis
and
Clarence
Bowman.
The splendid stage sets used.
dMigMd by Van Aver and built
by students at his direction, and
the elaborate perio«! costumes, de
manded much study and ability
from the staff member»
Ross Ragland was business
manager for the play, and pub
licity was handled by Caroline
McNeal
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• Medford residents visiting here
during the week-end included Mr
and Mrs Bob Slinger, Mrs. Ethyl-
win B Hoffman, Mrs. L. B. Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ray and Mr.
and Mrs Neville Biden.
SEEN ma DAZE
V
HERMAN MAYBERRY tear
ing dollar bills in two, OY!
VIC SANDER kneeling at the
feet of photographic art.
GEORGE YOCKEL and W. D.
JACKSON taking their yellow
hammer methods with them to
the bowling alley.
SHORTY BALDWIN receiv
ing a summons via Tel and Tel
from Medford.
JERRY THORNTON discov
ering that keys are usually in
dicated in starting a car.
PASSING RECRUITS, Med
ford-bound, looking disinterest
edly at Ashland tonsils bared
for the troop movement.
A fairly accurate TAKE-OFF
on this column used to describe
ham confab activities in the
daily dispatch from GENERAL
GREEN’S headquarters.
ANN JORDAN being "it" in
a game of WHERE'S-SAM.
BILL ZIGLER and AL SIMP
SON dropping their collegiate
sophistication for the privilege
of a roller-skate tour of the city.
HARRY MORRIS, welding in
side of a tank, declaring turn
about wasn't fair play when a
hip pocket full of matches ig
nited and adding that he'B
solder and wiser.
ODDS remaining unchanged
on possibility of THE GEN
ERAL buying himself anothar
new GREEN car.