Friday, July 2, 1937
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Page 6
Holiday Baseball Series To Settle Feud
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
PEAS On the vine. 2 4 cents a
pound, you pick ’em Johnson
brothers, Walker avenue (35p)
MYSTERY CORPSE’
CASE IS CLOSED
S. C. Gunter of this city and also
Is survive«! by his widow and son,
Dalo. A, three sisters, Mrs Myra
Bailey, Detroit. Mich , Miss Bent
rice Gunter, Astoria, Mrs Ida
Burns, Klamath Falls, and two
(Continue«! from page 1)
brothers. Merle ami Gerald Gunter
called ami the statements were of Ashland
repeated to him, us notary, in the
presence of Dunn and Talent
Excerpts from the slgmsl state
ment follow:
• • • • I returned to work the
next morning after my child waa
born (unattended) and continued
with my nursing duties at the
Community hospital until May 30.
1037, when I started on my va«-a-
tion That during all of this time
Have Those Brakes
the dead tmby remained in the
cardboard box in my room. That
Checked By Our
I did not notice any odor coming
from the box, but I did during
Expert Brake Man
this perltx! bum Incense frequent
ly. which may have had the effe«-t
We give you un ABC
of preventing any odor from the
child becoming apparent
adjustment that will
"That on account of my re
ligious convictions, and not
put your brakes in
wanting any publicity In con
proper condition.
nection with the matter, 1
wanted to bury my child In
consecrated ground, and I In
tended tn take It with me
when 1 left on my vacation
and have this done, nnd on
lx>t Us lns|MX't Your Hakes
Maj 27. 1087. 1 went to the
Today
—Tomorrow Muy Hr
Fortmlller store in Ashland
Too Ijite!
and purchased a small suit
case, with lining and that eve
ning I removed the body of
my «lend child from the card-
lx>ard lx>* and placed name In
this suit case, without remov
ing the body from the small
car«ltx>ard box In which I had
first placed it.
I
FORD MALES AND NERVIGE
••• • • That at the time the
Complete Nervier Under Our
baby was born It received no
Injuries of any kind as I waa
Roof—Phone 50
as careful as poaalble In hand
ling It, ami It <ll«l not fall or
wan not bruised so far M I
know, but waa M «till born
baby.
"That the first I knew of the
body having been discovered was
when I recelv«*«! a letter from Bert
Swartsley, enclosing a clipping
from an Ashland paper, giving
the facts in connection with the
matter • • •”
’’That to the best of my
SAS 370 E. Main RL—Est. 1
know ledge and belief none of
the nurses at the hospital, the
Ixmher girls or no one else
ha«l any knowledge as to the
birth of my child, and 1 know
that they did not In any way
assist me In the birth of this
child and I wish to fully luid
completely exonerate any and
al! of the people at the boe-
pltal of any blame in connec
tion with this matter.
"That I make this statement of
my own free will nnd accord, be
ing desirous of telling the whole
facts and the truth and I feel
sincerely regretful of the trouble
i
that my actions have cause«! "
IRENE SIMON
It Is believed by Talent that
this revelation will clear up the
case completely, as there is no
evidence of any crime having
been committed
Talent saiil "The girl, after mak
ing a mistake. to«»k what seemed
to her to be the best course pos
sible In rectifying It She acted
according to the dictates of her
religious beliefs and with strong
maternal instincts When she dis
covered the trouble she had caused
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS
she was anxious to aid us in every
way toward clearing it up.”
FOR
MEDFORD AND
ASHLAND NINES
MEET IN 2 TILTS
i rpiED with three wins mid five
losses each for fourth place
I in the southern Oregon league mid
' also deadlocked with one game to
j the credit of each team out of
two meetings, the Ashlmul Litli-
tans and Metiford Craters will
j clash in a two-game senes Sunday
and Monday, July 4 mid 5, to set-
| tie once and for all the baseball
, championship of Jackson county
! mid provide another chapter in
j the historic athletic feud between
i the two cities. Both contests are
scheduled for 2:30 o'clock in the
I afternoon at the Ashland higii
school diamond.
More than that, the games
will go a long way toward »et-
tlenient of an argument which
has arisen this year about the
relative merits of tour pitch
ers, Bob "Lefty" Hardy, mid
Lo well Brown of Ashland
against Larry Pepper mid Ray
Erlcksou, on the Medford
mound.
It is established in this city that
' Hardy is the class of the circuit
Western Auto Supply
i as hurlers go while Medford fans
House To Open Here
i are quite confident that Pepper’s
i right-handed curves are the ulti
Plans for opening a privately
mate in control and performance.
owned Western Auto Supply store
Me«ifordites are equally insistent
in the Butler building on E m !
in their ideas that Brown, a strap
Main street formerly occupied by
ping big southpaw, is too erratic
Provost brothers hardware was
to beat their team, and Ashland
By LARKY Hl NTKK
announce«! this week by J L. Star
ers, in denying their allegations,
like to point out the fact that TF YOU HEAR anyone -asking buck of Ix>3 Angeles The Miller
Erickson's deliveries are generally- 1 ’’Oh. Where Is Minnie?" you can Realty company handled the lease
All types of accessories, parts,
clouted all over the lot mid that i tell them that probably she was
the few to pass the batters have at Grants Pass Sunday with the camping equipment and other mer
to be caught in a basket.
Lithians
"kicking
the
ball chandise will be sold at the store
when it opens on or before Sat
Making both games "naturals," I around!"
Managers Hall and Balcovic will; Oh. it would be unfair to say urday, July 24, following a com
plan their starting lineups so that that all of the local diamond dust plete renovation and refurnishing.
Starbuck's wife and small son
Hardy and Pepper will do the ers didn't have a few moments
flinging in the Sunday game. when they vaguely resembled will Join him soon for residence In
~
of them this city.
Brown and Erickson Monday. baseball players. Some
Young Wayne Combest, local float even did pretty well during the
chucker who has been laid up for entire game.
Leverette Purchases
a month with a broken wrist, as
And Granta Pass critics
serted Friday that he would be in
probably would resent any at*
Lithia Spring Garage
uniform, cast and all, hoping to
tempt to say that Ashland lost
get a chance to fool Meiiford bat
the game entirely on their
Walter H Leverette's latest ad
ters with his weird delivery of the
own demerits, because it Is
dition to numerous property hold
pill.
quite true that the .Merchants
ings In Ashland and vicinity was
The local pitchers will be caught
«lid a g«xxl day’s work for
announce«! this week by the
by Chief McLean and Al Simpson.
themselves.
Charles A Wing agency of M<*d-
Either Rudock or Balcovic will
t
t
1
ford which handled sale of the
wear the mask for the Craters.
As is the habit in thia column i Lithia Springs garage by the
In tbe Ashland Infield the
after a Grants Bass game, atten ¡Western Loan and Building com-
sacks will be occupied as fol
tion is «iirected to Mr Chuck Os | pany of Salt I-ake City
lows: First base. Patterson;
trom. He started the bad news by
It Is understood that Leverette
second. Balding, and third,
catching the first fly of the game intends to operate a complete au
Ager. Schopf is slated to start
at his place in center field for tomotive service for guests of the
in his usual position at short
Grants Pass, he got on base four ; Lithia hotel under the manage-
stop. Keeton, Leavens, Hall
times with hits and once on an r.'.ent of Hubert W Eery, hotel
mid Durham will be on the
error for the five times he faced manager.
Lithian outfield roster for
the pitcher, and two of those hits
It Is not known what price was
both days. Parker Hess, in
were a double and a triple. Then, involved in the deal nor does Ear)
fielder laid up for some time
to really be aggravating, he got Leever, present proprietor of the
with an injured ankle, prob
on the mound ih the ninth inning Leever Motor company in th«-
ably will be in uniform for
and pitched Just about as well as building, have any definite plans
utility duty.
any of three Ashland hurlera. for removal to another site
Bob Smith, spectacular Med And he really made tracks around
ford first sacker, will be "Old the bases as he scored three runs!
Klamath Man Will
1
r
r
Faithful" at that post and the
But the thing which was dem
rest of the Medford lineup is still
Operate Hospital
a question locally although rules onstrated best was Jud Pernoll's
for the two games admit only iron hand in running the team. It
Selected by the city council
previous league game contestants. is rumored that much of Mr Os
Wally Rickert is a likely choice trom's prowess came from the Monday night, Will W. Woods, for
at second and the Lithians hope fact that he spent the night before 10 years manager of the Valley
that the much-advertised Duke the game fast asleep In the sane- hospital in Klamath Falls, will as
Hankinson will answer roll-call at tity of his own cozy boudoir, which sume superintendency of the Com
third. Probable short stop is Dick seemed to steady his nerves about munity hospital here on or about
•
Lewis, a sticker of no mean pos as well as the better known July 10 He replaces Miss Aida th
Losher,
whose
resignation
was
Presione Everready
brands
of
Son
Of
Ixwal
Couple
cigarets
and
beer
Also
sibilities.
Sakraida, Knox and Balcovic it was noticed that the Merchant accepted recently.
Routine matters concerning free
Drow ns Rogue River
may start in the outfield and manager wasted no time with Sec
Cooling System
rumors from Medford indicate that ond Baseman Hallas who tried a water and lights lists of needy
Swanson, Acheson and Harrington premature celebration of Inde persons and transfer of a piece of
Clyde Gunter, 36. of Grants
Cleaning
will look for the manager’s nod pendence day by swinging at a city owned property on A street Pass, was drown«-«! Monday after
to
William
A
Taylor
also
occu
pitch
when
instructed
to
bunt.
to play.
noon
as
he
and
a
companion,
Merle
Celebration atmosphere will be Hallas met Ford coming up to the pied the evening’s session.
To PREVENT
Nichols, dove into the Rogue river
furnished at the field by the C plate in his place as he made his j
three miles west of Grants Pass
of C Pep band, directed by Virgil way to the bench. Furthermore, ' Lithians Pick New
to save Clifford Fixsen, 8, after
Jackson, and the Boy Scouts will Mr. Phil Griggs, the temperament-1
the boy had fallen into the swift
al
hurler
from
Camp
Wimer
and
sell cold drinks. Karl Nims, man
Uniforms,
Set
Plans
water while hunting snails The
ager of the Twin Plunges, has Grants Pass, found that his repu
men were attracted to the boy’s From ('IXMi(iEI) RADIATORS
offered use of his sound truck as tation as a man-about-town only i Cream colored trousers, white plight by women who had seen
a public address system for both led to his warming the bench for i shirts, black four-ln-hand ties, him fall in.
New- Safe—Sure
nine innings!
tuts.
white shoes and straw hats will
Nichols made shore safely with
i
i
t
1 set the Lithians apart as they the struggling lad but Gunter sank
Not so A h hland! Nine one- I march In the Greater Ashland into deep water and, upon recov
I Like to Nerve You
man teams wandered aimlesa- i celebration parade, July 17, and ery of his body an hour later, all
ly out onto the playing field
Dr. W. Oeser
participate in other future civic attempts at resuscitation proved
Sunday and made enough er j functions.
futile.
rors to prove once and for all
Tentative plana also were made
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
SOUTHERN OREGON LEAGUE
that lack of practice makes
at a meeting Monday night fo.
Team
W. L.
Pct.
imperfect. A couple or three
the recently reorganized boost«,
Crescent City ...7
0
1.000
players had attended Matins
club to sponsor dances at the Twin
Roseburg
.4
3
.371
and
consequently
Heaven
Plunges
during
the
summer
Grants Pass
4
3
.571
smiled down on them. Patter
months to fatten the club's cof-
Ashland
5
.375
.3
son got a double and two i fers.
5
Medford ......... 3
.375
singles for four times with
Glendale
....1
6
.148
the stick and didn't make an
DR. ANGELL DEMONSTRATES
error. (No foolin’, he really
NEW MAGHINE TO DOCTORS
GA.MEN SUNDAY AND
didn’t!) And Keeton, Hardy,
Dr. E. B. Angell, chiropractic
•MONDAY, JULY 4, 5
Durham and Leavens all man
physician, Wednesday returned
Medford at Ashland (exhi
aged to wallop the pellet for
from Portland where he attended
bition).
bases without making any
the chiropractic convention held
Klamath Falls Red Sox at
blunders in the field. It can’t
there during the week-end. Dr.
Crescent City (exhibition).
The Three Pals
be said, either, that Bob Har
Angell made a personal demon
LITHIAN BATTING AVERAGES
dy doesn’t practice or that he
stration at the meet of his newly
That Jolly Well Make
Player
Ab. H. Pct.
gets slopped up during recess,
developed "electrochromogene,” a
McLean
17
.412
7
but it still seems that he could
Beer A Pleasure!
diagnostic detector and thera
Schopf
30 10
.333
have done some good if he had
peutic transmitter used in the
Hardy
9
3
.833
deigned to enter the game be
diagnosis and treatment of var
Patterson
29
9
.310
fore it was thrown away.
ious common diseases. The instru
Leavens
80
9
.300
OUR STOCK of FINEST QUALITY WINES INCLUDES
1
i
1
ments operate through the use of
Ager
............ ...25
7
.280
Most of these prima donnas will ‘'Degnate,'* a special chemical com
Hall
15
4
.267
have to concentrate on high notes pound discovered after lengthy and
DON MARCO
CRITERION
Brown ............ 16
4
.250
in ball playing this week and put expensive research by the local
Durham
... 4
1
.250
a little less importance on carry doctor.
ISCO
Keeton
DEL MAR
17
4
.235
ing off the tenor aria in "Sweet
Balding
27
0
.222
Adeline” or Maestro Mikel Bal
each evening, the same group
Learning
6
1
.167
covic will give them the gong in
putting a prop under the heck
Nlmpson
.20
.100
2
both of the games they play with
they raise during the week
his Medford Craters during the
and then every mother’s son
Team average
.206
holidays.
of them thinking he’s a little
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better than everyone else on
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Hunting
CLAYCOMB
MOTOR CO
Out Sports
OESER’S SUPER
Service Station
OVERHEATING
HOW THEY STAND
COLD,
CLEAN and
GOOD-
gon Miner today. One year, |1,
six months, 6U cents
In all the towns in the league,
the same few out to practice
manager,
beating.
is
sure
taking
a
Bohemian Club
AL BROWER, Proprietor