S outhern O regon M iner
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Phe l*a|M*r That Has Something To Say— And Says It!
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1937
Volume
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VVITH pin-bull machine» on the
’’ wuy out. jM'ihapa some of us
cun atari jKirking our nlckcla Into
piggy-bunks lignin
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good example of Internationa)
diplomacy I m sei'll In the vehement
declaration that China and Japan
hit engaged in an undeclared war
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Few people think they work for
their health, but they juat haven't
■topped to think how poor their
health would be if they »topped
eating.
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We of southern Oregon may be
perauadeil that organized labor
is playing hob with Industry in
other place», but fortunately It
doesn’t »trike ua that wuy.
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Portland report» that its repub­
lican club I m growing, but what the
OOP» really need I» a magic wand.
111
Trouble with nation» In the old
world I m every time one make» a
remark to the other, they get a
raze out of ’em.
111
When told there I n a »hortage
of hop picker» In Oregon, the ave­
rage punhumller think» you mean
for him to pick a freight and hop
to the next »tate
111
According to Portland AFT.
leader», their battle with the CIO
will be made public. We wondered
when the secret would get out
111
Moat of the new modes are not
»tylea, they’re enervation»
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’s (»old In That
ASHLAND BRICK Thar
RAIL OFFICIAL
Thar Till, Says Fred
Why
Should
Ashland
Cower
YARD DEVELOPS
ANSWERS DEPOT
from Trucks?
LOCAL PAYROLL
CRITICISM HERE
'I’AltE a number up to 140,(88)
1 and put It in terms of bricks
and that is u lot of bricks, hut that
many bricks arc few enough to
put in a building the size of the
Ni-w Llllila theater What I» un­
usual is the fact that Contractor
Elmer Childers, in chuige of
theater construction, »ays that
each and every brick i» of the
finest quality he has encountered
during his year» of contracting
experience throughout the state.
To climax the uncommon aspect
1» the additional fact thut each of
these bricks wus made by Ashland
labor, of A m ) i land clay, In the
Ashland Brick und Tile plant
which is owned and operated by
I*' L Smith just outside the city
limits In Bellview.
Smith purchased the bu»lne»s
last March from a corporation
managed by L E. Caul, and »Ince
that time has made remarkable
progress in production und mu:
keting An average of eight men
are employed by him in the com­
plete
manufacture of
regular
building brick, hollow building tile
und drain tile of all sizes
The plant it located a quartcr-
mbe south of the old normal school
site anil is surrounded by five
acres of natural red clay
When the new owner assumed
management "mud" was brought
into the mixer by means of a con­
veyor licit which necessitated an
extra lifting operation before the
clay could be hai
handled, and which
was Inconvenient
i..„
to use in wet
weather, Smith ha» installisi a
tramway whereby a amali car,
operated by gravity, bring» the
clay directly to the top of the
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fwo Medford Lad«
(’(Mil Heels in Jug
Funny thing about Clark Wood
of the Weston Lender Every time
he blow» himself for a meal, he
Joe Pierce. 21, and Bernard
hasn't anything left to cool hl»
Matthews,
22, both of Medford,
aoup with
Sunday discovered that arguing
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with cafe owners and breaking
windows while In an intoxicated
condition runs into money. They
torlcltcd $15 ball each besides
shelling out for a plate glass win­
dow broken late Saturday in an
altercation at Ninlnger'» cafe
After the two boys hail been re­
fused beer by Amos C. "Poke”
Ninlnger they became incensed
rj’IIE MINER I* cheered by
and
went elsewhere to procure the
* response received—directly
beverage, returning to drink it.
and Indirectly—to an editorial
Matthews fell through the window
headed "A Matter of Near*
as Ninlnger struggled to remove
Murder" which greeted it»
the intruders from behind his bar
reader» last week. It alway»
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I» plemuint to hear Vox Pop—
Do You Park Wrong?
Then Maybe We’ve Got
Your Number Here!
even If other place» pop, to
I hh U !
With no attempt to be vin­
dictive, luid In an earneat ef­
fort to be helpful In eradicat­
ing the unhealthy iwruiiT of
double-|Mirklng, we are going
to go Mt III furAier this week in
aiding our public.
After lust
Friday there
cairn- a mixed ehorim of "Well,
that hit» me awfully clone to
home" and “Why, 1 nev«r read
nuch a minty thing!" and **■
think they've got noinething
there!" and "Oh, that’» meant
for somebody elite, certainly
not me!"
Mo, here'» a little gueawlng
content lor you, folk»!
No
ca»h prlr.cn, merely a little
matter of life and death. The
llceiiNe number» below were
picked at random on Main
street yesterday. In iMu-h case
the driver had left for moiim *
errand and the car bearing
the platen had been, left unat­
tended and double parked,
needlessly blocking traffic and
haiii|M-rlng
motorists
who
wiuited to park properly.
Are any of these niiniliern
familiar to YOU? Something
coinen to mind about iui old
adage, "If the »hoe fit»-------”
and another which run», "It’s
never too lute to mend!"
25-720
85-008
12-821
208-1157
82-080
250-104
1-018
1.18-020
18 38»
40-088
1.10-40«
TI-177
1(1-200
281-5(12
2(1» (112
»0-4127
T 1-03(1
TI-KI8
208-082
Til-451
18-7«»
2(10-081
11-708
1.10-406
250-871
(Above are all Oregon num-
hern. Those duplicated were
found double parked In more
(han one place.)
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LICENSE EXAMINER COMING
Notice received thia week from
the office of the secretary of state
indicates that Ward McReynolds,
state examiner of operators and
chauffeurs, will be at the city hall
here Friday, September 3, between
the hours of 11 a. m. and 5 p. m.
to conduct tests for all persons
wishing permits or licenses to
drive automobiles. Such persona
are urged to contact the exam­
ine) during those hours.
Number 43
I’air Jailed for Fire
I‘lug Perch for (’ar
When a man parks in front of
fire plug, that's bad. but when
he parks his c.ir on top of one
it's likely to result in a drunk and
disorder!}' charge and did Sunday
when officers discovered Ivan
Turner. 2». and A T Prettyman.
22 both of Phoenix, in an auto­
mobile jammed into a hydrant at
intersection of Oberlin and Hel­
man streets
Turner plead guilty In city court
Monday morning and was fined $.’>
and costs and given a 20 day jail
sentence, which was suspended on
condition that he leave town Pret­
tyman was released Sunday on $15
bail.
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THE NEIGHBORHOOD < HI RCH
Congregational
Church school, 9:45 a m , Mrs.
Glen Prescott, superintendent.
Morning worship. 11 o’clock;
sermon. "Christlike Christianity.”
Young people's meeting and
evening service with the Nazarene
church. Rev. M T Wire preach­
ing.
I,’RED
Hl ERMAN, local
grocer, look his pay for
groceries Monday in dust—hut
It wasn't a dirty drill—the
dust was solid gold!
A transient who preferred
panning to |Minhandllng prof­
it rred ii sriinll vial containing
U few flake« of the precious
metal In exchange for a short
lisi of groceries.
The prtmprwtor rwttlnuxied
value of the poke to lie slight­
ly In excess of the retail price
of
the grubstake and, al­
though Sr hiicriruui had no ac­
curate method of measure­
ment and says he probably
will have to send to the mint
lor his money, the "good old
dais" medium of exchange is
more than worth its weight
in gold to him as u novelty.
BRISCOE URGES
REGISTRATIONS
According to an announcement
released Tuesday by Supt
of
schools G. A Briscoe, registration
of high school Mtuilintn will occur
between the hours of 1:30 and
•I 30 p m. on the afternoons of
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs-
day. August 31, September 1 2
B C. Forsythe, high HChOOl
principal, will be in the School
office at that time to register and
assign students contemplating at­
tendance during the school year,
1037-1038
Briscoe stressed importance of
contacting
Forsythe at those
hours, during which he will have
adequate time to discuss problems
an<l courses of study for prospec­
tive students Other faculty mem­
bers will assist the principal in
registration.
PINBALLS OUT,
PLAYERS REST
Complete observance of the anti­
pinball order reigned in Ashland
yesterday, ail machines having
been removed or padlock to pre­
vent play after midnight Wednea- i
day, final day of their legality.
In Medford,
-- -- . —
Earl . Sims wai ar-
rested shortly before noon Thurs­
day, charged with operation of a
lottery. He was released on his
own recognizance and given until
this morning to plead.
Sims' arrest was a test case ar­
ranged by attorneys for operators
and owners of the machines after
Murray Bel), previously declared
willing to be used as litmus, had
declined the sacrifice. His machine
was placed in Sims' establishment
after being open to play during
the morning in Bell's hamburger
stand in Medford and arrest of
Sims followed at the hands of
Sheriff Syd I. Brown and Deputy
William Grenbemer.
Attorneys seek to test validity
of a ruling handed down recently
by the state supreme court against
the machines and punchboards.
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Toots Estes, Marshall
Carter To Head Bouts
Promoter Mack Lillard has lined
up a grappling card for Monday
night that should "pack ’em in,"
he said, at the Medford high school
arena.
Toots Estes will meet Marshall
Carter In top main event of the
groan program. Danny Savich will
meet Bob Wagner in the middle
event and Wild Man Zim—that
man who wears long hair and al­
most no clothes - tangles with
Sailor Dick Trout
To date, Estes has lost no bouts
hereabouts, while Carter, a new-
comer, is rated one of the most
clever wrestlers In the game.
THE LETTER WITH THE PLATE-GLASS
FRONT!
By LARRY HUNTER
I like to reminisce a bit
And see the folks I know.
I like to have them write to me
And say, “I just saw good old Joe!”
I even listen patiently
To tales of operations,
And fish they caught, and mother-in-laws,
And their smart kids’ quotations
But there are those who get me down
And always spoil my fun.
Their letters enervate me,
And here’s how they’re begun:
‘‘Do you remember our old Rill?
It’s still unpaid to date;
So please remit in full, at once,
At current interest rate!”
Although double and triple—parking is one of
Ashland's worst traffic abuses, there are other prob­
lems which confront local motorists and users of
that part of the Pacific highway which passes
through the business section of Ashland.
We refer, principally, to those groaning behem­
oths which rumble through the middle of town at
all hours of the day and night and which take up
more road space than two or three ordinary size
vehicles. In a city the size of Ashland, and limited as
this community is for both parking and driving
space, the huge freight trucks, semi-trailers and
trailers absolutely have no more business churning
up the main stem than have railroad freight cars.
Several of tne Miner’s friends and neighbors do
a handsome business because of freighting through
heart of the city, but just the same trucks on the
main thoroughfare are a nuisance, and are becoming
worse as the months pass. Perhaps the state will
help to maintain our section of the highway whereas
trucks on back streets would tear up surfacing that
would have to be repaired at city expense, but
nevertheless we are fast approaching the time when
Ashland will have to follow the example set by other
communities and lay out a truck route that circum­
vents the city’s business and traffic center.
Doubtless, if we could have it arranged, more
trainmen and crews would spend money on Main
street if the Southern Pacific could relocate its
trackage in the city center, but do you think for one
moment that Ashland would stand for such a
scheme? Of course not!
‘‘Why, the railroads ought to keep their damned
racket and commotion down where it belongs, and
not mar our business district,” would be the ready
answer to such a proposition. But because trucks
have been more subtle and gradual in their taking
over of highway rights-of-way, we have come to
accept them as a necessary evil.
It’s not that the Miner wishes to attack or con­
demn trucks as common carriers or to boost railroad
traffic particularly. But it does seem to us that if
railroads are being required to maintain their own
trackage and to locate their repair depots, their
shops and do their shunting at a respectable distance
from where people live and do retail business, then
trucks should be required to be as discreet.
Should Ashland force trucks to use a back route
through town, there is no reason why state funds
should not help maintain that route, as well as the
regular highway through town. Truckers pay the
highway department handsomely and well for the
privilege of using public ways, and there is no reason
why Oregon should demand that Ashland—and
other communities—make a freight yard out of their
main streets simply because it would cost a trifle
more for upkeep if an alternate route were main­
tained for heavy commercial traffic.
Requiring trucks to fit the city’s convenience
and pleasure instead of the other way around as at
present would be a worthy goal for those objectors
to nuisance who raised such a fuss about shooting
fireworks in the city during the July 4 season.
OPPONENT NINE
Highway Commission
Asks Delay of Date
fo Siskiyou Road Fete
State Highway Engineer R. H.
After a season of second guess­
Baldock this week suggested to
ing by every baseball fan in Ash­ i the Ashland Chamber of Com­
land it seems only fair to let Lith- merce that a proposed celebration
ian players voice an opinion on attending opening of the new Sis-
talents of their opponents.
I kiyou route be postponed until
To gauge their beliefs in that some time in early October so
line, the Miner for the past week that members of the highway com­
has circulated a bunch of blanks mission may attend.
for each player to fill out. These
The commissioners must go
sheets have served as ballots for east late in September to attend
the mythical Lithian all-opponent a convention in Boston, it was ex-
nine the team which, according , plained in the letter from Baldock,
to local players, would be the j who also suggested that the later
toughest aggregation which could date- a fortnight after the actual
be picked from the other five . job completion September 15—
Southern "Oregon league clubs.
also would be better because two
They were picked from the ! weeks of travel would aid ma­
standpoint of hitting and base­ terially in blowing dust off the
running ability as well as for their I highway, and that all the traffic
performance in their respective j lines would be painted by then.
positions in the field against Ash­
land.
Although the final count was
made with some ballots still un­
returned. it is worthy of notice
that some member of the league­
With tomatoes coming in slowly
leading Crescent City Chinooks this week, the Bagley Canning
was picked for every position on company may be forced to wait
a regulation baseball team by at until next week to start canning
least one member of the local juice instead of beginning Satur­
club. On the other hand, Roseburg, day as had been planned.
the tail-enders, were ignored com­
The tomato crop is later than
pletely by the votes, although usual this year and the cannery
Pierce and Avery. Glendale, and is accumulating enough fruit so
Baker, Crescent City three play­ I that operation, once started, may
ers who started with the Pirates continue uninterrupted throughout
I the season.
received mention.
Only one man, Dick Lewis of
Approximately 40,000 tons of to­
I Medford, received the unanimous matoes are expected from 5,000
approval in all selections, being acres under cultivation in the
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i county thia year.
Bagley Firm To Wait
Canning Till Monday
A. 8 ROSENBAUM, passenger
agent for the Southern Pa­
cific company in this area, yester­
day declared that adverse criti­
cism towards the new railroad de­
pot here as set forth in a letter
from Frank Van Dyke, Chamber
of Commerce president, to J. A.
Ormandy, general passenger agent
for Oregon, was unjustified under
existing conditions.
The letter claimed local feeling
was that the proposed structure
would be entirely too small and
inadequate for a town the size of
Ashland and requested that the
company consider enlargement on
original plans.
Van Dyke, when interviewed,
said his letter was written be­
cause of conversations he had had
with other Ashland people, and
not from a personal standpoint.
He said company officials had re-
j plied that nothing likely would
| come of his protest.
Rosenbaum verified the state-
i rr.ent yesterday and explained the
Southern Pacific’s attitude on the
whole affair.
He said, “I feel that a company
with so much experience in affairs
k>f this area should be given credit
for having some well-founded ideas
on business conditions. The South­
ern Pacific company, in remodel­
ing the present antiquated station,
will put forth a maximum outlay
which is justified by traffic on
the road.
"When depots at Grants Pass
and Medford were built in 1910
there was many times more busi­
ness over this road than now. At
that time the Ashland ticket office
handled about $10,000 business.
Now a $2,000 month is excep­
tional. If stations in other towns
of like size were to be replaced
or remodeled today they undoubt­
edly would be of the same type
as contemplated for Ashland.
"The new station will be a very
attractive building and will offer
adequate facilities for traffic in
this city for years to come. I think
it would be nothing more than
fair for critics to wait until the
structure is completed before
passing judgment.
’’The building will be built of
wood because this is a wood coun­
try The people of Ashland may
be assured that the Southern Pa­
cific company will not erect a de­
pot which will be a discredit to
the town. The new depot and
beautified grounds will be an ob­
vious improvement over the pres­
ent equipment."
SEEN i. a DAZE
RAY HAWK taxi-ing along
the ground for a flight from the
Chateau.
WAYNE COMBEST joining
the navy but denying that
PARKER HESS had anything
to do with it.
AL PRSECOTT so all-aflurry
he’s writing his name on dinner
checks at the Palace cafe.
C
M
LITWILLER being
asked "Who was that sireen I
heard you with yesterday.”
HAROLD BOOTHBY all glor­
ied up about his midweek Sat­
urday off.
POKE NININGER getting
lost twice in the extra space
created In his place by removal
of pinball machines.
HAROLD JOHNSON getting
the wrong number on a few
spark plug connections last
night.
ELLEN MERRYMAN feeling
very tiddledy-heighty about a
long distance phone call.
DICK MESSENGER tying his
bed down to keep it on the home
range.
BORIS KARLOFF’S picture
at the head of BILL HULEN’S
sport column in the Medford
Mail Tribune. Or. as MIKE
WOLCOTT says, anything to fill
up space.
DOC HAINES entertaining a
pungent visitor in a black and
white fur coat.
BEN BALIS lost in the busi­
ness rush around the Palace
cafe, the Miner office and the
Standard cleaners.
LES LUSK and DAISY KIN­
CAID shopping for jools at a
late hour.
PAT (PUNSTER) DUNN re­
marking that Ashland
has
plenty of police, In fact minions
<rf ’em.