S outhern O regon M iner L„
A Copy
The Paper That Has Something To Say—And Says It!
Volume 6
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1937
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Number 46
NEW SISKIYOU HIGHWAY OPENS TODAY
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10-MILE UNIT
)r TO ELIMINATE
STEEP GRADES Plans Go Forward
AHS Kickoff Set Saturday
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TIIE Is*ague of Nations still rsc-
1 ogiiiz.es Uie loyalist govern
ment In Spain, but nolxidy could
recognize the shamble« tnat once
was Spain
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Chicago youngsters tire getting
their school lessons by radio That
Is, those are who haven't erected
geography-book barrier between
themselves and thelr loud njM’iik
era
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Constitution day, we thought,
was for all of us, but after hearing
several orators addressing groups
and schools, It appears that the
Moll
are cluiming
republicans
guardianship
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By blowing |>arta of Shanghai to
bits, the Japanese have succeeded
In uniting a split Chinese empire
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One strange phenomena la the
wuy underwater craft can get
Europe In the air.
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There has been so much ili!-
provsment in the Medford radio
station's programs since they
Joined a national network that
even the studio crew listens in
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Science Is Indeed remarkable
After all these years, someone
discovered that it has been ’neces-
sary to stoop to tune a radio set.
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W. think of st mainlining as a
modern development, but even the
ancients used irrigation
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One hundred fifty years ago to*
day American statesmen gave the
republican party ita 1940 cam-
paign Issue
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Although some shipowners may
object to President Roosevelt's war
ban, it is a safe bet that the SS
Hoover isn't kicking
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The present supreme court con
troversy Just goes to show that
the KKK never was of particular
benefit to Blacks
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One of the nice things we've
noticed about school athletics is
the absence of No Presspassing
signs
GOLD HILL FAIR
SET SATURDAY
Northwest Jackson County fair,
an annual event, will be held in
Gold Hill tomorrow, September 18,
and will include a full day of en
tertainment features, according to
Wallace Iverson, publisher of the
Gold Hill News
A parade, "wedding," races, polo
game and many other free attrac
tions will draw hundreds of south
ern Oregonians to the affair,
which starts nt 10 a in. and will
culminate in a special dance. A
free barbecue, including all the
trimmings and coffee, will hold
forth in early evening and many
exhibits wdll be on display for the
event.
Complete program for Saturday
follows:
10 a. m. Parade of floats, or
ganizations and pets, led by H. D.
Force; music by high school band.
"Wedding" on city hall grounds
immediately following parade.
12 m. Benches available for
picnickers,
lunch
stands
on
grounds and Front street.
I p. m. Races and sports pro
gram.
2:30 p. in. Polo game and horse
races on baseball grounds. Polo
game between Sams Valley and
Dodge's Riding academy teams
fl to 8 p. m. Free barbecue at
city hall grounds; menu consists
of barbecued beef, mashed pota
toes, brown gravy, sandwiches and
coffee.
9 p. m. to 2 a. m.~ Dance in the
spacious Gold Hill danco pavilion,
music by Steve Whipple and his
orchestra, Medford.
Exhibits will be open for inspec
tion Friday evening and all day
Saturday.
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MARY II. HAMMOND
Funeral services were held Sat
urday morning from the Stock
and Litwlller funeral home for
Mary H. Hammond, who died Fri
day at her Second street residence.
The Rev James E Morgan of
ficiated. Interment was in Moun
tain View cemetery.
For Highway Fete
VVITH finishing touches com-
’’ pleted yesterday, the 10 miles
of new highway from south city
ALTHOUGH traffic will be
limits to Siskiyou station near
routed over the new Sis
summit of the Siskiyou mountains
kiyou highway today, plans
Is scheduled to be opened to traf
will continue for formal alien
fic this morning, according to
ing ceremonies October 29, ut
word from P P Whitmore, resi
which time Governor Martin,
dent state highway engineer
iiietiilM-rH of the stat«* high
A small crew of men from the
way commission, /Ashland of
E C Hall construction company
ficials iuid citizens from near
has N'cn employed this week at
by communities may partlii-
finishing
work which includes
pate.
sweeping black top and complet-
At a meeting held Tuesday
Ing crushed ruck shoulders Some
night by the ( liamber of
employes left yesterday for Bend
Commerce general committee
convoying several pieces of oiling
for the celebration, headed by
equipment borrowed from the
Norman Kerr, a flock of les
Dunn and Buker Construction
ser committees was ap|>ointcd
com puny
to further present tentative
Five large construction con
plans for a barbecue, cara
tracting firms have been busy
van, dance anil road-opening
since September lfl. 1933. reheat
ceremonies.
Ing this part of the lfl-mlle stretch
Publicity for the event will
reaching from Ashland to the
lx- broadcast by the Chamber
California bonier Completion of
of < ’ommerce, and booster
the entire project will represent
groups from other cities will
the
an outlav of $2.000,000 by
I m - Invited.
state highway commission and
Public Works administration
Hundreds of local men have
been employed during the past
four years In rerouting the Pacific
highway from the old corkscrew
right-of-way to the present new
route which will offer motorists
a fine, modern road Hogbacks
have been penetrated and huge
cuts and fills have been made to
keep the grade and curves at a
minimum Many large culverts as p R E - REGISTRATION figures,
while only started Wednesday,
sure permanancr of the road and
an underpass beneath the railroad indicate a substantia) increase
at Wall creek is striking for Its over the fall enrollment of last
attractive simplicity as well as year which totaled 275 in both
utlity The entire road from top teachers training and Junior col
of the mountains to Ashland of- lege courses at Southern Oregon
fers a panoramic view of the val Normal school where 1937 fall
ley and surrounding Cascade« that ■ term registrations will be com
is astonishing In its many new pleted Monday, September 20.
’ prior to entrance examinations
vistas
Several days will be required and achievement tests Tuesday
before the new surface is dusted and Wednesday, Actual classes
off and smoothed sufficiently by will start Thursday.
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Many prospective students have
traffic to allow painting of the
regulation yellow safety line on appeared at the school office since
pre-registration started Wednes
the stretch
day and, although registration de
tails cannot lx* completed until
Monday of next week, President
Walter Redford urged all who find
1 convenient to take advantage of
) re-registration this week to as
Running 177 permits ahead of sure themselves a wider range of
Grants Pass, nearest competitor courses and also to facilitate reg
for honors, the Ashland Chamber istration procedure.
of Commerce non-resident auto
Students who have two quarters
mobile registration desk again led of work behind them will be able
the state in August, continuing a to graduate with seven quarters
summer service which has seen before January 1, 1939. For new
the local bureau drop behind only students, eight quarters will be
necessary under last spring's edict
once during the season
For the month Ashland checked of the state board of higher edu
In 4.353 cars to bring the local cation.
Bound for the Scrap Heap!
TOUGH WEED 11
OPENS SEASON
HERE AT 2 P.M
'T’AKING to the high school grid
iron at 2 o’clock Saturday af-
ternoon, the Ashland Grizzlies will
face the season's first high school
foe, the strong Weed eleven.
The northern Californians will
fï'^rîi
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bring a group of 20 reserves to
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back their first string—which
sounds off like a roll call for the
Sons of Italy. It is the same clever
team which romped roughshod
over Dunsmuir by a 40-something
to nothing score last season and
is a cinch to be even stronger this
year.
Included on the Weed starting
lineup, which is as formidable
phonetically as it is on the foot
ball field, is Carpenter, center;
Kent. Linville, guards; Belcastro,
Coleman, tackles; Kegg, Blllatti,
ends; Chioto, fullback; Saletti,
quarterback: Giorgi, Aquistapace,
halfbacks. In reserve will be Leon
etti. Andreasca, Delucca, Cata
lano. Pratt, Shepherd, Curry,
Eline, Paulson. Lewis. Broad, Pitt
|)R<»I D DAYS of mighty power are no more! The scuttled German and Schontz for the line, and Ales-
battleship, Friederich der Grosse,* was salvaged from Scapa sio. Pauletta, Kolda, Kinnicutt,
Flow. It Is shown being towed, keel up, to a dry dock at Rosyth,
Fletcher, Tosi and Pilea in the
Scotland, where it will he broken up.
backfield.
Coach Skeet O’Connell has drill
ed and re-drilled his charges here
every evening following the 0-0
tie played Monday against the
alumni until he is confident he
has a team which at least has an
i even chance to topple the lads
A DESIRE to hear window
from little Italy.
■' glass crash is likely to
Uncertain as to final choices for
With today—the 150th anniver
cause Ihivid Coleman, Hoosier
sary of the signing of the Consti starts as yet, O'Connell neverthe
hobo, to s)iend some time in a
tution—a holiday for students, ex- less indicated that his first eleven
place where the windows are
' ercises in commemoration of the will be much the same as that
protected by thick steel bars.
occasion were held yesterday in all started in Monday's tilt: Scheid-
Coleman, well fortified with
I ereiter, center; Weaver, Bell.
public schools of Ashland
bottled
courage,
sauntered
_ Schilling,
_ tackles;
At the high school, Loren E. ¡guards; Brady,
along Main street Monday
Messenger of the normal school Jones, Jessell, ends; Fowler, full
evening, apparently at peace
faculty gave an address which back; Warren, quarter; Carterand
with the world until something
stressed importance of the nation McNair, halfbacks.
about
the
Tidings
office
Positions most disputed are the
al document.
aroused his ire. One halluci
A program organized by Charles guard and end spots and right
Ashland Tops
nation chased another through
Weaver, instructor, brought Thurs halfback position. Forsythe and
the alcohol fumes in his brain
day afternoon to a close at the Gettling undoubtedly will get a
until he decided that someone
junior high school. Singing of pat midgame call for line duty and
inside the window was sniping
riotic songs by assembled students
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at him with a machine gun.
was keynote of the affair, followed
(This was later dciili'd by R.
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by a discussion on the subject.
L Lindner, who was working
What the Constitution Tries To
in the office at the time.)
Do,” participated in by eight 8-B
At any rate chucking his
students, Barbara Rose. Peggy
duffle hag through the plate
Whittle, Jean Sproul, Florence
glass did wonders for Cole-
Wood. Kenneth McAnish, Buddy
man's disposition and in a
Provost, Billy Cooke and Emsley
light and merry mood he sat
Rogers.
down on the curb, laughing
Lois Redford, junior high school
heartily at his destructive tal
student who made a trip to the
total for eight months up to
ents. When queried by the
By Our
nation's capitol this summer with
20.76!.
gendarmerie, he sought to dis
KEYHOLE
her parents. Dr. and Mrs. Walter
Hope
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miss the whole affair with
REPORTEE
Redford, also addressed the stud
an airy, “I Just wanted to see
TEACHERS' CHORUS WILL
Here
ents. giving her impressions of
what it would sound like!”
REHEARSE ON SATURDAY
Washington.
.After dragging him past the
In the grade schools teachers
Two postoffices, one costing
fire station, where he lagged
The first rehearsal of the Jack $75,000 in Gresham and another
concentrated on a study of the
and warned the arresting of
son county teachers' choms will at $80,000 for Burns, were the
Constitution in all classrooms, be
ficer to be careful of “those
ginning what City Supt. George I
be held in the auditorium of the only projects listed for Oregon
funny-looking
fellows
in
A. Briscoe declared would be a
court house In Medford at 10 a. ni. under the federal $70,000,000 build
there,” Coleman was lodged in
Saturday, September 18.
year of highly intensive study and
ing program released last week by
the municipal pokey and,
research on the subject for the
JITNEY BILL DE WITT
Esther I>eake, director, Is pre the treasury department.
heavy of heart and distraught
youngsters
A long sought federal building
handing a traffic ticket to OF
senting new music which wil! lie
of
stomach,
discovered
Thurs
FICER CLARK THOMAS.
used at the Joint institute in Ash- for Ashland and an appropriation
day that George M. Green,
I ASHLAND TEACHERS GET
CLIFFORD (Backdoor) CUL-
land October 29, 30 All teachers' for enlargement of the present
civic
leader
and
manager
of
10% SURPRISE PAY RALSE MER's mouth watering at sight
interested in singing are invited Medford structure again went
the Tidings, failed to see eye
of empty parking spaces in
begging.
to attend.
to eye with him on the whim
Teachers in the Ashland
front.
sical prank.
schools met Santa Claus yes
J. W. (Gianninni) McCOY
In fact, according to Chief
terday when he arrived three
addressing PEARL EASTER-
of Police C. P. Talent, a com
months ahead of schedule.
LING,
plaint has been lodged with
Their pay checks—covering
A. C. (POKE) N IN IN GER
the district attorney's office
first two weeks of the school
wondering why an officer al
charging
the
pane-poker
year—contained a 10 per cent
ways has to look at rear wheels
By LARRY HUNTER
with "defacing a building not
increase in salary, voted re
of his car, well out into the
his own.” Undoubtedly he will
cently by the school board,
street,
instead of the curb-hug
face a grand jury and punish
and it was indicated that the
ging fronts.
who gives
a
neck
ment for his offense is listed
raise would continue through
CONTRACTOR ELMER
at from 90 days to one year
out the year, with rosy pros
CHILDERS wondering if the
made
with
in prison and or $10 to $500
pects of another addition to
architect will get the new thea
fine.
the |H<dagogic stipend.
ter plans completed by opening
his home in Kalamazoo
night.
FIRE HAZARD SAW GREAT
A TRANSIENT, addressing a
Parents Entertain
a richer
Whangpoo!
IN SISKIYOU FOREST AREA Tidings window, saying "Here's
Ashland
to a pane in the neck."
It’
while
Siskiyou national forest head
BARBARA (Oh!) KAY ac
Parents of Ashland students en quarters in Grants Pass yesterday cusing a friend of being unable
’ll pocket
cash
a whine! tertained
teachers of local schools declared that present weather con to a-Ford a good car.
last night at a reception and din ditions constitute the greatest fire
L. I. (Night Beat) MOON
But
Chinaboys
ner given at 6:30 o’clock in the hazard of the current season.
coming over the mountain on a
Although no blazes have been dead run with a hive of bees
high cafeteria.
yard, Junior
Program was in charge of Mrs. reported recently, an additional disputing his right-of-way.
A. C. Joy, council president 6f vigil is being kept throughout this
MAYBELLE JONES being
Parent-Teachers association, and area, with special emphasis being BROWER-beaten for opening a
Mrs. H. H. Elhart, Mrs. Ray on the coastal section.
car window without using the
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Clary and Mrs. Elmer Biegel, unit
handle.
And
shouts,
navy!
VISITS FROM LONG BEACH
leaders for junior and senior high
MRS WILL STEVENS think
Bill Harris, of Long Beach, spent ing from the noise of the PRES
schools, Washington school and
But
says No
Lincoln schools, respectively.
a short time in Ashland yesterday COTT charivari that HER
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Leonard SCHEL CLAYCOMB had sold
Cries,
a
a dope!
TEACHERS' COUNCIL TO MEET Hall, while enroute to Marshfield. another car.
intermediate teachers' coun-
PARKER HESS letting a
(Moral:
’ a
guy
makes ! oil The
will meet in auditorium of the JUNIOR HIGH ll SHAPING UP moo-cow lick his car windows
Coach Earl Rogers has been giv clean, more or less.
court house in Medford at 1:30
salt;
p. m. Saturday, September 18. Mr. ing Intense practice sessions to
DAVID FORTMILLER ask
Hussong will speak on "Sea Life,” his Junior high football aspirants ing why they put handholds on
goes “in
red ’ it’s
president’s which
is the first unit of the new for their opening game with Yreka the ends of footballs and not
| state course of study.
there September 26
basket balls.
NORMAL SCHOOL
OPENING TO SEE
STUDENT GAINS
‘BUM JOKE’ GROANS
G. M. AFTER CRASH
LOCAL SCHOOLS
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State
In Car Registration
SEEN », DAZE
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New Postoffice
Gets Setback
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The Fable of Yangtze Doodle!
The guy
me pain in the
Has
his dough
Chiang Kai-Shek,
And has left
For
spot on the dark
s okey-doke
things are fine,
He
the
with nary
let the
get hard,
Or the Japs drop a shell in his back
Let the bones start running ahead of the
gravy,
then he
“Call out the
’’
when the government
“
soap, ,,
“FDR is hell of
’’
He s witty
when he
his
If he
the
’
the
fault!).
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Facultyites
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