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Volume 6 ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1937 | Number 46 NEW SISKIYOU HIGHWAY OPENS TODAY i — i — 10-MILE UNIT )r TO ELIMINATE STEEP GRADES Plans Go Forward AHS Kickoff Set Saturday s 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 111 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 1 1 1 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 1 1 1 By blowing |>arta of Shanghai to bits, the Japanese have succeeded In uniting a split Chinese empire 111 One strange phenomena la the wuy underwater craft can get Europe In the air. 1 1 1 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 111 Science Is Indeed remarkable After all these years, someone discovered that it has been ’neces- sary to stoop to tune a radio set. 111 W. think of st mainlining as a modern development, but even the ancients used irrigation 1 1 1 One hundred fifty years ago to* day American statesmen gave the republican party ita 1940 cam- paign Issue 1 1 Although some shipowners may object to President Roosevelt's war ban, it is a safe bet that the SS Hoover isn't kicking 1 1 1 The present supreme court con­ troversy Just goes to show that the KKK never was of particular benefit to Blacks 111 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. • 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. i 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 i -• bring a group of 20 reserves to 1 ■ » 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 (Continued on page 6) at him with a machine gun. was keynote of the affair, followed (This was later dciili'd by R. z—— ........................................ ■ ■■% 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 -------- a 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