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About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1937)
Friday, September 17, 1937 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Pagt* 4 LIFE’S BYWAYS! Southern Oregon Miner Published Every Friday at 167 East Main Street ASHLAN D, OREGON ____________ Entered as second-class matter February 15, 1935, at the poatuTlicv at Ashland, Oregou, under the act at March 3. lb.U LEONAKD N. HAU....... ................ Editor and Publisher JAKE PRIME HAU.___________ ____________ Assistant Editor Now rMEWX W a X A M axi in ÜUIC U'WN WHO rMOLX.Ur Mt WAS vwVNPttCUUS »'Íí Hl CALLEPONA M1.HR.V VV'PwUZ Vou’ io V ma X OMIOF T ho X c ¿LIVI« GUVS - Oregon's Traffic Toll V Series of Weekly Article» on the Problem of Highway Safety l>y EARN SNELL Secretary of State 9 'I’Wll especially terrible and need * less disasters have occurred on Oregon's highways during the last | tew months They are so tragic, so horrible, that I desire to call attention to them here, ami to 1 urge every resident of the state to guard against a similar occur rence In the future. One happened In Marion county | Out of gas, u motorist went to u service station and secured a gal : loll of gasoline in an open con tainer A second motorist, going in the direction of the stalled car, ; offered to convey him to this car A match was struck to light a cig a ret and the interior of the car. filled with the fumes from a PHONK ASHLAND no___________ __ Subscription Kates, in Advance: One Year ..... $1.00 Six Mouth* i---------------------------------------------- otic NOW T11E CUSTOMER GETS A BREAK! With Ashland s new hour-limit parking in the busi ness district in force for nearly two weeks, advantages ■Rur A las C oopmc S s KM ovo X AX S oon A.V ME IMP I of recent police activities have been well demonstrated J’RuPoSrP OMu-v C laim to vjialth U1 a - s ' Four< It might be pointed out, as well, that Ashland £ irruí K i PP i LS A l UINGOCP HL alkh residents and merchants are more than enthusiastic 1 about the improvement in parking conditions and elimination of double-parked cars cluttering up the main thoroughfare. Of course, Ashland's Main street at times looks almost lonely, what with a number of available park WANTED Invalid's wheel chair ing places supplanting the previous abundance of all 8 1. Allen, 96 iaiurel St (47|>l day and double parkers. But the difference comes in FOR RENT Four room apart the fact that busmess men and employes of the down ment for four girls, 2 large bed town district have moved their vehicles to side streets rooms 152 Shernuui St (49c)1 or left them at home, yielding space to shoppers and SPECIAL .Mill mo »1 3S M0k while lot lasts Davia Feed Store, customers. 53 Second street. (40c) Delivery trucks, too, by loading from rear en trances, have been conspicuous by their absence from tioh gymnasium-auditorium that hardy seats the stud !•< >li SAUD Placer gold mine, Washington on blocking highway traffic and impounding cars at the ent body, and an athletic field that is the laugh of northeastern Kettle river, well located for curb. Truck drivers are encountering a little more dif this end of Oregon—such is the outmoded and inade working See or write Belle Ellis, 244 Grant, Ashland, Ore ficulty in distributing their wares but, on the other quate recreational and body-building equipment with gon (4.’>pi hand, the rest of us are enjoying a far greater ac which our public school children of high school age DENTISTS cessibility of our main stem as a result. are supplied. Motorists have demonstrated their wholehearted Medford, with its athletic plant growing by leaps DR. R E WALKER acceptance of the new enforcement by complying—to and bounds, has demonstrated what a boon to its Phone 178 Swedenburg Building a surprising degree—with traffic regulations, not a school system and to an entire community a well equip one having been given more than a first warning by ped and lighted athletic field can be. Dozens of other ELECTRICAL SERVICE police first 10 days. In a few short days Ashland’s Oregon communities have progressed with the times X L EIJ-XTRIC motorists have divorced themselves from disorder, and Ashland, as well, can do the same when it admits Pbuna 82 carelessness and disregard to become well-behaved antiquity. 137 N. 1*1 on ear St drivers with a considerate regard for safety, efficiency Plenty of ground is available for expansion of the and convenience of themselves and others. LEGAL NOTICES local high school athletic field, for rearrangement so Chief of Police C. P. Talent and his force of officers as to provide facilities for all sports. It is apparent l—34Mb are to be thanked for their intelligent application and that improvements could be made without heavy in NOIK E FOR 1*1 Itl.lCATION enforcement of city ordinances that have brought vestment or expense now. while vacant ground still lieneral laind Office at Roseburg, Oregon about this improvement. is available at moderate cost. Ashland’s school board NOTICE is hereby given that ★ ★ ★ Helmer Anderson of c/o E C i could outline a comprehensive, well-planned objective Bartlett, Parker Mountain Service and work toward that end and assure our schools a station, Keno, Ore, who, on May i ASHLAND AT THE FOOT OF THE CLASS! 19, 1930, made original homestead ■ With Ashland’s coming generation back in public place in the sun with neighboring cities entry (Act June 9. 1916), No Eventually. Ashland’s football field must be 019085, for N'-,SW>.., 8E >4 SW >4, 1 schools again fitting themselves for the progress they 3, township 39 south, range lighted, as are other high school gridirons in southern section must make through the years, it is time that elders 4 east, Willamette meridian, has notice of intention to make 1 started taking inventory of educational facilities being Oregon. Grants Pass. Roseburg, Medford and Klamath filed final proof, to establish claim to , Falls already have demonstrated the financial feas furnished the youngsters, and whether we have kept the land above described, before ibility of lights and the only thing that will keep Victor a Tengwald, United States pace with the times. commissioner, at Medford. Oregon, For a number of years, Lithia city schools enjoyed Ashland from enjoying the arcs will be a smug sat on the 22nd day of October, 1937 Claimant names as witnesses: a reputation of being well housed, well equipped and isfaction with things as they have always been. Milton M Seaman. Robert Edsall, Ashland not only can become, but is, a developing well tutored. But there seems to be a tendency, now, Saylor Bailey and E C. Bartlett, to coast on this reputation rather than to continue city. Business is on the up-grade, and it is about time all of Keno, Oregon. GEORGE FINLEY. that we dropped the pig-headed attitude that progress to deserve it. Register is something to be sneered at, jeered at, and discour (Septl0-17-24Octl-8) | A civic fault that has held this community down aged. for some time has been the disposition of some resi Stand-pat, self-satisfied “leaders” would do well dents to believe that, because we have got by this to look about and discover what the rest of the world far, further development is not necessary. As one old j is doing. Ashland can do it, too? timer said the other day, “Why, we never had half the advantages when we were young that the Ashland HELEN FISH, FAMOUS ler, Mr and Mrs Karl Nlma, Mrs CLAIRVOYANT kids have today,” Perhaps so, and because of that W. D. Jackson. Mrs Mark True (Known All the Answers) Mrs Grace Osborne, Virgil Jack- irrelevant fact he is ready to object to any proposed By J. C. REYNOLDS son, Bob Heath and Elmer Ayer. modernization or expansion in public school facilities I Miss Helen Fish, that clever dame Mrs Dorothy Bromley, Clint Baughman, Mr and Mrs William here. ' Has won our admiration, Briggs. Lucille McCollum. Max By grabbing such a lot of fame It is an accepted procedure, now, that whenever Imparting information. Roberson. Ashland schools discover or develop outstanding To any question she can give answer, if you wish for it; teachers or coaches, they are approached by other The So if you feel inquisitive— communities, offered better pay and are taken from Just go to Helen Fish for it. If you should hanker to be rich — us. Often, too, they are drafted by districts less able If you would know your future— I to make attractive offers than is Ashland. While smug If to be great, you have an itch By KEN WEIL ones sit around satisfied with things as they are here, And nothing else will suit yer The quickest way for you to find more progressive boards take advantage of Ashland The answer, if you wish for it, HOWDY, FOLKS: The pessimism for the benefit of their own school children. Is hereby pointedly outlined way they are spreading de go to Helen FiBh for it. struction in Spain, the day With athletics an accepted part of public school Just If Destiny wil bring you bliss, dreamers will have to go curriculum everywhere, Ashland still lags without You’d like a hint to show it. elsewhere to build their cas threatening grief will hit or tles In the air. benefit of an athletic fund, still content to panhandle If miss, support and leave sports on a hand-to-mouth, catch- I No doubt you'd like to know it. if you’re curious about as-catch-can basis. Athletic equipment consists of bare So The answer really wish for it— necessities. You need no longer be in doubt Two tennis courts, with sagging, patched nets ; Just go to Helen Fish for it. strung across cracked and weed-infested surfaces dis Yreka Gold Rush I courage high school racquet enthusiasts. A combina- the gasoline, became Instantly a mass of flames A young woman in the tuick seat met n horrible death In eastern Oregon a family, re turning home from a trip to town, carried five gallons of gasoline in a milk can The can upset ami four people were burned to death a Service station attendants are urged to protect their patrons by refusing to deliver gasoline in open containers that are unsafe for its transportation Never use lighted matches where there 1s even a remote possibility of the gasoline in the car catching file Taking such chances are danger ous and the |a>nalty for making such mistakes so great that they should I m * guarded against at all times Ordinary care will do much to eliminate Oregon's traffic deaths MORE WORK LESS HELP WANT ADS i Attracts Lithians Once Instructed ASSUME every respon sibility. Our training en ables us to furnish a simpli fied, dependable service with dignity and poise CITY AMBULANCE SERVICE STOCK & LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME We Waver Close—Rione »2 Members of the LI thians and the Ashland Chamber of Commerce Pep band, as well as many other local people spent some time last week-end in Yreka, attracted by celebration of the annual Gold Rush which also beckoned to other civic booster clubs Including the Oregon Cavemen from Grants Pass and the Medford Craters. Among Ashlanders attending some part of the three-day fiesta were Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brown, Mr and Mrs. V. D. Miller, Mr. and Mrs Dan Kay, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Thornton, Mr. and Mr«. Merrick Thornton, Dr. and Mrs R L. Burdic, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Frazier, Mr and Mrs Dick Peter sen, Mr and Mrs. G. M. Green, Mr and MrB. M. W. Hanel, Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Gandee, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Mlles, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Blegel, Mr. and Mrs W. C. Elam, Mr and Mrs Charles Spind Ixitta lumber says her girl friend spends so much time in parked cars that Rand Me. Nalley are showing her on their road maps. Ideal weather for painting now and we are offering a special inducement until the 25th of the month for you to buy paint. A dandy little end table given free with each $2.50 purchase of W. P. Ful ler products. Get yours now before the supply is ex hausted. ASHLAND LUMBER CO. Oak Street at Hallroad Phone M Phone 20 School time requires more clot lien and that mean» a heavier wash day—but that’» where Ashland laundry serv ice can help you. Our wide range of laundry service» make» it pos sible to lighten the load. Damp wash, econ omy, rough dry, fin ished work; any home may I m * helped by one of these service«*. Phone um . That will not coat you anything and it may wolve your washday problem. ASHLAND LAUNDRY CO. 31 Water Street I*bone 165 • “FOR the IDEAL WAMHDAY, JUST CALL, THAT« ALL" , ■ .1 . ! ■■ ... -1 ...............................— J IS YOUR PRESENT LIFE IN.SI RAN< E ADEQUATE! Hee STEVEN K. SCHUERMAN Phone 334-R • METROPOLITAN UFE INSURANCE CO. F
