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About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1938)
Friday, April 1, 1938 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Klamath Indians Seek Movie Star PauscH Local Option for Beer, In Ashland Tuesday ®Winc On Reservation Eugene Pallett, gruff-voiced According to Delford l»ang, Klamath Indian living In Ashland, his fellow tribesmen are seeking authorization for an election to vote on locul option for sale of light wines and beer on the Klam ath reservation ut Chiloquin, "Thr local option effort would affect 1340 Klamaths, of which number ubout MX) it re adults," aid Lang this week, "Tl I baI 1 »<• I •• ate Boyd Jackson is now In Washington. 1» <• . pressing the question, which would legalize sale of light wines and beer to Klam- • ath Indians on the reservation t»y issuance of special liquor permits which could be cancelled when misused, the same as are hard liquor permits Issued to white resi dents of Oregon," Lang pointed out. According to John Collier, In dian commissioner, control of boot leg activities on and near reserva tions is almost lm|M»aalble and modification of restrictions for the lied Man might lead to solution of the problem Collier, in a recent statement concerning local option for Indians, declared that "limited local option" would prove more beneficial to the Indian than pres ent "largely unenforcable" laws prohibiting sale of alcohol to In dians. "Many of us feel," said l-ang. •"that making light wines and beer available to Indians under a revoc able |>ermit system would help eliminate violence resulting from incidents where members of our tribe have secured a quantity of bootleg liquor and secluded them selves in the hills to become roar ing drunk. Controlled, open sales of mild intoxicants would bring the thirsty Indian out of hiding In • the Woods and Into pluces where tns behavior and excesses might be ■ "id i < .ll.-.l At .. Mt WC Klam.»ths are seeking the right to vote on whether we want local option —in a mild form or whether we pre fer to continue under absolute prohibition." • film comedian, checked in at thr Ashland Chamber of Commerce registration desk Tuesday after noon en rout« to hla stock ranch near Enterprise, Ore Ills home address Is listed as the Roosevelt hotel, Hollywood Pallett made brief comment on Ashland's double-talking spring weather but seemed Interested chiefly In quick departure for his "pet" ranch project where several new buildings are In courae of con struction He met one fan here In Chief of Police c I' Talent who said that the meeting was like a reunion of old friends magazine containing many inter esting and helpful articles 'rhe main purpose of this is to make money for our student body and to win Individual prizes for ourselves Home of the prizes are very lovely pen and pencil sets. Al*» If we sell so many subscrip tions we get two big boxes of chocolates The teams now are tied with seven subscriptions each The Bellview P-TA held its reg ular meeting Wednesday evening, March 23 A "Major Bowes" pro gram was given immediately fol- Pag« 5 lowing the business meeting. Mr. Balding was in charge of this. After the program a pie social was given and it proved success ful. Mr. Dunn wax auctioneer Kula Wenaus, who was recently operated on for appendicitis, re turned to school Monday The beautiful spring weather has not permitted much spring baseball or track, but if it is nicer next week our new ba*1 ba 11 field will be started This is in back of the school house and will make a very nice diamond • Everett Sandburg, SONS stud ent, returned Monday from North Bend where he spent several days at his home. • Cliff Bromley has been em ployed at the White House groc-1 ery. • • Dr and Mrs W. E. Blake re turned recently from Willamette valley points where they visited their sons and other relatives. • Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Collins were week-end business visitors in North Bend. WRESTLING! Rival Bellview Teams Race for Top Honors In Fund-Raising Push 8:30 Monday Night 11 By BETTV DUNN (Eighth Grade) At the present time there la a keen rivulry between the two trams, the Wildcats, of which Kathryn Peachey in captain, and the Fighting Tigers, of which George Ma rah la captain Thia la a con teat to sec which team can *•11 the moat aubacripUona to the Farm Journal, which la a farm 3 ALL-STAR MAIN EVENTS Bohemian Club MEDFORD ARMORY AL BROWER, Proprietor By C. M. PAYNE S’M ATTER POP—One Elephant, One Plate of Soup and They’re you t -H at o*l-4-tl I‘3> "B e S u MT J im ’ SE ìmó To Out Cout-T) C*i*nbe. T® 'Po'P Transient Is Found Dead in Freight Car The body of John Kellett, tran sient. was found in a box car In the Ashland Southern Pacific yards Tuesday morning when the northbound freight pulled in at about 7 o'clock Investigation by Will Iktdge, deputy county cor oner, indicated that the man died of natural causes Traveling with a companion of two years acqqualntance, Fred Bartkua, Kellett ts>arded the train bit Dunsmuir Monday night. The Rwo men were headed for Port land. During the night they went to sleep and upon awakening Tues day morning Just south of this city young Bartkus found Kellett, an elderly man, dead beside him and notified railroad employes as the train stopped here. Dodge was called and he in turn notified city and state police. 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