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-
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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
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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
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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.
The body is In custody of Dep
uty Coroner Dodge here pending
Investigation and advice from the
district attorney's office.
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• Ellen Franco, Granta Pass
teacher, is spending the spring va
cation here nt the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs T P Fran-
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