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Ehe Paper That Has Something To Say—And Says ft!
Volume VII
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY. AUGUST 5, 1938
A HOUT the only way some peo
p’e could collect their wit»
would be by resorting to klrpto
mania
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John D. M Hamilton, national
chairman of the republican party,
baa
been
prrsente«!
with
n
"streamline" elephant, which is a
company-manner» way of sayln«’
It's getting Nklnny
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The moat overworked farewell
ia "Don't work too hard.'*
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SELLOUT CROWDS TO THRONG
SHAKESPEAREAN OPENING HERE
POLICE REPORT
SHOWS DROP IN
CRIME FOR CITY
First Night Baseball
Game Is Scheduled
The person who feel» aorry for
himaelf not only Is waatlnx sym ACCORDING to th«- semi-annual
pathy. but alao la kidding the oh-
report submitted to the Ash
ject of hi» affection
land city council Tuesday night,
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Aug 3, by Chief of Poifa •■ <' P
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Science han prolonged the life Talent for his department, crime
span of humana, and at the same continued on the wane in this
Ume ha» devlaed more efficient city during the first six month» of
waya of killing them *Dikr a bow 1938
(Tarrying on a perf«-ct record
Civilization
unblemished since his appointment
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by Mayor Wiley several years ago
tyilEKEAN, the city of Ash-
Talent's office has gained con
Klval pilot» of fame are begin*
Um«! 1» appreciative of the
ning l<> criticise Dougin» Corri victions in all of the 42 arrests
work and enterprise of Mr.
gan'a flight to Ireland a» "fool- made during the period from Jan
Angus L. Howmer of the
iah." It.ia suspected the emerald I through June Officers also re
Hou them
Oregon
Normal
covered three stolen automobiles
of Erin has colored their eyes
school In Initiating and con
from other localities and appre
tinuing the annual Shake»-
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hended drivers of each, while no
|M-iirran festival here, mid
Thia la "Clean Up Rural Mail cars were stolen In Ashland dur
Whereas, the festival» are
Hosea'' week and bos owners prob in/ that time
becoming a «alualde Ashland
ably wish the post office depart
Seven juvenile cases were han
tradition, widely known in
ment would cooperatr by not clut dled by the department, indicat
other parts of the Pacifk-
tering 'em with Window-pane en ing further improvement over con
coast, and
velope» every month
ditions of former years here.
Wher«-«», th«- |»roplr of Ash
Eighteen
hundred
twenty-nine
land should «-ncourage this
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calls for investigation and infor
movement as a civic and ar
The New Deal's pump-priming mation were handle«! by the police,
tistic expression, and
program may be all wet. but you the report ahow«-d.
Whereas, the approach used
can't start a well to flowing by
Th«- COUncU allotted $.’>OO fol
In the Elizabethan theater is
Just spitting on your hands
lithia water advertising signs to
unique and individual, there
be erect«-d at the city plaza «lur
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tiring no other like enterprise
In the entire country, and
Modern aviation may be a fairly ing the meeting, and a contract
Whereas, the 193M festival
safe means of transportation, but was let through a local concern
o|H-ns tonight, Aug. 3, and
thia department would like some for one unit <>f a two-pie«-«- neon
will continue through Satur
thing more substantial than an sign to read "IJthia water, free,
day. Aug. IS.
oU-ailck in the Pacific for a head- ice cold "
The transfer of the incomplete«!
Now, therefore, 1, T. S.
atone
lease «»f W W W< xm 1. manager of
Miley, mayor of the city of
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the Ashland Community hospital,
Ashland, do hereby on this
day of our l-ord. Aug. 5, 1938,
Yes, sadly enough, it seems that a city property, to Mrs. Karl
Rather Time has exchange«! his Nims was favored by city fathers
urge every Ashland citizen to
The council's realty committee will
scythe for Clippers
give his su|i|Mirt and encour
arrange details of the change in
agement to this fourth annual
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management
Oregon Shak«-s|H-arru«i f«*stl-
With business the way it ia.
An extension of sewer facili
v.il
about the only thing that's on the ties »outh of the city to include a
T. N. WILEY, Mayor.
barrel-head now Is the cashier's new tourist camp was favored by
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hip pockets
the officials, and MX) feet of new
sewer was authorized for Emerick
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and Maple streets west of Rock
A professor claims that climatic street.
condltions are reflected in politi
cal trends Seems like the last real
dry 8[>ell ended about time Hoover
lost hia lease on the White House
and 3 2 was changed from a devil's
Ashland school board members
potion to a light beverage
Tuesday night approv«*d bids for
construction of a 58 by 30-foot
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The country may never go to
Everett Gilbert Parman, former stag«- addition to the junior high
the dogs, but a lot of husbands arc Ashland youth charged with the school gymnasium, an«l Installa
familiar with the critter»' ac< om shooting down of George McElroy, tion of a new heating and plumb
odations
college student, in Roseville, Calif., ing system in the structure.
Low bidder for construction
recently, was captured by Califor
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nia state patrolmen after a run work was F L. Smith of Ashland,
Credit was invented so borrow ning gun battle Monday near Eur whose figure was set at $4682;
Provost's hardware was awarded
ers can keep off their uppers by eka. Calif
the heating and plumbing con
going on the cuff
Ashland police had kept a week tract on their town bld of $1965
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end vigil in an effort to appre Other bidders on the latter job
Rival Editor Clark Wood has hend the fugitive following re were Simpson's hardware. $2379,
cast slurs at us for allege«! feeble ceipt of information that Parman anti for building and plumbing
mindedness Clark is that Weston might be headed toward this city. combined. Walter J. Sutte of Port
whelp who han to fret for seven The accusetl murderer has a fath land bld $7477. E. O. Smith. Ash
«lays before he can come up with er and an aunt residing here and land. was an unsuccessful bidder
ran afoul the law on a concealed on stage construction with a fig
a weak idea.
weapon charge in Ashland about ure of $5313
a year ago, previous to his depar
Work will be started within a
ture for Roseville.
few days on both contracts, it was
I indicated at the board meeting.
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.Mayor Proclaim»
Festival Valuable
Ashland Benefit
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Former Ashland Lad
('a|)tured; Will Face
Roseville Murder Rap
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Modernistic Beauty
Shop to Be Reopened
In Ashland Saturday
The Ashland Hotel Beauty shop,
under the management of Miss
Portia McKean, who has been op
erating Mary’s Beauty salon here
for about a year, will be opened
for public Inspection Saturday,
Aug. 6, following two weeks of
extensive renovating ami remod
eling
The beauty shop will feature
"streamlined" fittings and chrom
ium furniture, as well as a staff
of competent, experienced operat
ors Assisting Miss McKean will
be Miss Clara Pederson.
Throughout Saturday R. Stan-
Inger of Chicago, special represen
tative of a machineless permanent
wave company, will give demon
strations. The general public is in
vited to Inspect the new innova
tion in beauty shops at the hotel
location on East Main street.
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AUTO REGISTRATIONS
CONTINUE TO MOUNT
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Final tabulations of out-of-state
car registrations by the Ashland
Chamber of Commerce for the
month of July totaled 5222, a new
all-time high for the Ashland and
all other Oregon motorist portals.
More than half a thousand dol
lars was taken over the counter
during the same month in pay
ment for resident and non-realdent
hunting and fishing licenses, Sec
retary Marchial Stansbury an
nounced this week.
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SCHOOL BOARD
LETS GYM WORK
TALENT TO MEET Polonius To You!
LITHIANS IN 8:30
TEST OF LIGHTS
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What's the Answer?
By EDWARD riNCH
Ashland Lands Series |
Playoffs for District
Softball Supremacy j
SOUTHERN OREGON and nor-
k
them California baseball fans
will witness their first night base
ball game in this section at 8:30
p m tonight, Aug. 5, when the
Talent town team will trot onto
the Ashland high school lighted
diamond to meet the IJthian nine
in ■ seven-inning exhibition game
As a warmup to the main event,
Hilt will battle Provost's hard
ware starting at 7 30 p m on the
softball diamond in an Ashland
city l«.*op encounter
The Lithians will be set to give
their challengers a taste of base
ball as well as night life when
they go into action tonight, with
Jim Krinock slated to open hos
tilities on the Ashland mound. He
will be caught by Al Simpson,
while
Leonard
Patterson
will
square off at first base, Hess at
second. Leever at shortstop and
Arba Ager on third Outfield po
sitions will be filled with Dick
pot terfield in left. Burden or Bald
ing in center, and Baughman or
Reeder in right field. Reserve
pitching staff will include Johnny
Schonneker and newcomer Leon-
ard Warren, former high school
star. Jack Bearss, softball big
stick, -has Indicated a willingness
to turn out with the Lithians, and
may be on hand to take part in
the game.
Talent will come here loaded for
bear, with McAbee and Pepper
getting the nod to alternate on
the mound Dick Skeeters will re
ceive, Ashland's Tiny Jones will
cover first, Eddie Joanas second.
Harvey Maxson shortpatch and
Hungate the hot comer. Starting
outfielders probably will be Don
Montgomery, center. Ed Learning,
right, and Thornton or Simmons
left, according to Manager Char
lie Skeeters.
One admission price will cover
both games and a large crowd of
interested fans is expected from
nearby cities as well as from Ash
land.
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Frank Wells Hurt In
Power Shovel Upset
Frank Wells, of Ashland, is re
covering in the Community hos
pital from serious injuries suffered
when a power shovel he was mov
ing plunged over an embankment.
pinning him in its cab, early Tues
day about 18 miles from Hilt,
Calif.
Wells, foreman for the Fruit
Growers Supply company of Hilt.
has been -given good chances for
recovery by attending physicians,
although he will be convalescent
for some time. Wells received a
broken pelvis and other injuries.
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Ashland's lighted high school
field will b«* the scene of southern
Oregon district playoffs for the
right to enter the state softball
tournament Aug 22 at Salem, ac
MUSIC CLUB TO MEET
cording to announcement by For
A meeting of the Junior music
rest (Skeet) O'Connell, secretary
of th«- Ashland Softball associa clubs will be held at 1:30 p. m.
tion. The playoff will bring win Saturday at 107 Fork street Elec
ning teams from Klamath Falls. tion of officers will be held.
Grants Pass, Medford and Ash
land here Thursday ami Friday.
M. W. Maxwell
Aug. 18 and 19. for a two-day
tourney.
and Companion
First night of th«- series will set-
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
two games played, pairings to be
announced later. Winners will
Southern Oregon Miner
meet the following evening for
To See Their Choice of
the district championship and the
the Following
AWNING is an action caused by upstate trip. O'Connell explained.
Winning
team
will
be
given
a
the nerves which connect with
Varsity Theater
our lungs. When the air in our mileage and tournament expense
Programs:
lungs is empty of the proper amount allowance by the Salem series.
(Friday and Saturday)
of oxygen required to maintain a
YOUTH PLAYS RECITAL
healthy blood supply, the lungs im
•ROOTIN' TOOTIN' RHYTHM'
Roger Wolf of Medford, 12-
plus
mediately communicate that fact to
ycar-old grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
"WE RE GOING TO BE RICH"
these little nerves which in turn J. P. Wolf of Ashland, appear**!
take the message to the brain. The in a piano recital at a SONS as
(Sunday, Monday. Tuesday)
brain transmits the emergency call sembly Wednesday. Th«- lad, who
DOROTHY LAMOUR
to certain muscles which go to work has played piano for six years,
RAY MILLAND in
and force one to open his mouth selected several classical numbers.
HER JUNGLE LOVE"
and take in a large supply of air
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• Attorney William Briggs left
with its clean, pure oxygen.
I’lease Call at The Miner Office
Thursday evening for San Fran
© Weatern Newspaper Union.
for Your Guest Tickets
cisco on a brief business trip.
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UUILL1AM COTTRELL aasist-
ant Shake-«¡H-.irean festival
director. In a student at Cornish
school of dramatics in Seattle.
He in shown above a» Polonius
in “Hamlet,” featured play in
this year's series which will often
the eight-<iay festival in the
Elizabethan theater tonight.
Softball Schedule Is
Outlined for Balance
Of League Tilts Here
Following a week's delay be
cause of extensive enlistment of
civilian fire fighters from among
Ashland softball team rosters, and
further delay Tuesday night when
a transformer failure blacked out
the playing field, the nine teams
in the Ashland softball association
•rot under way again Wednesday,
Aug. 3. with Hilt downing Fort
miller's in a fast and exciting 12-5
game, featured by the comeback
of Pitcher Bill Tallis for the win
ners after a hard smash took him
down for the count. The Elks
yielded to the Groceteria 13-2 in
the evening's second game.
Thursday night the Groceteria
nine and SONS fought to a 7-5
Normal victory, while the Active
club blasted Provost’s for a 19-6
decision.
Tonight, Aug. 5, Hilt will play
' Provost at 7:30 p. m. in a prelim
inary to the baseball game be
tween Ashland's Lithians and Tal
ent town team.
Next week's schedule will be
as follows:
Monday. Active club vs. Battery
B; SONS vs Hilt.
Tuesday. Provost’s vs. Elks;
Battery B vs. Miners.
Wednesday.
Hilt vs
Active
club; Elks vs SONS.
Thursday. Fortmiller's vs Gro
ceteria; Miners vs. Provost's.
Friday, Groceteria vs. Battery
B; Active club vs. Elks.
Monday. Aug. 15. SONS vs.
Fortmiller s; Hilt vs Groceteria •
Tuesday, Aug. 16, Hilt vs. Min
ers: Fortmiller's vs. Battery B.
Wednesday, Aug. 17. Groceteria
vs. Provost's.
Following the inter-city district
tournament
next
two
nights,
games will be scheduled between
Battery B and Elks, and the Min
ers and Activians to conclude th«'
second half of this summer's split
season. The Miners, first-half vic
tors, will then meet the second-
half topnotchers in a three-game
series.
TENNIS ( Ol RTS READY
Ashland school board's new ten-
his courts on Siskiyou boulevard
have been completed, save for
minor finishing touches which
await arrival of special fittings,
according to Supt. G. A. Briscoe.
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TO I1O1.I) SWIM RACES
To bolster interest in Wednes
day and Friday swim classes at
Helman Baths, prizes will be of
fered for winners of races to be
held every Thursday afternoon
through August.
FOUR PLAYS TO
BE PRODUCED IN
EIGHT-DAY FEST
A SHI^AND'S
fourth
annual
Shakespearean festival will get
■under way in Lithia park with the
8:30 o’clock curtain tonight. Aug.
5. The unique playa- only pro
ductions of their kind in America
in the world's only civic. Eliza
bethan theater will run for eight
days, during which time four of
Shakespeare's most famous works
will be produced.
A complete sell-out was expect
ed for the spacious outdoor amphi
theater as last-minute reports in
dicated the festival's greatest sea
son. Among the large audience
will be many of the state's most
prominent
citizens,
invitations
having been wired to honorary
members of the association head
ed by Governor Charles H. Martin.
"Hamlet" will lead off this
year’s production of four of
the bard’s most popular plays, and
will be followed by "Merchant of
Venice" Saturday. Aug. 6. Mon-
iay, "Taming of the Shrew” will
be produced, with "Hamlet" re
curring Tuesday. Wednesday. Aug.
10, "Twelfth Night” is scheduled
for its only showing, and Thurs
day will bring the second presen
tation of "Merchant of Venice.”
Friday. "Taming of the Shrew"
will be repeated, and the festival
will close Saturday. Aug. 13. with
“Hamlet.”
Angus L. Bowroer, professor of
dramatics at Southern Oregon
Normal school and originator and
director of the Shakespearean
series, will be assisted in his work
by Mrs. Bowmer and a complete
technical staff and cast gathered
from many points in the nation.
Ashland chairman of an extend
ed and highly successful festival
membership drive is Mrs H. M
Schilling, while Mrs. Chandler
Egan heads the Medford commit
tee. The festivals have developed
into statewide proportions, and
command attention from dramat
ists and Shakespearean lovers over
the entire Pacific coast. This
year's series is expected to draw
a large number of up-state en
thusiasts. as well as a heavy fol
lowing from southern Oregon.
Honorary members
receiving
special invitations for tonight's
opening and for whom a special
backstage reception will be held
following the performance, include
Charles H. Martin, governor: Earl
Snell, secretary of state: J. A.
Churchill, director of elementary
teacher training for Oregon; Dr.
Frederick M Hunter, chancellor of
the state system of higher educa
tion; Willard L. Marks, president
of the state board of higher edu-
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SEEN IN * DAZE
SADIE MILLER keeping the
home fires burning.
LETTIE LACEY looking for a
reporter
with
her
fingers
crossed.
HOWARD ROSE fishing at
Rocky Point with a cork on his
hook where a worm ought to he
GEORGE
SHAFER
and
PAUL MALLATT cutting them
selves a piece of mountainberry
pie.
EARL (TUBBY) SCHILLING
being handicaped by muscles
which Impaired his visibility
while trying to locate a base
runner diving into home.
AUBREY MILES, pants rolled
up, taking son BILLY in wad
ing. He says.
DOM PROVOST providing the
closet for a lot of old skeletons.
IRVING BRANTLEY wanting
to borrow Father Neptune’s fork
at meal time.
I. C. ERWIN and JEAN EB
ERHART getting up at 3 a. m
to start fibbing about the fish
they hope to catch.