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ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1939
LOCA., rACTORY
WORKERS JOIN
IN BAG PROTEST
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of Salem a raucvi
which 1» t»«»en
significant evi-
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that our lawmaker« have
actually t“",r'* thp "lurf
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About the only time modern
man want" to be hia brother’s
kwper is when there'« u good job
open a* I'rtaon guard.
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A grinning reception will be ai
corded visitors to the Treasure ls
land fair D* buaineaa men of the
writ this year wh<> figure to "IM’O
« fst oyster when tourists shell
out
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The quickest way to learn how a
friend feci« Is to give him a touch
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Editor Moore Hamilton of the
Medford News has been fussing
about poker games running in his
town We warned him a long time
ago about those friendly little scs-
Mon« with Paul Luy
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police are using toy balloons to
tMt drivers’ breath for alcohol,
giving inebriated motorists some
thing to «trrtch ta-sldrs the truth
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The probable reason civilization
baa never taken any giant strides
it because human beings are t«x»
amall
they make Hfc barcable
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A pri>[«Mial la now current to
bar fish egg« from aportamen’a
bait and it probably won't be long
before the fish will be barred, too
We are rafrtdly approaching the
day when thry’i) be sacred, like
monkeys in the temples of India
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Electric razors arc said to les
sen the pain of shaving, and that
Junior
isn’t all, according to
• There’s no leather strap hanging
on the bathroom door.
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college
Another
20-year-old
football star has been given a
berth with the Oregon state po-
lice What a foot-flattening place
the gridiron must be*
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Clark Wixxl hints that Weston-
Ites have asked him to sing
’’Asleep in the Deep.’* Aw shucks,
Clark, that was a wish, not a re
quest
MT. ANGEL, SONS
TO PLAY TONIGHT
Southern Oregon Normal school
buki-tball representative«
For
wards Leaven« and Hoxie, Cen
ter Sether and Guards Marchi and
Cady will greet their first college
opponent« on the local fltxtr thi«
year at 8 o'clock tonight in the
SONS gym with a will to win
that ahould prcxluce an outstand
ing battle Mount Angel's Seraph«
will be the opponents and, inci-
dsnlally. will bring to Ashland the
hast outfit in the school's history,
■ccording to Coach Frances Cogh-
lan
The Seraph« already have dump
ed Portland U, Gonzaga. Pacific
U and Monmouth, and will «tart
Forward» Jimmy Nolan and Schaf-
,er- Center Al Haencr, Guard«
Aldrich and O'Halloran in to-
right'a game. The visitors from
Mount Angel will appear on the
SONS floor again tomorrow night,
Saturday, following a preliminary
Kame between Ingle's Cowboys
*°d Copco of Medford starting at
8 P m.
Coach Jean Eberhart'« starting
jye will Include three veterans, as
Will the Seraph crew and, follow-
steady improvement in recent
the Normal outfit is ex
pected to open the college season
J ¡l Performance on a par with
»ONS outfits of recent years. But
°ne college opponent Chico State
Wa bitten the dust at the hands
the local Teacher«. "But you
nt seen nothin’ yet," forecast the
«‘y yesterday.
Jngle’s Cowboys probably will
P y a Medford indeixmdent team
a Preliminary in tonight's fare,
was indicated yesterday.
>X FACTORY employes of
Ashland this week joined with
those of 67 other northwest plants
In protesting an announced plan
of the Federal Surplus Commod
ities corporation to use K.OOOJXX)
cotton bags for shipment of or-
anges instead of using wooden
boxes as has been customary for
many years past
The orange surplus, it is under
stood, will be shipped from the
west coast to OCC camps and to
easti rn centers for relief distribu
tion Tile plan to use bugs instead
of boxes for tramqxirting the fruit
met with immediate and wide
spread objection from lumber dis
tricts of the northwest which will
lose an estimated $1,026,750 worth
of shixik business If the proposal
1s carried out
What the cotton bags would
cost Ashland In projxirtion was
explained by it ] Fiaharty, man
ager of the line Box company,
yrsterday "Ashland's proportion
ate share of the box business
which would result if the oranges
were ¡tacked in the usual way
Would total about half a million
bourd fret of «h<x>k, or about a
month of capacity run here
■'One of the characteristics of
lumber is that manufacture of
wixxlcn boxes Is atxiut 80 jx-r cent
labor, from faller to boxrnaker,
and every million dollars worth of
box shook bu«lne«s makes an ap
preciable decrease in unemploy
ment inasmuch as the surplus
commixiities corporation la oper
ated by the government for the
benefit of the people as well ax
the growers affected, we feel that
Use FSC would lie overlooking one
of Its fundamental reasons for ex
istence In using cotton bugs The
bugs would not appreciably help
the cotton industry, as the fruit
would use but 400 bales of the
filter and a minimum of labor.
’’Sixty cents of each dollar paid
in wages in Oregon comes from
the lumber industry, so it is evi
dent that the present issue is of
vital importance to all of us here,"
continued Flnharty in explaining
reasons for his employes some 35
men In unanimously joining with
other lunilrr workers in bombard
ing their senators and representa
tives with protests.
Interested |>ersons are address
ing protests to Jesse W. Trapp,
president of Federal Surplus Com
modities corporation, Washington,
D. C. and to Senator Charles H.
McNary, Washington The expres
sions of <lisapproval are being
prompted by the Wooden Box
committee, an association of man
ufacturers and employes of the
wo<xlen box industry which has
pointed out that although cotton
sacks might save from one to
three cents a box on packing costa,
fruit damage resulting from ship
ment in sack« will much more
than offset the saving.
e A,nerican Association of
hri .ver”'*y Women will hold a
at r®. bcneflt
the Parish house
m- today, proceeds of
, w11* be applied toward a
•cholarshin at SONS.
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SAMUEL HUFF
"«rvices for Samuel Jo-
wh<> ,lle<l Saturday
! '« home here, were held at
Fun.
Tue8,lay at the Litwiller
Phnl'< home with Interment in
rn°enix cemetery.
sent.
,j’IIE Talent fire department’»
»maker held in the city
Indi Wednesday night drew a
jtaeked houne to wltneax 15
round» of fa*t boxing and two
outstanding wrestling routehes
arid one <»r two matches not
so outstanding.
The wreath* between Big
Chief Simmons arid Bone
Crusher Gleims wax a very
dry affair and Talent »|x»rt
fans are looking forward 1»
a rematch between the two
Talent meanles which should
be worth going far to see.
Referee .Joarils s|M-nt a busy
evening keeping the <ontent-
ants within the bound» of hu
man decency.
The Talent fire department
has expressed appreciation to
Irx-al citizen» a/id those from
out of town for their whole
hearted support luid promise
a bigger and better entertain
ment to I m * announced s<M>n.
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FRANK NEWMAN
PENS POSITION
ON‘GAMBLING’
George Hibbs, Ashland man be
ing held in the county jail in Med
ford charged with robbery of
cook's Reception early Jan. 9. will
await arrival of reports from the
FBI in W’ashington and the Cali
fornia authorities in Sacramento,
it was indicated by sheriff's office
last night.
Hibbs has entered a plea of
guilty to the charge and Circuit
Judge H. D. Norton will review
his record, If any, before passing
sentence. It was believed that the
information would arrive either to
day or Saturday, at which time
Hibbs will face Judge Norton.
PRANK
NEWMAN,
Jackson
county district attorney, this
week asked that the following
letter be printed in The Miner ex
plaining his views on "gambling"
which is said to exist in the coun
ty. His words follow:
To the Ihjblic:
In last week's issue of the Med
ford News there appeared a par
tial report of a brief interview be
tween the undersigned and the
editor of the News relative to per
mitting gambling qy card games
to continue to be carried on in
this county In the future as it has
been In the past. The interview
arose out of a question put to me
by Mr Hamilton of the News
about as follows: "How does it
come that poker games and other
gambling games with cards are
permitted to run openly and pin
ball games, punchboards, etc. are
shut out, and will you prosecute
people operating such gambling by
card games if complaint is made
at your office, backed up with
proper evidence, or just what
would be your attitude in that
regard ?"
I very promptly informed Mr.
Hamilton that I am opposed to
gambling in any form, and that I
would not hesitate to issue a
criminal complaint to anybody ap
plying for same, if the party
would furnish me with sufficient
evidence to warrant a conviction
in case any arrest was made upon
such complaint, and that it would
make no difference whatsoever to
me who the party or parties com
plained about were. I further in
formed him that I would welcome
such a prosecution any time, and
that I would assure him, or any
body else, that the case would be
vigorously prosecuted, without
fear or favor, if and when any
such complaint were made at this
oifice, supported by such evidence.
I meant exactly what I said.
A Difficult Problem
I realize, of course, that the
evil of gambling has always been
a difficult problem to solve, and
that the law enforcement officers
and agencies cannot accomplish a
great deal toward Its solution
without the support of the general
public. I also know that there is a
tendency on the part of quite a
considerable portion of the people
in every community to close their
eyes to the violation of our laws
along the line of gambling, on the
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What’s the Answer?
ASHLAND C OF C AGAIN
LEADS IN CAR REGISTRY
Hibbs Awaits FBI
Report for Action
By EDWARD riNCH
Ashland’s Chamber of Com
merce again led the state’s motor
vehicle portal registration of out-
of-state cars when a total of 30,-
618 vehicles were stickered here.
The record surpassed the previous
high here by 2300
Cave City was second with
13,117, Brookings next with 11.-
898, and Grants Pass fourth with
10,874.
Howard Rose
and Companion
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
Southern Oregon Miner
v; 1 HERE. DID TUE.
KG»
scholarship benefit
Battle of Century
Goes Pioppo When
Talent Pair Meet
GAttL OF
ORlOlNAlfel
us today . think of foot
OST of
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ball as strictly an American
game and will be very much sur
prised to learn that It was con
ceived and first played In Japan as
early as the Seventh century. It
was very popular among court cir
cles and was limited mostly to those
enjoying high royal rank. It was
called football to distinguish it
from the Roman national game
of handball.
i$ W««t«rn N»w»j>«P«r Union.
To See Their Choice of
the Following
Varsity Theater
Programs:
(Friday and Saturday)
MARX BROTHERS in
"R(X)M SERVICE”
plus SMILEY BURNETT in
“UNDER WESTERN STARS"
(Sunday, Monday. Tuesday)
“VALLEY OF THE GIANTS"
Please Call at The Miner Office
for Your Ouest Tickets
Number 3
We Gambled and Lost!
With an opening on the circuit court bench prob
able in 1940, Jackson county’s usually demure
district attorney has decided to be a table-thumping
crusader.
“Sin must go!” he murmurs, with an ‘Tll-write-
and-open-letter” gleam in his eye.
And forthwith card games of the county silently
fold their table covers and steal away into the night
(and the nearest rooming house). Evil flourishes no
more in Jackson county. There is to be a new Policy;
the Devil may now consider himself in the dog-house.
Just how much District Attorney Frank Newman
will accomplish in a practical way remains to be
seen, however, because there’s a great difference
between a letter to the editor and a courtroom pres
ence.
Newman’s assurance that he will personally
prosecute violators of the gambling statute is equiv
alent to protection. Guilty persons have never been
in safer hands than those of the timorous D-A.
And as for gambling, Jackson county made a bad
bet when we moved Frank Newman into the court
house and the people have been losing ever since.
ASHLAND DUMPS
PASS 26 T019 IN
DELAYED RALLY
DULLING out of a 17-17 tie with
Grants Pass high eagers in the
Climate city last night, Ashland’s
Grizzlies ended the district battle
with a whirlwind rally that netted
nine points while the Cavemen
potted but two, with two starting
players for each side sitting on
the bench as the result of a 38-
foul game.
First quarter ended with Ash
land leading 7-2 and half score
stood at 10-6 for the Grizzlies.
Third quarter was at deadlock,
17-17, and it was the final two
minutes of the game that saw Bud
Silver, Ashland guard, get hot
with a pair of «wishers to ice the
contest. In the third frame both
Nance and Roberson went out on
personals, being replaced by
Weaver and J easel with Ashland
squirming to hold a one-point
lead. In the fourth Moore and Lan
ning retired via the error route
and Ashland fans took a deep
breath. Eighteen fouls were called
on the Cavemen while 20 were
blamed on Ashland by Referee
George Harrington.
The win tied the district series
between the two teams one-all,
Grants Pass having taken a vic
tory from the local lads here last
week-end 18-17. The tie will be
broken on the local Junior high
floor tonight when the Cavemen
and Grizzlies renew the district!
title race and Forwards Charlie
Warren and Buzz Roberson and
Center Everett Nance play for the
last time for AHS. The loser of
tonight’s game will be eliminated
from a chance at the district title.
In Thursday night’s contest,
Harris and Silver tied for scoring
mention with seven points each,
while Warren was next with four,
Nance three, Roberson and Jessel
two each and Weaver one. Both
Weaver and Jessel looked good on
the floor while Charlie Warren and
Kenny Harris turned in exception
al performances. Coach Skeet O’
Connell was pleased with his
team’s work and indicated ttr.t
several new plays would be ready
for the Grants Pass lads tonight
after
TA ESPITE a busier year, during day. an afternoon skull session to
which time they handled 99
court cases. Ashland's police de
partment maintained its perfect
record of securing convictions in
each case taken to court. In six
years 659 cases have been handled
by Chief of Police C. P. Talent's
Members of the Ashland post of
department, with convictions se the American Legion and others
cured in all. Each case resulted interested in opening up the
in pleas of guilty in justice and Mount Ashland ski area to auto
circuit courts, saving the state ex traffic, will inspect the mountain
pense of prosecution.
road Sunday, it was indicated this
Of the 99 cases resulting in week by P. P. Whitmore, com
court conviction, 38 were for being mander.
drunk and disorderly, and most
Interest has been developing
of those were transients. Vag here during recent weeks for the
rancy followed, with eight persons i formation of some plan whereby
being jailed, and eight burglary i the road could be kept open for
cases were solved during 1938. winter traffic as far as Trail
Chief Talent’s report, which was camp, or the summit if feasible,
submitted to the mayor and city and the ski party Sunday will sur
council Tuesday, pointed out that vey possibilities.
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an increase in felonies was noted
in Ashland during the last 12
MARY BELL
months resulting in a total of 20
Funeral services for Mrs Mary
years imprisonment in county and Bell, 73, who died Wednesday at
state institutions.
her home on Hargadine street, will
Two cars stolen in Ashland were be held at 3 p. m. today at the
recovered, five car thieves were J. P. Dodge and Sons chapel with
apprehended and six cars stolen Dr. D. E. Nourse officiating. In
from other cities were recovered terment will be in Mountain View
by local police. Sixteen juvenile cemetery.
cases were handled by the depart
ment and the city prowl car cov
ered 37,397 miles during 1938
while patrolmen spent 2321 hours
checking doors and windows of the
city on foot.
The
police
department,
through fines, collection of li
censes and fee* from auto tag
stickers, turned $1740.60 over
to the city during the year.
Chief Talent pointed out in his
report that but one gambling case
developed in Ashland during 1938
resulting in a $50 fine and $2.50
costs, and ultimate departure of
the violator. Talent defended the
present card table licensing sys
tem in use here and pointed out
that the method has given police
effective control of the situation
as well as netting the city a con
DR. W. J. CRANDALL learn
siderable revenue.
ing that the best way to a coun
"We are proud of our record cilman’s heart is through his
but will be frank to say we could stomach, at a milk shake per
not get the results desired without stomach.
the fine cooperation we have re
STANLEY JOHNSON show
ceived from Mayor T. S. Wiley, ing a sanitary inspector behind
councilmen and other city officials his ears.
as well as the state police depart
MARSHALL WOODELL de
ments. business men and our two claring DR. R E. POSTON is
local newspapers,’’ concluded Tal such a cut-up he keeps him in
ent in his report.
stitches.
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W. L BAKER conducting a
INGLE’S DRUG COWBOYS
group of tourists through his
DRAW BYE IN OPENER room, Ashland’s tower of jewels.
JACK FORSYTHE avowing
Ingle Drugstore Cowboys Thurs that the most important thing
day night drew a bye in opening to studying IS studying.
games of the valley independent
A beautiful friendship spring
league while the SONS entrants ing up between CARL McCUNE
defeated the First National Bank and CARL SMITH.
ers of Medford 40-17.
BETTY DAVIS cancelling an
The Medford Owl club, with order for a ham sandwich.
BILL WIMER and BILL
Arba Ager as a member, looked
best among the league’s nine out BROMLEY wanting to go to
fits except Ingle's- defeating the work for the unemployment of
Salvation Army 44-20. The Drug fice.
JOHNNIE HUGHS invplved
store Cowpokes will play one game
in Central Point and all others in in a mistaken identity plot and
the SONS gym, according to the missing by inches the toils of
the law.
schedule drawn.
Mayor’s Report Shows
Condition of City To Be
Good During Last Y ear
ASHLAND'S city councilmen
™ met Tuesday night with Mayor
T. S. Wiley to hear his report cov
ering the condition of the munici
pality, together with his sugges
tions for 1939. The meeting also
resulted in the reappointment of
all department head«, renewing all
«alary schedules except that of the
city superintendent, who received
a $15 monthly increase, and fin
ished with a short business ses
sion.
Department heads continued in
clude Chief of Police C. P. Talent,
Fire Chief Clint Baughman, City
Supt. Elmer Biegel, City Attorney
Frank Van Dyke, City Judge C.
O. Presnail, Water Supt. Earl Hos
ier, Street Supt. Frank Davis and
Cemetery Supt. C. E. Clement. F.
E. Russill and Roy Hughes were
given renewal of their yearly con
tracts for operating the city pow
er plant.
Give» Detailed Report
Mayor Wiley's complete report,
as submitted to the council, fol
lows:
It Is gratifying to note that the
general fiscal condition of the city
of Ashland improved during 1938.
The bonded indebtedness has been
reduced by approximately $16.-
237.50. The city has continued its
pc.licy of purchasing its own bonds
whenever possible in order to save
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Saturday. Jan. 20, all Ashland
will dance that some victim of in
fantile paralysis might walk when
the annual President’s birthday
ball will be held in the Elks tem
ple, according to General Chair
man John Fuller. Dancing will
start at 9:30 p. m. and continue
until 12:30 a. m., with more than
60 sponsors already having sig
nified their support of the charity
affair. A varied program, in ad
dition to fine music, will feature
the evening.
P. P. Whitmore is acting as
chairman of sponsors for the
dance while Dr. R. E. Poston is
ticket sales chairman, Proceeds
from the ball will be used for local
and national relief of sufferers
from the limb-withering disease.
J’ville P-TA Meeting
Draws 14 Ashlanders
An all-day meeting of the Jack-
son County Parent-Teachers as
sociation held in Jacksonville Wed
nesday drew 14 workers from Ash
land's three units, as well as
George A. Briscoe, city school sup
erintendent, as one of the main
speakers.
Briscoe, who had spoken before
the first P-TA meeting in the
county 15 years ago, talked on
’’What I Think of the P-TA.”
Others giving talks were Mrs.
Myron Root, Miss Leah Inch and
E. H. Hedrick, all of Medford.
Mrs. Hoey, county president,
was appointed delegate to the
state convention to be held in
Klamath Falls in April. The meet
ing was featured by a noon lunch
eon served by ladies of Jackson
ville.
LOCAL POLICE
MAINTAIN HIGH
RECORD IN 1938
Ski Party Will View
Mount Ashland Road