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ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1939
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many taxpayers feel like it
L-en use«! '»o their wallets
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ut every MMion, the
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who does the
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Director!
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Iler and Mussolini say they
elbow room for their people,
Intend using their arms get-
it.
mbrr workers <>f the north-
wb«> usually rap on w«x»d for
ibould help their Industry mid
■elves by knocking <>n paper
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Ihr hoped-for upswing in bus-
I han any rewmblancr to the
do of the same name,
another depression
)re » Ix-adrr (as some readers
its col may have suspected)
illy had his head examined
brain specialist taking the
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pacifist la a person who’ll
anybody who doesn't agree
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S L. ItOW MFR, dramat-
instructor at Southern
Oregon Normal school, will pre
sent unotix-r of hi* successful
I’M* in the Varsity Theater
w hen hr w 111 direct "l'ou Can't
Take Il With Vou" with a cant
uf Ashland, Medford and SONS
players.
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ntana and Nevada are com-
« for the nut Iona divorce
irw and if the committee in
gating subversive influence»«
j to get its teeth into some-
.II. L it should look into the ef-
Id» | that such rivalry ha« on hap-
ar Ruuplex
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|r«’spa[>cni arc div I a red to be
I biggest show on earth." by a
advertising man Yeh.
L\ ■ ■ Angeles
also you can stuff 'em in the
Iron « cold morning.
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I to peddling moonshine.
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‘S. I United States circuit court in
I Francisco thia week described
khtxiards as "the blanks are
by, the lucky numbers arc few,"
I just can't keep anything fioiu
be modem judges.
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tncoln day speakers extolled
Great Emancipator for freeing
I slaves and hinted that his
piory should help do the same
democrats in office.
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i.W rieaplans of Ashland will dram-
> 1 Can't Take It With
i" in a local theater next week.
Is lot of folks will remark (to
inselves, of course) that ncith-
you get it while here.
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i’lth local telephones soon to be
nged to a dial system, It won't
long until callers will have to
* their own gum and fuss at
lr finger.
fck Cascadian Fair
[Visitors to Register
Jackson county visitors to
I “hasta-Cajwade Wonderland
lWlnK at the Golden Gate In-
Vational exposition on Treasure
jna ar'' urged by Ralph Billings
i! [A H Banwcll, Jackson county
pbers of the Shasta-Cascade
foaltion commission to be sure
pgister on arrival at the build-
■' Registration desks and infor-
| ion departments are located at
I I L building
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the lna‘" entrance to
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the auspices of the
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Shakespearean Festival asso
lit of folks, but few of them
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‘CAN’T TAKE IT
WITH YOU’ PLAY
SET WEDNESDAY
I Medford lady bootlegger wm
In clemency because she said
I needed the money And so do
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Rthodist Layman To
Peak Here Sunday
pniest w Peterson, religion*
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,>ortlftn(i Journal, Wo.
in the Ashland Meth«xlist
F^opal church at 11 a. m. Sun-
'‘‘b IN His topic will be
gwodlsm, Whither Bound?”
F erson is prominent in rclig-
li»W Wiel1 M J<,lln,alist ic circles
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a lay delegate to the unit-
kikierence which will bring
ith ' i ' i
three branches of
F 'riist, meeting in Kansas City,
P- April 26.
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HVEN «WAN
ruberal sei vices for Sven Swan,
b ij °
at tiis home here
Bav l . w"' be held at 4 p. m.
krai a6' 171 at the ^‘wilier
turn.», home w,th interment in
»UhUin View cemetery.
ss’trt i<v,c ’Tame made a busi-
nP to Ashland Wednesday.
ciation. the play "You Can’t Take
It With You” will be presented by
Director Angus L Bowmer in the
Varsity theater Wednesday eve
ning. Feb 22 Proceeds of the |»er-
formance will lx- applied toward
the festival fund
BoiLSting a capable cast of
southern Oregon and SONS play
ers. the hilariously successful com
edy will center dramatic interest
of the season on another of Di
rector Bowmer's outstanding pro
ductions. and advance ticket sales
indicate large attendance for the
one performance
Cast for the play has been an
nounced as follows: Penelope Syc
amore, Grace Sikes; Essie, La-
Murle Beck Witt; Rheba. Janet
Young; Paul Sycamore. Don Dar-
neille. Mr. De Pinna, Hubert Gal-
lap; Ed, John Reisacher; Donald.
Harold Reedy; Martin Vanderhof.
Angus Bowmer; Alice. Dorothy
Pruitt; Henderson, Arden Hall;
Tony Kirby, John Nag ley; Boris
Kolenkhov, Curtis Barnes, Gay
Wellington, Edna Dunham; Mr.
Kirby, Woody Mason; Mrs Kirby,
Gladys Benge; Three Men, Harry
Frederick, Arden Hall, Russ Rose
borough, and Olga. Marjory Kelly.
Production staff for the play is
as follows: Director. Angus Bow
mer; art director, Lois Bowmer;
costumes, Arlinc Gallap, Edna
Orme; properties, Russ Rosebor
ough, Joe Walton: stage manager,
James Parsons; assistants. Ken
ton Robbins. Don Halfhill, Ralph
Brickey; sound effects, James Cur
tis; publicity, Curtis Barnes; post
ers, Joe Walton, and book holder,
Shirley Willard.
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WILLIAM RA% HIGGINS
Funeral services for William
Ray Hleglns of Talent, who died
Sunday, Feb. 12 at his home, were
held at 2 p m. Feb 14 at the Lit-
willer Funeral home.
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E. G. Hunt
and Companion
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
Southern Oregon Miner
To See Their Choice of
the Following
Varsity Theater
Programs:
(Friday and Saturday)
"THE MAD MISS MANTON
plus GENE AUTRY in
“PUBLIC COWBOY NO. 1”
(Sunday, Monday. Tuesday)
ERROL FLYNN in
"THE DAWN PATROL”
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Please Call at The Miner Office
for Your Guest Tickets
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GOLF CLUB WILL
VOTE TUESDAY
ON MARTIN PLAN
Churches Hold Ash Ritual
STOCKHOLDERS of the Ashland
k Golf club will meet at 7:30
p m Tuesday, Feb 21, in offices
of William M Briggs, attorney, to
accept or reject an offer made by
Emil Martin, Eugene man, to lease
the club property for development,
according to Hui McNair, secre
tary.
Should stts kholders vote in fav
or of the plan, Martin will agree
to start construction work on a
new $.'J(HX) clubhouse as soon ax I
plans can be drawn or within 60
days The deal would Involve no
exchange of money.
Martin, former owner of a min
eral springs resort near Eugene,
has said that the golf course de
velopment would be the first unit
of several extensive improvements
if his plans materialize He has
described an ambition to develop a
health resort, spa and dude ranch
in connection with the golf course
which would represent an invest
ment of $30.000 or $40,000 yet to
be raised.
According to William M Briggs,
representing Martin, plans are
still embryonic for development
ASH WEDNESDAY service»», marking the start of la-nt, are held
beyond the immediate improve
ment at the golf course, although
throughout the world Feb. 22, and above is shown a scene in
the Eugene man is known to have
St. Mary's Catholic church in Chicago showing the traditional cere-
some influential backing.
mony in which ashes of the palm are used. In Ashland, where many
Martin also has made public the churchgoers will observe the beginningx»f 40 days of spiritual [»rep
possibility that an infantile paral aration for the celebration of Easter, the Trinity parish of the
Etdacopal church will hold three special observances, while Roman
ysis hospital might be erected
here if sufficient financial interest Catholic members of Our lardy of - the Mountain ¡»arish will attend
services in Medford. Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans and
in the project can be aroused. It
other German Christians form an estimated 90 [>er cent of all
is believed that PWA funds could
Christians who observe Is*nt.
be procured to aid in the erection
of an extensive hospital for polio
cases provided national foundation
funds can be secured for the
maintenance of such an institution
here.
Martin has been enthusiastic
toward Ashland's natural advant
ages as a health and recreation
For the second successive year,
center.
the commercial printing depart
ment of The Miner has been
awarded contract for printing the A T 7:30 o'clock sharp tonight,
Ashland high school's yearbook. '*'■ Feb. 17, Altamont and Ash
land Junior high basketball quin
'The Rogue."
tets will tip off to a furious battle
The Daughters of the American
The annual, as contracted, will for disposition of an old tradition
Revolution, Ashland chapter, will contain 48 pages and an unusual
inevtiable victory for the locals
present Esther Wade with a dele
and Referees Parker Hess and
cover,
together
with
many
pictures
gate's pin at a patriotic assembly
Leonard Warren are promised a
to be held at 12:45 p. m. Monday, of high school scenes, athletic busy evening keeping the grudge
Feb. 20, in the high school in ob teams, class and organization meeting under control.
servance of the birthday anniver groups and individual pictures of
According to Coach Earl Rog
saries of Washington and Lincoln. graduating seniors.
ers, his juniors will have to display
The arrival of clear weather will a better brand of play tonight
Miss Wade, an Ashland high
school student, was selected from be the signal for start of annual than was demonstrated against
among three senior girls for her photography and Intensive work Corvallis here last week. In bas
outstanding citizenship rating, and by the staff, headed by Edmund ketball, Ashland has never lost a
will represent this city in the state Dews as editor and Lyndel Newbry game to Altamont, although most
competition for a girl to represent and Buzz Roberson as business encounters end with but few points
Oregon in a good citizenship pil managers. Photographs will be separating final scores.
grimage to Washington. D. C., ac completed by April 15, according
Crapo, Altamont forward, and
cording to Mrs. J. W. McCoy, to the schedule, and copy is to be Edmunson, Altamont's huge cen
regent of the local DAR chapter. turned over to the printers by ter, are two of the best players
April 25. Delivery of the year Ashland has run up against all
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books has been set for May 12 by season. In an earlier game in
Student Body President Jack Wil Klamath Falls, Ashland was press
liams and Principal B. C. For ed to the limit to win. The conver
sythe, contracting agents for the sion of 13 free shots from 14 at
annual staff.
tempts was chiefly responsible for
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All wrong-way trips don’t pan
the victory.
out so hot, according to Weldon
Ashland s regular lineup of Pro
Heard and Lawrence Porter of
vost and Jandreau, forwards; Fow
Ashland, especially when burdened
What’s the Answer?
ler, center; Rush and Monroe,
By EDWARD TINCH
with a load of garbage. The pair
guards, will be used.
this week was assessed $7.50 fines
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and $4.50 costs each in Justice of
the Peace M T. Burns' court for
dumping of garbage near Bear
creek road at the foot of Oak
street.
Complaint for the infraction
A newspaper report that the
filed by James E. Merritt
Pine Box company factory had
claimed t’ t the dumping
been shutdown and was resuming
been done *x»ut Jan. 15.
part-time operation, as printed in
Judge B ‘’"i advised other per
an Ashland daily this week, was
dumping rubbish on
sons agni
branded as false by Manager R. I.
and pointed out that
public roi
Flaharty.
,
statute books provide for a maxi
“Although I was quoted' in the
mum fine of $100 and 30 days
article, I had never made any
jail.
statement that we were curtailing
operations for the simple reason
that we have been running con-
CAR
tinuously for months,” declared
V.’IHY DO YOU GET A LUMP
Flaharty. “We neither had a lay-
INSTEAD OF A DENT WHEN
off,
nor have suffered a 'seasonal
A sedan driven by James Me-
YOUR HEAD IS HIT ?
slump'.”
Collister. 18, was completely de-
The local box company employes
molished Saturday night when it
do, but only for a second or about Jtftmen.
struck a tree at the intersection
As soon as you knock your
of Skidmore and Van Ness streets.
JUNIOR CLASS DANCE
Six young people were riding in head against something the brain
Carrying out a winter motif in
the car aj the time of the accident, rushes an extra supply of blood
decorations, the SONS auditorium
said to have been caused wh m to that spot, filling and distending
will feature the annual junior class
the
blood
vessels.
At
the
point
of
faulty brakes threw the vehic le
injury, portions of blood cells plus prom Feb. 18, which is the formal
into the curb.
Evelyn Cookson was treated at other body fluids leak through the dance of the winter quarter and
Community hospital for bruises walls of the blood vessels, causing promises to be the most original
and cuts while McCollister, Lucille a congestion which raises the skin to date. All juniors, according to
Bill Brahs, class president, are
Jennings, Harold Wigen, Kenneth into a bump.
working hard to make the dance
LaBranch and Bud Etzwiler re
© Western Newspaper Union.
a success.
ceived cuts and bruises.
1939 Rogue Annual
Printing Contract
Given Miner Press
ALTAMONT HOOP
SQUAD HERE FOR
JUNIOR HI GAME
DAK Will Present
Esther Wade Honor
TICKET SALES
TO UNDERWRITE
32 TEAMS HERE
ASHLAND business men, follow
ing a luncheon meeting with
President Walter Redford of the
Southern Oregon Normal school in
the Lithia hotel Tuesday, were
busy this week selling season
tickets for the class B high school
invitational basketball tournament
to be held in the SONS gym under
auspices of the school March 2, 3
ana 4. Proceeds from the advance
sale will underwrite the annual
district 14 playoff, about $375 be
ing required to help defray ex
penses of visiting teams.
This year's tournament is plan
ned as a bigger and better event,
with team limits set at 10 players
instead of the eight of last year.
Tnircy-two teams will participate
in the playoffs, 16 in the cham
pionship flight winner of which
earns the right to represent dis
trict 14 in the state high school
championship tourney in Salem—
and 16 in the president's cup
flight.
Ten counties will be represented
at the games, including Jackson,
Josephine, Klamath, Coos, Curry,
Lake, Douglas, Jefferson, Des
chutes and Crook. About 500 stud
ents and players are expected in
Ashland during^ the three-day
playoffs and merchants are per
fecting i plan whereby special
trophy awards will be given play
ers who remain here until the fin
al games on Saturday night,
March 4.
The hoop fiesta annually is one
of the outstanding attractions of
this city, the normal school hav
ing developed the tournament to
the point where it is the big mo
ment in the lives of most class B
high school players and a valuable
means of contacting prospective
normal school students.
Last year's tournament winner,
Chiloquin, again will appear here
and competition for the honor of
participating in the SONS tourna
ment is being pursued with intense
rivalry throughout the entire dis
trict.
GRIZZLIES TO PASS
Ashland's high school Grizzlies
will travel to Grants Pass today
to meet the Cavemen of that city
in a district basketball game.
Starters will be Forwards Ardis
Warren and Weaver, Center Joe
Jessel, and Guards Silver and
Harris.
Rubbish Dumpers Get
$12 Scolding by Judge
Reported Box Factory
Shutdown Here False
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LARRY and HELEN POR
TER remarking that if they'd
known their garbage was worth
$12 they'd have eaten it.
LARRY HUNTER acting as
an impromptu turkey at the city
jail in absence of police and
unknowingly locking up a very
mad naval recruiting officer
who failed to grasp the spirit of
the thing.
JACK SELLARS. Ashland's
inventor-practical joker, gallant
ly planting an explosive pencil
on a lady victim.
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JOE KING telling BETTY
DAVIS there’s more than one
fireman’s cap in town, and
DOROTHY BROMLEY backing
him up.
CHARLIE RUGG wishing he
had more plush.
MIKE WOLCOTT worming
his dog because it was making
three-point landings.
ALLEN AUTRY wishing he
had a sitting-down job so he
could live on the fat of the land.
REBA TENNYSON deciding
to look a gift buck in the mouth,
next time.
ANDY (Dandy) ANDERSON
showing up downtown with an
unmated pair of shoes on his
feet. Such blush!