S outhern O regon M iner
The Paper That Has Something To Say—And Says It!
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939
PICK WORKERS
FOR JULY 4TH
CELEBRATION
^PI-OINTMENT of committees,
landlxigh
arrangement of carnival )<x-a-
/HEN Charles
Ihr other "“'í w'«»' the park lx,ani and g<-n-
1 |lin,|< I in N<-v
outlining of a threr-day pro
y h<- refused to speak to re rial
occupied members of the
rtl.,M |t wax Lbe heat thing he's gram
Ashland Fourth of July committee
i<| in year*.
Monday evening during 4 a lively
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Mt-Nxloll which drew 20 business
The fellow« who complain that men and park board members to-
j1 A workers l«tan on their sbov gether in the Charnber of Com
Rattlesnake Nest
Î ields 40 Killers
In Hunt Thriller
J'lll'. vivid, hysterical stage*
of delirium tremens were
a pleasant dream compared to
the all too real nest of rattle
snake« discovered by Rot*
Blackwell and Edward Ze-
broski on the latter'« ranch
Tuesday evening.
I he ranch, located about 10
miles from Ashland, has a
ledge of sandstone rimrock on
Its up|M*r reaches
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to which
rattlesnake*
mviii
partial
th«*«ie sunny
spring days.
Blackwell and Zebroski, walk-
Ing Into the m-st, decided
some good work could lx- done
there on behalf of livestock
which ranges the neighbor
hood, and hurried to the ranch
house to fashion a snare. Re
turning to the rimrock, they
succeeded In killing 82 of the
reptiles and capturing another
eight alive. The snakes—vic
ious diumond-backs — varied
from one to three feet In
length and rattlers rang<*d
from one button to as many
as 36 in a single cluster.
The pair developed a snake
technique whl<'h proved ef
fective with the cranky crawl
ers. The rattlers, stretched out
full length in the warm eve
ning sunshine, would raise
their heads when touched and
the snare—a wire slip-noose
on the end of a stick—would
be loo|H*d around their heads.
Many a fang wax sunk deeply
into the wooden shaft when
the angered Minkes objected
to their neckpieces.
Blackwell and Zebroski in
dicated they would continue
their hunt, with live capture*
their goal since hearing that
rut tiers bring SI each at a
rattlesnake “farm” In the
county.
( too much gem i-rally are the merer office
Chairman II L. Claycomb read
to
ira who can't lift U
rtr mouths without one elbow last year's reports including the
program, contributions, cost, bal-
I the table
ancc in treasury < of ' Z-ZZ
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$168.65
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a 50 pci < ent refund
had ----
been
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K new safety device has been turned to underwriting merchants.
signed which shows the load Tlie committee also heard a letter
er the brow of the bill by means I from the Joyland Shows, carnival
huge mirrors across ! lo hlgh- concession, accepting an offer to
iy and it may prove to bc a set up here during the holidays If
> m I thing If holy drivers don't i agreeable to the celebration group.
ok at their noses In it
Following lengthy discussion,
the park board agreed to permit
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With kitten-litter season he re, uae of an area in lower Lithia
for carnival grounds which
ir generosity of neighbors U park
will occupy approximately the
«nettling to marvel at
same space as Inst year's conces
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sion« The committee will pay the
With the last war to end wars board $25 for use of the space and
jrint., out the Wi‘>’ *’ 111,1 I"'1 In addition will assume other ex
u>s we ought t<> start <»ne to end penses connected with the ar
rangement
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Heading Chairman Claycomb'x
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committee appointments were
of
the
republican
critl-
Some
William Briggs, chairman, C. P.
sm of President R<x>»rvelt's for- Talent and Fred Tayler to act
gn policy would sound more con- with three park board members ax
Incing if it wax uttered with a carnival locating authority.
German dialect.
The parade committee will in
clude Chan Beebe, chairman, I. F
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C M IJtwiller. Noel
Nothing makes your Adam's ap- Andres,
Heard,
Fred
Homes, H 8. Ingle,
e seem so large ax to get caught J P Daugherty,
Foster Thomp
1th your neck stuck out.
son, It 1 Flaharty, W, Bushnell,
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Ted Guetzlaff and Chris Petersen.
Women insist that men talk
Music committee: Ward Croft,
lore than the ladles, but if so. chairman, assisted by band
use a more limited vocabu-
Advertising and publicity: Wal
ter Ix'Verette. chairman, I>ee Ry
»«y Mostly, "yea, dear!’’
an, lx-onard Hall, Paul Finnell, J.
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Anderson, P R Hardy.
It M In the crowded nations of
Finance: Ralph Koozer, chair
Europe where there see ms to be man. Fred Tayler, Norman Kerr,
he most nxim for improvement
Fireworks: C. Baughman, chair
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man, Guy G<xxl and fire depart -
Columbia lamin farmers are be- meni.
Decorations: Chester Correy,
ig troubled with Mormon crick-
tn again this year and why the chairman. Robert Dodge. Elmer
(Special to The Miner)
ugs are so named finally dawned Bi egel
Elaborate
plans have been made
Concessions and carnival: Wil for the Shakespearean
n this department. They have
reading fes
liam Briggs, chairman
uch large families.
which will be held Saturday,
Wrestling: C. P. Talent, chair- tival
the Southern Oregon
man, W Leverette, B i. Clay- April 22, of at Education
in honor of
comb, V I» Miller I (' Erwin, College
the
375th
anniversary
of Shake
Leonard Hall, Paul Finnell, W. A. speare's birthday.
Snider, Elwood Hedberg, Don
The program for the day begins
Hinthome
2 o'clock when the winners of
Information booth and ticket at
the
reading con
sales: Glenn Simpson, chairman, tests Shakespearean
which
have
been
carried on
Harry Travis. W. A Snider, Earl in various counties throughout
Ashland police last night were Newbry. Ned Mars, V. D. Miller. southern Oregon will meet at the
itill holding Ramon Beroscl, Fili Dr R E. Posten, Karl Nims, Earl college and be taken on a con
pino of Chula Vista, Calif., owner Nut tel
tour of the Elizabethan
Sports and games: Skeet O’Con ducted
and driver of a car which early
theatre in 14thia park. The group
Wednesday failed to make the nell, chairman. Bill Auxland, Leon will return to the college auditor
^um at the plaza and crushed into ard Hall, Jean Eberhart, Pat ium at 3 o'clock where a reception
a window of the Simpson hard Dunn, Ik>m Provost, I. C. Erwin, and tea will be held by members
ware store Beroxcl Thursday was W A Snider
of the Oregon Shakespearean Fes
Patriotic: T S. Wiley, chairman, tival association in honor of the
fined $25 and $4 50 coats by Jus
tice of the Peace M T. Bums and c E. Correy. Lew Hansen,
visiting artists. A special feature
Committee chairmen and as- of the afternoon will be an Eliza
sentenced to 30 days in the county
asked
to
make
a
bail on a reckless driving charge xixtants were
bethan fashion revue with explan
IlMmage to the store front and special effort to be present at the atory notes on Elizabethan life
window display wax estimated at celebration group's next meeting, and times which will be presented
[1340. which sum Beroscl and four set for 7:30 p. m. Monday, April by Lois M. Bowmer, art director
companions yesterday were at- 24. in the Chamber of Commerce of the Shakespearean Festival.
itempting to raise. Judge Bums in office. Proposed three-day pro
The main event comes at 8
dicated he might suspend sentence gram will be OUtltaMd and organi o'clock in the evening when the
under
way
at
zation
work
will
get
if the damage was paid.
contest winners from each county
The Orientals were enroute from that time. A forum of ideas and will present scenes from Shake
California to Seattle to work in a suggestions for the annual event spearean dramas in a compliment
fish cannery. The driver’s four will be held.
ary public performance in the col
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companions were listed here ax
lege auditorium.
Frank Camarillo, Scuttle; Eugua-
Miss Virginia Hales is supervis
Aged
Doctor
Dies
In
tin Rosetta, San Diego; H Na-
ing the tea, while Mrs. Etta Schill
tartes and Sin Laya, both of Seat
ing, Mrs H. C. Beebe, Mrs. Earl
tle The machine, traveling north, Flames Early Sunday Leever, Mrs. Walter Redford. Mrs.
faileil to turn with the highway
Ramsey Benson. Mrs. Harvey
Dr. F. W Kellogg, 60, died in Woods, Mrs. Marietta Hamaker
and broke a plate glass winflow,
ruining a display of dishes. The community hospital Sunday after and Mrs. Lois Bowmer will act as
car was badly damaged, but none noon following third-degree burns hostesses.
suffered in an early morning blaze
of the occupants were injured
Those appearing as models in
The accident was believed to which destroyed his combined resi the fashion revue will be Kitty
have been the result of the Fili dence and optometry office two Ingle, Carol Furry, Edna Orme,
pinos attempting to flirt with two miles north of Ashland on the Pa Dorothy Sieman, Beverly Taylor,
white women in a car directly be cific highway Dr. Kellogg, a crip Gwen Jones, James Parsons,
hind them, the women having com ple, was unable to save himself Janies Baughman, Woody Mason,
plained to state police that sev from the severe bums which Ix-Roy Lindner, John Reisaeher,
I Dorothy Pruitt, Alice Grossman,
eral attempts to pass the Fili caused his death.
Fire apparently started in the Audrey Lofland and Robert Sted
pino«' car on the Siskiyous had
resulted in the leading car block- kitchen about 7 a. m. when Mrs. man.
Kellogg lighted a fire in the
lnK the highway each time.
range previous to going outdoors.
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Believing that her husband was Activians to Sponsor
Local Hoop Star Is , outside the burning frame build Red Cross Life Saving
ing, Mrs. Kellogg was busy phon
ing for Talent and Ashland fire School, Twin Plunges
Given Testimonial equipment.
Joe Negles, a neigh
Bob Hardy, son of Mr. and Mrs. bor, managed to pull Dr. Kellogg
The Ashland Active club Wed
H Hardy of this city, graduate from his blazing bedroom.
nesday
night outlined plans for
Dr. Kellogg, who was born in sponsorship
Ashland junior and senior high
of a Red Cross swim
schools mid Southern Oregon Nor- Walla Walla. Wash, March 1, ming iuk I life saving school to be
1879,
came
to
this
district
about
”?** school and more recently a
held in Twin Plunges June 19 to
student at the University of Ore- a year ago from Lakeview. He is July 1, with a regular Red Cross
survived
bv
his
widow,
Frances
K°n where he is a member of the
instructor in charge of classes,
ational championship basketball Kellogg, his mother. Mrs. Carrie which will be open to children and
Hamlin,
and
a
sister,
Mrs.
Gladys
f1"1 ,,f that institution, Tuesday
adults.
‘Kht was honored guest, with his Mansfield, both of Yakima, Wash ,
Use of the Plunges for the OC-
a
brother,
Orville
Kellogg.
Tonas
Parents, at a testimonial dinner
casion
has been donated by Mr.
«■ven by the Ashland Lithians in ket, Wash., and two step-sons. C. and Mrs. Ward Croft, managers
D. and D. D. Titsword of Spring for this season. According to
Plaza cafe.
Hardy, who appeared with his Valley. Calif.
the popular swimming re
Funeral services were held at 2 Croft,
>llch, Howard Hobson, also form-
sort will open about the middle of
y <>f SONS, wax presented with 2 p. m. Wednesday. April 19, at May.
watch as a token of the admlra- the Litwiller Funeral home with
The life saving and swimming
on and respect of his townsmen burial in Steams cemetery.
school will include first aid. be
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n;nlM1‘yor T. s Wiley. Hobson
and advanced swimming
Ward McReynolds, examiner of ginners
de brief remarks concerning his
instruction which will be free to
and chauffeurs, will be the public. A weekly charge of
I itt?' nnf* Earl Newbry, IJthian operators
i,. the
to.. Ashland
Axhland city
citv hall from It 25 cents per person will be made
of a
Coach Jean Eberhart in
p„and President Walter a. ni. to 5 p. m. Friday, April 28, to cover cost of heating water for
bri f(11 <>f the local c°Bege spoke to issue licenses and permits to the two pools.
drive cars,
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Saturday’s Fashions!
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JOHNNY REI8AC11ER in the costume he will wear in the Eliza-
*' Iwtliun fashion revue at the Southern Oregon College of Education
Saturday afternoon, April 22, when Shakespearean reading festival
winners from several counties will be guests of the Shakespearean
Festival association here.
To Organise Ashland
Softball Loop Tonight
At Meet in Lithia Hotel
DRAMA WINNERS 1LTEETING
at 6:30 o’clock to- A six-team league is anticipated,
1 night, April 21, in the Lithia with Wednesday and Friday
hotel dining room, managers and nights set aside for regular game
TO COMPETE FOR representatives
of several softball schedules. Youngsters' teams may
teams of Ashland and possibly be organized and if enough teams
Hilt. Calif., will form the 1939 city are available for a league, they
FESTIVAL ROLES first-half
league and consider a tentative will be assigned Monday evenings
playing schedule, rules on the high school field.
and roster requirements. The ses
sion, in the form of an informal
dinnei, was called by Skeet O'
Connell, high school athletic coach
and last year's league manager.
Teams expected to be represent
ed include Groceteria-Ingle's, man
aged by Parker Hess; Fortmiller's,
managed by Johnny Daugherty;
Elks, managed by Bill Brown; Pine
Box company, represented by R.
I. Flaharty; The Miner, managed
by Leonard Hall, and Battery B,
with either Dean Warren or Hu
bert Bentley representing the
team.
The schedule is expected to get
under way about June 1, with first
half play to occupy about one
month. Final half schedule will
date the teams into early Aug
ust, according to present plans as
announced last night by O’Connell.
O'Connell will have a first-half
schedule ready for consideration
and adoption tonight, and points
of difference including team col
ors, number of players per team
to be allowed, contract require
ments, selection of umpires, adop
tion of rules, election of officers
and other details will be worked
out.
All persons interested in softball
here are invited to attend the
open meeting. A special invitation i
has been extended to f Hilt players
to reenter the city league
I
here
again this year, the i Californians
having been one of last year's
most popular outfits under the
managership of Frank ; Ward, who
guided his charges to i the league
victory and the district champion
ship finals and second place.
Teachers Chorus To Local Author’s Work
Give Monday Concert Used as Textbook By
The Jackson County Teachers Schools and Colleges
chorus and the Rogue Valley
Mens chorus will present a joint
concert at 8:15 p. m. Monday,
April 24, in the Medford high
school auditorium. Admission to
the event will be free and the
general public is invited to attend.
The combined choruses will pre
sent two groups of songs, as will
the teachers chorus and the mens
chorus.
An instrumental group
also will add to the program,
which should prove attractive to
music lovers of southern Oregon.
The singing groups are directed
by Esther Leake of Medford.
Among the Ashland members
of the teachers chorus are Alta
Norcross and Alice Gandee.
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HUNT CAR THIEF
State police this week are hold
ing an arrest warrant for Jerry
Killane, transient from Texas, who
allegedly April 13 stole a car and
$35 belonging to J. O. Craig, quilt
salesman, while the latter was in
an Ashland hotel. The car was re
covered in Klamath Falls Tuesday.
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Frank A. Reed
and Companion
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
Southern Oregon Miner
To See Their Choice of
the Following
Miss Ollie Depew, assistant pro
fessor of English at SOCE, states
that she has received a report
from Ginn and company of Bos
ton, publishers of her recent book
on children’s literature, announc
ing that the book is being favor
ably received, having already been
adopted as text in several insti
tutions, and by three colleges in
the state of Ohio alone, among
them being the Kent State uni
versity. It has been adopted as
class text also in the State Teach
ers college at Salsbury, Md.
Among other states in which it
has been chosen either by colleges
or teacher-training institutions are
Kentucky, West Virginia, Wiscon
sin, Connecticut and Texas.
Miss Depew states that she is
pleased with this evidence of suc
cess, but according to the publish
ing office, little can be learned of
the extent the book is being used
as adopted text before at least an
other year, since schools are likely
to take up new text books with
the beginning of the school year in
September and news of an adop
tion usually goes first to local dis
tributing bookstores and only later
and indirectly to the publishing
office.
The publishing office at Boston
reports the book going particular
ly well among grade schools, for
teachers' libraries.
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National Guard Head
To Review Men Here
Varsity Theater
Programs:
(Friday and Saturday)
"UP THE RIVER"
plus
"HARD TO GET"
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
"STAND UP AND FIGHT"
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Please Call at The Miner Office
for Your Guest Tickets
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Maj.-Gen. George A. White,
commander of the 41st division,
Oregon National Guard, will be In
Ashland May 20 to review the
proposed military field day which
will bring about 250 National
Guardsmen to Ashland for drill
demonstrations, according toCapt,
Hubert B. Bentley, commander of
Battery B here.
MUSIC FESTIVAL
DRAWS 1300 FOR
FIRST DAY HERE
THE 10th annual music festival
sponsored by the Southern Or
egon College of Education (nee
normal school) opened with an ad
dress of welcome by Mayor Thorn
ton 8. Wiley and Dr. Walter Red
ford, SOCE president, at 1:30 p.
m. Thursday,
pril 20 with more
than 1300 junior high school stu
dents in attendance at the Ash-
land college.
The welcoming speeches were
followed with a chorus of un-
changed voices directed by Louise
Woodruff, SOCE faculty member,
featuring six numbers for the 698
voices. The chorus was followed
by a special Spanish dance num
ber from Klamath Falls directed
by Paul Angstead.
The junior high choral ensemble
directed by Lillie Darby of Klam
ath Falls, sang four numbers with
422 singers participating. Miss D.
Virginia Hales of the local college
directed 437 Students in folk danc
ing and special numbers were giv
en by the Klamath Falls junior
high orchestra directed by Lillie
Darby; choral by Riverside school
students, Grants Pass, directed by
Ellen Franco and Kay Foster;
Swiss dance given by Talent stu
dents directed by Jeannette Gore;
Junior high band ensemble, with
80 pieces, directed by Wilson
Waite of Medford.
Today's program, starting with
addresses of welcome by Mayor
Wiley and President Redford at
1:30 a. m., will feature an estimat
ed high school chorus of 324 mem
bers, a 125-piece high school or
chestra ensemble and special num
bers by high school students from
Grants Pass, Ashland and Med
ford.
The orchestra ensemble, direct
ed by Lucie Landen of SOCE, will
play three numbers in the college
gym starting at 1:40 p. m. today,
followed by special numbers at 2
o'clock directed by Floy Young,
including girls trio and boys quar
tet. The Grants Pass orchestra,
directed by Martin Trepte, will
play at 2:15, and at 2:30 Ashland
high school will present three
numbers under the direction of
Marjorie Scobert.
Final unit on the Friday pro
gram will present the high school
choral ensemble, directed by An
drew Loney of La Grande high
school.
The ensemble will sing
four numbers.
The general public is invited to
enjoy the annual music festivals
which have become one of the lo
cal college's major attractions for
undergraduates of the several
southern Oregon counties.
Students from Lincoln and
Washington grade schools and the
junior high will attend from Ash
land, while other schools taking
part in the two-day festival in
clude Anderson Creek, Applegate,
Darby, Evans Valley junior high,
Fem Valley, Fort Vanney; Lin
coln, Riverside and junior high
from Grants Pass; Gold Hill, Kla
math Falls, Merlin, Pinehurst, Oak
Grove, Prospect. Phoenix, Rogue
River, Ruch, Sams Valley, Table
Rock, Talent, Trail, Wolf Creek,
Wilderville an<< West Side.
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MRS. NELLIE SIMPSON
maintaining the most attractive
store window in town.
HELEN and LARRY POR
TER seen in a doze.
J. D. MARS declining with
thanks a ride in a wheelbarrow.
KARL NIMS being the happy
recipient of many beautiful flor-
al wreaths.
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TAYLOR WILLIAMS
plaining that his new bug
screens are for radiator fronts,
not beds.
RAY MITCHELL renewing
hope for local bald heads.
HOWARD WILEY becoming
interested in higher education.
HARRY CHIPMAN trying to
keep an ash tray free from
customers' ashes long enough to
sell it.
FLOYD BILYEU, down from
Portland, asking after the wel
fare of his old friend, BILL
(Flatfoot) GRENBEMER.
FRANK WOODS refusing to
spade a garden Thursday be
cause it was Hitler’s birthday.
BERT MILLER telling HER
SCHEL CLAYCOMB that all
soft soap will do is wash his
slate clean.