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O regon M iner
I he Paper That Has Something To Say—And Says It!
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1939
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LAUNCH PLANS FOR ELABORATE
POSTMASTERS’ MEET IN JUNE
JOHN W. KELLY,
FAMOUS WRITER,
NEW ‘REPORTER’
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Combined Teachers
Councils Will Hold
Medford Luncheon
»tale is considering planting
fish In Rogue River, but JOHN W KElJ„Y, whose column
from Washington, D C. is
a i,,t
ivaganoa aii
needed is a companion known to every reader in the
northwest, will be a contributor
My "Yep. that’s right!”
to 'Hie Miner starting May 5
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Informative, educational and re
>K >■ that season when a liable, the column of John W
man a fancy lightly turns to Kelly wax for years the most pop
ts of anything but hard ular reader interest feature in The
Oregonian A native of the north
west, he understands its people,
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graxshoppcrx tn the early
n Oregon, but why bring
p’ Tlie legislature's already
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world's largest telescope
x>n be in position at Mt
ir, Calif, and will bring the
within a few miles of the
Fortunately, the moon is
pulated, and no protest from
uarter is expected
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the poor tourist heading
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•son! I1i<- highways to the
him, highways to the right
lined with eager, scheming
pluckers bent on making
(•seeds while the sun shines
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southern Oregon baseball
games will get under way
ayors of the several cities
row in the first trail Then
M will wish hizzoners had
out the umpires.
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master James Farley has
nvited to Ashland for the
state convention of rank-
■t-card readers. Somebody
to tip off Sunny Jim that
faithful lithia water has
t*en known to stunt hair
John W. Kelly
problems and aspirations from in
timate ass<x'iation. His news in
terpretations and comments at the
national capital are from the
viewpoint of a far westerner.
In Washington, I> C, Kelly
knows the statesmen and the
stuffed shirts and his sources of
information enable him to foretell
events weeks l»efore they are car
ried in the news columns.
From the White House- to the
halls of congress; from the cloak
room gossip to the cosmopolitan
society, Kelly paints the picture
of the Washington scene as it is -
accurately, objectively, impartial
ly as an ace reporter.
There is an intimate touch in
Kelly's writings which distinguish
his column from all other columns
originating in the federal city. He
sees through the eyes of a west
coast observer and is alert to leg
islation or administration policies
affecting this region.
To learn "what’s going on" at
the seat of government, read John
W. Kelly's column in The Miner
every Friday
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Southern Pacific
Plans Exposition
Softball Nine
Rail Celebration
)ws To Medford
ti Skeet O’Connell’s Ash-
*gh school softball team
*>«y night dropped a 13-4
1 to Medford high on the
turf diamond. Windmill
> by Walker and Piche for
nners bewildered Ashland
jfizzly reserves fought the
J seconds to a 12-11 final
r Medford behind the pitch
ed Bostwick.
O'Connellmen will travel to
Pass Tuesday, May 2, and
nosts to Medford here May
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attend festival
a of 1835 students of ele-
; ®nd high schools of
Oregon participated in
^ay music festival spon-
y the Southern Oregon Col-
day
here Thursday
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humidity tenth
P,r ob»erver Ixruis Dodge
t»r "urvey«l a new psy-
wL < r teaUng humidity
, nH^aBed at his wea-
r„„ver Htat,°n by the wea-
u of the U. S. depart-
; Agriculture.
Humidity
hot 1 a<l'led to the obser-
Delng made here.
H enry
mannin
> 7n Prvlc,‘a For Mrs. Henry
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<Hed April 23 at
1 2 in' ,>rrace street, were
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APril 25 at the
IeMnlne^al home with the
ent u T Wlre officiating.
Was in Ashland ceme-
World Fair Prout Stream!
The annual luncheon of
combined teachers' councils
Jackson county schools will
held in the Medford hotel at 1
p. m Saturday, April 29. Teach
ers from the primary, intermed
iate and upper grade councils will
attend, with honor guests and
Medford graduate teachers.
Miss Elphie K Smith, regional
director of the classroom teach
ers’ division of the National Edu
cational association will be princi
pal speaker at the luncheon The
invitational list includes those who
have spoken before the different
groups during the last year, and
include Dr. Walter Redford,
County School Supt. C. R. Bow-
man and Mrs. Bowman, Supt. E.
H. Hedrick, Judge Earl B. Day,
Judge W. R. Coleman, Jeannette
Smith, Virginia Hales, Louise Bas-
ford, Mary Helen King, Mrs. Drys
dale, Dr. Cecil J. S. Bowling, C. T.
Steward. August Todgham, Beth
Watson and Bertha Stevens.
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SUGGEST HORSE
SHOW AS PART OF
JULY 4 PROGRAM
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Coming just four days after the
70th anniversary of comjffetion of
the first transcontinental rail
line. Southern Pacific day, May 14.
at the Golden Gate International
exposition on Treasure island in
San Francisco bay will be the oc
casion for a colorful celebration of
railroad progress in the west
It was May 10, 1869. when the
Central Pacific, original unit of
the Southern Pacific company,
met the Union Pacific at Promon
tory. Utah, linking the Atlantic
and Pacific by rail, and opening
up the far west to colonization.
The driving of the last spike on
that historic day has lived
through the years in words and
pictures.
More than 20,000 Southern Pa
cific employes and members of
their families, representing all sec
tions of the company’s Pacific
Lines extending from Portland to
El Paso and from San Francisco
to Ogden, are expected to take
part in the special program at the
exposition. Arrangements are be
ing made for a number of special
trains for the railroaders and their
friends.
A day-long program of enter
tainment and sightseeing has been
scheduled at the exposition, begin
ning with the selection of "Miss
Southern Pacific" from among the
"queen” candidates of the various
divisions of the railroad The win
ner will rule over the festivities.
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Since Len Hall of the Ashland
Miner scribbles stuff that nobody
understands the wonder is that it
doesn’t command high prices like
Gertrude Stein's.—Weston Leader.
INTRODUCTION of a plan to
* hold a horse show in Ashland
July 3, and a costume dance in
Elizabethan garb on the night of
July 3 wax made at the Monday
evening meeting of the Independ
ence day celebration committee.
Chairman H L. Claycomb intro
duced the idea of the horse show,
which will be studied, with the
plan of contacting owners of fine
horses here and at other nearby
cities. The event would be held at
the high school athletic field on
the afternoon of July 3, and would
help round out the proposed three-
day program starting Sunday.
July 2, and concluding Tuesday,
Independence day, with parade,
special events and fireworks.
Prizes and cash awards for par
ticipation in the horse show would
be provided from gate receipts of
the event, according to Claycomb's
plan, and no entry fees would be
charged participants, the affair
having no rodeo events.
Angus L. Bowmer introduced
the plan for an Elizabethan cos
tume ball, with prizes to be award
ed for the best Shakespearean
garb, followed by crowning of a
queen. He indicated willingness of
Shakespearean festival costumers
to aid in planning of traditional
dress which, he said, could be
made cheaply and effectively. The
ball would tie in with the con
templated Shakespearean caravan
to the San Francisco world’s fair,
two weeks later, and the festival
here early in August. One of the
awards would be a trip to San
Francisco.
Ralph Koozer, finance commit
tee chairman, estimated that $1200
would be necessary for expense
money, much of which already has
been lined up.
The celebration committee will
meet Monday night, May 1, in the
city hall for further plan forma
tion and committee reports, Clay
comb said yesterday. All members
of committees are asked to be
present, starting at 7:30 o'clock.
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WITH the beautiful Pirate Girl Zoe Del Lantis in the role of
fisherman. This charming scene was photographed in the Shasta-
Cascade Building on Treasure Island, where the wonders of the
Northern California-Southern Oregon Wonderland are realistically
displayed. T. L. Stanley, Managing Director, Shasta-Cascade Expos!,
tion Commission, reports increasing attendance as the many
attractions become more widely known. Latest attraction is an
evening Camp Fire entertainment.
ASSOCIATION TO FIRE DESTROYS
ELECT OFFICERS OLD LANDMARK
The Oregon Shakespearean Fes
tival association will hold its an
nual meeting next Tuesday eve
ning, May 2, at the Southern Ore
gon College of Education. Business
to be taken up will include deter
mination of many important fu
ture policies and the election of
officers for the 1939-40 season. All
persons holding membership tick-
ets are expected to be present to
cast their votes.
Present officers in the organi
zation are: Dr. Walter Redford,
president; Angus L. Bowmer, vice
president and director; Frank J.
Van Dyke, secretary; J. W. Mc
Coy, treasurer, and Walter H.
Leverette, business manager. Dr.
Redford has appointed a nominat
ing committee headed by Mrs. H.
M. Schilling and composed of Mrs.
Will Dodge, Mrs. Mabel Mack,
Mrs. James Stevens and Mrs. E.
H. Hedrick which will make sug
gestions for the new season.
SOCE Trackmen Off
To Humboldt Meet r
Following their third place per
formance in a practice Tneet at
Linfield college last week-end, 10
SOCE
trackmen
accompanied
Coach Jean Eberhart to Eureka,
Calif., where they will participate
in a track meet this afternoon
with Humboldt State college cin
der stars.
Ready for the events this after
noon will be Don Caton, Dexter
Russell and Bill Winter, 100-yard,
220-yard and broad-jump; Frank
March!, broad-jump and 880; Jack
Hill, 440, high and low hurdles,
pole vault and high jump; Foster
and Werner, 880, mile; George
Bullion, high jump and pole vault;
Jock Kemnitzer, shot, discus, jave
lin; Jess Barton, discus, javelin.
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• Dwight and Genevieve Patter
son made a trip to Redding Thurs
day.
A NTICIPATING one of the larg
est conventions ever to be held
in Ashland, Postmaster John H.
Fuller yesterday announced elab
orate plans for entertainment of
postmasters of Oregon at their an
nual gathering scheduled for this
city June 16 and 17. Approximate
ly 700 postmasters and their fami
lies will be invited here at that
time, and a capacity crowd is ex
pected to tax local housing and
entertainment facilities.
Many of the visitors will arrive
in Ashland the afternoon and eve
ning preceding the convention
dates, bringing with them golf
clubs and fishing tackle. To facili
tate arrangement of lodging for
the postmasters, a hospitality and
entertainment
committee
will
place guests. The Lithia hotel will
be convention headquarters, while
other hotels and auto camps are
expected to be filled to capacity.
The Varsity theater auditorium
has been proffered to Postmaster
Fuller for use of the convention
during business and entertainment
sessions.
General outline of the program,
according to Fuller, will include a
banquet on the opening night—
Friday—at which time the main
speaker will be a representative of
the postoffice department from
Washington, D. C. Postmaster
General Farley has been invited,
but as yet has not indicated whe
ther he can be in attendance.
Postmasters from the principal
cities of the Pacific coast will be
in Ashland for the convention as
well as Oregon delegates.
A trip to Mount Ashland is be
ing contemplated for the visitors
and Carl Janouch, district forest
er, has offered his cooperation in
making such a feature successful.
Because of the publicity achieved
by the Southern Oregon College of
Education's dramatics department,
Postmaster Fuller has been asked
to arrange a program by this
group. Ashland's Lithia park, of
course, will be an outstanding at-
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H. R. Jordan
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)
"SING YOU SINNERS"
plus
"PECK’S BAD BOY
AT THE CIRCUS"
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
"SWEETHEARTS"
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Please Call at The Miner Office
for Your Guest Tickets
One of southern Oregon’s most
notable landmarks—the 81-year-
old two-story residence of Mr. and
Mrs. F. S. Carter four miles south
of Ashland on the old Pacific high
way- was completely destroyed by
fire early Tuesday evening. Val
uable furnishings were saved from
flames through the help of neigh
bors and the Ashland fire depart
ment. The old homestead was built
in 1858 for J. C. (Judge) Tolman
and was purchased by F. C. Homes
in 1890 and at the time of the
fire was occupied by his daughter,
Mrs. Carter, and her husband.
The building, a nine-room frame
structure built on natural stone
foundation with whipsawed siding
and hewn timbers, was valued at
between $5000 and $6000 with only
partial insurance coverage.
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BEN TANNER calling
there a veterinary in
house?” and later sending out
delicate, lavender announcement
cards.
HARRY RITCHIE and RAY
GUISE throwing their voices
about fishing a lot farther than
either one can cast a fly.
WALT
SCHEIDEREITER
looking for a place to hang his
coveralls on a newly painted
wall.
Transient’s Body Is
ANN JORDAN threatening to
fight it out on this line if it
Found Near Highway takes the whole fishing season.
SADIE
MILLER
calling
Remains of a man, thought to HENRY HUGHS so effectively
be George Floyd Cramer, 70-year- that EBE DUNN'S shoats tore
old former fillirfg station operator . out for the Palace cafe.
near Kamela, Ore., were discov
Another sly TOWNSEND
ered Saturday near the Pacific SHOUTER coming to tell the
highway nine miles south of Ash old folks what the plan will do
land, The body was in a badly de for them, and cleaning up hand
composed state, apparently hav- somely before leaving town.
ing been dead for about three
CARL BROWER being the
months.
victim of an itching powder
A coroner's jury held that the plot.
man died from natural causes, and
MRS, MARGUERITE MILLS
J. P. Dodge and Sons this week showing an amateur movie of a
were holding the remains pending ricksha dancing on the Pacific
efforts to locate relatives. It was ocean via unintentional double
believed that the aged hitch-hiker, exposure.
exhausted, had collapsed and died
MERRICK THORNTON
while attempting to cross the wearing out his friends with
mountains in the dead of winter.
telephone gags to the point
where they are afraid to pick
DRAW FINES HERE
up receivers.
W. R. Kohl and Irving Craw
HELEN PORTER braving the
ford, arrested on charges of being streets with a Toonerville hat.
VELMA BROWER finding
drunk, Saturday were fined $10
each and $2.50 costs in Police herself fourth in a party of four
Judge Presnall’s court. Crawford in a coupe.
paid his fine while Kohl was incar
DR. R. L. BURDIC practicing,
cerated, later being released to ‘‘As ye sow, etc.,’ in reverse on
his lawn.
leave town.