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ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1939
HIGH SCHOOL TO
GRADUATE 77 AT
COMMENCEMENT
> ruléis who
enemies behind
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Japan hus «lone tn the
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open and shut irtory
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>t, :<>n hax given folk»
beside« Hitler to gel
the collar over.
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Int American and now
,f his town. refers to
lx at "high
hand«-d"
Ight, to<>. Art <mly < JOP's
low punch«*«
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dang-.
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ring m <"<i English cus-
ie fogbound royal couple
| hard to conic acrons
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li.i have been ingeniously
clothing from akimmed
d at long la*t mama can
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for a new outfit
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nan with nothing to «ay
iccomcH u politician or an
mcr ajM-aker.
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ding to an ordnance ex-
c const defense gun exert«
jllion hor»e|x>wer puafi be-
prujectilc Almort enough
Clark Wood out «if la-«! by
Vi-.Mton Lader time.
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> announcers who gush
vials have accomplished
ig. nt leant They make the
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el Clark Wood muy have
tad<Tn f<x>lr<l into thinking
pretty good fellow, but the
thing to a halo he ever
ed wax a clean ring around
<l that time he got a Wca-
rvut
.FINCH RAIN
EARS DROUTH
ear-drouth which hud caused
th deep concern, was broken
I Ashland area Wednesday
K when cloudy
skies and
d temperatures delivered in
tent showers which,'by late
lay evening, had approxi-
a half-inch rain which, ac-
K to Weather observer
Dodge, was a "gixxi soaker."
i still raining late last night,
continued showers forecart
rtday and Saturday in Ore-
id Washington and fair skies
irthem California.
unusually dry spring, which
4urely had encouraged num
forest fires in the state, was
®ly affecting crop prospects,
igh storage of Irrigation
was ample. Tinder-dry for-
and browning hillsides ra
I a moist, lush appearance
and snow was falling on the
surrounding Ashland yester-
nd last night.
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* Temple, who broke the
y record for the righ jump
le tne<4 in Yreka recently,
d in the events at Gridley,
Saturday and is now elgible
ripet« at the meet in Sacra-
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ptimistic Notes
in Askland!
‘ four short .years, the Sou
thern Oregon Miner has
own steady gains until now
has greater reader interest
<1 iMtter coverage than any
•'r newspaper serving the
«"and area . . . while nt
'' same time It has taken
’ ■•’»<> in the coniinerclal
""Ing field. Moderi
Mt, new type faces
'»w-how tlmt goes with
1,1 has put the Miner Press
“r* ahead of Its conipeti-
Um Says;
uute 77 students in elaborate
common«
ex«*rci»«-» »farting
at H p m w<«lne»dny, May 24, In
ti.«- Junior high gymnasium A
"pedal r«-scrv«sl »<•< Hon han been
art aside for Invitational guents,
while ample »eating will
pro-
vld«*l for the large crowd which
annually witnesses th«1 formal
graduation of high school stu
dents
The complete program for the
evening, as announce«] liy Supt.
George A B ii » c < m -’ h office, 1» ilk
follow»:
l,r«K«sslotial, “March of the
Brave,”
Invocation, the Rev Melville T
Wire, pastor of the First Method
irt church
Overture, "Th«- Italian» in Al
geria, by the high school orches
tra directisl by Ward V Croft.
Vocal ensemble, "My Task" an<!
"Service "
SaluUitorian address, by .Mur-
guret IJninger
String
ensemble,
"Chanson
Triste" and "Ixive Song
Valedictory addrv-a», Edmund
Dew»
B<>y»‘ quartet, "Sylvia
Oomnu-ncement address,
"A
Four-Fold Program for Youth,”
by Dr Bruce Baxter, preaident of
Willamette university
Presentation of diploma«, by
Superintendent Briricor.
Benediction, Rev M T Win
ReceMional, »elected.
Accompanist for the evening
will be Joan Whitmore.
<>ru<lunt<-x
I .isted
Tile class of 1939 »elected as its
motto, "The Elevator to Success
is Out <rf < >rder Take the Steps.''
Green and silver were nam«*d ciass
co I oih an«i the rose was chosen
da»» flower. Thow receiving di
plenum Wtxineikiay night will in-
elude the following.
Henry Miller, Doreen Ik-Lisle.
Robert Andrew«, France« Imhoff.
Edmund Dew». Fay Davis, I»ui»
NorbiTg, Esther Wade, I>a)c Hirn-
cl wright. Opal Surber, Weldon
Heard, Shirkiy Putman. Edward
Cate,
Alls-rta Durham, L-Roy
McNeil, Margaret Lininger, Wil-
liain <*urti«, Lucille Lebow, Marie
Winkelman,
(’ha lies
Warren,
Fem Wyant. Lucille Cleveland.
Dal«- Rons. Nanette Lee, Eldridge
Gray, Shirley Willard, Gertrude
Wenner, Dean Abbott
Dorothy Wizncr, Nina May
Hen«. France» Miller. Kenneth
Harris, June Bryant. Robert Cor-
thell, Joe Je»»e), John Pratt, Mar
jorie Freeman, Gaylord Vertat,
Anne« Norns, Kathleen Cook,
Shirley Walton, Leona Rowe, Olive
l>avin. Alice Jane Cary, Clema
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ert v, ■
Gere
Rons, loin White. Leo Wine, Mel
vin I’onley, Charles Jobbin», Billie
LuebtM*. Ruby Hunter, Edward
Blackwell, Damon Clifton, Dor
othy Halfhill.
Lils Welch. I>on Gcttling, I-arry
Ia-igh, Edna Hanh, Everett Nance,
Ruth Worxteworth, Patricia Has
tings, Jack Bentley, Jules Powers,
Norma Bishop, June Andrews,
Dick Gardiner, Phoebe MacCollis-
tcr, Robert Farlow, Jack Williams,
June McDougal, Gifford Lee, Rob
ert Isanti» and Ivan Peterson.
Ashland Hotel Gets
New Paint, Repairs
Repairs and painting, totaling
approximately $1000, are under
way at the New Ashland hotel, ac
cording to Mr. and Mrs. Lew Rey
nolds, owners and managers.
Exterior work is nearing com
pletion, with a crew of decorators
busy on interior refinishing. The
hotel's entire exterior, including
unpointed concrete rear walls, is
receiving a coating of paint. Com
pletion of work was expected late
next week.
• Tin* Yreka and Hilt teams met
on the local diamond Sunday, with
Yreka winning the game with a
»core of 13 to 8 A home run was
scored for th«* home team by Ern
est Francis on a one base hit, due
to errors but it won him the case
of beer offered for the first home
run.
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George Sikes
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)
"VACATION FROM LOVE”
and “THE HOUND OF
THE BASKERVILLES”
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
•MIDNIGHT”
with John Barrymore
and Francis Lederer
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l,,l.V» to I m * prognwrtve.”
Please Call at The Miner Office
for Your Guest Tickets
Twin Plunges Will
Open Saturday; Plan
Many New Features
COUNTY S CLINICI
FOR CRIPPLES TO
BE HELD MONDAY
Ashland s Twin Plunges, jx,pu
la r »■••«•»■■ational center of southern
Oregon, will formally open Satur-
<lay. May 20, following complete
renovation and repainting, accord
ing to Mr and Mrs. Ward Croft,
managers.
Both plunges have been repaint
ed and bathhouse facilities have
been scoured and placed in readi
ness for the seiison, Croft ex
plained A number of new features
are taring planned for the Hummer,
with Sunday afternoon band con
certs and Saturday night dances,
to start about June 1.
The Twin Plunges will have two
ex|>erienced lifeguards on duty at
all times one for each pool as
suring safety for children. Chuck
Price and Wess Crump have been
named as guards.
The two jxxds are kept at regu
lar temperatures, one warm and
one cool, and are filled with natu
ral tasteless mineral water which
is heated and filtered constantly.
Several springs on the grounds
supply a large storage tank from
which the swimming pools are
filled.
CRIPPLED children’» diagnos-
tic clinic for children of Jack-
son county will be held at the
health department in the county
court houae May 22, 23 and 24.
Dr, A. E. Merkel, health officer,
announced thia week. The clinic is
being arranged under the auspices
of the crippled children’» division
of the State Public Welfare com-
mixHion an«i in conjunction with
the Jackson County Health depart
ment and Jackson County Public
Welfare commission.
Any person under 21 years of
age of apparent normal mentality,
who is suffering from a condition
leatling to a deformity of the
bones, joints or muscles, or who is
actually suffering from such a de
formity, may attend the diagnos
tic clinic upon referral by their
parents and family physician. In
addition, the deformities of cleft
palate, harelip, bum contractures
and plastic skin contractures are
included.
PAVING GRANITE
STREET IN DOUBT
Carter, Kennaston
Feud To Be Renewed
Monday at Armory
Number 20
DRILL AND DINE
250 SATURDAY
*pHE first annual southern Ore
gon National Guard review
will get under way at 6 o'clock
Saturday evening, May 20, with
a banquet in the Elks temple
which is expected to seat more
than 200 persons, according to
Capt. Hubert Bentley, commander
of Battery B, Ash'and.
The banquet will feature a num
ber of prominent officers, headed
by Maj -Gen. George A. White, in
a brief speaking program. Follow
ing the dinner guardsmen and
reviewing officers will assemble at
the high school field at 8:15 p. m.
for a drill exhibition and presen
tation of faithful service medals
to members of Grants Pass, Med
ford, Klamath Falls and Ashland
units.
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Following the exhibition, which
is open to the public, guardsmen
will march through the city to the
armory, where a public military
ball will conclude the evening’s
celebration. Soldiers will wear new
regulation uniforms for the first
time Saturday night, and the eve
ning will be enlivened with mar
tial music by the Ashland band.
Whipple’s nine-piece orchestra will
play for the evening’s final at
traction.
Officers who will be in Ashland
for the event include Maj.-Gen.
White, commander of the 41st di
vision and adjutant-general of
Oregon; Lieut.-Col. Raymond F.
Olson, chief of staff for General
White; Major Kenneth Rowntree,
instructor for the 249th Coast Ar
tillery; Major Claude B. Wash
burn, commander of First Battal
ion, 249th Coast Artillery, and
commander of the 249th in the ab
sence of Colonel Clifton A. Irwin,
and Captain Arthur B. Bates,
plans and training officer for the
249th CA.
National Guard units to be in
full-strength attendance here in
clude Co. C, 186th Infantry, Grants
Pass; Co. A, 186th Infantry. Med
ford; Battery D, 249th Coast Ar
tillery, Klamath Falls; Headquart
ers company, 186th Infantry, Med
ford, and Battery B, 249th CA,
Ashland.
Men to be honored with presen
tation of faithful service awards
will include First Lieut. Beecher
Dan ford, Ashland, who will receive
a 25-year medal, while 20-year
awards will go to Major Clyde G.
Young, First Lieut. William R.
Clary, both of Ashland; Sergeant
Reuben H. Pitz, Medford. Fifteen-
year: Captain Carl Y. Tengwald,
Medford; Captain Bentley, Ash
land, and Second Lieut. Bruce W.
Moffatt, Medford.
Ten-year medals will be award
ed to First Lieut. James W. Grigs
by, Medford, and five-year med
als to Second Lieut. Lynn Neeley,
Sergeant Leonard A. Warren, Ser
geant William A. Hoxie, Corporal
Rolland E. Andrews, all of Ash
land, and Private First Class
Ralph D. Smith, Medford.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18
- In the large, rambling depart
ment of agriculture building—it
covers many acre», house» thous-
i and» a small, select board is
studying the map to ascertain how
much land Uncle Sam has acquir
ed and taken from the tax rolls
i of counties. Decision of these of
ficials may bring substantial dol
lars into county treasuries and af
ford an unexpected source of reve
nue. There are a couple of bills
in congress which provide the fed
eral government shall pay some
thing in lieu of taxes for “con-
, servation lands.” The board is
' researching to learn the number of
acres and what the cost would be
to the government. Pending this
report, the house committee on
agriculture is marking time, will
do nothing at the request of
Henry A. Wallace, secretary.
Under this legislation, Harney
Marshall Carter, the ex-Univer- county might receive something
With City Attorney Frank Van sity
of Missouri wrestling coach,
Dyke's opinion that the park board, will have a chance to prove that for the land acquired by the gov
can n«rt be asseawd the cost of his win of last week was not a ernment and used for a wildlife
paving the east half of upper fluke when he tangles with world refuge at Malheur Lake. In pur
Granite street adjoining Lithia junior heavyweight champion Bob chasing this land the government
park, the city council decided to Kennaston in the top main event caused a tax loss to that county.
i. iet with the county court in an at Medford armory next Monday Ekischutes would have some com
effort to obtain aid in offsetting night. Last week Carter made a pensation for the timber recently
Lhe cost of proposed jvork. Street first-class monkey out of Kennas purchased and added to the Ocho-
department fund» available arc not ton by out-wrestling him and then co forest and the prospective ac
.uiequatc and it was thought that out-slugging him when Kennaston quisition of land in vicinity of Sis
residents of the street might be turned dirty. The pride of Gold ters. Lake county could expect a
willing to offset part of the bur Hill had his feelings hurt when little for private land that went
den by paying a higher footage the lighter and faster Carter into the antelope reserve in the
Hart mountain district. These are
late for the improvement.
smeared him from pillar to post insances of possible benefits under I
A group of Allison street resi- throughout most of the hour and,
contemplated legislation.
d< nts were present at the city although he was scheduled to the While
would be
council's meeting Tuesday night leave for southern California this principally application
in the
seeking information on paving of week, agreed to remain if Mack states, many other 11 w-estem
states have
their thoroughfare, and were re- Lillard would give him a chance to lost property off the taxroll
when
f erred to the city superintendent, redeem himself.
the government stepped in to car-
The council, presided over by
Carter is thoroughly dissatisfied I ry out some conservation pro-
Ralph Koozer in the absence of with the foul decision verdict of , gram. School districts have suf
Mayor T S Wiley, approved pur- last week and feels i^ire he can fered from this loss of taxable
chare of a $700 water sterilizer trounce the champion if given an property; some districts have fold-
for the Community hospital, and other chance.
| ed up.
also authoriz«*d calling of $25,000
Bulldog Jackson, considered to
One proposal is a straight 10
auxiliary water bonds for July 1. be the meanest man in the wrest cents an acre a year to be paid to
The Ashland Radio club was ling profession, comes to Medford counties where the land is located.
given use of city noise-locating armory for the first time in sev- Another is a complicated method
i auio equipment and authorized to « ral years to face Pete Belcastro of compensation which few mem
mage a house-to-house canvass of in the middle bout. Both bone bers of congress who have read
radio disturbances. Councilmen re benders are known to stop at the bill understand.
The board
ferred to the police department a nothing to win their bouts and a designated by Secretary Wallace
request by George B. Icenhower wild and woolly affair is expected is seeking to work out a plan and
that his son be allotted reserved to be the result of these two rnean- if the amount is not too large, nor
parking space in front of an East ies in the ring at the same time.
payments do not constitute a pre
Main street store to be used for
Eddie Rogers gets another cedent, they may make a favor
tne mounting.
chance to even the score with able report—and again they may
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Sailor Dick Trout in the opening not. Anyway, there is a gambling
go. Trout put Rogers through an chance for the taxpayers.
airplane spin last week to take the
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only fall and leave Rogers a
President Roosevelt will step on
mighty sick man.
foreign soil next month when he
The first match will go to the dines with King George VI in the
The Talent city firemen will
sponsor a benefit dance in the mat at 8:30 p. m. promptly.
British embassy. The ground of
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Talent city hall Saturday evening.
the embassy is as much British as
.May 20, proceeds of which w-ill aid • Mr. and Mrs. J. Clark were in any part of that empire, just as
Yreka
Saturday.
the Boy Scout troop.
the Soviet embassy is part of Rus
The week-end dance is expected • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ward sia and the French embassy part
to draw a large attendance and drove to Klamath Falls Saturday, of France. President Hoover dined
contribute needed funds for the • Leonard Pullen and a group of with the King of Siam when the
Possession of almost double the
scout troop which the firemen re- friends drove to Holland, Ore., latter was a Washington visitor, legal limit of fish caught at Fish
over the week-end.
cently organized.
but the Siamese rented a private lake during the week-end netted
home.
Dom S. Provost a $25 fine plus
Only 800 residents of Washing $4.50 costs in Justice of the Peace
ton will be invited to meet the M. T. Bums' court Tuesday when
King and Queen at the embassy state police charged violation of
at a garden party. Gentlemen have game laws.
Provost was alleged to have ex
been warned not to offer to shake
By CHARLES B. ROTH
the King's hand and to bow twice ceeded the 10-trout limit by eight
when approaching him, and to fish. A companion, H. S. Ingle,
make their exit walking back also was fined a like amount.
A MAN .NAMED CAXTON
ward. Ladies can curtsy, if they
OU may not remember ever the newspaper would complete the desire, but if they do they must
hearing the name of William educational process for their goods kneel with the left foot backward,
wasn't enough. It also had to do the The press will not be admitted.
Caxton, but it was his life which
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makes your life today comfortable. job at less cost than any other me
Farm bloc members are asking
dium.
He it was who introduced printing
an embarrassing question. They
And they found, after many tri want to know why the administra
into England. This was in 1476. The
introduction of printing has made als in different fields, that it did. It tion insists that a processing tax
got their message to prospective should be levied to meet parity
all progress possible.
It wasn’t until 1638 that America buyers in a manner which was eco payments yet there was no men
tion of special taxes to meet
had a printing press, this at Har nomical as well as effective.
Today this tame condition is un billion dollar national defense
vard university, but
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after that printing changed. Advertisers, using news
A motorist was arrested in
grew, and newspa papers year in and year out, find it
national capital because the
pers sprang up, and th® most profitable way in which to lice found him using an American
tell
their
story
to
buyers.
modern
American
flag as a seat cover.
He was
The reason is simple. The news charged with desecrating the flag.
life began.
paper
is
the
great
common
denomi
The printing press
There is a movement a-foot to
is the forerunner of nator of modern life. It reaches confine the use of Old Glory to
CLYDE YOUNG remarking, in
knowledge wherever practically every family. It has the naval ’ ?ssels and prohibit its use
it is introduced. The confidence of its readers. It stands by merchant craft. Every cabinet an off-stage giggle, “Half a cab
printed word, xeven for everything which is right and member has his own special flag bage is Better Than One.”
MRS. ROBERT FLAHARTY
which is displayed with the stars
to this day, has no good and modern.
The design is also alliterating “Have you heard the
The advertisements in your news and stripes.
rival as a quick
broadcast of Lucie Landen's lovely
means of dissemi paper are as much a part of its vi painted upon the door of their of ladies’ lilting lyrics?”
ficial automobile.
Charles Roth
nating vital facts tal importance as the editorial and
CHESTER FOWLER play-day-
tit
the news columns.
and ideas.
One of the aspirants for a pres ing without benefit of pants.
The newspaper of today is one of
As a matter of fact, most readers idential nomination next year had
JESS BARTON having a thwart
the modern wonders of the world. find it hard to tell what interests a speech prepared denouncing the removed via this column.
DOM PROVOST and BOB IN
It is the broadest, quickest, most them most—the commercial news, size of the agricultural bill. He
flexible and most economical way of which is called advertising and was about to take the floor when GLE threatening’ to hire a Har
getting a message into the minds which touches their lives every day, he mentioned it to a colleague. vard gulper as handy man on their
or the general news, in news story, The colleague, an astute chap, re next fishing excursion.
of the people.
JACK WILLIAMS enthusiastic
minded the candidate that he
Early in our national history, editorial and cartoon.
ally dancing his partner into a
comes
from
a
farm
state
in
the
nnd
merchants
manufacturers
They’re both valuable.
nidwest and such an attack would feed chute during a barn dance,
sensed this power of the press. They
This man named Caxton was one cost him the farm vote. Without and then kicking.
began using it to carry their ad of the great benefactors of man comment the aspirant returned the
BUD GANDEE trying to buy
vertising facts and ideas into the kind. He lighted the lamp—and it typewritten manuscript to his c-lgarets from a telephone.
W. D. (Call-Me-Collect) JACK-
is still burning bright, though cen desk
and locked it there. He
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homes.
These early advertisers were turies have fled since he lived.
was that close to blowing up his SON using reverse English on the
telephone.
own boom.
© Charles B. Roth.
careful business men. The fact that
Talent Firemen Plan
Scout Benefit Dance
Too Many Fish Draw’
$25 Fine Local Court
TRUTH about ADVERTISING
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