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The Paper That Has Something To Say—And Say« It!
Volume Vili
Number 28
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1939
Oregon Shakespeareans Entertain Fair Crowds PLAYERS FOCUS
PUBLICITY ON
ASHLANOAREA
IN the Ashlund opener of a serie:
of Oregon Institutes on educa­
MAZI.M in the free city of Isanzlg tional policies held at the Mouth
ure clamoring for Hitler to ' ern Oregon College of Education
"liberate" them Boy, what ii Monday, July 10, panel discussion»
haven that place would be for a ended with the summation as ex­
pressed by Assistant County
magazine an Iranian with ¡i
School 8u|>erintendent Una H
offer.”
Inch, who declared "Any teacher
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who spends a year In a community
Many motorists these summer and docs not better it by his pres
week-ends answer the call of the cnee has failed" The sea.ilons
open road and, if they're not care biou,-ht tOgOtiM r a group of out
ful, it will Bound rmbarinaalngly standing educators defining th«
like the call of a police siren, oi teacher's Job in American demo
tragically like the acream of an crucy under the ajxinsorship of the
ambulance.
Oregon state system of higher ed­
ucation.
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Heading the list of prominent
Drr Fuehrer is believed by Ger speukera were Worth McClure.
mana to poMess almost superna- Seattle su|M-rintendent of schools,
turni power ami wc subscribe t< who »poke at the morning pane]
the idea. Hasn't he already moved on ‘"Hie Definition of Teaching
hell up to the earth?
As a Profession,’’ and »12pm
Chari O Williams, director of the
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field service for the National Edu­
Crime is a profitable money- cational association, gave an ad­
gatherer until Somebody »lipa a dress
well nlnu-d nlug In with th<- Ink.-
Rex Putnam, state superintend­
ent of public instruction, led a
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panel discussion on "Are Teach­
Business la said to be improving ers Becoming More Professional ?**
and folks will be glad when it la Members of the panel included M
well enough to get nround.
B. Winslow, Granta Pass super­
intendent of schools, T J Norby,
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Ashland superintendent; L. H
In spite of administration's de­ Emery, Klamath Falla union high
valuation of the dollar we think school principal; Rolla Reedy,
more of 'em than ever
Phoenix; H. P Jewett, Central
Point; Walter Redford president
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BOCK; L E Messenger, assist­
Herbert Hoover, in objecting t<f ant
professor of psychology,
a third term, forgets that hr once SOCK
whs willing to accept one more
The afternoon panel drew out
Or does he ?
an Interesting discussion on "The
Ti-a<h>-r»' RMDOMibiMly in th«-
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Clark Wood says the $200 car Community" when Nell R Allen of
is coming and if he mean» one of Granta Pass inferred that teach­
those jaiopplca i with high-aimed ers' privileges were being en­
headlight*, no brakes
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and a flat- croached by strict moral stand­
headed driver, he'd better atMrt ards of communities It was then
ducking or the town of Weston that Mins Inch summarized the
discussion with the statement that
will be celebrating.
arc failing their Jot»
when they do not contribute to
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An attempt la Ix-ing made to the moral fiber of the community.
prove Harry Bridges a red so that Worth McClure led the panel and
he may be deported The least de­ members Included, besides Alien
sirable alien, however, la the one and Mias Inch. Etta Schilling
Ashland achdol board chairman;
who la yellow
Mrs B. C. Forsythe, president of
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Southern Oregon P-TA, Ashland,
While there inay be a place in and Sherman L Divine, Medford
Other panel discussions follow­
the world for Jitterbugs (although
we don’t ace how) a motoring Jit­ ed at Monmouth, Portland, Cor- ,
valila, Eugene and 1» Grande this .
terdriver is even worse.
week.
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With the accuriUca exchange
commission in high gear, it is get­
ting harder than ever to make a
<li.ihon<»t dollar on Wall Street.
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Medford plunge advertises
“Swim in drinking water.” Solv­
ing; the mystery of what they were
doing with the at uff over there
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There still is hope that Europe's
illctatoni might be unseated. Didn’t
the New York Yanka go down be­
fore Boston ?
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A census reveals there are 10.-
230 radio seta tn Jackson county,
and Just when the funny man gets
to the point there seems to be an
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electric razor for each one.
* It isn't exactly correct to
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that WPA workers are
The surprise of the week came charge
against the government;
when a Bridges deportation hear- striking
some,
under
direction of labor
ing witness referred to Grants
unions, have walked off projects
Pass as the mecca for commun­ and
threats of political reprisal
ists Somebody had better shake­
been made against congress­
down those fur-clad Cavemen and have
see what they've got up their men unless the requirement of 130
hours a month and the "security"
sleeves besides untanned skin
wage are repealed. Few, if any
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WPA projects will be abandoned
It was not unUI the film in- in Washington or Oregon on ac­
dustry discovered the box office count of dissatisfaction with the
in history that our national heroes new law.
came into their full glory.
President Roosevelt, in a
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mnmage to congress In Jan­
uary, HISS, adviaed that WPA
VISIT FROM LOUISIANA
Mr and Mrs Terry Talent and
provide wages which would
young, son of New Orleans, I».,
cover n«-«-e*mltiea but that the
arrived Wednesday to visit at the
wages should not he so high
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs
that worker* would remain on
(’ I’ Talent. Terry, who is a fed­
the roll rather than accept
eral agent in the delta city, admit­
private employment. WPA
ted he also had an appointment
work waa to he a atop-gap
with fishes of southern Oregon's
until private Jobs were avail-
lakes and streams and would spend
aide. Despite the »uggestltMi
a portion of his three weeks stay
of the President, emigre*» In­
keeping his date.
serted the provlahm that the
“prevailing
wage”
(union
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aeale) should tie paid. Now
that congress adopts Mr.
Roosevelt’s advice three and
one-half years after he gave
and Companion
It there Is complaint by the
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
beneficiaries of the relief pro­
gram.
Southern Oregon Miner
No other president has done as
To See Their Choice of
much for the cause of labor as
the Following
Mr. Roosevelt, but repeatedly the
executive has said at press con­
Varsity Theater
ferences that he believed it would
Programs:
be better for labor to have a
comfortable yearly income, a sus­
(Friday and Saturday)
taining wage, than to insist on
“CHARLIE CHAN IN RENO”
(Continued on page B)
plus
“KING KONG”
ENDS 70-YEAR WAIT
Cassius Ward, after 70 years
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
residence in southern Oregon, saw
“STAGECOACH”
Crater I^ake last week-end for the
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first time when he “took the bull
by the horns” and accompanied
Please Call at The Miner Office
Don Spencer to the mountain
for Your Guest Tickets
wonder.
Doris Hall
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THROUGH arrangements made
by Ashland's publicity agent.
agent,
Gordon Clay combe, Prof. Angus
Bowrner's Shakespearean troupe
was enabled to focus nationwide
newspaper and radio attention on
Ashland when they trekked to
Treasure Island last week-end to
give several performances of "The
Taming of the Shrew” and partici­
pated in two radio broadcasts, one
over a nationwide hookup Satur-
day evening.
Other publicity, for which the
city is paying Claycombe $1000 to
obtain, is being circulated in the
form of attractive newspaper pic­
tures, one of which is printed on
A prevue to Oregon’s famed annual Shakespearean Festival was given World Fair crowds in
this page today. The illustrations,
San Francisco when Angus Bowmer and his Oregon Shakespearean Festival Players presented a
sent to publishers in ready-to-use
guest performance of the “Taming of the Shrew” in the Federal Theatre Playhouse at the Federal
matrix form, will focus attention
Building on Treasure Island, this week. The fifth annual Festival will be held in Ashland. Ore­
of thousands of readers on Ash­
gon August 4-13. Pictured above are Angus Bowmer, director, Dorothv Pruitt, popular member
land's Shakespearean festival.
of the Shakespearean group and William Cottrell, former Hollywood motion picture and radio
Claycombe, in a report to city
personality.
councilmen last week-end, pointed
out a number of his other accomp­
lishments. A festival story in Sun­
set, western magazine; Portland
newspaper articles and pictures;
other magazine articles, and prob­
At the Southern Oregon College of Education’s
able representation in Life or
institute on educational policies held here Monday a
Coast magazines have been some
of the results of his publicity pro­
Grants Pass attorney struck out at the precedent
motion.
which commands school teachers to conduct them­
Local Chamber of Commerce
selves along lines of strict behavior which would be 'T’O GIVE residents of Ashland officials, councilmen and business
men have expressed satisfaction
considered a loss of personal rights and liberties in
and vicinity an oportumty to with the work being done by Clay­
the new dial apparatus combe.
other callings. The statements touched off a flurry inspect
serving this city, Harold S. Aik-
of discussion which was colored in news columns ins, manager for the Pacific Tele­
phone and Telegraph company, an­
to the detriment of the actual trend of thought.
nounces an open house to be held
The plea for a more liberal attitude toward in the telephone building from
Wednesday to Saturday, inclusive,
teachers extended to a mild defense of roadhouses, next
week.
Special guides will be on hand
public smoking and other habits by the chafing at­
daily fom 1:30 to 8:30 p. m. to
torney. And it is true that teachers often suffer a show
Ashland's new fire siren, purch­
visitors the new dial central
of which was authorized at
violation of their personal rights. But also it is true office equipment and to answer ase
last week's council meeting, will
any questions regarding it.
that those educators are wise who confine their con­
In addition, Aikins announces sound a “code” giving location of
calls according to wards. The
troversial habits to the privacy of their homes or that a number of special exhibits fire
and displays are being brought to city will be divided into about
bury them in the anonymity of distant localities.
Ashland fur the open house. In­ eight wards, according to Chief
Clint Baughman, and volunteer
A great responsibility of public conduct has been cluded among these will be the firemen
will be summoned to that
"voice mirror," an electrical ap­
placed on teachers' shoulders because a heavy re­ paratus over which one is enabled section of the city by combinations
short and long blasts.
sponsibility of conduct belongs there. Faculty mem­ to hear his or her own telephone of The
present siren, which shrieks
voice. This apparatus has attract­
bers spend years preparing their minds for the work ed wide attention wherever it has intermittent signals to call vol­
unteers, is not adaptable to code.
they have chosen and there is no reason why their been displayed.
Also included among the ex­ Until changeover to dial telephone
morals—or at least their public evidences of morals hibits will be teletypewriters, over service at midnight Saturday, vol­
were able to call the ex­
—should not undergo a similar training. Teachers which a typewritten message can unteers
be sent three or 3000 miles; a change operator for information
are sculptors who help fashion the brains, the bod­ collection of telephone directories as to location of fires. Installa­
tion of the new signal is expected
ies and the habits of children placed in their hands. from every important city in the in
about a month, at which time
world; antique and modern tele­
Whether school teachers make of themselves ad­ phone equipment; the artificial a siren operated by a five horse­
electric motor will be set
mirable examples for the students they guide, or larynx, which enables certain power
mutes to speak; telephone cable in place on top of the Pioneer
whether they are clock-watching salary slaves de­ displays, and the "wobbly bar”— building in back of the fire halt
Present siren is turned by a three
pends on the individual himself. But whether or not a piece of steel that floats in the and
one-half horsepower motor
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school boards and the public in general have the
"We hope that every resident and can be heard in all parts of
city. Estimated cost of the new
right to force an accepted moral code onto the teach­ of Ashland and vicinity, whether the
signal, which has not yet been
telephone
customers
or
not,
will
ers, educators are squandering an unusual oppor­ visit our office during these open ordered, is $600.
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tunity if they do not make of themselves moral as house days,” Mr. Aikins declared. MRS. ------------
LIZZIE TURNBAUGH
"We
want
every
one
to
see
the
well as intellectual leaders.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie
new dial equipment which serves
of Medford, sister of
The assistant county school superintendent, in the Ashland exchange and to see Tumbaugh
C. R Bowman of Ashland, were
how
telephone
calls
are
handled."
summing up the panel’s discussion, was entirely cor­
held Monday at the Conger Fun­
eral home in Medford with the
rect when she declared that any teacher who spends Blow on Jaw Breaks Rev.
James H. Edgar of Ashland
a year in a community and does not better it by his
officiating. Interment was in the
Timber Worker’s Leg Talent cemetery.
presence has failed.
DIAL APPARATUS
AND NOVELTIES
TO EXHIBIT HERE
Teachers Should Be Leaders!
NEW FIRE SIREN
TO BLOW IN CODE
TRUTH about ADVERTISING
By CHARLES B. ROTH
GYPS
STOOD for an hour watching a
pitch man coining money. He was
selling a useless gadget worth a
dime at the ten cent store.
By clothing it with mystery and
high-power sales talk he sold this
gadget like h o I
cakes—at a dollar.
And the crowd
pressed around tor
more.
I thought it must
be wonderful to have
a business like that
—if only it would
last, if only the cus
tomers would come
back for more. But l
knew they wouldn't
Two days later I Charles Roth
passed the doorway
where the pitch man had been op­
erating but he had decamped. Where
was he? In some other city, prob­
ably miles awny, going through the
same tricks.
Thqie pitch men, almost without
exception, die broke. Inspired
salesmen, really with a talent for
persuading people that amounts to
genius, they nevertheless till pau­
per’s graves, and spend their old
ages in cheap rooming-houses.
What’s the trouble with them?
It Isn’t hard to find: They do
not give value. They depend upon
talk to replace quality, tricks to do
away with honesty. They lose as
every dishonest man must.
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You have never seen an adver­
tisement of one of these gyps. You
never will. There are two reasons
why.
One is that no reputable news­
paper will accept their advertising,
because a newspaper takes its ob­
ligation to its readers so seriously
that it investigates advertisers and
rejects those that do not give hon­
est value.
The second reason is that adver­
tising is an investment, and not a
gamble. And these pitch men are
gamblers.
The man who advertises says in
effect to you: “l am operating a
business in your service. I will of­
fer goods you want. My prices will
be reasonable. I have become a
delinitc part of this community. My
money is invested here. Here I in­
tend to remain. a part of your com-
m unity life. I sell good goods, and
in my advertising I tell the truth
about them. • •
Because you have been "gypped”
by buying wild cat brands and by
patronizing itinerant peddlers and
door-to-door solicitors without a re­
sponsible place in the community,
you now buy advertised goods from
merchants who advertise.
This is the course which is fol­
lowed by the shrewdest buyers. It
is the course they have discovered
which pays them the best.
It will also pay you best
© Charles B. Roth.
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Bad tempers claimed a leg in
Ashland late Wednesday night
when Loren Store, Klamath river
timber worker, suffered a frac­
tured limb while indulging in a
fist fight with a companion at the
corner of East Main and Pioneer
streets. The two, with companions,
were waiting on truck repairs here
when they became embroiled in an
argument which broke out in in­
termittent street fighting until
broken bones required hospital at­
tention.
The belligerents were said to
have salved their differences and
returned to Klamath Falls.
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Boulevard Auto Crash
Cuts Up Three Here
Wayne Hines, Ernest Faust and
Jack Ford, all of Eugene and em­
ployes of a highway patching crew
working near here, suffered deep
cuts when the coupe in which they
were riding was struck by a sedan
being driven by L. R. Hawley of
Nursery street at the intersection
of Siskiyou boulevard, Iowa, Beach
and Morse streets. Both cars were
badly damaged.
Hines w-as driving when the col­
lision occurred, flying glass send­
ing two to the hospital while the
third, Ford, required surgery to
remove a fishhook which became
embedded in his arm during the
crash. Faust is well known here,
having been a former SOCE stud­
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LIONS INSTALL HERE
New officers of the Ashland
Lions club were installed at regu­
lar dinner meeting in the Lithia
hotel Tuesday night when Lion
Swarthout of Maywood, Ill., pre­
sided over brief ceremonies as
President R I. Flaharty succeed­
ed Dr. R E. Poston, and Ned Mars
succeeded Leonard Hall as secre­
tary.
DR. B. G. HULL, describing
BERT MILLER'S indecision at
drinking out of his shoe or hat,
the chapeau winning the argu­
ment on palatability.
EVA LA FLEUR surveying
damage to her garage from be­
hind two raw beefsteaks.
EBE DUNN, as a ball game
rooter, hoarsing down until you
could hardly hear him from
Bellview.
HOWARD and ANNA WT-
LEY truckin' down the avenue.
JACK BEARSS, after years
of looking at people’s shoes,
working his way up.
GRACE SIKES relating that
up in the wilds of Emigrant
creek they see few automobiles
but a number of airplanes every
day.
ELVA CLAIRE NEWHOUSE
making a radical departure from
the conventional in selection of
a handkerchief.
DOROTHY STRATTON be­
lieving a forest fire was dark­
ening the skies until she cleaned
her glasses.
HOMER BILLINGS calling
friends at the drop of a phone
number since installation of new
dial system.