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â c c4<U MEITHER HIDE in the European conflict has justification, ac- cording, to Col. Charles Lindbergh, whose new impartiality would ba further evidenced If England, too, could arrange to present him with a medal. 111 History seems to be repeating itself in evei -quickening cycles; now the llritlan ure promising aid to Finland und the end, like for Ihdand, is expected momentarily 1 « 1 111 Mae West's age has become a |M>int of contention in a Ixs An geles luwault, proving, that, as usual, her presence always turns men's minds to figures 1 1 Honesty is the best policy the least dog-eured. and 111 Dogs might not be man's best friend if they could read the pa pers und Irani what their masters are up to 111 snappy comeback is that re mark you think of loo late. K 111 This country may be piling up n huge deficit, but at least we're not bhrwtng in our money to blow each other up. 111 That hair on a dead body con tinues to grow is proved by the whiskers on some of the radio g*g> 111 With Gamer's eye on the White House his hat in the rtn,’ and the democratic convention date set. It's alsHrt time for Cactus Jack to call for his boots and straddle 111 Portland's genial Mayor Carwor has announced he'll not seek a third term. And what's the sig niflcancr of that Joe self-protec tion or a sly hint for Roosevelt ? 111 New body styles for 1940 cars are referred to as torpedo-type hut even that isn't fearful enough to keep up with highway accident records. 111 » ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1940 Volume IX The Miner relents Its old feud with thr Weston Mader editor shucks. Clark Wood's all right In his own wav. but that's the trou ble he’s always in everybody rise's. DOUR ONE-ACT plays, combined into a First Night production by Angus Bowmer of the South ern Oregon College of Education dramatics depaitment, will be pie seiitcil in thr IJthia theater at 8 15 p in. Thursday, Feb 29. under the auspices of the Ashland Uomi club, proceeds <»f which will be used for the organization's sight conservation and blind work Two of the one-act plays will t*e di rected by Bowmer and two by John Reisacher of Medford 1 mer will take an active part in all four plays Two of the one-act feature Rogm- s Rest" and "Without Ro manes’* weie written by Bowmer Other plays, "Drums of Oude." by Austin Strong, and "Farewell Sup per” by Schnitzler complete th< repertoire. Cast for "Rogue Rest" includes Duain Monroe, Dorothy Me. John Reisacher, Mrs Charles W Koy und Angus Bowmer, director Those taking part in "Drums of Oude” are Bowmer. director. Vlv ten Early, Woody Mason and Duain Monroe "Farewell Supper cast includes Bowmen, Dorothy Pruitt, John Reisacher and Cyril Saunders. John Reisacher will di rect. Players in "Without Ro mance" include Dorothy Pruitt and Bowmer, with Reisacher as diiec tar First performance of "First Night" was given In Medford high school auditorium last rdght be fore a large and enthusiastic aud ience and was proclaimed an out- , standing dramatic success Proceeds from the Ashland show will be used fee extension of si/iit conservation and blind work by the Lions club, which already has purchased glasses for underprivi leged children, bought a radio for a blind person, braille books for othrrs and other helps to handi- | capped persona Tickets may be j obtained from al) members of the Mona club and may be exchanged | ut the Li thia theater box of in. for reserved seats. —---- •----------- COUNCIL EYES PLAN TO BOOST CITY INSURANCE IN REGULAR SESSION Tuesday 1 night city councilmen heard de partmental reports and other rou tine business D. 8. Powell pre sented a petition by Oak street residents for a 10-inch tile and 380 feet of open irrigation ditch, which was referred to the street committee for investigation. Es timated cost of the request was Mt at $150 Two building permits were ap proved, one a $1647 50 reconstruc tion job on the Pratt place at 28 Garfield street, damaged by a re cent fire, and the other a permit for Phil Uy to layx a concrete floor in basement of Provost Brothers hardware store. A request was made by C. M. Litwiller, president of the Cham ber of Commerce, for the city to we that ladies' restroom near the park entrance is kept cleaner that the chamber be permitted to use $100 of their advertising fund for renovation of the chamber office before the tourist trade starts, and that Ashland people be restained from dumping rubbish along, Ash land creek la-hind the plaza build ings. Councilmen O. F Carson and Ralph Koozer and City Attorney F J. Van Dyke were appointed to study a new insurance policy that would enable the city to turn in present Insurance on a valua tion of $.50,000 towards another plan that would give 90 per cent coverage on estimated valuation of about $160,000 Premium woull be increased from $3.52 per year to $7.56 per year and the coverage would increase by three-fold. --- :-------- >------------ Art Display Draws Interest at SOCE » Now Fellows, Here's How We'll Do It! BOWMER PLAYS TO SHOW HERE THURSDAY EVE Number 8 SALEM TRIP MAY REST ON SCORE OF GAME TONITE 1 Although California continually Is claiming Oregon's Crater lj»kc. to date this stute has not retal iated by adopting Its neighbor's sales taxes. 1 *7o gay--/!* î ~ Mas® The art department of the Southern Oregon College of Edu cation is holding an art exhibit, open to the public, from Feb. 20 through Feb. 24 in rooms eight and nine of the main building. According to Miss Ady, art in nt ructor, purpose of the exhibit is to arouse public interest in the local and state artists exhibiting. Twenty-five pieces are Included in the exhibit water colors, oils, prints, pastels and wool marquet ry. The Rev. Melville T. Wire, lo cal artist Is represented in the disp'ay. plIOTOGKAl'HF.K W1LBI R BUSHNELL this w eek caught the Ashland high school Grizzly team, in the upper picture, juat as Coach Sheet O’Connell was giving them their strategy instructions for tonight's vital tmttle with Medford’s Tigers. The starting quintet, pictured especially for The .Miner just an they will apitear In the junior high gym tonight are, left to right: Guards Ardis Warren Warren arid Bud Provost, Center Jim Smith and Forwards Bob Weaver and Charlie Jandreau. O'Con nell is the gentleman with the ball and the ideas w hich twice already, together with his five “iron men,” huve proved a Waterloo for Medford. In the lower photo Photographer Bushnell lined up the i-ntlrr Grizzly squad for The Miner. They are, reading from left to right: O’Connell, Manager Bob Stearns, Earl Warren. Albert Newbry, Bob Dunn. Dale Williams, Charlie Jandreau, Richard Ormond, Bud 1‘rovost, Anils Warren, Bob Weaver, Chet Fowler, Stan Davis and Jim Smith. ASHINGTON, D C . Feb 22 ’* Unless the senate restores funds eliminated by the house in de|>artment of agriculture appro priation bill a number of activities in the Pacific northwest will be curtailed. For example, take the weather: Moat severe storms come from out of the l*aclfic northwest, sweeping in from the ocean. Ves sel weather reporting service is "out " In addition to its aid to agriculture this service Is a safety aid for aviation from Seattle to San Francisco; from Portland to Salt I-ake City on all airways carrying mail and passengers. There will be elimination of river and flood forecasta on the Columbia No funds are available for checking epidemic diseases of Douglas fir and larch; all cooper ation with stntea for control of in sects affecting men and animals ceases and very limited will be the scouting to detect infestations of forest insects. No funds are available to develop small ponds and reservoirs. No more money for loans to tenant farmers. In Oregon loans have been made in Linn. Lane. Jackson, Clackamas, IJncoln, Mal heur and Wallowa counties, total $283,000. In Washington a greater sum has been loaned. Nothing in the bill for parity payments (esti mated 1940 obligations. Washing ton $2,000,000, Oregon $1,300,000 ) e / e Without ballyhoo a confer ence wax held In Chicago a few days ago at which the iasue Involved was whether a new heavy Industry would be justified In being launched in the Columbia valley area. The conference continued for two days, was attended by special ists and technical advisers, and when and If the decision Is favorable all the money necessary will he fuinisbed by one of the major financial houses of the country. There has been no Indication as to when the Jury will come In (Continued on page 5) Expect 40 Quintets TL°0°R Here for B Tourney tags tonight XT EARLY 40 TEAMS are ex- pected to enter the Southern Oregon Invitational Basketball tournament to be conducted in the college gym Feb. 28, 29. March I and 2. according to Tournament Director Jean Eberhart. Twenty seven teams are a certainty, with II in the president's cup race and 16 in the championship flight. In the event 40 teams do enter, games will overflow to the junior high gym. Yesterday 18 teams had offic ially registered. They were Rogue River, Coos River, Butte Falls, Ophir, Powers, Yoncalla and Suth erlin in the championship flight and in the president's cup bracket Kerby, Arago, Eagle Point, Gard iner. Gold Hill. Mnglois, Prospect. Lookingglass. Gold Beach, Jack sonville and Phoenix have regis tered. Butte Falls looks like the team to beat, having won the tourna ment last year, and with the ex Frank A. Reed and Companion Are Invited to Be Guests of the Southern Oregon Miner To See Their Choice of the Following Varsity Theater Programs: (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) GINGER ROGERS in ’’FIFTH AVENUE GIRL" • Please Call at The Miner Office for Your Guest Tickets i COMPLETING extensive educa ception of one man are bringing tional groundwork, prepara back the same club. tion of riders’ manuals, tests and Chikxjuin looks like a possible riding examinations. Ashland’s bi second and may come through tot cycle ordinance will go into full steal the show from the Butte effect starting this Saturday. Falls Loggers. Chiloquin won the : Feb. 24. when police issue first Klamath Basin class B league and metal license tags to bike owners has split games with the Little and riders. Drawing for low num Sons Huff of the Indians scored , bers from among first 50 applR 21 ¡xiints against Eberhart's i cations will be held tonight in the Junior high gym between basket yearlings. The dark horse of the tourney ball games at about 8:30 o’clock appears to be Sutherlin, which —with sponsoring Lions club went through last season with 18 members, police, city and school wins and four defeats and this, officials in charge. First 10 num year with 21 wins and but two I bers drawn will have their tags losses. They are coached by Cliff paid for by Karl Nims of the Horner, who played ball with Eb Community hospital. Riders and owners also will be erhart all through high school, col lege and even on the same inde issued riding permits, certificates pendent club The SOCE hoop of title and other forms connected mentor said he knows the Suth- | with the safety ordinance passed by the council under the sponsor erlin boys will be well coached. ship of the local Lions club. The irst game will get under A total of 180 students passed way in the SOCE gym at 7 p. m the bicycle riding tests given by Wednesday night. the police department Thursday. ----------- •------------ Sixty-two high school students completed the test in the morning, Radio Fans View only a fifth being required to try the demonstration the second time Educational Movies to accomplish a perfect score. In the afternoon 120 junior high — Members of the Ashland Radio students passed the examination, club enjoyed showing of five reels about 40 per cent requiring two of sound motion pictures Tuesday tries for perfection. The riding evening. They included "Excurs tests were given by Chief C. P. ions in Science," '‘Electrodynam Talent and Officers Clark Thomas, ics." "Electro-chemistry,” and Parker Hess and Pete Nutter as “Water Power" and were secured representative of the Lions club. through cooperation of School Written tests given by the schools were passed at an average of 95 Supt Theo J. Norby. Verl Walker and Earl Scoville per cent. Theo J. Norby, city school sup of Medford gave a demonstration of a traceometer used in actual erintendent, led the list of appli radio work Thev purposely stym cants and now is a duly licensed ied a radio received and then lo bicycle operator. Riding exams were to be given cated the defect in their demon stration. A delegation from the at Lincoln school this morning Yreka radio club waa in attend- and at Washington school this af once. I ternoon. J»Y FAR the mo»t important bas ketball encounter in southern Oregon this season will take place on the junior high court at 8:30 o’clock tonight. Feb. 23. when Ashland high school, leaders in the district nine race, meet the strong Medford Tiger club, holders of second place A win by Ashland tonight will cinch a trip to the state tournament in Salem while Medford, in order to make the trip, must take two games from 8keet O’Connell's fighting Griz zlies and one from Grants Pass. Tonight s clash will be different from the last two meetings of the clubs, as Medford will have Wal- > ter Kresse in uniform and on the starting lineup Kresse has car ried the bulk of the Tigers’ load this season but was out with an injured ankle in the two games already won by Ashland. O'Connell’s “iron men” Charlie Jandreau, Bob Weaver, Jim Smith, Bud Provost and Ardis Warren— will be in harness and ready to go when the initial whistle sounds Medford has been playing an in- and-out game this season, having been dropped by Chemawa, de feated Weed, Salem, Chiloquin, Grants Pass and been tossed twice by Ashland. Their performances have not measured up to prev ious Medford teams but, like Ash land, they will be fighting their hearts out tonight for the right to represent district nine at the state playoff. O'Connell’s starting lineup will ! be backed by the capable playing of Chet Fowler. Stan Davis, Rich ard Ormond, Dale Williams. Phil Lindsey, Ear) Warren and Al New- . bry. who will be available as re serves. • Eleanor Coombe's sparkling drill ; team again will be on hand to ■ present clever march formations ' during half time. They will be aid- • ed by limber Celene Morgan who, j with her tumbling act, has made I the drill team one of southern . Oregon's best high school enter- | tainment features. In the preliminary, starting at 7:30 p. m.. Elliott MacCracken's Grizzly Cubs will play Central Point, holders of second place title in the Jackson county class B hoop league. Between the preliminary and the main game, or at about 8:30 o’clock, the first 50 bicycle li cense numbers will be drawn with the first 10 being given free by Lions club member Karl Nims. The Lions club will present three trophies, one each to the junior high, Lincoln and Washington schools, to be awarded to the class with the highest bicycle safe ty record over a given time. Starting lineups for the main game follow: Ashland Po*. Medford Jandreau .... .... F ............ Kresse Weaver _____ F..... ...... Gunnette Smith ....... ...... C.............. Newland Provost _____ G.... ........... Crosby Warren ______ G...... .......... Stead ----------- •------------ EXAMINER HERE MARCH 1 An examiner of operators and chauffeurs will be in the Ashland city hall from 1 d . m. to 5 p. m. Friday. March 1, u, issue licenses and permits to drive cars. SEEN IN A DAZE OWEN SNEED sporting red- enameled toenails. W D. JACKSON observing sure, he'll get into anything the public will shove a nickel into. CHARLES FRITZ E hitting nails on the head, and some body else’s thumb., BILL HOXIE, back from the hospital, saying it was a wash out. CHARLES PETRI planting a defunct mouse in the Varsity box office window to brighten the day for PAT HASTINGS. Democratic Committeemen BERT MILLER and WARD SPATZ causing the courthouse air to turn blue while deep in a political discussion. CHICK FARLOW beating Joe Miller to the draw. DALE (Front Page) KAEGI worrying about a by-Un«.
