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VZf« pap&i ^Ikai ■ IALF the world never known * * how the other half liven, but they’ie nlway* willing to paint a lurid picture of It. 1 1 1 Heaven help u sailor In a war like thin 111 We've often wondered Just why hell ever wan ei cited and now have hit upon a likely answer to make heaven look good. 1 1 1 The gi’i who kin e* and tell« / HiMING us u complete surpiis« may I m - popului, but not because '' Io hi« friends and aasociutes of her talk Wedm-silay was Forrest L (Skeet O'Connell's announcement that hi- 111 Obvloun retort for Hitler would resign his teaching and ith ‘Stick» and ntonen wiil break my letic coaching jx»Miti<»ij at Ashland bone*. but leaflet* don't hurt me high school at the end of this school term O'Connell gave no at all!" explanation of his decision otlx-i 1 1 1 than to say he “desired u change." In southern Oregon, where In announcing the resignation nprlng'n first robin* Spend the City Bch«»ol Hupt. The«» J Norb.- winter, eager harbinger-aeekem explained that no succcsho t listen for the familiar croak of O'Connell yet was in mind, but frogs on a rainy February evening that next yeur two athleti coaches would I m - hlied, according 111 Becauwc of a near-snowless win :.<» qualification, one to be hea< ter, many skilers herralrouta an footlMill mentor and the other t< flabbier of waistline but much dllect laisketbull, each to I m - as slstant coach to the other in altei sounder of ankle. nate *|«o«t* Th«- addition of an 111 other <oa« h will lx- made jx»aaibl<. Portland's mosquito crop will be through the announced retirement small thin summer, according to this spring in favor of marring« experts, leaving nothing much but of Miss Margaret Macy, history spring fever and an urge to bet •nd English instructor and dean on dog races to trite metropolitan of girl* She will be replaced by (irrgonlana. » mal«- inatructor-coach. Also, announced Norby Mis- 111 Jeanor Coombe, girls' health in- K\ current admission prices, th« movie, "Gone With the Wind, «tructor, has asked for a year's eave of absence starting with makes quite a blow «ummer vacation to complete h«-i 111 master's degre«- and five-year err Tire remarkable fortitude of de Initials at the University of mocracies la beat demonstrated by Washington. their ability to survive the war» O'Connell has been athletic fought to save democracy ■oach at the high school since 1937, having been unuiually out 111 Then there was the legislator standing in basketball activities from Jackson county who. on hear his teams winning the district and ing that people favor help to our «inference championships in 1937 »•«’; - Finnish frtenda. drew up another and .«gum thiM v< >r I fted that Coach O'Connell has ac Rogue river fl ah bill. complished his basketball record 111 with much less player material Evolution cannot be denied; the than any other coach in the dis Old horseless carriage has now be trict, overcoming that handicap come a horse-senseless vehicle. with his own personal ability," commented Principal B C For- 111 Editor Clark Wood of the Wes «yth«- yt-sterday. O'Connell was an athletic star ton Leader is such an old dullard he couldn't even get a kick out of at Commerce high tn Portland, where he attained all-state recog a mountain canary. nition in sports, an«1 again at Ore 111 gon State college, where he was Lacking a more reassuring selected on all-coast all-star bas won!, we like to call our constant ketball teams O'Connell also was change "progress " an outstanding track star 111 That llerlrert Hoover should sympathize with the Finns is not surprising Herby knows how It feels to be outnumbered 111 New WPA privies now are available In this county and arc guaranteed to be fly-tight, rat- pr<x»f and okay downwind They carry no hallowe'en protection, however, but owners may have moons cut In the door at a rakish angle 111 With spring In the offing, the war on the western front soon may move outdoors from the hot- stove league onto back lots of Europe. ------ •------------ Heavy Rains Cause Damage in Ashland, Bear Creeks Here According to I»uis I>odge. local weather observer, the precipita tion for February has been unus ually heavy with 21 wet days out of the 29 A t<>ttil of 4 74 in* he.t fell during the month and Wed nesday saw l.IS inches fall, raising creeks around Ashland to their highest point since 1927 The resi dence and fox farm of E T Zetka. north of Ashland, was swept away by flotwlwaters of Bear creek. About $2000 damage was done to the city water shed roads and bridges and marooned a city truck in the upper Ashland creek can yon. Total rainfall for February was unusually high, with 4 74 inches, normal being 2 21 inches Dodge stated weather will be clearer in March. ---------------------- > ■ «■— RADIO SET STOLEN A small radio belonging to Dr. R L. Burdic was stolen from his office tn the Medical Arts building during the week-end by prowlers who entered the building by jim mying a rear window. Julius Koch 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) "MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY" "CONGO MAISIE" (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) "HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME" • Please Call at The Miner Office for Your Guest Tickets SPEAKER URGES TOURIST BOOST According to Carl Rynearson, manager of the Oregon Pacific Highway iisimh lution speaking to a large group of business men at Tuesday noon luncheon in the Plaza cafe, the Pacific highway through Ashland wiil have to be eternully vigilant In the buttle of highways to get its proper share of the commercial and tourist trade which will be coming to the northwest this yeur. Highway 97, the Weed Dalhw- California route, has been desig nated in several bills as the offi cial military route although Sen ator Charles McNary said that every effort will be made to have highway 99 designated in the fin al nuiituiy bin u on* is IntrodiMad Ryneaison also outlined plans for th«- financing of |h* highway association with a $22.00 bougst as goal. The local Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a member ship dnv<- staitmg Match IS and Ralph Koozcr, local director in the association and a booster of the organization since its inception urged the heartiest possible sup port of the association. . Also brought out In the meeting was the fact that while tourist busim-ss in Oregon is profitable, this stat«- ranks 24th in tourist in come, receiving but one-tenth the tourist income of California. The meeting was presided over by Pres. C. M Lltwiller of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce ------ •------------ Platts Reopen Dress Shop in Enders Block Following a temporary retire ment, Mr. and Mrs. J. B, Platt yesterday reopened the Betty Jane dress shop with a reception and open house during which new ap parel was on display and gifts wer«» presented to woman callers. New decorations, equipment and a larger selection of ready-to- wear are features of th«- new Betty Jane shop. ----------- •—,-------- BANKERS NAME HEDBERG PRESIDENT COMING YEAR The Bankers Association of Southern Oregon Tuesday evening elected C. E. Hedberg, assistant cashier at th«- Ashland branch of the First National bank of Port land, president of the group. Don ald B Hinthorne, also of the Ash land bank, was elected treasurer. A talk on "Romance of Living" by Dr. Claude E. Sayre, vicar of Trinity Epis< opal church, was fol lowed by a short business session. | The dinner meeting was held In the Li thia hetel. *7a £ay--Artet £aq¿ 9tl ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1940 Volume IX O’CONNELL WILL QUIT AHS AT END OF SPRING TERM £< hhc ¿I ü * uj , ‘Grouch Club’ Crowns International, U. S. Champs 11AROLD L. if KEN, ses-retary of the interior, wa . named the "leading national grouch of 1939" 11 liiiir«,da>. Feb. 39, at the National Grouch clu '» first animal banquet in New York. Ned Sparks, movie star, was runner up in th«- national “eontest,” while Georg«- Bernard Shaw, British wit, was unoppose«! in selection of th«- "leading Internation «1 grouch.” Th«- club’s motto: “We’re afraid every thing is going io be all right." AT RISQUE’ STAGE SHOW PROVES TO BE CLEAN FUN AS CENSORS AWOL <—-------------------------- -—— THE WOULD RATHER 100 people with smallpox or KM) lepers would come to Ashland," declared ■> the Rev. J R Turnbull. Baptist r minister, "than have the show, 'French Follies.' stop off tn Aah- I land for one day!" Huch was the opening blast of a group of protestors Friday af- tem«x»n who met with city coun cilmen in an effort to prevent ap 1 pearance of the stage show at the Varsity theater last Saturday. U’ASHINGTON. D C. Feb 29 | Other groups were represented as Bureaucrats in the national , protesting the show on the basis capital direct the lives of an army 1 of advance literature distributed of icaidentH in th«- Pacific north from house to house but were leas west by remote control In addi extreme in their condemnation tion to owning million» of acr»- The Ashland Ministerial associa not on the tax rolls - adinfnjatcttd tion. the Pa rent-Teachers associa by bureaus) Uncle Sam. through tion, the sch«x>l board and the bureaucrats, has the ;>eop)e well Woman's Christian Temperance regimented Here are a few things union lodged complaints against bureaucrats are doing: the show, which had been repre Employers (except farmers) are sented in literature as "sexy." told how many hours they can i When City Attorney Frank Van work their employes and how , Dyke explained to the protesting much an hour they shall pay Bm-1 group that under the law city of ployers are told what unions they I ficials could close a show only must bargain with, anti a non- after an offense had been commit union worker is practically forced ted, theater owner Walter Lever to Join the union having the bar ette rose to invite a representative gaining agreement or go hungry. committee of the protesting An employer is guilty of unfair groups to attend the first matinee labor practices if he voluntarily showing and if, in their judg raises wages without first notify ment, any or all of the attraction ing the business agent of the should be deleted, he would abide union Then another bureau tax*-» by their decision the payroll fur social security Mayor T 8 Wiley then appoint benefits ed a censor committee from th«jse Farmer* arr told how many present including Mis. C. M. Lit acres they can cultivate and what willer. WCTU; Rev. Turnbull, min cr«»p to plant To coax them to isterial association: Chief of Po agree to this remote control over lice C. P. Talent, Councilman their own acres they are offered Charles Delsman, Mrs. E. N. certain itenefits for conservation Wolfe. P-TA, Frank Davis, school of soil, Treaties are made with board, and pre-»» representatives foreign countries which injure the luvrry Hunter and I Conard Hall. cattlemen niaikct of fruitgrowers, _ Saturday, when "show-down" ami lumlM-rmen without the pro ducers being able to protect them time arrived, only protestant to appear was Mrs. Wolfe. Chief Tal selves. ent, Councilman Delsman an<1 one r < < press representative also were present to view the performance. There is a bureau which Following the aftermxm show the lulls farm hoiiM-whes how to group met with Leverette to re- run their homes; what to pre port that since all but one of the serve, gaining this privilege complaining group chose to be ab- I mm ' iium - th«- farmer has beet« ernt, the committee could take no given a few hundred dollar* to representative action. Mrs. Wolfe, rrhabilltat«- himself. Bureau-« however, insisted that the show tell stockmen what they cun was "positively indecent" in sev or cannot do on the range; eral places. how many head they can run Talent, Delsman and Hall agreed on a range. A bureau bosses that the show was most entertain the national forests (18.800,- ing and "cleaner" than the ave- 0O0 «ures In Oregon alone); rage stage presentation or movie «mother the national parks; Chief Talent strongly protested another su|M-rvl«M-s wildlife; that critics who caused a special another regulates navigation council meeting to be called duck and th«- men who go to sea; ed out when the responsibility for «mother s « m - m that there is a stopping the show was placed on retirement fund for niilro.ui theii- shoulders. "With the excep men; another says what rates tion of Mrs. Wolfe, they've all left shall I m - chiirg«-<l for el«-ctrlc the rest of us out on a limb " |x»wer. A bureau controls every iu-n- of th«« reclamation All four performances of the ides who can set sei-, projects, di-cldes "French Follies" played to capac and how tle on tiles«- projects | ity houses which applauded lib- much money th«- applicasi' erally. must have before he is psr mitt«*<l to buy a unit on I projtx-t. July I ' ’ ’ A «ta Floods Cause Fish To Be Show-Offs At Ashland Creek Dam ALL w«*steni fishermen know that salmon frequenting mountain streams of the coast are fam«>us jumpers and can, in a sizeable flow of water, leap unbelie» able heights of waterfall. It wua not until VV «sines - day's floodwaters In southern Oregon, however, that a Miner rvj-orter stumbled onto an un usual jumping exhibition, even for salmon. Investigating a rumor than R«-eder dam was being threatened by th«- rains, the scribe went up Ashland canyon to the 120-foot high barrier and there, at Its base, saw the finned aerialists at their best. Overflow water was cas cading from the d«vni's crest, tumbling in a mist of vapor from dam rim to creek bed in one graceful, thrilling and unbroken column. Playing around in the pool at the dam's base were more than a score of trout waiting their turn to leap and wriggle straight up to the crest, there to rest and loiter in the Im- |M>unded lake. As many as three salmon could be seen In the air at one time climbing th«- ava lanche of, water. One small salmon, apparently unable to leap such a great height, had to make two trips. Although th«- Miner re|»ort- er was «done, readers may gain corroboration of the fishes' surprising ability from any I« m - u I flrenuui. The sm«>ke- eaters, in season, often make limit «-atches in Ashland creek by hoisting fire hose to the top of ntxtrby buildings and playing a stream of water into the creek. Salmon, thinking they’ve reach«-d another falls, swim right up to the noz.zle «uni into gaffs of the waiting firemen. D From • TOURNEY DRAWS SELLOUT CROWD AT COLLEGE GYM CEMI-FINAUS in the 13th an- k nual district 14 class B bas ketball tournament now in its third day in the Southern Oregon College of Education gym, will get under way at 8 o'clock this evening when the strong Butte Falls Loggers, defending cham pions, will meet Keno, until Thurs day a "dark horse” outfit. The winner of this game will play win ner of the Chiloquin-Central Point battle scheduled for 9 o'clock to night, for the championship and right to visit Salem, and the two games' losers will play for third place in Saturday night’s windup schedule. The four games played Thurs day night were fast and fairly rough. Butte Falls, lid by Forward Hoefs with 18 points, submerged the Sisters team 51 to 31. Other high scorers for Butte Falls were E. Ellis, 16. and Kent. 12. An up set for the evening was the defeat of the reputably good St. Mary’s quintet by an unsung Keno, with an overtime score of 21 to 19. Renn. Keno guard, flipped in the winning two points from near mid-court and led scoring with 16 points. Chiloquin walloped Coos River 50 to 26 and Central Point beat Ophir 49 to 23 Both games were fast and rough, with many fouls called. Added feature of the evening, which drew an overflow crowd of excited fans, was appearance of the Medford high school drum corps, which staged a novel and unusual electric drill. Each instru ment was equipped with a small light and the drum majorettes' boots were lighted so that in the darkened gym many gyrations and figures were formed. Tourney Opens Wednesday The 13th annual SOCE invita tional basketball tournament got under way Wednesday evening in the college gym before a packed house which saw Ken Schilling’s Butte Falls Loggers serve notice they will be tough to reckon with before the last battle is over. The defending champions downed Yon calla 35 to 27 but lost their star center. Tungate, because of an injured ankle. Sutherlin. Douglas county cham pions and tourney favorites, lost a thrilling 31 to 26 game to St. Mary's while Sisters presented a well-balanced club to slash Pow ers 31-9. Leonard Patterson’s Jacksonville Miners looked good as they smeared Canyonville 41 to 7. Canyonville failed to score in the second half, even though Patterson ran in a string of re serves. At the end of the regular playing time Langlois and Phoe nix were tied at 26-all and it was Crew, forward, who swished in the necessary three points in the overtime. Jean Eberhart, tourney director, announced that persons planning to attend the Friday and Saturday games make reservations as far in advance as possible. The SOCE girls’ drill team will show between halves of the 8 o'clock game to night and Saturday night the Jacksonville band will be featured. Six C of C Directors Named Thursday C. M Litwiller, Paul Finnell. Ivor C Erwin, Dr. R E Poston, G. W. Dunn and Earl Leever were elected directors of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce, according to Secretary Winston Hotell, who tabulated ballots Thursday. Business men previously nomin ated for the final ballot included Finnell, Litwiller. Dunn. Erwin, Leever, I. F Andres, P. R. Hardy, J. C. Broady, Bob Ingle, Karl Nims and Dr. Poston. Also on the list were J. H. Hardy and Fred Tayler, but their names were withdrawn on request. .------- >—i— 4 Committee Holds First Meet Saturday Deadline For Dog Licenses preliminary meeting of the A bureau deckle« --------- farmer can plant sugarbeMb, A (Continued on page 4) ■Ir July 4 rodeo committee was held the Chamber of Commerce of fice Tuesday night to study pos Dr. Redford sible methods of adding feature •vents to the program this year Missouri Serving on a committee appoint ed to study suggestions further Dr. Walter Redford, Are H. L. Claycomb, Ned Mars. of Southern Oregon Uollegf G. Anderson, W. A Snider, ucation, left recently for St. red Homes. Bert Miller, Ebe Mo., where he attended Diuin, Leonard Hall, Hugh Barron, of both the American A Noel Heard, Winston Hotell, sec- of School Administrators. ratarv and Jack Lucas, owner of American Association ofi he Valleyview greyhound stable Colleges. President Redford p • Lloyd Selby made a business. return to the campus flip to Portland thia weak. I 29. Number 9 Saturday, March 2, is deadline for purchase of dog licenses with out penalty in Ashland and Jack- son county. An additional $1 will be charged after Saturday. All dogs over eight months must be tagged with licenses, males costing $1 and females $1.50. The number of licenses bought in Ash land so far this year was about 57 less this week than last season st this time, according to Chief of Police C. P. Talent. Dog owners may obtain licenses for their ani mals at the local police station at any time during the day or night. Friends of VICTOR NOEL employing air waves to get him out of the dog-house. VIRGINIA CLINE showing a sample of flood-conditioned drinking water as a sales talk for a good cash drink. LOGAN NININGER sounding like an announcer in his first news broadcast over KMED, and causing listeners to believe they had tuned in some other station. A±,LAN KING protesting to a nurse he’d already had his fill of liquid. NORMA WILLIAMS wonder ing how to send TAYTX>R a pair of water wings so he can get home. JOHNNY DAUGHERTY claiming it rained cats at his store. AUBREY MILES wishing he was a director, too. FRED WAGNER recalling a time when horses bogging down in the mud caused the late mail delivertea.
