7Á«
11« I TH full I'liitrriH) assistance
*’ pledged to the allies, the Unit-
nt States him one foot In the war
an<l the other on a national elec
tion
111
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I ‘
T«> *$•$• lM Europe France has
done the hr.rdrst fighting. Eng-
hind the beat talking, Germany all
the winning ami lluly han gobbler,
up the free lunch
Volume IX
Parade Master!
111
Henry Ford claims he can turn
out at least I MX) planes a day,
but just how he’ll build so many
hard places to get nt with a
' wrench is hard to explain.
1
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The g<x»d old «lays were when
you* could pick up a newspaper
an«l find some good news in it.
111
Folks are so accustomed to
blaming everything they dislike
“ onto Moscow and communism they
have completely forgotten that
Harry Bridges, their favorite vil
lain on the west coast whom they
would deport, came here from
Australia
1
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1
Free speech is an American
privilege if you're careful what
you say. or if you don’t say It to
your victim’s face.
1
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1
It was a wise calendar maker
who decreed that Bundays should
be seven days apart, which Is just
long enough for last week-end's
sunburn to recover for another
exposure.
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Burnham Sinking
Fifth Gas Well At
Lithia Springs Site
F. J Bumham, leasee of the city
lithia water property, decided
after drilling 335 feet into hard
bedrock, to abandon his most re
cent teat well because, even
though he did draw gas, he did
nut get sufficient to cause a
gusher.
A new well, fifth in the series,
was started yesterday morning
and by sundown a depth of 50
fret had been reached Gas In the
new well already has been en
countered and. according to Bum
ham, it looks like a dandy
Quiet Vote Polls But
32 Ballots Monday
I > O L L I N O >'f uiu»|n>o«»rd
1 votes in regular elect lo«i
.Monday afternoon, Mr». Etta
I- NchUttag, retiring chairman
of the Ashland M-hool board,
was reelected to her third
term as director, to serve for
the next three years. Other
directors are Frank J. Van
Dyke and Frank Davis.
In the board meeting, which
was held Tuesday evening, W.
II. McNair was named chair
man. Dr. K, I.. Burdi« vice
president, and F. M. Engle was
r«-el«-cted clerk.
OSC Boosters Will
Give Dance June 27
•
Th« Jackson county Boosters'
club of Oregon State college will
xfxinnor a dance to which the pub
lic. especially high school students
and recent grads, are invited on
Thursday. June 27. al Twin Plung
es as a part of a plan to make
the public more Oregon State
minded. James McNair, vice pres
ident of the club. Invited students
and new graduates to attend free
but said that any and all boosters
and alumni of Oregon State can
buy tickets either at the gate or
at McNair Brothers drug store.
Refreshments will be served at
intermission.
Kl-AMATH LUMBER WORKER
\ \BBFD AS DRUNK
DRIVER
ASHLAND
CITY
COUNCIL-
MEN in regular meeting Tues
day night heard a memorandum
read by City Attorney Frank J.
Van Dyke, studied a report by
Street Supt. Frank Davis and dis
posed of other routine business
matters in a short but effective
session
The memorandum read by Van
Dyke was a proposed policy for
operation of the newly acquired
Ashland golf course and the coun
cilmen, after heating him. start
ed consideraUon of an ordinance
to cover the subject.
A president, vice president, sec
retary-treasurer and three direc
tors. elected annually, would gov
ern affairs of the organization and
would In turn be supervised by a
committee of three councilmen.
Membership would be acquired by
paying annual fees and any indi
vidual membership would be en
titled to one vote and a family
membership to two votes in the
business affairs of the club. If the
ordinance is voted the club will
pay for use of any city equipment
supplied for use there and no
funds of the city will be used for
maintenance or operation of the
golf course. The council, as the
city's representative, could at any
time be empowered to close the
course if management or opera
tion were not satisfactory Liabil
ity insurance will be required of
the club.
•
• Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tayler drove '
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
Southern Oregon Miner
To See Their Choice of
the Following
Varsity Theater
Programs:
(Friday and Saturday)
"STAR DUST"
"THE SHOWDOWN"
(Bunday, Monday, Tuesday)
"REBECCA"
■■ .
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1940
Why Keep It Secret?
Unheralded and unbeknown to most Ashland
voters, a school board election was held Monday af
ternoon at which 32 ballots were marked. Although
it doubtless was not intended as such, the election
assumed the appearance of a sneak vote.
Such quiet elections have been held before in
Ashland and the practice of keeping them under
cover, whether by intent or neglect, is unjust both
for voters and for school board members. The small
votes cast easily can be—and frequently are—mis
understood by residents and Monday’s vote leaves
directors open to unjust criticism.
Ashland’s school board certainly has nothing to
fear from a large turnout at the polls, for members
have been performing an increasingly satisfactory
service. They are entitled to the widespread expres
sion of confidence and appreciation of voters.
The school board should carefully avoid any ap
pearance of conducting its affairs as a closed cor
poration, for after all they derive their authority
from voters of the district, and 32 ballots are not
representative of a city of 5000 people, although we
feel certain that any number of voters would have
unanimously reelected the incumbent whose term
was expiring.
The hush-hush technique should be discarded for
Ashland school district affairs as undemocratic and
unfair to the members themselves. Voters have little
cause for criticism of the way present school board
members are handling their duties.
School board members should be particularly
careful to see that the light of publicity falls upon
their next election, for it will leave a much sweeter
taste.
Technical heads for the current
Shakespearean festival produc
tions have been named here this
week by Director William David
Cottrell.
Stage manager for the 1940
sea»«jn is Kent Robbins of Ash
land. Richard I*utney has been
named electrician, while Frances
Schilling and Jean Grantham of
Medford are book-holders
Miss
Schilling has served in this ca
pacity for the last four years and
is thoroughly familiar with att
phases of the plays
Technical directors are Dick
Farmer and Delmar Solem of
Tracy, Minn , who arrived in the
Lithia city after a hitch-hiking
jaunt half way across the nation.
They succeed Robert Stedman, at
tending summer school this year
but planning to join the troup in
July.
Dorothy
Pruitt,
a
veteran
Shakespearean actress who has
been with the festival since its
creation, is handling the assist
ant director’s job this year. She
also is doing the adaptaUon of
"Much
Ailo About
Nothing."
transposing the drama into mod
em tempo
Original music will be composed
by John Reisacher of Medford,
another veteran actor. He holds
several leading roles in the plays.
LaMerle Beck, starting her sec-
J^EGAKDLESft of the trend
of conversation, nooner or
later politics will out, accord
ing to Harry Travis, Ashland
buwiness man who visited
Crater Lake with a party of
relatives this week.
While at the rim Harry
overheard a group of eastern
ladies asking a native of the
park region what a pack train
was doing on the trail to the
lake's edge.
’’Mell, ladies,” grinned the
mountaineer, "to tell you the
truth, they’re carrying bluing
down to the water. You know,
no lake in the world could
really be as blue an Crater
Lake."
"Well! Isn’t that Just like
the New Deal—imagine wast
ing thousands of dollars col
oring a lake just to fool tour
ists !*’
"Yes, and It won’t be long
tUI they're cussing Roosevelt
for the salt In the ocean,"
added Travis.
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• Mrs. E H. Poole visited with
friends in Klamath Falls Monday.
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----- ..J to Yreka Tuesday on buaineaa.
FRANK H. SPEARMAN
Author of
’’Whispering Smith” and "Gunlock Ranch”
In the early day* of California, roving band* of Indian* and lawless
“»qustter»** made peace and quiet a thing only to be dreamed
of by the Spaniard* who owned large cattie ranches along the
Pacific coait. Carmen, daughter of one of these wealthy Spanish
Dona, it captured and carried off by Indian* and it ia Henry Bowie,
Texa* scout, just arrived in California, who *ave* her and return*
her lo the safety of a near-by mi**ion.
Being in search of further adventure he immediately forget* the inci
dent. Yean later it is brought to hi* attention when Carmen,
having once spumed hit love, now send* for him. How »he
learned that Bowie waa the hero of her life’s greatest adventure
is but a part of this thrilling love story of the West, thst mskes
Carmtn of the Rancho “mutt” reading.
CARMEN ot
FORM PAGEANT
OF HISTORICALS
I DIM M. BOW.MEK, head of
the art and property depart-
ntentu of the sixth annual
Shakespearean festival produc
tion», above, again in handling
extensive wardrobe problem»
and authentic costuming of the
cant» for four play» to be pre
sented Aug. 9 through Aug 17.
PLAYOFF GAME
TO FOLLOW ELK
MINER SESSION
ASHLAND SOFTBALL LEAGUE
W. L. Pct.
-Miner Pre»»
0 1.000
2
1
Pine Box
0 1.000
Hilt
. 1
0 1.000
Dodger-,
1
1
..500
1
1
Varsity
.500
I
0
Talent ...........
.000
Elk» ........ ......
•
2
A GAME to determine the sec-
™ ond-place position for the first
one-third of the city softball
league standings will be the fea
ture game at 9 o'clock tonight.
June 21, at the high school dia
mond The Varsity and Dodgers,
tied for second place with four
wins and two losses, will battle
it out for the honors. .The Miner
Press and the Elks will clash in
the first tilt, scheduled to start
promptly at 8 o'clock.
The remainder of the schedule
for the second round follows.
Store-Door Pickup
Rail Service July 25
A ROMANTIC WESTERN LOVE STORY
the
RANCHO
Serially In This Paper
Number 25
Art Director! 12 EPISODES TO
June 21- Miner Press vs. Elks;
Varsity vs. Dodgers.
June 24—Talent vs. Pine Box;
Miner Press vs. Varsity.
June 26—Miner Press vs Pine
Box; Dodgers vs. Hilt.
June 28 — Playground benefit
night: Elks vs. Pine Box: Dodg
ers vs. Varsity.
July 1—Talent vs. Elks; Var
sity vs. Hilt.
July 8—Dodgers vs. Pine Box:
Talent vs. Hilt.
July 10 — Talent vs. Dodgers;
Pine Box vs. Hilt
ond year with the festival is di
July 12 Elks vs. Varsity; Min
recting dances, along with holding er Press vs. Hilt.
major roles
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The complete cast for "Comedy
of Errors" has been selecte«! and
will be available soon. Director
Cottrell said
To Rename Some Streets
Please Call at The Miner Office
for Your Guest Tickets
Frank Beck
and Companion
o4al Sa*t*ikin^ *7® ¿ay-And £ayl 9tl
STREET NAMING
AGAIN GETS EYE
Blames FDR
THESPIANS PICK I-ady
For "Bluing’ in Lake
OF COUNCILMEN
TECHNICIANS
Expenditure of $05 to $75 was
voted for repairs to the Elizabeth
an theater in Lithia park, which
is becoming more publicized every
year. Frank Davis reported that
residents within certain areas are
in favor of changing names of
some streets in Ashland to correct
confusion resulting from having
two streets of the same name
Beach avenue would be called
Emery avenue, Glenn street would
be called Grange, and the con
tinuous road now known as Stan
ley, Oberlin and Willow streets
would be called Oberlin through
out its length. Also an unnamed
street located near Mayor Wiley's
home would be christened Wiley's
way.
Paving work for Liberty and
Allison streets was voted, and
Nutley and Iowa streets will get
road oil.
The council delegated a com
mittee of members to appear be
fore the county court to ask a
share of the .9 mill tax levy al
located for bridge construction. If
the request is granted and the use
regarded as legal by the city at
torney, the city will use such
funds in bridge work here, includ- I
ing rebuilding of the washed-out
Mountain avenue bridge.
Councilman
Guy
Applewhite
presided as chairman of the coun- •
cil in absence of Mayor T. S. Wiley <
and Councilman Ralph K<x>zer.
A Klamath Falls lumber work
er. John Clarence Hill, 47, was
released from city jail early Sun
day after promising to mail $50
to cover his arrest, which was
made Sunday morning near the
Klamath highway junction by City
Patrolman Vem Smith on charges
of drunken driving. Hill was de
tained after Smith had followed
him through the city.
Hill's companion, Dayal Allen,
42, of Medford put up a $10 bail
on a charge of being drunk in a
car.
L
11 EBB MOOiKE, alMivr, Thun.
•’ day night reported that
preparation« for Ashland’« July
4 purade were Iwlng pushed to
completion and that already
more than 30 organisations ami
gr«Ht|M had indicated they would
enter riuiM.rate floats.
Moore
pro|MMed a new line of inarch
for this year, with the procea-
•ion to start at llrlinan and
North Main, as usual, proceed
out East Main street to Union
and return to Third street,
thence north to B street, down
It to Oak and hack again to
Muln street, enabling more vis
itors to see the complete par
ade, which is expected to be
the brat In Ashland's history,
last year so many |»eof>le
thronged the dmvntown area
that many were unable to view
the attraction.
Pap**
Inauguration of free store-door
pickup and delivery service on less
than carload rail freight ship
ments being shipped to or arriving
from transcontinental points will
become effective July 25. it was
announced this week by the
freight traffic departments of all
transcontinental railroads serving
the Pacific northwest.
This service has been establish
ed for local traffic for the last
several years but this will be the
first time in Pacific northwest
transportation history that the
service has been offered for trans
continental shipments.
Under the new service shippers
who have less-than-carload ship
ments to send to eastern points
may have their shipments picked
up at their door for no extra
charge, or if they are receiving
shipments of this class from east
ern points it will be delivered to
their door at no additional ex
pense
Shippers who do not wish to
take advantage of this service and
continue to make their own ar
rangements for pickup and de
livery will be given a ffve-cents
per hundred-pound allowance, it
was announced.
MORE than half of the 12 epi
sodes for the gigantic Caval
cade of the Siskiyou pageant, to
be held on the Ashland high school
athletic field July 4, 5 and 6, are
near completion or at least are
nearing production form," said
Jack Bailey, production director,
when Interviewed yesterday, “and
all because the cast which, inci
dentally, is al) local talent takes
•o easily and quickly to the inter
esting history of Jackson county
and are conscientious and aggress
ive in rehearsals ’*
The pageant, which will include
a prologue, 12 episodes and a fin
ale, will depict the history of this
county from the time when it was
inhabited only by Indians up until
the present day.
The Ashland
American Legion and its auxiliary
will portray the first wedding in
Jackson county, attired in the
dress of that day consisting of
tight-fitting pants and airplane
collars for the men and beautiful
hoop skirts for the ladies. And,
according to Bailey, they are
beautiful.
An Indian scene, which will be
set up before the eyes of the aud
ience in less than two minutes,
will portray the four Indian tribes
in Jackson county when the first
settler’s wagon train arrived and
will show Indian signal fires,
dances, wrestling, gambling and
Indian songs along with a full In
dian village made up of teepees,
fires, canoes and other Indian
equipment.
Americanism To Be Featured
Because of the stress placed on
people by the wars across the seas,
a great deal of Americanism will
be featured. A flag ceremony; a
group of American girls, who will
give an elaborate drill; the Amer
ican Jackies, a group of 16 young
ladies. will take part in a num
ber. and the Trail Riders' club,
mounted on picked horsed and
with a color guard, will put on a
drill of their own choosing, all to
be a part of the Americanism idea.
A distinct feature of the pro
duction will be a ballet by 30 girls,
taught and directed by Bailey,
who is proving to be a versatile
and energetic pageantmaster .
The grand finale will form a
huge wheel of life and each epi
sode that has gone to make up
the history of this community will
be depicted by a human spoke.
The entire high school athletic
field will be used for the portrayal
and the wheel will be rimmed by
the Ladies of the States, USA
Girls and the American Jackies.
At a signal from the queen of
the pageant—who has not yet
been selected—the huge living
wheel will revolve slowly and that,
together with the colorful cos
tumes. will make up a sight never
to be forgotten.
The cast, which numbers nearly
♦00 persons and ranges from six-
year-olds to men and women who
were here when some of the his
torical events portrayed took
place, have been rehearsing morn
ing. afternoon and night under the
careful tutelage of Bailey in the
junior high auditorium.
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• Mr and Mrs. Frank Travis of
Shelton. Wash , visited here Wed
nesday with Mr. and Mrs Harry
Travis.
SEEN IN A DAZE
DR. RALPH POSTON, in 10-
gallon sombrero, emphatically
saying "I am NOT a horse doc
tor!"
VIRGIL and LUCILLE JACK-
SON.
DON
and
DONNA
SEARS and CLARA PEDER
SON sun burning themselves till
they looked like fugitives from
a restaurant window full of
BEN TANNER being desert
ed by LEE RYAN with a hus
band due any minute.
PARKER HESS wearing a
cowboy hat so he will look like
a bull-thrower, too.
CHARLES PETRI showing
up at the Monday softball games
in a half-gallon hat.
ETHEL HENRY locking her
self out and calling in the fire
• Mr. and Mrs. Elton Ramsay of department for assistance.
Klamath Falls visited here Wed
BILL SNIDER complaining
nesday at the home of Mrs. Maude because his ears get tired hold
Ruger.
I ing up hla cowboy hat.