7Á« 11« I TH full I'liitrriH) assistance *’ pledged to the allies, the Unit- nt States him one foot In the war an *$•$• 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 1 1 The g 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. ------------- •------------- • Mrs. E H. Poole visited with friends in Klamath Falls Monday. ------------------------- ----- ..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 ------------- •------------- 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 Kzer. 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. ------------- •------------- • 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.