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WITH
BUTCHERY
rampant
’’ over much of Europe and
Asia, dead men have broken their
silence to tell an awful tale.
111
New model car* are reaching
the dealer« and prospective buyers
again are figuring how hard those
easy payments will be.
111
Art (Hie) Powell, Central IMnt
American editor and mayor, has
taken up riding to fires on his
town's truck, emulating New
York's Mayor LaGuardia in every
thing except politic*, in which Art
•till is carrying a torch for Hoov
er, lauidon and Willkie. Art ought
to get his head out <»f tbe ink pot
long enough to look around hi*
office and his community and *ee
whether the new deal Is the "fali-
ura" he hopes it Is.
111
Southern Oregon hunter* have
had pretty good luck this year,
drilling more buck deer than
_ _ back some
neighbor* and bringing
of 2 horns
of
fine sets _2
------- ~ instead
2—2—
sprouting 'em themseive*.
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Ashland enthusiasts *cnt a box
of faiuy apples to Wendell Will
kie as he jxssed through a neigh
boring city over the week-end and
if the republican candidate find«
any worms in 'em we'll be glad to
take th* credit
1 1 f
Editor Bob Ruhl of the Medford
Mail Tribune last week declared
Willkie is the answer to hi* dream
and if that's so we're gonna swear
off those thick steak dinner* just
before bedtime.
111
Wfiil* tnurtng •>>* fmilful weal
Windy Wendell morning, noon and
night has been indulging tn a
steady diet of speeches and cream
111
One of the political campaign's
most Interesting development* has
neen the affectionate embraces be
ing given th* third-term "tradi
tion" by senator* serving their
fourth, fifth and sixth terms. Will
kie, too, seems to have developed
an amorous attachment for th*
lack of third terms among prev
ious presidents The effort to ex
ploit the inability of other first
citizen* to make their popularity
with voter* extend beyond an
eight-year period i* beginning to
wear thin as a recommendation
for Roosevelt's successor and more
and more voter* are deciding that
it is time for a change only when
a better man oomes aloog.
1 1 1
Radio, too, has contributed its
share toward the annoyance and
irritation of an election year, the
average politician apparently be
lieving listener*' have large ear*
and «mall brains.
1 1 1
Candidate Willkie, on his ewing
around the wes*, ha* been inviting
party member* to join his rah en
tourage from place to place, in
the hopes he’H be able to take tbe
whole country for a ride after Nov.
5.
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Southbound Train To
Hasten ’Frisco Run
Southbound schedule of South
ern Pacific « Shasta to San Fran
cisco will be cut 15 minutes and a
new schedule will become effect
ive Sunday. Sept 29, which will
put the train into San Francisco
one hour earlier than now applies,
according to S. J. Bailey, local
agent.
i
Under the new schedule the
Shasta will depart from Ashland
at 5:30 p. m. instead of 8:15 p. m.
and it will arrive in San Francisco
at 7:50 a. m instead of 8:50 a. m.,
the announcement stated.
Northbound schedule wll be
inchanged The Shasta will leave
San “
Francisco at ‘ 8:35
------ p. m. and
will arrive in Ashland at 10:10
next morning.
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NAMUEL TILLEY
Funeral services for Samuel Til
ley, 97, who died Sept. 19, were
held at 2:30 p. m Sept. 23 at the
Litwiller Funeral home with Dr.
George W. .Bruce officiating In
terment was in Mountain View
cemetery.
Samuel Tilley was Ashland's
last Civil war veteran and 1* sur-
vived in Ashland by hi* widow,
Edna and two sons, Ira and R om .
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E. B. Handsaker
and Companion
Ar* Invited to Be Guests of ths
Southern Oregon Miner
To See Their Choice of
the Following
Varsity Theater
Programs:
(Friday and Saturday)
■FLORIAN”
“LUCKY CISCO KID”
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
"RETURN OF
FRANK JAMES"
Please Call at Th* Miner Offloe
for Your Guest Tickets
Volume IX
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1940
One of Last Official Acts!
20 TO ATTEHU |m.
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To Motorists Here As
SAFE DRIVING I Police Curb Speeding
gAFE DillVING courses, featur
ing instruction in every phase
of motor vehicle operation, will
open at the high school practice
field at 2:55 p. m. Tuesday, Oc*.
1, with Chauncey Del French of
the traffic safety division of the
department of state in charge. The
courses are under the sponsorship
of Earl Snell, secretary of state,
whose Interest has long been cen
tered on traffic safety and driver
education.
According to French, 20 Ash
land persons already have signi
fied their intention of taking the
series of five lessons. Seventeen
students and three adults will
form next Tuesday's class, which
will be an sxceptionaJly good at
tendance for a city of Ashland's
else, said French.
The series of lessons will cover
complete practical instruction tn
driving, with cars being used by
students an the practice field
away from all traffic The sub
jects covered will include proper
starting and stopping, backing,
traffic rules and regulations, par
allel parking and hill starts.
French will bo existed tn his
instruction work by a mentor of
the Ashland police force. Fifteen
high «choola in a<mthem Oreron
will be offered the driving school,
with other cities including Bonan
za, Bly, Lakeview, Merrill, Malin,
Chiloquin, Klamath Falla. Henley,
Talent, Jacksonville, Central Point,
Rogue River, Grant* I'ass and
Kerby.
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Fuller Urges Catch-up
On Writing of Letters
Attention to National Letter
Writing week has been called to
th* people of Ashland by Post
master J. H. Fuller. October 8 to
12 Is the date set opart for this
obs.-rvation and Fuller emphasizes
tbs oportunity offered for estab
lishing of a local record of
publicity.
Correspondence with long-neg
lected friends and acquaintances,
containing local data as well a*
personal reminiscences, is advo
cated by the postmaster a* a
medium for stimulating the cam
paign.
GRANGES PLAN
YEARLY FAIRS
Members of Bellview and Talent
Granges, sponsors of the Southern
Jackson county fair held at the
Bellview Grange hall last Saturday
and Sunday, have announced their
Intention of bolding a fair next
year with a view to making it an
annual event. Decision was reach
ed after checking on attendance
and interest, both of which were
found encouraging.
Farmers and housewives were
generous tn providing exhibits of
a high order and displays were ar
ranged in an attractive manner.
Fruits, vegetables, grains, flowers,
canned goods, baked goods and
other items lined the walls and
tables of the Bellview school . play
building, while the Grange hall
was utilised for exhibiting art
goods.
Working with Hndted funds,
most of which were used for prem
ium awards, the Grangers were
mainly concerned with the exhib
its. These were in ptace Friday
night and when Saturday after
noon visitors arrived they found
the ribbons pinned to winning
articles.
Attendance on Saturday was
comparatively light, although the
sponsors expressed satisfaction
with the number who viewed the
exhibits that day. Sunday found
many people of the oounty congre
gating at Bellview, where more
han 200 partook of the chicken
dinner served by the ladies of the
Grange. Church services were held
at the fair, the sermon being de
llvered
Cla
livered by Dr. Claude
E. Sayre of
Trinity Episcopal 1 church. Music
was supplied
.led by a male quartet
oom, iposed of Dr. C. F. Titton, G.
H. Iso, V. D. Miller and Robert
Lytle. Following ths services the
crowd mingled in general visiting
and in viewing and discussing the
exhibits
An outstanding feature of the
agricultural exhibits was the pro
fusion of gladioli, most of which
were produced in and near Talent.
The flower* were used in decorat
ing the hall and supplementing
many of the fruit and vegetable
displays. Another feature was the
targe plaque at the head of the
hall, constructed of kernels of
com, using Indian com kernels to
form the letters and the lighter
colors to form the background In
presenting the Bellview and Talent.
GranfM.
Speeding through school zone*
brounght the call of the siren to
i »everal motorist« in Ashland over
I the week-end, three drivers being
arrested by city police for viola
tion of the baai<' rule, while an
other was brought to court for
reckless driving Police also nab
bed one transient for larceny of
personal property and another for
being drunk.
Joseph E. Spayde of Ashland
paid a |1 fine and *2.50 costs in
Judge C. O. Presnail's court Tues
day for speeding through a school
zone on Siskiyou boulevard. Ar
thur J. McDowell of Ban Francis
co Monday forfeited *5 ball on a
basic rule violation on Siskiyou
boulevard Bunday, and Elmer Roy
Yerington of Buckhorn Mineral
Springs was a sseseixl *1 fine and
*2 50 costs by Judge Presnall
Monday for violating the basic
rule.
Issabelle Barron of this city
early Saturday was arrested by
city police on a change of reckless
driving and paid a fine of *2.50
and *2.50 costs in city court later
in the day, and had her driving
license suspended for 30 days.
Norris D. Kimball of Estacada,
Or*., Tuesday was arrested for
being drunk on private property
and his *10 fine and *2 50 costs
were suspended on condition be
leave town.
George Goodwin,
transient, was sentenced to 30
uays in the county jail by Juatiej i
<>f the Peace M. T Burn« Tues
day on a charge of larceny of per
sonal property from an A street
cafe.
COLLEGE WIU Import of Hawaii
START LECTURE
COURSES OCT. 5 To US Stressed By
"FOUNDATIONS tn Curriculum,”
a course carrying regular uni
versity or college credit and at
special interest to teachers and
students of education problems,
will be available to residents of
Ashland during the coming months
through the facilities of the gen
eral extension division of the Ore
gon state system of higher educa
tion, according to information
received here today from W. G.
Beattie, in charge of preparations.
Dr. Hugh B. Wood, professor of
education at the University of
Oregon, will teach the course,
which will carry two hour* of
credit. Classes will meet on alter
nate Saturdays, starting Oct. 5. at
Southern Oregon College of Edu
cation Hours will be 9 to 11
o'clock in the morning, and 1 to 3
o'clock in the afternoon.
Dr. Wood's lectures will covet
the significant forces affecting
curriculum planning and develop
ment in the modem school. The
implications of basic social, philo
sophical and psychological factor*
in such planning and development
will also be discussed. An apprais
al will be made of the present cur
riculum and significant proposal«
for it* improvement, as well as of
outstanding trends in the several
experience areas of the learner.
Thoe« Interested Should be on
hand for the first meeting of the
class. Dr. Beattie said. The Gen
eral Extension Division, Univers
ity of Oregon, Eugene, will answer
questions for those desiring fur
ther information.
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RAIN POSTPONES JUNIOR
GRID GAME TO OCT.
s
The Ashland - Medford junior
high football game, scheduled for
the Ashland field last night, was
postponed because of rain and lack
of grandstand facilities for spec
tators. The two teams will tenta
tively meet next Thursday night
at 8 o’clock on the Ashland grid
iron.
Coach Al Simpson of the Ash
land juniors 1* well pleased with
the way his boys have improved
so far this season and expects
them to make a fine account of
tliemselvM when the weather per
mit* them to meet their foe* from
Medford.
Simpson report* that Na squad
is holding up well under stiff
scrimmage sessions and show a
lot of "Mwy” on the many play*
with which the mentor is drilling
his club.
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FOOTBALL!
Last Week’s Results:
North Bend 0 at Grants Paas 18.
Weed, Calif., 19 at Medford 41.
Commerce of Portland 8 at Kla
math Fadis 26.
Games Tonight:
Ashland at Grants Pass.
Corvallis at Medford.
Eugene at Klwnath Falls.
• Mr. and Mr*. I^eonard Patter
son are the parents of a daughter,
Patricia Ellen, bom at the Oom-
¡munity hospital.
Island Authority
TTNCLE BAMS largest county»-
io
government is
not zss*
on fho
the principal defense outpost in the
mainland. Los Angeles to the con Pacific. No nation can successfully
trary. This nation's greatest de attack the mainland from the west
fense stronghold likewise is not on so long as this strong mid-ocean
the continental portion of the base remain* intact, he contended.
country. And the farm wage scale With a powerful fleet, an air base
of the continent is not to be com second to none, and a highly-
pared with that of the nation's trained army to man the fortifi
one territory, the Hawaiian Isl cations, the islands present a for
ands. These and many other inter midable defense for the entire
esting facte were presented to a coast line.
small but highly appreciative au
Inland Trade Important
dience by the Hon Lawrence M.
Another point brought out by
Judd, former governor of the isl
ands, at a -chamber of commerce the speaker was that in trade with
forum meeting in the banquet the mainland the islands stood
room of the Lithia hotel Thursday fourth the past year. This import
ant fact and many other* recited
evening.
Reciting briefly the history of by Judd led his auditor* to believe
the islands from their earliest es that the import of his talk and the
timated settlement by the Poly object of his lecture tour is state
nesians hundreds of years ago, hood for the islands.
C. M. Lit wilier presided at the
down through the years following
their rediscovery by Captain Cook meeting and after offering apol
and
their development, Judd ogy for the small attendance, call
stressed the importance of this ed on Mayor T. s Wiley to ex
small Pacific empire to the main press greeting* to the visitors.
Mr*. Judd was introduced and was
land.
Referring to the largest county followed by her husband.
government, he explained that Ho
nolulu's oounty seat jurisdiction
extends out to and embraces Mid
way island. He believes that to be
the meet extensive county govern
ment in the world. As to the de
fense claim, the best fortified spot
in the world is Pearl Harbor,
where the United states govern
At the close of the first day of
ment already has spent many mil registration at the Southern Ore
lions of dollars and will continue gon College of Education, reports
to spend millions t<> make this the
show that a total of 233 students
nation's safeguard in the Pacific. have registered. This is a slight
Lt la the only spot today where increase over last year, at which
a complete army division is locat- [ time there were 229 students
ed and this division is the moat; registered.
highly mechanized unit of the
It is interesting to note that in
army.
spite of the leaving of the National
Guard and the passing of the con
Hawaiian* Heavy Taxpayer*
scription bill, there is an increase
Hawaii’s sugar industry is cred in the number of men students and
ited with establishing a farm wage a decrease in the number of
scale far in advance of the average women. Last year there were 86
paid farm worker* on the main men students and 143 women stu
land. Whereas the mainland work dents registered on the first day of
er enjoys an average of seven registration; this year there > are
women
months’ employment annually for 107 men students and 126 wo
which he receives *300, the island students registered.
er works on a 12-months basis and
Registration will continue until
receive* approximately *650. The Oct 12, but a late registration fee
plantations provide living quar must be paid.
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ter«, maintain schools and church
es, as well as looking after enter 9 Mr and Mrs. Herman Helm and
tainment feature* for their labor daughters wore called to Portland
er*.
Tuesday by the serious illness of a
One fact the speaker asked his relative.
hearer* to remember and that is • Mrs. Gertrude Wilmeth was re
that the people of the Hawaiian cently employed by the Betty Jane
Island* are Americans—and good Dress shop.
Americans, he emphasized. They • Frances Webb returned recent
pay taxes into the coffers of the ly from Eugene and will attend
national government and have no the Southern Oregon College of
voice in the expenditure of reve- Education.
nue*. Since becoming a part of f* Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Reinbold
this government the islands have and Joyce returned this week from
paid *178,000,000 more into the a vacation in Canada.
United States treasury than the
Mrs William Fisher of Mon
government has spent in the is: tague was a recent visitor at the
and*, even Including the great home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Jack-
eon.
Pearl Harbor development.
With world conditions what they • Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Walker are
are at the present time, Judd plac the parents of a daughter, Linda
ed special emphasis on the Ha Ruth, bom at their home in Bell-1
waiian Island* a* the country'3 view Sunday.
MEH STUDENTS
GAIR AT SOGE
Number 39
GUARDSMEN GET
PLAUDITS HERE
WITH FAREWELL
ASHLANDS contribution to the
cause of national defense. Bat
tery B, was given a rousing fare
well Sunday night, when hundreds
of citizens turned out to accomp
any the unit to the depot. From
the armory on Oak street to East
Main, cars lined both sides of the
streets, and a long procession fol
lowed in the wake of the regularly
formed parade to the depot.
Scheduled to leave Ashland at
2:45 o'clock Monday morning, the
battery was prevailed upon to in
clude a parade as part of the fare
well activities before departing for
a year in training camp. Headed
by the city band, the unit left the
armory about 10 o’clock, beading
north to Water street, on' to the
Plaza and up Main street to East
Main, thence down Fourth street
to the station.
Dr. Arthur 8. Taylor was in
charge of the brief program at the
depot. He reminded the soldiers
that he and numerous other* in
the large crowd answered a sim
ilar call tn the days of the first
world war, excepting that it was
actually war calling them wherein
he trusted that the present contin
gent will be faced with nothing
more serious than training routine.
Mayor T S. Wiley «*»**» a brief
talk in which, speaking for the
people of Ashland, he expressed
appreciation to the men of Battery
B for their unselfish gift of a year
of their time to the cause of na
tional defense Commander Herb
Moore of the American Legion
spoke in a similar vein.
LL-CoL Clyde G. Young and
Capt Hubert B. Bentley spoke in
behalf of the soldiers, Bentley
drawing generous applause when
he emphasized the importance of
the soldier* in the rank*. Private
Harold Baughman was cheered
when he mounted the improvised
platform to speak as one of the
men in the ranks. Baughman stat
ed he believed he and his comrades
were taking the right step and
that they expected to derive great
benefit from their year tn the
army.
The cerem-mies were brought to
a close with a prayer by Rev. J.
H. Edgar, followed by playing of
The Star Spangled Banner by the
band.
Battery B members were guests
of the Varsity theatre at a mid
night matinee following which the
unit entrained for Fort Clatsop.
Several members of the company
left Sunday for camp, making the
trip in private car*.
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Junior High Gets
New Shop Tutor
M. L. Kathan, who recently ac
cepted the position of shop instruc
tor at the junior high school, as
sumed his duties Monday morn
ing. Wathan, a married man with
three children, has been operating
a printing office at Cornelius, Ore
He is a graduate of Southern Ore
gon College of Education, receiv
ing his certificate in 1931.
He
taught in Cornelius from 1935 to
1939
H. C. Rude, whom Kathan suc
ceeds, resigned from Ashland jun
ior high sebol to accept the prin-
dpalahip of the high school at
Butte Falls.
The new instructor is much in
terested in young people and
states that he is looking forward
to a pleasant year's work with the
junior high students.
cal M c C lellan , harry
McNAIR and FRED TAYLOR,
jilted in the woods for several
seasons, returning from the hunt
with their chests out and deer
meat over their shoulders.
MIKE
WOLCOTT
telling
JACK HALFHILL to keep his
chins up.
BILL BARKER claiming he’s
the one that doesn't bite.
BERT MILLER amending the
famous Hoover slogan, “two
chickens in every pot and two
cars in every garage,” to fit
Willkie: "Two light meters on
every porch and two hands in
every pocket.”
FLOYD DICKEY having him
self fitted with new glasses so
he can see politic* more clearly.