nt
|dOW, when politics rear« it*
ugly hcaii, it promptly »tart«
ducking the vegetables.
The
rough-und-tumbie day» are here,
with a bushy forelock.
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M<»«t of Oregon'« daJv paper»
have gone over to support nl Wiil-
kle in the presidential race, which
means nothing- more significant
than that the journal»* buaine«»
office« have been heard.
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Volume IX_______________________________ ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1940_______________________________ Number 40
BATTERY B GETS
FAVORABLE NOB
IN FIRST REVIEW
The Ja|>ane«e accuse Canada of
By JACK BENTLEY
fostering anti-Jap sentiment, but
a« far aa moot folk« can determine, DATTWIY Hi 101 guardsmen
the neighbor« to the north will
caine through their first show
iiave to get up early to beat the down inspection with a near
Japanese at that.
feet record at Camp Clatsop
urday morning as Col. Clifton M.
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Irwin, commanding officer of the
Congre«« is planning a aerie» of 249th Coast Artillery inspected the
short recesses instead of adjourn kitchen, the tents and the soldiers
ment "because of the national for any deficiencies he could find
emergency," which is the reason
Except for three flic« found in
most folks who've watched the the kitchen and minor deficiencies
legislators' antics wish they'd go in the ranks the boys were perfect
home and stay there.
<n every way. Captain Bentley was
very well pleased with the inspec-
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Clark Wood boasts that Weston ’. II and believes that a little ex-
hunter« have never yet mistaken perience by the recruits will iron
a man for a deer, but what is al >>ut the wrinkles and produce one
most as bad. one once mistook >f the best units ever to come out
>f Ashland.
(Sark for an editor.
Most of ths. time last week was
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«pent in getting settled and brush
Dictators, ignoring America as ing up on infantry drill The first
though we didn't count, forgot regimental parade was held Sept
26. but the weather has prevented
this is a census year.
further parades.
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First guard duty for many of
With a majority of the daily the boy« came Satuniay and Sun-
press endorsing Willkie and glibly lay. Battery B had to furnish six
forecasting his success at the polls sergeants, six corporal«, one bugler
in November this little weekly’« «nd 51 privates and privates first
advice is "Brothers, remember the -la««. Two sergeants and eight
Literary Digest!"
privates were drtailed to military
[M>lice duty in Seaside and Astoria,
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while the rest of them walked post
If l*t>werh<>u«e Willkie continues n camp.
to show voters a busy pair of
Except for a few who went to
tonsils until election day ttoose- town Sunday night the boys spend
velt then certainly will show him most of their spare time washing
a clean pair of heels
clothes, reading, and doing bunk
fatigue over the week-end. Several
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Windy Wendell, during his cam- are expected to go to the sur
jadgn tour, has made every prom rounding cities thia next week-end
ise but the one that would get him providing guard duty misses us.
Infantry drill and instruction on
some votes a pledge to keep his
the management and firing of the
mouth shut for four years.
six-inch disappearing rifle is ex
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pected to occupy most of the time
Present-day
conditions
drive this week. As soon as possible it is
home the realization that people hoped that the boys will be able
prefer wishful thinking to the in to go over for dummy drill on the
gun in order to gain more practi
convenient truth.
cal experience tn the Hne of work
which will occupy their time for
the next 11 and one-half months
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VOTERS RUSH
TO REGISTER
Cognizant of the fact that after
Saturday evening registration of
voters for the general election
Nov ft will close, more than 150
persons have qualified to cast
UNtar ballots during last 10 days,
according to Homer Billing«, reg
istrar for the Ashland area
Voters wishing to qualify for
the presidential election must reg
ister before close of business Sat
urday evening, Oct. 5 The Billings
Agency office will be open from
N a m to 6 p. m., with the excep
tion of the lunch hour, both today
and tomorrow to enable as many
voters to register as wish.
1'crsons who must register to
entitle them to vote include:
Those who will have reached
the age of 21 on election day and
are not already registered.
Those who failed to vote in 1938
Those who have moved since the
last election.
Those who will have established
a six-month residence tn the state
on election day.
Newly naturalized citizens.
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RALPH W. SWARTSLEY
Ashland Soldiers Get
Promotions at Camp
Members of Battery B, 249th
Coast Artillery, receiving promo
tions this week include the follow
ing Ashland men:
Private, first class. William A.
Hoxie to sergeant; private, first
class, Steve M Fowler, to serg-
oant; private, first class, Howard
H. Smith, to mess sergeant; pri
vate, first class, Kenneth E. Schil
ling, to corporal, and private, first
class, Paul W Garren, to corporal.
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l*OSTM ASTER URGES PEN
ACTIVITY DURING WEEK
John H. Fuller, Ashland post
master. yesterday sought to re
mind Ashland people that starting
Sunday, Oct. 6, national letter
writing week will get under way,
to continue through Oct. 12.
"The occasion is an appropriate
time for those who have put off
answering or writing personal cor
respondence to make written
amends to their friends and rela
tives," declared the postmaster.
"We of the Ashland post office are
anxious to see local ¡tatrons make
fullest use at the postal facilities
and we know that personal corre
spondence during thia week—or
at any time, for that matter, will
bring very gratifying result» in
warmer friendships ahd associa
tions."
Funeral services for Ralph W
Swartsley, 58, who died Oct. 1 at
his home here, were held at 3
p. m Oct. 2 at the Litwiller Fun
eral home with the Rev. J. C.
Whitsett officiating. Interment
was in Mountain View cemetery.
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Mr. Swartsley is survived by his
"COLLEGE
STUDENT”
widow, Edith, of Ashland, and
SALESMEN < IASSIFIED
three children Bert, student at
O8C, VerNetta of Salem and Joye
Magazine salesmen will be given
of Ashland.
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closer scrutiny in Ashland in the
future, according to Chief of Po
KATHERINE POTTER
lice C. P. Talent, who this week
Funeral service« for Mrs. Kath stated that prosecution awaits any
erine Potter. 85, who died Sept. 29 salesman of that type or solicitor
in Dunsmuir, were held at 2 p. m. misrepresenting himself or herself
Oct. 2 at the Utwiller Funeral to have local sponsorship in house-
home with the Rev. Claude E. to-house canvassing for the pur
Sayre officiating. Interment was pose of sales.
in Mountain View cemetery.
Thursday the chamber of com
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merce reported to police, upon
complaints of householders, that
a crew of young women has been
working Ashland this week, re
and Companion
presenting themselves as relatives
or proteges of prominent Ashland
Are Invited to Be Quests of the
men and women, in an effort to
Southern Oregon Miner sell magazine subscriptions and
"establish themselves in hospitals
To See Their Choice of
as nurses" or otherwise gain some
the Following
prestige by their method of sales.
No provision is made for penaliz
Varsity Theater
ing honest and straightforward
salesmanship, Chief Talent said,
Programs:
but every effort will be made to
(Friday and Saturday)
apprehend anyone playing on the
sympathies of residents by false
"SAFARI”
tales of local acquaintanceship and
"CHARLIE CHAN AT THE
sponorship, he concluded.
WAX MUSEUM"
•
Please Call at The Miner Office
for Your Guest Ticket«
SOCE GETS $8400
GRANT WPA COIN
FOR NEW WORKS T
IV ORD has just been received
’ from the Works Progress ad
ministration in Washington, D. C„
indicating that approval has been
granted for an allotment of $8400
for the Southern Oregon College
of Education, according to Dr.
Walter Redford, president
It was indicated that work
would start within the next two
weeks and that 29 men would be
employed on the project which
would last for three months.
The bulk of the allotment will
be used for the completion of the
basement in the physical educa
tion building New additions to be
completed will include the follow
ing: A new office and dressing
room for the women's physical
education director; a new and
completely furnished issue room
for women; a substantial increase
in the size of the chemistry labor
atory. a shower room for men Ana
three new dressing rooms for men,
a new and well equipped laundry
room to handle all work of the
gym suit service; a boxing and
wrestling room for men; an activ-
ity room which will be used for
corrective dancing »nd recrea
tional games for women, and one
large general store room for col
lege use
In addition to the work in the
giymnasium, extensive landscape
work on the upper part of the
campus will be undertaken This
will include excavation for two
new tennis courts, grading a road
to the proposed site for the new
girls’ dormitory and a leveling of
the landscape at the site of the
proposed dormitory. T. F. Lock
hart. superintendent of grounds
and buildings on the campus, will
be general supervisor of the new
project which will fill a long felt
need on the part of the college,
according to Marshall E. Woodell,
registrar
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IE young lady whom Lowell holds the record for crossings on
Thomae, famous radio commen the China Clipper, chalking up 14
trips to date.
tator. is congratulating has just
The Oriental note of the evening
won s nation wide esaay contest and
embarks shortly for a trip to Chung was carried out from the decora
king. China, via the China Clipper, tions (a formal Chinese garden at
with a check for 11.200 (part ot Autumn Festival time) to the fa
the prize) tucked into her purse. vors and programs bound in Chi
The other two smiling in the rear nese brocade and valuable pieces of
are second and third prize winners. treaty silk. The winners and invited
guests of the China Essay Contest
It was Atting that Thomas, one were greeted by Fred L Black, di
of the distinguished judges of the rector of the Ford Exposition.
China Essay Contest, should lead
The happy top winner here is
the vanguard of congratulations, Minerva F. DesIng of Collings
dressed in the ceremonial robes of wood. N. J., graduate student at the
a Chinese gentleman. The awards University of Pennsylvania. The
took place at an exotic banquet in other winners were Richard E. Curl
the Ford Motor pavilion at the New ot Edison. Ohio, graduate atudent
York World's Fair, attended by at Ohio State University, who took
eighty men and women notable in second place with a prize ot $760;
American life including Pearl Buck, and Helen Averitt of Pasadena,
Rear Admiral H. E. Yarnell. Dr. California, a junior at Pasadena
Roy Chapman Andrews. Anna May Junior College, who took third prize
Wong. Dr. James Rowland Angell. with an award of $500.
Contest Director Pherbia Thomas
The contest was open to all stu
Thornburg, and the sponsor—Will dents of American colleges. Seventy
iam D. Pawley, president of the In percent of the accredited colleges
tercontinent Corporation, a long participated. Essays came in from
time resident of China. Pawley 4$ of the 48 states.
CITY EMPLOYES
GET PAY BOOST;
BUDGET IS CUT
0WEET MUSIC to taxpayers’
ears was played in Ashland by
a joint citizens and council budget
committee Wednesday night when
aproval of a $7089 slash was vot
ed. The estimated needs of the
city for 1941 were set at $42,029,
with tax rate reduced from 19.3
mills for the current year to 16.54
mills for the next 12 months. Re
tirement of bonds and consequent
savings in sinking fund were larg
est single factor in contributing
to the lower tax schedule, while
traditionally capable administra
tion of the city's business affairs
on the part of the mayor and
councilmen also played an import
ant part, budget committee mem
Scores Last Week
bers said.
Medford junior high 13 at Ash
Included in the budget figures
land junior high 0.
are pay restorations for all city
Ashland 0 at Grants Pass 0.
employes, which were championed
Corvallis 0 at Medford 25
by M. E. Kaegi and voted for by
Eugene 0 at Klamath Ralls 32.
Gaines Tonight
other committee members, includ
Grants Pass at Medford.
ing Chairman H. G. Enders,
Lassen Junior college at Klam George W. Dunn, Wirt Wright, .1
ath Falla.
P. Daugherty and J. H. Hardy.
Councilman Ralph Koozer oppos
PEAKS REVEAL EARLY
ed the pay boost, which in effect
SNOWFALL IN VICINITY was a restoration of cuts made
FOOTBALL!
An examiner of operators and
chauffeurs will be In the Ashland
city hall from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m.
Friday, Oct. 11, to issue licenses1
and permits to drive oare,
Mn. NeUls Powers.
EXAMINER COMING
So, You’re Going To China!
Donald F. Rosecrans of Hilt,
employe of the Fruit Grower« Sup
ply company, is being held in
Yreka
to
face
manslaughter
charges following verdict of a cor
oner's jury Sept 30 charging him
with criminal negligence tn the
hunting accident which cost the
life of Andrew Nelson, 17, of Yre
ka Saturday morning. The tragedy
took place in the Bogus mountain
region Rosec ran« was with his
hunting partner. Floyd Miller, also
of Hilt, and Nelson was hunting
in company with his father,
George Nelson, of Klamath River
employe of the Klamath National
Forest service.
Andrew Nelson was a senior at
the Yreka high school and a mem
ber of the football squad. Funeral
■ervices were held Monday with
hi« teammates as honorary j>all
bearers.
While the valley was enjoying
copious showers Wednesday, the
higher regions experienced winter
weather. Snow fell on Mt. Ash
land and other high points in the
vicinity, reminding residents that
"Old Man Winter" is just in the
offing.
Highway travelers coming Into
Ashland Wednesday reported pass
ing through snow flurries on the
Sisklyous, the fall being heavy
enough at times to make driving
difficult. In the Lake o' the Woods
and Applegate areas snow and hail
storms were reported for the first
time in U. S forestry bureau re
cords for any October 2.
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• Hiram Osterman made a deer
hunting trip to the Greensprings
Thursday.
• Mr. and Mrs. Dick Neill visited
recently in Myrtle Point with
relatives.
• Lowell Ager of Weyerhaeuser
visited here Wednesday with his
family.
• Mrs. Freddie Beck of M?dford
visited here Wednesday with her
mother, Mrs. Waive Enders.
• Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clause of
Medford visited here Wednesday
with friends.
• Norman and Richard Lamb of
Dunsmuir visited here Tuesday at
the home of their grandmother,
Marion Mann
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
"VIRGINIA CITY"
Hilt Man Is Held In
Death of Yreka Lad
Victim of Hunting
Old Timers’ Night To
Honor 40 Hiliah Men
Friday evening, Oct. 4, has been
proclaimed "old timers’ night” at
Hiliah Temple. The proclamation
was issued by Illustrious Poten
tate R D. (Hod) Eller, who states
that the 40 oldest members of the
temple in point of service will be
honored.
Ashland's Masonic temple will
be the scene of the gathering',
where at 6:45 p. m. a chicken
dinner will be served. This will be
followed by a program of special
entertainment including a band
concert,
reception of honored
guests and other features.
several years before during worst
of the depression, while Council
man W. J. Crandall did not vote.
Another item recommended by
the council and citizens' budget
committee i9 appropriation of $250
in addition to the regular band
fund to provide salary for a band
leader.
Total band department
budget as shown Wednesday eve
ning is $1520.
Increasing living costs was giv
en as a basis for restoring the
original salary status. This item
and the band salary were the only
increases noted in a budget that
had tentatively shaved approxi
mately $6,000 through reductions
in the various city departments.
SCHOOL BOARD
APPROVES NEW
ATHLETIC FIELD
THEO J. NORBY, Ashland school
superintendent, late last week
announced school board approval
of plans for a $20,000 athletic
field improvement. Plans Include
turfing the present football field,
construction of a 1000-seat cover
ed grandstand where the former
grandstand stood, addition of a
banked quarter-mile track, full
size turfed baseball field, outfield
of which will serve as practice
area for football.
Of the $20,000 estimated ex
penditure, $12,000 will come as a
WPA project, Norby said, while
the school district will be obligated
for about $8000. Work of grading
school board property extending
from Mountain avenue to Morse
street is expected to get under
way within a month, with comple
tion planned in time for the 1941
football season Planting of turf
next spring will suspend softball
play on the football field next
summer while the grass develops,
it was explained.
The present gridiron will be cov
ered with suitable earth and
turfed, and the grandstand re
cently destroyed by fire will be
rebuilt to include locker and dress
ing rooms, showers and restrooms
for the public and will be of frame
construction.
The track, to be located in back
of the grandstand site, will include
a 100-yard straightaway and will
surround the baseball diamond,
which will measure 300 feet to
outfield boundaries from home
plate. A 60-foot foul area will ex
tend back from home plate, and
portable bleachers arill be con
structed for use along the baseball
foul lines, for seating during track
events and for additional seating
during football season.
The athletic plant will be one
of the most complete and compre
hensive in southern Oregon or
northern California and will pro
vide for every possible need of the
community for many years to
come. The announced plans came
as the result of school board pro
mises that development of athletic
facilities here would be made on
a large scale. Three years ago field
lights were added to the football
gridiron as the first step in mod
ernization.
Howard Perrin of Klamath Falls
has been engaged to draw plans
for the field house-grandstand, and
athletic directors, school authori
ties and faculty members from
here and outside schools and col
leges have been consulted in out
lining the improvements.
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KEEP GUTTERS CLEAR
Mayor T. S. Wiley has issued
an appeal to residents of the city
to refrain from raking leaves and
other refuse into the gutters. Such
practice results in clogged drains,
which makes added work for the
street cleaning department and
gives the city an untidy appear
ance. "I appeal to the pride of
residents to keep up Ashland’s
high standard of appearance,” the
mayor stated.
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SEEN IN A DAZE
By Onr
KEYHOLE
REPORTES
Layout of New Field Plan!
ASHLAND’S new athletic plant, as outlined by the school board
over the week-end, will be arranged as shown by the above
sketch. left is outlined the present gridiron between Mountain and
Blane, which will be turfed, while the center rectangle indicates
where the new grandstand will be erected. To the right (which will
be due west of the foothall field) is indicated layout of the track
and baseball infield, with a 300-foot turfed outfield. The entire
1 property will be fenced. (Linoleum block courtesy the Rogue New».)
ELDON CORTHELL letting
his hunting partner, GEORGE
SHAFFER, slit throats of two
bucks because, as a barber, he*»
had practice.
MAX (Birdseed) DE MULE
awakened from a resting snooze
while on a hunting trip by a big
four-point buck, which wouldn’t
wait for a shot.
CLINT DUNLAP claiming to
be the only democrat living on
Granite street.
SGT. LAWRENCE RUDE and
SGT. HARRY HOXIE being
shocked loose from their hash
marks when a female imperson
ator invaded an Astoria men's
sanctuary.
PVT. EMERICK JONES so
nervous when a colonel stopped
in front of him during regiment
al review he was unable to an
swer the query, "Are you
scared?"
JOHNNY DAUGHERTY de
vising a two-faced campaign
button with remote control to
avoid customer-irritation.
RAY MARKS, gas truck driv
er, giving extra service to a
kerosene customer.