U
A M/r OF FOLKS who proudly
’ • proclaim "Thank God I’m an
American" forget It help» a lot if
they’re good one».
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In times like these, an alien
resident la a |«er»on anxious to be
come an American citizen because
of the obvious benefits while a
native-born citizen is the one who
spends most of his time criticizing
the greatest nation on <Mirth
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ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1940
Volume IX
SOCE GETS NOD
FOR ADDITIONAL
FLIGHT COURSES
Hiller has the same principles
M Mahatma Gandhi, claims Ger IVOHD has been received by
man propaganda, he just di esses ’’ school official» at the South
better.
ern Oregon College of Education
that the Civil Aeronautics authoi
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ity has designated the college as a
'Hie g<MMl old «lays were when training center for the restricted
mankind looked upon the Wright commercial course of the Civilian
brothers aS benefactor».
Pilots Training program for 1940-
41. This advanced training will
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From this side of the Pacific it be given during the fall and spring
is hard to distinguish whether that session».
The course Is divided Into two
noise from Tokyo is saber-rattling
(«art», a 12-hour ground course
or kneecaps knocking.
«o be given jointly oy the Houin-
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ern Oregon College of Education
Southern Oregon has been en and the tUghl instruction contrac
joying a Italmy Indian summer for tor, T. A. Culbertson Jr., and u
several wwks and natives are be- tu to 50 hour flight course wmen
1 inning to wonder if winter will is to be given by the flight in
come in with a warwhoop.
struction contractor.
The training may be offered to
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qualified applicants who aie no
One of the reasons why Wash .onger enrolled in college Appli
ington is considered to tie a great cant» accepted for Uie training
man is because, when he wanted must meet the full requliemenls
to throw something, he picked up they must be citizens of the
a dollar Instead of the bull.
Minted Blate», if naturalized they
must have attained full status
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To must navies, destroy era are United Blates citizen» on or before
their advance guards, but to the «Jet 1, 1930. They must pledge
Italian navy the shore batteries themselves to appiy for further
ilight training in the military ser
around port arc the front line.
vice of the United States They
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must have reached their 19tn
K politician who shows the moat out not their 26th birthday on or
promts«* generally is the one who before Oct. 1, 1940. They must
makes the most, the liars.
|M>a»eas a currently effective pri
vate pilot’s certificate obtained
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Only one terror more diabolical Jirougn satisfactory completion of
than the whistling bomb, as far as the private course in a previous
o-aaion of the Civilian 1*1 loti
we're concerned, would be one that
i raining program.
blew "Blueberry Hill."
Those still enrolled in college
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must have satisfactorily complet
Clark W ikx I of the We*ton ed at least one-half of the neces
Ix-udrr Is so uninformed he think» sary credits leading to a degree
buckshot Is used at Indian wed in an institution whose credits are
dings.
accepted by the United States
army
and navy from applicants
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A conservative, generally, is the for flight training Those no long
type of fellow who live» on bor er enrolled in college must have
rowed time, and charges eight per satisfactorily completed at least
one-half of the necessary credits
c ent Interest.
.eadlng to a degree in an institu
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tion whose credits are accepted by
Th» polities! ghouls now ara the United States army or navy
squeezing every possible bit of from applicants in flight training,
partisanship mud from the enlist as evidenced by transcript signed
ment of Elliott Roosevelt as a by the registrar for the institution
captain in the air corps in the where the necessary credits were
hoj>e of turning a few votes from completed.
his father to their candidate, and
They must be recommended for
the sight is not pretty. Perhaps the restrictive commercial train
favoritism has been shown a son ing by the Coordinator of Civilian
of the president, but there’s no Pilot Training and the flight in
<l<nving that each offspring of structor. They must pass a com
the nation's first citizen has un mercial Civilian Pilot training
deniable ability of hi» own, and flight physical examination and a
only the politically ambitious and complete eye examination which
economically jealous will think IncJudes refraction.
Ground and
twfce of tii.- incident
The low flight courses shall be scheduled
blows being punched at the Presi for completion by Jan 15. 1941.
dent are no credit to the republi
Any applicant who feel* that he
cans and the l*ortland Oregonian, can meet the necessary qualifica
usually among the fairest of jour tions should immediately contact
nals. has been out in front in the the Coordinator of Civilian Pilot
effort to get at FOR through Training on the campus of South
members of his family. Yet the ern Oregon College of Education,
GOP claim It is Roosevelt who fos according to Marshall E Woodell.
ters class hatred in America!
registrar.
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College Students Pick Teachers of County
Year’s Class Officers To Meet in Medford
In Special Groups
Student class elections were
held during the past week at the
Southern Oregon College of Edu-
catlon. The class officer» for the
year 1940-41 for the senior class
are: President, Dorothy Rees. Eu
gene; vice president, Helen Hough.
Klamath Falls; secretary, Ruth
lx»ugherty, Bend; treasurer, Lois
Firestone, Ashland; sergeant at
arms. Don Barnes, I’hoenix, and
faculty adviser. Otto J. Wilda, of
the art department.
Newly-elected junior class offi
cers are: President, Robert Shar-
yon, Ashland; vice president, War
ren Thompson, Ashland, and sec
retary-treasurer, Jean I^eonartl,
Medford. The faculty adviser is
Forest E Robinson of the English
department.
Freshmen class officers are:
President, Harry Pendleton of
Ashland; vice president. Robert
Hoofs, Butte Falls; secretary -
treasurer, Ruth Froman, Ashland,
and faculty adviser, Stephen E.
Epler, dean of men.
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Mrs. Hugo Reinbold
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)
"ABE LINCOLN IN
ILLINOIS"
"SAGA OF DEATH VALLEY”
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
"MY SON. MY SON"
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Please Call at The Miner Office
for Your Gueat Ticket»
Jackson County Intermediate
council will meet in the auditorium
of the court house in Medford at
11:15 a. m. Saturday. Oct. 12.
Marian Ady, art director at South
ern Oregon College of Education,
will discuss the new art course of
study. Miss Ady has recently re
turned from a year’s leave of ab
sence where she did further study
and research in art. This is a spe
cially important meeting and all
intermediate teachers are invited
to attend. Mrs. Daisy Lewis is pro
gram chairman.
Jackson County Upper Grade
council will meet in the auditorium
of the court house at 9 a. m. Sat
urday, Oct. 12. Gareth Goddard,
program chairman presiding. The
subject of geography and history
will be under discussion and plans
for the year will be discussed. All
upper grade teachers are invited
to attend.
The regular meeting of the
Jackson County Teachers’ chorus
will be held in the new music room
at Medford senior high school at
10 a. m. Saturday, Oct. 12.
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PREP FOOTBALL TO
AT 8:00 TONIGHT
SCHOOL, DRILL
OCCUPY GUARDS
FROM ASHLAND
By JACK BENTIJCY
INTENSIVE DRILL and school-
1 ing In various phases of army
training regulations featured an
other week of military training by
Battery B's 100 guardsmen Most
of the time is spent in schools with
some time occupied in infantry
drill formations
The soldiers’ day begins at 6 a
m. when reveille is sounded and
the boys are rolled out of their
trunk» Calisthenics and roll cal!
occupy the soldiers' time until
mes» call at 6:30 a. m.
After
breakfast an hour of good snappy
infantry drill braces the boys for
their day of schooling and instruc
tion. Various schools are alternat
ed each day so that no one sub
ject gets to be boresome for the
boys Among those schools which
are held each day are the follow
ing: Instruction in the use of
clothing and equipment, articles of
war I probably one of the most im
portant), shelter tent drill first
aid. use of automatic pistol, sec
ond, first and expert gunner's in
struction, personal hygiene, mili
tary courtesy, individual defense,
interior guard duty, use of weap
ons and anti-aircraft defense.
Most of the boys seem to enjoy the
Instruction they have received and
are anticipating their first trip
over to the big guns.
The following men were pro
moted from private to private
first class this week: George A.
Bullion. Ernest W Fieguth, Stan
ley H. Grosboll, Ellis H Neal and
Ardis Warren Sgt Laurence F.
Rude, who was made first serg !
eant last week, was left out of
the promotions listed in last !
week's issue so mention is hereby i
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made.
Battery B's company street was
the scene of a great deal of con ■
fusion and gaiety Tuesday morn
ing as the news was flashed
around the "grapevine" that pay |
day had finally arrived. The mon i
ey was alredy a week overdue,
consequently most of the boys
were a trifle short on “folding
money.”
Just before noon Tuesday it was
learned that this unit had been
assigned the anti-aircraft guns as
their secondary weapon First in
struction was held Tuesday after
noon with continued instruction to
follow during the rest of the week.
Battery B will continue to fire the
six-inch disappearing rifle as its
chief weapon, however.
PHOENIX MAN SEEKS POST
Ralph H. Wilcox, orchardist of
the I’hoenix district, and Fred
Rapp of Talent have filed for elec
tion to the poet of director of the
Talent Irrigation district and will
be voted on Nov. 12. The post held
by E. T. Newbry will be open, and
Newbry indicated he will not seek
reelection.
GETS ARMY CALL
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EXAMINER HERE TODAY
Students Interested in enrolling
in the Southern Oregon College of
Education may register up to and
Including Saturday, Oct. 12. Stu
dents registering for the first time
must furnish transcript of either
high school or college record prior
to registration.
Individuals interested in Civilian
Ihlot Training, either the prelimin
ary phase or the restricted com-1
mercial or advanced phase should
ascertain the particulars involved
in order that they might register
on or before Oct. 12, as the fall
classes in aeronautic« will begin
An examiner of Operators and
chauffeurs will be in the Ashland
city hall to issue licenses and per
mits to drive cars from 1 p. m. to
5 p. m. today. He will return here
in two weeks, Oct. 25, at which
time he will be in the city hall
during same hours.
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WARRANT IS ISSUED
Ashland police this week were
holding warrant for the arrest of
a John Doe Collins on charges of
assault with a dangerous weapon
filed by Harry McNair of this city.
The altercation was said to have
been the result of an argument
' over a dog Oct. 7.
Late Vote
VICTORY - BOUND
Registry KLAMATHITESTO
GET HOT TUSSLE
DEMOCRATS of the Ash
land arm made a display
of strength during the regis
tration period ending last Sat
urday, Oct. 5, according to
Registrar Horner Billings, who
handle« the recording work in
Ashland. Of the 6X9 voters re
gistering or reregistering dur
ing the flve-month period
since the primaries, 346 were
democrat» and 336 republic
an«, with eight registering a»
inde|M-nd«-nt.
Although Ashland has been
a traditionally republican com
munity, democrat« have been
making steady gains during
the last several years and this
fall’s registration totals will
bring the party division linen
even doser. The figures given
out by Billings are for regis
tration and reregistration dur
ing recent months only, but It
Is known that a number regis
tered republicans have chang
ed over to the democratic
ranks, particularly during fin
al few data of the registration
l>eriod and while the presldefi-
tial campaign has waxed the
hottest.
IxM-al deuMM-rats were high
ly pleaned.
(SOUTHERN OREGON confer
ence football makes its bow to
Ashland gridiron fans at 8 o'clock
tonight when the Klamath high
Pelicans, unbeaten in high school
competition this season, meet
Coach Leighton Blake’s Ashland
Grizzlies, also unbeaten this year.
The Pelicans have built up an en
vious record by taking Chico 13 to
6 with a last minute pass, trim
ming Commerce of Portland 26 to
<1 6. stopping the Eugene Axmen 32
to 0. and then taking on junior
college competition last week-end
when the Klamathites came out on
the short end of a 13 to 7 tally
with Lassen Junior college.
The Grizzlies have been tried
but twice this year and eked out
a 7 to 6 win in the opener at
Lakeview and bogged down to a
0 to 0 score with Grants Pass in
a rainstorm.
Head Coach Blake was doubtful
if Martin Herrin, »tar fullback,
will have recovered from injuries
sufficiently to start tonight. It
not, little Billy Elam will get the
call. Herrin has been suffering for
nearly three weeks with a bad
charliehorse and has been able to
practice but lightly. His eye, which
was injured in the Grants Pass
game, is still slightly tender but
the swelling has gone down and
nearly all discoloration disappear
ed.
Ken Caton, quarterback who
Democrats of southern Jackson suffered a twisted knee against
county planned to hold a series of the Cavemen, still is unable to
meetings today, starting at noon practice but the rest of the squad
with a luncheon at Hotel Ashland is in good condition. Donnie War
to which precinct members have ren is slated to get Caton's post
been invited by V. D. Miller, secre- tonight.
tary of the Jackson county central
The Klamath record speaks for
committee.
the strength of the Pelicans but
At 6 o'clock tonight democrats Blake says fans who have doped
will dine at the Medford hotel In Klamath Falls to smear the Grizz
the county seat, and at 8 p. m. a lies will be in for a surprise, as
general democratic pep meeting will the Pelicans.
will be held in the Townsend hall
Half-time entertainment will be
at 123 4 West Main street in provided by the high school drill
Medford.
State officials and team, under the direction of Miss
democratic candidates will be on June Brasted.
hand for the rally, and all demo
Starting lineups follow:
cratic committeemen and inter
K. Falls
ested persons are being urged to Ashland
Pos.
be present, said Miller.
Bergstrom
LE
Regina to
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Edmunson
Westerberg
LT
Randles............. .LG...
Rose
Hawk
C
Becker
Garrett
Webber
RG
Newbry............. RT .............. King
Fowler.............. RE ..... Patterson
Meeting with the Oregon state D. Warren....... Q.... ............. Love
highway commission in Portland Jandreau ......... LH
Christiansen
today is a delegation of Ashland Weaver............. RH
McCandliss
men beaded by Mayor T. S. Wiley Herrin............... . FB
Schortgen
urging approval of a plaza straigh
tening project for this city.
Accompanying the mayor are
City Attorney Frank Van Dyke,
Councilman Ralph Koozer and G.
M Green, who also will urge mod
ernization of the Sexton mountain
When the Ashland Chamber of
section of the Pacific highway as
soon as possible and will asx that Commerce secretary. Dean Pieper,
the highway department keep notified the Oregon state game
snow cleared from the Diamond commission that his office would
lake connection with The Dalles- discontinue handling hunting and
California highway during winter fishing licenses in 1941, the com
months to facilitate east-west tra mission asked immediate return
vel between that artery and the of licenses and all papers pertain
Pacific highway and Rogue valley ing to the service offered here for
[ several years.
points.
Fishing season for trout will end
The plaza straightening project
has been a moot topic in Ashland Sunday, but bird hunting season
for a number of years and many will open for pheasants Oct. 15
surveying crews have peeped I and for ducks and geese Oct. 16.
around the bottle-neck as the re Until some other local agency has
sult of previous visitations with been appointed, Ashland will be
and pleas to the highway commis without the license service, reason
sion, but to date no actual work for Immediate suspension here be
ever has been forthcoming. It has ing given as lack of bond for the
been said that cost of straighten secretary.
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ing project is prohibitive because
GETS TERM IN PEN
of purchase of business buildings
which the straightening work
W. F. Miller, ex-convict arrest
would make necessary.
ed here Saturday night after a
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bungling attempt to knock the
knob from the Ashland Lumber
JUGGED FOR JUGGING
James Zeigler of Salem Tuesday company safe, Thursday was given
afternoon was arrested by Ashland ”iree and one-half years in the
police on charges of being drunk state penitentiary when he ap-
and disorderly and was committed T eared before Circuit Judge H. D. i
to city jail when he was unable | Norton. Miller’s arrest followed a '
to pay a $10 fine and $2.50 court footrace with police and marked
costs assessed by Police Judge C. the first pinch of a safe-cracker,
here in many years.
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O. Presnail Wednesday.
COUNTY DEMOS
HOLD PEP TALKS
Number 41
DRUCE BAXTER
WILL ADDRESS
ED CONFERENCE
THE sixth annual educational
conference has been scheduled
for the campus of the Southern
Oregon College of Education Oct.
17 and 18.
This year the conference is
sponsored jointly by Jackson,
Josephine, Klamath and Lake
counties.
According to the executive com
mittee» of the county school super
intendents in participating coun
ties and Dr. Walter Redford, pres
ident of the local college, an ex
ceptional group of leading Pacific
coast educators and lecturers has
been secured to bring significant
development* in the field of edu
cation to the conference group.
The following feature speakers
have been secured for the two-day
conference: Dr. Bruce R. Baxter,
resident bishop of the Methodist
church, Portland area, and former
president of Willamette univers
ity; Dr. Frank Monk, professor of
history and social science at Reed
college; Dr. Theodore Kratt, dean
of the school of music at the Uni
versity of Oregon; Dr. Hugh B.
Wood, professor of education at
the University of Oregon; Miss
Harriett Long, Oregon state libra
rian; Dr. Henry H. Dixson, direct
or of the child guidance clinic at
the University of Oregon; Rex
Putnam, state superintendent of
public instruction; Mrs. Isabelle
Brixner, vice president, of the Ore
gon State Teachers association
and supervisor of rural schools in
Klamath county;
Miss Bertha
Kohlhagen. supervisor of home ec
onomics education, state division
of vocational education; Earl R.
Cooley, supervisor of agricultural
education in the state division of
vocational education; Miss Helen
Heffernan, chief of the division of
elementary education in the state
of California; Willard F. Walter,
special representative of federal
surplus marketing administration
and Dr D. V. Poling, high school
contact representative for the Ore
gon state system of higher educa
tion.
Home coming for graduates of
the Southern Oregon College of
Education will be held in connec
tion with the education conference
on Oct. 17 and 18.
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Fuller Points to Boost
In Postal Totals Here
Postmaster John Fuller yester
day commented
on
“splendid
gains" being made by the Ashland
post office during the last 10
years.
Postal receipts here for July,
August and September of this
year were $6274 60 as compared
to $5560 86 for the same period in
1939. Stamp sales rose from $18,-
688 in 1934 to $24.377 in 1939, with
ratio of gain so far this year ex
pected to bring a 25 per cent in
crease over last year’s business,
declared Fuller.
National letter writing week has
just been concluded at the Ashland
office with gratifying results, said
the Ashland postmaster.
Ashland Men to Plead
Highway Construction
Sale of Game Licenses
By C-C Discontinued
Dr. E. G. Everett, well known
and popular Ashland physician,
this week was closing his office
here and completing business pre
paratory to reporting for active
duty Nov. 1 as a first lieutenant
in the United States army at Fort
Ord, Calif. Mrs. Everett and their
son Bruce will accompany Dr. Ev
erett south this Sunday.
Fall Registration To
Close at SOCE 12th
Oct. 10.
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GEORGE D. L. SMITH dis
couraging kibitzers who want to
help him get married.
DON WHITNEY taking snap
shots of his twin grandsons and
allowing their mother, PAT
SIMPSON, to appear in one of
them.
PETE
(Willkie)
NUTTER
fearing for the consequences If
he should let himself go in a
political argument.
LAWRENCE WILSON decid
ing to let it rain now that his
winter’s supply of wood is in.
W. D. JACKSON castingaside
his fine feathers for a striped
coverall.
ALLEN AUTRY declaring
that a meeting of the biggest
crooks in town is not too good
for him.
SHIRLEY EBNOTHER won
dering how to give a finger
wave and eat lunch at one and
the same time.
PAUL DECKER trying to kid
a cow in the darK, thinking it
was someone trying an imper
sonation.