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Volume IX
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Snake Demonstration
Keeps Collegians At I
‘Very Polite’ Distance
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By MARY JEAN BARNES
Man's only monument to pro
gress seems to be a bomb-proof
"Riga is pigs” and snakes are
shelter, built on hell's side of the just snakes to the average person.
earth's surface.
But the students of the Southern
Oregon College of
Education
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in
assembly
Monday
An appeasement group in the lea med
United States is preparing an ex morning that snakes are nv re
tended campaign to keep us from than creatures of abhorrence. Na
giving more effective aid to Brit than Gale, a student of the Ash
ain and more and more Ameri land high school, demonstrated to
cans, with a deep sense of moral the assembly how to take the ven
honesty, are beginning to under om from a rattlesnake. He releas
stand how a fifth column goes ed a four-foot rattler onto the
about its business. And as one of table, picked it up with his bare
the leading appeasers, Charles A. hands and forced it to bite over
Lindbergh is regarded no more as the edge of a glass. By massaging
the Lone Eagle but rather a dif the mouth of the struggling snake
ferent kind of bird gone a-flocking. he extracted Into the glass three
or four drops of the deadly venom,
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enough to kill two ordinary per
sons.
J. E. Hendricks
Nathan and his two assistants
showed several other snakes found
and Companion
in southern Oregon but rarely
seen by people other than snake
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
fanciers. After the demonstration,
Southern Oregon Miner Nathan told the audience about
the deadly snakes found in both
To See Their Choice of
North and South America.
It
the Following
seems that the farther south one
goes, the more vicious the snakes
Varsity Theater
become and that the most deadly
snake of all Is isolated on an isl
Programs:
and inhabited only by this snake
(Friday and Saturday)
and some small birds on which It
must rely for food.
"THE ROAD TO GLORY"
Nathan had a most appreciative
"YESTERDAY'S HEROES"
audience; there was hardly a soul
there who would have cared to
(Munday, Monday, Tuesday)
pick up and handle those squirm-.
"ALL THIS, AND
Ing snakes, especially the formid
HEAVEN TOO"
able-looking rattler. Each was
eager to see it done but was per
Please Call at The Miner Offics
fectly willing to let an expert do,
for Your Guest Tickets
n.
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ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1940
Number 51
GRUBB URGED Few of Ashland's College Casaba Craftsmen! DELEGATION IS
FOR POST JOB
URGED ATTEND
BY PETITION
HIGHWAY MEET
Children, at this time of year,
wonder how It Is that portly San
ta Hlaus can squeeze through a MIIXARD W. GRUBB, fot 21
little chimney, little knowing that 1 1 years assistant postmaster in
it's always father who gets stuck the Ashland office, was being sup
ported for the postmastership by
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being
circulated
by
A new year Is just around the petition
comer and 1941 will have an un friends this week 'Hie Jackson
precedented opportunity to look County Democratic Central com
mittee already has gone on record
good without even half trying.
as an<lorrk-ig V. D. (Bert) Miller
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for the position which will be
According to Ashland's amateut made vacant by the announced re
mllltuiy strategists the world can tirement of Postmaster John H.
be saved if, while England and Fuller.
Greece arc knocking out ituly, we
Grubb, who has made many
tear Into Japan and complete the friends here during his many
cleaning out of the small fry in years of service, is republican and,
prcpatatlon for tackling the main for that reason, has received no
dish, Hitler The belief that Amer encouragement through tegular
ica should get into the fight while party channels It has been the
we still have stubborn fighters custom, during both major party
like the English and brave wat administrations, to appoint only
rlors like the Greeks to help us ih members of the party in office to
being held by those of military post masterships and no reason
uge who would be called on to do has been given to expect an ex
our fighting.
ception here
The petition being circulated on
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War is said to be the means to behalf of Grubb reflects the high
an end but. If the savagery of regard with which he Is held by
present bombings continues, it all residents, however, and reads
soon will be the means to every as follows:
"To the United States Civil
body's end.
Service Commission, Washington,
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D. C.:
Art iHic) Powell, Central Point
"We, the undersigned qualified
American editor who will assume
voters
and patrons of the United
his duties us county commissioner
states l'ost Office al Ashland,
early next month, already is writ
ing paragraphs about the cold Jackson County, Oregon, do here
weather. vVe knew it would be a by respectfully call the attention
cold day in January when voters of your honorable body to the
following facts;
made him a commissioner.
"Millard W. Grubb, who Is one
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of the applicants for the post mas
As the twig is bent. the tree's tership al Ashland, ’ackson Coun
inclined, according to an old quo ty, Oregon, has baen a postal em
tation. and if the twig is bent ployee at Ashlanc, Jackson Coun
around limbs of the errant child ty, Oregon since 1915. and has
he'll be inclined to mind.
"een the Assista.it Postmaster in
said city for the past twenty-one
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in his Weston years during all of which time be
nine per cent of has given eminently satisfactory
bowlegged, and and pleasant service to all the pa
the "but-dont-quote trons of said Post Office.
Millard W Grubb has actively
crediting the figures
ineT
participated in the civic life of
to a
the community and is widely and
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popularly
known
throughout
was voiced that southern Oregon for his participa
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an
be called during tion in civic enterprises
on the other hand.
"By reason of his experience,
if the .illies succeed in driving out good citizenship and proved quali
Hitler, every day will seem like fications, we would respectfully
Christmas.
urge your consideration of the ap
plication of Millard W Grubb for
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Holy wars are said to be the the poetmastership at Ashland,
most vicious, and the present one Jackson County. Oiegon, upon his
bolsters the belief, for it Is wholly fulfillment of your technical re
quirements."
destructive.
Besides Miller, a number of
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other prominent democrats are
Users of Christmas seals, when ex|>ected to take civil examination
affixing them to letters, are giv for the postmastership, chief
ing both the little windows of among whom are Herb Moore,
hope and tuberculosis a licking.
present deputy sheriff and well
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Moore
known Bellview rancher.
The belief in Santa Claus orig also Is commander of the Ashland
inated in Germany, where dis American Legion post. Applica
tressed parents this year probably tions for examination must be on
will be explaining to their children file with the United States Civil
that he was non-Aryan
Service commission at Washing
ton, D. C., not later than Jan 3.
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The nazt military machine, be 1941. Application forms may be
procured at the Ashland post
ing experienced at underhand
methods, naturally excels in sub office.
The
Ashland
postmastership
marine warfare. Where the Ger carries with it an annual salary
mans have been careful never to
of $2800
show their hand, their axis part
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ners, the Italians, have been
anxious to show their heels.
In England, early to bed and
quick to rise makes a man healthy
and safe from the skies.
9tl
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Southern Oregon College of
Education's Sons will face Ku-
brm>teln’s Oregonians at Med
ford tonight, Friday, and Mult
nomah College on the SOCE
floor Saturday. Pictured above
are some of the local casabu
artists who probably will see
action in both games. They are,
left to right: ( buck DeAutre-
mont, Frank Mohns and George
Bass/nan; bottom row: Gene
Crites and Coach Jean Eber
hart. It was these players, to
gether with other regulars, who
opened their collegiate sched
ule here last week-end with a
pair of rousing victories over
Don Faber's hustling Albany
college quintet.
REPRESENTATIVES
of
the
Ashland Chamber of Com
merce have issued an appeal for
local representation at the Ore
gon-Washington meeting on the
development of the modernization
program on Highway 99, to be
held in Portland Friday. Dec. 27.
A "substantial” local delegation
is sought to supplement groups
from Medford, Granta Paas and
Roseburg who are assisting in
pushing the bottleneck elimination
program. Frank Hull, manager of
the Medford chamber, classified
the Portland meeting as “the
most important yet held” and urg
ed a well-rounded southern Ore
gon group for the sessions.
A special railroad car is leaving.
Medford Thursday evening, Dec.
26 and will return here the morn
ing of the 28th.
The Ashland
chamber is handling local reser
vations and those who are able to
make the trip are requested to
contact the office as soon as
possible.
Meanwhile. Chamber represent
atives have advocated adoption of
a new city ordinance covering the
methods employed by house-to-
house canvessers and magazine
solicitation crews who assertedly
"insist upon forcing sales after
customer refusals." The proposed
ordinance has been referred to a
special committee for additional
study and advocates are expected
to be given an opportunity to ap
pear before the committee in sup
port of the move.
In connection with the non-so-
hcitation program adopted by the
Chamber itself, this ordinance *
would be designed to provide ad
ditional control over the activities
of solicitors and solicitation crews.
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Crowd Hears
Clay comb to Show
NAME BILLINGS, Large
Special Yule Music RUBES TO TRY
Line New
LEVERETTE TO In Junior High Gym TRIUMPH OVER Complete
Pontiacs Saturday
SHASTA COUNCIL
SOCE TONIGHT
/'COMPLETING the annual sched-
ule of the election of new coun
ty councils by the membership of
the Shast-Cascade Wonderland
association, A. H. Gronwoldt.
president of the association, an
nounces that 114 men have been
selected from 29 communities to
"streamline" the future program,
select new directors and to push
the work of development and ad
vertising of the area in their re
spective counties
"It is most encouraging,” said
President Gronwoldt, "when one
looks over the type of men that
were selected by the 52 percent of
the membership who voted, since
they contain the names of many
of the outstanding civic leaders
in every county The membership
may be assured of fair repreaenta-
tion and the association also can
be assured of a program essential
to growth and prosperity of the
Wonderland region of nine coun
ties"
These groups will meet early in
.’muary to organize, elect officers
and lay out programs to follow,
announced Tom L. Stanley, gen
era) manager. With the work of
the past two years of intensive
drive at the Golden Gate exposi
tion where over 4.000,000 people
were exposed to the attractions
of the Shasta-Cascade Wonderland
and with the added attraction of
the construction work on Shasta
dam as a magnet to draw people
into the area, the future travel
and development work should
prosper.
Those selected from Jackson
county for the 1941 council in
clude the following: Ralph Bill
ings. S M Bullis, Wm. H Fluhr-
er. W. A. Gates. Herbert Grey.
Glenn L. Jackson, Karl Janouch.
W. H. Leverette. Emil Mohr and
I-arry Schade.
Travis’ Tavern Will
Take Over Sales Of
State Game License
Choruses and orchestra of the
Junior and senior high schools cap
tivated an audience of some 800;
people at the junior high school
gymnasium last night in their SOUTHERN Oregon College of
presentation of the annual Christ
Education's hoop varsity will
mas program.
have a tough game on their hands
The junior chorus and the senior tonight when they tangle with
a capella choir, under the direction Rubenstein's Oregonians on the
of Miss Harriett Hill displayed a Medford high school floor.
The
type of musicianship that would Rubes have had only one game
have been a credit to older and this season, beating the Univers
more experienced groups. Supple ity of Oregon.
menting the choruses was the
The Rubes boast a lineup of
high school orchestra directed by some of Oregon's best basketball
Gordon Tripp.
talent. Heading the club is Max
The program was arranged to Rubenstein, a teammate of SOCE
raise contributions for charity. Coach Jean Eberhart in both high
Admission was free, but everyone school and college, Bobby Anet,
was asked to bring some item of coach of the Rangers who took
food, clothing or toys to be turned two games from the Sons here
over to a local charity.
and an all-American from Oregon;
One of the outstanding features Ted Sarpola, all-coast from U of
of the program was a "stained O; Ford Danner; Jack Butter
glass" window depicting the his worth of Oregon College of Edu
tory of the Israelite nation from cation; John Dick. all-American
the captivity to the birth of who tied the Pacific coast confer
Christ This was prepared by the ence field goal record of 75 while
high school commercial art de playing for Oregon, and Matt Pav-
partment under the direction of alunas. member of the national
John Koehler, art teacher.
champion U of O team.
Numerou» tableaux were pre
Eberhart has net announced a
sented showing the Manger and starting lineup since Lowery and
Nativity, the Shepherds, the Wise Bassman are out with the flu and
Men and the Madonna and Child. Scheidereiter and Spayde, re
At the conclusion the audience I serves. ha e not been in uniform
joined in singing "Joy To the all week. Practice schedules have
World," Christmas carol by Han been hampered by flu and exam
del
inations.
The Uttle Sons will endeavor
to get even with Medford high in
the preliminary game.
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A special showing of 10 models
—weather
permitting—of
new
1941 Pontiac cars will be held at
the Claycomb Motor company's
sales room on North Main street
all day Saturday, Dec. 21. It will
be the first showing of the com
plete line of body styles, colors
and types for Ashland. H. L. Clay
comb said yesterday in announc
ing the event, to which the pub
lic is invited.
Because all cars available had
been delivered to buyers as rapidly
as they arrived, the Claycomb
firm was unable to give a com
plete showing, but with arrival of
a full carload of 1941 models this
week, the special display was
made possible. Every model, in
cluding sixes and eights and the
new torpedo styling will be on
display.
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WOOD THEFT GETS FINE
Leslie W. Duncan of this city
was arrested by state police on a
petty larceny charge filed by Carl
Henry and was given a 30-day
suspended jail sentence for alleged
theft of wood. He also was fined
$20 and costs for lack of PUC
plates on his truck.
SEEN IN A DAZE
NEXT SOCE TERM
TO START JAN. 2 Ashland Students Off
Registration for the winter
quarter at the ’ Southern Oregon
College of Education will begin
Jan. 2. A full program of work
for advanced students will be of
fered as usual during this term.
Students wishing to begin their
study of lower division or junior
college work or those interested in
enrolling in teacher education for
the first time will find beginning
classes offered.
Men or women between the ages
of 19 and 26 who have had one
year of college work will be elig
ible for the first, or private, course
In the Civilian Pilot Training pro
gram. Individuals interested in
this aeronautical training should
contact college officials at once,
as the quota for the spring phase
is nearly complete.
Individuals
who are interested in this pro
gram who have had two or more
years of formal college work need
not be actually registered at the
college in order to be enrolled.
Students who have less than two
years, however, must be regularly
enrolled in the college in order to
receive the 72 hours of ground
school instruction and the 35 to 50
hours of actual flying experience,
according to Registrar Marshall
E Woodell.
For Holiday Vacations
Students of Ashland's four pub
lic schools this afternoon will
start their holiday vacation, which
will continue until Monday, Jan.
6, when regular classes will re
sume.
At the Southern Oregon College
of Education vacation days will
be more limited, with the holidays
starting this afternoon and con
tinuing until Jan. 2 registration
day for the winter quarter Class-
will resume Friday, Jan. 3 at
the college.
Representatives of the Oregon
State Game cor..mission this week
ASHLAND MAN HECD FOR
Informed the Ashland Chamber of
DRUNK DRIVING CHARGE
Commerce that the bond covering
their issuance of game licenses
Joseph Struthers, of this city,
had been discontinued and that
early Wednesday was arrested by
"an account had been opened with
city police and charged with driv
Harry G. Travis of Ashland.”
ing while intoxicated. Struthers
In line with the Chamber’s Oc
pled not guilty in city court and
tober announcement that after
trial was set for Dec 27.
Dec. 31, 1940, game licenses would
Struthers was being held in jail
not be issued through the Cham
in lieu of $1CO bond yesterday.
ber, the Game commission infer
red that 1941 licenses available
BLACKOUT DRAWS FINE
as Christmas gifts are now ob
H. D. Morris. Ashland, thi—
tainable at the Greyhound Tavern.
week was fined $4 50 plus $2 50
The Chamber expects an audi
city police court costs for driving
tor here some time this month to
a car without lights. Arresting
officially close the records.
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police found car tracks on park
• Ben Gibson of Klamath Falls • Tom Gettling recently left for lawns after Morris had narrowly
was a business visitor early In the Grants Pass where he will be averted a collision with the prowl
car.
week,
1 employed.
CLARENCE SHAVER claim
ing an extra 15 cents was ex
tortion.
MARY ANN DELSMAN ex
plaining she whipped the flu
germs by eating some of Papa's
carrots.
NORMA WILLIAMS happily
gathering
Yuletide
greenery
which later turned out to be
poison oak.
PORTIA ANDERSON show
ing some original models.
SLADE SONGER claiming a
sweet disposition on accounta
Santa.
PATRICIA SIMPSON proud
ly telling about her twins' first
words. "Ah-Goo.”
DOROTHY CHAPPLE going
out and coming in again tn or
der to test the odor of a pine
candle and deciding that it
smelled more like a candle than
a pine forest
Judge M T. BURNS thinking
himself well qualified to be the
new Ashland postmaster, con
sidering the number of gifts
people have tried to mall tn the
Justice of the Peace office