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U..1V of Orcr<»n WWW as® Paf^l Roman legions ,,n «gam demonstrate the importance of the Italian race Librar? *7* Satf-Aud Stufi 9¿1 Jlal the A H they ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1940 Volume IX 111 The new year la about at hand and residents are busy climbing out of their piles of Christmas cards to thruat heads of theii resolution« above water for a few brief hours Any good resolution deaarvaa to ace the light of day at least once a year. 80 ASHLAND MEN ENJOY HOLIDAY FROM CAMP LIFE 111 And the boys who feit thry were too old to go around ringing door lly JACK BENTLEY belle on Hallowe’en saved the tour APPROXIMATELY 80 soldiers for Christmas eve and ended up fiooi Battciy B. Ashland’« feeling unuaually young National Guard unit stationed at 1 1 1 Camp Clatsop, Dre., pulled into llnbit is a dangeroua thing A«hland Saturday night and Sun While grinning a “aame to you" day morning The boys will be to the happy holiday well-wishers, home tor 11 days beginning with we almoal slipped and extended Dec. 21 and ending Jun. 1. They greeting« of the aeuaon to Editor must I m - in camp by reveille Jan Clark Wood, who trail« the week 2 It is the first opportunity thut ly field with hi« We«ton Leader. many of the boys have had to 111 come home although some enjoyed Along with the job of trying to the privilege over the three-day keep the resolutions, a lot of folk« Armistice week-end. According to now will Ire busy reading the fine Clifton M Irwin, commanding of- print on back of the easy payment In > i of tin- 249th Const Artillery, contracts that were «o alluring thl« probably will I m * the last leave any of the men will have until before Christmas. their year of service is up. About 111 th only chance anyone will have The new year promise« to be a of making the trip to Ashland repetition of the old no far aa pol will be on a three-day week-end itics and government are con and then it is doubtful if they will cerned According to figure«, we re I m - allowed ’o come. getting along nicely and making We agaUi want to mention the important progress In national de names of those men who are re fence and aid to England, but ac maining in camp. All of them cording to die-hard obstructionists stayed voluntarily so that those in congre«« we will continue to who really wanted to come home make a hell of a me»« of every could make the trip. Those who thing Perhap» the quickest way remained in camp are as follows: to give the defense program a Pvt. 1/CI Wayne G. Brown, Pvt. push in '41 is to punh the defeat 1/CI Kenneth L. Evans, Pvt. 1/CI ists and appeaser« in this country Ix-wellyn E. Peachey, f*vt. James into the ncart st river. 1’ottri, Pvt Erwin Hilkey, Pvt Howard Lockwood, Pvt. Hugh 111 One of Chrtatmaa- tragic touch Spruill. Pvt. Arthur Struve, i*vt es la that Grrnwny, Inventor of Donald Crouch. Pvt. 1/CI Clar Santa Claus and so many other ence Childers. Pvt Victor Son- fine old customs, should have fall dreal and Pvt. Gerald Vogt. Just before leaving Camp Clat en into such evil repute among rest of the world because of her sop, it was learned that Battery equal ability to develop customs B would have to complete approx imately 100 rounds of sub-calibre of opposite intention. practice and 10 rounds of service 1 1 1 fire by Jan. 11. It will be the first The coming twelve-month won’t time that many of the men have lie so bed if the word "war" can ever seen actual service on the go in one year and out the other. six-inch gun. The sub-calibre practice will be | 111 held first in order to give the men While severe storms have been an idea of what to do under ac lashing the coast and other areas, tual service fire. Sub-calibre prac southern Oregon has been nestling tice is conducted under the same among Its usual seasonal quota of principle as service fire is but a warm raindrops. Natives, suppos- one-pound shell is used instead of w> i, footed, have survived the 108-pound shell. If weather their flu an<l sniffles, the holiday permits, service fire probably will rush and jostling at the exchange b<- conducted Jan. 11 or as soon counter to eye their woodpiles and after as weather permits Sub-cal marvel al their slight depletion. ibre practice is held at Battery Pussy willows will be coming in off Pratt at Fort Stevens and service creek tranks before many more practice is conducted at Battery weeks and school kids will be Allen, Fort Canby, Wash. ------------- •------------- counting the days until spring va cation. Even members of the local Battery have completed a third of their one-year training in the reg ular army and are agreeing that' camp life isn’t so bad If it weren’t i for the ominous news from abroad, this would be an unusually cheer ful and promising new year just A city-wide revival will be con ahead There’s always one fly can ducted by the Reverend and Mrs. get Into the ointment, and this Lloyd Johnson, nationally known time the fly Is a nazi bomber. evangelists, at the Foursquare 111 Gospel church located at Fourth National defense orders have and B streets, starting Dec 31. boomed railroading until the lines' The gospel is presented very viv business future looks as bright aa idly and in a unique manner and their shining rails. Ignored in to see and hear Rev Johnson is quieter times, the iron horse be to see and hear the late Billy comes an industrial hero when the Sunday in action. Meetings at 7:30 o’clock every need arises. night, except Monday and Satur 111 day. with good music and singing Moore Hamilton, editor of the Everybody is welcome regardless Medford News, laments the lack of creed or belief, rich or poor. of words that rhyme with "Merry New Year's eve will be a special Christmas" adding another reason, watchnight service with different besides a lack of ability, which speakers and special numbers for keeps this department from com each hour until midnight. mitting poetry. Foursquare Church to Launch Revival Series Here Next Tuesday The Miner Staff Wishes You [BATTERY MEN TO PLAY AHS QUINT TONIGHT Mint*r Today Ends 9 Years of Service As Upstart Paper lyiTII today'» Issue the ’’ Southern Oregon Miner will complete nine full year) of service In Jacksonville und Awhlund. The pa|M-r wus first Issued Jan. I, 1932, us the Jacksonville Miner und in Feb ruary, 1935, hum moved to Ashland, where the nuriM* was ■titered to Its present form. launched u | mmi the uncer tain sens of journalism during one of the nation's worst de pressions, The Miner has steadily grown from a four- column, four-page newspaja-r to Its present size. First three years the pu|M*r was printed in a Medford shop by its present editor-printer until, a« the publication grew, it was able to Install Its own equip ment. Since that time the physical bring of the |Mibllca- tlon ha» continued to expand until today The Miner also rn- couipiMM-» the most modern luid completely equlp|M*d com mercial printing department In Ashland, pioneering In bringing many mechanical improvements to this are*. For Its steady growth. The Miner is deeply indebted to Its tolerant friends and patient readers und to them It feels a gratitude for which words arr inadequate. With their help. The Miner will strive, during the coming year, to be more and more an asset to the com munity which has mothered It. Bicycle Licenses For 1941 Ready Jan. 15th To allow time for clearing usual year-end rush for automobile li cense«. Ashland police will defer issuance of bicycle licenses here until Jan 15. at which time the officers will start dealing out the miniature metal plates to owner» of wheels. License plates w*ill cost but 15 cents each thia year, same as last year when the licensing ay sUnn was introduced, while titles will cost 10 cents each Owners who now hold titles to their bicycles will be out only the 15 cents for license. Chief Talent explained, while new titles must be obtained by new owners of new or second hand wheels, same as automobile titles are handled. Vacation Will End For Scholars Soon Christmas vacation, looked for ward to with enthusiasm anti plans, all too soon will end for Ashland students, although no classes will start for another week. College students at SOCE will take up winter quarter registra tion Thursday, Jan. 2, while high school, junior high school and grade school students will be mas ters of their time until the fol- lowing Monday, Jan. 6, when studies will resume. -------------•------------- O. C. Crawford Harry Chipman Mrs. R. F. Parks Mrs. W. A. Gran Louisa Martin lack Bentley lane and Leonard Hall I SNELL URGES CAR DRIVERS USE CARE IN ’41 ”T ET'S begin Forty-one without a one!” Urging Oregon drivers and pe destrians to exercise care in order to avoid traffic accidents on New Year’s eve and on the following day, Earl Snell, secretary of state, suggests this slogan. Last year, four persons were killed in traffic accidents in Ore gon on the last day of December. This year. Snell and others work ing in the interest of traffic safety in Oregon hope they can reduce this toll so that the state can start the new year with a clean slate. In view of the fact that statis tics show that pedestrians are the heaviest sufferers during the holiday period, the traffic safety division has distributed several thousand pedestrian-driver cards, designed to acquaint both drivers and pedestrians with the situation regarding pedestrian accidents in this state and containing sugges tions for avoiding such accidents. These cards have been sent to every city and town in Oregon with a population over 200 per sons. There they are being dis tributed by members of local traf fic safety councils, service clubs and other civic organizations in terested in traffic safety, police and county sheriff officials. Those I who receive these cards are urged to give them thoughtful consider ation and to remember the safety suggestions they emphasize. -------------•------------- BAROMETER TAKES DIVE Lending barometric sympathy to storms general over the coast, official barometer in Ashland Tuesday morning dove to 28.70, a probable low record during last 10 years here. Other points in Oregon also recorded unprecedent- fd Jowa,,bul rain was the wea- ther's only consequence in this vicinity. 1 GET SMALL FINES ------------- •------------- Lawrence Ritzinger pungled $1 . ' LEEVER COMMISSIONED and $4.50 justice court costs re- William Leever, son of Mr. and cently for failing to dim head lights to an approaching car. Mrs. Earl Leever. has been com while other contributors to Jus missioned second lieutenant in the tice of the Peace M. T. Bums' US army reserves. He is a gradu county coffers included Ernest F. ating ROTC senior at Oregon Koble, who paid $1 and costs for State college. ------------- •------------- faulty brakes. Roy Russell Miller REDFORD TO PORTLAND paid $2 50 and costs for improper Dr. Walter Redford, president license plates and Charles James Martin of Keno appeared for pass of Southern Oregon College jf Education, was in Portland last ing with insufficient clearance. week-end to attend a council ------------ •• ------------- Game« l<a>»t Week- • Marie Mitchell of North Bend meeting of the state teachers' as SOCE 31, Rubensteins 38 (at is visiting until the New Year here sociation which arranged details Medford). at the home of her parents, Mr. of the state meeting to be held Uttle Sons 33 at Medford 35. during the holidays. and Mrs. W. C. Mitchell. Roseburg 18 at Klamath Falls 34. ---- •----- 111 Probable reason why gabby peo ple seldom excel at anything else Is because nothing else sounds as good to ’em. • BASKETBALL 111 Something tells us that Con gressman Martin Dies belongs to the old school which believed in sneaking up on the bank bandits 1 with all sirens screaming. —_—_»--------- Game« Thl« Week-end: Dec. 27 Battery B at Ashland. Dec. 27 Grants Pass at Myrtle An examiner of operators and chauffeurs will be in the Ashland Point. city hall from 1 p. m. to 6 p. m. | TWO OF US, CHUM! Friday, Jan. 3 to issue licenses, It's okeh to hur.t or trap skunks and permits to drive cars. . --- —o-------- in Oregon without a license, an I--------------------------------- - official rules. Warning should be taken by a certain occupant of Mrs. C. H. Brown the Ashland Miner’s noisome den Weston leader. and Companion EXAMINER COMING ---- •----- — - - •----- Are Invited to Be Quests of the Trinity Episcopal Church Southern Oregon Miner To See Their Choice of the F'ollowing I)r. Claude E. Sa re. Vicar Varsity Theater Pr ograms: Holy Communion 8 i m. Church school 9:30 a. m. Sermon and morning prayer 11 (Saturday) "THE RAMPARTS WE WATCH" "CARSON CITY KID” a. m. Wednaday, Jan. 1 there will be a service for the New Year with sermon and Holy Communion. This service will begin at 9:30 a. m. and the public Is cordially invited. Choir meeting Friday, 7:30 p. m. (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) •BRIGHAM YOUNG” • Please Call at The Miner Office for Your Guest Ticket« ........... s I You are cordiall worship with us. ylnvited to Oregon Children Have Best Chance to Live First Year PHIIJiREN born in Oregon stand a better chance of living through the first year of life than children born in almost any other state in America, according to data released by the public health research department of the Ore gon Mutual Life Insurance com pany. Official records of the state board of health show that In the first 10 months of this year there were only 499 deaths of infants under one year of age, a rate of 34.0 per 1000 live births. The rate for Oregon in 1939 was 36 6, the fourth lowest in the country. The national infant mor tality rate for the year 1939 was 48 per 1000 live births, in 1938 it was 51.0 and in 1937 it was 54.4. New Mexico had the highest in fant mortality of all the states, reporting 109 3 for 1939, com pared with Minnesota’s rate of 3S.4 for the year, the lowest in the country. Number 52 Oregon figures for the first 10 months of this year indicate a big decline in infant mortality. If the remaining two months of 1940 continue as favorably, Oregon will probably have the lowest infant mortality rate in the nation for the current year. In October of this year there were 1365 births reported to the state board of health, and 52 deaths of infants under one year of age, giving the state an infant mortality rate for the month of 38 1, one of the highest of the year. Three counties. Grant, Harney and Sherman, reported no births to the board of health for the i month. Leading the list of Oregon coun ties for births during the month was Multnomah, including the city of Portland, with 421 visits from the stork. Fifty births were re ported from Jackson county for that period. Four Attend Highway Meeting in Portland Four Ashland business men left for Portland Thursday, where they will attend the northwest regional meeting to consider ways of pushing earliest possible com- pletion of Pacific highway mod- emization. Those making the trip from this city included Mayor T S Wiley, City Attorney Frank Van Dyke, Chamber of Commerce Sec retary Dean Pieper and G. M Green. Large delegations are ex pected to attend from Medford and Grants Pass, as well as other points along the Pacific highway. ------------- •------------- Quarterback’ Dine Battery B Quintet Members of Battery B basket ball team and commissioned offi cers of the outfit Thursday night were treated to a banquet in the Plaza cate by the Downtown Quarterbacks club, Ashland ath- letic booster organization. J. H. Hardy, Quarterback president, was in charge. Officers invited included Lieut.- Col. Clyde G. Young, Capt. Charles Delsman and Lieut. William Clary. Team members dined in cluded Charles Warren, Ardis Warren, Delbert Jones. Bill Hoxie, Walter Lee. Kenneth Schilling. Harold Baughman, MacKenzie Roberson. Jack Weaver and Bob Strickland. JT will be a homecoming event for Battery B basketball team members tonight when they meet Ashland high's Grizzlies on the junior high court, the preliminary beginning at 7:15. The gate re ceipts, less expenses, will go for the Battery mess fund benefit. All of the squad, coached by Ken Schilling, are veterans of Ashland athletics and will be gunning for a win over their alma mater. The Battery lost one to the Astoria coaches, consisting of Wally Palmberg and company, in three overtime periods and won their first AAU game, taking Bat tery a of Klamath Fails 31 to 13. The first five men on the regi ment team are from Battery B. They hold a 51 to 38 win over Westport who previously had beaten Albany college, coached by Don Faber. The soldiers from Camp Clatsop who will probably be in uniform tonight are Charley Warren. Ar- die Warren. Buzz Roberson, Ken Schilling. Tiny Jones. Jack Wea ver. Bill Hoxie, all Ashland high stars of other years, and Bob Strickland and George Bullion, former SOCE players Th probable starting lineups for both teams follow: Ashland Pos. Battery B Provost ........... F........... C. Warren Jandreau ......... F........... Roberson Smith ............... C................... Jones Weaver ______ G............. Schilling Fowler ______ G Hoxie A preliminary game that will rival the main fracas for action and interest is the Southern Ore gon All-Stars-Southem Oregon coaches affair scheduled to get under way at 7 o’clock. The tentative starting lineups for both teams boast an array of ex-Ashland and Medford prep tal ent. The probable starting fives for these two teams will be: All-Stars Pos. Coaches Marris ........... F____ Gastineau Stead ............... F..„.......... Simpson Jessel ............ *.C........... Eberhart Crosby ______ G......... ......... Hess McLean _____ G...... —....... Nance Since the All-Stars are anxious to schedule games, anyone with a team wishing to play them is asked to contact Joe Jessel at 1122 West Fourth street, Medford. ------------- •------------- Gastineau’s Hoopmen Rubes Pummel SOCE Will Tour Willamette 38 to 31 on Medford Valley Coming Week Ten Ashland high school bas Court Friday Night ketball players and Head Coach e- A veteran lineup of all-Ameri cans and all-coast basketball tal ent from Eugene, Rubenstein's Oregonians, eased themselves into a 38 to 31 victory over Southern Oregon College of Education at Medford high gymnasium last Fri- day night, The game I between Southern Oregon and Multnomah college, scheduled for the SOCE gym Sat urday night, was called off when flu prevented the Chiefs from making the trip. The Rubes made a ball game out of it in spite of the advantage of experience and the Sons were leading 7 to 6 qt the end of the first period. The Rubes had forged ahead 18 to 13 when the teams went to the dressing rooms at halftime and were out in front 24-20 when the final 10 minutes started. Ted Sarpola, ex-University of Oregon flash, led all scorers with and even dozen points while Jack Butterworth, former OCE star, tallied 10. Chuck DeAutremont, turning in a whale of a game for the Sons, led his team with 11 markers. Medford high showed possibil ities when they eked out a thrill ing 35-33 win over the Little Sons in the prelim. The game was dead locked several times and it was only in the closing seconds that Frank Dixon, seeing his first year of Medford action, sank a field goal to pull the game out of the fire. The Sons are Idle this week-end. ------------- •------------- ELKS DANCE IS EVENT Ashland Elks furnished Ashland celebrants their one social center Christmas night when they open ed their ballroom for a yule dance which was well attended. Dancing was from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. and entire proceeds were used for cha ritable work by the benevolent organization. Barney's orchestra furnished music, ------------- •------------- • Mr and Mrs. Wayne Cowdrey and children and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Elmire of Phoenix were din ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Parka Christmas day. Jerry Gastineau will head north early Monday morning, Dec. 30. for their annual barnstorming trip into the Willamtette valley. At 7:30 o’clock that night the Grizzlies will face Albany high there and then will head on north where they will meet Chemawa Indians in a two-game series. The first will be at 2:30 p. m. Dec. 31 and the next one the next night at 7:30 Gastineau stated that he was trying to line up a game for Jan. 2 but so far had been unsuccess ful. The Grizzlies will play Van couver high there Jan. 3 at 8 o’clock and then head home for the start of school Jan. 6. ------------- •------------- SEEN IN A UAZE I. C. ERWIN buying a New Year’s greeting ad and inviting his friends to come in and hear the story that goes with it. BILL BROWN, a confessed gadget buyer, purchasing a pair of colorful suspenders although he has worn a belt for 20 years. DON BRACE being robbed of two celebrations by having his birthday come on Christmas. BOB PINSON’S window and poise being shattered by a snow ball thrown by PHIL KEATON. ERIC WEREN describing his cat as a weather vane. JACK FORSYTHE allowing as how mid-western sub-zero weather isn't so bad from in doors. LAWRENCE RUDE declar ing army life isn't so bad, especially during furlough.