They used to sing "There »
something about a soldier " but
n**ws|iaprr oorreepondonta must
also have that “something,” for in
a British victory in Ubya. a large
number of Italians insisted on sur
rendering to an American news
paper man.
1 1 1
More enlightening bits of Infor
mation from thr German pr<q«a-
ganda sheet, News in Review: "I
never wished to rearm ... it I»
only in Germany that the people,
without a doubt decide their ex
istence"
111
Hpeaking
of propagami«, it
amila to la* hitting u new high In
Mexico in an effort to detract the
rolled Htutra from Ita aid to
Britain
News Week magazine
Iella ua of recent axia-inapired
MortM that piealdeiit Avila Ca
macho is secretly »ending hun
dí ed» of Mexicana to the Uniteli
Niales to lie ahlp|>ed to Britain so
Uncle Ham can »ave hia own
man power. Fantastic aa it may
seem. It is said to have c on si der-
able influnece on the illiterate
inaae In Mexico.
1 1 1
A news story tells of a »team
shovel in Texas which made a
deep excavution and proceeded to
fall in same Says thr Oregonian,
"A |>erfcct description of Europe."
111
Many "racket trade schools"
have taken advantage of the d«-
mand for trained men in the de-
tgnae industries and have muscled
fn on the legitimate ones Anyone
<onside ting attending
a trade
school should take gteat care in
investigating them beforehand
111
Union labor seems to figure
that in the hour of the nation's
need II has a striking advantage
Weeton leader
And if thrli
bickering and delays carry us
down the road France took, they
will find their victories to be emp
ty ones Al the beginning of the
war, German labor worked 10
hours a day seven days a week
until the inefficiency of such long
hours caused a reduction to a
mere 60-hour week
and no
strikes or walkouts.
« r /
Having been raised in the mid-
die west, the big breeze of Wed-
nesday evening brought back nos
talgic memories You stili have
something to be thankful for at
least the air wmn‘t black with
dust.
1 1 1
After the wind Wednesday,
Ashland looks like it had gone
through an air raid. and Wednea-
day night we had ■ compiete
blackout with no warning signals
1 1 1
I-ast week the sun shone In
Ashland chamber of commerce
give credit
1 1 1
The city park commissioner«
seem to think that spring 'has
came' judging from the activlty
in their department.
111
We hear Medford plans on mov-
ing to Ashland to save trucking
Medford products here daily.
1 1 1
Our few weeks of complete de
mocracy are drawing to a close,
personally speaking The Dicta-
tor the ruling power, thr well—
in her presence of course she is
our "leading
will be an
_ light."
_
added attraction (?) in this office
next week What this column then
has to offer will be severely cen
sored so will we. If we hereafter
seem rather meek, envision rolling
pins and the bald headed end of
a broom. We may later trade col
umns with the editor of “Seen in
a Daze."
Schedule Arranged
For Defense Training
The first meeting of the de
fense training class In operation,
care and repair of tractors .trucks
and automobiles was held Monday
night at the high school. Sixteen
were present and it is expected
that five more will join the group.
After organizing and arranging
for a schedule, the remainder of
the time was given over to dis
cussion of the use and care of
tools. Clyde Caton will conduct
the classes at his garage Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday evening«
from 7 to 12.
E. J. FARI-OW
and Companion
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
Southern Oregon Miner
To See Their Choice of
the Fol:owing
Varsity Theater
Programs:
(Friday and Saturday)
“CITY OF CONQUEST"
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1941
Volume X
LUMBERJACKS
•
The
new
electric
score-
keeplng and timer clock In
stalled tn the Southern Ore
gon
College
of
Education
gymnasium
for
basketball,
proved to I m - of little use.
The clock got Its initiation
Tuesday night when the Lit
tle
Sons,
Jean
Eberhart'«
boy» who need more experi
ence for varsity competition,
took
on
the
•I ack «on ville
Townies.
It seems the rlixk wax
manufactured to run a mere
99 point«, I ut the Little Sons
were not that easily satisfied
and went ahead to defeut the
Townies 110 to 15.
The ilumlHddt State Collrge
l.umlM-r jacks,
victor»
over
Southern Oregon ( ollvgr of
Education at the Hon» gym
lust night, will clr' h again
tonight on the same court, a
7:30 prelim o|M-nlng the itffuir.
The NOTE girls drill team
will hr a »iMM'lal feature.
Humboldt State's Lumberjack»
from Arcata. Calif took a close
45-43 win (»ver Southern Oregon
College of Education here last
night before a »mall crowd
T1>e lead changed hand» aeveral
times during the hectic contest
with Hausman, Fisher and Werner
outstanding for the Sons and Bill
lx-r the big gun for the winners
Thr Hons held a slim 20 to 19
lead at halftime
Scoring follows:
Pos, IfiiintMddt,
HOCE, 43
F
Crites. 9
12, W,
13, lxmghoim
F
Speyde, 4
8, Goodwin
Bassman, io C
G
4, Belcher
Fisher, 4
6. Savage
lloefs, 4
a
DeAutre-
Substitutes: NIX’E
mont, 4; Werner, 9 Humboldt
H Le«, Fiochini, Speer. Stashuk,
Speier, 2. Officials. Georg« and
Ivan Harrington
•
Work on the $50.000 Walter
Phillips athletic field began this
week with the tearing out of the
old fances and laying of pipe by
a crew of 25 men under super
vision of A. G. Hayes of the Med-
ford WPA office The next stage
of the project work will be to
level the large tract of ground on
which the stand and fields are to
tx- heated.
The new stand will be of white
frame construction and will »eat
over 1.000 persons Beneath it will
tie located dressing rwtnn, show-
ers. rest rooms, maintenance »hop
and drying rooms.
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Increased Lumber
Sales Help County
Supervisor Karl L Janouch re-
ports that increased timber sales
will mean a considerable increase
in county income
The greater
timber activity is indicated by col
lection of $87,200 in the first six
months of the present fiscal year
as compared with the total of
$55.817 for the fiscal year ending
last June.
Thia increased demand is due
laigely to military needs resulting
from extensive national dafense
plans Janouch says price» paid
for timber on the Rogue River
National forest are higher than in
any other section of Washington
or Oregon because of the presence
of sugar pine and white pine. Two
fir operations also are in progress
now because of military demand
for a high quality fir.
Jackson and Klamath counties
receive the bulk of the Rogue
River National forest payments
for payments are distributed ac
cording to acreage of the forest
lying within the county.
The
money goes into road and school
funds of the counties and an ad
ditional 10 percent of timber re
ceipts is spent by the forest ser
vice for road and trail construc
tion.
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NEW INTEREST SHOWN IN
LITHIA DEVELOPMENT
Sinking of a well on the prop
erty of Guy Applewhite adjacent
to the city lithia springs property
has reawakened public interest in
this little used resource of Ash
land.
The city property is under lease
to the Gas Ice Corporation of
Washington and it is hoped that
they soon will make use of the gas
supply in development of a dry
ice producing plant here.
Applewhite expects to finish
sinking his prospect well this
week-end and this should be a
great help in determining the ex
tent of the lithia supply.
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LUNCHEON MEETING TO
DISCUM TOURNEY PLANS
Arrangements for the 14th an
nual SOCE basketball tournament
will be diMUsaed at a luncheon
meeting at the TJthia hotel Mon
day noon, Feb. 10. Business men
and civic teadeia will be in attend
ance to work out plans for this
big attraction.
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PARKER HESS FETED
A group of 18 men gathered at
the Plaza cafe Tuesday evening
for a stag dinner honoring the
marriage of Parker Hess to Miss
Gertie Wenner, which occurs this
week. The guest of honor received
a toastmaster set as a gift from
Please Call at The Miner Office
the group with Ebe Dunn making
for Your Guest Tickets
J the presentation.
"ROUGH RIDERS’
ROUND-UP"
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
"THE LETTER”
Little Son« 110 Score
Stops New Clock
Scouts to Hear President
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Registration Ousted
I
By Unanimous Vote
Oregon s visitors traveling by
automobile will no longer be re
quited to register their cars under
me provisions of Senate Bill No. 4,
which has passed the house with
out a dissenting vote. The bill was
the first through the senate, be
ing unanimously approved, and
also was the first seriate bill to
leceive approval of the house.
Prepared and introduced at the re
quest of Secretary of State Earl
Snell, the bill bringing about this
repeal places Oregon in line with
many states that are doing
_ all in
their power to eliminate barriers
between the states, and to pro
mote free and uninterrupted flow
of traffic, with the least possible
inconvenience and delay to the
traveling public.
In commenting upon the meas
ure. Snell stated that the need for
non-resident registration had long
since passed with the lowering of
license fees and that experience in
handling this work had convinced
him that it should be eliminated
He further stated that it would
save the state some $20 000 each
biennium, which is the cost of the
present service.
Besides all the Boy Scouts In the country—a membership of 1,500,000
right now—all America will have an opportunity to hear Preeldent
Roosevelt, Honorary President; Walter W. Head (right), President, and
Dr. James E. West (left). Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of
America, mark the 31st anniversary of the Movement In the United
States, over the NBC (Red). CBS and MBS networks, and many local
statlone not affiliated with the networks on Saturday, February 8. at
7:30 p. m„ EST; S:30 CST; 5:30 MST and 4:30 P8T.
Scout Week Shows Scouts
Big Support To Democracy
To do its part toward strength- rendered by these 12 to 16 year
ening and invigorating democracy, old boys during disasters. Scouts,
the B<>y Scout movement will, dur- quickly cooperating with the relief
ing Boy Scout week Feb 7-13.4 ■ agencies in charge of rescue work,
reflect the national mood of the have ;>erforrned yeoman duty.
United States by readying its They served as orderlies and mes
members for instant and effective sengers, as well as conduct accur
ate censuses of damages following
action
Scout troops in this community floods and storms, making relief
and through the country have pre work more valuable and elimin
pared plans to quickly mobilize ating waste effort.
Refugees look to these boys in
Scouts in the event of local or na
tional crisis. These troops can oft the khaki suits and bright neck-
en assemble then entire member <-i chiefs for aid in emergencies.
ship of high school age youth Scouts distribute food and aid in
within one hour Tests conducted registering and identifying refu
by the lcx’Ml Scout councils all gees. In times of distress thous
over the nation have indicated ands of handbills pointing out vi
that the majority of communities tal needs are quickly distributed
can assemble their Boy Scouts in by Scouts.
Cognizant of the necessity for
less time than any other group of
Americans to be ready to act in
similar size.
Pointing
to
numerous
past telligently and efficiently in time
emergencies, most notably the of emergency both in peace and in
New England hurricane in 1938, war, the Boy Scouts of America
Scout officials are justifiably are looking forward to future ser
Each Boy
proud of the long list of services vice opportunities
Scout undergoes intensive train
ing designed to ready him for ef
fective action when cool-headed
thinking is needed.
Boy Scouts are cooperating with
American Red Cross and commun
DISTRICT FOUR STANDINGS: ity chest authorities in the distri
bution of literature for public
I. Pct.
W
•» .778
safety education. They serve, when
Roseburg
. 7
practicable, as aids to police de
Ashland
a • .714
partments at large gatherings
Medford
3 3 .500
Local fire departments seeking to
Grant« Pas«
« 8 .000
eradicate community fire hazards
The Ashland high Grizzlies, make use of Scouts in their fight
leading at every quarter, gave the against waste.
With an eye to the United
giant Roseburg Indians their first
conference set-back in- the junior States' national defense program.
high gym here Friday night. The Scout troops in many communities
Grizzlies did the job so thoroughly have mobilized to map and chart
they left no doubt in the minds of local counties to determine sourc
fans as to which was the better es of surplus food supply and se
team and came out on top 36 to cure other data for the informa
tion of these authorities.
26
The whole program of the
The Grizzlies led 9-5 at the end
of the first period. 15 to 12 at movement is built around the Boy
halftime and at the end of the Scout's motto: "Be Prepared!"
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third quarter, 28-20. The Indian.®
led only once in the game; briefly
in the second period when they
forged ahead 10-9.
Finlay, Roseburg guard, led all
Two Ashland youths, Lee Wyatt
scorers with 12 points, and Char
ley Jandreau was next with 11, Davis, 17 and James Potter, 16.
Provost and Weaver following and Robert Johnson of Emmett,
Ida., will enter pleas in the circuit
with eight apiece.
After barely taking a win over court today to a charge of armed
Grants Pass last Friday night by robbery of George W Jacobs bf
a 28-29 score, Medford high Tigers the Golden Nugget service station
finished the job Ashland started near Gold Hill
Dist. Atty. George W. Neilson
on Roseburg when they set the
Indians down 30 to 17 at Medford reports that Potter and Johnson
have made signed statements cov
Saturday night.
The two week-end losses by ering their activities and that Da
Roseburg makes the district hoop vis also has indicated that he will
race a definite three-way affair make a statement. The boys were
now with the Grizzlies the more arrested at Ukiah. Calif, and were
serious threat to the Indians’ turned over to this county last
league leadership.
Roseburg de week after California authorities
feated Grants Pass 32 to 17 Tues declined to prosecute them as sus
day night. Medford, a vastly im pects in a restaurant robbery.
proved ball club, with three wins
and as many losses, cannot be JOHN W. POTTER
Funeral services for John W.
considered out of the race. The
Tigers are half through with their Potter, who died Feb. 4, were he’d
district schedule of 12 games, the Thursday afternoon from the J. P.
Grizzlies have five more, Rose Dodge and Sons funeral chapel
burg three, and Grants Pass, fail with the Elks lodge in charge of
ing to register a conference win, the services. Interment was in the
Ashland cemetery.
plays four more games.
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China has been made modern-
Most of the farms U Holland
minded by WMtem movie«.
are electrified.
Grizzlies Prove Bad
Medicine for Indians
Two Ashland Youths
Before Circuit Court
By JACK BENTLEY-
i
CAMP CLATSOP, Ore , Feb. 3
—Capt. Charles H. Delsman. com
manding Battery B. Ashland's Na
tional Guard unit, left early Mon
day morning for Fort Monroe. Va.
where he will attend coast artil
lery school for the next few weeks
Lt. Lynn Neeley will be in com
mand of Battery B during Captain
De Is man’8 absence.
Captain Delsman commanded
the unit two years ago when the
home station was in Ashland, but
resigned from active duty then,
although he did remain in the
guard in an inactive capacity.
When he was called into active
duty upon mobilization Nov. 1 he
was reassigned to Battery B and
has been in command since that
time.
Captain Delsman planned to
drive as far as Ashland and then
proceed to Fort Monroe by train.
Lieutenant Neeley received his
commission as a second lieutenant
in the spring of 1939 and has been
with the battery since. His duties
were unit mess officer, supply of
ficer and range officer.
Initial preparations for moving
into new barracks at Fort Stevens
are being made the first of this
week with actual moving to start
Wednesday morning. It is expect
ed that all equipment will be
transferred by Saturday Cter-
noon The men have been looking
forward to the move al) winter
but now that summer isn’t far
away most of them would like to
stay in the tents here at Camp
Clatsop. All mail for men in the
battery should be addressed to
Fort Stevens instead of Camp
Clatsop hereafter.
Battery B has been following
the progress of Ashland high and
SOCE in their respective basket
ball leagues with keen interest.
Each morning after one of the
teams has played a game the boys
turn to the sports pages to find
the results. Everyone was espe
cially pleased to hear of Ashland's
startling victory over Roseburg.
If the boys make it to the state
tournament they can be assured
of a strong following of Battery
B rooters there.
Battery B still is going strong
in the basketball league up here,
although they did lose a non
league game to the
Astoria
coaches last week.
Number 6
GALE CAUSES
MUCH DAMAGE
IN ASHLAND
A raging wind of gale propor
through
Ashland
tion» swept
Wednesday
evening
flattening
small buildings, telephone and
power lines, bill board»: breaking
windows, and tearing ott roof a
and awnings Resulting damage is
estimated at many thousands of
dollars
No one was reported injured,
but several had narrow escapes.
J. F. Myers of Klamath Falls was
especially lucky when a falling
tree grazed the rear of his truck
as he sped past. Earlier in the
afternoon, the aerial tower atop
the city hall blew over and smash
ed in the top of a car from which
R. H McNabb had just stepped.
Some of the more serious losses
reported were damage to the arm
ory roof, flattened burner and re
fuse pipes at the Pine Box com
pany, iong sections of downed
telephone lines, and the loss of a
roof at the Coggins mill. One of
the first evidences of the storm
was the buckling of the 40-foot
neon sign atop the nine-story
La thia hotel. Force of the wind
folded the upper half of the sign
over and for a time it was feared
that it might fall to the street.
Many
trees
toppled.
blocking
street» and causing damage to
buildings.
City firemen checked numerous
flu fires and were called out by a
slashing fire near the head of
Roco street.
A storm off the coast of south
em California, moving northeast
ward, was the cause of the blow.
weathei bureau officials stated.
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DORMITORY BILL
IS INTRODUCED
Representatives Earl Newbry
and William McCallister of this
county introduced a bill in the
Oregon legislature Tuesday calling
for appropriation of $100,000 for
construction of a dormitory at the
Southern Oregon College of Edu
cation.
There has been considerable in
terest in regaixi to the proposed
dormitory construction and it is
possible that a group of Ashland
supporters may go to Salem when
the committee has a hearing on
the bill.
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Candidates for Theme
Girl Must Register
The Shasta Cascade Wonderland
association's "Fun Festival” cam
paign has aroused considerable in
terest in this territory especially
in regard to the selection of coun
ty "Welcomettes” and a "Miss
Shasta -Cascad e.”
The campaign is part of the
association's plan to glorify and
dramatize its 1941 publicity and
advertising of the recreational and
scenic attractions of the Wonder-
land region and the fun, thrills
and pleasures of the fairs, festi-
vals regattas, rodeos and other
celebrations in its nine counties
during the all-year "Fun Festival.’'
To all girls of this and other
counties who take part, and es
pecially to those selected for the
then theme girls of the Wonder
land and its nine counties, the as
sociation is offering generous cash
prizes and participation in glam
orous, thrilling events and cere
monies throughout the year.
All young ladies in this county
interested in taking part are urg
ed to apply to Treffle La Senay,
campaign director, at the Jackson
county headquarters. Medford ho
tel, Medford during the enrollment
period Feb. 7 to 12 or at the Lithia
hotel in Ashland Feb. 13.
cas and Corp. Jesse Barton were
Ashland visitors last week-end.
PERSONAL ITEMS
Sgt Ken Schilling, PFC Harold
Baughman, PFC Ardis Warren,
PFC Ralph Lamb and PFC Joe
Wurzei were visitors at Timber-
ling Lodge last week-end.
Corp. James Curtis, Corp. Stan
Coleman. PFC Jack Bentley, PFC
Bud Neal, Pvt. Robert Burdic and
PFC Howard Smith were visiting
friends in Portland over the week
end.
Corp. Ernest Fieguth, PFC Rob
ert Avery, Pvt. Wilmer Warren,
Pvt George Engel. Corp Rolland
Andrews, Sgt. Harry Hoxie. Sgt
William Hoxie, Pvt. Kenneth Lu-
PRIVATE
FIRST
CLASS
JACK WEAVER causing Bat
tery B to break ranks when he
suddenly takes out after a
jackrabbit- and catches it.
Ken Weil neatly dodging wav
ering power line poles in Wed
nesdays breeze. Says he got his
style from Disney comedies.