Irony III the news the coun­ selor of the Persian legation at Vichy la part owner of the richest oil firhiii In Iraq, yrt he can not get enough gip to drive his car. 111 California's overabundance of unuauul weather haw at laat been explained to the aatiafaction of many of tha natives Two San Einnclaco weather men havr re- ported that the atorrn apot of the Pacific haa slipped l<) degrees noil th of normal, ao they are now ■ cully getting Oregon and Wash­ ington weather. 1 1 1 News reports Indicate that Uncle Sum haa bought *642 worth of red ink which gives some hint as to the color scheme used In the government's bookkeeping this season. 111 \ BORROWED POEM Charles L. Allen, assistant dean ol tne Aric< ll 11 school of journalism al Northwestern inuvetsiiy und editor of the National Puulisiiei, has passed along a copy of the foilowing aenl to him uy one ol his former students at Rutger» university; AN EDITOK’N PRAYER To Mt. FnUMMs dr Nairs, 1‘utnMi of JournullstH When the gaiieya are strewn around us, And the dummy is due tonight, VS hen a proof la lust amid manu­ script tossed. And there a something still t write; When we alt at the keys, bewlld- dared, And all Inspiration falls, Then share the balm of tny heav­ enly calm, Good Nt. Francis de Sales. When an author forgets his pro­ mise. Hut tne printer remembers ours; When a cop la ahy till the hurry is nigh And then when it comes in shower»; When we don't catch Might of the miaprlnts Till the Issue la all in the malls, Then keep us whole, In body and soul Brave Nt. Francis de Bales. When our pet Idea is Ixirrowed (With never a credit line) When leaders learnt what nobody meant And when mailing lists decline; When we're tempted to write in acid, Forgetting our Thabors and ' .l.lll.t. Then bind our hands in chaiity's I Minds, Sweet Nt Francis de Sales When ail in a day, they call us Too pious, too worldly, too loud. Not up to the knees of the Ph Ds And over the heads of the crowd Or (worse) when we think that we're weighty That the world before us quails. Oh, keep us sane, and pleasant and plain Wise St. Francis de Bales. When the very last line is printed And the pens and presses are stilled And the editor’s "We’’ is the soul <>f me, By the dread of judgment chilled, Muy some word of mine that was fruitful Be found in the fateful scales— So alartinenls an 1 supervising di­ rectors. appointed by President R. I Fiaharty, were; Roads and highways -Lloyd Selby, finance, Elwood Hedberg; industrial development. Bob Ingle; tourist promotion, l'aul Bea re; rates and taxation, Frank Van Dyke; legislative, George W. Dunn; transportation, Earl Lee­ ver; agriculture, 1. C. Erwin; civic affair», Dr. R E Poston; retail merchandising, l'aul Finnell, and nMHDbershlp, U. M latwiller. The various committees are be­ ing notified of appointments this week and the executive depart­ ment will meet within the near future to segregate operational programs. ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1941 MORE POWER TO ’EM 4 * ! / *4 U. S DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR ACTS TO FACILITATE INCREASE OF THE NATION’S ALUMINUM SUPPLY: Through the Department’s Bonneville Power Administration, 40,000 kilowatts of hydroelectric energy from the gigantic Bonneville-Grand Coulee dams on the Columbia River will be supplied under a 20-y ear con tract for the operation of a new defense plant in the Pacific North west. The plant will be operated by the Reynolds Metals Com pan) and will add 40,000,000 pounds annually to the country's productioi of aluminum, one of the vital factors in the emergency program Site of the plant has not yet been selected. Concluding the history making negotiations at Washington recently are (left to right Marion M Caskie, Reynolds vice president; Paul J. Raver, Bonne ville Power Administrator; R. S Reynolds, president of the com Knv bearing his name, and (standing) Ulrich Gendron, Assista: nneville Power Administrator CENSOR ENDS BATTERY NEWS Despondent over poor health, Henry Boje, 75, committed suicide Tuesday morning at his home on Strawberry lane. Mr Boje. who had been suffer- ing considerable pain from arthri- tis, had threatened to end his life last July; so when he again made the threat Monday, Mrs. Boje hid his 16-gauge shotgun. However, he became so upset over her act that she returned the gun to its Westport Wins Title usual place and Tuesday morning Mr. Boje took the gun into the In Class B Tourney back yard, placed the muzzle Westport, with only 27 boys in against his chest and pulled the high school, won the first annual trigger. Boje came to Ashland Henry Oregon class B championship about 16 years ago and became a oy downing Corbett 42-24 at the specialist in raising small fruits, Southern Oregon College of Edu­ He was born in Kankakee, Ill., cation gym Saturday night. 14. 1865 Dayton won the 14th annual Oct. He is survived by his wife, a SOCE Invitational tournament by daughter, Mrs Fred Thompson, ousting Chiloquin 25 to 20. Ar­ wife of a Salem a son, O. lington took a thrilling 30-28 win H. Boje, also of doctor; Salem, and two over Reedsport to cinch third sisters. Mrs. Iona Craig. Erie, place in the championship tourney Kans , and Mrs. Etta Magner, and Jacksonville took the conso­ Gailesburg, Kans. lation by winning from Lowell Funeral services in charge of 20-1». Third place in the Invitational the IOOF lodge were held from meet went to Powers with a 43 \the Litwiller Funeral home Thurs­ to 20 routing of Gold Hill, which day afternoon and interment was took fourth. Rogue River eased in the Hargardine cemetery. ------------ •------------ into fifth s|M>t by trouncing Gard­ iner 40 to 25. Sunny Days Speed Merrill took the Invitational consolation award by stopping County Farm Work Sutherlin 20 to 12. Farmers throughout Jackson Dr. Walter Redford, president of SOCE. tournament sponsor, county are taking advantage of sunny weather this week with presented awards to the teams. Players receiving all-star selec­ spring work moving forward at a tions and awards were: State rapid pace, County Agent R. G. championship—first team, Tuom, Fowler reported Tuesday. Most Westport; O’Niei, Corbett, for­ grain planting was completed in wards; Nelson, Westport, center; the fall and good stands are pro­ Strahm, Arlington and Price, Cor­ gressing in all sections. Ground bett, guards. Second team Offen- which was not sown in the fall is bacher, Jacksonville, Kerslake, in fine condition for spring Corbett, forwards; Wilson, Alsea, planting. Sugar beets, planted for seed center; Brandon. Reedsport and C. McGinty, Jacksonville, guards last fall, are looking fine now, Invitational: First team Todd, Fowler said. I Dayton and J. Bushnell, Powers, forwards; Little, Dayton, center; Carter Property Horton and Giacomelll, Chiloquin, guards. Second team Hull, Pow­ Given City Schools ers and Jones, Rogue River, for­ The Ashland school board has wards; Klick. Merrill, center; Chatburn, Merrill and Thompson, announced the addition to present school property of three lots, Nos. Merrill, guards. 17-18-19 of block 3, Alfa addition. ------- •-------- This property which is located on Christian Mission Morse avenue near the high school was accepted as a gift from Veta- Held in Medford belle Carter and F. M. Carter. Mrs. Carter is a sister of the Dr Ray S. Dunn, pastor of Rose City Park Methodist church late Walter Phillips, World War In Portland, was special speaker hero for whom the new high at mass meetings of the Southern school athletic field is to be nam­ Oregon Christian Mission held in ed. Mr. Carter is with the Cali­ Medford last Sunday, Monday and fornia state highway department in Sacramento. Tuesday. Mass meetings held in the eve­ nings at Medford high school were Railroad First With well attended by people of Med­ ford and surrounding towns. Other Large Tax Payment outstanding leaders conducted seminar groups in the day time The Southern Pacific railroad at the Presbyterian and Christian was the first of Jackson county's heavy taxpayers to make remit­ churches. Tuesday evening two banquets tance to the tax department of were held, one for youth at the the sheriff's office this year. With Methodist church, the second for the corporation’s check for *70.- ministers ahd other church leaders 823.90 the payment was made in I full and turned over to the county at the Christian church, ———,—•----------- treasurer Monday. • Mrs. G. M Green recently vis­ Since March 15 is the final day ited with her Bister, Mrs. L. L. for payment of taxes without in­ Davis, in Rirrie, Ida. terest penalty, many citizens were I • Mrs. Leona Madison of Kellog visiting the tax deparment the visited over the week-end with first of the week and a line-up 1 Mrs. Adah Sprague. *7* £ay--/ltid ¿tufé 9t! "Not much use to try to send down any more stories,’’ writes Jack Bentley, Miner correspond­ ent with Battery ~ B at Fort Can- by, Wash. It seems that censorship now limits stories to personal items, for it does i not permit news of movements of the battery as a whole. In i addition to this, the news would have to pass through the army I secret service head- quarters at Fort Stevens which coupled with poor mail service would cause considerable delay in getting the stories in print. We will miss Bentley's weekly column dealing with the happen­ ings of Battery B and hope that he still may be able to send us personal items from time to time. ------------ •------------ Opera Company To Appear in Portland Dale Kaegi Places In UO Rifle Meet Dale Kaegi, Ashland, tied for third place in the contest between the men’s and women's rifle teams at the University of Oregon re­ cently. The coed varsity team triumph­ antly nosed out the men’s team by a margin of six points out of 3,000 shots fired by each team. Kaegi, a graduate of Ashland high school, is a freshman major­ ing in business administration at the university. He is the son of Mr and Mrs M E Kaegi and is affiliated with Theta Chi f rater- nity. Number 11 LITHIA HOTEL INCLUDED ON TAX SALE LIST The Lithia hotel will be among the 500 or 600 pieces of Jackson county property subject to tax foreclosure sale Thursday, April 3, according to reports from the of­ fice of Sheriff Syd I. Brown. The minimum amount that will be accepted as a bid for the hotel, which was built in 1926 at an ap­ proximate cost of *200,000, will be *52.200. the amount of delinquent taxes assessed against it. If unsold the hotel will become property of Services Continue at the county and it was indicated that arrangements would probably Church of Christ be made for its continued oper­ Tne second week of evangelistic ation. services is coming to a close at ----------- •------------ uie Cnurcn of Christ with services mis rnday night. The campaign School of Religion wnich has had a wonderful re­ sponse, will continue for two Will Meet in Medford weeks more with John A. Barney Four Leadership Training class­ of Roseburg bringing the ser­ es will be held at the Methodist mons each night Members of the church in Medford from March 17 choir and special numbers from to 21, inclusive, each evening at otner churches is adding to the 7:30. The courses and instructors interest in these meetings. The will be as follows: “The Prophets public is invited by the church to and Their Message,” by Dr. G. W. attend these services each night Bruce, pastor of the Ashland of the week except Saturday at Methodist church; “How Christian 7:30 o'clock. Growth Takes Place," Prof L. E. Subjects for next week are: Messenger, Southern Oregon Col­ Sunday a. m.— "The Church of lege of Education; "Ways of Christ.” Sunday p. m. — "The Teaching,” Pearl E. Sherlock, di­ Christ in Prophecy.” Monday— rector of Christian education of "The Application of the Christian the Oregon conference, and Religion.” Tuesday—“That They "Church School Administration,” May Be One.” Wednesday—“The Dr. Dale Ginn, school superintend­ Meaning of the Cross." Thursday ent of Josephine county. —“The Great Salvation.” Friday Ashland people who are inter­ —“The Game of Life.” ested in attending this school of Friday will be young peoples' religion should see Dr. G. W. night. Bruce or Allen McGee. ------- •------- Balgaard Enlisted In Air Detachment Orville M. Balgaard, son of Mrs. C. E. Clark, 518 OAk street, was among those men recently enlisted for three years' voluntary service with the regular army, according to Lieut.-Col. B. H. Hensley. Oregon district recruiting officer. Balgaard had been tenta­ tively accepted for service at the Medford recruiting station and was actually enlisted at Vancou­ ver barracks for the GHQ air force detachment. Fort Douglas, Utah Present recruiting activities in the Oregon district are being con­ centrated on filling many various vacancies in the Hawaiian, Philip­ pine and Panama Canal depart­ ments, Hensley reported, saying that it is desired to fill these va­ cancies by April 1. PORTLAND. Mar 13 (Special) - The 1941 appearance of Fortune Gallo's world-famous San Carlo Opera company in Portland will mark the 10th consecutive ytar that this great organization has thrilled music and opera lovers in At a meeting of the Ashland the Rose City. It is by this continued success school board Tuesday night, all and popularity with all of its au­ teachers of the four city schools diences. city and country, that the were reelected. At present there San Carlo Opera company has are no changes in view with the earned for itself the consideration exception of the vacancy which and prestige of a much-loved in­ will result from the resignation of Miss Maxine Conover, junior stitution. From Verdi's "Aida” with a high instructor, who plans to take score of distinctive melodies, the graduate work in Whitman college San Carlo Opera series due at the this coming year. A report on the progress of the Mayfair theatre from Monday. March 31, through Sunday, April defense training classes was pre­ 6, with matinees Saturday and sented to the board by Supt. Theo Sunday, the repertory will offer J. Norby. This class in mechanics entertainment for all tastes in has been meeting three nights a week for the past five weeks with music for the theatre. This season, however, holds an Clyde N. Caton of the Junction added thrill, thanks to J, J. Par­ garage. ------------ •------------ ker and Calvin Heilig, for the Mayfair theatre will be the home • Rev. J. E. Cox and Superintend­ of this famous troupe. The theatre ent Brown of Medford were con­ is being completely renovated and ducting business for the Pilgrim redecorated for the occasion and Holiness church in Ashland Mon­ will resume its role of being the day. best theatre in Portland for the • Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd presentation of the finest musical Beam on March 5 at Placerville, and legitimate attractions that Calif., a son. Mrs. Beam was for­ can be brought before the public. merly Dorothy Miller of Ashland. Those who are not acquainted • Mrs. Charles Harmsen and Co- with the Mayfair theatre will per­ zette left last week for Union haps remember it as the old Heilig where Mr. Harmsen is employed. theatre of legitimate stage days. It was here that Calvin Heilig, In Washington, D. C., opera lovers pioneer showman of the north­ gave the San Carlo a capacity west, presented great celebrities week with bravos at every per­ as David Warfield, Maude Adams, formance. Mr. Gallo has promised Port­ Sothern & Marlowe, Miller & Bates, Otis Skinner. Sarah Bern­ land the finest repertoire the city hardt. The outstanding spectacles has had since his opera first and extravaganzas such as Ben peared here. The operas will Hur, Chu Chin Chow. San Carlo pear as follows: Monday, March 31. “Aida." Opera and many others were Tuesday, April 1, "Rigoletto.” played and are today fondly re­ Wednesday, April 2, "Carmen." membered by thousands. Thursday, April 3, "Madam But­ It was in this theatre that the San Carlo Opera was heard for terfly." Friday, April 4, "Faust." the first time with the amazing Saturday matinee, April success that carried it to fame throughout the operatic world. So "Tales of Hoffman." Saturday. April 5, ”H Trova- it is befitting that the people of the northwest enjoy the San Carlo tW" Sunday matinee, April 6, "Mar­ in its original setting amid the fine and sparkling atmosphere tha," followed by ballet advertise­ and prestige that is the Mayfair ments. Carlo Peroni will conduct all theatre. The San Carlo Onera company, I operas, news-1 Special attention is being given from reports of critics and news papers, is in unsurpassed form I to local demands for seats. Mail i this season Many new voices have | Orders are now being received. ■ been added to those of the old address to the Mayfair. Seat sale I ALL TEACHERS ARE REELECTED ------- •-------- Overtaken Vehicle Frequent Violator Greater observance of the state regulation governing the operation of a motor vehicle being overtak­ en and passed by another is neces­ sary in the interest of greater traffic safety in Oregon, accord­ ing to a statement from the traf­ fic safety division of the secertary of state's office. Recently Oregon citizens have written to the office, suggesting that motorists attention be called to the rules requiring overtaken cars to give way to the right when being passed on streets or high- ways, According to these sugges- tions, many drivers fail to ob- serve this requirement with the result that the overtaking vehicle is forced out into the path of on­ coming cars or is unable to go around the slower-moving vehicle. “The driver of an overtaken ve­ hicle shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle on suitable and audible signal and shall not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle," says Ore­ gon law on this subject. Courtesy and safe driving prac- tice require the driver to observe this rule when being overtaken, the statement declared. Oregon law provides that cars always shall be driven as near the right hand side of the street or highway as is practicable and when slow- moving vehicles stay close to the center line, other vehicles are held up and passing is dangerous. ------------•------------ Final Exams Mark End of SOCE Term The winter term at the South­ ern Oregon College of Education will be completed on Thursday and Friday on which days final examinations are scheduled. Be­ ginning March 15 and lasting un­ til March 23 there will be a spring vacation. Registration for the spring quarter will begin Monday, March 24. A full schedule of offerings will be made available to both be­ ginning students and advanced students. • Miss Genevieve McGee, teacher at Klamath Falls, was in Ashland last week-end. JEAN EBERHART running around in circles when the elec­ tric time clock stopped last Sat- urday night. JOHN BROADY experiencing favorites and praises for all have I opens March 20 at the J. K. Gill i Speech difficulties at the Lions’ • dinner. was expected today and Saturday, been endless in every city visited. I company in Portland. I •