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American* arc gnidimlly getting
used to the idea of high tuxes.
A city clerk in an Indiana town
recently »•’til a tex notice to a
holy for |2.72 and wits greatly
surprised to receive money orders
totaling 1272 00 in payment When
the tuilance was returned the lady
did admit that it seemed a trifle
high.
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Winter in its final fling (we
hope) brought snow down to the
vu I ley's edge on Wednesday, but
spring arrived right on schedule
yesterday with plenty of sunshine
to drive the snow tan k to the hills
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Clark Wood opines that Amer
icans are rapidly falling into two
classes: those who support the
government and those whom the
government supports.
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A recent Fortune survey to
show popular trust in radio and
newspaper reporting was some
what more than slightly discour
aging to newspaper columnists
The survey revealed that when
there was some doubt, only three
percent were inclined to trust the
columnist.
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According to the New Yorker,
it Is apparent that nobody has told
the Greeks that their cause is
bait. In their ignorance, they go
on kicking the Italians out of
Albania,
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While America "piddles" around
with strikes and Harry Bridges
court proceedings. England con-
tlnues to suffer. Too late we will
see the real cause back of it all.
What we nerd Is a good house
cleaning and some of the old-fash
ioned AH.TA tactics.
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A man who gives in when he
la wrong la wiar, a man who gives
In when he is right --is married
- The Pulse
111
A motorist in the vicinity of
Klamath Falls was given a sur
prise recently when a horse jump
ed from an embankment onto his
car Being out for a pleasant
afternoon drive and having no in
terest in wrestling he was hardly
expecting a flying mare.
STATE LEADERS
TO AID SCHOOL
LUNCH PROGRAM
A healthy America, through ex
tension of the school lunch pro
gram to over 35,000 Oregon school
children within the year, is the
goal of an advisory committee of
state farm, educational, -nutrition
al and welfare leaders, announced
this week by the Portland office
of the surplus marketing adniln.s
tratlon Administered by IM aur
plus marketing administration in
cooperation with the state wel
fare commission, WPA and NY A,
15,000 Oregon school children are
now participating in school lunch
es made available through distri
bution of agricultural surpluses.
"Since as many children in well-
to-do families, ax well as children
of families receiving public as
sistance, are subject to improper
diet, the committee expects to
stress that the health of tomor
row's citizens is of primary con
cern to everyone," said M. Louis
Belangie, area director, surplus
marketing administration.
"Any
school may participate in the
school lunch program upon certi
fication by school principals, coun
ty administrators, health authori
ties or responsible officials that
malnourished children will bene
fit."
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COURT PROCEEDINGS
In the police court LeRoy Guy
Ayres and Raymond Eugene Jack-
son each received fines of $2.50
and costs for violation of basic
rule. Jackson was also guilty of
driving without a license.
In the justice court Marvine D.
Morris and Woodrow J. Cullup
were found guilty of petty larceny
and were given 30-day suspended
sentences plus $4.50 coats. The
pail had stolen a gun from Herb
Moore’s car at the Silver Moon
dance hall on Oak street.
TAYLOR R.WILLIAMS
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)
"CHEROKEE
STRIP"
"NO, NO, NANETTE"
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
‘YOU’LL FIND OUT"
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Volume X
BUILDING HERE
ON INCREASE
PERMITS SHOW
ASHLAND, PREPON, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1941
Machine« Protect America
The second annual amateur pro
gram sponsored by the junior and
senior P-TA to raise the budget
for their organization will be held
April 18. Contestants will be divid
ed into three groups: pre-school
and grade school; junior and sen
ior high school, arid adult. In each
group three cash prizes will be
awarded: $5 for first, $3 for sec
ond and $1 for third, making a
total of $24 in prizes for the three
¿roups Winners will be determ
ined by ballot, the audience vot
ing While Supt Theo J. Norby,
chairman of balloting, and high
school boys count the ballots, some
of the parents will present a one-
act play.
Those wishing to participate in
this program must have applica
tion blanks in the hands of the
audition committee composed of
Mrs R. I. Flahaity, Gordon Tripp,
Miss Ruth Woods and Bert Free
man, by April first. These blanks
may be secured at the grade
school buildings, junior and senior
high schools, Southern Oregon
College of Education and the
chamber of commerce.
Tryouts
will be held in the junior high
gym April 7.
General chairman of this affair
is the P-TA president. Mrs. R. L
i Crosby.
Building permits totaling over
$10.000 for the first two weeks in
March were approved by the city
council Tuesday night. The largest
permit was issued to A. C. Nln-
inger and Gene Hopper who will
operate a market in the $»J.50<)
concrete store building now under
construction on C street.
Included among the other build
ing grants were a $3,000 permit
for a loading warehouse at the
corner of Rock and Wimer streets
issued to John E Walker; a
$1,300 permit for dwelling recon
struction issued to Mrs lx>uisa
Scott, and a $150 permit issued
to Dick Adams for garage con
struction.
At the Tuesday night meeting
the council also approved appoint
ment of John P. Daugherty, man
ager and partner in Fortmiller's
department store, as a new mem
ber of the council to fill the va
cancy left by resignation of O. F.
Carson.
Mayor Wiley, who was present
for the first time since his recent
illness, instructed Daugherty to
lake over duties as chairman of
the street committee and as a
member of the eictric and realty
committees which had been as
signed to Carson.
AHS Athletic Field
Rapidly Taken Shape
Work on the $50,000 Walter
Phillips field at Ashland high
sch<M>l is progressing rapidly and
forms now are being built in pre
paration for pouring cement for
the foundation of the new grand
stand.
Bulldozers and a steam shovel,
along with a crew of men, have
been busy clearing the newly ac
quired land and moving dirt. Top
soil is being placed on the old
football field for the growing of
grass.
On the s<»uth end of *he field,
itirectly opposite the grandstand
a steam shovel is making a grad
ual runway that will lead to the
field and enable trucks to drive
directly to the field and make
the stadium easily accessible for
spectators.
The project will be completed
this summer and the grans will
have taken root and be ready for
the 1941 football season.
Elks Celebrate36th
Birthday Anniversary
A large crowd attended th< 36th
birthday celebration of Ashland
lodge No. »44. BPOE, Monday
evening at the Elks temple. After
a fine turkey dinner was served,
Exalted Ruler Will M. Dodge pre
sided over the program. He first I
introduced B. C. Forsythe, Ash
land high school principal, who re
viewed the history of the lodge It
was founded in 1905, meeting at
that time in the old building near
the city hall. The pYesent building
was constructed in 1908 and ded
icated in 1910. The first exalted
ruler was the late E. V. Carter.
The name of the secretary, J.
Edward Thornton, who has served
continuously since 1914 in this of
fice, appeared on the charter.
After a number of entertaining
features in the main auditorium,
dancing and cards were enjoyed.
AKEN1TA VIKG^N-OWEN
Funeral services for Mrs. Ares-
tia Virgin-Owen were held Mon
day afternoon at Trinity Episcopal
church with Dr. Claude A. Sayre
in charge. Mrs. Owen, who was a
long time resident of Ashland,
passed away Friday morning at
the Community hospital in Med
ford. She was born in Bradford
county, Pa., Sept. 2, 1848. When a
small girl the family moved to
Michigan. After her marriage to
W. J. Virgin and a short residence
In Wisconsin, they moved to Ash
land in 1891 purchasing the flour
mill from F. P. Roper. After Mr.
Virgin’s death in 1908, she married
E. G. Owen, who likewise preced
ed her in death. Since her three
children also have passed away,
there are no immediate survivors.
Mrs. Owen was a member of Trin
ity Episcopal church since its or
ganization. having donated the
land on which it was built.
WILLIAM D. EMERSON
Funeral services for William
Doughty Emerson, 63, were held
Monday afternoon with Dr. George
W. Bruce of the Ashland Method
ist church and Rev. Harold G.
Gardner of the Medford Episcopal
church officiating.
Mrs. George
Bruce and Mrs. Colver Anderson
sang two duets, "Abide With Me"
and "Beautiful Garden of Prayer."
Mr. Emerson was born at Millers
burg, O., May 28, 1878. Of recent
years he had made his home in
Portland. His widow is the niece
of Mr and Mrs. W. H. Worthing
ton of this city. Services were held
at the Litwlller Funeral home and
interment was made in the IOOF
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Please Call at The Miner Office
for Tour Guest Tickets
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P-TA Sponsors 2nd
Amateur Contest
, BOWLING ALLEY
TO OPEN SOON
Machines play the leading role in modern defense. Shown above are
machines for soil defense and national defense. The cannon is one of a
number of U. S. guns capable of long-range destruction. The earth
moving equipment at top is of a type used by many fanners in building
dams and reservoirs. In 1939 farmers moved more than 11 million cubic
yards of earth in performing this conservation practice, equivalent to
the volume of material going into Columbia river’s huge Grand Coulee
dans
BEING PUSHED
Preparations for launchink the
1941 program of w<Sk for the ‘
local chamber of commerce were :
well underway this week, with
committee organization being of !
major interest.
The newly formed finance de- j
partment and committee, com
prising Elwood Hedberg, C. P.
Talent. M. T. Bums, J. Q Adams,
I. F. Andres, F. S Engle and
Fred Tayler, met last night to
discuss the new budget. No def
inite commitments were made, the
department being expected to con
vene again within a short time.
The tourist promotion and in
dustrial development departments
and sub-committees will meet
sometime next week to map out
preliminary maneuvers.
Formal
action, however, is being withheld
pending a preliminary session of
the executive department. R. I.
Flaharty, chamber president, is in
San Francisco this week and will
return probably Monday.
Officials of the chamber here
are in Eugene today, attending
the spring session of the Oregon
Commercial Secretaries associa
tion.
SOCE Hlot Training
Class Under Way
The civilian pilot training pro
gram, spring phase, at the South
ern Oregon College of Education,
is now under way. The following
students who have been enrolled
in the primary course already
have begun their primary flight
instruction: Mary Jean Barnes,
Phoenix; Houston Rutledge Pitts
Jr., Medford; Leonard William
Smedley, Medford; Donald Curry
Stanley, Medford; Chester Leon
ard Robertson, Eagle Point; Don
Medford;
ald Reynolds Horner,
Charles Jack Hanel, Ashland;
Medfoyd;
Donald Ray Gillespie,
Harold Hubert Stevens, Medford,
and Frank Leighton Blake, Ash
land.
The following students have
been enrolled in the secondary civ
ilian pilot training program: Myrle
Claire Adams, Klamath Falls;
John Raymond Pratt, Ashland;
George Eugene Gates Jr., Med
ford; William Milton Hawkins,
Ashland; Edward Lewis Cate,
Ashland; George Robert Jensen,
Ashland; Keith Devone Swisher,
Coalingar, Calif.; Rolland Norris
Rinabarger, Medford; Merl Elbert
Beagle, Ashland, and Walter Ern
est Wiltermood, Grants Pass.
Flight training for the second
ary class will be initiated in the
next week or two, state college
authorities.
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SELBY FETES EMPLOYEES
IJoyd Selby of the Selby Chev
rolet company gave a dinner party
for his employees at the Lithia
hotel last Thursday evening. Dur
ing the evening S. H. Short show
ed several reels of travel movies
he had taken.
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• Eunice Putman of Eugene is a
Lions Entertain
Basketball Squad
Celebrating the conclusion of a
successful basketball season, the
Ashland Lions club entertained
Coach Jerry Gastineau and mejn-
bers of the squad at a dinner at
the Lithia hotel Tuesday evening.
Bob Weaver, wielding the gavel
as guest chairman for the evening,
presided over the meeting and
kept the Lions in hand.
After
hearing reports on early-season
barnstorming tour from several of
the squad. Elwood Hedberg intro
duced
Nathan Gale,
youthful
snake enthusiast, who gave an
interesting and entertaining dis
cussion of poisonous snakes and
with the assistance ot Gaylord
Cox demonstrated the milking of
venom from a large 11-button
rattler.
The speaker briefly outlined the
characteristics and habits of var
ious snakes and displayed three
types of reptiles found in south
ern Oregon—a striped racer, a
coral king snake and several pa
cific rattlers. Gale has had some
experience on a snake farm and
now has quite a number of snakes
of his own.
Ashland will have newly equip
ped bowling alleys in operation
about May 1, it was announced
Tuesday as work began on the
reconstruction of the building ad
joining the Greyhound Tavern
where the new enterprise will be
located.
According to John Eaton who
will manage the business, new
equipment will be used in the four
regulation alleys to be outfitted
by Brunswick Seats will be pro
vided for 24 spectators in addition
to space for bowlers. The building
will be air-conditioned and the re
ported investment for the business
will be something over $8,500.
Eaton indicated that plans are
being made for a city bowling
league to be started next fall.
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Two Ashland Men
Selected for Draft
Draft board No. 2 of Jackson
county last Saturday announced
that two more Ashland men have
been selected for Induction into the
draft. They are John S. Billings
and Jacob Paul Lahr who with V.
Wilson Klimek of Talent and sev
en others make up the 10 called
from the county outside of Med
ford.
Four others were notified to
stand by in case some of the 10
are not able to serve.
Number 12
GRANGERS SEE
BIG ATTENDANCE
AT C-C DINNER
A community is like a business
in that it prospers only through
united effort and that it is depend
ent upon a "boss” or leader to
bring about this unity; so it is in
this capacity of a business head
that the chamber of commerce
finds its place in community life,
Frank Jenkins, Klamath Falls
newspaper publisher, stated at the
annual banquet-meeting of the
Ashland chamber of commerce and
Bellview grange in the Bellview
Community hall Friday night.
A capacity crowd caused Jenk
ins to remark about the evident
vitality of the organization. The
fine meal served by the ladies of
Bellview grange drew tributes
from all speakers.
R. I. Flaharty, chamber presi
dent, opened the meeting with in
troduction of a number of guests,
including the speaker, Frank Jenk
ins; C. R. Cooley and Edward C.
Coates of the Grants Pass cham-
ger of commerce; Seth M. Bullis
and A S. Rosenbaum of the Jack-
son county chamber of commerce;
Ralph Billings, Bellview grange
member; Ralph Koozer, acting
mayor, and several chamber offi
cials and new members.
Mr. Jenkins highly praised the
calendar of projects upon which
the chamber of commerce now is
working. It includes assistance in
dry ice development, expansion of
highway facilities, reduction of
commercial freight rates, mprove-
ment of tourist travel, develop
ment of commercial potentialities,
closer cooperation between pro
ducers and consumers and better
ment of community and civic
facilities.
The speaker also advised spread
ing of duties and responsibilities
particularly among younger mem
bers whose fresh ideas would sti
mulate work A practical sugges
tion left by Jenkins was that all
downtown business men and em
ployees avoid parking their cars
in the restricted parking areas
used by shoppers. He pointed out
that these parking difficulties
have in many instances driven
trade to the outskirts of town
where parking facilities are pro
vided.
SOCE Makes Ruling
For Special Students
Beginning on Monday, March
24, which opens the spring term
at the Southern Oregon College
of Education, special students will
be allowed the privilege of attend
ing a limited number of classes
on a fee-per-credit-hour basis.
This fee will be charged at the
rate of three dollars per credit
hour up to 6 hours. Students reg
istering for more than 6 hours
will pe assessed the regular col
lege tuition fees, according to
Marshall E. Woodell, registrar.
Additional information can be
A meeting of members of the received at the office of the reg
1940 Ashland softball association istrar at the College.
will be held at the high school
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at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
JOSEPH DONALD KERBY
In view of construction work on
Funeral services for Joseph
the high school field it appears Donald Kerby were held Wednes
that league play will be highly day afternoon at the Litwiller
improbable, but the meeting will Funeral home with Rev. Robert E.
discuss the situation and possibly Schmidt officiating.
"The Old
arrange for some substitute.
Rugged Cross" and "Steal Away
All team managers, sponsors, Softly to Jesus” were sung by
representatives, league officials Mrs. C. M. Litwiller. Interment
Names of Shasta-Cascade Won and others interested are urged was made in the Steams cemetery
derland girls who will compose the to attend.
at Talent.
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personnel of the Wonderland sce BEIJ.VIEW NE^S
LIZZIE ZANA
nic region corps of regional, coun
ty and alternate theme girls for
Funeral services in charge of
the 1941 Fun Festival definitely
Dr. George W. Bruce were held
will be announced April 1, accord
Thursday afternoon at the Litwil
ing to a news report from the
ler Funeral home for Mrs. Lizzie
main office of Shasta-Cascade • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rosen Zana. She passed away Monday,
baum returned to their home at March 17. Inerment was in the
Wonderland association.
With the selective campaign Willow Ranch, Calif. Sunday after Mountain View cemetery.
now in progress in all nine coun spending a few days with Mrs.
ties of the region. Intense competi Rosenbaum's parents, Mr. and
tion has developed not only bet Mrs. Walter Hash.
ween candidates but
between • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bell and
communities and counties in sup Lynn De Mille of Klamath Falls
port of home town candidates is spent Sunday with the R. E. Bell
inspired by the desire to achieve family.
not only the distinction of becom-1 • Mr. and Mrs. Harry Farmer
ing the home town and the home and Donald Farmer left Monday
county of the girl who is "Miss morning for Nubieber, Calif, to
Shasta-Cascade —1941 Alice in spend the week.
Wonderland,' but also the girl • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nichol and
who is to be theme girl in each of baby from Grants Pass spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Jim
the nine counties."
County polls will close in Las Tucker. Mr. Nichol is a son of
sen and Modoc counties March 19; Mrs. Tucker.
in Lake and Tehama counties. •Llewellyn Peachey returned to
March 21; in Siskiyou county Camp Canby Saturday after spend
March 23; in Trinity and Jackson ing a week with his parents. Mr.
counties March 24, and in Shasta and Mrs. A. H. Peachey.
and Klamath counties March 26. • Mrs. Ted Huff, who underwent
MARSH BALDWIN having the
The period between these dates a major operation at the Com
and April 1 will be allowed for munity hospital Mar. 8, was re "washday blues” while his wife
is away.
moved to her home Saturday.
filing of ballots of absent votes.
GEORGE
GOSWICK
having
Location and dates of the first • Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Newbrv and
big event of the 1941 Wonderland family spent Sunday visiting in trouble with bats in his belf—
Fun Festival at which “Miss Shas Grants Pass with their daughter pardon, we mean bedroom.
PATROLMAN PARKER HESS
ta-Cascade—1941 Alice in Won and family, Mr. and Mrs. Erford
being imprisoned by a measles
derland" and the county theme Pool.
commerce din- sign.
girls are to be presented to the • The chamber of commerce
A LITHIA HOTEL WAITRESS
Wonderland public, will be an ner sponsored by the home eco-
nounced by the association within nomics committee of the Bellview definitely making tracks upon the
grange and given in the grange discovery that a rattlesnake was
a few days.
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hall last Friday evening was well present at the lions dinner.
EARL SCHILLING rushing the
Build health with natural vita attended. 125 tickets were sold.
min B complex. East Side Phar • The Frog Creek Sewing club fishing season somewhat with hia
Softball Situation
Discussed Tonight
THEME GIRLS
TO BE NAMED
BY APRIL FIRST
guest of Betty Jo Burns thia week. macy.
4-H Club Leader
Guest of Grange
SEEN IN A DAZE
(Continued on page 8)
story-telling.