Townsend. father of the pension
plun ululili before u congirssional
committee recently that at least
Hitler provided work for hla peo
ple which was more than thia Volume X
country was doing. All of which
caiiNe« us to wonder how long
the avetage American worker
would enjoy working under the'
German bouts, wage« and work-I
Ing conditions
1 1 1
The Tokyo pre«« declares that
wur la Inevitable, so why do the
Japs go to the needless expense
of «ending a x|x>clal envoy over
Thirty-eight miles south of Ash
here.
land in the southern slopes of the
•
Siskiyou mountains, they dedicat
THIS AND THAT
ed u new state yesterday.
ll> Ol.ll TIMER
A delegation of smartly garbed
To the Editor:
mixing with be-whis-
College football season used to townspeople,
kered miners, two brown beats
end on Thanksgiving day when a and
newsreel camera men,
bunch of the pigskin artist« were heard five
Judge John W
"graduated " Since the advent of Childs Superior
of
Crescent
City proclaim
the "bowl" contests, the lads now
new state of "Jefferson,” to be
can loaf around the college until the
known and recognized as the 49th
the weather get« warm
state In the Union
*
Representatives from as far
Hitler «aid f he * wouldn't
take off south
Sacramento and ax far
his uniform until the war is over north ax
ax
Horneburg gathered on
Wonder how he managed to get the courthouse
lawn in Yreka to
into hl« red flannel« for the Rus hear protests that both Oregon
sian campaign'
and California had neglected the
r f f
bonier regions of the two «tâtes,
And to ndd to the tribulation« while
camera men repte
of the school board, nocturnal vis Meriting newsreel
Fox
Movietone,
News of
itors raided the high school pan the Day, Universal News.
I’ata-
try!
mount New» and Bathe New« mer
r r r
recording the
Maybe If I the Salvation Army rily ground away,
event
kettle plan was adopted some history-making
by the untimely death
loose change 1 could be garnered of Shocked
Gilbert
Gable, late mayor of
for the Christmas tree fund
Port Orford who started the
«
movement, secessionists neverthe
The small boy look« with less agreed to carry on his work
askance on Governor Sprague’s under
the leadership of Judge
advocacy of a lengthened «chool
Childs Moreover, even though the
term
boundaries of the new state have
*
tentatively set up as "larger
Moscow ha« the largest bell In been
than the N<-w England area", thev
the world Hitler must be wonder- promised
to put additional pres
Ing now for whom it will even- sure on Klamath. I^ake and Jack-
tually toll
son «»unties to Join their move
f
f
About time to hand the Japan- ment
It was a mixed crowd of aston
e«e envoy hi« hat and bld hlm ishingly
serious and sheepishly
gotjdbye
grinning
people on hand for the
•
inauguration. Even the photo
graphers from national picture
Elks Memorial to
magazines, admitting that it marie
Be Held Sunday I*. M good
copy, did not quite know
The annua) Elks memorisi «er- what to think A large number of
vice will be held at tht- Elk., ten. the rebels appear to be willing to
pie at 2;30 o’clock Sunday after- carry the movement through to
noon This service, an Impressive the finish Others indicate that
memorial to ail Elks, 1« held the the publicity is bringing the de-
first Sunday in I>ecember each sired results. A lx»s Angeles syn
year and la open to the public
dicate is reportedly planning to
Rev QMM W
Bruce Will set up a $250000 chrome plant in
•«peak and a fine musical program, the Scott Valley section. Other
including numbers by Mrs Ste offers in developing the mineral
phen Epler, the college orchestra ri-si-urex-« of the area i are being
under the leadership of Miele Ijm- receiver).
den. and by the highschool boys
Just how far the movement will
quartet, has been arranged for
be carried is not known The state
of California has recognized the
plea of the section by ordering a
Records Indicate
two-rlay hearing on the mineral
Driv'nfr Tmnrnvemenf resources later this month
At any rate, they had a g
Despite a substantial incres«-
in the use of motor vehicles in time As one old miner put it. "By
Oregon thia year the traff- <*<"'■ dang, it's the best crowd since
rate at the end of the first 10 they lynched those guy«, «lx years
months was exactly even with th«- ago!”
rate for the name nerlod In iO40
Ear! Snell, secretary of state, dis
closed today
The rate is 11 1 persons killed
[>cr 100,000 000 miles of trsve'
Since this death rate Indicate«
the number of persons kill*-«! in re
'The annual Christmas concert
latlon to the exposure to accident,
and since increased traffic volume presented by the Junior high
mean« greater exposure to acci school chorus and the high school
dent. the fact that the rate Is no a cappela choir, accompanied by
higher than It was last vein whet the high school orchestra, will be
the exposure wax les« is an Indi given at the junior high gym
cation of the improvement in Ore Thursday evening, Dec. 18.
Consisting for the most part of
gon driving. Snell declared
The October death rate this sacred numbers, the program will
year wax 12 7 while for the same include several classics and a
month In 1940 it was 14 3 This group of Christmas carols The
improvement wax effected in the two groups will sing several num
face of an 18 percent increase In bers separately and will then com
bine to make a huge chorus of
travel during the month
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over 125 voices, one of the largest
BISHOP lil'K SUNDAY
home talent choruses to ever ap-
The Right Reverend Benjamin pear in Ashland.
D Dagwell, Bishop of Oregon, will
A cantata presented by this
I m * present and officiate at all combined chorus will climax the
services at Trinity Episcopal program and special decorations
church Sunday morning
The and lights will add to the beauty
Bishop will pi esent the sermon at of the music.
11 a. m. and the public is cordial
There will be no admLssion
ly Invited to attend this special charge to this concert, but those
service.
attending will be asked to bring
whatever they can in the way of
CLIFTON A. SHUTTS
food which will be distributed to
Funeral services for Clifton A. the needy.
Shutts, 84, will be held at l :30 p
m Saturday at the IJtwiller Fun
eral home Shutts worked for 21 Jr. Hi Hoopers “Hot”
years in the Ashland park depart
ment, having been forced to retire ’n Season Opener
five years ago by ill health. His
The Ashland Junior high varsity
wife died in 1937 and he is sur basketbailers looked in mid-season
vived by two foster children, A R. form on the local maple boards
Scott, Yreka, and Mrs. Lucille Tuesday night as they trounced
Lowell, Vancouver, Wash
the Sams Valley high school quin
tet 55 to 17 in the Ashland bas
ketball season opener.
I Little Jay Samuelson was “hot"
A. O. McGee
anti his teammates continually fed
mid Companion
the ball to him. He accounted for
Are Invited to Be Guests of the ' 21
of his club's points during the
Southern Oregon Miner time he was in the game. Kerr,
the only other letterman on the
To See Their Choice of
Simpson five, tallied 10 points.
the Following
Coach Simpson used 12 men in the
Varsity Theater
clash.
The junior high seventh and
Programs:
eighth graders, after trailing the
(Friday and Saturday)
first three quarters, made a clean
sweep for Ashland when they
"SON OF MONTE CRISTO"
turned back the Sams Valley
PARSON OF PANAMINT" i graders 20 to 16 in the prelimin-
| ary lambert, Jandreau and Pro
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
vost tied for high scoring honors
of this game with six apiece. Mil-
"YANK IN THE R A F "
kowski was high for Sams Valley
I with 11
•
Piense Can at The Miner Office
• Mrs T 8. Wiley visited In Kln-
for Tour Guest Tickets
1 math Falls. Tuesday, with her
daughter, Mrs Bill Miller.
SECESSIONISTS
DEDICATE STATE
OF JEFFERSON
DEC. 18 SCHOOL
CONCERT DATE
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ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1941
OUR DEMOCRACY
Pocket Knife Brings
Sailor To Ashland
by Mat
PROTcCTiON.
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...
- J II
i
A merican
SLIPPERY ROADS
CAUSE CRASHES
men will protect women ano children
AGAINST PHYSICAL AGGRESSION.
i
O ur WOMEN STAND 5EHIN0 OUR MEN-AS GUARDIANS OF MORALE
AND THRIFT, SO REQUISITE TODAY.- IN JOSS, PRIVATE AND
GOVERNMENTAL ,THEY AID NATIONAL DEFENSE, AND MORE AND
MORE ARE STANDING ON THEIR OWN FEET ECONOMICALLY,
AS EVIDENCED BY 4,000,000 WOMEN HAVING TAKEN OUT
LIFE INSURANCE LAST YEAR A l ONR.
TRAFFIC SAFETY
PROGRAM TOLD
Famed Quartet to
Appear at College
Fate in the form of a |xx-ket
knife quivering in a wall map on
a battle cruiser hundreds of
miles from Ashland was respon
sible for the arrival of Jack
Ris ky’ Hunt, first class seaman
in this city, Sunday.
In true story-book
faahion,
Jack and several com|>anion»
decided to let fate determine
where they would «pend their
15-day furloughs; so they hung
a map on the wall and let their
knives select their destinations.
Jack's knife landed in Ashland
—and so did Jack, Sunday.
Hunt has made many friends
already and reports that he is
enjoying his furlough. He also
assisted in the flag presentation
at the Quarterbacks' banquet
Wednesday night.
One injury and considerable
damage resulted from two acci
dents which occurred in the Ash-
land area due to slippery road
conditions the past week.
Mrs. Paul Sparks of Medford
received a scalp injury and minor
bruises when the car in which she
was riding skidded and turned
over on the Klamath Falls high
way. Mr Sparks and four other
passengers in the car escaped
injury.
The other accident, involving
two trucks and a passenger car.
occurred Tuesday morning on the
Pacific highway near the north
city limits The two big trucks
driven by Don Kerby of Talent
and Louis Ramirez of Turlock.
Calif., met headon when the semi
trailer driven by Remirez skidded
into the left traffic lane in the
path of Kerby's truck. The Remi
rez truck turned on its side in the
ditch at the south of the highway
and although the impact practic
ally demolished the front of Ker
by's truck, it still remained on the
highway.
A passenger car driven by Mrs.
Earl Anderson also was damaged
in the accident Mrs Anderson
was following the Kerby truck
when the headon crash drove the
truck back into the front of her
car.
Drivers of all three vehicles
luckily escaped injury.
The famed Roth String Quartet
■ is scheduled to present a concert
'•There have been over 200.000 in the auditorium of the Southern
re port e<l accidents in the state of 1 Oregon College of Education on
Oregon since 1935 resulting in Dec 8. Feri Roth. Rachmael Wein
some 40 000 injuries and 2.000 fa stock. Julius Shaler and Olive Edel
talities." stated Stanley R Church, are the members of the quartet.
director of the traffic safety di
This group, whose home origin
vision of the office of the secre
tary of state who spoke at the ally was in Budapest, capital for
art and music, first came to Ame
Lions club Tuesday evening
This startling accident record rica in 1928 for a chamber music
has come about as a result of the festival at Pittsfield, Mass Since
Harvey Henry Zemke. 18, of
tremendous Increase in the num that time this concert group has
ber of motor vehicles which today played in this country annually Talent accidentally shot himself
total over 200,000 and which will and in recent years it has made with a 22 calibre rifle last Satur
consume more than 2k0.000.000 the United States its permanent day morning while looking for a
gallons of gasoline In Oregon this home. This quartet now is recog pitch tree. His body was found
year, according to figures released nized as one of the finest cham I Sunday morning by his brother,
by the secretary of state's office ber music ensembles in the world Leslie, when the barking of Har
Church pointed out that in This will be their first concert in vey's dog attracted him to the
| scene of the tragedy.
combating this rather black pic southern Oregon.
Young Zemke had told his par-
Tickets are now on sale at the
ture of increasing accidents, the
traffic safety division has set up chamber of commerce, adult ad enrs of his plans to leave early
i Saturday morning and when he
a three-fold program of engineer mission charge being 75 cents.
' failed to return it was thought
ing. enforcement and education
that he had gone to a friend's
which seems to be showing evi
home; so it was not until Sunday
dences of success I^ast year Ore
i morning that a search was started.
gon held first place in traffic
No inquest was held since an
safety In the western division and
investigation by Deputy Coroner
was second in the country for pe
Litwiller indicated that death was
destrian safety.
It appeared
The speaker emnhasized the im
Collegiate basketball makes its puielv accidental
portance of education in the safe debut here tonight when the Sou that Zemke was making his way
tv program and told of the work thern Oregon College of Education through heavy undergrowth of
of the department through the five opens the 1941-42 season manzanita whih caused him to
press and radio, in the schools and against the powerful Rubenstein s bend forward with his gun in
in service clubs and rural organi Oregonians of Eugene on the SO front of him. Then the gun dis
zations The effectiveness of this CE floor. The game begins at 7:30 charged as he was crawling over
it, sending the bullet upward
program in the schools is indicat p m.
ed by the fact that the school child
At 8 o'clock Saturday night, al through his left chest.
Young Zemke lived with his
fatality rate is down 50 percent so on the SOCE floor, the Klam
this year.
ath All-Stars will face the Sons parents. Mr. and Mrs. Gustave H.
In concluding the program No preliminary games had been I Zemke, on Anderson creek near
¡Talent. Funeral services were held
Church showed several reels of scheduled at this writing.
from the Litwiller Funeral home
traffic safety films such as he had
Probable starting lineups, as Wednesday
afternoon and burial
been showing in the Ashland announced by Coach Jean Eber
schools throughout the day Tues hart. will find Wes Peters and Joe was in the IOOF addition to
day. The reels shown dealt with Spayde holding down the forward Mount View cemetery.
pedestrian safety, blcvclc safetv posts, big Bob Mulder at center,
"greater courtesy-greatcr safety" and Bobby Hoefs and either Joe Mi-Star Selections
and better driving as a means of Barry or Bruce Wall at the guard
conserving valuable defense ma positions.
terials.
I Name Two Grizzlies
Chuck
DeAutremont
is
expected
Arrangements for Church's ap
Although Bud Provost, Ashland
pearance in Ashland were made to see action but will not be eli 1 high's ramming fullback, was the
gible
for
conference
competition
by School Supt Theo .1. Norby
Southern
Oregon
conference's
until next semester.
and Police Chief C. P. Talent.
leading scorer, he failed to make
The Sons will feature a fast the first team in all-star selec
and clever ball handling this tions released this week However,
Over 3,500 Elk Taken I break
season and expect these two Ashland had some consolation
Burin it Recent Season games to show where the weak the placing of Chet Fowler and
A total of 3.557 elk were killed places are before the conference Charles Jandreau on the first
in the eastern Oregon area during | season starts next week-end with string.
Balloting was done by sports
the recent elk season, according to | Eastern Oregon here
writers and coaches of the team
figures released by the Oregon
making up the conference.
The
state game commission.
selections follow:
Records compiled at checking 1 Morris Tells Rotary
First team: Curt Oopkins, Med
stations maintained by the com Of Defense Train
ford. end: Bill Wall. Medford, end.
mission showed that 8.733 hunt
ers checked into the hunting area,
Harry Morris of the Oak Street Bud Mayfield, Medford, tackle:
and considering the duplication«’, Oarage told of his impressions of Chet Fowler. Ashland, tackle:
it was estimated that approxi the recent defense special train Jack Mitchell, Klamath Falls,
mately 8,000 hunters engaged in at the regular luncheon meeting guard; Jack Rich. Klamath Falls,
the elk hunt.
of the Ashland Rotary club Thurs guard; Phil Blohm. Klamath
Falls, center: Eugene Love. Kla
Of the 3,447 elk killed. 1.169 day noon.
were bulls. 1 727 were cows and
He told the group that his visit math Falls, back: Charles Jan
' to Portland was a rather divan dreau. Ashland back- Cato Wrav.
66' were calves
pointing experience since it was Medford, back, and Ike Orr, Med-
T-ate last August, an e”’
was held in portions of Coos and discovered that altbnno'h he and foid, back
Three A «•''’and plavers, John
Douglas counties A total of 972 other small manufacturers were
hunters checked into this area and able to produce the needed defense Bell. Martin Herrin and Bud Pro
brought out a total of 184 bulls. parts, no contracts could be let vost, made the second team and
The western Oregon season was because there are no assemblling I^aMar Ormond and Russ Hawk
received honorable mention.
confined to bulls only.
facilities available.
BOY KILLED BY
GUN ACCIDENT
SOCE QUINT IN
DEBtfT TONIGHT
Number 49
QUARTERBACKS’
FEED FEATURES
BIG PROGRAM
More than 300 members of the
Ashland Downtown Quarterbacks
club and guests enjoyed a well
prepared potluck dinner in the
junior high gym Wednesday night
and applauded the fine program
that followed. The occasion honor
ed the high school and Junior high
football squads, girls' drill team,
high school
band,
basketball
squads, coaches and school direc
tors.
An impressive highlight of the
after-dinner program was the pat
riotic ceremony honoring the mem
ory of Bobby Farlow, former grid
star and popular high school stu
dent, who became Ashland's num
ber one sacrifice in the country's
present defense effort.
After
Toastmaster J. H. Hardy spoke a
few words of the popularity and
achievements of Bobby, the audi
ence stood in silent tribute and a
flag presentation was made by
Capt. Charles Delsman, Pvt Jack
Bentley and Jack "Rocky" Hunt,
first class seaman Following the
presentation the group sang “God
Bless America."
Another highlight of the eve
ning was Jhe awarding of the
Charles White trophy to Chuck
Jandreau This award is made
each year to the senior selected
by a secret vote of the team
members as the most inspirational
player.
Introduction of coaches and
players of both high school and
junior squads provided an enter
taining bit to the program. Sever
al of the quarterback members
also were introduced and spoke
briefly of the successful grid sea
son with many references to the
coveted Medford win In regard
to this particular game. Principal
B C. Forsythe presented some
statistics which provided an in
teresting background to the many
years of Ashland-Medford rivalry
Irving E. Vining, main speaker
of the evening, referred to the
banquet as *'. . . not so much a
feast of food as a feast of glor
ious memories.” In his brief re
marks he particularly emphasized
the ''win to win" which paved the
way for gridiron success and ex
pressed the hope that the students
would carry the same spirit, men
tal alertness and initiative with
them in their every day living.
Opportunities for the audience
to enter into the festivities were
provided for by group singing and
a serpentine serenade for the hon
ored guests. The high school or
chestra furnished music through
out the evening and the girls'
drill team paid tribute to the
Quarterback club in a short drill
introduced by their leader, Miss
June Brasted.
The evening's fun ended in a
wild scramble for colorful balloons
released from the ceiling.
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Medford and Ashland
C-C Directors Meet
Directors of both the Ashland
and Medford chambers of com
merce will meet at the Plaza
cafe this noon to discuss problems
of mutual interest to the two com
munities. All Ashland directors
are urged to make special effort
to attend.
Purpose of this meeting, the
first of a series to be carried on
during the next several months, is
to provide closer cooperation on
problems of mutual interest in the
Rogue River valley.
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Exams for Typists
At Medford Saturday
About 700 qualified stenograph
ers and typists from all parts of
Oregon will take examinations
Saturday. Dec. 6. for positions
with the state unemployment com
pensation commission.
Under direction of Prof. William
E. Griffith, supervisor for the
board of examiners, tests are be
ing given in eight cities- -Port
land. Salem. Klamath Falls. Eu
gene. Medford. Ontario. Pendleton
and Marshfield.
The positions, varying from $80
to $140 a month in pay. are in
four classifications, from junior
clerk-typist to senior clerk-steno
grapher. Because of many recent
changes due to emergency condi
tions. permanent appointments
are expected soon with the central
office in Salem or with one of the
23 offices over the state.
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YELL LEADER. SONG QUEEN
NOMINATED AT COLLEGE
Nominations for veil leader and
song queen were held at the Sou
thern Oregon College of Educat’^n
last week Nominees for veil lend
er were Mildred Bowerman of
Hood River, Marie Pochelu of
Paisley. Bernice McMartin of Pc ’
Bluff. Calif, and Walter Enders of
Medford.
Nominees for song queen «••- >
Bettv Lee Walters of Altade^"
Calif, and Esther Carter of E’-
wood, Neb.