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We still any that our grcut<-st
enemy Is not across the ocean but
within «ui mi<lst
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Many Ashlanders ate getting
jobs In Medford guarding the sol-
dici s
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Soon, maybe, streamliners will
keep the Espev rails hot Some of
our big men have just told thr
railroad officials what to do
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Testing
arose an
encounter
opinion of
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out the new DI
hour earlier today
frost and thut's
the change
We
to
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Now that th«' liliger American
newspapers are publicizing the
fifth columnists in this country
we muy eventually get a little
action ugalnst them.
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Change of feeding time undei
thr new «layllght saving plan will
make no difference with the court
try editor we have little to rat
anyway.
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'ITiousands I of Californians are
laying aside their purple robes
and donning blue denims in u
lowly Otegon const met Ion camp.
Hollywood always did go for big
money.
111
The Weekly Miner is sorry to
tell you In small words, much less
page advertisements, that we will
NOT be open Saturday morning
from 6 to m to collect your Nllb-
scription.
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IIIIS AND THAT
(By OLD TIMER)
To the Editor:
Voclfeious protests over the
curtailment of passenger train
service have faded to a whisper
The S. I*, will continue to have
truins sit all day long on sidings
at Ashland and Dunsmuir.
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It's hard to understaml why tlir
Japs, a nation of tea drinkers, Hie
so <-ager to get control of Java
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Maybe the fellow who Used to
say th«- hoiM-less carriage was just
a passing fad was not far wrong
Hitching racks for Old Imbbin
may again dot the main stem.
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"Lo. the poor Indian." sighed
the |MH-t And in striking contrast
there was found this week In an
Ashlnnd Indian home two rooms
filled with boarded groceries, suf­
ficient to feed n tribe for the dur­
ation and then some Paleface not
so careful for the future
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Someone asks: "Will the ground
hog come out of his burrow to
look for his shadow Feb 2?" Not
If hr herds thr government ban
on weather reports
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Who remembers when a billion
dollar congress was viewed with
alarm ’
< HORAI. GROUP PRESENTS
PROGRAM AT PHOENIX
The Ashland Choral club, undcr
dlrectlon of Mrs. Stephen E Ep
ler, presented a program before
the Phoenix grange ’lueaday eve­
ning. Due to illness and other
causes, th«' chorus was reduced In
nunitxi x J>ut th-- quality 01 tin
program was not affected on that
account
Nine numbers were sung by the
club, the groups of three l>eing in-
teni|>erscd with two duets by Mis
O G Crawford and Mrs C. C.
Dunham, and violin numbers by
Harlulee Wilson, who with Ann
Crandall played an obligato for
one of the chorus numbers Mrs
Cay Hufman is accompanist for
the chorus which is fast becoming
one of the leading musical organi­
zations of southern Oregon.
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MRS. C. B. LAMKIN
r
Funeral services were held ai
the Litwillcr Funeral home Tues­
day afternisin for Mrs. C. B. ijim-
kin, who passed away Friday at
the home of her niece in Vaileio.
Calif Rev Howard G. Eddy of the
Flint Presbyterian church was In
charge Mrs Uimkin was born in
Illinois Jan. 4, 1863. Survivors in­
clude her husband; two children,
Mrs Bessie Smith of Salem and
Charles l^amkin of San Diego; one
sister, Mrs. Frank Ives <>» Port­
land; one niece, Mrs. F. B. West-
more of Spokane, and a niece by
marriage, Mrs
Lester Ives of
Vallejo.
ELMER BIEGEI.
nnd Companion
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
Southern Oregon Miner
To See Their Choice of
the Following
Varsity Theater
Programs:
(Friday and Saturday)
"BIXISSOMS IN THE DUST”
"WILD MAN OF BORNEO"
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
"SUNDOWN"
Please Call at The Miner Office
for Tour Ouest Tickets
VOL. XI
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1942
1ST PLACE SONS
'MEET OCE QUINT
The high-scoring HOCE basket­
ball team, leaders of the Oregon
Intercollegiate conference with 10
wins and no «««eats, meets
Oregon College of Education
Monmouth on the Sons court
night and tomorrow night
In a recent northern road trip
th«* Suns won two games from
OCE and defeated Albany college
twice
It's not all rouy for Jean Eber-
hart's boys, however, for Eastern
Oregon of lai Grande Is right be
hind the Sons with only three con­
ference defeats, two by th«* Sons
and one by Albany These two
teams meet In lai Grande Feb 9
ami 10 in a series that will pioba
bly na me the conference chum-
pions, if SOl’E g«*ts over the t wo­
garni* series with Monmouth
111 Saturday night's game Jean
Eberhart's new refereeing sys-
tern, referred to as "crow's nest"
officiating, will I m * given a trial
Under this plan, the officials will
be statione«! in lofty ' "crow's
nests" near each basket I and
um loudspeakers to call rule
lutions Three linesmen also
assist in the conduct of the
I
gain«*
Ashland is High
hi Traffic .Safety
Figures complied by the state
truffle safety division of the stat«*
department show that Ashland
i |.<l I IM 61«. m.in d.ivx with
out a traffic death during 1941
Ashland wus one of the four Ore­
gon cities to go through the year
without a traffic fatality, scoring
u total of 21,634,318 mun-days
without a traffic death
The other cities with no traffic
iabilities were Corvallis, where no
traffic death has been recorded
since December 1937, Bend and
Marshfield.
Th«* records are computed on
a basis of the number of days
without traffic accidents times the
number of persons living in the Golf Club Pledges
city, It was explained The record 1
of over 12.000,000 man-days with- .$1J)OO Bond Purchase
out a traffic fatality made by I I. Sale of defense bonds in Ash-
Corvallis compare« favonibly witb 1 land *'<u« given a fuithcr boost at
other records set by American cit­ ■ a dinner meeting of the Ashland
Announcement
that
military
ies in the rame population class ' Golf club Sunday evening when authorities had ratified the dis­
members of the club pledged the continuance of passenger train
purchase of over $1,000 during service in this area from the bay
this next month The pledge re­ region has concluded all further
sulted from ail appeal by Bill protests for the time being at
McCallister of Medford, chairman least, local chamber of commerce
of the speakers' committee in officials reported.
Jackson county's bond sales cam­
In requesting that the hearings
Ashland schisda will begin their paign
not be held, Lieut. General J. L.
«Irive for papers, hooka and magii- ; To further assist in the nation's DeWitt, fourth army commander,
zines next Monday. For one week defense efforts, the club agreed to stated, "While we have not asked
the boys and girls will be devoting ' use defense stamps for tourna­ any railroad to discontinue any
most of their spare time and en-' ment trophies and prizes for the particular train, we have and do
eigy to the task of collecting any-j coming season.
insist that they meet our demand
thing made of paper. Their goal,
in transporting troops and war
Is two carloads.
materials."
V
ictory
Gardens
to
"Th«' purposes of this drive are
No more action will be taken
several and the benefits many." (■roup Vegetables
by the communities of Yreka.
Charles L. Weaver, chairman of ■ Oregon’s victory garden pro­ Ashland, Medford and Grants Pass
the paper collection points out.! gram. launched officially by a until after termination of the pre­
“The nation needs the paper for statewide garden conference he,d sent emergency. However, it was
its industries and also the money; at Oregon State college, is going emphasized that the efforts to
derived from the sale of the paper ' to be more than a campaign to establish adequate passenger ser­
which will be devoted to the pur­ InCTOMe quantities of just anv vice are not being dropped but
chase of bonds. When the time is kind of garden produce. Instead are merely to be held in abeyance
ripe for the disposal of the bonds. ' it is to be directed as well toward until a later date.
the Hchcs.ls of Ashland will have the production of well balanced
a considerable sum that can be gardens which will provide the
devoted to school activities, visual best nutrition for the family. This Pre-M ed Students Get
aids and uniforms for the band was determined with the adoption Ready for Speed Plan
i
Besides the satisfaction resulting of the report of the special com­
OREGON STA’IE COLLEGE
from a patriotic duty well per­ mittee of the conference dealing Students in the third year of the
formed. those who donate the pa­ with nutrition, storage and preser­ | pre-medical course at Oregon
per will appreciate the extra room vation.
State college are being prepared
they will have after cleaning at­
Vegetables are no longer consid- | earlier than usual for the inter-
tics, closets and cellars of the ered merely vegetab'es, to be ar- j views and examinations required
accumulated publications"
ranged in alphabetical order or, for entrance at the University of
In order that the business sec- , perhaps in seasonal order in nlrin-
.......... i ...
.. result
plan- M...,,.....
; Oregon medical school
as a
tion of our city may avoid over-1 nlng a garden Instead thev are of wartime adaptations in pros­
solicitation, the four schools have grouped according to their contri- pect.
apportioned the downtown district | buttons to the diet, pointed out
With the likelihood that the
as follows:
Mrs Inez I-angdon Here are the medical
school
will
continue
Washington school the Plaza groups of vegetables from a nu­ throughout the summer, the pre-
and North Main to Crosby's Ser­ tritional standpoint and the prin­ inedicul students are having their
vice station.
cipal members of each group.
entrance applications cleared sev­
Junior high North side of East
1. Tomatoes
eral months earlier than usual so
Main from Plaza to bank.
2. Leafy vegetables
cabbage, they will be able to start their
Senior high South side of East kale, spinach, mustard greens, actual medical training this next
Main from Plaza to bank
turnip greens. Swiss chard. Brus­ summer if the new plan is ap­
Lincoln school from bank to sels sprouts, endive and lettuce.
proved. This is part of the na­
library.
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3. Green vegetables
green tional effort to speed up the train­
The drive will end Monday, Feb beans, Italian broccoli, green pep­ ing of medical doctors to meet
9 On the 10th the railroad cars ! pers, asparagus and peas
expanding needs of the armed
will bi' loaded and it is hoped that ’ 4. Yellow vegetables
carrots, forces ano for civilian service.
two full car loads may be secured. | sweet potatoes, yellow squash, ru­
Citizens are urged to make an tabagas.
Rejected Pilots to
effort before the drive starts to I 5. Potatoes.
have all magazines, paper, books. I The victory garden program, Get New Chance
etc ready when the children call aimed at increasing the number
The Southern Oregon College of
for them.
of farm and home gardens in Ore­ Education has been advised th*»»
gon by some 16,000 units in 1942,
'•■dicants are being accepted by
is to be handled in such a way the Service Air Foices wno nave
C of C Directors Go
as to avoid undue waste of ma­ been previously rejected for phys­
terial.«» and effort such as occurred ical deficiencies. It is suggested
To Joint Meeting
in the first world war, the con­ that al! former OPT trainees wno
decided.
Directors of the Ashland cham­ ference ------------
were rejected by the service re­
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ber of commerce will meet with
apply. as it is possible that several
directors of the Medford organiza- Government Acquires applicants in this category will
tion this n<x>n at the Hotel Med-
now be accepted.
ford, the third in a series of joint Land for Cantonment
Married men may now be ac­
meetings between the two cham-
Condemnation proceedings in cepted for appointment as avia­
bent, Dr. R. E. Poston, vice presi- the federal court Wednesday tion cadets.
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aent, announced yesterday.
against 5,000 acres inside the
Purpose of these meetings is to Medford cantonment marked the SCOUT UNIFORMS NEEDED
provide a closer insight to prob­ first step in the government's ac­
Gareth Goddard, scout master
lems mutually affecting the two quisition of the 40,000 acres need­ of. troop 13, has requested that
anyone bavin" used scout uni­
communities. Tt has been empha­ ed for the armv base.
sized that these meetings are not
Unofficial reports indicated that forms. for which they no longer
restricted to local chamber direc­ the condemnation proceedings per­ have use. contact him at once at
tors, that all persons interested mitted the government to take the Washington school. The plan
are invited to attend. Reserva­ immediate possession of the land is to make arrangements to put
tions should be made by calling while negotiations on purchase to active use some of the idle
scdut equipment.
the chamber office.
price« were still going on.
PAPER DRIVE TO
BEGIN MONDAY
Stamp Sales Soar
Far Above Quota
The Ashland posto! fice
porta a booming business in
the sale of defense savings
stamps. The monthly quota
first set for this office was
*330, which was later boost­
ed to *390; however, the sale
of stamps did not hesitate as
it passed thr quota biit soared
on to the present figure of
over *1500.
The largr sale of «lami» to
children
has
indicated
the
splenditl sup|Hirt of the young­
sters toward defense savings.
The stores and filling stations
also are doing much in the
distribution of thr starri|>s.
Various clutis and organiza­
tions also have boosted the
stamp sales by using them as
prizes. The city firemen also
have
operated
a
drawing
whh h has given out *88 worth
of stamps to date.
MINERS’ASSN.
PLANS MEETING
The Siskiyou Miners’ assixha-
tion is sponsoring a meeting at
Grants Pass Monday, Feb. 2. to
which all persons interested in
the production of chromite are
invited.
John F. Norton, head of the
mining division of the Reconstruc­
tion Finance Corporation, is com­
ing from Washington, D. C. to be
present at the meeting. Earl K
Nixon, director of the state de­
partment of geology and mineral
industries, states that Norton will
probably clarify the government’s
position in relation to (1) pur­
chases of chromite ore in small
lots by the Metals Reserve com­
pany; <2) location of stockpiles;
13) whether or not the RFC will
cut red tape and make small loans
to chromite prospectors and pro­
ducers.
Nixon pointed out that matters
have reached a state which might
be called an impasse and that im­
mediate decisive government ac­
tion is a "must” if the Metals
Reserve company intends to bring
pu*. maximum production of hard
rock chromite in time to do any
good. "We want cold facts,” Nix­
on said. "On the one side, chrome
miners should inform Mr. Norton
of actual conditions attending
chromite occurrences and produc­
tion in this area without ballyhoo
or exaggeration, On the other
hand, we want direct, definite
statements from Mr. Norton on
what the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation and Metals Reserve
company will or will not do to get
chrome moving, both in the John
Day country and the southwestern
Oregon and northern California
localities.”
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Dairy Manufacturers
To Study Quality
Methods for maintaining high­
est quality in the production of
dairy products while increasing
the output to meet wartime de­
mands will be emphasized at the
31st annual convention of the Ore­
gon Dairy Manufacturers associa­
tion to be held at Oregon State
college Feb. 16 to 21.
Combined with the convention
will be the annual dairy manufac­
turing short course, which will
continue throughout the week,
with the main convention, includ­
ing business sessions, concentrat­
ed on Wednesday and Thursday.
Feb. 18 and 19. The annual ban­
quet of the association will be
held Thursday evening as usual.
Dr G. M. Trout, professor of
dairy manufacturing at Michigan ,
State college, will give lectures,
and demonstrations in handling
ice cream and milk. C. L. Mitchell,
production manager of the Chal­
lenge "Cream and Butter company.
Los Angeles, will be the visiting
specialist on butter. Various com­
mercial cheesemakeds, as well as
specialists from Oregon State col­
lege, will deal with cheesemaking.
Sanitation and public health will
also be emphasized, with Archie
B. Freeman of the U. S. public
health service in San Francisco,
scheduled to attend.
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Juniors Tangle With
K. F. Frosh Tonight
The junior high basketball team
will make an attempt to even the
series with the Klamath Falls
Frosh when they tangle tonight
at 8 o’clock on the local junior
high court. A 7 p. m. preliminary
will start the evening
Coach Al Simpson's team, hand­
icapped by a long trip over the
mountain without sufficient time
to warm up before the game,
bowed to the Frosh 34 to 31 last
Fridav night but expect things to
be different tonight.
The local juniors wall take to
the road next week-end when thev
face Marshfield junior high next
Friday night and Roseburg juniors
Saturday night. Feb. 7.
• Mrs. J. B Platt is spending this
week in San Francisco and I j O s
Angeles on business.
Number 5
BALL TO CLIMAX
POLIO CAMPAIGN
Ashland, along with commun­
ities throughout the nation, will *
gather this week-end to celebrate
the 60th birthday of the President
of the United States, in the form
of benefit birthday balls to pro­
vide funds for the campaign
against poliomyelitis.
Under the chairmanship of
Verne Smith, the 1942 campaign
here will be climaxed with a bene­
fit dance in the Elks temple to­
morrow night. Music is to be fur­
nished by Steve Whipple and his
orchestra.
From all indications the Ash­
land campaign will wind up as a
decided success. Alice Patterson,
chairman of the ticket sales com­
mittee, has reported that so far
more than 140 tickets have been
sold in the pre-sale canvass Addi­
tional sales at the door Saturday
night are expected to boost this
total considerably.
Both« the Lithia and the Varsity
theatres are offering ticket hold­
ers free admittance to the 9 p. m.
shows tomorrow night, in place of
the dance. The Bellview grange is
sponsoring a dance and turning a
portion of the proceeds to the
fund, while the Ashland Skating
Rink management turned over a
percentage of last night s receipts
to the campaign.
Coach Jean Eberhart of the
Southern Oregon College of Edu-
cation also offered all receipts
above expenditures from tonight's
SONS-Monmouth game, to the lo-
eal drive.
The chamber of commerce re­
ports that the "March of Dimes”
campaign here is being accorded
favorable results.
Complete tabulations on the re-
eipts will not be available until
early next week, Smith said, add­
ing that if present indications are
to be considered, this year’s affair
may more than equal the 1941
results.
Electrical Class
Underway at Jr. Hi
The first defense work class in
electricity began Monday evening
at the junior high school and is
now well underway with 16 stu­
dents in attendance. This class,
which is conducted by Lloyd
Crowson, is open to anyone be­
tween the ages of 17 and 24
Another defense training class
in carpentry awaits final approval
from Washington D. C. and is ex­
pected to start soon. If sufficient
interest is shown, a class in auto
mechanics also will be offered, ac­
cording to Supt. Theo J. Norby.
Anyone interested in these classes
is requested to call 8301.
CANNERY HEADS LEAGUE
The Bagley Cannery team leads
the Majorette bowling league by
a one-game margin after winning
three games from the Palace
bowlers Wednesday night. The
second-place Silver Crest team al­
so took three games, their oppon­
ent being the Ashland Beauty
Parlor team.
Preaching Mission
To Be Held Here
A preaching mission
held in the Neighborhood church,
Congregational beginning Sunday
morning, Feb. 1 and continuing
through the week with meetings
each evening at 7:30.
The preacher will be the Rev,
James R Clinton D. D„ who was
born and educated in Ireland
where he first entered the minis-
try in Londonderry. Thanks to his
commanding presence, excellent
voice and devoted spirit he became
well known as an efficient worker
in Belfast and throughout Ireland
as a singer as well as a lecturer
and a man of magnetic personality
and most effective vocabulary.
After coming to the United
States he carrier! on a heroic min­
istry in a downtown parish in
Philadelphia for 12 years. Since
1937 he has constantly been en­
gaged in conducting preaching
missions, traveling from Miami.
Fla to Bangor. Me and is now
making his first visit to the far
west.