P a p i *Jka¿ Jlai SomatlüHQ
m >2.00
per year
Many 4H Members
Takes Prizes at
Annual Club Fair
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ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1944
DEM OCRATS H O LD
PAHTY R A LLY A T
M E D FO R D W E D N E S D A Y
Democrats of Jackson County
ASHLAND MARINE WINS RENOWN AS
MUSIC COMPOSER AND DIRECTOR ,
Sfedofrd for a big^ parade* and
rally, at which several
state can 1 Aboard A Transport in the
al si
didates were present as well as Pacific— (Delayed) 'in e hit tunes ------ W "
several county candidates. The “No Name Jive and “W histler’s
A large number of people were paride started at 7 o’clock at he M other-in-Law ” may mean only
on hand to
o see the opening of the oourt house and ended at the an impromptu jive session to
Jackson county 4-H club fair Pythias hall where the candi- juke-box players of Medford, Ore
and so see the judging of show- dates were presented and where but behind those bits of jitterbug
munship contests. Winners from a broadcast was made. Candi fantasia lies the five-year story
tile Valley View and Bellview dates who spoke were Dover for
districts
included:
Congress, Edgar Smith ot the U. ■
^ ^ T e c h n ic a l Ser-
Congress, Edgar Smith of the U.
Guernsey showmans’.iip, fifth S. Senate, , W
W illis
illis Mahoney
Mahonev for
for the
the geant L arry Wagner, and he re
place, Allene O w r j ,
Valley senate, Ralph Sweeney for coun- centiy changed* a monotonous
view..
. . ty treasurer, Ralph Jennings for ocean vovaae into a round-the-
Sheep showmanship,
t h i r d county commissioner and Henry clock
session with Beethoven.
<tano' " Uc ch* lr - » “ if
*
Junior sheep show m anship, man.
. The insDiration for th e tu n e*
fourth place, Clarice Brantley,
A broadcast program was giv- ! u well M tj>e »hio-board concert
Bellview: fifth , Laura May, Bell- en lasting from 9:45 untii 10:30. he dug up out of nowhere is his
view; sixth. Ned Smith, Bellview. Edgar Smith, candidate for the wife
Mn
E l i L K i Waane?
Beef fitting contest, third place U. S. Senate was a speaker be- now liv in g at 737 West J a c k in
Bill Williams, senior club mem- fore the Ashland Elks club also Street in Medford
Jacluon
Sergeant Wagner, who spent
four years as a topflight arranger
Beef showmanship c o n te s t, K E N N E T H LU C A S IS
w i‘ h Glen G ray’s Casa Loma
(H ereford),, fin d prize, Allene
PR ISO N ER O F W A R band and now is leading a Mar-
X leW’
Mr
M r* Jack Luo“ were ine Corps band overseas, took
aid Nichols, Bellview: fourth, D il «heered Tuesday upon receipt of matters into his <
own hands when
Ion Arnold^ Valley View .
I a telegram from the American he notiped spirits were lagging
Beef showm anship, (Angus R«d C
ross, that their son, Lt. on this big transport bound for
Cro
and Shorthorn), fourth place, Kenneth Lucas, was now a prison Pacific combat zones. The Pact
Robert Byrd, Bellview.
er of w ar in Germany. L t Lucas fie can be a big
g empty ocean, anti
Beef Junior showmanship con? was reported missing in action Marines used to
- plenty
-
of - activj-
M arine Technical Sergeant L a r
test second, Wayne Lemley, V al- over Germany on August 24, 1944 ty can grow rest
•estless when exef- ry Wagner, former arranger for
ley View, Champion beef show- “this is one of the happiest da,
linimum.
cise is at a minimum.
.
. Glen Gray's Casa Loma orchestra
man, Allene Owens, Valley View. of our lives’* waa the way
I “L arry,” as he
_______
_ «ad composer of "Lover's Lulla-
Known
Lucas
expressed
it
when
telling
throughout his unit, organized a b r" . tunes up on his tru
M ain prize, the g rin d cham
trum
m p et He
pion ship, was won by Dillon A r friends of the good news Tuesday series of concerts which satisfied
leading a Leatherneck
not only the lovers of classics
nold, one of the leading members
but “boogie woogie” addicts, too.
of the Valley View club. A Here- i
Although most of his own pub
f o r d , weighing 1110 pounds
brought the prize. The animal
lished tunes, with the exception Street, Ashland, went to Ashland
of the popular “Lovers’ Lullaby'’ High School and later attended
was raised from a calf purchased
are in ihe swing class, his per the U n lv e n ity of Oregon. He
from Henry Owens, leader of the
sonal taste» run to Stravinsky, played in orchestras at both in
Valley V ie w club. In the auction
stitutions. A t the university he
Stokowski and Sibelius.
which was the closing event of
| As men lining the ra il of the was a member of Phi Sigma
the fair, the grand champion
steadily moving ship turned to Kappa fraternity.
Hereford was bought by Safeway
The first grid game on the lo shout requests in his direction,
“T in Pan A lley,” that famed
Stores, which paid 47
cents for
cal field was played Friday even- he merely nodded at the band strip of Bioadway between West
the animal.
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Held,
and the selections
popped out in 46th and West 52nd streets, tem
Allene Owens, daughter of M r ing at the W alter P hillip*
with Yreka the visiting
"
*
juke-box fa sh io n .
porarily has lost a hit tune w riter
and Mrs. Henry Owens, won hon On
a wet, sodden field, the local
“Church music for the chap ' and the midnight composing —
or by the sale of the light-heavy
team was bested by a more TY - lain, m artial music
_
__ r the * long- sions at __ 7S7
__ 1 West
____ Jackson _____
fo
street _
a 990
" Hereford,
* ‘
' beef,
lencea, heavier team to the time Marines, and ‘One O’clock Medford, are a thing oAfoe past
w h ich * w a s "boilffht
penenced,
ford f i r n « t , r i » ^ n i v i n ff in
tune of 14 to nothing. I t w a s th e
Jump* for the Jutf“
tterbugs—that’s
*““ “
' *“
but * this ” M —*—
arine —
unit
“ overseas
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has
ford Groceteria, paying 40 cents
« which
.
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motto,”
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L arry
• says, “and an t- found out that good music is the
a pound, the second nignest in second straight game in_
* * s Grizzles U give ’em Strauss and Romberg I
aboard ship as on Broad-
the auction.
I ' Coach John Strombei rg
trv *
! W W W
were held scoreless.
for good measure,”
r ¡way.
Dave K err, Ashland meat mar- I
A n Oregonian foam the start,
When they name i t Technical
ket operator, bought two animals
S I
^ * ” 7 i! — aon
Mrs. i Sergeant Lairry Wagner’s M arine
at the auction, a T 85 lb Hereford
raised by Jane Elmhirst of the *
*
iaUmg durlng Fred D. Wagner of 4T Q ran itcC o rp g band plays i t _____________
Westside club and an Angus the entire evening.
864 pounds ^raised ^bg ‘ ^ T h e local team did a
Ashland Elks bought lOSo’ Here- 1»
o f their inexperience
Yreka tramples
Ashland in First
Home Grid Game
Volume 13, Number
A S H L A N D Y O U T H V IC T IM
OF H U N T IN G A C C ID E N T
Charles W illiam W olf of 767
killed Tuesday evening about 7
p.m. while deer hunting in the
vicinity of Board Mountain in
the Dead Indian District. Young
Wolf, who would have been 16
on November 7 was killed by
his tw in brother, Foster Ezra
Wolf, who mistook his brother
for a deer, shooting him through
the head and killing him instant
ly. The shot was fired just at
dusk and in the poor Lght mis
took his brother for a deer it
was reported. The shooting was
held to be purely accidental and
! I no investigation is being made of
. I the case.
I Funeral service* for the victim
w ill be held Friday at 1 P. M. at
Annual Meeting of
Pioneer Group Was
Held Here Thurs.
Th emeeting of the Southern
Oregon Pioneer Association in
Ashland this year w ill be one
long remembered by its mem
bers. The meeting was presided
over by Clarence Lane of Ash
land .president of the association.
The singing of “ America” and
the invocation by the Rev. G. W.
Bruce opened the 1944 meeting.
Mayor T. S. Wiley was introduc
ed by Mr. Lane, and he welcom
ed the pioneers to Ashland.
Frank J. Van Dyke wzjs intro
the L itw ille r Funeral Chapel.
duced as the guest speaker, a
I
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grandson of a well known pio
DUINSMUIR LOSES
neer fam ily of the valley. He
PIO N E E R H O T E L gave the principal address of the
Fire destroyed the pioneer day, giving a historical sketch
Duinsmuir hotel last
end, (jeaijng with the political organi-
vcry copildrrable^loss. zatjon of Oregon. He touched on
Two men were burned to death the appointment of General Lane,
in the fire. One of them was re- the election of 1854, the part P.
. ported to have been Delbert Ken P. Prim, L. J. Duncan and Reed
neth Taylor, 39, an SP employee, of Jacksonville took in the his
who has a divorced w ife and tory o ffhe times. The speaker
three children reported living at mentioned the first legal case to
T a le n t
come befoig the supreme court.
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Lauding the indomitable courage
For Dependable Houseware & of the early pioneers of southern
H ardware at Reasonable Prices, Oregon, the speaker closed his
Th in k of Marshall-W ells on the review of early Oregon history
Plaza. Phone 21231.
The covered dish dinner was
■O
■ ■ -
served in the spacious dining
room of the Elks club. The din
ner was attended by more than a
hundred representatives of the
pioneer families of Southern Ore
gon, some coming from Washing
ton and California to attend the
meeting. The oldest person pre
sent was the Rev. L. S. Belknap,
Ronald Hayes, merchandising ' 92, of Medford. The oldest native
son present
Butler
of
Refbnmg c o m ^ y ^ w a ^ th e speak ; .Ashland,
who was
waa G. 90 S. on
his last
Sugar Company
Executive Talks
er for the evening
_ at
. _ the Lio
ions birthday, and was especially hon
Club meeting Tuesday evening at ored w ith an immense birthday
the L ith ia Hotel Coffee Shop. cake, w ith the appropriate cand
Subject of his talk was “Sugar les. M r. B utler was presented
and W hat I t Means to You and i w ith a case w ith two pictures re
Me.” M r. Hayes started out by j cently taken of him seated in
telling his listeners that sugar front of the Pioneer Log Cabin,
rationing w ill continue in this which he presented to the so
nation for some time, probably ciety as a permanent home. Pre
fwo years. In backing up this sentation was made by Prof. I. E.
statement, he pointed out that Vining, everyone enjoyed the
sugar is the most concentrated birthday cake w ith M r. Butler.
Out of town members were
energy food of today, and that
as we recover more and more ter- introduced and spoke briefly.
from our »nami««,
musk. M ayor W iley and M r. YanJDy^e
sugar were given votes of apprecia
appreciation,
continue to more and more sugar
and
the
minutes
of
last meeting
into
the
conquered
areas.
“Sugar,
ford, raised by B ill W illiam s of their lesser w eig h t They
(Rp OLD YDS t)
T A L E N T , O c t 3,— M r. and Mrs
e up fighting but just could To the Editor:
Valley View.
gave
Dan Cuthbertson sold their gro and food, w ill w in the peace” were read by Miss Claire Hanley.
on the heavier team.
The heavy Hereford, 1035 lbs n°t, hold
'
cery to M r. TL J. Straus and H .R . stated Mr. Hayes. He cited many : Em it B ritt of Jacksonville read
Walters of Medford. M r. and M rs figures to show where t h e : the report of the nominating com-
raised by Don Nichols of Bell
view, was bought by the Mon-
Cuthbertson have made no plans world’s sugar is produced and mittee. A t the business session,
as yet where they w ill go but ;8tate<1 that some forty percent of which followed M r s. M attie
arch Seed and Fuel Co. of Med-
un- Reames-White oT Medford was
l* was - produced
~
J in areas
— now
— —-
ford. Safeway Stores bought the ka 30 yeard line. Yreka intercept 40,000 N orthern Citizens who w ill remain in foe valley. M r. it
p a n on Y reka’s »
20 yard
y -~ * “beefed”
— ’ - — about foe ^ ^ A b e wno
w m S trau i’ änd Waltere’ to¿k
dor domination, or recently soil was named president; Miss Rose
Hereford enterel by Richard W il ed a pass
of our enemies. As they retreat, Buckley of Applegi
a march
cox of B e llv e iw .. A light-heavy line, Yreka began
■oon n la c e d th e m r u n a in < things found themselves sion of store October 2.
and ------
Miss - — -----
foe sugar making machinery, and dent;
—
the field
that foie w ith foe first M ^ c o m fo rt^ to 1th e ^ n e m y ^ L in -
Hereford
entered
Lem-
The annual reception for the specialty
ley
of V alley
V ie by
w Wayne
went toT
foie over
the goal
farming are tools that Jacksonville, secretary. The trea-
teachers of the Talent schools
Crater Lake M arket Medford.
touch down. Hockaday, a fine coin disliked rjfch an act of seem- was held at foe C i t / H a ll Thurs are destroyed under the scorched surers, Miss M ollie B ritt of Jack
sonville and Mrs. Elda Farlow-
Col. Dudley was auctioneer halfback on the Yreka team
,
i
T.
»«i*
Jr
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f
; fog tyranny, h e felt it necessary day evening. The reception was earth policy, and by foe heavy Anderson, of Ashland, hold over
and disposed of 45 beeves at an made the score, and Jackson
*n or(M r to w in foe w ar and saVe sponsored by foe P.T.A. The gun fire of both sides. Pointing for that office.
estimated price of about 30 cents. the ball through the goal posts : the ISaieau N o v-a-d ay* knocking Friends Churcn and Methodist out that such machinery, especial
Among those held in remem
A large crowd enjoyed the auc for foe extra point
urch, a program
_
.
' the administration is a delectable Church,
was arranged ly that needed in the sugar refin
eries is immensely complex, he brance in the “M em orial” for
tion, as well as foe parade be- ' Ashland again took the kickoff
w ith none to molest or by each group and enjoyed by predicted that it would require
those who had passed on in the
fore the auction.
and marched the bail w ell into
alL There was a large attendance.
test Applegate
at
least
two
years
to
bring
back
rear were
past
year
Nadine Daives of Antelope Yreka territory but foe Yreka
Punch and cookies were served.
V * V
H enry
w
_ Gidd-
took grand championship honors defense tightened and held foe
B. N . Davis of Grants Pass production of sugar in the recon Elizabeth Spencer,
i-shod hay-burners" have
Eh
quered areas, and in the mean ings, Michael M . Tucker, Elda
in the sheep section. Ted W ill- local boys, losing the ball on
__
_
purchased
foe
Talen
t
toed
store
a new orbit since the
time, the United States must Cordelia Smith, and Otto K lu m
oui ghby, Clarice Brantley, Bob downs. Using Hockaday and Sher
The invasion i of Ita ly nec- owned fo r the past several years
W£ illoughby, Gladys M ay, Laura man w ith a pass, Yreka took the essitated the use of horses and by M r. and Mrs. B ill Hotchkiss, furnish the sugar for those areas. of Ashland. Eight names from
He charged that the d illy dally Medford were read.
May, Donald Nichols, Ned Smith ball to foe Ashland end of the mules for carting supplies over Mr- Davis took possession Satur-
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policy of several of foe govern
Chas Fakkama, Bernard Engel, field, w ith foe quarter ending be the tortuous Italian passes. T h e ' day.
ment agencies in the m atter of
nr, and
Jerry Pitts, from Bellview,
. . . u fore a score could be made.
U . S. Government recently start- H arvy Thayer and Jack W alty
Barbara Dawson, from Valley
The second quarter ended w ith ed schools to teach soldiers to i who have been employed at Pas- sugar quotas, sugar ceiling prices,
V iew , had sheep in the auction. neither team able to score, neith care for these important helpers, i co, Washington are visiting their etc, had tended to delay and re
tard production of sugar, making
t h e Ashland M inisterial Asso
er even seriously threatening to
y < <
* home folks the past week.
the situation even more complex.
cross the goal line.
The low ly pumpkin is taking I . T h e T a le n t s ix n u m t e a m d e - He cited, too the immense num ciation met Monday morning in
In the third quarter, an Ash
the Baptist Church for a brief
ber of ways in which sugar is
land fumble on the Yreka 35 on a yeUoy glow and Uncle Zeke, f®*4* 4 ,th® . 2 f e " dale J 001
business session. During the
who
is
a
strict
teetotaler,
is
be-
E
^yed
Friday
afternoon
at
used
in
the
manufacture
of
w
ar
yard line set up a second touch-
Glendale 20 to 0. Talent touch material, from explosives to al morning the following officers
idow n w ith Sherman making the ginning to look pie-eyed.
downs were tallied by Toole, R. cohol for the manufacture of syn were elected for foe ensuing year.
• score and Jackson again convert-
* # *
President, Rev. George M.
p o in t
Don’t grumble about falling H artley and W . H artley. W . H a rt thetic rubber, and numerous oth- man; Vice President, Rev Gor
ley
converted
one
extra
p
o
in
t-e
r
uses.
ink . - .
- leaves littering your law n than«.
course of his talk M r. don Griffen; Secretary-Treasurer
■ cky
" stm i you are not in “ „ „ “ j • .
Toole a to . F rm k ®noth- t t . . the
gains
your luc
v
„u.
„«a Rev. Earl Downing. Plans were
Edward Phelan, head of the deep into Yreka ground but a Europe whi ere bombs are dropp- ! er.
HahUne
for
Thanksgiving service
1 Lysle T am e of the Dead In thl?g
more ?andv
be held in the Methodist
Seattle Retail Trade Bureau, was pass from Reedy intended for ing.
dian
district
was
a
caller
in
T
al-
ep
the speaker of the evehing at the , Samuelson, was intercepted
to
That it was being Church w ith the sermon by the
* * *
■ ent Saturday.
and pointed¡ out that it was being
W ard R
Rev Brough.
forum meeting of the Chamber of end the scoring
ring threut.
th reat However
Hi
London’s famous big Ben has 1 Funeral services were held for supplied, even thoug:
these
er
the
Baptist
evangelist
was in-
the
Ashland
defense
tightened
Commerce last rnursday
a 13
N pendulum, numerals 2 Mrs Lucy Wadsworth a resident are getting very little candy these
gro*up
gave
ing, held at the Lithia llotel. “Is and the Yreka boys were fo n » d i
bi¥h’ minute hands 14 ft long,
of Wagner Creek for the past 14 daYs-
You Is, or Is You A in ’t” the title to punt, Ashland s tl line d rivel
_.
.
a
ninteresting
address
which
was
aour hands nlne feet long' years who passed away Friday
__ a present day popular song, m ixture of end runs,
of
highly
appreciated
by
the
minis-
morning after an illness of one m f t t ^ h M ^ m ^ e d to bring K w l
e *
{hought was
was the title of the message he and passes, but was stopped
The Forgotten M an works and year. M r. Wadsworth died in Jan i “ erUF o r ^ f t o make the a d d S s g v e n t o
brought. He stressed several : when Yreka recovered an Ash-
votes— generally he prays— but
times that • e a c h community land fumble. Neither was able his chief business in life is to pay uary 1944. The services were held ........... S
i
? o r*S
to
More
again
and
foe
game
end
should advertise to the world
Monday
afternoon.
Internm
ent
e
lumber
ana
um
sn
Europe
i» an-
C
T
S
t
,
?
b
X
7
ra^kedUto
victory
to
e
v
e
the things it has, mentioning cli ed w ith Ashland on foe short end
u the annoUncein<:
Makers of women’s shoes have was made in the M ountain V iew ber industry are being asked to n
mate, recreational facilities , in of the 14 to 0 More.
announcement
of
attend also.
,
. .
x the victory should come during
During the half period, several nearly succeeded in putting all Cemetery.
dustrial opportunities, etc.
Sunday school Rally Day was
Reese Hays was inducted into foe night everyone w ill go to
He stressed that M ain street of the Do wntown Quarterbacks foe leather in foe heels.
held
_
. Sunday
,
at the Friends
.
membership of the Lions Club their
own church fog worship at
is the show window of the city used physical force to put a
* < v
The burning question of the Church w ith a program by foe ' w ith appropriate ceremonies. Ike 10 foe next morning. I f the vic
and that the community must sell ’sweater' on Bert M iller. In re-
pupils. Observance of first ^ n - Frideger was a guest of the club.
itself, just as a merchant displays cognitlon of his 23 years of ser hour how’s your woodpile?
tory announcement should come
rsary <
vice as timekeeper. A reel sweat
merchandise in his window.
during the forenoon people w ill
e
n
t
A
t
11:30
a
sermon
by
OM
ar
;o to the church of their choice
Earl Newbry, president of the er w ill be given him as soon as it
I t ’s time foe Plaza bottleneck N. Brown of Salem, superinten F O O T B A L L GAM ES
T H IS W EEK E N D f<F
Ashland Chamber of Commerce, arrives it was announced.
o
r worship at 3 in the afternoon.
was straightened o u t
dent of this d istrict A t 12:30 an
Two football games are sche In any event there w ill be a
presided at the meeting. The pro
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nual dinner at the C ity H all w ith duled this coming week end,
anniversary program follow ing w ith the Senior high school play union service in the Baptisx
the election
of officers. The ing on W alter PhillL.." field again Church, w ith all minister* coop
erating, at 7:30 in foe evening of
followed by accordion selections
Church is receiving a coat of st the aggregation from Klam ath
the day foe victory announce
by Miss Barbara H ild and solos
Some 40 tons of. paper was col
The removal of rationing res w hite paint. The work being Falls, Friday evening. The Jun ment comes.
by Mrs. W illiam Reid, w ith Mrs.
done by the ministers of the ior high team, under Coach John
lected
during
the
waste
paper
trictions
from
all
(arm
machin
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d ay Hufman at the piano..
drive conducted by the Ashland
except com picker?
k è rt, announc- church.
Roberts, w ill go to Medford Sat
The Talent Garden Club spon urday afternoon, to take on the
schools and which ended last
recently.
from Wash: n s
week. Tw o carloads were sent to does not change ~foe status of sored a flower and vegetable dis Junior high team there.
Medford, Jack s o n
county’s
M ED FO R D ,—The Jackson coun the paper mills for reconversion crawler type tractors, which are play October 4th at the C ity H all
share of foe total receipts from
began
at
2
p.m.
Refreshments
ty Democratic club was organiz into paper products. The official handled under a different distri
Mrs. E. X . Kendall was taken the Oregon-California revested
ed here recently. They adopted as ly ended Monday when thoee bution system, according to of were served.
Tuesday to the Medford hospital lands, for the fiscal year ending
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o slogan, "W in the W ar and students who collected 25 r»o»”"4* ficials of foe state A A A office at
in a serious condition. She has June 30 last totaled $163,004.06,
Peace w ith Roosevelt". Another of paper or more were given tick Corvallis. A ll ordinary tractors
For Dependable Houseware & been ill at her home the past Floyd C. Scott, district forester
meeting w ill be called soon to ets to see “the B irth of a Nation' and other types of form machin Hardware at
week.
in charge of foe Medford district,
elect officers. Georganne Peters at the Lithia Theatre, guetta of ery are no
purchasable by any
of Marahall-W ells on foe
reports. The payment to made in
L m Ryan, manager.
acted
temporary chairman,
tin i*
th «teck,
body ,12
U«u
texaa on federal land*.
=S =£S
».
TM
TUHT n s
Minister’s Association
Eelcts Officers Mon.
Civic Publicity
Theme of Forum
Speaker Thursday
Schu-
«S3 a S r tü Ä S ’Ä l S Much Pater Collected Ration Restrictions
During Recent Drive Off Farm Machinery
Demo Club Formed
u
%
Land Receipts Listed