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♦ IZ of o FROM T H E H ELL BOX Formerly The Southern Oregon Miner by 'Flip Printer'* Devil 40.000 »3 per Year NEWS REVIEW 2 Year* for $5 "Oscur, the Mechanical Man,” who appeared- in Ashlund, Wed nesday, through the courtesy of the Mart, is in reality H. J. STEVENSON Berkeley. C alifor nia. Stevensn, who put on his act in the display windows of m e Mart, lias been acting the part of the dum m y for several yeurs. No dummy, he fooled neveral spe ctators for sevcrul m inutes, and kept a crowd on the street in front of the store ull during the day and well m l,, lli, night Hr, act has changed a bit since Hen ry Metz, saw him lust in C alifor nia. According to Metz, S teven son has udded a lot of adddlonul motions to his original act, which was at one tim e purely m echani cal mimicry * • They were both right Tuesday when GRANDMA CROSSLIN, Klumath Junction, und PHIL DOZIER, passed judgm ent on the Lib. \slll AND, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON T h u rsd ay , Ju n e 12, 1947 J.00 PER YEAR Annexation Vote Will Take Place Friday, June 20 New If. 8. Principal Next Friday, June 20, Ashland und Bellview voters will go to the polls to vote on the proposed annexation of Bellview to the city of Ashland. Poling pluees will he open from eight o'clock in the m orn ing to eight o'clock in the even trig Residents <>f the fiist ward of the city of Ashland will vote ut the City hull. Residents of the breed of sn ak e which ROBERT second wurd will vote at th. BYRD und BILLY CROSSLiN Ashland Public library. The pen pie of the Bellview district will lound behind the burn. Grandm a Crosslin said it was vote at the Ashland Real Estate a coral snake und Phil suid it office which is located on Pacific Highway No 99 between Normal was a king snukc. BUCK BEAR, Siskiyou, said In- avenue and Clay street. W C. Mitchell is judge, Geo had several in ,11s yard each su m rge Rose, and Mrs. Louise G. mer. MRS. WM. BYRD .mother ol McNair clerks for the first ward. Robert, called a board ol experts Mrs. Rosa Dodge Galey is judge, including DR. RALPH POSTON and Mrs. Irene Detrick, and Mrs. and CHARLES HAYNES and the Fred Engle arc- clerks for the staff of the Ashland Library Fin second ward. Judge in the Bellview district ally the snake wfe* las- n to DR WAYNE WELLS. Southern O re is M aurice A nd. Clerks are J. P. gon college who settled the dis Clark and Stella Fostc r. The territory which is up for cussion. It was a king coral snake nat annexation . . . lies , , due East , . of .. the ive to this region, Dr. Wells, s a i d ,,l " Ash !,? d / S?CI1 ” d thus settling all urgum ent anti ' ’’iighly runs from Caton's gar proving everyone right The age to the Old Normal school snake by then didn't care, he'd grounds on highway 99 und from liad Ins head bushed in early in Caton's garage to the cem etery on highway 66 the discussion. I According to Elbert C. Joy, Ashland's r Fourth cel.- o m . i l «.,• « July •« •j y » I , « ‘ "view . who spoke to the .... m- Roland Parks Is Named Principal of High School Joseph Fader to Take Parks Place Principal of Junior High School Good Jobs a Month U. S. Army Voi 14 No. 14 June 18 Is Selected For First Ouidepost __________________ ♦ Marshall Woodell Heads Second Annual Tourist Guide Post Conference Prlain Hikes From Montana for Drama Roland L. Parks was elected! Marshall Woodell, chairm an of principal of the Ashland Senior the 1947 Tourist guidepost con High at a meeting of the School Peter Prlain. student of the Board, Monday evening, June 9 ference, announced this week drama, hitchh.xed into town His place as principal of the J u n th at the three week session would ior High School will be taken by last week to see Angus Bow- begin W ednesday June 18, at Joseph Fader, who i« being pro mer, director of the Oregon Southern Oregon college. The moted from the Washing t < n Shakespearian Festival asso meetings will be held on W ed school, which he has head« d for ciation .about a part in this thr last four years Chester C. nesday evenings, June 18, 25, and Squire has been elect« d to .he summer's production of four July 2. principalship of Washington. 'J if- of Shakespeare's plays. The Tourist Guidepost confer fqtd Williams is to oe principal ence which began last year un Prlain, who had hitched of the Lincoln School next tern.. Roland Parks, former principal der the joint sponsorship of the rides all the way from M on The Board of Higher ’ duration of tha Ashland Jr. High school, Ashland Cham ber of Commerce tana, where he is a college who was appointed Tuesday by recently promoted Miss Edith and Southern Oregon college was members of the school board of Bork from Assistant Professor of student made his appoint directed by Dr. A rthur S. Taylor. Education to Asso.-ate Professor District 5 a* principal of the high It was designed to acquaint local ment with Bowmer and re m at .ng school. Pfcrks succeed* Earl Rog which r -suite 4 in hei people with recreational areas, turned to Montana via the ers, who resigned to enter the from the principals dp at Lincoln scenic regions, geology ,and flora thumb route. He plans to to that of Director of Teacher Hardware business in Medford. and fauna common to this area. take his final examinations Training at Southern ("begun Col Woodell pointed out th a t the con this week at college in Mon lege. ference last year had the largest tana and to hitch hike back Clifford V/illiaois ame to Ash enrollm ent of any conference in to Ashland in time for re land a year ago as a teacher hearsals. the state. More than 50 people trainer. Chester C. Squire, is at attended each of the three m eet present «'tending Colorado State ings. College of Education in Greeley Woodell, Otto Wilda, Dr. Elmo Colorado, where he is working on Stevenson, Dr. Russell Taylor, his Masters degree in education. William Healy, and W endell He has his uegree Irom the South Lawrence are m em bers of the e in Oregon College, and has done . o , Guidepost Conference com m ittee Fourth of July Queen work at Oregon State College and Angus Bowmer, diam atics in- for this year. They m et W ednes- h ra lio n w h ic h h a s b een q u ie tly , ‘ the Ashland Chamber of the University of Oregon. Squires structor at Southern Oregon col- day and arranged a program for Candidates Conduct hovering in the offing this week j Gonjme ree, Tuesday, the vote ioi •pent four years In the army. lege, told Lions club m em bers this year. be “yes.” Drawing Opening N ight Prii began to get up steam with the 1 the , e 'annexation anr , , . should ... tio r to th • war he taught lor Tuesday evening of plans for the There is no enrollm ent fee for introduction of Queen candidates, Juy P“ 'nted out that inasmuch as I seven years in Luke County, end Shakespearean festival to be held the conference and service stat- Members of the softball teams s ’ after getting out of BARBARA MESSENGER, ANN the city of Ashlund is already irf the Service !n August m Ashland. Miss Tru- ion attendants, motel and hotel p ir t l e . M a r il y n m il l e r , supplying the residents of the and the Ashland high school band finished out the year as superin- bee W etterau, who was chosen to keepers, and other individuals LORRAINE CONVERSE, BAR Bellview district wjth domestic m arched from the Plaza district tendent at Paisley Oregon. This reign during the August Shakes- who meet the travelling public BARA REED. RENA RUSSELL w ater that the increased' popula- to the high school ball field Tues- last year he has beet, at the pearean festival, also appeared I are urged to attend. Woodell in- ______ to m ark the opening' Fairview .school in Klamath Falls. day evening and GLORIAN HOWARD. to jtio n would not affect the c i t y 's ___ ruesday evening. vited anyone interested in South- Chamlx-i of Commerce and S o r o - , al< r “uPP|y Fwr the past 18 j of the baseball season for this Mr. Nelson, head of the enroll- . ern Oregon’s natural resources piim ist members. Voting for the I i®“|r a.c,ty wa,el bas b“ ’n ustd m I year. Mayor Thornton W iley, P l a y B e g i n s T h l S ment departm ent of Blue Cross, and beauties to also attend. queen begun to be in earnest a s H, llvleu i t throw threw the first k ball « ii ... to C lint, ! . . of Portland, told Lions of the The first conference, W ednes "Irrigation w ater," Jo. y said Baughm an, fire chief, to m ake i YV e e k 111 T O U m a m e n t Blue Cross plan, that has recent day, June 18, will have Dr. Elmo the girls settled down to win the led the | I the openi/ig opening official. Chief of, Play m the d t y . wide Unnis ly been installed in the Ashland Stevenson and Dr. Wayne Wells co n test . DR GEORGE HULL “is already being supplied and WILLIAM HEALY .who residents of Bellview by the T a i-'P o lic e Charles Talent acted of SOC as speakers. Stevenson tournam ent started Monday, J u n t Community hospital. catcher. have been squiring the girls ent Irrigation Ditch." will discuss the geologic m akeup 9, on the courts in Lithia Park Joy also pointed out to the , Barbara Messenger, Ann Pirtle, about the city have been the of Southern Oregon and Wells and the high school grounds. envy of ail tne would be beau m em bers of the Cham ber that Marilyn Miller, Lorraine Con- Matulies to be played during the w ill d e s c r i b e t h e f l o r a a n d f a u n a the city would benefit by receipt verse, Barbura Reed. Rena Rus- brumm els in town. which are native to Southern • • of additional tax money and that sell, and G lorlan Howard, Fourth »'•<t ten days include Oregon. Visual aids in the form- ' Men's Senior Classification: "Ye Green Front," will soon the sale of electric current by ,'of July queen candidates, drew Rev. Shum an vs, Tony Shiveley. of colored slides and replicas of have a new front hut business is the city would increase and thus names of the ball team s out of a Irvin Lesser vs, Tom Medcatf; the m aterial discussed will be , hat to determ ine ju st which going on as usual ut the corner the city would realize a profit used to heighten interest. Tod Tibbutt vs. Bill Cate; Dr. E. He also stated that the pity is i teams would m eet Tuesday i ven- of G ranite und North Main. The second program will be E. Brown vs. Gordon Miller: "K err's M arket" and "A utry’s gi owing and that controlled ex- ing. Talent M erchants played the Dr, Elmo Stevenson vs. Philip under the supervision of Healy G rocery” art» also reaping the pansion would be better for thr ‘ W e>erhaueser Lum ber company Burns; Mr, Mlttag vs. Richard who is secretary of the Ashland Bellview Members Win Cham ! team, and Talent M erchants won Joy. benefits of new store fronts. . . com m unity as a whole. ber of Commerce. He will Along in the center ol town ! "There is some opposition in by un eight to four count. Prizes at 4-H County discuss tourist travel in this area Women's Junior Classification: “Chipm an's”, "The A. &. B. Sport Bellview to the plan," Joy said,! O“ k Street Tank and Steel Venita Roberson vs. Betty Wahl: and will tell about the most in Fat Lamb Show Tuesday teresting Shop” “The W estern Union of "it comes from people who have Tankers shut the Noslecats out Shirley Balfour vs. Mary Lou spots in th e region, fice,", “Standard Cleaners". "Cul adequate wells and who feel as j by a five to nothing score, their accessibility and • historic« I Hahn. Bernard Engel, son of Mr. and , Steve’s men defeated the Old m er's Cub" and The New., lie though they have adequate polic Men's Juniot Classification: ____________ o__ of Bellview, won j background. Maps and folders Fred Engel view," are receiving a new mar and fire protection and who d o 1 Timer by a eleven to nothing Bob Phillips vs. Harry Kannasto; Mrs. the George N°chols trophy at the will be used to illustrate his di; - quee which should help keep not wish to pay for city police score. Fred W hited vs. John Lanco. ¡annual spring lam b show, June -ri____ 4 and fire protection. During pre- Ken M iller and Guy Randles the sum m er su n out the door I 10, held at the Jackson countv , rj ^ f“ d ctTho" ias’ Ashland d r - JAK E WEITZEL is getting ready vious years the city of Ashland were um pires for the evening fairgrounds. Engel won this tro- S i n r r/n t? p ' K ennet t Thursday evening, June 12 to move into his new store and hus oficred Bellview residents phy for being the most outstand- Gf <?’ ' i r 0», ‘S i the Ashland Home and Auto sup fire protection, and I, for one. feel Talent M erchants will plav the ing m em ber of the Jackson coun- „ f th . OreS°n an i ply company are moving stock that I should be willing to pay W eyerhauser team at 715 p m tv 4 -H C lu b l o r h a v i n e t h e most Game commission are tentative! into their location in the Knox lor the com m unity services which ,,n the hlgh 3chool fiekJ g outstanding fat lamb, and his f iV ^ h e v 3nd l3St ’7 ^ building preparatory to an open we are presently getting. j s tre e t Tankers will also play the champion showm anship. d’seuss recreation ing sometime in the next two Eighteen members were out O ther Bellview winners in t h e |al in Southern Or. - Favored By Council I N ^ c a t s the same evening weeks. . . . Seems like the rec , Friday evening, June 12, Steve ' Monday night for the Ashland lam b show include: Southdown gon, touching on the fishin ess ion has receded. Mayor Thomas S, Wih.y ano Zarkas team will again play the Gun club meet at the Ashland class: „ Bob „ „ . Willoughby . . uuuki . m » w,,n wi^n m tu s s i t ‘ I hunting, and cam ping w ithin th the m em bers ol the Ashland city Old Timers; and the Oak sUeet Armory. Max Turzenbach again Ted W illoushbv second Hern .i.ii area. council have stated that they are Tankers will play Klam ath Falls tops the scoring with 376: M a rty ; Engel, third; W alte^M cCoy fo u ,-' definitely in favor of tlu propos all stars. fnE.® 1371: s?0° y /? 6u : i th f a n d Sam ^ 0 7 ^ 7 ' " ’ ed annexation and have given J hn Nosier, 358, and A1 Geh- > Bob Willoughby was given the Miss Fiances Clink, Jackson hard, 353, the following reasons: blue ribbon for having tne cham Four members from Medford pion First: it is easier to direct the county health nurse, is taking an fat lam b of the entire show. extension course at the Univer- were also present Monday even- grow th of the city il fringe areas Donald Gresham won third in on the edges are taken w ithin sity of Oregon. She will be there ing, The next shoot will be Mon- ‘ the Coreadle class. Wade H ardin day, Ju n e 10, at the Armory. the city before roads, alleys, and for the next ten days. Ashland residents will go t . placed fourth in the show m an sub divisions beionk- so confus the polls Monday, June 16, to ship class. ed as to prevent proper develop George Nichols of Bellview is vote on the election of a school Glen M adliew», College ment. i leader of the 4-H iam b division. board m em ber to fill the vacan Second: Planning of the city's Fred Engel of Bellview is general cy recently created w hen Lloyd Instructor Will Direct Selby resigned. grow th and public improvements 4-H leader. Summer Band This Year is essential but is only possible M arshall Woodell, a Southern Oregon college instructor, ha when the city has control of the Bert Freem an, acting president areas which are affected by the been nom inated to run for the of the city band organization, an city. office, but it is fhe voters choice nounced this week that the city to vote for anyone they choose, Third: A healthy and properous Cherry and berry farm ers In should bring unusually high band, under the direction of Glen region about the city is just as according to Leland Linn, su p er Matthews, would make their first im portant to the city as it is that the Ashland area will take at prices, as the storm which injur- intendent of Ashland <phools. least a 50% loss on this years cd fruit crops here did much appearance, Thursday, June 19 the city be healthy and prosper Voting will be in the Cify Hall Thieves who jim mied a w in from 2 to 7 p.m. 11 p.m. in the bandstand in Lithia ous. To gain . this end proper crops necause of the 1.50 inches more damage in Northern Ore- dow stole $102.00 Iron, the cash ^ a rk -. Freem aP is acting president drinking w ater should be siippli- of rain which fell during the gon, Linn also reported th at a p er first week in June, O ther crops. In the Hood River area damage draw er in the A shland Lum ber nf this organization in the place ed people in the Bellview district, however son does not have to be a proper were benefited hv the from rain and hail was estim ated company office, sometime Tues of Dr. Harvey Woods who has re- This will make but little drain on m oisture and the fire hazard in at nearly $1.000,000. Cherry loss day night, according to local pol ty owner in order to vote Mon signed his position. (he present w ater resources as the forests has been reduced. In Lane county was estim ated at ice. All of this was cash except day. the only qualifications are Fteem an also reported that most of Bellview is already re that a person has to have been a ing a $2.00 check. Orchardm en who have cherries $750,000, plans were being made with the ceiving city water, resident of Ashland for thirty Only 10,000 tons of the estim at This money was left in the days. police departm ent to elim inate Fourth: Proper sewage and have report J 'h at the rain cans- Oregon 1947 crop of 20 000 cash draw er Tuesday evening by IC ?»n V ‘,nburn ?yay above sanitary conditions in the rapidly ed fully 50% of the fruit to split. Nutley street during the summ er growing Bellview district are im thus m aking it impossible to fan- tons wil1 be salvaged, fruit grow John Collins, ow ner of the lum ber company. Collins usually estim ate. band concerts. He stated that* portant to Ashland n-sidents be cy pack and ship the entire crop. Bings and Royal Annes were , C2, B,'. Co,ra y- Jackson county puts cash in the safe, but as he Mayor Wiley had already approv cause of the general health of damaged more than the Lamberts 71S ‘C£ lt” ' ' V ^ n,J ias est,m ated planned to arrive late W ednesday ed the Idea, the entile region, which were not so fiw along.1 7 2' 7 to u° pe‘ cent of morning he wanted his em ploy ----------- o------------ William Daley, Dale Mayfield Fifth: City revenues will be Clarence Rykken. . m anager m of ldam l,he RogVe ..«o.Hg.r aged vall® w4h y cberry the l e croP a s t was ees to nave cash to operate t h e ’ and Mr. Hearn were guests of helped because the assessed value business. Phil Roberts, employee mem bers of the Toastm asters of property in the Bellview terri-1 Malcolm Jacobs and Burt fruit (m ount of the damage occurring of the company, opened the cash club, Monday evening at the tory will be added to property i ‘’‘»’W n m e n t house reported. draw er early W ednesday morning Lithia hotel. According to Roger Onii» „k~„„i n , . ' ' n tbe A shland area, valuations in Ashland this will mo.dd nv in d n » " Si'ally U ' Thougb the rain seemed ex- Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president and discovered the money was Rath, president of the organiza of Southern Oregon college, gave create n broader base on which m,nildmg and a ie not m arketable i w »*tve figures from the weather gone. He im m ediately notified tion, there was no special pro the principal address for Flag to levy city taxes, fTices this year for cherries are I bureau indicate that the heavy the local police departm ent. Ac outlined for Monday even Sjxtn: Sale of city public u tili going to be high. P resent price in rainfall during the first week of cording to Chief of Police C. P gram Day services at the Elks, Temple, ing. ty service in Bellview will add to Hortland for bulk Bings is 18c a June has happened at least five Talent, Assistant Chief Clarence Wednesday, June 11. Dave W hittle will be toastm ast lb and for Royal Annes is 19c. i times during the past 27 years. Williams is investigating the case, er for next Monday evening's Ashland high school band also city revenue. Scvpnth: Helping the improve- Sflnta Clara county Bings In bulk j In 1920 1.24 inches of rain fell played several selections. Exalted -o m eeting; while Howard Wiley Ruler, Ralph McCulloch and of pient of Bellview will aid Ash are selling in Ran Francisco for during the same period. In 1929 CATHOLIC LADIES WILL will assign topics to Ed Singmas- ficers, gave Introductory ex er land to become a bigger and bet 7c a lb. and bulk Tnrtarians f o r 1 the valley was practically flood- SPONSOR DANCE SATURDAY ter, Harold Thomas and John ter city. cises. Frank Van Dvke gave the 10c r»Qiic„,.„- lb- ,ed , with 33 inches. In 1941 u , . , — 2 ----------------------- 9 ,e Ashland Catholic ladles are • Collins. Clarence W illiams will be the resident* history of the flag. McCulloch » Eighth: a ui j It . is up v to .v. . LBiiiornia cherries, which were high was reached with more than sponsoring a spring dance Satur- the critic. Ashland to show the people in early this year, should be off the three inches of rain falling to day evening, June 14. at the civ- o gave the closing rem arks « “3 77 7, • • ' i J ‘ i ai eii.t- arej ‘” t^ a< AshI n?arkpt hy ,he time Oregon cher- total 3.49, and in 1943 1.39 inches ic club house. Mrs. Charles Sm ith i Clara Hall ow ner of Clara's Superintendent Leland Linn is ( land Is behind any development rtes reach the southern cities, of precipitation was recorded. is general chairm an ol the d a n c e.1 Beautv shop ’ is confined to her in Salem and Portland this week th at helps this p art of Southern The few boxes of Oregon cherries. The first week of June usually Admission Is 75c per person, home thus week because of ill- attending to school affairs- 1 Oregon. which will be shipped this y e a r , averages some .21 inches yf rain, and door prizes will be given. ness. Mayor Thornton Wiley Opens Soft Ball Season Tues. Angus Bowmer Tells of Festival Plans Bernard Engel Wins the Nichols Trophy 4-H Show Turzcnbach Again Tops With 376 City Band Makes Debut June 19 in City Lithia Park Board Member to Be Named Monday Recent Rains Ruin 50% of This Year’s Cherry Crop Lumber Co. Is Robbed Tuesday Dave Whittle To Be Toastmaster Monday E. Stevenson Gives Principal Address