S o u th ern O regon Newa Review, T hura. A ugust 14, 1947 T J Z NEW S R E V IE W P ublished every ltiu i* d u s by TH E SISK IY O U PU B LISH IN G COM PANY AfclUand, O regon 467 East M ain S U tii C arry! H W ines and W endell D. L aw rence, Publisher* W E N D E L L L A W R E N C E , E d ito r E n le ie d as second-class m ad m a tte r m the post oitice at A sh land, O regon, F eb ru ary 15, 1935, u n d er the act oí C ongress ol M arch 3, 1879. Mi and Mrs Jo h n **aughert> ( Mi und Mrs. C hurles I Koli a fte r all, beauty does e n te r into and Mrs W ilson ol t <u tin llle r s , | c its ol K lam ath l u l ls v isited Mrs. city plan n in g No stre e t in any a re m Sail F ra ix isc o tin* week o h , d i y Higgins lust week. Mr Itoli- city of this state can com pare a b u sin g t u p Ì hey a n atten d in g ert s u b ro th el of Mrs. Higgins w ith o u r boulevard. We think ,«la. k < i W ttk m , u i \ i» w oig the Ml,Si. JOHNSON BUYS AN anyone favorin g this change Fall sty le show s They left S u n INTEREST IN SANITARIUM should visit some ot o u r utln i A lpha K appa C hap ter. ,s.,»i day an d plan t o iv tu rn T h u rs .Vir» Olive Jo h n so n o f M e d - O regon cities and look th e s it land, and Alpnu L am bda C h a p I ( o ld is now eo inum igl i w ith M rs uation over before Ixxoiiuiig too ter, M edford, en jo y ed a joint day, ‘ B a llili S e in iln ia r k ot th e JiiekN on en th u siastic abbot this change. sw im anti eats p aity held Wed D. C F T ilt,m is now ta k in g , ville S a n itu i Im o, iiu v u ig p m - n o W ould not the m oney used in nesday, A ugust 13, at Jaek.-on us t .tc .ttio n He w ill iv tu r n te cd Ilei im i le si in lu e S iillltu n u n i d u rin g lilt p a st w e t s I , -ill M is w idening by cu ttin g „It som e ol Hot S prings. This was the to -i hl> w'o.k alwMil A ugust 28th F rank CI uim -. Mi a n d ivi s. F ru n k the park strip he put to b etter joint m eeting w ith th e M edforo | Mt a n d Mrs C K P a llisti, k ol C h a se h a v e i n o s i l In I ,o ld H ill use in m aking a second th rough chaplet an,I Mi J o h n s o n , tifi i.er f a m stree t to he used by log trucks A fter tin closing of the (ego Pm 1 Angeles, W ashington i n ii . and o th er large com m ercial veil lar m eeting, refreshm ent* ol cak« A shland loi an in d efin ite stay ily w ill .'on o a l,i III, i i h o m e in Jack . >o, mi . icles, except those serv in g city cookies, ice c ie a m ’and su it d rin k s Piiey may decide to lie«' hei-e pci business houses? .This w ould im w ere served to iiiriiilx‘i> by IXir- m anontly as th e y find th e eli m ediately reniocc th e congestion, othy M orris, G ay le M orris, Plij m ate h ealth fu l noise, confusion and g reatly re His Leigh, and Rosalie S lau ffei M iss B a r i l a i * Caney, an cm duce the huzard of accid en t on D uring lh«- refresh m en ts. gift-* ANO 10UH , p lo y er at th e Mart has re tu rn ed this b eau tifu l s h e e t. T hen when w ere presen ted to B etts Sm ith, attei a w eek's vacation spent POWDER <«.n»t DDT we are In foreign p a rts and speak whose m arriage to W illiam Me visiting in San R aphael t'alifo i COIS «(CNI ON K1LUNC IHfM1 of A shland, we can still h ear sa id . M u llv n , lR cs ,t(Cl. ma "O yes .th a t is th e city in South- ,lltllll ern O regon w ith b ea u tifu l Siskl ,- ij »»; » f . i ■ i | l i ( / r 4 M M em bers presen t for the m eet evt"Wi uminiuiir.ù. maai'WtniKii»"iWMillM<WV iiwniwi W you B oulevard. mg w ere Rosalie S tau flei Phs S incerely, ' lh* laugh. G lad y s M ack, Gas > E v art P. B orden I M orris, B, tty S m ith . D oris H, i c 167 H arrison Si trom . P au lin e W adley. Eugenia M oore D onna D u n n am t l-ois In To th e E ditor The C ham ber of com m erce is a man. ----— — <» — - —- v o lu n tary businessm ans o rg an iza L IC E N S E E X A M IN E R tion and should rem ain in that H E R E M ONDAY category. A D rivers License E xam inei -j T here are m any reasons why it scheduled to lx- on d u ty in Ast s h o u ld n „ t he p u l on th e tax , M ondaj \ : A t P ' • sis . k, a i e.,n St.ig in the C h a u ta u q u a Shell rolls, its a d an gero u s ex p e rim en t ClU , u.-iw ,-, n t , h e . * to g u aran tee an y o rg an izatio n a j , lf „ , , 4 p S p o n so re d hy U v in c H o rn to, tax rolls It’s . Wednesday Swim Party For Kappas w äitV iC ite ® FIKES T hough th e rain of th e p a st w eekend has p artially allev iated th e fire hazard, A ugust will soon be upon u s an d A ugust is notoriously th e m onth of bad burns in th e fo re sts of the N o rth w est. H ere in A shland, w here a la rg e portio n of th e p ro sp e rity of th e city is directly allied w ith fo rest in d u strie s it is only fa ir th a t every m em ber of th is com m unity be e x tra carefu l about fires w hen in th e woods area. C arelessness in th e fo re sts h as d estroyed m illions of a cres of valuable tim ber. T his has enused a lo s s v f m illions of dollars, in wood, and in vacation and re c re a tio n a l sites. In A u g u st th e fo re sts o ften become tin d e r dry, and u n d er c e rtain conditions a re actu ally , highly explosive. The m a jo r sh a re of fo re st fires are caused by careless h u n te rs, fisherm en, cam pers, and picnickers. p r iv ile g e , s l.llt m g to e t a x T he m ost ex trem e care m ust be tak en in disposing special from th o s e m o st a b le lo p a y . on o f c ig a re tte b u tts, m atches, and o th e r inflam m ables. those least able to pay, for in stance ,the widows m ite, those C am p fires should be drow ned, th en buried. people w ith sm all fixed incomes. If we a re to keep Oregon green, and A shland s m ajo r In 1917 e ch am b er becam e in d u strie s o p e ra tin g we should all ta k e care not to be reactio n ary th and opposed th e eight careless when in th e forests. hour day, la te r aro u n d 1930 the ★ ★ ★ FLEA SHAKESPEARE This Week ', , ., . p perm its to d riv e a re a sk ,si t g, In to u ch w ith th e e x a m in e i w. a h e a d of th e sc h e d u le d cl >s • h o u r in o rd e r to uMmre co m p mm of then ap p licat m inim um of delay n, sh em b er w ent d efu n ct, th e city Builder’s Bargains Letters to the Editor ■ ”Stx6 and ''«X8 C lear Dry F ir F inish A shland O regon Macbeth Friday« August 15 t R e Merchant of Venice .Saturday. Aug. 16 Hamlet Monday, AugUNt 18 Love’s Labour’s Lost, Tuesday, Augustl9 Macbeth............. Wednesday, August 20 The Merchant of Venice Thursday, Aug. 21 C u rta in a i 8:30 p.m . A dm . $1.50 p lu s iax T ic k e ts on sula a i box office i A sh la n d C h a m b e r ot C om m erce ■ ■ T h is space c o n tr ib u te d as a p u b lic serv ice A ndrew s & R td fo rd A shland A ccounting Service A shland A uto P a rts A shland C ream ery A shland Flow er Simp A Tax J P. Dodge A Sons H erbs S p otllte Cafe N e w b rv O rc h a rd s 14c a foot O utside W hite P aint - F u lle r’s P u re P rep ared 4.95 gal. M asonite H ardboard P ain t - Odd Lots of Enam el and V arn ish Oregon Shakespearean Festival Association t C o n g n 'ffa ti’Xi.il took th em u n d e . r t. It's w ing, gave FIRE DISTRICT . E vart P Borden. M m ,s'«t T he fire a t E m ig ra n t lake last F rid a y b ro u g h t o u t . in the CJty ha„ The cjfy js co, 717 Siskiyou S unday School. 9 45 V.i ;u n an in te re s tin g com m ent from J. R. B ilderback. s ta te leeting p len ty of m oney from the B arker, S u p erin ten d e n t. Ever fo re s t firew ard en a t Lincoln, when he s ta te d th a t far- people to help out any tim e The ch a m b e r personne l should i'¿n‘' irn ,o a " .. , m ers in th e A shland area, should m ake som e e ffo rt to W(l|k h.ud (<> makp (he busjnes# # I S ubject of serm on TH ER E W1L1 BE A TOMORROW S p x ia l g e t an organ izatio n to g e th e r to fig h t fire. He pointed success, the sam e a* every othei music. o u t th a t th e sta te d forestry’ fire crew s have been called businesses in the city h ave to do T here w ill lx- no choir practice on several tim es to put out fire s on p riv a te ly owned his hj|e They sbouid R;,ndl., or P ilgrim F ellow ship du rin g land, an d inasm uch as th e pum per tru c k s and th e ir around, and get acq u ain ted , the August. crew s m u st come from Lincoln o r M edford, ot ta k e s writer has never seen a n y of the pensioned in the co u n try every year, the ch am b er should get considerable tim e to g et to th e scene of th e fire. p art of the city. busy and sell the ad v an tag es of T he s ta te law s perm it, fa rm e rs to organize in a fire A shland nev er was an Indust- this com m unity lo those people. d is tric t and th e s ta te will then pu t one of th e pum per rial tow n, nev er w ill he, n a tu r e . and earn th e g ra titu d e of all. the gave us a beau tifu l settin g fo r'e v e n tu a l destiny of A shland vvi crew s in the area, so th a t th ey can be on th e scene of schools, hom es, religion, a rt, lit ' be the B erkeley of Oregon a fire in a few m inutes. e ra tu re .and all th a t goes to m a k e ' Tins is the 4th special election i in a year. Tim e to call a halt If such a plan had been organized in th e a re a e a st hom e life beautifu l. T h ere are th o u san d s of people S. S. Davies, Sec. of A shland, a sta tio n would be in stalled in A shland and a fo u r-m an crew w ith a pum per tru c k w ould be on d u ty a t all tim es d u rin g th e fire season. U nder th e s ta te law, j a sm all acreage ta x would be levied a g a in st th e farm s, which would provide ad eq u ate fu n d s fo r th e fire p re vention w ork. “I t c e rtain ly would be cheap fire in su r ance fo r those living in th e ru ra l are a, a t lea st," said 2x4’s an d B oards $27 00 tho u san d Mr. B ilderback. 6" K iln D ried Skiing $69.00 thousand He also pointed out th a t those using th e fo reste d 1x4 K iln D ried Flooring * $69.00 th o u san d a re as su rro u n d in g A shland, sould a t all tim es c a rry an 1x3 K iln D ried Casing 2c Lineal Foot axe, a shovel and a pail in th e ir cars. All of th e s ta te Dry P ine 1 x 2’s t $59.00 thousand fo rest land is closed because of th e fire h a za rd , and a perm it m u st be obtained to g e t into any a re a off t h e : R oofing—45 lb., 55, lb., 90 lb., 105 lb., C ertain teed Roll Reg S hingles—C< rtaint* d H exagonal & Thick B utts. Red, G reen m ain highw ays. T hese im plem ents a re req u ired b e f o r e , G reen Blend, B row n Blend a perm it will be issued, he sta te d . W indow s qnd B arn Sash 10*%- reduction ★ ★ ★ m any years, b eau tifu l Siskiyou B oulevard and far-fam ed L ithia P ark . Now w ith th e re n ew al of It is very am using to me how the S h ak esp e are an F estiv al th ree long one can live in a com m unity attra ctio n s set th e city a p a rt and know so little ab o u t the from any o th er m u n icip ality ini things th a t go on. F or ¿ne last the state. tw o years I have been p rim arily H ow ever, we are concerned in terested in our C om m unity hos pital, by listening to all com ers ab o u t ru m o rs com ing from c e r dam an d condam th e doctors, tain q u a rte rs o f a m ovem ent to nurses an d m an ag em en t of oui n arrow th e ce n te r p a rk -strip in hospital, bu t I t was not until re the boulevard th u s m aking a cently th a t 1 was forced to go six instead of a fo u r-lan e street. th ere th a t I m ade it my busineJs Som e of us who use this highw ay as all tax p ay e rs should, to Hnd very m uch and ow n p ro p e rty on out ju s t w h at is wrong. Yes, there it are very m uch opposèd to this are lots of things w rong b u t they are n o t the doctors, nurses, or change for the follow ing reasons: C reating a six -lan e stre e t will the w ay th e h ospital is run. To begin w itn, the biggest in no way solve th e p re s e n t tr a f fau lt is us, a fte r all its our hos fic problem on this th o ro fa re but p ital but do we try to do a n y in stead w ill only te n d to speed thing ab o u t it? No! The building up traffic in an effo rt to pass is over 37 years old. The p lu m b tru ck s and cars. This w ill surely ing is bad, w iring is old, th e floors increase the accid en t d a n g e r to are loose a n d m any m ore things th a t w ould fill page a fte r page, those attem p tin g to cross a t the and p u ttin g m oney into this old various intersection. M uch sp eed Big. is like try in g to m ake a 47 ing, in sp ite of the best effo rts of the traffic officers, tak es place m odel ou t of your 32 ford. T he cost to m ain tain each upon this highw ay a t present. room is alm ost $7.00 p er day W hat will happen by adding tw o th a ts before all o th er expenses m ore lanes of traffic? E veryone a re paid. T rying to m ake m oney know s th a t it is ea sie r to cross o u t of th a t old crack e r box is like try in g to get blood out of a four than six lanes of traffic. Then, th ere are several schools tu rn ip . W e ta lk of building a new band and churches on the street. stan d , how_ ab o u t building nurses The second reason is th a t iit q u a rte rs. T hey have to live you the p resen t tim e th e p ark a rea know . is w ide enough to p ro te c t a car I th in k the hospital director, from dam age e ith e r fro n t or rear R o b ert L ugar, is doing a w onder w hile w aiting to tak e its place in ful jo b w ith w h a t he has to do w ith. How m uch m ore w onder the oncom ing line of traffic. N a r ful it w ould be to m eet our row ing this area will rem ove frien d s and say th a t our taxes this safety factor. Again, w h a t will be the use of w ere going to be a little higher n e x t y e a r because we w ere going w idening th e south en tra n ce to to h av e the best new hospital m the city w hile leaving the north S o u th e rn O regon in 1949 or 50 lll- en tra n ce from th e railro a d over- stead of cry in g ab o u t the things s tbe cit ce n te r as narrow m ost of us are no t in tere ste d as it is. S urely somtlhing should enough to do an y th in g about. be done to Im prove N orth Main J o h n von K u h lm an -------------- _o--------------- St. T he fo u rth reason is th at the D ear S ir: T w o things ab o u t A shla n d b eau ty of th e stree t will be great- s ta n d o ut in our m em ory th ro u g h 1 ly in ju re d b y such a move. And,- C"** ' 12c sq. it. 33 I 3'7 off Red B arn P ain t $3.00 gal. C arboK neum Wood P re se rv a tiv e $2.00 gal. H a rd w are - A com plete Stock of B u ild er’s H ard w are ASHLAND LUMBER CO. 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