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-*
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this b eau tifu l s h e e t. T hen when w ere presen ted to B etts Sm ith,
attei
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eek's
vacation
spent
POWDER
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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
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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.
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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
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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 „ ,
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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
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FLEA
SHAKESPEARE
This Week
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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
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”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
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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
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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
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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,-
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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.
Oa S t at Railroad
P hone 3291
WONEYBUNCH--MAYBE YOUD BETTER
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b w lltl e r m o d e r n is e
p r o v id e
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nccessitv fnr x<xi«l health
Make Allowance For The Hitch In Your
Plans!
P aste the phone nu m b er (5311) of our em ergency road s e r­
vice on your d ashboard, tag it to your steerin g w heel and
file it in youtr w allet , . . W e’re on call 24 h o urs a day to
rescue you from accidents w h e re v e r they m ay occur. It will
puy you t o keep us in m ind.
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