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Political Pot Begins Bubbling and Boiling in Jackson County This Week
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Secretary of State Earl N ew bry, Ashland, has filed
lor the H ep u u ii.an n>n. t.-tilo n as secretary of state.
This loaves a clear field for several potential state
senators in Jackson county.
If nom inated and elected. N ew bry pledqds to "con
duct the public business as I have my own. M y door
w ill always be open to any ind ivid u al or group reeking
tervice oi n.y office. M y position, or answer, on any
question w ill not need in terpreting. I l w ill be fran k
ond forth rig h t."
As a slogan on the official ballot. N ew b ry aska that
'he fo low ing tie placed after his name: "Assure y o u r
self of a friend in public office. Frankness w ith cour
tesy."
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A l l llister,
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resenletive.
M edford attorney, u was
a m
m A em
ber ul the h d r-o , ior to the w ur, and nerved as speak
er of th a t body durinq h i* last session.
Ben D a y , Sam's V alley rancher, who has been off
and on the fence has not stated d e fin ite ly whether he
w ill seek the post or not. E verett Faber. C en tral Point,
ha* announced his candidacy for the senate.
F ra n k V an D yke, curren tly a m em ber of the house
of representative», has announced that he w ill enter the
h it * hoping for re-election. Van D yke ha* h i* sights
set on the sp« -iker's seat.
E. H . M ann. M edford m anufacturer, ha* been urged
to reek the Republican nom ination for representative,
but ha* not d efin itely com m itted himself.
To date the Democratic party ha* made no announce
m ent a* to Candidate* seeking state seats.
Charles H o tkersm ith , Phoenix, is the only Democrat
who has throw n hi* hat into the ring in the county so
far. H eckersm ith is planning to run for county com mis
sioner.
R obert L y tle . V a lle yv ie w , who is presently a county
commissioner, ha* made no com m itm ent concerning hi*
plan*. A rth u r Powell, C entral Point, announced hi*
r candidacy
a n d i d a r v t the
h a f first
ir s t o
h is
of f t this
w
a a I c . M
vnr C
a k a r.
week.
M a ayor
C. . A . M
M a eeker,
M edford, has been requested by friend * to run for
commissioner but has qiven the m atter no consideration
as yet. Chester W endt, Jacksonville, has also been
m entioned among possible candidates for one of the
commissioner's posts.
In the city of Ashland it is ais yet a bit e arly to de-
term ne w hat p articular people w ill make a bid lor the
city council and the M ayor's post.
M ayor Thornton W iley, who ha* held the post since
1932 stated that it was a bit early to decide w hether or
not he would run again this yaar. and that as the s it
uation developed he would make up hi* mind.
T h u * no m ayo rality candidate* nor candidate* for the
city council seat* have appeared. T h ree vacancies w ill
show up on the council: Jake W eitzel, W alter Redford
and H arold M e rrill w ill have served their terms. None
of the three have slated at this tim e whether they w ill
ru n for re-election or not. Seem ingly the situation at
the close of the yoar w ill determ ine their stand*.
The next few weeks w ill bring out a rdsh of candi
dates lo r County and state office*, the m a jo rity of
whom w ill be seeking Republican favor in the p rim a r
ies. which in this region, is p ractically tantam ount to
election.
KW1N gagstcr* DOYLE SEE
LY and ED BARNETT pointed
out till» week that the Newt* Ito
N ew bry. who had served tw o terms in the house,
view Is now doing business In a was
serving h|s second term as a m ember of the senate
new stand, third knothole troni when appo'nted secretary of state by Governor John
the light, at the Drigg s building H. H a ll.
. . . JOE LANGTRY and W. V*
The Republican C en tral Com m itee, left w ith a senate
ROBINSON aie operating troni vatarviy on its hands, w ill give it* blessinq to either
the first knothole to tly left W illia m M cA llister or H ild in g Bengston. N either has
While WALTER REDFORD han made any com m itm ent to date as to his decision con
dies the Keulty business troni his cerning the m atter. Bengston is presently a state rep-
post, second knothole from the
light. GEORGE ANDREWS gave
up and went to California to re
cuperate from his sidew alk sup
F o rm erly the
ervisor duties . . . Anyhow V. J.
Southern Oregon
BYRD, who Is putting In the
M in er
new front says It won’t be long
$3.00 per year
now, und the Briggs building wiii
present one ut the most modern
exteriors In town.
WILLIAM HEALY, former idea
m an for the Ashland Cham ber
ASHLAND, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON JANUARY 29, 1948
of Commerce, Is In town this 3.00 PER Y E A R
week, says EARL NEWBRY’S
cam paign for secretary of state
is oft to a good start . . . DOUG
LAS McKAY, candidate for gov
ernor stopped in W ednesday, did
n ’t waste any time, said he was
looking for votes, support, and
anything else we had to offer,
and wus on his way. We appre
ciated his tim e-saving attitude .
m a r c h of D IM E S TO
BEN DAY, Jackson county can
BE C L IM A X E D W IT H
didate for the house of represen
DANCE SATURDAY
tatives was also In, and invited us
to join the Young Republicans
Saturday night, January 31, the
We thanked him kindly and In 1948 March of Dimes campaign
formed him that in our opinion will come to a close w ith the a n
the county and the state needed nual President’s Ball which will
a lot more Young Democrats he held this year In the Elk s
rather than Young Republicans. Temple. Admission will be $1.50
Ju st to make it more Interesting, per couple according to Don Mac-
donchano.
W hirter and Dyer Huston, co-
And JOHN DAUGHERTY says, chairm en of this year’s March of
ju st for the purpose of record, Dimes campaign.
that come tim e for his re-elec
The dance will be informal and
tion, there w on’t be any need for Is open to the public. Tickets are
re-election, because he doesn't presently on sale or can be p u r
plan to run.
chased at the doer. Special con
cessions will be available at the
hall, and the Elk’s dance band
will furnish the music.
R eturns from the drive are in
complete as yet but M acW hlrter
stated today that the present re
Henry Cleppcr, managing edi sults Indicated a possibility that
tor of the Journal of Forestry will this year's drive would exceed
speak to the Shasta Cascade su b in am ount collected in the 1947
RAIDERS, SouthernOregon Collage -front ro w , left to right: Veentjer, Barger, Martindale, Lin-
section of the Society of A m eri drive.
man. Warren, Weaver, Newton: Back row: Hoefs. Copeland. Peters, Bonney, Jandreau. DeAutre-
can Foresters at a dinner which
The March of Dimes show was mont. O'Neal. Neideigh.
will be held In the I.lthia hotel presented at the junior high
coffee shop Monday night, F eb ru school auditorium
W ednesday
Chico S tate’s W ildcats will in home court. The Gators from San Francisco state will play here
ary 2, according to Harold T ho night, played to a slim audience. vade Memorial gym nasium on ped only two games, one to SOC Monday and Tuesday, February
mas, Ashland representative of Comments on the show indicated the cam pus at Southern Oregon and the other to Humboldt.
2 and 3.
the Society, who Is arranging the th at it was a fine variety revue. College this Friday and S atur
Last week the Raiders, sparked
If Ted Schopf's club wins both
meeting.
Robert Reinholdt acted as Mas day to attem pt to topple the Red Chico games the Far W estern by Bobby Hoefs, took two games
Clepper Is national secretary of ter of Ceremonies and Dr. Elmo Raiders of Southern Oregon Col title is practically assured the from Humboldt in a series played
The lege who lead the Far W estern A shland club, however, dropping in Ashland. The first game end
the Society of American Forest Stevenson spoke briefly.
ers. Seventy m em bers of the o r Ashland high school q uartet and conference basketball race with either of the games can m ake it ed 59 to 51, and the second clos
ganization are expected to attend the high school band were the seven wins and one loss.
a wide open race for the confer ed with the score 51-36. W inning
from points in N orthern C alifor two local groups which appeared
those two games gave the Raid-
The Chico State club is only ence title.
nia and Southern Oregon. All the The rem aining 16 acts were se- one game behind the Raiders ii
The Raiders will begin Febru- ers a record of six consecutive
m em bers are graduate foresters. 1 lected from the best am ateur tai conference standing having drop- ary w ith two more games on the wins.
This Is the first time the socie ent in Jackson ouncty.
ty has held a m eeting in Ashland.
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Ô le y o tt
NEWS REVIEW
President’s Ball
To Climax Polio
Foundation Drive
Raiders Win Seven, Lose One to Lead Far Western Conference
Foresters Plan
Dinner Meeting
Ben Day Files For
State Legislature
Mrs.Edna Sehoeder will e n te r
tain the Talent Garden Club at
her home W ednesday, February
Ben Day, Sam ’s Valley rancher,
4. There will be a speaker from was in Ashland Wednes d a y .
G rants Pass, Oregon.
w here he form ally made a n
John Reed of the Reed-Wright nouncem ent of his candidacy for
Reality Co. was transacting busi the Oregon house of representa
ness in the K lam ath Junction tives.
A t present Day and Frank Van
com m unity last Saturday.
Dyke are the only two candidates
for the two openings in the lower
house. Both are Republicans.
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John Riley Pittenger, 940 B
Street, district constable, was up
town W ednesday for the first
tim e In over a week, due to a
round with the flu.
Il
W hat They
A re Reading
This Week
Erskine Caldwell's latest
novel - “The Sure Hand of
God.”
Jam es Hilton's - “So Well
Rem em bered”
And don’t overlook - “DIR
TY EDDIE” by Ludwig
Bemelman*
“Home C ountry” by Ernie
Pyle, made to order for
those who have read -
“Here Is Your W ar” and
“Brave Men” - Pyle at
his best.
270 East M ain
Phone 8011
Spanish Swindle
Swindlers Offer Money And A Trip
With Pretty Daughter For Release
Dr. Bracker Aids
In Exposing The
Spanish Swindle
Postal Inspector
Warns Southern
Oregon Residents
] Honor Roll Lists 37
Jr. High Students
Thirty seven students made the
Honor Roll during the last six
weeks period in Ashland Junior
High school. Principal Joseph
Fader announced today. With 17
honor students the se v e n t h
grade took top honors by edging
the ninth grade which had 16.
Students who have been on
the honor roll all sem ester are:
N inth Grade; Patricia Bailey,
Dale Dieckman, Edith Hile, Anne
Hill Mary H illberry, Bob Mad
den, and Ken Wilkenson.
Eighth grade: B arbara Hild,
Seventh G rade: Carol Culp,
Glen Ingle, Bob Myrick, David
Stemple, and Mike Grant.
The following students were
honor students the last six weeks:
Ninth Grade: Patricia Bailey,
Dale Dieckman, Edith Hile, Anne
Hill, Mary Hillberry, Jean House
holder, Coleen Krinock, Jerry
Langer, Bob Madden, Richard
Michael, Bernice Mayben, A rthur
Ostrander, Janet Schniedler, Ken
W ilkenson, Ted Willoughby, and
Bob Frazier.
Eighth Grade: Gall Barnum,
B arbara Hill, Ruth Taylor, and
Glenna Williams.
Seventh Grade: P attie Abbott,
Charles Added, Judy Briggs, San
dra Clary, Carol Culp, Joan Day
Anderson, Glen Ingle, Richard
Mitchell, Bob Myrick, Colette
Perrine, Donna Redmond, Helen
Robertson, Betty Sm ith, David
Stemple, Catherine Turner, Mike
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K athleen Hess, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Hess, of
Rosem ary’s Flower Shop under
w ent an operation at Sacred
H eart Hospital In Medford the
first of this week for the rem ov
al of her adenoids.
HELP THE MARCH
OF DIMES
Volume 14, Number 47
V. Richardson Is
Selected For C.
of C. Secretary
W IL L B E G IN D U T IE S
F E B R U A R Y 2 AS M R S .
H E A L Y R E S IG N S
Victor Richardson, Phoenix,
has been selected by the board of
directors of the Ashland Cham
ber of Commerce to replace W ill
iam Healy as secretary of the
Chamber. Dr. W alter W eller an
nounced today that Richardson
had been selected after the board
had studied several applicant’s
records and th at they felt th a t he
would be able to best operate the
business of the chamber.
Richardson, who has been em
ployed as assistant personnel dir
ector at Bear Creek orchards for
the past two years stated that his
first project would be to become
acquainted w ith every m em ber of
the Cham ber of Commerce and
to study their individual business
problems.
During the w ar Richardson was
w ith the United States m aritim e
service. He held the rank of Lieu
tenant, junior grade. He sailed
m ostly in the Pacific and was
w ith the m aritim e convoy that
entered Leyte gulf on D plus
four. Before going to work with
Bear creek orchards he sailed
w ith Grace lines as purser.
He attended high school in
Lewiston, Idaho and Yakim a Val
ley academ y and attended col
lege at W alla Walla, Washington.
Richardson will assume his
duties Monday, F ebruary 2.
Mrs. W illiam Healy who has
been operating the Cham ber
since her husband became assist
ant secretary of state, Decem ber
1, stated th a t she plans to move
to Salem, F ebruary 10. Mrs.
Healy’s parents, Dr. and Mrs.
W ard Finley will go to Salem
with her as will Mary Pat Healy,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Healy.
The Healy home on Clover Lane
has been purchased by Fred
Whited.
Parks Announces
Third Honor Roll
“Would you like to get in on a
“The first thing I did was no
tify the FB I” said Dr. W. E. deal to get one-third of $375,000?
B racker Ashland dentist who re Everyone would like to have the
ceived a Spanish Swindle series money, so the m ain question is
Roland Parks, principal of the
of letters from Joseph Martin, would you fall for the ‘Old Span
Ashland high school, announced
reputedly a Vensuelan financier ish Sw indle’?”
today the names of the honor
Post Office Inspector J. A.
of French origin, who claimed he
students for the third six weeks
was languishing in jail in Mexico Eidswick reported th at recently
period. Parks explained th at these
city. “The FBI in tu rn referred several letters from Mexica n
students had received a grade
me to the Postal inspectors who sw indlers have been received by
of two or better in their school
business
and
professional
men
in
have been handling the case.”
work during th at period of study.
Southern Oregon.
There were 14 sophomores, 22
I B racker received the first let
The letters, m ailed in Mexico,
juniors,
and 18 seniors on the
t e r from a Mr. M., Novem ber 27. begin by asking the addressee if
honor roll.
It
was
in
the
form
of
a
come-on
Winds made an active week
he would be interested in doing
Sophomores Included: Nancy
for the local fire departm ent and no money was requested. The a big favor and helping out the
Arney: Kay Beck, Craig Canfield,
second
letter,
which
arrived
in
m an’s daughter. Next, the letter
when they were called out seven
Joanne Downing, Nina G raber,
tim es beginning w ith a flue fire Ashland, December 18, stated w riter cites a hard luck story of
Frances Howard, Doris Litw iller,
at the A. L. Gillm an residence that Mr. M. was in reality Jos being in debtors prison.
Cash Perrine, Bob Simpson, Zel-
eph
M
artin,
and
that
If
Dr.
“I have $375,000 in American
when a descending stove pipe
ma Stone, Richard Wilcox, N or
congested w ith oil and gasses set B racker would proceed w ith $8,- currency locked up in a trunk
man Myers, Rodney Twedell and
750.00
to
Mexico
City
certain
sult-
which is in a customhouse in the
ting the flue on fire.
June
Lee Smyth.
The second call on Monday at ases containing custom claim United States,” the swindl e r
Juniors Included: LeRoy Ades,
checks
could
be
released,
the
writes. That is w here the person
8:30 a.m. was at the Bert T urner
Alex Austin, John Beare, Dorothy
residence at 250 6th street when claim checks thus obtained could who gets the letter comes in.
B rahham t, W ayne Crow, Shirley
The “senor” needs money to
sparks from a flue set the roof be used to reclaim certain trunks
Damon, Joyce DeVore, Betty
which
w
ere
being
held
in
a
cus
(Continued on b a d page)
on fire causing an estim ated $250
Hall, Betty Henry, Carol Karnes,
damage. The house was insured. tom’s warehouse in the United
Donald K err, Rosemary Knott,
States.
In
these
trunks
In
the
000
and
would
see
th
at
the
Dr.
Also on Monday firem en a n
Carol Meeks, Delores Momany,
sw ered calls at 60 Alida street, United States, Mr. M artin stated, got his half of the $375,000.
Shirlee Newbry, Jean Nichols,
Dr.
B
racker
turned
the
entire
was
$375,000.
Half
of
this
would
w hen an electric stove caught
Paula Ostrander, Carla Sears,
m
atter
over
to
the
postal
a
u
th
be
given
to
the
Doctor
if
he
came
fire and at 860 Ashland street
R
uth Seitz, Jane Simpson, Mona
orities who are attem pting to
when the flue of the George S ny through with the $8750.00.
Taylor and Mary W hite.
break
up
the
Spanish
Swindle
on
Mr. M artin’s second letter con
der residence caught fire. There
Seniors included: Ma r 11 y n
tained explicit instructlors as to the grounds that it is use of the
was no damage at either place.
Beare, Elm er Biegal, Bill Bissell,
mails
to
defraud.
On Tuesday firem en w ent to the tim e Dr. B racker should a r
Phylliss Downing, F rank Gordon,
A uthorities point out th at
the C. A. Irw in property at 505 rive In Mexico City, told him at
Glorlan
Howard, Ileane Jarvis
Siskiyou Boulevard for a flue w hat hotel he should register, Am ericans who have gone to
Lela Linn, Mickey McKeever,
Mexico
City
with
the
$8750.00
and how he should get in touch
fire but there was no loss.
Eileen Michael, Sue Pearson,
Burning rubbish caused a with an interm ediary. M artin also to rescue the financier and save
Louise Perren, M axine Riley,
the
beautiful
m
aiden,
have
In
fire in a vacant lot at 1151 Moun stated th a t his beautiful 18-yeai
Miss Mamie Orr, sister in la w ' Donnabelle Stauffer, Joan Van
tain Avenue W ednesday m orn old daughter would accompany the past, returned w ith a lu m p '
on
the
noggin
and
a
bad
taste
in
'
of
J. R. Pittenger, Is now con- Dewalker, Shirley Weitzel, Helen
ing on the property of J. A. A d Dr. B racker to Texas w here she
fined
to her bed with the flu,
Whiting and Jerry Mitchell.
ams. There was no property loss. would get one-half of the $375,- their mouth.
Fire Department
Busy During Week