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Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon, Thursday. August 19, 1948
Volume 15, Number 24
M r. N e w ’» Review wan ull g a l­
loped out and w in d b lo w n ufter
h ik in g lust weeks p oll on ju s t
w ho stood where In the m ayor-
n llty ruce. So the professionals
took over und this week we pre­
WELLER, WILEY AND WILLIAMS SEEK
sent the M c L A IN poll, a sound­
ing out of the opinions of an
OFFICE OF MAYOR OF ASHLAND
even 100 voters (makes it a lo t
This week in local p o litic a l circles was fille d w ith one flin g a lte r
easier to fig u re percentages that
Talent, Aug. 18 — Ralph Reed,
another. D r. W alter W e lle r, form er president o f the Cham ber of
way.)
president o f Shasta D istrib u to rs,
Commerce, Saturday announced his candidacy fo r m ayor. M onday
ED M c L A IN , a lad who's taken
announced today th a t the pum p
M ayor T h o rn to n S. W iley, incum bent, announced th a t he planned to
a lo t of soundings fo r UK. GEO-
go a fte r the office again. This makes three candidates w ho are out
und plu m b in g corporation, plan
Firat In Serie« Of
School Will Open
KGE G A L L U P , p u t the profes­
a fte r the office. Tom W illiarrts, railroadm an had file d several weeks
j to begin b u ild in g new offices and
Fall Event* At Track
sional touch to the questioning
ago.
On Septemer 13
warehouses
on
highw
ay
99,
east
this week und asked the fo llo w ­
Wednesday D r. W illia m B racker announced th a t he was filin g fo r
W ith 10 events u ll arranged of Kings cafe in Talent.
ing questions W hich o f the fo l-
I-eland L inn, superintendent of c ity councilm an as did Owen Gragg and P h il Stansbury. H arold
The
organization
has
a
350
fo
o
j
Khoolg>
announced
today
th
a
t
fo llo w in g six men w ould you vote und contestants and entrants reg­
M e rrill, ncum ent counclm an, s also gong to file. Dr. W a lte r Red-
and Les Grant, coach and ju n io r high
fo r If he run fo r m ayor: TO M istered the
( ford, also incum bent is present-
Horse Show
and frontage on the h ighw ay
W IL L IA M S .
DR.
W A LT E R Races w hich are being sponsored plan to p u t up a 40 x 60 foot school athletic dire cto r had re­ MISS STEARNS JOINS
pY out o i tow n and has made no
W E LLE R , M A Y O R TH O R N TO N by the Ashlund R iding associa­ pum ice bulldingx w ith a glass signed to become superintendent HILLSIDE SALON STAFF
statem ent. Jake W eitzel, incum -
8. W IL E Y . P H IL S T A N S B U R Y , tion this Sunday are ready to go front. Jim Hoots, Ashland, has of the elem entary
schools
at
Miss Vera Stearns, Ashland, is bent whose te rm is also up, has
C O LO N E L H A R O LD JO R D AN , W alter Ham by is producing the the carpentry contract.
Junction C ity, Oregon.
now associated w ith Mrs. Irene stated th a t he does not pla n to
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und OW EN G R AG G . O r w ould show at the Valley View Rodeo
Grant, who has been very ac­ C ullen as a beauty operator at ru n inasm uch as he feeels that
you vote fo r some one else? How Grounds.
tive in recreational a c tivitie s In the H illsid e Salon, 56 East M ain he cannot devote enough tim e to
m any fu v o r the w ard
system?
Ashland, as yet does not have a Miss Stearns was fo rm e rly w ith the job.
The c o lo rfu l show w ill begin
How m any fa v o r the c ity m an­
replacement. Bud S ilv e r has been the Cameo salon, M edford, and O ther candidates w ho previous­
at 2:00 p.m. w ith the grand p a r­
ager system?
hired as an assistant In the ju n io r is a graduate o f the M edford ly file d fo r councilm an include
ade of m ounted horsemen and an
V oting was as fo llo w s:
Fred Homes, Hom er B illin g s and
high
school physical education school o f beauty culture.
e x h ib itio n d r ill.
Second event
No o p inion 42%
J. C. Osborne, w ho has been program .
Mrs. C ullen has been operating W ill Stew art.
w ill be u one-fourth m ile race
W IL L IA M S . 17%
P h illip W endt, w ho has been
School w ill begin this year on the H ills id e Salon fo r the past
fo r q u a rte r horses. Event No. 3 w o rkin g w ith the A shland C ham ­
W E LLE R , 12%
is the Ladies three gutted pleas­ ber of Commerce, resigned this September 13. In order to pre­ year, having bought it from Mrs. p ro m in e n t in m aking Investiga­
W IL E Y 12%
tions o f various c ity elections and
ure class. The fo u rth event is a week to accept a position as m an­ pare fo r the school year the pres­ C lara H all.
S T A N S B U R Y 8%
suggestions, file d
fo r council
business man's race of one-fourth ager of the Lake county cham ber ent school buildings have under­
JO R D A N 4%
Wednesday
afternoon.
W en d t,
of
commerce.
gone various repairs and p aint
m ile. C lyde Caton w ill be de­
G R AG G 2%
w ho lives on Sherm an street, has
Osborne has been conducting a jobs. These include re p a in tin g of
fending his title in this race.
fo r m any years indicated a strong
W rite in votes o f one each were
The fifth event w ill be fiv e ­ m em bership d rive In this v ic in ity the high school gym nasium and
picked up fo r H A R O L D M E R ­ gated class. Event No. 6 is a la ­ fo r both the Ashland and the sound proofing of the gym nasium
Interest in c ity governm ent.
R IL L . C O LO N E L PRESTON B. dies pleasure horse race o f one- Jackson C ounty Chambers
Noel H u rd has file d fo r the o f­
of celling.
W A T E R B U R Y , und N ED M ARS fo u rth m ile. Event No. 7 the Commerce.
fice o f p a rk commissioner. F ra n k
The ju n io r high school gym na­
Paul B. R etter has been elect­ Barnthouse and B ill S nider have
So one per cent o f the voters mens pleasure horse class. E v ­
He replaces Jack M ayne w ho Is sium is also being painted and an
ed p rin c ip a l
o f the
B e llv ie w indicated th a t they plan to file
preferred each o f these.
has been
ent No. 8 is the kiddies saddle going to the Redding C ham ber additional classroom
school
to
take
the
place
o f G ay­ fo r p a rk commissioner. R obert
fifty - th r e e per cent o f the peo­ horse race of one-fourth m ile. of Commerce.
created at the ju n io r high school
ple fu vo r the w ard system of c ity The n in th event on the program
by the p a rtitio n in g o ff o f a p o r­ lord Vestal Jr., who has decided Dodge, incum ent whose te rm is
to continue his w o rk on his M as­ up, stated th a t he planned to file
governm ent. T h ir ty - fiv e per cent Is the baton race w hich w ill i n ­
tio n of the music room.
do not w ant the w ard system and clude four, four-horse tearris and
The B e llvie w school has had ter's Degree, according to an an­ again fo r the job.
nouncement
made by
Leland
feel as though the present sys­ w ill be held in the arena.
There are three vacancies on
a complete redecoration job w ith
L
in
n
,
superintendent
of
schools.
tem is adequate. T w elve per cent
the
p a rk board are caused by the
The tenth event on the p ro ­
an In te rio r fin ish and flo o r sand­
d id n 't know w hich they p re fe r­ gram Is the child's saddle horse
R etter has had ten years e x­ expired
term s of D r. W a lte r
ing.
red.
perience in Kansas and has been W e lle r (w ho has file d fo r M ayor)
class. E vent No. 11 is the hot
an elem entary school p rin cip a l. Dodge, and H urd, w ho are r u n ­
On the question o f the c ity blood race o f three-eighths of a
Mi's. Myrtle Dougherty
He has been ta kin g w o rk at SOC nin g again.
manager fo rm of governm ent the m ile.
Harrison
and has done college w o rk at
W e ller, w ho is a fo rm e r p re s i­
m a jo rity , 52 per cent, stated that
M usical chairs, an old rodeo
W ith the L itw ille r - N ugent i
Am erican Legion members and Kansas State Teacher’s Collegp dent of the Cham ber of C om ­
they w ould ra th e r have a c ity standby is the tw e lfth event. A
c
h
.p
.4
n
n
ed
overnow
ing
and at Kansas State in M anhat­ merce, has long been active in
manuger.
T h irty -tw o per cent s tattlon class e x h ib itio n w ill be
m any old tim e friends and the
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His records fro m co m m u n ity a ffa irs and has been
were ugalnst a c ity manager und event No. 13. For a novelty the
ion a u x ilia ry w ill hold th e ir an­ tan, Kansas.
1(1 per cent d id n 't know w hut fourteenth event is a carrot race. chapel banked w ith m any b e a u ti­ nual picnic Monday evening at Kansas ra n k h im as a splendid an o ffic e r of the Oregon State
fu l flo ra l offerings, fu n e ra l ser­
they wanted. M any people q u iz ­ Event No. 16 Is the hu n te r class­
6:30 at Jackson Hot springs. A ll educator. A fte r g e tting out of the veterinarian s association. He has
vices w ere conducted S aturday
zed were under the im pression ju m p in g .
members and e lig ib le members service he moved to Oregon. He live d in A shland fo r the past y.x
fo r Mrs. M y rtle D ougherty Har­
is m arried and has tw o sons. years and d u rin g th a t tim e b jjilt
that the c ity already had a c ity
of the Legion are in vite d .
A stake race has been set up rison.
Rev. Robert M cllvenna,
R etter has recently been in bus­ the A shland ve te rin a ry hospital.
manager.
The
a
u
x
ilia
ry
w
ill
serve
coffee,
fo r the seventeenth event. Team pastor of tiie
First Method iml
iness in Ashland, h a v in g been He aided in the re v iv a l of the
C om paring this
week's -
„ p oll ro p in g w ill be event No. 18, and
cream,
and
lemonade.
The
church o f w hich she was a m e m -.
.
w ith that of lust w eek’s it a p - ' the show w ill end w ith a ca lf ber of long standing, conducted
in charge o f the picnic p a rt ow ner o f the M o b ilo il sta­ Oregon Shakespearean F estival
pears as though TO M W IL L IA M S ' roping contest w hich w ill be ev- the rites.
¡requests that a ll who attend br- tio n at Gresham and East M ain. association, and is a fo rm e r p re ­
has lost a b it o f strength. Last le n t No. 19.
sident o f the A shland Lions club.
,
...
I mg a covered dish and th e ir own
Mrs. H arrison, a w e ll know n service.
week he led the lis t w ith 30 pel j _
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Mrs. E K incaid, San Francisco He is a m em ber o f the E lks lodge
resident of A shland fo r the past
has been a house guest of Mrs. and the A shland R id in g associa
cent and this week he had only |
y RoloGCAC
40 years, passed away Wednesday
17 per cent M A Y O R W IL E Y has V U IIIJ ll6IC(flS6S
H. C. Rude.
tion. He is a M ethodist, and came
evening a fte r an extended illness.
picked up strength, ru n n in g in
here fro m Colorado w here he
M rs. M ax
B u rfo rd ,
Venice,
She was born at M em phis, M is­
last pluce last week w ith only 6
graduated fro m
Colorado State
C a lifo rn ia , has been v is itin g M r.
souri, A ugust 8, 1888, and was
per cent of the vote, he is this
college.
m arried A ugust 10, 1921 to H a r­
and
Mrs.
O.
C.
Davis.
week in second place w ith 12
C odling M oth control has been
M ayor T h o rn to n S. W ile y, w ho
per cent. W E LLE R S name w a s ’ ve ry satisfactory up to date ac- ry S. H arrison, local autom obile
H. C. Rude, B street, recently j has announced his candidacy ear-
Second
o
f
a
projected
series
of
not on last weeks lis t So there i s ' cording to C. B. Cordy, county parts dealer, w ho survives her;;
returned from Oak Ridge, W a sh -. ly this w eek has been m ayor
no basis fo r com parison. S TA N S - ’ h o rtic u ltu ra l agent and very few also s u rv iv in g her are a brother sanction matches w ill be held In ington,
where he visited
his j since 1932. He has o n ly been op-
BU R Y showed a loss o f strength, • w orm s have been found. Every- F ra n k H. D ougherty o f D uns­ L ith ia P ark this Sunday when daughter and son in law , M r. a n d iP ° sed tw ice d u rin g his term of
last week he was in second p la ce 'o n e is becoming a little concern- m u ir, C a lifo rn ia , and tw o sisters, members of the Southern Oregon Mrs. H arold M attoon.
‘ o ffice and has seen the c ity
w ith 28 per cent of the vote and ed about the need fo r fu rth e r Edna D ougherty and Mrs. M a r­ K e n n e ll club w ill get together
d u rin g
his
M
r.
and
Mrs.
L
e
yto
n
Schell
i double in g ro w th
this week he had dropped
to sprays on pears. I t is lik e ly that garet Rush and a nephew, C har­ fo r a dog show.
and daughters, C laudette,
and | terms
of a d m in istra tio n .
For
The events w ill begin at 10:00,
th e ! m any years M ayor W ile y
fo u rth place w ith
8 per cent. | we could get by w ith no fu rth e r les S klpp Rush, a ll o f Ashland.
has
,7 ; " u
31 ine I .
Organ selections were played in the m orning and w ill contin- E. S. , Madden
C O LO N E L H A R O L D JO R D A N S D D T sprays provided tw o of
home,
Phoenix,
j been one o f the leading orchard-
ue
througho
ut
the
day.
This
Is
E;
M
adden
home,
Phoe:
strength last week was 14 per J them have been applied and no as a prelude and postlude to the
ists in this area. D u rin g his ad-
a chicken dinner
and
the
fo llo w in g the second sanction match w h ic h , M ondaY
cent and it dropped this week to worm s were present last vear In services
! m in is tra tio n a sewage disposal
4 per cent. OW EN GRAGG, w h o 1 most cases, how ever It w ill be friends acted as pallbearers: W ill has been held by the club. Ben _
, _
p la n t has been constructed, B e ll-
tied at 14 per cent In strength necessary to apply e ith e r a h o r - ' S ^ : E rt® W e,Ten- M e rrick Lom bard stated that in the case i E rifl a m C||||pv«||
i vie w was annexed to A shland
Cannon, Jake president of the group. He stated
w ith JO R D A N last week had a l­ rnone spray or a m ite spray som e' L horn on’ ™
! and several m iles o f c ity streets
so dropped, show ing up w ith 2 tim e yet this m onth. I t w o u ld 1 We,tze? ’ and F,ed En8 le- In te r’ today th a t a ll dogs w hich w ill be
ih a ve been paved.
seem good judgm ent to add a ??.ent fo llow ed >n the M ountain entered In the show m ust be re ­
per cent o f the vote this week.
1 Tom W illia m s w ho fir s t e n te r­
gistered before 10:00 a.m. Sun­
Last week o n ly 10 per cent of pound o f 50 per cent D D T per V ie w cem etery.
ed the race fo r M ayor has been
F uneral services fo r E arl N.
day, August 22. Ray Ramsey, at
the people had no opinion, and 100 gallons to one o f these sprays
a c tiv e ly cam paigning. He is a
Dr. W a lte r Kresse and part- W eitzel's je w e lry departm ent is Frazier, 21, M edford, w ho was
unless D D T has already been
conductor fo r the Southern P aci­
k ille d Sunday m orning in an auto
ner, Mrs. W. F. Q ulsenberry, wgn ‘ in charge of registration.
used this month.
fic lines and has been m a kin g his
A dm ission to the a ffa ir is 55c accident on the Siskiyous, w ill be home in A shland. He is legisla­
Apples should by a ll means be top score last week at the m eet­
sprayed again tow ard the end of ing of the M edford D uplicate fo r adults and 20c fo r children, held at the C onger-M orris uner- tiv e representative fo r the union
this m onth or i f no spray was B ridge club. T h e ir score was 66. held at the C onger-M orris funer- al home F rid a y afternoon at 3:00 and states th a t he believes the
M r. and Mrs. F. J. C ullen, Med- o f ra in the show w ould be held p.m.
upplied in early August, spray
c ity should be operated In a d if­
F razier was rid in g w ith Ezra fe re n t fashion.
ford, were v is itin g M r. and M rs .' at the J u n io r high school audl-
the apples at once.
Foster W olfe, in a 1940 Ford se­
to rlu m .
S pider M ites are s till causing C layton C u lle n Sunday.
COUNCILMEN
dan when the accident occurred
In ju ry and th e ir control is q uite
P h il Stansbury, w ho announc­
near the ju n c tio n o f N e il creek
a problem . DN-111 has given sat
ed his candidacy fo r council W ed­
This Week
road w ith H ig h w a y 99. The auto­
lsfactory control fo r some grow
nesday has been an A shland re ­
m obile was dem olished, tw o ce­ sident since 1927, com ing here
Vrs, but others who have used it
m ent guard posts knocked over, fro m
have not been satisfied. W here
Louisiana at th a t tim e.
and the other occupants of the F rom 1934 u n til 1942 he was w ith
by T H O R N E S M IT H
it has given good control c o n tin ­
car badly shaken up w ith W olfe
ue to use it if another spray be­
the Oregon State police. D y rin g
Rain in the D oorw ay
“ K in g J o h n ” was rained out Wednesday n ig h t at the Shakes­ being c ritic a ly in ju re d .
comes neeesary. I f the w eather
the W ar he served as Com pany
pearean
F
estival
and
speaking
fo
r
the
members
o
f
the
cast
and
the
Topper
In a d d itio n to W olfe and F ra ­ Com m ander w ith the 75 In fa n try
rem ains cool It can be increased
association,
R
obert
Do-’
ge,
president,
stated
that
i
f
the
rains
con­
Topper Takes a T r :p
zier the others in the car were d iv is io n and a fte r the w a r he was
to 1 pound per 100 gallons.
tinued, plans w ould be made to hold perform ance on Sunday.
T urnabou t
M
e lv in A lle n , Geneva S m ith, 19, assigned to the 90th In fa n try
A Harm one Spray should be
Dodge said, however, that should the skies clear, It m ig h t be
N ig h t L ife of the Gods
applied to B a rtle tt« In the week possible to continue the festival w ith o u t any Sunday performances. M edford; ;and Ramona Sue Pear­ d ivisio n as M ilita r y G overnor of
o f A ugust 23. This w ill he ve ry “ K in g Jo h n ” w ill be presented d u rin g the season so that a ll ticke t son, 17, Ashland.
Landreis, T irschenreuth, Bavaria.
s h o rtly before pickin g , b u t as holders w ill get th e ir f u ll value.
W olfe is s till In the Ashland Since his re tu rn to A shland he
by H. A L L E N S M IT H
the spray m ay not be effective
The season thus fa r has been indoors in to the Junior high C o m m u n ity hospital.
has served as Com m ander o f the
fo r longer than tw e n ty -fiv e days ve ry much o f a success. M arshall school a u d ito riu m or the A rm ­
F ra zie r is su rvive d by his w ife A m erican Legion and a m em ber
Low M an on a Totem
I t Is necessary to delay It fa irly W oodell, treasurer, reported to ­ o ry because of the m any b u ilt In M ary, a son E a rl; his m other.
Pole
of the board o f directors of the
late In the season.
day th a t admissions are ru n n in g features o f the theatre, the great Mrs. D. L. Laney, Oklahom a: Chamber o f Commerce.
He Is
Lost In the Horse
25 per cent above last year’s ad­ am ount of costumes to be moved fo u r brothers and fo u r sisters. ow ner o f the A shland C abinet
Latitudes
M r. and Mrs. K enton Robbins, missions.
and the equipm ent w h ich w ould
L ife in a P u tty K n ife
M r. and Mrs. Robert Vrom an works.
Parma, Idaho, are the parents of
A ll the plays are getting rave have to be moved.
H arold M e rrill, w ho has been a
Factory
and
daughter, Susan, and Ernest
a baby boy. Robbins was fo rm e r­ notices in newspapers from the
H ig h lig h ts o f present p e rfo r­ M adden w ent fish in g Sunday at m em ber o f the council, is r e fil­
Lo, the Form er E gyp­
ly secretary of Ashland Lodge New Y o rk Times to the Southern
mances include Angus Bowm er's Island Lake.
ing fo r election. M e rrilK whose
tia n !
No. 944, Benevolent and P rotec­ Oregon News Review,
new, hum orous in te rp re ta tio n of
name
was often m entioned fo r
R hubarb
M r. and Mrs. J im Busch and
tiv e Association o f Elks. He Is
Program fo r the com ing week the Jew o f Venice, Shylock, in fa m ily have been vacationing on M ayor stated th a t he w o u ld r a th ­
now associated w ith the Parma consists
o f “ O th e llo ”
F riday, the p la y '"T h e M erchant o f Ven­ the coast.
er ru n fo r council. He is ow ner
Or, in the large economy
W ater L if t Company.
August
20:
“
Loves
L
a
b
o
u
r’s
Lost'
ice.”
John
H
um
e’s
m
a
g
nificent
o
f M e r r ill’s confeectionary, and a
M
r.
and
Mrs.
Joe
L
a
n
g
try
are
size—
this had increased, probably be­ Saturday, August 21; "K in g John' w o rk In the title role o f “ O thel- vacationing in the P ortland area. graduate of Ashland H igh school.
Three Sm iths in the W ind
Dr. Bracker, w ho also announc­
cause the num ber o f new names M onday, A ugust 23; “ The M er- lo ." Eddy B arron's acting as he , M r. and Mrs. H a rry Robeson,
chant of Venice” Tuesday, A u g ­ plays the p a rt o f the clow n in Enterprise, Oregon, were v is itin g ed his candidacy, is a graduate of
in the pot.
“ O th e llo ”
Wednesday, "L o v e ’s L a b o u r’s L o st’’- lifts a in
A shland
M onday
through the U n iv e rs ity of Oregon D ental
N e x t week w e’ll have the ust 24;
M r. Robeson was college. He has been p ra ctic in g in
s tra ig h t dope, rig h t fro m the feed A ugust 25;; and “ L ove’s L a b o u r’s sustaining p a rt in to one o f the Wednesday.
high lig h ts o f the comedy. Su- fo rm e rly manager of the Safeway Ashland fo r the past tw o years,
box on some other m ajor ques­ L o st” Thursday, August 26.
and d u rin g th a t tim e has been
in the event of fu rth e r ra in ] zanne L a M a rre as the Queen store here.
tions of local Issue. We’ll take
270 East M ain Phone 8011
i M other In “ K in g John”
gives Miss D orothy M orris is spend- active in Y.M .C .A. a c tiv itie s be-
up the councllm en. Check us and] this program w ill be changed.
Dodge stated that It w ould be strong d ig n ity to a role w hich ing several days in Los Angeles nig a fo rm e r president o f the
see if yo u r fa vo rite is in the
(C ontinued on back page)
im possible fo r the group to move strengthens the e n tire play.
I on a vacation.
running.
Horse Show and
Races August 23
Shasta Distributors
Will Build Office
Los Grant Goes
To Junction City
Osborne Accepts .
Lake County Job
Retter Will Run
Bellview School
Obituaries
Legion Picnic To
Take Place Monday
Spray Program
Dog Show To Be
In Park Sunday
For Wreck Victim
What They’re
Reading
RAIN STOPS 'FESTIVALFOR ONE
NIGHT BUT SHOWS WILL GO ON
Tie
H
i ll