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WITH ED McLAIN
Things are warm ing up In the
me«* for council and this week
there are no surprising changes
in the poll The nine men who
are running for the three avail­
able places ure still practically
holding their own. There have
been no changes in the position
ol the first two candidates. H ar­
old Merrill, who led the poll
three weeks ago still leads, and
Homer Hillings who was in sec­
ond spot has kept his place. Dr.
W alter Redford hus moved up to
third place from fourth and Phil
Stansbury has dropped into four­
th place from third. Dr. William
B l acker is still In a tie for fourth
place and Fred Homes has come
up to make the fourth place spot
u three way tie.
Phil Wendt picked up u bit of
strength to move Into fifth spot
and Owen Gragg rem ained in the
sixth position. Will Stew art and
Henry Gerdes tied for the last
spot on the board, m aking no
change In their respective posit­
ions since the last poll.
Tw enty per cent of the people
are still undecided about which
three* candidates they will vote
for.
These* are the percentages:
MERRILL 20%
HILLINGS 11.3%
NEWS REVIEW
A w hland, J a c k s o n C o u n ty , O re g o n , i HURSDAV, SEPTEMBER r j, , 94 h
Winners Announced In Harvest
Show And Festival Contest
Models To Appear
At Elks Lounge
STANSBURY TO ST. LOUIS j
Phil Stansbury, candidate for
city councilman and owner of the!
Ashland Cabinet Works, left on
Thursday for St. Louis, Missouri, j
on National G uard orders.
H e.
will return in a week. Stansbury |
is with the A djutant G eneral's i
D epartm ent of the Oregon N a­
tional Guard.
Formerly the
Southern Oregon
Miner
$3.00 per year
Volume i j , N um ber 29
New Stretch of
99 To Be Opened
Mrs. Phoebe Green will Intro­
W inners in the Fall Harvest Show and Festival which was held
WILLIAM McGEE TO ASSIST
in Ashland lust week wer«* announced today by Bert Miller, who was duce the models that will appear
IN OPENING DEDICATION
general chairm an of the sh<»w.
in tfae Fall Fashion Show to be
Th«* show was very much of a sikci -. s , Miller stated, and he p e r­ presented by mem bers of the
Dedication of Highway 99 s
sonally thanked all who assisted with the festival and the final Soroptlm lst Club, at the Elks
new est stetch of road will take
night piogram .
Lounge, Septem ber 29, a t 8 p.m.
Winm rs included:
'
place Friday, October L at his­
Coffee
and cookies will be serv­
Commercial
toric Wolf creek tavern, accord­
Dyer Huston, 930 Ashland St., ed throughout the show, with
ing to William McGee, secretary
Floral—Mrs. L. I. Taylor, RFD attended the regular m eeting ol
2, Iirstd A lfred's 2nd; Packed the O fficer’s Reserve corp, of Cay Hufrnan In charge of special
of the Ashland
Cham ber of
F ruit—N ew bry
Orchards,
1st. which he is a member, In Med­ music. Mrs. Betty Weller is gen­
Commerce. McGee is a m em ber
Honey — Nichol's Apiaries, 1st. ford Tuesday night. Harris Ells­ eral chairman of the show.
Andy Anderson, proprietor of of the comm ittee in charge of the
Mrs. Frances W orth, Mrs. Irene
N eedlecraft — Needlecraft Shop, worth, congressman from this
Motor
Inn, opened his new show dedication.
Cullen, and Mrs. Cora Woodward
1st G range — Bellview, Talent, district spoke to the group.
Reason for the dedication is
will model clothes foi Fortm ll- room and m echanical departm ent th at since 1940 the highway de­
Phoenix; B II. Christlieb. A. E
on
the
lower
floor
of
the
form
­
ler’s Departm ent store. P entzer’s
Stevens, Talent, Johnson's Truck
Mrs. Mary W orthylake. p ri­ Dress Shop will be respresented er Lithia Garage, Monday of this partm ent has been working to
Farm, Dead Indian
m ary teacher at Bellview school by Mrs. Una LaMarre. Mrs. Mary week. On display was a new bring about a m ajor im prove­
m ent in U. S. highway 99 thru
Canned Fruit
Is ill with Influenza.
Rath and Mrs. Adallne Weber. Kaiser deluxe black onyx sedan. Oregon. The section of the high­
Plums — 1st, Mrs. S. D Buck
The
showroom
which
is
direct­
Pears — 1st, Mrs. S. D Buck, 2d
B arbara McCleary is ill in the Models for Weitzel s D epartm ent ly opposite the Ashland R ecrea­ way just completeed has been
Mrs. J M. Townsend. Cherries, hospital. She Is recuperating from Store will be Mrs. Mildred Klum, tion Center, has been finished in brought up to m odern standards.
Mrs. Norma Erwin and Jerry
Form erly It had been in bad rep­
1st, Mrs. S. D. Buck; 2nd, Mrs an appendectomy.
Yates. Beatrice Wines, Mrs. Cla­ mist green w ith a traffic red ute with travelers and travel a-
J. M. Townsend. Peaches, 1st,
floor.
The
ceiling
is
oyster
white
Mi and Mrs. Jim P«-t**rson. left rice Latim er and Mrs. Wendell
Mrs. S D Buck; 2nd, Mrs. H. H
and the lighting is fluorescent. gencies throughout the United
Elhart. Straw berries. Mrs H. H.i W ednesday for Sm ith river and • Lawrence will model for Excel An office for the bookkeeper and States.
__
D rets Shoppe.
som e fishing.
The Johns-M ackin gluch sec­
Elhart
one for Anderson are also in the
tor now being opened to traffic is
Canned Vegetables
showrooms.
Pickles — 1st, Mrs. J. M.
Electric w iring was done by the last part of a three-part im ­
Townsend; 2nd,
Mrs. Lyman
Yates Electric, windows and cab­ provem ent program started in
Barger. Beans, 1st Mrs. W. A
inet work done by the Ashland 1940 by the state highway com­
Stratton.
Tomatoes, 1st Mrs.
Cabinet Works.
Bosshard L um ­ mission. The first part was op­
Steve Lunnk.
ber company aided in designing ened in the fall of 1943, the sec­
ond in the fall of 1946 and the
Fruit
REDFORD 8%
Late date to register is October 1, according to on announcem ent the showroom and supplied the third p art will be officially op­
Apples: W inter Banana — John mad«* today by Mrs. Nelle Burns, registrar, 15 North Main. Mrs. materials.
STANSBURY 8%
Kelts; Crabapple, John Kelts, De­ Burns also pointed out that S. S. Davies, Mirror Barber Shop, 243
HOMES 6%
Anderson stated that in addi­ ened with the dedication cere­
Fourth Street, was also registering votes
licious, T S. Wiley.
tion to the new showrooms, parts monies at Wolf creek, October 1.
BRACKER 6%
There are 398 curve's on the
Mrs. Burns requested that all people who were registering should room and mechanical departm ent
Pears: D’Anjou, Bose, Comice
WENDT 5.3%
and Bartlett, 1st Dee H endrick­ know thei addresses. This applies particularly to people who live that he planned to retain the old road and th ere are now only
GRAGG 4%
out of town They should have the section num ber, township, and
son of Medford.
floor space on the second floor 39. A saving of 4.7 miles has been
STEWART 2%
range num ber when they regis­
Peaches: Elberta, 1st T S. Wiley. ter
of the building. This will give made in a form er distance of 23.8
GERDES 2%
Vegetables
him a total of 16.000 square feet. miles.
Two per cent of the people had
Many people from out of the
The m axim um degree of sh a rp ­
Tomatoes J. F. Je te r:; P um p­ city have already registered Mrs.
The upper portion will be used
a good Idea about two of the can­
for storage, the used car d e p a rt­ ness on the curves is now 10 de­
didates for whom they would kin, Mrs W O. M artin; Squash, Burns said and they have indi­
ment, and the auto body and grees where it was form erly 76
vote, but they didn't know about 1st Mrs. George Milhatn, Med­ cated that they will retu rn with
degrees.
ford, A. C. M artin, B. H. C hrist­ this Information. So far. she said
the* third.
paint departm ent.
The p art ju st being opened
Five and three tenth per cent lieb, Ashland; 2nd, Mrs. L. I the following people have not
After a sad showing against
Anderson began operation in
contains
many outstanding en­
of the people polled had decided Taylor, John Kelts, Ashland.
Cocquille
last
week
the
Ashland
the
South
First
location
March,
completed registration and will
Onion, Mrs. W. A. Stratton.
upon one of the candidates but
not be able to vote: G ertrude E. High School Grizzlies will take 1947, and added the K aiser-F ra­ gineering features, including one
cut supposed to be the deepest
Carrots, J. M. Townsend
still hadn't selected the other
Easley, F. C. Raseler, William on the Southern Oregon college zer line in February, 1948.
two.
Potatoes, Lee Bowl.
Cragle, Edwin H. Barron, Lola E. Frosh in a home game here Fri-
Included among the personnel on the Pacific coast.
Floral
And, us m entioned previously,
Ceremonies will begin at 1100
Townsend, Milo V. Hall, Katie dey night, Septem ber 24.
are Jack Nichols. Dick Skow,
Phlox, Mrs. Floyd Presley.
ome 20% are still completely
The Grizzlies who showed up Rav Castile, Tom Limpo and a m. w ith a parade including a
Fern Hall, Mary W estm oreland,
undecided. And If that 20%
Dahlia. 1st Mrs. George Reed­ Austin Becker, Hollys G. Rich­ quite weakly in the game with Cliff Sterrett.
stage coach, vintage autom obiles,
should go to any particular group er, 2nd Mrs. Floyd Presley.
the Red Devils losing 32 to 0, in­
ardson and Robert J. Weaver.
Anderson is expecting to dis­ pioneer and m odern tran sp o rta­
Single Dahlia, 1st Mrs Charles
mg of only two candidates the
Two barbecue
The last two m entioned, Rich­ dicated their lack of experience. play the new Fraser soon and tion equipm ent.
i lection would be swung.
llockersm lth, Medford, 2nd Edith ardson and W eaver, have not Coach Frank O'Neil has been
lunches
will
be
served,
one for
will also have the Kaiser con­
It's definitely anybody's race, Poi-
working hard to correct this dur- vertible on the floor in the near the public and one for the hon­
signed their cards.
further polls will Indicate thia. - Merigold, hrt Mrs A. R Kin !*•« Mrs Bums emphasized that lrfj? the past week.
future. He said that the line at ored guests. Amonj> the guests
Keep checking with us . . . and caid, 2nd, Baldwin Rose.
Steve Laninovlch, sophomore present included the K aiser spe­ expected are G overnor Jo h n Hall
unless the cards are completed
Frenen Marigold, Mrs. Floyd the individuals concerned will quarterback, showed a potential
lietter get registered. October 1
cial, the K aiser Deluxe, two con­ and G overnor Earl W arren of
is the last duy.
Presley.
throw ing ability, and given a vertible models, the Fraser and California.
not be perm itted to vote.
You know If you're not regis­
Lilies, Mrs. H. H. E lhart
In order to vote in the general stronger line and more protect­ the Fraser M anhattan.
tered you haven't any kick com ­ Snapdragons, Mrs. Floyd P res­ election an individual m ust have ion should be able to complete
ing about who does get elected, ley.
been a resident of Oregon for six more than six passes out of 23 Simpson will feild.
course the guy who doesn’t vote
Roses. 1st and 2nd, Mrs. A. R m onths prior to Novem ber 2. In tries.
The names of the SOC players
Kincaid.
always hollers the loudest.
Je rry Langer, younger brother and their home towns are: Louis
other words, those people who
Rosebuds, Mrs. A. R. Kincaid will have lived ,n Oregon for a of A shland's well known Louis Mower, Kerby; Neil M urphy, St.
F. L. Ballard, Corvallis, asso­
Tuberous Begonia, 1st, G er­ period of five m onths by October Langer, indicated a lot of prom ­ M ary's; Burton Johnson, Co­
Guy Applewhite, chairm an of
ciate director of the Oregon State trude Easterling. 2nd, Mrs. H. H 2 will be eligible to register.
ise, both offensively and defen­ quille; Jim Anders, Central Point the Jackson County Selective
college extension service, and C Elhart.
People who are registered in sively. Don Mayfield and Joe George Johnson, Coquille, John Service board, announce.! this
W Norton, Portand, m anager,
C arnation. Baldwin Rose.
m other state and who are now Kidwell Indicated that they could West, K lam ath Falls, Gene Rush, week that 3100 young m en had
Northwest Poultry and Dnlry
Glads, 1st Mrs. Floyd Presley, living In Oregon can arrange to be counted on for much of this Parkrose. Steve Reid, Elm ira; registered since the beginning of
Products company, have been 2nd, Mrs. George Reeder.
year's offensive sfrength.
vote by absentee ballot.
Norman Ekdahl. Mesa, Arizona; the draft.
Asters. Baldwin Rose.
announced us featured speakers
The light high school team will Bud Kelly, Portland: G eorge
Questionairres, Apple w h i t e
on the program for the ninth a n ­
Petunias, Mrs. Floyd Presley. it from the celebration in the not be playing their older broth­ Neible, M yrtle Point; Bill Roush,
said
had been sent out to all m en
nual m eeting of the Oregon T u r­
Pansy, Mrs. Floyd Presley.
ers this Friday when they meet M yitie Point, Don Dick. Rogue who have already registered
neighborhood of $7,000,
key Im provem ent association to
Sweet Peas, Mrs. Floyd P res­
Lake county 4-H Club m em ­ •.the SOC freshmen. There Is not River; Jack Odegard, Rogue Riv Classification of men will begin
he held in Salem, W ednesday, ley.
bers
had 46 exhibits at the O re­ an Ashland High school graduate er; Tom Colley. C entral Point; as soon as questionaires have
Septem ber 22.
Zinnia. 1st Baldwin Rose, 2nd
been returned.
gon State Fair at Salem this year, in the ranks of the club which A1 and Bert Cleveland, Glendale.
Mrs. J. M. Townsend.
the
largest
num
ber
of
Lake
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fletcher re ­
Ashland, Talent, and Phoenix
Zinnia pom pom, Edith Poe.
County 4-H exhibits ever shown
youth who reach the age of 18
turned this week from a two
Dahlia pom poms, 1st Mrs. Geo. at the State Fair. Three carloads
after Septem ber 22 will be re ­
week vacation which took them Reeder, 2nd, Mrs. A. R. Kincaid.
of leaders, club m em bers and
to Spokane and other points in
quired to register at th e draft
Single Dahlia pom pom, A n­
parents made the trip to the
W ashington and Oregon where nie McDonald.
headquarters at the Federal build
S tate Fair in order that 4-H boys
they visited their children.
ing on Riverside avenue accord­
Cosmos, 1st Annie McDonald, and girls could participate.
Lowell
Fowler,
Ashland
buck-
Ed Edwards and Jack Snyder, ing to Applewhite.
2nd, Baldwin Rose.
The office in the city hall in
Clark M cEntlre, 1947 Pendle- eroo, rode off w ith top honors in third in the team roping contest;
Mixed Arrangem ent, Mrs. Noel
Ashland
which has been in oper­
j
ton
champion,
em
erged
the
w
in­
the fall horse show and races Leon Sm ith and Earl Kincaid,
Heard.
ation
for
the past three weeks
ner
In
the
steer
roping
event
in
held
Sunday
by
the
Ashland
Rid­
calf
roping.
Grain
was
closed
W ednesday.
which
a
half
dozen
of
this
year's
ing asscoiation.
Fow ler placed
Corn, Mrs. A rthur Dankworth.
William Briggs, general c h a ir­
top
contenders
for
the
Jackson
third
in
the
q
uarter
horse
race,
Jelly
man of the show, stated that ZELLERBACHS OPEN NEW
1st, Mrs. S. D. Buck, 2nd, Mrs. trophy competed as the 1948 won the trailer loading and un­ m any im provem ents would be WAREHOUSE
IN MEDFORD
Round-Up opened Wednesday.
loading event, and won the hot made in the shows next year,
G. W. Byrd.
New
offices
and
warehouses of
A four-day special deer season blood race.
Jem
and thanked all the m em bers of Zellerbach Paper com pany have
Jam , 1st and 2nd, Mrs. G. E for 200 hunters w ith special per­
O ther winners were: Stan the association' w ho helped--with
mits will open in the Crooked Morgan, Medford, boot race; Ho­ the show, and also the contest­ been opened at their new loca­
Dunn.
tion on Holly street in M edford
Creek area north of Lakeview mer Burch,
Preserves, Mrs. G. E. Dunn.
Medford,
bubble ants who entered the events.
for the past week. Lynn R obert­
M arachino Cherries, Ms. G. E. Saturday,Septem ber 18 and last bursting contest: John Daugherty
In the councilm an's race, H en­ son, m anager, reports th at the
This Week
through Tuesday, Septem ber 12. Ashland, three horse relay race:
Dunn.
ry
Gerdes proxy, Monte B ar­ open house held a week ago was
The regular deer season will be C. B. Harrison. Fern Valley, five
Baked Goods
nett, came in first and Dr. W al­ a success with a large crowd in
October
1
through
October
20.
stake race; Robert Lytle Jr., ter Redford, incum bent council- attendance.
Cake, 1st, Mrs. Ed Grimm, 2nd,
Yankee Storekeeper
State game antj forest service children's saddle horse race; man, riding his own race, led the
Mrs. G. E. Dunn.
by R. E. Gould
The new office has a show-
Pie, 1st Mrs. Bertha Wallis, 2nd officials issued a special warning Laurence Edmonds, Medford, the actual councilm en who were en- room in conjunction with the
about the present fire hazard, walking horse race; Jim W arren, tered.
Delia Inlow.
warehouse.
Eire!
asking close cooperation with business m en's race. W hitey Ech­
Bread, Luella Applegate.
by George R. Stew art
fire regulations. The Forest Ser­ ert, cow cutting contest. Bob
Woodcraft
lst.WIMiam Lebow, Neel Heard vice said that in case of fire, all Fowler and Leon Smith, cow cut­
Arch of Trium ph
F ranklin Townsend, Frank Hoeh- hunters in the area will be asked ting exhibition contest, Bob Fow­
by Erich Rem arque
ler, calf roping, and Mrs. Iris
ner, Carl From an, Jess Tow n­ to help in fighting It.
send, C. A. Pitts.
United States Senator Wayne Dodge, jum ping.
Second prizes to C. A. Pitts, Morse will speak in Ontario on
Second and third place winners
G entlem en’s A greem ent
Jess
Townsend
and
Andrew
included
Dale O'Leary and Low­
Septem
ber
23
according
to
a
let­
by Laura Z. Hobson
Hnwver.
ter sent to Frank Calise, cham ber ell Fowler, q u a rte r horse race:
of commerce secretary,
this Flash Fidler and C. B. Harrison,
Tu Toosh
trailer loading and unloading:
week.
OTHER
NEWS
by Mnrtha Hardy
Large Variety of Colors
Repesentatlve Harris Ellsworth Stan Morgan and Mack LeMonn,
from
boot
race:
Mrs.
C.
L.
Dodge
and
will be the featured speaker at a
—And u selection of 24
dinner m eeting of the G rants Lowell Fowler, bubble bursting
OTHER PLACES
titles of the famous Oz
Sweet Home and its neighbors Pass Business and Professional contest Bob Lytle, second In
CARPET AND LINOLEUM LAYING
Books for children.
Arch
took off their sunbonnets and Women to be held Oct. 26, It was jum ps; Bob Lytle and
shaved off whiskers with a com ­ announced this week by Bonnie Barksdale, five stake race; Ruth
legislative
comm ittee Ann Moore and Phillip Selby,
m unity smile of satisfaction In Borle,
the knowledge that last week end chairm an, in charge of the pro­ children's saddle race, Mrs. Lyle
JOHNSON’S FLOORCOVERING
Fidler, w alking horse contest;
they had staged a Frontier Days gram.
The eight high schools of the Mrs. May Burch and Dale O '­
«■elehration which was successful
WICK FURNITURE
hot blood
race:
Mr.
In every respect and that they Slskivou Joint Union High School Leary,
Phone 8761
Pilone 6923
District will be dismissed Thurs- Sweeney, and John Taylor, busi-
had
practically
assured
the
sw
im
­
270 En t Main Phone 8011
Ashland
Medford
ming oool project’s completion. A day to let students participate ness m en’s race; John Morris,
rough estim ate on W ednesday jin the opening of the deer s e a -, cow cutting contest; Vern Fow
1er and Bob Fowler, second and
set the swimming pool fund prof-1 nun-
Anderson Opens
Kaiser Show Room
REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE OCT. 1
ACCORDING TO MRS. NELLE BURNS
Grizzlies Will
Play SOC Frosh
Draft Board Has
Registered 3100
LOWELL FOWLER DECLARED
CHAMPION COWBOY OF ASHLAND
Whal They're
Heading
Asphalt Tile
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