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Southern Oregon News Review, Ashland Oregon, IhursJay, February j , 1949 H— • SOUTHERN OREGON Entered as second-class mail m atter in the post office at Ash land, Oregon, February 15, 1935, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879 H earin g a cclp Bisi m 19«’ *sf *• i* » “ i MfAl-H «HOC* Vlftls CAPMNu L*lt IV lt Of COLP. use*«., int» or WENDELL LAWRENCE, Editor ........ NEWS le «or o * ntwr NEWS REVIEW Published «very Thursday by THE SISKIYOU PUBLISHING COMPANY Ashland, Oregon 38 East Main Street Carryl H. Wines and Wendell D. Lawrence. Publishers their games. IKXAlaP A from Ashland Hi By Rosemary Ring * Thee Seniors w ent to G i ugg's S kylin e Lodge on the Slskiyous fo r Sneak Duy January 26 The class rented several toboggans, HGRE ARÉ 6OO and m any students took th e ir SKX««/ MILLION COLDS ow n skis. Hot c h ili, hot dogs, coffee, and pop were served din A YEAR IN THÉ ing the afternoon in the lodge. U .5 .A . There were no serious Injuries, ulthough Nancy M oneypenny sprained her ankle. A program to induce more stu dents to jo in clubs was held in G irls League, January 27. Speak ers fo r the d u b s w ere: T ri-H i-Y , S ally Yates; L a tin Club, Donna Fader; Beta T ri -H i-Y , Nina G ra n to ru u Y ««w t m ber, Pepsters, Jeanette K in n e y; Wf A T « «'« COLP ANP W Í r. G.A.A., A lice W ilkin so n ; Honor A tre K IT m AAM W (WV 91 OUT O f (MATTS « T P U K T/ Of »UT, MfeUtMO WMt U M C « AM> Society, M argar e t W a g n e r; AMP s r * f A A AV FROM PfO FU WTTM ÚXP4. C h ristia n Youth, Jan Dodson: Ye __________________________________________ _________ Tabard Inn, Jane Sim pson: und j IK m « MW *MN TRVIMtf TO FINP OUT WHAT CAUSÍ5 C O tP i HOW TO CURE o .£ m for o i e 2000 V«A«V.... WITHOUT I t ’s too bad the Ashland Community hospital must continually be going through one or another stages of turnover, turmod and trouble. The latest fiasco at the hospital, which has all registered nurses re signing in protest against personnel management procedures is but the out come of inadequate facilities, both in management and in operation. We’d like to see the city turn the hospital over to a good, qualified administrator. W ith a lease set-up. Then it would be a make or break proposition. And we’re sure that the hospital would soon become an asset, not a liability. I f this were not possible, it might be that one of the Catholic sis terhoods could be prevailed upon to take over the hospital. that they did not think that any legislation should be passes! without Quill and S i r o l l . S h i r l e y Damon In the past we’ve seen Catholic operated hospitals, and we know proper hearing. Roland Parks, in St u d e n t 1 C ouncil m eeting January 27, told that they are well operated, well-managed institutions. T h a t’s all. Mv how stories can snow ball. 1 the council that the Income from The present hospital board, which has as its purpose the building ol ■ a th le tic events was not enough a new hospital, is going to find tough sledding as the fracas at the , to cover expenses. He w ent on present hospital continues. C olum bia V alley A uthority to exp la in that the tow n's people The fracas at the present hospital w ill continue, u n til the operation We side right in w ith the farmers, the granges, and the little people are not tu rn in g out to support of the hospital is turned over to qualified medical administrators. in this one. The fact that this region is going to see a tremendous the teams as they have in pre ★ ★ ★ growth during the next ten years, the fact that industry is going to vious years. Last year’s gate re ceipts averaged about $140.00 pcr moving into this region, and the fact that cheap power w ill be H earin g ........ begin necessary makes us think the Democrats and Harry I ruman are right game w h ile this year's average is In the matter o f the hearing on the complaint judgment and the in calling the shot on the Columbia Valley A uthority. This project, if between $60.00 and $80.00. Gate amended complaint which was made by Mr. Briggs, acting city at it goes through w ill be the making of the Northwest into another receipts fo r the G rants Pass name were about $64.00 O ffic torney. New England manufacuring area. ials fo r the game cost $35.00 and The three points which the judge indicated he would rule upon the tax was $10.00, leaving a pro were: 1. Does the council have the right to refuse to confirm the ma fit of about $19.00. On the Eu- yor’s appointments? * gene, Cottage G rove series the 1. Does the mayor have the right to suspend any officer without j student body lost about $300. being subject to review by the council? Com m unications published in Public Accountant and thus m ak Parks said also th a t other schools 3. Is the provision of Ordinance 1094 which requires a hearing for this colum n do not, of necessity ing it necessary to have a new arc su ffe rin g heavy losses on suspended officers a valid exercise of the legislative power of the council. reflect the viows of the publish audit of the cities books prob ably costing around $1000.00. These three points w ill be the ones which are to be considered basic ers of this new spaper. Bungling is a mild nam e for it To the Editor. by Judge Millard. The City of Ashland is at the and it is m ighty costly to the In answer to these three points the acting city attorney has pointed Crossroads of either going for taxpayer. Are you going to vote out: 1. That each of the present officers had given efficient service and ward or backward. to continue this bungling of city MOTOR IN N were experienced, and no criticism of either was advanced by the ma Re-call petitions are on file ★ ★ ★ - - - Letters to the E d ito r - The Student C ouncil put on a Donkey Basketball game F e b ru a ry 1, w ith the p ro fits going to the student body. C ouncller* who w orked in concessions were Ted W eitzel, Richard Michael, A rth u r Ostrander, and L e lto v Adea. Don M a yfie ld incured a black eye after the M edford game as some unsportsm anlike M edford ro o te r, proceeded t o c a u s e trouble. M edford and Ashland w ill s till play the v a rs ity ganiv scheduled, as it was taken into consideration that the boys were not members of the M edford team, and were the type that w ould cause tro u b le unywhere. _ o ELKS TO SURFACE LO T Howard Oden, b u ild in g c o m m it tee chairm an of Ashland lodge No. 944, BPOE. w ill be in charge of surfacing the Elk's p a rk in g lo t on ( ' street as soon as w eather perm its. A fte r sm facing use of the lot w ill be restricted to mctn- iters of the Elk*. A S H L A N D LOCALS D o n Sample, Ashland, won the m otorcycle quizz. fuce con ducted by the Rogue R iver Ham- tilers Sunday. Mi and Mrs. Ernest Marsh, of D uluth, Minnesota, w ho have been v is itin g Mr. and Mrs. C la y ton C ullen, plan to leave fo r home this week. Clarence Oalin returned to A s h land, Wednesday, a fte r spending a m onth ut ids home in Blue Lake, C alifornia. Mr. and Mrs. F rank B yrd, 464 Iowa Street, und Charles Rhodes le ft Tuesday for Salem where they w ill attend the Baptist C on ference In the State C apital. N orm an Caster, who is in brail camp In San Diego, is expected home on fu rlo u g h in March. B U S I N E S S D IR E C T O R Y yor. and to T axpayer and Citizen will express th eir approval of disapproval of the actions of these three councilm en under the W iley adm inistration and their brazen attem pt to continue under th a t same rule. Let us exam ine some of their past work. Take for instance the procuring of the w atershed land, w ateright, P ark lands by your pioneer fathers. Your forefathers spilt blood, e n dured untold hardships, pioneer ing in days of scarcity of money and equipm ent in securing these w aterights and w atersheds, then w rote w ith blisters still on their hands, in the very first act of the C harter, th at this land now owned could never be leased, sold or encum bered. Plain words is it not. The old adm inistration holding undisputed control of the city affairs for the last many years, ignored the charter laws following their own regulation, not taking the citizens into w hat business was being done only as a m atter of new s after it had been done. As an exam ple of this endeavoring to find to m arket for the w atershed tim ber, when they had concrete evidence in the Dead Indian Country where good stream s flowed, but after being denuded of tim ber dry creek beds was the result. Money seems to be the m agnet. Fol lowing up and selling 220 acres of the cities w atershed lands, park lands and also security on the bonded debt of the city, en tirely ignoring the very body of the C harter. A new M ayor was elected Nov. 2, 1948. It was like a bolt of lightning out of a clear sky. O n ly a few days rem ained before the new M ayor would take over the city affairs. The old adminis- rtatlon m et in a special m eeting again, attem pted and did put in a new ordinance preventing M ay or W illiams from any powers of the ch arter in the appointm ents of the cities employees, insisting th at no other than the old a p pointm ents of the ex-adm inistra tion would be confirm ed by them. G entlem en your forefath ers were ju st too sm art for the ★ ★ ★ likes of you, they had put into th at charter a V alidating Act, R ecall m aking legal th at which you That the recall petitions for the recall of Councilmen Herb Fisch- were trying to change, v alid at born, John Nosier and John Daugherty have been filed is now a mat ing the rights of officers in their rights after being elected, valid ter of record. ating all ordinances passed, all The fact that the petitioners have requested a special election to bonds issued by the, city, valid re-elect new council members— in case the three under fire are recalled ating the very sta rt of the Char is only fair. ter itself and also that no ordin A ny other method o f obtaining new councilmen, particularly that ance could be passed at other o f having the remaining members o f the council appoint three more than a regular meeting. Good people read these valida would merely mean that every six months someone or other would be tion acts as found in ARTICLE starting a recall. By means o f an election the city fathers w ill be selected by the people. 13 on page 21 and 22 of C harter All validating acts of this article This is the only fair way. could hardly be questioned by any of the courts. Bungling work to by this Council in selling your w atershed lands, your park lands Rumor and lands held as security on the The story that the Ashland Chamber of Commerce has gone on rec cities bonded indebtedness ord as favoring no change in the minimum wage law is but a story, Bungling work in scram bling the finances in an attem pt to cover and a wrong one at that. ~ ~ The Chamber o f Commerce in a wire to Senator Guy Cordon stated a very recent audit by a certified 2. That the police chief and the city attorney are under the retire ment act and have built up considerable reserves therein, and they or any other officer should not be subject to the whims of every’ poli tical change, without cause. 3. That as a matter o f practical application the services o f the var ious city officers come more directly in contact w ith the council and its standing committees than w ith the mayor, and the officials w ith whom they would have to work w ith as well as the mayor; that the position o f mayor in a small city, where there is no salary, is not one w’here the mayor devotes a large part of his time to the work, and in fact, his exeecutive powers are somewhat of a myth, and each of the councilmen devote as much time as the mayor to the administration o f the city; 3. That the administration must look to the future as well as to the present, and no city official could be expected to make long range plans or perform above and beyond the call of duty when he knew that he was subject to discharge without reason or cause, merely to fu lfill political pledges; that security of position in return for good service w ill attract applicants for city positions; j. That the newly elected councilmen, each of whom received larger majorities in the election than the mayor, feel they too, owe some thing to the people that elected them, and they made no campaign pledges to remove any city officers; 6. That the mayor made no public statement during the election that he intended to change any officer, so consequeently could not be deemed to have received any "mandate of the people” as he claims; 7. That the council believes that officials who have given good ser vice to the city should be rewarded by knowing that in the absence of cause, they have a good chance of being retained; 8. That in the case of W illiaip M. Briggs, the city attorney, he is fam iliar w ith all details of the large filtra tio n and water improvement program, and should see the matter through to completion; that his experience w ith municipal matters is of great value to the city. 9. That the council believes they were accorded the pow’er of con firm ation as a system o f checks and balances, and as a w’ise provision to protect officers and the business of the city, and the knowledge that occasionally the mayor and council may have to give and take to ac complish harmony, and to thus force an agreement if that be necessary; 10. That the council believes hat certain officers o f the city, includ ing the present chief of police and the city attorney, have, in a meas ure, been educated to understand the affairs of the city at the expense of the city. I t would not appear to be good business to educate and train a new set of officers every time a new mayor is elected. A business does not discharge a proven and trained employee. It encourages him to re main. 11. That to yield to the mayor’s appointments in all respects might result in key city positions being filled by inexperienced city officers, or by officers who would not carry out the administrative laws passed by the council, or who would not cooperate w ith the various standing committees of the council, who have to continuously work w ith such officers. T h at’s the council’s amended side o f the story. Next week w ell give the mayor’s side o f the story and you can act as your own judge. ★ ★ ★ affairs or are you going to give Mayor W illiams three good coun- cilmen and an adm inistration, that will keep the finances ot the city straight, to follow the C har ter and Ordinances and above all taking the people into p a rt nership in the Cities affairs and not a rule as has been followed to tell them about it as a m atter of news, and as Mayor W illiams has so ably said. “I recognize but opp Boss, THE PEOPLE.” Every tim e that new councilmen under Mayor Wiley’s reign came up for election. M ay or Wiley said, “I want men put on this Council th at will support me in my policies and in my ap pointm ents’’ largely m aking of the council rubber stamps. U n der this rule ignoring not only the charter but the people that they w ere doing business for. The M ayor’s slogan could have been about this. “I recognize but one Boss MYSELF” and all the present councilmen are putting their stam p of approval on that kind of a rule. Go to the Polls and vote for a clean adm inistra tion of your city affairs. Remem ber th at as you go into that booth no one knows but you and your GOD and be your Pilot of RIGHT against WRONG W. M cLaughlin 330 Hight St. T e a tn r a a c o n s ta t * A u to m o tiv e ■ e p a ir D e p a r tm e n t* M I C X À X I C A L - B L B O T M IC A L ■ODT 36 A ttention B uilders Interior Tile Contractor 10 years experience Skilled W orkmanship Free Estimates Phone 6942 S to ra g e : D a y , W e e k o r M o n th l i t S t. P h o n * 8-1176 1. Hooper’s Radiator Service Clogged Radiators Boiled Out and Repaired New Cores installed. 135 M orje Ph. 4851 M ac’s Shoe Shop W . C. K c K I N N I S . Prop. ■ h o * ■ • - ■ n l l d ln g 6 <2 A. • Bobber ■ • • ! * St. A »h lan d Oak Street Garage AND Arc and Machine cation - MACHINE SHOP Acetylene Welding - Work - Metal Fabri General Auto a n d Truck Repair. Ï7 0 O ak Ht. Phone 46SG C h irop ractic.. H ealth Clinic 308 N. Main Phone 4371 Ashland Pritchard s Grocery U ro c e rle e Open 1 Box 519A, F o r d y r« S tre e t P a l n t t n f - P a p e r B a n f ln g C o n tra c t o r by th e h o n r R u g g e e tlo n * and E a t lm a le * fre e T e x tu r in g T e le p h o n e 2281« - 8 to 6 p.m . Radio R epairs 3S T e a r * ■ x p e rle n c e O N E D A Y S E R V IC E C u t F lo w e r * . C o rs a g e *. P otted P la n t* . F u n e ra l D e s ig n *. C o m p le te W e d d in g E q u ip m e n t T h e Heat C o s t* l.e *» u t THE MART 276 K. M a in A e h la n d Notice to our Customers ( Iniiioe 11Í Ilnurs Until further n i t i t h e Prescription D epartm ent at LaM ARRE’S DRUG STORE will close a 3 30 >harp every evening during the week and we ask our custom ers for their co-op; ration in this change In schedule which is brought about through the lark of Registered Druggists in the field. The other p u t of the store will rem ain open until 10 p.m. as usual for the con venience ot u-:1 ¡s desiring Fountain, Giflts and Cosmetic service and such things which i be sold w ithout a registered druggist in charge. Pre: criptioiis 1« It here in the evening after 8:30 will be filled prom ptly in the morning and delivered if necessary. Sunday hours w ill rem ain as they are. 1 M any thanks fo r y o i r co-operation. J 1 M tVi/iM Ïhug E. J. LaMARRE, Registered Druggist Next to the Elks Temple 9# C. E. T aylor f it. Flower Shop T e le p h o n e 22281 u n til L u n c h m e u ta - M ilk b e v e ra g e * » p m . «ver» « v e n io s Colm an ('re c k Hoad and H w y T ele p h o n e 17»! R osem ary’s 50 E. M a in -
