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V. o/ o. Libr vz. Sumple Ballots For Recall Election Present Both Sides O f Controversy The story going the round* that there w ill be no business man l r Aahland who w ill dare ru n fo r ■■ . .. are recalled is *0 m uch eyewash. In tho fir s t place, w hy should a man be a businessman to run fo r n council seat. We can't re m em ber having read that q u a lifi cation anyw here in the charter. In the second place, there «re m any q u a lifie d men, business- » “ ell Th. «íu ” , , o „ w hich w a . told Sample ballots fo r the recall fdm’tlr.n election Thursday, M arch 17 of C ity C ouncilm en J. P. D ougherty, H. B. Fischborn. and John Nosier were d istrib u te d th is week. In c o n fo rm ity w ith state regulations concerning recall elections the j sample ballots carried u 200 w ord statem ent from each o f the coun- elim en in defense o f th e ir noni- ' rom B etterm ent league givin g the reasons dem anding the re c a ll’ T iie C iv ic B etterm ent league stated th a t in the case o f a ll three councilm en that they In connec tio n w ith o th e f members of the C ity C ouncil, had fla g ra n tly de fied tiie wishes and w ill of the I people of the City of Ashland bv ' “ I!™1»«'"» »"<1 dem anding th a t the when we wore askod to sign the a n ti-ra c a ll p e titio n , ' that the a n ti-re c a ll group was fo r the coun cilm an b u t desired a change in c ity a tto rn e y ” ha* a fla w In it. It's eyewash, too. The councilm an have indicated in w ritin g th a t no other attorney In Ashland is com petent and q u a lifie d to advise them on c ity procedures except W illia m Briggs j A re they going to change th e ir m ind* im m e d ia te ly another at- I torney is appointed to that posi tion? M“ y “ r W " l | am M Briggs as C ity A tto rn e y o f A sh land and Clarence W illia m s as C h ie f o f Police of said city. Said Councilm en, together w ith other members o f the C ouncil, have thereby attem pted to confer u p on the council the pow er o f ap p o intm ent of C ity o ffic ia ls w hich is vested by the C ity C h a rte r of Aì hkdl d ‘I ’ t>W M a yo r- To th a t end said C ouncilm en together were allowed to h im d - u #• .. u u m i.i« n u ig e w e r w e r e auowed to h ire and fire at the tim e n .ir in » «1— - ..... w ith other members of the C oun pleasure, w ith no approval being the tim e. D u rin g the firs t tw o fuse appointm ents w hich is as i t T his dem onstrates cil, has refused to c o n firm any necessary fro m the people's re- m onths o f his term of office, the should be. m ayor has fa ile d to attend tw o the A m erican w ay o f life. It und a ll appointm ents to said o f b° d y ' t ?u n t‘ 1> regular, and fiv e adjourned meet- w ould have been the easy w ay fices other than those of the in the c ity s governm ent could get cum bent o ffic ia ls aforesaid. Said in serious condition- u ltim a te ly lngs. The council has therefore out to have accepted the a p p o in t C ouncilm en, together w ith other leading to a dictatorship. The had to conduct the business of ments regardless o f the expense members o f the C ouncil, has tra in in g and experience neces- the c ity and p e rfo rm also those to the city. I believed then and w h ich w ould o rd in a rily thereby attem pted to deprive the sary and required of the fore- duties have been perform ed by the Ma s till do, th a t I acted to th* best interest o f the com m unity. M ayor M ayor o f his rig h ts and duties m ost appointm ents o f the c ity is under the C harter and to appro an expensive and slow process, yor. D u rin g the b rie f stays of the W illia m s recommended that some m a yo r in the c ity he has failed of the c ity jobs be given his sup p riate to the C ouncil the rig h ts and the taxpayers should not be to contact any of the c ity officers and duties vested In the M ayor.” burdened w ith that expense, to acquaint h im se lf w ith the de- porters. No doubt he fe lt he owed them som ething fo r p u ttin g him J. P. D augherty, said, In ju s ti sirn p jy because one man wants tc fica tio n o f his course In office-' exercise his granted power. H av ta ils of actions taken d u rin g his In office. I do not agree to g iv in g absence and thereby dem onstrat- p u b lic jobs as paym ent fo r p u b lic 'M y a ttitu d e in this controversy, in g been a councilm an fo r sever , . , , i ed a com plete lack o f Interest in office, especially under o ur pre and the p ositive action I have al yeais I know how the m ayor c ity affairs. U nder the circum - taken, has not been easy,— ra th e r and council m ust re ly on w o rth y, stances the council has been fo r- sent circumstances. Since the w ar the d iffic u lt and sometimes em dependable departm ent he a d s tunate in having experienced de- we have been engaged In a bet term ent program w h ich has tak- barrassing side, leading to c r it i w ith experience and ju d g m e n t p a rtm e n t heads at Its side. None Jen m uch plannin g and m any cism and an undesirable s itu a gained through years o f p e rfo r o f the im p lie d accusations o f in meetings. The c ity is spending a tion. I s till stand fir m ly fo r the m ance.’ e fficie n cy or derelection of d u ty rig h t o f the council to protect the H. B. Fi chborn’s statem ent against the officers was proved large sum fo r im p ro v in g our w a t er system. We have purchased best interests of the citizens, and was a-- follows: “ I deny that the and 1 believe that they should re m ore adequate equipm ent fo r the fu rth e r prom otion o f A s h council, in d iv id u a lly or co lle ctive m ain in o ffice fo r the good of the street im provem ents. The c ity land, and its best Interests. I ly have, at any tim e intended to c ity . I also jo in in the ju s tlfic a to n personnel has seasoned e xp e r have not been against any p a rti deprive the M ayor o f his rig h t given by m y fe llo w councilm en.” iences w hich to m y belief Is o f c u la r appointm ent, b u t I have and duties or have attem pted to John N osier made this state value to the c ity The new M a y d e fin ite ly been fo r the continued appropriate these to themselves. m ent in defense o f his stand or and the tw o new C ouncilm en service of proven employees who However, when the m ayor took “ I recognize in the m ayor the should have support o f c ity em have given of th e ir best in the o ffic e he indicated he w ould be rig h t o f appointm ent. I also rec ployees fa m ilia r w ith these new Interest o f Ashland. I f the M ayor o u t o f the c ity the greater p a rt of ognize thfc co u n cil’s rig h t to re -¡p ro je ct? nt this im p o rta n t tim e ” A l e n it i OREGON P lIllS M E R Judge M illa rd 's decision stated that tho council's attem pt to pas* an ordinance ho g -tyin g the M a y or was in v a lid . T his ordinance was passod by the council in good fa ith and out of lo y a lty to C ity A tto rn e y W illia m B rigg* and tj.o o PER YEAR C hief of Police Clarence W ill iam * Formerly the Southern Oregon Miner PER IR T IO N NEWS REVIEW ASHLAND, JACKSON CO U N TY , THURSDAY, .MARCH 10, 1949 $3.00 per year V O L U M E 16, N U M B E R 1 L o y a lty i* a good tra it. B u t It has in this case p u t three coun cilm en out on a lim b . The tw o men responsible fo r the recall election of the three councilm en are W illia m B rigg* and Clarence W illia m *. Had those S M A L L F R Y STAG H A V E LUNCHEON THUR SD A Y tw o men follow ed norm al p o liti cal procedure January 1st and In g e n u ity was the keynote fo r placed th e ir resignations on the the hot dog luncheon given on Date fo r the Legion and A u x de«k of the n e w ly elected m ayor Thursday, by Mrs. C liffo rd C u l- ilia r y b irth d a y p a rty has been this sad state of a ffa ir* w ould New directors of the Aahland m er, honoring her young son, Pat M arch 14 Judge O rv ille M illa rd , Josephine county c irc u it co u rt judge. W ed- Cham ber of Commerce w ill meet C ulm er, on his eig h th b irth d a y. in is p a rty w ill be in the nature nesday ru le d on the ju d g m e n t case b ro u g h t by the c ity council o f never have come about. Since a ll o f the guests had to AH of the council- we feel, are in the near fu tu re to elect a p re of a covered dish d in n e r to be . A shland versus M ayor Tom W illia m s and the C ity of Ashland, responsible for haying brought sident and vice-president. B ill be in school T hursday afternoon served at 6:30 p.m. in the Log Judge M illa r d ’s decision stated th a t Rule 16A of O rdinance 1094 about this situation, out of loyal McGee, secretary o f the Chamber th e y »««errtbled at the C ulm er C abin Legion n a il on W in b u rn * W e h was passed by the co u n cil in Decem ber im m e d ia te ly prior ty to two men. holding appoint •aid today th a t the m eeting hom e at nin e o'clock fo r a m o rn W ay. Celia Berninghausen w ill the rnay ° r ’8 ta k in g office, was in v a lid . The ru le had Stated that in g o f games and contests, topped be in charge o f arrangem ents fo r I the m ayor could not suspend any c ity o ffic ia l. ive offices. m ig h t be held M onday. Judge Millard's decision in d i New directors who w ere e le .t- o ff by a v e ry m asculine hot dog the party. According to the mayor** a t- cates that the council, acting on ed Tuesday at the annual m eet luncheon a t noon, served by C ar- A ll veterans and th e ir wives H O S P IT A L V O LU N T E E R tom eys, Ben L o m bard and H e r- advice from one of the men ing o f the C ham ber are: W a lt ita C ulm er and Marcene Robison. o r mothers, sisters and w idow s W O R KER S TO M E E T EZ S ke rry, this represents a great Guasts honoring young Culmer o f veterans are in v ite d to attend. whose political appointive Job Bosshard, B ert M ille r, Abe Nes- T h e dat es set fo r the V o lu n te e r v ic to ry fo r the people o f the city was under fire, attempted to rail- lin , L y n N ew bry, Chet T h o m p were M ike Moaer, Johnny Culp, Each fa m ily is asked to brin g hosP‘ ta l w orkers school at Camp o f A shland and M a y o r T om Loren Macklin, Denny Robison, covered dish o r o th e r food in suf- W h ite have been set fo r 7:30 p. liam*. Judge M illard also indi roa<f through a charter amend son, and Em m ett W hltham . David Housel, L arry Haines, and fic ie n t q u a n tity fo r th a t fa m ily m - on Wednesday, M arch 9th and cated that the M ayor’s suspension ment without going to the people. H oldover directors in c 1 u d e Whatever |. , a|d henceforth John Cotton, J im Busch, D r Keith Kramer. ~ " Coffee, cream, sugar, rolls, but F rid a y. M arch 11th, and Satur- of city officials, W illiam ■bout this situation Is merely so E lm o Stevenson, P h il Stansbury, ter and the dessert including the day, March 12th at L30. accord and Clarence W illiams, w i l d much eyewash. traditional birthday cake, w ill be ing to Miss Kathleen Silver, the have been legal had they been Don O'Bleness. and A. W. W ood W illiam Briggs and Clarence w ard. furnished by the Auxiliary. president of the local American suspended for a definite period W illiams have by their actions Legion A uxiliary. of tim e rather than an indefinite The president of the Cham ber Jeopardised the political future Transportation w ill be arrang period. w ill be selected from tn is group. three men. who have undoubt ed for those wishing to attend, The judge did not rule on tho Ed Singma3ter, re tirin g p re si edly attempted to serve to the states Miss Silver. A u xiliary C om m ittee chairm en fo r the power of the council to confirm dent o f the Cham ber thanked best of their ability but who have members are asked to meet at the mayor’s appointments^ stating the members o f the C ham ber fo r A m erican Legion flagpole m em been led by the noee. the Plaza cafe at 6:30 p.m. tor that it wa# a legislative m atter th e ir w o rk d u rin g the past year, o ria l have been selected by John von K u h lm a n n , com m ander of T alent, M ar. 9 - T a le n t Grange at 1230 and not a judicial. and in tu rn was given a rising m et in re g u la r session Thursday. Satupd«3r fo r the afternoon class, W illiam Briggs, attorney for vote o f thanks fo - the w o rk he A shland Post No. 14, A m erican Legion. the council, said: “Since the w ith M aster L lo y d Lacy presld- ■ 7» ■ ~ had done. council was sustained in all par They are: P u b lic ity , Colonel ing. Several resolutions were A t II IP* If* I offfiFC The new board of d ire c to r* w ill ticulars except as to the validity H arold Jordan. Finance, von adopted and sent to the State “ * ■ ■ ■ * * ■ * be responsible fo r the advertising of Rule 16, Ordinance 1094. re brochure w h ich the Cham ber is K u h lm a n n : C om m em oration, G uy Legislature. Mrs. Edna S w artz- The local A m erican Legion lating to hearing on suspensions, C onstruction, E m il lander was elected to the o ffice of tO Zu producing. The Cham ber has on A p p le w h ite ; A u x ilia r y No. 14, m et in re g u la r I naturally feel pleased. A tto r K roeger; Reception, E. A. H arris; Ceres and d u ly Installed hand and prom ised a total of session, M onday evening at the A special pep assembly was neys on both sides worked hard The M arch 17th m eeting w ill $2326.25 w hich w ill be used fo r S o licita tio n , O r v ll M a y fie ld ; P ro Log C abin Legion h all on W in- gram , D r. A r th u r T aylor, and be preceded by a p o t-lu ck supper held M arch 4 at the A shland Sen on this case, the court’s determin prom otiona l purposes. b u rn way. Parade, C olonel Preston B. W a t s ta rtin g a t seven o’clock. G uy io r H ig h School in appreciation ation of the respective rights and Guest spoaker was R. N. e rb u ry. W addell w ho has recently re tu rn o f the w o rk o f the basketball duties of the mayor and council Fletcher, general secretary o f the local Y M C A who spoke on “ Lead The post com m ander, v o n ed fro m Alaska w ill show movies coaches and teams. Coaches Ken were clear, and it certainly would ership.’ Mrs. F letcher was a spe S c h illin g and M a rle n Y oder a- seem that all parties should a- K u h lm a n n , emphasized this week d u rin g the lecture hour. cial guest, w arded 11 le tte rs to v a rs ity team bide thereby. No object would that the flagpole, w h ich w ill be The ladies o f the H.E.C. w ill be gained by appeal, and as fa r Mrs. R. L. B urdlc, essay c h a ir members and 15 to the jayvee placed in the Plaza area, is a meet Tuesday, M arch 8, at the t ^This is not a book re vie w team. as I am concerned, the court is man, w ill present prizes of Ten c o m m u n ity project. I t w ill be a home o f Mrs. S ylvia Bates, pf , ^column, b u t the new G O L- sues are settled.” dollars and five dollars, respec m em orial to A shland’s w a r dead. Ken Schilling commented that Table Rock road, fo r a covered ' ) DEN E N C Y C LO P E D IA is tiv e ly fo r the tw o best essays on Men fro m Ashland, w ho have each le tte r represented over 200 ~ dish luncheon and business m eet hours of practice and p la vin g < ; w o rth y o f more than a ° th e r * “ A m e rica n ism ” to be entered In fo u g h t and died in any o f A m e ri ing. the local contest. ( r passing glance This is g tin« as he gave them To ’ ,hf ca’s wars w ill be honored. Sunday, M arch 20, has been fo llo w in g boys: Don M a yfie ld , man, vice chairm an; M rs. L ew is book that every home should E lw ood designated as C hurch Sunday. Don E llsw o rth , Vernon, Loren U lric h , treasurer; M rs. own. School ch ild re n w ill Hedberg, chairm an o f the w om Graham , F ra n k H ile, P h il K lin g s- fin d in It the answers b* en’s d ivisio n ; M rs. G lenn T a ylo r, heim, Eldon D urham , D on S tu ck e d u c a t i o n a l c h a irm a n : Mrs. their qiiCstlons, s im p ly w r it ey, W asley C la rk, and W a lt B yrd, Moore H a m ilto n , p u b lic ity c h a ir and K en W illia m s, managers. ten, b e a u tifu lly illu s tra te d . man; D r. A. E. M erkel, advisory Jayvees receiving le tte rs were C hildren are in q u is itiv e . physician; Mrs. Blanche Frisbie, P recinct captains to w o rk fo r B ill Wines, captain; J e rry Langer, feelings If. A shland w ere present They w ant to learn. A nd the “ Get out the V o te " m ove ly at a high pitch and that angry M r. and M rs. James M adison Dale Landing. Carlos V anVleet, advisory nurse; and Miss E liza here Is edcation, pleasant- m ent of the C ivic B etterm ent w ords were being tossed about. of Sacram ento purchased Kens G arold Davis, D ick S m ith, S tan beth M cG a llia rd , acting advisory useful. O ver 1500 items are nurse, Mrs. F risb ie being on a league have been appointed by “ We m ust co n tro l o u r feelings,” J e w e lry Shop fro m Mr. and Mrs. ley Hanscom. W ayne W ile y, Sam leave of absence fro m the health covered, w ith fu ll color I l A. A Wasson, president of the she said, “ and despite the fact Ken Peabody last week. M r. and Bell, Ted W eitzel, H erm an Ghea, lustrations, ranging from ’ league. I t was decided to take th a t members o f our opposition Mrs. M adison have tw o girls. H enry Metz, Stan Adams, Jim departm ent. R eport o f the recent M arch o f the action F rid a y n ig h t at a m eet have indulged in name c a llin g we A fric a and A irplanes, to M r. and Mrs. Peabody and Grossman, and Ernest Engstrom . Dimes was given by M r. C hip- ing o f the League held at the can’t low er ourselves to do the daughter le ft Tuesday fo r a tw o Roland Parks called on Don Television and Zoos. Women’s C iv ic clubhouse. weeks tr ip to E lgin, Illin o is . They E llsw o rth , V e rn Carlson, and Don man, d riv e chairm an, show ing a same." , total o f $11,615.82 realized in the Most parents are fa m ilia r Mrs. Law rence continued by plan to re tu rn to Ashland to live. M a y fie ld to lead a y e ll to th a n k w ith the L ittle Golden county campaign. O f this am ount -------- ------ t he y e ll squad fo r th e ir efforts. Mrs. Pat Law rence was appoint saying that despite arguments, the fo llo w in g totals w ere raised Books, and know w h a t fine ed p u b lic ity chairm an o f the names, and m ud th ro w in g the a ll events w hich were deemed of _ B ---------------—---------- by the various com m unities p a r c h ild re n ’s books they are. league and Mrs. Lona Dameron strength o f the C ivic B etterm ent tic ip a tin g : M edford, $6224.19; The Golden Encyclopedia is was appointed program c h a ir group w ould be in p la yin g fa ir. Dr. T. H. Schutte, 759 S o u th Ashland. $1922.57; B e llv ie w $177.- a w o n d e rfu l extension of man. “ There is a rig h t w ay to solve M ountain, fo rm e r m em ber o f the v Ik I" Ik 02; C entral P oint, $502.55; B u tte this same line. D rop in at Speakers at the F rid a y n ig h t every problem ” she continued. fa c u lty at N ew M exico State Falls. $92.22: Eagle P oint $36222: * * m eeting included Mrs. Law rence “We have kept ourselves above Teachers college, was appointed the M a rt to see it A t the Talent, $504.91; RoPue R iver, and Mrs. V iv ia n B ritcnbaugh. reproach so fa r in our conduct, chaplain. V e in Sm th o f Ashland, was re- $216.58; Jacksonville «154.27; A p same tim e ,ask fo r the G o l Speaking to the 135 people who and we m ust continue to act lik e Speaking fo r him self at the elected chairm an o f the Jackson plegate $134.52; den D ictionary. You’ll find and Prospect attended Mrs. B ritenbaugh sug ladies and gentlem en, despite close of the m eeting Dr. Schutte | county chapter o f the N ational $304.84. these at. . . gested th a t friends and guests w hat actions our opponents take. stated th a t the group could do a Foundation fo r In fa n tile P araly- A vote o f t^Tnks whs extended w ho attended the m eetings of the We have attended m e e t in g s lo t of,good. sis at the pn n u a l m eeting, recent- b y the boar-4 to M r. C hipm an fo r league w ould be considered as w here we have been called “ A fte r this mess is over,” l.V held in M edford. The m eeting »ticcess of Pm '•rm pnin n w ith enn- having been vouched fo r by the names b u t we don’t plan to re ta l S chutte said, “ the League can date was moved fo rw a rd to eo- g ra tu la t’ various w o rk m em ber who brought t h e m . iate in the same fashion.” contlnue to help the city. I ’m not ineide with changes in the fiscal ers u v^n th e ir a b ility to earrv M em bership cards w ill be p re J. Q. Adams suggested that the a m ilita ry man nor a p u g ilis t and rear, adopted hv the national the e- t-, fbe m uch need 270 East M ain Phone H ill 1 sented by the members at fu tu re C iv ic B e tte rm e n t league have an I d ld n ’n w ant to get in to any foundation. Arden Pinkham of ed ’ 1 in fp-p o f various (N ext to Sheldon Je w e lry) league meetings. educational d ire c to r w ho w ould fig h t hut 1 feel th a t it Is im p o rt Central Point was elected secre e ^o flj. f • -nt In v fMe Mrs. Law rence stated t h a t keep the members Inform ed of a n t.” tary as the one new •■’»n’h f r ‘ Circuit Judge Rules in Tom ’s Favor C. of C. To Elect New President Legion and Ladies To Have Party Ordinance Which Hamstrung Mayor Declared Invalid by Circuit Court WB- Briggs Legion Committees Work on Flagpole Talent Grange to Meet March 17th Fletcher Speaks To Auxiliary HSHCfS ■ A/t ,Chi Äässon Appoints Precinct Captains For Civic Betterment League Vote Madisons Buy Ken’s Jewelry ' Smith Re-Elected If) Pf)||f) PftCf m ir