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Council Imposes >
New Regulations
On Local Mills
The Ashland city council pus-
acd last night an ordinance that
would require all sawmills with­
in tho city limits to install, and
use, a sprinkler system in their
burners - designed to prevent the
sawdust from escaping the mill
confines.
H. V. Utterbeck, of the U & S
Lumber company, expressed his
willingness to do whatever is pos­
sible to prevent disturbance from
the sawdust but opined that a
sprinkler system would be inef­
fective. John Cotton represent­
ing Lumber Mills, Inc., agreed
with Utterbeck.
Councillman E. E. Sheldon
moved that the ordinance be pas­
sed, and the motion was second­
ed by Councilman Dick Neil.
In other action last night, the
council:
I. Referred a request to tax
free-play slot machines and punch
boards, to City Attorney, Harry
Skerry, The council asked the
attorney to draw up an ordinance
taxing all coin machines, inclld-
taxlng all com machines, incud-
ing juke boxes and pin-ball ma­
chines
2. Ordered Chief of Police
Vern Smith to enforce certain re­
commendations of the County
Sanitation officer.
3. Voted that the $1.00(1.80 bill
for attorney fees presented by
Skerry and Lombard be thrown
out as disallowable.
4. Granted a request for ap­
proval of an on-sale and packag­
ed beer permit for the Plaza Cafe
and Confectionary.
5. Decided that payment for
special police at the band shell
must come from the budget al­
lowed to the band committee.
6. Heard brief explanation of
civil service program by Mayor
Tom Williams.
7. Considered a tax on house
trailers parked with the city.
8. Appointed George Bennett
to replace temporary patrolman
Merle Carter in the police de­
partment.
9. Renewed 90-day option on
lease of city golf course to Mar­
ion Kinder.
10. Recommended action on
various complaints submitted by
citizens.
Lighting Improvements
Made By School Board
Purchase of 60 slimline light­
ing fixtures and the enlarging of
the pressbox at Walker Phillips
field are the newest improvem­
ents scheduled for the Ashland
school system.
Directors of Ashland School
District No. 5 recently approved
the plans and, in addition, con­
sidered renovation of the science
room at the senior high school.
Lighting improvements were
begun a year ago and with inst­
allation of the new fixtures, all
rooms will be up to State stand­
ards in candlepower.
The directors voted to call for
bids to enlarge the pressbox at
the high school field. The larger
box will now be able to accomod­
ate both newsmen and sportscas­
ters, including radio engineers as
well.
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NEWS REVIEW
Voi. 16 No. 22
ASHLAND. JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. AUGUST 4, 1949
Jacksonville Jubilee Officials
Plan Busy Week-end Schedule
JACKSONVILLE ( Special )—
With the sky for a backdrop and Local Man Attending
the rose-hued quarter-moon look­
ing down, the open air pavilion Naval Air School
in Jacksonville, was the scene of
Lt. (jg) Rolo Lester Farrell, Jr.
the Jacksonville Gold Rush Ju ­ USN, husband of Mrs. Christina
bilee Queen's Ball, last Saturday M. Farrell of 480 Harrison S t,
night. After u fan-fare by Dick Ashland, Oregon, is attending the
Spuin's Western Swlngsters, an­ Combat Information Center Of­
nouncement of the winners of the ficers' school at the Naval Air
queen contest was made to the Technical Training Unit Navall
large crowd which had been Air station, Glenview, 111.
anxiously awaiting word of the
The course of instruction at the
final tabulation of votes.
school includes classes in evalua­
Elizabeth Wolff, Jacksonville, tion and location of targets, fire
sponsored by Ben's Food Mar­ control direction, and target plot­
ket, and who has been a high ting.
contender throughout the contest, The current class at the school
was announced winner. At open­ convened July 15 and is schedu­
ing ceremonies of the Gold Rush led to graduate Nov. 4, 1949.
Jubilee next Saturday morning,
she will be crowned "Queen El­
izabeth.”
Freda Gravelle, also of Jack­
sonville, and sponsored by the
Jacksonville Ice and Cold Stor­
age, was introduced as second
place winner. Connie Frohs, of
C. E. Wiggins, Seattle, will be
Jacksonville, sponsored by the Ashland Hi’s new band leader
Nugget confectionery, was intro­ this fall. Leland P. Linn, super­
duced as third place winner
intendent of schools, said that
Both Freda and Connie will be Wiggins comes from the Univer­
crown princesses to the queen sity of Washington, where he was
assistant conductor of the college
as will all other contestants.
The continuous program for band.
U. of W. music department
the two days of the Jacksonville
Gold Rush Jubilee celebration heads report that Wiggins is one
will begin this coming Saturday of the moat outstanding men
August 6, with a kiddie parade they have sent into the field for
starting at 1 p. m„ followed im­ many years. He has been play­
mediately by older persons and ing with the Seattle Symphony
others dressed in old-time attire. orchestra, including a good deal
Log bucking contests, both of solo work on the clarinet
While in the service, Wiggins
hand and machine, will take place
during Saturday morning. Much conducted the Santa Ana Army
interest has been created in these Air Force recording band.
He will arrive in Ashland in
contests with contestants entered
from throughout Southern Ore­ September to begin teaching
gon, and the spirit of competition duties at the high school.
Is high.
Other entertainment will in­ The Kiltie Bagpipe band from
clude old-time fiddlers and bar­ Ashland will also participate; and
ber shop quartet harmony con­ the Grants Pass Cavemen have
tests Sunday afternoon. There been asked to join in the parade
will be dancing In the evenings
Organizations or individual]«
in the open air pavalion and the wishing to enter the parade or
gigantic grand parade begins at entertainment are cordially asked
1 o’clock Sunday afternoon.
to do so, and should contact A. C.
A special feature will be the Van Galder, chairman of the
big open-pit barbecue. Church parade and program committee,
services will be held at 10 o'clock phone Medford 4892; or Jackson­
Sunday morning.
ville 452. A special invitation is
Invitations for the parade extended to the older folks to
have been extended throughout enter the Saturday morning’s
the state and Northern California parade wearing old-time attire.
for parade entries and many out- Transportation will be provided
of-towners are expected here for for those who are unable to
the Jubilee. Included parade en­ march, and prizes will be given
tries are the Ladies Mounted for the most authentic old-time
Troop, Auxiliary to the Jackson costumes Suitable prizes will also
County Mounted Sheriffs Posse: be given for all winning entries
the Medford Coonskinners. who in parades and entertainment
will be dressed in their fringed
The Jacksonvlle Gold Rush
Daniel Boone outfits with racoon Jubilee is sponsored by the Jack­
caps; Bliss Heinie’s drum corps: sonville Lons club, and a full pro­
Eve Prentice's Accordana Band: gram of events has been lined
and the Medford Trail Riders. out for the two days Aug. 6 and 7.
Band Instructor
Hired for AHS
Five Ashland Men Named in Recent
Issue of “Who’s Who on Pacific Coast”
Carr Becomes Partner
In Sheldon Jewelry
D. D. Sheldon and Phoebe S.
Green of Sheldon Jewelry have
announced that Henry Carr, Jr.
watchmaker at the store for the
past H i years, is entering the
firm.
They said that Carr, formerly
of Spokane, is a watchmaker and
jeweler of skill and experience.
Carr said he likes Ashland and
Ashland people, and will enjoy
his new position as a member of
the firm.
K IN O RICHARD I I —Philip Han­
son of San Francisco will appear
as the English monarch in one of
the Oregon Shakespearean Festi­
val productions scheduled at
r
I, Ore., from Aug. 2 to 24.
'•'nell Photo)
Kilty Band Chosen Best
At Legion Convention
The Ashland American Legion
kilty band, one of the oldest
Legion musical organizations in
the country, walked off with lop
musical awards this morning in
the State Legion Convention
parade at Salem. Harry McNair
leads the prise-winning bag­
pipers.
“Dream” Opens
At Theater
Tonight
Tonight’s presentation of the
Oregon Shakespearean Festival
players will be the farcial, fan­
tastical
“Midsummer
Night’s
Dream.” “Othello” on Friday
and “Taming of the Shrew” Sat­
urday night will wind up the
opening week of the ninth an­
nual Festival.
The largest opening crowd in
the history of the yearly round of
Elizabethan plays was on hand
Tuesday for “Romeo and Juliet,”
including Gov. and Mrs. Doug­
las McKay and Sec’y of State and
Mrs. Earl Newbry.
Another
large audience attended the pre­
sentation of “Richard II” last
night.
A banquet honoring the dig­
nitaries present for opening night
was held at the Lithia hotel prior
to the play. Guests were, besides
Gov. McKay and Sec’y Newbry,
Speaker of the House, Frank
Van Dyke, Senator William Mc­
Allister, city and county officials
of Southern Oregon, Herbert
Larson, drama editor of the Ore­
gonian, and Arnold Marks, drama
editor of the Journal.
Lithians Slate
Tilt With C P
Southern Oregon League
Team
W L Pet.
Roseburg
. 9 2 .818
Myrtle Creek
8 3 .727
Ashland
7 4 .636
Medford ........... 7 4 .636
Central Pt........ . 6 4 .600
Crescent City
3 7 .300
Grants Pass
3 8 .273
0 11 .000
Prospect
Cliff McLean’s skidding Lith-
ians are all set to tackle the
Grants Pass baseballers here on
the Fuller Field diamond Sun­
day.
Plagued by what appears to be
a chronic case of butter-fingers,
the Ashland nine has lost its last
two starts, slipping from a first
place tie to share the third rung
on the Southern Oregon loop lad­
der with the Medford outfit. An­
other loss could scoot the Lith­
ians out of the Shaughnessy di­
vision.
Tungsten Discovery
Made Near Ashland
Discovery of a layer of sche-
elite, the ore from which tung­
sten is derived, has been reported
made on the L. A. Bratcher
property three miles southwest
of Ashland. The recent issue
of the publication of the state
dept. of mining and geology an­
nounced the find.
The article stated: “Discovery
of scheelite in samples taken by
L. A. Bratcher was made by C.
L. Hodges, Ashland agate and
fluorescent
mineral collector,
through the use of an ultra-violet
lamp. An ore zone 4 to 12 feet
in width is exposed by initial
workings. The length and depth
of the deposit are as yet undet­
ermined. More than 100 tons of
ore has been shipped to the
Tulare County Tungsten mines
plant near Lindsey, Calif., for
milling. Five men are employed
at the Bratcher property.
The second edition of “Vvno’s
Who on the Pacitic Coast/ rec­
ently released by the n. N.
Marquis company, contaiiw me
biographies of six Ashlanu i évi­
dents.
included are: Dr. Edward E.
Brown, pediatrician. Dr. iwu*n
was chief of the pediatric cnest
clinc at Columbia Univeisiiys
Post-Graduate Medical senuol
and hospital 1938-1943. He nas
been a contributor to numerous
medical journals and has a text­
book in preparation now. tie
was the only pediatrician i me
state to be listed.
Rev. Aronah Henry McD^. il,
vicar at Trinity Episcopal Ui nch
in Ashland since 1942. H
, a
graduate of Virginia TheeUu„iud
Seminary, Alexandria, Va., nd
has been active in clerical x ork
for the past 29 years.
Dr. Elmo Nall Stevenson, ed­
ucator, who has been president
of Southern Oregon college since
1946. Dr. Stevenson is the autnor
of a number of books an artcies
to various natural history and ed­
ucational publications.
After
receiving his Doctorate degree
from Stanford in 1938, he was
associated with Eastern Oregon
college and Oregon State.
Rev. George M. Shuman, clerg­
yman, has been pastor of the
First Presbyterian church in Ash­
land since 1944. He is a graduate
of Univ. of Illnois and the Mc­
Cormick Theological Seminary.
Before coming to Ashland, Rev.
Shuman was connected with
Presbyterian churches in San
Diego and Exeter, Calif. He was
president of the Ashland Minist­
erial association, 1945-1947.
Miss Cora Elizabeth Mason,
Public Library since 1942. She
has been with the local library
staff since 1940.
Miss Mason
holds degrees from Oregon State
college, Willamette, Pacific Univ.,
and the University of Washing­
ton.
Dr. Walter Redford, former
president of Southern Oregon
college. He received his doctor­
ate degree from the Unversity
of Washington. He came to So.
Oregon college in 1926, serving as
head of the geography depart­
ment until 1932 when he was
appointed president. Dr. Redford
retired January 1, 1947.
Unemployment Rises
Payments to Oregon’s unemp­
loyed in July climbed to $1,201,
435 an increase of $87,597 from
June and the highest mid-summer
month on record with the excep­
tion of 1946 when thousands of
war workers and returning vet­
erans were looking for jobs, the
State Unemployment Commis­
sion reported today.
W. M. Blair Continues Working Neil Creek Qranite Quarry
1 Walter M. Blair, 74, a granite
cutter from way back, is working
a granite quarry up on the
North side of Neil creek, which
could be one of the major indus­
tries in Southern Oregon, Blair is
working the quarry himself be­
cause of lack of competent gran­
ite cutters.
The quarry has had a stormy
history. For several years before
the war Blair operated it and
then in 1937 it was refinanced
by several Ashland people and
was operated by one of the Ap­
plegates. This phase of operation
lasted two years and then in 1940
Blair took over again on a quit
claim deed from the RFC. He
has been attempting to operate
it by himself since then.
Located on Neil Creek
The quarry is located on Neil
creek, six miles in an airline
south of Ashland. There is on
the hillside an immense body of
grey granite in shades of light
medium and dark grey, posses-
ing all the essential and desire-
abe qualities of a high grade
momentual and building granite.
In texture and mineral content
1 the Blair granite is equal to that
of the well known Barre, Ver­
The final «tage in the operation of turnng raw granite into mont quarries. The joints seams
finished monuments and building blocks is accomplished at this and rifts are so spaced as to
allow quarrying of large blocks.
building on Neil Creek where th e Blair Granite Quarries are loc­ New bodies of granite are still
being found In the area, one of
ated.
(Photo by Don DeLisle.)
the latest being a body of almost
black, fine grain granite which
Blair found a year or so ago
farther up the hill. The granite
from the quarries has pased gov­
ernment tests for fine building
granite.
Today, the granite which Blair
takes from the quarries is being
used for fine monuments and
special orders which Blair alone
can handle.
The machinery and equipment
at the quarries are sufficient to
keep 15 men working full time
but Blair states that men are not
available. The equipment in­
cludes an eight blade saw with
a 50 horse electric motor. The
saw can cut a piece of granite
weighing 60 tons. A highline for
moving the slabs from the quarry
to the saw. A polishing machine,
two buffers, and chilled shot for
cutting. A number 80 carborun­
dum wheel, 60 foot overhead
crane with a 30 foot side delivery,
and motors for all equipment
Blair stated the machinery itself
was worth $37,000.
Before the highline was put in.
blocks were skid out of the
q u a r r y b y horses.
Murry
Murphy, Ashland, was one of the
skinners.
Blair says, “Today she could
Bob Sharyon., Ashland rock ho und. enjoys the view of the pool
be going slippety-bang, there’s
granite here that’s quarried it­ at the lower ouarrv of the Blair Granite Works on Neil Creek.
(Photo by Den DeLisle)
self, but I can’t get cutters.”