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six m onths o f 1952.
I t is legal to pass on the rig h t
w h ile on a lo u r-la n e roadway,
D riv e rs w ho clin g to the in the division said, provided you
side lane o f a four-lane highw ay don’t exceed the speed designated
vio la te an im p o rta n t tr a ffic law’ fo r the area w h ile so passing.
By
as w e ll as fra y the tem pers of
H A R R IS E L L S W O R T H , M.C. m o to rists fo llo w in g behind, the
4th D is tric t, Oregon
state tr a ffic safety division poin
ted o u t today.
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N O W T H E w hole w o rld knows
Oregon law’ requires d rive rs to
w hat the new Eisenhow er ad keep w ell to the rig h t hand side
m in is tra tio n stands for. We ,akso o f the roadway, except when
know e xa ctly w hat is to be done passing o r pre p a rin g to tu rn
about a num ber o f im p o rta n t le ft. On four-lane highways, the
things. You have probably read lane closest to the centerline is
com plete reports of the P resi intended to p e rm it o v e rta kin g
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d e n t’s “ S tate o f the
U nion” tr a ffic to pass easily and safely,
speech to Congress.
You have th e division said.
Tots to Teens Toggery
S low m oving vehicles w hich
doubtless heard and read much
Across fro m the Bank
stay in the inside lane impede
com m ent about it. I th in k , how
tr a ffic flow’ and force fa ste r ve
ever, th.at the speech was of such
hicles to change lanes. T h is can j
extrem e
inqxirtance,
especially be a tr ic k y m aneuver leading to ----------'
w ith respect to foreign policy serious tro u b le when im patience
th a t I shall m ention a few of the over-rules n a tu ra l caution, safe
ty o ffic ia ls rem inded.
m ore significant points o f it.
JOYCE MORGAN
The President said: "W e have .The division said 3,724 acci
Teacher o f
learned th a t the free w o rld can dents in w hich one vehicle side
swiped
another
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W H A T SHOULD BE DONE
ABOUT OUR HIGHWAYS
1 he B ro o k in g s -ila rb o r area is tr u ly a garden spot. C e rta in ly
no o th e r place in this great sovereign state of Oregon has acacia
trees bloom ing in J a n u a ry and P ebruary, and no o th e r place in
O regon can boast ot holds ol daffodils at th is tim e o f year. E ve ry-
•ttiin g grow s and flo u rish e s so lu x u ria n tly in o u r m ild clim ate,
and o u r scenery is unexcelled anywhere.
T he Oregon S tate
M fg b w a y O epartm ent has ju s t publicized o u r b e a u titu l coast
lin e w ith large color photos in the leading n a tiona l magazines,
b u t w'hat th is departm en t has fa ile d to do is tu rn is h us w ith an
adequate highw ay so th a t v is ito rs m ay tra ve l here in com fort to
e n jo y o u r gorgeous scenery and recreations.
1 his area is the southern gatew ay to O regon’s b e a u tifu l
c o a sta l playground, but the highw ays necessary to tra v e l to reach
th is lovely garden s|x>l are so w inding, and at th is tim e of year
in sucn deplorable condition, that we hesitate to in v ite guests
lo v is it o u r section ot the state. This c o m m u n ity should m ake
a u n ite d e tio rt to get o u r state highw ay departm ent to do some
th in g about the w rt te licd condition ot the highw ays in to B ro o k
ings anu n a rb o r. vve seem to be the to rg o tte n people, and it is
h ig h tim e th a t som ething was done to get action tow ard a good
h ig h w a y lo th is area fro m the Rogue riv e r valley.
There should
be some cooperative m ovement between the Cham bers of Com
m erce at G rants Pass, M e d lo rd and Ashland w ith o u r own C ham
ber ot Com m erce. Going to the state highw ay engineer, to the
h ig h w a y com m ittees ot the legislature, and rig h t now w h ile the
lt t o j le g is la tu re is in session, also b lin g o u r condition to the a t
te n tio n ot the governor. In general, re a lly m ake a gotxl big noise
so th a t the rest ot the state know s th a t we are here, and th a t
w e w ant to develop o u r resources, but must have a good h ig h
w a y in to th is area in ordei to do It.
We a ll know the old say
ing, i t s the squeaky wheel th a t gets the grease” let s all s ta rt
S qu e a kin g gtxxl and loud so that we w ill get the a tte n tio n we
need in the B ro okings-M arbo r area.
E. L. M O R T O N
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By CLIFFORD P. ROWE
I
am
alw ays
o|x»n to
advice,
v e ry seldom re fu sin g to liste n ;
but the oth e r day a suggestion
was given th a t re a lly set me hack
on m y heels
When Driving
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A ll ad vertis in g copy m ust be In by 5 o’clock Tuesday evening to Insure pub
licatio n.
N ew s Item s and classified ads w ill be received up to W ednesday noon.
N ew
were reported during the first
" Keep To Right
tu re o f paralyzed tension, le a v
ing forever to the aggressor the to Formosa to P R E V E N T the
choice o f tim e and place and Chinese N a tio n a lis t governm ent
means to cause the greatest h u rt i r ” m lig h tin g to regain te r r ito r y
to us at least cost to him se lf." taken by the C om m unists by
He then stated six points around force. The Seventh F le e t w ill see
w hich a w ell-defined and under th a t th is is done,’ said President
I t seems to me the
standab le foreign policy is being Trum an!
people
of
Asia
are going to be
b u ilt. Some w ill say th a t there
com
pletely
bew
ildered
by this
is little or nothing new o r d if
c
o
n
tra
d
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to
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action
on
o
u
r p a rt."
fe re n t in his foreign policy sta te
I
c
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rta
in
ly
have
made
no p re
m ent. To me, however, it is new
tense
at
being
an
expert
on fo r
and w onderful not m erely be
The point is th a t
cause of the w ords in the sta te eign affairs.
m ent but because I believe—yes. even a novice could see th a t
I know th a t the w ords mean there was som ething very w rong
Iv h a t they say.
T h e ir in te n t in th a t 1950 policy w hich has
been so costly to us since.
W IL L be carried out.
We have heard lip-service lo
the ide.a of cooperation between
the President and Congress on
foreign problem s before, but it
has not happened. The T ru m a n
a d m in is tra tio n ta lke d o f having
a bi-p a rtisa n foreign policy hut
•eMom permitted bipartisanship
F o r exam ple, I m et a wom an
on the street the o th e r day w ith
purple h air. N ow m aybe purple
is a sign of y o u th ; it w asn’t in
m y younger days hut then tim es
are changing 1 suppose. A t any
rate, if th a t was her game, she
had missed tire com pletely be
cause w h ile she had c e rta in ly
cam ouflaged her hair, th a t w hich
rem ained
unretouched
offered
evidence enough to n u llify a ll her
e ffo rts topside.
W e have heiard before that
o u r p o licy o f opposing com m unist
aggression was w o rld -w id e ; how
ever, we saw one p o licy developed
in E urope but alm ost the exact
opposite approach in Asia.
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I The
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Deemed to be un-
I t«‘i t he impres
W hen I q u it Itxikin g fo rw a rd
w ith a n tic ip a tio n to the events
o f tom orrow and to those o f the
com ing years and when 1 begin
harping about the good old da\ s
of m y yo u th and how the pres
ent generation is going to the
doys, then and only then w ill I
become w o rrie d fo r fe a r th a t my
acquaintance« w ill catch on that
I am g e ttin g older.
s io n
that
g ray
[h a ir was a sure
sign
th a t
one
was not long fo r
this w o rld and
th a t
if
those
w ith whom he Associated ever be
came aw are ot the s ituation, the
in d iv id u .il
w ould
be
u n lu c k y
stashed aw ay in a closet some*
w here along w ith o th e r item s
LOCAL NEWS
th a t had ou tlive d th e ir u se fu l
M rs. I Hilly Cox ol K la m a th
ness
Falls, who has been v is itin g E \a
I Informed him th a t the co lo r Lea Long the past tw o weeks,
o f m y h a ir was the least o f m y re tu rn e d to her home d u rin g the
w o rrie s , and th a t if those w ho weekend.
knew me w eren’t aw are o f the
Mrs. F. N. L y g a rt le ft S a tu r
fact th a t w ith each passing m onth
day fo r Sacram ento to be in the
I w in grow ing older, they w ere
h a rd ly w o rth y of the bother in home ot her d a u g h te r when she
volved In dipping m y head in a come« home fro m the hospital
w ith her new baby.
dye vat. In fact. I have alw ays
had the notion th a t a person
Peggy (.¡ould is at home this
grow s obi a ll over and not ju s t week fig h tin g a bout w ith a flu
on top of his head
"b u g ’’
HENDRICKS
FURNITURE CO.
We developed the "M a rsh a l!
P la n " w hich was specifically de
signed to help Europe help itse lf,
but we h,ave been too tim id to
rem ind the Eureq>ean countries of
o u tlin e d . Possibly the greatest
difference is th a t now the p rin
ciples stated w ill be carried out
The most dynam ic, if not the
most s ta rtlin g ., p a rt o f the P resi
d e n t’s message was his statem ent
th a t the U. S. Seventh Fleet
w ould no longer be used to p ro
tect C om m unist C hina fro m the
C e n tra l governm ent forces on
ro tm o sa . n $ a t is sp e cifica lly a
new policy in action. A fte r I lis t
ened to th e speech I came back
to m y office and looked up the I
paragraph I w ro te in m y w eekly
le tte r a few days a fte r the
o rd e r was issued to the fleet.
In th a t le tte r I said: "O ne th in g
about o u r new A sia tic policy
troubles me.
I th in k we are
m aking another grave e rro r. On
the K orean ¡xm insula it is our
policy to help d riv e the C om m u
nist troops hack and regain te r
r ito r y they have taken by force.
B ut, at the same tim e, we are
sending the V. S Seventh Fleet
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and floors
W e made some secret agree
ments, denied at firs t th a t we
had and la te r a d m itte d m aking
”a few .” F rom there on out there
No, I am not a b it ashamed w ill be none.
th in n in g
th a tc h
o f the fact th a t snow is lx*g ili
\e s , there Is some s im ila rity i
to disg uise
th e
ning to fa ll on the rtx if; my p rin between w hat w as supposed to I
tact th a t it w as
cipal concern is th a t the tire con be o u r foreign p o licy in the past
i tu rn in g
g ra y .
tin u e to burn w ith in .
and w hat President Eisenhower
A ve ry g»xxl friend, o r at least
I had a lw a ys considered him as
such, hinted th a t I should p u t
som ething on m y
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