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The successful tbp minority, and' he doesn’t/relish : erosity toward* people of the world I mittee of which Goa F. Burr is chair-
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ending is still a long way* off. Moral: the job one bit.
*» fortunate than themselves.______ Iman, distributed circular letter*
The Salvage Division drive for old I around town last Saturday-and to the"
, Don t spread peace
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and discarded clothing began Mon church*» on Sunday, asking full co
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The senate committee which now
day, November 29 and continue* for operation in the clothing campaign
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has the house anti-food subsidy bill
two weeks. The churches of all de and giving instruction* as to what is
ference between the mode of mining up for arguments, both pro and con,
nomination* of Oregon are assisting needed and where articles may be
today and that of the early day* for, is now holding “open houie" on the
state, county and local salvage com left.
instead of pick, shovel and rocker, measure. The farm bloc lobbyists,
Ex-Governor Herbert H. Lehman mittees in this drive and announce
sluice box and pan, we see these who are against subsidies, will be of New York, now director general of ments urging active participation by
We carry a complete line of V-
modem steel monsters, tearing away arrayed on one side vs. organized United -Nations’ relief and rehabili congregations were delivered from
Belts for all make* of Refrigerators.
the earth in ton lots, while huge labor and the housewives league on tation administration, in a telegraph many pulpits on Sunday, November
Washing Machines and other equip
truck* whisk away tons of weight the other side of the fence. From all ed message to H. M. Faust, salvage 28. The support of nearly all church.
ment. Washer Service Co.. 385 W.
with the greatest of ease, and at the advance indications, a good time will t division director. WPB, has urged all charitable, fruternal and civic asso- pront Coquille,
Phone.
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same time, instead of that old time be had by all. It begins tb look like Americans and every American fam ciations
rintinns has
hue been requested
rannoctAd nnH
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and a
laborious method of digging by hand the senate will not take the house ily to support the salvage division widespread response to assist is al
See Schroeder's Jewelry Store in
to find the sand lenzes, we see that , bill as is. It is predicted the toga drive to collect old and discarded ready* indicated.
CoquiUe for Diamonds and Watch
powerful drilling machine, probing men will make sdVeral amendments clothing for the relief of those in dire
In Coquille the local salvage com- Straps.
tfs
down through the grey sand, in the io the measure, toning down some of need, here and in the war-torn coun
exploratory work, which is proving the more drastic provisions incorpor tries of our allies.
and showing satisfactory results, and ated in the house bill. .Compromise,
Ex-Governor Lehman's message
For
looking at the picture today we see a in some form, seems to be ip the air. follows in full:
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powerful concern, the Krome Corpor
Considerable heat is being turned
“When the day of liberation comes
ation, operating in the Seven Devils on many senator* by scores of pro- | for millions of suffering people over
district, while farther south, in the subsidy groups.
Letters and tele- seas we must be ready with the
Buy Your
Lagoon* area, the Humphrey’s people grams are flooding the desks of the necessary supplies to care for basic
are preparing for a large production lawmakers, urging a continuance of human wants promptly and adequate-
of these strategic minerals, and all i subsidies in some form to hold down ly.
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The contribution of usable cloth
of this vast enterprise hay blossomed 1 fodd prices.
There isn’t anything ing 1* one way tn which all Ameri- I
and
out on the ashes of the old ghost that has more effect on the boys than can families will be glad to help. g F v - j
camps of the early day*.
letters and telegram* from the home ing such clothing now will not alone
Of these hardy folks who came to folks. When they hear the voice of mean comfort and warmth for persons,
lay the foundation for the event* of , their constituents they sit up and take in dire need, it will mean in addition
today, there ia but' a slender residue notice, and that’s exactly what is hap the best possible use of available re
left to bqar witness to these thing*,: pening now.
sources for relief purposes in clothing
From
To those who still remain, we extend
and textile*.
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the hand of appreciation and fbr those
Oregon’s Senator Cha*. L. McNary, « ‘‘The giving of clothing which you
who have passed to the great beyond, minority leader and one of the main no longer need may well save the
we have written their faults on the ' stays of the Republican steering com-' life of some man, woman or child
shifting sands of the river of time' mittee in the upper house, will not be overseas who might otherwise die in
but their virtue* we have carved ’ at his desk for several months. The 1 great suffering for the want of the
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deeply in the granite of the everlast- ' i senator is a sick man, and to properly | simplest garments. It is certain to
LICENSED REALTOR
ing hills.
recover from the major operation he provide hope and the will to work for
and
(The End)
i underwent recently, it will be neces- the better world which must come
t Forget that this Offices Secures
sary for him to take a long rest. Dur- with peace. I am confident that all
Birth Certificates for You
Ing his absence Senator Vandenburg 1 Americans will respond to this call
of Michigan will handle the reins of for help with typical American gen-
Pioneef Mtners
In Coos Black Sands
By R. M.
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(Continued from last week)
About the mid. 80’s, the country had
advanced in so many branchea of in
dustry, that the mining business be
gan to wane, not because of the mines
being exhausted, hut because of so
many more opportunities in the other
branches of endeavor, which required
a less strenuous life.
The writer first appeared in this
field in 1885, when a* a lad in hi*
teens he accompanied his father, who
was employed at the Lane, or
Pioneer mine, and which at that time
was a very good producer of the yel
low metal, and was being quite ex
tensively operated. At that time there
were several of the old original early-
day men still on the job, and while
most of them had quit the beach
mines, to work in the inland, or back
wall mines, some of them still clung
to the beaches, in hopes that some
great tide would sorpe day pan them
back down to the rich sand of early
days, and some interesting stories
have peen told of why these old timers
.still clung to their dreamed of Land
of Midas. , Wherever the whites had
vacated the beach claims, the Chinese
moved in and set up their rockers and
went to work," and while a Chink
never mention* hi* success or failure
In the mining business, it was believed
that they were doing well, as it .took
a lot of pressure from the white man
to persuade them to quit the country.
The discovery of the Lane, or
Pioneer mine, carries with it ratber
thrilling narrative, which found its
way into the local pres* some time
ago, and since the writer of" the story
was a relative of the discoverer of the
mine, the version is first hand, and.
fairly authentic.
By 1900, tbe black sand mining had
faded away, except by some occas
ional outburst of experiment designed
for the recovery of the precious met
al* which, in a large degree were fail
ures, not for lack of material to work
on blit from the fact that there was
too much of the black sand to handle,
for tbe amount of the precious metals.
For the early day beach miner, there
Washington, D C., Dec. 8—Without
was only one product and that was
gold, the platinum group of metals, any pulling, hauling or political pres
which was always present in the sure Klamath Falls, Ore., a few miles
from the Japanese relocation center
cleanup, only penalized them, as it
waa then of very little value and, at Tule lake, ha* been recommened
before taking the cleanup to market, a* the site for a 3,000-bed navy hos
they would separate out as much of pital. It will be one of the largest
the white metal as posaible. This such institutions in the country. This
they promptly threw away «nd, by hospital is intended for the exclusive
use of patients who are suffering
way of showing what had evidently
from marlarial diseases contracted
been thrown away, we cite a gov- ;
but picturesque,
ernmcni
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record ui
of piauum
plat! urn piuuuv-
produc- in • the , swampy,
tion from 1907 to 1910, inclusive, from
*”and« of ‘h’
Pacif,c
,
The
size
of
the
hospital
gives
some
Coo* and Curry coilhtHu beach-mine,
idea of-the prevalence of malaria in
giving 431 ounces of platinum, valued
nt that time at >8.587.00, and from that theater of war, and the Klamath
these figures we would infer that Falls hospital is intended for navy
there is still a sizeable storehouse of ' personnel alone—not the army, al
the white metal, mingled with that though! the army also is suffering
severely from the disease.
inexhaustible supply of black sand.
After making a survey of the mid
In the matter of gold production,
west and northwest an examining
the government report has this to of
fer: The total gold production in board concluded that at Klamath
Falls the disease could be more ef
Oregon, from 1900 to 1912 inclusive,
fectively
treated than elsewhere
is >15,663,258.00. Of this approxi
mately >5,749,676.00 came from south cause of the climatic conditions
the elevation.
The elevation
western Oregon; >3,434,915.00 being
Klamath* Falls is about 4,500
from the placers and >2,315,061.00
above sea level.
from lode mines.
This period of
In passing, it may be observed
years mentioned wa* not in the hey
that when Klamath Falla asked for
day of the mining boom of beach
I the establishment of an air base the
mining but wag in what we could I
power* that be rejected the location
call very lean years in mining ac
because, they said, fighter planes
tivity, us the table during that pe
might run Into wi>d geese or pelicans,
riod shows a gradual decline from
that V|c|njty being a refuge fqr wild
>238,934.00 in I960 to >58,219.00 in
water fowl, and swh collision would
1912.
lib disastrous t° th* Bi,ot and R,ane.
from this available data, It would not to mention tbe geese. Npw the
seem that the efforts of ths*e old government 1* spending in excess of
time pioneers, In coming to thjs >8,000,000 for an air field at Klamath
southwestern Oregon, was not al Fall*.
together in vain for, since “gold i*
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gold,” .the entire nation has been
There *re altogether »oo many
better off from their adventure. A*
peace rumors going the rounds to
we look back over that long and
suit th* army and navy big-wigs. Ev
varied trail, reaching back to the
ery week silly rumor* crop up which
earliest settlement* of this region
hay* it that peace is just around the
the little mining hamlets, the little corner, or that Germany will ask Ar
ranching communities, the little
an «rmlitloe, that Rumania w|J| with
sprouting Industrial center*, the long
drew from tho war, and so on Info
and muddy trails, the winding water
th* night, Such rumpr* sepm to gain
ways, the only mode of traffjo, over
momentum as the war goes on, and
which they must travel to lay th*
they cqme thicker and faster after
foundation for the future civilization,
each silled victory. AU of which
which we seem to be enjoying today,
add* UP a» pure bunk, bad for civ
we should feel a sense of reverence
ilian morale, and I* giving the war
for these unsung herpes and hero
dqprtF'int 0"P
headache..
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ines who, tnrough much suffering
rumor* also have a very bad effect
and sacrifice, came to pave the way
on the millions of men In the armed
for the easy life that exists today.
forces who have been undergoing
Theirs was a lot of grim reality in
month* of Vigorous training In the
which they spent many long and
many eamps scattered throughout the
dreary days, dark and sleepless nights,
nation,
far from the cheerful society of the
This matter ha* become a subject
outer world, scorched by the summer
pf serious concern to the army and
sun, drenched by the winter’s storm,
navy high commend, who are now
instruments ordained to subdue the
trying to devi»e way* and mean* to
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pP«P«tten^ Qt- • i
■ There IF frfftch ffitft rouTd b^Wit- flciala emphasize that the public will
ten of these resolute adventurers, be truthfully Informed’ of any peace
their mode of living, their hardships overture* and
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be kept
and trials, the hourly suspense for the ¡npre**t a* to the prqgreaa of the war.
welfare of their families, together They are also very emphatic that any
with that long and uncertain road credence given to such rumors will I
over which they knew that they must only prolong the war and help break
travel before they have reached any down war production schedules and
degree of perfection in their ambi morale on our home front. We are
tion.
winning the war, but the struggle
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In comparison, there is a vast dlf- ahead will take many months of hard
Clothing Salvage
Drive Is Still On
Service and Protection
Auto
Life
Fire
Accident and Health
INSURANCE
6E0. E. OERDIHG
by JL. T. MERCIER, Preaidant of Southern Pacifia
What about Postwar
and Southern Pacific?
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Today tOT radroad la hard-preaaed to carry lit war traffic—the heavieat in
our hiatory—and we face a atill bigger load and bigger problem» aa the Pacific
offenaioea increaae. But Southern Pacific, like other buaineaaea, ia trying to gauge ,
the poatwar future ...to aee how it can continue the program of aervice improve-
whach waa in full awing before thia war began.
Freight service, too, was being
era Faclf l< f u • question w«
meet more and more frequently
these days, since our railroad is
pne of the West's largest industries.
It b a difficult question, because
our future course depends on
several hard eoonomic factors we
cannot fully foresee or control...
factors such a* postwar income and
outgo, available cash, credit, the
level of business activity, and the
amount of income left sifter taxes.
(Our taxes in 1941 were $21,000,-
000| in 1942, $77,000,000; and
they will take another big jump
In 1943.)
IFe east an inquiring look at
the future every time we order
new locomotive».
Since the beginning of 1939 we
bave received or ordered $46,000,-
000 worth of locomotives—a total
of 300 steam or diesel engine* —
and we would order more diesels
if we could get them. We need
these engine* now to do our war
■job, and we have no regrets ever
the expenditures involved. But it
b a question whether or not we
will have a surplus of power for
postwar operations.
Frwwar progress • civ«
fa postwar alms
Our action* in the past can be
taken a* a measure of < our urge to
ahead in «he
the fntwve
future. Thtring
go aheiwl
!»r
the dark decade of railroad rev
enues, 1930 to 1940, a new era in
railroading developed such im
provement* a* air conditioning of
trains, streamlining, and the use
of lighter weight metals.
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Southern Pacific then placed in
service such train* a* the Day.
lights, the City of Son Franc uco
•nd the Lark, and was
vu in process
and
of streamlining eths^trains when
the war put a stop to construction
pf new passenger equipment.
speeded up and improved. One
example was the development of
fast overnight freight service, a co
ordination of rail and truck trans
portation, with deliveries so fast
that waybills bad to be tele
graphed to destination*.
So, while bending every effort
to handle onr war load success
fully, we plan, when peace comes,
to continue our forward course by :
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Creation of new service* and
* method* made possible by
service* inaugurated before
the war.
O Further development of serv-
* ices people like and use, aa
contrasted with services that
the public does not use, and
which are operated at a loss,
acting as a handicap to
greater progress.
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4 Extension of improvements
* in train accommodations and
new inventions -and discov
eries adaptable to railroad
transportation.
Postwar readjustment pose« grave
problems requiring realistic and
constructive thought by all Amer
ican* if they are to be solved. But
we face the future with confidence.
Wo have good rearone for
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conMoneo In tho future
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ncy has caused an amazing
dustrial growth. Many of
industries will con
tinue in operation after th«
war, and they will require good
railroad transportation service.
C these new
We believe that the railroads*
handling of their huge war
load — in the face of serious
manpower and equipment
shortage* — has won respect
and a new appreciation of the
essential service railroads per
form in peace a* well as war.
This public attitude should en
courage fair dealing toward
the railroads and equality of
treatment with other forma of
transportation, an important
factor in railroad progress.
The wartime traffic pooka have
produced increase* in revenue for
the railroads, although even to
day 27 per cent of the total U. S.
railroad mileage ia still in receiv
ership. *
Southern Pacific’« financial
position ha* improved materially.
We are attempting to reduce out
debts, and have made progress.
With the wartime additions to our
plant — larger yards, more loco
motives, more passing tracks and
sidings, and centralised traffic con
trol —- we will be a stronger raiU I
road both physically and finan- ’
clally when p< ace «ouios, autl.us
better able to keep step with tao
pro Teas of the territory we *er\ «.
Ue believe Southern Pacific will
We believe that American in
be an important factor in the post
genuity and enterprise will
war prosperity and progress of
find way* to increaae peace
this western territory by providing
time production and improve
>M$ficient and economical mm
distribution, and we know that
• transportation, a first essential of
railroads will be needed to
industry, by turniag purchasing
carry both raw material* and
power into trade chsnnels^throii' h
producu
.... the large sums paijd in w»ge|.:lo
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long
empldye*, and by heavy purcha-es
LT In the West and South, ale
our own lines, tho war emer-
of materials and supplies.
JL T. MERCIER, Pretuienf
TU Mindly
Siathirn Pacific
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