Illinois Valley News, Thursday, February 3, 1949
Washington Letter
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‘ LIBRARY RHUBARB”
Last week we stirred up quite a hornet’s nest with
our article on the County Library, and since explana­
tions have been made, the question seems to have been
settled quite amicably, except that certain allega
tions in the Grants Pass Courier are quite misleading,
with no intent on their part to do so.
It seems the library board told the Courier that
our allegations were false. We made no allegations
—we merely asked questions, and the questions were
answered quite satisfactorily in the Courier, except,
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we don’t quite understand what was meant by the
A m ong tub glorious opportunities open to all A m e r ic a n s
headline — “LIBRARY RHUBARB.” Now if the
IS T H A T O P C O N T IN U IN G OUR LE A R N IN G A CCORDING TO OUR
IN D IV ID U A L IN C L IN A T IO N S AN O I N I T I A T I V E , W IT H O U T A N V
editor had “slipped” and said ‘RHUBARB LIBRARY’
R E S T R IC T IO N AS TO S O U R C E OF IN F O R M A T IO N OR P O IN T OF V IE W .
he’d certainly have had something to explain to the
THROUGH O U R E D U C A T IO N A L AND L IB R A R Y F A C IL I T IE S ,
library board. As it stands, however, all we can make
TH R O U G H E X T E N S IO N C O U R S E S ANO H O M E S T U O V , T H R O U G H
B O O K S . P E R IO D IC A L S , P R E S S A N D R A D IO , W E A R E F R E E TO
out of it is—our article was quite tart, and maybe a
D R A W U P O N T H E W O R L D 'S K N O W L E D G E ­
little sour, like rhubarb, to the folks in Grants Pass.
'S F R E E D O M VITAL TO E N L IG H T E N E D D E M O C R A C Y .
Be that is it may, our article has only caused some
explanations that, perhaps, were in order. Schoo
teachers who want library books can choose them HOUSE BILL WOULD
u der such atm ospheric conditions,
not parking lights,” he pointed
from a certain shelf that state money provides, anc IMPOVERISH BOARD
out. “ Using headlights on the
they cannot take books for school purposes from the
lower
beam will minimize back-re-
The Rogue River Coordination
regular library shelves unless they have a card. If board,
fiection
into the eyes of the driver
established prior to World
and
will
greatly improve the
this had been clearly explained at the time our article W ar II to regulate placer mining
chances
of
being seen in tim e to
alluded to, we do not believe anyone’s feelings would operations insofar as they involved avoid colliding
with an o th er car or
polution of the Rogue and its
have been hurt and no misunderstandings. The
striking
a
p
ed
estrian.”
tributaries, will find itself without
br. ry has a large patronage from the Valley and from funds if a bill introduced in the Records for the first six m onths
1948 show th a t half of all tr a f ­
reports everything is quite satisfactory. The library state legislature becomes a law. of
fic
accidents during th a t period
Under existing law, $1000 is al­
board wants this friendly relation to continue, and lotted
biannually to finance board happened in rain, snow, fog or
we see no reason why it should not. Our article surely activities. The three members generally dow dy w eather, the sec­
re ta ry reported. F orty-nine of the
did not make any flat statement to the contrary, we serve w ithout pay.
The hoard consists of Jack Dun- crashes were fatal.
only asked questions. The questions have been an phy, chairm an; J. E. “ Slim ” B art­
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swered and everybody should be happy.
lett, representing m ining anil T. E
It pays to advertise in the News
HOSPITAL BILL
Scott of Gold Beach representing
sportsfisherm en.
Sponsors of the bill contend that
placer mining in the Rogue area is
practically a t a standstill. B artlett
however, declares there are 24 op­
erators of th a t type now under
way, says the G. P. Courier.
The Courier last Tuesday told of a bill being pre
sented to the legislature by the Josephine county leg­
islators, asking that the Josephine County Hospital
he managed by a commission instead of the County
Oregon Law Requires
Court.
This is a move in the right direction, and we con­ Headlights in Fog
gratulate Judge Johnson for sending hi,s letter to the Oregon law requires automobile
to be turned on in day­
legislators asking that such a bill be enacted. Judge headlights
time whenever there is not enough
Johnson believes that a commission could do a better light for a driver to see clearly for
.job, and it would take the hospital away from politics. » distance of 500 feet, m otorists
were rem inded by Secretary of
We can imagine the rest of the county court arc State
Earl T. Newbry recently.
quite willing to get rid of the headache the hospital
He said com plaints are being
eceived that many drivers are
job gives them
witching on only parking lights
We hope the legislature follows .Judge Johnson's when encountering dense fog dur-
suggestion, and the bill becomes a law whereby the ng daylight hours, a practice
hospital will have a commission as “boss” instead of which improves visibility only
lightly and does little to reduce
the county court. They have done a pretty good job the
collision hazard.
They had brains enough to employ a good manager, “ The law calls for headlights
and they paid all the hills with our money. What else
could a good county court do?
I on Public Inform ation was made
I necessary by the fact th at we R'
publicans in Congress seem to have
I failed to accurately and fully ac-
| quaint the people of the country
teg ard in g our activities and poli­
cies.
This m atter has been discussed
by the Republican m em bers for
some time, with the result th a t,
i few months ago. Speaker Mar-
I tin, now M inority L eader, ap­
pointed a com m ittee to study the
iroblem and report to the Con­
ference. The com m ittee consisted
of five m em bers under the chair­
manship of the H onorable Jam es
C. Auchincloss of New Jersey. I
was also a member of this commit-I
tee.
The form ation of a Policy Com-
m ittee which actually represents
every portion of the country, and
made up of representatives chosen
in a tru ly representative m anner,
will insure the Republican lead­
ership of well-balanced counsel by
some of the ablest members. In
my opinion, this is a m arvelous
forw ard step and should yield ex ­
cellent results.
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Our Anniversary
February 2nd—That was the date we
started in business in Cave Junction two
years ago, a new industry for the Valley,
and we are so well pleased with the pat­
ronage the people of the Valley have
given us, we want you to know how deep­
ly we appreciate it.
We are going to continue, as in the past,
to give you the best possible service and
workmanship, and we hope to merit your
confidence and continued valued patron­
age. We again thank you for your co­
operation in making it possible for us to
give you one of the best cleaning and
pres,sing establishments in Southern
Oregon.
Illinois Valley CLEANERS
Luther and Pauline Sherier
January
Clearance
To Continue
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SNOW. SNOW, THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW ? ?
"It cometh down and fleeth not”—not yet, but we
hope soon. Snow began falling Wednesday afternoon
and this is written Wednesday night, and it is still
coming down in larger flakes than in the day time,
and we should, if the weather man isn’t playing
pranks, have a right nice foot of snow Thursday morn­
ing—V hen we get up we’ll take a good look.
W e have heard quite a lot of complaining about
our ' I NUSUAL" (and we’re not apologizing to Cal
ifornia) weather in the Valley. According to all re­
port,-; trom other sections, we in the Valley are “sit
ting on top of the world’’ and don’t know it.
V e have had nearly six weeks of freezing weather
now. which is something that has not happened for 12
years we know of. This is the first year .such a cold
soed has lasted so long, BUT, we are in a position to
“take it” and still come out on top.
In contra,st see what has happened to other sec
tions of the nation. Thousands have lost their all.
and many have c.’ed. We have only had some discom­
fort and out of work for a few weeks. When this cold
wave gets everything out of its system, we will all go
back to work and not too much damage done.
Let’s perk up, be happy that we are where we are.
tor we can only realize how fortunate we are when
we make comparisons with other sections.
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