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WHO MAKES OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA ?
YOUR STAKE IN
uregon Acts lo Keduce
Traffic Accident Rate
WORLD AFFAIRS
To help the people o f this coun
In a united e ffo rt to h alt a
try b e tte r understand the C harter rapidly rising increase in fatal
and th e ir responsibility to the
autom obile accidents, Oregon has
world organization, the Am erican
Association fo r the U nited N a been asked to join th e 47 other
tions, 45 E 65th S treet, New York states in a nation-w ide crackdown
J. C. Abernathy
City, is answ ering questions re on speeding and drinking m otor
Editor
flecting th e im portance o f the day- vehicle operators.
S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E S
by-day work o f the U nited N a
A le tte r has been sent to Gov-
In Josephine County
tions.
ernor Douglas McKay by J. Dewey
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Q— E xactly w hat did the Se D orsett, general m anager of the
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curity Council resolutions say con Association of Casualty an d S ure
Outside Josephine County
cerning giving arm ed support to ty Companies, in New York, of
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South Korea?
ficially tra n sm ittin g a strongly
A— The first resolution,
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M ■ worded resolution which -- was
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on Ju n e 23, said: “ The Security | adopted by the executive commit-
Council . . . calls upon all mem- te e of th a t organization, appealing
bers to re n d e r every assistance to to all o f the states, m unicipalities
th e L nited N ations in the execu and counties in the country to e n
California’s insatiable thirst has led her to
tion o f this resolution (calling for force laws governing m otor vehicle
cast envious eyes on what she considers “surplus”
the cessation o f hostilities, and to speeds and driving While under the
water in possession of neighbors who don’t know
re fra in from giving assistance to influence o f liquor.
the N orth Korean a u th o ritie s.’’
D eclaring th a t speding and the
how to appreciate it. The budding civil war be
The second resolution, passed by use of alcoholic beverages are the
tween California and Arizona over the Colorado
the Security Council two days prim ary causes o f highway acci
later, said: “ The S ecurity Coun dents, the resolution cites th e
river is probably far enough removed that Ore
cil . . . recom m ends th a t th e mem N ational S afety Council as a u th
gonians needn’t wory about stray bullets, but
bers o f the U nited Nations furnish ority for the statem en t th at deaths,
when our southern neighbors begin angling for
such assistance to the Republic of due to m otor vehicle accidents rose
K orea as may be necessary to re 11 percent d u rin g the first fo u r
water from the Columbia, Rogue and other
pel the arm ed a tta c k and to re m onths of this year over the cor
streams in a state having considerable undevelop
store in ternational peace and se responding period o f 1949. It f u r
ed territory of her own, it behooves us to rush to
cu rity in the a re a .”
th e r pointed o u t th a t tw o-thirds
the barricades.
fatalities occurred
on
Q—
here is
some
confusion
in of all such
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my mind concerning the legality of runal highways, where excessive
The Federal Bureau of Reclamation, which
the recent Security Council d e - 1 sPee<ls a re fa r easier th a n in
is in the ditch-digging business, has been investi
datons. I thought all five Big I crowded urban streets.
Powers had to be in favor o f such
A copy of the resolution has
gating the possibilty that there may be seven
resolutions in order fo r them to been sent to the governors of all
million acre feet of surplus water in northern
pass. Isn’t th is tru e?
of the sta te s and the mayors of
Wt
THE U.S. HAVE CREATED THE GREATEST AND M O ST W IDELY
California and Oregon exclusive of any possible
A— The C harter says th a t all all cities above 10,000 population.
DISTR IB U TED WEALTH THAT THE WORLD HAS KNOW N, BECAUSE
m ajor m atte is "shall be made by Copies also will be sen t to the
T H R IF T Y PEOPLE HAVE KEPT THIS COUNTRY A L A N D WHERE
program to tap the Columbia river, according to
an
affirm ativ e vote o f seven mem governing bodies of all counties in
MEW ARE FREE TO MAKE T H E IR OWN O PPO RTUNITIES
a letter from Commissioner Michael Strauss to
bers, including th e concurring th e country. The gravity o f th e
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indicated
votes of th e perm anent m em bers.” situation
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Representative Lowell Stockman of Oregon. This
However,
the
Security
Council
h
a
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i
th
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t
thia
is
first
time the As
survey includes the Rogue, Klamath, Trinity and
often passed resolutions with legal s<x:i*tion of C
Casualty
asualty and Sure».,
Surety
possibly other rivers.
force in spite o f an abstention by Companies, which speaks for 81
BY MURRAY W ADE
a perm anent m em ber of the Coun insurance companies repiesen tin g
Of course the mere fact that a survey is in
cil. Many of these cases were those millions of policyholders, has ever
progress does not mean that this water has been CIVIL D EFEN SE TO CLICK I William B. Greeley, vice-president in which the Soviet Union had ab taken official action on such a
Five members of the s ta te e m e r-' of the W est Coast L um berm en’s stained front voting but never had public issue. The Association
or will be found to be “surplus”, or that piping
gency board responded to the call I association.
challenged the decision on legal m aintains one o f th e co u n try 's
it to southern ( alifornia will be feasible, but the
of G overnor Douglas McKay a t 10
outstanding sa fe ty organizations.
The 62-page boklet explains grounds.
Federal government is clearly receptive to the ' a.m. to learn of the defense em er “ how to it,” if you w ant to grow Q— How much money does this 1
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tim ber.
idea. And there’s nothing a Federal bureau likes gency.
country spend annually for the
A. Hayes, deputy director
W ant a copy? A postcard to I nited N ations, th e Specialized
to do better than function; just turn them loose of Jack
Oregon Civilian D efense, gave u George Spaur, S tate Forester, Agencies, and all other United
on any little old job with a few hundred million clarifying presentm ent of the situ Salem, Oregon, will s ta rt a copy of N ations activities?
dollars, and they’re happy as a pup with a bone. ation and detailed a request for this valuable boklet to your ad A—O n Ju n e 29, W arren R The Josephine Historical associ
$25,840 which the bottl'd allowed dress— for free.
A ustin. U.S. representative to the ation is to sponsor a dinner a n j
Representative Stockman, however, appears
in full a l t e r a cross-hackle on the HELPING ALCOHOLICS
United Nations, said th a t the total program a t the G rants Pass City
necessity of each item .
to have kept both feet on the ground despite this
U.S.
G overnm ent contributions to park a t 1 :30 p.m. Sunday, Ju ly 9.
“ The O regon sta te hospital is
S enator Dean W alker questioned doing the best job in the United the U N. fo r the forthcom ing fiscal
Merle G riffin o f G rants Pass,
wonderful opportunity to divert taxpayers money
th e w orking* and resu lts of C. D. S tates in dealing with alcoholics,” year, ending Ju n e 30, 1951, total president of the association, points
and Oregon water in approximately equal
during W orld W ar II. Hayes as said Cecil F a m e s a t the capitol $107,268,202, or 63 cents per out th a t although letters of invi
amounts to California’s sagebrush. “I do not sured the hoard it would be dif- this week.
capita. This figure includes the ta tio n have been sen t to all who
, ferent.
accept the unsubstantiated statement of the
F am es, wlvo has been active in U.S. contribution to U.N., to the registered a t the Hisorical associ
O regon C.D. has been operating
dealing
with alcoholism, said that Specialized Agencies, and to the ation s booth a t last year's county
Bureau of Reclamation that the diversion of on funds "bum m ed” from various
do not change until they International C hildren's E m erg fair, th e a f f a ir is definitely not
ency F und; it also includes aid to restricted to those receiving invi
Pacific Northwest water will be a profitable na s ta te departm ents, Hayes stated, alcoholics
realize they a ie su ffe rin g from a
as we were w aiting for federal
tional investment,” said Mr. Stockman. We guidance.
disease and need help. He said phy- Palestine refugees, the contribu tations. All persons interested in
chiatry, physical tre a tm e n t and the tion to the U.N. technical assist Josephine county and southern
would call this about as mannerly a statement
A textbook of C.D. produced by
services of Alcoholics Anonymous ance program , and the cost o f ru n Oregon history will be welcomed.
as the gentleman could make, under the circum the Atomic Energy commission w ere used a t the Salem institution ning the U.S. Mission to the U.N. “ We believe th at an enjoyable
ami the D epartm ent of N ational
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and profitable tim e can be enjoyed
stances.
to help inm ates recover.
Defense will he distributed by the
by the 'O ld-tim ers' who like to get
In our opinion, the engineering problem in O ffice of Civil M obilization to JOBLESS AID RECORD
to g eth er and exchange tales of
I nem ploym ent benefit paym ents
governors, mayors and C.D. of fl
A uxiliary E x p r e u e i Appreciation days gone by,” said Mr. G riffin.
volved would be mere childs play. If ditches and
eets in a few days. A eopv of the for the fiscal year ending Ju n e 30
"W e also believe th a t p articu lar
pipelines are found too expensive, the bureau
look may he is-produced for civil w ere the highest in the 14
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A nother Legion year draw s to profit can be had from such a
ians by the Oregon C.D.
experience o f the sta te unemploy- a close, a year which fo r the Ant- gathering by the younger gen era
can always haul the water in tank trucks, or
m ent com pensation commission, eriean Legion A uxiliary, has been tion and those who a re new to the
NO BUYING BULGE
hottie it and ship it south in box ears. It seems
The 1949-50 year totals a re over one o f service to our com m unity, area and its h isto ry .”
Rumors of a buyers bulge come
$26,000,000. In the 1948-49 fiscal particularly those on w h o m !
to us that the real problem is going to be in taking
to the s ta te p u rc h a sin g departm ent
The association a n t i c i p a t e s
year
paym ents am ounted to $12,- fortune has not smiled so kindly.
from all over Oregon. Exam ple:
this watei away from its present proprietors.
visitors
from Jackson County
It i, som ew hat doubtful if the
“ There is not a dealer in town that 902.000, or less than half of the
Historical association, who will
And getting down to the part of this scheme which has
am
ount
paid
in
the
year
ju
st
past,
average
person
fully
realizes
the
a new car for sale." Such s ta te
o f some o f the things they are
sounded the most grating note, we specifically m en ts evoke war shortage mem- Two factors contribute to the need o f the service which The tell
doing to preserve the history of
increase: The 1949 legislature in- A uxiliary is able to render, until Oregon fo r generations to come.
mean the Rogue.
A check made at key cities of creased minimum benefits to $21 a such tim e as they, through ad-
This same Bureau of Reclamation has ap the stute reveals th e re has been week from the form er $17 pay versity may become one o f those The dinner will be pot-luck, with
persons bringing a basket and their
1 ttle buying increase o f sugar, m in ts. The month o f F ebruary of less fo rtu n a te for a time,
proved plans for the Rogue Basin development
own table service. The nasociation
th
is
year
was
the
record
month
in
The
c
re
d
it
for
the
success
o
f
this
tir e s cai-s or o th e r items th at were
program; did the survey work, in fact. Just whose hard
COm™i8si°jn with
by * not at the door of will furnish coffee, su g ar and
to get dur ng most of W orld IZ n n n n o A
$5,000,000
paid
to
jobless
during
The
A
uxiliary
alone, but ra th e r to cream . The historical group stre ss
side are they on, anyhow? You can’t tell
W ar II Only a small part o f the
th
e
period
when
logging,
construe-
those
of
you
in our community es the fact that they welcome p a r
accelerated retad buying during
us there’s that much water in the Rogue. And
ticipation by all who are interested
the past ten days was due to the t.,on and other outdoor work was who have so thoughtfully respond-
m o u r history, w hether o r not
w hat about the Curry county fishermen? They’re
brought
down
to
a
minimum
by
ed
to
our
requests
for
assistance
Korean situation or the ap reh en
by donations o f food, clothing and they have received a personal in
already up in arms about the use of some Rogue
sión of World W ar III. It all adds unaccustom ed w inter weather.
vitation.
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up th at post w ar production in ANNUAL FORESTRY M EETING occasional financial and other ma-
water for power development, even if most of it
many lines has not yet caught up.
O regon's S tate board of forestry te ria ' cooperation.
Kjving, th at we have derived from
is put back. They are not going to like this new
WANT A FORESTRY BOOK?
at its m eeting held a t the capitol
W ith this thought in mind, may
idea a hit.
Oregon S tate College forestry last week proposed a memorial for- we as outgoing officers and com- I the service, the e ffo rt has been
qH'cialists
believe the new booklet est in honor of the late Nela Rog- m ittee members o f The American ' well w o « h while, for who knows
We don’t exactty have the figures at our
Your Trees a Crop” will become e rs, sta te forester. The details of Legion A uxiliary, take this oppor- whom will be in need o f th a t help
tomorrow?
finger-tips, hut we’d like to make a small sug a forest "b ib le” fo r farm ers the
proposal will be worked out and unity o f expressing our sincere
Dora Combest. Past P resident
throughout O regon’s Douglas fir I presented to the boat'd at the next appreciation o f your whole hearted
gestion that the bureau investigate the possibility
M
yrtle ( liffoi-d. Com m unity
belt.
special m eeting.
cooperation within the past year.
of making California some water out of Pacific
Service
“ It hi ings to every woodlot ow n
The board increased the rehabil-
J ° u have had the pleasure of
Ellen H artw ell, Child W elfare
Ocean. It would probably cost almost as much
er, w hether he has 10 or 10,000 itation budget fo r th e 1950-1951 —
acres, an opportunity to grow and fiscal year by $168,000, bringing
money, so they needn’t have any anxietv on that
m arket trees on a far more in it up to $473.000. Report* were
score, and there is all sorts of raw material on
tensive scale than he has ever made by S tate F o re ste r George
dream ed of before,” saya Col. S p au r on the cu rren t fire season
hand. During the war, huge evaporators were
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and on the spruce budworm sp ray
built on many of the Pacific islands to furnish
ing project which is the largest
water for communities of thousands; all vou
ev er made in the history of forest
D ear Mr. A b ern ath y :
protection
need is enough heat to make steam out of salt
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I d . .ke to thank you personally
E
xpediting
slash
burning
and
water, and some more salt water to cool the steam
tor the w onderful m anner in which th e necessity of cuttin g snags d u r
oft. Same principle as moonshine whiskey, except
you hand 1 ed the Girl Scout Day ing logging operations as a means
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Camp new spaper publicity.
o f reducing fires throughout the
t iiat your product doesn’t carry as much nourish
The cam p is really still in Us s ta te was urged by th e board.
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ment.
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infancy and any boost it gets
from the com m unity is greatly
With everyone standing around wondering
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w hat to do with atomic energy besides dropping it appreciated.
FOR THE
o
H e only wish we could publicly
on people, this would be an opportunitv to utilize thank Bill Raines of the Cave City
BEST
Market for his candy treat to the
the surplus heat from a few uranium pile reactors
ntire camp as he did last year too.
OF
to sec how well they work in harness. The hulk of
\n d the French la u n d ry in
the plant would not he a drawback, and nobody G rants Pass fi»r their paid ad on
■ he camps opening date.
worries about expense these days.
a
ths- entire com m unity
A L W A Y S GO TO
But whether they think much of our idea or gets Hoping
behind us next year — I am.
not. we’d like to warn the Californios to keep
Sincerely,
I
Mrs.
Louis
A
ller
hands off the Rogue; it’s spoke for.
‘ 619 East *H' St.
Grant» PaasJ
I ’a np Director
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twe people —
thro ug h
th e ik .
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in d iv id u a l in it ia t iv e
A N D T H R IF T .
ANOTHER MOVE ON OREGON’S RESOURCES
Capital Parade
Historical Ass’n Dinner
To Be Held July 9th
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