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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
MY VALENTINE!
Southern Oregon Miner
Published Every Friday at
167 East Main Street
ASHLAND, OREGON
Entered as second-class matter February 19, 1932.
at the postoffice at Jacksonville. Oregon, under
the act of March 3. 1879.
Application made for reentry as second class
matter at the post office at Ashland,
Oregon.
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PHONE ASHLAND 70
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Maybe Huey’s Not All Hooey!
Condemnation of Huey Long seems to
be a popular pastime in every part of
the country but Louisiana, where only
his avowed political rivals have declared
themselves as against the Kingfish.
However, after living through a very
recent and somewhat similar political
strife in Jackson county, the Miner is
going to be reluctant to judge either
Long or his foes from this distance.
True, it appears from press dispatches
that Long is easily at fault. But we re
member faintly such newspapers as the
Oregonian in our own Portland painting
the recent Llewellyn A. Banks as a mar
tyr and coloring the local picture much
differently than did those who were here
and who knew and understood the com
plete story.
It was for this reason the Miner
termed the Oregonian a “weathervane,”
and was in turn called a lot of things
itself, all because people and the press
judged too readily from a distance. They
absorbed the romantic, sensational side
of the question and followed the natural
inclination to blame constituted author
ity on Mr. Banks’ say-so.
The bayou-soaked state of Louisiana
is a long way from here. Mr. Long and
his governor represent constituted au
thority in his state. Perhaps there may
be reasons why Hooey Huey uses his ex
treme methods; perhaps not. Leastwise,
the old south is a different country than
the west, psychologies are at variance,
and remedies for existing problems that
fit the Pacific slope might not apply at
all down in a state where black men,
levees and moss-laden trees abound.
Whether Long be right or wrong, we
are going to be hesitant to judge. After
all, Louisiana’s problems should be for
Louisianans to decide. We of other sec
tions of the country would do better to
meddle less, lest we muddle more.
Huey’s hooey, if that’s what it is, will
out in the end anyway, without our pre
conceived prejudices being formed from
news accounts which must needs be
more or less one-sided.
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Sh-h-h! The Townsend Plan!
The burning question—and sometimes
the “buming-up” question—seems to be
Townsend old age pensions. It has been
whispered about that perhaps the South
ern Oregon Miner opposes such pay
ments, but undertoned conjecture need
be used no longer.
Although this newspaper is for secur
ity and comfort for the old folks, and
the speediest return to recovery in a
business way for all of us, still the Miner
has been unable to figure out just how
we’re going to dig up $24,000,000,000 a
year to give to about 10 per cent of the
population. When we have been con
vinced this sum can be dug up, without
providing a cure worse than the disease,
then the Miner’s editorial columns will
be pro-Townsend, and then some.
However, the Townsend plan is not so
much a question of whether we recog
nize the need of persons over 60 years,
or whether the man who has lived in
this country all these years is entitled to
some reward for not climbing into the
Ashland granite quarry and pulling a
pile of slabs down on his head. Many
persons who oppose the idea of giving
$200 a month to the aged are sincerely
recognizant of the need for some old
age pension provision. And it used to be
enough for us to believe that any citi
zen who wasn’t glad to live in the United
States during his natural life had better
depart for other shores.
Friday, February 8, 1935
I I
The Immortal
By J. C. REYNOLDS
:
As my thoughts upon this day incline
Toward the fashioning of a valentine,
There comes to mind a vision rare—
, A memory that my heart enthralls.
Of a girl, true-hearted, winsome, fair—
A girl who i3 dressed in overalls.
Sensible, clever and full of grit,
And never afraid to do her bit;
A "regular” girl who loves her work—
Who’s always "present” when duty calls,
Who never thinks of a way to shirk,
But tackles the job in overalls. '
In our last great war. as all men know,
And husband or lover had to go;
When brothers were battling at the front
And bravely facing the rifle-balls,
She was ready to do her little stunt
And climbed right into her overalls.
An honor and credit to her race,
She trips through life with a charming
grace,
Distributing sunshine on the way.
No hardship daunts—no fear appalls—
No timorous doubt may ever sway
The heart of the girl in overalls.
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óerryseueó speech .
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IM GIVING A PAQt
C>F Hl$ FH2ST IN-
AU6UÍ2AL APOßESS
Where does she live, this damsel fair?
All over our country, everywhere;
From the Hudson clear to the Golden
Gate—
From the sunny south to the north,
where falls
The heavy snow when the blizzards mate
You will find her there in her overalls.
ent form of government by force, and hold uppermost in our minds, according
they are commendable, timely moves.
to this little weekly’s notion, and that
But we sometimes wonder if our pat is the fact that Franklin Delano Roose
riotism isn’t a bit too dramatic, and not velt is the PRESIDENT of these United
enough in actuality. For instance:
States of ours! Mull that over in your
We see every day, in our dailies, ex mind; think what it means. Mr. Roose
tensive criticism of Roosevelt. He is be velt, the man we all have sworn to die
There will many a queen of fashion pray ing
panned, discussed, criticized, abused for, if necessary, and whose work most
For a kind remembrance on this day,
and burdened with tommyrot econom certainly will lead him to an untimely
As arrayed in silks and satins fine
ists, politicians and know-it-alls. And, grave, as it has all other presidents save
She sits in a cage with gilded walls ;
sadly enough, all this hokum and hoop- one.
But the queen who gets this valentine
tee-do meets either with the approval or
Wouldn’t our loyalty, our citizenship,
Is the girl who is clad in overalls.
amused interest of the great American ! seem a little more genuine if we would
patriot.
swear to live for the president a little,
So while we are choosing a valentine,
There is one thing we should always too?
The girl in the overalls is mine;
And when wc meet, wherever we’re at—
that the defendants herein. George
Lots 4 and 5. block 1, First
and Marie Schumach
Extension of South Sea Addi
On earth or in far Celestial Halls—
LEGAL NOTICES Schumacher
er, husband and wife; Howard
tion to the city of Medford,
With a great respect I’ll raise my hat,
Hill; L. A. Banka; W. B. Bar
Oregon.
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE num;
O. B. Morrow; L. D. Harris;
To the peerless girl in the overalls.
C. H. Taylor; W. H. Norcross; Don
gives to some, it must take from others.”
The money to pay the Townsend pension
idea must be paid to the government by
earners, to be given away to non-earn-
ers. Which would result, in actual prac
tice, in those persons not 60 years of age
(who couldn t go home and live off the
old folks) working for the pensioners.
It would be actual serfdom; slavery—
under a 1935 name.
The Miner has been warned “not to
say much about the Townsend plan” in
Ashland. Sentiment here is allegedly
crystallized solidly behind the idea of
everyone, or their immediate relatives,
receiving $200 a month free for nothing.
But if the Miner’s existence here, or
anywhere else, is going to depend on its
hypocritical dlence on such a topic, then
we might as well get started down the
road now as later, because we just can’t
figure how the nation can afford to set
aside 24 billion dollars out of a national
income which last year totaled only 47
billions.
When giving away fortunes which to
tal $48,000 in 10 years to the average
couple will balance the budget, restore
normalcy, end poverty, halt crime, do
away with charity, etc., etc., ad infin
itum, then it is high time the country
fall in step with Dr. Townsend. But there
are a lot of sincere, level-headed people
who do not believe such a scheme will
work. Their opinion is to be respected,
whether agreed with or not, and it is
with them that the Miner sides edi
torially.
Nevertheless, you Townsend fans who
believe otherwise are hereby extended a
special invitation to news columns of the
Miner for presentation of your cause.
This paper’s opinion is that of one per
son, but it is an honest opinion. You are
expected to believe as you yourself de
cide, and if you feel there is something
to be said in behalf of the $200-a-month
pension, your letters will be welcomed.
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And Yet We’d Die for Him!
As Clark Wood of the Weston (Ore
Several moves are afoot lately to ban
gon) Leader said last week, “govern
ment does not create wealth; what it ish those who would overthrow our pres-
By virtue of an execution in
foreclosure duly Issued out of and R. Newbury; George B. Carpenter;
Wortman, trustee of the es
under the seal of the circuit court J. F. of
L. A. Banks and Edith
of the state of Oregon, in and for tate
Banks, bankrupts; also all other
the county of Jackson, to me di persons
parties unknown claim
rected and dated on the 12th day ing any or
right,
estate, lien or
of January. 1935, in a certain suit interest in or title,
to
the
real estate
therein, wherein J. H. Butler as
herein, had on the 18th
plaintiff recovered a judgment described
of June, 1930, or now have in
against the defendants, George day
to the following described
Schumacher and Marie Schumach and
property, situated in the county
er, husband and wife, for the sum of
of $2500.00, plus interest at the wit: Jackson, state of Oregon, to-
rate of 7% per annum from the
17th day of December, 1932, plus
$200 00 attorney's fees, plus costa
and disbursements taxed herein in I
the amount of $47.90, plus inter
est on said judgment from the date
of the decree herein, which judg
ment was enrolled and docketed in
the clerk’s office of said court in
said county on the 12th day of
January, 1935,
Notice is hereby given that, pur
suant to the terms of the said
execution, I will on the 23rd day
of February, 1935, at 10:00 o’clock,
a m., at the front door of the court
house in the city of Medford, in
Jackson county, Oregon, offer for
sale and will sell at public auction
for cash to the highest bidder, to
satisfy said judgment, together
with the costs of this sale, subject
to redemption as provided by law,
all of the right, title and interest
Dated this 14th day of January,
1935.
SYD I. BROWN.
Sheriff of Jackson county, Oregon.
By HOWARD GAULT.
Deputy.
(Jan 18 25 Feb 1 8)
A dozen contortionists are on
the rolls of a New York relief
agency. Even in good times we
have seen them in pretty bad
shape. Weston Leader.
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