Friday, March 1, 1935
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Page 4
Southern Oregon Miner
Successor to
THE JACKSONVILLE MINER
Published Every Friday at
167 East Main Street
ASHLAND, OREGON
Entered as second-class matter February 15. 1935.
at the postoffice at Ashland. Oregon, under the
act of March 3, 1879.
I .RON A RD N HALL.......
Editor and Publisher
Just About Got ’Er Made!
What Is It?
By J. C. REYNOLDS
I’m just an average working man,
Of work I’m not afraid;
Of honest toil I’ve done my share,
My way I’ve always paid.
But when I found my job too hard.
To the Boss I’d promenade—
And I’d say, "Old Scout, just write 'er
out,
I’ve got mine made.”
PHONE ASHLAND 70
I’ve worked at ranches, mines and mills,
I’ve handled pick and spade;
And I never spoke for an easy place
Or a soft snap in the shade.
But when my job began to drag,
Washed Behind the Ears!
On
the Boss I’d make a raid—
To the weary motorist descending the
Oregon side of the Siskiyous, Ashland And I'd say. "Old Scout, just write ’er
out,
comes as a refreshing relief, a civic gem
along a highway which extends from I’ve got mine made.”
Mexico to Canada. Because of its unique,
well-planned arrangement, tourists re I’ve never spurned a busted man
member the Lithia City as distinct from Who called on me for aid;
I’ve helped a lot of needy guys
the dozens of other places they see.
This city’s famous park, her boule In the “down and out” brigade.
vard, her well-kept homes and yards But when my job went stale, I’d quit,
green with lawns and punctuated with Right up to the Boss I’d wade—
shrubbery and flowers give the passerby And I’d say. “Old Scout, just write ’er
out,
an atmosphere of rest, comfort and se
curity. But the well-kept appearance of I’ve got mine made.”
(Cbpnukt. w. M. C.)
the town does even more than that, psy
I
don
’
t
pretend
to
be
too
good,
chologically. It builds up an impression,
unconsciously, that the people who plan I hate a masquerade;
business and makes $2000 or 20
ned, who built and who care for the city I’m just an average working man
|H*r cent is a good business man
a Christian. But If he does a
Old Timer Talks! and
are as pleasing and well-ordered as their And make no grand parade.
billion dollars a year business and
But when I failed to suit the Boss
surroundings.
makes five per cent, or 50 million
By B. W. TALCOTT
dollars he is a grafter and a men
to
the
Editor
As Park Commissioner Dodge pointed While working at my trade,
Do you remember when the last ace to society. Why?
out in a talk Wednesday evening, Ash I’d say, “Old Scout, just write ’er out, I—-------------- --- —| stage coach went through Ash
land before the railroad was built ?
VEH. TAX THE AIK TOO!
land’s natural setting and her wise use I’ve got mine made.”
"You can hold a crocodile a
Did you know that Dan Cawley,
To the Editor:
who drove the first stage over the mouth closed with one hand,"
of this setting to create what is con
While such a hullabaloo is being Siskiyous about 1856 dniv the naturalist declares Still, we would
ceded the prettiest natural park in this Some day, across the Great Divide,
made all around the place concern lust stage in 1885, when the not want to give even a little
ing the best and most efficient railroad was completed ?
crocodile a great big hand Wes
country has made the city and its people I’ll hit the trail and fade;
method of raising additional taxes,
ton Leader.
Did
you
know
it
wax
pulled
by
distinctive wherever there is apprecia I’ll leave this dinky little earth
allow me to point out a very sim six white horses? (Picture in
ple solution right at hand, which Miner office window.)
tion for the beautiful, the tidy and the Where I so long have stayed.
apparently has been overlooked by
But
I
’
ll
not
fret
when
Death
arrives,
harmonious. Lithia park pays Ashland
the distributors of brainy ideas
Do you remember when a cer- ■ TRY THE TRAIN
who are at present attempting to tain type of women's coat wax .
dividends each time a stranger or out Or be the least dismayed—
do our thinking for us.
a redingote. The coat has
sider passes through its soothing, shad I’ll say, “Old Scout, just write ’er out, As every known commodity has i called
been in and out of style ever since
I’ve got mine made.”
been thoroughly examined and but the name is coming back
ed acres.
taxed for as much as the traffic again. Usually styles come back
Just as surely as a person’s counte
would bear, with the exception of with a new name.
nance reflects his thoughts and habits, advisable in governmental expenditures the air we breathe and part of our
what could be easier or
FABLES FROM LIFE
does a city’s appearance reveal its char as they are in private enterprise. There water,
more expedient than to slap a
Patrick and Terrance O'Brien
acter to the world. It is little wonder is a need among the ranks of the aged small per capita tax on the at were iron moulders in Ireland.
They came to America but failed
that up and down the Pacific slope the for sustenance, and $30 a month will mosphere.
Let each one of our 120,000,000 to write back home Some years
name Ashland is synonymous with dig provide necessities. Those who seek population
be examined as to lung later their cousin Mike McGann
capacity and charged accordingly, came to America and thought he
nity, peace, beauty.
more than that at this time have no at so much per thousand cubic would have no trouble in locating
One can feel nothing but respect, ad right to incorporate pleas for the aged feet.
them but searched in vain. One |
Children under six half-price, of day he saw a stove, "Patented
miration and friendliness for a towns into their arguments for a $200 a month
course, and over that up to the 1856" was cast in the hearth.
When you go to California, try
people who have created and maintained pension.
age of 12 a trifle more.
"Pat and Ted. That's the year j
the train! Big change« have taken •
Twenty-five cents could be they came over," ejaculated Mike
a community so beautiful and so com
place on our rail*. Pullman
charged for such examination, "Howly Mither," said he, "the
charge« are a third leit than
fortable as Ashland.
which would produce 40 million boys must have a factory of their j
last year. Rail fare« arc touching
And because of this, there is a dis
dollars to start off with and the own." Presently he saw a plow. !
bottom at 2t a mile and lei*.
stream of money derived That bore the inscription "Patent
Complete tneal« in CUT dining
tinct obligation on the part of newcom Mister, Can You Spare A Whine? steady
from the tax itself should be suf ed." Again he marveled. How his
car« cost a* iiul« ai HOf. For de
ers to become a harmonious, consistent
ficient
to
pay
the
national
debt
tail«, ice your local agent or
cousins must have prospered and
Much too often one hears the defense, and keep it paid in future.
write J. A. Ormandy, 704 Pacific
spread out.
blend with in picture.
Laws governing the collection of
in court, that jailing means the county
Building, Portland, Oregon.
Find the moral for yourself If
taxes from delinquent air users
<L
or city will have to “care for my family.” and the amount of tax per person you can.
be passed by congress, ax
$30 Is $30, Dr. Townsend!
Under such circumstances the defendant could
I notice they spell it “cole Southern Pacific
well as an extremely high tariff on slaw" In cook books now. It wax ,
It was good news to most Oregonians generally is released after gushing all
air, brought in or imported originally "cold xlaw" in distinc- I
DON'T NEGLECT YOUR EV EM
—save those who seek $200 or nothing— promises to do better. But, more often from foreign countries.
tion from "hot slaw" which is |
No
patriotic
citizen
would
fail
to
EXAMINATION FREE
prepared
the
same
but
wilted
by
|
when Governor Martin announced his than not, he does worse.
endorse such a beneficent meas seating without being cooked. It
GLASSES FITTED
plan to provide $30 per month for the
ure, especially if guaranteed that was much used in the days when
Having gotten by with a bluff, he all
furnished by the govern we did not have summer vege
aged and unemployable, $15 of which takes advantage of the situation and ment air would
DR. ROSEMAN
be strictly fresh and
al) winter.
53 3rd Street
Phone 199-R
will come from federal funds, the bal next time the person is haled before the not contaminated by the poison tables
A man who does $10,000 a year
ous,
heated
variety
of
gas,
ex
ance to be made up from a state-county court he again assumes an attitude of haled in such enormous quantities
pension fund.
of our politicians.
half persecution, half poverty and starts by some would
give employment to
Although $30 per month is no flood mumbling things about hungry babies at This
least 20 million persons who
of silver, or answer to every needy per and a starving wife.
would be eager to accept govern
ment positions as inspectors of the
son’s hope, still it is a considerable in
filtered product.
Which,
in
a
large
proportion
of
the
crease over what has been available in
Heretofore our common class
the past. It is a plan which should be cases, is just a lot of bosh, bluff and has been allowed to inhale the
same kind of air as the millionaire
encouraged and welcomed, for it will go baloney.
element free of charge, which
Why
a
man
who
has
been
convicted
doesn't seem to be right when our
far in the right direction toward solving
needs the money for ex
distressing problems for aged unfor of some offense for which a punishment country
penses, etc., etc., etc.
is prescribed should be turned loose just
J. C. REYNOLDS.
tunates.
The $30 per month pension as pro because the county or city will have to
Our savings department offers you
GILLMORE
posed in Oregon, to be paid only to those feed him or his dependents is beyond us.
the facilities for paying annual expenses
BROS.
aged with no means of support, and un Suppose he does have a family and a
such as taxes and insurance on the in
87 First Street
ravenous
appetite.
Provision
has
been
employables, is the logical answer to the
IxK-al Ageijts
stallment plan rather than in one lump
Townsend demand for $200 for everyone made to care for the needy and feed
FARMERS AUTOMOBILE
Inter-Insurance
Exchange
sum.
prisoners
and
the
thought
occurs
that
over 60.
In the first place, the federal govern perhaps, in administering a few lessons
Here’s how it can be done: Open a spe
ment and the state can combine to pay, to habitual offenders, it might be money
HOME OF
cial bank account. Deposit each month
without undue strain, the $30 a month well spent.
One of the most striking weaknesses
pension. It has none of the elements of
a twelfth of the annual amount you have
in
the argument about hungry children
gamble in human nature of the Town
to
pay out for these items.
PURE HOUSE PAINT
send plan, and it does fill a crying need and worried wives when bluffing the
Also Full Line of
court out of a jail sentence is the de
for special relief to the aged.
We pay you 21/3% compound interest
Wallpajier, Paints and
Conscientious persons of Oregon, if fendant’s very apparent lack of sincer
Varnishes
on the amounts deposited — and when
the $30 pension materializes, should dis ity. He has found an argument, a
your taxes or insurance are due, you
play their good citizenship by withdraw clincher, that always works. Were he
have the cash to pay for them!
ing intolerant demands for an excessive so filled with remorse at his family’s
House
of
Color
pension idea as that advanced by Dr. plight he might better have been show
Townsend. They should make the most ing it in deeds outside the courtroom.
of Governor Martin’s plan and accept
Where the situation at home is acute,
$30 as a welcome improvement. It will leniency and help should be proferred
average about a 200 per cent increase without hesitation, but this old gag of
Paints That Last
OF ASHLAND
over that now being paid by Oregon “If you jail me my wife and kids will
FATHER TIME TELLS
QUALITY
FIFTY-ONE YEARS OLD IN 1935
counties.
starve or be on the county” is a hack
Phone 172
After all, sanity and caution are as neyed, abused escape from punishment.
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