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February 7,1936 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER I Southern Oregon Miner SPORT SHORTS Nun r .a o r lu By Bill Hulen ♦ to the Editor HIM. JACKSONVILLE MINER Published Every Friday al 107 East Mala Ntreet ANH1.AND, OREGON What's the matter with Oil- gon ? Thai questiono, tossed about among basketball fans with com ¡»arative mildness after the Web loots double loss to Washington’s mitered as second-class mutter February 15, 1935, Huskies two weeks ago, lias now »1 the postoffice at Ashland, Oregon, under the become a veritable mystery in act of March 3, 1879. the Northwest It was possible, fans figured, Publisher» 1 lent Biudsliuw uik I Nona that Hobby’s giants could lose a couple to Washington at Seattle PHONE AHHIJiND 70 but just wait 'till those Huskies faced Howell, Patterson, Liebo- S ulmm . t ipllun Kates, in Advance witz, el al, at Eugene It’d be a *ue I mu >1 OU Six idonltis Oregon’s different story then » — I ■ — ■ - — mighty power would then assert ABRAHAM LINCOLN itself. Well Washington forced those big Webfoot guns on their own battle Next Wednesday will be celebrated the birthday oi ground, ami after two games last Abraham Lincoln, who ha« been called “The Great Friday and Saturday nights, those big guns were mere cap pistols, Commoner.” Lincoln* once remarked that God must aixl most of the ¡sipulatlon of Ore have loved the common people, or He would not have gon was tiguritlvely tearing its made so many of them. Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, hair over the downfall of the potential basketball team in which he used the expression “government of the greatest in the Webfoot school's history M^ople, for the people and by the people,” is still reciteu Oregon now, with four losses, .t patriotic gatherings. Here is another quotation, is practically eliminated from the division Coast Confer from one of his addresses made in 1864: “I desire so to northern ence race, and many are the the conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the ories advanced here in Ashland as end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, 1 to the reason for the breakup of the Webfoots We can't figure it have lost every friend on earth, I shall at least have out, down here For three years one friend left, and that friend shall be inside of me.” Howard Hobson, while at Normal Conscience was his guide and love of humanity was the had teams that were just about lops on the coast. Those same star by which he charted his course of action. players that made up those teams are now al Oregon ,and the mys tery deapena when It is realized CHAMBER OF COMMERCE that in addition to Howell, pat- lerson, Courtney, McLean, Scott, Gorden MacCracken, secretary of the Ashland Budd Jones .Willard Jones, and chamber of commerce, has set forth in his report to th<* Kay Jewel, Hobson has Liebowitz, l> wis and Silver, letter- board of directors the problems of that civic organiza Rourke, men from last year, from which tion. The report shows a mighty fine recotd of work to mould a team. accomplished, despite the fact of depleted funds. The It seems impossible that the could do anything but membership is not as great as it should be for a aity Webfoots WALK into the Coast Champion of this size and importance. In common with other ship And instead of that, they cities, membership has decreased during the past few have tumbled and wild passed years. And with that decrease the necessary funds themselves right out of the picture entirely. have also decreased. Every business man, and for that Grounuless theorizing, w<‘ matter every citizen, is vitally interested in having the that it must be dissention We can local chamber of commerce able to function in a larger imagine how some of these last year's lettermen might feel to see way. Personal animosities should be forgotten for the a bunch of giants boom in from a good of the community. The membership should be at mere Normal school to Jerk them least doubled. The city that has team work is the one from their first stnng positions, Especially newcomers who had that forges ahead. been the n« w coaches' ‘boys' for a couple of ytars They mightn't like I it a bit. those lettermen, and not WASN’T Ml CH LEFT Uking it, they could cause plenty of bad team feeling in more ways A Port land newspaper recently published the fol then one. lowing interesting item: “John F Birmingham died in We may be wrong, probably are. but knowing Hobson, we can’t im Jackson county without known heirs. His estate, ap agine any team of his not being praised at $2405.75. escheated under the law to the in shape, which reason some have state school fund. When the school fund finally receiv advanced for their downfall. According to the newspaper re ed the escheated estate it had, under the processes of ports and radio broadcasts of the the probate court and the fees allowed in its settlement Washington games, Oregon passed dwindled to a pitiful $10.83. What is the spectacle, wildly, shot wildly, and was ut unable to work the ball in when an escheat estate of $2405.75 shrinks under the terly for cripples Which, in our poor court procedure to a beggardly $10.83! The facts were mind, certainly points to lack of recently made public by Rufus Holman, state treasur- team play, lack of confidence in team mates and a general case of er. jitters. Which could be caused by dissention easier than anything else. INFLATION ——------ • Mr and Mrs Robert Pinson of Representative Patman and other liberals are mak Dunsmuir recently purchased a ing a fight to have the bonus payment made in green 1936 Chevrolet sedan from the Kay backs. There’s enough gold and silver in the U. S. treas Chevrolet company. and Harry Van ury so that the greenbacks could be backed by those • Avery Trask Dyke of Klamath Falla visited metals. The standpatters call such a move as that, in friends in Ashland Sunday. flation. But for that matter, they call the bonus pay • Mr and Mrs. E. A. Tonner and ment inflation no matter how it is paid. The liberals in Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Madden vis ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs ¿ongress say they want to deny bankers their usual J. D. Rickert in Medford Sunday. *ake-off. The liberal bloc is for currency expansion • Mr. and Mrs. "Bud” Gandee are the parents of a 7 pound son, Ken- and against further piling up of taxes. na Charles, born Saturday, Feb ruary 1. COMING RIGHT ALONG • Art Goss is now employed at the Plaza Cafe, taking the place "Huck” Williams, who is now While Chairman O’Connor of the powerful house of with the Southern Pacific and is rules committee is fussing around and spouting for a living in Dunsmuir, California. congressional investigation of the Townsend Plan, the Townsend movement is coming right along. New clubs are organizing in all parts of the country and new members are being added to the clubs already organ ized. It seems that the standpatters are just beginning to realize the strength of the movement. And the more they investigate, the faster that movement will grow. Mrs Orville Glick of Klamath Falls was here Sunday to visit her son, Stanley Glick, who is a stu dent at the normal school. ------------ •------------ Mrs. Ida K. Friet of 756 Town street went to Medford Friday and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich on N. Central The ladles were school mates in Dakota. ------------ •------------ Mrs. J. W. Pruett and grand daughter, Zavlve Tester, of Med ford, visited Ashland and Talent friends the early part of the week. -----•----- Mr. and Mrs. Homer Elhart were in Portland the latter part of last week, where Mr. Elhart at tended a convention of Norge re frigerator dealers. Ix»nas Insured by FHA under the Modernization program during the last five months of 1935 have showed a tremendous gain over the same period in 1934. Notes in sured during the five months of 1934 totaled 720,65« and in the closing five months of 1935 the total was 420,256, an increase of more than 347,000 transactions. ------------ •------------ Mr. and ,..rs. Doug Pucket, son and daughter and her sister, Mr and Mrs. Nels Carlson, all of Ke- no spent Saturdal night and Sun day with the ladies' parents, Mr and Mrs Chas. Gray of Iowa I street. Mrs Gray and little grand daughter returned home with them and will visit there and at Klamath FallH for several weeks before returning home. LETTERS 4 ' • Dr. and Mrs J. L. Woodin of J Clatskanie. Oregon stopped in Ashland Sunday while enroute to [ New Orleans Dr Woodin is a former Ashland resident and in a graduate of the Ashland high school Editor Southern Oregon Miner: Al the present time there are two major problem» before the American people which will have to be decided in the near future. One has to do with the Townsend Old Age Pen»ion Plan and the other ia in regard to the Supreme Court. Not »Ince the Dred Scott decision by thi» court ha« there been ho much comment pro and con as ha» the decision over the A A. A by which decision it has at last laid itself open for another onslaught. Are the adverse re mark» agairiMt it justified ? The nine member» of this court are selected first of all, surely, for their fitness for the place, All eminent jurists, no one doubts All competent to pass on points of law upon any subject, including the Constitution of the United States Just the other day this greatest of courts rendered a de cision on the validity of the A A A in which three of them decided the law came within the limits of the Constitution and six said it was in violation of the Constitu tion. In this decision it says in substance, we do not all read the same meaning into this old docu ment else why this difference of opinion ? The difference is very pronounced. When some nine men can not agree on this instrument what uoes that mean to the aver age man? There is only one ans wer broad enough to ansewer that question and judging from this last decision, the Constitution is just what the judges say it is. Al so it declares our Constitution is a very flexible document when six jurists can read one interpretation into it and three other equally qualified jurists can read into it another interpretation. But it must be considered an orthodox decision and with good reasons for so doing Chief Justice Hughes, when governor of New York, made the statement, quot ing him, "We are under a consti tution. but the Constitution is what the judges say it is." That being so. we would be justified in saying there are other elements to be consideied along with the Con stitution, which govern the decis ion of judges. We should look at what the gov ernment has done to promote the welfare of other institutions and then ask if the farmer should not be enticed to some of the Gener al Welfare as well. The govern ment has aided the banks, the rail roads and many other big institutions Just why is it consti tutional to help big business and unconstitutional to help agricul- ture arid labor? To all intents and purpose» the very heart of the leg islation of the 74th congress is to be relegated to the scrap heap. Seemingly, the better plan in the future would be for Congress to submit all laws passed by them to the Supreme Court for ratification before the President affixes his name thereto. This would save much expense and embarrasment, but of course will not be done But here is the question that will ultimately have to be met, ‘Are we going to let our duly el ,__________ ected representatives make our laws or will the Supreme Court take over that function?" —J. W. Holden Young Democrats Make Nominations At a meeting held Monday night in Medford the Young Democratic club of Jackson county nominated officers. Election will be held at a meeting Thursday, February 20, at 8 p. m , as the date of meetings after next Monday has been chang ed to Thursday nights. The following were nominated: Jack Murray, president; Joe Win kler, Paul Luy and Marjorie Kel ly, vice president; Jack Marshall and Hal Platt, secretary; Jean Fabrick, treasurer. There was a good attendance at the meeting and 18 new members were registered. The meeting next Monday night is to be addressed by Mr and Mrs. Edward Kelly, formerly of Washington, D. C. Brad's Bit O’ Verse By CLEM BRADSHAW ♦ ---- LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY Let’s pause amid our work this day, Our schemes of dividends and pay, Our luring chase of cent per cent, Our grasp for profit, gain, and rent, To thank the great all-knowing Plan For one grand, lone, and fearless man. Let’s quit our bickering and strife A moment mid our busy life; Forget the traffic and the roar. The tides of trade that madly pour, The shams of rivalry and pelf, The tricks of greed, the love of self, The fight for wealth, the lust of toll, And think of one unselfish soul. The transient walls of earthly fame Can ne’er encompass Lincoln’s name; It spreads its splendor on the sky, A memory that shall never die. Great loving heart, brave pioneer, The sport of many a thoughtless jeer, A man who looked with faith sublime Across the desert space of time And sensed the bright and shining grace Of freedom for the human race. Let’s put our petty strifes away, And honor Lincoln’s natal day. Let’s dedicate ourselves anew To all that’s noble, good, and true. WART, THE SPEED COP (Continued Next Week) By Dr. W. Oeser I.EE lb* Luxe TIKES and FACTORY FRESH BATTERIES at Mail Order, Chain Store and Company Station Prices. 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