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FRIDAY JULY 24, 1936 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 4 Southern Oregon Miner Brad's Bit O’ Verse Succeiwor to By CLEM BRADSHAW THE JACKSONVILLE MINER 1‘ubhxhed Every Friday at UH East Main Street ASHLAND, OREGON Entered as aecond-claaa matter February 15, 1985, at the postoffice at Ashland, Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Clean Bradshaw ....... Roper Greeted at Exposition IN THE LIMELIGHT Editor and Publisher Each day upon the printed page We see a pictured face, Some potentate or king or sage, Some hero of the race. Somebody makes a daring sprint To scale the heights of fame. And that same eve the papers print His picture and his name And praiBe his deeds in high degree And wreathe his noble brow— But who will in the limelight be Some seven days from now? PHONE ASHLAND 70 Subscription Rates, in Advanee: One Year...... „....... $1.00 Six Months.. »........... 50c NEED FOR BUILDING CODES New construction—both residential and non-residen- tial-which has been an event of the last year, places a definite responsibility upon every community. That responsibility is to pass and enforce adequate building codes designed to prevent fires. Most of the larger cities of the country have building codes—though some of them are out of date and entire ly inadequate for modern conditions. In smaller com munities, there are often no building codes at all. A man can erect a firetrap that will endanger his neigh bor and there is no law to stop him. It is obviously better to prevent a fire than to extin guish one after it is started. And nothing does more for fire prevention than a building code “with teeth in it.” Such a code has been prepared by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, and has been adopted in many areas. It should be adopted universally. Good building does not necessarily mean expensive building. Certain materials and designs will retard the start or spread of fire where others, perhaps more expensive, will not. It is possible that many sub standard buildings are erected without their owners knowing that they are taking needless risks. They simply don’t know how to build safely-and don’t take the trouble to find out. Any town lacking a modern building code should remedy the situation at the earliest possible time. Every existing code should be revised periodically, for like an automobile or a suit of clothes, it can get out of date. Equally important, the code must be enforced aggressively and without fear or favor—an unenforced law is worse than none at all. ---------- 1---------- THE SAVED HOMES AND FARMS Oregon farmers are being saved more than half a million dollars a year in interest payments alone. They are saved the possession of their farms and the contin ued occupancy of their homes. A record has been prepared by the Farm Credit ad ministration’s regional office at Spokane. It covers the period from May, 1933, to January of this year. The record comprises a sheet of figures, but never did figures tell a more human story. In the period of a little more than 2y2 years. 4998 farmers in Oregon refinanced, through the Farm Cred it administration, a total debt of $23,629,374 with loans that aggregate $20,500,143. The old debt bore an av erage interest rate of 6.7 per cent. The farm credit loans bear 5 per cent, interest and less. Thus, the sav ings on interest alone are $558,163. But the saving of a home involves something beyond money. It is happiness, contentment and hope. It means work, production and security. It banishes worry, foreboding and despair. And the Federal Land bank report is accompanied by information that, as recovery progresses, payments by farmers are more promptly made, the delinquency is less and the soundness of the loans on lands in Ore gon is demonstrated over and over again. Oregon Journal II- COPPER IN 1935 Recent official figures concerning the experience of the copper industry in 1935 show that the mines made substantial progress. According to the U. S. Bureau of Mines, large in creases were noted in mine, smelter and refinery pro duction of the red metal, being more than 50 per cent higher than in 1934 Production in 1935 was the larg est since 1931. The average price of copper was slightly higher in 1935 than in 1934, and domestic consumption was sub stantially greater. There was an appreciable decline in surplus stocks of the metal, always an encouraging sign. The industry still has a long way to go before it reaches a level that can be called normal—but it seems to have shaken off the paralysis that gripped it for several years following 1929. We can't recall who held the stage That many days ago; We don’t know who was on first page With headlines all aglow; These modern doings are so swift, And men are soon forgot; Their names go outward on the drift And leave no vacant spot. Today a new one greets our gaze. No matter why, or how— But who will have the limelight blaze Some seven days from now? • Look at the pictured face today, And put the paper by; Tomorrow some new visage gay Upon the page you’ll spy. Another hero takes his place— Thus one by one they pass; Each day we see some pictured face Adorn the has-been class. Today the plaudits glad and loud, The praise that lands endow— But who will to the limelight crowd Some seven days from now? Forest Growth And Depletion How much wood the forest land of western Oregon and western Washington produces each year, and how much it is capable of pro ducing under improved manage ment. are questions that can now be answered dependably, ac cording to Thornton T. Munger, director of the Pacific Northwest forest experiment station. The staUon has just completed th« growth phase of a detailed sur vey of the region's forest re sources and is issuing a report, prepared chiefly by W. H. Meyer and P. A. Briegleb, on "Forest Growth in the. Douglas Fir Re gion’. The regional forest survey, part of a nation-wide project, locally under the direction of H. J. An drews, made a study of the deple tion of existing forest resources by cutting, fires, wind storms, and insect epidemics. As a result, accurate and complete information is now available for the Douglas fir region as to the extent of tim ber lands, the volumes of the ex isting forest stands, their ages, density, productive capacity of the lands, and the quantities of timber that are being cut and otherwise killed. Previous research had revealed tbb rates at which Douglas fir second-growth stands of normal density grow grow ajt various ages on sites of varying qualities; and the rates for hardwoods were de termined by new studies, applica tion of these growth rates being made to inventory data. Results show just how nearly, in this re gion, the forest is holding its own against present inroads, and indi cate to what degree, if present trends continue, it will sustain the demands of the future. -------- y-------- VETERANS, AUXILI.IARY PLAN TO HOLD PICNIC The Veterans of Foreign War and the Auxiliary will hold a picnic at Floyd Crosslin’s home on Neil creek Sunday, July 26. Those at tending are asked to bring basket lunch and service DAKOTANS WILL BE HERE SUNDAY Former residents of North and South Dakota now residing in southern Oregon are to meet in Lithia Park here this coming Sun day for a reunion picnic. Mr. and Mrs. Will Gates and family called on Ashland friends Sunday while enroute to their home in Medford from a visit at Buokhorn Lodge. --------- K--------- —YOU SAW IT nr TBB MINOR CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES MI IFE” was the subject of I j the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ. Scientist, on Sunday. July 19. The Golden Text was, "And thia Is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent" (John 17: 3). Among the citations which com prised the Lesson-Sermon was the following from the Bible: ‘‘And thin is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son” (1 John 6: 11). The IxMieon-Sermon also Includ ed the following correlative pass age* from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures", by Mary Baker Eddy: ‘“This is life •ternal,’ says Jesus,— is, not shall be; and then he defines everlast ing life as a present knowledge of bis Father and of himself,—the knowledge of Love, Truth, and Life. ’This is life eternal, that they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Tbou hast sent.’ ’’ (p. 410). >E< RETARY R< iTr.lt Al F Alli. -.Secretary ot Tornm,-rre Daniel G. .«per is shown above, left, a» he arrived In Dallas June 6 for the pening of the »26.000.000 Texas Centennial Exposition. He Is being »reeled by Gov. James V. Allied, with whom h- participated in tbe ;>ening ceremonies from county agricultural agents, goes into considerable detail in re spect to the various commodities, giving data on production, prices and other information of value to farmers in planning their product ion and marketing program. A new feature in the report just is sued is a table showing the usual seasonal trend of farm prices in Oregon for several of the moat im portant products marketed from this state. KALL DEPOSES SPINACH AH KING OF AU. GREENS maintenance, are, upon experimen tation, often found to be leas val uable than wus supposed, because not ull of the elements contained were available for the utilization of the body, Miss Fincke says The type of kale most often used for fcxsl is the curly type, she adds, but the common field va riety generally grown for poultry and livestock feed is very palata ble if used when young and tender and properly cooked The latter, in fact, was used in the exjx-ri- merit. ------- 1------- TURKEY RAIMERS Spinach is a deposeo monarch of TO HOLD MEET iue "leafy" vegetable world, and kale has taken its place because the calcium content a. the latter is mure available for bodily use, says ■ miss Margaret L. Fincke, associate ■ professor of foods and nutrition at o. s. c. Miss Fincke, who startled the fathers and muuters of the nation by stripping the crown from King Spinach at the recent convention of the American Home Economics association at Seattle, explains that while there is little difference in the calcium content of spinach and kale, research conducted by herself and Miss Alta Garrison, assistant professor of f<ssis and nutrition at O. S C, shows that calcium an important teeth and bon« building element- is only 70 to 75 per cent available in spinach, while in kale it is 90 to 95 per cent available for the use of the hu man body. Hermiston,—■Turkey ralx-rs nnd buyers from Salt ljike City, Ixx Angeles and Portland are expected for the annual meeting of the Ore gon Turkey Growers ass<K'latlon here August 21 and 22, John Jen- drrajewakl, president, said Wed nesday. A tour of the Hermiston turkey belt will take place the second day during which extensive research in turkey feeding and treatment, un der way at the Hermiston experi ment atation, will be explained by H K. Dean, superintendent. -------- 1-------- —YOU HAW IT IN THE MINER Pool — Bwr — Soft Drinks — Cigarettes Tobaccos • The experimentation conducted by Miss Fincke and Miss Garri son was carried on with women as the subjects, anti their findings confirmed earlier results obtained in experimenting with rats During the past few years re search workers have become in The sharpest advance in the terested in the fact that many general Oregon farm price index foods, known to be rich in various for a long time wes registered elements essential to growth and from mid-May to mid-June, with further increase indicated at mid July. This is one of the outstand ing facts shown in the most re cent report on the agricultural situation by the OSC extension service. The increase in the index was from 68 per cent of the 1926 1930 average up to 73, or a 7 per cent gain in one month. Two principal reasons account for the rapid advance in prices for a good many farm products and foods, according to the report. These are serious drought damage PHONE 24 to crops east of the Rockies and stronger industrial activity and demand conditions in this country and in most foreign countries. In respect to demand, the re port says that business activity was at a higher level in June than at any time tor several years, bringing the average of industrial activity for the first half of 1936 to 12 per cent above the first half of lbdS. The principal drought belt ex tends from the northern Great Plains in a southeasterly direction to the south Atlantic coast. The final outcome depends now very much on how corn and other late maturing crops come out. With Auk your garagman or mechanic to show you the JOHNS- rains not too long delayed yields MANSFIELD Brake Service Recommendation Chart of such crops might still be fairly good, but gross production of farm products this year is already cer tain to fall materially below early season prospects. 40 N. Main Street Ashland, Oregon The circular, which is available On Oregon Farms BLUE BIRD CLUB 347 E. Main Street Ashland, Oregon. I * What Ashland Makes, Makes Ashland • PASTEURIZED MILK ASHLAND CREAMERY RUTTER SHASTA ICE CREAM CHURNED BUTTERMILK - - - 10c per gal. ASHLAND CREAMERY TWENTY FIVE GRAND ••• is a lot to pay----just because the relining of bra kes had been delayed too long. But that was the amount of a judgement awarded a woman for in juries suffered when her car was smashed into by a truck. A few dollars invested in good brake lining might have enabled the unfortunate driver to bring his truck to a safe stop. HARRISON PARTS CO.
