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Southern Oregon Miner
Tragedy of Living
Published Every Friday at 165 Ea»t Main Street
ASHLAND, OREGON
PHONE ASHLAND 170
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AND HUMAN BEINGS GET AW AY WITH IT!
Yesterday was America’s observed occasion for
thanksgiving ... it was a day of relaxation, of heavy
eating, of fun and frolic, flavored with moments of
remembrance of the deeply-rooted conviction that we
should be appreciative of the things we have.
The Miner .among others, was very thankful.
We were thankful because people can be such fools
and still get along.
We were thankful because human beings, with all
their faults and shortcomings, have gotten away with
it and still dominate the earth.
We were thankful that we can make so many mis
takes in our business and still eat turkey on Thanks
giving day, and still pay the rent and have a few nick
els left to fool away.
We were thankful that there are such good places
to live as southern Oregon and Ashland, and thankful
because we were privileged to claim to many fine peo
ple as friends.
And, finally, we were most thankful because we
belong to that specie of life—human beings—which
reaps the best, flatters itself the most, and contributes
the least to the holy scheme of things.
Perhaps we did catch the Thanksgiving spirit yes
terday, at that.
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WHY CLING TO HORSE-AND-BUGGY HABITS?
With the annual scramble tor motor vehicle license
plates already upon us, it might be a good time to
suggest that the state of Oregon observe methods of
license plate distribution used with success by a num
ber of other commonwealths.
In practice, a license plate is a commodity pur
chased just the same as are postage stamps, and should
be handled the same way. The idea of continuing the
old-fashioned red-tape entangling the securing of a
couple pieces of tin is both wasteful and a nuisance.
An increasing number of states have adopted the
custom of distributing license plates by freight to the
several counties and license-issuing bureaus for dis
tribution to motorists direct. Thousands of dollars in
postage could be saved by the state, distribution of the
tags would be made easier and quicker and, in addi 1
tion, a simple system could be worked out whereby the
residence county, as well as state, could be indicated
on the plates. This can be done either by allotting cer
tain blocks of numbers to each county, or by the addi
tion of the county name on each set of plates.
In those states using local distribution of plates it
is no more trouble to walk into the sheriff’s office, or a
motor vehicle department office and buy license plates
than it is to make application for plates in Oregon.
The procedure is the same, except that motorists are
handed their tags at the time of purchase and, if dead
line is near at hand, they are not required to pay an
extra quarter for a temporary sticker while their ap
plication and remittance are forwarded to the state
capital for completion of the issuing procedure.
Much lost motion could be eliminated, the terrific
congestion resulting from centralization in the state
license bureau could be cut to a minimum and the mot
orist would have his plates the moment he paid for
them. There is no doubt but that important savings
could be made by eliminating the duplication of effort
on the part of application offices and the state office.
It is just as simple to hand an applicant a set of
tags as it is to hand him a receipt, and by a little re
vision of an inefficient procedure the annual ordeal of
issuing license plates to motorists in Oregon could be
simplified and money could be saved.
Pair Of Inebriates
Arrested and Fined
Presnail also levied $10 and costa
against Bartlett, who is sitting it
out, also, in the city bastile. Both
men plead guilty to the charges.
Drunkenness
on
Ashland's
streets will not be tolerated. Not
by a jugful, and last week-end two
imbibers made the city jug.
They were Edward J. Larmie,
64, granite polisher who was ar
rested Thursday night for being
drunk and disorderly, and H. Wil
liam Bartlett, 59, drunk on a pub
lic street, arrested Friday after
noon. Larmie was fined $15 and
costs and sentenced to five days
in dail, and was to “work” out his
fine at $2 a day. Judge C. O.
John Franklin Arnold died Wed
nesday, November 18, at the Cove
ranch. He was born at Ports
mouth, O., May 18, 1855, and is
survived by his wife, Sarah Ar
nold. Funeral services were held
at 2 p. m. Friday from the Dodge
funeral home with the Rev.
Adolph Johnson of Medford of
ficiating. Interment was in Steams
cemetery, Talent.
JOHN FRANKLIN ARNOLD
My Neighbor
Chinese ginger jars covered with
woven struw make lovely bowl« for
a few flower*. They come in gray-
green tones.
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When lettuce it being prepared for
the tnble it If alwuy* advisable m
break off the midrib, at that is
likely to be bitter.
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In itoring away old tcrapt of ma
terial. place them in a bag made of
an old net curtain, then the detired
piece will be aasily seen when
wanted.
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Entered as second-class matter February 15, 1935, at the postofftc*
at Ashland, Oregon, under the act of March 3. 1879.
Editor and Publisher
LEONARD N. HALL
Assistant Editor
JANE PRIME HALL
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Friday, November 27, 193tt
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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Apricots blend well with pincup-
pie, oranges, peaches und bananas
and are good used in appetizers,
salads or fruit desserts. Do not for
get to sprinkle lemon juice over the
fruits just before serving
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BOIVIN’S CLAIM
TO HOUSE CHAIR
IS QUESTIONED
(Continued from page 1)
for plate« at the end of the
year. Fewer than 12,500 of the
nearly 300,000 motorinta in
the state had filed when the
drawing for low numbers was
held In the automobile regis
tration department last Fri
day. Snell reminds that the
new 1937 plates may I m * used
after December 15.
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A new all-time record for traf
fic accidents in Oregon was estab
lished during October when 42
persons were killed on the high
ways of the state compared to 19
for the same month last year. The
October deaths brought the year's
total of 257, an increase of more
than 25 per cent over last year’s
204 for the same period
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There were 6463 officials and
employes on the state payroll last 1
June according to a compilation !
just completed by the budget de :
partment, which shows a total
monthly payroll of $780,252.85.
Activities supported by appropria
tions account for 2901 employes
with an aggregate monthly pay
roll of $382,818.92 with 3562 per
sons on the payrolls of self-sus
taining activities drawing a total
of $397.433 93 for the month of
the 2901 persons on the payrolls
of appropriation supported activi
ties 988, or slightly more than one-
third, are in the state system of
higher education but this group
drew $202,652.71 in its monthly
pay envelope, or more than one-
half the entire amount charged to
the appropriation-supported group,
whereas the other two-thirds, or
1812 persons drew only $180,-
166.21. The average pay of all
state employes is computed at
$120.71 a month. Employes of the
state system of higher education,
however, draw an average of
$204.90 a month while the average
monthly pay check of the other-
employes and officials in the ap
propriation-supported group is
only $99 42 and that of employes
in the self-sustaining group is
$111.48.
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Twenty-two new text books
for use in the public M-hools
of Oregon were approved by
the state textbook commission
at its biennial meeting here
this week. Most of these
books will be used as Ir.isal
texts although a few are for
supplementary use. The new
texts include language, writ
ing, history and civics in the
elementary grades, and orien
tation, world history, Ameri
can history, general mathe
matics, elementary science,
biology, physics and home eco
nomics for the high school
courses. Adoption of the new
texts does not necessarily
mean that books now in use
will be discarded immediately,
C. A. Howard, state suf>erin-
tendent of public instruction,
explained. The practice now
followed in most Oregon
schools, according to Howard,
is to place the new books in
use only when the old books
need replacing.
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Uncle Sam will pour $768,000
of new money Into Oregon during
the next two years for the aid of
dependent children, according to
Budget Director Wharton. The
federal fund will have to be
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county governments for an aggre
gate of $2,304,000 all of which
will be spent in caring for de
pendent children, either in the
homes of their own parents de
will find the dignity of our service and our
pendent on relief for support, or
in foster homes. The fund is ex
reputation for integrity, with moderate
pected to take care of 8000 chil
charge«, well established.
dren on the basis of $12 a month.
Many of these now are being
IT IS BETTER TO KNOW US AND NOT NEED US
cared for in state-aided institu
THAN IT IS TO NEED US AND NOT KNOW US
tions while others are receiving di
rect relief. The fund will be ad-
FUNERAL
ministered by the state relief
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commission through the state
child welfare commission which
(We Never Cloee)
will pass on the eligibility of chil
dren to this aid and select the
homes in which they are to be
! cared for
Secretary of State Snell has
announced that he vs ill rvt-utn
mend the re|M-al of the $10
license fee on pick-up cars
when the legislature meets.
Much injustice has resulted
through enforcement of this
act in the opinion of Snell who
|H>lnts out that thousands of
the cars ■»objected to this
higher fee are nothing but old
cars with a box on the buck
while pleasure cars of much
heavier const nu t ion eacape
with the payment of a $5 fee.
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Use kerosene to clear white en
amel or porcelain bath tubs and
bowls. It will take off grease und
dirt without scrubbing mid without
Injuring the surface Do not use
with water but wipe tub or bowl
dry, apply kerosene with tissue pa
■ per or cloth you cun throw away
and wipe with dry cloth. Used this
way, the odor evaporutes qu'ckly
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JOAN \1 VAKOC
Juan VI Vakoc, Infant daugh-
ter of Mr and Mis George J
Vakoc, <ti«xt at her parents* home
Sunday. November 22
She was bom August 27, 1936,
and was aged two months. 25
days Besides her parents she la
survived by her grandparents, who
live in Nebraska Funeral services
were held Tuesday nt 1 30 p m.
from the Stock and IJtwiller
Library workers of Oregon have chapel with the Rev Melville T
contributed more than $200 In Wire officiating Interment was in
cash toward the purchase of ref ’he Odd Fellows cemetery.
erence books for the Bandon pub
lic library which was completely
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destroyed in the recent fire, ac
cording to Miss Harriett C Long,
state librarian. In addition to these
IS VOCR PRESENT LIFE
cash donations several large book
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publishing companies also have
made donations of encyclopedias
and other reference books
Oregon's open fall season has had
a healthy effect on the state's
gasoline tax revenue. Oregon mot-
orists, including the tourists in
our midst, consumed a total of
19,693,428 gallons of gasoline dur
ing October on which they j»aid
state taxes totaling $984,671
$120,000 more than was collected
from the same source In October,
1935.
STEVEN K
SCHUERMAN
Phone 334-B
METROPOIJTAN 1JFE
INSURANCE CO.
By KEN WEI I.
HOWDY, FOLKS
Tiie way it seems to us to
day there shouldn't be any
surplus turkeys In this coun
try we ate most of them
yesterday.
We feel somewhat like
one of our customers
who took lui ocean trip
and became convinced
that one fellow who's
work was on the up mid
up was the ship’s chef.
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Our merchandising is on
the same level. We supply
exactly what you order, or,
if you leave it to us we
furnish the kind and quality
that will la-st suit your re
quirements
ASHLAND
LUMBER CO.
Oak Street at Railroad
Phone 20
Phone 20
Thanksgiving...
for a
Good Year
A bountiful harvest season
past. Southern Oregon enters
this Thanksgiving with much
to be thankful for We have
been dealt with kindly dur
ing the year. There have been
few crop failures; trade has
been good, building is ex
panding; local imputation has
increased, and tourist volume
has been at Its highest point
since 1930 All of these, added
together, have benefited tbc
farmer and business man
alike
Let Thanksgiving be one
of many days of good cheer
. . for we in Ashland have
much to be thankful for.
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First National
Bank of Ashland
MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
YOUR SHIRTS
LOOK NICER
And look nice longer when
laundered by us.
An increasing number of
men are making use of
our shirt service.
You should atao.
YOU
STOCK & LITWILLER
ASHLAND
LAUNDRY CO.
Phone 105
SI Water Street
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