/* “ —■— r ■p 'X Southern Oregon Miner Tragedy of Living Published Every Friday at 165 Ea»t Main Street ASHLAND, OREGON PHONE ASHLAND 170 Subscription Rates, tn Advance: One Year............... $1.00 Six Months 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. ------------ c------------ 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. • • • When lettuce it being prepared for the tnble it If alwuy* advisable m break off the midrib, at that is likely to be bitter. • • • 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. • • • 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 f Friday, November 27, 193tt SOUTHERN OREGON MINER 4 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 • 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. • • • 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 • • • 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. • • • 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. • * 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 Subscribe for the Miner today. matched by both the state and 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 HOME 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. • • 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 • A mo elated Newspaper» W M E»tv«v» ---------------- •------------- JOAN \1 VAKOC Juan VI Vakoc, Infant daugh- ter of Mr and Mis George J Vakoc,