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Southern Oregon Miner
Published Every Friday at UH Eaat Maia Street
ASHLAND, OREGON
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LEONARD A BARRATI
Entered as second-class matter February 15, 1985, at the postoffice
at Ashland. Oregon, under the act of March 3. 1879.
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DEPRESSION HITS THE HOBOS!
With business humming along and employment
back in a wholesome condition, a depression is begin
ning to cinch down on knights of the road.
A couple of years ago it was pretty difficult to
sift the deserving hungry from the professional pan
handler, but now, with work to be done by the able
bodied and willing. Mr. Hobo stands out in all his indo
lent prominence. And, because of this, tough times are
beginning for habitual moochers.
Ashland, situated as it is on the Pacific highway
and served by the Southern Pacific railroad, receives
its full share of visitors looking for a bonanza of dimes,
sandwiches and free beers. Lately, it seems, the vag
rant army has been increasing. Chilly weather bestirs
the lazy.
Many businessmen have declared the present crop
of moochers to be a downright nuisance, and are be
coming irritated at the continual parade of button
holing individuals w’ho always seem to want a “cup of
coffee” when their breath is so heavy with alcohol
it burns your eyes. Yet all of us are, occasionally,
suckers for panhandlers who make such a nuisance
of themselves it is w’orth a dime to get rid of them.
Transients who ask for work, of course, deserve
consideration unless their reaction to proferred em
ployment disproves their sincerity. But the typical
nuisance panhandler wants money, not food, and
should be hurried on his way. for no longer are con
ditions such that the willing cannot find work to do.
The rosy days of sympathetic response to pan
handling are gone.
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THE AGE OF CIVILIZATION I
Too much cannot be said of the great strides hu-
manity has taken in the name of civilization.
Mortal man, the vain, blind fool!
The greatest empire in the world shaken to the
bottom of its vittles over the question of whether its
king can marry whom he chooses, or whether he
should remain wed to tradition.
Another nation, once dominant in world affairs,
torn to bleeding bits by revolution fed from without
by busy-body nations stroking the Holy Bible with
one hand and passing bombs to rebels with the other.
Our own great nation, swelled with its own import
ance, boasting of its mechanical progress while thous
ands of people are run down by autos every day; point
ing to our great industrialization while workers strike
and plead for their share of the swag.
Westerners telling southerners how to handle the
negro problem; southerners telling westerners how to
handle their oriental problem. Rich men telling poor
men how to get along on what they have; poor men
explaining how nations’ finances should be handled.
Childless women lecturing on care of babies; tired
business men reprimanding sons for philandering.
And, worst of all, small town editors having some
thing to say about the whole darned business.
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PLANNING BOARD ON OREGON’S FUTURE!
The following paragraphs are first excerpts from
a report given Governor Martin on recommended poli
cies for sale of Bonneville power by the state planning
board. The question involved, that of Oregon’s future,
is of vital interest to every resident, and the Miner
will reprint the complete report in several instalments,
the first of which follows:
Analysis and interpretation of pertinent facts show
that two divergent paths confront the people of Ore
gon. One is the continuation of past trends, exploiting
the state’s resources of raw materials, with its eco
nomic life dependent principally on agriculture and
lumbering. The other path, which would insure a more
stable base and greater opportunities, is toward the
development of diversified manufacturing to balance
Oregon’s present lopsided economic structure.
From the beginning, Oregon’s lands and waters
have been used for extractive purposes. Farming, lum
bering, fishing and shipping and some mineral pro
duction have been the chief occupation of the people.
Manufacturing is below the national average.
The exchange value of Oregon’s products is re
duced through a double burden of transportation
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costs. The state's raw materials are sold on the out
side at world market prices, out of which the pro
ducer must absorb transportation costs from Oregon
to consuming centers. But when Oregon buys manu
factured commodities produced outside the state, they
must be bought at the market price, plus transporta
tion charges to Oregon from the point of production.
A million bushels of Oregon wheat will buy fewer
automobiles for Oregon farmers than the same quan
tity grown in other areas situated nearer large centers
of production and consumption.
A study recently made by the board’s research
staff shows that raw materials are sold under a yield
ing price structure determined by world economic con
ditions. Conversely, manufactured articles are sold
under more rigid price structures maintained by each
separate industry. Oregon is thus at an economic dis
advantage compared with those areas having a better
balance between the production of raw materials and
manufactured commodities.
If Oregon continues as a state producing chiefly
raw material,s exploiting its land and mining its soils,
its future will follow the same direction as its past.
Its people will remain at the mercy of outside economic
conditions, with their purchasing power dictated by
prices prevailing for raw materials in world markets.
On the other hand, if diversified industries are
developed in Oregon to manufacture articles for home
consumption and for Pacific coast markets, as well as
for export, the outlook will be changed. Industrial de
velopment will provide support for increased numbers
through employment both in the manufacturing and
extractive industries, and in the service occupations
arising from population growth. Not only in Oregon,
but also in other Pacific Northwest states—Washing
ton, Idaho and western Montana—would greatly bene
fit by the markets thus provided for their agricultural
products and raw materials and by improved industrial
balance in the region.
The nearer to their source that natural resources
are processed, manufactured and consumed, the
greater is the net economy to the nation. Moreover, the
manufacture into finished goods of Oregon’s raw ag
ricultural and lumber products would provide other
work to counterbalance the present fluctuating sea
sonal employment in agriculture and the forest in
dustries.
More than anything else, this region needs in
creased population to consume the products of its re
sources and to provide markets for locally manufac
tured commodities. Already many immigrants from
the drought and dust stricken regions are coming to
the Pacific Northwest. These are Americans who
should be given opportunities for making a living.
Good agricultural land is limited, and comprehensive
programs for irrigation, drainage and flood control
improvements must be completed before any consid
erable areas of new rich land will be available.
Oregon is handicapped by absence of known com
mercial deposits of coal, petroleum and natural gas.
This deficiency of available basic fuels has retarded
Oregon’s industrial development, so that the state lags
behind the national average. It also has been a con
tributing cause of Oregon’s economic unbalance.
However, Oregon has an inexhaustible source of
energy in its falling waters. Development of hydro
electric power from its abundant streams will conserve
unreplenishable fuel supplies, and enable the state to
compensate for its deficiencies in other sources of
energy. The combination of electric power at low cost
on a tidewater ship channel at’Bonneville, where raw
materials may be bought from and manufactured
products delivered to the markets of the world without
transshipment, is unparalleled, except possibly on the
St. Lawrence waterway.
• The Ladieo club gave a benefit
bridge party at the club rooms
Friday evening. Funds raised
from sale of tickets is to be used
for the community Christmas tree
supplies. Mrs. Mora Bailey was
chairman and was assisted by the
Mesdames J. Clark, G. Holmberg,
W. Bray, and D. Black. Eight ta
bles were in play. High prizes
were won by Mrs. Bob Gllberg
and G. Holmberg. Low were won
by Mrs. Harris and Billy Bray, jr.
Mince pie and coffee were served.
• Miss Lippi spent Thanksgiving
in McCloud.
TELEPHONE RATES CUT
A $12,000,000 annual reduction
in interstate long distance tele
phone rates by the American Tele
phone and Telegraph company was
announced by the federal com
munications commission this week.
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• Mr. and Mrs. E. Vai) and sons
Wesley and Curtiss went to Weed
Thursday.
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• Mr. and Mrs. A. Nelson and
family spent a week in Stockton,
Calif.
fi be truly thankful Implies u
realizing sense of obligatiia sincere
ly expressed not
only ui word* but
also in apprecia
live lervlce We
nuturally desire
to do something
really worthwhile
tor one who has
befriended
us.
not as a return
favor, but as a
voluntary act of
loyalty and love.
When we speak
of the things tor
which wc should
be thankful, ma
pur.'hasable with
money immediately come to mind.
Som-* men who have been success
ful in a business adventure feel
thai kful; others do not But the
things money can buy are not. or
should not be the chief cause of
thankfulness. Most of life's real
blessings cannot be purchased,
'■'rankly, they ate not for sale
A
woman's kiss that can be bought for
a price is not worth having. As
an expression of love and devotion,
its price is above rubies. I"he real
ities for which we are truly thank
ful arc gifts free, generous, unsul
lied. measured not by extrinsic
value but by the intrinsic spirit in !
the heart of the giver. Let us be
thankful for the trust which util,-
children have in us. A man cannot j
tie very evil. If little children like
him. When William the Silent, the '
Prince of Orange, died, it is said
that* the little children cried in the
streets. Our own children treasure
as one of their most glorious pos
sessions the memories of home.
Their affection still expressed to us |
is a blessing for which we should
>• truly thankfuL "Worse than a ;
serpent's tooth Is it, to have a thank- ;
less child.”
For the blessings which come to I
u without money and without price,
let us be thankfuL
The warm color of a rose
The fluttering of a tutU-rfly'a wing, i
r llckerlng firelight.
Easter lilies In candle light.'*
Let us be thankful for a world of
ueauty. from the glorious sunsets
to the tiny blade of grass and the
rumblest flower. AU nature Is vo
cal with her Invitation that we not
inly appreciate this beauty but that
we permit it to become an impor
tant factor in moulding our charac
ter. Let us be thankful for nature's
abundant harvests; tar trees laden
with fruit; for the absence of fam
ine and pestilence; for the absence
o. revolutions that ravage and lay
waste a land.
Let us be thankful for friends,
nome, and native land: for the spir
it of our Fathers who through sac
rifice and toil, laid the foundations
of our democracy.
Whatever political changes come,
our liberty cannot be aacrlficed, nor
the spirit of our freedom thwarted.
It was bought too dearly not to be
k »O th O u ne WÍ
By KEN WEIL
HOWDY FOLKS:
With things picking up. as
they are, the girls should be
able to get their finger nails
out of the red.
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Which reminds me about
the girl on the other side of
town who »aid that her little
brother learned about neck
ing from a book. It seems
that he had been reading her
diary.
Did you aee our dis
play up town? Of cou ran
we don’t belong there,
being on the wrong aide
of the track, but we Juat
couldn’t resist the op
portunity to break In on
the big time.
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Have you got your Christ
mas seals? And your "drive
safely” seals? Use ’em;
they're good things to buy.
When you run abort
of fuel try Home of our
Rainbow coal for real
heat value.
ASHLAND
LUMBER CO.
Oak Street at Railroad
Phone 20
Phone 20
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defended, even with a revolution. If
need be.
Ou Inalienable rights of life, lib
erty. and the pursuit of happiness
• re forever secure In hearts that
are right and truly thankful.
Let us be thankful also for the
ipirlt of religious liberty. Here we
may worship God according to the
lictute of out own conscience. The
doors of our churches swing open
to all who will participate In Chrls-
liun opportunity and service, uo
matter what their denominational
belief ''Blessed Is the nation whose
God Is the Lord. ' la America thank
ful enough for this great blesslng7 If
we would be thankful, we must be
mindful of all life about us. In be-
in ’ helpful, we may be thankfuL Let
vs be thankful.
• Wsslaia Nawipapai Unloe.
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• Billy and Chuck Cowan of Med
font were staying for n visit at
the home of their griindparcnta,
Mr. and Mrs. Francis, ar., last
week.
• Miss Kuhn was In Red Bluff
over the holidays.
• G. Walker. Mr. and Mrs. W
Walker and children. Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Willlama iimt family nt
tended a show in Medford Thura-
• Liv evening.
Look Ahead
to
Christmas
and Beyond
l<ook ahead to Christ
inas How many boys and
girls, young men and wom
en arc there on your list
for whom a savings ac
count would be an appro
priate gift ?
Look BEYOND Christ
mas. and ask yourself what
finer present you can be
stow than such rncouruge-
mcnt to thrift.
Gift
savings
accounts
may lw starteli with any
amount from $1 up.
First National
Bank of Ashland
MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL
DEPONIT 1NN(KAN<E
CORPORATION
FIGIIT
TUBI IICT'LOMS
Buy and Use
CHRISTMAS
SEALS
Ashland Laundry
Service
Guards Your Health
You Should Use It
Christmas Seals
Guard Others’
Health
• Use Them Too
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ASHLAND
LAUNDRY CO.
Phone 165
31 Water Street
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JUST CALL, THAT’S ALL”
IS YOUR PRESENT LIFE
INSURANCE ADEQUATE?
Seo
STEVEN R.
SCHUERMAN
Phone 334-R
METROPOLITAN LIFE
INSURANCE CO.