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LIFE’S BYWAYS! Southern Oregon Miner I 11 Published Every Friday at 16" East Maui Street ASHLAND, OREGON Entered as second-class matter February 15. 1935, at the poaloftiee at Ashland, Oregon, under the act ot March 3. 1879 ★ TELEPHONE 170 • TUE TKl'TU WILL ----------------------------------------- — Oregon’s Traffic Toll \ Series ot Weekly Articles on tla* Problem of Highway Safety by EARN SNELL Secretary of State Leonard N. Hall * SV BSCR1PT1ON RATES Un Advance) ONE YEAR J1.5C SIX MONTHS 80c i Mailed Anywhere in the United States) SEI' VOI' FREE" PEOPLE ARE SHALLOW ABOUT HOLIDAYS! Usually, it is customary for newspapers to jam their editorial columns with Pollyanna-like nothings on how much we all have to be thankful tor. “Just realize,” purrs the formula, “how many bless ings we really have and count them up and open out eyes—” and so on. ad infinitum, ad naseum. Well, this year The Miner is different. Not one single, solitary trite editorial has been printed to the general effect that we have so very much to be thank ful for. No sweet oozings. no candied sentiments ac cording to proper Thanksgiving form. No gushing ad jectives. no hackneyed preachings. For once, at least, this editorial department is going to abandon the iron-clad policy of a sheep-like con vention that dictates so many insincere and unthink ing gestures and overtures. The thought occurs, in impressive and reverent weight, that the fact that mere man doesn’t always go find himself a bridge to jump off of is proof posi tive that he’s pretty darned thankful to be alive, and is unwilling to surrender his so-called "advantages” of a so-called "civilization.” Anyway, you can’t try to crowd 365 days’ thank- fulnes into one gastronomic afternoon and an extra fancy saying of grace and still have face. It might be a good idea to be a little bit appreciative all year round and not wait until Thanksgiving to press so hard. We came into this life without asking and are un willing to go. So what’s all the fuss about? And by the way. those of you who have read down this far, are you full or part-time offenders against common sense on the highways? Are you one of those stupid pests who weaves in and out of holiday traffic crowding other cars off the slab only to gain a few car-lengths? Are you one of those life-threatening dopes who pull over to the right curb to make a left hand turn? Well, Stupid, why don’t you start using your head'.’ Why don't you take it a little easier and more cau tiously next time you climb into the family car? Why don’t you practice a little highway courtesy? You as sume the polished manners of a Don Juan when there are a lot of cute little creatures to observe, and all it gets you is a smile and perhaps a scolding from the wife if she catches you. So why don’t you use a little ★ ★ ★ consideration for others when you’re driving, especial ly since it might mean saving a life or property if you AH, THERE, YOU GASOLINE GOOF! do —and mavbe serious injury or a smashup if you Hi, there. Motorist. What’s your hurry? don ’t? Got a heavy date? Does somebody await your ar Of course, you drivers who are natural fools will rival with twitching jitters and bated breath? Does figure this doesn’t apply in your case But don’t say their happiness hinge on your presence? we didn ’t warn you! Are you on your way to an important engage ment? Does business teeter on edge while you hurry to the rescue? Is your presence somewhere—in your estimation, of course—so valuable that you must fling sense and caution to the ground and grind them be neath your spinning wheels? to the Editor o ----- ------------------------------------------- 4 Won’t that Tom and Jerry you expect to get at the end of your drive keep just a few more minutes, CONDEMNS GRAND JURY! Editor; or must you rocket toward the handle side of the cup? To I the read your editorial in The You don’t suppose the party’s success depends on you Miner in regard to the grand jury ¡indings in the case of the foot being there as quickly as possible? hall players and it sure hit the And you. Mr.'Just Gcing Home. The night air isn’t nail on the head. By the way, I failed to see anything in the really poisonous to breathe, is it? Why not take it a have Tidings or Tribune or News or little easier and perhaps your bed will still be there ••ven in the Central Point Ameri can that has anything to say awaiting your return anyway. about this high-handed outrage by And you, too, Mr. Driving Through. You probably a jury that is sworn to uphold the will spin yarn after j^arn about the highways you’ve taw their names should be pub lished in every paper in the state traveled. Why don’t you slow down a few miles an of Oregon, and if those other boys hour and take a look at the scenery? You made so are found guilty, then the people demand than an investiga all-fired many plans and anticipated your trip for a should tion should be started immediate long time, but the first hour out you fell into a rut ly to find out how a grand jury find one innocent and the oth of devouring distance out of all proportion to the can ers guilty when all have confessed I i)H BOY, what a blaze of glory! value of time saved or risks taken. Why do you roar to the same crime. Eight from 12 last week and is only one way to look the only bad ones were real up to your destination in a frantic, determined effort to at There this matter: If one of these sets which also fooled Dorothy save a minute here and gain a few seconds there. fellows is innocent then all are Dix and Pau) Mallon, no doubt innocent; if the three who are in In fact, Dopey pounced on the You’ll squander hours of time after you get there any jail are guilty they all are guilty. naked truth so effectively that he how, won’t you? It hasn't been very long ago that is loath to deprive his readers man was sentenced for life for of the wealth of his wisdom and Are all you speeding drivers moronic, pin-headed a being in company of a bunch of will continue to baffle all and smarties, or are you of such fragile mettle you can’t killers, so there. sundry with his sage observances | for at least one more week and handle the responsibilities and do the hard work of Respectfully, JOHN B. GRIFFIN. then may take to prognosticating motoring? Don’t you think you would be better off Medford, Nov. 22, 1937. progressive bridge, table tennis if you quit regarding driving as a chore and looked P. S.: I certainly give The Miner and big-ring marble tournaments credit for the stand you take. on it as a relaxed pleasure? What really put the lid on • the jar was that Ashland high Are you all a bunch of simple-minded sheep? Be Ashland Bank Offers school one-point win, which, cause an accelerator will push clear down to the floor gentle readers, is the third this season that Dopey boards, is that reason enough to keep it there? Or Corn Show Entry Slips time has placed the finger on the does speeding down the road at a cataclysmic rate precise margin of Grizzly suc Requests for entry blanks for cess and, if he never sees the satisfy your ego and warped sense of importance? the first Oregon statewide corn back of his neck again, that LETTERS l DOPEY the Unhe! As Near as Your Telephone ♦ . . WHEN the summons comes, just lift your phone and call uh at any hour day or night— WE NEVER LEAVE YOUR LOVED ONES ALONE— For We Never Close. LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME (Formerly Stock’s Funeral Parlor) We Never Cloeo—Phone 82 show were this week being re ceived in increasing numbers by J W McCoy, manager of the Ash land branch of the First National bink of Portland from corn pro ducers in this community. At the sam< time many exhibits from Jackson county were being sent directly to the mezzanine of the public market In Portland where the competition among com grow ers will take place Nov. 29 to Dec. -I According to McCoy, a complete educational program giving infor mation on every phase of the com industry has been planned to sup plement the show Moving pictures with sound from the DuPont com pany ar.r. talks by noted com au thorities arr scheduled in the mar ket auditorium every afternoon during ‘he exhibit. _•-------------- • Mr and Mrs. George Brickel) spent Thursday with friends in Eugene will do very nicely until the real thing conies along. Another exact one was the 13- point Cal victory over Stanford and, if further references are re quired. simply look to the files wherein are contained accounts of Baylor, Washington, Fordham, Minnesota, Pittsburgh and Ohio State victories There is no use trying to delve into the Montana, OSC, UCLA or Yale records because the last time Dopey had recourse to those vol umes he enjoyed many a pleasant moment tearing them into small, untidy particles Here, at last, Is what you’ve been waiting for! Twelve startling new revelations— that is, of course, If there are 1'2 games on the slate at this lute dale: BAYLOR-RICE: Even with the Keyes quadruplets gone from school the Baylor boya will have ABILITY to meat tin- require- ‘ * melds of the teat set out by law iiefore a motor vehicle o|a*r- ator'a license can be Issued does not neceMsarily qualify the appli cant to become a safe driver. It 1s tine that no one should la* al ii wed tn operate a motor vehicle upon our streets and highway» who cannot meet these require liienta, but much more is neces nary for safety than In required by law Th«- great majority of our drlv era ate capable of safe driving lit a recent check of 12,000 acci dents in a neighboring state It was found that more than 75 par cent of the drivers had not been involved In an accident for eight yeats In a great many fatal ac cidents the drivers Involved have not had a previous accident rec ord I kick of proper instruction nt the time of beginning has un doubtedly been the cause of pool driving in many yawn. tint lack of proper care and attention on the pint of people who should be safe drivers is th«* cause of a great many more accidents Operation of a motor vehicle «in our high ways has become literally a Ilf«* and death matter anil the man or woman who drives should accept in all seriousness the rcaponsibil ity that this privilege carries Oregon's fatality recurd last month showed improvement over the same month a year ago, and the interest being taken In re during the toll of motor vehicle accidents Is real basis for h<>|a- that this reduction will be con- I tlnued Communities In every sec tion of the state art* taking hoi«l of this problem in a serious man ner. and leading citizens are de- I voting tune and effort to its solu tion, especially as to the remov- I Ing - : th.- bajtartta m Utah own vicinity If work of this type is i continued, it is bound to result tn : a reduction of Oregon's traffic deaths 1937 r ANOTHER HOLIDAY Editor and l*ublisher W f\ Friday, November 26, SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 4 Rittlit Aller Thanksgiving For You If you use our diiliip wash seri lee. For so you little may have allot her dai of leisure Only I'i- a for IHe titillili«* ' pound II doesn't pay to wash at home h lien so little buys so much. Try it! ASHLAND LAUNDRY CO I’liunr I HA 31 Waloi Street enough fight to rise triumphant against Rice Very close STANFORD - COLUMBIA In like a lion, out like a lamb just about describes the Columbia Lions against the wily redskins Stanford by seven points PITTSBURGH DUKE One that I. Pick cm probably would slate as an upset, but it looks like Pitt from wher«* we sit Fourteen points to th«* good GEORGIA TECH - GEORGIA Tile rambling wreck ram bles through to a six-point win NEBRASKA-KANSAS STATE It will take just a little too much jayhawking to atop powerful Ne braska The latter by a touch down UCLA-MISSOURI Those boys from Missouri have a lot of nerve trying to tak<* UCLA only two «lays after their turkry-day battle with Kansas But not enough stamina so th«* Bruins will win by I 13 points. FORDHAM-NYU The big ba-a nd Kams will nip the violent Violets in th«* bud by a half dozen points NOTRE DAME - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Our Ijtdy won't take th«* trouble to rid«* this horse side-saddle Notre Dame will pull leather from scratch but will win by one point OREGON • SAN. DIEGO MA RINES: Shame, shame! Oregon! Picking on a p«»or little fellow Twenty points to the Webfeet SF1J-MICHIGAN STATE: The Spartans will beat the Dons but not by as much as you might think Say, seven points'’ GONZAGA - SANTA CLARA Gonzaga Just didn't do well enough in their northern games to rate much of a chance Sunday. The Brones in a walk ARMY-NAVY: If it was a swimming match Dopey would say Navy, but it’s just some more parade grounds for the Cadets The Philadelphia chamber of com merce will take down their "City of Brotherly Love" slogan, though, after this tough one Very, very close. See STEVEN K. SCHUERMAN Phone 334-K METROPOLITAN LIFE INSI RANt E CO. 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