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Friday, March SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 4 Southern Oregon Miner Leonard N. Hall Published Every Friday at 167 East Main Street ASHLAND. OREGON Editor and Publisher LIFE'S BYWAYS! ★ SUBSCRIPTION RATES tin Advance) ONB VEAK N SIX MONTHS 80c (Mailed Anywhere in the United States) ★ Entered as second-class matter February 15. 1935. at the postoffice at Ashland, Oregon, under the act of March 3. 1879 ★ TELEPHONE 170 LETTERS to the Editor Sœ urrtr J ulia ' I' m TtP UFWCHT mi I J.CT HIM City — IF I HAVE To KJTEN To TN 15 H’ooP' JfooP- A Poo 7* Jufr ONC£i M ore - /'2A Co H ouse !• Editor’s Note — The Miner ladlevrs thill tHith aide* of a question should hr heard— even in a new«|avper—and pre seats herewith a letter from District Attorney Frank New num responding to several edi torial* which have critic I red hl* office. We suggest that If Mr. Newman will present hl* argumente to the jury in writ- inx hr *hould raise hl* Imltlng average considerably. J SET YOU FREE” ••THE TRUTH WILL / NEWMAN ANNWERN MEXICO FINDS HEKSEl-F! Appearances indicate that Mexico doesn t mean maybe about snatching British and American oil piop- erties south of the Rio Grande. Which naturally gives rise to indignation and com plaint by the affected countries, and by operators and owners of rich properties in Mexico. But Mexico, too. has a justifiable side backing her action. For generations an undeveloped, primitive nation. Mexixco depended largely on foreign capital, engineer ing and ambition to develop her natural resources. As a result, much of the potential wealth of the country has been exploited for the benefit and profit of foreign investors and consumers. Which, of course, gave definite moral rights to those who did the pioneering and developing for Mex ico. But Cardenas seems to be more concerned with realities than with sentiments. Now that American and British industry has taught Mexico to walk, she chooses to dismiss her tu tors and take their books. In a manner of speaking, our industrialization of Mexico has awakened that government from its siesta of “letting foreigners do it” to realization that she can take over and be stronger for it. The events in Mexico are remindful of the irony of Fate. A few generations ago Spaniards, working up from Mexico, developed and operated extensive gold and copper mines in our own southwest until Ameri can migrants and their government took over the ter ritory and chased them all back to Mexico. We might as well swallow the bitter pill of pro gress and like it, for this time our Spanish-speaking neighbor is in the driver’s seat. ★ ★ ★ A FIRST LADY IN HER OWN RIGHT! Earlier this week the First Lady of the land, Mrs. Roosevelt, while being whisked through the northwest by plane, made a brief pause at the Medford airport where she talked to a group of admirers and granted an interview. The headache of airlines and pilots—who tremble at the responsibility of transporting the mistress of the White House on her many flights across the con tinent winter and summer—Mrs. Roosevelt, perhaps, presents us our best example of the modern version of democracy. Warm with personality, likeable as any mother you ever knew, ready to converse with any and all her fel low countrymen, Mrs. Roosevelt is a credit to her hus band and a source of pride to all Americans. And those alarmists who fear that President Roose velt is becoming a dictator need only to observe their First Lady to realize that the White House is home to one of the most truly democratic families in Amer ica, despite their high station and great wealth. Mrs. Roosevelt is at once the personification of the suffrage which gives American women true equal ity and the gracious, admirable mother who has given the White House a new tradition. ★ ★ ★ THE RIVER’ SPEAKS FOR ITSELF! Those Ashland theatergoers who saw “The River,” government film which interpreted the story of the great Mississippi basin, will better understand the in tent of one of the New Deal’s fondest ambitions. Call it communism if you must—or any other hate compelling moniker your partisanship suggests—but the Tennessee Valley authority plan as outlined by the featurette is one of the most American pieces of governmental doings of the present era. To restore, revive and save American soil and to return it to use and productivity is to perpetuate the nation. Probably much of the objection being raised to the TVA comes from the power development angle which is the natural by-product of flood and navigation con trol as provided in the Tennessee valley series of dams. Cheap power controlled by the government (the peo ple) infringes on the profits of utilities and threatens y r \> * .Z, il c. creation of an unfavorable yardstick by which con sumers (the people) can measure value received for the dollar paid for electricity to private companies. Naturally, those most affected are going to cry “wolf” and launch aggressive propaganda and lobbies against the TVA. But the underlying principle involved in TVA is the rebuilding and enriching of an impoverished part of the nation for the benefit of the people. Naturally, any such all-encompassing plan must necessarily en croach upon the selfish interests and well-being of some But the rebuilding of American soil, the harn essing of American waterways and the controlling of devastating deluges is long-range planning for the good of the many. As the film points Out, no longer is there new country to pioneer when the old land has been worn out and squandered in ignorance and carelessness. No longer are there unlimited sources of raw material to be had without some planning for replenishment. And if the New Deal is guilty of communistic dreaming in its TVA development, then America needs that kind of thought and action. It is a strange co incidence that those critics of the New Deal who com plain that unbearable debts are being saddled onto future generations are the ones who object when the administration seeks to provide those future genera tions with land for sustenance and power and raw materials for industry. Ashland Chamber Is Lauded for Strides Made in Work Here One green pin denoting death from a motor accident, a holdover from 1936. and surprisingly few other accident markers adorn a driving safety map recently in stalled at the city police station as a means of checking traffic hazards The map, a huge indexed affair nearly six feet square, was devised by City Supt Elmer Bie- gel and his assistants Red pins are inserted at spots where car accidents have occurred since Jan. 1, 1937, and yellow pins denote spots where pedestrians or cyclists have been involved in mis haps with automobiles since that date. An interesting light was thrown on the local traffic situation when it was found that the Plaza corner, often cited as the most dangerous place in the city, has been the scene of but two reported acci dents during the last 15 months. Both crashes were minor. On the other hand, intersections of Gresh am and East Main streets and Water. Granite and North Main streets have used a large supply of pins to keep track of the smashups which occurred in these places. Chief of Police C. P Talent said this week that city police and street departments will study en forcement and engineering prob lems presented by the apparently dangerous comers and take most practical means for prevention of future trouble. In some places the desired end may be gained by erecting warning signs and creat ing speed or other regulatory zones. William Hammond, manager of the non-resident division of the of fice of the secretary of state, and Hugh B Ronson, head of traffic work in the same department, were lavish in their praises for accomplishments of the local Chamber of Commerce and the municipal safety council when they called at the local office last week. Hammond expressed amazement at the rapid strides taken by the Ashland non-resident automobile registration desk in attaining the highest honors in Oregon for that work. He said that secretaries in other offices had commented to him that they "didn’t know how it is done”—referring to the com manding total of tourists checked in here. Ashland has led all gate ways to Oregon since present man agement of the chamber has been in effect. Also interested in getting tour ist reaction to the new quadruple form of registration blank now in use, Hammond gained several new angles developed here for effic iency in registration. Ronson was very enthusiastic about the new traffic safety map which recently was installed at the city police station He indi cated that he would recommend similar charts for charting of driv ing hazards in other cities. The two officials visited here while on tour of principal cities of the state. ---------------- •---------------- ---- •----- Many . . . Little acts of thoughtfulness which we endeavor never to overlook have won us lasting friends Funeral Service Since 1897 LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME (Formerly Stock’s Funeral Parlor) We Never Close—Phone 32 Lithia Plumb Shop Gets New Machine Grants Pass Attorney A new sheet metal "break” re Enters Congress Race cently installed at the Lithia W. T. Miller, Grants Pass at torney, Wednesday made formal announcement of his intention to seek the office of representative in congress from the first congres sional district of Oregon. The ac tion followed the request of a number of leading Josephine coun ty democrats urging his candidacy. In his announcement Miller stressed the need for representa tion in the southern part of the first district. Miller served as dis trict attorney of Josephine county for 20 years and was elected to the state legislature In 1932. Plumbing and Heating store makes it possible to turn out the best grade of work in less than half the time formerly required. John Mills, proprietor, purchased the machine, which is the most modem in Ashland, from a San Francisco firm. Equipped with an eight-foot bed the break will handle the larg- est standard size sheets of metal and is capable of producing down spouts, roofing, gutters and all* other types of sheet metal con struction materia). A special at tachment provides for the rnanu- To the Editor: Acting on the assumption that you may still wish to be fair In your criticism of me and the con duct of the affairs of my office as district attorney, I ask that you publish this letter in answer to the article appearing on the front page of your Issue of March 11, en- titiwl ’What la the Difference T” and the article published In your paper under date of March 18, en titled "And All Men Are Created Equal?" A little over one vear ago I en tered upon the duties of my office with the promise to the people of thia county that In the perform- anee of such duties I would be honest, fair. Just. Inde|>endrnt and fearless I feel that I have kept that promise In letter and spirit However. I must admit that I have met with some aurprialng and disappointing experiences dur ing my short tenure in office, par ticularly through the loss of some criminal cases In which I felt there should have been convictions But so far as I know, with the | single exception of yourselves and your paper, nobody has ever claimed that the loss of such cases was <ln. to anv fault of mine, through failure to have performed my duty as a prosecutor, and I resent the unfairness of the two articles referred to and deplore vour apparent misstatement of j facts surrounding those endes i which made such attacks possible | In your editorial of Nov 19, 1937. wherein , you severely criti cized the grand Jury which re turned the indictment in the rob bery case referrer! to. namely, State vs. Cagle, et ala. you did me the honor of admitting that 1 per formed my duty in presenting the facta to the grand jury, said edi torial being In part as follows: "Already one admitted con fessed participant has been white- ! washed before being taken before 1 a Judge who la the proper source of leniency Many believe, after I following efforts of certain 'law enforcement agencies’ that at least two, and perhaps all three, of the Monmouth boys also will bo wrig gled free of their crime Yes in deed. the grand Jury and prosecut ors save for District Attorney Frank Newman, who made a con scientious effort to discharge hla obligations with Impartiality cer tainly should pat themselvea on their backs and know in their (Continued on page 5) MIGRATIOÍÍ$~~ STATE POSER The trek to Oregon from other atatea, beginning back tn the cov ered wagon days, continues every year, but today citizens of thia state arc faced with a real and immediate problem of what to do with these "pioneers,’’ it Is graph ically pointed out in the latest re port issued by the Oregon State planning board, "A Study of Mi gration into Oregon. 1930-37." The rejtort haa been submitted to Governor Martin who has ap proved it for release to the public. The report, which was prepared by V. B. 8 tan be ry, planning board consultant and executive secretary with assistance of the WPA shows that Oregon had a net gain of ap proximately 96,600 in population in the seven-year period ending Jan. 1, 1937, and of these but 15,100 were the result of natural growth, or excess of births over deaths. The wave of recent Immigration reached a new peak in 1935 and 1936, the report shows. In five years from 1930 to 1935 the yearly increase was 8063, but this rose to an average of 28,166 per year dur ing 1935 and 1936 "These newcomers have great difficulty in finding employment or land on which they can make a living Social problems must be faced when migrants fail to make satisfactory personal adjustments. Manufacturing activities in Ore gon are notably deficient and in adequate industrial development precludes absorption of any con siderable number of migrant workers.” Establishment of basic indus tries, especially those requiring large blocks of power, greater de velopment of lands through Irri gation, flood control and clearing, and a problem of public works are recommended as aids in improving the lot of people moving into this state. facture of rounded or cylindrical articles Forty-two feet of gutter for the new medical arts building was nroduced in 25 minutes with the break, a task which would have required a half-day of hand labor. Stronger and neater products also ar« aaaurad with the machine. 25, 1938 SHELLUBRI- CATION The Modern Upkeep System Thoroughness Guaranteed ! Shell Service NEt’OND AND MAIN BEHIND THE SCENES WITH MOTHER GOOSE Jack and Jill Went up tlu> hill; The weekly washday chore: They had to bring some water down And then go buck for more. 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