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Southern Oregon Miner
Leonard N. Hall
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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.
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SET YOU FREE”
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Little acts of thoughtfulness which
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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.
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