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Friday, April 15, 193# SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Üage 4 Southern Oregon Miner Published Every Friday at 167 East Mam Street VjK ASHLAND, OREGON 1 ★ V If Entered as second-class ’«Wj matter February’ 15. MM 1935. at the postoffice at Ashland. Oregon, under ¿sTfcS the act of March 3, 1879 KOSI ★ TELEPHONE 170 £ "THE TRUTH WILL LIFE’S BYWAYS! Leonard N. Hall Editor and Publisher • Olan Uneed of Klamath Falla visited Inst week-end with friends and relatives In Ashland • Kenneth Brown of Hilts, Calif, ¿ii<itvd Munday with his parents, A council fire for all Camp Fire Mr and Mrs W C Brown group« was held at the American Legion hall at 1:30 p. in Saturday Many craft honor beads were awarded as symbols of achieve ment in Camp Fire work A spe cial leather birthday honor wax awarded to all girls who took part in each activity of birthday week a small The following girls took trail seeker rank which is the first in JOB OF REPAIRS Camp Fire: Carmen Cary, Isabel Green, Laura Billings, Betty Her OR ALTERATIONS rin. Joyce Watson, Sue ftntlMon, YOU CAN GET Betty Whittle, Alice Ostrander. THE COS.T OF THE Doiothy Morris, Ninon King. Ruth Doorns, Jean Sproul, Shirley Cush LUMBER IN PLAIN ing. Gerry Arnold, Faith Warnock. Patty I oU Gillett«. Shirley Weiss and Marilyn Young Each girl told of the one activity she enjoyed most ui earnin gher tank Marilyn Young gave a splendid imitation of bird calls Mie had learned an a nature honor Mary Put Rowe took the second rank of woodgatherer. Florence Wood and Josephine Cir • tia link the third rank of fi«e maker Th«- Camp Fir»* girls expressed their liiarkt to the American lax ion fo- ii < of then balding Camp Fire (¡iris Given Honor Beads IBIT im T ills 'E m « * SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In Advance) ONE YEAR 31.5C SIX MONTHS 80c (Mailed Anywhere in the United States) for SET YOU FREE’” U1EK1CAN CITIZENS AKE A DISGRACE TO THEMSELVES! American citizenship carries with it unique priv ileges many of which are sorely abused by unthinking people who are jealous of their liberties and blind to the misuse they give them. For example, consider the highest office the Amer ican people can give to a countryman—that of Presi dent of these United States. We like to think of the ---- —,-_® _ White House as the greatest residence in the world. • Aubrey Miles, Art Gilbert. P IF YOU We respect and revere our flag, our land and our rtpu- D. McDougal. Mr and Mrs H S Ingle Art Cooper. Earl Lining.o tation as a nation. Roy Parr, jr, W l> Jiickson, Al ASHLAND len Autry and Guy Randles at It should be natural that we take our greatest LU M Lt R CO. tended the wrestling matches in pride and offer our deepest loyalty to the one man Medford Monday evening who, every four years, has been selected to head our TO TELL YOU government and represent us to the rest of the world. Sometimes we wonder what a President thinks Yes, it should be a natural climax to our natural- CURTAINS NEED as he sits in the White House doing his level best and born national pride and character. But how we as small-minded citizens lose our perspective and re considers the millions of babbling, back-biting, jeal LAUNDERING AT ously critical, suspicious and selfish citizens who are gard for values! HOUSECLEANING their own worst enemies? When Herbert Hoover was president he was hissed, Is it any wonder that few American presidents booed and villified unmercifully for his do-nothing TIME attitude toward a national crisis. Of course, down have lived long beyond their terms? in their hearts—had they but taken a good look— ★ ★ ★ Let um relieve you of complaining Americans would have seen their resent this part of the spring A PLEASANT THOUGHT FOR EASTER ('(INSULT US FOR ment aimed not at an individual or his position, but work. FULL INFORMATION There is an old adage that defends turn-about as more generally at a policy with which they had lost ON NEW FHA patience and confidence. But the man and his high fair play but there is reasonable doubt that it was We wash them care ever translated into the Italian. FINANCING office took the brunt of our resentment. fully in net bags and For in recent months spaghetti-bending haB been Now, in the case of President Roosevelt, our vic stretch them on a rig timizing and slandering of the nation’s leading citi neglected for meddling in internal affairs of Spain. zen and our greatest office has reached an even more The genial, laughing Italian who once trod barefooted id frame ao they will shameful degree. Where Hoover was criticized for his the wine grapes of sunny Italy now walks the blood- hang correctly. evasion of responsibility, his successor is being at soaked, desolate battlefields of a neighboring country. PHONE 20 tacked not only for what he does in his official ca Thanks largely to Mussolini and Hitler, the insurg Full length curtains OAK ST Mi RAILROAD pacity, but also for his private life. Repeated at ents—who are the “outs” in Spanish politics—have laundered for 20 cents tempts are being made to discredit the man by slur been able to wage a deathly successful war against ring his family, by throwing mud at his character loyalist Spain. Italian and German implements of war, j and up. and thousands of Italian soldiers and airmen have and by calling attention to his physical handicap. IM YOUR PREMr.NT ijfe Send us youra. W’e re The political “outs” have been keeping up a steady- blasted and bombed and dynamited and bayonetted INSURANCE ADEQUATEf turn them promptly. six-year election campaign against our chief executive, their way across the tortured fields and hills of a Mee refusing to give him a fair opportunity to carry out beautiful country and have taken leading roles in this his oath of office unhampered by every possible ob generation’s theater of war. STEVEN R. stacle. And all this while their leaders back home sign Which, when viewed from a patriotic standpoint, non-intervention treaties with solemn faces. A few days ago, when Spaniards loyal to their is a mighty disgraceful thing for any American to Phone 3S4-R tolerate—be he republican, democrat, socialist, com democratic government fled in terror across the Phone 163 • 31 Water Street METROPOLITAN IJFK munist or what-not. Perhaps Franklin Roosevelt has French border before onslaughts of Franco’s murder “For the ideal wash way, INSURANCE CO. been imbued with too much theory and ideals; maybe ers, Italy hastened to warn France about “non-inter Just call, That’s All.” some of his measures have been unsuccessful, and vention” and insisted that refugees be sent back to perhaps there is plenty of room for justified criti their slaughter. Mussolini has since been making point cism of his administration. But there is no justifica ed threats toward French sympathizers who might tion for the perpetual effort being made the nation offer aid or succor to loyalist Spain. over by supposed “best citizens” to discredit the man Why, everybody knows Mussolini and Franco have by fair means or foul. nothing to fear from other nations while they prose There is such a thing as an obligation of citizen cute their “win the war” campaign. The world is pro ship that is greater than party ties and political am tected by an armor-plating of airtight non-intervention bitions. Regardless of who sits in the President’s documents and many other intelligent, humanitarian chair, he should be the most respected and honored and Papal-blessed treaties which have practically elim man in all the land. His ideas might lose favor, his inated bloodshed and war. That is, with a few exceptions of course, which methods create opposition, but his dignity and his position as our leader should never be compromised. will be overlooked out of respect for the very high If for no other reason, then because when we throw type of civilization which humanity has attained. mud at our President, we smear not only a man, but is entirely separate from the serv an entire system of government and weaken the po ice brake system, it need not sition of democracy. Every underhanded slap we take necessarily measure up to the standard performance for stopping at our President and every false, cheap accusation the car required of the service we make is an insult to ourselves as intelligent, capable brake. The emergency brake must, be strong enough to stop and to citizens. ' hold the vehicle at any time in By EARI. SNEIX Although Americans rejected the principles and case the service brake fails. Secretary of State Where the two brake systems methods practiced by former president Herbert Hoo are interconnected, they must be MUST WARNING FLARES BE ver, yet as the only living ex-president we should re CARRIED BY TRUCKS AT ALI. so constructed that failure of one part of the operating mechanism The kilowatt-hour is o measure of electricity It is spect him as one of our great men. TIMES? not leave the vehicle without reolly a giant unit. It is the energy of a horse It is even more to the point that the man now These warning flares or electric will brakes on at least two wheels. are required to be dis -------------•------------ working for I 1/3 hours. The horse can do more occupying the White House should be respected and signals played only at night, so they must • Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hall, Mr. than the muscle work of 10 men So a kilowatt- trusted. And more than that, as American citizens, be carried from a half hour after and Mrs Arch Barksdale and the sunset to a half hour before sun Barksdales' house guests, Evelyn hour is equal to the combined muscle work of I 3 every last mother’s son of us should bend every rise. Most truck operators keep Krotz and Arleigh Bentley of strong men in on hour A kilowatt-hour is 1000 effort to cooperate and help the President, regardless their vehicles equipped with flares Glendale, Calif., skiied at Crater at all times as a matter of course, watt-hours just os one foot is 12 inches A watt- of personal politics, as long as he is our chief executive. although trucks which are oper Lake Sunday and attended the ASHLAND ASHLAND LAUNDRY CO. SCHUERMAN What is As to Cost . .. f f f\ Whatever your decision may be, you are assured of a service satisfactory in every way. Funeral Service Since 1897 IJTWILLER FUNERAL HOME C.M.U twill«* (Formerly Stock’s Funeral Parlor) We Never Close— Phone 32 ated only during the daytime need not carry them. Red flags are re quired in the latter case. There must be at least three of the flares, so that in case the truck is disabled on the highway at night flares can be placed 100 to 300 feet in front of and behind the truck, with a flare beside it, to warn other drivers of its exact location. Vehicles subject to rules of the public utilities commissioner or the interstate commerce commis sion, or operated entirely within three miles of the limits of an in corporated city, are not subject to these provisions. HOW EFFECTIVE MUST MY EMERGENCY BRAKE BE? If the emergency brake system winter sports carnival. • Mr. and Mrs. Everett McGee, students at the Eugene Bible col lege, are in Ashland during Easter vacation. 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