Friday, August 12. 1938
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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ton loaded freight cur nearly two
milea straight up In the air
It Is the Job of your automobile
engine to harness this energy and
transform it Into forward motion
In the process of cooling the en­
gine. overcoming filiilon and ex-
|>elling exhaust r.ases, uppioxl
mutely IH) per cent of the energy
in the gasoline is wasted, ao that
only 10 per cent is actually uti­
lised in propelling your car
The gasoline Is drawn Into Die
carburetor from the fuel tank,
mixed In the proper proportion
with air. then whisked through
the intake manifold at speeds us
high us 250 miles an hour into the
cylinders, where It is compressed,
ignited by an electric s|>ark.
LIFE’S BYWAYS!
Southern Oregon Miner
Published Every Friday
at 167 East Main Street
ASHLAND, OREGON
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burned aid expelled through the
exhaust system In the process of
burning the liny particles oi limiid
gasoline lire turned Into carbon
dioxide, carbun monoxide and
water vapor, many times the orig­
inal volume o.’ the gasoline, and
It Is thia audden Inc reus# In vol
ume which forces the pistons
downward ami causes the <rank-
Bhatt to revolve
TIi lx brief explanation
Yeah, We've Still Got Long Ears!
Compared to shoveling out ditches, writing editor­
ials is quite a lark, even if you do have to get in \out
digs. But it isn’t one of the most popular branches of
writing if you try to say something.
The trouble isn’t with the job so much as it is with
people. The minute man starts to think, he starts to
disagree. And although this department cant alwavs
be accused of thinking, it has disagreed. Particularly
with republicans.
Not that republicans aren’t a pretty nice sort of
people—away from the polls — but more because
For As Little As
they’re so cussed sure of themselves that it becomes
a keen pleasure for an insignificant, half-pint weekly
to fling barbs at their Achilles.
gible, easy-to-understand program which the man on
Of course democrats and republicans both have the street will accept as aimed at his welfare rather
the same objective—the evolvment of a better gov­ than his vote, this little newspaper will continue to
ernment. Their ideas on what is a better government shout and ballyhoo and defend the New Deal and
You May Have a Day
vary considerably, however, and none agree on the President Roosevelt, even through a third term.
best tools with which to build it.
of Freedom on
As we see it, the present administration is the
Times have been changing almost as rapidly as lesser evil of the two parties. We know from exper­
Washday
grille designs on radiator fronts, but we have been ience that the New Deal wants to help Mr. Average
slow to accept new patterns in our administrations. Man. but about all we know of republican aims is that
The same man who will get hot flashes and dive into they want to get back into the White House.
his wallet the minute he sees some super-colossal auto­
Ashliuul laiundry Service will fit your budget.
Phone IM about our rcoriomical ciump wnah.
mobile on the market will shreik with apoplectic terror
nuch as dynamite are burdened
also
with
the
exyven
which
la
when someone suggests a moderniz. d govenment func­
necessary for the burning process
tion. They want their refrigerators, their washing ma­
As a matter of fact, gasoline
chines and their radios to be t**e latest on the market,
in the proper mixture with air is
a more powerful explosive than
31 W ATF.K STREET
but they loll in reverie of the ‘‘good old days" when it
TNT. nitroglycerine, dynamite or
"For
ihr
Ideal
wushdav,
comes to politics.
»lasting powder If all the energy
■lust call.
By EARL SNELL
in a single gallon of gasoline could
Which is to say that every living thing progresses.
That's all."
Sec retary of State
be converted into useful work, It
Time or protoplasm cannot be turned backward, and
would be sufficient to Hft a 60-
HOW DOES GASOLINE OP­
neither can government.
ERATE AS A Fl EL IN MY
In the case of our nation, principles that were CAR?
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would be hard to imagine a
right at its birth are right today and will be right to-,; fuel It better
suited to propel light
morrow. It is their application to varying human re­ motor vehicles
than gasoline.
lations that must be kept modernized and up to the While it is an extremely powerful
exnlosive when vaporized and
times.
mixed with air. it differs from
And that is why this little journal welcomed the moat explosives tn that it con­
almost entirely of carbon and
New Deal back in 1933. and why it still nurtures an sists
hydrogen, which can be complete­
admiration and a loyajty for President Roosevelt and ly consumed in the process of
burning, while other explosives
his many innovations.
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Roosevelt may not be right too much of the time,
but leastwise he is trying—and going forward. Some
of his ideas have proved sound and beneficial, some
T im T ells E m
( *V
have failed because of obstruction by party and busi­
ness foes, and some have failed because they were
I am always "Johnny on the spot”. I'm
more theoretical than practical. But for all the New
as quick as you’ can turn the faucet. I
Deal bloopers and bungles, the underlying principle
am never tired or caught napping, I am
behind them has been an aggressive, sincere effort
the continuous hot water heater. Next
to improve what is admittedly an unsatisfactory state
of well being on the part of the American majority.
only to the furnace, I am the greatest
When Hoover last sought the presidency (or per­
modern convenience in the home, and
haps we should say when he last was nominated)
unlike the furnace. I serve the year
democrats and a good many republicans were sick and
round. Best of all, my unfailing service
discouraged with the old claptrap and soothe-saying
may be had for a few pennies a day!
which accompanied a policy of do-nothing toward les
sening the fangs of depression. As a “last resort”
enough people voted for Roosevelt to give him the
greatest vote in our history. Many of them were sur­
prised when they discovered they had—quite unknow­
ingly—elected
lected the man of the hour, the one person
If you re a good health follower, and cleanse your system
whose courage and action fitted our need.
mornings
with a glass or two of hot water, I m ready for
In gratitude and confidence they reelected Roose­
you with water clear, fresh and as hot as you like it.
velt in 1936. Since then his popularity has waned al­
most in inverse ratio to the filling out of wrinkles in
the bellies of once hungry voters. Today he is heckled
on every hand by sour democrats and jaundiced re­
publicans, and it would be hard to predict just what
the trend will be in 1940.
I am always ready for the baby's bath. And I'm equally
ready
with plenty of hot water for leeping baby’s cloth­
But this much is certain. The republicans are going
ing fresh and comfy. I keep floors and woodwork clean
to have to contribute something tangible and concrete
and germ-free.
to national politics if they are to be successful in
blocking another democratic election. Sniping and
talking-down alone will not accomplish much, either
for their party or for governmental welfare.
I ntil such time as republicans can offer some tan-
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