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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 4 Southern Oregon Miner LIFE'S BYWAYS! Fv JOVT ! 7 h AT Wx/A/Pi MC - T&PAY ISOUK — AA/p / M ustcct S oml trim » Leonard N. Hall Published Every Friday at 167 East Main Street ASHLAND, OREGON POP WHOlS 'Hi Editor and Publisher Wl$f JT MAN ★ ★ THAT LViR SUBSCIUITION RATES (In Advance) ONE YEAR I15<- SIX MONTHS 80c (Mailed Anywhere in the United States) Filtered as second-class matter February 15. 1935, at the postoffice at Ashland. Oregon, under the act of March 3. 1879. ★ TELEPHONE 170 N z3 SET YOl MOTORISTS, GET READY FOR SCHOOL! By next Tuesday nearly all public schools will be open. Hundreds oi Kiddies will be attending foi then first time, and with the youngsters streaming to and from classes a greater responsibility comes to drivers of cars. Regardless of your hurry, take it easy when driv ing in cities and towns whether you’re near a school building or not. For the first few days especially many kids will be thinking about other things while they cross intersections. Beginners will be uninitiated at traffic and will be inclined to dart here and there in their uncertainty and confusion. Ashland has had one violent death recently as the result of bad driving, and we should take extra care that school s drawing out of hundreds of children does not result in further casualties. Drive more slowly, keep your mind on the road, and make allowances for the foolish things children sometimes do. Even if you are not at ’ault, you don t want to run down some boy or girl who might forget to look both ways. ★ ★ ★ mental illness of believing in jugheaded, idealistic plans and pension schemes which are false in reasoning and misleading claims, the quicker will we start measuring the men we put into office. When we abandon pipe dream economics for cold logic, some candidates are going to suffer, but government and the people will benefit. May heaven hurry the day! BOO! WERE GONNA HAVE A WAR! Chatter, chatter, chatter. Up and down the street. Oregon Geologists See Cave City Jubilee Everywhere you go, you hear more war talk these Evidence Of Mineral Is Set for Record days than since 1919. Wealth Near Wallowa Holiday Gathering We’ve practically got all Europe involved, and win Prospects that two highly im Saturday. Sept 3. with ners picked—on paper. It’s somebody else’s neck and portant ferro-alloy minerals, mo the Starting crowning of a queen and a lybdenum and tungsten, may exist cannon involved, and the wish seems to be father of in commercially profitable quan queen's ball, the second annual miners' jubilee will officially start so much "war is certain within 10 days" talk. tities. were noted this summer In in all the glory of early mining area of 250 square miles in the days in southern Oregon Hitler and Germany, of course, are being blamed an Wallowa region of Oregon, it was for the whole rr ^ss. Herr Jew-Hater may be the cause announced by Dr. Warren D The queen will be crowned in the Smith, head of the University of Cave City theater at 9 p. m. and of it all, and he may not. But there is no doubt that Oregon afterwards the department of geography immediately queen'« ball will get under way in he has outmaneuvered all Europe, and has the fate of and geology. Dr. Smith recently headed a the American l-egion hall and will half the world in his hand. You can hear a pin drop party by the state bur last until early hour« of the morn anywhere on the other side of the Atlantic while eau of sponsored geology and mineral in ing Starting at 10 a m Sunday, a dustries. which spent several they’re listening for the roar of the first cannon. weeks mapping this isolated sec miners' exhibit will be opened to War is a terrible, costly thing. And the reaction tion of the state. Although find the public. Sailors Diggins will at 10 a. m. At this Interest which a desperate situation gains over here on the ings to date do not as yet assure start that the two minerals may be ing part of the celebration, guests safe side of the ocean is rather pathetic. We talk of* found in any appreciable quantity, and visitors will sec a real mine operation and a real oldtimer the threatening strife in a biased sort of conjecture the studies made so far should In lead to a more extensive survey to will serve sourdough hotcakes and without knowing what it’s really about. determine actual extent of the pos honey. A rodeo will «tart at 1 p m !h This much we can be certain of: If war comes to sible ores. Dr. Smith stated. The mapping party, which in- the evening a pageant that has Europe, and if it is*of prolonged duration, we will I eluded Ray Treashure, state de been In rehearsal for weeks will partment geologist; John Allen, give Its initial performance in the eventually be drawn into it. geologist and mapping expert; Cave City theater We take too much interest in other people's busi Lloyd Ruff, university instructor; Monday. I^abor day, will be the big day, with an historical miners ness to keep our noses out of their troubles for long. Wayne Lowell, of Washington parade at 1 p. m The rodeo will ★ ★ ★ POLITICS—THE YEAR’S GREATEST BORE’ State college, and a group of stud ents, mapped the region of Eagle creek and Wallowa lake, and Im- naha and the middle fork of Min- am. They pitched camp at an al titude of 7500 feet and climbed 2000 feet higher during their work. National and state politics are not only disappoint ing, they’re downright disgusting, no matter how you • EDUCATIONAL ADVISER look at ’em. TAKES OVER EDITORSHIP Republicans bemoan Roosevelt and the New’ Deal, George H. Fields, educational democrats are fighting among themselves like AFofL adviser the Medford CCC dis and CIO, and both sides are jumping onto anybody’s trict, this for week published his first edition of the Medford District band wagon that looks like it’s going somewhere. as editor, succeeding Lieut. Here in Oregon candidates of both parties are rid News Roy Craft, who has completed five ing high on conscienceless opportunism. They embrace years service with the Civilian corps. any scheme or ism that has a substantial following, Conservation The District News has been pub whether that scheme be crackpot or silly. And the lished in the commercial printing i department of The Miner since goofiest examples of all are some of the referendum I creation of the CCC five years ago. measures voters will have shoved under their noses . Seven thousand copies are dis tributed once a month among offi this fall. , nj|{ cers and enrollees of the Medford Folks who complain that the government is all district, which includes 30 camps southern Oregon and northern wrong have a lot to justify their case. However, com in California. plaint accomplishes nothing -and induces a feeling of ------------- •— • Elliott MacCracken returned purposeless despair. from a two month« vinit in the The state’s leading newspapers aren’t much help, east Monday. either. The Oregonian has become the crying-towel for the republican party, and the Journal is the Charlie McCarthy of demcorats. Neither statewide journal— and theirs is the responsibility of sincere leadership— contributes a thing to our political and governmental improvement. They are business office and nothing more. The quicker we American voters recover from our Solace Is Possible . . . To the bereaved we offer satisfac tory funeral service to the point where every detail is handled by us at little cost. It is better to know us and not need us than to need us and not know us. Funeral Service Since I »97 LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME (Formerly Stock’« Funeral Parlor) We Never Close—Phone 32 repeat at 2 p. rn, and the pageant will appear again In the evening Across the street from the thea ter, stretching for 200 feet, will be concessions. Hot dogs, paddle | Billings Agency REAL ESTATE and REAL INSURANCE Phone 211 % 41 Kant Main a* ASHLAND LUM BER CO. TO 1£U_ you EXACTLY HOW MUCH FOR THE 5 . ¿(EXACT JOB HAVE NA you MINO f F / \I ) 1 7 // • • Mt and Mis Robert DufM returned Sunday from a two weeks wedding trip to laikc o* the W imm I s and Diamond lake • Mr and Mrs Buster Frulun and Mr and Mr« Buster Brown of Klamath Fails spent the week end here with relatives wheel«, penny pitch, bingo and many other favorite paatinien will be ready for guests In the eve ning an old time miner«' twill will be the main attraction following the pageant. At 5 o'clock Monday evening a gigantic banquet will be served in honor of the builder« of the Redwoods highway An attendance of 2,50 diner« 1« expected. 1 CONSULT IS FOR ’ Fl LL INFORMATION ON NEW FHA FINANCING ASHM nd ¿unibvtCo. PHONE 20 OAK ST. -at RAILROAD fruconi Show ¿11/widow STATEzffix FAIR W SALEM, OREGON / ! 5 îeê ^ou at ike. Put Light on the Subject! < ( A ( After ine midnight fire One of tile most valuable tinftlc signals from the Ntuixlpoint of the highway engineer 1« the tlashing beacon, whether it be red or am ber. The value of thia «ignal, how ever, rests entirely upon the de- give of observance which motor 1st« accord it. Tile two chief reason« for ¡1« importance are It« high vlaibillty due to It« bright, intermittent Bashes, and the fact that it causes only momentary «topping ut in tersections where traffic 1« too light to warrant a periodic signal. While some drivers treat the red and amber beacon« as though they carried the same message, thia 1« not the case. The amber beacon say«, in effect, "Dangerous Intersection be on guard " Motor ist« should approach such Inter sections slowly, and proceed through them with caution The red beacon, however, auya Dangelo us intersection SIXil* before crossing " These beacons normally are placed so as to pro tect streams of fast liaific iroiu side-traffic interruptions, and driver« who enter such a at t ert without fust stopping eqdangei both theinselvcH and motorist* on the through street Installation of flashing red bea cons at several intersections on Portland's east «ide cut accidents at those intersections nearly 75 per cent within three months after their placement, thus proving their merit when scientifically located and properly observed y rM| MAf . Livio/ y who cuoio FIGURI our WHAT / ! IMI LUMIUR »OH A / /* SMAI l RI IAIR JOB Il WUUlO COSI Al TIR A I LUMAI« CONCIRN GIVtS k HIM THI «ICORI S Of > ho moch rea %oc I V ANO IUCH f . ( Í With school opening next week, you’ll want to help your youngster« get the most out of their studies. One of the prime requirements - and one often overlooked—is plenty of light for comfortable, restful study. Poor light makes a student feel wretched and takes his mind from his work. See your electrical dealer’s displays for suggestions on how to best provide convenient, proper light for all the family—at a surprisingly low cost! Ashland Light Department “Your SERVICE Department” f < < < < < <
