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Friday, Jan. 13, 1939 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 4 Southern Oregon Miner Leonard N. Hall Published Every Friday at 167 East Main Street ASHLAND, OREGON Editor and Publisher By EARI. SNELL Secretary of State ★ ★ SUBSCRIPTION RATES <l" Advance) ONE YEAR............. SIX MONTHS........ tMailed 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 SET YOU “THE TRUTH WILL > L IvKK The people of Ashland, through their city council, have started oft into a year of missionary work witn greater tourist attention, increased Shakespearean festival attendance and new citizens as theii goal. However, attracting new people to Ashland and satisfying them once tney’ve come means a lot more than publicity and magazine stories. There s much that must be done here after the newcomer has been enticed. , : We’ve got to make him like it here and worth his while to stay. We must make him feel welcome and we must ex tend unusual willingness to cooperate with him both socially and in business. To date this end of our hos pitality toward new residents and business men is badly neglected. For example, it is understood that one business man who came here a few months ago invested moi e than $10,000 but now is anxious to dispose of his hold ings at a sacrifice if necessary’ and get out. He has felt not only a lack of friendliness in Ashland, but also a business hostility and unwillingness to cooper ate on the part of city officials and community leaders. Before we concentrate too much on bringing in more men to invest in Ashland’s future we should see to it if we can that not one single person already here is permitted to become dissatisfied. We don’t want to bait people into coming here and let things go at that. We must follow through on our plan to better Ashland’s future by making a sincere effort to cooperate with all newcomers and make them all feel like we’re really glad they came and are anx ious to do what we can to keep them here. The hiring of a publicity agent by the city can be a good business investment for Ashland, but we’ve got to snap out of it if we would gain lasting value for the community. ★ ★ IMPRACTICAL LAWS SHOW THEIR FLAWS! Oregon’s recently inaugurated marriage la tv is a glaring example of what’s wrong with most well-meant but too enthusiastically-framed initiative and referen dum measures. Those who voted for the stringent marriage law did so with a feeling of righteous hostility toward venereal diseases and believed the measure would do something definite toward their eradication. But what has been the result? Since the law went into effect, in Jackson county alone, 22 couples were driven to Yreka, Calif., while but six have remained to comply. Which shows that the intention of legislation sometimes has very little to do with its effect. That most couples now repair to a neighboring state for nuptials is not a reflection on their ability to pass the Oregon law’s required examination but, rather, is a demonstration of the age-old axiom that human beings always will follow the course of least resistance. And why not? Unusual man-made restrictions or red tape are neither desirable nor particularly bene ficial. Examination fees for a couple now are $10, whereas in California, for instance, most of that amount can be saved for more practical things such as rent, groceries or gasoline for a honeymoon. And not only are couples boycotting the Oregon marriage law, but also many doctors, who feel that the $5 fee per person is not sufficient compensation for the involved examination required. Yet the $5 cost seems to be too much already for those who must pay it. So there you are—a law with a worthwhile and noble objective defeats itself. Prior to the election The Miner insisted that every measure on the ballot should be defeated, principally because most of it lacked practicality. Our marriage law is kicking back, and the anti-picketing measure has denied Oregon federal funds. Meanwhile, local couples flock to other states, and who can blame them for their preference? PICTURE8 "New York and Boston news papers had a good, old-fashioned By P. O. DAVIS Roman Holiday of photographic Director, Alabama Extension | bad taste at the Carroll trial in Service South Paris, Maine. From the beginning we have "To us, the various poses of Bar been taught that institutions, bara Carroll, taken while her fa agencies and doctrines which mer ther was on trial for murder, were it permanency are allowed to live, shocking and repulsive to decent- and that, on the other hand, those minded persons—-or should be, things which are useless or un "Don’t blame the girl. From all worthy of life must die and dis- I we've read about her she's below appear. average mentally, and probably As we ourselves live and think putty in the hands of fast-talking and study and observe we see that big city camera men. this doctrine is true. Because it is "Don't blame her mother. She is true, it, too, is allowed to endure probably about the same mental and to guide us in our procedure. gait as the daughter, and as pli It is a light that guides- a truth . able when the hocus-pocus boys that sustains. With it wo can label' got to work on her. the things upon which we can de “Don't blame the camera men. pend and recognize the doctrines They've been brought up in a hard upon which we can rely. school, it’s their way of making a To me an example of this is the living, and they were working un press- daily, weekly, monthly. der orders. Since it is a human institution we “Blame, instead, the newspaper admit its imperfections but we moguls, the ruthless big shots who recognize its qualities which en sit behind the great mahogany dure. It has a place in the hearts desks and deliberately pander to and lives of human beings which | the lowest public taste who live, nothing else can take. grow fat and have their being by a And as I meditate upon the and cynical exposure of press my thoughts always turn to i constant the weekly newspapers which I naked human misfortune. "There ought to be a law.”— first knew as a farmer boy and Robert Warner in the Stafford for which I wrote my first lines Springs (Conn.) Press. that appeared in print. From that good day to this I have held them FERGUS E. W ALKER in the highest esteem for what Funeral services for Fergue E they really are and for what they Walker, 64, who died Sunday at mean to their readers. I have not done this because of the Osteopathic hospital in Med my friendship for them nor their ford, were held at 2 p. m. Tues friendship for me but because the day at the Litwiller Funeral Home weekly press, as one member of with Rev. E. E. Wordsworth of that great family of the press, is j ficiating. Interment in Hagardine an institution which was bom to cemetery. 1 - ------- «-------- live and grow and serve. First in the hearts and lives of millions of EMMA LUCY JONES people who live close to nature Funeral services for Emma and to things both spiritual and Lucy Jones, 70, who died Tuesday material, the weekly press is an at the Community hospital here, essential institution that has been ' were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at ordained to live. the Litwiller Funeral Home with ------------ •------------- the Rev. C. E. Dunham officiat MABEL HANSEN WINS HONOR ing. , Interment in Mountain View ROLL POSITION AT O N S cemetery. , Orclained To Live! Mabel H. Hansen, daughter of Mrs. Emma Hansen, 472 Scenic Drive, Ashland, Oregon, earned a place on the highest honor roll at Oregon Normal school, Monmouth, by doing outstanding work in her courses during the fall quarter just ended. Miss Hansen is com pleting a course in elementary teacher training. Her inclusion on the honor roll necessitated com pleting a minimum of 15 credit hours with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. She is a graduate of Ashland high school. Her other activities on the Monmouth camp us include membership in the choir and trio. With sympathetic tact and under standing we endeavor to lighten the sorrow of those we serve. THERE’S NOTHIN«» QUITE SO TOUCHING (HITS THE RIGHT SPOT) AS A BOWL OF OUR STEAMING HOT CHILI You’ll Like Our Cozy Counter Service ! • ★ Funeral Service Since 1897 LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME (Formerly Stock’s Funeral Parlor) We Never Close—Phone 32 -------- •-------- • Silvio Zonotto of Hilt visited friends here last week-end. 1 • Mr and Mrs. Jesse Arnold and daughters visited for several days in Portland this week. • Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Barksdale I and Mrs. Arch Barksdale and daughter Beverly, left Wednesday for Glendale, Calif., where they will visit with relatives for several days. FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH May sound omin ous to some but we aren’t going to let it get us down; not for a minute. We are here ready to serve you on this Friday the same as any other day with QUAL ITY BUILDING PRODUCTS. 'll: ’ Try the Train Relax in a »oil »cat while our experienced engineer» drive you along (he world'» >afe»t, smooth- e»( highway, »(eel rail» — tafe, even u/>ri> uet. 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KARL OESER —---------------- •-------------------- • Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Brenniman returned Wednesday from Fort Collins, Colorado where they have been visiting for the past three weeks. ★ To Those We Serve Napping at the wheel of an au tomobile is one driving practice which results in accidents ap proximately 100 per cent of the time. tn fact, one needn’t go complete ly to sleep to put his car into the ditch A driver whose brain has W<* «flopped into the court hoiixn become numbed by fatigue often the other day and found Editor fails to see objects in the road or Hall of The Miner nerving on Jui) sudden curves in time to avoid We wandered nil over the Joint disaster, and more often his reac and remembered the time six short tion is slowed just enough to make years ago nt about the name time the difference between u narrow of year when the big building was escape and an accident. jammed with cohorts of the Fehl- Statistics on ’’driver asleep'' ac I BankH-ilenrletta Martin regime cidents art* difficult to obtain, us and a poor, lone country editor ually because the driver himself is had almost to fight his way about unaware of the exact cause of the the corridors. And we thanked the mishap. The 1937 Oregon accident Lord that peace hud once more summary showed that 273 acci spread her wings over our county. dents involved drivers who were Art (Hie) Powell in the Central asleep or excessively fatigued, Point Americun. with six fatalities resulting 'Hieae figures are probably much too small, since fatigue was doubtless the chief factor in many fatal ac cidents for which there was no satisfactory explanation. Sleeping drivers arc more likely to lose their lives than those in volved in other types of accidents because they have no control over the speed of their cars and can make no attempt to stop or What A Memory! FALLING DOWN ON Ol R si PROSED •HOSPITALITY’! ★ swerve before colliding with ug object. Truck drivers who must sp<-m| long hours ut the wheel don't hesli late to pull off the road when thvj feel drowsy ami take a short nap They also stop at times, get ou| of the cab and walk around ir break the spell of monotony in. iluced by the drone and vibration of the motor. In the matter o| food, hot beverages and li^hl lunches nt fairly frequent Inter, vals are better than un occasional big meal for a driver on a long trip. LIFE’S BYWAYS! DANDY LUNCH MRS. REBA TENNYSON Proprietor Next to White House Groc. BUYING A CAR 1. SEE THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, (investigate the Cash Buyer Plan automobile financing) 2. SELECT YOUR CAR...NEW OR USED (under three years old) 3» PAY CASH TO THE DEALER OR OWNER You supply one-third the price in trade-in or cash we lend you the balance required to pay tor both car and insurance YOU NEED NOT BE A DEPOSITOR TO FINANCE THROUGH THIS BANK ANY BRANCH FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND
