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Friday, April SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 4 peclttlly common visibility lx poor. Lust •uniiiii i n( crushed t<> iliuith biuily wrecked into the Bide < ,"f ! can which wu 1 eroding, altri du fore another <in when he drove ¡.,u stopped lit it crushed into the | moving freight ti, liso ixTin i< ,| .it rj Walchl’uliKN| lie the rule nl because train». fast cannot I h avoid trouble . eV«i gineer may untoli, drtie LIFE'S BYWAYS! Southern Oregon Miner Leonard N. Hall I'ublished Every Friday at 167 East Maui Street ASHLAND, OREGON Editor and Publisher ★ ★ SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In Advance) ONE YEAR ...... $1.51 SIX MONTHS........ 80c t Mailed 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 IE n person has an earnest desire * to commit suicide while driving his automobile. a llmr-tested method is to «irive upon a railroad track in front of a roaring |HW«rn- ger train, according to Secretary of State Earl Snell. Yet while a high proportion of fatalities result from accidents in which locomotives strike automo • Mt and Mm biles which drive in front of them, 111 It attended an approximately half «11 grad«* Hunt lay cronxing accidrnlx rrwiilt from tnr automobile's running into the train TTii" ty|»c '»f mishap Is es- in toi a i * i INMI'RAN'l ». SET YOU FREE" ••THE TRUTH UU-L - A POPULAR PROMOTION! The selection of Earl Rogers for the position oi principal of Ashland junior high school over the wee - end was a most happy decision on the part oi the k u school board in the opinion of hundreds of townspeople who know and respect the genial, capable coach and faculty member who for 11 years has been making friends for himself and the local school system. Rogers, following the close of school this spring, will succeed Miss Ila Myers, a member of the local system for 30 years, who will retire at that time. She will be able to leave her post confident in knowing that her work is being left in good hands. Earl* Rogers, affectionately known as “Coach Rog ers” by hundreds of young men who have studied and pursued athletics under his direction, is well deserving of his promotion. That he has an unusually effective “way” with students of junior high school age is proved by the exceptional regard with which he is re membered by all who have attended his classes and By MINER STAFF W RITER benefitted by his coaching. As one former student aptly put it, “Some fellows VUHY can't we have more of like one coach and not another, while some like 'em ’* this? Raymond F. Kraft, working for his master's degree the other way around—but all of the boys, whether I in school management at North they liked this high school coach or that college western university dug up the fact Chicago public schools were mentor, are unanimous in expressing respect and real that paying 3*._. cents per kilowatt hour to Commonwealth Edison for elec affection for Rogers.” tricity while consumers using sim Earl Rogers' success with athletic teams has been ilar amounts were billed at one or outstanding in the state but, more than that, his suc 1‘2 cents. A 1909 contract with the power company was still in cess with developing a sense of fair play and good force but could have been can sportsmanship has gone far to mold the youth of Ash celled at any time upon 60 days notice. Sharp-eyed Kraft told the land into valuable citizens. school board that they had paid This newspaper, along with many others, is glad the power company over $4,000,- too much in 30 years time. for the school system that such a man has been given 000 And less of this: At the last deserved recognition. compilation American college stu OF ALL THINGS! ★ ★ ★ A PASSING FAD—WE HOPE! Although many radio listeners appear to enjoy quiz programs, this newspaper prefers to wrinkle its nose and reach for the dial when nut-cracking wise acres start the barbaric embarrassment of gullible “students” before a microphone. “Ignorance on Parade” might be a more appropriate title for such catch-trap schemes for wheedling money out of program sponsors. Flagpole sitters, walkathon hoofers, peanut rollers and goldfish gobblers loom as intellectuals compared to the Professor Quiz stooges who voluntarily put themselves on the spot. Like some of the sillier designs in women’s hats, the question-and-answer era is a fad which may pass —praise Allah! Listeners of the same mind as this department, of course, can by the simple twist of the wrist choke off the distasteful programs. But, hang it all, whirling the dial doesn’t choke those — in- terrogators who feast on the very human habit of being mistaken. ★ ★ ★ AMERICA THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS? Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, _ notorious World war draft dodger, is reported to be* ready to return from Germany to serve out the remainder of the five-year sentence imposed upon him before his escape in 1919. Bergdoll’s return—if he actually returns—will give rise to several possible explanations. Either repentance has at long last smitten the wartime slacker or, what is more likely, things are getting a little too compli cated for him in Germany. With Hitler on the rampage, perhaps Bergdoll pre fers the quiet, orderly safety of a federal prison. Pos sibly, too, even as indiscriminating a host as Germany finds a runaway slacker hard to stomach. The fact that the alien property custodian in this country holds considerable cash, securities, mortgages and real estate seized from Bergdoll at the time of his-conviction might be the bait which beckons repent ance. Regardless of his reasons for returning, the World war coward will find few Americans glad to have him back. 6 YOU rnay assured that each individual need and requirement is satisfied when we are called to conduct the last rites of your loved ones. To merit your continued con fidence is our aim. City Ambulance Service Funeral Service Since 1897 litwiller FUNERAL HOME (Formerly Stock’s Funeral Parlor) We Never Close—Phone 32 was used The beet industry lias lM*en turning to Oregon ax a place Where the desirable varieties of beet seed may be grown more cheaply inasmuch as the beets re main in the ground over winter ijitest report was made by Harold E Finnell, assistant agronomist In the farm crops department The new sugar refinery plant at Nyssa. Ore. is becoming a purchaser of Oregon-grown seed, some of which is being grown in the Ashland area 1 I 1 ; I SCHU 1‘lion» ME I icon INMVIt F Sugar Beet Seed Is Profitable Crop The new sugar-beet seed grow- : ing industry in western Oregon , can be a profitable one if properly ! handled, according to the latest experimental results reported from | Oregon State college covering the : years 1937-1938. Where irrigation | is available, even more profitable yields can be obtained than is ' otherwise the case and the land I needs to be occupied only one crop year. Experiments at the southern I Oregon branch experiment station at Talent have also developed pro fitable procedures for growing | seed there. The United States imports ap- | proximately 17 million pounds of ( sugar-beet seta! annually from Eu- | ropean countries. This imported | seed, however, is not suitable for j use in localities where certain dis eases are prevalent. Plots harvested last year on the dents had swallowed 404 live gold fish Individual record, 89 for J. Corvallis station averaged 2545 Deliberate, Clark university. Maas pounds of seed per acre on irrigat ed, fertilized [»lots, and 2414 t 1 1 A dirty crack can have several pounds per acre where no fertilizer or various degrees of sharpness and the sharper it is is usually in direct proportion to its truthful ness. A person does not mind a derogatory remark if it is untrue. In this light we submit the follow ing as our opinion of the week's dirtiest dig: The United States had best be cautious in standing behind the European democracies or she will get backed into. < STFA Men Are Tai .About Ashland’s Biggei Shaving Value! SHAVING ( REAM Brushless or Lather— (ìiant Jumbo Tubes RAZOR BLADES < Of Interest hereabouts: "Univer sity of Washington steals 240- pound tackle from University of Hawaii and Coach Otto Blum makes futile protest," says sport note in well known national mag azine. The guy’s name is Otto Klum, you dope. f r r In August or September of this year Mars will be closer to the world than at any time in the last 15 years, a matter of a mere 35 million miles. Why couldn’t some body have thought of that when Orson Welles was scaring the day lights out of his radio audience and they would have known that the inhabitants of the other planet wouldn’t attack until then. 111 When you press a button at the drinking fountains of the New York world’s fair a 25-word re corded selling talk sponsoring some commercial product will sound off. And: Phonograph records are now being made experimentally on tin plate but we are reasonably sure that some of the musicians recording on the wax records have been using the same material for instruments. 1 1 1 Due to protests, Warner Bros, have shelved plans indefinitely for the production of "John Dillinger, Outlaw." We didn't think it was such a bright idea in the first place but Warner Bros, are not In the habit of consulting this de partment about such things. 1 1 TALKING ABOUT 1 A couple of months ago this column said that if the spending of the Chinese people were in creased two cents per month per capita the increased purchasing power would be sufficient to pull the world out of this depression. While mulling over a 190!» mag azine the following line came to our eye in an article by Jim Hill. "If the Chinese should spend one cent more per month per capita it would amount to one and a half billion dollars, which would buy more food than the United States could safely release.” ------------ •------------- • Mr. and Mrs. Will Dodge made a trip through Dead Indian Sun day. CORNS CURED $50.00 BUHIHG R CRR? SEE THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK FIRST... TO ARRANGE THE ¿0JF COST WAY TO PAY FOR ITI 42 Sta.nckt5 FIRST RRTIOnRIi BRÏ1K OF PORTLAND TH! LEADER IN OREGON IN FINANCING THE CREDIT REQUIREMENTS OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND industry IZ McNAIR BROS. ! CORN-OFF
