Friday, May 5 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 4 Church of 11 Nazarene Southern Oregon Miner Leonard N. Hall Published Every Friday at 167 East Main Street ASHLAND. OREGON Editor and Publisher ★ ★ SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In Advance) $1.5t ONE YEAR.... 80c SIX MONTHS (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. ★ tf -I-PPHONE e . F Wordsworth, x Fourth anal « st» 170 II o'( 'lint lllllf thia i N 0*4 the I SET YOU FREE" "THE TRUTH WILL , d STERILIZING FREE SPEECH! This nation was founded on a principle of free speech and, on paper, that privilege is our most jeal­ ously guarded constitutional right. In practice, how­ ever, such a noble purpose frequently is brought to task. A case in point is that of an eastern German-Ameri- can bund leader, Fritz Kuhn, whose remarks attacking the President in most disrespectful terms have aroused the nation to a near-apoplectic rage. That a leader should hurl insults at our government while praising a foreign dictator is just a little more than the average loyal citizen cares to stomach. V\e are all ioi tree speech, and all that ... but why doesn’t somebody ship Fritz off to the land he professes to admire more than his America? However, there is little real danger to this demo­ cratic government from such hinge-lipped little men. His bund will collapse from popular disapproval and widespread resentment. But what is less direct and of deeper concern to all of us is the bunds’ revival of pig-headed race prejudices. Fritz Kuhn and his kind will come and go. but each new indulgence in hatred will leave a lasting scar. Back in the days of the klan this country endured the worst kind of simple-minded ugliness, and the present bund efforts to revive such stupid passions can be disastrous both to Jew and German citizens of the United States, and to the rest of us as well. Free speech is a precious American possession, but it exacts its price. Now if the government could just crack Kuhn for income tax evasion, a great tradition would remain untrammeled and a rotten odor from Berlin could be dispelled. ★ ★ ★ MAKE ’EM PAY TAXES, TOO, EARL! < hiirlra Church school meet» J (’ N Glllinoic, Hiiprtj Morning worship at |d 'Why Men me (Nfended 2 II the subject ftf the paJ mon. Young People's Union ■ lit 7 p in The evening a s o’clock Tlie pastor wi|i his subject being "I vd < renter " Prayer and conference on Wednesday at 7:30 p.J JERSEY <1.1 IIBEICN TO FARMS, PK’NK SV OF ALL THINGS! By MINER STAFF WRITER TAMES ROOSEVELT, while per- " tonally conducting "Wuthering Heights" on its European premi­ ere, took dinner with the king and queen of England, but it cost him $320. He had to charter a private plane to keep the appointment. Here's one to add to Goldwyn- alia. Sam Goldwyn appeared at his office one morning muttering "this is terrible" over and over again. Finally, one of the bolder souls, unable to stand it any long­ er, asked, "What’s this that's so terrible, Mr. Goldwyn?" Where­ upon the big moving picture man replied, “I just found out that the one I got working for me isn't the one that's president.” 111 ★ NOW, WHEN I WAS A BOY—! Members of the Rog, Jersey Cattle dub Hutu, tour Axhlnnd area farm*! ’ M m J R McCra io n in , and continuing , B Foyer dairy at 1i a nu lauilno Jersey farm at at which time basket hud sey milk and ice creantl enjoyed A number of claas<-i ha arranged for the day, j owners and breeders of j «< i tie and other breeders, t members and others will pate (CopyrifHt w N. U J 111 ★ I >1111 liiim. ii Fortunately, there is a Something which eventually evens all things. Residents of Ashland—and of all Oregon communities located hard by the California It is to be hoped that the tele­ state line—have tired at the insistence with which vision sets will be blessed with a northbound tourists flash their sales tax pennies here. greater degree of selectivity than by the radio receiving But the other day none other than our own secretary is set possessed over which we get our nightly of state, Earl Snell, bit the dog. entertainment. Amos 'n Andy’s black faces hovering over Major Snell, it seems, wrote Tule Lake, Calif., for a fi­ I Bowes Charlie McCarthy nancial report on that municipal corporation. In fact, ! off to a starting song and dance would be scene that would drive a more he demanded immediate compliance with Oregon law a enduring soul than ours off to the covering the subject. pool hall. And you can imagine the surprise of the startled I I State of the Nation: It wasn't Tule Lake city recorder. confined to the Hoover administra­ Somehow or other, we’re mighty proud of our en­ tion. The other day the writer handed a salesman's card terprising Snell. His geographical boner was a refresh­ was reading "give me an order or I'll ing retaliation for the habitual land grabbing which vote for him again." in 1928 taxes took 22 cents out of every dollar “moves” our Crater Lake into California. of national income, in 1937 it was ★ I*,. 18 cents. Seventeen senators can veto a treaty with a foreign na­ tion. Eighteen senators can be elected from the nine most sparse­ ly populated states which contain eight per cent of the population, and this month Madame Dionne will celebrate her 30th birthday. Lou Gehrig, holder of the record for playing in the greatest consec­ utive number of baseball games - over 2000 has voluntarily bench­ ed himself. Said neither the team nor himself were going so good. Nope, there’s nothing new under the sun, and the crack goes for these silly women’3 hats, too. Modern motorists, with their fidgety impatience to arrive at wherever they’re going with the least pos­ sible delay, appear to be a new high in human hurry. But there’s no real difference in the throttle-smasher of today and the rein-snapping, clucking buggy crowd- er of yesterday. Our vote for the most expressive The only difference is in the vehicles under them. statement of the week: "The pass­ was so rough that for five It was not so long ago that Hiram, hitching up his age days I wore a porthole around my team for a jaunt into town, snapped his horses on their neck.” hind quarters and muttered, “Well, let’s be a-gittin’ When reading some of the com­ thar ’. And you can be sure that Hiram took the most ments one gathers that the gar, fair isn't the gigantic direct road and didn’t stop to let the nags nibble along 1 ¡ Francisco spectacle financially that it is sce- the wayside. His impatience to get to town—and then i nically. Herb Caen, writer for the Francisco Chronicle, has let to get back home, once he started—was as great as San out some pretty sharp observa­ is that of the driver of a high-powered car who nerv­ tions in this regard and some of irate citizenry are penning let­ ously jiggles with a radio dial to kill time as he speeds the ters of protest to the editor. So along at 60 miles an hour. far we don’t think he has been of untruthful reporting Yes, mankind has better and better tools with accused but probably what makes ’em mad which to work, but he keeps doing the same pointless, is that he tells too much of the too well. silly things with them. The yokel who used to bend truth, Difficulties along the spectacu­ over withing striking distance of a cranky mule’s lethal lar gayway and lack of patronage the big name swing bands will hooves now lurches around curves at breakneck speed ’ for always make the best headline 1 1 i 111 material which draws attention from the actual fair itself. Fairs, in the strict sense of the word, have always been the same. In ancient times tradesmen and pro­ ducers brought their wares to some central point probably under the auspices of what was the fore­ runner of the present-day cham­ ber of commerce, for exhibit and , sale. In later years it became im- ' practical to tote the actual goods around so exhibits by the manu- j facturera and foreign govem- I ments were used instead. Gayways and sideshows are always in ex­ istence in a number of places throughout the country and those at the fair are being conducted by show people who are merely car­ rying on their usual occupation in a new setting. Moreover, one finds the exhibits number <>f bicycle-motor vehicle deaths doubled During the same period the number of bicycles approximately doubled. FO DMVÍM Will 1939 continue or reverse this death trend'’ Let's make up our minds early By EARL SNELL this year to be as patient and Secretary of State careful ax |x>nxiblc with the thous­ ands of bike riders who will swarm L’ARL SNELL, secretary of stair, the streets and highways this O Subscribe for The Ml calls attention to the follow­ spring and summer. ing item from the publication "The Safe Driver": ‘‘Some time ago the National Transportation company of New York City installed a rear buzzer signal on every vehicle in its taxicab fleet. "Officials hoped the buzzer would prevent backing up i dents, which had become far too numerous. It did. The buzzer at- traded attention when the cabs backed up. "Backing up accidents dropped 30 per cent. "Because a backing vehicle us- ; ually travels slowly, drivers are apt to minimize the hazards of ||A\E YOU ever bran traveling in reverse. ■’pn-sMiri'd Into buying "Evanston, Ill. had a splendid Insurance that didn’t quite record of 301 days without a traf­ suit your needs? Thru you’ll fic fatality. It was broken late in 1938 when a woman was killed by appmiutr our friendly. In­ a truck backing into a private formative liiminincr aervliv* driveway. . . . we are here to fill your "In New York state last Sep- 1 -dealrea, not force ours onto tember eight men were struck and i killed by automobiles in Industrial you. accidents, four of which were be­ ing backed up. "It is so easy to get into trouble You’ll he glad to know ’bat dependable Oregon when you’re backing up The vic­ Mutual Fire Inouruncr Company Dividend Policies tim often is unaware of the ve­ coat you LESS, yet give l»rttrr service! For full hicle or becomes caught between Information without obligation, are it and a wall or loading platform " f < f The importance of traffic safety education in our schools is clearly demonstrated by figures supplied recently by the National Safety Council to Earl Snell, secretary of state. This report. Mr. Snell states, shows that about 5.000 tl<> EAST MAIN STREET piiom American high schools teach regu­ lar courses in traffic safety. In some school systems, the traffic safety course must be mastered before the student may graduate. About 2.400,000 boys and girls reach the driving age every year and each year, ax more schools*» teach traffic safety, a larger per­ centage of this number begin their driving experience better equipped to do a safe Job of it. / < f During the last five years the FACTS EVER FEEL LIKE YOU HAD BEEN ROPED IN? I. C. ERWI AS well ' as voices of the different enterprise« only at these fairs and they are not maintained at any other time or place. If the headlines of the dif­ ficulties of the sideshows could be displaced for a picturizatlon of the excellence of the scenic and industrial attractions, perhaps, in the humble opinion of this corres­ pondent who understates when he says that his experience in show­ manship is limited, perhaps the fair tycoons down there wouldn’t have so many headaches over the unfavorable publicity given the gate attendance and the closing of some of the amusement attrac­ tions. Anyway, "just swell” is the usual answer from returning vis­ itors we have talked to up here in the hinterlands. IS YOUR PRESENT LIFE INSURANCE ADEQUATE? Sra Phone 334-R , e,ePj°ne ’«vice, with its friendly "Number, thCaSr< s. t s personal communication between people near or far. Low-priced, too. metropolitan life INSURANCE CO. THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE TND TELEGRAPH COMPANY STEVEN R. Hi Oak .Street- - Telephone 18!)