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About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1939)
Friday. Aug. li. 1939 • iti? SOUTHERN OREGON MINER I1 “ ran* I rinunci' FIIA will affect thousands of Pa cific northwest property owners whose homes have been refinanced by IIOLXJ or are under the in sured mortgage system of FIIA These government agencies have reduced interest from five to 4'» per cent. Interest rates prevailing in Oregon and Washington (all types) range from five to H.li per cent, the average being 0 3 per cent. 99 In Oregon alone X700 loans are benefit ted by the rcdlMM-d Interest by HOM'. It 1« esti mated that (1.7 per cent of the urban families are paying off debt* on homes through this agency. Henceforth Interest will be saved on one half of one |M-r «'ent on approximately »13,000,000 Page 5 two billion dollars voted for na tional defense, as an instance Although congress has ad journed. one man's Job continues He is the chap whose duty It is to see that all the clocks in the cap- itol, senate and house office build ings keep running and also keep time even though no one sees them but the Janitors and charwomen. • Mr and Mr* Morris Woodson are the parents of a daughter born Tuesday in the Community hospital. • Mr arid Mr*. Joe Davis of Red lands, Calif., visited for several day* here with friends. • Mr and Mr* Gene Bryant and son* left Monday for Han Ia»andro, Calif., following a visit here at the home of Dr. and Mrs. R. L. • Char lee n and Veniga Roberson Hurdle They were accompanied by spent Thursday am! Friday at the Bob Burdlc who wdll enter the M M McCollum home. California school of Fine Arts. • Harry Travis «pent several days thia week in San Francisco. • Mr. and Mr*. C. D Elhart and family returned recently from a visit in San Francisco. $25.00 REWARD will be paid for any corn Great Christopher Corn and Callous Remedy cannot remove! EAST HIDE PHARMACY Lower interest rates on every thing was one of th«- earliest ob jectives announced by President ROOSOVelt In lf'3?,. ami unit e hi* inauguration there has been a general reduction in th«- coat of borrowed money r < < There Is a possibility of Wiliam- ette valley being included in sugar beet acreage when the present sug- ur quota expires and a new allot ment is ju-rmitted The large sugar refining company located at Nyssa. Ore., is interested in the proposition and ha* been corres ponding on the subject. Domestic production now is under rigid con trol by the department of agri culture, the control extending down to the point of designating wages for picker*. t r ao exceed the repayments that eventually the government would be out of pocket two billion dol lar* with nothing to show for it, not even a copper cent. Gne single speech by the young farmer-teach er disclosed a situation that hail escaped the other 530 lawmaker* < f Interest a lashes by HOLC and M~CAL IKE » Efforts to develop thr shlp- building industry on the Co lumbia river and Puget Sound have received little encourage ment from the federal mari time commission and it has awurded contract* for five cargo carrion to be construct ed in southrm California. Every pro|H>sai suggested for the establishing of yards north of Sail Francisco hay has been discouraged by the commis sion and where there are no facilities the comminsion de clines to award bld*. derlnod <<>u»t of the HliaMn-« ' em iole building, one of llie California I <>tiiiiil«»ion group at tile Golden Gate liitcriiallonal E»| mm »I i I, hi for llie Hl«kl)ou tornii) l*a) rrlebration, Saturday, August 111. KtpoaiUon visitor* from llie county will make their h<Twl<|uartera In tlie Mli»»la-<' sjm iole building. Títere they will see their own coun ty'* exhibit anti llie exliiliit* of llie other northern counUr«, which an- Ite aled In the Hlux»ta-Caax ode U omlerland arca. r » r r One of the essentials in war is tin The administration favor* ex ploring the United States in the hope of developing a aupply. Gov ernment official* say traces have been found in Washington, Idaho, Nevada and California all around Oregon, but no trace in Oregon. Politics played a large part in the recent congress, but when something affected the country and was not tinged with politics. White House and congress were a* united a* Siamese twins the You’ll Find That It Pays ! Yes, when the light bills and installation costs are balanced against the convenience, the efficient econ omy and the satisfaction of electrical appliances, you’ll discover that your SILENT SERVANT, ELEC TRICITY, is also your most thrifty! Investigate now the low initial and upkeep costs of electrical refrig eration, water heating and cooking! Electricity is clean, silent, efficient, SAFE! See your dealer now while there still are many weeks of hot summer weather left in which to enjoy electricity’s cool con venience. Ashland Light Department “Your SERVICE Department E, S. L HL'NTLIV (Continued from page 1) 000 Ioana to tenants will be made in Alabama. Texas. Georgia, Mi* niHMippi Average loan in Oregon und Washington is expected to be $MOOO. in Idaho $1*000. a* com* pared with $4000 Ioana tn AM- I..io..i I. , <*t« Reason Farms in the Pacific northwest are more valuable < r - OMLV SMC5 & ee « j TO TUEM> r It «il» a young school teacher, member of cong rena lait seven month*, who hu» nail'd the taxpayer* more than two billion dolían. It »iw hl« analysis of th«- SX4M),- 000,000 «Inin < It .II.in< < bill thnl cx|H>«ed the real innards of th«- measure and proved thnl the xoo million« was not a «elf-liquidating loiui but would co«t the treasury three times that sum. This slender young chap demonstrated that a freshman member of con gress, without being spectacu lar, can render great service to the nation. S’MATTER POP—Well, Sir, Did You Ever Hear Better Radio Stuff? Representative Albert Gore, age 31. is a farmer in Tennessee as well as a school teacher. He showed that Willie the $800.000.000 would be returned by the cities in a period of 00 years, at the same time th«» U8HA would make a contract paying the municipalities a sum to sutartdixe low rents to pcoph- who could not afford to pay rents. In other words, al though the cities would repay the M00 million, th<* subsidies would I ! ■ | THEM DAYS ARE GONE FOREVER ih U cj» y yiur UM 'lOÜÀ/Ç, AÄV€Ä l2C*Æ A or ja i JJ *^4- . K ' A)0. 0CAÍV. lût CAO'T e€V CAlUeßlGD— WM MÛFÜL ftecG OE CHUtt ■ AXX) UCAUG t IF MDU By C. M. PAYNE