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F Friday, March 22, 1910 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 4 “ 1 --------- -—---------—------------------------------------ PEN PORTRAITS of OREGON Southern Oregon Miner Leonard N. Hal! Published Every Friday at 167 East Main Street ASHLAND. OREGON Editor and Publisher ★ ★ SUBSCRIPTION RATES iIn Advance) $150 ONE YEAR SOc SIX MONTHS Entered as second-class matter February 15. 1935, at the postoffice at Ashland. Oregon, under the act of March 3. 1879 ★ ( Mailed Anywhere in the United States) TELEPHONE 8561 SET YOU FREE'* THE TRUTH WI1.I GOVERNOR SPRAGUE’S DEFENSE OF CENSUS QUESTIONING IS BECOMING! The Miner-coined moniker of “True Blue Charles” for Governor Sprague may have been more truth than sarcasm, if True Blue comes up with many more public utterances like his of this week, when he admonished the people of Oregon to “give full and accurate re- sponses to all (census) inquiries, secure in the knowl edge that there will be no breach of confidence by any of the federal employes.’’ Defending the 1940 census in the face of much partisan objection on the part of his political bed fellows, the governor gives evidence of statesmanship not always suspected by this democratic fount of in terpretation. We almost apologize. Continued Sprague, anent the coming census. “The project is too important to be crippled by bow-and arrow politics. There ought to be cordial cooperation on the part of all the people in the assembly of this information. “Additional information is sought for statistical purposes, and the compiled data will be of value to lawmakers, to students of society and to commercial enterprises.” Blamed if we don’t suspect Oregon’s governor of being capable of nonpartisan largess every now and then. ★ DRAWN FOR THE MINER BY MAU I’llERNON ★ ★ WHY TAKE PRANKSTERS’ HIDES OFF OVER A COUPLE OF OLD SKINS* The furore over the hi man skins sent out to be tanned for a pair of gloves still rages in Oregon news papers and The Miner is tempted to add its bit of sage reflection to the tome. Suppose prankster dental-college students did swipe a couple of hides from the college’s garbage can . . . is it any worse indignity for the deceased wearer of same to suffer his skin to he tanned and made up into useful articles than to have his epidermis tossed to the hogs? And after all, who knows but that the original owners of the pelts might have done worse in their day than have a skinful of fingers. I • Mrs. Mabel Poleet and Clifford Hazelwood were united in mar riage in Reno, Nev., recently, at tbe Methodist church there, with the Rev. F. G. Smith reading the ceremony. They were attended by Mr. Hazelwood's daughter Nina. Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Hazelwood and Nina enjoyed a lovely wedding dinner. They will be at home to their friends in their recently purchased residence on the Klamath Falls highway south of Ashland at the former location of the White Cabin auto court. • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Farmer and Dolores visited with Mr. and Mrs. Willis Byrd and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Byrd last week. • Miss Marilyn Christlieb arrived Friday from U of O to spend Easter vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Christlieb. • Mr. and Mrs. Mark True are remodeling and redecorating their home and plan to complete the work soon before moving in. The home is located on the ranch where Mr. and Mrs. True lived before they moved into Ashland some Ume ago. • Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stenrud spent Saturday at the Archie Kin caid home. • Mrs. Ed Gowland last week returned from Corvallis, where she attended the Grange lecturers school as representative of the Bellview Grange. • Mr. and Mrs. Ora Meyers of Medford Sunday were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Bell and family. • Miss Jeanette Talent is confined to her home with flu. • Mrs. John Heilmeyer, who re cently suffered a leg injury, now is able to be up. • Mrs. Charles Weaver was a caller at the Archie Kincaid home Sunday afternoon. • Mrs. Malinda King of Ashland and Mrs. James Williams were dinner guests Sunday at the W. O. Martin home. The occasion was in honor of the 75th birthday an niversary of Mr. Williams. • Sammie Bell is spending his Easter vacation visiting his broth er and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Bell jr., at their home in Klamath Falls. • Mrs. Oscar Talent, who is 111 at her home, is reported to be but slightly improved. • Miss Patricia Bell spent Wed nesday in Ashland visiting with Miss Jackie Don Lowe. • The Girls' 4-H Cooking II club met Monday evening, with Misses Patricia Bell and Barbara Helm demonstrating the making of light bread. • George Yockel and Axel Dahl Sunday returned from a business trip to Los Angeles. • Miss Patricia Bell entertained at a pajama party Wednesday evening several of her young friends. The evening was spent en joying games. • Ed Hininger, who has been ill for some time, is reported unim proved. • Mrs F. J. Chenoweth of Oak land, Ore., last week visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hash and Edna. • Members of the Sewing II 4-H club met Friday afternoon. Fol lowing the meeting Misses Mar garet Walker and Joan Helm served refreshments • Mrs. Wendell McCool of San Francisco this week visited at the home of her sister and brother-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Joy. • Mrs. Martha Turner, who spent the winter with her son and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. William Turner, Sunday left for her home in Tilla mook. • Mrs K L. Brantley this week returned from Oakland, Calif., where she visited with her daugh ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Angus Todd. • J. R. MacCracken, Mr. Coleman and School Supt. C. R. Bowman discussed the new school law at the Bellview Grange meeting Tuesday night. • The extension unit will meet today, March 22, with topic of the day concerning garment finish ings, uses of zippers and shoulder pads and will be led by Mrs. Hash and Mrs. Lanini. Mrs. Montgom ery will report on her trip to the home interest conference in Corvallis Hostesses are Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. Helms. • The P-TA met Friday to honor fathers with a dad’s night. A mu sical program was presented by J. Z. Walker, Tom Jess and Joe Walker singing several quartet selections, and a guitar and violin duet by Mr. Moseley and Mr. Er rol of Ashland, and Mr. McKinnis and Mr. Clark. The nominating committee submitted the follow ing to be voted on: President, Mrs. R. D. Reynolds; vice president, Mrs. Joe Wade; secretary, Mrs. I. R Brantley, and treasurer, Mrs. Byrd. At the close of the evening Mr. Byrd, Mr. Crow and Mr. Rey nolds served refreshments. • Misses Edna Hash of Dead In dian and Miss Agnes Jones of Ashland were in Medford Sundav evening, where they entertained musically at the Christiar. -lurch FORM FOR A CENSUS 1. What is your name and doe« it rate a low auto plate? 2. Stale your residence. Did you pick it out alone or were you in fluenced? 3 What did it cost, and have you sued the agent for misrepresent« tion? 4 List every person who usually lives here and don't try to hide Uncle Edgar under a rug. 5. Give color of house. Do you claim it was the painter's fault? PART II. 6. How wet is the cellar «nd does the oil burner monopolize all your time except that which you give to census agents? 7. If you have a coal furnace who carries out the ashes? 8 Have you an electric icebox, and how do you like not owning your ice outright? 9. Do you have one or more ra dios in the home' 10. What are ur two favorite programs outside of federal broad casts? PART III. 1. Do you own your radio out right? If you still are in debt for it do you regard yourself as owing money or as having an investment? 2. What is your mother tongue? If a native of America, how do you explain your grammar? 3. What is your occupation when not answering questions from cen sus takers. Fuller brush men and callers who want to know if you would like some fresh eggs? 4 How far did you go in school? Did the school have an electric ice box? 5. If you did not go beyond the fifth grade state whether you quit to enter congress. 6. If you went to college give name of college and state if the college owned an electric icebox. 7. If employed give name of em ployer. 8. Does he own an electric ice box. radio, trailer or automobile? 9 What is the name of your im mediate superior? 10. Does he own an electric ice box? 11. List any and all members of your household who are on the fed eral payrolls. (Use both sides of paper.) 12. Are you allergic to census takers? 13. Are you particularly allergic to them if they own electric ice boxes or radios? PART IV. 14. Do you know you can get 60 days in jail for not answering the census taker? 15. Do you know whether the Jail has an electric icebox? (Continued from page 1) SWEDEN TAKES A HAND WASHINGTON —One of the most significant factors behind the Fin nish-Russian peace maneuvers is that they have been inspired in large part by the invisible hand of the No. 2 Nazi. Field Marshal Her mann Goering. Acting for him was the most pow erful mat, in Scandinavia. Axel Wenner Gren, who has been a close friend of the German Air Minister ever since Goering married his first wife, the niece of Swedish Baron field, would ruin the Wenner Gren Interests. He Is chairman of the Swedish Cellulose company, took over a large part of the Kreuger interests, and heads the Electrolux company. Swedish parent of the American subsidiaries which make vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. v p,e —nee activity of Age) Wenner Gren illustrates the attitude of big business in both Wall Street and London’s City Unlike the case in the last war. American bankers are ardent rooters for peace. This time not they but Uncle Sam, through Jesse Jones, is lending the money. Not only is there no dough In war. but if Nazi-Communism wins, the capitalistic system stands in danger see More on Gren. Axel Wenner Gren. although a friend of Goering's, is quite pro- American. His dark-eyed, fascinat ing wife comes from Kansas City. The Wenner Gren yacht. Southern Cross, rescued 376 of the Athenia survivors last September Also it was the home of Greta Garbo during her recent stay in Florida and Bahamian waters. On it Greta ate copiously instead of dieting Her dietician was trying to get her to put more weight around her shoulders. Greta's wardrobe aboard the Southern Cross was so meager that she wore slacks most of the time, hardly had an evening dress Friends attributed this to the fact that she never goes shopping—that means being stared at. • • Swinging hard for Sweden. Rosen. Somewhere in the Finnish- Russian peace picture also (though the state department denies it) may HELP! "The dancers face each other be Sumner Welles. Wenner Gren, who controls the about five feet apart. They stand motionless for a moment, then rear Bofors munitions company and is their heads upward and bow low, the richest man in Sweden, was on fingers touching the floor. After a his yacht, the Southern Cross, in few seconds they rise, then greet the harbor of Nassau a few weeks each other by rubbing noses. The ago when he received a coded mes The cable head is then put under one's left sage from Goering. arm. then under the right arm. then asked him to take the same ship as raised toward the ceiling. The danc Welles took on his peace mission. Wenner Gren flew to New York, ers then hold each other lightly by the waist, suddenly breaking into an boarded the Rex, and when he got extemporaneous bit of hula, and to Rome, saw Mussolini before then, just as suddenly, they repeat Welles did. Then he proceeded through Switz the dance. This routine is performed three times.’’—From a description erland with Welles to Berlin, where of “The Gooney,” the new Hawaiian he still is, and where he has been throwing his weight behind an early dance. peace. THANKS FOR THE WARNING! • • • Business Against War. Thoughts On a Bank Closing. Goering's and Wenner Gren's In Stonington, Connecticut, closed its terest in Finnish peace is easy to only bank, the old First National, understand. From the viewpoint of the other day because of lack of the German army it would be just business. Stonington is rarely vis as disastrous to have Russia sweep ited these days except by people through Finland and perhaps on to who anchor there on a cruise, but Sweden, as to have the Allies or it is a quaint New England seacoast ganize an expeditionary force to town which once knew the pomp stop Russia. and the glory. Swift steamships on In either case, Sweden’s rich iron the Boston-New York line once deposits would fall into the hands of made it daily. It was a buzzing a foreign power. ship terminal, and the rotting tim What the German army wants Is bers of its ancient piers are still a relatively tranquil Russia, from visible. The town itself still has which Germany can draw raw ma some of the lovtfliest dwellings of a terials. Also, the longer Russia is former day and it is like stepping forced to continue fighting, the more into the quiet, calm and orderly vulnerable she becomes in the past to visit it. Bank my e/e! Ston south, where are located the rich ington is too rich in other things to Batum oil fields, now invaluable to miss it, say we. Germany. • • • Similarly, an allied expeditionary Sign observed on the rear of a force sent through Sweden, perhaps flivver doing about 60 miles an hour: turning that cuunlxy UUo a battle- "Pass Quietly. Driver Asleep.’* • • • tnovie and not see any of the flashes A CHANCE AT LAST! Jimmy Roosevelt is in a new from next week’s features. • • • movie corporation that proposes to "What, ” asked American show movie shorts in nickel-in-the- Business Man No. 1 of Amer slot machines. It seems to us that lean Business Man No. 2. "do he struck a great idea. There ought you do between federal in be some way a man can se oulrles?" • MERRY-GO-ROUND. Forthright Governor Stark of Mis souri has started a Hatch law of his own. He has ruled that any state official who runs for office must get off the public payroll. Justice Frank Murphy Is having a hard time breaking Into the work of the Supreme court. He is auto matically barred from sitting in a number of cases, because as attor ney general he represented the gov ernment in originating them. The war has created a new con cepl of transoceanic flying, once con sidered the height of daring adven ture. Today it's the acme of safety, compared to crossing by ship in walers infested with submarines and mines. The transatlantic airlines are getting more passengers and mail buriness than they can handle. --------- •--------- • Mr. and Mr«. J. H. Henry of Lincoln recently returned from Pasadena, Calif., where they spent the winter. • Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hoxie and son of Copco, Calif., visited here last week-end at the home of Mrs Hoxie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W M. Herbert. • John Edwards of Redding vis ited with friends here Sunday. • Bernard Applegate of Happy Camp, Calif., visited here last week-end with friends and rela tives. business were the grower» of uppies mi«! pours, llien the liinitier liidostry received un additional jolt as exports were curtailed. Now England tuid France have placed a regulu tion nguinst tiie importation of canned goods, sum us are produi «si in the packing plants of Oregon and Washington Mod winch bud u market in those Is-lligcrriit countries. Anti Japanese propaganda and talk ot cmliurgocn against Japan have subsided to u marked degree in the national capital, tuid no longer is there even discussion of the abro gation ot the trade treaty. Very friendly commercial re lations continue to exist be tween the two nutions and laisincss goes on .is if nothing hail happened. f f < The President probably will ■ lave an opportunity to veto a «iver» and harbors measure. The chief executive informed senate ■eaders that he doe« not approve it such a MU tin» year as tin- money can be used lot other pur poses, such as army and navy. There arc so many rivers and harbors projects, however, a num ber in Washington und Oregon, which are needed by vurious com munities that a bill will tic pre pared and very likely will puss Then if the President doesn't like it he can affix his veto. There arc members of congress who feel that this country needs othrr things as well as warships For example. >ne of the proposed super battle ships costs as much as all the money voted for the department of the interior (reclamation, fish eries, etc.) which is $119,(MX).(MX) r < < For some unexplained rea son, the report of the bureau of public roads dealing with inter-regional highways “of military iui|H>rtun<-<>" has not been filed. This report wits to »bow tbe advisability of a super-highway from Boise down the Columbia river, ami from Tacoma through Oregon on the route of the Pacific highway. War dr|»urtmrnt would like the»«- route» of "military importance" tail does not want the money for them to come out of appro priations for the army. < f r Senator McCarran, Nevada, is asking for a senatorial investiga tion of the administration of pub lie lands in the 11 public land states of the far west. The in quiry also would include a quiz of the Resettlement administration and Farm Security administration concerning their withdrawal of so- called submarginal lands. The sen ator implies that all Is not on the up and up in the administration of the Taylor grazing act (11.- 978,370 such acre« in Oregon, which includes 1,800,000 acres of state lands; no grazing area in Washington) and gives the im pression that acres have been un necessarily withdrawn from the tax rolls. , 111 Reclamation Commissioner Page says a number of acr«A will be opened this year on the Owyhee project, the Roza division of the Yakima project, and the Boise- Payette in Idaho According to the census bureau, there are 700 million acres in western states where irrigation is essential but only 20 million acres have been irrigated Of these 20 million acres but three million arc under federal projects, the re mainder are in state, district or private development. 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