SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Friday, May 10, 1940
Southern Oregon Miner
Published ICvery Friday
at 107 East Main Street
ASHLAND, OREGON
Leonard N. Hall
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DRAWN FOR THE MINER BY MAC PHERMON
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Paid adv II, lio<h R<»-a..a, Yarn Mdg . Portlaad, Orafe.
(Mulled Anywhere In the
United States)
COAC H O’CONNELL SOON WILL BE GONE
—BUT NOT FORGOTTEN!
With the close of high school late this month Ash
land students, faculty members and residents will lose
a popular instructor and good friend when Forrest L.
(Skeet) O’Connell leaves our public school system.
Colorful, athletically gifted himself, personable and
always a social tonic, O’Connell, Ruth and Sharon Lee
have been among the most popular faculty families
ever to come to Ashland.
Without doubt Skeet will be successful in his newer
and larger field of work and his progress will be fol
lowed with interest, llis friends and they are many—
wish him well.
Customer (pretty tired of it ail
by this time)—What I mean is how
old is it?
I Salesman—The serial number is
I 078450, und, according to the rec
ords. this makes it a car manufac
tured in >938.
Customer- How many mile k . has
it gone?
Salesman (wincing)—The speed
ometer says 11,000 miles. The own
THE CAUTIOUS MAI.EKM AN
er has given an affidavit swearing
<* "11)6 automobile industry la
that the speedometer has not been
asked by the Federal Trade
tampered with. Our office manager
commisiion to adopt a code
certifies that it has not been
Under it there must be no ex
changed or fooled with here. 1 can
aggeration of gasoline mileage
say nothing more. Washington is
And in selling u second hand
very strict on this point.
car strict truth as to its history
Customer—Has it—
is demanded.”—News Item.»
Salesman (with an air of finality)
Customer <interested in a new
—Now. I’ll tell you what to do.
car)—This looks like a wonderful Take It out Run it for a month or
car for the money?
so. Make your own decision. Then
Salesman—Well, I wouldn't want make us an offer THEN I LL PUT
to go that far.
THE WHOLE PR(»POSITION BE-
Customer—It’s by far the best Ed(E THE PROPER FEDERAL
market today
looking Job on tl
OFFICIALS AND WE LL SEE if we
Salesman lever
can all conclude the deal with
mindful of the
CLEAR CONSCIENCES!
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code) — Suppose
we just say one
HO HIM!
Of the best, and
When people grow lyric about the
avoid all chance
spring.
of trouble
And gush over bluebirds and daf
Customer (still
fodils;
elated)—What is
Wrens building nests out of grasses
the horse power?
and string;
Salesman (hes
Only taxes 1 see, and overdue bills
itatingly)—! un
derstand direct from headquarters
Blue of the jay is the hue of my
that it is ninety horse, but 1 would
mood.
rather not say so on my own re
Chirp of a rqbln brings curse on
sponsibility.'
his head;
Customer — Has it four-wheel Give me a crow, though his man
brakes, shock absorbers and Die
ners are rude;
new magnetic shift?
He is always In black—I am tired
Salesman—The catalogue, which 1
of red.
have eve/y reason to believe is cor
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rect, says so. It Is my belief that
The estate of John D. Rockefeller
it has. But If you decide to take has Succeeded in getting Lakewood,
this one I will crawl under and N. J., to accept, free of charge, the
check up to mu^e certain. In fact.
550-acre showplace of the late oil
I would feel it my duty to do so.
king down there. Some people have
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al) the luck.
Customer—How many miles docs
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It give to the gallon?
.
SPRING
Salesman (who has been dread
Sniffy colds, forsythia,
ing tills one)—! was afraid of that.
Daffodils and men with picks.
And you will have to accept what
Pussywillows, funny hats,
ever I say as being my best opin
Love, hand organs, baby chicks.
ion. The factory says it will do
twenty to the gallon, our sales man
Fishing pamphlets, grass seed ads.
ager has been heard to claim twen
Paint and varnish, spring-lamb
ty-four and we have customers who
. stew,
claim they only get eighteen. Wash
Robins, fleas and liver pads—
ington thinks nineteen is a better
Doc, I can't shake off this flu!
estimate. 1 would be inclined to
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string along with the government
The home builder's last words:
and avoid criticism.
"Now, then, let’s take up the ex-
Customer (now a little less en
Uax. if any."
thusiastic)—Have you any good
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used cars?
• Mias Valeria Whitney returned
Salesman—That is a question we fn>m San Francisco, where she
have to be very careful about an has been enrolled as a dramatic
swering these art student for the last three
days. Here is one month». After a short visit she
that came in yes will return to San Francisco for
another term.
terday.
Customer (look • Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sloper and
daughter of Prospect spent the
ing it over)—Has
week-end with Mrs. Sloper's par
it been driven ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ixgan.
much?
• Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Bates and
Salesman — It son Richard of Medford called on
depends on what Mr. Bates’ parents, Mr. and Mrs.
is meant by Will Bates. Sunday.
"much." I try to • Mis Harriett Bates spent Sat
avoid the word an having too many urday afternoon in Medford with
relatives.
shades of meaning.
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VOTERS ATTENTION, PLEASE!
Tile present County Coroner and his Ashland deputy
are closing their eighth year in office.
• In the interest of, and in fairness to all, this office
should be changed this year.
We solicit and appreciate your support "CONGER
FOR CORONER" primaries May 17th.
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(We Never Clone)
Phone 4511
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JACKSON AND
JOSEPHINE
COUNTIES
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COUNTIES WERE CREATED
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PRIMARIES MAY 17, 1940
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STASSEN GETS LIBERAL ADVICE
WASHINGTON -Governor Harold
Staaaen took away with him three
pieces of advice from G. O. P. con
gressional leaders on his keynote
speech:
1. Make it libera) in tone.
2. Bear down strong on the New
Deal’s failure to solve the unem
ployment problem.
3. "Go the limit" in talking iso
lationism.
The young Minnesotan was strong
ly advised to take his cue from
the moderate Glenn Frank program
committee report. He was warned
to avoid any Old Guard strictures
and to tread lightly on agriculture
and relief.
On these he was counseled to fol
low the Glenn Frank strategy of a
left-handed AAA endorsement, with
administration of unemployment re
lief by the states instead of the
WPA.
The jobless problem, Stassen was
told, should be tied up with the
$45.000.000.000 national debt and
failure to balance the budget by
pointing out that although the Dem
ocrats had spent billions, the coun
try still was faced with unemploy-
nu nt of eight to ten million persons.
On the war issue. Stassen was
urg< d to stress two points: (1) that
a Democratic regime got the U. S.
into the flrst World war; (2) that
while this administration professes
devotion to the principles of neu
trality, its conduct is characterized
by a strong undercurrent of jingo
ism.
As illustrations of this the G. O. P.
leaders cited the warlike pro-ally
remarks of James Cromwell. U. S.
minister to Canada, and the sensa
tional statement of Rear Admiral
Joseph K. Taussig that "war with
Japan is inevitable."
Stassen was told to picture the
G. O. P. as the great "peace party"
of the country, pledged to oppose
any step that might lead to involve
ment in a foreign conflict.
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lem of landin»
in Norway
and doing battle on a large scale,
that they argued vigorously against
sending a Norwegian expedition.
It was only the table-pounding of
Winston Churchill, who demanded
that an army be sent to Norway
immediately, that overruled the
British high command. You are go
ing to hear a lot of internal polit
ical rumbling in Great Britain over
this.
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E. B. Poyer
Candidate for
Democratic
Nomination for
TAUSSIG OMITTED ONE
Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taussig's
remark that "war with Japan is in
evitable” wasn't the only bombshell
in his sensational speech before the
senate ngval affairs committee.
There was another that—at the last
minute—he didn't Are.
Halfway in his manuscript, imme
diately following the paragraph
warning that the consequences of
modern warfare are so far-reaching
that the "overthrow of our form of
government" is not improbable, was
this startling statement:
"Our financial structure, none too
sound at present on account of the
huge public debt, cannot stand such
a strain."
Taussig skipped this hot dig at
the New Deal when he read his pre
pared paper, but newsmen didn't
know it because no copies of the
speech were distributed. A mem
ber of the committee, who later hap
pened to glance through the manu
script, discovered the interesting
omission scratched out in pencil by
Taussig.
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KENNEDY MAY RESIGN
You can write it down as certain
that Joseph Patrick Kennedy, one
of the most colorful and hard-work
ing envoys ever sent to London, will
resign as ambassador to the Court
of St. James just as soon as the
President will let him.
Joe is not in very good health, is
a bit bored with the job. and also
1 he has been a little too frank for
the British. His statements indi
cating that the empire might be in
for a tough time before this war was
won. did not sit so well in London.
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• Talent Home Economics club
will meet at the home of Mrs. Roy
Gish in Central Point May 14.
• Dale O’Harra of Ashland and
Olive Hill attended the rodeo in
Medford Sunday.
• A large number of Girl Scouts
of Jackson county visited the
county farm last Wednesday af
NORWAY TROUBLES
ternoon. May day baskets were
Most spectacular British naval vic given to inmates. Mrs. Roy Parr,
tory since the Graf Spee was the leader of the Talent group, ac
sinking of seven German destroyers companied them. In addition to
in the northern Norwegian port of the baskets, many gifts were pre
Narvik. What most people do not sented by the girls.
know, however, is that despite that
victory, the town of Narvik re
mained in German hands.
What happened was that the Nazis
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were able to remove several three-
inch and five-inch guns from their
destroyers, beached in shallow wa
ter. and placed them in the" Narvik
fortress.
These have been able to hold off
British troop transports. Meanwhile
the railroad to Sweden has been
kept open, and the Swedes have
been sending in food labeled "Med
ical Supplies."
All of this illustrates the odds
against which the British arc operat
ing in Norway. In the flrst place,
the flords are narrow, easy for the
Germans to defend, and difficult for
large vessels to maneuver. Second,
tanks and nrtillery are even harder
to land than troops, so the British
have no tanks to oppose the heavily
LESLIE M. SCOTT
armored forces of the Germans.
Some of these difficulties partially
are being overcome.
But for a
time, British general staff officers Republican Primaries May 17, 1940
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SCOTT
TREASURER
“An All Oregon Man”
COUNT?
COMMISSIONER
PRIMARY MAY 17, 1940
Four years satisfactory
office work previous to
coining to Ashland. 19
years successful dairy
man in Ashland.
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GEORGE W.
NEILSON
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
District Attorney
JACKSON COUNTY
AT THE PRIMARY ELECTION MAY 17
Experienced, Qualified, Earnest, Conscientious Service to All
12 Y'ears Experience in the Duties of the Office
GEORGE W. NEILSON, wife and two boys have resided in
Jackson county for the past 22 years and has been a taxpayer
for 21 years. Graduate University of Oregon Law School and
admitted to practice in 1916.
In addition to legal practice, has had a wide experience in
other business lines, including lumbering, mining and railway
work, which has proved very beneficial in handling the varied
duties of the office. Has worked diligently to promote the
natural resources of Jackson county with success Has collect
ed. without cost to workers, more than $10.000 in wages for
employes of lumber mills and mines.
Will protect the best interests of Jackson county and its citi
zens by experienced judgment, discretion and fairness and will
perform the duties of this office in an efficient, trustworthy
and economical manner.
Your Support and Vote Appreciated
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