Friday, Sept. 13, 1940 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 4 OUR DEMOCRACY Southern Oregon Miner Ì Published Every Friday at 167 East Main Street ASHLAND, OREGON ★ Entered as second-class matter February 15. 1935, at the postoffice at Ashland, Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. * TELEPHONE 8561 Vyl . YU Zi rift V 1 V < Up] 1 Jg» ¿L fcg WHAT WE USE FOR MONEY. Leonard N. Hall Editor and Publisher * SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In Advance) ONE YEAR ......... |1.50 Six MONTHS 80c (Mailed Anywhere in the United States) by Mat «• • CM 0 £ * V| MIL w VALUE IN ANCIENT ROME. F el., WILLKIE SOON MAY RIVAL HOOVER AT JAWBONING VOTES TO OPPOSITION! I »-- mowf >•>'•** To say one day that the destroyer-island base dea with England was a wise move and then to declare the next that it was the most dictatorial act since the founding of this republic is to cause doubt in the pub­ lic mind as to motives involved in the criticism. Built up as a glamor boy by the powers behind the front, Candidate Wendell Willkie has been talking himself out of high public esteem. On every hand, among the workaday set, one can see evidences of despair and disgust at the republican standard bear­ er’s too continuous criticisms. To the average citizen the present time is regarded as one of peril for the United States as well as Europe and he instinctively yearns for intelligent, forceful leadership. Most citizens, regardless of political faith, are quite exasperated at the indolent, indulgent fumblings of congress and when Willkie argued that the destroyer deal should have been left to the whim of that body he committed a tremendous blunder. To entrust those bickering, loud-mouth senators and representatives with such a decision—one in which time is a vital part—would be like throwing a piece of raw meat to a pack of wolves. Congress is doing enough damage already! If the bushy-haired utility executive from the na­ r tion’s largest holding company keeps talking he soon will rival Herbert Hoover as public bore No. 1. Re­ publicans, after eight years of patience and faith, deserve better than Willkie. • ★ * ★ NOT ALL INDIANS NOW CAN SAY I’M GLAD I’M AN AMERICAN!” Venturing into the Pacific in a rowboat for a day’s fishing several miles offshore invites camaraderie and conversation, and several days ago The Miner editor gained an interesting point of view when his partner for such a trip was one of the original Oregon coast Indians, advanced in years and rich in experience and nature’s logic. Although this Indian had watched the white man come to his native country, take much of it from him by law and the rest by legal trickery, he was not bitter. Rather, he was disappointed that men should be so greedy. Once owner of hundreds of acres of the best soil, his holdings had been reduced to a few parcels and a livelihood of shoe repairing, yet his inherent ability to live off the soil, the forest and the waters still serves him well. Although most Oregonians know that Klamath In­ dians, for example, are comparatively wealthy because of revenue from valuable timber holdings on reserva­ tions, few know nor care that other native Red Men suffered the taking of their hunting grounds, their fishing streams and their village sites without receiv­ ing even a thank-you by pale-faced “benefactors.” Once considered primitive, the Indian ranks with civilization’s finest when it comes to sense and reason­ ing ability. Said this one veteran, during the course of conversation: “Once I was stopped by a game warden for shooting a deer. He asked for my hunting license (I have one— a pioneer’s license) and I asked him ‘whose deer are these, anyway?’ He replied that they belonged to the state game commission, he guessed. Then I asked him where the state got the game, by treaty with the Indian? He said yes, he believed they did. And did the great state of Oregon ever pay the Indians for the game they took by treaty? They never did, and the game warden said he guessed he hadn’t seen me shoot the deer anyway.” Badly maligned by history books, the American Indian carries on in his now misfit surroundings the victim of grasping white brothers who exploit his weaknesses. . The older Indians, say what you will, are tragic and inspirational figures. Too stoic to complain or even to sympathize with themselves, they carry on with the fragments of nature left to them by a hurried, un­ thinking culture. - “-- ---------- ------ Why a Pre-Arranged Funeral? FOURTH—To avoid any confuting incidents prior to the funeral such as: Choice of funeral directors, selec­ tion of casket, discussion of costs, decision on numerous related items, the conflicting advice of relatives and friends and many others- all of which should not be y izji— '^1 L n z'ffssvM** r 4L. |R ED FEATHERS SOUTH SEAS. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE USED FISH,MULBERRIES SALT, IRON, GLASS, CLAY A— - ■'•»-Ml FOR MONEY. 5 V V I j !E FROM IN 1693 FERRY FARE NEW YORK TO BROOKLYN KLYN WAS PAID IN WAMPUM," I r U.S. GOVERNMENT BELTS OF SMALL BEADS,WHICH S*P Southern Pae if ie INDIANS USED FOR. MONEY I« l MEASURE OF SET YOU FREE” "THE TRUTH WILL Mrs. Reynolds, announced another j called meeting Friday, Sqj>t 14 at the school Flans for the conces­ sion to t>e held at the Grange fair are to be completed. At the pre­ vious meeting Mrs. R. E Hell was appointed as the program chair­ man and Mrs Dews, Mr. Overnas I IN 1794. |T ODAY WE HAVE PAPER AND METAL MONEY, BUT MOST MONEY IS EXCHANGED BY CHECK. I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW! and Mrs. Archie Kincaid and Eunice. ' Now’ that I have careful­ • The Birthday club met Sunday ly checked over my in- at Little Applegate, honring the anniversary of Louis Pankey En ­ N B B surance policies with I. joying the picnic luncheon with the honored guest and Mrs Pank­ r C. Erwin, I feel more Mr. and Mrs Roy Kelly of ey were Mr. and Mrs Walter Weaverville, Calif., visited during Davis and Lyda Catherine, Mr. confident of the future... ? Labor day holidays at the home of and Mrs. Kincaid and Eunice, < with my car, my house, Mr. and Mrs James Metcalfe. Mrs. Earl Warren. Misses Marie Walk­ Kelly is a niece of Mr. Metcalfe. er and Gladys Whitsett. Mrs. our family possessions • Misses Doris and Lucille Lam­ Long, Mrs Dora Clark and Mrs. port of Proctor, Minn., nieces of Ella True. and my business fully Mr. Wade, visited at the Joe Wade, • The Grange ralr will be held protected, I can relax, knowing that neither home recently. Sept. 21 and 22 at the Grange hall • Mrs Aileen Inlow returned to and everyone in the southern part fire nor theft will become an economic tragedy Gold Hill Monday to resume het i of the county is urged to enter ex­ teaching duties in the Gold Hill hibits. Exhibit caids and inform­ in my household. Nice thing, too, is the Oregon grade school. ation may be obtained by getting Mutual Fire Insurance Company’s Dividend Poli­ • Miss Jane McCoy of Ashland in touch with either Jack Will­ visited Bellview friends a few days iams or Mrs. Heilmeyer. cies, which save me as much as ONE-FOURTH this week. • Monday evening Mrs. Henry • George Yockel was a Roseburg Stenrud returned from Minesota. usual premium costs! That’s important money to business caller Tuesday. Mr. and where she was called by the death Mrs. George Yockel also were in of her father. Her mother return­ us! Medford on business Monday. ed with her to spend the winter • Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hackett of months. Santa Cruz, Calif., were visiting at • Mrs. Floyd Clark of Harbor. FOR COUNSEL AND HELPFUL HI'(<