*7X» Papi *1kat füUtU SomallUtiy *7a £ay-And £ayi 9tl rpHE COLUMN this w««k prob 1 ably will sound like a swan song to everybody but a swan, which hue no ear for music any- way. The editor, who's botri apeaking from up in this cm nei every week, has been lured by the Catching of a Fish, and hence- forth will be known to the trade us a commercial fisherman 1 1 1 That is, we hope to be able to put fishing on u commercial basis, if you follow the thought . . huv- Ing purchased a deepsea troilei. un admiral s hut and u pair of wuteiwings, soon this department will be out on the briny trying to yank hooks into shark, salmon and, probably, the seat of his punts. 111 The difference between a coni merclal fisherman and u sport- ftohi i. they toil ua, is thui com merclal fishermen never get to go inland and bore their friends with details Commercial anglers uie content to land their prey with bullbats, pitchforks, nets, persua­ sion or trickery, while the gentler toothers who go at it honor- bright like a little finesse and fan­ cy flourish Well be a George Shuler gone professional. 1 1 1 fishermen, Commercial unirli like fish instead of a bar- S<> room after u day’s catch. were told. 1 1 1 Al any rate. this scribe is go- mg to plunge into the business headlong, and wc hope we don't miss the boat and just get all wet. For our shakedown cruise, the vessel will be taken from Reedsport down the coast to Har­ bor or Crescent City Thut is. one place or the other will be the announced destination, but don't be surprised if you hear a lot of coast guardsmen muttering something about why didn't that dope stick to printing Won't be so bad being blown off course if the flagship ends up in Hawaii, but if not, well, we always wanted u crack at them Japs anyhow 1 1 1 The new venture wouki be com­ plete if we could lure Editor Clark Wood over to the const and take him out __ to _ sea Should I m - able to do well al passing the hat in Weston if he got lost overboard / V < Clark ought to be glad to go. at that. They say the ocean's full of suckers and he might be able to sell a subscription to some poor fish He'd probably be feeding 'em anyway, and that stuff he dishes out would pul 'em out of their right minds for sure. 111 And every time wc gaff a shark and beat it over the bean with a club think of the fun that can br had just picturing Hitler. 1 1 1 WANTED Daisy air rifle in good condition for chasing home any Italian war vessels found poaching on coast fishing grounds 111 For a distress signal, we'll just run up a back copy of The Miner upside gruphlcal error mid should rend "Minor", consider­ ing It» »funding In the com­ munity, hut thut Ideu wa» toon dispelled, leaving us yet in doubt of the name’s orlrln until we learned that there are really hone»t-to-gld to us, but if It Is we will keep It, though we hud de- elded to throw the whole »hr- btuig in the scrap heap. We are Iwglnning to understand why hr used the other two represent implementa — they his Instrumenta of trade—dlg- gers for fish tmit. —• — UTAH MEN TAKE OVER MINER FIRST OF YEAR VTANAGEMENT of the Southern 1 Oregon Miner changed hands Wednesday, Jan 1, when Leonard Hall sold the newspaper and equip­ ment to Chas. M Giffen and Wil­ liam Savin of Marysvale. Utah. Hall disposed of The Miner in order to devote his full time to commercial fishing out of Harbor and Crescent City. He already has purchased a deep-sea troller, but Mr. and Mrs. Hall will remain in Ashland for several days caring for their business interests here, Giffen and Savin come to Aah- land from southern Utah where Giffen has been publisher and ed­ itor of the Piute County News for the past three years Prior to this, he was connected with several weekly papers in Arizona Mrs Giffen is remaining in Utah for the present, but will shortly join The Miner staff The Miner will continue unoer the same name and will be simi­ lar in make-up. policies and aims to that of the previous manage­ ment. ily escaped injury Tuesday morn­ ing when the cattle truck which he was driving overturned at the foot of Billings hill north of Ashland. The accident was due largely to fog and the icy condition of the road. Payne reports that the truck, a large semi-trailer, skidded v are we a bit hasty in the use of such a saluta tion? We think not, judging from the friendliness and welcome extended to us by the few Ashland people we have met thus far. We hope in the next few days to greatly enlarge the number of our acquaintances here, for it is only through personal contacts and interests that the weekly newspaper may best serve the com­ munity. So stop in and say “hello”—as always, you will find a welcome at The Miner office. It is our desire that The Miner may continue as “The Paper That Has Something To Say and Says It,” and we hope that we may be able to continue the high level of newsiness, interest and purpose that has been a characteristic of the paper under the editorship of Mr. Hall. In looking back through the files of The Miner, it is evident that Mr. Hall has been a constant supporter of progressive civic organizations, and we wish to say that the progress of Ashland and this sec­ tion of southern Oregon will continue to be the primary purpose of The Miner and all groups and organizations with this common aim will be given our enthusiastic support. and William Savin Chai. M. Soldier Found Dead In Passing Car Here Private Rex Mason, 18. was found dead in the rear neat of a car driven by Private Hollis Bruwnaon, 234th Quartermaster corps, when Brownaon stopped in Ashland for gasoline. Thursday morning Brown son reported that his partner had been sleeping throughout the night, and investi- gatlon showed that Mason had been dead but a very short time. Coroner's Deputy Will Dodge made plans for an autopsy and said that it was possible that the death was caused by pneumonia. The men have been stationed at March Field, Calif, and were re­ turning from a Christmas vaca- tion at Anacortes, Wash , and a visit with Mason's father who is critically ill at a hospital in Seattle. Wonderlanders Will Trucker Escapes Hurt Seek Coordination of New Ashland Folders As Rig Overturns Events in Counties Howard Payne of I’hoenix luck­ The Shasta-Cascade Wonder­ Ready for Handout Funeral services for Alfred Wil­ liam Henning, 40, who died Dec. 29 at the Veterans' hospital in Roseburg, were held at 3 p. m. Dec. 31 at the Episcopal church with the Rev. Claude E. Sayre Ralph Billings officiating Interment in the Ash­ land cemetery. IJtwiller Funeral and Companion home was in charge of arrange­ ments. Are Invited to Be Guests of the ------------- •------------- Southern Oregon Miner • Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lockhart re­ cently returned from Alaska and To See Their Choice of j Seattle. the Following • Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Barnum of Bremerton -recently visited here Varsity Theater I with relatives and friends. • Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mayberry Programs: recently left for Pollock, Calif, (Friday and Saturday) where they will make their home. • Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Walker "BROTHER ORCHID” visited with relatives In Portland "CHARTER PTIXJT" during the Christmas holiday. • Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hawley of (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) I^ake City. Calif., visited here re­ "RHYTHM ON THE RIVER" cently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cnrlsman. • Mr. and Mrs Joye Swartsley Please Call at The Miner Office are the parents of i> son, bom for Your Guest Tickets I Tuesday at Community hospital. • ASHLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1941 Volume X COORDINATED EFFORT TO PUSH HIGHWAY WORK UIGHWAY BOOSTERS from the California state line to the Canadian border are settling down to a definite schedule of progress in conjunction with efforts to modernise sections of the Pacific highway in southern Oregon and central Washington. following conclusion of a two-state meeting in Portland last week aimed at emphasizing immediate action. Approximately 150 representa­ tives from communities bordering Highway 99 through Oregon and Washington favored "more speedy action" on the re-vamping pro­ gram and urged officials in Wash­ ington. D. C to recognize the im­ portance of realigning the high­ way from a national defense standpoint. Representatives of the Portland sessions will appear before the annual meeting of the Redwood Empire association in San Fran­ cisco this month to solicit their official endorsement and approval of the action. Little difficulty is expected in this maneuver as full support has been officially as­ sured. From remarks that “if the west­ ern coast of the United States should be invaded, the first line of defense would be the Rocky mountains," the Portland assem­ bly pointed out that rapid move­ ment of defense measures would be vital to the communities along the seaboard It was indicated that the coast highway, while a valuable connecting link, could not be definitely considered because of its proximity to potential landing forces. The two primary M bottlenecks are ‘ located M ’ between Grants Pass and Roseburg. Oregon and Kelso and Chehalis. Washington. land association swn will inaugu­ Ashland Chamber of Commerce rate a region-wide campaign to include Jackson county for the has ready for distribution a series of attractive folders, portraying a purpose of co-ordinating all festi­ and vals. fairs, regattas, rodeos and few of the many advantages com- other civic events of Wonderland resources embraced in this . counties into a sequence of at­ munity. The folders are drafted in clear, tractions to be widely publicized as the 1941 "Fun Festival" of the concise phrases backed up with Shasta-Cascade Wonderland, ac­ local scenes to substantiate the cording to Tom L. Stanley, a