Friday, Feb 28, 1941 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 4 I Southern Oregon Miner Ek THE NINETEEN HUNDREDS CHAS. M GIFFEN WILLIAM SAVIN Publishers Published Every Friday at 167 East Main Street ASHLAND, OREGON ¥ W e V e mao ups and downs since ★ Entered as second-class matter February IS. 193S, at the poetoffice at Ashland. Oregon, under the act of March 3,1879. 1900. BUT ON THE AVERAGE ITS SEEN MOSTLY UPS. HEME AKE A FEW SINCE 1000: AVEAA6E EARNINGS PER PERSON - UP 160%. AYERAGE WEALTH OP EACH PERSON /N U.S - UP 153%. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In Advance) ONE YEAR.... .. $1 50 SIX MONTHS......... 80c (Mailed Anywhere in the United States) ★ TELEPHONE 8561 LEGAL NOTICES OUR DEMOCRACY- SET YOU FREE" THE TRUTH WILL Duty of the States A Y ERASE UFE INSURANCE In the opening days of the Oregon legislature now PER PERSON- UP 100%. in session, scores of bills were introduced. A consider­ able proprotion of them involved revenue and taxation. With but one exception—a measure proposing to re­ duce the state gasoline tax by one cent a gallon—all of HI6H SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS: tfoo-^Rooo. 6.^0.000 them would, if passed, impose a further drain on the rut aaoaoadon to UP 4SO% . taxpayers. COLLEGE ENROLLMENTS: /900-L3/000... /f+o -(Aoo.ooo That is the normal tendency of state legislatures a w y AAOAOAr^wr ro ao M mat / on ----- UP 24O/Ì . throughout the country. But in these highly abnormal Lk 'A \w z. times, the lawmakers face an obvious duty which so far seems to have been generally overlooked. That duty is to pare state expenditures to the bone. This year we will all pay higher federal taxes. And, as every informed person knows, the increases so far approved by congress mark but a very short step along a very long road. Further tax boosts cannot be post­ poned for long—federal income is now not meeting the regular expenses of government, to say nothing of the tremendous appropriations made for defense. In short, we are going to pay record-breaking federal taxes, and M AN ANO WOMAN, BOY ANO GIRL -AVERAGE FOLKS the general standard of living will suffer accordingly. The states don’t pay for war machines. The world ARE BETTER OFF TODAY IN THE U.S.A. THAN emergency has imposed no special burdens on them. ANY TIME IN THE WOALDS H/STONY. And that goes for towns and school districts and counties and all the other myriad taxing bodies that cover the country. Local government must retrench as imposing new tax burdens, the thought occurs that we it never retrenched before. The best brains in local might be able to get along a few years longer without governments, from governors down to village officials, compulsory liability insurance and not threaten badly must figure out how tax savings can be made. Let that needed highway revenues. It seems almost certain that be remembered by the many state legislatures which enforcement of liability insurance at present rates would prohibit thousands of Oregon motorists from will hold their biennial sessions during 1941. buying license plates and there would be a correspond­ ★ ★ ★ ing drop in gasoline tax revenues. World9 s Champion Braggart? Maybe we’re all wet, but our present attitude is World’s champion braggart might be an appro­ that we’ll have to be shown. priate title to give Benito Mussolini. When his mechan­ NEWS FROM ized legions swept over Ethiopia, murdering and pillaging and forcing Haille Selassie to forsake his Lincoln School By SCHOOL STL’DENTS kingdom, Benito hailed it as a great triumph for right The fourth grade of Lincoln and justice, vindicating his people for the terrible school hail a program about Wash­ defeat suffered by a strong force of invading Italians ington Friday. Feb. 21 The chil­ sang songs and had pictures more than 40 years earlier. Again, when Italian troops dren in the baloptican. Then they had emerged on the side of victory in the Spanish civil war, the flag salute led by Mrs. Addy's room. They also had an interest­ Il Duce shouted from the housetops proclaiming the ing talk by Dr. Sayre about Wash­ invincibility of the fascist war machine. When war ington and Lincoln. The children it very much. clouds were gathering for the present conflict, Benito enjoyed Miss Ady, art teacher at the warned England that 8,000,000 Italian bayonets were college, showed the sixth grade some German art on the balopti­ not to be considered lightly. can Feb. 21. She showed paintings But how has Mussolini justified this bragging? by Germans and pictures of carv­ Came the declaration of war between England and ings by German people German usually painted people with Germany and Mussolini marked time. He could have artists sad or serious looks on their faces moved in on France when Germany took over the The children learned that the Ger­ were good artists. northern countries. He might have moved in when his mans Miss Woodruff of the Southern axis partner started the battle of France but he pre­ Oregon College of Education brought some interesting maps of ferred to wait until France was prostrate before toss­ industries, types of homes and ing his fedora into the arena. means of transportation over for It is all a matter of history how the Italians swept the children of Lincoln school to over Albania towards Greece expecting to force the see.The boys and girls of the fourth Greeks into submission and perhaps carry on their grade of Lincoln school made a table of Eskimo land. The campaign to force the British out of the Mediterran­ sand boys and girls made some dogs, ean. Then there was that little matter of driving the sleds, fish, boats, houses and Es­ kimo men Some were carved out British out of northern Africa. of soap and some out of clay. With all this evidence of Italian prowess, Mussolini The fourth grade of Lincoln gave a shadow show for stands before a throng of fascists and tells them “we school the sixth grade. It was about Kin- are going to win this war.” If Hitler is able to carry tu. Venita was Kintu and Barbara was the announcer. It was out his objectives and the British are stopped it won’t Lee Charles Culmer brought some be because of Italian help—it will be in spite of it. But pond water for the second grade's if such a thing should happen, we can look for II Duce! aquarium. to pop up and shout “we killed the bear!” NOTICE TO CKKDITOKN In tne County Court 0» the State of Oregon for the County , of Jackson. In the Matter of the Estate of D Perozzi, Deceased The undersigned having been appointed by the above entitled ! Court of the State of Oregon, fol the County aforesaid. Executrix ¡1 of the Last Will and Testament of D Perozzi, deceased, and having I qualified, notice is hereby given to the creditors of, and all persons , * ■ huving claims against said deceas- < cd. to present them, verified as re quirvd by law. within six months after the first publication of this notice to said Ixiuise Perozzi at the office of Briggs A Briggs, At­ torneys. Pioneer Building. Ash­ land. lii.'Cdii UIU1SE PEROZZI Executrix of the lais I Will and Testament of 1» Perozzi, deceased. Dated February l ’. h , e ★ MOSELEYS GROCERY SAW Green Ntaiiips Phonn 1131 HA K. Multi Nt. Kilt M0NUMENT WORK of Iw-uiity unii qiiallty, In murble, g rullile or brente, or combinili ioni of thnw- mu feriali, ut hiaieul p riera, oer M. T. BURNS i < hi I I • WANT ADS • N’ext lo I*. <>. IN YOUR PRENKNT LIFE INNURANCK ADF.QUATFT Ner STEVEN R. SCHUERMAN Read “Hoofs A horns” "Only Rodeo Magazine In the Murid" Issued .Monthly at Tucson, Arix •« 81 one year. 8-’ three year» 83.AO five year« Send subscriptions to HOOFS A HORNS p. <1. Box 71KI Pilone 11.361 J 1/>ST Dark brown billfold in or near Greyhound depot. Contain­ ed driver's license, press cards. Please return to Don Plath or The Miner office z I I Tucson, Ariz. USED CLOTHING 8ALE Sat Mar 1, at the IJthia hotel building S|M>nsorr\ C° ★ (’ome in and See our EVERY-DAY BARGAINS g. YW" ★ Compulsory Insurance Good, But*" Compulsory insurance on all motor vehicles would be a fine thing if public safety were all the state gov­ ernment had to consider at this time. It is right in line with the safety campaign conducted by the secretary of state and having the sanction and assistance of other state officials and all thoughtful motorists. It is true that thousands of cars are being driven by people not financially responsible in case of accident and the ideal situation would be for every vehicle to carry liability insurance. It is conceivable that every car or motor vehicle owner who has the means is carrying all insurance necessary for protection. There also is another class of motorists who carry fire, theft and collision but who do not feel able to assume the added burden of liability. Many of this class will take on the extra protection whenever possible. The third class includes those who are unable to carry insurance and not a few who would not insure even if able to do so. It is not the purpose of this newspaper to argue the case one way or the other. It is possible to recognize merits on both sides and in the present situation, with the state government endeavoring to carry on without Ot4-* 50 I l Hot water by gallons, th« instant you want it—day or night, hot or cold weather. A luxury, yea, •>*> * NECESSITY to MOD­ ERN housekeeping and family Neres an opportunity for *nl°y CONTIN- H^US.H9T WATER at surprb- *n