Page 4 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER MAT’S Continuou. SAT. Sundays PRICES: lie: 30c : 35c : Federal Tax Included FRIDAY and SATURDAY Charles BOYER B A \7 Olivia de Fl HAVILLAND Paulette GODDARD — ‘HOLO BACK H THE dawn PLUS X Two Technicolor Cartoon Featurettes “RAGGEDY ANN” “SUPERMAN” SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY FLASH! FLASH! From WISTFUL VISTA! FIBBER McGEE and MOLLY Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy ?URA*.: TRENDS eÇS^RÔGÊR 'M. KYES— FARM PRICES This is a subject we approach with a good deal of doubt and un­ certainty For many years, farmers have been encouraged to think that they do not get a large enough share of the country s in­ come -that they do not K e t enough of the money the con sumer pays for the products of KyeS agriculture There is » lot of truth in that statement It is recognized in Washington and the senators and representative» of farming states have constantly talked and worked to get higher prices for everything .the farmer raises Perhaps one of the things many of us have overlooked in thinking about the economics of this farm price situation is ’hat no price evci stands by itself The price of any one commodity is related to the 4>nce of every other commodity That must be true just as long as all of us are independent, not onh upon what we produce ourselvei but upon what others produce The price paid to the produce should yield enough to cover th. total cost of production, plus profit That profit is the thing w are working for but it cannot I measured entirely by dollars ai cents The real value of t) profit anybody earns is purchasir power We have established money as convenient measure of value, t we -an’ afford to fool oursd about the value of money itself is actually worth only what it buy Friday, Apr. 3, 1942 Let » illustrate by an imaginary S. 10 cents a bushel That 10 cent» Oregon State Teacher»' iissia’iatioii is «hut the farmer must use to buy in Portland, the following people clothes and coffee and sugar and. itom the Southern Oregon i ollege tools the things he cannot pro­ of Education were in attendance: duce for himself Dr. Walter Radford, pr« sident Now suppose wheat goes to ai I of the college. Angu» L. Bowmer, dollar ten Looks like the farmer! * assistant piofeaaor of English. Dr. would make twice as much profit, Wayne W. Well», associate pro­ doesn't it ’ But it doesn't always fessor of biology, Miss Edith Bulk, work out that way supervisor of teaching, and A. C. That dollar ten wheat increases Strange, associate professor rniei I the price of the bread that must be itus of education. bought by the worker in the shoe • factory, who in turn demands a • James Baughman took advant­ higher rate of pay As a result, the age of the brief »pring vacation price of shoes goes up. and the to come from Marshfield for a , farmer has to pay more for them. hi that way, the farmer's 20 vVeek-end visit with relative» and friends. cents a bushel profit on wheat is a l>- I sorbed by increased costs of every­ thing he has to buv The only way he can add to his profit is to de­ mand another 10 cents for his I wheat, and he soon find» out that the extra dime isn't the right an- 8 li swe'r. either for it pushes up the price of shoes still higher The result is what students of AliHwrr» Io quentloin. on page .1 1. latke Superior, one of the 1 economics call inflation It is the constant tendency of the prices of five Great latkes in east central 31,820 America Aren, everything to advance And it al­ North ways means trouble unless it Is put square miles 2. The Giand Canyon National under rigid control Nobody can criticize the efforts Park, containing the most specie <>f any worker to get a bigger re­ cular example of erosion in the turn for his work That's the world. 3 May. 1626 American system of private enter­ 4 Brazil, Argentina, Peru. Bol­ prise at its best, and it Is the thing that has led to our high ivia. Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador. Uruguay, Paraguay, Brl-i standard of living But in working for that higher tish Guiana, Dutch Guiana and return let us be sure that It is ex- French Guiana. 5. Yes Besides common salt, the icily what we think it is not uere money but the kind of money water carries vast quantities of tiat permits us to buy more of the magnesium calcium, and potas­ longs we need to make living sium in chloride form. 6. Chosen. setter 7. Population 6,623.754 Area, Tills column dues not pretend to ave u ready-made solution to this 2,974.561 square miles 8. It wilk derived from the rev­ •rplexmg problem We do, how- ver advise you to measure the enues of the ancient Duchy of ■al value of every price increase Cornwall. About *250.000 per year. 9. China has authentic hlsbov >u get by the one and only real andard of value purchasing dating back to 2205 B C 10. Cotton spinning and weaving •«er Remember that money, by 10. Cotton spinning and weav­ elf has no real value, it Is only Jute manufacturing, silk - measure of value Money la just ing, ■ a bushel basket It does not weaving, rice cleaning, and gold, we the wheat, but merely silver and brass articles and jew­ elry. .os it . ---------- --------------- ANSWERS ANSWERS • Subscribe for The Miner today Dr. C. C. Dunham Chiropractic I'hyidcluri Office 244 lUrgadinr * ' LITHIA E N T E K T A I N M E N T’ I’hoiir 7561 Friday, Saturday 4 MELODY LANE’ with Baby Sandy and the Merry Macs plu» “THE GANGS OF SONORA’’ with Three Mesquileers Sunday, Monday and Tuesday wMA, WIWT OM IM fMt ,MI, HKIHAIIHa Wo* I r/ffMfM l/ff wilt Coarad VEIDÎ ■ Oui JAG7ER . *»»« Os» I««.., uimw - hush . uo«i?nca »••W M a MW ». IM> la h a..««, a...H » Mtisat ititu meuci aa Wednesday and Thursday Mid-week l>h. 3321 WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY Ashland Choral Club Benefit Show A “Life Saver S MUSICAL SALUTE TO LOVE AND LAl/ty For property owner» 1» the new 8-[Milnt multiple cover­ age that can he added to your fire insurance for a small additional premium: "THE C wcoi ne rem GLORIOUS KIW VOICE’ Nelson EDDY" Rise A Grizzly Baseballists Drop Double Header Ashland high's baseball team dropped a double-header southern Oregon league tilt to the Grants Pass Cavemen Tuesday by scores of 4 to 3 and 10 to 4. Martindale, Caveman Pitcher, won his own game in the first clash when he banged a circuit clout with one on. Medford defeated Jacksonville 8 to 1 in another league game. Today's games, pitting Grants Pass at Ashland and Medford at Jacks inville, have been postponed due to the senior conference to be held at Medford. Ashland, yet to win a ball game, had a bad sixth inning and drop­ ped last Friday s game with Med­ ford by a score of 17 to 5. ——----- •-------------- Tennis Tourney on At High School Court A tennis tournalent is now un­ derway at Ashland high school, under direction of Coach Al Simp­ son, to determine those qualified to compete (or Ashland in the dis­ trict tennis tournament this spring. There are 25 entrants in the tour- I ney and when this is completed Simpson will hold a ladder tourn­ ament to further decide those elig­ ible for the team. Medford, Grants Pass and Ash­ land will form the league. It has j not been definitely decided if Kia-■ math Falls will enter this year due to the long trip over the mountain. STEVEN5 Turkey Outlook Favorable Even With Expansion Aho AT 8:30 EVERY MONDAY NIGHT THRILLS and EXCITEMENT! Medford Armory Tickets on Sale at THE OWL CLUB : Ph. 2300 Medford, Oregon some other covrrujm not included in regular fire policy. Dillings Agency REAL ESTATE and REAL INSURANCE Phone 8781 41 East Main Mrs. Ivison Macadam, who was in London during th« first German air raids, showing Mrs, Del Nickerson, of Portland, the sandbag method of extinguishing magnesium incendiary bombs. The bomb pictured actually fell on London but was a dud and did not burst into flame. The state of Oregon's book of Official Air Raid Instructions, now being distributed, contains all the inform­ ation necessary to the citizen in case of air attack. YOUR TRUCK Lamb Pelts With Short Wool Needed America’s air force is appealing to sheep raisers of the country to time the shearing of their spring lambs and yearlings so that the pelts at slaughtering time will have just the right amount of wool needed for manufacturing warm flying suits for the airmen, says Dean William A. Schoenfeld of Oregon State college. "This may sound like a peculiar request, but it is made in dead earnest, according to information received at my offile,” said Dean Schoenfeld. “It seems that wool on skins used in manufacturing flying suits must be between one- fourth inch and one inch in length. If wool is more than an inch long at slaughtering time, it is both difficult and expensive to trim the wool to the required length after th» palt is removed • Windstorm • Explosion • Falling Air­ craft siti Favorable market demand con­ ditions for turkeys are expected to continue during the 1942-43 mar­ keting season, despite prospects for increased production of tur­ keys, chickens and other meats, alcording to an analysis of the been released by the agricultural been released bf the agricultural extension service at OSC for dis­ tribution by county agents. The report also points out that costs for producing and marketing tur­ keys will be somewhat higher ow­ ing to increase in wage rates, feeds and other items. The price of turkeys per head was practically the same for the crop of 1941 as for that of 1919 wnen the supply was only one-half as large and the purchasing power of consumers was also at a high level. A steady increase in the per capita consumption of turkey meat in the United States has occurred since 1929. ------------ --------------- Subscribe for The Miner today. ------------- •------------ The Miner for Quality Printing. 1 1 cent» and 1 S ernt» will have to see you through the duration of the war—and per­ haps longer. It should be put in best possible condition and kept that way, if you are to get the service from it you are expecting. Bring it in today for a checkup! ALL WORK GUARANTEED CLYDE N. CATON GARAGE AT THE KLAMATH JUNCTION (Siskiyou Boulevard and Indiana Street) Starred at the f.lthia theatre in Columbia'» "The Men In Her Life,” lovely Isirrtta Young topa the romantic cast. Notice to Our Customers! Due to unavoidable increases in pro­ duction costs, it is necessary for us to increase laundry charges in order that we may continue to be able to serve the public. We appreciate your patronage in the many years we served you and hope to deserve your continued support. ASHLAND LAUNDRY COMPANY Wirt M. Wright, Prop. Phone 7771 : 31 Water St. “For the ideal washday— •lust call, That’s all.” — -T.