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Southern Oregon Miner
Published Every Thur*.
at 167 East Main Street
ASHLAND, OREGON
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1936, at the postoffice at
Ashland, Oregon, under
the act ef March 3, 1879.
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general idea of how rapidly all
stocks are exhausted
the protection of our big hills, feeling that someone present
kinds
of items ure going to dis­
When we will again I m * aide
from the market By com­
on the outside will keep the enemy from our doors. It,, ,4 th purchase those thing« appear
paring this one list with the In­
which
we
have
taken
for
begins to look like we will not wake up and becoipl granted for so many y«*ars, dex of a mall order catalogue I
found U called for the domination
the united people we should be until we get a smell of nobody knows, so it seems a of
more than 'JOO of the products
Idea to lu*«*p the 1912
powder. That may seem harsh, but the same thing good
Indexed
Junior
book on hand to *how
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When I first heard thnt the
has been said repeatedly in other places—to what avail the pictures of the thing*
purchasing powei In 1042 would
we do not know. Our problem is with Ashland and which made living ; *o easy be- greatly
exceed the merchandise
fore the war.
when we have broken down this narrowminded, intol­ GOO1JH
which we would be able to buy, >1
di*ap|M*Mrln,
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was a difficult state to imagine. I
erant atmosphere and gotten our people united in a Those gorgeous pictures of bi, couldn't
picture anyone going to
common cause in support of the war effort we will be heavy-treaded tires. shown In th* town with money in his pocket
order catalogues, will nuik*
uid not being uble to spend it.
in a position to join hands with the rest of the country mail
many a mouth water in th,
When the Christmas shopping
months to come
in a march to victory.
tcason comes around aguin th«'
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The washing machine picture* great scarcity of goods will be-
the refrigerators, the bicycle*, th*
•omc strikingly apparent to all of
lawnmowers, the cameras and th* us. There is apt to be very little
STREAMLINED RATIONING
hundreds of farm and kltchei to put under the 1942 Christmas
ASOLINE rationing in the east has now been gadgets portrayed, will also brio* tree except war saving stamps.
many a sigh from th*xte of us whi
FUTURE .... promising
streamlined.
have become accustomed to eaej
We are going to lentil to get
Having gone through several months of pitiful mud­ living.
along without a lot of things, but
Most
of
us.
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Imagine,
have
loa
dling, when cheating, bootlegging, lying and general track of the hundpede of Item: that jui't going to atop us from
disorder ran rampant, tighter regulations are now in which Industry is pvw prohibit** wanting them buck at the fit st
from manufacturing. We lean: possible opportunity.
force and the loopholes are being plugged up.
When the war ends there Is go­
about them gradually by the try
It is to be hoped that the new system will help to-buy methexi and are quickly ing to be the greatest demand for
that there ever has been in
those who depend on gasoline for their livelihood, will realising that, during the past goods
month, the stock of merchandise the history of this country. With
curb those who don't actually need gasoline and will available In many types of stores our pockets loaded with war bond
money, there will be millions of us
make it easier for gasoline dealers to conduct an order­ has become extremely limited
things who will want to make the down
With
practically all
ly business without creating enemies.
payment on a new automobile the
made of rubber or metal having day the |M*ace la signed We ll be
The new plan appears to be a big improvement ov­ gone to war, or rapidly joining mobbing the stores trying to re­
the forces. the available civilian
er the old. But its success will depend largely upon the merchandise
is dwindling like a place practically every gadget we
nave with something new. shiny
vigilance of enforcement, the fairness of ration boards snowball in July.
and up-to-date.
GADGETS
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Christmas
and the cooperation of the people. No matter how
How long the perltxi will be In
Last yveek I received from which Industry can shift from
many regulations may be made to enforce gasoline ra­ Washington
a new list of articles, making tanks .to care, guna to re­
tioning, its ultimate success will be achieved only when made from iron and steel, on frigerator*
and planes to washing
which manufacturing will be en­ machines is uncertain
the people in the east swallow the fact, at least for the tirely
Hut the
prohibited beginning next blue-prints for that ahift are now
present, their automobiles are no longer pleasure cars month. The list, which is simply being
made and the chances are
an addition to many previously is­ that it will be put over in a mi­
but are now machines of war.
sued, includes hundreds of populai raculously short time a much
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items. A few of them are:
shorter time than it took for In­
Atomisers, automobile accesso­ dustry to ahift to making war
HURRAH FOR BILLIONS!
ries (except those required by equipment with which it wasn't
URING June the goverrnment spent $158.600.000 law), awning frames, bag and familiar
frames, beds, binocu­
industry
Furthermore,
every
a day on war production, which was $9,400,000 a pocketbook
lars. bird cages, blackboards, cash which hopes to re-gaJn public fa-
day more than it spent in May, $23,800,000 a day more registers, chick feeders. Chriatmar vor Is now planning big improve­
tree ornaments, cigarette cases, ments in the products they will
than in April and $76,000,000 a day more than last cigarette
lighters, clock caaea, deliver after the war We may
compacts, com poppers. croquet have to go without a lot of things
January.
today, but these sacrifices will be
It seems strange to stand on the sidelines cheering sets
Those are Just a few of the
than compensated for by
as the government goes over the top with another new items listed under A, B and C more
the marvelous products which are
record of expenditures. Until this year, when the gov­ But they are enough to give a promised for us for tomorrow.
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LET’S PUT IT OVER IN A BIG WAY!
SHLAND will have an opportunity to buy War
Savings Stamps and Victory bonds in a big way
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Sunday afternoon and evening. It is hoped the chance
will not be muffed. It is not that our citizens have been
derelict in their duty and the fact that Uncle Sam needs
more money to carry on the fight against the Axis
nations.
Up to the present purchasing of stamps and bonds
has been on a voluntary basis and it is the President's
desire to keep it that way. However, increasing de­
mands for armament, food and equipment for a rap­
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idly growing fighting force make it imperative that
the people dig ever deeper .
We have been told for months that we will be called
upon to make sacrifices never before demanded of
Americans and it begins to look like that will be the
case. But once the entire population of this great land .
turns its full attention to the business of winning the
war, sacrifices will be accepted as a matter of course.
Getting used to them is something like the timid bath­
er who gets used to the water about an inch at a time
instead of taking a dive, but when once in all over ernment expenditures soared to new heights, it was
doesn’t notice the chill so much.
the custom to howl instead of to cheer.
In this drive every dime will count. Big, little, old
But now we don’t think of those expenditures in
and young can help swell the grand total. If your bud­ terms of dollars and cents. They are our yardstick of
get wont permit of further purchases without curtail­ the speed-up in the production of guns, tanks and
ing your food budget, amusement fund or other perso­ planes. The higher the expenditure the quicker the
nal expenditures, try denying yourself some of these victory, is the way most of us are now thinking.
things for a few days and put the money into stamps
So go to it, Uncle Sam. Spend our money like a mad­
and bonds. It may be difficult to refrain from indulging man. Only be sure each extra dollar means an extra
in that ice cream soda, coke, or whatever your taste bullet, and not an extra dish of gravy for a war
calls for, yet denying yourself of those things streng­ profiteer.
thens your character, relieves the pressure around the ■
I have just finished thumbing
waistline and hips and the money you save will buy
through one of those hefty vol­
needed ammunition to free the world of Japs. Think it
umes and it occurred to me that
here was a veritable encyclopedia
over and make up your mind to join the throng Sun­
of the things which we are going
day afternoon or evening and help put Ashland's quota
to have to do without if thii
continues as long as those
over in a big way.
hob-nob
with
the
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Buy War Maying* Nlamp*—
Jap Souvenir
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SING A SONG Of
KITCHEN THRIFT
SINK YOUR
DIMES IN WAR
SAVINGS
STAMPS
TODAY
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HOW DO THEY GET THAT WAY?
HROUGH the grapevine telegraph, word has
reached the Miner that some of our people do not
want army families to live in Ashland. This fact was
brought to light in a recent occurrence in connection
with a local observation post.
As the story goes, the wife of one of the officers
residing here, wishing to do her duty as a citizen of
the United States and a temporary resident of Ash­
land, signed up for OP duty. Arriving at the post for
her first shift she found two women on duty. Instead
of turning over the watch to the newcomer and leav­
ing, the two remained long enough to tell her how
little Ashland folks care for army people, that most
of us would feel a lot better if none of the officers’
families lived here and a lot of other drivel designed
to poison the young woman’s mind against the town.
When the two shrews had finished their tirade and
assured themselves that their acid darts had found
their mark they took their departure. The young wo­
man, shocked and heartsick though she was, stayed
her two hours and returned to her home in a state
verging on nervous collapse, and it required an hour
or more of earnest persuasion on the part of the chief
observer to convince her that her tormenters repre­
sented a comparatively small group of dissenters in
the community.
Is such conduct merely a coincidence or is it part
of a plan laid by a group to press a campaign of per­
secution ? Is it the result of crass ignorance or the cun­
ning machination of some element of our community
life, which, thwarted in efforts to prevent these fine
people from coming here now seek to make them dis­
contented and wish to leave? Whatever the motive or
intent, it is rotten to the core and should be investi­
gated by the proper authorities.
Ashland should be proud to have this group of peo­
ple as residents. It must be remembered that they did
not choose to live here—that is, come across the conti­
nent as many of them have, to select Ashland for a
home. No, they were brought here by the grim business
of war and whether some of our uncharitable citizens­
like it or not, they probably will stay here until orders j
come from the war department to go elsewhere.
It seems difficult for some people to comprehend
that there is a war going on. We have lived smugly in
T
DOH BOBMON
CATLOGUE
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If you have a 1942 mail order
catalogue, it might be a good idea
to hang on to it and file it with
your history book«.
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A lot of the things pictured
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the catalogues are already
available and the mail order hous­
es are th US forced to return mil­
lions of dollars of good U. 8. cash
to people who order them.
Another group of products can
only be sold to people who have
priorities and another large group
will be unobtainable as soon as
The Snail
Jamea Regis, Bangor, Maine,
aerial photographer with the •‘Fly­
ing Tigers’* during that group’s he­
roic air defense ot Burma, but now
back in U m U. 8„ shows a young
admirer a souvenir of battle against
the Jap«
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