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Thursday, Aug. 20, 1942
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
V arsity
again, but we are through think­
ing that the raising of vegetables
is an ,*asy task Next yea«- we ll
go to the fields with spades under
on«* arm and text-books under the
other and we'll tak«* every word
in the books seriously.
Meantime, we take our hats off
to the real farmers of America
who this year have product*d re­
and
con! crops and made it ui)n«*ces-
\\ ash Ing ton.
sary for us to depend upon our Although congtesa Is having tew
own feebl«' efforts to have foo«i on sessions these days, ami is acting
our tables.
on no important legislation since
Bj DON ROBLNSON
the majority of its members are
««‘ceasing, nevertheless important
things have happene«! here re­
cently to make our war piogtam
FARMERS
garden*.
work more efficiently.
I There is no «ioubt that a suc-
From th«* public's viewpoint per­
cessful^ truck farmer is a super­
haps, one ot the most intel esting
man.
projects which has got under*way
Millions of Victory garden ama­
is tne investigation being made by
teurs are ready to testify to that
a committee headed by Bernard
fact after spen«iing a summer dig­
M. Baruch Do determine the true
ging. hoeing, weeding, watering
and weeping over results.
Bob Fitch, Minnesota's groat facts regarding th«* confused rub­
To city folks the farmer has al­ discus thrower and football end, is ber situation.
Following his veto of th«* bill
ways been looked upon as a lucky now at th«* Manhattan Beach
in«iividual who spent hours out in Coast Guard Training station in passed by both houses of cong real
the open leaning on a hoe o.r sit­ Brooklyn. Former
heavyweight to guarantee greater use of farm
ting behind a plow lazily tirawn champion Jack Dempsey is athlet­ products in the making of rubber
through his fields by well-trained ic director for the station . . . For and alcohol. President Roosevelt
horses. They have envied him that the first time since 1909. Notre named Mr. Baruch, chairman ol
easy life in the open as compar«Hi Dame's football captain is a South the War Industries boairl of th«
with their own hectic, nine to five Bend boy, right end Georg«* Mur­ last war. to make a nonpartisai
set-to with telephones, typewriters phy . . . The Yankees drew 766,- analysis of th«* facts regardiiq
and rush-hour crowds.
869 fans for their first 51 horn«* rubber needs, rubber supplies am
But they envy him no longer games
. . Bob Snyder, quarter­ th«* best methods of making syn
They have learned a bitter lesson back of the 1941 Chicago Bears thetic rubber. To assist him in thir
in their short battle with the soil nominates Danny Foremann, vet­ study, the President named Dr
and many a city family’s «iesire to eran guard, as the team's most James B. Cbnant, president oi
Harvard university .ami Dr. Kai
"break away from it all" and seek valuable player.
peace and comfort on a little farm
Otto Graham, Northwestern's T Compton, president of the Mass
in the country has disappeared star halfback, is a musician of achusetts Institute of Technology
Realizing that th«* bill passed b;
forever.
note. He plays the French horn,
PAINS
.
.
mysteries cornet, piano, violin and harmoni­ congress to favor farmers In th«
It all seemed so easy at first.
ca
Th«- Red Sox recently lost manufacture of synthetic rubbei
Oh, they got a few pains in the j eight games in four straight Sun­ was i purely a political measure
back and a few blisters on their days . . . Del Bissonette, former the President sharply criticize,
hands from that first spring dig­ Dodger first baseman who is man­ the bill saying: "the approval o
ging. but that was more than com­ aging the Hartford club of the this bill would in my opinion, bloc!
i
of the war production
pensated for by the feeling that Eastern league, has placed him­ the progress
program, and therefore the wai
they were strengthening their sel­ self on the active list.
dom-used muscles and renewing
Harrison itself."
Lawrence
("Pops")
Another recent action taken in
their neglected health.
has been named head basketball
Just digging, hoeing, raking and coach at the University of Iowa . . Washington, which may prove o.
planting—and then waiting a cou- ) In the last 11 years first basemen vital importance In the future suc­
pie of months to pick those deli­ have won the American league cess of our war program, was th«
cious fresh vegetables pictured on home run crown seven times and approval by Donald Nelson, hea<
the seed envelopes, made keeping tied it twice The reign was bro- of the WPB, of the proposal oi
the wolf from the door appear as ken in 1937 by Joe DiMaggio and Henry J. Kaiser to build giant
cargo planes to relieve our ship­
simple as could be.
last year by Ted Williams.
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ping problems. Mr. Kaiser, who
At first everything went ahead
built the Boulder and Grand Cou­
on schedule for most of the vic­
tory gardeners. A week or two af- |
lee dams and who has recently
ter planting, the carrot tops, the
performed a miracle in mass pro­
duction of .«hips, will now have the
radishes, the corn shoots and the
beans broke into full view.
The Medford Craters won the chance to demonstrate what he can
But after the vegetables got to Oregon-California league baseball do in the production of 70-ton
the point where picking was in championship at Klamath Falls planes and has also been given au­
the offing, mysterious things be­ Saturday night when they defeated thority to construct an experimen­
gan to happen. The bean leaves the Pelicans 3 to 1 behind the fine tal 200-ton flying boat. Mr Kai­
b^gan turning yellow or got full pitching of Lt. Norm Lewis. Virg ser's program has been the sub­
of little holes The tomato plants Haynes, former Ashland pitcher, ject of wide debate, some officials
feeling that vital materials should
began to wilt .'the lima bean plants was charged with the defeat.
The Klamath team took the not be used for experimenting, but
looked thin and emaciated and the
peas were blitzkrieged by rabbits Sunday tilt, which was a mere the War Production board evident­
formality, by winning 8 to 7. Ben­ ly agrees with Mr Kaiser that his
or rain.
DISCOURAGEMENT . . . bugs ham handled the mound duties for program may be the answer to
Of course the first radish was a the Klamath Falls squad and Sny­ the Nazi submarine attacks.
real thrill—very much like that of der pitched for Medford.
The final execution of the Nazi
Dorris forfeited their two games saboteurs following trials which
becoming a parent for the first
time.
And Victory gardeners to Grants Pass to end season play will be kept a closed secret until
boasted among each other about for these two clubs.
after the war, is believed to have
Klamath Falls and Medford met the hearty approval of the great
the string beans fresh from their
own back yards which were "the last night at Medford for the first majority of the people. Even the
game in their two-out-of-three se­
most delicious you ever tasted."
But to most of us who this year ries for the president's cup. The VAC ATION BIBLE S< liDOi.
planted our first garden, the agri­ next one will be played in Klamath TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE
The daily vacation Bible school
cultural life proved full of discour­ Falls Sunday and, if a third one
agement. How were we to know is necessary, will be in Medford, at the Christian church will close
Friday night with open house. At
that Mexican beetles must be dealt probably Aug. 30.
8 o'clock a short program will be
with immediately or they will ruin
given. Foikiwing the program the
beans? Why didn't somebody tell THIS AND THAT
class rooms will be visited where
(By Old Timer)
us that fertilizer was really impor­
some or the work can be viewed.
tant if we wanted the pods to have To the Editor:
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big green peas in them? And why-
A very successful and well at­
Allow us to suggest that the
hadn’t we realized the story of fire laddies could do a good turn tended school has been in session
Peter Rabbit was one of stark if they would clean up the site of for the last two weeks, according
tragedy ?
their new headquarters. The foun-1 to the minister of the church.
We meant well. We thought dation for the structure was made I Earl F Downing, who has issued
farming was really a cinch and ready some time ago and a veri­ an invitation to the p .Vents and
most of us went about it in a very table jungle has since sprung up friends of the children and of th«
modest way. Some of us really about the place, creating not only church to see and hear the chil­
did a pretty good job for beginners an eyesore but a fire hazard that dren and some of their work.
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but in many, many cases the Jap­ should be eliminated forthwith, !
anese beetles and their allies And this leads us to the conclu-; VISITS PARENTS
proved a more imposing enemy sion that if we are to have a tidy j
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar O. Winthei
than the little yellow men who are appearing town it is up to the of Bktomington, Ind., are guests
infesting the Pacific Islands.
city officials to take the initiative. at the home of Mrs. Winther'«
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Galey.
LESSON
...
. 1943 Nuf ced.
Mr. Winther is a member of the
Undoubtedly
the
Victory
garden
'
♦
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I
program of 1942 has done some
Here is something worthy of history faculty at the University
During the first three of Indiana and has spent the past
good in supplementing the world's note.
food supply. With approximately months of 1942, a survey shows, two months in research work in
15,020,000 families having planted inter-city highway buses carried early western history at the Hun­
gardens, no matter how poorly 63,235,935 passengers compared to tington library In Pasadena where
some of them turned out, there 62,072,930 carried
in
railroad he had a scholarship. He left to­
day for Seattle for a short visit
must certainly have been many ex­ ' coaches.
with his parents. Mrs. Winther
tra tons of edible food added to
r
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/
the “bread basket of the world.”
Ancient Egyptian Heauties, we will join him there later and they
But probably the greatest good read, plucked their eyebrows, tint­ will proceed to their home in In­
diana.
done by the Victory gardens this ed their finger and toe nails and
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used
lipstick
and
rouge,
year was in the teaching millions
What, no
HERE
FROM
FORT LEWIS
of people that they must learn painted legs?
Jack Bentley, former member of
* > >
the facts of farm life before they
Battery B, and now stationed at
do their next spring planting.
Autumn, according to a poet, in Fort Lewis, is visiting in Ashland.
Plans are now being made to the perfect season, There’s one He has a 15-day furlough, most of
give gardening courses this winter guy who never has had to rake which will be spent here. Jack
in towns and cities all over the up the leaves.
states that a good many members
» » »
nation The disappointed garden­
of the original Battery B company
Uncle Zeke opines that the ob- have gone to other units.
ers o/ 1942, having learned the
need for such education the hard ject of the second frpnt is to get
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way, will undoubtedly flock to I Hitler’s back to the wall.
RETURNS FROM PORTLAND
Doubtless the Nazis have discov- i
such courses and, in 1943, there is
Leo Schoeniger returned Sunday
a good chance that the btrnk-yard ered that the Commando boys are 1 from Portland and has reopened
gardens will furnish millions of mighty tough babies.
his barber shop on the Plaza.
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families with good, healthful food.
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MOVIE MONEY
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Adolph, Benito and Hirohito
—the three blind mice. Make
them run with ten percent of
your income in War Bonds
every pay day.
Medford Captures
0-C Championship
F- SO / BAKED BREAD FOR 7VE/P
ùtiihüiüu
jail sentences, instead «>! the death
sentence, given to two of th«* sabo­
teurs who are b»*li«*vr«l to have
given vita I information In ex
' change for leniency, was gene« ally
approved as a worthwhile move
for getting other saboteur» to re­
veal Imporfant information
Th«* activities of th«* FBI In fol­
lowing up all clues of Axis activl-
I ties In this country are closely
¡guarded, but enough information 1»
. reeused to show that th«' Fill Is
nipping in the* bud many plans if
enemy agents The recently i,
vealed story, telling of cleverly
concocted signa in the ruial section
of the east to guide enemy pinna
in reaching laig«* win production
plants, is consiiiered an appal oik
indication that the Germans have
been planning bombings on our
eastern coast Since several of t <
signs were mad«* by pl«>wing ar­
rows in furm fields, it seemeii log­
ical that they were part ol a p.uo
of th«* Germana to launch alrnlane
attaii.s this summei or eaily tan
The activities of th«* bbl. it u
believed heie, muy hav«* forestalled
attacks which nught olii«« Wise
have been made before thin Um«'.
The new tux program will un­
doubtedly be postponed, at least. I'l
part, until after the election, 'rhe
senute finance committee, after
considering th«* house-approvea
bill for many weeks, has now pu-
the finishing touches on a mem •
uro which is still far short of th*'
amount set as a minimum by Sec­
retary Monganthau It is believe«!
«ikeiy, if the treasury continues to
insist on mori* taxes, congress win
pass the present measure tn the
near future anil then consider a
sales tax after th«* election is over
Th«* President and the treasury
lave both disapproved of a gen«-
sales tax, but many congresaiih-i
see it as the easiest way out
Another warning has been is­
sued by Harold L. Ickes, war pe­
trol «rum co-ordinator, that inc
people in the (hist should shift,
wherever possible, from burning
fuel oil in their homes'to burning
coal. He said that a survey showed
less than half of 1 per cent have
thus far convert«*! their heating
equipment to coal-burning al­ i
though approximately half of pre­
sent oil burners could easily be
converted to burning coal.
"Apparently," said Mr. Ickes,
"East coast residents have not
b«*en aware of the seriousness of
th«* fuel and heating <41 shortage
in the Atlantic coast area I can
not too strongly urge all oil-burn­
er owners who can do so to con­
vert their facilities to the use of
coal now and buy their coal sup­
ply at once This is the best way
for home owners to be certain
that they will be warm next win­
ter
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Friday, Saturday
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th*y r« tlnfln
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Lolin« from Mon-
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RAYMOND HATTON^^ILVEr
Sunday. Monday
and Tuesday
\ Merry Whirl Of Love
nd Laughs I
■ITCMEI1 LE
GOES NORTH
W A. Snider left the first «>f
the week for Portland to look into
the enlistment situation.
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Thursday
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Don’t Get Stuck!
The fruit Beason is right at hand—the peach and
pear crops. Transportation is an important part
of this harvest. An* you sure your truck or pickup
is in condition to stand the demands that will be
placed on It during the next few months?
There’s one way to acquire that assurance at
nominal cost—drive in here for a complete check­
up. We’ll tell you if It needs an overhaul job or
what else is needed. Vou will be money ahead to
do it now—delay will prove expensive.
CLYDE N. CATON GARAGE
AT THE KLAMATH JUNCTION
(Siskiyou Boulevard and Indiana Nt root)