Thursday, Aug. 27, 1942
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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THIN AND THAT
(B> Old Timer)
T\j the Editor:
If the sun scorched grass that
fringes Ashland's main thoivugh-
The Medford Craters, winners of
fares could be converted into bri
Oregon-California
baseball
quettes, the problem of keeping the
the home fires burning would be league championship and holders
of the President s cup by virtue of
greatly helped.
two straight wins over Klamath
til
It's passing stiange that coal is Falls, are making plana for several
beUig imported from Utah while post-season games to be played at
coal deposits almost at our back the Medford fairgrounds.
The Craters are dickering with
door are undeveloped. Coal selling
at $16 a ton merits the appelatiun Eugene, state league champions,
of "black diamonds”, and inciden
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tally should be an incentive to de
velopment of local resources.
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Elmer Davis, director of
Information, warns us that as a
nation we are not yet “ankg deep
in the. war.” Such being the case,
Uncle Zeke wonders what's it go
ing to be like when we are in it
up to our waist?
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The Japanese want to colonize
the Pacific. Well, they're making
a good beginning they've begun
rapidly to colonize the bottom of
the Pacific- around the Solomons.
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We're certain to lick the Japs
eventually but, first, we must lick
a whole lot of our war savings
stamps.
...
Real estate Ln German industrial
towns is going up fast. But not in
price.
Craters Top 0 & C
Baseball League
Friday and Saturday!
for a game at Medford and a semi-
pro team from Poitlund al>o has
shown Interest in cuming south for
a clash with the Craters. The Chico
Cubs are practically signed foi
two games ut Medford and the
Crater management plans to have
about six more home games before
the Craters hang up their suits.
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John Bill Ricketts owned the
first American circus and gave ex
hibitions in Philadelphia as early
as I792
LITHIA
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Greenland ia the world's moat
sparsely inhabited urea, with .04
persons u squaie mile.
DO you icmeinbei when you
I
used to chew licorice and make I
yourself believe you were chewing |
E N T E it T A I M K N T
tobacco?
Phone 7 Ml I
A smile la rest to the weary,
daylight to th* <NHcouiaged. sun
shine tu the sad, and Natuie's beet
antidote for troul.le
Years ago, barbers, aside from
hair cutting, commonly practiced
surgery und dentistry of the day. (
MATINEE
Th urn. and Sat.
Continuous Sunday
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Friday, Saturday
ANNOUNCING A NEW SCHEDULE
TWO COUNTRY BUMFKINS
...hwt nor •• dvmhl
leaded
with
laefhil
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Bus Service between Ashland, Camp White and
Medford has been revised to include an addition
al bus as follows:
This appears to be an air war,
with everything else stringing
along behind it.
Hitler is making a costly bid
for the oil of the Causasus.
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Cut those weeds now. Don't wait
for Jack Frost.
Tim Holt
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So much
preaching.
CYCLONE ON
HORSEBACK
SUN • MON • TUE
James Cagney
in
4
CAPTAIN OF
THE CLOUDS
In Technicolor
Wed’sday & Thursday
Barbara Stanwick
Joel McCrae
in
GAMBLING LADY
Plus
Victor MacLaglen
in
CALLING ALL
MARINES
Every Wednesday
Night
MOVIE MONEY
AUCTION
preaching
t
i
is
only
t
There's no Canaan in politics.
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IN DEFENSE WORK
Virgil Jackson accompanied W.
A. Snider to Portland Tuesday
morning where he will enter de
fense work. He and Snider were
in the city last week making ar
rangements for their jobs. His fa
mily will remain here for the pre
sent, pending housing arrange
ments in Portland or Vancouver.
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WILL JOIN MARINES
Marvin Ring, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. A. Ring of Bellview, is
spending a few days at home prior
to joining the marines. Marvin,
a graduate of 8. O. C. E.. taught
at Empire the past year, going to
Portland to work in the shipyards
during the summer. He has taken
his physical and will leave Monday
to become a "devil dog.
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HEADED EAST
Corp. Buzz Roberson spent a
few days in Ashland with his pa
rents, Mr and Mrs. C. E. Rober
son, and other relatives and
friends He has been assigned to
officers' training school at Aber
deen Md., and will leave for that
point from Fort Stevens.
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On a dried j?rass pad with a
wind of three miles per hour, 85.3
percent of all cigarettes tossed
away ignited the grass. The aver
age time for ignition was five
minutes.
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Oregon’s green forests produce
enough timber to build 40.944
homes per year or one home for
each family in the state.
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Fully 75 per cent of the revenue
taken from timber sold on state
forests is returned to the local
county, according to Lynn F.
Cronemiller, assistant state forest
er in charge of land use.
with
Anne Shirley
and
Richard Carlson
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OUTLAWS OF
CHEROKEE TRAIL
Leaving Ashland:
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WEST POINT
WIDOW
7:00 A. M
7:30 A.M
5:45 A. M
6:30 A. M.
with
Three Mesquiteers
Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday
Leaving Camp White:
4:30 P.M
5:00 P.M
5:15 P. M
6:15 P. M
BROADWAY
w I th
George Raft
and
Leaving Medford
Pat O’Brien
5:35 P.M
6:35 P.M
4:50 P. M.
5:20 P. M
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