Thursday, September 3, 1942
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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Southern Oregon Miner
Published Every Thur«,
at 167 East Main Street
ASHLAND, OREGON
FRED MILTENBERGER
O G. CRAWFORD
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matter February 1ft,
1935. at the postoffice at
Ashland, Oregon, under
the act af March 3.1879.
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keep things moving and care for the civic activities
that otherwise would take too much time f committee-
men. It costs money, too, but years of experience have
proved that it is money well spent. Many a town that
has let its chamber of commerce die has been classed
as an electric lighted cemetery. Does Ashland want
that classification?
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Author of
C arnegie
"How to Win Friends and
Influence People"
THEY WOULDN’T MAKE 30 CALLS
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Recently I talked to one of the largest employeis of salesmen in
NOT OUR BABY
the world. This man tried ills hand al door-to-dooi M-Illng, and suc­
LAZA business men are expressing displeasure* ceeded so well that he later trained other men to sell the product
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he manufactured. He is now worth millions He hires thousands of
over the type of improvement being made by the salesmen
every year- and about half of them fall to make the grade.
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state highway commission through that section of the I asked him why He said the chief reason was; they wouldn't make
30 calls a day Natuiully that was not the only reason; but hr de-
city. Their complaint is not witnout justification but dared
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it was the chief reason They loafed; they hung around the
“THE TRUTH WILL
we can’t see what the council or anybody except the office; they wrote letters; they made all kinds of excuses; they re­
fused to force themselves to )a>und the (lavement untU they h*<i in-
highway commission can do about it.
triviewed thirty pioapective customers a day.
It seems the pertinent thing to say th^t the time
1 realise that a man might make fifty calls a day and still fall
If he didn't have the right article, the right price and the ability to
to have stopped such improvements was before selling meet
and deal with people. But let me repeat, thia man who hires
the property to the state. Having gone this far, it is ten thousand salesmen a year said his biggest problem was to get a
who would work hard at interviewing people week after week,
not likely that the commission will turn back. A defi­ man
month after month and year after year.
nite plan for improvement has been made and insofar
If you arc a salesman, remember these two things. First, the only
as the state is able, that plan is being carried through. time you ever have a chance to make any money la when you are
talking to someone who can buy your product. Second, re­
FROM ONE TO ONE THOUSAND
Perhaps when peace comes and the project as a whole actually
member that th*- best way and the easiest way to make more calls
FTER seeing the Civic Club house filled night af- is taken up, there will be a rearrangement of traffic Is to set a goal for yourself and force yourself to live up to that goal.
Goodwin Watson says. In his public affairs pamphlet, entitled,
night since it became USO center for Ashland, it regulations on the west side of the Plaza. Let us hope "How
Good Are Oui Colleges’
'Tne knowledge that counts, for
is hard to believe that just one soldier showed up on so, at least. In the meantime, it looks like the commis­ any individual, is what he haw r><ally mastered, and has worlMd Into
thinking as a ready aid In undurstanding "
the opening day. That was a humble beginning for sion is following out traffic regulations established his How
much of the knowle<ig<- that you acquired in achiMti have
in
other
places
and
that
if
the
changes
made
on
the
sponsors of the local center, but when that lone soldier
you worked into your thinking as a realty aid in understanding ? My
got back among his buddies and spread the news about Plaza conform to that standard they more than likely guess as to the averuge persbn would be; precious little.
the new USO in Ashland, it soon looked like all trails will stay there.
The Plaza improvement is not the Miner's child .We
led to the Civic Club house.
At the end of three weeks (the center opened Aug. could mention whose child we think it is but for the
10) more than 1,000 soldiers have been served at the sake of editorial ethics will refrain. We have felt that
USO center while an additional 900 civilians had vis­ alleged bottleneck and the several business houses in WILD LIFE LINES
ited there. As yet the main body of Camp White per­ the razed block would not have been disrupted at a
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sonnel has not arrived and the local group is wonder­ the war traffic would have been handled through the
ing what the score will be wheri the cantonment is full. time when they had an opportunity to cash in on in­
It has been a big job to get organized for this essential creased volume. But that is neither here nor there.
work and volunteers are reorganizing their personal, The damage has been done and it looks like we will
home and social affairs in order to meet demands of have to make the best of it.
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the new obligation they have taken. Contributions of
needed equipment are being made and by the time the THE MOVIES WAR JOB
center is made permanent everything will be in good
HEN the first bombs fell on England, the auth­
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working order.
orities decided immediately to close all places
llrrc la the world's «mallral cress­
GORILLA
Distance counts little to the soldiers. Some come by where people congregated in large groups. One of the
word punlr. Fill In words accord
Of all the apes by far the toughest
ln< to definition». The square will
bus, others in private cars, some hitchhike—they get first actions was to close all moving picture theaters. la the gorilla—and the roughest. then
read the same down as across.
That
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s
why,
although
by
sooa
he's
here and that’s what counts. Letters are coming to the
But that didn’t last long. There was so much public
After you have solved it. see It yon
sought.
make up any good 5-letter werA
USO director from parents whose sons have written anger, including rioting in front of theaters, that with­ Only a few have e’er been brought can
squares.
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Africa
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V.
S.
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them of the wonderful times they are having in Ash­ in 72 hours after the movies were ordered closed they Where too« and circuses would pay 1. Prank or antic.
3. Rellgtoes.
land. There is one branch of soldier entertainment in were all told to open up again. Ever since then every Large sums for a gorilla dour
2. To one aide.
4. Te evolve.
Te glare at folks with visage sour.
S. To set agata.
which the townspeople have been a little slow to take moving picture theater has continued to be open.
up and that is the matter of week-end guests. This is
Motion pictures have proved to be one of the best
considered one of the best morale builders and one it nerve sedatives in England. Because production of • Subscribe for The Miner today ! • The Miner for Quality Printing
is hoped the people will immediately adopt. Nothing is pictures in England has fallen way off, there is an in­
more restful than the comforts of a good home. One creasing demand for American movies. If you want to
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night of family life, with the facilities of the home see the latest hit, the chances are these days that you
placed at his disposal will, as one soldier wrote his might see it in London before you could see it in New
family, make him forget the hardships of camp life York.
and training and make him eager to get at the Japs.
The movies in this country are already offering
Ashland people will not lag in this matter when it is relief from the news of the war. Let us hope that, for
brought home to them that it is a moral obligation the the sake of both the British and ourselves, the movie
performance of which will bring them immeasurable industry will this year plan the best picture fare they
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pleasure.
have ever offered—pictures which will act as a strong
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buffer against war nerves.
DEPUTY COUNTY CORONER
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLAYING VITAL PART
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Litwiller Funeral Home
Bob Burns says the Japs may be able to resist
HOSE who have not investigated may feel that the
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chamber of commerce is one civic enterprise rheumatism from constant exposure and wading in the
which might well be dispensed with in times of stress swamps but certain it is that thousands of them are
such as we are experiencing at the present. From the suffering from MacArthritis.
individual’s point of view there may.be some justifica­ Of the approximately 100 caves
tion, for certainly all of us are undergoing difficulties located in the state of Pennsylva­
fourteen of the caves are open
that never would face us under normal conditions and nia,
for public inspection.
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we may feel that some contributions made when times
Hey there! Don’t spit on
were less trying could well be turned directly into the the Room-
floor.
Mate—Why not? Floor leak?
war effort.
It appears that several business men have with­
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drawn their support of the chamber of commerce, giv­
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ing no apparent reason tor their action. If they feel
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justified in making the move there should be a good
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reason and they should not hesitate to state it. To;
STAMPS
stop payment without qualification leaves those in j
charge of the chamber of commerce out on a limb as
it were. Limited funds already are doing heroic ser-,
On every hand, in every line, the watchword I m save. It
vice in carrying on activities which to be done right r
is a warning that materials of all kinds that have been
require much more money. War conditions have ham­
available in abundance during peace time are growing
BUS
pered the work of the office, yet it has carried on in
scarcer by the hour in war time.
the face of mounting difficulties, rendering a service
DRIVERS
that otherwise would take too much time of committee-
This doesn’t mean that ELECTRICITY is growing scar­
to match.
cer. It does mean that electrical equipment—the kind
WANTED
The chamber of commerce serves as a clearing
you use in home, shop and factory—already has reached
house for various activities of the community. Ever Qood Pay, Pleasant Work
the point where replacements are difficult if not Impos­
since last winter when cantonment workers began to Valuable Training Given
sible. This leads to the oft-repeated warning—take the
arrive, the chamber office has served as an informa­ Opportunity for experienced
best of care of your equipment. It will mean a saving to
tion bureau for house seekers. The work is continuing and inexperienced men to get
into
work
essential
notf
and
you
in the long run, for worn out or partially disabled
More recently farmers sought assistancee of the cham-
after the war. Good future—
machinery “eats” more “juice.”
■in behalf of officers seeking homes for their families,
training fits you to handle
heavy motorized eqquipment.
ber of commerce in securing pear pickers and other
Work cow available in San
help. Efforts of the office were such as to provide al­ Francisco Bay area. Get fur­
ther details by contacting . .
most immediate relief to the farm labor problem.
W. H. Eggers
Such things as these mentioned are invaluable to
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the community. They are outstanding among the acti­
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vities performed by the office but there are countless
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other services performed from day to day that would
or write
be left undone or would work an imposition on indivi­
A. V. Allen
duals who might feel it their civic duty to carry on.
Greyhound Lines
“Your SERVICE Department”
That is what the chamber of commerce is for. That’s
1919 Market Street
OAKLAND, CALIF.
why it is considered essential to employ a manager to
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