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ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, September 2, 1943
VOL. XII
COUNTY BONO QUOTA $2,668,000
Let’s make Jackson FIRST in the state to meet it!
THIS AND THAT
(By Ol.D TIMER)
To lae iùliiur;
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Gen. G. M. Grant originated the
expression, "unconuiuomu oui ren
ili r, ’ wmcli i«js been revived by
i liniueul K uvm veil und become
Moil ui u war cry <M lue Allies.
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Geli. Gialli » inen iuul Laken thè
uuiiyuig uiiinniM oi bori Ixmc-I-
Moit m r cui uui y, lauj, iuul Lue
lori wuk vompielely ut theii
ineicy. Gerì. b.moii 11 Liuckiiei,
me cuiilvili i utu cummunder, un
der a llug <4 truce, sent u mcM-
xii^e lo Gl ani, HUggCMlbig «in urlìi-
bilico und 'thè uppointment of
conuiilMKionern tu ugree upon
tenui of cupltulution."
SEPTEMBER 9
Grant's reply was: "No terms
except unconditional and iinme-
dIute surrender cun be accepted,
1 propose I to move Innucdiatcty
u[>on .your work« "
Buckner
"beefed“ about the term* tut "un-
generous and unchi vai rou«.
surrendered.
Rtstist’cians may be intrrmtrd
In a Ixvndon <li«[mtch which points
out that in Caesar’s time it cost
75 cents to kill a soldier During
the First World War the cost n«e
to $21.000 and estimates now
place the figure at $50.000
soldier
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Uncle Zeke as vs hr never knew
what they meant by all wool and
a yard wide until he mwe the
slacks that some of the stylish
idout girls wear.
FOR INVASION
Jap soldiers are going to find
it much more difficult to get out
of China than it was to get in.
• Put a circle around the date—Thurs
day, September 9th. For that’s the day
the 3rd War Loan Drive starts.
tivtt to your regular War Bond purchases.
Invest »tore than >100—a lot more—if
you possibly can.
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It was nn inspired reporter who
described Musaolinl in retirement
ns "unwept, unhonored and un-
swung "
On that day, you will be asked to go
the limit to back our valiant fighting
men. You will be asked to do your share
in the greatest invasion the world has ever
seen. Answer vour country's roll call!
The job is big. Everyont must do his
full ¡hare if we are to put this drive over
the top
Hitler has told us time
again he was fighting a defensive
wa r and now we believe that he
really is.
Your part is to back this invasion by
investing in at least one EXTRA S100
War Bond in September. That’s in .tildi-
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U. S. Department of Treasury
was established September 2, 1789
War Bonds are the safest investment
in the world. For your own sake, for
y our Country’s sake, put every spare dime
and dollar in War Bonds during the 3rd
War Loan Drive
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Green Guard Contest County Bond Drive
Committee Meets
Date Set Forward
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The County September Bond
Drive Committee met in the
Chamber of Commerce Building
at Medford last night at 8:00
o'clock, Henry Zaclyaisen of Med-
ford is county chairman.
They met to outline plans to
8ecl*r* Jackson County’s quota,
which is $2.668.000. That means
an average of $112 00 per person.
The Ashland Committee con
sists of Sid Reed. Payroll Savings
Chairman. Alice Patterson, Dis-
trict chairman. Dr. Walter Red-
ford, Mrs. Earl Leever, Wm
Briggs, Mrs. Paul Finnell, Earl
Newbry. Fred Homes, and Fred
Taylor.
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Miss Betty Jo Burns will enter
Willamette University this term.
a-
Mrs. Heath Renders
Unique War Service
BACK THE ATTACK — V/ITH WAR BONDS
TAI-ENT SCHOOL OPENS 13TH
The closing date for the Oregon
The Talent School opens Sept.1 Green Guard activity contest that
World War 2 started four years
13 with a complete faculty of was set at September 15 has been
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competent teachers for the com moved forward to October 10.
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ing year. They are us follows:
ISO JUNIOR HOSTESSES
Due to the intensive activities of
pri- harvest and the late opening of
Elementary Mrs. Flfield,
INVITED TO DANCE
Tlie 23rd Field Hospital is spon mary; Mrs Fader, 2nd and 3rd; public schools in many ’ | ?” ,
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and 5th; the state, it has been found
soring the weekly dance at Camp Mrs Floyd Young, 4th
ad
Mias
Stoker.
5th
and
6th;
and
White's Service Club No. 2 to
visable to give more time for the
night. (Thursday) Refreshments Mrs. Walsh, 7th and Sth. High contest. The new date will allow
will be served during the evening School Mrs. McNeal, English time for every girl and boy to
and music will be furnished by and Chorus; Mrs. Votaw, Science try for one of the 167 prizes
the 23rd Field Hospital's own and mathematics; Mrs. Kotford. totaling more than $500 in value.
orchestra The various committee Commerce and Home Economics; J The rules of the contest are
memors assure those that attend Mr. Roy Parr, Jr., Social Studies;! simple:
that a most pleasant evening is and Mr. Myers, Band and Orches 1. You must be a Green Guard
tra.
in store for all.
member in 1943. (If you do not
The men of the 23rd Field Hos
belong now it is not too late
Mrs Bessie Sanborn and son
pital are happy to extend a cord
to Join. Just write Green Guard
ial invitation to nil hostesses of Richard of North Bend returned, Headquarters, Salem and say
the Ashland USO to be among to their home, Thursday after a
you wish to be a Green Guard.
week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. 2. You must have your service
those present.
Dennis, Mrs. Sanborn's par-, record complete in your manual. [
S/Sgt. Jami's B. Carson, Gen- Joe
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oral Chairman Dance Committee; ents.
and this must be mailed to
sent this Invitation to the ITSOj Mrs. Walter Walty underwent a
headquarters before the closing
and is being released by Mrs major operation at the Communi-
date.
Bayonne Glonn, She urr-na all hoa- ty Hospital in Ashland Thursday 3. To be eligible for the first two
tcsscs to call in at USO for res morning.
grou ps of prizes, you must
ervations for transportation which! Mrs. Arnold Chapman and
write a 500-word essay on the
will be furnished and they are daughter Joyce returned home
subject "Why We Keep Oregon
expected to be at the Clubhouse from a month's visit at Wakefield,
Green’’, This essay also may
nit 7 p.m.
Kansas, Friday
give you points toward the
Mrs. Clarence Homes was a
other groups of prizes offered
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caller in Talent, Monday morning.
Points are awarded for sendee,
JOHN IHIOADY
A picnic dinner was held at for now members enrolled, for
•nd Companion
the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. originality and quality of your es
Are Invited to Be Guests of the Parks, Sunday. Owing to weather say and for completeness of your
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER conditions the picnic was held al manual work. Remember, keep
to see
the home instead of Jackson Hot your record up to date and be
nt the VARSITY THEATRE
Springs as planned. Those attend sure that it is mailed to Green
ing were Mr. and Mrs. Roland Guard Headquarters, State Fores
(Friday and Saturday)
Parks and daughter Tammy, Mrs. try Building, Salem, Ore., before
“LOST CANYON”
Wayne Cowdrey and daughter October 10.
AND
Shirley anil Mr. and Mrs. Parks.
“MOREY"
Mrs. Sarah Clark of Ashland atives here Sunday,
or
and Miss Lottie Beswick of Bel-1 Charles Skeeters, who was badly
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
view called on friends in Talent injured in a logging accident is
Monday evening.
now recovering at the Community,
“MH. LUCKY”
Robert Purvis, a former resi Hospital. Ashland, will be able to
| Please cal) at the Miner Office
dent of Talent, now living in Hilt, return to his home in Talent the
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for Your Gueat Tickets
California, visited friends and rel-' ' latter part of this week.
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Word has been received that main yf the buffalo,- and from
WJliam C. Savin was graduated now on there would be no fresh
from Officer’s Training School at buffalo meat to eat, nor “buffalo
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, Au- chips" to burn. Their principal
gust 27th, receiving his commis- fuel supply would be artemisia
•ion ax 2nd Lieutenant in the (sagebrush), of which there was a
Signal Corps.
plentiful supply. There would be ’
At present he is visiting with little or bo game to replenish their
his parens, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. larders. The Trail lead on to the
Savin at Cozad, Nebraska. After Little Sandy which was forded
4. ten-day leave he will return to about ten miles above its junc
Fort Monmouth for additional tion with the Big Sandy.
training.
Captain Gantt lead the way
Lt. Savin, former co-publisher across a barren country to the
of the Southern Oregon Miner left Big Sandy which was reached on
Ashland in March 1942 to enlist . August 9. There another death
in the army.
occurred in the party, a man
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named Stevenson dying of moun
tain fever. He was buried in the
sandy bank of the stream where a
short prayer was said: “Earth to
by
earth, ashes to ashes, dust to
Ruth Taylor
dust," and the train moved on.
Dr. Whitman's advice to "keep
this day consecrated to the
moving" was heeded. Captain
workers of the nation, we come be
Gantt rode on to the southwest.
fore Thee, O Lord, with humble
the wagons following him, reach
hearts. We are all of us workers
ing the Green River just above
in the vineyard of the Lord. Give
where it, joined the Big Sandy.
us strength for service to our fel-
Green River was a wide, clear
low men
stream with a gravelly bottom.
Let us not dodge the burden
There the wagon-boxes came into
that is ours, feeling that were it j
good play as ferries in making
but the task of the other man, it1 the crossing As the Green River
would be so much lighter. Let us i
flowed to the south, it became the
not make excuses as to why we
Colorado River in Arizona, empty
have not fulfilled our allotted
ing into the Gulf of California.
| work.
The Spaniards called the Green
But rather let us lean upon Thy
! power and Thy strength, relying River the Rio Verde. The Crow
on 7>iy promise to carry us Indians called it the Seeds Kee-dee
or Prairie Hen River. Its banks
through and realizing that our
were fringed with reeds and grass,
bility cometh only from Thee
and it was a welcome sight to the
and is therefore not limited by
thirsty, dust-covered emigrants
the task before us. Help us to
and their weary livestock. Both
understand that the reward of
doing one duty is the power to man and beast drank deeply of
do another. Let us not, when we its waters and cooled their heated
succeed as workers, be over blood after the ordeal of the des
whelmed by pride in our posaee- ert.
, sions. Free us from vainglorious r Ed. Note- This is one in a series
of stories commmorating the Old
boastings about our work and our
Oregon Trail Centennial.
iocomplishments. Keep us from
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hypocrisy, both personal and na- ’
tional.
Help us to feel our responsibili
ty toward our brother worker, ■
Mrs. C. A. Heath of 695 Terrace
that he may live and grow in
the sunlight, unafraid and strong who is vitally interested in doing
in the right. Let us never loolii her part in winning the war, has
with scornful eye upon our fellow among her war activities the job
worker because he does not work, of gate keeper for the Mt. Ash-
live or worship as we do. Help us ’ land road.
Before any one can secure from
to work to clean our own house,
that we may help our neij^ibors her the key to the gate, he must
to clean theirs Keep us from al! show the proper credentials.
hatreds, prejudices, resentment - Those who have special permits
are people with stock, people with
all things that defile.
Help us. O Lord, to always do coal mining interests, the forest
our best. Our work is for Thee. rangers, and the boys working in
And let us bless Thy holy name, the blister-rust program. This
working! and rejoicing as free latter group of boys are trained in
men, not in the silence of the fire fighting techpiques as well as
methods in controlling the blister
bondsman, fearful of a master.
rust
disease that Is attacking the
Through Thy omnipotent wis
dom cometh both the work and forests. Any one else other than
he power to work. Le us stand these four groups must present a
firm where Thou hast placed us. pass before Mrs. Heath will un
Let us use our strength to honor lock the gate.
Mrs. Heath living there at the
Thee in all things, and grant that
gate
is happy to be of service in
we may finish our course with the
work well done, that Thou may this way realizing that her effort
say at the end, “Well done, Thou ,e'ases one man for war purposes,
good and faithful servant.”
! She celebrated her 75th birth
In the name of Him who called day anniversary yesterday.
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us to the vineyard, we ask this,
FRANK NUTTER
Amen.
Funeral rites for Frank Nutter
will be held this afternoon (Thurs
day) at 3 o’clock at the Method st
Church with Dr. George W. Bruce
officiating.
Mr. Nutter was bom April 24.
1869 at Mowequa, Illinois and
passed away at Ashland August
29 after a five-weeks illness He
had been a resident of Ashland for
23 years.
Survivors include his wife and
three children, Earl Nutter of
Clamp Campbell. Kenucky. James
S. Nutter of Seattle. Washington
and Mrs. Wilma Marvin of Klam
ath Falls.
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VISIT IN KLAMATH FALLS
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Newton
visited Saturday afternoon ->nd
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Herndon at Klamath Falls. Tv'ev
were present at the dedication
service Sunday morning at the
Methodist Church when the n*w
pipe organ was dedicated. Bishop
Bruce Baxter of Portland p^ve
the address. In the afternoon a
concert featuring Glen Shelly was
! given using the new organ.
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The Nazis say they have found
that Italy won’t quit. Well, that's
her funeral.
Green
Labor Day Prayer
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