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VOL. XII
Illis AND THAT
(li) OLD TIMER)
the Editor;
Juvenile delinquency wua a rar-
lly in the days of old fashioned
parents
To
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Mother llubburd's bare cup-
board waa just a couple of hun-
dred years aheuti of Its time
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Those repeated communiques
from Tokyo telling of the ’'sink­
ing'' of the entire U. H fleet is
proof that Jup headquarters is not
suffering from any shortage of
opium.
111
Uncle Zeke is curious about the
status of that government ein-
ploye who receivcd u $225 set of
molars at Uncle Sum’s expense,
Muy be he was a dollar-a-year
man Poor fellow!
111
A little while the world may run
its old mad way with needle
gun
And ironclad, but truth at laut
shall reign;
The cradle song of Christ WKS
never surtg In vain.
Whittier
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A Vili l<-y View farmer who was
asked what time he went to work
in the morning replied: "Son. I
don’t go to work, I’m surrounded
with it when I get up."
111
Nazi propagandists must admit
that some of the many bk»ck-
busters dropped on Berlin by Al-
lied bombers hit objects other
than cultural and religious monu-
menta
v r
Those Eugene High Schoo) Inds
who embarked in the brokerage
business with allegedly stolen gas­
oline coupons must be Wall Street
minded Police are investigating
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Though Gen Douglas MacAr
thur steers clear of politics, says
an observer, it must be „admitted
that he's tops as a Rabaul rouser
Old King Winter is aiding with
the Russians.
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Tlic Allies may be in Rome for
Christmas
WAR ( BEST DRIVE
GOES OVER TOP
Dr Walter N. Redford, chair­
man of the local War Chest Drive,
announced this week that Ashland
had gone over the top In the
drive The goal wua act at $5500
for this section which included
Ashland and the territory to the
California line on the south and
to the city limits Oi Talent on the
north Since the Granges had thcii
own quotas, most of the farmers
contributed through that channel
rather than through the local
drive. Homer Billings had charge
of the city solicitation, organizing
groups to contact people Through
the campaign, he gave thia work
careful aupervlaion.
Reaching thia goal shows the
fine cooperation that Ashland
people hav> given to thia project.
Dr. Redford feels that great
thanks are due to every one who
contributed, making possible the
attainment of this fine goal,
SHOPPING .1
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TO PICK out
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Honor Democrat
Postmaster Friday
'111« demo’s succeeded at last in
placing a competent partisan as
postmaster in Ashland. Mr E E
Vuil succeeds the late Millard
Grubb (Rep )
V. D Miller, democratic leader,
was sponsor and toastmaster at a
banquet in honor of Mr Vail's
appointment last Friday night in
the banquet room of the Plaza
Cafe.
A V* *e of "America" was sug­
gested by Toastmaster V D Mill­
er in which all present paitlclpat-
[ ed Tills was followed by prayer,
ably delivered by Mayor Wiley
Remarks were made between
bites of delicious food by Roland
Parks. G M. Green, Moore Hamil­
ton, Mrs G. G. Skinner, (dem >
postmistress nt Phoenix, Judge C.
E Lyon. Mrs Ix>rena McNair,
Mrs
Philip McCormick, Floyd
Dover and the guest of honor, E
K Vai)
buy bonds for gifts
WSCS Holds Regular
Meet Last Friday
The Women a Society of .Chris­
tian Service met last Friday in
the church parlors of the Method­
ist Church for the December
meeting Mis George Mason, the
president, conducted the business
seeaion ill the morning At noon a
delicious luncheon was served to
a large group by the committee
with Mrs. Robert Lytle in charge.
After lunch Mrs. C. B. Pratt
conducted the player circle and
Mrs. Yeo led the devotions using
Paulin 119 us the basis
Mrs James H. Ed^ar reviewed
the book, "Ashes of Gold" by
Bolxiord al tile uiteioou program.
Mrs. 8. W. Moss and Mis Reba
Kelsey continued tile study pre­
scaling a topic in an in tereating
diulugue form.
The officers for 1944 were
named as follows;
Mrs. George Mason, president;
Mrs. J. K McCracken, first vice
president, Mrs. 8. W. Moss, sec­
ond vice president; Mis. G. M.
Yeo, secretary, Mrs. L. it. Coder,
treasurer, and Mis. Junies Yeo,
corresponding secretary.
Secretaries named were: Mrs.
Robert Lytle .Missionary Educat­
lion and Service; Mrs. Homer
L.
Billings, assistant; Mrs. C
Bergstrom, Social Relations and
Local Church Activity, Mrs. Will
Dodge and Mrs Ralph Billings,
assisting, Children's Work and
Missionary Education, Mrs. Chas
M Giffen and Mrs. Eric Weren;
Mrs. George Bruce. Wesleyan Ser-
vice Guild; Mr. and Mrs John
Billings, Youth Fellowship; Mrs.
John Billings, Girls' Work; Mrs
Maud Marske, Literature and
Publications; Mrs. B. L. Powell.
Mrs. Ambrose and K|rs Morrison,
Supplies; Mrs. E. T. Newbry, Mrs
A O McGee and Mrs Ben Willard.
Spiritual Life; Program Commit­
tee, Mrs J. R. McCracken, Mrs.
Maud Murske, Mrs. Robert Lytle
and Mrs. C. L. Bergstrom; Mem-
bership, Mrs James l-ennox, Mrs
Fred Engle. Mis W. C Polk, and
Mrs. C. E I’ratt; Fellowship, Mrs
Verne Cary, Mrs Henry Newton,
Mrs. Lawrence Powell Mrs. I-amb,
Mrs. Bill Weber, nad Mrs A L.
Durham; Mrs Leonard. Status of
Women; Finance, Mrs. W.
Stratton and Mrs. C. F. Tilton.
The officers will be installed at
the January meeting
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AHS Boys Urged to
Enroll in Air Corps
COUNTY RECEIVES
BIG O. & C. CHECK
Jackson County received from
Seventeen-year-old men in Ash­
land High School who are plan­ the Federal Treasury recently a
ning on enlisting in the Army Air check for $125,799.20, represent­
Corps as aviation cadets are re­ ing the county's share of receipts
minded by Maj. B. P. Cody. Ore­ from Oregon and California land
gon Army recruiting officer, of grant lands for sale of timber and
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the opportunity to complete their land for the fiscal year ending
enrollment during the Christmas last June.
The county also received this
holidays.
Applicants desiring to take the week a check for $43,253.33 from
mental and physical examinations the Treasury, for the last half of
are advised to write the Aviation the 1937 taxes, in lieu of taxes on
Cadet Examining Board. 614 S W. Oregon and California land It is
Eleventh Avenue, Portland. They the final payment under the old
will be provided transportation O. & C. land tax refund bill.
The two payments make the
and lodging at government ex­
total
county's receipts from the
pense. Should a group of men de­
sire to apply together, one should Treasury this week $169.052.53.
The $125.799.20 payment comes
be appointed to request the trans-
portation by indicating the num- under the new O. & C. bill and
ber in the group, listing the names goes to the general county fund
of each and the date on which under its provisions. The $43,253 33
payment will be allocated to the
they want to make application
various school funds, as provided
Maj. Cody indicated that there
under the former bill, the Coynty
is a great need for 17-year-olds
Treasurer’s office reported.
who can qualify for aviation cadet
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training as either pilots, naviga­
tors or bombardiers Accepted ap­
plicants wil) be enrolled in the
Air Corps Enlisted Reserve and
Swan Island's 42nd Tanker, the
will not be called until after their
eighteenth birthdays. They may S. S. "Wallowa," was launched
indicate the date on which they at 11:30 a. m. on December 4.
desire to be called for training with Mrs. Arthur E. Peterson as
provided that date is not more sponsor. The launching of this
A/ hi
than six months after they bo- vessel climaxes a contest held at
the yard to secure welding train­
come 18.
Upon the completion of the 17- ees. Mr. Peterson secured 12 per­
Mrs Ralph McCullouch, chair­
man of the USO senior hostess month course, the flyers will be- sons who have taken welding
trailing at the Kaiser Company’s
group, announces the following come officers in the Air F
Vocation
School, and a re 1 ow en­
wil' serve during December:
i,There are no particular educa­
December: Sundays, 5-8, Miss tional requirements; however, gaged in production welding. This
Vittoria Tavener; 8-11, Mrs. Rena physical specifications will not gave him the right to name his
MeNair and Mrs. H. G. Hedburg. permit the enrolling of applicants wife as sponsor of th? "Wallowa.’’
Runner-up in the contest was
Mondays: 8-11, Mrs. Mern Pro- with eyesight of less than 20-30
Lewis Tahmahkera, full - blooded
vost.
correctable to 20-20
Comanche Indian of Lawton.
Tuesdays: $-11. Mrs M. Stearns
Okla., who se. ured seven trainees,
Wednesdays: 5-8, Miss Virginia
all
of them from his tribe in Ok­
Whittle; 8-11, Mrs Will Dodge
lahoma Mrs. Tahmahkera thus
and Mrs Gladys Dooms.
was honored in being chosen ma­
Tdursdays: 5-8, Mrs F H. Pear­
Never late for work in his more tron of honor. Miss Jean Alexan­
son 8-11, Mrs. Roger Rath and
than 30 years of service, and ab­ der. who was tied for third place
Mri. C. H. Putney.
Fridays: 8-11, Mrs Bert Free­ I sent only seven days (when his in the contest, acted as maid of
man, Mrs, Roy Frazier and Mrs. wife died in 1940) in all those honor, and Miss Joanne Jenkins
DJ.000 days that’s the remark­ presented the flowers
Rev. S
Florence Farlow.
Darlow
Johnson
of
the
Methodist
able
record
of
Mike
Rakvicz.
Gen
­
Saturdays: 5-8, Miss Margaret
Pare. Miss Ethel Reed and Mrs. eral Electric forgo worker who has Church invoked the b’essing c*
God on the S. S "Wallowa."
Naomi Grünewald. 8-11, Mrs. Rose (ust -ct'.red.
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Bom in Czechoslovakia. Radvicz
Gab v. Mrs. Harold Aikins, Mrs.
COURT NEWS
became
a
United
States
citizen
in
Vcni Carey. Mrs. G. B. Hujl and I
Alton Jaek Bean was an-'’--
1921. Since 1913 he has been em­
Mrs Sid Reed.
ployed by General Electric at hended by State Pot’re *<-»•
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Schenectady, regulating furnaces four persons over 1?
the Trent
Born to Pvt. and Mrs.
Renzsma on Dec. 4, a son.
in the company's forging division. seat. He waa fined $7.00.
Emigrants Enter
Lone Tree Valley
After many weary miles of
travel a sight burst upon their
startled vision which ref reshed
their tired eyes and cheered the
flagging spirits of the emigrants.
They had seen nothing like it since
leaving the Bear River Valley.
Beiow them lay a broad, fair
valley. In the background rose a
spur of the long-looked-for Blue
j Mountains which reared their
snow-covered summits 6000 feet,
i above the valley floor. Tree-lined
creeks ran iiown from their moun­
tain retreads to join a small
stream whicu flowed through the
va'ley. Bunch jrass waist high
wavc-ti in the evening breeze.
In -at center of toe valley, a
tall, lone pine tree stood in its
majesty a beacon toward which
l.ie weary travelers hastened for
i the night. That tree was famous
in the annals of western travel.
It wa.’. named "I i>rlre seul" (tne
lone tree> by the French CanaJian
trappers.
The stream wat named Powder
River, because of the light, pow­
dery soil a'ong its banks.
The emigrants had read about
the Lono Tree in the dairies or
early travelers arid eagerly looked
for it Those in the vanguard or
, the 1843 emigration saw it as t
rose in its picturesque surround­
ings. bowever, those bringing jp
the rear failed to see it, for some
vandal had cut it down for fuel.
His efforts were in vain, for it
was too green to bum. But he
had destroyed a desert shrine, a
majestic landmark. So the Lone
Tree lives in memory alone. It
was the one landmark on the Ore­
gon Trail which could not sur­
vive the attacks of man, although
it had weathered the storms of
centuries.
John Pittinger arrived home
Tuesday morning from Portland,
where he visited with his son’s
family. Enroute to Portland, he
stayed overnight with his daught­
er and son-in-law in Klamath
Falls.
Mrs. Harry Chipman is expect­
ed home today from a week’s visit
with her parents, Mr and Hrs.
C. R. Latson in Sacramento.
Mrs. R. A. Barker left Tuesday
to visit in Lakeview.
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Ed. Note- This is one in a series
of stories commmorating the Old
Oregon Trail Centennial.
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WOMEN’S CLUBS GO OVER
TOP IN BOND SALES
The Oregon Federation of Wom­
en's Clubs has gone over the half-
million-dollar mark in its Novem­
ber campaign to sell enough war
bonds to pay the $300,000 cost of
one heavy bomber for the fight­
ing forces. Total bond sales re­
ported by Mrs. Charles W. Robi­
son, Portland, campaign chairman,
were about $525,000, with many
clubs and counties "still unheard
from.”
This is enough, says Mrs. Robi­
son, not only for the bomber but
for two or three supporting pur­
suit planes as well.
OUR DEMOCRACY
by Mat
M arch toward S ecurity .
J n MEDIEVAL TIMES MEN SOUGHT SECURITY BY
BANDING THEMSELVES TOGETHER IN GUILDS WHICH
LIMITED THE NUMBER OF WORKERS AND RESTRICTED
THEJR ACTIVITIES AND BY PASSING THE HAT FOR
THE RELIEF OF WIDOWS OR ORPHANS OF MEMBERS.
THEY SACB/F/CED FREEDOM AND
NAD QUESTIONABLE SECUB/T*
‘Wallowa’ Launched
Last Saturday
ounce Senior
Hostesses at USO
ABSENTEEISM—
iWHAT’S THAT?
CHAS. S. WALTERS
und Compunion
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
to see
at the VARSITY THEATRE
(Friday and Saturday)
"Gilderslcevc’s Bad Day”
or
(Sanday, Monday, Tuesday)
"Heaven 4!»” Wait”
Please call at the Miner Offici
for Your Guest Tickets
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IN OUR DEMOCRACY MEN ARE FREE
TO CHOOSE THEIR WORK AND CAN MAKE
DEFINITE AND DEPENDABLE PROVISION FOR.
THEIR FAMILIES —BY PUTTING PART OP
WHAT THEY EARN TODAY INTO SUCH SOLID
SECURITY AS IS FOUND IN WAR BONDS .
LIFE INSURANCE AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS,