January ß, 1911 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER NOW PLAYING! Dorothy Lamour Henry Fonda in “CHAD HANNA” Chester Morris in “High Explosive” Friday and Saturday plus ‘AERIAL GUNNER’ Sun. Mon. Tues. LITHlfl U.S. M V RIÑES IN BATTLE OF TARAWA Only the Worthy tiemain Free A* the calendar herald« 11*44. grim predictions of allied politi­ cal and military leauersLsp lana foremost in the muids of al) peo­ ple Nineteen hundred and forty- .vur is the year of decision. It is the year of total war and destruc­ tion, death and suf termg It may well be the yeai of military vic­ tory thanks to the courage of our fighting men and the American production miracle Armament pioduction in the United States has reached stag­ gering proportions. In November, every five minutes saw the birth of one new complete plane. The month's total was 8,789, of which 1.000 were heavy bombers. More than 150,000 war planes have been built since the start of hostilities. Nineteen million tons of mer- 1 chant ships were launched in 1943, . compared to 1,163.000 tons in 1911 Naval and shipbuilding has out­ stripped the imaginations of the wildest deramers. About a dozen I aircraft carriers were turned out in November alone Warship ton­ nage in 1941 was 2,132.000 Out of the ashes of Pearl Harbor it : rose to 5.000.000 tons in 1943, a | colossus bent on the destruction of Japanese aggression and Nazi NARROW ESCAPE — The Marine »tiuiding over the piek howit/rr wnir» u hrlnirt iiitb Iwo hole» tyranny. in it. A bullet entervd the ->it from which Japs are firing. His squad crawlctl ahead and eliminated the enemy vision of the last days of 1943 in strong point. which 1000 marines lay dead on the beaches of one little South Pacific island. Those men died BRUSSELS SPROUTS AMOXG BICYCLE ACCIDENTS for the right to be free. We at HARIilE. T OK VEGETABLES INCREASE IN 1943 home have yet to prove worthy Victory gt rdeners who raised a ■ from--------------------- in the lace of an 80 j>er cent of the freedom for which they few plants of Brussels sprouts increase in the number of bicycle died. this year are finding now that tiaffic fatalities reported in Ore From the Industrial News Review. these are among the hardiest of > > > gon so far this year over last vegetables and will stand lower I guess by now everybody year, bicyclists and motorists were temperatures than almost any weather urged to exercise greater care In dlCWOAR 0OOITIES other member of the cabbage knows we are getting traffic to avoid these accidents family. They thus provide a con­ reports. We been without There were nine fatalities in­ or so, but we reports for a year tinuing outdoor source under Ore­ volving bicycle-motor vehicle col­ She seems to still had weather, gon conditions of a vegetable mod­ lisions in Oregon during the first erately high in vitamins A, B and me like maybe 11 months of 1943. In 1942, dur­ we had better C, as well as iron. ing the same period, there were weather when we ----------- o five deaths. had no reports ELOREX( E LI ELLA WILNON And in the sec­ Funeral services were held yes­ I'm getting at in this essay is the ond place, any­ terday at the Litwlller Funeral 100 otner bureaus, all of which body interested Home for Mrs. Florence Luella have for their main aim the mak­ in the weather Wilson 61. She was born in Osage, ing of rules covering things which could go out on Iowa and had resided in Ashland we cannot do. This latter bunch their bacp porch, the past two years with her is an irksome lol. Nobody likes put a wet finger daughter, Mrs. Jessie Hess. She them. in the air and was a member of the Methodist tell just as much about it as if he I Congress, if it wants to do Church read an official report. If it rains ' something about these foxy bu­ ------------ o------------ or don’t rain, the stores open up. reaus versus Just talk, and has Born to Mr. and Mrs. William and the trains run. A farmer any Interest in the elections next a mor ontiffs task Clark Willits of Philadelphia on sows, and plows, and reaps, on fall, can start a housecleaning IN ANCIENT R ome was to watch December 10, a son. Mr. Willits, his own signs. He gets along there in old swiver-chair-town on FOR IRE F irst GLIMPSE of THÈ a graduate of the Ashland High good. the Potomac. NEW MOON, WHEREUPON HE School and the son of Mrs Alice The Weather Bureau, all Jokin’ SHOUTED* CALO*, AT WHICH Yours with the low down, Willits of Ashland, is now in the aside, is about the best bureau we INSTANT THE WAITING POPULACE JO SERRA service. i have in the government. What COULD BEGIN THEIR FESTIVALS - THE LOW DOWN HICKORY GROVE ^ M/ Continuous Shows SATURDAY and SUNDAY P indicating THE WS OF THE NEXT PERIOD - Ti E CALLS BECAME KNOWN AS •CALENDS - hence endar .— DO YOU KNOW that FARM & DWELLING AUTO AND TRUCK BURGLARY LIABILITY HEALTH, ACCIDENT AND LIFE J. F. EMMETT MINER BUILDING 1«7 EAST MAIN STREET Phone 8561 FRIPA Y — SATURDAY WEDS. & THU RS. BARGAIN NIGHTS Matinee Saturday Continuous Sunday NEW BULLETIN ON OREGON FORESTS “Forest Resources of Oregon" is the title of a 62-page illustrated bulletin that has just been pub- l.shed Jointly by the school of for­ estry at Oregon State College and the State Foresty Department, with the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station co­ operating in the preparation of the material. The booklet contains Informa­ tion covering the forest resources of the alate, including a state­ ment of the forests as they exist in seven separate state •suh-divl- slons Complete data is given on the area and volume of the forests by ownership, species and coun­ ties; the rate of forest depletion tuid its causes, and an estimate <>f the current and jMitrntial growth. A description of the in­ dividual commercial tree species is included, together wl’h their uses as manufactured products. Tlie development of the lumber industry in the state is covered, including the establishment of the first mill at Fort Vancouver by Dr John Mcl-aughlin In 1827. and carrying it through to the present modern milling and logging meth­ ods. While these booklets are not be­ ing distributed on a mass basis, Individual copies may be hail free by any citizen of Oregon request­ ing one, says Dean Dunn of Ore­ gon State College of Forestry. ME REPEATED 'CALO" SEVERAL T imes , the number cal SEE US FOR YOUR INSURANCE K N T E R T % I N M K N T Phone 7 5111 The World Calendar of 12 month» and equal quarter» make» the day» ar.. date» comtant year after year, SRU DAN WELL, MARY, I'LL SOON BE THROUGH ON THIS CONSTRUCTION JOB.” GOSH, I'D LIKE TO GET IN THE ARMY OR NAVY r ★ BUT, DAN HOW WOULD WE LIVE IF YOU JOINED? holiday» are obteroed on the tame day and date, and the calendar ittelf LET'S SEE ? I GOT A SEE, MARY, THE SRU’S I KNOW HOW ANXIOUS YOU ARE \ NEED SKILLED WORK- LITTLE T0 FIGHT FOR YOUR MEN LIKE ME? WITH BOOK HERE COUNTRY? BUT COULD MY EXPERIENCE AG THAT TELLS THE CHILDREN AND A CARPENTER, I ALL ABOUT I MAKE ENDS MEET COULD BE A PETTY WHILE YOU' OFFICER? AWAY? JUST WHAT WOUID OUR INCOME BE DAN? • ★ ’ ★ PETTY OFFICERS GET 478 TO $126 A MON TH „.$96.60 TO $151.20 WHEN OVERSEAS, AND $78 A MONTH FOR 3 DEPENDENTS AND OTHER EXTRAS? MAYBE YOU'D BETTER LOOK INTO THIS? ha» orderline»», comparability and »lability. Ais to on «vclirtk* <««4ur« in Hwt O*pyri?M«d ond lupplied by » Ttoa World Cohndor AuoóoBoo W / 430 MA *»•**, M. V C L M Va W Dr. and Mrs G. W. Bruce were called to Medford Monday morn­ ing on business matters. ------------ o------------- Subscribe for The Miner today. •tan fonei, 36, '¡tilled carpenter, too I oner ii married ... 2 children, 12 young for lait war, wo’tti to enliit. and H. Ilii wife coniideri fmancei. W------ g iW ■■■Illi I ■>—„ I Dan and Mary gel the facti about the men who fix our fighting ihipi.