Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, July 27, 1944 itles, womens clubs, w ar indus tries and others can effectively di vert civilian vacation activities to the community, to nearby resorts, to recreational and cu ltu ral areas, to crop harvesting and aw ay from inter-city travel. SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Published Every T hursday at 167 Main S treet, Ashland, Oregon ------------- o------------- CARRYL H. WINKS, Editor and Publisher Avoidance of traffic accidents involving em ergency farm w ork E ntered as second-class mall m a tte r In the post office at Ash ers is one of the chief objectives of the Oregon observance of N a t land, Oregon, F ebruary 15, 1935, under the act of Congress ional F arm Safety Week, Ju ly 24- of M arch 3, 1879. 29 according to the safety divi- I sion of the secretary of s ta te 's of- They will have laid their youth as , FarreU S ecrctar of S ta te a sacrifice upon the altar. | today iaaUtfd atJ em cnt o,; It is for us rath er who remain th is type of traffic accidents: a t home to see that th a . t sacrifice By Rl'TH TAYLOR . .. "F a rm ers in ahurt this s ta te is not in vain - .. th at . beyond the , face cnUcal of today £ a lta r may be built the mosaic of , tim e ,abor for (he cu« rren t h a^ egt When I w ent into the g re at church on F ifth Avenue, where I beauty - the deep blue of peace, season. To m eet thia situation, go to p ray fo r the solution of any the clear rose of a world . free thousands of young people in O re problem th a t harasses me, it was from w ar - a mosaic through gon, as well as many ad u lts, drive early on D-Day. Even then I was which the sun may ever freely from the cities and towns to the not alone in the Gothic stillness. shine. ru ra l areas to help harvest our Let us pray as we all did on D - crops. Therefore, in addition to the W orshippeas were before me, Day. Let us also resolve in our hu m an atarian aspects of the m at- kneeling in silent prayer. I looked up a t the g re a t stained h ea rts th at this time the sacrifice er> it ia im portant th at this pool of em ergency farm labor is not glass window th a t glowed with will not be in vaiu! curtailed by traffic accidents living blue as the m orning, sun which could be prevented. stru ck it. I t seemed like a pro “F arm ers operating tru c k s haul m ise of the eternal beauty of an ing young people to and from the earned peace. farm s should observe every pos As I knelt, there cam e to me sible precaution to avoid accidents the realization of a fa c t th a t I had So fa r this year, only a few acci not fully sensed. To see the pro dents of this type have been re mise of beauty and peace—I had ported. There need be no m ore of to look across the a lta r of sacri these incidents if proper precau fice. tions are observed." So it was on D-Day. So it is to T he safety division listed these F acts and figures continue to J day. The a lta r of sacrifice is not roll in pointing up the serious ' points for safety in em erency alw ays an a lta r of m arble. It may farm labor tran sp o rtatio n : check be - it is, in m any homes - the al congestion facing passenger in vehicles regularly to m ake sure ta r of the hum an heart, giving ter-city transportation on the Pac they are in good operating condi sadly but freely its m ost cherish ific Coast and in the nation. T rav tion; observe traffic regulations el authorities recognize the P ac ed possessions. ific Coast now as the critical area a t all tim es with special atten tio n Only as we are willing to sacri in so fa r as passenger tran sp o rta to m oderate speed and caution at fice ourselves fo r the rig h t can tion is concerned. Travel upon rail railroad grade crossings; discour th a t rig h t prevail. Our boys over and bus lines has steadily increas age horse-play am ong passengers seas are giving th eir all for us ed since the firs t of the year ap enroute; exercise care a t ru ral for a belief th a t tyranny, oppres proxim ating 25 per cent over the highw ay intersections and when sion, persecution are denials of sam e period last y ear—and this entering a m ajor highway from a 1 the F atherhood of God and the Increase on top of nearly a 400 farm lane. Brotherhood of m an in which - no per cent increase over the pas- t P edestrians, w alking to farm s, w ere reminded to walk only on the m a tte r w hat their creed - they all sengers hauled before the war. believe. 'They a re not. divided by C onservative estim ates of the left, facing approaching traffic, ’ P*ey a re J,us? our bo^ s arm ed services and transportation an dto step - off the - paved - portion fighting fo r us and for our way corapanie8 reveaI th at niore than of the roadw ay when ca rs ap °f, dem ocracy 3,000.000 service men and women proach. In crossing roads, alw ays which holds th a t all men are a being moved by the nation’s look both w ays and w ait for a p created equal and are endowed by rail and %ua Iinea ¿ ch m onth. proaching cars to pass. th eir C reator wuth certain inalien- . . . - . , . A study of travel over 33 class able rights - to life, liberty and 1 steam railroads w ith connections W A V E S M ayG et th e p u rsu it of happiness. to Pacific C oast ports within the They a re giving their all - the:r \y eat ern region reveals these Overseas Service futures, then- hopes, th eir dream s. roads tQ “a rry in g the g re a ,e 8t th eir lives. Those who come back loads in their history which if O verseas service for WAVES is will not be the sam e for they will eXp reased passenger miles (one now assured if the present pro S*« , P ^ » S « r c . r r , e j o S , m i!,, „ „ „ Id posed bill for perm ittin g these fire. They will have become so to tal more than 29 billion 446 niil- m em bers of the women's reserve i accustomed to death, th a t it will lion 700 thousand passenger miles, of the Navy is passed by congress, be hard fo r them to face life. Reduced to com parisons this according to H erb Crain, of the 1943 passenger load carried by Medford Navy R ecruiting station. W estern R ailroads is equal to the which handles WAVE applications ta sk of carrying every man, wo- in this area. O bservers in W ash- m an and child in a city of eight ington, D. C., predict th a t fcon- hundred thousand population (ap- gressional approval will be given, proxim ate w artim e size of San The three m am hurdles previous FARM & DWELLING Francisco) on a trip one and a ly preventing assignm ent of h alf. tim es around the world. AUTO AND TRUCK WAVES to overseas duty have The time now is here when it been overcome, the proposal has LIABILITY can be stated there is not room been approved by the House Naval for the casual in ter-city trav eler A ffairs com m ittee, the Navy new BURGLARY on vacation o r pleasure. These has real us« for WAVES a t over- ' HEALTH, ACCIDENT people definitely will hinder the seas stations—an esim ated 25,000 w ar effo rt and in the opinion of of them to s ta rt w ith --a n d the AND LIFE authorities, s tric t controls will plan now has the popular appro J. F. EMMETT have to be used to prevent their val of both WAVES and wom en’s continued travel if pleasure seek groups. 167 EAST MAIN STREET e rs do not stop this practice. B ut Phone 85-31 Sum m er recess of the senate such action not only would deter has caused a delay in considera pleasure travelers but will stop tion of the bill. It was under scru and w ork general hardships on tiny by the Senate N aval A ffairs others who have w ar related re a com m ittee with every assurance sons to travel. of passing th at group when the This last step so far, has been solons adjourned for the sum m er, E very provision is made for the avoided. The continuance of free DRY use of the travel facilities can be m axim um of protection, healthful assured if everyone in Ashland w orking and living conditions, and other com m unities tak e this and safety of WAVES who will and the m any travel w arnings serve overseas in this m easure. seriously and act accordingly. They will not be, in areas where Each person should pass the word conditions are dangerous or c riti on to friends and relatives to cal. STAY AT HOME this sum m er. It W AVES will have m any new op can be pointed out th a t w ar de- portuniti*J to travel and enjoy the , m ands upon tran sp o rtatio n now adventure of living in foreign PHONE 5751 are being m ade by the m ilitary on lands when the WAVES overseas this C oast which absolutely re bill is passed—all this in addition GUNTER FUEL CO. quires tem porary forbearance on to travel and training opportuni the p a rt of pleasure and vacation ties now given these young wo traveling civilians. men. ------------ o------------ Ashland residents, civic author- you should know about First N a tio n a l Bank ¿ lo tte d A ltar of Sacrifice Inter-City Traffic Faces Serious Con gestion on Coast a °‘ lUe t?\at You may make a loan for any worthwhile purpose. . . The tost is lo w ... SEE US FOR YOUR INSURANCE You repay monthly over * a year’s period. . . 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