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
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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
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,abor
for
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rren
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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.
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Oregon Motorists
Average High Speed
Speed checks m aintained on the
Pacific highw ay th a t 85 per cent
of the m otorists using the high­
w ay during the m onth of June
traveled up to 50 miles an hour,
S ecretary of S tate Bob F arrell
said today. The speed checks are
m aintained by the traffic engin­
eering division of the highway de­
partm ent.
The section of the highw ay u p ­
on which highest speeds were re­
corded was the a rea south of
Junction City where 85 per cent
of the m otorists traveled a t speeds
of 52 m iles an hour or under. The
lowest section w as the area» north
of Jennings Lodge, where the top
figure fo r the 85 per cent faction
w as 47 miles an hour.
"As tires g et older and as the
sum m er heat adds to the heat
generated by friction, high speeds
become increasiingly dangerous,”
F a rre ll said. "The safe life of a
tire a t 50 miles an is only half of
w hat it is a t 30 miles an hour.
Older tires are m ore susceptible
to deterioration from heat than
new ones. So in the interests of
tire conservation and accident
prevention, let’s hold our speed
under the 35 mile w artim e speed
lim it."
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