Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, August 3, 1944 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Published Every T hursday a t 167 Main S treet, Ashland, Oregon CARRYL H. WINES, Editor and Publisher E ntered as second-class m ail m a tte r in the post office at Ash land, Oregon, F eb ru ary lb, 1935, under the act of Congress of M arch 3, 1879. THE LAST WAR By R U TH TAYLOR Even in the m idst of battles, m en's minds are troubled by the th o u g h t—“Is this the last w a r ? ” Will th e next generation have it to do over ag a in ? W hat can we do to p u t an end to the successive w ars beween the tyranny of auto c ra ts and the self rule of demo- c ra c y ? " W e established the Am erican w ay of life by the W ar of Inde pendence. We reaffirm ed these principles by successive w ars. B ut—if this is to be the last w ar we have n o t only to reaffirm it again but to put i t into practice in our own lives. The o th er day I heard a speak er say: "No d ictato r usurps pow- es. Pow er alw ays passes by de fa u lt”. W ar alw ays comes when dem ocracy grow s weak. F irst Greece then Rome. And now twice in the past generation we have had to fight for o u r lives. W e say we believe in the p rin ciples set fo rth in the D eclara tion of Independence and in the C onstitution of the U nited S tates. B ut do we alw ays rem em ber th at A m erica is the proving ground • WANT ADS • W A NTED—A banjo player, a violin player and a g u ita r player fo r old tim e or m odem music or both. W ant to form a five-piece orch estra for steady dates. Call Boulevard. Baby Car Seat $1.50 - 167 E. Main All kinds of Signs for sale at the Miner Office. Large Bundle Old Papers 10c at the Miner Office. FOR SALE OR TRA D E—A gen ui n e S tradivarious v i o l i n , M ade in 1736. Call a t 478 Siskiyou a t 478 Siskiyou Boulevard. SEE US FOR YOUR INSURANCE FARM & DWELLING AUTO AND TRUCK LIABILITY BURGLARY HEALTH, ACCIDENT AND LIFE J. F. EMMETT 167 E A ST M AIN STREET Phone 85-31 DRY SLABS PH O NB 5751 GUNTER FUEL CO. of w hat these principles may be m ade to mean of the practical ideal of brotherhood. W e have m ost of the national, racial and religious groups represented a- mong our citizens. How we work out the every day living together of these groups is the te st of how the world can w ork out cooper- tion, of w hether or not this will be th e la st war. U nless we can work together, I w ithin the confines of our own country, giving to all an equal op p ortu nity to utilize their God-giv en talents, we "are not true A m er icans. Unless we can afford to give all the chance to develope as individuals, inspired and not handicapped by their backgounds national, racial or religious, we a re unfaithful to our past heri tag e and we a re preparing the ground for another war. The first place in which to dem onstrate o u r beliefs in the ideals of dem ocracy is in our own lives. W e m ust guard our own thoughts We m ust set a seal up on our own lips. We m ust learn to seek the good—not the evil in our neighbor We mus try to un- derstand him. Above all, we m ust ju d g e him as a fellow Am erican upon his own m erits, not as a m em ber of any group. A m erica is not any one class or religion or group. Am erica is all of us—incoporated. If we would realize th a t we are all sharehol- ders in democacy and th a t it is up to each of us individually to see th a t it works, we would give a dem onstration of concerted ac tion th a t would prove so com pletely the power of our way of life th at subversive movements would fail by com parison. I t is up to us to decide w heth e r this is the last war! 1 F igures ju s t released by the National Tuberculosis Association on tuberculois deaths and death ra te s in 1943 show th a t U tah had th lowest rate, 10.3 per 100,000 i population. Oregon had the sev enth lowest rate, 21.9 per 100,000 Between U tah and Oregon are:. N ebraska, Iowa, Idaho, Wyoming and Kansas, all w ith death rates below 21 per 100,000 population. H ighest in the death rate from tuberculosis is Arozona w ith 125.9 per 100,000. In ran k order the eight sta te s showing the highest ra te are Arizona, New Mexico, D istrict of Columbia, Kentucky, Tennessee, M aryland, Colorado and Louisiana A slight decrease in the n a tional death ra te during 1943 is shown, according to the report. D eaths from the disease w ere 41.9 per 100,000 as com pared to 43.1 in 1942. The total num ber of d eath s in the U nited S ta tes for the y ear 1943 w as 56,178 and 118- 042 new cases of tuberculosis were reported. In general there w as an increase in the num ber of deaths from tu berculosis in the highly industrial states, p articu larly on the E ast Coast. This did not hold tru e for Oregon where 271 deaths w ere re ported in 1943 as ag ain st 296 in 1942. The figures released were a s sembled from -reports received from the sta te health d epartm ents and are provisional .but undoubt edly very nearly accu rate fo r the continental U nited S tates. In re leasing th e figures, Dr. Kendall Em erson, m anaging director of th e N ational Tuberculosis Asso ciation, says: "D espite the de crease in deaths in the country as a whole, the downward trend In tuberculosis has slowed up end YOUR FRIENDLY STORE COMPLETE GROCERY Featuring Fresh Fruits and Vegetables SPECIALS EVERY DAY PLAZA GROCERY Mr. and Mrs. Hays Why Not Eat at Southern Oregon’s Most Attractive Dining Room? states General McCoach paid high tri bute to “Die excellent work ac complished by S ta te G uard units In dealing with d isaster relief Mra. 0 . F. C arson w as hostess throughout the country during the to the re g u lar m eeting of the past few w eeks” VV CTU a t tier home in M anzanita He recall»*«! the vital assistance S t lust T huisday afternoon. Mrs. given by various S ta te G uaid Mabel Russell Low ther presided nivts during recent forest firea In ever the m eeting. Mr. Henry D an New England s tite s , he destrte- iels conducted the devotional s e r tlve tornado In Pennsylvania and vice giving an encouraging m es West Virginia and th e circus fire sage i In Connecticut. Mrs. M aud M arske reported th at there are now 144 m em bers I “Local com m unities are looking in the local organization, 36 of more and m ore to th e S ta te G uard which are honorary. D uring the for assist Mice In tim e of em er recent cam paign, 52 reg u lar and gency," General McCoach stated 24 honorary m em bers were added. | Age and physical qualifications It was voted to send $10.60 to ! vary for enrollm ent In active the children's F arm Home, which ' S tate G uard organizations. In te r will m ake a total of $100.00 sen t , ested persons should contact the A dju tan t General of their p a rti this year. The Rev, E arl 1 Downing of the cu lar state, who can be reached Church of C hrist, Rev L indsay of a t the s ta te capital. Men honorably discharged from the F ull Gospel Ttem ple and M ay the Army are eligible for enroll or T. S. Wiley spoke briefly, "T ake My Life” and "D edica ment. tion“ were sung by M rs H arold 1 was glim psing through a Monroe, Mrs. Wm. W eber, and I book by u g«*ut from up In Mrs. Lucille McKay. St. Louis, and you know, th a t Mrs. D elbert Loree, th e lesson old "Show me” boy was brot leader, was assisted in hor presen up when* the a ir w as clear tation, by Mrs. Paul Byers, Mrs. and clean. Ills tKinkin' Is O. F. Carson, Mrs. T. S. Wiley, kt*cn. Says the I freedom s Is and Mrs. Wm. W eber. okay fa r as It goes but It llm A t the conclusion of th e pro Its freedom versus what we g ram delicious refreshm ents were have been told. Like telling served to the group by the hostes your off-shoot, he says, th a t assisted by Miss Jea n Carson. he can play w ith Kls scoot -------------o------------- , er and foot hull tuid skate« and horsesh«M*s— you are slap ping a 4-polnt lim it » mi bln play. T hat m eans his bicycle • ami baseball are taboo. j We didn’t grow up and build I An Air Service Com m and S ta- ! the U. S. A. nation on a 4- tion, “Som ewhere in E n g lan d "— polnt foundation. Anybody Is E very tim e the belly of a F lying free from w ant, and fear, anil F o rtress yaw ns open and a bomb w histles dow nw ard tow ard the . eon talk to his h e a rt's con Reich, soldiers In the Air Service I tent, and worship as he choos es, even If locked In a Jail Command sh are th e “kick" with house—they d o n 't starv e you the boys who pulled the bomb re there, or scare you. or keep j leases Such a soldier is Cpl. George A. Mack, whose present job is a irc ra ft electrician. He is one of thousands team ed up with Royal , A ir Force men in this th e a tre w ith • one thought in m ind— th at planes | for th e E ighth and Ninth Air Forces should be neither too lit tle or too late. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. M ack of 475 L iberty , S treet, Ashland. Before entering the arm y, he w as employed by the civil service in Spokane, W ash ington as an a irc ra ft electrician. VVCTU Meets at the Home of Mrs. Carson Cpl. George A. Mack Aircraft Electrician Special Sundays Short Orders — Banquets Open 6:30 a.m. - 9:45 p.m. daily ms— «— » 1 iw m i mi K HOT — you quiet. We would be a hot o u tfit If we ever got the Idea th at limited freedom wo* enough. How uboiit w hat we do Snt- unlay night, or freedom to fish when w e choose to fish or 1000 other freedom s we imw have, lueluiLng wearing a nightshirt versus |*aj:uuiis or what ? Four Freedom s Is a skim py kind of a dish. Yours with the low down, Jo Nerra CAKE Special Deer Hunts Many Applications for Applications fo r the special doe deer and cow elk ta g s are accu m ulating rapidly a t the office of the Oregon S ta te G am e Com mis sion as the deadline fo r the d raw ing approaches. If by the end of the d ay’s bus iness on A ugust 1, the applications on hand exceed th e num ber of tag s authorized for an y p a rtic u lar area, a draw ing will be held at 1:30 pm., A ugust 2, a t th e O re gon S tate Game Commission of fice in P ortland I Tags authorized include 3000 j for doe deer in th e G ran t-B ak er | area; 500 for antlerless elk in the W enaha a rea in n o rth eastern Ore gon; 300 for doe deer and 200 for hunting licenses if license« already refuge hunting area. Application m ay be m ade by forw arding in- | form ation as to type of tag de sired, nam e and address of appli- ( cant, and num ber and kind of | New England states, the destruc- i has been purchased. I t is not ne cessary to buy the hunting 11- 1 cense, however, until the appli- ! cant is notified th a t he will be issued a tag. No fees should be rem itted w ith any applications for doe deer and cow elk tags. --------—---o —--------- THE FOREST FIGHTS! On the battlefronts of the world, forest pro* ducts are backing our boys in the fight for freedom. From the beaches of Normandy to the shores of Saipan, wood is a number one critical war material. Landing barges, gun stocks, battleship decking, PT boats, airplanes and smokeless powder are just a few of the more than 1200 military uses of wood. Sixty billion hoard feet of lumber went into the war effort during the past three years and this demand is steadily increasing as we press toward Victory. More than one-third of this wood comes from Pacific North west forests— a major part of it from Oregon, the greatest timber-growing state in America. Much comes from Jackson County! Our soil will keep on growing magnificent forests to serve the world— IF WE KEEP FIRE OUT! Foresters say this is liable to be a bad forest fire summer. These hot days, a dry east wind, and one spark, one match, or one cigarette can turn hundreds of acres of precious green forest into blackened ruin. Don’t YOU be the careless one! State Guard Signup Urged by the Military á Eligible men in five states of the N inth Service Command, W ashington, Oregon, Idaho, Cali fornia and U tah —w ere urged to day by M ajor G eneral David Mc- oach, Jr. Com m anding General, a t his com m and head q u arters a t F o rt Douglas, U tah, to join the S ta te G uards of th eir respective ' every precaution m ust be taken to prevent a rise. | "E very day the w ar continues brings a th re a t of this rise in tu- , berculosis R esistance to the dis ease is lowered under such w a r tim e conditions as undue physi cal strain, long hours of work, In adequate diet, crowded housing and the unwise use of leisure time. We know th a t tuberculosis is raging w ith epidem ic force in w arring European countries today I t is deeply g ra tify in g to find th a t no increase has occurred in this country so far, but we cannot expect a sustained declint unless all the resources of both official Row -M ore Than Ever Before— KEEP OREGON GREEN Closed Mondays Meals on Week Days 50c up WATCH 1 YOUR -------------o------------ - LITHIA HOTEL COFFEE SHOP Try Our Delicious Turkey Dinners or Sandwiches FOREST FIRES BRI^G TRAGIC COPSES 1 Published in cooperation with Oregon's KEEP OREGON GREEN progrsm by . . . Í The CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY