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Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, August 31, 1944
Lumber Use To Be
Determined by
Emergency Need
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
i state, cars not registered dut to
’ gasoline and tire reslrlct.ous, ano
j to natural scruppage, aeciotury
i Farrell said.
“(Jverr the uation us a whole,
motor vehiciea go off tne road at
the rate of 0,000 a day as a re-
,
,
Use of “ F” Truck to Help Out
heignbor Is Approved By Law
|
j
' The extent to which lurmers
owning trucks of “F " plate regis­
, suit of normal scrappage," he
try uie authorized to do hauhnk
Home owuers needing lumber aald. "In Oregon,, this tigure a-
for their neighbors is explained in
Entered as second-class mall matter In the post office at Ash1
for repair work will not be given mounts to SO vehicles per day.
;
tile recent bulletin on farm trans­
land, Oregon, heoruary Id, lhdû, under the act of Cong rea*
preference ratings to assist them j "This rate scrappage means
portation facts issued by the 0.8.
in
obtaining
lumber
except
in
ex-
'
that
(he
state
is
certain
to
lose
or M arca 4, 1879.
treme emergency case«, Kenneth ( many vehicles In the normal C. Extension Service as a leader's
handbook. Paul Carpenter, author
B. Colman, regional director of course of events. But when traf-
of the bulletin and leader of lb
It is not a party, a pressure the W a r Production Board said Tic accidents add to this rut«, of
Extenalon«Servlce farm transpor­
group that can be* counted upon to today.
scrappage, then the state Is los-
tation project, obtained legal op-
vote as a unit at tne order of a
W P B officials pointed out that big vehicles unnecessarily. T i l l s
inions on this subject, which in
W H E N JOE C U A A O E S
leader. There Is no trade union the thousands of home owners unnecessary loss of vehicle« must
the
iollowlng
essential
CLOTHES
official who has ever been able who are flooding the W P B and be prevented now the new cars
i fa c U :
“Lately at tms post,’’ writes a to deliver the vote of his organ­ Ferlerai Housing Administration cannot be obtained. ”
(11 Any F plate truck owner,
soldier from Fort Warren, W y o ­ ization.
field offices w im applications to I Farrell emphasized
the fact
In addition to hauling his own pro
ming, “and 1 suspect at other : W hat is Labor?
receive assistance through prefer- that motor vehiciea are necessary
posts as well, mere has been ; It is the ranP and file of the ence ratings cannot expect such ! to the maintenance of essential duce and supplies to and from his
farm, may “Infra ueutly and for
mucn haphazard conversation a- producUve workers of the coun- assistance in getting lumber ex- ! civilian economy. In this state, 22 a
nominal consideration haul such
niong soiuiers about what a bowl try—
mell
wolnen iu of- cept for extreme emergency re- percent of the urban population crops and livestock produced and
of cnernes civilian life w ill be ilee ¡ ^ p or f actory> in the fields pair purposes.
I is not served by any transit sys­
supplies consumed and used by
when they return to it. To coun­ or on the sea It does not mat­
Dumber for making non-emer­ tem and are dependent on prl- other farmers in his immediate
teract this type of thinking, the ter where they work, whether it gency repairs is bought on nncer- ’ ately operated vehicles for their
neighborsood ”
Fort W arren Sentinel, the ser­ be in teeming city, or on a lone­ ified and unrated orders from transportation needs.
The term "infrequently" is de-
vicem ans weekly, carried an edi­ ly hillside farm, whether the lumber dealers who have been al-
li. order to conserve existing
torial. 1 hope you find it worthy sound in their ears is that of loted small quantities of lumber ' veh.clts, Farrell urged drivers to fined us meaning any number of
trips not exceeding 20 In any one
of comment'’
whirring machinery or the slap of for the third quarter of 1944 to exercise care and good traffic
month
and not exceeding 40 trips
While admitting that the G I bill waves against
a small fishing take care of the essential require- judgment in their driving. By ob-
of rights will help— though it will boat. So long as they produce or ments of small consumers
serving legulations, considering In any one year. The "Immediate
hardly enable the ex-soldier to live help in production proves they
The public is reminded that the righ's of others and putting neighborhood" is subject to a
like Doris Duke— the Sentinel ad­ are Labor.
priority assistance be given to skill ar.d judgment first in driv­ common-sense Interpretation and
vises:
obtain lumber for essential hous- ing, ’nost traffic accidents can varies widely In different part of
W hat is Labor ?
the state.
Save your money .buy bonds,
Lt is the average American, do-
repairs only in cases of justl- be avoided, he declared
make a down payment on a farm
his
which Hed emergency,
(2 ) For a nominal consideration
or small business. Don t count on
Qwu
Ucular skul
ftts
In general, according to Colman
but without limitation as to fne-
help from any quarter. Be pre­ him .working hard to make a liv- damage caused to dwellings by
quency he may haul to any mar-
pared to go it alone. To do that ing for his fam ily and to see to Tire,# flood, tornado, earthquake,
ket the agricultural commodities
successfully will require the same it that his children get a better ®torm or similar catastrophe is
A craft believed to be a Jap produced by neighbors and may
courage and resourcefulness that education a better start in life considered justification for emer- ' submarine was sl nted near De- deliver farm supplies to them,
it took to whip the enemy in that he did. as did his father be- KencX ratings when the damage poe Bay last Thursday night, ac­ provided such neighbors are with-
combat.
fore him
of such a nature as to make the cording to the North Lincoln in a radius of five miles of the
The advice is good, but it
dwelling unfit for continued oc­ News-Guard.
W h at is Labor?
_____________________
___
should be accompanied by a re­
One boat, member of the tuna !
cupancy.
Exam ples ___
of _________
such dam-
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It is the men and women who age are; leaks in the roof, weaken trolling . fleet
wfc p
w o w o u oiuwiy
minder ------
to employers
that
they
proceeded
slowly in I
are under obligation to give re- ‘ believe in the principles of Dem-
the framework, separation i thick fog. The helmsman saw
turned veterans their old jobs, i ocracy, in the right of all men to of ia terai supports from the main dark object loom directly ahead.
G I Joe, Barnacle Bill, and the be free, to work usefully and ere- supports of the structure, broken Thinking it was another troller
others will be wise not to expect atively through the productive j GigIa Or risers
becalmed by engine trouble he
a sedan chair at the railway sta­ years at a w age adequate to fur- j "Deterioration of lumber be- was about to signal.
tion, but certainly each one of us nish the necessities and some of cause of w ear and tear w ill not be
Suddenly, ne Knew it w as no
at home is open to a charge of the luxuries of life: who for these considered an emergency need for
troller.
rights
and
those
guaranteed
to
¡umber
if
the
parts
to
be
replaced
ingratitude if, able to help, he
His fishing partner, sensing a
fails to do his utmost to repay them by our Constitution are will will function without repair for
pecular tenseness of a situatimi,
ing
and
eager
to
fulfill
all
the
the debt he owes the men in uni­
at least another three months,” came beside him and they held
form.— Christian Science Monotor duties and obligations of citizen- Colman advised.
hurried consultation.
ship.
Applications for emergency rat­
They
slightly
altered
their
ings to obtain lumber fo r emer- course enough to take them obli­
W hat is Labor?
It is the great mass of Am erl gency repairs should be made to quely
_ . past
________
the long hulk, Yes, it
leans who throughout the years the nearest Federal Jlousing^ A d- w a s \ Sub, and there was a watch
By R U T H T AY LO R
have learned how to work togeth- ministration field office on ~
Form on deck.
er for the common good and who W P B - 2896 and must show that
Without a word the fishermen
W hat is Labor?
It is not a class, set apart by are an intergral part of our great the extent of the dam age is such brought their boat into moorage
_____ _ _ v
z* tradition
_______________
_____ union of states, built upon the I that the dwelling is unfit for use at De Poe Bay. Then, details as
barriers
at
and age-old
customs, 'and bound over ¿o’ pass firm foundation of freedom and unless repaired.
to location, size, deck arrange­
on its menial tasks from father equality of opportunity for all | Homeowners are urged by W P B
ment, etc., were reported given
to son throughout the coming gen , men, regardless of class, creed or and the F H A to refrain from at­ (o authorities.
tempting to obtain rating for any
erations.
color.
_
but the most essential emergency
lumber needs. Direct and indirect j
military requirements Jor lumber
are so high, and total essential
lumber demand so fa r in excess
of supply, that all unnecessary
use of lumber must be curtailed,
Colman said.
Published Every Thursday at 167 Mum Street, Aanuuid, Oregon
CARRYL H. WINES, Editor and Publisher
Lifted Editorial
i
Jap Sub Said Found
Hiding in Tuna School
larm er furnishing
the hauling
■ei vice if the operation la west of
the Cascade mountains, or within
a radius of 10 miles if east of
the mountains.
"Nom inal consideration" is de­
fined as any churgo mutually
a^iet'ablo. I o an increasing ex­
tent farmers hauling lor other
farmers are charging the publish­
ed rates permitted ootnmon and
anywhere-for-hlre carriers, says
carpenter. No restrictions us to
distance, frequency or considera-
y on apply when an " F " plate
operu,lor
haulll farn,
products
frQm u farm adJoln|IM(
(>wn.
"Operating privilege« for
F
ptot® holders are more liberal
Than generally appreciated, Hays
Carpenter. "Moat violations arise
,rom unsafe equipment on the
cu Ul ‘
P
u
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IvilFt* I FCC lilOOITlS
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Medford, — A "Golden R ain"
tree, brought from Indiana four
years ago by Mr. and Mrs. H. G.
Wilson, and planted on the public
library lawn, Is now blooming. It
is a rare tree for these parts. It
has fem -llke red leaves,
and
bears yellow blossoms, which turn
to seed pods. A fter the first frost
the pods will open, and yellow
dust will fall, giving the tree its
name.
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