Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, September 7, 1944
Guest Editorial
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
V. D. “BERT* M lll.r.
Chairman of Jackson County
Democratic Central Committee.
PublUhed Every Thursday at 167 M ain Street, Ashland. Oregon
There are at the present time
seventeen employees connected
with the Ashland Post Office.
Annual payroll being ubout
Entered as second-class m ail m atter in the post office at Ash­
130,000.00. The working facilities
land, Oregon, February 15, 1935, under the act of Congress
such as ventilation, lighting, etc.
of M arch 3, 1879.
of the building in which the post
office is located is far from be­
ing conducive to proper health.
No criticism whatsoever is here­
by directed against the personnel
of our post office. There is noth­
Beginning this week, the Miner starts a series of ing more the personnel can do
than is being done to improve
guest editorials in the belief that our readers might the
physical aspect of their
wish to read what others in the community think about quarters.
And no particular criti­
is directed at the owners
local and other matters. This week’s guest editorial is cism
of said building. It is merely a
by V. D. Miller, Jackson county central committee matter
of our community having
these antiquated quar­
chairman. Other civic, educational, and religious lead­ outgrown
ters of the Ashland Post Office.
ers have been and are being invited to write on what­ We have every reason to be­
lieve that the population of Ash­
ever subject they desire, and these will be run from land
is close to 6,000. Our trade
time to time, each week we hope.
community is close to 16,000 pop­
With our U.S.A. being the
ulation. Our trade area annual
taxes are approximately $155,- ! world’s richest and greatest
000.00. Our postal receipts for • nation, it is hard to fathom
why we are such an unsettl­
the last tabulated year were ap­
ed lot. Nobody seems to be
proximate ly $41,000.00, be ing
too happy. Something seems
larger than receipts of the fol­
lowing post offices in the state ! haywire as we keep harking
to spell-binders who tell us
of Oregon, of same class: Burns,
Back to school ye lads and lassies. How fortunate Bandon,
to listen a little longer and
Beaverton, Coqui 11 e,
we will emerge improved,
you are that America has a free public school system. C a n b y , Clat skanie, Cottage and
in great shape, and can
r o ve„ Freewater, Gresham,
Your ancestors, even a few generations ago. had lesser G
sit down by a brook and be
Heppner, Hermiston, Indepen
soon.
opportunities. School terms were short, high schools dence, John Day, Junction City, secure—pretty
Of all the things us citiz­
Lakeview, Lebanon, Molal 1 a,
were not yet born, consolidated schools and vocational Monmouth, Myrtle Point, New­ ens in the Land of the Free
upon, it is our right to
training were only a dream of progressive educators berg, Newport, North Bend, insist
be a sucker. So long as it is
North Portland, Nyssa, Ontario,
who were placed by some people in the fanatical class. Oswego, Prinveille, Rainer, Red­ something like maybe buy­
ing a brass watch at the
Reedsport, St. Helens,
In America education has always been a means to a mond,
street carnival, it is not so
Seaside,
Sheridian, Silverton,
career for the individual. In Europe, especially in Ger­ Springfield, Sweet Home, Tole­ bad, but when you com­
mence to see things like our
do, Troutdale, Vale, Veronia,
many over a period of many years, careers have been Warrenton,
Supreme Court being under­
Woodburn, McMinn-
mined and beginning to tar­
developed mostly for the State, evaluated on a basis of vile.
nish, it is time to adjust our
Ashland postal receipts are
military importance. And th at’s the reason why the larger
specs.
than the following cities
But back to being happy
youth of Germany, for example, trained to the rhythm in Oregon that have Federal
or glum. Over in Russia
Burns ,Gre s h a m ,
of the “goose step”, think only in terms of conquest Buildings:
when the army fetches in
Lakeview, Newberg, Ontario,
a batch of Germans, Uncle
and selfish aims.
McMinnvile.
Joe Stalin says, “Stir things
The question is “Why should
Be happy, therefore, young Americans, that again Ashland
up boys—have some fun—
be bypassed continually
off a few cannon." But
the school doors swing wide open in this land of op­ while other smaller cities are al­ shoot
here in our U.S.A. they pull
lowed
Federal
Buildings.
We
portunity. Take full advantage of the training offered suggest that the Ashland Post a long face and tell us it is
form to cheer.
to lay firm the foundations of careers in the line of War Committee should give this bad Letting
freedom ring is
matter
serious
consideration.
Se­
your choice, be it that of doctor, lawyer, nurse, leader curing a new Federal Building kinda getting
out-of-date in
in industry or in any other field. Remember one thing : on a post war set-up is not an our Land of the Free.
Yours with the low down,
The world never held bigger opportunities for men impossibility.
JO SERRA
There is a saying that “A per­
and women to serve unselfishly in every sphere of life. son is judged oftentimes by the
he wears.” Cities are of­
Respect your teachers and fall in line with the routine clothes
tentimes judged by the post of­
of the day. Your goal can be attained if you have the fice they have. This matter
be studied carefully and
will to do. School days are the most precious days in a should
FORT SILL. OKLA., Aug. 31
tactful plans laid in order to re­
Capt. Benjamin H. Brown, Ash­
life-time. Don’t neglect the golden opportunities they medy this deficiency in our fair land,
Oregon, has been selected
city.
offer to rich and poor alike.
to attend the officers advanced
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course of the Field Artillery
School at this post.
Captain Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. P. B. Brown, Route 2, Ash­
By Ruth Taylor
land, has reported here from
It is the habit with the major­ Camp Pendleton, Va. He and his
ity in speaking of the minority to wife live at 1715 Gore Ave., Law-
comment on how carefully they ton, Oklahoma.
must be, to say that like Caesar’s
Under the heading “A Happy Note”, the Christian wife they must always be above Enlisted men and officers are
that each and every
Science Monitor pays the following tribute to the Town reproach,
act must be watched, and that
the individual must consider the
Band:
of his actions upon his
To the numerous agencies which are quietly further­ effect
group. That is plain horse sense
- I’ve preached it myself.
ing America’s war endeavor, add the Town Band.
But sometimes I wonder if the
The Town Band isn’t playing many new pieces this majority
in this country ever
year, since there is scant time for rehearsals. Instead, realized that this applies to us
v as
minor-
it is offering the old favorites, including the pulse-I ¡£iu- that we™» but^mi
race
stirring Sousa marches. But in a thousand communi­ and nationality.
It is up to us at all times to be
ties these long, torrid summer evenings, it is affording good
advertisements for demo­
cracy and the democratic way of
much-needed relaxation.
The Army, by maintaining groups of uniformed life.We preach to the Europeans of
musicians for the primary purpose of playing, has the folly of their national and
barriers, of the dividing , i
long recognized the value of band music as a'morale trade
lines between countries. But we '
maintainer. During World War Two, the Town Band don’t see anything tragic, only
humorous, in the story of the
is performing a similar and highly important service Boston
g e n t l e w o m a n who
for the civilian population of the Nation.
couldn’t understand why there
should be a fog in San Francisco
when it was three thousand i
miles away from the ocean.
1 1
We turn to the East and talk
to the Asiatics of the Wonders of |
Democracy and of how they
should conduct their lives. But
CARRYL H. WINES, Editor and Publisher
|
how well do we demonstrate the
brotherhood of mankind7 How
good is our own record? Both na­
tional and personal? Are we en­
tirely guiltless?
Every act of discrimination,
every outbreak of intolerance,
every one of the vituperative cut
fights in which we indulge dur­
ing political campaigns is a black
mark against democracy in the
eyes of the world.
Of course w« know what w .
mean. We discount half our own
talk. But the people of other na­
tions take us at face value and
ask - "Is that democracy?"
We are judged abroad - just us
we judge our own minorities -
by our actions and our speech as
individuals. And as individuals
we must bear witness for the
things in which we believe. And
as we would be judged - so must
we act
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A Guest Editorial
The Low Down from
Hickory Grove . . .
Back to School
Capt Ben H. Brown
at Fort Sill, Okla.
We, Too
The Town Band
constantly returning to the na
lion's only Field Artillery school
for instruction in the latest artil­
lery tactics and techniques.
The accurucy and effect with
which artillery fire has been de­
livered on the enemy by our
troops overseas reflects the value
of tnis training.
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•V-
Dalles Police Hold
Boys For Car Theft
Paul Morris of Ashland and
Robert Taylor of Phoenix, both
ubout fifteen years of uge, were
arrested this week by police at
The Dalles. Oregon for the alleg­
ed theft of three cars and some
personal property. First car sto­
len was the one belonging to
William Brown of Ashland, pol­
ice said, and was found after be­
ing abandoned near Prospect. A
Chrysler coupe was stolen near
Prospect and later was found
in a wrecked condition near
Bend. At noon Tuesday a Ford
was stolen from Bend and dis­
covered near Maupin, north of
Bend. Authorities stated thut the
boys were suspected of burglar­
izing the tool house of Jake w il­
liams t i e mill at Prospect
where some $100 worth of tools
were taken.
0H BROTHER!
W e critically need our forest*
N O W — wood till« 1200 m ili­
tary uses.
W c seriously nerd our forest*
when we return for job* and
O h Brother— a swra/re«/
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