Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, September 14, 1944
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Published Every Thursday at 167 M ain Street, Ashland, Oregon
CARRYL H. WINES, Editor and Publisher
Peak of Western
Trucking Not Yet
Reached Is Report
BONDS OVBN AMEBICA
Plymouth Rock Memorial
On the seacoast of Mas
sachusetts, atPlym outh,
Greater peaks in Pacific Coast
stands this m em orial
Entered as second-class mall m atter In the post office at Ash
transportation movements lie a-
preserving the rock that
land, Oregon, February 15, 1935, under the act of Cougress
head according to official reports
acted as a stepping
Meawhile, in the East the peak
of M arch 3, 1879.
stone to freedom of wor
of wartime traffic on street cars,
ship when the Pilgrims
buses and other local transit fac
landed in 1620.
ilities „ were . reached
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’ men and women cannot agree to Jt*
¿a c n 5 several mon-
and i}aye
have been stabilized
I S n d r T O O C O S l l V ' hve justly and peaceably in their the ago und
19 n a i IV V W 9 1 I J . own homes at£
/ eir com.
and in
in t their
com* , . at „ these peak levels.
! mumties; if employer and em- u Overall increases since Pearl
By Kutta Taylor
ployees wage an increasing and
bor ,n , V number of passen-
most
undeclared
if i racial
<?i.a
w it
is the
tn e m
o s t e expensive
x p e n s iv e u
u u c v id iv u war;
w a i, u
u l i u i i hatruds
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form of education” 1 read that are fostered; if religious denom- '
show some sharp contrasts,
lorni ot education, i reau uiai inatlMW
antagonistic all dial For examPle. according to statis-
a«uu:nce a week or so ago and, »nations are antagonistic, an mat tJ reie;ised bv the O ffice of De
uu.utiy, I’ve puzzled over it ever can. < W conduce to general un- “ cs ^»easea oy tne o in c e of IX-
nsportation from 1940
since. Is was really a great edu rest, disunity and demoraliza to une 30, 1944, the San Diego,
tion.”
There Is no place for
cator? Do we need war to reas
Peace can be made by govern- California transit system braced
tolerance and Individu
sess values?
ments. It can oonly be kept by
under a ^2« per cent in
al freedoms In fascist
True, we learn in war. War people and—people means you
™Yie «N,eW 7 ° ,^ 8j ^ ays
Germany. We w ill win,
For the Four Freedoms—
teaches us cooperation. War a-
or have H itler's way
me. every one of us no mat- u„,?.td
y „8 h **
rouses ingeunity. War stimulates and
ter what we are or at what task Rattan green buses less than 10
forced upon us.
Buy
W
a
r
Bonds
thought War breaks down men- we work. War is too expensive pei, cenf
.
.
- to up t o ii/t o H
Based upon a comparison of
tal^barriers. I grant you all of 7 f • uc'ation. It
^ ro™
that
the second quarter of 1944 with
that peace ¿an also teach!
i the same period in 1943, the larg-
Of course, we learn from war
i est rate of increase has been re
—but war is the most expensive
ported on the Pacific Electric
form of education. Are we so
ilw ay’s suburban lines serving
weak minded that we need a
the Los Angeles, California area,
crisis to make us work construc
Mr. and Mrs. Reese Hays of tne
followed in order by local transit
tively or live intelligently?
The Misses Dorothy Morris
companies in San Diego, Oak Plaza Grocery returned last and Erlene Norberg of Ashland
Common suffering welds peo
week
after
spending
the
Labor
land, California; Portland, Ore
ple together in time of war. Can
leave Saturday for Corvallis
Day week end in Vallejo, Cali will
gon and Seattle, Washington.
not common aims, aspiration,
where they will enter as first
fornia,
where
they
visited
with
Little
discussed
in
the
war
ambitions, weld people together
year students at Oregon State
transportation
field IldVV
have been
Mr. Hays.
rpL__
.
.
. .
uaiupui tauuil UflU
L»VCI1 a s*sted
in time of peace? If we worked
College. Both the young ladies
T^e,iPre^ent .systen\ °* *r rivmg the accormplishments of Pacific!
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graduated
from Ashland high
one tenth as hard and selflessly aA ,radroad rates and schedules. Coast waterways over which the
^dsei, York and Ed Stakely,
¿.or peace as we work for war, we under which rail traffic moves largest waterborne tonnage in ?(..._u.n^nowri addresses, were school the spring of 1943, remain
for a,
a yeai
year to
could make peace permanent and freely and speedily the country the history of the West and in bound over «> the grand jury in ed out L of V school
iT
ior
on
assure to all the peoples of all
eluding more than 9,000,000 bar-
c o ir ^ T u e f d \T m o r n \ W tocoll’c«e
the earth a healthy adventurous tition in the field instead ol rels of petroleum, is now moving ; i
I uesday morning on
life.
throttling it, A. T. Mercier, pre
e- by barges, tugboats and tankers,
steallr}g
truck be-
GporiP
dz 8 Nichols.
"i-
Cpl- and Mrs- Tom Laird were
It is net impractical idealism sident of the Southern Pacific
1C i On the Columbia River system
to Geor«e
W.
Jr.
view
district.
The
truck
- alled home and arrived last
to look ahead. The really practi Company said today, coinment-
235,nnn
01 Beu
cal souls are those who
peace; who create some
ward which to work. __________
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,
were later arrested in Yr»irn
er
Marshfield. Mom
imperfections; who, striveing al- ern territory, where population . .
ways toward perfection, try to is l e s s dense and production
c
i
oouna
area
over
waiv
d
'
rew
aays
nere lsiting with Mrs.
correct mistakes, not by tearing huge, reach the large centers of
of freight the trans- 1 were p la c ^ Tn the Medford u n Laird'8 sister- Mrs- Dick Tritos.
down what has been built, but consumpation in the east unless
together 5 ’ «ve“ Î? m 5£ *“
tu S A « ' u
uuicr relatives ana . irienas.
- » furnishing
X d S $1500
f i IT ailu
by salvaging the good and build- their rates were favorably ad- ported
bail
Cpl Laird will leave W
Friday, Mrs.
monthly
ing upon i t
justea to make it possi sible?” Mr. 000 feet of lumber and logs.
each.
Laird to stay as Cpl. Laird ex-
There is a
from the Mercier asked. “If rates should
Monthly freight movements on
Mr.
Fnrd
....
k«u pects to be transferred soon to
speech by ’hillip Mar s h a l l be made on a mileage basis, as
the
San Francisco Bay Area and
and AW-° ch^dren another station. They own a
Brown that I think pretty well intimated b the U. S.
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waterways to Stockton
and --- Sac came over from Duinsmuir to home here and Mrs. Laird will
expresses the situation: “Peace is General, t
stay there. Tuesday evening Cpl
include tonnages of ag- ? P ^ d a C0.HPle ° f , w£ eks a* the
indivisible. It does not emanate would have all the advantage, ramento
ricultural commodities
dities and frei- Rlir5
Mrs\ M- .?■ Laird was a guest at the weekly
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Rail Rates Help
Western Industry,
Mercier Declares
This Mr. Norman Thomas,
you know, he is no green
gosling. He runs for Presi
dent every 4 years, but nev
er gets elected. He don't
want to get elected—he just
wants to run. He has no wor
ries about fights between his
Top men—he bus none of
same. And while we are un
Bureaus and Top men, the
fussin' is getting brisker, as
new ones edge in us the old
ones are edged out. Signs
ure pointing to a weakening
in the bureuu fabric, and as
the bickering continues some
body is gonnu make u mis
take und tell the whole truth
—and the fut will then bv in
the fire.
Congress is beginning to
see the light and is com
mencing to show a few first
signs of spunk. Congress has
sure bee nshoved around.
But back to Mr. Thomas.
He asked for time on the ra
dio to unswer a broadcast
from Bremerton by one of
his opponents. They turned
him down at first, but he
showed fight, and won »at—
folks like that kind of guy.
But his socialist party has
been so elbowed in on, by
bureaucrats, which has been
pilfering his ideas, that Mr.
Thomas may have to dig up
a new name for his outfit—
or go out of business.
Yours with the low down,
JO SERRA
Hubticribe for The M iner today.
— F IL M S —
IN EVELO FK U A P R IN T E D
6 or 9 ex. 15c per roll
Double size 25c
5c extra ot Panchromatic. A ll
fine grain developed. Reprint*,
9c each. Double size 3c each
Deckle or plain edge. Ouaran-i
toed work. Enlarging, coloring,
copying. Low price«. Send to— <
e le’s War’. There must likewise I “Procedures and practices that movements of petroleum pro- on an annual deer hunting trip, the Lions Club sponsored troop
a People's Peace. Tranquility the Attorney General complains
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and has a wide circle of friends
of order results from the sum to- j of the the very things that have ducts.
Meanwhile, the nation’s rail-
Chas. Andrew of Malin,
‘
Ore- in Ashland,
tai of human relationships. If I enabled railroad shippers to en- road
freight load now is at an all gon, was cited to appear in Jus
-- -i ■- -i-
n. -u —— > gage jn fair competition with
ECONOMY
time high and war’s transporta- tice court on August 30, on a Get 94 for 93 eat of yoar
tion demands promise to be more charge of driving a truck with an CHRISTMAS savings — la
PH O TO F IN IS H E R S
country s markets, Mercier con- exacting than ever. Reports re- over height load. He failed to ap-
Box 157«, Station D
feived by ODT. show & 1 car- pear for hearing and this vveck
wee’» ves! la WAR BOND8. Keep
railroads to pool their locomo loadings currently exceeding 19- a warrant was issued for his
LOS ANOBLES 7, C A U T .
ar- •a BACKING TH E ATTACK.
tives and cars for the greatest 43 levels, rail hauls grow i n g rest.
mass handling of passengers and longer, heavier loads carried per
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freight in history during the war. car and the ton-mile total still
Dale Ray Anderson, Ashland,
“Best answer to the charge
' was arrested Sept. 6 on a charge
for Comprehensive Auto that western rail lines conspired moving impressively upward.
of reckless driving. He was ar
to stifle railroad technology is
mobile Insurance is now found
rested at 2 a.m. while rdiving I
in their present ability to
down Oak street and at a high >
greater than ever. As handle the unprecedented war
rate of speed, which culminated • i
They needed no overhaul
cars get older, worn in load.
in a turned over car. In City
ing to fit them for their war job.
court he was fined $25 which in
sulation can cause fire, They were ready, not by chance
cluded costs of the action.
but
by
close
attention
to
their
tire shortage tends to own improvement with their re A third quarter dividend of
$1.50 per share on common stock
With the opening of schools in
increase car theft, and sources.
and the usual $1.50 dividend on
the
valley, fruit pickers are ur- '
“Even in the depression de preferred stock, has been declar
cost of repairing dam
cade they brought about what is ed by the board of directors of gently needed, and local people
c who can work full or part time
age is larger because of now commonly referred to as ‘A the Pi 'acific Telephone and Tele-
graph
Company,
according
to i S g u J r ' T t o T X h u S " h a m te r
New
Era
in
Railroading,’
marked
Company,
according
labor and material short
by air-conditioned cars, stream word received today by R. B
age.
lined trains, faster schedules for Hammond, local manager of the of commerce. There have been
both passengers and freight, and company. The common stock di numerous calls for workers.
Ask this agency for com ‘overnight’ merchandise train ser vidend compares with $1.75 for
Newcomers to Ashland, - by
w i t h coordinated truck the third quarter of last ye
year,
plete insurance protec vice,,
—
- the
hauls, to speed connection be
In commenting
nting on the an city
ty recorders office records in-
in
tion for your car NOW! tween market centers and their nouncement, N. R. Powley, Pre clude C. O. Marinee, 520 Granite;
Carl Delaman, 284 Palm Ave.;
sident of the company, stated:
trading areas.”
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“The third quarter prelimin Mrs. Wm. D. Baker, 428% Palm
ary earnings statement issued at Ave.; Andrew B. Schak, 380
this time indicates earnings, aft Wightman; H. J. Midlock, Ford
er preferred dividents, of $1.63 yce S t; Wayne Van Dusen, Ford
per common share as compared yce S t; C. E. Cribbs, 115 Fork St
R E A L IN S U R A N C E
with the $1.78 per common share D ouvt.j T. Buger, 185 Granite
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earned in the third quarter of and Walter B. Turner, 4W Moun
tain Avenue.
last year.
W 4 ff LO IA
“Earnings are adversely af
fected in the third quarter by
The Misses Mary and Elizabeth
both revenue and expense levels. Campbell, who have spent the
Gross revenues show marked in past three months at the home of
dications that the influences their sister, Rev. and Mrs. C. F.
McCall, - at 300 Ashland, left
„ which
, „ , have activated
c- , the
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nounced revenue stimulation are Tuesday to return to their home
no wlessening in their impact at Claremont, California. They
with the consequent retardation went by bus to Klamath Falls
! of revenue increase. The long and then took the train on to
distance rate reductions which their home.
Closed Mondays
were made effective in the spr
ing of this year, the estimated
Loius Emanuel Malekos of
! savings to customers being more San Francisco was cited to ap
than $4,500,000 annually, are pear in Justice of the Peace Nelle
- likewise having their adverse ef- W. Burns court on a charge of
I feet on gross revenues. Expenses driving without an operator’s li
, have continued to rise through- cense. He posted $6 bail, but
j out the year and reflect both the forfeited the amount when he
Meals on Week Days 50c up
Special Sundays
increased cost of operation and failed to appear.
Mr. and Mrs. Hays
the $6,000,000 annual wage in
crease which became effective in
Local W.C.T.U. members have
the fall of last year.
“The war comes first in all of made plans to attend the annual
Open 6:30 a.m. - 9:45 p.m. daily
! our operations. W realize that the bi-county meeting to be held to
most important contribution that day, Thursday at Medford at the
we can now make is to hasten Christian church at Oakdale and
i the day of victory. We have, also, 9th. Sessions start at 10 a.m. The
j the responsibility of so conduct meeting will include members
ing our work that we have a from Josephine and Jackson
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSIEST BLOCK
full realization of the postwar counties. Luncheon will be serv
problems. When we are all for ed at noon by the Medford union
tunate enough to have the war and the afternoon session will
behind us, our company faces re start at 1:30. On the program are
cord construction programs, in several special speakers, special
character and in amount, which music election of officers and re
will be of staggering proportions ports of the year.
TOILETRIES
PRESCRIPTIONS
Herb Huston, well known here
for a number of years. It is vital,
TOBACCOS
therefore, in the continuance of in Ashland, spent Tuesday in
DRUGS
our company meeting its obliga Ashland, getting supplies for his
CIGARETTES
VITAMINS
tions and responsibilities to its store at the Weyerhauser camp
STATIONERY
employees, to the public and to 4 at Keno.
SUNDRIES
its investors that its operation be
son conducted, and so viewed,
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Love
that it will be able to obtain on have purchased the F. P. Franco
reasonable terms, in competition residence on Third street and
with others in the money market, will possession about October 1.
the large amounts of new capi They have been living, since
Phone Medford 3874
30 North Centi al
tal which it will continue to re- August first in an upstair apart-
r quire."
m«nt in th« houie.
i
The Need
Pacific T. & T
Declares Dividend
NOTICE!
Due to heavy volume of legal work my
office will not be open until 10 a.m. and
will nt be open at all on Saturdays. It is
an experiment to see if we cannot com
plete legal work more promptly, if we
have a working period each day which
is not subject to interruption through
appointments.
W m .M. Briggs, Attorney
Billings Agency
JUNE 12tt
JULY 8th
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