Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, October 5, 1944 SOUTHERN. OREGON MINER Li 12,000,000th Member Published Every Thursday at 167 Main Street, Ashland, Oregon Carryl H. & Marion C. Wines, Editors-Publishers Uttered as second-class mall matter In the poet office at Ash- land, Oregon, February 18, 1988, under the act of Congress of March S, 1879. The OP A Is Okay AU of us have heard many, many complaints against the OPA, that much maligned agency which reaches into every city and hamlet, into every individuals life and actions, nearly every day in some way. We have heard but very few who ever spoke out in favor of tn e agency, and yet we consider that they have done a good job of what they started out to do—keep the price o everything stable, prevent inflation and see that every one gets his fair share of what there is. Of course most of us, or should we say all of us, do not like the regimentation that has of necessity come with such a program. In this country where we have been in the habit of doing about as we pleased, without anv government interference, the taking of some of the more or less restricting regulations did not come easy. But what if there had been no OPA, no price control and no rationing, would things not have been in a chao tic condition. One can only recall how the price of a few articles went so high that few could afford to get them, the hoarding, etc. Of course anything, we might ima gine along those lines would only be guess work as far as today’s events are concerned, but we do not at least have any wild inflation because of unlimited buying. The administration of these OPA boards is not an easy matter, and as all of them are made up of men m our own community, and those same men have had to deal with their neighbors, many of the ^hev have incurred a lot of enmity because of it. They ha a thankless job and one which should bnng a lot of praise when this thing is over. F Many of us, no doubt, can point out certain cases where injustices have occurred, where it appears that the whole thing is wrong, but this would b e ° happen in any program as vast as that undertaken by the OPA. Our hats are off to them. New York Is Chief Ouetlet for Local Fruit i The twelve millionth member of the Boy Scouts of America since it started nearly 35 years aso is 12-year-old Freston E lb - worth Koentop (above) who is doing a man-sised Job, handling tractors and other farm machinery on his father a 151-acre farm t Brandon, Wis. His dad was a Boy Scout in the same town Just • years ago. Typifying the average American boy, the millionth member was the guest of national rural and Boy Scout leaders at a luncheon in Chicago and spoke on a coast-to-coast hook-up with Burridge D. Butler. Editor a«« Publisher of "Fralrle Farmer”, Wheeler McMillen. Editor of “Farm Journal and Farm er’s Wife”, both members of the National Committee on Rural Scouting, Walter W. Head of St. Lonla, Freeldent of the Bey Scouts of America and Dr. Elbert K. Frctwell, Chief Scout Ea- ecutive and Editor of “Boys’ Life.” . < . ----- 6 ter of personal opinion. The fact of the m atter is, just a week or so ago the twelfth million Boy Scout was signed up. We doubt if there is any other organization that can boast of such a membership. If scouting is really taken seriously in a community, and really backed by that community, the good it can do is unlimited. Unfortunately some communities take it very casually, thus only “exposing” the boys to the; influence of scouting. But even a small amount of ex posing” can do a boy a lot of good, and parents and friends should encourage boys to do more and more scouting. * * * j Ashland is known as a community with a real inter Newspaper W eek is October 1 to 8 est in scouting, its Boy Scouts are active and there is T hia week the newspapers of the nation are observ plenty of evidence that the work has done the boys ing Newspaper week. It is a yearly observance and our much good. So in this week and next while the Boy readers are asked to stop a few minutes and reflect up Scout drive for funds is on, lets all contribute a few on the fact of w h a t the newspapers of this nation dollars. It is investment in future citizenship and we know of no cause more worthy of support. mean to the nation. The Constitution, among the very first guarantees it mony and peace. The art of liv makes to the people of these United States, is that ing Is to get yourself attuned to the inner harmony which lies at guaranteeing them a free press. The newspapers of the center of life. this nation are jealuosly guarding that right, and are The hurricane which recently THE GRAND OLD BOOK fighting every encroachment upon the rights guarant- swept the Eastern Seaboard, By Norman Vincent Peale You can get a great deal out of struck my little farm in the Berk cod them* ? life if you go at it in the right shire Hills late at night The Since dictators of this world the past few years, have way. Living for some is anything winds howled about my farm which had stood through come into power, about the first thing they do is to but a pleasure; it is a discourag house ing series of hardships, disap nearly 140 years of storm. The throttle the press of the nation, they force it into putt pointments, anxieties and frustra electric power failed and kero lamps were lighted. With ing out the propaganda of that particular dictator or tions. If it isn’t that bad, it -is at sene least a lot of drudgery, monotony mounting fury the hurricane in other words becoming the tool of the person or party and inner conflict. ■ • shook the house and drove into giant and ancient trees. Oc in power. And we maintain as long as there is a tree But the grand and glorious the fact is that life does not need to casionally the power would come press in this nation it will be hard for a dictator to ever be that way for anyone, because on just long enough for me to the radio reports, and then get established. And if one ever does get in control of living can be a rich and pleasant hear experience. That simple but pre it would die away. During one this nation, about the first order that will be given is found American philosop h e r , of these periods the strains of a Henry Thoreau of Walden Pond, peaceful and lovely melody float that throttling the press. . "Life is just a stream in ed into the room. “How,” I asked Of late there has been a considerable battle going tne said. which I go fishing.” He had learn myself, “can such peaceful music through this storm, through rounds of the nations printing trades journals on the ed the art of drawing out of the get stream of life, values that make this disturbed atmosphere?” question of whether this nation really has a ree for satisfaction and happiness. Of course, the answer is that press or not, many contending that heavy advertisers This does .not mean -that a l there are deep levels of atmo ways one shall find life peaceful sphere which the storm cannot in the papers really dominate the policies of the indivi and easy-going. Much of it is reach, so. that peaceful and un dual papers. We can readily see how this c o u ^ e l 1 storm and stress and just plain troubled harmony sings itself difficulty. How to,, m e e t. those through the storm. This is what happen, how easily pressure could be brought by those things the Psalmist discovered. He saw is the question. same heavy advertisers on the paper through the with Here is a suggestion: Read the that the pain and struggle of of one of the greatest life are not the final answer, holding of advertising patronage. But we doubt if this writings of all philosphers. was not -- a that within life a man can find - £ man . but . a He strength and peace so that he keen thinker is very widespread practice, and is only a minor matter. . bookish who knew the simple every-day The newspapers of this nation, we believe, presen problems of people and he had — f i l m s —___ , the news fairly, and honestly. There is no doubt that found the answer to those pro d e v e l o p e d a p r in t e d « blems. I refer to the man who there are instances of a “kept” press, where some cor wrote the 23rd Psalm. Insolar as • *r • « . l»o p*r roll poration, some politician is in tne newspaper business it is possible to compress all the Double ateo Me of human life into a Sc extra at Panohromatie. A l to further his own business, or his political ambitions, emotions few sentences, it has been done A m grain developed. Reprint*: but in the main this too ,is in the minority. , in this Psalm. This man implies 9c each. Double etoe 8< each. that he had suffered want for The newspapers come to our door every day, and so he Deckle or plato edge. Guaran tells us that he found a she teed work. Snlargtag, coloring, pherd who cared for his wants. regular that readers are apt to take them for granted, He had known storm and tumult prices. Bend to— md thinks little about them. But during this week, for now he lived in “green pas eopyfc«. Lew economy Aey are asked to reflect on them, and thank our Con- tures,” and by the quiet and “still PHOTO F I flE H I M , ititution and the newspaper industry for a ‘ free press. waters.” Bex 1879, Biatlon D He evidently had been under Guest Editorial pressure and was about played out for now his "soul was restor ed.” He had struggled with en Support the Boy Scout Drive emies for now “a table was indicating victory for The Boy Scout drive for lunds is now under way in spread," him. He had walked through a Ashland, and should have tne whole hearted support dark valley but had learned to “fear no evil,” for someone was of Ashland residents. This is a drive for funds for the with him. In short, he had suf Crater Lake Area Council, to keep the office ^ ^ n g * fered much and had been hard pushed by life. Yet he arrives at Considerable funds are needed at the hea o an amazing philosophy. He is con Medford for thin purpose, to coordinate the work of the vinced that “goodness and mercy follow him all the days of 40 troops in the Council area, tne maintaining the of shall his life.” lice force, and in general, to “service” the troops in the Probably this 23rd Psalm has / * • ;Z Iff comforted and helped more peo ple than any single bit of writing, arOf all the nation-wide organizations, the Boy Scouts and there must be a reason. A- from the .melody o f, the is perhaps the most worthy. Some may argue with this \| sida won' ' **• s t^ m e n U U w iV W ^ ^ <*h*r “ ^ T m a t , a n d ------ , profound — - ------,-------. do as much good or more, but that, too, may be a mat- ' under its storm is a deep nar* ★ ★ ★ wlU be in a position to suv, "aur* ly goodness and mercy shall ful« low me all the days of my life. The week from October 9 to 14, inclusive, has been designated by the Laymen’s National Com mittee as BIBLE WEEK. The 23rd Psalm is but one of the many beautiful p a s s a g e s i n t h a t GRAND OLD BOOK. If hie is getting you down, if you *'av* lost courage, why not turn back tq this great book? There you will find the answers to all of your problems and gather the strength to see them through. New York Is still by fur the leading market for Oregon s pears and fresh prunes, but both Los Angeles and Chicago have passed It as an outlet fpr Oregon apples, according to a statistical bulletin just issued by the O.S.C. Extension service, “Oregon s car- lot Shipments and Unloads of Tree Fruita." Data for 1943 are included. For the more perishabel fruits Portland leads in taking cherry shipments, while San Francisco is the chiel single market for the few Oregon peaches shipped out. Production of fruit shipped in car lots is concentrated almost completely in the Southern Ore gon and Columbia basin districts. according to this bulletin prepar __ extension economics ed w, by the staff. These two regions supply 96 per cent of the shipments, with the Willamette Valley and Snake River basin shipping 4 per cen t Pears led all fruits with 3191 cars shipped in 1943, or about 56 per cent of the total. Apples were second with 1191 cars, or 21 per cent. Pther fruits in order of i m portance for shipment rather than processing were f r e s h prunes, 788 curs; fresh peaches. 18 fresb upricots, 0: unu mixed fruit, 18. -------- o ■ — Pedestrlun deaths amounted to 36 per cent of the Oregon traffic toll f<»r the month of July J*hen 22 persons were killed, eight of which were pedestrians, accord ing to un announcement from the surety division of the secretary of state’s office. Of the eight pedestrians killed, five, or 62 per cent were engaged in unsafe walking practices at the time they were struck. 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