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.” . < .
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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.
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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*
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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
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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
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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'
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do as much good or more, but that, too, may be a mat- ' under
its storm is a deep nar*
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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.
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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. These
unsufe actions included jaywalk­
ing, stepping into the street from
between parked vehicles and
crossing highways without look­
ing for approaching vehicles.
“Pedestrian protection is both
a rural and urban problem," ac­
cording to the sufety division. “In
rural areas, persons who walk on
the right side of the highway,
with traffic, are in danger of be­
ing struck by cars coming from
their reuit Tn the country, the
rule is, walk on the left, facing
approaching“ traffic. Then, step
off the paved portion of the road
when ears approach.
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