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About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1944)
Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, December 7, 1944 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER PubIlahed Every Thursday at 167 Main Street, Ashland, Oregon Carry 1 H. & Marion C. Wines, Editors-Publishers amounts to only one per cent of the national income. If a strike stopped it for an intire year, the statistics might show that there were no strikes in 99 per cent of industry. But everyone knows that such a strike would bring practically our entire war production to a halt in a few months.” Entered as second-class mall matter in the post office at Ash land, Oregon, February 15, 1935, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. AID TO PRIVATE PLANNING In the next several weeks about 15 farmers on each The past week. Ashland has had the unpleasant facts of youth depredations and moral delinquencies to face. rural route in the country will be asked to fill out cards The facts are ugly and unpleasant, and is not a pleasant giving information about their livestock, including the number of sows expected to farrow. On the basis of this subject to have to discuss. Perhaps Ashland is no worse than other towns and poll, conducted semi-annually by the United States De cities. \\ e have no figures on the number of delinquen partment of Agriculture since 1924, a prediction of the cies of the sort that has shaken our town the past week, number of young porkers this season will be issued be Claudruc Colbert » an ate woman photographer and Fred MatMurray aa • w olf on the make, to-atar in the laugh, love riot, "N o Tim e For Love." but if the figures were available, we doubt that it would fore Christmas. These estimates are eagerly awaited by pork packers, and everyone else with any financial show that Ashland is any worse than any other town. But every town, every city, every hamlet has those pro interest in the hog market. the train, thinking they have count. time to clear the crossing aheud The two men were taken to Though little publicized, this is one Government ser of blems every now and then, the community has to be the locomotive. The fact that Portland last week end, having shaken to its depths, when the officers are forced to ar vice which does much to help the farmer as well as re trains move faster today, due to been held in Jackson county wartime conditions, is not given juil since their trials. rest some of them. Those youngsters have to suffer,, tailer, wholesaler, and packer. By taking some of the due and do suffer for their misdeeds, the parents, perhaps, guesswork out of the picture of prices and supplies, it ers. consideration by these driv Judge Fee, in sentencing the I two doctors, said that he felt they o-------- suffer even more. adds to his comfortable sense of stability. While not an i were responsible for creation of The Iaow Down Of course, when these unpleasant facts are brought example of centralized planning of production itself, it ! a nartotics center in Medford to light, there is always a lot of blame attached to it. helps to make it possible for private interests to plan from Hickory Grove which drew »2 known addicts. creating on of the worst narcotic* o Everyone and every cause is held to be responsible for their own activities intelligently. And that, certainly, is situation in the United States. M y essay today is “Govern the condition. Perhaps the war gets the most blame, a function of Government with which there can be no ment''—how The doctors were indicted in it get* its money, because it is not personal and has no come back to offer quarrel.—Christian Science Monotor or county or state is building a September by a fede:al grand ♦ and who from. And if your town jury after federal agents bad when it is blamed. 7 paved highway, or water-works, conducted an investigation hi re. How many times, too, have we all heard that the pre seemed to make secure our way or something, and the Govt, Medford News. of life, we have had to pick up. kicks in with half the cost, every sent generation is no good, that the present generation We have learned at last that it body should savy as to how much -BU Y B O M lf By Ruth Taylor is so much worse than the former ones, and all that sort cannot light our path clearly un of the gift is really free— if any. In wartime the making of de of hooey. We have all heard it, time and time again. But cisions is easy. “If it won’t help less it is held high enough to And to make a long short, the G o vt donation is your own — F I L M H — the army figures and the welfare agency figures do not the war effort, don’t do it.’’ All light our neighbors' way as well. Free money— the Govt, took it from We know now what we have to your DEVEMH'EI) A PRINTED jeans in the first place via bear it out. The present generation does not have the that is needed is a single-track do. 6 or 8 ex. 15c per roll income taxes, cigarette taxes, ta l mind to make the nation move as black marks agains it that the past generations have. one Double size 25c cum powder taxes, etc., etc. And toward the common goal - 5c extra of Panchromatic. Alii if the Govt, had made no dona Here at Ashland, we doubt if there is any one cause defeat of the enemy. 22 Grade Crossing tion to your community—or to fine grain developed. Reprints for the delinquencies, but the thing that seems out But as peace nears - not close Fatalities Reported any of the 1.000 other places 2e each Double alee 3c each throughout the nation— y o u r standing to this writer is that there is not sufficient enough for us to see it, but near Deckle or plain edge. Guaran enough so that we know it lies taxes would have been just that teed work. Enlarging, coloring, emphasis placed on youth activities. This city has sev beyond the turn in the road, Railroad grade crossing fatali much smaller. Uncle Samuel has ties during the first ten months no other copying. Low prices. Send to- - eral Boy Scout organizations but the troops are not fill there is much questioning of of income— he produces 1944 totaled 22. which is an nothing—he grows no crops— he ECONOMY ed to capacity, and the Ashland district has the unen what we must do next. How can increase of 266 percent over the just spends. And it is our own PHOTO FINISHERS we resolve upton the right deci toll for the entire year of 1943, dinero that he hands back to us viable reputation of being the weakest district from sion? Box 1576, Station D Robert S. Farrell, secretary of via our congressman or mayor or LOS ANGELES 7, CALIF. the scouting standpoint of any of the districts of the j We can reach a so.ution b , re- state, disclosed today. whoever it is we been keeping on *4 crater bake Counctil. There are- not enough troops to ' verting to the basic truths. We Of the 22 deaths at grade cross re-electing because he got us a ings, 17, or 77 percent, occurred new bridge or something, from who have been schooled in free even begin to reach the most of the boys of the city. '— at crossings in urban areas. Only the G o v t— free. have also been schooled in one such death was reported in There are a few girls organizations, yet they too, reach dom, Now. and hereafter, when the responsibility. Not like the slaves state for the sane period of mayor taps his chest and says. only a restricted few, mostly being confined to memb of a dictator, whose every act is the 1943. “Citisens. see what I got for you ership in lodge, etc. The city has something like 23 or 24 determined for them not like the The locations of the train-ve — a free donation from the G o vt,' trained for gener hicle deaths follow: Portland, 3; you can lean over and say to the churches, and is known far and wide as a “church” city, “master-race” Dr. H. A. Huffman ations to take their cue from the Salem, 3; Albany, 3; Grants Pass, gen t “Come now brother, where yet there no doubt are many, many youngsters without lords of war, do we act. From 2; Pendleton, 1; Milwaukie, 2; do you get the FREE palaver?“ Yours with thp low down, Dentist church affiliations. The efforts of church organizations our first school days we have Junction City, 2; Woodburn, 1. JO SERRA Rural locations were: Klamath been trained to expect to do our are mostly restricted to their own members leaving out duty, to give our word, and keep county, 1; Lane county, 1; Marion 3. those who have no affiliations. --------- -- — • There was an attempt it, aavimvc UIBCIVCS for an ideal, county, sacrifice U ourselves 12-14 Sweden Itcrg Building The 22 deaths resulted from Medford Doctors Get made to have a Teen-Age club, but it didn’t get far, ap-1 not of s,ory but of honor. ., 14 accidents, fa— i Farrell n- said I Stif f Jolt T on , Dope . Phone 21501 14 accidents, 11 occurred on / i i ____ parently, not from active opposition, although there Think over our heroes. Wash these ington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lee, clear days during daylight. The LP .drgC S LclSt W e e k was some of that too, but mostly from indifference, and the rest. Then compare them period 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. saw the apathy and lack of interest on the part of the parents with the heroes of those who highest number of accidents. Dr. R. W. Clancy and Dr. A. F. fight against us. The difference These facts, Farell said, indicated W. Kresse, both of Medford, who and leaders, in supporting such an organization between were found guilty by a federal DaSweIJ «» ‘he Episcopal SidT," the New World and the court jury several weeks ago on dioceses, whom we had the pleasure of hearing make an in its choice of those whom each Unsafe actions on the part of charges of violating the Harrison inspirational talk at the Crater Lake area Court of deigns to honor. drivers were reported in all fatal Narcotics act, were given heavy DR. E. N. TERRILL ...... .. signal, CA H-331VC j sentences and fines by Federal road ,. warning excessive Honor Sunday evening, stated, indiscussing youth de We know what is right. As — accidents. Disregarding stop sign Judge James A. Fee in Portland John Oxenham phased it: Chiropractic Physician linquencies, there is too much of saying “don’t do this “No shadow falls, but there, or signals, disregarding the rail- W ednesday. speed and failure to look for an Dr Clancy, 68, who had practic and don’t do that”, instead of making an actual down behind it, stands approaching train were the chief ed medicine in Medford for 35 Specialising in the Non-Con The light. e right effort to help out the youngsters. It takes work, contributing actions in these ac years, was sentenced to four fining Treatment of wrongs and sorrows cidents. Hemorrhoid* (Pile*) it takes a lot of a grownup’s time and energy, to make Behind of the life’s years and nine months in prison, troublous ways, “These facts indicate that safe Office Phone 4371 these youth groups and organibations effective but Stands Right ty at grade crossings, in the last and fined $8,000. Dr. Clancy was found guilty on four counts. analysis, is up to the individual What we have to do is, just as they are well rewarded in satisfaction and the fact that Lithia Hotel Building Dr. Kresse, who has practiced with a radio, tune in to what we driver," Farrell said. “Our grade they are helping to prevent the very things that have know crossing toll can be cut down by here for 20 years, was sentenced Ashland. Oregon to be the right, the fair, the the exercise of a few simple prac to four years and nine months in happened in our fair community the past weeks. just thing to do. Observe stop signs and prison and fined $1,000. Dr. In making these comments, by putting in our two- We say we are realists in this tices. warning signals. Always watch Kresse was found guilty on one war, as compared to idealists in for approaching trains and when bits worth in the discussion in the community, we know the last war. But, stop and think. one is coming stop and let it pass full well that many will say that we probobly don’t Last war we fought to “make the before proceeding across the know what we are talking about, etc, etc., but never world safe for democracy” - in tracks.” Farrell emphasized the last to protect our own way of theless we feel that there is a lack of cooperation in short life. This war we have fought for point because, he said, in nearly providing or supporting those extra activities for the the four freedoms for everyone all cases, cars are struck as the attempt to cross the' youths of Ashland. All of the youth’s organizations and all over the world, regardless of drivers tracks in front of an approaching COMPLETE GROCERY creed or color. train. 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