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
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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
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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.
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• 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
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groups are fine, but they don’t reach enough of the class,
The torch we dropped after we the drivers misjudge the speed of
youngsters and many of them are just struggling along
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A STATISTICAL MYTH
A favorite statistical myth promoted by government
spokesmen, is that since Pearl Harbor, only one-tenth
of one per cent of man-hours have been lost by strikes
in war plants.
In two instances of late the lie has been given to
these mythical figures. A one-day strike of 4,000 to
6,000 maintenance workers in the Detroit area has
just forced immediate idleness upon some 50,000 to 60,-
000 workers. Because the men who keep the assembly
lines and equipment in running condition refused to
work, the production workers had to be sent home. In
another case, the strike of a few thousand transporta­
tion employes tied up two million people, 900,000 of
whom were war workers.
As the New York Times declares of this statistical
myth: “It cannot be too often pointed out that such
statistics are essentially meaningless, not only because
they fail to take into consideration the amount of in­
direct idleness that a strike involves, but because they
ignore how vital the particular production may be that
is brought to a halt.
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dustry of the United States to cite but one example,
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