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Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, February 15, 1945 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Published Every Thursday at 167 M ain Street. Ashland. Oregon Carryl H. & Marion C. Wines, E'ditors-Publishers Entered as second-class m ail m a tter In the post office at Ash land, Oregon, February 15, 1935, under the act of Congress of M arch 3, 1879. WE ARE WINNING THE WAR—BUT Are the people of the United States being adroitly educated into the belief that they are no longer compe tent as individuals to manage their own affairs? Are there influences at wor kin our country, taking advan tage of the war to sow the seeds of state socialism? There is a persistent effort being made to convince the people that wartime controls and restrictions must follow into the postwar era. War brings not only the threat of an attacking en emy, but the danger of entrenched officialism which never willingly relaxes its grip. The United States is the world’s greatest example of the accomplishments of a free people, as contrasted with nations where governments have been in the driv ers’ seats. When this war started, free enterprise in the United States was prepared to produce; the railroads were ready to transport; the electric power companies were ready to furnish power, the coal mines, the oil wells, the retail distributing system, agriculture, our automo bile industry, all business was ready to go at the drop of a hat American industry long had been producing on an efficient, competitive basis, as contrasted with the lethargy of government monopolies in foreign na tions. Mobilization and distribution of a nation’s resources in wartime, including her sons and daughters, is one thing—but bureaucratic control of the industries and businesses of a free nation, and the substitution of pol itical management and jurgment for individual energy, intelligence and responsibility in peacetime, is another thing. The latter leads to the death of liberty as surely as the first prevents the encroachment of tyranny. that spring is coming. Oregon Gasoline Use Room 6 is taking care of the Flag this month. Richard Mitchell Higher Than in 1913 and Xerrell Clifton are renpon- I Oregon gasoline use for the sible for taking the Flag down year 1944 was 2,085,934 gallons after school and Dione Kiser and greater than in 1943, Secretary of Helen Robertson for putting"it up State Robert S. Farrell said to day.. in the morning. The Fifth Grade are starting Consumption for the year to the study of fractions in arithme taled 231,859,760 gallons, compar tic and are getting along quite ed to 229,773,825 gallons in 1943. satisfactorily. Total tux paid on the gasoline The room is collecting educa amounted to $11,592,988.02, com tional material ter send to the pared to a tux of $11,488,891.54 in boys and girls overseas, through 1943. the Red Cross. The top month for gusoline con A new boy, Wylin Reigel en sumption during 1944 was Aug tered our room from Medford. He ust, when use totuled 21,661,160 attended our Ashland Schools in gallons.. the Second and Third grades. Room 8 Washington School has a new Aon Richards and Brian Donlevy in a lender scene from M -G -M 's saga girls' organization. "The H. H. o f a great and glorious nation, "A o American Romance." Club." Under the supervision of Miss Madge Mitchell a group of Dr. H. A. Huffman girls from rooms 7 and 8 are of fering a "Helping Hand" to small THE RESULTS OF THE CRIMEAN CONFERENCE | boys Dentist and girls on the playground. This week the full text of what has been happening Besides teaching games they are in the “Big-Three” conference in Crimea, between encouraging the little tots to play 12-14 Swedenborg B u ild in g together. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, has been released to happily Jessie Mackie, Joyce Branan the world. And all but the Germans and the Japs are and Eurlene Barrett are all back Phone 21501 elated with the results of this latest of conferences. It in school after absence caused by holds out hopes to the small nations as well as the larg illness Kenneth Evans, a former pupil er ones. of Rcom 8, has moved to Stock- But what of this nation? Have we learned since ton. Lesta Dinnel and Ryle Stemple World War 1 to take our part and do our duty in the brought interesting war souven management of world affairs? President Wilson was irs to school this week. Lesta's prominent in setting up his ideals for a world league, father sent her a pair of wooden with a lot of idealistic pronouncements, and then our shws from France and three rath ? •« j a to i back i v him up and j l- j er odd-looking lead pencils which national l congress x failed we, slipped were found on the desk of a cap into isolationism, the ideals of the League were for tured German officer. On one of the pencils is stamped "Eigentum gotten. We believe that had we taken our part then in der Fires resulting from Amo n g t h e the management of world affairs, there migt have been things Luftwaffe". Ryle displayed was a cig windstorm, explosion & arette lighter made from a shell a different story today. other perils are not cov Today conditions are different. Wt are with the pos case and an identification tug. A Complete Covering sible exception of Russia, the richest and best armed Telephone Company nation in the world. We occupy a top place in world af Huge Donation fairs, doplomatically and economically and if the pro Makes A contribution of $130,000 to nouncements mades this week at the conference are to the 1945 Red Cross War Fund by mean anything at all, this nation must back them up, The Pacific Telephone and Tele Company and its subsid and continue to take our place at the conference boards. graph iaries, the Southern California Our national administration has made it plain that Telephone Company and the Bell it will and has been taking its place in world events. Telephone Company of Nevada, announced Thursday by N. But such things as treaties and other agreements be was R. Powley, president, following tween nations must be ratified by the national congress approval of the board of directors before this nation can be a permanent signatory to President Powley said the total will be allocated, them. We believe most people of this nation realize that contribution consistent with American Red we cannot go back to prewar isolationism. We hope we Cross quotas, to the various Red Cross chapters in counties served do not! KEEP’EM ROLLING The bulk of America’s civolian automobiles must be kept running if a national breakdown in transportation is to be avoided. The tendency to neglect such details as recapping tires in time to salvage casings, can be calamitous. 1 v«-*. The American Automobile Association states that Washington School passenger cars registered in 1941 totaled approximate Room 3 ly 29,000,000. The registration figure for the end of The boys and girls of Room 3 1944 is estimated at a little over 25,000,000. That means drew pictures for a big Eskimo Billy Finnell drew the pic there has been a loss of approximately 4,000,000 cars book. ture for the cover of the book. since Pearl Harbor. On Friday afternoon Room 3 According to a recent reliable survey, automobiles had a program. Room 1, 2, and invited to come at differ are now going off the road at the rate of more than 4 ent were times to hear the program. 3,000 a day. Twenty-five per cent of the cars remaining The boys and girls in Room 3 ex on the road are 11 years of age or older; 58 per cent of plained about the pictures they had drawn for the Eskimo book. the total are 7 years of age or older; If greater num At conclusion of the program, bers in these groups are taken from the highways in the the children sang an Eskimo song coming months, we may quickly descent to, or below, The boys and girls from the other enjoyed the pictures. the 20,000,000 level which has been estimated as the rooms Many of the pupils in Room 3 rock-bottom figure for essential needs. The situation have been out with colds. becomes all the more compelling because there is no Patsy Bentley brought some pussy willows to school likelihood of getting new car production in the spring Beautiful one day. The children have learn of 1945, as was freely predicted a few months ago. We ed two pussy willow songs al shall be lucky if ye get production in the latter part of ready. Room 4 1945. Room 4 had a piano recital. Le- Every automobile owner has a definite obligation Roy Stubblefield played “Fairy to seep his car in the best possible condition and tc land” .Lewis Morgan played “Sleighbells” and Bobby Basey hoard the priceless milees on his speedometer. played “The Hunting Song". The boys and girls enjoyed this reci ♦ ★ •A tal very much. A PRIZE WINNER The boys and girls of Room 4 were invited to Room 3 last Fri A bill introducted in the last session of Congress to day Feb. 3 at 2.05 P. M. to see provide for a Rural Ttltphone Administration with the Eskimo Booklet Room 3 had made. Each child told a story for some hundred million dollars to disburse in various each picture which was very in way, has been reintroducted as Senate Bill 73 in the teresting and educational. The present Congress. While the bill provides for loaning pictures were very nicely drawn. Room 4 thanks the boys and girls or expending public money for private or public tele of Room 3 very much for the phone service in rural areas, its real objective appears good time which the afternoon to be to open the way for government agencies to get program gave them. The boys and girls of Room 4 into the telephone business. have brought enough gifts to fill Just why public funds should be spent for this pur two Red Cross boxes. These are pose, other than to increase the. field of government for little boys and girls who are the war zones. They are also competition with business, is hard to see. Before the in bringing clothes for the little war, the telephone industry, including thousands of in Russian children. Room 5 dependent and farmer lines, was the wonder of all The pupils in Room 5 received nations, as it gave this country the greatest telephone exchange letter from Woodville, service in the world. Florida. They are also busy filling Wartime manpower and material shortages slowed boxes for the Junior Red Cross. are for school children in up expansion of telephone service. Using this unavoid They the liberated countries and are able delay in construction as an excuse for spending filled with school supplies. taxpayers’ money tobuild telephone lines, is not logical, The boys and girls are busy valentines. The valentine for government projects which use materials and man making box was decorated by a commit power during the present emergency, would be as dam tee of boys and girls. ' aging to the war effort as would private construction. Delores Vincent and Donna Travis are in charge of telephone Once the emedgency is over, the private industry con calls this month. go ahead with a program already planned for rapid The fourth graders made pic tures of viking ships after study expansion, which does noe require tax funds. the early Vikings. Of all the uncalled-for devices to tap the Federal ing In about Social Studies the pupils are treasury, a Rural Telephone Administration would learning about Oregon in early days. The third grade has stud seem to take the prize. ied how to tell time. In the Fourth Grade the pupils are multiplying and dividing by five. The Fourth Graders have new readers called "Singing Wheels". In the Third Grade language class, they are learning to write sentences and also friendly letters All the pupils took the Stan ford Achievement Tests on Tues day. They have all been weighted and measured. Many pupils are growing. Room 6 Norma Davis and Sandra Clary have brought to school some pus sy willows, which are a sure sign ered by your insurance policy. Unless you have your fire policy extend ed to cover such dangers —you’ll have to stand such loss yourself. Ask this agency to add Extended Coverage to your fire insurance now. Billings Agency R E A L IN S U R A N C E Phono M781 41 E u t Main by the company. These alloca tions will be announced later. YOUR FRIENDLY STORE COMPLETE GROCERY Featuring Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Your Patronage Is Appreciate* PLAZA GROCERY Mr. and Mrs. Hays ELKS LEADER REPORTS PROGRESS ON VETS NURSE RECRUITING Washington, D. C.—Dr. Robert South Barrett, Grand Exalted Ruler of the 12. P. 0. Elks (left), reported to Brig. General Frank T. Hinea, Administrator of Veters»«' Affairs (right), that the Order had aided in the recruitm ent of able 1,000 more beds. We are now one half of the quota of nurses receiving over 7,000 World War required for service in the vet II veterans a month and this fig ure will undoubtedly Increase eran’s hospitals. General Hinea said: “I want to materially when casualties begin thank yott for the fine work the to come in from recent operations * Elks are doing to help recruit in Europe and the Pacific areas. nurses to overcome the dire short We will appreciate It If your fine age in the Veterans’ Administra fraternity will continue its ef tion. Our latest reports from the forts to help us obtain competent , field indicate that if we had 100 Staffs of nurses to take care of additional nurses at this time, we , these men.” oould make Immediately avail* I Dr. Barrett assured the Ad m inistrator th at the full effort# of the 650,000 members of the Elks would be directed toward this end. The 1409 Elk Buildings have been turned Into Informa tional centers where re g is te rs nurses who are not presently ea • gaged in this vocation, or wh* are not qualified for Army snd Navy service, may obtain all de tails regarding service at home with the Veterans’ Administra tion hospitals.
