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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Published Every Thursday at 167 Main Street, Ashland, Oregon
Carry! H. & Marion C. Wines, Editors-Publishers
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.
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Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday March 1, 1945
they be produced in huge quantity and quickly.
We will venture to say that if the federal government
would cut out the “cost plus 10 per cent” way of doing Mayor T h o r to n E. W i l e y and ull the fixin's. Huns Lassen
plan to leave some time next I of the Jackson Hot Springs is pre
business and force the war industries to take the work week
for N am p a, Id ah o , w h e re paring the pool, so thut those
on a contract basis, ships and other materials of war Mr. Wiley will attend a two day boys who w ant to swim may do
would be produced much cheaper and with a lot lesb « . ion of the Hoard of Regents of so. During the evening, severul
tenderfoot scouts will take part
manpower. It might be argued that they couldn't pro
in an Investure proceedings.
duce them in as short a time, but this we doubt too.
trip to Idaho is an annual trek
Mrs. Frank Merrill left this
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
for Mayor Wiley. The Board week for her home in Sacrum ento
convenes March 14. Th« mayor California, after spending severul
will be gone about a week, and months with her son and wife
will attend to business m atters Mr. und Mrs. Harold Merrill.
in Portland and other points on
WHAT AN ARMY REALLY TRAVELS ON
Don Hufmnn spent severul duys
The sergeant, son of Mr. and the trip.
The second year of shoe rationing has gone by and DIBBLE GENERAL HOSPI
visiting with his m other, Mrs.
Alfred B. Culver, Route Two
A sm all group of school friends Cay Hufm an this week, retu rn
still most Americans are well shod, in spite of fears as TAL. Menlo Park, Calif. Feb. 27— Mrs.
Staff Sergeant Alfred B. Culver. Box 208, Ashland, Oregon, was j of Miss Vera Baker helped her ing Tuesday to Portlund, where
they sat around their radios on that February after Jr. of Ashland, Oregon, patient presented the O rder of the Purple observe her fifteenth biithduy he has work.
noon listening to the announcement that each person at Dibble General hospital, Mnn- Heart by the comm anding officer I Monday evening ut the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Burns have
Dibble in a ceremony held at Miss V era’s sister, Mrs. Helen
would be rationed to three pairs in 1943. Little did they lo Park, Calif., feels he's lucky he of
received word from their son,
Restad on Siskiyou Boulevard.
escaped with nothing more ser the hospital this week.
Pvt.
Kenneth Burns, who has
know that two years hence they would be getting along ious than a man-sized “hotfoot’’ Besides the Purple H eart and Games
were enjoyed during the
been
with a railway transport
on almost half that number.
when the B-17 in which he was Air Medal, Culver wears the evening and the party ended unit at Fort W arren, Cheyenne,
European
theater
ribbon
w
ith
one
j
with
refreshm
ents.
right waist gunner crashed into a
Wyoming, that he has recently
Fortunately, the beginning of rationing found the stone
a . E. Madden, of the Madden been transferred to Carnp Carson
wall while landing in Eng battle star and Good Conduct me-
shoe industry with well stocked shelves and little cause land and
was split in half, a mass dal. He entered the Army Oct. 10. Tire Shop, has been forced to Colorado, for further training. He
1942. and received his basic train- stay abed for a duy or two this did not state w hat type of train
for W’orry. However, time passed, military needs foi of flames.
ing
at Kearns, Utah ,his arm ored week because of a back injury ing he will undergo ut Camp Car-
leather increased, civilian production decreased; and This mission, sixth for the 22- instruction
a t Lowry Field, Colo, which has caused him trouble, son.
year-old
Oregonian,
had
other
today shoe manufacturers are in a quandary over the wise been an ill-fated one for gunnery training
a t Tindal Field,
A Mr Harth>y has sturted con.
Hugh McKeever, of M arshall-
immediate future.
j'*
-17 training at 1 yote struction of a nvw house on pro-
Culver right from the start.
~
, Wells store, spent Monday in
and
D
alhart,
Texas.
He
w
e
n
t1
It is interesting to note the sharp increase of an esti While the ship was over G er overseas Nov. 9, 1943.
perty lying between Greshum and
on a buying t»'.p. He
1 Meade streets. He has sturted left Sunday evening on the truin
many, he was hit in the left
mated 65,000,000 pairs of shoes required by the armed shoulder
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work of putting in a basem ent and returned Tuesday morning,
by flak from a 20 mm.
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Barksdale
forces for 1945 over the previous two years with 47,000- cannon projectile.
returned Thursday from a two and plans to build a roomy mod- giving him a full duy in Portlund.
000 pairs for 1943 and 48,000,000 for 1944. This, of Fortunately, Culver was lying weeks visit in Los Angeles. Arch ern ,h? ,ne
do*ng a!l of the Mrg McKeever run the store | in
the floor of the ship, w ith his says it „ his iirat vacation, (from wo,uk h1" n sc,i’ Mr’ ,urt,ey pruncs his absence.
course, will be reflected in decreased production of civi on
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as a profession.
feet toward the nose, ...i—
when the . his cleaning work a t Standard orchards
. ,
.
.
.
i Mrs. B. Ulstad and two daught-
lian footgear, and it has been estimated that Mr. and plane
made a belly landing and Cleaners in nine years and he
A large num ber of guests turn-
P au| ilu. a|1{, Ht.verl arc ln
Mrs. Doaks and their children will have almost 30,000.- ram m ed into the wall at an a ir - ; and bis wife thoroughly enjoyed ed old
..... for . the
, . Royal
. .. Neighbors .A shland again ufter severul mon
held in the IOOF hall lhs
t ,n Detroit
field in England. “I coundn’t e v e n ’Visiting Wlth m em bers of his card .P party
il
000 fewer pairs of leather shoes this year.
feel the jar, C ulver describes, ad family and friends of his school last W ednesday evening. Twenty-
..
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.
.
.
.
a few days to visit
The shoe industry will attempt to relieve the short ding how, when the ship broke in days. It is Mr. B arksdale’s form er s*x tables of cards were in play. Home for
age as well as possible with a large supply of unration two, he slid out under the wing, home.
i pinochle, bridge and 500 being with Mr. and Mrs. A1 Snider, who
his foster parents, is J. W.
but
not
before
his
feet
had
be
Capt.
Wm.
W
estfall
spent
the
I=
’<i Fo.lowi? the
ed shoes as it has done in the past, but an application of
“nice and w arm ” from the week end w ith his m othei, Mis. •
i to th
lin in e i >
w her m erchant murine and has been
ol ’shinola to the closet’s present supply will be neces come
flam ing wreckage.
Ed. Butler, coming in from a base Pa ,,ld to
«lining room w h in
places in his duty, mostly
sary to extend their wearing time as long as possible It was on unlucky m aiden voy in California. He has recently re- co^ ee and cake in ubundunce muny
to the South Pacific. He has seen
age for the Flying Fortress, a turned to the United States f ro m jwa> enjoyed.
So, shine ’em up; they’ll last much longer that way.
action at Saipan und other hot
W alter K errigan and Mrs. Ker- spots in that area. He will leave
brand-new ship which had been a tour of duty as pilot w ith the
★ ★ ★
given to the crew when their re Air Transport Command, in the rigan of Beach S treet left for Friday for San Francisco, where
gular ship had to be overhauled. India and China theatre of oper- Portland via K lam ath Agency by he will rejoin his ship, for fu rth
OUR ECONOMIC CY CLE
The bom bardier w’as the only ations. Also visiting at the paren- Bus to contact Price Adm. Board. er work. The young man has
The great majority of groups and individuals writing m em ber killed in the crash, al tai home at the same time was Barney Riggs, S 2/C came in made his home with the Sniders
though all the crew were hos Capt. W estfall’s sister ,Miss Neta last Friday, from a trip to the for several years while he attend-
writing and talking of postwar planning in this country pitalized
following the accident. Westfall, a teacher in Roseburg South Pacific on a Liberty ship, ec| school.
appear to accept without much question the thesis that The top tu rret gunner had also schools,
he si a m em ber of her armed
Mrs. Mabel Hansen of Junction
the economic cycle,—or prosperity,—starts with fac been hit while the Fortress was Sid Reed, well known form er guard crew. Barney is one of City,
spent the week end with
over
the
Reich,
receiving
20
mm
Ashland
business
m
an
and
Elks
I
last
year’s
Ashland
High
athletes
tory payrolls. To this thesis Harry Ferguson, Detroit flak wounds in the arm and sto Club secretary, spent several
„ i her m other here, Mrs. Emma
has been renewing acquaint- j j ayes
farm equipment manufacturer and economist, takes ex mach, and the ball tu rre t gunner, days in Ashland the past week i • i a He
n c e s w ith re la tiv e s a n d frie n d s
ception. His contention is that the economic cycle has hit by flak in the eyebrow, made He had returned from a visit to here.
Memorials for Decoration Day.
it an even three of the crew [ his m other, in Los Angeles, a n d | Seaman Don Sears came in
its beginning with the land; without prosperity on the wounded
Place
your order Now. Burns
over Germany.
on his way to Brem erton, last Thursday from Farragut, Ida-
land, there can be no prolonged and solid prosperity in Culver’s six missions w ere div was
Washington .where he had re ho, w here he has recently com -| Memorials.
the rest of our economy. He reminds us that the exist ided evenly—three over enemy- cently purchased a business.
i pleted his “boot” training period.
ence of 100 per cent of our population depend upon occupied France and three over At the regular m eeting of the He will retu rn to F arragut this Kjc*»::*»':*:»"«:«».»:»:»:*::*
Germany. Most of the tim e he Ashland Post of the • Am erican Friday for assignm ent to ship-
what
the farmer
produces, but our standard of * livine
is m was
j. . . .
.
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aa m w u ith
i m the
e s same
a m e v crew.
i e w , w W
e a earer
rer
Legion Tuesday evening, the board duty, or to some of the
d ic ta te d very largely by the prices—or our capacity to of the Purple H eart and the Air comrades and m em bers of the navy’s training schools for furth- j
buy,—of the products of agriculture. The largest single iMedal- he adm its that he isn’t A uxiliary were entertained by er duty. He finds the w eather of
credited w ith downing any fight two service films, which were in- north Idaho quite t ugged in com-
economic segment of our population,—the farmer and ers
principally because “there teresting and instructive. Follow -) parison to that he has enpoyed in
those rural dwellers directly dependent upon the farm were never enough to h it!” It ing the pictures the Legion had Ashland the past seasons.
for their livelihood, accounts for 40 per cent of the to Seems the big bombers always a good m eeting with discussion W, T. (Mickey) Boatright in
such excellent escorts that on subjects vital to all members. vestigator from San Francisco
tal. A very heavy percentage of the raw materials used had
the “Jerries were scared away.” Members of the Legion are urged who has been visiting W. J. Ker-
in industrial production come from the farm.
C ulver’s first mission, over St. to attend these meetings, and to lgan departed for the Bay Dis
Nazaire,
France, ended in a forc enjoy the good “eats” the chef trict.
Whether we look at the farm from the standpoint of
ed
landing
field has each m eeting night.
Boys of the three Ashland Boy
a producer or a consumer, its operation is basic to all w hen the ship in ran an out English
Miss Shirley McCleary under Scout troops are planning a pic
of gasoline,
other elements of our economy. Quite clearly if the this incident providing an incit w ent an appendectomy at the hos nic and swimming party at Jack-
ON THE PLAZA
prices of farm products,—food, clothing, and those oth ing introduction to his career as pital this week. She is the daugh- son Hot Springs next Monday
gunner.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy McCleary 1 evening w ith hot dogs, ice cream
Sgt. Alfred Culver in California Hospital
as Result of England B-17 Plane Crash
Insurance
‘you can depend on’;
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Automobile
Fire
Life
Health-Accident
Burns Agency
er things which go to make up our “cost of living”, are
unduly high, our cost of living will be unduly high. If,
on the other hand, the farmer is not prosperous, some
40 per cent of our national market will suffer from his
financial inability to buy the products of industry.
The application of mechanization, power, and those
other conditions which have given us our miracles of
production in industry, must be applied to the farm, for
the simple reason that the lower the production costs
on the farm, the more the farmer will profit and the
lower will be the prices included in the cost of living.
Thus all other costs will gradually be lowered, and the
rising spiral of inflation should be halted. It is a some
what novel thought, too, that major improvements in
fann production methods can permit the family-size
and family operated farm to be profitable, without
subsidy.
Certainly this thesis of Mr. Ferguson’s for the first
time takes into account the possibility,—and even the
necessity,—for making agriculture an equal partner
with industry and trade in the creation and mainten
ance of a sound economy for the country, and he main
tains that it can be done and will be done if business
men will adopt and effectuate that point of view.
THE MANPOWER SITUATION
There is considerable agitation at present in Wash
ington over the manpower situation. Washing officials
are convinced that there is a manpower shortage, that
production is slowing up because there are insufficient
workmen to do the work. We are all aware, of course,
that it is hard to get men to work, at present, yet we
feel that in the huge war industries of this nation, that
the hoarding of men, and the downright waste of man
power by putting huge numbers of men on work that
does not justify it, is a known fact.
Personally we have not worked on any of these jobs,
so are not able to speak from experience, but we have
talked with many who have worked on the jobs in ship
yards, in plane plants, and other war industries, and
the story is the same, employing huge numbers of men
where it is apparently not needed.
We realize that in war time, cost of ships and planes
and tanks is not taken into consideration, only that
Scenes of Ashland's Basketball Squad in Action
Top row—left. Provost O'Harra. Samuelson. Jandreau. and Raedy: right. First five demonstrates backboard leap Bottom row—left
Coach Robert grins approval at something or other: left canter. Provost and Jandreau. junior standouts, tip one in: right canter Manaa-
tr Gena Barry makes with the towels during breather—classy gams seemingly without head and body belong to Dommia Provoati rlaht.
O'Harra, first stringer before mid-term graduation. Jumps for a high one.
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