Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, March 15, 1945
Let us be done with faultfinding,
and leave off self-seeking.
May we put away ull pretense
and meet each other face to
Published Every Thursday at 167 M ain Street, Ashland, Oregon
face - without self pity and
without prejudice.
May we never be hasty in judg­
Carryl H. & Marion C. Wines, Editors-Publishers
ment and always generous.
Let us take time for all things;
Entered aa second-class m all m atter In the post office at Ash­
make us grow calm, serene,
land, Oregon, February 15, 1935, under the act of Congress
gentle.
of M arch 3, 1879.
Teach us to put into action our
better impulses, straightfor­
ward and unafraid.
THE HARVEST
Grant that we may realize it is
the little things that create
Theoretically, government can control the cost of liv­
differences,
that in the big
ing by setting prices. By various makeshifts, including
things we are as one.
subsidies to producers, it can be made to work for a I And may we strive to touch and
to know the great human
while, but the ultimate result is inevitable— cost of pro-1
heart of us all, and, O Lord,
duction, including increased taxes and wages and a rea­
let us forget not to be kind!
Third, there is a decreased cap­ have Ix'en having telephone con seaman.
Chunces for promotion is rapid
illarity. That is, because of the servation lessons.
The pupils are buying many in the radar field, many trainees
looseness of the soil, its luck of
compactness, the water supply Defence Stamps. Ten pupils going us high us petty officers
deep in the earth no longer has bought stumps during the first second class during their burning
period. This period, incidentally,
the full ability to climb up to the five days in Murch.
is for a nunumum of ten months
root zone. It is as if one cut the
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Joanne Morgan from the fourth und costs the government $5,000
wick of u kerosene lantern.
I Other factors which are in­ grade has moved to Provolt. The tor each truinee.
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volved in the dryness of the plow class was sorry to huve her go.
The room decided to set a goal
ed soil are the excess ueration of
u loose soil and the more intense of $5.00 to contribute to the Red
heat due to the direct rays of the I Cross. All the donations will b«
WASHINGTON A policy of
sun on an inorganic surface.
the pupils own, not their parents*
Misconceptions concerning this They have collected over $2.00 in strict nonpartisonship will under
line the Townsend orgunzution's
new theory should not arise. The two days.
possession of a disc harrow and a I The fifth grade wns surprised drive for nutionul insurance in
muttered abracadabra are not e- to learn in social studies that 1945, it wus unnounced bus week
nough. Soil that has been mined some people in the tropics have by Dr. Francis E. Townsend, 79
for years must be built up by the to wear woolen clothing und year old founder und president
surface incorporation of green sleep under heavy woolen blank- of the orgunizution which beurs
manures. Sometimes one or two ets to keep warm. They are the his name.
sonable profit, must be recognized, or there will be no I
"We huve udopted a brand new
green manure crops will double people living up on the Andes
method of upprouch this year”,
production. We are witnessing that today in butter, j
the yield of a formerly unprofit- Mountains.
Dr. Townsend suid in un inter­
able field.
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ham, bacon, beef, etc.
In erosion control the surface
Room seven has two new pupils view. “We have introduced two
The fundamental reason for the butter shortage is I
incorporation of vegetable mater- They are Bobby France and Har- Townsend bills in Congress in­
ial is an essential. In observing a old Myers. The Sixth Grade hopes stead of one, Rep. Put Cannon of
the price farmers are allowed for milk going into but­
by H. D. Mitchell
highly organic soil which sloped that both boys will like our Floridu, a Democrat hus introduc-
ter. Their returns on such milk are so low that they are
at about 45 degrees, a famous ag- school and that they will soon one, und Rep. Homer Angell, un
forced to market the milk in other outlets in order to
Oregon Republican, hus introduc­
ronomist noted that, during a have many friends.
meet high production costs. So we might as well learn
Thls is an experiment with the heavy shower, no surface runoff The room has two spelling ed the other.”
The doctor, who abandoned the
was observable. A highly absor- teams and once a week they have
to get along without butter and all other p r o d u c t s « ¿ 7 to bant
organic soil js the greatest a contest to see who can spell practice of medicine a decade ugo
where prices are set which are out of joint with the cost include a large group in this area single enemy of erosion.
I the most words correctly. This to devote his full energies to
Of production.
which derives the bulk or a part
Another important fact is that week Teddy Weitzel’s team had working for national insurance
of its income from the soil.
the microscopic life in an organic the winning score. Leader of the for the uged, pointed out thut for
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It has become of the utmost soil takes nitrogen out of the air opposing team is Bobbie Cullop. the first tune, both Democrats
and makes it available to the
For their social studies lesson and Republicans now have a
THE RED CROSS IS ASKING FOR YOUR BIT
□ t o n ' T co m ero and uiiM
growing plants. Green manure the sixth grade drew pictures of Townsend bill of their own.
Right now we are in the middle of the annual Red our soil resources. Louis Brom- crops need not necessarily be le- Mexico and the Central American The bills, numbered HR 2229
Cros War Fund drive and while it is apparently going
wntmg for the Reader’s guminous. In fact, any vegetable countries. These pictures are on and HR 2230, are identical in
every respect. They cull for nat­
in sufficient quantity, display in their room.
along with good results and with every chance that it have* destroyed "a f o u r t h ^ mir material,
will supply all the necessary fac-1
Room 8
ional insurance to ull citizens 00
will go over the goal set, no one can relax and think «ood land- another fourth is on tors to plant growth and make Hugh Messer, who has been at- yeurs of age and older who pro­
4‘let George do it”. After all if we raise the amount ask-
V,.0“1, anduthe results are unnecessary the purchase of com- tending the Sams Valley school mise to retire from gainful em­
ed of this county, it means little. It would not hurt US There is no" 2 o re ° a ^ la b le ffree mercial fertilizers. And it has during the past half-year, is back ployment, and to spend their
been noted that thriftly, well fed at Washington School. He is in monthly annuities within 30 days
in the least to double the amount, and certainly the land of any value. Rarely has the plants are less suspitable to dis- the fifth grade.
of receipt. Similar insurance is
great Red Cross could use the funds.
¿hwishid?18 country ever been ease and insects. This may be due Mary Ann Elliott has returned provided for the blind, for wid-
the fact that, "A greater pro- after a two weeks’ visit in Phoe- Ows with dependent children, and
Publicity has been put OUt that it COStS the Red Cross When we consider the areas of to
portion of minerals in the sap nix, Arizona.
for permantly disabled, including
the rate of six dollars per second to carry on the ac- tbe earth which once supported may result in its carrying less The children of Room 8 are disabled war veterans. The bills
sugar, and a decrease in sugar saving their pennies. Part of them can for a 3 percent tax on all
tivities they are now handling. That sounds like a lot
content may easily make the are to be donated to the R ed, gross business and personal in-
01 money, but when we consider the world wide scope ren wastes, should we not at least plant sap distasteful. Possibly cu- Cross the balance to be used to come in excess of $1200 a y cai­
of those activities, it makes us wonder how they do it Pause briefly and consider the cumber beetles, for example, buy war stamps. To make the to finance the program.
on that small amount.
J??tte.r;, Tbrte cei2turies before could be starved for lack of pala- stamp-buying drive more interest
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Christ the Sahara Desert was one table juices, even when their host ing they have formed two teams,
iisvery soldier who returns from the front has only of the richest agricultural regions plant is enjoying the richest pos- the boys on one side and the girls
the highest praise for the activities of the Red Cross of °?e uworld Eur°Peans subiu- sible food from the decay in pro- on the other. Today’s reading is
gress in the soil."
|a tie.
and just remember this and the need for their service g X ? r
DR. E. N. TERRILL
This is a part of Faulkner’s
wnen you donate to that great institution in this drive. tices helped to create the condi- story. He has shown by practical Navy Still Needs Men Chiropractic Physician
| tion that exists there today.
on a field scale! R n r R a d io T r a i n i n i r
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Recently I read a book which demonstration,
and on inferior soils, that, by r o r i v < i a 1 0 training
Spacialixinq in the Non-Con-
Procurement of young men for
fining Treatment of
JUDGE CRAWFORD’S TALK
teT s
give.
answer- ,Edward following his theories, one may
Hemorrhoids (Piles!
raise
greatly
increased
crops
training
as
radio
technicians
con-
We found the informal talk before the Lion’s club presents sU rtiin g°'evi^ n ce° to while neighboring fields of farm I tinues to be the Number One job
Office Phone 4371
last Tuesday evening very interesting and timely. His prove that the turning over of the produce fail to mature
of the u - s - NavX recruiting ser-
It
is
the
opinion
of
this
colum-
vice-
according
to
word
just
re
Lithia
Hotel Building
talk centered around the theme of the growing govern-
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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Townsend Club Lays
Plans for This Year
The More
Abundant L ife
'Up
mental interference and control over all linen of busi-
ness and the attempt to order every act Of each individ- mentally wrong. Here briefly, is H of procedure and techniques cruiting station.
^No taHeonafli*îner
I must be developed. America leads 1 Although this district, and
ual’s life.
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UkZVVjuutV) oUCllkHUt, ludoUIl
world in per man production every other district in Oregon
we agree with Judge Crawford that in war times has yet been given for p lo w in g.^ “ hsi i y ?rinM w 'to 'th e ”
responded nobly to the
emergency legislatio nrestricting and regulating busi- The nearest approach to an answ- when it comes to production per Navy’s call for men to be trained
pess and depriving individuals of most Of their accus- “ d e rto d e stro v "?^ JlZnTgrowih acre- With millions oi 1116 g r i d ’s m radar, the demand for addi-
tomed liberties is necessary, and we think most people
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starvation
bonal
trainees of still
great,
prim CT3mt^ I t‘^Onf^ I peoples on the J verge
m S n t of upon
us to I I ^
e . process
the is war
in and
the
s ls
*- ■ increase our production of food to I FaciI,c will be determined, to a
agree to this and co-operate willingly in its enforce­ main rea«nn f m
thi« nraMil
in P
’ and
highest possible level. Inde-1 ,af«ev extent, by the speed in
ment. Certainly the aggravating measures connectec « ereiXeVv
8 PF° J pendently, and without benefit of 'yhlc.h these men are recruited.
with rationing food, gasoline and other every day items fJ r b h tv 1 a n ? an
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SO1 government subsidy, I have com- the directive to the local recruit-
a committee of er stated-
that effect our lives have been accepted, maybe not fertility and an increase m ser. •
1OUS soil erosion, then present 1m-
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EmDhasis was placed on the
cheerfully, but as necessary.
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one to investigate this new theory
^mpnasis
plements must be used and others I * agriculture.
opportunity offered in this field
As Judge Crawford pointed out, it is not the war lm-ee^uantitieq nt v r - P° Fa t l Eor distance: Harry Farmer of P ° men °* draft ages. Those who
innh^anf Bellview tells oi hla experience f an Pass the Eddy test, which de-
time inconveniences that we mind, but the danger that ¡ ¡ 2 into thn
the
soil
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several years ago with a heavy K®nnines whether an applicant
many of them will be continued long after the war
of sod land. His lack of ade-
aptitude for such training,
Such measures as are now administered by the gov­ V nther Mature in the /ereoto j-iq piece
u ate polwing equipment made w . be 8*ven a directed letter
^lotriGr ¿Nature. xn tne forests, io I • .
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« I assieooieot to thp N mw
ernment over business could be easily continued, as the ■
the tieirie oezi »lee»
it necessary for him to use a disc
10 me wavy, which
the
fields
and
along
the
fence
L
in
preparation
of
W1,l be made effective upon their
organizations are set up and certainly the history of rows adjoining cultivated crops, X T t e d tor com T te iSd w m sJ a appearance
at the Eduction Cen-
government is that once such controls are established, nature
provides
bountifully
for
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It
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profuse growth. Nature deposits Iheavy .that later
was that no one of draft out age hnu/ev.r
will be
even from emergency reasons, they are often continued. all of her refuse on the surface.) £rac lcle imP°sslbihty. The re- given the g ddy test unje88 ut, h. .
In this democracy, it has been the custom to get along It overlies and mingles with the sult was an unusually large corn
unless he has
, overnes ana mingles with the
timers tell of hackine Passed his pre-induction physical
roots m what may be term- ’
° _ “ mers ten oi nacKing exarnination
with as little government as possible, but of late years, plant
the federal government has been growing stronger and ed on Organic Matter Profile. 0 es m the. incomPletely turned Seventeen-year-olds and m m
the author has observ- ?od oi viriin prairies, throwing K etween
a„es qJ
stronger and more remote from each individual until as Oftentimes
ed that cultivated crops in a well “
and harvest' inclusive, can be enlisted as rad^
a matter of fact, we as individuals have little to say tilled field are unthrifty and “ *•
yieias.
trainees im m ediatelv .mnn
¿heat iaVmer' Irom P“ !tag »' lhe Eddy
about our government. Many of these regulations and show the need ot water,
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controls, centered in Washington, have been necessary, ; ^ c e T o i h " V . rs
as our civilization has become more complex, for we ance and show no sign of drought wheat was generally greener and voiuntarv jndu-tp_ u„ :
n
In a comparison of the soil, the ^ 2
3 W3g° n whee 1 ed T a seaman nrst cla s^ tw n
certainly cannot live and be loosely controlled by the earth
around the roots of the I lf ack-
the ilfSt and second steps up the ladder from the mu-
government as we were fifty or even twenty years ago. cultivated plants has been light stones the immense quantity of j startjne Dlace of m nrmt
With the end of the war, every effort should be made and powdery, but the earth along or«anic material was the d eter-'aI 8tarting Place ° f a™rent.ce
to have the government retire into the background, and the fence row, dark and moist. m*n*n8 factor. In the last, com
secret of these two extremes Pactness was the key.
again take up life “in the American way” as we knew The
If you are interested in this
lies largely in three factors.
in pre-war days. It is the concern of every individual.
First, partially decompo s e d I subject further discussion will
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Lenten Meditation
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’ixo mans me can rise xuguer
tnan uie unngs tie loves ana me
mings lor wmen ne lives.”
m ere is a line uenien sermon
in mat line oi Dr. upper man s.
only as we as inaiviauais ana as
a nation set our lueais nign can
we nope lor victory over tne
mats oi liie.
li we iove the great things in
among an peoples, nonest worn,
uone in me spirit oi service, 11
we live by a coue oi honor, giv­
ing our word careiuily ana Keep­
ing it precisely then we can rise
in me neignts wnere we want to
uweil. We cannot rise li we put
seinsnness beiore seiilessne s s,
personal prejudice beiore broth­
erly iove.
tfe cannot rise to the heights
alone. We cannot seek good lor
ourselves alone. We have learned
this anew in these days when war
vegetable material holds water ^°dow. What are your experi-
has forced cooperation upon us. I volumetrically. That is, the cellu- ences’ Sit down and write to me
came across a line wnicn beauti- lar structure holds water within a letter about them, whether or
lully expressed it; “Rationing has itself— as if it were a container. no* tbey bear out Faulkner’s
In mineral soils, in which there theories. We need to know the
taught me line lesson that some­
one must live beside yourseli.' is little of this vegetable or organ-1 truth,
We say that the thing we crave ic material, the water, of necess
for ourselves is an opportunity ity, must cling solely to the out­
io progress lor ourselves, we must side surfaces of the soil particles.
open me way to others. To have An abundance of this stored wat­
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opportunities lor ourselves, all er in the root zone of highly or- I
ganic soil is like money in the
The pupils all received free
men must have them.
In order to achieve the ends we bank to the adjacent plant grow- samples of soap, and also “Wash
desire we need wisdom to act th. And this water, contained Up” Charts on which to keep a
justly, kindness to deal merciful­ within the cellular structure of record of their health habits,
ly, understanding to deal with decomposing vegetable material, They are also trying to get the
our brothers as we would be dealt is rich in the plant foods neces- habit of drinking milk every day
and are keeping records on a
with, valour to fight cruelty and sary to plant growth.
Second, in the plowed field, chart,
prejudice, generosity of spirit to
the mass of vegetable material
In the Art Class the pupils are
love our brothers as ourself.
In the Rowan County News, which was left on top of the soil making little wooly lambs,
The fourth graders are learning
there was recently printed a after the preceding year’s harvest
prayer by Mary Stewart in which is now residing eight or nine how to multiply and divide by 7.
inches deep at the foot of the 8, and 9.
we should all join:
plowsole.
This material acts as a
The pupils are donating to the |
Keep us, O God, from pettiness;
let us be larger in thought, piece of blotting paper and dis- Red Cross Drive. So far, they
courages the further rise of the have contributed $2.16.
in words, in deed.
water to the root zone.
In Language Class the pupils
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