SOUTHERN OREGON MINER, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER i. 1945
Misses and Children's warm
Gregory Giles, .who did precision tooling on Bags, was welcomed 1 I hut is true education. If we
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the Adams Auto Repair. It he is missing from Ins old haunts, w orlJ
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p, o . Marshall-Wells Store, on the
it is because he is putting in his spare time bringing his mother’s kitch- blenis that have so long troubled Plasa. Phone 21231.
Published Every Thursday at 167 Main Street, Ashland, Oregon
en up to date, utilizing the practical pointers he picked up away from mankind. If we could learn to
1 control circumstances, and act in
home.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
tdhgcntly, we could bring our ac
In the County Court of the
Carryl H. & Marion C. Wines, Editors-Publishers
Shipbuilder Smith’s large family has returned from California to bus cum ulated knowledge to the solu
State of Oregon For the County
the Oklahoma "80” upon which Ins heart has long been set, while tion of our problems. If we could of Jackson.
Entered as second-class mall matter In the post office at Ash
Hired Men Harris, now boasting a bank account, is back on the farm, be honorable in ull our dealings
In the Mutter of the Estate of
land, Oregon, February 15, 1935, under the act of Congress
with men of all classes, creed,
applying assembly-line methods to good effect.
of March 3, 1879.
or color, and treat with common ELLIS SAMUEL U f tin U E it,
In thousands of instances, these "minute men," their emergency sense those individuals w i t h Deceased.
The undersigned having been
employment ended, are returning to the Old Home Town to step into whom W'e disagree as individuals, appointed by the above entitled
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there could be no dissension or
their former jobs or to till new ones that have sprung up during th e ir1 g ,Oup hatreds to stir up the luna v ourt ot the Slate 01 Oregon, lor
General Marshall’s final report on the war, his peace proposals for absence. And ach is giveing generously of the knowledge acquired | tic fringe, no prejudice to ham- the County aforesaid, A dm inistra
trix of the Estate ot ELLIS SAM
per justice.
military preparedness, and his grim warning of "prepare or perish," through rubbing shoulders with the outside world.
Only us we educate toward this UEL LININGEit deceused, uml
should be "required" reading for every American. It calls attention to
—Christian Science Monitor
ideal the youth, not only of our huving qualified, notice is hereby
the development of 6oo-mile-an-hour planes, 50,000 pound bombs, and
nation but the yyouth of the world given to the creditors of, und all
persons huving claims against
been held on his specific propo can we bring peace to earth and said deceased, to present them,
finally the ultimate in destructive power, the atom bomb. It there should
establish the principles of free
sals.
be another war, the enemy will attack with "supersonic" speed. Never
verified as required by law, w ith
Had Mr. Trum an waited until dom and fair play for ull people. in six months ufter the first pub
again wil Idistance protect this country from attack. Never again will
his proposal had been studied Unless we do this the world will lication of this notice to said
and considered by Congress, and rem ain a prey to war and to office of BRIGGS & BRIGGS,
this country have years to construct defenses after war starts. Our fat
then came to Congress with his the ambitions of self-seeking des attorneys, Pioneer Building, Ash
may be decided in days, hours, even minutes.
argum ents for the bill and his r e - 1 pots who will arise from the land, Oregon.
The cynics and the philosophers who think that the world will al
quest, as President, that it be pas ashes of bitter strife.
BY HARRIS ELLSWORTH
OLIVE V. LININGER, Adm in
The tusk is long and it is not istratrix of the Estate of ELLIS
sed,
his effort would have been
ways be afflicted w'ith war because war is part'of normal human behav
Representative In Congress
much better received. At present, easy but the end is worth all it SAMUEL LININGER, deceased.
ior, should study Marshall’s report. If the horrorit depicts is normal,
from Oregon
I believe Members of Congress may cost. Education for good, ed
Dated October 18, 1945.
then why bother with the claptrap of schools, universities, churches,
are not quite certain w hat was ucation in understanding is the BRIGGS «V BRIGGS, PIONEER
"higher education” and all the paraphernalia of what we are pleased
At long last, the House Public asked, nor has sentim ent in Con long but the only way out.
BUILDING, ASHLAND, ORE.
to call civilization? Why drape distinguished personages of superior Lands Committee this week v ot gress formed solidly behind the NulMicribc for The Miner today. 10 18 4t.
President's program.
mentality in caps and gowns? Why send them out with little gold keys ed to report favorably my bill, H.
R. 2593. The purpose of this bill
and Greek letter badges hanging from their vests advertising their in is to settle a dispute of years
tellectual capacities to advise and teach the rest of us? Why send them standing between the D epart
to international conferences where they join in the gibberish of "diplo ment of the Interior and the De
partm ent of Agriculture as to the
macy,” while the rest of us stand around awed by portentous stage legal status of certain forest lands
settings? Why go through all this rigmarole if war and total destruc Being legally a part of the ori
By Ruth Taylor
ginal O & C grant, the O & C
Sometimes we are so busy talk
tion are inevitable at the end of the play?
Adm inistration in the D epart ing about the value of education,
Something is wrong somewhere. Normal people are kindly. They m ent of the Interior has consi
that we don’t stop to consider
don’t want to fight and kill. Different languages, different flags, dif dered these 460,000 acres as a that education is a two-edged
part of the O & C lands. Since
ferent habits— these things are superficial. War comes because the lead they were unsurveyed at the time sword. It can be used both for
and against.
ers of groups and the leaders of nations fail to measure up to the re the National Forest boundaries
Read any of the crop of books
sponsibilities imposed upon them. So-called mad men never commit were set, the Forest Service in about Germany and Japan and
cluded the same lands in the
the world to war until a condition is established by supposedly sane Forest eserve. My bill, when pas you will see that however much
their authors disagree on conclu
men that creates a following for mad men.
sed, will make the lands in dis sions and recommendations, they
We want to express our thanks to our
Are we capable om understanding the implications of General Mar pute a part of the O & C area.
all agree on one thing - that the
One
section
of
the
above
m
en
Nazis and their counterparts in
shall’s words, or will we allow the perversion of science and higher edu
friends in Ashland for the many
tioned bill is extrem ely im port Japan educated Germany and
cation to destroy mankind?
ant to those who are interested in Japan for war.
years’ patronage of our bakery. It is
prospecting and mining. It pro
That is how all dictatorships
vides that all of the lands in the succeed - they educate against.
our sincere hope that you will con
O & C Adm inistration shall be The first object of all education
tinue to be as loyal to the new owners
"open to exploration, location,
After an extensive study of the subject of postwar price control, the entry and disposition under the is to train citizens. If these citi
in the future as you have been in the
zens can be molded into a tight
Brookings Institution has issued a detailed analysis which concludes m ineral land laws of the United mass by ingraining false ideas,
past. We plan to continue to make our
States, and all m ineral claims
with the blunt statement th a t, "Beyond the setting of initial prices for heretofore located upon s a i d by teaching hatred instead of
home here in Ashland among our
products whose manufacture was suspended during the war, the con lands, if otherwise valid under friendships, by showing only one
side of a picture, they become so
tinuation of price control is impracticable. W ithout wage stabiliza the m ineral land laws, are hereby cohesive that they can be swayed
declared valid to the same extent and used as one at the beck and
tion and without rationing, the OPA is not in any case in a position to
as if such lands had rem ained
hold the price line. And the process of continuously reviewing and re open to exploration, location, e n calll of the creator of their minds.
In democracy it is the other
adjusting a multitude of prices to meet the needs of a rapidly changing try and disposition under such way. We deliberately take the
laws
from
August
28,
1937
to
the
stand of disputing all facts until
situation, would be so time-consuming that the expansion of produc
date of enactm ent of this Act”. they can be proven by the indivi
tion and employment would inevitably be retarded.”
This section of the bill takes dual. Our children learn to think
This is not the opinion of a prejudiced pressure group. It is the con the place of a separate bill which for themselves - which is excel
sidered judgment of a group of qualified research specialists. It indicates I had previously introduced for lent if they have some standard
the same purpose.
by which to m easure the value of
that whether the country so desires or not, price control w’ill have to
A third section of the bill, their own thoughts.
be abandoned. Either that, or an airtight dictatorship will have to be which will greatly improve the
Socrates said, "Whom, then, do
established to buttress price control. If price control is abandoned in adm inistrative situation with re I call educated? First, those who
spect to both O & C and Forest control circumstances instead of
favor of allowing natural laws of supply and demand to govern price
Service lands is that the checker-1 being m astered by them; those
fluctuations in a free market, it will be an encouraging indication that board pattern of ownership will who meet all occasions manfully
the United States intends to preserve representative government and be elim inated by exchanges be and act in accordance with in
tw een the Forest Service and the telligent thinking; those who are
political liberty of the people even at the sacrifice of a measure of so-
O & C Administration.
honorable in all dealings, \Vho
called economic security. The reward is well worth the risk.
This bill is a little too techni tre a t good-naturedly persons and
Certainly the history of the free market in this country gives reason cal to be described in a general things that are disagreeable; and
for confidence. Under it, we have witnessed the development of an letter, but I shall be glad to ans furtherm ore, those who hold their
wer any inquiries concerning it. pleasures under control and are
amazingly efficient mass production and distribution system. Every
The airport construction bill, re not overcome by misfortune; fin
manufacturer, every retailer is a part of the system. Successful, whether cently passed by the House, calls ally those who are not spoiled by
they are chain or independent, hunt for ways to reduce prices because for the expenditure of $650,000,- success.”
00 Oto be spent on airports. By a
they know that low prices promote volume and volume is the heart of margin of only eight votes, the
House refused to give the states
modern trade.
any authority in working out the
program. If the bill is finally
passed by both houses in this
form, we will see once more the
Fire Prevention Week is over, but the awful drama of fire destruc spectacle of neighboring commu
tion and how it can be avoided, which was paraded before the eyes of the nities battling with each other for
federal grants and aid. W ashing
public within the space of seven days, should not be forgotten.
ton will be headquarters, and fin
It is hard to conceive of a home being destroyed by fire every four al decisions will be made here.
In passing a similiar bill, how
minutes. And yet that was one of the brutal facts that received banner
ever,
the Senate included a provi
publicity during Fire Prevention Week—every four minutes, some
sion giving the various state avia
where in the United States a family loses its most precious possessions. tion authorities responsibility in
It is lucky if some of its members, too, are not lost. Thousands of per the airport program. The differ
sons are burned to death every year. Why can’t these fires be prevented? ences in the House and Senate
bills will be worked out in con
W hat causes thm?e
ference, and I am hopeful that
They could be prevented. The reasons for most of them are tragical the state control principle will be
Thousands of men are now enl'siinj
ly simple. Smoking and matches are the first cause of fire. Faulty included in the final draft of the in the Regular Army. Join now. and
bill.
SEE THE JOB THROUGH'
electric wiring runs a close second. Sparks on combustible roofs rank
Apparently the timing of Pre
third. After that come defective chimneys, defective heating equip sident Trum an’s message to Con C H O O A S N E D Y O O U V R E R B S R E A A S N C T H H E O A F T S E E R flV lC C
ment, rubbish 3nd spontaneous combustion; lightning and inflammable gress on the subject of m ilitary Travel • Education • Security • Career
training was very bad. Although
Fo r fu ll in fo rm a tio n e.1.1 a2
liquids are also among the prominent causes of fire.
a num ber of m ilitary training w. s. a r m y R E C R U IT IN G O . , i Z Z
No fire department can completely against these hazards. When a bills have previously been intro
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cigarette or a match is discarded, a fire prevention expert cannot be duced, a bill embodying all of
the President’s recommendations
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there to see that fire does not ensue. No, such simple precautions are has not yet been considered in
Medford. Oregon
up to the individual. And until millions of iindividuals decide to do committee, nor have hearings
something about the menace of fire, the horror of an annual fire loss
in life and property wil Icontinue to be with us.
Even as these words are being written, fire is destroying a home
somewhere in these forty-eight states!
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
“Civilization,” A World Menace
Letter From
Washington
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Education FOR
Not AGAINST
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You
Well Worth The Risk
friends.
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W hat has become of the millions of war workers in plane plants,
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Rosie the riveter is once more behind the counter at Slocum’s dry
goods store, quietly putting into practice a few of the merchandising
ideas she gained while shopping in the crowded war-production center.
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