SOUTHERN OREGON MINER. THURSDAY PECFMBI R 17. i94< , SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Published Every Thursday at 167 Main Street. Ashland, Oregun Oarryl H. & Marion C. Wines, Editors-Publishers ■atered as second-class mall matter In the post office at Ash- Mad. Ore*un. February IS, 1M6, under the act of Congress 1 March S, 1879. ALASKA— 49TH STATE? N o since February 14, 1912, when Arizona became the 48th state in the Union, has there been an addition to the family of states. Now the question is being asked: W ill Alaska become state number 49? There is a bill in Congress to give her that status. A congressional investigating committee has indicated, however, that Alaska has not attained sufficient economic stability and political matur­ ity to qualify for statehood. President Truman and Secretary of the In terior I ekes disagree with this conclusion. We don’t propose to argue the question but if Alaska is not ready for full membership in the Union for economic reasons it is argelv the fault of the United States. There has been too much exploitation of Alaskan resources and too little effort toward helping that territory build itself up on a perman­ ent basis. Too many American business concerns and individuals have made a practise of grabbing as much as they can in Alaska and leaving as little as possible. The Federal Government’s tendency to treat that area as a step child has not helped much either. Alaska is much more than a frozen wilderness. There is extensive acreage of fertile land that is wonderfully productive in the summer. Be­ ing situated on the shortest route to the Orient, Alaska has great possi bilities as an air center in the coming age of flight. After serving an apprenticeship for more than three quarters of a cen­ tury Alaska is at least morally entitled to statehood if she wants it. Bu she is entitled to something more: a square deal from American business and government— and she certainly wants that! ★ ★ "A GENERAL HURLEY’S CHARGES It is to be hoped sincerely that the bomb which Major General Patrick Hurley set o ff when he resigned as ambassador to China wil Iservc to blast out of existence the system of sabotage which he charges is car­ ried on against America’s declared foreign policy by "professional car­ eer men” of the State Department who are not in agreement with that M* . polciy This is not the first time that such charges have been made. In tact, . , • I construction w hich huve te e n t e - . A lurgc group of young people of any but essential expenditures. It the lawma I veloped during the w ar period from the Preabytei iun, Congrega­ and resist the pressure groups it is more likely that our 1947 budget will wdJ f(rom their practical applica­ tional und M ethodial Chun, lien tion, expend the field of telep went caroling at the homes of i« time bony to the benefit of the user 'shut-ins’ on last Sunday evening Expenses stemming from the war cannot lx a • . t„ un vxU.|it never before ex xper- fo llo w in g the evening services. that „ other government costs be held to the low est possible minimum. A icncvd The Tbe telephone induNtry Rev. and Mrs. George Shuman of __ „ __ ___ __________ | ienced. telephone itul $ ,0 billion budget in 1947 would probebly increase our notional debt , scintillates with new develop­ Ihe Presbyterian Church, Dr. and ments und im proved m anufactur­ Mrs G W Bruce of Ihe M ethodist $20 billion. ing processes w hich w ill bring Church accompanied the groups Even a nation as wealthy as ours has its financial limits. And will, about continuous Im provem ent of as sponsors. A t the close of Hie our debt approaching $.,00 billion we’re pushing that limit band right a service that w ill out standingly caroling period they gathered n L contribute to the progress und the Plaza Cafe for hot drinks a n d * now. 1 the w ell-being of the entire I ’uei- c h ili. In trucks und passenger ears they were transported ull fice Coast and our great N ation "T o do a ll the things that we ,,u' " f A ahbnd , an,¡ SURE CURE. tnuny homes received a touch of have in m ind w ill take men, mat The divorce rate in America is zooming upward like a pursuit plane •ria ls and money. The program Christ,s those who are shut in »11 vorce. Said he, "Stop marriages ”. __ operation of a continuously im homes. I vice, (6) tw o-w ay com m unication proving and expanding servlet — wel ___ Auto K ing Spark Plug» and eagerly ___ look ________ forw ard to 1 telephone service to conneect We com ing home our more than 3,500 , M otor O il at M arshall Wall« Store m otor vehicles, boats o f ull kinds I . . . Plasa. DUnn. Phono 5.1111 2-1231. . . __D on the and trains w ith any other tele­ employees now in the armed H. V. Simpson, manager of the phone. (7) strengthening o f the forces - th a n k fu l we are that more West Coast Lum berm an’s Asso­ than 1.900 are already buck w ith to ll and long distance netw ork, ciation spent the Christm as h o li­ including provision fo r television us - to help us in our great under­ days w ith his parents, Mr. und taking - a dynam ic und forw ard and fu rth e r use o f radio facilities, - - - - - - ----------- , . . . „ rt„ „ , and (8) many other projects to I looking program w hich cun be Mrs. T. II. Simpson. He came in A n expenditure of $400,000.000 1‘ service im provem ents and | “ ^ o m p h s h e i^ through earnings from Seattle, where he has*his fo r new construction over ,a 2 iVe' extension of services, inclusive of ‘ hut are sufficie n t to attract the headquarters. Mrs. Simpson v is it­ year period was announced Tues- vision of equipm ent fo r nation tremendous sums of new capital ed in Spokane, w ith her m other I and tw o brothers, Just returned day by N. R Powley, president of £ ator d iuling on to ll and I needed." from overseas. The Pacific Telephone and T e le -; distanve calls and subscriber “ ; Monuments and markars. 800 graph Com pany according ‘ o of such calls, in areas Burns Memorials. On the Plata. w ord received by R. B. Hammond w her/ apphcable. „ ________ manager. In announcing this un- „ s te p p .ng across the threshold precedented program , M r. Powley M ajor Harvey Woods, who has of a new era of tremendous e x ­ state: pansion as we did in the la tte r been medical o ffice r at the station “ H aving done its biggest and months of 1945, the year 1946. as hospital at Merced, C alifornia, DR. K. N. TERRILL most im p o rta n t job throughout we now visualize it, w ill record has returned to Ashland and w ill the w a r years, o u r company fo l­ an a ll-tim e high expenditure of resume his practice here as a p h y ­ C h iro p ractic Physician lo w in g V -J Day, turned to do the upwards of $90,000,000 fo r new sician and surgeon. He has receiv- biggest and most im portant peace­ construction, w hich, together w ith cd his discharge at M cClellan Specialixinq in the N on-Con­ tim e Job in its history. O f funda­ plant and m aterials reused, w ill Field, C alifornia, fining T reatm en t of m ental significance to every city, result in gross p lant additions H em orrhoid* (Pile») D uring much of the tim e Dr. tow n, villa g e and ham let through­ fo r the year of w e ll over $100,000- Woods was at Merced, Mrs Woods Office Phone «371 out the P acific Coast ,our post­ and the tw o boys were w ith him, 000. w ar program is the largest we but she and the boys returned to L ith is Hotel Building “ T his expenditure is more than have ever undertaken fo r any double the estimated 1945 gross Ashland in September, so that the Ashland. Oregon s im ila r period and i t w ill necess­ plant additions o f $50,000,000 and boys m ight be placed in school a r ily require e xtra o rd in a ry a- includes the fo llo w in g sizable here. They are at th e ir form er m ounts o mounts 01 f new capital. cupiuu. The mt- con- »he sum m ation o f this program w ill sums fo r the m ajor ‘ terns o f th t home on G ranite street. Dr. Woods practiced in Ashland Ä Ä Ä ? V 7 Ä s u i a num ber of years before becom­ our t"o'tTpl."„"t , iioo Equipment. »2t.tW.000; S t. ing a member of the A rm y A ir NEW MATTKENMEM | fnvestm ent throughout the Paci- tio n Apparatus 1 ^ lud‘n^ , n tR Forces November 12, 1942. te considerably less than the amount estimated. . . iw. J hut it Phone Company Plans Program of Improved Facilities I)r. H’lrvey Wds to «1... Resume Practice Here there has long been evidence of serious friction within the Department I f,c Coast to more than a billion .e.^P ^ V o n o 000 Toll Equipment , .. I Lines, Every members of the State Department, as an American citizen, is dollars. — Llfte8’ ’ $22,000,000; 22'000'000' T o ll Equipm q - P ent ■ m d Ljn $4,000,000 ---------------------------------------- -------- nia, are in Ashland and spent the nnH ortakina these huge ex- Christmas holidays at the parent- activities al C h a ttin home on H aigadine real strides are being made is to as he is employed to carry out the policy laid down by our Government give service to a ll who w ant it brogd f i d d ’jof construction he should adhere to it both in letter and in spirit. If he conscientiously and to restore and to take to ne's heights our prew ar ser\ ic TheS(? inc,ude the corr,pietion feels that he cannot do this he should resign. m arching fo rw a rd w ith the P b u ild in g projects, The appointment of General Marshall as a temporary successor to fic Coast, our program c o n te m - M more than 70 X . . «i<»n m /r e th a n 200.000 c irc u it fu rth e r Monument» and n o f more than 200,000 c irc u it Monument« and marker». See of staff enjoys. But he will not have any better success in carrying out the w a r period, w hich our plant tio miles of to ll and long distance I Burn« Memorial«. On the P la it his mission than did General Hurley if subordinate American officials and service require. The execu- netw ork, bringing this netw ork to~ are allowed co counteract his efforts. The entire situation should be given a complete airing and appropriate corrective action should follow, letting the heads fall where they may. In these days when the welfare of America is so closely linked to the proper conduct of our foreign affairs we simply cannot tolerate con­ X a isd d Z n d e ° n t X w e ^ Pu " - tinued confusion and conflict within the State Department. RE-EDUCATING JAPAN The American occupation of Japan must succeed in two things if we are to bring that nation back into the family of nations as a peaceful and useful member. First: All Japanese guilty of war crimes must be tried end given adequate pun.hment. Second: The Jap, m u,, be eduea,. ed into the appreciation of peace and the valu of sincere international REED’S MATTRESS CO. 93 N. Main Ph. 6271 Ashland, Oregon 1,800,¿00 miles - a fiv e - 5 , the flo w of available man- fold increase since the power, m aterials, money and t h e , H arbor days. m a jo r high l.gh^ fevel of business conditions. , r f t t e program ‘ h - . a r t _ in "A m ong the m any im portan phases of this program are ( ) provision of p lant R row th, (2) replacem ent of p la n t to eh- m inate the tem porary w ar e pe- dients, (3) im provem ent of custo- NEW BOX SPKINOS WHILE THEY I.AST street. Commander C hattin served as senior Radar O ffice r on the battleship Indiana, and is now on g ,)0 Jay General Hurley may create a favorable psychological effect in our re­ plates the restoration rapi y 270.000 new w ill be reassigned fo r as possible o f the fundam ental es-| ^ X l iffTce hnes and the addi- duty w ith the navy lations with China because of the great prestige which the former chief sentials, FACTOKY TO YOt) 01.1» MATTRESSES MADE LIKE NEW project jn C a lifo rn ia , between the £ olorado R ivcr and IjOS Angeles, of our part of a nation-w ide svs- Qf coaxia, cab!es w h ich w ill { m jt television programs as telephone messages. Ex- X n « 5 , c a b ,. ,o the P a c o f m anual equipm ent by d ia l, (5) fic N orthw est is a p a rt of our exwnslwn ---------- — extension allu and im provem ent of subsequent postw ar program. rural service so that thousands of “ The many telephone im prove ately supplied w ith telephone ser- ments in service, technique and cooperation. Merely to punish Japan as a nation will not accomplish much. We should realize that until Commodore Perry visited Japan in 185J the Nipponese had for centuries lived the life of a hermit nation wh.ch INVESTIGATE THIS OFFER! COMPLETE MAINTENANCE Typewriters, Adding Maehines $1.00 per month No extra charge for cleaning or over­ haul. Limited to Ashland only For Sen ice Call HOWARD ODEN SPORTING GOODS NOTICE, SPORTSMEN! not only excluded physical contact with other peoples but any inter­ Y TIME course of thought, as well. They worshipped the sun, and, believing themselves descendants of the sun goddess they actually worshipped themselves as a chosen people. When they began to associate with other nations the illusion of their own godliness led them to think that they must eventually rule the world. But like a child reaised in a social and moral vacuum they had not Having remodeled our shop, we arc now ready to rcblue all guns Factory Method. 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Everybody Can Find . . . $jo BOLLION BUDGET? Predictions are being made in the Nation’s Capital that the Federal budget for the fiscal year of i 947 -fr ATTRACTIVI IUTE R IS T R ATE 5 i? which begins next July i will call RrHN«Hfon«rtcfcaíWM8 NO b ro k e ra g e -N O commi«»!©« for an outlay of $50 billion. Although large sums must be spent during that period for veteran care and rehabilitation, for our armies of occupation, and for the inter­ est on our vast national debt, it still seems that a $jo billion budget is FIRST NATIONAL BANK too high for a peacetime year. O f course, pressure groups wh.ch plague the city on the Potomac are calling loudly for huge government outlays which they say arc neces­ sary to prevent e depression. They work incessantly for special appropn ations which, however, are aimed primarily at aiding their own self,sh interests more than in serving the public good. 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