SOUTHERN OREGON MINER. THURSDAY PECFMBI R 17. i94<
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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!
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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
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polciy
This is not the first time that such charges have been made. In tact,
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I construction w hich huve te e n t e - .
A lurgc group of young people
of any but essential expenditures. It the lawma
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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
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. 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
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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
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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<naa w hich otherw ise they
w ill offer em ploym ent o p p o rtu n i could not have had. The young
out to establish a new altitude record.
folks feel that C h ris tm a i w
ill
to I many
people, n not
only i in
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Some authorities attribute the increase to the breakup of hasty war I ties
the manufacture, construction und 1 mt’un rno,c 1° them jccbum ■"
marriages. But only one marital expert could offer a sure cure for di installation of the added plant, contributed this b it to the huppl-
but also in the maintenance und n<’>,s
those who are shut in »11
vorce. Said he, "Stop marriages ”.
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operation of a continuously im homes.
I vice, (6) tw o-w ay com m unication proving and expanding servlet
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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
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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
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dynam
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und
forw
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and fu rth e r use o f radio facilities, - - - - - -
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„ 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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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| fnvestm ent throughout the Paci- tio n Apparatus 1 ^ lud‘n^ , n tR Forces November 12, 1942.
te considerably less than the amount estimated.
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Phone Company
Plans Program of
Improved Facilities
I)r. H’lrvey W<M>ds to
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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.
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’ $22,000,000;
22'000'000' T o ll Equipm
q - P ent ■
m d Ljn<?s $12 000,000; General
"O ur imm ediate task in which £
entitled to his own personal views on our foreign affairs. But so long
L t. Commander and Mrs. C. W
C hattin Jr. of Berkeley, C a lifo r
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nt> $4,000,000
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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,
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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-
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o f m anual equipm ent by d ia l, (5) fic N orthw est is a p a rt of our
exwnslwn
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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
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not only excluded physical contact with other peoples but any inter
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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
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learned the necessity of good will toward others.
The desire to fulfill their "destiny” led them step by step to commit
acts of increasing treachery and violence. Finally, Pearl Harbor brought
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the full wrath and might of the western world upon them.
Now the Japs have been brought to their knees. America holds the
power to crush them as a nation. But that very power poses as grave
responsibility. To crush them would serve no purpose. We must reedu
cate them so as to counteract the effects of their long abnormal nation
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ions.
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necessity for giwid health.
How thorough and perisitent we are in this program of reeducation
will greatly affect future world peace. We must do the job well.
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$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
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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.
Congress must not permit itself to be bullied or tricked into approval
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