S outhern tíre g o n News Review, T h u rs, M arch tí, UM7
la u ra n ts, rest cam ps, and furnished en te rta in m e n t and
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diversion to th o u san d s and th ousands of soldiers op< i
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ated a t a loss. In cases w here it was necessary to charge
lo
r food or room s the ch arg e was fig u red as being “at
|*ubhsheti every Thursday by
cost".
THE SISKIYOU PUBLISHING COMPANY
Asiüaud, Oregon
167 East Main Street
In Kunm ing, C hina th e Red C ross o p erated a hotel
Carryl H. Wines and Wendell D. Lawrence, Publishers
and dining room. The dining room was the only place
in the en tire city w here one could obtain a civilian meal
WENDELL LAWRENCE. Editor
w ithout d a n g er of cholera. A com plete five course d in ­
Entered as second-class mail matter in the post office at Ash­
ner could be had fo r 65c there. In the city one could take
land, Oregon, February 15, 1935, under the act of Congress of
lone’s chances w ith cholera, plague, typhoid, d y sen tery ,
March 3, 1879.
and 14 unnam ed A siatic diseases at a price th a t ranged
from $2.50 gold to $12.00 gold. Yet m any w ere the
scream s of both o fficers and enlisted men at having to
GIFT HORSES
Ever since time immemorial members of the human pay 65c for a m eal at th e Red C ross club. It should have
race have been looking gift horses in the mouth. This been free, according to th e ir lights.
universal practice gave a sage some matter for thought T here is a parallel to th is in th e an n u als of W orld
and he coined the phrase “Never look a gift horse in the W ar 1. The YMCA .which operateil a system much like
mouth”. It was common sense advice, but it always has the Red Cross in th is last fiasco, cam e out of P e rsh in g ’s
failed to prevent the receipient of a gift horse from w ar w ith one of the biggest black eyes any c h arita b le
looking into the horse's mouth.
organization ever had to sport. The YMCA had q u ite
This week the Red Cross begins its annual campaign a stru g g le to get rid of th at mouse, and when W orld
for funds to carry on its world scattered projects of re­ W ar II came along th e YMCA d irec to rs w ere happy to
habilitation and reconstruction of war torn areas, as­ let the Red C ross handle overseas in stallatio n s, com ­
sistance and aid to American soldiers, and relief in pletely.
times of emergency.
It all comes back to the basic fact th at rarely indivi
During the past war the Red Cross was considered duals really a p p re c ia te th at which is given to them .
by a large vociferous group of GI’s as a gift horse, and People prefer and like b e tte r those t d igs for which
the mouth of the horse was opened for a look-see, time they work and pay.
After time. Evidently what many of the GI's saw there Yet despite th e fact th a t indivi Inals continue to look '
didn’t please them. For many and loud were the GI into the m outh of th e g ift horse known as Red C ross
complaints about the Red Cross.
and continue to s ta te in loud voices th a t th ey a re un-;
Yet in 50 per cent of the cases where complaints happy about th e th in g s which they claim to find there,
were being made the complainee w as usually one of the th e Red C ross does do a job. an im p o rtan t job. though
off duty lounge lizards w’ho spent his off duty hours often a th an k less one.
wearing out the seat of his pants on soft Red Cross A lthough th e sh o o tin g is over th e A m erican A rm y
cushions in the Burra Club or some other Red Cross is still spread over a m ajo r portion of th e w orlds s u r ­
installation.
face, and the Red C ross is the m ajo r fac to r in provid­
In the other 50 per cent of the cases the individual ing diversion, en te rta in m e n t, ami relax atio n for the
who complained was the type who had never gone near G I’s who are still overseas.
a Red Cross installation except once, and that was the The Red C ross is also back in full sw ing as a m ajo r
time when on a big drunk in Calcutta he ran out of force in helping to reh a b ilitate Europe. And here on the
money and stopped at the Red Cross to borrow enough home front th e Red C ross is again in operation as an
to complete his orgy, after he got turned down he reit­ em ergency d is a s te r corps, ready to aid any portion of
erated by spreading all the slander and gossip he could the co u n try should d isa ste r strik e.
about the Red Cross.
The Red C ross drive begins th is week. We feel, a fte r
It was the same old case of the gift horse not being having seen th e Red C ross in action th ro u g h o u t fully
quite as nice as a horse bought and paid for in the mar­ one h a lf of th e w orld th a t the w ork it does, and has
ket. The Red Cross which in the various Theaters of done, is im p o rtan t. Some one agency m ust and should
War operated canteens, recreation rooms, hotels, rest- do th is type of w ork. If not the Red C ross w h at o r who
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'w ill do relief work in the strick en areas. If not the Red
v m ss, w hat and who will fu rn ish e n te rta in m e n t and re­
ci eau o n to the m em bers of our Armed Forces who are
in th e occupation zones.
M em bership to the Red C ross is still $1.00. The rise
in the cost of living J ia s n ’t reached th e m em bership
rolls of th e Red C ross. I t ’s a d o llar well spent, even
though it does go to feed a g ift horse.
LOOKING FOH
Bargains
T a k e a S q u in t at the«»
Coronado Home Freeier.
Table Modol Radio Phono
Save« Food, «ave« labor. E-
qraph Combination. Design
quals two larqe locker« In
ed for radio phono uie .thus
locker plant.
will qive maximum perfor­
mance at all time«.
And Boy«' Bicycle«. Hiawatha DeLuxe Model
Western Auto Supply Co.
Phone 4521
Ashland
70 East Main
From where I sit... //J o e Marsh
A Definition
of Our Town
Sumelxiili (lelincd nur town ills!
the other day ax “A place where
the people talk about von behind
your back, and rome to wall on
you when you're sick.”
I’ve got to admit there’ k u im i
thing to it. A lot o f our folks m
inclined to be pretty outspoke
and quick to criticize
. . even
about little things like a woman
hat, or a man’s preference foi ;■
glass of beer, oi the coloi of c
Hartman’s new barn.
i - i l l l r l s m are
I ilk- heeomc
forgotten . . . and
n -Ijhhorly and help-
tut, like lliei real I. i air.
From where 1 it, crltlciam
•»•ver ilid nun li lianii to anybody,
o lo n g ii f o lk s d o n ’t le t it guide
lie n a c tio n - . . . so lung un they
i-spei i o u t
in d iv id u a l
prefer-
nees w h c th e i th e y apply to hats
■ -I beet Thai - the way it is in our
vii nnywns and I hope that it'»
nine in yours.
&
But when anyone's in trouble,
those differences and point-. .
• , t > h l h > /» /« /«»'/% h i i i t i J a i i o n
Monument» and marker«. Sea
Burna Memoriale. On the Plast.
ADMISSION:
Students 36c, tax 9c - 45c
Cut Me Out
and
Adult« 46c, tax 9c - 55c
Htm g Me Up
Children 13c, tax 3 - 16c
Chiropractic..
Health Clinic
30« N. Main
Phone 4371
Ashland
Phone Ashland 3761
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