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New s-R eview ; Thur«., Septem ber 11. 1947 SOUTHERN OREGON NEWS R EVIEW Published every Thursday by THE SISKIYOU PUBLISHING COMPANY Ashland, Oregon 167 East Main Street Carry! H. Wines and W endell D. Lawrence. Publishers WENDELL LAWRENCE. Editor Entered as second-class mail m atter in the post office at Ash land, Oregon, February 15, 1935, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. If you ask him fo r a fare to a «pot clo ser th an 500 mile« h e ’s insulted because you could have gone by bus and sh o u ld n ’t have had to b o th er him in th e f irs t place. NOTICE TO CREDITORS I verified, as re q u ired by law, Io IN C IR C U IT C OURT O F THE hei a tto rn e y s, Van D yke and STA TE O F OREGON IN AND Lom bard, Knox B uilding. Ash FOR THE COUNTY O F JA C K land, O k gun, w ith in six (6, SON PRO BA TE DEPARTM ENT 1 m onths from tin* d ate ol this In the M utter ot th e E state ot notice. N o w o n d e r p a s s e n g e r s a r e b e c o m in g a ir - m in d e d . WILEY 1.1. JONFIS, Deceased D ated and B ist p u b lish ed this Notice Is hereby given th at tin l l th day of S ep tem b er, 1947. prosper, u n s u I I I r <1 I» y I h « cloud th at th rea ten s us, we have u n d ersigned, by an O ld er of tin LYDIA M. JO N ES, too m uch g overnm ent. Mayoi C ircuit C o m , of Ru S ta le ol O re W hen you gam ier aro u n d Med six eounetlm en, p lan n in g con, ;on, for th e C ounty of Jackson E xecutrix ol th e E -tate ol Wiley II. Jones. Deceased II 9 4, Inly m ade and e n te ie d on tin 4,1. toid, w hat strik es the v isito r tlrsl i m ission, city su p e rin te n d e n t, pari day ol A ugust, 1947, was appoint is the h ea rt beat ol business and J su p erin ten d e n t p ark board, en Industry; in 1908 M edford had Milo G iu l'b . who i atten d in g a go v ern m en t foi a tow n ,, e<t A d m in istratrix of tlie estute less population than Ashland 50,(MM) — the natural grow th bj ol W iley It Jones, deceased, am linotype h a d e school in O akland, How did they forge ahead ot these overluplng groups, and cost th at she has duly q u alified a C alifornia. Is stay in g at the E J Ashland. R epresentative city gov the city a lot of unnecessary ex such ex ecu trix . Eralev hom e ol 2015 C en tral ave em inent, equal rights, equal op penses by these conflicting In All p riso n s having elalm; mie, A lam eda Mm F raley Is the portunity, the arteries leading in terests. S. S. Davies ag ain st said E state ure h e ie ln diiughtci of Mis Mabel Bai bom and out of the city, are free, ami notified to p resen t th e sam e. dul,\ / of A shland. Letters to the Editor SALES TAX T h is is a p a rtic u la rly obnoxious type of ta x which untram elled to business and in penalizes th e sm all w age earn er. No doubt Oregon dustry. needs som e m ethod of raisin g m ore money. T he s ta te Ashland on the other hand a is g row ing so fa st th a t m ore th an an a tte m p t to raise deviated to about 1942, since then we have war time Inflation, new m oney fo r g o vernm ental purposes m ust be m ade. comers new blood, Ashland op W ithout rea d in g a bit of the lite ra tu re th a t is portunity, is knocking at out p resen tly being sen t out from the s ta te h e a d q u a rte rs door. Why, is it that this city doe» not forge ahead like our sister of both groups, those opposed to th e sales tax . and city, Medford. About 1926 oui those fo r i t ; we a re w illing to go on record a s say in g representative city governm eu th a t in its basic principle th e sales ta x is an u n fa ir tax was abolished, an am endm ent ti the city charter, was voted at W itness th e ease of Jo h n T enant, sm all fa rm e r who special ..... election, this »«w gave us us h as a w ife and th ree children. He m ust buy food and cltv government of special p rh clo th ing fo r his fam ily, and equipm ent to o p e ra te his lle?es’ w,thout 'epresen tation. Abolition of equal right, farm . T hese item s a re taxed, in th e sam e am ount as and equal opportunity. th e item s bought by Mr. and Mrs. Richwell, who Our city fajhers and planning live in a m ansion and who clip coupons fo r a living. commission would do well to tear And it ta k e s a s m uch m oney if not m ore, to buy food. a book OO leaf OK. out of M edford’s strategy clothing, and necessities fo r Jo h n T en an t and his fam - There are a few little Ash ily as it does fo r Mr. and Mrs. Richwell. landers here, who are afraid of competition, and try to close the Is th is, then, a f a ir ta x ? We th in k not. ......... arteries . leading in and at Ash- T ax atio n of w ealth on a p ro g ressiv e scale is th e (h»nd; Fourth street. East Main only ty p e of ta x a tio n w hich is fair. A h ig h er oroeres- ^ oulevard> and no,th Muin* sivi* tflYflHnn j o r & ; should be open to business lieu a ve ta x a tio n on co rp o ratio n s, in d u stry , and m oneyed untram elled - eventually, whx individuals would be a b e tte r an sw er to th e p ro b lem ' not now? of "w here a re we going to g et m ore m onev ” th a n th ei Ash,and IS a municipal corp».-; q NOW AVAILABLE AT Boy’s and Men’s Western Jeans ID O u n c e R iv e t e d P o c k e t s . . . Z lp jie r F r o n t I’ll»- N l h n w i u . \ m i i liavt- p la n n e d f o r IS H 1C It I . ' i •i. . . -. i ■ lr . f u r S (’III) hi \i.u r* ' I li lx v et y du > i 'n u n In t'h'KtHc y oin p a tte rn Hee vm ii idatiH f o r lo v e ly S il v e r w a r e m in e tr u e . 52 p ie ce s e r v ic e fo r 8 5H4.75, no r e d . T « s . C h est In clu d ed ¡ration, the light, w ater and tax- 0(1 MAR ) payers are the stockholders, they We a re not a g a in st th e uses fo r which th e m o n e y ’are setting restless, and dissatis- is intended. T he s ta te needs m ore money. We are ( fied, have never received a div idend from their utilities, these a g a in st th e sales ta x as a m eans of ra isin g money. people have already taken over '0 7 U L I \ J the financing of this corporation. Now, Mr Editor, want to let hi, ONEIDA LTD. you on a little secret. We heard T R A N S P O R T A T IO N S I L V I R S M IT H S on good authority, that they in W ith th e continued increase in p a ssen g er trav e l by tend to elect a new board of d i a ir th e bus lines and th e ra ilro ad com panies had b e tte r rectors next year. We m ust re dedicate th at cardinal spirit, that s tra ig h te n up and fly rig h t. tw a f men are all born equal, we m ust P erso n al service w hich custom ers on a irlin e s re rededicate our duty to God and n ceive is th e ty p e of service which appeals to th e tra v e l neighbor; we m ust rededicate the of equal right and equal Ü ling public. All flig h ts a re called, if a p asse n g er fails spirit opportunity, we m ust rededicate to a p p ea r a t th e g a te to board th e sh ip his nam e is the spit it of governm ent, for and 283 East Main called and recalled u n til actu al flig h t tim e. E v ery e ffo rt by the people. Then, our city will grow and Aihland. Oragon XX» X edetä ted Sfate J ' * * • ^ROGERS® EN'S is m ade to g et all p a sse n g ers aboard. C o n tra st th is w ith local bus and tra in service. Som etim es th e bus d riv e r in one of th e local sta tio n s calls out in a q uiet w h isp er th a t his bus is ab o u t to leave. The custom ers who have stopped to re s t a s e c -, ond o r to g rab a cup of coffee, d rink it w ith one eye on th e bus d riv er and th e o th e r on the coffee. In th o se bus sta tio n s w here the busses a re called th e poor p assen g ers alw ays ru sh out into th e y a rd and a tte m p t to pile aboard th e f ir s t bus in sig h t. I t ’s a l w ay s th e w rong one, and is usually going in th e oppo site direction. Then th e re ’s a scram ble to back o ff and g e t in to th e rig h t one. A irlin es alleviate th is by checking th e tic k e ts a t th e g a te s p rio r to en tra n ce onto th e field. T he buses could do th is by checking a t th e door o r g a te of the sta tio n and d irec tin g th e poor bew ildered p a sse n g er to th e rig h t bus. We c a n ’t say th a t we expect th e bus d riv e r to h o v er over th e p assen g ers and look a fte r th e ir in d i vidual w elfare like th e h o stess does on an airline, bu t we can su g g e st th a t co u rte sy and a ssista n c e such a s a j p le a sa n t “ hello,” and a sm iling “goodby,” m ig h t m ake th e p asse n g er feel a s th o u g h th e bus com pany w as glad to g e t th e ir m oney. A nd th e railro ad s, as Ja m es Young said, “A hog can ride a cro ss th e c o u n try w ith o u t changing c ars but you c an ’t .” T he p resen t 1890 p a ssen g er equipm ent w hich th e ra ilro a d s a re using is d riv in g passen g ers aw ay. To be fa ir, th e ra ilro a d s realize th is and, m odern tra in s , a re being installed, and a re crow ded, too. B ut, b ro th e r, you d o n ’t need a reserv a tio n to ride th e Rogue special to P o rtla n d ; you do how ever need your head exam ined. I t ’s too bad th a t ra ilro a d s c an ’t tu rn ou t good p e r sonal service. A bout all you g e t in th e w ay of personal service w hen you ride an y tr a in is a sn eer from th e con- d u s to r w hen he ta k e s y o u r tic k e t and a b ru sh -o ff from th e p o rte r w hen you leave th e train . A nd buying a tic k e t to tra v e l by rail is an expe rien ce in itself. In th e m a jo rity of sm all sta tio n s in th e lan d you w alk up to a little w alled window, such as th e p riso n e r of X enda m u st have looked th ro u g h , and if y o u ’re lucky th e m an on th e o th e r side of th e window will say , “W h a tc h e r w a n t? ” I f y o u ’re n o t so lucky, h e ’ll ignore you until finally a f t e r an h o u r of p a tie n t w a itin g h e’ll b reak down and w alk o v er and s ta n d in fro n t of you, sq u in tin g a t you u n d e r t h a t green eyeshade, as though you w ere som e th in g th a t sh o u ld n ’t have been tu rn e d loose. A sk him fo r a tic k e t th a t is going to ta k e you over 500 m iles and he is m ad because he never heard of th e place a n d h a s to consult th re e d iffe re n t volum es of the en cy lo p ed ia B ritta n ic a to fin d o u t w h at direction, w h a t tr a in , and w h a t fare , you should pay. tij PAINT YOUR OWN FURNITURE I Get the pleasure out of doing your own job on unpainted solid ponderosa pine . . . and save money, too. Sturdily con structed chests, chairs, stools, book cases, desks, and other things for your home. Also Paints and Brushes REMEMBER LAST WINTER? . . in th e rain, sleet and snow . . . and how you w ished th a t you had had th a t m o to r tuned up . . . and th a t b a tte ry ch arg ed o r replaced , . . rem em ber? NOW IS THE TIME TO SEE ABOUT THOSE REPAIRS We have th e m en and m aterials, E quipped to Give You th e best of Service In All W ork Wick’s Furniture Store 297 E. 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