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
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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».-;
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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
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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
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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
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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
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^ROGERS®
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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.
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. . . and save money, too. Sturdily con
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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
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E quipped to Give You th e best
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297 E. MAIN STREET
PHONE 8761
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209 West Main St. - Phone 7558
Medford. Oregon
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Main & Oak St. - Phone 8781
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