Southern Oregon New« Review, Thura. Sept. 25. 1947
is b e in g lowered Cliff Wilson j,f
it haii a lot to do with ° getting ° some action on the truek CI*IPMAN®
soda
I he mtvi lor of < liipnuin t» uoutt the contract. Ctilnicr’s Cab Sim;
SOUTHERN
route.»
| fountain and magkxine stand is
Little by little, despite all the scoffing and griping! ■ being
hriiw redecorated nod
and tin
the celling in ulto bi llig re done by Wilson
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which is done; day by day this community forges a- »
Published every Thursday by
head.Jt simply can't help itself. Despite any mossback
THE SISKIYOU PUBUSHlNG COMPANY
reactionaries
who might be in either high or low places
Ashland, Oregon
167 East Main Strei l
the
city
will
progress
because this section of the Unit -,
Carryl H. Wines and Wendell D. Lawrence, Publishers
ed States is in the midst of growing pains.
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WENDELL LAWRENCE, Editor
It may be that the city of Ashland will have to ex
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Entered as second-class mail matter in the post office at Ash
pend some money to get the truek route into operation.
land, Oregon, February 15, 1935, under the act ot Congress of
If so, it should be done, immediately. A man taxes him-1
NVfNIENCE
March 3, 1879.
self when he calls the plumber to fix the plumbing at
and co
his home. We should be willing to fix the traffic flow
through our city, even if we have to pay a bit for it.
HOT AIR DID NOT WORK
A few months ago the Newburyport plan was enthu The sooner the city reroutes the truek traffic onto ;
siastically ballyhooed from coast to coast. It was a the proposed truck lane the better off the entire com
scheme for stopping inflation in its tracks by cutting munity will be.
retail prices. Within a few weeks the fuss died down
(Wake Up Rogue Valley), assist
and the plan was dropped. Hot air and good intentions
ed by V»rne Bailey of Medford
are poor weapons to combat economic law.
Ed B arnett, KWIN sales mana
Another schème has now appeared. The government
ger, returned this week from a
by Doyle SEELY
has launched a series of antitrust suits against basic
couple of weeks active duty with
industry, with the clear implication that these indus
the arm y, where h e ’ rated a .»til-
With the opening of the fall
tries have been a substantial factor in bringing prices football
season, the identification ute as Major Barnett Ed was
to current levels. Regardless of the legal justification tag ot KWIN has been changed back at Fort Knox for Ihe orde il.
for the suits, promotion of the idea that any basic in from the usual "Voice of the
Valley,’“ to "Your friendly
dustry today has deliberately raised prices on the ob Rogue
Rogue Valley football station."
solete theory of charging all the traffic will bear, is And a footbal station it is, in
just plain political maneuvering—an effort to find a deed! Last week saw the first
two games of the season broad
scapegoat. And it is doomed to failure, as was the un cast,
and this week-end will find
workable Newburyport plan.
two more in a period of less tlyin
hours. Friday night, KWIN
Our present inflation is deeply rooted in events of 24
will carry a broadcast ol the
the past 15 years. It began with the idea that modern A shland-Lakeview game, the n
| ELECTRICITY - the one : service that's best for a ll the jobs
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it « used for and ALL the people who use it- now brings
governments do not need balanced budgets, that ex Saturday evening at 6:45 comes
the
Oregon
State-U
tah
game.
city conveniences to small town and rural America.
panding public debt is beneficial. It began with the The schedule for the rest of the
Electricity does the job Iretter . . . and cheaper. It does all
development of the philosophy that the public treasury football season reads just about
jobs
quicker, cleaner, safer, more profitably throughout the
be pledged to forever abolish the responsibility of the the same way - that is, a game
home
and farm.
on
Friday
nights,
and
another
on
Two Million People are m ar
individual to provide for himself. It has simply moved Saturday's.
ried every year and every year
CO AU-EIECTRIC and get the quality aervtce at u quantity rat».
faster since the war which saw the public debt jump In addition to the football two m illion prospective brides
You can Refrigerate, Cook. Heat Water, Launder better, faster,
to nearly three-hundred-billion dollars. It will not end games, the KWIN sports program and bridegrooms beg for p ic
more conveniently . . . and, at the same time, achieve great
tures
of
their
beloved.
Now
is
until every community and every individual finally also includes the world series, the time to have that portrait
economies throughout t,he home and farm in time, lubor and
next Tuesday, w i t h
taken. Our expert photogra
comes to realize that government, even the immensely opening
energy on every job The ALL-Electric Way serves, saves,
broadcasts through to the conclu phers take pictures that will
powerful U. S. government, must learn to spend less sion of the affair.
satisfies.
satisfy.
The latest staff change out
than it takes from the people in taxes.
Economy and convenience begin when you GO a l l - clkc i ric
Helman way has Lee Bullis leav
If the government is going to start blaming various ing or greener pastures. Lee has
. . . satisfaction begins anew every tune you turn on the switch
groups of private citizens for the inflation which was been with the station since it was
largely brought on by its own actions, why not start first started, coming to Ashland
from KMED. His next post is
with the labor unions? Or better yet, why not start with
the projected station in
Phone 21847
214 E. Main St.
with an educational program to show people that when Medford. Hence the nick-name,
congressmen are patted on the back for securing un Lee “I change stations every
Bullis.
necessary appropriations for hometown activities, the year"
His spot as program director
c '■■'Vf*
ground is being prepared for still higher prices to is being filled by Chuck Field
come.
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No, inflation of the kind wé have in America today
is not a superficial ailment, and it cannot be corrected
by superficial treatment.
NEWS REVIEW
O pen Mike
Memory
Lane Studio
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SOCIALISM IS INEFFICIENT
One characteristic of socialism is its inefficiency.
The best current example of that at present is Eng
land, where the Labor government has been attempt-1
MONUMENTS
ing to make the enormous transition from a free enter-1 Marble. Granite. Bronze
prise system to a socialistic system with unusual
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speed. The result has been a severe decline in produc
BURNSAGENCY
"On the Plata"
tion. The British mines are producing less and less
coal—and for the first time in her history, England is J
having to import coal from us. The British mills are
producing less steel. The threat of immediate sociali
zation is a damper on the British electric industry.
And the output of export commodities, which was de
pended upon to revitalize England as a financial power,
has been far below the forecasts.
This inefficiency is implicit in the socialist system.
First of all, socialism destroys initiative—what re NEW THRU BUSES
wards there are go to the state, and the best the indi
everywhere
vidual can hope for is a political job. Second, socialism 397 E. M ain
Phone 2-1611
depends upon the use of force of one kind or another
to achieve its ends. Labor is compelled to accept a cer
tain kind of employment whether it wants it or not—
N A T IO N - W ID E
f riet}d ly-<service
and the man who works under compulsion never does
his best. Third, socialism ties up all the energies of the
country in an impenetrable jungle of rules, regulations,
ARE YOUR AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE COSTS UP?
red tape, priorities, ration schemes, and so on. Again,
initiative is smothered.
Farm er’s rates are less on
kinds of Insurance, includ
We hear much of Russian production. But here, all
ing Auto, Truck, Com prehen
again, it is the result of mass effort—of an unlimited sive, and Em ployer’s Liability.
G et our low rates on Fire
supply of slave labor with an incredibly low standard
Insurance
of living. Judged by any American standard, Russia is and contents. for your dwelling
absysmally inefficient.
LOUIS H. GALLATIN
Only under free enterprise do we attain maximum
148 C entral Ave. P hone.7117
efficiency, the maximum standard of living for all—
Ashland, Oregon
and most important, maximum freedom for all. That
is the one fact Americans must never forget when
schemes for further government ownership of industry
are presented here.
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New ways
the telephone can
reach remote areas
FARES
Radio telephone allows your voice to "ride
the beam” into Death Valley, across the cliannt I
to Catalina Island . . . to M ount Hood . . . be
tween Marysville and Redding. W ith transmit
ters like this one we can span sea or desert bv
radio and your voice sounds exactly as though
it were coming over a telephone wire.
TRAILWAYS
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TRUCK ROUTE
Many thanks are due Ralph Billings for his offer to
give the city right-of-way through his farm on the
Northwest of town for a truck route. That the high
way planning committee saw fit to select the route
which, follows along the upper side of the railroad
tracks, rather than the one offered by Billings is no
reflection on the committee nor Billings.
The important thing is that the community seems
to be destined finally for a truck route. We think that
Billing's gesture wag a fine one, and we also feel that
HEATING
OILS
Power-line carrier is another new device
which makes telephone communications pos
sible in remote, s;xt, ,ely settled districts. Your
voice "hitch-hike
ng existing power lines
on radio waves that are tuned to follow the
wires. Several power-line systems are now used
on the Pacifie Coast. . . and they’re as safe and
effective to use as any.
N a w W o rk in g D o lla rs . . . M illio n s of
new dollars needed to build buildings
and buy new equipment to meet the
public demand for more telephones and
more service do not come front tele
That« developments are dramatic . . . hut
most o f our expansion program must be pushed
with "everyday” things like this post-hole dig
ger . . . wires and cables and switchboards. Our
construction program o f $?(M)000,000 this year
brings us closer to our g oa l: the finest telephone
service for the West.
phone bills. N ew dollars come from
people who are w illin g to put their sav
ings into die business. W e most earn
enough to attract these new working
dollars.
H. C. LITTLE
Heaters and Floor
Furnaces
Whittle Transfer
Phone 3331
THE
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working to g e th e r tu f i
Nh TCI 'GRAPH COMPANY
’’ t ...r-b e tta r tub-phono service ta tho We t
111 Oak S». • Ashland, Oregon • Telephone 3021