Southern Oregon News Review, Ashbnd» Oregon, Thur., March i f 194«
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WENDELL LAWRENCE. Editor
Entered as second-class mail matter in the post office at Ash­
land, Oregon, February là, 1935, under the act of Congress ol
March 3, 1879.
| at this time, but Is for the consl- ’Free Farmers Plan
dates, can’t run because ol' lack of funds.
I deration of the taxpayers who
It looks as htough the aspiring office seeker will
Another Meeting
must pay all expenses. The wi it
the next meeting <>1 the South­
have to be sponsored by some group which has an axe er
Is in favor ol good school., and
ern Oregon I'uiiM'i vatioii and
to grind, in order to find funds enough to fight the gooil
pay for the teachers. We a n
Tree Farm As'oclutloii will I e
campaign.
, also in favor of getting value for
This limits the campaigns to only two types of of­ »•very dollar spent. Con-crvutioii held at the Redwoods Hotel,
fice seekers, those who have enough money to run, or ol the dollar is n param ount Is G iants Pass, on Friday Evening,
2tith, at 7:00 P. M.
those who are sponsored by some group which is angl sue all over the nation at thl: March
Mr. II. V. Sim pson, Executive
time.
ing for power.
A short time ago, the w riter in Vice P resid en t of the West C oast
The poor but honest office seeker, who could un­ terview ed a com petent architect: Lum berm en's Association will be
doubtedly do a good job, given a chance, will never question? "Can rooms be built on the sp eak er
the present schools?” Ans. "Cer METHODIST YOUNGSTERS
again have that chance if the high cost of electioneer­ talnly,
but a »'lass room we built PRESENT PLAY SUNDAY
ing continues.
prior to the war cost $5,000, now
The young people of the M eth­
Governor John Hall mentioned this week that the
tourists would soon be coming into Oregon. In connec­
. . . JÍcttvu fo t&C
.
tion with the gathering of this years crop of tourist
tem porarily, •’dam ages” the scen­
dollars, and in order to fertilize the crop so that it Dear Sir:
ery,
another of Southern O re­
My
wife
and
I
were
in
the
might be large, Oregon is celebrating her Territorial
Field M useum of N atural Hist gon’s very im portant assets? Nat
Centennial. We think it’s a good idea. Oregon is happ­ ory In Chicago one day last urally 1 don't expect you to be
ily situated with reference to rock bound coasts, mag­ month. We happened to read a I able to answ er this complete
but perhaps you have some
nificent mountains, spectacular desert, and beautiful few of the labels on an exhibition I | ideas.
of
birds
eggs
and
w
ere
pleasant
forests. We do have things in Oregon which appeal to ly startled to see one description
S incerely
Mr. and Mrs Leslie Segsworth
the vacationing tourist.
something like this: "Crow eggs,
Ashland, Jackson County, Ore
Governor John Hall said:
April 18. 1883.” Perhaps Dear Sir:
"In 1948 Oregon celebrates the Centennial Anniver­ gon,
another specim en could be sent
In 1944 the people voted a
sary of the admittance of the Oregon Territory into to indicate that Ashland is noted sinking
fund to finance the build
the United States. Thus this year will be aji important for som ething besides bird eggs ing of the new W ashingt o n
A “slab” of pine or fir, four to school. The sinking fund has on»'
one because of the opportunity it presents for us to six
feet wide and an inch or two more years to run anil at the end
build our tourist business, which is now a major in­ thick, m ight be appropriate.
of that tim e the school board
dustry ranging with agriculture and lumbering.
And in regard to the lum bering would have enough money with
“For us to continue to increase our annual tourist in­ industry, it i>e obviously one of out voting bonds; also, the nec-
biggest income producting i essary m aterials could be pro
come as we have in the past, further education is need­ the
factors of the valley. But w h y ’ cured w ithout trouble and delay
ed. Such increases as the 51 million dollar tourist ex­ can’t some way be found to uti­ as the situation is today.
penditure in the state in 1941 to the 105 million dollars lize the large amount of scraps This article m ust not be con­
saw dust instead of convert- strued as an argum ent for or
in 1947, can not be continued without effort on the; and
ing it into smoke, which, at least against the building of the school
part of all Oregonians.
"The unified intra-state program carried forward in I
the past two years is being expanded in 1948. The Gov­ I
ernor’s Tourist committee, the Oregon Advertising
club and the Travel and Information department of the
Oregon State Highway Commission, have cooperated
A Lovely Accessory
in planning a wide-spread public information cam­
FOR THE SPRING ENSEMBLE
paign for April 11 to and including April 17, 1948.
“I feel that the program, which has my full approval,
is most important to the state. Its success in a large
part must necessarily rest upon full publicity."
The Governor’s desire to publicize the state of Ore­
gon is a worthy one, and we are sure, that as in years
past, Ashland will follow through with his request.
The Tourist Host School which has been held for
the past two years at Southern Oregon college will be
held again this year. This will give people an opportun­
ity to learn more about the Bear creek valley and the
area about Ashland. This information, can then be
passed on to the travellers who are interested in Ore­
Maciame Pompadour
gon.
Delta
The Territorial Centennial is a worthy project and
Marvel
we are sure that the people of Oregon will be repaid
$4.20
UPWARDS
(Tax Inc.)
for their efforts to publicize the state. Oregon has
come a long way in the past 100 years. We should tell
the people of the United States about that growth.
tW E L fty
costs $20,000 each, and If von I
sue bonds for $450,000 you will
have a $200,000 school value.’’
This sam e architect built many
schools In southern Oregon in
eluding the Riverside school In
G rants Pass. It pays to save. Our
watchw ord; progress with econo­
my.
,
Yours Sincerely
S. S. Davies
odist Church gave a play last
Sunday mil i .d cd $40 U0 for the
young p»'opl»'S Institute which
will be h«'ld I Myrle Wood Cump
this summ er. Il also was the first
appeurance of the Junior and In
term ediute Choir under the d ir­
ection of Zola Peters.
The Rev Robt. M cllvenna d ir­
ected the play “If I Be Lifted
Up."
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HAWAII ASKS PROMPT ACTION
Nearly nine months have passed since the House of
Representatives voted 196 to 133 to make the Territory
of Hawaii the Forty-ninth state.
The request of the people of the islands for prompt
Senate action is easily understandable. For 48 years—•
longer than any other territory but New Mexico—
Hawaii has been petitioning Congress for admission
into the union.
Today Hawaii is closer to statehood than ever be­
fore. Only approval of the Senate is needed, since Pre­
sident Truman is on record as favoring the legisla­
tion. But unless the Senate acts before its June ad­
journment, the House action would be nullified and
another long delay would result. It would be necessary
to introduce a new statehood bill in 1949, or in other
words, start all over again.
During the past 13 years Hawaii has played host to
five congressional committees who have conducted in­
vestigations on the islands’ plea for statehood status.
Thirty-five of the 48 states have been represented by
Senate and House probers.
Congressional committees have interviewed 544 re­
sidents of Hawaii in making their five investigations
and 478 of them favored immediate statehood. Furth­
ermore, the people of Hawaii in 1940 voted in favor
of statehood by a more than two-to-one majority.
A detailed report on the recent findings of Senator
Guy Cordon’s sub-committee on territories now has
been added to the more than 3,000 pages of testimony
and statements collected in Hawaii by earlier congress­
ional committees.
Advocates of statehood for the islands feel that the
Senate now has at its disposal all the necessary facts
for taking action. Hawaii would like to rest her case
on its merits and asks only for a prompt verdice.
★ ★ ★
THE HIGH COST OF POLITICS.
State treasurer Leslie Scott, who first filed and then
withdrew from the gubernatorial race, state a sad com­
mentary on the high cost of politics. Scott’s reason for
withdrawing was that he didn’t have the money to
really fight the campaign. It’s too bad that the high
cost of living has entered the political arena and that
several men, who otherwise might make good candi­
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