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About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1949)
Suutttem O regon N e w t R eview , Aiti land, Oregon, Thursday, Septem ber 22, 1040 - Rough Weather Ahead? Southern Oregon News Review Ashland, Oregon 38 East Main S tre e t E ntered as second-class m a il m a tte r in the poat o ffic e at A s h land, O regon, F e b ru a ry 15, 1038, under the act o f Congress o f M arch 3, 1870 MR. and M RS J L O O A N W H IT E P u b lish e rs asm. f f l • ll F in is tsw II m il on; and E dw ard N e ill, S herw ood. o ia ie college in Chico A l l h e ife r prices w ere ‘ b a r _ H f . and M rs F G Haynes gains," A lle n states. w ere A shland v is ito rs last F r i day. P-I Gat* Quean of Round Up F r u it G ro w e rs S u p p ly com- The queen of the P endleton .« r < d° Wn °P e ratio n * Sept. 1« fo r the fir s t day o f d e e , R ound Up, Joan B a rn e tt, w ill re ig n as queen o f the P a c ifie season M r. W. E T rim m , Forest Ser- In te rn a tio n a l L ive sto c k E x p o s it T a n ’ u as the flr s ’ b r ” '« ion in N o rth P o rtla n d , Oct 7-15. The p re tty P endleton g ir l w ill in a deer th is season appear on the P -l's horse show and rodeo p ro g ra m and w ill lead the big d o w n to w n parade Oct. 7 to open the 39th annual show’. F ra n k WWmi W ' k ‘y antJ M rs J?a * 2 ^ Were A sh ,a n d and M e dford v is ito rs W ednesday and T Quam m e and d augh ter G ladys d ro ve to Sac- r a T,e n t° o ve r the last week leH rThune i M r‘ . G in ° M ic helon rm , \ Sl ay ior Chico w h «re G m o has e n ro lle d at Chico ^ college. G ino spent last ioU ege m S° U ther" Oregon M r and M rs. P h ilip p F e rg u son o f Sacram ento are v is itin g th is week w ith th e ir parents M r and M rs. Sam D unaw ay and M r. and M rs Wm Ferguson o f Colestein. M r. and M rs. J. L. C ro w ly o f L iv e rm o re , C a lif., have re tu rn e d to th e ir sum m er hom e here fo r the deer season. Mrs. O llie A llis o n , the regis tered nurse here, le ft S a tu rd a y fo r P o rtla n d and points in Idaho. M r. and M rs. M. T. R obinson -------------------------------------------------------- — w ere K la m a th F a lls v is ito rs last S aturday. and c h ild re n , o f K la m a th F alls, and M r. and M rs. D. L . F a le r 4-H Members Buy Choice o f A shland, w ere v is itin g M r. News in Review at Hilt By And it’s over all too soon. School bells are again ringing in Ashland and youngsters are harshly remind ed that summer and vacation time is over and they must once more gather their books under their arms and trudge off to classes instead of the swimming pool or out for a hike. In this NEA picture, which tells more than words, four youngsters gaze up at the stark walls of a public school with sorrowful faces now that vacation is over. We sympathize with you, fellows, but surely there’ll be a lot of fun in going back to school at that. Who Has A Stake In The Railroads g Who owns the railroads of the United States—and who has a stake in their welfare and solvency? The an swer is: Practically everybody. That’s a big statement, but it is easy to prove. First of all, some 2,000,000 people own railroad stocks and bonds. But th at’s only the beginning. More than half of all railroad securities are held by insurance companies, banks, and educational institutions and foundations. Thus, every person with a savings bank account or an insurance policy has indirect ownership in the rail roads. And the income from railroad securities is an important factor in keeping many of our most dis tinguished universities going. Naturally, the public interest in the railroads is not limited to such finaricial considerations as these. Every farmer and every business depends upon swift, efficient and reasonably priced railroad service to move crops and goods to mar ket. Every consumer is served daily by the railroads, whether he realizes it or not. Every unit of government shares in the billion a year tax bill the rails pay. The railroads are a national asset we couldn’t do without—an asset in which all of us share in one fash ion or another. When The Forests Burn One match, one smouldering cigarette butt, one spark from a camp fire, can be the cause of the des truction of thousands of acres of timber that it took Nature centuries to create. And when the forests burn, the crudest of deaths comes to the wildlife that live in their shelter. This year, the country has witnessed a number of very serious forest fires. The hazard does not end with the summer months. There has been unusually dry weather in various sections of the country. Trees and woodlands will be ripe for destruction by fire for some time to come. There seems to be a rather widespread idea that most forest fires are started by natural causes beyond the ability of man to prevent or control. That is not true. As the New York Times has said, “Some fires, of course are set by lightning, but authorities are agreed that nine out of ten are due entirely to human careles sness with matches, cigarettes or camp fires. Annually they cause direct losses running into many millions of dollars and equally serious indirect losses in the de struction of our dwindling forest reserves . .. .” The human factor, in fact, is responsible for al most all fires, whether they take place in a forest, in a home, or a factory. Carelessness, ignorance, indiffer ence to rudimentary precautions — these are fire’s friends. When we replace them with care and watchful ness, fire will be beaten. P h y llis A l p h o n s e The V F W A u x ilia r y Post 9895 had an o ld tim e B ox S ocial fo r the V eterans o f F o re ig n W ars, Holstein Breeding Stock last T h u rsd a y The boxes w ere and M rs M G K in g Sunday. decorated w ith b lu e and gold M r. and M rs. R ich a rd Jo h n Three Oregon 4-H clu b m em and w ere auctioned o f f b y Pres son and d a u g h te r o f Boise, Idaho, bers w ere am ong 13 persons D o lly T rin ca . A fte r th e auction are v is itin g M rs. Johnson’s was o v e r d ancing was e J o y e d parents, M r and M rs. W. B. w ho o btaine d pure b re d H o lste in h e ife rs at state fa ir th is year by the hostess and guests. Roush and d a u g h te r Jo th is th ro u g h the c a lf selection p ro On Sept. 15 the Ladies C lu b week. They spent last w eek w ith g ra m sponsored a n n u a lly b y the m et and spent th e a fte rn o o n M r. Johnson's parents in A sh O regon State H o lste in Breeders p la y in g bridge. M rs. L . E L u p e r land. association, L . J. A lle n , state won fir s t p rize and M rs. F ra n k M r and M rs. G. E. E llis and 4-H clu b leader has announced. O h lu n d w on second p riz . Mrs. c h ild re n d ro ve to Roseburg, O re Open o n ly to 4-H and F F A F red B ayliss, the p re sid e n t of gon last Sunday. m em bers and veterans, the se the clu b , was hostess and served M r. and M rs. John B a rb e ra le c tio n p ro g ra m is a m ethod d e licio u s refreshm ents. and daughters J u d y and Deanna used to p u t fo u n d a tio n stock G ust A v g e ris, a re sid e n t o f Col- d rove to D u n sm u ir, to the fir s t in to the hands o f prospective estein, boarded a pla n e at San game o f the N o rth e rn C a lifo rn ia breeders. P rices o f a nim als th is Francisco Tuesday and fle w to baseball league p la y -o ff betw een ye a r w ere set by H. P. E w a lt, A thens, Greece. H e w i l l v is it the D u n s m u ir Loggers and Y re O.S.C. extension d a iry specialist. his aged m o th e r and o th e r re la ka In d ia n s la st Sunday C alves w ere purchased b y 4-H tives he hasn’t seen fo r 35 years. Misses A u d re y and A n a b e ll c lu b m em bers N o rm a n Berger, M r. and M rs H a ro ld K in g Graves, M a u rin e Ryce and M a ri- H ills b o ro , Jack G a tch e ll, Leban - DON’T DELAY CHECK UP today on your Fire Insurance Don’t wait until you have a loss to learn that your protection is not adequate..... that some thing has been over looked.....that your pol icy does not fit because of an addition to your property or a new mort gage. Call us now. S. C. Jones & Sons B IL L IN G S A G E N C Y (Since J u ly 1883) DEPENDABLE INSURANCE COUNSELORS C om er Main and Oak Ashland Hotel Building Phone 8781 WHY THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD STRÌSCE? Over twenty years age, the Corgi ess of the United States passed the RaSiray Liber Act. It was hailed by union leaders as a sr.cfel for the settlement of !afe?r disputes. o f th e B rotherhood of President Trutr.an’s Board Locom otive Engineers, B rotherhood Condemns Strine of Locom otive Firem en and Enginem en. O rder of Railw ay Conductors, and the T here is an established ltg rl m ethod fcr B rotherhood of R ailroad T rainm en on the handling disputes in v ek irg existing w rit M issouri Pacific Railroad have refused to ten co n tracts—ju st as there is such a avail them selves of the peaceful m eans m ethod of settling any contract dispute provided by this Act for settling their dis which you m ay have in your daily life. putes. T h ey insist th a t they be th e sole T he President of th e U nited S tates ap um pire of their own disputes over the pointed a Pact F in c irg F c rrd to investi m eaning o f contracts. gate and ad ju st the M issouri Pacific dis pute. T his Board reported, in pari, as follows; There is no freed for Strikes T he leaders W ith all of the available m ethods for the in terp retatio n of contracts, there is no need for a strike or even a th re a t of a strike, b u t the leaders of these railroad unions have ignored the ordinary pro cedures established by law and insist upon imposing th eir own interpretations of their co n tracts by m eans of a strike. T h e wheels have stopped rolling on the M issouri Pacific. T hey m ay stop rolling on o th er railroads a t any tim e. R ecently th e W abash R ailroad was forced to dis continue operation for several days under sim ilar circum stances. What are These Strikes About? These strikes and strike th reats are not ab o u t wage rates or hours. T hey result from disputes over the m eaning of exist ing contracts. T hey cover claim s for a full d a y ’s p a y for less th a n i d a y ’s work, or for p ay m en ts for services perform ed by others who were fully paid for the work done. . . it is with a deep sense of regret that we are obliged to report the failure of otr mis sion. It seems inconceivr.Lle to us that a coercive strike should occur on one of the nation's major transportation systems, with »11 of the losses and hardships that would follow, in view of the feet tiir.t the Pai! v ay Labor Act provides an orderly, cl, citai and complete remedy l'or the fair and just set tlement of the matters in dispute. Griev ances of the character here under discussion are so numerous and of such freguent occur rence on nil railroads that the general adop tion of the policy pursi eJ by the organiza tions in this rase would scon result in the complete nullification of the Railway Labor Act____” Obviously the railroads cannot be run efficiently or economically if the leaders of the unions ignore agreem ents or laws. Provisions of the Law which are Disregarded T here are five ways under the Railw ay 1 abor Act to set tie disputes over the m ean ing of contracts: 1 —Decision by N ational Railroad Ad ju stm en t Foard. 2 — D ecision by S y ste m A d ju s tm e n t Board for the specific railroad. 3 — Decision by arb itratio n . 4 — Deci ion by neutral referee. 5— Decision by courts. T he M issouri Pacific Railroad has been and is entirely willing to have these dis putes settled in accordance w ith th e r e quirem ents of the R ailw ay Labor Act. Regardless of this fact, th e union le a d e n have sh u t down th a t railroad. ltuii,ee,d d^sianders Suffer L oses ar ri hardships I here are ab o u t 5,0C0 engineers, firemen, conductors and trainm en on the M k»ouri Pacific. T hey are kr.tr. n as "operating” employes, and are th e m ost highly paid of all em ployes on the r.r.t ion’s railroads, b u t th eir strike action has resulted in the loss of work to 2,2,500 o th er employes of th e M issouri Pacific. In addition, they have imposed great inconvenience and h ard ship upon th e pul lie and the com m unities served by th a t railroad. T h e Railw ay Labor Act was designed to protect the public against just such in terruptions of commerce. If these men will r.ot cot .ply with the provisions of the law for the settlement of such disputes, then all thinking Americans must face the q—r t tion, “What is the r e .t step?”
