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SUL’ TH ERN OREGON NEWS REVIEW, ASHLAND. OREGON
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Entered “» second-class mail matter in the post office at Ash
land, Oregon, February 15, 1985, under the act of Congress of
March 3, 1879
William C. Lawrence and Wallace G. Iverson,
Publishers
Letter from Washington. . .
F
BIG MfKilfi,
r
By H O N . H A R R IS E L L S W O R T H
M em ber of Congress. 4th D tatrlct
Around the first of thia year I lose their sense of humor a a
there cam e to light some facts may 1m.
fr„ m
fulIow lni
Subscription Rate — $2.50 year
retfurdinir
ntux*r anH
regarding queer
and «l-n.kiioo«
doubtl«_ I '
LAST WEEK WE WROTE, in
outright fraudulent transactions quotes:
the editorial columns o f this pe
Congressman Scrivener c 1
in the sale of Indian-owned tim-
per,
an
essay
in
a
more
or
less
N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L
N E W I/A M I
t
e
i
lands
in
Curry
County
serious
vein
on
the
spectacles
Kansas
— "N o w and then we
^ ? - . l l AS^ c5 Tg w
. P U B L IS H E R S
which we are treated to at this
As
Boon
as
I
could
get
some
s
e
e
a
quotation accredited
► >
facts and some affidavits togeth ’anonymous.* M any of the»«
-'A S S O C IA T IO N
AC I «(, M( Mié R tim e every four years. Since
then, we have thought about it
er on this subject, which d early
are excellent. One recent a
a great deal and listened a great
proved tliut there had been sev
nonymous’
atatement was te
deal
more
to
the
goings-on
in
eral “irregularities," I calk'd
"Even OPINION is of force enough to moke itself to be 1952, and w e have reached the
the effect that: "The only cor,
the
matter
to
the
attention
of
the
espoused ot the expense of life." —Montaigne
conclusion that w hile the contest
House Committee on Interior earn that makes money w it/,
between candidates has been
and Insular Affairs. At about out advertising la the United
more exciting, there hasn’t been
the same time 1 introduced a res
States M in t. The M in t makes
quite the fun, at least thus far,
H o w To Lose Elections
olution In the House of Repre
the money first, and It's up to
as in 1948.
sentatives to direct the commit
each of us to m ake it leet.C **
By the time this editorial sees print, it is quite pos Of course, w e are jum ping to
tee to make a full investigation
Congressman Curtis of Ne
of the matter and report to the
sible that the Republican nominee for the presidency conclusions, since the Republi
House Due to some com plica braska —- "G overnm ent regu
cans never seem to have as much
will be known, but no m atter who wins, the Republican real knock-down, bloody fun as
tions developing from the fact lations In some of the Wash
party has given a splendid demonstration in how to lose the Democrats anyway. But we
that another Member had intro ington bureaus require t h a t
duced
a resolution calling for employees keer detailed rec
are
still
certain
this
convention
elections long before they are held.
ords of how they spend the»
the investigation of the Indian
summer won’t provide as much
- ' t C el
PEXlc '“ ‘VJ’OO aU T he
is
time. Sometimes these reports
We are not saying that the Republicans have al in the way of entertainm ent as
Bur«
ini
for
other
reasons.
House
m C AnrowM iA
heke
take several hours to he Riled
v-'i-x W ^T m E. UlTTLE amo m cc tpfu
INCENSE
<-f pXlff
action wag delayed. Last week.
ready lost in the national election, but certainly they that summer four years ago did.
out by the employe«, espectaz
I
however,
my
resolution
w
a
s
have made it much more difficult for their most able In the first place, Henry Wal
passed The com m ittee will pro ly If he or she wants to Im
Pc?RSSr- oouews Ff»t
lace and his Progressive partv
candidate and virtually impossible for their most eager 1,7
press ths boss. A n elevator qp
otw . C o m í .
ceed with the investigation
buc.h
erator,
however, sat a record
In a spew h I made on t h e
one with their operations lately.
I course, that isn’t quite true, the
for b revity. His report read
Floor
of
the
House
early
in
It seems to us th at the best chance the GOP had in ¡?ro
is stiU with us, but it
Down
March I told the story, as far as this way: Up — 5 0 *.
November was based on a growing distrust for profes-; s a m e ^ i u o n ^ t t e ^ o h ,^
we knew it then, of some of the — 50%.'*
This is the last "Letter from
Indian land deals. Tht-r«- were
Sional politicians among the people who cast the votes, «onist party or the Bull Moose
Washington"
for this session of
several
"queer”
—
1 denis
1 X ^ 1 1 1 .1 .
r For
lit
< ex-
JB
- w ■
By professional politicians, we don’t mean the states- party QCCUPy Even in those
em ple, In one caae the Indian Congress — and perhaps for this
man, the man well acquainted with the problems of gov-
owners received $135,000 f o r y*‘ar- unless a Special Ses^rui is
or
some land. The purchas« r then called I expect to be
ernment. Rather we mean the party boees, the selfish, certainly made a w hale of a M
less
regularly
in
my
office
in
-------
By
M
u
rray
W
ade
sold
the
land
for
$185.000
to
a
ruthless, often unprincipled politicos whose one aim in I °,f noise- Md the>' put on one of
"buyer" who im m ediately gave Roseburg (1318 Riverside Drive)
public life is to line private pockets.
and most entertain- N ovem ber B allot Long
| In their present frame of an option to third parti«-« f o r aft«-r the middle of Augugt My
There w ill be 18 measres on mind, the justices expect to ask $300.000. The option holder then office here in W«»hmgtoq, P C.
The scandals within the Truman administration i F r o m ™ v e r v ^ g in n in g the
the November ballot for Oregon the 1953 legislature for the sought to sell the land, which is will, however, be kept open all
nave been part and parcel of the simon-pure profession- Commies were in control of the voters
to pass jugment on, be
a valuable timber property, for the time. While I am m Oregon
als’ grasp and control of public institutions. The Ameri- H ? y’ and anyone with any in- sides the selection o f national, needed clerks.
a reported $800.000 Records 1 I shall be visiting all of the »ev
state, county and other local of C ap ital Capsules
can people have found the whole spectacle revolting.
m,
X “1
hove in my possession indicate en counties of our Fourth Con
ficers.
A revised salary schedule for that bona fide offers from pur gressional District Such travel
But we have again and again shouted our belief harmless cranks and do-gooders
This is the largest number of state em ployees w ill go before chasers had been made to the w ill mean that nrplies to l«-tte»s
th a t there is more than one kind of dishonesty. We can Iand a w ied assortm ent of folk measures to appear on an Ore
Indian Bureau in amobnts of two to me at Roseburg may be de
condemn the Caudles and the Vaughna, and the Me- I E K “ ’ ’¡ « * , ' " ¡ 2 gon ballot since 1928 when 21 the state em ergency board this or three tim es the price paid for layed. Many things might be
week It w ill be an increase prin
the land to the Indians in the handled more quickly if letti-ns
Graths of Truman’s happy little political family as cor- ¡dance and prance about at the confronted the electorate.
cipally in technical jobs
are sent to the office here in
The j sale mentioned above
There
are
six
initiative
mea
nipt, but they are no more corrupt, say, than the Re- ?rop of a hat. They even mus- sures that would:
Oregon Supreme Court t ____
h is ,
Washington, D. C.
week upheld a 45-year-old law
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publicans’ malicious Don Quixote, Joe McCarthy, or | Thai comedian or Do
It
is
a
pleasure
to
note
that
1. Repeal the w eight per mile
than Senator T aft’s campaign managers in Texas and crats’ s f f iir b S t we h a d ^ tS tax on trucks created b y t h e which bans secret fraternities even under the stress and «train See the wide range of woó-
Louisiana.
(content with watching the do- 1951 legislature and would sub
___ _ on weight, Statehouse a r T u t i , £ r U, ea
stitute a fee based
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On the other hand, Eisenhower’s backers have giv- i ¡2nS Henry,s P®rty on teievis- and
a fuel tax based on gallon ceeding those of any other year. '
en notice th at they are ready to “rise above principle’’ if I in Pniia?eWad 2 , » ^ ¡ S ♦l?e ‘cThe ch^ * e. IS sponsored by .
Hearings on the 1953-54
state budget are under way this
the occasion demands — at least some of them have — was so crowded that one had to the Oregon H ighway Council
-SS-.
Z. Continue minimum prices week . . Robert Maclean bevace
and make dishonest compromises.
Sleep there to be assured of a
From where I s it...
Joe Marsh
for producers and permit a dif- chairman of the Oregon State
What it all adds up to. of course, is that thia wash- X
ferential in cost of m ilk in stores Tax Commission Wednesday
wig of dirty linen in front of the American people will Park is in a district heavily pop- and cost of deliveries made to
houses.
How Nervy
convince the voter th at he will be changing one ma-
by poorer E m ilies, and
3. Reapportion legislative rep
chine for another — with the possibility of this one be- Ito the d ^ i n g s T o V ^
resentation.
MT. SHASTA
Can a "Tenant" Get?
4. Elim inate horse and grey
mg even more ruthless and careless of the country’s in- considerable in ihe w eekly mov.
hound racing.
terests than the one we have now.
j le aIIowance.
“ H a rry the H e rm it* dropped ia
tix th a t roof, I ‘m moving • ■ * ! ”
5. Providing U. S. standard
to *ee Judge Cunningham the other
Should Eisenhower, so far an uncompromising I
tim e for Oregon.
Now H a rry waa only having a
day :ind wtartrd complaining about
statesman, be nominated, then a great deal of the dam- ent This was q u itl r i t u r a ? S e t
little
joke, but from w kera I adl
6. Perm it serving liquor bv
IN " P R E T T Y -P R IN T "
that dilapidated house he live* in
the drink.
I've aeen people act juat a b o rt as
age can be repaired. StiU, it will be harder for him to be H’S f.oIk 9inger became quite an
BA G S
peer near Greenwood ¡.ake.
Seven constitutional amend
nervy aa this -mmetimea— M ru s w ly
elected because the people will have lost faith, to a ' wor^n°of Th the ,days of the ments and two laws referred to
“ Who's m y la n d lo rd ? ” H a r r y
I.ike thoer who enjoy all the righto
A L L NEW PA TTER N S
the people by the legislature
w anted tc k n o w .“ W hoever you pay
great extent, in the party.
tm ericans have worked for. and
re n t to ,” says the Judge. “ D o n ’t
yet would take away some of Utoss
If Senator Taft is nominated, then we predict cer- ¡day was. done Even the vice- would:
1. A llow home and farm loans
pay nny re n t," a *y a H a r r y . “ Mov«-d
freedoms from others— fo r - - « o
tain defeat for the Grand Old party once more and the i co w to v'b v htvPeful a forgotten to Korean veterans.
in to th a t house tw elve years ag<
pie, our right to enjoy a friendly
2 Lim it state property taxes
possible end of the two-party system in this country, at Tayior, was a f o l i a g e ? S j
am i nobody ever came to collect."
glaxs of beer. I say these “Iraké of
intolerance“ have no place ia the
“ W e ll," says the Judge, looking
least as it now stands. The Senator has arrogantly said ito thi.nk oi «• Think his wife to 3. 6 mills.
Have Superintendent o f
“ home of lib ertv.”
m ystified, “ w h a t do yuu have to
in effect th a t he wants none but the 110 per cent Repub- a"T
d klds were ®infters to°
Public Instruction selected b y
com plain about?” “ P le n ty ,” replies
licans to vote for him. That is all he will get, and there ians s ^ i S ^ x c e o y t h T ^ ' State Board of Education ....
in-
H a r r y . "R a in 's pou rin g in m y liv -
Hlway 66
Phoas 8811
aren t enough to elect him.
didates, and they had o v e r to n e stead of elected by the people on
ng loom nnd i f someone doe«n’t
a nonpartisan ballot.
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i of tragedy about them.
Free
Daily
Delivery
4. A llow a $3,000.000 home
11 . .
x^/Z x^
. .
I But -° Ut ° f consideration for for aged mental patients to be
1952. I'nitrd Staici Urcwcrt f nundatiaa
Hats O ff Once M ore
1?, «n<«tainm ent seekers, we built in Portland area.
i trunk the Republicans and the
5. Let local governments fix
Our plaudits this week go to the ladies of Ashland p mocrats sh°uid provide si mi- new tax
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bases.
Wind
who rescued the traditional Fourth of July parade just X w X e t K "
S
w o r 6.
MWw
i
, up the
. affairs o f
as it was about to be laid among the proverbial moth “ ns problem easily bv haih !g
lia is
veterans
bonus ,
<
P< vkk U ...
Rabbit Pellrts
BELLVIEW
FEED STORE
Is this year. They did such a thorough rescue job. ,RV /V I™ 50 Tafut
leed, th a t it just happened to be the biggest and best Reece s7 nTa
e-er.
see b a .,« ?
and his hilibil- 7. Let state em ergency
old ienn?’ ”
. ¿ T u 'n g
appropriat,ions
. . t 1* “ ” “
de'eC" '”
Business Directory
board
»'
Ju st goes to show what a little energy and willing- } ° ° nbadly and nothi"g would be
9. Extend terms of legislators
ness to expand the same can do. This is a nervous age.
Then the
, ( .°.ver time between their elec-
but not a particularly energetic or optimistic one it stage something m Z^nov™ ^
seems to us. The tendency too often is to kiss away s?y a PickP«cket contest with the
« « - - ballot
• - - • • • • by petition o ,u would
s put on
1. Increase truck taxes.
those activities that are not absolute necessities, often ,’„ r X 3 2 S 2 S ; £
2. Tax cigarets 3 cents a pack
on grounds th at they couldn’t be developed or that dom taxpayers as targets
of 20.
plans couldn’t be worked out or that for some other
3. Create unified school dis
tricts.
reason they would be doomed to failure. Thus our pes
Missed the Ballot
simistic tendencies and our indolence work hand in
There was an unlucky 13
hand, one justifying and assuring the existence of the
measure
that failed to get eno
other.
ugh signatures of registered vot
It is difficult, often, to find time to promote Fourth
ers to get on the ballot
They
would: prohibit barbering on
of July parades, or Shakespearean festivals, or other
Monday, prohibit commercial
such activities. It is especially difficult to find the de- Conlinued from Page One
fishing in coastal streams, pro-
sire to promote such things in a world __________________
where death and t MUSICALLY SPEA K I N G - hibit night Ashing on the Colum-
taxes
are not
the th only
imminent.
But simply
the fact
a/w certainties
e do have p but
e o p alwavs
i e 'Z a so
rt , ! f ine’ sens’t‘ve piano is played 1 , b l? River- enact a 2 per cent
willing to see that our traditional holidays do not go
Mike recently recorded 15
_
a
«
.
.
minute
radio
« • ,
minute
radio program - . which
activities do not go by the
w ill be broadcast over 8 Ore
board while t h e ‘“practical” takes the day, is our aalva- gon and
.n o o .iu o r m . r.d io , t , .
California radio sta-
tion. These are the people who look to the future in ev- tions outside the Rogue Valley
h innr
T’k.-.e.r.
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D A r v r ,
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RADIO and SHAKESPEARE
erything.
These
are the
people who
carry us all for
occupy STAFFORD THOMAS'
ward
u
n m a r k p d and
2nd n
n r nnlinv«ni
unmarked
our
cultural
i
Even a newspaper man hesitates to solve the prob
lems of the universe on the eve of the usual commence
ment oratory.
Speeding automobiles are increasing threats to
life and limb. Careless auto drivers should be punished
even if they live in Ashland.
The man who has an inflated idea of his own im
portance usually finds that the community has him
sized up as he would look after deflation.
time. The SOC student from
MELBOURNE, AUSTR A L I A
w ill appear as the EARL of
WARWICK in Henry V
Sunday evenings. Staff does an
hour-and-three quarter classical
music program on KWIN.
In the Not-Too-Far-Distant Fu
ture: is a FISH FRY — a "Sat
urday Nite Fish Fry” for cast
members this weekend with fish,
chips and quips furnished by lo^
cal sea-food merchant. Such ges
tures are truly appreciated by
everyone concerned with the OS-
FA.
peal the entire milk control law,
enact a gross income tax to pay
$100-a-month old-age pensions,
repeal laws that give the state
prior claim on estates of deceas
ed pensioners and to make rel
atives responsible for pension
ers support, legalize animal rac
ing, put state on daylight sav
ing time each summer, repeal
the soldiers bonus and ban sale
of all liquor.
Need Law Clerks
The supreme court wants at
least three law clerks to speed
up research, that may be able to
band down more opinions.
Increased litigation has put
the court far behind regular
schedules. Although the court
will hear no more cases during
July and Augqst, it w ill hand
down opinions in 14 cases that
arc pending.
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