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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER II, 1940. FIVE Farm Life Easier But Lacks Lot Of BeingRose Bed By Jack Stinnett WASHINGTON For anyone who cures two whoops what is hap lienliiB to United States farms and farmers, a fascinating piece of government literature recently roll ed off the federal presses. It is called by tlio unappetizing title of "Technology on the Farm" but It Is just about as lull a sur vey of farm improvements and lack of improvements as the numerous bureaus of the Department of Agri culture could put together. City folk (and I'm just like tho next fellow who doesn't know n harrow from a combine) have fal len into tho habit of saying that the furiiier of today, with his elec tric lights, his radio, his telephone, the family jalopy, washing ma chines .hot and cold running wa ter, indoor plumbing and a gen erous check from the government ' every year is sitting pretty on top of (he haymow. Now this is like a lot of state ments that somebody who doesn't know what he's talking about picks up and pusses along to other flon-knowers until It gels' to bo sort of universal. It's about half truth and half breeze. At least that's Uie conclusion you'll have to come to if the agriculture de partment survey on farm technol ogy is all facts. Much to Be Done. The farmer has come a long way from the ox-drawn wooden plow and harvesting sickle and flail, but what got me in this department re port is how ninny of these "modern farm conveniences nnd luxuries" eom to be potentialities rather than realities so far as the modern farm home is concerned. When the last general survey of farm income was made In l!i:i5-3ii (and no more accurate figure will be available until the census bu reau comes through with its break down on farm population figures) about one-fourth of the farm fami leis received direct relief or Jiad in comes under $500; a little fewer than a fourth had Incomes of $1,500 or more; anil the remainder slightly more than a half, hud Incomes from $;.on to $i.5oo. With an average of persons to the family (one more than aver ago In cities or more than 100. ooo), you can start your budget ing. Take out for stuff you have to have to be a "mrdern" farmer a tractor, other improved tools and machinery, betler seed, fer tilizer, etc. and see what's left for telephones, radio, weekly junk ets to the village movie und such. Without Radios. In a survey made as recently as IMS. it was estimated that 40 pel cent of the farm homes were with out radios. The 1930 census shov. -ed lhat only .11 per cent of all larmers had telephones and the bnys at agriculture think the per centage bus changed little since then. Although the electric light con dition is spotted, there are many sections where the kerosene lump is still a standard fixture. In the southeast section of the country, the survey showed that even among the better-off white opera tors with incomes of .Sl.Oou to $I.2."jii. only I per cent had el m trie lights. The report shows that in (In whole country only lti per cent of (arm families In the inlermediiite income group (J.'iilO to $1,000) had water piped into their homes mil only 111 per cent had indoor toilvts. There's Plenty to Do. This sort of summarizing could go on for long time and Include ' such items as o per cent of the counties in the Fulled Slates have no registered general hospital . . . and So per cenl of the lower in come farm families have Inadequate diets. . . . Miit that's enough to give you a rough idea. Of course, all of this isn't to minimize- the work that, has been done in modernizing the farm in the last 2 or 'Mi years. It's just to say thai if the agriculture depart ment boys have their figures right. OUR GOAL Service that pleases Is the goal we set and we make it, every time you use one of our taxicabs! As comfortable as an . . . easy chair. CALL TAXI 21 IMMEDIATE SERVICE EVERYWHERE 7:30 TO Roseburg High School vs. Springfield High School Adults 35c; High School ond Junior High Students 25c; Kiddies 10c U. S. Navy Trucks . '..' ' - ' t ' - A tamillut sight along China's "hteltiie." the much-bombed Burma Road, are these three U. S. Navy trucks, shown here with their crew during a stop at Slakwan These trucks transport supplies from Rangoon to Chungking, Crnna, foi sailors aboard we U. S S Tutuua. American guiiooai ancnorea in the Yangtze off the American Embassy. Duce's Invasion Backfires as Gen. Mud Traps His Armies Modem mechanized military equipment may be Just the thimi in some battles, but it caused trouble for Ital ians invadu.g Greece as torrential rains turned roads into river and rough terrain into swampy seas. Scenes like the above forced Duce's invasion into reverse and cost the Italians tons of military equipment. it'll take a lot more years of tech nologi.ing up to even u bed of wilt ed roses. Riddle Postoffice Moved Into Modernized Quarters HIIHU.K, Int. 11. The Kiddle post office which has occupied the small building owned by ".. 1. (Irant for many years was moved lust week to the building formerly dcciipied hy tile Hiddlo Stale hank. .Mrs. Pearl Lawson. present post mist less, purchased the hank building and has had it remodeled into a convenient and up-to-date postoffice. New fixtures will he 1nl in !ts sl)on i,s !Pf:('lv,Ml irom government. Paul (.ary. once own er of a grocery store here, has pur chased the old postoffice building and will put in a stock of groceries. The building is being remodeled by C'has. Durnln, carpenter. Riddle KIDDMC. hoc. ll.Mrs. I. P. f.ardner left last week for Oakland, f'al., where she will he the guest of he daughter. Mrs. John Hchroeuer, until alter the holidays. fl. K. Atkins ami Tom Sims made a business trip to Leona. Saturday., Mrs. Maurice Maxwell, who re sides in northern California, visited here Fridaj and Saturday at the home of her mother, Mrs. C. A. Kiddle. .Miss Nellie Muore. who has hen einp()fl at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Art Smith the past few months, has returned to her home at 1 ays Creek. Mrs. Fred Pall and daughter. Pa l rich), motored to (Jlendale Satur day when they visped al the home of iheir daughter and sister, Mrs. Hoy ('ribbons. Mrs. Oren I.edgeiwood of Myrtle (.'reek was a guest at the (i. I,. (Irant home here Friday. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Itiddle and son. Ion. left Sunday for Portland for several weeks' stay. Mrs. U. Smith and daughter. Phyliss. returned Friday from Portland where they had Rone to emisnlt medjcnl ndvire for Phylifts. BASKETBALL Saturday, December 14th Senior High Gym P. M. Keep Rendezvous Azalea AXALKA. Dec. 11. Andy l.eeper and son. Iceland, from ltoseburg were here on business Sunday. Among those shopping In Rose- Saturday from thm vicinity included Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith. Dick icrrig, Mrs. Ksther Thorpe. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon (Jaedecke. Mr. and Mrs. Kndney Smith and Mr. and Mrs. John Feldmiller. Ora and Kay Co fid ray spent Sun day fishing on iiogue river. Mrs. Hay Condray and sou, Lar ry, visited Sunday at Tiller with Mrs. Condray 'k brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. ltruee Fergu son. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Fisher, Mrs. Millie S paitld ing and granddaugh ter. The! ma Bell nughry. wen ILoscburg business callera Monday. i-iii roiu Smith from Me Moines, brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and nuMi., a in ti u i t) iiwiin? u nn i Mrs. Chester Smith, several days THl DEAR'S Bw -fi time ---;nbin-n ite chota of i?"" rto .. AT NOSLV cn'0Vc brii" Pr- romance . . 11141 (us tncy 332 NO, JACKSON ST. on Burma Road last week. Archie. Sharp from Medford. has rented and taken possession of the service station and Karate formerly run hy Hay Condray. Dr. J. M. limalls from Portland v. us a business caller here Thurs day. Mrs. Caroll 1 i 1 1 Hpent several days last week on business und visiting friend .mi s, uicnani en ami .miss f.viiiis h ml . I:, t'oweii, or Drain, w ere from Ashland visited lireiisd here (Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Clara Jjaturday. ' Smith. Hp v. and Mrs. Adrian Fra- Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gaedeeke ! ley. of Kugene, were also visiting ami daughter, IJernlce, returned to 'the Smith home Sunday, their home here Sunday evening af- j Mrs. H. S. Adams' and A. It. ter visiting lor llm past len days Haines were Hoseburg visitors Moll at Seattle, Wash., with Mr. and day. Mrs. Fred Gaedeeke and Mrs. Min-i Mrs. Staeie DeMint. who has been nie DeVolt. (visiting Mrs. Klla Feiiley. has ie- .. .lurned to her home in Portland, j Mr. and Mis. Frank Madison, who Men's Glee Club to Practice lare working near Portland, weto the Koseimrg Mens Glee cluii. under tint direction of H. M. I Church, will meet Thursday night 'at 1?.t) n'ep"k at the f-ity hall. molt! ,lk- - - . iustpu"""'' :vcS ,.oU PERCY CROFT Around the County Elkton KI.KTON, Dec. II. Mrs. Jteta Peart, of Medford, is visiting the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Grubbe. Asa Andrews has returned from Uoseburg where he has boon in the hospital. Miss Evelyn Hudson, who is at tending school at Ashland, spent tthe week-end at home. Dinner guests at the Charles Hargan home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. 1). C. Harlan and daughters, Twila and Del Ice, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hargan, Miss Grace Hobiuson, Mr. and Mrs. Uenrgo Hoak, Vaughn Bonk, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd McMie hue! and children, Thelum. Jnnnn and .Ihnmy, Jainea Fairfiehi, Lloyd Uiclil'ord and the Charles Hargan family. Miss Faye llossen. who is at- tending school at Huge no, was home lor the. week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hudson, of Silverton, visited the Joseph Hud son home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Llsterud and (). Minde were Marslifield visitors recently. Miss Helen (Jill, of Portland, was a recent Kellogg visitor. Miss Cilll is a-(laughter of Hay (Jill, who is the state grange master. Mrs. v. J. Hargan. Mrs. Floyd McMichael and son. jlmmie. Mrs. J. H, Haines, Miss Vera Haines. Mrs. Verona Daniel. Airs. Nellie Hinder and Adrian Fraley went to Oakland Monday to attend the 51st Douglas county convention of the Churches of Christ. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Frost, of For est Grove, visited Aim. Elizabeth Owens and Win. Frost over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall McClav and son, of Klamath Falls, are at Flkton visiting relatives and friends. Hobert Griffith, who is working at Portland, Mrs. Winifred Kw ing and Mrs. Margaret Seiple. of Port laud, have been visiting the home of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Griffith. Mr. and Mrs. William Hinder and family and Mrs. Charles Hinder went to Albany Saturday to spend tliH week-end with Mr.' and Mrs. H. A. Pontius. Mrs. J. P. Hutchinson is ill at her home. Mis. Hose Cook Is ill in a hospital at Kugene. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Haines and Mr. ami Mrs. W. W. Hunch and daughter. Mary Alice, were attend ing to buHiuess matters in Jiose burg Friday. Mr. and Mrs. John Novak have rpui;nei to Medford after visiting Mr. und Mrs. Georgo Hinder. Lloyd Mie has sold his plate to Ernest Wade. Mr. und Mrs. Mize have moved to California. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wade, uf Jteedsport, are gniu:; to live on the place. - Mi-h. Amies )liiiliti nn.l Mm Jllo.se Haines went In Kugene Thursday to the Hubert Dun pup home,, to see their mother, Mrs. Staiidacher, who is ill. Miss Helen Fox lias returned to teaching in the grade school afler being called to Ashland by tho ill riess and death of her father. Mr. and Mrs. Halph Thomas, of j heal tie. were calleii in F.lk ton i mil fun u mi' iH'riui hi .m. i no mas' father. If. O. ThomaH. A number of Klkton people went to Scottshiirg Tuesday to attend the funeral of Is sac Sawyers. Mr. and Mrs. K. F. Doney and James luney, of Cottage Grove, liome for the weekend. Mrs. Violet. .Malum, of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mr. and Mrs, Chester 'P.eanifin. of Los Angeles, Calif , left. 3 !.....,..e utsin A me ROSEBURG, OREGON Offers Migration Problem Solution H. -J Toi'ey. Agricultural Eco nomic? Bureau Chief, is pic tured as nr offered the House Migrant Committee a solution of the . periodic mass migrations, one of the nations' most vexing social prcblems. Ho suggested development of the Mississippi delta where, ho said, about I. 000.000 acres of rich loam can be jbtainod for S2.50 to $10 per acre. for home Tuesday alter visiting relatives and friends at Klkton a few days. Mrs. Keta Peatt went with them us far as Mediord to her home. Yoncalla VONCALLA. I 'cp. 10. Mr. and Mrs. Avery Laswell and family I spent several days lust w eek shop ping and vl.siiiug relatives in Port land. 1 Mrs. I larry Steward and son, Karl, of Wolf Creek, spent the week-end here with Mrs. Steward, i Lawrence Kadiihaugh has been .spending most ot his time in Goshen lately due to the serious Illness of his uiolher. I Mrs. Kdtvard Kelso and Mrs. 'Tommy Palmer motored to Jtose- burg Friday. Mr. and .Mrs. Tom Laiubliu and family formerly of Nebraska have I moved to Voncalla to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Khner D. Parks vis ited at the Henry Parks home in Scut. Ik Valley last week en route f to their home in I'm t Angeles, Wash., a Tier an extended trip through Missouri and California. Francis Iligelow broke one Ihig ' er und badly lore inmther one. on BOTTL tD ROSEBURG DAIRY AND SODA hls right hand Tuesday while working witu his caterpillar build ing roads. Special meetings are being held at the Calvary tabernacle this week, with Warren Cornelius as evangelist. V. E. French Is holding driving lessons in Voncalla every week, with the following students attend ing. Venola Marsh, Luis and Ieta Hrant. Donald Illgolow and Way no , Itiee. Mr. and Mrs. Lunney of Ne- braska have moved Into tho Smith 1 house. Due to the starling of the I new Kruse mill, houses in this lo cality are at a piemluiu. Miss Doreen Coekeram of Ku gene spent the week-end here with her parents on lied Hill. Lauretta Frelwell and Mrs. Kd- ward Fretwell of Kugene spent the week-end visiting al the Pal mer home. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Williams and daughter. 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