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ROSEBURG NEWS REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1940 THIRTEEN Portland and Washing ton Growers Win Prizes Non-General Fund Outlay of Oregon To be 87 Million Feathers Fly In Clouds in Turkey Dressing Contest Tho lihrnsc. "to win with IVaili nrs flyinc." must have ortehmtuil i from ii turkey drosstni; contest. Tim content held suimiHlly us u part of the Northwestern Turkey show attracts ll lame crowd of cheeiillK onlookers to witness a performance ol exceptional skill. Live UlrkeyB are hung on racks and are killed and dressed in a race ueaiuat time. Judsiim is on a hasis of elapsed time anil skill exhibited In dressing the bird. liurini; the contest spectators are ti rated to an unusual show. The turkeys are killed by menus of a atlckine knife, setting up u spasmodic (lutterinR and flailini! of wings which throw feathers into the air in a virtual cloud as the skillful hands of the pickers start their work. Two women competed in this year's contest, .Mrs. Krnest Thiele iif Yoncalla winniiiK first place in 7 minutes and 5 seconds, with a store of so points. .Mrs. Kva Good man of Oakland was a close second Willi a time of 7 minutes, 25 seconds and a score of SS. Fred MeCormack of Myrtle Creek was first place winner in the men's division with a score of f5 in six minutes and 20 seconds, and J. E. (Ole) t'nopur of Oakland was sec ond with a score of 'JO in ti min utes. 25 seconds. Tough Agents Nab Fifth Columnists In Border Vigil llv niU'C'.K CATTON" MOA Service Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. While the tl-men and the Dies commit tee work to run down spies, sabo teurs and other fifth columnists, a less publicized but equally Import ant oiKimiatlon toils nicht and day at the job of seeing that dan gerous aliens don't get into the country In the first place. This outfit is the border pa trol of the immigration and na tiirali.alion service of the depart ment of justice. Its 140H trained men have 5500 miles of land border to patrol a 'id an eipial mileage of se:i const although on the scj they get he'p from organizations like the coast guard. The patrol s force has been doubled during the past year, and plans have been drawn up for tripling the present force on a mo ment's notice in case the country should get into war or other dire emergency. With that tripled force, t'.ie na tion's lioi'di rs mild be cl rsed air light. They aren't sealed 'ni't v.:.y now. hut a i,;!l.inl watch I? knpl a' all lime.- i-.-pec:ally alo:m 1 Mexican bo;' '. "here half ui' I'ee whole lone is concentrated. Have to Be Handy Gonts Holder pa ."'. ".I 'll hav to be a liltle bit of i veryt'ni::!'.-sh.irp-shooters, ha". !y l.arrooin flgliteis. ginnslioe iltl-'thes. Iiors.'inei.. radio exper.. ami heaven kc i.vs what not. Tlvy got a slit'.' course of iraining be i," I hey g" on duty, mid are laue'n' practically every thing from jiu-jitsu to til, aid. The patrol xii,- in cl .se co operation the Kill and with the arinv nli.l n.ivy Inwillrvnvc services. I' .!-') keep in pt:n touch with I . rt. coiiieili .lhread. ernecially in .Mei.'i. -'' lb"! it may know ! i-.i lurslng ouvii.le the country -.v.iliins I'"' a change t s sneak in. I: ne n wc n- icilty. Northwest M vintli vtype " ft mis of for. s'ry gt.-ei. when they're out on natril: yet some el ti em prowl '.Ml' bo let i m ,l r g-tlse of tni:iir. h iniiiu 'it '.hi hide outs of lH '11 simigijleis. while others :u:k nr-nin,! tea perls as fish '-. i ici, lonsl'orei.i.'ii or merchant cailors. A good bonier patrolman Is supposed to be pally with the citizens on his heat for often a rancher, a railway telegraph op erator In a lonely whltle-l"P Mutton or a housewife on a re mote farmhouse will have n chance to see things or hear things which the border iwtrol ought to know. Gun Play, and Plenty The dodges by which aliens are illegally brought Into the coun try are manv and varied. Along the Trxas border, the patrolmen not long ago found that what ap pealed to be a perfectly ordinary autotrniler hail a secret compart ment In which a couple of aliens cre being smuggled over the bor- If , I Vv y News-Hevlew t'hi.lo unit Kiigriivlna" J'ictured above are Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Lyons, Portland, left, and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hamilton, right, v.-ho oxhii.Ued the grand champion and reserve champion, respectively, in the Utility division at the North western Turkey show. Uoth couples hnve exhibited b ids lor many years, but this year received their first championship awards. Washington Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hamilton of Chehalis, Washington, are pictur ed above ns they received from Princess Pat Stearns the handsome trophy wen at the Turkey show in Oakland. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton were exhibitors of the bird which won the reserve championship In the utility division. der. On the coast, aliens may be brouiiht in (almost frozen stiff, sometimes) in the ice compart ment of a fishinn Mr. In the des ert, a couple of cars parked in the form nf a T m;iy indicate to an AND TIRE WEAR Now is the lime to get your ear conditioned for winter and your Chriitmat trip. Our BEAR equipment is the finest ob tainable to insure you an excellent job. FREE CHECK UP Telephone Us Today or Bring Your Car in to Us Stephens Auto Co. 323 N. Woin St. ThfAoin 352 -f.P)ll.,.r,rs r"r the foulhorn Orffton dl.f Exhibitors Win rews-ltcvlew 1'hutu 11 ml I'niKrav.nK airplane smupuler that It's safe to land nnd unload his rarpo. I Seivice can he pretty hazardous, j at times. The force's records con- , tain a Iour list of Kun-flRhts. j Thirty-one patrolmen have bei-u t STOP! BAD STEERING 1 " uurneu. killed in action during the Ptct 15 years. When a patrolman sur prises a group crossing the Hio Grande in some isolated place, his quarry is as likely as not to shoot It out with him. Hence the. em phasis. In the training courses, 0:1 the use of firearms. Mrs. Joseph Knpet'z -of Goshen, an exhibitor at the. Northwestern I urkey show for many years, was unable to nttend this year's event until Thursday. She brought the new'B that her husband, whose ab sence had been noted by many friends, l.as been seriously 111, and luces several months of convalescence. Mm Heads the List on Santa's Daily Diet Wise old fellow, Santa! He gains strength for his travels, and muscles to carry his big pack of gifts by drinking milk. Boys and girls, and grownups, too, take a lesson from Santa! Order daily delivery from us. TELEPHONE 186 Roseburg Dairy S Soda Works rrri V ' 1 ''1 8AI.KM. luv. 17. (AIM-Note ueneral fund expenditures tor Oregon during the two years he ainuinK next July 1 will total SS7, imii.oidi. while peneral fund appro priations will about to SI ii.fino.iioo. Hmiiiet- Director David Kim-Ihc suit! toilay. ltpvtMHit'rt tor stale activities in cluded in the non-eiieial fund chissil'icatton come from federal ami l ouuty contrihutiitus. ascdine !axt. payroll taxes, licence feec Htiior taxes. This money Is inn; appropriated ly tilt leinla jture. while ueutM-al fund items arc j appropriated by the li'sisluture. The state hitihwav com mission ! will .-pend S;tl.S00.(ani ilurfuK the ! two t'iirs. or inori than a third I of all noii-KHHM-n1 rnml monoy. ;The next largest amount, $l!l,2n0,. mini, will be spent by the Htnte pub lic welfare commis.-tion. j The unemployment eompensu itUui commission and the industrial accident commission will speud : jii.7ini.nuo and Si.5ti0,tmn, renpsc lively. I Kxendltures by the world war I veterans state aid commishtim will I total $r.0iM.iMi0. hut $I.Mon.oiu wilt Iconie front repayment of loatiH and w ill be used lor debt reth .:ent. Kxpenditnros of otlier non-Ren-- ;erul fund activities will include: lipvelopmont and conserv.tlion. inclndlim iisb. same, forestry ami ; HKrieulluio departments, 3.2O0 I niHi; education. SH.imiii.omi), of which Sl.inni.tiO0 will come from student fees at institutions of hliAhor h iiinlnK; public sai viue bh terprises. incliidiiiK liquor com mission and other slaie-ownwl and regulation of business. biicIi no the nubile utilities commission er and other venulatory hoards nnd commisaions. $2,000,000; peiioral Kovernment. SitoO.ouo; lienlih ami sanitation. JlOO.oon. Two hundred and IS poundft of tnikev meat were served to diners at the annual Turkey Show ban-