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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURS, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, .194,1.
iMnrd Dallr Kacrat flundar br tb
ftrwa-Hevlrw Co.. ,lic.
Mrmlier of The Aaaot'lalrd Prcmm
The Associated Prom I" exrimlve
ly entitled to the use fur republica
tion of all news dlapnlchei creditro
to It or not otherwise credited In
this naper and to all local new"
aubllahed herein. All flghli of re
publication of pocll dispatched
herein are also teaerved.
HARHIS EIXSWOKTH Editor
Entered as acrnnd claaa matter
May 17. 1920. at the pom office at
Rnschiirg. Oregon, under act or
March 2. 1178.
Represented by
my,
Nan Vnrk 371 Mndlann tbl
rajco Mil N. MIclllKan Ave San
rnnun-r.O lluh Rtriot lr
Irull 3U8I IV. Orand noulevard
.n. Anarlra 413 S. Hprltut HUeet
deattlf 603 B'ewart Strcit I'orl
Uad 520 S. W'. Sixth Ave. M.
Uvula 111 N. Tenth Street
Pl)ILISlJttt'i-S0ciTI0K
gubacriulloa Italea
Dally, per year by mall . j.JJ
Dully, 6 moiilha by mull J.6t
Dally. 3 rooiitita by mail....... i-'t
Dally, by currier per month... .6;;
Dally, by carriur por year 7.su
Kvery atato, county ami city
ofuclal or board Unit halidlca
public money ahoulu publish at
rcKUlur Intcrvala an arcounting
of It, allowing where and how
each dollar la ali. nl. Ihla la a
fundamental principle uf demo
cratic government.
BITTER are the lessons being
written in blood ucross Eu
rope today and woe to him who
will not learn them!
One of them seems to be this:
There is danger In too great cen
tralization. That Is: If all your
government offices are huddled
in one small area, all your steel
wprks huddled In another, all
your auto and munitions plants
In another, all your boat building
facilities in another, so much
greater the chance of a single
crippling blow by some over
whelming bombing raid. That
country is best off whose produc
tive facilities are so scattered
that a whole series of successful
blows might not necessarily crip
ple It.
The war has centered atten
tion on decentralization. New
powder, plane and munitions
plants are being built in remote
places which had hitherto been
without great Industries, even
without great populations. And
this at a time when the tide of
people locking to the cities
seems, to have reversed Itself and
fpr the first time the census fig
ures show an increase In the
rural population.
But against this tide swims j
government. The population of 10:00 Adventures of Uncle Jim
Washington has grown 36 per my, Copco.
pent since 1930. n rate of in- 10:15 Ed Fitzgerald. Talk. MBS.
oi-rasc exceeded onlv bv Miami 1
and San Diego. It has slopped i
over its limits, and Arlington
county, across the Potomac
county in the United States. Of -
flee buildings cannot be built j
fast enough to hold the bulging j
bureaus; rents skyrocket.
One answer has been proposed
by Representative Everett M.
Pirksen of Illinois. He has .
traduced Into the house a resolu-j
tlon which would call for mov-
Ing many government bureaus
bodily from Washington to olli j
or cities. Even allowing (or i
Pirksen's probable direct Inter- I
est in getting some of them for j
Chicago or for his native Pekin ',
district, maybe this is worth i
thinking about. I
.... j
Pirksen argues that 5100,000,-!
(XH) was sKMit last year by offi
cials in travel from Washington
to other places where govern-'
meat business was being done; i
that many of the functions of ,
government, like social security,
railroad control of various kinds, i
census bureau, housing and :
home loan work, maritime con ;
trols, WPA, CCC, veterans' work. ,
and agricultural aid, eoiilil just
us efficiently and perhaps more '
ei-onomirally be discharged In !
oilier purls of the country. ,
I oes too great a ccincrntra
lion of Hie nation's life blood
for safety pass through Wash
Ington'.' New York? Chicago'.'
Detroit? Ought we to begin
thinking seriously of doing sonic
thing about it?
Eclitorials on News
(Continued from pinto 1.)
THE WAR our Ideas on demo
cratic government.
A MIP Hie thunders of war, ihc
government is filing monop I , M , ,. ,., )( , ,., ., lA1M.
oly suits and announces that It Is wasidngton grange proH.se
uolng clear through with them. ! M.(, ,aw ,-,,,, n-funors
If it docs go clear through and on the sides of llatc.ns to wain
succeeds in eliminating ALL ! motorists at crossings. A motor
monopolisllc practlivs, from tup; 1st drove into a Ilatcar and was
tu bottom, ill industry and labor, ! killed recently.
the American system will be In
a better way to continue as a sys
tem of FREE ENTERPRISE.
Monopolistic practices and a
system of free enterprise Just
simply don't go together.
IN Cairo (British headquarters
in the Mediterranean) the
RAK reports that "burned-out
wreckage of seven seaplanes and
twister girders of two destroyed
workshops are all that remain of
the Italian seaplane base at
Bomba (a few miles southeast of
Derna) once a constant threat
to British shipping. There is
scarcely a square yard that has
not been torn by aerial bombard
ment.
That's what happens when one
side gets control of the air. It
will happen In Britain if the Ger
mans get control.
OUPPLYING the British with
planes enough to GAIN CON
TROL OF THE AIR over Bri
tain is the VITAL part of the
job we have taken on as the ar
senal of the democracies.
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4:30 Confessions of a Corsair,
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5:00 Symphony.
5:15 Discussion of Inler-Ameri-
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5:30 Varieties.
5:45 Cap't Midnight, Ovaltlne,
MBS.
6:00 -Interlude.
,6:05 News, Calif. Pacific Utili-
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6:10 Dinner Music.
6:15 Fulton Lewis, Jr., MBS.
6:30 John E. Hughes, MBS.
6:4a Dance Hour.
7:30 Wythe Williams, Star
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8:00 Standard Symphony Hour,
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9:00 Alka Seltzer News, Glen '
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-Dance Orch.
9:15-
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74:5 J. M. Judd
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8.00 Haven of Rest, MBS.
8:30 News, MUS.
8:45 BBC News, MUS.
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9:03 Musical Portraits, MUS.
9:15 Man About Town.
9:30 -Sunshine Sue and H
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10:30 Johnson Family. MBS,
Old
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2:00
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3:115
3:15
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llei bie Holme
i ircheslra,
MILS.
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At Your Command.
Music hv Willard. MBS.
A. P. Bulletins, MUS.
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3:30 The Quiet Hour.
I.oo American I'anuly
i:,, hiii-
sun.
415 M.1 Perkins. OKyilol, MBS.
6:30 Matinee Concert.
5;(HI Lew Loyal, MUS.
5:30 Varieties.
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!l:30
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Freddy Martin's Inches-
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U. S. Indictment
Hits Slate Firms
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 30.-
(AP) Eighteen firms which con -
trol a major part of the slate used
for the nation's school purposes,
wor railed upon today to answer
federal charges that they conspir
ld to lix prices in violation 01 tne
anti-trust laws.
j liie companies an in eastern
j Pennsylvania and an equal num
ber of individuals were indicted
' v-nvtm-rl.-iv- hk :i l-nsnlt nf n rlpn;irt-
,, f iJ,i, i..,.uii,,iirin inm
,'"" j"..'.- -
i the cost of school supplies.
All,,n A IV.1,- cri:,l nuuiut.
an, allol.n(,v (...ncal, who con
ducted the inquiry, said it was
"one phase of a general investi
gation of the school supplies in-
Idustry."
i He added that the government
aiso wi,s scanning another branch
of the industry the cuuipmenet
of college and university labora
tories with furniture, crayons,
i. ..II L ....1.1. rt.-
blackboards,
v"- r
limpa mm h'""'"-
Indictments
in a third branch ,
of the industry that of school
furnishings and equipment were
returned in Richmond, Vu., Pobey
said. Six firms and 39 Individuals
pleaded no defense there, he said,
and were fined S-'8.0(X.
Pobey declared that the eastern
Pennsylvania group not only con
trolled production of slate used
for school purposes but also slate
used in building and other com
mercial work.
I The indictments accused the 18
slate firms of creating "arbitrary
'and artificial" prices and "unlaw
ful eiimliin.ilion and conspiracy in
restraint of trade and commerce."
Social Nirjlit Planned Rivers
dale grange has invited tile public
to enjoy a dancing pally and so
cial niglil Friday. January .'II. at
the hall at H o'clock. No admis
sion charge will be made. Later
in the evening, the committee in
charge will sell refreshments.
DAILY DEVOTIONS
PR. CHAS. A. EDWARDS
"Cast thy burden ilium the
Lord anil He shall sustain
thee." There is no escaping
burdens. To be utterly care
free in these days ol hide
seiibable cares is to be tin
iwaic in an incredible way.
But we wlin bear that kindly
yukc know that never are we
alone in our burden-bearing. A
Ininleii only becomes unbear
able when it is bnrne hope
lessly our bin ileus are shared
by One who is hope incarnate,
lie is hope, and our hope, be
cause He is perlectly able to
do something about the bur
dens we are sharing. How oth-i-rwise
can we account lor the
cheerfulness of I hose in deep
loss ami sorrow, the courage of
Hie bereaved and the amazing
eiidin.inie of the tired and
weary. When we forget and
I. ipse (or ,i tune and our bur
den seems unbearable, and un
reasonable, resort to prayer
and communion with our bur
Jen bearer; we see the pa
tience ami love and sympathy
it Hue. to whom we are
yoked "We kneel how weak,
we rise how full of Mwor.
Why Ihi'ietore should we do
ourselves ibis wrong, or oth
ers, thai we are not always
drong. that we are ever over
'mine with rare, that we
should eer weak or heartless
a-, aiiMous in tumbled, when
with us in prayer anil Joy and
strength and courage are with
thee. Cast thy burden UHn the
Lord and lie shall sustain
liter." Amen.
R AMBLINGS
Py PAUL JENKINS
I am indebted to Mrs. G. R.
GrcRB; of Rt- L Kosoburg, for the
following account of a public
sale held near Versailles, Ken-
tucKy in lmy and appearing at
that time in the Anderson,
Ken
tucky, "News":
Public Sale
Having sold my larm and am
leaving for "Oregon Territory"
by ox team, will offer on March
1, 18-19, all of my personal prop
erty, to-wit: All ox teams except
two teams, Buck and Ben and
Tom and Jerry; 2 milk cows; 1
gray mare and , colt; 1 pair of
oxen and yoke; i baby yoke; 2 ox
carts; 1 iron plow with wood
mole board; SIX) feet of poplar
weather boards: 1,500 ten-foot
feme rails; 1 sixty-gallon soap
kettle; 85 sugar troughs made of
white? ash timber; 10 gallons of
maple syrup; 2 spinning wheels;
1 30 pounds of mutton tallow; 1
i l:ii-in ln,im m;i,ln hi .tni-rv A1I,
H- "J w.' ....
'son;300 hoop nones; 100
split
:l,nMn. infl mnntv hjll-rnls- 1 .T.
, ' ,,."'..,..
mmii i,mii-i ui .juiiiisuii-miiit-i 11 A ui irie MUllipl.'U.
whisky 7 years old: 20 gallons of .Unless it was leaded, he should
apple brandy; 1 40-galloii copper 'have kept the .32 calibre rifle to
still; oak tan leather; 1 dozen have shot nt squirrels and In
reel hooks; 2 handle hooks; 3 , dians with on his way west.
sey tnes anil cradles; i dozen
wooden pitchforks; one-half inter
est in tan yard; 1 32-caliber rifle;
bullet mold and powder horn
rifle made bv Hen Miller; 50
ions of soft soap; hams, bacon
,11111 lillli; IU gitllUUN Ul AUlIIUill
molasses; G head of fox hounds,
all soft mouthed except one.
At the same time I will sell my
six negro slavestwo men 35 and
50 years old. two boys, mulatto
wenches 40 anil 30 vears old. will
MODERN
HORIZONTAL
1 Pictured.
English poet.
12 Horseback
game.
13 Odor.
14 Smear.
J6 Recumbent.
18 To polish.
19 Teacher.
20 Female deer.
21 Measure of
cloth.
22 Frozen water
23 Year (abbr.).
25 Corded fabrics
Answer to Previous Puiile
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27 To relieve.
29 Road (abbr.)
30 States.
31 Particles.
33 Tarty for
49 Intention.
50 Oceans.
52 Belonging to.
53 Cooking
utensil.
men only.
15 Geology terms. 56 Mashed.
37 Farewell. 58 Humor.
38 Preposition. 59 He is poet
39 Pathways in
of
stores.
41 Kmerald.
43 Nothing.
44 Loads.
4ti Funeral pile.
England.
60 He has writ
ten a variety
of or
romances.
UL lO'D C E UAf IAP.
I' li p 4 i 4 ' r je I jy jo n""j '
16 1 ' T jjj " "if " '
TTF n
so" p -pi 6r lu w
" r1 1 l"p " Tr
Trn i 1 1 1 -H f '-rh
By Williams
I sell all together to some party as
will not separate them.
I Term of sale, cash in hand, or
note to draw 4 per cent interest
with Bob McConnell as security.
My home Is two miles south of 1
Versailles, Kentucky, on McCoons !
ferry pike. Sale will begin at 8
a. m. Plenty of eat and drink, i
J. L. MOSS. I
That was only ninety-two years,
ago, a comparatively short time,
as measured in the history of the
nations; but I suspect there are(
many middle-aged folks today ;
who find some of the articles
listed at this sale not only unfa
miliar, but who never heard of
them before. For instance, whatl
are "hoop pones"?
Then again, that item about 32 j
gallons of Johnson-Miller whis
key. 32 gallons must have been
quite a lot of whatever it was;
still, it couldn't have been con
sidered Indispcnsible or Mr. Mass
wouldn't have wished to dispose
nf it in ,.,ii.n,i I , rir ti-nnlri ho
..' "
Son Is Born According to
word received here, a son, Ross
gal-'Harold, weighing seven pounds.
four ounces, was born Monday
I'VtlllllK, .Jclllllfll 41, 111 till, ttlUI
Mrs. H. C. Barker, of Eugene, at
ithe Dr. Hart hospital in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Barker formerly
made their home in this city. Mrs.
Barker is daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. I . k.. Beaver of tdennowcr.
BARD
writer of
or dramas.
15 He succeeded
Robert as
poet laureate.
17 To suit.
19 It is (contr.).
24 Ancient deity.
26 Time gone by,
28 Toward sea.
29 To declaim.
32 Lubricated.
34 Score count.
35 Ridge.
36 Wrong.
40 Drinks slowly.
41 Compass of
a voice.
42 Lace.
44 Italian coin.
45 Observed.
47 To vex.
48 Lizards.
49 Expert aviator
51 Bustle.
53 Plural (abbr.).
54 Rough lava.
55 Chaos.
57 Compass point
(abbr.).
atom
VERTICAL
1 Pleasure.
2 Fetid.
3 Academic
distinctions.
4 Mother.
5 Apprehends.
6 Spirit.
7 Symbols.
8 Musical note.
9 Evolves.
10 Tardy.
11 Dual.
12 He is also a
03 You and I.
1 posses cyoBBcyg 1
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SERIAL STORY
CONSCRIPTS WIFE
BY BETTY WALLACE . .. :TX
YESTERDAY: ' Paul is angry
to see Martha working so hard.
It is not until evening that they
have a chance to be alone "to
talk business," Martha explains
lamely. Paul demands that she
return to the office, threatens to
tell Bill. Martha tells him, then,
that Suzanne has also threaten
ed to go to Bill, tell him how-
juarth,a is carrying on.
OF COURSE I LOVE YOU"
CHAPTER XVIII
But even as the words left her
Tips, Martha was sorry she had
saiu mem. una nuuiu jhni ui
on more of the talk that was
dangerous. Yet she had meant
to toll him. Ask him to prevent
Suzanne from carrying out her
threat. Was it too late now?
"Suzanne?" Paul echoed, puz
zled and u n c o m p r e h e nding.
"'The way you're carrying on?'
I don't understand. What was
she getting at?"
"The same thing, in a way,
vou were getting at, iviarin
heard herself saying, resent fully. I "' now that you've come driv-.-!,,
in mil ,l cnmolainine liR a this way to Bayvillc after
Going to
about me. Lxcept that she-she-was
going to complain about
you, too."
"Me?"
"Don't sound like that! You
know perfectly well what Su-1 hands were strong on nor should
zanne meant! I tried to tell you ers. "Listen to me!" he blurted,
myself that night. That we "I don't care what anyone thinks,
should nut see so much of each 1 1 know there's been nothing, nolh-
other."
The street down which they
lad been aimlessly riding came
to an abrupt end. Paul backed
up. retraced the route a few
blocks, nosed the car into a little
dirt road. They could see the
passing lights of cars racing
down the state highway beyond.
He pulled up short and dimmed
the lights.
"I met her on the street," Mar
tha explained, turning in her
seat to face him. "Suzanne was
verv angry. ,I!ecause Madge
Willis told her we'd boon togeth
er at that country club dance."
"CJo on."
"She talked and talked."
The memory of Suzanne's nar-
i rowed eyes, the sound of her
light, impassioned voice made
Maltha stir uneasily. She could
not escape the same, unwilling
pity which had touched her then.
Suannc had been suffering so!
She would never have smiken
with such edged malice if it
were not her own pain that was,
urging her on.
She said she said thai she
ould drive up to camp herself.
; She said that she'd warn Hill.
Warn nun tnai i ruai you
Paul swore. "Is she crazy?
The meddling fool! What's got
ten Into her?"
"You know. She's- she's lm
aglniiii: things. L'ecause she-"
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Somehow. Martha couldn't be
tray Suzanne by saying, boldly,
the things Suzanne herself had
said in that shaking, hungry
voice.
"I can't believe she'd do a low
trick like that! Suzanne has al
ways been decent." He mulled It
over in his mind. With the etern
al wonder of women, Martha sat
beside him and marvelled at the
simple, incredible fact of his
blindness. That Suzanne could
feel so strongly about him, and
that he could be so completely
unaware!
.Paul's jaw hardened. "She has
no right to go mucking up trou
ble, no matter what she im
agines! It isn't her affair how
often, or why, I take you to
dances."
"Perhaps not, Paul. But - re
member 1 tried to explain be
fore exactly how it -it can't help
looking. With Bill away. And
people what they are. Oh, In a
way, I -I can't blame her. And
me, everything s worse! Can t
you see, suppose I let you take
me back -suppose you hired a
woman " She couldn't go on.
Paul turned suddenly. H i s
ing a detective on my heels mold
find out. What if 1 do love you?
Uf course I love you! Any fool
might guess. But they couldn't
point a finger couldn't muddy II
up because I've been careful, I
never "
Martha gasped, in swift dis
may. "Oh, Paul. Don't! You
mustn't!"
"I know I mustn't." he cried
savagely. His face was a pale
blur above her, and his hands
on her shoulders were shaking
with a powerful emotion that
had at last become loo strong
for him.
"What do you think has been
torturing me, giving tne no rest?
You're his! But I love you. I can't
help that. I can't help breathing,
ran I? It's like that. Beyond my
control." He was fighting to keep
his voice down, hut the words
came jerkily, hoarsely.
Martha's heart thudded wiih a
terror she had never rxper
fenced before,
and elemental
Something huge
seemed to have
come into the ear here in the
with them, and had thetn in its
grip.
"I have no internum of doing
anything lnut it. Martha." he '
was saying. "Have I ever tried
to make love to you? Have I
ever expressed it in words -in'
any way- before this? Bill's my i
friend, he trusts me, and you'
you're too fine As long us '
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you're happy with Bill, I'm con
tent to remain out of the picture,
Martha."
He was sorry he had said this
much. Realizing, Martha bow
ed her head, and looked careful
ly away, while he tried for com
posure.
"But I can't bear to see you
overworked and miserable, taxed
beyond your strength, when it'r
so unnecessary!" he cried. "1
tell you, I will hire a woman to
do that housework! You've got
to come back to the office, where
you belong. You can't go on kill
ing yourself with floors and pots
and three children."
Stubbornly, Paul's hands shot
out and cut the switch off.
"Martha, you must listen to .me.
For your own sake! If Bill real
ized what it means to walk in
there, as I did, and see you pale
and tired, circles under your
eyes"
"I'll live. Stall the car."
"Martha, please." Almost, he
was begging, now. The imper
ious tone of command, the note
of overriding anger was gone.
There was no more arrogance,
just a piteous plea.
"Martha, listen to me. You're
not well. Since Bill's been away,
you haven't been yourself. This
is no time to be taking on added
responsibilities. Martha, outside
of my own feelings if you
weren't anything to ine at all -I'd
still say the work's too rough
for you!"
"Paul, if you don't take me
back immediately ," She was
trembling.
He uttered a wordless sound,
and his foot found the starter.
But something was wrong. For a
moment, as the car leaped for
ward, Martha was aware that
Paul's usually sure hands, the
keen, swift, co -ordination, were
shaken. She felt a vague dis
quiet. Then suddenly, out of no
where, the blinding lights of a
car .speeding down the highway,
stabbed at them. Paul was turn
ingthere was an Involuntary
gasp -and before he could swing
the wheel the other way, the
lights were while and pitilessly
close. . ...
"Paul!" she screamed. "Paul!"
Something smashed against
them. She was aware of the
black, hurting bulk behind those
glaring headlights. Aware of the
groan and rip of steel, the sud
den violent shudder of the seat
beneath her. and the sound of
showering glass.
To be continued)
III Few Days Mrs. A. K. El
liott stenographer at the local
Western Auto Supply store, has
bi-cn ill the last few days.
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