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TWO ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY; AUGUST 19, 1941. 4-H ers Given Big Help by Grange, in Summer School i ,.f (National Grange Bulletin) How the prange renders prac tical service to young people flmto . vivid Illustration. In the State of Oregon, where the Ore gon State grange lias iaki'ii an active interest in the 411 club summer school held for two weeki every summer on the State college campus at Corvallls. Attendance has steadily mounted until this year It exceeded 2100 young men and young women, and Included In this number were 207 grange young people, all eager to Increase their knowl edge and to learn new methods, agricultural and otherwise. The most Interesting part of this fact is that these grange young people were sent to Cor vallis by their home granges, and nil expenses of the two weeks stay on the college campus were paid by the members back home altogether a cash Investment by granges of mora than $2500. Students hud to provide their own transportation, but the grange took care of all the rest. ' This interesting participation by granges in so worthy an edu cational project Is too be attri buted to the wise leadership of State Master Ray W. Gill, who noted with interest the growing attendance of young people at the Corvallis summer school and de tcrmlned that more grange boys and girls ought to be included. Realizing that many who would derive the greatest benefit could not finance such an undertaking, State Master Gill worked out the plan of having local granges assume such expense and send to the summer school deserving young people from the home vi cinity. It is expected that next year's attendance of grange young folks may be even dou bled. ... OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoop) MISS HERKlLEE-BUSS SliMD i MOPAOArAA PLEASE TO RUSH RED ROSE FOR MISSUR 6ANPTW BERNARD.'--' SHE SAW FEELIMG NICELV AGAIN FlNDlNiG OUT HE NOT PROPERLY ROMANiTiC MATE FOR BEAUTIFUL MATR1M.ON1AL FESTIVAL, BUT REMAIN PEPETUAL. . (40VMEVER GOOD FRlENDLV VOL) SEE- (UISSUR MAM SOME TIME ? 6ANK YOU t NO PA JAM A. I'LL SEE TWT HE GETS THE . g ROSE, AND WE LL Ly ( 6WE HINA A LARGE. RED RASPBERRY TO MATCH VA . Looklnggtass LWKINGGLASS,; Aug. 19 Miss Marguerite Mack of Mon roe spent the past week visiting nt the home of her sister, Mrs. John Montgomery. Spending Wed nesday and Thursday at the Mont gomqry.homc also were Mrs. Montgomery's, mother, Mrs. M. O. Mack, of Monroe and sister, Mrs. Hugh Porter, and small daughter, Janet, of Alsea. .Ivan Matthews who Is serving m a lookout for the forestry ser vice north of Lukevlew spent the weekend with his purenls, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur' Matthews, and family. He whs accompanied by Mrs. Dale Matthews and small son, Marshal, of Lakevlew. Miss Lillian Matthews went to I. n lie view with them on the return trip Sunday evening. Visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Strickland for a few weeks Is their small grand daughter, Sandra Kay Rapp, of Roseburg, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Rapp, are taking a trip east. Mrs. Mary Smith visited Fi lduy and Saturday with Miss Alice Uostlck in Roseburg. Vernon Green has resigned his position at the. Lowell store in Roseburg to assist with the har vest work In the valley. Mrs. John Montgomery and children. Marda Jean, Jackie and Hugh Rice, and their guest, Miss Marguerite Mack, narrowly es-ctiH-d serious injury when their car skidded in loose gravel on the Tiller cut-off road to Diamond lake and plunged over the bank. The car wlch lodged against a tree part way down the embank ment was badly damaged. Mrs. Montgomery suffered a deep cut on her knee which necessitated placing Iter leg in a cast. Only minor cuts and bruises resulted to the others in the car. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Zuniwalt of Lowell were dinner guests recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hodges enroute to Cali fornia where Mr. Zuinwalt plans to take special training in man ual arts. Mr. Zumwalt, who was n former superintendent of the local schools, has been serving in like capacity in the high school at Lowell the past year. Mivand Mrs. Frank Shaw, Ket tle Ann, .lunette, Annieta and Derwln Dale, of Medford were guests Sunday at the home of Miss Margaret Rariey and George and Jerry Wagner. Mrs. Kills of east Roseburg cal led at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Buckle Sunday. ' Guests of Mrs. May LeClerC and arriving Saturday were her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Anderson, of Los Angeles and Mr. and Mrs. Reil Blsmukes, all of whom will re main for their annual two weeks outing in this vicinity. Accom panying the party were Mr. and Mrs. -John McLaughlin who li ft on Sunday for Tacoma where thfy will visit with Mr: r.ml Mrs. Everett Hodges and family, re turning to Lookingglass in time lor the West Douglas Fair Aug. 28. V ' m ))) .'i I A CP- -20 ' cof mi n wtvicc. twe t m hco u s pat orr. nn DOESM'T rtEED A ROSE TO REMEMBER. IVtRo. HERKIMER-BUSS FUNNY BUSINESS IfHMiuZ- a-io w. mt rr uu mvici, inc. t m a u i. pat orr "Js Hint wlint lltey mean by 'rounding mil nn unity enreer' Explosive Expansion of Hermiston From Ordnance Depot Project Puts Heavy Problems Up to Municipality By CLYPK WALKER Pendleton East 1 0iegonlan HERMISTON, Ore., Aug. 18, -( API - Prosperity has hit this little eastern Oregon town and brought almost as much ache In the head as cash In the pocket. Five thousand workers who earn up to $!I5 a week building Uncle Sinn's S12.000.000 Umatilla ordnance depot have been set down on top of a town geared for 803 people who collected a mod est living from Irrigated farm land. Tills Is no defense tmomlct, but a first-rate explosion leaving a wake of difficult social and eco nomic problems. The previously enterprising town now looks like a country fair gone wild -an overgrown carnival on a '24 hour shift. The most vital question of liv ing Is "where?" Hastily built cab Ins and one-room shacks, tents and trailer houses jam every va cant lot and pasture so tight there's hardly room fur the al most Inevitable "no vacancy" sign. ' Temperatures at the dcmt, fre quently over 100 degrees, and choking desert sand when the wind blows naturally prompt high wages and overtime added In has creatiKt a local sort of In flation. Rent has doubled in many eases. -Because the depot was lo cated nearby without soliciting from the city, Hermiston had no time to prepare to house the workers and their families as they started swarming in early this year. Even Trailer Space Costly Although some 1.700 men arc fed and housed In barracks at the depot, many others and practical- ' It, !,ll thn mui-cinH ii'm-lnt'c llut'A J .... ...... hud to look for accommodations near town. The shortage of homes and bidding from new ar rivals have spiralled prices. Small apartments bring $30 to S40 a month, higher rents have been reported and houses are correspondingly high. Trailer space with minimum accommo dations Is $5 lo $10 a month and with lights, sewer and water hookups has sometimes gone higher. Renting trailer space has be come a major Industry. Every market road leading In to town is lined with signs adver tising trailer space. Every vacant space In farmyards that boast a few shade trees is filled with tents and trailers. One ambitious rancher with a windmill and a few forlorn willows In the middle of 180 acres of desert has gone Hollywood with "trailer space" sign. Business Boom Terrific Within Hermiston business Is terrific. Most established firms have overloaded shelves and en larged their space to capture some of the high wages parad ing past their doors all day long. Naturally prices have gone up as merchants found themselves un able to keep stocks. Food prices. however, are not out of line with increases in other areas. A chain store is handling about 75,000 pounds of grocery freight a week. Cigarettes vanish almost as soon as they arc stocked. Beer and pop stay on ice Just about long enough to moisten the bot tles. New businesses spring up as fast as tent camps and as hap hazardly. Open air shoo shine parlors wage a futile combat with dust stirred up by constant traf fic and milling pedestrians. Ship lap shacks and trailers sell ham burgers and pop. Most unique is a frame building advertising showers. Some homes rent their bathing facilities. Finding something to do when off shift is a serious problem. A miniature shooting gallery is crowded. Soda fountains and beer counters are lined three deep at night. Lunch counters "sandwich" their patrons. The town's only theater sells mostly standing room. Hermiston has hired an extra policeman but still can not meet the problems of a "boomer" pop ulation. State and county offi cers help as much as possible and city officials say Ihey need still more help. School Problem Knotty What lo do wit II an estimated 1200 extra students when school opens is another riddle. Federal funds are counted on to help build facilities and hire about 20 new teachers. Some pupils may have lo be sent to nearby com munities. Other money from pub lic works administration funds has been requested for recrea tional facilities and sewage disposal- both pressing needs. Yes, there are plenty of head aches. Merchants are reluctant to make improvements or en large in spite of the fact that much of their display space is used for selling direct from packing cases. They know that while business is good now. when the project is completed, per haps In five months, perhaps longer, construction workers will move on to a new job find Her miston will have a boom hang over with a whole new set of ad justments. Right now, though, the town is cashing in and shaking Its amaz ed head at the "biggest show in Oregon" - a pleasant little town multiplied at least seven times in a few months and valiantly try Ing to meet Its problems. Farm Bureau Asks Tax Exemption Cut WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. fAP) The American Farm Bu reau Federation, contending that the pending $3,236,700,000 tax bill was not adequate to finance de fense and check Inflation, urged today that existing Income tax exemptions and credit for de pendents be cut in half. The federation's urogram was'tcrs. Elsie Mae and Beverlv submitted to the senate finance! June; S. E. Eakin, John Jackson I man spent the week-end at Weed, II- Calif. They were accompanied latlves. Kft-a Vannalh Tl fnilrrt nrtd fhll Hran Irnm Hill Calif nr vis. 'home hv MlS. Hill RPd MrS. itlng this week at the home of Mrs. Brown's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil McCollum. Floyd Ames and daughter, Mil dred, spent Sunday at Myrtle Point visiting frjends. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Ames' mother, Mrs. Anna Ames, who has been visiting there for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Farnam, Mrs. Chester Johns and daugh- committce by Luwaru A. O'Neal, president of the organization, who contended that national revenues should be made to equal two thirds of estimated expendi tures chiefly through "ability to pay" taxation. O'Neal asked that Income tax and J. E. Hurtle aticndcd the Kansas picnic held in Roseburg Sunday. Mrs. Alice Parks returned to her home In Salinas, Calif., Sun day after visiting here for the past two weeks with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and exemptions be put at $400 for Mrs. S. E. Eakln, and her two single persons and $800 for mar ried persons, with a $200 credit allowed for each dependent. He told the committee that the federation was "strongly opposed to increased excise taxes, the general sales tax, or a manufac turers' tax at least until other tax sources have been more near ly exhausted." O'Neal asserted that the pres ent excess profits tax was "in adequate" and urged Imposition of higher rates and a requirement that all profits above "a reason able maximum return" on in vestment be considered excess profits regardless of prior earnings. Azalea AZALEA, Aug. 15,,-Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jantzer -and son, Johnny, from Prospect were week-end guests at the home of Mr. Jantzer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Jantzer. L. S. Johns made a business trip to Roseburg Saturday. Mrs. Lowell Curtis and son, Lee, shopped In Grants Pass Fri day. Mr. and Mrs. Ora Condray and son, Richard, spent Sunday at Days Creek, where they visited Mrs. Condray's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Worthington. They were accompanied home by their daughter, Coleen, who had been visiting her grandparents for the past week. Mrs. Henry Gaedecke has re ceived word that her son, Fred die, had passed the required ex amination for Joining the navy and left Portland Saturday night for San Diego, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Duffey from San Francisco, Calif., ar rived here early Monday morn ing and will spend several days visiting Mrs. Duffey's mother, Mrs. John Oldenburg.S Miss Vera Jackson returned to her home In Monterey, Calif., Sunday after visiting her father, Allen Jackson, and her brother, Charles. Carroll Dill returned to his home here Wednesday after vis; iting for the past three weeks In Colorado and Missouri with re- brothers, Allen Jackson and John Jackson. Miss Alice Booth from Med ford visited over the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Halbcrt Booth. Paul Jones returned to Kla math Falls Saturday morning aft er visiting here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. John Oldenburg and George Oldenburg made a business trip to Roseburg Sat urday. Mrs. E. O. Adams and chil dren, Billle and 11a, returned to their home In Redmond, Satur day. They were accompanied by Mrs. Adams' sister, Miss Doris Tripp, who will spend a couple of weeks visiting there. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Smith shopped In Roseburg Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.. Halbcrt Booth and daughters, Alice and Mar- Jorle, spent Saturday evening in Roseburg. Mrs. Esther Thorpe and Dick Dcrrlg were In Roseburg Satur day. Harry Hill and Ernest Busch- ORDER WINTER FUEL NOW! Slab Wood Price 16 In. Green Slab Wood, 1 load S3.35 4 ft. Green Slab Wood, per cord S2.35 Planer Ends, load S4.50 Mill Ends, load ...... S4.00 16" Ory Slab, per load $4.50 3 Hill's nephew, Donald ueueu, who will visit here for a while. Mrs. Hill recently underwent a major operation at Weed and is improving satisfactorily. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Pickett vis ited here Sunday with Mrs. Pick ett's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hill. They were en route to their home in Reedsport after enjoying a pleas ure trip in California and Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. William Jantzer i and sons. Blllie and Jackie, made a business trip to Medford Mon-: day evening. I Mrs. Bert Hussey and two chil dren and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Lenore Hussey, from Vallejo, Calif., visited here a couple of days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cooke. They were en route to Seattle, Vancouver and other northern points of interest where they will visit friends. SKATING 3! WEDNESDAY SATURDAY 7:30 till 10 P. M. 8unday 7:30-10 P. M. at the RAINBOW RINK WINCHESTER Fishermen Attention! Wa carry a complete lint of Fishing Tackle . . . 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