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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY; AUGUST 19, 1941.
4-H ers Given Big
Help by Grange, in
Summer School
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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
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FESTIVAL, BUT REMAIN PEPETUAL.
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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