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- TWO ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1948 3D all NttWt-BhVIKW tOMPAMY. INC. t gntrad Mcond ciaam matter Hay , iMMi, al iu poaioinc ai ngMOur, Jretfon. undar act at Marcta 2. 107a, tHIUJli V. BTAiVTOtf BOfTOi awiM l. KNArr mamauii kBbr of th AsaociatW rM, Or- INDUSTRIAL STABILITY 'ms Nwtppar PubUahara AaaoolaUoa, Taociaco, UN . uut UL Loula. lUd br WCST-HOLLIOAY CO.. :a la haw York. Chicago, ftaa asiua, rc r.f UaU akaartoUM KUa iJuuaiaa ox County Couolj jr. Uoottaa i ISO 'lire Muotlu Lift) 1 25 'r car, b; itr carrlar. The Weather By CHARLES V. STANTON Opponents to proposed sustained yield management ot our forest resource offer many seemingly plausible arguments, which, in our opinion, however, fail to stand the test of care ful analysis. Jt is claimed, for instance, that because timber lesources would be assigned to a cooerator without com petitive bid, the counties, which receive a cut in returns from timber sales, would lose money. The argument, how ever, fails to take into consideration the fact that many small mills become defunct each year and leave the county holding the sack for taxes. Over a period of years the saving in collection of taxes from financially sound operations would more than offset gains from competitive timber sales U. 8. Weather Bureau Office Foreeaet for Roeeburq and v(. outfits which might or might not be able to pay their inuy: partly cloudy and colder I taxes. tonight and Thursday. .Highest temo. for any Feb. . 79 4-oweat temp, for any Feb. 3 Hlflheet temp, yesterday 64 lowest temp, last night 4s Precipitation yestsrday .03 Precipitation from Feb. 1 ..1.21 deficit from Feb. 1 1.65 .deficit from Sept. 1 1J3 j In the Day's News (Continued Xrom i'age One) J-ain (or mow) is the last thing he wants. J That poses problems. It could be that U we're going pn to the point where any Tom, I Dick or Harry can go aloft in a puuuie-jumper wiui a gunnysack full ot dry ioe and produce rain br snow at will we'll have to evolve a whole new structure ol In a printed circular distributed recently, opponents to the Bureau of Land Management program said: Granted there Is not sufficient timber to maintain all of the firms and Individuate who would liks to make a living from this Industry is this situation peculiar to the for sts? Ars filers not periode when ws have too many groc ery stores, restaurants, gssolins stations, apple and nut grow ers, laborers and the like? Under free economy there Is nor mally no security for Inefficient operators and thK applies to forest Induetries as well as others. Instesd of granting a monopoly In publio timber to a few operators on His basis of prlvats land ownership, would It not be better to put all public land on a real sustained-yield basis with the permis sible annual cut sold in smsll units and under competitive bids to any who would qualify on ths basis of maximum uti lisation of stumpage? It Is better for labor, better for busi ness and better for the community to have 10 mills, each producing 25 M feet per day, than only one mill cutting 250 M. What operator, we would like to know, could "qualify on the basis of maximum utilization of stumpage" under the plan proposed by these critics? Mills would live a hand-to- Pedestrian Death Toll Rate Boosted During Winter Winter road and weather con ditions have sent OreRon's pedes trian death toll skyrocketing at an alarming rate in recent months. Secretary of State New bry has disclosed. Monthly accident summaries show constant increase in pe destrian fatalities from 3 out of 50 total deaths In August to 16 out ol .57 in December, the secre tary said, lie cited bad weather and atiendant poor visibility as the principal factors to be blamed. "In December, the pedestrian death tell was greater than that of all other collisions," Newbry emphasized. "Since collisions have always been our leading death dealer, there is genuine cause for alarm at the present trend." - In 1P46, collisions were respon sible for 67 per cent of all fa talities, with pedestrian deaths contributing but 15 per cen to the total. Newbry urged all motorists and pedestrians to increase caution and observe all traffic regula tions in an effort to cut down the winter hazard. He urged pe destrians to learn to recognize and allow for drivers' limitations, polninz out that on a national basis, nine out of 10 walkers killed do not hold a driver's li cense. Drunken Driving Cases Transferred to Surherlin Correcting a report Monday that he had given suspended Jail sentences to William Clayton Wingfleld, 26, of Jdleyld, and John Wallace Anderson, 21, of Roseburg, on charges of driving while Intoxicated, Justice of tha Peace Thomas C. Hartfiel said the cases had been transferred to the court of Justice of the reace ward c. Watson at Suther lin, who imposed the sentences. Hartfiel said he "does not pive' suspended sentences in drunken driving cases, and that the cases ot winslield and Anderson had been transferred to Sutherlin on j grounds that Hartfiel would be prejudiced." Wingfleld and Anderson each were fined $150 and given 30 day suspended sentences to the county jail, when they entered pleas of guilty to the charges in tne justice court at Suther lin last week. LAW to control the makine of weather according tothe prln-1 mouth existence, never knowing from one month to the next clple of the greaest good to the whether they would have a supply of timber. What operator. greatest number. , That would be tough, pverfed with laws now. We're under such conditions, would invest money in equipment and machinery necessary to secure maximum utilization? On the other hand, assured of a definite supply of timber with a predetermined volume of annual cut, he would be in a posi- ferent If we know what the I ion to invest canital in installation of machinery and dtoc- weather is going to be, we can I ,..,, ... , iij u: i .- t 'ORECASTI.N'G weather is dil- lnake plans accordingly. So more power to the New York re searcher and his snowflakc theory. THE atom scientists, talking in casual, offhand tones, have Hold us within the week that oh sure they can make gold from lather metals platinum, for in stance. Just like that! J For heaven knows how many renturles skinny, pointed brartl "alchemists," working in cob- "webbed dens, did their darndest to make gold from baser metals. A thousand years ago, that was one of the prize dreams of the omethlng for-nothing boys. J Now we know that making gold from baser metals would be Iplaln calamity. All it would ac- compltsh would be to upset what is left of our money system. e -THE atom scientists are looking 1 1 for something MUCH MOKE IMPORTANT in our time than making gold from platinum or "TVcn lead. What they want Is how to make PLUTONIUM from something else preferably, some- thing abundant. , Plutonium is fissionable. From 'fissionable elements we can pro duce power. At the moment, we I seem to be seeking chiefly power to blow the world to smithereens r but we may get smarter and less scared. We NEED power for other things. Perhaps, when (or JJf) the Russian scare blows over, ,wr I'Hn go a wum un inni sine of atom power. That would be constructive. OUTHERN California needs water. It has already taken about all there is to be had from .existing sources. WITHOUT ; ENOUGH WATER, the time must .come when Southern California 'will have to atop growing. It's -like a sweet potato sprouted In a ;bottle. When It fills the bottle, 'the Jic is up. ! Southern California wants 'atom power to distill sea water .to take the salt out (along with ,au the other elements in sea wa tor, such as useful magnesium 'and not now-very-useful gold), ; leaving the FRESH water to be i spread upon the land. ' So, you see, learning how to make plutonium out of some thing else would be progress. whereas making gold out of something else would be just a nuisance. I The world certainly changes. that his investment would not be lost through lack of supply. Thus, one mill cutting 250 M would be far better for labor, business and the community, because it would surround itself with utilization plants furnishing: far more jobs than would ten 25 M mills cutting only rough lumber, afraid to expand liecause they would have no assurance of future raw material. Opponents of the Bureau of Land Management plan cry loudly of monopoly. J. E. Slattery, local O. & C. supervisor, points out that no monopoly is involved. The public timber is divided into units, each planned to support a community. Some units will support one mill, while others will support several mills. But it is expressly provided that no coopcrator shall control more than one unit. Thus the cooperator actu ally receives a irancluse, or, in other words, becomes a public agent. The cry also is raised that the "L:g" operators get con tracts and that "little" operators are frozen out. The really "big" operators, Such as Weyerhaeuser, Long Bell, Crown Zcllerbach and others do not seek contracts. They own huge blocks of timlier and arc not interested in units as small as proposed. It is the "medium" sized operator who is in the best position, and he is, generally speaking, the one with. facilities capable of the most efficient operation. He is better equipped for greater utilization than the so-called "little" mill. He is required by his contract to manufacture his material locally. Therefore, he is continually in the public eye and subject to public opinion. Should he fail to maintain officieivt operation, public sentiment would force cancellation of his contract. Jt is true that the proHsed sustained-yield program will eventually force closing of some of the small, wasteful mills. But most of those mills have enough privately owned timber to keep them operating for a few yenrs. In addition many tracts of public timber arc not included in unstained-yield units which will remain open to purchase through competi tive bids. While these small mills are cutting out the timber available to them, coopvrators will be increasing their plants to a point where they will be able to furnish far niore em ployment than would be available under the existing system. Another factor is that of stability. The lumber industry traditionally is unstable. 0erators make and lose fortunes faster than in almost any other industry. By regulating cut, obtaining fuller utilization, and setting up greater diversity of production, mills would be far more stable, the market would bo steadier and workmen woulJ be able to live with- out daily fear that the next day might find them unemployed. Slide Demolishes 8 Houses, Kills 2 Persons, Injures 3 SEATTLE, Feb. 17. UBA huge snow slide killed two per sons, Injured three others and demolished eight homes of con struction workers last night at Ross dam on the Skagit River. Reports of the tragedy said the slide roared down at 10.10 p.m without warning. Two families escaped uninjured from their buried homes. The slide was reported to have narrowly missed bunkhouses where more than 50 workers were living. Ross dam is u nmioM f Seattle's municipally-owned city .fall. I..VBK-III. The dead were Identified as Mrs. C. A. Rovce. wife nf ih. camp's chief electrician, and Eli Newcomb. The latter was the father of a welder foreman, J. E. Newcomb. The injured were Royce, K. G. Johnson, a rigger boss, and Mrs. Johnson. The slide buried the homes under 25 to 30 fi-et of snow. American Woman Jailed in Hungary On Secrecy Charge BUDAPEST. Hungary, Feb. 17 ' n aiiss -JLiizaoeth Priori i-anos, an American citizen, was sentenced to six months in prison yesterday on a chat-Re of failing to report alleged subversive ac tions to police. Miss Pallos, a native of Pitts burgh and once a resident of Washington, was a secretary and interpreter for the Associated Press office in BudaDest when arrested. 'Acting as secretary to (AP correspondent) Jack Quinn, mem ber of the secret American or ganization. Civil Information Corps, she was bound to know that hor employer stood in the services oi an organization aim ing at the overthrow of the pres ent political system In Hungary," me vermci oi tne people s court in ner case read. She was convicted of "neelect ing the duty of reporting to the police." She was given credit for the three months and 17 days she aireaay nas spent in Jail. (Quinn, who left Budapest when the Communist-controlled government threatened to jail him if he remained, denied all tne charges. He said his activi ties were only those of a normal reporter.) KRNR Mutual Broadcasting System 1490 Kilocycles Food Distributed for School Lunch Program Sixty-nine cases of rhedtl.tr i-heese are belne distrliiuted to IouKlaa county schools as "abun dant commoddities" this week, Mrs. Lula C. Gornll. county school superintendent, retwrted. ' Other abundant commodities recently distributed Include dried -figs, raisins, dried prunes, toma--to Juice, dried eggs, dried milk, canned tomatoes and orange i Juice. . The commodities arc purchased fv the povernment under the Trice support program nd dis tributed throughout the stHte for use In the school hot lunch pro gram. Senator Charges Office of Friend Raided in Probe WASHINGTON. Fob 17 t.r Stnnlor timer Thomas I P. Okl. flid today Son.ite invpstl gaton "t'HUiVd" the older of onr ol hli business asftoria.es "hoping to find something on me.' The senator Insisted anew that he regards the inquuy Into his onmmo'Hty trading as "a donrd imidf-nt. Thorn told a rr porter he h w.med lone enough for Menu tor KrrKUfton cither to cull upon him for lur;hrr in formation or to eloso t he I nvrM I ; at ion by t he Sen i t r. A 1 1 prnpn .1 1 on Huhcom mitur which KergUMin heads. 'He has done mr nil the harm he cHn," Thomas sttld. Thnrrwis and I'kr Cullum, his financial adviser .said six Senate employe armed with "a handful of u'i;oenis" visited Cullum's office berr List J.m. 10 and r.tr ried of? an armful of record. I Some veie InM. thrv added. lhomai Mid iutti.tioi fur1 the suh;ommittee railed on an other o his friends "and tried to take him out without a hat. a roat or even a neektie" for questioning about Thomas' com modity tiaiiMctions. These wrre the incidents he had in mind, the OKUhoman Mid. when he wrote Krrguson a letter of protest. Kerp'.ison had no comment on the letter. He previously had announced plans lo hold public hearings on Thoma.' trading, hut he left that question ojvn today. Ken; 1 son said a public session will be held "if the evidence merits it. Hut the committee has nor ot paMd upon the evi dence, he added. E. F. Deardorff, Former S. P. Shops Formcm, Dies K. V, iVardoiff, at one time general foreman of the South nrn Pacific simps In Koseburg, died I.M Saturday at San joae. Calif. His caner In railroad work in various Western localities cov rred a span vl fifty years. He is aiuvivcd bv two ot. William P. iVardorff. Berkeley. Oallf.. and r-'iank U. Deardorff. Los Anjelrv tRMAmiNn man mm oo-ruium iwis. Jr., Vick Chemical Frnk Hminwar. L. A. Soao 4 so-Bhowboit. Thcatcrm. fteW MUIIC. ft 1 Superman 2 ;l2"-pu,n Mt(,ntht. Wnnr Co. 5 Tn Mi. RftUton Purina ??St,ri1 "" Carter PmdurU. m.19 Tha Spnrta Pa. Barcua Bilaa and Servlrtv 30 Muatral Interlude? 35 Stale and Local Nrwa. Roaeburf klotnr Co 3n On the Hatm with Te Benek 7 ivu-linri, Erra. noldte'a Booterte. 7 Oft Muurat Interlude 1 10 -!4Hiitiffh on a Star. Hom 7 IS Ynu Name It. Vmpqtia Hardware 7 10 The Ctco Kid. Modern Furniture. S on -Ninit That Son. W'Udroot JO Your Favorite &ons, farm Bureau. A -Mumc a 45 Billy Roe. Pitching Horsethoei, B aVmtar. Inc. no A Ik. Seluer New a. MUea Lab 13 llonpttalily Time. Jack Tarna Ron .in-Hi Neifhbor. Caratena Furniture. 10.00 Fulton Lewla. Jr., Lmpqua Auto A Implement Co in IS -Nor turn 10 to Wax t;lkry ll0O-4,nff WilUamj' Och. 11 JO Sign Off. THURSDAY, FEB. It. IMS no Farm Bulletin Board- IS Sunns Aerenadc. m Yawn Patrol 4ft--Rnaburf Auction Ton Frank Hi-minwey. I, A Soap TlJ- Hut and Shine. Beaumunt La ha.. Irtc T.jiv- sute and Local News, Dr Bruce tM- Jurid Furntture 7 40-Hhp.oct In Wax ut- Fiht o CWk Krwa. Rue Fs. It-Mitr S.JO-UnilY-s Wak Vp Time. Waily'a tirwerv. v Kate smith Speak t. 1 Ytrlor It Lmdlahr. Healthaida. S JU-M .n About Town, Joaae attd liwell 4n MiKiial Interlude SO- Rhnpper'i tsutdc Harthi and M-tlt.hj.il WrlU in OA Alka .HflUrr Newt. Miloa lh. ! l Tle Put Show, l irt Sweat lom.w.rd and Mualc. in AT, Mwolc 11 uu The Pator'a Bcrapbook. Praaby- terian Church. 11 IS -Wutir by Uava Rom. Roaeburf II 30vtren for Day. Ml lea Lab and rump 11 rr ttv 12 AO- aiMrta pa of tha Air, Keel . Motor Co ' Uio- Mhyihrn at Random la.tu- aiate and Loral Newa. Hanaen 12 4V- N o.onal Newa. Douglaa County P'le Hank 12 9A-Trrmtnai Market Be porta, 814 Fett. 1 00 XI in on tha Street Mrta I iMrt and Marf. Mtller'a, 1 mo 11 nequeatrai 3no ll-eirta Dire. PntWp MorHa t v r lariat' Show. I'mpqua Flortata 2 44 The Luce.) Loan Siuw 300- H um ol Real. Good Ship Grac. 3 klnale. U-Mtii. Matinee 4 w-rultm I f-i. Jr 4 1 -Frank IteminewaT. Folfer'i. 4 m- Muic. 4 4- r a Navy Band ? nO BlHvtC ft iv Sunerman It m t aptJitn Mldntfht Wander fa. T.im Mi HmmiI.W) Vurtna f im -Cihrlrl fteatter. Hrallhaidi 1 -Kt-irta Pae, Barcua Salea and Jtm t.-e. 30 aUiK t hMte and Loral Newa. R.weburf. M-tor Co K- KM) America 7 - Jrifer.n Jt-kion Tav Dinner, w ith Preaids-nt Trtiman 7 JO- Wer:y Oldamubite. Bwrkley Motor a on -The AnnVrarns Fmery Inetiraare. JaV-cioaa Ux foi-UishU. L0tovd Molora . S"'a for Ctarona. Roaekuxg f Hefriref atton 5-iiiv H.we. Pitraina Horaea hoea. M'iirmla Co ItkkA kj blie( Newa. Milea Laha Father Regains Son Given Up At Birth SALEM. Ore, Feb. 17 IJP A father's fight to regain custody wi wnum ne gave up at uhui jj years ago enaea in vic tory today when the State Sup reme Court unanimously award, oi the boy to him. The court's decision upheld Circuit Judce Orvai J. Millard of Jackson County. The 13-year-old bov, Charles I. Ashbaush, has been raised by his aunt, Atha W. Mckinney. since the boy's mother died at birth. The father. Melvin Ashbaugh, gave the baby to the aunt, who was the sister of the dead mother. The aunt legally adopted him. The father has since remarried and lives in Texas, having spent five years in the army in th.e recent war. The court, In a decision by Jus tire Percy R Kelly, praised the aunt highly for her work In car ing lor the boy, but said he should Join his father, now that the fa ther is able to take care of him. Hrantns.r , Inc. Slayer of Wife Draws Life Imprisonment ST. HL'LKNS. Ore.. Feb. 17 4i Carl E. Alford was under life sentence today on his plea to second degree murder. Charged with shootine his wife Kvelyn last summer at their Rain ier home, he was scheduled to go on trial today on a first degree murder charge. Yesterday, how ever. r.e pleated to the lesser charge and Circuit Judge Zim merman imposed life sentence Immediately. Big Gain in 1947 In Oregon Reveal Big Gain in 947 More than 65.000 persons re ceived their fir.it Oregon driv er's licenses last year to register a 12 per cent gain over 1946, Sec- i ciary oi state isewnry has an nounced. Original licenses are now av eraging between five and six thousand each month, for an all time high. Renewal permits for those al-: ready licensed gained more than 4.0U0 per cent over the previous ' year as the revised procedure for renewing old licenses took cf- feet, Newbry said. Under the new renewal sytem. ' licences are expiring by serial I numoer in accordance with a printed schedule, available from police stations, sheriffs offices, and driver's license clerks and ex aminers. All licenses numbered 5R297.000 and below will be in valid after Febraury 29. Newbry reminded. "Nothing will be gained by de laying until after the proper time in hope of postponing the expira tion date of the new license.1" he pointed out. "Jt will expire at the same time if taken out dur ing the correct month." No examination is necessary for those renewing valid "5R" permits. Renewal and information in Rosebure mav be nhtainoH ot the City Hall between the h,n, ' nine a. m. and live p. m on Thursday and Friday. Exams Given Under New Transportation Code Examiners for the Stnto rs.h. lie Utilities Commission conduct ed hearings In Rosebure Tuerlav on the applications of Ialo D. Stephens and Billy Mohr, both of Roseburg, for common carrier licenses for tow car service, and of the Roseburg Funeral Home ior amDuiance service. The applications were made un der the new motor transportation code passed by the 1947 legisla ture, in which tow cars and am bulances, previously exempt, must now be issued common car rier permits and be taxed. The hearings were the first to be scheduled by George H. Flage State Public Utilities commission er, in Douglas County under the new code. Hearings here were held at the courthouse, with ap pearances by the three applicants concerned. The number of U. S. telephones in use increased from 6.1 million in 1907 to 26.4 million in 1944. ITCH fScablee. la htfhlr contagious and will oaunue for tile U cauae la tha Itch-mite, which la Immune to ordinai-r treatment EXSORA kllla the Itch-mite aim oat irulantlv. Onlw three day a' EXSORA treatment is n quired. Fred Meyer Drugs. Itaaeburf r w"-wa oXO lot I .IS Mrtnnhfht Serenade. Trowbridge Flertnc J30- Marty and Mary Lav. Roaeburg Grange feupfily. 4.1 - NfWkcone, Kataer Frazer. 10 no Fulton twts. Jr 10 1 - So-um bjr Morion Downey, Coca- 10 tft-Mmic frr Thursday Evening 11 nu Griff William's Orch. 11 :MSin Off WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE- Witkea. CaleaMl-Aaa Teal lea Oat al , tea sj tk Maraaaf Ram' at Ca The ttvar attnuM pour out ahnat t suata nf fcfl hnee rntn ynur WvwU ewarv day. It taw taie ta aw aVwtnc fraWr, y nw fnnd mv M dicNit. It imv juat deray ta la howaav Tbaa gas blta up your at rnah. nu gt ma-tpau-I Ton feat eetar, suolt aad taa wortd ioilui punk. It Us.ee thnse attld. geatle CarWe'a Uttis t-irer I'tila to t"H theae 1 pint a b'lr If freelv In malia you f4 "vp aad up." tiet a paekac U. MMnr ta asaarrt W (rewy. Aah fnr ranar a Uuia Uvar IMIa J at any aVugetara. Bl MOII WN THAN Ji II YOU IVil euiistB I I WHAT'S THE NAME Gf THAT mmniH:iM:i 1:00 r.M., WEDNESDAT PitHHled by Wtltltoot Crrtim-0tl ' KRNR k 1490 ON YOUR DIAL AT THE GRANGE SUPPLY We Have in Stock for Prompt Delivery Two 7' Self-propelled CLIPPER COMBINES One 6' CLIPPER COMBINE TRACTOR Pull ond Spring Tooth Harrow 5' and 6' Disk Harrows Spike Tooth Harrows in 6' Sections Lime Spreaders AT THE ROSEBURG GRANGE SUPPLY Home of Fishers Dairy and Poultry Feeds 222 Spruce St. Roseburg, Oregon OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT in The CREASON Building At Winchester and Jackson Sts. Triangle Single or in Suites. Inquire FRANK BODIN HOTEL ROSE Phone 622 BABY CHICKS BARRED ROCKS NEW HAMPSHIRE REDS YOUNG FRUIT TREES 2 YEARS OLD. 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Draft Hail Irntftitf UH VICKSVATR0CI0L A fortune is not an income, but an income is a fortune. Sun Life of Canada Don Forbes OFFICE PHONE: 565-R RES. PHONE 859 DOUGLAS COUNTY STATE BANK BUILDING
