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OUR ACRE OF DIAMONDS
By Mall
Per year
3bc Montha
Babtorlptlsn Bates
Douglaa Out of
County County
. 3 50 4.26
, 3.00 U.-iS
W.00
Three Mentha
Per year, by city carrier
Par month, by city carrier.
.70
The Weather
U. 8. Weather Bureau Office
Roseburg, Oregon
Forecast for Rosebur" and vl
"dnlty: Scattered showeri tonight
- ana lomorrow.
.. Highest temp, for any April....
- Lowest temp, for any Aorll.... 25
; Highest temo. yesterday . 65
, Lowest temp, last night 44
Preolpltatlon yesterday 09
.'. Precipitation from April 1 1.66
Excess from 6ept. 1 2.13
'. Exoess from April 1 18
In the Day's News
iCoiiunuea Irum Pugu une;
waves of the ocean. They reach
a long way.
IN the background ol everything
these days Is Russia. (Russia
was In the minds of the people
In Wisconsin and Nebraska when
they went to the primary polls
and voted for a young man who
seems to have an Intelligent pro
gram for standing up against Rus
sia and the slave way of life that
Russia represents.)
- Russia admits a licking In the
Italian campaign. She TURNS
' DOWN the proposal from our
; side that the city of Trieste be
given back to the Italians.
KEEP this Trieste business (and
the strategy behind It) straight
In your thinking.
Trieste was created a "free"
city by the Italian peace trealy,
which was signed by 21 na
tions, INCLUDINGG RUSSIA.
We haven't been quite so brash
about Trieste as the day-today
dispatches have suggested. We
. (meaning the United States, Brit
ain and France) didn't Just pro
pose on our own to caneci
Trieste's status as a free city and
turn it back to Italy.
' WE PROPOSED TO RUSSIA
THAT THIS BE DONE with
Russia's Consent.
The Russians have now refused
' to have anything to do with It.
Thus, you see, the ONUS of
REFUSAL has been put on Rus
sia. IT'S an old political trick. In this
country and to a somewhnt
less extent In France and Britain
. we are familiar with all these
. vote-getting tricks. In our coun
try, for example, the President
; proposes something he knows Con
gress won't stand for. Maybe ho
1 laa't greatly interested In It him
I self. What he really wants Is to
PUT THE BEE on Congress. (It
', works Just as often the other way
around.)
- Anyway, we tried this strategy
. on Russia, find It worked. Russia
refuses to play, and so puis her
1 self In the position of denying to
- the Italians something they want.
So far as we are concerned,
'. that Is better than actually at
; tempting to give Trieste to Italy
on our own. We could have got
Into a lot ot trouble If wo had
tackled It from that angle.
THERE'S another Interesting
tale from Russia. They have
their BOOTLEGGING troubles
there.
The Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet (which is as high up as
they get in the Soviet system)
publishes a decree authorizing
, sentences of from one to two
years for making bootleg liquor
for home use and up to seven
years for making It FOR SALE.
We've been led to think that
nothing like that ever happens
In Russia. It Isn't true. Russians
have all the human fallings.
KRNR
Mutual Broadcasting fyrtem
1490 Kilocycles
By CHARLES V. STANTON
The Oregon Advertising Club, in cooperation with the
Governor's Tourist Committee, arid the Travel and Informa
tion Department of the Oregon State Highway Commission,
is sponsoring this week Oregon's third annual tourist pro
motion effort. Tourist business has become the state's third
largest industry. Income in 1941 was $50 million. In 1946 it
jumped to $85 million, and amounted to $105 million in 1947.
It is anticipated this season's tourist business will be in
excess of $125 million.
Oregon and Western Oregon, in particular is not too
well equipped this season to do a bang-up job as a tourist
host. We are much like the crowded family which is com
pelled to use the davenport to accommodate overnight house
guests. But because we are busy and overcrowded is no
reason we should relax traditional Oregon courtesy.
One of the chief aims of the tourist promotion campaign
is to train Oregonians in the art of being good hosts to out-of-state
visitors. Before we can be good hosts we must have
a realization of the importance of the tourist business and
study ways and means of bringing more tourists and making
their stay so pleasant that they not only will remain longer
but will return again and again.
Perhaps the task of educating the average Oregonian to
the importance of the tourist business and its potentials for
expansion is the most difficult hurdle. If the public generally
comes to the full realization of the' possibilities of tourist
income, it will, through self-interest, cater to tourist desires.
That we do not realize, as yet, the benefits to be brought
to the state by serving the tourist trade is quite evident.
Exhibit A is the state of our major highways. The Pacific
highway, for instance, is totally inadequate for even local
traffic and contains numerous bottlenecks. We know, of
course, that adequate funds for complete reconstruction have
not been available. Had we been aware of the possibilities
for income from tourist business, we would have supplied
such funds years ago. If we were awake at present to the
potentials, we would tolerate no further delay in revamping
our main traveled arteries to standards suitable for the
traffic they must bear in future years.
Exhibit B is our shortage of accommodations for the
tourist, lethargy in development of our recreational re
sources, and delay in installation of resorts to prolong the
tourist's stay and causo "repeat business."
In recent years there has been considerable improvement
In the type of camp ground and motel built along our high
ways. We still have need, however, for more and more first
class installations. Today's tourist wants more than a roof
over his head and a broken down bed. He wants pleasant,
attractive cabins, adequately and well furnished, and with
modern conveniences.
One reason we do not have more first class motels along
certain portions of our highway, particularly here in Doug
las County whore the need is very great, is found in the
failure of the State Highway Commission to furnish infor
mation concerning permanent highway locations. Several
millions of dollars probably would be spent in construction
of motels, motor courts, restaurants, and service industries
in and near the City of Koseburg if prospective investors
knew where the highway would be located. If t,he highway
department would survey the route, even for a distance of
10 miles north and south of the city, and would purchase
the right of way, large sums of money doubtless would go
into immediate construction.
Probably no other state has as many favorable oppor
tunities for development of recreational resources as has
Oregon. We have unparalleled scenery to attract the rapidly
increasing numbers of camera fans. We have some of the
finest potential fishing resorts in the world, yet are letting
our fishery resource be exploited and destroyed by commer
cial gear, pollution, main stream dams, destruction of water
sheds by burning and improper logging, erosion and silting
Thus, as Exhibit C we have our own carelessness and negli
gence our thoughtless waste of a resource as evidence
that wo need education In the importance of the tourist
industry.
We have untold opportunity for dndo ranches. Who among
tourists who like to ride could resist a week, two weeks or
a month traveling horseback through the Wilderness areas
of our national forests?
Our winter sports potential is virtually untouched.
If the tourist promotion campaign does no nunc than
make our ovn people awaro of our "Acre of Diamonds," it
Will have successfully negotiated the first hurdle in our
race for more tourist dollars.
Lions Vofe Funds
For Drum Corps'
Trip to Festival
Support of the Lions Club in
providing a portion of the ex
penses of sending the Roseburg
Drum and Bugle Corps to Port
land during the Rose Festival
was assured Thursday night,
when the members voted $100
toUard this protect.
It was reported that approxi
mately $500 would be needed to
send the Roseburg group, directed
by Bill Black and sponsored by
the Knights of Pythias, to the
festival.
Roseburg, has been doubly hon
ored in the fact that both the
drum and buule corns and thp
Roseburg High School band have
been extended invitations to par-
ucipaie in roruanas Die attrac
tion in June.
Clyde Baker reported on the
coming lieaver Hoys' State, spon
sored annually Dy the American
Legion at Corvailis for bovs 14
to 17 years of age. Assurance of
the club in sponsoring one or two
boys, as in the past was given.
Concession Service Planned
Bill Unrath was named chair
man of the Lions committee for
the food and drinks concession
at the fair grounds during the
June rodeo, ine club has the ex
clusive contract for this con
cession and will also serve break
fast Sunday morning of the rodeo
for the performers. It will also
operate a concession during the
crowning of the rodeo queen
May 2, it was reported.
Invitation to attend a charter
night meeting of the newly or
ganized Gold Hill Lions Club
April 2 was read, and the local
group plans to be represented.
The Ladies' Night spring din
ner, dance, and frolic last Sat
urday night at the Country Club
was reported to have been very
successful. About 80 were in at
tendance. A letter of thanks
from Lady Lions was read, ex
pressing their appreciation for
the evening and the corsages
given them by the club.
Mayor Talks To Club
As the program feature, Mayor
Albert G. Flegel addresed the
club on city a flairs, work of the
city council during the past year
and planned projects for the
coming year. His talk was simi
lar, though slightly modified, to
that which he gave at the Kiwanls
club meeting Teusday noon.
He stated he wished to make
it clear, however, that the city
does not at this time have suf
ficient funds for the purchase
of an 80-foot ladder fire truck,
but the council hopes additional
revenue from the rural fire area
will be forthcoming to make this
possible in the not too distant
future.
He expressed his gratitude Ifor
the assistance he has been given
by committees named for various
civic functions. He further ex
tended an invitation to every
member of the club and others
interested to be present at city
council meeting to fill up thp
vacant chairs in the council
chambers.
Benson School Cub Pack
To be in Dress-Up Parade
Boys of Cub Pack 334 at Ben
son School voted at a meeting
Thursday night to participate in
the Western Dress-Up Parade,
June 5, which will initiate festivi
ties leading up to the Douglas
County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo
nere.
P'ourtecn boys were awarded
honors at this week's meeting.
Names, as announced by Cub
master Don Reed, include:
David Forrester, bear badge; Bert
wiitiara, sola ana silver arrow; Carl
Johnson, bear badge and one-year pin;
Bob Felt, two one-year pins; Carroll
"age, near Daage ana one-year pin;
Frank Benson, denner'a stripes; James
Radde. one-year pin; Maurice Shultz.
denner's stripes, gold and silver arrow
on wolf; James Vasey, one-year pin,
gold and silver arrow on bear; Den
nis Brundage, one-year pin; Freddy Har
Kis. one-vear Din. bobcat nin- Miifnrri
Biddlngton, one-year pin; Bobby Gar
lic. , uuc-yer pin; ivennein uverton
ear usage, goia ana silver arrow.
BE MA IN IN 0. HOURS TODAT
4 OO Sports New.
4:15 Frank llcmlnjru-ay. Folirr'i.
4:.T0 Preston Sellers. Organist
4; 45 Proof That Christum Selene
He..
513 Church of the N'azarrne.
B 30 True or ralso, Shotwcll Co
6 00 Stop Me If You've Hard Thli.
6-:tO Krfp l'p With the Kids.
7 :W Slate and Local News, Roseburg
Motor Co.
7:05 Mutlcal Interlude.
7:10 The Sports Page, Barcus Sales
and Service.
7:15 Here's to Veterans.
7:;to Freddie Martin bhow. E. Cl. lllrfi
8.00 Happy Valley Cowboy. Douglas
Manufacturing Company.
8:30 Music as You Like It, Lock wood
Motors.
8.46 Songs for Everyone, Roseburg
Refrigeration.
:0O Alka Seltzer News. Miles Labs.
P:15 Salute to Hay Illoch.
S.30 Wrestling Parade, A the raft
Jewelers.
10:.1O Ijitln-American FlMti.
lltx Minic Hall.
il:lfv-Slycp Serenade,
11:00 Sign Off.
SUNDAY, A PHIL, 18, 1048
8:00nark to (iod Hour, Christian
Meform Church.
8::tO Vnlce nf Pmptiory.
8:00 Chiipt-l Choir of Columbia
University.
8:30 Luihei tin Hour, Lutheran
T.lVIIIU.t'S la. ..!.-
10:00 Alka SHtrer News. Miles Labs.
10:15 Commander Scull, Greyhound
UllS.
10:.K Music.
10:45 i.iirden Talk. t.Ul Pros. Seed.
11:00 Christian Church Services.
1X00 House of Rhvthm.
11:15 Hill Cttnntniham
12:30 National News, Roseburg
Kririk'erailon
H 45 Organ Concert, t mpo.ua Hotel.
oo House ot Mystery, General Food
1:30 True Detective Mvsterles,
William Candy Co.
2:00 Music of the Mm. tern, Miller's
RCA Radio Department.
2:30 Quick s FlasU, Hcibros Watch
Co.
3 00 Those Webslrni, Quaker Oata Co.
3 30- Nick Carter, Old Dutch Cleanser.
4:00 Sherlock Holmes. Trimount
Clothing Compniiv.
4:30-Harry Wood Show. Arbuckle's.
4:4j Scientific Solutions to Current
Problem. Technocracy. Inc
5:30 Chapel of the Roses, Roseburg
Funeral Home
8.00 Meet Me t Parky s, Hansen Tire
Dept.
6 30 Jnn Backus Show.
7.00 Behind the Front Page, Mutual
Benefit.
7:.10 Wilt of Two Cities.
BOO-Twenty Questions.
8:30 Jergeua Journal, Andrew Jergens
Cn,
8.45 Snellen Ohaham, William R.
Warner Co.
8.00 Alka Scltter News. Miles Labs.
9' 15 vfw He porter,
9 20 M little.
9 30 Decision Now.
9 4.1 Music.
10. 00 Old Fashioned Revival Hour,
Gospe! Broad casting Au.
U.OO i:u on.
MONDAY APRIL 19, HUB
8; 00 Sunrise Serenade.
6:15- Farm Bulletin Board.
810 Musical Roundup.
8:35 Roseburg Auction.
7:00 -- Prank HemniKway, L. A Soap.
7:15 Hise and Shine, P. Lorttlurd Co.
7:30-State and Local News. Dr. Bruce
Tuck.
7 3V- Rhapsody In Wax.
ft tHi News, Johnwcll Company.
H iti-Hco i Muic Shop.
8.UO Wally'a Wake l p Time, Wally s
GuH'crv.
8 45 Mrt and M.irge. Miller's, Inc.
9 00 Kate Smith Speaks.
9 13 Victor 11. Ltndlahr. Health.itds.
9:30 Man Alnnit Town. Joise and
Lowell's.
9 40 Musical Interlude.
9.50 Shopper's Guide, Harth's and
Mara hall-Wells.
10 00 Alka SclWcr News, Mile Labs.
10.15-Moiv Griffin.
10-30 Words and Music
10:43 Plantation House Party, Modern
Furniture.
1 1 00 nook of Burpalns, Fred Meyers.
U:l.r Melody Matinee, Hoxelmig Dairy
lt:30 ijueen for a Day, Miles Labs, and
Plnhp Morris.
12 00 - Spei ts Pjge ot the Air, Marster s
KefiiKniation
12 10- Mu.tic.il American
12.40 - State and Local News, Hansen
Motors.
National New
12.55 - Terminal Market Reports
Fett
l:rt0-Mnn on the Street, Henninger's
Marts.
1:13- The Johnson Family, Calkins
Finance.
I: JO It Heiiuestrd. Roseburg Venetian
Blind Company,
SOO -Henri's Desire, Philip Morris.
2 M :---Hotl v wood Favorites.
2 45 Local Loan Show,
a OO -School Show
3 15 The Pntty Line
4 00 -Fulton Lewis. Jr.
4 I? Frank Hemingway, Folger'i.
4 :0--Pitting Pai-Hde
4.45 Monday Meditations. Methodist
Church.
5:00 Hi Neighbor, Carat ens Furniture.
5 15 Superman.
V'Cfotam 5!:d:!g't. V'.idt' Co.
i.4i luiu Mi-v, Kalkluu Fuim.
Sig
Scouts to Attend
Circus at Eugene
Hoy Scouts from RosoburR
Troops l.!0. 4 and 31, and Eden
bower Culi Pack :t.'3 are planniiiR
to panicipaio in tnc annual scout
Circus to bo held at McArthur
Court in Kunene tonight at
7:30 p. in. Admission for an en
tire family is 50 cents.
A large list of exhibits by the
various troops from the area is
announced, and a full evening of
fun for the scouts numbering in
the thousands is anticipated, ac
cording to reports received here.
The Eilenbower cubs are plan
ning to go as a pack of clowns.
A 200-foot long glowworm en
tered from Cottage Grove,
"Babe" the Hlue Ox. an elephant,
monkeys and giraffe will be
among the animals exhibited.
Senior Scouts will rig up a
breeches buoy demontsration and
the Air Scouts will run in an air
plant! trainer. Numerous other
events are scheduled, according
to Harold S. Ylvsaker, district
scout executive.
City Manager Plan Under
Study ar Canyonville
Ways and means and changing
Canyonville's city charter to per
mit adoption of city manager
lorm of government are being
discussed by officials there. City
.Manager M. W. Slankard ot Rose
burg is to meet with the Can
yonville City Council next Thurs
day to discuss the problem.
Canyonville Goes Into
Oregon Cities League
The City of Canyonville is n
new member of the League ot
Oregon Cities. The league is ait
association of m u n i c i p a 1 i ties
throughout the state. City em
ployes at Canvonville are also
contemplating joining the State
Public Kmployes Retirement Sys
tem, it is reported.
Public Yelfare
Supervision Jobs
Opened to Exams
Examinations will be given by
the State Civil Service Commis
sion for the positions of public
welfare supervisor I and II, It
was announced by Mrs. Claude
Baker, county welfare supervi
sor. Purpose of the examination
will be to establish an elieihle
list from which present and future
vacancies witn the State Public
Welfare Administration may be
filled.
All applicants who meet the
minimum Qualifications will be
admitted to the examination. Ap
plicants who are not presently
employed by the State Public
Welfare Commission must sub
mit a photograph with the application.
Application forms must be filed
with the State Civil Service Com-
mision on or before May 22, 1948,
or must be postmarked before
midnight of that date. Further in
formation may be obtained from
the commission. 444 Center St..
Salem, or 614 Mead Building,
Portland.
Public welfare supervisor I en
tails "skilled and professional
social work in supervision, re
view, and coordination of case
work performed by caseworkers.
Work may include personal in
vestigation of more complex and
difficult cases, assisting on pro
gram administrative problems,
and providing public interpreta
tion of welfare services."
Qualifications for the two posi
tions require applicants to have
had two to four years full-time
paid experience in social work
in an accepted welfare agency,
graduation from a four-year col
lege or university supplemented
by one year's graduate study in a
recognized school of social work,
or equivalent combinations of ex
perience and training.
Salaries for the two positions
range from $210 to $300 monthly.
Highway Junction
Change Requested
Rerouting of the Days Creek
Tiller Highway into Canyonville
has been recommended by the
Canyonville City Planning Com
mission to eliminate a dangerous
traffic condition at the south end
of the city, it is reported.
Jack Maris, chairman of the
commission, recently went to
Portland to recommend that
Junction of the highway with the
Pacific Highway at Canyonville
be made over 2nd or 3rd Streets,
to eliminate the hazards at the
present Junction.
The State Highwajy Depart
ment has assigned two engineers
to study the problem, city officials
report.
The commission recently began
a "thorough and exhaustive study"
of existing conditions at Canyon
ville and are to make a report to
the city council in the near i
future.
Members of the commission
include Chris Daniels, Glen Mar
shall, Lester Craighead, T. L. I
Weaver, Geoi'Re Baker and Maris,
TRAFFIC FINES LEVIED
Several persons were fined
Thursday for traffic and overload
violations, Justice of the Peace
Hartfiel reported. He said they
included:
Gentry C. Ebarb, axle over
load, $20; Marvin Humphrey, I
void foreign license, $10; Glen i
A. Widing, overload, $10; John ;
A. Resner, no vehicle license, $10; i
Bill H. Hull, axle overload, $10: j
Lyle M. Jacobs, failure to yield
l ight of way, $10.
fi i - Cnhrlft He.itt.T. Tartar Products.
ti.l.V-Tlie Spnrts r.tge, tlarcus Sales
nml Nrivirp
B ?n- Muu-.t Intrrlmlr
0 -3- St.itc .uid Locnl News, Kropburf
M.'lnr Co.
6 :w Sioc America, Sing. Patterson's
lUkerv.
7 t0- MusH-.U Interlude
7 in Sp-.Mhht on a St.ir Horn
7 l' WhM s New. Corrum Motor.
7 ,o The Cisoo Kid. Modern Ku:mturc.
8 OO l.t-t Geomo Do It. Standard Oil.
ft .to Ch.rlic Chan, rh.irm.too. Inc
8.55 -Hl!t (tose. I'tlrttiug Horehors.
R It. Semler. liu
P OO Alkn Seltrer New.. Mites l.aM.
9:lo--Hoti!auty Tune, Jack. r.u. A
Son
CHIPPER CHAINS
for Disston end Mall Power
saws. A few five-foot size
received to be sold for cash
only.
The Ryce Wilson
Company
Disston Distributors
920 South Stephens Street
Lane
lor.
p utton is, Jr
, impuvnrm.
It' i- ,V(K-tunit
10 30 Wax ll(ry ,
iTs.rimom.
1l.O- Music I'jil
1 fc!5jv. M-;ie aertiid.
ll.-l-i,ii.i Oil.
Vmpqu Auto
t
Miller's RCA Radio
Standard Radiator
Repair
Harrison and McCord
Cores
BOIL-OUTS FLUSHES
GAS TANKS
Complete Modern Equipment
AT TRIANGLE JACKSON
and Winchester Call 686
Vocal Students at
RHS Date Annual
Spring Concert
Roseburg Senior High School's
vocal department students, under
the direction of Miss Melva Wil
liamson, will make their second
appearance of the year in the
annual spring vocal concert in the
school auditorium at 8:15 p.m.
inursaay, April
The program, according to Miss
Williamson, will be in four
groups. The first will be the
sophomore girls' chorus of 60
voices singing mostly semi-classical
numbers.
The advanced girls' chorus of
about 50 voices will make up the
second group. Their selections
will be mostly classical.
The third group will feature a
soprano soloist, Holly Nicholas,
singing classical numbers and a
group of folk songs. ,
Concluding the program, the1
advanced mixed chorus of 50
voices will sing classical selections
and folk songs. The students will
wear their new choir robes, pur
chased with funds from the min
strel show, which the choral
group . presented earlier in the
year.
Although the spring concert
and minstrel show are the two
major programs of the chorus,
the students have appeared on
several other occasions In con
nection with other programs.
DRIVER EXAMS SET
Drivers license examinations
will be given in Roseburg next
Thursday and Friday, Aprill 22
and 23, in the City Hall between
the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m.
Examinations will also be eiven
today until 5 p. m. All original
applications should be made be
fore 4 p. m.
4-H Achievement Day
Plans to be Finished
Final plans for the May 4-H
Achievement Day are to be work
ed out at the April 21 meeting
of the Douglas County 4-H Lead
ers' Association, to be held at the
Wilbur school.
Beginning at 8 p. m., business
will include record books, proper
exhibits, style revue and 4-H
summer school.
As a special feature, a group of
boys and girls from the Wilbur
school will present an old fashion
ed square dance. Following the
meeting, tnere will De reiresn-ments.
FINED FOR CAR ENTRY
Moving a narked automobile
at the Senior High School grounds
to permit grading operations
proved costly for Luther Ellison,
school bus operator. He paid a
$10 fine in the Justice Court
Thursday for entering an auto
mobile without the owner's con
sent, Justice of the Peace Hart
fiel reported. Ellison was super
vising the grading of the area
in front of the high school where
th automobile was parked.
Dredging Resumes
In Lower llmpqua
REEDSPORT The U. S.
dredge Pacific is again working in
the Umpqua River, finishing the
work it started several months
ago and which was later taken
over by the dredge Michie, in
deepening the inner river chan
nel, and the channel and turning
basin at Gardiner. It will take
several weeks to finish this job
Then the Pacific will be taken
to Coos Bay or Bandon for work
In those harbors.
Appropriations for work in the
Winchester Bay harbor of dredg
ing a 12-foot channel from the
Umpqua River to the Marks
Packing Hoikc and pier, and a
100-foot turning basin, has been
approved and that part of the
lower harbor will soon bo in ex
cellent shape as a port for the
fishing fleet.
The S.S. Margaret Schaffer,
which has been loading lumber
at the Bridge Lumber Co. dock,
departed from this port last Fri
day with a partial load of lumber.
She will complete her load at
Portland.
PORTER CREEK CAFE
Highway 42
2 Miles East of Tenmile
Open Under NEW Management.
Home Cooked Food Good Coffee
TRUCKERS WELCOME
Some Facts
About Watches
We Americans are better educated in the fields of mechanics than any other
people. American students learn much of mechanics through formal educa
tion and spend many long hours assembling and reassembling "jalopies,"
motorcycles and radio sets for their own enjoyment and pursuit of knowledge.
But In the field of watches Americans are Unique rn being one of the most
misinformed. It is a fact we demand more service from our watches than
from our automobiles yet many Americans buy watches unwisely, and then
give them worse treatment than they would any car!
There are probably more twisted conceptions concerning watches than any other
machine. If we could only sweep out the misinformation concerning watches the
American people would get 70 better service from the watches they own. The
average person, through his lack of information, wastes at least $150 in a lifetime
spent on watches and watch repair. More and more people are dissatisfied with
their watches and they bellieve "watches aren't what they used to be." As a matter
of fact modern watches are better instruments than ever before. Usually the watch
in question has been neglected or abused; it is taken to a watchmaker any watch
maker and then continues to run unsatisfactorily. To be quite frank about it,
probably 60 of all watchmakers practicing today either are not sufficiently train
ed or do not have the required mechanical aptitude to become competent watch
makers. The majority of watchmakers are mutilating watches and the general pub
lic, which has somehow conceived the idea that all watchmakers are pretty much
alike, blames the watch.
Any watch which is not excessively worn can be made to run accurately at a rea
sonable cost by a good watchmaker.
Because of dissatisfaction and mistrust many people suspect all jewelers of
aiming to separate the customer from his money as quickly as possible. Un
fortunately this is true in many cases. And since the customer no longer re
lies on his jeweler he uses his own discretion in buying a watch. In many
cases he buys the one which is most highly advertised. This does not neces
sarily mean he gets the best for his money. Many manufacturers of really
fine watches do very little advertising. For example: Patek-Phillipe, Vache-ron-Constantine,
Meylan, Omega ond Tavannes which is the largest manu
facturer of watches in the world.
Today there are only three American watch companies manufacturing jew
eled watches. These are Elgin, Hamilton ond Waltham. All other watches
are Swiss made about 70 96 of those worn today. We hope to tell you more
about Swiss made watches in our column next week.
Due to the complexities of brands, guarantees, claims, costs, origin and service the
only really safe way to purchase a watch, knowing you are getting the most for
your money, is to buy from a trustworthy jeweler. He will give you correct infor
mation about the watch and he will guarantee its service. We, Knudtson's, have
soW watches on a guaranteed basis in Roseburg for sixty two years. We have al
ways given honest sen-ice and honest representation. In our display cases are
watches which we feel will satisfy the wishes of each individual, for no one manu
facturer makes watches for every purpose. For example: Elgin, Hamilton and Gruen
make no shock-resistant watches. We carry Elgin, Hamilton. Gruen, Longines,
Wyler, Tavannes, Harvel, and our top grade Ulysse Ntmlin. We cany watches
ranging in price from 53 to $2,500.
Remember, In buying a fine watch you are possessing not only an attractive and
accurate timepiece but pride of ownership which is actually the result of a pur
chase of years of timekeeping service. We consider it our job that your pride in
your watch is warranted now and for many years to come.
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103 N. Jackson