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TWO ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG; OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1948 &osebarg3teu-Rwicw abilihed Pill w tp FT NKws-EbVlBW COMPj nosy by tfcs fintcrsd & tecond class matter May Drcsoo. under act of March 2, 187a. AiLBS V. TAMTOH BDlTOE ID WIN L. KJHAPP- MANAOEE Member "of the Associated Press, Oro- un Newspaper ruDiisnera Association be AUdU pufuu oi ureunuooi. RaDresented by WKd-H6t-UDAY COl, NC. oiliees In New York. Chicago. Iwa Prsnclioo, Loa Angeles, Seattle, Port- ana, nu iiwm. flibseilDtisa 'festss DmiSLftS Out Of 87 Mall County County six Months , S.60 4.35 . 3.00 2.25 three Months Per ysar. br city earrierw for month, br olty carrier. e.w .78 The Weather U. 8. Weather Bureau Office RoeeburOi Oregon Foreeaet for Roeeburg and vl clnltyi Partly cloudy tonight and .Friday, with eoattered afternoon .ahowera. Cooler tonight, warmer Friday. 'Highest temp, for any April..,, , LowMt temp, for any Aorll..., 25 Highest temp, yesterday.. . SO .Uoweet temp, last night . 35 -Precipitation yesterday. .35 '.Precipitation from April 1......2.57 -Excess from April 1. .,.. ..... .23 'Excess from Sept. 1 ..1.31 In the Day's News (Continued From Page One) Balkans and elsewhere. ; Our task is to prevent that from "happening. So iur, we have ! messed the Job badly. It is to be hoped that we can do better from here on out. THIS general Near and Middle East area (see your map for details) is referred to in prac ; tlc'ally every dispatch as "oil-rich." Wherever possible, the term is . being used to smear the United .'Nations. Getting oil enough to ; keep our economy running effi- clently In all Its world-wide phases ils supposed to be a sinful and ; wicked purpose. Is It? " Suppose Russia was able to get ; the bulk of the world's available oil into her possession. She would ! then have a TREMENDOUS ad ' vantage. Even the atom bomb depends on oil, for it takes oil to j get the bomb to its target. If you could pin it down to one thing, J lack of oil was probably responsi- Ma fnf Mltlnr'a rinfnnt Tf ho hnH J had. oil enough, he might have t conquered the world, J Who wants to put a weapon Ilka that In Russia's hands? J IN these days, everybody pans ; oil. To hear the loose talk that 'is going around, you'd ttjlnk oil . Is the source of all evil. -. Everybody cusses oil. "' Everybody USES OIL and WANTS MORE of It. : -OMMUNISM bobs twice Into . v politics this week. " Stassen, speaking in Portland, says the United Slates should out- Maw the Communist party. He -referred frequently to the "men ace of the Communist total! tarlanism of Russia." Ho spoke of Z the successes of the Communists in stirring up trouble all over the . world. He added: "An American policy must be ; formulated to counter these dan- gers. Outlaw the Communist I party overground and vigorously dig It out from underground," : ; CENATOR Vandenberg In an un. - J scheduled speech in Washing' . ton, tosses a hint to Russia that the U. S. may Join Western Eu . rope in a military alliance against Communist aggression. Then, re . ferrlng obviously to Communism, " he says: "We are suicidal fools if we do T not root out and destroy any trea son at home which may dream of . bringing world revolution to the - United States." - " THISTvrltcr has a notion that if - I we concentrate sufficiently on Z making our aystem work as well as it can work, we won't have a , lot to fear from Communism here in America. Anybody who would awap what we have for what Communism offers ought to have his head examined. : May Day Fete Set At Roseburg High KOsoDurg riign scnooi s may 2 Fete has been set for 2:30 p. m. . in the school auditorium, accord- Ing to announcement from the school. The public will be invited to attend, and the Junior High ninth grade will be guests. The program is being arranged by the girls physical edurcation classes under the direction of Miss Lois Fitzglbbons, instructor. Highlight of the affair will be the crowning of the May queen, to be announced during the coro nation ceremony. Three top candi dates, chosen by student popular election. are Mary Martin, Ramo- 1 Fett and Marjorie Zeller. 'ine queen will be tha one with the highest number of votes, and the other two will be princesses in ner court. . A lairy tale memo nas ueen COURT COMPLIMENTED By CHARLES The Douglas County court ment, even though it be a Register-Guard for the efficiency with which county owned timber has been handled. Pluggina for a county manager form of government, the Register-Guard comes up with an indictment of the Lane County court, charging that "89,000 acres of public land, mostly timber" had been sold at a loss of from "$1,000,000 to ?3,000;000". Figures are given showing that the Lane County court has been selling timber at $1 per thousand board feet since 1943, after starting at 60 cents per thousand, in 1940. By way of comparison, timber sales in Douglas county, on a basis of a thousand board feet, averaged 75 cents in 1940, $1 in 1941, $1.25 in 1942, $1.50 in $3.60 in 1946, $4.50 in 1947, the Register-Guard. The Register-Guard gives sales by the O. & C. Administration and Willamette National Forest. These comparisons 0. & C. and National Forest had a much lower sales average than in Lane County where there is a greater demand, a better freight differential, bet ter transportation facilities, made by the Douglas County scale of sales averages on federally-owned land, in the Ump qua Basin. The Douglas County court ond guessers have no difficulty in finding errors. But had the county court followed the we would have even a worse the Register-Guard for Lane During depression years, Douglas County acquired approximately 248,000 acres of land, of which more than 200,000 acres represented timber lands. Shortly before the start of offered $1 per acre for all its tax delinquent lands. Strong pressure was placed on the court to sell. Some members of the Taxpayers League became would not take advantage of back on the tax rolls." County man, "obstinate and bull-headed", according to his critics, was the principal hold-out on the court, claiming that the lands would advance in value. Threats were made of court action to determine whether late on probable future values, go back at the rate on which it was acquired. Roadman is the only member of the present county court holding over from the time the $1 per acre By the narrowest squeak the all its holdings at a "give-away" price. 1 IemberS). of the court had timber values. Naturally, a the record on the whole has slightly more than 100,000 acres have been made, with cash and contracts amounting to around $3,000,000. All large sales have been on 20-year contracts, with 10 per cent of the purchase price as a down payment, the balance to be paid in annual installments. Revenue from timber sales has made it unnecessary for the county to impose a general tax levy for administrative operations for several years. The bulk of the remaining timber is being held for merging with private and federally-owned timber in sustained yield operating units. If these units are set up on a perpetual basis, as contemplated, the county will have enough income, year-to-year, to pay tho major part, at least, of its future administrative expense. Another policy causing somo criticism from the outside, is tho refusal of the court to sell to firms proposing to tako logs elaewhero for manufacture. Any county-owned timber sold by the court must be manufactured within the county, thus adding tax valuation, jobs and payrolls. A case in point is found in the court's refusal to sell several isolated tracts in the Const Range district to the Weyerhaeuser Co., which owns surrounding lands. The court has offered a trade for a block of equal value, but will not let its logs go to the company's plants outsido the Minor faults may be found county-owned timber lands, but its policies on tho whole are sound, in our opinion. The court has, at least, tried to do a good job and has corrected errors to the boat of its ability. The close parallel between sales averages of county-owned timber with the averages for sales by federal agencies is evidence that the Douglas County taxpayer is getting a good rate of return. Somo persons will criticize tho court for holding its re maining timber for inclusion in sustained yield units, but at least wo will not loso financially if we do not sell now. In Lane County sales on federal lands are from $2 to $3 per thousand higher than in Douglas County where timber still is more plentiful than in our neighboring county to the north. But tho demand for timber steadily is increasing in Douglas County, and the price is advancing almost daily. Even opponents to sustained county will suffer financial tained yield controversy is settled bofore determining dis position of its remaining acres of timber lands. worked out for the program. The characters will all came out of a huge book and put on specialty dances or program features. Safety Council Will Complete Organization ...A meeting of the Douglas County Safety Council has been called for Thursday at 8 p. m. In the City Hall council chambers, announced Miss Mavis Ilaebar- gen, county chairman. An assistant chairman, secretary-treasurer and the heads of the seven committees who make uo the council are to be appoint ed at the meeting. The committee chairman will name their own committees. Douglas County so far is taking the lead in organizing as It Is V. STANTON is given a very fine compli left - handed one, by the Eugene 1943, $2 in 1944, $2.50 in 1945, and $5 in 1948, as quoted by comparisons with stumpage are not applicable here because timber in Douglas County have and more cutting capacity. Sales court follow closely the rising has not escaped criticism. Sec wishes of some first guessers situation than that claimed by County, 'through tax delinquencies, World War II the county was quite irate because the county the offer and "get the land Commissioner H. B. Board the county had power to specu or whether the land must offer was received. county court escaped selling no experience in timber iand few mistakes were made. But been good. Sales covering county. in the court's management of yield cannot show that the loss if it waits until the sus the first county in the state to take the initial step, according to Information from the state headquarters of the Governor's Traffic Safety Council, with which me county units win oe affiliated. The city of Portland has had a council operating for several years. FAVORS 8TATEHOOD WASHINGTON, April 29.-P President Truman said todav he Is still In favor of statehood for Hawaii. He told a news conference he had discussed pending legislation with Senator Guy Cordon. The tnelish Channel is about 350 miles ions and 100 miles wide at Its broadest point and '22 miles at nunowebt. . Future 9th Grade Pupils Pay Visit To Junior High One-hundd-one students from 16 non-high school districts wore present for the annual visitation day at Roseburg Junior High school Wednesday. These students will attend the ninth grade here next year. The visitors attended eight dif ferent ninth grade class sessions, an assembly, noon recreation period, and last period confer ence session, for a study of regis tration procedure for the next school year. The assembly program included a variety of musical numbers and tne presentation oi awards. The girls twlrler group, under the direction of Billy Black, were each presented with school let ters. In addition Black gave each f;irl a myrtlewood pin, and they n turn presented him with a gift Twelve students who placed in the national poetry contest were also presented school letters. They received special awards last week for their contributions to a national publication. Norma John won a special award for her poem of special merit. The girls' triple trio sang three numbers; the boys' chorus en tertained; Carl Ellenwood sang to his own guitar accompani ment; the beginner's band trump eteers and tho beginners saxo phone trio each entertained. For noon hour recreation, two boxing events were staged. Girls from two home-rooms played vol leyball. The girl twirlers gave an exhibition and the girls of the physical education classes demon strated some sample square dances. LETTERS to the Editor : Thanks Extended For Marketing Day Events CURTIN As a representative of the seventh and eighth grade pupils of Curtln School, I want to thank the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce, the members of the courthouse staff, the Roseburg business firmsMr. and Mrs. Don Radabaugh and Mr. Frank von Borstel for planning and giving us such an Interesting and educa tional day In Roseburg on 4-H Marketing Day, April 24. we especially appreciated tne thouehtfulncss of those who worked on Saturday morning so tnat we could see wnat was done. LORETTA OLESON Engineers' Attitude Oii Rogue Project Rapped EUGENE The Mtter from Colonel Theron Weaver of-J he U. S. Army Engineers protesting your incrimination of Engineers as one oi ine aisponcrs oi tne Rogue Indicates a growing touch iness upon the part of the Army Engineers. Recently rebuffed by farmers, citizens, and sportsmen alike on the-Tualatin, they grow a little surly. f May I add, however, that the same Colonel Weaver sits on the Northwest Interagency Commit tee through which the Rogue pro ject will pass. Will he raise his voice in protest at any provisions of the Rogue Plan? Hardly. Though engineers and reclama tion are Jealous of each other, they present a united front and sometimes what might be termed an unholy alliance. . wno does protest some of the extravagant and erroneous think ing in that committee? It is the Department of Agriculture who has been out into a position of Impotence. Department of Interior has two men Raver of Bonneville and Newell of Reclamation Army Engineers has one. Weaver: Fed. eral Power Commission, one; De partment ot commerce, one; and Department of Agriculture, one. It becomes easy to see who dominates the Federal Section of the Committee , . . the Dam Builders. What about Forest Service. Soil Conservation Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, the three most interested agencies in the perpet uation of soils, waters, and wild life? Ilicy are the little men who were not there. Some day. perhaps, we will take the planning away from the destructive thinkers and give It over to the constructive think ers. When that day comes, and it might he soon, we won't be forced to fight so hard for the preservation of Oregon's natural resources of soil, water, wood and wildlife. The word "touche" from French dueling times indicates a scoring of a hit upon the ad versary. So from the squall from the Colonel I would sav "Touche" Charlie, "Touche." ine new land policy bill in Congress called the Hope Bill 6054, which removes Reclamation planning from the Bureau of Rec lamation to a new Agricultural Resources Bureau, will cause a howl from Reclamation. It might ne a good Idea to sue- gcit that the planning portion be taken away from Army Engi neers, too, and Riven to men who understand soils and waters and their management. But that double Mow to End- neers and Reclamation would no longer be "touche'' Charlie: it would be socko!! MERT FCLTS Eugene, Ore. Timber Disposal Policy Target of Criticism t ROSEBVRG I wonder if die j pjpjp 0j poiiglis Count v hav levor been Informed or do thv realize the possibilities of most of Douslas Countv bein OWNEO 'and "governed by a federal bu- reau, leaving us without sufficient revenue to maintain our high sianuara oi scnoois ana roaas. This may seem farfetched, but it isn't. At the rate the County Court is selling or giving the public lands and timber to the large operators, who in turn trade the land to the O. & C, a govern ment bureau; and once the gov ernment owns it, it will never be taxable again and be out of the county control forever. I feci the county court has been shortsighted in their dealings and should change their policies to one of selling the timber ONLY, if they feel they must sell, and hold the land, and if nothing else rent the land for grazing but keep it on a paying basis. I also feel that the county court should help on construction of access roads into the now in accessible timber tracts so that the overripe timber could be log ged now and the young timber, our future supply, could oe saved. These roads could be, if necessary, toll roads, to be nald off on a stumnage basis by the loes hauled over them until the public money is repaia. inen tney would De free county roads. These opinions are my own and should not reflect on any organi zation with which I may be con nected. J. M. MORGAN, Dem. Candidate for Co. Commissioner. JUNIORS WIN MEET Roeeburg High School Juniors won the interclass track meet conducted at the school Tuesday afternoon. The Juniors rolled up a total of 63 points. The senior class was close behind with 61$ points, while the sophomores trailed with a low 221 points. KRNR Mutual Broadcasting 'ystem 1490 Kllooyelee I MAIN I.N Q BO OBI TODAT 4:0O Adventure Parade. 4:10 Sing, America Sing, Patterson's Bakery. 4:30 Sona O' Guna. 4:45 Music. 5:00 Marine Story. 5:15 Spotlight on a Star, Horn's. 5:30 Captain Midnight, Wander Co. 5:45 Tom Mix, Ralston Purina. 1 6:00 Gabriel Heatter, Hoalthafds. 0:15 Sports Page, Baroug Sales and Service. 6:30 State and Local News, Roseburg Motor Co. 6:25 Musical Interlude. 6:30 What's News, Corkrum Motors. 6:45 Music You Remember, Douglas Supply Co. 7:00 Adventures oi the Falcon. 7:30 Farm Bureau Program. 7:45 Music. 7:55 Billy Rose, Pitching Horseshoes, Barbasol Co. 8:HK-Alka Seltzer News, Miles Labs. 8:15 Fleetwood Law ton. Union OH Co. 8:30 Across the Footlights, Lockwood Motors. 8:45 Insurance. 8:00 Fulton Lewis, Sr., Oilkey Trading Post. 9:19 Moonlight Serenade, Trowbridge Electric, irao Griff William's Orch. iu:uu wax uatiery. 10:30 Nocturne. 10:45 News. 11:00 Sign Off. FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1040 6:00 Sunrise Serenade 6:15 Farm Bulletin Board 6;30 Musical Roundup, Modern Furniture 6:45 Yawn Patrol 6:55 Roseburg Auction 7:00 Frank Hemingway, Folger's 7:15 Rise & Shine, P. Lorlliard Company 7:30 State V Local News, Dr. Bruce Tuck 7:35 Rhapsody In Wax 8:00 News, John well Company 8:15 Victor H. Lindblair, Healthalds 8:30 Bob s Music Shop 8:45 Music 0:00 Alka Seltzer News, Miles Labs. 9:15 Wally's Grocery. 9:30 Man About Town, - Josse 4i Lowell's 9:40 Musical Interlude 9:50 Shopper's Guide. Harth's & Marshall Wells 10:00 My it t Marge, Miller's. Inc. 10:15 Melody Matinee, Roseburg Dairy 10:30 Queen for a Day, Miles Labs & Philip Morris 11:00 Book of Bargains, Fred Meyer 11:15 Party Lino 12:00 Sporta Page of the Air, iari ews. Hanson Motors 12:15 The Johnson Family, us i Kins rinance CO. ' 12:30 National News 12:40 Terminal Market Reports, Olg tflll 12:43 Man on the Street, Henninger's Marts 1:00 Heart's Desire, Philip Morris it Co, 1:30 It's Requested, Roseburg Venetian Blind f actory 2:00 Music 2:15 School Show 3:30 Music 2:45 Tho Local Loan Show 3 00 Fulton Lewis, Jr. 3:30 Hi Neighbor, Cantcn's Fumituro 3:45 Music 4:00 Adventure Parade 4:15 Music. 4:30 Marine Band 4:45 Music 5:00 Captain Midnight. Wander Co, 5:15 Tom Mix, Ralston Putlna 9:30 Information Please, Joe Richards' Men's Store. 6:00 VIW Reporter 6:0ft Music 6:15 Sports Page, Barcus Sales St Service 0:20 State & Local Newa, Roseburg Motor Co. 6:25 Musical Intrrlurt 6:30 The Cisco Kid, Modern Furniture ! i-;uu rne Anderson Family, Emery Insurance j t:ot you name it, I'mpqua Valley Hardware 7:45Muslc 8 00 Alka Seltzer News, Miles Lab. 8:15 Fleetwood Law ton, ITnlon Oil Company 8:30 Hospitality Time, Jack Farias & Son 8 45 Henry J Taylor. General Motors 9 00 Fulton Lewis, Jr.. Umpqua Auto V Implement 9:15 Senator Cordon. 9:30 McKay for Governor. 9:45 Music. 1000 Wax Gallery. Miller s RCA Radio Dept. 10:30 Nocturne 10:45 News lrotX-SICI.Y OFF WANTED Plastering Stucco Brick Block WORK Phone Myrtle Creek 1105 Bailey Brothers Circus Dated In Roseburg Sunday The circus is coming to town. Its the famous Bailey Bros. Cir cus, one of the oldest and largest circuses entour today. It will be in Roseburg for one day only, Sunday May 2nd. Tents will be pitched at the Dixonvill Road showground and performances will be given afternoon and night. Now on its 88th annual tour, the Bailey Brothers offers noth ing antiquated in the way of en tertainment, promising new ward robes, new acts and new wild ani mal features. Among the performers to apear in the three rings are such fam ous acts as: The Hodglni Family of bare-back stars: The Stanley troupe of high-wire performers, new European importation: Capt. Hugh Bennett, wild animal train er: The Henderson family of Jug glers and high bar performers; Manuel and Chlca Barrangan, premier aerialists; daring Pe lores Saudawski, billed as "the queen of the Air," heading a huge aerial ballet; the famous Bafley Brothers liberty horses and elephants. Including an en tire herd of pygmy elephants; Swede "Buck" Johnson, rodeo and western screen star and his congress of wild west performers, a whole army of clowns and many other features. Performances will be given at 2 and 8 p. m., with doors opening an hour previous to allow am ple time to visit the menaeerle or see tne side snow annex wltn strange living creatures from all parts of the world. Stat Press Comment DWINDLING WILD LIFE (Portland Oregonian) It is evident that the time has come when we shall have to be very careful lest in a not remote future sundry orofessors will be explaining to our descendants what a trout used to be and what a deer acted like. This extrava gance of supposition is warranted by the alarming increase of our demands upon a sharply dwin dling stock of fish and game. Take the national forests for in-1 stance the records show that 4, 650,000 sportsmen hunted or fish ed in the last year, as compared to the prewar high of 3,540,000 in 1941. "If the present trend toward more hunting and fishing on these lands continues," said Lloyd W. Swift of the V. S. Forest Service, "and there is every Indication that this will be the case for some time, it may not be long before, in some areas, the supply of game on the national forests will be in sufficient to meet sportsmen's de mands." The problem is one that does not lend itself to hasty analy sis, yet the success of game and fish restoration programs in cer tain eastern areas, notably Penn sylvania, indicates that it is by no means without solution. But there is one factor of salvation that can and should be invoked immediately and that is the con scious responsibility, the feeling of wardenship and trust, of the individual hunter ana angler. More than ever we perceive that morality is a cardinal principle of wild life conservation. Bradley Melvin West Funeral Services Set Funeral services for Bradley Melvin West, 57, who died April 27, will be held in the chapel of the Roseburg Funeral Home Sat urday, May 1, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. H. P. Sconce officiating. Surviving are tho widow, Effia May; two sons, Lawrence and William; a daughter, Annabell, all of Roseburg; his mother, Mrs. Emma Thornton, Bliss, Idaho; a HEAR DOUGLAS McKAY Candidate for Republican Nomination for Governor of Oregon Radio Station KRNR Friday, April 30 9:30 P. M. The radio speech recently given by Mr. McKay on gambling and liquor will be re-broadcast on KRNR. The public is urged to tune in on this important message. 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