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FOUR NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1948 Published Daily Except Sunday by tha Ntwi-Rtvitw Company, Inc. EattrH wr4 ela Matt or Map 1, IK, at lh afflca al , Baaabarf, Oragan. et ! Marrh I, lilt CHARLES V. STANTON jT EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor V" Manager Member of tha Associated Preee, Oregon Newspaper Publisher Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations ftaaraaaat) r WKKT-HOLLID AT CO., INC., arffraa ! Naw Yarfc, Cfclcafa, u rraaclsc, L AagtUt, aula, Paula w 4. St. laala. BlBSraiPTION BATES la Or (. Mall rr Ytar MM, all aaaalai MM. Ibra aaaaiha fl.M. Br til Carrier Fmr ymt SIS.M (In aa , laaa than aa ytar, a- aaai.ll 1 1. a. Oatalat Origan Bj Mall Par a' W.M, ! nasi tag $4. la. Ikraa Manilla lt.1l. A MATTER OF BUSINESS OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams "7 By CHARLES V. STANTON Should the alcohol-from-wood-waste plant at Springfield remain In the hands of the timber industry to be operated for commercial production with by-product experimentation as a sideline, or should the plant, which cost the federal gov ernment more thun $3,000,000, be permitted to go into the hands of operators who have no interest in the wood waste utilization problem? A small group of lumbermen want to keep the plant in the hands of the industry. "Herb" Cox, secretary-manager of the Willamette Valley Lumbermen's Association, insists that the timber industry has "a mora obligation to do everything possible to promote utilization of wood waste." "If the industry is to demand conservation of timber resources, then it should interest itself in promot ing processes that will bring about better conservation," Cox declares. On the other hand, is the timber industry sufficiently in terested in conservation that it will invest a half-million dollars of risk capital in experimentation, even though a profitable commercial operation virtually is assured? There seems to be something about the timber industry that makes an experienced lumberman allergic to anything new. He goes on year after year with the same processes. Not until he has exhausted the resource does he turn to the manufacturing fields by which he may continue a business even though he has far less raw material, with which to work. Around the Great Lakes and through the Mississippi Val ley where the lumber industry once centered, more workmen are employed today in woodworking than in the years when the industry was cutting off and getting out A major part of the wood used in those sections is purchased from locali ties where there still is a reasonable abundance of timber. .Here in Oregon, for instance, we are shipping out millions of board feet of rough, green lumber to be manufactured in the Mid-West and East. Then we buy the manufactured ar ticles, paying transportation costs both ways. Why should we not manufacture our own raw materials into finished products, thus creating more jobs, making more profit, and reducing the cost of the finished article? : The Springfield alcohol plant was built as a war emerg , ency. It utilizes a German process, which underwent certain improvements at the Madison experiment station maintained by the U. S. Forest Service. Because of war necessity the plant was put into commercial operation before experimenta tion was entirely complete. It was proven that the process is practical, but a large expenditure will be necessary to make certain physical changes before full, efficiency is . reached. The federal government built the plant and leased it to a corporation organized by a small group of lumbermen. This group went through considerable trouble during the experi mentation period and dropped the project after the war, rather than to invest more money to buy the plant and make alterations. Now the facilities are up for sale by the War Assets Administration. There will be no difficulty, it is believed, in' finding a purchaser. Several prospective buyers, reportedly are seek ing the plant with a view of speculation, proposing to float large-scale stock sales. Brewing companies have shown some interest. Investigations also are being made by some of the large users of industrial alcohol. The plant will lie sold. Whether it is retained in the hands of the timlier industry or goes into an ownership not interested in the timber re source can be decided only by the timber industry itself. The WAA reportedly prefers to see the plant stay in the indus try and will cooperate to that end. Alcohol is only one of the many by-products available from wood waste. If the Springfield plant is retained by the timber industry, the Forest Service proposes to put in experimental pilot plants to work out processes for produc tion of molasses, and yeast. Tests also will be made in utili zation of fibers, tars and other residue, and chemicals re maining from various steps in alcohol production. Each of these processes will result in more complete utilization of the forest resource, produce greater employment, lessen fluc tuation In the industrial economy and speed the trend toward specialized manufacture and conversion of waste into profit able by-products. .It would seem that the industry should be most anxious to encourage experimentation and be willing to invest in experimental work even though prolits be limited. We believe the timler industry, should be bending every effort to keep the Springfield operation within its own hands at a matter of sound business without consideration of the "moral obligation" indicated by "Herb" Cox. I NEVER SAW SUCH GAMBOLING AS THAT-THE FRONT END IS GAMBOLIN' ALL RIGHT BUT THE OTHER. END LOOKS LIKE ITS EXPECTIN' A KICK.' Tift M( TH' DUMB END IS GAMBOLIN' J . BUT TH' OTHER END SEEMS TO ' 1 V THERE'S BEES I fzktV IN CLOVER.' a& WJfir I,. "" - I 4 V y-;zimt THE CLOVER WALTZ. 7-2( , .J Scraps From The Mending Basket By VIAHNETT S. MARTIN LETTERS to the Editor . Transportation System Flaw Draws Criticism ROSEntlRG Al a citizen of Rosehurc 't a good many yeart. and having the Interest of my home tow n at heart, I wish to call the attention of our Chamhrr of Commerce and all other rtvlc or ganization! to the wonderful (?) transportation syttemt our town of IS.noO really enjoy. Riding a Greyhound bus aotith from i.oshen Saturday morning, I told the gentleman, who wa a fellow pasnenjjer. of our Great Timber Capital of the World. Al we approached tha Winchester nrloge, mv newiv-maoe arqualn lance expressed hii need of a rest atop. I consoled him with the fart that It us just four mile to Roehurg and a nlre but station with ml rooms available. At about thl time the hu driv er came to a halt at the Del Rey cafe and announced to hit passen gem: 'This la Winchester and we will have a fifteen-minute rest period; the hu station at Rose, burg will not he open until t a. m." Knough aald! Are we Hill or will e ever he The Timber Capi tal of the World? R. W. (DICK) BINSON. Roseburg, Ore. One famoui oriental rug designs of brooks, piths, l treei and flowers. Ortgam Tha Amtrican Guidt Strict. May I share with you my delight In this book? If you are not already 'amlllar with It. please do glance within Its blue coven the very next time you are in the Library or in a bookstore. It wa i Federal Wrlten' project. you will recall. It It the perfect Logbook for a trip anywhere In Oregon. How much the pointing finger of itt detailed descriptiona adds to the pleasu.e and knowledge In a trip! The main routes are carefully mer.tured, and every IIMIe four eoriert. every monument (with its ipeedometer location), all the tide roads taken care of In line print, bita of biography, his tory . . . you visualize the pio neer! plodding along the dusty rutted routes now tine, smooth highways. There are many pictures, too. Maps of cities. Nearly two pages are devoted to Roseburg, and there la one picture of the city. I thall not spoil It for you, If you have not read It. by quoting what It says about Roseburg. But as we read, In our Southern Califor nia home, we were charmed by what we read of Douglas County, and after we had driven 99 to the. Columbia and back via 101 we were still charmed by Douglas County! We wanted to locate here where we could tee green trees, woods! Hear living waters rush ing over rocks ... but to go back to the book! One tt-es, at one reads, the Ice land Crowleyt tartly standing by the freshly made grave of their daughter that it Grave Creek. A group of men about to hang an Indian but they wait until the owner of the ranch can first col lect the six-bits owed him by the Indian that It Slx-blts Ranch. We are glad to tee that the brav ery and devotion to duty of a member of the Oregon State Highway Police it fittingly com memorated by a monument on the tide of Sexton monument. All too often the State Police are thought of only In connection with traffic speeding! And then there1! John Fltzhugh whose supplies and shoes gave out. So he went hunting. Found a bear's track and followed It most of the day. Realized it was hit own tracka . ." Don't know what would have happened," he taid. telling the story. "If I had caught up with myself for I'm a pretty good shot." In the Day's News (Contin. ed From Page One) been made to appear ALL POWERFUL. That It exactly the impression they want to create. AIR power In these dayt, really la something to conjure with. Our tecretary for air. J. Stuart Symington, tells .he Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in Los Angeles: You cannot win a war WITH- Ot'T air superiority and you CANT LOSE ONE WITH IT." THOSE are strong words. But before scoffing at them go back to the last war. As long as the Germans held undisputed tuperiorlty In the air, we couldn't do much with them. When they began to lose air su periority, they couldn't do much against us. Every ex-lnfantrymn knows what happened to him as long as the enemy planes could pound him without being bothered by our planet. He got hell In big doset. It wasn't until our planet began to drive the enemy planes off at will that our ground forces began to feel that they had a run for their money. THIS la the point: If we can hold our position In Berlin with AIR POWER It will be doubly Impress've. Here la the counter point: If we LOSE our position In Ber lin through failure of our air power It will he doubly embarrast- Ing. That'! what's at stake. THE official Russian newspaper In Berlin muttert In Itt beard that "even Western enmmenta tort concede that If a new war came Soviet advance troops could reach the Rhine within a few dayt and the European Atlantic coast within a few weeks." That't undoubtedly true. About all we have to rely on Is Russian fear of what we'd do In the way of retaliation (largely by air) If they started their armiei. rolling westward. ALL this Isn't necessarily sort stuff. It's Just Illustrative of the world tltuatHn at the mo ment. It's like twisting a banjo string tip to the last possible ounce of tension. At such a moment In world af fairs. Congress Is assembling next week at the call of an embattiej President w ho Is trying out smart political strategy against Ms op ponents. In such a session, more domestic dog-fights could be start ed In a minute than could be ended In months. Russia would LOVE THAT! Heavy responsibility rests on the shoulders of Republican lead ers In the months that lie ahead of us. They tlmply MUST he pa triot! first. New Attendance Record Looms At Boy Scout Camp Boy Scouts of the Oregon Trail Council from (he counties of Lane, Benton, Douglas, Lincoln, Coos, Curry and Linn will set a camp attendance record, accord ing to J. R. Bruckart, council president. Scouts in camp this week, July 18-25. at Camp Lucky Boy from Roseburg are 'Iroops 108 and 4 which include Leamon Willrett, David Holteen, Thomas Beane, Donald McAneney, Bob Richard son, Bill Townsend, Boyd Kelly, Tom Freeman, Eugene Smail, Richard Terho, Bob Pest, William F. Holak, Rodney Pruitt, John Harson, Joe Levlne, Ronald Gravet, Richard West, Robert West, Jack Katzmer, William Edinger, George Johnson. Ed ward Fernette, James L. Beyley, Bob Tedrick and Larry Katzcn meyer. The main emphasis has been directed toward the unit going to camp at a troop under the leadership of some adult, prefer ably the Scoutmaster who has been related to the troop, said Bruckart Scout camps now in operation in the Oregon Trail Council include Camp Lucky Boy, the council training camp, which opened July 4 and closet August 15. To date tome 300 Scouts have participated in the camp for a week't ttay during the first three periods of operation. Camp Lucky Boy is located on Blue River off the McKenzle highway. Camp Melakwa for seasoned troopt experienced in camping opened on July 10 at McKenzie Past summit on Lake Melakwa. Troops participating in this camp, prepare their own meals on a patrol basis under the leadership of the troop Scoutmaster. Forestry Trail camp opened on July 18 at Marlon Lake for Sen ior Scouts Interest. 1 In conserva tion and high adventure exper iences. The camp is under the direction of James E. Monroe. This camp is sponsored by the u. i-orest service. Highlights of the summer sea son to drfte include-trips to the Three Sisters are . where the Middle Sister is scaled, camp-fire ceremonies, boating and canoe ing: also Instruction In the funda mentals of Scouting particularly camp craft, pioneering and camp cooking. Visitor Author Of System to Revive Worn-Out Farms C. D. Stovall of Hartwell, Ca., visiting here briefly with his brother, Thomas Stovall. local barber, stated that an original plan which he outlined in publish, ed articles in 1944 for reestab. lishlng farms by cooperative methods was successfully execut ed In May of this year in Georgia. Stovall, now emploved bv the Veterans Administration, stated he conceived the Idea while serv ing as an educational advisor for a CCC camp In the late 1930' s. His article, entitled "University of the Soil," describing the plan was published in the Atlanta, Ga., Journal and other publications. Under his plan, he said, a single rundown farm might be renovat ed and put into condition for pro ductive operation in a single day through the combined efforts of a large group of farmers pooling their farm equipment. He said the experiment bv vet erans on the Georgia farm this spring proved this point, by doing In the single day what it might lake an individual an entire year to accomplish. Through this co operative plan he proposed the re building of wornout farms, or the clearing of additional land for production. With StovaH on his trip through the South Into old Mexico and up through California to Oregon are his wife, daughter Carolyn, who is a Junior in the Alabama State Teachers College, and his sister, Mrs. Vera Howard and daughter, Donna, of Greenville, So. Caro lina. Stovall stated lhat he and his party like Oregon better than any section they have visited. They plan to go north to Washing ton, and then home through the Northwest to Kansas City and thence to Georgia. Thomas Stovall came west In 1937. married Betty Stark of Roseburg and has lived here since. Riffe Is observing all the dally ' rehearsals and broadcasts of the j Pennsylvanians, taking part In intensive choral rehearsals, study ing methods of choral conducting, program building, sight reading and microphone technique! ail j under the direction of Mr. War I ing, his assistants and members of the Waring organization staff. Extra curricular activities at I the Workshop include a regular I schedule of recital- by Individual It is not known w hen or where rug making originated. Enlistments Of 18-Yeal-OIds To Be Restricted Beginning Wednesday, July 21, at 8 a. m. all Sixth Armv re cruiting stations within the eight Western states will begin accept ing a limited number of applica tions from 18-year-old men for one year enlistment in the Army and Air Force. In making this announcement. General Mark W. Clark. Sixth Army commander, emphasized that this Army area was limited to 1947 applications over a six week period beginning July 21, but that each county throughout the eight statea would get Its proportionate share based on the number of 18-year-olds In the Army area. All applicants must present documentary proof of date of birth upon application. Applicants will be received and processed on a 'first come, first served' basis by each local recruiting atation. A very limit ed number of those first to applv will be processed Immediately for basic training. The balance will be called at regular Inter vals to maintain a stcadv. hut controlled, flow to training centers. R. C. RitfeAttends Music Workshop Of Fred Waring SHAWNEE- ON- DELAWARE. Pa. R. Cloyd Rlffe, supervisor of vocal muic In the public schools of Roseburg, Ore., and minister of musl. a the First Methodist Church In Roseburg. attended the Fred Waring Music Workshop at Shawnee-on-IVIa-ware during the week of July 11. The Workshop Is under the personal direction of Mr. Waring who brings his entire group of singers, musicians, arrangers and writers to broadcast their weekly schedule of tix half-hour radio shows from the village com munity center, Worthington Hall. Editorial Comment From the Oregon 'rest Plpt Down on Pressures (The Salem Statesman) With the discretion and the modestv for which he Is distin guished Senator Guy Cordon has asked his friends to "quit shov ing" In the effort to cinch his ap pointment as secretary of the in terior. Prompted though It is by loyalty both to the west and to the Oregon senator the drive must nonetheless be embarrass ing to him and perhaps to Gover nor Dewey as well. Cordon re minds his well-wishers that ne lecting a cabinet is the personal privilege and responsibility of the president and if IVwey Is elected he should be free to pick men he believes he can work with. Frankly we douht If any high pressure work In behalf of the gon's senator will do any good or that It is necessary. Cordon has both a broad knowledge of Interior department problem! and a good record of discharging responsibility in public office. Add to this the admitted effect of the Oregon vote on the IVwey fortunes and Cordon's appoint, ment would seem perfecllv log. cal. But let It come without fan. fare or pressure; and first elect IVwey and reelect Cordon. Instant coffee It excellent used fh flavor a mocha filling and frosting for cream pufft or eclair. c Perfect For Homes, Offices, Restaurants, etc. MODERN FURNITURE now has a wide selection of colors in famous TILE TEX asphalt tile. Our factory trained mechanics are skilled in the art of designing asphalt tile floors. They will be glad to help you fill your needs. Prices are reasonable and free es timates will be given gladly. ;s MODERN 222 W. 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