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NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURS, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1948
CHARLES V. STANTON
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LET'S BE CONSISTENT
OUT OUR WAY
By J. R. Williams
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Federal economists report that the cost of living will con
tinue to rise, estimates of the prospective increase varying
from 3 to 8 per cent. It is interesting to contrast the items
expected to rise in cost with those forecast for no increase
or, perhaps, even a decline, and then apply these forecasts
to the platforms of the respective political parties and pre
election campaign promises.
Everything made of steel is headed for a price boost. Steel
will increase in cost from $8 to $10 per ton, plus freight
costs. This means that all articles made either entirely or
partially from steel will be upped in cost. Manufacturers
usually add to the actual rise in production costs a percent
age mark-up, which, in turn, is given another percentage
boost by the jobber and retailer, so that the consumer pays
considerably more than the greater cost of steel as a ma
terial for use in manufacturing would indicate.
Economists say some food costs will go up until autumn
and then will either hold steady or decline. But that applies
only to unprocessed foods. Canned and processed foods will
stay high. Nearly all manufactured articles will go up in
price.
Items due for price increases are those involving labor.
Labor has been forcing a new round of wage increases.
Every wage increase is followed by a boost in prices of all
goods produced by labor. Usually the rise in prices is pro
portionately higher than the wage increase. Then, because
prices have gone up, labor has excuse to demand more
wages, and so the seesaw goes' on and on.
Now we have the picture of President Truman calling
Congress back into session to enact price control legislating.
That's a popular move, designed to get votes. But he says
nothing about controlling wages. That would be unpopular
and would lose votes. But how can we expect to hold prices
down and still leave the way open for wage boosts? It
doesn't make sense.
We could, of course, squeeze profits. If we do that we
confiscate investment capital, destroy initiative and stimu
late unemployment. We kill the goose that lays the golden
Both parties in their platforms decry the high cost of
living, but pledge farm price support and high wages. Ob
viously they are inconsistent.
In some manner we must reach a point of stabilization
including BOTH prices and wages, but we probably can't
expect sucn action as long as it is interlocked with the neces
sity of getting votes.
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Rifle Calibers to Be Regulated
The Oregon State Game Commission reports its Intention
to regulate lawful rifle calibers for use in big game hunt
ing. The regulation is to be postponed until some later date
when rifles are more easily available, but the intent is being
announced as a guide to hunters acquiring new guns.
The commission will require rifles of .'23 caliber or larger,
rlai-Alnninrr tint Inaa than 0.7!i fnot.nminrls fit 100 VArils in
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foot-pounds or more at 100 yards, in taking antelope and
elk.
These regulations have long been needed. Too many hunt
ers use guns of insufficient power, thus wounding animals
which later die and are wasted. The Multnomah Anglers and
Hunters Club, Portland, has been endeavoring for consider
able time to secure regulation of rifles to nt leust partially
eliminate the existing useless destruction of game animals.
The glowing scarcity of game, coupled with increasing
population and hunting pressure, makes any elimination of
unnecessary losses important.
While sports arms are short in supply, a hardship would
be created if the regulations were to be imposed immediate
ly. But forewarning will save sportsmen from financial loss
incurred in buying guns which later would 1 declared unlawful.
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Scraps From
The Mending Basket
By VIAHNETT S. MARTIN
Laughter Is a curative, ami It
aiso helps to fasten an illustration
in one's thought. I mean laughter
that wells up from a class or a
group of people tickled with some
absurdity used to press home a
point.
for instance, there was a pro
fessor of Latin who woke up his
class in ways like this: He was
endeavoring to drive home the
difference between the wish and
the flat statement (optative and
declarative) in SHALL and
WILL.
Said he, as nearly as I can re
call: "Don't ever shout 'I will
drown and no one shall save me;'
the listener miuht be willing ;o
let you carry out your threat. But
who would fall to heed the de
spairing appeal, 1 shall drown
no one will save me!'" His drol
lery broiiKht forth a shout of
laughter and the point was for
ever driven home.
I remember another bit the
same professor Imparted: I
HOP12," he said, "carries with It
an Implied fear lest that which
you hope for may not come about.
Think that over!" It is surprising
to note how true that, not-funny
In this case, remark seems.
When we read the Psalms: "I
will fear no evil" there Is the
triumphant, active faith. "Good
ness and mercy shall follow me:"
here no effort except that of ac
cepting the blessing awaiting us.
But "I will dwell In the house
of the Lord forever:" there we
are given our Individual respon
sibility. Listening to the 'shall' and the
'will' of the Scriptures unfolds
many a thought rich In connota
tion. Listening to the words we hear
so much now: "1 hope there will
not be a war!" what do we hear
underlying the spoken cry?
Professor Partridge really "had
something" don't you think? Oh,
how many times teachers, through
the years, have given nuggets
only to have them kicked around
by careless feet. And now we
must stand by, wishing the suc
ceeding generations would listen,
and knowing they will do Just
what the generations ahead of
them did.
But soms of the nuggets will
not be lost, so Teachers, don't
despair!
In the Day's Hews
I counties, etc, could be rolling In
money that nobody seems to miss.
a a a
HF.RE is our trouble: We feel
that as long as the six toot
I rabbit Is Invisible everything Is
the going gets tougher. Streets 1 UVelv. But If the rabhit were to
are wearing out. Police and fire- i be ilxoj hv the stale. It would
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protection call for increasing
man power. Mote children require
more schools and larger teaching
staffs. And so on. The list Is
long. '
then be VIS1BLK BY EVERY
BODY. That would be bad. So, by
refusing to tax it, we keep it
invisible and therefore perfectly
I resiectabl
Editorial
Commenf
From the Oregon Press
Long-Ago Communists
The Oregon Statesman
A whole colony of Communists
once flourished only about 24
miles from Salem and Stewart
llnlhronk tells about the Aurora
settlers In an article In the July
American Mercury.
Aeed Oreeonlans still living
rmeniher the colony as a happy
and prnrerous settlement but
after the leader. William Kelt,
died unexpectedly the commun
ity was legally liquidated and its
members began to live like their
more conventional Willamette
Valley neighbors.
The Aurora group was one of
many little settlements that flour
ished during the lHto's. It was an
era of experiment In the United
States, Holhrook say, and com
munal living was part of the
yeasting. There were Perfection
ists in Vermont and New York.
Shakers, Hutterltes, Swedish com
munities In Illinois. Zoar Separ
atists In Ohio, and of course
Brook Karm, probably the best
known of the Fourier experf
ments. None of these movements
had any truck with Karl Marx
and they had nothing In common
with modern Communism: they
were variations of Christian
Communism and moat of them
were convinced they had found
Here Is a very practical, cyni
cal thought:
The State of Oregon Is in the
saloon business. It makes a lot
of money out of It and uses the
money for an exceedingly good
purpose. The saloon business and
the gambling business have al
ways gone hand In hand. If you're
in one. you might as well be In
the one true way to live Biblical
teachings.
William Kell, unsatisfied with
Lutherans and (ierman Metho
dists, InventtMl his own organiza
tion after the teaching" of the
Happites who lived in Harmony,
Indiana. Kctl's followers settled
In Bethel, Missouri, and then
made a six-monlhs-long trek to
Oregon and a new promised land.
The little cnmmunltv of Au
rora was known for its thrifty
and industrious Inhabitants. All
proierty was communally owned
and everyone worked for the
good of the whole, with Kell as
the autocratic leader. The set
tlers had a sawmill, gristmill, dis
tillery and made tin inlin e, wool
en cloth and other snides for
sale. Kor a while all went well,
hut the children began to grow
aart from the old customs; they
wanted to S-ak Knglish and live
as Americans. By the time Kell
died in 1877. the Aurora eXetl
ment was dying too.
There Is nothing left now of
the colony but few old houses.
And that's as much as can be said
for most of the other old time
Communistic ven'utes In this
country. These extwrlments In
communal living have that one
thing in common: they have nrov
ed again and again that Individ
uala cannot b molded to a set
pattern and will not support for
long the welfare of the commutv
itv above their own private wills.
The repeated failures of Christian
Communism doc not augur suc
cess for Marxist Communism,
either. The latter needs the prop
of the police state.
At the same time, we are call
ing for more frills In our city
governments partly to keep up
with the pace set by national and
state gover.iinents. We want
more parks. And especially we
want more recreation facilities
swimming pools, p aygrounds. etc.
We have more lime to play, and
we want some place to do it.
All of this calls for more tax the other.
money, and a lot of It. The old This aotical. and at times
property tax Is practically all the- cynical, writer can't get away
cities have left to fall back on, from the thought that if were
and the property ow ner gets more j King to be In the saloon business
peevish about being tapped as the j w mKtit as well go .vhole hog
years pass and get Into the gambling busl-
I a a a nrsJ RJ ttr, and use the profits
UP to now. the cities have re- derived from it for a good pur
sistcd admirably the tempta-! pose.
! tjon to run Into debt for the i
' filings they want and need. They
i have been scrimping for car t Pedestrian Picked Up
mj oil lor uci'i a(iuii-u muiiok UaL f" t aL CI
the years of the big bond voting j Wini '"hing in Flame
binge, and most of them are cross-! KtT.KNK. Ore.. July 21.-i.1l
'"VT,; '-V".,K"nr: I ' ''no wi'ntnd' S
again! Still, If they can I he had (walking the streets with his
any other way It stands to reason clothing aitre. was reortcd
that sooner or later we'll go alter j "doing as well as, ran be expect
the thing, we watt by the bond ' tf, da"s,,r" " loc'11
route. With .he national debt j laxil police 'picked Hu the man.
what It Is, that wouldn't be too ! and tixik him to hospital for
good I treatment of "extensive second
... . .. .., . 'and third degree burns." Most of
All in all. the cities oi'ght to his shin and part of his trousers
get a sympathetic hearing when j had been consumed hv flames
thev come with their requests for hen he was found, l 'lr.l and
a share of the Income tax surplus ."J";?,' J11!',"'', v" un'1,hlr
the court m ut ran now !rvnd. ,.tble cxpUtnHtion of thi- Urv.
Fire Hazards In
Douglas Nearing
Serious Stage
Forest fire hazards are fast
becoming serious in Douglas
County, Oregon's timber capital,
and they will continue to grow
progressively worse until general
fall rains begin, stated Albert
Wiesendanger, executive secre-tai-y
for Keep Oregon (Jreen As
sociation, Inc., who visited in
Roseburg today.
To help prevent fires and to
combat one phase of carelessness
the Ki-ep Oregon Green Associa
Hon has distributed through
Douglas County Chairman Vern
Harpham fire prevention posters
and other material.
Boys and girls, members of the
Green Guard, have also assisted
the county chairman in his ef
forts to reduce man-caused fires,
said Wiesendanger.
Loggers Merit Praise
Loggers are deserving of praise
in Douglas County for the record
they have made so far this sea
son In preventing fires In their
operations, he said. Paced with
considerable slashing near their
operations they will post a splen
did record if they continue
through the season without a
serious fire, the secretary stated.
Weather conditions so far have
helped forest protection, but that
can change any day, he asserted,
adding there could be plenty of
trouble between now and fall
rains. ,
Man-caused fires merely Indi
cate a continued need for increas
ed educational efforts in an at
tempt to bring home to every
cilien in the county a need for
extreme caution in the use of
fire in our forests, Wiesendanger
declared.
The Douglas County Keep Ore
gon Green committee, headed by
Chairman Harpham. Includes Le
Rov Hiatt, Kred Goff. Sam Warg,
Dick Gilman. Clyde Knight, Wal
lace Rapp, Rav Hampton. James
Slattery, Charles Stanton, J-"red
Southw ick, Eugene Springer,
Homer Grow, Walter Fisher, Har
old Jefferies. Maurice New-land,
Karl I'lummer, Gene Kent. Henry
Carstens. Paul Keith, Walter
Olmstead. all of Roseburg. and
Mayor John Skaaluren. Reeds
port; Carl Hill, Days Creek; Har
old Woollev. Drain, and John
Amacher, Winchester.
Record Price Bid For
Stand of Pin Timber
PORTLAND. July 22. f.P-A
record pine timber price of $40.
0t a thousand board feet was re
ported vesterday bv the Bureau
of Land Management.
The Tile Knot Pine Company,
Redmond, bid that figure on tim
ber from a Deschutes County
public domain tract.
The Vancouver Plvwood Ven
eer Company bid $10 per thous
and boaid feet for Clackamas
County IViuglas fir-the highest
mice received by the Bureau of
Land Management, but lower
than the record of SU0 on a recent
Forest Service sale.
Draftees May Not
Get Service Call
Until October 1
WASHINGTON. July 22. (.P)
Ma). Gen. Lewis B. Hershey.
national selective service director,
indicated yesterday the armed
forces may not call peace-time
draftees Into service until around
Oct. 1.
The law provides that no one
can be inducted before Sept. 22.
Hershey would not give a def
inite date when he expects the
first draftees to be called.
He was asked at a news con
ference whether, In view of regis
tration taking place from Aug.
30 to Sept. 18 selective service
would be able to provide any
draftees before Oct. 1.
Hershey replied that Oct. 1
sounded like a conservative date.
Hershey spoke out as the
armed forces opened their ranks
for 161,000 American 18-year olds
to volunteer for a special one
year hitch and thus avoid a two
year draft later.
At many cities the 18-year-olds
lined up overnight waiting for a
chance to enlist.
Hershey said the method of
selecting men probably won't be
decided until next week.
He said there are two methods
of selection: (a) Start with men
of 23 and work down the list to
the 18-year-olds; or (b) conduct
a lottery, such as was done it
the start of the draft for World
War II.
He indicated that he is sympa
thetic towards drafting the 23-year-olds
first because 100,000 of
them will become 26 every month
and therefore will not be eligible
for the draft.
Only men from 19 through 25
actually will be subject to draft
call.
The 18-year-olds are now al
lowed to volunteer to avoid being
drafted on reaching 19.
Institutions In other states of thla
country and Canada. Most from
any one university were six from
the University of Oklahoma, five
of whom earned degrees here In
chemical engineering. The ex
treme east coast was represented
by Harvard, Cornell, University
of Virginia and University of
North Carolina.
LAW SECRETARY
WANTED
STEADY EMPLOYMENT
Orcutt & Long, Attorntyi
Umpquo Savings & Loan Building
Owned
by Roseburg People
Operated by
Roseburg People
'Children' Hour' Ar
Tavern Put Under Ban
NEWARK. N. J.. July 21. I.Vi
The "Children Hour" has made
Its last stand at a Hobo ken
tavern.
The special periods of television
programs for children, with the
bar closed and adults excluded,
no longer may he held at Patrick
Hadlgan's bar. Alcoholic Beverage
Control Commissioner Krwln B.
Hock ruled yesterday.
"Longfellow- would turn over
In his grave If he could see the
locale of your Children's Hour,"
Hock commented.
Senator Murray Victor
In Montana Primary
HELENA, Mont., July 21 JP
Three candidates, including
Democratic Senator James E.
Murray, claimed victory today as
slow unofficial returns continued
to trickle In from Montana's pri
mary election.
-Murray, Montana's senior U. S.
Senator, built up a 36.824 to 8,636
vote lead over Dr. Harry J. Mc
Gregor, Great Falls, in unofficial
tabulations from 516 of 1,142 pre
cincts. Murray, who campaigned
on his record and the Democratic
party's platform, li seeking itis
fourth term.
Democratic gubernatorial can
didate John W. Bonner of Helena
and Governor Sam C. Ford, a
Republican, also claimed victories
in yesterday's primary.
Bonner polled 19,501 votes In
513 precincts. He was trailed bv
Arthur F. Laney with 13,140
votes.
- Ford, seeking his third term,
polled 20.293 votes In 453 pre
cincts, followed by state railroad
commissioner Leonard C. Young
with 5,111.
Prison Farm Head, Wife,
Daughter Found Slain
MANSFIELD, O., July 21 (JPl
Sheriff Frank E. Robinson re
ported this afternoon that the
head of the Mansfield Reforma
tory's Prison Farm, his wife and
daughter had been found slain
following their mysterious disap
pearance from their home early
today.
Dead are John E. Niebel, aged
50. connected with the farm since
1928; his wife and their 22-year-old
daughter, Phyllis.
Sheriff Frank E. Robinson said
the Niebel home at the prison
farm had been ransacked, all
doors left open, looted purses of
all three occupants deposited on
a dining room table, but that the
automobiles of the father and
daughter were In the garage.
The sheriff said neighbors told
him a "light-colored" car had
been seen at the Niebel home last
night.
Bonanza Fire Threatens
Whole Business District
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., July
21. I.V Fire last night burned a
frame residence and for a time
threatened the entire business dis
trict of the Klama'h County town
of Bonanza, 30 miles east of here.
The blaze started in the resi
dence of Ishmael Dick, which
was flattened b- the fire. It then
lumped to the Oasis Tavern near
by, burning the roof and char
ring walls. Roofs, walls and win
dows of the adioinlng Hickman
Hotel and tVId Fellows Hall were
damaged before the blaze was
brought under control hv the
truck and crew from the Lis key
Ranch nearby.
OSC Graduate School
Proves Attractive
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
Among those who completed
work for advanced degrees tn
the graduate school this spring
were 43 students who transfer
red to Oregon State from 35
WALLPAPER
AND PAINT
fog Lumbar & Fuel
164 E. 2nd Avt. S. Ph. 242
SPEAKING with cynical frank
ness of taxes, we have a curi
ous situation here In Oregon. It
Is the slot machine. The slot ma
chine, as we know It In practice.
Is like the six foot rabbit In the
play "Harvey." It must be there,
but we can't see It. The federal
government can see It. and not
only sees it but TAXES It.
If we were all as realistic as
the federal tax people In regard
Stamp Commemorates
Oregon Centennial
WASHINGTON. July 21.--T
The three-cent stamp com
memorating the Oregon Territory
Centennial will be issued at Ote
on Citv Aug. 14.
The date is the anniversary of
the organization of t'le territory,
and a four-day celebration will be
gin thj-n at Oregon City.
The stamp pictures a'l ox tram
covered wagon, flanked by
to the .M machine, our cities., Jason Lee. piooce'r' figure, ""n
Sundoy-Finlay Field-2:00 P. M.
Roseburg vs. Tri City
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Adults 7 Jc Children 30c
ALSO
Donkey Baseball Game
Sunday 8:00 P. M.
, ALL STAR SOFTBALL TEAM
vs.
UMPQUA CHIEFS
Adult 1.00 Child 30e
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