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FOUR NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1948 Published Daily Except Sunday by the Newt-Review Company, Inc. lataraC aaean ilm raatlar Mar 1, ISIi. at tha fail affile at Baaaaarf, OragoM. eatar aal at Mareh I. til CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor "Si.1 Manager Member of tha Associated Prtaa, Oragan Nawapapar Publlahan Aaaoolatlon, the Audit Buraau of Clroulatlona Baaraaaawe r WCST-MOLMDAT CO., INC., affleaa la Naw TarS. Calraia, Baa Sraaalaaa. Laa Aasalaa. Saallla. rartUai. SI. Laala. lUasrairriON SATISla Oraraa FJr Mall rar Taar Ilea, ala raaalka 14 M, Uraa aaaalka IS-M. My Cltr Carrlar far raar lia.ae (la a4vaaa). laia Ibaa a Taar. par naalh ll.aa. Oauita Oraiaa Br Hall rar jaar IS.ee, aU aaalka la, taraa aaalka II la. YOU'RE BEING ROBBED! By CHARLES V. STANTON A recent news item from Astoria reports that the "Co lumbia River Packers Association, largest fish packing firm in the Northwest, announced in its annual report a net profit of $1,123,428.37 during the calendar year 1947." The item continues to report that net sales exceeded $11,500,000 and that stock paid $3.37 per share as compared to $2.73 in 1946 and 48 cents in 1945. Operations disclosed a pack of 40 million pounds of fish in 1947, a 15-million pound jump over the previous year. . Stockholders in the CRPA were paid $3.37 per share. Did you get yours? You paid for a lot of those fish that went into CRPA cans. Many thousands of tax dollars went into the salmon and steelhead hatcheries operated by the State .Fish Commission. More dollars collected in license fees from sport anglers also helped hatch steelheads which went into cans. The CRPA paid the State of Oregon a modest pound age fee to help support the hatchery program, but the state's general fund was a most generous contributor. Many tons of the net-caught fish that made up the CRPA's million-and-a-quarter-dollar profit were YOUR fish. YOU paid for them. How much longer will Oregonians tolerate this commer cial fishing farce? Any other industry profiting from a nat ural resource pays for its raw materials But the fishing industry not only gets its materials free of charge but actu ally draws from public funds to subsidize a hatchery pro gram from which the packers profit When a timberman cuts public timber, he pays for his atumpage and the money goes into the federal treasury. If a rancher grazes his stock on public land, he pays a grazing fee. The commercial fish packer, it is true, pays a small poundage fee which does not begin to support the hatchery program. So public funds are used to keep fish In our rivers and thus permit the fishing industry to continue making profits. There might be some excuse for this system if the only value for fish was derived from the commercial fishery. But salmon and steelhead are many times more valuable as sports fish than as a commercial product. We could secure many times the income from far fewer fish if they were to be taken only on sports tackle in our bays and streams. At the same time we would be giving' our streams an oppor tunity to restock themselves Instead of contributing to depletion. Economy Changing Fasttr Than Opinion There was a time, not too many years ago, when the greatest value of our fishery was to be found in commercial use. That was before the automobile, good roads, and, more recently, the airplane brought about intense fishing pressure by sports anglers. There was an overabundance of fish in our streams. Fish had no value except as food. But when the automobile made it possible for sports enthusiasts to reach our teeming rivers, the situation changed. Whereas a. commercial fisherman received only a few cents per pound for his catch, the sports fisherman spent dollars per pound. As roads Improved the number of automobile tourists increased. Resident population has been growing enormously. Today our rivers are subjected to heavy sports fishing pressure. Millions of dollars are being spent annually in Oregon by both local and visiting anglers. Yet we still follow the antiquated theory that fish have only food value and we continue to shell out tax dollars to sub sidize a commercial fishery that depletes our streams of the fish that should be attracting tourist dollars. Realization of this situation is growing, but it is coming awfully late too late in many cases. Some of our once superior fishing streams hsve been badly damaged, the Umpqua being a good example. Some were so bad that the commercial fishery voluntarily surrendered them. The change in economy in our fishery from commercial to recreational values should cause us to be thinking seri ously; should cause us to abandon our program of subsidiz ing an industry which not only takes our tax dollars, but also robs us of potential tourist income. Put we are slow to change our thinking and even slower to act. The next legis lature probably will appropriate more tax dollars to main tain profits for the CRPA and its stockholders. OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams I Willi W HAMD ME THAT KNIFE V" Pll 'MM I'M FED UP ON JAM THAT J I Agf vrrr TASTES LIKE MUSTARP J W4? WvS III 1 AND MUSTARD THAT i L4L.JU I I H TASTES LIKE JAM AND tr-?' 11 V BUTTER THAT LOOKS J T fjg J ITP 4 H PV LIKE AN ARIZONA f ' y"Nv 6$t vOwLk WHY MOTHERS GET GRAV t e u. e.t . - W. H. Scofield to Attend Mail Carriers' Convention W. H. Scofield. Oregon state president of the Star Route Mall Carrier! Association, it leaving Monday for Cheyenne. Wyo., to attend a four-day national con vention Aug. 15 to 20. His wife, who hat been visiting her parents at Montgomery, near Kansas City, Kan., will Join him at Chey enne, and they will return to gether Aug. 21. Mrs. Scofield left here Friday of last week, going most of the way by air. Frank Sherman will substitute on S co field's mail route between Rose burg and Eugene. being transferred here Sept. 1 to take the place of Harald J. Ylvl aaker as Douglas County scout executive while the latter Is ill, will be present at the meeting. Mr. Ylvisaker has been ill most of the summer and unable to as sume his regular, duties. A scout officers dinner meet ing at S p.m. at a place te ha an nounced later is scheduled prior to the round table. Quam will also be present for this mealing. Round Table Discussion Of Scoutmasters Dated A scoutmasters' round table dis cussion is scheduled for Aug. 13, at 7:45 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce room, announced W. M. bcotleld, local scout leader. All county scoutmasters are in vited. Rollte Quam, McMinnville, WE SERVE LUNCHES TO TAKE OUT Meals for the Working Man Open from ' 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily Birchfield Restaurant 348 S. Stephens INSURANCE LIFE AUTO FIRE State Farm Mutual Insurance ROSE A ALLEN P. O. Box 489 Phone 288 214 W. Lane Roseburg. Ore. By Viahnett S. Martin How long, I wonder, did Glen Froehlich of Myrtle Creek work on that kitten picture for which he won the National High School award? (July 23 News-Review.) Unless you have spent hours taking pictures of pets, and of children, too, for that matter, and wasted film a-plenty, it is hard to realize how much work goes Into a picture like that unless by chance it is what they call a "lucky shot." Years ago I used to illustrate little stories and verse for chil dren with snapshots of our boys and their little friends and pets. The film I wasted, so far as the result being good enough for an editor's consideration! Of course family friends profited . , . all they ever ask is that they shall be able to identify the loved one In the picture or the pet. I found that the best way to catch children was to get their thought oft the camera, and I did this by taking a picture of the toy, with thalr help. This made the child as natural and unself consclous aa one could wish, and he was pleased to find that he himself somehow got 'into the picture, too. Even with the older ages this thought of helping rather than posing helps. But when It comes to pets woe is me! I spent a good two hours the other day on Pretty, our white cat, and Pretty-Two, her lone white kitten that is growing bigger every minute! When I finally ran out of film the kitten and the cat assumed the exact positions I had been slaving to get and went to sleep on the spot. One of the best pictures I had of our California garden was perfect except for a garbage can In the background, it was used to hold charcoal, but to an editor it would have been a garbage can! And rightly so. I was down in the creek one day with no thought of snapping Pretty. I turned around and there she was, strolling right through the water! I aimed and fired, never bothering about any of the "nine things to remember before pressing the shutter release." It turned out to be a fine picture! That's the way it goes. In the Day's News (Continued From Page One) POWERS AGREE ON A DATE FOR A NEW BIG FOUR MEET ING, which most Informed ob servers feel sure will be held. 1111 AT does that one mean? SIANS WANT DELAY. countries, clubs. represented by FID Mother of Roy Croln Passes In Colorado Word has been received here of the death Friday afternoon of Mrs. J. R. Craln. mother of Hoy ' T,-il D...w... n, former Benson School , rMw G. W. Dimmicks to Attend D Crai principal, at Grand Junction Colo. Mrs. Frank Sherman, a daughter, who. with her husband has been living in Roseburg re cently. Is flying to Colorado at- urday night for the services. Mr. Craln, whose wife passed away aoout tnree montns ago ancr a long illness, plans to return to Roseburg shortly. Mr. Sherman Intends to enroll at the University of Oregon this fall. Membership Increase Award Given Lions Club A bronze membership award plaque, received from Lions Inter national, was presented to the Lions nun at Its meeting Thurs day night by Forrest Losee, de- nutv onxmrnnr aialns (n- IH-a. I . dent Dr. L. M. Lehrbach. The plaque was received In recognition of the fact that the club increased Its membership hy at least 12 during the last fis cal year. The accompanying letter stat ed that Lions International show ed a gain of 31,r3, bringing Its Mr. and Mrs. George W. Dim- mirk will leave Sunday for The nalles. where thev will Join mem hers of the Old' Oregon Trail Inc., on their annual rendezvous and trek. The group will begin their trek at LaGiande, but Dlmmlrk, re gional vice-president, and his wife will remain In The Dalles, the town of his birth, until the members return Aug 11. The Dimmicks will Join the trek to Portland the next day and the annual convention In Lib rary Hall In that rlty Aug. 13. They will also armmpanv the group to Oregon I'itv for the centennial celebration. They plan to return home Sunday, Aug. 15. DIVORCE SOUGHT COQt'II.LE. Ore., Aug. ft-Mrs. Frances M. Filter has Instituted divorce proceedings against Glen Oliver Usher, alleging cruel and Inhuman treatment. The couple waa married at Roseburg Mav 29. 1943. rialntlff seeks custody of three children, now with her In tla. il .unnn.l m ...... r tyd membership to 360,000 in 20 $30 pry child per month. O we want delay? It seems probable that we're not averse to It. When it comes to the cold turkey issue of delay or fight, nearly everybody pre fers delay. We all tell ourselves that we'll be BETTER ABLE TO FIGHT LATER ON after we've had more time to prepare. On that point, human nature Is Just human nature. Even the tough Russians seem to ha swayed by that potent thought. ON'E hates to say so, but all our poll'lrtans would hate like the dickens to see shooting start BE FORE ELECTION. That's an other human fundamental. YOU'D feel that way If YOU were a politician. Governments are marie up of politicians, good and bad. s O, If you Just have to guess. you'd battar guesa that tha Strlln crisis will ba staved off and that anothar four power "conference" will ba held. N )W another word about this secrecy business. It Just has to be sometimes. Every business man knows that If the details of a big business deal get spilled all over the street before the deal Is closed the Jeal Is likely to bog down. (For one thing, competitors hear about It, and take advan tage promptly.) It works the same way In big International deals. We news paper people fight bloody murder for "open covenants openly ar rived at," but we hsve to admit to ourselves that there are times when too much publicity can spoil a deal. We save our faces with ih perfectly sound contention that full publicity (topi BAD deals, and since there are more bad deals than good ones In the realm of public affairs we contend that f till publicity is a good thing which, generally, It Is. a ON this matter of delay In the shooting, if shooting haa to come, keep this fact In mind: WE'VE PUT ON OUR GUNS. It was the sound law of the Old West that when things got critical you'd better put on your gun BUT NEVER PULL IT UN LESS YOU'RE PREPARED TO SHOOT. If we have any sound common sense left, we'll follow that wise old law that was developed out of hard experience of our pio neering ancestors. a THERE'S a lot of hot talk again of Communists In high places. As this writer sees It, the only way to stop Communists in high places is to get an appointing power at the top WHO WON'T APPOINT COMMUNISTS. It is this writers belief that DEWEY WOULDN'T APPOINT ANY. Nor would WARREN. If any thing happened to Dewey. File of Nurses to Serve In Emergency Planned Miss Lavenia Fulton, secretary of District 11, State Nurses As sociation, has Issued a request that all graduate nurses in Doug las County who are not members of the association contact her at the county health offloe in the Courthouse, either by mall or by phoning 344 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The purpose, she stated, is to build up a file of available nurses In case of an epidemic or extreme emergency. She said that of ap proximately 50 nurses in the county, only 14 are members of the Association. The names, addresses and tele phone numbers where possible are desired, said Misa Fulton. Loans on Homes FOR LESS Repay at any Tim Without Penalty UMPQUA SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSN. Vital Statistics NO WAITING! Immediate repair service on all makes of home and car radios. We. the Radio Doc tors, are an authorized ra dio service station for Zen ith and Genera) Electric auto radios. Call us. we will ntrk up. repair and deliver your radio. Radio Doctors 30S N. Stephens Ph. 1023-J 2 Jq . a. Pi Marriage Lloenses COMPTONEGBERT Harry H. Compton and Georgia May Egbert, both of Reedsport. CARTE-PEROZ Bernard Lee to Evelyn Florence Paroz, both of Mvrtle Creek, bv Justice of the Peace T. C. Hartflel. BAILEYTEMPLETON Lloyd Edmond Bailey and Nellie Bar bara Templeton, both of Roseburg. SKOPEC-MONTGOMERY William Francis Skopec, Park Falls, Wise, and Myrtle A. Mont gomery, Medford. Divorce Suit Filed JOHNSON Bernlee Francis vs. Clement Duane Johnson. Mar ried at Roseburg Sept. 3, 1944. Cruel and Inhuman treatment charged. Custody of two children and $30 monthly support for each asked. JESSE Mary Elsie, vs. Charles A. Jesse. Married Sept. 21. 1918, In Winterset Iowa, Custody of two minor children. $.0 a month for the support of each and S17 for support of plaintiff asked. Desertion a" cruel and Inhuman treatment charged. Oivorees Granted TESCUE William A., from Frieda Estella Pescu. WALKER Sachlee Vlven, from Phillip Columbus Walker. Custody of their one child grant ed plaintiff. Property settlement approved. HUFFMAN Murrel Gene, from Nadene Louise Huffman. Defendant's maiden name, Na dene Louise Burr, restored. HALL Harold B., M. Hall. from Edna ROWE Blanche M. Rowe from Albert M. Rowe. Plaintiff's maiden name of Blanche M. Boyer restored. Property settle ment approved. DRIVER EXAMS DATED A drivers license examiner will he on dutv !n Roseburg Thursday and Fridav. August 12 and 13, at the city hall between the hours of 9 a. m. and S p. m.. according to an announce ment from the Secretary of. on each charge, and Lambert J. State s office. 'Schuster, void foreign plates, $10. TRAFFIC FINES LEVIED Justice of Peace Thomas C. Hartfiel reported the following ttafflc fines Imposed In his court Friday: Clifford U. Smith and William A. Metzker. each $15 on overload charges: Carl Anderson, Ralph Carnes, each $10 on unit overload counts: Myrle L. Bryant, overload and unit overload. $10 Experienced and thoughtful of your every banking need Douglas County State Bank Jiaar-eaarl Daaaail laaaraaca Cera. ('JUrawf??"aSj'v.. . TWENTY FIVE MILLION YEARS AGO Twenty five million years ago near the Baltic coast of Germany insects buzzed about targe deposits of sweet smelling resin from o scarred tree. Attracted by the heady odor, many in sects settled upon the sticky surface and wert held fast. Later they were covered by new deposits of resin. Tens of years later these trees, the ancient ancestors of our modern firs, cedars ond pines, fell to the ground. Swomps settled over the follen trees ond the resin. Thousands of years loter the buried forest slowly turned to coal. FOREVER AMBER About twenty five years ago, miners turned up large deposits of clear, golden amber from these coal fields. Tha qmber contained the completely preserved imprints of the insects which were trapped twenty five million yeors ogo. So perfect ore these fossil remains that under high magnification on eon easily distinguished the minute portions of these ancient insects. Though tha in sects resemble our present doy bugs they differ in many details revealing that even insects chonge through the oges to fit their environment. These insects vary from microscopic size to the size of a mon's thumbnoh". Some of the -amber pieces containing larger insects hova been made Into fine pieces of jewelry, but most are the property of museums ond collectors. Amber jewelry is well known ond is used extensively for beods ond bracelets, but insects fossilized in ember are rore. ' OWNED BY THE KAISER Knudtson'i have a number of these pieces they will be happy to display for your inspection. The gems were originally a port of the collection owned by Kaiser Wilhelm II. They hove been numbered ond catalogued by eminent poleonthologists ond Knudtson's consider themselves fortunate to own these rare and unusual gems. These pieces of lewelry ore a portion of Knudtson's nam arliM Knudtson's specialize in rings set with star sapphires ond rubies, alexand rite, peridot, sphene, benetoite, jode, topoz and other interesting, noturol gems. Mr. A. M. Knudtson holds the title of Certified Gemologist ond Regis tered Jeweler, American Gem Society, ond his two sons, associated with him in the business, art making on intensive study of gem minerals. Certified CemologUt Registered Jeweler AoMrleao. Oara tecaety JCWCLCRA ' Jackson and Can Sts.
