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FOUR NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1941 ! : Publlshad Dally Except Sunday by tha News-Review Company, Inc. al.ral aaraai rl, aaitir Mar 1, . la "1 aMe al Baaaaarg, Oracan, aaSar ael at March t, 1111 CHARLES V. STANTON ?p. EOWIN L. KNAPP Editor miIP' Managar Mambar of tha Aatoeiated Praaa, Oragon Nawapapar Publishers Aiaoclation, tha Audit Buraau of Clreulatlena araaaata r WIST-BOLLIDAT CO, INC, antral la Naw Tark. Caltaia, Baa fraaclaaa. Laa Aafalaa. Saatlla. rarllaaS, SL Laala. SiaaraiPTioN batfs la Or.fa kt sun r.r T..r tiaa, aii mlu 11 u, kraa vaaalka lt.a. Br City rarrlar Par yaar flt.aa ! a4aara, last lhaa aa yaar. par maath ll.aa. Oataiaa Orrgaa Bf Mall Par yaar It.M. ala Baalka ILlt, Ikraa aiaalka ll.lt. And No Hitting Below the Belt lO $EElHl$GAMt?4lcW CONPfJCleD OM A IFVbOWEAfc THE IMPORT OF STATISTICS By CHARLES V. STANTON The Roseburg-Douglas County directory published in 1946 estimated population for Douglas County at 34,000 and for the City of Roseburg a population of 10,500 within five miles of the city center. The 1948 directory, distributed this week, lists county population at 48,018 with 15,500 persons residing within five miles of Roseburg's city center. These estimates are most interesting, particularly when viewed in relation to a recent announcement by the Bureau of Census that the State of Oregon's population growth has been at the rate of 41.8 per cent, only .3 of a percentage point behind that of California, the nation's fastest growing state. Estimates furnished by T. V. Salisbury & Co. in the new county and city directory list the county's growth at 41.2 per cent, almost up to the state average, while the City of Roseburg, with approximately 50 per cent population in crease in two years, is far out in front of the state average. Then couple this with the recent statement by the Oregon Employment Service that local industry could use many more skilled and semi-skilled laborers if housing facilities were available and we begin to get some idea of what is happening in this area. Another interesting comparison, indicative of growth trends, is found in the directory's narrative statement of "Facts About Douglas County." Industrial facts listed in the 1946 directory were based on 1940 records listing approximately 200,000,000 board feet of lumber being produced annually. Figures in the new directory are based on 1944 cutting estimates, showing ap proximately 400,000,000 board feet production, or 100 per cent increase in four years. The statement was made that "a. sustained-yield sawlog output of 800 million board feet annually is possible and could furnish logs for nearly twice the 1944 sawmill capacity." This is 1948 and our present cut is somewhere around 1,500,000,000 feet, nearly four times the rate of 1944 log removal and considerably higher than the sustained-yield allowable cut This condition is not as serious as it appears at first glance, however, because we have a large amount of ripe, mature timber which should be removed as quickly as possible before further deterioration results to make room for growth of a new crop. We can sustain our present cut ting rate for a period of from 15 to 20 years without dam age. In fact, it is good forestry management to remove over ripe, ripe and mature trees as quickly as possible and get the ground back into use producing a new crop. Rapid Futurt Growth In Prospect A 50 per cent increase in population in a period of two years seems phenomenal, but future increase may even ex ceed that rate under a favorable combination of conditions. The bottleneck is housing. If our housing problem were to be given study and action, we could immediately add sev eral thousand people to our population. We will continue to add population as rapidly as housing facilities can be pro vided under existing conditions. But, without more industry we would within a short time reach a point where we could no longer gainfully employ new residents. But what are the prospects for expanding Industry? Even at our present rate of forest removal we have oppor tunity to Improve the employment picture. Nearly all our mills and manufacturing plants need more skilled and semi-' skilled workers. Some would be working two or even three shifts if manpower were available. There is crying need for more manufacture of finished lumber in existing plants. We need sash and door factories, softwood furniture factories, crossarm plants, and dozens of other manufacturing units which could be supported from the materials now being cut. The exciting trend in the wood industry, however, is found in the chemical field. New processes still in the experimental stage promise to completely revolutionize the industry. In stead of utilizing only about one-third of the raw material from our forests, as at present, there is bright promise that we will eventually be utilizing nearly 100 per rent. Whereas two men can produce 1,000 board foot of rough green lumber in one working day, the same amount of raw material could furnish work for 10 to 15 men in certain of the chemical processing plants, or in other specialized fields. Add to the increased man-hours of labor per 1,000 board feet or cubic feet of material the fact that we will have tHree times the utilization of the raw resource and the figures begin to stagger the imagination. If our people could only be brought to realize what the future holds, public sentiment would force a quick end to feSV OENILEWANiy BASIS- A I awi .atSaX T er M I. i - taeni r ltlll - - - - 3JM A ZlfJZ AWV & CO? RtIV V J Vr Rf KX MSr allTL, f;&3 By Viahnett S. MwtintfjS The grade achool P.-T.A. having stormy session. A little girl, most unfortunately, had broken her arm in a fall from the horizontal bar, part of the new equipment which the P.-T.A. had ao much desired lor the achool playground. But now the child's mother had made a motion that the equip ment be removed. "Too rianger oua!" Other young mothers, vis ualizing their youngstera falling, too. were adding their assent. Then one mother said thought fully and earnestly, "I believe what we need to do Is ask lor mora equipment, not deprive them of what they have, and stresa the Importance of taking turns, with penalties for those who crowd and push. We wanted the equipment. We have It! Let'i keep It and ask for more!" The discussion took another turn. Before the vote was taken even the mother who had made the motion was In favor of 'more equipment.' What a wonderful opportunity for service is the Parent-Teacher Association, or any group of mother! banded together In a common cause child welfare. One group of mothera, years ago, served hot soup each noon to every child In school, the mothers taking turns at the soup pot, the meat and vegetables coming from the P.-T.A. treasury. (Later on when times were better, these same mothers In a Junior high school, sold "hot dogs In buna" at noon for very little above cost, but the quantity sales booated the treasury to an astonishing de gree.) To the grade achool came one morning a family of nine chil dren. Just arrived In town and destitute! Their breakfast had been chewed sugar-cane. There was a welfare chairman with a loving heart and Indefatigable spirit. She gathered clothing, etc, and stored It In a cupboard at school. Then thinking the chil dren might recognize their own outgrown clothing, she exchanged with the welfare chairman of an other P.-T.A. downtown . . . When the nine children arrived she out fitted them lovingly, with no pub licity, arranged for their teeth to be cared for through the school, and then gave them break fast each morning. Yes. the P.-T.A. Is an oppor tunity for service. In the Day s News (Continued From Page One) IF it should apprar that the irre sistible force haa met the Im movable body and aompthing re sembling an atomic explosion is in the making and IF RUSSIA ISN'T RKAPY YET FOR SUCH AN EXPLOSION, Stalin might step In with a suggestion that would save everybody's faces. Face-saving Is as essential In diplomacy as pluma in a plum pudding. MKA at EANW1IILE, in a quite under- besieged Berlin are getting wor ried. They appeal to the Western powers NOT TO SURRENDER THE CITY TO THE RUSSIANS. They know pretty well what will happen to them If we pull , out and leave them to the Russian the present reckless and criminal waste or our timber re- secret police, it won't be nice. source, rubiic demand lor susiainen-yieia lorest manage ment, forest conservation, improved mill practices and elimination of refuse burners would command quick action. Robert Carlisle On Photographic Tour Of Oriental Lands Robert Carlisle, Route 2. Rose burs, is In Kobe. Japan, on a personal photgraphlc mission and I on filming Jaunts. He formerly according to a letter Just received I was selected hv Union Pacific by friends. He also visited Manila, which he reports as suffering aeverly vet from war damage and "Is being rebuilt slowly. Price are high, rate of crime aa well, and everyone la armed." Purlng the war Carlisle served ttlth a photographic unit in the V. S. Army Signal Corps and prior to entering service trawled in Central and South America Is the first to enter Japan under such an arrange ment since me cioae oi toe war. He Is preparing films to be ar ranged for travel shorts. According to Carlisle, Hong Kong, which he recently photo graphed. Is "very beautiful but overcast most of the time." He said, "out of 15 days If was pos sible to photograph only four of them. Law and order prevail and there Is very little war damage." to film Sun Valley for their an nual advertising reel. He plans to return to the United Slates in the near future, depending on weather conditions favorable to completing his photography In the Japanese area. The first successful dirigible waa built In 18.V; a three horse steam engine moved It along at U mllet per hour. IF you spent hard years snug gling down Into a foxhole while the krauts shot at you with every thing they had. you won't he too much perturbed about their pres ent position In Berlin. f till, we did lead them out on a limb. By encouraging them to thumb their noses at the Commu nists, we let ihem In for what ever may happen. If, after having done that, we pull out and leave them to their fate, our reputation In the rest of Europe won't be worth a plugged nickel. In such an event, we might as well rail It quits and get out -for after that noTxxly In Europe would trust us. terpart In Europe. Western European peoples have known SOMETHING BETTER. When they look at Communism their Instinctive reaction is thanks they don't want any1. It's different in moat of Asia. There things have been In such a mesa for so many centuries that you couldn't blame the general run of people If when they look at Communism they shrug their shoulders and say: "Well, what could we lose?" YOU probably have little use for a welsher. NOBODY has any use for a welsher. If you're going out on a limb with some body, you want to he mighty sure he'll stay with you In the pinches. That's what makes our posi tion In Berlin so ticklish. a AMERICANS last ear smoked an average of 121 packs of cigarettes for every man. woman and hahy In the country. The year before, the average was 119 parks. The Department of Agri culture expects a new high rec ord next year. What do you suppose would happen If It should he suddenly agreed that cigarettes are GOOD FOR TEOPLE and a big health campaign was started to promote their use? Heck! Why ask fool questions? Everybody knows what would happen! N OR could we hold the confl- and don't forget this: The specter of Communism In Asia Is he comming grimmer than Its cnun- Senator Dennis Chavti In Serious Condition ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Aug. 1 4. -civ. Senator Dennis Chav e (P.N.M.i was reported In serious condition this afternoon after undergoing a major ab dominal operation. His physician. Dr. W. R. jnv. lace, said the senator "to date Is progressing satisfactorily but his condition Is serious and he Is being administered oxygen." Canyonville Guard Unit Recommended For Federal OK A telegram to Army headquar ters in Washington, D. C, today carriea the recommendation that federal recognition be extended to the new National Guard com pany at Canyonville. That was the promise of Col. Everett L. Upson of San Francisco, who In spected the unit at an activation ceremony Thursday night In the Canyonville Rod and Gun Club building. Col. Upson, representing the Inspector General of the 8th Army, addressed a few remarks of advice to the men of the new company, then conducted an In spection In ranks. He told them that they should "not he afraid of discipline." He cautioned them that "this is your unit. It doesn't belong to your company comman der." And he added. It's team work that counts" toward success of the unit. Complying with provisions of the Oregon military code, the men of the unit participated In an election for company commander. Thev chose 1st Lt. Robert J. Lilly of Riddle, who had been previously designated as company commander by bat talion officers. The election was conducted by Lt. Col. Robert L. Irving, commander of the 1st Bat tallon, 186th Infantry, of which the new company is a unit Promlnant Officara Spaak Master of ceremonies at the activation program was Chief of Police Ed Dahl of Canvonville. Speakers Included Brig. Gen. Cur tla T. Beecher. U.S.M.C. iRet.), of Days Creek: Jack S. Maris, Canyonville, department comman der of the American Legion; Col. Noble T. Haakerson. Portland, senior Instructor of the Oregon National Guard; Lt. Col. Edwin Briggs. Medfoul. Instructor of the 1st Battalion. Ysfith Infantry, and Capt. Thomas Rilea. Salem, repre senting the State Adjutant Gen eral. (ieneral Beecher. who spent 40 months In a Japanese prisoner-of. war camp after the fail of Cor regidor. saiti It was "essential" that the national defense be strengthened and he told the new guardsmen that they are "privi leged to have the right to bear arms" for ihelr country. Marls, who recalled that he had served with the National Guard on the Mexican border In 1915, told the new guardsmen that they "should be proud to wear the National Guard uniform" and that the American Legion stands behind them. Other guests at the ceremony Included M.Sgt. Telhert Cheat um, Medfnrd. National Guard In structor; Capt. John H. Neilson. Medford. Hq. Co. commander. 1st Battalion, lSth Infantrv: Capt. Darrell L. Farlss, Medford, battalion plans and training officer; 1st Lt. Steve Fowler. Co. P commander. 1st Sgt. Harold Reynolds and S.Sgt. Don Graen, all of Roseburg. Vatarana Haad Company The new company has been designated as "B" company. Lt. Llllv. commander, will be assisted by 1st Lt. Russell C. Sharpe of Canyonville as executive officer. Both .nen received battlefield commissions during the recent war. Lt. Lilly served with the SOth Division. 3rd Armv, In France, Luxembourg, and Bel gium. Prior to the war he re sided at Ashland. He now oper ate Lilly's Market at Riddle. Lt. Sharpe served In Italy and France with the 9.Vnh Field Artillery. He waa commissioned a second lieutenant at Rontaln hleau. France, and thereafter served with the Jfith Division. Prior to the war he lived at Pana, III. . He served four years and 10 months In the Army. He Is now self-employed aa a carpenter. Col. Irving explained that tha new National (,uard unit will continue meeting In Canyonvtll until a permanent armory can be 'Cowboy Jim' Leovet To j Answer Missouri Charge ASTORIA, Aug. 14. CP) John Harvey (Cowboy Jim) Bugg started yesterday for Jasper County, Missouri, to a n s w r charges of kidnaping, forgery , and embezzlement. He waived extradition and Sheriff and Mrs. George Hick man of Carkins, Mo., left with him Immediately. Bugg got into the news a few months ago when two 'teen-agers : recognized him as a fugitive from I clues broadcast on a radio crime program. He waa returned to Oklahoma to answer a federal charge of kidnaping a sheriff, and waa released on ball. He eame. back to Gearhart, where he had been a riding Instructor, and was rearrested on Missouri charges arising from the same incident MEMBERS WINSTON-DILLARD WATER DISTRICT MEETING, DILLARD SCHOOL 8 P.M., Mon., Aug 16 To nominato 5 commissioners All rsirJnts who signed Petition should b thtr. Striking Mechanics To Operate Own Garage OREGON CITY. Ore.. Aug. 13 jP Ninety Oregon City ga rage mechanics not only went on atrlke here, but now they are planning to open their own ga rage. The A PL union aald the ga rage would be the first of sev eral to be run on a cooperative basis while the strike continues against the Clackamaa County Automotive Trades Association. Ten garages are picketed. There are 21 others here, not members of the assoclaton and picketed. erected. It is expected that a central location In the Tri-City area will be chosen, so that en listments may be made in Canyonville, Myrtie Creek, and Riddle. A quonset hut will pro bably be erected as an Armory. There are vacancies for two more men In the company, said Col. Irving. ' Because of reduc tions In federal appropriations, the company's strength has been placed at 26. It ia expected that the company's quota will be in creased In the near future. Wondo, W. Althous AF4M Piano Lessons Limited Number of Students REGISTRATION NOW OPEN . CLASSES TO START SEPTEMBER 1ST STUDIO, 608 W. Lone St. Your Locally Owned Banking Institution Douglas County State Bank Member Federal DcjBoeit Inauranca Corp. OUR FRIENDS, THE SWISS to most ony one It is considered on insult Americons to be told that mechanical contrivance can be made just as well or better in a foreign country. After all, our economy and even our system of government hos been founded ond developed largely by our utilization of mechanical advantage. This some mechanical utilization of mechanical odvantage. This some mechonieol utilization and develop ment, however, has been shored by Switzerland, a country whose economy and political system is most like ours. Most Americons, for example, do not know that the Swiss use more electricity per person than we in the U. S., ond thot many of the finest of mechanical ond industrial equipment it made only in Switzerland ond hos never been duplicated onywhere. Gl's who had an opportunity to visit Switzerland were amazed ot the stand ard of living ond high level of industrialization enjoyed by that country. One remarked that crossing the border from any other country into Switzerland ike going into o different world." i EST WATCHMAKERS Watchmaking is the Swiss' largest industry. They make the finest ond most expensive watches as well as the simplest and least expensive. They produce roughly ten times as many watches as the U. S. ond practically oil of the worth-making machinery used in the world. All of the Amerieon watchmaking companies use watchmaking mochinery imported from Switzerland ond hove staffs of buyers in Switzerland to buy any machinery which is for sole. Even the watchmakers m the U. S. factories ore Swiss or Swiss trained. In oddifion, the Swiss own most of the finest watchmoking patents on the finished product os well as the mochinery which mokes them. For example, no American company manufactures a shock proof watch. Swiss watches are generally easier to repair because the ports fit exactly end ere better systematized ond catalogued. THE TALKING CLOCK The Swiss artisans carry their craft to the nth degree. When the Swiss Tele phone Co. wanted on accurate clock, watchmakers developed a clock that would tell the time in four different languages. For example, if you diol "time" from the French section of Switzerland your answer will come through your receiver in French, giving the hour, the minute ond seconds. One watch maker mode a bet thot he could moke o wotch thot would fit inside a hol lowed coin the size of a dime. He succeeded. When we pot the Swiss en the beck for their accomplishments we reolly are complimenting Ourselves too, for Switzerlond ond the United States ore the leading examples of the accomplishments Democracy eon foster As one Gl put if "You can talk obout democracy, but Switzerland is where they really practice it." Ctrtifitd Gtmtlogitt Rtfitttrtd JtKtltr AsMMcaa OarJI SuclatT tTWtltH Jackson and Cass Sts.
