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TWO NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1948 Land in Alaska Withdrawn For 2 New Colonies WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 ." The Interior Department It planning a series of "new Mat anirska colonies" for Alaska, Att estant Secretary of the Interior William . Warne said today. Almost 200,000 aeren of land already have been withdrawn for the first two communities, on the Kenai peninsula between Kenai and Kasilof village, and west of Fairbanks in the Dunbar Area, he said. Three other tracts are under consideration at sites which the department is not yet ready to disclose. Settlers are planned In groups of 50 or more families each. The plan is not part of the displaced persons program, War ne said. Up to 2.000,000 acres only a small fraction of the land avail able In Alaska Is contemplated for ultimate withdrawal from the public domain and assignment in settlement tracts, Warne told a reporter. And If congress approves the plan, he said a complete village PAINTING 0 Decorating 9 Paper Hanging Best Quality MaUrlala WELLS PAINTING SERVICE Phone 502-J-3 Member P. D. C. A. KEN'S RHYMINDER SAFETY LAWS WILL BE IGNORED, AS FAST AS WE CAN MAKE THEM, SO LONG AS DRUNKS AND RECKLESS PUNKS, ARE NOT AFRAID TO BREAK THEM. DRIVE CAREFULLY KEN BAILEY INSURANCE AGENCY SIS Pacific Bid Phon 398 1116 N. Jackson Proudly announce their appointment as dealers for . . . ... in line with our policy of stocking only the finest in men's wear. will be laid out for each home stead area. The entire project, primarily for war veterans and their fam ilies, Is designed to hasten Alas kan development and at the same time "take the curse off pioneer ing." said Warne, who returned from Alaska this week. Joint Liquor Deal Close Awaiting Lawyers' Claims PORTLAND. Aug. 27 M"l Dissolution of a trusteeship through whkh the Oregon and Washington State Liquor Com missions bought two distilleries several years ago, awaits filing of several claims. The commissions of the two states met yesterday to try to close ud affairs Involved In pur chase several years ago of the Waterflll & Kraer and the Shaw han distilleries. The purchase was made when liquor was In shot! supply. Washington took i3 per cent and Oregon 47. Among claims not filed ire those by attorneys Harold J. Shefelman, Seattle, and Wilber Henderson, Portland. Henderson, who also was attorney for the Oregon Liquor Commission but said the distillery deal was out side his regular duties and called for added compensation, said he was waiting to file his claim until Shefelman had filed his with the Washington Commission. The legal work was necessary when the federal Internal reve nue office sought $4,000,000 In taxes on the deal. The two states kept the distill eries' liquor and sold the plants. The claim was settled about a year ago on the basis of 10 per cent of the amount originally asked. Six-Piece Place Sitting DAMASK ROSE HEIRLOOM STERLING BEAUTIFUL EVERLASTING Now at Reduction 22.50 PINt JEWELRY Phone 44S TIMELY CLOTHES Reedsport-Built Deep-Sea Fishing Boat Goes Down REEDSPORT The deep-sea fishing boat "Leta B," operated by Kay A. Curtis of Reedsport, Is reported to have sunk Sunday on the off coast tuna fishing J rounds, but with no loss of life, esse Keene, operator of a small er trolling boat, was fishing with Curtis and took him off the sink ing craft before it went down. The "Leta B." was built at Reedsport on the banks of Sen -field Creek several years ago by a man named McCrary. The hull was built entirely of iron plates welded together. Curtis had loaded his boat with Ice and had started fishing for tuna when the accident oicured. Actual cause of the sinking is not known, but It Is considered likely that some of the bottom plates were eaten away by rust, giving way when the boat struck some floating object or perhaps be cause of the force from waves striking the bottom. Nsw Typt Boat Rex Carlson, local outboard motor enthusiast, has recently purchased a new type of boat for the Reedsport vicinity. The boat is 14 feet long, made of plwood, but with a blown glass exterior that leaves a tough, hard and smooth finish. The glass 1. paint ed over, and is said to be so tough that ordinary blows that would break a wooden plank will not af fect it except to knock off the paint, Catchts Ctt Smsll.r Exceptionally smooth water has been the rule along the Reeds port section of the coast recently, except when the tide begins to ebb and starts the waves to in crease In size and to break. Scores of small boats powered with outboard motors cross the Umpqua River bar almost every day, especially on weekend fish ing trips. Catches have been smaller the past week than prev iously. N.w Building to Rise The Douglas County bridge crew, working in the Reedsport area under the direction of Hom er Gallop, will soon start con struction of a building back of the present ' county warehouse and equipment shed on Fir Ave. in Reedsport. The new building will be of frame construction with corru gated Iron exterior, will be used for sleeping quarters for county employes sent from Roseburg, and will only be used on a part time basis. During the tourist season, it is found to be almost impossible to find living quarters for work crews sent to Reedsport for sea sonal work. Rain MIm.s City Reedsport, usually considered one of the "wet spots" along the coast, was badly neglected over the weekend by Jupiter Pluvius when surrounding localities re ported heavy rains. Weather on the Lower Umpqua remained fair over Sunday, with only occasion al cloudy spells. Dirt road log haulers and farmers trying to harvest their hay continue to hope for a return of the recent long dry spell. On Personal tide Berge Borrevik of Reedsport, deputy district governor for the Lion's Club, drove to Junction City Sunday to attend the district Governors meeting at the home of e Murphy, district governor of District E. Borrevik. first presi dent of the Gardiner-Reedsport Linns Club, has charge of the dis trict extending from Reedsport to Powers. for the E. K. Wood Lumber Com pany in the Reedsport office and also In charge of the Reedsport Sea Scout Troop, la spending his vacation in California. Douglas McKay of Salem, Re publican candidate for governor of Oregon, was in Reedsport last week for brief visits with friends and supporters. Only a small portion of the outolde of most tree trunks Is living sap wood, the center of the trunk being composed of heart wood which Is technically "dead." i t Rosenborg Bros. Sell Dritd Fruit Industry SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26 IIP) The mulil million dollar Rosenberg Bros. & Co., largest processors in the dried fruit in dustry, yesterday was purchased by the Blair Holdings Corp. of New York and a group of asso ciates. The price was not announced, but reports were that it was around $23,000,000. The firm, which ranks as one of Oregon's ma)or handlers of dried prunes, filberts and wal nuts, operates plants at Portland, Dallas and Riddle. Couple on World Journey by Sea . Picked Up Adrift NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (.V) Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Carlln, who started around the world in a converted Army amphibious truck, have been picked up by a tanker after drifting in the At lantic for ten days. The couple now Is bound for Halifax, Nova Scot la, on the tanker New Jersey tr .tead of for the Azores, their first planned stop. The tanker radioed the Coast Guard last night that it had Jlcked up the seafarers 270 miles rom New York. The last previous word of the Carlans was on Aug. 11, shortly after they sailed from here. At that time a Navy destroyer sight ed their craft about 150 miles at sea. Carlins was on Aug. 11 shortly engineer who was a major in the Australian Army during the war. His wife is the former Kllnore Arone, 29, of Boston. When they started, the Carlins figured they could ride and sail around the world in about six months. Motorist, Hitchhiker Injured in Crash La GRANDE, Ore., Aug. 26 IIP) A California motorist was In serious condition in a hospital here today, but his hitchhiking companion, from Bremerton, Wash., had only minor hurts. R. W. Jickling. 71, Kim Ira. Calif., suffered fracture of eight ribs and a lung puncture when his car left the highway and struck a power pole southeast of here near Union yesterday. With him was James Sea re. 16, who was hitchhiking to his Brem erton home from a Job In Wyo ming. Scafe suffered minor head bruises and the hospital today said his condition was good. 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