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NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG. OREGON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1948 NINE Massachusetts Cranberry Empire Constructed Its Own Railroad CARVER, Mass. .F Cranberries built a railroad here. . The line Is only Si miles long, but It carried 125,000 passengers last year. "It'i the last surviving two-loot iteam passenger railroad on the continent," said the owner, Ellis D. Atwfd, 59, who is the nation's largest individual cranberry grower. Atwood bought the oldfash loned small engines and cars lor his privately operated "Eda ville Railroad" from a defunct line in Maine several years ago. It has become one of the chief tourist attractions in this section of Massachusetts. But Yankees think even a hob by should pay Its own way, so Atwood's busy little railroad has a function beyond keeping him and the tourists amused. It hauls from bog to boxing factory the 10,000 to 12.000 barrels of cran berrips he grows each year. The railroad winds around the 1.800 marshy acres that yield the small red berries which built a fortune for the Atwoods in the last three generations. Valus Long Overlooked The economic possibilities of the cranberry were overlooked for two centuries by the descen dants of the Pilgrims who land ed in 1620 at Plymouth, only a few .niles from here. But in the last 100 years it has become Massachusetts' most valuable ex port crop. Today the state grows 63 per cent of the world's supply of. cranberries, and more than 50 per cent are produced within a fourteen mile radius of this small village. The cranberry used to be as wild as the Indian. Now It is tame and profitable. It fetched $31.40 a barrel in 1946, $19 a barrel last year. This year the opening price was $15, but even at that figure it pays good divi dends to thrifty farmers here. "Ten acres of berries can earn a family a good living," said Atwood. You can tell a good cranberry by its bounce more than by its color. And that Is how they are sorted. They are dropped Into a series of wooden-flanged con tainers. Those that bounce over the sidps land on a conveyor belt that starts them on the way 11 IOH B TOir MIASUH olhes7 vim Jp pity Yes Sir, more than 300 brand new all wool fabrics to choose froml Gabar dines, Sharkskins, Imports from England, Solid Color Worsteds, etc. If it's new and smart, we have HI let us measure you for thot new suit or overcoat. Prices surprisingly low. Come in. Max Schwartz TAILOR and CLOTHIER 124 W. Cass Street Roseburg, Oregon to the nation's fruit and veget able stands. Those that don't bounce don't go to market. They never get to team up with the Thanksgiving turkey. Henry Wallace Scores Toddling' Of Spain's Franco By MAX HALL WITH WALLACE IN THE PA CIFIC. NORTHWEST, Oct. 8 (.T) Henry Wallace savs the United States is "coddling" Gen eralissimo Franco in Spain and mere is a "drive a loot to recog nize his government. The third party presidential candidate made that statement In a Portland, Oregon, high school auditorium last nigni. Today he was flying to Seattle, to continue his daily battle against "the two-headed creature that calls Itself the ' Republican and Democratic parties." At Portland he denounced Franco as "the messenger boy of Hitler and Mussolini" before an audience of about 1.700 people who sang "Happy Birthday to rou Decause it was nis bum oinn. dav. Wallace said Senator Gurney (R. S. D.), Senator Lucas (D.-Ul.) and James A. Farley have all visited Franco, and Gurney "came racing back" to confer with U. S. military leaders and then advo cate more funds for military preparations. 'What's up?" asked Wallace. "Watch this drive for the rec ognition of Franco," he said. "Via that route will come great trouble for the United States . . . I think it was all Inspired by the military in tne lirst instance. For Bigger Pensions At a news conference the can didate argued for a federal pen sion which he estimated would cost $20,000,000,000 a year. The Progressive Party platform and Wallace s speecnes can tor pen. sions of $100 a month for all per. sons bu years or older. Wallace told reporters the money could be raised If present and prospective military spend insr were cut: that he would ac cept a $100 pension "I think everybody would" if hia pro posal were already in eiiect; ana that "No, I am not a millionaire." His comment on Franco wasn't In his prepared speech. In which ne cauea ior puDiic electric pow er, faster development of peace. time uses for atomic energy, and adequate low-cost housing. Old Party Scored He also spoke as always against the two old parties. He said they aren't "opponents," but "enemies, and "their real inten tion is to surrender this country its resources and Its people our earnings and our children to a chosen few who will march us either to slavery or to war or to botn. Mentioning the flood that wip ed out the nearby Vanport hous ing project last spring, Wallace said: "I am certain that homeless Americans must be asking them selves how it Is that their gov. ernment moves swiftly and smoothly to build Arctic air bases, to dredge harbors for reactionary regimes in Europe, to relieve the plight of unfortunate Arab chiefs ana African plantation owners, while Americans suffer in squalor waiting and waiting for adequate housing." Okinawa Veteran Sinks Jo Watery Grave SUPER SERVICE EATONTON, Ga., Oct. 8 I. ft Folks on Putnam County post man Carl Person's rural route get mail service deluxe. A hot chicken pie mailed by Mrs. Viola Jones to a sick neigh bor. Mrs. Florrie Scott, several miles down the road, was steam ing and ready for the table when placed In her mailbox. THANKS FOLKS . . . I wish to express my sincere trtonks end appre ciation for the patronage and support of the citizens of Roseburg and Douglas County while I was in the transportation business here for the post three years. Ray Buckley CORRECTION Prices advertised in Nielsen's Market adver tisement effective October 8-9-10. Produce prices effective October 8 and 9. 4- - .- t v -. - s- . V- ... :V (ISEA TrltphMo) The 7000-ton attack transport Crittenden rolls on her side and slides beneath the waves as the result ofaerW bombardment and naval sun f.re. The radioactive ship, which carried troops into the battle tor Okinawa, was the target U the first phase of week-long Navy maneuvers off the Southern California coast Lewis' Miners Nod Toward Gov. Dewey CINCINNATI, Oct. 8 i.Vt John L. Lewis Indirectly endor sed Republican Presidential can didate Thomas E. Pewey today and called for a "holiday" so the miners could vote on Nov. 2. In a long resolution on political action, reviewing Lewis' criticism of President Truman, a special committee declared that: . "As to the other major party candidate for President of the United States, we can only say that, to our knowledge, he has never uttered any statements that reflect upon the integrity or the objectives of the United Mine Workers of America, or Its officers or its members. "It is our opinion that the UMW is not departing from its political policy or its constitu tional provisions by placing this factual Information before you (the Convention) for considera tion. "We are satisfied that the mem bers of the United Mine Wor wei's, their wives and dependents can be relied upon to protect their country, their homes and their union. "We conclude this report by recommending the defeat of our enemies and the election of our Mine Workers Convention. He said It already was being tried nut on a small scale in the an thracite field. But he could not get his Job stabilization plan across In the soft coal industry up to now, he said, "simply because there is no national leadership In the bi tuminous industry." Some prairie dog burrows de scend 14 to 15 feet. Soviet Plane 'Shot' by American Passenger 0 Proof of how closely Russian Yak fighters buiz to U. S. Air Force transports on the Berlin-Frankfurt run, Is this picture snapped by an American passenger on one transport. Such buzzing by Soviet pilots is reportedly increasing as Russia steps up its harassment of the Berlin airlift planes. ON BUSINESS STAFF UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene. Oct. 8. (Speclal.l James Sanders, son of Mrs. Belle Sanders, 133 N. Parrott, Rose burg, has been appointed to the business staff of the Oregana, student year book at the Univer sity of Oregon. Sanders Is a junior major In history. IN DRAMA HONORARY UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Kugene, Oct. 8. (Special.) Mary Ellen McKay, daughter of Mr. ana Mrs. n. u. McKay. Koute 2. Roseburg. has been elected his torian of the National Collegiate Players, national dramatic hon orary society at the University of Oregon. Miss McKay is a senior major in drama. true friends." The committee proposed that 'Take Yer Hands Off Me, Ya Bum' - V " ' ' ' " '' " ' ' V: SALESMAN MISSING VANCOUVER, B. C.. OctR LV Police here are seeking Nor man Jones, 38-yearold sales exec utive from Seattle, Wash., miss ing since Oct. 1. Jones entered Canada Sept. 22 and took a suite here five davs la ter. He checked out on Oct. i and has not been heard of since. Two Seattle business associates came here yesterday to notify po lice of the disappearance. . -.... .r. Irvin, the baby gorilla, obviously doesn't like captivity. Brought by plane from Africa's French Cameroons, Irvin Is held by R. Martin Perkins, director of Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. The youngster was named for zoo patron Irvin Young. ALCOA Spends Huge Sum to Halt ry to Crops VANCOUVER, Wash.. Oct. 8. (&) The Aluminum Company of America is spending more than a million dollars at its Vancouver plant to halt the fumes whic. farmers have said affect their crops and cattle. That was reported by C. S. Thayer, ALCOA s works manager here, who sr. Id hooks are bring filaced over aluminum pots to col ect the fluorides, and a system of fans, ducts, and washing towers added to purify the air before its discharge. Numerous farmers have sued ALCOA, contending fluoride de posits Injured their cattle and crops. When he first claims were made In 194 L washing equipment was Installe!! and proved "par tially effective In washing out tne fluorides" Thayer said. 'The new Installations," Thayer added, "will effectively control their escape." The equipment planned after several vears' research will cost more than Sl.OOO.OOO and require an annual outlay of more than $100,000 for installation and up keep, ne reported. Americans bought more than $21 billions of life Insurance dur ing 1947. There are lots of 'THINGS TO DO- ERE THF AUTUMN1 TIME IS THROUGH! i 4 ii i fectuate this policy, your com- mittee further recommends that on election day, Nov. 2, 194S, (which is a legal holiday in many states! operations in the coal In- j dustry shall be suspended, with i the proviso that all necessary j maintenance men shall not be affected thereby." I Lewis, in his opening speech to the convention last Tuesday. I assailed Mr. Trumah, but made no reference to Dewey or to the president's Republican opponent indirectly. j The resolution for the first i time offered the miners some declaration of political position. It did not mention Dewey s name. 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