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NEWS.REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1948
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OUT OUR WAY
By J. R. Williams
BOUNTIFUL OREGON
j'. By CHARLES V. STANTON
A We often have wondered why Home politician offer them-
selves to the people at election after election, always being
snowed under, but popping back at the next opportunity to
run for another office. Perhaps the answer is found in the
fact that it is such fun to travel over the State of Oregon
and talk to people in every locality. It's also fun for editors,
but the trouble is that editors have neither the time nor
the money to travel around as much as they would like and
neither do they have such a good excuse as a politician
seeking votes.
While enjoying the first full two weeks' vacation we have
lcen permitted in a good many years, we had the happy
experience of traveling more than 1500 miles on Oregon
highways. After a week spent fishing Yaquina and Siletz
bays, during a week-long rainstorm with the water too
muddy for a fish to see a spinner, we left the ocean to cross
the state to attend a meeting of the Oregon Wildlife Federa
tion at Baker.
The process by which Oregon is absorbing population in
the greatest migration ever experienced is demonstrated as
ne observes the new construction in progress in virtually
!very community.
We traveled from Roseburg to Eugene, over McKenzie
Pass to Bend, then by way of Redmond and Prineville
through the Ochoco Forest; along the John Day Highway
and over the Blue Mountains and Dooley Cut-Off into Baker.
Returning, we took a longer course by way of Ontario and
Vale into Burns, thence to Ijikeview, Klamath Falls and
Crater Lake and back over the Tiller-Trail cut-off.
Virtually every community we visited is engaged In a
arge building program. Throughout Western and Central
Oregon this building program is in the nature of expansion
facilities to house, serve and employ the many new residents
pouring into the state. In the far eastern part of the state
the building program is evidence of prosperity new homes,
farm buildings, remodeling of business structures, etc.
One finds a different attitude in each section regarding
hhe future outlook. Western Oregon, in the midst of a great
lpopulation boom, is anticipating continued growth for years
Jto come. This same feeling is echoed in some Central Ore
gon communities, but, for the most part, business men In the
towns where we were able to contact them feci that Central
)regon has about reached the limit of its industrial growth;
ft hat some agricultural advancement is possible through more
intensive practices, but that opportunity Is less than In
Western Oregon. In much of Eastern Oregon we found the
attitude that the land will not support any material popula
tion increase, except' as new reclamation projects are de
veloped to bring more land Into production.
As a visitor, unfamiliar with many of the local problems,
it would aeem that the fear and defeatism we heard express
ed by many people are unfounded. It is true that much of
Central and Eastern Oregon cannot advance materially with
out water for irrigation. Highways traverse thousands upon
thousands of acres of desert land, yet, when water Is avail
able, these lands may be made to produce most abundantly.
Water is the crying need east of the Cascades. But nowhere
lid we see any large scale attempt at water and land con
servation. Rolling, bare hills often stretched as far as the
eye could reach but none had plantings along the crest to
hold water. Deeply eroded gullies bear evidence of land
waste from unimpeded run off, no attempt being made to
make these waters "walk instead of run" by planting trees
and shmbs. Heavy losses of irrigation water from evapora
tion must occur during the warm months, yet this loss could
I greatly reduced, it would seem, by planting overhanging
shade trees and shrubs along the rivers and canals. No
where did we see contour plowing. Water now being wasted
and dissipated could, it seems to us. lie conserved and made
to irrigate many more thousands of thirsty acres if we had
a state-wide land and water management program.
The task seems enormous as one looks out upon vast sage
brush desert as far as the rye can see and the cost might
seem tremendous. But if all hands could be brought into
cooperation the task would not be as impossible as it sounds.
In many populated sections of Europe, where every inch
of ground and every blade of grass is essential to existence,
those bare hills would be crested with foliage. Hugged sides
would contain boulder reservoirs, laboriously built by hands;
gullies would lie filled with soil carried on human backs.
Every drop of water would be saved to nourish growing
food.
Bountiful Oregon still can afford to waste some of its
abundance. But we should use care that our extravagance
does not lead us in the future into the struggle for bare
existence so prevalent in many parts of tlie world. It would
not hurt us to begin saving some of our resources that those
who are to follow us also may have abundance.
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'iahnett S. Martin
2S
Yesterday's 'scrap about the
statp librarian reminded me of a
letter I received from iflisa Ste
phens, state librarian, soon after
I began to write this column for
The News-Review. May I quote
it? It gives an idea of how quick
the Library is to serve even
where the request Is not direct.
I had mentioned a quotation, 'If
I had but two pennies with one
I would buy bread and wltn the
other white hyacinths to feed my
soul.' and I wished I knew the
author ...
Miss Stephens wrote: "We did
finally get through our clipping
service your delightful bit of pub
licity on the Oregon State Library
which appeared in 'Scraps from
the Mending Basket' for July 21,
1948 . . . Because you mentioned
not finding the reference to the
saying on buying hyacinths, I
checked through some of our ref
erence works here, and found the
following version Hindu, evi
dently: 'If of thy mortal goods thou sre
bereft
And from thy slender store two
loaves
Alone sre left to thee.
Sell one, and with the dole
Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.'
Gullstan
i.Mosleh Eddin Saadl: Garden
of Roses.) .
"I have listed the author, etc.,
exactly as they appear in the
reference. A slightly different
version is given by the Century
: Magazine, August 1907, called
'Not By Bread Alone,' by James
Terry White. The saying has also
been attributed to Mohammed by
Oswald Crawfod. I was surprised
to find the saying la apparently so
ancient, and authorship uncer
tain." ...
(I shall paste this at once In my
'Anthology' so that If I ever quote
it again it w ill be find able! And
thanks to the State Library for
research!) B
In addition to my own gratitude
(or what through the years li
braries in many places have
meant to me, I think of what
they meant to our service men
who found them a haven where
homesickness could be pushed
away for a while. I heard a seventeen-year-old
lad say: "So long as
there's a library In the port I'm
all set! I always have a place to
go and something that's a change
from being crowded In with a lot
of shipmates. In a library, even
if the chairs are full, one can feel
at home and alone IX that is the
need Just then."
Hospital Offices
Are Established
The Douglas Community Hos
pital. Inc., offices have been es
tablished at Room 7. Boyles Build
ing, 327 Main street, and the
work of completing the campaign
will be carried on from this head
quarters, the association officers
have announced.
Many persons have not been
contacted in the campaign, and
others who were contacted were
unprepared to make donations
earlier, and these persons will
be given the opportunity to make
their contributions under an ex
tended time limit. Gifts may be
brought or sent to the new head
quaners, it is anounced.
A building site committee, ap
pointed by Dr. Roy E. Hanford.
president, is working on selection
of a location for construction of
the hospital building, and is ex
pected to have an announcement
shortly. Several locations are be
ing considered and some options
have been taken.
The building committee has not
yet been selected. Committee
heads are continuing to func
tion In the final work oX closing
the campaign.
Elissa Landi Of
Stage Fame Dies,
Victim of Cancer
KINGSTON, N. Y.. Oct. 21-.P
Kliasa Landi, I'allan-born ac
tress and novelist, died of cancer
today at the age of 43.
Miss Larxli. reportedly the
grand daughter of Empress Eliza
beth of Austria, died in Kingston
hospital, where she had been a
patient for the past 10 days. Her
illness previously had been re
scribed by her piiyslt'ian only as
a "chronic condition."
Dr. Kenneth Lefever. who an
nounced the cause of death said
the actress "never knew she had
cancer."
Her condition, however, had
been known to her family for
nine months, he said.
He said that her husband. Cur
tis Thomas, who was with her
when she died, "had done a won
derful Job in keeping it from her."
Miss Landi was an artist of
multiple facets, equally successful
as motion picture and stage star,
as a novelist, as a linguist, as a
pianist and as a singer.
Her varied talents, combined
with a subtle blonde beauty, won
her praise from both, dramatic
and literary critics of a half dozen
nations.
She was born In Venice. Italy,
the daughter of Austrian Count
and Countess Zanardi-Landi.
She reputedly was the grand
daughter of Empress Elizabeth of
Austria, but with a reticence rare
In actresses she always refused
to confirm or deny her royal an
cestry. Surviving, besides her husband,
are a daughter. Caroline Maude
Land) Thomas, born in 1944: her
father, Count Charles Zanardi
Landi. of Kingston, and a brother,
Anthony, of Hollywood.
She was married twice, first
in 1928 to John Cecil Lawrence,
a London barrister, from whom
she was divorced in May. 1936. .On
Aug. 28. 1943. she was married
i to Thomas, an author, of New
buryport. Mass. Between mar
Iriages she renounced her British
i citizenship to become an Ameri
! can citizen.
Journal, one of the oldest Demo
cratic newspapers in the country,
today carried an editorial endors
ing the Republican ticket of Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey and Gov. Earl
Warren.
The endorsement marked the
second time since 1W6 that the
Intelligencer Journal shifted
from support of the Democratic
presidential slate. In 1940, the
newspaper opposed a third term
for the late Franklin D. Roose
velt In favor of Wendell Winkle.
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j DETROIT. Oct. 20 -.)- Price
j Increases averaging S275 on its
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I "Ambassador" models were an
jnmsnced today by Nash Motors.
The increases apply to the new
1 1949 model Nash cars now in
production and to be introduced
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New factory list prices ar?:
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dan S1.688; brougham $1,710;
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four-door sedan $2,134.
In the Day's News
(Continued fcrom fage one)
France Will Send
7hank-You-Train'
To United States
PARIS. Oct. 2l.-:r France
got In first look this week at
two can of the "thank you train"
due to sail In November with
iflfta for the I'nlted Statet.
The gifts are In return for aid
sent here since 19.19.
Both rara are of the "40 Men
and Eight Horses'' type familiar
to American veterans. They were
contributed by the nationalised
Krenih railroad system.
The committee organizing the
train has refurnished the cars
and painted them gaily with
tricolor sullies and the 'shields
of Kiench province.
The car are still emntv. hut
; the train of 49 will be tilled and
hipped to New York on three
French liberty hlps before the
j end tif November, a committee
i spokesman said. There will he
one car tor each state. The 49th
for the Prstrlct of Columbia, will
be "aoirrrthlne special" the
spokesman adilt-d.
Contributions so far Include
reprodu'-tiona from Saint Die of
their heads and say that might
be CLOSE.
The opinion pollers, who Insist
that their methods are scientific
and who certainly have railed the
turn with surprising accuracy in
the recent past, support this con
tention. It their figures are as
good as they have been In other
elections, the popular vote will be
no walkaway.
So far as this Individual writer
is concerned, that will be all
right. Nothing could be more
dangerous to democratic govern
ment than a succession of land
slides, with the pendulum of popu
lar opinion swinging sharply hack
and forth from one extreme to
the other.
That would Indicate w idespread
contusion, doubt and distrust In
the popular mind.
a a
SO far as we can Judge from
the public utterances of the
crystal ball gazers, Iewey him
self seems to think he may be
over the hump and Is turning his
attention to the grave problem
of w hat kind of Congress he may
have to deal with.
The new House will apparently
be safely Republican, but the Sen
ate is something else again. Even
the more optimistic Republicans
think that if they hold It by a
majority of four or five they will
he doing pretty well.
At any rate, w e can feel reason
ably certain that the rest of the
campaign will be pointed toward
keeping a Republican majority In
the upper house of Congress.
a
THIS writer, shaking again as
an Individual, hopes that If
Hewey I elected he will have a
Republican Congress behind him.
The mess of the past few years,
with the President sniping at Con-
what Is said to be the first word
ever printed on a French piws
- the word "America " X Mon
will contribute samples of the
French silversmiths' art.
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Doves and pigeons have no gall
bladder, for storing bile, though
they produce It In their livers.
Democratic Newspaper
Backs G. O. P. Ticker
LANCASTER. Pa.. Oct. 20.
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gress and Congress sniping hack
at the President, hasn't been
pleasant to contemplate in a
period in history as touchy as this
one Is.
With all the chips on the table
for the first time in our liver, we
need HARMONIOUS leadership.
We want no sniping In our own
ranks.
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WHILE we're on the subject of
politics, we might as well
i take a look at another straw in
the wind. President Truman Is
j frankly worried by the "Dixie
jcrat" revolt in the South.
In an address in Raleigh, North
Carolina, he calls on Southerners
! to "stand by the Democratic party
j In November." "lon't be
I blinded by passion and prejudice,"
! he urges.
Vote 'er straight, as you always
I have, he says. In effect. Otherwise
the IVmocratic party Is sunk.
a a
THREE QUARTERS of a century
of froen one-party politics In
! the South has made it reasonably
I evident to all clear, unprejudiced
j thinkers that a SOLID SOUTH
! is an ultimate menace to good
government In our country'. Such
a system lends Itself too readily
to thimble rigging from the top.
There Is more than bile and
I poison back of this Dixiecrat
movement. A lot of Intelligent
j Southerners are learning the
, fundamental political lesson that
j It Is the squeaky wheel that gets j
the grease. I
j They are becoming convinced j
that as long as the Democratic
'party can rely confidently on a:
Solid South, no matter what hap-1
j pens, the DK.NUX'RATIC party !
will do nothing worth while fnr
the South. It Is as certain as any. j
; thing can be that as long as the
, South remain froen politically (
the Republican will do nothing
1 for it.
j Rick of the Dixiecrat move- j
ment is a growing conviction that i
the South will have to get Itself
some tiading stock. As long as it j
' can 1 written off in advance by
both allies, it will remain froen
i In the drifts.
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