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NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1948
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EVERYTHING TO GAIN
OUT OUR WAY
Williams
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Preliminary contacts are being made with Western Ore-
gon shippers of timber products preparatory to filing a com
plaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission pecking
, an investigation into the annual tar shortage which proves
so expensive to the industry each year. Contacts are being
made in each of the principal communities in the western
part of the state. It is proposed that shippers form an or
ganization to prepare and sponsor the complaint, and to di
rect and finance preparation of evidence to be submitted to
, the Interstate Commerce Commission should the hearing be
authorized.
It is anticipated that representation will not be confined
to timber manufacturers alone. All shippers, including
farmers, will be given an opportunity to enter into the or
ganized effort to secure improved facilities, it is reported.
Various wholesale firms, both in the timber industry and
in general activities, are expected to assist in the project.
Shippers feel there is no reason why Western Oregon
communities should suffer heavv financial losses each autumn
because the Southern Pacific company does not have suf
ficient freight cars available. It is pointed out that northern
. lines usually have enough cars to relieve the shortage, if
' they could be diverted into the Western Oregon territory
served by the Southern Pacific Co.
There are several reasons why the Southern Pacific can
not get enough cars from competing lines. The first is that
the Southern Pacific has been dilatory in ordering equip
ment. While other lines were buying new cars to replace
worn out equipment, the Southern Pacific, it is charged,
bought comparatively few cars, although the S. P. has total
of more cars in service than some of the other lines. Other
railroad lines, however, have charged that the Southern Pa-
cnic was not Buying as many new freight cars in proportion
as were the others and was endeavoring to profit from ex
penditures by competing railroads through use of their equip
ment. The Southern Pacific in more recent months has
stepped up equipment purchases.
It is not hard to believe, however, in view of the "Friend
ly?" Southern Pacific's reputation for shirking moral re
sponsibility and its past record for wringing every possible
dollar out of its operation, that it would not hesitate to profit
at the expense of rival concerns.
That other companies did have cars available when the
Southern Pacific could not supply local shippers was patently
obvious in the 1947 shortage period. Many concerns used
the subterfuge of loading cars in Washington with a few
scraps of lumber, then bringing them into Oregon under the
guise of "loading in transit," throwing out the scraps and
loading them with local cargo.
Although the Southern Pacific Company pavs rental on
equipment belonging to other concerns while on the S. P. sys
tem, it is obvious that rival companies are not anxious to let
their cars go during a period of shortage. After once secur
ing the cars, the Southern Pacific usually managed to route
them so the S. P. would obtain benefit of the long haul, thus
securing maximum returns from use of the borrowed equip
ment. There are many angles from which the problem could be
attacked by the Interstate Commerce Commission should the
shippers obtain intervention by that federal agency. The
most satisfactory would be to order joint usage of Southern
Pacific tracks in monopoly areas such as Southern Oregon.
This would quickly clear up the situation and promote more
rapid development of sections now avoided bv industry be
cause of the lack of rail competition. Another would be
through freight rate adjustments, permitting access to water
competition. Still another approach would be to order the
routing of all cars over the shortest route to their destination.
While this would take some of the long haul freight move
ment away from the Southern Pstfific it would expedite the
movement of freight, thus obtaining a quicker turnaround,
and more efficiency in the use of cars. Then, too, the I. C. C.
could order that cars borrowed from other lines to be loaded
on the S. P. system be returned to the owner lines at the
nearest division point, thus giving the owner of the equip
ment the long haul. Rival companies, then, would ha e little
objection to furnishing cars to the Southern Pacific for
loading.
H is certain that the Southern Pacific Company will do
nothing to imiirnva Hi a uiiiu.t;,,., ,,,,i., .,. ii'.i
so. We have ample evidence of the company's rank discrim- '
ination against the Southern Oregon area and it is obvious I J'Z '
that no change of heart will come voluntarily. I , J
We believe shippers of this area should cooperate whole
heartedly in the effort to secure I. C. C. intervention. It is
one of those cases in which we have everything to gain and
nothing to lose.
By J. R.
THAT'S A VEST f NO-IT'S TO
V-Y 1 UMGEMTLEMANLV J ) KETCH HER
I TRICK, PUSHIMG PUNCH SHE'S
ffg&. THAT BASKET OF f LIABLE TO RUIN
WVrmS LAUNDRY WHERE J HER HANDS
I WHY MOTHERS GET GRAY t. - . . ,
By Viahnett S. Martin
First I'll air my pent-up disap
pointment with transportation
hereabouts, (and hope recent edi
torials in The News-Review w
help bring us better!) and then
I'll ask why the S. P. which fills
a lot of advertising space admit'
ting how good their service Is
(?), can't find out what kind of
a "car" it was that used to run
up and down between LeRoy and
Rochester, N. Y., some years ago,
and maybe try It out here? May
be It's still running on those
tracks I enjoyed its convenience
years ago, more years than I'm
going to count up, for all I'm a
grandmother.
I believe It was propelled by gaso
line motor? At any rale inside it
was one big coach, and every,
morning to it came a crowd of
teachers, students, workers In the
big city, housewives bent on a
day away from dishes and bed
making, and perhaps, a young
nurse returning from her off-
days. Towards evening the same
crowd collected from here and
thpre In the big city, and took up
the chummy Interchange of ideas
and news and recipes, and
worked a bit more on the knit
ting, tatting, paper-correct ing or
whatnot that occupied fingers
during the ride each way. About
30 miles.
The thing I remember about
that coach is the friendliness (are
you llstenln' Espee?) and the
informality of the crowd making
use of its convenience each day.
"Where were you yesterday?"
and "Anybody know how Marion
is today?'1 and "If you're in Hud
son's today will you get me ?"
and "Oh, boy, you'de better get
up a minute earlier tomorrow
morning. You nearly didn't make
it this time!" and maybe a shriek
ed warning to the motorman in
his cubicle, "Oh, wait a sec. Here
comes " somebody or other.
Oh, oh! I used up so much
space 'asking the question' I
haven't much space to tell how
I felt when I learned our address
didn't mean a thing where train
tickets are concerned. My moth
er, coming up from California,
was advised to go to Eugene and
let us meet her there. Over 30
miles. Not that we minded but
Mother took a dim view of Ore
gon right off the bat!
If It Isn't convenient for EJ to
take me to town I use one of the
two bus lines. Never mind what
signs say, the air usually has
been stuffy with cigarette smoke!
And somebody, not liking stuffy
air (can you blame him, or her?)
opens a window. There goes the
air conditioning! Then, obviously,
t h e standup-ln-theatsle wasn't
just a wartime concession. I've
ridden in an aisle-packed bus,
holding a standee's bundles on my
lap In gratitude for having a seat.
And oh, brother, the way those
buses whizz along!
duced. They have to be. They
ARE A PART OF THE COST.
You Just can't get around It. If
you try to, you go broke.
So, you see, EVERYBODY
pays, because taxes are Included
in the cost of everything we buy.
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ANYWAY, If you'll think of a
billion dollars of tax money In
terms of $7 per person, It will
give you a better idea of what a
billion Is.
U. S. Law Bars
Paratrooper From
Wand Baby
BERLIN, Dec. l.i!P)k for
mer American paratrooper who
pierced Berlin's Iron curtain to
visit his German girl friend and
their two-year-old child, saw
them briefly yesterday, from be-
nina oars. j
Then, back from an epic hitch-!
hike in the Soviet sector, he de- i
cided to tell all, blaming most of j
his troubles on U. S. immigration '
laws.
Edward J. Lada, 28. of Newark. 1
N. J., arrested for being in Ger
many without a military entry
permit, said he tried to take Ruth
Riecki, 23, of Berlin, with him to
the United States In 1947, when
the baby, Nancy, was an infant.
"Now that the story is out, I
might as well tell it all," Lada
said in his stockade cell. "I tried
to get my wife I call her that,
though we are not married out
with my baby, and was turned
down. I thought this time I could
get them out black (under
ground) and perhaps get to Can
ada or some place. I want to be
with them. That's all I care
about."
Maj. Gen. George Havs. denutv
occupation commander, expres
sed a "curbstone opinion" that
Lada's hands and everybody
else's are tied by immigraiion
laws. However, he suggested La
da might be able to get permis
sion of the Swiss or French gov
ernments to accept his family.
In that case, Gen. Hays said,
the Army would not Insist on
shipping Lada back to the United
States, but would help him stay
with his family by speeding up
exit visas to whichever country
extended the Invitation.
Lada faces trial for illegal en
try, but Hays said the charge
does not appear to be "very serious."
number on file during the previ
ous month and are mounting
steadily. It is estimated that, if
the present rate of new claims
continues, there will be between
1500 and 2000 unemployed per
sons filing claims for benefits be
fore the end of December.
The Christmas shopping rush
will provide employment for a
few sales people during Decem
ber, but other than that, little
change In the employment pic
ture li anticipated. Numerous
applicants for work in the em
ployment picture are anticipated.
Numerous applicants for work
In the Roseburg area have ar
rived from the south and have
Indicated that work is not too
plentiful in their localities. The
resumption of longshoring should
alleviate some of the shortage of
storage facilities here.
Editorial
Comment
From The Oregon Prett
In the Day's News
(Continued from Page One)
total of something like 11 billions
for the two years.
T
HAT raises an oddly interest
ing question:
JUST HOW MUCH IS A BILLION.
Mitchell to Urge
Money For N. W.
Power Projects
the hill he proposed In the Senate
to set up a Columbia Valley Au
thority, patterned after the one
tor the Tennessee Valley, with
three commissioners to head it.
Kiwanis Yule Party Set
Am. I 1 a. . . ..
Washington, ivr ti(7-iiMr K'versiae toranqe Hall
Rep.-elect Hugh -Mitchell in. R. L. Whipple, charter mem
Wash. I said yesterday he will -her of the Roseburg Kiwanis
urge ample appropriations fir club, was named toashnaster for
Northwest power projects to "cor- the group's Christmas party to
rrct the mistakes made bv the . be held Tuesday evening, c
Republican Congress" In the last : curding to Have' .McCarrol ecu-
chairman.
on had to explain to
de school son (or
st how much a bil
lion is. How would you go about
It?
You could say, of course, that a
billion is a thousand million. But
that wouldn't help much. It
would be like a picture of a man
from Mars with no nearby ob
jects lo compare it with. We've
never seen a man from Mars. We
don't know whether he would he
two feet tall or 15 feet tall. The
picture would mean nothing to
money. Government money
comes from taxation. It means
that everybody has to chip into
the pot.
So let's put it this way:
A billion dollars, in the United
States of America, means ABOUT
SEVEN DOLLARS PER PER
SON. We're supposed to have
about MO million people. Seven
times 140 million Is Just a little
shy of a billion.
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LOOKED at that way, every
time the government spends a
billion dollars it takes about
seven dollars out of your pocket
If you are an Individual with no
dependents. If you have a wife
and a child who depend wholly
upon you, it means $21 to you.
If you have more dependents, It
means more.
That gets It down small enough
(or us little people to see.
HOME SEWING
RENAISSANCE
Medford Mail Tribune
renaissance or sewinp is
spreading among American homes
wnn women of all ages teen
agers, mothers and grandmoth
ersfrom Park avenue pent-houses
to the humblest homes taking
to the needle 'n thread to provide
uieir doming needs.
While the eDoch-maklnir nva.
lanche of home sewing has var
ious conirinuting causes, it is
generally agreed by women's
wear industry observers that sky
high prices of food and other
necessities of life, plus heavv tax
es, have hit the American
woman's budget so hard that she
is left with Insufficient means
to buy wearing apparel for her
self and her children. Her only
alternative is to make at least
some of their clothing at home.
A recent survey estimated that
approximately 52 million women
and girls are now active sewers.
More than 28 million are classi
fied as creative sewer of which
one-fourth are girls age 12 to 21.
They sew dresses, suits and all
kinds of other wearing apparel,
including clothing for children.
a a a
A pertinent clue to the large
amount of sewing going on is
th fact that more than 25 million
sewing machines grace American
homes. 3 million more than home
telephones.
I During pre-war years, it was es
timated that only 10 million wo
men did home sewing. Compared
with today's activity, the gentle
art shows a gain of around 180
per cent.
Another trustworthy bit of evi
dence as to the recent wild fire
sweep of sewing is the zooming
of pattern sales. This year, it is
estimated that pattern'sales will
total more than 200 million. This
will compare with 168 million re
ported last year and i- a gain of
more than 233 per cent over the
60 million sold before the war
years.
It is also estimated that more
than $60 million will be spent
this year for patterns as com
pared with $50 million in 1947.
Pre-war years pattern sales total
e daiound S14 million.
November Total
Employed Persons
Reported Reduced
The November total of pm-!
ployed persons in Deuglas County j
was sharply reduced over any
previous month in recent years,
according to a report bv the fire.
gon State Employment service.
Many logging and sawmill opera-!
tions all over the area have been '
closine for Indefinite norinH. , ;
eastern market being in its an-
,,UQI i-i i'iu ui siacKenea activity,
stock piles filling local storage
spaces, and the uncertainty of
the future are some of the rea
sons. During the past week snow
in the higher atliliirloo ha
other operations. Most firms that I
me cmsen ior oiner than weath
er conditions, indicate that opera
tions nrohahlv win h
J ..... , C3UJIJCU
after the first of-this year. !i
ai tne end of the month there I
Were bUt 20 Inhs avnllahl
Of these. 12 wero In tha I
and sales field. The balance of
the openings were In skilled and
semiskilled brackets In other1
catagories.
Unemployment compensa 1 1 o n
claims more than tripled the i
"B outstripped anything since
me uuuui in me iMju
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One of the hie needs nnui u
sufficient instruction for women
eager to learn more of the fine
points oi sewing. Although the ex
tension service. 4-1 1 clubs, some
women's clubs and similar groups
are helping in this direction, there
is wine opportunity in this field
for retail stores, schools and nth.
ers to help along a movement
which provides opportunity for
money saving, a pleasant and
worthwhile pastime and helps to
keep the little woman happy.
Beautiful Chriitmat
Mirrors
Priced Right
PAGE LUMBER & FUEL
1R4 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242
two years
Mitchell, a former senator, said
failure of the present Congress
to appropriate $40,000,000 for Me
Nary Dam, across the Columbia
River between Washington and
Oregon, has delayed power pro
duction there for two years.
Private engineers from the P;i
The affair will be held at the
Riversdalp Grange hall. More
than 115 reservations have been
made. MeCarroll said.
Following past custom, an ex
change ot noisy or humorous
gifts will be held, along with
group singing ami the formal
cifie Northwest urged that much program, Ralph Church will load
money and president Truman re
quested $30,000,000 but Congress
approved only $22,000,000.
Mitchell also said the failure ot
the 80th Congress last year and
again (his year to vote funds to
start Chief Joseph Dam, further
up the Columbia, also delayed for
two years the time when" power
will be available there.
"We have got to have more
power Just as quickly as we can
let It In Washington and Ore
on." he told a reporter.
. Mitchell said he will introduce
the singing.
JURY MAKES AWARD
1 lael Turpin in a Circuit Court
suit brought against Frank
Koepke, was awarded $650 bv a
Jury verdict Thursday. She iiad
asked for $736.72 in her com
plaint. The almost extinct right whale,
also called the Greenland whale,
Is the largest of the whalebone
whales, sometimes furnishing 3.
500 pounds of whalebone.
us at all unless the strange vis-Maxes. Our friends in Washington
Itor stood beside some KNOWN see to that. This Is the century of
object (such as a normal-sized j 'he common man and the men
earthly man) with which he i we have chosen to run our gov
could be compared. eminent will see to it that we lit-
It's much the same with a bil-1 1,0 People Hon t suffer.
lion. Most of us have nothing to
Sales of fabrics, notions and
sewing needs have rocketed this
year to their highest peak In his-
Inrv- flrcnrrlino In retail store
IT this point, somebody will be men. the piece goods sales hav-
H sure to say: "Oh, heck, the
BIG SHOTS pay the bulk of the
SLABWOOD
in 12-16 and 24 in. lengths
OLD GROWTH FIR
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Headaches, Dizziness, Gastritis and about 95
of all ailments are caused by spinal and toxic
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Chiropractic Physician
301 E. Cass St
Phone I4U7
AUTOMATIC SAVING f$
SURE SAVING
(A S. SA VNGS BONOS
Just $3.75 sprinkled into U. S. Savings Bonds each''
week grows into $2,163.45 in ten short yearsi
And, it's the world's safest, soundest investment.
So sign up today for one of the bond-buying plans
where you work, or where you bank.
Douglas County State Bank
' Member Federal
DeDoelt Insurance Corp.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
By Jack Mollard, 327 N. Main
Roseburg, Oregon.
Song of the Chimney
There was an old brick chimney and its mouth
' was gaping wide; the gleaming snow was frozen
hard against Its northern side; and the wind
went howling howling up and down; the wind
it blew, and acrid smoke and soot and heat came from
the humble flue. It thrust above the shingles where the
blast was blowing free, and it seemed to howl, a weird
song of mountain plain and sea. It sang of snow-white
mountain peaks, and leagues and leagues of plains; and
then of flying reindeer straining on the checking-reins;
but when It sang of blizzards roaring down the
mountain side, It's voice In supreme ecstacy was
greatly magnified. And then there came a happy
note of tinkling bells and toys; and many other
pleasant things for little girls and boys. The
night drew on it's happy song was heard
from afar and near; for Santa Claus was coming,
and he came but once a year; but now it seemed
to hush and wait; as though it did not dare; and
then It ceased It's happy song for Santa Claus
was there.
SEE US . . .
If you are building or
remodeling
We have all the fixtures, galvanized pipe, soil
pipe and fittings.
LET US . . .
Give you an estimate en the cost.
Terms up to three years to pay.
All tools con be furnished, or if you need help on the in
stallation or repair call for our licensed plumber.
W. M. SANDALL CO.
North on Hwy. 99
Phone 1117-R
compare a billion with. So. in our
minds, It's Jl'ST A WORH. As
Octavus Roy Cohen used lo say In
his stories of colored folk in Ala-'
bama's big city of Hfrmingham, ! ,n' cosl of everything that is pro-
"You says words, but thev don't
We probably kid ourselves
more on the subject of taxes than
about anything else. We think
somebody else pays them for us.
It isn't true. Taxes are added to
FLOOR SANDING
and
FINISHING
Estimates
rS& Leslie Pfaff
,320 Ward St.
animcnn -'
mean nuffin'."
That's the way it is with the
word billion. It doesn't mean
anything to us.
frequently in terms of gov
ernment spending for a billion
Is so big that it can't often be
dealt with by anything less po
tent than the government of a
fairly large nation.
So used, a billion deals with
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