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FOUR Published Dally Except Sunday by the Newt-Review Company, Inc. Bnlcrtl iccqd cUit mttttr Hj 1, !, t the part ttt at Boitbnrf, Ortgon, BniWr act f Maroh t, Itll CHARLES V. STANTON fT EDWIN U KNAPP Editor VkB Manager Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations cprtiaalei b? WEST-HOLLID AT CO.. INC., ifflrM la New Tork, Chttftr. Bum Pranc-laos, Los Anfcltt, tilt, FarlUnd, SI. Lftoli. SUBSCKIPTION RATES In Orton Bf Malt Par Tear SS.n. als mo at hi MM, tbrat month 11.00. By City Carrier Par yanr 110. M (la ad vane a), laaa lhaa on a year, per monlb 11.00. Onttld Orajno Bjr Hall Par jaar to. 00, als monlba 11.13, thraa montha IS. 15. HIGH MILK PRICES By CHARLES V. STANTON A statewide controversy concerning milk prices is grow ing in interest. Strong pressure will be placed upon .he State Legislature to cancel or drastically amend the current milk law. Chain food stores, desiring to use milk as leaders a low-priced item designed to attract trade into the store are vigorously attacking existing controls on retail milk prices in grocery stores. Housewife organizations are being formed to wage war on milk price regulations. The fight is interesting from a psychological viewpoint. Housewives will tolerate price increases on most foods, but when it comes to three essentials, milk, butter and eggs, price boosts meet immediate criticism and resistance. A woman shopper who may have a bagful of luxury items, and who is paying three and four times the prewar price for canned fruits or vegetables, will vehemently protest pay ing the current milk price, although it is considerably less in proportion of increase when compared with processed foods. Yet the processing of milk for distributor delivery or retail sale compares closely to the procedure required in canning or freezing other types of foods. The handling costs probably are closely comparable between dairy milk and canned goods, yet the price increase has been considerably more on canned and processed foods than on milk. Some interesting figures are cited by Dr. Thurm.m B. Rice, professor of public health of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Milk, he states, has the food equivalent of eight eggs or three-quarters of a pound of steak. With ham at 95 cents per pound, a quart of milk, furnishing the same food value, would be worth 4G cents, or, compared with a beefsteak at 72 cents a pound, the food value of milk would be 46 cents per quart. Vitamins in milk are far less expensive than the equivalent in vitamin pills. Milk is rich in lime. Its protein is of unusual value, easily digested and definitely helpful in utilizing for body uses more of the proteins of other foods. Its fat and sugar are easily metabolized, the fat being the most highly esteemed of all food fnts and the sugar being a rich source of energy. Milk also is a valuable source of lactic acid so Important as an intestinal cleanser. Milk is cheaper, quart for quart, than the various beverages served at soda fountains and is less expensive in food values than the more costly alcoholic beverages. No one will quarrel with Dr. Rice's analysis of food values, but no amount of statistics will halt the criticism of mount ing milk prices. Milk is a staple item of food. Its value has been definitely assessed in the public mind, the same as that of a five-cent cigar. When the price goes higher than the long-established figure, unfavorable public reaction is to be expected. We heard the same type of protest and for the same psychological reason recently when the manufacturer of a popular soft drink proposed a departure from the cus tomary five-cent glass. Once a price is definitely fixed in the public mind, opposition to a price boost is certain to follow. Our dairy industry is in bad shape. Scarcity of farm help during the war and the cost of farm labor caused many large herds to be broken up. Many milk cows have been placed on the market for meat. Sanitary conditions under which milk is produced have deteriorated critically. Volume production is far below requirements. Dairying is a hard business. It requires constant attention, long hours, much manual labor, costly investment in equip ment, etc. The dairy farmer must pay competitive wages for hired help, and competition with industrial and business wages often involves a premium, for only a comparatively few persons will accept the long hours, the confinement, seven-day-week, etc., when an easier living can be made at a 40-hour week in industrial plants or business establish ments. Coupled with the costs of feed, higher prices on all equipment, mounting taxes, and requirements for meeting even the minimum of state sanitary regulations, it is easy to see that the dairy farmer has good reasons to get rid of his herd and use his land for other purposes. The State Legislature, in its consideration of proposed changes in the milk law, will do well to keep in mind the necessity of keeping the industry profitable and healthy. At the same time, the importance of milk in the family diet necessitates keeping the price as low as possible. But the price factor should be considered without prejudice. Bald Pate Group Forms Bald Eagle Club OLYMP1A, Wash., Jan. 5. .V -Men have banded together here to face the problem of shiny pates. Articles of Incorporation have been filed with the Secretary of State for the Ha Id Kagle l''hih. a non-profit Olympian group. The incorporators who belli e their club may he the fi;st of its kind in the country said then purpose was: "To operate and maintain dis cussions and lectures regarding bald pates and the welfare of the club members and their families. To promulgate by united action, the advancement and restoration of hair on bald pates and further the general interest of persons so afflicted." The incorporators include May or Ernest Mai lory. Chief of Po lice Hov I,. Kellv and Assist. Atty. Cm. Rudolph Naccarato, : all well qualified for the organiz ation. They said any elet;hle ! person could Join. Columbia Basin Set-Up Like TV A to be Asked WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. P Rep. Jackson D.-Wnsh. l says be plans to Introduce shortly a bill to cieate a Columbia Vailey Au thority patterned after the Ten nessee Valley Authority. "I think that with the progress we are making in developing the Columbia River In Washington and urrgon." be told a reporter. '"Congress should work out an ov erall administrative agency to fa eilitale and coordinate activities in 1 he basin. "I don't claim the bill I am Introducing is the final answer hut it will produce a basis for congressional bearings at which the program can he worked out." Jackson said bis bill will be identical with the one which Rep. Mitchell ilVWash.) has said he will introduce. "We si Mill V7 7 ESZSISS , . By Viahnett S. Martin Not every one can lay aside today's unfinished business, and resolutely think: "Now I've done all I can do nhout it today. To morrow, whatever else I'm to do next will be unfolded to me. Right now I'm going to sleep so I'll wake refreshed tomorrow, ready for whatever the day brines. " Hut we can keep trying! It's one of the hardest things, In this world, for many of us, to lust lot go, relax! Instead we may find ourselves - thinking about some problem for all the world like a puppy gnaws and worries somebody's slipper, or the cush ion, or whatever else strikes the llttlp Imp of mischief to chew on. If we find ourselves trying to cross tomorrow's bridges before tomorrow comes, some of us 'count sheep,' or do this or that. Usually I drag my thought off the harassing problem hy think ing over familiar promises from the Scriptures or assurances crys tallized In beautiful verse or prose by later inspired writers; making I hp effort to remember the verse or the thought really does help at such times. It re laxes the thinker and we can rest. After nil-can we trust God and worry at the same time? (Of course we can dodge the point by saying we 'aren't worrying; we're Just trying to think!'). That puts it up to the Individual, doesn't it? Editorial From The TAX LEVIES OF OREGON CITIES ( Kugene .egister-Cuard t For the 203 incorporated cities of Oregon the average tax lew this year is 17.5 mills, by the latest tax rate report (if the Bureau of Municipal Research and the League of Oregon Cities. With our present city levy of IS mills, Kugene is "right on the nose." Springfield with a city levy of 31.8 mills i not including the 4.2 mills for Willamalane Park district I is considerably aboe the state ave rage, but there are many cities which are having worse troubles Ontario at -15.5; Junction City at 3(1.5; Lake view at 3iV2t; Vale at 41.7; Arlington at 73.1; Florence at S3. However, these tabulations do not reallv tell the storv of the PI.IOIIT of Oregon cities be cause liMil census figures are used with 1IHS assessed valuations to derive PKR CAPITA VALIDA TIONS which are the measure of ability to pay. Likewise the calcu lations on per capita expenditures ( in cities are distorted - because of population since HMO has I thrown most of these calculations , entirely out of line. j Nevertheless the report offers a fine factual starting point for i further stud of the problems of the Oregon cities, and it is easy to spot where more of the trouble lies: Tax rates for oil purposes nave peaked wnere trie impact of population increase has lcen the greatest. Little cities. In general, have been taking the worst Inviting because they have had so little with which to meet growth needs. Cities such as Florence, Oak rldce. Springfield. Sweet Home, Sutherlin. Oakland and manv oth ers In the path of the lumber boom have been swamped with NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, Make a Deal, Huh?" Shall we worry? Or shall we trust God? Rest secure In the knowledge that His Wisdom will help us work out whatever It Is that seems like a weight on our shoulders? It's surprising how even making that simple decision will lift the weight! And the next thing we know It's morning! And things always look different in the daylight hours than when we try to work them out in the hours usually used for sleeping. I thought I'd never learn to float! "Iet go," EJ would say, patiently, "the water will hold you up." It held him upand everybody else. (And the time came when, I guess, EJ was sor ry I ever learned to float for I wanted to do It and out seaward I'd go without being able to swim back!) Hut at first, probably be cause of having been resuscitated once after near-drowning, my fpar would set me to struggling frantically when the water would touch my face. I just couldn't re lax! Hut In time I did learn to let go, to relax, and let the water hold me up. Many, many times when I have been troubled with perplexing decisions in which I have tried to see ahead and couldn't at the time, I have lik ened my difficulty to that experi ence in learning to "float." There is no inertia about floating, no giving up! There is controlled ac tivity confidence and patience and faith! Comment Oregon Presi ! population Increase and service needs beyond ability to pay. Lar ger cities have been better able to absorb the shock, but even in ( the larger cities the situaiiim from the tax standpoint Js not rosy, j For instance, Kugene derives i only about 45 percent of its total I budget from property taxes. We j raise $3!S.030 from' taxes and ' $4515.!) 17.52 fron O Til K K ;SOt'RCKS fines, fees, fran 1 chises, rentals, water board tax. and the 8105.000 which might he called "state support" because it ! is the city's share of gas and liq , uor taxes. It is a question whether the smaller cities are able to help j themselves in proportion. In the j split of property taxes, both cities j and couiOics are overshadowed hy I schools - -to which nobody should I object but the problem' of the I cities remains. i Out of our total tax of 70.5 mills, the schools take 43.ti mills, the city IS. the county 8.9'. Kither the cities miist have a nunc liberal share of the state revenues, or the cities must be granted power to levy occupation taxes or otherw ise supplement their revenues. This will be one ; of the most serious problems for the 1!H! legislature. Representative Karl Hill has ; suggested that House and Senate i meet jointly during the opening days of the legislature - until the ; whole tangled problem of "state finance" can be aired. I le insists -and we agree that the state's problem is in t just the problem of j financing the stale's own state j conducted activities, but must in j elude the problems of the cities, counties ami school districts which are legally the "arms of the . state." ! Cities are in the front line of one of the most critical sec'ors in j the struggle with growth prolv I lems. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY. Forrestal Urges Better Safeguard Of Secret Codes WASHINGTON, Jnn. 5 (.F Secretary of Defense James Forrestal yesterday nskod Con press to put new and stronger force into law protecting trie na tion's secret codes and intelli gence activities. Forrestal said existing legisla tion is "far too limited in appli cation to afford needed protec tion to certain highly secret gov ernment activities." This assertion was made In a letter to House Speaker Kay hum accompanying a proposed bill to tighten security measures. The hill would set fines up to $10,000 and imprisonment up to ten years, or both, for violations. Forrestal's proposal not only would outlaw publication, com munication or use of restricted materials and codes, but ;.lso the disclosure of any information ic garding preparation of codes, or the construction, repair and main tenance of machines used in tf nMrtisinn. In the Day's Hews (Continued from Page One) sists In THINGS, not In money, we'd be happier. Yuu can t eat money. You can't wear it. You can't shelter yourself with : U. THE business prophets go on: "The prospect is that 1949 j will see the return of the "buyer" ' market" in most lines . . . the man with a dollar will decide in a leisurely way w here he will spend it, after shopping around for a price tag he likes." I WHAT'S wrong with that? The answer is NOTHING! I That's the way to spend money. When you spend it that way, j YUU GKT SOMETHING FOR IT. ! W hen you throw it around like ! a drunken sailor, you come out ; o( the small end ol the horn, j Take any dozen drunken-sailor ; spenders. Match them with a ! dozen careful spenders. Observe I them all closely over a consider I able period of time. I You'll find that the careful spenders COME OUT AHEAD. Among oilier things, they HAVE MORE SECURITY which has been the dream of the ages. ANOTHER good thing to re mcmticr: Money can be juggled. It's as easy to print a century nole as a dollar bill. It costs no more in materials or in human labor. Things can't be Juggled very satisfactorily. The only way to HAVE THINGS is to PRODUCE THEM. ANOTHER thought: You can't have what produced. isn't ALL this crystal ball gazing Is interesting -but, like the pre- i election polls. It isn't guaranteed. : You "pays your money and you takes your choice." j This writer would like to make a prediction for : J If everybody works hard,! sih'niis w isely, produces all he can AND DOESN'T TRY TO GET RICH TOO QUICK, 1919 will be a pretty decent year. I 5, 1949 Court's OK Of Ban on Closed Shop Stirs AFL Heads WASHINGTON. Jan. 5-(P The Supreme Court's decision Monday upholding state ban; on the closed shop yesterday trans formed a routine meeting 01 tne AFL's legislative counctl into a high-strategy session. The high court ruled tnat states have the right to enact laws restricting or outlawing the closed shop. Union attorneys oe lieve the ruling also upholds pro hibitions on other forms of com pulsory union membership. Since the decision left open the question of a union worker's right to walk off the )ob rather than work alongside a non union employee, the AFL plans to find such a case and take that up to the Supreme Court, too, if neces sary, Attorney Herbert Thatcher said. The court ruled only on laws in Arizona, Nebraska and North Carolina, but at least 13 other states have statutes putting vary ing limits on union security agreements. The closed shop is one In which only union members may be hired. Other common forms of union security are the union shop in which the worker must johi the union within about 30 days in order to hold his lob and main tenance of membership. The lat ter form was brought into fre quent use during the war. Non union workers may continue In their Jobs. Those who choose to Join the union, however, must keep up their membership, usu ally hy a checkoff from theii pay, for the period of 'he union contract. No Evidence Of Speculation On Secret U. S. Data WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (.11 A Republican-controlled spe cial committee of the old Con gress reported yesterday it has been unable to find evidence to prove that federal employes have used confidential government in formation to speculate in com modity markets. It said It could not confirm rumors that flew around Wasn inglon a year ago saying some federal officials were reaping huge profits by using "inside' inlormation. However, the group recom mended to the new 81st Congress. 1. That as a matter of lederal policy, "government employes en gaged In making policies 'or com modity purchases by their gov ernment, and their associations in all classifications who have ac cess to confidential information on government commodity-purchase policies, should without doubt be prohibited irom engag ing in speculation in commodi ties," on penalty of dismissal and prosecution. 2. Congress should "continue a watchful eye over speculation and. if need be, enact legislation to eliminate rigging and manipu lation on the exchanges." The sMciaI House committee was created a year ago, under the chairmanship of Kcp. August H. Andresen (R-.Minnl, when the re ports of government employee speculation circulated in Wash ington. Fight Against Taft Hot to be Dropped WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 - (PI--Balking Republicans threaten to carry on their fight against Sen ator Taft of Ohio by actively op posing any Senate leadership pro posals they don't like. Taft was in the saddle as chair man of the GOP policy commit tee by a 28 to 14 vote of confi deuce given him yesterday by the '12-memlx'r Republican caucus. Hut some of the 14 Insurgents who took the short end of that ballot served blunt notice that the scrapping isn't all over. Senator Lodge of Massachu setts, defeated by Taft, keynoted their view point Said he: "I think this is the beginning of a real movement backed bv public opinion to impel forward motion to the Republican partv and make It a really effective part of our two-party system." Senator Morse of Or-jon. who has called himself and his rcloll ing colleagues "liberals," Misted Taft as "a symbol of reaction and deleatism for the Rcptil.iican party." Morse predicted that at least 13 of the 14 who voted lor Iidge "will continue to stand united as a general policy in fighting for a modern, forward looking pro gram for the Republican partv." NO JOKE, MISTER BUFFALO, N. N., Jan. 4.- i.-T) An outraged citizen telephoned poilce: I "I don't mind getting a sum- mons for speeding, bin I do ol) l icet to some smart officer sign ing it 'Good and Swift.' Tell those :Wise guys to stop the clowning." A quick check showed the sum ; mons had been written bv Patrol men Walter J. Swift and Robert I H. Good, assigned together in a patrol car. JfePiLES Ll.riKlM IHIMORSHOIDS) ECTAl AND COION AILMENTS STOMACH 0ISOBDEKS Trt Witkoot Hotptil Optntloa Mon. fhrevgh Fri.i 10 o.m. to S p.m. E..n;ngirMon..W.d.ond Fri.. until I w. It w coll fof FREE dnrtiv boohl.t The Dean Clinic In Our 39th Year N I. Cm. I. Burmid. nrf Crand A... T.l..l.(.n. CA. 4I Portland 14. Or.. Baby Swallows Cold Pills, Physicians Save Her ASTORIA. Jan. 4.-J.;Pv-Ten-month-old Kathleen Shawcross was recovering in a hospital to- dav irom a Dome oi tuiu ui the infant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Shawcross of ii A - .n tha vmtfntc of tllC rcaiuiiiuuu, etc ... bottle Sunday night and lapsed into a critical conamon. m,, .i.!, unik-prt wilh her all night and then said she was out of danger. Program Set For Inauguration Of Gov.-Elect McKay SALEM, Ore., Jan. 5 IJP) Plans for the Inauguration of Governor-elect Douglas McKay next Monday afternoon were completed today. The inauguration ceremony will begin at 2 p. m. in the House chamber It will leature tie mes sages to the legislature of In coming Governor McKay and out going Governor John II. Hall. The legislature will meet that morning for formal organization, but it will be only routine, since all officers will have oeen de cided at the caucus Sunday night. Committee appointments will be announced Monday morning at the opening sessions bv Senate President William E. Walsh and House Speaker Frank J. Van Dvke. Walsh will preside at the In auguration session. After Walsh appoints committees to escort state officials to the rostrum, the program will begin. James McMullon, Junction City, a baritone from the University of Oregon music department, will sing the National Anthem. He will be accompanied hy Lya'i Gardner, Eugene, also from the university, on an electric organ. Dr. Chester Hamblin, pastor of the Salem First Presbyterian Church, will give the invocation, and then Governor Hall will de liver his message. Chief Justice Hall S. I.usk will administer the oath to McKay, and McKay will give his mes sage, containing his recommen dations to the legislature. After the message, Walsh will adjourn the session. Portland Janitor Slain By Two Auto Thieves PORTLAND, Jan. 5-.P) An elderiv janitor , was shot fatally late Monday night by one of two men with whom he pleaded DO YOU KNOW? That Arthritis, Rheumatism, Heart, Stomach, Headaches, Dizziness, Gastritis and obout 95 of all ailments ore caused by spinal and toxic conditions exisiting in your body. Remove the cause and get well. Dr. M. C. Cassel Chiropractic 301 E. Cass St. FIRE AUTO-TRUCK GENERAL LIABILITY X JiiMsuftAa X Have Your Insurance Rates Increased? Compare the following ilx month, premium with toe charKi' you Are presently paying. Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability Passenger Car & Most Not For Log Trucks Farm Truck Hire Trucks S10.00 $12.70 S40.30 Nnle: There are no mileHjie UmitatloriR or driver restriction on the above panxenie-r car ratcn. and coverage applfen when your car 1b used for busi n" enrt ol-ajore Paul H. Krueger District Agent 636 S. Stephens St. Roseburg Phone 218 Report of the Condition of The Umpqua Savings and Loan Association Roseburg, Oregon as of December 31, 1943 Resources V. S. National Rank Balance $ 18.710.S6 Notes Secured hy Stock l.fino.no D. R. Loans Not Disbursed 58.113.51 Notes Secured by D. R. Mortgages .. 1,400,258.67 Notes Secured by Mortgages 2,400.00 Advanced to Borrowers 615.31 Interest Receivable 260.37 Sale Contracts 9,238.97 Federal Home Loan Bank Stock 12!-100.00 Government Bonds 45.000 00 Home Office Building 24oOAOO $1,572.627.69 Disbursements Investment Stock Loan Stock Building Account Reserve . Contingent Reserve Surplus Deferred Profit Other Reserves Money Borrowed Incomplete D. R. Loans Undivided Profits State of Oregon, County of Douglas, ss. I. H. O. Pargeter, Secretary for the above association, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and beiief. H. O. PARGETER, Secretary. ATTEST: SAM J, SHOEMAKER, President. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd dav of Janu ary, 1949. W. F. HARRIS. Notary Public for Oregon. My commission expires Nov. 17, 1952. "Please let me alone I don't have anything." The Good Samaritan Hcsptal reported Ansel Abbott, 63, was wounded in the abdomen by three bullets. He died several hours later. Police said Abbott was enroute to work and told of the two men stepping from behind a darkened automobile service station. Thev . directed Abbott to walk at gun point for two blocks before ihoot ing. A witness. Pauline Bryson, said she was standing across the street and saw the two men race . to the station and leap into a car which came from behind the structure. A description of the car given by a radio taxicab driver, J. W. Bohna, was similar to a 1937 blue Dodge sedan reported stolen In the area a few minutes earlier. Police said the stolen car bore Oregon license plates 152-219. Rheumatic fever takes twice as many lives among children as in fantile paralysis does. Beautiful Piatt Mirrori Priced Right PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 B. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 The Latest From MILLER'S RENT. 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