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FOUR NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1949 Published Daily Exeapt Sunday by th Newt-Review Company, Inc. ' tnltr4 en4 ilu miliar Mar 1. DM, a4 If fast ! M aUaabHrf. Oracaa. N4r et ( Mare a, IfTI CHARLES V. STANTON pt EDWIN L. KNAPP . Editor 4B Manager , Mtmbir of tha Associated Pratt, Oregon Nawapapar Publlahara Association, tha Audit Bureau of Clroulatlana praMatal br WCBT-BOLLTDAT CO. INC, title; la Naw Tr, Chlaaie, aaa rraaelaaa, Laa Anfalaa, Italtla, rartlaaC. at. Laala, CBICamiON BATEt-Ia Or.,..-Br M.ll-F., Tear MM, Ma aaaalbl M.M. Ua tlis tin. Br Cut Carrlar far raar lla.M lla lOaaaal, laaa laaa ant raar, ear naata J1.M. Oalalta Oracaa Br Mall Tar raar M.M. Ma aaaatks lltt, toraa uealbs 11.11. FEDERAL SANTA CLAUS By CHARLES V. STANTON Harry S. Truman now Is president of the United States In his own right. It is a right he has earned earned almost single-handedly, for he had little support in his campaign and was about the only person refusing to admit defeat. To date our administration has been a continuation of the Roosevelt regime. Even now, the Roosevelt ideology of pa ternalistic government, the welfare state, will continue, prob ably with even a further drift to the pure socialistic pattern, Truman wonhis victory because people still believe in the myth of a federal Santa Claus. Farmers were fearful lest support prices and subsidies be reduced. Elaborate campaign promises were made concerning socialization of medicine, public aid to education, federal housing, etc. Boiled down to its essence, the welfare state means that the federal government, deeming the public at large unfit to control its own financial expenditures, taxes away surplus funds and then distributes them according to the way the government thinks the money should be spent. Of course, the government in such a state must take care of its friends and supporters first, and, through use of large expenditures, create more political support. The policy is evident in proposed legislation, in presiden tial talks, and in campaign promises. Vigorous attacks are made on profits. This "soak the rich" prattle is exceedingly popular. Yet, as recently explained by Frank Jenkins in his column in The Newt-Review, if all net earnings of the so-called rich were to be taken from them and distributed to that portion of the public with lower in come, the amount per capita would be negligible. It is the individual with moderate income who pays the bulk of fed eral taxes. The federal government is telling us, in effect, that people with moderate income don't know how to spend their money wisely; that the government can spend the money to much better advantage. Profits, the government says, are evil. They must be taxed away from industry and business. Pre viously it has been the practice of business and industry to use profits to create jobs. The ultimate end of the welfare state is to manage employment through public works. OUT OUR WAY . By J. R. WHIiomi C ' f " we better - A ffTTj.MTl QUIT AN' GET 8 B Q Q Mmm - waytohis JmC e b a q JBq Q SJ.SS (Mm , I p w n 9 c ilpiiiiiiMiiiX- now Jnff lia-s-H-- II I THE HAVE -TO AND DON'T-H AVE -TO'S t. m. tea u. . t. err. J M m mmmmm mmmmm tm hm tm mm m .m m .taMatssss?MmMMMMMn4aMMi Banquet Honors ffl&Wwl Bv Viahnett S. Martin I f-ff. ' The paternalistic pattern calls for the extraction of money from the "rich" to be used in welfare for the "poor." ' Who are the poor? The present definition seems to desig nate as "poor" any person with income of less than $3,000 annually. The general income standard in this country has been in creasing quite rapidly during current prosperity. More and more people are getting into the moderate income class. How long before public demand will require the definition for "poor" to be raised to $5,000? And if it goes to $5,000, why shouldn't it eventually advance to $10,000? And if the fed eral government is to act as guardian for a certain segment of our people, why shouldn't it make every citizen a ward of the government? If we proceed farther down the path, we have only one end a state in which every person is a government slave. That state we call Communism. How far will President Truman lead us down this trnil to the left? Personally we believe he will not go nearly as far ns might be indicated. He has made campaign pledges, it is true, but past experience is that campaign pledges are in the same category with New Year's resolutions, and just ns quickly forgotten. He must, of course discharge certain political obligations to the groups responsible for his surprising elec tion victory. He definitely has aligned himself with the left wing do-gooders. But we believe his native Missouri con servatism will prevent progress too far along the commu nistic path, providing he is able to control his administration. But we are certain to run Into open conflict sooner or Inter between the theory of federal paternalism and the long established tradition of free individual enterprise, for the public eventually will awaken to the fact that a federal Snntn Claus is a myth rather than an actuality. If I walled till I had "lime to read" I guess I'd never get any reading done. Two things have opened the doors to wide-reading: One was the emphasis a high school teacher placed upon 'scan ning' and reading at different speeds. After all, would you drive at the same speed on any kind of road? In any kind of traffic conditions? Then why read at the same speed regardless of the subject-matter? Just a little practice takes care of this limiting habit! Some things we read to remem ber; some for the news value at the moment, ephemeral news needs not he remembered! It Is generally agreed by edu cators that the slow reader does not necessarily 'remember' more than the quicker page-turner. If one reads word by word and maybe moves one's Hps at the same time oh, how that slows us down! But If one scoops up phrases, and one's eyes run along ahead of where the voice Is, if reading aloud, the reading is faster and smoother. Note when tha hnltnm nf tha narra la minhnfl f"ft- ...IIVM Scout Troop 7 to Hold Organizational Meet Boy Scout Troop 7, sponsored by Umpqua Post 16, American Legion, will hold an organiza tional meeting Friday al 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion post headquarters 118 So. Kane. The evening will be given over prin cipally to registration. Organization of the troop com mittee and selection of a scout master has bivn going on since the first of the month. Troon ,-tered over the house. Why do people stand In line without using that time to read? In the days when we had a telephone and at times, rash people that we were, wished we hadn t: I accom plished a lot of reading while waiting for answers to calls, or for the line to be free. Of course there have been times when the called 'Number' took so long to answer that I couldn't think to save me which club-member in my list to be called was answer ing, for when I read I read! I dive right Into the book! In the latest State Library re port I notice that Douglas Coun ty Is second from the top in mail order patrons. Hurrah for our side! Maybe one of these days Douglas County will even have a county library as so many other counties, less wealthy, have. Out of the 31 post offices In Douglas county, 29 have been served. (The cover of the report it crowded with cancellations.) In our county there are 25 travel ling library stations which have lent 4,186 books. Three of our Is It still In front of you? Orj.pubIic libraries have requested have you turned the page a half or a whole sentence ahead of that point? Another reason I can tuck away a lot of reading In my day Is that I always have something to read In my handbag, In the car pocket, here and there scat- 759 volumes from the State Li brary, and 26 reading courses have been sent Into Douglas County by request of patrons, that report was for July 1948, and Marion County Is top of the list by far. But Douglas County was second! In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) member, not feet.) There are stars so far away from us that It takes thousands of years for their light to reach us. Obviously, If you tried to re duce a distance such as that to miles, you'd have a figure with too many ciphers to mean much to you. For one thing, you d have to use an adding machine to count the naughts. LONG RUN, taxes find their way down through all the levels of In come. It has to be that way, for taxes are a part of cost and so have to be added onto the price the final consumer pays. So It' is fairly truthful to say that taxes come out of the hides of all the people. r w E ordinary people have some- ed hy the Burt Co., until recently listed here as C. W. Wray, ac countant. The office in the City Building now used bv this firm will be taken over hy Bub Sund, j Insurance agent, who now occu-! pies one of the two offices rented there by Justice of the Peace Fred M. Wright. i Lower Umpqua Boats Rid of Ice Obstruction Old Man Winter has rellnqulsh- aH hi lw.1,1 .... il.n 1 Summit Ino ChalKmnn 1-lr.w.l.l f I.. " '" . -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 mill , ' -" -- iimpqua K vers, temporarily at Lent, urge, each member of , ,,. ,, ,,, hont!l rp ;k rTJ. llVmfnt ,".!Ul 10 b,'",K scheduled runs. m" i. ..i,0 The Bonila, oivrated on Tm ri;.,i,. T. .i. nmn litver hy lapt fill run Monday, hut the Mvrtle, Capt. Paul Annls. remained ioe- the Lawrence master, and other members of the ! troop committee are Jim Young. 1 Paul Caskey, Ted Dauber and Leo Santerre. OFFICE CHANGES NOTED The Kcodsport office of the Kd ward R. Hurt & Co.. certified pub lic accountants, will soon be mov ed from the Citv Building to the Umnqua National Bank Building. The new location will be divided Into three rooms, with one facing the street to be used bv the Lower Umpqua Chamber of' Commerce, with, perhaps, a public stenog. 1 rt IMII-I . bound at the Clarence White ranch below Scoltsburg until Monday, and made Its first trip Tuesday since getting frozen In last week. Some floating Ice is still com ing down the Umpqua, hut It is mushy and does not seriously Interfere with navigation. comprehending the billions of dol lars that are tossed around like chaff these days when govern ments get to talking about spend ing. We need a measure stick (something like the astronomer's light year) to Judge hy. In an effort to provide some crude measuring stick of that sort, this writer figured out a while hack that In terms of the present population of the United Slates, a billion dollars in taxes means about seven dollars per person. Using that rough yard stick, wa find that eight billion dollars In taxes per year comes to about $." per Individual. PF.H BHEA D W IN N E R, It conies to as much more as there are dependents. For example. If you are the sole breadwinner for a wife and a child. It will come to around Sl('5 per year so far as you are concerned. That figure (which isn't guar-1 anteed as to exact accuracy In terms of odd cents will give you at least a hazy Idea of what eight billion dollars In taxes means to ou. could be that President Tru man s vastly expanded social security program Is Just what we ought to have. It sounds new and startling, hut after all this is a changing word. What was star tling a few years ago hardly turns a hair on us now. So don't go against this new program right off the hat just because It Is President Truman w ho has proposed It. Give It some good, realistic stuclv before going Banquet Honors Pioneer Doctor, Native of Douglas Dr. Walter S. Chanman. a ! pioneer physician of Walsenburg, coio., oui a native oi Douglas County, Ore., was honored Dec. 29 by the Huerfano County, Colo., Chamber of Commerce with a banquet In Walsenburg, to com memorate his 50 years faithful service as a physician and sur geon In that city and county, ac cording to information received here from his niece, Mrs. Mor gan G. Denton, Seattle, Wash. The observance also commemo rated Dr. Chapman's 50th year as a member and fellow of the American Medical Association. Two hundred seventv-five citizens of the surrounding towns and counties, as well as many physi cians from various parts of Colo rado were in attendance. Among the guests were doctors and officials who have known Dr. Chapman through the years. Dr. N. S. Saliba, secretary of Huer fano County Medical Society read many telegrams and letters of congratulation. Dr. Chapman was born 76 years ago at Buckhorn on the East Umunua River near Rose- burg, the donation land claim of his father, Jefferson Chapman, who, with his family, crossed the plains from Iowa in 1854 and set tled In this locality. ur. (.napman, the youngest son, received his earlv education at the old Umpqua Academy at Wilbur. He later attended Wash ington State College at Pullman. and graduated from medical school at the University of Colo rado, Boulder, in 18H6. He In terned at St. Joseph's hospital and Arapahoe County Hospital, now Denver General In Denver. He served as a surgeon In the npanixn American War, at the close of which he went to Wal senburg In 1898, where he Is still on the medical staff of the Colo rado Fuel and Iron Co. and Utah Coal Co. He Is the local surgeon for the Denver' and Hio Grande and Colorado Southern Railroads. He belong to the Rochester, Minn., Mayo Clinic's Surgeons Club; Royal Arch Masons, Shrine, Klwanls, and Is a life member of the American and Colorado Medi cal Associations. Dr. Chapman has many friends and relatives living in and around Rosehurg. He is an uncle of Mrs. Earl S. Powell and W. Fred Chap man, a druggist of this city. Riverside PTA Plans to Sponsor Three Youth Units Sponsorship of a Blue Bird group, Girl Scout troop, and Cub Scout pack will be undertaken by the Riverside School P.-T. A., it was voted at the meeting this week at the school R hart, scout commissioner, pre- contiul an nnllinA . . 1. i organizing a new Cub Scout pack, which will be undertaken In the near juture. Highlight of the meeting was a surprise pastry auction and collec tion of contributions for the play ground fund, which netted $23. A carnival Is planned for Feb. 18 to raise more funds for the play ground equipment project. A col lection of $11.01 was also taken for the March of Dimes. It was reported that the mem bership contest for the Riverside School P.-T. A. was won by Mrs. Woodford's third grade and Mrs. McCary's fourth grade. It was decided to give a $3 prize to each room, because of the work the pupils did to sign new members. The mnnthlv nllnnrlanpa npin, of 51 went to Miss Coon's second grade for the second consecutive uiiitr. Mrs. Clifford Trafillion Int uuceu uje lonowing new oflicers aim i-wiiimiiu'e cnatrmen: inra i.ou Marsters. vice president Earl Ladd, second vice president; Mrs treasurer: program. Mrs. Henry Wilcox, Mrj. Earl l.add. Mrs. Coy Short. Mrs, E. s. Woodford: budget and finance. Mm. George Nlday, Mrs. T. L. Findlay, Mrs. M. C. Doyle: hospltalitv. Mrs. Ken neth Llnder, Mrs. Davis. Leo GoerRen, nuson: Cub Scouts. Mrs. Carl Wnelln.r. Blue Birds and Camp Fire. Mrs. T. L. riuuiHj, parent eaucaiion. Mrs. M. c. Doyle; by-laws. Mrs. Leslie Pfaff. Mrs. ..r..,., ..lima. mrs. i.eo niiignuson; ni. tional Parenl-Teacher magazine and pub- Henry Wilcox. Clifford Travtlllon. Ken- tr. Mrs. Kenneth Under Introduced the new room mothers, who in clude Mrs. M. M. Cowin, Mrs. Bjarne Paulson, Mrs. C. A. Mor ton. Mrs. J. W. Dovle. Mrs. C. L. Bowers, Mrs. R. H. Glariwell. Mrs. Coy Short, and Mrs. Leo Kimball. VENETIAN BLIND SPECIAL Kilglare Auto VBlind FREE x with every VBlind or Drape order . of $50.00 or more. Roseburg Venetian Blind Factory We Use Flexolum Aluminum Guaranteed by Good Housekeeping Phonu 1098 J SIS N. Jackson Roseburg Mexican Admits Killing Two Deluded Girls SACRAMENTO. Calif., Jan. 21 lY) Twice '18-year-old Vic toriano Corrales returned to his native Me?(ico and each time he returned here with a 20-year-old girl after filling her head with tales of luxurious living. And twice, said sheriff's depu ties, he killed, in the same way lor tne same reason: each girl threatened to leave him for a younger man, so he struck her down with a hammer and an ax, then butchered her body and threw the pieces into a river. Today a charge of murder In both deaths was on file against the greying day laborer. The sheriff's office said he made statements admitting both slayings. Injuries Kill Woman Enroute to Mother KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Jan. 21. f.Vi-- Mrs. May Nelson, Yuba City. Calif., died Wednesday of in juries received when an automo bile In which she was riding crashed into a guard rail on a curve. Mrs. Nelson was traveling to Eugene, where her mother, Airs. Mary Lovejoy, 91, is ill from pneumonia. Payroll Savings or Bond-a-Monih Either Way is the Safest Way to Save for Future Security. Buy U. S. Savings Bonds ri up for either bond-buying plan where you worl where you bank. Douglas County State Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. "Don't try to tlx It Toortelf - CU Humbert" "JOHN REALLY MEANT TO INSTALL IT IN THE (SATHROOrVW- BUT HE . MISCALCULATED ABOUT FOUR. FEET.' For txpTt Workmanship Quality Materials Careful Supervision Thorough Inspection Co" KIER-CR00CH PLUMBING CO. Independently Owned 316 Mill Phon 1242-R sl J Deputy Sheriff Will Fight Ouster Action PORTLAND. Jan. 21. (.r Deputy Sheriff Aid Pratt, filed Wednesday by Sheriff Mike El liott, will resist the action. He has employed an attorney to ask the Muitnomah County Civil Service Commission in In. off the deep end for It or against ! vestlgate the firing as politically smntlvnlpd "anH nnl maAa In .w,l One point to consider Is whether what the government will give you for your $165 I say) per year will be as satisfactory as w hat you could buy for your self for the same amount of money if you spent It yourself. When you spend your own money, you do It yourself, on your own time. When the government 1 machines. "Apparently they were motivated laltn for cause. Elliott fired Pratt- nephew of former Sheriff Martin T. Pratt for "disobedience of orders and neglect of duty." Piatt was one of a group of law enforcement officers and business men at tending a meeting of the Foot printers when it was raided and slot machines were seized at the meeting place. i Piatt satd he dictn t see the It's a Home Appliance You Need SHOP BERGH'S FIRSTI Ironrlte Hamilton Norge Maytag Phone 805 1 Bergh's 1 Appliance Service 1200 S. Stephens Jmif 111 luWA and so ere GREWWUtW FARES San Francisco 7.60 Coot Boy $1.80 Los Angeles 11.75 Portland 3.70 Tucson 20.50 Reno 8.15 Additional Savings on Round Trip Fares There Are No Lower Fares! GREYHOUND" BUS DEPOT 346 S. Stephen. . . phon M6 spends It for you, It has to HIRE people to do the spending, Assessment Notices For New Sewer Readied City Recorder William Boll man reported that assessment notices are being prepared to be sent out to residents of the Kin ney Addition new sewer installa tion, following adoption of an as- onlinance Mondav in the back of the nlaee." hi said. "I was in the front of the club all the time." Speak to the largest audience hy advertising In the News Re view. It costs but fraction of Tent nnl -nn.l..l- n1.4 I Via i-a.iill. The other two rooms will be us-1 will pay you a handsome profit. I kl yourself too much. IN THE sessment night Total cost of the project was StiS.12.Ot;. Kach lot afiecieil is til ing nsM'ssed at the rate of SUSSti for 2.Vfoot lots, w hile lot ow ners Yi-iii ..in u ,,..,j 1 not adjacent to the new sewer OU will be confused, of course, installation will be assessed by the too prevalent belief that SMLM to help defrav the proper the big shots pay the bulk of the '' owners' cost of Installing lar taxes. On that point, vou shouldn't f,or "'"V connections between Aim nrw jpwrr Electric Rate Boosts Asked by Two Concerns SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21. .r Rate increases are sought hy the Portland General Electric and the Pacific Power and Light companies. .New rate proposals submitted the residences lines. to the State Utilities Commis sioner would Involve 1S6.1KX) PC.E and as.ikhi Pacific customers all of PGE's except In Salem and West Salem and all of Pacific's In Portland. Multnomah Countv and Rainier. Customers using 25 kilowatts a j month now pay 85 cents and would pay SI under the new- rate plan. One hundred KW would be i S.1.05 Instead of $2 .SS and 500 KW Iw-ould be $6.60 Instead of $3.70. Revival Continues Until Next Week ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH i.i, mmmgawm ' t A'- Margaret Plunkett 948 W. First St. . Nightly 7:45 (Except Mondays and Saturdays) Friday Night: Gladys Pearson. 'The Re lationship of the Chris tian to This World." Sunday Morning: Gladys Pearson, "Con quering Through Death." Sunday Night: Mirgaret Plunkett. "The Cry of a Losi Soul." Services Will Continue Another Week Rev. Vernon L. Klemin Pastor Gladys Pearson
