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4 The Newi-ReYiew, Roseburg, Ore. Tuei., Feb. 1, 1949 Published Dally Except Sunday by th News-Review Company, Inc. IvttrtJJ MOQDd elm mitttr M? 1, IMO, t thf pvil fflt s4 Boatbnri, Orcfon, Bnder tot f March t, 1S7S CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Mangr Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulation BprMHU4 bj WEST-HOLMDAT CO., INC., offlei la Nw Turk, CMe.r, flftD Francisco. Lot Anftlet, altl, Portland, 8U Louis, IUB8CHIPTION BATE B In Orffon Bf Matt per Ttwr $8.00, ill months 14. M, bra montht 13.80. Br City Carrlar Par yaar (in soWsnco), Ian Ibaa n rear, per month II.oo. Ontilda Orsfon Bj HallPar fit 16.00, all tnontas 4.1ff, Ibraa months t.7l. RESOURCES By CHARLES V. STANTON Oregon newspapers are using much space in both editorial and news columns to discuss the proposed power dam on the Deschutes River. The project is sponsored by private power companies plan ning to erect a high dam in a river gorge below the conflu ence of the Metolius River with the Deschutes. The Metolius is one of Oregon's best salmon spawning streams, while the Deschutes is a far-famed steelhead and rainbow fishing stream. Sports anglers and commercial fishermen vociferously op pose the Deschutes dam, private and public power advocates are lined up on their respective sides, and newspapers are expressing divergent opinions. Some newspapers are taking the stand that recreational values of the Deschutes and Metolius should not be destroyed. Others contend that, in view of the imperative need for hydroelectric power in the Pacific Northwest, every encour agement should be given the project. Still others are en thused over the fact that this is a private power project and should receive complete cooperation because it is a step away from public power policies. We have yet to find a newspaper suggesting an inventory of yalues of the Deschutes and Metolius rivers, or proposing that a study be made by independent and qualified agencies to determine whether power AND recreational use of the river could be made to go hand-in-hand. The Bend Bulletin reports there has been an unwritten understanding that water from the Deschutes River above Bend should be available for irrigation, and below Bend for power purposes. No thought for the recreational resource, although Bend is widely promoting its exceptional recrea tional facilities. Construction of McNary dnm is expected to mark the end of salmon migration on the upper Columbia system. The federal government is cooperating with the State of Oregon in attempting to build up the lower Columbia tributaries as nursery grounds for future salmon runs, hoping to create in these lower tributaries sufficient hntching and rearing fa cilities to restore salmon migration sufficient to offset the loss of the upper Columbia basin. The Deschutes and Me tolius rivers are important factors in this program. Legislatures of both Oregon and Washington have before them proposals setting aside the lower Columbia tributaries as salmon spawning streams. But Washington, like Oregon, is faced with a power controversy as the City of Tncoma seeks authority for a dam on the Cowlitz River. The East Orcgoman, Pendleton, calls attention to the fact that Bonneville and Grand Coulee contribute only 10 percent of the potential energy available from the upper basin of the Columbia. It contends that we should look to public power and speed construction of power projects proposed at Uma tilla, Foster Creek and Hell's Canyon, confining hydroelectric development to the upper basin and using the lower basin for salmon propagation. The Kn.it Oregoviim asks: "Why use a cannon to shoot a chipmunk where there Is big game to be had?" The state's Fish and Game Commissions are actively op posing construction of the proposed dam on the Deschutes and are supporting legislation which Mould prohibit high dams on any of the Columbia's lower tributaries. Both de partments have large investments in hatcheries on the Des chutes watershed. The recently constructed Wizard Falls hatchery on the Metolius is the pride and joy of the Game Commission. It is unquestionably one of the finest hatcheries in the country today, incorporating all the latest scientific findings in its construction. Vet its efficiency would be ma terially impaired should a dam be built below the confluence of the Metolius with the Deschutes. The troublesome situation, with its wide range of contro versy, stems from the fact that Oregon has no natural re sources policy-making board. A correction of this fault is proposed in the separate report made by John B. F.binger to the majority findings and recommendations of the Interim Legislative Committee which studied wildlife policies and activities. Ebingor proposes a State Board of Natural Re sources. A department such as that proposed by F.binger should not be hurriedly organized and should be studied and planned for at least two years. The current session of the Legislature will receive bills calling for the appointment of an interim committee to recommend the proposed department at the 1051 session. In the meantime, Governor McKay, who is deeply concerned with Oregon's lack of coordinated handling of natural resources, proposes a civilian advisory board to work with the various state departments and agencies in control of resources. Some program must be arranged with the least possible delay to inventory our natural resources, appraising them for both' their, present and future use, and supervising their development in the interest of the state as a whole. Mrs. M'Camant, Widow Of Ex-Oregon Justice, Dies PORTLAND, Feb. 1. W Katherlne S. McCamant, widow of Wallace McCamant, Associate Justice In the State Supreme Court a generation ago, -died at her home here yesterday. McCamant, who died in 1944, bolted the Oregon delegation in APPRAISAL the 1920 Republican nominating convention. It won him an ap pointment as a federal Judge, but the appointment was blocked In the Senate by Sen. Hiram Johnson of California. Johnson had been the Oregon choice for president, but McCamant desert ed him for Warren Harding, who won the nomination. A son. the Rev. Thnmai Mc Camant, Portland, survives. ; I THE THE BORN OUT OUR WAY &'WHtWw "The thing that I found most helpful on the Alaskan trip was my black eye" a ripple of de lighted laughter swept over the audience listening to Martha Mc Keown Ferguson ("The Trail Led North;" MacMlllan) at the Zonta International In Corvallls, and later by transcription, a wider audience "because everyone wanted to know all about It, and then of course, everyone told me about the way she got her black eye and by then we were so well acquainted that I was able to get the things I wanted to hear from all those oldtlmers without any trouble." Mrs. McKeown's "shin er," which she had acquired by bending over In her stateroom and striking her head on the washbowl, and which In due time 'spread to the other eye' too brought forth one admiring old timer's assurance: "Your shiner heats any other I ever saw come out of Dawson." , i don't know when I have lis tened so delightedly to a talk. Mrs. McKeown remarked at the beginning that years before at a program upon which she was to appear, an elderly man had said, seeing her speech In her hand, "You going to read It? If you ran't remember yourself what you're going to say how can you expect others to? Why don't you Just TALK?" And 'Just talk' she did, accompanied by many a rip ple of amusement from the audi In the Day's News (Continued from 1'age One) ,, , , j , ,, , . , I weren t afraid to fight for your,! rights, but you will have also lot of bruises and bumps and maybe a couple of closed eyes. At that, you will come off bet ter in your tiff with Bulging Biceps than the landlords if they tangle with Uncle Sam. You will HAVE THE SYMPATHY of most of the bystanders, who in cline naturally to side with the under-dog, but one of the funda mental facts of life Is that nobody loves a landlord. Nobody knows that better than the politicians and our government Is run by politicians. UR lack of love for landlords Is an atavistic throwback to the time when they held the power of life and death over their tenants. There was a time I., f.....,.., T.'.. l -..J .... 11.- !.,., , ,, . . .. , . , I fviu i,ir mini, linn lin legal right to sleep on her wed ding night with the hride of his tenant. Things such as that burn deep Into the fiber of human na ture, and the scars LAST. We don't know why we dis trust landlords (many of whom are kindly and friendly souls) any more than we know why we dream of falling from high places (we are told by people who like to guess at such things) goes hack to when our ancestors lived in trees and every now and then lost their hold on the limb and fell into the clutches of the saber tooth tiger waiting on the ground below. Our attitude towards land lords Is a similar survival from the misty past. The politicians, of course, know all about prejudices, atavistic and otherwise, and nothing would please them better than to tangle with landlords In a finish fight. You can almost see them rubbing their hands In glee and hoping BIG LOUT BROUGHT DOG 1W ALL FULL Or COCKLEBUKS AND "TO GET WARM HE RAM RIGHT TO WHERE 1 WAS DRVIM n MV HAIR vv"fl THIRTY YEARS TOO SOON . .. Iff By Viahnett S. Martin i ence. The author spoke with appreci ation of the four hours every day her husband had helped her to have, secure from interruption, for work on the manuscript. The first 300,000 words had gone to the publisher and they were wait ing for the rest. So there was an element of pressure about It, and also a bit of a "gamble" for not eveh the writer felt sure she would ever see her book In covers! "Where I live," said Mrs. Mc Keown, "people drop in In the afternoon and evening for coffee and to visit but they don't write books!" So one time when a neighbor had dropped In and in quired about his hostess who was not visible Mr. McKeown ex plained she was "writing a book." Afler a polite "Oh?" and a mo ment's silence, the visitor said, "My wife is knitting a green dress!" But the bit I liked best was where at 2 o'clock one morning she was typing "and when I type I fairly shake the house. And I have a habit I know it's revolt ing a burst of laughter from the audience greeted this of chew ing gum at the same time. So I was typing and chewing gum. and then I discovered Archie at my side. He put his hand on my shoulder and said: "'Honey, wouldn't it be easier Just to BUY a book'?" that nothing happens to stop the scrap. According to their way of thinking, it would be SWELL politics. ETS suppose, Just for the sake , . ., . ... argument, that construction of rental property becomes per manently unprofitable. In that event, no more private rental housing will be built. But we won't go without houses to rent. What will happen Is that TUPnnvriiNMKNTWill VI . .. J'. J; V?' SIMPLY TAKE OVER THE HOUSING JOB. Nothing is plainer than the present political challenge that government will do for the people whatever pri vate enterprise fails to do. That Is the handwriting on the modern wall. Anyone with half an eye can see it and read It. IN that event, the GOVERN MENT will be your landlord. That raises an Interesting ques lion: Do you suppose you'll be any fonder of the government as a ." .... u. M.r ! . , uninuai wno now owns tne nouse you rent? Will the government, as a land-' lord, inherit all the prejudices , . . . , mr i.mir non n u, us iromk0 S oniv a snane bpItpr 0(f the misty centuries of the past? You answer it. It's too much for this writer. Stockman Badly Injured In Tumble From Train DENVER, Keb. 1.- (.TV-Rollo Jackson, 57. of Goldcndale, Wash., was in serious condition tndav after be annarenllv fell off n I'nion Pacific passenger train on j the Denver outskirts. ! He was found unconscious be-: Isiite the tracks Sundav night. De- Iteclives said marks in (he snow j indicated he had been riraeeed more than 800 feet. Jackson had There is a subsidy of course, lain in (he snow In near-zero in (he superviso. and other temperatures for about two hours ' services which REA provides after his disappearance. : without adding to borrowers' debt Jackson, a stockman, was re- burden, but It is relatively minor, ported on his way to San An- j The program Is a form ot fed tonlo, Texas, for a wool growers' eral investment that is largely convention WELL., STOP 1 I YELLING YOU RE y I MAKINt) MIM y I r V RUN FASTER.' J T. M. ACQ. U. S. PAT. Off, J By J. R. Williams Editorial Comment From The Oregon Press PLEASE, MR. WEATHERMAN (The Oregon Statesman) We hate to come to it, but as this Is written the frigid circum stances Just won't brook further delay. We here and now must demand, unqualifiedly, that the weatherman get the temperature above the freezing mark as least long enough to get our faucets unplumbed. We have appreciated the sun shine, the invigorating air, the chance for the kiddies to get a rare go at the snow and ice. We have not complained thus far, other than politely, that our fuel bill resembles the war debt. We have taken the icy roads in stride, kept the lanterns going in the pump house, carried pails of water by the hundreds for the chickens, kicked in frozen-shut doors and wrapped the outdoor pipes until there isn't an old shirt or pair of pants left. Our dog got arthritis, the hens won't lay, the cat won't hunt gophers. It Is too cold to chop wood. The only way to dig in the yard Is to blast. The car won't start short of a tow rope and we're getting tired of hot soup for lunch. There's too much mois ture in the high lands and if things keep up we'll be forced to build an ark against the forth coming flood. Please, Mr. Weatherman, we've had enough of this and we don't see any sense in saving up fur ther the rain which you'll prob ably soon douse us wflh anyway. We hate to complain to your boss, the Great While father in Wash ington, particularly since we realize that good weather thus far has not been made a part of his platform. But, honestly, we've got to do something. Have you got a spare muffler? ELECTRICITY FOR FARMS (The Dalles Chronicle) One of the outstanding achieve ments of the last 10 or 12 years has been the steady progress to ward electrification of America's farms. In 1935 only about one farm In 10 had central station electric service, although a good many more than this number had their own small generating plants. As of June 30, 1948, more than two out of three farms had high-line service. The job of extending power to farms and giving rural people new tools with which to do their I lahor was accomplished by both 'f1' utilities and the rural ' electrification administration. j Stimulus to carry on the task ! was provided by the demands of farmers themselves. In many cas- es private companies did not feel Justified in extending lines be cause of little prospect for reas onable earnings, so farmers or ganized cooperatives and provid ed themselves with a service otherwise unavailable. Utility companies in Oregon long had been . ctive in the rural electrification field, placing this state far above the national av erage before Nebraska's late Sen. George Norris and others started the REA program in congress. ; So rapidly have rural lines been nuut mat only i per cent ot Oregon's farms were without el- eotriclty as of last June. jianv olnPr slatPS have not I been so fortunate. North Dakota. for example, has more than 77 ! P"r of c'ec!L!fi!;ft" . tion task ahead of It. South Da- and Minnesota is still 31 per cent unelectrifled despite long strides in rural construction in recent years. REA's program Is sound he cause it enables local Initiative to start projects and permits local people to operate them subjert, of course, to the usual regula tions of a federal agency. The relationship of REA to the farm ers' cooperatives is that of lend- ier to borrower. Hinds are pro- vided by the government under a contract which provides for definite interest and principal payments un.il the power system becomes the property of the farmers. paying Its own way. L. L. Powers Succeeds Clute As Red Cross Chapter Head; Other Officers Also Chosen Resignation of Allen E. Clute as chairman of the Douglas Coun ty Red Cross Chapter and the election of L. L. (Jim) Powers to succeed him, was announced Monday by Russell M. Stephens, executive secretary of the chap ter. Powers, who has been vice president, will II" out the un expired portion of Clute's term, which ends June 30. Clute s resignation, Stephens said, was submitted at a recent board meeting. He said he wished, to resign for reasons of health. A real estate man, Clute had served as chairman for the past year, being electe at the annual meeting m January, 1948, and again In the summer, when a new date for the annual meeting was fixed. Stephens also announced that Mrs. Eugene Kent has been elected secretary pro-tem, taking the place of Mrs. Esther Dyar, who has resigned. New directors elected to the board Include J. Roland Parker, William T. Evans, Don Reed, Tom Pargeter, Roland West and Mother, 95 Lbs., Bears Twin Boys Totaling 14V2 Lbs. NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. l.fP) Birth Saturday of twin boys, with a combined weight of 14 '4 pounds, to a wo man weighing only 95 pounds, was reported by Valley hospital in nearby Van Nuys. Heaviest twins ever born at that institution, they and their mother, Mrs. Irene L. Stevens of Canoga Park who is only four feet, 11 Inches high, are doing , nicely. Her husband is a contrac-1 tor. They have another son, Jack, ! three. Senior High Radio Class Dates Visit to KRNR The Senior High radio class will go on a field trip to station KRNR Thursday, reported Mrs. Alice Hroaddus, advisor. The class will be shown through the studio and explained how the controls and other objects around the station are operated. This trip is in preparation for later in the school year, when the class win run the station for a day. No Longer Constipated "Since I made alibran my brealt fnst ci-real I've itopped taking laxa tives!" Mrs. V. DeBonit, Philadel phia, Pa. It vour diet lacks bulk for normal elimination, tnis I delicious cereal will suppy it. Eat an ounce every day in milk snd drink plenty of water. If not sat isfied after 10 days, send the empty carton to tile nciiuK, , battle tjreeK, mien., ana get uuul, your money back. Order KBUXKW'a all-bran today. Type Faces Available on Classified Display Because of paper shortage in the past the News-Review has not 'accepted Classified Advertisements calling for larger than 12 point type. Now that difficulties have been overcome we are initiating the use of larger type. The following type faces arc available for use by classifed advertisers: 12 Point USED CARS REAL ESTATE Real Estate Phone 100 Ray B. Hampton. Reed was elected treasurer in place of S. W. McLaughlin, who al. i has resigned. It was decided the bodid shall meet the first Monday of each month hereafter. The board also discussed plans for the opening at the annu. l Red Cross fund campaign March 1, and proposed improvements to the Red Cross production rooms in the Armory. Stephens said a group repre senting the local chapter went to Reedsport last week to attend a public health meeting held under Joint auspices of the County Health Department and Reeds port civic groups. The functions of the Red Cross in the public health picture were explained. Those who represented the Red Cross a, Reedsport included Pow ers, Harold E. Schmeer, Mrs. Claude Baker, Miss C y t h I i' Palmer and Stephens. Plans for reviving the Western Douglas County branch of the Red Cross were discussed, as well as organ ization of the forthcoming fund campaign. Arthritis Pain Por quick, dellfbtfullr comforting help for ftchts and plns of Rheumttlim, ArthrlU. Neuritis, Lumbeto, Science, or Keurlle tr Remind. Worke through the blood. Flret doee ueuelly eterte alleviating pain ao you can work, enjoy life and eleep more comfortebly. Oel Remind at drugglet today. Qulek, oom plel eetlefactlon or money back guaranteed. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Meets 4:00 P. M. at Chamber of Commerce every Saturday. Contact P. O. Box 1116 or Phone 506-L-X. Payroll Bond - Either Way to Save for J' Il gLU ) ii. Truck and Auto I JiM44L Repairing IKlJsji jtCVti J Welding Radiator Service .w-&rWJ Truck Parti Bought and Sold III! r'PWril All Work Guaranteed WW Ray's Truck Shop llll f i Phone lin Buy U. S. Savings Bonds n up for either bond-buying plan where you wort where you bank. Douglas County State Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. 30 Pt. Metro Used Cars REAL ESTATE Atomic Board Cites Htjge Cost of Hanford Plant The Atomic Energy Commission gave out some big figures yester. day on its Hanford, Wash., plu- tonlum pianu It cost nearly $350,000,000 and work is still going on. The size of the Hanford reser vation is 400,000 acres more than half the area of Rhode Is- land. Water diverted from the Co lumbia river during the war to cool the three reactors on the project (uranium and graphite piles used ior the production PF Plutonium) would have equaled ,u .I'otor ronsumntlon nf A Citv with 1,000,000 inhabitants. The temporary construction camp for the project housed 60, 000 people. HARRY C. STEARNS Funeral Director Our tdrvle It for ill and mac-ti every need. Any dll fence, eny time Licensed Ledy Asslitent. Oakland, Oregon Phone 472 or 542 Savings or a - Month Is the Safest Way Future Security. 24 Pr. Metro USED CARS REAL ESTATE Real Estate Phent 100
