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4 Tht News-Review, Aoiaburg, Or. Wad., May 18, 1949 Published Dally Exoept Sunday by tha Nw-Review Compony, Inc. S.Ur.i .1 l.r.l .lire " . IfSJj ' f?' Boeeburr, Orefen, under Ml ! March I, 1871 CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor "'Siiif , Manager Membtr of tha Anoclated Press, Oregon Newapaper Publlahora Ataoclation, tha Audit Bureau of Circulation InriHlUl br WEST-HOI.LIDAT CO.. INC., i; New York, ChlcM. . "' si, fnncleeb, I.o Anielei, Seattle, remind. 81. Leule. US CRIPTION BATIS 1 Oreon Br Mill-Per Ye.r l.M, el. KM. three raonthi S.0. Br Cllr Orrler Per yer Slt.M l iirmil. leu ! rei" per mentb 11.04. OitiMe Orecon Br Mil Pr je.r W.M. Hz tneathe tl.lft, three moothe 12.15. ON THE OREGON TRAIL 1920 Model tt-'a': -n mm By CHARLES V. STANTON ' Symbol of the Opportunity Bond campaign now in prog ress is the covered wagon the old prairie schooner of '49. To perfect its symbolism, the pictured conveyance should carry a slogan, "Oregon or Bust," across its forepeak, for certainly the history of Oregon s settlement furnishes occa. sion for an interesting tie-in with Savings Bonds and the purpose for which their sale is encouraged. We are told how, as wagon trains plodded their way across the Great Plains, excited horsemen rode up with news of the gold strike in California. The trains divided, some going to California to seek sudden, easy wealth in the gold fields, while others, refusing to be stampeded by the exciting news, continued their way, despite its hardships, into Oregon. What manner of men were these who resisted the tempta tion to gamble for quick wealth? selecting instead a path to hardship and continuing labor to carve homes from the wilderness; facing unlimited toil, danger from Indians, pri vation and virtually no expectation of ever experiencing more than a bare existence. The answer is obvious. It still exerts a powerful influence. The men and women who followed the path to Oregon instead of the route to California were lovers of the soil. They were people who worshipped a home more than gold. They were people who wanted the security afforded only by land. People who preferred to leave to posterity good homes, honorable names and an added heritage of courage, honesty, and industry. Oregon was settled by cautious, conservative, honorable people. They were neither gamblers nor chance-takers. They had a purpose in mind and they clung tenaciously, against strong temptation, to that purpose. They sought nothing ex cept the fruits of honest toil. They did not flinch at hardship nor privation. They asked only an opportunity through hard work and fair dealing to build for themselves homes and possessions which they might rightfully claim for their own and pass on to their children. . Their influence has long been felt, for Oregon still is proud of its homes. Oregon still is conservative. In some respects it is classed as backward in comparison with its sister Btates, California and Washington, both children of gold strikes. Where our sister states take the flashy, and sometimes risky, course, Oregon plods conservatively, with less thought for the artificial, the showy and the expedient, and tending more toward home, school and church still an agricultural state, lacking in industries and highways, but strong on honesty, self-confidence and inner satisfaction. The Cregonian has shown his qualities in his fierce loyalty. In every war he has furnished more volunteers per capita than has any other state. Oregon consistently held the per capita bond sales leadership throughout the entire period of the last war. Oregon's patriotism and love of country, stem ming first from a love of home, have marked the state from its beginning. It is fitting then that the covered wagon of the Oppor tunity Bond drive should bear the word "Oregon," for Sav ings Bonds furnish the conservative and security trend in a government of reckless spending, leftist tendencies and so cialistic theories. To people who love their homes and are willing to toil to gain secure possession for themselves and their children conservative minded people there exists no better method of acquisition than that furnished through systematic pur chase of Savings Bonds. The characteristics of the enrly Oregon pioneer still are abundant in the state, and the Blow, plodding and sometimes difficult way to security still is evident in our methods. That is why Oregon is a fertile field for Savings Bonds, the safest, surest and most conservative of investments. Oregon people today still reject the quick speculation, the gamble for sudden wealth, in favor of the course that assures better homes and secure futures. The covered wagon is on the Oregon Trail. Oregon Stockmen Urged To Hold Line Against Govt. Regimentation A I ICR i w-.. ? . u' it . . piPf By Viahnett S. Martin Kj PENDLETON, May 18.-(.T) An earnest plea to (jiPRon stock men to "hold the line against regimentation" marked the open ing of the 3tith annual conven tion of the Oregon Catlemen's Association here yesterday. Launching an attack on the Brannan farm program. O. D. Hotchklss, Burns, president of the Association, said he does "not see how we can have such a plan without regimentation." He said that details of th program "still are obscure," but explained It this way: The farmer would sell beef animals at regular market prices set by the law of supply and demand. As the meat supply In creased, the housewife would pay lesh for her steak at the corner grocery. The farmers' Incomes would be kept at a fall' level by payments from general tax funds, costing no more, according to the plan's proponents, than the present plan which keeps retail prices artificially high. Noting that government con trols may be necessary to carry out such a program, Hotchklss asked the 500 stockmen: "Is this wise?" "If we ever lose the thing we call freedom," he declared, "It will be when dependence is made so attractive thai few can re sist It. , . . Let the -government slot, lining the strong. . . . Unless someone starts holding the line we'll all be eating out of the hand of the government." The Association president warn ed cattlemen to watch closely "the acquisition of lands by the government." "I'nder more government con trol," he warned, "there will be less grazing for Individuals." Britons Soon Able To Buy 4c Mort Meat Each Week LONDON, May 17. t.P) An announcement that Britons soon will be able to buy about (our cents worth more fresh meat each week under their tiny ra tions brought cheers In the House of Commons Monday. Food Minister Straehey said the total ration would not he in creasml hut, beginning May 22, fresh meat would be substituted for the two pence (about (our cents! worth o( corned meat now Issued as a part of the ration. Hritnna are limited to one shilling and one penny (about lit cents) worth of meat a week, about enough for one full meal. Mrarney said stocks of fresh meat had Increased sufficiently for the government to permit the substitution. Dear Members of "The Mending Basket Club" at Elgarose School: The letter from you, written by your president, Charlotte Sand, gave me much pleasure; I was leaving Just then for California and had time only to tell you I received It and would reply later; I thought of you as the plane flew past! The 4 H young people do such fine work! Without a douht your demonstration for the P. T.A. on the 11th was a great success. Thank you lor the in vitation; maybe some day I can visit your club. Sometimes It seems It would be nice to move our house, and the big green maple umbrella over It, and the 21 acres of woods around It, all, farther south. This summer I shall spend more time In Hoseburg than convenient so far; then perhaps I can meet all of you. (Don't you have a little snapshot you could send me? The copy of the Elgarose Val ley Times was of Interest; it reminded me of the years when our boys used to bring such things home from school; I miss them! The editorial on "Con servation" was well done; so wasi the feature story; and I noted that a "Mending Basket Club" girl will be featured "next time": Marlene Bartholomy. How nice It is that you can learn to sew as you are doing! I had no club to make fun of sewing; so for years I firmly believed I just "hated sewing." If the stitches were not well done the work was ripped and done over and did I 'hate' that! But It was much better for me than to have been allowed to do slip shod work. To be able to make your own dresses and other things will be just like having "money In the bank"; a talent that will serve you well whenever you have need of It.. It will make a world of difference In your lives If you are 'handy with a needle.' The mother who insists that her daughter be able (whether she has to do it or not) to "sew" Is giving her daughter a treasure! Thank you again for the letter and paper; I enjoy your publicity In the News-Review; this column was complimented by your choice of the name! Yours very sincerely, Viahnett Martin. Flood Sweeps Ft. Worth Area; Death Follows FORT WORTH, Tex., May 18. UP) Three persons were drown ed, three more were missing, and Fort Worth was without drinking water Monday after rains measuring above 12 inches deluged this area. The rampaging Trinity River knocked out levees in four major breaks. Damage from the waters of Trinity's clear fork could not be estimated. Shortly before noon the river water was over Van Zandt viaduct's west end, and Paddock viaduct was closed to traffic. Hundreds of families fled their homes before dawn Tuesday aft er the first of four major levee breaks sent loudspeaker-equipped police cars through Crestwood and Linwood Additions. Evacua tions had begun before midnight in White settlement, Liberator village and several other tribu tary bottom sections. Rescues were -made by boat, rope, a fire department hook-and-ladder truck and swimmers. Homes, ranging from shanties to a six-room house, swept down the river Tuesday morning to smash into Van Zandt viaduct on W. 7th, swirl under the par tially flooded structure and emerge on the north side re duced to kindling. The concrete bridge shook with the Impacts. The flood raged 10 feet deep at the west end. The Montgom ery Ward building was reported flooded past the first floor. Control Of All Germany At Stake In Biggest Battle Of Cold War By DEVVITT MACKENZIE AP Foreign Affairs Analyst Under cover of the "peace" brought about by the lifting of the Berlin blockades, the western allies and Russia arc preparing in tensively for resumption of the Biggest Battle of the cold war the struggle for control of Germany. The conflict will be joined again next Monday in Pails with re sumption o( the Mlg Four foreign ministers' council, (icrmnn lend ers, anxious to see the Helen re stored to its former prestige as a great power, are weighing the odds In the political gamble they must take in pledging their cooperation. The Western Democracies are standing pat on carrying out their program for creating a federal republic comprising their three zones of occupation. It is their hope that Eastern Germany, now under Soviet control, will Join this federal government West Prussia. This rich area was given Warsaw In exchange for the fi9,8G0 square miles of Eastern Poland which was ceded to Russia. In any event the Germans can't play "neutral" successfully be tween the East and the West. They must pick and stick. The Indications in Washington are that U. S. Secretary of Slate Acheson and his assistants will want actions rather than words as proof that Russia has under gone any change of heart along with the lifting of the blockade. As a matter of fact William P. Their aim is to create a strong of ltVal Ku.; as a banr ! lt.'UKT" against war. Russia on the other hand Is against a federal government. She wants a unified country un der a eentrali7ed government. She Service Institute In the State De partment, says the truce hasn't li fted Moscow's aggressive "threat." Maddox declares the threat will "Mac" used before a proper name means son." repudiated aggression of all kinds in per policies and actions and is ready for genuine- cooperation with all the United Nations. LETTERS tc the Editor also calls for the withdrawal of 1 bp ""ed only when the Soviet has allied troops of occupation. Russian Scheme Evident A Communist Germany In the heart of Europe, adjoining the Russian bloc on the East, would Increase Moscow's strength im mensely. That would to all In tents put the Soviet right up against Germany's Eastern bor der. On the other side would lie the nations belonging to the At lantic Pact. Taken at face value the Rus sian attitude, regarding a unified Germany nnd a withdrawal of forces of occupation, undoubtedly has attraction for some Germans. However, the Gorman leaders as a whole are said to recognize fully the threat of communication which they definitely don't want. Germans Can't Be Neutral Moreover, thev are not 'Foolish Idea" looking that, on the Insistence of Moscow, Poland was permitted to annex ,')S.!Sti square miles com prislnp the former Gorman prov inces of Silesia. Pomeranla and ROSKBl'RG-Daylight Saving! I never heard a more foolish Idea. If I'd state I was going to change Mt. Nebo, you natur ally would think I should be sent to Salem. Can you change the time any more than you could change the mountains, over-1 tne streams of a country, or con trol the rain? Will vou give It a sensible thought? CHARLES E. THOMAS 4i0 S. Stephens St. Roseburg, Ore. Striking British Coal Miners Go Back To Pits MANCHESTER, Eng., May 17. (iV) Fifty-two thousand strik ing Lancashire miners went back to work Monday, ending a two-week-old walkout that cost Bri tain 50,000 tons of vitally needed coal each day. The wildcat strike, which at tracted Communist cheers, began May 7 over the miners' demand for free or cheap coal for their own use, such as is provided by some other of Britain's national ized fields. Sixty-five Lancashire collieries were Idled. Local officials of the national union of mine workers Saturday advised the men to re turn to work pending negotia tions expected to begin soon. In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) Three Foreign Consulates In Barcelona Bombed MADRID, May 17. VP) Barcelona police were ordered to round up all suspected Reds after bombs damaged three Latin American Consulates Sunday. No one was hurt by the blasts at the Bolivian. Brazilian and Peruvian Consulates. The largest liomh apparently was thrown at the Peruvian Consulate, where a plate glass window was shatter ed. The explosions occurred within a 10-minute period. Police theorized the three Con sulates were chosen because of the activities of those nations in sponsoring a resolution In the United Nations Assembly calling for a return of foreign ambassa dors to Madrid. news outlets of Eastern Germany report a 60 percent turnout of voters yesterday (Sunday) in the first day of the two-day ballot ing .. . by tonight (Monday) the Communists predict there will be a virtually solid 'Ja' (German for 'yes') for their list of people." ... WONDERFUL, Isn't it? A remarkable tribute to the Communist way of life. A crush ing defeat to all reactionaries. Offhand, without going Into dry details, one would say that In all three countries Sunday's elections constituted a MANDATE. The mandate is obviously the continuance of Communism. ... SO much for the chip. But let's turn it over to see it there might be a bug under it. There IS. This is the bug: In Hungary, in Bulgaria and In Eastern Germany, there was only ONE TICKET OF CANDIDATES. You could vote for that ticket. Or you could leave li blank. Or you could mess it up so that it wouldn't count. That's the way the Communists run elections. BUT, you say, the voter DOES have some sort of choice. By" leaving his ballot blank, or by messing it up, he can indicate his displeasure with the system. If ENOUGH people left their ballots blank, or messed them up, wouldn't it be an evidence of displeasure with the existing regime? Wouldn't the manipulators of I the regime be influenced by such action ? i WELL, it's this way: I When you vote in such coun- j tries, you don't know how many : members of the secret police may be looking down your neck when 1 you mark your ballot. You don't know what will be done to you if you MARK IT THE WRONG WAY. You aren't exactly sure what might happen to you (and your family) if you merely stayed away from the polls. Under such circumstances, you're inclined to figure that maybe you'd better go along with the crowd and do what you're EXPECTED to do. . IN Communist - run countries TOO MUCH POWER IS HELD IN TOO FEW HANDS. When too much power is held in too few hands, the liberties of the people fly out o.' the window. Listen: If the time ever comes In our own country when too much power Is held in too few hands too long the liberties of the peo ple will fly out of the window and it will become unsafe to vote the wrong way. I don't think that time ever will come. But If it ever does, LOOK OUT! Getting too much power Into too few hands and leaving it there too long is the historic way to kill the liberties of the people. Three Burned When Wax Explodes, Catches Fire TILLAMOOK, Ore., Mav 18. CP) The wife of a former dis trict attorney, her mother and a man who tried to aid them are in a hospital here for treat ment of burns caused by explod ing wax that caught fire. Mrs. Warren McMinnlmee. the wife of the ex-county prosecutor, was burned about the face and arms when she slipped and fell into the flaming wax while rush ing to aid her mother, Mrs. Brown. The older woman had mistakenly turned on a kitchen stove unit under the can of wax. Floyd Funker also fell to the floor and was burned getting the two women out of the kitch en. Phone 100 If you do not receive your Newa-Review by 6:15 P. M. call Mr. Waters before 7:00 P. M. 8AFEWAY TO BUILD OREGON CITY Ore., May 18. (JP Safeway Stores plan their largest store in the Oregon-Southwest Washington District. Con struction of a 75 to 145-foot build ing is planned for main street next month. BALANCED 1 TO GET CHfCH Off TO A QUC-T 5 T4 Jt T Centennial HIAITH-IUIIDIR STARTER MASH I Distributed By Phone 100 0uflF"dS"d Short and Burke Sta. Phone 1294-R GLASS For All Purposes Plate, Crystal, Window, Mirrors SEE THE Coen Supply Company For An Estimate Everything For The Builder Phone 121 Floed & Mill Sts. PORTABLE WELDING Arc and acetylene is at your command anytime, any place. Years of experience in heavy-duty welding. HARRY F. DRULINER PHONE 1198-RX We Have a New Phone Number! 1524-J IDEAL CONCRETE "Concrete for Every Need" Youth Rescued After Wandering In Desert AJO, Ariz., May 18 UP) Tired and thirsty, but otherwise un harmed, 9-year-old Albert Merle Jr., of A jo, was found Tuesday after being lost on the desert since Sunday. A mounted posse from Gila Bend reached the boy shortly after daybreak. He was about 12 miles south of the prospecting camp from which he had wan dered Sunday while his parents went to get their car. The boy said he had broken open a barrel cactus for water and had eaten solidified sap of mesqulte trees. He told of hiding from ferocious javelinas (wild hogs). Auto Painting i -Well make your old car (shine like new with one of " ' our deluxe paint jobs. I 1st Special Budget Vote I HANSEN I TRINEVILLE. Ore.. Mav IS. I ---' (.T Crook County may hold Its first special budget vote in history next month. The county court has proposed a budget $11,574 in excess of the fi percent limitation. The total is M47.247.08 If the budget Is approved at a final hearing June 10, a ballot ing date for later In the month will be set by the County Court. In addition the budget board is recommending a vote on a special levy of S15.(XX for each of three vonr to rai.w S-l.Vnnn for a hospital here. bjjbj ajajaj ajajaj ajajj BJJBJ Motor Co. Phone 446 I loak 4 Stephens FROM THE NEWS OF 50 YEARS AGO 11 , flu. "3,. iPni..-- fn. '- '' . -p. ; Roseburg Review August 10, 1898 Any old timers recall that particular 1898 Incident? When a burglar atrikes It COULD be your home and your lots might exceed the $6.50 and gold stud the '98'er mad away with. It's a good reminder to keep doori and windows locked not to leave valuables lying around, isn't it? Furthermore you should, by all meant, have your valuables intured. Not Just jewelry, either. How about your rifle, fishing rodt, valuable bedtpreads, phonograph reeords . . . anything that would be exceedingly hard to replace? A small premium can insure your precious or hard-to-replace Items. Why not ask us about tuch a policy? It Pays to Insure in Sure Insurance! Phont 1177-R TIPTON- PERMIN INSURANCE Bill Tipton 214 W. Cass (Next door to Post Office) Carl Permin J