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4 Tho New-keview, Roseburg, Ore. Thur., Juno 9, 1949 Baclc-Seat Driver Editorial Comment From The Oregon Press Published Dally Except Sunday by the Newi-Review Company, Inc. EoUreS conJ elm mllr M.j 7, !!. ! Ihe foil Hle Boiebarf. Orefon, yoder ct ( March 3, 1873 CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor "akf" Manager Member of the Asioclated Press, Oregon Newipaper Publishers Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations Sagriientrd by WEHT-HOM.IDA CO., INC., ofllrn In Niw fork, Chlofo, 8,0 Vr.ocUoo, Loi AnielM. Se.tll., Firtlud, HI. Louii. IUBBCRIPTION RATES In Orefon Bt Mill rtr TMr IS.M. ! montln .0. Ihr monlhi IS-50. Br Cltj Cirrler Per jer SlO.ne (In lvne), Ian ;!" In. r p.r monlh II.M. Ouliidt Otein-Br Mll-Pt 19.00. ill months 14.75. firac monlhi 12.15. CIVIC BOOSTERS We had the pleasure Tuesday night of attending a meeting of the South Umpqua Rod and Gun Club at Canyonville. While we've held membership in the club for a good many years and have upon occasion our attendance, due to distance, has been very infrequent. The South Umpqua Rod and Gun Club has an interesting history. It adopted as one of its first tasks the construction of a community hall to serve the South Umpqua area. Men and women of the community donated money and labor, They secured use of a small sawmill and cut timbers and boards. Time and again work was stopped because funds were exhausted, but with undaunted persistency the work' ers picked up a dollar here and resume construction. When the Community Building finally was finished it was the pride of all the Southern part of the County. The annual venison barbecue sponsored by the Club each fall until a few years ago attracted huge crowds, including a majority of state officers. Attendance grew steadily, for any person who attended once never missed another barbecue if it was at all possible to be present. The event finally grew so big it over taxed the Club's capacity. The South Umpqua Rod and Gun Club has been more than a mere sportsmen's organization. It has dealt not only with conservation matters but has acted as a community club, chamber of commerce, civic organization and general spon sor for local activities. It is sponsor for the Canyonville Boy Scout troop. Its building is used for virtually all major community activities. Throughout the school year a section of the structure has been used as a classroom to accommodate an overflow from the inadequate schoolhouse. The auditorium also doubles as a school gymnasium. The Club now is arranging to build tennis and badminton courts, and other facilities for outdoor games and sports on a portion of the grounds in the rear of the building. It also has acquired river front property to be used for community recreation and picnic purposes. It spon sors trap and rifle shoots, archery contests and various other types of recreation. The South Umpqua Rod and Gun Club for many years set the pace for similar clubs of the County.' The depression and war years, however, resulted in a marked change in mem bership. Many of the old-timers moved away or were forced to devote their attention to other matters. But the small nucleus remaining kept the along the pre-established policies. It is interesting to note that while few of the original members remain, newcomers in the area have been absorbed into membership and ac tivity and are continuing unabated the njany community enterprises which have distinguished the South Umpqua organization since its Inception. Sportsmen's clubs are making very Important contribu tions to community welfare all over the country. Although formed primarily to promote better fishing and hunting, or to supply members needs for recreation, a great part of their time and effort is devoted to community activities. It is a very healthy sign that new clubs have been organ ized lately in Drain, Yoncalla, Sutherlin, Oakland and Riddle, while the Myrtle Creek Club is being reactivated. We can expect many community benefits to result. Another favorable aspect is that these clubs are coordi nated through the Umpqua Basin Conservation Council to which each organization sends two directors to make up a group serving to unite the clubs in purpose and endeavor, to discuss mutual problems, to render assistance to one another and to work out cooperation in statewide matters. Then, through affiliation with the Oregon Wildlife Federation and the parent body, the National Wildlife Federation, local clubs become units of a nationwide organization of conservation ists all working for common objectives. The achievements of the South Umpqua Club entitle it to enjoy community gratitude and appreciation. But regardless of whether the community as a whole ever expresses its thanks to the organization, the people of that area may rest assured there will be no diminution in the aggressive pro gram of community welfare and civic service that has char acterized the Club for so many years. The pattern is too well ingrained ever to be changed. Money Actions In Circuit Court File The following suits for money nave Been filed in Circuit Court: Doin;las Creditors Association vs. George Mulhouscr. Plaintiff asks judmcnt on assigned ac counts for $214.35 and $87.44. Kenneth L. Long vs. II. F. Pear son and .F. F. Pearson. Plaintiff asks Judgment for $2,250 as a balance alleged owing and due for delivery of logs and perform ing of logging and other miscel laneous work between Jan. 1, 1948, and March 1, 1949. A. A. St. Onge vs. It. A. New Lumber Co. Plaintiff asks judg ment for $1085.50 alleged due as expenses incurred while employ ed by the defendant, and $750 for an edger sold to the defendant by the Douglas County Lumber Company and the account assign ed over to the plaintiff. Lillian Compton, doing busi ness as Bonded Collection Serv ice, vs. James Laurance to collect $525 alleged owing and due of an original note for $550, executed Jan. 4. 1939. James M. McGInty vs. Cllmer Griggs Lumber Co. Plaintiff asks acted as a convention delegate a dollar there until they could Club strong and functioning Judgment for $354.53 as an al leged balance due the plaintiff on an assigned account lor lumber supplies. Kobert J. Prentice vs. William E. Love. Plaintiff asks jurigmrnt for $100 for a motorcycle al legedly sold the defendant. Fred K. Hall vs. Harry Holllngs worth and Opal Holl'lngswotih, doing business as Specialty Ma chine Works. Plaintiff asks Judg ment for $380 alleged due for labor performed. Administrators Of 2 Estates Appointed S. H. Bobbins has been ap pointed administrator of the es tate of his son. Juke Hobbins, who died April 1, 1949, at the age of 47 years. Named as appraisers ai-e Jacob G. Kohbins, Joe Burks and Eugene Smith. Upon petition of John W. Pur vis, he has been appointed ad minlslrator of the estate of Ed gar B. Kochelle Sr., who died at Gardiner Nov. 25, 1918, at the age ot 65 years. M. II. Catterllnr. L. B. Abbott and Lizzie Dolan have been named appraisers. The News-Review classified ads bring best results. Phone 100. RAMBLINGS BSjBEE I. B. (Bouse) Nloholl TtosT- master and slore owner at Hiock way, on the Coos Bay highway west of Winston, and lie has been both since 1H93. That's 56 years and must be approaching a record for post mastership. Bouse was born In Riddle In 1870, the son of I. B. Nichols Sr.. who emigrated to that place In the early fifties. Bouse married Ada V. Davlln and settled at BrocK- way. Two children. Harold and Cyril, live there and the three families have homes clustered to gether In a snug, generally unsus pected little spot not far from the store. Cvril now has active man-' Shorty, all of six feet, five or six, also Skinny, carrying his col lege books by a dangling strap, was last to get off the bus at the stop where all the other gay young students plied off. To be sure, they tossed 'kidding' re marks at Shorty that's how 1 knew his name but did they wait to help him off? or carry his books? They did not. They went off blithely, leaving Shorty to get off the bus the way he liked. Ills grin left his face as he rose with his crutches . . . but It didn't matter. No one around that mattered. I remember riding In to New York one time with a seat com panion who also was using crutches, and In uniform. I had learned the hard way, by making blunders, well-meaning Intentions (the paving-block kind, I guess) then an Army officer from the hospital coached me In ways of tact, ways more difficult but kinder! So when my companion, a cheerful young marine, got on his feet, and then picked up my not-heavy, and nothlg leather bag. I kept still. I followed him out of the car: accepted his help down the steps; let him pick up ' . if,-1 V i rr v rHy 1 ' '1 ' ' - ' It Lit ..' J!? -ijniiJl : " i - BY PAUL JENKINS i it i it r .1 ' t agement of rhe latter, although probably not a day passes when iiis father Is not there. Harold has charge of the extensive farm and livestock enterprises the families enjoy. "The way to get along with peo ple." Bouse confided to me, "Is to be friendly and show your Inter est in them and what they are doing." His theory is a good one, evidently; for his store (and there is no other establishment at Brock way but his store I is and al way has been one of the busiest and best patronized places I know. In fact it stands in a class all Its own. 1 ' : Ml ; Viahnett S. Martin the bag, and although we walked along slowly, we had a jolly time. (Then looks at me, walking empty-handed, except for a small purse!) Just before we reached the har rier where someone was waiting for me, the young lad said, "Gosh, it's been good to get out ot the hospital and be a regular guy for a while!" I used to help a group of girls give parties for disabled patients rom a veterans' hospital. I shared what I had learned; the girls put their hearts in to it. (One girl said she would slip into the dressing room and pray, "Lord help me to laugh!" then would go out again and dance with a lad who had one leg and a crutch.) I was reminded of this when reading "Some Pon'ts to Do," an intensely interesting guide for those of us who see. but aren't quite sure when to help and when not to help, the blind. And how to do it, when we do! It Is available upon request to the Braille Institute, 741 North Ver mont Ave., Los Angeles 27. Excavations have shown there were nine successive cities on the site of Troy In Asia Minor. In the Day's News (Continued From Page One) But soldiers are DEFENDING their country. Criminals are FIGHTING their country. The difference shows up when the time comes to die. . ANE more word before we leave J the subject: There Is no greater tragedy than crime. Each of us has ONE life to live. Each of us has a CHOICE as to how he' will live It. Those who choose a life of crime are to be pitied. (But not coddled.) 1 T Milledgevllle, Georgia, in the deep South, there is a ruckus at the huge State Hospital where 10,000 mental patients are housed. Thirteen of the 15 doctors in charge are fired and told to be off the grounds in 24 hours. It's too far away to be sure what happened, but the doctors are charged by the superintend ent with "acts of insubordination and disloyalty." In a statement issued in reply, they deplore the habit of state officials in making the Institution a political dumping ground." W HAT to do? You might as well cross" your fingers and shrug your shoulders. It is obviously a political ruckus and in politics such things hap pen. We seem to be headed for state medicine, and state medicine will be bossed by politics. Our children will be quite fa miliar with such rows. A DISPATCH from Portland re ports that barge traffic on the Columbia and the Willamette is up heavily In the first five months of this year as compared with the same period last year. National reports tell us the same thing is happening all over the country. Barge traffic on the Mississippi and the Ohio is grow ing by leaps and bounds. W HY? Well, barge traffic Is getting CHEAPER than rail traffic. The railroads' operating costs have been soaring and they have had to raise their rates to cover the higher costs. The long and the short of it is that the railroads are having to price themselves out of the trans portation market. That is a risk that business al ways has to face. u P In Canada, a Swedish del. gate to an International busi ness conference on what to do to keep prices up wants a "single world wide price for wood pulp, negotiated along the lines of the international wheat agreement." He says North American pro ducers sell their wood pulp so cheaply that Sweden can not com pete, and adds that a world-wide price fixing scheme would "help North American producers be cause It would raise their prices." What he proposes It more gov ernment In business this time on an INTERNATIONAL scale. If you are a close observer, you must have noted that WHEN EVER government gets Its fin gers Into business, prices go up. Only private competition keeps prices down. IT -SEEMS TO ME Charles A. Sprague ' in The Oregon Statesman. Salem Governor McKay's statement with respect to HB 436. the bill covering old age assistance ought to clear up a number of misunderstandings that have arisen over this measure. He pointed out that the law imposes no lien on property of those re ceiving assistance. While it does authorizie filing of a claim on estate of beneficiaries, the Pub lic weitare Commission is given broad latitude in this respect. It can waive its claim or dispose of It in any manner deemed equl- iaDie. ine law iixes sou a month as tne minimum amount of in come and resources for support of each eligible person, which Is the same figure as used in the Dunne bill. The latter made no provision of revenues; but in the companion appropriation meas ure the legislature has provided funds to make grants on this basis. The professional pensioneers try to point out deficiencies in the bill as an excuse for refer ring it; and such is their regi mented following that they may be able to Invoke a referendum. But that leaves in effect, not the Dunne bill which is clearlv un constitutional, but the old law; and this 1949 act records very definite gains for the welfare of those on old age assistance. Gov ernor McKay had this in mind when he signed the bill. He gave the subject thorough-study, and as he said In his statement: I am not unmindful of the fact that If I were to consider only political expediency and dis regard my public duty, as I see it, my oath and my conscience, I would disapprove rather than ap prove the act. But I am con vinced that the welfare of the state and of the aged citizens who are in need will be advanced if this bill becomes a law, and that I would be derelict In meet ing my obligations if I disap proved it. Therefore, after a con scientious consideration of all the circumstances In the Public Wel fare Commission program, I have approved it." McKay was under great pres sure to veto the bill, and the po litical implications of offending a substantial bloc of voters were obvious. That in the face of pres sures he signed the bill is proof ne nas tne courage oi ms con victions. No one respects a weak ling in office, particularly in the office, of governor. Even those who may disagree cannot help but admire a governor who tries conscientiously to do his duty. I was much amused at the re port that a group of old people told the governor they claimed the credit for defeating Charley Sprague. (Probably I should thank them.) The amusing thing is that I'm the guy who in 1939 signed the bill to abolish all liens on property of those on old age assistance, and In 1941 signed the bill abolishing the "prior claim" on estates of beneficiaries. Also in 1941 I urged the legislature to put no limit on the maximum grant (it had been $30 a month) for elderly people. Those steps seemed advisable at the time; as far as politics goes, they were blanks. Experience under the 1941 law and changed economic conditions make it advisable to restore the prior claim authority. If public offices are to go on the auction block as rewards to candidates offering the most bread and biggest circuses then eventually we'll ring down the curtain on democratic govern ment. . FIRST CUT THE COSTS (The Bend Bulletin) Ever since President Truman declared for a balanced budget the national administration has seemingly been ready to go to any lengths to achieve one ex cept adoption of the common sense method of reducing expen ditures. The general idea is to run up the costs and get more money. How to do this? The first and most obvious means, which the President proposed and which met with no more favor than did his nomination of Mon C. Wall gren. was to raise taxes a matter of $4,000,000,000. The realistic analysis by Senator Harry F. Byrd, to which we have earlier referred and which has since been presented to the Senate, has unquestionably been an impor tant factor in stiffening the op position. This analysis showed, first ot all, that the budget is not balanced and that it would not be balanced, even under the President's tax plan. It led to the Inevitable conclusion that the United States, under the present systemless system, is heading for startling aencit In 1951. one which could easily be Increased, and sharply, by the falling off in general income and purchas ing capacity with consequent re duction in tax yield. A more ingenious means than taxation has now been proposed by Wilbur D. Mills, majority leader of the House from Ark ansas, further Identified in the news as an "influential Demo cratic tax expert." The fact of his proposal, it Is to be assumed, is equivalent to admission that tax increase is a forlorn hope. The plan, boiled down, is not for getting more money but for get ting the money sooner. In more detail, Representative Mills would require corporations, estates, trusts and non-resident aliens to pay their entire taxes within six months after the close of the tax year, one-half the time now allowed. Put Into effect in the fiscal year of 1950 (the year ending June 30, 19501 the change from the present schedule would bring an estimated $5,000,000,000 more Into the Treasury between July 1, 1949 and December 31. 1949 than would otherwise be re ceived in that period. The second half of the year would, of course, be barren. Let us concede that the plan has its points. It would do. we are sure. Just what It is Intended to do get the monev sooner. It Is not out of line with accepted practice; It Is not that Is to sav, nearly so rigorous as the with holding method of personal In- come tax collection which ob tains Immediate payment of huge sums currently. The purpose, however, Is far different. That of the withhold ing tax was and is to guard against tax losses. In the first two years of its application, it Is true, it did get the money sooner but that result was incidental. In the Mills plan there is no sug gestion of preventing tax loss. It is solely to hurry up the pay ment. It is an acceptance of the fore cast of government deficits. It is also a means of evading the fun damental need which is for intro duction of efficiency and reduc tion ox waste and extravagance. Because of this, it is to be viewed with suspicion. Put into effect now, it would onlv prolong the administration's spending spree. In our opinion, it should be held in reserve as a final, emergency measure. Before the Mills plan is applied, that other one, which we have so often urged, should be adopted. Try thrift and intelli gent economy first. A CONGRESSMAN AND HIS SOAP BOX (The Oregon Journal) Congressman Harris Ellsworth is a good natured fellow generally- But when someone speaks in disparaging terms of his home town, Roseburg, Or., he comes out lighting. xou see, Dr. Paul Masnuson. veterans administration medical chief, was giving a senate appro priations subcommittee the stand ard VA treatment, all about the difficulty of staffing veterans fa- Liiiucs in smau owns wnere transportation facilities aren't so good and the bright lights are far away and so on. The trouble waj he was talking about Rose burg, near which the veterans ad ministration maintains a hospital for mentally ill GIs. And that, he it said, was more than Congress man Ellsworth could take. The idea! Criticizing his home town! Ellsworth went before the sen ate subcommittee in person and in a few well chosen words he can really choose 'em, being an ex-editor-publisher and all, he let it be known that Roseburg has no flies on It, 'none whatever fine people, beautiful surround ings, lots of rail and bus trans portation to Portland and wherev er, fine theaters, churches. schools, and country club a coun try club VA employes seem to eniov. Incidentally. When the Oregon congressman was through, an earth-shaking thing occurred. VA officials apolo gized, admitted a mistake, and that handsomely. Carl R. Gray Jr., veterans ad minstrator, hastily explained that Dr. Magnuson meant no reflec tion upon the reputation, pristine beauty and obvious advantages of Roseburg. And Dr. Magnuson did some fast back-tracking. Oregon is one of the greatest places in these United States, he hastily ex plained, and he could hardly wait to visit Roseburg in person next fall. Meanwhile he promised to keep his big mouth -shut about Roseburg unless to sing its prais es, that is. (Other federal offi cials, please copy). Congressman Ellsworth was satisfied. And how he was satis fied! All that favorable publicity for Oregon and for Roseburg, fairest of the fair. Now how about a few kind words concerning Portland, con gressman? Clean Those Clamsl The Oregonlan You who are going to spend your vacations at the seashore will do well to heed State Health Officer Erickson's seasonal warn ing against eating uncleaned mus sels and clams and by cleaning is meant the removal of every bit of the digestive tract or black part. For this is the time of year when the poisonous dinoflagge late organism, Gonyaulax eaten ella, comes in with the tides, and though it Is food for these shell fish it may be death for human beings. The deadly organism is the selfsame one which causes i waves to glow with phosphor-1 escence. Throughout the warm weather i months no clam or mussel is to I be trusted without scrupulous re-! moval of every particle of the di-! PROPERTY FOR SALC 207' frontage, 4'i acres, 4H miles South of Myrtle Creek on left aland side of road. 2 blocks from Riddle Junction. 3-bedroom unfinished house. Priced at $3750. GLASS GLASS All Kinds Be turt to get an estimate from COEN SUPPLY COMPANY Flotd A Mill Sts. Bonk With A Douglos County Institution Homt Owneo Home Ope ro ted Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank mi lJF. PL',-' - - (NSA frfepAoto) RECRUIT TO CADET Just a year ago, WUllam A. Mlotka (above), 30, of Alameda, Calif, Joined the 61st Fighter Wing of the California Air National Guard in Alameda as a recruit. Now acting supply sergeant In the 344th Air Service Group, the University of San Francisco sophomore Is pre paring to enter West Point. Moitke received his appointment through the Guard and passed his entrance examination highest in California, gestive tract and its contents. This is no idle warning, for doz ens of deaths occurred on the Pa cific Coast from tnis cause Deiore united action was taken by the health authorities of California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. So toxic do the shell fish become sometimes, it is said, that even a single mussel can cause death. Put no reliance whatsoever In the false assurance that shellfish completely submerged most of the time are relatively innocent. As a matter of fact, those that are exposed for long periods would be less toxic than those that are found in the full flow of the sea, since it is there that the poison ous organism swarms. Nof should you give ear to the dangerous counsel which suggests that cook ing will destroy the poison for cooking will not destroy it. Un less you want death at your din ner table you will follow the ad vice of the health officer In every particular. Conyaulax catenella is a little fellow, but it is safer to- pull a tiger's whiskers than to dine now on a clam that's not properly cleaned. Reconsideration Of Accident Claim Asked Carl V. McMichael has filed suit in Circuit Court against the State Industrial Accident Com mission, asking reconsideration of his accident claim. He asserts that he sustained injuries May 5, 1948, while he was employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company as a ground man. He asks that he be granted compen sation for permanent partial dis ability equal to 100 per cent loss of function of an arm. CASES DISMISSED Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimber ly has issued orders dismissing the following cases: Harmon L. Page vs. Patricia L. Page, upon stipulation for dismissal; Helen Cardwell Hammock vs. Albert G. Utne and Harvey Joe Utne, alias Joe H. Utne, based upon motion of the plaintiff; G. C. Long vs. Mlnth Long, Douglas Long and Dorothy Long, upon motion of the plaintiff based upon stipula tion of the parties; James Cal houn, Georgetta Calhoun and George McClaren, doing business as Canyonville Market vs. Vova llne Doll, upon motion of the plaintiff. Phone TOO If you do not raeelva your News-Rsview by 6:15 P.M. call Harold Mobley bsfert 7 P.M. Phone 100 GLASS Phons 121
