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3 4 Tht Newi-keview, Roseburg, O.-e. Wed., June 29, 1949 Published Dilly Except Sunday by the News-Review Company, Inc. - Entered i aarond iUii matter Mar , the pe.t clllet t Boaaburf, Oregon, under net tf March 3, laia CHARLES V. STANTON rrw EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor tSS? Manager Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations Bepreientrd by WEST-IIOL1.IDAY CO., INC., olfieea In New York, C'blcaie. Sao Pranclaco. Loa Annelea. Seattle, Portland. HI. Loula. SUBSCRIPTION BATES In Oreaon Br Mall rer Tear IH.MI, ail monthe I4.5S, thraa montha $2.S0. By City Carrier Per year $10.00 tin advance), leaa man one year, per month fl.oo. Oulilda Oregon By au rer year a.. OUR FLYING FARMERS j 1 By CHARLES V. STANTON Thirty members of the Oregon Flying Farmers Associa , tion visited Pendleton recently. The farmers, owning and flying their own planes, were doing little out of the ordinary i in making a mass flight to Pendleton, where their real ob jective was an inspection of frozen food plants and can i neries. After making their inspection, they took off in their i i planes and flew to their respective homes. i The Pendleton East Oregonian, commenting on the trip, , . said: i The alrmlnded farmers of Oregon would have startled j . people much more had they made their trip over some ' , j country other than the land of the Stars and 8trlpes. We j ' doubt If any farm group ever made such a trip In any other country. The European peasants have no private planes and f few of them have automobiles. If tht Oregon group had ; descended on a Sunday morning In some other land and : I had told people who they were, their story would have ; f .seemed Incredible. Just as amazing was the sight of hun- t I ' dreds of motor cars near an American factory. They be- ; i ' : . ; longed to workers at the plant but a foreigner who saw 1 I them refused to believe It. In his country only a few of the If rich had cars of their own and he was sure the average I ' American had no motor car he could use going to and from ' t ' i his dally job. i i We accept as commonplace the fact that farmers lead the ; list of private plane owners and that virtually every work- : I man has some sort of automobile for transportation. To t the comparison could be added the number of bathtubs, ,' ' radios, washing machines and telephones to be found in the great majority of American homes. How many European f farmers and laborers do you suppose have such things? When the American way of life has brought about such art advanced standard of living, compared with the rest of the world, why should we changes? It is hard for us to understand how the Oregon State ; Grange, composed of farmers who can afford private planes, automobiles, farm machinery, etc., could in their conven tion show indulgence of Socialistic trends. ;It is particularly hard to understand how the Grange could endorse a "purge" of legislators who proposed a needed tonic for the Grange's sacred ' endum. But Socialism and always go hand-in-hand. '. ) ".CJetilng back to our subject, . i continues! ' ; ' "..'The fact Is that the United States has more motor cars and more Improved highways than all other countries combined. There must be a good reason for that because our people are mainly of European stock and our country is not richer In natural resources than many other lands. We have a free country and methods of operating that allow the people to get the benefits from what we have. The door Is open for advancement; hence our advanced way I of life. At timet we have tetbackt and move slowly, but 2 ,' usually the pace it fast much faster than Is commonly ! ' realized. ' Had 30 Oregon farmers visited Russia by air or even , ) Europe or Germany, they would have oreated a real tenia- ' ; tion. They would have had to explain themselves and It I would have taken a lot of talk to get people to believe what j - they said. No form of government , political science to be static. that has set the average farmer and worker on a higher level than in any other country giving everyone a greater in any other land, why should we even consider changing our pattern to provide similarity with those countries so lagging in general welfare June Bridegroom Offered Guidance On Details Of Matrimonial Plunge NEW YORK "Dear sir, m- "I am 25 years old. I will become a June bridegroom the last day of the month. As this Is my Hist marriage, I am anxious to make a good impression. Is there anything I ought to know? Should I look for a Job now or later? Yoiir anxiety Is quite natural, Bashful. But you must calm your self, my boy. After all you soon will be worrying for two, and that takes strength. You show a lot of character In your desire to make a Rood Im pression at your first wedding. So many boys these days go Into marriage thoughtlessly they lust take it as another light hearted adventure. Sometimes I wonder what the world is coming to.'or has it? . Yes, there are many things you ought to know, A wedding is in deed a serious matter, hut if It Is nrennred for Drooerlv there Is no reason why it can't bo fun for everybody. Naturally, my boy, there are a few business details to be straightened out. And It is better that they oe arranged in advance so that there will be no hard feel-ing-s afterward. The first thing, of course, Is the dowry. You simply mustn't let any affection for your bride in fluence you in this important matter. More and more parents are finding themselves with daughters on their hands these ' days, and a good man is getting harder to find. So drive a fair but sharp bargain. Many fathers-in-law still dis like making cash settlements, and it is perhaps wise to respect this old-fashioned prejudice. However, if your bride's dad in any man at all he probably will be only too glad to present you and his daughter with a newly-furnished be hearing so much demand for cow, the Initiative and Refer- intolerance are bedfellows and however, the East Oregonian is perfect. We would not want But when we have a system in the world, at the same time measure of freedom than known of populations? By HAL BOYLE - To the poor man's philospher: (Signed) Bashful." apartment, rent-paid for three years. It he isn't able to buy vou a new car, too, be big about it take his old car. Single Ring Will Suffice Now there Is the matter of the wedding Itself. Too much stress has been laid on the Importance of the ring. After all it is only a symbol. Buy a simple ring. Just be sure the gold won't wear o(f It until at least three days after the ceremony. What to wear? Mv bov, thev probably wouldn't notice what yon were wearing If you showed up in bathing trunks. Don't do it. however even as a gag. Better arrive In a neat blue serge, fresh ly pressed If possible. And it is still in good taste no matter How hot the day to wear a neck tie, preferably one with no hula girls painted on It. Authorities differ as to whether you should Invite your old girl friends to the ceremony. Kor mv p.'irt I believe you should. The sight of, say, half a doen of vour ex-flames weeping In despair will give your bride a feeling of quiet victory. And, after all, she Is the one you want to make happy. Economy Suggestions ' But once she has said "I do" you must begin at once teaching her how two can live as cheaply as two. Give her a little lesson In thrift. When the guests shower you with old aluro, pick up a pair and murmur, "Hmmm, my tire." Parleys May What price Oregon? What price in labor, In suffering, In lives, in partings with loved ones! Or what was even worse, seeing them tortured by the Indians. We drove up the Mt. Hood Loop, around by Government Camp, to Hood River, The Dalles, and home by way of Bend and the McKenzle Pass. The pioneer days are so much In one's thought as one rolls smoothly along, protected from the fog, the biting cold, the wind and the sun. One complains because a quarter of a mile Is under con struction and very rough; then one feels ashamed! Remember ing . . . About 28 miles south of the Columbia on Highway 23 one crosses Tygh Ridge (elev. 2b97) and begins the descent into the Tygh Valley. One come to a turn outa viewpoint. A head the nar row walls of the steep-sided can yon veer sharply to the left, and across the canyon, high above the present road but parallel, are three "gashes." Old roads! There the Indians, the first settlers with plodding ox teams, the stage coach from The Dalles to Prinevllle, even the first model Editorial Commenf From The Oregon Press TELEPHONE INCREASE The Dalles Chronicle Oregon telephone users proba bly won't be too happy when they get their next bills. Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company was awarded an extensive rate increase by (lie state public utili ties commission. The company's application for an Increase required many months of hearings and consider ation by the company. Difficult indeed is the determination of equitable rates, for operating statements and balance sheets of a firm as large as Pacific T. & T. are Involved to say the least. Regardless of whether the in crease is Justified it has been apparent that the company must charge higher rates if the rate of return to Investors is to con tinue. Telephone users might be In terested to know that 74 per cent of the rate increase will go to the Judge Refuses To Hold Prisoner For 'Convenience' YREKA. Calif.. June 29 (.T Leonard W. Evans, 57. Pilot Rock, Ore., was free of Jail today be- And scrape up a few handfuls of l ice from the pavement and stuff them in your pockets. If she's really vour little canary, she'll cook the lice and keep right on chirping. There is one last tiling, my bov that matter of a job. Just be fore you drive off In your father-in-law's car. It might be wise to suggest that he start looking at once for employment for you. It Is a sad time for fathers when they lose their daughters, and this task will reassure the old man there is still something for him to do In the world while you're enjoying your honeymoon, as a June hritiegroom should. And take your bride along, too. my bos-. She'll be grateful for ever for this little touch of thought fulness. Come and Parleys us'!' ' - By Viahnett S. Martin T's, made their way. The steep side of the canyon is gullied fre quently by erosion. How did the early travelers do what they did? I remind myself that they knew nothing of automobiles and planes; I can remember, as child, being well content with our rubber-tired buggy! (But not after our first car.) We saw at The Dalles Histori cal Museum, among the other early day vehicles, No. 2 of the stagecoach that made the trip to Prinevllle, carrying mall and N. P. express. The passengers sat In two seats facing each other. They mounted by an iron step three feet off the ground, and they sat five feet from the ground. The driver was aloft six feet with the big trunk under his seat, and a foot brake to the right. Bright yellow wheels, black-striped, with heavy Iron rims; their jolting was cushioned (?) by ten leather strap-springs layered together the full length under the coach. The sides were open; closed, perhaps, in bad weather by can vas curtains. The driver and the passenger riding with him had no protection at all from the bit ing wind, the bitter cold, the dust the sun or the wind. federal government. Commissioner George Flagg noted that of $3,563,892 addi tional revenue to the utility, fed eral taxes will take $1,354,278. Here is a glaring example of indirect taxation that too often fools the public. Corporation in come taxes are a large source of revenue to the government, and are comparatively easy to col lect and verify, but are hidden taxes. A buyer of a new automobile today pays not less than about $75 In corporate Income tax. Ev ery article manufactured bv a corporation includes in its selling price federal tax, but few con sumers realize the burden they are carrying. It Is time we realized that cor porations are tax collectors, not taxpayers. If we know everv dol lar we pay in taxes, the politi cians will be less likely to refuse to economize, for public pressure can easily change their habits. cause a Judge ruled a prisoner could not be held for the con venience of a district attorney. Evans, who had been held since June 8 on charges of murder, conspiracy and burglary, was re leased on a writ of habaes corpus. Three other persons are held In the case, resulting from the $1.1.1X10 burglary of El Rancho Tule at Tulelake, Calif., March 4, 194t. when Night Watchman Charles Twlgg was beaten to death. Evans' attorney, J. Everett Burr, argued in "superior court yesterday that no evidence of a public offense was produced at Evans' preliminary bearing he fore Justice George Long at Tule lake. Ellis Filene, deputy district at torney, asked Judge James M. Allen to delay acting on the hab eas corpus. He said District At torney Ered Burton was attend ing a convention. The Judge then commented that May Go, but- In the. Day's News (Continued From Page One) General Forrest is supposed to have stated this principle in these earthy words: "Victory goes to the side that gets thar fustest with the mostest." When the atom bomb Is pos sessed by OTHERS, the purpose of any enemy we may have in the future will be to hit us so hard with so many bombs that we won't be ABLE TO RETALIATE. f IT'S nice to pose, as Senator Flanders wants us to, as pure and lovely characters and we ap preciate his altruistic sentiments, but we'd better analyze his pro posal realistically before adopting it. What we're going to want above anything else in any war of the future is to STAY ALIVE. A lot of us won't be alive if we insist on giving our enemy the first crack at us before we hit back. nHOPE you'll pardon this long dissertation on atom bombs at this time when war is the last thing any of us wants to think about. The good senator's pro posal Is so characteristic of so MUCH present-day thinking that I just can't help taking a swat at It.) AMONG the beautiful political thoughts that have been ex pressed recently is that we ought to have federal aid for education and that the BULK of the aid ought to go to the states that are least able (or willing) to provide it forsthemselves. Former President Hoover, who has always been a realistic thinker, offers this thought in Washington: "Help ONLY the REALLY BACKWARD states," he says In a letter to Representative McCon ncll of Pennsylvania, senior Re publican member of the House Education and Labor Committee. Don't give any federal help to the states that DONT need it, he adds. In that way we could get off for a lot less federal money and could do just as much real good. THERE'S an odd quirk In human nature. If somebody is per fectly willing to pay your bills for you and no questions asked, you're apt to LET HIM DO IT. After somebody else has paid your bills for a long time, your filler softens to the point where you are no longer able to pay them yourself. You come to look upon having your bills paid by somebody else as an ESTAB LISHED RIGHT. It works the same way with STATES. the prisoner could not be held. waiting the convenience of the district attorney. Karr promised to keep Evans 'around, in case new evidence appears. "I hope the authorities will re double efforts to reallv solve this crime, now that they have black ened Mr. Evans' character," Ban said. Police said they were seekine three others besides those prev iously arrested, l hey also are Irvine to extradite Policeman Clifford E. Milhorn from Klam ath Falls, Ore. Rehabilitation Program For Veterans Stressed By Moser At Fireplace s Dedication of the outdoor fire place and barbecue pit in the picnic grove at the Roseburg veterans Hospital Sunday, was marked by the presence of American Legion dignitaries from Portland. Carl Moser, past Department adjutant of the Le gion and former executive officer at the local Hospital, acted as program chairman, while the dedicatory address was delivered by B. E. (Kelly) Owen, Depart ment commander. Moser's remarks emphasized the American Legion'a program to rehabilitate the veteran Legionnaire or not both socially and economically, as well as physically. Construction of the fireplace, he pointed out, will be of lasting benefit to patients tal. 1 He recalled that It was three years ago that a handful of Rose-1 burg Legionnaires met to con- sider what they could do for the hospital's patients. Idea of the outdoor fireplace was then con- ceived. Moser gave full credit to Vic J. Micelli, local Legion- j naire, for pushing the project to completion. The dedication program wasi opened with the invocation be- ine given the Rev. Albert S. Fel- ler, hospital chaplain, and sing ing of "America" by the audience to accompaniment by the hospital patients' orchestra. Dedication speech was given by Owen, the presentation by Micel- and the acceptance speech by jonn MasKins, nospitai man- Fire Equipment Co. All types of Fire Extinguishers and Refills. GLENN H. TAYLOR 220 N. Main St. Phone 1433-R r i n i Clip This Ad WANTED Men 17 to 55 to learn REFRIGERATION Learn By Doing i i Come for interview with W, I Ur C. T. I. representative at II mpqua Hotel, regarding I slurring gaies, nousing ana part-time jobs. Interviews on Friday, 1 0 a. m. to 7 p. m. ONLY. . G. I. APPROVED I pr S . I J ,L II IN THE LAND OF THE FREE (Reading time 30 seconds) Once each year comes the day when we Americans com memorate the birth of a nation which endows its citizens with more FKEEDOM than is permitted in any other country. Here, in America, with freedom of speech, freedom of religion, free dom of the press, we are also privileged to live under our AMER ICAN SYSTEM of FREE ENTERPRISE . . . that system which comes nearer to attaining freedom from want than the system of any other land on earth. Under freedom of opportunity, the people, themselves, own all the productive facilities of the nation. Under FREEDOM of ENTERPRISE, call it DEMOCRACY or CAPITALISM, if you like, with less than 7 of the world's population, we make about one-third of the world's goods, mostly for our own use. We use about half the world's electricity, and drive about three-quarters of the world's automobiles. We eat more meat, buy more clothes, enjoy more amusements, own more insurance and save more money. We live in homes unrivaled for comfort and enjoy the highest standard of living the world has ever known. ' Yes, in AMERICA dedicated to the FLAG OF FREEDOM let us hail this priceless legacy, handed down to us by our Forefathers, and keep this flag flying over a land of progress and prosperity. UTILITYWSERVICE Californi a-Paoifio Myrtle Creek, Oregon Dedication ager. f ollowing tne program, the Patients' All-Stars played the American Legion in a baseball game, winning 8 to 1. Owen pitched the first ball to Dr. Has kins. FROM THE 35 i i I I I I I 1 rsi Li.. h h lb. 7e f'oCl I TO.. . Vh. I Roseburg Review October 1, 1914 I I I I I I I I That was the price for meat 35 years ago but since then prices have increased on everything. Stop! Think! Just what would it cost to replace all of your furniture and household goods at today's prices? How long has it been since you have increased your fire insurance policy? Act today! Call us to discuss your insurance needs and then be certain that you have adequate insurance if disaster should strike your home. ' It Pays to Insure in Sure Insurance! 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