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4 The Newi-keview, Roseburg, Ore. Thur., Junt 30, 1949 Published Dally Except Sunday by the Newi-Review Company, Inc. EaUrW Mrend c!ih mttr My 1, l-0. tl lh pttt Hie mi Rot barf, Orefom, maitt met ( March 9, ISIS CHARLES V. STANTON T EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Manager Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publisher Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations fttrwat4 by WtRT-HOI.LIDAY CO., INC., ffire. In New V.rk, Chlcij. Baa Pranctica. Lf Angelei, Btittlt, Portland. St. LoU. CBSCSIPTION MATES In Ore ran Br Hail Ttr Tear ISM. lis iBOBlht 14. M, throo moalha II. M. By City Carriar na year, par noma i.o. uauia month II 7V iir month. It NO FIREWORKS! By CHARLES A public hearing on the County budget ain't what it used to be! We attended Tuesday's meeting and expected momentarily that someone would rise to his feet with a denunciation of "racketeers and grafters." But not one voice was raised in condemnation, , no department or agency was subject to at tack, no scalps were lifted. That's a lot different from The annual budget hearing ago produced some real oratory. We can't recall that much was ever accomplished, but a lot of words were spilled. Dignified taxpayers in fine voice and fettle vied most vigorously in their efforts to outdo one another, both in volume and redundancy. Circumlocution was out. If a man was to be called a "liar" he was called a "liar" not an "un principled purveyor of untruths." Four-bit words were tossed in, whether they fitted or not. The main effort seemed to be devoted to proving who could talk the most, the longest and the loudest. Despite the fact that budget hearings frequently lasted all day and long into the night, as eagle-eyed tax vigilantes scanned and questioned each ten-cent appropriation, the argumentation had some favorable results. Extreme care was taken to keep budgets pared to an absolute minimum, eliminating all frills and any possible item which might strike fire from the ever-ready tempers of critics. On the other hand, the fact that too frequently pennies were held before eyes to obscure vision has proven costly at times. Continuation of oratorical contests finally became too burdensome and the Taxpayers League began assigning studies to committtees. The senior orators objected strenu ously to delegating prerogatives of free speech, but the as signment system stuck and the budget hearings. Tuesday's session was tame but efficient. A few questions were asked, succinct explanations given; everyone cooper ated and the whole thing wound up in two hours. Kind of disappointing to one who can recall the days when fur flew, and the air reeked with the smoke from strong cigars, mixed with the pungent odors of shoe polish, bay rum, and bootleg liquor. , ,isr v v . .. - , , , ' i We can Imagine how some earlier day extravagance detec tives would have reacted to the County Court's proposal to hire aerial photographers to map timberlands for purpose of appraisal. The fact that the work can be done from the air at from 20 to 25 cents per acre as compared with 85 cents to $1.00 per acre on the ground would have had no effect in restraining remonstrances against the use of newfangled contraptions. Why, in the good old days, that argument would have been good for at least two hours and a half dozen smashed hats ! But the County Court Is quite serious in its Intention and its program was commended. It seems that we haven't had a thorough appraisal of tim ber lands for about 30 years. When the original appraisal was made, timber had little value. Consequently appraisers gave the edge to grazing rather than timber. But at current prices farm woodlots, which once were virtually worthless, are now worth much money and the Court feel3 considerable increase in valuation will result from a new survey. Aerial cruise reports made independently by the Roseburg Lumber Company and Harbor Plywood Corporation are to be made available to the court, it was announced, thus elimi nating necessity of mapping several thousand acres. The sur vey is expected to require several years to complete and will cost up to $250,000. The fact that Tuesday's budget hearing produced no old fashioned fireworks does not mean that County Finances were not carefully scrutinized. payers League had made thorough study of the budget and members came to the meeting But in contrast with the old days, when an antagonistic approach was a foregone conclusion, more recent meetings have shown a definite spirit of cooperation, both from finan cial watchdogs and budget committees. If our federal budget could be set up with one-half the care and economy pf our County budget, this nation would be a lot better off. Editorial Comment From The Oregon Press Why All Then Socialists Projeott Now? (Salem Capital Journal) With a national debt exceeding $250 billions there seems no ef fort on the part of the adminis tration to economize in any way. Instead there is a never ending stream of messages from the president for pro'-?ts Involving the expenditure of more billions. Karl Marx, the father of the Communist ideology, held that the way to kill capitalism was to tax . and tax until It was bled white and then to take over by armed revolution. Under Harry Hopkins' precept of "spend and spend, tax ana lax, ana vote ana voie, mm is what is being done, even If it is, not realized by those In power. Granted that our most critical problem is the probability of war, and essential defense, aiding Eu ro to recover, which requires billions, why should there be a must program of more billions for new pensions, price supports, edu cational and the "welfare state," Par yaar I10.M (In adTanca), leu than uracao ny man rr jwmw . V. STANTON custom in the good old days. only a comparatively few years fun began to disappear from The Douglas County Tax well informed. socialized medicine, minimum wage increase and a mushroom growth of bureaucracy? Why should not these peace time projects be deferred until we find out how we are to make out with Russia. Then there will be time enough to take up these projects one at a time as neces sary. Why demand them all at once to Increase taxes, assure deficit spending as well as In creased federal powers In the di rection of state socialism, that Is now prostrating Britain? Q,,,H w. . .... I I 1.1 h. . the present unlimited power to i ..v.tr txiiiiw, atlt.UlU l,r Mill Ull ! . tax which eventually means the paralyzing of private enterprise as Marx forecasted. During the earlv stone age about 50.000 years ago In Eur ope, prehistoric man developed stone tools, used the first hatrhet and made fire by chipping flint. Marseille, originally known as Masilla, was founded In 6O0 B.C. "Thunder eggs?" I repeated, looking at the queer, round stony things. "Aren't they odd looking!" We hid stopped in a little agate shop on highway 97 just north of Redmond at a place called Terre bonne. There were the most beautiful slices of .agate all around the shop. The proprietor's eyes twinkled behind his glasses; here was someone who wouldn't mind questions! "Yes, thunder eggs. I have near a ton of them out badk. Got them not far from here. But the big ranch where they are to be found has just changed hands. The new owner won't raise any cattle on that stretch of land but he has shut off the ranch to outsiders. "The Warm Spring Indians have a legend that the Spirits of Thunder tossed these thunder eggs out of the craters of Mt. Jef ferson and Mt. Hood. There are Opals In some." In chatting about this and that, we discovered the proprietor, Olen Vestal, and his wife Doro thy, know many Roseburg people. They also lived In Drain, Eugene and other places. We didn t like Congress By Harrif Congressman, 4th Hearings are now being con ducted by both the House and Senate Public Works Committees on the CVA (Columbia Valley Authority) bills. There are sev eral bills Introduced by different Representatives and Senators, but they are Identical. The hills were not written "on the Hill." as Con gress Is generally referred to here In Washington, but were written down town. Just who actually authors this type of leg islation Its not been slated but It is assumed that the writing was done bv some bright young men down In the Department of the Interior. Numerous witnesses from the Pacific Northwest States which are concerned with CVA legisla tion are here to present their testimony to the committees. I know that Governor McKay, Ore gon Senate President Wm. Walsh, and Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, Frank Van Dyke, are here. They will sneak In opposition to the hills. I saw Dr. Paul Raver, Bonneville Ad ministrator, In the House restau rant. He told me he was appear ing In favor of CVA. I believe there are other proponents of the legislation here but thus far I have not seen them. Speaking of visitors to Wash ington reminds me to say that the Capitol has enjoyed an unus ually large number of visitors from distant states during the past two weeks. I believe news papers have carried a story to the effect that the deluge of visit ors has become a hardship on the memiHMs of Congress. I'ernaps It SJnnw " h f P r . ... ' . concerned I was mighty glad to see the folks who stopped off here on their way to or from the various conventions. There were not many and It was very pleas ant to see them and have a visit. I want everyone In my Congres sional district who makes a trip to Washington, D. C, to be sure and look me up. I am not hard to find, and can always be located through my office, 1631 New Ambidextrous so much wind thereabouts, after driving south all day in a strong west breeze, but you should hear what the resident of Terrebonne (French for "good earth" of course) had to say about It. "Say, this Is' wonderful coun- try! I had asthma bad . . . could not get rid of it . . . finally came over here . . . and that was the end of my asthma!" Well, I have known many who have 'got rid' of asthma without leaving the place where they were. But we rejoiced with Mr, Vestal, anyhow, In his freedom, "Lived here 26 years,"-he said, "and worked In these agates for fifteen of them." He also deals In petrified wood. I remember Terrebone for an. other reason besides thunder eggs! On top of a huge load of hay was perched a nonchalant black dog. And just as the hay load pulled away from a filling station It tipped heaven, how it tipped! Must have been some thing funny in my expression for just then I saw the driver's gay grin! Young chap. But he didn't see the angle of that load of hay and I did! Sidelights Ellsworth District of Oregon House Office Building. One of the most controversial and hotly debated issues of this session of Congress is the Tru man Socialized Housing bill. I have discussed this bill at some length in previous letters; how ever I neglected to mention some thing that appears to be upper most In the President's mind even though it is unimportant to me and to most members of Con gress. I refer to the so-called "Real Estate Lobby." The Presi dent wrote a letter to Congress (to Speaker Ray burn) decrying the activities of that "awful" lob by. The cold truth about it Is that while there may be some lobby ists around who represent real estate dealers. 1 have never sepn one. Before starting to write 'lis letter I inquired of several mem bers In the cloak room as to whether or not they had seen any real estate lobbyists. None had. But there is another side of this subject. Organized real estate lobbying against the bill was not noticeable but the pressure group lobbying FOR the bill has been extremely heavy. Even the great Amerhvn Legion organiza tion has sent several communica tions to members urging the pas sage of the bill. The last of such communications received the morning debate on the bill began was a news release from Ameri can I-egion headquarters here, the first paragraph of which states: "The American Legign threw Its full weight behind the public housing bill today as the House of Representatives pre pared to debate the measure." This statement was especially In teresting first because the bill. If finally approved, will not particu larly benefit veterans neverthe less they will have the privilege of paying the cost over (he next 40 years: and secondly the mail 1 have received from people In all walks of life whom 1 know to he veterans proves to me that the membership of the American Le gion Is not by any means solidly in favor of the housing bill. A recent report of the Joint Committee on Reduction of Non- In the Day's News (Continued From Page One) WHERE. IN the campaign that preceded the election, the Liberals prom ised to work for peace and pros perityand Liberal Party, aims. One of the Liberal Party's alms is to EXTEND social security measures to Include a system of contributory health Insurance. Canada's present social security system includes a "baby bonus" that pays all parents about $j a month toward each child's support. The idea of guaranteed security, you see, is gaining rather than losing strength in Canada. 1 DISPATCH from Toronto Mon- H day carried this bit of explana tory background: "Under Canadian law, the Liberals could have held on until 1930 (in Canada, as in Britain, elections don't follow a rigid pat tern, being called, within certain limitations, at the discretion of the controlling, political party). Instead they exercised their pre rogative to call the election this year. They presumably considered It better to put their fate up to the voters now THAN AT A LATER TIME WHEN CANADA MAY BE LESS PROSPEROUS." Tuesday's dispatch, telling of the result of the voting, says: "The Conservatives . . . con- ducted a vigorous campaign, but Canadians apparently looked at their relative 'prosperity and then looked the other way." WE have a number of proverbs covering that trait In human nature (a proverb, you know, is often defined as a bit of realistic wisdom distilled out of long hu man experience). Here are some of them: Don't shoot Santa Claus. Don't change horses In a stream. Let well enough alone. The Canadians obviously follow ed all these rules In their voting. LETS try to draw a conclusion here: If the so-called free enterprise system is to survive, it must be come more concerned with ALL of the people and less exclusively concerned with that smaller and more select segment of the peo ple who possess the' qualities of thrift, good management, ambi tion and self-reliance that bring success In a free enterprise society. That seems to be the lesson of the present worldwide social trends. - IN closing, here's a sidelight on the Canadian voting: All 19 Communist Party candi dates In the Dominion lost deci sively. SO DID ALL THE 15 WOMEN RUNNING. Essential Federal Expenditures, headed by Senator Harry Bvrd of Virginia, states that the number of civilian employees In the executive branch of the Federal government in Anril increased at the rate of 350 PER DAY! This means that the annual oost of our Federal government increased during that month at the rate of more than a million dollars a dav. How can we avert financial dis aster In this country If such reck less spending continues? ; New York City Represents All That Comprises Ingredients Of Democracy By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK. (JPli Oh, I tell town! It must be fine or there wouldn't be so many people crowded here together to enjoy It . It's really a terrible place to to live in. For here the poor man has courage, and fights for his rights. He's as good as a millionaire any day, and he'll stay up all night to tell you why. Yes, rich or here, and sometimes It's pleasant to wonder whether you're 8,675, 341 or maybe 1,435,768. Who cares? There is one thing sure: You never can be M,r. Number One. Because nobody is big enough to be really important on this $24 Island. You have to belong to it it can never belong to you. This is a man's town, and it's cut for size. It has outgrown everybody who ever lived in It ana us sun growing. And the people who live In It are growing, too. The fat voiced tourists come here and look around and shake their heads ' and leave again, saying, "after all. New York City isn't America." But New York City is America, and there is no town more Amer ican. Because here people are really working toward the kind of Democracy the rest of the country reads about in high school civics books. There are only a few cities In the world that are really cities London lor courage, Pans lor loveliness, Calcutta lor misery, Shanghai for sin, Rome for heal ing and hurt, Athens for blue skies, Cairo for gold and intrigue, Naples for a merry heart and dirty face, Berlin, the tomb and vomt and anvil ot war, Moscow for mockery of human rights, and Washington, where' every man who has been elected twic can hope for a marble monu ment. And, of course, there are smal ler cities with a breadth of mind say Philadelphia, say Sr. Louis, sav Baltimore, say New Orleans, say San Francisco, the city with the singing name, or Boston, tne only place I know where nobody hollers against $2 bills. They are all old cities, each marked by an antique bigotry or prejudice of its own and stamped by. an In-, dividual careless freedom, too, as all old cities are. America's Long Dream Wrap them all together and you'll almost have New York but not quite. I For there is nothing as tre-! mendous as this tremendous vil-1 lage, America's long dream push ed into a few square miles of I struggle and grope, where peo-; pie move like moles underground 1 and hope in terms of towers. Never a day dawns here but my spirit feels taller on the way j to work from seeing the Empire State building shoulder the morn ing mist, comforting as a fairy Fires Fought In Southern Douglas Joe Gray, Glendale area fire warden, reports that he partici pated in fighting two fires last week: One on the mountain just above Glendale, to the north, and the other in cooperation with George Hamlin, Azalea fire war den, in Dismal Creek area out from Azalea. Both, fires were caused by lightning. The first fire broke out June 19, about a mile above the How ard Burke residence on the Reu ban Road, north of Glendale. It was not completely out until about noon on Monday. Monday evening, June 20, Gray was called to assist George Ham lin whose car had. broken down. The two men reached the sec ond fire about dark and worked all night and until about 6:30 the following morning when a call was put in for a crew with saw and wedges to cut down the Im mense snag which was the orig inal source of the fire. Gray returned, but the four man bucking crew and Hamlin worked until about 4:30 in the afternoon before the fire was completely smothered. It took them four hours to walk back down from the scene of the fire. The tree which had been struck and had to be cut down was fully five feet in diameter, according to Gray, and with two-thirds of its height felled by the lightning, still stretched 65 feet into the air. The snag was rotton in the heart and the fire was smouldering down through Its center. Larcenist Taken To Pen On Three-Year Sentence Deputy Sheriff Red Eckhart took Dallas Crumpacker to the Oregon State Penitentiary Wed nesday. Crumpacker was sen tenced Saturday to three years in the penitentiary on a charge of larceny from an office. He had previously pleaded guilty upon arraignment before Judge Carl E. Wimberly, but the judge had postponed sentence until the later date. Crumpacker allegedly took a money box from the Greyhound bus depot at Sutherlin. Two other men were released to California authorities Wednes day, reported Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Carter. Hugh C. Dean, wanted on a car theft charge, was released to Sgt. Thomas J. Miller of Al- hambra, Calif. Henrv Youders. wanted at Vlsalia. Calif., was re leased to Deputy Norman C Robb. Phone 100 If you do not receive your News. Review by 6:15 P.M. call Harold Mobley before 7 P.M. Phone 100 you New York Is a wonderful visit or die In, but a grand town poor, you're just another number tale in an hour of fear. And never an evening sun sinks down without my spirit wearying from the sight of some ugliness that dwells here, too, in men and buildings. Oh, but they're growing bet ter, the men and the buildings and the city they make up. Here If you have a prejudice you have to keep it silent. Because If you say it out loud, the other fellow will haul you into court, and the Judge will fine you and make you feel ashamed. Some day there won't be even a silent prejudice left here, and the sea winds will wash over a clean city, all the way from Staten Island to the Bronx. New York is opportunity. They put the Statue of Liberty in the right place, and more and more the old girl feels she belongs here. She still holds her lamp before the golden door, and the door is New York City, where all who enter find home and wel come and the equal chance that all men ask. WANTED: TO BUY LUMBER wanted to buy 8' lumber for remilling. Will accept unedged 2", edged 4", 6" and 8" squares or cants, No. 3 common and better. WESTERN STATES LUMBER CO. 8UTHERLIN, OREGON First Plant South of Sutherlin on Highway 99 Bank With A Douglas County Institution Home Owned Home Operated . Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank GALVANIZED PIPE All Sizes and Any Amounts Pipe Cutters Pipe Stock and Die Sets Pipe Vices Pipe Wrenches Pipe Fittings Soil Pipe and Fittings Plumbing Fixtures Hot Water Heaters BUY WHERE YOU SHARE !N THE SAVINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY . Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON Phone 98 Located W. Washington St. and S. P. R. R. Tracks DON'T LET EVERYBODY WITH YOU FORD ENGINE! Knowing where to look for trouble and now to correct it simply and economically is mighty important. Our service experts have had special fac tory training in engine mainte nance. You can depend on their knowledge and advice. Drive in today for a quick analysis. LOCKWOOD MOTORS Res and Oak Phone 80 r-1 ' yv' 1 v !1 , 1 ; (NKA TelepHotot NEEDS -HUMAN RADIATORS Dr. Robert K. Newell, Stanford University radiologist and author ity on radiation tolerance, dis closed in San Francisco that not even experts In radiation field can agree on how much radiation the human body can stand and still survive. Dr. NeweU has hinted thai he would be happy to accept volun teers for radiation tolerance testa ' To d.ite he has had only "a few" application. It takes 11 lambs to supply the "cat gut" for a single tenpls raquet. ' SPECIAL TESTING EQUIPMENT, HELPS TO DIAGNOSE TROUBLE