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2 Tht News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Tus., July 5, 1949 Scores Of Fires In State Started ' By Firecrackers (By the Aftoctited Preai) Firecrackers started scores of fires in Oregon yesterday, and several burned on today. At least one home was de stroyed. Several hundred acres of range land in Eastern Oregon were blackened. Scores of smal ler fires In Western Oregon did loser damage. The home destroyed was on route 2, Tlgard. Children of one of the two families living there shot firecrackers on the porch and were blamed for the blaze. S. R. Bennett, range manager of the Bureau of Land Manage " ment at Baker, said a fire crew fought one blaze near Pondosa 24 hours before getting It under control. A hundred acres of range were burned. Another 100 acre? burned near Telocaset, and 80 acres In Pyle Canyon, near La Grande. Eugene called In all its volun teers and off-duty firemen to cope with a dozen grass fires on the city's outskirts last night. None was serious. A two-acre blaze In the hills , northwest of Portland still was fought by a fire crew today. Aid wa sent from the Portland fire department. Numerous other blazes plagued Multnomah coun , ty fire crews. In the last eight hours of the Fourth of July celebration, the Portland Fire Department batled 31 grass fires, none serious. Earlier in the weekend, start ing early Sunday, fire blamed on a firecracker tossed into cedar shavings under a loading plat form at the Santlam feed store at Sweet Home, destroyed that structure. It had been built in 1895 replacing a structure which, by coincidence, also burned on July 3, two years before. At the same time the feed store was burning, a firecracker stand In the other end of town ex ploded. No one was Injured but fireworks valued at $500 were de stroyed and two large plateglass grocery store windows were boken. Riddle Celebration Marked By Fine Rodeo (Continued From Page One) ry, Eagle Point, first, time 24.5 seconds; Larry Perry, Eagle Point, second, 28 seconds; George Eddy, Eugene, third, 30 seconds; July 4, Darrell Rey, Roseburj, first, 25.5; Henry Howe, Med ford, second, 38.5 seconds; Ike Orr, Riddle, third, 43 seconds. Wild cow milking: July 3, Hen ry Howe, first, 38 seconds; Lar ry Perry, second, 39.5 seconds; John Perry, third, 45 seconds; July 4, Wilbur Denny, Grants Pass, first, 37.5 seconds; Larry Perry, second, 55.5 seconds. Winner of the kids calf scram ble was Dale Perry. The stake race was won both days by the Riddle Roping club, while the pony express race was won July 3 by the Mrytle Creek Saddle Pals and on July 4 by the Riddle Rop ing Club. Judges were Jack Fuller, and Ed Hunter; L. R. Rainwater, Rid dle, was the announcer. The cat lie was furnished by Walt Mask, and Blackle Smith furnished the horses. The Weather U. 8. Weather Bureau Office Roseburg, Oregon Overcast and cosier today. Clearing Wednesday. Highest temp, for any July. .. 109 Lowest temp for any July....- 40 Highest temp, yesterday....... 78 Lowest temp, last 24 hrs....... 51 Precipitation last 24 hrs 0 Precipitation since Sept. 1... .29.84 Deficiency since July 1 oz Deficiency since July 1 10 Forest, Lakes, Seashore Beckon July 4 Throngs (Continued from Page One) dren's Farm Home float, spon sored by the Fair Oaks Industrial club, and fifth place went to the entry sponsored by the Boy Scouts. A program of logging contests occupied the afternoon hours, while a talent show, modern and old-time dances and fireworks display were entertainment feat ures at night. If free of bacteria, milk will keep almost Indefinitely. No Contract, But Miners Again Toil PITTSBURGH, July 5. (JPi Almost all of the nation's 480,000 hard and soft coal miners re turned to the pits today without a contract at the end of their annual paid vacation. The work resumption started the first of an indefinite number of three-day work weeks express ly ordered by John L. Lewis for miners east of the Mississippi. The short work-week order scrapped the United Mine Work ers' long-standing "no contract, no work" policy. The new plan will remain In effect while negotiations between the union and the operators con tinue on a new contract to re place the pact that expired last Thursday. Lewis and the soft coal oper ators resume talks July 12 to try and reach a new agreement. The mine contract ran out June 30 while the miners were in the midst of their vacation. FLOOR SANDING and FINISHING Estimates Leslie Pfaff 320 Ward St. Phone 1349-J si mm mm mr, tv in aniiiican a Grass-Brush Fires Sweep Mt. Nebo Area (Continued From Page One) during the day for fires resulting from 4th of July fireworks. One major fire, of which the cause was not determined, -occurred on Rice Creek. It co 15 acres. Auu-i -o ...... i were dis patched from the South Douglas Station at Canyonville and the South Myrtle Station near Myrtle Creek. The fire was brought un der control. Four other grass and brush fires kept firemen busy SunUa, and Monday but no damage v. reported, according to Chief Mills. Trucks were dispatched to South Main Sunday and to two more grass fires at the end of Watson Street and above Reser voir Avenue yesterday. Atlantic Treaty O. K. Urged On Senate (Continued From Page One) under the domination of the Sov iet union: Estonia, Latvia, Lithu ania, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Yu goslavia and Albania. "Overshadowed by the might of their Eastern neighbor, and alone, one by one, they have been subjected by aggression from within and from without," he said. "Let us be perfectly frank. Such a situation which breeds fear and suspicion and disrupts is a constant threat to world Peace." - 'Sf BTIH Heat Wave Still Grips Midwest, Eastern States (Continued From Page One) tobacco lands that stretch from Southern Main, Vermont, Massa chusetts and Rhode Island to Connecticut. Holiday crowds sought relief from the searing heat over the weekend at bea-Aes, parks and vacation land. But it was back to work today under a boiling sun for the millions of holiday-goers. New York City sizzled yester day in 97 degrees. Above 90 marks were general yesterday throughout most of the Central, Eastern and Southern States and in many parts of the Mountin States. The coolest areas were near the Canadian border and in parts of the Pacific coast. But Blythe, Calif., In the desert, reported the country's top mark, 109. In Minneapolis and St. Paul the mercury boiled to an even 100. Neuner Issues Ruling On School Director SALEM, July 5. P) Attorney General George Neuner ruled to day that a newly elected school director In Pendleton was Ineligi ble to hold office because he was not a registered voter in the Pendleton School District. But Neuner also ruled that the director cannot be removed from his office except by a court decree. Neuner expressed doubt whether a court would throw the director out of his office because 'courts are prone to sustain the eleetion of successful candidates for office where the electors have at the polls." at th polls." Milk Is a perfect food for the development of bacteria. MORALS CHARGE FACED Allen D. Rogers, 53, Canyon ville, has been returned to Rose burg to face a sodomy charge, re ported Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Carter. He was arrested in Portland by Multnomah County officers, and was returned here by Deputy Ira Byrd. District Attorney Robert G. Davis said Rogers will probably be arraigned In Justice Court today. Wm. J. Miller Faces Drunk Driving Charge William James Miller, Rose burg, was arrested at 2:15 a.m. July 3 on a charge of drunk driving, reported State Police Sgt. Lyle Harrell, who said Miller al most struck another vehicle. He also reported the arrest of three persons, who will be charged with drunkenness. They were arrested while shooting fire crackers in the Trailways Bus depot by State Police who hap pened on the scene. He gave their names as James Wilson Medley, Roseburg; Thomas Lyle Brown, Glide, and Walter Joseph Ron deau, Roseburg. All will be arraigned in Justice Court, probably today. Floy Cooper, Former Roseburg Teacher, Dies Floy Cooper, 45, died July 1 In McMinnville after a short illness. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. Cooper; a brother, Wayne, and a sister, Addie L., all of McMinnville. She had been a school teacher of Roseburg for over 20 years before moving to McMinnville. 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