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ROSEBURG, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1949
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PRECISION TRUCK DRIVER Morris "Moon" Mullins, above, took first place among 15 con
testants Monday in the logging truck "roadeo" staged as a part of the annual Timber Days
celebration at Sutheriin. Mullins completed the tricky obstacle course in one minute, 32 sec
onds. Mullins operates his own truck on a haul west of Sutheriin.
Democracy's Goal Told By Boy Who
Won Elks' National Essay Contest
' , ,By JANE EADS
WASHINGTON Seventeen-year-old
Bill Johnson, son of a
Presbyterian preacher out in Mc
Alester, Okla., got a wire from
the Elks on a Saturday not long
ago. "Get to Washington, D. C,
on Monday, be ready to see
President Truman on Wednes
day,',' was the gist of the wire.
Bill guessed that his Ideas on
"Why Democracy Works," enter
ed In the Elks' national essay con
test, had won him the trip to the
capital.
He didn't know until he got
here though that he had won
top prize worth $1,000. Things
began to spin for young Bill. Bill
saw Washington in a big way . . .
Congress, Arlington National
Cemetery, all the monuments. He
met his congressmen at the Capi
tol. BuJt highlight of his visit was
going to the White House and
meeting President Truman.
"He's a very friendly person,"
said Bill. "We talked about the
American Indians. The President
said he thought they'd been given
a raw deal. The President said
he'd read volumes of books on
the subject and was very interested."
Bill said he thought the govern
ment was "run about as good as
it could be." He said he was
"neutral" as far as politics was
concerned.
Bill was neatly dressed in blue-
gray slacks, a maroon jacket and
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Redwood Forest
'Wild Man' Caught
WILLITS, Calif., July 6
The red-headed "wild man" , nf
the Redwood forests was run to
earth vesterdav after six weeks
of hide and seek with law en
forcement officers.
State Highway Patrolman Roy
L. Burton captured the red-haired,
red-bearded man, barefoot and
clad only in overalls, in the Men
docino mountains 35 miles north
of here.
The mystery man, who had
been seen a score of times by
travelers and farmers in the re
gion but who always fled Into the
hills, identified himself as Orby
Kelsie Meeks, 38, "from Arkan
sas." i
Taken to Ikiah, he told Sheriff
Beverly G. Broaddus that he had
escaped from the Camarillo State
Hospital in - Ventura County.
Calif., and "I followed a deer all
the way until I found myself in
the mountains.". '
The fugitive lived fairly well,
raiding cabins and feed bins at
ranches, the sheriff said. For a
month he had grown his own
vegetables in the mountains end
appeared in "good condition,"
Broaddus added.
a fancy tie a local haberdashery
shop had presented him. . He had
a letter from his girl, Bette Hef
ley, 17, a senior at the High
School from which he was just
graduated.
"Democracy is an ideal, a way
of life that is embedded in the
heart of every American citizen,
conversely every. American citi
zen is democracy," wrote Bill in
his prize-winning essay.
"Our goal is to put laughter in
the eyes of little children, hope
in the hearts of youth, and con
tentment on the faces of the
aged, instead of leaving all these
with the despair and the hopeless
ness which is the universal and
grim bequest to all who live in
lands where democracy Is un
known." Bill is going to the University
of Tulsa next year. He's going to
study business administration, or
law, stay out of politics.
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YOUTHFUL LOG ROLLING CHAMP Jl mmy Lang, 19, Oakland, defending champion, is pictured above, at left, spilling a,n
opponent in the preliminaries of the log rolling contest at Sutherlin's Timber Days celebration Monday. At right ha is shown
starting a spin which dumped Ed Thirault (back to camera) in the final event.
Research Program Set To Fight Spruce Budworm
SALEM, July 6. W Three
state and federal agencies will
begin July 15 on a large-scale re
search program to fight the
spruce budworm, which already
has infested more than a million
acres of Oregon's forests.
, George Spaur, deputy state for
ester, said his department would
be joined in the program by the
Federal Bureau of Entomology
and Plant Quarantine, and the
U. S. Forest Service.
Spaur said the new program
will be aimed at controling the
Insect before damage is done.-
"At present, we can only spray
this vicious tree killer during a
limited 10- to 15-day larval period
and alter the damage has been
done," Spaur said.
"If this time can be extended
from spring to mid-summer, it
will materially Increase the for
est acreage that can be sprayed
and treated annually. We do not
intend to stand idly by and allow
the budworm armies to multiply."
Spaur said that unless the in
sect is controled, it could do 10
times as much damage as forest
fires. i
FRIENDS gather, look over that long
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They size up the broad windshield and
narrow corner posts and don't have
to be told how these things step up
"see-power.".
They appraise the smart styling, the
roomy interiors, the usability of luggage
space and agree you've made a buy.
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But don't stop, please, with letting them
look. Invite them in and introduce them
to some of the special pleasures you'll
know as a Buick owner.
Show them, (or instance, how completely
different Dynaflow Drivet is, with every
mile cushioned by flowing oil and none
of the rigid harshness of direct-drive cars.
Let them sample the matchless Buick
ride, with all four wheels cradled on soft,
coil springs and low-pressure tires made
still easier-riding by extra-wide rims.
Point out how solid this Buick feels.
That's what you get from husky frames,
low-swung weight, and power delivered
through a torque -tube instead of the
rear springs.
For the truth is, this Buick's a bargain
on much, much more than you can see.
It's a big buy on the solid goodness a
demonstration quickly makes plain. On
increasingly favorable delivery dates.
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