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4 th. N.wR.wew, Ro,.bU,9, Or.-w.d., July 20, i949i The Seed Thaf Returns a Hundredfold, They Hope Published Dilly Exoept Sunday hy the News-Review Company, Inc. Snterei at lecond elan matter Mar t, 1020, at the poit efflee at Reaeburg, Oregon, andar aet el March 1, l$7S CHARLES V. STANTON srs , EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor "Sjjs Manager Member of the Auoclated Prete, Oregon Newipaper Publlthert Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations .areMat.d er WEST-HOI.LIDAr CO., INC., e'flcea In New rerk, Chleafe, Saa rranciece. Lea Angelea, Seattle, rerllaod. Su Leale. UBSCIIPTION KATES la Oregen Br Mall Per Tear H.M. all nenlba ll.nt. three meathe KM. By Cltx Carrier Per rear (ls.oa ,ln adrance), leia than eae rear, par m.nlh 11.00. Oatilde Oregen By MaU far rear l 00. all Mentha S4.7. three nenthe IS.7 NEW GARBAGE FRANCHISE By CHARLES V. STANTON . Preparation of an ordinance grantEng a five-year fran chise to the Roseburg Garbage Disposal Co. has been ordered by the 1 Roseburg city council. . It is explained that this is not an exclusive franchise and that it contains no barrier to competition. It does guar antee the operating company that it may remain in business ! in Roseburg for the ensuing five years. It further makes it improbable that the city would take over garbage disposal during the franchise period. Although the city cannot sur render its right of condemnation, the fact that the company held a franchise would probably impose upon the city the necessity of calculating unused benefits in the event that municipal garbage disposal service should be introduced through condemnation during the franchise period. Owners of the garbage disposal company have informed the city council that they propose to buy additional equip ment together with making improvements to dump grounds and roadways. Before investing a considerable sum of money they want some guarantee that they will not be forced out of business. . City officials report that the ordinance will contain a provision authorizing annual review of services charges. The city will continue its power to regulate the fee charged by the company for its various services. ; This provision of the contract, in our opinion, should be carefully guarded. High cost of garbage disposal is a definite handicap to good sanitation. One reason we have so much promiscuous dumping of garbage along public roads in direct violation of law" is that many, persons object to existing rates. The proposed new contract specifies a residential charge of $1.00 per month for one-can pickup per week. The present charge is $1.25 per month for two one-can pickups per week. While the' monthly cost to the homeowner thus is cut from $1.25 to $1.00. per month, the fee actually is higher because the service is cut in half. Furthermore, once-a-week pickup will force some large households to pay for two-can service, because collection will occur only once weekly instead of twice. We are wondering what effect once-a-week collec tion will have on sanitary conditions during summer months. Service charges also are to be increased from $4.50 to $6.00 per hour on industrial or commercial collections. It should be kept in mind that demand for service de creases with each advance in price. In the matter of garbage . disposal every effort should be made to retain maximum patronage. Otherwise sanitation suffers. It must be realized that current high wages make oper ation of the garbage disposal service expensive. According to a financial statement furnished the city council, wages paid during the past six months amounted to more than $11)000, approximately one-half total income. It also costs money to buy, maintain and operate mechanical equipment. At present high prices we cannot expect garbage disposal at prewar rates. On the other hand, the city should use extreme caution that advancing fees do not impair sanitary conditions, al ready bordering on the dangerous stage. Garbage disposal is one of the most vital services within a municipality. Sentiment has been increasing during recent years for city-owned operation. This trend lias been in fluenced by steadily increasing charges. With higher labor and equipment costs, disposal operators, obviously, could not avoid raising fees. But extreme care should be taken that charges be kept at an absolute minimum and that service conform to rules of good health and sanitation. We now are in an uncertain period. While it is quite generally agreed that recent changes in economy are only in line with necessary readjustment and do not involve either a major recession or depression, there is much indi cation that the general economic level is to be somewhat lower than for the past few years. If this is true, it might become possible in the near future to lower the cost of gar bage disposal. This being the case, the city should be ex tremely careful that it does not close the door to rate readjustment. B,J via-hnett S. Afartiv IffyZ -s Administration's Brannan Plan Trial Run Farm Bill Undergoes Heavy Trimming WASHINGTON. July 20 (,V A large part of the administra tions Brannan plan trial run farm bill went Into the waste- basket on both sides of the Cap! tol yesterday, but the beginning of the showdown battle in the House was postponed until to day. Prior to the debate postpone ment there were these fast mov ing farm developments: 1. A Senate agriculture sub committee erased from its farm bill any authority for Secretary of Agriculture Brannan to u s e hogs as one of the crops for his controversial production pay ments or farm subsidy plan. Brannan had mentioned hogs as oi.e of the first crops on which he wanted to try out the subsidy plan, which the secretary Propos es for use on many foods. The present program supports farm prices by removing price-depressing surpluses from the markets by government loans and pur- porters lie thought the subcomm ittee's action wiped out any chance of Senate approval of the Hiannan plan at this session of Congress. Aiken, chairman of the Senate agriculture committee in the He- publican-controlled 80th Con gress, said he expects the basic features of a farm bill he author ed last year, Including a flexible price support program, to be re tained. X In the House a coalition of Democrats and Republicans opposing the Ilrannan plan re jected a compromise proiwsed bv hard pressed sponsors of the ad ministration bill. The proposed compromise would limit the trial run specifically to potatoes, eggs and shorn wool. Thus the comnromlse offered by the administration supporters In the House coincides with th? Senate subcommittee's action in barring use of production pay ments on hogs. The Ilrannan Droernm would .Senator Aiken (R-Vt) told re-1 let the prices of perishable farm Today (thanks to T.M.) I have been reading "Eeny, Meeny, Mlncy, Mo and Stlli-Mo," a book written by a naturalist, Sam Campbell (Bobbs-Merrill, Publish ers, 1915). It Is the story of what memor ies of a few days of his leave spent In the woods meant to a young captain In the Army when he was in the Pacific . . . and what Just seventeen days of his leave spent In the same woods meant to him before he returned to active service after he had been wounded and sent home. , The title? Oh, yes, there were five baby red squirrels, "chickar ees," so alike it was hard at first to tell one mite from the other. There were only four the first day, so they were Eeny, Meeny, Mlncy, Mo. When the fifth was found the next day, he was nam ed "Still Mo!" Many other woods creatures are in the book. Captain Duke liked to laugh. His host, and Ginny, his hostess, loved to watch him have what they called a "cackle spasm" of laughter . But when he came the second time he Was quiet; he wanted to be alone in the woods. It was his friends' great joy to serve him In whatever way they could, knowing hl3 need. For his pal, "the Loot" (Lieutenant) was missing in action and Cap tain Duke could not give him up. It would be a pity . to say more for I hope, If you like the kind of books I do, you will not fail to read It. Out there In the Pacific the young captain discovered that "it Is the little things that count. To my mind will come recollections of a single little flower, or one lone leaf that I have picked up and noticed closely. I cling to pictures of a stretch of trail, or passing moments held in memory for their brief beauty. Little things but how I reach back for tlicm. ... "I remember small acts of kindness, friendly greetings and bits of courtesy and politeness that were taken as a matter of course when they happened. But now, when life is so stern and severe" (Captain Duke was a ranger!) they stand out In mem ory sparkling like diamonds. . . . A circle of tough GIs, tossing around on a black sea headed for battle, sat for an evening and listened to the story of Eeny, Meeny, Mlney, Mo and Still-Mo. In the Day's News (Continued From Page One) sue 'n 1950. . . , Well, maybe the depression Issue would be a good issue for the Republican party. It governed the country longer dining the nation's worst depres sion than any other party. It has the experience." e e e SUPPOSE, with a depression (or a recession, or a disinflation, or a price readjustment ; whatever you choose to call It) In the wind, the owners of a parti ershlp gro cery store got together to decide what ought to be done to meet the situption and could put out noth ing better than the above-quoted twaddle, What would happen? fi EC1C, you happen. THE STORE know what would WOULD GO products fall to the natural level on the market, farmers would get government checks paid for by taxes for the difference i n those prices and what the gov ernment considers 'a fair price. The trial run with hogs was promised as a compromise exper iment to find out how the plan would work In practice. As the House members gather ed for the opening of the import ant farm debute, administration forces offered to give ground in an effort to save the bill. They promised new rest riot ions on the "trial run." Hut Rep. Gore (D Tenn), us ually an administration support er but leading the opposition to Its farm bill, s.iid"thls retreat" merely is "an admission of basic 'fault in the bill." Core alroady has offered a sub stitute bill continuing the present farm program for another year. He predicted the House, after two days of general debate, will approve his measure on Thursday. BROKE. OMETIMES, In my gloomier S.' I'm pretty sure that unless we can get a different breed of politicians tills county will go broke. F OR nearly 70 years, the sale of liquor was banned In Kansas. For the past 32 years, the state bone-dry law made possession of as much as a thimbleful of the stuff punishable by a jail sen tence. Then, last November, the people of Kansas voted 422,294 to 358, 310 to repeal prohibition. Liquor went on sale legally In Kansas this week. e e e HERE'S a safe conclusion: Kansas didn't like the law that forbade sale of liquor. It won't like the new law that permits sale of liquor. There Is NO satis factory way to handle liquor by law. We can't seem to get along with it, and we can't seem to get along without it. When you come right down to It, use or misuse of liquor is pret ty largely a personal problem. LETTERS to the Editor Veterans Hospital Service Is Upheld PORTLAND I am writing this at the Veteran's hospital on Mar quam Hill. After four weeks of constant observation and associa tion with the patients and per sonnel, of this institution I feel impelled to acquaint the home folks with a few facts and sta tistics which may be unknown to the majority of News-Review readers. There are two observations most frequently heard in regard to almost any Veteran's hospital. "It takes forever to get in, - and "It takes forever to get out." Don't you ever believe it! My husband and I came up here one Monday afternoon and in less than two hours he was in dres sing gown and pajamas and had been assigned a bed in 219. His X-rays and examinations started that very afternoon. Although he is still here and will be for a week or so longer, it is only because his case was of a more critical nature than the average "grand opening." One victim of hernia was admitted on a' Friday and went to surgery that same afternoon, rather than wait over an inactive weekend. On the following Friday, just one week later, he was on his way home. Does that sound like forever and forever? Another bit of propaganda stresses a chronic shortage of beds. A prospective patient, they say, must wait for an empty be fore he can get in. At the mo ment I am in a nine-bed ward Willi two empties. Walking down the hall and glancing in the open doorways reveals the fact that there are empties In aUriost ev ery room. This hospital has a capacity of 510 beds, including those reserv ed for emergencies. The turnover is auite rapid with an average of 500 patients entering each month and the same number being dis charged. There are very few long term patients here, altnougn i some are forced to stay longer I Temperance Education Board Named By McKay SALEM. July 20 .T Gover nor Douglas McKay Tuesday ap pointed the members of the tem perance and rehabilitation divi sion, which was created by the 1949 legislature. Members are Mrs. W. W. Ga briel, the Rev. Walter Knutson and Dr. John Montague, all of Portland: Fred C. Inkster, Os wego; and Dr. Franklin R. Ze ran, Corvaliis, associate dean of education at Oregon State col lege. The division will promote tem perance education, and will have ! charge of the liquor control com-1 missions cunic to cure alcoholics. Chain Gang Fugitive Battles Extradition TACOMA, July 20 UP) A 23- year-old youth, who has twice es caped from a Florida chain gang, opened his fight against extradi tion proceedings In superior court here yesterday, on grounds that he received "cruel and Inhuman treatment" while Imprisoned In that state. Charles D. Seiber of Clinton, Tenn., was released last week from the McNeil Island .federai' prison after serving 11 months for a car theft during his second escape from a HUlsberg county road gang. His habeas corpus plea is bas ed on charges that the state of Florida inflicted inhuman treat ment upon him during his imprisonment. I than others. Jay Fulcher, an erst while resident of Roseburg has been a patient here for four months. I just had an interesting chat with him and his wife. The shortage of adequate help also comes in for its share of dis cussion, but such a situation does not exist in the Portland facility. Not only are there enough doc tors and nurses to carry on the work, but each is the best to be had. No interns or student nurses are employed here. Every doctor is a specialist or working towards that goal. Many of the consulting doctors are known internationally as tops in their particular field of medicine or surgery. The Portland Veteran's hospi tal is noted nationally for its spe cialized work in different branch es of medicine, surgery and ther apy. The tumor clinic draws pa tients irom all parts of the United States. Brain surgery, as well as T. B. surgery, has reached a high peak of efficiency, while spinal diseases receive their share of specialization. A new unit now under construction will bed 150 tubercular patients in the near future. Ambulant and wheel chair pa-; I tients may spend their time in a ! 1 varieiv ot useiui ana amusing i ways. From the third floor (L-CI on? may reach the canteen, li brary, recreation room, card I room, music room, writing room, chapel, and, if one becomes too tired of all this, the rest rooms. In one of the halls I discovered, oh happy day! racks of news papers from hither and yon, in cluding the Roseburg News-Review. I make a daily pilgrimage to this news stand, for what is so heartening in a strange, even though friendly land, as the old home town newspaper! There is also a theater wnicn any patient may attend if he is able. Movies are shown most nights, and occasionally there is a stage show, put on by various local talent, occupational tner- apv rooms are open to any pa tient who wishes to dabble in weaving, leather craft, plastic art, basketry, copper work, or what have you. In some cases these occupations serve merely to pass heavy-hanging time or to take the mind from personal anx ieties. But many patients derive a physical benefit of far greater value. I ta'lted with one veteran who, when he came here for treat ment, could not raise his arm higher than his waist. He was set to weaving cloth on a loom, rais ing the bar a little higher each day until now he has almost per fect action in that arm again. He is due for a discharge any day now. It- is Impossible to give a com prehensive account of this huge institution -in one short article. But to the veteran who dreads coming here because of untrue propaganda from sources relia ble and otherwise, let me say this: I only wish I were eligible for an overhaul here. Actually, it's wonderful! MARJORIE HUNT PETTIT Roseburg, Ore. Bank With A Douglas County Institution i Home Owned Home Operated ; Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. , , Douglas County State Bank' FROM THE NEWS OF 55 YEARS AGO ! I I A 7 i ""Re I "V. ea.. w. rf;. writ h, -To "",, '.. :e Phone 100 If you do not receivt your News-Review by 6:11 P.M. call Harold Mobley before 7 P.M. Phone 100 June 25, 1894 The Plaindealer ' 0f 'tr? thl St A e w. ' N. 1 Hot weather! Heat made Roseburg 's old timers reflect on the consequences ot weather extremes . . . and Old Sol I still dictates how we can work, play and live. For instance, heat quickly dries wood buildings, lumber and foliage 'til I it's nearly likt tinder. Makes a fellow wonder how he'd make out if fir suddenly struck. Moral: Insure against fire loss NOW. , It Pays to Insure in Sure Insurance! : Phone 1277-R I: TIPTON- PERMIN INSURANCE i i Bill Tipton 214 W. Cass (Next door to Post Office) awftaiajaprw - Carl Permln I $ J J B ACK In Sheboygan, Michigan,1 the other day a motorist on one side of the river started over to the other side. The bridge had ' a lift, to enable boats to pass. Just as the motorist started over, the lift started to rise. j He was in a hurry. He raced his car up the Inclined span, JUMPED THE FOUR-POOR OPENING in the center, and landed on the other side with an Impact that blow out all four of his tires. H ERE'S an idle,- hot-weather query: What do you suppose he DID WITH THE TIME he risked his neck to save? GENERAL BALANCE SHEET Housing Authority of Douglas County as at close of business June 30, 1 949 Project Sutherlin, Ore.-35263 Project Roseburg, Ore. -35276 ' Project Myrtle Creek, Ore.-3S277 Project Scottsburg, Ore. -35327 ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS CASH ON HAND AND IN BANK: Administration Fund $7513.87 Change Fund 200.00 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE: Due fromTenonts REFERRED CHARGES: Prepaid Insurance 53.00 143.48 TOTAL ASSETS. $7713.87 53.00 143.48 $7910.35 LIABILITIES ACCOUNTS PAYABLE: Administration Quarterly Rent PHA 727.25 4472.57 5199.82 DEFERRED AND UNAPPLIED CREDITS: Tenants' Security Deposits 2150.00 Tenants' Prepaid Rents 560.53 2710.53 TOTAL LIABILITIES 7910.35 Housing Authority of Douglas County, Oregon : OPERATING STATEMENT . For the Fiscal Year July 1,1948, to June 30, 1949 INCOME V" DWELLING RENT 80,673.23 TOTAL INCOME 80,673.23 . EXPENSE - ! MANAGEMENT 12.616.15 (Office salaries and expense, legal fees,'; supplies, etc.) - ' " OPERATING SERVICES .... 2.716.50 - (Janitorial) , ' UTILITIES 11.632.44 i (Woter, electricity, oil, wood) ;. ' REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE -y'v'?. & REPLACEMENTS 17,788.501 (To buildings, grounds, furnishings) PUBLIC SERVICES 8,193.71- (Fire protection, streets, sewage and garbage disposal) INSURANCE 327.79' RENTS 100.00 (Rental of leased land) COLLECTION LOSSES 142.33 PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES 6,363.62 (Local Housing Authorities pay taxes on same basis as if properties were privately owned) OPERATING IMPROVE. MENTS 915.78 (Supplemental water supply) TOTAL EXPENSE 60,796.82 NET RETURN TO PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINS. TRATION 19,876.41