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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."
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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'
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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
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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