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By CHARLES V. STANTON
Dr. George M. Hunt, director of the Forest Products
Laboratory, Madison, Wis., speaking before a special forum
meeting of the Roseburg chamber of commerce recently,
told of the progress being made in wood waste utilization.
We were very interested in his remarks concerning the
molasses process, which, in our opinion, offers the best
opportunity for utilization of wood waste in this particular
area.
Dr. Hunt made the statement that if every cow in the
United States was given the recommended feeding of three
pounds of molasses daily, there would not be sufficient
wood waste In the entire country to supply the market.
But molasses also is used to feed poultry of all kinds, as
well as sheep and other livestock. Furthermore, molasses
has hundreds of industrial uses. Thus it is evident that the
market is unlimited.
Dr. Hunt, however, emphasized the fact that information
is lacking whether wood molasses can compete profitably
with imports from Cuba and Hawaii, where we now obtain
our molasses supply.
Following his talk at the forum program, he was ques
tioned further about the process and told how the Forest
Products Laboratory is engaged in a cost analysis as an
aid to two University of Wisconsin students planning to
start the first molasses-from-wood-waste production plant
in the country. The laboratory will endeavor to calculate
probable production cost, transportation and marketing ex
pense, and determine whether there exists opportunity for
profit in competition with the imported product made from
sugar cane.
Naturally, the profit element Is vital in considering any
utilization process.
Dr. Hunt is a scientist and is guided by scientific thinking.
The scientist must have convincing proof before he is ready
to act Thus Mr. Hunt counsels caution as to acceptance of a
new idea and operational formula still in the process of im
provement. But what would have been our history had we
followed this type of advice in other of our industrial fields?
For many years boards were cut by hand, two men using
a saw, one standing in a pit while the other worked from
above. What if we had postponed sawmilling until we had
first worked out processes in laboratories and pilot plants
and every possible improvement had been made?
The first automobiles were expensive affairs. But it did
not take long to discover how to produce automobiles more
cheaply and to build a market.
Dr. Hunt probably did not mean we should wait on molas
ses production until all the "bugs" have been worked out
of the process. But his scientific caution might be dis
couraging to the prospective investor.
It is obvious that a tremendous market exists for molasses.
This market can be reached and educated through advertis
ing. Processes for molasses extraction are sufficiently re
fined to assure a good product The supply of raw material
is great It remains to be proven whether molasses, under
existing processes, can be produced from wood waste and
delivered to consumers at a price comparable with that
of the imported product
There is only one sure way of finding out That is to build
a producing plant in an area where an abundance of raw
material can be obtained at lowest possible cost, and Btart
producing and selling. Just as every other industry has
found ways to cut costs and improve processes and markets,
we can expect betterment in molasses-from-wood-waste pro
duction. Because the federal government has the laboratory ex
perience, men with the scientific know-how, and engineers to
etudy every phase of the problem: and because the federal
government owns one-half of our Pacific coast timber; and
because the federal government is especially interested in
improved agricultural practices; and because the federal
government's tax policies discourage investment of private
risk capital in industrial pioneering, we believe a full-scale
production plant should be built and put in operation by an
agency of the federal government We also believe that
Douglas county offers the best site for the experiment
We would not want to see the federal government stay in
the field of private industry, once the production processes
had been proven. The pioneer installation should be so auth
orized that private industry would have the right to step
in at any time and take over, with safeguards, however, that
operation could not be halted to eliminate, competition.
Jacksonville Jubilee
Scheduled August 6-7
Six of the quern contestants
have been chosen for the Jackson
ville Gold Rush Jubilee, Aug. 6
and 7, sponsored by the Jackson
ville Lions club. A queen will be
elected by votes.
The Jubilee la In commemmora
tlon of the finding of sold In
Jacksonville In 1851, and there
will be many attractions through
out the two-day celebration, in
cluding: Parade of persons in old
time costumes with prizes given
tor the most authentic ones, on
woman, man, boy and girl. There
will be pit barbecues, log burk
ing contests, both hand and
power machines, old-time fiddlers'
contest, dancing at night In open
air pavilion, church ar.-vices, Sun
day morning, big grand parade at
1 d. m, transportation parade
during the two days showing old
and new methods of transporta
tion (entries solicited).
Rial gold nuggets will be
STARTED
"planted" along the streets, for
the puhllc to dig for and It will be
"finders keepers."
Thf ItlhUnA D..la nff li m .I.H
at 10 a. m. Saturday and con
1 tinues through the two H:,v- Anv.
one v ishlng to enter contests or
parades is asked to write Jackson
ville Lions rllih hMHnitarlr.
Jacksonville.
USDA Purchases To Aid
California Markets
PORTLAND, Aug. l.-.m
Orrpnn frnll mnn uhn ha.... i.
ed the government to buy pears
and OPSehps. heard KfllltrHnv that
the L'SDA is beginning purchases
to help the sagging market in
California.
The irSDA official. W. J. Broad
head, Portland, said the govern-
mna U'rw i rl hnv lint!!..!! nn -
and Gravensteln apples In Califor
nia. The fruit will go to school
lunch programs and Institutional
uses.
INDUSTRY
Looking through the Index of
beautifully arranged Quarterly
entitled, "The American Bard,"
I found the name of a poet well
known in Douglas county. Her
verse Is called "A Word Port
rait": Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful knitter
stepping down always somewhere
from today's plane,
softly apologizing to reporters
for not hearing with ears
full of motors and flashbulbs,
you tell of Tennessee and Trieste
In terms of knitters and knitting.
In your work-bag you carry
the tangled skein of the world.
With beautiful patient fingers
you straighten the knotted yarn,
shaping a warm garment
for an orphan of nightmare
years.
Elinor Henry Brown
The American Bard Is pub
lished by Rexford Sharp In Los
Angeles as a Living Memorial to
Clarence Alexander Sharp, hit
S tS
All Free People Have Interest In
Vatican's War Against Communism
By BRUCE BIOSSAT
The Catholic church and totalitarian communism are locked In
bitter struggle throughout the world. The chief battleground right
now is eastern Europe. But why should a religious organization be
fighting the advocates of a political and economic system?
The answer Is that commu
nism, like any totalitarianism,
cannot limit itself to the purely
practical realm. It fans out Into
I he spiritual sphere and seeks to
supplant or destroy the regular
religious authority.
Catholic leaders therefore see
their historic guardianship over
the spiritual life of millions of
Europeans not to mention oth
ersthreatened with extinction.
The Vatican has trlrd for a
long time to arrive at an ideologi
cal truce that would allow Cath
olicism and communism to live
side hy side. But the Mindszentv
affair In Hungary and the cur
rent attacks on high churchmen
in Czechoslovakia convinced the
Pope an accord Is impossible.
These events led to a papal
decree ordering excommunica
tion for all Catholics who Join or
support the Communist Party
anywhere. It is the heaviest
weapon the church has ever
brought into play against a to
talitarian system.
Why do Communists In the pre
dominantly Catholic European
countries feel It necessary to en
gage so stubborn a foe?
The answer Is. of course, that
a dictatorship like communism
ran brook no opposition whatso
ever. It demands one single over
riding lovaltv to the stale. Ties
! of allegiance to church, union.
social organization, all these
must be severed.
Kor any one of these minor
loyalties could serve as a rally
ing point for opposition to the
regime, a nucleus for the forces
of rebellion.
Above all, Communists are
bent upon maintaining them
selves in power wherever they
enjoy It. What is more sensible,
then, than to keep the people In
a great shapeless, helpless mass'
Revolt takes organization as well
as weapons.
It should be evident Immedi
ately that the Catholic Church is
the toughest possible center of
resistance to communism in east
ern Europe. Because It has manv
milliona of followers, Catholicism
wields a power far beyond Us i
mere spiritual guidance In one i
Getting Into The Act
1 1
Jt,s!,J
By Viahnett S. Martin
father who first published It as
"The Country Bard." It is obvi
ously a labor of love for It is non
profit, depending upon "member
ships" of interested patrons. It
contains more poems than many
a published book!
Humor is not missing: A World
War vetern, remarks in verse:
Poets Aren't Sissies
Poets are people, believe It or
not.
People are varied and polyglot.
Some are virile; some limp
lilies;
Some are Intelligent; some are
sillies:
Poets are Mr.'s, Mis', and Misses,;
Some are he-men and some are
sissies.
Some are thinkers; some are
dreamers;
Some are Innocent; some are
schemers;
Some have hearts as high as a
steeple;
Believe it or not, folks, poets are
people.
Don Blanding
country or another.
The fact Is all we need to re
member as we watch the Com
munists work relentlessly to
crush this force In Russia's Eu
ropean satclliles.
For the sake of Europe's Cath
olics and all free-worshipping
men everywhere. let us hope the
Communists somehow fail to
marshal the strength they need
to achieve full success in this
effort.
Lieut. Dewing
To Compete In
Navy Rivalry
Lieutenant (Jg) Lawrence A.
Dewing. CS.V. husband of the for
mer Shirley Shields of Rosehurg.
has been selected bv the com
manding officer of navv attack
squadron 191 as a member of
the squadron's four man combat
team to compete aeainst other
navy squadrons in the Alameda
area for the air force. Pacific
ship.
Selected on the basis of squad
ron eliminations Lieut, (jgl Sew
ing's team is competing for the
area championship this week,
and if successful, will go to the
finals to be held at the Naval Air
Station. El Centra. Calif., during
the first week of August.
Rules for the championship re
quire that each pilot of (he four
man team make Iti dives at the
200 foot circular tarcet bv start
ing his dives at l.VOOO feet.
Although only the four-man
team will be officially recognized
as the best In the air force. Pa
cific fleet, the pilot scoring the
highest percentage of hils in the
finals will be unofficially accord
ed the title nf 'best dive-bomber
in the air force. Pacific fleet."
The dive-bombing champion
ship, the first to be held sine
before the war. was inaugurated
by Vice Admiral H. R. Sallada.
commander air force. Pacific
fleet, to spur competition be
tween squadrons and to promote
teamwork proficiency.
In the Day's News
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have hacked down the number of
rich people to practically nothing
than they used to be when there
were LOTS of rich people?
Personally, I douht It,
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UNDER a successful free enter
prise system, such as ours al
ways has been, nearly everybody
has quite a lot, and a few people
have a WHALE OF A LOT. Un
der socialism, nobody seems to
have very much.
The big appeal of socialism, as
a way of life, is to people who
are ENVIOUS OF THOSE WHO
HAVE MORE. (The academic
ideal of socialism is that every
body will have exactly the same.)
In practice, socialism seems to
reduce the Incomes of those who
have more, but DOESNT seem
to Increase the Incomes of those
who have less.
Personally, such a system
doesn't Interest me.
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GEORGE Bernard Shaw passed
his 93rd birthday the other
day. Pressed by an Interviewer
for a statement, he was reticent.
He explained that the Interviewer
would get money for (he Inter
view, but he (Shaw) wouldn't get
anything for it, and he added that
he had never been much Inter
ested In transactions like that. He
did loosen up to the extent of
telling the ambitious reporter that
he had always liked money when
he was younger and STILL
LIKES IT now that he is older.
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Shucks! Everybody like money.
One big trouble with the world
is that so many people would
rather take money away from
tho- who have it than to WORK
for it. It has always seemed to me
that the big trouble with social
ism is that It Is more concerned
with taking wealth away from
those who have it than with CRE
ATING NEW WEALTH.
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THAT, of course, brings us back
to this fundamental question:
What is wealth?
How is it created?
Ths economists tell us that
wealth Is created by the applica
tion of labor to natural resources.
That Is to say, clay is a natural
resource. Water is a natural re
source. Wood is a natural re
source. SEPARATELY, they are value
less. But when somebody WILLING
TO WORK comes along and mixes
the water with the clay, molds
the resulting mud Into squares.
builds a fire with the wood and
with the resulting heat bakes the
mud squares into bricks out of
which a house can be built,
WEALTH IS CREATED.
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IT appears to me that if socialism
would give as much thought to
CREATING WEALTH as It gives
to dividing up wealth that some
body WILLING TO WORK has
already created it would get
farther and do more good.
OREGON MAN CHOSEN
HARRISBl'RG. Pa.. Aug. 1.
(V The National Star Route
Mail Carriers association re-elected
Frank E. Russell of Forest
Grove.. Ore., as Its president. SL
Louis was selected as the site for
the 1950 convention.
Melrose
By MRS. NETTIE WOODRUF
Mrs. W. H. Haire. Harrington.
Kans., was in Melrose and Cal
lahan Trail district, from Tues
day to Friday last week visiting
with her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cory.
She was accompanied as far as
Grants Pass bv her daughter.
Mrs. W. L. W. Smith recently
returned to her home at Way
Side farm, Callahan district, fol
lowing a two weeks' business trip
to Los Angeles.
Mrs. Ralph Cory visited at
Lookingglass Tuesday with her
sister, Mrs. Susie Orr, who was
recently discharged from Mercy
hospital following an operation.
She Is reported to be recovering
satisfactorily.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Lundeen of
Sutherlin visited Saturday with
Lundeen'i brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lundeen,
and with Mrs. Lundeen's broth-er-lnlaw
and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. V. S. Woodruff.
Melrose residents attending the
Douglas county employes picnic
at Umpqua park Sunday Included
Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Busenbark;
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cooper, sons
Clyde and Darrell and daughter
Marsha; Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Cooper; Laura Belle Cooper; Mr.
and Mrs. O. O. Matthews and
daughter Ruby; Mrs. Ruth Sim
mons, son Michael and daughter
Cherry; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mat
thews: Mrs. Nellie Myers; Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Cloak; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Langholff and son;
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stubbs and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. George Butler
and son, George Jr., of Cons
Junction were guests last week
end of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cory
and daughters Sandra and Vai
ene Rawl, of Callahan Trail dis
trict. Ace Jones will operate the car
body and fender shop at Melrose
formerly operated by Paul Bac
lund. Backlund intends to work
elsewhere.
Sutherlin
By MRS. BRITTAIN SLACK
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Aldropp
shopped and transacted business
in Eugene Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Slack and
sons, Marvin and Michael, en
joyed a motor trip to Seaside,
Astoria, and thence to Portland,
where they visited with William
Watson.
The Sutherlin Fire Depart
ment was called out Monday
afternoon by a grass fire on
Duke road, west of town. When
they arrived the neighbors had
the fire under control.
Mrs. Lela Breedlove and chil
dren shopped and transacted
business in Rosehurg Monday.
Milt Kelso of Portland, made
several business calls In this city
Monday.
Glen Miller of Roseburg was a
business caller in Sutherlin Tues
day. Jimmy Crittenden was In Rose
burg Tuesday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Hansen, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Trozelle, and Mrs.
Leta Braucht enjoyed an outing
over the weekend.
Floyd Squiers has been con
fined to his home the past week
by illness.
Albert Slack left Monday morn
ing for Eugene, where he will
transact business for a couple of
davs. He will go from there to
Greenleaf, .Ore., where he will
visit with his two daughters and
their families, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Wilcut and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Browning, for a week.
Mrs. D. W. Beck was confined
to her home for a few days last
week by illness.
Moscow Radio Lashes
Back At Slave Charge
LONDON, Aug. 1. (P The
Moscow radio lashed back today
at recent British comment on lab
or conditions in Russia with
charges that "slave labor exists
in capitalist countries."
The British delegate to the
United Nations economic and so
cial council made puhllc in Gen
eva, Switzerland, July 22 docu
ments he claimed prove forced
labor Is an established legal poli
cy of the Soviet government.
Britain officially expressed the
belief about 10,000,000 Russians,
or 10 per cent of the country's
working population, are in forced
labor camps.
Today's Moscow broadcast de
clared that "the Soviet system
corrects criminals, while the cap
italist penal system destroys
them completely."
Man Crushed By Log
Dies From Injuries
MONROE, Aug. 1.-4.PV Henrv
Brooks, Kirkland, passenger In
an automobile which was crushed
by a log which fell from a truck
r.ear here Wednesday, died at
the local hospital Fridav night.
The driver. Charles Skinner,
Seattle, and two other passengers
Leitha BrooKS and Tom Brooks
both of Kirkland are reported
in a satisfactory condition. The
truck was driven by Charles
Goodrich of Goldhar.
It was the Snohomosih coun
ty's 17th traffic fatality of the
year.
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Will Honor New
Baptist Minister
MiLJ!
Dr. Edgar B. Luther
A reception to welcome Dr.
and Mrs. Edgar B. Luther will
be held by members and friends
of the First Conservative Bap
tist church Tuesday evening.
The reception will he held at
the armory, starting at 8 o'clock.
Dr. Luther recently accepted a
call to the pastorate of the
church and, with his wife and
three children, Larry, Jane and
Mabel, has established residence
In Roseburg. A son, Robert, lives
in Jacksonville, Fla.
During the past 28 years, Dr.
Luther has been pastor of five
Baptist churches in California
and Oregon. He spent the last
10 years as pastor at Albany. He
is vice moderator of the Con
servative Baptist association of
Oregon and has been active in
Baptist work throughout the state
for a number of years.
He states that he Is very en
thusiastic about the many op
portunities in the Roseburg com
munity and is appreciative of
the warm welcome received.
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Baby Born With Bladder
On Outside Will Live
COEUR d'Alene, Idaho, Aug.
1. (P A month-old baby girl
born with her bladder on the
outside of her body ht gaining
weight and strength and is going
to live.
Dr. E. R. W. Fox, who termed
the birth "very rare in medical
history", said a corrective opera
tion could be attempted In a few
years. He said it appeared that
the child might not survive at
first
SWIMMER DROWNS
PORTLAND. Aug. l,-PV
Theodore Gaylor McFervan Jr.,
17, Portland, drowned while
swimming in the Columbia river
near here Friday.
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About a Home?
So many people do noth
ing but talk about it! But
if you really want to own
your home, consult me
now. Personal attention.
Economical terms.
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