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4 The Newi-Revttw, Rswburj, Or. Fri., Aug. 12. 1I4 Publish Dally Uept Sunday tf th Newt-Revi Company, Inc. . Salaiaa H'"l ilia ailm Ma? . !. alttaa aaaaarf. Orasaa. aaaar sat ( Mara . UII CHARLEI V. ITANTON Jf f OWIN L. KNAPP Editor Managar M.mbar of th Associated Pre, Oregon Newspaper Publisher Association, th Audit Buru of Clroulitloni lllNWUI 7 WIST-MOLLIBAT CO.. INC.. effl'aa la Ne lark. CtlWI. Saa reealeaa. Laa aatalaa. III. Partita, at. Leals. VBd'IIPTION tATKa la Orasaa Hall ra aar MM. al aiaalka M.M. ttrae aaaelb. ll.a Br CHf C'.rrlar Par raar II- 'la aaaoa. r, ear maalb si.ea oetaiae wraae mj " - Heathen Idolaters , A GOOD STOP-GAP By CHARLES V. STANTON Havinir panned the Senate, the timber access road bill sponsored by Senator Wayne Morse is now before the House. While Senator Morse anticipates that a crowded cal endar may prevent final approval before recess, he expects passage when Congress reconvenes in January. The senator's bill would provide appropriations of $30. 000,000 annually for five years, the money to be used by the Departments of Agriculture and Interior to construct access roads into federally-owned timber. Senator Morse overcame strong resistance to hii bill, and. at the end, had support from Senators Taft and Watkins, original objectors, and Senator Cain, who, having failed in . securing passage of his own bill, introduced an acceptable amendment to the Morse proposal, providing for public hearings after 10 days' notice on any access road. . The proposal by the Oregon senator is not, in our opinion, the correct nor full answer to the access road problem, but it would provide a decided improvement over existing conditions. We believe access roads into public domain should be taken entirely out of politics, through establishment of a revolving road fund into which loan repayments would come from timber sales. We will continue to have trouble with the program as long as it savors of pork barrel. The Morse legislation, by setting up a five-year project, will give the affected agencies an opportunity to coordinate their construction work for that specific number of years, but no advance planning will be possible. If, on the other hand, the proposal obtains congressional approval and, prior to expiration of the five-year period, a permanent revolving fund is established, the bill can be the start of a long needed program in improved timber management jgp&S&t POLITICS r1 ' ' ' ' By Viahnttt S. Martin Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, published by ex-Governor Charles A. Sprague, said recently : Whan aertry Krug talk about moving aoma of th aurplua watar of th Rogu and Umpo.ua rivara t Cali fornia, h hain't flgurad on th Wlldllf federation and tha Icaak Walton lagu and klndrd spirits. They put up a vfgorou fight agalnat minor diversion of Rogu river watar for aupplamantal Irrigation In Jeekeon county. Hs'll hav to allmb vr many daad bodies of aporta nthulaita (Inoludlng Charlla Stanton of tho Roatburg New Ravlaw) bafor h tapa th watar of thaio streams. No truer words were ever spoken! But if the present trend of government is not checked soon, there'll be a lot of dead bodies ; for few Oetjon editors will escape being lined up before the nearest stone wall and shot as enemies of "enlightened liberality." Five Oregon and Washington power companies are re ported engaged in negotiations to buy electricity from Brit ish Columbia. These companies are all in areas now being supplied with public power from the Columbia river. Public power advocates complaining about Copco's serv ice in southern Oregon would have us believe that selling out private enterprise is the answer to our power problems. But while these Oregon and Washington concerns are negotiating for excess power from British Columbia to serve an area still short in supply, despite both private and public efforts, Copco expects to bring its 1 jcal shortage to an end before the close of this year. Congress Sidelights By Harris Ellsworth Congressman. 4th District of Oregon One hot Sunday In June we drove along th Umpqua to the coait. It waa when the heavenly blue of the wild lilac, the bright yellow of the broom, the purple of th lupine and vetch, and the snowy thlmbl e-berry blossoms were at their loveliest. But after we passed Reedsport w were shaded from the bril liant sun by a blanketing fog that came rolling In over the bluff where the light stands. By the time we reached the light, our objective, we couldn't aee, could only hear the waves lapping at the sand. And thinly dressed for the 'hot day,' we now shivered In the chilling wet fog and wind. George Stapp, a young seaman, was detailed to guide us. He was from Georgia. After a few ques tions about the light we turned our Interest to Seaman Stapp. Yes, he liked the coast guard here, but he would prefer ship. He liked ships. ... We told him about another lad In blues who liked ships, too. We asked him to visit us, and promised to include black-eyed peas for dinner. . . . When I reached home I wrote the coast guard for the Informa tion about the Light. Today a four-page "History of the Ump qua River Light" came not double-spaced, either! with a let ter explaining that the "history was written especially for you from National Archivea records. By order of the commandant." (We thank S. F. Gray, captain, USCG, and also J. N. Ashbrook who wrote the letter, and, for all we know, maybe the history, too. If ever I have the opportunity I shall visit the National Archives but that's another story.) . The first page tells of the ear lier lighthouse, built In 1856. and the light first put in use In 1857. But alas, a severe storm in Octo ber, 1863, (no, of course, the USCG didn't say 'alas'!), washed away part of the foundation. The lens was removed, but before the lantern could be taken down the structure began to totter, and ! soon fell, leaving only a land mark of ruins at the mouth of the Umpqua river. (To be continued In tomorrow's column.) TV A INDEX LOWEST (The Bend Bulletin) One of the main arguments In recent use by administration spokesmen for a Columbia valley authority has been that the north west needs It to provide electric power, Ahirh will provide em ployment, which will pro vide prosperity. In all of these things, the valley authoritv boys would have us believe, the Pacific northwest It sadly deficient. Thev would have us believe, too, that only through a C'VA can these things come to us. They make us very weary. The Pacific northwest, it so happens. Is a part of the Pacific coast, one of the most prosperous sec tions of the country. Federal tax figures tell the story. Here the average family pavment to the U.S. treasury Is $1,047. This is an index of ability to pay, for much of federal taxation is keyed on size of Income la sliding scale for this), on purchase of luxuries and on amusements, the volume of which is in close relation to standards of living. Onlv In the east north central group of states, where federal taxation av erases $1.3.18 a family, and In the middle Atlantic states. S1.5.W Is the Pacific average exceeded. In comparison, the states which comprise the greater part of the TV A model for the Colum bia valley authority, have the lowest average federal lax in the whole United States. In these TVA states the payment per fam ily is $5-'5. slightly more than half the average lh the Pacific states So that Is the kind of prosperity that vallev authorities bring. Nn't very tempting, is It? The north west, it seems to us, can do nice ly without one. Washington Lr. Gevtrnor Facts Incomt Tax Lltn SEATTLE, Aug. 12 (.T I.t. Gov. Victor Meyers say a $5,379 Income tax lien now on file against him results from an in terpretation of tax laws regard ing profits from a Tacoma hnu Ing development. The lien has been tiled by the bureau of internal revenue. Government agents said h owes unpaid taxes cn 1943, 1944 and 1945 incomes. Mevers said the taxes involved a 300-home building project in Tacoma when he waa president of the Western Development company, with which his bro'her also waa associated. "We weren't paid for that lob until 1945," he said, "and then we were taxed on all our earnings in that one year." Meyers said he thought the taxes on profit should have been Prorated back over previous years, but that the bureau had ruled otherwise. "I ll have to pay It." he added. "That take car of mv profit now I'll be taking a loss. Distorted Pictures Of American Life Appear In Russian, Czechoslovak Press By JAMES D. WHITE AP Foreign News Analyst) Some of the giddier Ideas abroad about America are being hopped up by communist propagandists. Samples: A recent Moscow cartoon shows an American football game so violent that the referee operates In an armored car among player and fans armed with guns and clubs. A recent article in "Rude Pravo." the official communist newspaper in Prague, Czecho slovakia, depicts America as a place where sitting on flagpoles Is common. According to AP's Prague cor rosnnnrienl. Richard Kasischke, Rude Pravo's argument runs like this: America Is so full of con tradictions and frustrations that one out of thirty Americans blows his top and climbs a flagpole or does something equally odd to get awav from It all. "Apparently," says Rude Pra vo, "it is really hard for an aver age American today to keep his mental balance. Some of them they are called pole-sl iters sit on high poles and try to keep their perch there as long as pos sible. Pictures are made of them and newspapers write front page stories zbout them. "Then. soap, soft-drink and soup manufacturers ask them to endorse their products. Holly wood companies offer them screen tests. Political corres pondents ask their opinions on the International situation. . ." Rude Pravo shows it's abreast of developments by reporting that Chicago "used to be" fa mous for its gangsters. But it says Chicago recently announced that during a single vear more than 2.01V) Bibles had been stolen "from the luxurious Palmer House hotel." Rude Pravo then criticizes, dead pan, the American press for not telling the truth about Cze choslovakia. While the American press isn't exactly troubled by an Inferiority complex, at the same time it doesn't claim to be perfect. Some of it may have done wrong by Czechoslovakia, but the plctuie could scarcely have been as dis torted as Rude Pravo's own blow up of past or present American halMrulhs presented as the whole truth about America. We have our goofv element, and t once heard a very sober economist (a loval Republican, by the way) argue seriously that Railroads Given New Freight Rate Hike Of 4 Perct. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. (.V) The Interstate Commerce com mission Thursday authorized an other general four per cent In crease in railroad freight rates. The action was taken in a final ruling on the railroads' applica tion of last fall for a new 13 per cent Increase In rates, requested largely on the basis of higher wages In the rail industry. On the railroads' plea that they were confronted with an emer-. gency situation In relation to in crease operating costs, the ICC late in December permitted an interim rate increase of about 5.2 per cent, to be collected while the case was still in hearing. Thursday's order provides for roughly an additional 4 per cent above the Interim authorizations. The new freight rate advance may be made effective on 15 days' notice to the public by the car riers. The commission stipulated that the new advance will not apply to Iron ore handled at the head of the Great Lakes, nor to the pro tective services such as refrigera tion, provided bv the railroads. The ICC further held that in applying the percentage increases. tne additional charges must be held to specified maximums on a limited number of commodities. Thus, the additional charges on the movement of fresh fruits, vegetables and melons may not exceed nine cents per 100 pounds, the advances on sugar and lumber may not go above six cents per 100 pounds. The maximum Increase on coal, coke, and Iron ore will be 35 cents per ton and on lignite 18 cents per ton. The commission announced that domestic water carriers and freight forwarders those en gaged in assembling small quan tity freight for carload shipment may apply the same rate ad vance to their services. Eastern States Extend Deadline On Vets' Bonus The State of Illinois. Michigan and Rhode Island have extended deadlines for applying for World War II veterans' bonuses, the Or egon Department of Veterans' Af fairs reported this week. The Illinois bonus deadline, originally scheduled for June 30 of this year, has been extended to June 30, 1951. In Michigan the deadline was set ahead two years to March 18, 1951. The Rhode Is land bonus expired June 30, 19-17, but recent legislative action re vived It to give applicants until Oct. 31, 1949, to file. Bonus pay ments of the three states pro vide: v ILLINOIS Pays $10 per month domestic duty. $15 per month for eign duty. $50 minimum pay ment, for 60 days or more of active dutv between Sept. 16. 1940, and Sept. 2, 1945, ii veteran was Illinois resident at time nl entering service. If veteran died of service connected causes while on active dutv between those dates, eligible survivor re ceives $900. Dea'h otherwise en titles survivor to amount veteran would receive if alive. Apply to Service Recognition Board, 321 W. Adams St., Springfield. 111. MICHIGAN Pays $10 per month domestic duty. $15 per month foreign iuty, $500 maxi mum payment, for 61 days or more of active dutv between Sept. 16, 1940, and June 30, 1946, if veteran was Michigan resident for at least six months imme diately prior to entering service. Eligible survivors, including spouse, children, or dependent parents or dependent brothers or aistera, entitled to $500 maxi mum if veteran died of servk-e connected causes, otherwise amount veteran would receive U alive. Apply to Adjutant General, Bonus Section, Lansing 1, Mich. RHODE ISLAND Pays $-'00 for any active service in '.lie arm ed forces between Sept. 16, 1940, and Sept. 2, 1945, or for any serv ice In the merchant marine oe tween Dec. 7, 1941, and Sept. 2, 1945, if applicant was Rhode Is land resident for at least six months Immediately prior to service. The $200 paid to depend ents in case of death. Apply to Veterans Bonus Board. State Home, Providence 2. R. I. In the Day's News (Continued From Page One) one of the basic liberties is the freedom to make a fool of your self If you don't hurt somebody else In the process. Maybe very few Americans can sav honestly that they never swiped a towel. Very few of us even want to be supermen, much less think we are. But the communists are work ing on a mean little quirk in peo ple everywhere, including our selves. That's their prejudice about others, their acceptance of ev erything that supports the prej udice, and their disinterest in anything that might upset the prejudice. The great demand abroad is or the freakish in American life. Coot Bay Pastor Will Sptak At Baptist Church Rev. Cecil Brown, now pastor at Coos Bay and a former Chaplin. will speak Sunday night at 8 at j tne ru-st Baptist Church of Rose burg. Rev. Mr. Brown had an un usual career In the army. He started what came to be known as "Brown university," while he was 'chaplain at Camp Adair at Corvallis. This was a work among men from the Ozarks in Arkansas, who in many - t.mcvs could neither read nor write. Mr. Brown went overseas with his men and spent more than two years In the thick of battle In the Southwest Pacific. He was cited for his outstanding work. Mr. Brown's Iodic Sundav night w ill he "When Man Tries' to Be come God. New Attack Opened On Portland Punchboards PORTLAND, Aug. 12. ITV Mayor Dorothy Lee. whose meas ure to ban all punchboards in Portland was defeated in the citv council Wednesday, tried a flank attack Thursday." She Introduced another antl ounchboard ordinance without the emergency clause of the first one. The ordinance will come up for final vote Aug. 25, when an other city commissioner, absent yesterday, will be on hand. Simultaneously she and Com missioner Ormand R. Bean order ed all punchboards to be inspected at the city hall. Only the strictly leeal atiestion-an,i.anu-pr tv-ru. w ill be permitted to operate. Navy Secretary Will Address Oregon Demos PORTLAND. Aug. 12.-JTV Navy Secretary Francis P. Mat thews will address a Democratic party picnic here Sunday. James Goodsell. secretary of the Democratic ruii-iv nf iwann said Matthews will outline the administration's view on the CVA. State Treasurer Walter J. Pear son w ill be master of ceremonies and State Sen. Austin F. Flcgel will speak. Matthews also will attend the national Knights of Columbus convention which opens here next Tuesday. D. Of M. ASSN. TO MEET Degree of Honor Protection as sociation will meet at 8 o'clock Friday evening in the Knights Of PYlhlas hall for a mivii- ruiai. ines meeting. Electric Wire Kills Deer, Starts Woods Fire El'GEN'E, Aug. 12-(.PiThe forest patrol at Marcnla reports an unusual accident w hich started a small forest fire Tuesday eve ning. High winds had caused a length of electric wire to dangle about three feet from the ground. A deer attempted to Jump the wire, was killed by the contact which also started the blaze. The fire was put out with little damage. Britain's national health scheme. One of his first statements to reporters was: "I understand I can obtain health treatment free here and spectacles, too." He added that he has a stom ach ailment and has been In poor health since away back in 1944, when he was operated on. He was obviously interested in the fact that under the British health plan VISITORS as well as residents are entitled to medical care. THIS is the point, as I see it: ! Doctoring and medicine FOR FREE appeal to the big boss of a 1 56-room castle as much as to you 1 and me. We all like the things that come without cost. I (And after we get 'em we all yell bloody murder about our taxes.) I a WE keep learning new things about this British health plan, j (The Scotch dentist who earns ; $100,000 a year carpentering peo ple's teeth and sending the bills to the government, for example.) The latest thriller concerns j wigs and toupees. It seems that these aids to the hairless are fur nished for free, along with false teeth, spectacles (including mono cles), stomach ache r medics and operations. I was reading a piece about it the other night, and what impressed me most was the stag- ! gering price of thtse coverings j for bare domes. I can't remember i the exact figure, but it ran up into the upper brackets. a a a WHAT the British want to do, of course, is their business. If i they want to cover up all the bald heads In the United Kingdom j there isn't much that we can do ' about it, even if it is our dollars that ate paying a part of the : bill. As one American taxpayer, I'm griped with this business of free toupees, which have always seemed to me to be a total waste of money. I. myself, can recognize a toupee as far as 1 can see it with a spy glass, and I suspect that you can i too. When I spend money I like to get something for it. I've i always said to myself that w hen i I get completely bald I'm darned i if I'm going to spend good hard 1 cash for a phony that a year-old I child can spot a block away. But. w hen we follow the British 1 and start giving the things away, i I suppose 1 may change my mind. even on that point. Nothing can be more demoralizing than some thing .hat is GIVEN to you. Gerry Ltroy Irvln, " "T Azalea Youth, Passes Gerry Leroy Irvtn, 17, of Azalea, died of a sudden illness at the Myrtle Creek hospital Wednesday evening. He was born in Olvmpia. Wash., May 22. 1932, to Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Irvin. His parents sur vive. The family had moved to Azalea about two months ago. The body will be taken to Elma, Wash., for services and interment. Arrangements are in care of the Roseburg Funeral home. Phone 100 If yu da net rclv your Nws-Rvlw by t;1S P.M. call Harold Mjblry bafor T P.M. Phone 100 IS I recail the figures, some A 2500 Britishers have been equipped with w igs by their kindly government and some 5O00 more ' are lined up waiting for them. I Another thought: I'm sure Hoover would be against free toupees. That's one of the reasons I I admire him. LET US HELP Remodel or Complete Your Hon Budget Plan If Desired COEN SUPPLY COMPANY Everything For Tha Builder Fleed A Mill Sts. Phn 121 Bonk With A Douglas County Institution Home OwnetJ Home Operated Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank LOGGERS Are yOw having trouble with your Cutting Chain? See our MR. J. A. B0YER for Expert Chain and Crosscut Filing. "THE EXPEPIENCE OF YESTERDAY FILES THE SAWS FOR TODAY" Your Chain Saw Bar ii Important, Too! Have it repaired at a a a SAW SERVICE AND SUPPLY Right across from th new City Market. Pacific Highway North Phone 1372-R Dr. Byron E. Woodruff Optometrist announces the opening of his professional office for the practice of optometry. at 1 37 N. 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