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4 The Newt-Review, Reuburg, Or. Sot, Aug. 13, 1949 Published 0 illy Except Sunday ry tha Newt-Revle Company, Inc. telere H aaranS eltu aiattar Mar . al lae elllae al iMblif. Oragaa. eaat aai ( March i. ISIS CHARLES V. STANTON .rri., EOWIN L. KNAPP Editor AjJ- Manager Mambarof tha Aaaeclatad Prese, Oregon Nawapapar Publliriere Aaaoelatien, tha Audit Suraau of Clrculatlona taaraiaaue ea WEST-HOIXln? CO. INC. elflraa la Na fare. Ckiaeca. aaa rraaolaae. Laa aacalfa. laatlla. rarllaaa at. Laala. SUBS1 IITI(IN CATrs la Or.t.a-B, Mall-ear f ... la.a. ,1a aaatka ll.M lerae naalaa M at ll atrlaf rar aaar lie.ee la aSaearai. laii use aaa raar aa ajaalb ll.ee Oalilae Orafae Mall fat taar l ee. all waataa 14 la ISraa aaaatlia a? 1 A NICE COMPLIMENT By CHARLES V, STANTON A communication received in today's mail gives us much pleasure. Mr. Frank J. Dietsch, visiting from Los Angeles, writes The Ncice Review as follows: A few daya ago I eama up from Loe Angalaa, where I have raaldad alnea 1931, to visit my mother and former frlenda of my childhood daya In tha South Umpqua valley. I am impraaaad by tha eourteay ahown by drivera of auto motive vahioles to pedeetriana at tha erostwalka. It la batter than I am accustomed to. Tha only car that forced ma to Jump out of my tracks bora California llcenao plates. I think, after I have returned to tha Southland, and opportunity presente Itself, I ahall advise discourteous driv ers to go to Roseburg, Oregon, and pick up soma good pointers there. Speaking for Umpqua Basin automobile drivers, we thank Mr. Dietsch for his compliment. Automobile courtesy has made exceptional progress in Roseburg in recent months. Furthermore, the improved condition has resulted from voluntary action. No educational campaign has been conducted, nor has there been any pressure exerted by police department officers. Perhaps no one thing gives the visitor a better impres sion of a town than respect by the motor vehicle operator for the rights of pedestrians. Bend is one city which has become widely known for automobile courtesy. The visitor immediately is pleased when he sees Bend drivers stop even before he has stepped off the curb. There also must be a close relationship be tween the courteous operation of cars in Bend and the fact that that city has one of the lowest traffic accident records in the state. But courtesy works two ways. While Roseburg drivers are steadily improving in the matter of courtesy, pedestrians are not reciprocating. When narrow streets must carry such a heavy load of travel, as is the condition in Roseburg, pedestrians should endeavor to cause as little interference with traffic as possible. But pedestrians take advantage of motorist courtesy by sauntering leisurely across intersections, stopping to hold conversations in the center of the street, jaywalking and also dashing out in front of cars, confident that the vehicles will stop at the pedestrian lane. One of the most difficult situations Is the continuous flow of pedestrian travel at intersections. People straggle across streets, causing cars to pile up a block or more deep, without giving traffic an opportunity to clear. If pedestrians showed courtesy equalling that of motor ists our traffic situation would bo greatly relieved, we would have fewer, accidents, and nerve strain would be lessened. Visitors to Hawaii tell of the extreme courtesy shown in The Islands, where motorists not only yield to pedestrians but go into an Aiphonse and Gaston act with one another over the matter of right of way for cars. Everyone drives leisurely and with extreme courtesy. Courtesy by motorists is one of the first things to be noticed by a visitor and, as first impressions are .the most important, such courtesy can be a most valuable publicity factor. If, at the same time, the travelling motorist finds pedestrians thoughtful of his problem in moving through or about a strange town, he too will be inclined to mention that town favorably. Mr. Dietsch's letter to The Xeivs-Revirw indicates the visitor's reaction. It becomes quite evident that a little thing like courtesy can be made to. pay off in a big way. A Good Time To Make Him A Suit That Fits Properly Vi'i mm By Viahnett S. Martin If In the Day's News (Continued From age One) I wish I could copy In its en tirely the four-pace History of the Umpqua River Light sent me by the U. S. C. G., a history which was compiled from records In the National Archives. Continu ing from yesterday's column: It Is interesting to know the exact location of the light on this earth's surface: 43 39.8' W, 124' 11.9' W. It la 165 (pet ahove the water. The white conical tower Is 65 feet ahove ground, and Is visible for NINETEEN miles on a clear day. The day we stood Inside the gallery the fog had closed In so we could barely soe the nearer tree tops on the edge of the bluff, and the water not at all. 'The light flashes 2 white flashes of 2 seconds each, then 3 eclipses of 3 seconds, followed by a red flash of 2 seconds. It Is listed as No. 825 in the Pacific Light List." The revolving lens sends 210,000 candle-power thrusting Into the night. With the Installation of electricity it became automatic. It la interesting to read of the troubles they had getting it built In the 90s. The metal work was completed March 12, 1892; ma terial was transported to the site by the lightship Manzanlta. Cost $5,000. But when "an attempt was made to put the lens and il luminating apparatus into place it was found that the stand which supported the lens would have to be raised 15 inches. This would cost an additional $200. Also $2,400 would be needed to finish the station. The whole appropria tion of $50,000 was used up, no funds were available! When the orlgirial contractors had failed to carry out their con tract, their bondsmen were Tiotl fled. They refused to accept the responsibility on a technicality! But they were held liable, and taken into court for $2,371. Money was found, meanwhile, by an ap propriation act of Aug. 18, 1894, permitting the station to be fin ished and lighted aa soon as pos sible after that. Do you suppose any of the ships wrecked during that delay might have been saved by a light completed as per schedule? The exact date of the first use of the light Is not given. More Food For World Objective Of United Nations' Fight On Malaria By ADELAIDE KERR IAP Nwafalura LAKE SUCCESS The United Nations is waging war on malar ia in the ho of getting more lood for the world. The world's population is shoot Ing up about 25 million a year. But the food supply is lagging and thus creating one of our most acuie problems. One of the causes of the lag ging food supply is malaria, which takes heavy toll of vie Urns' working energy and produc tive ability. An estimated 300 mil lion people in the -vorld suiter from malaria and since most of them live in agrlcullural areas, this strikes directly at food sup ply. Greece alone is estimated to have lost 30 million man daya a year on her (arms as a result ol malaria, until U. N. heled her save this lost work. In India the losses to individuals caused hy the disease amount to S-l-H mil ium a year. And in the I'mled States malai la has cost millions in treatments and loss of crops. U. N.'s Economic and Social Council, now meeting In Geneva, is studying rcorts from two ul I. N.'s specialized agencies jn work already dore which record some telling successes and fu ture plans to continue the fight. The World Health Organ!. tlon, of which Uncle Sam is a member, has worked with Italy, Greece and other Balkan couii tries, supplying health experis. sanitary engineers and advice to governments on how to destroy the malarial mosquito. It al-iii took over the antimalarial fight of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administra tion, after UNKKA was dissolv ed. DDT Major Weapon The main weaxns were mos-Qtilto-kllling DDT and new eoulii- mcnt to use it. L'NRRA pro-! uitot anu Italy with mo torcycles and jeeps (or anil ma laria teams which took sprayen and supplies from village to' vil lage. Small planer were used to spray 0ien mosquito breeding ar-1 eas. The WHO report states that aft-1 er I'NRRA's tlitee-vear DDT 1 campaign in Greece, malaria tie-! cllne from one million new cases i annually to less than 50.000. It says the program had the effect I o( adding 1(H) thousand (ull time' workers to Greek farms. The Food and Agricultural Or ganirxtlnn. or which Uncle Sam Is also a member and whose re port also lies before the council, concentrates Its anti-malari.il fight on working farm practices. They Include methods o( Irriga ting which will not attract mos 'Hn.oes, and draining marshlands to prevent further breeding. FAOi is now working In the Teral re-! sion of the Himalayan foothills ' where a fertile valley was ahai doned because malaria dealing j mosquitoes hied there. It la also working wiih Slam farmei on i their problems. 1 China's National Regime Breaks Up, But Red Rule Not Yet Fully Popular By JAMES D. WHITE Associated Press Foreign News Analyst What is there left in China, by way of unconquered areas and leaders, to combat communism? American planners reportedly are looking Into this question as they form a new policy toward China. The picture is roughly like this: The refugee national government at Canton, rejected as hope less by the white paper, is breaking up as predicted. Its fragments may keep going for some time. I The real source of central auth ority, Chiang Kai-shek, is repair ing to Formosa. There he will lie safe for the time being, as the communists have no navy or air force. Their Influence may grow, however, among restive Formo sans w ho dislike Chiang's rule as much or more than they did the Japanese. Canton and Kwanglung prov ince appear to be led more or less open to Red conquest. Gen. Pal Chung hsi. defense com mander, is pulling his troops off Into his native province of Kwangsi. He renorteillv had ask- to the corridor running through the Moslem country toward Sov iet Russia and in the far south west, Yunnan province's gover nor Lu Han is nominally loyal to Chiang Kai stick. but one re port says he has stopped remit ting taxes. Government spokesmen in Canton say there ire two areas of antl communis! activity behind the Red lines. One is in central China, allegedly due to Red misrule. The other Is said lo be among central troops who ear lier had deserted to the Reds. me central i nin erouo en iniang ior money anu m.-u sounds uke remnanis or central defend Canton, and did not get armies whom the Reds bypassed them. Cantonese militarists m Ihe of ,h(r advance through that region. In any case, reports of such large-scale resistance would t more credible if more time had elapsed for the Chinese involved to learn what communist rule is really like-and to get organized. ; Successful Wife-Seeker Ad Followed By Second ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Aug. 13 .T might get their troops to light hut Kwangtung province is satur ated with wi'll-establlshed guer rilla outfits. Hainan Island, off the Kwang tung coast, might supply resist ance In these two provinces, but it has its own crowing guerrilla ,-. hi a I The administrative shell of the Canton government, under Pres ident 1.1 Tsung jen and Premier v- n-t-t.... i. t...iM ,.. ih wartime capital at iniingKing r.i i. josepn s unmarried voung Scechwan province. The folks j women- all astir last week over there do not welcome Its return, the lad who obtained a wife Situations In Other Areas lihrough a want ad got a super Sechwan's northern f 1 a n k. i offer Friday, meanw hile, is directly menaced i A Colorado rancher, name un hy a Red field army striking it j revealed, is seeking a wife and its northern border the historic ( his grand pn.e offer is a Ha invasion route- from South Shen-lwaiian honeymoon. The rancher, si province. Its chief commercial i'S years old. made his request outlets, the Yangtze river ports in a letter to the St. Joseph News of Ichang and Shasl. have al- Press, the nrupaper that pub reaiy fallen to another Red Pshed the ad that resulted in the army. i marriage of Charles IVnelson. The only other areas of slgnl-: Donelson said he received more flcanee are Yunnan province in 'h.in L"0O responses, the southwest, and the Moslem ' The rancher save he prefers a areas In the northwest. brunette, between 22 and 2t. and in the northwest the Keels are points out that beauty isn't tm within 95 mllei of Lanchow, key i portant. money. As long as we can borrow, the shoe won't pinch. It is posterity that will reap the harvest of our present policies, aaa LET'S put it his way: Suppose your father, after working hard and intelligently in his earlier years and building up a large and solidly prosperous bus iness, should start suddenly on a prolonged spending binge. First, let us suppose, he would spend ALL of his income on non productive projects (such as hell ing around and having a good time) instead of plowing a part of It each year back into the bus iness. In such a case, the business I would begin to slip backward j eventually, instead of going for- ward as good, sound businesses do If well managed. That wouldn't bother you so much.. But suppose the oid man, hav ing acquired expensive habits, be gan to spend each your MORE than his income for that year. In order to do that, he would have to borrow. Suppose that instead of paying back these loans he Just went on making more loans. a THAT would worry you, for it would mean that instead of inheriting a sound going business you would inherit only a mass of debt which you would have to pay off. The old man, of course, wouldn't be worrying much. By that time, he would have become a confirmed spender, and a con j firmed spender has a wonderful j time as long as his money and credit last. By the time the money and credit were gone the old man would probably be gone too. You would be left holding the bag. That is what Mr. Hoover means when he says that our present na tional spending . policies, if un checked, will ROB POSTERITY of its Inheritance. aaa THE trouble is that sober warn ings like Mr. Hoover's go un heeded in this generation BE CAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO WITH THE FUTURE RATHER THAN THE PRESENT. The stock answer to them is: "Well, we're doing all right, aren't we?" Sure we are. Everybody does all right as long as the money and the credit last. The old man referred to in the foregoing paragraphs is doing all right because he is spending w hat he accumulated in his soberer and more industrious years, along with what his father may have accumulated before him. It is the generation that comes after the money and the credit are gone that pays the bill. aaa THAT is the way It will be with v. zz cn SPENDING as long as the money and the credit last.) FIRST WOMAN DEAN SPOKANE. Aug. 134.piGon aga university has appointed the first dean of women in its 62 year history. She is .Mrs. Katerlne Rickliter of Santa Barbara. Calif. One of her two jons is a Gonraga stu dent. The university admitted worn- I year. Proper Touch And Timing Reduce Toil In Home Garden Maintenance Though many predict that cul tivators on the farm may toon lie entirely replaced by sprayers, us ng weed-killing chemicals, culti vation is far from out moded in he amateur garden. There ia no oractical substitute for the culti vating tool in killing weeds and breaking the toil crust, to insure aeration of the toil. But with the right touch and lining, this once wearisome gar len task can now be done as ?asily at sweeping the floor. The -esearch scientists, in fact, say 'hat the secret of correct cultiva tion is to take it easy. Cultivation should begin as soon at the young plants begin to grow. At this stage, if the toil be ween plants is stirred, it will be fo'und to be full of tiny white tnrouts, which are weeds, begin ning to develop. One easy stroke of a sharp hoe n- cultivating too', will destroy scores of them before they have begun to compete with the ves ta ble plants for available plant food and water. As long as weeds are killed in Infancy, cultivation will be easy, but once they are allowed to be gin substantial growth, not only io crops suffer, but work will In crease, and the care of the gar den may become a chore. One Inch Deep EnouQh It is seldom necessary to stir Ihe ground deeper than one in?h. This is sufficient to kill young weeds, without disturbing the roots of the vegetable plants. It also breaks the soil crust, and al lows air and water to penetrate readily. Deep cultivation will dry out the toil, and mi.y disturb the surface roots of your vegetable plants, which mav do more harm than the cultivation does good. Besides destroying weeds in the space between rows, those which grow in the row itself must be pulled when tiny. Th'.s re quires hand work, and is always tedious, but U attended to promptly it takes little time, and once the vegetables have become Free air circulation in the soil wcJJ established, hand weeding wni be unnecessary, has been proved to be a vital lactor In the growth of plants. I.i properly porous soli there is a complete change of a!r to a depth of eight inches every hour. When the soil becomes corr.-acted and crusted on the surface, this ex: change is seriously hampered. Crust formation can be checked by various methods, Including the application of a mulch, or by growing a living mulch of fescue grasses. But lacking a mulch. frequent shallow cultivation it necessary, especially after every rain. Gen. Lowton Named To Be Army Staff Chief WASHINGTON. Aug. 13-f) President Truman Friday nom inated Gen. Joseph Lawton Col lint to be Chief of Staff of the Army. Collins, vice chief of staff, was named to tucceed Gen. Omar N. Bradley. Bradley was nominated Thurs day to the highest military rank in the country chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Collins was born in New Or leans. May 1. 1896. He was grad uated from the military academy and was commissioned a second lieutenant, April 20, 1917. He taw service in both world wars. LOW THE HOUSE U( BAD KISSINGEN, Germany .T The district president of KiJ jingen urgently needed money to build houses for refugees. State fundi were exhausted, to he got the 30 mayors of his dis trict together and formed a ban!, consisting mostly of trombones and trumpets. This mavor't band plays in all towns to collect funds. They have- already blown enough for one house. The Newt-Review classified ads bring best results. Phone 100. There are about 35,000 beet In the average hive. Phont 100 If you d net reealva yeur News-Review by 6:1J P.M. call Harold Mjbley before 7 P.M. Phone 100 North Douglas County Residents: As newly appointed representative for RAWLEIGH HEALTH PRODUCTS for this district, I earnestly solicit your patron age and I will be calling on you in the near future. HUGH C. GIVEN ; 324 E. 2nd Ave. N. Roseburg Bank With A Douglas County Institution Home Owned Home Operated Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank r - . - so your watch needs cleaning . . . If you insisted that your watchmaker just clean yeur watch, chances are it would cost yeu no more than a dollar. There are two facts that every wotch owner should know: 1. The actual cleaning of a wotch is not so costly as the adjusting of it during the process. 2. No watch movement is really cleaned by simply spinning it in cleaning solutions. The wotch must be completely disassem bled and every part scrubbed free of dry, gummy oil. When you pay five dollars to hove your watch cleaned you ore actually paying a dollar to hove it cleaned and four to have it adjusted. That is be cause cleaning, although it is o skilled process, requires little time and effort compared to that involved in making the necessary adjustments during ond after assembling. For this reason no one should assume that just any watch maker can clean o wotch that wotch cleaning is a simple process. Probably no other watch repair job requires so much skill as does the adjusting after cleaning. Without exaggerating, it might be said that shoddy wotch clean ing will wear out your watch before constant running will. Knudtson's give special core to the watches they sell. These come first. Properly serviced through the years, watches sold by Knudtson's 50 yeors ogo are still giving satisfying accurate timekeeping. At Knudtson's you'll find Longines, Tavannes, Gruen, Wyler and Homil ton watches. Shop around for your watch, by oil means, but go to Knudtson's to com pare SERVICES before you buy. Across From Douglas County State Bank I m (Si tf a av at tm JEWELERS
