FAIR OPENS TOMORROW
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COUNTY FAIR MANACER Paul Abaci, manager of the first
annual county air. It caught by tha camera at ha works on an
xhibit arrangement In tha new fair building. Abeel wat man
ager of the Northwestern Turkey show in I94S, hat taken charge
of county exhibits at the Pacific International Livestock thow
and the state fair. (Picture by Photo Lab)
Oregon's Obsolete Traffic,
Highway Statutes Recalled
As Mechanical Age Blooms
By RALPH WATSON
Oregon Highway Department
Maybe you don't remember it but the "left hand turn" was out
lawed in Oregon the second time the legislature had a chance after
the adoption of the constitution.
It may have been that the lawmakers of 1862 wanted to tell the
Britishers with which the landscape was fairly well sprinkled
Just the right direction to head in.. The record is silent as to that
point but the statute is plain in saying that all horses, teams and
vehicles approaching one another on the public roads should "turn
to the right," and so "The American Way" came into Oregon right
at the beginning of state's history.
Then. too. there was a time
when the mechanized age first
commenced to stick its snout into
the traffic lanes that Old Dobbin
was the legally recognized boss
of the road and all puffing, snort
ing traffic had to stop in its tracks
, while the king went prancing by.
That was in 1885 when the legis-
lature decreed that any steam
thrasher engine, or other mechani
cally driven vehicle, should stop
at a distance of not less than 100
feet from any horse or team ap
proaching on the highway "and
remain stationary until it has
oassed." That was when horses
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cated. before they learned with
innocent ana unsupmsir
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the aged, the intirm ana peaes
trians generally to take to the
ditch and let the motor driven
parade go hurtling by.
As early as 1885 it seems that
the road builders of the state were
hav. i? their troubles with "over-
loads" on the roads and bridges
iney naa wen uuuuiuk nt-iir allu
there. The 1885 legislature came
to the helD of the bridges by pro
viding it to be unlawful for any
one to drive a steam thrasher en
gine onto a bridge without first
laying a track across made out of
planks at least 2 inches thick, by
12 inches wide and not less than
10 feet long. And somewhere
alone about the same period they
made them remove the "lugs" off
the drive wheels before rolling
out onto the highway.
But do you think that the log
trucks were the first headache of
the roa-. builders of Oregon? Well,
don't vou believe it, for it was the
wood hauler, the wheat hauler, all ;
those heavy freight handlers with I way commission by the legisla
te big four-and six-horse teams 1 ture of 1917.
Umpqua Jockey Club
HORSE RACING
7 RACES NIGHTLY
No Racing Sunday Night
Pari-Mutuel Wagering
Post Time 8:00 P. M.
Admission 50c
Tht Roseburg Marathon, a mile and a half race, longest of
the meeting, will be run tonight plus a mixed thoroughbred
quarter horse race plus quinella and daily double betting.
Post Time, 8:00 p.m.
COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, ROSEBURG
Presented by
Umpqua Jockey Club
Under Auspices of Douglas County Sheriff's Posse
and the wagons which Just dug
down toward bottom of the al
ready more or less bottomless
roads.
So the legislature of 1899 came
to the rescue. It passed a law
which provided that after Janu
ary 1, 1900, any person who "ha
bitually" used tires on his wagons
of "not less than 3 inches wide"
should be given a rebate of $1 for
each wheel for four years" on
road tax.
But if the teamster drove a
wagon which had a difference "of
not less than 8 inches" in the
width of the tread between the
front and the rear wheels and
also had tires not less than 4
inches wide all around, he was
given a rebate of $2 for each
wheel for four years.
Those rigs pulled a little harder
on the horses, a little easier on
the pocketbook and, presumably,
had a tendency to smooth out the
roads.
Those were the good old days
when each of the 36 county courts
built its own county roads accord
ing to its own design and the dis
position of its road supervisors.
It was in 1901 that the legisla
ture provided for a levy of "not
more than 10 mills" on all the
property of the county assessed
for state and county purposes to
make up a county road fund
and provided for the appointment
(0f a county road master to boss
the road building job.
Another decade rolled by be
fore road and bridge building was
standardized throughout the state
by the creation of the State High-
Established 1873
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NEW FAIR BUILDINCS This new 100x140 exhibit building hat
been erected for the firtt Douglat county fair in 37 yeart. On
itt exhibit floor will be arranged community bootht entered by
organization! throughout the county, large farm equipment dit-
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DIRECTS FFA COMPETITION Homer Crow, instructor in agri
culture at Roseburg Senior High school and advisor to the FFA,
hangs up sign which will identify FFA exhibits in the county fair.
The cages, now empty, will be filled with poultry entries. (Pic
ture by Photo Labi
4-H Scholarships
Promised Champs
Of Bread Contest
Scholarships to 4-H summer
school next year await the firs'
place winners in the 4-H bread
baking contest at the county fair,
Aug. 25, 26 and 27.
All 4H cookery lit or IV mem
bers who are In at least the third
year of 4-H club work are eligible
to participate. Winners in each
division will represent the coun
ty in the slate bread baking con
test at Salem.
The junior division Is for mem
bers who had not yet passed their
15th birthday on Jan. 1 of this
year. . The senior division is for
members who were 15 years of
age or older Jan. 1 of this year.
Contestants must bring all the
utensils they will require, such
as mixing bowls, measuring cps.
spoons, flour sifters, bread boards
spatulas, etc., and any other
equipment they are accustomed
to using. They should also bring
their ingredients, but these are
to be previously mixed or meas
ured. Range and work table will be
supplied. Contestants may use re
cipes and methods they prefer.
They may also use any flour and
yeast preferred.
Junior division contestants are
to bake one loaf of white bread
at the time of the contest. Senior
division contestants are to bake
one of white bread and one pan
of rolls from the same dough,
such as Parker house, plain, or
clover leaf rolls.
Skill will count 60 points and
the finished product 40 points
toward the total which contest
ants may earn. Skill will Include
accuracy of measuring, 15; dex
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Hermitage
Kentucly Wfa-slpy -A Blend
J. pt.
O 45 at
A Gentleman's Whiskey from Kentucky
Nstionsl Distillers Products Corporstion, N. Y. 6S Crsia Neutrsl Spirits
SECTION 2
ROSEBURG. OREGON WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24, 1949
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terity In mixing and kneading,
30; neatness-personal and way of
working. 1. Finished products will
be judged on appearance, 10; tex
ture, and flavour, 20.
Foreigners Learn English
At Institute In 8 Weeks
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Pl A
sort of linguistic miracle is being
accomplished here. Young for
eign students, with liltle or no
background in English, are
achieving a fluency in eight
weeks that might take as long as
two years elsewhere. This is be
ing accomplished by the Univer
sity of Michigan's English Lan
guage institute.
"There's been as much ad
vance in linguistic science in the
last 15-20 years," Dr. Charles C.
Fries, director, says, "as there
has been in the field of physics
and atomic research."
Dr. Fries says the whole pro
gram rests on determination of
the differences between the for
eign language and English. Dif
ferent sentence structure, differ
ent pronunciation of the same let
ter and different meanings of the!
same word provide he working
area. Intense effort is then ap
plied to e'liminate "trouble
spots."
Proof of the system Is that
aLout two-thirds of the students
are ready to hold heir own in
the English-speaking world after
eight weeks. Each has a working
vocabulary of about 1,800 words
of usable English.
Dr. Fries looks forward now to
the 39th institute session this fall.
With it is almost sure to come
again the student who learns
"room and board." then tries to
iustify "eat our education" for
"board of education."
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ground are the two livestock
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THEY'RE COMING TO THE FAIR Four-H members throughout
livestock for showing in the county fair this week. Upper picture
Creek and his 900-pound fat Hereford steer, which he caught in
International Livestock show at
ture, members of the "Deer Creek Hustlers" lunidentifiedl look
Criiler of Dixonville, right, intends to enter in the fair. (Pictures by Frank von Borstal)
Soft Drink Blast
Basis Of Action
For Damages
The "explosive" nature of a
bottle of soft drink was the basis
for one of three money suits filed
in circuit court Monday by Bea
trice A. Willener, naming as de
fendants L. J. Fullerton and Hu
bert A I ford, doing business as
Fullerton Beverage company.
The plaintiff alleges the de
dendants were negligent In sup
plying a faulty manufactured
metal container. She claims that
another person had made a pur
chase of the soft drink and was
carrying the bottles In the con
tainer when the handle suddenly
tne cemeni.
Berause of the "explosive" na
ture of the soft drink, one of the
bottles broke and a piece of glass
violently struck the plaintiff's leg.
The plaintiff demands Judg
ment for $2,000 general damages,
$181.40 special damages, Including
doctor's bills and wages for do
SLABWOOD
in 12-16 and 24 in. lengths
OLD GROWTH FIR
DOUBLE LOADS
WESTERN BATTERY
SEPARATOR .
Phone SSI
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4-H club entries. In the
back -
barns to be used by
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The fair will open tomorrow for
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Portland last year. He II enter
mestic help hired, and other costs.
Traffio Mishap Suit
Five counts of negligence were
charged in the case of Claude C.
Fallin and Shirley Fallin vs. E.
K. Wood Lumber company and
Robert Harvey Thomas.
The plaintiffs allege that a truck
owned and operated by the de
fendants crowded them off the
road, resulting In damage to the
plainliffs' automobile. The plain
litfs request Judgment for $196.80
car damages, $50 for the loss of
tne use of the car, $100 attorney
fees and other costs.
Judgment for $!l!l8.fi5 and Inter
est Is demanded by the plaintiff
Arthur Wlnsor vs. Lyle Strain.
The plaintiff alleges the total Is
an unpaid sum owed by the de
fendant. The United Slates produced
more than 19 million tons of pa
per and paperboard In 1916.
Beautify
Your Grounds
The beautv of your grounds en
hances the beauty of vour
home. Arrange now to have
our skilled gardeners do vour
landscape )ob. Free estimates.
L. H. McPherson
Rt. 2, Box 153 Phone 71S-J-1
New Buildings Erected; '
Four-H, Future Farmers
Ready For Competition
Three new buildings are In readiness for the opening of the
first county fair in more than 35 years. .. .. ,
The three.day fair starts tomorrow, when 4-H members and
Future Farmers of America bring In their livestock, and, their
canning, cooking and sewing exhibits to be Judged. ... . :
Packing Firms Fight
Extra Fee Inspection
PORTLAND. Aug. 24 i.V)
Two meat packing firms, object
ing to the Oregon Department of
Agriculture practice of charging
an Inspection fee on livestocK
earning inspection certificates
from other states, have filed suit
in a test of the policy.
The firms, Swift & Co., and
Armour & Co.. contend that while
the state may charge a fee for
inspecting livestock originating
wilhin the state. It Is not author
ized by law to do so on shipments
from other slates.
BOMB INVENTOR 01,
BALTIMORE, Adg. 24..- (JP)
Kmil Galhmann Sr., Inventor of
the deDth bomb used to fight sub-
1 marines, died at his home in su-
the 4-H and,bu,han Catonsville Tuesday.
1 ne ir-year-oia metallurgical
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'months.
vTv. ens' fLVJn
n t , fa, -fx 1
the county are grooming their
ihowt Cerl Walin, 16, of Myrtle
the calf scramble at the Pacific
it in the beef class. Lower pic
at the Jersey calf which Galen
200 Yellowjacket Stings
Added To Birthday Gifts
PORTLAND. Aug. 24 (JP)
Carla Marie Bergich was home
Tuesday with about 200 more
birthday presents than she want
ed. Observing her fourlh birthday,
she went out in the yard to play
yesterday, met a swarm of yel
lowjackets and wound up In the
hospital with 200 slings. Attend
ants applied pain reliever, found
the girl was otherwise all right,
and released her.
It's a Heme AseHenee
Yea Nt.e
SHOP If P.CH'1
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Ironrite Hamilton
Nerge Maytaf
Phone SOS
L-Bergh's '
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Appliance Service
1200 S. Stephen
See NOROC Before Yeii Suy
There will be no adult class
in the fair this year, but there
will be several community -exhibits
entered by Granges,! Parent-Teacher
associations. . and
other organizations. . . :-
One unique exhibit Is: expected
to be that from Curtln. whose
citizens entered model village
representing their community in
the North Douelaa Countv fair
at Drain last year, i .,,..;
This year, the DeoDle of Cur.
tin have i greatly enlarged their
model village and are expected
to be entering It In the county
iir inn year.. . , .
The Rosebure Rod and Oun
club Is also expected to enter' an
interesting display- of Douglai
county wild life.
Manager of the fair 'this veer
Is Paul Abeel, who has been busy
In recent weeks putting the fin
ishing touches on the Targe fair
building and the two new live
stock barns.
He has been assisted bv Homer
Crow, who will supervise the F.
I. A. livestock snow. . .
The fair manager has also al
located a large amount of space
on the exhibit floor In the fair
building, to commercial' entries
and a farm Implement display.
Arranging ol the Northwestern
Turkey show In 1945, when It was
revived In Roseburg alter Its war
time suspension. He also hat ta
ken charge of the county's ex
hibits at the Pacific International
Livestock show and state fair in
Salem.
Among the contests for 4-H
club member! will be the dollar
dinner contest, the bread -baking
contest, and the cake baking con
test. In a letter to 4-H club leaders.
Frank von Borstel, county club
agent, reminded that all members
are eligible to exhibits; In addi
tion to the regular ribbon awards,
the Judges will select purple
award winners for county cham
pionships for state fair showing.
ine 4-H nome economics
demonstration and cooking, bak
ing, and canning contests will be
supervised by Mrs. Holden R. Mc
Taggart, Douglas county horns
demonstration agent.
Classes in tne -H junior live
stock show will include dairy,
beef, sheep, swine, poultry and
rabbits. There will be showman
ship classes for dairy, beef,' sheep
and togs.
Cal . Monroe of Oregon State
college, assistant state 4-H club
leader, will judge the livestock
classes.
Future Farmers Or 'A merles
competitions -will be largely con
fined to livestock entries.
Children's Story Hoar
Win End This Afternoon '
' The'flnal VMCA children's story
hour will be heard at 9 p.m. over
KRNR Wednesday. All those who
have enjoyed the program and
would like to have It continued
next summer are urged to drop
a card to Marlen Yoder, YMCA,
Roseburg.
Alva, Laws reports that the
story teller this week Is Mrs.
Beth Warg. Laws also expressed
the thanks of the Roseburg YMCA
to Mrs. Iris Helliwell. Warren
Ward, and all other members of
the KRNR staff, who gave their
time in planning and putting on
the program, and to -Mrs. Mary
Eastman, Mrs. Marie Hall, Mrs.
Opal Munson, Mrs. Esther Geddes,
Mrs. May Matthews, and Mrs.
Beth Warg, who all took part In
telling the stories. '
The glazed tile dome of Mexi
co's famous Puebla Cathedral re
tains its original luster despite
400 years of exposure to the ele
ments. )
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By SHERMAN PLIMPTON
A report from Washington
says that a new budget system
is to be used by the U. S. The
new system will call for a "per
formance budget," which is
something that can be explain
ed easilv by someoneiwho un
derstands It. "To state it
briefly," said one gov't.! execu-
tive, "the -average taxpayer
will better understand where
his dollar Is going and -what he
Is getting for it." This may be t
good or bad . . . depending t,n
.what he gets tor It. Knowing
where the money goes is some
consolation, though there are
some folks who'd rather know '
it didn't have to go. They pre
fer more performance and less '.
budget. t
Mr. L.Roy Ldd, 42 So.
Stephens wins our factory ap
proved lubrication this week.i
Bring your ear In at your con
venience, Mr, Ladd.
In Nanking. China, a group '
of gamblers who were picked ,
up in a police raid were sen
tenced to sweep the city
streets. That's one clean-up :
they hadn t counted on.' Don t'
gamble with your car. "Clean
up" on driving satisfaction
with regular repairs and serv
ice from CORKRUM MOTORS,
INC.. 114 N. Rose St. Now'S
the time for that before Labor
Day checkup. See us soon Snd
he sure vour car is safe for
extra driving. Phone 408.
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