4 The Newi-Revlew, Kanbuff, Ore ..Thur., AU9. 23, 1 949 9be Otews-lteview Published 0 ill Exoept Sunday ry th Nwt-Rtvi Company, Inc. Ura aa ilau ilm Mar 1. I1a al alrlea ItMkiri, Oraiaa. act at Harek t. U CHARLES V. STANTON jpirfw tDWIN L. KNAPP Editor -4i Manager Member af tha Aaaeelatad Praia, Oregon Nawapapar Publlihara Aaaociation, tha Audit Suraau af Clrculatiena BapHMU4 a, WCaT-ajOLLIBJIT CO.. INC. altl,, la Na Tark, Cklaaia. a a traaalaae. Laa Aafaiaa. Saallla. r.rllaaa. at. Laala. DSaillPTlnN BATH la Or.,.a-H al.il-r.r raat li.ae. ala ata. tM. Ikrae .ali II M Br CIU rartiar r.t raat Sie.ee . a tlnaril. aa raar, par maatk ll.ae Oauida Oragaa Br Mali Par raar M. alt ajaalka 14 U. ISraa aaaatka It.l More Bumper Crops VOTE IS GRATIFYING By CHARLES V. STANTON Ths virtually unanimous vote in the North Roseburg Sanitary district, where residents approved a bond issue to provide funds for a sanitary system and sewage disposal plant, was extremely gratifying. Tha need for improved sanitation in that area is critical While construction of necessary facilities will impose a heavy tax burden on all property involved, the fact that property owners were so overwhelmingly willing to accept this load is very encouraging. To inject a hopeful note, we would like to predict that the presence of sewers and facilities for sewage disposal will prove so attractive to prospective home builders that the area will expand very rapidly, and, as a property valuation increases, the tax cost will be spread more thinly. Now, having made the major decision relative to its sani tary problem, we hope the district will give serious con sideration to the matter of uniting with the City of Roseburg, (We don't like the word "annexation" for it is not properly descriptive, although it is the only word commonly used in connection with expansion of municipal boundaries.) One of the several reasons why the district should join the city, in our opinion, is that it undoubtedly could save a considerable amount in the cost of its sanitary installa tions. We couldn't, of course, guarantee lower construction cost than obtainable through a contract system. But we have much faith in the ability of City Manager Matt Slankard to get things done cheaply. We're putting Matt on the spot, but when we consider the extremely low cost of Roseburg's swim pool, and the fact that he is installing a street lighting system at much less cost than originally estimated, plus the many other low cost installations by the city, we believe that the North Roseburg Sanitary district could well con aider union with the city as a fneans of securing Slankard's supervision over construction of the sanitary system. His principal experience prior to coming to Roseburg was In that particular field. We haven't mentioned the matter to Matt, and we'll prob ably have him on our neck for even suggesting it, but we believe it is something worth considering. West Roseburg again is considering an annexation elec tion. Petitions are being circulated asking the Roseburg city council to arrange for a vote. West Roseburg has been hot and cold on the issue. An nexation was approved at one election, but the vote was thrown out because of a technicality in election procedure. The necessity for sanitary installation is as critical west of the city limits as in the North Roseburg district. In fact, the condition in both communities is extremely dangerous. It is true that each district must pay for its own sanitary installations regardless of whether It is or is not a part of the city. Even within the city, sewer installations and street improvements ars charged to the property directly benefitted. ,! But, again, ws come to the point strictly a matter of opinion that the job could be done at less cost through supervision by the citv manager, plus coordination between existing municipal facilities with new installations. The North Roseburg district has an advantage over West Roseburg in that it has a larger assessed valuation. There is some question whether there would be sufficient valuation in West Roseburg to permit issuance of enough bonds to pay the cost of sewer lines and disposal facilities, even though the latter expense might be shared with the North Roseburg district through joint utilization of the same plant But through annexation. West Roseburg can put the credit of the entire city behind its bonds and thus raise sufficient money to do the job right. And, again, assurance would be gained that the tax load would be lightened through increased property valuation, as people building homes want access to a sewer system and will avoid, if possible, sites lacking sanitary facilities. The two districts, in our opinion, not only would save money in initial installation costs, through union with the municipality, but would greatly lighten maintenance and operation charges in the future. Tax records show that approximately 80 per cent of a municipality's taxes are paid by high-valuation business property. Thus, if municipal boundaries were extended to embrace the two districts, the cost of maintaining and operating the sewer system and disposal plant would be spread over the entire city, including all of the business and residential sections of Roseburg. and the property dirertl served would pay only a small fraction of this annual expense. f y y i fe'tfflSOLirMTioa &A:zm$. Political fflJL ipp4ls from Jlm PROMISES ijjf' POLITICIANS V m S Vf U Uf; jl i fcyXiaj By Viahnett S. Martiv f j JJ Sutherlin In the Day's News (Continued From t'age One) munists tell ua it is and our sys tem is aa BAD as the commu nists tell u it is, the common Russian down at the bottom of Now is auch a i?ood time. Isn't npaP "Sm ' "oing pretty it, to check over the contents ofjwe" h? nl" ,lme one'a house and pack up the out. I'd say 'hat if communism is growns, the tiredof or the too- even HALF as good aa its boost-short-things, and so on, and putieri claim nd our system half at Then one day I tried It. It's the such things where they will real- Dad " detractors insist the Do you have one of the handy she has w hat she wants, even if little needle-threaders put out by "e form looks less pretty. sewing machine concern? I had one for years and thought it might do for a sack needle, but I liked fine needles and thread. lll.n- UI , V .1 tl 1 auinrni iiiiiik. xuu Slip trie tine wire loop through the needle's eye; drop end of thread through the loop, pull gently on the threader, and presto your needle Is threaded! Especially good for the sowing machine, hut will work with any needle. Threading a needle with a strand of wool is 'no bother at all now. Speaking of sewing machine concerns: A woman I know had a skin-tight dress form made. It j girl ly be of use. benefits enjoyed by the general If you have more than a local; run of Russians ought to be agency needs, there is the Quak- makin8 " little envious by this er Service, Box 2168. Portland, "me- which will welcome anything you ! UHAT ARE THE FACTS? can spare. " Well, I don't know. I've never And the Church World Service, i been allow '"side Russia. Very 215 E. 9th, Portland 14, Is asking I ,ew PeoPp are allowed lnslde especially for shoe, the next two i !l?L 10 ',7 Russia. " V months. There is always, too, the Sal, Cither tha Diw.in. r. vatlon Army. We had a young , ' . . amiwiiru uii ineir sysirm inai our home for some i . .. . , ' was beautifully finished and months, a lovely young girl from .!.""' J , , " matched her own figure except ' the country to the north in Michi-1 ZZZZ , Z g?, ..ni, imu rAuinmni uiir i r- flunir, ii iriinii-Rs, w iwiuui inuney, By MRS. BR1TTAIN SLACK Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thames and Mr. and Mil. Gene Baum gardner motored over the Mc Kenzie Pass last weekend and visited at Bend and Redmond. Mr. and Mrs. Royal Abeene Sr., spent last weekend with Mrs. Abeene's brother and sister-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Adam,, proprietors of the Wood-WinUs cottages at Gleneden Beach, near Taft, on the coast. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Webber are vacationing at coastal points. Mr. and Mrs. Knyal Abeene Jr., spent last Saturday In Eu gene transacting business and shopping. Mr. and Mrs. Talmage Acnew and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ed wards of Crawfordsville, Ind., were recent euests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Francis. They were school boy pals of Mr. Francis, and have toured thsough the South and are en route to Glacier National park. Barbara Fiola and Ruth Hoch steiler from Hammond, Ind., Ihe latter the niece of Mrs. Walter Willoughhy, visited at the Wil loughby home recently on their tour from Chicago to California and Ser.ttle. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Imel of Reno, Nev., visited last Satur day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Slack enroute to Washing ton, where they will visit rela tives. vlr. and Mrs. William Van Vol kenberg and children spei t a week vacationing at Los Angeles visiting with relatives and friends. Mrs. Stella French accompa nied her daughter, Mrs. Mildred Chapman of Yoncalla. to Eu gene last Wednesday where they spent the time shopping. Mrs. Elsie Norton of Rose burg spent several days last week visiting at Fair Oaks with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Norton. Sarah Nelson of Kansas City, is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Turner, east of Sutherlin. i Mr. and Mrs. Verner Abeene shopped and transacted business i , in Roseburg t nday. j I Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Slack and j their son. Marvin, and Mrs. Brit-1 I tajn Slack shopped and trans-1 ! acted business in Eugene last j Wednesday. I Mr. and Mrs. Ed Peterson left one day last week for Chehalis, , Wash., "where they will visit with I ' Mrs. Peterson's parents and other ! relatives. i Mr. and Mrs. George Martin-1 son and children, shopped and transacted business in Roseburg j Saturday. ' I Miss Dolores Martin spent last j weekend in Portland with her sisler, Mrs. A. H. Horst. I Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fuller. ! brother of Mrs. Robert Hall of ;Sr. Paul, Minn., arrived in Su.h erlin one day last week and will j spend a month in this city visit ing with the former's sisters, 'and their families, Mrs. Robert Hall and Mrs. Tony Mels. Mrs. Robert Hall, who has been visiting for the past ten days 'at Yakima, Wash., with her son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Everett Holgate, returned to hT home In this city last Wednesday. Mrs. Belle Cook's son. Dean, is reported as being confined to the veterans hospital in Port land with a back injury. International Agreements To Solve Fishing Problems Are Expected Within Year WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. .P-Wlthln a year the United States and its mightiest neighbors may put into effect new fisheries agreements which are unprecedented In scope. When they do, said Hilary J. Deason, chief of foreign activi ties for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife service, the nations Involved "will be moving together for the first time toward cooperative solution ot problems many of them have recognized, discussed and worried about for half a century." Deason commented to a re-1 porter on agreements, ratified by the United States last Wednes day, affecting multi-million dol lar fishing, canning and recrea tional Interests throughout th of Its shortcomings that they seek to cover up the truth from us. At any rate, we don't know too son she wanted the form was so half-sick, standing on a street she could fit shoulders better, j c o r n e r downtown, wondering ,,, tu uo. .,ne was p. aying . much gbout h ,a,us of ,h(, been built out, or extended, so ' silently ... she saw a Salvation average Russian. Ihe owner was no better off than , Army worker and appealed to a a a before (being an amateur in , her. She was cared for safely ' DUT some new stuff is out. Some sewing!). When It reached the and kindly until she answered the D time back the NorweKlan Gen point where the dummy stayed advertisement for a maid. I am -ral Federation of Trade unions tucked away, useless, the woman always grateful to that worker,! got curious and sent delegations decided to do something. She j when I think of that young girl, to studv conditions In both Rus- cui on me extra wmtn until tie and to the organization in which sia and the United States. These' snoumera maicned her ow n. Now 1 she served. Norwegian union wnrker. 1 a report of their findings. The report was addressed to their jewn organization. It has just! i been made public. Among other 'nmgs, it mentions that: estry Department headed by Nei-1 "An average American worker' jon S. Rogers, who has been Mrn. , , . . ... ., i working tor seats to realize a ' M.rm ' loaf ' bread with five dream of bringing Tillamook mlnu,es of work; it takes an aver Iturn bark to productivity. i age Russian two hours of work "(Jo ahead. Nels! You're the ; to earn a loaf of bread. j lll.l ., .,, j..... ru imi-k jou ..An Amri K,. Editorial Comment From Th Oregon Press Army Pep Tablcrs Put Child On Frolicsome Bingt LEEDS, England, Aug. 25. T home after service with the royal For 27 hours, two-year-old Janet sirforc in the Middle East." Wheelwright was the liveliest kid ! in town. Ptndlcton Cvclisr iCrnw'i Lumber Digest I Why should the people of Ore gon hiiriien themselves with a SlO.OOO.OtH) bond issue for a proj ect (hat will not bring a major payoff unlil afler they are dead? They did this last November when they voted to reforest the Tillamook Burn and other areas of the states timber holdings. Some more or less intangible returns will lie realized earlier but, unless methods change rap Idly, it will be fifty or a hundred eais before these trees can be harvested and turned into ensn. It is not too difficult ordinarily to sell people on laes for needed mgnways, schools or similar pun-1 in enterprises w null the ineir ciiutuen can use and enjoy tight now. Hill how olien have ine ritlena voled bonds to help assure prosperity for their grand children and great -grandchildren? Ant very often, unless there were also some Immediate benefits. Ten million dnllas is not a mt t.t money. Ihe way government tip with the necessary cash In other words, the long task of education In good forestry which has been carried on ny nolh Industry and government appeals to be paving off. This project, largest of its kind in U.S. history. Is new evidence that much more can be done through education and real leadership of the Nels Holers type than can ever tie aivomplishcd nv com a Dound of meat with' half an hour of lanor; a Russian has to work a whole day to earn a pound of meat. "An American can buy a woolei. suit after 25 hours of work; a Russian has to work two months to earn a woolen suit." ev and f ,,l''s'"n' Thls a demonstration T"E Norwegian trade unionists ;l'enjovi""l,v of careful study by those concluded their report with who a,e t.Hiay seeKing to regi ,,e Interesting observation that men! and i-oerce the i. miter in. .. . w-runuon mat dustiy from Washington. E. F. Nelson, Former. A. P. Editor, Passes TACOMA. Aug. 2.V 4.T Ed- their visit to the United States gave them "greater confidence in the ability of democracy to solve its problems." That Is terse, but significant. TRY to be realistic In my thinking. So it seems to me ; after reading this Norwegian re port, that there is a screw loose She couldn't cet to sleeo. ji . 1 1 . Throughout the night, she sang, i oaa,7 nurT ,n rasn danced and chattered. She played I PENDLETON. Aug. 2.V--(T .i. i rr.y toy m me nouse. jmip Theodore Ehrhart, 4i Pendleton exMnriitures go these days. Rep- ward F. Nelson, M. veteran As- tesenlative Homer D. Angell of sociated Press editor who retired Oregon has Just figured out thai (nun the San Francisco bureau in ine federal administration spends Sept., 1 !!. died here yesterday, a million dollars every twelve .Nelson was visitini? his mother minutes. Ten million doilm-a 1 Mrs Anumlj. Alio 11., ,li,t nt m lot of money, though, for a slate heart attack after a trip to the "'mewnere in the communist like Oregon with a population of railroad station to huv his tickets system. about l.tiooom a stale which to return to his San Mateo. Calif.,; I'd say that "this is where th. needs many millions for highway home. screw is" 1 xpanston and improvement, and He was Associated Press rorre- " loose: many millions more for schools spondent in Portland. Ore., from Tn" MANY RUSSIANS AT and other civic projects. It is a l'.'-'O to 1!JS. when he went to THE BOTTOM are getting less lot of money to spend for future IVnver. as news editor. He later, than ihv .,. ,i,i.j - v. 1 generations when the present one transferred to Kansas City and ,h. o. v,..,n ,,- needs these other things so hadlv men to San Francisco In lil.TS -'r light now. i Survivors Include his widow. Ml MSTS AT THE TOP are Why did the people authorize , Mnhel; a son. Robert, of Portland, skimmlne off the rream for them this program?" ! and daughter. Mrs. Virginia Cum- .Ves There seems to be but one an ming. Kentfield. Calif. , ' me,- Tl,.. ha. A Kaah ,.l.t , 1 llWSr 1.1D COmmilltlSIS WBht tO built towering castles with her suffered a fractured pelvis when j good forestry. Perhaps they didn't ' The handmade American glass skim the cream not only from , ,ne sanon.an a motorcycle he was rldin crash- j look at it only from a dollars anil industry is largely concentrated the Russian economy but from h.r mother ,nok h. J 2. !T. V2.rJ"Ljr"? ' .1 'M!! " i ."V .?"!r"?'l.W: .V?." ' the WHOLE WORLD Rebel, like , A -i. j rnn, w, ,.,-n,un 111 uir ,,(-.-iin wim ntiiiKni nt n, inr .i.uiif. i in iii-kisiis Ol tile WOllO S a u hn 'WPP" d and hop- jTollgale highway. i Perhaps they gained a certain ; finest silica sand, principal in- ped the two miles distance. A I Selmer Oliver Thompson. Wes-: nersonal satisfaction from start-1 gredient of glass. sedative put her to sleep. 'ton, driver of the -ar. escaped lng to heal the black scar which i , r"!r' 'I was discovered Janet wlth minor bruises. His passenger, Tillamook Burn scorched across In Mexiro, Brazil and other tiad chewed nn inmi armv n.,i I TilH.. ttmlih Uai, t, 5,.f. ri.. n,,,ij t ,l.i .ta,A Th..' ! n..i. . u - . i . i tablets belonging to her brother. I fered from shock and was taken also gave a resounding vote of fireflies grow to one to two inches wm'- """V don t want 10 divde Dennis, who had Just returned; to a Walla Walla hospital. (conflcdrnce to their State For-, :n length. , tip the cream. Tito want some of the cream for , themselves. I That is why the polltburo big shots regard him as their worst Episcopal Church School To Close With Program The vacation church school, at St. George's Episcopal church, will close Thursday night with a service of evensong and a play hv the pupils of the school. A junior choir, trained durinp Ihe first week of the school, will sing at the evening service. The play tells the story of Noah and the ark, at the time of the embarkation and is written entirely in rhyme. The cast in cludes: Noah. Billy Riley; Noah's wife. Pat Greer; ?Voah's sons. Bill Haskins. Jim Barnhart and Brady Montgomery; Noah's daughters. Kav Haskins, Judy Hihhard and Judy Elliott: and the announcer is Terrv Jones. The play is mod eled after the Mystery plays which were often presented by young choristers of the cathe drals of the 13th and 14th centur ies. Members of the kindergarten section of the school will also sing, and their handiwork will be on display at a reception follow ing Ihe play. The service of evensong begins at 7:30 p. m. and the nlay will follow In the church. The recep tion will be held in the parish house. All parents of the children, and members and friends of the parish are Invited to attend the evening's activities. Secy. Johnson Brands Bomber Quiz As Malice WASHINGTON, Aug. 25M Secretary of Defense Johnson Tuesday railed the charges that led to the current B3fi bomber investigation by Congress "most malicious." "They contain no specific al legations on which an issue can be drawn." he told the House Armed Services committee. He said there is a dangerous development of the practice of "character assassination" against public officials. Johnson appeared before the investigating group following a disclosure by a high ranking air force officer that the super bomb er program would cost approxi mately $1,022,000,000. The figure was given the committee by Lt. Gen. Edwin W. Ralings. "I was never asked by any officer or director of Consolidat ed to discu.su with anyone in gov ernment any aspect of the B-3t!." Johnson said. And he said he had no such dis cussions. Johnson said that during his two months of working with the late Secretary Forrestal. before he became secretary, that they never discussed the B-36. North Atlantic and eastern Pa cific oceans. They involve: 1. Haddock, roseflsh, cod and halibut of the northwest Atlan tic. Other signatories to this con vention are Canada. Newfound land, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Great Britain and northern Ire land. 2. Tuna off the Pacific coast of North and Central America. Separate agreements have been ratified with Mexico and Costa Rica. The northwest Atlantic agree ment would set up an interna tional commission to collect and distribute information on means of maintaining the four major fisheries of those waters. It was signed at a meeting here last February. When four of the countries have ratified the agree ment it will go into effect. The separate tuna agreements with Mexico and Costa Rica also were signed this year. Dea.son said the Mexican legislature mav ratify soon alter convening next montn. similar action by Costa Rica is expected later. The Mexican agreement is bi lateral, but the Costa Rican con- Legion Frees Vet From Clutch Of Cruel Stepfather MONTESANO, Wash., Aug. 23. (. An arrny veteran who lost his left leg in a Japanese bomb ing was being cared for by the American Legion today afler telling authorities he had been his stepfather's "prisoner of fear" for 18 months. The stepfather, identified bv Sheriff Mike Kilgore as Frank Chase, 52, was held in the Grays Harbor county Jail on a charge of third degree assault. Kilgore said the veteran, Hen ry Chum, 29, was found Monday by neighbors who investigated alter neanng snouts. The veteran's hair was four or five inches long and matted, his clothes tattered and his body bruised and welted, Kilgore said. The sheriff said Chum told him he left the army In 1943 after his leg was amputated above the knee as the result of a Japanese bombing In New Guinea. His mother had died a month before. With a 60 percent disability M lowance of some $120 a month he purchased a chicKen farm on a GI loan at Oakville, midway between Elma and Centralia. He said he was induced ny Chase about two years ago to give him full power of attorney, and that he has been virtually a "prisoner of fear" for Ihe last 18 months. An aroused Oakville American Legion post took up the case Mon day and were seeking Chase when he was arrested. In his car were a loaded .45 caliber revolv er, an unloaded 30-30 rifle and an unloaded .22 rifle with am munition for all. Kilgore said the power of at torney given Chase was never recorded. A new power of attor ney was given the American Le gion. Doctors recommended after i an examination that Chum be ; placed in a Veterans administra-1 tion hospital. 1 vention will admit other inter ested nations when and If they wish to join. Tuna, Salmon Lead The U. S. tuna industry Is thu richest of the nation's offshore fisheries. Domestic production of canned tuna in 1948 was valued at more than $125,000,000, and was second in worth only to that of canned salmon. "Our knowledge of tunas in the Pacific is particularly negative," Deason said. "We don't know where or when the Pacific tunas spawn or tha size or age they must gain before first spawning. We don't know how large the populations of tuna are, or what fraction of them is being exploited. "We know they are oceanic fishes not limited to the conti nental shelf. Albacore may mi grate across the Pacific, bluefin across the Atlantic. "In 22 years the tuna-fishing industry has Increased seven fold, but there are signs that even now diminishing returns may have set in." The State department esti mates that the U. S. share In Pacific tuna research will bei $400,000 a year, with an addi tional cost during the first two years, for capital expenditures, of $350,000. Phone 100 If you do not receive your News-Review by 6:15 P.M. call Harold Mobley before 7 P.M. Phone 100 MOTORISTS jjWlliJl'.lif;t.iillll M JOBS AVAILABLE We have jobs for trained workers. If you have the training, we have the job. If you don't have the training, come in or call tomorrow Fall enrollment now under way GRANT'S BUSINESS COLLEGE 112 N, Stephens Phone 1535-R IE Remodel or Complete your home or your business building the easy way COEN SUPPLY6 COMPANY Floed A Mill Stt. Phone 121 a a ia vt ra w cr Bonk With A Douglas County Institution Home OwnerJ Home Operated Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank