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4 th News-Review, Roiaburg, Or. Tuat., Aug. 30, 19491 Published Otlly Exotpt Sunday ly thi Nws-3evia Company, Inc. VataraS at iwh4 matter eta 1, taw. at taa afnaa St EaMars. Or.f aaaar Ml al March I, UlS CHARLES V. STANTON -JTI EDWIN U KNAPP Editor "fJJT' Manager Mimbtr of tht Aesoelated Preee, Oregon Ntwpapr Publisher Aaaooiatien, the Audit Buraau of Circulations aaaraaaataa' a )ebt-hoixiia CO.. inc. affirar. tm n tare. Chiaasa. Saa riMUM Lm Aagalaa. Saatlla. rartlaat at. Laala. 10KSUIIIPTIUN IAm 1 Orataa B Mall ear Taat MM. Ml ajaalai K M. taraa hhui it.M Br I'll? Carrlar Par raar fla.aa Ma aavaaea). laaa raar, aar aiaaia II.M Ollnl. Or.j.a Bi Mall rar raar M M ! aiaalha 14 1ft. tHraa Maalaa II. U DEFENSE By CHARLES V. STANTON Three Douflas county adults have been stricken with in lantile paralysis. Polio all over the nation adult victims this year than progressing out of the classification of a juvenile disease. More cases are leported this than in any recent year, and reached epidemic stage. It is quite possible we will county. We hope not, but bilities and be prepared for Past history shows that the disease flourishes in periods of extended dry weather. Due to our mild Douglas county climate, our cold and wet weather frequently comes much Jater than elsewhere in the tor the fact that in past years after the disease had waned in Furthermore, most of our epidemics because of poor sanitation. There is some argument as insect borne. Some experts that insects spread the disease or that contaminated water or sewage contributes to it. Other observers take an op posing view, howover.'and some communities have shown a measure of control through use of DDT sprays from air planes. The Associated Press carried dispatches recently pointing out that Ontario, Oregon, has not had a case of polio for three years which coincides with the period that community has been using DDT spray control methods. It is to be hoped there is nothing to the theory that un sanitary conditions contribute to polio for, otherwise, the Roseburg; area, in particular, would be a very vulnerable spot It would be wihful thinking to hope we could escape unscathed when the disease is so prevalent all over the country. Consequently we should be considering what to do if the local situation becomes more critical. The American Medical association warns against panic It counsels continuation of "the normal pattern of life in the community." Closing amusement houses is not recommended, except in cases of emergency. The association recommends that children be guarded against extreme fatigue and excessive physical strain. Un necessary travel and visiting, especially by children, should be eliminated, the association states. It also is recommended that, if possible, nosy and throat operations and dental extractions be postponed until has declined. By keeping schools in operation, teachers, who will have been fully advised on recognition of early symptoms, will be able to find and immediately remove from attendance any children who might be suspect and thus, perhaps, secure earlier action than would otherwise be obtained. And' the quicker polio is diagnosed and of crippling results. The association counsels public and alertness on the part of health authorities. That Oregon residents are aware of the possibility of an epidemic is indicated by the number who have purchased special polio insurance policies now being offered by various companies. But so far there panic in this state, although fortunate. Panic often can cause more serious results than the epidemic. The Douglas County chapter of the Infantile Paralysis Foundation has, over n period of years, set up its defense lines. It is one of the strongest and best prepared chapters in the -state, with its medical department organized under the direction of Dr. E. J. Wainscott, county health officer. It has working agreements with polio centers at Eugene and Portland. It maintains therapeutists trained in methods of rehabilitation. The chapter's financial reserve is in sufficient to meet other than the normal load, and, as finances of the National Foundation are near the point of exhaustion, little outside help is in prospect. An emergency load, however, probably would meet ready response from local contributors should special appeal for funds be neces sary. Everything possible has been and is being done to handle local polio cases with efficiency and dispatch. While we sincerely hope no more cases are experiencd, should the disease develop epidemic or near epidemic proportions we may have confidence in the organized program for control and treatment and everyone should be prepared to carry out suggestions and instructions from authorities without panic and with least possible interference with normal com munity activity. Leaden Fir First Gun In Oregon Democratic Battle KLAMATH FALLS. Aug. .10. () Some 500 democrat! gather ed In Moore park here Sunday for the Klamath county democrat ic picnic described by local party official! aa the opening gun In the 1930 political campaign. Principal speakers were Sena tor Austin Elegel of Multnomah county, expected to run for gov ernor or United State aenatnr next year, and State Treasurer Walter Pearson. Peat-ion declared the party la on the upsurge, and is strong enough to win the governorship, two LINES SET has had a larger percentage of heretofore. It apparently is year throughout the country in some sections the disease has have more cases in Douglas it is best to consider all possi any emergency. state, which possibly accounts we have had polio cases long other localities. communities are overripe for to whether the polio virus is claim that there is no evidence schools, recreation places or after the incidence of polio treated the less the danger calmness on the part of the has been little indication of some states have been less seats In congress and a majority in the legislature. Flcgel called for a fight with i mnnhiian. nn ....-h i...... . I - ,. ,, . .. , . I Columbia Valley authority, labor and social rights. He warned that the party "hasn't anv room for poor candidates, for dishonesty or Incompetence." The Multnomah senator touch ed lightly on the sublect of Mult nomah Countv Sheriff Mike h.U llott. target of a recall mow. He Implied the trouble over Elliott may be Ironed out shortly. Preparing II ..FlLrm Hilinm XV. Ill I -- - iyjf (Xjtfifl By Viahnett S. Martin J j 'jr- ' Have you ever stopped to read the bronze lettering on the gran ite monument by Paradise creek bride 38.21 miles west of Drain? I copied It the other day: 1857 1916 Dedicated to tht memory of th plontsr stags driver To the pioneers of stags and team Who blazed this trail And crossed this stream With Pride and homage aver true We dedicate this bridge to you. By I The sons and daughtera of Oregon pioneers July 26. 1936 Highway 38 Is my favorite drive because of Its history and because it Is so beautiful except Just before sunset! I don't like to drive into that stabbing sun, do you? Mary Plckford once said she chase the site for her home k.M. oooi - ........ rw.i """ eu "lr : Iff I If 1 SUtT Ml . L 1 1 1 1 lt W t-ai III 1 71 nil! . I ... . . . Editorial Comment From The Oregon Press PUBLIC POWER AND REA (The Dalles Chronicle) Few agencies of government have ever been able to draw from the people as much support ns that given to the rural electrifi cation administration. By "people" we mean the men, women and children who are di rectly benefited those who. In this instance, received electric service on the farm for the first time through lines erected by RKA-flnanced systems. REA has met with plenty of opposition in congress and else where but almost always suc ceeds In getting an adequate ap- firopriation as a result of organ zed effort by the large farm or ganizations. Some of the battle against KKA is political, but S3 is some of the defense of that agency. Among the rural people served there is little but praise tor the program that oened an entirely new era of light, power and modern home living in many rural areas. Congress established RKA 'n 1935 to extend the benefits of cen tral station electric service to the maximum number of rural con sumers not then receiving it. In some states Ihe number of elec trified farms was pathetically low, ranging down to one or two percent. In the Northwest the pri vate power conianies already had built lines to serve a fairly high percentage of those who bv census bureau definition could be classed as engaged in farming. Strictly speaking. RKA Is an agricultural program which uses electric power as an instrument to advance the welfare of rural America. It is not an agency de signed to promote public power although the cooperatives and other organizations to which it lends funds must be able to buy power cheaply at wholesale in outer to survive. There is nothing In the REA act to prevent a private power company from borrowing federal funds; a few companies, especial- ly tn the earlv davs of the pro- gmni took KilvHniK)Se of xhemv Interest rate to finance rural lino extensions. Cooperatives and public agencies, however, ai given preference as borrowers. Cooperatives are owned and op erated hy their members, not by the public. They are perfectly free to promote public projects such as hydroelectric power 'de velopment in order to get Inw-'tiav For The Next Campaign ' - "Plckfalr" so that at day's end she would "drive into the setting sun." I wonder If her chauffeur shared her enthusiasm? coast several times the past week; the last time there were no sheep for a wonder, but we did find, close to the road around a bend, a deer calmy nibbling leaves m if traffic meant nothing at all. Wait until you return home before you wash the car! The highway department Is doing a wonderful Job building the road out wider where the river comes so very.dose. Buf the other(eve evening, following truck, we had to stop and wait for the dust to settle enough so we could see in front of the windshield! Not complaining far from It! We who merely drive through have nothing to fuss about. Think about the men who are doing the work there! In that dust all day! And probably don't make as much fuss as motorists who drive throueh. cost wholesale power or even to work for public distribution jf power by PUD'i if they so de sire. As a government agency. KEA has a somewhat limited roie in the former and no authorizej right whatsoever to promote the latter, unless a specific lender- Dorrower relationship exists. r- . i In working actively for public : we nave nppn t0 ,ne power and all that it entails in"" """' the fields of retail sale of elec-ithe Bri,ish people aren't too tricity, the rural electrification i 1 appy. An ELECTION IS AP administration is overstepping its ; PROACHING. When an election "'Million lauil in Washington, D. C, and one I wnicn nas helped build our pres ent top-heavy bureaucracy. J.J. OS WEST CHALLENGES CVAIwas biting the Labor party man It Wter I 1"k ... ! "hen he got up the other day and j Oswald West, former governor of i Oregon, a Democrat, and a law- yer of high ability has written a , X;?Ha-i" "a?:., I legislation to establish a Colum- i ,i0"' lrast) lhM ,hey're mad bia Valley Authority should be aoou' 'he mess their own govern challenged on grounds of const i-! nient has been getting them Into. West quotes Article j That U an old dodge In politics. oMhTl nned .-""n res,, on the same principle as The Unied States shall Puar. mustard plaster applied to your antee to every state in the L'nion "ching back. The mustard plaster (republican form of govern-1 is so much more uncomfortable Tnder CVA, a federal corpora-'"1?" yourwbi,c,k ,hat y0U for tlon. directed bv ,h ot ol,r backache. appointed by the' President of Hi-I co Mates, would have com- pii-ip power over everything af- k in, sou. natural sources of the region. In the fed-1 oral corporation Jhere would be ""VOTING REPRESENT A-1 TIU.S of the people of the area, e- i that same article of the l" S "nk of ,homrlvps uch God Constitution, because our battle llke creatures that they become has NOT been against public convinced their country will o rX?.i ? " SUlh' or l;a'ns, 10 Pl lf " ' deprived of their regional government as such, but ie,d,.P(hiD only against a torm which to oll-i"'ul' way of thinking would violate the' most precious principle of Am- j question. Therefore we are glad erican democracy represent- to see it brought forward bv such J"" tnT 'he people who are tola distinguished person as Ex- governed. Many times we 1 Governor West (whose crowning have asked: ! achievement aa pmvmnr ., wnat remains to the people. . saving Oregon's beaches for pub f a Corporation in which Ihpvi he ownerahm anH n hv msl-inA I have no voice is given full power i them public highways!. The issue over all of the resource upon ' of representation for the people which they depend for life?" . of the Northwest in any govern In our op'nion. opponents of , ment set over them is even more CVA. obsessed with minor issues, important than their rights along been overlooking the main In the Day's News (Continued From rtge One) ed around by the unlettered, pot bellied money magnates of the United States." a a a OW that isn't nice. The aid we Americans have i given to the British people since the war runs into the multl billbiia. All of this aid has come out of the taxes we pay (or will pay in the future) and our taxes are beginning to bite, and bite hard. And don't forget this: It hasn't been funny money we've been sharing with the British. It has been GOODS. The dol ars we talk so much about are Just counters. We've been glvl..g THINGS to the British food and raw materials and such. We're not morons. We are fully aware that the more of our re sources we give away the less we have left for ourselves. This help we've been givin to the British isn't Just an idle gesture. It means real sacrifice on our part. When you make sacrifices in order to help somebod else, you don't relish being called nasty names. When that happens, your inclination is to say: "If that's the way you feel rbout it, the hell wit you. You can paddle your own canoe from here on." a a a ALL this being true (and It IS true), why should a member of the ruling party in Britain cuss us ut In this manner? This, I think, is the answer: Tiings aien't going too well wit, me t-aoor government oi t- w wit i the Labor government of Imme. at a Mm. u.hen tho pie ire unhappy, it often happens that the ruling party Is thrown ..it. I 'hink that thnucht was what Puri'd ' n us- What he was really trying to do wat o get the I British voters so mad at us that ' " forge, (until after the elec j I r U comes down to this: There is literally NOTHING II. . . , , t",K,an won 1 ao ln O"1" sla-v off;cp- Tne 01,(1 Prt of I ' hat politicians are about half sincere in their thinking along the ocean. Ruling In "Rash" Case Opens Flood Of Mail On Judge LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30- Because he ruled that a woman's rash is no ground for divorce, Superior Judge Ray P. Crock man is getting more fan mall than a movie queen. A month ago, the Judge denied Mrs. Joyce C. Holdridge, 27, a divorce on her plea: "I would break out in a rash from head to toe every time 1 was near him." The Judge's ruling has been haunting him ever since. H e said he had received hundreds of letters, most of them from women who claim thev are al lergic to their husbands. They urge the Judge to reconsider some of the missives are about as friendly as a dentist's drill. But Judge Brockman has at least one person on his side. The letter writer described himself as a "mere man" and offered the following advice: "Take each of your women plaintiffs for divorce and suggest a 60- day cooling off fieriod, dur ing which time she is to do a belter Job of homemaking, such as some good old fashioned house cleaning, cook bigger and better meals, try her own hand at the laundry, don't send, but take the kids to Sunday school and church, get up early, work all day and stay out of the local saloons. "Say, Judge," the mere man continued, "if you were to do this you know what would hap pen? These women would break out In a rash right in court. It isn't their husbands they are allergic to; it's what he expects them to do to earn their keep." The husband in the "allergy divorce case" complicated mat ters. He is Nolan H. Holdridge, 26 a San Francisco watchmaker. In a cross complaint for divorce he charged Mrs. Holdridge with being a wife in name only. Judge Brockman will hear the case later. Traffic Mishap Record Lesson To Pedestrians Oregon traffic accident records for the first six months of 1949 contain some valuable lessons for pedestrians, Secretary of State Newbry reports. In 652 accidents Involving pe destrians, 18 walkers and one passenger were killed. But the chance of death it injured ranged from one in l-7 lor the 5 to 14-year-olds, to one In eight for those over 65. Ten of the fatal ities were in the latter age group. Ten of the fatal mishaps oc curred on rural highways or in towns of less than 1,000 populat ion. Only three were in all cities between 2,500 and 50,000 populat ion. Although passenger cars were involved in 85 percent of total accidents, they accounted for only half the fatalities. Trucks, pickups, and taxi cabs were far more deadly. . Of the 18 victims on foot, only three were not committing ob viously unsafe acta at the time. Crossing between intersections led all other actions in bringing death. While toUl accidents were almost evenly divided between intersections and non-intersection locations, the higher speeds found in the latter resulted in twice as many deaths. The six month pedestrian toll was less than half that of last year, Newbry concluded, indicat ing that many drivers and walk ers have already learned to know and cope with their danger. Ex-President Hoover Now Grear-Grandfarher PALO ALTO. Calif.. Aue. 30. (.V) Herbert Hoover became a great grandfather Monday. A 7-pound 4 ounce boy was oorn to ine wne oi tne tx-hTesi-dent's grandson, Herbert Hoover III. The mother is the former Meredith McGilvray of Palo Alto. The grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover Jr., of Pasa dena, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm McGilvray of Palo Alto. The mother and baby were reported as doing nicely at the Palo Alto hospital. Oregon Bartlett Pears In Federal Purchase Plan PORTLAND, Aug. 30 (&) The federal government will buy 50 carloads of fresh bartlett pears in Oregon, the U.S.D.A. product ion and marketing administration committee said Monday. Purchase offices will be set up at Medford and Hood River. Ad vistory committees, representing pear growers, will help with al locating purchases. Dr. E. W. Carter Chiropodist Foot Specialist 129 N. Jackson Phone 1170 O'er RexaU Drug Store SCREENS Screen Doors Screen Wire Window Screens PAGE LUMBER & FUEL M E. "nrt Ave. S. Phone 24? Phone 100 If you do not receive your News-Review by 6:15 P.M. eall Harold Moblcy before 7 P.M. Phone 100 There's No Time While Striving To By ED CREAGH ' ; V NEW YORK, Aug. 30. OP) When James Keller says he's out to change the world, a lot of people listen. , . ' V For one thing, he's a big, quietly persuasive Catholic priest with a non-nonsense air about him. He resembles . his friend Spencer Tracy. ' ... For another thing, he's a best-selling author' who-has banded more than 100,000 Catholics, Protestants and Jews into a .move ment called the Christophers. Their aim. in their own words: To change the world. ' ' . The U. SV Father Keller says, "Is being undermined by a fanati cal group of men and women who hate God and sneer at the Dec laration of Independence, with its stress on our God-given rights. "We want to stop this. "And we hope to do it by put ting men and women of good will into Jobs where they can be a force for good and order. "There has been too much shouting against 'subversives.' 'The time Is here for action for offferlng something better than the subversives can offer." Books Influential The Christopheri are In the news on several fronts. A novel which won the $15,000 first prize in their literary con test has Just been published. Its title is "Call It Treason." The author, George Howde, is a Pro testant. The Christophers are trying to establish training schools in all parts of the country, to guide "men and women of good will" in to key Jobs where they can make their Influence felt. And Father Keller himself Is reading final proofs on a new book, 'Three Minutes a Day," to be published by Doubleday in Oc tober. His last book, "You Can Change the World," sold 200,000 copies. I went to see Father Keller be cause I had been hearing a good leal about misunderstanding and bad feeling among religious "roups, and I wanted to know if there was another side to the story. The man in the Roman collar Is sure that there is. 'The Christophers," he said, "are people of all faiths. Some have no particular faith. "We're all sorts of people housewives, actors, employers, union officials . . . "We concentrate on a few fields teaching, government work, la Protect Your family with the B. M. A. Polio plan. Call Mr. Lincoln. 938-J-4 o drop card to Box 10R Melrose Route. Stearns, Flynn & Company CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS 201 Pacific Building ; Roseburg, Oregon. ' Art Pleased to Announca the Appointment of John R. Dingley as manager of the Roseburg, Oregon, office to succeed David J. McCorroll, who hps been transferred to tha Oakland, California, office of the firm I II fTii WWfflRBfiSfflP1 Here's the greatest improvement in washing since the agitator! New Apex cleansing actio, washes clothes amazingly dean, triple rinses, spin dries, and FLUFFS the clothes all with one setting of the diaL Uses LESS WATER, LESS SOAP than conwMkml washing methods. Self-balancing doe not require bolting down. It's truly a wonderful new machine . . . See k today. 222 W. Oak For Bickering Change World -- bor-management, and the spread ing of ideas by radio, movies, publishing and so on. "Why? Because 'that's where subversives are most active. "By 'subversives' we don't mean communists alone. We mean those who are against what nor. mal, decent Americans are for. Such things as divine truth and human Integrity, i j Million Members Needed . "Probably not more than ou American In - 100 is working against these things. But that idds up to more than 1,000,000 persons. It means that we'll need more than 1,000,000 Christophers. I asked a couple of questions that a Protestant friend of mine had suggested: Is there opposition to the Christophers because their founder is a priest? Any suspicion that its aims are sectarian? i Father Keller smiled. "Why don t you look over some of our correspondence?" he said. So I did. There were letters sUDDort from Catholics: from Methodist ministerial student In Georgetown, Txaat-v from an Episcopal rector ia, Beverly Hills, Calif.; from a Jewish television executive In ChteagdT' I read the letters and others like them. . ' j??-, "Father," I asked, "are you go ing to get a million Christoph ers? Are they really going to change the world!" i "With God s hejp.? said Father Keller promptly, j'yea," Abilene, Kans..-famed as the frontier head of the old Chishotm cattle trail, was given Its Biblical name, meaning "grassy plain," by a devout woman rettler. ' PIANO LESSONS , with . Wondo W, Althout Classes start September 1st. Students please register NOW. Studio 608 W. Lane ' 4 " Truck and Auto " Repairing Welding Radiator Service Truck Parts Bought and Sold All Work Guaranteed Ray's Truck Shop 205S N. Stephana Phone 499-J-4 WASIIAMAT!C Phone 348