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Just a More Substantial Perch, Mister! State Fair's Gates To Open On Labor Day Exhibits And Program Alluring, Premiums And Prizes Total $75,000 Sea Water Distillation Urged To Meet Power Needs LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2.-(.P) Oscar L. Chapman, under secre tary of the Department of the Interior, Thursday called for a stepped-up water and power pro gram in the western United States. Speaking at the convention of the California Federation of La bor, Chapman advocated large scale distillation of sea water to supplant the state's dwindling water supply. He warned that natural re sources in the west California in particular are being depleted to the danger point. The solution, he said, lies with government controlled developments such as the Tennessee and Columbia val ley reclamation programs and the Central valley water project. He admitted that distilling ocean water would be costly, but suggested that research might de velop more economical methods. Jlow you Know! 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St la inauranr prooierna By KEN BAILEY show the 8 tin annual state fair in Salem will swing open its gatea Labor day with more em pnasis man ever on uregon larms and their products. 4 Th Nw-RtYltw, KoMburi, Of Frl., Sept. 1, 1949 mis POLICE TO By CHARLES Bids for installation of two - the Roseburg police and fire departments will be opened by the city council at its regular meeting Tuesday. It is to be hoped that an acceptable bid is received and installation made promptly, too long without this almost and fire protection. In fact, cities of its size that does not have two-way radio equip ment for its police department. Experience has shown that radio is one of the most used and most essential of police tools. Roseburg's police department has been forced to expand in proportion to community the city managed to get by ployed officers chiefly because the low rate of pay wouldn't attract good men for the job. In 1946 the department was increased to six men. We now have 12 officers regularly employed, and Chief of Police Calvin Baird is organizing 12-man reserve force. Keeping in contact with policemen on widely separated patrols is a difficult task. An officer in need of assistance is badly handicapped at present. A policeman, for instance, automobile accident He finds must waste time locating a telephone, contacting head quarters, securing medical and ambulance service, and get ting help to direct traffic, conduct Investigations and pre pare reports. But, equipped with two-way radio, he could have help on the way even before he had brought his patrol car to a full stop. City police report excellent cooperation from the state police radio station, now being used in emergencies. But it often happens that the state police equipment is in use on state business and local calls must be delayed for a few minutes. Too, the city police do not like to impose upon the state police station more than is absolutely necessary. We probably are safe in saying that two-way radio will make it possible to do work that would require the services of at least four additional employes. , The equipment also will be of great value to the fire department from a protection standpoint At present, two or more pieces of equipment frequently go to a fire when only one is required. With two-way radio installations, it will be necessary to send out only one truck. Help can be obtained quickly if needed. Money to install the radio equipment was authorized in the last municipal budget The cost is expected to amount to from $3,000 to $3,500. That the city will receive the lowest bid is evidenced by the fact that three proposals already have been submitted by major companies, in dicating keen competition. The equipment will include a central transmitter and short-wave tower, together with seven receiver-transmitter sets. Four mobile units will be used by the police two in patrol cars and two on motorcycles and three will be placed on fire department equipment. It will be possible to add to the equipment from time to time and to include other city departments, if desired. The broadcast rsnge is approximately 15 miles. Only a few nights ago the city would have been saved $500 had two-way radio communication been in operation, police officers point out. Youths were seen wrecking park ing meters and a call was made by telephone to report the vandalism. By the time officers could be assembled to round up the culprits, the youths had vanished. Radio dispatching probably would have had cars on the spot in time to catch the offenders in the act. Police work in a town the size of Roseburg offers many problems and dangers. Men engaged in that work are en titled to tools enabling them to produce results with the greatest measure of efficiency, safety and speed. Editorial Comment From TVs Oregon Press NO MORE WOOD WASTE (The Oregon Statesman) The dav when the lumber In dustry will be known as the for est products industry Is not far off, Stewart H. Holbrook. widely known Oregon author, predicts In an article In Think, the IBM mag azine. Time was when trees were measured by how many board feet they would produce. That was when sawmills could hardly burn up the "waste" sawdust and hark and splinters fast enough to make room for new piles. But that benighted era, happily. Is past, for science has discovered ways 'o use almost every part of every tree cut and there is no longer anv excuse to consign to the scrap heap mate rial which can become anything from lipstick holder to ISO-proof ethyl alcohol. Lumber today is onlv one of an almost Infinite variety of for est products. A plant in Long view uses Douglas fir bark to make a base for Insecticides, a glue extender, a soil conditioner and several plastic powders. At Camai they are using (waste) llgnln (one of the two compon-j GET RADIOS V. STANTON way radio equipment to serve for we have been altogether essential adjunct to good police Roseburg is one of the few growth. During the last war with only three regularly em is called to the scene of an persons seriously injured. He enta of wood, the other Is cellu lose) to make highway surfacing. Insulators and fibre blankets anj boards are made from whole bal sam trees In Minnesota. In Cali fornia, sawdust phenolic resin and treated paper are combined to make tops for tables and coun ters. Rayon made from wood and wool made from wood are the for est's contribution to the textile Industry. Stock feed, lubricating oil. cosmetics and other products from wood are In experimental stages. Prestologs are profitab ly made In Salem from sawdust. Scientific logging, management and fire fighting are all helping to assure the Pacific Northwest a perpetual timber resource and utilisation of wood wastes makes certain that every tree cut is put to use. A steam engine ass first tise.1 to operate the bellows In an Eng lish blast furnace in 1775. Into desired shapes was patented by Henry Cort of England In 1783. The first blast furnace wis built In 1792 In what was destined to become the steel center of Pittsburgh. Didn't catch my first salmon! Up at three in the morning, and bouncing across the Umpqua bar a little after six. The skipper said we'd leave as soon as everybody was on board but the other four overslept because they didn't hear the alarm go off. Were they breathless as they hurried down the pier, each carrying a paper cup and a sandwich for break fast! Four and a half, really. Young Bobby Apger, eight years old, was an expert fisher man. He told how many perch and whatnot he had caught the previous afternoon, and how many he had caught down In California. This particular morn ing his mind was set on acquiring Jellyfish. The Skipper and his six adult passengers saw to it that Bobby didn't fall overboard or get fingers In gear in his eagerness to get his jellyfish. Bobby's ad vice on how to fish was to the point; and maybe we should have followed It. But we thought the skippers might fetch the salmon! Bobby's daddy uses cameras at M.G.M. I'm sure he knew how to 'shoot' the big Chinook his wife carried off the boat, and did so ' Congress By Harris Congressman, 4th I Old-timers on Capitol Hill, those who have been around here twenty years and more, all seem to agree that no previous Con gress has ever gotten Itself Into the mess this one is In. Nor Is this a partisan viewpoint. I have heard the same thought express ed as freely by Democrats as Republicans. In addition to other troubles, the situation has developed some pretty bitter feeling between the House and the Senate. This be came clearly evident recently when the Senate refused to give its consent for the House to take a recess while the Senate caugnt up with Its work. I am told such a refusal is almost unheard of. It is always the custom lor eacn House of ' Congress to politely agree to what the other wishes to do for itself. The details of what has hap pened in Congress recently are too complicated and technical to relate here in detail. However, two or three things about the House recess resolution are inte resting, to sav the least. In the first place, the Senate properly, i think, objected to the resolution because It proposed that t h e House be In recess until Sept ember 21st completely Ignoring the fact that appropriations for the Interior department. Detene department and the Army Kn gineers would expire on the Kith, under a continuing resolution pre viously enacted. This date error was later corrected bv continu ing the temporary basis to Octo ber 1st. Meanwhile, the Senate, hy a vote of !S8 to 25. rejected the House recess resolution. Ac- .allv. that action made very lit tle difference to the members of the House. We will recess s planned, but will keep In session technically by meeting and ad journing each three days. The practical difference Is that the employees of the House of Re presentatives will get no vacation and must stay on duty. Thus, the peeve of the Senate is tak-i out on a couple of dozen weary clerks, reporters, pages, reading clerks and door keepers. Seems to me that was a little beneath what is usually referred to as the dignity of the Senate. By Viahnett S. Martin W ','T before they iced It and sent down to Hollywood. And they were go ing to have another try the next day! I think the skipper of a boat feels worse than his passengers do when the fish refuse the Invi tation to come aboard. Ours cer tainly did everything he could to give us a good trip! I had my money's worth In the boat-ride and In the bits of fishing lore and sea experiences the cap'n in cluded in his casual words. That bar must be really something! How small boats ever dare putt putt through' It is more than I can understand! There have been drownings . . . but does that stop the others? No. when we came back in the bar was fairly smooth and there seemed a hun dred small boats outside. Our Captain was held outside the bar four days one time.. An other time he and his grandson were locked In the cabin for six teen hours while waves washed over the forty-foot "June;" then they ran the bar, and made It in. Whales? Saw so many things thought he had seen a whale a couple of weeks ago. Sidelights Ellsworth District of Oregon I was certainly correct when I said In my letter last week that plans of a member of Con gress are always subject to sud den change. I had planned to drive home with the family and spend three or four weeks there during the recess of the House. We had our grips packed and the car loaded. Then less than an hour before we were due to start, I received a telephone call from the chairman of my committee asking me to go with him, and the subcommittee on Public Health, to England and the Scan dinavian countries to study health insurance programs in operation there. The trip will be made dur ing the recess. We will fly over and back. In this work one does not lightly refuse a request by a committee chairman especially when such refusal is for purely personal reasons. So the car was unpacked and my plans for a short vacation in Oregon were canceled. Other than for the slight personal in convenience Involved (and of course the family is not happy about III I do not regret this change in plans. As a matter of fart. I feel high ly honored that I was chosen as one of the members of the com mittee to participate In a first hand study of socialized mecll cine as it is operating in England. This subject is a holly controver sial one in this Congress. Thus far. we have been showered with printed matter and blasted with oratorybut actual first-hand knowledge has been sadly lack ing. Clear cold facts also are obscured by the heat that has been generated around this sub ject. I believe our committee can obtain information that will reallv throw some light on the problem so that future decisions can be made on the basis of facts. PINE PRICES SLUMP PORTLAND, Sept. 2 i.V The bureau of land management re ported a drop in pine stumpage prices louay. i Daniel U Goldy. regional ad ministrator, said appraisals have 1 gone down 15 per cent on bureau In the Day's News tContlnued From r"age One) gangster really means business, he is apt to shoot quick and talk little. I'D say that the most likely de velopment Is that Tito will meet up with an accident in which the verdict of the coroner's Jury will be that he came to his death at the hands of parties unknown, aaa IV St. Louis the other day an animal lover (name of Leonard D. Putney and described as a roofing company executive) died and It develops that in his will he left $100,000 to PROMOTE THE STERILIZATION OF HOUSEHOLD PETS. F, Forder Buckley, secretary of the Humane Society of Mis souri, describes the will as "the silliest thing I ever heard of." aaa WELL I should say so! It wouldn't be so silly if It stood alone. Somewhere In Cali fornia the other day (I forget the place and the exact circum stances) somebody died and left a fair-sized house and some other property to a dog and five cats. What are we coming to? aaa I SUPPOSE that at this point somebody will arise to remark with considerable heat that If the time comes in America when a man (or a WOMAN; let's not for get that In this country more than half of all our wealth Is in the hands of women) can't bequeath his property for ANY purpose he chooses to bequeath it to it won't be America any more. I reckon that's right. Still, when people can think of no better use for their money after they die than promoting the sterilization of household pets and setting 'up dogs and cats as the owners and occupiers of houses that I'm sure would be better used to raise human families In, it Indicates that a lot of people are taking a narrow and biased view of our civilization and the purposes for which it has been developed. As a recall my history, things like that are signs of a DECAY ING civilization. Dulles To Decide Soon On N. Y. Senate Race WASHINGTON. Sept 2-(.Fj Senator Dulles (RNYl will de cide next week vhether to square off against Herbert H. Lehman In New- fork's special senate race this fall. Lehmnn. former New York Governor, has announced his In tention of runni.ig. rresioent Truman, disclosed that he wrote Lehman a week t ago saying he would be pleased I If Lehman made the race. He predicted that Lehman will I win. and indicated that he might campaign in New York state in Lenmans behalf. The contest is for the seat Dulles took over last Julv fol lowing the resignation of Senator Robert F. Wagner, a democrat. Dulles, sent to the senate bv Dewey, has been under heavy pressure from republican lead- ers to enter the race. He told a reponer re will, maxe nis ue : cision known sometime around ! Laor Day. Sept. 5. j tracts In Oregon. Washington and Idaho, following the national price trend of lumber. are entered in competition for the approximately $75,000 in prizes and premiums offered at this year's exposition. Judging will begin early Monday morn ing and la expected to be com- nletelv finished in the nnpn class es late Tuesday afternoon. A modern emphasis will come Tuesday morning with the arri val of 150 "Flying Farmers" who will land on tne lair s nuge pars ing area as a part from thidr annual conclave at McMlnnvllle and will take off from the fair erounds late Tuesday afternoon. Youngsters To Compete m. . 1 - . J.. I,... ine largest numm-i oi jmuui exhibitors in fair history will be lha t:ir- all U'Milf In i l In the various junior classes. High point oi me 4-n ana ruiuie iaiihh activity will come Friday morn. In Cnn O u.ith lh annual 1nn. lor fat stock auction. Over 2.5) W youngsters are expected to par ticipate in the week-long compe tition. The high school teams of Fu ture Farmer livestock Judges will vie Saturday morning of the fair, the winning team to go to Kan sas City for the national trials in late October. Although the costs have risen sine the war, the 4-H girls will hold their daily inn.r" rAlltMll In the junior exhibition building. Mean while, entries ciosea uvn im u.ALann in in mmhined culin ary and textile divisions whicn will again be housed in me iair s main agricultural building. Flor al entries have already topped anv previous exposition record with a large number of garden clubs from all sections of Oregon participating. The annual land products show is packed to capacity with en tries and fourteen Oregon coun ties will display the wealth of their units in separate booths in the agricultural pavilion. All commercial display sjiace has been sold out, both Inside and on the fair's several blocks of mid way, for over a month. The exposition's entertainment roster is as extensive as any In years. Free midway acts will be offered three times daily. Ad vance ticket sales to the evening horse show-rodeo, the afternoon horse races, and tne nignu;- iwi ene Hughes stage revue have far exceeded past years. - Sure to be a favorite of the state's younger gentry is the new ly constructed "Kiddieiand. This new juvenile area will fea ture smaller amusement rides, a newly constructed railroad route lor the youngsters, and a multi tude of nursery rhyme charact ers including Humpty Dumpty on a precarious perch. Tired parents will also find relief within the enclosed area as the fair has pro vided dozens of awning covered benches for exhausted elders. Two new entrance gates have been built to the grounds. Visi tors from the north on tne Pacific Highway will be directed by state policemen on to Lancaster drive, four miles north of Salem. Lan caster drive will bring northern motorists direct to the northside parking lot of the fair. Those from the lower easily accessible from the Pacific highway. General admission to the grounds will again be at the pre war level of fifty cents, includ ing tax. Children 12 and under are to be admitted free. Choral Society Discusses Plans Preliminary plans for the forth coming year were discussed by approximately 75 Roseburg Cho ral society members and guests at a picnic meeting held at Umpqua park this week, according to Roy Barnhart, society president. . An Invitation was extended to all residents of the Roseburg area to particiapte In this year's choral performances. In stressing the idea that this is a civic organiza tion. Barnhart said the only re quirement for membership is that "a person must love to sing." The initial practice session for the group will be held in the jun ior high school music room Sept. 12 at 7:30. The civic singers plan to meet every Monday night thereafter, under the direction of Charles A. Ricketts. Misspelled Word Puts Check Thief In Prison I DETROIT, Sept. 2.-4.PU.WI1. liam Murray, 22, will have three to 14 years In prison to learn how to spell "ninety." A clerk became suspicious when Murray I w rote it "ninty" on a S90-check made out to himself. Murray ad mitted stealing blank checks from auto companies and filling them in to suit himself. He was sentenced bv Recorder's Judge Gerald W. Groat. Phone 100 If you do net receive your Ntws-rttvltw by 1:15 P.M. eall Harold Mobhiy be fort 7 P.M. Phone 100 FOR SALE 1" Slabwood Sawdust Planer Ends Johnson Fuel Co. 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All paneling is termite proofed and sized for painting. FREE DELIVERY We will give free delivery for any order Inside of the city limits. Free delivery will be given within 30 miles outside of the city limits if the load is 2500 feet or more. LUMBER SALES CO., INC. Garden Valley Road at S. P. Tracks Phone 704-R-4 or 264-J-2 GLASS in? 4ft 11 . QUESTION: We've been told that the house we plan to buy has just been insured under a new three year policy and that no change is necessary to keep the Insurance in force after we buy the property. Will you please advise us if this It cor rect or if we must take out a new policy? ANSWER: It Isn't necessary to write a new policy but the In surance company must be noti fied of the change In owner ship of the insured property, You must have the written per mission of the company In or der to make the insurance transfer valid. 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