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J 4 The Newt-Review, Koseburi, Ore. Tuei., Sept. , 194 Publlahad Dtlly Excapt Sunday I y th Nwa-Revi Company, Inc. UHfil aliu Mlur May I. law. fail alllaa Eaaatara. Orafaa. BBiar aal al Marea t. ISIS CHARLES V. STANTON mgr EDWIN U KNAPP Editor Managar Mtmber of the Associated Preaa, Oragon Nawapapar Publlahara Aaaoolatlon, tha Audit Burtiu of Clreulatlona liimnul ieaT.HOi.Lio CO., inc.. arum i; tara. caicata. aaa rraaciaaa Laa !. raniaal at. laaii. ai Hai hipiiiim itni-la onm-li Mill r taar la.aa. aia aatlia M.aa. Utn aaaiai it it Br Clt rarrlar Par yaar lia.M ;la aaaacal. ia u. a Mar. pa naata Sl.aa uaiaiaa uragaa y - maalha II U Oiraa aiaatha It 1ft Every Man A King POWER POLES DOOMED By CHARLES V. STANTON The California Oregon Power company is planning to re move power poles from Jackson street between Douglas and Cass streets. For several years Copco has been persuading property owners on that street, as buildings were remodeled, to change electrical circuits to permit bringing lead-in wires from the rear instead of the front The block between Douglas and Washington streets is completely clear at present. Three business houses in the block between Washington and Oak still receive electricity from the front instead of the rear, and one business house is holding up the change in the block between Oak and Cass streets. It is anticipated that the few holdouts will be notified in the near future that changes must be made and a time limit set City Manager Matt Slankard reports that Roseburg's new street lighting B.vstem is progressing rapidly and that erec tion of light towers and brackets is the next step. Some trouble has been experienced in obtaining regulator equip ment, but Copco has managed to borrow a set of regulators until the equipment purchased by the city arrives, so one anticipated delay has been eliminated, although the city will have the added expense of transportation. It is to be hoped that simultaneously with completion of the new street lights, it 'will be possible to remove the un sightly power poles from Jackson street Appearance of the street would be greatly improved. . If the power poles cannot be taken dofrn at such an early date, the action should follow as soort as possible. All Jackson street business houses can be connected with power lines on Main street or in the alleyway between Rose and Jackson streets.; The cost in making the change in volves installation of a lead-in circuit from the front to the rear of each building. JA$cx fit St zJ$Ma Fishing Goes On Sustained Yield Plan ' The Oregon Fish commission has established commercial fishing quotas for Nehalem, Alsea, Siuslaw, Yaquina and Coquille bays, In a recent order the commission has set the poundage which may be taken from each stream annual- ly. The over-all' effsct is to reduce the total commercial catch from the five streams about 25 percent . This plan should have been put into operation many years ago. Had the commission acted earlier, there un doubtedly would have been much less demand for complete closure of all coastal streams, except the Columbia, to com mercial fishing. Actually, the quota system, properly handled, could be made to operate as a sustained yield practice limiting the take in proportion to escapement so that ample fish are per mitted to reach spawning beds to preserve future runs. We doubt that the streams in their present condition can support both sports and commercial fishing, but it is pos sible that the quota system, given strict enforcement, may be the solution to a critical problem. At least it is a step in the right direction and one delayed altogether too long. The commission, in our opinion, is to be commended for making a start, even at this late date. We doubt, however, that it will overcome the demand by sports interests for complete closure a demand that has been building up too long to be halted easily. Sheriff Carter Warns On New Bus Stop Law School buac which have again taken to the roada mint be re garded In a new light by other traffic, motorista were reminded today by Sheriff O. T. Carter. State law now require! all ve hicle! to atop when meeting or overtaking a achool bus which haa stopped to load or unload passen gera. You must remain stopped. Sheriff Carter pointed out, "if and so long as any children are leav ing the school bua or crossing the rodway." The new law may take aome getting used to, aince Oregon law formerly permitted vehicles to pass a stopped school bus at 15 mllea an hour, the sheriff said. All traffic must now stop, wheth er overtaking the bus from the rear or approaching it from the front. The onlv exception is traf fic going the opposite direction on a three or four-lane highway, which may pass the stopped school bus wtih caution. 'The law applies to achool bua stops within city limits as well as on rural roadways," the sheriff stated. "It was enacted as a safe, guard for achool youngsters and it will be enforced." Over 30 other states. Including Washington and California, have similar laws in effect. Phone 100 If you do not raeaivo your NawaRaviaw by 6:1 P.M. call Harold Moblay bafora 7 P.M. Phone 100 0) House, Commercial and Industrial Wlrinf Electrical Trouble Shooting Motor and Appliance Re pair Free Pick-Up and DeUvery Service 17 Years Experience ACE ELECTRIC Licensed Electrician 316 E. 2nd Ave. N. Ph. 1095-L Truck end Auto . Repairing , Welding Radiator Service Truck Parti Bought and Sold All Work Guaranteed Ray's Truck Shop 20SS N. Stephens Phono 499-J-4 ' LL.afc.1 Michael Claude Pellerin, Californian, Dies Here Michaeel Claude Pellerin, 63, died very suddenly at the home nf Mr. and Mrs. Art Hansen of Wilbur, Saturday, Sept. 3. He had arrived Friday from Bellflower. Calif., for a visit. He is survives! hv a sister, Mrs. Jeanne Orchard. He was a veteran of World War 1 and a rig builder for oil wells. The body was sent to Bellflower, Calif., where services and inter ment will take place. Arrange ments were In care of the Stearns mortuary, Oakland. pffijJpT By Viahnett S. Martin fP When horse-racing In Rose burg ia no longer in the news thee might enjoy a horse race that happens aa often as thee opena the covera of "The Friend ly Persuasion" by Jeasamyn West (Harcourt A Brace, 1945). That la if thee ia not a Quaker preach er as Eliza, J-rlend Jess turd- well's adored wife, Is, and the race on First Day on the way to Meeting! 'By sugar, Enoch," aald Friend Jesa to hia hired man whose green eyes were flicking know ingly over Lady, the oddest look ing horse ever seen in Maple Grove, "I tell thee I was getting tired of taking Eliza down the Pike every First Day like a tail ! to Godley'a comet. Have him start j late, go round me, then slowly j down to we'd eat dust. Riled me so I was arriving at Meeting in no fit state to worship . . . this mare Lady's got the heart of a lion and wings of a bird. ; Nothing without pinfeathera Is! going to pass her!" So it was that when the Rev erend Marcus Augustus Godley drew close the next day, things went contrary to his expecta tions. Contrary to Eliza's, too . . . who couldn't understand why so un-racy looking a horse should act up so! Eliza couldn't under stand why she had to ride to Meeting In a "cut-down rig like this that looks more like head ing for the trotting races at the county fair ... not seemly!" But what else? The hub cap on the aurrey had been lost well, missing, and Eliza -ouldn't fail the Meeting! "Don't thee think we'd better pull up, Jess?" asked Eliza when she realized Lady was eating up the road, and staying deter minedly ahead of the Reverend March Augustus. "By sugar, I don't see why ... he has half the road and I ain't urging my mare." When Eliza heard the 'by sugar' as bold-faced aa if a week day she knew the deep buried atubborn streak in Jess was stirred up, and it was too late for words. So she held her Bible firmly In her lap, removed Jess' broad-brimmed Quaker hat film his head (he had disgraced her once when he had futllely tried to keep ahead of his tor mentor by whacking Lady's pred ecessor with it!) and prepared to endure what must be endured. It would be a delightful chap ter to read aloud! Jess and Eliza are book-friends who will take firm possession of a place In vour heart. In the Day's News (Continued From r"age One) Do We Want Radical Politics In Oregon? Senator Austin Flegel. Fortland, brother of Roseburg's affable mayor, Al Flegel, issued a political fight call at a recent democratic picnic at Klamath Falls. He warned that the party, "hasn't any' room for poor candidates, for dishonesty or incompetence." But the record of the Portland democrats, trying to "start something" in Oregon politics, hasn't been too good along lines of the policies laid down by Senator Flegel. Portland's grandstanding, irresponsible democrats didn't help their cause in the last legislature, and the present fiasco in Multnomah county, where a democratic sheriff is facing recall and the party's state treasurer is in the lime light certainly cannot be said to be politically favorable. Oregon has always had a strong, responsible and able, but conservative, democratic party. Party lines in this state have been loosely drawn. Candidates have been select-' ed for their abilities rather than their party affiliations and democrats have shared important offices in all depart- merits from local to state level. j For our part we can see no need for the radical type of ! politics being fomented by Dick Neubcrger and his fol lowers. LETTERS to the Editor Defense Of Yoncalla Police System Is Told YONCALLA I would like to state in behalf of the city of Yon calla that we have never had a aiieed trap nor do we have one now. We have woman Judge. We also have an efficient police man. Both are hard working, con scientious, and faithful in their duties which they conceive to be that, among othera. of protect ing the Uvea and property of the fiublic as cornea within their Jur sdiction. They make no rulea of their own, but abide by the laws of the city, the advice of a com petent attorney and other con stituted authority. Nor are they unduly severe on traffic vlolaters. And in connec tion with these same violations I jwlsh to oall attention to aome that have happened in the pa' srvi-mi monms: A dynamite loaded track sail Ing recklessly through the town, a number of heart on collisions between tourists themselves, a side swiped school bus. three rit irena knocked down, tone on the sidewalk I, local cars hit, not to mention many others of minor nature. We welcome the tourist. And we. together with other valley towns have much to offer our guests: acenle beauty, healthful climate, recreation areas, and to those who choose to remain with ua. many business opportunities. In our own little town our eat ing placea are clean, the food good, the service attentive and friendly. Our merchant ile estab lishments are attractive and xt strive to please those who stop long enough to find out what we have to offer. To the latter we would say, we have a new $(X), OOO high achool building under construction located on a 40-acre tract of land south of town; an area provided by the foresight of our people, ample to take care of the school and for a Junior college at some later dale. We have lust voted a SbO.iaK) bond is sue to enlarge our water system, and. as we had no previous In debtedness, we are In a splendid financial condition. We have a fine grade school which will he reconditioned when the new high achool is completed. From the little town, rich in historical interest, the valley spreads awav in everv direction over softly rolling fields to the encircling fir clad hills, who-e trees are now being brought in to keep our mills and people busy. These trees are for most part ripe and ready for the har vest. When they ate cut out oth'r forest growth will mature with the years. To the enst lies beauti ful Scolts valley, its rich acres now golden with the harvest, green with mint and corn, in the midst of which ia Welles Mineral spring. North is Roswell springs, the medicinal virtue of which wis well known to the Indians and tie early settlers. It's real value to mankind was discovered by that peerleaa pioneer, Conrad Snow den. Back and beyond us to the ea?.t lies the Bohemia district, rich in gold, silver and other mineral wealth, all locked now within its Icy heart, to be opened In some future time for the benefit of ill who are fortunate enough to liv in its vicinity. I hope the California paper tell the tourists all about us. But we want It to be the truth. We ask everyone to drive carefully, obey all traffic law and slow down when they go through a town, big or little, and If when making a turn In the business district they are arrested and lined, don't sav anything about it. ANNIE API'LEGATE KRISE Yoncalla, Ore. Traffic Law Violators Deserving Of Arrest j ROSKBl'RG Regarding your editorial, in which you quote I from a letter written by a lady who had a peeve against the small towns of tne county, 1 doubt If we need to worry much about the number of friends ahe will be able to influence. Scarcely a day passes lhat we do not have a report of an acci dent caused by someone who dis 1 regards a traffic sign of some I kind. Some are only bent fend ers, but many are serious. One of the most serious accidents re- ported to me during my years in the insurance business hap pened about 4 o'clock in the i morning, on a night in January. ' in a downpour of rain. No one was supposed to be on the street at that time and in such a storm, hut there was. and the car w hi?h was disregarding a safety sign i caused a serious Injury, j At the approaches to Canyon j ville. Sulherlin. Oakland nnd : Yoncalla there Is no excuse for ; any motorist to not see the signs caning attention to speed limits. j If they do not want to take such a sign seriously, they should not object when they are brought Into 1 court. Without exception, vou will find the motorist who disregards the speed limit sign also pava no at tention to the highway sign call , Ing attention to a curve, but takes 1 the curve at high speed, and on the w rong side of the highway. The complaint of the lady you mention, in which she blame the officers and lady judge, reminds me of the statement almost In variably made by the man who has had his license revoked for drunken driving. These people ime to us for assistance in hav ing the license restored, and al ways they had "only one glass of beer" when the officer arrested them: were not drunk, but were Just stopped by an officer w ho wanted to make an arrest. I I am of the opinion that the I motorist ia not stopped unlesa he American bases. It can strike practically any where in the world, if it has to, from bases in continental United Statea. The B-47 embodies most of the principles of offensive air strategy advocated over the past couple of decades by Seversky and hia followers in this country. THIS ia the point: Having committed ourselves to this principle of warfare, of which the B-47 ia the present chief weapon, we must see to It that manufacture of the B-47 and the successor to it la carried on at the safest and most easily and effectively defended location we can find anywhere In the United States. ' '" . HERE are the factor that are Involved: 1. Russia ia our only potential enemy. 2. SEATTLE IS THE NEAR EST POINT TO RUSSIA IN CONTINENAL AMERICA. ANCE we get these factors clear V id our minds, we can under stand that Seattle i the poorest place In the United State at which to produce this weapon upon which we are staking our military future perhaps EVEN OCR FUTURE AS A NATION. It Is ohvloua from a glance at the map that places like Wichita, In the very heart of the vast In terior of the United States, will be easier to defend against de termined enemie than places like Seattle, located on the rim of our country and the rim near est to Russia at that. That is the situation In a nut shell. a a a WE can't blame Seattle for hating to lose the great Boe ing payroll. There Isn't a one of ua that wouldn't feel about It exactly as Seattle people do. But it tsn't a problem of Seattle development. It isn't a problem of the Industrial development of the Pacific Northwest or even of the Pacific Coast. THE PROBLEM IS THE I PRESERVATION OF THE FU jTl'RE OF THE UNITED STATES. a a a THE time has passed In this country when we can afford o look upon our military estab llishment aa a political football to be kicked around according to , the desires of communities, large or small, that want growth based upon location In their area of military facilities, i From here on out, we must jlook upon our military arm as ! DEFENSE AGAINST ENEMIES .and nothing ele. I Otherwise, we can perish from the earth. Graveside Services Held For Leo Hart's Infant The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo K. Hart, Sutherlin, died at a hospital in Rosehurg Saturday, Sept. 3, after a short illness. He was born in Roseburg July 17, 19)9. Besides the parents he Is survived by a brother, Leo K. Hart Jr. (Jraveside services were held In the I. O. O. F.-Masonlc cemetery at Cottage Grove Mon day at 2:30 p. m. Arrangements were in care of the Stearns mort uary, Oakland. i Bonk With A Douglas County Institution Home Owned Home Operated Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank Dr. E. W. Carter Chiropodist Foot Specialist 129 N. Jackson Phon 1170 Over Rexafl Drug Store NtW LOCATION! Dr. H. B. Scofield Palmer Chiropractor Rlflt Range Road 410 ml. North of County Shopa Offlca Houn 10-11 and 4 . Saturdays 10-11 A. M . X-ray nauro-ralomtter aarrlra for aplnal rorractlon ' 8 si ' Mirrors to enhance the beauty of any room and we have them. Round or square you will find the size and shape you want in our large selection. We also cut to ony shape or size you wont if we don't have the kind you desire. See us today. Is traveling aome fifteen or twen ty miles more than the speed limit. If the officers could make a few more arrests of people w ho disregard warning signs, and es pecially those who pull around a car without proper clearance ahead, our hlghwavs and streets would be a safer place on which to travel. I say. more power to the offi cers and courts, including the Lady Judge, who are making an A Local Insurance ArcM. honest effort to enforce the law. (Name on File) For the Price of a CIGARETTE! There's one kind of show that's sure "box office." It's showing your goods to the folks who buy the bulk of what's bought in Roseburg. Your own personally conducted show for a cent per family. That's what an effective ad costs in this newspaper, maybe even less. No other advertising medium can offer you such "box office" opportunity. There's one good reason why, only the News Review covers this market. The Newt-Review ii placed in the home of 8,000 families doily (except Sunday). 1