4 The Newe-IUvlew, toseburfj. Ore. Frl., Sept. 9, 1949 Published 0 illy Exespt Sunday fy th Nwt-.eWe Company, Inc. will Mnii tiH uiui . ! ' ' lMki rg, Ors. 4f set ! kUrck S. 1111 . CHARLES V. STANTON jTft tOWIN L. KNAP Editor Mansgtr Mtmbtr af th Associated Press, Ortgen Ntwspapar Publlshse Association, th Audit Bureau of Circulations " r T-Hoi. tin1 1 co. inc. rrtr.i n Nw rm ctiasf. as I rtMIMi Li AMlt. BMII1. PrtUa4. SL Last SUBHBIPMUN lArrt la Oraa-B? Mali Taal H.M. ! lam UK Cll Orrl.r r.f ml SIS. Ma .. I.M ai. a II.M O.l.li. Oraaaa T mil Mr F. MM. li Maataa f4 H IHlM MCBIM if l BAND TRIP OFF One Reason Why We Can't Let Him Fall By CHARLES V. STANTON Should the Roneburir chamber of commerce have at tempted to send the Roseburj; School band to Pasadena s Tournament of Roues, Southern California's gigantic New Year's, day spectacle? Chamber of commerce directors turned thumbs down on the proposition, thus bringing considerable embarrassement to a number of people who have been working hard to ob tain an invitation. There is ample room for wide differences of opinion on the matter. Doubtless the chamber of commerce has opened the way for much criticism. It would have cost $10,000 to pay the band's expenses. The chamber of commerce was informed thst the band could not march in the parade unless the City of Roseburg also entered a float While the minimum cost of a float was set at $1,500, a float of such character, sandwiched with displays costing many thousands of dollars each, would be worse than none, and would cast discredit upon the ac companying band. Band boosters, on one hand, contended that Roseburg needs the publicity and advertising that would result from the band's appearance at Pasadena. But chamber of com merce directors hold that the trip would result in little publicity or advertising value and that the only justification for the expense involved would be in the nature of a reward and inspiration for the boys and girls composing the band. On this latter score, the chamber of commerce might have accepted the task of sponsoring a fund-raising campaign, had not the expense of a float been appended. Personally, we agree with the chamber of commerce directors that the advertising values would not approximate an expense of $11,600, although we allow anyone the right to disagree with our opinion on the matter. We are very proud of our school band. We would not for one minute discount its ability. But there will be scores of good bands in the Pasadena parade. We have a lot of provincial pride, but we doubt if Roseburg'a band would be exceptionally outstanding among other of the entries.. And even if it were to prove by far the best school band In the parade, we would gamble that 15 minutes after the parade had ended not more than one out of 600 spectators could recall which of the many bands rep resented Roseburg or would be in the least interested. Or, admitting that a few might be interested, how many would react in a way that would do Roseburg $11,500 worth of good? The bigger the pageant the more submerged are the individual entries and the Pasadena show is one of the biggest in the country. One of the principal complaints is that the chamber of commerce directors had tentatively agreed to sponsor the fund-raising drive and then reneged. This, if true, is indeed unfortunate. It had been our understanding that the matter was under tentative consideration prior to the final decision of rejection reached Tuesday evening. On the other hand, it is reported, that the invitation was sought and plans outlined for the trip before the fund-raising project was brought before the chamber of commerce. It is rather embarrassing that Roseburg, having sought and obtained the invitation, in the face of competition from some other communities, now must decline. But there still remains the question whether the community can afford the expenditure of $10,000, plus a float, to save face. It Is quite evident that the affair was not well handled in some respect Where the blame, if any, should be placed, we are not prepared to say. Personally, we feel that the chamber of commerce direc tors, as representative of the city's business interests, know ing full well the financial needs of the community and tak ing into consideration the fact that the area must be canvassed for the Community Chest, Red Cross, an Infantile Paralysis Foundation emergency fund, together with the pressure of expanding school system, need for hospitals, ',0,r utomc.hi ""'T rec'n,11' . ,, . , . . , ., .. . , ', . ' delved Into this question again, and other projects requiring contributions, had no choice But after querying many mate but to reject the request for sponsorship of the band's ! highway engineer he wound up , iwunoul a clear answer. prupuseu trip i x HNjtut'iia. T C ri- i iti i iT-w ariiii i i ii t r t i . .iu ,rr- v:i,ra-wi . JMaVMaMaWMMa.llHH LETTERS to the Editor Tunny the way a Scrap bring, piece I cut off along one edge! a letter several week, even I Then the Idea dawned. Never monthi after it It printed. On Krl-1 mind the tuna tins, Mri. S. Just day a letter came from Mia. Si cut (trips of heavy foil, fold the laying (he was "saving tuna and long edges over and Join the ends almon tlm for rings for the Eng. by folding. There's your ring! Huh muffini." Now, woman-fashion, I remem ber the date of that Scrap by as- In the Day's News (Continued From Pag One) loclation with whatever wan go ing on at the time I wrote It. It waa the hectic week before I flew down to California: In addition to the regular dally Item for this column I waa trying to get extra onet done, too, so I could keep them going while away. So that was In the first week of May. I was thinking of Mrs. S's let- ter as I wrapped Monday's fl.ih In heavy aluminum foil. We took a roll of the foil, and each evening we wrapped the cleaned fish and had It frozen. The last minute be fore leaving for home we wrapped the packages In heavy brown pa per and newspaper. It was still as hard as rock when we arrived at the locker. Well, as I wrapped the last day's fish I wondered what use society the farmer would have had lesa money to spend during the period of lower prices and so would have worn his old clothes, would have postponed the building of his new barn and In many other ways would have cur tailed his spending. As a result of this curtailment, the supply of things the farmer buys would The folded edge turned to the out side makes for strength, and the Inside Is smooth so muffins will have exceeded demand and so the slip out. Works like a charm! 1 PRICE OF THEM WOULD Thanks, Mrs. S for timing your HAVE FALLEN. In a little while, letter Just then! I shall use them, I everybody would have been doing too. ! business as usual at the sew price By the way, the batter or dough level, should be thin enough so It will I Meanwhile everybody would be pour with the help of the spoon : fat and well fed as a result of the Into the rings. A little more wa ter, or a little more flour, makes no difference in the recipe. Since this seems to be a cook ing Scrap this is a good time to abundant crop that started it all. T HAT was back In the days when we were Ignorant and unlettered and crude In our say an Oregon's recipe with varia- thinking. All we had was a little lions for cinnamon buns is feat ured In the cooking editor's column on August 26 of The Christian Science Monitor. The Oregonian, the editor discloses, is Mrs. K. D. Lytle of ROSEBURG. Good recipe, too. Will try It next time. The contribut'on added up to about fourteen Inches. Con- that long strip would have, the ! gratulatlons, Mrs. K. D. L. Editorial Comment From The Oregon Press Toll Reads Growing (Albany Democrat-Herald) Some opinion exists in Oregon that traffic may become so vol uminous out her that construct ion of express roads or of freight roads to divide traffic may be come necessary. Some have sug Toll road backers admit the extra taxation, deny there is dup lication, and Insist the existence of expressways need not impair the rest of the highway network. Supporters contend that turn pikes and parkways mean faster, safer travel and that these ad- horse sense. In the pinches, we just sort of did what came natu rally. If we had plenty to eat (especially of the kind that "stuck to our ribs") along with clothes that kept us warm in winter and a rain-tight house, we shrugged our shoulders and said:- "Well, we're better off than Granddad was" and let It go at that Some how or other, we muddled through. BY this time, of course, we've learned better. We know now that a price drop is a calamity. In o'ur thinking, we've gone even beyond that point. We know that it Is a SIN. Sin must be prevented. Prevent ing sin is one of society's main gesled toll roads for commercial ! vantagea fully justify the cost to'PurP- S 'v undertaken to tne motorist, especially In hilly, j prrveni prices irom dropping. 10 mountainous aections of the j keep prices from dropping, gov Northeast. They add that anyone Urnment now goes out in years who doesnt care to pav the toll', . . onvc itd k. can alwavs use an alternative I0' """ and BUYS UP the free route with the hazards of ,,ufr Po liticks, hills and curves. But even that brings its head- Thev argue further that Inter- ache. Once you get the stuff on state or through traffic really liVOUI. nndt got t0 gur. In conflict w th local, short-haul . . , ... traffic: that limited a c c e s s out wh4t ,h " t0 DO wl,n routes like the big toll roads ac- Already tha government Is get tually help both kinds of traffic: ting a lot of it on ita hands. I by separating them. This is their suspect that some of the bigger answer to charges of duplication ,t , h4ve their ana wastcrulness. t , . , . As for diverting attention from m'n,t wh'n th' d chuck a whale other roads, the p r o d o n e n t s j f a lot of It into the creek or traffic. It Is true that traffic is growing rapidly, as anyone who has ob served' the Pacific highway here during the last few years, can testify, but we still are a long way from toll roads, though toll charges are one method of equal izing the burden of highway con struction and upkeep costs. In Ihe east, however, the situation Is more acute. The Christian Science Mon- Lttttr Explains land Parents' Position ROSEBURG The following let ter is an explanation to the citi zens of Roseburg concerning the details of the' invitation to the Roseburg high school band and the city of Roseburg to partici pate in the Tournament of Roses oarade held in Pasadena. Calif., during the coming New Year's Rose Bowl festivities. As a result of the Roseburg high school band's outstanding perlormance at the Portlana Rose festival the past June of this year, an Invitation has been given and accepted wun tne 101 lowing assumption; That the Cnamber of Com merce of Roseburg voted at a meeting to give tne band their full support toward raising the sum ot $10,000 to send them to the Tournament of Roses. They agreed to aet up the committees and formulate fund raising proj ects and act aa sponsors. With this stated encouragement wiles were sent from th offices of the Chamber of Commerce to Sena tor Guy Cordon and Representa tive Harria Ellsworth asking them to use the. inlluence in assisting Roseburg to obtain the Pasadena bid. Both men imme diately responded and in turn contacted lellow senators and representatives from the state of California to use their influence in obtaining the Invitation. Gov ernor McKay also wrote a letter of recommendation to tne rasa dena Tournament officials. High recommendations were sent to Pasadena from the officials of the Portland Rose festival. I On the weekend of July 31 the band received a formal invitation from Pasadena, but being a flor al parade the band waa required to be accompanied by a float which would cost at a minimum JI.dOO. This feature waa brought before the Chamber of Com merce and .was rejected through a vote taken by contacting tne board of directors by telepnone. The Band Parents have gone on record as favoring the sending of the band and tloat to Pasa dena. . The Junior Chamber ol ! Commerce agreed to fall in line and help the Chamber of Com merce by giving their support in raising the funds for this occa sion. At a meeting Tuesday night, Sept. 6, the Chamber of Com merce was asked lo reconsider and accept the sponsorship of sending ine band and float to panauena at the cost of $11,500. At this meeting the bid was re jected. Programs have been printed featuring Koseburg as the ollicial out-oi-staie band in the Tourna ment of Roses. Bands from all over the nation have attempted to receive a bid to this ailair but only one out-of-state band was chosen and that was Koseburg. The following coneial- ulatory letter was received irom Cioquet, Minnesota from Jack A. Sampson, director of the Cioquet benior High benool band: Director, 1951 Tournament of Roses Band Roseburg, Oregon Dear Sir: I wish to congratulate you and your band on your invita tion to the Tournament of Roses Parade at Pasadena. My own band waa under considera tion but we received word that your organization had been se lected. We will try again. Best of luck. We have tne invitation! It has been accepted! We hav th band! Are wc going to quit ow! FRED H. MItJ.FR President Roseburg Band Parent Assn. Americans Art Accused Of Using Gorman Men BERLIN, Sept. 9. IJP The Soviet army newspaper in Berlin accused the United States today of using eight companies of Ger man riflemen in the U. S. army's current manuevers in western Germany. Taegliche Rundschau said the Germans are members of a "black guard" formed by the U. S. army as Industrial police. American military sources pro nounced the accusation "ridiculous." Phone 100 If you d not roetiv your Nswt Rsvlsw by t:15 P.M. call Harold Moblsy bafor T P.M. Phone 100 Bonk With A Douglas County Institution Home Owned Home Operated Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank LAWN AND PASTURE SEED CIOVJRS Ladino, subterranean, white FESCUE Alta or Tall, Red Creeping, Chewing OTHER GRASSES Kentucky Blue, Lotus, Common and English Rye Golf Brand Lawn Seed BUY WHERE YOU SHARE !N THE SAVINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON Phone 98 Located W. Washington St. and S P. R. R. Tracks Rose wer among th first of all fragrant flower to be used as perfum. PRUDENTIAL LIFI Imuran HOP.ACI C ) tpMlsl Aisnt 111 Wit Oak OfflM 71 J P.. 171-J -Mr i ' flsrvz. i Wis buyers look (or th Imperial silver label that says th finest in wallpapers. Guaranteed to with stand room xposur without fad- V ing and to ctoan satisfactorily Jrj wh' Inttructions ar fol!owd. Jl Home Tupnishings PERSONALIZED SERVICE FOR THE HOME maintain that most highway money already goes for them Pennsylvania turnpike has been 'and t nat the badly needed super- iiiKiiiift wnuu never or duiii were It not for the toll charges The question la no loncer theo- At the game time we share the disappointment of the ' ""Heal. The famous nuimile. band members, their leaders and boosters in collapse of the ; in use for more than a decade project. 4nd Is now being extended east tn Philsdelnhia n1 uet In fhe Ohio line. Connecticut has two ,rnm "he pockets of out-of-state meet obligations. ftne parkways. Maine has a turn- j motorists. ... ... VI' KA Inn A J ...11. VA emnhas ed that there W PiKe and ,M-w Jersey and ISew .. . " " "" I n.m,w.H,. tiot-ti t u. no connection between this divi- Hampshire are about to start 1011 TOM people In this argu- - ' " """" dend payment and me fo, tV- building express routes. All these njent. At leas. In the thickly sett- j ed 'he good old systeir , under ing special dividend on National 're or will be toll highways. I lpd' heavily traveled northeast-, which the people ATE MORE OF Service Life (World War III in-1 In addition, Ohio and Oklaho-'1"" 'e. the price in motoring IT WHEN THE PRICE WAS surance. Assets of the two Insui- ma have authorised commissions ."I ana ' seems LOW ance nrocrams are maintained I lo establish toll roads. Ami Mass- "r". ""'". I"K- "nu oraes, Veteran's Dividends May Total 40 Million Dollars Some 435.000 veteran-holders of so-called World War I insurance will receive special dividend checks ranging from a few dol lars to several hundred dollars earlv In September. Veterans ad ministration said today. The payments total 40 million dollars. VA said. They will go to persons who took out U. S. Gov ernment Life Insurance on a per manent plan at any time prior to January 1, 1944, and kept it in force through December of IMS. Not all permanent plan policy, holders are entitled to this dlvl dend because some hav not built up their full reserve. Moreover no special dividend is payable en any L'SGLI term policy. Most of the recipients already have received regular dividends annually on their policies. The additional dividend Is the result of a recently-completed restudy of th eonditlon of the USGLI trust fund, and the amount of the reserve which is necessary to even set a match to it if they could do It when nobody was looking. Here's what they've brought on which come In considerable part j themselves: By keeping th prices up (thus keeping the producers voting the separate trust' fund, and the op-! achusetts Maryland 'and D e I a-j 'r"'flc r K,1vin ' eratlons of one have no bearing I ware may Join the parade be ,h of "-'h 'o11 and thus got rid ot the surplus. on the other. Shirley Moy And Potty Will Return To States cause ol the traffic pressure from nearby stales which oper ate or are planning such route. I he Public Koads Admtnistrat road network is stretching far mer every vear. Moral Never Dart ME. I'm so old-fashioned that I can't help thinking it was I better all around in th old days Ion. supported bv numerous state! w, , u. . n" People ATE IT when the highway ofliclals. opposes t h e ; "Oman I O UO Violence ! price got low and kept their belts toll superhighway. ments are these: The argu- DOVER, England. Sept. 9. .D Shirley May France and her party have cancelled plana to visit Paris before returning to Somerset. Mass. The party will arrive In l.on don by train early tomorrow aft- The pretty 17-year old hlirh duplicate and occasionally even coming to school girl who failed hv six I Parallel existing routes, and thus ; I'relina MAXH.A. Sept. 9. Uv Nico-1 tight and the wrinkles out of their las Prelina. 20. nursina- a deeo mA , i That tolls represent double tax-: knife wound in his stomach to-i., , .. , . . . atlon of motorists, who already day. declined to press charges . y he had a pay taxes Into regular highway ! against his assailant, pretty Sal-; lo eat. funds. ! ud Hillaluz. 18. I realize, of course, that such That loll roads compete with.) He said he figured he had it thinking is as out of date as the ,.,T' k- k u, . , . d,x,: Bm rvrry ,ime the govern mld he hrash v InlH ... ... . miles In her first attemnt to a' uuall wasteful projects. ! her she was gaining weight. She . wllm ur- swim th English channel will nt the glamour attaching to challenged him to a fight. Plu potatoes for 10 cents a hun- board a plane for the I'nlted these spectacular highways That is when Prelina made an-' dred to feed to animals but States Monday. .lends to divert attention from other mistake. He said he acorn-: WONT sell 'em for the same Shlrlev was In giiod spirits the more commonplace modern- fully handed her his knife and , ,j . again this morning. She romped ! Iratlon and maintenance needs said: P"1 10 ,0 humans It ap- on Ihe hotel lawn with a pet dog, I of established roads which a rei "Stab me If you dare" pear to my benighted mind that Nipper. 'Just as vital to the traffic system. I She dared. ! things are getting out of kilter. Coen S upply Co. EVERYTHING FOR THE BUILDER AT REASONABLE PRICES MEANS JUST THAT Whether you are remodeling or building a home, or any type of structure, here you can secure any and all mate rials required. 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