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Additional Work Is Promised For Boeing Aircraft
SEATTLE CSV-A promise of
"additional work" lor the Seat
tle Boeing aircraft plant! wa
announced by Air Secretary W.
Stuart Symington.
The nature of the work was not
amplified. The announcement
was in a Joint statement this aft
ernoon by Symington and William
M. Allen, Boeing president. They
had been in conference most of
the morning.
The announcement came after
Symington had stood firm at a
civic leaders' conference Wednes
day night on the policy of shift
ing B-47 bomber production (o
Wichita, Kans. He had said the
Seattle plants probably will get
the production job for the new
type B-52 heavy bomber.
The statement reviewed the
problem of curtailing procure
ment after the Air Force was cut
from 66 to 48 groups.
It concluded:
"Allen stated that while he, of
course, was sorry to receive anv
cutback in Seattle, he did feel
that under the existing Air Force
procurement program this Is the
most satisfactory solution of the
current problem."
One leading conferee last night
called the proposed shift to Wi
chita as "Nothing more than a
20th century retreat from Moscow."
Pedicure And Laquered
Toenails Suit Women
' CINCINNATI CP About all
the American woman does for
her foot ailments is to get a pedi
cure and have her toenails lac
quered, the American Congress
of Physical Medicine was told.
"Such an approach is hardly
scientific," said Dr. Joseph E.
Brown, Cleveland, In a report to
the 27th annual meeting of the
congress.
"The individual with painful
feet usually seeks the advice of
friends and resorts to trying nationally-advertised
appliances,
devices and shoes in greater num
bers than the Individual with a
chronic skin disease or the bald
ing male," he said.
Dr. Brown said one in three
Individuals has a "foot prob
lem" for which something has
been or is being done.
Demand For O & C Timber
Greater Than Supply
EUGENE About 20 lum
ber operators in this area have
filed declarations of intent with
the Eugene district office of the
Bureau of Land management un
der the new O. and C. timber sales
policy, District Forester Otto C.
Krueger announced.
The declarations, which are In
effect statements of preference
and possibly of purchase, were
filed on 34 tracts. From Krueger's
report, It is evident to many lum
bermen that operators want to
buy and cut more timber than Is
available from the BLM district.
Declarations were filed on
tracts within the upper Willa
mette and Siuslaw river market
ing areas and the report shows
CONSIDERS TRAFFIC LIGHTS
ASTORIA UP This town of
16,000, one of the last of its siz
to operate without any traffic y
lights, is considering installing
them. A $2,000 survey on a traf
fic control program has been au
thorized by the City council.
The all-time record steel pro
duction In the United States was
89,641,600 tons in 1944, a war
year.
that while the agency has listed
82,500,000 board feet available,
operators indicated interest in
123,636,000 board feet
Dr. E. W. Carter
Chiropodist Foot Specialist
129 N. Jackson
Phons 1170
Over Rexall Drug Store
FLOOR SANDING
and
FINISHING
Estimates
a.
L Leslie Pfaff
.U.SSUIIUU1"
320 Ward St.
Phone 1S4S-J
OLD ACE AND A DOWNPOUR combined to crest the havoc pictured above at Roseburg't ancient city hall survived Thurs
day night's lightning and rain storm. Lett photo shows City Building Inspector C. H. Boniols pointing to damage to ceiling
In the city council chamberi, located directly above the first floor recorder's and manager's offices. City firemen dis
covered the hole in the ceiling Thursday night and rigged up the makeshift tarp shown draped over the ladder. Water still
seeped through the floor and ceiling below to form puddles in offices below. Photo at right shows Fireman Russell West
cott wading through water collected in the basement, a condition oldtimeri lay mutt be put up with many times during
each rainy season. (Staff photos.l
Early Oregon Law Required
Each Male To Work On Road
By RALPH WATSON
Oregon Highway Department
Did you ever hear that when
the state was young"every male
between the ages of 21 and 50
years of age except persons who
are public charges or too infirm
to perform labor"had to do two
days worK on tne pumic roaaj
of the county in which they lived,
or pay $2 for every $2,000 of tax
able property they owned or go
to Jail and serve it out '
That was what the legislature
of 1860, (the first legislature
under state government) de
creed. That same session slapped
a $5 poll tax on "every negro,
chinaman, kanaka or mulatto for
the use of the county within
which he may reside.'' The coun
ty clerk Issued a receipt which
was Intended to be "a protection
to such taxpayer from again pay
ing the same or any other coun
ty?' Failure to pay put the de
linquent in Jail and at work on
the public roads of the county at
the rate of one day of "faithful
labor" for each 50 cents Included
in the total $5 tax.
Back in those rugged days the
county court divided the county
up into road districts and ap
pointed a road supervisor in
each. The supervisor made "an
alphabetical list of all persons
liable to perform labor on t h e
public roads" within his district
on or before March 15 of each
year and gave the list to t h e
county clerk. He "affixed to each
name the amount of taxable pro
perty owned by each." Then the
supervisor notified each property
owner to get busy "at 8 o'clock
a.m." at a definite date and
place and "give one day of work
for each and every $2,000 assess
ed for state and county purpo
ses" or pay $2 for each day jo
charged against him, or go to
the county jail.
That svstem rocked along from
1860 to 1899 when the legislature
got still tougher and provided
that "all able bodied persons"
sentenced to the county Jail
"whether for a fine or to
serve a sentence for a definite
number of days" should be liable
to work on the public roads, un
der the "full power of the county
court", with the provision that
those serving a definite sentence
should work out the "full time"
of the sentence at the rate of $1
a day. And It was added that
"not less than 8 hours shall be
considered a day s labor. Any
prisoner refusing to work was to
be "denied ail food other than
bread and water until he signi
fies his willingness to comply",
In which event he should make
up for all lost time.
It was not until 1901 that the
legislature authorized the coun
ties to levy, annually, not to
exceed 10 mills on the dollar of
assessed values on real property
within the county with which to
finance county road construction.
It was not until 1919 that the
legislature commenced to whittle
off goodly percentages of the
state highway's road user funds,
originally dedicated for construc
tion of state main highway routes
alone, and divert them to be used
by the counties (now 19 percent
of the total) and to the cities
(first 5 and now 10 percent).
These diversions, while they
have materially advanced the
financing of county road and city
street construction, have de
creased available funds for
mainline state primary and se
condary highways proportionately.
In the period reaching from
1917 to July 1, 1949, a total of
$9,572,828 of road user funds has
been allotted to the cities of the
state for their Individual use in
street building and upkeep, and
now, under the semiannual 10
percent allocation of the 1949 le
gislature, is advancing approxi
mately $1,500,000 additional ev
ery six months.
The counties, since 1920 (to Ju
ly 1, 1949) have been allocated
a total of $62,771,101; a grand to
tal contribution of state highway
funds for local betterment o f
county roads and city streets,
and proportionate reduction of di
rect property road and street tax
es of $72,343,929.
BRING YOUR
CAR WITH
Confidence
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501 Fullsrton St. Ph. 1025 J
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Repair Of Port Dock
Is Asked At Reedsport
At the monthly meeting of the
Port of Umpqua commission at
Reedsport Tuesday night, C. A.
Manschreck of the Reedsport
Lumber company asked that the
upper end of the port dock be re
paired to allow his company to
make water shipments of lumber.
This section of the dock is in
bad shape, and has been fenced
off as unsafe, but will be repaired
if it Is found that the balance of
the dock is not sufficient for all
shippers.
Hie port will furnish material
for a 20 x 40 foot float at the
county dock In Gardiner, where
small boats can be loaded and
launched from trailers and cars.
Payment for the deepening of
the up-river channel by the Ump
qua River Navigating company
was authorized, and It was report
ed that the dredging of the down
river channel had been contract
ed by the U. S. Engineers to a
Seattle concern.
Camas Valley
Mrs. Lucy Napper and daugh
ters, Linda and Vlckl, and Miss
Phyllis Watson of Kelso, Wash.,
have been visiting their sister,
Mrs. Bruce Priest.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Thrush and
son, Dwane, left this week for a
visit Into Idaho.
Mrs. Jack Parrott and Mrs. A.
J. Standley visited in Portland
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Church
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Flora and
families spent the Labor day
weekend In Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor of
West Fork, Ark., are visitors In
the valley.
Mrs. Noble standley nas been
dismissed from the Myrtle Point
hospital and is recuperating at
ner nome nere.
Among those visiting at the
Bill Cunningham home this week
were Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Teagne
and daughter, Bette June, and i
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Goodrich and
daughter, Joyce, all from Tacoma,
Wash.; and Mrs. Bette June Bar
ber and sons, Russell and Charles,
of Salem. Bette June Teagne will
remain with her grandmother for
an extended visit.
Irvln Thompson has been dis
missed from the Veterans hospi
tal in Roseburg, where he has
spent the past several months.
Mr, and Mrs, James Combs and
Mrs. A. J. Combs attended the
funeral of Mrs. John A. James in
North Bend Wednesday.
Word was received by Edgar
Goodman that his brother, Bill, is
In the Kelzer Brothers hospital at
North Bend with a broken g,
that was received as a result of a
logging accident near Coos Bay;
and that another brother, Everett,
received a back Injury while
swimming.
RECRUITER TO VISIT
Sgt. Richard L. Gray of the
U. S. marine recruiting office,
Eugene, will be at the U. S. navy
recruiting office in Roseb-r
Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 1 p. m.
to accept applications for enlist
ment In the U. S. marines for
either three or four years from
young men 17 to 28 years of age
Inclusive.
FERRY TRAFFIC UP
ASTORIA. IIP) Ferry traffic
across the Columbia river here
reached an all-time high over the
Labor day weekend, the State
highway department .said. A to
tal of 3.753 vehicles and 13,300
passengers were carried by the
state ferries during the three day
period.
, Protect Your family
with the B. M. A.
Polio plan.
Call
Mr. Lincoln, 938-J-4
l. drop card to
Box If Vpirnse Rnite.
SLABWOOD
in 12-1 6 and 24 In. lengths
OLD GROWTH FIR
DOUBLE LOADS
WESTERN BATTERY
SEPARATOR
Phens US
Goodrich Company WiH
Advance Insurance Pay
AKRON, O. (JF The B. F.
Goodrich company announced it
would advance approximately
$400,000 to cover September in-1
surance premiums for striking
employes.
The" 13 - day old strike by the
United Rubber Workers union has
Idled 16,000 men at seven Good-,
rich plants In seven states. Union
and company officials are negoti
ating a new contract at Dayton,
O.
1700 DIE IN FIRS
CANTON rhtn t n,l.u.
press reports said that 1,700 bod
ies had heen pnlintwl in inat V,.
day's great fire at Chungking.
ine nre nurneo out a crowded
waterfront residential and busi
ness district. Oriffin hmm nst tuun
determined but two suspected ar
sonists were executed Sunday.
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