4 The Newt-Review, Rettburfl, Or Tuei., Sept. 13, 1949
"Did You Ever See So Many Furniture-Minded Men?"
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SEEK THE TRUTH
By CHARLES V. STANTON
City Manager Matt Slankard ha Informed residents of
'.districts contemplating joining the municipality that they
.will have equal part in city administration and will auffer
no regulations which would change the normal pattern of
activity.
The manager's statement followed circulation of rumors
in the affected areas that community activity would be af
fected adversely should union with the city be voted.
It is surprising how many untruthful and sensational
rumors circulate during the heat of a controversal issue.
,During a previous campaign In West Roseburg a last-minute
printed broadcast was credited with beating the pro
posed annexation, although not one argument presented
could be supported on a basis of fact. Had the broadcast
appeared a few days earlier, the vote undoubtedly would
have been favorable, as uncertain votes turned by mislead
ing information to defeat the proposal would have been
saved through rebuttal of the untruths.
: Annexation now is being considered in several adjacent
residential areas. It is to be expected that the opposition
Will again circulate untruthful rumors, distorted allegations
and scare propositions. The citizen sincerely desirous of
casting his vote for the best Interest of the community will
listen to these arguments and then endeavor to ascertain
their truth.
No person should rely on any unsupported statement If
he has any question or doubt in his mind, he will, if he is
endeavoring to act as a responsible voter, seek out the truth
for himself. He will accept no argument from either side
without determining for himself the accuracy of that argu
ment. He should realize that in the heat of an election campaign
'many exaggerated statements are made and that they may
come from either side of the issue. He should not permit
his vote to be Influenced' by any scare propaganda, nor by
any information, reported to be truthful, about which he
may have the least doubt. He should, when doubt arises, go
to one of the many available sources of fact and ask the
necessary questions to clear doubt from his mind.
The city manager has spiked one vicious rumor, but there
will be many others. The responsible voter will not be in
fluenced by future misrepresentation, although we may ex
pect Irresponsible or timid voters, failing to seek out the
truth, to be affected. Any persons sincerely In doubt con
cerning any issue will find many reliable persons able to
assist him in learning the truth. He should not hesitate to
contact any person who may be able to furnish him the in
formation' he desires.
The Pattern For Wood UtilliatioH
Crude oil, as It comes raw from the well, Is of no more
immediate use than tree trunks fresh from the forest, or
iron ore just out of the mines, says the Industrial b'ews
Review, Portland. It adds that this explains why the petro
leum industry spends upwards of $100,000,000 annually
on research. The job of the chemists and other scientists
is to find ways to shape raw petroleum into more and better
products for everyday use and, of equal importance, to
make it possible for them to be produced and sold at a price
within reach of millions of consumers.
Ninety years ago, it is stated, the products made from
crude oil could be counted on the fingers of one hand
they consisted of kerosene and a few lubricants. Today some
1200 products derived from petroleum are available.
The success of the petroleum industry in developing new
producU through continued research, points the pattern for
the wood industry.
Laboratory experimentation in the field of wood utiliza
tion is of comparatively recent origin. Yet, despite the fact
that only a few years have elapsed since scientific research
was organized and that laboratories have not been arte,
quately financed, methods of wood utilization have been de
veloping very rapidly. Chemical utilization now is opening
up an entirely new field which, in our onininn. will within
a comparatively few years price wood out of usage for!
timbers and boards. Our trees will be too valuable for con- j
version into products other than lumber, just as crude oil i
has progressed to the point where its original products
have been supplanted by more profitable and beneficial!
' uses. I
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By Viahnett S. Martin Ij
Did you read "Northwest
Passage" some years ago? I
could never forget that book.
This year Doubleday St Com
pany have published Kenneth
Roberts' "I Wanted to Write"
In which la included a diary
like account of the work that
went Into The North-west Pas
aage. Anyone who has the slight
est Interest In "writing" would
find it absorbing reading.
Two solid years of actual writ
Ing, and re-writing, went Into
the book; this did not include
the many yars In which the
book had been simmering In his
mind before he wrote the first
word. The author pays tribute,
aa well he may, to the labor
of love which his wife contributed
in typing, and re-typing, the
chapters which he wrote with
painful thoroughness, only to re
vise until the whole thing had
to be recopied by patient Mrs.
Roberta.
The author found outside nois
es unbearable at times when
working under pressure, so the
Roberts went to an Isolated farm
house in a mountain valley far
to the northward where, he
says "we split our wood, cooked
our food, carried our water from
a well supplied with equal parts
of water and angleworms."
"The only daytime sounds were
the fluttering of leaves, the dis
tant rustle of the trout stream
below us, the twittering of swal
lows In the chimney, the caw
ing of crows ... in those peace
ful surroundings I wrote the
first four chapters; forged ahead
j through the next twenty-seven
. . . sure for the first time
jin my life I had written some
j thing satisfactory to me.
"But I didn't know how I had
; done it, nor had I any confl
I dence that I would ever be able
to finish the fifty-odd chapters
that lay before me, each one
certainly destined to be revised
or re written fifty or sixty times."
Kenneth Roberts meant Just that.
Fifty or sixty times! Yet his
wife's confidence never wavered.
It was her Job, too, to stretch
the dollars through the lean
times, and there were lean times
Indeed!
Editorial Comment
From The Oregon Press
culative rumors that mav have
currency, based on this celebra
tion, are without foundation."
nai Kiey saicl nothing about pos-
smie nittu-e plln, hevond t h e
Sept. 23 date.
CHASM LANDS PLANE
Berkley Spikes
Marriage Rumors
. WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.1-(.
Vice President Baikley scotch
ed reports that he is going to
at... J--..U.... r it..ji
comely St. Louis widow, on her MRFHAR-'':,-'n-Pr.
w. ,..,... o . stent t.. brown. Salem, r-rash-
'landed a two place private air-1
There have been publMicd re-! plane here late Saimdav He and
porta that his engagement to; passenger. ArliUn Brown w
Mrs. Hadley would be announce- raped Innjurv. Witnesses said the 1
ea in si. unuis on nrr niunna). i plane appeared to strike a power
; Asked about it, Barkley told a, line and lost altitude. It struck a
TCporter: I wire fence In the landing and
"It is true that Mrs. Hadley i overturned. The plane was en
vill have a birthday on the 23rd j route to Pullman, Wash., from
of September. I am Informed , Salem,
that for ears she has celebrat-
ed her birthday with a little: FLIERS TURN BACK
party of friends. She will do so
this year.
I have been invited to attend
NEW YORK. Sent. 1.1 i m
Two Italian fliers landed at the
A Mru i . I . n .4 . I . n . . . . ,
this celebration, if possible. But . n.k..:,.v...
whether I can attend la proble- York flight heoause'their si'nele-
maurai. depending somewhat on engine plane had Insufficient fuel.
Hie legislative status in the Sen
ate. "But whether I am able to at
tend or not, no deductions are
to be drawn therefrom. Any ape-
On!. John Brondello and Cant.
Camillio Barlogllo of the Italian
air force had hoped to make the
'.SOO-mlle flight to New York in
26 hours.
"ME PROFITS MOST
WHO SERVES BEST
(Crow's Lumber Digest)
The tlmlier products industry
Is moving Into the most competi
tive era ever confronted, one
which is certain to grow tougher
from year to year.
Time was when there were few
substitutes for the product of soil
wood trees. Take a look around
and see what you find now. Start
In with wood lath. Substitute pro
ducers of other materials, not
one hut many, that do a better
Job than wood lath for less mon
ey have taken over the demand
to such an extent that it is now
difficult to buy wood lath because
all but an infinitesimal fraction
of the wood lath-making machin
ery has been Junked. Kven the
manufacturers nl lath snow lence
have a hard time in finding a sal
lsfactory supply for this limited
use.
Look at the sad status of Red
Cedar shingles. The value of a
good Red Cedar shingle properly
applied is not disputed by any
body. It has long life, can be rt'it
on by anyone and from an ar
chitectural standpoint is so supe
rior In appearance that all of the
competitive materials constantly
strive to imitate it in appearance
but. . . .the Red Cedar shingle
manufacturers went on a drunk
en price spree and opened the
door so wide for competitive ma
terials, of which there are hun
dreds, that today the call for Red
Cetiar shingles has been cut down
and despite the merits of this ex
cellent product. It will never re
gain the dominating position for
merly held. here there is one
man out pushing the sale of Hed
Cedar shingles there are ten suc
cessfully talking the builder into
using something else. True,
many of the roofing substitutes
are of queslionaNe value but. . . .
many others have been Improved
In apraiance and quality and
made available to the retailers
and builders at a cost which will
continue to make hier and
tougher e-repetition for Red Ce
dar shingles.
Wood a-isii, and to some extent
doors, are the next to be engulfed
In competition which has already
made deep inroads on a use for
softwood that Is certain to have
to give way more and more to
the ingenuity of the folks who
are making steel and aluminum
sash and doors that have all sorts
of sales gadgets and that are ex
panding in use to the extent that
even considerable frame business
is being taken away, too.
Plastic mouldings and base
boards and other Interior trim
are doing a good Job w hich. along
with the great ly reduced use of
trim of any kind, is cutting into
what was in former years an im
portant use of lumber. If vou
doubt this, then take a look a't a
good house built even fifteen or
twenty years ago. and note the
wide base boards and casings
that are no longer wanted.
Take note of the hundreds of
thousands of hollow-block build
ings that have been built during
the last five years. Here you find
a material that is doing awav
with romtmin ffi.ilA. i.....u'..
that would otherwise be used in
j wails and partitions, one of the
: major markets for the product
i of the log. Covernmcnt-promoted
'and financed construction of Jer
! ry built cheap homes also see;
a rapidly expanding use of ce
ment slabs for floors on the thou
sands of houses being built that
have no basements. This has al
ready meant the loss of millions
or feet of business that otherwise
would have come to the manu
; factum- of lumber in the use of
joists, sub floors and upper-grade
flooring both In soft and hard
woods. j The plywood manufacturers.
.wnh a superior pixxiuct having
both top strength and appeatamc
have, to an extent vet to be de
termined, done to their markets
, the same thing that the Red Ce
dar people did to theirs in that
they as shamefully abused their
field of consumption by pnem;
themselves out of the picture
while at the same time invitin,'
and making easy competition
fivm numerous good substitutes
mat are going to make it touch
. for them for ail time to come.
; The way baby producer of lum
! ber who came into the picture at
a time when anything that the
log would produce, put out in
any condition, could he sold at
i fairly tall prices, is finding him
self out on a limb w hich la going
Mother And Son
Go On Trial In
'Hearts' Killing
DOVER, Del.. Sept. 13-(V
A mother and her son went on
trial Monday charged with the
lonely hearts killing of an elderly
Virginia carpenter.
On trial in court of Oyer and
Terminer are Mrs. Inez Brennan,
Elump 45-year-old brunette, and
er 16-year-old son, Robert. Mrs.
Brennan is accused of ordering
her son to fire the shot that killed
the Virginian she met through
lonely hearts letters.
The victim was Wade N. Wool
ridge. 67, of Bedford, Va.
Two other sons of Mrs. Bren
nan, Raymond, 23. and George,
17, are charged with being acces
sories. They will be tried later.
The old English murder trial
ritual to which Delaware still ad
heres was followed to the letter.
The plump widow and her tall,
slender son were marched in be
tween two tipstaffs who carried
10-foot black spears. The speara
had pointed heads painted red on
one side, white on the other.
The white side Is held facing
the court during the trial, sym
bolizing the presumed innocence
of the defendant.
If a verdict of guilty is return
ed, the red side is turned outward.
Winter's Appearanet Aid
!n Halting Idaho Fires
SPOKANE, Sept 13 UP) Old
Man Winter remembered himself
to eastern Washington and north
Idaho Sunday with a fringe of
mountain-top snow and a general
drop of the mercury.
The hint of what's to come eas
ed the fire danger in many of
Idaho's blackened national for
ests. Snowfall was recorded
around the 8.000-9,000 foot level in
the mountains.
Japan's Jobless May Be
Sent To Other Countries
TOKYO. Sept. 13 (.P Some
of Japan's Jobless may be sent
to countries needing workers if
mutually satisfactory arrange
ments can be made General
MacArthur's labor chief announ
ced. Chester W. Helper made the
statement at his final news con
ference. He leaves for Geneva
Thursday to head the employ
ment and migration section of
the international labor organization.
The highest point In the west
ern hemisphere is Mount Acon
cagua in Argentina 22,834 feet
above sea level.
to bend more and more until he.
too. falls to the ground with a
sickening thud. There Is today a
wide variance In the prices being
realized for identical sizes and
grades of common lumber. The
reason for this is. the smart pro
ducer is increasingly getting him
self in a position to supply the
buyer gixxi lumber carefully
manufactured in assortments to
suit his needs. There are too
many saw mills and too much
potential capacity now to supply
a normal demand. The day is not
tar distant when a survival of
the fittest will begin and those
who have been smart enough to
see that it costs no more to make
lumber right and merchandise it
Intelligently will be the only ones
to survive.
Lumber is a good building ma
terial and. too. to a conslderabl
degree is indispensable for many
uses. The outside competition of
substitutes will continue to ex
pand and. of even greater Important-
when the field of consump
tion narrows down as it is in
evitable that it will, the Internal
competition will also be a proo
lem for those who are so dumb
that they do not take cognlwince
of the fact that you can take a
good log and make bad lumber
out of it.
'Angel' Not Needed
For Pasadena Trip
ROSEBURG Roseburg doesn't
need some "angel" to come for
ward with $11,500 to finance the
high school band's trip to Pasa
dena's Tournament of Roses. It
is our sincere belief that there
are thousands of "angels"living
in and around Roseburg who
would enjoy helping send one
hundred young people to this in
ternationally known display of
skill and talent.
Publicity and advertising gain
ed are secondary in Importance.
The paramount issue stands out
in the fact that this talented
young group should not be de
nied the honor and privilege of
being a part of such a gala even;.
Lest we forget, the Tournament
of Roses each year is witnessed
by more than a million people.
It Is broadcast to millions of
homes through national radio
hookups. It is televised from
coast to coast.
We who now live in Roseburg
and have at some time watched
a Pasadena Rose Parade know
that words cannot describe the
spectacular sight and beauty it
presents. Surely it must be pos
sible for our boys and girls of
the high school band to appear in
Pasadena on that great day and
to carry with them a treasured
memory for years to come.
Dear Editor, we trulv hope that
Roseburg's face will not be
"red."
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ulrlch
Roseburg, Ore.
Cars Sideswipe; Result
Two Fractured Elbows
SANTA ROSA, Calif.-JP
Two men driving in opposite di
rections, with their left arms out
of the window, are under treat
ment for fractured elbows.
The Injured men are Dorrance
Sager, 28, Geyserville, and Adam
Carley, 60, Millford, 111.
State highway patrolmen said
their elbows collided when the
Sager and Carley cars sideswiped
two miles north of Healdsburg.
They were brought to a hospital
here.
Bank With
A Oouglos County Institution
Home Owned Home Operated
Member Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp.
Douglas County State Bank
The American eagle appears
on a greater variety of early
handmade American glasswaie
than pictures of any other de
vice, insignia or personage. Por
trait busts of George Washington
were the second most popular.
THIS LIVING PROOF OF
THE GOSPEL MESSAGE
He Was
1. A MORPHINE ADDICT
PRONOUNCED
INCURABLE
A MAN OF DESPAIR
SAVED AND CURED
BY THE POWER OF
GOD
He Is
A LIVING MIRACLE
OF GOD'S GRACE
Rev. D. C. Van Slyke
Hear Him
At
THE CHURCH OF THE
NAZARENE
400 E. Douglas St. Roseburg
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