4 tm n.w-k.,..w, r..u, o-Ti,ur., Up, is, 4f Published D illy Incept Sunday I y the Newt-Revie Company, Inc. IIIMl M laeaa elate aullar Mar , lets. Ike f ttftaa (I Beaeeers. Orasea. eeSar eat af March t, U1S CHARLES V. STANTON IOWIN L. KNAe Editor e Manager Member of tho Ataoolatad Press, Oragsn Nawtpipar Publisher Aseoolatien, tho Audit Buraiu of Circulations liimtiul ar SeT-eOLLIDA CO.. two. e'lleae la Ha Tare. Celeese. Saa traaalaee Laa Aasalaa. Saeltle. rertlaaa. 01. Leala. (UoamirriUN (Art a la Urataa ? Mall rat Tr MM. Ha aiaaUia fa.M. ikM. k . u r-,.- . . . i v lia.aa lla eaael. lata lata aa aar. ear aiaata Sl.ee Oattlie Ofasee ? Mall Tat Mar aa a li Maalba It 1. Mrae ataatha il.ia MEAT HOOKS PROTESTED By CHARLES We have received many protest concerning the practice of a few commercial trollers at the mouth of the Umpqua river in simultaneously combininj snorts and commercial fishing. Most commercial trollers at Reedsport and Win chester Bay have obtained guide licenses, permitting them to take sporU anglers out in their boats. But some continue to fish commercially, as well, using ordinary heavy rigging. Usually they supply their customers with legal limits of fish, then take the rest to market. SporU anglers fishing from such boats must use excep tionally heavy tackle. Because the trawlers travel at a com paratively fast speed to keep their heavy sinkers from drag ging, the sports fisherman, following a strike, must "horse" his fish to gaff. The boat cannot stop to allow him to play the fish. The angler who goes to the bay only for meat does not ob ject to this practice, but the true sportsman deplores a com bination of sporta gear and "meat hooks." We have heard much criticism of the practice. It is most gratifying, from a personal viewpoint, that most of the com plaint comes from the Lower Umpqua area, which is re ... ceiving a most exciting (and value of the sports fishery. We don't like to say "I told feeling of satisfaction when so' Umpqua start out: "As you We don't believe our good cerned with the "meat hook" problem, need worry. It is matter that will correct Itself in a short time. Pressure from public opinion will force offending guides to convert ex clusively to sport fishing or return to commercial fishing only. The rush of the tourist business into the Lower Umpqua section has completely "sold" local populations on the value of their recreational asset. Extensive plans are in the mak ing for increasing facilities, organizing guides, expanding accommodations, etc. The dollar is the best persuader. From now on we can count on Lower Umpqua business and civic leaders to police the fishery, because it means dollars in pockets. Resentment against "meat hooks" will stop their use without legislation. W anticipate, however,' that regulations soon will be forthcoming to end this practice. Ws have been informed that the Game commission is pre paring to ask the Fish commission to set a commercial dead line around the mouth of the Umpqua river. W have not been advised whether or not the request actually has been made to date, but were told that it was in course of prepa ration. If the Fish commission grants the request, use of com mercial gear will be prohibited within a specified radius, probably three miles from the bar. Then, commercial boats taking out sports anglers must conform to sports rules, or else go further outside the bar where there is less concentra tion of salmon. Personally, we can't distinguish between straight com mercial fishing and the use of "meat hooks" to get fiah for anglers. In either case it is a pure case of "kill" without sportsmanship. If we are to maintain the Umpqua river as a recreational stream, then, in our opinion, we should use sports methods and gear exclusively. The fisherman who goes out only to get "meat" can patronize the market or go to Depoe Bay or some other spot where offshore "meat" troll is a specialty. It is pleasing to know that many of the Umpqua's com mercial fishermen have made a complete switch to the sports field and are earning more money than ever before. The "meat hook" practice is not general. Many of the operators having taken out guide licenses are showing real sportsman ship and are among those most vigorously protesting the combination system. The "meat hog" can't be eliminated from the sports field by legislation, but dollar profit is a policeman that will greatly curtail his take by arousing public opinion. We believe the Lower Umpqua situation will adjust itself within a comparatively short and education. Mooseheart Story Dramatically Told Dramatically told Is the story or tne "City or Children," featur ed In John Nesbltt's "Passing Pa rade," a short subject on the cur rent film bill at the Indian thea ter. The "City of Children" is lo cated at Mooseheart, Ind., 35 miles from Chicago. It appears much like neighboring small cit ies, with wide streets, trees, neat and prosperous looking homes. But the unusual feature is that nearly all the inhabitants are very young, for It is a city main tained by the Loyal Order of Moose for orphaned children. Mooseheart, founded 37 years ago to care for orphans, was started as an ordinary "home," but nai developed Into a large scale experiment In which chil dren are being given the exper ience of a real city; homes In stead of dormitories, bright clothes Instead of uniforms, and normal freedom instead of strict discipline. The Roseburg Mooae lodge Is one of the contributors to Moose- V. STANTON profitable) education in the you so," but we can't help a many letters from the Lower predicted ." friends, who are so much con time, both through regulation Glidt Young People Preport For Colltgt A number of Glide young peo ple are making preparations to start college or re enter schools previously attended: Among those golnt to Oregon State college are Al Pfelfer, Winn Oliver and Bill Noland, all sen iors. Eleanor Moore will enter as a freshman in pharmacy. Returning to Southern Oregon college of Education will be Aud rey Marrier. who learned recent ly that she had been awarded a valuable scholarship. Audrey is a sophomore In education. Robert Casebeer will enter the Ashland institution as a freshman in edu cation. Mildred Hickman will return to f on una wnere sne win he a sophomore at the Multnomah Bi ble college. HISS TRIAL OATKD NEW ORLEANS (" Alger Hiss, former state department of ficial, will go on trial aeain on perjury charges Oct. 10 In fed eral court here. 11. S. Attorney John F. X. Go- hey announced the date. The orig inal trial ended July 8 In a jury disagreement. , f's Qlcay With II By Viahuett S. Martin f J f-J "My main reason for writing, ald Mri. Romanlnk, who lives up In Alberta, Canada, "Is that I'd lik you to send m a while quilt block, 9" x 9", with your name and address embroidered on It, and a lew flowers . . . I am making a Friendship Quilt . In return I'll send you a novelty crochet pincushion, or any other favor you want." When the first of the letters came I was amazed. "I saw your name in the C. G. . . . I col lect salt and pepper shakers. Will you exchange? I have them from all 48 states but Oregon and . . ." I looked In the Letters of the Country Gentleman. Yes, they had printed with my full address a part of a letter In which I had written appreciatively of an ar ticle, the part where I said I thought the article a contribu tion to World Brotherhood and a practical solution to one of the biggest problems in the world today. The C. G. goes to many States and Canada. I can prove It! : I did the best I could with the letters. I mentioned the quilt block request at a party when Editorial Comment From Tho Oregon Press IF WE WERE AGAIN SAWING WOOD (The Albany Democrat-Herald) While discussions are going on about utilization of wood waste one ot the changes In modern customs which is aggravating the wood waste problem has been overlooked, though perhaps noth ing could be done about it If tt weren't. This is the time of year when not more than two decades or so ago one could see in front of every home a huge slack of cord- wood drying for use in stoves, furnaces and fireplaces during the winter. Smokestacks towered above roofs of Industrial plants. including above all sawmills, M of which at one time converted much if not all of their wood waste Into energy and power. Now the stacks are gone. Near ly all heating and power was de rived from fuel Ihcn In the west, and even locomotives at one time were wood-burning. Today oil and electricity have supplanted wood as a fuel almost entirely In industry, in most ur ban homes and even In many rural residences, even where wood can be had for the cutting. Thousands upon thousanda of cords of wood that once were con sumed as fuel are now classified entirely as waste. Of course, no one would want to go back to the old ways of do ing things hut disuse ot wood as a source of heat and power is nevertheless an Important factor In the timber industries as a fac tor In the wood waste disposal problem. Some may regard burned wood as waste but as a fuel It at least had economic value which It has now lost and efforts to find alter native uses for sawmill hy prod ucts have lagged far behind the augmented supply despite nota ble progress. As long as wood waste goes begging, too. the substitutes, in Oregon, enforce an economic drain upon communities. The money that once paid the wood dealers remained In the commu nities or areas whence the fuel was derived. Since Oregon pro duces no oil every dime spent for oil gort out of the state, save Me, John, But Can something reminded me of It. "I'll do It for you!" Now Mrs. J. C. has less of this thing we call "time" than I have, and I didn't feel I had time to do It . . . but she Insisted. So the other day I sent off a beautifully em broidered square, and explained. Back came a letter posthaste. "It was lovely. Now would Mrs. J. C. do one with her name on?" Well, I forwarded the letter, and my guess Is that Mrs. J. C. v. Ill do so. She's that kind of a person! Last year she taught school, but not this year. Last year she had two small children; this year she will be even busier and not teaching schdol, either. In addi tion she has a big house and a ranch a real ranch with horses and cows and whatnot. I fear me there be some who view askance the name we gave 21 acres of woods? But I had waited so many years for "a place we can name!" So we com bined the first parts of our given name, and tacked on the word ranch, not being able to think of anything better. FARM was what I had wanted but the dic tionary knocked that out! for that which pays for handling and delivery. Electric power is generated by plants that reppv sent huge capital Investment in equipment and materials manu factured outside the state but that maintain negligible payrolls. Wood will never come back as a major source of energy, we know, but sometimes we think that if there were more woodpiles we would have fewer social prob lems, particularly among juve niles, for we would have fewer idle hands. A Reply to th President Should Ba Made Oregon city Enterprise President Truman's political Invective uncorked on I.abor Day before the. veterans in Pittsburgh and a farmers group In Iowa, which reporters for the news ser vice called'unmatched" since his last campaign talks, calls for a reply by Republican leaders who as elected representatives of the people have the right and the responsibility to nail untruths Implied or stated from any sour ce whatsoever, the President not excepted. We do not believe the Presi dent's generalities. His speech writer in the White House is hav ing a Roman holiday and the President is mouthing some slick words and phrases that clicked in the last campaign when gov ernor Dewey, under had advice or wrong assumption that It was n't worth while, made o effort to refute their false implications. On the price support program. h, cllmpll,Kni Rndow which the President upheld andons in favor of the commun istic Krannan farm plan, the Pre sident can be made to look fool ish and vote-venal or uninform ed. Which is worse Is difficult to say. On the Taft-Hartley law the President throws what we think are truth and fact to the winds. He is using he Hitler tactics of resisting natural disbelief by ex aggerating and repeating a fals ity In the premise. The President's Intemperate, and. we think, false hy implica tion loose talking, should be "called," with number and page cited. You Afford 'Em?' In the Day's Hews (Continued From tage One) tion that tries to keep Interna tional currencies somewhere near in balance) advised "dollar-short countries to devalue their curren cies, If need be, to boost their dollar-earning exports." a a a LET'S take that one apart In an effort to see what it means. If the British (whose dollar shortage Is the big worry of the moment) "devalue" their cur rency, it will mean that a given number of dollars will buy more pounds. For example: The British pound is now worth (in round numbers, for easy calculation) four paper dollars. That Is to say, 12 paper dollars will now buy three paper pounds. If the British cut the value of their paper pound to three paper dollars, it will mean that 12 pa per dollars will buy FOUR paper pounds. a a WHAT will that do? All right, let's get on with our rat-killing. a a a AT the present moment (right or wrong, moral or Immoral) one of Britain's chief exports to this country is Scotch whiskey. The present value of a fifth of Scotch is about a pound, which means that for $12 you can now buy (in Britain I three bottles (fifths) of SAtch. If the British cut the value of their pound to three dollars. It will mean that for $12 you can buy (in Britain) FOUR bottles of Scotch. In other words, cutting the value of the British pound amounts to CUTTING THE PRICE of British products sold in the United States. a a a THATS one side of the chip. Now let's turn It over and look at the other side. Cutting the value of their pound will enable the British, by cutting thei" prices, to sell more goods to us. But, by the same token, it will RAISE OUR PRICES TO THEM and so will prevent them from buying as much of our goods as they have bought in the past. That Is to say, the net results of it all will be that the British will sell more to us, and we will sell less to them. a a a THIS is the point you shouldn't miss: This arrangement we have been talking about will cause us to buy and use more British goods and less of our own. At the same time, it will cut down our sales In Britain. Don't think we won't howl when the system begins to bite. We'll howl like a wounded wolf. We certainly won't relish seeing our industries lay off men as their sales drop. a a a BIT If we don't buy what the Brit ish sell, how are we ever going to get back from them what they already owe us? That is the $64 question just as It was the $64 question at the end of World War I. We never did get back what Rritain and other countries owed us because we refused to take pay ment In goods and our debtors had nothing else to pay with. The same problem stare us In the face now. Gait Page, Star Of Stage, Screen, Appears Saturday Gale Page, star of screen, ra dio and musicals, will appear in person at Junior high school Sa turday. Sept. 17, at 8:15 p.m., in a popular concert with the Inter nationally famous pianist and composer, Count Sollto de Soils. They are being sponsored locally by the Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Screen fans will recall Miss Page from her outstanding per formance In the "Four Daugh ters" series with the Lane sis ters; "They Drive By Night" with Ann Sheridan and Humph rey Bogart; "Knute Rockne" with Pat O'Brien; and numerous other Motion Picture Produc tions. Currently, Gale Page may be seen In the Cagney motion pic ture production of the William Saroy Pulitzer prize winning play 'The Time of Your Life", with James Cagney and an all-star cast. Cemplatas Picture Miss Page has Just completed the Columbia picture "Anna Lu casta" which will be one of the major pictures released in 1949. The cast Includes hand-picked stars such as Pauletle Goddard, Broderick Crawford, and Oscar Homolko. Radio audiences have heard Miss Page many times as the feminine star of the popular Woodbury Hollywood Play House series. Television audiences will soon see her as the star of the leading television drama pro gram "Confessions." Gale Page started her career not as an actress, but at a vo calist, making her debut in the Empire room of the Palmer House In Chicago along with the now famous Dennis Morgan and the great dance team of Veloz and Yolanda. Miss Page's voice soon earned her a musical pro gram of her own on N.B.C. The acting talent which Miss Page demonstrated on this radio show drew enthusiastic attention and a Hollywood Picture contract soon followed. Last summer Miss Page s un forgettable performance as "Ju lia" in "Show Boat" renewed her interest in singing, and after a year's preparation, Miss Page will appear in a Popular Con cert. She will sing the well-known songs of "Show Boat," "Make Believe," "My Bill," and 'Tea For Two," and "His Majesty the Baby," will be featured on mis program. Baby Blue Paint Is Not Permanent At Courthouse The "baby blue" paint on the courthouse steps, which has proven offensive to the color taste of many people. Is not permanent, County Judge U. N. Busenbark said today. The paint, he reported, was purchased aa "battleship grey," but turned out to be an off shade of blue. The paint was applied, he said, in an leffort to close expansion cracks) permitting water to leak into an engineering oince recent-: ly built under , the porch. The work, however, has not stopped the leaks and the court is prepar ing to apply anotner type oi sur facing material with the hope of waterproofing both the steps and porch. Little River Lumber Co. Has Started Operation The Little River Lumber com pany haa gone into operation al a new mill on Little river, one mile east of Glide, Amos Minor and Claude Wright, owners, were previously located on Cavltt creek, where they cut lumber for the past two years. According to Minor, the mill is turning out approximately 25,000 board feet of rough dimensional lumber per day. A two-acre pond floats logs which are being pur chased on the open market. The partners are using a 10 man crew to operate the mill. The aaw, powered by 150 h.p. Cummins Delsel, is being han dled by Wright. Iced tea now consumes about a quarter of all the tea that Am ericans use. Before World War II. the figure was only 13 percent. Benefits Immediately Available For You Christian Science opens to all a new spiritual understanding through which health, harmony, and abundance are found to b always at hand. This priceless understanding is available to yon through the study of the Bible in conjunction with the Christian Science text book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Msry Bsler Eddy, which, together with other authorized Christian Science literature, my be read, borrowed, or purchased at CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM ItT Pacific Building toseburg Hours: 10:30 to 4:30 Except Sundays and Holidays Informmti etmcrrning ckmrtk tartarae, rae aaMic Uttum, ene! eW (XitMe Snaacv acsiettiae eja eaoiieaia. Oregon Farmers. Stockmen Estimated To Have Reserves To Retire All Their Debts Oregon farmers and stockmen are estimated to have cash re serves sufficient to retire all their debts, according to an an nual survey made under the spon sorship of the Oregon Bankers association. Furthermore, agri cultural finance, usually an ac curate barometer of general eco nomic conditions, offers encour aging prospects for the future. Findings of the survey, as they relate to Oregon agriculturists, were reported locally by H. E. Schmeer, manager of the Rose burg Branch of The United States National Bank of Portland, who was appointed Douglas county key banker, by the state associ ation. Survay Annually The survey is made annually In each state and is summarized on a national basis, to determine the status of agricultural econ omy, and to ascertain, particu larly, the part banks have played in agricultural finance, it is ex plained. A "key banker" is named in each county to collect county statistics, whicn then are com piled for each state. Schmeer, who was given the appointment for Douglas county, reports that county breakdowns have not been announced. ' The report, he states, shows that while Oregon farmers and stockmen have spent millions of dollars for improvements, soil conservation and the purchase of new equipment since the end of the late war, farm debt has made no significant Increase. At the same time, financial reserves, in the form of cash, bank deposits and U. S. savings bonds are at a record level. Adjustmant Period "Oregon farm and ranch fam ilies are going through these final months of adjustment from a war to a peacetime economy with very little disturbance," bchmeer said. They are main taining a sound financial posi tion, and, while they are using more credit for improvements and new equipment, their obliga tions are Being paid otr in rela tively short time and thev are adding to their already substan tial financial reserves.' Results of the eighth national survey of bank lending made by tne Agricultural commission of the American Bankers associa tion, Schmeer said, show that "total farm and ranch debt held by the banks of the state at the beginning of 1949 was only about $31,000,000, compared with $24, 000,000 on Jan. 1, 1948. In addi tion to this amount, there are $18,970,000 In Commodity Credit corporation loans held by the banks cooperating with the gov ernment's farm price support pro gram. Bank With A Douglas County Institution Home Owned Home Operated Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank JUST OUT -NEW 1950 HEARING AID MIDGET ONE-PIECE NEWEST TYPE "As Good Approved By Horror Test Complete Ready to Wear - YOU SAVE $100 Sold direct from factory only. Made in Burbonk, Calif. Approved by the American Medical Association Fully guaranteed NO FINER HEARING AID MADE! 3 powerful tubes Tone and Volume Control Small Streamlined Ci tom Kitted Remark able Reproduction of Speech and Music. You can even hear whisp ers. This remarkable hear ing a I d received a higher score under the Harvard test for the ideal hearing aid than models selling for more than $150. YOU BE THE SOLE JUDGE! Bring your friends In 1948, the last full year of operation, the 69 Oregon banks serving agricultural communities loaned $80,012,000 to 30.776 farm ers and stockmen. This repre sents a total of 48.8 percent of the farmers and ranchers In ths state. Of the total amount, 28.. 959 farmers and ranchers bor. rowed from the banks to finance production in an aggregate total of $73,873,000. Of these loans, only $22,724,000 remained out standing at the beginning ot 1949. During the year 1,817 farm ers and ranchers, representing only 2.9 percent of all those in the state', made real estate loans in an aggregate amount of $6,. 139,000. The prosperity of the farms and ranches is shown by the fact that, of these long term debts, only $8,288,000 were out. standing at the beginning of the year. This was an advance nf about one million dollars over the preceding year. The total bank-held farm and ranch debt on January 1, 1949, was $31,. 012.000. "The farm and ranch mortgage debt in Oregon remains only about two-thirds of what it was in a comparable period after World War I," Schmeer said. Reliable Indicator Mr. Schmeer stated that agri cultural borrowings are usually a rename indicator oi tne eco nomic condition of agriculture ana mat one oi tne brightest aspects of the present situation is the fact that the average loan per borrower curing 1948 for production purposes was only $2, 551, and the average loan mad- on farm real estate was only $3,379. "Cash reserves held by Oregon stockmen and farmers, and be ing consistently increased, are es timated to be sufficient to retire ail their debt," Schmeer said. "However, they are wisely hold ing the reserves as a safeguard against emergencies and to en able them to buy new equipment and make Improvements. The big demand for new equipment to re place that worn out during war years appears to have been satis fled. There Is a statewide trend to improvement of livestock and crops and to practice modern conservation methods and land management. This trend Insures a steady Improvement in the con dition of agriculture for many years In the future." NEW HIGHWAY OPEN SALEM, Sept. 15. (.TV The Bridal Veil-Dodson section of the new Columbia River highway 'vill be opened for traffic Friday at 4:30 p.m.. the State Highway commission said. . , The new section Is eight miles long. , os the Best" 50 WHY PAY MORE? Free Demonstration By Factory Expert ONE DAY. ONLY FridaySept. 16 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. UMPQUA HOTEL Roseburg, Oregon inftTiVrTai.i