The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, September 15, 1949, Page 4, Image 4

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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.
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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
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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. . ,
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