4 Tht News-Review, RoMburg, Or. Tum Sept. 20, 1949 Published 0 illy Exoept Sunday ly tha Nws-Savie Company, Inc. Calarae Hoi miui Mar . irte. Ilia fait alllM at .Mbarg. Oragaa. aaear aal ( March S. 111 CHARLES V. STANTON -WU EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor miJf Manager Mambar of tha Aaaoolatad Preaa, Oragon Nawapapar Publlihara Aaaoclation, tha Audit Buraau of Circulations aaraaaalaa weaT-HOLLlDAT CO, INC. airlcai la ia fart, Caleaia, a rraaalaaa Laa aaialaa, aula. r.MUoa L Laala. SUHaiKlr-llUN SATri la Uraian Mall ear Taat ts.ee. ! maeiaa I4.W tkraa aillli M.se Br CIH t'arrlar rar rar lia.aa la aOaatal. la.. Uaa aaa raar. par raaalii Sl.ae Oat.le Oraiae Br Mall far raar MM - maalka If 1 lraa aiantna ax i PERHAPS, By CHARLES Modern newspaper methods, in which news columns are devoted to factual reporting while opinion is confined to editorial or by-line columns, afford opportunities for propa gandists. We would not have it otherwise, but frequently the reader fails to obtain a true picture or understanding of issues or events. In Saturday's Newt-Review, for instance, a front page story from Bend, Oregon, recounted statements made by C. Girard Davidson, assistant secretary of the interior, in an address to the quarterly conference of the Izaak Walton League of America, Oregon Division, with reference to the proposed Columbia Valley authority. Mr. Davidson made very fine talk on the subject of conservation, and need for more money to "bring federal expenditures for conservation activities into balance with expenditures for river control programs." In describing the current lack of interest and activity in conservation projects in the Pacific Northwest, he said that "The largest concrete dam in the world and the largest hy droelectric power plant in the world are front page news, but the steady drop-by-drop erosion of our topsoil is some thing much more intangible." Mr. Davidson told Waltonians that with CVA in opera tion more money would be available to perform conservation activities. He recounted that a fisheries program had been outlined for the lower Columbia river, calling for expendi tures of $3,000,000 annually for a period of 10 years, but that appropriations to date had permitted expenditure of only $1,000,000 per year. He contended that under the CVA money would be available to bring and keep the work up to date. Mr. Davidson was asked from what source funds would eg me to meet these proposed additional expenditures. It was pointed out by the questioner that federal government spend ing already is in excess of income. It was asked, in clarifica tion, whether money for conservation would co.ne by rob bing some other projects, through increased efficiency in operation, thus producing savings which might be used by conservation projects; through recoveries under the offset benefits provision of the CVA bill, or by increasing deficit spending. Mr. Davidson, in reply, gave answers consisting chiefly of "perhaps,"' "maybe," and "if." In other words, after a positive statement of availability of funds for conservation work, he began qualifying, when asked for specific details. His reply, in effect, was that through better cooperation and planning it would be possible to include conservation in the over-all program and thus submit a better "ease" for the conservation cause, and from total appropriations create a better "balance" between all projects. Personally, we cannot develop much enthusaism for a radical change in governmental management, setting up an all-powerful, three-man dictatorship over a vast empire, when it must be based on a "perhaps, maybe and if" policy. It was our good fortune to have a personal talk with Mr. Davidson during breakfast. We believe him to be thoroughly sincere in his beliefs. But throughout his talk he frequently referred to the "intent" of the framers of CVA legislation. He admitted that the bill concentrates a great deal of power and authority in a few hands, which he maintains is an ad vantage to the area, but that the "intent" in the use of such power is for area development, improvement and welfare. Even if we accepted his argument as logical, there re mains the possiblity that the trustees of this power might not act in accordance with the good "intent" in the minds of the framers of the bill. Personally, we would not permit our best friends friends in whom we had the greatest confidence and trust to point a loaded gun at our head. No matter that they might have no "intent" to pull the trigger someone might jiggle an elbow. Tales Of Horror And Heroism Told By Survivors Of Ship TORONTO (.P Huddled In hospital corridors and the lohbv of a downtown hotel, burned and hysterical passengers of the Koranic told Saturday of a nig nt of horror and heroism In which they werp hauled or scrambled from the burning ship. For a half-hour after flames enveloped his ship. Capt. William Taylor was still standing In the bows, throwing ropes to passen gers Clambering over the side. As he was being taken ashore on a fireman's ladder the ladder broke and he fell Into the Icy bay and had to be pulled out. Passengers said that before the captain left the ship he burnt in cabin doors, hauling women out on deck. Surrounded by Piamea Lucille Roberts of Detroit said she saw a man on an upper deck surrounded h flames. "As I a:ched the flami licked around him and you could hear him scream the last time. Then he disappeared." Mr. and Mis. S. J. Orth of De troit huddled In a waiting room scanning stretchers as they weie brought ashore. Mrs. Orth rushed suddenly to the door. "Here's one of them," she shouted. On the stretcher was her ulster, Irene. After Irene was put In an ambulance Mrs. MAYBE. IF V. STANTON Orth waited, watching for her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lucille Orth. Wakansd by Shouting Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stover of Sombra. near Sainia. Ont., said (hey were awakened by the shouting. "We went hand-overhand along a hauser from the ship to the shore," Mrs. Stover said. Some passengers were dazed as they came ashore. In a downtown hotel lobby Mrs. Joel Hnlley of Kalamazoo, niien., snnned lor her husband. "I don't know where he is. The last 1 heard from him he called I to me from the upper bunk of our stateroom. I'm afraid he ; didn't pet out of the room. I I w ish I knew." 1 Alfred Peterson, a watchman. said the fire was "a lot worse" .than the blue that oestroved the I Nnmnic's sister ship the Ha- monic at Point Edward near Sar nia July 1". l!Mj. Peterson was a survivor of the Hamonlc fire ' in which one man was drowned land Sl.noo.ono damage caused. People were screaming and jumping without thinking." he said. "Bodies were falling all around me on the deck and soon the screams were mingled with the moans of the injured." News-Review Classified Ads bring best results. Thone 100. Listening with pleasure to the Old English Morris Dance ai It came over the radio to ttlr up In my heart memories of programs seen there, I was reminded of letter to this column some time ago In which the writer spoke nostalgically of certain old tunes. He listed seven of which he was especially fond, English and Scotch airs. The Idea occurred to me that a radio station, If the program were well advertised ahead, might give much pleasure to many others of the older gen eration by having a special pro gram of such tunes? The ones listed In the letter were: "Stirling Castle;" Bells of Edinburgh;" "Bonnie Dundee;" "Hyde Park Corner;" "Victoria Waltz;" "Pride of the Dee;" and "Ash Grove." However delightful the tunes of the day may be. It is the older melodies which carry with them precious memories! I notice that musical programs beamed at housewives busy with their daily routine Include the older favor ites, especially the lovely sing ing melodies of Jerome Kern, the others which bring back, Editorial Commenf From Tha Oregon Press Does Tha Fair Represent Oregon? Salem Capital Journal Oregon's 84th slate fair was a record-breaker in many respecu. On the books. It probably looked very good. More money was spent bv those attending than pver before on the races and the like. More people passed through the gates than ever before, de spite bad weather a couple of days. But there develops a feeling In one who goes the rounds of the spacious and attractive grounds that something is missing. More and more each year the fair be comes a show to satisfy the ent ertainment appetite of the people of the area and stale. As an array of sideshows, horse races and carnivals, the fair ranks high. It does offer en joyable entertainment. But as a sample of life in Oregon, it could hardly be called representative. The old Idea of a fair was to offer an annual opportunity to display the best In agriculture. A few years after Oregon be came a state, some enterprising farmers got together north of Oregon City to put on the first fair. Thev were part of the Ore gon Agricultural Society. The products of the land were on dis play. As the years went by, the com petitive spirit of the farmers en couraged increased contests a t the fall's. These shows, in turn, brought with them shows of a pure entertainment nature. The result, as seen In the last week's fair, is obvious to any one who attends. It seems too .Kid that the fair is not more representative of the state Itself. Where for Instance. Is any re presentative showing of the tim ber resources of the stale, which are first in the nation? The state forestry has a fine exhibit, but this seems hardly adequate I n itself. Commercial timber Inter ests might put on displavs. What about the wild-life of the state? Oregon is known over the I'nlted States for its fishing. The state game commission used to have fish displays. To the sports men, the names' of the rivers of "Hey, I've Got Votes, By Viahnett S. Martin more likely, not so much the pic ture with which the tune is as sociated, as the memories more personal. Just now I heard one which brought a vivid picture, not of the Canadian scenery which was lovely, but of a Sea Scout in his whites, pausing a moment In the doorway to answer a question asked by his mother. The P.-T. A. was having a symposium with discussion to follow on the effect of the current movies on our children: she would get some thing firsthand. Now it hap pened this lad's parents had been adamant about the choice of pic tures until he and his brother were In their teens. Then more freedom was given. At times the parents deplored their choice. "Of all the pictures you have seen, Son, which one did you like the best?" (They were spe cializing on 'horrors' and west erns then.) Without a second's hesitation he answered: "Rose-Marie, I guess . . ." and he began to whistle the "Indian Love Call." A thankful mother thought this shewed the value of establishing a child's taste early? Oregon have strong allure. But where is their representation at the fair? How about the canning and fruit Industries of the stale? To the Willamette valley, they are key industries. But they had no place on the fair grounds. The flax and wool industries are pretty well represented, how-1 ever. And what about mining? The Pacific Northwest is be- coming recognized nationally as j a region which will have a boun tiful supply of electrical power. I when ptojected dams are com pleted. But where ould one fhid anything at the slate fair that would indicate the importance of electrical power to the Pacific Northwest, other than the Bonne ville Power adminisl radon's ex hllill for (he first time? With onlv some $35,000 appro priated by the legislature for the ; fair, the commercial exhibits . j general attendance, and pari-! mulual contributions are expect- j ed to carry the load. Not much Is left over when the bill of ex penses is turned In. Perhaps a state fair has to be more show and carnival than ex hibits of the state itself in order to pay its way. But this lopsided ness doesn't give a proper p I c ture of Oregon to the fair-goer. As a show, the fair is excellent. As a display of Oregon's r e sources and products, it falls short. Fencing Of Log Ponds Urged After Drowning LEBANON (TV- Resi dents here are supporting a movement to have lumber mill log ponds within the city fenced for the safety of children. A petition to be submitted to the city council and the mayor asks the enforcement of existing ordinances on public nuisances. It began circulating after the drowning of two-year-old Dana Jensen. The boy drowned last Wednesday in a logging company pond. William Warden, local Ameri can Legion post officer, said (he petition has the backing of vet erana In the city. Too" English Pound Devaluation Hits Little Man Hard Bv GLENN WILLIAMS. LONDON (JP) Sears, the Jani tor at the apartment house where I live, is a little Cockney who earns five pounds a week. He has Just learned that the pound has been devalued. The pound was worth $4 when he went to the local pub Sunday night. Today, as he goes to work. It is worth only $2.80. But Sears can't tell a big of difference in the "quid" (pound) in his pocket. His quid will buy Just as much tomorrow as it dii Saturday. That state of affairs won't last long, however. In a couple of weeks his bread and flour will cost 30 percent more. Like all Britons. Sears and his family eat a lot of bread. Other Hems will have to go up too. That's because about one slxlh of (he things Britain buys abroad both food and raw ma terials come from countries like the United States or South Am erica, which either won't devalue at all or will do it on a smaller scale. So Sears will have to strap hU belt a little tighter, make his old Macintosh last through another rainy winter and forget about that new set of kitchen chairs he was going to buy, simply because prices will go up and he can't it ford them. He may resent this new Intru sion into buying power and ask for a raise, in fact, railwaymen, machinists and several other un ion groups already are demand ing more money to cover the price increases. If they get their raises It may touch off inflation by raising the cost of production, thus raising prices still more. However, Sir Stafford Cripps, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said over the radio that profi teering and wage hikes could not be given without throwing away the gains that are sought, from this drastic revision of money values. Uranium Possibilities Found In Idaho Mines WASHINGTON P Atomic Energy Commission officials said they have reports indicating uranium possibilities In the Sun shine Mining Company mine at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Investigation is under way, these official said in response to queries, but emphasized that so far it is only a possibility and not a proven source. The Sunshine Mining Com pany Itself, asked about reports of a find, would only say that it is looking for the metal In Us northern Idaho and w estern Mon tana mines. Honest Man Reports Own Traffic Light Violation CENTRALIA. Wash. 1.1 The honest man Diogenes sought cen turies ago was probably the mo torist w ho walked into the police station Saturday and told desk Sgt. James Kendrick he had un intentionally run through a "stop" sign. "Nobody saw me," the offend er said. Kendrick was so flabbergasted he forgot to secure the driver's name or collect the customary $5 bail. Interstate Telephone Employe Strike Over SPOKANE. Sept. 1 (.P Err. ployes of the Interstate Tele phone company ended their U day strike today and returned o work under a new- contract. Company President C. E. John ston said negotiations were com pletod late Sunday night and the contract was signed early this morning. News Review Classified Ads bring best results. Phone 100. Filbert Pact Referendum Vote Deadline Nears A reminder to filbert growers in the states of Oregon and Wash ington that midnight, Sept. 23, 1949 is the deadline for mailing ballots in a referendum on a pro posed federal marketing agree ment and order program was is sued this week by J. K. Bonebrake, chairman of the Douglas County Agriculture Conservation commit tee. The ballot Is a part of a printed brochure mailed last week to all Independent filbert growers of record In the states of Oregon and Washington, and may be de tached and mailed in an already addressed envelope requiring no postage. All the cooperative asso ciations handling filberts have in dicated they will vote for their membership so it will not be necessary for members of such organizations to vote individually In the referendum. Any of the independent growers who failed to receive a ballot by mail may obtain one, together with copy of the proposed mar keting agreement and Instructions for voting, at the county agricul tural conservation office, located at 321 Pacific Bldg, or from the office of the county agent of the Agricultural Extension service, in the post office. The U. S. Department of Agri culture already has announced its approval of the program which, to become effective, must have the approval of at least two-thirds of the growers voting in the refer endum or by the producers of at least two-thirds of the volume of filbert production represented. Handlers are being sent an identi cal marketing agreement for their concurrence. The marketing order would regulate the handling of filberts grown in Oregon and Washington when prices paid to growers were below parity by regulating the percentage sold as unshelled filberts. Minimum standards of quaiity may also be established by the filbert industry in the states of Oregon and Washington under the provisions of the proposal. Savings Bonds Sales Hold Up Well In August Sales of E bonds to Oregon people held up well during Au gust, E. C. Sammons, chairman of the Oregon Savings Bonos committee, reports. Sales of these "small man's bonds" to talled $2,844,034, a sum slightly in excess of E bonds sales for the same month in 1948. According to Sammons, Federal Reserve bank figures show strangely enough that maturities and cash-ins of savings bonds by Ore gon people were almost exactly the same as for the same month in 1948, amounting to $4,069,279 The Federal Reserve figures indicate, according to Sammons, that the relative position of Ore gon people in regard to sales and redemptions of savings bonds has changed dramatically within the year. At the end of the sec ond 'third of 1948, Oregon people had bought approximately two millions dollars less bonds than they had cashed in or matured. At the end of August, 1949, they naa purcnasea roughly two and a quarter million dollars more savings bonds than they had ma tured or cashed. Douglas County Savings Bonds Chairman H. O. Pargeter has re ceived from the state savings bonds office figures Indicating that the people of this county purchased a total of $53,497 sav ings bonds during August with $47,997 of this total being in E bonds. Maturities and cash-Ins within the county last month were $82,248. School-Of-Air Program By KOAC Starts New Year CORVALLIS An estimated 200,000 boys and girls in Oregon elementary schools listened to programs of the KOAC "School of the Air," according to figures given in the new annual hand-1 book listing programs for the coming year. Participation haa nearly doubled over the past three years, according to James M. Morris, program manager. Miss Elizabeth Dotson, fresh from a year of Intensive radio work at Columbia University and with NBC in New York, is the new director of school of the air, succeeding Mrs. Lana Lu Bouski Hull. Miss Dotson was born in Salem and is a graduate of Wil lamette university. Boy Kills Self Because He Doesn't Like School GREAT BEND. Pa. I.P A 14-year-old farm boy killed him self because he didn't like the city school to which his parents sent him. reports Coroner Ken neth Bush. Bush said the boy, Henry Wolf, died Friday of a gunshot wound in the head. The boy's parents. Bush said, transferred hirn from a rural school here to a Junior high school in nearby Binghampton. K. Y. They' felt their son could better prepare for college by at tending a larger school. PROMISE YOURSELF: To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that yoi have no time to criticize others. Roseburg Funeral Home "The Chapel of the Roses" Oak and Kane Street Roseburg. Oigo. Funerals Tel 600 Ambulance Srv.ce Fate Of Noronic Parallels That Of Sister Ship Hamonic mr tha AMorlatad Praaal A striking parallel to the end of the Noronic, in which 197 lives were lost, was the fate of her sister ship, the Hamonic, which went down In flames four years ago at Point Edward, near Sar- nia, uui. Unlike the Noronic, destroyed by lire at Toronto, Ont., early Saturday, all 325 of the passen gers and crewmen aboard the Hamonic were saved. "A miraculous combination of circumstances" was credited by an investigating board with sav ing those on the Hamonic. Passengers aboard the vessel Idly watched a small fire In the dock's freight sheds as the vessel docked at Point Edwards, July 17, 1945. A sudden gust of wind sent a shower of sparks onto the ship's superstructure and the Ha monic was ablaze. Wind Fane Flamea The same wind, meanwhile, had fanned the dock Into flames. Capt. H. L. Beaton ordered the mooring cables chopped and backed his ship Into the St. Clair river channel. There as the fire swept across the decks of the Hamonic, passengers began leap ing the 50 feet to the water. At this point, Capt. Beaton ordered full speed ahead and steered for the shore. The Ha monic crashed into the bank. Her prow was buried 20 feet and the vessel held fast. By then, the fire had reached amidships and escape from the stern was impossible. Desperate Choice Those on the prow faced a des perate choice. To Jump meant serious injuries. To remain meant certain death. It was then that a dockman, Elmer Kleinsmith, raced to the controls of a giant dock crane Czech Knight Statue Upsets; Disrupts Traffic NEW YORK A huge statue of a Czech knight on horse back, dedicated to the late Thom as C. Masaryk, bumped its head on an overhead bridge girder and tied up traffic for half an hour Wednesday. The eight-ton, 18 foot statue statesman toppled o f f a truck and crushed the fender o f a n automobile. The $30,000 statue was badly damaged. PRICES ARE DOWN mmTJJ '. 45?? " - GARDEN Free Estimatea Bonk With A Douglas County Institution Home Owned Home Operated Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank GET YOUR FREE TICKETS TO THE FALL OPENING Treasure Hunt at ATTEND THE GALA FALL OPENING EVENING OF SEPT. 21 i and moved Its boom over the ship. Seven times he scooped up loads of humanity. When he had finished, more than 100 persons had been carried to safety. Astern, scores of other passen gers were trapped. They began sliding down ropes and Jumping into the water. Crewmen, who remained behind to be seriously burned, . helped passengers to safety aboard small crafts from Sarnia and Port Huron, Mich., which waited to pick- them from the water. PHONE 100 between 6.15 ond 7 p. m., if you have not received your News Review. Ask for Harold Mobley. FORD REPAIRED LrOurtyerfs SaW w at..." LOCK WOOD MOTORS Rose and Oak Phone 80 O NEW LAWNS COMPLETE LANDSCAPING s Plilff I" TILLING NURSERY Phone 1214-R L. L. Powers ST), I 4 I t - r 4