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4 The News-Review, Rotburj, Published 0 illy Exoipt Sunday ry the Newt-Revi Company, Inc. IihiK i ear m.ll.r Ma. 1. si la fJ " laut.il. Oreiea. eaeaf ael ( March V IStS CHARLES V. STANTON -T EOWIN U KNAP" Editor mS&r' Man. gar Member of tha Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publisher Aaaoolation, tha Audit Buraau of Circulatlona la.reM.Ul 1 T-HOI.LIDA CO.. INI... elflree la New terk. ChUaie. Saa Iiiuiui Lea A.ielea, Seattle. rrllan at. Leale. a I tin kiPTIlIN tATrs-la lr.I.r.-lT M.ll-rar Ter M ?' ""'.V.. 'i Ihr.a aie.lne MM B, fit. Carrier-ear Jta. " f "..'., M a" a leer, ear aiaalk ll.aa Oet.Ue Oreee-Hr Mall ra. aa ta ee. ait ajaalha II. la. three aae.lae I? la WHY EXPERIMENT? By CHARLES V. STANTON Columbia valley authority proponent held a field day at the Far Western Democratic conference in San Francisco. Included in the attack was a tirade against private power utilities, railroads and big business, efforts t tie CVA onto the personal popularity coattails of President Truman, and the presentation of CVA as a "party" issue. Administration leadership since the advent of the New Deal has been educating the public to believe that big busi ness is sinful and profits are evil. Much propaganda effort has been expended in building up popular sentiment against "soulless corporations," "power lobbies," "economic royal ists" (whatever that might mean), "barons of Wall Street," and the badness of "big business." At the Democratic conference speakers assailed railroads and power utilities for their opposition to CVA. Private power, it was asserted, is financing the campaign against CVA. Selfish business interests are endeavoring to block regional development, speakers declared. Certainly private power interests are fighting a program which would put them out of business. Undoubtedly they are putting some money into the campaign. Where are we to draw a line? Is it more sinful for pri vate enterprise to fight for survival than for paid employes of the federal government to spend taxpayers' money in a campaign for regional controls? If private utilities are evil because they are big, are we to assume that it is less evil to set up a regional, all power ful political corporation having within itself the power to absorb all competition and direct the economy of a huge empire and its people according to the whims of three political appointees? Is money earned by a corporation or utility in providing competitive services to consumers more tainted when used for political purposes than money taken from the public treasury to be used in campaigning for imposition of an alien form of government upon an area and its people? Among speakers at the Democratic conference were Vice President Barkley and Secretary of the Interior Krug, ably backed by Undersecretaries Chapman, Warne and David eon, together with Representative Henry Jackson of Wash ington, all on the public payroll, urgently campaigning for a radical change in administrative policy. Are we to assume that these public servants, attempting to tell their employers what is best for them, are purer than directors and stockholders of corporations, businesses and utilities trying to protect the constitutional principles of free enterprise? CVA advocates recently have injected a new note into their arguments. The Columbia Valley administration, they say, "is the wish of President Truman." In formal speeches and in conversation they refer frequently to the "wishes of the President." They make it appear that the President is CVA's prime mover. But CVA was in the making long before Truman became president even before he ever entered the executive branch of government. The President, however, has a considerable personal popu larity. If CVA can be tied to his coattails it will be favor ably accepted by those who admire the man. Then, too, it's a good political football for Truman to kick around in his campaign. Following the regional authority plan to fullest consum mation, however, it is possible to visualize the entire coun try divided into nine regions, each controlled by its local board, circumventing controls by Congress and under the dictatorship of the Secretary of the Interior. The President and Congress would become mere figureheads in govern ment, state autonomy would be tossed out the window. We are not saying this WOULD happen but it COl'LD happen if we are foolish enough to permit valley authorities to be imposed upon us. CVA advocates are endeavoring to promote the valley authority plan as a "party" issue. Many people will support the "party" even though they may not believe in all its policies. Thus CVA political opportunists may have an op- i portunity to ride into the lists under the Democratic banner simply because some voters blindly follow the party line. CVA transcends party lines. It is a radically new plan of governmental technique. It provides a form whereby constitutional checks, balances and guarantees are by passed. It contains the germ for a controlled economy under Department of the Interior dictatorship. There might be more excuse to accept the bit and bridle CVA would put upon us if no other plan were available for regional development. But the Hoover commission has out lined a pattern that would achieve the same purpose within the intent of the Constitution. So why experiment with the dangerous CVA? Vers Press Congress To Strengthen Alaska SEATTLE, Sept. 23. (.VI A "write your congressman" drive among ail Pacific coast and Alaska legionaires is being slat ted by the Washington department of the American Legion, state com mander Herbert A. Pavis said here. Its purpose is to "force the is sue" in obtaining strengthened military defenses lor the area be fore congress adjourns. INDUSTRIAL PAYROLLS UP j SALEM. Sept. 2.1 T Indus- j trial payrolls took a big Jump ' Or Frl., Sept. 23. 1949 in Oregon during August. The state industrial accident commission icpnrted today that firms reporting to it had total payrolls of SW.498.7SS In August. That was ss.mxi.ooo more than in July, and was $4 VXI.lKX) more than in Augut, li!8. PROMOTION SLATED Promotion day Is scheduled by firecn Sundav school lor next Sunday at 9: a.m. All children In the community are urged to be present. I A men's Kihle class w ill also j be organised at this time. Every one Is welcome. Chinese Puzzle To End All Chinese Puzzles 0V ( I trust the other students en rolled in the OreRon State Sys tem of Higher Education have been doing better than I? Not but what I have been working at my course oh yes! But they did not know it because I hadn't mailed anything In. I seem stuck at a knotty point In my work; so while I was canning about a bushel of pears thp other day, I concentrated on the point In question with success. Pears did all rlRht, too. The letters are not signed by the vivacious Miss MorWle Hair. After forty years of service Miss Hair has retired. Since her favorite sport Is mountain climb ing, here's wishing her good climbing with bigger and better peaks, now that she can devote her full time to It. At least I can't Imagine her Inactive can you;? Her place has been taken by Howard J. Akers. I am sure Mist Hair's enthusiasm forand de votion to her work must be an inspiration to her successor, whom we wish success. Northwest Trip Noteworthy To Canyonville Pair By MRS. II. M. ANDERSON Newt-Review rnrreepomlent Mr. and Mrs. Krilz Smder of Days t'reek. operators of the Days Creek store, returned home last week after a ten-day vaca tion trip. Traveling along the Columbia River highway, they drove on the rew nine mile stretch below the Vista house and Crown point. Thev passed manv beautiful wa terfalls. Their first sightseeing stop was at Bonneville dam. located 40 miles east of Portland. Here thev saw the powerhouse, navigation lock, spillway dam, Bradford is land fishway. and the fish collid ing station. The dam is pouring Us great power into the indus tries of Ihe region and its exten sive grid of w ires is reaching out to bring electricity to home and farm from Its giant turbines. The dam has created a lake .VI miles upstream and with its navigation look, the largest sin glelift lock In the world, has made navigation possible ly ocean ships to The Dalles, 200 miles in from the sea. The great Columbia river sal mon runs are passed over the dam by a hui;e fish ladder "stair way", mure than a mile long and by electrically operated eleva tors. They spent the weekend visit ing Mrs. Snyder's brother ami sistot -In-law. Mr. and Mrs. Sher man Chapin at Stanfield. Or They all nok a trip io rmalilla dam. where Mr. Chapin is a fire man. At I'matilla they crossed the river by ferry and traveled in the Yakima valley until they leached Yakima. Wash. Ileie thev visited Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pah I. Mrs. Dahl is Ihe former Barbara Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Brown, resi dents of this vicinity. At Kllenshurg. Wash., they vis ited Mrs. Snvrier's aunt. Mrs. D. W. Stiles. Enrouto to Ciand Cou lee dam they traveled in beauti ful Kittitas alloy. which is under irrigation. Grand Coulee Impressive They st.ted overnight at the town of Coulee Dam. a perma nent town to accommodate gov ernment employees on the Co I Thought l WAIhe one WHO INVENTepTheE 4MERKA1 ?r?E$EMT CHINESE Hy Viahnett S. Marti i Now for a change of subject, since there is a bit of space left. As is usual in monuments, the dedicatory Inscription on the bronze plate at Paradise creek, dedicated to the stage drivers by the Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers, is lettered in ' block capitals. It looked rather j odd the other day in this column; I I had expected to see it In capital letters. ! a a A recent editorial in The News-! Review explained why, from EJ'sl point of view anyhow, our first salmon fishing venture was dif ferent from what he had expect-! ed. Peep-sea fishing in Oregon is ! a different proposition than in I southern California: we have been sticking to the lakes. For! my part, I was delighted to cross the Umpqua bar and see the coast I from the ocean. And I enjoyed nearing stories about the area even if I didn't catch a fish. One more bit of this and that; Several have asked about the pronunciation of my first name. The T as In 'ice'. Three sylla bles, of course. lumbia Basin project. This town is situated on both sides of the Columbia river. The two parts of town are connected by a highway bridge spanning the Columbia. Rrand Coulee dam is known as the eighth wonder of the world. It is 550 feet high and of massive concrete, a structure greater than any heretofore built by the I hands of man. SH0 feet thick at the base. 30 feet thick at the crest, and 4.300 feet long. I At the Vista house they enjoy I ed listening to a lecture ahoiit I C.rand Coulee dam and seeing it i in miniature before hoarding the ! "Tnonerville Trolley" which takes tourists from the Vista 1 liouse to the powerhouse. In the ! powerhouse there are many fea j tin es to see and marvel at.' such I as the world's most powerful tur I bines, generators and spinning shafts. There are powerhouses on i both sides of the 15-acre spill j wav, which are designed to serve I these generators. The waterfall is i more than five city blocks long and more than twice as high as j Niagara falls. ! Construction of the irrigation I project is Just getting underway. ' The w ork is lo be done hv pi i vate contract and It will be 1;1.t0 before Irrigation water reaches any siahle acreage of land. II Is ;eslimated that from 10 to 20 years will be required to irri ; rate the entire one million acres. I The late of development will de pend on congressional appropr iations and the demand for the j land by prospective settlers, j It is ejeeted that upon com pletion 17.1. family-size farms . w ill have been dcvoloed. ranR j ing in size from 40 to ISO acres, j and producing diversified crops. ' Cpun leading (it mid Coulee the Snylers passed by Steamboat rock, which is a landmark and , a geological marvel. It is 900 feet in hi ight. At Timberhne Lodge Tliey took a short trip to Mt. Rainier before going to Mt. ! Hood's Timherhne lodge. Accord ing to Mr. Smder. the lodge Is a masterpiece of mountain archl tiv'ure made entirely of wood with a nick base. II was deiii cited in l!'.!7 and the late Presi- I dent Kranklin P. Roosevelt was the first guest. As they went I through the lodge, one of the out standing things that impressed them was Ihe giant, six-sided fireplace. They rode on the mile-long ski lift up the mountain. The lift l. 1 71 Si uU7 Decrees In Five Suits Issued By Judge Wimberly Douglas county, in a suit to quiet title, has been awarded a decree by Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly against Blanch Hisaw and other named defendants. The property included one-half of the northwest quarter of section '22, township 2." south, range 1 west, and the southwest quarter of sec tion 22. township 2.) south, range 1 west: lots 1. 2. 3 and 4 of the south one-half of section 4. town ship 2fi south, range 2 west, and lot 2 and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of sec tion 4. township 27 south, range 2 all west of the Willamette Me ridian. The decree is subject to Ihe rights of the North I mpqua Timber Co. and Us assigns under contract with the plaintiff. Ilildreth Oberman in a suit to quiet title brought against Athol W. King, if living, and others, was awarded title to an acre of described Oakland property. James R.. and Ruth M. Law rence and Warren A., and Ila U. Carter have been awarded a de cree giving them title to property described as adjoining Dunham's subdivision, all in section 21, township 28 south, range 6 west of Willamette Meridian. The suit was brought against R. W. and Catherine H. Ilinkley, L. B. and Jane Doe Wallace, and other named defendants. A decree favoring Tyee Lum ber Co. has been returned by Judge Wimberly against Ernest W. and Wanda L. Wingler, and John T. and Isabel S. Wingler. The plaintiff Is granted Judgment for $1,077.62, plus attorney fees and costs and a mortgage fore closure older has been issued rel ative to a caterpillar power unit, Russell saw mill, edger. John Deere power unit, conveyor, two circular saws and real property located in the Sutherlin Land and Water company plat K. Final decree has been Issued favoring Annie L. Kruse against Harrv Delhert and Harriett Hughes and C. S. Dillon, trustee lor Harry Delhert Hughes. The plaintiff has been awarded a con tract foreclosure upon lots 1 and 2, block 2. west Park place. Shut rens addition to Yoncalla. De cree was made upon the failure of the defendants to pay $K33 to the court, plus interest and costs. Plane Crash Kills Man And Woman Companion EVERETT. Sept. 23 -(.T Two Seattle persons were killed today In the crash of a light plane into an alder grove several miles southwest of here. Dead were Ivar Zarbell own er and pilot and a 23-year old companion. Marjorie Josephine (Peggy Jo Schtoeder. Witnesses said the plane went Into a flat spin at a 1.500 foot elevation and crashed Into a wooded gulch. The pilot gunned the motor several times In a fruitless attempt to gain altitude. barbell was a discount and In surance man in Seattle, hut kept his plane at Paine field here. In continual motion and runs on an endless cable. There are l'-O chairs. The ski lift stalled, leav ing the Snyders in mid air for almost an hour. Mr. Snyder stat ed there was very little snow at the present time and there is less snow this year than there has been for a number of years. Their next stop was in Vemo nla. Ore., where they visited Mrs. Snvder's hroiherlnlaw and sis ter. Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Berndt. In Astoria thev attended the salmon derby which was on in full swing. They loved the beauty of the Oregon and Washington ctast. At Salem they attended the Oiegon State fair on Labor day. There were 77.000 paid admis sions that day. The Snyders are firm believers that everyone In this state should see the sights of our great North west "first." In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) full tense of the word. They take their cues from Moscow. a a a FROM London comes this signif lean dispatch: "Britain's Labor government faced a political crisis In its own ranks today. Trade unions threat ened to revolt against higher prices resulting from money de valuation." That Is to say, the British unions threaten to demand high er wages. If they get higher wages, Britain's production costs will rise and ALL THE AD VANTAGES FROM DEVALUA TION OF THE POUND WILL BE LOST. There- Is no such thing, you see, as something for nothing, a a a WHY the higher prices result ing from devaluation? It's this way: Whe.i we buy the new $2.80 pounds to pay for the things we buy In Britain, we get more pounds for our dollars. When the British buy dollars to pay for the things they have to buy from us (food being the most important) Ihey get FEWER dollars for their depreciated $2.80 pounds. Depre ciation of the currency is a knife that cuts both ways. Again, you see, there is no such thing as something for nothing. a a a AS OF the day this is written, 23 countries, following Brit ain's lead, have devalued their currencies to a greater or less extent their purpose, like Bri tain's, being to get a price ad vantage in selling their goods to the United States. That raises this question: Why don't we depreciate our dollar? HIS is the only answer I can ! I think of: What enduring good could ! come out of debasing the only i sound money left In the world? SECRETARY of Commerce Saw yer, talking to Portland busi ness people, says he thinks our national economy will perk up and improve In the months to come if there are no prolonged strikes in basic industry. He is obviously hoping that at prices get stabilized again we can get going again. He adds: , "HOWEVER, on the West Coast, continued high production of fruits and vegetables is GIV ING SOME TROUBLE to both growers and packers." i a a a LIKE most government officials In these days, he is worried by Ihe Impending return of an econ omy of plenty. In an economy of SCARCITY, the government can ration the existing supply and make It go around by compelling us to DO WITH LESS, whereas in the welfare state an economy of plenty compels the govern ment to buy up the surplus, j Like most of the government officials I talk with, Secretary Sawyer la beginning to worry about where the money is to come from with which to do the astro nomic buying that is required to keep up the price in times of abundance. SCHOOL BOARD MEETS A meeting of the Douglas Coun ty non-High School board was I held this morning in the office of County Superintendent Ken ! neth Barneburg. Transportation of students was the principal item of business transacted, according to Barneburg. SUES ON AN ACCOUNT Credit Bureaus Adjustment De partment. Inc.. has filed suit In circuit court against Ellsworth S. Richey. asking judgment for a total of $1,188.59 on an assigned account. PHONE 100 between 6.15 and 7 p. m., if you have not received your Newt Review. 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ANSWER: It would be better lo have your coat insured under a special type of coverage call ed a Fur Floater rather than under your regular theft policy. The Fur Floater can protect you from loss due to accidental damage to the coat as well as loss due to theft. Your insur ance agent can give you the full picture of how the policy can be adapted to your particular needs. lf routl addvaas ynnr own Intur anca quaationa to thia offtea. we'll trv tn glva ou tha v-orretft anawers and there will be aa ikatfa ar aU gatlaa at aar alad. KEN BAILEY INSURANCE AGENCY 315 Pacific Bldg. Phone 398 By KEN BAILEY fx Jf-vUnimiu Bank With A Douglas County Institution Home Owned Home Operated Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank Do You Plan on Building? Let us save you real money on your lumber, roofing, siding and other building materials. SOMETHING NEW!! 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