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4 The Newi-Raview, Roseburg, Ore. Thur., Oct. 30, 1949 Published D illy Exotpt Sunday hy tht Newi-3vi Com pony, Inc. (uratl irnJ Him mtir May 1. Hit. Ik ttle 4 RMb. Ortgon, it4r Ml ( Mrrh t. till CHARLES V. STANTON rrW EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Manager Member of tho Aoolated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulation! BorciCBlM M WrttT-HOI-l-in CO. INC". fMrni l New rrk, Ckiciit, trmciM L Angel, tilt), PoMlaB. St. Lil. lUBSt HIK-llUN IAI FS In rfon-B? Miil-rr Trif f S e. tit mvnlht 4 Ibr mnntht t w Ht ( li ( rrir Pr !! Hn advanct). In Hit na raar par month II M Oultida Ortfon Br Hall Par M (( na 14.11. IHraa manlha Si 7 It May Take A Lot Of Hammering REAPPORTIONMENT PROBLEM By CHARLES V. STANTON The issue of legislative reflpportionment will arouse more and more debate during the ensuing months. It is a matter of grave importance and, consequently, deserves thorough consideration. The Oregon Constitution provides that state senntors and representatives shall be apportioned on a basis of population But the Constitution has been completely ignored because of the concentration of population in Multnomah county. In efforts to prevent Multnomah county from gaining repre sentation proportionate to its population, thereby giving that county legislative majority, many inequities and awk ward apportionments have resulted. Several reapportionment schemes now are being advanced but two are predominant. One, formulated by a joint committee representing AFL, CIO, Young Republicans and Young Democrats, would place both houses on a basis of population but would limit any one district to one-third of the seats In either house. This would increase Multnomah's representatives from 13 12 to 20 and its senators from 6 13 to 10. The other plan is advanced by Representative Giles French, Moro, who would follow the national pattern, appor tioning representatives on a basis of population, but giving each county one senator regardless of its population. . In support of his plan, Representative French says: At present Oregon elects 30 senators from 24 districts and 60 representatives from 33 districts. Tha Constitution states that reapportionment Is to bo dona after each de cennial census. The last apportionment was dona In 1931 and was not complete. Another apportionment Is due In 1951 If the Constitution is not changed. It Is hereby proposed that the Oregon Constitution bs amended to give each county one senator and apportion tha representatives according to population. When tha constitutional convention met In 1787 one of tha great arguments was over apportionment and it was determined that no one method was completely satisfactory. Connecticut delegates arranged a compromise between the large states led by Virginia and the small states led by New Jersey whereby each state has two senators and tha House Is apportioned by population. That is tha American method of apportioning members of our two representative houses. It has proven to bs the best method. It leads to fewer Inequities. It has never been challenged. In states that apportion both houses by population there are inequities greater than under tha American method, Strong men keep their own districts small. In Oregon wa have had a five county district In tha Senate which haa 72,000 people In It. It takes 20,000 mora people thara to elect a aenator than In Portland, where the pro posals for apportionment of both houses by population arise. Many legislative problems are not concerned with people, but with areaa and districts. Counties have been set aside for reasons that were considered Important and conclusiva. They ara economio and political entitles and have been ao recognized by tha state. If this American plan was to be adopted In Oregon It would help to strengthen the counties. Wa need atronger local governments. Many legislative problems might better be resolved within a county. Local government is close to tha people; they know about It, know tha officera. Wa are getting government away from the people. This move would help to restore It to them. Rural Oregon most often elects men to represent tha entire population of their district; the city often elects men who represent a group a pressure group. We believe Representative French makes a good case for his proposal. I'mler our national system of legislative appor tionment representatives are elected to represent population; senators are chosen to represent geographical areas. As Frank Jenkins recently pointed out in his column in this paper. Western states would have secured no reclama tion benefits had it not been that the lT. S. Senate represents i 1 m&izMK W. G. Grubbt, Notivt Of Douglas County, Dies ALBANY. Ore., Oct. 20 Wil liam Gwiavia Grubbe, 81, died at hit home here Monday following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at trip Kisher funeral home Friday at 10:30 a.m., with burial in the Willamette Memo rial park. He waa born in Doug las county, Ore., December 8, 1867, and had spent all of his life in Oregon. H attended school at Wilbur academy near Roseburg. and had spent the past 29 years in Albany. He married Fannie Thompson September 12. 1SI2, at Roseburg, who died in 194.3. Sur viving are eifjht children: Vcrnet, Brighton, Mass.; Eugene, Orinda Cal.; Kenneth, Portland Mere dith, Richmond, Cal.; Ivan, Ber keley, Cal.; Mrs. Lola Travlor and Mrs. Alberta Curlis, Albany, and Mrs. Hattie iraylor, tor- tuna. Cal.; a brother. Robert, Kcedsport, and Mrs. Lucy bav, yen. Drain, a sisier. Bank With A Douglas County Institution Home Owned Home Operated Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank Car Shortage Will Be Talked At Eugene Meet The monthly meeting of the Willamette Valley Hoo Hoo club jvo. m has been called for Fri day, Oct. 21, at 5:59 p.m., in the Eugene hotel. Representatives of the Southern Pacific company have accepted the invitation to attend this meeting as guests of Willamette valley lumbermen, for the purpose of discussing the existing car shortage. Membership of the Willamette Valley Hoo Hoo club is made up of members representing all phases of the lumber industry in western Oregon manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, forestry. etc. President of the Willamette Valley Hoo Hoo club is. Ken C. Mcintosh of the Cascade Lum ber Terminal, Inc.. Springfield. and the secretary is Ehrman Giuslina of Giustina Bros. Lum ber Co., Eugene. jfoV3 Rl Viahiutt S. Martin t i 7-' : his owners would ha glad to "The Appaloosa horse, the most famous of all Indian war horses. , . While the Appaloosa has been traced back to 400 B. C. glad In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) Chiang Kai-shek and Acting President LI DISAGREE ON THE STRATEGY FOR THE DE- show him. They're proud of him. F E N S E OF CHUNGKING'S Now for a change of subject to SZSCHWAN PROVINCE JUST saw dust. I Horses ... corral .. J AS THEY DID ON SOUTH sawdust. Is that how I arrived CHINA. in Asia, It was a horse without at aawdut?i I just remembered a name until the white man came ' hearing somebody on the radio West'," writes Mrs. B.A.S., qunt-jtalk about a successful use for ing the Country Gentleman for1 sawdust I heard the word as I June 1948, In reference to the dialed, and stopped to listen, for Appaloosa horse mentioned re-il do hate to see so much 'waste' cently In this column. go up in fire and smoke, "'Found only In the Palouse you? country, the Indian name for the rolling grassland of Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington,; the horse was called "a Palouse j horse." Eventually this was I slurred Into "A palousey" and finally to Appalousa'." j Thank you, Mrs. S. I am for-j warding your ietter to the Ws IT Is so hard to understand that a thing like communism can be what it is. Men look at it and say It CANT BE TRUE "there ain't no such don't animal." So they go on happily with their Coos Bay Editor Not Candidate For Congress COOS BAY, Oct. 20 J. W. Forrester Jr., publisher of the Coos Bay Harbor in North Bend, will not be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Con gress from the fourth district, he said Wednesday. Forrester was mentioned at a district meeting of Democrats in Huseburg Sunday as a pos sible candidate for ihe seat now held by Harris Ellsworth, Rose burg Republican. "As long as I am In the news paper business I will not he a political candidate. I do not be lieve in newspapermen being candidates for any political office," he declared. Then he emphasized his state ment by adding: "I am not a De mocrat, either. I am a registered Independent and I intend to stay that way." THRIFTYPOWER I . jW am batata 1 Mil Affluib rairiiTLA'Ur Wi Some ranchers have been using! quarreling and lighting among In their corrals. The each other with their STRUG- SO it was with the ancient Greeks. They had a way of life that In its time was as superior as our sawdust Douglas county agent w o u 1 d GLES FOR POWER. know all about It, without a doubt. I Just heard someone on KOAC say if the sawdust was three feet deep in the corral It was a success, although the corral fence had to be raised in some:Hay '"e is in our time, inoy lovea it as mucn as we love our way of life. But they loved to quarrel and fight. In their city states, they developed the tech niques of disagreement and con flict to a point of high efficiency, hilt NIvVFR Wl-DIT ABIE TV", and white striping over his back, I know a home gardner who used pEVFLOP TECHNIQUES OF and so evenly marked, too. His several inches evenly and there ; TOLERANCE AND CO-OPERA home corral is right by the Pass j was nothing Ihe matter with their j tiq'x Here's a low-cost tractor with a powerful 125 cubic inch engine. It handles even the tough jobs with record economy. Quick-acting hydraulic lift for raising and lowering any mounted implement is available on the Model B. Front-mounted implements include planters, cultivators and full-vision mower. If your acreage is Model B size, no other ' kind of power will do your work at lower cost Stop in let's talk it over. Kill AND SftVICI y FARM AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT CO. Phone 1559 who will be very pleased to have cases. If only a foot-deep of saw- It. I didn't see the article In our dust was put In the corral It did C. G. Perhaps they can find one, not pack; just churned around, or have their ow n still on hand, i I have heard some experts say "Patches" Is certainly the old- sawdust is 'good' for mulch on a est looking coll, with that black ! garden; others, that it is not creek 'overhead' on 99; I know vegetables! Dwarf Cattle Bought From Ranch, Not Discovered In "Lost Canyon" I So, In time, the surrounding 1 barbarians overwhelmed the Greek civilization. I said a hill of sale tor two cows jand three bulls t',ene Holier of t Jamestown. N. D.. said he took i . ....... t... i,u. area rather tlmn population. Thnt is the chief purpose of copter, is on file at the brands happened in Rome, in a differ- BILLINGS. Mont., Oct. 20 - CP) ! The bull Is largest of the six ent way. The Romans squandered A Montana Stale Brand in- ; animals, measuring 36 Inches their s.rength In bitter and un- mm swtiii n.-Mi in um I ,ii- iiikii. I'anr Hill, iendinir CI AW rfivn ir-r itle the owner claims he discov- faille men said dwarf rattle-, . lwM,ILI' ered in a "lost r.uunn" actuallv reallv are not a rarity: that thev ! lne "m' came when the bar- were purchased in Hillings. . appear about as frequently as nn- Brand Inspector H. II. Harmon , ilersue humans. They usually are Siaunirreo as calves, ine came experts say. because normal births are difficult. Also they aren't usually profitable to raise unless a carnival or animal show Naval Personnel Unhurt In Bikini Bomb Blasts No naval personnel suffered Ill ness, death or injury from the atomic bomb blasts at Bikini, in July, l!Wfi. according to the Bu reau of Medicine and Sureerv of i the Navy department. This an , nouncemcnt was made by Rear Admiral Clifford A. Swanson, sur geon general of the Navy, in an swer to recent reports that cer tain of the personnel who took part in the bomb test had been hospitalized from the effects of radiation. In making the announcement, Rear Admiral Swanson said that : no persons taking part In the ' atomic bomb tests in the Pacific had ever been on the sick list as a result of the atomic blasts. reading the record of our factional struggles for power, one can't help wondering at times if we aren't treading in the footsteps ot the Greeks and Romans. the national form of renresentatinnit nrnviile. nrofevtinn ' inspection office at Helena, ll ir- n". '"em. and carnival oppor- 1 1 .,.., .li.l Kivinila latt.u.n in IhA for minorities, barians marched through the streets of once-mighty Rome, burning and slaying and looting. So the Roman civilization, like that of Greece, rotted, crumbled and vanished. i mini said brands tattooed in the iuiihh -s air inning on inese oavs. dwarf cattle's ears also were re Multnomah count v already is worried bv the prospect of : is'ered when the biamls were in ,. siwcted at Hillings, apportionment according to population. 77,, Oregon,,,, I Thp blml ns(Wtr ,, points out that Voters could expect from f0 to 100 candidates five animals, ranging from I'l to for legislative positions at each primary election and that "no ordinary voter could lie expected to make an intelligent from Hillings to Roundup, Mnt., selection among so manv." ian.l th.-n t.. Jamestown " I 1 he midget were bred by Ken- Representation from Multnomah countv in the state lcgis-' Hall Shaules of Hallantine.'Mont. Kiev were registered jierelonis. Shaules said dwarfs are a com mon occurrence among Hereford and Angus cattle and delinitely "are on the increase." He ex plained the phenomenon as a "breeding accident." The breeder said the bull and five cows who produced the ! dwarfs had normal production j records, otherwise. lature already is had enough without adding to it. Foreign Currency Devaluation Seen As Threat To Northwest Industries WASHINGTON. Oil. 20 .-.-T- Rep. Htisell Mack (R.-Wash.) predicted Wednesday th.it foreign currency devaluation will have an adveise eitect on West Coast lumber, fish and pulp paper Industries. Mack said it still is too early to appraise the full eflcct of de valuation, lint, he Rilded. it prob ably will mean increased ex ports from Canada. Canada, he told a reporter, already Is able to undersell tout ed States lumtwr producers be cause of lower wage rates. With a 10 percent devaluation of the Cniiliin Molls,- .,!,! tl.n costs of production will lie cut ' r-l""ll'-in markets under con another 10 percent. tracts approved hy the Economic Canadian shipments to the t'onperation administration, eastern se.ilio.ird. ,p added, can1 'v0 EC A ottuial explained that be made at a saving of another such transactions aie on a dol- three iercent over V. S. tians- 'ar basis and shipments ate paid i"iiHiion ivsis iiti'n ine west YAKIMA. Oct. 2i-(.r-Korget ! the helicopter and secret can- jons. If you want to see some partial dwarf rattle. Yakima rancher Mack suci'sted that a answer miht lie in restoration 1 Roy Pane suggests you Just drop of t.irilU on Imports from ! out to his place at Hat rah, about Canada. j 341 miles south of here. Government officials said cur- ' Pane scoffed at mvsteries of rency devaluations in Great Hill- i midget bovine reported by am and France and elsew here ' Gene Holler of .lamest nw n. N M" .. should not street the returns tol,"'l'er said he had found a wild Amet ic in ,,r-.i, ........ i.. i held of small cattle. H.v to J THERE were sunny, happy cen- Moro Portlanders Using 1 ,url" ln G,ef- Ther' b sr l. b r sunny, happy centuries In Rome. Bath Tubs, Bowes Says j But always on the horizon, firat It iRTLANP, Oct. 20 - .P in Greece and then In Rome, there Porllanders are going in more was the dark and menacing threat That's what Public Works Com-! Standing together, one for all ! missioner William Bowes reports aid all for one, the Greeks could and he arrived at his conclusion have reoelled thi thr.tfnr ! they were smarter than the bar barians. Standing together, one for all and all for one, the Romans could have repelled the threat for they, too, were smarter and farther fact that hath taking constitute advanced than the harhaHan. the largest single use of water. But both Ihe Greeks and the So: "If the people are using p,. i . .. "iiiiroriK and fighting among themselves, splitting up Into factions EACH OF WHICH FOl'GHT WITH THE OTHERS FOR POWER So w hat happened HAPPENED. PHONE 100 between 6.15 and 7 p. m., if you have not received your News Review. Ask ,'or Harold Mobiey. this wav At the end of 1MS there were 97,7-13 water connections In the city, an Increase of lit percent since 1!M1. In the same period, use of water went up about 25 percent. Howes said It s a well known moi"e water it's because thev Vital Statistics THE EMBLEM OF costs coast Therefore, he said, west coast lumber proitiuvrs are facing the threat of Canadian inroads into their world markets and In creased liiiHrts of Canadian lum ber into ihe I'mied ' States be cause of lower pi ices. inches high, in a "secret canyon and had flown them out by heli copter. "I bought mine at a livestock auction in Portland two and a half years ago for $Sfl.'' Pane re marked. The Yakima rancher said he has lecn raising the six tiny ani mals, five heifers and a bull, for the last two vears. None has re but Pane sal.! for in I'. S. dollars. However, Rep Jackson (U Wash.l said he believed I'. S. producers might he paid off on a devaluation basis on private ' piiHluced as vet "in i icis, ii any cxisi, w n were negotiated for pavment Hlltlsh IMHind. Freni h fmnc I li nnrmil U miMltnn t -mtmrit nmnnrjilnrt' ti iiRnina t or other devaluated currency, 'to be answered. ' treaty with the whites. i Watching the present scene, Marriage Licenses i ROMINGFU-LANK - Harold C. Rommger and Alice G. Lane, iifL- tfwl ,h. . ... both of Canvnmille. W "nd ,h PON EL AN KELLKY Louis ' " Rman. are developing our Anthony Itonelan and Ardis Mae techniques of disagreement and Kellev. both of Roseburg. conflict to a point of high effi- H A R R 1 S rK i i fa" J v"X,v Har ' Ml h ris. Married In Rosebui g IVc. 19. ! stor wi,h 5,rtling clarity. We 1!M2. Cruel and inhuman treat- r neglecting the techniques of ment charged. tolerance and co-operation. And INDIAN 120 (?T DIES ,re P,iMinK UP into factions Et'RF.KA. Calif.. iVt. M i P j ,ha 'rugg!e constantly for John Spencer, a Hoopa Indian POWER. wno ciaimeit to he t.'ii vears old. I died luestlay on the reservation. Siicm-er s.iid he could remem ber sitting on a horse on the north And on OCR horizon, too. there is the dark cloud of tvavbarianism - for communist Ruasia Is bar- w hu h one of the heifer is "exvting." , hank of the Klamath river In 1S2. , barism, pure and simple harbar lent in I Whether the offspring will revert . awaiting the outcome of the war ism h,, bv modern science. Hiwoy 99 North . . ' ' ; , I Keep their clotiies I clean with a r ' 4 rTrSH S n 't ' hi k - i 'I l3. t !H Q333CB FULL LOADS PER HOUR H EAVY "jchtjot" washings are no problem with this big, powerful Speed Queen. It whisks away 7 to 10 full loads in 1 hour giving you America's fasttit washday. 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