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4 Tht News-Review, Roseburg, Ort. Wed., Oct 26, 1949 Publithed Dilly Except Sunday !y tht News-Xevie Company, Inc. alaraa rt4 t !!, Mar I l at Ik ! alllaa Baaaaarg. Oraiaa. mmt ael at Marcfc t. U;s CHARLES V. STANTON T"W EDWIN L. KNAPf Editor Manager Member of the Ateociated Preta. Oregon Newapaper Publiahert Aaaoolation, the Audit Bureau of Circulations lllllHlM a tVHT HOIIIDAr CO. tSV. altlrM la M C1I. aB triMlui Lai Aafalaa. Batllla. rarllaaa Sk Lawla- atiBii airiioN itrri-n ur,i,i-a, Mni-nr raar sa.as. m aaaiai 14 u laraa maata, M.M B til) CarrltrPar rear tie.M Ha aavaaral. laaa aat raar, par maatta II. aa 4nUlaa Ofagaa Br Mall Ptr raar s aa i. Mania S.U. IHraa waalas It.ta WE NEED LONG PANTS By CHARLES V. STANTON Mr. Ray Lea in a letter published in The Newt-Review Tuesday states that "it is very obvious that the policy of The News-Review is to support the move for annexation." He then proceeds to criticize statements made by City Manager Slankard. We can assure Mr. Lea that The News-Review most defi nitely IS supporting annexation. We do so because we be lieve annexation is absolutely necessary if we are to protect public health and welfare during our continuing period of grov. th. We realize that viewpoints of the average property owner and that of the newspaper are from different angles. The property owner is studying the matter as an individual, with particular thought to his pocketbook. His interest in the com munity as a whole is secondary to personal factors. The newspaper, on the other hand, must be interested in the community as an entirety and not with individual cases. The newspaper must form its policies upon what it believes to be best for the majority of people and for the general community. As we have said repeatedly we do not like the word "annexation." It is used only because no other commonly accepted word is available to describe the action under con sideration. But the word "annexation" has a connotation that the city is trying to reach out and "grab" something. Opponents of the expansion program naturally take advan tage of such a definition. Actually, the so-called annexation problem in- the Roseburg area resolves itself into a family dispute as to whether the growing boy shall put on his first pair of long pants. Roscburg's long legs are sticking far out of their knee "britches." It's time we were putting on longer trousers to cover our exposure. Mr. I,ea finds fault with the city manger's statements, but his criticism, we believe is one of misinterpretation, which we are inclined to believe, knowing Mr. Lea to be a fair minded person, was not deliberate. As we interpret Mr. Slankard's statements, he too, is look ing at the over-all benefits. For instance, the City of Roseburg has been receiving from combined motor vehicle license fees, gasoline and liquor taxes the sum of $5.25 per capita, based on 1940 census. Starting Jan. 1, through distribution schedules fixed by the last legislature, the City of Roseburg will receive 17.25 per capita, or $29 for a family of four persons. We doubt very much if many families in the communities considering an nexation would have $7.25 per capita added to their tax bill. We certainly cannot agree with Mr. Lea's statement that the city tax of 15.6 mills in addition to taxes paid now by suburban property would be "about four times the tax paid by those not in the city on the same assessed valuation." That certainly is not true for any property also included in School District No. 4, which embraces all areas now con templating annexation. In dollars and cents the benefits to be received from state distribution of funds, plus savings made by residents on insurance, telephone service, etc., would, considering the community as a whole, be much more than the additional tax cost. Suburban residents, for instance, are paying 2.1 mills for fire protection through the rural fire district. The city rate for fire protection, however, is about 1.25 mills. Thus an nexation would provide a minor saving in that department. Residents having telephone service outside certain limits also pay a service charge which would be discontinued if the property were made a part of the municipality. Rase insur ance rates outside the city boundaries are 1.10 per $1,000, while the base rate inside the city is $.15c per $1,000. These insurance rates, however, are so varied by type of structure, exposure, distance from a fire plug, etc., that it is difficult to figure savings in actual dollars and cents except as each case! is treated individually, ns The Snm-Rci irir has done j pictorially. , Suburban areas also should consider that they can obtain' street lighting only through annexation or setting up light ing districts. Annexation, too, would bring advantages of police protection, building. code, zoning, etc. j Viewed as a whole, and from the standpoint of "union" rather than "annexation," we believe no one can find excuse why city boundaries should not be extended. We can, how ever, understand how an individual, looking at his own position, hesitates to assume a tangible tax load even though intangible benefits more than offset his cost. But The Newt-Review believes Roseburg needs long pants, even if "Pa" and "Ma" can't agree. ! Artie', Budget Slash Arouses Political Storm ! i LONDON. Oct. 2fi-(.11- Prime I It seemed likely Churchill Minister Attic hit a nollllcal i would again demand a qui. k storm Tuesilav-a whirlwind of I election to let the people give judgment on the socialist regime. He Chose a Fine Time to Walk Out on Us! A. jfif ;.i Vtahnett S. Martin Jf I JsJ i "I fiddled with poetry, and tried short stories, and wrote letters, j and took as much trouble over them as If they had been some serious work," says Ardyth Ken nelly, author of The Peaceable Kingdom I Houghton Mifflin, Bos ton, Nov. 19491. "I was afraid to write a novel because I didn't know how. Finally I wrote "The Peaceable Kingdom' to find out." That Miss Kennelly 'found out' seems evident because her first hook is the choice of the Literary Guild for Its December selection. She is the wife of Dr. Kgon V. Un man of Portland, and "has thous ands of relatives who are Swed ish, Irish and Norwegian. Her mother was born Into a Mor mon family in Salt Lake City, and the author herself grew up In Salt Lake City and Oregon's Willamette valley. She attended J Oregon State college, and In 1940 1 was married to Dr. Ullman." Miss Kennelly began the book j In 191.1, and has dedicated it to her mother. (There is no mention In the hook about the title, but I; read recently In the Oregonian! that the inspiration for the title came from a painting by Ed ward Hic ks. The same Inter-1 viewer said that many of the i stories In the book were told to Miss Kennelly by her grandmoth er who was a wife in polygamy.! In The Peaceable Kingdom the experiences of Llnnea, Swedish, and second wife in polygamy of Olaf Ecklund by whom she has i several children, are set forth In ' 375 pages of rather small print, In the greatest detail. "Llnnea struggles to be a good mother, a good friend and neigh bor, to carry her ful wcicht In life, and to endure within herself the very difficult battle between love for her husband and Jealousy of his first wife, Slgrld," the Nor wegian. To help support her chil dren she serves as a midwife, such service being described also in great detail. The author writes of Llnnea with sympathy and a touch of hu mor, and differentiates the other characters to they stand out as individuals, but one Is glad that the picture is of the past and not ' the present. In the Day's News Continuoi from Page One) charee he wax too timid with econnmlrt meant to keep Hritaln lrom going broke. Even la. Re vertinnn of his own lai-or party were let down by the plan Atile discussed before ;Jn 1 liittwn of ('nrnmniii Minrlfit m . i- ,.,i.ui ouii ,wm ,uu i- ! ciunrnunist ($784,000.0001-. or eight percent - I from the country's 3.:ut0.(ion.00 pounds iS7.21.00O.0O0l budget. For two .weeks the nation had been built up to expect a really drastic belaboring. When it came, conservative leader Win ston Churchill summed up the reaction of many: "Is it adequate to the need in which we stand?" CONCESSION BELITTLED VATICAN CITY, Oct. It!. (T Unofficial Vatican sources said Tuesday that the commissions of 1 the C7echoloak clergy to the! coci nmrnl were Minerfiejal." They added thai the Catholic churchmen had acted vo as not to endanger the church's spiritual minn in Cechoslo.ikia. Catholic bishops in Czechoslo vakia have advised their priests to accept salaries from the gov- j ei nnient under a nrw church eon- ; trol law and pledge Invaltv to the state in order to keep out' of Jail. I new uses for old materials. There was a time when we thought that only the comparatively rare and scare Port Orford cedar could be used for this purpose. Now we find that Douglas fir serves very nicely. Until very recently, white fir was looked upon as a "weed" tree. Now It has an established com-1 mercial value. And so It Is with the lowly Jack pine, which has always been held to be a nuisance rather than an asset. Research is disclosing to us an amazing num ber of uses for Jack pine, whose fillers are the longest of any of the soft woods. . BUT let's get back to the gov ernor's suggestion as to get-1 ting more man-hours out of each log. We think of our timber supply in terms of millions of feet. A million is a thousand thousands. That is to say. according to the governor's estimate, the manu facture of a millior feet of rough tvvuds will provide Jobs for from 1.000 to 1..VX) men. A MILLION I'KET OK TIM-! HKK MANUFACTURED INTO BATTERY SEPARATORS PRO- VIDES EMPLOYMENT FOR EIi;HT THOUSAND MEN. a a a HERH COX, formerly secretary of the Willamette Valley Lum bermen's association, now in the wholesale lumber business for himself In Eugene, confirms the governor's figures In a general w.iy. hut puts it In a slightly dif ferent form. on the average, he says, pro duction of a thousand feet of roujrh lumber provides two man days of employ mcnt -one man In the woods and one man In the mill. (A man day is one man working one day.t He add. that it Is certainly true j that by further processing our i rough lumber by manufacturing ! it into doors and windows, tables, Ironing boards, kitchen cabinets, etc. we can get four times as many man-days out of the tree. a a THIS is the point: If we can refine our rough lumber FAR ENOUGH, our dwin-1 dling supply of virgin timber will provide more payrolls each year than we ever got out of our im mense forests in the heyday of their abundance. That is something to think about. advertising to business Is strik ingly brought out In the history of the vegetable compound pro duct which was Introduced to all corners of the world, primarily by newspaper advertising, at a time when few sensed its valve to the sales department. A recently-published book by Jean Burton, titled "Lydia Pink ham Is Her Name." might wed he read by every person rharg ed with formulating advertising policies for any business large or small. The famed Pinkham business was started by a housewife who prepared her product In the kit chen of her home. The Burton hook tells vividly the story of the history of the business over three quarters of a century. The first Pinkham advertising program was devoted to pamph let distribution. From exper ience, the system was changed to use of the newspaper page. The firm had its share of early troubles and there was a period ol financial debility when the .-J-verlising was hailed. - Says a paragraph In the Bur ton story: "Deprived of the stim ulus of advertising, sales drop ped for a time by nearly three fourths. Here is another passage: "When Mrs. Pinkham died, the business was grossing Just under $300,000 annually, of which well over one-half had been spent lor advertising." It was in 1889 that James T. Welherald. a Boston advertising agency represenlative. was em ployed by the Pinkham family as its first professional adver tising man. Jean Burton reveals that he continued in that capac ity until his death 36 years later. The Pinkham newspaper a d verlising campaign was so exten sive and so sustained that one editor is quoted bv Burton a g writing the following: "Here is a woman whose frame is spread from the Golden Gate to Calais. Maine. Her face is familiar to all who have eyes to see. Her Parents Warned On Leaving Tots In Parked Autos "The possibility that parents who leave their children In cars parked in downtown Roseburg for long periods of time may face court action was told Tuesday by Police Chief Calvin H. Baird. Chief Baird cited a recent case of parents who left five children in a car while the mother and father were absent for over sev en hours. Baird said the couple wa found in a local tavern where they had spent much of their time. In explaining the legal aspects of auch incidents. District Attor ney Robert G. Davis said It Is the duty of police officer! to make parents atop such acta. After warnings have been Is sued and if neglect continues, Davia said the children affected may possibly be classified as de pendent children. Juvenile au thorities could then itep in and bring court proceedings against the parents for causing the de pendency of the children. WImbcrly Affirm! In Logging Suit Decision Circuit Judge Carl E. Wlm berly has been affirmed by the Oregon state supreme court In his decision in the suit of Walter and Merety Monger vs. Dimmick Log ging and Lumber Co., according ; to an Associated Press report ! from Salem. The defendant had appealed ; from the Douglas county circuit court. The suit was brought orig inally by the Mongers to recover ion a logging contract. I The opinion of the court up holding Wimberly in his decision (for the plaintiff was written by. iJustce Arthur D. Hay. With tractors so big a factor In agriculture these days, the raising of horse feed has been iharply reduced. cheering motto is graven on the hearts of young and old. It has crossed the Atlantic and the Pac ific, echoes in the defiles of the Balkans and been sung by Gei sha girls to homesick mission aries. Patagonia is full ol her glory and the story of her lite has shortened nights in Spltzber gen. Her name sound, ye drums and trumpets, and oh ye bugles blow her name is Lydia Pink ham." Advertising, of course, is the life-blood of the newspaper. No ordinary sheet could exist on its subscription price alone. How ever. In the face of the proven pulling power of the newspaper advertisement, how can any busi ness executive retain a doubt? With no newspaper in which lo advertise, the individual busin ess must suffer; likewise, t h e public. The strike which halted publication of Portland's news papers strikingly pro ved the point. The intelligent advertiser is not donating money to the news paper: he is buying a valueable commodity. Now Available Various Sizes Safe Deposit Boxes Douglas County State Bank - MEMBER Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. from the news of Editorial Comment From The Oregon Press NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING SALES CORNERSTONE (iranls Pass Courier While ihe attention of the people of the nation is being turn ed toward that important instit ution in the American way of life, the newspaper, it might be profitable to give some thought to the part newspaier advertis ing plays in the country's bu iness life on all levels. Today, advertising appropria tions of Big Business are stagger ing - newspaper, magazine, rao.o billboard and what not. It is not the desire of the business execut ive to subsidize those advertising mediums. Their business suocey or failure is not his concern. He sienils advertising to increase his own business and to gain the godvill of the buying public. 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