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4 Th Ntwi-Rtvlew, Reteburg, Ore. Frt., Oct. 28, 1949 Published D illy Except Sunday ry tht Ntws-Revie Company, Inc. Enlltil at uron liu mattar Mar 1. IMS. f ' ' B(tbarf. Orafan. andar set l March S. 111 CHARLES V. STANTON -gtfjto EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor firf" Manager Member ef the Aiiocleted Preee, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Asscolatlon, the Audit Bureau of Circulations aaraaaotaa' br WBST-HOLLIDAt CO., INC. officii In Naw tork, Chleafa, , Vraaolaoa Laa Ancalaa. SaaUla. rarllani. SL Laala. SUBSI'KIPTIUN Ar8 la Oragn By Mall rar T.af li.ae. als maDIha I4.M. .M B, Cll Carrlar-rar T.arllO M I adTa.cal, I... Iba. ana jaar, ear manlk 11.09 oalilda Ocagan Bj Mall Par aar la 00. all manlna 14.71. Ihraa monlha lt-71 RED HERRING By CHARLES V. STANTON Commenting' upon the matter of annexation, we said recently in tliis column that opponents would raise irrelevant issues and would attempt to with personalities, rumors and misinformation. We urged that affected residents consider the issue conscientiously and seek correct information whenever doubt might arise in their minds. We have the greatest respect for a person whose opinion may be at variance with our own, providing he bases his opinion upon careful and conscientious study and is sincere. But we have a great dislike for arguments based on per sonalities, name-calling, misleading innuendoes, or deliberate mistruths. Perhaps we can indicate what we mean by using as examples two letters received for publication. To save embarrassment we will not divulge names of the writers. One sends the following communication : Will you please request the proponents of annexation to explain whether the reason Ray Brown Is plugging for annextlon Is because he has an appointment as swimming pool manager by Matt 8lankard. Now just what have Ray Brown's motives in working either for or against annexation to do with whether annexation is good or bad for West Roseburg? And just why are Ray Brown's motives questioned, except to create preju dice and draw attention away from the real issues ? For the information of readers who may be asking about Ray Brown's identity, he is a teacher in the Roseburg school system and was employed as manager of the swimming pool during the summer season. Ho did a fine job. He earned every cent he received. He was paid for his work. Both Brown and the city have discharged their obligations and nothing is pending on the transaction except that Mr. Brown may want the job back next year and it is quite certain that the city, satisfied with his work, would like to have him. But again we ask, what. has that to do with annexation, except as the writer of. the communication attempts to drag a red herring across the trail. ' We have another letter of much the same calibre. It reads : You have published many articles lately In favor of an nexation In the coming votorjd toe would like answers to the following questions: What advantages would be received by residents of West Roseburg, besides petty politicians, such as the city recorder, who are supposed to live In the city limits to hold their Jobs? Also, what would be the tax rata we would pay and would the city re-assess the property for a new tax rate? How aoon could we be assured of sewers and street Improvements? Hoping you wilt publish the answers to these questions before the vote, I am, (etc) As to the first question, the advantage to West Roseburg residents from annexation are many better police and fire protection, lower insurance rates, opportunity for street lighting, improved telephone service, building code, zoning, sanitation and use of the city's credit, to mention only a few. Regarding the slur cast at the city recorder we refer back to previous comment regarding red herrings with the added note that the insinuation smells. The tax rate to be paid by annexed territory would be the same as that paid by city residents. Certainly the people of Roseburg aren't going to allow taxes to mount too high. The present rate is 15.6 mills and little advance, if any, is anti cipated next year unless airport and city hall bonds are voted, in which case another five mills would be added. But West Roseburg residents will benefit from the airport as much as will residents of the city proper, and should be just as willing to help pay for the facilities. The city does not assess property. That is done by the c6unty assessor. The city has no control over assessments. As to sewer and street improvements, annexed areas can obtain them as soon as they want them. Such improvements are obtained by petitioning the city council, whereupon the council ascertains if the improvement is needed and whether property values justify the expense. If the improvement is approved, engineering is ordered, the proposal advertised. Affected residents are given an opportunity to be heard and, if everything is in order, a contract is let. Any such improve ments must be paid for by the benefitted property, not by the city as a whole. . Residents of areas considering annexation should keep in mind that the city is not required by charter to maintain unimproved streets. After streets are surfaced and accepted the city is obligated to keep them in repair. But the original improvement cost must be borne by the affected property. The city manager, however, has stated that the city would use additional road money resulting from annexation in helping maintain unpaved streets. We believe West Roseburg would obtain sanitary installa tions earlier and at less cost through annexation than under a sanitary district program and, in addition, would have the full credit of the city behind the project Instead of the limited valuation now available. And that's that I State Loses When Accused WORCESTER, Mass. (,W The commonwealth of Massachusetts has lost a case because, a prose cutor said, the defendant "stole" the complainant's heart. The superior court granted a request of Dist. Atty. Alfred B. Cendella that a larceny charge against Clarence E. Harrington, 2o, of West Warren, be quashed. becloud pertinent arguments "Steals" Female Heart Harrington had been Indicted by a grand Jury on a charge of selling the automobile of Miss Theresa Valente and keeping the proceeds of $1,450. "The defendant married the commonwealth's chief witness and she now refuses to testify against her husband," Cendella told the court. Today's Specialty, With Truman Doctrine Dressing '"Mil."". 2XeSPS&- W as&iaaa". Mi, The students In Arcade high school, Wyoming county, New York, publish six times yearly, under the editorship of Harry S. Douglas, the Wyoming county historian, and associate editor, Robert W. McGowan, a "mag azine" entitled "Historical Wyom ing." The copy I received today Irom a Wyoming county editor contained 28 mimeographed pages. Why couldn't Oregon students do some such thing learning by doing" and at the same time give to their community and to their county something ol real value? There are articles of historical Interest, a section called Mile stones; another, Neorology (obit uary notices); Question Box, gen ealogical Inquiries, mostly; His- torlo Sltee Survey; the 1820 Elec tion In Warsaw (and did they have a time!); Thanks (list of donations of pictures, records, etc., from historians, etc., of other communities; Attloa Indian Trails; Cemetery Inscriptions, 7 pages of them; Local Poet Pub Japan Wants U. S. Troops To Remain After Peace Pact PORTLAND, Oct. 28. P The Japanese people want Unit ed States troops to remain even after a peace treaty is signed, the confidential secretary of Pre mier Yoshida said here. The secretary, Takafumt Hish ikarl, said withdrawal of troops would be a threat to Japanese security. Only "a few foreign el ements" want the troops to leave, he said. He minimized the Influence of Red-indoctrinated war prisoners returned by the soviet union re cently. About 90 percent of them, Hishikarl said, lost their enthu siasm for Communism after a couple of months In their home land observing "the work being done by the occupation forces." The people of Japan have been largely anti-Russian since the Russo-Japanese war and are "ir revocably opposed" to Commu nism, he said, adding that Jap anese Communists have suffered ' l I Kit ft faaa-gp ..,..i,.-illl,l.:,.i.lliliahliikfVjlkiaili'auJU4ail4Vi . a1!'.! ft, YaTstfveS.Vk'C fl. aE V,,IIlH lilHR 1 1 Mn'f7l 131 By Viahnett S. Martini lishes book-review and quotations from Ethel Tozier's "Little Poem Book." Apparently all the surrounding towns have local historians duly appointed. Credits are given to them for their work in helping the county historian. I notice a high school teacher in Perry, N. Y., with her students made photographs of historic sites and wrote articles after research. John J. Vrooman, supervisor of historic sites, the division of his tory and archives of the New York Slale '. Education depart ment, also helped. He completed a tour of 457 miles, taking 200 pictures of sites of historical in terest. Wyoming county is the third of the counties in that state to be so thoroughly surveyed. I don't suppose readers in Douglas county will be Interested in the above except as it might inspire similar work in our coun ty, and that is why I have given so many details. ANY school, or group of people, who have ac cess to a mimeograph could do It If Interested enough. Why not? in popularity In the past year "because of the unrest and strikes they have caused." Hishikarl was here visiting Wil lis E. Mahoney, a prosecutor In the Japanese ware crimes trials. He said he had been In Washing ton on a confidential mission. MIRACLE EXPECTED? NEW YORK VP) The late Miss Rachel K. McDowell, reli gious news editor for the New York Times, left the New York newspaper guild $3.000 to dis tribute literature against profan ity among newspaper employes. Miss McDowell, who died Aug. 30, left an estate of $12,500. It was disclosed when her will was filed. The News-Review Classified Ads bring best results. Phone 100. FLOORING 0 Siding Finish PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 Mill Work Are you getting tired of looking ot those same four walls? Why not let us moke some big chonges with our guaranteed mill work. New shelves, doors, windows or any other change you would like to have, we can do. Call us now to make your ar rangements for a new room out of on old one. Illegal Entry Charge Hits Agent Of IWA SEATTLE, Oct. 28 (PI A warrant was Issued Thursday for the arrest of Peter E. Nelson, Everett labor leader, charging him with Illegal entry into the United States, John P. Boyd, dis trict director of the Immigration and Naturalization service, an nounced. Nelson, 42, Is the business agent of the International Wood workers of America (CIO) at Ev erett He is a native ol Norway and an alien. Boyd said that Nelson would be prosecuted for his illegal en try into the country at Blaine Monday without checking with Immigration officials. He was de nied re-entry Sept. 30 while en route back to Everett after at tending an IWA convention at Vancouver, B. C. Wednesday; Nelson reported to Immigration officials here with his attorney. He was allowed to remain at liberty, pending a de cision on what action should be taken. Boyd said bond will be set at $5,000. Verdict Favors Airlines In Three Damage Suits MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 28 UP) Three lawsuits asking damages totaling $450,000 from Northwest Airlines were decided Thursday in favor of the airline by a dis trict court jury. The suits, filed by two surviv ors and the widow of one victim of a pl.tne crash at Billings, Mont., Dec. 8, 1945, were test cases for 12 others. Actions were brought by Mil ford Barnes, Eugene, Ore., and Raymond D. Emerson, Toledo, Ohio, who asked $200,000 and $150,000, respectively, for injur ies received in the crash. Mrs. Adonna Thompson, Port land, Ore., asked $100,000 for the "wrongful rrath" of her hus band, Clayton. The plane was an Army C-47 flown by a Northwest Airlines crew. The plane was used to fly servicemen from points of de barkation to discharge centers. Tlowtfoufmrni The insweri to everyday Insuranr orobtmi By KEN BAILEY QUESTION: When I read of the huge damages awarded to people injured in automobile accidents, I begin to wonder if the five and ten thousand or even the ten and .twenty thou sand dollar public liability pol icy is large enough to give complete protection. I hear of people carrying fifty and hun dred thousand dollar liability policies and I would like to know If the cost of such Insur ance is too high for the aver age person to pay. ANSWER: Not at all. As a matter of fact, a very small in crease In premium can change a ten and twenty thousand dol lar liability policy to a twenty five and fifty thousand dollar prolectlon. You are quite right, too, about the need for great er protection as the size 'of damage awards has increased substantially in th past few years. a If you'lt add r your own lneur anca question Ic Urn office, we'll try to five you the jOTrect anawer and (here will be aa raarre or ebll gatlea af aay StaS. KEN BAILEY INSURANCE AGENCY 313 Pacific Bldg. Prions 398 Ik., a In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) been getting about 2,000 man-days of employment out of each mil lion feet-, of rough lumber. That would be one year of employ ment for ten men. FHESE figures check roughly with experience. Let's take Klamath county, hers In Southern Oregon, as an example. In 1942, Klamath county cut about 850 million feet. Using the formula of ten man years per million feet, that would be one year's employment lor 8500 men. The best figures we have indi cate that this was about the num ber of men employed In the lum ber industry In Klamath county that year. a a THIS is what I'm driving at: Producing chiefly rough lum ber, Klamath county got employ ment for 8500 men (or somewhere near that figure) out of its lum ber Industry in its year of great est cut some 850 million feet. IF, BY FURTHER REFINE MENT (remanufacturing is the term we are currently using) WE COULD GET SAY THREE TIMES AS MANY MAN-HOURS OUT OF EACH THOUSAND FEET, 850 MILLION FEET would produce employment for more than 25,000 MEN. a a LETS put it the other way around. If, by further refinement of our raw product, we could get three times as many man-hours out of each thousand feet, a third as much cut would produce as much employment. It seems likely from the figures we have that Klamath county's sustained cut will stabilize at about one-third of the 850 million feet cut in the top year of 1942. a a SO, you see, if we can properly develop our remanufacturing Industry making doors, window sash, chairs, tables, ironing boards, kitchen cabinets, etc., in stead of rough boards we in Ore gon can obtain PERPETUALLY as much employment as we got out of our biggest year's cut. What goes for Klamath county, of course, goes ior all of Southern Oregon. If we keep on getting more man-hours out of each log, there need be NO REDUCTION OF EMPLOYMENT as our im mense orlglr.jj siaiids of timber are educed. It' It a, fascinating thought. When It Is fully understood, it changes the whole picture of our future economy. Fresh Fruits : and Vegetables For your Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkins, lb. . .3c Utah Celery, lb. ... 7c Delicious Apples, box . 1.59 California . 3 FOR Grapefruit . . 19c Treats for WW FREE! HALLOWEEN PARTY BOOKS OPEN "Houtecleonlng Begun By New Multnomah Sheriff PORTLAND, Oct 28.-VPh-Sheriff's deputy commissions some 550 were Issued by Mike El llntt before his recall are being picked up on orders of Terry senrunx, me new jncrui, AhMit nt tha pnmmiKsloni are hold by persons regularly em- . j . u i :,. Btarf pioyea on me biiki m Schrunk will sign new ones for them. But, he said, he does not in tend to rel-ssue commisisons to "roughnecks or non-qualified per sons." Now Available Safe Deposit Boxes Douglas County State Bank MEMBER Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ' Western States Lumber Co. Sutherlin, Oregon Under New Management We Are Paying Following Prices, CASH Within 10 days after delivery Less 2 discount: . 4 x 4 to 4 x 12 8' Rough Cants, Green Fir. 6 x 8 to 8 x 12 8' Rough Cants, Green Fir. 2x6 and wider 8' Unedged Cants, Green Fir. Price S33.00 per M on 2x4 8' No. 2 or better,. Produced. Price $23.00 per M on 2x48' No. 3 common, Produced 2x8 andor 4x8 12' and 14' Rough Green Fir 2x10 andor 4x10 12' and 14' Rough Green Fir Price No. 1 common or better at $40 per M. Price No. 2 common at $35 per M. Price No. 3 common at $23 per M. All above to be graded behind our planer by a certified WCLA inspector. All prices delivered to Western States Lumber Co., Sutherlin, Oregon. Phone, write or see ; . '-'. 1 v 'p' 3 T' Hv'.-''' t Frank S. Clarke or Oscar Rose Phone 662, Sutherlin SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29TH ALL BRANDS MILK tall cans 2 for 23c DENNISON'S CATSUP 2 bottles 25c HUNT'S TOMATO JUICE TALLCANS 9c GARDEN . 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