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By CHARLES
THE WATER'S FINE'
Tuesday's annexation election, in which West Roseburg,
Miller's Addition and Sleepy Hollow voted union with the
municipality, will, in our opinion, prove over a period of
years to have been one, of the
burg's history. In years to
will be demonstrated as a milestone of great Import an
event, having direct and beneficial bearing upon the com
munity's expansion and development. The influence and ef
fect, we believe, will be in
actual increase in population,
tion brought into the city boundaries, for the event marks
the end of an era of limitations and the beginning of
period of wide development.
Annexation to Roseburg has followed the normal pattern,
If it were not so we might have cause for worry. But,' be
cause the course is entirely
palities experiencing boom growth, it is possible,- we be
lieve to predict safely certain future events.
Strong resistance always meets annexation procedure. Re
gardless of desirability, expansion of city boundaries finds
hard sledding for a good many years. Once the ice is broken,
however, resistance grows weaker. More and more territory
solicits union, after seeing how municipal procedure operates
in annexed areas and more
desirable features immediately
tions.
Without attempting to pose
can safely predict that West Roseburg property values (not
assessed valuation) will show rapid rise. It will become a
first class residential section. People desiring to build good
homes want municipal protection and services. Within the
present city boundaries few suitable building sites remain.
But when West Roseburg has a sewer system, street light
ing, fire and police protection, its exceptionally attractive
location will draw many fine homes. Furthermore, with FHA
loans available, new construction should be speeded and sales
of existing properties made easier. .
On the other hand, people unable to build first class homes
will seek sites outside city limits. Some will be attractive
houses and others will be mere shelters. As so-called shack
areas start materializing, valuation of surrounding property
will start decreasing, fire and
and other undesirable conditions will be experienced until
more suburban districts seek annexation for protection.
West Roseburg, Miller's Addition and Sleepy Hollow, hav
ing taken the first forward strides, have, started a move
ment which will gain in tempo and result in further city
boundary extensions within the next few years.
t,
The one disapointing factor i3 that further expansion of the
municipality probably will be too late to take full advantage
of the 1950 census. Pressures on suburban areas will not
develop Immediately but will 'grow gradually. It may take
one, two or three years before necessity compels further
annexations. Then we must wait out the Intervening years
until 1960 before we can gain the benefits of $7.25 per capi
ta distribution of state monies, set aside for aid to munici
palities. -
We still could gain those benefits If immediate action
could be obtained, but it is doubtful that any other districts,
with the exception of Cloverdale, will vote union with the
city in time to be included in next year's enumeration.
The trend, however, has been set and the import of Tues
day's favorable annexation vote will be more and more ap
parent as time goes on. We feel, too, that persons who op
posed annexation and who are now disappointed at the result
of the election will find their objections disappearing as
they receive benefits which eventually will bring realization
that the action was well justified.
We believe residents f the areas voting annexation Tues
day soon will be saying to their neighbors, "Come on in,
the water's fine." . ' :
Editorial Comment
From The Oregon Press
. MORE PEOPLE WILL NEED
. MORE FOOD
(Astorlan Budget)
According to latest census bu
reau estimates, the population of
the United States Is going to hit
150 millions some time tills
month.
The population increase has ex
ceeded older census bureau esti
mates greatly we werent sup
posed to reach loo million peo
ple until six years later, in 1955.
We have been growing rapidly
In the last half century. In 1880
Domilatlon was around 50 million
only a third of what It Is now. In
1900 it was up to 75 million, just
a nan ol todays ngure.
This nation . doesn't have to
worry yet about the food sup
ply, as do the nations of Europe,
and such teeming lands as India
and Uftlna, where . nearly every
one never gets quite enough to
eat.
But we ought to be doing some
far-sighted thinking about future
food. Our fertile land Is being
eroded away raster and faster,
and less land must constantly
feed more people.
The need of conserving every
food-producing resource Is grow
ing. The Columbia river salmon
fishery, for instance, Is a 'o '
producing resource well worth
saving, although a majority of
people In the northwest don't yet
realize It .
V.STANTON
most significant steps in Rose'
come, we believe, this election
far greater proportion than the
land area and assessed valua
parallel to that of other munici
particularly because of the un
dumped on unannexed sec
as a prophet, we believe we
sanitary hazards will develop
Bills Must Bs Draftsd Carefully
The Astorlan Budget
Annarentlv It wjir fnnltv rim ft.
lng of the Initiative act to ban
fixed gear on the Columbia that
resulted in a circuit court ruling
holding that seines may still l.e
operaiea, but mat traps are out,
Judge Duncan ruled that the
title ol the bill proposed that
traps and seines be barred fur
taking salmon from the Colum
bia river, Hit that the text went
beyond this by proposing to ban
seines completely.
Therefore the act is Invalid s
far as it pertains to drag seines
and whip seines, the Judge ruled.
It was the intent of the anil
fixed gear bill's sponsors to ban
all fixed gear completely from
the river, and such obviously was
the Intent of the majority of peo
ple who voted for the bill. Their
decision has been frustrated by
legal technicalities.
It Is a lesson In the Imoortan -e
of drafting bills carefully. Pre
sumably the sponsors will tnkc
advantage of this lesson and sub
mit new legislation at the next
election which will leave no room
for error and make sure that all
fixed gear is completely abolish
ed. Ltavs Soms Incentive
Cottage Grove Sentinel
Most of us have ambitions to
It's Easier to Hook a Ride on Slow
Jllllll By Vialtt S. Martin gfl-
"Many a mickle makes
muckle" as a Scotch friend used
to say. The parent-teacher people
have proved that so many times
through the years; now they're
doing it again. This time the call
has gone out through the country
from "National," asking that each
member send in a dime to help
pay for the newly authorized
Parent-Teacher building in Chi
cago, a $750,000 project.
Having seen what the P.-T. A.
can do when it sets Its mind to a
job, I have no doubt as to the
success of this, the latest drive.
I like the idea of dedicating the
proposed building as a living
memorial to the millions of men
and women who have given their
services to the nation's children
through- the parent-teacher or
ganization." As everybody knows the P.-.T.
devotes itself solely to Child Wel
fore. The presidents of the differ
ent groups are told over and over
"if it doesn't concern child wel
fare, it doesn't concern P.-T. A."
Of course now and again there
may be a lively discussion about
some issue, and emphatic dis
agreement! But sooner or later
be in business or to work for
ourselves, but growing restrict
ions and higher taxes may dim
this ambition for many a young
American, more especially if the
restrictions continue to be mul
tiplied and if taxes continue to
increase as they have in the past
fifteen or twenty years. Included
In the class who more or less
are their own bosses are the bus
iness and professional man. the
merchant, the farmer or rancher
and an assortment of small op
erators who have so far been
able to operate their business by
tneir own rules and regulations.
We were interested in a state
ment credited Congressman Har
ris Ellsworth on his return from
Europe recently where he made
a study of socialized medicine as
it is practiced in some countries
there to the effect that the ineff
icient doctor is paid on the same
basis as the best doctors and that
there is little or no incentive for
medical students to attain the
highest skill, knowing that they
can receive only so much under
the socialized medical program.
Most of the important indust
ries in England have already
been nationalized and future
heads of industries . there won't
be the industrial capitalists, but
the ones who are the best poli
ticians and the same thing has
happened and Is happening 1 n
other countries under a totalit
arian government. What few bus
iness and professional men are
left in England today because of
the nigh taxes are nttie Detter
off than the laborers.
The ancient question of
"what's in It for me", can he
truly answered "nothing son," If
the present world trend continues
except possibly a lot of risks and
headaches.
Most of us realize that the best
effort is put forth for high stakes
and that big gains and high
stakes are not possible in a le
gitimate way where there is too
much state or national lnterfc
ence.
JUST IN CASE
HONOLULU, Nov. 3. VP)
Gov. Ingham M. Stainback an
nounced Wednesday Hawaii will
hold a state constitutional con
vention In Honolulu April 4, 1950.
The convention will write a con
stitution to guide Hawaii when
and if It becomes a state.
the issue is threshed out on that
basis: it does or it does not con
cern child welfare. The ideal P.
T. A. adheres faithfully to the
"three non's": non-sectarianism,
non-political, and non-commercial.
There Is at times a heavy pres
sure by commercial organizations
who would be delighted to have
the P.-T. A. appear to "sponsor"
their activity or their product!
Dear me,, when I get started
on P.-T.- A. "my enthusiasm runs
away with me, doesn't it! But,
you see, I have such a vision of
what this cross-section of men
and women can mean to the1 chil
dren of the world. Yes, men and
women! More and more men are
taking active part in the work.
Right here in Douglas county is
a P.-T. A. that is unique. All the
executive offices this year are
filled by men! In a recent issue
of The Christian Science Monitor
is a most Interest article by Ruth
Wooten, publicizing the Elgarose,
Oregon, P.-T. A. Nor is the fact
that half of the members present
each Saturday evening, are men
the only reason why this group,
formed three years ago, is out
standing in the P.-T. A. world.
More power to them!
Marshall Plan
Nations Yield To
Cooperation Urge
PARIS, Nov. 3. VP) European
Marshall plan leaders agreed
Wednesday to free 50 per cent of
their private trade with one an
other from Import quotas by
Dec. 15.
The 18 member countries also
were asked to report by that date
on regional arrangements to cre
ate broader European markets.
The decision was taken in the
form of a resolution approved by
cabinet members from the 18
member nations, meeting as the
council of the Organization for
European Economic Cooperation
French foreign minister Schu
man told reporters after the
session:
"I am generally ' satisfied.
Everything decided has been in
full accord with the French dele
gation." The proposal for freeing inter
European trade from import
quota barriers was made by Sir
Stafford Cripps, British chancel
lor oi the exenequer. Members
have already taken some steps In
this direction at OEEC urging.
The organization's consultative
committee has worked out a reso
lution based on proposals made
earlier this week by Paul G. Hoff
man, chief of the U. S. Econ
omic Cooperation administration,
French Finance Minister Petsche
and Irish Foreign Minister Scan
MacBrlde.
Hoffman, In a statement to the
council Monday, urged Europeans
to set up an "Integrated econ
omy." He said this should be done
in stages, u necessary, through
the formation of regional free
trading areas.
Britain has expressed some re
luctance to Join in a European
economic union.
Sir Stafford CrloDs. in answer
ing Hoffman's call for free trad
ing areas, said Britain favors
European unity, but has special
problems with her world-wide
commonwealth ties.
Land In the far north thaws
only on the surface In the sum
mer, and remains frozen to con
siderable depth below the thaw
ed portion.
- Moving Vehicles
In the Day's News
(Continued from Page One)
denly would have paid off big.
Common sense would have told
you that the smart thing to do
was to drop back and allow a
safe interval. With a safe Inter
val, you could have avoided ram
ming into the car ahead and at
the same time could have enabled
the car behind to keep from ram
ming into you.
After ali, a little precaution
often DOES pay. .
T
HEN there was the 80-year-olJ
walking at night on the left side
of the highway, which Is the legal
side, and was hit by. a car 'that
was passing another car and
killed.
He is dead. But think of the
driver who killed him. Through
his mind, day' and night es
pecially in the long hours of the
night must run this thought: "If
I had only looked MORE CARE
FULLY before I passed that car
in the dark."
The incident Is another example
of how much it pays to think what
might happen IF.
u
P In Portland a man went hunt
ing and when he came back
he left a revolver in his car. A
neighbor lad of five and his three-year-old
brother rummaged In the
cur. They found the pistol. Some
how or other the five-year-old
pulled the trigger. THE GUN
HAD BEEN LEFT LOADED. The
three-year-old fell with a bullet
in his abdomen.
How wonderful It would have
been if the man who went hunting
had thought to" UNLOAD the
revolver.
T
HERE was the duck hunter who
got out of a boat the other day,
seized his gun by the mirrde and
pulled it toward him. It went off.
The charge of shot struck him In
the side. His family is without Its
breadwinner. The thought IN
TIME that guns often go off
would have saved all that
-
AFTER all, the fact that WE
ARE ABLE TO THINK is all
that differentiates us from the
animals.
Bonus Open To
N. Dakota Yets
Former residents of North Da
kota who served in World War
II may now obtain application
blanks locally for the veterans'
bonus being paid by that state,
the Oregon Department of Vet
erans'. Affairs announced this
week. 1
The forms are available
through county veterans' service
officers and the state veterans'
department at the State Library
building, Salem, and 415 S. W.
11th avenue. Portland.
North Dakotans still in active
service, and next of kins of de
ceased North Dakota veterans,
should write to the Adjutant Gen
eral's office, Bonus division,
Fraine Barracks, Bismarck. N.
Dakota, for application blanks.
ine Norm Dakota bonus pavs
$12.50 for each month of domes
tie service and $17.50 for foreign
duty, to those who resided In the
state at least six months prior to
active duty In World War II.
Service must have been for at
least 60 days for the period be
tween January 1, 1941, and Jan
uary 1, 1946.
Proposed Creation Of Craft
Labor Units In The Lumber
Industry Meets Opposition
WASHINGTON. VP) A northwest lumber company spokes
man says creation of craft labor units In the lumber industry would
be "disastrous" and confusing. -
George Boldt of Tacoma, Wash, counsel for the Weyerhaeuser
Timber company,' so informed the National Labor Relations Board
here In a case involving Weyerhaeuser operations in Washington
and Oregon. Some labor representatives supported his contentions.
The case, taken tinder advise-1
ment by the board, involved
vveyeumeuser s apringueiQ, sjre
and Vail-McDonald, Wash., tlm-
ber mills, and, five unions.
The complicated case included
these phases:
The AFL International Team
sters union asked that truck
drivers at Vail-McDonald be al
lowed to decide whether thev
want a separate bargaining agent.
The CIO International Wood
workers of America asked con
tinuance of one unit Including all
logging and mill employes, while
the AFL International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers asked
a workers' vote on whether their
bargaining unit should include all
maintenance and construction
electricians, helpers and appren
tices. And the AFL1, International
Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and
Paper Mill workers requested that
power house employes at Spring
field be permitted to vote on
whether they should be included
in a unit with sawmill workers
or in a future pulp mill unit.
Boldt told the board the lum
ber industry is organized on an
industrywide basis, and that crea
tion of separate units would be
confusing.
This view was supported by
George Flood of Seattle, repre
senting the AFL International
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, and by Harvey George of
Portland, speaking for the IWA.
"Craft severance," George said,
"can be carried to ridiculous ex
tremes." i
John Geisness of Seattle, speak
ing for the Pulp and Sulphite
union, contended that workers at
the Springfield plant should be
permitted to select their own bar
gaining agent. He said teamsters
at the Vail-McDonald plant should
be given the same privilege.
Louis Sherman, representing
the IBEW, asked that the electrical-
workers at Springfield be
given the right to select their own
representatives.
Reclamation Act
Liberalizing Is
Urged By Straus
, SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 3 UP)
Reclamation Commissioner Mi
chael W. Straus said Wednesday
proposed legislation to liberalize
the Reclamation act would lift a
repayment burden off water is
ers and power consumers and
"put It where it belongs."
Straus said the bill (HR-1770)
if passed would modernize the
general Reclamation law in' an
orderly manner. He spoke be
fore the National Reclamation
association, which also is .sup
porting the measure.
"H.R.: 1770 is no revolution,"
Straus said.
"It merely makes certain types
of allocations of the expense of
multiple-purpose projects non-reimbursable,
such as those for
recreation, sediment control, fish
and wildlife, national defense, or
transportation, and recognizes
them as general national bene
fits and not special burdens im
posed upon water users and pow
er consumers who are not bene
ficiaries but whose backs must
be bowed to that burden until
this legislation takes it off their
necks and puts it where it be
longs." Straus said there Is , nothing
new in the theory of non-reimbursable
national benefits in fed
eral river expenditures.
Benefits allocated to naviga
tion, and those called flood con
trol, have been non-reimbursable
for many years, he said.
Straus said all the basic fac
tors in H.R. 1770 already have
been embraced in individual leg
islation and are actually in prac
tice. . Straus told the convention that
proposed regional authority
plans, such as a Columbia Valley
administration, would be mers y
"vehicles for development."
President Truman has recom
mended establishment of a Co
lumbia .Valley administration. '
"I here offer no advice on these
proposals and further say noth
ing in conflict with my presi
dent," Straus said.
British Election
Dated; Laborite
Predicts Victory
LONDON, Nov. 3. UP) A la
bor peer announced today In a
House of Lords debate that Brit
ain will hold her general election
next July 6.
There was no Indication
whether this was an official an
nouncement of the election date.
The statement came from Lord
Alverley, former cotton mill
worker who has been a member
of the labor party since 1919. He
was made a baron four years ago
after the labor party took over
the reins of government He made
the statement during a peer's
debate on the British economic
situation in which conservatives
were preparing to pass a vote of i
censure against the government
I he last election was neia July
5. 1945. when thf labor nartv .
swept Winston Churchill's con-1
servatives out of power. i
Lord Alverley said the consei !
vatives could not defeat labor in '
the next election, and added: i
we cannot be defeated unless
we defeat ourselves. !
I venture to say when the
general election comes on Thurs
day, July 6. 1950, the noble lords '
opposite will be sitting opposite." i
The Sahara desert Is believed
to be enlarging to the southward. I
Truman Stresses
Program To Aid
The Needy Abroad
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 UP)
President Truman said Wednes
day his point four program for
building up underdeveloped for
eign areas will help prove that
the American system is the best
for the peoples of the world. , ,
In an informal talk to the
Americap Society of Civil engi
neers, the president also declar
ed he believes in big plans
plans that are big enough to meet
a situation one cannot see at pre
sent. Mr. Truman said the aim of
the point four proposal is to de
velop the world's resources for
the benefit of the world's peo
ples, not their exploitations. He
first advanced the plan as item
four in the international program
laid out in his Inaugural address.
The President heads west
this afternoon for a ten-hour visit
to the twin cities of Minneapolis
and St. Paul.
Mr. Truman said the world is
now faced by a struggle between
two ideologies, one backed by a
moral code and one not backed
by a moral code.
The American system with its
moral code, he added, can do
best for the people of the world.
He said he hopes engineers,
doctors, and others with special
skills wiP inform themselves on
point four.
He added that if the standard
of living of the world is raised
just two per cent, American fac
tories will never catch up with
the demand for goods.
The president, in his discus
sion of big plans in contrast with
little ones, said the next census
will show an American popula
tion of around 150,000,000. He
said it is our business not to
plan for that figure but to anti
cipate a population double that
in the next 100 to 150 years.
"We can't get the sights too
high," he said.
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LETTERS
to the Editor
Wage Hikes, Living Cost,
Spiral Raise Questions
GLENDALE Twenty years or
more ago, when we received 40
cents per hour for labor, we
umiilrt nail Ka.n,,CA mil I nunmn
wasn't enough to buy all the
things we thought we should
have. We dreamed dreams of a
time in the dim and distant, fog
gy future when we would receive
more. But now, when we receiv
$12 to $20 pr day, we yell more
than we did in those long past
days. Now we know we have real
cause for yelling. '
But why Is this true? We won. .
der If the five-day week has any
thing to do with it, as on the sixth
day we spend money instead of ,
earning any, ., . . s.-
If there were only one unionr
and that should be the one we ,
belonged to we might, with .
proper management, be able to
per the largest niece out or thft
nie. But as it is, that is impos
sible for everybne as well as ev
erv laoor leader, is noiaine out:
for the biggest piece. Consequent
ly the government is continually
getting a larger ana larger suce. ;.
and labor is holding the sack.
It doesn't take too much i
stretching of Imagination to see '
us a lew yedia iitrum: lewivmg
50 dollars a day. But, of course,
in that case, all things we buy
will raise in price In proportion
and the government's slice will
become progressively larger in
proportion to enable It to main
tain this false prosperity. And
our slice will be progressively
smaller in proportion and times
...111 Km .n Knt,an fnn V. . .
Will UtT 11V WHCl J.V1
It is an undisputed fact that
raw materials have been falling
in price lor some time ana raises
in Drices are due to raises in
wages. As long as wages rise so
will the price of our daily needs.
now comes me question:
Where are we being led, by
whom, and why?
, C. E. YOUNG .
Glendale, Ore.
HARRY C.
STEARNS .
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