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NEW SERGEANT HERE Sgt.
ef the ifste police here, arrived Monday to take command
of the local office, then returned to St. Helens, his former
station, to take care of details relative to his transfer. He II
return to Roseburg later in the week. Sgt. Holcomb succeeds
Sgt. Lyle H. Harrell, who was promoted to lieutenant and trans
ferred to Baker. (Picture by Paul Jenkins).
SOCIALISM TREND SEEN
Congressman Ellsworth
Voices Warning Against
Federal Deficit Spending
With America traveling the road toward the welfare state
"alarmingly fast," a definite reaction among the people has been
noted by Rep. Harris Ellsworth, Oregon fourth district congressman.
He told the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce Monday noon that
people with whom he talks are asking two questions:
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
IN his St. Paul speech the other
day, in which he touched off
the next round ol political cam
paigning, President Truman went
back to President Jefferson's
Louisiana Purchase.
This is the way he handled it:
The Louisiana territory included
about a million square miles. It
cost 15 million dollars or about
$15 a square mile. It was one of
the great bargains of all history
. . . but Jefferson, who made the
purchase, was crucified by the
REACTIONARIES of his day.
But it turned out all right. In
fact, it turned out wonderfully,
well. It was the first step In the
sequence that carried the Ameri
can flag from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and made us a great con
tinental nation.
So, you see (Mr. Truman, said
in substance at St. Paul, whose
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Chicken Eats Rattler,
Family Dines On Pork
TUCUMCARI, N.M., Nov. 8
(JP) Mrs. Jack Latham was
startled as she began dressing
a chicken there, poking out of
its gullet, was a rattlesmake's
tail.
Her husband split the fowl
open. Just as they suspected, it
had swallowed a 13-inch rattler,
head first.
The Lathams and their four
guests ate pork.
Chest Donations Boosted To
$7,400 On First Day's Drive
Going on "the offensive for youth," 140 campaign workers for
the Roseburg Community Chest obtained pledges and cash dona
tions Monday, which boosted the total gifts to $7,400.
Gift Thermometer
GOAL
$25
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$20,000
$15,000
$10,000
$5,000
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Holly Holcomb, above, new head
(1) Is this so-called welfare
state tending to lead this country
toward socialism?
(2) What effect will It have on
the financial structure of the
United States?
Ellsworth said it is likely that
a large portion of .""resident Tru
man's "welfare slate" program
will be enacted. The problem of
whether the federal treasury can
stand the load being put on It
and whether the people can stand
the taxes cannot be considered
as "partisan," he declared.
Outgo, Income Cited.
ine Koseburg congressman
quoted these figures concerning
federal income and expendi
tures: Total taxes collected during the
160 years that the United States
has . been in existence have
amounted to $395 billion. In the
past four years, federal expendi
tures have amounted to $174 bil
lion. If the government goes on
spending at the same rate, in
four more years the expenditures
will more than equal total federal
income during the past 160 years.
"We are piling up the national
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Camas Valley Logger
Loses Legs In Accident
Ted Petterson of Camas Val
ley, who owns and operates
a saw mill, was the victim of
a logging accident Saturday.
A log rolling on a landing
caught him and crushed both
legs so badly, that amputa
tion was necessary.
He was taken to Mercy hos
pital In Roseburg, where one
leg was removed at the hip
and the other Just below the
knee.
Petterson Is also the owner
of the Petterson laundry In
Coos Bay.
Art Lamka, secretary of the
chest, said the figure represents
the unaudited total of pledges and
gifts received In the initial con
tacts made after the kick-off
breakfast yesterday.
Five men's and two women's
service clubs are taking part in
the drive this year, with the cen
tral business district and outlying
areas being zoned and each or
ganization taking one district.
Goal of the Community Chest
this year is almost $26,000. The
greater share of the money will
be spent locally by five youth
character-building agencies.
A smaller quota will go to the
Oregon Chest, which includes 15
child-caring and charitable Insti
tutions, largely headquartered at
Portland but serving the entire
state.
The local agencies benefitted
by the chest include the Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire
Girls, Salvation Army, and the
Young Men's Christian associa
tion. The local campaign, opening
with the breakfast Monday, will
extend through Saturday, Nov. 19.
Marlen Yoder, Y. M. C. A. secre
tary, and Rollie Quam, Boy Scout
executive, who are serving as co
directors of the Community Chest
campaign, announced Jointly to-
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Established 1873
Dulles-Lehman Fight For
Senate Tops Flection Bill
"Fair Deal"
Program At
Issue In N. Y.
Mayor O'Dwyer Faces 2
Opponents; Three Seats
In Congress At Stake .
(By The AnocUted Preis)
President Truman's "fair deal"
program came in for a major
public test today, at the hands of
an estimated 5,500,000 New York
ers voting on the election of a
United States senator.
The bitter contest between
Senator John "Foster Dulles, Re
publican, and former Democratic
Governor Herbert H. Lehman far
overshadowed a number of other
contests . and issues in scattered
elections across the nation.
The two men, both prominent
public figures, campaigned hard
to fill out the unexpired term jf
former Senator Robert F. Wag
ner (D.-N.Y.), a "new deal" stal
wart who resigned because of ill
health last July. Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey appointed Dulles to serve
until the election.
Wagner's term will expire in
January, 1951. Ordinarily a race
for such a short term would ex
cite little public Interest. But the
stature of the two candidates, plus
their clear-cut dellnltion ol Issues,
has projected the scrap into a
preview of the 1950 campaign
where the control of Congress
will be at stake.
There also will be inevitable
comparisons with 1948, when Re
publican Dewey carriea New xorK
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Rail Crossing At
Gardiner At Issue
Where to place a railroad
crossing at Gardiner is being dis
puted between the State Highway
commission and the State Public
Utility commission. The matter
came up at the highway commis
sion meeting in Portland Mon
day, the Associated Press report
ed! The PUC has granted the Gar
diner Lumber company authority
to cross the Coast highway with
a railroad track. The commis
sion protested.
The matter seemed headed for
the courts until it was pointed out
that counsel for both agencies are
assigned from the attorney gen
eral's office. The commission
thereupon decided to ask for a
rehearing before the PUC.
R. H. Baldock, state highway
engineer, said there was an ex
cellent alternative route for the
railroad under an existing span
on the highway. The commission
opposes a grade crossing as too
dangerous.
Bid action Included:
Award of contract to the Ump
qua River Navigation company
for furnishing 20,090 cubic yards
of crushed gravel for the Koepke
slough-Sawyers ferry road rock
production project on the Ump
qua highway. The navigation
company submitted the low bid
of $44,100.
Barkley Gets Title As
"Grandfather Of 1949"
CHICAGO, Nov. 8. UP) Vice
President Barkley, who In 10 days
is to become a bridegroom at 71,
was named "Grandfather of 1949"
yesterday.
ine awara was presented to
Barkley who has seven grand
children by the National Federa
tion of Grandmothers and Grand
fathers clubs.
Barkley, who came to Chicago
to address the American Petro
leum institute, said he had visited
Mrs. Carleton Hadley, his bride-to-be
in a St. Louis hospital where
she is confined with the flu. He
: Id she was "feeling better but
would be in the hospital for sev
eral days.
Second Burglary Hits
Resident At Dillard
The second burglary within i
week was reported by Mervln
Ratley, who said a Jar of pennies
containing $8 was taken from the
dres-r In his room In the home
of W. A. Laurance, Dillard. The
empty jar was taken to poilce
headquarters to be fingerprinted.
Ratley is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Marion Swails, formerly of
Dillard and Roseburg, now living
In Lynwood, Calif.
Ratley has beej living at Dil
lard since his recent discharge
from the army.
8. f. SURGEON DIES
PORTLAND, Nov. 8 lP)
Dr. John S. Rankin. 71, collapsed
and died in his office here Yes
terday. He was division sureeonidav included
for the Southern Pacific rail-
road. V
Democratic Thrust At
GOP Mayor Backfires
ITHACA, N. Y Nov. 8 (PI
When the Democrats publish
ed an election advertisement
they had no Intention of pleas
ing Republican Mayor 'lert Ba
ker, who Is seeking reelection.
But Baker was so tickled he
sent the Democrats $25.
The newspaper ad was head
ed "Baker's record as mayor."
The space beneath was blank.
"It was such a nice adver
tisement for me, stressing my
clean and spotless record," Ba
ker explained last night.
Man Slain In
Triangle Affair;
Killer Is Jailed
MT. VERNON, Ore., Nov. 8.
UP) Paul Pendleton, in his 50s,
died immediately from five shot
gun blasts in the kitchen of his
cafe here last night.
James Floyd Hall, 54, former
resident of Mt. Vernon, was held
in the Grant county jail at Can
yon City charged with first degree
murder in the slaying of Pendle
ton, said E. P. Truesdell, Grant
county district attorney, today.
Truesdell related the shooting
in the following manner:"
"Hall had Just returned from
Nevada last night. He went into
the kitchen of Pendleton's cafe
through the backdoor, carrying a
single - barreled pump shotgun,
and fired three shots into Pendle
ton without warning or word.
Pendleton fell on his back, and
Hall walked over and put two
more shots Into him. Coroner said
the first three blasts killed Pen
dleton. ...
,-t'He then walked Into tlfe dining"
room ana saia, i Kinea tne
of .' He was disarmed by the
assistant cook."
Hall told Truesdell in jail that
he shot Pendleton because he
(Pendleton) wrecked his family
me. nans wue wornea in fendie
ton's cafe. Pendleton was sepa
rated from his wife.
Kidncp-Murder
Suspect Detained
LOS ANGELES, Nov. S-UP)
The sheriff's office today de
tained a Los Angeles man for
questioning in the 1946 kidnaping
and slaying of six-year-old Roch
clle Gluskoter.
Lt. Vic England said the man
is Nicholas Meyers, 40, and added
that he will be booked later to
day on suspicion of kidnaping and
suspicion of murder. It would be
the first such booking in the his
tory of the case.
England declined to announce
anv other details in the case.
The little girl, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Abe Gluskoter, a baker,
was taken from near her home
Feb. 15, 1946. Almost two years
later on Nov. 9, 1947, her skele
ton was found in a ravine in ad
joining Orange county.
The child's parents identified
the body from a signet ring and
bits of clothing found nearby.
The kidnaping touched off one
of this area's biggest manhunts
but no traces were ever uncov
ered. Oregon Grangemaster
Nomination Accepted
GRANTS PASS. Nov. 8-P)
Victor Boehl today' announced
that he has accepted the nomi
nation for State Grangemaster,
the post now held by Morton
Tompkins, because "the interests
of Oregon agriculture can better
be served by a- more conserva
tive and salid attitude on the part
of farm leaders."
Boehl's announcement deplor
ed "the tendency to seek more
and more aid from federal gov
ernment which leads to more fed
eral control, higher taxes and, ul
timately, a lower standard of liv
ing." Active in grange circles for 15
years, Boehl has served the past
four years as Pomona grange
master, after serving the prior
(our years as head of Redwoods
subordinate grange.
Last Longshoremen In
Riot Case To Surrender
PORTLAND, Nov. fi.-VP)
The last of the 24 longshoremen
accused ol violence in tne pine
apple fight at The Dalles were ex
pected to surrender to police here
todav.
Four appeared voluntarily at
the police station yesterday, bring
ing to 20 the number of long
shoremen who had given them
selves up. All 24 were Indicted by
a Wasco county grand Jury aftr
a riot when workers went through
a longshore picket line to attempt
to unload canned pineapple from
a Hawaiian barge Sept. 28.
Thoe who surrendered yestcr-
Robert T. Baker.
president of the Portland, Lonj
shoremen's local. .
ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, NOV. 8, 1949
Blood Flows
During Vote In
Philippines
Nineteen Slain, Sixteen
Injured As 3 Men Vie
For Presidential Post
Bv SPENCER DAVIS
MANILA, Nov. 8. (ff) Fili
pinos braved gunfire today to
elect a president.
By 6 p. m., when the polls clos
ed, 19 had been killed and 16 in
jured. Many more deaths were
feared in outlying sections.
Forty towns were under con
stabulary control.
Disorders were widespread. The
national commission on elections
was flooded with complaints. Bal
lots were -stolen and the chair
man of the Rizal province elec
tion commission was kidnaped.
At Ormoc. Levte. supporters
of third party candidate Jose Ave
lino reported their poll inspectors
chased Into the hills and the sit
uation out of hand. Cavite prov
ince reported six towns terrorized
by followers of President Quirino,
who was leading in the few scat
tered returns received here.
Commies Herded In Hills
Only in the Hukbalahap coun
try, where fighting Is almost con
stantly going on, was there quiet.
Thousands of armed men patrol-
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Turkey Shoot Set
By Rod-Gun Club'v
1 The Roseburg Rod and Gun
club will hold a turkey shoot Sun
day, Nov. 20, it was announced
today by Fred Kuck, chairman
of the trap shooting committee.
ine tui-Key snoot is an annual
event.
Kuck warns scaltergun enthus
iasts that next Sunday will be
the last chance prior to the ble
shoot to get warmed up for the
big event on the 20th.
Nine squads shot at the traps
last Sunday, with Jack Culver
turning in the only perfect score.
Earl Duncan and Lyman Spencer
each scored 24. In the 23 class
were Henry Shlrtcliff, D. Ben
nett, Walt Edmonds, Roy Med
ley, George Voytclla, Charles
Klingler. Other gunners with
scores of 21 or more were Scott
Goodman, Ivan Pickens, Jim
Rice, H. M, Shlrtcliff, C. H.
Smith.
Shoots are being held weekly
at the club's grounds at Winches
ter. Two Auto Collisions
Of Minor Character
Two minor automobile colli
sions, occurring Sunday, were re
ported by Police Chief Calvin II.
Baird.
Wilma J. McFadden was cit
ed for failure to yield the right-of-way
and Ben E. Snow was cited
for no operator's license in a col
lision at Lane and Sheridan
streets. Both persons are of Rose
burg. In another collision, a car driv
en by D. S. Wcatherly, Oakland,
pulled out on north Jackson St.,
catching the bumper of a ear be
ing driven by Mrs. S. L. Gro
shong of Roseburg. No citations
were issued.
U. S. ATTACHE OUSTED
LONDON, Nov. 8. P) Sam
uel Meryn of the United Statps
embassy, accused of spying In
Prague, has been freed from
prison and ordered out of the
country, the official Czechoslo-night.
Community Hospital Grant
Of $156,000 Receives Nod Of
Federal Health Department
Final approval ef a SISe.OOO federal grant for the construction
of the Douglas Community hospital has been given by the
United States Health Department.
Report from the department's Portland office was received
In a telegram to Alvin C. Knausi, hospital manager, today. The
grant had previously been approved by the Oregon State Health
department, and this final action wot awaited, before con
struction plans could proceed.
Knauss said that the protect
will probably go out for hid thli
week. He said the calling of
bids will be handled through the
office nf Cleo Jenkins, architect,
Corvallis.
If a satisfactory bid can be ob
tained, It is probable that tile
actual construction may get un
der way prior to the first of the
year, said Knauss.
The hospital grounds have been
cleared at the authorization of
TRADITION UPSET
Man Wins Over
Woman In Test
Of No-Talking
HOLLYWOOD. Nov. 8 UP) A
man can keep quiet longer than
a woman.
This age-old biological fact was
proven scientifically yesterday
by a radio show (People Are Fun
ny.) On Nov. 2 the show placed Mrs.
Anna Sanlander, 48, Miami, Fla.,
housewife, and Seymour S. Klein,
35, Los Angeles salesman, In a
store window to see who could
do nothing the longest.
They couldn't talk, read or lis
ten to a radio. Their meals were
brought in.
After five days, three hours
and 23 minutes, a guard claimed
he saw Mrs. Santander talking
to a stranger on the store's mez
zanine. That wound up the con
test. Klein won a $3,000 house trail
er. Increase In
Bus Rates Gets
Council's Nod
An increase In bus rates In the
city of Roseburg from 10 cents
to 124 cents per ride was author
ized by the city council Monday
night.
The authorization was granted
upon recommendation of tho po
nce committee, wnicn repurieu
the bus company had shown close
tn S2.000 deficit for the first six
months of the current year. The
new rate will be effective immeai-
atelv- . . . , , ,
A resolution was passea caning
for a hearing Dec. & on the pro
posed vacation of a portion of
Claire street, upon recommenda
tion of the Planning commmls
sion. 'fhe vacation will, be in line
with the supposed Intention of
the city council in office in 1923,
but the records of that date were
not made clear. The action is
heinff taken at the request of
Harry Pargeter, who has offered
to give land for a turn-around at
the end or ine sireei.
"Fumes" Protested
Mrs. Ole Green submitted a let
ter and appeared In person In pro
test of "fumes" from a cleaning
establishment at 551 Fowler
street in the vicinity of her home.
Robert Travera, owner, was pres
ent and spoke In denfense of the
business. The matter was re
ferred to the police committee for
investigation and report.
Beer license renewals were au
thorized for Monogram Cigar,
Wally's Pastime, The Elks, Van's,
Idle Hour, Hennlnger's Marts 1
and 2, The Club and Hotel Ump
qua. Left Turns OKd
A letter from the Oregon Slate
Highway commission was read
giving permission for the city to
allow left hand turns off Stephens
street following a stop, while the
traffic light is still red. The coun
cil recommended that, this be per
mitted at the North Stephens en
trance to East Second avenue.
Request for improvement of
the alley between E. Commercial
avenue and First Avenue N. was
referred to the city manager. Re-
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Deportation Begins For
Mexicans In Northwest
SEATTLE, Nov. 8 OP)
Deportation of some 237 Mexican
citizens from the northwest Im
migration district will get under
way tomorrow. .
Most of them are agricultural
workers who slipped across the
Rio Grande and headed toward
the Northwest for the harvest
season. With the harvests over,
most have turned themselves In
to the Immigration service for a
free trip home with full inten
tion of repeating the whole pro
cedure next year. District Im
migration Director J. P. Boyd
said.
the hospital board of directorr,
at no cost to the hospital associa
tion. The work of clearing has
been a "gift," said Knauss. The
clearing has been completed
ready for excavation for the
structure.
According to the manager, the
local association has $315,000 to
augment the federal appropria
tion, making an estimated $470,
000 funds available.
163-49
Steel Strike
Ended For 2
Other Firms
Jones-Laughlin Copies
Bethlehem Peace Pact;
Republic Falls In Line
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 8. (PI
Republic Steel corporation and
the CIO United Steelworkers
todi.y signed a pension and in
surance agreement which end
ed a 39-day old strike of 45,000
union employes against the
nation's third largest steel pro
ducer. The agreement provides:
Insurance Republic's present
contributory Insurance plan Is
continued but with increased
benefits. Employes will continue
to pay three and one half cents
per hour and the company will
oay two and one half cents per
hour.
Pension the plan is an exact
replica of the Bethlehem agree
ment.
PITTSBURGH. Nov. 8. UP)
The CIO United Steelworkers to
day ended the strike against one
major steel producer and quickly
resumed negotiations with an
other.
The strike of nearly 25,000
Jones & Laughlln Steel, corpora
tion workers ended when the
firm and the union signed a pen-
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Ex-Nazi Rejected
For Christ's Role
In Passion Play
' OBERAMMERGAU, Germany,
Nov, 8. (ff) The little village of
OberammerEau turned down a
former Nazi today for the role of
Christ In next vear's oerformance
of the world-famed passioiv-play.
"- The judges, ' consisting of the
village council, a committee of
residents and the parish priest re
jected Alois Lang, 56-year-old for
mer Nazi sympathizer, for the
part
Instead they selected Anton
Prelslnger, a 37-year-old inn
keeper, to Dlav Christ.
Lang, who played the role of
Christ in the last performance of
the passion play in 1934, went be
fore a denazification court last
year where he was classified in
the least-dangerous class of Nazi.
At his trial Lang said he joined
the Nazi party to avoid persecu
tion and financial ruin because a
woman reported him for a minor
violation of regulations In the
sale of a cup of coffee.
Lang was chosen by the com
mittee to read the prologue to
each eight-hour performance.
The committee chose Anncmi
Mayr, pretty 20-year-old daughter
of a village building constructor,
to play the role of the Virgin
Mary.
The play, which attracts thou
sands of Christians, Is the result
of an ancient pledge of the vil
lagers after the black plague
swept through the Alpine village
In 1633,
Adjustment Claims On
Oregon Jobs Dismissed
WASHINGTON, Nov.8 WP)
The court of claims dismissed
yesterday cases of two Oregon
contractors who asked adjust
ments to cover losses in work
for the government.
The court held that contracts
did not fall within "hardship"
provisions of the Lucas act of
1946 unless the work had World
War II connections.
The act provides adjustments
where losses were incurred with
out the fault of the contractor.
The court dismissed four
claims by David A. Richardson,
Klamath Falls, holding they had
no relation to the war effort. A
claim by Ralph C. Barnes, Port
land, Ore., was dismissed on the
same ground.
The claims were based on con
struction work In Washington
and Oregon.
Oregon Unemployment
Increased In October
SALEM. Nov. 8 -JP) Oregon
now has 45.100 men out of work,
which Is the worst November to
tal since prewar days.
The total Is 64 percent more
than a year ago, and State Un
employment compensation offici
als feared this winter's total
might equal that of last winter,
when 91.000 were out of work.
Nine thousand men were added
to the jobless rolls during Octo
ber, and half of them were In
the Willamette Valley area from
Eugene to Oregon City.
The unemployment commission
blames the Increasing unemploy
ment on slackening activity in
lumber and logging, food har
vesting and processing, and con
struction. POLITE GUNMAN
MEMPHIS. Nov. 8.-fD The
gunman was courteous at he
barked out of a liquor store with
$250 loot yesterday
"I sure hope you have thle in
sured." he told a store employee.
The loss was covered. m
Cloverdale Park Files
Consent; East Roseburg
Also Asks For Entry
The city council Monday nieht
passed an ordinance setting a
date for an election within the
city for a vote upon annexing
three outside areas, and accept
ed petitions asking for the an
nexation of a fourth area.
The three sections upon which
the people will vote at the spe
clal election, set for Tuesdav.
Dec. 13, are West Rosehurg,
oieepy i-ioiiow-Miner s addition
and Cloverdale park addition. A
consent petition bearing the
names or an ine nome owners in
the Cloverdale addition has been
filed.
The fourth section, for wlich
petitions bearing 101 names were
submitted, is the east Rosebure
area. This thickly populated area
would take in the land imme
diately east of the present city '
limits generally as far as the
county barns on East Second
Ave. So. The boundary extends
up the Rifle Range road a short
distance, and would ' include
Todd's First and Second addi
tions, Eastwood addition, second
Brookside addition and both
cemeteries east of town.
The petitions were turned over
to the city recorder for a check
of names against the population
of the area, to determine if there
are sufficient signatures to call
an election.
City Valuation Would Soar
In addition to the Cloverdale
Park' addition, which has con-
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Spirited Bidding
Marks Auction Of
O. And C. Timber
Sulrited blddlne hl?hllihteri th
sale of six parcels of 0. and C
timDer carrying an estimated vol
ume of 15,235,000 board feet,
which brought a total of $137,
087.25 at oral auction Monday at
ine noseourg District office ot
the Bureau of Land management.
District forester James T. Slat
tery announced that the bid aver
ages on Douglas fir and Port Or
ford - cedar were considerably
above the advertised average, with
many bids being submitted, i-
Doufflas - fir average hid. wji
$9.66 per thousand, compared
with the advertised average nt
$6.73. Port Orford cedar average
bid was $16, compared with an
advertised average of $14. The
bid average for hemlock, incense
cedar and western red cedar was
$2.50 per thousand for each of the
species, the same as the adver
tised average.
All timber sold was located In
Douglas county. High bidders
were Dillard Wood Specialties,
inc.; naroia wooncy, two tracts;
Rose'iurg Lumber company, two
tracts, and Iverson Lumber com
pany. Of the six parcels offered, three
were awarded after non-competitive
sales; but on the three con
tested parcels, a total of 78 bids
were made. On one tract the
Douglas fir advertised bid for
$6.30 per thousand was. bid to
$14.50, after 32 individual bids.
Another tract brougt a price of
$16.75 per thousand compared to
the advertised minimum of $11.75
after 13 bids. The third competl
tlvely contested was sold after 33
bids had brought the Douglas fir
from $3.60 per thousand up to
$8.60.
Copco Mishap Blacks Our
Portion Of Its System
Mechanical failure In a voltage
regulator at the Copco West
Roseburg substation caused
lights in that area to go out just
before 6 p.m. Monday, a Copco
spokesman reported today.
Difficulty in locating the trou
ble caused lights to remain out
up to three hours in some sec
tions of that area, the spokesman
added.
Affected were homes along
Garden Valley road, Melrose
road, homes In West Roseburg
and homes near the west city
limits, the Copco man said.
Yoncaila Marshal's
Home Razed By Flames
Fire, thought to be caused by
the explosion of an oil heater,
completely destroyed the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent McEl
murry at Yoncaila early Saturday
morning.
N one was at home at the time.
Mrs. McElmurry, with a four
days' old baby, was recuperating
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Orvllle Long. Mr. McElmurry
who Is Yoncaila town marshal
w is on duty.
Nothing was saved from the
home, lt was not reported if in
surance was carried.
LvHy Ft Ront
tyUr. lleiMMteht
Vishinsky (remember him as
the guy who hurled insults and
lies at the United States?) says
that Russia and tht U. S.
"ought" to be better friends.
On Russians terms this would
mean that the U. S. would rep
resent the "ought."
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