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4 The Newt-Review, Roieburg, Ore Wed., Nov. 9, 1949 Published Oilly Exoept Sunday I y th Newt-3evie Company, Inc. ' KnUron si locond elnil mnltor Hmf f, t3. ot ln poll tifleo at Boiobarg, Oroson. nndoi net ( Moron t. ltll CHARLES V. STANTON tffo EDWlN L. KNAPP Editor IJP Manager Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Assoolatlon, the Audit Bureau of Circulations Innmni oy WEOT-HOLl.lDAr CO.. inc.. omeoi io now fork, ckionie, San rrnnolion. Loi Anfilen. Iinnl. Portland. 8L Lonlo. TtMli(ltll-r-llU ArrB lo Ilra.n. Hi Malt .P. VBt IR.fla. ill BlODlhl II. M. thron moalhi .o ttt Cll, Corrlor For roar 110.00 (In advance), leu than in ;aar, nor month (1.00 Ootilda Orotan B Hall ror roar m on. nonlhi 11.10 throo month! SJ.7S CONFIDENCE DISPLAYED By CHARLES V. STANTON Persons interested in the future of the lumber industry should find encouragement in results of the timber sale conducted here Monday by the Bureau of Land Management. Although the Bale was comparatively small, involving only six tracts, having an estimated volume of 15,235,000 board feet, prices paid approximated those obtained during peak years. For example, one tract, with an appraisal of $6.30 per thousand, was sold at $14.50 per thousand, with 32 bids Thirty-three bids were obtained on another tract, which started at $3.90 per thousand and went to $8.60. A third tract appraised at $11.75 per thousand was sold at $16.75 after 13 bids were made. Bids were the alternate proposals received, not the number of individuals making offers. The timber was sold at oral auctions. Several factors, of course, enter into a spirited sale. Where two or more companies are operating in the same general area, a piece of timber immediately tributary to the operation is especially desirable. This was the situation concerning the three tracts on which the price advanced so materially over the appraisal. It also is true that publicly owned timber is growing harder to obtain, due to the fact that sustained yield quotas prevail and only a limited volume goes on the market annually. Thus some operators who have no timber of their own, and must depend entirely upon purchase of public or private timber, are hard pressed for raw material, particularly as the bulk of privately owned timber has passed into the hands of larger operators. While competition undoubtedly was principally responsible for the high bids, it is quite obvious that no operator will buy timber expecting to take a loss on its manufacture. It follows, therefore, that when prices are nearly as high as were paid while the market was at its best, operators are not anticipating a critical slump in the immediate future. Competition for the small tracts sold Monday, indicating the growing competition for timber, undoubtedly presages a change in lumber manufacture locally. At present we have a large number of small mills. Only a comparatively few operators own enough timber to assure permanent operation. Over a period of years many of the small mills will be crowded out of the industry because of exhaustion of their supply of raw materials. They undoubtedly will compete vigorously for the blocks of public timber offered annually by federal agencies. Those successful in bidding will remain in business temporarily, but the raw material cost will seri ously impair profits. Over a period of time (to be counted in years) only the larger companies will remain, except for a few well-organized and efficient small mills. In the mean time, however, becnuse of the necessity of realizing the high est possible returns with the least production cost, we will experience a large percentage of waste. No operators, other than those with assured source of supply will dare risk capital in installation of full utilization machinery and equipment. In our opinion, we are beginning to enter the period predicted during the controversy which raged a few months ago concerning, sustained yield forest management policies. One faction urged cooperative contracts in which operations would be set up on a long-term basis with assured supply as a means of promoting better utilization. Another school of thought advocated unrestricted competition with no assign ment of sustained yield quotas. Either plan, we believe, eventually will work out to the same end. The larger companies finally will be in virtually complete control. But, for a number of years, until that con trol occurs, we will continue a high rate of waste and in efficiency. Instead of diversifying our industry rapidly, the change to more extensive utilization will come slowly, unless subsidized pioneering of new processes and plants is undertaken. "Whaddya Mean I'm Overdrawn?" OF BLANK ,lr I SAW By Paul Jenkins Use Of Limestone Keystone That Welds Practices Of Conservation Although the use of lime Is only one stop In a well-rounded con servation program, on many farms in Douglas county It Is the most Important stop, says J. F. Bonobrake, chairman of the County PMA committee. "In a way It Is the keystone that holds the other conservation practices together." "Jwn-. S-:xT..1'.''..'.'.''..'.'.V.S MORRIS CORBY, first sergeant of Company B, 186th infantry, Oregon National Guard, as he sat in his office in one of the quonset huts which form the National Guard headquarters at Tri-City for hii district. Morris' company now consists of his commanding officer, Lieutenant Bob Lilly of Riddle; a second lieutenant and 56 men. It is yet much below its allotted strength of six officers and 161 men. The unit is becoming increasingly well equipped with ordnance, vehicles and the usual run of quartermaster supplies. The Guard offers attractive opportunities to its members for extra pay, retirement pay, military training, attendance at service schools and promotion. By Viahnett S. Martin i The chairman points out, how ever, that the oftcctlvenss of lime In correcting erosion and building the soil, depends in like manner on these other practices. The real purpose of including the liming practice in tne Aniieumir- nl Conservation Program is to promote the conservation provid ed by a number of practices which are best In combination. Without lime, acid soils be come unfavorable to the growth of grass and legumes, structure bleaks down and the land is hard er to handle, minerals essential to good plant growth are tied up. conditions are unfavorable to the activity of micro-organisms need- ,ed lor lavorablc plant growth. Since glass and legumes grow host In a neutral or slightly al- Kanne son, me oest results in ine use of these plants to protect the soil against erosion cannot be ob tained under acid conditions. Cor recting the acid condition with lime encourager the growth of grass and legumes and thus pro vides the means of obtaining tlte soli protection needed. Soil structure is an important iacior in controlling erosion. down, the separate soil particles are more easily washed or blown away. The use of lfciic helps to maintain a favorable sou struc ture. Soil, Fertility Built Up fiy correcting the acid condi tion In the soil, lime helps to re lease for the use of growing plants such elements as phos phorus anil potassium. This helps to build up the fertility of the soil and Increase the growth of protective crops. By providing more favorable conditions for micro-organism:, lime helps to Improve the condi tions for decay of organic mat ter and the release lo plants of the plant food In this material. Humus is built ud through this process of growth, returning or ganic matter to the soil. In calrlum deficient soils, the use of lime helps to provide the calcium needs of growing planls. Hut, the chairman points out, it Is a combination of these bene fits that makes lime so Impor tant in a balanced conservation program. "Lime is not the whole program nut it Is an essential When the soil structure breaks part under acid soil conditions." It must be a great satisfaction to know the birds so well that a flash of color In a treetop brings immediate Identification, and is reported In due time to the Audu bon society to be an accurate part of their perpetual record. A copy of the record Is filed In the Portland library. As for me, I know the common birds but anything out of the usual sends me to the bird books over which I pore, seeking to find exactly the right color, size. often closing the book with a feeling of frustration. But even that is better than having eyes yet not seeing birds! One of these days there will be in the Audubon house now under construction a display in glass cases of mounted birds, wild flowers: It wi.l tw also a social center for '.he groups who visit the Pittock sanctuary, a 21-acre natural park adjoining Macleay park in Portland. The sanctuary is fenced, and In charge of a careakcr. Admission outside of regular hours Is by appointment. On October 11, and again on the 15th, my eyes and heart were lifted by the noisy cries of wild geese flying south. Did you hear them too? I lived on a Highway of the Geete once before; twice a year I watch eagerly hoping I shall not miss them. A New York State paper (list ening, Jean M?) reports numer ous noisy flocks of geese and ducks flying south" the week prior to date of paper, Oct. 27. One of the flocks I saw flew rag gedly in a wide U around a steadi ly-flying, unchanging V-formatlon of 7 or 9 birds. I forgot to count the exact number. It reminded me of a lot of children skipping and dancing about sedately mov ing elders. The ends of the U were at the rear, also of the V I enjoy bird lore wherever I find it. so this 16-page news-let ter, The Audobon Warbler, has been of interest. Mrs. H. C. Judd 1715 NE Buffalo St., Portland, Is the editor. for forty years "members of the Audubon society have taken part in the conservation move ment, furthering the study and appreciation of wild life as a dis tinctive American heritage." In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) mally a bit hard to get along with, but a youngster who has been a celebrity since babyhood That would be a tough situation! H GOP SCARE CHARGED PORTLAND (.T) The Nation al chairman of the Americans lor IVmoerattc Action told an audi ence here that the Republlan wore trying to scare the voters again. en. Hubert IliimDhrev (D- Minn) said they are attempting OLLYWOOD seems to be in the news spotlight this particular day. Another Los Angeles dis patch tells us: "The third Mrs. Victor Mature, accusing her actor husband of threatening to burn their house down, has slipped him a legal hot foot a suit for divorce." As to the house-burning busl ness, that came about as a result of division-of -property discussions, The lady wanted a split, naturally enough, and Victor is alleged to have threatened to burn their $25,000 joint to the ground rather than see her get it. a I'M not taking sides, of course. It is none of my darned busi ness. But if I had lived with that conceited-looking hunk of man for the better part of a year, as this gal has, I'd be fit to be tied. ALONG that line, I'm not too sure but what the "Veep" and his fiancee, who seem to have been having a swell time so far, may be in for rough water be fore the going ends. A story from St. Louis tells us that "a touch of flu and the need for some rest put the lady in the hospital yesterday." Her mother explains to the reporters that "the telephone and the doorbell have been ringing almost con stantly since plans for the wed ding were announced." Getting ready to be married has its problems under even the most normal of circumstances, but when it is done in a fish-bowl It must be SOMETHING. In their case, however, the uproar will subside when the wedding is over. Among actor celebrities, it goes on forever. a a 'VE never known any actors per- sonally. I've never felt that I wanted to. I'd rather just look at 'em from a seat In the audience preferably about halfway back. They've always appeared to me to be too exotic to wear well as friends. Me, I have a fondness for men with whom I'm associated in busi ness. Business men are a pretty good lot. They have to be to hold their own In the business world these days. Also I have a sneaking fond ness for whiskey-drinking, dirty-story-telling men out In camp in the woods. IF, that is, they do their share of the work and have the knack of getting along with the rest of the crowd. They don't MEAN their various foulnesses. They are just putting on an act reverting temporarily to the savages from whom we are all descended. They get It out of their systems out In camp and for the rest of the year they're fit to be lived with. to do this with the term "wel fare state." He said the GOP for gets the constitution calls for the government to "promote the gen eral welfare" of the people. The Minnesota senator describ ed himself as a "new deal, fair deal, rip-snorting Democrat" LETTERS to the Editor enroute to Alaska. He was ar rested several days later in Los Angeles. Use Of Robot Machinery Target Of Criticism ROSEBURG Just when pork prices came down where we could afford to buy and eat it, the brass hats in Washington slap on price supports and raise the prices. Of all the crack-not leg islation, this takes the cake. Keeping up the price of all com modities, when so many are Idle and have no monev to spend for food, is nonsense. If we laborers had full time Jobs we could buy the food we want and use it up. If the price of foodstuff is kept high, we do not .buy, so the stuff remains in the stores. We shy around the high prices stuff not because we do not want it. What is wrong, and what needs to be done, i3 to see that no one is idle. How can this be done may be asked. In a thousand ways. One way is to stop the use of ro bot machinery. Kobots do not buy or eat looa. They may, and do, produce and manuiaciure loousiun ana, wmie doing so, lay off hundreds of thousands of workers who could buy and eat up the surplus com modities. Of course, the robots do help the manufacturers who make them and those who use them nrofit by Increase output 1 and cheaper labor. But that ends their usefulness. When they are i Idle they are just another eve-1 sore. The entire country suffers ' irom tne stagnation, unemploy- j ment and depression which inev-j itablv follow. Our lumbering and logging industry is proof of this, i People want and need homes here in the United States. There Is need for all the lumber mills : can cut. We need homes, ga-1 rages, sneas, dairy Darns, ienc-1 Ine lumber, palings for our I yards, and many other products. Our lumberjaks are idle and grumbling and twiddling their lingers, caws, axes, lues, wedges and other hardware are piled up in the stores unwanted. Bacon and hams are ornaments on dis play counters, while loggers' mouths drool to slice into a ham. tvery time we eat a meal in a restaurant we pay a tax support price the extra fifty cents charged on the bill. We pay this tax on every pound of food we Duy at the store. Why do we have to be taxed so that someone else can make ! a success in some kind of venture or business? I tried to run a newspaper once Charge Of Stealing Woman's Savings Faced SEATTLE tf Accused 01 robbing a Nevada woman of nearly $18,000 in cash, Jewels and gold dust, William King How ard, 35, was returned here to face federal charges of Interstate transportation of stolen prop erty. .... t , He was nem in o,uuu oona. tiniL-n rH was nneused bv Mrs. Lillian Lake of Ely, Nev., of tak ing her life savings from a tour ist cabin here while the pair were and I could have found use for some kind of support like they are putting out at Washington. V T4MITC v. nAiir.H. Roseburg, Ore. i 7 I: rl -Vl ft. "Vrw Vr'UhSlen H-ao . Oaw (ftp i PHONE 100 between 6.15 and 7 p. m., if you have not received your News Review. Ask or Harold Mobley. FROM THE NEWS OF J 36 YEARS AGO ! i i i B I I B B B I B fl E fl 8 B B B 9 i Bill Tipton Post Office) CaP Permn u, . Of :ytn -w, ,,,, -an - rtfe,, 'hi, "earp:'' liv'"'s. , l,9tl,.yhtjl!t "ty. -w. 30 .01, ef h"Ket 'o thZ u. ft."" ih: ir. .."trnr-"- rio "e the ?' I Roseburg Review January 6, 1913 I This tragedy of 36 years ago brings to focus the heart breaks that can happen to folks starting their marriage. B Nowadays almost everyone has fire insurance on their ' homes but how about furniture or possessions? Are your H linens, furniture, china, silverware, clothing and appli ances adequately insured? If the answer is no see us this week. It Pays to tnsure In Sure Insurance! Phone 1277-R I 'n'JS' ;B ' m TIPT0N PERMIN . INSURANCE i Bill Tipton 6 214 W. Cass (Next door to 5 Your voice can reach some 85 countries at easily at a nearby town. The low rates may surprise you. "Calling Tokyo -4250" How overseas service puts the world by your telephone 1. For doing business and keeping in touch with friends, overseas telephone service has become an everyday tool. In its twenty-two years, the calling rate has jumped from about 2,300 calls a year to 600,000. Today, your voice can be sent over short-wave radio to ninety-four per cent of the world's telephones ...over circuits as long as 8,000 miles. 3. In 1 927, the lowest overseas rate from the V est was $84.00. Now the maximum to most countries is $12.00 (plus tax) for three minutes. Many calls cost less. Making it possi ble to call almost anyone, at low cost, is another way we've made your telephone more valuable. 2. Skilled technicians in the circuit control room keep constant watch on their equip ment to make sure your voice can hurdle the earth and still sound about as clear as a cross town call. And overseas service is easy to use. Your Long Distance operator will give you the rates, the best time to call . . . and set up an appointment call for you if you wish. (jS Your telephone is one of todays best bargains The Pacific Telephone m and Telegraph Company