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4 The Newi-Revlew, Roieburg, Ore. Sot, Dec. 3, 9A9 Published Dilly Exoept Sunday ly th Nwi-3yi Company, Inc. CiUHl ..com ilm milttr Hr '. '. " P "" Rbrf. Oregon, n4.r tet ( March I. Ins CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor "(8i4 Manager ' Member of th Atioolated Preaa, Oragon Newapaper Publisher Auoolatlon, the Audit Bureau of Clroulatlone (pniaaua or WEHT-HOIXIDAr CO.. INO.. men In Nw frk, Chloaia, . . I.a rol. U. Ani.lei. i.attlt. P.rll.ni 81 Loll. . - . - ei u . 1 1 m. -a . , na I m n n t h f4.Aa, thru laMlba ll.se By Clli CirrUr . . . fear, par maaia 11.00 ubi.ibi u(" "v a-.. , ---aignlna II. Piraa oionlh, I2.71 AID TO HOME BUILDERS By CHARLES ' A state agency which is quarters for employes often in remote, out-of-the-way places, has found current high building costs a great drain on its limited budget. A member of this agency was visiting recently with an official at Oregon State college and the conversation turned to building costs with the agency's problem being mentioned. The college officer said he believed the college could help and, digging into house plans developed by the extension department, brought up plans for a building suitable for agency needs, yet capable of construction at much lower cost than the residences recently erected.'1' A good point could be made here for closer cooperation between state agencies and departments and a more exten sive .exchange of information and services; but a more important angle perhaps is that many prospective home Guilders possibly are overlooking a source of helpful ideas and plans. ', " The state college' makes of house plans. "Single-sheet" plans may be obtained from the office of the county agent, or directly from the college. Working drawings, covering all construction details, are available for any "single-sheet" design at low cost. As a sample of the service given by the college, Bulletin HE 7T1110 details the "Agency Plains Special." The building was designed for use in central Oregon in connection with settlement of newly-irrigated areas. Many settlers had limited finances. They needed a building suit able for temporary housing at lowest possible cost. - The "Agency Plains Special" was designed to provide one building with 24 by 24 living quarters, four rooms and bath, and including garage, together with storage space for ma chinery, tools, grain; and miscellaneous items. The structure, 24 by 80 feet, can be built at costs ranging from $2,000 to $3,000. Blueprints of detailed plans are available from the college at reasonable cost. Of great value to any person planning to build, buy or remodel a home is Bulletin HE 7-302 entitled "Is This a Good Farmhouse?" . ' j This is a unique "score sheet" enabling a person to grade a home as "excellent," "acceptable," or "poor." . : ,;v . r Under such sub headings as size and shape, entrances, circulation, doors, windows, rooms, storage,' parking, etc., are suggestions with space for scoring. Fourteen points, for instance, are raised concerning the living room alone. How does your living room square with the following?: 1. Living room close to guest entrance. 2. Large enough for . family use and expandable to another room for entertaining.. 3. Good proportions (ratio of width to length): 2 to 3, 3 to 5, 3 to 4. 4. Wall areas large enough for plaolng largo pleoea of furniture parallel with the walls. B. South exposure possible for living room. 8. Windows well looated for reading and writing and conversation with no oross-llght or glare. J!. Either good distant view or pleasing close-up' view possible from at least one living room window. 8. View window (or windows) on wall at right angle to flreplaoa wall. 9. View window so looated that prlvaoy of family Is not violated. 10. No windows on fireplace wall nearer than 3 feet to the flreplaoe. ' 11. Flreplaoe not Jutting out Into room. 12. At least 3 feet on eaoh side of fireplace oponlng free for ohalrs or sofa. 13. No view of bathroom from living room. 14. Possible for living room to bo free from kitchen and bathroom noises. Bulletin HE 7-302 contains 12 pages of such suggestions of extreme value to the home builder. " The state college is prepared to make a valuable contribu tion to the livability of Oregon' homes if people avail them selves of the proferred help; ' ' In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) , PER CENT OF OUR SAMPLE HAD BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO GOLD and the other 95 per cent Into other kinds of mer cury." The sample, the story goes on, was checked by other - chemists to be certain that the yellow met al was really gold. It was. ON the basis oX PRESENT costs, he continued, "the artificial gold would cost many times more . than the genuine article mined from the earth .... there Is no estimate of how much an ounce of the mercury gold would cost because of the difficulty of tot ting up the necessary atomic pile and getting enough of the par ticular kind of mercury that the artificial gold can be made of." REASSURING, Isn't It? We are patted on the head and told there Is no danger of all the B gold mines being shut down. That if we are prowling around In the mountains and find a lump p.r real IIO.M (In adancl. ijii than V. STANTON required to construct residence available to the public scores of yellow metal we can still get all hct up over It. That nobody is going to make gold In a factory out of mercury as we make nylon In a factory out of coal and limestone and air or rubber out of petroleum. In a word, that gold will CON TINUE to be money that na tions can pay their bills to other nations with and COULD USE, If they chose, to back up their mountains of paper money with, thus giving people more confl dence In It. D ON'T be too sure of that. I'll venture that the first foot or so of nylon fiber that DuPont got out of coal and limestone and air cost a whale of a lot more than an equivalent footage of silk spun by a silk worm would have cost. And I think the first ounce of synthetic rubber made out of hydro-carbon molecules fantas tically exceeded In cost an equiv alent weight of natural rubber. But look at the darned stuff now. ESIDES, making gold In a fac tory out of mercurv would be Just the kind of shenannlgan that 'would appeal to politicians. While making bread I think of a letter from the mother-of-three who wishes she were "free to come and go" as she thinks I am . . . Why, she doesn't wish any such thing not If wishing It would mean a house without doors that fly open as eager youngsters come charging in, with a "What's to eat, Mom?" Not if It meant a home too quiet: no wheedling "Pleeeaase, Mom?" followed perhaps with a "Whooopppeee! I can go, fel lers!" People who are "free to go" don't have a look at sleeping forms, maybe pulling the covers over a bare .foot on which the open window blows. Nor do they Join in the "Our Father," with a goodnight kiss as a benedic tion. Especially at this time of year In such a home there Is no anxious planning to make the dollars stretch to buy that bike . or whatever. No matter how valiantly one starts out to trim They would say: ' "Look, bud, we're the only guys in the world who know how to make gold out of base metals (like mercury.) Keep us In of fice and we'll make gold for you by the long ton In a Jigger that only we know how to run, and this gold we'll swap FOR ALL THE PRODUCTS OF ALL THE REST OF THE WORLD. "Just keep on voting for us and YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO WORK AGAIN." No politician could ever resist that temptation. Suit Filed To Recover Radio And Phonograph Suit in circuit court has been filed by Ruth McPherson against Keith B. Smith, doing business as K. B. Smith's Oregon Ltd., asking judgment for the recovery of a combination radio and phono nmh, of a value claimed to be The Dlalntiff alleees that the defendant came Into possession of the property on June 20, 1946, without her consent. The State Industrial Accident commission asks Judgment of $88.04 against William Charles Dorsey, doing business as B & B Plaster Co., as alleged unpaid con tributions, and asks that the plain tiff be given a just and valid lien on a described car owned bv the defendant. A. J. Bartley and Arnold H. Bartley, In a suit brought against Joseph Francis and Harriett Ross, ask judgment for $7,383.76 alleged owing and due on a promissory note given in connection with the sale of a truck and trailer by the plaintiff to the defendant. Shoot Or Be Shot, Choice Of Pacifist, GBS Says GLASGOW, Scotland, Dec. 3 UP) George Bernard Shaw says that If war comes, pacifists must "shoot or be shot." Answering a staff member of the Forward, Glasgow labor weekly, who asked how to get established as a registered con scientious objector to military service, the Tart tongued socia list playwright wrote: "A country that encases In war, rlghtlv or wronglv, is like a ship that has atruck a breaker and Is leaking. The order must be all hands to the pumps, no matter how faulty or wicked the navigators may have been. . . . That's All for the Present " aafa,aeVt 00bt'9SbiltL. ' By Viahntt S. Martin fJr a Christmas Tree, Just a little one, because to have none seems a kind of defeat . . . salty tears are likely to sprinkle the trim mings. But, as I make bread, I must change my thinking or there will be extra salt in my dough. Let's see, how much each do these three loaves cost? I figure up the ingredients . . . dear me, the same as a baker's loaf. But there's more to making bread than Its relative cost: Mrs. J. B. R. knows what I mean: here is a poem she sent. Thank you so much, Mrs. R. Does any one know Its author? "Be gentle when you touch bread, Let It not lie uncared for, un wanted Too often bread Is taken for granted. There Is beauty in bread; Beauty of sun and toil! Wind and rain have caressed It, Christ often blessed It . . . Be gentle when you touch bread." Nut Problems To Be Aired At Big Annual Meeting Walnut shrivel, fairly common In western Oregon again this year, will be discussed during the forthcoming thirty-fifth an nual meeting of the Nut Growers Society of Oregon and Washing ton to be held in Portland, De cember 8 and 9, Robert Warrens, Forest Grove, president, has an nounced. With the exception of the an nual banquet Thursday evening, December 8, at the Portland Chamber of Commerce, all ses sions will be held in the Neigh bors of Woodcraft hall, starting at 9:30 a.m. both days. Although fairly widespread this year, walnut shrivel was not nearly as serious as it was dur ing 1948. when excessive hot wea ther during last August and early September hit orchards just as nuts began to fill, accoring to J. H. Painter, USDA horticultura list stationed with the O.S.C. ex periment station. Painter will discuss work underway in con nection with the common wal nut problems during the two-day meeting. A program feature the after noon of December 9, will be a panel discussion on filbert har vesting machines and methods. It will be headed by M. G. Huber, O.S.C. extension agricultural en gineer. In addition to viewing color slides showing harvesting machines, the group will hear discussed hand raking harvest ing methods, suction pickers, picker cleaners, portable hullers, and rotary broom pickers. Society Secretary C. O. Raw lings, O.S.C. extension horticul ture specialist, will discuss out look for rootstocks to avoid wal-mut-glrdle. The proglem, fre quently called black line, Is showing up In manv old bearing walnut orchards. The crown rot problem will also be discussed. Dr. Paul W. Miller. USDA plant pathologist stationed with the O. S.C. experiment station, will specify a control program for walnut blight. Poor timing, In adequate coverage, and not enough applications are causing poor control, he believes. "Pacifists should do all they can to prevent war, but If It nevertheless breaks out, It Is too late to do anything but fight." Idaho Senator Branded Rowdy In Alabama Fracas MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 3 (P) Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho "acted' like a rowdy" at the time of his arrest in Bir mingham on a disorderly conduct charge, Birmingham city attor neys contend. Thomas E. Huey, assistant city attorney, told the state court of appeals that Senator Taylor's ar rest was a "routine disorderly conduct case" and that the civil rights question did not enter Into it. Taylor was arrested in Bir mingham on May 1, 1948, when he tried to enter a door reserved for Negroes at a meeting of the Southern Negro Youth congress. During earlier trials he admitted "scuffling" with officers who pre vented him from using the door. The Idaho senator was a candi date for vice president on Henry Wallace's Progressive party tick et when arrested and was sched uled to speak at the meeting. He was convicted in police court and the verdict was later upheld by a circuit court which sentenced him to a 180-day jail term and a $50 fine. Huey told the court Taylor had no grounds for trying to bring the constitutionality of the city's segregation laws Into the case since he deliberately assaulted an officer who was doing his duty. Tuesday, Taylor's attorneys contended in briefs that the ar rest was Illegal and the segrega tion law violates the federal con stitution. Taylor said he will carry the case to the U.S. Supreme court. Navy Craft Cuts Sonic Barrier MUROC AIR BASE, Calif., Dec. 3 (m- Skimming like a hummingbird only 30 feet off the ground, a Navy Douglas Sky rocket has pierced the sonic bar rier in a dazzling speed test. While Navy officials were si lent, competent observers put the speed of the D-558-2 at between 760 to 800 miles per hour. The speed of sound at Muroc's 2300 foot altitude and 55-degree tem perature was figured at 757 mph. - The 45-year-old test pilot Eu gene F. May, a grandfather, was at the controls of the rocket and jet-powered plane as It swooped before newsmen here and flash ed out of sight before the roar of Its motors could be heard. The official world record is 670 mph by an F-86 jet fighter. The veteran pilot thrust all out on the four rocket boosters and Revival Fires Are Burning at FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Come and Add Rev. Sconce 7 ELUSIVE GAME Closeup Pictures Of Wild Sheep Included In Movie About Yukon Wonderland Many hunters spend "years trying to obtain America's most coveted trophy, a mopnfain sheep, but Jim Bond's "Yukon Wil derness Wonderland" picture! to be shown In Roseburg Monday and Tuesday nights, will show within 30 to 50 feet of the camera. , ... ... . Y Bond's newest Yukon picture,1 made during the past summer, is to be presented at the Roseburg Junior high school auditorium under Roseburg Rod and Gun , club sponsorship. Showings will be made each night at 8 o'clock. '' - . ' .. ' ' The film, which takes an hour' to show, includes -scenes from three separate trips. One section deals with a boat trip on Lake Kusawa, 60 miles in length, and contains fishing, feature shots of Rocky Mountain goats, and exceptionally beauti ful scenic views. After two weeks on the lake and in the adjoining mountains,, Bond returned to Whitehorse and outfitted for a trip Into the spec tacular scenic mountain area, where peaks tower as high as 19,600 feet. There he spent ib days photographing and studying White (Dall) sheep. Bond again returned to White- horse and made arrangements for a trip Into the upper MacMil- lan river wilderness In the cen tral eastern Yukon along the Mac- Kenzie mountains. This was to be a long trip," Bond said, "and I was accom panied only by a 63-year-old In dian by the name of Billy Smith. Billy was born In a little trading post near Whitehorse. His three brothers, Dawson Charlie, Skoo kum Jim. and Patsy Henderson, were three of the four men who discovered gold on the Klondike in 1895, starting the greatest gold stampede the North has ever Known. At tne age oi iu, amy "mushed" with his family over 200 miles to Dawson. All his life he has traveled the Yukon, trap ping in winter and prospecting in summer. At 63, he is incredibly strong and tough and never seemed to tire." Ronri and his puide. together with their equipment and sup plies, were flown In two planes to a lake near the MacMillan river. After building their camp, with its food cache in the trees, to prevent loss to animals, side trips were made, one as long as 25 days. I found that country to Be one of the best Stone Sheep sections in the North," Bond reports. "Some of the closeup pictures I secured of sheep that had never seen a man are really something. Knowing that sheep are the hard est animals to stalk and that many hunters go on long trips and never get within shooting distance of these elusive ani mals, I am sure that people will enjoy my pictures taken at dis tances of 30 to 50 feet. My pic tures of these northern animals, that live above tlmberllne winter or summer, will bring out many of their habits. The pictures par ticularly show how animals act in a wilderness when seeing a man for the first time. They also brine out the fact that wolves are not killing all the sheep in the North not bv any means. I saw more than 900 sheep in my four months in the Yukon and only one wolf." The greatest fear Bond and his eulde had was that of accident or sickness. Then, along toward the last, wnne waiting lor tneir planes to return, they began to fear the lake would freeze and prevent a landing. But neither accident nor sickness was en countered and the planes came in ahead of the ice. "We were prepared for any thing except sickness or injury," Bond said. When men are in the mountains, eettlne lots of regu lar exercise, they seldom get sick. Sickness is something mat sucks pretty close to the cities." Bond's pictures have already been shown a few times. The film drew an audience of 2,100 In Eugene, 750 in Cottage Grove and 615 In Oakrldge. Because o interest remaining from Bond's show, "From Out of the Moun tains," In Roseburg previously, the Roseburg Rod and Gun club Is anticipating capacity audi- the sleek, needle-like craft ne gotiated the measured eight-mile course before most onlookers could gasp, "Here she comes." The Navy had admitted last week that the Skyrocket ha? re oeatedlv exceeded the sneed of sound in level flights. Its maxi mum speed is still a secret. stepping irom tne gleaming white thunderbird, May told newsmen : "It was as smooth as a kit ten's ear." to the Flame) Topics Sunday 11:00 A. M. "Now I Belong to Jesus" 7:30 P. M. "The Difference Between Conversion and Rededi cotion" TaV Great Baptismal Service Soon. if Tune in for Loyman's Hour, Sunday at 5:00 P. M. closeups of sheep photographed ences at" the two showings Mon day and Tuesday. , Attempt Started To Recover Bodies McCHORD AIR BASE, Dec. i (IP) Attempts to recover the hodies of six airmen from the snow high on rugged Mount St. Helens will get underway today, air corps officials said today. Members of a mountain rescue team are en route here from Camp Carson, Colo. They were expected to arrive Friday after noon for briefing before proceed ing to' the crash scene. Members of the rescue party that reached the wreckage of the C-54 Wednesday at the 7,000 foot level of the southwestern Wash ington mountain suggested that an attempt to recover the bodies be delayed until summer. Lt. Wallace L. Boyd, para-res cue team commander, led the ground party to within sight of the wreckage, but recommended against further attempt to brine out the bodies until hazardous weather conditions cleared. McChord officials said that air policy calls for every possible ef fort to recover the bodies of lost airment. -INSURANCE-AUTO LIFE AUTO FIRE State Farm Mutual Insurance O. L. ROSE P. O. Box 489 Phone 288 116 W. Cass Over Douglas County Bank GUTTERS , AIR COOLERS Authorized Dealer For LENNOX and KLEER-KLEEN (Utility basement) (Floor Units '29" deep) FURNACES ROSEBURG SHEET METAL Phone 941 HEATING Your Trained 7 GRANT'S BUSINESS COLLEGE 112 N. Stephens Phone 1535-R Safe Deposit Boxes Night Depositories Don't delay . . . See us today! Protect Your Valuables DOUGLAS COUNTY STATE BANK Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Order Your Winter's Fuel Now! 16" Green Slabwood Planer Ends Order your wood now while supplies are plentiful and you can get prompt delivery. WE ALSO HAVE Sawdust 4' Slabwood 15" Mill Ends 16" Dry Slabwood ROSEBURG LUMBER CO. . Phone 468 Democrats To Consider Congressional Candidate PENDLETON P Demo cratic leaders of the second con gressional district will consider a candidate for next year's congres sional election at an off-the-rec-ord meeting here Sunday.- C. J. Shorb, La Grande, who ran against Rep. Lowell Stock man in the last election, was re ported not to want the Democrat ic nomination again. Hueh Bowman, former Pendle ton mavor. has been mentioned j as a pdssible candidate. Two per. sons from Klamath county were also reported as possibilities. FOREST. FIRE RECORD GOOD LA GRANDE, OB The forest fire record of northeast Oregon was the best In the state this year, the state fire warden reported here; Only 34 of the 107 fires in this district were caused by man. ' PHONE 100 between 6 15 and 7 p. m., if you have not received your Newt Review. Ask for Harold Mor'. -H I !-,- O..UCuj 'Individualized Floors of Beautility." INLAID LINOLEUM Carpeting Rubber Tile it Asphalt Tile Formica Topi Venetian, Blindi FREE ESTIMATES FLOOR COVERING ' 222 W. Oak . , Phone 348 850 E. 1st St. Center 2 WE HAVE JOBS AVAILABLE For Trained Workers If you have the training, we have the job. If you don't have the training, come in or call tomorrow. . EMPLOYMENT SERVICE