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'4 The Newi-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Wed., Dec. 14, 1949 Published D illy Except Sunday ( y th Newt-Revie Company, Inc. Enttrti fti ttoand ! mUr Mar 1, , l thm poit ! it Rom burg, Ortgon, naint aot o( March t, 11 CHARLE8 V. STANTON mtpSm EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor -k Manager Member of the Associated Prest, Oregon Newspaper Publisher! Auoelatlon, the Audit Bureau of Circulation! BfDrauaMd T WEST-HOLLIDAf CO.. INC.. Illeei la New fork. Chlo. D frtncluw. Loi twKi. leallla. mclUnd. L LaiU. JUBSCKIPIION KATEH Ot.ion By Mll rr ter U.N, tl millllln 4 M, ic, pir moalb 11.00 Ool.ld. Orefon Bi Mll rr ret MOO. ill . monlbi 14. ?A lhr month, 10,000 IN 1950 By CHARLES V. STANTON Roseburg today ir, a bigger and belter town. Acceptance into the municipality of West Roseburg, Miller's Addition, Beulah Addition and Sleepy Hollow, vastly increases the city's area and brings in around 2,000 more . people. ' Neither area nor assessed valuation of themselves make for a good: city. The worth of a municipality is measured by its PEOPLE., Nor is it merely numbers of people that count most. It is, rather, the interest, civic pride and energy of a city's population that produce a good town. Drain and Reedsport, among other county municipalities, for instance, indicate that civic enterprise is not dependent upon numbers or Wealth but is regulated by enterprise and enthusiasm. - Roseburg, we believe, is extremely fortunate in nature of population gained through addition of former suburban areas. This new population consists largely of people who have moved into the community within the last few years. They bring with them experience of municipal activity from many states. Included in their numbers are enough "old settlers" to provide needed historical background and knowledge of limitations. But the preponderance of "newcomers" will act as a blood transfusion, putting more vigor into our lifestream. Furthermore, this new population is collectively young in years. The rapid growth experienced in the several an nexed areas consists principally of young people, including large numbers of veterans. Too, they largely are home owners. They have acquired property and have put their roots down into the community. They are not transient. They expect to remain here and, consequently, are anxious that the place in which they are to reside and rear their families will be the best possible type of city. No time should be lost, in our opinion, in getting the new members of our city family into the harness of municipal progress. Their strength, youth and enthusiasm should prove extremely valuable. At the same time, residents of the annexed areas should not wait for "invitations." They now enjoy every privilege accorded any other residents of the city. They have the right to "cuss and discuss." They should accept their responsibility and make themselves heard. There should bo no holding back, no standoffishness. Annexation will bring many problems. We may expect some impatience with delays in making improvements. Dis agreements and criticism concerning procedure may be an ticipated. But impatience, disagreement and criticism all have their place in the civic pattern. Our rate of progress would be slow indeed if it were not for impatience. Dis agreement results in compromise, based on "study, rather than casual acceptance of dictated procedure. Criticism, if used constructively, is always healthy. It is most essential that we HAVE impatience, disagree ment, nnd criticism, for they indicate lively and exacting interest, conducive to community welfare and betterment. For best results, however, they must be based on understand ing and tolerance. The result of our annexation elections gives reason for pride and rejoicing. Another vitally important milestone in our growth has been passed. It is to be hoped that other of our suburban areas, so critically in need of union with the city, will take the plunge without further delay. It will be a grave error if these ad jacent communities delay beyond the time to have popula tion included in the next census, for every man, woman and child added to our census report in 1950 means collection of more than seven dollars per capita from state revenue, or more than twice the amount of per capita tax increase. Those communities cannot long postpone annexation with out critical hazard to health and safety, but there is danger that the delay will be beyond the census period, which will mean that for a number of years the city will not be able to collect sums which otherwise would be apportioned to it. Delay, therefore, moans that the tax rate will be higher until alter the 10 census than if offsets from distribution of state revenues wore available. Annexation before 19G0 surely will be necessary. To withhold action until too late for inclusion of population in the 1050 census would cause loss of many thousands of dollars of potential revenue. The slogan, "10,000 in 1930," carries with it economic and community progress implications of extreme importance. Always Room for One- More apt LETTERS to the Editor By Viahneit S. Martin ' "The little teeny-weeny onoi," a New York State postmaster warns his townspeople through the newspaper, "require a THRE the newspaper, "require a THREE cent stamp. The big bold bursts of enthusiasm will take throe cents and upward. . ." This new approach to the pub- lie ear In regard to the coming deluge of greeting cards goes on with something about the size, as laid down by Uncle Sam in slightly more formal words: "In the matter of third class mull (greeting cards, calendars, etc.) pieces measuring LESS than 3 inches by 4 Indies, and pieces measuring MORE than 9 inches by 12 inches, whether sealed or unsealed are subject to a MINI MUM postage charge of 3 cents." Ye Postmaster then adds a "spe cial mention" urging advertisers to "withhold heavy mailing of catiogues, calendars etc., during December. This does not apply to advertising pertaining to holi day sales." I suppose what is true for that postoffice all of them. Tills particular is true for postmaster forgets to mention even the fact that Unsealed greetings may go for TWO cents not any more for 1 1-2 cents. He's looking out for Uncle Sam's pocket, hoping that 40,000,000-plus extra pennies will jingle into it through everybody's putting three cents on greetings? It's a mystery to me why the postoffice department, bulging as it does In every city and town and rural outpost with every form of mail, does not pay off the national debt. Goodness knows, I do all I can to help according to EJ who brings in staitips by the sheet, and envel opes by the 500-package to bal ance the budget for Uncle Sam, and unbalance our own? Speaking of stamps: I read once in a Writer's magazine how one sciiblor "saved money on stamps." He, or she, used special Issue etc., varielios on return envelopes always enclosed with outgoing potboilings. The envel ope "face" increased in value . . . sounded sensible. I tried it. My returning pot-boilers came back in different envelopes . . . some body else 'saved stamps'! In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) Editorial Commenf From The Oregon Press Third World War Dollar Of Nine Cents Envisaged PORTLAND (.11 Business loaders of the Northwest were told at an economic mobilization assembly here Hint a third world war could result in a U. S. dol lar worth perhaps nine cents. Cmdr. William T. Gleonalgh, USN, said the public debt, now $237,000,000,000, might be boosted by another world war to as jnueh as $000,000,000,000. The navHl commander said that unless world stability is achieved, the nation must con tinue for many years lo pour from oncflflh to one-third of the national budget Into military de fenses. Referring to the effects of an other war on the economic life of the nation, he said studies at the college on the effects on na tional finances "Is enough to chill the hearts of all of us." Another speaker declared vir tually all ai'ult manpower of the nation would be mobilised in tlic event of war. HE WANTED MUSIC ATTLEIHMIO. Mass.-Un In vestlgatlng two false tire alarms sounded two minutes apart, police discovered tracks of a toy wagon leading from the box. They followed the trail to the nearby home of a three and one-half-year-old boy. Patiently they had to explain to him why he couldn't gel any music when he climbed on hi' carl and twisted the handl the pretty red "radio" on pole. Bean Have Good Idea Medford Mail-Tribune Coming of the first consider able fall of snow in Crate Lake nalinnnl park Is beckoning many of the furred denizens there lo enter hibernation, that strange "vacation period" for some warm blooded creatures which carries them through winter's vicissi tudes in deep sleep. Black boars, the only species now inhabiting those parts, are generally nil in hibernation by thanksgiving, according to cra ter Park Naturalist George C. Ruble. Exact denning-up dales of the 25 or 30 bears in the park pre serve may vary, de)oii(ling on snow and general weal her condi tions, the naturalist explains. Normal ending of the hiberna tion period is in March or April. Last vcar two mourners ot me park's bruin family stayed abroad until February and then suddenly disappeared whether lo Inner- nato or seek lower levels whore food was not snow-covered, was never learned. Dr. Huhle explains that tourists need almost no foods. Thickly furred nnd heavily "larded" the black bear doesn't fear the cold. He finds holing up and lying quiet a practical way to beat the search for sustenance. The chipmunk sleeps long but somewhat less soundly, waking on mild winter days to nibble on seeds and nuts which it has taken lo bed with it. The woodchuck or groundling fattens un and retires very eaiiv. even before food is scarce. He wakens early, as the February 2 groundhog dav legend confirms, but lo find himself a male rather than ot luok for his shadow. Raccoons hibernate in families, ofleu in woll-ehosen hollow trees. Skunks, sleeping fitfully, amble out on warm, sunny days. Hals literally hang up for the winter by their toenails in steeples, garrets, caves and oilier protected places. (;roiis of those queer mammals have been found actually frozen together, inert but unbelievably alive. A strange habit is hibernation and one which, viewed from the Human who norsist in feodine the nark , " . " n:,s ""cresting u hears help to throw the animals Iu" '"" inviting aspects, off their natural ninernaiion cycle. The ill-advised generosity of the tourists also causes real dif ficulty Willi some bears which grow Impatient when food be comes scarce, loading them to rip open autos, prowl cabins and com mit other depredations. Such confirmed offenders are Implied, daubed with a splash of paint so as to be wonuiiaoio, i Policemen Freed In Vice Inquiry LOS ANGELES, Doc. 14. t.P) Inquiry ot Hollywood police vice tieups has concluded with Hie clearing ot the last of five police nfticers of all charges. . The tilth to bo freed was Po- transKirtod lo a far corner of the : lice Sit. t imer V. Jackson yes preserve nnd liberated. If the out-! tenlay. Siivrior Judge Staiiliy law returns and takes lip his old ' Barnes dismissed the case, re had w ays, he usually winds up as ; lieving a jury of seven men nnd the victim of a ranger's bullet. Rabbits, foxes, tree squirrels, wolves, door and many other warmblooded creatures depend ing on constant body tempera ture, in general do not hibernate. They stay awake and scratch for a slim winter living. The exceptions to the rule, con tinue something of a mystery to biologists. Ground squirrels, wood chuck, skunk, raccoon, boar and bat are nil mammals, warm- five women of the chore. Uremia Allen, former Holly wood vice queen, flatly refused to testify against Jackson, klthoueh she told the grand Jury that she paid him S) per girl 'per wee for protection. Her refusal was on constitutional grounds that she might incriminate herself. NVhereupori, the district attor ney's oft ice recommended dis missal of perjury and bribery charges against Jackson. tuners previously indicted n blooded in summer but capable of taking on cold-blooded character-1 the vice investingalion but Lit Isties for a long winters sleep. cleared were former Police Chief of Fattening ud In the autumn they ' ('. It. the ' urvlve the winter food scarcity Chief Joseph Reed, Capt. Cecil ! by slowing life's pace so that they i.- week, Robert Gordon Menzies, leader of the Australian Liberal party (chief opponent of the Labor party) commented: "The socialists were brought to power in New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain, in that order. This dramatic result (meaning the turn to the right shown in New Zealand) seems a happy omen that they will go out in the same order." I CAN'T quite agree with that, all the way through. Australia and New Zealand are still young, still rich in natu r;ii resources, still full of hope for the future. Their people can't avoid the feeling that if their af fairs are handled wisely great achievement lies ahead of them. They have already a very high standard of living, and as they look around them they are justi fied in believing that hard work and increased production will bring them increasing rewards in the way of STILL higher stand ards of comfort. Britain is OLD. Her resources are dwindling. The colonial way of life, upon which the bulk of her greatness was founded, is on its way out. One of the clearest trends in the present-day world is that NO people wants to be bossed by SOME OTHER PEO PLE. They may be willing to be led around by dictators or i demagogues OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING, but when it comes to kow-towing to ANOTHER PEOPLE they balk. You can see that trend all over Asia, as well as elsewhere in the world. We must agree that in years, at least, Britain is old. It Is hard to teach an old dog new tricks. As her colonies and her depend encies fade away from her, Brit ain will have to learn new tricks if she is to hold her place in the sun. Increase In Taxes Draws Caustic Criticism ROSEBURG In your paper of Saturday night read two letters of two citizens of Roseburg who were squawking about the size of their taxes, and then I read your editorial In which you said that you were always AMUSED when anyone "squawked" about the size of their tax statement. Personally I think that the edi torial was in very bad taste, in asmuch a3 you were amused by these two letters. Certainly I was not amused when I received my tax statements, which in one case in the city showed an increase of 15 percent straight across the board, and in another instance showed a jump of $240 or over a 100 percent jymp In two years on a piece of property In-school dis trict No. 94 and high school dis trict No. 3. This is located at Wilbur, Oregon. That was not amusing. In addition for next year we will vote on an Increase on the basic school tax by 12 million dollars. We may also be faced with a vote on a new city hall and fire department building, plus about 451 thousand dollars for a new airport. And thee will soon be a vote on a bonus to be paid to our ex-service men, which will be direct tax on property and will amount to approximately j more mills, we certainly haven't reached the peak yet as to what our school district not only in Roseburg but in the sur rounding school districts are go ing to require in the next five years. Please don't tell me that all of these things are "AMUS ING." But please tell me how we are going to foot the bill. Douglas county's direct levy on property is the highest increase in the state, amounting to 52.6 percent. School district taxes aft er income tax offset, are exceed ed by only one other county, Sherman, which has a 51.2 per cent against 50.8 percent in Doug las county. 1 Our school taxes In 1943 and 1944 amounted to $13,294,000. Sev en years later they amount to $52,928,000. Don't tell me that that is "AMUSING." I realize as well as anyone the necessity for good schools, and yet I also realize that you can't tax property out of reason with out this tax becoming confisca tory. One time before in a letter I stated we should learn to crawl before we leant to walk, for which I was severly taken to task. I think it is high time now that we learn to crawl before we start to walk, or walk be fore we start to run. Please don't say that those of us who have by frugal living and careful saving accumulated real estate should be willing to pay these tremendous high taxes. I feel that our schools, our cities, ! our counties and our state should start to economize and even to cut corners if necessary to hold these taxes down. As far as our federal govern ment is concerned, you said in your editorial that these two tax payers would squawk about our high local taxes and never say a word about federal taxes. May I ask you how far you or I would get by squawking about federal taxes? We wouldn't even get to first base. Personally I feel that an apology is due those two tax payers. As far as the city hall and the airport are concerned, I wish to state right here that I am against them, much as we need a new city hall and a new library, and a new fire hall, and that two votes in my family will be cast against this tax. B. R. SHOEMAKER Roseburg, Ore. Girls Have Shoplifting Spree In Salem Stores SALEM, Dec. 13 UP) Two Albany, Ore., girls had a big spree in Salem over the weekend, including a shoplifting tour o f four Salem stores. City police re turned them to their parents Monday. Police said the girls, 14 and 15v years old, came to Salem last Friday with four boys. The girls said they went to the fairgrounds to "neck" Friday evening, and that the boys left them at 2 a. m. The girls said they slept under a tree at the fairgrounds the rest of the night. Saturday morning, they went to a service station rest room to dye their hair, but they were n't successful. They spent Sat urday afternoon stealing clothing from downtown stores, police said. Saturday night Uiey went to a movie, and slept that night in a railroad box car on a downtown siding. Police picked them up Monday, holding them in juvenile deten tion quarters in a Salem hospital. Police said they admitted shop lifting in Albany stores just be fore they came here: mm m For " I ops on Dralnboards EUGENEAN KILLED SACRAMENTO, Dec. 14.-UP) Carl Dunham, Eugene, -Ore., was Injured fatally and Pete Channez, Redding, Calif., was critically hurt yesterday when a rrucK crasned into the rear of . u : i i iimi seudii near nere. ! e:-j Patrolmen said the dead man i fM was iuL-iiuiit,-u yy ins social secur ity card. See Phil Durnam Lino'eum Laying and B Venetian Blinds . 920 S. Main 1336-J . I I I WALLPAPER AND PAINT Largest Stock in Douglas County. PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 PHONE 100 between 6.15 and 7 p. m., if you have not ' received your News Review. Ask for Harold Mobley A New. Year's Iedo (a tio Start your preparations now to do your 1950 business with lis. Complete banking services available, including safe deposit boxes and night depositories. DOUGLAS COUNTY STATE BANK A Home Owned, Home Operated Institution Member, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. A British Doctors Hit FSA Chief A Gospel Team from the Bible Institute of Los Angeles Will Present A Program Of Music And Pictures 'Wednesday, 7:30 P. M. ' At the CONSERVATIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, Rose burg Armory. Thursday, 7:30 P. M. At the GREEN SCHOOL HOUSE. Friday, 7:30 P. M. At the GLIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. Everyone Is Welcome S YOU GET OLDER, YOU THINK MORE OF QUITTING WORK AND RETIRING AND LIVING ON YOUR PAST EARN INGS, IF YOU HAVE ANY. OR ON SOMEBODY ELSE.'S ACCU MULATED EARNINGS IF YOU HAVE NONE OF YOUR OWN. IN the by-election for the South Bradford 'seat "in the British parliament the other day, the Labor candidate won decisively after a campaign in which the benefits of socialism and the bene fits of free enterprise were fully and freely discussed and pre sumably fully digested by the voters. That is to say, those South Bradford voters in older and less hopeful England baianeod the EASY semi-poverty of the wel-1 fare state, with Its promise of security to everybody, against the VENTURE AND THE RISK of! free enterprise and decided they'd stick w ith socialism. i LONDON. (IF) A group of British doctors lambasted U. S. Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing Tuesday for his views on Britain's national health service. The "Fellowship for Freedom in Medicine," target for remarks by Ewing here last week, retorted that "the public should realize that Mr. Oscar Ewing is Mr. Aneurin Bevan's opposite number in the United States." Bevan is British health minister. I The group objected to being I tagged "a small group of die- I hards" by Ewing. retorting that I on the contrary it numbers 3,000 I members, most of whom are in I Britain s health service now and I are trying to make it work. Ewing last week said the Brit ish health program was a suc cess, and charged that certain groups in organized American medicine, opponents of a U. S. health scheme, were contributing to support the propaganda activi ties of "a small group of diehard British doctors who are still fight ing the national health program." The fellowship replied it was not fighting the national health program but was fighting1 "to keep party politics out medicine . . . ! FROM THE NEWS OF ! 45 YEARS AGO i : Bi,:i.i. A,.. '"IIft M 'Vi. .-. '1. r,; ;ei :"WkT ' en.. '.-,"' i Hile 'V 7v"-""'tie '."-V Co- " iii, ."'oi-n..' u;,i "m "n , Izt'j con 6e:'Ooh, '" iu V. 'W anri'S't-' Sir, ''PlO,i. 0 "'On oi,,f, t'""w? Ml,! s.",.. Stlb?; ft. "y. -"' to hr.e-nn ;! Roseburg Plaindealer February 16, 1905 "O "7'ai of That newt Jtory of 190S expounding on the advance i I I 1 Intent! in Roseburg rounds as modern os today. Building activity it normal now which prompts us to remind you E 1 I I I AS a nat Great ion, we are still young. possibilities lie ahead of us. To that extent, we are In the same boat with the New Zea landers and the Australians. For that reason their decision that, after many years of trial of It in actual practice, they w ant no MORE socialism is of immense iTnificance to us. I . IS Jf It Payt to tnture In Sure Insurance! Phone 1277-R I.u uure mar wnicn you own. An insurance policy it the best worry-preventer ever discovered. Committed After Offense DARIEN. Conn.. Dec. 14. i.V Police Lieut. Frank Standing 1 m said that a woman who identified I herself ns Dinnvia f Rlcntirac 23. daughter of Spiroj Skouras, ' president of 20th Century Fox Film Corp., was arrested early Tuesday after she had been wounded by a police bullet fired in an attempt to stop her speed-1 ing car. The wound was superficial. Standing said, and Miss Skouras had been committed to a sani tarium for observation after being hooked on charges of reckless driving and driving without a license. Skouras told reporters that his daughter had been "ill lately," adding the family had assumed she was cured. TIPTON PERMIN INSURANCE 1 214 W. Cass (Next door to .IMnpton Port Office, Car perm. m