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. 4 Tk Newt-Review, Roteburf, OreThur., Ftb. 23, 1950 Publlehe O illy Ixoept Sunday ! y the ' ' Nw-tevlea Company, Inc. faun M neaaa ! mtlui SUr t. lata. iaa affile M , (barf. Ora. aa a aura S. Ull CHARLIe V. STANTON . IDWIN L. KNAPP editor aa Manager Mambar of tha Aeaoolattd rVeea, Oragan Newepapar Publisher Aaaealatlan. tha Audit Buraau of Circulation aaraaniaa HT-OLLio co, inc. m... la '. CkMaa, aa trtMUM. Ln AaaalM. laaula. rrtlaa4. as. LU eiUacair-i ion earn la o,.i.. n rw ibi Ma S4-s. ItrM MM CIU Cliilii-f f H (la . Iw Iku M iar, aw alk SIM OiWIl OnU-tl Mali Tu rw t4.fi VirM ! M l CLIMBING THE LADDER By CHARLES V. STANTON Schools of forestry are roundly criticized by C. C. Crow, i editor of Crow'i Pacific Coast Lumber Digest, In the current Issue of his trade publication. ' Editor Crow relates how a forestry school graduate was sent to him by the young man's father, s close friend, with the request that the editor help the student in obtaining em ' ployment. Questioning revealed, Crow reports, that the stu dent's schooling had fitted him only for executive work and that hs had no practical knowledge of manufacturing proces ses. The editor pointed out that the forestry student had never worked in s sawmill or logging camp or any kind of a lumber processing plant He knew nothing of lumber grades, could not operate a typewriter, and had no education in book keeping. The student had received thorough training in the field of forest management, to which Editor Crow commented Sine thara art nat tan auch oba In privet Induttry In tha antlra Northwest, and where auch executive responsibilities ara delegated may a ta man with yaart of practical experience, wc war at lata at ta advise thfa aspirin young man. ' Editor Crow, who, by the way, is to be the speaker at ,the weekly forum luncheon of the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce next Monday, drew from his experience the con clusion that: Any yeung man wK ha an ambitlan ta (at torn place In ttva lumbar Induttry, aftar having camplatad and mad the mat toad high achMl aduaatUn, will find that h hai put him . calf ahaad frm four t all yaart If ha will gat a ab In log glng camp, wrlc thara far yaar, than mava Int a tawmlll and wrk thara far fw yaart, handling lumbar and bacamlng dlrctly familiar with tha actual prablamt f manufacture, and than spend yaar In em gad builnaat celleg learning haw ft da efflce wark. After fhlt h tVill b ready ta ttep back Int i worthwhile eb and from there en meve up rapidly, if he It Induttrleut. ; Wtakntsi Obvious In School Systtm We cannot agree fully with Editor Crow, feeling that any student who has completed work in an accredited school of forestry has a foundation well worth its cost. We believe any money spent on education is money well spent, even though the student may enter work entirely foreign, to his training. The discipline of mental processes obtained through educa tion is always of extreme value. ' We can agree, however, that our schools, including high schools, place too much emphasis on training for executive positions, while neglecting intermediate stages. We have criticized schools of journalism on the same grounds used by EdjtprCrow with reference to schools of forestry. Students graduated from schools of journalism usu ally are much better qualified for a desk job than for work as a beat reporter. Yet, almost without exception, they must start work as reporters and must spend a good many years on various beat jobs until an opening occurs for promotion to one of the limited number of desk jobs. Our criticism has been that too few journalism students are trained ,to recognize news items when they see them, lack ability to develop sws sources, and are insufficiently trained in writing, spelling; grammar and technique the tools of the working reporter. We have been greatly pleased with the improvement made In our own Oregon University School of Journalism under the inspirational leadership of Dean Clifford F. Weigle, and his able assistant. Dr. Gordon Sabine. The State of Oregon, in our opinion, is losing two very valuable men in the sched uled departure of these instructors. Dr. Weigle to Stanford and Dr. Sabine to Wisconsin. It Is to be hoped their succes sors will carry on improvements they have initiated. Our entire school system, we believe, could be vastly im proved if more attention were given to practical education. While students should be trained and encouraged to set executive positions as their ultimate goal, they should be taught that they must start at the bottom of the ladder and work their way up through industry and efficiency. More emphas:s is needed on how to get started up the ladder than how to occupy positions at the top, for students will s n'n this latter education as they climb. to r I TJV' 0 ..it, f fi,; f ft -.r r ia . ii Jk.fi fk Hk .JT VWrnJ f k I f -f,-. t ' x a ' ir vnri- 1 i LETTERS to the Editor Sociallxed Medicine Proposal Criticized ROSEBURG I just picked ud a copy of the National Republic for last October. This caption attract ed my attention: "Free Poison," an article by Francis Head Hacker I wish every voter in the V s.A. could read the entire article. The implication of all who know it that socialized medicine means controlling the very thinking of the people in this country as it has in tntfiind J0fm4 gy Viahmttt S. Martin fpf-J After spending delightful hours on the coverlet and quilt books borrowed, from th State library, It occurred to me that owners of the lovely old bedspread! would enjoy, as much as I have been enjoying, hunting through the books for information about their own treasures. So I sent the books back to Salem from where they will next go to Roseburg library, thanks Dr. Tugwell. once favoring ti e ,0 MiM Mitchell's thoughtfulness Congress Chat By HARRIS ELLSWORTH. M Fourth District Oregon During th last ten years Oregon haa grown io population, more rapidly than any other state. The last census estimate avauame is th I94S figure which placed the population of our state at 1.7M.0V0, a percentage gain of around 60' ovei 1M0. The Constitution requires an enumeration to be taken every ten years but it wat not until the passage of th law approved March S. 1902, that a permanent Census Office wat established. Subsequent lawa dealt with the problem of cen sus taking but in 1C29 a basic cen sus law was passed which, with minor amendments, it the legal authority for censua taking now. The 1929 law also spelled out ey actly how members of th House of Representatives are to be ap portioned among the atates. In the first Congress the membership of th House wat SS. The Constitution set this figure specifically, appor tioning the members to the statea The Constitution doet not, however specify regarding the membership of the House for the future, it merely . says, "The number . of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each state shall have at least one Representative." The House grtw pretty much on that basis until the membership reached 391 in the year 1900. After the 1910 census the membership was pegged at 435 where it has remained. In 1920 Congress faced the prob lem of what to do about represen tation from stales havinc lost population as compared with those with substantial gains. Nothing was done following the 1920 census The population of the country had both grown and shifted, but t In- House membership remained at 435 and the apportionment of mem bers was unchanged. In 1929 how ever. Congress faced the problem, fought it out. and settled it. In 1930 and 1940 redistribution of the 435 House members to the statet was made on the basis of a mathemati cal procedure known as the method of equal proportions which is called for in the 1929 Act. Some states gained members, other lost but the total remains 4.U. The sa subject, now points out the intimate nature of the contact between the country'a 230.000 doctors and den tists, and then adds, "if we can tver control the medical and dental professions, we will control the thought of the entire . United States." The Rt. Hon. Aneurin Bevan, minister of health of Great Britain. has frankly admitted the extent of the control exercised over the med ical profession under socialized medicine the control that seemed ao desirable to the leading lumi nary of the erstwhile Brain Trust nd which failed in us develop ment. Yet socialized medicine is pushed in this country. Our daily papers do not give us any discussion cn the subject. However, in our month ly magazinea we can get light on the subject. Agsin let me quote: There let it be protectively ti twined with our special new Fair Deal brand of red tape whose col or, of course, hss no political sig nificance. "Let the all-wise and kindly po litical jobholders and their clerks and agenta stick their nose; into the most intimate affairs of your I family life, as the regimented phy sicians of the New Order obedient ly set forth once sacredly confiden tial matters in official forms and reports to assist the new bureauc racy's starry-eyed social reform ers and snoops in shaping your life in the way that they, in their superior wisdom, know you should lead it. "And, above all, let nothing ro reactionary as a doctor's respect for a patient'a confidence, or for his own oath, impede the majestic march of our great and all-powerful new bureaucracy. "And, as for the spirit of individ ual enterprise and independence daring to rise in opposition, let all such worn-out notions be cast upon the junk heap of dusty antiquity l et no such out-dated concepts in in borrowing them for yau. Finding myself in Roseburg most unexpectedly (over breakfast E J changed plans from papering the living room to visiting Mr. Barne- burg't offke for help in school budget troubles!) I managed to say hello to two friends in the courthouse and an all too brief call at the library. I waa delight ed to meet Mist Mitchell and her assistant Miss Armson, but of course I missed Mrt. Reizenstein't friendly greeting too. Now the weather is ao lovely I hope to be down that way again soon, and then I'll do the things I didn't have time to do Friday. The letters about coverlets and quilts have been most interesting, but I feel sure many other old heirlooms are tucked away in ce dar chests or better yet care fully displayed on beds. Please do tell me about them, to they too may be included in a little feature story I am planning. It is quite likely that the News-Review will use several photographs. Wouldn't it be nice if we could have a scrap book at the library devoted to stories about Douglas county coverlets and quilts if no other way of "collecting" them in printed form aeemt feasible at the moment? Better yet Douglas county heirlooms? Everywhere in terest in the old handcraft, textile, metalt and wood-carvings it grow ing. Just in time, too, for the old treasures disappear too toon if the younger generation doea not hap pen to know their value. In one coverlet book auch an old treasure was found covering a tobacco wag on going to market ... as padding on ironing board ... for the dog's use as a mat ... but of course that couldn't happen in Douglas county. Snow, Sleet, Rain Fell On Eastern Half Of Nation 'Mr TIM AMocUted Pnw winter flapped slippery punch of ice and snow across wide areaa of th eastern half of the nation today. The anow, sleet and rain im peded motor and air travel. Icy sidewalks made walking hazardoua. There were hundreds of accidents and many traffic fatalities were blamed on tha xlazed atreeta and highways. The sleet and anow hit hard over the northeastern part of the country aa a rather intense storm moved northeastward aero:; laka Ontario. Southern New England waa blank eted with the second biggest snow- mu oi ine season, with falls meaauring up to eight inchea in some areaa. The falls in th north ern region measured were up to a depth of two to four inches. The snow turned to sleet and rain over moat of the area during the night. Sleet, anow and freezinc rains pelted New York state. New York City's rain and aleet made streets ana sidewalks treacherous and slowed subway service along its above-ground routes, and railroads. 1 The Idlewild and La Guardia air ports were closed. . ! Snow and tleet in western New York made highways dangerous ! and clogged streets in Buffalo. Snow mixed with freezing rain fell in northern New York state. Heavy fog over the Baltimore area last night forced the cancel lation of all plane flights at th mu nicipal airport. Much of Pennsylvania wat coated with ice after yesterday's steady freezing rain.' Last night's church Lenten services were csnceled be cause of icy roads at Easton, Pa. Four to seven inches of anow were forecast for the mountain areas today. Sidewalks in Newark. N. J., were a aheet of ice from freezing rain falls and most pedestiana walked in the streets. Highway conditions were extremely bad and many ac cidents were reported. An eight- year-old boy waa killed when his sled ran into a car. The rain belt extended from Pennsylvania southward into Florida. Light anow waa reDorted in Ohio, southern Michigan and ! from Wisconsin westward to the ; northern Rockies. Chicago'a heav iest tau oi the season, nearly five inchea. helped to aend the mercurv i down to 10 above today. The only sub-zero temperatures were in sections of North Dakota ! nd northern Minnesota. Todav'a tow wat 13 oiow zero at rembina N. D. - WorW Day Of Prayer To N Observed Friday Th World Day of Prayer spon sored by the (Jnited CouacU of Church Women will be observed m Lookingglatt with a service at the church from 1 to 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24. ! At 7:30 p.m. the children's aeis ice of the World Day of Prayer will ' be presented at the ,achool house at a 20-minute opening fea tur of the school board's regular budget meeting. Th program will be in charge of members of the youth fellowship of the church and a cordial invitation haa been ex tended to the patrons of the school to participate in this observance. The program includes a candle lighting service given by the children. MUMPS CLAIM ANOTHER Th epidemic of mumps which haa acourged the Lookingglass area for weeks claimed Mra. W. J. Mer edith as one of the latest victims. Among other adults and families afflicted were: Mr. and Mrt. Bilge OUivant and children. Mra. Ivan Swift and four children, Mra. Betty Meredith and Mra. Hariner and children. -' - - INC0MI TAX ' r SERVICEfn I Federal ' s 'Stat Lj. W. WifliamtiJ Ream 207, Deufllat C. v-1 Sank Slds. ' -Aftarnoana Only ? nana 7SS-J , - DOORS $0.95 to $33.00 PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 1S4 C. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 SLABWOOD in 1 2-1 6 and 24 in. lengths OLD GROWTH FIR DOUBLE LOADS WESTERN BATTERY . SEPARATOR Phone SSS HARRY C STEARNS' Funeral Director . Our service it for all and me ft vsry nd. Any' Ji stones, ony time Licensed Lady Assistant. Oakland, Oregon ' Phone 472 or 542 In the Day's News (Continued from Page One! called into caucus after th Repub licans came out on top in i bit of political maneuvering yesterday over establishment of a small bus iness committee. "With the help of 2S Democrats, 30 Republicans pushed through a resolution by Senator Wherry of Nebraska to aet up a special com mittee of 13 to handle small busi ness problems. Wherry and the GOP thus became the temporary champions of the small business men, as previously the Senate had voted down a -similar proposal by. Democratic Senator Murray of Montana." changed the whole picture of their lives. I can understand their loyal ty to their leader. They would be ingrates if they didn't give him their loyalty. BUT the situation has changed. And, I think, Lewis himself has changed. The change that ha: come over him is the change that comet to nearly ALL men who hold too much power in their handt too long. I fear John L. hat come to think too much in terms of POWER and too little in terms of what it best for the coal industry and the men who work in it and are a flesh and blood part of it. That is always a bad situation. Heavy timber Demand Seen. . Strong competitive interest was displayed recently by operators at tne limner sales held by the Bu reau of Land Management. The mild winter in the East, which kept construction at a high level coupled with the production slow-down resulting from the crip pling, winter on the West Coast, points to a heavy demand upon the industry for lumber during the next six months. The competitive bidding for the timber is attributed, say bureau officials, to the in creased demand and to the bu reau's new road policy which make timber accessible to all prospective purchasers. The aummarv of the aala is ai touows: All 31 parcels of O at C timber offered were sold. These tracts car ried a volume of 81,23 M board feet with a selling price of S9C4.- 385.55. Seven of the eight parcels of Public Domain timber offered were aold. These tracts carried a volume of 2,282 M board feet, and a selling price of I38.480.1S. For the 31 parcels of O a C tim ber told, 66 operators competed in the bidding. On the seven Public Domain tracts sold 13 operators competed. Seventeen of the 31 oarcels of O tc C timber told received com petitive bidding. Three of the sev en parcels of Public Domain tim ber sold received competitive bid ding. The highest Drice received for fir was 325.00 and the average price received $11.88. High bidders included the limp- qua Plywood Corp., and Sutherlin Lumper rroducta, inc. Naw that the kuildia, tease it (Fartinf . brin, yaw eBMt aad reiMdellae praklaim te MARKHAM'S. We ara e.ad t kaadle all af your cabinet needs aad else re laka cara a year wla dr aad frane arealemt. Wa (ledly ,lva free ettirMtee a all wark. Ail wark la guaranteed aad at reasoaeble prices. Term can be erraa,ad a all remadeiia, aad cabinet wark. Try Markham's Woodworking Shop for Hia beat t fair prices. PHONI S37-J-L FOR... SERVICE. . . EXPERIENCE ... CO-OPERATION . . . : Investigate the services offered by your "Home owned, Home-operated" bonk. Money left on deposit with us remains In DOUGLAS COUN TY. All facilities available for your individual needs. Douglas County State Bank Membtr, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. 7 AS O! wan one small business man, I nt no part of any scheme to convenience us in our mission of create a federal Santa Claus for leading a benighted humanity into I small business. It makes no d li the ineffable delights of our bright I ference to me whether the scheme and shining Utopia Of course, it will be emphatically denied that any such intentions ex ist. But in England it has worked that way, and human nature natur ally works that way when absolute authority exists EMMA P. WOODS Roseburg, Ore is Democratic ' of Republican. I just don't want it. If small businest ever ceaset to stand on its own feet and begint to accept handoutt from the federal government, it will be a gone goose. Only people who have lived in Monaco for four generations can become citizens. B ACK East, icy blasts howl down out of the frigid north at the exact momen when1 the supply of Bird Man Defends Predatory Types Of Wildlife Birds and animala classed by men as predators have a definite place in Nature's acheme of life. Nephi Combs, "The Bird Man," told an interested audience at Rose burg Junior high school Wednes dsy night. Combs pointed out that exter mination of various predatorr ani mals and birds is systematically attempted from time to time, but that in most cases these campaigns are not justified by facta. He declared that the cougar, widely hunted becauae it kills game animals, feeds principally off weak ana diseased animals, ine same, PHONE 100 between IS end 7 p. m., if you hove net received your News Review. Ask f r Harolo Mebley ' C i 6. " lil t "xSsiKl of 10 members in th fomia which now has 23 Congres sional districts will have 31: Wash ington will have seven instead of six, and Oregon will gain one seat increasing its House delegation of four members to five ader 1951. Census taking is going on now The work must be completed in eight monlhs. During the first week of the next Congress (January. 19M), the allocation of House mem bers to the states will be formal ized and the state legislatures no tified. Thereupon it will be the duty of the Oregon legislature to re- House. Cali-I ifu uvgMMUMB .u , Ml) tn 0( the coyote. He . . reiateo now aeer neraa naa suiter- m W am neatanf J 'AnortaiAnal Aim. irirt hruinriartea an lo nmvine aiiair. W ages were low. Uving COO- procedure and formula will be fol- five districts instear of four. It is ditions were squalid. Safety precau- lowea alter tne iiou count. i possible for a House member to be 1 tions wer bad. Over the years Applying the equal proportions I elected from the stale at large A!. ,. ,. fern,,,!. l ,rr.nl nnru.l.li. .,!. f.w -i.-j i -w' n.s cnangra ail uiai. ne naa matea reveala that th three Pa- membere at larse. This practice cifie toast ttatet will gain total I hat been generally discontinued. That brings the coal strike to the d heavdy from epidemic diseasea srim t. i following wholesale destruction of grim sisge, . predators and expressed his belief that predation. by lulling off weak BACK of the coal situation in this and sick animals, helped to pre-mid-century year of 1S50 lies the 1 J'"!' "lh"' U damage game uriu.. He said he had examined stom ach contents of msny predatory birds and found that fi A esters fed largely upon alow moving trash fish or sick and crippled game fish, while other birds destroyed more insect and rodent pests than the small amount of grain or fruit they might consume. His audience found much pleas ure in his descriptions of birds and their habits and his Imitations of their "talk." The program wat under auspices of th Roseburg Rod and Gun club. strange personality of John L. t-ewis. I don't blame the miners for backing him to the last chip. He has done a great job for them. When John L. took hold of the busi ness of mining coal, it wat a grim done i great work for his men. I What he hat done for them hat Packed with flavor Freshly baked every day in Roseburg at the new bakery that good bread built