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RECREATIONAL GOLD
By CHARLES
Promoters are so numerous
wear flowers on the lapels
try their promotion on one
somewhat exatfirerated we
former Roseburg resident, now engaged in the practice of
law at Inglewood. Incidentally, Dan has been doing a little
promotions! work on the side, having been one of the origi
nators of Pioneer City, subject of a recent feature article in
Saturday Evening Pout.
The tremendous influx of population into California is
making life less attractive to a man who appreciates the
wide open spaces, and Dan is visiting in Roseburg now while
considering moving back to this community.
Dan has many tales to tell of promotional activities in
Southern California, where the boys with the big ideas are
making plenty of fast bucks with their schemes. The tre
mendous tide of new settlers offers unlimited opportunity
for the man with ideas for real estate speculation and land
enterprises.
One of the most fertile fields for promotion, says Keohane,
is to be found in recreation. As the state becomes more and
more congested, the promoter who can come up with plans
for a fishing resort, dude ranch, or even a golf course,, is
in the big dough.
Promoters to Mint Gold in Oregon
In our conversation with Dan we ventured the assertion
that California's high-powered promoters soon would be
discovering Oregon. He agreed with our opinion that Ore-j
goniuns are slow to realize the tremendous recreational re
sources, of this state and that when California eventually
discovers .Oregon's recreational gold we will have a deluge
of investment money from the Golden State.
More profitable than California's gold mines, we believe,
are Oregon's recreational resources. They need only invest
ment capital and operational know-how to produce profits
equuj to the richest mines. But, because familiarity breeds
contempt, too few Orcgonians realize how little it takes to
draw recreational dollars and how many opportunities exist
In Oregon to. provide playgrounds for millions of pcoyle,
anxjus to escape briefly the
or metropolitan areas. .
Dan told us how he has been working with an organization
engaged in promotion of trails in California. Riding-hiking
trails are being built from one end of the state to the other.
Large sums of money are provided by state agencies in
promoting these purely recreational routes. Easements are
being obtained across private lands near cities. Soon, says
Keohane, Californians, who are turning more and more to
horseback riding for recreation and exercise, will hare
thousands of miles of traif available.
Will Seek Playground in Oregon
It is to be expected that Oregon will become California's
playground. While California's own riding trails, desert re
sorts, mountain and coastal fishing resorts, etc., will par
tially supply the recreational need, they will not take care
of the 20 million' or more people soon expected to be in
cluded in California's population.
Here in Oregon we have excellent fishing streams, wilder
ness areas, national forests, hundreds of lakes, unexcelled
scenery. It would be possible to create dozens of winter re
sorts, given adequate financing and access highways.
As California promoters begin to run out of promotional
ideas, some of the smart boys will start looking around for
new material. Oregon could be a promoter's paradise. The
possibility for fishing resorts, dude ranches, conducted tours
in national forests, wilderness areas and scenic wonderlands,
such as the Cascades, Wallowa mountains. Snake river can
yon, etc., offers unlimited opportunity. When California en
terprise and capital actually begin to discover these possi
bilities the expansion will be startling to the conservative
Oregonian, so indifferent to the rapid growth of tle rec
reational industry and to the resources which confront him
daily.
The Umpqua basin, we predict, will be one of the spots
attracting early. development. That is why we are sq ex
tremely interested in establishing a county park program,
whereby lands may be acquired and dedicated for continued
public use. If we fail to acquire these lands soon, it will
ultimately be too late.
Winston
By MRS. GEORGE BACHER
Mrs. Mary Bookout, who has
been hospitalized since list July, is
reported to be "getting along as
well as can be expected." Mrs
Bookout. a resident of the Suk
dnrf addition in Winston, sustained
serious injuries last summer when
a gasoline lantern exploded in her
home and has been receiving medi
cal attention at the Mccry hospital
since that time.
The nature of the burns about
her chest and abdomen have made
recovery very slow and she still
haa a liana rwrinH n1 rnnvaleirenro
in store. At the time of the acci-!
dent the Bookouts, together with a j
two year-old daughter, had just I
moved into Winston from out of
state and wore total atrangera in
the community. Since then many
church and civic organizations have
joined to make her ordeal a bit
more pleasant, and the local radio
station has sponsored various pro
grams and contests for her enjoy
ment. Mrs. Bookout expresses her
gratitude for these efforts as well
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V. STANTON
in Southern California they
of their coats so they won't
another. Such is the report,
imagine, from Dan Keohane,
congestion and nerve Rtrain
as for the many cards, letters and
flowers and particularly the great
number of people who have called
person to make themselves i
known as friends
Some two months ago Mrs. Book
out gave birlh to a aecond child
after having been hospitalired for
six months due lo last July's mis
fortune. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Holleen and
three children of Brownsville were
the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Clell Holteen of Winston.
Little Suanne True, daughter of
Mr. and Mis. Frank True. IS COn
'wed to her home with mumps this
week.
The Winston Community club will
sponsor a "White Klephant" sale
Thursday evening. March . at I
o'clock with doors open to the I
general public, II funds going to I
the betterment o( the club. Frank
True, auctioneer for the eveing.
said that many things of "great
value" had been brought in for
sale and that it would be "well
That's
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Annual Craftsman'! fair
What lovely idea! And other
states, the "New Hampshire Trou
badour" aaya, are inquiring about
the idea and considering it. Is Ore
gon one?
"The League of New Hampshire
Arts and Crafts is the first state
sponsored crafts organization in the
country and has since served as
model to many other handicrafts
groups . . .
"Like s gypsy caravansary the
craftsmen of New Hampshire
gather for five days to sell - and
display their wares. For most of
them it is the one time in the f
year when they can meet in a
group, for many of the craftsmen
live in isolated rural communities.
They flock in from the lakes and
mountains, the cities and the farms
for five glorious days of comrade
ship and united effort.
"Many of them camp out en
famiile and meet around a camp
fire at night to exchange news
and ideas. When the fair is over,
they pick up and scatter across
the state again, to' meet again
only at the next year's fair." (Who
knows, maybe Oregon will be hav
ing such a fair some day?)
This year's fair, in case you're
planning on the East coast this
summer (don't I wish we were!)
will be at Gifford, August 2-6, in
the heart of-the N. H. beautiful
Carl Shoemaker
On Roseburg Visit
Carl D. Shoemaker, conservation
director for the National Wildlife
federation, arrived in Roseburg
Wednesday for a brief visit with
his brothers. Dr. B. R. Shoemaker
and S. J. Shoemaker, and fam
ilies.
He is enroute to Washington.
D. C, after attending the annual
National Wildlife federation meet
ing in San Francisco. He plans to
return west in June to be present
at a wildlife meeting in Portland.
Mrs. Shoemaker will accompany
him on this trip and they plan a
longer slay on the coast.
Shoemaker is a former Roseburg
resident. He was associated with
his father, the late Milton J. Shoe
maker, as editor of the News,
local paper later consolidated with
the Review. He is former game
commissioner for the state pf Ore
gon. Dr. and Mrs. B. R. Shoemaker
and Mr. and Mrs. S J. Shoemaker
drove to Kiigene Wednesday to
meet the visitor who arrived there
ny plane.
He is visiting at the
home of the latter at Winchester.
Runaway Auto Lands
Against Residence
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hushes
were awakened from a sound sleep
early this morning to find a car
parked against the side of their
house at 248 S. Jackson St. j
Hushes said the crash occurred
at about S a. m. today, but that I
he and his wife went back lo sleep;
after inspecting the damage. !
City police, who received the re-1
i port at 6 S0 this morning, said
ma- (ai was la-giMd a-u iu iawu
Bell, 331 S. Jackson. When con-!
tacted. Bell said he parked the i
car at about midnight in front of ,
h" nm' ",r wnm I
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worth while" for everyone to at-
tned.
Refreshments will be served art-tend.
One Way Of Putting It
4'j9 in ctoet2 Words;
TUt1?ECENT ELECTION )
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TUt1?ECENT ELECTlOii
MANDATE tor,
AHEM. MODERATION
Hit Viahmtt S. Martini!
lakes region the sixteenth annual
fair.
"The thousands of summer visi
tors . . . see the craftsman ac
tually working at his craft weav
ers, potters, iron and metal work
ers, wood turners, rug makers
bring with them their looms and
potter's wheels, their forges and
anvils, lathes and rug frames.
"On long tables in the timber
and stone recreation hall of the
county-owned area, countrywomen
display the sweaters and mittens
of native wool they have spent the
winter in making. There is jew
elry hand-fashioned and set with
native New Hampshire atones.
choice enamels, examples of which
are in several . national mu
seums Dear me, how I'd love to go and
see all the craftsmen and women
at work. Imagine seeing Frederick
Robbins actually making prints on
his huge press! Famous potters,
too, "throwing clay at i ' foot
operated potter's wheel" . . . Jesse
Blackstone carves his "Audubon
birds" right before your eyes.
Well, I haven't space to quote
any more. But I know there is one
reader of this column, Mrs. A.,
who will go back in memory to )
her native states as she reads the
column today. The rest of us can
picture the scene, and if we thrill
over handicraft, wish we could
spend a day there!
genry brake and leaving the ve
hicle in gear. He expressed the
belief that someone had "cut" his
car loose.
Hughes said the car had evi
dently rolled down the hill, jumped
the curb and struck the side of
his house beneath some raised fuel
oil drums. Damage to the house
was negligible, he said.
Labor Govt. Faces
Confidence Vote
LONDON, March 9 (PI The
labor government made it crystal
clear today it would resign and
call for new elections if defeated
tonight on a motion opposing na
tionalization of steel.
Herbert Morrison, depuly Prime
Minister and leader of the slender
labor majority 'in Commons, said
flatly "everybody must understand
that it involves an issue of con
fidence as far as the government
are concerned."
All parties are making every ef
fort to ensure that every member
is present when the crucial vote
comes.
One Tory member. Lord John
Hope has been running a temper
ature. It has been suggested he
might be brought by ambulance
from his home for the vote.
At least three Labor members
are not expected to be present
because of illness but one Tory
tias not yet been sworn in and
four are ill.
These individual cases assume
importance because Labor has an
overall majority of only seven,
with 31.1 of the 824 seats filled at
the General election.
The British government tradi-
nonauy resigns it Deaien on a vote
..-.
There had been speculation that
the cabinet might not accept a
reversal of the steel motion as an
'uc
local Visitor Mrs. Timothy
Murphy of Janesville, Wis., is visit
ing in Roseburg with her son and
daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
'ward Murphy, and family.
in ctoet2 Words;
In the Day's News
(Continued from Page One)
in the sticks are supposed to act?
In this modern world, you never
can tell.
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HERE'S another one:
Both Hawaii and Alaska are
pressing congress for statehood.
In debate on the subject in the
House, Representative Johnson, of
California, says he's for Hawaii,
because in his opinion Hawaii haa
population and resources enough to
be a state, while Alaska doesn t.
(Hawaii's population is half a mil
lion; Alaska's about 100,000.)
I find I can't go all the way along
the road with Johnson on that
theory. There are times when I in
cline to the dogmatic, conviction
that the fewer the people the better
the state.
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REPRESENTATIVE Delaney of
New York doesn't hold it against
Hawaii that she has too many
people, but he is ag'in Hawaiian
statehood, he says, because it
would open the door to admission
of Puerto Rico, the Virgin islands,
Guam and other, areas. He adds
thst if we take Hawaii into the
lodge EVEN CANADA AND
COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTH AMERICA might ask for
admission to our Union.
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WHAT does this New Yorker
think this country is?
A college fraternity? Or a coun
try club?' ;
This business of statehood is get
ting to be highly complicated.
SECRETARY of Agriculture Bran
nan says in Denver that farm
price supports are pricing eggs and
milk out of the reach of many
Americana. Last year, he adds, we
ate :i fewer eggs per person than
in 1948, and aa for milk our per
capita consumption of it is down
practically to depression levels.
At the same time, he proclaims,
the government has 210 million
dJzen eggs stored in caves and
elsewhere and has the equivalent
of 2i BILLION pounds of whole
milk stashed away.
Both the milk and the eggs were .
bought to keep prices high.
IT'S crazier than a coot, I'll admit,
and it is lesding us directly into !
an economy of ARTIFICIAL scar-1
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Save time . . . save work . . . add variety to your meal with PATTERSON'S "Brown 'n
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Congress Chat
r Harris lllswwrrh, M. C
4th District, Ortewi
The Department of Agriculture
has just issued a really excellent
booklet entitled, "Family Fare
food Management and Recipes."
It is more than i cook book. I sup
pose the best description of it would
be te call it something of a kitchen
manual. It even has some pages
devoted to a discussion of vitamina.
One page which caught my atten
tion (and might Interest many peo
ple) ia headed: "Controlling your
weight." I shall be glad to have
copy of this booklet mailed to any
one rho sends me a letter or post
card requesting it. My address is:
House Office Building, Washing
ton, D. C.
Last month both Republicans
and Democrats put on big eating-
speamng-progra m affaira here in
Washington. Each was record
breaking in attendance but that
was the only similarity. The Re
publicans filled the hall with 12,000
folks and had to turn away 3,000
more. The Republicans charged a
dollar and wore atreet clothes. The
Democrats seated more than S.000,
all dressed in evening clothes, and
charged flOO per plate.
The federal tlx collector Is still
wondering how he is going to col
lect the more than $100,000 in the
regular 20 tax which should have
been paid on admissions to such an
affair. The Republicans paid their
tax 2U cents on eacn tacitet. The
Democrats, however, claim that
the dinner was a free gift from the
Democrat National committee and
that the $100 paid by each diner
was a contribution to the Demo
crat campaign fund. That's where
the argument is at present. But
how about it maybe churches,
schools and charitable organiza
tions should sell "donations" or
"contributions" instead of admis
sion tickets for their entertain
ments, bazaars and dinners.
On the other hand, Congressman
Robert Hale of Maine (Republican
of course) pointed out in a discus-
sion oi tne suDject on the floor of
the House the other day, that may
be tne Democrats are right in re
fusing to pay the tax after all. The
tax, Hale pointed out, is an amuse
ment tax. He then offered the ob
servation that certainly a nothing
very amusing happened at the din
ner of the Democrats.
y
veloped a missile that could knock
down planes at 40,000 feet and is
fired from an 8-inch radarcontroll
ed gun. It is practically a seeing
eye shell and when in flicht is at
tracted to the plane and explodes
within 40 yards oi it. The opera
tion of it is uncanny. Its value in
time of war cannot be estimated.
It was in the secret classification.
But after the war our government
shared this secret with the British.
They in turn sold it to Sweden and,
well, you guessed it, the Swedes
sold it to the Russians. If our fliers
are being shot down by Russians in
any future war, you can remember
this story. "Uncle Sap" is the right
word.
Cooties Support
Oregon Veterans'
Payment Action
' "All-out support" of the currently
proposed Oregon World War II vet
erans compensation fund was giv
en bv members of pup tent No. 2,
Military Order of the Cootie, Tues
day evening.
Roseburg Cooties also agreed to
sid the co-soonsoring organizations.
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Am
erican Legion, in circulating the
initiative petitions for the bonus.
Seam Squirrel Royal S. Denton
told the SO attending members that
the proposed measure is not a psy
ment. for war-time patriotism, but
an adjustment compensation.
Purpose of the proposed consti
tutional amendment is to create
each bona fide resident of Oregon
one year prior to enlistment, who
served honorably in the armed
forces of the United States for at
least 90 days between Sept. 18. 1940,
and June 30, 1948. compensation at
rate of $10 per month for domestic
and $13 for foreign service, with
maximum of $600.
Other business of the evening in
cluded a report by Hospital Chair
man Bus Williams. He reoorted the
Cooties have initiated a plan where-
oy patients ai me veterans hos
pital are given canteen script books,
to spend as they see fit. Also he
announced that Cooties would again
operate the snack bar during hos
pital dances Marrti 13 and March
27.
A pie and coffee snack, prepared
by Wallace Cox, followed
the
i meet-
ing.
city. But just the same I shudder
when I think of Brannan's pet
scheme to let prices of farm prod-
ucts find their supply-and-demand
level and then write the farmer a
government check for what he
thinks he ought to have made.
Mono Paulee's
Concert To End
Season's Series
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"Reaching for the Moon," could
be the title for the life story of
Mona Paulee, above, though, actu
ally, it's just the name of the song
in which she scored her first suc
cess.
Miss Paulee, noted mezzo so
prano, will appear on the stage of
the Roseburg junior high school
auditorium Tuesday, Mar. 14, at
8:1$ p.m. in the last of the Com
munity Concert series.
Born in Edmonton, Can., of
French-Russian ancestry, Mona
migrated with her family to Port
land, Ore., at the age of four years.
Her father waa a theater manager,
and Mona was a theater fan. Those
were the days of the bouncing ball
and singing audience: Mona was
the singing-est of them all Here's
where her first success came in.
It happened in the dimly-lighted
Portland theater. The high school
gang with whom she was sitting
dared her to enter that night s am
i ateur contest. She defiantly march-
ed up and sing "Reaching for the
Moon.'' and won the $10 first prize.
Climbs Laddar f Succass tions on Dorcas work and plans.
Mona has come a long way since. This Myrtlewood federation in
She knew she wanted to be a I eludes the societies from Coos Bay,
singer, and a great one. Out of I Myrtle Point, Coquille, Florence,
high school, she began concentrat- j Bandon, Myrtle Creek, Sutherlin,
ing on a singing career. She was
booked on a small west coast cir
cuit. Slowly she moved from vaud
eville to a soloist spot on a movie
house circuit. Finally from this
hard school, she graduated to light
opera and oratorios, and then to
solo engagements with the renown
ed Pasadena Bach society snd
the Federal symphony. In 1938 she
was engaged by the San Francisco
Opera Co., where she sang minor
rules and understudied the princi
pals. She next attacked New York,
trying for a Metropolitan contract
via the famed Metropolitan Opera
Auditions of the Air She won the
finals and was chosen, wiiii two
ethers, as winner of the 1941 spring
tiriilion.
The following year she made her
debut at the Metropolitan as Gia
netta in Donizetti's "L'Elisir d'
'more." She went on to five years
of operatic success, and finally
toured the West, Middlewest and
South in the title role of "Carmen.'
Then radio beckoned. She has
been guest soloist numerous times
on the Ford and Coca Cola pro
grams and many other pen'orm
ances. While still devoting part
time each season to operatic ap
pearances, Miss Paulee has con
centrated more and more on re
cital and radio work. Her concert
tours are extensive, including the
48 states, Canada, Central . and
South America. This coming sea
son, she will divide her activities
between the United States and Eu
rope, where she will make her first
opera and concert tour.
Victoria Papers, Typoi
Reach Wage Agreemtnt
VICTORIA. B. t.. March .
f Two Victoria daily news
papers tne limes ana ulomst
have signed agreements with the
Victoria local. International Typo
graphers union (AFL-TLC), calling
for a nine-cent hourly pay boost.
The agreement, retroactive to
Jan. 31, provides also for two ad
ditional paid holidays.
unaer tne new scale, printers
will receive $1.76 an hour days and
$1.88 an hour nights.
The union originally asked a 18-
cent increase.
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Senator Thomas Parkinson, Rose
burg, chairman of the legislative
interim committee for the study of
post high school educational facili
ties, will attend the Northwest
Junior college conference March 10
and 11 in Portland.
The conference, planned under
the auspices of the Northwest As
sociation of Junior Colleges, has
been designed to permit high school
admjutralors, guidance counsel
lors, and faculty and staff members
of the community colleges to meet
and discuss their common prob
lems. '
Principal speakers for the con
ference will be Dr. Thomas R. Cole,
professor of education, University
of Washington, and Dr. Leonard .
Koos. professor of education,
emeritus, university oi .m.aSu.
Dorcas Societies
Of Adventists
Hold Session Here
Th. Mvrtlewood Federation of
Seventh-Day Adventist Dorcaa so
cieties met for an all-day session
at the Adventist church, corner of
Main and Lane streets weonesoay
to discuss plans for carrying on
their work of helping the needy
more effectively. ,
nr A B. Munroe opened the ses
sion with a talk stressing the value
of "spiritual" as well as "physical"
help for those in neea. ciuer v. v.
Harwell offered prayer.
The morning session was taken
up by reports of work done by the
different societies interspersed
with musical numbers and read
ings. After dinner, served in the
dining room of the Methodist
church, Elder B. m. i-resioo, apo
kane, gave a number of suggestions
tor makim the work of the Dorcas
soceity a real factor in the welfare
work of tne community, uougias
Sims, local Red Cross manager,
spoke on the good work being done
. . . : I .' 1 .J r, V!
oy inai organization, ciuci n.
Reiner, Portland, answered ques-
Drain and Roseburg. The next fed
eration meeting will be held in Sep
tember or October at Coquille, Mrs.
Lesta Follett, president, announced.
William H.Long,
Visitor, Passes
William Henry Long, 65, Fill
more, Calif., died Wednesday,
March 8, while visiting at the home
of his son, George E Long, Rose
burs. A retired engineer: he was a
former Roseburg resident.
He is survived by six sons,
George, Clarence, Raymond and
Ernest, all of Roseburg: James of
Everett, Wash., and ;icnry of Os
born, Ohio: three daughters, Mrs.
R. T. Fuller, Roseburg and Mrs.
Elory Burke and Miss Luella Long,
both of Fillmore; one brother,
Charles, and one sister, Mrs. Mol
lie Kellogg, both of Springfield, Mo.
The body will be shipped by the
Roseburg Funeral home to Fill
mors for funeral services and in
terment, where he will be laid be
side his late wife. Gertrude C. Long,
who preceded him in death a few
months sgo.
Funeral services will be held
Monday, March 13 at 11 a.m. in
the Skillin Funeral home, Fillmore,
and interment will be in the Bards
dale cemetery, Fillmore.
There are mo" than 1,100 types'
and sizes of nails.
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