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4 1U News-Review, Rotefcurg , Ore Thurs., Mar. 23, 1 9S0 Highway Barrier Removed By Orege n Convicts Proved Honor Theory Of Gov. West By RALPH WATSON (Public Relations Consultant Oregon Highwey Dept.) Reman slaves built the Applin wiy ecross the practically Impassable marihat to Roma a couple ot centuries or to B. ana helped Roma to rait solidly en her seven hill. Oregon convicts built the first stretch of the Columbia high, wav across what had been considered the impassable toe of Shel Rock mountain and proved that the vast pile of rubble would keep quiet end not kick the highway down hill to cover up the O. W. R. a N. railroad tracks below. The old Roman built hli road with tithes and taxes levied on conquered people. Oswald West fi nanced his construction with $10, 000 contributed by Simon Benson without any duress other than his vision of the future and the public welfare. Samuel Lancaster relates part of the story In his chapter in the first report of the first state high way engineer. Oswald West chuck lea about his part in the highway epic in a reminiscent vein. Lancaster in his report tells that, 'It had been urged that Shell Rock mountain, in Hood River county, was an impassable barrier"; that if man started tickling its toe the whole mountain would go into con vulsions and come writhing down. West, bred a Democrat, believed that William Jennings Bryan was a man of truth and wisdom, and Bryan had told him the engineers building the Panama canal had told him that the walls ot the cuienra cut would stop sliding when they had reached the "angle of repose." That wa an angle entirely for eign to the disposition of the then governor, but it had a soothing sound: Simon Benson bad the 10, 000 bucks which he was willing for West to gamble with, and the pesj tentiary had a lot of convicts with idle hands and no way to use them in constructive endeavor. So, West took the 10,000 iron men donated by Mr. Benson, picked out How good can coffee be? Change to Colden West and know. Richer flavor greets you with your first fragrant sip. And that extra richness pays off in savings, tool Just make it as usual -regular-drip-Silex. There's a Colden West grind for every method. But use 13 leu. That's 20 extra cups of coffee enjoyment per pound. That's a saving of up to 18. H THE WIZARD 8am Roper, Imperial wizard of the Associa tion of Georgia Klaus, poses la Atlanta for his first picture la the imperial haberdashery. Roper succeeded the late Grand Dragon Samuel Green. j a foreman who had been handling Working aanis" at the Den. se lected convicts who were eager for an outdoor vacation and sent them up to Shell mountain to set up an "honor camp" and prove Bryan's stuff about the angle of repose. U7kM Ikw hail t 111 th. (imD. w mh) nn annther 25 men and they went to work building a rock wall out ot the toe 01 me moun tain in kn ita foot set where it ought to keep on setting. West confides that, as a great lover of "hosses" he recruited his honor camp from among the "bos thieves" who bad been unfortunate in getting caught with the goods 'The way i iigureo, m i.-m Duu whA lnva a hnaa nnuffh .... I It ami an in tail hafl aot' enough good in him to keep a promise wnen ne mat.es u. demonstrate his faith in bis theory h tka amn a .22 rifle and a box of shells to shoot Jack- rabDits, or otner game, wiui wmm to. bolster up their larder and help strech the $10,000 over longer period. ,. , "And." West boasts, "we nailed down the mountain without disturb in u its angle of repose, and never lost a man." And, that Is the way the mgnway commission got started around tfce "impassable barrier" oi sneu noes mountain when, in the fall of 1912, as Lancsster records, "All work ua Ma.iut tn AAminulv thn Co lumbia highway had no backers except a few 'road enthusiasts'," until interest was revived "through the splendid generosity oi mr. Benson the convicts having licked ine angle oi repose. In July 1914 Hood River county voted $75,000 in bonds, which were bought, incidentally, by Benson, and final construction was started on the 4.5 miles between Wyeth and tttn hill k.Kuun ttfhih twA points the "impassable barrier" of Shell Rock mountain no longer stood. i Podlantub """""" Th.Vre ,ll,oll-ov.'-'"5tfWaW. cook I cleaning. i-utv. speed, con There's ex'a2' PlW, .w .nceondno-Y' . . Ulectrk Range p 1 1 Come in now. Rang. I 1 Tne..' ,0 W la M ourw. 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' Its purpose will be to develop apprentices on the West coast in view of the expected expansion of western industries. The panel will be on all branches of industry. Gov ernor Douglas McKay nas been in vited as a guest speaker. Persons wishing information on the conference or reservations may contact Ray Hayden, secretary cf the local apprenticeship councu, 1247 West Second St.: John Nelson at Denn Gerretsen in Roseburg, or Normsn Nilsen, secretary of the Western Conference on Apprentice ship, 408 N. E. Tompson, rortland 12, the state headquarters. The conference is under joint sponsor ship of labor-management and the Oregon Apprenticeship council and Federal Bureau of Apprenticeships. A meeting waa also held here Monday night by the plumb ing trade committee. Three new plumber apprentices were ap proved. In addition to Johnston, Jamea M. Estep of Eugene, field repre sentative of the state apprentice ship council, was present for the Monday and Tuesday sessions. Rep. Mack Urges 3ritain To Reveal Russian Exports WASHINGTON, March 23-W-Rep. Mack (R-Wash) baa asked iwo government agenciea to find out what Great Britain traded to Kussia for 80,000 cases of canned crab meat. Mack said recently that 44,000 cases of crab meat landed at bos ton in a ahipment from Great Bri tain waa canned by Russians and had been obtained by the British in a barter deal. Mack made his requests in let ters to the State department and the Economic Cooperation admin istration, which he made public. "I would like the ECA to obtain for me a statement from the Bri tish showing what goods the Bri tish gave the Russians for these 80,000 cases of Russian crab meat," macs: wrote Administrator raui u. Hoffman. "I believe that Congresa and the country, because of our heavy American contributions to oiiiaui uiruugn ca programs, have a right to know what goods the British are supplying Russia." In his inter to Secretary of State Acheson, Mack said: ' "The people of the United States are now engaged in a cold war witn the Russian leaders. "In this cold war, the Soviet dictators are doing everyting they can to weaken American influences abroad and undermine America's domestic economy. This Soviet ha rassment already has cost Ameri can taxpayers billions of dollars in extra taxes . . . "In light of these facts, it seams unthinkable that we ahould permit Russian goods, produced with slave labor, to enter the United States to compete with the products of American labor. This, it seems to me, is particularly true of such an item as canned crab. . ." Mack asked Acheson to find out from Hie British whether what they traded to the Russians "was any thing that would add to the econom ic strength or war potential 'of the Communists." MANAGER PLAN IYED ASHLAND. March 23. (JPi A city manager for Ashland was pro pose", nere luesoay. ine sugges tion came from an interim budget committee appointed to draw up long-range plana for the city. SCHOOL ELCCTION SIT PENDLETON. March 23. (.PI A $300,000 school improvement bond election wss set here for April 10 by the Pendleton school board. MOVING 120 W. Oak Phone 1211 for small jobs or big, local or long distance, phonet Roseburg Transfer & Storage PHONE 927 AOINTS FOR ION 0I1TAMCI MOVINO SOI ICONOMT-lIf US NAN01I All SltAlll I ' aaaaaaaaaai ia. ,iii,a 7 TO PAKISTAN Avra M. Warren (above), former Min istar to Finland, has been nam? Ambassador to Pakistaa b President Truman. John MV Cabot succeeds him at Helsinki War Widow Undtr Armt In 'LMtcty Htarts'Dtd EVANSVILLE. Ind., March 21. (JPi The complaint of a Van couver, Wash., city employee led to the arrest of a war widow ac cused of swindling )400 in a lonely hearts deal. The woman, Mrs. Martel Shelton. was charged in a federal grand jury indictment with using the mails to defraud. Deputy U.S. Marshal William E. Lloyd said the indictment followed a complaint to Vancouver postal authorities by Thomas J. Smith, 55. Smith said he hsd sent the woman a total of 400 during a four-months correspondence that started with an advertisement Mrs. Shelton ran in, a lonely hearts magaiine. The money waa to be used by Mrs. Shelton to come to Vancouver where Smith ia employed by the city, Lloyd said be was told. Coal ia mined in French Indochina. RtplsMriiKj hi OkJ lum Arta Has ItM RMuriwtJ SALEM, March 21. UP) Re planting in the Tillamook bum' has been resumed after being stopped by winter weather, State Forester George Spaur said. Spaur called for bids on remov ing snags. One project is for re moval of 1,830 snags, and the other for 1,638 snags. Bids will be opened April T. The snaga are removed to reduce the fire hazard for the trees now being planted. 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