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4 The Newt-Review, Reseburf., Or Sot., April 29, 1930 Publlahed Dillv Exoept iunday I y the Newt-teviee Company, Inc. ura4 t i. me liutni. Or.i.a. M ' I CHARLES V. STANTON a OWIN L. KNAtf Editor . Manage Member of tha Aeeoelatetf Pr.aa, Oragon Nawapapar Publisher Aesoelation, tha Audit Buraau of Circulations aar aaua a wtirauLuaAt co. inn. rnw tm a.a t.ra. catMea, tnMM In IhiIk SmiiI. r.rU... ai lMl. ata airnos antra or. " aun r l M a, Ikna (t.M at Clii c.rM.r-r.r rtst iia.M ila Um"l. aa r. r ia oaiua. or.!.. t Mall rat r aa. t .at. s..i Uiih aa.iki M. POLITICAL ADVERTISING Looking For Honey Without Hornets? By CHARLES V. STANTON Politics in this country would undergo an abrupt change if candidates were held to rules of truthful advertising as demanded of business and industry. The manufacturer, business house or individual using untruthful or misleading statements in advertising copy quickly is called to account by a Good Business bureau, the Pure Food and Drugs administration or some other agency, But a candidate can make alt sorts of statements and promises, most of which he knows full well are incapable of performance, and never be held to account In fact, political candidates seem determined to outpromise one another with no thought of the consequences. Consider, for instance, a candidate who "advocates" more and better pensions, aid to farmers and small business men, pensions to veterans, yet proposes lower property taxes and increased exemptions from income taxes. Or a candidate who, in the face of all evidence to the contrary, declares the state treasury is bulging with surplus money. Of course, if the candidate were to be pinned down, he could hedge his way out He doesn't "promise," he only "advocates." And the treasury IS bulging with surplus money. The voter, of course, might just as well remain in ignorance of the fact that the surpluses are in ear marked funds, such as the industrial accident fund, un employment compensation fund, and others. And, if we want to get technical, why shouldn't Oregon do the same as the federal government does with the social security fund dump it all into the general fund and pay out benefits from the treasury by issuing more bonds? Can Tht Candidate Ptrform? Voters should analyze political statements to determine the ability of the candidate to perform those things he "advocates." It will be observed that the candidate has carefully prepared "out" President Truman, for instance, would have found himself in a real jackpot if Congress had granted him some of the powers he requested, and he knew it But he also knew Congress wouldn't grant those powers, so he was safe in recommending them that he might have more political ammunition. But let's take the platform of a candidate who "advocates" higher pensions for the aged. He knows nothing can be done about such pensions except by the legislature, prob ably coupled with a 'vote of the people. The same goes for pensions to veterans. He knows, too, that no legislature can increase state expenditure and, at the same time, reduce income. So he is perfectly safe in advocating these tilings. Art Voters Being Fooltd? We doubt that many voters are sufficiently naive to be taken in by the promises of candidates. They have heard the wolf call too often to be fooled again. So, perhaps, no real harm is done. But should not the voter be somewhat suspicious of the candidate who deliberately uses demagoguery in his cam paign? When honesty, integrity and ethical character are desired of men in high places, should voters not look askance upon the candidate who "advocates" things im possible of his performance, or who makes misleading statements? Are we to expect the candidate who uses mis leading slogans, platforms, phrases and information, saved only by technical interpretation from deliberate falsehood, to be honest, upright and statesmanlike in the conduct of the office to which he seeks election? Personally, we would like to see honesty in political ad vertising, even though it would upset political practices to which we have become accustomed during many years of experience. Sea Nymph Story Is Contribution To Local Culture By CORINNE WOODARD With the presentation at the Jun ior hUh school auditorium Friday nicht of "The Sea Nymph," a con tribution to local culture was made by tha Vlah Rhoden School of Ballet. The Ballet will be pre sented again tonight. The atory of "The Spa Nymph" la that of Margo (Deborah Cork rum), "a poor little girl who is snubbed and ignored by the rich children" when ahr tries to enter into their games at a beach party The tidal wave and ocean nvmohs carry her under the sea, where the j Sea Goddess (Lucinda Randall) makes her ont of them and she , lives happily with the sunftsh, mer maids, tea horses, and other deni-1 tens of the deep. A bit of panto mime highlighted the final scene when the Shark Harden (Jiiycej Johnson) catches a little goldfish, . but is forced by the Sea Goddess ! to let her go. The program opened with a fsn-i tasy. "Frivolity," la which the' corps de ballet in pink and blue j costumes first represented a bou-! quet of flowers. Soloist for the : following scene, "Day Dream." j was Joyce Johnson, with the pas de quatre composed of Mary Moe, . Dorothy Hunter, Louise Steffenson and Beverly Henbest. Soloist for, "Challenge" was Shary Perrault, with three groups pantomiming bal let exercise and practice. I Of particular Interest to the chil dren in the audience was the "Bed time Story" auite, performed by the petite ballet group. In this scene, with music and narration by Mrs. Paul Geddea, all the char acters In Mother Goose rhymes come to life. Curly tacks in a hoop skirt, pink and white Lambs, a Spider In black tights, and Mary Quite Contrary in pink ruffles vied with tinkly whlte-and-stlver bells, frilly yellow cockle shells, and pretty maida in lavender blue with black cummerbunda. In "Coppella," the public square of a European town is the aettlng for a light love atory. The toymak er has a collection of mechanical dolls in his house, which are aet to dancing by three mischievous girls. The Oriental doll was por trayed by Jennie Murphy, Marie quinelte by Patsy Schemer, Span ish doll by Carole Rutherford, and Scottish dolls by Nancy Bell and Patty Jo Babcock. Other leading characters in the atory wero danced by Millie Bond, Lucinda Randall, and Arvilla Montgomery. Organ selections offered by Mrs Paul Geddea between suits were the lively "Dancing Tambourine." by W. C. Polla. and the soulful "Deep Purple," by Peter De Rose. Recognition waa also given to all mothers for the costuming, to Eth el Oderkirk for the make-up, and to Gertrude Starmer, recording technician. During t h e Intermission, a framed print, "Pas de Trois," by A. Von Munrhhatisen, waa pre sented to Mrs. Rhodrn by her pupils. In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) the subject, the federal-aid-for-local-hospitals appropriation had been BOOSTED by 75 million bucks. a a WHYT 1 don't know. But I suspect that a lot of these congressmen come from districts that WANT HOS PITALS BUILT WITH THE AID OF FEDERAL DOUGH. THE Washington dispatch goes on: "Bigger increases still (in the 29 billion collar appropriation bill) are in the offing . . . Waiting to be reached probably next week are proposals to add substantially to funds for river and harbor and flood control projects" (ALL of them to be built with money from Uncle Sam). a a a HOW about that one? It will work like this: A lot of these congressmen come from dis tricts that want improvement (with federal money) of their rivers and harbors. A lot more of them come from districts wanting big flood control dams, with their accom panying big payrolls while the dams are being built. When a congressman comes from a district that wants big wads of federal dough for hospitals, or for harbor improvement, or for river improvement, or for flood control dams, he HAS TO HEDGE ON ECONOMY. Economy in the abstract ia all right, but. when it is applied to the hospital or the harbor improvement project or the river improvement project or the flood control project THAT HIS DISTRICT WANTS it's a different matter entirely. Economy of that sort, you see, is FALSE economy. THAT is to say: it tne particular aDoroor ation under consideration is for SOME THING THE OTHER FELLOW WANTS, then it's bad business and boondoggling and in the interest of national aolvancy It ought to be resoundingly voted down. But if it's for somethini WE WANT, that is another matter en tirely and it would be false and short-sighted economy to fail to spend the money. THINK you will recoaniza that continues we will go on spending our way happily down the prim rose path at whose end lies national bankruptcy. . Jl'ST a word in closing: The other day at a meetin at Redmond Senator Belton of tht Oregon legislative interim commit tee on taxation quoted some startling figures. This is the gist of them: Of the (414,000,000 taken OUT of Oregon by the federal government in taxea in 1WJ, ONLY tl2.ouo.0u0 CAME BACK TO THE STATE IN THE FORM OF FEDERAL SPENDING IN OREGON. IF those figures are correct (and I have considerable respect for Senator Belton) they mean that for every dollar we get from 1 Uncle Sam the old boy TAKES THREE DOLLARS AWAY FROM S rV By VtaJmttt S. Uartini "Miss Nasholm ia interested in weaving, you know," remarked Miss Muriel Mitchell, Roseburg librarian, who surprised me by dropping in on her way home from the county library workshop meet ing in Bend, the other afternoon. Miss Clara Nasholm is librarian in Eugene. No, I didn't know! Guess what I did the next time I was in Eugene? Miss Nasholm smiled at the question which followed the how do you do's. "Oh, yes, I've been weaving for eleven years. We have a guild now, here in Eugene, and on May sixth we are having an exhibit, aa our way of con tributing to the Children's hospi tal." . More questions brought out that Misa Nasholm first took a course at the University of Oregon; then she had the opportunity of spend ing aix months in Stockholm where ahe went to a weaving school. Not only that, she shipped home a ten-harness loom of Swed ish make. She uses only eight but thought the extra two would do for extra parts or if she does wish to use the full ten, she hss them. Just imagine weaving the ma terial for a pair of alacka for your dad! She doea that aa cas ually aa somebody else stirs up a cake, at least so far as the know-how is concerned. Rugs, full size linen table cloths, every thing! Did the use drafts? I gathered that if one darns a stocking the way our grandmothers taught us to darn, the weaving would make a draft pattern if one were a mind to write it down. Both of Miss Nasholm'a parents were born in Sweden, and she herself speaks the language. So ia it so remarkable that weaving aeems to her something very precious and most natural! Her one regret is that it Is so difficult to secure the materials she wishea for, the kind she used abroad. Either the demand here is not enough to bring them in, or the high tariff discourages im porters. The Eugene librarian, when not busy with her duties, spends her spare time at the loom. A piece of her work won second place at the International Textile exhibit last year in Greensboro, N. C. I certainly do look forward to the guild's exhibit in Masonic Temple, Eugene, 2-0 p.m. Satur day, May sixth. I hope there will be a big crowd. What a nice way to help the Children's hospital! LETTERS to the Editor Would Abolish Airport, Develop Idle Acreage ROSEBURG In April 4th News Review headline in regards air port bonds for $200,000 it said "Yes." To the newcomers of the last few yeara here there may seem nothing unusual about this request, but to us taxpayers for the last 2S yeara this is a old lullaby, played to the tune of several hun dred thousand dollars and the de mands are never satisfied. There will be a delegation want ing certain changes and they will tell us the great advantages and financial returns to the city. But in a few years the wanters are back for more money. So far the airport has been a big financial liability to the city, being used by a few private planes. As for the commercial planes let them do as the Youngs Bay, Roseburg Lumber company, Joelson's Lumber com pany and the rest that has been a financial asset and giving hun dreds of men labor. Those for airport articles do not tell you about one of the big government planes that landed on the airport a couple of yeara ago and had no trouble landing or , taxing on. As for the present airport. I sug gest thia be done away with. I There is several thousand acres laying idle in Douglas couniy be- cause there is no plants to handle 1 the produce at present. Thousanda of tons of beans and fruits are hauled to Eugene and Salem to the cannery. We not only need a cannery, j but a processing plant for berries US and aquandcrt it some here I else. Personally. I think we'd be belter off to spend our money OCR ' SELVES, thus gctUng all of it, in stead of sending it to Washington first and getting back only a LITTLE of it. and fruits. We have excellent soil and water and with these plants people would come to buy pro perty and to work in the plants. The western part of the county raises large amounts of cranber ries, also blackberries and other berries. This acreage will be in creased many times. The airport is well located on the railroad and highway and in the center of the county. So now, taxpayers and voters, say no to these silver tongued wanters and put this property on a paying and needed basis, and by doing so you will add thoousands of acres and several thousand people to work and own homes and pay taxes. D. B. BOONE Roseburg, Ore. Money Acceptance From Liquor Dealers Rapped ROSEBURG In reply to your editorial "Who's Fooling Who?" on April 17. i shall say that it is un fortunate to say the least that schools or churches ever accept money from liquor dealers. Not that their money ia any the less usable than that received from legitimate businesses, but that it gives the liquor dealer the advan tage that they must have to keep in good standing with the public. They are not being eenerous. but are trying to buy the oublic'a eood wishea. And they seem to be suc ceeding to a certain extent. Far better have less attractive and poorer equipped ball fields than use money from the sale of liquor, which is the athlete's worst enemy. In my opinion, the tavern keep-1 ers should have no special consid eration whatsoever. I commend the Oregon Liquor Control commission on their ruling. Anyone who is any kind of athlete at all does not drink beer or any alcoholic beverage. Many, I am sure, would feel disgraced to have that kind of advertising on their suits. The very small ones, ' with the mention of food allowed, arc bad enough. MARY E. SOUTHWICK Roseburg, Ore. Spring Is Theme Of Books Offered At Public Library By MURIEL MITCHELL "Out of Doors in Spring" it the theme of a shelf of books appro priate to the season, now on dis play in Roseburg Public library. When aunshiny mornings and long er daylight tempt one to explore hills and woods, many objects make one question what bird, what flower, what tree or fern? "Wild Klowera." by Homer House, ia a huge volume with many colored platea to help identify the unknown aubjecta. A smaller "Am erican Wild Flowers," has delicate paintings of s number of favorites. Other books in this field include "Flowers and Their Travels," by Fox, and "Flower Familiea and Ancestora," by Ciementa. To help with ferns, there are "Who's among the Ferna," by Bee-' crott, ana "ine fern Lover s Com panion," by TUton, both fully illus trated. The nature lover who enjoya woods will find much to interest him in the "lumber shelf" books recently donated by Roseburg Lumber company. Others which fit in happily are "The Complete Guide to North American Trees," by Curtis and Bausor; and "Trees; the Yearbook of Agriculture," sent to thia library through the cour tesy of Senator Guy Cordon. "Trees" is not just a government bulletin, but a beautiful book, full of color aa well as information it even baa a poem. Backs On Birds Offarad Books about birds are many and gay. John Kierai.'s "Introduction to Birds," gives briefly salient fea tures of a hundred, all pictured in color. Audubon's "Birds of Ameri- long the standard for both beauty and literary excellence, is now available in a smaller size vol ume which libraries will lend with out worrying. "How to Know the Birds, an Introduction to Bird Rec ognition," by Peterson, ia another which helpa a beginning bird watcher. For this area, "Birds of the West," by Booth, "Birds of the Pacific Coast," by Eliot. "Bird watching in the West" by Twining, and "Western Bird Guide," by Reed are particularly useful. Then there is "The Butterfly Book," by Holland, which "de scribes and depicts all the butter flies of the United States and Can ada" color picturea too. That'a a lot of butterflies. Fabre's "Book of Insects" is dis tinguished not only for charming style, but for colored plates paint ed by E. J. Detmold so exquisitely as to give glamour to the praying mantia and even the field cricket. "City of the Bees" by Frank Stuart describes the marvels of bee society, and is a worthy suc cessor to Maeterlinck's "Life of the Bee." "Western Wild Life," by Allen Chaffee, and "Animal Inn, the Sto ries of a Trailside Museum," by Virginia Moe, have much to appeal to younger readers. Other nature books for the young crowd are "Animals Through the Year," by Buck; "Let's Go Outdoors," by Huntington: "The Book of Living Reptiles," by Dilmars: "The Chisel-Tooth Tribe." by Bronson. Luree At Seashore For those who yearn for the beaches, here are "Let'a Go to the Seashore," by Huntington: "Animals of the Seashore," by Guberlet: "West Coast Shells." by Keep: "Fishes and Shells of the Pacific World." by Nichols. All these enhance the pleasure ot nna ing a shell or bit of seaweed. "The Rock Book," by Fenton, and "Geology," by Emmons, appeal first to the rock-hound, but have something for any inquiring mind. "Out of Doors in Spring," by Hylander. is a pleasing summary of goings-on among trees, ponds, animals, flowers, mosses and such Finally, for sheer delight in springtime reading, and a feeling of outdoor living, we commend to you "The Twelve Seasons" by Krutch: "Cream Hill." by 'Gan nett: "One Day on Bettle Rock," by Sally Carrighar. - National Music Week Program Is Set At Jr. High A musical progrem in connec tion with National Music week (May 7-13) will be held at the Roseburg junior high school audi torium Monday, May 8, beginning at 8:15 p.m. The program ia spon sored by private music teachers of Roseburg and the junior high Several quartets, both instru mental and vocal, will be featured The junior high school "German band." the Naomi Scott quartet, and the Eastern Star chorus, under the direction of R. Cloyd Riffe and other choruses and solos will be among the attractions. The program will be a general portrayal of American music from early days to the present. Among others, works by Stephen Foster, Civil war songs, Negro spirituals and influentia' foreign numbers will be heard There will also be ballet numbers. Lerny Hiatt will be master of ceremonies and commentator for the evening's performance. Local News Visit Relatives Mrs. Joe Barnes and son George, of Camas Valley visited Wednesday witn reiauve. u Elgarose Attans Dinner MeeHrrf Mr. and Mrs. Harold Augustua of Rose burg attended the Eugene Knife and Fork club dinner meeting in Eugene Wednesday night, at which time Dr. Fran. J. Polgar alked on "Miracles of the Mind. ' He demonstrated his talk with sci ence and mathematics, mental telepathy and hypnosis. Dr. Pol gar ia rated aa the outstan-img mental telepathist of the day. Mr. and Mrs. Augustus are charter members of the Knife and Fork club, which meets once a month in Eugene. . Words can't tell you d. pta will meet. "" . in pta will meet at Rose school Monday evening at 8 o'clock for installation of offi cera. Improving Mrs. 1. H. Howe is reported improving at her home on Hoover street after an Ulness of several weeks. v- la uwliw The Parents i..i- . 1 1 mm, at a n'rlnck Mon- ! day evening at St. Joseph's schoo -(house. Election of officers will ! be held. All parents are asked to oe present. Drive Te Sutherlin Mrs. Ray Asbury, Mra. Tom Havens and if-. n,.i.r Crttln.r drove to Sutherlin Wednesday, where they spent tne aay n me wumiu Barge residence. Daughter la Born Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blue of Portland are be ing congratulated upon the arrival of a daughter. Janet Lynn, weigh ing seven pounds, and born April 22. Mrs. Blue, the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Cody Long, a a form er resident of Rice Hill. This is the Blue's second child. Return to Resebura Dr. nnd f- d d chnamiu, hsv re turned to Roseburg after spend- j : n . , I Th.. ing aeverai nays in ruru.nu. mcj attended the Shrine Rodeo Tues- County Sheriff's Posse presented a drill. New Imployment Dwight Tinker and Andrew Hanson nave accepted employment at the Ford Lumber Co mill at 'illard. They were formerly employed by Vera Sanders, whose mill burned re cently. Sale Planned Adventist Dor cas Welfare society will sponsor an apron and fancywork, as well as foods sale May 11 at the Fire stone store, 240 N. Jackson street. Mother's day gifts will be a spe cial feature of the sale. Dr. E. W. Carter Chiropodist Foot Specialist 129 N. Jackson Phone 1170 Over ReaH - Store News-Review classified ads bring I results. Phone 100. PHONE 100 between 6:15 end 7 p. m., if you hev not received your Newt Review. Ask for Herald Mobley SIS There are about S.000 sweat pores to the square inch on the soles of your feet. s ,-jt tha and the With Whirlpool you rinae and aava hot auday water at tha aamatima! Use same aude again and again! Rinaee extra thor oughly too, four time, with pre aura apray . . . on. daap agitated . rinse and two more spray rinaee. . 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