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2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ruby E. Harvie Dies In Portland Ruby Emmitt Harvie, former resident of Roseburg and Umpqua, died Monday at her home in Port land, following i long period of ill health. Mrs. Harvie was born at Ump qua, the daughter of Edward Ev erett Emmitt and Myrtila Rader Emmitt, pioneer residents of Doug las county. Mrs. Harvie attended the Roseburg schools and later en gaged in teaching. She is survived by her widower, A. C. Harvie, Portland; her mother, Mrs. Myr tila Emmitt, Roseburg: one sister, Mrs. Cyrstal Wing, Philadelphia. Pa.; two brothers, Marion and Floyd Emmitt, Roseburg. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 a.m., May 25 in the Chapel of the Long & Orr mortuary. The Rev. L. L. Sim mons of the Baptist church will officiate. Concluding services and vault interment will follow in the Colea Valley cemetery. Rummage Sal Delta Kappa Gamma will hold a rummage sale at the Episcopal parish hall Sat urday, May 27. It will begin at 9 a.m. New Location "Phil Durnam S66 W. Oak Phont 1336J Floor Covering Drainboard Topi Venetian Blinds w 9T MORE DAYLIGHT LONGER LIFE NO WEIGHTS NO CORDS NO PULLEYS m R.O'W windows are tevolutionizina the building Made of traditionally lovely Western Pon derosa Pine, R O W windows incorporate all the advantages architectural science L tfrM-Mt'ngj If rain oi hine has offered, rnn in, iiiuib - . old-iatiuoned kind. Narrow mullions admit more daylight. 22.1 more weathertight than government specifica tions. See these amaz ing windows today. Ettll ramovablt foff bvtlaf VonllUMea Home Builders Highway 99 N. or Garden Valley m ' W -iai !.,l..ie. fit ,1 ti, ...bJWt aIWA i . t ' n .:., - ; -7; v - ,. , "VRjiiji.tiii , , - . - - .4 ' " " """"' mi, nrr .-.-.:::- Al shown i The Studebaker Champion is one of the 4 lowest pxice largest selling cars ! Ore. Tues., May 23, 1950 Lillian Robertson Dies At Portland Lillian Ruth Robertson, M, for mer resident of Roseburg, died at her home in Portland May 20. She is survived by her mother, . n. Margaret MacArthur Roberta . and a brother, James M. Robert son, both of Portland. Funeral services will be held In the Chapel of the Roses, Roseburg Funeral home, Wednesday, day 24, at 10 a.m. with Dr. Morris Roach officiating. Interment will follow in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Wilson Funeral Set Funeral services for John R. Wil son, 84, who died suddenly of a heart attack at his home on W. Kane street May 22,. will be held in the Chapel of the Roses, los bure Funeral home. Thursday. May 25, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Ken neth Knox omciating. Surviving are his widow, Etta May, Roseburg; three daughters, Mrs. W. H. (Doc) Carter, Rose burg; Mrs. Julia Myrtle Bechtolt, San Francisco; Mrs. Millie Leona Wilson, San Diego; two son. Lester Floyd Wilson, Ashland; Archie Lee Wilson. Winston: ix grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Vault interment will follow in the Masonic cemetery. JUST FLUE FIRE The rural fire truck was dis patched to the hotel at Wilbur at 7:01 a. m. today in ar'wer to a call concerning a flue fire. Fire men reported the fire was out upon arrival and resulted in about $20 damage. Saturday, firemen extinguished a fire in a car owned by Mrs. Jean Estabrook which caused about $100 damage and was blamed on defec tive wiring. mam i industry. V Hand prtaaur HMOTH thm lot cleaning yet they t .... pv,''n . iiinii li i a -in i ri W(hr stripped . .. inlurM eomf Lumber Co. Phono 1522-J 4k I 4 44 rt- mat. muu, tr'UUlM-INMM-i KEEL MOTOR CO. Former Mayor Of Glendale Passes Iver H. Smith, 71, former mayor and councilman at Glendale, died of a heart attack this morning, May 23. He waa born Oct. 7, 1878 in Denmark, coming to the United States in 1892. Mr.. Smith, prominent in Glen dale civic affairs since he moved there in 1907, was married to Stella Nebel at Falls River, Wis., on J: . 20, 1905. He was also city recorder and deputy county assessor for many y;ars. In his early days at Glendale, Mr. Smith owned and edited the now non-existent Glendale News. He also founded the telephone com pany there in 1908, which he sold in 194S when he retired. Besides his widow, he is sur vived by a daughter, Mrs. Lee A. bright of Portland, a son Allen J. Smith of Coquille, and two grand daughters. Final arrangements for funeral services, to be held Friday at Glen dale, will be announced later by Stearns-Eberle mortuary. Cancer 'Cure' Specialist Faces Law's Penalty PORTLAND, May 23 UP) A salve sold as a cancer cure brought a district court convic tion yesterday to Otto Soles, 69, charged with practicing medicine without a license. Dr. Daniel D. Wilson had testi fied that Mrs. William Tharp, 40, is near death because she used the salve instead of submitting to surgery. The doctor said Mrs. Tharp could have been cured when she came to him three years ago. Soles was accused of assuring the wo man that he also could cure her with the salye. This was identified in court as a compound made of petroleum jelly and charcoal. Mrs. Tharp spurned surgery and took the salve. Soles will be sentenced tomor row. The maximum penalty is (300 fine and six months in jail. Boy Found Hanged Play Victim, Police Theory GRESHAM, May 23 Ml A 12-year-old boy was found hanged to death from a tree limb Mon day possibly the victim of a childish game. The boy, Allan Leon Swain, was found dead in a clump of trees. Police theorized that the seventh grade youngster might have looped the rope around his neck and to the tree limb and then jumped to the ground without realizing what would happen. He had been playing yesterday with a rope which he fashioned to a hangman's noose. Acquaint ances called him a "happy-go-lucky youngster." The boy lived with Mrs. Laura Townsend here. His parents are separated, and his mother is reported to live in Klamath Falls. Stranahan Challenges In British Golf Play ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, May 23 (fp) Frank Strannhan. the "strong boy" from Toelclo, O., opened his challenge for the British . tateur golf championship today with a blistering 9 and 8 second round victory over A. C. Gibson of Britain. Stranahan, who won the title in 1948, played some of the most im pressive golf of his career m he shot 10 holes of the famous "old course" in 38 strokes four under par to overwhelm his opponent, who described himself as a week end golfer. AL'S SON CURIOUS VAN NUYS, Calif., May 23 im Al Jolson's son, Asa, is at that curious age, two. He climbed onto the wash basin, reached into the medicine cabinet and gulped the contents of two small bottles vesterdav. He was hustled to an emergency hospital where a stomach pump brought back most of the 20 aspi rin laoieis ne swallowed. mm. i i i. . i a STUDEBAKER CHAMPION 6-PASS., 2-D00R CUSTOM SEDAN $1722" DELIVERED IN ROSEBURG Stm$$ ami Inw fcwf, If txtrm Prim mt Vowy tftMtv m)rt)y rwsMl M ejofrei tiTowt at lreaootto doata CoMtMrtkH'y I tw pwt 0m en other Sttikt ChtMpion Cut ton tmodalti 4'tteot tMxian. B-p. SUiltf hi coupe, fcueLnee eeape tare tjpSsct e ctkfl wio "ox Births At Mercy Hospital BRAOER To Mr. and Mrs. Les lie Douglas Brauer, route 2, box 360-B, Areata, Calif., May 21, a son, Stephen Douglas; weight eight pounds one ounce. WILLIAMS To Mr. and Mrs. John Claude Williams, Tyee, May 21, a daughter, Sandra Kay; weight nine pounds eight ounces. PETERSON To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peterson, 630 S. Main street, Roseburg, May 22, a daughter, Su san Diane; weight eight pounds two ounces. Pearson Loyal To Victorious Rivals SALEM. May 23 (& State Treasurer Walter J. Pearson, who failed to win the Democratic nomi nation for governor, announced to day he would support all Demo cratic candidates in the general election next November. Pearson's announcement ended speculation that he might throw his support to an independent can didate. Joe E. Dunne, Portland, leader of old age pension groups, has indicated he would run for governor as an independent. In the Democratic race for gov ernor, State Sen. Austin F. Flcgel won the nomination, and will op- fiose Republican Governor Doug as McKay in November. Former State Sen. Lew Wallace ran sec ond, and Pearson third. Pearson s statement today said: "I want to thank all the Demo crats who loyally supported, worked and voted lor me. it is disappoint ing to lose because of you. "At this time, I want to urge you and other Democrats who lost in the primaries to join with me in supporting the Democratic tic ket this fall. United we will win our victory in 1950, not only for the Democratic party, but fo:- the people ot Oregon." ' Budget Slashing In Multnomah Started PORTLAND, May 23 (P) Multnomah county commissioners started trimming the 1930-51 bud get yesterday in the wake of a special tax defeat and a "no" from the governor. Items adding up to about a mil lion dollard were cut from the original $10,695,000 budget. Com missioners doubted they could shave off the $2,443,000 refused by the voters. Governor Douglas McKay had "no" as his answer to the com missioners' request for a special legislative session to help Mult nomah county out of its financial proglem. County officials said a a 1947 act over-loaded the county's welfare costs. Olympic Timber Brings 3'2 Times Its Appraisal OLYMPIA, May 23 m A block of timber in the Olympic national forest brought a bid of a'i times its appraised value, na tional forest officials disclosed, i They said the Picco Logging company of Montesano submitted a bid of $351,305 for 44,100,000 board feet of timber on the west fork of the Humptulips river. The timuer had been appraised at $97,450. The Picco bid was the high est offered by three bidders at the sa Ic which was conducted in Aberdeen. The sales contract will be awarded by the regional fores ter in Portland. Glide Church Banquets A banquet prepared and served by men of the Glide Christian church at which mothers and daughters were honor guests was an event of recent interest here. In charge of preparing the turkey feast, at which 60 were served, were Adrian Sias and Stanley Hat field. Richard Merriman, student minister from Northwest Christian college in Eugene, and his class mate, Paul Myers, gave their as sistance in serving the guests. Mer riman, who will soon be grad uated, has been in charge of Sun day services at the Glide church for the past two years. FIRE DEPT. PLAYS SAFE LISBON, N. Y., May 23 The fire-fighting equipment for this village of 250 will be housed in a public garage for a while. The fire house is a fire hazard, stale inspectors say. STORAGE No more room In the garogat Store It for a few dollars. Call Roseburg Transfer & Storage AOINTS FOR IONO PlltANCI MOVINO I FOl ICONOMY-lIT US I HANOI! All DIIAIlt I Last Of Shelf on Brothers Victim Of 2nd Shooting FAIRFIELD, 111., May 23 -UB-Almost a year to the day a sec ond attempt was made on the life of "Big Earl" Shelton, last of the notorious Shelton brothers. "Big Earl" was shot in the right forearm yesterday afternoon. Last May 24 he was shot in the back and seriously wounded as he sat in a gambling house just off Fairfield aquare. Yesterday he and his nephew, "Little Earl" Shelton, were motor ing through Pond creek neighbor hood. A shot ripped through the windshielf and into "Big Earl's" arm. Another slug hit the rear of the car. Treated at a doctor's office, Earl said he hadn't seen his assailant. but that the shots sounded like they came from a machine gun. Earl's brother Carl was shot and killed in the same area in October, 1947. Another brother Bernie, was murdered nine months later near Peoria, 111, Both slay ings are unsolved. "Little Earl" was with his uncle when "Big Earl" was shot last year and in . September, 1949, "Little Earl" was seriously wound' ed when a volley of shots was fired at him from an automobile near his Fairfield home. During the twenties the three Shelton brothers and their gang carried on a racket warfare, using armored trucks and a plane to battle-rivals over several Illinois counties. Authorities estimated 40 men lost their lives in the strug gles. Mock A-Bomb Attacks To Be Used In Defense Plan WASHINGTON UP) -Mock atomic bomb attacks on Washing ton, Chicago and Seattle will be used to map an emergency civil defense plan for American Cities. Arrangements for the stoo-eaD program have been completed by the National Security Resources board, the government agency in charges of civil defense prepara tions. The idea is to give cities an idea of how to use what they have now, in case there were an ato mic attack. Civilian defense offi cials said there is no thought that an emergency is any nearer now than it was last week or the week before. HOW OUR "CAR SAVERS" ADD THOUSANDS OF MILES TO TIRES .... and make every mile a safer mile to drive! If you think you ought to get greater mileage and greater safety front tires, then here's a prescription that assures you of getting both . . . ...Your tires will last longer, You may not know it, but tire one-third under-inflated will wear out in half the time. Better let us check them once a week. And let us rotate them every 5000 miles 2500, if they're extra low pressure tires. This can give We Locals Meeting Changed Past presi dents of the American Legion aux iliary will meet at the borne of Mrs. Harry Hatfield, East First avenue, Wednesday for 7:30 p.m. dessert-supper rather than at the home of Mrs. Christine Micelli as previously announced. Returas Heme Mrs. Ted Ber nard and daughter, Marcia, have returned to their home in Rose burg after spending the weekend in Chico, Calif. They wre accom panied to Chico by Mrs. Bernard'! niece, Vicki Overton, who has been spending several weeks in Rose burg at the Bernard home. Junior High Classes Set Annual Picnics The eighth and ninth gradei of Roseburg junior high -school v. '1 hold class picnics this week. A class picnic is an annual event at jun ior high for the class which is being promoted to senior hi3h school. This year, however, there will be twi classes going to senior high, the senior high becoming a four-class school next September. The eighth grade class will picnic Wednesday and the ninth grade will picnic Thursday. Times will be from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Veterans hospital grounds. The stu dents will be taken to and from the grounds in school busses, re turning in- time for dismissal at 3:30. The t.rst hour of the day Wedni s day and Thursday will be taken up with an explanation of senior high registration by George Erickson, senior high principal. COURT DISPOSITIONS Municipal Judge Ira B. Riddle reported disposition of the follow ing cases in his court Monday: June Wilma Haley, Roseburg, charged with drunkenness, fined $20; Paul Raymond Scofield, Everett, Wash., drunkenness, committed to the city jail for 10 days in lieu oi $20 fine; Charles Alexander Maurer, Roseburg, drunkenness, $20 bail forfeiture; Bruce Ledal Miller, Wil liam Rhinehart and Fred Ahrndt, all transients, charged with vag rancy, committed to the city jail for five days in lieu of $10 fines, DRUNK DRIVER FINED Walter Lee Foster, 715 Ridge view Ave., Roseburg, pleaded guil ty Monday to a drunk driving charge in municipal court, Judge Ira B. Riddle reported. Foster was fined $150 and given a 30-day sus pended jail sentence. His driver s license was revoked for one year. but what's more important, you'll enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing they're in safe shape I you Car for we Car take better care of Henry S. Hardie Of Canyonville Diet Henry Simpson Hardie, (4, died May 20 at bis home in Canyonville. He was born May 28, 1885, in Edin burgh, Scotland, and came to the United States in 1927, living in Canyonville for the last four years. Surviving are his widow, Mar garet B. ox Canyonville; two sons, Donald W. of Walnut Creek, Calif., and Alexander S. of Hollywocl, Calif.: a daughter. Mrs. Janet S. Cooper, Canyonville; thi.e broth ers, Davia or wanaque, in. j ; u i . pi..i..j rtuin. u;ii;n. IWllTKtl VI IGIHaUU, WU1V, lll.Kl.l of Bellfest, Ireland; two sisters, Miss Janet Hardie and Mrs. Peggy Lunn, both of Edinburgh, SHEEPMEN! IF you tee! you must tell your wool and mohair now, Pacific Wool Growers will buy outright and meet all com petition. BUT if you want full value for your wool, send it to your aisociation and take advantage of this rising market. WE will advance you 50c per pound on delivery. YOU will also get the benefit of prices that ara con tinuing to rise above the prices now being paid. So don't bo milled, lot's all work togethor for a btHor wool marker. Through the PACIFIC WOOL GROWERS your own cooptrotlvo you got FULL VALUI for your clip. Growor-owntd and controlled, the PACIFIC Is or YOUR side of tho fonco. BAGS AND TWINE FURNISHED FREE. GET THEM AT Consolidarad.Fraighrways depot, Roitburg Chas. E. Williams Sporting Goodi. Canyonvillo - W. M. Bowdin Refrigeration Service, Myrtle Creek Sutherlin Fruit Growers Asm., Sutherlin Simply take your wool to ony common carrier and ship it to PACIFIC WOOL GROWERS, Portland, Oregon, freioht collect. Let us know Im mediately which way you wish this wool to be handled. CONTACT ROBERT L IRVING, ROSEBURG or write PACIFIC WOOL GROWERS direct. PACIFIC WOOL GROWERS 734 N. W. 14th Arenuo ...Come in once a week. Let our "Car Savers" check and properly inflate your tires, and periodically rotate them for even wear . . . thousands of additional miles per tire. - Saver Service also includes watching out nails, glass and other blow-out breeders find in 2 of every 3 cars we check. Let the Savers start checking on your tires today. your car The Weather Fair and warmer today and Highest temp, for any May.-. 101 I . . x- .-u Maw &3A Highest tamp, yesterday 70 Lowost temp, last 14 hrs. 44 Precipitation last 24 hrs. T Procipitatisn from May 1 1.0 Precipitation from Sept. 1 H-tt Deficit from May I Scotland, and three grandchildren. Graveside services were held Tuesday afternoon, May 23, at 2 p.m. in the Canyonville cemetery with Rev. Mr. Taylor officiating. The Roseburg Funeral home is in charge of the arrangements. Portland jr 443 N. Jackson Phone 129
