4 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Ore Fri., Moy 26, 1950
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MUD IN THE UMPQUA
By CHARLES V. STANTON
"Picket" McMillan, who owns and operates the sleek, new
resort at Idleyld on the North Umpqua, takes us severely to
task because we haven't stopped Copco from dumping silt
into the river. He believes, judging from his recent letter
in The News-Review, that we have only to speak and the
matter will be settled. We only wish it were that simple.
We have a lot of words better fitting the situation than
those we can print, but river pollution can't be solved either
by cussing or discussing.
Copco officials, according to our information, promised
a delegation, representing the state sanitary board, game
department and sportsmen, that pollution from the Toketee
operation would be kept at a minimum. Siltation, however,
has persisted.
Whether Copco is doing its best to cooperate in keeping
the river clean and clear we do not know. We have suspicions
that a much better job could be done if workmen were so
minded. It is a lot easier and cheaper to shove loose dirt,
into the stream, to be carried away by the current, than to
load it into dump trucks and haul to a stock pile. Workmen
have a habit of doing things the easy way whenever
possible.
Job For State Sanitary Board
We have' no firsthand evidence, other than visible sedi
mentation of the water, that Copco is not doing the best it
can to keep the river clear.. On the other hand, we hear
tales of great quantities of rubble being deliberately pushed
over the bank and into the river by bulldozers, used in
grading roads and digging canals. But hearsay evidence
is not suitable material upon which to base hard-and-fast
charges.
It seems to us that this is a matter for the state sanitary
board. The board has been extremely lenient and, in our
opinion, very lax, in the matter of water pollution. It prob
ably is true, as claimed by the board, that funds provided
for its operation do not permit employment of sufficient
personnel to handle the large amount. of work thrust upon
it. But the sanitary board andor the game department
have necessary police powers to determine Copco's measure
of cooperation and its violation of pollution regulations.
Something To Be Said For Copco
It is true, as "Mac" writes, that we have from time-to-time
had a few kind words to say for Copco. Too, we've
been practically alone in that respect. Copco has been a
target for widespread criticism, some of it deserved and
some not deserved. A great deal of the criticism is deliber
ately aroused by public power advocates constantly trying,
for political purposes, to belittle private power utilities.
Many people have fallen into the propaganda trap.
We believe, however, that Copco is entitled to public
appreciation for its development program. The area it
serves is the only section of Oregon having ample power for
its needs and sufficcnt power in sight to accommodate new
industry. While it has had some trouble with an antiquated
distribution system, it is striving to improve its facilities
as rapidly as possible.
We dislike an intolerant attitude toward a utility spend
ing many millions of dollars in an attempt to improve
service to its community. True, Copco has not until recently
been in a position to supply adequate service, has had fre
quent interruptions, has been limited in the amount of avail
able power. Perhaps some of these conditions could have
been avoided by more foresight and planning. But the
utility is trying as fast as time and money will permit to
remedy the condition and to this end is pushing its develop
ment on the North Umpqua river.
Contrast With Federal Projects
Our sports anglers are irate because of muddy- water,
which interferes with their recreation and is exceedingly
dangerous to fish life in an already critically depleted
stream. They are on sound grounds when they demand that
pollution bo kept at a minimum. Little, however, can be
accomplished by any argument presented in this column.
Effective control is obtainable only through exercise of
police powers by authorized agencies. These agencies should
be providing needed protection.
The heated local argument causes us to wonder how
much cooperation sportsmen might expect if the North
Umpqua project was being conducted by federal agencies
instead of a private company. A look at the streams on
which government projects are in progress indicates that
the pollution factor is virtually ignored. Whereas we can at
least register our kicks with officials of private utilities,
we would get nothing but a horselaugh from a federal
bureau. And, in addition to getting a boisterous guffaw
from bureaucrats, if we complained about dumping mud in
a stream, we would be paying for the project with tax
dollars, whereas Copco is building its North Umpqua
project with private funds.
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Presbyterians Urge Halt On Making Of A-And H-Bombs
PRESBYTERIANS URGF12
CINCINNATI, May 26 .'V
Representatives of the Presbyter
ian church in the U.S.A. officially
ended their 162nd general assem
bly hero Thursday with a plea
that the manufacture of atom and
hydrogen bombs be halted.
Delegates made a few changes
in a report by the committee on
social education and action but
still said, "let us with personal
repentance work to stop the fever
ish fashioning of atomic and hy
drogen bombs.
Stricken from the report was
criticism of President Truman's
stand on hydrogen bombs.
. Other phases of the report which
were adopted called for:
Federal legislation to ban the
Interstate shipment of slot mach
ines and a congressional investi
gation of Interstate gambling and
racketeering.
Members to fulfill an assembly
declaration for a non-segregated
church and a non-segregated society.
he seems to be a eolorlcss sort of
individual.
He was therefore, you see, EX
ACTLY THE KIND OF PERSON
FUCHS NEEDED, because he was
the sort upon whom suspicion would
not readily fall.
e
IN the preceding paragraph, the
term "poor devil" is used ad
visedly. Gold is quoted by the FBI
as having said when he was taken
into custody:
"I thought I would be helping a
nation whose final aims I ap
proved along the road to industrial
strength. Particularly was I taken
with the idea that whatever I did
would GO TO HELP MAKING
LIVING CONDITIONS FAR MORE
ADVANCED."
THAT, of course, was back in 1945.
In 1945, a lot of people were
deceived as to Russia. But even in
1945 it was becoming evident that
the Russian Communist system
was NOT a great advance along
the road to human freedom and
opportunity. Anyone who thought
so was just a rattle-brained
thinker.
After all, people who can't think
straight are to be pitied.
THERE was an Interesting little
tale In the news the other day
about a Harry Schumann some
where back East. He was walking
along the street when he saw a
green car of a certain make go
past. He had a green car of that
make. So he blew his top.
He called the cops, climbed
Into the radio prowl car that an
swered his summons and he and
the policeman chased the driver
of the green car pell-mell through
the streets. It got away.
About the time it got away
Harry began to think. Mnybe it
wasn't his car. So he went back to
where he had parked his bus, and
there it was, right where he had
left it, safe and sound.
He had merely jumped lo a
wrong conclusion,
SO many people jump to wrong
conclusions, including our parlor
pinks who have jumped to the con
clusion that Communism, as prac
ticed in Russia, is a great forward
movement and ought to be sup
ported by all forward-looking
people.
In this world a lot of trublc pi
sues when people jump to wrong
conclusions.
By ViaJmtU S. Martin'
Sometimes when I lean over and
casually draw a tub of water, I
think of my English grandmother's
home before tubs were installed.
I've heard my mother tell it many
a time, but one day when I ex
pressed pity for the little scullery
maid, mother said sharply: "Non
sense, nobody thought anything of
stairs in those - days! Why that
girl was as happy as a lark. She
worshipped your grandmother!
Mother was a very good mistress
. her servants stayed with her
for years!"
But just the same "Cindy," as
I'll call the scullery maid, used
to tote tall tin cans of hot water,
cans with long spouts on, from the
basement up past the street floor
where the parlor, dining room and
granny's aviary and conservatory
were located; up another long
flight past the drawing room floor
where granny's own bedroom wa,
and a guest room; up another long
flight to the fourth floor where the
rest of the bedrooms were.
Not only did happy-as-a-lark Cin
dy tote water up for baths, but
she toted it down again! Plus
coal for the fireplace in every
room. Plus the freshly polished
shoes every morning which sne
had found outside the doors and
taken down to the scullery to
clean. (The hot water was poured
into one of the "hip baths," tin
tubs with a high-curved part at
one end.)
Cindy had other little tasks to
keep her tripping up and down.
At seven every morning she knock
ed on granny's door, drew the cur
tains back, touched a match to
the freshelaid fire; helped granny
put on her dressing gown so she
could sit up in bed and drink the
tea and little heart-shaped cakes
Cindy had brought up. Trays went
to the occupants of the other bed
rooms, too.
A screen was placed around the
tub to help keep the fireplace heat
where it would do the bather some
good. When granny rang, back
Cindy would come to empty the
tub, rinse and dry it, and remove
it . . . Ablutions for the not small
family were as fast as Cindy could
lug up the water and get tubs
from one room to the next. She
had to heat the water, tool
"For mercy sakes, Mother, when
did Cindy sleep?" I asked. Mother
looked at me with a surprised ex
pression. "Why, I suppose she did
have to get up early, but there,
she was used to it."
Douglas County's
Primary Election
Vote Canvassed
Canvassing of the primary elec
tion ballots by the county clerk's
office showed a few minor discre
pancies in the election outcome,
over the unofficial tabulation com
piled by the News-Review. The
final count, however, was not suf
ficient to alter the outcome in any
contested office.
. The canvass showed the final
count to be as follows: Republi
cand For U. S. senator. Hoover
1838, McBride 457, Morse 2531, for
U. S. representative in Congress,
Ellsworth 4226, for governor, Mc
Kay 4504; for labor commissioner,
Kimsey, 3670.
The Democratic vote for these i
same officers was For U. S. sena-
tor, Latouretty 1146, Wood 1764; I
for U. a. representative, Shaw 1666
and Swanson 1402; for governor.
Flegel 1800, Pearson 641. Wallace
742; for labor commissioner, Mor
gan 2465.
The Republican vote for state
representative was: Geddes 3437,
Goodmanson 1566, Hubbard 2257;
for county commissioner, Beckley
2035, Helvey 927 and McGee 1692.
On the Democratic ticket the
vote was: For state representa
tive, Jackson 2365, Leiken 1569; for
district attorney, David 109 (write
in); for county judge, Cracroft
2491, Hill 34 (writein); for county
commissioner, Williams 2491, for
McGee 19 (writein); for assessor,
Morgan 2535.
The final tabulation for the judi
ciary gave Dunn 1261 votes, Tooze
3923 and MaGuire 2817.
The name of William G. East
for circuit judge did not appear
on the ballot, as he was uncon
tested on the judiciary (non-political)
ticket.
The justice of peace races re
sulted as follows: Republican, Ca
lapooia district Kabler 202; Wat
son 323; Drain district, Redifer 6
(write-in) and Leonard 50 (write
in); Glendale district, Skillings 89,
Otis 6 (write-in), Moore 4 (write
in), Edson 4. (write-in); Reedsport
district, Wright 241, Hial 190.
Justice of Peace, Democrats,
Drain district. Leonard 206; Glen
dale, Mohr 83 and .Otis 63; Reeds
port district, Wright 176 and Hail
218 (bo'h write-ins); Calapooia,
Watson 31, Kabler 12 (both write
ins). For the Port of Umpqua com
mission the Republican vote was
as follows: Charles Manscheck for
the two-year term, 413; Harold T.
Lewis, four-year term, 387, and
Norman Weatherly, four-year term,
417.
The Democratic vote, all write-
ins, included. Tolman 3, Waggner
term, and Lewis 26 and Weatherly
for the four-year terms.
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Molina Mill Chain
Union Roller Chain
Dodge-Timken Bearings
Dodaa Taper Lock Sheaves
Dodge Torque Arm Speed Reducers
U. S. Motors
Plot Belts V Belts
Steel and Cast Iron Sprockets
Simondi Saws and Bits
G. E. Lamps
Edwards Wire Rope
Shookum Block:
Eseo Fillings & Rigging
Willamette Yorders
Schurmen Loaders
Columbia Explosives
lebus Load Binders
Hi-Test Binder Chain
Climbers Equipment
Choker Exchange
Parents Must Pay For
Boys' Window Breaking
ASTORIA, (.T Three grade
school boys who shot 95 windows
out of their sehoolhousc had no
one to face but their parents to
day. City juvenile authorities sentenc
ed two of the youngsters to the
Woodburn training school, but sus
pended the sentence and paroled
them to their parents. The other
boy's case was held in abeyance.
But officials ordered the boys'
parents to pay the $200 it will cost
to replace the 95 broken panes in
the Astor grade school. The boys
shot out tho pam-s with Bit guns.
BAIL POSTED
Otis Wlngo Fish, 38, Dillard, ar
rested on a drunk charge, posted
$S0 bail in Justice A. .1. Geddes'
court and was releasee!.
Yets Puts Term
Life Insurance On
Permanent Basis
World War II veterans in in
creasing numbers are converting
the term life insurance they took
out in service to the permanent
types of policies available under
National Service Life Insurance
laws, the Veterans administration
says.
Of the 5,606,011 NSLI policies in
force at the end of March, 1950,
nearly 1,785,000 were permanent
plan policies. This represents an
increase of almost 140 percent
over the 752,000 permanent policies
in force on March 31, 1947.
In the Pacific northwest states
of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
Montana, and the territory of
Alaska, 67,000 World War II
veterans have- converted their
NSLI policies to permanent plans,
the VA said.
The VA explained that tho
premium rate for NSLI term in
surance is based on the insured s
age on the effective date of the
policy and remains unchanged
through the term, usually for a
period of five years. Congress has
authorized the renewal of term
insurance issued before January 1,
1948, for an additional five-year
term at the expiration of the
original term period. Renewed
policies, however, carry a higher
premium rate based on the in
sured's age at time of renewal.
Term insurance may be con
verted to one or more of the six
permanent plans without a physical
examination at any time. Unless
converted or renewed, it expires
at the end of the term period.
The premium rale for permanent
policies is based on age at the
time of conversion, and remains
the same for the life of the contract.
Sawmill Strike At
Enterprise Settled
ENTERPRISE, May 26 (JP)
Logging and sawmill operations in
this area were running normally
today, after a 10-day strike by 200
sawmill workers.
Employes of the J. Herbert Bate
sawmill at Wallowa struck last
week in protest of supervision
methods and seniority rulings. The
firm halted its logging operations
when the strike was called.
The workmen returned after
reaching an agreement with Man
agement on the dispute.
Confirmation
Service Planned
This Sunday, May 28, eight young
people will h received as commu
nicant members of Faith Lutheran
church through the rite of confir
mation.
The confirmation service will be
part of the Pentecost worship,
conducted at 11 a.m. in the Rose
burg armory, the temporary meet
ing place of Faith church.
Ihe eight young people have
completed a course of instruction
offered by the church in Bible
study, church history, and the
church. ,
Included in the class to be con
firmed are Cozette Anderson, Matt
Uhristensen, Dorothy tvans, &i
leen Hilbert, Sieve Gallant, Carl
Johnson, Don Nicklason and War
ren Nicklason. Pastor Willis, F.
Erickson has been, their instructor.
Holy Communion will also be ob
served at this festive service.
Arrangements are still being
made for the beginning of con
struction on the new Faith church
sometime during the summer. The
site where the building will be
erected is located in Taylor's ad
dition, near the 1300 block on West
Second street.
JOSEPH, May 26 UP) The
Miller and Manufacturing Co.
planer and sawmill here, closed
for the last sevn months, was open
again tod.iy with 26 men on the
payroll.
The firm turns out lumber and
model kits for making miniature
homes.
Spelling Of 'Nucleus'
Scientists' Headache
BETHLEHEM, Pa., May 26 A
LehigH university professor has
proof that minds capable of pene
trating tne heart of atom age
science can tumble to grade school
rank in speilin git out.
Dr. Harold V. Anderson, profes
sor of chemistry, has a list of 63
ways the word nucleus can be
misspelled. It runs from such rea
sonable variations as "neuclius'
and "nuclius" to exotic sports like
"neucloueous and neucleus s
The professor has compiled his
list over the last 25 years. Most
of it was contributed in student
papers. But the rest comes from
correspondence with the master
minds of science in research and
industry.
Vital Statistics
Marriage Lictnso Issued
NIEBAVM DeDOBBELAERE
Wayne Everett Niebaum and
Mariline Ann Maria DeDobbelaere
both of Roseburg.
11 DIE IN RAIL CRASH
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, May
62 I.Ti Twelve persons were
killed and 12 other injured early
today, when an express train and
a freight train collided in Slovakia
The engineers of both trains
were arrested. Officials said their
carelessness had caused the colli
sion.
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AWARDED CONTRACT
Meade and Hobson, Grants Pass.
was awarded a contract on a low
bid of $16,612 for guard rail and
sight post erection on the Pacifir
and Oregon Coast highways. The
bid was opened by the Oregon
State Highway .commission at its
meeting lhursday. The work would
be in Douglas, Coos, Jackson and
Josephine counties.
LIENS RELEASED
The state tax commission filed
five releases of income tax liens
in circuit court Wednesday. They
were: Mrs. Eben Mode, Roseburg,
$5.68; Phillip H. Spriggs, Slither
lin, $43.24 and $24.18; J. P. Heath
and Craig Heath doing business
as Heath Brothers lagging Co.,
Myrtle creeK, $107.03.
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