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4 Ttf Nwi-Ryiiw, oiburg. Of Sot- Aug. 19. 1950 Published Daily Excipl Sunday by th Ntws-Rtvltw Company, Inc. . liUral aaca4 eliM mstl" Mr 1. int. at ! afflea '':' ( r KaMbarf. Orafaa, andar set at ptarab t. lall CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP X-. , Editor Manager Member of Ih. Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publishers ' ; '" Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulation! (asraaaaua- b WeST.HOIXIDAT CO.. INU. aftleaa ! ' '. cbleata, as rranalaca. Los Anjalaa. Aaaltla, Partland. It. taala lUBSCKIPTION RATFB In Oraion B? alail Pat rrar la.na an mablba f M. Ibra raantha It.M) B CHy Carrlrr l-r raat llb.M (Id aoanr, lia uaa na aar. par maolb II.M Oottlda Urafaa Br Mall Far raw an aaanlba 11.15. Ibraa nanlka tt.1l. EXTERMINATORS, INC. There's Plenty To Shoot At In The Back Yard . By Charles V Stanton . Republican party leadership, ve are told, is laying elaborate plans to use administration failures in the Far East as a' principal campaign issue for the forthcoming election. It is proposed to expose failures to support China and Korea, misrepresentation of military aid furnished those countries, and errors in policy. Important as those issues may be, the proposed policy, in oifr. opinion, is aimed in the wrong direction. If the G.O.P. is looking for an issue, it need not look so far from home. In fact, the issue the people of the country could really get "all het up" about is to he found in every dark nook and corner of the National Capital. If the G.O.P. Is to perform a real service for the country, it should start a program of "rat" extermination the "rats" who, as communists, fellow travelers, parlor pinks, intellectual liberals, infest our national political structure. We don't mean the witch-hunt type of campaicn. as started by Senator McCarthy, but a move for complete ex termination by destroying the breeding places, permitted to exist hy so-called liberals, left-wingers, and Fabian social ists who solicit and cultivate the aid and support of com munist "rats" and permit them places of hiding in the dark recesses of political organization. Political Opportunity Knocking The Republican party has not had for many years a better opportunity to do a real job. A person would in deed be naive to believe that communistic influence is not at work in our National Capital, and that it has been permitted to entrench itself only because of the power it can bring to bear for continuance of administrative authority.- .' . The only, way to rid ourselves of these undesirable and dangerous, political pests is through a program of exter-. mination, which means to toss out the entire administration, from top to bottom, and replace questionable officers and workers with people of proven loyalty. The job never can be don6 without a new broom. The old broom has been guided too long around filth-filicd corners. If the G.O.P,. wants an issue for congressional and presi dential elections, it should don the garb of pest exterminator and start advertising its service. We believe the people would, give their patronage. ' COMMERCIAL ROAD NEEDED ': A few months ago we had a brief flurry of interest in the matter of constructing a commercial road from the intovlbu of Douglas county to the Port of Umpqua. We now have a first-hand demonstration of the worth of such a road. . Our huge timber industry is threatened with a shut down in the midst of the greatest demand it has ever ex perienced, simply because of the transportation bottleneck. ; Railroad companies have not purchased enough boxcars to, fill the needs of shippers. Fruit, grain, and lumber shipping requirements, coupled with military demands, have encountered a nationwide car shortage, which promises to become worse rather than better. Already local mills are beginning to curtail production because their docks are filled and they have no way of transporting lumber. Yet orders continue to accumulate. ' If we had a commercial road to the Port of Umpqua we could' be loading our lumber on ocean-going carriers. , We might even have a transportation cost balance in our favor, although water rates are not as competitive with rail rates as was the condition a few years ago. , But. with water transportation available, we at least could get our lumber to market and preserve our customer relations.' Furthermore, the existence of a commercial route, even if not used, would have a beneficial effect on keeping rail rates tit a minimum. pp , By Viahnett S. Martin jfjj, 'Do stop and really look at this Queen Anne's lace," I said to E J as we passed a clump of wild car rot. Everything around it was dry and dusty it s hard to see things want water and feel one must keep water for other things but the "lace" was as beautiful as if a gardener's loving hands had nutuf ed it. "If this weed were rare, wouldn't folks rave over it! A little later I opened the Orego nlan K J had brought from town, and there 1 found, by a pleasant coincidence, that someone else had been viewing Queen Anne's lace with eyes that really saw it. "Love lcst Weed of AH" was the heading oL an editorial from, I suspect, the pen of Ben Hur Lampman. I think the writer will not mind if I use the words in one paragraph to say so much better than I could, some thing about the "lovelest weed of all," a flower that has been to me since childhood especially beauti ful. "Perhaps its mission,,, says the writer in the Oregonian, "for so we may conceive it is to teach us the beauty of the commonplace, the disregarded, for though color has been lavished on other flowers, and form, too, and fragrance, nevertheless the lace of good Queen Anne is not surpassed in design. "One look at the composite pat tern of the umbel, the geometrical harmony, with realization that this flower is as perfect as a snowilake. Surely there was a designer, a lacemakcr, and though we call it nature, its other name is deity. ' One has not really seen the wild carrot until it has been observed through a magnifying glass. Never again will it be just a weed! What a picture it would make if it posed for a skillful photographer who knew how to make the composition one of justice to the exquisite sym metry of the flowerhead grace ful on its stem. I have a young friend down on 99 who paints flowers so they look ready to pick. Maybe you have seen her "Driftwood Corner" where inch square landscapes of perfect detail rest on minature easels. In a sea shell she captures a view of the ocean. And on folders, and for frames, she causes to grow with her magic brushes the wildflowers which' she sees, really sees. And she laughs when I say, "How do you do it, Marion Marvick? How do you do it!,, I shall ask her to "do one of Queen Anne's lace!" NEW POLIO CASES PORTLAND -UP) Portland's 1950 poliomyelitis total rose to 27 Thursday with three new cases re ported. Dr. Thomas L. Meador, city health officer, said that only six of the 27 cases have been in the area south of Burnside street, which divides the city approximately in the center. Skyline Trail Trek Enjoyed By Explorer Scouts By GEORGE TENNESON JR. Sunday, Aug. S, l iroup of ex plorer scouts started out to hike the Skyline trail from McKenzie pass to Gold lake on the Willamette highway. The trail trek of 65 miles was made in seven days, ending sunaay Aug. jj. The party was led by Don Reeves, Corvallis, and Chuck Allen of Roseburg. The boys from Rose burg were Jim Adair, Larry Gill, Craig Hansen and George Tenne son. In all there were 17 boys and two men. This was the first time trek of this kind had been made through this part of the country and it was pretty tough. There were no acci dents, although we all suffered from a lot of blisters on our feet. It was an interesting trip and we saw many fascinating sights such sights as the Three Sisters. We saw the north, south and east sides of the Sisters. Broken Top and Packsaddle mountains and many smaller mountains were seen. There were hundreds of lakes including Waldo lake, which is more than five miles long and a mile above sea level. Several points of interest were the lava beds, rock mesa, Wichi up plaines ( great Indian battle field). Looking from Packsaddle mountain out across Deschutes county and seeing Cultus lake, Cultus mountain and Crane praire reservoir (a distance of about 10 miles) was a thrilling sight. But to me, and I'm sure every one also on the trip will agree, the prettiest sight was looking across Waldo lake and seeing the peaks of the Three Sisters, which were more than 35 miles away' Those who completed the trip will receive, as a token of their efforts a sterling silver p i n resembling a packsack. It is be lieved that other such trips will be made each summer. We had a real treat at Waldo lake as we watched a parachute float down from a plane. In it were ice cream, eggs, ham, bread and apples for us. Arrangements for the plane were made by George Korn of Eugene. Money Suits Are . Put In Court File T. D. Lytle filed a suit in cir cuit court Thursday against Adrian Wonser and Norman Gott asking judgment for a total o f $556.45 in two separate causes for action. According to the complaint, the nln;.:f .......... ..j -, . piaiutiii vuuvciicu uwuci ami ui ai ID 8 caterpiuuar to the defendants for which he received as a down payment a 1941 Buick convertible and a Prairie Schooner trailer house. The complaint states that the convertible was not paid for and in order to avert repossession, the plaintiff had to pay $485.50 to Barcus Sales and Service. As a second cause of action the plaintiff asks $70.95 for labor per formed for the defendants by Wayne Lee Corn which was al legedly not paid.. A suit for damages has been Tiled against Steve Osko and Glen D. Hugo by the Motors Insurance corporation for $388.98. This amount ic claimed as damages to a car owned by John B. Clifton and insured by the plaintiff com pany. The car allegedly was in volved in an accident with the de fendants' truck Oct. 27, 1949, six miles north of Myrtle Creek on highway 99. Negligence is charged. Ill M Plan Ta Carm Far . Korean War Refuge TOKYO tPV- The United Na-" tioni is setting up a relief organ izittioo to care for an estimated 1,500,000 South Korean war refu gees, i Col. Alfred G. Katzin, personal representative in Korea of the U. N. secretary-general, today cabled details from Pusan. Ar rangements were concluded last, weekend i under General MacAr-' thur's direction. . - "Sickness and disease is rife among many thousands . . , a very large proportion indeed are without shelter and lack covering or blankets of any description. Katzin said. "They are reduced to the clothing in which they stand." RODEO DATE CHANGED The date, of the Kellogg Juve nile rodeo has been changed t o Sunday, Aug. 20, at the Kellogg grange hall, reports Darlene Mad ison, master of the Kellogg Juve nile grange. 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(Continued from page One) Mystery Of Headless Frenchman Still Puzzles Pennsylvania Area ; 1 j,OCK HAVEN, Pa-.-t.-'Pl-So you don't blieve In ghosts! Well, maybe that's because you don't live near lioad Hollow. For the headless Frenchman of Kettle creek still roams the wilds of these parts. At least, that's what the folks of Clinton county say. And a reporter and photographer for Iho Lock Haven Express, who checked the authenticity of the legend aren't saying yes or no. Legend has it that the ghost lie Ions to a French explorer who rob bed a aecrct cave of Indian sil ver some centuries ago. The In dians, it seemed, avenged their loss by beheading the Frenchman when ho returned for more silvjr. Reporter Pete Stevenson and photographer Jim Patterson, act ing on instructions from lly Cra in ner, postmuster of the hamlet ul Hammersloy rork, set out to track down the ghost. On a chilly, misty night they parked their car near the bridgo spanning Kettle creek at Road Hol low. As they sat uniting, the omy sound filling the night air was that of the distant pounding of a g.is well rl rill working the night shut suuuemy a nickering die." Some scientifically-Inclined folk scoff at the legend. They say the moan is nothing but methene gas seeping from crevices. A forest ranger offered the suggestion that tho eerie, ghostlike figure is caus ed by glowing phosphorous cling ing to moss and rotten logs in the damp woods. And then there Is the story of I the silver. Woodsman Harry Wal irrs snowco nievenson anu ratter son a piece of silver the size of a golf ball. He said he found it in the woods. And there's a lot more of the Indian silver around, he said. Disbelievers have an answer for that, too. They suggest it's some manner of ore which has silver- here and there, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could proceed here on the American home front on the principle of the Three Muske teers' immortal motlo? In the general sniping referred In in the foregoing paragraphs. Sen. Stennis, Democrat from Mis sissippi, came through with this good' one: "There ought to be a clear statement of American aims, 1 sug gest that congress write one if it isn't forthcoming from the admin istration. The American people are in the dark." Are you perfectly clear in vour mind as to WHAT WE'RE FIGHT ING FOR IN ALL THIS RUCKUS, including Korea? If so, you're lucky. I hate to confess it, but I have to admit that I haven't the fog giest idea as to what it is really all about. Why we should have worked ourselves into a position where the Russians can keep us fighting Russia's stooges all over the world while all the Russians have to do is to sit tight until we're worn out and then move in on us I wouldn't know. I do know I'd feel a lot easier in my mind if we had Russia in the place where she has us. Another thing that keeps irking me is memory of the guff that was fed to us for years to the general effect that the Chinese Communists were just simple, gen tle, rather timid peasants who wanted nothing but a little reason able agrarian reform and WERE DEAD SET AGAINST THE MOS VOW COMMUNISTS. In the clear light of hindsight, we know better now. Benefits For Servicemen, Dependents Listed lickoring, waving !""""'' "i ore less than 100 feet ! ued ovcr ,nc igain, may- form reared up away. They edged toward the eerie, I Maybe so. And then reddish-white figure for a belter be not. look. A sound like that of a low, I almost painful, moan could be i Utah Applies For Federal "The' figure glided .way. up lhe'Ald F" Fish bank and onto Road Hollow. It mov ed quickly in the faint moonlight They ran to keep it in sight. A metal filmholder fell from Patterson's pocket. They stopped to pick it up. When they looked up again, mc neatness frenchman was f .he eeonnmies nf it. fihe.i S0"6, resources, under terms of the so- Some say the Frenchman still called Dingell hill signed by Pres roams the wilds of Clinton county I idem Truman Aug. 9. looking for his head. Others siiy The act is patterned after and he's angry because "wild-iis companion of the Pittmnn cattcrs" are drilling for gas. Robertson federal aid to wildlife As one valley resident put H: restoration act of 1937. It provides "It's his life blood, that natural I for financing of cooperative fish, gas. and these drillers are eating I erv work from the 10 percent fed it all up. If they keep piping the gas ral excise tax on aportt fishing out, the headless Frenchman w ill ' tackle. SALEM (.Pi The stale vet erans department has prepared a special news letter listing all ben efits for servicemen and their de pendents. The publication points out that there are no family allowances in the lower pay grades, although Congress Is considering a bill to provide such allowances. There no longer is the home town maternity and infant care provided for servicemen's fam ilies in World War II. Benefits explained in the pub lication include: War time rates of compensation for disability and death incurred as a direct result of armed con flict. For instance, a widow and a child of a man killed in Korea would get $105 a month. A sol dier 100 percent disabled in Ihe fighting would get $150 a month. New government life insurance up to $10,000, even though the I serviceman had surrendered his I government insurance in World War II. Reemployment rights upon re turn from service. Federal and state civil service preference. The soldiers and sailors civil re lief act. Recalled Vets May Have To Cash Their Insurance WASHINGTON - lT) -Utah Is Ihe first state to apply for a federal-aid fishery restoration pro ject, the Fish and Wildlife service says. Ulan wants funds for a survey WASHINGTON - (.11 - Many World War II veterans called back into Ihe service may have to cash In their converted national service life insurance policies, the Veter ans administration says. They would do so because of the Inability to keep up the premiums while on military pay. a VA in surance official explained. He added that since most vet erans are well aware of the value of insurance coverage in military duty, many may decide to take out the cheaper so-called term policies upon returning to unilorm The official told a reporter that VA Is prepared to handle this tyr of business on a large scale. In effect It would be a reconversion of converted policies. "A veteran can cash in his permanent-type policy at any time after one year," the spokesman said. "He can take out a new term policy once he is back in service, but not before." Rep. Rogers (D Flal has intro duced a bill to authorize VA to pay the insurance premiums on com mercial as well as government policies for servicemen. Under that plan, the policy-holders would make good the pay ments, on the installment plan, after their return to civilian life. y4 1' aMaKMMnMhUiteaswMlaaULMiljJMakaiaaa For accurate, complete news of the Korean war, see The Associated Press coverogt in a isiia A Member of The Associated Press
