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4 The Nwi-Rviw, Roseburg, Or.--Tims Aug. '22. IfU Publiihtd Daily Exctpt Sunday by fh Ntws-Rtvltw Company, Inc. faUrct ueuf iIim miller Mm 1. ! Ut fftet ! Btuabirf. Ores a a, id4r e ( March . lilt CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Managtr -Mambtr of Hi AiwcUttd Prm, Oregon Nawspapr PublHhars Aiwciation, the Audit Buraao of Circulation ftOrMtt1 b? WESTBOI.LIDA9 CO.. INC.. rfleai la Nfw rfc, CklCftf. rrtBClte. La An . ttlU. PrtUB. it. Lil UBICIIIKIIUN RATES IB Oren fl? F yBt H.M tit Bicalht M M. Uri Math t fmt. r msntb Sl-M Oouldsj Orflljr Mall Per ?r . H.I, (bra MBiitba 11. If. QUITE AN EVENT By Charles V. Stanton An interesting ceremonial is being prepared for Sunday, Aug. 27, when the town of Scottsburg1 will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its foundine. Scottsburg once was one of Oregon's largest and busiest settlements. For a period of years it seemed it might become the state s metropolis. Then, as so often is the case, the nubble burst and Scottsburg declined to semi-obscurity until it revived to new activity as a logging center in recent years. Today it again hums with business, although dreams of being a metropolis have long since vanished. Scottsburg was founded in 1850 by Levi Scott, one of locators of the Annlegate route into Southern Oregon. Scott later became a member of the territorial council and of the constitutional convention. Occurring the year after the discovery of gold in Cali fornia, the founding of Scottsburg was. closely tied to the rush of adventurers into Southern Oregon and Northern . California. Prospectors meeting failure in the Central California gold fields, worked northward into the biskiyou mountains. Rich ore was discovered at Jacksonville. Immediately the news spread and a mining settlement mushroomed into being. Supplies for the mining camps had to be transported overland. Soon a brisk trade had developed in shipping mer chandise from San Francisco by boat, then transferring to pack trains at Scottsburg for the trip inland. Military Roads Created Situated at the head of navigation on the Umpqua river, Scottsburg grew, rapidly as a port. It was a wild, roaring town, typical of the frontier. The necessity for transportation routes attracted at tention in Washington and army engineers were sent into the territory to establish and build military roads. Sections of these early-day roads are still to be found along the river route, and petitions now are before the county court, urging that one portion of the road built by General Joseph Hooker, located along the bank of the Umpqua for a distance of about one-half mile upstream from Scottsburg, be set aside as a public park. - As crude roads were opened up between Scottsburg and the inland, pack trains were replaced by freight wagons. The late George Quine, former sheriff and county judge, who, as a youth, drove freighters between Scottsburg and Jacksonville, told us that the bulk of the merchandise usually was barreled whisky, with other goods taking second place in importance. ' 1 'But roads also were being built elsewhere. The rugged Smith river route was opened between Crescent City and Jacksonville. As Crescent City reduced the boat trip from San Francisco by many miles, more and more vessels started using that harbor while Scottsburg's trade began to diminish. Floods And Fire Reduce Village Then came high floods which washed away some of the original buildings. Fires did additional damage. Eventually Scottsburg became a ghost village as remaining inhabitants moved to higher ground on which the town is now situated The trade war was won by Crescent City and Scottsburg existed for many years only as a stop for overland stages, plying between the inland, the "White City" of Gardiner, and the new town of Reedsport. But improved transportation, the coming of the logging camps and discovery of Scottsburg's recreational facilities have brought new life into the community, which, despite its 100 years, is exceedingly spry and active today. The 100th anniversary will be celebrated Sunday with a parade at 10 a. m., pioneer exhibits, old-fashioned picnic, program, dedication of an historical marker, games, contests and dancing, v Jt should be quite an event! n The Day's News .By FRANK JENKINS. (Continued from page One) I really WOULD like to know what we're fighting for and why. I real ize, of course, Hi at the long-pull objective is. lo lick Russia and Russian communism and preserve our liberties. But it's hard to es cape the thought that the way things are going now we're fight ing the war the way the Russians WANT IT FOUGHT. That is to say, it looks like we're committed to a program of spending our strength In chipping away at the millions of Russian stooges THAT ARE SPREAD THICK Al.I. THE WAY AROUND RUSSIA HERSELF, and hen we weaken ourselves enough by this process the Russians will move in for the kill. If that is the rase, it isn't a pleasant prospect. There are .so many things in this world that aren't pleasant. There's King Farouk, of Egypt, for example. He hits the gambling casinos at Deauvillc, on the French Riviera, last night and wins the French equivalent of 60.000 dollars. Then his luck runs out on him and lie keeps his bodyguards busy for hours chasing to the bank to get more money to meet his losses. It'i none of my business, of course. If fat Karouk wants to waste the substance of Egypt in high living on the Riviera and if the Egyptians arc willing to stand for it I ought to be able to shrug it off. But I've seen some of the bnltom level Egyptians, and they're a hungry, hopeless, flea bitten Int. The point Is that they'll STAY THAT WAY a? long as Egypt has the kind of government that per mits a king to waste the substance of his subjects in riotous living in places like Dcauville. When you come right down to it. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE WORLD IS GETTING THE RIGHT KIND OF LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP ALL OVER THE WORLD. K we had that, wars would be far less numerous and all the peo ple in the world would be far hap pier. Transportation Tax Dodgers Face Crack-Down WASHINGTON -t.l'i The sen ate finance committee has voted to crack down on persons who dodge transportation taxes by buy ing travel tickets or paying their freight bills outside the U. S. The committee decided to write new section into the proposed 5, 000.000,000 tax boosting bill. This would put into law recent ruling by the Treasury department intended to stop such evasions. Under this provision I person or I business could not duck the IS I percent excise on travel tickets or I the 3 percent levy on freight trans-1 portation simply by buying the I ticket or paybg the freight bill in I Canada or Mexico, n some are I ioing. . I Th excises would he collected from the railroad or oilier trans portation company when the movement of persons began ..nd ended in the United States, n o matter where the hill was paid or the ticket purchased. 1 J U & 1 c mw mm$M 3 I , qL WINCHESTER BAY DEDICATION This group of tlx young mar. ried women from th Winchester 8ay-Reediport-Gard!ner area flanked iha dedication sign during ceremonies Sunday which of ficially opened to public use th 70-acro Winchester Bay Tide lands park and boat mooring basin. Th ladies above formed the court for Mrs. Robert Smith, chosen "Queen of the Woods" for the Western Douglas County fair. From left, the princesses are Wilma Judy, Vivian Thofson, Ella Cabel, Queen Janice Smith, Muriel Smith and Orba Walker. (Staff photo) Delegates From The U.S.S.R. 4' By Vitihnett S. Martin I "He had liquor one night, and got mixed up Jn a fight. . . He went to prison for six months, and came nut wilh one idea: to begin all over, and make good at a job. He wants to forget all that time in prison. But can be? No, employers refuse him work b c catise he has a prison record. Folks now look the oilier way, or are at some pains to let him know they don't forget, and don't intend to let him know they don't for get, and don't intend to let him. He's getting bitter. Feels every body is against him. . . Sny some thing aboiu a case like that!" "Say something!" What can I say? The story came to this column a few days ago. 1 have been thinking about it. Would the Good Samaritan pass him by, do you suppose? Isn't he entitled to a chance? And then I thought of those familiar lines written from the lender heart ot a Scotch poet remember? O ye, wha are sae guid yoursel, S.ie pious and sae holy, Ye've nought to do but mark and ten Your neebour's fauts and folly: Whass life is like a wcll-gaun mill Supplied wi' store o' water; The heapet happer'a ebbing still, An still the clap plays clatter!. . Then gently scan your brother man Still gentler sister woman; Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human; One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they do it: And just as iamely can ye mark How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us: He knows each chord, its various tone, Each Spring, its various bias; Then at the bal.nce let's be mute, We never can adjust It; What's done we partly may com pute, But know not what's resisted. ROBERT BURNS LETTERS to the Editor ATTY. C. C. HALL DIES PORTLAND 4.pvchartcs Cam-1 bell Hall. 65, pronrnent corpor ation attorney here, died Sunday. He had suffered a heart ailment for nine months. After a brief law practice in Texas, he had entered tht orchard business near Grants Pass for a year, thee in 1910 moved ta Tort land. Grants Pass Gl Aids In Ousting 'Seoul City Sue' WASHINGTON LVi A Grants , it enough to put her off th eair. Pass man had a hand in nutting McPheron said the "Seoul City "Seoul City Sue" off the air in ! Sle" never w ill make the Hooper Korea last week . i ratings, even if she gets hack on The slorv was told in a broad-' ,ha ir- He si,ld ' n0 muisc cast from Tokvo, prepared ( 0 r I on her program, just propaganda. MBS. j Major wes MrPhernn gave de-'orecjon Hunter Falls Dead tails of the previously disclosed 1 incident. After Bagging Antelope He said that 1.1. Bud Galligher i of New York stale was annoyed LAKEVIEW I.T) Hunter Ja by the propaganda poured out in ; cob Hess, 57, Bandon, bagged an Legion's New National Home Is Dedicated INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-f.TI The American Legion's new national headquarters building was dedi cated yesterday with praise from former Legion commander, Paul V. McNutt, for the Legion's stand on preparedness. . McNutt. war manpower commis sioner during World War II, de scribed the Legion as "for 30 years . . . a voice crying in the wilderness." He told an outdoor audience: "Americans love freedom with such a passion that they instinc tively resent any move which smacks of regimentation. "If I am any judge of their tem per at the moment it would seem that after mature consideration rather than emotional judgment, they are ready to submit them selves to such controls as are nec essary during, but only during, the period of national danger." McNutt restated the Legion's ad vocacy of universal military train ing and mobilization of all re sources. He continued: "All freedom lovin" nations -1 peoples look to us. We are ready to support and befriend our am.., and to cooperate with movements designed to isolate totalitarianism and tyranny." The J2.5O0.0O0 structure was built by the state of Indiana. Mt. Nebo Given Name By Pioneer Minister Of Roseburg, Belief REEDSPORT Thanks to your photographer, Paul Jenkins, and your excellent news sheet for that majestic picture of old Mt. Nebo, evidently taken from the south fork. Many times in my younger days I have viewed the old peak and during those former years climbed from every side and angle and also assisted in painting class fig ures on its rugged rocky side. I believe that the Rev. J.R.N. Bell, a pioneer circuit rider for the old South Methodist church and former Roseburg editor, gave the old mountain its name. adoDted from the scriptures. Rev. Mr. Bell, after a number of years residence in Roseburg, holding forth at a church on the corner of Washington and Stephens streets, now a part of the junior high school grounds, finally moved iu t-uivauis. mere ne Decame famous as a minister and a real sportsman and booster for the O. A. C. now known as Oregon State football squad. He never missed a home game. After every win he would lead a parade to the bridge across the river and ceremoniously toss his hat into the stream. Bell field was named in his honor. In the old pioneer days Rev. Mr. Bell traveled in the southern Ore gon district.' In his religious cir cuit riding duties, he rode horse back and used the old California Oregon stages. In those days every wayside ho tel was the stage station and in each there was a liquor bar or saloon. The hotel register usually rested on the bar. Rev. Mr. Bell never failed when slopping over ai a station or village to person ally enter the barroom, place his 1 foot on the brass rail, grab a pen and sign the regist'.i. Being a I cigar smoker, he u.ually bought a five-center from tl.e bartender. Then, with his foot still planted on the brass rail, he would drag a match across the scat of his trousers, light up the cigar and blow a cloud of smoke into the room. Mt. Nebo to me, like Bell field, is a monument to that rugged old Southern Methodist minister. FRED M. WRIGHT Reedsport, Ore. Oregon Report Shows Printers Receive Best Pay SALEM UP Earnings of O r e g o n'l production workers climbed to another all-time re cord in June, the state unemploy ment compensation commission said. The weekly average wage reached S70.79. compared with $69.47 in May, and S61.82 in Janu ary. The hourly wage average in the state was $1.80. During May, Oregon led all Man Of 83 Growing His Third Set Of Teeth WATERTOWN, N. Y. (JPI An 83-year-old man who says he never has been to a dentist claims he's growing his third set of teeth. William Schweitzer of Perch river said he had only four of his second set of teeth left when he first noticed the third set edging through. Schweitzer's daughter, Mrs. Mary B. Phillips, said "father is uncomfortable, but pleased about the whole thing." s'-tes in earnings of production workers. The commission said that figures for other states aren't available for June, but that Ore gon probably would lead for that month, too. Those working in sawmills and logging operations averaged $1.M an hour or 78.62 a week. - The best paid are those in th printing and publishing industry, who averaged $81.52 a week. The loggers and sawmill worker were next. - 1 "AYE, LADDIE! 'TIS ECONOMICAL AND WISE TO INSURE!" P0RCELANIZ1NG Renews th Shin . If your car has the dull effects of the weather on its finish . . . make it bright like spring by hav ing it porcelanlzed. Bring your ear in today to our porcelanizing ex perts. I HANSEN I MOTOR CO. Oak & Stephens Phon 446 , IMS Mr Lrj TED ASKS: MAR YOUR CAR? Tht next best to owning a nw car it having your prtstnt car smooth one! artractivt incrtotei iti valut and it sourco of pridt to you. Ltr ui tko thoia bumpi, dtnti and tcratchti out of your car now. EVERY JOB ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED! TED'S Auto Body Service 2 milti wait of city cenrtr , on Molrosa Road. PHONE 1314-J FOR... .' SERVICE. . . ' EXPERIENCE . . . CO-OPERATION . . . Investigate the services offered by your "Home owned, Home-operated" bank. Money left on deposit with us remains in DOUGLAS COUNTY. All facilities available for your individual needs. Douglas County State Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Donations Of Blood Requested By Red Cross WASHINGTON -t.P The Red Cross says large amounts of blood are needed to meet needs of fight ing men in Korea and the ex panded armed forces. The organization, official procure ment agency for blood (or the services, has called on all Amer icans for blood donations. It said Korean needs have been supplied so far by volunteer military and civilian donors stationed in Japan. Stop Shop Co-Op ALEMITE Fittings, Hydraulic Button Head Standard Dot Adapters Hand Gum Cat Bolume Bucket, Air Guns Meters Temp. Gauge All Kindt Pin Type Giant Button Head Connector! Couplings Push & Lever Typ High Pressure Trans. Bucket Air Regulators Amp. Meters Oil Pressure Gauges BUY WHERE YOU SHARE IN THE SAVINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ; ROSEBURG, OREGON Phone 98 Located W. Washington St. and S. P. R, R. Tracks Knglish by a feminine voire from the radio station at Communist held Seoul. With the aid of his navigator, I.t. Ted Keesler of Grants Pass, Ore., and his gunner, Sgt. Oscar Berg of Muscatine, Iowa, I.t. Galligher found th transmitting tower of th station oulside Seoul and damaged antelope Saturday during the spe cial season and then dropped dead. His wife was a witness. Lake County Coroner Everett Osterman sata Hess suffered a heart altack during th excitement of making his kill. Th man and his wif wer hunting near Silver lake. Portlanders To Vote On Pay Raise For Officials PORTLAND t.V Portland ; ers will vole in November on ! whether their mayor and four commissioners should get more money. The council voted to propose to the people that the mayor's pav ! be boosted from SC000 "to JlO.oob and the commissioners' pay be upped from $.iooo to SS.W0. j The peophs also will vole if 1 the initiative gets on the ballot on shifting to a city manager I system under which there would .be tight commissioners working part-time and getting only half I what th present eommijs'ionen get. 'Wouldn't It?' Wouldn't it be fine end dandy If each handclasp warm and true ..- Carried with it this assurance? "I know something good about you." illl Jlie (Shaped llie looses Roseburg Funeral Horn Oak and Kane St-ee Roseburg. Oreoon Funerals Tel. 600 Ambulance Service Ml LLrOWlKS I:
