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4 Th Nwft-Rvitwf Ro9eburgf Ort. Fridoy, Oct. 6, 1950 Funds Allotted N.W. To Combat Still Bringing Good Things To Many People ubllsfved Daily licpt Sunday by tha NawvRtvitw Company, Inc. bllnl u slaaa aaailar Maa 1. lata. ' atflae iNlklli Orafas, Ml ( Maraa I. ISIS CHARLIS V. ITANTON IOWIN I. KNAP Iditar Manager I Memkar tha Associated Press, Oregon Newspaarer Publishers, Association, the Audit lureau Clreulailens IlinHltll aa aTCaT-IIOLLIIlAV t'0 IMJ., afrteaa l Maw tars. Vaiaaa ' rraaalaaa. Laa Aafalaa. aaallla. rarllaa. at. laala UHUKirriUN ATra la Oraiaa Mail ra aaar W at ala raaalaa H M. Ara ajaalka It.ae Us CUT Carrlar rar aaar flf.aa He aaaaaral, laaa laaa aa aaar aaa aiaata II. M Oalala. Ofafaa B, Mall rar jaar s.as. ai ataa ea.is. Uraa aitaiai ll.lt. DELIVERING By Charles A newspaper in of little worth until it is placed in the . hands of the reailtr. Therefore, any discussion of news paper activities, such as we have been conducting in this ' column in observance of National Newspaper Week, must include the circulation department as one of the vital func tions of newspaper operation. We have been trying to problems, achievements, and paper-durine the expansion circulation department of cellent evidence of growth. In 1942, the beginning approximately 30 percent of ers in the county received their paper the same day it was 1 published. Today the paper is delivered to the doorsteps or mail boxes of approximately 80 percent of our readers within the ccunty. The number of readers of handling almost 9,000 papers daily is a considerable chore. It requires services of five route deliverymen. 29 Little Merchant carrier boys and several part-time v.orkcrs. In prewar times we had one full-time and two part-time employes and from 12 to 14 car rier boys in the department. Motor Routes Servt Lorgt Area The circulation department is under the management ,of A. Fuller Johnson.. It is his responsibility to see that the paper is delivered legularly and properly to all subscribers. Under his "dirvction our carrier delivery system was changed to the "Little Merchant" plan, now generally used by most larger newspapers. Under this system each newsboy operates h's own business. He buys the newspaper from The News-Review company and sells it to the reader. He develops his own route, collects from the subscriber, so licits new customers and keeps his own books. He is re ceiving valuable business experience. Where subscribers pay in advance at the office for their paper, the newsboy is credited with the peymcnt and is paid by the office for deliveries to the customer. Of chief interest in expansion of the circulation depart ment has been the establishment of motor routes. Through these routes we now are able to furnish door-to-door carrier dt'livery in Oakland, Suthcrlin, Winston, Dillard Myrtle Creek, RirUle. Canyonville and Camas Valley. The motor . carriers deliver papers to newspaper boxes along the roads .traveled.' Six routes have been established. I , One serves the irea along the Pacific highway between Roseburg and Canyonville, with a side trip to Riddle. An other goes through Brockway, Tenmile and Camas Valley. A third takes the river loop by way of Garden valley to Umpqua and back through Klgarose and Melrose. Another highway route goes north through Winchester and Wilbur to Suthcrlin and Oakland. An east-west route follows the Calapooia valley east and west from Sutherlin. A North . Umpqua route serves readers as far east from Roseburg aa Rock creek, as well as a part of the Little river and Buck horn roads. By means of "Little Merchant" and motor route car riers, The S'ewe-Rei iew today is being delivered daily to approximately 80 percent of county readers within a few hours after publication. Proud Of Newsboys One of the principal sources of pride on the part of any newspr.per is lis newsboys. No industry is so dependent upon the service of comparative youngsters. Yet no indus try furnishes better opportunity for boys to obtain training at:d experience in the business field. But when one realizes that day after day, rain or shine, a new8paptr carrier travels his route, delivering papers to a constantly changing list of gubscrilxrs, making several extra trips to collect bills monthly, often having to return two or three times,, when patrons are not at home, it is evident that he has a hard job. Subscribers occasionally become irate when the boy ' misses their paper, or they find the paper tossed in the bushes or in a wet lawn.- Yet, wlien we check the number of newsboy errors against his total deliveries, we find that few people can equal his record for service with so few mistakes. It is not e.lways his fault that the paper is not in its proper place. Our investigations show that the newsboy often is blamed for the acts of children or dogs. Not that a newsboy is perfect. But whr doesn't make mistakes? It is the policy of The Nens-Revinr that careless or irresponsible news boys shall be replaced. We're piighty proud of our newsboys. They're doing swell job. In The Day's News By FRANK (Con u.ued from Pag One) ily atmng and keep our freedom Is to KEEP THE PRESENT ADMIN ISTRATION IN POWKS. That's the way the politicians loo at it, It isn't just our politicians who look at it that way. The vnualion , in Britain ia precisely the same. In Britain a few weeks ago the aocialista. by the narrow martin of aix votes, decided to nationalise the steel industry. Nationalizing the steel industry, with rearmament and possible war in the oiling, is a grave and aerious decision. The steel industry ia the backbone o f war production. If your steel indus try isn't functioning at top effi ciency when you're nrrnng for war. you may lose the ar when' it cornea along. Shifting ownership and management of ateel from pri vate hands to the government can interfere seriously with efficiency i while the change is befkf made. Knowing all this, theintisn ao- rialisla jVided toQe the chance THE PAPER V. Stanton summarize for you some of the gains made by your news program of recent years. The The Keu-e-Reriew furnishes ex of the community's "boom, The K ewe-Review e subsrnb. has more than doubled. The task full-time employes, six motor JENKINS. WHY? Thu seems to be the reason: There is a aerious split in the British Labor party. One faction is left-wing. The other faction is middle-of-the-road. The mtddle-of-the- trnadera got scared that if Ihey diTft nationalize steel the Irft-win ers might jump the reservation. In that event, the Conservative pary MKJHT WIN CONTROL OF PAR LIAMENT. O The socialists would then be OtT. So. tri order to stay in power, they look all the chances -ivolv.-d in nationalizing steel with possible war on the horizon. j Here is the curious part of it: ; The socialists in Britain ACTVA-, I Y BELIEVE that voting them out of power would be the worst thing that could happen to t h e Rritish people. In this country, the Demo-j crata believe with equal sincerity! fiat if the I'nited States of Amer ica ia M. survive they mjsl 15) kept ini'wer. Q , Aa I said a few paragraphs hark, that'i the way politics works. By WENDELL WEBB Editor, The Oregon Statesman THE STEREOTYPE ROOM On newspapers of all sizes, but particularly on larger ones whose circulation ia too large for reliance on flat-Ded presses, the stereotyp- era play an important role. They "cast" innumerable "mats" which comprise a newspaper'a il lustrations comics, ads, some picturea. (Other picturea are printed direct from original en gravings.) The mala are heavy cardboards carrying the impressions of what ever item is to be reproduced in tha newspapers. Hot lead poured into them makes a cast from which the lllustra.ion can be printed. The lead must be just the right temperature and contain just tha right inirediei.ts zinc, tin, anti mony, etc. If the stereotype department must also change the flat pages of type Inlo circular form iso that the newspaper can be printed on cylindrical presses and thus speed output) it ia an especially busy place. Sometimes a composing room waiting for correction proof o n some pagea and for type enough to fill othera gets all the pages ready practically at the same time. This poses a tremendous problem for the stereotypers. Each page has a "date" with the press at a certain time, yat stereotypers can't cast all the pagis at once into the cir cular forms. It takes time for each one. It is then they battle the clock to get the casta to the press as fast as humanly possible. There is plenty of sweat in the hot lead room. Lead used for type, except the tarter heads, is melted over and over to supply the lineotypea or intrrtypes. That good story of yours la yesterday's newspaper, for in stance, today is but a lead bar and by tomorrow will be another atory entirely. Farm Group Backs Sales Tax Plan, Wants No CYA The North Douglas Farm Bur- i eatl center of the Oregon farm I Bureau Federation held a iinal I organizational meeting Wednesday and elected oilicers to.- the vear. Elected to office were: E. K. Mulkey, Yonralla, president; Paul rlury, onralla, chairman; Wil liam Castor. Rice Valley, vice chairman; Mrs. Hazel Gregersnn, Yoncalla. secre.ary - treasurer; Mrs. Dolly Goodrich, Yoncalla, as I sociate women's chairman: Mrs. I William Castor, Rice Valley, as sociaie women's vice-chairman, I and Mra. Paul Flury, publicity , chairman. I Rusa Cary. vice-president of tha Oregon Farm Bureau Federation, ! addressed the group on the aub j ject of the proposed sales tax and i the proposed Columbia Valley auth ority. Following the talk, the group i voted to go on record against CVA, voring local control of water rights. Tha group voted to go on record favoring a sales tax lor school support.io offset hi'jh prop erty taxes. I The North Dougl.a, Farm Bur I eau center will holiHits meeting i the first Friday of each month.asha ! next meeting will be lal atMht Bill C.-vatyr ranch Nov. J. The flegon Farm Bureau will hold a meeting at Elkton in the IOOF haj Friday. Oct. . V choosv(5hiep SAN BERNARDINO, Calif i.Vi Elaine Hunter told police some one lifted a day'a wash from her line, leaving only a torn aheet. fofofoq By Viahnett S. Martin J,' T"V ' Anything la "news," it ia said, until it is read. One hears of folk up in the Arctic getting a year's supply of newspapers and maga zines in a batch, then carefully piling them chronologically and reading that way, while waiting for the next year's supply to reach theml Robert Harvie Discusses Work For Handicapped Robert Harvie, deputy in the Roseburg office of the Oregon State Employment service, dis cused the current, Oct. 1-7. Na tional Employ-t he-Handicapped week Thursday noon at the Hotel Umpqua before an audience of Roseburg Rotarians. "When you hire a man, look at his abilities rather than his dis abilities," Harvie declared. "Look ' at what he is able to do and put h.m to work." The Roseburg Toastmaster'a club provided the speaker who made his talk short and to the point aa a concession to the second world aeries game which was reaching its climax. Harvie was introduced by Cece Sherwood, foot ball coach of Roseburg high school. Tha most aerious problem, Har vie indicated, is that of the men tally handicapped. But under an eflicient vocational program, even thia obstacle can be overcome. Employment of the handicapped worker has many advantages, Harvie pointed out. It la economi cally sound because the employe is not drawing welfare assistance, and becomes an asset rather than a drain on the economics f the community. The physically handi capped worker ia more faith ful, more loyal, becau.se jobs are harder to get. The national aver age of absenteeism is lower for the l.hysirally handicapped worker than for other workers, he pointed out. The Veterans administration has a good program, Harvie said, and the State Vocational Rehabilitation board would be glad lo Cooperate in any way. Give the physically handicapped worker an opportunity to show his abilities and to show what he can do, Harvie concluded. President Walt Mallory an nounced that there will be a Ro tary club assembly meeting at Carl's Tavern at 7 p. m. Weanes day. News-Review classified ads bring resulta. t'hone 100. Tractor ftteh only postpone trouble A great many changes hare been made, yet the place of news papers in our daily lives remains secure, even with radio and tele vision. As I read the interesting story of the 108-year-old Andrew E. Hogan, in the News-Review re cently, I thought about the changes he had seen mercy, for that mat ter, think of the changes you and I have seen! And then in the mail came my New York State weekly that has a column: "100 years ago," also SO, 20 and 10. To my great pleasure I read some news in the luo-year-ago column prov ing the truth in the adage with which I began today'a column: "One hundred yean ago ("apt. James Sprague, aged 83, died in Pavilion on October ninth. He was born in Lebanon, Conn In 1812 he came to Balavia with his father and family. "His father had been a contractor in the Revolutionary war and suf fered greatly by the depression of the continental money. James was less than twenty years old when his father died, leaving a family of ten children, dependent upon Jamea. He was one of those pio neers who without tools or ma chines, struggled almost aingle handed to conquer the wilderness." It was news to me, although "James"' was my great-grandfather. From now on I shall think of him, not aa an assemblyman, nor as a Jndge, nor aa a captain, all the news I had of him prior to this week's Wyoming County Times hut, warmly, as a young man of twenty, shouldering the task of providing for his ten brothers and aisters, an ancestor of whom I may well be very proud from now on. This little item from the files of a country weekly brought me much pleasure! That wilderness is now a place of beautiful farms. I recall mv grandfather saying, as we drove along one beautiful stretch, "When I was a boy, sis, this was all woods." Sme day, here in Oregon, grandfathers will be saying things iike that (alas?) about our wooded areas here? In fact, they do, now! GOT A KICK? If your paper hat not boo received by 4:1 S p.m.,. PHONE 100 botwoon 4:1 5 and 7 p.m. ONLY 53 - ups Mv-Xr-A A NET J KZJTr)ZC- saw msgm Fires In Forests Ont and one-third million dollars will be received by the state forestry agenciea in Oregon and Washington from the federal government to help control forest fires thia fiscal year. Thia annual allotment of funda unoer the co operative Clarke-McNary act has just been announced by the V. S. forest service. Oregon will receive (708,166 and Washington M,U of this allot ment. These funda are to aid the sutes in protecting state and private forest lands. Oregon's al lotment ia the same as last year, but Washington's share ia up ap proximately $20,000 from $363,902. The two Northwest states have received 14 million dollars of federal funds for thia purpose since 1924. The cooperative pro gram was initiated in 1911 and waa rev.sed and broadened in 1924 largely through the efforta of for Senator McNary of Oregon. The I objectives of the law are lo assist private and other nonfederal land-! ownera to adequately protect their timberlands from fire. Federal : funda appropriated for this purpose ) are administered through the U. S. j forest service for direct expendi- lure by the state forestry depart ments. "The forests of Oregon and Washington produce approximately one-third of the total annual timber cut in the United States," said T. H. Burgess, assistant regional forester in charge of state and firivate cooperation for the Pacific and. "A major portion of this comes trom private and state forest lands. Adequate protection is essential for the continued pro duction of this valuable resource. At present the federal govern ment shares approximately one third of the total cost of protection of these nonfederal lands." Used Cars and Trucks For Sale '4t Chavralet 4-aW '42 Poajtitc. t Sadea '41 Pootiac Club Caupa '41 Dxia V. T Pickua '4t Plynwurii 4-4oer '41 Chevrolet 2-Deor '40 Chevrolet, 5-Poss Cousa '4J Jaa. . '41 Kaiser 4-dor '41 Jaaa '47 Mercury S-Pass. Coupe '42 Ford '.-Ton Pickup '37 Ferd Vt-T. Pickup '41 Oldsmebila I, 4-door Liberal Trade-In Any Make or Model Doyle's Sales and Service Hif hwey ml Gaidar. Valley Phone 11 WOOD FOR SALE v 16" Cor Wood ..... $8.00 pr load Split Log Ends not to exceed 16" 8.00 per load "Uniplit Log Endi - 4.00 per load Extra charge for any lead more than tlx miles from the plant. ' t The Martin Brothers Box Co; Oakland, Oregon By SNA BAR'ON hPfifTi SCENE One of the most Inspiring and practical trends in modern dec orating ia the recent revival of murals. In the not-too-far past only those of fabuloua wealth could afford to have artists paint murals on their walls. Today beautiful wallpaper murals are within the bounds of the most modest budgets. Resides Imparling a feeling of great spare to your room, a wall paper mural ran create a rich breathtaking decorative efTert. If you love the outdoors yon can Interpret Its freshness with a mural of a rustic country lane bordered with evergreens; or a snow scene; or a laay river flow ing dreamily across your wall Sketched above a wallpaper mural of silver birches along a bank of wide blue water makes a small Inside dining room arc pear delightfully spacious. Dado. Ill N. Jackson Phone 330 DON'T BE TRICKED INTO ON NOVEMBER 7th ami) last Measure en the Ballot Be sure to register so that you can vote 317 X NO a vote against the return of bootleg ging, racketeering, speakeasies, e disrespect for law and order, and all the other evils of prohibition! Phone 2211 and 2212 STEALER and woodKrk of soft blue blend with mural ky coloring. Remain ing wall and floor covering art quiet grey. Ceiling in white. The noft, nil very t outre of the birch table with Dun raw Phyfe leg, and birch 8h era ton ehalr harmonize perfectly with thia pictureMue background. The birch lowboy haa the aame clarity of beauty and detslgn aa table and chalm. The allvrr planter above It were made from an old Rhef field tureen. Come In and see u for mort i fleas that will give distinctive decorative touches to your home. V Josses? emres, JI7 1 ft Comoirtee. Im SlxH Sacrrtar? XI Urje'iiiasr, M., hiVmi. ffst o IIU liai.VIIMIllV- UTI, o o Q
