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o o 4 The Newt-Review, Rosekurf, Or. Mor., Oct. It, 19S0 O Published Daily lacept vndt by tha Nw.Rvlw Company, Inc. Irt4 nailer Ma? 1. lit, tl tfe tl rn l eg, Orfk, art ( March t. Hit CHARLES V. STANTON IOWIN L. KNAPP Bditer q Manager Mtmbtr at the Aiteciattd Press, Oregon Nwpapr Publishers Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations AtriMRtil ffKIMOLLIDAI CO.. afftrM Is Trh, ChUat. Sta rraaelM. Ui Am !, kill, rartUM. It. Laaia UBMl RIP-Iiiin ATr tn Orii. Bv Mail fr vtr sit naalk- M M, lira wNika ItM Ay CM t trior 1.M ta -. lata ! aa ar par waiflb tl OaUHa Uiti-Rr Mall Far aa M. MS alba 14.1. Ihraa taalba 11 1. Accent On The First Syllable DOMESTIC EXTRAVAGANCE By Charles V. Stanton Ppnplo of this country mifht as well resign themselves to the fart, that we will be on a wartime economy for many years to come. This opinion is expressed by leading profes sional economists supplying information to industrial a-nd hi (tines clients. They brtch that the United States must support a much larger military establishment than ever before in our his tory. We must hve a large army, a large navy, a large air force. We must instantly stand ready to police the world. This situation will make many changes in our economy. Expenditures for military needs will keep production high. KmpJoymnt of millions of men in armed services will re sult in a shrrt lalxir market. Wages will remain in the high brackets. We will experience shortages in manv lines of consumer goods, particularly those items requiring steel, copper, rublwr and other critical materials. The trend to ward inflation will increase. The continuing conflict between rising costs and laging wages probably will force imposi tion of controls. This in turn will restore black markets. How v iil the public react to wartime conditions when no shooting war exists? Time will tell. We agree with the economists that, like it or not, we must, and will, maintain a much larger military force than we have previously n'eded, except during actual i-hooting war, and far more than we like at any time. Polict Job Thrust Upon Us As we have pointed out previously in this column, we have fallen heir to the job of policing the world. I'ntil the lat war the police job belonged to Great Britain. Britain made it a profitable job through her system of colonies. With the collapse of the British economy and the weakening of h?r hold on her empire, Britain no longer could finance the police job. Yet it is a task that Ml'ST be done. Russia is perfectly willing and anxious to do it. She would have no trouble making it a paying job. But we don't like Russia's methods, so we obje-t to her demand that she be allowed to run the world in her own way. Consequently, with much reluctance, we arc putting on the uniform. We have no co lonial empire. We don't believe in subjecting other nations to our dicttteH am' taking from them their resources. We can't collect pay for our police job, nor ran we make it a paving proposition. Therefore, we must meet the cost out of our own pockets. Can't Ignort Facts Many people protest against. the t'nited States becom ing a military nation. We never have been war-minded. We prefer civilian status, with only token military force. We would like to avoid militarism. Btit can we do it? Wo are told by sentimentalists that when we create a large military force we will go out looking for wars; that when a nation trains for war it will have war. We could argue that point. We find, however, that we seem to get dragged into every war that comes along whether or not we want to fight. If we're going to be forced to fight, we'd be'ter be prepared. Unless we want Communist domination of the world, ourselves included, we must assume the policeman's job. Mavbe, if we're good policemen, we can keep another world sized war from starting. Then, and only then, we can start reducing tne size of our police force. But that's a long time in the future. It is plainly evident, we believe, that we must antici pate conditions closely approximating wartime status for many years to come. Economy Must Bt Guarded If this is to be the situation, and we do not see how it can be avoided, we should be doing some serious thinking about oiv economy , Any economist worth his salt will tell you that no nation can long remain financially sound when taxes are too high. We cannot drain olf investment money forever without dry ing up the soring of our wealth. This country for several vchis has been alnve the tax level danger mark. Now we f.ue continued high costs for many years. Higher costs ne cessitate more tax-s taxes we can't afford to pay. An indi . id.ial fared with the problems now confronting this country would determine what expenditures were essen tial and what were unessential. He would limit his expendi tures to the esscntil only. As a government we are not do ing the thin;; we would do as individuals. We still continue tu spend recklessly and carelessly on non-essential activi ties. We maintain more federal employes than ever before in our history. We are engaged in countless unnecessary projects. I'aced with l,ure military costs fur the next sev eral years, it is time, we believe, that we began changing some of our habits of domestic extravagance. ' 1 -4 , S The first successful demonslra- j SLmSi'Z- , s i"n of motion picture, made in S-Lyv fmirrr s 4 J? i 7Z IMS at West Oranse, N. J , showed gfti&ffl By Yiahnttt S. MarlwJ,'-Jy Posting Of Ads On Poles Draws Copco Complaint Th California Oregon Power company has registered a com plaint with City Recorder W. A. Gilchrist protesting the illegal post ing of advertising on its power poles in Roseburg. Gilchrist said city ordinance number 6 14 prohibits the posting of any advertising in any place in the citywithout the owner s per mission. He said the violators of the ordinance are mainly political bill posters. Copco has also com plained about the posting of bills advertising dance bands. o Copro officials told Gilchrist that no one hasoasked them for per mission to post the advertising bills. They dislike the practice be cause it creates an accident haz ard for their workers and the com pany has to use its own time to pull down the posters. Gilchrist said city police had been asked to watch for any ille gal bill posters in the city limits. Penalty for the ordinance viola tion is not more than 50 days in jail and a fine not to exceed $100. Oregon Prison Assn. Will Demand New Reformatory who belong neither in Woodbura nor in the state penitentiary." He said that reports of the Fed- SAI.EM (.T) The Oregon Prison association will demand that the slaw build reformatory, Tom Lawson McCall, president, an- i nnunced. lOould be an inleGfediale m i stitulion between the Wondburn bovi school and the state peniten. ua'ry. q I McCall said the new inslitution would be for "detention, treatment 1 and education of yputhful offenders eral Burau of Investigation show a big inirfcase in crime this year, and that a high percentage of tha crimes were committed by persons under 25 years old. The association also asked for a special institution for sex enm-irals. North Myrtle Road Homes Placed On Sale The general sale of the newly completed homes on the North Myrtle road by the Bauer-Edmonds company was announced by the company this week, the Myrtle Creek Mail reports. The two-bedroom houses, com plete with carport and hot water heater will require a down pay ment of $900 cash. The balance of the $i9.y cost can he met by pay ment of about US per month which includes principal. Interest, taxes, insurance and all other costs. No thinking tltlion wont, tho ovlls of prohibition to roturn . . . bootloggirig . . . rot-kotoorlng . . . spook oosiot... bribed oHlclol...ond phoney broods. ir7'WU; ...AGAINST THE PROHIBITION MEASURE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT News-Review classified ads bring results. Phone 100 Q3rDnncrp I MM 111, HI M An offshore wind, it seems, turns Winchester Bay into t descried village. The fishing boat clustered around the docks. The market and packing short were locked up. Not a soul oo the docks or walking a rou ad th beach. But we did hap- Raver, Ellsworth, Cordon To Speak At Utility Banquet Senator Guy Cordon. Represent ative Harris Kllsworth and Dr. Paul Jerome Raver, Bonneville power administrator, will he the featured speakers at the Bonne ville energization banquet to he held Saturday evening, Oct. 2S, at Reed sport. Reedsport ha suffered from a critical power shortage for the past several yean. Work to briny Bon neville power to western Dou&las county was started shortly alter World War II. This summer, power lines and a sub station distributing plant, were completed The Bon neville power will speed the rural electrification program recently .started in western Dmipla county by the Douglas Rural Klectnc Cooperative. The cooper ative started putting up power lines last spring and the lines are now ready for the Ronneville power. The banquet is hems arranged to celebrate this hiMoric event in the Reedsport area. According to a story in Sunday' Oregontan, Raver came to the Pacific coast II years ago to man age the federal government's el ectric distribution system. He is working on a plan that he hopes will eentually build an industrial empire in the Pacific Northwest powered by electricity from the Columbia river. Harris Kllsworth is currently running for re election from the fourth congressional district, tiuy Cordon, a Roseburg resident, is currently vacationing in Oregon during the congressional recess. John C. Iiehl, president of the Lower I'mpqua chamber of com merce. sHnM)rs of the banquet, will act as master of ceremonies lor the affair The banquet will be held in the Keedrort high school auditorium at 7 p m. (.ueMs from civic groups from all over the county are expected to attend the banquet. pen on Captain L. L. Wells, owner of the 42-foot June, reading in his 1 office. I explained about my frustrated I desire to get a salmon on a silver i 1 hook. The market in Reedsport had none! "Can't get 'em!" they ! had said. Captain Wells grinned, I a rueful sort of grin. "You bet they can't. Neither can we! Salmon are out there all right. But this I offshore wind keeps the bar ! churned up o we can't gel out. I "Folks come ffown here who I don't know anything about the ) ocean and they want to go fishing. . . . . they look at me as if I , didn't know my husiness. 'Why, it j doesn't seem windy to me,' they i tell me. They can't figure out why Ian offshore wind may be two to five hundred miles out and still send in swells where it's calm-like ! and sunshiny as it is riht now. Big investment in a boat, too, as well as responsibility for human lives. These amateur boatmen will want to go across that bar when ' we oldtimers won't tackle it. ; 'Nother thing, they don't always think about getting back in. "I had a parly out there a while ago and I sav. it was time to get back in. They protested. Pull in.' I told them, 'We're going in.' " Cap tain Wells laughed as he added, "By tune we reached the bar Ihey ! aw what I meant. Next day Ihey came aain and said, 'Will it : be like it was yesterday?' and when they heard it would they i waved goodbje; 'See you next sum t mer.' ' "Another time I had a charier trip for eight hours. They all go the limit right otf the bat and wanted to come back in and call it a day. We were bark alone side the dock in three and a half hours. The fish were piled up on the dock like cord wood, a sight! ou never can tell "This has been the worst season I remember since I ca me here. Kog and wind. . . fog and wind . . ami now this offshore wind . . with the season closing soon." DAD'S OATMEAL COOKIES In tho Orange and Bin Box At Your Favorite Groctr 3 doz. 39c In The Days News .Br FRANK JENKINS. tContinued From Pace Onei North America and South Ameru-a a garden sK)t. We could then say to the rest of the world- "See. this is what Ol'R w-ay of life does for those who 'ollow it." That was the original idea of the Monroe Dwlrme. which was a sim ple, sensible Inreiyn policy which all of us could and did understand and which all of us were r'OR. Bui When we dream, let's not kid ourselves. If we should make of North America and South America 1 cardon spot that would be the admiration i and the envy) of all rest of the world, we'd IIAVK TO KkK!' Ol KSKI.VKS Mll.l- TAHIf.Y STROMi KNOltill TO O BKKK.M) IT. C-This is one of Ihe great truths of-history: "Wherever there is .Sftf!" flesh. Ihere will be sharp Clelh to find and.TKAR H." s ()Some mart philosophy: V) PKACE is mankiH's greatest de-, ire. Sw itierlsaW , pcce. Tha Swiss haf had peace for ceniuries. Why? I itpHive this is the answer Switzerland, htgh up in Ihe rockv, rugge.l Mpv HASN'T AWTHINU Ml CH THAT ANYHOPV WANTS. , But don't foi get this: Over all these renturies of peace, t Sw iterland. small as it is. little I a it has to arouse the enw o' i predatory neighbors, has main tained one o( the d ft merit mil ' llary systems in Ihe world. So far. in this piece. we'f been talking about common seiu. Jlere'i the antithesis ' Zan (Red! Norman, the new holder of ihr world's flagpoje sit, ting record, started looking around tl;ty for a new job. He came down out his fliiHile yesjerday alier days. 'It; broke the pre vious revoid of 119 days, set by T.J Ward, of Sannah. Npfvian routed he has an of'er to ra!' al a night ilub and is thinking about wilting a book called 'flag pole Philosophies.' " Flagpole sitting in times like these! Girl Scouts Of Wilbur Art Presented With Pins In a colorful ceremony at the Wilbur school house Friday nighl, Oct. 6 Ihe tiirl Scouts of Wilbur ieceied fheir fir.t pins. The girls were presented by the assistant leader. M is Buby Sharmon, and the leader, Mrs. Alice asche. pre sented them with the pins. The girls in the (iirl Scout group are Kliateth Shirley, Marie Shir ley. itginia Shirley. Sharon ische. Kamona Mendenzona, Marl is Carey, helores . Kx erett, Marjory Harg. Betty Moore. I.olita Ruvsell, Alice Van i'leve and Iolly Ann .Nicholas. Refreshments were served by the girls to the public. GOT A KICK? If your paper hat not bttn rtctivod by 4:1$ p.m., PHONE 100 between 6:15 and 7 p.m. ONLY -..clttU' You can aroid tho penalties of this law by carry ing Automobile Liability and Property Damage Insurance with FARMERS .... AT A SAVING IN COST A FARMERS National Standard, Non-AiMOMblo Policy complies with tho various Financial Respon sibility laws ol all tho State. PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO. DRIVE Insur Today Tomorrow May Bo Too lot Seo Agent at 34 South Stephens or Phono 1877-J PARMIRI INSURANCI IXCHANOI fcA.il &H 2J- ..55--- Which of these 7 facts help you most? 1. BETTER GASOLINE LOW PRICES 3. ENOUGH for the WEST'S SPECIAL NEEDS 100 Tablets 59c 1000 Tablets $27 Nn bitter after- Ckkin. 'niHltt iifti drink. ! in in HitiheOr mnd low-calorie dieU. ROSEBURG PHARMACY 241 N. Jackson Phone 7 1 REFRIGERATOR FRITZ? PHONS 805 Complete Service on GUARANTF.tiJ i ' Home ml Comrnef..,.. frr,..,r r- col Refrigeration. K""-c - 'Z-7J D-.-L'. Appliance O 1200 S. wemn service M 1 Stephen! r n 4 c o o G o You ore paying no more for your gasoline today, before taxes, than you were paying 25 years ago. And think how much belter today's gasolines are, too! 2. GREATER CONVENIENCE You have over 40.000 filling stations to serve you today. This is an increase of 25 in the last 15 years. o.-L.-fJ tvtnrivfa join win . other Weifvrn Off Compontts in tht observance of ... NATIONAL OIL PROGRESS WEEK OCTOBER 15-21 Thtr art ! MZ irfst COWt oil compnit$, ouxed by ttpuardt of 500,000 pecpU Thts (omptmri rompflf nporotttty. They are all p-it-leIy manAtjed. Thev promote onr proqrrtt. your vttt-be9, your 9 ft greater cowtorl and Convenient. You used lb more oil here in the west last year than the U.S. average and 12 times as much as th averatm for the world! (World, 1.57 bbls.; U.S.. 14.22 bbls.; Far West, 19.34 bbls.) 4. MORE GOOD JOBS Today, more than 150.000 of you and your friends have good jobs in oil here in the west. Additional thousands are employed in oil supply firms. 5. READY FOR FUTURE GROWTH To meet your present 15 Rreater demand, refining capacity has been expanded 22 over and above peak World War II capacity. 6. GREATER SUPPLIES FOR DEFENSE For your future needs, proved underground reserves of crude oil today are 9 greater than just before World! War II, 15 greater than just after World War II. 7. THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT? In fdtt. er.toip;oiiif( oil men have discovered o&2-, more oil here in the west since V-J Day than you and the military have used during this same period And they're still discovering mwe! AU MhttKl A4 imtmtnh rtftr H 04 trri kf M lit Hw WothifMtMl. o RICHFIELD O I L C O dta. II HE) RPORATION o T7 T5 O OO O OO CD0 0 O