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About The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1950)
o O' o Eating Of tight Car Shortage Cut Lutnbtr Pricti EUGENE (." Lumbermen hers report the boxcar shotage it easing and "the race is on" lor mills to unload inventories that havt accumulated over the summer. One of Eugene's leading shippers said prices on Douglas fir lumber especially green dimensions have taken a drop in the vigorous sell ing spree. "With the easing of cart last week." the wholesaler said, "and this week showing hardly any car shortage at all, the rate was on for mills that have accumu lated tremendous inventories to get rid of them fast. "Wholesalers in this area, having tensed this fact already last week, were prepared at the beginning of the week to sell thir lumbr at much lowr pries." Prices on dimension lumber gave dropped an average of $10 per thousand in the past seven days, lumbermen reported. Previous de clines of $10 to $15 per thousand have been reported over the last six weeks. Local shippers feel the market will show further slumps, partly because of the season, and partly because of government-directed building curba. However, they reported that re : taller s in the eatt are sitll buying j lumber "iif they can get it cheap I enough." GOP Leads In Jackson, Trails In Umatilla MEDFORD .P Jackson county republicans made a slight gain in their lead over Democratic voter registration since the May election, totals reported today show. The republicana now are listed at 14.667 and Democrats at 13,164. Since May the Republatans have picked up 5999 voters and the Democrats 416. PENDLETON P For the first time that Umatilla county can re member, more Democrats are registered to vote than Re publicans. The Democrats lead by 17 per sons, 9071 to 9053. Total registration in the county is 18,351, the largest ever registered. This beats last May a record of 16.597. c. s. i.o. I Chisrmos Shopping In October SV. - -'. .1 . HI 'All f xi ' Lhrisimas V- "mmrnxM mm tum mnm gum Mwetan Requests Invited By U.S. Navy Band Dated In Roseburg The various musical numbers for the concerts of the U. S. Navy band which plays here in the senior high school auditorium under the auspicea of Band Parents associ ation Sunday, Nov. S. have been determined through careful study many weeks in advance of .the tour. Yet, LCdr. Charlea Brendler, conductor, is very anxious that his program conform to the desires of the locality where the concerts are being played. In order that those particular numbers might be part of the program when it playa In Rose burg, Commander Brendler has suggested that those who have cer tain compositions they desire the band to play write to him in care of the Naval Gun Factory at Wash ington, D. C. If thia is done im mediately and the tabulated results show a representative group has requested a certain composition the band may be able to play that piece either during the reg ular program or as an encore. Not only by writing but handing requests for special numbers to Commander Brendler previous to the band's concert or by sending them to him via an usher will thia be done if at all possible. And here's a tip don't "sit on your hands" if you want to hear encores. Tickets for the concert may be purchased at Ken Bushey'a Har mony house, Bnb'a Music shop and Ott and Ricketts Music store or any member of the Roseburg sen ior high school band. Dillard y ROSA HIINIACH Mr. and Mrs. Dale Covey of Napa, Calif., who are vacation ing in Oregon, made I return visit to Dillard Friday, following their trip to Portland. They visited their son Marvin Covey and they made a trip to Grants Pass. Mr. and Mrs. Covey returned to Cslifornia from Granta - Pass, Marvin Covey was joined by three of his friends and they motored to Cres cent City. They continued the trip north on the coast highway, visit ing ajl points of interest and re turned to their hornet Sunday eve ning, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cook and daughter, Joyce, motored to Springfield Wednesday and visited Mrs. Cook's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jelde Meyer. The Cooks and Mrs. Meyer made a trip to Portland, attended to business affairs and visited Mrs. Conk's brother and other relatives. They returned Fri day. Mrs. Cook it the Dillard post office assistant, Mr. and Mrs. Al DeCollibus, who National Polio Foundation Hard Prossod For Funds i FriJft, 0t. 20, H50 The Nwt-Rvltw, tfcuri. Pro, f SPOKANE -.Pk- The National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis it financially hard-pressed be cause of the heavy inegjence of have lived in Dillard for the past two years, left Thursdsy to make their home in Buffalo, N. Y. They are moving due to the death of Mr. Collibus' father. The Sunday morning worship service of the Dillard church will be conducted Oct. 22, at 11 a. m. by a group of Uniayrsity of Ore gon students from Eugene. These students represent the Wesley Foundation at the university. They plan to acquaint local people with the Foundation program. The Dillard church Sunday school worker's council held their monthly meeting Wednesday night with C. C. Foshack in charge. Among other discussions, they made plans for a children's Hallo ween party. They also made tenta tive plana for Thanksgiving and Christmas programs. polio during the past two years. Its money for patient care will be entirely used up by the end of this month, Warren D. loss of New York, fund raising director said here. Coaa met with state lesders of the foundation from Washington, Oregon and Idaho. "Thia morning I received word from national headquarters that 115 chaplera are requesting $1,000, 000 in advances." he said. Chapters with surplus funds will be asked to turn them over in an effort to tide the nation wide program over until money from the 1951 March of Dimea campaign starts coining in next January, he aaid. This will be the second worst polio epidemic year the United Statea has experienced. Cost taid. The wont year waa 1949. Extended Season Sees Good Kill Of Deer The U.S. produces about 11,500,. 000,000 pounds of fata and oils annually. PORTLAND .V) Huntert reported a good kill on the opening day of the interstate herd deer season in I.ake and Klamath countiea Wednesday the Slate Game commission said. Of 1500 huntera who drew tags for the apecial hunt, 1271 checked into the area, the commission reported. By nightfall 1M kid checked out with deer and many othera had deer in camp. U. S. flaxseed production reached a peak in 194)1. NIGHT. SERVICE FOR PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS From S P. M. t A. M. AIm laturaar Afara. All By Suaeay ead rMieaya. It Yae Cannes Uew m Phrsfciee e Sutieea . . . PHONI1M1 THE DOCTOR'S EXCHANGE exclusively at JdHcik fa Air Raid Shelter Plans Launched In New York NEW YORK (JPt Air raid shelter signs are mushrooming in New York. Blsck and white signs bearing the letter "S" are appearing in and ne.ir buildings in congested areas from lower Broadway to Rockefel ler center. An arrow on the signs points to the building entrsnces. Civil Defense Director Arthur W. Wallander said 90 buildings had been selected to provide reason able shelter in case of an air raid In the event of a raid, building j managers and others will direct people to the underground sites. :: There's a youngster in a local hospital in need of special medicine and core, that his family cannot afford. There ore old folks with out means of support. There are families in this town, too poor to buy fuel for heating their homes this winter. These are our friends in need. 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