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4 The News-Rerlew, Rouburf, Or. Sot, Jim e, f Italian Renaissance Peelishee' Daily licee Saae'er e riw Nws-Rviw Company, Inc. Batata aa Htm elaaa mnut Mar 1. IW al Ik U &ars. Oria. ea.af Hi al Mara. S. IS7S CHARLtS V. STANTON . IOWIM L. KNAP Iditef MMtf Manker e th Ais.cietaa' Ptw, Oiaeoa Newtaapat PuUishe Alteration, the AuJit lure a Cirwlaliaat BaaraaUl T WtaT-HOLllDal CO. INU. efllaae la Kaaj task. Calaafa, Sae rrtarlaaa. Laa Aataiaa, Saattla, rarllaaS, SL teele. llltril Saaaaa Cl. Mallar Star 1. HI. tka Pail Ohlae al bail. Oita. I'a4a Aal Mara S. UIl ItmirilPTION eATSS I. Orasaa-Br Han Par Iaai. llt.Mi aim aaa.tta. M M tkraa ..!.. ta.1l. T Naa-a.l.w Cartl.c-Par taar. tlt.M (la a., aaaeav l.aa Uae ... ... ar tl.M. tiWIi Or.,., Mall far lw, III.MI Mi Haalaa. M.Mi tkraa aaaalks. SIS. SERYICE TO SELF i'W:l4i:U ly CHARLES Rogebunr". national jruard unit. Company D, 186th infantry, ii in Fort Lewis, araalra annual ptlCBmnmPUL W hop it is firmly impressed upon the men that the instruction they ar receiving may mean tne oilier, ann hetween life and death: that their membership in the national guard gives them a better chance for sur vival, in the event of combat experience, than men who hav not had the advantage Casualty statistics from evidence that regular army hav a far higher survival vious schooling. Most of us think of war killed or injured in battle. from accidents, behind-the-lines ity than from combat. A man entering military service must learn' a great many things more important to his survival than dodging enemy bullets and bombs. Our system of civilian, non professional armies takes men from walks of life. With few exceptions, these men have had their lives or dered for them up to that point. They have lived at home, have been cared for by mothers and wives, have had only limited discipline, have been exposed to aver age danger only. Mutt Learn New Mod Of Life Suddenly these recruits find themselves in camps composed entirely of men. Companions cannot be se lected. A man must adjust himself to living with other men, with no women to wait on him. He must associate with men he would probably shun in civilian life and, in turn, be accepted by men who would ignore him under other circumstances. Probably for the first time In his life he Is entirely on his own. He must learn to conform to his associations and environment, must learn to submit to rigid discipline, must learn to accept and perform disagreeable tasks, must learn to take fatigue, hardship, discomfort, exhaust ing labor in stride. - The man who has the temperament for quick and easy adjustment to these changed conditions can have a lot of fun. Army life is particularly tough on the non-conformist. Men who have worked tive and In other office jobs a new world made up entirely of exceedingly dangerous machines, where an act of carelessness or negligence can result in Instant death or permanent Iniury. Living as large groups, rather than as individuals In a home, forces man to learn new habits of sanitation and personal hy giene. Military records show that prevalence of epi demic diseases, appendicitis, nervous disorders, etc., is particularly high in camps composed of new recruits. Within a short time men learn how to protect their health under mass living conditions. Guard Hat Fin Record Men enrolled in the national guard are not exposed to these changes as suddenly as are men who volunteer or re Inducted without previous training. Guardsmen are taught military life gradually. While living at home, thev attend regular armory sessions where they receive grad ual military Indoctrination. At intervals tliey attend en campment where for brief periods thev are exposed to the rigors of army life. But, because of the short dura tion of the encampment, the requirements for adjustment are less extreme, lessons are absorbed more leisurely. When the time conies that military service is required, these men make the transition from civilian to military life with far less physical and emotional disturbance. Too, they have learned to use the weapons to which thev are assigned. They have learned the fundamentals of combat. Thev have been thoroughly drilled in protective measures. They have far less to learn once ther hit the firing line. . iircoros snow in;it tne percentage or survival rises rapidly after the first few davs of combat. A man ex posed to enemy fire quickly learns self-protection. Either he learns quickly or he becomes a casualty. After a few day, the things he has learned Improve his chances for survival. The casualty rate among men of one or two weeks experience is far lower sinraH In fr..... f of military age is faced with the prostiect of a call to nrm., the national iriiArd offer opportunity for every eli gible young; man to best nerve Postal Rates Hike Given First O.K. WASHINGTON - I) -A bill hiking most classes of postal rates by $1311.400.000 year has been unproved hy the house postnlfice committee. A the last minute, the commit tee knocked out a provision bv Rep. Rees (R Kans) to boost the pay of postal workers an estim ated II 50,0011.000. , The increase in postal rates is Intended In help the Post office i'nn" x',w''d d',icit 0,tf automobile driver would be ' $500,000,000 or more during the next fiscal year. If Ihe pi" raise clause had not been rejected, th department would have gone fur ther into the red. However, a bill railing for an 1 1 percent pay boost for nearly ail government wnrkera was an proved by Ihe senate postnffaj and civil service subcommittees Th increase would be give to all postal and classifiaai civil serv ice employes, provnfra no rsise exceeds $oo a year. In aome lower paid positions, Ihe pay would he raised even mor than 18 percent. The measur now goes to the Y. STANTON Wah , today, atarting a two of advance training. past wars furnish conclusive and national guard members rate than men with less pre casualties in terms of men Actually more men are lost illness and other disabil as accountants, clerks, execu suddenly find themselves in than among the inexperl I , .- his eountry ami himself. full pnalnffire and fv service committee The house committee's reiected pay pronnasl would have provided boosts of SVifl annually for salaries of postal workers and of Jo cents l.nuily for most others in the rostal service. Automobile Driver's Accident Tax Proposed RMIaN'KI.ANnKR, Wis. -P A Wisconsin official has come up Is lhat there was no cosllv prep wilh an idea for a tax Ihsl all nood aration of (his land. No level. n ot citizens would (ry to dodge. : It s accidt'iit tax, by which """ in ainicn ne snrniy uon mrougn 1 uregon Mate college The majority waa involved. Ibe amount of the ; the rocks. ( tm, newly-comm,oned officers lax would depend on how, iuch Ther was u.) removal of the i will be called to acdv duly early Ihe driver was (o blame. i rocks. They r still there. V o u this summer, while some will b Raymond t. Jensen, vice chair-! lu0 your toes on theiu as you I granted delays to continue ad man of Wisconsin's highway com-i' through the thick glass, it vanced studies of special value to mission, broached the plan. almost looks aa if Uiey 1IKI.P in ! the air force. O Ihe tax rale would slat ( at $7$ but multiply tor succeeding mis- haps until "a driver who repeated in accidents would soon reach a inouie u by night. burg lax rate so hith Ihsl he could no Anyway, Ihe grass is luh and Hirker-oo received a bachelor of longer afford to continue to hold a rich and thick. It seems to he i science degree in the field of phys dnver's license." 7 i slowly covering up Ihe rockrn- i itl. "And what's more." he acd, ! other point: ONE MAN irrigates i O "th atat would giv you every i "0 acres of It. That helps lo cut j The Phoenicians made woolen aid and enrouragemenl and in-. down operating cost. goods and sold them throughout (h itruction for dodging th tax." Lloyd now has about lot) acres world known at their time. After church last -Sunday wt kept t dale on h.Khway 101. Is ther anywhere a lovelier drive than the loop which nwingi through Drain to the coast, then along the coast to Coquille. over to Rose burg through Camas Valley, Rose burg and back through Drain again? Doesn't matter where one starts the loop iff lovely! We didn't have time to drive the long way home. I wonder If right now Is the most beautiful time of alt to see Highway 38? .Seemed so, as we drove pant heavenly blue wild lilac (maybe you call it leano thus), rosy-pink wild roses, glow ing yellow of broom, the flat white clusters of elderberry blossoms, thimble berry blossoms, and neater the ground, the usual sum mer daisies, buttercups, Queen Anne's lace, and all the other things. Sometimes there would he big patches of purple vetch with the rose-pink wild roses, making an exquisite color combination. Our lilacs are much later than down on W. Our ungle, paler lilac is right in its glory, especially from upstairs window. It is one great, fragrant bouquet, quite out of reach except with a stepladder. A friend looking at it began to quote the lines about the beaut v In The Day's News By FRANK (Continued from Pag 1) tof this irrigated rocky land pas ... . , ... lure. He plana t add about 1000 that ensues when water Is applied 1 acres more. intelligently to soil. ' , This thing we marveled at Is on I.loyd (lift's ranch in the upper l.angell valley. It has been devel oping in Lloyd's mind, of course, for years. It has begun to SHOW DP only recently. First he gut the water. Then he got his dilchrs where he wsnted them. Then he sowed the grass seed from an airplane and af ter that he put the water on. That was about four years ago. He sowed a mixture of grasses alsike. blue grass, trscues. orch ard grass, meadow foxtail and half il.....n mh.r v.r,.... -ih. i cosl $10 an acre. The plane aeed-1 ing cost a dollar. The land itself , Wat mat tha kind nt land I'v, ri. -.iu.rii.... --..I, a u ' water, it was practically valueless. ! I ini.i ..i.. i, t.uik ah m . ni . ' to keep a cow. low he has actus v on It one cow lo two acres, and the grass is getliog ahead of him. The stand thickens hy natural seeding from yrsr to year, and he thinks (hat time is close when one acre will handle one cow. Now for the payoff. In our free enterprise economy, experiments have lo show a prolit If they are to be of value. I.lovd says lhat last year he NF.Tlr'.l) more per acre Irom this irrigated pasture than Irom his crop lands down in (he rich bottom soil. The thine I want ia mnh.ai, it. No leanng out of (he sage 1 brush. He jaat laid out his Simula ditches so lhat Ihe wver would (ne irrigaiaaa) protstts. .someone suggested that they gather heat ' "m the sun in live day and dis-; By Viahnett S. Martin Ij-J-- 1 of the lilac. Do you, too, remem- ber? I looked it up to ihara with you: "In the dooryard fronting an old farmhouse . . . "WX2r2: of rich green, With many a pointed blossom ril ing delicate, with the per fume strong I love. With every leaf a miracle. . ." (Walt Whitman) Then, too. this home-symbol, Ii lacs, io fragrant in the rain, re mind ui of Amy Lowell's long poem, "Lilacs," and these lines. "Lilacs in door-yards Holding quiet conversation! with an early moon; You persuaded the housewife that her dishpan was of ilver And her husband an Imag of pure gold." (Amy to well) Maybe, who knows. It was the 11 laca that "persuaded' me to go out and take down a "For Sale" sign on our gate. We'd like to live on Highway 38. . . but we love this place better than any other place we have lived In lilac time anvhnw. JENKIN! It's hard to believe unless you've seen It. But here's about all there ia to it: Get the water up topside and let it run down hill, arranging your ditches so you will get good coverage. As 1 remarked before, the rocks ac tually seem to help more than they hinder. Nature does the rest. Keep this point in mind: The water that runs down that rocky slope first produces grass. And WHAT grass! You have to see it to believe it Then (minus evaporation and transpiration (it runs on down into the flat, rich bo'10 1'nda and produces other cruD"- What a revolution It would work " "mi-arm great basin east of toe mounlaina if everv possible drop -0lrr thai trickles down """.' "' D mane 10 produce every possible blade of grass before it (inally ainka inlo Ihe soil or evaporates or runs on downhill to do whatever other jobs may be found for it to do before it finally reachea Uia sally ocean. water ia truly the life blood of the west. We must learn to us every drop of it lo the fullest pos sible extent. At his Langell Valley ranch I.loyd tiift is snowing us how to make water do jobs wt hadn't thought of before. College Students Get Commissions John Nsthan Hiifh .nrf Bnh-p4 r hickerson. both nf Roseburg, were ci mmissioiaMl second l,eutnini. m the 1 s air l..r r..u.. ., cent commencement exercise's "( High, who received his degree in agriculture, is Ihe son of Mr. aid Mrs. F. N. High, 531 R. Lane, Rose- -Sanaa! Property Owner Raps Conduct Of Fishermen ROSEBURG Much Is written about the tired business man who finds relaxation and rest after his busy day, fishing our beautiful streams. May I have a small amount of space to state Ihe case of the man whose farm borders the river? He gels no relaxation nor rest during the fishing and hunting season. Though we have always given permission to fish to anybody who is considerate enough to come to the house and request it, our place is constantly overrun with people who, not only do not consult us, but leave their beer bottles strewn over our river bank, let their dogs run loose, and leave gales open. One individual dumped his year's accumulation of tin cans at the edge of Die lane leading to our house. , The crowning blow cam the other evening when a young neigh bor came to our door and informed ua that the suspension bridge which connects us with the highway was on fire. A cigaret had evidently been tossed toward the river but had landed on the bridge instead. While our dinner guests and neigh bors helped us fight (hat fire, two fishermen stood on the bank and fished. When asked what they knew about it, (hey replied (hat (hey knew it was burning but they didn't know to whom (he bridge belonged. 1 wonder bow (hey ex pected to get back to town, "i have great sympathy for the members of Ihe desk-borne bri gade who must get away from it all. I envy them too. W don't dart go away. HELEN ROBINSON Idleyld Route Roseburg, Ore. Ann Roth, Brockway, Receives Scholarship Ann Roth of Brockway, a fresh man in horn economics at Oregon State college, has been awarded a tuition scholarship by the state sys tem of higher education to attend OSC during the 1951 52 school year, according to Dallas Norton, chairman of the OSC acholarship committee. The scholarship will partly cover tuition fees, and this year totaled J70.SO for three terms. The award ia made in accordance with a state law authorizing (he s(ate system to giv a limited number of such scholarships to deserving sludents, based on acholarship and financial need. Negro Vets' Hospital Turned Down By House WASHINGTON (.P) The House has refused to authorize building of A veterans hospital for Negroes in memory of Booker T. Washington. Negro educator. At (he urgtng of (he only two ?ro members of congress. Reps. : Dswson (D-Ill) and Powell (D :,NVJ. (he House voted down (he 1 automation bill, 222 lo 117. BaBaaaaaaaaBwaaaBajaaaBBBaaaaBBBBBBBBB TaV, T ' 'SX kl'Ma'kr I 1 1 4V 1 1 pjej pksas I 2-231 ea'.aae ' tl$atljsj. uak TOM BRIDE HAS HIS hands full rodeo. Bride will be on of th th Sheriff's Poise two-day rodeo at th Douglas county fairgrounds June 23 and 24. A galaxy of other cowboy stars a re peetad to compete. (Picture by DeVer Helfrich) Driver Training In Schools Pays Off In Traffic Safety, Findings Disclose , By BRUCE BIOSSAT ' Laments about the nation' motor traffic fatalities usually wind up with a spirited call for more driver educa tion. It's hopeful, therefore, to be able to report that genu ine progress is being; made toward that end. The Association of Casualty and I : .FW.J ! " -i"ioen driver education programs, re- n . . . cently summed up the cheerful i! ..0,hlrff 'Z?' t'L J,i evidence. The findings deal with it1' h..p. 'j!.,d '.i.1' Lf high school atudents, sine most programa are in that field. In the current school year nearly 750,000 atudents were enrolled in driver - training courses. That'a more than double the 330,000 who were enrolled four years ago. A total of IUI45 schools are giving courses, a marked advance from the 7108 which offered such in struction last year. Since 1948 1 Current problems facing the nearly 6000 schools nave addea driver-training to their curricula. This s good news, for tnose who may have despaired of aeeing any solid hope of improvement in the traffic situation. The association estimales lhat students trained in drivinf will have a three-(o-one bettrr chance ot avoiding motor accidents than those who jet no formal training. But there are still some 11,500 schools with perhaps another 750, 000 students that lack any kind of driver-training courses. So the room for expansion of these pro grams ia ample. What facta are there to support the view that driver-training really pays off? Naturally, since mos( of the programs are relatively new, comparative figures aren't numer ous. But a few atudiea hav been made. In Delaware, th motor vehicle department analyzed the driving records of lbuu licensed motorists, half Willi training and half with out. The survey showed that of the 800 trained drivers, only 100 had either been arrested for traffic violalions, involved in an accident, I est Grove News-Times; Wendell or warned by police officers. Of : Webb, managing editor, Oregon th untrained drivers, 769, or 90 Statesman, Salem; Gien W. Cm percent, had some kind of black 1 son, general manager of Oregon mark against them. I Printing industry; and Philip N. A later stuay covering 2200 driv- Bladine, Jlc.Minnville Telephone era showed that 19.7 percent of the Register. 1100 trained ones had a violation, I Saturday evening associate mem an accident or a warning, while bera from Portland will present a 78.7 percent of the 1100 untrained Program under the chairmanship motorists fell into the same cate- f i Hillyer. Braun at companv, gories. I with Leith Abbott, Foote, Cone 4 A Wisconsin survey disclosed i Belding. as toastmas(er. The ad that driver education reduced ac- j vertising agency men, public re cidenls per 1000 months of licensed j lations representatives, and others driving by 58 percent, and con victions for traffic violationsy by 59 4 percent. In Massachusetts, th number of driver education courses in 1941 was 48. By 1947 it had soared to 217. In that span, the number of accidents involving youths of IS and 17 dropped from 1203 to 642. Massachuseds ia now undertak ing a new 10-year s(udy of (he value of driver education. On the basis of just six months' study, th state reports (hat untrained dnvera had nine (imes (he report able violations (hat trained motor ists did, and 10 times aa many as those who had received both classroom instruction and prac tice driving. These surveys aungest strongly Worry Wort may not b champ pitcher, but h bats 1.000 when it comes to ntr taining folks. Whil vacations) ing this year, b sur to follow him in OUT OUR WAY and read all th other comics, too. Hav Th Nw-Rvlw maild to you whil you'r away. Phone 2-2631 1 at he tries to stay astrid "Doc" many seasoned rodeo performers who will display their skill t when no school ia without such training. Oregon Editors Set Annual Meet For June 14-16 newspaper publishing Industry will be discussed at the 64th annual meeting of the Oregon Newspa per Publishers association at Gearhart, June 1416. Editor Charles V. Stanton will represent ; the News-Review at the meetings. Guest speakers from outside Ore- gnn inciuue: frank iremaine, chief of Ihe Tokyo bureau of United Press who returned from Japan a few days ago: C. L. McClelland Jr.. editor of the Long view (Wash.) I Daily News and naliimal president of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity, and Thomas E. Dobbs, editor and publisher of th Snohomish (Wash.) County Tri bune. Other speakers on the program include: Judge Georg Rossman, supreme court of Oregon: C. F. Bollinger, assistant director, ac cident prevention division, state in dustrial accident commission; M. J. Erey, general manager of The Oregonian; Hal Laman, executive sports editor of the Oregon Journal; Fred Shideler, chairman of the de partment o( Journalism, Oregon . Sta(e college: Hugh McGilvra. For- will tell (he newspaper editors and pumisners now tney would run a newspaper. Walter W. R. May, editor and A Tribute To "Three cheers for the Red, White and Blue " When we sing those stir ring words ot home, ot school, os a parade passes, or whatever the oc casion, let's pay MORE thon merely lip service to th Grand Old Flog! Poems hav been written for Old Glory. Statesmen have eulogized its immortality. Soldiers on battle fronts throughout th world have died for it. It flies mojestieally night and day over the White House. It is the blessed Flag of Freedom ond stands for ALL the things w hold dearest. Honor the Flog thot is the Signature of our eountry and fly it proudly in your neart! WE SALUTE DOUGLAS COUNTY! O Manufactured end Distributed by Douglas County Creamery n O U O Established 1899 U Diet 3-3237 q Q Roseburg, Oregon We Salute Douglas County! Iat Ive Sariatar V-.. j. .. .. tA. I'ft J In th bull-ridinq event at a co-publisher of the Oregon City Enterprise-Courier and president of the association, will preside at th business sessions. McKay Asks Govt. O.K. On Oregon's Road Bond Issue SALEM OP) Governor Doug las McKay has asked the federal government to approve the issu ing of S40.000.000 in state highway construction bonds which were au thorized by (he legislature. The letter waa aent lo Dean, Witter and company, San Fran cisco, which screens such requests on behalf of the federal office of defense mobilization. Thia offic requested statea, citiea and coun tiea to get federal approval before issuing more than $1,000,000 worth of bonds. "Th impact of World War II was so severe on Oregon roada that th critical deficienciea or work that is needed now amount! to S150,Ou0,O00," Governor McKay wrote. He said the highway commission needs to sell $15,000,000 worth ot bonds a year for five years to take care of these critical needs. "When the strategic network of military highways was selected prior to the Second World war, it was found that the roads most vital to the peactime economy ar likewise the roads most necessary in time of war," he continued. The governor wrote that "fail, ure to restore the critical defi ciencies with current income, due first to (he depression and then to the World war, has brought about a truly serious problem and has increased maintenance costs to an alarming extent. I would greatly appreciate your approval of th issuance of $40,000, ooo of bonds at the rate of $15,. 000.000 per calendar year for th next three years. 1 believe it to b in (he public interest and particu larly necessary for th defens effort of Oregon. A large percentage of th com munities in Oregon are not aerved by rail, and must depend on truck transport to haul the major por tion of their commodities. Like wise, th logging operations so es sential to the defense effort de pend on trucks to haul the log! to the mills in order for them to operate." TK-h Lomond la the Isreest and 1 generally regarded as the most beautiful ot the Scotdsn lakes, it ia 23 miles long and five mile at ita greatest width. - - - . OUR FLAG!