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o 4 Th Newi-Rvlew, Roieburg, Ore. frl, Aug. 24, 19Si FubhihitJ Daily Except Sunday by h Newi-Roview Company, Inc. laMrcd fti Mi elan nalttr Mat t. '( si Kibr. Or if, lottr act ( March 1. IIH CHARLES V. STANTON IOWIN L. KNAPP Editor Menefer Member of the Aliociot.d Press, Or.aoa Newspaper Publishers Aitoclaffon, tha Audit Buraeu at Circulation! ir.i.alie br MT-III)LLIDA CO., lac .rlleo la w I.rk, Cblcf., S.B rrm.clico, L.s Anient, S..UL. Prlln. I.M S.cood tint M.ll.r Mar 1. IDtO. l Iht Poll Oltlu Eoiubnri. Or.fon. Uo4ar Aol f Mrco S. U7S. IDBSCHIPTION MTH-If Urafon-Br Mll-Ptr rt.r. IH.Mi ill unlbi, ll.lt. manlai, It.H. B Nwi-lew C.rrl.r Ptr Viu. llt.M (la io.l Ih.D .! r.r, P" aieala. 11.10. Oulild. Or.,.o-Br U.II- I.r Ttr. lll-.Oi alba. IS.Ati Ibra. aiaalhi. IIH, A VISIT TO FIRE LINES By CHARLES V. STANTON Flood and fire are always terrifying. Last fall we had one of the worst floods in our history. Now we are waging a battle against two of the largest forest fires to hit our county in recent years. Man's puny efforts seem so futile against the relentless fury of a forest fire. Yet there is so much of heroism that it becomes commonplace. The best in man's nature comes forth spontaneously in times cf emergency when a man will risk his life to pro tect the home and property of a neighbor; when men and women alike, sleepless for days and nights in succession, re fuse to leave posts of service although exhaustion has trans formed them into haggard automatons. Accompanying Paul Jenkins, News-Review photog rapher, we skirted the east edge of the Hubbard creek fire, visiting the burned out area of the Elgarose community. Spectral chimneys marked the sites of former farm homes. In some spots it was difficult to identify the place where a housa had stood, so complete was the destruction. Against the roar of flames, sounding much like an ex press train crossing a trestle, could be heard the chugging of bulldozers building fire lanes, which all too often proved no barrier at all. We met tractor drivers like Frank Gibbons, pushing a bulldozer furnished by the Doughty Bros. Eyes red from smoke and sleeplessness, his deeply lined fac covered with a heavy stubble of beard, attesting to long hours of contin ued punishing labor, Gibbons stopped only long enough to pour water into the radiator of his huge machine before pushing on to widen the fire break he was building, joining a similar lane being constructed beyond him by men from the Roseburg Lumber compai y. Heavy Livestock Losses The acrid smoke, searing eyeballs, carried the sicken ing smell of burned livestock and poultry. Throughout the area men were hunting blinded and burned animals that they might mercifully end their suffering. Veterinarians were striving to save animals less seriously injured. Hun dreds of head of srork were rescued by members of the'Shcr iff's posse who utilized trailers, normally used in transport ing their mounts, to evacuate animals from farms in the path of the fire. One could not help but think of the terrible de struction that muss be occurring to wildlife within the burn ing forest. Don Rust told us of being run over by three panic stricken deer as he fought a grass fire. And, speaking of displaced wildlife, one must mention the mad and hungry yellow jackets and hornets. Ask Bill Cooper how he got his black eye ! A yellow jacket "sat" on it. Touring the area it seemed that every plowed field held a "crop" of refrigerators, washing machines, ranges, etc., moved to points of safety. We saw one load of appliances ingeniously loaded on a tractor's drawbar ready for evacua tion. Half Baked Apples Gaylord Lucas gleefully pointed out his crop of "hHlf bakod apples" baked on one side and raw on the other. Lucas, when we caw him, was counting himself as being extremely fortunate. When he and Mrs. Lucas evacuated their home, they had no expectation that anything could be saved. But, by one of those peculiar freaks of fire, their barn was burned, while two adjoining oil-soaked sheds and the residence were relatively undamaged. The nearby home of a neighbor was completely razed. Thousands of words could be written to credit the many men and women rising to heroic stature under the stress of emergency. We could "scoop" Glen Wellman and his 'Feed Bag" by telling how the Douglas Countv Flour mil crew spent days and nights helping Elgarose poultrvmes backfire around their farms; how the owner of the Melrose Btore is patrolling the fire lines distributing refreshing soft drinks to weary firefighters; how the Melrose dairy is delivering free milk to the schoolhouses, grange halls, churches and other buildings where men from the fire lines occasionally manage to catch a meal, it is impossible to give credit to every firm, company or individual contributing to the effort. Everyone, it seems, is responding to the emer gency, giving help wherever possible. Those mentioned are only typical of the services being furnished bv so mnnv others. When we read about the "bad" side of human nature in our stories of crime, graft, selfishness and lust, it is in spiring to see demonstrated the preponderant "good" to be found in all mankind but which seldom makes newspaper headlines. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS O O Fulton Lewis Jr. LONDON The Voice of America has already spent $219,837,346 and is asking for another $100,000,000 to fill the skies over England, Europe and Asia with dimwitted blather that is losing instead of creating friends for the U. S. A. In London, as I related herein yesterday, the average English man nan no idea or wnat ine U.S. has done with Marshall plan money, nor what our foreign pol icy is all about. In the latter in stance, the traffic is in fact all the other way, with Secretary of State Acheson sitting around waiting for cues from the British on how to behave diplomatically. Apparently Voice of America employees in England and else where seldom venture from the American clubs, bars and restau rants to learn what the English are thinking about. It might help if they quit talking to British di plomats and started quizzing the British man on the street. Something ought to be done, for instance, about the Britisher who is convinced the S.ocialist la bor government has repaid all U.S. aid with British made automobiles and machinery. The Voice ought to tell the Britisher that anything sent to the U. S. from England is paid for in U. S. cash. Voice of- America employees might also ask the average Lon don resident how interested he is in a dissertation about a Nebraska girl who makes lamp shades. The Voice recently broadcast this prize example of American production might In 29 languages, including an airing over the British Broad casting company network. What the British could be told Is that since 1949 we've sent them $30,000,000 worth of farm machin ery, and that prior to that, under lend-lease, we shipped 30,000 trac tors. 30.000 grain binders and 29,000 combines and because we did, their farm production is up 50 percent and they're eating as well as they are because of this. They ought to be told, also, that American manufacturers can't even sell farm machinery in Eng land, since British farmers are forbidden to buy anything that is not British built. They can take anything free, of course. The Voice of America finds such statistics dull, apparently. What it likes, for instance, is to advise tne world on how to care for babies. The Voice actually hired a Har vard professor, who had experi mented with pigeons, to advise i waiting world on the latest tech niques of child rearing. It seems that the Harvard professor thought that what he had learned from sitting around watching pigeons couM be used as a child rearing guide for backward mothers who were hazy about wnat to do wnn Junior. Pigeons coo, and s o m e times babies do, so maybe there is a connection at least at liar' vard. This silliness was not, of course, confined to England. My friends here say it was also broad cast in Korea at the height of the vicious fighting there, when Ko rean mothers were dodging shell fire and bombs and were more wor ried about saving the lives of their babies than in bringing them up Harvard fashion. Recently the Voice hired an ob scure magazine publisher, and spent almost $5,000 buying him a tour of several areas ot tne worici, ostensibly for the purpose of sell ing the U.S.A. to impatient natives in far awav lands. Edward W. Barrett is boss of the Voice of America and the edi tor is an old buddy, so maybe this bit of political boon-doggling can be charged off with less strain than mink coats and deep freezes. But the editor was not satisfied to just og along for the ride. He had to open his mouth. He was supposed to be explaining our foreign policy, but he devoted most of his time to scoffing at the U. N. and promoting world gov ernment. He also, according t o press reports of his various visits, denounced the American press, the anti-Communist movement in the U. S. and labeled members ot Congress "crackpots." All of this and more for $100,000,000. ENDING BASKET Oregon School Bus Stop Low Soon To Be In Effect Although soma school buses ara being used to transport harvest workers to and from fields, the state traffic safety division re minds Oregon motorists that soon a stopped school bus will mean children are likely to be In the roadway. Under Oregon law, motorists must stop when approaching or overtaking a school bus which is loading or unloading children. The fact that school buses are often leased to farmers to haul harvesters during the summer, during which time the "stop law" is not effective, confuses many motorists, the division explains. When schools start, however, the law is in effect, and motorists must stop. Failure to do so, the division concluded, can result not only in arrest and a fine, but also could result in injury or death for some child. The law further requires that all vehicles must re main stopped as long as any children are leaving the bus or crossing the roadway. YNewi-R.vtew tf hat not been 1 I d.llvered by I I 6: 1 S p-m., phone I 2-2631 between I 4:15 and 7 p.m. M 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. There's a Utile village In New York state where certain names go way back: Ewell is one of them. When I was a child attend ing school in Wyoming, I knew "the Ewclls." Now today I read wilh interest about Earl Ewell, 70, who had just started on a trip around the world. By air. With frequent sightseeing stops all long the way. Mr. Ewell is a retired farmer, but, evidently, (II the time he was keeping four farms Roing he was also keeping a dream in his head. I suppose lie will be one of the farmers we have been reading about who have gone overseas to see how intensive farming is done over there. Won't the Wyoming Grange enjoy his stories when he gels back! Some of the places on his list of stopovers are: London, Paris, Home, Cairo, Bmigkok I'm quot ing the Wyoming County Times Singapore, Manila, Wake island, Honolulu and back to San Fran cisco, to mention a few places. Mrs. Ewell thought she would ralher just stay home. So that's what she Is doing. 1 guess she will be taking a keen interest in the mail from now on. Mr. Ewell had taken eight "shots" and had to submit to one more when he reached New York before leaving for overseas. I was reminded of our Seeley who had to take "shots" in the navy, whether he wanted to or not. Somehow or other there was a mixup. A lad keeping tally slipped and didn't jot down Secley's name. All the navy knew was "no record of your hav ing had it". . . .so the double dose was administered. Well, Seeley just laughted it off with one of his usual quips. Sometimes a most try ing habit of "wise cracks" can be quite helpful, both to the. wise carcker himself, and to mother who had quite a struggle with the desire to tell Uncle Sam a thing or two. Maybe the joke was on the navy after all. Neither of the twice - administered full - dosage "shots" had any effect on the young sailor. Do you suppose It was because he refused to bubble wilh resentment, self pity and so on? It was "just one of those things" and he took it In stride. The point of view of a lad in the service can help or hinder so much I kc' can help or hinder so much! But to return to Mr. Ewell: he figures his airplane ticket will cost about $3000. Said he decided the cost by boat "excessive" and, besides, what he wanted to do would take too long. Forest Products Market Report (Continued from Page 1) let when he sees any act of crime, including vice law violations in his territory. "The order also holds all ranking officers personally responsible for anv failures of officers under them to ignore the new order." "IK" Is a big word In our lan guage. So let's put it this way: IF that ord$r were strictly en forced what the 0 order loosely terms "vice law violations" would practically disappear from Ta coma. The Idea that wo can't control crime (including gambling and such) is tommyrot. We could con trol it efficiently enough if we were SINCERE ENOUGH in our efforts. A violent earthquake In Hawaii does heavy damage in a variety of wavs. but the HEAVIEST dam age results from the breaking of water reservoirs and the loss of the water stored in them. All of a sudden, water is com ing to be recognized as possibly the most precious of our re sources. There was a time long, long ago when the valleya of the Ti- cents a foot less than peeled poles. Outlets for short poles were lim ited. Piling prices were unchanged at 15 to 42 cents a foot, depending on length. I HARDWOOD LOGS: Mills saw ing valley hardwoods have been paying $26 to $40 a thousand for alder, $.10 to $45 for ash and maple, and $24 to $28 for Cottonwood. There has been some outlet for oak at $35 a thousand and chinqua pin at $37.50 in the southern part of the valley. OTHER FOREST PRODUCTS: Harvesting of conifer seeds is un- Limited information from state farm foresters indicates little change in Willamette valley mar kets (or farm forest products dur ing the week ending August 20, according to the weekly farm for est products market report, pre pared from data supplied by State Farm Foresters to the OSC Ex tension Service and other infor- DOUGLAS FIR LOGS: Demand cerrS''.- Douglas fir saulogs during the last week. Offers bv vallev nulls have ranged fron $32 to $42 a thousand, board feet for lots 12 feet or more in length since the $2 advance early this month. Most sales recently have been made within the $35 to $38 spread. Eight-foot logs have brought mostly $18 to $20 a cord or $30 to $38 a thousand. Old-growth Douglas fir have con tinued at $32 to $40 a thousand for No. i grade, while No. I s brought up to $60 at valley mi sack, and white fir $3. Hemlock and Port Orlord cedar are $5 a bushel, while Ponilerosa pine brought $1 a bushel. gris and Euphrates rivers were among the richest and most fertile areas of the then-known world. Now they are deserts. Whv? THEIR WATER RESOURCES WERE MISHANDLED. That is a lesson lhat we of the semi-arid American West MUST NOT disregard. From London: "Tha British board of trade has permitted match makers to reduce the number of matches in a box in Heu of fractional price increases equal to six percent on a twxi- neitnV box. Iliuher malarial cn.t. 1 forced the proposed rise. u ine average will now tie 47 patches to a box instead o( 50." That Is to say: The British must par more for matches or DO Will I FEWER MAICHhS. That is the ultimatum nf itll allin li p.ul,. HA ll.n. in n. -. v. ........ .v.. ..i;nuilc, c klU .nn.l. i W, V ,i...ni , uuiwncs uii uuiauon puis more t na e pain arouno u a cura mr money in our pockets. What itjunpeeled W, spruce and hemlock I It was the first meeting for Elf REALLY does, in the long run, wood slnim, newly named, is (0 take food out of our moutks ' I WES PILING: Peeled poles i Commissioners reported that the and clothes off our backs. have recenuy ranged from i cents Office of Piyc Stabiliration had Inflation, long enough continued, la foot for 20-foot lengths up to 45 turned down request for per ALWAYS results in a lower Stan- cents for Doles M feet or moro in : mission to increase liaiwr nrirea in dard of living. length. Barkies were usually 2 to 1 the state. New Oregon Liquor Head Appointment Deferred PORTLAND - (.11 Portland probably will have a new liquor administrator within 60 days. Administrator William H a m mond recalled to the. commission Plvwood peelers held tC Jj to Jbat he told it scveral rnonths ago $110 G u . ne iniennefl to resign. I hairman ' PULPWOOD: Leading pulp mills 1 rR"1'"' ,;:f';lf',rom u' h,lm to r. nl nf th market Lr Doili'. ren,ilm month Or two" tO J,ge, and storage flace is mostly, ' Riled. Plants still in lie market . """'w .n nui notices UUniE 95TL mLAinsEEim. ...it's that kind of a car! 1951 Koiser Sedan Wins World's Highest Honor Grand Prix d'Honntur ot Cannes, Franc If you've been Watching the '51 Kaiser, now DRIVE ill First thing that will strike you, once you're behind the wheel, is Kaiser responsiveness . , . here's a car that ol most seems to know your wish before you move a hand. Easy, instantaneous control Is only one of the benefits of Anatomic Design, Like Control Tower vision. 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