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4 The Newi-Revlew, Roseburg, fubllihte' Dally hceat Pmtuf , . , . - News-Review Company, Inc. ubai. Oi. ! w ! Mca . Mil CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L KNAM Editor Memeer Member or the Auoclattd Pmii, Onion Ntwip.ptr Publlihen Anoeio'lon, the Audit Burcav Clreuleriom BlDfUUlX IVBlir-BOLLIDAf CO. INC.. IthiM ' Ik, CklMI """" i, . V""i''. aoii. iMiib. rm. . Btburf, Orecon. UpdM UBiCBlFTION ION BATES ! 0,.,.nBy M.ll-P.r '.' "'A1' .T,,U,,"il nonlbi. 12.". By Nwi-BtTlw l)nrlii-Hr Yiil, lll.M ! ). I... Vh.a .n. r..r. .ir m.lh, Sl.M. Oil.ll. 0.....-B7 M.U- Ur By CHARLES INTENTIONS AND ACTIONS Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, speaking in Oregon recently, talked real sense. He urged development of natural" resources on a basis of greatest good for the greatest number, or, as conservationists term it, the "wise' use of our resources. . . But, even while the secretary was making his talks in Oregon, the Federal Power commission granted a license for the construction of a high dam in the Cowlitz river. This license is in direct conflict with previous federal pledges for a fish sanctuary in the, lower Columbia river and is an ab solute invasion. of state rights, for the state of Washington has a law prohibiting dams of more than 25 feet in height in lower Columbia tributaries. It does little good for one administration spokesman to be advocating 'Wise use of resources, while another de partment proceeds with destructive acts. : The secretary of interior urged careful study of all factors -in the use of resources. He mentioned that power advo'iatos, irrigationists, sports and commercial fishermen and navigation companies all have common concern in development-of the Columbia river. Respective interests, he contended, must be compromised on a basis of the greatest good to the greatest number. , ; ' Compromise! Are Required He pointed out that he had held up original plans for Rogue river development after learning that proposed high dams on the main stream would cause irreparable damage to migratory fish runs.- New proposals, he said, indicate that power and irrigation needs can be served, although in lesser degree, with considerably less damage to recreation, by a compromise plan. Secretary Chapman said that we cannot permit natural resources to go undeveloped : that streams, for instance, must be made to yield hydroelectric power, because of the demands of industry, national defense and future welfare. Such development, however, he insisted, should give consid eration to other water uses, expressing a belief that reason . able needs for power and irrigation can be reconciled with preservation of recreational values. That is sound reasoning. But, unfortunately, it is all talk. While Secretary Chapman talks common sense, ruth less exponents of power, irrigation, navigation and industry continue to destroy streams upon which migratory runs of finYl rifmpnd in mnrqliAi anil Inlfaa annnnrf intr mlnfiitAi'w ' waterfowl, the! scenic and beach anl mountain. The httee. disorganized bureaucracv which we have constructed dinated action. - i Ouriook Is Discouraging To the conservationist, who has learned to love the rug ged beauty and abundant recreation of the Pacific North west, the oulook for the future is indeed discouraging. On the other hand, the industrialist, who has little or no regard for scenic and recreational resources, sees a most prom ising future. Industry is moving rapidly into this rich empire of the . Northwest. Industry demands power and water. It prefers puwur in mrKe uiocks rawer man irom several smaller units. Thus it proposes a single high dam, destructive to fish life, rather than n series of small dams, permitting maintenance of fish migrations, v 'Industry also brings water pollution. The five counties of Southwestern Oregon contain 10 percent of the nation's timber, according to a recent in ventory by the U. S. Forest Service. One of the rapidly de-' vcloping segments in the timber industry is that of chem ical pulp. Pulp and paper mills dump a large volume of damaging industrial waste into streams. The timber re source of this area is too large and important to permit dis couragement of the pulp industry for any material length of time. Yet it is possible for pulp manufacturers to im pound waste liquors1 for release when heavy water flow would occasion little damage, or, in fact, to recover and utilize a large part of the waste. It is a question of whether we can require industry to protect conflicting resources, perhaps not in entirety but, at least, insofar as is possible. Secretary Chapman expresses good intentions. But we have heard of a place said to be paved with good intentions. Mi Is It necessary lo have a contest I with a priic in order lo have pretty windows and effective outdoor dis plays at Christmastime? Hereto fore the Business and Professional Women's club in Drain has spon sored such an activity and the I Christmas committee has awarded prizes. But this year the group has decided that the effort itself is its own reward. They have ap- icalcd to the community to give leauty In lighted outdoor treej, pretty windows, and whn'cvor Ideas suggest themselves to the In dividual citizens. I think it's a good Idea. After I all it's a givint tune isn't it.' And: what nicer way to "give" lo the community and to the tourists pass ing through not to mention the pleasure to thc family that has j worked on the project than to! fladdcn the eyes of the passerby? t's nn Impersonal giving which like thc 'gentle rain' blesses every body indiscriminately. If we give only to those who give lo us. , . Then, too, that Induing business means, usually, that the judges must leave Uie family circle for Or Sot.. Dec. 8, 1951 Ael ! Mro 1. itlt. Ik ISM. V. STANTON recreational values of water. seems incapable of coor MEHDIHG BASKET the fast tour around in an effort to decide who shall have the prizes. I never judged Christmas displays but I've judged other things, and no matter how conscientiously one docs his best, he can't please everyoonv. somebody is sure lo think he has worked his head off and been passed over In favor of something that didn't take near as much work, or money or what ever. You know how that joes. So, in Drain at any rate, we shall sec whether folk in the past have worked with an eye on the pos sibility of a prize or whether they have worked "for the joy of work ing." At other times, other meth ods. But at Christmas. . .well, it s Christmas, and need we say more? I still remember some of the lovely effects we saw last year as we drove around. Don't you? Su the hard work that went into some of the displays was not so ephem eral, after all, was it? By the way, Drain changed the location Of its lighted Christmas tree. It's way up on the hill. Don't miss U as you pass the junction of 99 and 38. 'Hey, Why M In The Day's News By FRANK (Continued from Page 1) There Is only one way, so far as 1 know. GET BETTER LEADERSHIP. Along that line, Senator Tobey (Rep., New Hampshire) says in Washington: "I GUARANTEE that General Elsenhower will let his name go before the voters in New Hamp shire's presidential primary next March." He added: "I am confident that when the Republican nominating convention is held in Chicago next July Eisen hower will be AVAILABLE, will be NOMINATED, and then will be ELECTED in November. " So Jar as I can read, the pro vailing opinion among professional nnitfiinn iii that if General Eisen hower wants to be President he'd better get back irom cruopc, throw in his hat and start beat ing the drum in the usual man ner. Personally, I HOPE his attitude Is that if the Republicans want him am Ihnit. nnH irlntn and NOMI NATE him at their convention he will accept the rcsponsioimy ana will give to the job the best that is in u;V.. h,,t ikol hi? VtllST rtiilv is to FINISH HIS PRESENT ,10B, even if that takes tin next iau. It seems In me that this is one of Ihnsn times in history when the of fice should seek the man. Farm, Not City, Deserves Power First, Argument By OVID. AH MARTIN Associated Press Farm Writer WASHINGTON -tf The Ag riculture department is going to some length lo show that in its opinion the farmer should come ahead of the cily man in al location of scarce materials for electricl service. It is circulating a 20-pige pam phlet designed to prove that Is is more important from the stand point of thc national welfare th.it farmers get what additional serv ice can be supplied under (he de fense program. Officials say the pamphlet was put out in an effort to combat opinion held by some defense of ficials and sections uf the general public that electric service fur thc farmer is a luxury. "We're having a difficult time," they said, "getting defense offi cials to recognize agriculture's need for more power." "Some have said," says the pamphlet, "that critical materials should not be provided for rural electrification, arguing that farm ers who have done without elec tricity throughout thc years should be able to do without it a while longer." Greater Need Claimed The department says these views are voiced by persons who do not question allocation of scarce copper and other materials m providing uroan eiccirici serv ice. "Yet the fact is that electric service far from being a luxury than for urban people," the pam phlet continues. "For the city family, electricity means c o m fort and convenience. For the farm family, it means that and much more. It means production power "The development of electrified farming has been so rapid and so unobtrusive that many people have little idea of the productive force electricity injects into American agriculture at this time when un precedented demands are begig made upon farmers." Manpower Lets Cited The department says 800,000 farms Kill re without power. Can't We Build JENKINS Idealistic? I suppose so. But you have to feel the way you FEEL and I feel a goad deal as I think Joslah Gilbert Holland must have felt when he wrote these lines and entitled them "The Day's Demand." "God give us men! A time like this demands , "Strong, minds', great hearts, true faith and ready hands; "Men whom the lust of office does not kill; "Men whom the spoils of office can not buy; "Men who possess opinions and a will; "Men who have honor; men who will not lie; ! "Men who can stand before a demagogue ' "And damn his treacherous flat teries without winking; "Tall men, sun - crowned, who live above the fog "In public duty and in private thinking." Holland, born in 1819, was in his prime in those critical years of de cision when our nation's greatness was being hammered out on the anvil of fate. He saw clearly that the demand of that day was for MEN and driven by his vision he wrote those impassioned lines that so well describe the kind of men we need in such crises. It seems to me this is another time like that. Mystery Death Of Woman Detective Being Probed CULVER CITY, Calif. -UP) A young and pretty private detec tive who specialized in Hollywood cases is dead under mysterious cir cumstances. Mrs. Shirley Fawcett Kivlin, 24, died in her home here Monday night. An autopsy was conducted but -further tests will have to be made before the cause of death can be determined. She collapsed Monday night while in Long Beach discussing a case with her boss, C. N. Druber, operator ot a private investi gation firm. He said she be gan "actin? strangely" and he drove her home. Mrs. Kilvin was divorced a year ago and won custody of a 2-year-old daughter. West Roseburg Damage . Claims Will Be Paid Claims brought by residents of West Roseburg against the city for damages which they allege were caused by the contractor for sewer installations in that area will be paid for by the city out of funds withheld from Stateside Construc tion Co., the contractor. This was the action taken by the city council at a special meeting with the company's representa tives Thursday afternoon. . The city has withheld $8500 from the original contract price with which to guarantee payment of claims. The amount of the claims is not definite as there is sull some question as to the validity of some of the claims or the amount asked. Thc excess after claims are taken care of will be paid to the con tractor. Many of those connected with power lines are not getting ade quate service, it adds. Farm consumption of electrical power has increased 500 percent since 1910. As a result of this spec tacular increase, rural power fa cilities are being taxed to the limit. The department says Agricul ture's need for more power is em phasized by the fact that it is los ing much manpower to the armed services and city industries. Farm employment dropped 3M.0OO last year and now is 1.380,000 under the 1945-49 average of 14,?ii,0O0 workers. a Bridge? Myrtle Creek District School Site Discussed MYRTLE CREEK It seems there is a great deal of speculation on the part of all interested parties about whether a new school plant should be constructed at the site which the Myrtle Creek school district No. 19C board has par chased in line with the plan ap proved by voters of the district last June 18, when they voted in the district budget election. Per haps the following facts will serve to clear away some of the fog of misinformation which clouds this issue: A school must be built. "A Study of Public Elementary and Secondary Education in Ore gon, prepared under the direc tion of the state board of educa tion, consisting of our governor, secretary of state, state superin endent of public instruction, legis lators, 'and other leaders In many fields, including education, com monly known as the "Holy Re port, in referring to school size, states there should be a maximum of 500 pupils in any one elementary school. We have roughly 950 stu dents. We exceed this maximum by 450 students. The state standards for elemen tary schhol grounds require 17 acres minimum for 1,000 pupils. We have 14 acres in Myrtle Creek on which the elementary schools are located. Approximately eight acres are suitable for playground space and outside activities. The remaining six acres are occupied by buildings and space unfit for school use. The site at Tri-City, which is all level land, is available in its entirety for school use lor play grounds or other outside activities, with the exception of that space used for buildings. Voters within thc district will not wish to jeopardize the district prospects of receiving funds which tie state of Oregon provides out of state income tax levies for thc operation of schools which comply with state standards, or at least make an effort to do do. The amount of such funds to be re ceived this year by Myrtle Creek school district No. 19C is over $141,000. The people, by voting for '.he bonds, will vote for a school on the Tri-City school site and to con struct and equip a kitchen and an addition to the cafeteria building at the Myrtle Creek school. If they vote the bonds down, it will mean there will be no school build ing provided anywhere in the dis trict and no cafeteria in Myrtle Creek in time for the fall term, due to the fact that it will take approximately three months to prepare another bond election. This will force the school board to put the Myrtle Creek school on a double shift basis in most of the grades, since the rooms are al ready overloaded by square foot age standards or teacher-pupil ra tio. Parents who experienced dou ble shifts in recent times. are well aware of the loss to the children, physically and intellectually. The expense of double shift involves additional pay for teachers, main tenance staff and bus drivers. Also it creates need for doubling the number ot bus trips and added fuel and lighting cost. The cost of fuel and lighting alone will be in creased another $300 to $400 per month. This is really a waste of taxpayers money. It is only fair to the children, teachers and parents of any area of concentrated population, that new sehool construction be placed in such a manner as to best serve that districts needs. In so doing the principals, patrons, and pu pils will be able to work together more closely for thi planned de- Religion Phase Of Will Causes It To Be Set Aside WATERLOO, la. UP) A physician's will setting up a $70. 000 trust fund to "persons who be lieve in the fundamental principles of the Christian religion was set aside here. The will of Dr. W. B, Small, of Waterloo, was ruled invalid by dis trict Judge Shannon B. Charlton who asserted: "Only by unpermissible as sumption of omniscience can the trustees purport to execute the pro vision of this will. "Any attempt here to ascertain or circumscribe the authority sought to be reposed in the trustees requires excursions into a meta physical field thai is, and should be, out of bounds for the court of an or ganized society of human beings founded upon the principle of sep aration of church and state." Judge Charlton's decision fol lowed a widely publicized trial last month in which 10 nephews and nieces of the Methodist physician contested the will on the grounds it was impossible to determine what persons are "promulgating the fun damental principles of Christian religion." Ten clergymen and one layman, called as witnesses in the trial, ex pressed widely varying views to the question "what is a Christian." Commenting on this range. The judge said: "Logical disposition cannot be made of these differences, over which persecution has been suf fered aqd one account of which the perils of uncharted seas and unexplored lands have been braved. "A man's right to choose and designate his bounty must be exer cised in a manner comprehensible in and to that physical world in which those charged with the exe cution of that bounty have their being," he ruled. The judge ruled that Dr. Small died intestate and ordered the trustees to distribute the property to his heirs. velopment of each Individual child. A school built on the proposed site as planned by the district board will be remote from hazard ous highway conditions. Priority for the structural steel necessary to the construction of the proposed school building was applied for in the first quarter of this year. If the plan to build this building is rejected, it will be nec essary to make a new application for steel to build another building in -whatever location is selected. This will further retard by an un-' told number of months the devel-1 opment of the school improvement plan which has been approved by the state school building consult-; ant. j When Myrtle Creek school dis trict No. 19 and the Missouri Bot tom school district, now known as Tri-City area, were combined, the Myrtle Creek district was in debt a considerable amount. The Mis- souri Bottom district was free of debt. Through an oversight in the assessors office, the deficit of the Myrtle Creek district was paid off by the taxpayers of the combined district. It has been suggested that It will cost $7,000 or more to install a sewage disposal system ai in City. C. N. Freeman, the architect for the last school building In Myr tle Creek, has stated that he be lieves an adequate system can be completed at a cost not to exceed $4,000. Mr. Freeman stated that in a phone conversation on Nov. 28, 1951, with Everett Spies, assist ant engineer, State Board o f Health. Mr. Spies said, "Sewer systems will not be required by the state board of health, due to the fact they cannot be financed. A septic tank and drainage field is sufficient to take care of a school project." Plans for the new school facilily at Tri-City call for a well, or wells, drilled, cased to bed rock, and sealed against all possibility of the intrusion of surface water. Water from this source will pass requirements for human consump tion as set up by the state board of health. When a sewer system Is in stalled in the Tri-City area, thc cost will be borne by indi vidual taxpayers in the Tii-City area. The only cost to the school district will be for connecting to the system. This cost will be ap proximately the same whether the scnooi is mint in .Myrtle ere k or in Tri-City. Architect C. N. Freeman says: "This is In regaros to heating of the high school, the new grade ! school and the upper elementary i building. The central heating plant, as constructed on the grounds, is : capable of handling the high school with the additional class rooms and a new gymnasium: the pres ent grade school building and thc original grade school and gymna shim. If a new building is built, additional boiler facilities will have to be provided. The construc tion of additional boiler room space and pipe line to a new building would cost more than a new plant on a new site, if the heating plant is included in the building pro gram. In addition lo the above statement, forced drafts would have to be added to the construc tion so that the chimney could handle additional boilers on the Myrtle Creek site. We recognize that the Myrtle Creek school district No. 19C board of education has swni many hours of arduous study over the plans for improving th: school facilities of the district. The plan that has been evolved conforms to the na tional trend in modern school plan ning and building. The plan also meets the standards of the state department of education and the recommedations of Oregon state board of education, as set forth in "A Study of Public F.lementaiy and Secondary Education in Ore gon." There.ire we recommend to the voters of the district an unhesitating support of the board's plan for proper expansion of the school plant. Sitned, TAXPAYERS COMMITTEE FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT .1 By CLINTON H. BROWN. I PROBES C.I. LOANS - Rep. Olin Teague (D., Tex.), above, heads a House committee looking into alleged irregularities in G.I. housing loans in the San Diego, Calif., area. Some 40 Veterans Administration officials, contract tors and officers of lending and mortgage concerns have been subpenaed to appear at the hear ings in San Diego. Bon Taverns Operating Pinball, Bennett Urges PORTLAND Wl J. E. Ben nett, Portland city commissioner, thinks Gov. McKay should force the liquor commission not to li cense Portland taverns where pin ball machines are in operation. In a letter to the governor, Ben nett cited a ruling from the attor ney general wich indicated the ma chines are illegal. (A second opin ion said the liquor commission has power to exercise its own judg ment in the matter.) The city council has refused to recommend licenses for Portland taverns which permit the machines. Licence recommendations are forwarded to the liquor commis sion for final action. Bennett told McKay that it was his duty as governor "to see that all commissions appointed by you conduct themselves in an orderly or legal manner." el &&&zm NOTICE To Roseburg Chamber of Commerce Members Roscoe E, Bell, Administrator Bureau of Land Management Will Addreis Forum Luncheon - Hotel Umpqua ;. Mjndey Noon, December 10th . ' ' Subject: "Business Management of the OJC Lands in the Public Interest" ' J Reliable Service : Trust your loved one to our cere, and be assured that all arrangement! will be carried out In the best of taste, in an atmosphere of quiet dignity. Ganz Mortuary 2 Mi. S. of Myrtle Creek on Hwy. 99 ' . Ambulance Service 24 Hours a Day Phone Myrtle Creek 502 DOUGLAS COUNTY STATE BANK ROSEBURG, OREGON . ;' i Branches at Oakland and Sutherlin TOTAL RESOURCES $15,000,000.00 A Western Oregon Bank Serving "Douglas" County and Western Oregon HOME-owned and HOME-operated Complete Banking Facilities OFFICERS: L. E. Carrison, President E. G. Young, Vice-President ': F. D. Moore, Mtg. Loan Ofcr. & Cashr. 1 Evelyn L. Frazier, Ass't. Cashier Marvin Litwiller, Escrow Officer C. M. Howard, Mgr. . Sutherlin Br. Ona McCord, Mgr. - Oakland Br. DIRECTORS: T. B. Garrison, Chairman of the Board L. E. Garrison E. G. Young L. E. Henninger E. R. Metzger Roy O. Young Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Member of the Oregon Bankers' Association Member of the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce Lumber, Agriculture, Industry, Sportsmens' Paradise, MILD CLIMATE 1 FOR INSULATION SAVI ON WINTER FUEL COOLER IN THE SUMMfP Ph.n. 3-5510 P.O. 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