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U. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon C0ii? 'Fdte Employes' - conduct 3aid W lfB4lUH . I -'Mrs , Ai ,r I I . i J. 1 , . tm,.t.,.mmi ANDY TOWNSEND, manoger of the Farm Bureau Co-op, pouring coffee capably, and at least with considerable grace, from a king-size pot at the Bureau luncheon held in one of the buildings of the big plant Monday. Mrs. Vern Shrum was fill- : .i . . , . .a tu ' ' "eam or the same fascination I used to feel when watching the man who held a hard-rock drill as a couple of mallet-men synchro nized their swings at its head. I thought the man handling the drill hod o mighty dongerous job and I guess I've gone too for now for me to deny thinking Mrs. Shrum had one too! The occasion for the luncheon was the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Co-op, and the meal was prepared and served by the ladies of South Deer Creek Grange. About 225 guests were present. N. UMPQUA PLEASURE Recreational Planning Slated At Meeting Here Of Forestry, Park Heads A. full .day of discussion.? ..the. Jlorth- TJmfrqua recrea tional potentialiti"? is slated here Feb. 26. County Park Supervisor Charles S. Collins said park and forestry officials from Portland, Salem and Roseburg will join the discussion. Included in the day's planned events is a field trip into the North Umpqua area. Attending will be Richard Bowe. Portland, a rec reational planner for the U. S. For. est Service; Mark Pike, Portland, from the Bureau of Land Manage ment regional office; C. H. Arm strong, Salem, state parks super intendent, and Neal A. Butterficld, PorUand chief of the Columbia basin Recreation Survey, National Park Service. - Local men planning to attend in clude: Fred Southwick, district fire warden; Ray Hampton of the Ump qua National Forest; James Watts, district forester for the Bureau of Land Management; members of the Douglas County Park Board and possibly representatives ot the County Court Collins said the field trip is to be an all-day session with lunch in the field weather permitting. The group will then return to Roseburg ana meet in me inam ber of Commerce council cham bers, starting at 7:30 p.m., to work out general plans for recreational development in the North Umpqua vicinity. A permanent committee may be established to draft the details of a master plan for the area, Col lins said. To be worked out also are mat ters dealing with parks in the area, community developments and sum- vmer sites. The meeting scheduled for next week was postponed from last Feb. 8 because one of the principal of ficials was unable to attend. Oregon Gl One Of Four Killed In Truck Upset EL PASO, Tex. ( Four en listed men stationed at Ft. Bliss near here were killed Monday when the truck in which they were riding overturned. Another was injured. Tiie dead included Pvt. Carl 0. Drain, 22, Independence, Ore. The accident occurred near the Hueco Anti-Aircraft Firing Range about six miles north of Newman, Tex. VINCENT CLEARED WASHINGTON I The State Department said Tuesday its loyal ty board has "completely cleared" career diplomat John Carter Vin cent of charges involving his loyal ty and security. The Weather Mostly cloudy with occasional rain or snow today. Wednesday scattered showers. Hlghest temp, tor any Feb. . 79 Liweit tmp. for any Feb. Mightit Temp, last 24 hours 41 Lswttt tamp, last 24 hours 34 Precip. last 24 hours . IS o p' r,m "B- 1 J a Prtcip. from Sept. 1 2.) Fyt 7.54 Sjf xt today, 5:4? p.m. unnse tomorrow, 7:04 a.m. I A V I mmtst -?awcrna j i L j i ..i corree ana i ooservea ner wun City Council Meeting Postponed; No Quorum The regular city council meet ing Monday night was postponed until Wednesday, at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers, because a quorum was not available for the session. Two of the members were out of town and two were ill, and only four were available for the meet ing, said City Manager W. A. Gil christ. AUTO DRIVER CITED Marjorie P. Lane, 119. N. Ste phens St., Roseburg, was cited for failing to yield the right-of-way following an accident at the inter section of Cass and Stephens streets, reports Police Chief Ted Mazac. The car she was driving is al leged to have collided with one operated by Floyd I. Betts, Win chester, at 9:30 a.m. today. ANNUAL SALES Farm Bureau Co-operative Exchange's Annual Meet Stresses Progress Theme Douglas County Farm Bureau Co-op Exchange an nual sales for 1951 again went over the million dollar mark and showed an increase of more than $96,000 over last year's sales, Manager A. J. Townsend reported at the bureau's annual meeting Monday. ine session, held at the Spruce was attended by more than 200 ' patrons Arthur H. Marsh was reelected to the board of directors and Harry Winston was elected to replace E. O. Bloomquist, whose term expired this year. Bloomquist was given an ovation in appreciation of his 18 years of service on the board and in recognition of his over 50 years in the cooperative movement A sound motion picture, "Alaska's Silver Millions." portray ing various phases of the Alaskan fishing industry was shown in the morning, followed by a talk on the future outlook for fertilizers by Brnce Strachcn. field reprcsenta tive in the Pacific Supply Com pany's Portland office education department. Strachcn called attention to the urgent need for ripvplnnino wet- em sources of nitrogen and super phosphates, adding that the co- operative's mine in eastern Idaho near Soda Springs promises an ample supply for 50 years or more. ints mine is being opened current- :ly and offers a good source of phosphate, but development on an economical scale hinges on the sup- ply of electric power available, Eitobllihed 1673 Douglas County's Boad Policy Told Financial Phases Enter Into Address B ridges' Life Extended, Oiling Planned, Advises Commissioner Beckley The Douglas County Road De- nartment was allotted Sl.650.000 in 1952 and about one of half of that was spent on maintenance, labor and equipment rental. That was the figure Quoted by County Commissioner Lynn Beck- i ly in a itpeecn oeiore me nose- ; burg chamber of Commerce in the Umpqua Hotel Monday noon. In other words, Beckley said, that is the amount left after schools, the welfare department and otherJ? whether Close must return to county projects have been financed What would happen if we should have a recession? the speaker asked as he explained that $1 mil lion of the county budget came from the sale of O 4t C and forest service timber sales. The county budget for 1951 to taled $2,700,000. "The county court acts as a pol icy making board for the road department," Beckley said before turning to the county's bridge con struction problems. Life Of Bridge Increased In an attempt to reduce the cost of bridge building, steel, concrete and treated timbers with laminated decks are being employed, the speaker said. He pointed to the Increase in bridge life as the reason -for the. switch. Bridges constructed of un treated timbers several years ago had an estimated life -of six to eight years. That figure has been raised to 40 or 60 years through the use of new materials, Beckley added. The distribution of the road de partment's budget over the county was touched upon by the com missioner. To achieve equality of money spent per mile on the roads the county has been divided into dis tricts, he said. "Each of the districts Is super vised by a patrolman and he is allocated money on the basis of the miles in his area" Beckley explained. The money in the bridge depart ment is spent where construction is needed, he said, and road oiling is done when finances permit. Road oiling is becoming more important in rural districts where there is heavy log truck traffic, the speaker said. , In an effort to alleviate the con dition, the commissioner explained, the road department has agreed to spread the oil if the residents of the areas affected will buy it. Permanent Oiling Planned Beckley said that in 1953, the road department is going to in- (Continued on Page Z) BOOM '" Cp-Op hopes to obtain 'rom Bonneville and Hungry Horse power plants, said Strachcn. Oil Production Progress The afternoon business session followed a noon luncheon. The Co Op's own sound motion picture, "Oil Tills the Soil," was shown protraying the growth of petrol eum production by the Pacific Sup ply Co-operative when its first well came into production in May, 1951. This was followed by the rapid sinking of six more wells, with the seventh well coming in on Jan. 22 of this year. These wells are ooerat ling on the Pacific Co-Op holdings in tne Los Angeles area, and ten more wells may be completed by June of this year. The net pro ceeds from the oil sales will be used to develdp phosphate mines. Claude Banning was introduced to the group and spoke briefly of his connections with the local co operative. He was one of the or iginators of the Roseburg organi zation and served as manager from its opening April 12, 1921, to March 1943. He left then to take charge of i cooperative at Swiss home, Ore. He is now retired and living in Los Angeles, Parolee Marries Secy. Of War4en May Send Groom Back To Oregon Pen SALEM I Paroled convicts aren't allowed to get married with out permission of the Parole Board. But one did. He married the warden's secretary, and as a con sequence mr,y have to go back to prison. The parolee is J- C. Close. 38. He married Miss Anne Carty on Jan. 2918 days after he was re leased from prison1 where Le had served part of bis sentence on a lorgery conviction. Mrs. Close, who has worked for prison systems more than 20 years in California, came here last No vember as secretary to Warden Virgil O'Malley. She said she and Close fell in love while he was at the prison. The Parole Board1 will investi gate the case further before deoid- prison. He now is working in a Portland service station. "We thought it would be all right to get married because we were sure t'.ie Parol? Board would ap prove," Mrs. Close said. 3 Highway Jobs In Douglas Let SALEM Ufi The State Highway Commission awarded the following contracts Tuesday: Douglas and Lane Counties Grading and paving 5.6 miles of Divide-Anlauf unit of the Divide Rice Hill section of the Pacific Highway,- about S miles south of Cottage Grove. Awarded to Leon ard & Slat,-Portland, -Tor i,30, 464 Douglas County Construct re inforced concrete viaducts on Drain connection to Pacific Highway near Anlauf. Awarded to Tom Lillebo, Recdsport, $90,465. Douglas County Construct 200 foot bridge over Bear Creek at Curtin on Pacific Highway. Todd Building Company, Roseburg, $49, 056. Searchers Find Lost Myrtle Creek Child The 2W-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chamberlain of Myrtle Creek was lost for four hours Mon day night in the wilderness area north of Myrtle Creek with only his two dogs to keep him company. Michael Duane wandered away from home at 4:30 in the after noon, Myrtle Creek Police Chief Orville Cornett said.-' At 6:30 a large posse, comprised of local log gers, Bay Scouts, police and re serve officers from the Myrtle Creek police department began combing the woods. The child was found huddled in a clump of brush with his dogs. The boy's whimpering and the dogs' growling led searchers to the spot. A Myrtle Creek doctor examined the child after his four hours of exposure on the wintry mountain side and his two-mile hike. The doctor'said the boy apparently suf fered no effects that a warm bath and hot dinner wouldn't cure. Warren, Stassen May Go On Oregon Ballot OREGON CITY W Gov. Earl Warren of Califorria and Harold K. Stassen may be on the Kcpuo lican presidential primary ballot in Oregon.. Two Portland Republicans an nounced plans Monday to circulate petitions lor mem. Mrs. Fred E. Gronert, state leg islative chairman of the Oregon Council of Republican women, and C. C. Martin said they would spon sor the petitions. Tiiey explained they have no favorite in the campaign; they just want to see alt candidates on the ballot. Petitions to nominate Gen. Doug. las Mac Arthur, Sen. Robert A. Taft ot Ohio, and Gen. Dwight Eisen hower, also have been in Republi can circulation. Eastern Storms Claim 24 Lives Br The Auociated PrcM At least 24 persons perished in a howling northeaster that brought heavy snow and gale winds (o the northeastern states over the week end and continued Monday. New England was buried under six to 20 inches of snow and the snowfall continued in some areas. Many highways were blocked, and train and plane travel was disrupted or ' halted completely. Schools were closed over wide areas of New York and the six New England states. The big Maine turnpile was closed because plows couldn't keep "P. ROSEIURG, OREGON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1952 Log Hauling Fee Assailed In 2nd Action A. L. Paulson, Trucker, Demands Return Of $5, As In J. E. Laney Case . ' A log truck owner and onerator wants back the five dollars he paid for his county log hauling permit. ne was uniawiuuy and illegal ly" ordered to obtain the nermit he alleges in a Circuit Court com plaint. Ai L. Paulson, Idelyld Route, has filed the action for money five dollars claiming he obtained the permit only because of threat of arrest and prosecution. If he gets -'he money back, it would mean that about 300 other log truck operators who have ob tained the permits would be en titled to get their money back, too. Named defendants in the suit are County Commissioners Lynn Beck ley and Elmer Mctzger, Judge Carl C. Hill, and Sheriff O. T. Carter. This is the second suit striking against the County Court's order of uec. 22, 1948, setting up the county's log hauling regulations. Previously, James E. Laney. 908W S. Jackson St., had filed suit to enjoin the county from enforcing me regulations. Both men drive their own log trucks over Highway. 99 and the North Umpqua Highway. The county has announced that its hauling regulations are in the process of being changed. A spokes-j man said, however, that the five dollar permit fee would be con tinued and that the main change would le in including other types of trucks as well, as log trucks. Paulson's attorney, who is also representing Laney, said the basis for the latest complaint is the same as in Laney s case. The county's rcgulationi are no longer valid, the attorney contend ed, because of a 1951 legislative act putting jurisdiction of roads including county roas ' in the hands of the Start Highway Com mission. Counties, he contended, have no control over their roads except as provided in the legislative act it self. And there's nothing in the act that permits such regulation of log hauling as the county is undertak ing, the attorney declares. Improvements Planned For New R. G. Baker Park High on the county park depart ment's list of spring activities is the improvement of the newly-ac quired Richard G. Baker park, Supervisor Charles S. Collins said. The park, named after the late county commissioner, is located on the North Umpqua Highway, about 2 miles above Rock Creek. It will fee dedicated in connec tion with the Douglas County Cen tennial fete. Among contemplated improve ments are clearing of land and installation of tables. The bronze tablet for Hie monumnet is ex pected to arrive shortly,. Collins said. Ex-Governor Pierce Again Seriously III SALEM I Walter M. Pierce, 90-year-old former governor and ex-congressman, is back in the hospital seriously ill. The hospital said he rested com fortably Monday night. Pierce was taken to the hospital several weeks ago in serious con dition and recovered. 'HOPES CONFIRMED' Western States' Support Obtained On Recent Tour, Opinion Of Senator Taft By JACK BELL ' WASHINGTON (AP) Senator Taft of Ohio said Tuesday his political tour of the West has convinced him he has "a substantial majority of popular support among Republicans" there. Back from a five-state speaking trip in behalf of his bid for the GOP presidential nomination, Taft told re porters he thinks he will get "the predominant majority" of convention delegates from Washington, Idaho, Wyo ming, and Colorado. "This western trip has con firmed my most optimistic hopes," the Ohio senator said. "The Eisen hower people are putting on a fight everywhere but I feel we are still far in the lead." Taft said he will repudiate any "unfrie"hdly" efforts to enter him In the May 16 uregon primary be cause he doesn't have time to cam paign in the state. A candidate's name can be en tered in Oregon without his con sent. Jack Travis, Hood River, publisher friend of Sen. Morse (R. Ore.,) has started circulation- of Taft petitions. Morse is supporting Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for the nomination Taft seeks. GOSSO FAILS AGAIN Douglas County 'Lifer' And Pal Nabbed In State Prison Escape Attempt Vernon John Gosso, convicted habitual criminal who once tried vainly to escape from the Douglas County jail, tried a break Monday from the State Penitentiary and sgain failed. The 25-year-old ex-professional wrestler, sentenced from Douglas County to life imprisonment, was discov ered hiding in a prison laundry truck with another life termer, Raymond Francis Frye, 34. sentenced from Coos County for murder. Both were discovered by prison guards hiding among dirty clothes in laundry baskets in the truck. The vehicle had been driven out side the penitentiary walls, but was locked. Guards, missing the pair from the prison laundry where both worked, investigated and found them in the truck at the main gate. Last October 10, Gosso made his first ill-fated break for freedom. With Edward C. Powell, 25, Gosso assaulted and severely beat jailer William Kissinger. A vicious struggle occurred and the pair got as far as the jail ele vator. There they were foiled when Kissinger jammed the operating mechanism of the elevator. Gosso was subsequently convict ed on the jail break charge as well as his original unarmed rob bery charge. With a record of three other felony convictions, he thus became subject to prosecution as an habitual criminal. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by Circuit BERSERK BUNYANS Roseburg Axe-Vielders Crash Eureka Festivities, Kidnap Two The premiere showing Brothers' production, in Eureka, Calif., was interrupted Saturday by the Roseburg But interrupted is hardly Non-Support Charged To Arrested Mother Georgia Frances Bonnet, 26, Bie ber, Calif., has been returned to Douglas County to face a charge of non-support, the sheriffs office re ported. ' She was arrested at Bieber and is accused of failing to provide for her four minor children that were left with a relative1 Douglas County. She was indicted by the grand jury last November. In another non-support case, Wil liam Shafer, about 33, Veneta, was acquitted Monday by a jury In the first trial of the February terra of Circuit Court. Fine, Jail Term Meted For Drunken Driving Albert Alonzo Trask, 45, a re tired Army sergeant from Suth erlin, was fined $500 and given a 30-day jail sentence Monday in dis trict court after pleading guilty to drunken driving. Trask was arrested by State Po lice. Judge A. J. Geddes levied the penalty. In Drain Justice of Peace Clar ence Leonards court, Troy Inger sail Stanwood, 40, Drain, was re leased in $400 bail after his arrest by State Police on a drunken driv ing charge. If Travis's action turns out to be regarded in the Taft camp a un friendly, there was some talk among the Ohioan's supporters of circulating petitions to put Morse's name into the race also. This would be calculated to di. vide the Eisenhower vote, but Taft's backers emphasized they won't move unless they feel they themselves are being made the victims of a political maneuver. Eisenhower's followers, headed by Morse and Gov. Douglas Mc Kay, have predicted the general will win Oregon's preferential pri itnary popularity test and also will get all of the state's 18 convention delegates. 42-52 - . ;ff' ) VERNON J. GOSSO Tries Again Fails Judge Carl E. Wimberly. Gosso's partner, Powell, was convicted on two charges and sentenced to a to tal of 24 years. Movie Stars of "Big Tret's." a Warner Tre&, Paul Bunyans. the word to describe what took pflg Th n-. .!. The Invading Bunyans almost ruined the day's celebration for IhA nlhfruMK nenf-AFnl Palifnt. 1 mans. To make themselves known, the Bunyans, garbed in flaming red jackets and wielding giant axes, kidnapped two of the motion pic ture stars. Falling victim to the muscular gang from Roseburg were Eve Miller and Patrice Wymore, War ner Brothers stars. And they were not the only ones. Eureka's police tried to pre vent the abduction and found them selves going along for the ride also. Later the two stars were res cued and returned to their places of honor in the parade.- But Eureka's mayor, Robert H. Madsen, was probably tho nfosl humiliated by the Bunyan's action. While within hearing distance of the Roseburg gang, he proclaimed that Eureka was the center of the timberland. The Bunyans imme diately ganged him. He was thrown to the pavement and threatened by the axe-swinging lads from the north. Needless to tay, he changed his mind. Not only did he change his mind, but he admitted that all the timber was in Roseburg, which, of course, was quite satis factory with the Bunyans. And just to make living exciting for the Eurekans, the Bunyans in vaded a few banquet rooms, nearly beheaded movie actor tagar Bu chanan and displayed contempt for the police. Conviction Of Attack On Officer Is Appealed Convicted in justice court on i charge of assaulting and striking a Recdsport police officer, Ben Asa Thomas has filed an appeal to Cir cuit Court. Thomas was convicted in a trial before Justice of the . Peace Fred Wright, of Reedsport. The justice found him guilty of assaulting and striking Officer Joe E. Bapliste by hitting him in tne moutn ana snov ing and pushing him. Thomas at the same lime was armiitted of a charge of drunk driving. Wright fined him $200 jn the assault ana battery cnarge. County Loses $1.07 Collecting 6 Cents Tax DETROIT Stephen Kir mickl has his property taxes paid up for another year, and Wayne County is six cents richer or 11.07 poorer. Kicrmlcki's tax bill came to just six cents, but County Treasurer Harold E. Stoll figured it cost S1.13 to collect It. The tax payer's property In down town Detroit is 102 feet long and two and four-tenths inches wide. It it ralued at $10. IVItUIIIIIIJ Committee Launches Lobbying For Reforms Urged By Ex-President - WASHINGTON I Urged by former President Herbert Hoover to help wipe out the "humiliation" of government scandals, the Citi zens Committee for the Hoover re port launched Tuesday a lobbying effort in behalf of six major federal reform proposals. Heading the list of projects it will push Is ' a Senate-approved bill to remove many jobs from political patronage, provide for ad vancing able workers in govern ment careers, and facilitate .the removal of incompetents. Hoover told the National Re- , organization Committee Monday night that the "sickening conduct" ul wiuc uLiinais tcicmty cApuacu is an indictment of the govern- ' ment's method ot choosing and ' mnnnninir it 4 Lit mUlinn am- i "No one can ignore the flood of ' exposures of less than sacred hon- ' ni nt Mtl nali-tntiam ku .innl.... in many agencies of the govern- : ment during these recent years," the ex-President told 500 civic and : business leaders and government , officials. Conduct "Sickening" "Daily, Congress and grand ju ries are turning up sickening con duct of federal civil officials. These exposures can mean only one thing: That our method of selec tion and organization of federal employes is badly at fault some where. "Surely the nation has a right to a better system of choice and management of its employees than one which has produced these months of humiliation.". ., Hoover was head of the Congress-created, 12-member, bi-partisan commission which in 194S produced recommendations for streamlining virtually the entire executive orancn 01 tne govern ment. The strategy meeting was told that about 55 per cent of the rec ommendations have become law In tho nnct fhrn vnat-a- that thm resultant savings can be estimated at around two billion dollars an nually, anl that adaption of the remaining Hoover proposals can sava about another 3 W billions. House Group , Opposes f urge Immunity Power . WASHINGTON (! A House Judiciary subcommittee Tuesday unanimously rejected a proposal by President Truman to give clean- up doss rvewooia morris power to grant immunity to witnesses In ,ri.i. iMtiHnn. !' Vu ...hmmiit.r I. i The subcommittee is ta confer with Morris late Tuesday about the second part of Mr. Truman's re quest. That Morris he granted sub poena powers usually reserved tor the courts and Congressional com mittees. Morris Is a Republican attorney who once was president of the New York City Council. Some senators have suggested summoning Morris before a com mittee investigating big profits made in a surplus ship deal. Mor ris has denied any wrong-doing. Notorious Prisoner Denies Bank Robberies NEW YORK UH Notorious Wit lie (The Actor) Sutton pleaded in nocent to bank robbery charges Tuesday and was ordered held in prison for a hearing Feb. 29. The elusive Sutton was arrested Monday in Brooklyn, where he had been living the role of an ob scure miser In a S6-a-week room, after being sought as one of the nation's top bank robbers and es cape artists. He broke out of two of Phila delphia's test prisons, once in 1945, when he was recaptured soon after, and again in 1947. Two alert young policemen rec ognized Sutton on a Brooklyn street Monday to end a five-year man hunt launched when he made the second break five years ago. Japan Bank Robberies Evoke Slaps At U.S. TOKYO If! A $6,000 bank rob bery popped into the cold war Tuesday. Two Caucasians in army uniform and one English-speaking Japanese robbed a suburnar. Dank Monday. Police said the IriR may have been responsible for two similar rob beries within the pa3t wo months In Parliament Communist Rep. Jittaio Yokota shouted: '"The government subservience to the U.S. occupation is responsi ble for this stickup. I heard police bad to let the robbers escape, for their orders were not to fire at i Americans." f Levity Fc .evity I act (iant By L. F. Reizenstein This Is National Crime Pre vention Week. With seven vigilant candidates for sheriff in the field, Douglas County should register 100 percent law observance . . . but keep your parked car locked, don't molest your neighbor's wood pile and beware of the gift of a deep freeie or e mink coat.