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INCOMPLETE PICTURE
By Charles
A recent news dispatch
the leading municipalities on the Facitic Coast in its per
centage building gains.
Tr. id unfortunate that the real facts were not avail
able. Had the statistics reflected actual conditions, it is
quite probable that Roseburg would have been much higher
in standings, possibly in top
A communitv's building
hv InHimt.rv and business as euides to their programs. Cities
showing high percentage gains
places to establish branch firms, secure agency outlets, in.
vest capital. Ail industry and business is affected by mar
kets. A crowinir town is a favorable market. Building rec
ords trive positive proof of city
tistics are carefully scanned by big business.
Building records are maintained by the city govern
ment. Any new construction work must be done under per
mits obtainable at the City Hall. Building permits are used
to compile statistics on building volume.
Only a minor part of the new construction within the
Roseburg area, however, is getting on the building report.
Permits are required only inside the city limits. Far more
construction is in progress in the suburban area than with
in the municipality. If we could report all the new building
actually contributing to the community's growth, the percent
age gains would be enormous.
We will not be able to compile this information until
suburban districts unite with the municipality. While we are
waiting for this to occur, as it eventually will because of
health and welfare conditions, we are losing heavily in po
tential business and industry which would be attracted to
this area if the true record of building activity were made
available.
Inasmuch as business and industry pay approximately
80 per cent of all local taxes, the individual property owner
also is affected. More business and industry would leave
less of the tax load to be distributed to the homeowner.
ASSESSED VALUATIONS SHOW GROWTH
While on the subject of growth it is interesting to note
that Douglas County stands in fifth place in percentage of
increase in taxable property valuations since 1930.
The League of Oregon Cities reports that since 1930
Douglas County's assessed valuation has increased 203 per
cent. This is considerably better than the state average of
151 per cent. '
Five counties had more than 200 per cent increase In
assessed valuation since 1930. Lane County leads with 245
, per cent; Josephine County is second with 228 per cent, fol
lowed by Malheur, 222 pe cent; Clackamas 221 per cent, and
Douglas 203 per cent
Nine counties, Clatsop, Tillamook, Wheeler, Sherman,
Gilliam, Columbia, Baker, Union and Wasco, have dropped
in assessed valuation percentagewise since 1930, the mea
sure of decrease ranging from 65 to 98 per cent.
Reports of valuation gains are encouraging in connec
tion with long-range planning. As counties and communi
ties grow, the tax rate goes down. This is true, however,
only over a long period of years. During the growth period
it becomes necessary to spend large sums of public money to
provide required facilities and services. Eventually, as facil
ities are established and service departments expanded, the
. cost of government begins to level off. With costs spread
over mora people and more assessed valuation, the rate of
tax levy begins to drop.. Statistics show that, in general, tax
rates go down proportionately with population and valuation
gains, atter the emergencies induced by growth have been
met. '
It will be several years, we imagine, before we can ex
pect much decrease in tax costs in Douglas County, and par
ticularly in our municipalities. We still have too many facil
ities and services to provide. But over the long haul we'll
find our growth aiding materially In reduction of local taxes.
FromM7 111
while varl-colored Texas puts on I
snow with a mouse outside this
window I'll get on with today's
copy for the Mending Basket. If
you hear a heart-rending scream
It will be because Texas has once
more carried the mouse into the
garage where my mother is busy
Mother is always cither busy or
asleep, and she docs little sleep
ing! My dad used to say whim
sically, "There'll be some house
cleaning in heaven when your
mother gets there." Well, it's
pretty nice to have a loving help
er intent upon catching up on all
the little Jobs that have been bur
dening me since I started keeping
house here in the new place.
Years ago my hobby was bas
ketry. Have I few still. Now they
arc all brlqht and shining guess
who did it? and filled with
plants. Plants and bonks, a clock,
and a few family pictures make
home out of what would other
wise seem as impersonal as a
hotel room. Which makes me
think of the motel we stayed In at
Port Orford recently. Tho moment
we opened the door, both Mother
and I exclaimed at the "little
touches" that made the rooms so
different, as if they had been pre
pared by a hostess for guests she
knew. We were given a 3-bod-room
accommodation because it
was late and it was all Mrs.
Bcrnadcttc Laurance had left. In
the third room was, of all things, a
little bassinette, made up ready
for tho baby!
Next morning I asked about Ihe
bassinetter'"Oh, It was my son's," I
V. Stanton
reported Roseburg as one of
spot.
records are closely watched
in building activity are good
growth. Thus building sta
Lending
basket
Mrs. I.aurance said
pleased at
my comment, "and so many peo
ple mention it. I have lent it to
ever so many young mothers here
in town, and then when there
seemed no need of it well, I want
ed to have it ready for use anv
way. Guests with a babv are al
ways so pleased to find' it."
I mentioned the flowers in each
room, and other 'little things.'
and Mrs. Laurance said. "Oh, I
love to make it seem as home
like
. i f . n ... ....... ,
tempted to be a little discouraged i
. . . ,noi everyone seems to notice
or care. Then someone will take
the trouble to say a word of ap-
preciation, and that makes up for
the others who just leave the key
and go on without a word."
LOCAL NEWS
Home From Vacation Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Johnson of 1410
Pendleton St. have just returned
from their vacation. They were
accompanied by their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Graves and the tatters' two
sons. Tommy and Billie. and
daughter, Jackie. They visited the
Grand Canyon and Ycllowstonj
National Park, and attended the
rodeo at Prescolt, Ariz. They also
visited other parts of the mlddie
west. They brought back i collec
tion of articles purchased in each
state they visited.
y 'All Right, Boys-Let's Go,
Fulton Lewis Jr.
WASHINGTON In view of the recent oratory com
ing from Chicago it occurs to
events might prove interesting
During the campaign in 19.12 a
poster was displayed throughout
the nation setting forth the fol
lowing message (keep in mind,
while reading it, recent events):
' When you groan under the bur
den of taxes remember: that the
deficit at the end of the last two
years of Hnoverism is around four
billion dollars the greatest, in
peace time history.
"That this huge deficit was l)"t
born overnight but the perform
ance of the past two years have
wiped out previous gains in the
way of reducing our national debt
and have brought it to the as
tounding total of nearly twenty
billion dollars.'
"Remember: that although Re
publicans preached economy in
1920 and 1924, and promised high
est efficiency at lowest cost in
1928, government bills have mount
ed steadily. Hnoverism cost the
taxpayers $4,220,000,000 in 1930
31; over $5,000,000,000 in 1931-32.
"That alibi of veterans' bonus
and unemployment relief cannot
explain tripled expenses in the
Department of Agriculture in the
last five years; nor a jump of
deficit, 55,000,000 in the Depart
ment of Labor, $40,000,000 for the
shipping Board, and $29,000,000 for
the Department of Justice: nor
why the Hoover Farm Board and
its subsidiaries spend over $5,000,
000 a year in salaries; nor why
the Department of Commerce had
to erect a palatial $17,500,000 build
ing for its tariff -shrunken trade.
"That although it was clear that
our chief source of revenue, in
come taxes, would drop seriously
and retrenchment was the watch
word in every home and business,
government spending kept mer
rily on at $5,000,000 a day more
than income.
"Remember: that the Seventy
First Congress with a big Repub
lican ma jority was in session from
December 1930 until March 1931.
It passed Ihe appropriations which
swelled the deficit. But it m.ide
no attempt to cut expenses or
balance the budget.
"That although President Hoov
er could have called a special ses
sion of the Seventy-Second Con
Ri'Css during the summer or aut
umn of 19.11 to deal with the fi
nancial scare, he refused to take
action in spile of urgent appeals.
"That a balanced budget a well
as reconstruction plans had to
wait a Democratic maiori'y in
"". "0"50 whTe."" rae mca-
,. , """'"'y-
, "cm,llbcr: that Republican
'"'"'"hip has brought us to tlie
...7 '" nanitriipii-y.
That Hoover economy means
hardest economy in every niuse
hold to save the money, to pay
Ihe taxes, to pay for the deficit
that Hoover built.
"Democrats pledge at least 25
percent reduction in expenses.
Turn the spendthrifts out. Put re
sponsible government in. Elect
Roosevelt am) Garner."
The poster was distributed by
the National Democratic Cam
paign Committee.
The Republican National Com
mittee misTht save a little money
by bringing this masterpiece of
propaganda up to date. They
could substitute Trumanlsm for
lloovensm and jack up the figures
by about 200 to one.
As to the references to special
sessions of Congress, a footnote
might be added that Ihe current
President has a penchant for such
notions and in each case it has
me that a reminder of past
at this point.
cost Ihe country additional billions
of dollars.
The' poster labels Herbert
Hoover a spendthrift, but that was
in 1932. The Democrats have dis
played almost total aloofness to
the word "economy" ever sine.
In fact, some of the Hoover econ
omy that riled the Democratic
parly back in those days would
look pretty good to a lot of us
today. The Post Office deficit is
now in the billions and some of
the administration's bureaus
spend over $5,000,000 a day in sal
aries. I could compare the other fig
ures; too, but there's no need to;
you know the answers.
Hear Fulton Lewis Daily
OnKRNR, 9:15 PM
Old Wage Board
Folds Up;New
One To Be Named
WASHINGTON t The old
Wage Stabilization Board (WSB)
dies at midnight Tuesday but a
new one, with less power, is ex
pected to be named shortly by
President Truman.
It must be confirmed by
the Senate, but as it is not in ses
sion Truman may name board
members to serve until Congress
convenes in January.
It is reported he is having dif
ficulty finding men to fill the posts.
The old WSB was the center of
heated controversy during the steel
strike because some said certain
recommendations it made favored
organized labor.
Until a new board is named,
Economic Stabilization Admin
istrator Roger L. Putnam could
take over as wage stabilizer.
The new board, like the old me.
will have equal representation from
industry, labor and the public.
Whether it will also have 18
members has not been made pub
lic. 11 will not have the old board s
power to handle labor disputes.
AFL To Cooperate
The American Federation of Lab
or Monday ended one government
worry: It announced it would co
operate with the new board, de
spite the loss of some of its power
There had been speculation or
ganized labor might boycott the
weakened WSB.
AFli President William Creen
wrote the President asking him to
reappoint the present AFL mem
bers: Harry C. Bales of the Brick
layers, William C. Birthright of
the Barbers, and Elmer Walker of
the International Association of
Machinists.
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Let's GO!'
In the Day's News
(Continued from Page One)
gest and understand it?
I didn't.
And I'll bet you diain't. Most of us
sensed long ago that political plat
forms are designed in these days
to HANDLE THE DELEGATES at
convention time and for nothing
much else. Once the convention is
over, the platform is forgotten.
In modern politics, at least, it's
the MAN that counts.
Why is that true?
This is .the answer:
The BIG job of the President of
the United Stales is to pick the
men who will head up the depart
ments of a government that has
become too big for any one man to
handle all by himself. The kind of
government we have in the next
four years will be determined by
the kind of men appointed by the
President who will be chosen oa
the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November of this year.
Personally, I'm convinced that
General Eisenhower will pick the
best men available in our country
to do the job IN THE WAY HE
THINKS IT OUGHT TO BE DONE.
He knows what he wants, and he
has wide experience in picking
men to get big jobs done the right
way.
His big job from now until elec
tion day is to convince a majority
of our people that he is the kind
of man to pick the kind of men
that will give us the kind of govern
ment that will be best for most of
us in the years that lie ahead.
That's about the size of it.
Here's an Interesting little story
from Washington:
Pacific Northwest states and
Alaska will receive nearly two mil
lion dollars out of the $65,875,000
apportioned by the agriculture de
partment for the operation of the
school lunch program during the
coming school year.
Under the law setting up the
program, local sources will put up
Approximately $1.50 for each dol
lar of Federal funds. The actual
amount put up by the state will
be determined by a formula based
on the state's per capita income in
relation to the national per capita
income.
That Is to say, of each $2.50 cf
the cost of the school lunch pro
gram tne state will- put up S1..,0
and the federal government wi'.l
put up $1.
W e have been taught for the past
20 years to believe that the federal
government's contribution will be
manna from heaven. Hard exper
ience is teaching us otherwise.
We're finding that WE PAY ALL
THE TAXES both federal and
state.
It all depends on which pocket
we take the money out of. In the
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Action Of New York Industries
On Acoholism Remedial Program
By WADE JONES
Americans as a nation are a pretty hard-drinking erew,
and as such inevitably carry things too far sometimes.
In fact, the problem of alcoholism, when recognized for
the extensive national ill that it is, becomes disturbingly seri
ous. There are few of us who, right in our own lives, have
not been touched at some tima bv th effects of too much
Ul JllJUUg.
j..:i..a ,
It can be a brother-in-law, a fath
er, i cousin, a good friend. It can
avpn hn a cict0i n, - mn,ha Tin.
pling unfortunately isn't confined
iu men.
oi ins pruoiem nave oeen recog
nized by our top medical men
and by the government. It's pretty
well unriemlnnH nnu, that alnnKnl
ism is a disease with mysterious
and hidden roots, and it is being!
attacked as such Deln (
. . , i ,
una Of thA larinr In ..-. .U
on the subject is the Yale Uni
versity Center of Alcohol Studies.
Numerous Other aphnnl h,v im.
ilar programs.
On the nnn.cpiontifin cin ; Al
coholics Anonymous. In that nation-wide
nrffani7Hnn tnmo- al
coholics have done wonderful work
in helping others to get back on
the right track.
Drugs have been developed such
as antabuse, which nakes a per
son sick if he drinks alcohol.
Vnr anme vmm hii.in... nnJ
Inrliistrv have hrnm u,r. ih.t nl
cauiiaiu is una oi me greatest ae-'
stroyers of personal efficiency.
It has been estimated that al-!
coholism among employes costs !
the nation's industry $1 million a !
year That inlt,Ha tthc.Anni I
accidents, errors, inefficience and
poor puoitc relations, a :
In New York City certain indus- j
tries have ntton lna.tn.H !
what can be done about the mat-;
ter. First they attended a confer-;
enre nnncnp hu lh. .... r- i
,w. u UJ new v,uii-,
sulfation Clinic for Alcoholism at j
ivew i orK university - Bellevue
Medical Center. j
There the inHxctrlol i.
, ...uu.ulu, itpicacuia'
fives heard explanations from ex-'
peris or ine wnoie proDiem facing
industry. Then they were invited
to send to the clinic for treatment
those of their employes who need-
CU 11.
The idea is that foremen be
charged with the responsibility of
reporting to their company's medi-
cal officials the names of those
workers in need of help. After a
preliminary acreening, the medi-i
end, we'll PAY IT ALL, anyway, j
I think General Eisenhower is ;
the kind of man who would sav j
that if we want school lunches we'd
better pay for them ALL out of,
the home money pocket instead of ;
sending part of the money to 1
Washington and then getting it :
back BADLY SHRUNKEN.
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cal officials would be empowered
to send the men to the new Con
sultation Clinic for extended treat
ment. The clinic treatment might con
sist of individual sessions with a
psychiatrist, meetings with other
groups of alcoholics, use of re
medial drugs, or perhaps joining
Aiconuucs Anonymous.
1,5 ProPne.n, realize that the
program, a, initially applied with-
in industries, is going to be in for
i
ioke-maknz.
But if the results are significant
ly good in reclaiming the careers
and even the lives of e h r o n i c
drinkers, they believe the obsta
cles to the program can be over
come. The action by the New York
industries is a positive, intelligent
approach in a serious problem.
And best of all, success in their
program can mean its extension
to other parts of the country.
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is assured when you
store your household
goods in our fire safe
warehouse.
Flegel'i take the some ear of your furniture at you da.
If it carefully packed in your home before our wn eyes,
then stored with the best of care in our worehoiiie.
Don't Make a Move
Till You See
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ANGLER FINED
Harold L. Martin, 33, Win
ston, paid a $25 fine in district
court Monday after pleading guil
ty to a charge of illegal fishing
methods. He was accused of us
ing a spinner in the North Ump.
qua which is closed to all but
artificial fly.
RAM SALE DATED
ALBANY Breeder! are ex
pected to put some 200 head of
purebred rams on the block at the
12th annual Willamette Valley sale
at the Linn County Fair grounds
east of here Saturday.
Earl O. Walter, Filer, Idaho, will
be auctioneer.
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