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4 The Newt-Review, Reteburg, Ore. Tuei., Aug. 19, 1952 utllihad Daily IMpt Suniiar by Hia Newt-Review Company, Inc. latarat aaeana alaia matlar Mar 1, lata at Iht pail aftlea al k.i.barf. Oraaaa. aa4af aat at Haict I. Kit CHARLtS STANTON EDWIN L KNAPP fditor Manaear Mambar of lha Auacialad Pratt, Oraae Nawipoaai Publhhan Aitociarian, tha Audit Buraau af Circulatiant araaaala4 ar wrar-BOLLIDAT CO.. INr afllr.i la Naw rark. Cbleata, aa Fraaclaaa Laa Aafllaa. laaUla. Parliaat. L Laala UBICKlrTION BATES la Oitfaa Br Mall rar faar. tlt.aa: all mantha. ISM Ibraa manlha, tt.lt. Br Nawa-Kavltw Carrlar Par Taar, lll.ta (la af taacal. Ian Ibaa ana raar, par niaalb. II ts Ou tilde Orafon By Mall Par Taar. III.M. all aiaaiaa. at.lti Ibraa manlbi. I HO REASON By Charles V. Stanton Two Douglas County towns can take pride in completion of sewage disposal facilities. Myrtle Creek and Riddle have removed their pollution from the South Umpqua River sys tem. Cleaning up the South Umpqua and its tributaries is par ticularly important. The summer flow has been reduced to such extreme that the river cannot easily carry an apprecia ble load of pollution. The tolerance of a stream for pollution depends upon many factors. Oxygen content is the principal element af fecting the volume of pollution a stream can withstand with out danger. A liberal flow of water, coupled with numerous rapids, where oxygen enters the water, and large gravel de posits where algae sets up stream to handle a considerable volume of pollution. Water under such circumstances will clarify and purify itself with in a comparatively few miles. But, when water flow is reduced, oxygen content dimin ishes also. Oxygen is required to neutralize or dissolve de leterious substances. Low water level impairs a stream's tolerance for pollution. When pollution is dumped the oxygen combines chemically with sewage. Lack of oxy gen then destroys aquatic life in the area. River Flow Damaged The South Umpqua River has been critically damaged in many ways in recent years. It is typical of the abuse given Oregon streams. Once it had a substantial summertime water level. It has always been a warm water stream. It has always been subject to wintertime flooding. But in late years the winter volume has increased and the summer flow has diminished. The South Umpqua once supported an abundant fishery. Today, except for artificial plantings, it is dangerously de picted of fish population. One of the principal factors contributing to chunges in the water flow is that of forest fires. For many years the upper watershed of the South Umpqua was a hotbed for . incendiarists. Thousands upon thousands of acres of forest land were burned over for no more important reason than to create better deer hunting. Year after year scores of in cendiary fires were started on the South Umpqua. The whole area is terribly scarred. "Today we can realize the millions of dollars lost through incendiarism. We would have ma terial for many additional mills and wood industries had there been less deliberate destruction. The only excuse for such acts is that in those days timber was of little value and people lacked vision. In fact, it was a popular opinion that Douglas Lounty never would have a timber industry. Irrigation Takes Large Volume Because so much forest cover was destroyed, the river became subject to flash floods and severe erosion. More water was carried in winter and less in summer. In recent years the South Umpqua watershed has ex perienced much agricultural expansion. Hundreds of acres of river bottom land have been placed under irrigation. In fact, authorized water appropriations exceed the river's min imum flow. Thus the South Umpqua has become a very sluggish stream during summer months. It has a very low oxygen content. The lower sections of the stream will not support game fish; water temperature is too high and oxygen con tent too low. Even trash fish have a hard time for survival. As forest cover grows back, we may be able to improve summer flow. Reproduction in old bums now is at a greater rate than industrial removal. We should continue to gain ground in restoration of vegetation. On the other hand, de mands for irrigation are increasing. Thus, if we do increase summer flow, the gain will be put to good use. Elimination of pollution should further improve the stream. The demand on oxygen will be lowered. Higher oxy gen content means improved clarification and purification. Recreational use of lower sections of the river will be less dangerous. It is to be hoped that further efforts to keep the river clean, to improve water control through better forest and jano management, and to encourage early reproduction on logged-off lands will be undertaken as a means of reha bilitating the beautiful stream. Across the sky-blue bookjackct rides a little maid on her magic carpel, hitched to two stars. He tote her stretches the Milky Way which she is sharing with a couple of airplanes. Inside the covers, on the same sky-blue, Pegasus has come to a cowpony halt with his front foot dug into the very edso of a cloud, and he is star ing, amazed. Facing Pegasus Is the same small maid this tinio in a four-poster model of a magic flying aid. . .far b'low the an cestors of this small maid plod along wiui tneir covered wagon. This gives an idea of "On Your Left the Milky Way," by Doro thy Kaucher (Christopher House: Boston, 1952), and by the time I reached the 308th and last page, I was seeing stars too. No doubt indeed the author will be on the very first space ship, hearing the conductor say: "On Your Loft, the Milky Way!" if she can wan gle it! Kor Dorothy Kaucher ad mits she has had "airplane yeast" working in her since the days when she first discovered "Th3 Little Lame Prince" and his man ic carpet; before she ever saw plane in her St. Joseph, Mis souri, days. But once she fiew. When Dr. Kaucher the au- FOR PRIDE chemical reactions, permits into a stream with limited flow, Lending BASKET Lav Waal hi paw m m mun m Ihor is professor of speech at San Jose Stats College, and has a siring of degrees first flew, it was a haiardous adventure with no beacons, weather reports or much of anything. Into her personal impressions she weaves a rapid fire history of aviation from the Wright Brothers to date. At the same time she jet propels you back and forth from planes to a horse and buggy, ev en covered wagon days, until a reader may well be breathless at iiira-s. nr. Kaucher believes in a variety of verbs, and she jug gles words until my stars! I was bewildered. Says Dr. Kaucher: "I have used the title 'On Your Left the Milky Way" because my grandfather, an astronomer, taught me to know the stars and to respect the cos mis rather than the pinched point of view. He also believed in airplanes although he never saw one. 1 honor him for that " Prom that little one motor plane in 1930 to the china Clipper in 1940: for Or. Kaucher it was just the magic, carpel of child hood, getting bigger and going further, all told in kiml breathless prose, as tha "llvine writer" relives her memories Variety, They Say, Is the Spice of Life Fulton Lewis Jr. WASHINGTON The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was created in 1945 as one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations. UNESCO managed, by 1950, to adopt a basic program of activity it retlects a sort of mother hen philosophy for most of the world's ills. Its self-assigned main tasks arc: 1. To eliminate illiteracy and encourage fundamental education. 2. To obtain for each person an education conforming to his apti tudes and to the needs of society, including technological training and higher education. 3. To promote through educa tion respect for human righlj throughout all nations. 4. To overcome the obstacles to the free flow of persons, Ideas and knowledge between the coun tries of the world. 5. To promote progress and util ization of science for mankind. 6. To study the causes of ten sions that may lead to war and to fight them through education. 7. To demonstrate world cultur al interdependence. 8. To advance through Ihe press, radio and motion pictures the cause of truth, freedom and peace. 9. To bring about belter under standing among the peoples of the world and to convince them of the necessity of cooperating loyal ly with one another in the frame work of the United Nations. 10. To render clearinghouse and exchange services in all fields of action, together with services in reconstruction and relief assis- tame. UNESCO has a United Slates national commission. It is headed by a chairman. Luther II. Evans. director of the Library of Con gress. Evans recently nut Esther C. Brunauer on the Library jay roll alter the Stale Department had ruled her "unavailable for em. ployment in certain kinds of so called sensitive positions." The U. S. commission has 60 representatives of national volun tary organizations; io members at large; 20 representatives of educa tional, scientific and cultural in lerests of state and local govern ments. From time, to lime UNESCO erupts into feverish activity on a minor issue set forth in the basic principles of the program. In 1951 a large part of UNESCO energies were devoted to a commission "n human rights. The President ao pointed Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt to shepherd this nation's interests in the matter. The results were a kind of international brotherhood week, with countless millions of written and spoken words, none of which equalled Ihe basic moral principles set forth so ably 2.000 years ago in the Mihle. UNESCO was established as an international organization. It has not neglected this phase of its activities, although its concentra tion now is on preserving its own skin. Attacked as a boondoggling operation from many sources in the US., UNESCO is now under taking the greatest bureaucratic selling program in our history. While it was busy saving the world, Ihe folks at home were wondering why the money is Doing wasted. In the past two years UNESCO has switched its major impact to Amer ican churches, schools and civic organizations in an effort to main tain a rapidly sinking prestig. For foreign consumption UNESCO distributed in English, French and Spanish, 1.547 publica tions in 98 countries and territories More lhan 100 special articles writ ten for UNESCO have been pub lished in 1,000 papers and maga Fa" '4lTv.;;. zines. By its own admission, UNESCO has prepared, printed and paid for thousands of pamph lets, booklets and publicity blurh3. More important, it has persuaded countless civic, educational and church organizations in the U.S. to devote reams of printed ma terial praising UNESCO and pro. moting its program of selling the U.S. on its worth. So far, UNESCO has 47 sales agents in 47 foreign countries peddling its publications. Even so, it is minor compared In activity in Ihe U.S. on UNESCO's behalf. I'll go into a couple of ripe examples of this tomorrow. Hear Fulton Leivis Daily On KRNR, 9:15 P.M. Vice Probe Holds Socialite, Dress Manufacturer NEW YORK Oft Findings in a cafe society vies probe which has snared a young heir and a wealthy dress manufacturer will be pre sented today to a grand jury. Assistant Dist. Attv. Bert Roberts said last night that the grand jury would deal with the separate vice charges against Minot F. Jelke, socially registered heir to an oleomargarine fortune, and Samuel H. Chapman, a dress manufacturer. Chapman, 56, former husband ot noted dress designer Ceil Chan- man, was freed in $5,000 bail yes terday after he pleaded innocent to a charge of procuring prostitutes without a fee for "his friends and business relations and his cafe so ciety associates." He also was charged with possessing a porno graphic art collection of hundreds of pictures and statuettes. Jclke, 22, was arrested Friday on a charge of compulsory prosti tution along with two other per sons. Three young women, de scribed as models and fledgling television actresses, have been held as material witnesses. He is free in $50,000 bail. Chlorophyll Extract Gets High Duty Rate NEW YORK W After due consideration the Bureau of Cus toms has classified imports of certain extracts of chlorophyll at the higher of two possible duty rales because they are used chief ly for deodorizing, medicinal and therapeutic purposes, says the current Commerce and Industry Association bulletin. They will be classed as chemi cal compounds rather than ex tracts and preparations of vege table origin used for dyeing, col oring, staining or tanning. The duty rate will be 12'a per cent ad valorem whereas 7 per cent would have been the rate as an extract. MURDER FOR J2K FRANKFURT. Germany i -Police scoured the countryside Monday but were without trace if two bank bandits still at large after slsyirg two bank employes and fleeing with 900 marks ($214) from a suburban bank Saturday. In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) to employ and at the critical mo ment when victory or defeat hangs in the balance WE HAVEN'T GOT REINFORCEMENTS ENOUGH TO SAVE THE DAY. Is the situation that bad? Or is a scare just being thrown into us at this particular moment in order to make us easier to handle for some purpose or oth er? I hate to entertain thoughts like that. But SO OFTEN, in the years that are past, when Washington wants something from congress or from the people it turns on the bad news. What wouldn't I give, in these critical times, for leadership I can unhesitatingly believe and trust! More from Washington: ( "How would you like to get a dinner like this for 55 cents: "T-bone steak and gravy, baked potatoes, kale with bacon, corn on the cob, salad, cake, ice cream, hot rolls and bulter, milk or iced tea. "Described as a typical dinner at the Anacostia naval receiving station and many military messes, such Si-cent menus are available to OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS." (The GI works for so much a month and "found," so he takes what he gets.) Pooh! Pooh! Back in the war, at the big transient officers mess in the Grosvenor hotel in London, a sim ilar menu was available (to of ficers and attached civilians I for a sixpence, which was then worth about a dime. At the transient messes in Germany, the cost was about one occupation mark, worth ten cents. In Paris, the cost was HIGH maybe as much as 20 cents. How come? Don't be silly. Then, as now, THE TAXPAY ER FOOTED THE BILL. The more I read about him, the more this man Stevenson puzzles me. Judging by his utterances, he's AGAINST big government in Washington and FOR more gov ernment in the states, Ihe counties and the cities. He's against extra vagance. He's for economy. He doesn't want much truck with Tru man. He looks down his nose at the big bosses. He's for lower taxes. And so on. Here's what puzzles me: If he is really as sound and able and clear-thinking and as much opposed to the political evils of the past couple of decades as he seems to be, the lorces that rule the New Deal-Fair Deal-Democratic party, which is deeply en trenched in power and wants to stay that way, WOULDN'T HAVE STOOD FOR HIS NOMINATION. Figure it eut if you can. I can't. Doctoring By Remote Control In Pacific SAV PEDRO, Calif.. W - U.S. health officers here are getting used to doctoring by "remote con trol". Skippers aboard Ihe big tuna clippers, which run between here and South America, call the fed eral health men by radiotelephone when they have a serious medi cal problem aboard. Recently, the doctors advised treatment for Fred Paseri, 50, who suffered an eye injury aboard a vessel off Lower California. George Fukuzaki, a fisherman, al so received radio advice when he became ill recently when his sh'p was near Acapulco, Mexico. VISITS SCATTERED CHILDREN TOMAHAWK, Alta.. u Mrs, Belle Runzer. "2, recently com pleted a lO.OOOmile airplane trip. She visited her children in New York. Florida, Chicago and Kan sas City. Harvest Peak Finds Shortage In Some Areas Approach of the late harvest peak in Oregon finds six of the 28 employment offices with shortages of farm labor and at least three others on the verge of asking for outside help. Reports to the State Unemployment Compensa tion Commission Indicate about 2,250 additional bean and prune pickers now needed and probably more before the end of the month. Five areas in Western Oregon list demands for bean workers as follows: Salem 1.000; Eugene 400; Hillsboro and Lebanon 300 each; and McMinnville 100. Housing is fairly well taken but on-farm cab ins and shelters usually are avail able for family groups. Picking of early hops is slated lo begin August 18 in Marion and Polk counties. About 1,500 pick ers will be needed for fuggles and thousands more for tha late crop starting about September 1. , Milton-Freewater is asking for 150 prune pickcrf August 20. Other Eastern Oregon offices report ade quate help although workers will be needed for potatoes and other crops in the fall. Bartlett pear picking is expect ed to get under way in the Med ford and Hood River areas during the coming week, lasting well into September when apples will be ready. Employment generally over the state is running slightly ahead of last year but the number of job seekers also is somewhat higher. Construction and food processing groups are gaining. Non -farm highs, but lumber and most other are a little behind 1951 summer workers were estimated at 473.200 in mid - July as compared with 467.800 a year before. Editorial Comment From The Oregon Presj FARM WOODLOTS PAYING Coos Bay Times Farmers and other s.ni all wood land owners of Oregon received a gross income of $2,147,159 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, from the sale of forest land products. This information comes from the state forestry department, hav ing been gathered by the senior service forester of that organiza tion. It shows, without doubt, that the small woodlot, the little tract of timber, is an important part of the overall forest picture and is one that will be of increasing im portance in the years ahead. The $2,147,159 income . came from a total of 50,566.000 board feet of saw timber with a stump age value of $749,308. The addition al income came from the fact that a number of individuals did their own small-scale logging and re ceived log prices instead of stump age prices. . Also, it is interesting to note that the Douglas county agricul tural agent's office now has an ex tension forester on its staff. This worker was added in the past fortnight lo work with farmers and small land owners, helping them to work out management plans for woodlots so as to give them the greatest possible bene fit. Timber does not need to be in large blocks to be of economic importance. And it is time that the people of Coos county realize this fact. Coos county, we feel, is missing out on some potential income, due to the neglect in developing of the farm woodlot and the small timber acreages. Perhaps a farm forester is needed; certainly, the various organizations of forest ex perts such as the Society of Amer ican Foresters and Coos county's own "Timber Beasts" can help Butcher Shop Shows Landscapes, Seascapes ROCHESTER, N. Y. 13 - In ad dition to watching the scales, pa trons of one market and butcher shop will have an opportunity to see a free art show. For a two-week trial period 18 landscapes and seascapes will adorn the blue-grey wall behind the meat counter. Like the steaks and chops the paintings, by a prominent local artist, will also bear a price tag. The artist will put up more paintings in case any are sold. Husband Names Twin Brother In Divorce Suit LOS ANGELES W Ralph S. Healy. 25, went to sea three years ago. He came home and told his neighbors about -his trip. That's when he learned they didn't know he'd been away. Hcaly filed suit for divorce Thursday charging his identical twin brother, Russell, had frequent ly visited his wife during his ab sence. Healy's wife, Grace, sued for div orce recently, charging cruelty and desertion. Sum 60 Million Citizens Have No Direct Say In Presidential Nominee Choice By WADE JONES There's considerable talk in the country today about de vising a simpler, more direct, more truly representative way of choosing: our Presidents. Some people want to abolish the electoral college, some want to abolish the national conventions, some would do away with both. Roscoe Drummond, writing In The Christian Science Monitor, presents still a third idea, and it deserves attention. He points out that as things now stand only 16 of the 48 states have presidential preferential primar ies. Which means that about 60 million citizens have no direct voice at all in choosing their part ies' presidential nominees. That, in turn, means that a mi nority of states and a minority of voters have undeservedly b i g voice In the nominations. That's because of the psychological influ ence which attaches to this rela tively small slice of voters and states as being the best available cross section of opinion. So what Drummond and others advocate is a national advisory presidential primary, with all states participating and all eligi ble voters represented. That sort of a primary set-up would certainly leave the national conventions in no doubt whatso ever as to what candidates the voters favored. As things are, doubt seems to be what there's the most of. Drummond questions, for In stance, whether Eisenhower would have beaten Taft in a national Republican primary. He's also not sure that Stevenson would have won out over Kefauver in a con test determined entirely by all Democratic voters. "AU I am saying and all that the advocates of a national presi dential primary are saying," Drummond writes, Vis: "That the voters of both parties who are the real owners of our with counsel and advice. ' The state forestry office, a little farther away, stands ready with information on limber manage ment, estimates of value, data on logging contracts and other infor mation to assist the landowner. Service foresters have in the past year given tecnnical advice to 153 owners and actual woodland assis tance to 732 individuals. Don't look down on the farm woodlot: there's a lot of economic value lying idle. No! Not the Ctor Oil, Junior! "Spark" oil burning ncacers burn variety of fuel oils including the. low grade, low cojt oils that cost yoa leu per gallon. "Spark" burns thern completely, cleanly. By using inexpensive fuel. "Spark" helps pay for itself saves you sizable money every month. 'Barf wot tttifr - GRAVITY F10W VAPORIZER CHANGES Oil TO GAS Here's the secret f "Spawk's" low com opera tion. Fuel oil, fed con tin uouily into the burner, vaporiies into a clean, cirbon-free gas. Every drop hums. VougctsU the 'w you py for. - ROSEBURG 120 W. Oak, Dial 3-5574 SUTHERLIN West Central, Phona 2988 TJlie Cliapel oj? the lojei L L POWERS MARIETTA POWERS Roseburg Funeral Home Oak ond Kona Stv Talephont 1-4455 Roteburg, Oregon political parties, not the profes sional politicians deserve to hav an orderly, authoritative, avail able opportunity to register whom they want their party to nominate. "That this is a right, not a privilege, and that if the political professionals continue to deny this right they soon are going to get into trouble with the voters." Drummond .believes national primaries should be only advisory, to begin with, until they have iroved their worth. It might turn out, for instance, that not enough people would vote in such pri maries to give them authority and real representativeness. Perhaps Congress should go out side its own halls and select a commission to make an impartial survey on the problem. Already, despite the urging of 51 Demo cratic congressmen to sponsor a national primary, the move was blocked by some of the older pro fessional politicians on the Res olutions Committee. But the Democrats have rec ognized the existence of the prob lem. In fact Ihey said this about it in their national platform: "We recommend that Congress provide for a non-partisan study of possible improvements in the methods of nominating and elect ing Presidents and in the laws re. lating to the presidential succes sion. Special attention should be given to the problem of assuring that widest possible public par ticipation in presidential nominations." MY PAPER MSN'T IF NOT.. TWEM 6:i57PH IS w ASK FOR A DEMONSTRATION OF THE NEW, IMPROVED SPARK
