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MIRACLES
By Charles V. Stanton
The first mail carrier In the Columbia Inland Empire
was a woman an Indian squaw.
This was the story told us by W. Newland "Doc Riley,
our "narrator."
. We were on a 12-hour, 380-mile sightseeing tour, ar
ranged for a group of newspapermen attending the meeting
of Associated Press managing editors of Washington and
Oregon, with visitors from Idaho and Canada. We were
guests of W. H. Cowles, Spokane publisher, and staffs of
The Spokesman-Review and The Chronicle of Spokane. In
our two buses we toured Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee
dams, the irrigation reservoir of Grand Coulee, with a side
trip to Dry Falls State Park. . As we traveled, Riley's
"spiel" Included points of historic interest, talcs of early
days, Indian legend, agricultural and mining economy and
current development. Having spent more than 30 years
Studying the history of the Columbia Basin as a special
writer for his newspaper, Riley's comments provided us with
go much education and entertainment that the long trip ended
all too soon. .
Miracle Of Transportation
The Indian squaw who comes down in history as the In
land Empire's first mail carrier was, as we recall Riley's
story, the wife of an early white trapper. It was necessary
to get a letter to a post on the Frasor River in British Co
lumbia. The woman volunteered to make the trip. Know
ing nothing of the Fraser's location she started out seeking
s big river. She landed at Astoria, at the mouth of the Co
lumbia, There she fell in with an explorer also , inter
ested in vislling the Fraser. So, with explicit directions
and a companion, she set forth anew, eventually reaching
her goal, delivering her letter and returning to her home a
.year after starting out and after covering more than 1200
miles, facing constant danger and suffering many hardships.
As the story unfolded, we thought of that brave woman
setting out on' foot over the rugged country by which we
were surrounded, climbing mountains, crossing rivers,
struggling through untracked, virgin forests, her life con
stantly In danger from accident, wild animals, reptiles and
hostile tribes. We compared her journey with our own, in
volving almost the same distance. Our journey from home
to Spokane and back, including our side trip in luxurious
sightseeing buses, took us only a comparatively few hours.
We traveled comfortably in warm planes, soaring high over
mountains, forests and rivers. We sped rapidly over smooth
highways, covering within a period of minutes miles that
would have required many days of hard walking. As Ri
ley's tale unfolded, the miracle of modern transportation
took on Impressive significance.
Varied Travel Scenes 1
" It seems to us that modern transportation has opened
so many new opportunities for enjoyment of beauty. Our
own trip by plane was varied
many miles In dense clouds,
by an electronic beam. Then we came out into clear
weather, with a late sun causing grotesque shadows to be
cast by mountain peaks across the checkerboard of fields
and orchards. Lofty Mt. Hood, a bow of sunset pink in its
hair, caught the last rays of the sun.
As darkness fell over the rugged, massive Columbia
Gorge a rare scene unfolded a scene tempestuous and
boisterous.
' Against a backdrop of brilliant pyrotechnics, furnished
by an appalling electric show, a potbellied, blonde moon
danced a strip tease behind wispy veils of cloud, while the
storm thundered its applause from the front row. As we
looked down from our seat in the gallery, we could see
obese cities, hung with jewels and bedecked with sequins,
obscenely flashing their invitation with neon colors of red,
green and gold.
The woman of "Doe" Riley's tale traveled only on the
earths surface. Her progress
accompanied by danger. Her
i . Today we speed through
G-tface, seeing at a glimpse area requiring days of travel
on the ground to traverse. We hurry over paved highways
where comfort and service await our command. We sail
in modern liners across our oceans and along our water
ways. We travel below the surface of the earth in tunnels
designed to give iis speed and
When we hear stories such as the one Riley unfolded
in that bus out of Spokane, we
we live.
Since the great MAJORITY of
teen-agurs are the ones who keep
their thinking stabilized by being
nome loving, thoughtful, kind
church-going. , Bible-reading, a:
well as contributing to the gayety
we to mucn need in tnu world
lei 9 consider (or a moment a
recipe for a "little cake" which
came to me the other day from
a teen-ager, D. W. She had read
my reference to the "little cake
(I Kings: 17) and wanted to share
ner tnougnts on tho subject.
"For flavoring" D. W.'s recipe
lays, "use Love; leavening agent
Spirit; flour Truth; cream of
tartar (tenderize) Kindness; sug
arJoy; salt Zest; water Life;
and eggs Light. All these Ingred
ients, put together. , .shall bring
forth beauty."
In a letter signed, "Your 12-year-old
friend, Norman Ray Suit
er" the writer wishes to thank
those who sent him m a a t
hcads. One envelope was post
marked Scappoose. By the way,
Norman, why not ask at a news
paper office il you may clip the
Ml ctfi. S.aa.
OF TRAVEL
and unusual. We flew for
our ship guided on its course
was slow. Every step was
vision was limited.
the air, far above the earth's
safety.
wonder at the age in which
ENDING
BASKET
mastheads from their
changes?" You might add
"ex
a lot
to your book.
When I asked one day if any
one could tell me where to find
knitting directions for the "knee
warmers" I wished to make for
an elderly loved one (she had
found much comfort in some made
several years ago) I didn't expect
anyone to sit down and copy
them for me. But that is just
what Mrs. L. D. of Brockway did.
Wasn't that nice of herl From an
old copy of McCall's Needlework.
I'm sorry I moved the Elk Creek
tunnel from its customary loca
tion lu'i miles west of Drain, and
5 miles from our place! Trust no
motorists were confused but that's
what happens when a person tries
to do too many things the same
morning. I really shouldn't write
this column in a hurry I some
times do! I really should accu
mulate a backlog. . .savs EJ. and
readers with whom I have talked
have offered this simple solution.
But It doesn t seem to work out
with me! Except in rare instance
FrorrfKags'To nags in inree
McGranary Expresses Hope
To Restore People's Faith
By JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON UP) In the slightly more than three
months he has been attorney general James P. McGranery
has achieved no sensations. In fairness to him, he promised
none.
When he gave up a lifetime federal judgeship last April
to succeed Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, at the re
quest of President Truman, McGranery made this promise :
"My job will be to restore the
faith of the American people in
the government of the U. S. and
it will be done completely by the
Department of Justice.'
The Truman administration had
been scored by scandals which
General Eisenhower now calls the
No. 1 issue in the presidential race
Because of senate delay in con
firming his appointment, McGran
ery didn't take office until May 27.
Since then he has begun some
Investigations and fired a U. S.
district attorney and a U. S. mar
shal in the field. In the Justice
Department he has made some
changes but no one has been of
ficially fired there although sev
eral top men have resigned and
one suspended lawyer quit
Four Months Rtmain
McGranery has four months to
go. since the Truman administra
tion ends in January and will be
succeeded by the new administra
tion of cither Gov. Stevenson or
Eisenhower who could keep him
on or let him go.
Although he won't mention them
publicly, it is known McGranery
has spoken of plans for various
kinds of investigations. He has
therefore the limited time of four
months to carry out those plans-
It cannot be said, in fairness to
all concerned, that what has hap
pened in the Justice Department
is a "clean up," which has the
connotation of getting rid of wrong
doing. It must be assumed that the at
torney general would not permit a
ncrson suspected of wrongdoing to
resign but would fire him and at.
temnt to nrosccute him. In the de
partment there have been only
resignations and reshuffling.
Officers Inharitad
All the officials who resigned
were inherited by McGranery from
the McGrath regime: Deputy Atty.-
Gen. A. Devitt Vanech; Solicitor
General Philip B. Perlman; and
three assistant attorneys general
H. Graham Morison, head of the
anti-trust division; Harold I. Bayn
ton, head of the alien properly of
fice; William Amory Underbill,
bead of the lands division.
Another assistant attorney gen
eral. James M. Mclnerney, who
had been in charge of the criminal
division, was shifted over to lands.
Two other assistant attorneys gen
eral, Joseph C. Duggan, in charge
of the executive adjudication divi
sion, and Holmes Baldridge, head
of tho claims division, still hold
their jobs.
McGranery fired one U. S- dis
trict attorney, In Topeka, Kas.,
and had the president fire a U.S.
marshal In Springfield, III. In ad
dition he suspended a department
lawyer, James Mullally, for outside
activities. Mullally resigned the
next day.
Slack Atktd Te Quit
And it was opnrtcd this week
bv one of those "informed sources"
that Eugeno Slack, assistant attor
ney general In charge of the tax
division, would be asked to resign
or be shifted to another job.
Slack took over the lob held by
T. Lamar Caudle who was fired
last November by President Tru
man, over McGrath s head. Caudle
has just finished several days of
where desperation has Inspired
me! Shucks, 1 switched the Coast
Range and ine cascades once
so what's a little tunnel juggling?
Incidentally I'm bocged down
a bit slow getting letters answer
ed. Excuse it please. You know
how it Is. Canning. . .hut I'd rath
er can a bushel of peaches today
than run a well-drilling rig. They
started a well across the road
yesterday, and, just now moved
to another spot! Water is where
you find itl What, no well "witch-er?"
rih IS to
testimony before a congressional
committee investigating the Jus
tice Department.
McGranery has ordered an audit
of the alien property custodian's
office; has asked all U. S. district
attorneys to file with him a report
on the cases in their office and
how much time they spend on out
side law practice; ordered grand
jury investigations of alleged sales
of jobs and promotions in Mew
York and Chicago Postoffices; and
has ordered several cases for in
stance, involving disposal of sur
plus government property re
opened. Episcopal Convention
Denies Women's Right
BOSTON un The 57th Trien
nial convention of the Protestant
Episcopal church of the U.S.A.
Thursday refused women equal
rights with men in the church's
top governing body.
The resoultion to seat women
lay delegates to the House of
Deputies, the church's legislature,
would have broken a tradition
reaching back to the organization
of the general convention in 1789.
It had received the recommen
dation of a joint commission which
studied the problem, but it was
beaten by a vote of male lay
delegates.
Clergymen delegates favored
admission of women 43 W to 26 Vt,
with 10 "divided."
But the laymen voted against
admission 30 Vt to 31 W witii 13
"divided."
Winter Pays Early Visit
To Northern California
SAN FRANCISCO W Winter
paid an early visit to Northern
California and Nevada Thursday,
storming across the area with chill
rains, hail and snow in the Sierra.
Temperatures fell to the 30s.
Three inches of snow covered
Highway 40 at Donner Summit
high In the Sierra west of Reno.
Mt. Rose Highway out of Reno
was closed by the storm at 2:30
a.m. Highway 50 west of Carson
City was covered with snow and
plows were working to clear the
road at Spooner's Summit.
U.N. 'Persecuted' Red
Prisoner, Nam II Says
MUNSAN. Korea If! The chief
Communist truce negotiator today
said the U. N. "persecuted to
death" a Red prisoner found hang
ing by the neck in Koje Island
Prison Camp.
Noiih Korean Gen. Nam II has
followed up each recent U. N. dis
closure of Red prisoner deaths with
such a protest to the U. N. Com
mand. Truce negotiations, in their sixth
weeklong recess, are scheduled to
be resumed at Panmunjom tomor
row. Allegheny Victory Ship
Drydocked At Portland
PORTLAND L The froighter
Allegheny Victory arrived here
Wednesday from Coos Bay and will
be drydocked for repair of pro-
pellor and tail shaft damage.
The vessel hit buoy No. 9 in the
Coos Bay channel a few days ago,
and a r-eliminary inspection Tues
day at Astoria brought the ordtr
for drydocking here.
The deck cargo of lumber will
be taken oft to lighten the ship.
eneranons
In tho Day's News
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that the differences are only mat
ters of degree mostly on now
much money it will cost.
On the subject of government fi
nances, he said that he and Eisen
hower are agreed to cut the feder
al budget to 70 billion dollars in
the 12-month period beginning next
July 1 (the end of the present fis
cal year and the beginning of the
next fiscal year) and to 60 billions
the year after that.
He asserted that Eisenhower be
lieves in the principles of the Taft
Hartley labor law, and opposes its
repeal. (Stevenson wants it repeal
ed.) Then he added:
"THE issue of this campaign is
creeping socialism."
In conclusion, he called upon all
who have confidence in his (Taft's)
judgment to support the Republi
can ticket.
That pretty thoroughly disposes,
I'd say, of the much-talked-about
and in many quarters much-talked
- for Taft-Eisenhower rift.
Senator Taft, a great American,
who fought hard for his life's am
bition and lost, comes over into
his victorious opponent's camp,
takes off his coat and announces
his readiness to go to work.
But FIRST, characteristically,
he satisfies himself in a brass
tacks, down-to-earth, face-to-face
talk that he and Eisenhower arc
in substantial agreement on what
is best for our country, and that
they can WORK TOGETHER to
bring it about.
Senator Alexander Smith, New
Jersey Republican, says this morn
ing: 'Republicans no longer have
their convention question of Eisen
hower OR Taft but now have a
team of Eisenhower AND Taft."
He added:
"Eisenhower in the field of
world problems and Taft on the
home front will make the greatest
team the American people could
have."
I think most Republicans will
find it not too difficult to agree
with that statement, I rather im
agine quite a lot of Democras will
come into eventual agreement with
it.
If so, how do you feel about
mixing Truman and Stevenson?
The truth is that our major po
litical parties,' once sundered bv a
vertical line, are beginning to sep
arate along HUKliSUMAL lines.
Once as in the days when the
Democrats were for free trade and
the Republicans were for tariffs
there were only sheep in on
pasture and only goats in the oth
er. Now the sheep and the goats arc
beginning to mix. There are con
servative Democrats and there are
radical Republicans. Many peo
ple say that is all wrong that
one party should be all conserva
tive and the other should be all
radical. That, they say, would
make sense. The present situation,
they think, doesnt make sense.
1 don't know about that. In
Britain which is more like us
than any country outside the
Western Hemisphere that thing
has happened. All the conserva
tives have gone together in one
camp and ail the radicals have
gone together In another ramp.
The results aren't too good.
Senator Taft defined for us this
morning two Issues on which I
think we can either agree or dis
agree: 1. OVER-spending.
2. OVER-centralization of gov
ernment in Washington, which is
the normal, historical approach to
sorialism.
On those Issues, which are basic
to our welfare, there will be form
er Democrats who will vole Re
publican and here will be former
Republicans who will vote Demo
cratic. That, I think, is as it should
be.
Appreciation Expressed
For Centennial Work
ROSEBURG - To the com
mittees and all who had a part
in we oeauwui centennial pag
eant, I feel a great pleasure in
having been permitted to witness
such a portrayal of the westward
trek.
I think the vouneer feneration
should know of the hardshiDs en
dured by its ancestors, that they
migm oeuer enjoy this beautiful
umpua v auey.
The stage setting was elaborate.
I, for one, desire to compliment
Mr. Johnson, who so ably directed
uie music.
All my life I have loved to read
the history of our pioneers and
their hardships. I have often
thought of the hallowed ground as
I traveled along our highways and
saw monuments erected to the
memory of early settlers, oartic-
ularly those massacred by sav
ages in Idaho. I feel a desire to
get out of my car and kneel at
thetr shrines, thanking God for
such noble men and women who
suffered famine and death as they
blazed the trail that we mieht have
such wonderful opportunities. As
we travel over those same trails,
unmolested by savages, we can
not and must not forget what we
owe to those wonderful pioneers.
Such scenes as so beautifully giv
en at the centennial pageant will
help our younger generation rea
lize the wonderful heritage hand
ed down to it.
It seemed to me that the very
heavens smiled down upon the
pageant, giving that wonderful
moonlight as a finish to it all. I
hope I have not been too much of
an admirer of the beautiful por
trayal, and that readers will not
be bored by my expression of ap
proval. But I realize that lots of
money and time were expended
and I, for one, am happy to ex
press my appreciation. It seemed
so appropriate in the grand finale
to witness the march of progress
with the plane hovering over it all.
And I want, too, to express ap
preciation for the wonderful work
done by the narrator- He did a
great job. Thanks to all who con
tributed. MRS. OLIVE CLARKE
8-12 Hoover St.
Roseburg, Ore.
Sen. Morse Is Scored
For Democrat Leaning
ROSEBURG Once aeain
there is evidence that Senator W. I
Morse has given aid and comfort i
to the enemy. Governor Stevenson I
in Portland on his campaign for !
the presidency, in referring to ;
Morse s attack on the Republican
platform to the effect that is is 50
years behind the times, said "i
couldn't have done better myself."
At last the Republicans discover
ed that Morse continually follows
the CIO-Democratic Party line and
at the convention effectively
squelched him. People outside Ore
gon long ago had Morse correctly
cataloqued, but it took the Oregon
Republicans a long time to wake
up and start him on his way out
of the Republican Party, so that
he can no longer stick the knife
in its back. We will finish the job
the next time he seeks office on the
Republican ticket. In the mean
time he will be doing the party as
much dirt as he can.
GEORGE DAVIS,
Roseburg, Oregon.
Manufacturer Accused
Of 5 Cent An Hour Pay
PHILADELPHIA Wl-A Philadel
phia manufacturer, accused by the
government of paying employes as
little as 5 cents an hour, has been
restrained by court order from fur.
ther violation of the Fair Labor
Standards Act.
Ernest N. Votaw, regional attor
ney for the Wage and Hour Divi
sion of the Department of Labor
told Federal Judge George A.
Welsh yesterdav that Jacob (;recn-
wald, manufacturer of baby clothes
paid "as little as 5 cents an hour
to employes since Jan. 30, 1950 "
reaerai law requires a minimum
of 75 cents an hour for work pro
duced for interstate commerce. .
Greenwald sometimes Darceled
out knitting and sewing to women
to do in their homes, Votaw said,
and made the workers pay the
parcel post charges in returning
the finished materials.
Ike Says Republicans
Are Not Isolationists
NEW YORK Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower's camp took sharp
issue Thursday with President Tru
man's statement that a Republi
can Congress would be an isola
tionist one.
Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R-N.
J.), declared after a visit with
the Republican presidential nom
inee that every Republican mem
ber of the Senate would support
Eisenhower's foreign policy if the
general were elected.
Eisenhower himself made no
comment, but one of his spokes
men said Smith's comment on the
topic couH be considered repre
sentative t,t the view of Eisenhow
er's headquarters.
Carl F. Went Heads
Huge Bank Institution
SAN FRANCISCO W Carl F.
Wente, 63, today heads the world's
largest hankinp intilittmn fha
si.aw.uw.wo Bank ot America
has 529 branches.
It
Wente uhn TrtmA tn lam
ts
senioi vice oresirlpnt u- u.1a
president yesterday bv the direc
tors, lie Slirreerlt T. f Hisnnini
who died Aug. 19.
wente himself will retire again
In March. 1Q5U U-hnn h ktm..
65.
New Years Resolutions Pay'
Off, After Put Into Effect
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK UP) What do you do with your old New
Year's resolutions? .-
For years I used to write mine down the first of each
January and manage conveniently to lose them by the first
of f ebruary.
The natural result was:
This spring, however while
cleaning out my dress drawers I
found a wrinkled, yellowing sheet
of paper. It was my New Year's
resolutions for 1940, and the last
paragraph read:
". . . And I promise to get my
stripped - weight down to 170
pounds, and be more obedient to
my wife."
Frances, reading over my shoul
der, said comfortingly:
Well. Rover, you ana Joe Stal
in certainly keep your promises,
don't you?"
I weighed on a drug store scales
that day and sot back a card that
said "206." Allowing about six
pounds for clothes. I was an over-
plump 200 30 pounds higher than
my target of 12 years ago.
Well, i decided right then to do
something about it. And as the
sports writers say the test is
history. A stringent diet of things
like poached eggs, ground beef,
and salads made of several varie
ties of wide-bladed grass has put
me right back to wbere l wanted
to be in 1940.
The same drugstore scales today
told , me I had hit the 170-pound
level and added: 'You have a ju
dicial mind," I admire that little
old weighing machine.
Sometimes it is pounds tooiisn.
but it is always pennypwise. It
never says an unkind thing to any
body.
Many fatties wonder what life
would be like if they shed their
excess blubber. Here are a few
results in my case:
My wife formerly upbraided me:
"Every husband on this floor car
ries out the garbage to the incin
erator but you." And I replied,
I'm too tired. Take it out youself
it's yours. I don't leave anything
on my plate." Now I don't mind
carrying out ine garDage at an.
(There isn't much anyway, as
Frances went on a diet, too.)
I used to huff end puff climb
ing the steps pf a bus. But the
other night I lasted half way
through a waltz.
1 used to waddle when l walked
like a ship in a rising sea. Now
slither along like a lean tiger
if you don't count its two front
feet.
Cha rs feel harder. With your
padding gone, you can't sit still so
Dr. Max E. Post optometrist
ANNOUNCES
The opening of his office ot 115 W. Central
Avenue, Sutherlin, September 12. Office hours
are 9 to 5 daily and evening by appointments.
TELEPHONE 2263 .;.
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MYRTLE CREEK, OREGON
ANNOUNCEMENT
Chamber of Commerce
MEMBERSHIP
F OR U M
Monday Noon . Umpqua Hotel
Subject: "America Today and Tomorrow"
Speaker: DR. JAMES MILLER
Representing: Citiienihfp Foundation
Open to the General Public
All good citizens are obligated to register and vote.
Deadline for Registration October 4th.
This Chamber of Commerce urges everyone to register.
This announcement it sponsored and financed by
LEN MITCHELL MEN'S CLOTHES
213 North Jackson Street
Out of sight, out of mind.
long. So you get up and get your
work done quicker.
A piece of buttered bread, a
blob of mashed potatoes, are as
beautiful as a sunset. When I
sneak a dish of ice cream now,
I feel more devilish than I did in
college when I kept a sorority girl
out after midnight.
But the best thing about dieting
is it helps baldness. When you lose
weight you shrink all over, in
cluding your scalp. Thus your bt'A
spot looks smaller. Nobody else
may notice it, but you do.
My ambition now ii to drop from
170 pounds to about 50 pounds. I
figure at that weight my scalp
will have shrunk so much I'll look
like I'm wearing a coonskin cap.
That's my real goal.
Grants Pass Gladiolus
Society Is Disbanded
GRANTS PASS Ul The Grants
Pass Gladiolus Society announced
Friday that it had disbanded, an
action that nay mean the end of
the annual Grants Pass Gladiolus
Festival.
The society, a group of profes
sional growers who organized, a
gladiolus show in 1932, in the past
prepared the flowers for the festi
val here. With a decreasing num
ber of growers, that has become
too great a burden, said Joho
Bastian, president.
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