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FATHER EDMUND' HYLAND, pastor of St. Joseph's
Church, examines deed to the property upon which the
church, school and rectory stand ond which now Js being
offered for sale. The- deed was drawn Aug. 17, 1866,- in'
behalf of Aaron Rose, Roseburg's founder and donor of
the property to the church. It, was witnessed by Stephen F.
Chadwick, notary public, and by L. F. Mosher, both promi
nent in Roseburg's earlier history, and recorded by R. A.
Cowlis. It-is safe to say that no abstract firm has made
much money on title transfers of this piece of property, Mr.
Rose being its" first private owner, as far as I know, and
the church its second and last. The church is now construct
ing a new Catholic center in West Roseburg.
Proposal For New Tax Base
For Roseburg Is Discussed
At Chamber Forum Meet
A Nov. 2 ballot proposal for a new Roseburg tax base
was explained by City Manager George W. Farrell and
Mayor Percy Croft at a regular. Chamber of Commerce
forum luncheon at the Hotel Umpqua Monday noon.
Mayor, Council
Candidates Set
For Riddle Vote
Russell Weimer was the only
candidate nominated for mayor
last night at a Riddle city meet
ing for election on the Nov. 2 bal
lot. Other officers and nominees re
ported Tuesday by correspondent
trail tsesi were:
Recorder Mrs. William (Ruth)
Gelling and Heinrich Schmidt;
treasurer Mrs. G. E. (Marva)
Daniels: four-year council terms
Elmer Love and William Gelling,
incumbents. D. W. Clark. E. E.
Hart and Gil Summer; two-year
terms - Con Witter, Clarence
White. G. J. Asney and Arland
Dean. Three men will be elected
for the four-year council terms,
and' two will be elected for the
two-yeac terms.
The City Council went on record
Monday night with a warning.
Prospective builders outside - the
city limits were warned they would
not be able to book up to the city
water system.
It was because of the construe.
tion of this system that Riddle
last year had one of the highest
tax millages in the state (153.8).
This year, it was proudly announc
ed, the mill age rate has dropped
to 96.4 mills.
Despite the importance of the
meeting, it was poorly attended,
In The Day's News
- By FRANK JENKINS
Hoi Hum!
(If this were a television show,
I'd yawn and stretch to convey
the idea to the customers. One
can't do that in print.)
Anyway, it's that kind of MORN
ING in the news.
Note the use of big type for the
word morning. It's intended to
stress the fact that by afternoon
all Hades could break loose. It's
that kind of world we're living in.
GOP Speaker of the House Joe
Martin, campaigning in aiicnigan,
"Republican majorities will be
elected in both houses of congress
this fall."
"This year's cut in taxes will
help elect Republicans. Every
household in the land already feels
the effects of those cuts."
I hate to say it Joe, but while
the congress that has just adjourn
ed was CUTTING TAXES TO GET
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The Weather
Fair td.v. toniaht and Wtdnas-
day with airly morning fog. Slight-
ly cooler WMnmUy.
Highest tamp, lait 74 nours n
Lowest tamp, last 74 hours . 4
Highest tamp, any Sapt. . 1M
Lowest tamp, any Sapt. 2f
Pracio. lot 14 hours .
Precip. from Sapt. 1 1-0
Excess from Sapt. I
Suniat tonight, 4:1) p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:00 a.m.
And when explanation ended
and questions started coming from
the floor, the predominant one
was "Would the new tax base
($256,520) be high enough?"
. Tha fiimr .waa derived bv tflk-
fng tne amount approved by the
voters this year and adding 6 per
cent, the officials said,
Farrell said the base would be
adequate for "routine business" ofJ
uie city, Dut "we can i answer ior
emergencies, . .or annormai
growth.'.'
With normal growth, the base
would suffice, if state revenues to
the city are used judiciously, na
said.
Mayor Croft said the budget
committee and City Council felt
if the proposal -was higher it prob
ably would be turned down.
The original proposal for oper
ating the city during 1954-55 was
about $31,000 more than the pro
posed tax base. The current tax
base is only $69,t57 or less than
what it costs to operate some in
dividual departments.
Growth of the city is the main
reason a new base is needed, the
officials said. With growth, many
additional services to residents
have been added, such as police
checks on homes when residents
are away on vacation, additional
fire protection, etc.
To show some of the growth in
recent years Farrell pointed out
mat tne 1943-44 budget provided
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Injured Logger Taken
To Portland Hospital
An injured Douglas County log
ger was transferred to a Portland
hospital early Tuesday morning for
turther treatment.
Leonard D. Renne. 37, received
head injuries Sunday morning , as
he drove a caterpillar in the woods.
According to Glide Correspondent
Mrs. Arthur aelby, a limb of a
tree is reported to have brushed
him off the cat.
Community Hospital personnel
said Tuesday .morning that' Renne
was transferred to Portland for
further treatment due to his con
dition.
Renne and his wife and four chil
dren live at Douglas County Lum
ber Camp. He is employed by
Douglas County Lumber Co.
Renne was transferred by Mohr
Amouiance service. i
Mrs. Renne accompanied her
husband in the ambulance. She
said he was taken to Portland for
brain surgery, according to Mrs
Arthur Selby, Glide correspondent,
Airplane Crash Victim
Said In Good'Condition
Plane crash victim Morris Nof-
ziger was reported in good con
dition Tuesday morning at Keizcr
Hospital in North Bend.
Nofziger was brought into the
hospital last Wednesday evening
after the plane he was piloting
crashed in the Umpqua River
inear acouspurg. 1111 muier, uan,
was allied in tne accident.
The Lebanon man was reported
:as getting along just fine at the
j hospital. His doctor was pleased
wira nis impress, iiieuuania saio.
Both of Nofziger's legs were
broken In the crash. Doctors found
it necessary to amputate his left
foot, hospital personnel said.
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Fight Anticipated In U. U.
Over Seat For Red China
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AV-A
new fight over anticipated de
mands to teat Red China threat
ened today to delay at least
briefly organization of the ninth
United Nations General Assembly.
Russia, India and some other
Asian countries were expected to
launch the new struggle to replace
the Chinese Nationalists with
Peiping representatives shortly
after the session's formal opening
this afternoon.
U.S. Secretary of State Dulles
was on hand to lead the campaign
for keeping up the bars against
the Chinese Reds. The United
States, backed by Britain, planned
to ask the Assembly to shehs the
question until the end of the year.
The same strategy was used last
year to keep Peiping out.
Both the Americans and the
British were confident of a clear
winning majority. To' strengthen
their case, U.S. Delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr. in a weekend
statement charged the Chinese
Communists with 39 attacks in the
past four years on ships or planes
of Britain, Panama, Denmark,
Norway, France, Portugal and the
United States.
with the seating contest out f
the way, organization of the As
sembly for business promised to
be smooth sailing.
Withdrawal of Thailand's PiVce
Wan Waithayakon from the Assem
bly presidency race yesterday left
the field clear for Eelco van Kief
fens, Netherlands minister to Por
tugal and the only other announced
candidate for the post.
Myrtle Manor
For Sale Bids
Will Be Called
Sealed bids for the sale of build
ings at Mivrtie Manor will be call
ed tor starling inurstiay by uie
Myrtle Creek City Council; reports
New8-Keview correspondent Hum
Evans.
Myrtle Creek City Recorder Jer
ry Myllcnbeck told Mrs. Evans
Tuesday morning that the bid call
win be open until Oct. 5. me next
regular meeting of the city coun
cil will be held on that date and
bids will be opened then.
Bid specifications set by city
council members may be obtain
ed at the recorder's office in the
MyrUe Creek City Hall, Mrs. Ev
ans said.
Five buildines in the manor are
to be sold. There are six apart
ments in each building, Myllen
beck said, which will be open for
inspection. Bids may be submitted
on any or all of the buildings to
be sold by the city, the city re
corder said.
Currently there are eight fam
ilies in Myrtle Manor, according
to Mrs. Evans. Recorder Myllen
beck said the Myrtle Creek Coun
cil now finds it necessary to re
tain two buildings housing 10 apart
ments. The council plans to move
three of the eight families into
these units.
Myrtle Creek residents voted to
tear the Manor down in August.
Sept. 1 had been set originally as
the date to tear the buildings down.
Warm. Weather Forecast
For Next Five Days
Warmer weather than usual Is
forecast by the U. S. Weather Bu
reau during the next five days.
. Normal maximums will run be
tween 75 and 85, with some cool
ing towards the end of the week.
Minimum temperatures wui av-
erage 45 to 50. Risk of occasional
light rain towards the end of the
week is predicted,
Roseburg Livability, Firm Economic
Status Evidenced On Every Hand
This Is tha second of a series of articles, bstad on facts, to be
published in tha Tuesday issues of tha Roseburg News-Revisw for
tha next four months. This survey of tha industrial, commercial
and cultural conditions In Rotaburg and Douglas County, will ba
compiled and written to show tha stability of resources as shown
today, and tha potentialities for tha future.
Tha carrying out of this educational program has baan made
possible by tha support accorded it by representative Industrial
and commercial firms who are demonstrating their confidence In
tha future of this region. Each of these firms has an interesting
massage on Page I of this issue.
- BY R. KENNETH EVANS
Evidence that the livability of Roseburg is attractive,
and the pound economic conditions along with potential-
ities for future development
the year, totaled $37,002,000.
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LOTUS PORTER
. . . 25 years
Lotus Porter
Observes 25th
Year On Paper.
Occasionally a person and job
are synonymous. Certainly it is
true in the case of Lotus Knight
Porter and the words, "Society
Editor News-Review."
Those words have become famil
iar to readers of Douglas County
over a period of 25 years, the span
of time Mrs. Porter has been with
the paper. It is a record that few
in ' any department in the state
can equal.
Mrs". Porter began her duties
Sept. 2fl, 1929, under Harris Ells
worth, then editor oXthe News-Review,
When she accepted the po
sltion, at a time when businesses
did not ordinarily hire married
women, she told Ellswarin she
woukfonlv remain three years.
Those three years have stretched
to 25, and she has no plans to re
tire at present.
She is married to Fred Porter.
her childhood sweetheart. i
They have one of the most beauti
ful gardens, with azales prevailing,
in the city.
For Mrs. porter, it is a day of
double celebration. In addition to
being her 25th anniversary with
the newspaper, it is her birth
day. Her age, however, is a class-
uied secret.
Joint Meeting Of Lions
Clubs Billed Thursday
Roseburg's two Lions clubs have
scheduled a joint meeting in the
Umpqua Hotel Civic Room Thurs
day night at 6:30.
The purpose of the joint meeting
is a special program, concerning
the Hanna Corp. Nickel operation
at Riddle.
The broad scope of Lions clubs
interests was highlighted by a
comparison of this week's program
with the one last week which fea
tured a blind piano tuner named
Harold Baxter.
Last week's program was hitch
ed to the club's sight conservation
program. The local club purchases
glasses for those who otherwise
might have to go without. It also
makes contributions to other
phases of sight conservation.
FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY
George McKnight, a Myrtle
Creek laborer, has filed for Bank-
ruptcy in the U. S. District Court
at Portland. He lists his debts as
5KJ.li.
are sound, is contained in the
tact tnat tne population ot tne city nas
steadily increased since 1940. In those 13
years, from 1940 to December 31, 1953, the
population of Roseburg increased from 4,924
to an estimated 11,500. The city zone esti-
mate, including the people living within the
1 1. 00 enn a I i-
city limits, is 22,500 According to statistics,
supplied by one of the nation s most reliable
research organizations and released as of
May 10, 1954, the retail sales made by the
18S commercial firms of Roseburg, during
Schools Closed
Pending Threats
On Negro Issue
By BILL LOFTUS
MJLFORD, Del. W) This com
munity's two public shocls were
closed again Tuesday in the face
of telephoned threats of violence
if Negro children were allowed to
attend classes in the previously
all-white high school.
Dr. Raymond C.'Cobbs, superin
tendent of the Milford schools, had
announced earlier that the schools
would open as usual Tuesday
after being closed Monday.
However, Dr. Cobbs issued a
statement early Tuesday morning
in which he said the schools will
be closed until further notice "in
the interest of the safety of all
me cnuaren."
The statement said:
"Members of the board of edu
cation since making an earlier an
nouncement have received num
erous calls threatening violence in
case any Negro children attend
school. In the interest of the
safety of all the children the board
hereby serves notice that the
schools are closed until further
notice."
A detail of five policemen ar
rived at the school along with sev
eral oi tne schools' teachers. The
teachers entered the building.
while the policemen spread around
the building to keep watch. .
Dr. Cobbs declined to elaborate
on his statement as tension
mounted In this quiet southeastern
Delaware community. The situa
tion developed Monday when the
Milford school board closed the
schools after learning of a protest
march planned by anti - segrega
tionists.
Although the school board com
posed of three businessmen and
a housewife. -ad called for re
sumption of classes Tuesday, they
left unanswered the question ot
whether 11 Negro mimls would be
aiiowea to lane up weir nign
scnoo- studies. . , . , ;
4 Myrtle Creek
Youths In Jail .
Four more vou'.ni two 18-vear.
olds and two juveniles, were lodged
in the county jail Monday in con
nection with a recent rash of bur
glaries m the Myrtle Creek area.
The 18-year-olds, both from Myr.
tie Creek, are Everett Edward
Carleton and ' Robert Keith Ray
mond, according to Sheriff Calvin
Bairo.
Carletov was arrested on a
charge of carrying a concealed
weapon, but he will also face bur
glary charges, the sheriff said. In
vestigating officers said Carleton
bad in his possession a sawed-ofl
,zz rule.
The four, along with four juve
niles lodged earlier, will fact
charges in connection with the bur
glary of the Meyer and Davenport
chrome mill near Canyonville on
Aug. 30
Most of the items taken from
the mill have been recovered by
Myrtle Creek police and sheriff's
office men. Included were a hy
draulic jack, shovels, grease guns,
ou, gas, a pump ana dools.
Roseburg Homes, Inc.
Foreclosure Trial On
PORTLAND W- The trial of
foreclosure suits against Roseburg
Homes, Inc., opened in federal
court here Monday.
The suits, involving 79 of 180
homes built by the firm in the
Roseburg area, total more than
$500,000. The Federal National
Mortgage Assn. filed the suits.
The retail sales made in 1950,
according to this source of in
formation, totaled S24,868,00Q. This
shows that the retail sales in 1953
was an increase of $12,134,000 over
the sales made by these firms in
1950.
Increase In Buying Income
The steady increase in retail
sales of consumer goods and in
dustrial services in Roseburg can
be traced, in a measure, to the
steady increase in population, the
fracUonal lower purchasing power
of the American dollar, and the
act mat uie per capita effective
buying income of the residents
within the city limits of Roseburg
increased from Si.on in 1950 to
fiie by fa M food
stores, located in Roseburg during
the year 1953, reached a total of
,. There are seven com-
mercial establishments In the city
which ,re cUssed generl1 mer
chandise stores. These stores din-
posed of consumer goods, during
1953, which brought in a cash re
turn of f. 146,000. The sales of
furniture, household furnishings,
radios, etc., by tha 14 stores in
Carl Shoemaker Interested
Spectator At Diamond Lake;
Championed Many Reforms
Among Interested spectators
Tuesday at Diamond Lake, where
Game Commission representatives
directed the largest fish poisoning
experiment ever attempted, was
Carl D. Shoemaker, a former Rose
burg editor and one of the nation's
leading conservationists.
Following attendance at the con
vention of the American Forestry
Assn. in Portland early in Septem
ber, and the meeting of the Inter
national Assn. of Fish, Game and
Conservation Commissioners in Se
attle last week. Shoemaker came
to Roseburg for a visit at the home
of his brother, Dr. B. R. Shoe
maker. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Shoemaker and daughter, Sue-Mar
uawson. ine latter, a resident or
Honolulu, flew to Portland early in
September to join her parents In
their western visit.
Shoemaker, now. a resident of
Washington, D.C., came to Rose
burg in 1912 from Ohio, where
he had practiced law for four years
after graduating from Oregon
State College Law School. He pur
chased the KoseDurg Evening
News from the late B. W. Bates
and was publisher and editor until
iis. '
Having been critical, as an edi
tor, ot Oregon's fish and , game
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Council Buys
New Equipment,
Takes Sewer Bids
The Roseburg Citv Council Mnn.
day night was Interested mostly
in buying new. equipment for the
city, ; . . - i
It bought a new Dollce car.
dump truck, police radio and cor
rugated iron pipe for a culvert.
It also accepted a bid for a new
storm sewer in West Roseburg off
Broccoli Lane. - . . .
The Kerber Addition storm sew
er contract went to J. R. McAllis
ter on a bid of $7,834. This was
over the engineer's estimate of
7,150, but far below the only oth
er urn ox nenry miner tor $y,83Z.50,
The sewer contract Included an
item ot $1,500 from the Short Real
ty Co. of Roseburg. The company
was planning to build a sewer for
an addition it is building. The city
agreed to build the sewer accord
ing to the city system's specifica
tions at the cost the company ex
pected to pay.
LocKwooa Motor co. was tne sue-
cesslul bidder for sale of a new
police car. The bid was $1,640.17.
Hansen Motor Co. bid $1,780. A
radio for the car was purchased
from General Electric for $430.
was accepted from Sig Fett. Han
sen otierea $3,393, and Ha reus
Sales and Service offered $3,533.80.
A price of $oz.i8 was acceDted
from Arm co Drainage and Metal
Products Inc. for the culvert pipe
on Gile Street in Miller's Addition
over Parrott Creek. Beall Pipe
and Tank Corp. offered $824.92.
Other money matters involved
partial payments for three recent
city developments. They ..ere:
Harvard storm sewer ($6,022.35),
Terrace Avenue pavement ($1,716.
95) and Kane Street widening ($1,
719.85). The city also accepted the inter
est rate on borrowed money offer
ed by Douglas County State Bank,
The city will be charged 3 percent
on borrowed money until taxes
start coming in.
Other business included:
Issuance of a license to Lloyd
Bird to sell health foods at 505
N. Jackson St.
Passage of an ordinance forbid
ding parking between the curbs
and property lines in tne city.
this classification located In Rose
burg, totaled $2,415,000. Automo
tive sales made by new and used
car dealers, garages and service
stations etc., totaled, in 1953, the
amount of $11,910,000. The five
drug stores in the city enjoyed a
business, during 1953, which
brought In sales totaling $919,000.
Substantial Cains Ware Made
In analyzing these trends it Is
significant to the steady growth
and stability of Roseburg's econ
omy, that all of these five com
mercial firm classifications, show
ed substantial gains during the
year 1953 over the sales made by
these firms during the year 1950.
These five classifications are used
by national research and analyst
organizations to determine the
status of a community's economy.
The total sales made, by these
five classifications in Roseburg
during the year 1953, totaled 125-
680,000, and this includes 67 of
the 186 retail stores in the city.
The balance of these service and
retail firms made sales totaling
$11,322,000 during the same year.
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CARL D. SHOEMAKER
.Conservation Enthusiast ..
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Sunshine Aids
Diamond Lake
Poisoning Today
Smooth water and sunshiny
weather greeted Oregon game of
ficials and sportsmen Tuesday as
poisoning of Diamond Lake began
at a:30 a.m.
By 11 a.m., spreading ef roten-
one was nearly completed by
sportsmen towing the poison be
hind their outboards along the
shore.
Sportsmen from Roseburg.
Grants Pass, Medford, Klamath
Falls and Bend and about 300 on
lookers were on hand.
The spectators lined the shore.
waiting for the go-ahead signal so
they Could gather in trout being
killed. Game officers were churn
ing the middle of the Jake with
"cubeaters to stir up the poi
son. They expected to .finish by
noon.
A few roach began coming to
the surface shortly before noon.
but officials said the trout were
not expected until evening, because
they swim in deeper water and
are harder to reach.
In the biggest operation of Its
kind ever attempted, the huge
lake near the eastern border of
the county is being poisoned to
rid it of trash fish which are caus
ing the extinction of trout.
Three Minor Accidents
Reported By Officers
Three minor traffic accidents
were reported on Roseburg streets
Monday, city police said. Tuesday.
In the most damaging one, Mari
lyn Jane Eck, 909 Cobb St., was
cited for failure to yield right of
way when her car collided with
one driven by Opal I. Welch, 825V4
Hoover St., at Jackson and Roberts
Streets
Milbur M. Hanna, Rt. 4 Box
265, was similarly cited when his
car collided with one driven by
Robert Glenn Brady, 690 Booth St.,
while pulling from the curb on
Pine Street.
Another slight mishap at Steph
ens and Douglas involved vehicles
driven by Charles M. Ellis, Glen
dale, and Robert Elvin Young, Rt.
2 Box 1396.
Three Men Plead Cuilty
To Drunk-Driving Counts
Three men pleaded guilty in dis
trict court Monday and received
fines and suspended jail sentences
lor drunken driving, according to
Judge Elmer G. Baldwin.
Roger N. Foreman. 33. Rt.' 1
Box 650, Rosoburg; Clyde Rufus
Blodgctt, 48, Dillard; and Russell
George Lease, 63, Portland, each
was fined $200 and given a ilve-
day suspended term,
Franklin Willis Sprout, 52, who
lives near Canyonville, pleaded in
nocent to a similar charge and
was released under $500 bail. His
wife, Helena Fern Sprout, posted
$100 bail on a charge of being
drunk on a public highway.
All were arrested over the
weekend by Oregon State Police.
Work Weekend Slated
At Camp Tsiltcoos
A big work weekend will be held
at Camp Tsiltcoos by scouters in
the Douglas Fir District next Sat
urday and Sunday, according to
Calvin Baird. district chairman.
All scouters available will help
put the camp in shape for Uie
winter months. Baird said.
Details of the excursion may be
obtained from Scout Executive
Walt Smith, District Committee
man Roy Crain or Baird.
FILES FOR INCORPORATION
SALEM ( New corporations
Tuesday:
Parklawn Memorial Gardens,
Inc., Roseburg, 100 shares no par
value. Armand Desaulniers, Leo H.
Appel and Robert A. Dudley. To
operate a cemetery.
NEW YORK ft Tha N
York State Democratic convention -
opened Tuesday with Averell Har.
rim an ana itep. r ranxnn D.
Roosevelt locked in a bitter bat
tle for the gubernatorial nomina
tion, New York City leaders, be
lieved firmlv in control of tha m.
jority of the 1,019 delegates, pre-
oiciea narnman would snow un
der Roosevelt on the first ballot
Tuesday night.
Roosevelt's embattled If 0 r c e 1
stuck to their claim that tha son
of the late President had a fight
ing cnance to capture tne nomi
nation. The winner will face U.S.
Sen. Irving M. Ives, scheduled to
oe nominated py the Republicans
Wednesday at Syracuse.
Mate unairman mcnard H.
Batch, a Harriman supporter, tore
into Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in
his opening address.
Balch called Dewey a "virtual
dictator,'.' and indicated that one
of the basic Issues of the election
campaign would be the difference
in political philosophy between the
oiajur parues.
New York Republicans, conven
ing at Syracuse, were prepared to
give their gubernatorial nomina
tion to U. S. Sen. Irving M. Ives,
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's choice
to succeed him. Dewey plans to ,
return to private life.
Chairman Hall
Tells Eisenhower
Chances Good
By MARVIN L, ARROWSMITH
DENVER tin Leonard Hall. .
Republican national chairman,
told President Eisenhower Tues- '
day prospects for continued GOP
control of congress are "good,
but that the party faoes "a hard 1
tight."
Hall and three kev aides con
ferred with the President at tha
summer white bouse for 90 min
utes. They were joined by El-
sennower s cniet assistant, Sher
man Adams, and three adminis
tration liaison men with Congress .
At a news conference after tho
meeting. Hall said he and his as
sistants had outlined the political
picture to the President "as wa
see it.". , -
HU a-uui.w w o a 5W14
picture, but it ia a hard fight." .
: Tuesday's . poUtlcat powwow
'came as the President made ready
to start a flying' speechmakinj
tour of the Far West Wednesday.
nan was asxea oy a reporter
for comment on former President
Truman's statement last week
that he hopes Eisenhower, for his '
own sake, will get a Democratic
Congress as a result of the No
vember elections.
"I hooe.'' Hall renl ed. "that
Mr. Truman takes an active part
in tha camoaien Anvthinv Mi.
Truman says helps us."
Mother-ln-Law Slain
By Eugene Resident
EUGENE M A gunshot killed
Mrs. Mary MacGregor. 62. Seattle.
here early Monday. Police arrested
her son-in-law, Roy Goodrich, 46.
Dist. Atty. Eugene Venn said
Goodrich told him the shooting .
climaxed a quarrel that started
after Goodrich returned at 1 a.m.
from a visit to Oakridge, 40 miles
southeast of Eugene.
Sgt. Vera Hill of the state police
said a .22 caliber pistol was tha
fatal weapon.
venn saia uooanch would bt
charged with the slaying.
Goodrich was arraigned in
district court and a preliminary '
hearing was set for Friday morn
ing. He asked uie court to appoint .
counsel.
Goodrich, a resident here about
15 years, was employed as a .
mechanic for a farm implement
concern. ,
Young Republicans Slate
Sig Unander As Speaker .
The Douglas County Young Re
publicans begin unllmbering their
political guns in this off-year elec
tion Friday night,
Todav thev announced that State
Treasurer Sig Unander will speak
in Roseburg Friday night at 7:30.
The event is scheduled at the Rose
burg Woman's Club.
Although his subject has not yet
been announced, it was almost
sure to be of a political nature, ac
cording to Young Republican
spokesman John H. Horn. .
Second CDUF Report
Day Shows $10,650
Second report day of the Cen
tral Douglas United Fund drive
now underway showed $10,650 turn
ed In by workers as of Tuesday
morning. Campaign goal is $46,185.
Drive chairman Russell Cary
said Tuesday that many sizeable
donaUons from business firms
were coming in.
The UF residential campaign got
underway Tuesday when scores of
women in the area started their
door-to-door solicitations.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Reizenstein
The weather In 1954 should
go into the records ot an ex
tra leap year a leap direct
ly from spring to fall.