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2 Hi Newt-Review, Roseburg. Secretary McKay Rides Blue Cx On Yfcit Here Roseburg 'i famed blue ox of Paul E-iinyon yarn fame wai brought out of retirement Thurs day Afternoon. Paul Bunyan club men bars shlned up "babe" then tethered her on the Douglas Countv Court Houe lawn. - Babe'i firs-t rider was visiting Secretary of Interior Douglas Mc Kay. The secretary waved to many friends from his position astrided the oxen before dismounting. He then mounted a live steed, an Appaloosa mare owned by Al ' Farenbaugh, captain of the Doug las County Sheriffs Posse. Secre tary McKay, as honorary marsh all, led a small parade through Roseburg's main streets before dismounting at the Umpqua Hotel. Parading with the riding cabinet member were four members of the Sheriff's Posse who served as color bearers, and color guards. Th e j were followed by Paul Bunyan members. Young Republicans and some high school students, some carrying signs. One read "Sa v Oregon wim coraon." Throuehout the parade route. Sec. McKay waved at familiar faces, oftimcs stopping to greet friends. A small band accompan ied the paraders. According to one witness, the selection they played was "March of the Gladiators." The parade ended back at the Hotel Umpqua where the secre tary, who should have been weary but didn't look it, made his way W Koom ZU2. Room 202 recently housed an other Oregonian political figure Sen Wayne Morse. The two men have a-, second point in common. Both enjoy relaxing while riding their horses when a spare hour or two crops up in Washington, D.C. The Interior secretary was greet ed at Die notel oy Koseburg May or Percy Croft, Chamber of Com merce Secretary Harold Hicker son, and other well-known citizens. Judge Carl Wimborlyand State Sen. Paul Geddes mot him earlier at the Court House. KENNEL CLUB TO MEIT , The Umpqua Kennel Club will hold a business meeting and train ing class on Monday, Oct, 11 at 7:30 p.m. at vie County Fair grounds. Anyone interested in join ing the club or training bis dog is invited to attend. HUDSON OWNERS! We ere now authorised to glve.UDSON SERVICE a-d tell genuine HUDSON PARTS. Automotive Motor Rebuilding Body Repairing and Painting Complete Motor Tune-up Service CITY DRIVE-IN GARAGE Located In Old City Drive In Building Next Door to the New City Drive In Market ' 221 S NORTH STEPHENS STREET FARMERS Is the. leading inierance le the West. 1 FARMERS Claims Service Is Prompt. Your local FARMERS Dis trict Agent handles claims as soon as reported. This eliminates red tape and delay . . . policyholders receive Immediate service plus prompt peprment, . , Stmi-annual premium. No "up charge)" for mileage or business use- Clarence V. DeCamp DISTRICT AGENT 636 S. Stephens HEAT With BERECO Glass Radiant Panels ECONOMICAL AUTOMATIC CLEAN DEPENDABLE SAFE HEALTHFUL NO OTHER TYPE From Foundation to the Finish Or.-Fri., Oct. 8, 1954 Houta Trailer Burned At Winston Wednesday ; A 38-day record with no fire ac tion for the Winston-Dill a rd Vol unteer Fire Dent, ended Thursadv. according to Fire Chief Robert Nichols. A S3S0 house trailer was totally destroyed by fire on the Ruby Scroggins property on Ronald Street in Winston. It was the first fire in 38 days. The trailer belonged to William Thay Scroggins, a brother of the owner of the property. It had been stored on tne scroggins property. The fire was not discovered in the tightly closed trailer until 1:20 a.m. Thursday, but fire had ap parently gutted it before firemen were called, Nichols said. The trailer fell apart when the door was opened, he said. Cause of the fire was not known, No one had been living in it. Plane Crashes Barracks Killing Pilot, Co-Pilot FT. BRAGG, N.C. OP) An Air Force board probed Thursday the wreckage of a 0119 Flying Boxcar' which crashed into a bar racks construction Droiect Wed nesday, killing the pilot and co pilot. Fourteen were hut-three crew men and seven military passen gers aboard the ship and four ci vilian workers in the barracks, part of the new home of the 82nd Airborne Division. Pilot W. L. Wiatt of Ft. Bragg was credlied with preventing a higher dearth toll. Lt. S. N. Fulton of Southern Pines, N.C, was the co-puot. JURORS SELECTED MEDFORD Wl Alternates for the jury in the first degree murder trial of James Norman Jensen, 25, Larkspur, Calif., were selected here Thursday. The 12 - member panel was selected Wednesday. The trial, for the ax killing of Mrs. Fern Hile here last April 24, is expected to be completed this week. . SOME RAIN FORECAST Some rain In the interior por tions of Douglas County is fore- oast by the .U.S. Weather Bureau for this weekend. The burea re port savs some rain mav be ex pected late Saturday night and Sunday, with clearing late sun day. Temperatures will average about normal with highs generally in the 60s and lows in the 40s. writer of automobile THERE'S A REASON: I FARMERS issues a standard, "con- bailing" form, non-assessable pol icy to eliminate the expensive re-sale cost at expiration . . . THE SAVINGS ARE PASSED ON TO POLICYHOLDERS. Dial 2-2618 OF HEATING OFFERS YOU THESE ADVANTAGES , Dixon-Yates Proposal Has Stormy Ride WASHINGTON ( President Eisenhower's plan to send electric power from a private plant over Tennessee Valley Authority oublic power lines headed today into dual. aeuaie inquiries wnicn may run simultaneously. The Atomic Energy Commission comirmea yesterday it nas ap proved the form of the Dixon' Yates contract to put the political ly controversial plan into opera' tion. - Angry protest came from Sen ators banger IK-NU) and Keiau ver (D-Tcnn), who disclosed plans to step up their investigation of the project as members of the Senate Antimonopoly subcommit tee. Langer and Kefauver said thev will resume their now-recessed in quiry Oct. 18. five days after the tentatively scheduled start of an other review of the proposal next Wednesday by tne senate-Mouse Atomic Energy committee. Lang er and Kefauver said the AEC had not shown "proper respect" for tneir inquiry. Sen. Hickenlooper (R-Iowa), who will preside at the atomic com. mittee's hearings, is due back to day from a trip to South America. He may confirm or change the tentative hearing dtle. Eisenhower's proposal has been buffeted in public vs. private pow- J-.--. fL I -.. -( ---.,....- er ueoaiea in au uui vi nBt,ao for months. He directed AEC to negotiate a contract with two privately owned power companies headed by Edgar H. Dixbn and E. A. Yates. Anna Dunn, 83, Dies Thursday Mrs. Anna Dunn. 83. resident of Newton Creek Road, died Thurs day at her home following a pro longed illness. She was horn at Beverly. III.. Jan. 21, 1871, and was married at Villisca, Iowa, on June 16, 1889 to Samuel B. Dunn who died about 12 years ago. Mrs. Dunn moved from Iowa to Seattle about 50 years ago,, ind came to Rose burg 33 years ago trom Anacorxes, Wash. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Hazel Stephens, Roseburg; a sis ter, Mrs. R. M. Morrissey; Wood enville, Wash.: three grandchil dren and three great-grandchil dren. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of the Long & Orr Morluarv Monday, Oct. 11, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. EHsworth Til ton of the First Methodist Church officiating. Concluding services and interment will follow in the Civil Bend Cemetery. Winston, Neuberger Hits Back At McKay On Power Issue (Continued from Page On) rale linl' which threatens to wreck the TVAifnd which was opposed bv a majority of the Atomic En ergy commission. -. Neuberger declared that McKay abandoned to tne wano rower to. the Hells Canyon dam site on the Eastern Oregon border and that "Cordon issued a statement back ing up McKay's act." He said McKay and Cordon are "slightly confused" when they In sist that Eastern congressmen will refuse to vote for more Columbia Basin development funds. "Examination of rollcall votes," he said, "shows that one member of Congress who has voted against funds or Bonneville transmission lines and for additional Grand Cou lee generators comes from the Northwest. His name is Guy Cor don, but he and McKay are raising a smokescreen to hide from Cor don's constituents exactly what Cordon has done to tomahawk their power program." Also speaking in suppor of Neu- herger Tuesday were Lyle K watts, former cniet of tne u. 5. Forest service, and c. Girara Dav idson, an ex-assistant secretary of the Interior. ' Watts priaised Neuberger as a sincere conservationist and urgM his elocion o ."safeguard for fu ture generations the natural re sources ot Oregon. Davidson said Cordon has ou- posed President Eisenhower on for eign policy matters and said if "you like Ike's foreign policy, Jo- iea. coroon. Earlier MoKay had addressed 1,000 students at the University of Oregon. He charged that Neubm gcr distorts the facts and cited is an example the Democratic aom inee's calling the sale of a Bonne ville power line between Bend and Klamath Falls a "bargain base ment sale." He said (he California and Or- gon l'ower Co. had paid the gov ernment every cent it had put into me line and "you can't call QUALITY ECONOMY SERVICE Sec. McKay Makes Brief Stops In Douglas Towns By LAURA OLSON Stiff Writer, Newt-Review Back in Douglas County Thurs. day for the first time since be was sworn iato office. Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay jade three brief stops in the northern sector before arriving in Rote burg. The mm with the wirm grin and genuine folksey manner ar rived in the county about 3:16 p.m. with his travelling compan ion State Treasurer Sig "nander. Following i few remarks at Drain City Hall, the secretary con tinued soutn. in sutnernn ne stop ped at the Sun, then went on to the Douglas Studs, Inc. All visits were brief since McKay was far behind schedule. Some lost time was picked up when McKay's escort car driven by Undersheriff Fred Perry siren ed the Interior Secretary and coun ty GOP, Arrangements Chairman Gordon t Carlson into Roseburg. The men rode with Perry. The escort was provided by Sheriff Calvin Baird. In Drain Sec. McKay was greet ed first by his old friend Mayor Ernest Whipple. "Ernie Whipple is my pal, right or wrong he's been for me,", the secretary told others at the reception. More than 80 persons turned out to honor the cabinet member. (As governor of Oregon. McKay had been the first state leader to stay overnight in Drain for 50 years.) They heard Sec. McKay empha size that "government is the ser vant of. the people rather than people the slaves of government. Let's not change it." McKay said the people must be the ones to de cide how they live, "not the bur eaucrats." "We want to keeo that sign above the Oregon State Capitol door reading 'State of Oregon' rather than 'United States Govern ment, Oregon Branch', the for mer governor said. Roseburg Man Dies At Age 68 William Hoeft. 88. well-known resident of Roseburg, died at his home early today following a pro longed illness. He was born at Hollenburg, Kan., March 17, 1886. For many years. he was a Douglas County employe and later for the Roseburg Lum ber Co. Recently, he had been en gaged in farming in the Glengary district. His body has been removed to Long & Orr Mortuary, and funeral arrangements will be announced later. that a bargain basement sale. A person who peddles that kind of misinformation shouldn't be trustad on other statements he makes.' Meanwhile Cordon charged in a series of Southern Oregon talks that Neuberger would be a rub ber stamp senator" if elected. He said his opponen s com mens on a grazing lands bill Cordon favors indicated Neuberger was not fami liar with the measure and was tak ing the word of others about it. T ...-... IT.. -A U,HHAn state Democratic chairman, issued a siemen defending Neuberger gains charges by Sae Sen. Neuberger had missed a large number of rollcalls in he Legis- laure. Morgan said Neuberger rarely had failed to be on hand to vo'.e on important measures in the State Senate. He went on to charge that Cordon was absent from the U. s. Senate when it voted on a number of important questions. A recent survey In Indonesia in- dicaies the country has 82 million people and 82 million chickens. (fjii vFOMYHOUSE- VVjl 1 WANT TH BEST" ) Yoor house deserves top qoafiry Fuffef house pa inf. And here H is, In wide range of becw- tifW new coforw :HITlCL - l - IS YOUR Use Foer Pure Prepared Out$ce Wfife-rhe wMfi ftouie paint I that cleans ifief. . y FOR THE ANSWER TO YOUR EVERY PAINTINO NEED SEt GERRETSEN BUILDING SUPPLY COMPANY 401 W. Oak Diel 2 - Many of his Drain remarks were directed towards the 18 members of the town's high school econo mics class who were present. He urged them to put some time in learning about American govern ment from its inception. Before leaving Sec. McKay urg ed all present "not to throw out President Eisenhower's best tools" (in reference to reelection of Sen. Guy Cordon.) He also told them "not to worry about McKay, I don't expect to run for office again." The secre tary said personal attacks by po liticians and writers didn't bother him. "They hurt my wife's feel ings but I tell her 'when you go to bed say your prayers, tell everyone to go to hell and go to sleep'." The former governor shook hands with everyone present and got a refresher cup of coffee be fore continuing south. In Sutherlin he got a quick look at the Douglas Stud, Inc. Manu facturing company with owner Jack Buchanan, and Sun publish er Emery Huntoon. . Clendale Logger's Funeral Arranged Fllnprjl irrinaatnMi iira.n lin ing planned today for a logger, who had just moved to Glendale this summer. Stanley H William- a rlor.- dale, was killed Wednesday when he was lashed across the back by a guy wire that broke, according to Glendale correspondent Mrs. G, B. Fox. The accident occurred shortly after noon. Mrs. Fox reports! Williams was standing beside a truck while logs were being placed on it with a pole loader. He looked up at the snap as the guy wire parted and start d to run. The wire hit him across the back, causing injuries which killed him shortly after.' Williams was taken to Glendale to a doctor, but he was dead on arrival. The body was removed to the Grants Pass Mortuary. He is survived by hit wife, who was in Panhv a. tha Hm i.:f for an ill sister. The couple had no emiarea, Williams was a log hauler for Stumbo Bros, logging concern at the time of his death. Lions Heer Talkt About Weeks Being Observed Two weeks beine ohsprvnrl na. uonaiiy were topics of talks given it the weekly Roseburg Lions the Hotel Umpqua. . Dick Gites smoke hl-le-iv nn Him. ploy the Physically Handicapped Week, stressing the importance of recognizing the abilitv of per sons wno may oe pnysicauy Handi capped. He summed in bv statins no person is handicapped if on the right Job. Fuller Johnson, circulation man ager of the News - Review, spoke on National Newspaper Week, as it relates to newR hovs. Johnson discussed his work with the boys and explained the "little mer chant" system he uses,' whereby uie ooys ouy meir own papers, take care of their own route books and make their collections. He said tne plan is good business training for the young "carrier salesmen." DISTRICT 45 MEETS A public meeting of the Iknoaua School District No. 45 will be held at the Community Hall tonight at o ciocx. ine purpose oc uie meet- ug is to discuss local school prob lems. Consideration of buildine, consolidation and other school af fairs will be explained and talked over. Everyone interested In the district is urged to attend. ,e,Y0Ur HOUSE WHITE? 2634 Former Roseburg Woman's Rite Set Grtveside funeral services will be held it Civil Bend Cemetery Saturdiy for a former Roseburg resident, Mrs. Mabel McClary Smith. SI. who died in Los Angeles' Sept. 27 after a brief illness. Mrs. Smith came to Roseburg in 1922, living here for 10 years before moving to Los Angeles. A sister, Mrs. I. H. Duff, survives here in Roseburg. Mrs. Smith wis born Feb. 16. 1873, at Shikopee, Minn., and was married at Minneapolis on June 5, 19)5, to B. W. Smith, who pre ceded her in death in 1921. She was a member of the Congrega tional Church. Other survivors are two nieces. Mrs. Marion Wilson, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Mabel Emsor, Seaside; a nephew. Joseph McClary. Port land; two grandnieces and one great-grandniece. Services will be at . D m. with the Rev. Vernon L. Klemin of the Assembly of God Church off c at. ing. Vault interment wiil follow the services. Arrangements are in care of the Long & Orr Mortuary. BIRTHS Douglas Community Hospital KNAPPT.IT Tn Mr iiul Mr. PhilliD Knarole. Star n'iifta n-l land, Oct. 2, a daughter, Kresen zia Ann; weight eight pounds one and one-nait ounces. SCHMIDT To Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Schmidt, East Douglas St.. Roseburg, Oct. 5, a daughter, Glor ia Ann;. weight eight pounds nine ounces HINKKE To Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Hinkle, Canyonville, Oct. 5, a daughter, Janet Gayle: weieht six pounds thirteen and three-fourths ounces. - GRASS FIRE PUT OU Roseburg' Rural Fire Depart ment members put out a small grass fire in a vacant lot Thurs day. The fire at 1519 N. Umoaua Highway got into some sawdust spread on the ground, but caused no damage, firemen said. Origin of the fire was unknown. DOS POISONED Mrs. Vera Bell. 532 Mill St.. complained to city police Thurs day afternoon that someone had poisoned a pet dog. penned in her back yard, sometime the night neiore. airs, ueu said a veteri narian said strychnine caused the dog's death. take a dally vacation la 19 niracle minutes on a . RECLINING LOUNGE CHAIR Want to live longer, healthier and happier? Then spend at least 10 of th 1440 minutes in your over-active day taking t rejuvenating catnap on your Stratolounger. It's I the chair that's changing the nation's relaxing habits . . . ' designed by a world famous authority on posture! Only Stratolounger, at a popular price, has the Lorenz patented mechanism. Back, seat and leg rest move tndtptndemly yet simultaneously-adjusting automatically ' to your position of maximum relaxation. Stratolounger is a beautiful addition to any room in modern an' period decorator-selected fabrics, plastics and two-tone combinations. Moulded Foem Seats Now Featured At Ne Increase In Cost. Many Cover Selection Funeral Services Set For MHo Man Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Ganz Mortuary, Myrtle Creek, tor ueorge Hamilton Bryant, by, Miio, who died Wednesday of a heart attack. ' Bryant bad been resident of Milo for the past two years, mov ing mere trom rticnmono, calif. He was born March 28. 1887. at Sloansville, N.Y., and was a form er member of Uie Elks and Mnnse lodges at Schenectady. N.Y. Hi lived at Richmond 10 years prior to moving to Milo. He was married to his wife, Daisy May. in East Orange. N. J., March 22, 1937. She survives. as do sister, Mrs. Guy Smith, Fort Plain, N.Y., and the follow ing stepchildren: Al Sherman. Til ler; Miss Betty Peek, Cupertino Calif.; Mrs. Howard Green, Schen ectady; and Mrs. June DeSacia, Rochester, N.Y. The Elder Donal'd Maclvor of the Seventh Day, Adventist Church of Canyonville will officiate at the funeral. Interment will follow in the IOOF Cemetery at Canyonville Berserk Gunman Battles Police Until Wounded NEW YORK (iB-A berserk gun man battled more than 100 police for 90 minutes in a Harlem apart ment house yesterday before he was fatally wounded. Dozens of ' the building's resi dents huddled terror-stricken in their apartments while Robert Ricks, 47, Negro cook, led police a running chase and finally shot lt out with them at a starewell of the top floor of the six-story structure. He was riddled by bullets. Two plainclothesmen investigating- bookmaking were questioning another man in another apartment hallway when Ricks entered. The officers said Ricks fled when he saw them and ignored orders to halt. They chased him and he began firing. At one point he shouted: "I'm going to die I'm on the stuff." Police said they believe he was referring to narcotics addiction. BROADWATER MACHINE WORKS NOW OPEN HOURS 8-J OR BY APPOINTMENT ACROSS "99" FROM RIVERSIDE MOTEL PERRY BROADWATER CANYONVILLE, ORE, RELAX! "esjjj Interior Sec. McKay Wins Audience Acslaim (Continued from Page One) tack Cordon, it makes me slck. be snapped. He urged his listeners to "tell the story of Guy Cordon. Ring doorbells," he said. "It's a selling Job." McKay then moved on easily to his admiration for President Ei senhower. He described Eisenhow er is the "greatest man I ever met-." McKay insisted that he de served the tools (i.e. a Republican Congress) to work with In his pro gram for the people. Turning back to the Northwest, he picked out one part of that program as the "President's pol icy on power. McKay summed it up is a program "to get everyone together to increase power." He emphasized this did not mean mon opoly of power facilities by gov ernment, but government, public utility districts and private enter prise working hand-In-hind. The secretary also touched sa another phase of power, the Rural Electrification Agency. He said it has been charged thit "McKay wants to kill or steal REA." He stated that 98 '4 per cent of. the farms of Oregon receive power from the REA. He patted the pres ent administration on the back by reporting that more money was loaned to the REA in the first year of the GOP administration than during the Truman adminis tration. He said S75 million more than during the Truman adminis tration had already been loaned. McKay also rebutted a charge by Cordon's Democratic oppon ent Richard Neuberger that tilt Bonneville power line to Klamath Falls had been sold at "bargain basement price." McKay retorted that the government got every dime out of the line it had put in after the Congress had ordered its sale. ; Roseburg's distinguished visitor warned against returning to what he called a "trend to Socialism." He said it would mean "regimenta tion." 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