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augene, uregon
Comp
Is Reached
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Agreement
ARBA FAY. STEARNS, a native of Douglas County, Sun-
doV re ehrnfe. hi- 1 nn.L. Ul-.L.--.. i j, '
- t 'L n , 7 Ulru,uay in a ainner ana recep-
rw Z ,aflndDhl? ,home' He was born t Scott-burg
Oct. 24, 1854. Paul Jenkins photo).
A. F. Stearns Of Oakland
Will Reach Century Mark
On Sunday; Dinner Planned
--i, x-ajf oumriis, oeuevea
r"8'""; me -emury
-.v.. pbou iunuu .years.
Stearns, Douglas County judge between " 1904-08, walks
" on C- ?u " 18
wiT tV. 7u n , ifi I i.",'
week in the Oakland hardware
Schools Begin
Magazine Sale
The two junior high schools In
Roseburg today embark on their
annual magazine subscription sales
campaign, according to R.' R.
Brand, principal. The sales this
year will benefit student bodies
of both Central and Joseph Line
student bodies. Brand said.
Curtis Circulation Co. has made
about 90 popular magazines avail
able for the promotion, -which will
continue through Nov. 3. New
and renewal subscriptions will be'
taken, with a commission on sales
going toward student projects in
the two schools.
The DTOiept ann-lialtv has ntvuM
ed junior high school students with
funds necessary to carry on their
T-i , i . . ', ,
i.vivuitf iu saia. it nas maae
possible purchase of numerous
items of equipment for school, in
cluding choir robes, musical in
atruments and athletic equipment.
This is tile 18th consecutive year
in wnicn tne campaign has been
neia, arena pointed out.
FLOODS TAKE SEVEN
CARACAS, -Venezuela 1
Flood caused by unusually heavy
ra-iu.M claimed anomer seven
lives Wednesday night, bringing
the death toll in the past week to
at least 14. Most of the deaths
were caused by landslides or the
collapse of houses built alongside
rjooaea drainage canals, i
PORTER ON RAOIO"-
A recorded interview featuring
congressional candidate Charles 0.
Porter will be heard Thursday
night at 7:45 p.m. The 15-minute
interview will be broadcast over
radio station KRXL.
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
India's prime -linister Nehru ar
rived in PeiDine . Tuesdav for a
state visit to red China. As h
stepped from his plane at the air
port, he was welcomed by vast
ana cneenng crowas (of commu
nists.) He was personally greeted
by old Chou En Lai
Wherever he goes in Perping,
the red carpet U rolled out for
him.
Ordinary people know that when
you set a trap for a mouse you
bait it heavily with luscious cheese.
But Nehru, I suppose, being a do
gooder with his head up in the
rosy clouds, never stops to think of
such low and practical things.
In Vienna, which Is still occu
pied partly by the Russians and
partly by our side, a Russian Ql
deserts his unit, climbs a high
barbed wire fence surrounding an
American radio station, and turns
himself over to the Americans, A
(Continued on Pag 4)
The Weather
Intermittent rain today and to?
night. Friday mostly cloudy with
a few showers.
Highest temp, tart 24 hours ...Til
Lowtst tomp. last 24 hours 54
Highest tomp. any Oct. H
Lowest tomp. any Oct. 12
Procip. lost 24 hours T
Procip. from Oct. I 1.15
Procip. from Sept. 1 . 2.21
Deficiency from Sept. 1 ....- M
Sunset tonight, 5:21 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 4: 35 a.m.
- .
V' ' - ' """" 2"-" HOSHUHCOHECOX-THUHSDAY, OCTO.i. 11, 14 1.54 , ,,,;,
D..-. Is- :: '---- ,..,,. i : ;
r . WM roimcai war Keverlierates i v-Tv;
-A Hoor L, Upset Throughout Oregon Country p ( 0 1
- y U. N. Rulings . ; , i.." 7 -1 -J;
l :V '1 . C' I . . . . . A AklJkJkJ I If !. - . .. t
f
to De the oldest living native
mane Sunday in Oakland, his
8,516 10 see and hear 88 well as
tte stl" sPends Part of each
store which he ran for more
i -nan bu years.
He is the second Oaklander to
me age ot iou. A, F. Brown,
rounder of the nrioinail t;t i u
town, dtea several years ago just
ire u au reacneo. mat age.
Stearns is a native of Douglas
County, having been born Oct. 24,
1854, to Daniel and Akmlra Fay
Stearns at Sootts-burg. His par
ents had arrived in the territory
after their marriaae in New Ham,
shire, a mule ride across, the Is
thmus of Panama and '', short
residence In San Francisco. .
His father had owned a ranch
a- -coasourg. Later, the family
moved to Roseburg (part of the
A birthday dinner honoring
Stearns will be served to the
Steams family Sunday at the
Veterans Memorial Building in
Oakland by women of the Oak
land Proibytorian Church. A ro
coption will be hold there be
tween 2:30 and 4 p.m.
property in Rosebud was the site
on which the Rosebure Hotel was
built), then left for EJkton, where
his father again ranched.
When Steams was 20, he relat
ed, his father, worried about his
son's bachelorhood, staked him to
ISO head of cattle and horses-and
ordered him off ' to Steens Moun
tain in the southeastern part of
the state. (Stearns said his father
thought he was too interested in
girls).
In that remote part of the coun
try, Steams settled down for a
couple of years to ranching. He
recalled a rainy night the first
night out when he' tnucht- ahnli
for himself at , a farmhouse in
(Continued on Page 2 Col. 4)
- FIRE BURNS BUILDING
PORTLAND Wl Fire destroyed
the interior of a twn.ctn-v hriob-
building occupied by the La Tosh
Manufacturing Co. early Thursdajy.
The firm makes brushes and
processes rags for industrial . use.
The fire which broke through
the roof at the height of a heavy
rain apparently . started, in . t h e
laundry room.- Loss estimate was
not avauaoie. -
C O. Porter Again Pushes
Al Serena Case In Speech;
Would Admit China In U.N.
With the Nov. 9 aeneral ele-i;--
Is than two weeks away, anoth
er political candidate was stir
ring coal in the central Douglas
area this week. (Vin (froi-m in nan.
didate Charles 0. Porter was busy
u-iuug eii.ecnes ana uiKing to
TUIV1
At a Werlneatav nnh-n I.
Roseburg, he took about so min.
utes to lash out against his jo.
ponent Cong. Harris Ellsworth.
Porter charged the incumbent with
insufficient inveatiiralinn nt thm li
Sejnea mining matter. He later
switched to an international sub
ject and challenged the congress-
iu.u - mm ciear nis stand on
Red China.
Candidate Porter ht I,;.
small Democratic audience in the
Umpqua Hotel a letter and aesay
roundup on the mining claim he
received Oct. 13 from In r.ahri.i.
son. Gabrielson is president of tne
nuains management Institute in
Washington, D. C. .
In reading from the letter Ps-.
er quoted: "These claims (on the
property) had been assayed an.
sampled on three different occa
sions prior to the snerial
ordered by the Department of In-
ierir usv jau. none of the three
Russia sought the General Assent-
v """r roaay in a last-ditch at-
lemDt TO lineAt film TT XT
involving her ally, . 'contmunist
The Soviets Uar awti.At.J i.
ask a special Aum.r.iv caB;nr,
override: w
1. The Stearin- :i 'j,
. vyviiiwibun: s rifl
ing w ueiay aeoate on two explo
sive Russian charffes f n s ag
gression against Red China unftl
me crucial disarmament deht
VV, -
. The nreHent al r.lu t-
, . , -"""i VllllllLl
accept wauonalist Chi
na s qualifications as a U. N. mem
ber. The Russians had faint twnne
reversing either decision. But ob-
S asla rooays special As
semlbly meeting to receive the re.
Port Of thexe mmimiHa. nu
i r- ..... garc uic
Soviets a chance to air their views
ag-ill.
In challenging the rulin
cept Nationalist China's creden
tials, the Russians were expected
to demand a roll rail vnt t-. :
w UUU
out how many powers now favor
"mging communist China into
the U.N. Over the oast t h r . .
ears, the Russian representatives
lave never been able tn m,ier
more than seven votes in favor of
the Chinese Reds.
Powers Becoming
Adept At Serving
Legal Complaints
Coroner L. L. Power. v.
coming an expert at a duty today
which is considered fairly unusual
or a coroner.
Involved in the suit, Coroner Pow-
, ,a --ea on v serve 13 com
plaints Werineiut,. -i-w . ' j
Thursday. '
na action came as a result of
aui L iiiea nv Kfl rd this -
s-uisi. cne is to enjoin them from
holding themselves nut rnnro.
sentatives of the nnnodn. r,..
-muiixur s m-moers oi tne Doug,
las Countv Sheriff'. -Puns 'i
Baird explained, that the 13 are
men wiiose mmmiuiAni he ..,,1.
ed July 14. .
This was the second taste of of
ficial servins of Wat m k-
Powers this year. Earlier, Powers
was called on by Eugene Attorney
Charles O. Porter tn serve . -tt
of habeas corpus on the sheriff's
office in the case of TVin.M
(Punchy) Bailey.
Firsr Grader Unhappy
At Missing School
Richard Brinkman missed his
first day at school today. AM be
cause of some cows.
- Richard, 6, is a first grader at
Melrose School. He told his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Brinkman of Melrose, that he
liked school, too.
Wednesday afternoon. ' as the
youngster was running in the pas
ture to bring the cows in, he fell
and broke his left leg. Richard
was iaKen to community Hospital,
He's reported in eood condition
there, but his mother says he's
wurriea. tie u be in the hospital
for about three weeks, she said,
and he hates to fall behind the
other children In school work. So,
today, Mrs. Brinkman was getting
ready to call school authorities to
find out how Richard could keep
-p Willi uis wurK, i,
previous assays showed more than
a trace of mineral on any of the
.uiucsieu claims.
Gabrielson said In the letter
that the samples were shipped to
ni.nama ror uie tourtn assay Nov.
17, . 1953,-He said they were given
numbers by the Williams Com
pany in Motile on Nov. 25, mi.
The assay report was returned to
the Al Serena home office in Mo
bile on Dec. 17, 1953. According
w --auiicisua, ie aecision was
made to allow the patents on
Jan. , 1954.
Porter said the final assay
which showed definite mineral
content wai the basis of the de
cision to grant the mineral claim
to the McDonald Brothers.
The candidate invited hit au
dience to examine the assay round
up. It listed findings on all assays.
According to roundup, the three
earlier tests Indicated nothing, t
trace or no more than .175 dollars
per ton. The fourth assay indicat
ed n. less than .75 dollars per
ton and up to 4.20 dollars per ton.
the reason for Cong. Ellsworth's
"not taking further action to check
the extraordinary assay taken bv
a company from the hometown of
(Continued ga Pig 2 Col. S)
. , . BY THE ASSOCIATE! prwscj
n,n,liUCn?I 8pechea we heurd in nearly every section of
days Thursd8y aa the fa, camPa'-n entered its final 13
The top contest, between Sen. Guy Cordon and his Demo
cratic challeneer. Richard I NnW.. " ' !mo
cipals in Western Oregon.
Lwraon, speaking at Gresha.m
Wednesday night, linked himself to
tne Eisenhower nmn-im in fo-,-.
and domestic matters and urged
Kuuiuuc Americans ot ail
parties vote to give the President
a chance to make good on his
promises."
Neuberger, speaking at Salem,
and Sen. Albert Gore, Tennessee
Democrat who spoke at Portland,
attacked Cordon's record. Both
Fuuium out uiai ioraon voted for
the controversial Dixon-Yates util
ity contract in the Tennessee Val
ley. Gore said this was "a move to
establish a private power beach
head in TVA," and asserted the
contract would cost the unvern.
ment 140 million dollars more than
at TVA built a steam-generation
plant. .
Gore also described the Elsen
hower power "Dartnershin" nr
gram as a "clever phrase." Actu
ally, he said, "it is a political
partnership between Republican
Party leaders and -the nriv.ie util
ities."
Howard Morgan, state Democrat
ic chairman, also entered the de
bate to answer Republican charges
that "left-wingers" in New York
held a party to raise ias.ooo tVw
Neuberger.
Morgan said it was no left-wino-
group but the National Committee
for an Effective Congress, which
iso supported Hepublican Sen.
margarei unase smith of Maine,
tie added that the amount of
money will be "a few hundred dol
lars- instead ot itts.ow. - .1
, In the second eongrsssional die.
trtct race, Rep. Sam Coon said at
Bend that he had nothimr -tn An
with, the charges .-ecently filed by
me iM)ai xunare loimrnssion
agaimr. nis Democratic opponent,
Albert Ullman of Baker.
Loon said Oiat in fairness to
uiiman an early bearing should be
arranged "so that if he is innocent
ne Will nave a chanre tn tHAnr
himself before the election."
Xhe hearing is set for Oct. 27,
(Continued on Page 2 Col. 5)
Good Weather Speeds
Drilling Of Oil Well
Aided by eood driHins weather.
workmen with the Santa Maria
Drilling Co. reached a denth of
680 feet in Melrose Thursday morn
ing. Well pusher Arkie Siayton said
the men would average between
100 and 150 feet per day. At the
present depth the dritlin. k in
hard, conglomerate rock.
The oil drilling venture got un
derway Saturday. .. u
' HUNTERS FINED
Two men received S25 fines.
with 510 suspended, when they
p I e a d ed guilty before District
Judge Elmer G. Baldwin Wednes
day on charges of hunting in a
closed area. The men, arrested
by state police, are George Doug
las Hetherington and Raymond
Clarence Kieier. i
Ninth Juror
REMAINS CALM Dr. Somuel H. Sheppard presents
o calm outword appearance as he sits in Cleveland, O ,
courtroom waiting, for the court to open for his trial. The
osteopathic physician Is accused of the slaying of his wife,
Marilyn last July.. At right is William H.' Corrigon, son '
of defense attorney William J. Corrigon. (AP WIREPH0T0
. '.
committee yyiii
Probe Oakland's
Water Problem
committee of six Oakland
men was appointed this week by
tne Oakland City Council to ln-
Yoaiigaie means of settling . the
city's water problem, according
. -juiui vmm, news-ne-
view correspondent,
The appointments came after
two representatives of the Oregon
W l!r ??rp- A- R- Andrews ind
O. P. Newman, told councilmeii
cost of installation of filters or
sediment tanks would have to be
wrne throuzh a raise in wi-
tn Mrs ITlifU i "
rales.
The SIX men na.med . Tnk
'Kdwards, James Cummings, Cal
Iifs' u5'd Ptt, Harry
Smith and Paul Sohulze. The city
wa V suPP,ied through the Ore-
"i-r -rp., nas come under
recent criticism because of al
leged impurities.
The council also niit-rmi-i.nd i.J
crease of maximum speed through
the city from 25 to 35 mUes per
bow on request of the State High
way Commission.
Other matters acted . on were
the apnrovaJ nt a -.;- . .
uic .uuiity nu oKayinz
Ijquorjlispensers licenses to Oak
land Tavern and Adama' .Apple.
YMCA Council
Croups To Meet
Church m,m. ln,en- i. .A
Ing part in an inteivhnrvh .
a nart in C"-T
atton program for both youth and
iag of the YMOAhureh Recre-
vuuuoii meeung Monday.
The meetine it seheHnlaH in m
Roseburg Armorv ymjca office .
7:30 p.m. .
Kenneth Simon, a churchman
and a teacher at Roseburg High
School will moderate the meeting.
He reports that the primary pur
pose of the meeting is to explore
ways and means of helping church
es strengthen their present oro-grama-..-
At present, churches with YMCA
help have conducted the following
programs: High school boys'
church leagues in basketball, vol
leyball and -softball, girls' volley
ball and adult leagues in basket
ball and Softball. ,
Members of the c un.il will also
discuss the need for serving boy
and girls 9 years and older in
youth recreation programs, Simon
said.
Any church people Interested In
this kind af program for young
people are urged to contact their
pastors and attend the meeting.
Selected In Sheppard Trial
t -j
MISS EILEEN PLUMB
, . ... Camp Fir. Advisor
Camp Fire Advisor
To Visit Roseburg
The northwest's regional field
advisor for Camp Fire, Inc. will
be in Douglas County next week.
Miss Eileen Plumb will visit
the Rosebure roiinril rw &.
She will meet, with many groups'
wiwcrueu wim uie . weal uamp
Fire Girl's program, according to
Council President Mona Hult. Dur
ing her visit she will spend some
time in Drain.
A regional field advisor, Miss
Plumb works in Idaho, JHontana,
Oregon and Washington w -
home office It in Spokane, .Wash.
Joining Camp Fire in June 1953,
the advisor has had experience on
a voluntary basis with many youth
programs. She has graduate col
lege work In counseling and 'JuiU-
Another $94,000
Will Be Spent On
Bullock Bridge
Another 194.000 will he .n.nt tiili
winter in brhvffW we - nii-v
Bridge near Tyee up to . condition
required for its -heavy traffic, ae-1 ' o '' .
fording to amrnmksioaafE! 1
Elmer R. Metzger. ! I ,
Mettaer said heavv frante 'In i ' ' ' ' - - ?
uie IUUire maicea artrfltlnnal nmplr
on me nriflge necessary. Earlier
" " 7St .sleel
Pco was insusiiea on tne east
end of the bridee.
Now a new aooroacJi will he In.
stalled on. the west end, and the
wiiuie anage 1-04 ieetj win he re
decked with steel. But Hie work
won't be done until wet weather tv.
ouces tne log truck traffic, Metx
gar pointed out.
Except for the Beckley Bridge
near Elkton. the Bullock Bridee
ia wo ouiy m a .fur onoge in uie
county which has not been reno
vated. The Beckley Bridge retains
its wooden deck because people in
uie area prerer it, Metzger said.
The Bullock Bridtre erosaea the
Umpqua River, just off Highway
- wen ot sutnerun.
SERVICE EXPANDED
Announcement of the recent se
lection of Roseburg Transfer &
Storage Co., 321 W. Oak St., as
local agent for Allied Van Lines,
Inc. has been made by the local
firm.
Owner and Manager Cliff Bras
field said the company would
act as agent for the lines which
serve this country and Canada.
Alaska and Mexico. Brasfield said
the service includes household
moving, packing and storing.
CLEVELAND im The ninth
member of the Sheppard murder
trial jury was selected Thursday
as the trial began moving along
at a swifter pace.
Two housewives were named to
the panel Thursday. The latest
chosen was Mrs. Margaret E.
Adams, wife of a vice president
of a metal parts firm. At that
point, five women and four men
had been selected.
Continuing the pattern of the
first three days, defense attorneys
hammered at the jurors' views on
sex as attempts were pressed to
select a panel to try Dr. Samuel
H. Sheppard on a charge of beat
ing to death bis pretty wife, Mari
lyn, 31, last July 4.
Defense Counsel William J. Cor
rigan and Fred W. Garmone
robed the sex angle repeatedly
I questioning prospective jurors.
They wanted to know if the ven
iremen would be prejudiced
against a person who might have
engaged in illicit love.
The name of curvaceous Susan
Hayes, 24-year-old hospital techni
cian, came up with increasing fre
quency. The auburn-haired beauty, ex
pected to be a main prosecution
witness, admitted to police she had
an Intimate romance with 30-year-okd
Dr. Sheppard when he was in
California last March
L0D0ED IN JAIL
Mark Gem Huckins, 43, Albany,
has been lodged in the county jail
after his return here by a deputy
Sheriff to face a charge of obtain
ing money under false pretenses,
according to Sheriff Cat R.irH
Huckins was arrested in Salem on
a Douglas County waraant,
lves Election
Is Important
Says President
NEW YORK un - President El-
-.uuuvrcr rata state Republican
campaign workers Thursday prior
to a whirlwind tour of New York
cy It . was "tremendously - im
portant" that U. S. Sen. Irving
M. Ives be elected governor to
carry on the GOP program..
Newsmen traveling with the
President said it was the most
, - ...n,.v ma i, uiacu
flower has given to any individual
vuuuiil nnor. am an r that' e
--miKiaie m we present political
campaign. ,
The President's visit (a 'the n.
publican headquarters in the Ho-
mu nuuseveii came at a time when
; newspaper polls indicated that
" -railing Avereu Harrlman,
the Democratic-Liberal candidate
for governor.
The tour of the city, which be
gan immediately after the brief
talk to campaign workers, came
as a surprise.
It was reminiscent of the fa
mous motorcade of President
Franklin D. 'Roosevelt, who, seek
ing a fourth term, toured the city
bareheaded in a heavy rain dur.
mg. the ; 1944 . presidential cam
paign. Eisenhower's
motorcade was
scheduled
to tOUr thrOlIDh Man.
hattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn.
Accompanying him - was , Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey and Ives
. riug to tne current politi
cal carnnaien In the -t4- tri.-
hower said: .. , ' ...
One indispensable ingredient
in any victory is heart."
He said that in the -nim.--
service this was known as morale
aiKi esuru ae enrrur . .
The former mmmandee t4.
American militarv forfpa tn IT.n.
imv 3 a a wi ne ini.nt he ..
jxiuo.11118 amut patuei and said
ne never . knew anyone to win
when' thev kwked WVe "
I putting his hand, to bit tace and
Employes Assim
Joins UF Drive
For the first Dm. mrl
to the Roseburg area have join-
uie irroeon ?tr.aie ninvn-vu a ot
-u tviL.a ui UH-Llf lDtllfs in llniruwf
The different offices represent
ed in tiie- association ar busy
the lines suggested by Central
-SOU-IBS united Fnnri ttni.M
Chairman of the
mittee is Roy Waters of the Doug-
a ii-ii rrutre U-UCe.
Waters said the agencies Includ
ed are welfare, eneineers. hlvh.
way department,' employment of
fice pins several smaller state of
fices. A 100 per cent coal h heen
set. Waters said contributions to
UF were being made with this In
mind: Contribute what you feel
your neighbor might need In dis
tress ii ne snonia need to take
advantage of a UF agency. More
than 60 per cent participation has
already been reported, he added.
Herry Devisier Fined.
Placed . On Probation
Harry Busene Deva.ier. at win.
ston, was fined $250, given a 180
day suspended sentence and
placed on probation for one year
by District Judge Elmer G. Bald
win when he pleaded guilty Wed
nesday to a Charve nf fiirnlohln
, - . - - n" . . i i.uiuk
liquor to a minor.
Devasier was arrested by a re
serve deputy sheriff last weekend.
aiong wicn a 17-year-old boy and
two 15-year-old sirla. IT. . .
charged with contributing to the
delinquency of a minor, but the
charge was reduced Thursday, The
boy received a jail sentence and
f-00 fine. The girls were remanded
to juvenile authorities.
Devasier was releaed under
1500 bail Monday, under the old
charge.
Drowning Victim's Name
Erroneously Spelled
The name of William Ahei i
who drowned TnesHav in 'tul
South Umpqua River, was errone
ously spoiled in Wednesday's
News-Review. The boy was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ahel
733 Micelli St.
Funeral services for the boy will
be held in Rugby, N.D. He is sur-
vrvea oy . grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Schaan. there. Other
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. An-
roine scneer, live in Balta, N.D.
Mrs. Earl West Named
Diana-Craig Manager
inn. ari west has been named
manager of Diana-Grain's ahnn
131 Jackson St., according to Mel
ureenspan, district supervisor.
Mrs. West was promoted to the
position last week, replacing Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Kosel, who plan
to engage in private business. A
four-year resident of Roseburg,
Mrs. West has been with the local
branch of the firm for a year.
Her background in women's ready-to-wear
is extensive prior to her
employment here,
Four Statesman' Put '
Finishing Touches
On Lengthy Document
By JOSEPH E. DYNAN -
PARIS W The three WesterU
powers and the Bonn Republic
Thursday reached complete agree
ment on steps to end the Allied
occupation of West Germany and
restore virtually all sovereignty ia
the West Germans
The foreign ministers of th
United States, Britain and Franc
took the action Thursday afternoon
in a brief session with West Ger
man Chancellor-Foreign Mlnistw
Konrad Adenauer. ;
"The four statesmen put the fin
ishing touches nn a aerie, v
lengthy, detailed documents which
are ro replace tne two-year-old
treaty of Bonn, never completely
ratified. -
Tha.se documents set forth the
conditions under, which the West
Germans will recover -sovereignty-after
almost a decade of occupa- .
tlon. , , .
' These documents, along with a
series of annexes covering- Wni
Germany's future relatione with
the West and the status of Allied
armed forces in West Germany,
are to be signed in a formal e.
sion Saturday afternoon in the
French foreign ministry. :
Thursday's action cleared the
way for West Germany's incoroor.
ation into a seven-power West Eu-"
ropean Union and membership in
the North Atlantic Treatv Ori.nl.
zation. .. . i
Treaties embodying' these steoa .
are to be signed Saturday after
noon at the seme time, nendin.
successful conclusion of additional
talks to be held here.
The three Western nowem ro.
Uined a few strings od West Ger
man sovereignty to enable them
to negotiate with the Soviet Union
on German reunification and on 4
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Roseburg Building
Over $lv Million
At Quarter End ,
. Building coMtrucUen in Itoae
burk climbed over the l millioa
mark daring the third quarter f
1954 and wu lO ner een Ahe
first three period ot 1063 in dollar
volume, j ,m .-, : , . .
' The rebort was' made h ...
table Savm ' Tian Aaan.'a afai..
Istical ; department today..
'.One of the biggest reasons for
Hie increase was the 91 per cent
increase of dwelMn- coiutmiotin-,'
over the same first nine months '
last ' year, , .
Total Construction rletermln- k
the dollar volume of dwelling per
mits through September was Si..
371,142. At the same time lajt
year, It was $1,241,464. - .
- During Julv. August anH .
tetiiber, total permits totaled $4OT,
ivo, .-,
DweKIni eonstruetlon for1 '
three motrths was $132,000. This
raised the dwelling construction
total for the first nine months to
ting Rjta - r; ..... M - .
riwi - us v yKL cow
above the same first nine monthi
the year before. It waa the high
est percentage increase In Ore
gon. Over the Northwest, 't waa
second highest dollar volume year
in construction history. At the end
or nine months, a total ot $246,1
942,773 had been spent. Dwelling
construction totaled $104,5.9,008.
Allowing for the . increased
strength of the dollar' this year's
recora to aate, ny comparison la
even better than it seems, the '
report from Equitable says.
Tree-Marking Field Day
Scheduled For Monday
A tree-marklnz field dav will ha
held in Douglas County Monday.
-According to county extension
forester Ed Gilden. it will take
place In Roy Fisher's woodland at .
Kellogg, starting at 1 p.m.
Demonstrations of tree thinning
and falling will be given, Gilden
said. Persons present will have
an opportunity to participate in a
tree marxing contest.
Contestants will mark on a sneei
of paper whether previously num-
oereo. trees in tne stand should be
"cut" or "leave" trees. No Drires
will be awarded, Gilden said, but
a discussion will follow the mark
ing. All loggers, farmers and in
terested persons are invited.
Glide Man Suffers
From Chest Injuries
A Glide man was reoorted In
good condition at Douglai Commu
nity Hospital today.
Orville M. Louth, 40, received
chest injuries and fractured rib
Wednesday when he fell, between
some logs. Louth told hospital at-
tenaanis ne was working for J. G.
Watts at Glide where he ia rtrll.
tor.
Levity F0ct Rant
- By L. F. Reiienstein
In view of o recent river
disaster, programs of popular
muiie should be charitably
considerate by omittlna "Beau
tiful Ohio." " .