4 The Newt-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Wed., Sept. 21, 1955
Published Daily Except Sunday by the
News-Review Company. Inc.
Eottrtl hb iu nfttttr Mar i. list, At ih tti tiffe i
CHARLES V. STANTON, Rdittr and Managtr
Mtmbar of the Asseciattd Press, Oragon Nawpapar Puoiishers
Asi4ciarin, the Audit Burtau of Circulations
Kpritnled mf WEST-BO LLIO AT CO., INC., fllCM Im Sam Ttrk, Chic!,
Ban rrkoeliea, L.i AatUi, ttillU. Prll4, tr
SUBSCRIPTION KATES--!.-. OrfH Br Hall Pr Taar. IU.W: tls maalka, IS.ttr
Ihraa mantha, IS.la. Oatilda Of-By Hall Par T.r, .: ill manlha,
7 00. ibraa manlha, H.fta.
Br Nawa-Rarlaw Carrlar far Taar, Ill.M (U atlvanca), lhaa aaa ft.
991 ananlh, Il.tV
TELEPHONITIS
Charles V. Stanton
A most enjoyable reception was presented last Friday
night celnbratlnff installation of Roseburg'g 10,000th tele
phone. Speakers extolled the great progress in the Held
of communications and complimented the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Company on its constant research and in
vention. Speaker after speaker waxed eloquent in tracing the
development of the telephone. Prophecies were made of
things still to come.
Seated at the head table during the festivities, I shud
dered to think what might happen to me if called upon to
express my opinions.
If there is any one device that may be pointed out as
the bane of civilization, in my opinion it's the telephone.
Our medical authorities tell iw that heart disease
claims more and more victims each year; that hyperten
sion has become a national curse.
Blame it on the telephone!
I sit at my typewriter, concentrating on solutions to
the problems of the world, and the telephone rings. About
the time an idea begins to germinate and a couple of par
agraphs have been written, the telephone rings. Then, aft
er a lengthy conversation, I have to go back to pick up
my train of thought and make a fresh start, whereupon the
telephone rings again.
Then, when exhausted by effort, I get home and try
to relax, the people who couldn't get me during office
hours, call up to voice their complaints or seek informa
tion. Too Much Progress
We wouldn't need as many telephones if the commu
nication scientists would quit their researching.
In the "good 'ol days" you went to a contraption hang
ing on the wall, turned a crank and, when the operator
answered, you told her you wanted to talk to John Jones.
You didn't have to monkey around with five figure calls
and have an engineering degree to work a dizzying dial,
only to have operator chime in to tell you that the num
ber has been changed. Instead, you either got John
Jones, or a half-dozen other parties on the line. If John
wasn't home one of the neighbors would deliver the mes
sage. You could leave word that you'd pick him up at
2 o'clock to go fishing, and, sure enough, he'd be waiting
with his cane pole and a can of worms.
Now, however, they have "The Voice." That's a
gadget you hook on your telephone to record all the in
coming calls. When you return from the coffee break it
gives you all the accumulated trouble.
But when we had the phone on the wall you didn't talk
long because your legs and feet got tired.
Then they brought out the desk stand. You held the
transmitter with one hand and the receiver with the other.
When your arms tired you quit talking.
Now they use these doggone French phones, for which
you can even buy a device hitching them to your shoulder
and you can talk for hours without exertion.
So, because people talk more, we must have more telephones.
Worst It Yt To Com
And now they're talking about more "progress." It
won't be long, we're told, before any telephone in the
world can dial any other telephone in the world. Thus, in
stead of the guy in some oilier town passing up a chance
to tell me off for my editorial policy because of the diffi
culties of a long distance connection, he'll be able to grab
his telephone before he's had time to cool off and dial me
direct
Furthermore, they're crossing telephones with televi
sion. Soon you'll see as well as hear the person you're talk
ing with. Think what'll happen then when you're called
out of the bathtub!
How easily history could be changed by impulse.
Just suppose, for instance, that upon receiving that
summons from Alexander Graham Hell, "Come here, Wat
son, 1 want you," Watson had obeyed the impulse which
overtakes most of us at some time or another with regard
to the telephone. Suppose he had responded to the call
packing an axe with which he smashed the infernal con
traption and the head of the great inventor.
But why go on dreaming?
Only Ike CanPulftHe'Ruq From Under Him
Coon Can't See
Reason To Review
Columbia Plan
BAKER t.f Rep. Sam Coon
(R-Ore) said Tuesday he could see
no adequate reason for a complete
review of flood control plans in
the Columbia Bajin merely be-:
cause of a lower height proposed
for the John Day Dam.
Coon, who has sponsored legis-'
lation for the John Day Dam to:
be built in "partnership" between
the federal government and local 1
interests, said he favored the low
er height.
He said the lower height was
more practical, had manv advan-:
tages and would not flood up
stream sites around Umatilla. '
Coon was here preparing for a
series of debates against Sen. Neu
berger (D-Orc) on the merits of
the proposed "partnership" dam
at John Day.
He said he could not agree with
Xcuberger that the situation was
being complicated by loss of the
Hells Canyon site for a high fed
eral dam. Coon said he could see
no special connection between
Hells Canyon and John Day.
' They are two different things,"
he said.
d3ruce d3io55at
I I I A ft I I
jy 1
NEW YOKK t.W PriK'tiiHlly everybody alive today
sooner or lator will nuvt a millionaire ami fol wor
ried about it.
It was feared for a time that millionaires would die out
in this civilization, that they would jto the way of the dodo
or the extinct passenger pigeon.
Happily, it hasn't worked out;
dial vnv. The millionaire class
has proved a har.lv breed If mil n "'' w Iryin to get at
Immures aren't quite mulltptvinn ,m mnnp'. nd lt,e he know
like the rabbit, thev are at least'0" a!;pn ! 100 ?. A .maUer of
i ih rcnsinn faster than the whoon- fac1, hp " PhabIV nh Wh
ini! crane ew'r n,, millionaire without the
T. ,',,. (Hi. vvl,( secret hope he could help the
.Jn,r .V maKr P4'"0"). hVs Mlw share the burden o Im
Homy lo meet a millionaire for wealth' l
the first time, finds his heart sud-1 ,,
denlv beatniK a bit faster. I 111CTT rf 1 fpw time tested tips
"How shall 1 act- he asks J ehow l ,lonR w,,h m,ll,tm--What
shall I say to him?" I , Vht,n ym fir. shjke ham(!t
Nervously, he thumbs through I with him. avoid staring at his
his wife's etiquette book. He finds right hand hip pocket. It will only
no help there. Oddly, no etiquette i make him more nervous if vour
writer ever Hunks to include a ! eyes uo instantly lo where vou
chapter m 'The Care and Proper 'think lie keeps his wallet (You'd
Treatment of Millionaires." i be wrong anvwav. All vfrran mil-
This is a xlrange oversight in-; lionaires carry their wallet in their
deed. The etiquette writers seem 1 inside coal pocket, where they can
to have the idea that you should ' reach in and pal it gently 'from
treat a millionaire just as you . tunc to lime )
would anv other social equal. They i 2. If you are at a bar. insist
are on the nqlit track here, but ' on buying Ihe drl round of drinks
tnev don't go far enough. Million-1 ourself This will throw him off
aires are even more equal than 'guard, and he will begin to relax
your other social equals. 3. Talk about harmless topics
A helpful thing to remember is I like politics, sex and the weather
that, while you are uneasy at the ; When a millionaire wants to talk
prospect of meeting the million-1 about monev. he likes to be the
im-. ne may ne even more un-one who brings up the subiect
easy over meeting you. A million- 4. Don't make ridiculous re
aire always has the uneasy feel- marks like, "Well, after all, money
Though it is customary for pol
iticians to announce what the is
sues will be in an election cam
paign, saying it doesn't make it so.
No one who is whollv candid
with the public will pretend he can
forecast with finality what matters I
will deeply concern the voters
more than 12 months hence.
The most that can honestly be
said this far ahead is that one
fiarly or the other has certain prob
pihs which may develop into de
cisive issues in 19.56. For the Re
publicans, one of these is the gen
eral slide in farm prices and
Hie consequent drop in crop-and-livestock
income.
Such income has been declining
for several vears, indeed, long be
fore the ('.OP took the White
House in 19."2. But since the farm
: era cannot now penalize the Dem
ocrats, the Republicans nalurallv
fear they may be held account- j
! aUr at the polls. '
The figures on agricultural in- j
I come are not in the realm of dis- j
! pute. Krom time to lime they have ,
j leveled off or turned slightly j
upward. But always they have re-;
sumed Iheir descent.
It would be absurd to underesti- J
mate the political peril in this sit-j
ualion for any party in power. Evi-
dence from the 19M elections in-i
dicated that farm distress most
certainty was translated into Dem-t
ocratic congressional victories in 1
some areas. The impact, however, !
was not general. j
But there are aspects of the farm I
I situation which, at least tempor- '
i anly, make it appear a good deal
i hrighler than a superficial look at I
i the generalized crop income fig
i ures would suggest.
I For one thing, while net farm in
I come for crops and stock has tum
I bled 30 per cent since 1947, farm
I population has fallen 19. per cent
i in the same period. This migration
to the cities has softened the shock
of Hie income decline for those who
j have stayed behind.
Second, many still on farms have
! found oilier sources of income to
boost their annual earnings. In j
combination with the population
i factor, Ihis development has caus-'
ed total income of farmers on a
: per person basis to rise from $788 ;
. in 1947 to $918 in 19.S4. ,
I Farmers have made the extra
! money by working in local factor-!
ies,, mines and shops, mostly in !
' the off season, of course. The pros- :
: pect is that their per capita earn- j
; ings will hold up or even climb a
j bit in 19.VV
I There is no sign that these com
pensating factors leave farmers
won't hutf evervlhine " The mil- 1
i lionaire knows you aren't in a,
i position lo say whether Ihis is
: really true or not. He is.
! 5. If you have an inside tip on
a new stock or a horse race, pass
it on lo him at once. U will please
him lo know you are interested
in seeing him get ahead,
fi. Never ask him where is the
! safest place to keep money. He j
may he hiding his in the crotches
I of trees and become suspicious I
that you are trying to find out his i
secret !
7. If a millionaire tells you the!
'only road to wealth is by hard
i work, don't laugh out loud even '
j though you know he inherited his
1 own riches. Look impressed, He ;
I may be right, t If you don t think
inheriting money is hard work.
just sit down right now and try to
j inherit some yourself.! ;
8 It is unwise to ask him how i
many millions he really has. If
he only has one. it will embarrass ;
I him. If he has more than one, he,
j won't tell you anyway. j
I 9 Should you number several
millionaire among your acquaint-;
j anoeship. avoid mentioning the
, fact. Kvery millionaire likes to feel,
i be is the only millionaire in your !
i h'' !
I 10 Many people in the presence1
i of a millionaire feel an overwhelm
, ittg urge to praise the income tax.
r.ght down this temptation or
.you'll find yourself all alone talk-'
ing to yourself.
There is one other rule worth
j remembering; People who really ,
;have money usually let it talk for
mem. n a guy at vour dinner'
table brags he's a millionaire, he
sure to count the spoons before h
leaves. i
deliriously happy. They can hardly
watch a steady fall in crop-and-livestock
income without nusgiv-
Nevertheless, these additional
elements seem to have been over
looked by politicians of both par
ties. And they do make the pic
lure considerably less grim than
some of the orators have conced
ed. They might even determine
whether or not Ihe farm question
really will be an important 19o6
isue with the voters.
In The Day's News
(Continued from Page One)
STUD MILLS WANTED
IN WESTERN MONTANA
For Cutting 8 Ft. Cants
For Further Information Write or Phont
GRISWOLD & SONS
BOX 638
DRAIN, OREGON
Yrcka Ranchers Attempt
To Bring About Rainfall
YREKA, Calif, m Growers
the ranchers in this thirsty area
are getting ready to do something
about the weather.
Some of them met Monday night
and planned a non-profit rain
making corporation in the Shasta
Valley. Tom Williams, regional
chairman of the California Farm
Bureau problems committee, esti
mated it would cost from $300,000
to $400,000 for one year. Hain
would be encouraged from October
to April by seeding clouds with
silver iodide. Money would be
raised by acreage assessments.
Car Assemblies
Regain Tempo;
Changeovers Set
DETROIT i New car as
semblies have moved upward
again reflecting the quick change
over by Kord.
The faster tempo, however, prob
ably will be short lived. Two of
General Motors' divisions are down
for their changeovers and the. re
maining three should cut off 1955
model output within the next couple
of weeks.
Pontiac joined Cadillac Tuesday
in new model production plan
ning. Meanwhile Ford's Lincoln,
Mercury and Ford divisions are
shipping cars to dealers. The new
Ford and Mercury lines get their
public introductions this week.
With its Plymouth division still
down Chrysler is gaining momen
tum slowly on Ihe production of
its 1956 cars. The Chrysler divi
sions were the first to close down
for this year's model changeover.
Public presentations for the five
Chrysler division cars start with
Dodge on Oct. 4. They will be com
pleted when Plymouth puis its 1956
models on sale on Oct. 19.
The industry's U.S. factories al
ready have built about 5,763.000
units so far this year. That
total compares with 4,018,751 units
in the same 1954 period.
The figures include 2,972,774 car
assemblies by (ieneral Motors
compared with 2.117,585 in ihe
same 1954 period; 1.548.856 by
Ford Motor Co. compared with l,
279.886, and 968,8t3 by Chrysler
against 459,363.
Mother, Children
Perish In Fire
TACOMA I A mother and
Iwo small children died Tuesday
morning in a flash fire that de
stroyed their two-story frame
home at the Tacoma suburb of
Steilacoom.
The charred bodies of Mrs. Eve
lyn Marcum, about 26. and two
sons. .Michael. 5. and Gregory, 3.
were found in the fire-blackened
rums.
A third child. Tylee, 7. was at
tending school when the fire start
ed about 9 a m., apparently from
an overheated stove.
Mrs. Marcum s mother, Mrs.
Evelyn Baker. 59. suffered burns
and cuts. She was injured when
she tried to tear out a screen and
break a window to rescue her
daughter and grandchildren.
Dr. Frank James, Pierce County
coroner, said Mrs Marcum and
her sons were asphyxiated.
Mrs. Marcum's husband, Sgt. 1
C. Thomas B. Marcum. is serv
ing wiin the Army in Korea.
Among her surviving three broth
ers is Ralph Baker of Olympia.
No Power Shortage
Foreseen By Bonne villa
PORTLAND . The Bonne
ville Power Administration report
ed Monday that there will be no
power shortage in the Pacific
Northwest for at least three weeks.
Rains that fell over most of the
Columbia Basin last week have
postponed possible cuts in inter
rupt ible power loads. There had
been talk of a cutback the last
week of September.
John P. Jolhffe. power opera
tions chief, said interruptible pow
er would be supplied at feast
through Oct. 9 He added, though,
that the situation might again be
come critical in the middle of Oc
tober if rainfall were below normal.
that COULD be guarded against
by BETTER DRIVING.
Because they could be guarded
against, they are perhaps more
tragic than this one.
The Free Europe Bulletin in Vi
enna says guns and ammunition
are being sent by munitions plants
in communist Czechoslovakia to
rebel tribes in French North Af
rica, where the natives are engag
ed in a bitter and bloody ruckus
wi'h Ihe French.
It addi thai pistols are being
sold to the tribesmen at sharply
reduced prices.
Paste this in your hat:
Wherever there is trouble In the
world, you will find the commies
tlirring the pot and putting fuel
on the fire.
Speaking of pots, there's always
a dash of politics (in the.se days
when another big political cam
paign is getting under way) in the
mulligan slew that we call the
news
Speaking at a SlOO-a-piate Dem
ocratic party fund-raising dinner
in San rrancisco the other night,
Pennsylvania's Democratic Gov
ernor Leader said the Democrats
will be VERY HAPPY to take on
I'residen Eisenhower in 1956.
He edded:
"President Eisenhower is NOT
the best iiian for the country.
"He is NOT the best man to
set-k and keep the peace. j
"He is NOT a great President.
"He is NOT a leader." j
One can't help being reminded
of the fall of 1935, when the GOP
politicians who were OUT and
wanted very much lo get hack LV
were laying pjns to take FDR
tu the cleaners in 1936.
History Lolls us they didn't get
very far.
Let's close Ihis hodgepodge with
a tne about a boy and his dog and
a porcupine.
The boy and his dog were en- .
joying an autumn ramble in the
wooded hills near his home town.
Suddenly a porcupine appeared in
the trail ahead, waddling along in
the uhat-the-heck manner that
porcupines have. i
Being a very small boy, and
having been well brought up as lo
guns in the immediate vicinity of
t(.wns. he didn't have a .22 along.
But he had been hearing about
Porky s oepiedalions in the grow
ing timber that will some day pro
vide raw material for great pulp
and paper factories in Southern
Oregon (along with large and very
acceptable payrolls ). and he felt
that something ought to he done.
Lacking other weapons, he pick
ed up a rock and bounced it off
Porkv's frame. But porcupines are
durable, This one waddled rieht
on. Another rock brought no bet
ter results.
That netlled our hero. He was
wearing a pair of heavy new boot:,
with stocky soles studded with hob
nails, and he waded in to kick the
stuffing out of Porky.
The result"
The net of it was that he RtT
FD a pair of new boots. The por
cupine's quills penetrated Ihe
heavy leather, leaving the inside
of them feeling just like the in
terior of a well-stocked pin-cushion.
At that moment, the dog waded
i:i.
You know the rest.
The upshot of the affair was a
pur of ruined boots and a prac
tically ru-ned dog.
The porcupine waddled off.
Forky is Ji rugged character.
Just it a day can hep Build Weh,
Red Blood . . . Save You from fcoinf
TIRED...
NERVOUS
. . . EASY PREY TO MINOR 'US
Nutritional experts reveal viumin loues
in cooked foods plus faulty diej may
be seriously undermining your energy,
strength, and resistance, making you
feel on edge affecting your appetite
spoiling your sleep becaust your body
is vitamin and iron starxtd.
t tf M. I. functional c.ndittan.
How You Can Stop Chronic
Vitamin I Iran Starvation TODAY
...Feel lite a New Person!
Supplement your diet every day with
just one Hih-Potency Bel Carjiule.
Just one of these wonderfully strength,
enmg capsules give you the full vita
mm and iron content nature provided
in the following groups of foods btlo't
cooking:
1 quart of .ait.urtt.d' milk ' Ik.
4 .1. .( frt.h .ran,, juir. 1 lb. of b..l.
S,, Ik. .1 l.aa bac.l. V. lb. of kullof
t Ik. ol loan pork V, Ik of voal
I! Ik. of araan itrinf k.am
Penny for Penny . . . Vou Oet
More Value in Hijh-Pofoney
BEXEL
SriCUl FORMUIA VITAMIN CAP1ULII
I ltrr...LooJt (... Wrk M
r TOO MONfY IACKI
McKSSftON PRODUCT
FULLERTON REXALL DRUGS
127 North Jackson
OOES TOUR VH fftMARKABLYWELL J LADIES TO KNOW
Mama
nZhWi) IMPLY C9
V 3 r ti IS THE BEST PI Art
JVL I J jyf-jOftk IN TOWN FOR
OREGON-ze
YOUR CHAIN SAW FOR
TOP PERFORMANCE
You'll gel outstanding results
- from your chain saw, no matter
what make, when you ORE
GON' IZE it with an OREGON
chain and OREGON accessories.
Designed and manufactured by
specialists, these OREGON
products are standard factory
end replacement equipment in
the chain saw field. Start getting
OREGON'-IZEO now.
FREE! f i lin g
INSTRUCTIONS f OR
ALL TYPE CHAINS
SEE Your CHAIN
SAW DEALER!
Distributor . . .
I
y& BLKESTjflWAY 99 NO.-a i CITY MKT.7;
Red China Promises j
Leniency For Prisoners
TOKYO Pripini Radio said
Vednedav Rod China would deal
"in a .tpint o( leniency'' with "the
Americans convicted of crimes in
China."
The broadcast referred to the 19
American convicted of "enmpj"
which Red China in talks with the
I'nited States at Geneva aareed to
release "expeditiously.' None has
yet been freed.
Attention Home Builders
m
infill
LOOK
4v
AT THE WIRING
SERVICES OFFERED BY
Trowbridge Electric Co.
FREE PLANNING SERVICE
Let in help you plan the electrical features you want in your new
home. ,
FREE ESTIMATES OF COST
A lit far Doua Havet nr Bill time TUAU i.H ..... L.. L
- 7 win i w 1 1 j u nuw mut. ii
I vour wiptrtn nnA lfpirnl fanfu.a.
ONE-YEAR GUARANTEE
Our wiring installation in your home is guaranteed for one year
against defects of material.
WIRING MATERIALS AT LOW PRICES
We corry a large ttock of wire, boxei. fuse panels, lighting fixtures
and miscellaneous materials required for your new home.
LICENSED WIREMEN
All our wiremen are licensed by the State of Oregon and the City
of Roieburg . . . your assurance of trained and qualified mechanics.
BUILT-IN APPLIANCES
loth Westinghouse and Thermadore built-in range tops, oyens,
refrigerators, freezers and dishwashers.
ELECTRICAL CONVENIENCE u' M Vou wifh aM
STARTS WITH THE PLANNING! .i'nedf
136 NORTH JACKSON ST.