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2 Th News-Review, Roieburg, Difficulty Of Civilization Geared To Age Of Electricity Seen When Power Goes Off A civilization Kearcd to modern . ger of bacteria increasing, living runs into difficulty when Helen Chandler, Douglas County power for that mode of living fails. I extension agent, again advised This Decame painniuy evident since the snowstorm which blanket ed the county last Friday. An example is a report from cor respondent Mrs. Walter Coats. She reports telephone servico was, com pletely disrupted and power lines were out. The power was still off on Itcston iioad Monday from the Tcnmile Store up into Heslon. The result was a need for more ingenious living. People melted snow for household use, carried it from nearby springs or hauled In from the outside. Mrs. Coals said manv oeoole in the area have wells operated by electric pumps. Fireplaces became cooking centers and wood heaters were turned into cook stoves. The same effects were felt on the South Deer Creek Koail, ac cording to correspondent Jean Rad cliffe. About 12 families were cut off without electricity as great fir trees tumbled down across lines. Tower saws were needed to clear them. One of the most critical effects being felt by the hundreds still without electricity in the county was the thawing of food stored in electric freezers. For those without electricity since the weekend, the situation is critical. Large, tightly packed freezers will keep food frozen for about 72 hours. This means thaw ing is well underway and the dan- Research Intern Post Awaits Oregon Students I'OItTl.ANI) 11 Some Oregon college student of political science will win a one-year position as a research intern on the staff of Sen. Neubcrger (l)-Ore). The senator said Monday the selection will be from 19.SC Oregon i university and college graduates who have shown "sincere interest and outstanding ability in the study of problems of our society and government." The selection committee will be headed by Dr. John W. Swarthout of the Oregon State College politi cal science department. Salary for the year of service, beginning Sept. 1, will be S3.9H8. ODDS AND ENDS REGROUPED FOR FINAL W must malt room for arrival of naw mtrchandist. So many sola itm hava basn r grouped and nprlcid to offer you still grtattr lavlngi. Buy now . . lava up to 50 and mora during this final claaranca. Girls' Kirit f Boyi GM.'V M m Yallow Raincoat BLOUSES -slickers" I Siitt 7 thru 14. If 4 ro I Were 2.9B, no- II ' 4 45 ' I V 1,98 yV 2-99 J Mid-Ungth fl I BRIEFS U Raincoats 1 Sii 4-810. W, I Si, 4.4,.7.a. I 1.00, now .1 Wl. 17.95, now 1 V9'V 12.95 J w Regrouped . . Girls' Dresses i Dresses S.i.i 7 thru 12. II Silt 3 to 6l. Wirt I W" 4 98 T -w II 3.90 to 6.95, now I JACKETs f SKIRTS S.iti 4 tKrg 1. Wort S"' ,hru I 3 6.95 lo 9.95, now oil I I "1 w" 5 ,5 I V 3 98 J V J &ftktfr&8 TOTS TO TEENS OJ2 E. Jackson Sr. Free Or. Tue. Jan. 10, 1956 householders to contact local lock ers for storage of endangered food or pack the home freezers with dry ice. She had these tips also: 1. If food become completely thawed, cook it and refrceze or eat it. ' 2. Fruits may be refrozen If the taste and smell is good. The quality may suffer but they may be used for cooking, - baking or making jams and jellies. 3. Shellfish and cooked foods should not be refrozen if thawed completely. 4. Kefreezing should be done as auicklv as possible. Food may be j refrozen if ice crystals are still evident. Milton Norris, 88, Succumbs Monday Milton Lafayette Norris, 88, well-known resident of Dillard. died at the Riversdale Sanitarium Monday following a prolonged ill ness. He was born Dec. 8, 18f7, at Boone, N.C., and was married in Wataaug County, N.C., Feb. 1, 1891, to Martha Ann Wilson, who preceded him in death on Oct. 10, 1952. He rame to Dillard in April, 10O4. He and the late Mrs. Norris celebrated their Kolden wedding anniversary in 1911. He was a member of the Bap tist Church. Surviving are six children, Mrs. Roy (Josic) Lofland of I'rovalt. Ore., Mrs. Frank (Kssie) Long of Ojni, Calif., Mrs. Custer (Winnie) ,aurance of Hosenurg, Kilcy Nor- ris of Jacksonville. Mrs. hart (Myra) McDowell of Euttene and Ivan Morris ol Loos hay, and a number of grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the chapel of Long and Orr Mort uary Friday at 1 a.m., with the Rev. Henry I. Fox of the First Baptist Church officiating. Concluding services and inter ment will follow in the Civil Bend Cemetery. Delivery Phon OR 3-5056 Council Enacts Utilrtiet j Special Privilege Tax (Continued from Page One) cense to the company on the basil of the committee report. The resolution was bucked by Councilman Kenneth Ellison, who termed exclusive licensing of that type a "monopoly." The Roseburg Amateur Radio Club the "ham" operators asked for and was virtually assur ed of a headquarters location on city-owned property on the China Wall in the northeastern section of the city. William T. Evans, speaking for the club, pointed out that the "ham" ODerators have Droven , themselves of value in communi cations during times of emergency. He promised the city the full cooperation of the club if the need arises, and also pointed out uses of short-wave radio for Civil De fense purposes. The club will have a building at the site, Kvans said, and members will keep it shipshape. It would be subject to city inspection. The president of the club, Chuck Rein- nan, was present, aiso. City Atty. Paul E. Geddes was instructed to discuss a lease agree ment with club members. Evans was told he should talk over the matter of Civil Defense coopera tion with Dudley Walton, city CD director. The U. S. Armv Reserve inquired into the possibility of negotiating purchase or lease of either of two North Roseburg sites, both owned by the city. Presumably, an arm orv or training building would be built. An Army officer, representing the reserve, wrote the council that two sites are being eyed: (1) A 30-acre plot at the north end of tne runway at the municipal air port, and t2) a 17-acre tract on old Riverside Avenue near Roseburg Memorial Gardens. City Manager George F,arrell was instructed to invite negotia tions. Councilman Georne Luoma pointed out that the city might realize enougn casn to purchase I the Veterans Administration park property inrouKii sale 01 one or tne other of the tracts. His comment came after Council man Ruddie Ritzman suggested turning thumbs down on either of the proposals in view of the park situation, explained in another story elsewhere in today's News- Review. Councilman Robert Harris, May or Ernest Barker Jr. and City Manager George Far re II outlined happenings of a meeting last week with a General Services Adminis tration officer in regard to the VA property. Harris called a GSA appraisal of the property a 'misreprcsenta- j tion of value," referring to the j price tag attached to the property when compared to the use to which J it would be put. i The council also approved De- ce inner 3 ciauns arm mus, pi'iiuiug inspection by Farrell. Al Sarena Hearing Cett Under Way In Capital (Continued from Page One) has already been cut. . . and anoth er $100,000 worth is standing ready to be cut. The hearing is scheduled to con tinue Wednesday and to resume next Tuesday and Wednesday. Robert W. Itedwine, Senate sub committee staff counsel, named seven witnesses he said had been asked to appear, rhey include R. N. Appling ,!r, of Spokane, Wash., and J. R. Thoenen. Norris, Tenn., both Bureau of Mines employes; Tom Miller, acting director of the bureau; M. E. Volin, formerly of the bureau and now chief of re search for the Michigan School of Mines and Technology; R. E. Mc Ardle, chief. I'. S. Forest Service; Philip Gabriel, Mobile, Ala., di rector of Al Sarena Mines Inc., and J. A. McDantel of Mobile, assayer at the A. W. Williams In spection Co. In addition. Redwine said. Invita tions to appear have been extended to Rep. Ellsworth (R-Ore) and Hayden S. Garber. Ellsworth's ad mirmtrative assistant, who inter ceded with interior on behalf of (he Sarena company; D. Ford Mc Cormick. Trail. Ore., mining engi neer; and Herbert and Charles P. McDonald, brothers and secretary and president respectively of the Sarena company. Ellsworth, who appeared at last November's Portland hearing, told a newsman he has no plan to testi fy at the current proceeding unless asked or unless at its conclusion he feels "something Is missing from the record." lie accused the committee In Portland of seeking to "dig out and warm over a completely dis credited smear attack used m the political campaign against the ad ministration and Republican can didates in Oregon last year." 1 Mrs. Alice Bennett, 88, Passes At Sanitarium Mrs. Alice Bennett, 80, died at Riversdale Sanitarium Sundav fol lowing a prolonged period of ill health. She was born May 1. 1875, and had made her home in the Ten mile area. Her body has been removed to Long and Orr Mortuary. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. TO BE GENUINE a mammal ROSEBURC FUNERAL HOME FUNERALS Ook and Kan Sr. Gl Loan Holders Asked To Consider Victims Of Floods Charles Lsngdon, manager of the regional office of the Veterans Administration at Portland appeal ed to all lenders who are holding "GI" loans to extend all possible indulgence and forbearance to those veterans who are victims of the recent floods here. Langdon said it is too early to appraise damage, but he said the problem in this area is twofold: Damaged houses, crops and other property and possible periods of unemployment because of the flood. Langdon reports the VA regula tions were geared to allow lenders wide discretion in extending in dulgence to those veterans whose homes and employment have been affected, by making advances on the existing "Gl" loan to preserve the property and to grant an ex tension of time to make payments on loans where the veteran's em ployment has been temporarily in terrupted. He said that all cases where vet erans's property has been destroy ed or damaged or where periods of unemployment exist because of the flood, the veteran should seek relief from the lender holding the present loan. Judge's Verdict Favors Trucker Against Sawmill Glenn Wells, who was badly in jured when some logs rolled off a truck on him Feb. 10, 1954, was awarded a hefty $:i5,000 judgment by Circuit Judge Charles S. Wood rich in a directed verdict at Rose burg Monday. In a rather strange twist of events, both the defendant, Viking Lumber Co. of Sutherlin, and the plaintiff attorneys requested a di rected verdict. The law provided then that Judge Wood rich make the decision on the amount to be allowed. A jury which had sat through the early stages of the trial was dismissed without being called to return a verdict. One of the defending lawyers in the case was Rruce Spaulding, who gained considerable fame re cently for bringing about the ac quittal of Mrs. Kcrmit Smith, who was charged with plotting the bomb death of her husband. Spaulding is a Portland lawyer. He and Roseburg attorney Robert G. Davis represented Viking Lum ber Co. Lawyers for the plaintiff were: William Bartle and D. R. Dimmick. Wells, the father of four children, had filed suit against the com pony for $130,000. The complaint says he was the owner of a log truck and was hauling for Murray Welch. The timber had been bought by Viking Lumber. Wells says he arrived at the mill Feb. 10 with a load of 16-foot logs, but was ordered to unload the logs from a dump designed for eight-foot logs. He said it was not equipped to unload the bigger logs. The complaint continues Wells went to the opposite side of the truck from the pond and started unloading at the dump. It says the logs rolled off the truck on the upper side and crushed him. According to the complaint, Wells received two fractured legs, broken pelvis and ribs and punc tured lungs. He was 59 years old at 1 the time. Wells said he spent two months in the hospital at a cost of ' $4,000. He charged the injuries ; were received because of negli- j gence by the company. Viking Lumber Co's. contention ; was that u was not liable since Wells was not an employe of the company, but a private contractor. J Therefore, the safety code was not 1 applicable to it. Viking Lumber Co. has a saw- i mill and lumber manufacturing plant in Sutherlin. Wells said it was negligent in not having brow log, skid timbers nor power ma-1 chinery. He also charged it was I negligent for ordering logs drop ped where no facilities existed for logs 16 feet long. Marriage Place Small Matter, Says Miss Kelly By BOB THOMAS PASAOENA. Calif. Grace Kelly stepped off a train Tuesday j into a barrage of questions over j where she will marry iMonaco's ! Prince Rainier III and said cooly: j It makes no uiference. The chief of the Prince's private cabinet had said it would be in , Monaco. Grace's family had said nothing is decided, "there must be a mis understand in r." All those captivated by the ro mance between the movie queen , and the European prince had been awaiting Miss Kelly's arrival here from the Fast, thinking she would clear the matter up. But she indicated only that it was a small matter indeed. 099 Phon ORchard 3-4455 Roseburg, Oregon Freight Service Near Normal On Siskiyou Line , Communication troubles still are plaguing the Southern Pacific Co. on its Siskiyou line through Rose burg, but freight service is just about back to normal after last week'a snow storm. Bill Peebles, assistant district freieht and Dassenser aticnt here. said operations will he normal again in a very few days, unless another storm strikes. The company's telephone and telegraph wires still were out this morning. Some signals, out tem porarily, have been repaired. Southern Pacific had barely opened the line after December floods when the snow storm dis rupted it again, Peebles said. Serv ice was delayed last weekend, and some spots still call for a slow down by rolling stock passing over them. There were a few minor slides in this area, but most of the trouble was to the south, Peebles said. There is still quite a bit of work to do to bring the roadbed back to normal,' especially in the Cow Creek area. Numerous waihouts and places where washouts threaten are still being repaired. One of the danger spots, Peebles said, is at Roberts Mountain south of Roseburg where an engineer bas been standing by almost constantly since Christmas. A few trees had to be cleared from the tracks, both to the north and south, hut the major trouble at the moment is disruption of communi cations. Tenmile Resident Passes Sunday Elbert Smith, 88, resident of the Tenmile community since 1931, died Sunday following a prolong ed illness. He was born Nov. 30, 1867 at Scligman, Mo. He was married Sept. 25. 1899 at Newton County. Mo., to Mahala Josephine Garner, who preceded him in death on Nov. 26, 1955. He was a member of the Bap tist Church. Surviving are three children, Byrd B. Smith and Randolph Smith of Tenmile. and Mrs. Ches ter (Opal) Skinner of Eugene; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Bailey of Ex eter, Mo., and Mrs. Etta Miller of Montezuma, Kan.: two grand children and one great - grand child. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Long and Orr Mort uary Wednesday at 2 p.m.. with the Rev. Henry I. Fox of the First Baptist Church officiating. Concluding services and inter ment will follow in the Tenmile Cemetery. Mild Economic Decline Seen By Bank Manager (Continued from Page One) surplus," Schmeer said, "if Its not lost on income tax reductions." Business will probably spend more on capital outlay in 1956, he forecast. The total figure could reach between 40 and 45 billions. Inventories Vulnerable The nation is "vulnerable" in the field of inventories. Schmeer be lieves stock on hand has re turned "back where we didn't want 'em in 1953" and he believes the nation "cot a little fat in 1955 in building them up." Attention was focused on the au tomobile industry and its booming sales. Schmeer noted a national tendency to elongate time pay ments, as much as 48 months on some contracts. He commended the "good, strong (auto) dealers in Roseburg who are holding to 30 month contracts. The increase in payment length has boomed the car industry, he thinks. He noted the "over-valued merchandise goes back on the counter for resale. Construction will decrease slight ly this year, if Schmeer's figures are correct. He pointed out that savings and loan associations got in a situation in 1955 where sav ings increased 14 hillions while loans went up 38 billions. In other fields. Schmeer says prices, wages and exports should stay about the same in 1956 as they were last year. Summing up 1955 earlier, he said the budget had come within an eyelash of balancing, that credit "really tightened" and that the year's strong point, a low inven tory, would not be repeated in 1956. For several years the banker, has forecast the business picture. His title this year was "What's the Fix in '56?" lie was introduced by ew chamber President J. Roland Parker. The imaginary gavel of the president was turned over to Parker hy outgoing President Le roy Hiatt at the noon session. TO TILLER Tiller PTA members discussed a weighty subject at their Monday night session. It concerned possible consolidatuon of the Tiller School District with that of Days Creek. Guest speaker before the group was county school Supt. Kenneth F. Rarneburg. m:- -- MM Surveys To Find Main Sewer Lines In West Roseburg The surveys to find lines of main sewers in West Roseburg are to start this week, City Manager George Farrell said today. The work is to be done by Cor nell, Howland, Hayes and Merry field, Corvallis engineers under (contract to the city. I Farrell said the survey work will iaxe neany a montn and tne city probably will be ready to call for bids on the trunk sewer on the north side of the river, on four lat eral trunk sewers and the sewage treatment plant. The money for construction wai voted Dec. 8, when voters approv ed a ai.iuu.uuo oona issue. Site of the treatment plant will be decided in the engineering sur- I vey. First lines will be run on the main trunk sewer beside the river. An adjustment in the Corvallis company's contract with the city wa approved Monday night by the City Council. The original survey of sewer needs was completed by the firm for $5,000. That amount. It was stipulated, would be credited to the city by the company should the city allow the firm to do construc tion engineering work. At the time, however, it was an ticipated that both storm and san itary sewers would be constructed by a bond issue. The storm sewers, it since has been decided, will be built out of money budgeted an nually by the city. So the Corvallis company asked that only about half the $5,000 be credited to the city. In return, the company agreed 10 aDsoro all sur veying costs, which Farrell said would run between $8,000 and $12, 000. The surveying costs were to have been charged to the city at a rate of about $74 a day. The contract between the city and company calls for payment to the company of 5 per cent of all construction costs. Edwin C. Sands, 53, Dies Following Brief Illness Edwin G. Sands, 53, died early today at a local hospital follow ing a brief illness. He was born July 15, 1902 in Wyoming, and was a resident of the Melrose area. 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That was auite a job be- j cause along with the effigy they carried a 50-pound basketball i backboard with a sign, "To Hell iwith Olin Wills." The demonstration left other signs disparaging Wills and Fran cis Trusty, vice principal. Wills said the demonstration ap parently was the result of his 'crackdown on illegal activities hy I high school clubs. He suspended 38 'students before Christmas but re instated them later, on a proba tionary basis. RETURNS TO FT. BRAGO Pvt. Susan Potter. Roseburg, has returned to Ft. Bragg. N.C., where she is stationed with the Women's Army Corps. She arrived in Hosedurg Dec. 24 and spent me i holidays here. She is serving with the Army Medical Corps at Ft. I Bragg Army Hospital. RENT Axlronnle Tht Inner that Irons mythlng yon cm wash! Frttta fr . ftitk- IMU ,7 tTHiRll TOUt ISCUWVt ClOJJJtHMJU MAlll On Sale . . . Hundreds of nation ally-known jewelry purchased at tremendous savings through our Jewel House multi-million dollar buying group... 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FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT The Douglas County Court ac cepted a deed and made payment Monday for a 50-foot wide strip of land on the North Myrtle Road for improvement and straigtening of of the road. The deed was accepted from Fred A. and Rachel McCormach. The court authorized payment of $50 for the deed. LIQUOR LICENSE The Douglas County Court Mon day approved issuance of a Class A package liquor license request ed by Adolph W. Drager, who wish es to open a package store at 1605 N. Stephens St. The court approved issuance of the license after a re port from Sheriff Ira C. Byrd. ' csmptitly viable tndi ll X and Ironlnq itiet). Ireni any wkcrt a hand iron wilt . 1 1.00 of week Intludtt llvvry od inttriictlflM M. I Complttt th limerick on the coupon below and bring or mail it to Hor;.'t Appliance. The best entry received this week will win 10 doyi free ute of a deluxe Iron rite with on free There woi young woman from Drain Who (ton dint) to iron gave pain. 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