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2 Th Nowt-Rtvitw, Rowkurg, Clenn Williams Of Clendale Dies Glenn Shafer Williams, 67, of Glendale passed away in a Rose burg hospital Monday afternoon following a lenguiy illness. Mr. Williams was born in Adair County, Missouri, May 17, 1838, he moved to Canyonville in 1944 and to Glendale in 1933. He is survived by a daughter. Mrs. Mildred Judge of Ecorse, Mich., two sons, Don of Glendale and Harold of Highland rark Midi., and five grandchildren. His wife preceded him in death in 1933. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Olivet Presbyterian Church, Glendale, with the Rev. Wayne Wattman of ficiating. Interment will follow in the Glendale Masonic Cemetery. Ganz mortuary of Myrtle Creek nas cnarge oi arrangements. Commercial Fishing Aired At Chamber Meet (Continued from Page Out) it has resulted from circumstances outside their control." OvrEscaptment Bad In answer to fishing figures on eiicapemcnt "gleefully used" by tne new commercial fishery. Cellars pointed out the fallacy of ine uigKer me escapement, ine nigger uie return." Over-escapement Is worse than under-escapement. he said, be cause of the scanty food supply. "You can t crowd too many cat tle in a field or they'll all die." Fish taken in coastal streams number higher now than in previ ous years, according to Oregon run commission ligures. ne said He cited the case of the Ncstucca ilivcr, where he alleged conditions are no better now than when it was closed to commercial fishing 30 years ago. Noting that the world supply of saimon is aiminisning, cellars said that the food supply belongs to ine punnc at large, in the "new commercial fishery" the product is avauaoie only to uie fisherman and his fellow fishermen. Sportsman Pays The citizen who obtains his salm on through the channels of the or iginal commercial fishery "gets it at lar loss cost than does the av erage angler who catches his own fish." The growth of angling, or the "new commercial fishery," Is un fettered by any serioua attempts at restraint, "but in the face of a declining resource, it is being con stantly stimulated and increased by the able writers and sportscas ters who are continually lirinfiin" in new recruits and who, perhaps unwittingly, assist in the depletion by directing the tide of fishing ef fort to spots where fish are avail able." After lashing out against those who are opposing our existence by donning "a halo or unselfish ness. Cellars proposed that: (1) Commercial and SDorts fish ing be put under one regulating agency (Oregon Fish Commission), (2) Streams be cleared of debris created by Jogging oporat ons. (3) Impoundment dams be built on upper reaches of streams. (4) The policy of "ballot bi ology" be abandoned with replace ment by regulation based on sci entific study and a planned and pennamont management program. Statements Denied He added that statements to the effect that commercial fishing in terests control the Oregon Fish Commission are "plain and out right falsehoods." The reconl of restrictions placed on net fisher men show this, he said As to coastal stream closing, he pointed out that the fish commis sion now has the power to do so and will if its studies kvlirato such action necessary. Ccllnis was introduced by pro gram chairman Charles V. Stanton, editor of The News-Review and one of the most outspoken propon ents oi stream closure. Accompanying cellars were 1- red Andrus. editor of the Aitorl- an-Budget and hearty supporter of ins area s net n.inermen, and Har ry Swanson, an Astoria Chamber of Commerce director. Andrus and Stanton have been dueling with words for several years. Cellars replaced T. F. Sandoi as speaker at the forum. Sandoi, vice president of the packers associa tion, was ill with laryngitis. YOI I Should Know VU This Man HIS NAME IS Don Forbes Ht May Hold th Kty to your FUTURE FINANCIAL SUCCESS Gftll or Write DON FORBES Representing Sun Life of Canada Douqlas County State fcank Building Roseburg, Ore Phone OR 3-8 1 84 Or. Tut. Jon. 31, 1956 SP Dirt 'Dump' Given Study By Croup Monday (Continued from Pag One) flood damage when the water Is nigh. Monday, Gen. Beecher, SP oi'fi cials and several observers made a study trip to the area. SP spokesman was J. N. Cetin ich, assistant division engineer, Portland office. Other company of ficials were: Fred T. Odgers, as sistant bridge and building super- visor, Portland Division, Jack INeliy, soils engineer, San Francis co; 0. D. Young, engineering de partment, Portland. In the company, also, were Fred D. Gustafson, expert in dams and nydiauiic structures, in the Ore gon Slate Engineer's offk-c; Ren Irving, county engineer for the water resources survey; Arnold Severjon, office engineer for the southern Oregon division of t h e State Highway Dept; and repre sentatives of the press and radio. The latter three were invited by uen. Beecher. At 2:20 p.m. the party left the 'XS. Plywood grounds, north of L'liurd, and traveled to the slide areas in a railroad motor car. For the next 100 minutes, they inspect ed the area on the track side. Gen. Beecher re-emphasized his belief the railroad company was dumping without thought of the aft er effects. He said he had no solu tion but was merely stating the promem. Cetinich, as SP spokesmen, coun tered with these points: (1) That the whole hillside area Is sliding into the river. He showed broken and twisted drain tunnels put in by SP to suck moun tainside water into the river. The tunnels, he said, were pushed from snape Dy the continuing eartn pros sure. (2) That the company seeks to stop the slides by draining the mountainside. At one spot a 1,50a foot pipeline has been run to the top of the mountain to tap water areas. (3) That SP has, in some areas, placed riprap along the river side of the track. Cetinich said "we don't want to lose the railroad." He showed ar oas where fill beneath the tracks must be added constantly, while the earth slides down. Spokesmen Beecher suggested that SP could carry away slide material in railroad cars. As the party examined. SP workmen worked to remove slides along the stretch. On one point the opposing groups agree. Both want to stop the slides, Railroad officials are in the coun ty to examine the cause and ef fects of the controversy. Meanwhile. Gen. Beecher and his group continue the battle. Ul timately, they seek legislation to prevent such "dumping." As the general noted Monday, "the fight is not against SP alone, but against any such abuses responsible for sill in the river." Such action dam ages spawning grounds, builds up river channels and increases the likelihood of property damage, h contends. After the tour, part of the group adjourned to an area across the river for an overall view. There Gustafson observed that SP's ac tions of installing drainage tunnels and applying riprap were slide con trol helps. But he noted that dump ing of material over the side at the point of the slide "lias a tend ency to deflect the current during flood stage. He thought placement of riprap along the face of lower sudes would keep material now dumped over the side "from being washed away during floods. The dumping wouldn t alter cur rent during average water, but Gustafson thought continued effect might be a current change during flood stage. He thought the rail road company might better spread dump material over a larger area and do a little more slope trim ming in the warm months." His comments were observa tions, not directives. Four Americans Among Dead In Plant Crash (Continued from Paga One) nights and four day of exposure The West Pointer's three com panions, all National Guard of fl cor on an inspection flight with him, almost miraculously survived the ordeal of the crash and the bitter cold. National Guard officers reported all were in Rood condition Tuesday, although one was reported to have suffered severe frostbite. One of the men was rescued from the wreckage with Gen. Noyes. The other two were found as they hiked along the tortuous 25-mile route to Nome in search of aid. Noyes had a u f f e r d head in juries, cut and "nearly froum face, arms and legs," the National Guard said. Noves and Maj. Robert Kotb, the piano's pilot and an Army ad visor with the National Guard, were rescued from the wreckage by three bush pilots and a drug gist who carried them to the plateau-like top of the mountain against which the plane crashed. After a paramedic team dropped to the scene Monday, Noyes and Kolb were kept in the wrecked plane, which provided some pro tection from tne winds and cold, until a doctor reached the plane. Kolb suffered only minor injuries and nome exposure. Noyes' twisted body remained in the same position it tool; Friday when the plane crashed and slid 300 feet down the icy slopes of the barren mountainside. The plane crashed on the return flmht from Slmhmaref, a native village on the opposite side of the peninsula that juts out toward Siberia. The two men riding with Noyes and Kolh, Sgt. Richard August of Nome, the mechanic, and Maj. Francis Siegwart, commander of the Alaska National Guard's 1st Scout Itattalion here, started the long walk from the crash scene to Nome Sunday, two days after the plane crashed. They were spotted from the air ami intercepted on the ground shortly after a Civil Air Patrol plane piloted by Phillip Lancaster or Nome located noyes downed craft. RepaUicaas Can't Count On Getting Cooper To Run WASHINGTON on Republican strategists got word today they probably can't count on John Sher man Cooper as a Kentucky candi date in their uphill battle to re tain control of the Senate. Cooper, now ambassador in In dia, is reported to have told friends he prefers to remain in that post rather than to undertake what promises to be a strenuous cam paign. He is now in Washington for consultation. Democrats outnumber Republi cans 49-41 in ine senate, up this year are 17 Republicans and 15 Democrats II of the latter in Southern states which traditionally go Democratic. Kentucky, a border state, is one where GOP leaders have entertained hopes of gaining a seat in the November elections. Sen. Clements of Kentucky, the assistant Democratic leader, has potential trouble within his own party. Gov. A. B. (Happy) Chan dler has indicated he will back some other candidate, presaging a tough primary battle. Because of this situation, Repub licans have been counting on Democratic factional differences to better their chances to pick up a Senate seat in a state President Eisenhower lost by only 700 votes in 19-iz. Reconciling Location Of Library It Problem (Continued from Page One) ine about $1.66 per capita to oner- ate. The new county library will cost anout w cents. But out-of-towners. by and large won't be able to take advantage of the 12-hour services of the main facilities. The question was posed Monday night: la the extra service worth $8, (WO a year, more or less, to the city? That figure was recommended to the council, as a committee of the whole. Councilman James Knudtson, a member of the City Library Board. said the board came up with that figure after the County Library Board had suggested that aid would be welcome. Combined with the 90-cent-per- capita county figure, the $3,000 from Roseburg would put Rose burg's contribution to the new li brary back at approximately the; $1.65 per person sum. I Knudtson also suggested mat tne City Library Board might be con tinued to enter into a contract with the county board to assure the maintenance ot the 12-nour per day service of the county library. The S8.000. Knudtson suggested, might not be asked annually. It might become less if the county itself put more money into the project. His olea. and that of Carlson, he- camo the center of a two-hour dis cirsion which finally ended much as it had started. Councilmen, obviously in sym pathy with Carlson and Knudtson, but wnrv of taxation, asked: I Wouldn't Hoseburg be paying out of proportion to the amount put into the county treasury by other cities? Wouldn't the rural and suburban areas, which have about 60 per cent of the county's population, be getting a ride because the library support rate would be about 90 cents? What would the people in Rose burg think? Could the money be budgeted or would it come from a special serial levy? It was felt the people might support a levy in a vote. And so on. The discussion ended in a rather indefinite way. Councilman Ken neth Ellison moved that the coun cil, as a committee of the whole, vote on Feb. 14, its next meeting, to decide whether the city library should be merged with the coun ty s. With Knudtson still maintaining that $8,000 is a reasonable amount f. - the city to contribute, the coun cil unanimously approved the ques tion which it will put to itself two week hence. Knudtson is to present the rec ommendations from the City Li brary Board again. Meanwhile, the question must be resolved soon. Budget time is at hand for both city and county, and each government must either ap prove or reject library budgets. Carlson said that if Hose burg was to provide site, building and other facilities, as the smaller cit- I ic presumably Mill do. it would 'cost in (he ncightorhood of $136,- 000 to get a library on the order of the county's. Knudtson pointed out that Miss Muriel Mitchell, Roseburg's librar ian, had been offered the county librarian position, but had turned it down for "personal reasons" be fore it was accepted by Miss Carol Trimble Miss Mitchell commented on the aid-from-Roseburg question. The city snoutd ne tne leader in the li- nrary move, sne anvisea ine coun cil. She pointed out that the city would gain prestige through kick ing through with the extra cash; people would be attracted to the county seat. She also emphasized that small er city library facilities aren't on a 'low plane." She cited Myrtle Creek as an example, where the city has provided a separate build ing for its books. In many of the cities, the council chamber serves as the library. Roseburg Man Released On Bait; Case Pending Walter Vernon Miller, 20, Kose burg, has been released on bail from the Douglas County jail after having been charged with contri buting to the delinquency of a mi nor. He was arrested Jan. 20 in Eu reka. Calif. He is charged with causing two Myrtle Creek girls. U and 16, to become delinquent. FINED 325 Otis Stoner was found guilty br Dist. Judge Warren A. Woodruff on a charge of depositing debris on a public highway and was fined $25 Monday. The fine, however, was impended. The jud0 dismissed an assault and battery complaint against .Edith Phillips, Winston. The com- plaint was a private one. i r- iff r I i , k..(Vrri -" POINT IN QUESTION Charges that Southern Pacific Co. is dumping slide material into the South Umpqua River north of Dillaid were surveyed Monday by railroad of ficials, citizens and observers. (Top) Three slides in this area are trouble spots. River curves wide here. Winston folk say current has altered causing flood damage. (Middle) SP suffered slide damage. Communication poles were knocked asunder. Ben Irving observes. (Bottom) Friendly protagonists in slide survey were J. N. Cetinich, SP of ficial, second from left, ond Gen. Curtis T. Beecher, fourth from left. Others from left: Fred Gustafson, State fcngineer's office, Cetinich; 0 D. Young, SP; Beecher; Arnold Severson, State Highway Dept.; Fred Odgers, SP; ond Jack Neby, SP. (Paul Jenkins). OSC Suspends 4 More Students vwniti.i,i,i '.ti vii'KUll oiiiii: College Monday ninht announced rADlHI I Ii? m i Ci.l. nit; m?ji-ii3iuii ui luiu iiiuic stu dents. That mails ait- nnml.,.,,1 in past four days for breaking school rules. Th list frm r In K c,.cnAn,lAr1 were reported by college authori ties 10 nave ucen involved in a beer-drinking party in the central men's dormitory on the campus. College police said they broke in on the party about 1:15 a. m. Sat urday and found a large quantity TO BE b4'I' vm. ! A t (ttfjttpel of t(jt osc8 ROSEBURG FUNERAL HOME FUNERALS Phone ORchard 3-4455 Oak and Kane St. Roseburg, Oregon Adequate Free Porking w i '; ,;'' of beer bottles. Dean of Men L. E. Darlington identified the suspended as James Shull l'rttchard. Bangor. Pa.; Pete K. Martin, Hollywood. Calif.; Earl M. Young. Middletown, Pa., and John Hamilton Sears, Talo Alto, Calif. The suspensions, for an indefin ite period, were approved by Dr. A. L. Strand, college president. The college last Friday suspend ed two students, unidentified, on a charge of trying to steal examina tion papers. SINCERE ".nr;- i- " J? f Oregon Allotted More Anti-Polio Vaccine PORTLAND i Another shin- ; ment of Salk anti-polio vaccine has i been approved for Oregon and the State Board of Health said Monday : that those eligible for shots should make appointments with their ; physicians for them. ! The new allocation, enough for j 19.872 inoculations, will go into I commercial channels. I The new shipment will make the total so far available in Oregon : 213.207 shots. A board spokesman said that Oregon has not had i single case of paralytic polio anions thoie receiving two of the ,t. V. -. .rV- '- MARIETTA POWERS Licensed Lady Assistont I Musical Fantasy To Be Presented Here Wednesday A musical fantasy, designed par ticularly for children, will be pre sented in Roseburg Wednesday evening. It is "The Brementown Musi cians," story of four animals who save a prince, outwit villains and also ting and dance in real story book fashion. The play If based pn one of the Grimm fairy tales. It is sponsored locally by the American Assn. of University Women. It will be given in Central Junior High School, starting at 7:45 p.m. Director Burdette Fitzgerald of the performing company, the Chil dren's Theatre of the West, is a national authority on children's theater. She is past president of the National Children's Theatre Conference and has twice before directed children's plays present ed in Roseburg. Two western authors adapted the fairy tale for the Sacramento the atrical company. Mercedes Gard ner and Jeaa. Shannon Smith have worked with their own children and others to learn what young sters enjoy. Both are active in Camp Fire Girls and other organ izations. Jointly, they have been writing a children's radio pro gram, "The Adventures of Scoot er." The production runs for 75 min utes. AAUW President Mrs. Harold Hoyt Tuesday said the association attempted to make no profit on the performance. It is sponsored by AAUW for all interested per sons solely to bring "live theater" to the area, she said. Children, junior and senior high school and adult tickets will be on sale at Central. Off-Srreer Parking Problem Faces Council (Continued from Page One) is trying to obtain for the city for "public purposes." The historical society in October influenced Hep. Harris Ellsworth to intercede in the sale of the Lillie Moore property at Rose Street and Washington Avenue. Reason was the society wanted the old Moore house and its con tents for a museum building. The property was put up for auction by the General Services Administra tion. Two lots were sold on Oct. 4, but three lots, including the one on which the house stands, were held back on Ellsworth's interces sion. that time agreed tentatively that ' the society would take over the library site and planned to move i tne old nouse to the library lot, where the museum would be estab lished. Riddle said members of the so ciety were "perturbed by news re ports" that bearers of the peti tions would like to see the library property turned into a parking lot. Mrs. V. J. Micelli, a historical society member, said a bill to transfer the property is about to be presented on the floor of the U.S. Senate and a similar bill will be ready in the House in about two weeks. Alan Knudlson, speaking for the chamber, said an understanding between the chamber and society has been reached. The society would acquire the library oroDer- ty (provided the legislation pass- cl it tha hill ratiH. thai th 1 ill; .Moore property is to he reserved for "public ourDoses." The petitions (two sets are be ing circulated) were handed to the council by Emil Ramberg of the chamber committee. He said they reflect opinion of the uptown area almost 100 per cent" that close-in area should be purchased by the cay lor oil-street parking. Barker's mention of overtime parKing brought on a short dis cussion of the problem. There were suggestions that "meter-feeders' " and overtime parkers' cars be towed away when it becomes ob vious to police that no attempt to find other parking space is being made. The subject was tabled, howev er, until the problem could be "fit ted into the overall problem." in the words of Councilman Rohert Harris, who suggested that move. Councilman George Luoma, who at one time headed a council com mittee on off-street parking, said iuriner proixem exists can the city enter the parking lot tions for a 1956-57 building pro business and equitably assess storgram. Also slated for discussion is owners who have provided their i the Roseburg district's music pro own lots for customer parking? 'grain of the future. WE CAW KEEP TRACK OF GERTRUDE IN THOSE WEST ERN MOVIES NOW THE BOSS BOUGHT VS A T.V. SET FROM 517 S.E. Con Mrs. Silver Freed On Plea Of Guilty In Abortion Death f it ' MI TaUstan I MRS. GERTRUDE SILVER . . . freed by court PHILADELPHIA The mother of 22-year-old Doris Jean Ostreich er, who arranged the abortion which led to the girl's death, was freed Tuesday by a jury who said the memory of the tragedy should be "substantial and overwhelming punishment. Shortly before, a bartender and his beautician wife drew prison terms for the death of the food chain heiress. Strongly condemning the abor tion as contrary both to the laws of Pennsylvania and to the moral laws of the world, Judge Vincent A. Carroll freed Mrs. Gertrude Silver and rejected pleas for mercy by the attorney for Milton Schwartz, 42, and his blonde 38-year-old wife, Rosalie. The judge sentenced Mrs. Schwartz, who admitted on the wit ness stand Monday she performed the illegal operation, to an inde terminate prison term. Mrs. Schwartz, moaning and weeping hysterically, fainted and had to be carried from the crowded courtroom. As Mrs. Schwartz' cries echoed through the courtroom, Judge Car roll called up Schwartz and sen tenced him to 3 to 10 years In East State Penitentiary. Mrs. Silver, the dead girl's moth er, pleaded nolo contendere Mon day to being an accessory before the fact of abortion. Judge Carroll said that "further punishment" in Mrs. Silver's case "would be classified as legal re venge." Eisenhower, Eden Discuss Threat By WARREN ROGERS JR. WASHINGTON Ufi President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Eden met again Tuesday with Red China's "war if neces sary" threat to Formosa appar ently a prime topic in the second day of their talks. Both leaders had their Far East experts with them at a White House luncheon, attended also bv Secretary of State Dulles and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd. The presence of Walter S. Rob ertson and Sir Hubert Graves, both specialists on the Orient, empha sized that Far East questions were up for discussion. Friendj. And Family ki k J I ' Mourn Mencken's Death BALTIMORE A few old friends and the immediate family of H. L. Mencken gather today at an unnamed funeral home for last ceremonies for Ihe famed author. Mencken's brother August said either he or Hamilton Owens, ed- , ilor cnie' ol the Baltimore Sun- papers, with which Mencken was associated most f his life, would address the small assembly brief ly. "We'll simply tell them Harrv (the family nickname) left in structions there -was to be no re ligious service. But he did want a few old friends around to speed him on his way," said the 66-year-old August. SCHOOL BOARD MEET District 4 school board members will meet in special public session Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Central Jun ior High School. Supt. M. C. Deller said the board hones to rnme HoWlfnrth u'ith ilofinitn t-nr-nmmnnHa. Phone OR 3-3446
