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THE TWO BOYS in the soap Dox spill cmove are Larry
Ding and Charles Jones, both living on Currier street
north of Roseburg. The shot was tdken by one of their
playmates with a camera owned by Edna Richardson of
No. 158, same street.
Forty children of school age live on Currier, I am told,
and I reckon somewhere around half of them are boys.
These boys like Edna Richardson and Edna likes them.
An invalid, she is confined to a wheel chair. The boys
do all kinds of chores for her, largely gratis, including
the planting, growing and harvesting of a considerable
vegetable garden.
Born some three score years ogo- in a Montana min
ing community, and having traveled since over most of
tht seven seas as a stewardess on the Dollar Steamship
Line, Edna finally has dropped anchor in Douglas County.
She has sane (and decided) views on most subjects, in
cluding juvenile delinquency. "Delinquents indeed!" she
snorts. "Children, particularly boys, need proper guidance
'to become good citizens, inasmuch as most of us are
born wild Indians at heart. In my small way, and work
ing on other peoples' children at that, I try to help in
giving this guidance to them. I like children!"
One of her pet projects at the present moment, which
she isn't financially able to accomplish by herself, is to
obtain a lot of small wheels which her young friends need
in order to build their soop box "cars," not only to race
in the derby, but to have a whale a lot of good whole
some fun in between derbies. I think I know where I can
scare up a couple or so-how about you?
Forest Service Fights
Lightning-Caused Fires
Four spot fires in the Umpqua
National Forest were rcporlcd aft
er Thursday night's lightning
storm.
The fires were expected to be
controlled Friday, forest service
officials said.
Two of the fires broke out in
the Diamond Lake Ranger District,
one was in the North Umpqua dis
trict and one was reported on the
South Umpqua district above Til
ler. The latter was on a cut over
area. The other three weic be
lieved to be in green timber.
Lightning Thursday night was
blamed for starting two forest fires
in the area west ot Olendaie.
Douclas Forest Protective Assoc
fire crews were extinguishing the
two blazes Friday. One was con
fined to about a quarter of an
acre. DFPA spokesmen said. The
size of the other fire was
known.
not
5 Salem Men Rescued
After Boat Capsizes
NEWPORT, Ore. I The Coast
Guard rescued five Salem fire
men after a wave capsized their
boat in the ocean off Newport
Thursday.
A Coast Guard lookout was
watching when a breaker caught
their boat broadside. A rescue
boat reached them eight minutes
later. All were wearing life jack
ets, and four were clinging to the
overturned boat. The other had
drifted 150 feet away.
The five who had. gone lo the ;
ruaH lur a uitjr ui iiamiiK, weic.
Robert Blcgen, Royce Linhard,
James Stilson, Bertram Iverson
and Dean Hagedorn.
The Coast Guard towed their
boat in also, although their out
board engine and fishing gear
were lost.
Weinberger Kidnaping
Case Still Lacks Clue
WESTBURY, N. Y. I Today is
the ninth day since 5-week-o 1 d
Peter Weinberger was kidnaped.
Basically, there is nothing new
in the situation. The heart-rending
personal tragedy of Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Weinberger continues.
Each time the telephone rings
in their home they hope against
hope that this time it will be the
real kidnaper, with news of their
baby and how they can get him
back.
With deadly frequency, however,
it is some misguided crackpot or
.sadistic joker who pretends he
knows where the child is and
cruelly raises the Weinbergers'
hopes. i
CHILD STEALING CHARGED
A '31-year-old Winchester logger,
Carlton T. Williams, has been lodg
ed in Douglas County jail on a fugi
tive's warrant from Arizona charg
ing child stealing. Williams is being
held for Arizona authorities. Bail
was set at $1,000.
The Weather
Clsudv Saturday morning, ether -
wis. partly sunny Saturday. i
Highest temp, last 24 hours "
Lowtst temp, last 24 hours 0
Highest temp, any July 109 i
Lowest temp, any July 40
Preeip. last 24 hours 0
Pncip. from July 1 T
Precip. from Sent. I u-"jByrd
Excess from Sept
19.91
Sunstt tonight, 7:53 p.m.
Sunris tomorrow, 4:4S a.m.
Meat Cutters Get Pay
Hike, Welfare System
THE DALLES Itf Meat cutters
here and at Hood River will get
a pay increase and health and
welfare benefits under an agree
ment reached here Thursday
between union representatives and
market operators.
The new contract, effective July
15 and running to September,
1958, is subject to approval by the
45 meat cutters affected, but union
officials said they would recom
mend acceotance.
The agreement calls for $91 for
a 44-hour week until July l,
Then the work week will be
reduced to 42 hours with the same
I pay. Starting Jan. l, ism, ine
meat cutters wui receive i wr
a 40-hour week.
Employers will also contribute
S10.40 a 'month to a health and
welfare fund.
Meat cutters now receive $91 for
a 48-hour week.
The agreement was reached at
a meeting with Federal Mediator
George Walker, Portland.
Damaging Windstorm
Lashes Oklahoma Towns
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A violent windstorm struck the
Oklahoma Panhandle late yester
day, causing damage in North
Miami and Commerce. A 75-year-Old
woman and a 14 -year- old girl
were injured.
The highway patrol said the
winds reached velocities of 75 m.
p.h. At least half a dozen homes
Nor(h Miami (own of
500.
were severely damaged. Both in
juries occurred in North Miami.
Trees and telephone lines were
felled in Commerce, a town of
about 1.500 and the home of Mick
ey Mantle New York Yankee out
fielder. ALASKAN WOODS AFIRI
ANCHORAGE, Alaska A
rekindled forest fire near the Yu
kon River village of-Nulato in
Western Alaska raged unchecked
Friday.
Forestry Service observers esti
mated it already had blackened
78.000 acres, an increase of 18.000
acres in a week. Fire fighting
crews were being readied to head
for the scene as soon as the blaze
becomes accessible by boat or
plane.
Red Cross Chapter Chooses
New Heads At Annual Meet
Al Flegel was unanimouslv elect
ed chairman of the Douglas Coun
ty Chapter of the American Red
Cross Thursday evening at the 39th
annual meeting of the chapter.
He will succeed Shenlf Ira C
Byrd in the office.
Other officers elected for the
coming year include Del Durham,
first vice chairman; Walter Bark
er, second vice chairman; Mrs. E
R. Walton, treasurer and Mrs.
Leonard Riley, recording secre
tary. Harry Butler was named direc
tor for one year. Three year di-
roMnrc or lre Tapir rmmin.
W.r - s Ward RavmnnH xir UimU
Hovti jrs Rjey. Leon Bates,
judge Charles Woodrich, J. Clif-
ford Baxter, Wiluam Brinkley,
Dr- jonn st. Pierre, Dick Schultze,
Dr. j. M. Hutson, Don Kelley,
Walter Barker, Robert Allen, Stan
Olson, Fred Lockwood and Sheriff
The elections were held follow-
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Established 1873
Moore Home Gift Hearer
House Group
Joins Senators
With Okay
Formal Conveyance
To Roseburg Awaits
Decision By Congress
The U.S. House of Representa
tives Government Operations Com
mittee has okayed a bill which
would convey title to the Lillie
Moore house and its contents to
the Cily of Roseburg.
Rep. Harris Ellsworth telegraph
ed that information Thursday to
nirs. v. J. Aiiceiu, president of
the Douglas County Historical So
ciety. The bill, as amended by the
House committee, is similar lo one
apprbved Wednesday by the com
mittee's counterpart in the Senate.
The historical society stands to
gain because the Roseburg City
Council has committed itself to
giving the house and contents to
the society, ft is anticipated that
the society will move the Hi-story
frame house, which dates back to
territorial times, to the City Li
brary park on Rose Street. It will
De used as a museum, according
to present plans.
Ellsworth told Mrs. Micelli that
the committee report favors the
amended bill "so as to donate
house and contents to the Douglas
County Historical Society through
conveyance to the city."
Both the House and Senate com
mittees left donation of three lots
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Elks Lodge Expands Its
Recreational Projects
A project which originally aim
ed at improving the picnic area
near the Rod and Gun club on the
North Umpqua River has branch
ed out into a community-benefit
project.
The Roseburg Elks lodge is
spending about $3,000 on the proj
ect which will include picnic sites,
swimming facilities and restrooms.
Bill Holborow is chairman of the
projects. Elks members have been
spearheading the work, receiving
assistance from Rod and Gun Club
members and California-Oregon
Power Co. emnloves who have been
helping with the lighting of the
grounds.
Work involved in the area includ
ed leveling and clearing land,
eradicating poison oak, installing
60 new tables and several fire
places, and building a springboard
and life raft.
It is expected that the work will
be completed by Sunday in time
for the 60th annual Elks picnic
which is expected to attract nearly
2,500 persons.
several Roseburg business firms
have donated materials for the
work. Donors include Roseburg
Lumber, Nordic Plywood, Ump
qua Plywood, Hub Lumber, Round
Prairie Lumber, Hult Lumber,
Green Valley Lumber. Joelson
Lumber; Evans Products, Doug
las County Lumber. Ideal Cement
Co., Moore Steel, Gerretsen Sup
ply io., aam untes and Co., cop
co employes and Roseburg Shingle
Mill. I
FORGERY CHARGED
A former Malheur Countv resi
dent, Walter Wayne Wade, 21, of
Elkton. was arrested bv state Do-
lice 44 mUes up Smith River on a
warrant charuinc forgery and
knowingly ultcring and publishing
laise iiank checks, the warrant
was issued bv Malheur Countv au
thorities.
Wade, a construction worker.
posted a $1,000 bail bond in Eu
gene. A trial date has not been set.
Wade was lodged in Reedsnort cilv
jail, following his arrest.
ALBERT G. FLEGEL
. .Rid Cross chairman
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New Principal
JOHN B. COX
. DHS principal
The new principal of Douglas
High School is John B. Cox, 40,
District 116 School Superintendent
William Bromley announced this
week.
Cox is presently attending, sum
mer sessions at Oregon Stale
College and will take over his new
position when school is out at Cor
vallis, Bromley said. Cox succeeds
David Potter, who resigned fol
lowing the 1955-56 school year to
enter private business.
The new principal has had 16
years experience in the education
Held, for the past six years he has
been district school superintendent
at Mapleton, Iowa. A graduate of
Northwest Missouri State Teachers
College, he received his master's
degree in 1950 from the University
01 Iowa.
Cox will be no stranger to the
Northwest, however. He spent part
of his three-year stint in the Army
stationed at fort Lewis and in van'
couver. Wash. -
A member of the Methodist
Church, the Masonic Lodge and the
American Legion, Cox is married
and has three children.
Cypriots Cold Toward
Overture Of Britain
By ROBERT TUCKMAN
NICOSIA, Cyprus I A lead
ing Greek Cypriot spokesman re
jected Britain's new overture for
negotiations on self-government
for the violence-ridden island col
ony Friday. He said the British
will have to talk with exiled Arcn
bishop Makarios.
themistoclcs Dcrvis, mayor of
Nicosia and general secretary of
the Greek Nationalist Party, said
Greek Cypriot leaders would re
fuse to meet with Britain's Lord
Radcliffe. who is coming here to
start work on a new constitution
for Cyprus.
We shall not meet him, said
Dervis. "The archbishop is the
only one who has anything to say."
Archbishop Makarios, Greek
Orthodox Church head on Cyprus,
was deported to the Seychelles
Islands in the Indian Ocean by the
British last March after they ac
cused him of fomenting rebel vi
olence here.
Another Greek Cypriot leader
said Britain's latest appeal of
fered "no solution at all" and
termed it "a trick."
Shoplifting Mother
Gets Suspended Penalty
A voung mother of two. who
pleaded guilty earlier this week in
district court to a charge of lar
ceny of personal property under
75, received a suspended sentence
of one year Thursday and some
advice from District Judge War
ren Woodruff.
Judge Woodruff talked for some
time to Mrs. Freda Florence Wil
liams of 1129 NE Crescent St. He
reminded her that mothers should
not be common thieves. Mrs. Wil
liams is on probation under the
supervision of the Stale Board of
Parole and Pronation.
She admitted shoplifting small
items from two Roseburg stores
when she appeared in district
court Tuesday.
Myrtle Creek Burglary
Under Investigation
Theft of $73.50 in coins from the
Super Y Market in Myrlle Creek
late Wednesday evening is being
investigated by Myrtle Creek po
lice and the Douglas county sher
iff's office.
The burglary is believed to have
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occurred about 11 p.m., according) by about 800,000 men by 1960 was
to sheriff's deputy. Myrlle Creek I said to have united the service
Chief of Police James Haun was chiefs in vigorous protest against
called to the market Thursday aft-'his ideas.
er the theft was discovered. Entry
into the market was made through
a rear window which had been left
partly open, the deputy said.
ine theft was known wnen the
coins which had been in a box un
der the counter were found missing.
Taken were nine rolls of nickels,
one roll of half dollars, one roll
of quarters, two rolls of dimes.
nine rolls of pennies and $25 in
loose change.
ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY,
Master Units
Timber Sales
Beinq Planned
Priority To Be Given
Tracts Killed By Fire
Or Ravaged By Insects
Plans are now beine made bv
the Roseburg office of the Bureau
of Land Management for sale of
timber in the Douglas Master Unit
and the South Umpqua Master
Unit during 1957.
Priority for the sales will be
given to firs - killed, windthrown
and beetle infested timber, accord
ing to an announcement from the
office.
The District Forester has invit
ed interested parties to submit sug
gestions of timber to be included
in the timber sale plan as select
ing tracts of interest to bidders is
one of the considerations.
The release of such a plan noti
fies the prospective bidders well
in advance so that all who wish
to do so may participate in the
bidding.
Operators who wish to suggest
such tracts have been asked to
contact the District Forester's of
fice in the Marion Building, 744 SE
Jackson St., as soon as possible.
Deadline for suggestions is Aug.
15.
The approximate volume budg
eted for sale in this district in
cludes 106.3 million board feet in
the Douglas Mastor Unit and 25.5
million feet in the South Umpqua
qua unit.
' Plans lor me sales are prepared
bv the office on the basis of the
available cut under sustained yield
(Continued on Pago 2 Col. 2)
Oakland Adopts School
Budget In Second Vote
Only one school district in the
county is now wilhout a budget.
An election Thursday at Oakland
resulted in approval of the school
district's budget of $63,238 outside
the 6 per cent limitation. The bud
get had been turned down last
month.
The budget carried by a vote of
143 to 130, according lo correspond
ent Mrs. Edith Dunn.
The only budget still undeter
mined is that of Camas Valley,
which was defeated a second time
Wednesday. It will be voled on
again Aug. 3.
Meanwhile, another school mat
ter was being voted on today in
the Tiller - Days Creek area. The
two districts have called for a vote
on consolidation of the two districts.
The polls will be open at the
schools from 2 to 8 p.m.
On Wednesday, the Days Creek
budget amount of $15,843 outside
the 6 per cent limitation was ap
proved by a vote of 77 to 26. Also
approved was the Tiller budget
by a vote of 51 lo 26. In both areas,
it was the biggest vote in the
history of the districts.
Douglas Forest Acreage
Classification Slated
SALEM III Classification of
some 18.176 acres of forest lands
in six Western Oregon counties
under the forest fee and yield tax
act has been ordered by the state
Tax Commission.
Acreages involved in the shift
include Clackamas 3,175, Colum
bia 4,361, Douglas 2.919, Marion
3,516, Washington 2,124 and Yam
hill 2.048.
These lands are placed on a
special assessment roll as of July
1 and will be subject to an annual
forest fee of five cents
acre
and a 12' ? per cent yield tax.
Defense-Planning Half Order Arouses Ire
Of Armed Forces' Brass Against Radford
NEW YORK Wl The New York
Times said today that strategic
planning of America s defense re
portedly has been halted until aft
er the November election because
of a "revolt" by the chiefs of the
three armed forces against Adm.
Arthur W. Radford.
A proposal by Radford, chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
to slash the nation's armed forces
In a dispatch from Washington,
the Times said the three chiefs
objected to Radford's proposal on
the grounds the reduction would
shrivel U.S. armed force contribu
tions to the defense of Em: ope.
The Times said:
"The political implications ofiwav:
his concept of policy for three
1 years ahead, signifying in effect
a withdrawal to a fortress Amer -
JULY 13, 19S6
AWAIT HEARING The
preliminary hearings in
on charges of assault while armed with a dangerous weap
on. All are being held in the county jail, each under
$2,500 bail. They were identified by Sheriff Ira C. Byrd
from left to right as: Marion N. Harris, 26, of Roseburg;
Lester LaBonte, 23, of Glide; and James Howard Eaves,
27, of Roseburg. They are charged with beating and rob
bing George Joseph Altschaffl, 29, of Artesia, Calif. In
volved also is a threat with a knife. (Paul Jenkins).
Friday 13 th Jinx Debunked
By Noggin Twist Authority
NEWARK, N.J. un You are
convinced that today, Friday the that bosh. To people who are su
13th will be an unlucky dav? ' pcrslitious. this is a serious mat-
Then watch out, says a Rutgers
university sociologist, xou may
"tighten up" so much you'll be
dangerous to yourself.
Dr. Joseph B. Maier, assistant
professor of sociology at the Rut
gers Newart College of Arts and
Sciences, said today that the evil
attributed to some magical beliefs
and practices actually may be
brought about by persons who be
lieve in them.
"Think of unlucky days, magic
onencd indoors, knocking on wood.
and the Uku.'' be .said, "and you,
cannot escape the impression that
modern society is not so tar re
moved from beliefs in other (ban
natural causes. The business about
Friday the 13th is, of course, bosh.
"But what the sociologist can
not overlook is the fact that lots
Douglas Firms Bid High
At Umpqua Forest Sale
Two limber tracts containing
nearly 15 million board feet of
timber went to local firms at an
Umpqua National Forest timber
sale Thursday.
Douglas Veneer Co., Roseburg,
paid the appraised price of $158,
215 on 8,300,000 feet of timber in
the Little River Ranger District,
43 miles east of Roseburg. The
purchase included 7,100,000 board
feet of Douglas Fir and Pine ap
praised at $21.65 per thousand and
1.200,000 feet ot while lir and other
species-al $3.75. uougias veneer
was the only bidder.
A tract of 6.300,000 board feet
of timber in the South Umpqua
Ranger District, 16 miles northeast
of Tiller, was sold to Umpqua Ply
wood Corp., Myrtle Creek, for
$184,665. The timber, on 126 acres,
was appraised at $167,765. It in
cluded 5,200,000 board feet of Doug
las Fir at $24.25, 800,000 feet of
sugar pine at $49.85 and 300,000
feet of minor species al $5.95.
The Myrtle Creek firm bid $27.-
50 on the Douglas fir and the ap
praised price on the others. Fuller
Brothers of Days Creek was the
only other bidder.
POLITICAL PATRONYMIC
MUSKOCEE, Okla. W The
parents of a recently discharged
veteran here left no doubt about
their political views when they
named him 23 years ago. The
name on the veteran's honorable
discharge is New Deal Goode.
ica, were reported to have
alarmed high Defense Department
officials. The result was an order
to put strategic planning 'on ice'
until afler the election."
Who gave the stop order was
not learned but it was assumed
that it was either Defense Secre
tary Charles E. Wilson or Reuben
B. Robertson Jr., his deputy.
The Army reportedly was brac
ing itself for a possible cut of 80,
000 to 100,000 men in the fiscal
year 1958 which starts next July
1, and it was estimated that such
a reduction would mean the with
drawl of 40,000 men from over
seas bases.
US Economy Put First
The Times said sources familiar
with Radford's concept and views
summarized his proposals in this
, Protection of the nation's econ-
omy is an overriding requirement
land the defense budget in 1960
164-56
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three men above are awaiting
Doualas Countv District Court
of people believe in and act on
tor. So serious that they .lend to
he worrisome, tighten up and ac
tually may be dangerous to them
selves,
Dr. Maier said some people be-
lieve the Friday the 13th jinx be-
gan at the time of the crucifix on,
which look place on a Friday after
ennst met with his 12 disciples,
There were 13 in the room.
U.S.Spurns Nuclear Ban
Pending Safeguards " '
UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. Ufl
The United States firmly rejected
Soviet-supported proposals by In
dia and Yugoslavia for a ban on
experimental explosions of nuclear
weapons Friday.
Ambassador James J. Wads-
worth told the U.N.'s 12 - member
ber Disarmament Commission
such testing will continue until an
international agreement can he
reached establishing safeguards
against the possible use ot these
weapons.
in the absence of such an
agreement," Wadsworlh said, "the
United States considers the test
ing of nuclear weapons is essen
tial for our own defense and for
the safety of our friends."
Al the same tune the U.S. dele
gate said:
We shall continue to work lor
an agreement in -which the limi
tation of tests would be an inte
gral part and we will do evcry
ling we can to assure that radia
tion will not rise above tolerable
levels."
State Fish Commission
Names New Director
PORTLAND (A Millon C.
James, 59, research coordinator
for the Pacific Marine Fisheries
Commission here, will become
slate director for the Oregon Fish
Commission Aug. 1.
He will succeed M. T. Hoy, who
after 33 years with the commis
sion, is being assigned other
duties.
The slate Fish Commission an
nounced the appointment Thurs
day. James, a graduate of the
School of Fisheries at the Univer
sity of Washington, formerly was
a member of the international
Halibut Commission and Intcr
Amcrican Tropical Tuna Commis
sion. He also held fisheries posts
wiin me leuerai government.
must ba held under 40 billion dol
lars. The objectives in this period
would be to reduce the Army by
450,000 men, the Navy and Marine
Corps by 200,000 and the Air Force
by 150.000.
Any war most likely would be a
general one, short, violent and in
volving nuclear weapons. Conse
quently, Army forces overseas
would be reduced to "token
forces" with atomic weapons.
In a war the Army would not be
committed, except for token forc
es, because both mobilization day
and D-Day would be simultaneous.
Hence decisive action might take
place before the Army could be
shiDDed overseas.
The National Guard and Army
reserves would be employed
; civil defense and related roles,
Thc Strategic Air Command;
would be the dominant force and .. ' ri.r.
the Navy's primary mission would,8 predicted b.g deficit. Cheer
be antisubmarine warfare. iful news for Friday the 13th.
Federal Fund Allotted
To State Spurs Action
For Needed Projects
A delegation of Douglas County
government and civic officials,
spurred by the prospect of big fed
eral aid money coming into the
state, today were . in Salem to
plead for construction of three ma
jor highway projects.
Tho projects are: The four-lane
bridge over the South Umpqua to
replace the present Oak Avenue
Bridge in Roseburg: the Rose-
Stephens Street one-way couplet;
and surfacing one section of the
North Umpqua Highway and grad
ing oi a second section.
The bridge and couplet both are
part of the recommendations of
State Highway Commission engi
neers, who completed a traffic and
street survey in Roseburg in 1954.
ine North umpqua Highway
work is part of a long-standing
battle by the Roseburg Chamber of
Commerce and Douglas County
Court to complete a highway ,
across the Cascade mountains
from central Douglas County to
Diamond Lake and Highway 97.
The delegation was to contact
the Highway Commission, which is
meeting in Portland this week on
highway mntters. County Judge
Carl C. Hill, Commissioners W. T.
Evans and Frank Ashley, Mayor
trncst At. Barker Jr., City Man-
(Continued on Page 2 Col. S)
Highway Board Opens
Bids On Jobs In Douglas
Bids on four highway projects
in Douglas County were opened
Thursday by the Oregon Highway'
v-uni mission at lis meeting in rort
land. Two of the projects ara
to correct slide areas.
Henry H. Miller, Roseburg, was
awarded the contract on a project
to correct a slide area on Pacific
Highway 18 miles south of Cottage
Grove. He bid $11,398.
lie was also the apparent low
rAf?. "aPiirrec'
C " "A " ? VT".,
Reedsport and Dean
Creek. The bid was $39,733.
The other two nroiects both in
volve the Pacific Highway near
Roseburg. The first is to install
19,000 feet of guardrail five miles
south of the city. Vern Hoaglin,
Beavcrton, was the apparent low
bidder at $16,9:15.
Ernest Ferrante & Co. was the
apparent low bidder on the second
project which is to install an auto
matic irrigation system, nlml
trees, shrubs, vines and grass
aiung ine nignway near Koseourg.
The Portland firm's bid was $22,
235. Meanwhile, C. R. O'Neal of Cres
well was awarded a contract -to
grade and pave .38 mile of Pa
cific Highway 13 miles north of
Grants Pass. His bid was $170,311.
Charge Of Assaulting
Boy With Cun Faced
A 23-year-old Roseburg man.
Lauren Wilbur Koch, Hartz Trail
er Court, was arraigned in district
court Thursday on a charge of as
sault and battery by means of
force likely to produce great bodily
injury.
Complainant wuma Holmes.
Roseburg, said he beat up Jerry
Holmes, 17, July 3, by hitting him
with a revolver. She said the youth
suffered facial cuts.
Lauren Koclrs preliminary hear
ing has been set for Monday at 4
p.m. He was lodged in county jail.
Bail was set at $1,000. He was ar
rested by state police and sheriff's
deputies.
Now Municipal Airport
Manager Coming Monday
Bud C. Darling, the Cily Coun
cil's choice to manage the Rose
burg Municipal Airport, will be
here Monday to discuss a lease
with the city, according to City
Manager George Farrell.
Darling, formerly a Troutdale
crop-dusting operator, was chosen
by the Council last month to re
place Shirley Wardle, whose lease
at the airport terminated.
Farrell said the flier has been
in the city several times during
the past tew days to inspect air-
port facilities.
Loggers Hospitalized
From Work Injuries
Two local men who were injur
ed in logging accidents Thursday
were reported in improved condi
tion Friday at Douglas Community
Hospital.
Rex Hyde, 34, Suthcrlin, was
being treated for fractured ribs
and back injuries. Hyde works
for the J. D. Pfaff Logging Co.
Alfred Benson, 31, received back
and shoulder injuries in a loading
accident at the George Logging
Co., Glide.
C' Ming all prophets of
gloom: Heavily increased ta
collections, plus others still to
accrue this year, indicate that
the State of Oregon will have
an estimated surplus of $21
million at the end ot the bien-
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Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Reizenstein