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COUNTY FAIR WEEK
Bv Charles V. Stanton
The Doutrlas County Fair opens tomorrow and con
tinues throughout the week. It is to be the bipgest fair
hold to dale. It will exceed all previous fairs in exhibits,
displays, concessions, entertainment and prizes. It is antic
ipated that it also will excel in attendance. It should.
Personally. I have been most pleasantly surnrised by
th mnfimieri imnrovement
emintv fair.
Agriculture no longer is Douglas Counlv's chief source
of revenue. In fact, agriculture lags far behind the timber
industry as contributor of our economy. The percentage of
population directly interested in agriculture is small, com
pared with people concerned with other industry and busi
ness. County fairs traditionally are linked with agriculture
and agricultural production. Fairs were originated to stim
ulate competition in production, improve production meth
ods and to satisfy social needs in a society In which com
munication was extremely limited.
With the coming of better roads, automobiles, tele
phones, and other methods of transoortation and communi
cation, isolation largely disappeared as a factor and influ
ence in agricultural life.
Interest' In Fairs Lags
Something very important went out of the make-up of
the county fair when it lost its camp ground. In the early
days a fair attracted a tent city. Many farm friends met
only once a year in those camps. The farm family, living
in isolation throughout most of the year, looked forward
eagerly to the social contacts of the county fair.
As the farmer was freed from isolation, he also gained
access to technical help. Instead of having to wait to ex
change information and compare production methods once
a year, the county agent became a regular visitor while
the agricultural college began supplying an extensive bul
letin service.
The county fair, lacking the compelling reasons for its
creation, began .lagging in interest and participation until
few remained.
They were replaced in many localities by rodeos, tim
ber celebrations, various types of festivals, race programs,
and other such community entertainments.
But in Douglas County there remained a spark of in
terest in the county fair. That spark was fanned into life.
We can tqchU the very humble beginnings of the fair as it
was revived. And if we will ston long enough to review
the rapid growth of our county fair we will be liberal in
our commendation of the County Fair Roard and the Coun
ty Fair Manager, who have achieved such a great measure
of success in so few years.
Can Serve Farm Industry
The county fair, in my opinion, as it grows in import
ance, also is growing in needed influence upon our agricul
tural economy.
Perhaps I am being unfair, but I feel that Douglas
County's farm population has been somewhat; negligent in
the matter of self-help. Time and again we have heard
farmers complain because the business interests of the
city weren't doing enough for the county fair, the turkey
show, or other agricultural activity. Too many of our
farmers, it seems to me, want things done for them instead
of doing things for themselves.
The county fair apparently is serving in a very large
measure to develop more interest in agricultural promotion.
H seems to be getting more and more farmers interested
in collective development. It also appears to be drawing
farm, business and industrial interests into closer coopera
tion. Douglas County's agricultural income could be vastly
increased. We are barely touching the productive capac
ity of our soil. If our agriculturists would undertake re
search into methods of maximum production, most effici
ent utilization, best products to meet local conditions, and
other such factors, and would promote cooperative action
to develop a higher production, our agricultural economy
could be materially improved. At the same time our gen
eral economy would not be as dependent upon a single in
dustry, as at present.
The county fair is serving as an influence toward bet
ter agricultural practices, improved cooperation and uni
fied endeavor. It doubtless will help in eventual expansion
of our agricultural economy.
The fair, with its diversified program, holds something
of interest for everyone. Everyone should attend. We'll be
: JJJ
NEW YORK lTI The American housewife, who has
many virtues, also leads the nation in one form of crime
shoplifting.
LiRht-firitrered customers cost department and specialty
stores at least 300 million dollars a vear, and probably
much more. i 1 1
"The greatest loss comes from , ly steals from hunger is unusual,
(ho housewife," said Mrs. Miry Ki.,..i.) .
Congemi, one of the nation's "oj MPm , ?. Z h i"nd ,. ,
store detectives. "She is a good .1, pi0,,lf, M,lovc '.V1 n,osl
customer in many ways She pav, ,'P''( !F" .tl'"''r '"" ku'Pl"
her bills, keeps up her charge ?r lrr,,s"tl compulsion
accounts-bul 'she steals' too " ,L ,n T"'11""? "i" T" L
a-j if -1. I. . . !'m,i 10 ltu"i. whether Ihev have
And if she keeps at it she ; any real need (or it or not. Mrs.
'ZVZZu ' ' lr'Ck, 0f ,he LonRom' Rnml' " h' ' Pre
professionals. ; legend.
Mrs. Congemi. special aneht fur! "Kleutomania if ihor ro.-iik- u
William K. Alexander, a tormer i
infantry officer who acts as a se
curity consultant for 34 depart
ment stores throughout the Unit
ed States, has caught nearly 5,
000 shoplifters in the last 10
years.
"Most shoplifters are a m a
teurs," she said, "but the ama
teurs account for '75 per cent of
the losses.
"They range in age from 8 to
80. A lot are teen-agers, but most
are housewives between 20 and
40." j
Women shoplifters outnumber
men at least five to one. But inj
either sex the person who actual-1
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Publishers
and growing interest in the
&Je
such a thine, is verv rare." h
said, l ve never encountered
Kleptomaniac. Shoplifters simply
want something for nothing.
"They often have the muddled
idea that takinu
big department store really is
iroi stealing, they don't under
stand the real moral issue until
they caught.
"But I'll say this about the av
erage llOUSeWtfe Ulin turn. a.,,.
ateur shoplifter. Once she hisi"
been caught, even thouish she m.v I
have stolen manv lime. h.fnr.'
she usually swears oft forever"
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Common In All Walks ,
Shoplifters are common in all ;
walks of aocicty, from the slum I
Write-in Votes
To Elect New
Oregon Justice
SAI.EM 11 The vacancy
created by the death of Supreme
Court Justice Earl C. Latourette
will be filled by write-in votes at
the November general election.
C.nv Flmn Kmilh nnw in Can
Krancisco for the Republican
National Convention, is expected
to name a successor this week to
serve until Jan. 1.
Since Justice Latourette was a
candidate for re-election, the six
year term, starting Jan. 1, will
be filled by write-ins. Presum
ably, the man appointed by the
governor would be a write-in can
didate. While this situation is unusual,
a. similar ease occurred six years
ago.
Justice Harry H. Belt died
Aug. 6. 1950, and Harold J. Warner
who is now chief justice, was
appointed to succeed Belt. At the
general election, Warner defeated
Allan G. Carson. Salem lawyer.
54,210 to 36.3. Both were write-in
candidates.
It is too late for a candidate
to get his name put on the ballot
by the convention method. The
deadline for filing by candidates
nominated at conventions is next
Monday, but 10 days notice ii
required for calling a convention.
Next Monday also is the dead.
line for filing of independent
candidacies by petition. But since
17,002 names would be needed on
such petitions, this method can be
counted out.
Missile Could
Destroy Whole
Fleet Of Planes
SAN FRANCISCO W Nike B,
which already is in the making
to supercede the present Nike
missiles which ring 18 major
American cities and industrial
areas, will be able to destroy an
entire fleet of planes with one
shot if they should bunch for at
tack. That was Ihe word here from
Don Beldin of Los Angeles,
Southern California civilian aide
lo Secretary of the Army William
M. Brucker, and vice president
for the western region of the
Defense Orientation Conference
Assn.
Addressing the Commonwealth
Club, Belding noted that the pres
ent Nikes which ring San Fran
cisco and 17 other cities with,
missile defense, are "operational,
against any known bomber in the
world today." The Nike missiles
have a 25-mile range and a speed
of 1.500 miles an hour, he said.
Nike B, he said, will be faster,
have a longer range, and with an
automic war head will be able to
destroy "a whole fleet- of air
planes in one shot if the planes
ouncn tor an attack.
Furthermore, be added, the
Nike B. which is scheduled to be
ready for action in less than two
years, can be launched from the
present Nike sites with slight al
terations.
Labor Leaders
Leaning Toward
Democrat Ticket
WASHINGTON 11 AFL-CIO
loaders will decide next week who
if anyone they will support for
President in the fall campaign.
The matter will be discussed
by the union's Executive Council
at a meeting to start Aug. 27 near
Forest Park. Pa.
As to what the decision will he,
an AFL-CIO official said Monday:
"As of now. it looks as though
there is a 50-50 chance it will be
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Ke
fauver (the Democratic nominees
for President and vice president).
If not, then we probably won't
support anybody at all on the na
tional ticket."
Asked whether there is a chance
of AFL-CIO support going lo the
Republican presidential choice, the
union informant said. "I doubt it
very much, especially if Vice
President Nixon is on the ticket. "
He asked that he not be quoted
by name.
Some AFL-CIO leaders Walter
Reuther of the Auto Workers is
just one example already have
come out individually for Steven
son. And the International Union
of Electrical Workers (IL'E) has
opened a "lahor for Stevenson and
Kefauver" office in its headquar
ters building here.
kid to the wealthy dowager.
Recently, in a single men's
store, here the following were
picked up fur shoplifting within
a 20-day period: An insurance
company executive, a lavyer, a
doctor's wife, a factory owner,
the manager of another store, and
a federal employe.
Mrs. Congemi. dark-haired and
attractive, is married to a lock
smith and has two children.
Recently Max Hess, owner of
an Allentown, Pa., department
store, gave a training course in
shoplifting techniques to 1.600 em
ployes. Then, to put them to the test,
Mrs. Congemi, who was unknown
to them, went through the store
lo see what she could shoplift.
"In an hour and a half 1 filled
three shopping bags with more
than $400 worth o( merchandise."
she recalled. "I had lifted every-
i thing from ash trays to expensive
dresses."
Want Around Yult, Eastar
! Wearing a mask over her head
to hide her identity, Mrs. Conge
mi then confronted the sales per
sonnel at a specially called meet
ing and showed them the results
of her safari through the store
"Salespeople themselves don't
appreciate the extent of shoplift
ing until you actually show them
what can be done." she said, and
cited the case of one 20-year-old
girl who i:tole sportswear valued
$20,000 from one store
slnle season.
One other odd fact about snop-
V.8' . , j .v
-u reaches its peak around the
(w Rr(,e rc.lgi holidavs-
Christmas and Easter," said Mrs.
Congemi.
Editorial
From Tht
STUDY SHOWS STATUS OF
TIMBERLANDS
Eugtnt Register-Guard
In the Northwest, particularly in
Oregon and Washington, most of us
would agree that timber is our
most important product. In a pub
lication entitled "People and Tim
ber" the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture's Forest Service reports
on the status of timberland in the
U. S. The report is the result of a
three-year study.
We hear quite ollcn mat tne na
tion is growing more timber than
it cuts. This is a true statement
when every type of tree is taken
into consideration. However, when
only sawtimber, made up predom
inately of sou woods, is considered,
we are still cutting more than is
being grown.
Contrary to what many of us
would believe, 75 per cent of our
timberlands are in the bast and
only 25 per cent in the West. But
the West has 85 per cent ot tne
softwood which provides the main
strength of our timber resource.
In considering growth versus cut,
comparisons can be misleading.
Sawtimber, which includes both
soft and hardwood, reveals the big
problem to face us in the future in
regard to continuance of an ade
quate supply. We are growing al
most as much sawtimber as we are
cutting. It sounds as if we're mak
ing good headway on sound forest
management. But, here s the catch.
We are cutting more softwood than
we are growing, by a considerable
amount. The difference is made up
by the fact that the East is grow
ing almost three-fifths more hard
wood than it is cutting. In the
West, predominately a softwood
area, the cut is almost double the
growth. This is a serious matter.
But, there are mitigating circum
stances. In the West, are the big
remaining stands of virgin forests
where growth is slow. And east of
the Hockies softwood growth has
eased ahead ol cutting by almost
3 ouiion board leet.
There are many other interesting
facts in this study. Some of them:
Of the 489 million acres of tim
berland in the U. S., (about three
acres of forest for each person in
the nation) 73 per cent (or 359
million acres) are privately own
ed. Forest industries, such as our
bigger lumber companies, own 13
per cent of this total. The remain
der is almost evenly divided
between farm owners and non-
farm owners. Twenty-seven per
cent of our timberlands are in!
public ownership. And most of (his1
tne west. Almost two-thirds i
of the 121 million acres of western i
timberlands are in public owner
ship. The 191 million acres south I
and east of the Mississippi River
are only one-twelfth in public
ownership, and the 174 million
acres north and east of the great
river are about one-fourth publicly
owned.
Of the 63 per cent of the timber
in private ownership, 99 per cent
of U is in plots of 500 acres or
less. Much of this is in farm wood
lots and many, ot course, are
well-managed. But the study re
veals that productivity of ciitover
lands in these small acreages -is
poor. And the poorest conditions
are in the South. On the other
hand, in forests managed by for
est industries and public agencies
(municipal, state and federal) pro
ductivity of cutover land is rela
tively good.
our view, we in the West.
have the nnnnrtiinilv In make th
.best cconomica use of this great
national resouroe. We have most
of the softwood which is highly
desirable for sawtimber. And, for
tunately, the greatest share of it
is in public ownership where the
U. S. rorest Service has been the
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leader in sound forestry practices
and conservation. However, we
cannot provide all the production
that will be needed in the future.
And we must work to improve
conditions because our cut (mostly
on smaller private lands) is far
out of proportion to growtn.
Today, one of every four acres
of forest land is poorly stocked
with trees. Or 115 million acres
of forest lands are not growing
the amount of timber they can.
The study shows that most of the
understocking is east of the Rock-
j jes pariicuary in the Great Lakes
states and the southeast stales.
ere most of the land if in smalj
private ownerships. Thii is anoth
er good indication to us that we
are ahead in the Northwest where
most of our forests are under the
management of the U. S. Forest
Service.
MOSQUITOES TAKE TO
YUMMY DDT
Albany Dtmocrat-Herald
There was bad news in Eugene
for Albany residents this week.
Mosquitoes are on the warpath
again despite DDT and round-the-clock
attack.
Lane county's mosquito man.
Milt Beuhler, reported that Lane
mosquitoes now can tolerate 50
times as much DDT as they could
four years ago when the spray pro
gram began.
Beuhler is the man who, under
loan from Lane county, has super
vised Albany's first mosquito spray
campaign this summer.
Most Albany residents we ve talk
ed lo have claimed benelit irom
the program. They still are bitten,
but at least they aren't knocked
over as soon as they step outside.
But from Beuhler s report on his
home area, we'd say that Albany
has only three more seasons of
comparative bilelessness before
Linn mosquitoes turn DDT into a
delectable dessert.
Beuhler says that the best count
er solution is to switch to mala
thion, a potent chemical now being
used widely in California.
Malathion is far from perfect. It
costs three to four limes as much
as DDT and it must be applied
four times as often. This will boost
the cost per family from 25 cents
a season to about 50 cents, Beuhler
figures. So far no California mo
squito has learned to lap up mala
thion. American mosquitoes apparently
are like American people. Thev
hanker for a more expensive diet,
even if it kills them.
FINES, RELEASED
Niles F. Thomason, 19, and Bob
by L. Vineyard, 23, both of Camas
Valley, pleaded guilty Monday in
Douglas County District Court and
were each fined $25, which they
paid and were released, accord
ing to Shenfr Ira C. Byrd. Both
were arrested bv a sheriff's dep
uty on charges of being drunk on
a public highway.
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Federal Reserve Discount
Rate May Again Be Hoisted
To Curb Threat Of Inflation
Bv WILLIAM O. VARN
WASHINGTON tf ProspecU
'of brisk economic activity this
fall, with no letup in borrowing,
buying and prices boosts, raised
speculation today that the Federal
neserve Board soon may take an
other step to curb possible infla
tion. Such a move would entail an
other increase in the Federal Re
serve discount rale the interest
rate the reserve banks charge on
money they lend to member banks
for commerical and personal
loans.
As usual, there was no comment
or indication from the board it
self whether another discount rate
hike may be in the offing. How
ever, another government source
suggested "there are enough ele
mnts of inflationary nature on the
horizon to point up the possibility,
if not the likelihood, of another
increase."
Among these elements this
source cited the recent wage and
price increases in the steel indus
try and the chance they may form
a pattern for other rises.
President Eisenhower and other
toD administration officials have
expressed concern over possible in
flationary aspects of the steel-labor
wage settlement and its aft
ermath, a prioe increase averag
ing $8.50 per ton.
Another new factor is the start
Ul UlC lllum-uillluu-UUllui lligliwajr
building program, involving both
immediate spending for construc
tion and placement of huge future
orders for steel and other construc
tion materials. And employment,
already at record levels, will be
given another boost.
Advance forecasts of a third
quarter letdown in economic activ
ity did not materialize.
Five times in the last 16 months
the Federal Reserve Board has
approved-hikes in the discount rate
to restrain a resurgent demand
by business and consumers for
credit.
The first, from VA to fV. per
cent, came in April 1955 when the
current business boom was gather
ing force. Thrice more in 1955, as
boom steam pressure rose, the
banks hiked their rates V per cent
at a time.
Last April the rate again went
up, this time to 24 per cent in 10
of the 12 reserve districts, and to
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3 per cent in the otner two .Hill -
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neapoiis anu om naiivMw. ..
was ineiirsi "'"" " '"he's had in 50 years
rate had reached 3 per cent. . - - -
Another increase would tighten
further the conditions under which
money is available to business and
the public for expansion and credit
purchasing. Both have been rising
sharply since early 1955 when the
nation came out of a 1953-54 dip
in its economy.
A discount rate hike normally
causes higher interest rates on
bank loans, thui discouraging bor
rowing. At the moment corporations and
businessmen are in the midst of
big expansion programs estimated
to reach perhaps 35 billion dollars ,
this year. The construction indus
try is moving along at an annual
rate of 44Vt billions. Total produc
tion and employment have reached
new peaks.
Consumer buying and retail
store sale have risen to top levels :
and consumer credit has been ex
panding at a greater rate than
personal income. '
Personal income, after setting a
record of 303 billions in 1955. has
risen to an annual rate of about
325 billions this year. This, plus
credit or installment buying,
means consumers have and are
spending more money, and prices
; have been rising
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Reported 'Doing Fine"
SALEM i Supreme Court
Justice Walter Tooze, in
hos-
pital after suffering
attack, is "doing just
a heart
fine," his
wife said Monday.
She said his heart attack was
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