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U. of C. Library Eugene, Oregon Comp yftheirDoo Coto JFDdoirD 1 Russia Asks ft N. Meet To Discuss Disarmaments NATO Proposal 'Presley Gets Draft Board r I n . tm . so wmm A I Of Top Level Talks Rejected MOSCOW 11 The Soviet gov- ernment cauea toaaytore special; an international conference to dis-' cuss disarmament A Gromyko said disarmament ? . ""."" ""or Paramount pictures, tast West summit conference. kinda proud of u he said Addressing Russia s Parliament. wUh , cneerful wink. ..,-, , dulv Gromyko apparently rejected l a - , ve got t0 fiU and rm gom8 , foreign ministers meeting on dis-do H Daddy., aiready toId me to armament proposed Thursday by be d ' ,dj or D t. th15,r AJ1 naUnS . ., hi J There was no cheer at Para The West has onsistenfiv block-:,,., , u uromyKO saio u anj can juage lor yurv ; sort of result can be expected from . meeting of foreign ministers un- der these conditions Must Not R.m.m Stalemated i . .... , , ...1 But "the disarmament issue should not remain stalemated he j said. "The Soviet government calls j for a special session of the United a(lons or an international confer- ence on disarmament. . . . Gromyko did not specify which nations should attend an interna tional conference, tnough he indi cated Red China should not be left out. In the recent session of the U.N. General Assembly Russia in- i sislrd that all 82 U.N members I which do not include Red China : should take part in disarmament talks. 1 That Assembly session increased; the U.N. Disarmament Commis-1 sion to 25 members but Russia ; rrwi,t n Pao. Pol si I Dulles Doubtful East-West Talks Ever Will Be Held WAKiiiNRTiiM i Dn.lomaiip1 sources here said today Secretary ! of State Dulles has doubls in 1 light of past experiences with the ; Russians that new Last-West dis armament talks will ever be held. Dulles reportedly feels the Rus sians are likely to find some minor reason to quibble over setting up the talks, making it impossible to make .rranoements. .u. ...e...r.. The discussions were proposed at this week s NATO conference Paris. The secretary returns from Europe today. Officials here also said Was not certain the Unitea States would participate even if the dis cussions do take place. Dulles was said to feel that changing the list of disarmament conferees might break the stale- mate, for years. ine uniiea ter(,d al , refueling stop at Fro .Ntates. Britain. France and Can-,bisher B,v Greenland. ada have carried the load, ne-1 J gotiating with Russia as members , - of the United Nations disarma- J W0 PriSOII SenteitCeS ment subcommittee. 1 1 t m Dulles and President E senhow- Handed DOWIt Oil FriddV er will make a joint report to the , ,,M,""'M awwwii wu iiiuuj people over all maior radio-tele vision networks at 8.30 p m. day. M on- Mysterious Fire Burns Secret Missile Drawings SUNNYVALE, Calif, i.fi - A my sterious fire inside a large walk-in vauil aaiuraay aestroyeu mp se - cret missile drawings ana recorns at the Lockheed missile system piani. Firemen wearing oxygen masks strugsled in dense smoke trying to choke off the smouldenr.; blaze. Smoke filled he sprawling con- crete structure. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS After a series of disheartening fizzles, the U.S. successfully fired an ocean spanning rocket this week. That's big r,es in th dizy modern world so BIG. dispatch es tell us. that it charged the whole diplomatic picture u, Paris, where representatives of the North Atlantic Treaty Orsinizatinn I NATO) are gathered ; decide whether or not they will PERMIT the f mted States to locati missile bac on their soil to HI.I.P Dr. FEND THEM AGAINST l:lSIA So shocked, were these cminlries by our previous missi'e fizzles that the big issue in Paris when the NATO delegates began to asem- hie appeared to be 'his: Shall ALLOW the United States to put missile bases on our terrain, thus exposing us to possible mack by (Continued on Page 4 Col. 6) . The Weather 3 O Showers and periods of partial clearing this afternoon, tonight and Sunday. Cooler tonight. 0 Highest temp, last 24 haurs Lowest temtH-last 24 hs Highest tempt any Dec. ... lowest temp, any Dec. Cfrocip. last 24 hours . Y.... Prtcip. from Doc. J Procip. (Jom Sept. I Eicoss from Sept. 1 S4 43 M ... 13 . 1.2 I U 15.07 3.13 Sunset tomgM. p.m. $unrii)t-otrVs. ':sf.e v-i reVg.T. . V 1 lr T WVI MEMPHIS, Ten i Elvil Presley reports Jan. 20 for indue lion into the Army unless Holly wood manages t0 hlve it put of( Drafl greetings for the 22- year-old rock V roll idol arrived Kriday. He accented it with far ' niAra Kalm than AiA hi man-Bat Frank Freeman said if Prcs-1 , cant show up scheduled Jan ,3 ,tudl0 wj ,ose ,3,,,,,. , d k ( prepring u, ..Rlg C1,, To P"'P Im going to ask the draft ta rt in Memphis if it will please , Elvis". induction foPr ex. Jcei ht fc Freeman said. And tnere wa, 'nolnmg cheerful b h .ituation to Presley's Roseburg Woman I Brings 'Fresh II ..,, C Dmi M WS rlOlM 10115 Mrs. William Jclski purchased a newspaper Tuesday evening and handed it over to her husband in Roseburg the .next day so he could read its still-fresh news. That in itself is news because Mrs. Jclski bought the paper in Paris, France. Jelski, who operates a Roseburg travel agency, said it took his wife and the Paris edition of the New York Herald-Tribune about 18 hours to make the trans-polar flight. But, because of the east west gain in clock time, it actual- ly was only 10 hours from the time Mrs. Jelski left Paris to the time she set foot on the runway at Portland Airport. Mrs. Jelski was one of U Ore gon travel agents and several newspaper and radio people in vited Dy fan American Airways to take an all-expense, nine-day trip to Paris via its Portland-to- r,P ". ,I" r"'J,n?llu : London-tO-PariS flight, over the , NorJl po,e she ht fouf d jn lAndon and four more in t i c.k -.-ii.i sh , .hoard the second nlane In flv over the npwlv.iniueurateH r,,, ,,, f p.,,!,.,'! One of the missions accomplish ed by the Oregon party was to make a formal gift to the London Zoo. The gift: an Oregon beaver which barely survived the 32 de grees-below-zero weather encoun For breaking probation, Bruce Litc-h Emert, 21, Winston, was ordered Friday to serve the re mainder of his five-year prison term. Kmert had broken terms of pro- bation soon after being released I trom uie Douglas county jail alter 1 serving six months. He was re- leased Aug. 12 and set out on a 'iuur 01 me country wnicn sner - 111 s oepuues sain iook n 1 m through 25 states. cineri was emenjpa aiitr pieaa- ing guilty to 'arceny from an auto. Friday. Circuit Judge Charles S. j Woodrich ordered him sent to the! penitentiary lo finisn his sentei.ee. Also sentenced to prison was i Charles LeRoy Pitt. 18. Drain, j ? n.in in-ruing i" r-M:m-iue .report trom the parole ollice, udge Woodrich handed Pitt a two-vear term. He had previous- ly pleaded guilty to burglary of an r.ikton store. 'Christmas Tree Burn' Scheduled January 5- ner oi The annual Junior Cham Commerce "Christmas Tree burn'' will be held Sunday, Jan 5 this year on the vacant lot on Diamond Lake Boulevard, across from the City Cleaners. I rces will be picked up .by jaycees on the afternoon of thi burning date froiH street corners throughout town, where residents are asked to Bdeposit them The "burn s will take place at 6:30 p m. Q Pnhlir affnmlan,. im iwiiitaA tn I'm event uhirh hIH in h.i townspeople dispose of their holi - nay greenery, according to I)on - aid Josh, chairman ot Ihe "burn committee. Clide 7ms1$idTowf, On Hills Creek Work PORTLAND The Army En- gini rrinay sua a uune. ():. 'irm submitted the apparent low bid for clearing 40 acres of l.wl 1 at ine mils ireek Dam prnx-n. The engineers said the I K. Shelton Construction Co. suiCVl iitfja $h3j0 bid for the work. W .SCAPE UNHURT u W4IWIIVIIIIII manager. Tom Parker of Nash ville, Tenn., who can't help but think of the drop in income. Presley makes $50,000 or so with a couple of personal appearances. As an Army private he would draw $78 a month. ' Parker said the draft notice would cost Presley half a million dollars in gross income immedi ately. Beyond, that, he said, it would be difficult to estimate. In addition to Paramount's plans, there was a contract with 20th Century - Fox for a movie that would pay Presley $200,000. An other Dicture for Metro - Goldwvn Mayer in the fall would pay $275.- 000 plus a percentage of the prof its. Government To Las Half Million Parker said the income tax loss to the government next year, -with Presley in uniform, would amount to at least half a million, not to mention the cost of his upkeep. "Of course," he said, "that's not as important as having the govern ment treat everybody the same." If inducted here, Presley would go to Ft. Chaffee near the city of Fort Smith. Ark. Army service would interrupt a career that started for Presley in early 1955. In less than a year, the guitar-picking, hip-slinging singer dwg.p7cyS cw., of lirawing capacity croWQS OI 1 frantic fans. The Associated Press named him 1956 Man of the Vear in en tertainment. Baby Missing, Feared Kidnaped By Two Women SAN FRANCISCO 41 Police searched Saturday for an 11-week- 01a gin, tearea kidnaped ny two women. . The missing child is Caroline Elizabeth Hortoh, taken from the family home Friday afternoon supposedly to be entered in a baby contest Police Lt. Don Scott said Mrs. Dorothy Hurton, 28. reported that a woman saw her daughter at the Public Health Building Wednes day and suggested she be entered in a loruicoming oaoy contest 01 the Temple Baptist Church. Mrs. Morton gave her telephone number to the woman, who called herself Mrs. Johnson, and was contacted the next day by a v wo- ! man ho identified herself as I Mrs. Miller. By prearrangement the second woman picked up the child short ly before 1 p.m. Friday. She drove away in a cab, saying she would return at 5 p.m. When the woman did not return, Mrs. Morton contacted police. Cab driver Boris Parfenoff told police the woman had him drive to St. Dominic's Church and had told hi in the infant was her own. Priests at the church said they had not seen the woman and child, and Temple Baptist Church had no baby contest. State Public Welfare Frees Additional Funds PORTI Ar iK Th. .1.1. ; Public Welfare Commission freed funds Friday to meet the growing unemployment problem, Welfare nif.nai. un 1 cal costs were rising and were part of the reason the commission I freeing $692,000 set aside earlier ! to help in emergencies Miss Jeanne Jewetl administra- tor. said counties were asking for more funds. She said several coun- tics had expressed worry over still higher costs as unemplovment compensation payments, which i continue 26 weeks, exmre. Th. commission annrnveri .,.. Dlcmontxl hurioei. ti L. ti ji nnn r ih ..,,, ' The commission also set up a care committee to study medical and costs. Couple Must Return 3-Year-Old Adopted Son TORONTO ' A couple who have been ordered to return their three vear-oie adopted son to his American mother say they hope they will not have to give him up before Christmas. o Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mc Neiilv of Scarborough, a suburb ' Tronto. said losing Donald Cle- lus Agar win ie a great shuck. "We'veobought most of his pres ents." McNeilly said, "and he's : expecting Santa to come here. ! The Supreme Court of Canada i "lu" "P"'1" ""'" "f- peal Court rulins granting cuslodv of Donald to his mother, Hehe May Agar of Minneapolis. Donald was put up for adoption immediately after his birth in Toronto lie has been with the aVcNeillys nef 1 was six days old HEARING IN RECEH HT!, )(?, A hearing on Ihe Portland I Motion Company's propo In end passenger service on its Bellrose and Oregon CitJT inlet urban lines is in recess JinW .tiuuiia . " u i One witness FfidayQPresident Richard Paulson of The Retail! Trade Bureau, told Ahe Public I Utilities Commission Animation of ma(S) transportation facilities might nurt (tme hs firmK) z':) & Established 1873 16 Paget GEORGE. BLOMGREN . . . takes county offipe George Blomgren Appointed Veterans Service Officer Douglas County's second veter ans service officer took oter the job this week. He is George Victor Blomgren ot canyonvillc. He was auuomted by ,he court s iovidd , , , , .prH Finn frur who died recently. Frear became the original serv ice officer after the office was set up by the county in 1955. This is Blomgren's first ven ture into public service. He has been identified with the logging business since 1946. He came to Douglas County in living first at Reedsport. He moved to Canyonville in 1946 and was engaged in private log ging contracting until 1952 when he became lodging manager lor stomar Lumber Co. HlomL'ri.n. SB i of Kiddle. veteran of World War II. He served in the 'South Pacific v,iih the I' if Armv 1 Engineers. He is married and has a son attending the bnivcrsitv of Oregon. His job is to give assistance to any veteran, his widow or depend ents in applying to the slate or federal Veterans Administration for all benefits and aid to which 1 they are entitled 1 Mt. Baldy Lumber Company Is Sold Three Yoncalla men, along with a partner from Eugene, sold out the Mt. Baldy Lumber Co.. located between Yonralla and Drain, in a transaction completed this week. The new stockholders are George ! Zellner and Bud Beckley of Eu gene ana urani ovegren ot loi tage Grove, who increased his in terest in the company and who will serve as mill managir. Zell ner and Beckley have both had a wide sawmill expel icnce and both have timber holdings in Douglas County. Retiring from ihe scene are Charles Timmons, Leslie Chap man and Sidney Lasswell of Yon ralla, and Harry Jacobs Jr. of Eu gene. ! When in full operation, die Swed ish gang sawmill employed 35 , rimuiH in ih. im,H.t. future by the new owners, accord ing to News-Review Correspondent Mrs. George F.des. The plant is presently closed, but is scheduled to re-open on Jan. 6. The new owners plan to operate the plant on full- ime basis. Ac cording to Mrs. Fjtes, they plan to continue to buy logs on Ihe open market, paying top prices lor the ! 8" 1"K-. Lovegren said that the . mill will also continue the practice of making weekly leg checks. sn ummmm mm r-n mmm ill Ml -till' I M.liin. IM --BU-ai-lbiM CERTIFIED Douglas County hos reached the stotus of being o modified certified brucellosis free county. Attesting to this is the certificate being handed to County Judc)v. T. Jackson t K.J Peterson, state vetennorian. ,tonding behind them, left to right, are Commissioners?) Fronk Ashley and Huron Clougn; Extension Agent J. Roland Porker; Don C. Bailey, Roscttirg, Williom Boyless, Myrtle burg, county veterinofions Douglos County. The certification is the l 4th to belrode in Qreqnfi OS porof a nation wide pwgrom. The goal toravirft pMiistotjj) reach tlJ torr statin) if) Jurf 30, !) Wprx.l l.nk,-tt O G " Poul Jenkins) ROSEBURG, OREGON- Gaither Report To Be Weighed By Eisenhower WASHINGTON I The White House said Saturday President j Eisenhower will probably weigh official reaction to the Gaither report on national defense needs when he meets Monday with the National Security Council. James C. Hagerty, White House press secretary, said the report is being studied bv interested fed eral departments and that depart mental recommendations are be ing forwarded to the White House. lie said some of the department comments probably will be con sidered at Monday's session. Alarming Picture The, report, according to sev eral substantial "leaks" paints an alarming picture of the na tion's defense needs, Hagerty said the report re mains top secret. He added, it did not know whether it would be made public either in whole or in part. He told newsmen he would have to check the accuracy of reports that the White House had refused to turn over a copy of the docu ment to the Senate preparedness subcommittee. , Hagerty refused to comment on any details of published accounts of the report. Undertaken at White House di rection and officially described as a project of the Office 'of Defense Mobilization, government sources said tt ts dsuStlu! sr.y OEM offi cial has laid eyes on it exceDt Di. rector Gordon Frev ni he only because of his membership on the Kanonai security council ine ivsi is the Cabinet - level body of military and civilian agen- cy heads which advises President bisenhower on defense policy, atid fN", DI J which in this administration haslUMVe rianneu gained influence second only to that of (he Cabinet itself. ine Washington Post, in a conv. righted story Friday said the re port was presented at an expand ed (NSC) meeting on Nov. 7 and that it described the country in highest peril from Russia's rapid strides in military strength and technology.' The Post said the re port called for multi-billion-dollar increases in defense budgets through 1970. H. Rowan Gaither Jr., San Francisco lawyer and former head of the Ford Foundation, was named to head a 10-member in vestigatory commission to deter mine whether a big-scale shelter program was feasible or neces sary. Kathleen Endicott Booked In County Jail Kathleen S. Endicott, 33, Suther lin. was booked in county jail Friday on a charge of probation violation. She originally was sentencd to one year in county jail by Cir cuit Judge Charles Woodrich after being found guilty of receiving stolen property last April. She was released on probation after serving 45 days. She now is being held pending court appearance on the charges. READ THE ADS - - I who worked to (ffcke the cattle SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1957 Five BLM Timber Tracts Bring Bids Toal Of $278,648 Five tracts of O&C timber brought bids totaling $278,648.80 in a Bureau of Land Management sale in Roseburg Fnday. Two of the tracts received competitive bids, and the others were sold at appraised prices. The highest be! of $28 a thou sand board feet of Douglas fir was bid by Otis E. Clayton in purchas ing a parcel containing 2.734.O00 feet located on the east lurk of Rock Creek northeast of Roseburg. Douglas fir was bid ud frcm $25.- 45. Clayton paid $74,415.20 for the timber, which had been appraised at a total of $67.S59.15. Douglas County Lumber Co., Roseburg, also bid. South Fork Lumber Co.. Drain. outbid L&H Lumber Co. Suther- lin, for 2.722.000 feet northeast of Drain near the Douglas County line. Douglas fir was bid up from $24.90 a thousand to $27.55. and the timber, which was appraised at $62,075.40, was purchased for $68,393. George O. Clavton. Roseburg. purchased 2,227.000 feet located on nuvn vicca ivt tiro ipiaicu putc of $60,337.70. Douglas fir was priced at $27.40 a thousand. A parcel of Shively Creek con taining 2.241.000 feet was bought at the appraised price of $52,653.40 by Roseburg Lumber Co. Douglas fir was appraised at $25.10. Woolley Ixigging Co., Drain, pur chased 906,000 feet located on Rad ford Creek for the anpraisea price of $22,849.50. Douglas fir was priced at $25.50. The sale was the last scheduled by the BLM this year. Rehabilitation anfpr Flinrl uiivi President Gladys Workman out lined a program to be finished as soon as possible bv the board of directors of uie Bos we II bpnnqs Rehabilitation center for Handi capped Children, Inc., Drain, so a nationwide fund - raising drive could be started. Tbis program was unanimously adopted by the board at a special meeting tnis week. Mrs. Workman was enthusias tic about the program, the details of which she learned during her recent trip to Los Angeles. Full details will be released as soon as parts of Uie plan are accomplished. Mr. and Mrs. Glen McNeil of Elkton are the new caretakers ap pointed to live at Boswell Springs. They will be responsible for keep ing the grounds up and certain ad ministrative duties. They moved in Monday. Routine business matters were also taken up at this meetingj. Stephen Patterson, 82, Retired Baker, Passes Stephen A. Patterson, 82, re tired partner of the Patterson Bakery, died this morning at his home in Roseburg. He had been a Roseburg resident for the past IS years. He was born Sept. 12, 1875, in Honeygrove, Pa. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude, Roseburg, and a son, George, Roseburg. The body has been removed to The Chapel of the Roses. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. MORE BODIES FOUND TEHRAN, Iran i The death toll in Iran's earthquake last week rose to 1.266 today as more bodies were recovered from under debris in mountain villages of West Iran, officials reported. More than 600 bodies are be lieved to be still under debris. Creek, ond DollenGJones, Rose dispose program a success in mm Ma k. -iv' . ftw. k: m m 298-57 PRICE 5c (State To Escape Serious Floods, Say Forecasters By THI ASSOCIATED PRESS Western Oregon rivers continued to flirt with flood stages Saturday, but river forecasters said the state again would escape serious flood ing. The heaviest rains in the past 24 hours .fell m the southern part of the state, sending the previous-j ly docile Umpqua River boiling up to flood stages. The r ver was just under flood stage at several points and overflowed into low lying fields at others. No major damage was expected on this first day of winter. The winter season arrives at i:49 p.m. The week-long rains continued, but there was no significant change in the outlook for the Wil lamette Valley. Forecasters Elmer Fisler said at the River Forecast Center in Portland that the Willamette will go slightly above flood stage at Corvallis and Albany, run bank HcV leiei at Portland. full at Salem, but be well below Light Showers Forecast Fisher said a day of h. avy rain could send the river up to damag ing levels, but the forecast was for only light showers. The Willamette crested at Har risburg Saturday norning at 14.7 feet. That was 1.1 feet above flood stage, slightly higher than expect ed before the latest rain fell, but no evacuations were necessary as the water covered only low-lying neids. Fisher said the crest would reach Corvallis at 10 p. m. and Albany at 6 a. m. Sunday. It will he 211' 4 to 21 feet at each place. Flood stage is 20 feet at each town. The crest is expected to reach (Continued on Page 2 Col. 3) Milwaukie Firm Gets Cloverdale Heating Contract A Milwaukie sheet metal com pany has been awarded the Fed eral Housing Authority contract for installation of new heating units in 117 houses in the Cloverdale project of North Roseburg. M&N Sheet Metal Works submit ted low bid of $84,000 on the job. The contract is the third step in the rehabilitation of the project. Many of the houses, built in 1950. have been returned to the Federal National Mortgage Assn. through foreclosures in federal district court in Portland In November, work started on new storm sewer system in the area. Also under construction are new streets. Copenhagen Co., Portland, was next lowest bidder, at $85,877, fol lowed by J. J. Sanriherg Co., Port land. $94,753. and Roseburg Sheet Metal Co.. $102,000. Tozer Heating and Sheet Metal Co., Roseburg, submitted bids on three alternate plans at $109,291; $116,474, and $118,507. Peter Serafin. manager of t h e project for FHA, said reconstruc tion of some of the houses is in the works. An early bid call is , planned for additions to some and remodeling of others. Covernor Names Three To State Forestry Board SALEM iifi Gov. Holmes Fri day appointed three new members of the state Forestry Board. They will fill positions created by the Legislature, which expanded the 11-member board to 14 members, beginning next Jan. 1. The new members are: Robert E. Carroll. Tillamook. timberland manager for the Ore gon-Washington Plywood Co.; Sid ney Leiken, Roseburg, owner of a mill at Sutherlin; and Charles W. Fox, Portland, president of Cas cade Plywood Co. Their terms will begin Jan. 1 and end Jan. 1, 1962. Police Seek Gunman After $250,000 Robbery NEW YORK I Pnlli-e oearrhed today for three tall gunmen who' stole $2.'i0.000 worth of gems in Queens from the operators of a big jewelry store Friday. Max Schweitzer, S3, ot Ocean side, and Assiold Schorr, (S0, of tang Beach, were robbed at gun point in the same Kew Gardens, tjHtens, parking lot where they customarily transfer jewelry from one auto to another en route from vi.nh.ii.fi in u i.i.nri r.i.iiigive up their valuables. The gun stores. The two men, who are partners of the S 4 S Jewelry Service Co., said a tall man with two pistols approached and hit an employe, Lion Winnik. 40. of Glen Oaks, Queens, on the head. Winnik was unloading the jewelry from the trunk of a car. BOB HOP! IN JAPAN Fl'Kt'OK A. Japan B o Hope Mmght a big troupe of ..,ne uncrowned king of light mil Christmas entert.iner. to Japan .. , Britain, died today in a Saturday and put ni show with- . ., , ' , ' in is minutes after arrival auhospital at Chichester titer a Inilt ir Base from Okinawa hort Illness. He was Tl. Oak Street Closure Is Temporary Filtration Plant At Sutherlin Damaged; City Street Flooded Heavy rain falling the fifth straight day in the Umpqua Basin Friday night resulted in flooding iii Mattered areas. Sutherlin was worst hit. Damage was limited at other points as wa ter started receding this morning. The South Umpqua River at Winston crested at 24 97 feet at 7:30 a.m., about a foot below flood stage. ' Traffic was rerouted around Dak Street bridge late this morning as a huge crane worked at the job of clearing a log jam against the span s miaaie tier. The bridge was closed off about 10:35 a.m. and the county crew still was working at 11:20 a.m. Filter Plant Hit Sutherlin lost use of its water filtration plant and about 18 inch es of water covered parts of the nusiness a ist net during the night in the first major damage report ed. City Manager Dean Smith said high water of Calapooya Creek washed through the filtration plant nine miles east of Sutherlin, forc ing the city to shut down the city water system. He said city crews hope to have the plant back in operation to night. They were "mopping up" today. Smith said there is no water shortage in the city, but advised consumers "to be careful in the use of water." The reservoir holds enough water for 2s days, pro viding there is no excess use of water. Townspeople and city einploves held damage in the business dis trict to a minimum by sandbag ging during the night when Suther lin Creek left its banks. The sand bags prevented the water- from getting into most of the stores, Smith said. Traffic Kept Away Motor traffic was held awav from two blocks of Central Ave nue where water was highest. Smith said about four establish ments were pumping water from their premises this morning and added that pumps were needed to remove the water quickly. Other flooding was along Look-inggiaas- Creek, west of Winston; Calapooya Creek east and west of Oakland, and Elk and Pass creeks near Drain. Only farmland was flooded, Ben B. Irving, directors of the Douglas County Water Re sources Survey, said. It was probable that minor flood ing occurred along Cow Creek at Riddle. The creek rose 7.3 feet in less than five hours Friday night, putting it just above the estimated flood stage. Stream Rites Swiftly The swift rise in the streams the South Umpqua at one period during the morning was rising 1.15 feet an hour at Roseburg was brought on by rainfall which reach ed more than 2 inches in 24 hours in parts of the basin. Roseburg recorded 2.26 inches in the 24 hours ending at 10:30 a.m. today. That brought the five - day total to 6.08 inches at Roseburg. Upper Olalla had 2.9 inches, Cur tin 2.82, Fluornoy Valley 2.59 and Sutherlin 2.36. There were 22 inches recorded at Little River and 2.05 at Kellogg. The county rain gauge at Hug back, located a mile east of the 1 Frontier Store on Ihe North I mp qua River, showed 2 inches between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. rnday. The Weather Bureau said a storm off the Oregon Coast is ex pected to bring occasional show ers tonight. The rainfall isn't ex pected to be heavy. A Weather Bureau river advis ory this morning predicted that rivers will start to fall late this afternoon end fall slowly through the night. The South Umpo.ua was falling slowly after reaching a peak. The high mark at Winston was re duced to 24 13 feet at 10:30 a.m. and was falling slowly. The crest of 21.85 feet at Roseburg was reached at 10 a m., and by 9:2$ the river had dropped .3 of foot. Flood stage at Roseburg is about 25 feet. The crest in the North Umpqua came earlier at midnight, it was 15 5 feet al Glide. Only the main stem of the Ump qua was on Uie rise late in the morning. The stage was expectiA to be 32 feet at Kellogg about noon. That s three feet below flood. Gunmen Hold Up Tavern Customers Saturday PORTLAND I Gunmen armed with a sawed-off shotgun and a pistol held up a tavern and its customers early Saturday. The two robbers forced the 30 customers to lie on the floor and llirn gill mule mail uv, snip ping the tavern till, fired two warning shots, then escaped after wishing all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The tavern was just east of Portland, at N E. Af2i Ave. and 'Sandy Blvd COMPOSER DIES LONDON I Erie Coates, Brit- b ! ish composer often referred to as 17; . U., V, PORTLAND 'If Mr. ancMlrs. F.lton Carter and their three chil dren escaped unhurt but 9tat all tbeit-j-, belongings ,sn fire de stroird a hoise heYe Fridav. e. C i , C l 00 0 4? o O i .- 9 O O e
