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I - , . j 1 Estoblished 1873 12 Peg.es ROSEBURG, OREGON- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1958 24-58 PRICE 5c
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RAIL EXPERT George B. Abdill js shown at the typewriter
with which he is writing descriptive material for use in
his forthcoming book, "This Was Railroading." Also shown
is his wife, Annette, whom he credits with valuable assist
ance in working on the book. (Poul Jenkins)
Early Years Of Railroading
In Pacific Northwest Told
By Veteran Employe Of S.P.
An enthusiasm developed in
rhildhood has resulted in the sched
uled publication of a pictorial his
tory of Pacific Northwest railroad
ing authored bv a Roseburg man,
George B. Abdill, 1625 NE Cobb St.
The book, entitled "This Was
Railroading," will be published
next Sept. 1 by Superior Publish
ing Co., Seattle.
Abdill said he first became in
terested in rail lore when he was
a youngster in Dayton, Ore. "He
now engineers freights out of Ash
land and is a 17-year veteran of
Southern Pacific's Portland Divi
sion. His enthusiasm for rail history
was developed early.
He began a collection of railroad
photos, mostly concerned with the
earlv days of railroading in Ore
gon.' some 20 years ago while still
a teen-ager. The collection now
numbers some 5.000 photos, many
of which will be used in hu book.
Firm Asks For Story
He said he was asked by the
publishing firm to compile the pic
torial history about three months
ago. His joo since men nas con-
susted of sorting out the best and
most significant pictures available
to him. writing descriptive text
. .- ... ,
and conierring wiin mner
perts and the publishers on techni-
Cai Ul'iailS " lliantuu.
Abdill first came to Roseburg in
61. He has worked out of Rose -
,rg since then, except for several j
19;
hni-0
months in 1954 and 1955 when he
was temporarily transferred to
Oakridge.
His rail experience includes more
lhan two years as a U.S. Army I
locomotive engineer in Europe dur-1
ing World War II. j
Abdill comes from a family with
a railroad background. He said
his grandfather helped construct
the first railroad out of the Dayton
area in the 1680's.
Aiticltt Published
He has had articles published
in national publications such as
Railroad Magazine and industrial
and local publications.
The huskv 37-year-old engineer
commented that the book will Con
tain r'- - i
111 I nP UflV S NPUC
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By FRANK JENKINS
Incidental information:
Another Portland 100 penguin
died this week, making 19 that
have succumbed so far. Sevenletti
itl the big South Pole birds are
si ill alive, hut at least one of them
isn t expected to live.
Hmmnimmm.
Think how much better otf thi e
birils would have been if thrv had
been allowed to STAY AT HOME
DOWN IN ANTARCTICA and mind
their own business.
Mavbe there's a les.-on in this
penRuin incident fnr us Americans.
President' Eisenhower's pattern
for stepped-up education program
went to congress at noon Monriav.
It is tailored to meet the nation's
current needs especially the composed of some 25 actual cover- ceived from many parts of the
need fnr more scientists. ed wagnns, will start at lndepend- country for taking in active part
The plan calls for a billion nol- enf'- ml 'nd Champoeg. in the cavalcade. Anderson ob
lars in federal aid over a period of Cities and communities of Ore- served the publicity that the event
four years. Included in it are 40.-
I Continued on Page 4 Col li
The Weather
Clearing conditions this after
noon er evening. Partly cloudy
with a few scattered tbiwert to
night end Thursday. Ceeier tonight
and Thursday.
Highlit tiada. last 74 heurt
Ltwtst temp, last 24 heurt
Highest temp, any Jan.
Lowttt ttmp. any Jan
so
41
45
1.34
Prtcip. Ittt 24 heurt
Precisi. from Jan. I
Precip. from Sept. 1
4 51
J3.S4
Eicett from Sept. 1
Sunset tonight 5:21 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:32 a.m
live text on old-time railroading in
Douglas County.
Included will be a photo of the
old Roseburg roundhouse, scenes of
construction work on the SP line
south from Roseburg and a number
of Cow Canyon views, including a
shot of the historical 1890 land
slide which covered the tracks and
backed up Cow Creek into a vir
tual lake.
The total area covered by ma
terial in the book, however, will
range north to Alaska, south to
northern California and east to i
Montana. But Abdill said the book
is concerned basically with Oregon
and Washington.
Author Avid Reader
Asked whether he has had for
mal training in the art of writing,
Abdill replied negatively. He add
ed that he is an avid reader and
he believes this habit has . helped
him in developing both his- vocabu
lary and his style.
His wife, Annette, spoke up for
her modest husband's ability. She
said the publishers were taken
l,a.u hu luiir. I
VJ nuuiil S OTWWIIK. VUI13IU-
erm hj ,ack rf . ri(.nce m the
fled
Bul Abdm dded thjt he coud.t
have . fu one
Keferrine to his wife, he said
... don.t know whl, rd 'nave donjate in the . construction of a small
these last few months without her I
she corrects mv errors in spelling !
and grammar."
,
Timber!
Timothy Wintanbtrg, son of
Carl Winstnberg of Aialta, drip
ptd t colored pencil at school
last watk, and attempted to
catch It by bringing hit knttt to
gether. . .The sharp ptncil stuck
inte hit log and had to b cut tut
at tht doctor's office lattr. .
Stiff Penalty Imposed
For Fourth Conviction
His fourth drunken driving con
viction brought Mack C. Clayborn
-. - u j-., ri-
I ine Timcriav
n h n YcZU r n
tice of the peace, sentenced Clay
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born to 60 days in the county jail
. and fined him $500. He had been
' arrested by state police.
On To Oregon
Described To
Plans fur the "On to Oregon Cav -
alcarie." a real-life recreation of
the original Oregon Trail agon
crossing, scheduled for thit sum-
mer. were aired by two nf its
heartiest supporters at the Kiwanis
Club luncheon Tuesday at the Ho-
tel L'mpqua.
l)r erner Anderson and Alan
Kmirttinn. members of the Rose-
hurt, I'himlwr r.f l'nmm,m rt.
scrilied the progrefs which has
been made toward making the
crossing between June 1 and Sept.
7 next summer. The cavalcade,
Knn are expecien iu lurnisn m is eg-
on apiece for the march which
will follow largely the original
trail west in the 1860s A motor
caravan, carrying supplies and en-
terlainmnt, will accompany the
wayfarers West, according 10 the
speakers
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Protect Sanctioned
The project hat been sanctioned
by the Oregon Centennial Com mis-
sion with the principal oniective
of publicizing theT959 Centennial
in tne slate 1 enter ot the lenten-
mal will be e Pteific Interna-
tional Exposition Bldg. in Port-
land.
Most of the Centennial Commit -
tln'l llnj.at.AM a ISf fwtA I V.
trade fair to take place there has
been appropriated, and $.1000 has
oeen aiiocaien to eacn (fT and
tnng
Search Pressed
ForTeen-Agers
In Nebraska
LINCOLN. Neb i Lincoln
police reported Wednesday after-1
noon three more persons have
been found slain, bringing to nine
the total killings uncovered in
this area since Monday, .
BENNET. Neb. i Wary,
heavily armed officers pressed
their search Wednesday for a pair
described as a kill crazy teen
ager and his 15-year-old girl friend
wanted in connection wjth six
grisly killings.
Lancaster County Atly. Elmer
Scheele prepared a first degree
murder charge against 210-pound
red-haired Charles Starkweather,
19, who has a reputation as a
sharp-shooting hunter.
Scheele said he will file a simi
lar charge against Starkweather's
girl friend, Caril Fugate.
Traveling in pairs through the
night officers made a house-by-house
check of farms in the Ben
net area without finding a trace
of either of the hunted Lincoln
teen-agors.
Farmers Join Starch
Armed farmers joined the
search ai farm families spent a
sleepless night behind locked
doors.
Bennet,
16 miles southeast of
Lincoln is only about 50 miles
from the Kansas, Iowa and Mis
souri state lines. Officers in those
stales were on the alert to watch
for Starkweather and the girl.
In Mount Vernon, Iowa, two
truckers involved in an accident
reported flagging down a car
(Continued on Pag 2 CoL 4)
Boat Launching
Ramp Planned
For Reedsport
A program expected to culmin-
boat launching ramp at the foot of
Rainbow Plaza in Reedsport has .
been undertaken by the Lower
Vrnpquai Chamber of Commerce.
The program has been placed
charge of a committee which in
cludes Frank Taylor, Howard
Hinsdale. William Burdick and
Roy Henderson.
The ramp, it it stated, would
fill naoA fnr a nla. Uihnr
sports fishermen could load and In RoSebuTO Chamber
unload their craft while fishing thei'" "'CWUIIi IIIUIIIUCI
river in the Reedsport area, ine
rmiip. 11 is ueiievcu uy ui.iim.n merce hat 21 director! todav aft
Taylor, would add particularly to i er ballots increasing the 'board
me imeresi in inning lur u ieu
The Umpqua River. Taylor says,
has a larop nnniilatmn nf Klrinrm.
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hut these fish are not receiving
the attention they are given else-1
where, particularly Coos Bay. II!
better facilities were obtainable, i
lie ueueves. more iisnri 1 iivii wuuiu
ecK giriDen D8SS. as inP Iisn are
.l- . .1
avauaoie tne grear pan 01
Cooperation between various ag-i
encies will be
sought to obtain
, funds with which to make the
I provement. Taylor reports.
Cavalcade
Kiwanis Club
1 county in the state. It it estimated!
that it will cost each community
wishing to enter the caravan SI,,
6.V) to sponsor a wagon,
The caravan idea, originating
with the Roseburg Jaycees. may
still be provided with a national
sponsor. The group has incorpor
aled as a non-profit organization
toward futlfilling its purposes.
Many Persons Apply
Knudtson stated that interest in
the project is indicated in the more
' than 100 applications he has re
win stir. piiinunK uut inai auinr,
eight million tourists are expected)
in the state during 1 9-"iS. I
The only apparent obstacle at;
present seems to be one of obtain-
ing authorization from the states to1
be crossed in using puhhc high-
ways for the crossing. Taking In-I
dependence. Mo. as a jumping off
snot, the caravan would cross Ne-
bra ska, Kansas, Wyoming and Ha-1
ho 1
Knudtson sang the virtue of the
caratan as rapturing the "rapture
of the migration to ijregon tnd
the storehouse of "heiT.age" in the
Oregon Trail, in the part it will
play in celebrating the Oregon Cen-
1 lennial.
L' . . f M. . W D H.Unnl Vrmyb
Dixon promised the club's heln
and cooperation in any way possi-
nie.
Of
Slavings
Students Seeking To 'Bail'
Out Coach Brad Ecklund In
Polio Collection Effort
Charged with failing to contribute to the March of Dimes,
Bradford Sterling Ecklund, 35, head football coach at' Rose-
bur? High School is presently
window.
Meanwhile, back at the school, students are scurrying
around trying to raise money for Ecklund's bail. It will
take $400 $100 from each class to obtain the coach's
freedom. i
Until bail is posted or his fine !
paid, Ecklund will remain in cus-liaf
tody of Lloyd (Whitey) White,
KKNR disk jockey who is conduct
ing a marathon platter spinning
performance in the store window
to raise money for the March of
Dimes.
Ecklund. described as six feet,
three inches tall, weighing 225
pounds, was arrested on a warrant
Tuesday night by Roseburg police.
He was taken into custody at Ben
son school where he had just fin
ished refereeing two basketball
games.
Alias "Baby Fact"
The coach was booked at the
city jail and listed his aliases at
"Brad" and "Baby Face."
"I thought I was being arrested
because of a couple of bad calls,"
Ecklund said today. "I'm not guil
ty of the charge I have pledged
to the drive and always will-
out now can l prove it.
since nis arrest at 9:20 p.m.,
Ecklund has been assisting White
in his marathon, spinning records
and taking pledges and bids by
telephone. r
Ecklund says he understands
the drive to raise his bail is rolling
rapidly but he expects to be in
custody today and Thursday un
less the students get the necessary
money sooner man ne ngures.
White Going Strong V
White has been in the store win
dow on his radio marathon more
than 50 hours. He expects to last
at least until noon Thursday to
make his stint 5 hours, a record
for a disk jockey. It started at S
a.m .Monday.
Ecklund said White is holding
i hi. ; .' u ' j ...
-lass 'enciosej ce)
oseburg municipal judge Ran-
dopn socum ma( 'tn ppelir.
ance at the store this morning and
arraigned bcKlund on the non
contribution charge.
Nine Win Board Terms
The Roseburg Chamber of Com-
i membership were counted.
The hnnrrl no a inprnaiul Imm IllOllPPfl mine ahntit 39 milna anef
,, authority of the chamber mem-inf
k..i..n ...u:-i. .... . j ....
i wi suif, wiiii-ii viiito un ine pro-
i jan. 20. Eighteen rsnriirtat..
WPre on tne ballot
By virtue of having received the
highest number of votes. C. M.
1 McUcrmott, Roy O. Sims and Dud
v r U'ltnn ........ .1 ,A
' :- - "tit cidicu iu
were
three-year terms, expiring Dec. 31,
ii;mu. .
Two-year terms, expiring Dee
1 31 19.l8 were won bv i)Uan. K
1 i.anrriy. ueorge uioma and Chetl
and Chet
L. Thompson.
winning one-year terms, expir-
ing at the end of this year, were (Changed from Feb. 4 to thit Thurs
Harold Backen Jr.. John Browniday. from t a m. to 10 a.m. at the
and O. J. Feldkamp. 1 Kiddle Elementary School
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NEW OFFICERS of Roseburg's police reserve were oppoioted recently by Police Chief
Vernon Murdoch Jr. Receiving trre 1958 oppointments ond promotions were (front row,
left to right) Sgt. Robert Booz, Sat. Pete Andrus ond Copt. John Melnic. In the bock w
ore Lt. Poul Schiell, Chief Ed Dovis ond Secy-Treos. Robert Horris. T reserve now Ytft
14 officers, ond men out of on ollowoble 25. They hove full police pwer gen in uni
form ond ossiif regulor officers, in i' fife) work primarily. Reserves ore supplier uniforms
but must furnish their owrr
doing time in J.C. Penney's
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I WflKtlPC. FfliltrirP
To Herald Start
Of Mothers' March
Whistlet and fanfare will herald
the start of the annual Roseburg
Mothers' March on Polio Thurs
day evening when 50 local women
culminate the local polio fund col
lection drive in a house-to-house
fund-gathering effort.
The march will be conducted
between 6:15 and 7:15 p.m., but
several locales in the Roseburg
area win oe covered in the after
noon. Marchers, led by co-chair
men Mrs. Donald Croucher and
Mrs. Robert Raffensperger. will
carry special white envelopes for
identification.
Residents who mav he over.
looked are urged by Mrs. Raffen
sperger to wait until 7:15 and then
call OR 2-2GU1'. A Roseburg Javcee
will arrive on the tcene to eollect
contributions.
Radio and television stations by
word of mouth and the following
organizations, Roseburg . Rural
Fire Station, Southern Pacific C.,
Sun Studs Inc., U. S. Plywood
Evans Products Co. and Hub Lum
ber Co., will mark the start of
the march by tooting whistles and
norm.
In order to facilitate the occa
sion. residents are urged to turn
on their porchlights and welcome
the marchers. People having dogs
are asked to either tie them up or
keep them in the house during the
hour-long march.
In conjunction with the march
in Roseburg, marchet will also be
held at Winchester. Riversilale,
Garden Valley, Melrose, Green,
iiiengary ana Winston.
Mine Cave-in
Crushes Four
ROUNDUP, Mont. ( A
cave-in crushed four men to death
beneath an estimated 15 tons of
rock late yesterday. Six others es
caped injury.
The tragedy occurred inside the
horizontal tunnel of the
Mountain
here. The mine is leased to the I
A..; C : 1
i.nvi rjt v uiiimisaiun uiani
at Hanford. Wash.
An investigation waa started im
mediately bv federal, ttate and
union officials
One of those narrowly missed
hv th thnnrinr no- mi-lral!
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Uafy Boyle of Roundup, president,, Be t0 vehicle! and no injuries, ae-
01 ine .iiouiiiniii males .inning 10.
which owns the mine.
,
.i.miw un wrmnweu
The date nf the Riddle pre-tchool
children doIio clinic has been
sideorgn.
rough? To Wins
Third Member
Of Burglary
Team Sentenced
The third and final member of
a burglary team received a prison
sentence Tuesday.
Stephen James Davit, 18. w a t
handed a one-year term by Cir
cuit Judge Charles S. Woodrich.
Davis, an Oakland resident, had
previously pleaded guilty to bur
glarizing a Drain service station
but imposition of sentence had been
delayed pending a pre-sentence in
vestigation.
In earlier arraignments, Tommy
Joe Thrasher, 19, Roseburg, and
ueorge Hell, i, Augusta. Ark.,
pleaded guilty to taking part in
the burglary and were sentenced.
Thrasher received a one-year term
and Bell got two years.
The three had admitted burglar
izing seven business establish
ments in Douglas County the night
of Dec. 17, 1957. The burglaries
extended from Roseburg to Drain.
Highway Interim
Committee Sets
Hearings Dates
The slate legislative Highway
Interim Committee, headed by Ren.
Albert G. Flcgel of Roseburg, will
travel 2.128 miles in two trips to
hear citizens in 20 Oregon cities in
March and April.
Flegel. who told the Roseburg
Chamber of Commerce Monday
that the hearings were to be held
this spring, said 11 points will be
visited in Western Oregon March
17-21 and 9 eitlet in Eastern Oregon
April 7-11.
The committee will be in Rose
burg at 8:30 a.m. March 18.
The Western Oregon trip will
start from Salem, and the first
meeting will be in Albany. The
Western Oregon schedule:
March 17: Albany ( a.m., Spring
field 12:15 p.m.
March 18: Roseburg 1:30 a.m..
Grants Past 12:15 p.m.
March 19: Gold Beach 8:30 a.m..
Coquille 12:15 p.m., Reedsport 7
p.m.
March 20: Tillamook at noon.
March 21: Astoria 8:15 a.m.,
Portland S p in, Milwaukie 7 p.m.
The Eastern Oregon itinerary
starts In Klamath Falls. The sched
ule: April 7: Klamath Falls 12:15
p m.. Lakeview 7:30 p.m.
April 8: Burnt 11:30 a.m., Ontar
io 7:30 p.m.
April 9: Baker :15 a m., Pen
dleton 3:15 p.m.
April 10 Fossil 11:30 a.m., Prine
ville 7:30 p.m.
April 11: Hood River at
noon.
5-Car Pileup Blamed
On Slippery Surface
A five car pileup on the Oak Av
enue bridge Tuesday evening wat
blamed on the slippery turfaca be
cause of rain.
Rnvehnre nnlire who invetttcateri
! taid the cars had been moved when
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iney arrivru. meic wo nuiw uoiu-
rnrtl ne In the rennrt.
involved aernrdin ta nnlire.
., w-ii- R d,,.,, w
Harvard Ave.: Jack L. Houston,
i 1048 W. Fairhaven St.; Wilmer E.
Mynatt, Grants Pass; Adeline L.
Robertson. 157 W. Killdeer St., and
an unidentified person driving a
1952 sedan.
Hitchcock Will
Oppose Norblad
For House Job
OSWEGO i - Phil Hitchcock,
who gave Douglas McKav a tussle
for the Republican nomination for
United States senator two years
ago, said Wednesday he will try
for Walter Norblad't seat in the
u. a. House of Reprentatives.
it was not an unexpected an
nouncement.
nucncocK. wnose nnme is in
this Clackamas County town at
the south edge of Portland, said
he feared the Republican Party
U.U l. .L. - :' . r.: . .
nuuiu war me r irsi Lisinci un
less it has a candidate "who can
vitalize the party into successful
activity."
Norblad now is Oregon's only
Republican member of Conarpss
Hitchcock taid Republicans lost
the Second and Fourth districts
in 1958 after several years of
slipping majorities and said the
same pattern was evident in the
First District. But, he said, he
was convinced that he could carry
the election against any Demo
cratic opponent.
Thornton May Run
Thus far there, has been talk
that Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn
ton may acek the Democratic
nomination. Other probable Dem
ocratic aspirants are Jason Lee of
saiem and Don Mathenv of
Brooks.
Norblad was first elected In
Jan, 1946, at a special election
and hat been reelected consist
ently since. Hit home wat Astoria
at the time of first election but
it now li Staytun, In Marion Coun
ty
Hitchcock, in a statement lm
plied Norblad had not been on the
job enough. He taid the campaign
(Continued on Pag 1 Col. 3)
District Court
Of Honor Slated
For Boy Scouts
A District court of honor for ad-
vancing Boy Scouts will be held
Friday night. March 7. in the Riv
erside School auditorium, commit
teemen of the Douglas Fir District
decided Tuesday night.
Boyt who hav earned ttar, life
and eagle ranka, or explorer equiv
alents, will be eligible to partici
pate in the court.
Vondit K. Miller, district chair
man, taid the court won't renlaca
troop courtt of honor. Some par
ticipating boyt will hav received
their badgea in troop courts, but
those who receive badgea in the
district court may be recognized
again in hit next troop court.
ine court, a new activity, 11 be
ing held to encourage tcouta to
advance.
Miller asked that all adult eale
tcoutt in the district participate in
the court. II said registration of
adult eaglet will be made at the
district ecout office, 716 SE Main
St., or the Douglas Abstract Co.,
629 SE Main, Roseburg. ,
High School-College
Committee To Visit
The High School-College Rela
tions Committee of the Oregon
State System of Higher Education
will visit Roseburg High School
Monday at 8 30 a.m.. Principal
Harry Jarony announced.
An assembly has been called to
explain general college prepara
tion and requirements. Later ses
sions will he held by representa
tives of all the ttate institutions
of higher learning to discuss speci
fic requirements of their instilu-
,l(The visitation team will consist i
of representatives of all the slate'
institutions, as well
as Oregon
Technical Institute
Lyman Savers Meted
Two-Year Prison Term
Lyman W. Sayert will tpend pos
sibly two yean in the Oregon
Stale Penitentiary for
worthiest checkt.
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Tuesday. Sayert appeared in Cir
cuit Judge Charles S. Woodnch't
court and pleaded guilty to passing
a fraudulent S10 check at service
station. Authorities also credited
him with cashing about a doien
other small, worthlett checks in
Roseburg.
Despite a plea for probation by
Atty. Thomas Garrison, Sayert re
ceived a two-year prison term.
HUBCAPS STOLEN
William R. Robertd 1605
Calkins Rd., reported to the sher
iff's office today that the hub capt I
had been ttolen from his carhile
it was parked at the fowling al-
leyt on NE Dfnond Lake Boule
van!,, m
Water Will Recede
With Storm's End,
Report Forecasters
The capricious South Umpqua
river and tributariea were acting
up again today, but danger of flood
ing appeared tlight, except on Cow
Creek.
A late-morning river advisory
from the Roseburg station of the
U.S. Weather Bureau taid heavy
general raint had stopped. It in
dicated that showera later today
will add only minor rainfall to the
area.
The river cnesU forecast by the
Weather Bureau were: 24 feet at
Falling Tree Flattens
Roof Of Elgarose Home
Heavy rains In Douglas County
Tuesday night and Wednesday
were accompanied by high
winds, and one gust toppled a
tree on the Jim Andrews' hem
at Elgarose.
Correspondent Thelma Hanten
reports the large tree fell onto
the front of the house early Wed
nesday. It broke into the roof of
the two-story heme with loud
crash.neighbors said.
Neither Andrews nor hit ton,
the only two occupantt of the
house, were home at the time,
Mrt. Hanten taid.
Winston about 4 p.m. (flood stage
26 feet); 21 feet at Roseburg about
5 p.m. (flood stage 22 feet); 13 at
Winchester about 1 p.m. (18 foot
flood stage); and 27 at Kellogg on
the main Umpqua about 8 p.m.
(flood stage 31 feet).
The only imminent danger area
appeared to be along Cow Creek.
A report from the Douglas Coun
ty Water Resources Survey office
showed Cow Creek wat rising fast
late thia morning and wat at or
slightly above flood ttage. Cow
Creek at tilendale showed a read
ing oi 9.i ana was rising at the
rale of a foot an hour. Flood stage
is 8 feet. At Azalea, the reading at
10:30 was 10.3, just at flood stage.
Creek Floods At Riddle
At Riddle, the creek had already
(Continued on Pag t Col. S)
President's Plane
Lands In Kansas
OLATHE. Kan. 141 President
Eisenhower, forced to skip fog
bound Kansas City, landed at the
Naval air atation here Wednesday
en rout to hia brother' funeral.
Th Presidents plane. Colum
bine III, touched down In clear
weather at 11:27 a.m. (CST) after
circling for 27 minutes over Kan
sat City. Grandview. Mn ni
Olathe.
An emergency motor caravan. -
composed largely of Navy auto
mobiles, was assembled to drive
Eisenhower into Kansas City where
funeral tervicet were to be held
in the afternoon for his elder
brother, Arthur.
The press Diane, whirh normal.
It lands an hour ahead of the
President, wat forced to circle the
Kansas City area for an hour and
20 minutes while officials were de
ciding where th President would
land.
Earlier, at Washinetnn f h
President had flown bv hel iennler
from the White House to National
Airport ror his trip west, lt was
hit first use of the new service
for tuch a short hop. .
Juniors Lead In MD
Drive At Roseburg High
The junior class led itudenls nf
Roseburg High School in collect
ing money for muscular dystrophy,
a drive which started last Friday
and ended Monday night.
The entire student body collect
ed S2.056.99. it wat reported Tues
day afternoon.
Ine juniors turned in S690 92.
freshmen Sj40.02. sophomores
S4."!U0 and seniors $366.15.
Kniil Rambcrg. chairman of the
Muscular Dystrophy Committee
for Douglas County, will tpeak at
a Thursday assembly at th high
school. Also on the program will
he KRXL't Del McKay, sponsor
of a trophy for the winning classes
when the high school students
were active in the March of Dimet.
Yoneallj Cirl Again
Souzht As Run-Away
A 16-year-old Yoncalla girl ap
parently with the urge to wander
is again being tought by law of
ficers. The girl reportedly ran away
again Tuesday night this time
from a Roseburg family the had
heen Disced tvith at the rannt nf
Julian llelleck, juvenile director.
She was placed in the Soster
home Sunday after being taken in
to custody at a dance hall. Her
parenta had reported to police that
the girl htd run away from them
during visit to Roseburg.
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