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8 Tht Newt-Review, Roieburg, Business By LEROY THE EASTER SEASON brings us thoughts of Kasler bonnets, Kaster finery, Easter parades, Kasler lillies, Kaster bunnies, East er eggs, Easter hams and East er church services. Easter comes early this year, on March 29. Roseburg has all theso things, except the Easter parade, unless we can consider the parade to church Easter Sunday morning in that category. Ministers would like 1o see every Sunday an Easter Sunday, when it conies to attend ance, but ailing in that, the church es welcome the large Easter crowds, nevertheless. Aside from religious aspects of Kaster, suffice it to say, it is re freshing to see church goers all decked out in their Easter finery. This has become almost a tradi tion with this holy day, and we don't believe anyone would wish to change it, so long as the real pur pose of Easter is not forgotten. LOCAL LADIES READY TO WEAR stores (the men hardly rate) have had a good supply of dresses and haLs for Easter. Some stocks of styles and colors are get ting low, but the overall supply appears ample to meet the de mand. NOVELTY AND VARIETY atores are well supplied with East er bunnies, Easter eggs (the candy and plastic ones), and a few other novelites. Easter lilies are expect ed to make their appearance in some stores this weekend. Indica tions are the supply and quality will be good. When it comes to Easter hams, there are plenty and the price is low. Fresh eggs are plentiful, too, but this Isn't a market column. WILL THE HULA HOOP be as popular with the younger set this spring and summer as it was last year, or will aome new gadget grab public fancy? This question was put to several local merchants who deal in gag- els to please the public. None was able to say. It is a bit early to urettict but it will bear watching. The number one item thus far appears to be the spinning platter, which is produced under a variety ot trade names ana in varying ie grees of sturdiness and price. The secret of this particular plaything is to keep a disc spinning on top of a stick, and tossing it back and forth with other persons similarly equipped.- It's quite a novelty, but as yet has enjoyed no great de gree of local popularity. Continued warm, spring weather will have a dirpct bearing. KITE FLYING has been popular of late with March winds (much to the chagrin of electric power and telephone companies, who warn children to keen away from wires). But this season, is usually short lived In windless Koscburg. MIKE McCLAIN, ot McKay's Drug and a Lion, kids Ais Jack son st. friend, Charles Brundage, a former Lion, about "having it marie," making him eligible to be come a Kiwanian. How does he know Brundage has it made? "Well he's always raking in the dough, isn't he?" asks Mike. Brundage comes back, stating he isn't stand ing by the till raking in the dough and invites McKay to visit him on the job about 3 o'clock some morning. For the uninformed, Brundage is a baker. While the Chamber of Commerce is putting out buttons permitting men to shave for two bucks (funds will promote the "On To Oregon Cavalcade" wagon train), Dick Turlcy, Douglas County Fair man ager, distributes buttons to those sporting whiskers. Says Turley, "This doesn't cost you anything. The button says, "Lettin' It Grow with Oregon Cen tennial 1859-1959." PAT SULLIVAN of Umpqua Dairy was gloating this week, and he really had something to gloat about. Highest rating for strawber ry ice cream went to the company's entry in Washington Slate Col lege s scoring contest. Recently the dairy won sweepstakes at Oregon Stale College for chocolate, straw berry and vanilla ice cream en tries and first place for chocolate. Sullivan credits Ralph V. Lesch, ice cream maker at the dairy, hut reserves some credit lor Pierce Freight Lines in getting the pro duct to Pullman. It was quite a Roseburg Stores Sponsoring Derbies For Salmon Season Two salmon derbies have been announced by Roseburg stores. The Food Mart and Umpqua Gun Store are jointly sponsoring a salmon derby, which starts to day (March 21) and will extend to June 7. Safcway's City Drive In Market announces its fourth annual Chi nook "king" salmon derby will start March 29 and continue through April 25. Trophies will be given away each week. The Food Mart and Umpqua Gun Store derby rules were announced by Frank Webster and Bill Jones of the two stoics, respectively, as follows: Salmon must be weighed at eilher store between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily. The derby week starts each Saturday at 9 a.m. and ends at 9 p.m. the following Friday. Fish must be caught on hook and line and entered by person who caught the fish. First and second place prizes will be presented for tho largest salm on caught each week, and first, second and third place prizes will be offered for the largest salmon entered in the derby. Kills Landrum, manager of Safe way's City Drive In, announces that under contest rules for his store's contest, salmon must be weighed in at the market. Weekly contests end each Saturday night. Trophies will be awarded April 5, 12, 19 and 26. Ore. Sot., Mar. 21, 1959 Scene INMAN . trick to transport the ice cream that distance and have it retain its quality, says Sullivan. Special pains were taken. C. (TOLLY) TOLLEFSON of Pierce said the normal trip to Pull man, by way of Seattle, lakes 48 hours. By holding a refrigerator truck in Portland for the Roseburg truck arrival, direct delivery to Pullman was made in 12 hours. The three gallons of ice cream, containers and packing weighed about 150 pounds. ELTON OWENS, who promotes wrestling in Roseburg and other Oregon cities, also produces lambs. Owens reports in a note to Charley Stanton, News-Review editor, that his lamb crop is all out on pasture and growing fine. He says he hauls then to Portland for top prices, then stays around to referee match es staged by his brother, Don, in Portland those nights. He observes that it looks like a good year for lumber, "which makes it good for everyone." AN ITALIAN COMPANY claims it has developed a paper that is stronger when wet. Composed of synthetic fibers and resins, the pa per is said to have a tear resis tence of 4.8 pounds an inch when dry. Tensile strength does not increase when the material is damp, but it drops less than 25 per cent, the company claims, add ing that the paper has good folding resistance and takes printing well. U. S. papermakers are watching the development with interest. C. J. BRENT-of Brent's Ex change, Roseburg, says local folks will have to build a fire under the city to match activity under way in San Francisco Bay area. Brent returned Monday from a four-day Pacific Automotive Show. He also visited his son, Loren Lovcland, the latter s wue, tne lormer iuarcia Newland, and their baby son Charles, at Palo Alto. Brent said business is going high wide and handsome in the Bay area. One saleman conlided that if he didn't sell another dollar's worth of merchandise this month, it would still be his best in seven years. There's lots of construction and home building going on there, he says. But he's not selling Roseburg short. He believes business is de finitely making headway, locally and looks for decided improvement in about six weeks. He commend ed the Roseburg Chamber of Com merce for efforts to advertise this city out of the state. Too many down south., he says, don't even know Roseburg exists. The recent Umpqua Beat Club show may be gone but tht mem ory lingers for prize winners in contests sponsored by tome of the exhibitor. Presentation! were made rhit week. Picturat and namet appear eliewritre on rhit page. TWO LOCAL MEN we're deeply concerned by a news development which did not affect them person ally. But they knew the effect the announcement had on some 1,000 young people. the men were county Agent J. Roland Parker and Oregon State Employment Manager Frank Ril ey. The unpleasant news was that bean contracts in Douglas county had been canceled, for economic reasons, by Paulus Bros. Cannery, Salem a subsidiary of Dole. Parker is interested in the coun ty's farm economy, both profes sionally because of his associa tion with the farmers and his early, efforts to promote bean growing in this county, and personally be cause he knows young people have derived around $75,000 annually as pickers. Riley, too, has both a profession al and personal interest. He's been spending some of his spare time helping promote a youlh center through the YMCA. He sees the young people's need. Both men have promised mil co operation of their offices in helping find as much other employment as they can. Hiley urges merchants and individuals having employment of any type suitable for youngsters to report to his qffice. He is al ready checking on possible job placements, both in and nut of Roseburg, and will make known any progress. The trophies will be given, one each week, for the largest Chinook salmon, by weight, brought into the store. A lure of the contestant's choice will be given for every salm on left on display. G-P Now Erecting New Plant At Samoa Georgia-Pacific Corp. announced this week start of construction of a plant at Samoa, Calif., to pro duce sanded fir plywood. The new mill is part of the com pany's program to integrate its Samoa-F.ureka operations to make better use of logs available and extend the life of mature timber lands. Robert E. Flowerrce, vice pres ident of G-P's western production, said the plant will have an annual capacity of about 90 million square feet of plywood. It will cost about one million dollars. Completion is scheduled for June 1, and, when its break-in period is complete, the plant will employ about 180 peo ple. Georgia-Pacific has Just placed in operation a fir plywood sheath ing mill at Samoa, employing 140 men and with a capacity of 75 mil lion square feet a year. The com pany also has two redwood mills and timber operations in the area. I "-.. 1 i . k . a . V ' f . - . eK. " J vAM. mini i MR. AND MRS. SAM SUITER nationwide contest sponsored by Kitchen-Aid. On right is Grant N. Dean, vice president ' of Dean Distributing Co., Portland area Kitchen-Aid distributor. Suiter of Suiter's Build ing Supply, Roseburg, placed fourth in the nation in the contest for salesmen. One of his customers, Mrs. L. A. Hercher, Dillard; was one of 25 winners in the consumer div ision. (Photo Lob) Records Of Camp Grounds List Many Old-Type Autos Today's automobile drivers sel dom hear of the Dort, Cleveland or Case. The National no longer is one of the "big cars. Most people, of course, have heard of the Stanley Steamer, the atuts Bearcat and some of the oth er early day cars, but the Kissel, Winston, Allen, Monroe and Em pire probably aren't as well re membered. Looking through some papers left Wilbur Lumber Co. To Resume Monday After Shutdown Wilbur Lumber Co. will resume operations Monday after a two week shutdown because of a log shortage. Clifford Baxter, a partner in the business, said the mill actually had enough logs to keep operating for a while, but a brief closure was inevitable to catch up on the log supply. This time was 'chosen so needed repairs and improvements to the plant could he made. Improvements include construc tion of a dock near the circle mill where a soft area, often damp enough for grass reeds to grow, proved troublesome. The gang saw has been over hauled with a new connecting rod installed and the saw slide being replaced. The outer screen on the sawdust burner was also replaced, and repairs made to the planer. Baxter said about 70 men are currently employed. A second shift is usually added in the summer, bringing employment up to about 110. The plant entered the winter sea son about lMi million board feet short on logs for a number of rea sons. About 8V4 million board feet of logs in the pond and cold deck are necessary to carry through the winter months. The plant buys about half its logs on tne open mantel. Coin-Operated Laundry Slated Soon to open in north Roseburg is a new self-service, coin-onerat- ed laundry. The business is being established by W. I.es Carr, own- of Umpqua Cleaners at 525 SE Main St., and Don Glcnz. own er of City Cleaners at 1929 NE Diamond Lake Hlvd. The 25 hy 50 foot, pumice block structure housing the business was designed and erected by Roy Corn- well, local contractor, for Edward M. Murphy, local attorney. The business will use Philco Bendix automatic washers and dryers. The building is completed, ex cept for some installations. The area to the front is being biacktop ped for customer parking and an early opening is planned. A similar operation, under sep arate ownership, but using the same type equipment, will be es tablished in Winston bv Clarence Rnwkrr at a later dale. Bowker is currently renovating quarters in the Winston Tavern building for the business. WATCH HIS PRIZE John Lomoreoux, Ooklond, on left, is presented o watch by Alan Knudtson of Knudtson's Jewelers in o contest sponsored by the local firm at the recent Douglas Boat show ot the Fairgrounds. A similar watch was attached to the blades ot a motor boat pro peller ond run in water on demonstration. (Photo Lob) ! -'"in- Ir stand beside the portable by his father, the late A. J. Young, Bernard Young has discovered a record of some of the first days at the Roseburg Campground. Known As Camp Grounds The Roseburg Campground at Deer Creek and Jackson St. was one of Oregon's first motels. They were called camp grounds in that day and actually were such. Tour ists carried tents and camping equipment. Installation of cottages by A. J. Young, who later was to become Roseburg's mayor, was an unusual development in 1923 when the camp was first started. The record shows cars from near ly every state, with California and Washington leading the parade, as is the case today. Idaho, too, was well represented. There were a few cars from the Philippine Islands, Hawaiia, Alaska,' and even from China. But most interesting is the list of names of cars registered at the camp, cars such as the Stoddard Dayton, Saxon, Liberty, Essex, Paige, Met, Brisco, Chandler, Moon, Elgin, Mitchell, Havnes and Cole. Among some of the fewer cars represented among tourist vehi cles could be counted the White, Marmon, Peerless, Burch, Durant, and Allen. The list also includes the Ste vens, Jordan, Velie, Auburn, Pre mier, Anderson, Loer, Franklin, Gardner, Le ington, Marathon, Col umbine, Appcrson, Jeffrey and many others, not overlooking the King. Alterations Planned At Standard Oil Plant Bids will be let within the next few days by Standard Oil Co. on changes in the distribution plant at 127 NW Garden Valley Blvd.. ac cording to J. F. Finneran, district sales manager. The work is required because of the Garden Valley Blvd. widening project on which work is to start soon. Some $16,000' will be spent on fills and other changes by the com pany. Between 6,000 and 7,000 yards of fill rock will be required to bring the grounds up to grade. Buildings will have to be raised and new exits and entrances provided. Finneran said the contract will probably be let this weekend, and the work will start within the next 30 days. Local contractors will be hired. Oregon Highway Depf. Ad In Reader's Digest The Oregon State Highway De partment has a full-page advertise ment in the April issue of Reader's Digest. The advertisement is in full color and features Oregon's centennial year. It contains an in vitation for an Oregon vacation and include a coupon to be used for travel information. The Oregon Highway Department is advertising expensively in mag azines and newspapers throughout the country, it is announced, as a means of aiding in building a large traveling audience for Ore gon's centennial celebration. V? . dishwasher Suiter won in a ; Douglas Machine, Welding To Have New Building Soon Douglas Machine & Welding, 1511 NE Diamond Lake Blvd., will soon occupy a new home. Oscar Tuffs, owner, said he has acquired the Zenor properly a short distance to the east of the pres ent location, and is now erecting a 45 by 80-foot concrete block build ing to house the business. This structure, he said, is the first unit planned for the business on a large tract. The property is 140 feet across the front, facing on Diamond Lake Blvd., and ex- lends southward to Deer Creek. An additional building is planned, prob ably next year. Cabins on this property have been moved to the rear and are being wrecked. Also, a large, old rental house on the site will be torn down. The new building will be of lami nated truss construction, with con crete floor. The foundation has al ready been poured. Overhead cranes, power fed, will be install ed to handle large equipment. The gnunds are being cleared and leveled to provide adequate park ing and outside storage area. Tuffs purchased the business in April of 1955. It was formerly Wol bert Welding. He came here from Canyonville and formerly lived in Medford. The, building now in use is leased. Coon Creek Cuts Back Production Temporarily Coon Creek Lumber Co. is cur rently operating on a three-day basis until additional logs can be made available from logging op erations. The plant buys its logs on contract, according to Manager Chet Johnson. E. L. Paris, logging contractor, is building about two miles of road up Singe Creek, a tributary of Steamboat Creek. The road will make available about 12 million board feet of timber. Johnson said the production cur tailment will probably continue for another three weeks until logs are available. Standard Oil Schedules New Gasoline Product Standard Oil Company of Cali fornia will soon be introducing a new gasoline and as a result will be selling three different grades in the Roseburg area, according to J. F. Finneran, district sales manager. The new product is al ready out in some areas, under the name of Chevron Custom Supreme. Finneran said that the introduc tion will be quite a process, in that new bulk storage tanks for distri bution will be necessary, and that Standard and Chevron serv ice stations not so equipped will require new pumps. The new product will be for cars requiring extremely high test gaso line, and will be sold at a prem ium. Stanley Hermann Named To Accounting Committee Stanley E. Hermann, secretary of the Umpqua Savings and Loan Assn. of Roseburg, has been ap pointed to the 1959 accounting committee of the United States Savings and Loan League. The appointment was announced hy C. R. Mitchell, Kansas City, Mo., president of the league, which is the trade organization of the savings and loan business and rep resentts more than 4.550 savings associations and cooperative banks. RANCH WANTED Mostly wooded on stream or river with tome till able land. Prefer with house but consider unim proved. Pay $500 down and monthly payments.. Price not to exceed $10,000. Preferably less. On high school bus route. Will consider more expen sive place on trade.-Have $610 monthly income property in El Paso. Interest. $25,000. Write, including data and photos to TOM & BETTYE RICHARDS SIS Prospect, Apt. 1, El Poio, Texoe KEystone 3-83S1 Stability In County Seen With Lumber Price Increase By LEROY INMAN Business News Dept. Editor Lumber and plywood prices con tinued to be riding a high level this week, according to a report from Crow's Lumber Market News Service, but the production pic ture in Douglas County appeared to be more one of stability than any great economic boom A survey of some of the mills and business' in this area reveal ed a very pleasant outlook. Opin- Southwest Oregon Shippers Organize In Effort To Get Adequate Freight Service Organization of a Southwest Or egon Shippers' Traffic Assn, Inc., was announced this week, along with an announcement from South ern Pacific Co. that additional freight cars are being made avail able by the company to shippers. Representatives from nine lum ber and plywood industries gather ed in Roseburg and elected Wil liam Forrest of Pacific Plywood Co. Dillard, president; T. L. Rey nolds, Spalding & Sons, Grants Pass, vice president, and Fred Sohn, of Sun Studs, Inc., Roseburg, as secretary-treasurer. Attending, aside from those named, were Dan Brennan of Dou ble Dee Lumber Co., Central Point; R. R. Schulz of Murphy Creek Lumber Co., Murphy, Ore., Clif ford Baxter, Wilbur Lumber Co.; Liquor Sales Economy Pulse A reported reflection of Douglas County's strengthening economy was seen in the January report of liquor consumption released by the Oregon Liquor Control Commis sion. Commission reports are used as a barometer of business condi tions. . Liquor sales ranged upward to 57.4 per cent over January of a year ago. Only in four towns were the sales lower, and only by small percentages. Roseburg's liquor sales for Jan uary amounted to $41,656, com pared with $37,685, a gain of $3, 971 or 10.5 per cent over January of 1958. Riddle had the highest gain at $4,390 up $1,601 from the 1958 fig ure of $2,788 or 57.4 per cent. Winston was next with a 29.1 per cent gain, sales being $6,785 as against $5,255 or a gain of $1,530. Drain was up 18.5 per cent to $7,002 from $5,908 or $1,094 gain. Reedsport was up 8.7 per cent, re porting sales of $12,682, compared with $11,762, up $1,010 a year ago. Four towns had liquor sales in the minus column for January over that of the same month in 1958. They were Glendale, off 3.3 per cent, showing sales of $3,573, against $3,694 for a minus $121: Sutherlin, off 2.8 per cent, total sales $8,640, against $8,888 for a minus $248; Myrtle Creek, minus .5 per cent, total sales $5,953, against $5,980 for a loss of $27, and Canyonville, off 2 per cent, total sales $4,899, against $5,011, for a $112 loss. Assumed Name Filed By Local Distributor An assumed business name' was filed here this week for Hart's Sup ply Co. at Roseburg by Donald C. Wells, 457 NE Fulton St., Roseburg. Wells stated the business will be that of auto accessories distribu tion. He will work out of his home in servicing accounts. Wells was formerly employed in lumber work. Another assumed business name was filed for Monte Slay Enter prises at Riddle by C. L. Slav, Box 566, Riddle, and Gilbert J. Summer, also of Riddle. The busi ness will deal In prefabricated housing parts. A. and W. Drive-In assumed name was filed by Theodore B. Hansen of Elktnn. Three From Roseburg . At Food, Dairy Session Pat Sullivan of Umpqua Dairy took a Roseburg High School stu dent and teacher to Corvallis last Saturday for a food and dairy tech nology field day at Oregon State College. The student was Don Loomis, and the teacher was Al Linquist, who teaches science. The field day was for guidance personnel and science teachers as well as stu dents. The purpose was to acquaint both teachers and students with op portunities in the food and dairy fields. ions advanced are that the rise in the lumber market is a healthy sign, based upon a general eco nomic upswing throughout the na tion. Buyers in California and other points, reluctant at first, are ac cepting the higher market price without complaint. Near Peak Production Little change in 1 local pioduc tion schedules are planned at pres ent. Most of the larger mills are Ray Martin, Martin Bros. Contain er & Timber Products Co., Oak land; Len Moyer, Carolina Pacific Plywood, White City and Paul B. Hult of Paul B. Hull Lumber Co., Dillard. A. board of seven directors was elected, a budget set up and plans to employ a full-time executive sec retary was decided. The association announced it will not only work toward getting suf ficient freight cars for shipping out southwest Oregon products, but will work on other problems, such as conditon of the cars on arrival, scheduling and other matters plag uing the industry from time to time. The coprporation was formed about a year ago, but interest lag ged with a depressed lumber mark et. Revival of the lumber market has also revived interest in the corporation, it is announced. Some sources report the rail car situa tion may become acute this sea son. Southern Pacific's announcement said 3,799 cars have been added to its rolling stock this year. Southern Pacific Co. Ups Freight Car Fleet The Southern Pacific Co. during 1958 raised its total freight car fleet to more than 81.000, patrons are being informed. Letters from S.P. officials to shippers state that the company last year took deliv ery on 2.349 freight cars, and that February of this year brought in the first delivery of 1,450 special ized cars to be acquired at a cost of about $22 million dollars. The Southern Pacific, officials state, is paying particular atten tion to wide-door cars. The wide- door car is especially suitable for mechanical loading of lumber and plywood. The company has order ed 26.7 per cent of its cars to be of the wide-door variety. Officials report that the South ern Pacific Co. now owns 7.2 per cent of all box cars in the U.S., that it has placed orders for 1.300 more this year. At the same time its "bad-order" ratio, 1.5 per cent, was below the national average in January. Weisfield Renovation Work Now UnderWay Installation of all new fixtures are included in renovation plans for the Roseburg store of Weis field Inc., according to Gene Mc Gee. manager. Work was started this week and probably will take a couple more weeks to finish, he said. Painting, redecorating and placement of new storage shelves and other fixtures is included. Rearrangements will make for much better storage and display of merchandise. Peg-board walls and interchange able levels for shelves arc being put in. One side of the store is being worked on at a time, to make pos sible keeping the store, open for ousmess during renovation. 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Or., ORchard 1-3010 running fairly near to peak pro duction, without going into exces sive overtime or expanding facili ties. Few extra employes will be added in the near future, the check shows. The Crow's Lumber Market re port states, "Standard and better grade green fir dimension for rail shipment is at the highest price level in three years and Hearing the peak reached in the spring of 1956. Lower grade dimension has also climbed, while plank and tim bers continue their ascent. "Fir dimension for water ship ment has moved up along with rail but the normal price, spread between the two has narrowed. Eastern buying has been a bit slower this week. i.viin.Hfior! fir dimension ouotel have moved up rather sharply on standard and better, and utility grade is scarce. The kiln-drying, mixed car shippers have plenty of timber . business. "Dry white fir, green and dry tir- nA )aivh dimension from the pine region has also added price strength. Io. a common, lc-wi-n pine boards have risen actively, while No. 2 and No. 4 common ffqinul tnpptacularlv. Shop grade pine is strong and mills are not seeKing oraers ai in moment. Plywood Price Good "Quarter-inch AD (sanded) fir plvwood can hardly be bought at $80 any more, most quotes being price at time of shipment, not to exceed $85. Five-eights-inch CD (sheathing) is at $110 tor certi fied gradeslamped stock." The Oregon State Employment Service made a check witn several key industries and business and found their needs holding steady for the periods ending April 30 and June 30. Few additional employes, other than replacements, will ba, added by the mills, except in some smaller operations which are more or less seasonal. The log supply is geierally good. Milder weather has permitted log ging to some extent most of the winter, except in higher elevations. Some independent loggers are working on a curtailed basis at present, but the log situation fluc tuates a great deal even when the demand is reasonably good. A good barometer of the labor picture is indicated by the fact emplovment claims dropped 350 as of Friday of last week, according to Frank Riley, employment office manager. Situation Healtfiy The general concensus of lum bering executives is that the price rise indicates a healthy situation, making it possible to guarantee profitable production and to keep employes working on a stable basis. Isolated reports show Wilbur Lumber Co., low on logs at a time of lumber demand, closed for a couple of weeks. But the time was used to make, needed repairs and improvements. The plant is plan ning to go to a double shift, as usual in the summer, when log supply and orders demand. An indication of a healthy lum ber market was seen in the fact a few small "pecker wood" opera tions have started up. These small mills were everywhere during the boon wartime years, but they more or less disappeared with the de pressed market situation. Roseburg merchants report busi ness continuing to climb. They at tribute this partly to the early Easter season and the excellent spring weather, and partly to the fact employment has been steady during the winter months. January and February were both up weil over those months a year ago, and March business is continuing the seasonal climb, being far better than that of 1948, when a low ebb was reached. Business confidence is expressed in several new buildings uow 'ris ing and in renovations and modern izing of local stores. Demand for farm, gardening and outside supplies has been strong with the warm spring weather. Bankers Life & Casualty THE WHITE CROSS PLAN World's largost writtrs of individ ual and fomily health eara plant. ROXIE SWEETSER 647 Flint OR 3-S096 OFFER! GUARD .Wot ONLY 29 95 OIL COMPANY Of Satisfaction DENVER
