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New Deadline Scheduled
On Move Of Moore House
Lot Owners Prepare
Parking Area Plans '
By BILL HENLEY 1
Ntws-Rviw Stiff Writtr
A new deadline has been set
by partners in a forthcoming oil
street parking venture for the re
moval of the LiUie Moore home
from its location at. SE Hose St.
and Washington Ave.
The date has now been set for
April 8, and it is apparently a
"hard and fast" one.
The partners Einil Rambcrg,
George E. West, Hans T. Hansen,
L. E. Garrison and Roland West
have written to Mrs. V. J. Mi
celli, president of the Douglas Coun
ty Historical Society, setting the
new date. Mrs. Micelli verbally
told the News-Review today that
problems of moving the structure
were being considered, and that a
full-scale meeting of the society
may be held early next week.
"It has now been almost four
months since the Lillie Moore prop
erty was purchased for the purpose
of improving the same to provide
critically needed off-street parking
in congested downtown Roseburg,"
the letter stated. "It Is now neces
sary for us to proceed with those
plans."
"Following the expiration of two
weeks from the date of this letter
(March 25) the residence will have
to be destroyed in connection with
said property improvement pro
gram, and such will occur when
the improvement work commences
without any further notice, an
nouncement or extension of time."
The letter pointed outf in back-
VFW Votes Jet
Delivery. Funds
The City of Roseburg was as.
sured of getting a F86A jet fighter
for an added Stewart Park attrac
tion Wednesday night when mem-
bership of the Roseburg VFW Post
voted the last $100 needed for its
delivery.
Councilman Virgil Walls, who
has been working on the project
with interested groups, said today
arrangements already are made
for bringing the aircraft to Rose
burg from Reno, Nev., where it
was acquired by Roseburg's Amer
ican Legion Post from Air force
surplus. . . ,
Walls reported that through its
local manager, Bill Greenfield, Oregon-Nevada
California . Fast
Freight Inc. has assumed $375 of
the cost of moving the plane here.
The remaining $200 in expenses is
being shared by the two veterans
posts.
The F68A, which a few years
ago was the mainstay of American
air power in the Korean conflict,
will be installed near the SP loco
motive at Stewart Park where
youngsters and adults can inspect
it.
The city's public works depart
ment will move and install the air
craft upon its arrival in Roseburg,
according to Ken Meng, city en
gineer. Spokane Police Still
Seeking Murder Clues
, SPOKANE. Wash. (AP)-Police
said Thursday they still haven't
found the lead tnat will crack the
search for the slayer of 9-year-old
Candy Rogers.
Police Chief Clifford Payne said
he was awaiting a report from the
FBI on the girl's clothes which
were sent to Washington, D. C.
for analysis. Payne said the report
would be ready within a week or
10 days.
The girl's ravished body was
found just outside the city Sunday
under a pile of pine needles.
Candy disappeared March 6 while
selling Cani) Fire Girl mints door
to door.
Portland Police Theorize New Kidnaping
By Gunman Has Provided Escape From City
PORTLAND (AP)-The search
for a gunman continued here to
day. Police said, though, he may
have gotten out of town the way
he got in by abducting a motor
ist. Police conducted a block-by-block
search of rainy downtown
streets Wednesday and Wednes
day night, but failed lo find a
trace of Richard Allen Huiit. 27, a
dairy worker from near Harris
burg. Ore.
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Fair tonight and Friday. Warm
er Friday.
Highest temp, last 14 hours 62
Lowest torn p. last 24 hours . 40
Highest tamp, any March ('53) 79
Lowest tomp. any March ('54) . If
Precip. last 24 hours 60
Prtctp. from March 1 1.44
Precip. from Sop-t. 1 .. 24.41
Excess from Sept. 1 .24
Sunset tonight 4:32 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:05 a.m. v
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ground, that a 30-day removal no
tice was given on Feb. 4. and
was later extended when "We ob
served periodic statements publish-
ea in tne rtoscuurg jNews-Keview
apparently made by society rep
resentatives. We know of no plan
to remove or dismantle all or any
part of the Lillie Moore dwelling."
The society hasn't been in di
rect touch with the parking lot
partners, the letter stated.
Mrs. Micelli today said that a full
board meeting is unlikely until next
week but that potential house-movers
will be contacted immediately.
She said that in fact the society
has been awaiting word from the
moving contractors, in regard to
problems attendant upon moving
the structure to a desirable loca
tion. She has been consistently am-
Diguous on tne proposed sites of
relocation, contending pin-pointing
them would be premature be
fore a decision is reached.
Speculations Many
Property near Winchester, oth
er sites on the Roseburg side of
the South Umpqua River, and the
fairgrounds with a suggested
waterborne pontoon moving the la
test development there have fig
ured into speculations on relocat
ing the house. For the past several
weeks Mrs. Micelli has expressed
optimism about saving the house
for historical purposes, stating that
tne moving was the major prob
lem. Two house moving firms Hob-
son House Moving Co. of Portland
and the Dent Bros, of Eugene
have offered advice and, she said,
will be contacted now.
She referred to the latest dead
line as "flicking the horse in the
tail when it's trying to move the
cart as fast as it can."
The parking lot partners pur
chased the lot from the General
Services Administration for $37.-
000 in December 1958, and have an
nounced they intend to start off
street parking operation by May 1.
Unoccupied House
Burns At Yoncalla
A large, two-story frame house
about one mile south of Yoncalla
was destroyed by flames early to-
oay.
Correspondent Mrs. George Edes
reported residents of the house,
located on old Highway 99, were
Mr. and Mrs. Earl B. Smith. The
Smiths had left several days ago
for a vacation in California, she
said. Efforts are being made to
locate them and inform them of
the blaze, she said.
The correspondent reported the
house and furniture were covered
by insurance. No monetary esti
mate of damage was available.
Cause of the fire is undetermin
ed, but police and fire insDectors
are probing the ruins in search of
clues, said Mrs. Edes.
The structure, outside the zone
covered by the Yoncalla Fire De
partment, blazed unchecked before
help could, be summoned. The area
is not serviced by a rural fire de
partment, noted Mrs. Edes.
The correspondent said the old
house has been known locally as
the Billy Wilson place because of
its occupancy by Wilson in early
years.
Two Cars Collide
Two cars were towed awav from
the scene after an accident about
3:40 p.m. Wednesday at the inter
section of Highway 99 BR and
Garden Valley Blvd.
The cars were driven by Lillian
Droscher, Idleyld Rt. Box 117,
Roseburg, and Helen Marlene Bar
ron, Box 565 Camas Valley Rt.,
Winston, state police said. There
were no apparent injuries to the
drivers, police added.
The manhunt began after one
police chief was .abducted brief
ly at Harrisburg Tuesday, and
another shot later at Browns
ville. More than 100 men were press
ed into the search of timbered
hills, but that quest was called
off after a motorist said he- was
forced at gunpoint to drive a
young man north to Portland.
It was then police here launch
ed the search, checking used
clothing stores, bars, cafes, a
theater and a score of skid road
hotels.
"We have really scoured the
downtown area," said detective
Prescott Hutchins.
Hutchins said police were post
ed at airports, railroad stations
and bus depots here. "I doubt if
he could get out that way," the
detective said.
Hutchins added:
"He might have gotten out of
town the same way he gut in. He
could climb into the first car with
a driver in it, and be going yet."
The motorist forced to drive
the gunman into Portland, police
V
House Votes
Daylight Time
Referendum
SALEM (AP) The Oregon
House of Representatives voted 43-
12 today to let the people vote in
November 1960 on whether they
want daylight saving time, but re
jected 29-26 a bill to put it into
effect in 1959 and 19t0.
The bill referring the question to
the people goes to the Senate.
The vote on the question of
whether to have daylight time this
year and next year was on a mo
tion to indefinitely postpone, so the
matter can't be reconsidered with
out a two-thirds vote of the House.
That means it is dead for the ses
sion. ,
The vote came after an hour's
debate in which both sides tried
all of the parliamentary tricks.
Supporters of daylight time tried
to get the bill to make it effective
immediately back into committee
to save it, but that motion failed
29-25.
House members were relieved to
get rid of the issue, which brought
them a huge flood of mail and
telegrams.
Daylight time was vigorously op
posed by farm, labor and the
ater interest, while the chief sup
port came from the radio and tele
vision industry.
Plan Lost 3 Times
The people voted in 1950, 1952
and 1954 against daylight time.
But supporters argued that since
many new people have moved into
the state in the past five years, the
people should get another chance
to vote.
Speaking on the bill to refer the
question to the people, Rep. F. F.
Montgomery (R-Eugene) told the
house that theater interests have
carried on a vigorous advertising
campaign against the bill. He said
there has been no organized sup
port for it.
Then Rep. Ed Benedict (D-Port-land,
chairman of the Planning
and Development Committee
which drafted the legislation, ar
mipri that "The motion picture hi'
dustry is dying out anyway so day
light time wouldn't save it." He
said It would help the centennial
celebration, too.
The chief argument against the
bills was given by Rep. George
Annala (JJ-Hooa mver), a iarmer,
who said he has to get up at 4
a.m. now and doesn't want to have
to get up any earlier. He said day
light time would nun tne nignt
entertainment at tne centennial cel
ebration. Rep. Shirley Field (R-Portland)
said. "If Oregon wants to be a
big league state, then it should get
in line with the big league states
that have the fast time."
Under the bill that was passed
clocks would be advanced one hour
from the last Sunday in April to
the last Sunday in September, be
ginning in 1961.
New Bill Considered
After the referred measure was
Dassed. the House then considered
the one to have daylight time in
1959 and 1960.
Ren. Clarence Barton (D-Co-
ouille) jumped to his feet to move
indefinite postponement. He said it
is "ill-advised and contrary to
democratic processes" to pass a
bill that had been rejected by the
people.
Then Rep. Joe Rogers (D-Inde-
pendence) moved to taole the Dill.
It was deteated 37-18.
At that point, the sponsors of the
bill, sensing defeat, made their
move to try to get the bill back
to committee. This was beaten 29-
25, with opponents wanting to kill
it nn the lloor.
Then the whole matter ended
with passage of Barton's motion to
indefinitely postpone.
said, was Allic Derrick, a lum
ber salesman at Mill City, south
ot nere.
Derrick told police that after he
got back into his car after eating
lunch at Amity, a man iaised up
from the back scat and said:
"You know what happened in
Brownsville. I've killed several
fellows. Keep on driving "
After driving to Portland, Der
rick said he suddenly shouted: "I
ain't driving any further."
Then, Derrick said, he leaped
out of the car with the keys, and
rushed to a nearby police sta
tion, leaving the gunman in the
car.
Minutes later the search start
ed here for Hunt, a blond-haired
ex-convict who once served a
term in the Montana State Prison.
After Ernest AlcPhee was ab
ducted earlier, and Robert Kern
now shot, warrants were issued
charging Hunt with kidnaping and
assault with intent in kiil.
, Kemnow was reported holding
I his own at a Lebanon hospital.
I A rifle bullet hit him in the head.
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Firm Hired To
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The business operation of the
Roseburg School District is due
for some changes, if a plan
adopted Wednesday night by
the Roseburg School Board is
fully carried out.
The board agreed to allow
John Paul Jones Associates
Inc., a San Francisco efficien
cy research firm, to be hired
under an "open end contract"
to undertake a sweeping study
of the district's business oper
ation. If the board decides after an
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sons and one 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmetr Srandridge, Milo. The daughter's name
is Mary Eileen; the boys were unnamed as of Tuesday afternoon. Pictured with Mrs.
Standridge and her three latest additions is Dr.' James Jones, Riddle, the attending
physician. (Paul Jenkins) .
April Rotarian Conference
To Draw 500 To Roseburg
Roseburg is expected to host
about 500 Rotarians and Rotary
Anns in April in the first Rotary
International Assembly and Con
ference in new District 5il just
formed last year.
It will be the first such con
clave of Rotarians ever held in
Roseburg.
District 511 was carved from for
mer District 510 last year. It in
cludes 25 clubs in southern and
west central Oregon. The district
has 1,518 Rotary memheru and an
Jury Absolves Man
Of Morals Charge
A circuit court jury Wednesday
afternoon found William Elvis
Mask, 4220 NW Hooker ltd., inno
cent of a charge of contributing to
the delinquency of a minor.
The 51-year-old barber was in
dicted on the charge by the grand
jury. The jury deliberated an hour
and 40 minutes before returning a
verdict in the two-day trial. Tues
day afternoon, the jury visited the
scene of the alleged crime, Mask's
home on Hooker Rd.
Mask was charged in the indict
ment of being involved with a 17-year-old
girl who testified in the
trial. The girl testified that she
tried to get the district attorney
to petition the court to dismiss the
case. Last week, she was deemed
a meterial witness by Judge
Charles S. Woodrich and ordered
to put up $1,000 in sureties to in
sure her appearance in court.
Storm To Follow Brief
Dry Period In County
The U.S. Weather Breau sta
tion at Roseburg Airport reported
today that interior Douglas County
can expect only a brief weather
improvement before another storm
strikes the area by late Friday
night or Saturday morning.
The bureau said the storm front
which dropped .60 of an inch of
rain on the Roseburg area in the
last 24 hours now has moved to
the east and is weakening. But an
other storm front, located in the
Aleutian Islands area late this
morning, should arrive over Doug
las County by early Saturday after
a brief jpell of warmer, drier
weather.
Study School
initial 'meeting with company
representatives to continue the
study, the firm would instruct
school employes during Ihe
course of its study in how to
achieve greater efficiency. The
end result would be a re-organization
of duties and possibly
a shifting of personnel, accord
ing to explanations voiced by
board members Wednesday
niyhl during the regular meet
ing. The firm has told the board
that the study, originally in
tended to determine the duties
equal number of Rotary Anns, the
club's auxiliary.
The assembly will be held April
26 and 27, and the two-day con
ference will follow April 2b and 29.
The assembly will be devoted to
training of incoming officers of
clubs. And the conference is de
signed to educate Rotarians and
Rotary Anns about the meanings
of the service organization.
Featured speaker during the two
sessions will be Riley W. Does of
Oakland, Calif. He is alternate
member of the nominating com
mittee for president of Rotary In
ternational and a former interna
tional director. Leslie Whito of Al
bany is also expected to speak.
The assembly will be directed by
E. B. Lemon of Corvallis, and the
conference by Alton F, Baker Sr.
of Eugene.
Representatives are expected to
attend from the following clubs of
the district: Albany, Ashland, Bend,
Brookings, Burns-Hines, Coos Bay
North Bend, Coquille, Corvallis,
Eugene, Gold Beach, Grants Pass,
Klamath Falls, Lakeview, Leban
on, Medford, Myrtle Creek, Myrtle
Point, Newport, Port Orford, Red
mond, Reedsport, Shady Cove,
Springfield, Sweet Home and To
ledo. Registration will start at 9 a.m.
April 26. Business sessions will be
held in the Elks Club oallroom.
Michigan Adventurers
Reach Alaskan Sod
SCOTTIE CREEK, Alaska (AP)
Were in Alaska at last!"
Mrs. Marino Sik, late of Jlichl
gan, now of Alaska, whispered to
the baby she held lightly in her
arms Wednesday.
The words reached the ears of
37 other modern-day adventurers
clustered about Mrs. Sik and the
Michigan 59'crs broke out with
cheers.
The 59'ers had 4.500 miles be
hind them. They had some 500
miles to go, to the Kenai Penin
sula southwest of Anchorage.
The dream of a new life in a
new land, a new state, had its
inception in the Detroit area
months ago. The objectives were
homesteads on the Kenai J'enin
sula.
The 59'crs crossed the line that
separates Border City, Yukon Ter
ritory, from Scottie Creek, Alas
ka, at 5:30 Wednesday evening.
Operations
of a proposed business agent,
probably would not result in
any recommendation that such
a job be created. Instead,
Jones representatives have
told the board, the re-organization
of present jobs probably
would be sufficient to save the
district large sums of money
perhaps as much as $30,000
before the end of 1959.
The firm will be hired on a
per-man-hour basis, at a rate
of $26 per hour. The contract
can be terminated at any time
the board feels the firm's serv
ices no longer are necessary.
Death Forecast
Of Aid Increase
SALEM (AP)-The House Edu
cation Committee voted Wednes
day that basic school aid to local
districts should be increased from
$105 per school census child per
year to $120.
The bill now will go to the
Joint Ways and Means Commit
tee, which will decide whether the
slate can afford the $7,500,000 a
year that the bill would cost.
Rep. Al Fleacl (D-Roseburel.
chairman of the Education Com
mittee, predicted the bill would
die in the Ways and Means Com
mittee because of the determina
tion of legislative leaders to avoid
new taxes.
The Education Committee ap
proved the bill by a 5-1 vote.
Earlier, it had voted 5-2 to sub
stitute the Senate bill to raise the
aid to $120 for the house bill which
would boost it to $,125.
Flcgel moved for the substitu
tion, opposing the principal of' the
house bill that the additional mon
ey would be apportioned on the
basis of flat grants per child,
rather than use the equalization
formula that governs distribution
of present aid.
Portland and Eastern Oregon
generally have opposed the equal
ization formula for distributing the
school money on grounds - that
those areas are forced to contrib
ute to the support of western Ore
gon schools outside Portland,
Helicopters Take Off
Three U.S. Navy helicopters took
off from the Roseburg airport Wed
nesday after spending about three
days here. They were on their way
from Seattle to Oakland, calif.
They set down at Roseburg Mon
day because of bad weather and
mechanical trouble. The helicop
ters, designated as HC S-ls, are re
portedly used in submarine pa
trols. Good Reading In
Today's . News-Review is pack
ed with news, features and edi
torials in another daily chapter of
life in Douglas County and else
where. Here are some of the high
light readings.
AIR SEARCH Two planes,' six
porsons missing in Northwest,
page 2, section 1,
SUMMIT West agrees condi
tionally, page 3, section,!.
Board Defers Action;
6-3-3 Support Strong
By BOB CLARK
Nows-Rtvlow Staff Writer
The ranks of the Roseburg School
Board apparently were formed
Wednesday night In favor of re
organization of grades in the dis
trict s schools with continuance of
the junior high school system.
Action on the matter was defer
red pending a report on projected
construction costs by Supt. M. C.
Deller. Such a report was request
ed by board member Duuley C.
Walton,
A special meeting was bet up for
next Wednesday to allow the board
to hear Deller's estimates on scope
and cost of physical expansion of
existing facilities. A decision on the
controversial matter might be
forthcoming during the session.
Wavne Crooch. board chairman.
told the board that action on or
ganization of the grades should be
the first order of business with re
gard to the comprehensive set ot
recommendations suDmntcu last
week by Deller. He said other de
cisions will have to be based on
the factor of organization.
Walton touched off discussion of
the topic by voicing favor for
grouping of students in various
subtccts on the oasis 01 aouny.
Other directors agreed.
Feasibility Discussed
Deller. asked whether ability
grouping would be affected by or
ganization of grades, answered
negatively. He said such a plan
probably would be affected most
bv tne size ot tne scnooi tne
larger the school, the more fea
sible such a program.
Walton said a junior high school
plan "looks like it would be a
good thing' as far as ihe Rose
burg district is concerned. But he
said he has certain reservations
the basic one being that such a
Strike Called
In Construction
PORTALAND (AP) Union pile
drivers today called a strike that
could tie up all major construc
tion work in uregon ana south
west Washington,
Not all construction lobs will be
affected, however, for the Asso
ciated General Contractors said
they would not carry out their
threat to treat a strike against
one as a strike against all.
The strike was announced bv
Leo Neal, union business agent,
after an all-mght mediation ses
sion conducted by Gov, Mark Hat-
Held of uregon.
"Apparently we have reached a
complete impasse. We made coun
ter proposals but the employers
stood fast on their position," Neal
said.
Neal said pickets would appear
at all jobs where pile drivers have
been employed.
W. A. Hammond, chief negoti
ator for the construction contract
ors, earlier said a strike against
one would be considered strike
against all, and the entire indus
try would shut down.
One exception was specified
the construction work at the cen
tennial exposition ground in
Portland, where crews are racing
the clock in an attempt to be
ready for a June opening of Ore
gon's centennial exposition.
The pile drivers are part of the
carpenters union, which has been
negotiating for months on a con
tract that expired in December.
The carpenters set April 1 M
a strike deadline, but the pile
drivers moved up their own strike
date. They underwent one all
night session with employers ear
lier this week, and met again un
der the governor's auspices from
2:30 p.m. Wednesday until 4 a.m.
today.
Neither side specified points still
at issue, but they, said there were
number. Neal said tne union
demand for a hiring hall provi
sion was a principal issue.
The employers made no immedi
ate statement, but called a meet
ing of their group to determine
whether lo close all jobs.
Survey Said Needed
In Boxcar Problem
SALEM (AP) The House Plan
ning and Development Committee
Wednesday approved introduction
of a resolution asking the speaker
of the House to appoint an expert
to study the' state's railroad box
car problem.
The committee voted unani
mously to introduce the resolu
tion in an effort to get the Legis
lature to help solve the shortage
which Rep. W. O. Kelsay (D-Rose-burg)
said could be very critical
this summer.
Southwest Oregon has been the
hardest hit In recent years.
In asking Speaker Robert Dun
can (D-Medford) to name an ex
pert, the committee said efforts
in the past to alleviate the prob
lem have been largely unproduc
tive. The News-Review
FOOD Best buys in county
for Easter, page 4, section 2.
YOUTH Divorces approved,
page 5, section 2.
INCOME TAX Forms used
can be important, page 14, section
SPORTS Roseburg track In
vitational nears, page 8, section 1.
EDITORIAL County fights
child molestation, page 4, section
1.
system tends to afford adolescents
with a premature air of maturity.
However, he added that the plan
seems to be acceptable "from a
standpoint of academic curricu
lum." In addition, he said. "We
would meet additional problems it
we try to do away with the junior
high schools."
Based on projected figures, Wal
ton said he figures about 24 rooms
will have to be added to present
elementary school facilities in or
der to accommodate seventh grad
ers in those schools by 1960-61. He
apparently was aiming specifically
at a 7-2-3 setup.
Full.rtoo Split Eyed
He said one wing of Fulierlon
School could continue to be used
as elementary school space, with
the bulk of the school becoming a
third junior high school. Deller
had recommended complete con
version of the West Side school
into a junior high under a pro
posed 6-3-3 plan, Walton, using a
$15,000-per-room rough estimate,
arrived at a $360,000 figure as cost
of grade school expansion to in
clude the additional grade.
But. he stressed, he wishes
to hear the superintendent's esti
mates on extent and cost of ex
pansion before deciding ou an or
ganizational plan.
Another director. Harold iloyt.
said he is "satisfied that it is no
accident" that more and more
school systems have adopted the
3-3 plan in recent year6.
He said the discipline problem
In the first six grades is relatively
minor and that addition of the sev
enth grade to those grades would
needlessly compound the problems
faced at the lower levels.
Grouping Not Natural
Hoyt also declared that eighth
and ninth graders "don't belong
with the older students" under a
natural grouping.
The educational potential we
can offer our children over the
next six or seven years seems to
lie with the 6-3-3 system," he add
ed. Crooch noted that thinking of ed
ucators in recent years seems to
be preponderantly in favor ot the
6-3-3 setup.
Director Arthur Lamka, as wen
as Crooch, voiced endorsement of
the 6-3-3 method of organization.
City To Project
Water Needs
Roseburg ' city planners hai-e
moved to make available to the
federal government a projection of
municipal and industrial water
needs for the next 25 years.
Members of the City Planning
Commission plan to draft a report
for submission to appropriate gov
ernment agencies sometime this
fall which will point up future wa
ter requirements here in order to
take advantage of proposed federal
water resource development The
study was requested by the federal
government.
The program, approved by Con
gress in 1958, was explained to
memoers or tne city nanning com
mission, Roseburg Chamber of
Commerce representatives and
Ben R. Irving, Water Resources
engineer for Douglas County, by
Leonard Dworsky of the U.S. Pub
lic Health Service, Portland.
Under the program, agencies
building government dams will
make allowances for city and in
dustrial water needs in the future.
Heretofore, federal dam projects
have been limited to storage for
water power, irrigation and flood
control.
Law Provides for Increase
Dworsky explained the new fed
eral law "provides for an increase
in uses of federally-stored water."
He said the city can sunmit a
request for future water without
entering a firm contract. No pay
ments to the government from the
city are required in the first 10
years, and "only Interest" is ask
ed it the water is not usea in tne
next 10 years.
Thereafter, the city will pay on
the principal and interest "in the
event the water is needed, ' Dwor
sky said.
Present studies are under way
for future dam sites in the Rogue
River Valley and Umpqua water
shed. Seals Seen On Umpqua,
May Herald Salmon Run
Seals are being seen in the low
er Umpqua River up as far as
Scottsburg this week. This is not
a common occurrence, but may in
dicate a run of Chinook salmon
up the river, according to old tim
ers of the Reedsport area. Salmon
fishing in the river above Scotts
burg has not been too good. A
lot of fishermen, are reported try
ing ineir iuck, due not many
have been successful, according
to reports.
Levity Fact Rant
By L F. Reizenstein
Proposal tor Roseburg to
adopt a Western motif prompt
a few suggestions, lath
as: 24-hour livery stable serv
ice, one-hand roll-your-own
and thumbnail match Igni
tion, practice on the quick
draw with a "hogleg," and
self-drill on just tha proper in
tonation on tha ultimatum to
"smile whan you tfay that."