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MYRTLE CREEK ELKS have purchased the oid Umpqua Plywood Corp. office building,
above, and plan to remodel it for a new lodge building. The structure has more tnan
6,000 square feet of floor space, which members believe will be ample for lodge needs
for at least the next 10 years. The building cost the lodge $7,500, and remodeling will
cost about $20,000, members estimate. (Paul Jenkins)
Green Sanitary District's
Sewage Problem Now Calls
For Draft Of 'Master Plan'
The Douglas County district at-1 son for a ruling on legality. The
torney's office has asked the Green i
sanitary District s attorney loito me attorney general wno re
draw up a "master plan" of the i plied that the move is legal if a
method the district hopes to use I master plan is used,
in disuosing of its sewage. I In a followup letter. Atly. Gen.
The action was the result of a i Robert Y. Thornton explained that
recent request by the district that I a master plan is "a comprehens
the county buy $355,000 worth of ive, long-term general plan for
sewer - construction bonds which physical development of a corn
have been authorized by voters in munity." It continues the purpose
tho district. The district in the last! of the master plan is to make cer
three years has been unable to tain of coordination of agencies of
sell the bonds because of a split in community development and to
opinion in the district as to the
need of a sewer system.
When asked to buy the bonds,
the County Ce-.ii t itifeiTed the mat
ter to Dist. Atty. Avery Thomp-
Embezzlement
Indictments Hit
Portland Realtor
PORTLAND (AP) A Port
land real estate executive was ar
rested Friday after the grand
jury returned five indictments
charging him with embezzlement
nf an estimated half a million dol
lars from his employers.
Floyd F. Moore, 53, was jailed
some two hours after the secret I
indictments were returned. Dep
uty Dist. Atty. Keith Burns said
his bail was set at $100,000. I
In the indictments Moore is i
.liorcTfH urilh misannrnnriatine I
funds from the Komay Co., the
IVepite Co. and an individual. May
Belle Hartley, who has a finan
cial interest in both firms.
The district attorney's office
said the half million dollar figure
is "a fair estimate" of the total
embezzled.
Moore, who suffers from a heart
ailment, is president of Nepite and
was an agent both for Ncpite and
nomay, which deal in volume
sales of houses and lots.
The district attorney's office
said it proceeded after an exten
sive private audit bf the firms
finances. Moore conferred with William
F. Thompson, his attorney at the
sheriff's office, but they issued
no statement.
Workshop Dared Here
On Bloodi Recruitment
A blood recruitment workshop Is
scheduled for Roseburg Tuesday
from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Dale's
Cafe, announces Mrs. Bob Franks,
blood recruitment chairman.
Mrs. Ruth Markham of Poca
tello, Idaho, former member of the
board of governors and chairman
of the Boise regional program, will
be here to conduct the workshop.
She has conducted similar ses-1
sions in other areas of the Pacific
i Northwest.
i Representatives from Coos Bay.
Grants Pass, Medford and outlying
areas in Douglas County will be
here for the session.
The next visit of the Blood mo
bile has been announced for May
3 and 4 at the Elks Temple. Hours
are 3 to 7 p m. on May 3 and 1 to
i p.m. on May 4.
PEACETIME TRAGEDY
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -Some
boys were playing in an old
Army tank in a Springfield Park
Friday. Paul Soulc, 7, got caught
in the mechanism and was killed.
Police said another boy was op
erating the gun control, raising
and lowering the tank's cSnnon.
when Paul's head was caught be
twecn the breech and the top of
the turret.
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Increasing cloudiness tonight,
with rain early Sunday. Showers
and partial during Sunday after -
noon-
Highast ttmp. last J4 heurs . .. 51
Lowitt temp Uit 24 hours . 31
Highest ttmp. any April ('57). W
Lowest tamp, any April ('55). 27
rrecip. a nours ....
Prtcip. from April 1 ...
Prtcip. from Stpt. 1 .
Deficiency from Sept. 1
.04
...0 1.50
.... 25.57
Sumet tonight, 4:5a p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 5:3 a.m.
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district attorney then passed it on
avoid inefficiencies, inconsisten-
cies and waste.
Deputy Dist. Atty. George Wei
gum says this indicates the mas
ter plan doesn't have to be coun
ty-wide, but the explanation still
leaves uncertainty as to whether
or not it can be applied to the
Green Sanitary District.
For this reason, he said. Green
Sanitary District attorney Ed Mur
phy has been asked to secure a
master plan for the area which
the district attorney's office will
forward to the attorney general.
If the attorney general decides' it
is legal, the opinion will be passed
on to the County Court, which may
accept or reject the proposal of
buying the bonds.
The effort to secure a sewer sys
tem at Green started in 1955.
H-Bomb Protested
By 8,000 In March
Toward London
LONDON (API-Eight thousand
ami-ll-bomb marchers swarmed
toward London today, jamming
traffic and collecting thousands of
recruits along the route.
Singing, cheering and dancing
(o (he blare of jazz bands, the
demonstrators cut a colorful
swath through the heart of the
English countryside.
There were toddlers in baby
carriages, bearded leftwingers,
bowler-hatted city gents and one
old lady of S3 hobbling along on
a stick.
The young folk turned out in
every sort of dress and on their
feet were tennis shoes, climbing
hoots, sort leather products from
Bond Street and cowboy gear
straight out of the Golden West.
The demonstrators left the in
dustrial town of Reading, 34 miles
from the British capital, in bright
sunshine this morning.
They had slept on the floors ol
schoolrooms, breakfasted on cold
hard-boiled eggs. Tired but noisy,
they assembled in the town's main
square and headed out along the
main London road to an accom
panying chora of honks from ex
asperated motorists.
Todd Company Apparently
Low Bidder On Structure
To House Police, Fire Units
The Todd Building Co. of Rose
burg is apparent low bidder on the
first phase of remodeling Rose
burg's new city police and fire de
partment building.
Bids opened in the city manag
er's office Friday afternoon show
ed Todd to be S94 under the sec
ond bidder. Southern Oregon Con
struction Co., also of Roseburg
Todd Building Co. bid the pn.j
t ui at $82,306. Southern Oregon
Construction Co.'s bid went $94
hMier. $82,400. These were the only
bids made on the project.
City Manager John Warburtnn
said ej'th bids were more than $6.
000 under the estimate given by
architect Lyle F. Glenn.
Warburton said the City Council
will meet in special session tlon-
day night to act on the proposals
' Jigin Todd has said his firm willjlioning and the major portion of
, ,, ,h r(,mfMiiino nroi.ct Tues-
'dav if its hid is accented bv thelstaee "f remodeling.
council Monday nieht. He said itl
take about 120 days to com
Dicte this first phase of the re -
modeling proj'lf.
Tha nntint mnA firm it.niHin-nl
-building the former ilpse Motor!
(0. building will alo house the
55 Municipal Judce's offices and the
ICitv Council chambers.
I Warburton said current plans
Chamber Membership
Goal Nearly Reached
An official audit of figures in
the "Build a lireater Koseburg
membership and finance cam
paign showed $30,290 had been
raised at the halfway point of me
Chamber of Commerce drive.
This leaves slightly more than
$1,000 to be raised before the mini
mum goal of $31,500 is reached.
Thus far, the chamber has en
rolled 59 new members and se
cured increases of annual dues
from 136 old members.
Chamber President Ralph De-
Moisy says the community poten
tial for the program is $33,500,
although a minimum goal of S31,
500 was set.
The next report meeting in the
two-week drive is scheduled Tues
day at noon in the Umpqua Hotel.
Aug. 7 Blast Suit
Of Insurance Firm
Demands $41,728
Damages totaling $41,728.37
were filed against Pacific Powder
Co., Tenino, Wash., Pacific Pow
der Sales Corp, of Oregon, W. H.,
Gordon H. and Donald K. Ger-
retsen and George Rutherford in a
complaint filed in Douglas Coun
ty Circuit Court Friday.
The alleged damages reportedly
occurred during the Aug. 7 blast,
when a Pacific Powder Co. truck,
driven to Roseburg by Rutherford,
blew up in front of the Gerrctsen
warehouse.
The complaint was filed on be
half of seven clients by the Gener
al Insurance Co. of America.
The individual claims made are:
Thomas and Sula Parkinson,
damage to a commercial building
at 621 SIS Cass Ave., 515,285.24.
H. A. and Mary -Jeanne John
son, damage to a dwelling at 1164
SE Kane St., $1,621.27.
Long and On- Mortuary, damage
to a commercial building at 809
SE Pine St., $8,468.60.
Roseburg Funeral Homes. Inc.,
damage to a commercial building
at 1035 SE Oak Ave., $4,450.38.
Stewart H. and Constance Aileen
Smith, damage to a dwelling at
470 SE Leland Ave., $16f.40.
U. S. National Bank of Portland
and Ann Marie Chambers, co
trustees, damage to a commercial
building at SE Jackson St. and
SE Washington Ave.. $10,302.66.
Mazie E. Smith, damage to a
commercial building and interrup
tion of business at 805 SE Stephens
St., $1,434.82.
SHOPLIFTING CHARGED
Two girls, 13 and 15, were ap
prehended by Roseburg police Fri
day and charged with stealing a
sunsuit from the J. C. Penney Co.,
722 SE Jackson St. They were
placed in the custody of the Doug
las County Juvenile Department
call for having the building ready
lor the police and fire depart
ments by October. He added that
the council and judge will move
into the building when the entire
project is completed.
Second Bidding Due In July
The second phase of the remodel
ing program is expected to be put
up for bid shortly after July 1,
when an additional $25,000 from
the city hall sinking fund he-
comes available at the start of the
fiscal 11 budget year.
The building is located on the
corner of SE Rose St. and SE
Lane Ave., adjacent to the city ad
ministration building. O
The first phase of work will in
clude some repairs to the building.
a face lifting and partitioning of
most of the interior, some parti
finishing will be left to the second
ihe council in January rejected
Voids on the overall project as too
lhigh. At that time, Southern Ore
I Son Construction Co. made a bid of
tlliMtfl fnr lh nlir nrniitf-t
The remodeling was broken
down Into two phases to allow
start of the protect with the $89.ouO
available for the job this fiscal.
J fir. ,
Established 1873 14 Pages
Two Convicts Shot In Break Effort
Third Yields,
Two Others
Make Escape
WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP)
Two convicts missing alter a five
man escape attempt from- the
Stale Penitentiary were captured
Saturday as they hid along a riv
er 20 miles north of here.
The two, Joseph W. Nichols,
28, and Robert A. Herr, 21, gave
up without resistance after blood
hounds led officers to them.
The Walla Walla County sher
iff's office reported the two were
hiding near a bridge on the Touch
et River.
There was no immediate word
on whether either Nichols or Herr
were wounded by officers' gun
fire which partially broke up Fri
day night's escape attempt.
WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) -
Washington State Prison officers
cut down with blading gunfire Fri
day night two of five convicts who
had overpowered three guards in
a bold attempt to escape.
One of the wounded prisoners
was hit in the face with buckshot.
The other was sent sprawling by
a rule bullet in the abdomen as
he dashed across a field south of
the penitentiary. Neither was hurt
critically.
Guards recaptured a third con
vict unharmed. Two others were
still unaccounted for. Acting
Supt. William Maclin said it was
possible they never made it over
the wall.
The flight for freedom started
at 7:30 p.m., during the recrea
tion and shower period, in Six
Wing when the five convicts
.unwed three guards and forced
the officers, at knifepoint, into the
ceiioiock.
Table Knives Ud
Carrying knives fashioned from
table knives honed to a sharp cut
ting edge, the prisoners stripped
the guards of their outer garments
and caps, donning the clothing for
disguise, the guards, whose
names were not disclosed, were
locked in the cellblock.
Carrying a makeshift ladder
constructed from the frames of
cots and bedsprings, the convicts
made their way unobserved to the
east wall, between guard towers
No. 1 and No. 2.
A guard spotted their furtive
movements as they placed the lad
der against the wall. He ordered
them to freeze. They ignored him.
He fired a shot over their heads
as a second, more deadly warning.
They ignored it.
The guard opened tire, aionR
with the two guards in tower No. 1
and the two guards in tower No. 2.
Three men were actually seen
clambering up the ladder and dis
appearing over the wall. One fal
tered as he reached the top. caught
his balance and vanished over the
freedom side.
Guards streamed from the pris
on to the outside grounds.
At the foot of the wall, his face
streaked with blood from buckshot
wounds, was Jessie L. Davis, 40.
committed from King County for
robbery. With Davis was Roland
Beard, a Yakima County car thief.
Neither offered resistance.
Moments later guards spotted
Roy Victor Olson. 24. running
throueh the open field. A burst of
gunfire sent the Seattle murderer
sprawling in the dirt, uuaras
pounced on him.
Still missing were Joseph W
Nichols. 28, who was sentenced
from King County for robbery
and Robert A. Herr. 21, who was
convicted of burglary in Spokane
County.
Macklin said Nichols and Hen
might be hiding on the prison
grounds.
An intensive search was con
ducted through he night within
the walls by prison guards.
Outside the walls, officers of the
Washington State Patrol joined
with Walla Walla County sheriff's
deputies and Walla Walla city po
lice in a close search for the two
missing men.
Olson was convicted here last
December of second degree mur
der in the stabbing death of John
Weiler in Seattle June 23, 1938.
Olson was alo convicted in Sac
ramento, Calif., of slaving Ogden
Miles, a television announcer.
California permitted his extra
dition to Washington to stand trial
for the Weiler killing. He had bn
sentenced to a five-year term in
California. The Seattle judge who
sentenced him for the Weiler kill
ing recommended he serve at
least 75 years in prison.
Iter Saturday oflicers found I
prisoners belt and a blood
ion a Slate Game Farm across
highway from the prison. Search
was begun there on the th -flry a
third man was wounded.
At the same time one set of
footprints was found leading from
the abandoned truck north of Wal -
la Walla and officers said one
escapee may have caught
freight train that left here ( 0
'Pasco, Wash, at 2 a. m. ,
ROSEBURG, ORE. SATURDAY APRIL 16, 1960
Spanish Club Of Roseburg
High Promotes Slated Trip
Via Radio Station KRNR
Radio station KRNR acquired a I nomination, sent a letter to Bcrton
Mexican air today as members ot M. Bailey, the students' adviser.
the Spanish Club of Roseburg High I
School promoted their projected
trip south of the border.
About three dozen of the Span
is speaking students will make
tlie trip this summer.
They were busy today as they
took over KRNR. Items in their
programs included: a taped tele
phone conversation with the mayor
of Guaymas, Mexico: a tape from
that city's radio station; and con
gratulatory messages from two
presidential candidates.
Twenty students took over a
large part of today's program
ming, starting at 9:30 a.m. and
lasting until 5:30 p.m. The promo
tion also was in observance of
Pan-American Day, which was
Thursday.
The conversation with Gabriel
Millie, first councilman of Guay
mas, capital of Sonora, was aired
periodically during the day. So
were tapes from XEDR, Guaymas,
which incidentally, broadcasts on
the same frequency and at the
same power at KRNR. Guaymas.
located on the coast of the Gulf of
California, is the students' ultimate
destination.
Two Senators Praise Plan
Sen. John F. Kennedy of Mas
sachusetts, one of the Democratic
candidates for the presidential
Murder Of Hotel Maid
Denied By Deaf Cadet
MIAMI, Fla. (AP) A deaf boy,
whose speech can be understood
only by his big sister, denied to
day that he slashed a maid to
death in a room of the Miami
-Colonial Hotel.
Harry Lee Mundy III, 16-j'ear-old
military cadet from Sarasota,
told police he found the maid
dying in his room Friday and fled
because it was impossible for him
to explain to anyone what hap
pened. Martha Nagy, 44, was sum
moned to a sixth floor room rent
ed by Mundy to sweep up broken
glass. Soon afterward, she rode a
self-service elevator down to the
lobby and collapsed, dying of 44
knife wounds.
Mundy was arrested Friday
night in a Fort Lauderdale apart
ment house by police who found
him washing bloody socks.
Plumber's Estate Left
Needy School Children
PORTLAND (AP) Income from
the estate of a Portland plumber
who died 24 years ago is going to
be used to help needy school chil
dren.
The plumber was Robert Brady
who died at the age of 83 in 1936.
His will specified that his brother
and sisters were to receive annual
incomes from the estate.
After their deaths, the money
was to be used for the purchase
of school books and clothing for
poor children of school age to
assist them in obtaining a proper
education.
The brothers and sisters now are
dead. The remaining estate totals
$369,000 and produces about $14
000 a year. A Roman Catholic
priest, a Protestant minister and a
Jewish rabbi have been named to
select the children to receive the
benefits.
Check Count Rap Stayed
On Repayment Condition
Ira Merlin Linson, 21. of 170 SE
Club St., Roseburg, Friday was
found guilty of cashing a check
with insufficient bank funds.
Dist. Judge Warren A. Woodruff
suspended imposition nf sentence
for a year on two conditions: That
Linson repay the $30 represented
by the check to John Robertson
and pay Charles Finncgan $346.37
for damage caused to a borrowed
car.
Services At Sunrise Will Greet
Easter In Douglas Communities
Traditional F.aster Sunrise Serv
ices will be held in many com
munities throughout Douglas Coun
ty. Those services as reported to
The News-Review are listed as fol
lows: Roseburg churches are sponsor
ing a community service which
will be held at the Fairgrounds
at 6 a.m.
The Rev. Allen Inecbritscn of
Faith Lutheran Church will give
t.-aiLihe Invocation and benediction:
li Doyle Dobbins of First Christian
church, scripture; and the Rev.
i Edgar Albee. orayer. The Kcv.
I Robert Hempel of the Church of
; the Nazarene will bring the Easter
I sermon, entitled, Good News,
1 In the Winston area, the Win
' ston Christian Church and Dillard
ajWin'lon Methodist Church are
r, sponsoring a service at the Win
I ston Community Tark at 6 am.llhe latter churcn service will
He said he had just learned of
the trip and added that ' the ex
perience your students gain will
be of great and lasting value to
you, not merely in their studies,
but also in furthering good will
and understanding on a personal
level , . ."
Sen. Wayne L. Morse of Oregon,
also a Democratic presidential can
didate, sent a telegram.
"I know that the students will
be the best possible ambassadors
the U.S. could send to Mexico or
any other country," Morse said.
"I'm particularly pleased the stu
dents are undertaking to raise their
own money for the trip and that
they are getting such outstanding
help and cooperation from station
KRNR and from Roseburg busi
nessmen." To raise money, the students sold
spot commercials to some 35 busi
nessmen in Roseburg. Receipts
from this and other projects have
brought the total to more than $1,
850. About $200 more is needed.
John Williams, KRNR manager,
said the students will share in the
profits of the commercials, which
were aired Thursday, Friday and
today.
Some of the commercials and
news were spoken in Spanish to
day, and students gave short les
sons in the language.
Pre-Easter Season
Marked By Stormy
Weather, Freezing
Snow, hail and freezing temper
atures Friday and early today
were preludes to Easier Sunday.
The Weather Bureau said the
freezing probably won t be repeat'
ed tonight, but a chilly, rainy East
er can be expected.
frost was general throughout
Western Oregon. Roseburg's low
was 31 degrees. Medford had 26,
and only the Portland and coastal
areas escaped one of the last nips
of winter.
Snow covered the ground at
Glide Friday afternoon. Snow flur
ries were intermingled with hail
storms, and Mrs. Arthur Sclby,
News - Review correspondent at
Glide, said hail stones "as big as
filberts" fell at one period during
the afternoon.
The Weather Bureau said the
freezing level was about 2,000 feet,
meaning that precipitation in the
form of snow stuck to the ground
above that level. Mrs. Sclby said
the top of Mt. Scott was whitened
anew.
Moist, turbulent air following a
Thursday night cold front brought
about the North Umpqua storm,
the Weather Bureau said. Swift
gusts of wind accompanied the hail
and snow.
The Weather Bureau said a low
temperature of 37 degrees is ex
pected early Sunday.
Reedsport Vote Slated
On Tax Base Increast
The cily of Reedsport has sched
uled an election May 20 request
ing the voters to approve an in
creased tax base.
The City Council Is asking that
the base he increased from $31,582.
73 to $52,000.
It contends that the Increased
base is needed because of in
creased costs of maintenance and
operation of the city, the need to
maintain an adequate police and
fire protection system and the com
munity building. ,
Voting will take place in t h e
City Hall, 1'ioneer Grade School,
high school, Nazarene Church and
Highland Grade School.
May 20 is also the date for the
state wide primary election.
Services for Myrtle Creek, Can-
yonville, Riddle and Tri - City
churches will be held at 0 a.m. on
the hill near Riddle. The Rev. John
Fenderson of the Tn-City Conser
vative Baptist Church will bring
the message. Members of com
munity choir will sing.
The Days Creek Community
Church will hold its service at 6
a.m. at the church.
A community service is planned
in Glendale,. to be held at the
Church of Christ at 6:30 a.m.
Two services are slated In Yon
calla. The Yonralla Church of
Christ will hold its aervice on Pot
ter Hill at 6:30 a.m. The Yoncalla
.Methodist Church will hold its serv
ice at 6 a m. in the meadow be-
nj the u Hto rn tm'ry " " e
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89-60 PRICE 5c
Govt. Funds
For Umpqua
Jetty Asked
Federal funds totaling $210,000
have been requested for an im
mediate start on maintenance re
pair of the south jetty at the
mouth of the Umpqua River near
Reed sport. Gov. Mark Hatfield an
nounced Friday.
He said the action was initiated
after an investigation by the state
Department of Planning and De
velopment. Because of storm dam
age and deterioration of the jetty,
the department decided it was "a
serious threat to the economy" of
the Reedsport area.
Hatfield said the sunken condi
tion of the south jetty has already
contributed to loss of lives, as well
as loss of a once-prosperous com
mercial fishing industry. As an ex
ample, he said the Winchester Bay
Fish Co. has declined from 147
employes in 1955 to three in 1960.
The Umpqua River jetty was one
of three jobs which the depart
ment listed as most urgent. The
others were the Siuslaw River
south jetty and the Port Orford
harbor project.
Hatfield said an early start on
the jobs of repair is necessary be
cause any delay will add to cost
because of continued deterioration
of installations.
Ui For Additional Funds
The original federal budget for
the year starting July 1 provided
only for studies of coastal projects.
The Department of Planning and
Development, In conferences with
the Corps of Engineers, learned
that the corps could use the addi
tional amount of $1,037,400 for ac
tual construction work.
Hatfield said Thomas J. ' Mur
ray, port consultant of tho depart
ment, made the recommendations
for (he increased budget to the
Senate and House appropriations
subcommittees in congress.
The Corps of Engineers only
budget request this year was $11,
300 for continuation of a basin-wide
study. Beside $180,000 the state is
asking to be added for the Ump
qua south jetty, it has requested
$30,000 for planning the mainten
ance repair.
Shirley Field Asks
Rivals For Pledge
Or To Quit Contest
PORTLAND (AP) A woman
candidate for Oregon state trea
surer Friday called on two others
seeking the position to withdraw
from the race unless they pledge
full time to the office if elected.
The candidate, Republican State
Rep. Shirley Held of Portland,
made the demand in letters to the
incumbent Republican, Howard C.
Belton of Canny, and State ben.
Ward Cook of Portland, who is
seeking the Democratic nomina
tion. She laid she sent no letter to
Cook's primary opponent. County
Judge Joseph Jaross of Hillsboro,
because the does not believe he
would have outside interests if
elected.
Miss Field is an attorney. She
said Cook is president of both a
savings and loan association and
of a real estate and mortgage
firm. She said Belton is president
of an insurance company and dir
ector of a utility company.
In the letters she asked:
If elected, do you plan to con
tinue to hold any of the following
positions President of insurance
company? President of realty and
mortgage firm? President of sa
vings and loan association? Direc
tor of office in these or other
business activities?
held in the education building of
the church.
A Sutherlm Community service
will be held at a.m. at Central
Park.
An Easter egg hunt has been
scheduled at 2 p.m. Sunday in
Riddle. Riddle Firemen are spon
soring the hunt, which will be held
on the football field behind Riddle
High School.
Frae Taxi Service Offered
The Koseburg Moose Lodge will
conduct its annual Faster "Car
Lift" Sunday, offering free taxi
service to all church-goers without
transportation.
Anyone wishing to take advan
tage of the service Is ssked to
call OR 3-7166 after 2 p.m. Satur
day for reservations.
Th ririea are offered to neranns
or an aenominauona, u.a wugo -
De pons.
Associated Pross Special Sarvlc
WASHINGTON (AP) The Ore
gon Dunes won the final approval
of tho Interior Department Friday
to become a national park.
It was one of three areas in the
nation so designated. The other
two were Cape Cod in Massachu
setts and Padre Island in Texas.
Secretary of the Interior Fred
A. Seaton sent to the Senate In
terior Committee a proposed bill
revision that would include the
three undeveloped seashore areas
in the park system;
A year ago the Interior Depart
ment recommended general legis
lation regarding seashore areas
but named no specific areas. It
suggested the total cost for land
acquisition and other items be lim--itcd
to 15 million dollars.
More Monjy Asked
Seaton's latest recommendation
is to raise the limit to 25 million
dollars, lie said in his letter to
the committee:
'Considerable sentiment has de
veloped in favor of specifying the
particular seashore areas to be
authorized.
'We feel that investigations and
hearings with respect to the Cape
loci, raaro island and Oregon
Dunes area have proceeded to the
point where arrangements reason
ably satisfactory to most of the
interested persons can be agreed
upon.
'Hearing Held on pending bills
to authorize the establishment of
these areas as national seashores
havo clearly demonstrated their
national significance and the feasi
bility of acquiring and protecting
them for public inspiration and
enjoyment."
Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore),
who has introduced an Oregon
Dunes hill, said the action indi
cates the department realizes a
need for speedy action on seashore
area preservation.
"We need action as soon as pos
sible because the prices on these
areas will double or even triple,"
he said. "In a few years they
could really be out of reach."
Progress On Water
Studies Scheduled
For Reports Here
Representatives of five federal
agencies involved in water control
studies in Douglas County will re
port on progress of their studies
next week, but they also will be
getting an on-the-sccne look at
the area.
They will be in the spotlight
Monday night at 7:45 at a public
meeting in the Fairgrounds Com
munity Building in Roseburg. The
meeting has been arranged by tlie
Douglas County Water Resources
Advisory Committee to give a
first-hand account of their water
control studies.
Ben Irving, chairman of (he ad
visory committee, said represen
tatives of the U. S. Army Corps
Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and
Wildlife Service, Public Health
Scrvico and Soil Conservation Serv
ice will be on hand. Ho said they
will explain the present status of
investigations, future plans and
probable completion dates of stud
ies. On Tuesday, the committee has
arranged a tour to take represen
tatives of federal, state and county
agencies to proposed damsites on
Olalla Creek, the South Umpqua
River and in the Calapooia Creek
watershed. An estimated 25 people
will go on the tour.
Major studies are being conduct
ed in the county by the Bureau of
Reclamation, Corps of engineers
and Soil Conservation Service. The
other agencies are working with
them in conducting specialized
studies.
Lumber Price Index
Shows Slight Upturn
PORTLAND (AP) Crow's
Lumber Market News Service
said Friday its lumber price in
dex for the two weeks ended April
14 was up a bit.
Most of the advance was attribu
tible to higher prices for standard
and better green fir dimension
items.
Plywood prices were mostly $64
per thousand feet for quarter
inch, sanded-on-one-slde stork, al
though some producers were gel
ting $66.
Decor In Egg Shells
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A
local woman has decorated a 12
foot tree with 1,500 colored egg
shells.
The tree is In the front yard of
Mrs. Charles R. Rounds Jr. She
started six years ago when the
tree was small. Each year Mrs.
Rounds redecorated it with more
tinted shells.
This year's egg tree has red,
yellow, turquoise and green shells
gently swaying in the breeze.
"I just got carried away," Mrs.
Rounds said.
Levity Fact Rant
By L F. Reizensteln
Th) amorous drlvir moy
be defined as one who spends
more time hugging his girl
friend than hugging-'the road.
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