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iglas County Budget Hits
High At
By JERRY CORNELL
News-Review Staff Writer
The County Court Friday adopt
ed a budget for Douglas County
for the next fiscal year totalling
$8,230,689.40 a new high.
Judge V. T. Jackson announced
the adoption following a puhlic
hearing earlier in the day at which
several requests were made for
slight increases in various depart
ments. Prior to hearing the requests,
the Court had received a report of
the budget committee which rec
ommended an increase in the pre
viously submitted budget of $46,
478,75. DA Slash Talked
Included in the budget commit
tee's report was a recommended
cut of $1,320 in the salary of the
District Attorney.
In the absence of Avery Thomp
son, who is attending a District
Attorney Institute in Portland, Dep.
3)ist. Atty. (ieorge Weigum asked
the court not to put the sum out
of the budget.
"I think every county in the
state proportionately pays more
to their district attorneys than
Douglas County pays its DA,"
Wcigum said.
He pointed out District Attor
ney s oflice handles a greai aeai
of county civil work.
Wcigum also stated: "General
ly speaking, Douglas County ranks
second in the state in handling to
tal number of criminal cases.
Continues Experts
The Court maintained the state
now makes adequate salary avail
able to the district attorney so he
does not need money from the
county.
After the hearing, the court de
cided to leave tho expenditure in
the budget.
"The fact that h Is away is why
wo are not cutting the $1,320 from
the budget," Judge Jackson said.
'But' we don't have to give it to
atfield Gets Blame
For Cut In
PORTLAND (AP) Multnomah
County today reported a drastic
cut in welfare funds. County com
missioners at once blamed Gov.
Mark Hatfield.
The county commissioners met
with welfaro officials Friday,
learned of tho cut, then took up a
proposal to cut welfare payments
to 65 per cent of what lias been
standard.
They refused to go along with
that.
Commissioner Jack Bain asked
William Smylhc, Welfaro Depart
ment director of field service,
what figure he had submitted to
the Department of Finance for
Multnomah County's needs.
Sufherltn Lovelies
Vying For Crown
Kight pretty lasses are vying for
tho title of Queen of the Timber
Days at Sulhcrlin Aug. 11, 12 and
13.
.Six ranilidnles from Sutherlin,
one from Oakland and one from
Roscburg are busy selling tickets
for the three days of activity, he
lection of the queen will be based
on ticket sales.
Those running and their sponsors
are: Nancy Moore, Sutherlin,
Girls Drill Team: Donna Leo Fu
gate. Brown Chevrolet and Union
Oil Co. of Sulhorlin; Bonnie Wolf,
Beta F.ta Sorority and Sutherlin
City Drive In Market; Carol Rob
inson, Sutherlin High School Band;
I. a Vaughn Stone, Phot Lab and
Camera Sim ipn Roseburg; Jill
Lytic, Oakland Garden Club; Mary
Orchard, Frank Moore's Steam
boat Inn and Frank ic Boh Flying
A Station in Koschurg; and Gail
K I. ii no Barklow, Sutherlin Lions
Lllll).
Chairman for the Kith annual
event is Jack Culver, assisted by
co-chairman Allan Andrews.
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RISING FROM RUBBLE Another shiny building rising out of the ruin of the Aug. 7,
1959, blast which razed eight blocks of Roseburg, is the Douglas Inn Motel. The rub
ble in foreground is being clcored owoy from the former Modern Floor Covering build
ing to moke way for a SE Oak Ave. entry and parking area. See story page 3. (News
Review Photo).
Ore Sat., July 1, 1961
Mem $83 Million
him. We will wait until Wednes-
day when he returns to make any
decisions. But we did not feci we
otild hold up the budget until
then."
Jfcvenues to finance the 1961G2
budget come mainly in two iunds
the general fund, which will
provide $2,090,085.65, and the road
fund, which will provide $5,456,080.
Current taxes necessary to balance
the budget will total $687,240.
Tax base used for the last fiscal
year was $681,402.36. The statutory
6 per cent increase allowed by
state law is $40,884.14 bringing the
tax base for the new fiscal year
to $722,286.50.
Js'o vote will be necessary to ap
prove the budget as the tax base
is not over the 6 per cent limita
tion. Timber Revenue
Included in revenue is $3,515,
000 in Oregon and California Grant
lands and $900,000 in forest timber
sales.
Final additions to the budget to
tal $48,343.75. The general fund
budget is $2,834,669.40 and the road
fund is $5,456,000.
Largest single item in the road
fund is $2,789,580 for major road
construction. This construction in
cludes $500,000 for the North Ump-
qua Itoad, $375,000 for the Riddle
by pass and $220,000 for rccon
struction of the Upper Cow Creek
Rd.
Of the additions to the budget
largest is $40,000 for construction
in the courthouse mainly for re
vamping and construction of heat
ing and air conditioning systems.
Another $3,000 was added to the
District Attorney's office to bring
tho salary of the second deputy
district attorney to $7,000, present
salary of the other deputy.
Guidance Clinic Fund
A sum of $3,350 was added to
the Health Department's child
guidance clinic while $1,290.75 was
Welfare
"I'm not prepared to say." said
Smythe.
"You went along with the gov
ernor," said Bain. "Thais what
he wanted. That's what he got.
Now we are stuck with the prob
lem.". .
"To my mind It is perfectly
fantastic to starve people to death
by steps," said Commissioner M.
James Gleason. "Seventy cents a
day. Why, we can't even feed at
the jail as cheap as that. We are
doing better than that on what we
ship across the pond. If the state
is in o position to dictate this and
the county is a rubber stamp then
we'd better resign and let them
run it."
The decision eventually was to
curtail help for foster children and
to maintain other welfaro needs
at 85 per cent of what has been
standard.
Kven that will exhaust Mult
nomah's welfare funds by July 20,
commissioners were told.
The county officials want to
meet with the state Welfare Com
mission to try to solve the prob
lem. If that fails, they said they
will press for a meeting with the
governor.
The county welfaro director, Gus
B. Lange, suggested the county
could divert funds from some
other source to welfare.
"Multnomah residents are al
ready carrying a larger share per
capita of welfare costs than other
state residents. How far can the
state expect us to go?" demanded
Gleason.
1 ho cut in foster child care
means alwut 130 children now in
foster homes will have to he
moved out before Sept. 1. The
county will not accept any more
children for placement.
What will happen to tho chil
dren? Welfare officials said they do
not know. They hope privnln child
care agencies will he able to take
up some of the burden and find
homes for the children.
'Ml-
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added to the County Library budg
et.
Mrs. Dorothy Heath of the Rose-
burg Junior Women's Club asked
in behalf of the club why provision
had not been made for a children's
librarian.
Judge Jackson said "in the op
inion of the budget board, the li
brary was treated very well."
Commissioner Ray Doerner not
ed that the library budget was in
creased $11,000 over last year's.
Mickey Cohen Gets
Long Prison Term
LOS ANGELES (AP) Ex-mob
ster Mickey Cohen today was sen
tenced to 15 years in prison and
fined $30,000 for federal income
tax evasion.
The onetime boss of West Coast
bookies could have received up
to 32 years in prison and a $65,000
fine.
Cohen, 47, was convicted Fri
day by a federal court jury of
seven men and five women. It
acquitted him on five other
counts.
The 13-count indictment was
similar to charges on which he
was convicted 10 years ago, fined
$10,000 and imprisoned for 3'i
years.
The jury deliberated 22'. hours
before deciding. The trial lasted
eight weeks.
Cohen, 5feel-5, dapper and
chubby, clasped his hands and
bowed his head when he heard
the verdict. His blonde girl friend
Sandra Hagen, 22, burst into
tears.
U.S. Dist. Judge George H.
Boldt complimented the jurors on
a discriminating verdict.
Cohen later told newsmen
"They convicted me because I
am Mickey Cohen. They thought
they had to.
Prosecutors charged Cohen
owed the government nearly $400,
000 including about $350,000 ir
taxes, penalties and interest for
1945-50, for which Cohen was con
victed 10 years ago.
The prosecution presented about
190 witnesses, who testified about
Cohen's big spending, his $250
suits, $75 shoes, and the govern
mcnt argued all this was evidence
of high income, hence taxable.
Cohen claimed tho high living
was necessary to create publicity
for a forthcoming book ami movie
about his life neither has yet
materialized . and thut friends
meanwhile loaned , him money
This money was not taxable, the
defense cluimed, because it was
in the form of loans.
Canyonville Men
To Stand Trial
Two Canyonville men will come
to trial in Roscburg Municipal
Court July 11 on charges ranging
from contributing to the delin
quency of a minor to carrying a
concealed weapon.
Appearing before Judge Warren
Woodruff Friday both men, James
D. Griffith, 21, and Theodore G
Mittendorf, 19, pleaded not guilty
to the charges.
Griffith is charged with drivin
with a suspended driver's license,
contributing to the delinquency of
a minor and failure to obey signs
and signals. His bail was set al
$:!65.
Mittendorf is charged with bein:
drunk in an auto, and carrying a
concealed weapon. His bail was
set at $325.
Improper Turn
According to Roscburg Police
the two men, a 17 year old youth
and a girl were stopped in an
auto Thursday at 9:30 p.m. at the
intersection of SE Stephens St. and
Lane Ave. The car was stopped
after it had allegedly made an
improper turn.
Upon investigation of the auto,
police officers filed the charges.
The 17-year-old was turned over to
juvenilo authorities.
By early this morning Grif
fith was still in the Hoseeurg jail.
Mittendorf was released on bad.
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SCOTTSBURG'S new post office, which opened its doors for
in near final stages of development. Postmaster Margaret
equipment from the old post office in the Hedden bfore to
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14-Year-Old Recovering After
Three Days Of Terror, Tragedy
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) A
husky 14 - year - old boy, who
watched two men die as they
drifted on a flimsy raft, was re
covering in a hospital today after
three days of tragedy and terror
at sea.
Terry McClelland, a blond high
school athlete from Huntington
Beach, Calif., was rescued Friday
by a fishing boat 90 miles south
west of San Diego.
Taken Aboard Sub
Transferred to a submarine, he
arrived Friday night in San Diego.
He was pronounced in fairly good
condition at a hospital.
Ho told newsmen a rambling
tale about three terrible days of
shipwreck, thirst, delirium, death,
hunger, heat and blinding glare of
sun, sea and sky.
lie and his companions Russell
Bradford, 48, of Huntington
Beach, his mother's stepfather,
and Alvin Hartman, 57, of nearby
Settlement Hopes
Dwindle In Strike
NEW YORK (AP) Hopes for
an end to the nationwide mari
time strike were dashed today.
David L. Cole, chairman of Pres
ident Kennedy's factfinding com
mittee, said he was "not optimis
tic about reaching an agreement
that will get the ships sailing."
Cole said all mediation efforts
would bo cut off at noon Sunday
to prepare the board's report for
delivery to President Kennedy on
Monday. This could lead to an in
junction under the Taft-Hartley
Act and an 80-day cooling off
period.
Cole said talks would continue
today and Sunday morning but he
noted that one union or one em
ployer group could prevent a
complete settlement.
There has been a possibility
that Secretary of Labor Arthur J.
Goldberg might come here from
Washington today hecauso of
what a government mediator de
scribed as the "real progress"
made Friday.
Paul Applegate
Funeral services for Paul Justin
Applegate, 75, who died Wednes
day at Portland following a pro
longed illness, will he held Sun
day at 2 p.m. at the Yoncalla
Methodist Church. Ren Hollister of
the Yoncalla Church of Christ
and Sunset Lodge No. 144 of Drain
will officiate.
He was born April 4, 1886 in Yon
calla, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Applegate, Douglas County
pioneers, lie spent his entire life
in the Scottsburg area until last
year when he went to Portland
for medical treatment, lie was a
member of the llillah Temple of
Ashland and a Master Mason of
the Blue Lodge No. 63.
Survivors include a son, Rex
Applegate of Mexico City, Mex.;
a daughter, Paula Joyce Booze of
El Paso, Tex.; one brother, Vin
cent Applegate of Yoncalla; two
sisters, Eva Applegate of Yoncalla
and Mrs. Rachel Tully of Portland;
and seven grandchildren.
Sutherlin-Oakland Mortuary is in
charge of arrangements.
Diilard Braves Win
Friday, the Diilard Braves' Win
ston Diilard League team topped
Camas alley, 12 6.
Braves' pitcher Steve Buell hit
a two run homer in the last inning
to break up a tight game.
Meanwhile, the city league's
team of Braves earlier in the week
heat Norm Niblett's Winston
White Sox by a score of 15 8. Buell j
was also the winning pitcher in1
this game. He gave up two walks I
and struck out seven. ;
Firemen Called Out
Winston Diilard firemen at 10:40
a m. today were called lo quench!
a gras lire on Highway 99, Busi-;
i ness Route 42. in Winston,
i Fire Chief Mike Neeley said the
fire was started by two boys play- j
ling with matches. No damage wis
jdone by the quarter-acre fire.
The boys were turned over lo
I their parents.
Santa Ana, Bradford's friend set
out for a month'- fishing cruise
off Mpvicft last Tuesday. RraHfnrH
was a plastering contractor, Hart-'
man a hod carrier.
After setting out from Newport
Beach in their 36-foot boat, they
encountered heavy 'Swells. They
tried riding at anchor that night.
"The sea anchor was pulling on
the boat," the boy, mumbling and
dazed from sedatives, told news
men. "Two big swells picked up
the boat and pulled the bottom
out . . .
"Grandpa (Bradford) said to
cut the raft loose ..."
Three Board Raft
The three fishermen got aboard
a six-by-three-foot raft of balsa
wood and cork. Its bottom con
sisted only of rope netting through
which a few timbers were looped,
and water sloshed through the
bottom continually.
They tried to attract several
passing vessels Wednesday, their
first day on the raft. Although
they waved rags and poles, no one
stopped.
They had no food or water, only
a few packs of cigarettes that
Hartman grabbed before leaving
the boat.
After waiting in vain for res
cuers under a blinding hot sun,
Hartman "went crazy on the sec
ond day," Terry said.
"He started falling in the water
and the raft turned over," the boy
added. "Grandad got him back on
the raft and gave him mouth-to-mouth
respiration. But it didn't
work."
Body Lashed To Raft
After Hartman died, Bradford
lashed the body to the raft.
Forest Service Scientist
Moves To Portland Office
William I. Stein, forestry scien
tist who has been serving with the
Roseburg Research Center for the
past nine years, has been promot
ed to the Portland office of the
Pacific Northwest Forest and
Range Experiment Station.
According to Roseburg Center
Leader William 3 la II in , Stein will
be in charge of a region-wide re
search project on seeding and
planting of trees in Oregon and
Washington. The research centers
are the scientific arms of the U.S.
Forest Service.
Duk Replacamtnt
Stein will be replaced in Rosc
burg by Dr. Richard P. Pilaris,
who recently completed his work
for a doctor of philosophy degree
in tree physiology at Duke Uni
versity. Tharis will continue projects
started by Stein and begin new
studies on moisture and nutrient
requirements of local conifers. He
received his bachelor's degree in
forestry from the University of
Washington and has had past ex
perience during summer employ
ment in that state.
Stein's wife Dorothy, and their
children Clifford, Kathleen, Roder
ick, Bradford, Benjamin. Law
rence. Margaret, Randolph, and
Nicholas will move to Portland in
August.
lie came to the Roseburg Re
search Center in July 1952. He has
been in charge of the research
on seeding and planting of forest
trees while at Roseburg. He is
recognized as an authority on seed
ing and planting and the results oft
his studies here paved the way for
successful establishment of a new!
stand after timber harvesting in I
this area. Stein is currently work-1
ing on s detail ;d study of the j
early growth of the important con-i
ifers in this area. Results of this
study will help solve some of the i
remaining perplexing problems en-1
counteped in establishing new
stands t trees after timber har- i
vesting. j
Bgini in Wi i
Stein beijan his Forest Service
career on the Malheur National
Forest in eastern Oregon in 1948. j
He went to the Wind River Experi- j
vental Forest in Washington
where he worked until his transfer!
to Roseburg.
lie received a bachelor's degree,
in Forestry from Oregon Slate Uni-',
versify in ltUS and a Masters De
gree from Yale in 1952. He has
completed course work for a Doc
tors Degree at Yale and is not)
writing his thesis.
business today, is pictured
Thomas moved all postal
the new building Friday.
Then, the boy continued, "My
grandfather went crazy from
seeing Al go crazy. He kept
screaming and yelling and falling
into the water.
"I kept telling him: 'Grandad,
don't die, don't leave me here
alone.
He fell asleep, Terry said, and
when he awoke, Bradford was
dead. He lashed him to the raft
with Hartman and drifted on.
Early Friday morning, while
fog hung low over the Pacific, the
raft was spotted by seamen
aboard the Ruth Marie, an ocean
ashing boat.
Terry was taken aboard. The
rescuers recovered Hartman's
body but Bradford's body slipped
from the raft and disappeared.
The boy drank broth and later
was transferred to the submarine
USS Diodon, on maneuvers in the
area.
Slept Aboard Sub
He slept most of the time
aboard the sub and spoke little
of his ordeal. He came ashore in
a stretcher, sunburned and shoe
less.
He and his mother embraced
tearfully. Terry's father, George
McClelland, is estranged from
Mrs. McClelland and resides at
Salinas, Calif.
Terry told his mother: "I'm all
right, mother, but I don't want to
talk about it."
After a brief talk with news
men, the boy was taken to Balboa
Naval Hospital. There, a doctor
said he had suffered only from
malnutrition and exposure but
was in fairly good condition. The
doctor added: "His youth saved
him."
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WILLIAM I. STEIN
... to Portland
RICHARD P. PHARIS
... to Roseburg
While at Roseburg. he has been
active in the Society of American
Foresters. Rod & Gun Club, Boy
Scout activities and the Knights of
Columbus.
Abel's Bid Lowest
William H. Abel of Canvonville
submitted the low bid of $8,940 lor
reconstruction of the June Moun
tain and Middle Fork roads in Lane
County. The roads are owned by
the U. S. Forest Service. Isaacson
Bros, of Roseburg was one of the
bidders, submitting a bid of $19,-324.
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Speedy Pickup Blamed
In Death Of
LAS VEGAS. Nev. (AP) A
speeding pickup truck Friday
night roared down the wrong side
of a four-lane highway and
smashed into a station wagon,
killing 11 persons.
It was the worst auto accident
in Nevada's history.
The Nevada highway patrol said
the truck was heading south on
a northbound lane of U.S. 91, the
maior highway between Los An
geles and Las Vegas, when it bit
the station wagon.
The wagon was crammed with
nine persons three generations of
Tibetan Orphan
Gets New Life
OLYMPIA FIELDS, IU. (AP)
An orphaned Tibetan refugee
named Deeju steps from a silvery
jet plane into a new world and
meets her new parents today her
14th birthday.
Deeju less than a year ago
only a face in a crowd of Tebetan
refugees in Darjeeling, India will
become Deeju Cooper, adopted
daughter of a Chicago public re
lations executive who was moved
by her plight.
Deeju was wandering around
the self help center in Darjeeling
last fall when Harry J. Cooper
came along. Cooper was helping
produce a film about the Tibetans.
The little girl had been orphaned
at four and reared by an aunt. A
Tibetan official helped her into
India as tho"sands of her country
men fled the Communists in
March 1959.
So moved was Cooper by Dee
ju's tale that on his return to
Olympia Fields, in Chicago's south
suburbs, he and his wife, Nancy,
began adoption proceedings.
It was a race against time.
The U.S. law governing adop
tion of children under 14 ended
Friday. Cooper managed ' to get
her visa approved in Calcutta
with only a few days to spare.
Deeju will be met by her new
parents and a new brother, Brad
ley, 11, and a sister, Sandra, 19,
at O'Hare International Airport.
In Olympia Fields she'll be greet
ed by a "welcome home, Deeju"
banner at the Cooper home.
Besides being perhaps the best
birthday in her life, it'll be the
longest. As her jet plane streaks
across the Middle East, Europe,
the Atlantic Ocean and the United
States it'll be racing the sun,
stretching her 14th birthday into
35 li hours.
MacArthur Leaves
For Philippines
NEW YORK (AP)-Gcn. of the
Army Douglas MacArthur set
forth once again today for the
Phiilipine Islands. He called it a
"sentimental Journey" to take
part in Independence Day cere
monies July 4.
But it also will be a hero's re
turn for the renowned World War
II leader, whose vow that "I
shall return" kept alive Phiilipine
hopes during the dark days of
Japanese occupation.
Gen. MacArthur, accompanied
by his wife, will be treated to
many honors during his nine-day
visit, including a ticker-tape pa
rade in Manila with more than a
million persons expected to line
the streets to hail him.
Before departing on a presiden
tial jet liner operated by the Air
Force, he said slowly in an emo
tional tone that the next few days
will he "among the happiest of
my life." He is 81.
Then he added with a smile:
"But I shall return."
Nyssa Athlete
Wins Court Test
VALE. Ore. (AP) Louis Vcn
drell. 23. won a $25,000 suit
against the Nyssa, Ore., school
district Friday for injuries suf
fered in a 1953 football game.
Vendrell was inserted into a
game against Vale as a 140-pounJ
freshman and suffered injuries
during the contest. He claimed he
had been inadequately coached.
After a 3Vi-day trial, he got what
he asked $20,000 in general
damages and $5,000 in special
damages.
The court's decision is believed
to be the first of its kind, hold
ing a school district responsible
for injuries suffered by a student
during a school activity.
School districts had been held
immune from such suits until the
state Supreme Court earlier this
year issued a ruling that gave
Vendrell the right to sue.
Horse Racing Will Be
Feature At County Fair
Horse racing will return as a
feature event at the Douglas Coun
ty Fair and Exposition in Rose-
hnro Alio 7i thrntioh 97 it u-ac
I announced today by Fair Manager
I Dick Turley.
j Representatives of various Doug
las County Horsemen's groups met
recently at the Fairgrounds to
i make plans for the racing. C. A.
t Tollefson. Fair Board member,
I was named chairman of the com-
mittee on arrangements and pro
motion. Races will take place Sat-
i urday and Sunday afternoons, Aug.
: 26 and 27, with about two and one
half hours of events scheduled
i each day.
I "We are very happy to have this
popular event of some years ago
i return to the Fair schedule," Tur
key said.
1 1 Persons
the same family. The truck.
equipped with a camper top, car
ried an adult coupie.
All died before ambulances ar
rived. All were from California,
apparently seeking an early start
on the July Fourth holiday week
end.
The only survivor of the crash
was a cocker spaniel in the back
of the pickup truck.
Patrolman Richard McDcrmott
said the truck went past a high
way patrol checking station at
Jean, Nev., about 32 miles south
west of Las Vegas, at about 68
miles an hour on the wrong side
of the roadway.
It hit the station wagon 100
yards past the station. Wreckage
was strewn for yards around the
crash site.
The highway patrol fatality list:
In the station wagon: Driver
George Neal Gibson, 35, Big
Creek, Calif., and wife Laura, 31.
George's brother John, 48, San
Bernardino.
Parents Wilburn Gibson, 77, and
wife, Stella, 75, San Bernardino.
George and Laura's children,
Tommy, 11, Margie, 10, Marilyn
8, and Sherill, 7.
In the truck: Leo Hollis Wat
kins, 52 and wife, Floree Francis,
49, Manhattan Beach.
The worst traffic accidents on
record in the United States each
claimed 19 lives. Two trucks col
lided in June 1957 at Fayetteville,
N.C., with a loss of 19 lives, equal
ling the toll in a truck collision
in Texas, in August 1947.
The record toll of lives lost in
a single-car accident was posted
in April 1940 when 13 persons died
as a result of an accident at Slay-
ton, Minn.
Former Resident
Held In Eureka
A man arrested by Eureka,
Calif., police Friday apparently
has a Roscburg connection, a tele
type to the Roseburg Police indi
cates today.
Edward Lee Richard, 24, of St.
Louis, Mo., was arrested by Eure
ka police after he apparently tried
to hold up a liquor store.
According lo the report, the be
ginning of Richard's alleged crime
foray was south of Gold Beach
where he was picked up as a hitch
hiker by two soldiers.
Ex-Employer?
He forced them at gunpoint, the
report said, to come to Eureka c
the way to Los Angeles. The gun,
according to police, was stolen
from E. S. Wright, Rt. 3, Box 780,
Roseburg. Wright is purportedly
a former employer of Richard's.
Upon arriving in Eureka, Rich
ard forced one of the soldiers to
accompany him into the liquor
store where he made a purchase.
He then pulled his gun out and
held it on the clerk. While his
eyes were on the clerk, the soldier
hit him over the head with a bottle
of wine.
Check Activities
The soldier then subdued Rich
ard, police said, until their arriv
al. Police are checking on Rich
ard's past activities.
The Douglas County Sheriff's of
fice today had no report of a stol
en gun from E. S. Wright.
Church Group On Tour
OfU. S. Visits Here
A group on tour from the Church
of the Brethren rolled into Rose
burg Friday on a tour of the
Western United States and Canada.
The group stopped at the Ump
qua Hotel for a luncheon before
continuing on its way. It is com
prised of 66 members of the church
mostly from Indiana where the
tour started. Organizer and leader
is the Rev. Lawrence W. Shultz of
North Manchester, Ind.
The tour started June 8 and will
end July 13. From June 19 to 25,
a conference was held in Long
Beach. Calif. ,
F'rom Roscburg. they will hVad
north through Oregon and Wash
ington and swing through Canada
before arriving in Spearfish, S. D.,
for the "Passion Play." This will
be the highlight of the tour.
Rev. Shultz is director of Breth
ren tours to Europe, and has con
ducted many of them in the past.
This is his second tour of the Unit
ed States.
E. Myrtle Creek Bids
To Be Opened July 18
Bid opening for construction of
the new East Myrtle area water
system in Myrtle Creek has been
scheduled for July 18.
The job is expected to cost more
than $50,000, part of which will
be paid by the city and part by
the resident. of the area.
The area was annexed within the
last year because of the desire of
East Myrtle to secure city water.
Work will start on the system
10 days after the bid is awarded.
Stamp Club Sets Meet
The postal history of Germany
and its associated states will he
j the feature of discussion at the
regular meeting of the Umpqua
j Valley Stamp Club in Roseburg
; Monday. The meeting starts at 7
p.m. at the home of Frank von
i Borstel, 1543 SE Eddy St.
j Trade Treaty Signed
I TOKYO (AP) Indonesia and
japan today signed a treaty of
trade and commerce giving most
favored nation treatment to each
: other's goods and liberalizing
i travel restrictions.