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Far East siaelignis:
Japan, consisting of four main
islands and some 3,000 tiny islets,
is roughly about the size of Call
fornia slightly smaller in area, in
fact, Japan's population in 1960 at
the last census, was 93,410,000. It
is probably about 94,000,000 now
or roughly half the population of
the United States.
Which is to say:
If California were as densely pop
ulated as Japan, the present pop
ulation of California would be about
95 million!
Let's put it another way:
Japan's area is 147,690 square
miles. There are 640 acres in a
square mile, which means that
Japan's land area is about 94,
600,000 acres.
In other words:
If Japan's total land area were
divided up equally among her peo
ple, there would be - about ONE
ACRE for each person.
That, however, doesn't tell the
whole story.
Only about 15 per cent of Ja
pan's total area is arable, which
means that she has only about 14
million acres of agricultural land
with which to feed her present 94
million people or a little better
than a sixth of an acre per person.
That helps to explain why every
acre of her agricultural land is so
intensively cultivated. Every pos
sible foot of Jand that will grow
food has to be put to use.
The food problem in ALL OF
ASIA is acute.
There is the British crown col
ony of Hong Kong. It has only
400 square miles of total area, of
which even a smaller proportion
than Japan's is agricultural.
There are about four million peo
ple in Hong Kong and more com
ing every day. That means only
100 square miles for each million
people. Oregon has more than 90,
000 square miles for fewer than
two million people.
In Asia the problem is to get
food enough to feed the people. In
the U.S.A., our problem is to find
markets for our vast surpluses of
food. Common sense tells us it
ought to be possible to balance off
the immense food surpluses mac
are breaking our backs against the
food shortages that threaten star
vation in Asia.
' It sounds simple.
But it isn't as simple as it sounds.
If we are to find a market in
hungry Asia for our immense sur
pluses of food, we must first find a
way for the hungry Asians to PAY
us for the food that we have in
such abundance.
Since most of Asia's surplus
products are either manufactured
articles or raw materials that we
already have in abundance, their
acceptance in payment for our sur
dIuj food would bring them into
competition Willi our manuiaeiurea
products and the raw materials
that we already have in our own
country. That would raise a howl in
the U.S.A.
Th world, you see, is full ol
problems.
EDITORIAL PAGE
4 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Fri., April 13, 1962
JOBS FROM TREES
By Charles V. Stanton
Prior to World War II our timber industry utilized
only 30 per cent of a log, according to a report by the
American Forest Products Industry. James McClellan,
chief forester for the AFPI. Washington, D.C., is authority
for the statement that the industry now utilizes 80 per cent
of the tree, and "it won't be long before we re using ev
erything from the tree except the whisper of the leaves,
Mavbe we'll even find a way to use that."
A good many people are expressing fears of automa
tion. They see in the vastly improved automatic operation
of our mills' a threat to employment. Yet, as Mr. McClel
lan points out, we're creating more jobs by a diversity of
our product.
The need to practice closer utilization is important to
the nation's welfare and high standard of living, he as
serts. It is indeed vital when one considers that the forest
industry is caught in a growing demand for wood products,
yet the inventory of mature timber is decreasing. Forest
ers see hope, however, in the fact that we have more land
growing timber today than was the case when the white
man first came to the continent.
New Processes Coming
An interesting development in the timber industry is
the very rapid growth in the use of wood fiber.
A few years ago a man by the name of William H,
Mason was working in his laboratory with some wood
chips. He discovered that the chips could be "exploded"
by high pressure steam, thus transforming solid wood to
tiny fibers.
Trying various experiments, he placed a mat of wet
fibers in a heated iron press. His idea was to dry out
the moisture.
Leaving his laboratory for lunch, he turned off the
steam as a precaution. Upon his return, however, he
learned that the shut-off valve was faulty and the fiber
had dried and hardened into a very dense board. That
was the birth of Masonite.
Now we have plants all over the country producing
hardboard, softboard, insulating panels, particle board, and
many other products using chips and fiber. The manufac
ture of pulp and paper, at the same time, is growing by
leaps and bounds.
We still put some of our wood waste through burners.
But in many of our areas there are no burners because
there is no waste. Our mills even have gone to thinner
saw blades to reduce the amount of sawdust. Yet, on the
other hand, new sawing equipment has been developed to
produce wood chips directly from the log.
Our lumber industry has long been Dlacrued bv low
grades of timbers and boards. But today's processes are
eliminating the low-priced, unprofitable grades. Knots and
defects are being cut from poor stock, the clear pieces
glued to create laminated beams and boards.
"Growing" Casoline
But, observers predict, "You ain't seen nothing yet!"
Research is moving raoidlv. we are told, toward de
velopment of a transparent coating for wood which will
impregnate it and leave it in its natural finish rotproof,
weatherproof, fireproof.
That time, I believe, is not far away.
One of the best and cheapest sources of plastic is
cellulose. The tree is made of cellulose fibers. It will not
be long, in my opinion, until researchers find a way to
Diena wooa rioer and plastic, all made from wood waste,
to produce a new type of board.
Too, we know how to manufacture alcohol from wnnrl.
Some of our automobiles are being powered today with ex
perimental turbine motors. The turbine motor uses as a
fuel any liquid that burns. When we find a wav to nrn.
duce alcohol from wood cheaply, we can grow our "gaso-
But there's still another "discovery" in the offinir. Ap
proximately 40 per cent of a tree's cubic content is in the
lorm or lignm. Ligmn is composed of a sort of adhesive
that holds the wood fibers together. It also contains the
many chemicals that go into the tree's structure. As yet
we haven't succeeded in reducing lignin to its components.
When we do succeed in separating it, making use of its
various parts, we'll probably find that this material, which
now is complete waste, will be as valuable, if not more so,
than the wood fiber upon which our industry presently is
based.
Motorists Urged
To Drive Safely
Police Chief John T. Tructt rc
minded motorists today courts
have upheld the principle that driv
ing "is a privilege, not a right.'
"Only careful adherence to the
laws of safe driving enables a mo
torist to retain the privilege of
driving on Hose-burs streets," he
advised. Oregon motor vehicle
code defines driving as a privilege
a point upheld by judicial rulings
across the nation.
"A motorist Is examined to de
termine his knowledge of the law
and his competency to handle a
motor vehicle in a safe manner,"
the chief explained. "When he
meets these requirements, he is
granted a license. If a driver con
tinually violates the law or dem
onstrates an inability to drive a
car safely, the privilege of driv
ing may be withdrawn hy the state
-in spite of the economic hardships
this may impose on the errant or
incompetent driver. This action not
only protects the Individual con
cerned but also acts as a safe
guard for olher motorists. "
Chief John Truett urged motor
' ists to obey traffic laws and to
treat driving a car as an impor
tant and demanding skill.
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DEAR ABBY: I wish you would
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about hairdresser Whv Hn thou
think they have to talk all the
iime.' l go to me ncauty parlor
mr a nair-io, not to listen to how
hnrd tllCV Work, npltv ffneein nhnnl
the other employees in the shop
ana an me din about the person
they took care of before me. I
travel quito a bit and find that
it is the same no matter where 1
go. My husband says this is true
of barbers, too.
BOM ED
DEAR BORED: I alio - travel
quit bit, and I get the other
side of the story. Hairdressers fell
me they wish their customers
would ust relux and be quiet In
stead of telling them their trou
bles and gossiping about everyone
they know. My husband gets
around a lot, too, and tills me this
is what the barbers tell him.
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a great personality to go with it.
Our problem is that she must be
afraid nf men. She is asked for
dates, but if a boy even tries to
put his arm around her she hauls
off and just about fractures his
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Blough Raised A Question
ury Will Want Answered
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WASHINGTON (AP) If you i man of the board of U.S. Steel,
and your neighbor were selling
eggs and you raised your prices,
you wouldn't stay in business long
unless you cut your prices back
to his level.
That seems simple enough. It
would be in keeping with the an
cient spirit often observed more
in talk than in practice of free,
competitive enterprise.
But that isn't the way the steel
industry plays it.
This week when the U.S. Steel
Corp. boosted prices its competi
tors might have cleaned up by
not raising prices, too. Instead,
most of them followed U.S. Steel
like sheep. Within three days eight
companies had put in raises.
This was asking for a fight with
President Kennedy who, because
of the special circumstances sur
rounding this situation, couldn't
take it lying down. And he didn't.
His brother, Atty. Gen. Robert
F. Kennedy, is going after the
steel industry. A federal grand
jury will now investigate this
round of price increases.
Kennedy said his department is
checking into two questions:
1. Did the steel companies get
together to raise prices? If they
did, he said, it would be a viola
tion of law.
2. Should the U.S. Steel Corp.
be broken up because it's too big?
Kennedy said it should if it's so
big it controls industry prices.
Big Steel walked into this fight
with its eyes open. It well knows
the Kennedy administration has
been taking action against price
fixing and monopoly in many di
rections. Only last year one of the biggest
scandals in American industrial
history rolled to a sordid end.
After government prosecution
for price-fixing and bid-rigging 29
giant electric equipment compa
nies were fined, seven of their
executives were jailed, and 45 oth
ers were fined. This was initiated
during the Eisenhower administration.
The President, who wanted the
industry and the Steelworkers Un
ii.n tn nien a nnninflationarv con
tract, thought that's what had
been done. So did the rest of the
country because there was no nint
or suggestion from the steel indus
try it had a price increase in
mind.
But at least U.S. Steel must
have been preparing for it. The
union agreed to a contract wnicn
provided some benefits but no pay
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raise, wunin live uays u.o. cicw
boosted prices. By Thursday nigni,
so had seven other companies.
But not all did.
This explains why the President
attacked the steel industry with
so much auger Wednesday.
Thursday Roger Blough, chair-
was reminded by reporters that
two large steel companies nave
not yet raised prices.
He was asked how long his
company could stick to its price
increase if these two kept their
price where it was. He said: It
would certainly affect us. And I
don't know how ' long we can
maintain our position."
Which raises a question the fed
eral grand jury will probably
want an answer to:
If all the other steel companies
had refused to go along with U.S.
Steel in raising prices, how long,
in ' view of what Blough said,
would the giant of the industry
dared to have kept its new price?
Dancers To Celebrate
The Boots and Calico Square
Dace Club will celebrate its
eighth birthday with a special
dance at the Winston Community
Hall Saturday beginning at 9 p.m.
Rav Steele of Springfield will be
guest caller. All square dancers
are invited to auenu.
Lenten
Devotions
Scripture: John 8:33-57
Picture yourself being stopped
hv a famous noet. He asks you,
"Who is your father?' How would
you answer? ncture youseii ar
guing religion with someone you
don't like at all. Suddenly the per
son asks you, "Who is your fatn
er?" How would you answer?"
In a setting something like a
combination of these two situations,
Jesus asked his opponents, "Who
is your father?" The Pharisees
claimed tneir latner was Aoran
ham. a wise and famous ancestor.
But Jesus said, "If ye were the
children of Abraham, ye would do
the works of Abraham" (John
8:39). That is, you would act like
him in listening to God's messen
gers and acting on what was said
bv them to you. But with hate
and fear in their hearts they
were rejecting Jesus' message,
acting, Jesus said, as though I he
devil were their father.
Who is your father? . . How do
you act? . . .Jesus talks often in
spiritual, picturesque, poetic terms
which are meaningful, though not
literal. It as though you were talk
ing politics and were asked, "Is
the father of your actions Abra
ham Lincoln or Joseph Stalm?"
Your questioner would mean, "Do
you act with concern, compassion,
wisdom, trust and humor as did
Lincoln, or with suspicion, hate
murder, and lust for power as did
Stalin?"
Well, friend, who is your father?
Do you receive Jesus' message or
do you reject it? He said, "Repent
for the kingdom of God is at
hand!" God loves us as we are,
and his love gives us power when
we turn to him, to be different
than we have been, to enter the
Kingdom of God. But we can t re
ccive the fullness of his affection
until we give him ourselves, full of
fear, disappointment, anger, lust,
envy, and all the other feelings
that block fullness of life for us
When we come to believe God
loves us even with such feelings,
they lose their power over us and
we become free to be creative
and growing . . .children of God.
The choice is yours. . .Who is
your father?
Rev. Verne A. Robinson
Congregational Church
LEGAL
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
State Bank No. 309
- Douglas County State Bank
of Roieburg, in the State of Oregon
t tht elate of business an March 26, 1962
ASSETS
1. Cash, balances with other banks, ond cash items in
process of collection S 3,379,700.50
2. United States Government obligations, direct ond
guaranteed 6,685,197.10
3. Obligations of States and political subdivisions 2,286,200.40
6. Loans ond discounts (including $31,141.83 overdrafts) 13,477,162.17
7. Bank premises owned J 1,944. 44, furniture ond fix
tures $81 ,01 3.66 82,958.10
8. Real estate owned other than bank premises .... 1.00
II. Other assets 57,111.71
12.
TOTAL ASSETS $25,968,330.98
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, ond
corporations $10,925,304.47
1 4. Time ond savings deposits of individuals, partner
ships, and corporations - 8,866.682.32
1 5. Deposits of United States Government (including pos
tal savings)
16. Deposits of Stotes and political subdivisions
17. Deposits of banks .
18. Certified ond officers' checks, etc
19. TOTAL DEPOSITS $23,679,654.95
(a) Total demand deposits $13,664,089.42
(b) Total time and savings deposits $10,015,565.53
23. Other liabilities
552,823,63
2,784,679.52
271,955.63
278.209.38
284,004.60
24. TOTAL LIABILITIES $23,963,659.55
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
$250,000.00
25. Capital:
j (a) Common stock, total pur value
i ?A ,i,,.
27. Undivided profits
28. Reserves (and retirement account for preferred capital)
29. TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
250.000.00
1,350,000.00
266,263.88
138,407.55
2,004,671 43
30. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS .... $25,968,330.98
31
32.
MEMORANDA
Assets pledged or assianed to secure liabilities and
for other purpose including notes ond bills redis
counted ond securities sold with agreement to re
purchase) (a) Lr4ns as shown above ore after deduction of
valuation reserves of
7,628.493 80
383.643.31
I, W. E. Garrison, President, of the above-named bonk, do solemnly
swear that this report of condition is true and correct, to the best ot my
knowledge and belief.
Correct Attest: s W. E Garrison
E. G Young
DIRECTORS
D. S. Adolph
L. E. Garrison
State o'ejOregon, County of Douglas, ss: t 1
Sworn to ond subscribed before me this 9th day of April, 1962
My commission expires 1 13 62
Nancy B. Linna. Notary Public tor Oreqon
Elkton Gauge Selected As Index For Major Rivers
The Umpqua Rivers gauge at
Elkton has been selected as the
index for major rivers in the area
between the Willamette in Salem
and the Rogue at Raygold.
The Umpqua replaces the Wil
lamette at Albany as the index of
streamflow by the U. S. Geological
Survey. Albany was withdrawn as
an index because of the regulation
of the river by dams does not of
fer a true picture of runoff.
For March, the Umpqua's
streamflow was 15,070 cubic feet a
second. The figure was below the
March 1961 average of 24,100, but
above the 15-year average of 13,-
350.
For the period between Septem
ber 1961 and this month, the rate
was 90 per cent of the 15-year aver
age. It was considerably lower than
this until March rainstorms caused
the boost.
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