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THE SMALLER of the two buildings which has been on the site of the proposed Pacific Power & Light Co. building hos been torn down and work is still in progress in the dem olition of the larger structure.. The former Clough ' resi dence is going fast, and the building which lotely housed the Chapel of the Roses should be torn down by the end of September, according to Phil Quisenberry, manager of PP & L. Site of the proposed new business offices of the company is the SE corner of Oak Ave. and Kane St. Quisen berry said plans are not yet completed for the new struc ture, but that construction would probably commence to ward the latter part of the year. The new building will cover about 3,300 squure feet. (News-Review photo) Home Building Industry In Re volution What amounts to a "revolution" in home building techniques is re sulting in a revolution in lumber manufacturing methods in the Pa cific Northwest, G. C. Edgett, lum ber trade association executive, said here today. Cornerstone of the revolution, ac cording to Edgett, executive vice president of west Coast Lumber men's Association, is a determina tion on the part of West Coast lum bermen to keep pace with progres sive developments in the fast changing construction industry. "The business of building is far different than it was even a decade ago," Edgett said, "and lumber must prove itself as modern and efficient as any of the newer prod ucts if it is to compete success fully. Streamlining Set "Not only in the Pacific North west but throughout the United States there is under way a gi gantic effort to streamline lumber sizes, cut home building costs for the consumer, and make lumber and 'engineered' product of pre dictable usefulness." Edgett pointed out that home construction has ceased to be a matter of merely nailing together boards and dimension lumber at the job site, and that to an ever- increasing extent it is becoming an industry ot prefabneution of fac tory-built house parts such as roof trusses, called "components. Records Made In NW Forests The national forests in Oregon and Washington sold and harvest ed record volumes of timber in fiscal year 1963, U.S. Forest Serv ice tabulations show. A total of 5,509,927,380 board feet of timber was sold and 4,539,801,560 board feet of timber was cut during the year, according to J. Herbert Stone, Regional Forester, Pacific Northwest Region. The harvest comprises about 40 per cent of the total timber cut from all lands in the two states. Auto Insurance Costs GETTING YOU DOWN? Value of the timber sold was $92, 332,699.46 and value of the timber harvested was $80,239,759.18, final figures show. The previous year, sales volume was 4,800,000,000 board feet valued at $80,667,000 and the harvest volume was 4,157, 000,000 board feet valued at $78, 643,000. About half a billion board feet of the 1963 volume was in pine stumps sold to Hoyden-Newport Chemical Corporation for chemical extration. The large sale will re sult in development of a new indus try in south-central Oregon. The Willamette National Forest of Oregon led the Region in volume of timber sold and harvested. The Siuslaw National Forest, hardest hit by the Columbus Day storm, was next highest. Highest in Wash ington was the Gifford Pinchot Na tional Forest. Save money with Farmers... the best auto insurance buy in America today! As you save, you get mod ern, broad form coverage, fast, fair, friendly service! FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP For if'- Dick Warren Rci. Ph. 459-3570 Ait Subert 'Res. Ph. 673-8572 Glen Wright Rei. Ph. 673-5610 C.V. DeCamp Dist. Mgr. ' 1602 S. E. Stephen! Ph. 672-2618 Deadline Nearing On Truck Taxes A. G. Erickson, director of in ternal revenue for Oregon, reports that highway vehicle owners or operators should pay the federal use tax on motor vehicles used on the public highways by August 31, 1963, although it will be considered properly filed if received on Sept. 3, 1963, because the last regular day for filing falls on a non work day. Erickson said that form 2290 should be used for filing purposes. Taxpayers required to pay the federal use tax on motor vehicles should keep in mind that new leg islation passed last year changed the rates of this tax. Information, if necessary, may be obtained by calling the local Internal Revenue service office. IP Men Take Course Special summer schools in Su pervisory Development have drawn the participation of all su pervisors from International Pa per's Gardiner, Ore.; Vaughn, Ore. and Chclatchic Wash, branches. The intensive stimulating 30 hour course involving homework 'was offered by the Geneial Exten sion Division of the Oregon State System of Higher Education. It covered the elements of business organization, production planning, follow-up, quality control, flow of information, responsibility to crews and superiors, human rela tions, safety, and improvement of working conditions. Course instruc tor was Art Blakeney, Associate Professor of Business Technology at Oregon Technical Institute. BLM Record Set In 12-Month Sales In the last 12 months the Bu reau of Land Management sold 1, 575,159,000 board feet of timber for $36,414,738 in Oregon. That is an all-time record for BLM tim ber sales, said Russell E. Getty, BLM Director for Oregon and Washington. Getty pointed out that the mul tiplier effect of these sales is about 20:1 on the normal output of end products. Expressed in an other way, each million board feet of timber harvested provides 12 man years of labor and each dol lar's worth of timber sold has an end product value of about $20. Using the BLM timber sale fig ures, that multiplies out to al most 19,000 man years of employ ment and $728,294,760 in end prod uct values. The total amount of timber bar vested in Oregon during this pe riod amounted to 8,500,138,000 board feet, making BLM's contri bution to the State's economy a tot al of 18.5 per cent in terms of timber volume. Getty said the appraised value of the BLM timber sold was $29, 395.153. The final sale value ran 24 per cent above the appraised value. Motor Vehicle Listings Rise Oregon motor vehicle registra tions during the first six months of this year increased 5.7 per cent over the same period a year ago. Vera L. Hill, director of the De partment of Motor Vehicles, said the office registered 610,251 ve hicles during the period. The agency processed nearly 1V4 million motor vehicle and driver license transactions of all types during the six month period. This represented a 6.6 per cent increase in the volume of transactions over the same period in 1962. Hill noted that the number of passenger car registrations during the period increased 4.6 per cent. Trailers of all types increased 10.4 per cent; fixed loads, 25.6 1 per cent; trucks, .4 per cent; and motorcycles, 71.5 per cent. A de cline of 5.2 per cent was noted in the number of buses registered during the period. The striking increase in motor cycle registrations, Hill said, is largely due to light-weight two wheel vehicles. Business Scene WINS MONEY BOARD Marjorie Dysinger of 2921 W. Lorraine Ave., Roseburg, was the winner of the $50 money board of fered at the Douglas County Fair by Investors Diversified Service, Inc. By Leroy B. Inman Sat., Aug, 24, 1963 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 5 Substantial Down Payment On Home Can Effect Saving The family that can save enough to make a substantial down pay ment on its new home gams in two ways it reduces the over-all cost of the home, and a portion of their paycheck is committed for a short er time. About $2.4 billion on mortgage debt were outstanding in Oregon last year with the average length of home mortgages running about 20 years. Mrs. Alberta Johnston, Oregon State University extension special ist, says typical length of home mortgages is considerably longer today. In 1940, 20 years was the maximum length. Today, three out of four new mortgages are for 30 years and some even for 35 years. (The Housing Act of 1961 permits the Federal Housing Administra tion to insure 35-year mortgages on new homes). Just how much a family is able to save on short-term mortgages is offered in this example fom OSU's family finance specialist. A family would pay $17,823 in terest on a $15,000 loan for 35 years at 5Vt per cent interest, compared to $9264 on the same size loan at the same rate for 20 years. By taking advantage of the short-term loan, a family could save more than $8500. Families arc reminded that the purchase of a home represents the biggest single investment they'll ever make. They need to consider the advantages of using long-term mortgages in relation to the addi tional costs to the family. Equity in the home builds up much more slowly with a long-term loan, says Mrs. Johnston. Families that agree to a long term mortgage will want to be sure that the contract permits early repayment if the family finds that this is possible, so they can take advantage of the savings of a short-term loan. Attraction Noted Long-term mortgages enable low er income families to become home owners. With specified ' amounts for monthly payments for housing, they permit a family to buy a more expensive house. Long-term mortgages may make it easier to sell the house, because prospective buyers may be attracted if they can assume a long-term mortgage and make only a small cash settle ment. With rather general increase in prices of houses sinco the early 1940's, most home owners have ex perienced a rise in the value of their homes rcather than a de crease by depreciation, says Mrs. Johnston. But during the past year, real estate prices are reported to have stabilized in many areas. If they continue to level off or decline, some owners with long term mortgages may find they can not sell their homos for enough to pay their remaining debt. In 1941, there was outstanding mortgage debt in the U.S. of less than one-half billion dollars. In the last eight years, it has risen from $145 billion to $250.5 billion. NEW CHEF-MANAGER Joe Porente looks toward the first tee ot the Roseburg Country Club. Parente took over the reins of the country club from S. F. Swan. (News-Review photo) Chef-Manager Named By Club Gets More Use Out of Heat! New Kind of Heating System That's Easier to Install Moves heat a better way to end cold floors, cold cornera; makes any room, any house eajv to heat. 3'4-inch round duct system installs hours faster, saves tearing up home! Rxireulotet Wormed Air Every I Minute. Vertkol, Console, Horiionial Mod all, lor Baieirient, Attic, Utility Room, Closet or Crow) 5 pact In statlorion. Four Types ol Blend-Air (linden for new or present mes. COMFORT GUARANTEED WITH $1000 BOND. foty To Aid Alt CONDITIONING Now or later: use same ducts: new "no-draft" comfort ton cooling. Chef, musician and playwright, all rolled up into one, is the new chef - manager of the Roseburg Country Club, Jo Parente. Parante has an impressive list of former associations with famous restaurants and hotels including the Doric Motor Hotel in Portland, Mark-Hopkins in San Francisco and Carriage House in Charleston S.C. As musician he has appeared in New Orleans and Las Vegas and several other large cities. The chefs in Oregon and Wash ington have featured Parente and his accordion at their annual Gov ernor's Gourmet Dinners. Parente is known by other chefs as a mas ter in high Italian Cuisine. He has also won national recognition for his pizza. Parente has won acclaim as a playwright and composer too. He is the author and composer of the musical play "Bella Mia". He is presently working on a new play "Starving Artist." His wife, Helen, who works with him at the Roseburg Country Club, was formerly dining room manag er, of the Tualatin Country Club in Portland for seven years. SP Names Officer Benjamin F. Biaggini has been elected executive vice president and a director of the Southern Pa cific Company, president D. J Russell announced today. Biaggini, who is 47, has been a vice president in the transportation company's Executive Department in ban Francisco since 1956. Franks And Denton Buy Curry Property Frank Denton of Roseburg and Robert H. Franks of Glide have announced that they have bought the service station lot and build ing on the corner of SE Stephens and SE Lane. The property was formerly own ed by Edith, Isabel and Lulu Curry. The men say they plan to re model the building to suit tenants. Three office suites and parking will be available and will be ready in about 90 days, Denton said. "More accurate sizes are de manded," he said. "Precision man ufacturing adjusted u the end-use of the product is essential. Waste, which burdens the ultimate consu mer with unnecessary costs, must be eliminated. These are the goals of the lumber industry, and we are well on our way to attaining them." Now pending beforo the U. S. Department of Commerce is a recommendation made by the Am ican Lumber Standards Commit tee that lumber sizes be revised for maximum efficiency in design and use. Dimension it Basis of the new size standard is a 1V4" thickness for dry dimen sion lumber, with slightly larger sizes for unseasoned dimension to allow for shrinkage. Represented on the American Lumber Stand' ards Committee are architects, en gineers, retail dealers and other specifiers and users of lumber, as well as manufacturers. The Committee's recommenda tion is actively supported by the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, the National Association of Home Builders, and other nationally im portant groups," Edgett said. "It is scientifically sound, and repre scnts what is probably the most nrneressive stcn taken bv the lumber industry in the past nau century." During the next two or three months, the lumber executive said the Department of Commerce will follow its usual procedure ot query ins as many people as possible with regard to the proposed change- in this case some e,uuu individuals and companies. Proposal Made "An extremely valuable addition al proposal," Edgett continued, "is now being advanced by the West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau, which is among the most import ant grading agencies in the cun- try. The bureau points out that the common 2 by-4 used as a stud which is the upright member in wall construction is about 23 times as strong as it needs to be. This means the home builder is paying for much more wood then he re quires. The Bureau suggests that a dry stud, measuring l'i" x 3V4" would perform with complete sat- lslaction. would support any weight required with a still huge margin of safety, and would save home builders and buyers an im portant sum of money. "The equivalent size of the un seasoned stud," Edgett added, 'would be 1 1732" x 3 916". It would provide the same satisfac tory service with similar benefits for both the manufacturer and consumer." Exclusive Bantam " Car Club Is Eyed A Roseburg man says a move is ' afoot to start a car club of a very exclusive nature. He is Dick Johnson of 713 SE. ... Flint St. He says he and several other owners in the Roseburg area want to start a Bantam Car Club. " Production of these cars was dis continued in 1941. ' The Bantams are small cars about a third the size of a regular,, medium-priced car. It is set on a 72-inch wheelbase with a 42-inch ' tread. The original engine was 7 horsepower. Transmission is that " of the old Graham automobile. " He asks that anyone interested.; forming such a club contact him at 672-1484. Before You Plant Thai- Lawn This Fall LET US INSTALL YOUR III SPRINKLING SYSTEM Available In Automatic or Manual Control Systems FEATURING: M0IST-O-MATIC "Rotary Pop-Up" and RAIN-BIRD Equipment f-ll Lit to' X.UII UfiJ-t7i FREE ESTIMATES Rt. 2 Box 615 ROSEBURG VALLEY PUMP and IRRIGATION SERVICE Quail Lane In ". Rlvirtrfahi Service Station Operators Promotion Discussion Set Richfield Oil Corp. service sta tion operators will meet at the Umpqua Hotel, Tuesday, to discuss fall and winter sales promotion plans according to E. D. Dirksen, Richfield's agent. I. W. Mathews, Richfield Retail Sales Supervisor, and Everett Morehead. Richfield Training Rep resentative, will conduct the ses sion which will draw operators from the Roseburg area. Sales School Attended Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moore, repre senting the Reynolds-Rushton Mu sic store in Roseburg, attended a national band instrument sales school in Elkhart, Ind., this month. While attending the Conn Corp. sales school, the Moores visited the company's manufacturing facilities. GALAXIE FAIRLAffc FALCON These Cars Are Lubricated Every 30,000 Miles 36,000 on 1963 Models We recommend the following service at 3,000 to 4,000 mile intervals: 1963 Raise car on hoist Inspect & tighten exhoust system Inspect steering system & grease Add power steering fluid Inspect fuel pump for leaks Inspect cooling system Adjust belts Check for oil leaks Check differential grease Check transmission fluid Check brakes for leaks Fill battery Clean gloss KEEP YOUR CAR IN TOP CONDITION All For Only $200 o e o For purchasing our animals at the Rotary sponsored 4-H and FFA Fat Stock Auction Saturday, August 17 held at the Douglas County Fair, appreciate the interest you have shown in our year's activities. We 4H and FFA FAT STOCK AUCTION IHAMNUrttMr' dlUV.lv dUTcK) Champion Beef -Four Winds Center Champion Hog -Bashford Feed & Seed Champion Lamb Four Winds Center We appreciate the support and encouragement each of the following mer chants and individuals have shown in our animal project, again we wish to express our deepest thanks. lip Four Winds Restaurant Bashford Feed and Seed Drive-N-Save Market Van Dine Meat Co. Safeway Tri City Market Umpqua Hotel Boyer's Meat Co. Tyee Polled Hereford Cal-Pac Utilities 1st National Bank of Roseburg New Service Laundry Tozer's Sheet Metal So. Umpqua State Bank Myer's Oil Co. The News-Review ones Insurance C. C. Laurance Douglas County State Bank Days Creek Store Donald Dole L. B. Ashton E. W. Paulson Douglas County Title Co. Mock Motors Ron Johnson Lumber Co. Valley Pump & Irrigation Coca Cola Bottling Co. Blue Mountain Hide and Wool DOUGLAS COUNTY Phone for FREE ESTIMATE LOCKWOOD MOTORS MUNION'S 1731 N.E. Stephens HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING 673-5460 4-H and FFA At Our New Location 580 S. E. OAK Ph 673-4485