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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 5, 1 948
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TOLL BRIDGE AT THE DALLES
We spoke here Tuesday of trans-mountain highway develop
ment currently in progress of interest to central Oregon. This,
of course, concerns east-west travel. Now there comes to our
attention an undertaking that, if carried out, will affect north
south travel. This is a proposal for a toll bridge across the
Columbia river in the vicinity of The Dalles.
The north-south highways east of the Cascade range pro
vide the routes most generally used between Washington and
California. On these there are few obstructions to travel.
There ar.e long tangents and good sight-distance. High speed
can be maintained.
, The one barrier of consequence for travel to or from Wash
ington is the Columbia river. To cross it at any point from The
Dalles to the east a ferry must be used, It is now proposed to
do away with the ferry running between The Dalles and North
Dalles on the Washington side and to. build a toil bridge for
the'river crossing..
Wasco county, as we understand it, has taken the lead in
promoting the toll bridge idea and is contributing one third
of the cost of the proposed preliminary survey, or $8,000.
Oregon and Washington each will provide a third.
If the survey is made it will be to determine the best site for
the bridge, collect traffic data, design the structure with re
spect to the requirements of the army engineers and to de
termine the cost of construction.
Whether the proposed bridge would bring an increased vol
ume of travel through this section we shall not guess. The
plan is interesting, however, as a step toward easier traffic
movement. Hereabouts there is interest, too, in the fact that
the Wasco county engineer who has participated in the plan
ning is Chris Fauerso who was in charge of construction of
the Crooked river bridge 21 years ago and the further fact
that the engineering firm expected to make the survey in
cludes as a member Ralph A. Tudor who as a colonel of engi
neers was in charge of the Camp Abbot development in 1943.
IMPROVEMENT IN LICENSING
Any change in method which can reduce the cost of carrying
on functions of government or of any business, for that mat
ter, is worth considering. When it can also increase the ef
fectiveness with which a department is conducted it merits
'adoption and popular approval. .
Such a change ia that announced for 1960 by Secretary of
state Earl Newbry in his plan for issuance of a longer-lasting
motor vehicle license plate and for keying licensing on the
individual rather than the automobile. The same plates will
be used year after year and will be removed from the car on
change of ownership, being then available for placing on a
new vehicle should the individual aqcuire one.
Cost of annual renewal of the plates themselves will be elim
inated by this procedure and simplification of record keeping
made possible may also be expected to result in lowered ex
pense. At the same time that this is going on the car owner
will be saved the time and annoyance of plate changing. Divid
ing the number of license holders into twelve groups so that
renewals can be spread over the year (this contingent on
legislation which the secretary of state will ask in 1949) will,
avoid the problems of peak employment now caused in the re
quirement for repeat licensing of cars in one short period at
year's end. .
In money alone the proposed system will save an estimated
$200,000 a year. Stated another way, it will make this amount
available for road construction and maintenance. Desirable
at any time, such an addition will be especially desirable in a
period of inflated costs.
Group Attending
Legion Meeting
The annual convention .of the
Oregon department of the Ameri
can Legion and auxiliary opened
today at Astoria, with hundreds of
members In attendance. Mrs.
Craig Coyner, of Bend, whose
term as state president of the aux
iliary will bo completed at the
close of the convention. Is presid
ing at the women's sessions.
Among Bend people who are at
tending the convention are mem
bers of the drill tenm of the local
auxiliary, who will vie for ratings
In competition with other teams of
the state. The team Includes Mrs.
J. A. Dudrey, Mrs. Pat Hallow,
Mrs. V. H. Coahran, Mrs. Kd
Green, Mrs. T. D. Mark, Mrs. V.
E. Parsons, Mrs. L. M. Lancaster
and Mrs. Wlllard Iliggins.
Tiger-Lion Cub Viewed
Only Twice a Week
Salt Lake City Uli-Salt Lake
City's sensitive liger cub, a rare
cross between a liger and a lion.
Is being broken Into the zoo rou
tine of being looked at very grad
ually. The husky 16 -pound cub, be
lieved to be the only one ever
born of a tiger mother, can be
seen at the llogle Gardens zoo
only two hours a week. Exhibit
ing time Is from 1 to 3 p.m. on
Saturdays and Sundays.
Zoo officials say the other one
or two tiger-lion hybrids known
to be still living have been born
of Hon mothers.
Fire-Eating Admiral t
Gets Far East Posr
Hong Kong till Vice Admiral
Sir Patrick Blind, who will as
sume command of the British
Pacific fleet later this year, is re
membered in the l'ar Last for
one incident In which he thumbed
his nose at the Japanese imperial
fleet and got away with it.
Then a captain, Blind was In
command of 1I.M.S. Birmingham
on the China station when the
war broke out In 103!). The Jap
anese, spoiling for a fight, had
seized a British merchant ship
and detained her Illegally at
Tsingtao.
Captain Blind steamed to the
north China port, and demanded
the ship's release. He placed his
cruiser between the lines ot heavy
Japanese cruisers, the captains of
which threatened to blow him out
of the water.
Boarding the Japanese flagship
Blind told the commander-in-chief
that he was going to take
out the British merchant ship,
come hell or high water. The
next day he proceeded to do so,
with his crew at action stations
and battle flags flying. The Jap
anese Just stood there and looked.
Washington
Column
By Peter Edson
(NEA Waehinatun Correepondent)
Washington (NEA) Bureau of
printing and engraving Is prepar
ing to issue a new $20 bill. If you'll
look at the back side of one of the
present twenties, you'll see why.
It shows a picture of the front of
the White House. But it doesn't
show Harry Truman's balcony on
the south portico.
Most people think this Is the
back of the White House. The 1600
Pennsylvania avenue, entrance
side of the White House grounds,
is usually considered the front,
but it isn't.
Bureau of engraving director
Allin H. Hall says new official
photographs showing the balcony
have already been taken, and en
graving plates have been made.
Printing hasn't begun yet. But the
new "balcony bills" should begin
to show up in circulation in about
six months.
Andrew Jackson's picture ap
pears on the front of the bill. It
will stav there. There isn't any
chance that Harry Truman's like
ness will be substituted, to go
along with the , balcony. It's
against the rules to put any presi
dent's face on a coin or stamp
While he's still living.
The present $20 bill design, first
to use the White House, was origi
nally issued in 1929. That was
when the present small-sized bills
were substituted for the big bills
of previous issues. There hasn't
been a new design since.
' e e e .
Bureau of the mint wishes that
people would stop asking why Joe
Stalin's Initials aDDear in very
small type below the profile of
Frankl n D. Roosevelt on tne uni
Roosevelt dimes. The J. S. doesn't
stand for Joe Stalin .at all, but for
John Slnnock, famous engraver ot
the mint, who died a year ago last
AdHI. Somehow this Stalin rumor
got started by word of mouth, and
it won't die. During nis years oi
service with the mint, Slnnock de
signed many memorial coins and
many foreign coins which the U.
S. mint made for other countries.
. . e . e e
Housing experts now look to the
'expansible" house as one of the
best solutions for present high
costs of home building. The prin
ciple Is to build a minimum house
for present neeas oi tne iamuy,
then add rooms or wings as need
ed.
This idea is not new. Federal
housing administration has issued
an excellent basic booklet on six
approved types of- expansible
houses. But the Idea has not been
pushed by contractors. ' - t
One pre-fab builder has made
designs and estimates on a house
that would cost $14,000 if com
pleted. But by eliminating base
ment, putting in one bedroom on
the first floor and leaving the en
tire upstairs , unfinished, he fig
ures the cost can be cut to aljout
$7500.
;
First real test of Henry Wal
lace's progressive party strength
may show In the Wisconsin pri
mary, Sept. 21. Wisconsin progres
sive party has candidates running
for governor and for seven of the
10 seats in congress.
One factor that may cut down
progressive party vote, however.
Is that the socialist party Is offer
ing a complete slate of candidates
In opposition. All 10 of Wiscon
sin's members of the 80th con
gress are republicans. All 10 are
seeking re-election. Republican
The North Umpqua Road
("Soon, we expect, the dreams
of a standard highway along the
North" Umpqua to a connection
with The Dalles-California high
way will be a reality," wrote
Charles V. Stanton, editor of the
Roseburg News-Review following
a trip up the Umpqua. Because
of possible development in the
area that would be of consider
able local Interest, the News-Review
editorial is reproduced here.)
By Charles V. Stanton
Older residents will recall the.
many years of struggle to gain
recognition for the North Ump
qua highway. It was not many
years ago that A. C. Marsters,
Bill Harding, Nap Rice and other
stalwart citizens were pounding
any official table they could find
to pound, while stressing the im
portance of a modern cross-state
highway by way of the North
Umpqua. Before these pioneers
passed away they had the satis,
faction ot traveling over a forest
road from Roseburg to Diamond
lake, but their visions of a mod
ern highway still lack realization
but not for long.
The changed status of the Ump
qua national iorest Irom a .'liabil
ity tg a No. 1 asset Also alters the
road prospects. Boon, we expect,
the dreams of a standard highway
along the North Umpqua to a
connection wun i ne uanes-i.au-fornai
highway will be a reality,
e
During a recent two-day in;
spection trip into the forest, we
traveled over several miles oi
special logging road, built to
highway graae, wiae enougn ior
four-lane traffic. Five miles of
new road have been added this
year on the Diamond lake section
and another eight miles will be
built during the fall and winter
months, bringing the grade to the
west boundary of Fish Creek des
ert. This road is being 'built co
operatively by .the forest service
and the logging contractor, but
contractural provision - is made
for the public use. The grade
will become a part of the North
Umpqua highway . system. At
nresent it is only a dirt road,
thick with dust. Studies are being
made to determine a suitable tvne
of surfacing. The road' material is
pumice dust. It packs wen wnen
damp, .but loosens easily when
dry. One test will be made using
several lifts of oil impregnated
dust. A light layer of fine lava
rock also shows some promise in
early experiments. It is possible
that a'test will be made with use
of volcanic.cinders. These various
surfaces are under consideration
to keep down dust until the road
is finally finished for highway
use.
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Work now In progress In Rose
burg and1 cast to Dlxonville is a
Dart of the North Umpqua sys
tem. Another six-mile section is
being built east from Rock creek
Gov. Oscar Rennebohm is also
seeking re-election. He is opposed
by one other republican, Ralph M.
Immel. by democrats William D.
Carroll and Carl W. Thompson,
progressive Henry J, Berauist and
socialist Walter H. Uphoffo
Only two of the republican con
gressmen are unopposed by mem
bers of their own party. They are
Glenn Davis and Frank Keefe.
' So there may be some upsets
within the GOP. Most of the demo
crats, progressives and socialists
are unopposed. This lack of con
test may cut down the vote In
these three parties. But total vote
of all four parties should give
some idea of proportionate
strength lor the November elec
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where right of way -is being
cleared. Construction is in- prog
ress for two miles at Hogback,
the most difficult section of the
six-mile project. The new road
will eliminate the narrow, dan
gerous curves around the point,
and will shorten distance by cut
ting through the rock spur. An
80-foot cut through solid rock is
in progress. An appropriation in
the sum of $1,000,000 is anticipat
ed n the near future to complete
the six miles of roadway.
e
Few people, perhaps, are fami
liar with the Hogback and the
reason for Its peculiar name. It is
a rocky spur over which the old
North Umpqua forest trail climb
ed in a series of steep switch
backs. On top there Is a spine of
rock only a few feet in width and
Jutting up in almost perfect re
semblance to the backbone of an
Arkansas razorback hog hence
the name Hogback.
We can easily recall the dread
with which he faced that climb
up the Hogback over the old
trail, carrying our packs on our
backs. It was a gruelling climb.
But coming down was easy,
bragging our packs for a brake,
we would slide from one switch
back to another, making the des
cent in a few minutes, whereas it
took a long time to negotiate the
upward climb.
When the present North Ump
qua road was built, a narrow lane
was blasted from the face of the
spur.-Although some Improve
ment work was done, the road
still is narrow and dangerous, and
at one place the roadbed has slid
away and a wooden trestle carries
traffic. The new road will be far
ther back from the river, will be
higher than the present route,
and will eliminate all curves.
From the end of the present
project, the road has been sur
veyed to Steamboat ranger sta
tion and probably will be built to
forest highway specifications as
rapidly as money is made -available.
Douglas county should be in
terested in the. earliest possible
completion of the North Umpqua
road. Timber from the Diamond
lake working circle is now going
into the Klamath area. It could
better be brought to Roseburg If
we had a suitable highway. Be
cause of snow conditions, log
hauling is possible in the Diam
ond lake area only about five
months out 'of the year' at pres
ent. If the logs could be' brought
to Roseburg, logging could be
continued all year, with only mi
nor Interruptions during the in
frequent severe storms.
Furthermore, the loaded.. haul
would be all on downhill grade,
saving cost of fuel and prolong
ing life of equipment. At present
tne haul is uphill to Ramsey sld
ing, a distance of about 50 miles,
where logs are transferred to the
S. P. railroad. Haul into Rose
burg would be less expensive by
eliminating the ! necessity for
transfer.
TWINS TO WEI) TWINS
Qulncy, Mass. mi Edwin C.
and Wilfred F. St. Martin, Jr.,
Qulncy twin brothers, have an
nounced their engagement . to
Hyde Park twin sisters.
Others Say
LOWER FOOD PRICES ON
THE WAY
(Salem Capitol Journal)
Three major national farm or
ganizations, the National Grange,
the American Farm Bureau Fed
eration and the National Council
of Farmer Co-operatives, have Is
sued an optimistic forecast that
lower food prices "are on their
way" as a result oi record tarm
production this year. The depart
ment of agriculture's monthly
forecast, predicting an all time
record corn crop and an above the
average wheat crop, confirms the
prediction.
The farm croups noted that on-
the-farm prices have already de
clined 10 per cent from the 1948
highs. This drop they predicted,
will have its effect on. consumer
prices as soon as the products
reach tke market. But they warn
that meats may trail other iooqs
in seeking lower price levels, be
cause livestock herds were cut
sharply in recent years, and
ranchers may prefer to build
them up for a while before send
ing increased supplies to the na
tion's meat counters.
The , department of labor re
ports that average wholesale
dices for 900 basic commodities
declined 0.6 per cent in the week
ending last Saturday, the second
straight weekly decline. It said
wholesale food prices dropped
fully two eper cent during the
week. But this decline was off
set partially by a 0.1 per cent
rise in the wholesale price of
commodities other than foods and
farm products.
Consumer prices generally fol
low the trend of the wholesale
market.
PLAN ANNUAL MEETING
Members of -First Christian
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business meeting at 7:30 p.m. to
night In the church. The agenda
of business will include adoption
of the budget, and election of
the pastor, church officers and
Bible school officers for the com
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