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Identifications are still pouring
in on the Dicture of the fish that
we carriea in mursaays pai-;.
first to call was Lucille Barnes,
who passed along the names of
some possibilities. O. D. Matthews,
- Harry Telfoid and Mike Lavenil:.
A shame the picture is so small
that the llknesses are not too clear.
Mrs. A. J. Thompson, 2316 Main,
, called in to say that the young
fellow ill the center ' was Hub
Wakefield, who passed away here
several years ago. He gave he;' j
ih niniiiro Kh sold. In nostcard
form back in the early thirties. Hub
was twenty one years old at the
time, which would place the time
ih nWni- tairon enmpwhere
around 1900 to 1905. Hub was the
first man to drive the stage coach
, down the Fokegema road, and
ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL
by KEN McLEOD
in mir tttcfc nnlumn T riicplleciirl
some points of water policy that
the committee on water policy for
U. ............. ri(.,l.(nn nt thn Hilt.
door Writers Association of Amer
ica believed to be basic to any
water policy which will be appli
cable and 'sound over decades.
The last point I mentioned was
that water being community
wealth, the title to water, there
lore must rest in the sovereign
etate, which is the people. The
stale, acting as and In behalf of
the people can convey the right
to the use of water, and only this.
Ownership as such remains
Inevitably in the people. .
(7) The right to moke use of
water does not automatically con
fer the right to abuse or destroy
the further usefulness of that por
tion which will return to the com
munity's water ' bank account."
There is an inherent responsibility
resting in those who are granted
use of this community wealth to
preserve within all leasable limits,
the Integrity and usability of water
returning to the public supply. '
(8) From the point at which the
raindrop reaches the earth mass
waicr constantly seeKS. 10 rejoin
the ocean. Whatever use and scrv-
water resource must occur at
some point along this Ilne"of travel.
. io It follow., that the most com-
plete utilization of water to pro-
NEW YORK Ufi Follyanna and
Cassandra could have quite an
argument over sizing up today's
quota of business news.
The glad girl could point out
that a number of tilings look a lit
tle better, than they did or at least
they aren't getting worse at as
fast it rate as they were a short
time ago.
The original prophet of doom
could point out that the day's
news mostly shows that the de
cline Is still on and It's much too
early yet to call the turn.
Joblessness Is a case in point.
The number out of work continues
to rise. But not quite so many are
lining up these days to apply for
unemployment compensation as a
few weeks back. And announce
ment ot new layoffs today are
pleasantly offset by reports of men
going back to work this week in
some of the auto plants.
Department store sales are run
ning about three per cent behind
year ago, the Federal Reserve
Board reports. But Dun s Brad
street thinks that retail trade as
a whole Is holding about level with
last year.
Mall order houses report their
February stores well below a year
ago. But they take cheer in the
fact that the drop was smaller
than it was in January.
Installment buying had been off
sharply so far this year, indicat
ing that consumers are wary
about taking on more debt. But
they go on saving, and that shows
they aren't too hard pressed. Sav
ings accounts are gaining. And in
January sales of life insurance
were up 10 per cent over the prev
ious year,
A number of businessmen feel
aure that buying is going to pick
up sharply in some presently de
flated luxury lines such as furs,
Jewelry and entertainment If the
excise taxes are cut. And they
gleefully poUit at the indications'
that Congress seems set on doing
It soon. '
Personal Income totals have
been Unking, as work weeks were
clipped and men laid off. But the
latest Department of Commerce
figures show that th inm i .m
high by comparison with any
thing but the peak and is still run
ning two billion dollars a year
ii was a year ago.
Sam Dawson j
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
Timber Mountain Inn?
On Alturoi Highway
On. of ih. 4re.t ,nc btjt eoec,on, of o)j
- lm "!n PM rnutic box., ,nd hanging
limps in tht west.
1 montn , '
months : 1
1 year - S16.20
drove both stages and freight wag-
! wn han In th onrlv rinvs.
j lsn were sxM l0 pe suckers,
j And the suns were legal, too. In
thor.e days you could shoot prac
tically any tune 01 tne year.
Ihe weekly report tells us thai
hass and yellow perch fishing over
on the coast is fair to good. Stur
ceon fishine in the Columbia Is
good from Hood River to Cascade j
Locks. . !
A report frm the secrelaiy ol j
state's oltlce says that last Feb- ,
ruarv was the worst month in
Ithc history of Oregon lor traffic j
;dcaths. Forty two pa-sons died in
street and highway smashups. !
iThe 1st three days of the bleali :
j mouth saw twehe persons killed,
Spring is a dangerous season
'all the .way around.. ....
duce good can result only from
"putting tne raindrop in service"
ai every possible point along its
line of transit. To disregard this
undamenta in Inclusive . water
management is to deny the com
munity at large some portion - of
the productive potentials of the
water resource,
(10) In the past there has been
such an abundance of water that
any one use might enjoy a monopo
listic claim on the resource, bind
ing its segment of the whole to
itself alone, without regard to
other uses. Other uses could find
sufficient additional titer to
meet their needs. We have reached
the point wnere no one use - or
type of use may Impose a priority
monopoly on water to meet its
needs without seriously affecting
the weltare of the community as
a whole.
(11) The pressure of Increasing
demands on such water as we
have to support the state and na
tion, has caused a wild scramble
by all types of users at various
places and times, to secure a
use of water to meet that user's
needs and seal that use to that
user. Such pressures will increase,
' A) National' and world popula-
uo"s, re increasing; uie nauonni
"et. increase per day is 6,000, the.
world increase 60.000. The popula
tion of the United States is sun-
posed to reach the 200,000,000
mark soon after 1970.
(B) The swift development of
new processes, surely demanding
greater volumn of water in their
operation, proportionally greater
than tile ratio of numerical popu
lation Increase, lies in the inv
mediate future.
(C) If this nation hopes to ex
port to other nations, there will
nave to be ample water, of use-
aoie quality, in excess of that
which Is essential to maintain
American living standards.
uzi wunoui a basic policy of
water conservation and use. that
will assure the fullest utilization
of our water wealth, Its conserva
tion, the present patchwork patter
of planning for water and Its use
win increase and inefficiency in
making our water wealth produc
tive will mountto the loss of all
tne citizenry.
mere is a need therefore for a
water policy that can reasonably
meet all water demands, and
through its application, assure the
Individual, the community, the
slate, the nation, the greatest ag
gregate service and wealth deriv
able from this resource which Is
so essential community property.
In bringing a policy statement
before the national organization of
Outdoor Writers, the western di
vision members whose task It was
to draft a policy statement, nolnted
oui to their eastern members the
fact that: "In some measure the
viewpoints of the members of this
committee are those of westerners
In general, however, we believe
the broad concepts we have tried
to present are possessed of uni
versal application. Water scarcity
west of the 100th meridian merely
accents the problems of water
policy and management. And we
believe that In fundamentals, iden
tical problems exist In every re
gion, or will In the comparatively
immediate future."
A basic water pollcv Is our first
imperative need is the subject I
attempted to point out to the Ore
gon State Water Resources Com
mission, we cannot wait for to
morrow, we cannot think that the
shadow we see upon the horizon
is just a bad dream, and. when
we wake up tomorrow everything
will be all right for the shadow
will have vanished. We have a
task to do now I We need a basic
policy to govern our discussions
in order that we need not waste
our efforts In futile bickering over
methods of handling policy that
has not been defined.
They'll Do It Every
All winter
1HC NEWaOWI
MADE MIS
THE
TRUCKLES
JUST TOOK IT ,
FOR 6RAMTED-
HAL
By ED CREAGH
(For Hal Boyle)
WASHINGTON tfi ' Ahhhh...'.
Saturday morning.
Wonder what time it is. Wish I
j was turned over so I could see
the alarm clock. Can't be very
late don't hear kids. Time for
another little snooze. Wonderful
thing. Saturday morning. Nuts to
the alarm clock. Bet alarm clocks
hate Saturdays. Must feel frus
trated. Cock of the Walk live days
a week, bound and gagged Satur
day. Idea there: Alarm clock un
burdening its soul to psychiatrist.
Must write it someday. Not now,
though.
zzzzzzzz.
(Offstage Voice: "Daddy ' You
sleeping, daddy? Come and play
with I.")
Huh? Oh, yes. Better get up.
Ought to play with the little guy.
Fathers should play more with
their kids. Don't know what they
arc missing. Important to the kid,
too. Kids spend too much time
with women. Shows up in later
life. This morning, though, got
lots of work to do. Been letting
U go lately. Let's see. First thing
to do is
zzzzzzzz.
(Offstage Voice: "Ahoy, up
there Shall I keep the coffee hot?
It costs money these days, you
know!")
"Nnnnh? somebody talking to
me? No, dreaming, I. guess. Didn't
sleep well. Pitching and tossing.
Why'd we have to stay out so
With 15 months elapsed since thfl)
Inauguration of the education a:id
training program for Korean vet
erans under Public Law 650. the
number of veterans in training
has Increased from zero to 263,000,
a study by Veterans Administra
tion shows. .
An additional 8,300 veterans re
ceiving vocational rehabilitation
inner ruDiir. o4 uor me re-
habilltation ol wounded end dis'
abled) also wore In training by the
end of December, 1953. All ihc.ie
students, represent slightly more
thsn 11 per, cent of nil veterans
eligible for training under ther.a
laws, VA said.
Theft Charge
Faces Banker
PHILADELPHIA Mn The vice
president of a suburban bank is
charged today with embezzling
H46.000. and the FBI says the
thefts date bock almost 35 years.
J. Harold Wolf, 57, was arrested
last night on a warrant charging
he had "purloined and abstracted
funds" of the Tellord Nntlonnl
Bank "and mode false entries in
the bank's records in the amount
of $148,000."
Wolf was detained in Moyamens
ing Prison overnight when advised
that ball could not be posted until
today.
1 Ray J. Abbatlcrhio Jr.. special
agent In charge of the FBI office
here, said Wolf arrested at his
home in Tellord. a borough of
2.600 residents admitted ill a signed
statement he hod taken the mon
ey, In amounts varying from $100
to $2,000, almost from the time
he started work at the bank. In
1919, as a clerk. Wolf today Is
vice president and cashier.
Abbaticchio said Wolf said 'he
took the money "for general dally
living expenses."
The bank is protected by federal
insurance.
Wolf was quoted as saying he
concealed the shortage by manip
ulating bank records. The shortaHe
was discovered in a routine in-
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spection by federal bank examin-107.
ers. ,
DANCE
SCHOOL GYM
Chiloquin-Oregon
SATURDAY, MARCH 6
Dancing 9 till 1-1.50 Couple . 75c Sraq . tax inct.
DANCE TO
Johnny and the Rhythm Masters
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
Time
BOYLE
late? Not my ldea.: That character
who showed up at the Bennetl's.
though couldn't let him get.
uway with the nonsense he was'
spouting. Bullheaded. Kept con
tradicting me. Shouldn't have ar
gued with him. I suppose. Meant
to give up talking about McCar
thy lor Lent.
Zzzzzzzz.
(Offstage Voice: "Daddy! Dad
dy I bwoke it. I bwoke my airo
plane. You fix it, Daddy?"l
Oh, . brother. That airplane.
Meant to fix it last Saturday, but
got to 'ix that gate, too. Reaily
need a winch for that, though.
Wonder where I can borrow a
winch? Better let that go and paint' ;
the picket fence. Not much of a
job once I get started. Have to
see if there's a brush In half de
cent shape, though. Bet there Isn't.
uost wen would be to put that
screen door stopper on. Wonder
where it is. Boy was playing with
it. Probably in his toychest.
zzzzzzz.
(Offstage Voice: "Man from
the cleaners. Look, you've COT
to let them have that corduroy
jacket. You can hardly bend your
arms in the sleeves.")
Huh? Sleeves? What's this? Al
ways a commotion around this
place. Man can't even catch an
extra 40 winks on a Saturday ,
morn
Hey'l What goes on? Quarter to
12 Why didn't somebody call mel
You knew I wanted to get up early
this morning had a million
things I
More than one half of the slu-
denis are in colleges and univer
sltles;, one fourth are in secondary
schools and the remainder In job
or farm training programs. '
Of the 263,000 veterans In train
ing under Public Law 550 on Do
cembf.r 31, 1053, 145,000 were In
institutions of higher learning.
in me inn 13 months of the
nimiram lOnmhpv iihi i v,,..
ber I05;i) VA issued more than
1,576.000 checks amounting to
$156.0 million to Korean veteran
trainees. These checks met In pan
the veterans' expenses for subsls
tnce, tuition, supplies, books and
equipment.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
I'm a disabled Korean veter
an, and I'm running a farm in
partnership with anotner veteran
a fellow who took on-the-farm
training under the World War II
Ol Bill. Would I be allowed to en
roll In farm training under Public
Law le, even though the farm
is not under my complete con
trol? A. Yes, It might be possible for
.vou to take Institutional on-farm
training under Public Law 16, pro
vided thof you meet the basic
eligibility requirements of the law;
and that your partnership agree
ment calls ior equal managerial
authority, and that your farm is
productive enough lo provide a
livelihood for both you and your
partner. See your nearest VA of.
fice for details about your case.
Veterans Office
Has Opening
Veterans Administration regional
office ot Seattle, Washington, has
an opening tor a tabulating ma
chine operator, GS-4. Entrance sal
ary is 3175 per year.
Applicants with six months' ex
perience wiring plug boards, or
setting control pins and who have
had either IBM or Remington-Rand
training courses will be considered.
No written test will be required,
but the applicant must be a high
scnooi graduate.
Qualified applicants should nn.
ply to the personnel officer, room
VA regional office. 7th k
Olive Way, Seattle 1, Washington.
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L A WHAT COeS IT jL.. cOtJTRVo!Dc rfl .iiEgSrJl
I
By Jimmy Hatlo
t !
The Doctor Says ;
By EDWIN P. JORDAN, SI.D.
., L response lo several inquiries
ihis column is devoted to a dis-
cussion ol a condition known us
seborrhea or iieborrhcic dermatitis,
fills is one of several possible
causes for falling hair, but while
common it remains a Difficult sub-1
IJect to discuss because its causes
are not entirely clear, and Its
cure is olten difficult.
Seborrhea is often considered to
be of two varieties; one, dry sebor
rhea, or dandruff, and the other,
oily seborrhea. Both of these con
ditions are more common in the
scalp than elsewhere, but may
extend down to the eyebrows, face,
and even other parts of the body.
In oily seborrhea, the hair and
scalp feel greasy and are hard to
keep clean because dirt floating in
the air sticks and the hair follicles
tend to clog up with oil and tiny
scale of skin, dirt and the like.
This certainly does not make idr
neattny scalp or hair.
Sometimes a true inflammation
of the skin follows or accompanies
seborrhea, and then the condition
is called dermatitis, and this can
be painful as well as annoying.
What is responsible for either
form of seborrhea is hard to say.
No living parasite or germ has
been identliled, though there a'
reasons to believe that some Vinj
of infection may be at least par-
uiuiy hi iauji.
However, seborrhea, of either
kind commonly starts after the gen
eral health has been lowered by
such things as infection or fatigue.
Anemia, constipation, indigestion,
lack of fresh air and exercise, and
the wearing of stiff and ill-ventilated
hats are also claimed to contri
bute to the development" of seborr
hea. No easy or quick cure for se
borrhea Is available. If some chro
nic, weakening disease Is present,
It should, of course, be treated.
Also, such conditions as anemia
or constipation should be taken
core of.
The local treatment of sebor
rhea Involves first the removal
of the crusts and accumulated fat
ty materml and later the use ol
stimulating applications. The re
moval of the crusts and debris at
first may be accompanied by the
loss of a good deal of hair. The
fatty accumulations are first soaked
with some carefully chosen lotion
to Kid hi removal. Tills Is followed
by thorough and frequent sham
pooing, again selected with care.
Many chemical preparations
have been used In the form of oint
ments or lotions after the removal
of the scales. The condition resists
treatment and tends to come back
unless treatment is continued for
weeks or months after the skin
appears to be normal.
Governor Signs
Alimony Law
LANSING. Mich. tfl-It Is now
legal In Michigan for a man, be
hind In his alimony, to work at
his Job all day and spend the night
in Jail.
Gov. G. Mennen Williams has
signed a legislative bill which
makes that possible In cases of
an employed man convicted of con
tempt of court for failure to pay
alimony. ,
McCarthy Called
Just An Actor
SAN FRANCISCO Wl Republl
can Gov. John S. Fine of Pennsyl
vania yesterday described Sen.
McCarthy (R-Wis) as "Just anoth
er actor on the stage," receiving
publicity out of all proportion to
h!s influence on American opinion.
Gov. Fine talked to a news con
ference in his hotel suite here.
Fine said McCarthy's conduct
while questioning Brig. Gen. Ralph
W. Zwlcker recently was outrageous.
EVERY SAT. NIGHT
South Sixth Street
COMMUNITY HALL .
Music By
BUD MUELLER
and Hit
VALLEY WRANGLERS
Admission J 00 Per Person
' Tax Inc.
Broadcast Over KFJI 7:00 ta 7:30 P.M.
Hugh Pruett
Astronomer. Extension Division
Oregon Higher Education System
Although St. Paul was not famil
iar with oui; modem system of stat
ing the apparent brightness ol stars
in magnitudes, he truly expressed
the same idea when he wrote, "For
one star differeth from another in
gtory." A few minutes under a
clear, moonless sky, far removed
from city lights, will show to any
one who knows how to "look up"
that the dome of heaven Is thickly
inlaid with celestial brilliants of
greatly varying degrees of luminos
ity. We usually state that the dimmest
star visible uuder the most favor
able conditions is of magnitude six.
With increasing brightness we la
bel them five, four, thrco, two and
one. The Big Dipper stars are most
ly of magnitude two. There are
about a dozen stars that rate "one."
A half dozen slill brighter are of
magnitude zero. A difference of one
in magnitude means a difference
of 2'i times In brightness.
There are two glorious stars that
are so brilliant that minus mag
nitudes have to be assigned to
them: Cnnopus 1-0.86; and Slrlus
(-1.68.) In whole numbers these
would be magnitudes minus one
and minus two.
Siriun, (pronounced "serious"),
the brightest of all, Is visible from
all parts of the earth extending
from the south pole to northern
Alaska. From our part of the world
this solendld star is at this time
of year energetically flashing well
1 up above the southern horizon be-
tween 8 and 9 p.m. There can be
no mistaking it for it has no equal
in mat part of the sky. The only
"starry" object now to exceed it
is Jupiter, a little southwest of the
zenith, but Jupiter is not a star (dis-
tant suni but is a planet which
shines only because' the sun il
ruminates it.
Part of Slrius' brilliance Is due to
its relative nearness to us. Only 8.6
years are required for Its light to
reach us. Were it as near as our
sun (only 8.3 minutes for light to
come from it), It would give us 30
times the solar luminosity and
heat. (We'd have to move to more
genial climes.)
Quite different are the conditions
relative to Canopus (accent second
syllable.) It is so far south in the
heavens that Its visibility extends
from the south pole northward only
to the latitude of southern Colo
rado, and it is hardly visible north
of there. Canopus is rated as a
superglant, 2,000 times the actual
luminosity of our sun. But Its dis
tance of 100 light-years reduces its
apparent brightness to less than
that of the nearer Slrius.
A few years ago Oregon friends
wintering at Death Valley, Californ
ia, wrote me to learn the identity
oi this "horizon flasher" which was
visible almost on the southern sky
line for only two or three hours each
evening and very spectacular.
This star, Canopus, Is almost di
rectly below Slrius.
Mishap, Kills
WITH 1ST MARINE DIVISION,
Korea Wi A mortar shell which
exploded when dropped accidental
ly at a, training lecture killed sK
V., 8. Marines and wounded 30
Thursday, it was announced Fri
day. The shell presumably was an
enemy missile The instructor was
showing how an American-made
fuse could be adapted to It and ap
parently thought it had been made
harmless, a division spokesman
said.
The shell exploded as It hit the
floor ot a quonsel hut at the di
vision's mine warfare school Just
behind the front. The blast ripped
out doors and windows and hurled
steel fragments through the walls.
The Instructor was killed.
Four of the wounded were in
critical condition. Four others were
seriously hurt.
Names of all victims were with
held. Every helicopter in the division
was alerted lo fly the wounded
to hospitals and to carry doctors,
medicines and whole blood in lhi
sne'
'borne of the victims were flown
to Marine medical stations. Others
were taken directly to a hospital
ship anchored In Inchon Harbor.
The Marine announcement did
not say specifically that the mor
tar shell was of Communist ori
gin. But It did describe it as an
82 mm missile, a standard Red
army type. The comparable Amer
ican mortar caliber is 81 mm.
McKay May Visit
Alaska This Year
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Ifl In
terior Secretary McKay may vk4t
Alasko sometime this summer or
early fall, the Anchorage Cham
ber of Commerce was notified Fri
day.
Harold Say. chief ot the Wash
ington bureau of the Portland
Ch-.mber of Commerce notified
the local organization McKay pro
bably would visit the territory
sometime between mid-Julv and
early-September.
Water Said Key Resource
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Roseburf News-Bevlew .
' A Coos Bay oyster cannery has
been closed and Its 40 employes are
seeking other Jobs, It Is reported
by the North Bend News.
Three years ago extensive oyster
plantings were made in the bay.
Tills year was to be the first har
vest year and elaborate plans had
been made to cash In on the in
vestment. The cannery started in Novem
ber with every prospect of a suc
cessful season. Five days later the
season was ended.
Three storms filled the bay wilh
sill and killed 75 per cent of the
crop, the News reports.
In the northern part of Doug
las County an effort Is being made
to sign up enough acreage to ob
tain a receiving plant for beans.
Some fanners, who would like to
join, are afraid to stun contracts
because of the possibility there will
not be enough water in Elk Creek
to Irrigate a bean crop
Southern Douglas County is an
ticipating a large influx of set
tlers, following opening of the
Hanna Company smelter at Rid
dle, which, coupled with continu
ing expansion of the timber indus
try, will Increase Job opportunities.
Already pressed for adequate wa
ter for domestic supply, the com
munities ore definitely limited in
nbilitv to accommodate the antici
pated growth in ' population until
nddii tonal water supply can be pro
cured. A few years ago an official of
the Weyerhaeuser - Timber 'Com
pany told us the .company had to
abandon plans for a pulp mill at
Coos Bay because a sufficient
supply of fresh water could not be
found. ;
Douglas County needs at least
two krnft pulp mills as a comple
ment to Its timber Industry. Two
such mills could be operated from
material now going through burn
ers in areas from which collection
of waste would be financially feas
ible. But, unless provision is made
to prevent pollution from mill ef
fluent, minimum water flow in the
Umpqua River is too low to sus
tain pulp mill operation without en
dangering fish life.
Within a few more years the
rapidly growing wood chemical in
dustry will be moving into Doug
las County If it can find sufficient
fresh water. The chemical indus
State Of Nations Business
Blamed On Mental Attitude
WASHINGTON W Paul G. Hoff
man, head of the Studebaker
Corp., says the American people
are "distrustful of the future" and
this attitude is responsible in large
part for the nation's current eco
nomic troubles.
Hoffman mentioned lagging auto
sales as an index. He dlscussqd
the nation's economic state of
mind yesterday in announcing
that the Advertising Council will
open April 1 a national campaign
designed to neutralize recession
talk by playing up the prospects
of economic itrowtn, Hoffman is
chairman of the council's public
policy committee. '
As Hoffman spoke out, there
were new reports of layoffs in the
auto industry in his own com
pany and on the New York Cen
tral Railroad, But two auto mak
ers, Chrysler and Hudson, issued
back to work calls for employes
they had laid . off because of
dropping car sales.
In the general employment pic
ture, the Labor Department's
Bureau of Employment Security
reported last night the number of
workers claiming unemployment
compensation during the week
ended Feb. 20 was 2,168,200 just
10,200 below a week earlier when
the total reached the highest level
since February, 1950.
The bureau also reported -an
easing of layoffs ind some recalls
of workers during the week ended
Feb. 27.
Only a little more than half the
nation's labor force of roughly 80
million is covered by unemploy
ment compensation.
President Elsenhower has picked
Prize Cattle Sold
At Annual Auction
SPOKANE Ifl The champion
femnlc. sold by W. J. Harrer and
Sons of Helena, Mont., brought II,
300, up $200 for the 1953 cham
pion female, at the conclusion of
the Inland Empire Aberdeen-An
gus Assn. auction here Friday.
The champion female ' was pur
chased by Charles Lunceford of
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The grand
champion bull, also owned by Har
rer and Sons, was sold lo Hlnderir
and Slusser of Pullman. Wash.,
lor $1,550, down $950 from the
price paid for the 1953 grand
champion.
Bulls sold this year brought an
average of $699, compared with the
1953 average of $732. Females
brought a total of $23,820.
3-Act
11
The Male Animal
James Thurber and Elliott Nugent
presented by
The Orefech Players
at .'
The Campus Theatre
Friday and Saturday
March S and 6
Tickets on Sale Frl. and Sat.
The Gun Store. Adults, 75c;
under 12, 25c.
SATURDAY,' MARCH 6, 1954
try needs a large volume of wa-
er. v
It is quite evident that expan
sion of industry and growth of pop.
ulalion is definitely limited unless
we, do a much-better job of water
management. We still have room
lor expansion and growth for a
number of years but will eventual
ly reach all absolute limit unless
we develop a water management
program in the very near future.
.There was no good reason for
the disastrous silting of the Coos
Bay oyster beds. Had logged-olf
slopes been reforested;' had logging
roads been properly drained: had
culverts been correctly Installed,
and had siltation basins been pro!
vicied where needed, the oyster in
dustry would be flourishing. Had
watersheds been protected In Coos
County, Coos Bay probably would
have a pulp mill In operation to.
day.
Tfad Elk Creek's watershed been
protected from damage, farmers in
North Douglas County would not be
afraid to plant beans. If incendiar.
ists had not ruined the watershed
on the South Umpqua River and
its tributaries, and had logging op.'
era lions been planned to preserve
water flow, the communities !s
the southern part of the county
would not now be worrying about
domestic water supply. .
We must, in some manner, start
repairing the damage that has
been done. We must design ia"s
to store surplus water In winter to
meet needs in summer. We must
endeavor to get water Into th.
ground instead of sending it speed
inir down .silt-laden rivers. ,
A committee appointed by Gov
ernor Paul Patterson now is hold
ing a series of meetings throughout
the state In an effort to formulate
a water conservation program. One
of the meetings in that series will
be held In Roseburg Wednesday.
It is good to know that many local
interests, alert to the critical situ
ation, are preparing briefs to pre
sent to the committee.
We can expect no immediate re
sults, other than those of a prepar
atory nature. , It will take many
years to design a water manage
ment program. It will cost millions
of dollars to build reservoirs, cover
bare slopes, repair damage and re
store watersheds. But the Job is
not impossible. If started at once,
and given general cooperation, we
can greatly enlarge the boundaries
to Industrial and population growth.
this month to . Indicate whether
business will pick up or the gov
ernment may have to step in and
give the economy a shot In the
arm.
Hoffman, former foreign aid
head In the administration and
the presidency, disagreed. He said
he would not expect any signifi
cant trends to develop until April.
The Studebaker head said sur
veys made last year indicated that
5,600,000 people had car buying In
mind for this year, but that 1954
sales may be nearer 3,500.000.
But another major auto industry
.leader, Henry Ford II, was more
optimistic than Hoffman. He told
newsmen In Louisville, Ky., that
prospects are so good he believes
the Ford Motor Co. may beat out
Chevrolet in the low-priced Held
this year.
Employment reports from aulo
production centers were some
what checkered. Chrysler and
Hudson announced in Detroit the
recall of 9,800 production workers
during the week. But Studebaker
said it is shutting down Us car
production line at south Bend,
Ind., at least a week, throwing
11,000 of its 12,000 workers tem
porarily out of work.
The. New York Central boosted
layoffs In three slates to 3,400
Friday night. Worst-hit was Beech
Grove, Ind., an Indianapolis sub
urb, where the railroad's car and
lodomotiye shops were closed,
idling about 2,100. Also affected
are 1,050 workers in East Buffalo
and West Albany, N.Y., and 250 at
Avis, Pa. A New York Central
spokesman blamed the move en
a "decline In business."
QUICKIES By Ken Reynolds
"B-r-r-r-r! . . . these pearli I
got In the Herald an New Want
Ada are chilly!"
Comedy
8:15 p.m.
at First National Bank and
All Students, 50c; Children