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H Yir Watch Strtfetactoryl You totistoctiof it our busmu. W mok wotchts keep time. Alt wotch repot rs puo-ontfd. ED NEW TYPI VIOLATOR MEMPHIS. Tenn. . Police charged Lehman Barnes with being a hirtnd run lawn mower. - Inspector Hal Allen laid Barnes, dnv-ng a powered mower, (lipped off a curb yesterday and struck an automobile hailed by a red light. Barnes was charged with reck less driving, leaving the scene of an accident and having no driver's license. Disputed Portrait Real Van Gogh. Exports Rulo About 90 percent of violets used for commercial purposes in the United States are grown around Rhinebeck, New York. BEDROOM SUITE SPECIALS! 4- Pc. MAPLE BEDROOM SUITE 139.50 5- Pc. WALNUT BEDROOM SUITE 149.50 5-Pc. BLONDE BEDROOM SUITE 189.50 . . . OTHER SPECIALS . . . End, Lamp, Coffee-Tables Metal Floor Lamps Mahoaanv Finish M m 4- ONLY Mahogany Finish ft ft JF 6-Way, Plastic 1A 7P 7.7sf Shades IX. Usa Our Easy Terms or Layaway Ha "Quality Furnitura at Budget Prices" Goodman's Furniture NEW. "THE BARGAIN HOUSE" USED WE INVITE TRADE-INS 444 North Jackson Street Phone 1 S93-J NEW YORK LP) The United States customs service, one of the sternest art critics in the world. I has decided that a disputed por ; trait is the real Van Gogh after I all. I It was not a light decision it cost L'ncle Sam a possible $5,000 ' in customs duties. The matter came up last Decem ber after William Goett, executive producer for Universal pictures in Hollywood, bought the picture while it was on traveling exhib ition here. Entitled "Study by Candlelight." it was a reputed self-portrait by the 19th century Dutch master. 1 Vincent Van Gogh, and was valued at $50,000. But doubts were raised of the picture's authenticity by a com mittee ot experts at the Metro politan Museum of Art. As a result, Goetx sent his pic ture abroad for study, and got verdicts from five experts in Hol land and France that it was gen uine. But when he had ft'shipped back list July, the customs held it wss ! only a copy or imitation, and sub I net to the (5,000 tax. Under the ! law, "original works of art," no ! matter how valuable, are duty free. Goetx protested and demanded Details were shrouded In cus toms secrecy, but it was revealed this week that Goetx has re ceived, a letter from the Treasury department certifying it now con siders tne palming aninrntic, ana hence free of import tax. PRUDENTIAL LIFE Insurance HORACE C. BERG Special Agent Office '12 J Res. I71J 111 West Oak TRIPLITS FOR AIR FORCE SPOKANE M The triplet sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kays of Davenport. Wash., took physi cal examinations yesterday for en listment in the sir 'force. The 19-year-old youths, Marvin. Mrrvin and Melvin, have a brother Darrel, 23. in the navy. Two other . brothers, Fred. 15, and Leon, 10, 1 are still at home. PRICE QUALITY CAR WW State Tax loard Upholds G-Pass School Budget SALEM (A - The Stat Tax commission upheld today the en tire budget of the Grants Pass school district. The commission rejected all the points made by a group of taxpay ers who asked the commissioiPlo upset the budget. These taxpayers said that the school budget committee had im properly estimated anticipated re ceipts during the next year. The taxpavers also argued that the budget improperly listed the salaries of employes in the school district clerk's office under i in proper headings. The commission said that this yiument is technically correct, bu: that it could not be used as a basis to upset the entire budget. WACI BOOST GRANTED SEATTLE OP) Richfield Oil Corp. spokesman announce that regularly salaried employes in Oregon, Wsshington and North Idaho will receive a six percent wage increase, retroactive to Sept. 16. 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Got Doan e PUb today I Log Haulers, Gas Station Owners Given Warnings Log haulers, and truckers gene rally, who insist on violating the! load and length limits fixed by ; law and outlined by the regulations of the highway commission are due to undergo continued hard times aad plateless days. This In substance was what the com mission reitersted as its fixed determination during the meeting at Portland September 28 29. The commission directed that the system of persistent and general Hid weighing be maintained and that all those who violated the weight limits set by the commission be noted and reported back to the commission. Those violators whose violations are flagrant or frequent will then be turned into the public utilities commissioner, under formally drafted and adopted re solutions, as outlined in the court decision of Circuit Judge Rex Kim- mel, accompanied by the com mission's request for the cancel lation of their permist. From now forrard, the com mission decided, inere will be no further highway improvements made in or through cities and towns until all filling stations or other similar obstructions are removed and set back at such a distance that they will not interfere with or encorach upon the street or sidewalk space as finally im proved and which provide suf ficient room to service the cars standing on private property. This decision came as the result ol a filling station in Port Orford which stands inMhe middle of a sidewalk, the owner of which re fuses to remove it. The commission directed state highway engineer Baldock to have a list made of all existing filling stations throughout the state which are so close to the edge of the street that the cars are filled while standing on the street. Any future desired street improvement askd of the highway commission will . have bad luck as long (,s it has such a gas pump sticking its neck I too close to the desired right of I way. Friday, Oct. 4, 1950 The News-Review, Rssebura, Ore. 3 'DRUNK' JAILID Jud?e Ira B. Riddle, reported Ralph Hawkins, 38, Medford, charged with drunkenness, was committed for 10 days in the city jail in lieu of $20 fine in Municipal Court Thursday. Vital Statistics Divorce Suit Filed - WEGNER Bonnie vs. Cyrus R. YVenger. Cruel and inhuman treatment charged. I Was DEAF! , 1 Com In, Phone or Writ for I ..J I I FREE DEMONSTRATION m,.icmihm '9V mono-'ac Free Beltone Clinic Thursday, o Mesne, m 0cUtb Urh, Umpqua Hotel Mr. S. C. Mitchell, 7S W. Broadway, Eugene, It a member of J. N. Taft and Assoc. of Portland, who have been serv ing the heard of hearing since 1934. FRESH BATTERIES FOR ALL AIDS. c.s. 1. a Oiistmos Shopping In October r n riri mnv VI f jfWlfff wo rr FFSDai? (Sol? 9 odd o OrtgOH as well as the country at large, is suffering from a freight car shortage. The shortage inconveniences and annoys lumber shippers, and affects their pocketbooks. The shortage inconveniences and annoys us and it hurts our pocketbook, too. What are the facts of the situation? A Nationwide Problem The car shortage is not peculiar to the state of Oregon, or to the West. It is nationwide in scope. In spite of this shortage of freight cars the most severe in many years Southern Pacific achieved an all-time high in the first eight months of 1950 for the movement of freight shipments to and from Oregon. Up to September 1, the tremendous total of 150,915 loaded cars have been shipped from Oregon points on our Portland Division. Vet during this period less than 50,000 loaded cars were hauled into this area. Because of the great disparity between Oregon's inbound and outbound freight traffic, it is necessary for Southern Pacific to haul thousands of empty cars hundreds of miles in order to have cars available for loading with lumber and other Oregon products. In the first eight months of 1950 Southern Pacific moved nearly 100,000 empty freight cars to the Portland Division in order to give Oregon shippers their full share of cars available. We Set a Record Forest products, the great bulk of Oregon's outbound shipments, have accounted for 78 per cent of airfreight movements on South ern Pacific rails from this state. In the first eight months of 1950 we hauled 118,175 carloads of lumber and other forest products from Oregon mills more than ever before in any comparable period. a . As the$enter of the lumber industry, and possessor of the nation's greatest remaining stand of timber, Oregon h seen its forestry output skyrocket in the last few years, greatly benefiting the lum ber industry and the whole economy of the state. The number of mills on Southern Pacific's lines in this state has 'increased from 358 in 1941 to more than 700 in 1950. Unprecedented Lumber Boom On, e unprecedented increase in demand for forest products this year was unforeseen even by the lumber industry itself. A decline was - expected from 1949's high level of building. Even so, Southern Pa cific maintained a surplus supply of freight cars on the Portland Division throughout the earlier months of 1950. In the face of the national shortage of cars, Southern Pacific has concentrated on making the best possible use and distribution of all available cars. With the fine cooperation of many shippers we have greatly stepped up our miles-a-day movement of freight cars, bettering the national average by 50 percent. This was done notwithstanding the fact that Southern Pacific is a terminal road, with all the time-consuming assembling, loading and unloading and distribution operations incident to the gathering and delivery of freight. ; Our railroad's widespread and currently expanding use of diesel locomotives has been a major factor in speeding up shipments and obtaining maximum use of equipment. The distribution of freight cars on a national basis is supervised' by the Car Service Division of the Association of American Rail roads. Because of the,nationwide shortage of cars this is a very diffi cult job, but every effort is made to distribute the cars available on an equitable basis. Shippers in every area served by our lines are feeling the unfavorable effects of the car shortage. Every area thinks it is getting the short end of the deal. 28,630 New Cars It is pertinent to point out that in the last five years we have ordered $316,000,000 worth of rolling stock. Since the end of World War II we have purchased 28,630 freight cars, along with 350 diesel loco motives. More than 21,000 of the new freight cars are now in serv ice, and ofothose remaining on order, about 500 are beieg delivered each month. f In addition to these large purchases, we have stepped up car re pair work so that equipment needing reconditioning will be out of service as short a time as possible. In this connection, wfiile the national ratio of freight cars undergoing or awaiting repairs is over seven percent, the ratio on SP is only four percent. ' Many different factors have combined to cause and aggravate the present car shortage. (1) An almost universal rush by both consumers and suppliers to buy or stock up against the uncertainties of the future. This has been especially true of lumber because of the record-breaking vol ume of building construction. (2) The tremendous increase in new industries on the West Coast, and shift of the center of lumber production from western Washing ton to western Oregon. (3) Increased production for national defense, and increased mili tary movements due to the Korean situation. (4) Labor controversies, both on the railroads and in other in dustries, which have disrupted the normal pattern of distribution and return of cars. (5) The prevalence in industry generally of the five-day week, which results in two days a week when shippers, generally, neither load nor unload, thus reducing car movements. (6) The effect, in some regions, of having to move the old and new grain crops at the same time. We Suffer, too We would like to remind our Oregon shipper friends that we have only service to sell. Thus we suffer, too, in a period of car shortages. We want to handle as many cars as we can, for we need the revenue. The shortage is not of our making! nor that of any other railroad. We are all doing our best to combat the shortage by every means within our power. We would also like to point out that for years we have given very good freight service to Coos Bay, to the Rogue River area and to Oregon as a whole. We value the traffic and the good will of Oregon shippers. When a shipper has lumber to move and a waiting market, it is easy to understand his exasperation when he can't get enough cars. But it doesn't make sense that Southern Pacific should suddenly desire to discriminate against Oregon shippers and deprive them of -cars that they need. When transportation problems do arise, whole-hearted coopera tion between shippers and railroads is the real way to solution rather than efforts to fix the blame. Heavier loading of all kinds of freight by shippers would have the immediate effect of making more cars available. The same benefit would flow from quicker loading end unloading of cars. In great measure, it was this kirid of coopera tion that enabled the railroads to handle their gigantic World War II traffic load. l?is this kind of teamwork that will do the most to re- , lieve the present car shortage. W. W. HALE, Vice President System Freight TraffiO o Southorn Pacific