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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.
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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.
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The 19-year-old youths, Marvin.
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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.
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Oregon, Wsshington and North
Idaho will receive a six percent
wage increase, retroactive to Sept.
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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 $20 fine in Municipal
Court Thursday.
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OrtgOH as well as the country at large, is suffering from a freight
car shortage.
The shortage inconveniences and annoys lumber shippers, and
affects their pocketbooks.
The shortage inconveniences and annoys us and it hurts our
pocketbook, too.
What are the facts of the situation?
A Nationwide Problem
The car shortage is not peculiar to the state of Oregon, or to the
West. It is nationwide in scope.
In spite of this shortage of freight cars the most severe in many
years Southern Pacific achieved an all-time high in the first eight
months of 1950 for the movement of freight shipments to and from
Oregon.
Up to September 1, the tremendous total of 150,915 loaded cars
have been shipped from Oregon points on our Portland Division.
Vet during this period less than 50,000 loaded cars were hauled into
this area.
Because of the great disparity between Oregon's inbound and
outbound freight traffic, it is necessary for Southern Pacific to haul
thousands of empty cars hundreds of miles in order to have cars
available for loading with lumber and other Oregon products. In
the first eight months of 1950 Southern Pacific moved nearly
100,000 empty freight cars to the Portland Division in order to
give Oregon shippers their full share of cars available.
We Set a Record
Forest products, the great bulk of Oregon's outbound shipments,
have accounted for 78 per cent of airfreight movements on South
ern Pacific rails from this state. In the first eight months of 1950
we hauled 118,175 carloads of lumber and other forest products
from Oregon mills more than ever before in any comparable
period. a .
As the$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
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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
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Southorn Pacific