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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1941)
pagi civm n to Alaska Via Inland Waterway Cologne, Nazi Industrial City, Heavily Bombed er Tie OZZGON STATESMAN. Sclem. Orton, ! Fiidcxr Morning. May 23. 1941 Orego State Forest outNeed I 1 ill projected canal would ' I V SftCJr"' - I ) necessitata locks such as tfcesa W. ifciraJZ A. f JL of the) Laka Washington ship I ISLAM? Jkavax . canal to traverse) tho coast . jL VJs- I . t 'ng Tho project for a ship canal to connect Pugot sound and tho Columbia river.' revived in tho dofanso crisis, would opon protected waterway from Alaska to tho Snake river. (Map above.) . . i . . : , I '!'.".' BY RICHARD L. HEUBERGER Tbl la en of a series of "motorlor - dorriblns auto Journeys to Interesting arte of the Pacific northwest, anad co eeratWely by Tbo Oregootaa ao4 the Oregaa Stat Motor association. ' : ' I 'i ' . A 64-mile navigation canal connecting the mouth, of the Columbia river with the south ern tip of Puget sound? The riv ers and harbors committee has just directed the corps of army engineers to review the possi bilities of such a project. Color nel Richard Park, division en gineer, announces that the field survey will begin shortly. Money counts for little these days where considerations of defense are concerned, so con gressional observers j. believe there is a possibility the govern ment may go ahead with a canal which would link the region's two greatest pools of naviga tion. An inland waterway thus would stretch from Alaska to far up the Snake river in Idaho, It would be the longest such passage on earth, extending a distance of nearly 1800 miles. Canal Route Toured ' To trace the route oi the pro posed "ditch" through South west Washington, The Oregon ian and the Oregon State Mo tor association conducted one of the motorlog tours that . are an annual feature of the travel season," ! ' i - The canal has been ingenious ly devised to take advantage of every bit of help the Almighty has offered. Wherever possible it uses inlets bays, lakes and other natural props.! On its main section, that ! between Puget sound and Grays harbor, the Chehalis river provides the, principal artery. All that man must do is deepen the channel and put in locks, but the river furnishes the bulk of the effort. Motor logging this route is an interesting drive and the roads are good all the way. The trip can be covered on a wide rect angle, starting from Portland to Olympia over the conven tional route, and going from Olympia westward to Grays Harbor, then down the Washing ton coast and across the mouth of the Columbia by ferry to Astoria. The possibilities of the water way are prodigious. An inside passage already stretches from Alaska's capital at Juneau to Puget sound. Then the Puget sound - Columbia river canal would get boats and barges to Astoria. Bonneville's locks and pool are making navigation feasible all the way to Umatilla and Attalia, particularly since the Celilo canal was improved early this year. Long Waterway Possible Should congress approve the Umatilla dam, as the house riv ers and harbors committee re cently recommended, ; boats would be able to twist off up the Snake river past Lewiston, all the way to Johnson's bar. This would mean a navigable waterway from almost the con tinental divide to Alaska. John son's bar is at the lower end of Hell's canyon and is directly below Hat point in the Wallowa mountains of Oregon. The canal between the Columbia and Puget sound would cost $33,921,638. The bulk of this amount would be spent on the stretch connecting Grays Harbor with Olympia, for here 12 locks would be required with a total lift of 90 feet. This would be necessary to get boats back and forth over the passes through the Coastal mountain range. Rear Admiral Luther E. Homeward bound, tho white motorlog car stopped at Megler to await the Astoria-bound ftrry. Gregory, , United States navy retired, claims that the project has national defense aspects which the country cannot afford to ignore. The waterway, he says, would be large enough for half the vessels of the American fleet. Only the dreadnaughts and cruisers could not use it. Shore Batteries Aid 0 Submarines, destroyers, tor pedo boats and other craft would be able to travel inland between the Columbia and the sound, protected from any en emy force by the shore batteries at Fort Stevens, Fort Columbia and other strategic military posts. :- ; . Two recent developments, ac cording to Admy-al Gregory; add to the stature of the canal as a national defense enterprise. One is the immense expansion of the Bremerton navy yards at Puget sound. "The proposed waterway would enhance Brem erton's value to the nation," he declares. The other develop ment is the construction of two huge aluminum plants along the Columbia river. Material from these plants could be transported speedily and cheap ly by water to the vast Boeing aircraft factory in Seattle, f : - 1 Army engineers are review ing the proposed project now, end probably will report soon to the house of representatives. In the meanwhile, the drive along the canal ' route, via Olympia and Seaside, starting at either end, offers a pleasant and varied week-end excursion. Perhaps in the not-so-distant future it can be negotiated by launch as well as by car. ; Of Care to iveepv regon ureen Sleuths Trace Dummies, but Miss Thief Modern living conditions constantly -increase the fire hazard in Oregon forests anil make necessary statewide efforts to check the needless waste of man-made forest fires, according to Nelson' S. Rogers, state forester. -""Y: . ' jjj- -j':'" j ' ' Rogers pointed Out these developments which threaten the saieiy oi uregon s greatest eco nomic asset-rher green forests: Thirty years ago we had 670, 000 population with only ' a few autos.- 'I'.' I Y:'YYi;Y-'Y Thirty years ago we had aH 60 hour week and, consequently little time for recreation; now, we have a 40-hour week. : , Thirty years ago - there were no auto tourists; in 1940 more than 150,000; , out-of-state cars visited Oregon. Thirty years ago cutover areas were concentrated along the Co lumbia river i and Coss Bay; to day there is a large area of such land in each' timbered county. Twenty-five years ago there were 80,000 hunters and fisher men; last year 200,000. Twenty-five years ago there were 100 miles of hard-surfaced roads; in 1940 there were 7300. "Hence the hazard of fire has been increased many fold and con stitutes a serious challenge to the good citizenship, of every Oregon ian," said Rogers. "We need a public -consciousness of the- need ' for better coopera tion from the forest using public. Remember yesterday; think of to morrow; act today to "Keep Ore gon Green. " y : The mystery -of the beheaded mannikins remained unsolved in sofaras the criminal was con cerned Thursday after a- farmer found ' two' store dummies, man gled and unclad, on cjty property north of Salem where the sewage disposal plant is to be 'erected. City police sleuths,) put on the scent at 7:45 a. m.; managed to trace the waxworks figures back to Bishop's clothing store, where the headless pair were identified as two of Bishop's c o t e r i e - of dummies which had teen lent to the Elsinore theatre &r an adver tising stunt. . 1 1 Police followed this clue to the theatre where they found Mana ger Carl Porter in an jexcited state over the mysterious disappearance of the fully-clothed mannikins from the theatre lobby. Porter said all had been right with the dummies when he was last in the lobby at 11:43 p. m, Wednesday. I Vern Simonton, 4o pe r ator of Shattue's fountain, adjoining, the Elsinore and having an ' entrance into the theatre, told police a sold ier had come out of: the theatre about 12:30 a. m., bearing one oi the dummies under his arm. -' " "This fellow needs to take a walk," Simonton said( the soldier told him. Simonton took the dum my away from the soldier and put it back at its place iiji the theatre lobby, while the soldier went walking alone. Simonton said he was certain the sohjier did not come back and again jseek a walk ing companion. ; The mannikins," found somewhat dismembered and missing heads, were apparently ttmiwn across a fence from a car which drove into long grass alongside the north riv er road, police said. Tracks of the car were plain in the grass. Each of the mannikins wore, until stripped of their finery by person or persons unknown, a $25 suit and a pair of $10 shoes. Saturday GOP Luncheon Set Reservations for. the j Oregon Republican clubs' forum luncheon at the Marion ; hotel Saturday noon must be made by noon to day, the host Marion county club announced Thursday. They may be made by -telephoning; 3022. - The program committee still hopes to have Thomas E. Dewey of New York speak at the lunch eon, but will, not ascertain until Saturday morning whether or not he may be able to be present Ralph H. Cake, republican na tional committeeman ; for Oregon, will conduct a forum on party af fairs. Special music will be pro vided by . two singers, Gladys Mclntyre Thomas and Keith Sherman. Frederick S. Lamport, president of the Marion county club, will preside. The executive committee of the state organization, headed by Er nest Jachetta,,wlll meet here Sat urday morning and afternoon. Salem's Youth Center ; Slates "Open House" : " Open house af the new Salem Youth Center is set for today from 1 to 5 p. m. and 7 to 8 p. m, with a musical program every half hour. v". . . ' r ; The Salem Council of Women's Organizations is sponsoring the opening, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Vern Ostrander. Towns people will serve as hosts and hostesses. . i 1 Ueek-End Special in AT WARD'S CANDY COUNTER ASSORTED COOKIES plain, filled, in great vari Your choice Ihs.2 1D PEAIIUT CLUSTERS dollar riiirrs Tasty, tempting fresh peanuts dipped in kitchen - fresh choco late. Ideal for the bridge party or the kiddies' ; treat, lb. ............ Cool, ' refreshing mint dipped in luscious tasty late. Kitchen fresh, lb-.. x candy chbco- m n T s a m e ryy ;wadd Cototoe Ordar Urric0 W yom money mt cmmn4t of CtW ft! 1 j Uw Wrdi McrtHy roywt flw wwy firium $W wwl J55 North Liberty. - ;.. Phone 3194 Fuller Killed i i DALLAS Wayne Ingram, 41, faller for the Cobbs-Mitchell com pany, died Wednesday afternoon shortly after he was hit on the head by a tree which struck and broke a snag. The top of the tree hit him, fracturing his skull. 5 i t ' 1 i f 1 ' i K 'r 1 n ! 'r-- ':-"r. If i,- iiii Y:&JY' : Key German city on the Rhine river, Cologne has been bombed heavily by Royal Air Force planes according to a London report. Cologne, an import ant . German industrial center, is shown above. Ber lin sourcea said rail facilities In the city had been destroyed. Nev Summer Qass Slated Man's quest for the ideal will be the subject of the. course in Utopian literature tq be given in the summer session at Willamette university by Dr. Egbert S. Oli ver of the department of English, is has been announced. . The course in Utopian litera ture has been one of the most popular in the regular sessions of the university and Is! presented in the summer session in response to a demand from those unable. to attend in the regular school year. Among leading books to be dis cussed in the course are, beside Plato and James Hilton's works, More's "Utopia," paeon's "New Atlantis," Butler's j "Erewhon," Bellamy's "Looking Backward," Morris' "News From Nowhere" and Wells "The New World Or der" Registration ;for the sum mer session begins on Monday, June 9, and the session concludes July 18. -j Ambulance Corps Formed by Women At McMinnville . A dozen applicants form the nucleus of the McMinnville Wom en's Ambulance corps organized Wednesday night at a public meeting in the Yamhill county seat city by young women of the Salem and Portland units of corps. Members of the Salem group demonstrated army drills'under direction of Sergeant Frank Ji rak, its military advisor. It has completed courses in signaling. standard first aid, advanced first aid and instructors' work and is commencing a class in roadside motor mechanics. At the McMinnville meeting. members or the Portland group presented first aid demonstrations. Colonel Ann Schmeer, head of the Oregon corps, conducted the ses sion. Auenaing irom saiem were Sergeant Jirak, Captain Alice Traver, Hazel Payne, first lieu tenant; Carmalite Weddle, serge ant; trmel Klein, Evelyn Hebel and Gladys Howe, corporals, and Frances Ball and Erma Coover, privates. - Speed-Painting Stunt The Salem ; junior chamber of commerce plans to put on its speed-painting exhibition, part of its cleanup-pain tup campaign, at repainted. Chech Artist Bilhs Woman j Cora Scott, 444 Sooth High Street, reported to police Thurs day that s h e h a d apparently been victimized by a man who represented himself as an oil company employe seeking an apartment and persuaded her to give him $5 chanre from a $25 check wiili which to buy groceries. ' The check was supposedly ad vance rent payment on an apartment, out the man, who signed the check Robert M. Wil son, never returned after talk ing to Mrs. Scott on May 16. Copies of New Milk Laws Are Now Available John L. Gereri dairy inspector of the Marion county department of health,, announced Thursday that copies of the standard milk ordinance regulating the sale of milk and milk products In the city of Salem are now in booklet form and are available at the health department. The ordinance was passed and adopted by the city council on May S and approved on May 7. Copies of the ordinance will be mailed to all dairymen supplying milk in Salem. The new ordinance is a modernization of the old one which was passed in 1930. j The ordinance contains the lat est practices in the dairy ndustry and is based on the standard milk ordinance of the United States public health service. ! One of the main changes noted is that the bacteria count for bot tied milk is lowered from 30,000 per cubic centimeter to 20,000 and for milk to be pasteurized from 200,000 to 100,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter. , At dairies where new changes will have to be made it will be the jpolicy of the health depart ment to allow all reasonable time necessary to make the corrections. The health department, however, expects the dairies ' to cooperate by instituting changes which are necessary as soon as possible. A large portion of the dairies will not be effected by the ordi nance as many are already above the standard; to give an address on "State Gov ernment in the. Emergency." He will discuss federal-state-relations in the national defense program. Inspection ot a number of large eastern shipbuilding plants is one of the program highlights. Approximately 35 governors will attend the, conference. Sprague Plans Boston Speech At Conference Governor Charles - A. Sprague has accepted an invitation to at tend the annual governors con ference to be held at Boston, Mass., June 29 through July 2. National defense will be the out standing topic of the discussions. Governor Sprague is scheduled HAPPY RELIEF FROM PANFUL BACKACHE Many el tboM mawing. Baoiat. Punful btcltaclM pcopto Man on eoUa or traux ar ofum eauaed by UnA ludncya aad may L relieved bea treated ia to right way- The kidaeya are Nature' ehiaf way of tak ing tma aride and poisoaooa watte out of t be blood. They help moat people paa about S pinta a day. 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