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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1946)
4 Th Skrtaa man. Salem. Owyw. Sunday. Dombw 1. IMS "Mo Favor Sways U. Vo Fear Shall Awe Frees First SUtesaaaa, March ta. 151 TIIE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Meatber ef the Asseetatea trm The AiMdtM Free, fat eselaetvely esrtttleal U tha as far eublksattesi af all am aJsaateaaa credlte to It at set ewtpeaer. ereditea' la thai Legislative Scenery, by Chapman Through tha decades many have "viewed the legislative scene and written descriptions of what they saw. It remained for C. C. Chapman in the Oregon Voter to note the legislative scenery," however, and to comment on it super-abundance of femininity. It is not at the gallery that Chappie, the artist, is looking, but at the floor, usually esteemed sacred to. members but which in Oregon is pretty much turned over to females to wives and secretaries of members. In the current issue of the Voter, Chapman describes the scenery in poetry- srtd prose. Wa reprint the latter confident that readers will enjoy the sketch and hopeful that those in uthority may take tha blunt hint and "do something about it." To clear tha Oregon legislative chambers of non-members while laws are being made is difficult, chiefly because the mem bersdesks are their offices. It is at their desks they must attend to eerrespondence. keep all their reference material, and confer with constituents between sessions. Three chairs are crowded into the small space behind each little desk. The big easy chair is for the member. A high atif f chair Is for his wife. A little iron folding chair is for his secretary- Between sessions, the secretary does a lot of work in filing, indexing, sorting and arranging reference documents; she also takes dictation. She does her typing under difficulties in a dist ant room crowded with other secretaries hammering whatever typewriters are available. Mostly she does her typewriting while her legislator Is attending committee. For she likes to sit at her legislators side when the house is -in session, partly so she can be of service in hunting up a reference, mainly so sha can sea the show from the inside. Mrs. Legislator of course gets the othei preferred seat, for she also likes to see the show while keeping something of an observing eye on her husband's secre tary and on the secretaries of other husbands whose seats are adjacent. One tesult of presence of two women and one legislator at each desk during a busy session Is that members cannot get to each other to confer without crawling over women's legs and talking across their laps. This beauty bar to quick conference on the floor slows up the legislative process. Another result is the spectacle from the gallery. The house in session is a rear view of millinery, hair-do and upper-works of colorful gownerjr. The members are tilted back in their chairs Into low visibility. Visitors, some of them constituents trying to identify their own members, many of them high school stu dents attending in classes, wonder at the scene. Nothing just like it can be observed in the legislative chambers of any other state in the union. In most states, visitors are excluded from tha floor during sessions. Seats for wives and secretaries are pro vided inside lobbies or galleries. ... Primarily, tha blame, if any, .must attach to those responsi ble for the architecture of the two chambers. They failed to provide office space for members except at their legislative desk in each chamber, and placed those desks so the three chairs could be behind each and invite sitters. It will be interesting to observe what can be done about it. if anything. A reform might save days in session length by expediting business on tha flour. i Porter Resigns Paul Porter, executive head of OPA, who has handed out the pink slips notifying severance to thousands of government employes in recent weeks, has made one out for himself by the method of turning in his resignation to President Truman. This was not unexpected because of the general liquidation of the otfjp of price administration. Previously, the speculation was that he would be reappointed to the FCC. His letter indi cate?, however, hi intention to enter private business. The general who loses a battle may do so with honor but rarely at any accrual to his fame. Porter who has led the OPA battle this year added to his personal fame though he has been driven ito constant retreat. While he may claim that the event of steadily rising prices following decontrol justifies his insist ence en retention of price control, nowhere is there noted any public demand for its restoration. The people are reconciled to seeing the inflationary period through o its bursting point, with a considerable measure of assurance that that point is not far away. Porter escaped much of the criticism and pressure which beset Leon Henderson and Chester Bowles. He was less vocal than the lalterand more realistic than the former, so he kept himself from becoming a personal target. Complainers did most of tht ir shooting at the agency rather than its chairman. It may be, had the elections turned out differently, that Porter would have accepted a new assignment in government. U rider the circumstances he is probably discreet to anticipate the exodus of two years hence and pick up a good connection before executive vice presidents are marked down to a dime a dozen. Report credits him with real capacity, so he should have no trouble getting located; and as the fog clears he will1 Ili'.Ll flip diuiuur iiiaiiitii. tic kjxt iiiaiwug os iui inc enterprise" after a few months. Swerh at Moscow F.lltott Roosevelt and his wife are visiting Russia, and at an unoMicial reception given in his honor in Moscow Elliott almost out-Molotoved Molotov in criticism of the USA and d-fense of the USSR, according to report of his speech pub lished in Newsweek. Elliott says he was ''misquoted" and be sides his talk was "off the record;" but he doesn't give out his own version of what he said. The reported gist of his speech is quite in keeping with his recent book on his father whom he casts more in the role of fuhttns Britain and Churchill than Hitler, with Uncle Joe Stalin rated as an allright guy. KIWatt perhaps suffers from frustration and a desire for revenge on his fellow-countrymen. His marital adventures, his business failures and the episode of giving his dog priority for air tran.rort over GTs brought him a lot of critical publicity. He may be smarting under that so he can't think quite straight. Elliott made a good record as a soldier; but he's no statesman and the accident of birth doesn't qualify him to pose- as one. The veterans' administration may decide to use the hos pital at Camp White but only jout of necessity. This hospital was well constructed, with outside walls of brick. The VA building plan, though, calls for eight-story hospitals and this is only one story so the VA previously turned it down, just as it has the fine infirmary and plant at Klamath marine barracks. A pre scription of economy, however, may stimulate use of existing facilities rather than indulging in a fresh rash of construction. After Boise high won a football game from Nampa in the latter city the students engaged in a freewfor-all down town with the result the Nampa city hall looked a bit like a blasted berghof in Germany. Too much effervescence among the teen agers. When they mature they scold their children for doing the same thing. MOODS rrpromnra (Contfnoed from page 1) of Oregon by white men. One great reason for getting the government of the United States to extend sovereignty: over Ore gon was to establish a system of surveys and of land titles. In the act of 1848 creating the Territory of .Oregon the ordinance of 17J7 was made to apply, and this stipu lated that "the utmost good faith shall always be observed toward the Indians: their lands and prop erty shall never be taken from them without their consent." In 1850 congress directed that treaties be entered into with the Indian tribes. These always em braced a cession of lands to the federal government and an ac knowledgment of U. S. sovereign ty on the part of the Indians. Under this authority Anson Dart, superintendent of Indian af fairs in the territory, entered into negotiations with the Indians. In 1851 he made treaties with coast al Indians at Port Orford. using Henry H. Spaulding as Indian agent and Josiah L. Parish as sub Indian agent. Dart was quite well pleased with his deal, writing to tha commissioner of Indian affairs that m treaties with four tribes they ceded over 2.500,000 acres of lands at a price (payable chiefly in goods) of $28,500. and, as Dart noted, "at a cost of less than a cent and a half an acre." Dart took 13 treaties ha had mad with Indians personally back to Washington. They were transmitted to the senate and ac knowledged in the senate jour nal of Aug. 3, 1853, "read and or dered to be printed, since when no trace has been had of them," according to subsequent report. In 1854 Dart was succeeded as superintendent of Indian affairs in Oregon by Gen. Joel Palmar, who under the appropriation of congress of that year began again to treat with the Indians. Treaties were made with the confederation of tribes in the Willamette valley in January, and with a confedera tion of tribes of coastal Indians (including those that Dart had previously dealt with) in August September of that year. This lat ter treaty called for cession of lands and provided for payments aggregating $90,000 spread over a term of 15 years. Under It the Indians agreed to go on reserva tions. The Siletz reservation was set up for them and the coastal Indians were removed there. But again the senate failed to ratify this treaty and congress failed to appropriate the money to pay the Indians. In 1893 the sen ate asked for a report on the mat ter and the department of the interior supplied copies of the documents which were printed as Senate Doc. 25, 53rd congress. As the constitution bars a suit against the United States without its con sent, an act of congress was re quired to permit the descendants of these tribes to institute action in the court of claims. A bill to this effect was introduced by Sen. McNary and passed in 1935, and proceedings were instituted under it which led to the decision of the supreme court on Monday. The area to be compensated for is pretty well defined and amounts to between two and a half and three million acres. The value will be that of 1865, with interest add ed. Until the base value per acre is determined the total can only be guessed at. but estimates range at from $10-to $15,000,000 total. Disposition of the money will be in the hands of the Indian bureau which can distribute all or part of it to those who can establish des cent in these tribes; or the money may be held in trust for the In dians. Against this recovery the government may present its claim for amounts expended for these tribes since the date of the treaties. Quite a stir in Tacoma when policemen knocked over a bunch of joints and then had their badges lifted by the chief for their zeal. Nothing like that ever happens in Portland like raiding jernts, we mean. By five o'clock last Thursday most every American was ready to admit he'd "had enough." This is part of the story of the extinguishment of the titles of Indian tribes to lands in Oregon. By the middle of the 19th century public policy was well established of making formal treaties with the tribes for the transfer of their title gained through long occu pancy to the United States. While compensation granted seems small, the scale of values was different then. It does attest the good faith of the government that after the lapse of over 90 years the United States confesses its obligation to descendants of native bands whose chiefs in good faith negotiated with representatives of the Great White Father, performed their part of the agreement and never received the compensation prom ised them. War Memorial Group To Hear Rev. Durden The Rev. Charles Durden of Calvary Baptist church will ad dress the fledgling Salem War Memorial association directors when they meet at 8 p. m. Mon day in Salem Chamber of Com merce rooms. AH association members may attend, although principal busi ness will be organization of the board of directors, states E. Burr Miller, president of the memorial association. Nearly 40 civic organ izations of Salem already have joined the association which will seek to raise funds for the estab lishment of a "living" war memo rial for the city. Zoning Ordinance to Occupy Council Time A quiet session is expected for the Salem city council Monday night, with little but routine busi ness on the schedule. Principal business probably will be intro duction of an ordinance bill to zone new areas of the city and to rezone other areas of the city. The bill was drawn at the recom mendation of the city planning and zoning commission as a follow-up of the recent annexations to the city and zoning procedure changes. GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty "It's ben this way aver slaee yaa gat that washing machine where yea could Just pat tha clothes fa aad ferge! them! 3 Out of 4 Fatalities Occur in Rural Areas Rural automobile wrecks have taken three of every four lives claimed by cars in Oregon this year. Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell announced Saturday. The death toll was 367 lives in the first 10 months of this year, including 289 in accidents out side of any town or city. Passing accidents are the worst contribu tors to the high toil, Farrell said. Public Records INTERIM GROUP TO MEET PORTLAND, Nov. 30-(P)-A legislative program for the next state legislature will be discussed at a meeting of tha interim fish eries committee, the state fish commission and fishing industry representatives here Monday. Births MUNICIPAL COURT Edna Kendall. 1477 Court St.. pleaded guilty to failure to civ right of way to pedestrian, fined $10. Keith Bennett. 2SOS N. Front it., no driver' licease. posted $10 bail. Loyd W. ahim. Brooks, no driver's licenae. postod $1 bail. Mitchell Morrow, route S, Salem, violation of basic rule, posted $5 bail. A. K. Lance, route 4. Oregon City, violation of basic rule, posted $29 bail. M. C. Cunningham, route 2. Spring field, violation of basic rule, posted $25 bail. James N. Kazper. route T. Salem, defective brakes and operating motor venicle with foreign license plates, posted total of $10 bail. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Doyle E. Clark. 39. farmer, and Opal B. Clark. 39, domestic, both of Salem. i William K. Bellows. 30. electrician. ' and Ina E. Kaylor. 33. domestic, both 1 PROBATE COURT Lizzie A. Robertson estate: Order directing partial distribution. August Albus estate: Estate apprais ed at W69S , Helena Trotter estate: Estate ap praised at $1075 Order to sell per sons I property of estate. Frederick Wibliahauser estate: Order of distribution. Francis P. Sacco guardianship estate: Order to pay support and furnish comforts for ward. Robert Kiersey estate: Order ap pointing Chester A. Kiersey admin istrator and George H. Bell. Josephine Bell and Zetpha Crover appraisers. CIRCUIT COURT L. W. Hall and others v S P. Matheny and Oregon Pulp and Paper Co.: Defendants file motion to strike. C D. Matsuda vs William Noble and others: Defendant files answer admitting and denying. Ersia L. Israel vs Thorns R. Israel: Suit for divorce charging cruel and Inhuman treatment, asks for custody of a minor child and an equitable share of real and perronal property. Mamed July 20. 1920. at Kansas. Okla! Helen Elizabeth Ambrose vs Alfred Marion Ambrose: Default order issued. Flora Fox. vs Francis J. Fox: Defend ant files answer admitting and deny mg. JUSTICE COURT Robert Olson. Valsetz, chart; d with assault with a deadly weapon, con tinued for plea to December 2; com mitted to Marion count v tail under $1000 bail. Sam E. Grey, charged with for. ery. continued for plea to December 2: committed to Marion county 111 under $1300 bail Arch Edward Blue, Oceanlake, fail ure to stop, fined $1 and cost. . EPLEY To Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Epley, 325 S. 16th st., a son, Saturday, November 30, at Salem Deaconess hospital. MULLIGAN To Mr. and Mrs. William Mulligan, 662 N. 14th st., a daughter, Saturday, November 30. at Salem Deaconess hospital. NEINAST To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Neinast, 2495 Broadway st.. a daughter, Saturday, Novem ber 30, at Salem Deaconess hos pital. HOLDERBEIN To Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Holderbein 1060 '-i N. 16th st., a daughter, Saturday, November 30, at Salem Deacon ess hospital. NOSBISCH To Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nosbisch, 2050 N. Capitol St., a son, Saturday, November 30, at Salem Deaconess hospital. For Sale, 1946 Crop Ilalian Chestnuts Call at 1970 S. High Phone 2-4453 24-Hour Laundry Service Only a few orders left apes Call today or bring to 734 N. High Street Call 2-1819 ICE CHEAI1 All Flavors, No Limits, Qts. SAVING CENTE) Salem and West Salem Lawn Sprinkling System by C S. Whitcomb and Co. Free Estimates Ask about our Special Winter Rates. We also have materials. Phono 21619 THIS COUPON TODAY for Complete Information. No Obligation MAIL HOSPITAL PROTECTIQII for Yon ... for Your Family Arc 3 months to age 75 Costs Only a Fete Cents a Day Gee4 Aaywhers in tha World Licensed la AH 43 States Up to $7.00 per Day Room and Board In Hospital P L U s 1C3 oi Your Expense Medicines Hypaa, Aaabalaaee, Surgical Dressings and Sup plies. Also Pays. Laboratory. Oxyaea, Anaesthetic and X-ray. Underwritten by Mutual Benefit Health aad Accident As sociatiea . . . Largest Exclusive Health and Accident eauapaay la the world. Over l$,o0s.00 paid la claims. Tell me how Hospital Bills can be paid for only a few cents a day Name Address City State Ag-e G. J. BECKER DISTRICT MANAGER 499 Gaardiaa Bide Salesa. Oregeti Pheae S4S3 Inquire About Our LIFETIME HEALTH & ACCIDENT POLICIES WITH FIRST DAY COVERAGE. PROTECT TOUR INCOME IN CASE OF DISABILITY DELEGATES TO BE NAMED -Townsend club No. 2 will elect delegates to the district Town send convention during the regu lar club meeting at 8 pjn. Mon day in the Marion county court house. Insured savings earn more than two per cent at Salem Federal Savings Association, 130 South Li berty street. LEAVE DEACONESS Mrs. John Todd, 250 Crawford st, with her infant daughter, and Mrs. Ernest Bryan, 1835 N. Sum mer st, with her infant son, were dismissed yesterday from Salem Deaocness hospital. Beginning' Monday, December 2, Holland Bakery and Fountain open for business. Grand opening later. LEE HAMMACK CUT Lee Hammack, 568' N. 17th st, was treated yesterday by Salem first aid men after an artery of his finger was accidentally cut with a pocket knife. New location CmnJse Studio, 439 Court St, over Smith Baking Co. INFANT IS TREATED David Hendrickson, 18 months old, 1240 N. 4th st., was treated Saturday by first aid men for two cuts incurred on his lip in a falL River silt top aofl It AD dirt. Cntnl Sand & Gravel. Ph. 21968 QUITCLAIM DEED FILED Marion county court Saturday signed a quitclaim deed to Albert P. Millsap and Hallie H. Millsap for two acres of land near Gates, for 850. Free mothproofing for your fur coat Store your coat and get your coat mothproofed. Price's, 135 N. Liberty St. Phone 9121. ARRESTED FOR EUGENE F. Hayes, Seattle, was turned over to Eugene police Saturday after his arrest here by Salem policemen on a Eugene warrant charging larceny by bailee. COLLEGE HEAD COMING Dr. A. L. Strand, president of Oregon State college, will address the Salem Kiwanis club Tuesday noon in the Marion hotel. PRESCOTT CONVALESCING Eugene Prescptt, 1064 Oak st., is convalescing from a prolonged ill ness at his home, it was report ed Saturday. CLUB MEETING SET Townsend club No. 3 will meet Tuesday at 8 p. m. with Mrs. Flor ence Shipp, 1880 Nebraska st CAMERA STOLEN An Eastman folding size cam era was taken from her car Fri day night while itsw as parked near the Keizer school, Mrs. Ar thur Schrvichbenberg told city police Saturday. Beginning Monday, December 2, Holland Bakery and Fountain open for business. Grand opening later. Kingwood Lodge No. 204, A. F. 8c A. M. Election of officers Mon. eve. at 80. All members are urged to attend. TAKEN FROM CAR Gladys Coffman, 338 N. Capitol st, reported to police Friday that a two-cell flashlight was taken from her car Tuesday night, when it was parked in the 200 block of South 23rd st t Bazaar. Cooked food, candy, aft ernoon tea. Episcopal Church, 11:30 to 3 Wed., pec. 4. 5-pce. unpainted bdrm. set, well made, attractive design, for $53. Also large stock of chests, desks and tables. Pickett's Unfinished Furniture, State and 13th sts. TIRE AND WHEEL TAKEN Francis M. Patterson told city police Saturday that a tire and wheel were stolen from her car while parked in front of her res idence, 730 N. 20th st, Friday night Stove 8c Diesel oil Prompt deliv ery. George Cadwell Oil Co. Ph. 9788. 183 BORN IN NOVEMBER Salem's two hospitals report the birth of 183 babies during No vember. This is a slight decline from October's total of 200 births. TRAILER WHEELS TAKEN Both wheels were taken from a two-wheel trailer parked on Bruce ave., near Sunnyside ave., Fri day night, it was reported to Sa lem police Saturday. Dexter grinding serv. Ph. 6833. Shop early. See our stock. Broad way Appliance Co., 419 Ferry. Phone 2-1565. ROTARY INDUCTION SET Induction of new members will feature the noon luncheon meet ing of Salem Rotary club Wednes day in the Marion hotel. Roy Har-' land will conduct the induction. FILES FOR SERVICE R. W. Bressler filed an assumed business name certificate with the Marion county clerk Saturday for National Bookkeeping service at room 209, Oregon building. Friendly Farm now dosed trntfl March 1. t Sievens .1 Sit fl For ii- Christmas n SELECT EARLY m, rIiav TMSISSS) JTZ' 320 Caurt Street - Sale DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS HALL CORNER MARION & CHURCH D.A.V. DAY DECEMBER 1st Veterans throughout the nation will join together Sunday, December 1st, In the observation of Disabled Veteran s day, which also commemorates tha fifth anniversary of World War II. The D.A.V. Need This Building Which Will Be Also Used by tha Gold Star Mothers BE GENEROUS WITH A DONATION NOW Salem, Oregon, A. I hereby subecriba and aQpree to pay to Salem Chapter No. 8, Disabled American Veterans Memorial Building Fundi v Dollars ($ ) Payable as follows: Cashf Installment! V (3 Payment at time oi starting of construction. Name .... Address PLEASE FILL THIS OUT AND MAIL TODAY TO Guy Hickok, Chairman DAV Building Committee First National Bank of Portland, Salem, Oregon We Feel This Is A Very Worth WhiU Project