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' The gtqtes man. Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, November 23. 1947 M Fawr Suay ti, Wo Fear Shall Awe" Frem First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Member ef the AuocUted Press The AsMcUtc4 Preae ia entitled exclusively th nse for repnbll cation ef all Mm Meal news printed la this newspaper, as well as all P news dispatches. Sprinkler Irrigation Overhead irrigation, which got its start in western Oregon, is being installed in eastern Oregon, with satisfactory results. Here it was necessary because of the irregular contour of the ground and the nature of the soil. The fields would not stand levelling for ditch irrigation and the soil was not porous enough to soak up the water flowing in small rills. Movable pipes with overhead sprinklers could be laid on top of the ground and the regularly spaced sprays gave even distribution of the water over the field. When light-weight pipe was made available with quick coupling devices this form of irrigation became standard prac tice in western Oregon. In eastern Oregon the volcanic ash soil is more porous and ' rill irrigation is more successful. Fields too can be easily and safely leveled. But there we note from the Hood River News, sprinkler irrigation ii gaining. Tht News reports there are 8,000 acres under overhead irrigation in the Hood River valley now, with additions promised next year. Orchardists report that the big advantage of this method is the uniformity of water supply to each area, the whole area under the sprinkling system is thoroughly irrigated. At The Dalles this system is recommended for a proposed pumping project to serve cherry orchards. As water becomes more and more precious, economy in use becomes more important. Pipe irrigation is less wasteful and so" seems to have a 'great future. The early experimenting of western Oregon dairymen with sprinkling their pastures in summer time is thus leading to important developments even in the regions long accustomed to the ditch method of irrigating. Inflation and the Price of Gold The Bend Bulletin raises the point that if the administration wants to correct inflation it might reverse the inflationary move of the Roosevelt administration and lower the value of gold. In 1934 the gold price was raised from the former figure of a little over $20 an ounce, the an ounce. The object was to reverse the deflationary trend and start prices moving upward. The medicine was slow to work; but certainly now we have price inflation, and if the former theory was correct a proper procedure would be to devalue gold. That remedy may be counted out, however. Not only would it scale down the value of the government's gold stock but if it really worked It would cause heavy inventory losses and pre cipitate bankruptcies. In foreign countries currency devaluation is clearly needed, and conceivably our inflation might become fantastic too. The prospect is however that it will gold in relation to the dollar and without scaling down of cur rency our inflationary cycle will come to an end. Requests on Willamette Project Congress will be asked for over $36,000,000 for work on various portions of ' the Willamette valley project. The listed items are as follows: Meridian Dam, $15,000,000. Detroit Dam, $11,500,000. Dorena Dam, $6,147,000. Oregon City Locks, $3,000,000. Work on the Oregon City locks has been on tht program for several years, but funds have not been available. Rebuild ing of the locks is needed to accommodate larger log rafts. Dorena dam on Bow river is under construction now and this sum is needed to complete, it. Preliminary work has been done on Detroit and Meridian dams, and if sums in the size requested are made available the real work will get started. The request includes allowance for bank protection work on the Willamette and for channel straightening and flood relief on Pudding river and Amazon creek. Recent years have seen costly floods in this basin which prove the urgency of the need for these improvements. France now has its seventh central government has been the bane of the several French re publics. That With political fragmentation prevents stable and ef fective government to operate there. The hew premier, Robert Schuman, is credited with being a fairly strong moderate. He has served as finance minister and so ought to know some of the answers to French .economic questions. If he can end the present wave of strikes and weld a strong middle-of-the-road" coalition he may prove a savior of postwar France. "Ma Kennedy outlived her glamorous daughter, Aimee Semple McPherson, but she was not without her claim to pub licity in matters matrimonial. Her surprise marriage to Guy (Whataman) Hudson soon followed by an annulment gave her headlines for a brief space. She is dead now at the age of 78. Among other shortages the .British suffer from one in long 'woolen underwear, which the British people have worn as a substitute for central heating. That must be the short and long of austerity. We have reached the period, in the sports calendar when athletic boards roll out1 the gangplanks for losing coaches. Wash ington and Iowa are doing the first shoving. EditorialComment CORN AND CULTURE UNDER PERON Whether the Peron Government in Argentina is prepar ing to abate its policy of charging exorbitant prices for the sur plus grains so desperately needed by a hungry world seems a little uncertain. On Friday it sold the United States three ship loads of corn at a price about a dollar a bushel above the prevalent rate in this country, and since this includes delivery, at the Buenos Aires docks it is thought to be fairly reasonable. In the future, our negotiators were assured, we could buy at the 41 world pipce," provided we would sell Argentina oil and fuel at what Senor Peron considered a fair rate. Possibly we are tar riving at a workable economic understanding and possibly we are not. " But whatever may be his still following internal strongly reminiscent of Mussolini's Italy and in some, respects similar to those of Franco's Spain. On Friday night he received the degree of "Doctor Honoris Causa" from six of the national universities which he last year took under his control.. His way of earning this distinction was indi cated in a speech delivered on Thursday. He was aware, he said, of "the forces of evil thatwork in the cultural field." To over come these forces, he said, "we have to dicipline ourselves a little." The diciplining will be done by a new "cultural agency," probably under a secretariat of education. Academic freedom is Argentina has been in jeopardy ever since Peron took office. Its prospects will not be improved when Peron "forces of good" are officially organized. We can hardly extend ous distaste for Peron to his corn and wheat. If Argentina will sell at a reasonable price we will have to buy and if she will buy, at a reasonable price, goods we can spare we will have to sell. But these' transactions need not carry with them moral approval of Peron's cold-blooded t campaign to root out the -remnant of Argentina's democracy. ' New York Times. price finally being fixed at $35 not; that without devaluation of Pudding River, $38,000. Amazon Creek, $79,000. Fern Ridge, $375,000. Cottage Grove, $130,000. cabinet since V-E day. Weak From Oar Con tern porarlea external policies Senor Peron is HKEOCO0 tkt) mnrii (Continued from ' page 1) "fed up" with serving in the legis lature. It isn't often that a man with so long and fine a record of political service retires voluntarily and in doing so suggests a need for "new blood." That Snyder is sincere I can testify to from my own con versations with him. He is tired of the long weeks of politicking and is ready to pass the honors and the labors to others. Statehouses and. White houses and capitalf and county seats need occasional transfusions of new blood to keep them healthy and vigorous. But men of the quality of Burt Snyder are not easily ob tained for public office. In the legislature in particular there is need of men with the background of knowledge of state affairs which comes from long , experi ence. There are some veteran leg islators whose retirement would be a blessing; but there are oth ers, and Snyder was in the group, whom the state' depends on to keep its legislation and its finan ces on a sound basis. I hope Sny der's decision does not prove in fectious with others of his stamp. Pnblle Hreord CIRCUIT tX)URT Florence I Taylor vs. James A. Taylor: Suit for divorce charging cruel and Mnhuman treatment Married Dec. 31. 1946, at Salem. Beatrice Simeral vs. Robert Simeral: Suit tor divorce charging cruel and inhuman treatment Married Oct. 1940, at Camas, Wash. . . Clarence A. Johnson and others vs. John W. Eoff and others: Suit to quiet title to real property. DISTRICT COURT William Napoleon Bradley, Sweet Home, violation of the ba sic rule, fined $10 and costs. Grover C. Weaver, 735 N. Com mercial st., charged with non-support, bound over to grand jury following plea of innocent; held in lieu of $500 bail. Virgil Lloyd Sloan, 1290 McCoy gt., violation of the basic rule, con tinued to November 25 for plea. Clara Agnes Quisen berry, 170 N. Leffelfe at., failure to stop at a stop sign, $5 fine suspended on payment of costs. David Owen Wilson, Portland, violation of the basic rule, fined $10 and costs. Robert L. Everett, Scio, char ged with non-support case dis missed. PROBATE COURT Elsie Reeser estate: Order auth orizing sale of real property. Larry Vaughn Collins estate: Order closes estate. Lizzie M. Bomhoff estate: Order appoints Anna E. Gustafson ad ministratrix and J. F. Sauvain, Fred Kinns nad Emol Nelson as appraisers. Peter Hagenauer estate: Estate appraised at $9,726. Erma Marie Hamilton Trask guardianship estate: Guardianship dismissed. MUNICIPAL COURT Victor Knuth, 790 N. Church st, and Jesse Smart, 609 Locust st, charged with disorderly conduct. each pleaded innocent and posted $50 bail; trials set for December 4 at 1:30 p. m. Herman J. Dinges, 1813 N. Em erson st., Portland, violation of basic rule, posted $7.50 bail. Robert K. Lunt, 1364 N. Liberty st, excessive speed through and intersection and passing on the wrong side, posted $10 bail. Robert P. Forester, Salem route 1, box 150, improper use of horn, posted $5 bail. Robert Neil Merten, St Paul, charged with reckless driving, posted $100 bail. Raymond John Hendrie, St Paul, charged with" reckless drivi ing, posted $100 bait MARRIAGE APPLICATIONS Robert A. Valencourt 26, book keeper, and Madlyn J. Fayton, 23, clerk, both of Aumsville. Roy O. Wikstrom, 41, dentist and Lois M. Baisden, 35, dental nurse, 1170 Fairmount ave, both of Salem. A. G. Dillabough, 23, tube-bender, 642 N. Liberty st, and Winona J. Jones, 18, state office employe, 132 Carlton Way, bjfth Of Salem. Edward C. LeShane, 31, station agent, and Elva A. Singleton, 39, secretary, both of Medford. POLK COUNTY RECORDS Circuit Court DALLAS Zale A. Bancroft vs. Betty JT Bancroft Suit for ' di vorce, cruel and inhuman treat ment is charged, George W. Cooper and Ruth T. Cooper vs. city of Monmouth. Plaintiffs ask defendant's pre tended proceedings in eminent domain to condemn land for the street extension be declared null and void. Sears Roebuck & Co. vs. Ver non Evans, also known as Vernon J. Evans. Judgment in the sum of $9,448.40 and costs asked to re imburse unpaid portion of goods delivered to defendant Ceanty Court Estate of Robert James Arm strong, Merton C. BisselL admin istrator. Notice of administrator's sale given. Louis Rosenau has been ap-f pointed administrator of the es-i tate of Frederick A. Rosenau, de-; ceased. Notice final settlement estate of Frank McDougal, deceased, filed by Ethel M. Arnhart, administra trix. Leland R. Sacketf administra tor estate of Tressa Ray, de ceased, filial account filed. R. S. Kreason, administrator es tate of James Isaiah Murry. de ceased, final account filed. GRIN AND BEAR sr 1 S':dli7?3'.?&&.lV't.lt.JA I "We refer te heavy withdrawals as Easiness damps' 'Panics' are when the bank examiners arrive seddesdy!" Matter Br Joseph AIsop, Headquarters: VICTORY OF WHOLEHOGGERS WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 Round two of the price battla Is now getting under way on Capi tol Hill. The battle can be ex pected to rage with intermittent fury at least until November, 1948. It is thus worth . knowing some thing of the history, of the battle's first round, which was fought out quietly and dis-rr passionately, within the ad-;;' ministration i t- self. In part, per-. haDS. because! President Tru-S, v I " A man, with his4"j Jr ' j newlr acouired , . 1 i sense of sureties. made it clear! that nothing hing of I f rl rould be LJA there - the sort would tolerated. was no table-thumping row. public washing of dirty linen. Yet the internal differences ft opinion in the administration on the price issue were none the less exceedingly sharp. One group of the president's ad visers, who might be called for convenience the halfwayites, be lieved that mea sures short oft nd; price control and rationing would do the job. They 1 j r believed that ere- dit, allocations, K .A I 1 M f controls w o u i u suffice to keep prices in line, and, moreover. that only by pro 6TfVflT ALSO posing such half way measures could the adminis stration avoid an all-out eye gouging, shiv-sticking political free-for-all at this time of crisis. The leaders of the halfwayites were, not unexpectedly, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson and Treasury Secretary John Snyder. They were generally sup ported by Commerce Secretary Averell Harriman and Presidential Adviser John Steelman. Another group call them the wholehoggers argued cogently that half measures would almost certainly fail, and that selective price controls and rationing were absolutely essential if a really dis astrous inflation, particularly in -food prices, was "to be avoided. Chief protagnosts of the whole hoggers were Clark Clifford, the White House counsel, and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, substituting for Inter ior Secretary Julius Krug, who was ill. Economists Favorable The wholehoggers were backed by most of the government econo mists, including Dr. Edwin Nourse's Council of Economic Ad visors; the council's vice-chairman. Dr. Leon Keyserling, was particu larly persuasive. Postmaster Gen eral Robert Hannegan also inclined to the wholehoggers position. The Democratic National committee bigwigs. Senator Howard McGrath and Gael Sullivan, were know to favor going the whole way, al- IRON FIREMAN OIL BURNER .New beatiag coaafort and econoeay comes to the home eqaipped with aa Iroa Fireaaaa Laminoos Flame oO burner. This new sad differ ent boraar is quiet, eficicste dependable. Oae demon stratioa will coarinca too. Ask tor free heating survey KEITH BROWN Lumber Yard Freat Cesrt Sts. Fheae 91C3 no By Lichty of Fact and Stewart AIsop Washington. D. C though on this occasion the presi dent did not ask their views. The wholehoggers' received their most effective, if sinister, support from the winter wheat belt where the long dry spell was clearly bringing the nightmare of five dollar wheat and a spring meat famine daily closer to grim reality. The wholehoggers 'argued that sharply increased food prices in the winter and spring would make big new wage demands wholly in evitable. This in turn might set off an Inflationary spiral which would threaten the American for eign policy and the domestic econ omy with disaster. WheJehecrers Sapperted Lees than a week before his Monday massage to the special session of congress, the president had still not fully decided between the positions of the halfwayites and the wholehoggers. His mind was made up towards the middle of the week, however, when he conducted a sort of poll among a number, of his advisors. He asked them whether measures short of price control and rationing could be expected to do the job of hold ing prices in line with a reasonable assurance of success. By a large majority, the answer was.no. Then the president plumped uncondi tionally for the wholehoggers. Eathnlis Lacking- He announced his decision at the Friday cabinet meeting, where it was met with a marked lack of enthusiasm from the Snyder-Anderson camp. For the halfwayites remained wholly unpersuaded. They made their last stand at a White House meeting on Sunday, the day before the president was to deliver his message to congress. But the presidential mind was made up. The next day he tossed his bombshell into the laps of the congressional republicans, who reacted with startled fury. The fat was In the fire. It is interesting that at one point before the president bad decided to go the whole hog, a compromise suggestion was offered by the former O. P. A. executives, James Brownlee, Henry Hart and Richard Fields whom Commerce Secretary Harriman had invited IT Hewitt's THE TUX SEASON IS ONI Select a tux tailored to perfection by the na tion's leading makers of formal wear. Im maculately tailored of the finest fabrics styled in the popular double breasted model - with long roll gr os grain la pels. See them today at Hewitt's. Sena ter Hotel Bldg. to Washington to give their views. They proposed that the Presi dent ask for the rationing of meat only, a suggestion which such mo derate republicans ' as Senator Ralph Flanders and Raymond Baldwin already had advanced. They urged further that the presi dent should not ask for the im mediate imposition of price con trols. Rather, he should propose a non-partisan investigating body, which- would get at the facts be hind the price situation. Price Problem Remains ' Since so much of price control administration la a matter of gel ting information, this body could immediately form the nucleus of a price control agency, if the price situation threatened to get out of hand. Thus, if real economic ca tastrophe threatened, the barn door could be slammed shut before the horse was stolen. Nothing is more clear than that the republicans will not go the whole way with the president's proposals. Yet this compromise suggestion would seem well worth pondering by the republican mo derates. For behind all the political fury which the president's bomb shell has aroused, the ominous price problem still exists. It must be dealt with by more effective means .than furious denunciation of the president's political motives. Cepjrwrtfht 1947. New Yerk Herald Trtonne.. law. Bend Woman Visits in Pedee with Her Brother PEDEE Mrs. Precious Kinney of Bend visited her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. An son Price last week. Saturday they went to Newport to visit their mother, Mrs. Fred Price. Ralph Howard of Salem spent Friday night with his nephew, Sid ney Howard, and family. Saturday they went to Lebanon to visit Sid ney's father, S. L. Howard, who is ill. Mrs. Rufus Dodge was in Mon mouth Thursday and visited Mrs. Riley Matheny and was initiated in the Rebekah lodge. From London, Weavers Arrive to Make Home Mr. and Mrs. Z. W. Emmons, 1775 N. Front st,. Monday wel comed Mrs. Emmons parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weaver of Lon don, England, who arrived here by plane to make their permanent home. Mrs. Emmons said her parents were delighted by their long plane ride and are highly pleased with Salem and its abundance of good food. The Weavers told their daughter their meals in Salem were the first good ones they had eaten for seven years. Chemeketans Work On Cabin and Trail Fourteen Chemeketans who tra veled to the club's cabin on White water creek near ldanha for a work-hike trip over the weekend returned to Salem late Sunday night. Robert Beecroft trip leader, said the group spent Saturday work ing on the cabin and Sunday scouting the old Whitewater trail which runs from the Santiam highway up Whitewater creek to Jefefrson park. Beecroft said that most of the trail had been oblit erated by past logging operations. Passenger ships are often built relatively unstable so that long gentle rolls promote passenger comfort, but naval architects find such ships hard to adapt to use as fighting ships because naval ac tion presupposes some damage and a ship safe enough for civil ian use might capsize when par tially flooded. RELIABLE TREE SERVICE Removing, Trimming Tapping. Felling. w. il McAllister Insured Opera ter Free Estimates Pk. 7974 y $55.00 Hewitt fs Distincitvt Men's Wear HUfc at Cewt Mrs. Connell Heads Seal Sale in Woodburn Area . WOODBURN Christmas seal sale in Woodburn opened Monday when nearly 1,000 envelopes con taining 200 of the holiday stamps were mailed to residents of Wood burn and vicinity. Mrs. Jack Con nell is local chairman. The 1947 quota for this area is $750. The campaign will continue until Christmas day. Those who do not receive seals through the First Church of Christ Scientist Salem. Oregon Announces . A Free Lecture on CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ENTITLED . CHRISTIAN SCIENCE A RELIGION OF WORKS BY JOHN 8. SAMMONS, CS. ef Cbiesge.' Illinois Member el the Beard ef Leetareshln ef The Mother Chare h. The First Church ef Christ Scientist la Boston. Massachusetts In the Church Edifice Corner of Chemeketa and Liberty Streets Thursday Evening, Novemhcr 27, at 8 o'CIock All are cordially invited to attend Broadcast over Station KOCO . . . 1430 EHo v )VaIE 1 COMPLETE FOKD SALES AND SEX VICE FOB MOKE THAN S TEARS VALLEY 575 Center ' Immediate Delivery STUDEBAKER TRUCK iyt -2-Ton Chassis & Cab, 128" wheelbass. 2 -speed Timken rear axle, 8.25x20 10-ply tires. DOIIESTEELE SALES t SEuVICE INC. X7S N. Chareh Street IVAN1ED Ualnnis Filberts - lint Heals Highest price cash on delivery for orchard run. See us before you sell, 1 Ilorris Klorfein 460 N. Front Street, Salem Attractive Glasses 111 Dr. E. K. . Correctly fitted; properly styled glasses are an assetl Our opticians know just which types of classes are most at tractive for you. Come in for a fitting. DIGNIFIED CREDIT , BORING OPTICAL COMPANY SU Cearl rfceae CMS mall may obtain thera from Mrs. Connell. 185 Second st., the Wood burn pharmacy or Beers drug store. CURRENCY FLUCTUATES NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-(;P)-The Canadian dollar (free rate) fluc tuated sharply today in heavy dealings and sold at 1 1 1 j per cent discount or 88.50 U. S. cents, the lowest level since December 8, 1943 when it sold at a discount of lli per cent Be Sure to II ear t Evangelist Ilery Resell and Missionary Paul Fleming Each nlxbt this week, (ex cepting Sat) at 7 iSw T. VL Singing Sax and rictarea Each Night F1HST BAPTIST cmmcH Msrlea at Liberty PUT YOUR CAT IN OUR EXPERTS' H AN 05 THEY HAVE THE . a KNOW HOW Too place your car in the beat possible hands when yon drive into the Val ley Motor Co. for 'winterizinE serv ice. Colder weather calls for adjust meats it paysto make early , . . . NoW is the time to d r i v in for that check up. We have the "Know How." riOTOR GO. Salem, Oregon Salem, Ore. Pbene 5ZS1 an Packing Co. Tel. 7633 . . - ' -7" Dr. Sana Hackee Asset