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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1947)
d The gtcttosiur. y folom, Ort "AT favor Sway Us, first Statesman. THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLZS A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Member ef the Associated Press Tfc Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the se (or repabli. eatloa of all the loealnews printed la this aewtpsper, as wel as all 'At news dispatches. Showers A'Cbmin'? ' Dr. Knowlton, professor of the prediction that Oregon is authentic soientisk who lately high quality of his teaching, Dr. Knowlton bases his prophecy on a study of tree rings, the thickness of which is closely related to the amount of rainfall in a given year, and on other data. He. cites past cycles of greater or less rainfall and concludes that for. the neat several years the "wets" will have it. Variability of rainfall is proven by measure now and verified- by other known facts. Goose lake, down In the Lakeview country, is a good example of the extreme range of precipita- - . . m 'a I Xl Al.... 14.. tlon. Within the period, or tne wnne man in me nuruiwoi bed has been exposed so that immigrant trains could drive aoross it, and later so full of water that steamboats ran on It. . In Harney county there was plenty of precipitation to sup port dry farming around 1910, and valleys like Surprise valley and Catlow valley were homesteaded and the land ploughed and planted to grain. Came Y dry cycle and the landa were abanr doned. Now the land is given over to sagebrush, with a few wrecks of homesteaders' shacks dotting the wide expanse. In the 1930s we had a succession of years of low prtcipitt . tion, but the 1940s reversed the cycle and rainfall has been abundant for crops on aeml-arid lands. The variability however has not been reduced to any pattern, nothing like the biblical seven fat years and seven lean. We can draw lines on a sheet of graph paper to show past records, but we are quite unable, with assurance, to say whether the line for next year's rainfall will go up or down. Even Dr. Knowlton admits his prediction is only only a refined guess. The one thing we know is the range of precipitation and temperature since the records have been kept; and since they have been kept for quite a spell of years now we naturally anticipate that next year's weather will fall within the extremes of the past. Frequently our weather records are broken, new extremes are noted; but as a general rule the report reads that the rainfall or thermometer reading broke all records since a given year. Even when all past records are brok en the deviation is usually small. Long range weather forecasting is still far from being on a safe scientific basis. Even short range forecasts are not too reliable. It didn't rain, Thanksgiving day, did it? Last July the department of the interior held hearings in Oregon on its plan to set up master units for logging of lands held in the old O & C land grant. This was to comply with the terms of the 1937 act which prescribed that lands should be ad ministered on the basis of a sustained yield of timber. The testi mony received at the hearing was passed on to Washington. Now Secretary Krug of the interior department has approved the 11 master units and the related marketing areas. Previously the Eiuslaw master unit had been set up. Judging by the news account no change was made by the secretary as to boundaries of units or of marketing areas. Linn county had protested inclusion of towns west of the Willamette river in the marketing area for the Santiam unit, but they are retained. Likewise towns on the east side are included in the marketing area of Alaea-Rickreall unit. The Statesman argued strongly in favor. of the broader area for marketing of logs, and so is gratified -that no reduction was ordered. The real competition will start now as the bureau of land management starts to parcel out the tracU among loggers and millowners. The plan is that established fnills or logging con cerns or timberland owners with adjacent holdings of timber land will be allotted commensurable acreage of O & C lands so they can put their operations on a sustained yield basis. Tim ber will not longer be sold on bids. Instead the cooperating pri vate concern will get the timber, paying for it on the basis of current appraisals. The land will remain government land, de vntiari rtermanantlv tn timber raisin ff. It is easy t to see how muoh concerned the companies and individuals now operating on or adjacent to O Ac C lands are over the allotments which will soon be made. To be in position to call for an O & C allotment some companies are said to have been purchasing logged off lands which they can submit as their part of a cutting circle. The prospect is that the "nomad" logger will lot out, just as did the nomad shepherd when the Taylor grazing act went into effect. It will be the job of the interior department staff to study .their problem from the standpoint of land use over the long term, tieing together public lands, state and private lands as nearly as possible in natural economic units. Out of this appor tionment will develop a reasonably permanent pattern for tim berland control and management in large areas of western Ore gon. The plan does not affect the federal forest service lands, except as traeta may be included in given areas; nor does it affect private lands whose owners do not elect to enter the cooperative plan. The forest service however, is working out similar arrangements for handling its lands. Within a few years we shall witness a stabilization of the whole timber economy in Oregon, the private lands coming into the hands of large corporate interests or else being woven into the sustained yield program with publicly owned timberlands. New Liquor Commission It can scarcely be said that the composition of the new state liquor commission Is outstanding. Harry Boivin, Klamath Tails attorney, is the only one with statewide reputation. Names of the others carry little significance. The cue to the type of ad ministration they will give is merely that it will be different from that of its predecessor,' though in what direction is not made clear by the govenor's statement. Gov. Hall merely states that his summary call for a new Commission was based not on personal grounds but because he disagreed with the commission's policy. He does., not specify what the basis of the disagreement is, so the state must await the operations of the new body to get a line on what the change means. Boivin,. a personal and political friend of Hall's, will call the turn. ' A ' What will be observed is whether the new commission holds licensees under tight rein or whether it leaves enforcement largely up to local police forces, notoriously indifferent to liquor law violations. " Christina by the Forelock All hail the Jolly Yuletide season! Trim the tree and hang the holly! Santa's busy helpers started in early this year, before the : first frost is on the pumpkin jand the corn is in the shuck. Bust ling around, cheeks all agjw, rubbing their chubby hands, the ; little elves have been carting wee gifties out of St. Nick's arctic workshops and piling them high on store counters all over Salem. The gift wares and decoration have been on sale for so long that shoppers feel guilty if they haven't begun to stock , up w ay uciuic iiiauugiviiif. iuc uum vi muig kii uuuiuc : looking in when Santa comes hangs heavy over their heads. Probably some individuals will wake up one morning (De cember 25) and suddenly realize: "Well, for heaven's sake, it's Christmas!" ... But then, maybe they won t. Maybe they'll wake up and tart wondering what the) Easter bunny will bring next year. Sunday, November 30, 1947 No Fear Shall Awe" March 21, USt physic at Reed college, ventures in for a, wet cycle of years. An received national honors for the GRIN AND BEAR t ",S4r2'rv.' tn "Step bragging abeat ear wenderfal ther either have ewe of their State Prepares For Return of Labor Office Arrangements are being speed ed up by the state unemployment compensation commission officials for return of the farm labor em ployment offices to the state em ployment service on Jan. 1, 1948, commission officials said last week. The Marion county farm labor office in Salem, set up as an inde pendent agency under the federal department of agriculture in 1944, will be moved from its present quarters at 301 Chemeketa st. to the local office of the state em ployment service, 710 Ferry .st. William Baillie, manager of the Salem employment service office, will automatically ' assume local control of farm labor placements whan the newNactivity is inte grated into his staff. On the state-wide leveL farm placement activities in the various employment service offices will be directed by Joseph Wilson, working out of the Salem head quarters under Earl Lovell, di rector of the employment service. TfckfcBsT Training- Coarse Wilson left Thursday for Wash ington, D. C, where he Is under going a two weeks training course la farm placement work.. Although farm placements will be handled the year around at the Salem office, plans now in formation call for part-time estab lishment of sub-offices in various communities in the county during certain harvest seasons only, a commission spokesman said. Utilization of local Job seekers will be stressed. It is also con templated by employment offi cials, the spokesman said, to deny unemployment compensation ben efits to those suited for farm work who refuse farm labor jobs. How ever, it was indicated, those not suited for farm work will not be required to accept. To Reeelve Pa4 To carry on its added work of farm placement, the state em ployment service will receive -am extra $25,000 from the 17. S. em ployment service to be used dur ing .the first six months of 1943, It was reported. Those funds do not cover trans portation costs of importation of foreign workers, as was done dur ing the war. Employers or local groups will have to bear this cost and also expenses of housing for eign and migrant workers. The state employment service will, however, continue to facili tate the movement - of migrant workers into communities which need them, the commission repre sentative said. Local and national farm labor advisory councils also will be established. One Dish Meals Leader Meeting Set for Dec. 5 Project leaders from IS of Mar Ion county's 29 home extension units will meet Friday, December 5, at 10:15 a.m. at the Salem YMCA to receive training in the project "One Dish Meals." Elea nor Trindle, Marion county home demonstration agent, will present the demonstration and will be assisted by Mrs. Ralph Mercer of the Marion county home exten sion committee. Leaders trained at this meeting will return to their own units and present the demonstration in Jan uary. A similar training meeting will be held January 30 and lead ers from the other 16 units will present the project for their units in February. Training meeting will Include menu planning discussion and the demonstration of the preparation of four main dishes. Lunch will be served the leaders who attend. Members of Marion county's home extension committee will be hostesses for this affair and in clude Mrs. Richard Chittenden, Mrs. Frank Way and Mrs. Ralph Mercer. Thirteen home extension units to be represented at the Decem ber S meeting are West Wood burn, Stayton. Gates, East Salem, Roberts, Liberty, Marion, Four Corners, Hubbard, Silverton, Lan caster, Thomas and Silverton Hills. California produces 69 per cent of -the mercury mined in the United States. By Lichly child to everyone job meet, Otis, ewa or they ha vent any! Cherrians to Meet at Dinner Election of new Salem Cherrians officers and completion of plans for the annual January , banquet are slated by the Cherrians for Tuesday's dinner meeting at the Golden Pheasant, the year's final session. Decision Is expected on entry of a float in the 1948 Port land Rose .festival, possibly one financed la connection with the Salem Cherryland Festival asso ciation, to be used also in the lo cal celebration. f King Bing William C. Dyer said report of the nominating f committee will be followed by floor nominations and the election. The new King Bing automatically becomes a director of Salem Chamber of .Commerce and the festival association. Plans for the January banquet. Installation and initiation are In charge of Harry Welnstein. School Fund Distributed Distribution of the first half of the county school fund, aggregat ing $1,394,560, to the 36 Oregon counties, was announced Satur day by Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry. This apportionment, involving state income tax revenues, -was computed at the rate of $10 per capita on the basis of a school census of the numberlof children between 4 and 20 years within each oounty. t Second half of the apportion ment will be distributed in April of next year. Saturday's distribution included: Benton, I2J.720; Lane, $117,830; Lincoln, $24,425; Linn, $56,785; Marlon, $102,700; Multnomah, $466,040; Polk, $32,495; Yamhill, $47,710. Public Reeordft DISTRICT COURT Diuum VrgU Morlan, Dallas, no mot or votuclo regltrtion card. flno4, S3 and cost. RolUe Smith Woodruff. Portland, no license plate and vlolaUon of Jhe basis ruia. flnad 110 and costs on aach chargo. Lawrence Albart McHlli. 14SX Cantar st, char(d with illegal use of an auto mobile, case continued to December 1. PROBATE COURT Nellie May Binning estate: Final or der closes estate. CIRCUIT COURT L. W. HaU and others vs S. P. Matk enjr and Oregon Pulp and Paper Co.: Defendant Mathenjr allowed to Decem ber 16 to file transcript on appeal. Henry M. Snoddy and Vera M. S nod dy vs Pioneer Trust Co.: Suit seeking SS.S74 judgment for alleged Injuries suffered by Mary Louise Snoddy, daugh ter of plaintiff, in an auto-train acci dent near West Stayton on Dee. S3. IMS. the auto allegedly being driven by James C. Helms. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Samuel Ellis Orcutt, 19, merehant, 74. N. Cottage st.. and Sally Louise McClelland. 23. secretary. MS N. list St., both of Salem. MUNICIPAL COURT Ronald X. Jones, Jr.. Brooks. vlola Uon of noise ordinance, posted Si bail. John T. Brown, 1809 Market St.. vio lation of basic rule, fined $20. Erick G. Eric k son, The Dalles, vlo laUon of basie rule, posted 7. 90 bail. Lyle E. Bush, Lyons route 1. box 992 charged with reckless driving, pleaded Innocent, posted 150 bail and trial set for December 11 at 1:30 pjn.-' George Beverly Adams, LaOrande, charged with reckless driving, pleaded Innocent, posted S50 ball and trial set for December 11 at 1 JO p.m. Mary Edith Bennett. LaGrande. charged with reckless driving, plead ed Innocent, posted $90 bail and trial set for December 11 at 130 pjn. W53MI3 0,1 8095 337 Cosjrt St. IT mmm Clatter By Joseph AIsop Headquarters: Revolt Is Briasiag WASHINGTON. Nov. 29 There have been angry mutter ing! in the cloak rooms before, but there are now for the first time real signs of a serious re bellion among senate republicans against Senator Robert A. Tafts leadership of the senate majority. If the rebellion materializes it will center, of course; around the price issue. For a number of senate re publicans are making no secret of the fact that they regard Sena tor Taffs root-and-branch oppo ... -. sition to the ad- t minis t r a t i o n program for in flation con t r o 1 as bad politics if nothing worse. The revolt is still in the talk stage, and it may never crvs- Q tallize into ac jfYon. Yet al r r 1 rmaAf close ob Juorph AIst servers of the senate scene are beginning to tick off the names of these republican senators who might be expected to defy the powerful Tart Highest on the list are the names of two freshmen from New Eng land, Ralph . Flanders of Vermont and Raymond Bald win of Connect icut. Already they have out spokenly criti cized what they regard as Taft's "negative a p -proach" to the price issue. Stewart Afavp Baldwin and Flanders might well be Joined by at least four other New Engend ers, Massachusetts'; Sens. Henry Cabot Lodge and Leverett Sals tonstalL Vermont's Sen. George Aiken and New Hampshire's Sen. Charles Tobey. Tobey has already summed up his own attitude to wards the price issue in the phrase "damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead"; an approach which seems to indicate some thing less than full agreement with Senator Taft Aiken has also expressed disapproval of current GOP leadership. Morse Perpetaal Maverick This hard core of New England era may well be reinforced by a scattering of recruits from else where. The perpetual maverick. (Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon, al- mougn an outcast zrom tne party councils, is expected to support a positive price program on the sen ate floor. Another probable re cruit to the rebels is Sen. John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky. Cooper has told intimates that he is convinced that the republican record on prices was directly re sponsible for the, recent republi can debacle in Kentucky. Sen. Ar thur V. Watkins of Utah has also amazed his colleagues by propos ing government purchase of the entire wheat . crop, a proposal which goes beyond anything con tained in the Truman program, and which was greeted with hor ror in the Taft camp. Other possible recruits for . the republican price rebellion include the able Sen. Irving Ives of New York, and Sen. William Knowland of California, Edward Thye of Minnesota? Alexander Smith of New Jersey, C. D. Buck of Dela ware, and Zalee Ecton of Mon tana. Ecton, a member of the price sub-committee for the west, re ceived a vivid object lesson in the meaning of the price situation from his daughter and ion -in-law, who were trying to live on the west coast on $2400 a year. Final ly, Sen. Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan might move quietly into -1- HOLLYWOOD UOS Fairgrounds Hi. i 4 SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER SERVED FROM 11 to 8 - Corn Chowder . Tomato Juice V-8 Juice Fruit Cocktail Peach and Cottage Cheese Salad CHOICE OF: Fried Willapa Oysters with-Tartar Sauce m .85 Grilled Salmon Steak, with lemon butter . .85 Roast Leg of Fresh Pork with applesauce ; 1.00 Roast Young Turkey, cranberry sauce ., 1.25 Baked Virginia Ham with candied yams 1.35 Fried Spring Chicken, southern style 1.25 . Pan Fried Pork Chops with applesauce .....1 1.00 Grilled Lamb Chop with mint jelly - L 1.25 Choice Steer Beef T-Bone Steak 1.50 Chefs Special Steak Chicken Fried Steak .85 Vegetable Potatoes Drink Choice of Desserts We Bake Our Own Pies and Cakes Apple Pie, Hot Mince, Cherry, Pumpkin, Banana Cream Pie Rice Custard, Fruit Jello, or Ice Cream Don't Forget Our 60c Merchant's Lunch. Served Every Day Except Sunday from 11 to 2 Attention Business LI an We have a business immediately south of the New Bank in Hollywood, containing 9500 feet, with an 84 foot frontage on Fairgrounds Road. We will give a long term lease on this ground or will build to suit tenant. G. V. JOHIISOII, REALTOR 2019 Fairgrounds Road Phono 7819 Residon.c) Phone 7451 ' of Fact and Stewart AIsop Wasblagtea. D. C. the rebel camp. Vandenberg will never trespass openly on Taft's domestic policy bailiwick, but he too has undoubtedly heard from industrial Michigan echoes of the mounting anger about prices. And he is in a better position than most to Judge what five dollar wheat might do to American for eign policy. Largely Speculative This listing is, of course, large ly speculative. Yet if even a doz en or so senators openly defied the Taft leadership on the price issue, that would amount to th first really serious break tn re publican senatorial . ranks. The episode of last week's republican conference illustrates why such a break is noW a serious possibility. At this conference the Flanders-Baldwin group urged that the price issue would certainly decide next year's election, that the re publicans must avoid merely whittling down on the Truman program, 'and that they must emerge instead with a positive re publican program. Taft seemed to agree. Yet immediately after the conference, he announced his in tention to whittle away still an- Uther Truman item, that calling for controls on the feeding of high-priced cattle. Hard feelings resulted, and they have not been soothed by an editorial in "The Republican News" written by fatuous Republican Chairman Carroll' Reece. The editorial is captioned "A Cop in Every Kit chen," and . it consists of furious semantics about "totalitarian methods." Propooal Indicated The kind of program the repub lican moderates would like to sub stitute for this unrewarding rage was indicated in the report of the Flanders - Baldwin subcommittee of the Joint committee on the eco nomic report. This report suggests many of the measures proposed in the Truman message. It sug gests further that meat be ra tioned immediately, and that price controls, rather than being angri ly discarded in the Taft manner, be held in reserve as a reluctant last-ditch weapon in the fight on high prices. It is Interesting r that this program is much like.; that proposed by the middle-of-the-roaders among the president's ad visers, who were finally over ruled by the president when he decided to go the whole hog for rationing and price oontroL The brewing republican rebel lion may yet be quashehd. Yet It is at least heartening that a num ber of senate republicans see more in the price problem than a chance to hurl Truman's silly re mark about "police state meth ods' back in his face. And it is also heartening that a reasonable compromise on the issue between the administration and the con gress is at least not beyond the bounds of possibility. 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