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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1948)
The Sled Mayor Avers Gties 'Merged' Informally Now Mayor Walter liusgravs f Weat fcalem took the stand that Salem nd Weat Salem arc, for all prac tical purposes, already on com munity in explaining the advant age of a merger between the two cities at a Junior ChamLer of Commerce luncheon In the Marioo hoetl Tuesday noon. Musgrave backed his opinion by citing that West Salem is depen dent on Salem now for hospitals, theatres and fire protection. "West Salem does not even ap pear on most maps," Musgrave Mid, noting that the post office does not recognize the distinction between Salem and West Salem. The mayor, who has been a re sident of West Salem for only two years, said the principle opposition to the merger came from "old timers" in West Salem and paid Wtt Salem city employes. He pointed to members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce as young men who were backing the merger movement. Musgrave also pointed out that the tax rat of Salem and Wast Salem is virtually equal. Board to Consider Near $2 Million in Highway Projects Bids for state highway pro jects aggregating a cost of $1,200, 000, in addition to projects prev iously announced estimated to rtfct more than $600,000. will be considered by the state highway rommiuion at a meeting in Port land February 2 and 3. Included are the Bristol under - crossing and Troutdale grade separation structures on the Co lumbia river highway in Mult nomah county. Among other projects are two in Lincoln county: Rock surfac ing, covering SJ7 miles, and 10 in lie of oiling on the Hatchery creek-Benton county line section of the Alsea highway. Construction of 260-foot rein forced concrete and steel girder viaduct over Salmon river on the Oregon Coast highway. Forger Granted Wish; Returned to State Penitentiary John E. Winn. 1390 La st who had told arresting officers he wanted to return to the state pris on, had his wish Tuesday when Circuit Judge E. M. Page sen tenced him to. a four-year term. Winn pleaded guilty to forgery In the Marion county circuit court here and expressed satisfaction when the judge made it clear he ci hj Id not parole him because of hi previous prison term for forg ery. Winn was arrested by Salem detectives and charged with pass ing two worthless checks totaling $47 at a local grocery. Federal Official Confers with Hall G Cirard Davidson, assistant ecretary of the interior with headquarters in Washington. D. C. conferred with Gov. John Hall nearly an hour Tuesdsy. The visitor said he thanked the governor for the latter's coopera tion in working out problems of mutual interest to the state and federal governments. He partieu lulr mentioned water power and fisheries. Davidson stopped off here en route to Eugene to attend a hearing on forest sustained yield problems Involving both Oregon hd California. EVERYTHING COMES TO HIM WHO WAITS , K WE. KEEPS HIS HOOK Why fish arnd trying to flad a aare eeettesnlcal aad -able sieve sad f am see feel? Mebilheat Is year answer. Dea't wait an til the Last mla ate te get year sapplr. . . . Order new threagh year Ms Micas dealer er H. A. dlstribvtee. r 5 r- IT' v -Wlil Solam, Oregon. Wedn day. Tm. 11. 1U1 Plan 4-H Club Training Mejets First of a series of three 4-H club training meetings wfll be held Saturday at Stay ton high school with club members, j lead ers and parents invited to partici pate. Later meetings will be held at ML Angel. January 31, and in Salem on February 7. Esther Taskerud and Calvin Monro, assistant state club lead ers, will be among the training instructors. Others will be Anthol Riney. Marion dub agent;! Con stance Hampton, assistant; club agent; Carmalite Wed die and Eth el Gulvin. will held with the train ing meetings at on or two of the three meetings.' Notices of the training meetings have been mailed to all 4-H club members and leaders in each of the three areas. The Staytoni meet ing will convene at 10 o'clock in the high school auditorium and the final assembly Is scheduled for 2:30 o'clock. First Citizen Dinner Tonight Salem's Junior First Citizen for 1147 will be announced, and hon ored, at tonight's Founder's day banquet of the Junior Chamber of Commerce which will begin at 7 o'clock in the Mirror room, of the Marion hotel. The event is the culmination of Jumor Chamber of Commerce week in Salem which was pro claimed earlier by Mayor R. L. FJfstrom. Highlighting th pro gram will be an address by As sistant Attorney General Rex Kimmell. Don Douris, former Jun ior First Citizeu. will givefthe in vocation. Frank Bennett, school superin tendent, will make the first citi zen award. Kenneth Frad, chair man of th banquet, will present Jsyce Keys to members of th Junior Chamber of Commerce who have doneo utstsnding work for the organization during the past year. Clow Is Elected Club President LTNIONVALZ Newly elected officers of the Community club are John Clow, president; Fred Withe. Jr.. vie president; Mrs. Victor Geiger, secretary; Ari Lau ner, treasurer. William N. Perry, in charge of 4-H club work in Yamhill county, showed two reels of film. Next meeting will b a Valentin pie social to raise mon ey for the club's activities. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mage re ceived word that their son-in-law and daughter, the Rev. and Mrs. E. Clark Robb. have arrived safe ly at their new home in Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Martin Braat has return ed home after two weeks with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Esteele at Myr tle Point. The Friday Sewing club met with Mrs. Nellie Thein this week. Next meeting will be with Mrs. Msxin Noble. Jews to Mobilize For Defense Work JERUSALEM. Jsn. ZO-WFVThe office of the chief of Jewish mo bilization announced tonight that all Jewish men and women in Pal estine between the ages of 25 and 40 would be enrolled in defense work by February 1. The announcement said the Jew ish students graduating from high school or college no longer would be permitted to leave the Holy Land for advanced study because all available strength wss needed here In the fight against th Arabs. . A TAMELESS WATER SYSTEM COMPLiTt IN ITSiLP I SaWvM GaVv0f m 1 I sNtal 9sM flaWll 0e 1 - - NOSfuaT fa HO 1X9 Eyerly Tractor SUvcrton Rd. s Greek Guerrillas Captured by -M- - f ' -' l"t ': - ,t f-1 1 - ' '---'I t -, - -i t f . I -"""""TTT;- r - t . ATHENS. Greece. Jan. tt Barber wire steckade at Ieannlna helds guerrilla fighters csptnred by Greek a-eversussent tr la flajhtlng la Nertaera Greece. (AC Wlrephet t th Statesman.) Sen. Chase to Head Farm Labor Council Tha i new state agricultural ad visory council Tuesday elected State Sen. Truman Chase of Eu gene chairman and began atudy of Oregon farm labor needs which now are to be cared for through more than 80 state employment service offices. Predictions of pesk seasonal farm worker demands of some 65, 000 over Oregon were accompan ied by assurances from employ ment service representatives that farm labor placement would be carried out by 32 full-time, 30 itinerant and 20 to 30 seasonal of fices in areas requiring mifrant and domestic farm laborers. Earl R. Lovell, director of the state employment service, was el ected secretary of the council. Estimates of workers needed from th opening of the sugar beet thinning and lettuce harvest in the Ontario district in early May until : the last apples,' nuts and peara have been gathered in late November were placed before the council by Joe Wilson, farm place ment director. Th establishment of separata offices for farm labor, even in communities with full-time em ployment offices, to meet peak needs, came in for considerable discussion but not recommenda tion wss made, pending further investigation. Criticism was voi ced by some members of the coun cil that farm labor could not be supplied adequately in some offi ces where heavy industrial place ments are mdae. To solve this problem and other local emergencies It was urged that; local advisory committees be organized. Farm labor camps and housing are still required in Oregon, but financing must be left to the grow ers. Chairman Chase declared. Other members of the advisory council attending the meeting were H. H. Chindgren, Molalla; J. J. Fisher, Gresham; H. G. Hohwies ner. Portland; D. F. Kennedy, In dependence; R. K. Norris, Med f ord ; Henry Simon, Klamath Falls, and E. C. Kiegler, Hood River. Th next meeting will be held la March. FUNERAL FOR COLUMNIST MEDFORD. Jan. 20-IVFuneral services for Arthur Gordon Per ry, 62-long-time reporter and col umnist of the Medford Mail-Trib- I una, will be held her tomorrow. rUK ittAllUV lfCLL Here it 1st ... A w fniinJ water system without s taak...for shallow well service, f ally aatoesaric Opea aay faucet in the systesa. aad Its aelsV adriag capacity featare delivers Jose th voXoaae of frtk wacer roa wsat fall atreaas oc trickle iastsatly, coascaatlf, qoiedy. at aay e all ouets, ap to th cspaciry of chepassp. No prissiaf. No tfosbli. Low first cost. ao tank to bay, iexpasv tastallarioa, los carreat coasuanptioa. Opacity to 540 gsls per hoar, depend iag epoa sactioa lift. Cosse la aad coaviace yoarsel that this la trmJy ah aaewec to the probieaa of frtshj frai shallow wU. & Ecjripmenl Go Phont 8S55 Jr. ... . ': , S - Valley Obituaries Alas W. Harlbart SILVERTON Aina W. Hurl burt, widow of Thomas N. Hurl burt, late .sheriff of Multnomah county, died Tuesday at th horn of a daughter, Mrs. Oscar C. Ed lund, 108 Pine st. She had lived here for the past year. Mrs. Hurlburt, born in Finland, Jan. 7, 1869, is survived by three grandchildren, four great grand children and three hall-sisters. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Eman Funeral home. Petersen to Try For State Senate KLAMATH FALLS, Jan. tO-Mariua Petersen today 20.-an- nounced candidacy for the demo cratic nomination for 17th district senator. A farmer and former mill oper ator of Lane county, Petersen ran for the senate in 1940, and 1944. losing each time to the late Sen. Marshall E. Cornett, republican. Earl Phil Hitchcock, Klamath Falls republican, announced he wold be a candidate for the posi tion. Marine Corps Auxiliary To Hold State Executive Session in Salem Soon A state marine crops league aux iliary executive session will be held Friday, February 6, at Nor mandy Manor in Salem, it was an nounced this week by Fay Bozelle, Cottage Grove, state president. The announcement was made at a meeting of Gerald Dwain Her ebrt unit, a Eugene detachment, attended Monday night by several Salem league and auxiliary mem bers, including Gen Wheeler, state commandant, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Simpkins, Golds Wheeler, Mrs. Eva Rush and G. Snook. HALL TO VISIT PENDLETON PENDLETON, Jan. 20-JP)-Gov- trnor Hall will address a Kiwanis club luncheon here Feb. 3. Secre tary of Stat Newbry will accom pany the governor, and the two officials will visit eastern Oregon stat hospital In th afternoon. MBJKMS- 'P Mt- ; " I A LESSON FROM THE CHIN Illness often can be prevented by regular health examinations. Form a habit of visiting your doc tor often at least twice a year. If you do not have a family physician, we will be glad to rec cenmend several from whom you can make you selection. WILLETTS Capital Dreg Stare Cor. State & Liberty - Phont Silt Government ... fs Garden Road ISeighbort Entertained on Friday EAST SALEM Mrs. Earl Wood was hostess for members of th Garden Road Neighborhood club at her home on Lancaster drive Friday. Members present for the 1 o'clock luncheon and social after noon were Mrs. Paul Lynch, Mrs. Charles E. Siegmund, Mrs. Walter Swingle, Mrs. A. R. Tartar, Mrs. A. C. Schsfer, Mrs. Ralph Werner, Mrs. B. E. Braucht, Mrs Richard T. Wicklander, Mrs. Archi Weht je. Mrs. W. E. Richardson, Mrs. William Hartley and the hostess. Guests were Mrs. William Jud son, who assisted her mother in serving, and Francis Byram, who will be a new member of the club this year. Independence Gun Club Elects New Officers INDEPENDENCE Cub Pack meeting will b held at Independ ence Grade School January 30 at 8 pn. Each cub will demon strate tricks In line with the slo gan for the month of "Tricks.'' Jack Spong, a professional trick artist, will be present and enter tain the group with bricks. All parents of pack members as well as friends are invited. Mrs. Shaffer Guest f Speaker at Independence INDEPENDENCE Viola Shaffer, Polk horn agent, is sche duled to be the guest speaker at th woman's club Tuesday, Janu ary 20. Music will b presented by the girls' high school chorus. Hostesses will be Mrs. W. F. Mc- Bee, Mrs. M. J. Butler, Mrs. A. L. Harding, Mrs. jo Rogers and Mrs. O. D. Butler. ACTOR DENIES CRUELTY LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20.-VP)-A brief answer, denying Actress An nabella's charges of cruelty and desertion, was filed by Film Play er Tyrone Power today in his es tranged wife a divorce suit. WANTED BY LANE COUNTY Gov. John H. Hall issued pa pers Monday seeking the return of James Farrell, under arrest at Litchfield, 111-, who is wanted In Lan county for uttering forged bank check. The story is told that the Chi nese pay the doctor to keep them well, and if they contract illness, the doctor pays them instead. Whether or not this story is true, the general idea is sound. Serious Idaho Oregon Agree on Milk Label Rulings Several proposals for more uni form handling of milk in the Oregon-Idaho border territory were agreed to at a recent conference of state department of agriculture officials and public health offi cials of the two states, O. K. Beals, chief of the Oregon divi sion of foods and dairies, reported on his return here Saturday. The group decided that milk produced and bottled in Idaho may be distributed in Oregon pro viding it is labeled Grade A. While Idaho producers selling in Oregon will not need an Oregon license, Idaho distributors must have an Oregon Grade A pas teurization plant license to dis tribute milk in this state. In cases where Idaho milk pro ducers ship directly to Oregon distributors such producers will be licensed and inspected by Ore gon. The officials agreed to Joint border inspection and also dis cussed desirable means of coordi nating the grading of factory milk as it concerns the states of Ore gon and Idaho. Silverton Scouts Take Weekend Outing Jaunt SILVERTON Fifteen boys of Silverton Scout troop 52, accom panied by Scoutmaster Clayton Marcoe. Mel Bishop and Sam Jones, went on an overnight camping trip Saturday and Sun day on the upper Abiqua near the 20-acre tract donated by Christian Peterson for scout ac tivities. Norman Naegeli, neigh borhood commissioner, was a guest In addition to hikes, morning religious service was held Sunday Specialize in E&ide So Order Store IFixfrires . Of All Types Restaurant Grocery Meat Market Tavern O Drue Clothing KITCHEN CABINETS WARDROBES LINEN CLOSETS, ETC. FREE ESTIMATES Beavercraii Co. 575 N. Lancaster Salem, Oregon Phone 9414 Electric Refrigerators r j - A Limited Supply of Model L. F. - 747 For Immediate Delivery Have 25-lb. Freezer Compartment Steel I-2easnring Tapes 25-FL . . . 2.95 50-FL . . . 3.75 Easy to Read In d arable pocket size case. Pole t-ft.3.35 if. rt 3.65 lt.ft. 3.95 236 Conciliators Chosen in Communications Strike NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-(yP)-The city administration today set up a special conciliation committee in n effort to end a strike of some 3,000 foreign communication workers on the east and west coasts. Mayor William ODwyer issued messages inviting both sides in the three-weeks-old dispute to confer with the committee. FAVORS THIRD PARTY COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, Jan. 20-(yP)-Approval of a third party "as a means of expression for sev eral million independent voters who heretofore voted for Frank lin D. Roosevelt" was expressed by the Idaho state CIO-PAC Mon day. Lunch -Kits Standard slse with pint Thermos bettle. 2.69 Janler slse with Vs-PC bettle, 2S9 Thermos Dollies Pint er Quart Stses 1.55 PYDEXUARE PLATTERS 12" Sire, 1.00, 15" size MIXING BOWLS 3-piece set 4 -piece colored set . Measuring Cups 8-oz. size 16-oz. size - 32-oz. size LOAF PANS 1 2-quart size N. COMMERCIAL ST. SALEM, Cecil Snyder May Not Face Trial for Father's Death BEND, Jan. 20.-CVThe possij bility arose today that Cecil CnyJ der, 11, may be placed on parol . without facing a trial on a chargt of killing his father. The boy was arrested Decembef 18, a few days after his father's death from eating a cheese sand wich. Police said the boy confess ed placing poison in the sandwich: because of bis father' "cruelty." Attorneys waived a grand jury hearing for the boy, then moved to have the case turned over to Juvenile court. Circuit Judge R. S. Hamilton has the motion under advisement. j Fairbanlis Horse Automatic - Shallow Well PUI2PS NO. 7 4-H. P. Pump de livering 225 -Gal per hour. 89.50 Novt Installed NO. 2U-H. P. heaw dui pump delivering 400-gaL per hr. 41 ank50 Now Installed T THESE are the correct type systems for driven wells. I TERMS are available with three years to piy. 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