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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1948)
Bank Auditors Meet Today t A. A. Rogers, state superinten dent of -banks, will be speaker for a meeting in Salem this Retain "BILL" IIcKIHKEY Ilnnicipal Judge evening of the Portland Confer ence of Bank Auditors and Comp trollers. A tour of Salem branches of the U. S. National and First National banks of Portland will precede the meeting. The group will have dinner at 6:30 pjn. at Nohlren's restaur ant, with guests from the local banks. i .jr. .. , t i .' . v v., Eagles to Hear Sen. McKay Anproximately 500 members of the Fraternal Order of Eaeles and : auxiliary are expected in Salem '. Saturday and Sunday for the quarterly zone meeting. Principal ispeaker Sunday afternoon will be St;te Sen. Douglas McKay of , Salem aerie. The session will begin with in- ! formal entertainment Saturday afternoon and a dance that even ing at the hall on North High street. The Sunday meeting will in clude initiation and rituali-tie woik. Delegates are expected from McMinnville. Albany. Cot tage Grove. Eugene, Sweet Home and Dallas. Legisl Jones Brands ature As Reactionary Ronald E. Jones, president of the Oregon Farmers union, Wed nesday released a - statement branding the Oregon legislative 'eadership ; as reactionary, and urging every Oregon voter to carefully investigate the legisla tive; record of candidates at the November election. "The record of the 1947 legisla ture: is well known," Jones srid. "Their program of sales tax leg islation was overwhelmingly re pudiated by the voters and their talk of inadequacy of the state in come tax has also been showed up by the huge surplus of revenues on hand at the present time.'" Jones said indications are that the garpe leadership which organ ized; and controlled the last leg islature will organize and control the 1949 legislature. Voters were , reminded by Jones that the Ore gon Farmers Union had suggested a tax program, similar to Gover nor Snell's at the 1947 legislative session, which, if adopted, would have balanced the budget and made a sane tax program for the state of Oregon. He declared the Farmers Union would again offer a constructive program at the coming legislative session embodying some of those same principles. CONTINUE PRESENT MUNICIPAL SYSTEM Pd. Adv. by McKinney for Judge Comm. FOB FRIENDLIER BUS ; SERVICE 520 NJ High, Marion at High BUS DEPOT Phone 3.3815 County's Road ; Claims Refuted, j Inquiry Shows A road requested and tentatively established as a county road 50 years ago, but on which right-of-way was evidently never secured, will probably be removed from the Marion county road system and maps, the county court indi cated Wednesday. Whether the stretch existed as county road 950 came under ques tion recently when John McGuf fin, owner of adjacent land, set up a gate across the roadway. Pro tests brought the matter to the court. Investigation by the district at torney's office showed that in 1898 the court's order to establish the road was dependent upon payment of $190 to owners of the desired right-of-way property. The coun ty was to add $60 to the $130 to be raised by those seeking estab lishment of the thoroughfare. But the investigation disclosed no evidence that the right-of-way was ever purchased nor that title was gained by the county. The district attorney said that the county engineer in 1898 had evidently included the road on the map on the basis of the court or- Civil Service List Compiles Job Openings Both semi - skilled and profes sional positions with federal ag-i encies are on me examination iisiy announced Wednesday by the U S. civil service commission. Ad ditional information is available from W. H. Fischer, civil service J secretary at Salem postoffice. Appointments to mathematician, metallurgist and physicist posi tions, at an annual salary of $2, 974, requires completion of a four year college course or its equiva lent in the appropriate field. Age limits are 18 to 35 years except for war veterans. The jobs are in Washington, D. C, and vicinity. Lithographic work, at $2,225 per year, includes lithographic draftsmen, lithographic transfer rer (hand), transferrer negative engraver, trainees and others. Ex perience or training is required for most of the jobs. Age limits are 18 to 62 years except for train ees, 16 to 25 years, with limits waived for veterans. These posi tions ae also in the national cap ital area. In the Portland army engineer district, jobs open on the basis of experience and training are op erator (drill or dredging barge) at $1.33 per hour; fourth assist ant engineer (hopper dredge, class II, steam), $1.44; fourth mate (hopper dredge, class II), $1.44; general mechanic (pipeline dredge), $1.44; third mate (hop per dredge, class II), $1.56; black smith, $1.44. der, without checking final com pliance. Fall City Club Group Entertain at Luncheon FALLS CITY, Oct. 27 No host dinner honoring Mildred Wray on her birthday was given last Friday at her home; The guests included Mrs. Alma Freer, Mrs. Jim Dickenson, Mrs. Clayton Crayne, Mrs. Christine Lehnert, Mrs. Harvey Marr, Mrs. Billy Shephard, Mrs. Lillian Kit chen, Mrs. Jessie Moyer, Mrs. Les lie Grippin. The Lark club was entertained by Mrs. Ethel Teal Tuesday with a covered dish luncheon. The No vember meeting will be with Mrs. Ora Wilson. Others present were Mrs. Jessie Jones, Mrs. Neva Po lan, Mrs. Bill Powers. Mrs. Chris tine Lehnert. Mrs. Emma Frink, Mrs. John Gilbert, Mrs. John Teal Mrs. Mary Ellis. The- Stat man, Salami Ofqon, Thursday, October 23. 1943 7 cpup. The widest losses were trimmed in many cases and a fail number! of key issues ended a bit higher. i I Selling became a little imore in-! sistent during the last hour of business; . j Volume dropped below 1,000, 000 shares fdV the first full session in 10 days. Turnover of 970,000 shares compared with il, 140,000! Tuesday'!. jThe Associated Press; average Stock Market Falls Behind NEW YORK, Oct. 27 -(JP)- The stock market operated in lower price territory today despite half hearted attempts to pull ahead. Final prices were off by frac tions to around 2 points. Most of the damage was done soon after the opening bell and the rest of the day was spent trying to re- i Look Here! Just Arrived Hard to get Price Low j Aluminum I Garage Doors 18 ft- 4 7 ft. overhead type. ! Al Hardware Included. 75.95 ; Pumilile Block and Supply Co. j West Salem j of 60 stocks dipped J2 of one point to 70.6, the second average loss this week. Of the 1,023 issues which appeared on the tape, 422 declined while 259 advanced. For A Roof . OF ' Endnring Beauly AND Distinction ASK FOR w HP f.umluim ml dA SHINGLES AT YOUR BUILDING SUPPLY DEALER C3I0!JMCJ DEISMS AiBPAIT HCHOTDC MS IT mm mmm ot varans w A state regulated electric system is required to provide service of a definite standard to every Salem citizen who wants it. A state regulated electric system can't pick .i and choose its customers, can't discriminate. It can't take only profitable business, and leave the unprofitable business to somebody else. Portland General Electric Company is an Oregon electric system, run by Oregon people. It is regulated by the State of Oregon. PGE, itself an Oregon citizen, certainly doesn't want to discriminate between other Oregon citizens who are its customers. But even if it did, they are protected by state regulation! If PGE fails to satisfy the complaint of any customer, he or she has the right of appeal to the Public Utilities Commissioner, whose office is here in Salem. Franchise -seeking Salem Electric can refuse service; Unregulated Salem Electric is not obligated, under its present organizational rules, to serve the public's interest in the matter of providing adequate service to all the city. It can refuse to serve "thin" areas and take only the profitable "cream," as it alone chooses. No dis satisfied customer can appeal to anybody other than Salem Electric itself. In good faith, franchise-seeking Salem Electric should consent to state regulation before asking Salem citizens to approve a franchise. STATE REGULATED SERVICE IS BETTER ON ALL COUNTS! Ki PROFITS ARE UfAlTtD BY LAW Earnings of the Portland General Electric Company are limited oy state law to a reasonable return on the value of electric facilities needed to serve the public. Earnings are about 6 per cent a year. .Kate regulation keeps profits reasonable. This is not trvm with Salm Elottric. Earnings arm uncontrolled. Hiding under a "non-profit" label to avoid paying taxes and to avoid state regulation as a public utility, Salem Electric can make all the money out of its operation that the traffic will bear. No state or city agency acts in the public interest to control earnings. YOUR 0WII STATE GOVERNMENT REGULATES PGE RATES Since the-very beginning PGE customers have enjoyed lower and lower electric rates. That is because the consumer benefits from all technical improvements that lower the cost of producing and distributing electricity. Customer's interests are always protected by state regulation. PGE must reduce rates whenever the Public Utilities Commissioner finds that reductions are justified. Salom Eloctric can rots frs rates of any timm. No state or city agency supervises the rates charged by Salem Electric. In the past, it has increased rates. If Salem Electric obtains approval of its proposed franchise on the ballot November 2, it can later increase its rates without control by any agency acting in the public interest. , PGE LARGEST BONNEVILLE POWER DISTRIBUTOR PGE is the largest distributor of Bonneville Power in the Pacific Northwest and has been ever since federal dams on the Columbia River were first built. In addition it operates five major hydro electric plants and three steam "generating plants ample power to serve Salem and surrounding communities. Soam Electric has failed to build edoquato standby power sources fo sorvm Salom in time of mmorgonty. In this way it avoids paying real property taxes. It buys power from only one source ... owns no generating plants. It builds only distribution lines (personal property requiring Salem Electric to pay only a slight tax). It invests in only the flimsiest sort of repair facilities. PGE PAYS ITS FULL SHARE OF TAXES PGE is taxed like any other property owner, paying its full share of taxes for support of city schools and government, the state and federal governments. Between 17 and 20 cents out of each income dollar goes back to the public in the form of taxes. Sofam lotri avoids almost all faxes. It pays no state or federal income taxes, no direct taxes for support of schools, no real property taxes to the city. In 1917 its total taxes amounted to only 2.6 cents out of each income dollar. Out Edrewater St. I ; 1 i n Jtf - Sfc '"-a ENDORSE if .vy PERSONAL I JM jP GOOD TASTE WlWW I ft 1 L 1 I l $ j I r $52.50 to Lo.ol 1 t jl j ! iW fe i u I - I GUARD State Regulated Electric Service mm 11 m AGAINST THE FRANCHISE row, PAID ADV. 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