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! tit- Food Requested for 3000 Wild Geese, Ducks Near Starvation on Willamette Izaak Waltons to Ferry Food Donations to Wild Life Today (Iff; s1 t - Br Jerry Stone planned. Another feeding is ten- Staff Writer. Tbe Statesman tatively set for Friday. 3 Wildlife croups last night is- Willard Taylor, operator of the cued an urgent appeal for grain Salem Boathouse, has offered his and corn .to feed an estimated premises at the foot of Chemeke 3.000 wild ceese and ducks whichr vta street for the emergency and face starvation! in the. bar area- west of Minto's island. The water fowl were first de tected five days ago in the local sector and their plight has grown worse daily as they have been unable to get their dietfof roots and grasses because or the froz en condition of the ground. Don Harger, president of the Salem Izaak Walton chapter, an nounced the Salem boathouse as a central depot to which food can be brought. Harger asks that as many donations as possible be in the depot by 10:30 this morn ing when the initial feeding is Brrr . . . five below, zero when X got off the train at Spokane Tuesday morning on a one-oay trip back to the Inland Empire. A walk to the Davenport hotel, an- tidDated as a good morning bra eer. craved to be like a long stay in the locker at the Ice plant; on got chilled clear through. Men wearing ear tabs or caps with flaps pulled down . . . worn en wearing pullover galoshes . . high school boys with extra sweat . ers on. Folk quickly adapt them selves to weather changes. Spokane has long been famed as the "power city" but it was as stingy with power as any other in the northwest this week. People were admonished by every means of communication to scale down their power consumption. Perma nent Metals (Kaiser) was pre pared to pull the switch at its aluminum plant during the peak period If it became necessary. By stage down to Ritzville; state highway well cleared but the en tire landscape a vast spread of white. The : snow cover seemed quite uniform, about eight or 10 Inches deep, and is indispensable to protect fall-sown wheat during below-zero weather. You leave the scrubby pfate-4ut west of Cheneyf and the rolling r country, snow blanketed, dotted with farmsteads, looked like a Christmas card. Last year proved another good year for wheat growers, particu larly for those In the "light land" region on )3m fringe of the Co lumbia basin project, where yields rarely go above 12 bushels or 15 to the acre. Twice that in 1948., - Wheat prices have sagged to parity, except on early baart (spring) wheat, which commands a premium for its higher protein (Continued on eoitoruu page) Improvements in Polk jails Left Up To Townspeople DALLAS. Jan. 12 -(Special) Any action to improve conditions In Polk county city jails should come from resident of the towns Involved. R. S. K&eason, district attorney has announced following a report filed by the grand jury. 1 The report, filed Monday with Circuit Judge Arlie Walker found conditions "fair" at the Indepen dence Jail and "very unsatisfac tory" at West Salem. At Falls City several unxavoraDie condi tions were noted. The Polk county Jail at Dallas received a favor able report. Measles, Mumps Slow Increase PORTLAND, Jan. 12-P-Ore- gon's children really have measles this week. The state board of health re ported m 56 per cent Increase in the number- of measles cases: to 280. Most of those stricken live in Columbia, Coos, Lane, Linn, Mult nomah and Washington counties. Mumps doubled in prevalence. Most of those cases were in Mar lon and Clatsop counties. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "And whit cm tdo for you? OTP TO ODDS has also placed a tugboat at the disposal of the local Izaak Wal ton chapter- which is handling the operations. Jim Loder of Salem, president of the Oregon Wildlife Federa tion, also Joined in asking for public aid in the situation. The "fowl ; received some sus tenance Tuesday when Phil Ger ber, operator of the West Side Market in West Salem, deposited two sacks of grain on the island. Gerber relates the birds were so weak that they could be picked up without ;'- any protest. ed SfoeDls Exploding ion Peipimg SHANGHAI, Thursday, Jan. 13-0P)-AP correspondent Spencer Moosa hinted broadly today in a censored dispatch that Peiping ancient capital in north China is under communist shellfire. Thwarted by censors in what appeared to be repeated efforts to get out a straightforward dispatch, Moosa filed the following message: "New, sudden grimness developed at Peiping, now in its 30th day Odom Takes off From Hawaii in Try for Record HONOLULU, Jan. 12-VLanky Bill Odom took off over the dark ening Pacific late today on a pro jected nonstop flight to New York in an effort to set a new distance record for small planes. Scrunched . into : the tiny com partment of, his I single - engined "Waikiki Beech," Odom lifted- the heavily-loaded Beejchcraft off the runway at 8:32 pjn. (8:32 p.m., PST) on the 5,010 mile hop. Odom has flown around the world twice. He had waited since December 31 for a favorable break in the weather across the Pacific and on the mainland. The small plane distance record is 2,061 miles, established Sept. 23, 1937 by two Russians on a hop from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk. Od om hoped for help from tail winds. Odom's 185 horsepower plane took off with about 2,100 pounds. of.whichpearjr L560 pounds was gasoline. - - - - Before taking off, Odom told re porters: i . "I expect to make New York in 32 hours. This is the day I've been waiting for. The winds are good. I expect to reach Seattle in 18 hours eight minutes." Overhead a navy privateer was circling. It will accompany Odom's plane part of the way on the Pa cific leg of the flight Just in case he' runs into trouble. Salem rto See Rose Festival? PORTLAND, Jan. 12-CaVThe manager of a firm which has a television permit for the Portland area said today .his company plans to televise the 1949 Rose Festival Charles D. Brown, manager of Video Broadcasting corporation, said he hoped to start a test pat tern in late March or April, and begin regular programs in May. The field of reception should run from about Salem to Longview, he said. j Video has the only television construction permit granted so far in the Portland area by the fed eral communications commission. Dean Acheson By Dob Whitehead WASHINGTON. Jan. 12 - UP) The Senate foreign relations com mittee will give Dean Acheson a chanc tomorrow' to state publicly his attitude toward communist Russia. Senator George (D-Ga) said to day this Is one of the reasons why the committee called jfor open bearings on Acheson 's nomination to. succeed Gen. George C. Mar shall as secretary of state. George said it was only fair to give Ache son a chance to answer rumors and charges that he once favored a "soft" policy toward Russia. Acheson will be the! first wit ness when the hearings open at 10:30 am. (7:30 a.m. PST) in the large caucus room of the senate office building. U. S. Bureau to Take Business! Census of City The U. S. department of com merce will take a business census of. .Salem, covering retail and wholesale operations of 1948, in the near future. The plan was disclosed in Sa lem Wednesday by James . Max well, economist with the federal department's Portland office. He said Salem has not had la business census since 1940. I DRAFT DORMANT IN STATE PORTLAND, Jan. 12 -(Py- The state selective service office was notified today that no men will be inducted in February lor March. State Director Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea said physical examinations would be discontinued in Oregon until the draft resumes. Hearing Today ...The hungry fowl include a Wide variety of ducks, Canadian bonkers, and brant a smaller type of honker. Handling the feeding will be Harger, Bob Browne and other members of the Izaak Walton group together with Loder and Lynne Darnielle, secretary trea surer of the Oregon Wildlife Federation. Officials -intimated that an aerial survey may be made of the Willamette river in the local area to determine if other bird flocks are similarly marooned. Harger also announced that cash contributions may be sent to White's Feed store in Salem. The Waltons purchased $150 worth of grain last night as a start. (Reported of siege, but tne lorm it tooic can not be divulged. The censor is ob durate. Every argument is useless. He is not convinced that the facts he is trying to conceal from the outside world will soonor or later leak out, and most probably be much magnified. Shell Explodes "Let the censor explain why you cannot say a shell exploded about 100 feet from the office where two Americans were work ing, James D. Van Putten of Car-J linville, 111., and Richard McCar thy of Webster City, Iowa. "Let him explain why you can not say other shells exploded. Let him look at the messages he had blue pencilled when he reads ac counts in the Shanghai' Press of experiences of a plane-load of pas sengers from Peiping and their pi lots, John Butler, Longview, Wash., and Ralph Johnson of Wil mette. 111. Let Him Repent "When he reads their , stories, let him repent and relent.' "Let him weep into his beer or his tea, whatever he drinks, for the exasperation and heartbreak he causes correspondents. "They explode too, just as shells do, but their's is pathetic wrath because all its fury cannot move a censor as a shell could. NANKING. Jan. M-tfVTlent- sin's surrender was believed being arranged today by representatives of citizens, clamoring for peace ar ter the garrison rejected red terms. (Associated Press Correspon dent Spencer Moosa in Peiping said there were trustworthy re ports the reds refused to compro mise, called for Tientsin's answer within 24 hours, and underscored their ultimatum by firing shells into the city, causing "quite a few casualties. ) Truman Visits Gen. Marshall WASHINGTON, Jan. 12- (JP) - President Truman made a flying visit to ailing Secretary of State Marshall at Pinehurst, N. C to day after slipping out of Washing ton without advance notice. Mr. Truman returned to the capital five hours later on an after-dark flight home. The president told newsmen he found Marshall looking "better than I have seen him in a month. California Snow Well Publicized In Florida" Areas JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 12- CP Southern California's big snow was the biggest news in Florida today. With the mercury idling in the 80s under clear skies, Florida newspapers told the story in front page eight-column headlines. One daily proclaimed: "Fourth day of snow in Call fornia; western states all hard hit by winter's freeze." Snow scene photos from Los Angeles and environs helped put the idea across. Radio newscasters also did their bit in letting their listeners know. The price of oranges here has risen $1 a box wholesale and are now selling for S3 a box. Rep. Norblad to Help Readjust Committees U.S. Rep. Walter Norblad of thjs Oregon district sent word Wednesday he has been appointed a member of the House committee on committees. , This group determines the re publican membership of all house committees and is currently meet ing to readjust previous committee assignments changed by the GOP loss of control of the house and to make appointments involving newly -elected members - State Highway Shops Burn at Fort Klamath . KLAMATH FALLS, Jan. 12-UP) The state highway shops and gar age at Fort Klamath were de stroyed by fire today, : together with all the snow plow equipment. The fire broke out early this morning from-, an undetermined cause. Fort Klamath is 40 miles north of here. 12 PAGES Schooling Aid Bills In Hopper By Wendell Webb -Managing Editor. The Statesman The state's 45th legislature be gan its shift from low gear Wed nesday to take on such formal pro posals as increased gasoline taxes. doubled educational aid for veter ans and the establishment of junior college in Portland. And ready for introduction to day was a bill by Rep. Joseph Harvey of Portland calling for a 10 per cent state amusement tax which he estimated would provide sufficient revenue to bring the controversial minimum monthly monthly old-age assistance to $50. There was also another meas ure filed Wednesday providing for a lieutenant governor, its spons ors Sens. Richard Neuberger. Portland, , and Robert Holmes Gearhart, contending that such an officer should not have executive duties as specified in a previous similar resolution filed by Sens. Thomas Mahoney and Jack Lynch of Portland. An increase from 5 to 6 cents in the state gasoline tax was sought in bills by Rep. Earl Hill of Cush man, who would have the extra cent go for highway debt amorti zation and bar exemptions except for aircraft. Another bill by Hill would authorize issuance of high way commission bonds. More Education Aid for Vets An Increase from S3 5 to a month as educational aid for vet erans of World War II was sought in a bijl by Reps. Phil Dreyer and jamestM organ oi fortiana. The junior college, as an ad junct to the University of Oregon, was proposed by Sen. Richard Neuberger of Portland whose bill would appropriate $2,000,000 for it and would force completion next year by barring construction ex penditure of more than $100,000 on any other campus until the jun ior college opened. Little opposition was foreseen for a bill introduced by Rep. John Steelhammer of Salem and others providing for a continuance of the $20 COst-of-living monthly wage increase for state employes until July 1 when the budget for the new biennium will go into effect. Would Bar Minors Another bill by Rep. Harvey of Portland would bar minors in places serving liquor, and a mem orial would request congress to proceed immediately with flood control projects in the northwest. Labor bills also were in the making today, and it appeared that for the first time the Ameri can Federation of Labor and the congress of Industrial Organiza tion would unite on a program. Their bills are expected to ask for: Increase Jobless Pay Increase unemployment com pensation payments to a maximum of $25 a week for 28 weeks in any one year. The top now is- $20 for 20 weeks. Boost industrial accident bene fits 25 to SO per cent. Repeal the 1947 legislative acts which ban secondary boycotts, hot cargo actions, jurisdictional disputes, and to provide for secret elections to determine which union shall be bargaining agent. Make industrial accident bene fits apply to all employment. It now applies only to hazardous oc cupations. Make it impossible for an em ployer to- reject the industrial ac cident coverage without consent of his employes. Committees stepped up their work Wednesday, several holding formal sessions for the discussion of pending legislation. The legislature will resume at 10 a. m. today. (Additional details on page 3) S8& T 96 of Oregon Basic Income Comes from Earth, Group Told By Ullle L. Madsen Farm Editor. Th Statesman AUMSV1LLE, Jan. 12 Ninety six per cent of the basic income in Oregon in 1948 came from agri culture and forestry, both of which have their roots in the soil. This statement was made by William Tuetsch, Oregon exten sion service director and member of the state soil conservation com mittee, at the first annual meeting of the Santiam Soil Conservation district held here today. Of these two, Tuetsch said, agriculture furnished the largest Income in recent years. Increase In seed pro duction and forage crops had helped bring about the increase in agricultural income, be saia. pointing out that the carefully planned program which brought fo rare ctods ud from 27.000 acres in 1920 to 272,000 in 1946 had also brought 400,000 of the state's acres into conservation crops. All speakers urged more soil conservation. Sam Sloan of the conservation service, said that while people think of agriculture as something permanent, if sou is treated in the next century as it has been in the past It will not be able to support its people. Other Tha Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday! 0D3 IFDdDOS Plea Renewed for Cut in Sign Lighting ) ' " uHH "!mt Pleas for turning off eleetrle signs and otherwise conserving electricity, especially In early evening hears, are re-emphasized this week by power companies in the face of a power shortage heightened by the eold weather. As a result, Salem business streets may become somewhat "dimmer" than this blaze of light, as pictured at 7 p. m. Tuesday on downtown Commercial street. (Statesman photo). Local Mercury Drops to Of 13; Signs 'Brown Out' Requested Florence Police Chief Arrested By State Police EUGENE, Jan. 12 - JP) - A. R. (Rav) White, chief of police in Florence, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of disorderly conduct by state police from Newport, accord ing to C. S. Carlson, justice of the peace of the Florence district. White deaded innocent to the charge, posted $100 bail and could not be reached for comment. The complaint was signed by L. E. Pitts, owner .of the Minute Lunch in Florence, 'according to Carlson. Pitts, who has only one arm, told the Eugene Register-Guard wed nesdav that White entered a Flor ence tavern Sunday night and be came abusive toward Pitts. White was put out of the tavern. White re-entered the tavern and promptly arrested Ernie Tatum, fichsrmin mrf former citv Dolice officer, who had been with white and Mrs. White that night. The two bartenders who had put White out also were arrested and lodged In the Florence Jail with Tatum in a "tear-gas filled" cell. Prior to his arrest White had been the subject of controversy on three occasion in the Florence city council. Monday night another group of citizens asked the coun cil to investigate tne pouce - ae- partment. Business Loan Decline Sharp WASHINGTON, Jan. 12-(JPA tl95.000.000 slump in business loans by leading city banks dur ing the week ended January 5 was reported today by the federal re serve board. Officials said the drop, the sec ond in as many weeks, was the biggest in at least 10 years and probably the biggest for any week, any time. Officials said the sharp drop was attributable in part to seasonal factors, including the usual repay ment of loans by many business concerns to clear them off the books at year's end. speakers were LeRoy Werner and Ronald Elms, both of the conser vation service, and Eddie Ahrens, Turner. Leonard Burns and M. U Blever, of the Santiam conserva tion office. Stay ton, ' were intro duced. Henry Ahrens presided with Harry Riches as secretary. F B. Medcal f. Turner, was elected to the board to replace C. E. Lew Is, whose term expired. Fred Gil bert, Fred Comstock and Vernon Jette are holdovers. Reports showed that the district, organized in May, now comprises 47,000 acres. The group voted fa voring sales' tax for Oregon to re place school tax. Announcement was made that the second district in Marion county was now being proposed in the Silverton area, that this would comprise 52,000 acres and that an informational meeting on this would be held at the Silverton armory Friday night. Letters to all land owners in the proposed area are now in the maiL giving these an opportunity to vote on the district The organization meeting will be held, also at the armory, on January 22. (Farm news on page 8.) POUNDD imv Tira vei dbd Gojojrato The mercury in Salem dipped to 13 degrees above zero again Wednesday morning. Early this morning the weatherman was pre dicting a record low (for this winter) of about 10 degrees at 7 a.m. Temperatures tonight are expected to drop to around 15 degrees and on Friday morning hold to slightly higher readings. No real relief is in sight before the week end. Temperatures during . January in general have been from four to five degrees below the normal for this month, the weather bu reau said. The bureau even dug up figures showing that each suc cessive month since last July has been colder than normal for that month with December sinking way below the minimum nor mal." Not only are rivers freezing over and power and fuel short ages reaching acute stages but shivering citizens are harrassed by soaring heating bills, frozen water pipes and moist noses. Situation -Critical" T. G. Starrett, divisional man ager of the Portland General Elec trie company, said Wednesday night the electric power situation "was very critical and getting worse. The PGE office will operate from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. begin ning today. In order to conserve building maintenance power at the company's plant. The office formerly closed at 8:30 p.m. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph building in Salem is using Its own generator at its building during the peak-load period, Starrett reported. He urg ed the cooperation of local mer chants In "browning out" their neon signs and window displays for the duration of the nower shortage. Coves Frozen Backwater eddies and coves along the Willamette river In the Salem area are frozen solid Chunks of ice, ranging from two to 10 feet in diameter and about five Inches thick, have been float ing down the Willamette past Salem since Tuesday night, re ports Willard Taylor, owner of the Salem Boat House on the banks of the Willamette here. Supplies of fuel sawdust, dry wood, briquets and Presto-Logs are becoming scarce. Coal and fuel oil, however, are still avail able In comfortable quantities and sawdust is available at a West Salem plant. If the electric power cut continues, users of electric heat may feel the bite of controls. Heatlnr at Powerhouse In Albany electric heating Is being used on the intake pipe at the powerhouse to keep water coming from the canal. Tuesday night 250 feet of unprotected pipe froz and cut off three families in the Bryant park district. Mrs. Scott Young, Statesman correspondent at Marion Forks in the rugged Cascades, reports Marion creek has frozen solid from the bottom up producing a signt or pnenomenai Deauty. The riffles in the creek, she said, are frozen from one to two feet deep and the water piles over it in icy splendor. The snow there is 48 inches deep. Back in Salem Marion Bow en. director of the Marion county welfare commission, pleaded for odd Jobs for the crowds of hungry and destitute jobless in this coun ty. Eight families, whom she de scribed as "completely destitute'' appealed for relief at the office Tuesday. Deputies to Adopt New Tan Uniforms Deputies In the office of Marion County Sheriff Denver Young will soon appear in natty tan uniforms, replacing the green garb adopted several years ago. The uniforms are to be in the style of the old green ones with a tan "Eisenhower" jacket and trousers, brown shirt and tan tie, and a tan cap. Several of the de puties already have their new uni forms. o 1651 ; ... . . ; h January 13, 1849 Prlc Dammed! dh GM SeDD Winter Low Snow Melts In California; Dixie Zone Hot By th Associated Press The weather .kept up its antics Wednesday from the rock-ribbed coast of Maine to the lee-flecked shores of snowy California. Southern California got some relief after another dose of the white stuff for the fourth day in a row. Flowers and shirt sleeves blossomed out in the Dixie "heat wave." More sleet glazed power unes and roads In the mldcontl nent. Sub-zero weather chilled the northeastern andv northwestern states. A warm sun melted southern California's record snow rapidly Wednesday, and the . citizenry wil lingly doffed overcoats and put away tneir rubbers. But the weather bureau said the temperature which rose to the middle fifties maximum after two days in the forties might drop again to the low twenties. Show ers also were forecast, but rain. not snow, below 3000 ' feet am rude. Another wave of skidding accl dents sent a few motorists to hos pitals as snow and slush froze for the first time In Los Angeles suburbs. But In general, autoists seemed to have mastered the tricks of winter driving so' famll lar generally to the rest of the country. Surplus stores were running out of once hard to move long under wear. Auto supply shops did a thriving business In tire chains. The bamboo trees bent to the ground under the weight of snow in Pasadena. The South Pasadena postoffice snow shovel. Washing ton . regulation Issue, got Its first workout. Lebanon Hospital Site Bought; Work To Start in Spring LEBANON, Jan. 12 Site for the proposed new Lebanon Communi ty hospital, onwhich construction is to. begin this spring, was pur chased Wednesday by the Leba non Community Hospital Founda tion committee, according to Lau rence Morley, committee secretary. The location is s five-acre tract at the north city limits on high way 20. It was purchased from Mrs. Sadie Dart at a reported price of about $10,000. The 50-bed initial unit will cost an estimated $350,000, of which about $200,000 has been raised already from Individual gifts. When it is ready, the present General hospital will be sold to apply toward the cost of the new one. The hospital will be under su pervision of the Mennonite board of missions, which recently took over operation of the General hospital. Dalles-California Route Curve to Be Eliminated BEND, Jan. 12-fPV-The Cow Canyon curve, scene of many tra gic accidents in recent years, will be eliminated from the Dalles- California highway soon. The state highway commission will open bids January 24 on a project to straighten the rocky curve through the canyon near the boundary line of Jefferson and Wasco counties. WHEAT RESEARCH GROWS PENDLETON, Jan. 12-OPr-The Oregon -wheat commission con tributed $22,497 during Its first two years to research and promo tion work on northwest wheat. No. 231 9 , u .1 T Icicles Hang From Cliffs At Seashore By tho Associated Press Two railroad wrecks were add ed Wednesday to the tribulations blowing down uoon Oreaon from the Bering sea. But it was sliamlr warmer throughout the state. The low was 24 below zero at Meacham in eastern Oregon rM PnHlonH Viat la above, three degrees warmer man Tuesday. None was hurt In either acci dent. Both were blamed i on tha Icy weather which has already SPOKANE, Jan. 12 - UP) - A voluntary "brownout" prevent ed a possible blackout tonight In the Pacific northwest by the same narrow margin ef the last three days. I Power company africUU watching the wavering lines en the Instrument beards said con servation measures taken by the public and Industry again pro vided the margin. ' I choked the Columbia river with ice, idled thousands of I lumber workers, and brought an acute power shortage. I The Union Pacific main line was blocked until 2:30 a.m. Wed nesday by a freight train derail ment between Boardman and Umatilla-' The derailment was be lieved due to frost. I A diesel engine skidded on ice on the Union Pacific branch line . between La Grande and Joseph " yesterday, and blocked that route. too. Six Inches of Ice formed on . the tracks when the Wallowa riv- ; er -its channel jammed by drift ing trees overflowed. I Ferries st The Dalles, MaryhHl and McNary dam were at a . standstill today as the upper Co lumbia froze over. Concrete pour- ing halted at the McNary dam site. j River Still Navigable I ; The Columbia, which , froze solid for the last time in 1930, remained navigable on Its lower : stretches. A coast guard cutter moved from Astoria to Portland without having to use I its ice- breaking equipment The Western Transportation company kept open a narrow channel amid Ice floes between Portland and Camas. Wash. uing steel tugs and barges. Oceon-go-Ing vessels had no trouble. A 8.000-kilowatt - power plan! closed at Hood River because of ice. The northwest power pool made that up, however, with res-' toration of a 12,000-kilowatt steant plant at Jordan, Utah, j Ski en Sana! Danes ' The prolonged cold spell played havoc and surprise throughout the state. At Florence, people skied on the sand dunes. Five-foot : icicles hung from the bluffs above; Oregon beaches.,' I At Monroe, residents tired of frozen water pipes decided to let their faucets run all night. Sd many tried it that the city reser voir ran dry, and the town wash ed Itself in melted snow until springs refilled the reservoir lata yesterday. j South Santiam Frosea I The South Santiam river wag frozen over near Lebanon for tho first time since 1924. Crews oi the Mountain States Power com pany struggled to keep Ice from forming at the spillway and choking off tha region's power SUDDIT. . . I The California - Oregon rower company's Water supply did freeze at Talent. Mills were asked ioi use no nccuiui uuiwi uiw daytime. I Minimum temperatures .in Ore gon today ranged irom z de grees below zero .at Meacham to 33 above zero at Brookings. Oth- i lows: Baker 19 below: La Grande 11 below; Ontario 12 be low: Burns 6 below: Klamatn rails 3 below; Portland 19; Med- ford 12: Lakeview 7: Rose burg 132 Newport -28; North Bend 25. . i lieak Develops in Gas Line to Salem - PORTLAND. Jan. 12-WVA gat line servinc the Salem area has developed a leak under the Wil lamette nver, DUl me roruana Gss and Coke company said serv ice continued today without in terruption. I - The gas now into tne baiem area was reroutea over anoxner ine around the break in the pip under the Sellwood bridge. Weather Max. 14 ' 47 Mln. - u i 3J ? PreHp, jeo .00 .no Salem '.. ..,; Portland . San Francisco Chicago n rr New York WUUmetto rtvor .7 loot. . Ifrnm IT weather f-rraU, McNary fUld. Salem : Generally clear today and tonight Hih today p tow tonia-ht near lS ' SALEM riurii.."- This Yoar La Vear Avista LSS 8c v4. .T
