18 The Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Sunday, April 3. 1949 i - '. .1 1 " III U ' H, 1 1 ' . 1 I J '1 i "Hi 4 ' .1 'i- 'I v. .ji'l - 4 ; :lji- It hi Hm a CZ3 Is Jr-' LOS ANGELES. April I The new 13-storr Geseraf Fetroleant build Inc. dedicated Friday, la the largest e-fflee balldla la Southern California. It contains 54,t0t square feet and was completed in March, 1949. at cost of $11,000,990. Eight floors are oecnpled by the home office of the General Petroleum Corporation. The remain ing five floors are leased to 45 other companies. New Street Lights to Be Ready April 15 AMITY New city street lights will be ready for the initial iilu- Jnination April 15, according to Portland General Electric work men who have begun installation f the new Mercury-vapor lights. Officials from Sheridan and WH lamina, neighboring cities which re considering installation of the lights, will be invited to view them. Amity volunteer Fire depart ment will sponsor a benefit dance April 9 at the Amity high school. Amity high school basketball team were guests of the Lions elub at their meeting last week. The Oregon State football line' coach entertained with pictures of the Pineapple bowl game. Jim Dixon, Oregon State coach, was guest speaker. A Sports mans trophy was warded Amity grade school by the Standard Oil company recent ly, for the school's sportsmanship f spectators and team at games. L. B. Loomis, Head Of Armored Gar Service, Dies SEATTLE, April 1 -(JF)- Word was received here Friday of the death of Lee B. Loomis, president of the Pacific Coast - Wide Loomis Armored Car service. Loomis, 78 years old, was re turning from the National Arm ored Car convention in Tampa, Fla, when stricken with a heart attack. He died today in Charles ton, S. C. Survivors included a daughter, Mrs. Mary Lee Eby, of Salem. Measles Cases At Higli Level Cases of measles lin Marion county, as in Oregon oh the whole, are at a high level so far in 1949, Health Officer W. J. ! Stone said Saturday. He counted 239 cases re ported this year, compared with six for the first three months of 1948. The season is likely to continued through May, according to Dr. Stone, who reminded that the in crease of cases over I some past years is due largely to the area's great growth of population, and high birth rate. ? Incidence of measles for a full year in the county varied from 12 in 1925 to 885 in 1928 and 798 in 1938, down to 30 in 1934, up to 400 in 1936 and 435 in 1940. There were 18 cases in 1945 and 193 in 1946. T7E47AIIT Y0UI1 Always a Dependable Cash Market. If you dont' bring them to Curly's we both lose. Curly's Dairy Fairgrounds Soad at Hood fh. 8-8783 Legion Women Plan Meetings AtSilverton SILVERTON Included in April meetings announced at last week's Legion auxiliary meeting were- the Legion Auxiliary Sewing club at the Mrs. Ralph Francis home, 1128 South Water st, -April 7, 2 p. m.; the annual past president's Jitney supper, Monday night, April 25; the Marion County , assembly at Woodburn, Friday night,! April 29; the rummage sale at a date to be named later; and Pan-American program, April 11, 8 p. m. with a speaker from Venezuela. Mrs. C. E. Higinbotham, vice president, 'reported 175 members with the unit's quota being 130. At the joint program which fol lowed the unit and post; meetings B. E. Owens, Salem,: department commander of the American Le gion, was guest speaker; The af fair honored past post command ers, with 18 of (he 30 past com manders . present. A large deco rated birthday . cakes was pre sented the Legion commander, C. E. Higinbotham, by the women of the unit. Crawford to Present Claims For Indians Salem Attorney Lee Crawford, representing four Oregon coastal Indian tribes, will appear before the Court of Claims in Washing ton, D. C, April 5 in another step in litigation involving Indian claims for land taken over by the government. The U. S. supreme court already has decided the Indian tribes have a right to receive an amount of money equal to the value of the some 2,500,000 acres in the year 1855 plus interest since then. The Court of Claims now is hearing arguments of Crawford and other attorneys for the Indians and of government attorneys over the amount of money to be paid the Indians. The amount deter mined by Commissioner Richard H. Akers is 18,000,000 based on original value of 60 cents to $1 per acre. The government .maintains the value should have been around! 10 cents per acre and Crawford maintains the lowest possible value should be 91.25, the price on public lands in 1855. with value up to S3 in some parts of the territory due to heavy timber and mineral re sources. . The lands figuring in claims stretch between the Pacific ocean and the Coast range summit, with one section extending from Cape LooKout south to Yachats and the other from north of Coquille to the California border. Tribes affected are the Chetco, Tillamook, Coquille and Too-too-to-ney (Rogue River) tribes. Crawford, accompanied by his wife, will leave Salem by air April 4. They expect to return here on April 19. Valley Briefs Elkhorn Folk Fish for Smelt ELKHORN Ray Sischo. Mr. and Mrs. Lou Myers and Ike Myers went to the Sandy river near: xroutdaie Tuesday to dip smelt, returning with their limit. Mrs. Ike Myers entertained the Elkhorn women with a dinner at her home Wednesday in honor of the birthday of Mrs. Bill Bickett. Present were Mrs. Merwin Knox and children and Mrs. Helen Mc Clurg both of Lyons, Mrs. Bill Bickett, Mrs. Carl Longnecker, Mrs. Ray Sischo, Mrs. Lou Myers and Mrs. Ray Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Reinoehl, Dolores and Alan of Newport were recent visitors at the Ray Roberts home. Construction of Detroit School Auditorium Starts DETROIT, April 2 -(SpeciaD-Construction of an auditorium just north of the new Detroit grade school was started Thursday by Rushlite" Sprinkler company, un der contract to the array engin eers. It is to be ready before school resumes in September. Erection of the building was held up three months by bad wea ther, after the sections were dis mantled and brought from the for mer Corvallis army air base. It is of frame construction, 88 by 124 feet in size and will be connected to the school by a covered walk way, i ' Therao-Dile I The Modern Glass No Soot! No Dirt! No Fire Hazard. Cleanliness 0 Safely o Comfort No Draft Evenly Radiated Heat. IIEWIIYEB FAHII SUPPLY 824 No. ComO. Ph. 8-3828 Cor Tunoa by OTTO J. WILSON CO. -- W . ; .jtf- T-. -."J 74 Si's all his fault CU Poter I tried to 94 him to bar OTTO J. WILSON CO. fix the bcakaj.- Use Organic Fertilizer O The right way lo re build soil O Free of seeds O Odorless 6 sacks $5.00 Bulk - 1 ton $10.00 2 tons 17.50 Free delivery anywhere in Salem area. Phone 3-8127 Dr.T.TXam.N.0. Dr.G.Clua.N.n. DBS. CIIAN . . . LAM GHXNESB HERBALISTS 241 North Liberty CocUIr Portlaaa GcncraJ CUctrl Co. Offtc Stnr4ay oaljr IS a, to 1 A, I U I ojh. Cmial tatloo. Bl4 pressor mmt orbM tsta aro tree of cfearce. rractlcoo ia isil. Why Suffer Any Longer Wao otters fan. m oor Calneso rooMOlei. Amaztas imcm for COM rr ! caiaa. No OMttor wUfe rkat tUacau ym arc afflict dUorOcrs. slaosltta, heart, lasca, U r, kMaoys, (aa, eoaottsoiloa, oJcers. Uaaetes. rkarltaa, gall aa4 la er fover. tkia. ftta ! eooplatata. CHARLIE CHAN CaTJNKSB CO. tt ML Cotmanreiat rsoM a-isJO lALKIL OaUK. uffleo Boors ttol m4 Sat. ooty. foomooth The Polk County Home Extension - rnmmitt a sendihg invitations to the Polk county spring iestivai to be held at the IQOF hall in Monmouth Thursday. April 14. Each unit i arranging an exhibit. Speaker will be tsther Taskerud on "To gether We Build." 8eotts Mills Mrs. Theodore Lorenzen, Mrs. V. S. Herigstad and Mrs. James Nicholson am in charge of the Thomas home ex tension unit s project, dinner table setting, at the county home makers festival in Salem. Fri day, April 8. IJhaHw HfVa nim.H H 9 will conduct Bible study Monday at the home of Mrs. Henry Ka minga at 1:30 o'clock for friends and neighbors. Turner WSTR will hM - silver tea at the home of Mrs. ixm amall, Friday, April 8, at 2 p.m. Those attending will be asked to read or tell something of Interest about Easter. Orchard HefehU Ervin Grice, of near Peru, Ind., and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Grace Grice of Louisville, Ky., have been visit ing cousins at Orchard Heights this week. inrinrilnv Ammn Grice, Nannie Cannoy, Mrs. Rob- en Aaams and Mrs. James Best. jhey leit for Seattle Monday Where Mrs.' Orice -win board ship for Tokyo to join her husband, Eugene Grice. Amity Senior class gradua tion averages were announced this week at Amity high school. Phyllis Meeker, who is valedic torian of the class, has a 1.16 average. Royal Tarter, class sa lutatorian, has an average of 1.21. Swede The April meeting of Swegle Woman's club will be held Tuesday afternoon in the home of Mrs. Ralph Becker on Sunny view avenue. The annual flower ex change will" be made. o l o . i i 30ionA)eeK r iimi Say on Truman's Housecleaning WASHINGTON, April 2-0P-A bill giving President Truman broad powers to revamp the gov ernment, but also making it easier for congress to nullify his re organization plans, was approved Friday by a senate committee. If either branch of congress disapproved a reorganization pro posal it would be dead, under the tl Dr. E. K. You and Your Optical Wardrobe r . . . Serine unirisis D, HHrhM Now that fashion has taken a hand in the design of glasses frames, you'll want several pairs . . . gem-encrusted for evening . . gold or silver trimmed for dress-up ... plain for business. See them AT BORING OPTICAL 383 Coart DIGNIFIED CREDIT Phn i.ckac in measure approved by the senate executive expenditures- comrnit tee. 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