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IK - Cuily Heys HBpiieffs . CHEST GROUP INCORPORATES : Articles ol incorporation as the Hill City-Gates Community chest wert filed with the Marion coun ty clerk Friday by Jack Lacey, Joseph Bowes, - Anthony Zetbert, Irl Plymake, Allura Chance, C. A. Bruder- Gale Carey, William - Stewart, Floyd Volkel and Edna . ' Rosv ' . 'I We still have fresh-kilied turkeys, 39c lb. Buy-& freeze. Cheapest ! meat you can bby. Orwigs Mar- ket. 4375 Silverton Rd. Ph. 28128. CUTS THUMB AT WORK City first aid men were called to the Oregon 'Pulp and Paper company plant at 2:49 p.m, Friday wnen a workman, William Brown, 38, 3825 Mahrt avc'cut the in side of his left thumb on a chisel. The wound was dressed and, he was advised to see a physician. - ' , ..... -j-... .- For sale: Sump pump. Ph. 2-6860. 2215 ti. Frnnt i J. W. GOODE RETIRES 1 Certificate of assumed business name as Keizer Sanitation serv ice, a garbage .disposal firm was filed with the Marion county clerk Friday by E. Mildred Goode, , 00 Evans ave. J. W. Goode filed notice of retirement from the firm.'-. . . v. r - Landscaping and designing. No job too Urge or too small. F. A. Doer . flef and Sons Nursery, 150 N.Lan caster Dr. at 4 Corners. P. 2-1322. CAFE CHANGES IIANDS An assumed business name cer tificate as Eva's Cafe, 3005 Port land rd., was filed with the Marion county clerk Friday by Floyd and Harriett Clark. Densel D. and Gwendolyn Thames filed notice of retirement from the cafe, j . .-,..'.. Air- Steamship tickets anywhere. Kugel, 3-7894. 153 N. High St. INDEX FINGER CUT ' Janet Smith, 885 S. 12th st, was treated by Salem first aidmen Fri day at 4:35 pJn. after she had cut the tip off the index finger on her left hand with a kitchen knife. Read the best , sellers. The Book Shelf, rental library. 370 State, half-way upstairs. .TAKES TUMBLE ON BIKE ; Glen Davis, Jr, 12, 3213 Barham st- suffered gravel wounds to his thigh and a puncture wound on his forehead about 4:30 pjn. Fri day when he ran his bicycle into a. ditch.' The injuries were treated by Salem first aidmen. J - Karakul Karpet Iff new, it'i re versible, it's 100 virgin wool and woven through and through, only $4.93 sq yd. Ph. 3-7848 or 3-3364. DECISION PONDERED 1 "s Petitions for vacation of cer tain portions of the platted town of Gatesville were taken tinder .advisement Friday by Marion county court following -a hearing. About 23 persons appeared at the strongly contested hearing. The court expects to examine the site before making a decision. Dish garden plants and planters, choice selection at our green-: houses. Pemberton'i Flower Shop. 1980 S. 12th St ROAD CHANGE DELATED - Extension to . February 6 was ordered Friday by Marion county court on petitions for making the northern half of Brown road a county road, as the south half now is. r Johns-ManvlUe shingles applied by Mathis Bros.. ,164 S. Coral. Free estimates. Ph. 34642. I Births McCARROLL To Mr. and! Mrs. W. R. McCarroll, 425 S. 22nd st a son, Friday, January 8 at Salem General hospital WALEN To Mr. and Mrs. Al fred J. Walen, 1238 Chemeketa st, a daughter, Friday, January f at Salem General hospital. j COKER To Mr. and Mrs. Don ald Coker, Coker, 173 Hollywood ave, a daughter, Friday, January at Salem Memorial hospital. ,-. TRINDLE To Mr. and Mrs. William Trindle, Gervais route 1, a son, Friday, January 6 at Salem Memorial hospital. UOCKER To Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hocker, 472 S. Winter st, a daughter, Friday, January 6 at Salem Memorial hospitaL FOX HISUJIED SAVHIGS first Federal Savings first Current Dividend 2Va st Fcdcrcl Savings end Lean Ass'n. 142 Se. Liberty JAMES L. - - . Public . .' . . ' - ,; ; ACCOUNTING, AUDITING, PAYROLLS and; TAXES ItONo. 21$t" Salem, Oregon Phono 3-4208 K." HOUSE PERMITS ISSUED W. D. Lindsey was issued a permit Friday by the city ' en gineer's office to build a house and garage at 995 , Garnet st. to cost . $4,000. A . i house alteration permit for $4,605 was issued- to R. B. Stringham, 2405 S. Com mercial st . , . . Insured savings! earn more than two per 'cent at Salem? Federal Savings Association. 560, State st GA3 STATION INCORPORATES - Articles of incorporation as Pride of Oregon Service ' station of Salem were filed Friday with the Marion county clerk by Mer ritt and Aileen fTruax and Ken neth Carlson. I . - - FUEL COMPANY FILES . Certificate of assumed business name as Silver Falls Fuel com pany at Silverton was filed Friday with the . Marion county clerk by D. N. Iverson and Berger Feneide, both of Silverton. Old time dance tonite 259 Court LOGGING COMPANY NABIED An assumed business name cer tificate as C & H Logging com pany at Stayton was filed Friday with the Marion county clerk" by W. H. Holtorf, 14 E. Crawford and Ernie Thompson, all of Stayton, and Alex Kuiken, Lyons. Dr. S. P. Levene has returned to his office. Salem Veterinary Hos pital will be open to receive pa tients as usual. 2380 Portland Rd. LUMBER COMPANY FILES C. A. Powelson, Mill City, and M. A. Minton, Lyons, Friday filed an assumed business name certi ficate as Powelson and Minton Lumber company at Gates with the Marion county clerk. V' Heat Record ifl . - By Th Associated Press Icy rain glazed flood damaged midwest states and froze a new layer of ice on storm ' crippled Memphis Friday. Fr..! n r9 o mrA lwf mMttil damaging, crunchy carpet from (Pennsylvania southwest to Texas. Traffic was hit hard. . Elsewhere,-the weather contin ued unusually warm in the north east and cold la the southwest Philadelphia chalked up a new heat record for a third straight dav. The hi eh was 68 and flow ers were blooming all over Pen nsylvania. New York was wrapped for hours in a heavy fog. Shortly after noon the temperature was 55. Illrh Crop Lam I Three straight nights of un usually severe cold caused mil lions ox donars in losses to crops in southern California and Ariz ona. ' I - The rain and sleet in the nation's mid-section, from the Ohio river to the gulf, increased the danger of developing floods in major streams. At least three persons are def and thousands of acres are under water in small i stream floods of the last few days in Illinois, In diana and Missouri. In some areas the floods are the worst since 1943. Still rising and already many feet above flood stage at some points was the Wabash river on the Illinois-Indiana border. More Rain Forecast ' Freezing rain threw an Ice sheet over the area. More rain over the weekend was forecast Eight hundred federal troops were ordered from Fort Knox, Ky, to Vincennes, Ind., to help stren gthen weakened levees along the banks of the Wabash. Cold air edged eastward slowly Friday night across the Appala chians toward mild weather than the southeastern states have en joyed recently. Miami. Fla s had 78 and Washington had 72 Friday. In Memphis, where the worst ice storm in 17 years swung a heavy blow t utility service, four more hours of freezing rain added to the city's woes. . Arkansas and Mississippi also were sheathed in ice. SedCfop at Record High PORTLAND, Jan. -4VThe seed crop in Oregon last year was estimated by the U. S. department of agriculture today at a record high of $18,941,000. -v The USDA said the high return was due to a record acreage, com bined with high prices. Log Truck Driver Killed in Wreck KLAMATH FALLS, Jan, 6-JP)-Lewis Hershel Austin, 57, was kill ed today when his log truck skid ded off a highway and into a snow bank, sending the load of logs atop him. Austin,' a Klamath Falls resi dent was taking the logs to Keno. The accident happened just north west of that town.! EDWARDS Accountant vs. -. . Pliiladelphia; Ice in Midwest Netc Deputy r j r- . : S, -'.-"w,--"r . V ' D. Yal Sloper Is a new deputy district attorney added recently te the staff of Marion County District Attorney E. O. Stadter, Jr. Sloper is a Willamette university graduate, admitted to the bar la 1949. Statesman phete.) U Kowitz Named To Committee City Attorney Chris J. Kowiti has been appointed to a special committee tt represent the League of Oregon Cities , in providing as sistance to j the statute revision council to matters relatnf to mun cipal legislation. . Th HiuMiL rrted br the 1949 legislature, has been given funds to clarify, classify and codify the laws now In force in the state. Named to work with Kowitz were Virgil H. Langtry, Portland and Robert: Y. Thornton, Tilla- mnnlr Th aoDointments were made by Mayor Holli S. Smith,1, Dallas, president ox me league. ... . i i Ralph Valdez Arrested on i Check Charge Ralph V. Valdez, 1812 Cross st, waived preliminary hearing Fri day in Marion county district court and was held to answer grand jury in lieu of $1,000 bail on a charge of writing bad checks. VWo nrracioA hv Pit Tifiipr- live Wayne Parker, admitted pass ing seven other : bogus cnecks in Salem, Parker reported. A $4 check cashed at the Mis sion Street market, 1385 Mission St., led to Valdez's arrest Friday. The check, written on the Salem branch. First National bank of Portland, and dated Dec. 31, 1849, was signed Ralph V. Valdez. ' o five of the remaining seven checks, he signed the name Ralph V. Daldez, Parker said, xney were written in amounts ranging irom $2.50 to $15 and all passed within the past two months. , Plans Ask Racing Funds Go to Fairs on Basis of Number of Exhibitors PORTLAND, Jan. M-A Cali fornian suggested today that the state's take from. dog and horse races could be divided up among county fairs on the basis of the number of exhibitors. - E. G. Vollman, manager of the San Joaquin, Calif, fair, made the suggestion at the Oregon Fairs as sociation convention. The conven tion plans to recommend a new system for splitting up the pari mutuel money, now divided equal ly among all county fairs, regard less of size. the Beautiful New 1950 BUICK Special Super ' Roadmaster Now On Display ' Otto J. Wilson Co. . Commercial at Center on DA's Staff ' , '' 3 -vX Linn Livestock Men Re-Elect LEBANON, Jan. 6 Top officers fir the Linn County Livestock Breeders Associaaion were reelec ted at a meeting held in the city hall here today. Reelected were Jack Swanson Lebanon, president; Len Forester, Albany, vice president; and O. F. Mikesell, Albany; secretary. I At the meeting, attended by about 100 members, a resolution was passed to ask the Linn coun ty court to make it punishable to allow tansy ragwort to grow in the county. The day-long program included talks by Dr. F. E. McKenzie, head of the animal husbandry depart ment at Oregon State college, and Harry Lendgren, livestock special ist at the college. McKenzie spoke on the topic "What Future Plans the College Has in Regards to the Livestock Industry." Lendgren's topic was "Utilization of Irrigated Pastures." 'Giving reports were Joe Myers, Albany, county extension agent in charge of 4-H clubs Leo Spitsbct, Salem, State air director; and Charlie Evans, Salem, president of Western Oregon Livestock asso ciation. Representatives, of the state wildlife association attending the meeting were Willard Nelson, Lebanon, and Francis Williams, Lebanon. Movies titled "Conservation Practices' and "Livestock Disease Control" were shown the group by Harry Elder, representing banks of Albany and Lebanon. 26 Bicycles To Be Put on Auction Block Twenty -six unclaimed bicycles I will go on sale at a public auction January 14, the Salem city attor ney's office announced Friday. The bicycles, picked up by the city police and held at least 80 days, will be sold for cash at the municipal shops at 13th and Ferry streets. Sale of the unclaimed prop erty was authorized recently by a new city ordinance. The complete list of items for sale includes 24 boys bicycles, 2 girls' bicycles and 2 bicycle frames and crank hangers. ii iisji'iuuiisi'isaipjsiisjiinissi ii nirn ijiiii i i h i t - it- ; -). T. v Qub Officers Local Banks Added to Deposits, Loans in 1949, Survey Shows Both deposits and loans handled by Salem banks increased in large measure during 1949, according to reports Issued Friday as given to the UJS. comptroller of the currency on December 31. In total, deposits in the four banks climbed from 160,071,172 on Dec 21, 1948, to $68,749,543, while loans were going up from $13.- Prognunfor Scout Council Meet Revealed : Program details for the annual meeting of Cascade area .Boy Scout council, Sunday at Salem Chamber of Commerce, were an nounced Friday by xecutive Gor don Gilmore. Officers will be elec ted and several high awards given.. The session will "open at 3:30 pjn. with, a welcome by Gardner Knapp, Salem, council president, and report by Gilmore. Reports will be given by operating' chair men, including I A. White, Al bany, advancement; - Clarke Le-thin,- Salem,- camping and activi ties; R. L. Elfstrom, Salem," fin ance; W. L. Phillips, sr, Salem, treasurer;' Forrest Donkin, Salem, organization and training; Arthur Lamka, Salem,- leadership - and training; Otto. Adolf, Dallas, health and Safety. Council Commissioner Norman Frees of Salem will also speak. Election will close the afternoon meeting. During that time the wives of scouters will be enter tained with vocal numbers by Ro bert Gwinn and Betty Jean Mullin and violin solos by Betty Kuhl man, all of Willamette university, Smith of Dallas. " The no-host dinner will begin at 8 D.m. Program will include in vocation by the Rev. Arthur Goble, Wood burn; address by Frank B. Bennett, Salem public schools superintendent A special award for saving a life will be given by Scout Jack Versteeg of Salem troop 42. Other awards will be Eagle badges, Sil ver Beavers for distinguished ser vice to boyhood and training and veterans' recognition. New Used Car Lot Opened A new used car lot, Aynbee Mo tors, was opened this week at MO Union st. by -L. M. Alsman and M. C. Boniface. The 40-car lot, 75 by 150 feet, is located at the site of the former Durand Motors lot which discon tinued operations several months ago. Alsman started in the used car business here in 1936 and later with his brothers operated a lot in Portland during World War II. He now owns a six-acre vegetable farm at Stayton, in addition to his auto business. Boniface has been sales manager at the Shrock Used Car - depart ment the past three years. He is a navy veteran of World War IL Guard Generals To Attend Meet MaJ. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, ad jutant general for Oregon, and Brig. Gen. Raymond F. Olson, of the state military department, left Thursday night for Washington, D. C, to attend a conference of the Adjutants General association. While in Washington Rilea ex pects to confer with national guard bureau officials in connection with plans for this year's encampment of the Oregon national guard. Ril ea and Olson expect to return here September 20. Ho Or.2 Used Know Ycv're Qom i? rith tha Pksfcn:c!J Yovll ieel poisad and relaxed wilt BeiioM noaMi4 1 shows La yoar r, Aid Jcr.cj Taft & Asscc 22$ Oregon tldg. Pik 2-4491 ' Salem, Orgeea Open Saturday afteraeea tfH t as Fresh Batteries for all Aids. V ' i Extremely large gains in de posits were shown by the Salem 964 during the year, and by WUla branch of First National of Port land, from $12,189,146 to $21,705, lamette Valley bank, from $1,310, 057 to $1,953,700. - . Officials of all banks recounted the year's successes in operation. Continues te Lead . D. W. Eyre, vice president of D-S. National of Portland .and manager of its Ladd it Bush-Sa-Iem branch, said the bank con tinues to lead Oregon in total de posits of $527,181,823, following an increase of $21,590,224 during the past six months. Deposits for the Salem and West Salem branches combined are now $45,089,879. New branches established during the year were at Amity, Mon mouth, Sheridan and. West Salem, bringing the total to 40 in Oregon. "One of Its most successful years" was the word for 1949 from F. N. Belgorano, jr, presi dent, of First National of Portland. The 45 branches had total de posits of $476,427,181. The earnings per share were higher than in the "banner year" of 1948. Growth Continued " -Just C'over'& two years old, the Willamette Valley bank in the Hollywood district continued ra pid growth by-passing its second million in assets within 22 months of operation, according to Presi dent G. C Meeks. December 31 figures for the bank were: Loans Deposits First Nafnl $7,618,801 $21,705,964 US. Nat'nal 8,661,291 45,089,879 Will'm'tte Val. 858,142 1,953,700 Total ......$17,138,234 $68,749,543 ) -t Shipyard Site Up for Sale PORTLAND, Jan. C-JP)-Blds ranging up to $525,000 Were sub mitted today for the 330 government-owned acres at the site of the wartime Oregon Shipbuilding corporation. The highest bid was offered "by the Oregon Land Improvement company. Some buildings remain on the land. Some 53 acres, used by Vanport college, were not included in the property for sale. Sickness Forces Spinster Hermit Inlo Civilization - ? v" BEND, Jan. 6 -i&y. A 75-year-old hermit spinster, who had liv ed 33 years in a homesteader's cabin and called the rude dwelling "the most peaceful place on earth," was finally forced down to civil ization. Miss Addie Watts collapsed in her isolated cabin, and was brought to the county home here. She was on relief. The womn, who came here from a textile factory in the deep south, had constantly refused wel fare officials' suggestion that she move to town. There wasn't even a well at her place, near Brothers: she had to collect snow in barrels, and rain water from " the eaves, during the whiter to provide a water supply. TO 7 111 f V 1 U U U Ul Bring In AT 305 So. Cottage St. Tho StQjesmbn Safom, OreonC'SatardaT' JanuoaT 7. 1850 5' Kecords CIRCUIT COUXT J. O. Scott vs Alice Myrtle Scott: Complaint for .divorce alleging cruel and inhuman treatment Mar ried Sept. 27, 1949. . , ' Russell and George Hallo well vs Claude Bird and Gail Zysset: Or der extends time for filing trans cript on appeal by defendants to February 15. WVw. Crablree and others vs Edward Neff and others: Plain tiffs file amended . complaint to quiet title to real property. Alice Crary Brown vs Fearon M. Smith and others: Defendants L. M. and W. T. Grier demur to com plaint on grounds that facts stated ace insufficient to constitute a cause of action. . m- Edward Lenstrom vs Francis J Fox and others: Defendants L. M. and W. T. Grier demur to com plaint on vrounds that facts stated are Insufficient to constitute a cause of action. Marie P. Hills vs George Lund, Jr, and George Lund, sr.: Defend ant George Lund, sr., files answer admitting and denying. 4. . S. K. and Ruth'V. Dyer vs James Harrison and Vivian Marie Royer: Order dismisses' suit without costs, Ralph W. Bent vs. Jack W. and June W, Baker: Defendants grant ed 10 days to file further answer. State vs Earl Edward Layman: Pleaded guilty to charge of pro moting a lottery; 30-day jail sen tence suspended upon payment of $350 fine. State vs Richard Paul Morris: ! Continued to January 13 for sen tencing, j . State vs Burnell A. Raphael: Pleaded guilty to charge of sodo my: sent to state hospital for 30 days' observation. MUNICIPAL COURT - Richard Parsagian, 1020 Trade st., failure Ho remain at the scene of an accident, fined $25 with 5 day sentence suspended, placed on probation for six months. DISTRICT COURT Dale Winfred Tfeliton, Ernest Wayde Howe and Floyd M. Howe, all of Silverton route 2, charged with larceny, plead innocent, trial to be set at later date, posted $100 bail each." Ralph V. Valdez, 1812 Cross st charged with obtaining money by false pretenses, waived prelimin ary hearing and held to answer in lieu of $1,000 bail. ' . ' Robert M. Burr, Harrington, Kans charged with larceny, waiv ed preliminary hearing and held to answer.' . '"-' ! PROBATE COURT '-' Eunice Gertrude Cutsforth es tate: Appraised at $5,906; final ac count hearing set February 8. - Marie Henderschott estate: Or der authorizes sale of personal property. Dan B. Jarman estate: Order continues final account hearing un til January 27. Charles W. Fantz estate: Ap praisal at $18,797. John Charles Bursik estate: Fi nal account hearing set February 14. MARRIAGE LICENSE . APPLICATIONS ' Vincent Lionel Milligan. 25, city fire department, 420 S. 22nd st, and Dorothy Bell Hazen, 21, Ore gon Pulp and Paper employe, 533 S. Liberty st, both of Salem. Virgil Robert Sigman. 36, me chanic, and Lucille Lorene Foster, 24, domestic, both of Seattle. Theodore M. EtzeL 32, farmer, Stayton, and Corrine Jaeger, 20, stenographer, Mt AngeL William Beard, 18, mechanic, 550 Tryon ave, and Gaylee Klein, ALL GRADES rn JV We Pay Top Marlcet Prices CAN USE ANY AMOUNT All You Have ONCE GROCERY m 1 Buying Hours- 4 a.m. to 12 Noon , 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday - 9 a.m.. to 11 a.m.;,. ;: Salem School New? k-. .....' i By Oilberl Batea Sen .oi CorrDorf r SALEM HIGH SCTIOOL V Daryl Girod and Gordon Sloan . were elected to be honorary Ro:a rians for February and March by the Salem high student council Friday. - ' - , . Other business taken up was the. condition of the building and. grounds.- Student Body President Merlin Scbulze 'reported that there. . had .been complaints concerning lunch papers scattered in the halls and in the streets surrounding the. high school. It was decided to start a campaign to bring this condtion i to the attention of the students. Student council President Bob Meaney brought up the problem of alumni and junior high students , sitting in the. high school rooting section at the basketball games. He brought out that they cause disunity in the cheering. A reso lution was passed bf the council' to reserve a section for Salem high students only. . McKINLEY SCnOOL Salem superintendent of schools Frank Bennett was guest speaker at, McKinley school's weekly as sembly. The assembly was con-., eluded by all-school singing. gesto l'"A,. .. . ' In in in m r i mi , J Area j iid Name Oresron's Jr. First Gtizeii ' BAKER, Jan. 8 -WV Oregon's Junior first citizen of 1949 will be chosen from among 18 cities in the state. . ,j . .': Judges have been selected In all the participating areas: Albany, Baker, Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, Ileppner, John Day, Klamath coun tv, Ljl Grande. Ontario,- Pendleton, Portland, Roseburg, Salem, Silver ton, Tillamook. Wallowa countf, and. Oregon City. Their selection will be announced January 25. . The award is made annually by the Oregon State Junior Chamber of Commerce to an utatandini man between the ages of 21 and 3V- .. 'ThankYou' Goes to Santa A. URBAN A,- I1U Jan. -(F-Santa Claus who gets his s.'iare of mail before Christmas bu'. very little afterwatl today got a "Thank you" note addressed . In care of the Urbana postoffice. Judith Conover, 9. thanked' San ta in a two-page letter topped off wiu 10 kisses (Xs), 10 hugs (zeroes) and this PJS.: "Thanks again. I had a very happy Christmas." ; - . v -' " 15, domestic, 392 Tryon ave both of Salem. ' ' ; Clarence H. Sabrowski, 31, warehouseman, 1760 Oxford sU Salem, and Arleen A. Wolf, 18, domestic Aumsville. ' 3 mm Phene S144 4