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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1950)
f ' Cntly News HBoeffs TEDERAL JOBS OPEN Examinations for appointment as - storekeeper in various federal agencies over the northwest and as 4th class apprentice in Puget Sound naval shipyard at Bremer ton have been announced by the U.S. civil service commission. Ap plications must be filed by Octo ber 26th and 30th, respectively. Additional information may be se cured from W. H. Fischer, civil . services secretary at Salem post office. I ; ;v Hunters Order double wrapped Master Bread from your grocer , today. It stays fresher longer. ..Johns - Manville shingles applied - by Mathis Bros., 164 C Com'L Free estimates. Ph. 3-4642. NEW ACCOUNTING FIRM Establishment of a new firm of accountants and auditors, Brown, Kralicek and ; company, was an nounced Thursday by Burl Brown and Robert H. Kralicek, who until recently were branch managers of a Portland accounting firm in North Bend and Myrtle Point, re spectively. Both are married and the Kraliceks have one daughter, Sandra. The families have moved to Salem. Offices are in the Steus- kff building, j V . When Appliances Are All Aflutter Call 2-4587 for John Clutter. Spencer corsetiere. Fit guaranteed. Ph. 35072. ; WASHINGTON MAN HELD Charles Gifford O'BelL Walla Walla, Wash., was arrested by city police at j a north Salem motel Thursday on a warrant issued at Walla Walla charging grand lar ceny. He was held at the Marion county jaiL A deputy sheriff said lie had waived extradition and would be released to Washington authorities today. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness during cur recent bereavement. MR. and MBS. EVERETT OSTERBERG and FAMILY PERMIT CASE CLOSED Application of Mrs. Bernice Ransdell for a package store beer license at Keizer was demed and the case declared closed Thursday by Marion county court. The ap plication was received in August and tabled after numerous remon strances were filed.; Hunters Order double-wrapped Master Bread from your grocer today. -,-- Hunters Order double wrapped Master Bread from your grocer today Jt stays fresher longer. RETURN FROM TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Beals, 543 S. 17 th st., have returned from a two-week's trip to Hettinger, NJ5, Where they visited their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred White. They returned via Ft. Peck and Grand Coulee dams and Glacier and Mt. Rainier national parks. Accordion - Marimba - popular piano, ' classic piano, Hawaiian Guitar, Spanish Guitar. We rent accordions, Marimbas, . . Guitars. Private instruction. Wiltsey Music Studios, 1630 N. 20th. Ph. 3-7186. Walnut drying racks. Ph. 3-4857. U. OF O. PARENTS DINE University of Oregon Mothers and Dads will hold a joint dinner meeting at 6:30 tonight at May flower hall. An invitation is being extended through the press to all mothers and dads of new students to attend. They are asked to bring a covered dish, salad or cake. Rummage sale, Chap. G, P.E.O., Fri, Oct. 6 9-4 over Greenbaums. We now have plenty of fresh coun try eggs. Farmers Public Market, 1240 E. Rural, every Sat. at 8:45 a.m. MARINE CALLED TO DUTY Marine Set. Rav B. Moor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moor, sr- 2360 Cherry ave, has left to report for active durv at Camn Ponrflptnn Calif. The reservist served three years in World War II and is a graduate of Salem high school. Legionnaires Giving the Bird to Buddies I Sit 1 -JA r Y b& , v; : .-' ; Li f j I C r'" I ' - '-. - . ' - - ft M Vte u Th hM la 4a mmk wlA f fV. jlnnk W 1 a. . . . m . ... - . " , . "j wmcvnr rise uie euro, ion u me memDersnlp came -be - P ?f,e.d,b7,m;,nbfrs Am'?5an Leion Ps 136 hey e to build up their post strenrth. Here, District Judge Joseph B. Felton, second from left, gets the crated bird from Bert Walker right commander of post 136, who had Just signed up new member Al Brown, far left Getting'the member ship application and fees Is Don Castillo, second from rieht, post adjutant. The post has five ducks In circulation. Each must be kept by a Legionnaire until be sLrns up a new member; then he passes the duck on to a fellow post member. (Statesman photo.) SALEM FIRM BID LOW F. B. Miller and company of Salem was low bidder on a pro posal to construct a water reser voir at Dufur. The Salem firm's offer, $22,930, was low of several bids received by the city on the project. ; Cellar drainers & domestic water systems. Farm Supply Store. 324 N. Com!, Ph. 3-3828. BASEMENT FIRE PUT OUT A fire in the basement of the R. C. Parrent residence, 1165 N. 13th st- was quickly extinguished by city firemen Thursday morn ing. Firemen said a fire in a trash burner spread to other articles in the basement HOSPITAL RELEASES GIRL Shirley Hulst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hulst, 1180 Dietz ave., has returned to her home after being confined for a week with a serious illness at Sa lem Memorial hospital. Fresh killed young turkeys 39c lb baby beef for your locker 49c lb. We have a few lockers available. Orwigs Market, 3975 Silverton Rd., Ph. 2-6128. AUTO IGNITES Fire in the ignition of a new Nash auto sent firemen to Hunt and North Capitol streets Thurs day afternoon. They reported mi nor damage to the car, registered to R. C. VanLiew, Spokane. SEAMSTER TO BUILD Earl Seamster obtained a city building permit Thursday to erect a dwelling and garage at 1150 N. 25th st., at an estimated cost of $12,000. Permit to make $500 al terations to a house at 450 N. 24th st went to William Kallander. MOUSE CAUGHT LONDON -(INS)- The London Evening News reported the case of an Englishwoman Irritated by a persistent squeaking In her wooden leg. She removed the shoe, and found nothing. Then she took off the leg. Out jumped a mouse, which was caught imme diately by a cat Jirths . JONES To Mr. snH Mr. T Jones, Salem route 3, box 568, a son, inursaay, October 8, at Sa lem General hospital. SHERWOOD To Mr. anil Mr. C. H. Sherwood, 985 Saginaw st., a aaugnter, rnursday, October 5, at Salem General hospital. NIESWANDER To Mr. and Mrs. Lee Nleswander, 3178 D st, a daughter, Thursday, October 5, at Salem General hospital. HUGHES To Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hughes, 1149 Saginaw st, a son, Thursday, October 5, at Salem General hospital WAGNER To Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wagner, 3190 Moody ave., a dauehter. Thursdav. October S. at Salem General hospital JARROTT To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jarrott. Dallas rout l. a son, Thursday, October 5, at Sa lem General hospital. ANDERSON To Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Anderson, 1480 Dawes St., a son, Wednesday, October 4, at Salem General hospital. VALDEZ To Mr. and Mrs. Ben Valdez, 1344 Edgewater St., a son, Wednesday, October 4, at Salem General hospital. KLINGLER To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Klingler, Salem route 4, box 60, a son, Thursday, October 9, at Salem Memorial hospital. Heavy Crops Trims Market for Turkeys The turkey market developed further weakness Thursday under FOR 1 Insured Savings see First Federal Savings First Currant Dividend VA ft Federal Savings and Loan Ass'n. 142 So. Uberty Tbm Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Friday, October 6, 13505 weight of Increasing marketingl of birds from tha larga 1950 crop. The heavy kill of tht year is now underway,.- -vt rr . - ; , This season, too, a numerous of housewives put younger turkeys five to seven pounds. In their lock- ' tn for later use. Others are buy-' lug tha larger birds and having them cut up and wrapped, other meat, cold storage plant owners era reporting. 3S W Mi! ,-, .... 'III II (,... 14 1 mi Miiiiiiis SET WITH f INI QUALITY DIAMONDS ww, mm ar Mpwn, rM n l M try ' w. . r , , . wfngff twit Xil -ss-i bW asaBBl S-a-e-a-BBai at w wm mwwmmv a ar WBfsFVVVrB Fed. Tax Incladed Credit Jewelers 441 SUU It SALEM, OREGON TERMS GLADLY Tea may chaxga your pv chases er make a szasil dewa ptayxaeBt with term ia wmU year convenience! Q uu r-i m ri n uu uuyy iuu ft Sgoo3 n. n (l o 1DQ ?(lg)DQ v.. y Orecctt as well as the country at large, is suffering from a freight car shortage. ;s The shortage inconveniences and annoys lumber shippers, and nffects their pocketbooks. ? The shortage inconveniences and annoys us and it hurts our , pocketbook, too. ' j hat are the facts of the situation? A nationwide Problem The car shortage is not peculiar to the state of Oregon, or to the West. It is nationwide in scope. - ? In spite of this shortage of freight caK the most severe in many years -- Southern Pacific achieved an all-time high in the first eight I months of 1950 for the movement of freight shipments to and from Oregon. Up to September 1, the tremendous total of 150,915 loaded can have been shipped from Oregon points on our Portland Division. Yet during this period less than 50.000 loaded cars were hauled into .this area. j Because of the great disparity between Oregon's inbound and . outbound freight traffic, it is necessary for Southern Pacific to haul thousands of empty cars hundreds of miles in order to have cars ; available for loading with lumber and other Oregon products. In the first eight months of 1950 Southern Pacific moved nearly 100,000 empty freight cars to the Portland Division in order to give Oregon shippers their full share of cars available. l7o Set a Record v Forest products, the great bulk of Oregon's outbound shipments have accounted for 78 per cent of all freight movements on South ern Pacific rails from this state. In the first eight months of 1950 we hauled 118,175 carloads of lumber and other forest products from Oregon mills more than ever before in any comparable period. M the center of the lumber industry, and possessor of the nation's greatest rernaining stand of timber, Oregon has seen its forestry output skyrocket in the last few years, greatly benefiting the lum ber industry and the whole economy of the state. The number of mills on Southern Pacific's lines in this state has increased from 358 i In 1941 to more than 700 in 1950. i- j Unprecedented Lumber Doom I The unprecedented increase in demand for forest products this year was unforeseen even by the lumber industry itself. A decline was expected from 1949's high level of building. Even so, Southern Pa cific maintained a surplus supply of freight cars on the Portland Division throughout the earlier months of 1950. In the face of the national shortage of cars, Southern Pacific has concentrated on making the best possible use and distribution of all available cars. With the fine cooperation of many shippers we have greatly stepped up our miles-a-day movement of freight can bettering the national average by 50 percent. This was done notwithstanding the fact that Southern Pacific Is a terminal road, with all the time-consuming assembling, loading and unloading and distribution operations incident to the gathering, and delivery of freight. Our railroad's widespread and currently expanding use of diesel locomotives has been a major factor in speeding up shipments and obtaining maximum use of equipment. The distribution of freight cars on a national basis is supervised by the Car Service Division of the Association of American Rail roads. Because of the nationwide shortage of cars this is a very diffi cult job, but every effort is made to distribute the cars available on an equitable basis. Shippers in every area served by our lines are feeling the unfavorable effects of the car shortage. Every area thinks it is getting the short end of the deal. 28,630 lew Cars It is pertinent to point out that in the last five years we have ordered $316,000,000 worth of rolling stock. Since the end of World War II we have purchased 28,630 freight cars, along with 350 diesel loco motives. More than 21,000 of the new freight cars are now in serv ice, and of those remaining on order, about 500 arsr being delivered each month. In addition to these large purchases, we have stepped up car re pair work so that equipment needing reconditioning will be out of service as short a time as possible. In this connection, while the national ratio of freight cars undergoing or awaiting repairs is over seven percent, the ratio on SP is only four percent Many different factors have combined to cause and aggravate the present car shortage. r (1) An almost universal rush by both consumers and suppliers to buy or stock up against the uncertainties of the future. This has been especially true of lumber because of the record-breaking vol ume of building construction. (2) The tremendous Increase In new industries on the West Coast, and shift of the center of lumber production from western Washing' ton to western Oregon. .r , v (3) Increased production for national defense, and increased mili tary movements due to the Korean situation. , (4) Labor controversies, both on the railroads and in other in dustries, which have disrupted the normal pattern of 'distribution and return of cars. (5) The prevalence in industry generally of the five-day ; week, which results in two days a week when shippers, generally, neither load nor unload, thus reducing car movements. (6) The effect, in some regions, of having to move the old and sew grain crops at the same time. VJe Suffer, too We would like to remind our Oregon shipper friends that we have only service to sell. Thus we suffer, too, in a period of car shortages. We want to handle as many cars as we can, for we need the revenue. The shortage is not of our making, nor that of any other railroad. We are all doing our best to combat the shortage by every means within our power. - : We would also like to point out that for years we have given very good freight service to Coos Bay to the Rogue River area and to Oregon as a whole. We value the traffic and the good will of Oregon shippers. When a shipper has lumber to move and a waiting market, It is easy to understand his exasperation when he can't get enough cars. But it doesn't make sense that Southern Pacific should suddenly desire to discriminate against Oregon shippers and deprive them of cars that they need. When transportation problems do arise, whole-hearted coopera tion between shippers and railroads is the real way to solution rather than efforts to fix the blame. Heavier loading of all kinds of freight by shippers would have the immediate effect of making more cars available. The same benefit would flow from quicker loading and unloading of cars. In great measure, it was this kind of coopera tion that enabled the railroads to handle their gigantic World War II traffic load. It is this kind of teamwork that will do the most to re lieve the present car shortage. W. W. HALE, Vice President System Freight TraffiV Bonfihozrn PacaCSo '