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The Oregon Stcrtesmaru Salem, Oregon. Thursday. February 15. 1851:
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' Proposals have .fceen made for
discontinuing the Voters Pamph-
. 14- .V- Innnvatinn of the OT6"
con system' of direct legislation
in which the people themselves
through the initiative and rel
erendum became co-equals with
the legislative assembly in law
making. The pamphlet goes to
every registered voter. There is
heavy wastage because of non
delivery of pamphlets through
change of address, etc. Some have
questioned whether the study of
the pamphlets by the voters was
sufficient to justify the expendi
ture of well over $100,000 a bien
nium. -
One could easily get into an
argument over the study ques
tion and over the question of
whether voters vote "intelligent
ly." If they vote "our way" we
presume they have studied the
issues and "voted intelligently."
If they vote the "other way" we
conclude they haven't studied the
questions and have voted "ignor
antly." It all depends on one's
point of view.
It would be possible however,
" to make a survey to determine
how thoroughly the pamphlet is
read by the voters. Certainly be
fore it is abandoned such a sur
vey should be made.
Last fall I suggested to Gordon
Sabine, the new dean of the
school of journalism at the state
university that here was a worth
while project for investigation.
He-agreed, but the time was too
short and no funds were available
for doing the job. Howeverf he
did do some "sampling," chiefly
in the Eugene area to see what
he might turn up. Fifty persons
were interviewed, far too small
to afford a basis for any con
fincira tpstin?. But observations
based on this small sampling
showed, reports Dean Sabine:
1. Of those interviewees who
read anything, there apparently
was excellent readership in depth
if the interviewee read any
part "of"?
(Continued on editorial page, )
JReapportion
Bill Planned by
House Group
By Lester F. Coor
Staff Writer, Th Statesman
The house reapportionmesi
committee' voted Wednesday to
introduce legislation calling for
legislative reapportionment and a
constitutional amendment to
knock out the provision that the
legislature must be - apportioned
every 10 years.
- The committee voted to use
population as a reapportion basis,
but it is not expected to agree on
any, measure which would appor
tion strictly by population. Rep.
Giles French, Moro, has expressed
violent opposition to population
apportionment because it would
strip eastern Oregon of about one-
half ox its legislative representa
tion.
If the legislature were appor
tioned on a basis of population
Portland would end up with more
than a third of the state's senators
and representatives. Eastern Ore
gon legislators contend this is
wrong because their thinly-populated
area contains a great amount
of wealth and should have more
representation per person than
urban areas.
The senate voted for a house
bill which will allow cities to ex
ceed the 5 -per cent limit on bond
Issues for defense purposes. The
present law prohibits cities from
issuing bonds totaling more than
5 per cent of their assessed valu
ations.
The senate also sent to the gov
ernor a bill to increase the salar
ies of Marion county officers.
Sent to the house by the sen
ate was a bill which would let
cities with annexed territory get
larger portions of state highway
-and liquor revenue money. The
additional population annexed by
af city would be added to the city's
existing population when the
state figures how much money
the town will get, These funds
are distributed on a population
basis.
ine house approved and sent
to the senate a bill seeking re
Eai of the existing butter grad
l law which was declared un
constitutional recently.
ine senate resolutions com
mittee voted 4 to. 1 for a house
approved memorial which would
retract a 1949 memorial askinz
congress to work for a world gov
eminent through the United Na
tions. The issue will be debated
in the senate later this week,
probably Friday. r 'vr
The senate law committee voted
to introduce a bill which would
take away the governor's power
to pardon convicted murderers or
to commute their sentences. It
proposes that the state parole
board, plus the governor, would
have joint authority in pardon
and commutation cases. A unani--mous
vote . of the entire group
would be necessary to change a
death sentence to life imprison
ment. -'
Loggers and transfer companies
registered protests against legis
lative proposals that would re
move the over-weight allowances
on axle load ' limits and would
provide stiff penalties. :
The present load limit is 18,000
pounds per axle and -gietirg law
Allows truckers to carry 10 per
cent more than tht The protests
were made during a joint meet
ing of the senate and house roads
and highways committee. ;
Both the house and senate will
rieet at 10 a. m. today.
CLegislaUve news also on page 3)
urn
10,593 Communist
Casualties Listed in
Single Day of Fight
. By Olen
TOKYO. Thursday, Feb. lS -
.claimed a victory in central Korea's
bodies of four smashed Chinese red divisions.
The reds had failed in two days of heavy fighting, and at terrific
cost, to eain their objective: a breakthrough.
More bodies of a wiped -out
Car Smashes
Into Front of
Brick House
An auto careened Into a brick
house on South High street Wed
nesday night, i causing extensive
property damage but no serious
injury.
Front of the Emmett Kleinke
residence, High . and Superior
streets, was nearly demolished in
the crash. James Humphrey, 16,
of 1730 Fairmount St., a passenger
in the car, suffered face cuts.
Police said James Stephen Mc
Clelland, 16, Of 205 N. 21st St.,
was the driven He was not cited.
Officers quoted him as saying he
was driving at a modeate rate of
speed when! the car suddenly
swerved, jumped the curb, and
struck the front of house.
Mrs. Kleinke and her daughter,
Joan, 12, were alone in the rear
of the house when it was hit.
"I thought the furnace had
blown up," Mrs. Kleinke said.
"Now I know how it feels to be
bombed."
Police said the impact knocked
many bricks into the basement.
splintered floor joists, and knock
ed out the studding on the front
side of the house.. 1
Kleinke said the car, a 1935
Ford convertible sedan, would not
be removed until carpenter braced
the house. He did not estimate
damage, but Said he thought it
would be- at least several thou
sand dollars. :
yuarter-Lent
Raise Given to
Bean Pickers
Bean picking will bring 2Vt
cents a pound, compared with 24
cents last - season, and the one-quarter-cent
bonus also will be
paid for pickers working the en
tire season at one patch, it was de
cided by the Oregon Bean Grow
ers association Wednesday.
More than 100 growers met 'at
Mayflower hall. Elected president
was Cornelius Bateson of Pratum,
who succeeds E. R. Liggett of Leb
anon. Re-lected secretary-treasurer
was Harold Elbert of West
Salem. ; j
The increase In picking prices
approximates 1 1 per cent.
After' endorsing organization of
the newly-formed Willamette
Farm Labor council, the bean
growers, by areas, chose the fol
lowing to the j bean-pea commod
ity committee of the council:
Willis Carter, Lebanon; W. F.
Grenz, Albany John H. CornweU,
Woodburn; Gordon Walker, Inde-
pendence: Jack Wlkoff, Salem; W.
J. Maxwell, Dayton; and C. C.
Gavette, Marion. f ..
Bateson was named a council di
rector. ii j
J
ge Claims Salem Attorney
Both Lobbyist,
Clatsop County Judge Guy Bov-
ington Tuesday accused Eugene
Laird, Salem attorney, of lobbying
for truck r and bus interests and
working for the state public util
ities commission at the same. time.
In a letter to all members of
the legislature, Boyington attacked
the trudc lobby and said that big
truck interests arent paying their
share of highway construction and
maintenance costs.5 j
"May I emphasis that Mr.
Laird has been acting In a duel
capacity." Boyington said. "He
has been representing trucks and
buses as a lobbyist; and under
contract with the public utilities
commissioner's office, at the same
timer - -'.- i : -i r -.. '
Laird has been attorney for the
PUC during hearings on the Pa
cific Telephone i and Telegraph
company's requests for rate in
creases.. He said he has been rep
resenting' bus interests since 1949,
but denied any connection with
truck companies.'. t
Boyington said Laird and . Wil
liam Hedlund, petroleum com
pany lobbyist followed the 1949
highway interim committee around
Clements
CPJ - United Nations troops today
snow-clad mountainslittered with
North Korean regiment were piled
up on the south side of the Han
river near Seoul. The regiment
metl bloody disaster in the first
phase of a red attempt to pierce
the western front.
United Nations ground forces
yesterday killed, wounded or cap
tured 10,593 reds on the Korean!
battlefront. It was the biggest
day's toll since the U. S. Eighth
array jumped off 22 dags ago in a
drive aimed primarily at finding
and killing communists.
Enemy casualties for the first 21
days were estimated officially at
96,894 better than 4,600 a day.
That is ground action alone. Ad
ditional but uncounted thousands
of red casualties have been inflict
ed by allied planes.
Have a Victory
"As of this moment, we have
a victory," said a high staff offi
cer of a U. S. division in central
Korea. The aivisicn bore the
brunt of attacks by elements of
nine Chinese divisions along a 20-
mile front from Chipyong to
Wonju.
The Chinese divisions were
knocked out around Chipyong.
Banzai attacks failed to break the
perimeter of a French and Amer
ican force surrounded since Tues
day in that town 35 miles south
east of Seoul.
Two more Chinese divisions,
trying to slip past the east flank
of the allied perimeter at Wonju,
were surprised and smashed by
hidden allied artillery.
Firm Grip Kept
Wonju and Chipyong remained
firmly in allied hands today, bar
ring the way to the main Chinese
goal, the lateral highway leading
west from Wonju behind 100,000
U. N. troops around Seoul.
There was not late report of the
South Korean amphibious opera
tion at Wonsan on the Korean east
coast more than 130 miles north of
the central front. This force was
last reported occupying two is
lands controlling the bay entrance
to the post, with others on the
mainland at the outskirts of the
city.
The navy confirmed yesterday's
landings today without saying
whether the commando-type oper
ation was still in progress.
The South Korean move, pre
sumably of a hit-and-run nature.
was directed against one of the
big points of supply for the reds.
Wonsan is 90 air miles north of the
38th parallel.
County Judge
Hurt in Wreck
Marion County Judge Rex Hart
ley was slightly injured Wednes
day when his auto and a station
wagon collided at an intersection.
Hartley incurred a cut on the
side of his head and was treated
at a Salem clinic, city first aid-
men reported.
Driver of the station wagon
was listed as George Parris Haley,
(276 N. 14th st. The front end of
the Haley car and one side of
Hartley's sedan were damaged in
the collision at Church and Cen
ter streets. Police said neither
driver was cited.
PUC Employe
the state while It was holding
hearings.
The judge declared, that lobby
ists for: large commercial truck
Interests bragged during the 1949
session that they had put one
over on the legislature which
passed house bill 188, the truck
tax' 'bill,' v ! . - !-:;
"Information furnished by the
1949 highway committee, the state
highway department or by truck
and bus representatives was
faulty," t Boyington eon tended.
"The tax load was shifted from
the large commercial bus and
truck operators to the small trucks
and log trucks." .
Boyington said the 1949 law has
made a great deal of money for
the big, interstate trucks, but that
cities, counties and the state have
lost. : , T--v.-- - .. ...j- -- V :
. "The big companies made great
er profits,"! Boyington stated. "The
small trucker paid ' the bills. ) I
charge the public utilities com
missioner's office should have
presented mors - factual data to
the highways - committees and
should not' have yielded to pres
sure. '
Valentine Twins 10 Years Old
A decade of being twin valentines for their parents Is the distinetien
belonging te Norman and Norma Nuxoll. above. The twins were
born Feb. 14. 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. George Nuxoll. 815 Harris rd.
Norman and Norma are now in the fourth grade at St. Joseph school.
(Statesman photo.)
Britons Offered
Reindeer Meat
LONDON. Feb. 14-CflVUnrat
ioned reindeer went on sale for
the first time In meat-shy London
today, but housewives were
doubtful about its taste and
shocked at its price.
Said one butcher: "Women are
suspicious about it and I think
the price is too high for them.
Possibly their prejudice will be
overcome when" they try it"
Retail prices ranged from one
shilling sixpence (21 cents) for
the cheapest cuts to four shillings
sixpence (63 cents) a pound.
Senate Group
Approves Draft
Of 18-year-olds
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-()-A
draft of 18-year-olds plus exten
sion of all service! terms to 26
months was approved unanimously
by the senate armed services com
mlttee today. ;
Those are the immediately con
troversial sections of a long-term
program of universal military
training and service which the
committee recommended to the
senate IS to 0.
The measure is essentially the
same as the plan rewritten from
defense department proposals by
a preparedness subcommi ttee
headed by Senator Lyndon John
son (D-Tex). W i
When the senate will act was
not immediately sure. Present
plans are to hold it up until the
troops-for-Europe controversy is
out of the way. The most optimis
tic guess on when they may come
up for actidh is a week from to
day. The central feature of the sen
ate committee's plan, as it con
cerns the lowering of the draft age
limit from the present 19 years, is
a priority schedule for inductions.
It puts the 18-year-olds at the
bottom of the list, to be taken only
if needed after all non-veteran
men .without children including
those, qualified only- for limited
service have been waken from the
present 19 through 25 age bracket.
When the draft cuts below 19
those nearest that, birthday must
go iirst. : - - ! -, -
Senator Morse (It-Ore), who vo
tedalone against the plan in the
sub-committee, continued his fight
for changes today; but lost. He
said he will try again in the sen
ate itself but went along on the
vote to report the measure out for
senate action, - .
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Construction
ents
Raised to 50
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-(ff-The
government today ordered 50 per
cent cash down payments on a vast
range of non-residential construc
tion In a new credit-tightening
move to combat inflation.. . '
Simultaneously, the administra
tion threw out a broad hint that
it will soon attempt to stabilize
food prices. ,
Eric Johnston, economic stabil
ization director, told the house
ways and means committee that
legislation will be submitted to
congress to "equalize and stabil
ize" farm prices and industrial
wages.
Johnston's disclosure capped a
series of protests from labor lead
ers, housewives and others against
soaring food prices.
The stiff new credit terms .for
construction were set forth in an
order issued by the Federal. Re
serve board, effective tomorrow.
It calls for half cash down pay
ments on construction of new
stores, offices, hotels, banks, ware
nouses, garages, auto service sta
tions, restaurants, theaters, clubs
and "other new structures used for
non-residential purposes.'
The same requirement applies to
repair jobs, enlargement, altera
tion and reconstruction on exist
ing commercial buildings if the
cost of the improvement exceeds
15 per cent of the building's ap
praised value. .
The order also requires that
loans must be paid up in 25 years,
with the principal paid off in in
stallments rather than left for a
lump sum payment at the end of
25 years
; ' Exemptions are provided in the
case of schools, hospitals, church
es, public utilities and "property
constructed for use by the govern
ment or any political subdivision."
SCARLET FEVER GROWS
ASHLAND, Feb.' 14-P-Twenty
new cases of scarlet fever have
been reported in Jackson county,
the public health office said to
day. This brings to 43 the total
reported in the past two weeks.
Downpaym
Gunman Terrorize g Odaho Town i j
4; por S Hours; 2'KillGdf ZWpuhi&d
WALLACE. Idaho. Feb. 14-(ftV
A frenzied prowler terrorized a
pre-dawn main street for almost
five hours today with rifle fire
from a hardware store that killed
one man and wounded two oth
ers before he, himself was killed
by police bullets. ; -
Police machine sun bullets and
tear gas-bombs from a building
across the sbreet finally . silenced
him. : ; -
Then officers crept inside and
found him lying on ; the floor,
overcome but not hurt. When he
made a sudden move, the police
fired and he died an hour later
without giving a motive.
Papers on his body carried the
name John Stoddard, 48, and In
dicated he once lived in Oakland,
Calif. Aside from that, nobody
seemed to know anything about
him. - - -; -
Deputy Sheriff Jim Bean said
the man -had his shoes off, was
wearing, two .pairs of sox. three
shirts and two -coats.
The shooting stopped business
esoui
RevoltAs
Mow Farm
To tekfc Seasfe
A new organization called the Willamette Farm .Labor' council,
designed to attract and assure sufficient labor. during the valley's
harvest season, will take shape in Salem today or Friday wiuY filing
of initial articles of incorporation,
- Formation of the group was first announced Wednesday when
the -Oregon Bean Growers' association, meeting at Mayflower hall.
elected as its representative to the
new council's board Cornelius
Bateson, .Pratum rancher.
Incorporators of the labor coun
cil are George Paulas of Paulus
Bros, cannery: John Johnson ot
Blue Lake Packers: W. Frank
Crawford, Willamette C h err y
Growers: C. W. Paulus, hop brok
er, and William J. Linfoot of United-Growers.
!
Nine Directors
The council is to be made up of
nine directors, each ; representing
specific- crops or organizations and
each with a commodity committee
working simultaneously, organiz
ers said.
The directors will come from:
m erowers of strawberries and
other berries: (2) growers of cher
ries: (3) growers of beans and
peas; (4) hop growers; (5) grow
t of prunes and nuts; (6) grow
ers of onion, mint, flax, peaches
and miscellaneous Trops; (7) food
Drocessors: (8) businessmen; (9)
the state employment service, the
manager of which will be ex-
officio member.
The council will cover, roughly.
the area in western Marion end
Linn counties, southeastern Yam
hill county and eastern roue
county. i- r
The new organization will sup
plement work of the state employ
ment service, leaders , saiL. and
will work primarily at the "com
munity level" in order to get val
ley residents into farm work. The
employment service still will at
tempt to attract outside labor at
seasons of peak needs.
Approved by Growers v
The farm labor council, unaer
a plan approved by the bean grow
ers Wednesday, would be financed
by a charge levied against prod
ucers, either by the ton, bale or
other quantity. The bean growers
voted to ask canners to make the
collection on other than hops. The
hop growers would! pay through
their own association.
Oraanizers said a full-time man
ager to work with the public,
schools, and other organizations
would be hired and that an office
would be operative throughout the
summer months." .!
It is apparent that a manpow
er shortage is approaching," the
bean growers were told by spon
sors of the farm labor council.
"We lost some crops last year and
well lose more if we do not en
courage and promote Interest in
the valley's agricultural harvest
season to the point where local
people win be willing to help. -
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reau. McNary field. Salem): Cloudy
with little rain today and tonight. Some
clearing la the afteroon and evening.
Continued mild. Highest today U.
lowest tonight 44. j
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in this mining town of 3,200, about
83 miles east of Spokane. Spec
tators some 230 of them stood
behind barricades on both ends
of the street for elook- , , : .
J But Rollie Bnming, a staff mem
ber: of the - Wallace Press-Times,
slipped into his office right next
door ' to the store during the
height of the shooting. "-
"I hugged a wall; of the build
ing to get in the' front door,1
Bruning said, "then I punched a
bulletin on the wire (the Utah
Idaho Associated Press relay cir
cuit) I couldn't heas anything
next door except the gun fire.
Then I left, hugging the wall to
the end of the street.'- -
v He later came back to file more
details as the shooting continued.
Police Chief Mace McCoy said
Gordon Hailstone,1 23, a ' miner,
was shot and killed as he walked
by. Mrs. Mary -Hinton, a cafe
waitress Just off shift, was with
him. She had hold cf his arm as
he lunged forward, .Terrliltd. she
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Cirl?139 Named
AtSt-Paul's
Thirteen-year-old Telea Wind-
schigl was declared the- champion
speller of St Paul's school in Sil
verton' I Wednes- rirrf-3
day. She will;
meet the best !' ,
speller . j of the f
7th-8th grades of I
Silverton school IV
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for the ! Division
7 title j in The
stales m en
KSLM contest. K
Telea,. an
eighth-grader, is
the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wieam ,
John Windsehlgl of 300 Grant st,
Silverton. She was certified as
winner of her school by the prin
cipal. Sister Edward Mary, O.SJB.
Her teacher is Sister . M. Ger
n r w - .
Certified as winners of second
and "third place at St. Paul's were
Agnes Wolf, eighth-grade oaugn
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wolf
of route 2, box 22, Silverton, and
Verna jHlskey, -, seventh grade,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Verne
Hiskey, route 1, box 132, Silver
ton. Both Agnes and Versa are
13 years old. . 1
The winner of Silverton's Di
vision 7 contest will compete' In
the grand finals In Salem in mld
AprU. ! . , .
'Quickie Tax
Boost Killed
WASHINGTON, Fob. 14 - -The
house ways and means -committee
decided-today to review the
entire tax problem before voting
any increase e move which re
publicans said rules out any
quickie" tax boost-.
The committee action was i an
apparent rebuff to the administra
tion. Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder had urged a fast $10,000,o
000,000 boost,, followed by -sec
ond bite" increase of perhaps $0,
800,000,000 later In the year. t
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Strawberries Make j
Debut in Portland
- PORTLAND, "rob. , 14- () -
Strawberries made their appear
ance on the market here today
the first of the season. . -
Six flats were flown In from
Santa Maria, Calif. They sold for
about 39 cents ' hallock. ' 1 .
ran to the cafe and her daughter,
Mrs. Virginia McClung; 23 dashed
outside. . ;. . ..
' "I ran out and saw Gordon
staggering behind a lamp post.
Then he fell. There were a few
customers in the cafe and they
came out; Willis Maltland, 4J, an
other miner, ran down and grab
bed hold of the man who did the
shooting Just as he - stepped out
of jthe-hardware "store door.' He
was out Just a couple of steps,"
Mrs.' McClung said, -. :
- He "broke away, went back in
and shot Maltland who fall be
side Gordon's body.", .
' Maitland. wounded and cut by
glass, lay in the street for more
than an- hour, afraid to move.
When he tried to crawl away, a
shot rani out. Police finally, were
able to cover him and he reached
safety,, not seriously hurt. :
Than Robert Allen, who had
been, eating st the cafe, ran cut.
A tyUet grazed his necx,b h?
recalled, He wasn't seriously hurt.--
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Avoid Attack
On Yugoslavia
. WASHINGTON. Feb. 14 JjpL
Secretary of State Acheson called
today for an international, revolt
of communist parties against tfce
domination ot Moscow.
He advised all foreign commun
ists who have the interest of their
country at heart to follow the .
ample of a group of Italians and '
break ! away from the Kremlin
control.- - . f -
And, at his news conference,
the secretary of state renewed at
warning that any communist at
tack on Yugoslavia might strain
the fabric of world peace te t
breaking point. Yugoslavia already
has declared its independence x
the Soviet. Union. -- -
: Acheson said recent develop
ments in Italy, where a number cf
communist leaders have decided
to put their country ahead of their
party, are a- matter of great it
teret to the United States. He ob
served it is encouraging when tbe
fact finally dawns on communirts
outside Russia that they are agents
of a foreign power.:
Already Demonstrated -
In telling aggressors to eep
their hands off Yugoslavia, the
secretary of state said this country
already has demonstrated its at
titude toward aggression in Korea,
and in the United Nations. He add
ed that it waa this government
broad policy, as stated by Presi
dent Truman, that "new recourse
to aggression In the world today
might well strain to the breaking
point the fabric of world peace.
- Mr. Truman said that in hie
message to -congress last July Id
after fighting in Korea had begun. -
in response to a question," Acheson
applied it directly to Yugoslavia,
surrounded by heavily-armed So
viet bloc nations. ' -
tJp-te-Dste Appraisal
: Acheson also said it was very
important for Assistant Secretary
w. n.u.. n.l
grade, to - get' an up-to-date .ap
praisal of Marshal Tito's regime)
and the Yugoslav situation gen
erally. .
The restatement of the Ameri
can ;. attitude toward communifp
aggression served as a sequel t&
Acheson's charge week ago thaf
Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria
have broken their peace treaties
by expanding their armed forces,
He declared then that present
world tension is due basically tf
the vast buildup of armaments
behind the Iron curtain. ;
Advertisers to '
Attend Statesman ,
Luncheon Today
Two hundred are expected foe
the Centennial luncheon given by
The Oregon Statesman today soon
at the Senator hotel's Capltcl
room. Guests are Salem merchants
and advertisers,
restored as the principal speak
er, wm be Arthur H. (Red) Mot
ley, widely - known publisher c
New York City, former president
of the association of National Sain
Executives. Robert Sprague, Ad
vertising director of The States
man, will preside. Special musicsi
numbers have been arranged. -
KECOKD SALMON FUCK
ASTORIA, Feb 14 The
highest price In history 33 cents
e pound was paid here to giZaei
spring Chinook salmon. Several
boats reported catches exceedicj
400 pounds.. ;
- By WAftfig COODICH
ti t:ir f r profit lijtl
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