Gas Company
AttoraeyGets
Crossed
WASHINGTON Oft An attor-
ney for three natural gas firms
, forgot he was testifying for a
fourth company at a Power Com
mission hearing Tuesday.
D. P. McDonald of Calgary, Al
berta, described a gas purchase
contract at the hearing on five
applications for licenses to build
pipelines to Washington, Oregon
" and Idaho. .
The contract provides for the
; purchase of - gas by Trans-North-
; west uas Co., spoxane, wasn.,
: from Westcoast Transmission Co.
' Limited, Canada.
Another lawyer asked McDonald
which company he was represent
Ine as a witness.
. McDonald replied he was testi
fying for Westcoast, but he was
quickly corrected by Power Com
mission examiner ulen K. iaw
and Charles V. Shannon, -West-
coast attorney.'
Shannon said McDonald was
testifying as a witness for Trans
' " Northwest. He explained he was
I presenting witnesses on Trans -Northwest
gas sources as a cour
tesy to Trans-Northwest, attorneys
who have not yet arrived for the
hearing.
McDonald is an attorney for
Westca:st Transmission Co., Inc.
Wilmington, Del., which seeks to
build a pipeline in Washington and
Oregon, and for two of its affili
ates in Canada. He also is a di
rector of the parent company,
which would provide gas for the
proposed Westcoast and Trans
Northwest pipelines.
. The Canadian Westcoast firm
A would construct a pipeline from
s the Peace River gas fields In
"' Northern British Columbia and Al
berta to a point near the inter
national border at Sumas, Wash
" The U. S. affiliate would extend
it into Western . Washington and
Oregon.
The contract described by" Mc
Donald would provide 103 million
cubic feet of gas daily for the
Eroposed Trans - Northwest pipe
ne, which would extend, into East
ern Washington and Idaho.
Arthur Logan, attorney - for
Northwest Nat-'ral Gas Co., Wil
mington, Del... said he intends to
' prove that Westcoast hasn't shown
it has enough gas to supply its
' own pipeline for 15 years, without
taking care of Trans - Northwest.
McDonald, who had testified
' earlier as a Westcoast witness, re
plied that the company has "more
than "enough" reserves for : both
projects.
Shannon declared that Westcoast
could draw gas from "millions of
acres more gas reserves than
have been shown by any other
company ever to come before 'the
Power Commission.
Westcoast claims it will be able
to get gas from fields covering
1 more than 30 million acres, which
' are virtually i untapped because
" there's no pipeline into, the area.
TV BackerVisits Salem
V:
Establishing a UHF television station la Salem by fall of this year is
the topic being discussed here by Laurence Harvey (right), execu
tive vice president of the Harvey Machinery Company ef Torrence,
Calif., and Gene E. Zlnniger, chief engineer of the company. Har
vey Is In Salem this week making arrangements for the new station.
Statesman photo.)
Miss Wolcott to
Attend Conference
Over 200 delegates from seven
western states are scheduled to
arrive at Timberline Lodge, ML
Hood, to participate in the con
ference of the Pacific Camping
Federation, March 10 through 13.
. This is a division of the Ameri
" can. Camping Association. .
One of the outstanding speak
ers will be Rudoph M. Witten
berg of New York, who has had
over fifteen years of professional
social work. Rabbi Julius J. No
del of Portland will speak at the
Wednesday morning session. Jack
Cheley . of the well known Cheley
Camps in Colorado, and a nation-
al officer of the A.CA. is one of
the panel participants, also Mrs.
Elizabeth Spear, New York City,
national chairman of the camping
department of Camp Fire Girls.
The executive director of the
Willamette Area Council of Camp
Fire Girls. Miss Enid Wolcott of
Salem, will participate in the conference.
Neighbors el Woodcraft will
meet Friday night at the Salem
Woman's Clubhouse at 8 p.m. for
a formal birthday party. Mem
- bers whose birthdays are in De
cember, January. February and
March will be honored. The com
mittee includes Mrs. J. McNeil
Mrs. Coral Smith and Mrs. Pearl
Bairy. .
Neighbors of Woodcraft drfQ
1; team, husbands and families will
' meet for a no-host dinner at the
"; Mayflower Hall Thursday night
at 6:15 pjn. A practice land so-
' rial hour will follow.
. , Laurel Galld of the Knight
, Memorial Church will meet to
night at the Kingwood Heights
. home of Mrs. Loring Grier; 721
r: Kingwood Drive, at 8 pan. As-
listing hostesses are Mrs. George
X Sundlie, Mrs. Thomas Downs and
Mrs. Leonard Elliott.
, : Miss Nellie Schwab wffl en-
- lertain members of the Zonta
; Club at a dessert supper Thursday
night at her Kingwood Heights
; home on GrandviewcPlace at 7:30
; pju. Assisting hostesses will be
4 Mrs. Byron B. Herrick. Miss
Maxine Buren and Miss Josephine
Baumgartner. " -? .-; -
: Harmony Rebekah Lodge x
' Quinaby held its meeting Man
v - day night. The vice-grand, Mrs.
. Mason, presided. A dance and
J refreshments followed the aaeet
? ing f or all Kebekahs, Odd Fel-
laws and friends.
X
National Commander Frederick
ftavic nf Fnonw will VtA iitt
at the no-host dinner meeting of
it the Sons of Union Veterans and
-V Auxiliary tonight at the home of
: Mrs. W. J. Hagedorn, 1405 Fir
' St. All members are asked to
, . attend the meeting and meet the
commander. . " . '.
Mr. and Mrs. Axel Jaeobsen
spent the weekend . in Corvallis
, Vith their son-in-law and daugh-
: tex, Mr. and Mrs. Max Fowler and
granddaughter, Judy;
Bidding Slow
At Fairgrounds
Livestock Sale
! By LXLLD2 L. MADSEN
Farm Editor, The Statesman
Walter Palmer, widely publi
cized California cattle auctioneer,
just wasn't being funny Tuesday
nrhpn ho failed to draw any an-
thusiasm in bidding at the second
annual Oregon Aberdeen-Angus
Association sale at the state fairs-rounds.
,
Whether it was worry over un
steady beef prices or it was lack
of advertising to bring out more
bidders, the fact was that lout jusx
weren't buying. No matter how
hard Palmer worked bids were
difficult to raise on most of the
animals. The sale of 77 head
brought a total of $19,432 while 39
hoarf brourt more tnan zf,uuu a
voir atrn at the same place.
Of the number sold Tuesday 44
head were commercial (not reg
istered) and these averaged $136
a head. With the exception of one,
mnsima! bv Don Snabel of Powell
Butte this group was soia in uns
with the highest average oemg on
a group of five cows, three and
fnur -rara old. Thev were con
signed by Archie Riekkola and
went to A. F. Koppish of Astoria
for an average of $195. Broadmead
Farm of AmitT bouxht 10 head of
the commercial heifers for $1,400
nnH T. O. Ferschwieler of Gervais
bought 9 head consigned by Carl
Williams of Salem for a total of
$1,012. The 44 head totaled $5,987.
The 21 regunerea iemaies in
the Tuesday sale averaged $436 to
total $11,085. Snabel bought the
champion female of the Monday
show which was consigned by
Harold Rankin of Hermistorfr pay
ing $950 for her. Snabel also
bought the reserve champion tor
which he paid $500 and which
was consigned by Ben Hilton of
Grants Pass. Second highest fe
male in price paid was another
Rankin cow, sold to H. W. Ray of
milsboro. for $925. The four fe
males consixned bv Rankin aver
aged $765, the highest average of
the sale. .-
While the majority of the cattle
went out of the Willamette Valley
to the south and east in Oregon
and into Washington, a few did
remain here. Others than those al
ready mentioned were: Carlton J,
McLeod of Brooks, bought three
females for a total of $875; Loren
& MuriU Hicks of Turner took
home one female for $295. Broad
mead Farm of. Amity bought three
of the registered bulls paying $425
for the highest of these anr $250
and $200 for the other two.
Broadmead also took home
lot of 10 commercial cows and
heifers, consigned by Kesle Wid
man for an average of $140. An
other local commercial buyer was
James Stuchlich of Salem, who
paid an average of $117-50 for
five head consigned by Carl Wil
liams, Salem. ----- .
Wreck Brings
$15 J82 Suit
A Salem auto-pedestrian acci
dent resulted Tuesday in a $15,182
suit in Marion County Circuit
Court. ; .
The suit was filed by Judith
Lauree MorrelL through y. her
mother. Edna M. Morrell acting
as guardian, alleging the- girl was
struck by a , car April 12, 1852,
while crossing State and liberty
Streets mtersection.
Defendants are Darrell F. Strat
ton, driver, and Belva Stratton,
owner, of the car. r
Thexhrl allegedly sustained leg,
spine and' kidney injuries.' Dam
ages sought are $15,000 general
and $182 for medical expenses.
Appeals from dehial of freedom
for two State Penitentiary inmates,
both serving life "sentences as
habitual criminals, have been filed
here.
Petitions of Gordon Sayre Little
and Claude Castle for writs of
habeas corpus were denied in
Marion County Circuit Court , by
Judge Fred McHenry of Corvallis
on Jan. S and by Judge George R.
Duncan on Jan. 6, respectively
Little, who was sentenced to
life in the prison on July 3, 1943,
by Judge Duncan, alleged that
the term was imposed for the
crime of being an habitual crim
inal, rather than for his last fel
ony, forgery, and that the five-
year forgery sentence Issued
March 27, 1943, -was not vacated.
Little had been convicted of seven
felonies prior to the life sentence
Castle, sentenced to life on July
24, 1951, in Polk County, claimed
also that his last previous felony
sentence was not vacated and that
the crime which brought his third
conviction was committed prior
to his second conviction. The lat
ter, he held, would cut his record
to three felomes under the habitu
al criminal staute, which would
not make him subject to a life
term.
In dismissing the petition, Judge
Duncan held that the life sentence
might be wrong but would be sub
ject to correction and not voiding.
He noted also that, in that event,
Castle's proper sentence would be
minimum of 40 years, so the
plea for freedom was premature.
MUSICIANS CHOSEN
SEATTLE 121 Frances Eicb
off. 22, Seattle soprano, and Tana
Bawd en. 18, Portland pianist,' were
chosen as district winners in their
divisions at auditions Sunday un
der-sponsorship .. of the National
Federation of Music Clubs. It was
decided, however, not to send
district representative to New York
If or the biennial Young Artist award
competition. -
Convicts to Try
Decisions of
Circuit Courts
Business Up,
Costs Stable.
C-P RepWts
By LXLLIE L. MADSEN
Farm Editor. The Statesman -
SILVERTON With an increase
of more than a quarter of a mil
lion dollars i In volume of busin
ess, expenses were up only $396
over a year ago, the auditor's re
port showed at the annual meet
ing of the Valley Farmers Cooper
ative Oil Association held at Le
gion Hall at Silverton Tuesday.
John' Horn made the audit report
zor the W. u. stacey & Company.
Total volume of business for
1952 was $864,699, which was an
increase of $288,935 over the 1951
volume. Biggest one department
volume was that in the feed, seed
and fertilizer which amounted to a
total of $698,890 for the year.
That the increase in volume Is
continuing was shown by a report
of Manager J. Saum, who reported
a $24,000 increase during the first
two months of 1953 over the first
two months of a year ago. Expec
tations, Saum said, was that the
1953 . volume would go over the
$1,000,000 for the first time.
Had it not been for the reduction
of expenses in so many divisions,
Saum reported, the "squeeze be
tween selling price and cost"
might have been serious in spite
of the increase in business. But
only, he added, by business in
crease can these expenses be cut
extensively. A total of $190,000
worth of more grain was handled
for growers in 1952 than in 1931,
reports snoweo.
In 1951, $12.16 out of each $100
went for expenses while in 1952,
wis ngure was cut to $10.72. The
net margin remaining in 1952 was
$12,577 compared to $7,427 a year
earlier.
Net margin prior to Dartial dis
tribution was $18,050, with $3,913
distributed in 6 per cent dividends
on preferred stock and $1,560 in
six per cent interest on certin
cates of preferred interest.
Considerable tim was rfovnfH
Tuesday to adoption of a revised
constitution and by-laws which
provided for five share of common
stock at $10 a share for member
ship, instead of the former $10
lone share which gave patrons a
membershiD vote. The canital
stock of the association was also
raisea irom $75,000 to $225,000.
j. wo ouier major changes in the
amended by-laws, gave the coop
erative the name of Valley Farm
ers Co-op instead of the original
longer name of Valley Farmers
Cooperative Oil Association, a ti
tle it has borne for the past 10
years, and provided for a seven in
stead of five member-board of directors.
Directors elected for three years
were Alvin Krug and Fred Jar-
veil while elected for two years
were Amos Jimrue and Dan Stef
fen. Holdovers are the chairman,
Walter VanFlue, xthe secretary,
Robert Riches and Stanley Swan
son.
Little Linda Murrhammer, dau
ghter of the Luther Murrhammers,
gave a couple of dance numbers,
and Mrs. Bruce Strachan of Port
land demonstrated making Easter
candles during the entertainment
hour.
Cherrians Asked
To Join Parade
At Salmon Derby
The Salem Cherrians. Capitol
city goodwill organization, re
ceived invitation Tuesday to par
tidpate in the St. Helens Salmon
Derby Parade in St. Helens April
11.
. Hunt Clark. Cherrian Xing Ring.
advised that he expected a large
turnout to mis, the first marching
function of the
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Bomb Explosion
, Aboard Carrier
Brings Heroism
TOKYO U) The Navy told
Wednesday of heroism amid ex
ploding death aboard the U. S.
carrier Oriskany off Korea March
6 when a wild bomb killed two
men one a cameraman - who
wouldn't quit shooting.
Ferry Cable
Mrs. Mary Lechtenberg (left) examines the 14 cubic foot deep freeser
she won Monday night in a drawing at Capitol Shopping Center
where Coronation Days festivities are marked by the like of this
winner's "crown." Inset shows part of large crowd at drawing. Mrs.
Lechtenberg lives at 4840 Auburn ltd.
Mrs. LeGrand
Succumbs During
Visit to Silverton
Statesman New Servic
SILVERTON Mrs. Millie Ann
LeGrand, 70, mother of Mrs. Juan
ita Pasley and Mrs. Edna Woldahl
of Silverton, died at a Salem hos
pital Tuesday.
Mrs. LeGrand. who was born
Feb. 6, 1883, in Boone County, Mo,
had come to Silverton on February
1. from her Colorado home, to visit
her two daugnters nere. ane naa
been ill for the past two weeks.
Other survivors are another
daughter, Mrs. Sylvia Hill of Sugar
ritv Colo and four sons, Chester
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LeGrand, t ruita, woio; jrnesi J--Grand,
Colorado Springs, Colo.,
Leo LeGrand. Monrovia,- Calif.,
and Robert LeGrand in the U. S
Naw. i
Mrs. Pasley ana airs, woiaani
will accompany, the body to Colo
rado for burial.
Influenza Cases
On Rise Again
A new surge in reports of influ
enza cases dominated the . Marion
County communicable disease list
for last week, the health depart
ment announced Tuesday:
Physicians reported 11 new
cases of flu in Salem, 34 in the
rest Of the county and 171 in insti
tutions.
other diseases listed were
chickenpox 7, German measles 4,
measles and mumps 3 each, lobar
pneumonia 2, infectious hepatitis,
broncho pneumonia, ringworm and
scarlet fever, 1 each. Institutions
also reported 12 cases of measles,
9 of German measles and 1 of
syphilis.
The list Included one case of
poliomyelitis, announced earlier
to be a Stayton area teen-aged boy,
hospitalized at Eugene.
BidsonTKree
Suburban Postal
Stations Sought
Bids on operation of three su
burban Salem postal stations were
called Tuesday by Postmaster Al
bert C Gragg. witn tna oeaaunt
3 p.m. on March 20. The stations
are in regular operation now at
Four Corners, South 99E and
Keizer.
Forms are available at the Post
office for bidders. Contracts call
for the operator to provide build
ing facilities, a safe and to Keep
the station open during the regu
lar business hours. Bids are called
each two years.
Gragg said several bids received
last week for airmail messenger
service between the Postoffice
and the airport were forwarded to
the Postoffice Department s bu
reau of transportation for award.
TB Group to
Visit Hospital
A visit to the new tuberculosis
section of the State Hospital will
feature the meeting of Marion
County Tuberculosis and Health
Association directors tonight at
7:30.
President Otto Skopil announced
that speakers will be Dr. Dean K.
Brooks, assistant superintendent
of the State Hospital, and Dr. Ru
dolph. Rosenfelt, staff physician
in charge of the TB unit.
Business will include adoption
of the coming years budget.
'Slide Hurts
Ex-Valley Man
At Sutherlin
Statesman News Serrie
MILL CITY A former resident
of Mill City and Salem, Paul Cree,
37, was seriously injured Monday
in a landslide near Sutherlin
where he is a logger.
Doctors at a Roseburg hospital
where he was taken operated on
his nead to relieve the pressure
oq his neck and spinal cord re
sulting from a broken neck. He
also suffered several broken ribs,
broken ankle and face lacera
tions.
Hospital officials reported his
condition as "fair."
Loggers who witnessed the land
slide said Cree was cought by a
sudden slide that carried trees
and rocks into a ravine. Cree was
the only man injured. He had been
bucking logs with a power saw
when the slide started.
Cree lived at Mill City ahd at
tended school in Salem for several
years before moving to Sutherlin
a few years ago. He is married
and has two children.
Said Hazard
Hazard of the Buena Vista ferry
cable to some Willamette River
traffic was called to the attention
of Marion County Court Tuesday
by the Army engineers. .
The court plans , to discuss vthe
situation with Polk County Court,
since the ferry south of Salem is
a joint operation.
The engineers said then:, river
dredge must lift the. cable to pass
it and that tugs on a barge line
which recently began river opera
tions clear the cable by only , five
inches. It was pointed out that
contact between the boats' masts
and electrical wires carried on the
cables might cause considearable
damage.
Services for
Mrs. Miller
Set at Dallas
Statesmaa Ntws Senrtc -
DALLAS Mrs. Martha Eliza
beth Miller, 86, died Monday , at
the home of her son, Milton L.
Miller, Rt. 3, Dallas. Funeral ser
vices will be held at 2 p. m.
Thursday at the Bollman Funeral
Chapel with the Rev. Earl Ben-
bow officiating. The body will be
sent to Craig, Netav for interment.
Mrs. Miller was born Nov. S,
1866 at Knox, Ind., spent most of
her life in Craig. Nebr and mov
ed to Dallas 16 years ago. She was
married to John Miller Feb. 22, at
Craig.
She is survived by two sons,
Milton L. Dallas, and Argie J.
Miller. Craig: one daughter, Mrs,
Blossom Boemer, Glendale,Calif.,
12 grandchildren and 28 great
arandchildren.
She was a member of the Dal
las Methodist Church and was
charter member and past Noble
Grand of Leah Rebekah Lodge No.
33 of Craig, Nebr.
Fifteen others were La hired la
the blast and subsequent fire.
The Navy said six men are stil
regarded as "in serious condition,1
but that all the wounded show
definite improvement.
Memorial services were held
aboard ship the day after the ex
plosion for the two dead men. The
Navy is investigating.
In Washington, the Navy said
the incident occurred when a Navy
pilot, returning from. a strike over
North Korea, .attempted to land
on , the carrier, .deck with one of
his bombs dangling perilously ajar
under the wing of his plane. The
bomb had failed to release over
the target.
Bounces, Explodes
As the plane touched down. the
bomb shook loose, bounced twice
and exploded.
Hurtling bomb fragments tors
through the fuel tanks of jet fighter
planes nearby, drenching the deck
with gasoline and jet fuel. Fire
instantly broke out, touching off
live ammunition.
The Navy pilot, Lt Edwin Kunv
mer of Rochester, N. Y., wai
knocked unconscious by the bomn
blast. He lay helpless, strapped is
his parachute harness,- until a
buddy plunged through the flames
and exploding ammunition to res
cue him.
Bomb Casnaltles
The dead were: r
Photographer Airman Thorn a I
Leo Mcgraw Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas L. McGraw Sr.,
Watertown, N. Y.
Aviation Electrician - Airmai
Thomas M. Yeager, son of Mrs.
Mary Yeager, coiumhus, o.
Yeager was killed by flyin
shrapnel.
, McGraw was at his station, tali
ing movie shots of the plane whet
he saw the bomb drop from itt
wing bracket.
Unflinching, he kept on takinf
pictures. The film taken from nil
camera showed the bomb bouncing,
along the deck. SuddencQy it e
ploded in a blast of flame.
; McGraw was killed outright
The Navy said that after night
long emergency repairs, the Oris
kany returned to its task force
post the next day.
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