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Visitors Hospitality Week - 'Most Cordial9 Store Clerks 'Too Shy to Claim Awards Salem has at least two salespersons who are exceptionally cordial and also shy. - ' 1 " ... -, -f- For three days in a row, now, tourists visiting Ihe state capital . have nominated store personnel for. the Most Cordial Clerk awards .offered daily during this, Salem's Visitors Hospitality Week; But only Monday's choice, B. L. Carver of Stiff's Furniture Store, claim ed his prizes, - The clerks chosen on Tuesday and Wednesday,, so far,' have not identified themselves. , When and if they do, their names will be added to those- eligible for the grand prize pf a three-day expense-paid weekend at' Timber-line- Lodge. i ' .-Vf '-. ; '; .. Tourists asked to nominate the friendly salespersons are selected by James McGilchrist and staff of the State Capitol Guide, Bu reau. Wednesday's . cooperating tourists were Mr.; and Mrs. G. ILf Hamby and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Maupin, all of Joplin, Mo. . '"-.";, iv . Visitors who are helping taake Salem's special week a; success by . taking time, from the vacation travels to evaluate clerks will be sent a souvenir box of Oregon fruit and nuts by the Chamber of Commerce. Mystery Tourist' There are. awards, too, for Sa lem area residents who can spot the "Mystery Tourist" selected by McGilchrist. to wander around the city. As an added incentive for greeting Salem visitors, $10 cash will be added each day to the prizes going to the native who taps a likely-looking stranger with the word, Hello, are, you the Mystery Tourist?" If the stranger is, the one who Identifies him today will get two free dinners, two theater passes,! an all-wool throw rufeand the $10 folding money. If the stranger isn't well, the Chamber of Commerce thinks it isTiice to eet acauanted with the visitors, anyway. : Meanwhile, more friendly, corj dial women volunteers are needed i at the two special downtown in formation booths to tell the folks about Salem and pass out pamphlets, Dave Hoss, chairman of Hospitality Week, said. Any one interested is asked to call the Chamber of Commerce of fice for further details. Many Tourist Cars , City police, who have been placing special welcome material (such as tags exempting them from parking tickets) on all out-of-state licensed cars have found that, there are about twice as many such cars -in Salem as this time last year. That estimate jibes with the records of visitors kept at the ctat ranitnl chief tourist attrac tion in Salem. Some 11,200 visi tors toured the statehouse in June as compared to about 9,000 in June last year, McGilchrist said Wednesday. Almost every state in the union, plus Canada, Hawaii, and Scot land were represented by the signatures in the capitol guide bureau guest book. There were also some names listing themselves as from South Africa and other faraway places with strange sounding names, but the guides explain that those were written in by playful Ore gon children attending the Ameri can Tpinn' Rnvt State and Girls State. Produce Stands McGilchrist, who thinks Hospi tality Week is one of the finest projects Salem has undertaken, said that many tourists ask where they can buy the fruit and other farm products for which Oregon is renowned. He sug gested that roadside produce stands could be made more at tractive and he urged that Salem restaurants continue their recent practice of Serving fresh local strawberries, cherries and other fruit in season. The veteran statehouse guide also feels that, although the cur rent hometown-boosting literature issued by various Chambers and other local organizations is help ful, what is needed is a more comprehensive booklet covering the entire state. Then tourists would be able to go through one piece of literature ,touchinj! on every county and find the places they want to go. The big booklet could be financed by the indi vidual communities, he suggested. Unaware of CapitoL One Salem motel operator had many tourists who stopped at her South Salem motel did not know that Salem is the state . capital, she said. She suggested that, signs be placed on the highways at sev eral mileposts announcing "so many miles to Salem, capital of Oregon or words to that effect. This might encourage the tour ists to plan ahead to stay on in Salem long enough, to see the sights. Too many tourists simply stay overnight and move on, she said. Just Sleep Here Several other motel owners concurred on this point Visitors POISON; OAK! Why xpriment? Othor rmlls mar possibly eu you, but th additional suf fering U not only unneces sary, but alio ry painful. For auick rslist. ; HOOD'S Poison Oak Lotion , SCHAEFER'S DRUG STORE Open Daily, AM.- TM. Sunday, f AJM.4 FM, 13$. N. Commercial t Dealing In Investments I The Colonial Investment "Com pany -s was formed Wednesday, with formal filings of articles of incorporation. Incorporators were listed as Rob ert W. Gormsen, presi dent; Robert DeArmond, vice president; Ken neth Sherman, secretary - treas urer. The company, which already has its head quarters at 687 Court St, will deal in invest- R. W. Gonnsen merit- brokerage, mortgage loans, insurance, contracts'- and other phases of financial operations. Gormsen is secretary-treasurer and stockholder of Valley Tractor company and will retain his hold ings there without active partici pation. .DeArmond was in law partner ship with the late Donald Young. Sherman has been connected with the Salem Title Company for several years. The filing i was with the state corporations commissioner. stop to sleep and then drive off, even though thej operators try to interest them in local points of interest and distribute literature for the tourists. Those who do stay and visit the city seem to be well-pleased, however, the motel and hotel peo ple say. Many say they are im pressed with the capitol ' and "they all love Oregon scenery," as one operator put it But there have been some kicks about the weather. "They do nothing but cry about the rain, the wet, and the cold and say they're going to head south, said one motelman. i With more weather coming up like Wednesday's, though, that one complaint ought to fade out rapidly. Defamation Suits Filed Two defamaticjn suits seeking $3,500 in damages for letters ak legedly written to a firm's cus tomers were filed Wednesday in Marion County Circuit Court Feed Commodities Co. sued Consolidated . Products Co. for $250 general and, $2,500 punitive damages in each lease. It alleges that on June 10, 1953, the defendant wrote Dairy Co-op Association and Scio Mill and Elevator Co., customers to which the. plaintiff was selling poultry and livestock feeds. The letters allegedly claimed that the defendant had some ownership in accounts owed by the customers to the plaintiff, that merchandise! which had been sold to the customers was owned by the defendant rather than the plaintiff, that plaintiff's credit standing was not good and that plaintiff had no j right to collect money for merchandise sold by it V. Incorporated Important Profit Telephono: 2r4139 . I I 2 70 II 1 ($ Mass f-v-' ' Olio 'S. V IS ML . f V' K t - ... II i 1 t -t V-i ! Ill . i...., - - -.i -- - , j-, i MONTGOMERY, Ala. Part of a block-Ions; line that formed at one of eighteen Montgomery, Ala., in ; ocnlatlon stations (Jane 30) as polio fighters began giving some 30,000 children under ten years old, ; shots of gamma globulin. It is the first attempt by medical science to save an entire city from an L infantile paralysis epidemic. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman.) Two Salem Brothers on Overseas List Among Willamette valley ser vicemen whose activities were re cently reported by the armed forces are two Salem brothers, both Army privates, awaiting transportation to the Far East at Camp Stoneman, Calif. Thomas and James Colleran, whose mother, Mrs. Bertha J. Colleran, lives at 740 Cheme keta, were' both inducted last September and. took their basic training together at Camp Rob erts, Calif. Mrs. James Colleran lives at 1450 Lee St., Salem. : Both brothers attended Sacred Heart High School and James attended the University of Port land while Thomas attended Wil lamette University. Both were lettermen athletes. Officer Training John Paul Enger, son of O. N. Enger, 565 N. Capitol St., has re ported at Camp Gordon, Ga., to begin an intensive six-week course at the Army Signal Corps Reserve Officers Training Camp. Cadet Enger is a student at Ore gon State College and a member of the ROTC unit there. He is working to qualify for a commis sion as a second lieutenant. At Camp Pickett, Va., Pvt Red L. Lehman, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Leshman, Salem, Route 4, re cently completed basic training at lamina, and one of 3,790,000 feet. From San Diego j valued at $75,024 ,nenr B?ld Serving aboard the escort ves- Mountain west of McMinnville. sel USS Wiseman is Robert G. Both consist principally of tim Busey, interior communications , ber blown down by last Jan electrician third class, son of Mr. uary's severe windstorm and are and Mrs. R W. Busey, 1351 Sag-j sold in an attempt to pre- inaw St, Salem. The USS Wise- j vent spread of bark beeUe in. iuiu icucmujt iciuiucu iu oau i Diego, can:., alter completing a tour of combat duty in the Far East Scheduled to arrive in San Diego recently aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Valley iForge after seven months of combat duty in Korean waters is Gerald D. Beattie, airman, USN, son of Mrs. Edith M. Beattie of Philomath. On the same ship is Federick V. Cleveland, airman, USN, son of Mrs. Edna M. Cleve land, 1125 N. 16th St Salem. Everette C. Christenson, son of Mrs. Lunice L. Christenson, 570 Highland Ave.,, Salem, has been advanced in rate aboard the USS Roanoke. He is now Boilerman Third Class. Days Rsauxs a full six months' stow o by placing them with s by dollars start esrning ( v-3v ear i 4 -wv-v i.it.1 s of July LsC Don't miss tfeis opportunity to ern njore your funds with safety. Ooeo or add te your g savings account 07 SIMI-ANNUAL EARNINGS fAIO OUR SAVERS JULY 1st Fight Against'Polio ' Barron Ranch, Leases Sold MEDFORD in The once-famed Barron ranch and leaseholdings in Southern Oregon have been sold to a California couple for $316,875, Jackson County records disclosed Wednesday. The 7,000-acre holdings were sold by Austie Barron to Walter L. and Agnes Stewart of Sacramento, former cattle ranchers. The property originally was homesteaded by Barron's grand father in 1851. It was one of the first and largest in the county. Polk County Timber Sale Set Monday Auction of nearly 15 million feet of timber, valued at $319, 985, and mostly in Polk Coun ty, is slated for next Monday at 10:30 a.m. by Salem District office of U.S. Bureau of Land Management Rodney O. Fety, district for- ester, said nearly all the tim-j ber on the sale block is sal-' vaee, designed to get the good j out of forests hit by fire, wind , or bugs before they serve to I spread diseases to green tim- ber. The Polk tracts are one of ! o,uw,uw wiidiu in i, vdiutu i i $202,938, six miles south of Wil fpctatinn In Benton County are three tracts 565,000 feet of wind thrown and bug-killed, 1,005,000 feet of fire-killed and 165,000 feet of windthrown timber. The auction also will include small salvage tracts in Clackam as, Lincoln and Yamhill Coun ties. Shingles - Siding See Your LOCAL Dealer for Everything Aluminum WILLAMETTE ALUMINUM CO. 3035 Portland Rd. . Phone 2-8058 July 16th. Your 560 State St. Opposho : Courthouse HOURS: S to 4 dally to Noon Saturdays til'. VjSv ' V-Ud l. V : 5 7r tTj Salem Takes Over Pratum Postal Service Pratum's postal service , went under the jurisdiction of Salem Postoffice Wednesday, as Salem's sixth contract station. It was announced that Aden W. Klopfenstein, who has been postmaster, would remain as clerk in charge pf the office, to be known as Pratum rural con tract station. The chmge is part of the Postoffice Department's economy move. The other stations,' whose new contracts went into effect yes terday under the same manage ments, are Four Corners, oper ated by Frank Borden at 124 S. Lancaster Dr.; Keizer, by Charles Libby at 4978 N. River Rd.; South 99E, by Francis Ham street at 3025 S. Commercial St; Chemawa, by Mrs. Virgie Perry. Game Commission Official to Retire TT,I . . , ' PORTLAND LP Frank B. Wire of Portland, supervisor for 15 of his 21 years with the Oregon Game Commission, was on the retired list Wednesday. He was supervisor from 1932 until 1947, when poor health forced him to transfer to the position of commission secre- tary. The commission will divide among Wires secretarial duties other staff members. for your w Chief Justice Plans Grcuit Court Study ' Work' ot Oregon's circuit courts will come Junder close scrutiny of Chief Justice Earl C Latourette of the State Supreme Court, start ing Sept 1, under a law of he 1953 Legislature. Appointment of Joel C. Hill as administrative assistant to Justice Latourette was announced recently. He will keep a close check on the condition of the .circuit courts, the number of cases on file, cases not heard, and those under advisement ' Recent checks conducted by mail showed most of the circuit courts in good shape although a few have a substantial backlog of unheard cases. "I intend to do everything pos sible to assist the circuit judges in bringing their dockets up to date," Justice Latourette said. Justice Latourette said he al ready had assigned judges of dis tricts where their work is up to date to districts where a large number of cases now on file are awaiting hearing. Hill has been on the staff of the State Statute Revision Coun cil since Oct 1951. He was ad mitted to the Oregon bar in 1950J and prior to coming to - uregon was employed by the East Pub lishing Company of St. Paul, Minn. The Oregon law providing for supervision of circuit court by the Supreme Court was patterned after a New Jersey act which has been operating satisfactorily for several years. Courts most heavily burdened with legislation are located large ly in the industrial district where the population has increased rap idly during the since World War II. SalemPostal Receipts Rise Postal receipts in Salem dur ing June rose bv 2.8 Der cent from those of a 'year ago, not . . te the average increase so j 1 ransports Arriving this year, Postmaster Albert t SEATTLE UFi The Navy trans "ragg said Wednesday. port Gen. H. B. Freeman 'arrived come totaled $78,258 com- here Wednesday with 1.071 passeng- .-red to $76,663 in June. 1952. For the year's second quarter, receipts were up from $238,841 to $239,518. For the first half of the year, they rose from $462,075 to $474,987, or 2.91 per cent. The name "bauxite" for alum inum ore derives from the town of Baux in southern France where one of the first deposits was found. Shopping Convenience Stattvman, Salem, Oro Thursday July 2, 13S3Sc. 1) 7 Japan Firm Fears U. Si Competitors Out to Cancel Bid TOKYO; l Japan's leading porcelain . insulator . manufacturer accused rival U.S, makers Thurs day, of agitating to nullify the com pany's low bid for Washington State's big Chief Joseph Dam pro ject. The Nippon Gaishi Co. said it turned in a $312,135 bid to supply the .Bonneville Power, administra tion 100,000 pieces of suspension type insulators. The lowest bid by a u.b. ' company reportedly was 1412,000. ' A company spokesman said that westinghouse and six other U.S firms were behind a strong move to get the Bonneville administration to reject the Japanese bid. alleged ly on grounds of dumping. The spokesman denied the dumping charge and said the price was vir tually the same for Japanese us ers. PORTLAND (JP) A Bonneville Power Administration spokes man said. Wednesday he was un aware of any. move by American firms to get BPA to reject a Japanese company's bid to sup ply porcelain insulators for the Chief Joseph Dam . project in Washington State. Eagles Elect Salem Men COOS BAY m Tt. F. Chapman. Coos Bay, was elected president and four cities bid for the 1934 convention as the Oregon Frater nal Order of Eagles wound up its annual meeting here Wedifesday. Others elected were: Dr. Floyd Utter, Salem, vice president; L. A. Hamilton, Salem, secretary; Kenneth Brown, Reeds po't, treasurer- Harry Seavey, Albany,, chaplain: C. N. Bennett, McMinnville, conductor; Olem Ros koaki, Portland, inside guard; Francis Baker. Hood River, out side guard: Fred Grace, North Bend. Wallace Boslaugh. Tilla- mook, and Claude Moore, Milwau kie. trustees Salem, La Grande, Portland nd Roseburg seek next year's meet ing. ers from the Far East. The Gen. M. M. Patrick will ar rive Friday morning with 1,266 passengers. ALL ELECTRIC-RADIANT Glassheat No - Red - Hot - Wires 1540 Fairgrounds Rd. Phone 4-6263 iff 10' u i " . DOT- MM f?fo)fl Closed Saturday SEARS 550 Youth Admit Murder of a. lie . -ft 's w! .'.'-,' j. SHELVYVILLE. Ind. : ( A youth arrested for vagrancy when he was found sleeping in a court house restroom admitted Wednes day the knife slaying of a Stur geon Bay, Wis., newspaper pub lisher, and his wife! ; - 4 . Sheriff Robert Meizer said the youth first identified himself as Joe Mead . but admitted later he I was James Duranty. 14. i a . next-door neighbor of "Mr. JlnH MnvSiimw Harris, victims of the double kill-!' ing. I ! The sheriff said that shortly aft er the youth was taken to jail a car was found j abandoned on a county road.' In -it were a glasses case stamped with Harris's name; and a suit coat which matched the trousers Duranty was wearing. Confronted with hi virlni ' Meizer said, the boy admitted he was Duranty and then "admitted he had tilled Harris and his wife. jic gave uy icasuii jur me siay ings. : . Young Duranty left a note in the bedroom of his home across the yard from the Harris' residence J tpllinc hi mother fi hart killwf the couple and advising her he was going to Michigan. ' ' '' First degree murder-- warrants charging Duranty with the slaying of Harris, 53, and his wife, Grace, 50, were issued Tuesday ,night. " N II "II - T ! .Hr Letnin Moves To Alaska Postl JUNEAU Clarke A. Lethin of Albany, Ore., formerly of the Cascade area council with head-" quarters in Salem has arrived' here to become Boy Scout execu tive for the Alaska council. Lethin succeeds Maurice Powers, transferred to the Scout council in the San Francisco area. Lethin's wife, Marjory, deputy treasurer of Linn County, Ore., and their two ! sons him in September Wild turkeys are found dis-' tributed from Canada south to Central America. .LI WAXED! PAPER a picnic nxmr SPECIAL AT YOWt FAVORITE STOKE I Phone 3-9191 N. Capitol, Salem Publisher. I : IF , I- t.;