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Little Prospect Seen of 1955
Legislature Authorizing New
Office Structures Being Built
There is little prospect that a
new state supreme court build
ing or any state office structure,
with the possible exception of a
new home for the State Agricul
tural Department, will be author
ized by the 1955 legislature,
meeting here in January, high
state officials have indicated.
Nation s Meat
Output Shows
Lower Trend
By I.ILLIE L. MADSEN
Farm Editor. The Statesman
The total output of meat for
the nation has boon showing a
lower trend, according to USDA
agricultural releases, as the past
week closed The drop since the
hifh point this year in January
has been around 23 per cent.
More cows for slaughter have
been moving to market with steer
slaughter, under federal inspec
tion, trending lower, indicating
that beef supplies, at a later date
might be lower than now.
Hog slaughter under federal
inspection has been down rather
sharply compared to a year ago
with hog prices dipping this week
at most markets compared to the
record high quotations of a week
?go,
Dtressed beef quotations at Wil
lamette Valley markets have
been showing a little stronger
trend for good and choice grades
of steers during the past two
weeks. Prior to that time quota
tions have held moderately less
than a year ago.
Lower grades of dressed steer
beef have been about the same
as a year ago to slightly lower
while cow beef is being quoted as
about the same to slightly lower
also.
Wool Interest Keen.
Keeti interest is continuing in
the purchase of wool in all west
ern areas. Buyers are reported
purchasing wool as shorn at firm
price levels. Trading during the
week just closed, in the Boston
wool market, was holding steady,
prices were firm to strong on all
grades.
The Parma, Idaho Wool Pool,
made up of clips consigned from
around 300 producers, one-fourth
of whom are in Oregon, sold this
week at an average price of 573
cents a pound, greased basis.
This was a fraction over 2 cents
above the 1953 clip. The volume
as well as the price was higher
than a year ago. Total volume of
wool sold in this year's pool is
expected to reach nearly 200. OOO
pounds, compared "to the 189.000
of a year ago.
Lamb Prices Down
In contrast, prices for slaugh
ter lambs dropped rather sharply
?s the week closed. At Portland,
v.holcsale prices for lamb have
been working lower for the past
two or three weeks. Quotations
around the middle of April were
at the highest paint so far this
year.
Egg markets this past week
were mostly steady on the W:est
Coast as well as eastward. At
Portland, jobbing prices for eggs
held steady to firm most of the
week. Receipts for all sizes have
been clearing. Live poultry prices
during the past seven days have
been steady to mostly lower at
the major markets.
The continued high placements
of chicks for meat production in
Oregon during the past week,
showed a sharp upward trend and
continued to worry some of the
poultry producers. The total
placements amounted to 156,000
fcr the past week, which was
57,000 larger than placements dur
ing the same week a year ago.
Placements this past week were
the second largest of record, and
nearly equalled the 160,000 record
placement made during the week
of March 20.
Funeral Saturday
For Mrs. Countiss
UNION'VALE Mrs. Lucinda
Countiss, long-time resident of this
area passed away in Portland
April 28. Funeral services were
held Saturday. May 1 at 1:30 p.m.
in the chapel of Macy and Son.
She is survived by one daughter.
Mrs. Cora Brown of Portland: a
grandson. Donald Brown of Port
land and one sister, Georgianna
Leonard of Bristol, Tenn. Her hus
band preceded her in death sev
eral years ago. Interment was in
the Evergreen Memorial park in
McMinnville
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Most officials agreed that any
costly construction probably
would be confined to the state in
stitutions an'' the higher educa
tion centers. Cost of the proposed
new state supreme court build
ing was estimated by Francis
Keally, New York City architect,
at approximately $2,000,000. Ke
ally directed construction of the
current State Capitol.
Keally suggested that the new
supreme court building be locat
ed in the center of North Sum
mer Street near its intersection
with Union Street. He said such
a plan would block off the State
Capital Mall and add to the beau
ty of the Capitol area. Officials
said that while the current su
preme court building was con
structed many years ago it is in
good condition. Only recently,
more than $50,000 was expended
in improving the st ucture.
Building Proposed.
A new State Agricultural De
partment buildinq was proposed
at the 1953 legislature but action
was deferred pending investiga
tion of the cost and location.
Such an investigation is now in
progress by the State Agricul
tural Board. It has been suggest
ed this this building, if construct
ed, be located some distance
from the State Capitol area
where parking facilities would
be adequate.
The agricultural group recent
ly announced it would file a re
port early in the 1955 legislature.
The Agricultural Department is
now housed in an old structure
on 12th Street, along with the
State Printing Department.
Tentative institution construc
tion requests for the 1955-57 bi
ennium total $5,519,000 and in
clude partial reconstruction of
the old Oregon State Hospital
building at a cost in excess of
$2,500,000. The State Board of
Higher Education tentative budg
et for the 1955-57 biennium is
$8,160,000. Officials predicted
that both of these tentative budg
ets would be revised and the cost
reduced materially.
All Requests Considered
All state institution construc
tion requests are considered by
the State Board of Control be
fore being sent to the legislature
for action by the ways and means
committee.
Governor Paul L. Patterson
emphasized that the first respon
sibility of th- state government
is to providt housing facilities
and care for state charges. De
spite recent construction at the
Oregon State Hospital, largest
state institution, more facilities
are required. Plans are now in
progress for 'wo projects at the
Oregon State Hospital during the
current biennium. One is an ad
dition for which the low bid re
ceived Friday is 51.075,000.
The other is remodeling the
kitchen and dining room for
which a recent low bid was ap
proximately S50.000 in excess of
the amount of money available.
The State Emergency Board has
been asked to appropriate some
of the money required for the
kitchen and dining room project
so that construction can proceed
without waiting until the 1955
legislative session.
Under Construction
Also on the current construc
tion program are the State In
termediate Penal Institution,
service building and central ga
rage required in connection with
operation of the Sta $ Motor Ve
hicle Pool. The service building
and garage are under construc
tion. High on the agenda of the
State Board of Control for rec
ommendation to the 1955 legis
lature probably will be an insti
tution to house women prison
ers now sent to the state peni
tentiary and county jails. This
structure has approval of Prison
Warden Clarence Gladden. He
said current facilities for women
prisoners at the penitentiary are
inadequate.
All three BoaAl of Control
members agreed that the State
of Oregon has made satisfactory
progress in providing care for its
state charges and expanding of
fice space.
TIME TO RETIRE
CHILLICOTHE, Mc. OP Some
one popped off a firecracker out
side the Missouri House of Rep
resentatives chamber. The Liv
ingston County representative, A.
B Kammer, chuckled when he
tokl the home folks he just lit out.
"When it was all over," he said,
"I was closer to Chillicothe than I
was to the Capitol in Jefferson
City, so I just came onTiome."
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3 Appointed to
Committees of
Loan League
Three Salem men have been
appointed to 1954 committees of
the United States Savings and
Lean League, a nationwide trade
organization of the savings asso
ciation business.
Appointments were announced
by league president Ralph R.
Crosby of Providence, R. I.
Named to committees were
Fred B. Keeler, secretary and
vice president of the First Fed
eral Savings and Loan Associa
tion; Arthur B. Bates and Rob
ert K. Powell, president and ex
ecutive vice president respective
ly, of Salem Federal Savings and
Loan Association.
Demos Claim
Vote Victory
In Turkey
ISTANBUL. Turkey . A lead
ing Democrat Party spokesman
claimed early Monday his party
won a landslide victory in Sun
day's elections, capturing 505 of the
541 seats in Turkey's new Parlia
ment. Observers saw the result as a
general endorsement of the ruling
Democrats' development program
for the country over the last four
years and approval of new laws to
encourage foreign capital invest
ment in Turkey.
It was also a heavy setback to
the fledgling two-party system.
The Democrat Party spokesman
conceded the opposition Republican
Party would win 28 seats. The Re
publicans won 69 seats in the 1950
elections when the National As
sembly had only 487 deputies.
DOG WRECKS CAR
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) A
200-pound St. Bernard's dash in
front of a car has brought a $10,
428 damage suit 2gainst the dog's
owners here. A man and wife say
the dog caused the wreck in
which they were injured. The
dog was killed.
When the volcano, Krakatoa
exploded in 1883, so much dust
was thrown into the air that ex
traordinary color was observed in
sunsest throughout the world for
the two vears.
West Electric
Employes
Defer Strike
NEW YORK OP A spokesman
for 17,000 Western Electric em
ployes announced Sunday night a
threatened midnight strike had
been deferred while negotiations
continued.
The Union spokesman said no
agreement had been reached but
there would be no strike Sunday
night.
The union members will continue
to "work without a contract," the
union officials said.
James Massey. director of dis
trict 10 of the CIO Communications
Workers of America, said negotia
tors could not reach agreement
and "we therefore recessed to re
view our positions.
No Strike'
"There will be no strike until
further notice," he said. "For the
time being we will work without
a contract. That's happened before.
On a previous occasion we
worked eight days without a con
tract." Massey added that "the com
pany has refused just about all
our demands and has put forth
some of their own which were not
acceptable to us."
He said the company announced
it would cancel certain provisions
of the present contract, including
automatic union dues deductions.
"I suppose it will now be neces
sary to collect dues by hand,"
Massey said. "That, too, has hap
pened before. It's not too serious
a problem."
'Together. Alert'
He said he would keep the union
negotiationg committee "together
and alert" and the company had
indicated its representatives would
be available for a resumption of
conferences.
The company had no immediate
comment.
The employes involved are in
stallers of heavy telephone equip
ment for Western Electric, which
is the manufacturing affiliate of
the Bell Telephone system.
They work in 44 states and the
District of Columbia. Only Maine.
New Hampshire. Vermont and
Montana are not involved.
The union's demands for a wage
increase and other benefits have
not been disclosed in detail.
Plans had been announced for
picketing all telephone offices and
exchange in the affected states if
the strike went into effect.
Massey said CWA le a d e r s
throughout the country were being
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Today, Americans arc eating 34 more
eggs . . . 9 more meat, fish and
poultry per person than in 1940. We're
consumhig 13 more dairy products (ex
cluding butter).
And the food industry has been takinf
over more jobs once done in the kitchen.
Hundreds of foods are now available in pre
packaged, precooked, canned or frozen form,
in mixes or concentrates. Our consumption
of commercial frozen foods is now almost
eight times as great as in 1940.
2 Professors
In State Win
Fellowships
NEW YORK I Two Oregon
professors won Guggenheim Fel
lowship appointments in the list
announced Sunday. They are Dr.
Arthur Hamilton Livermore, Reed
College, and Dr. Edward Kemp
Vaugharf, Oregon State College.
The appointments were made to
243 Americans with a total grant
of more than a million dollars.
They are made annually to men
and women "who have demon
strated the highest capacity for
original scholarly research and
artistic creation."
Dr. Livermore's erant. in bio
chemistry, is for studies of the
synthesis of glutathione by certain
yeasis. ur. vaugnans, in botany,
is for study of viruses affecting
certain bramble fruits.
Mrs. Krueger,
93, Succumbs
Mrs. Thresa Kriieger, resident
of Salem for the past 18 years,
died in a Salem hospital Sunday
afternoon at the age of 93 years.
She had been in poor health for
the last year.
Mrs. Krueger was born Oct. 14,
1861 at Dubuque, Iowa. She was
married to Robert Krueger in In
diana and he preceded her in
death in 1907. On moving to Sa
lem, Mrs. Krueger made her
home with a daughter, Mrs. Do
rothy Hill of 1015 N. 18th St.. who
survivesj She was a member of
St. Vincent De Paul's Catholic
Church.
Surviving besides Mrs. Hill are
a daughter, Mrs. Martha Fletcher.
Tacoma, Wash.; son. A. H. Krue
ger, South Bend, Ind.; 10 grand
children, 18 great grandchildren
and one great great grandchild.
The Rosary will be recited at
8 o'clock this evening in the W.
T. Rigdon Chapel. Services will
be announced later.
notified of Sunday night's deci
sion, but "maybe some mightgo
out if they don't get word in time."
If this happens, he said, "It will
not be for long."
Some kinds of ducks cannot
fly during parts of the nesting
season because they lose many
feathers in moulting.
less work
Greece Quake
Situation Said
'WeUinHand'
ATHENS. Greece OB The
Greek government announced Sun
day the situation is "well in hand"
after earthquakes which shattered
a large area of central Greece Fri
day.
A spokesman said proffered aid
from America, Britain and Italy
has been declined.
Victims of the devastation, who
took the shocks without panic,
cheered King Paul and Crown
Prince Constantine as they toured
heavily damaged aceas.
Aided by good weather and the
natural agricultural wealth of Thes
saly, the victims have ade
quate ftxJd and medicine, but tens
of thousands are without shelter.
A government spokesman said
the damage in the rich Thessaly
plain was estimated at 10 million
dollars, with more than 5,000 build
ings destroyed or damaged.
The death toll was officially
fixed at 24, with 137 injured.
Five new slight tremors were re
ported Saturday night and early
Sunday morning, bringing to 49 the
total of shocks since the first trem
or was felt Friday.
Mosquito attacks sometimes
have killed cattle and they often
cause weight loss and lower milk
production.
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