2 (Sac 1) Statesman. Satan. Ortw Friday Jan. 7. 18S5
Cjpuhty to Realize
6ver$lMiUi6nin
ermint
Pepi)
Crop
By LIULIE L. MADSEN
Farm Editor, The Statesmaa
CORVALLIS Peppermint win
bring in more than a million and
a quarter dollar wise to Marion
County from the 1954 crop, and
well over $2tt million to the state,
M. D. Thomas, agricultural econ
omist, said Thursday at the sixth
Annual nmm
lestial Oil Growers League con
vention. '
The two-day session opened
New Taxpayer
Group Holds
First Meeting
General consensus of the first
Greeting Thursday night of the
ewly-formed Marion County .Tax
payers Association was that, taxes
cannot be decreased and at the
same time a, progressive commun
ity maintained. . N
The state's -program of reap
praisal of property for taxing pur
poses was explained to , some 65
persons who packed the Marion
County courtroom by Robert Os
lund. chief appraisal engineer for
the State Tax Commission.
He said glaring inequities had
been uncovered in some counties
in which such a reappraisal bad
been made.
"This reappraisal" said Oslund
"won't bring in any more money,
but will see those now paying too
much paying much less, and those
paying too little, more."
Oslund said that the cost of a
property reappraisal in Marion
County would be about $350,000.
The cost would be split between
county and state on a fifty-fifty,
basis.
Speakers at the meeting, all rep
resenting some type of civic en
deavor, were Gardner Knapp, Sa
lem public schools; Fred Reming
ton, -county schools; Mayoc Robert
White, city of Salem; Mrs. Louise
Humphrey, Oregon Business and
Tax Research, Portland, and Judge
Rex Hartley, i Marion County
Court -
' Knapp explained that the six
mill serial tax levy approved by
Salem voters in, 1950 was being
used for construction of new
schools in the Salem School Dis
trict
Remington explained the state's
basic school support fund to the
group. Taxes, and enough of
them, are needed to maintain a
high -standard of teachers, build
ings and 'supplies in .county
' schools, he stressed.
Officers of the new county tax
payers association are James B.
Young, president; Lee V. Eyerly,
vice president; Conrad Paulson, E.
A. Miller and Lee V. Ohmart
s Future meetings are planned.
Try
Extortion
For $200,000
Told in Canada
VANCOUVER, B. - C. - (A At
tempts to extort $200,000 from Har
ry F. ReifeL Vancouver, million
aire, and wealthy William Vincent
Astor of New York were disclosed
: by police here Thursday.
. Heinz Adam. 43, Vancouver,
charged with "unlawfully sending
a letter" to Reifel demanding 150,-
000, and a similar one demanding
1150.000 for Astor.
Police said the letter did not
threaten physical violence. Adam'
vk described as an immigrant in
Canada two years," and married
with two children.
City police. RCMP and postal
authorities have been investigating
the case for some weeks botb here
and to New York. 1
Postal authorities started investi
gating after Astor disclosed receipt
of the letter in New York.
Thursday morning and will close
rrioay nigm,? louowuig wnicn,
those in attendance will go. to the
Washington State -Oregon State
basketball game. '
The peppermint market looks
promising for the next year or two
and thereafter it is likely to weak
en again, Thomas continued.
The 1934 market opened at $5 in
September, and moved rapidly up
to 7. Buyers at the meeting
stated mat they were now mailing
a few contracts for the 1935 crop
at $6, which is up $3 from the open
ing price of the 1953 market
Exports Heavy -
Thomas laid the recent price
rise largely to heavier exports to
Europe. Domestic demand also re
mained strong this year despite a
slight rise in production over 1933.
However. Thomas believed this
new price-rise would likely lead to
a new. build-up in Oregon acreage,
too. which had dropped from a
of 15,000 acres in 1952 to a little
more than 12,000 in 1934.
"Five dollars seems to be the
balance price;" Thomas explained.
"When the price rises above this,
so does the acreage, and then the
price starts dropping again. When
the price gets below the $5. then
the acreage begins to drop."
Marion County High
Columbia County was way out in
front in peppermint production in
the state in 1940-44. when 2,180
acres were grown there, and only
960 in Marion, it was brought out
Thursday at the convention. This
past year, while Columbia crawled
up to 2,500 i acres, Marion had
jumped to 4,800. '
Disease, however, is tnreatening
peppermint, not only in Marion
County, but throughout tne state.
C. E. Horner, pathologist at the
state college,: and one of the Thurs
day speakers, told that approxi
mately 10 per cent of the pepper
mint crop was lost last year oy
rust alone. The loss has been par
ticularly he'avy during the past two
years, lie added, as the summers
had been abnormally wet. snouia
there be a dry summer in the
offing for 1955 rust loss is expected
to be considerably less, Horner
explained, as he urged growers to
lurn oiu put ui ueuru cu uuw
in ploughing. ,
Deen Ploarhing Advised
"Plough sufficiently deep so that
Plants have to come up three or
four inches through soil. They'll
come up without the rust spores
then." he said, as be also told the
growers to spray, suggesting the
use of dinitro weed killer when the
plants were two or three inches
faizb alona in ApriL
Some 30 varieties of rust resis
tant mint varieties are now on test
for flavor and oil content at the
college, the erowers were told,
Another . disease. ; wwcn nas
shown up in fields in the Jeffer
son, Albany- and Labish area, is
verticillium wilt No satisfactory
control for mis has yet been found
and growers were told to remove
from cultivation all acreas snow
in? anv siens of this 'disease.
John W. Whipple, president of
the league,! urged the growers to
"maintain a high Quality oil here
in Oregon. This is imperative in
view of the competition wnicn is
creeping in," he said as he men
tioned that "great intecest in mint
growing is being shown in caiuor
nia and Idaho recently." ,
New Yerk Speaker
Jerry Nibler, former Marion
County agent, and now with the
extension division at 'the college,
was master of ceremonies at the
league banquet Thursday night.
Featured speaker was Dr. Ernest
Guenther, s vice president and
technical director of the Fritxsche
Brothers, New York, one of the
largest essential oil users in the
world. Dr. Guenther will give his
principal address to the league
Friday morning at 10 a. m.'
Vernon Woods, vice president,
will open! the Friday session at
8:30 a. mi A panel on mini pro
duction will precede Dr. Guentber's
talk. - :
Marion Thomas wul give his for
mal mint oU market outlook at
Yank Denies
Panama Chief
Assassination
PANAMA (II The chief of
Panama's secret police said late
Thursday night that a U. S. Qti-
ten arrested for questioning In
connection with the machinegun
slaying of President Jose Antonio
Remon nas denied having any part
In the murder. ;
But 'there are indications thatj
justify his detention." added the
official, Jorge Luis Alfaro. He gave
no further explanation. .
The American is Martin Irving
Lipstein, a voice student and for
mer school teacher from New
York. He was ; arrested , at Pan
ama's airport 24 hours after Re-
raon and two other men were
mowed down from ambush Sunday
night at the Juan Franco Race
Track, y - r
Police officials maintained si
lence on the course of J&eir round-the-clock
efforts to solve the mur
der but apparently were without
any soud clues.
Another U. S. citizen, Roy Bettis,
was released after questioning.
Two women, . Thehna King of
West Indian origin, and Olga Yan
is, of Greek origin, were among
those still held. Both were at the
scene of the shooting.
About 70 persons were quickly
rounded up for questioning, includ
ing former I President Arnulfo
Arias. -
Tight control of borders and air
ports continued.'
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Coop
G.W. Byers
Succumbs to '
Heart
Attack
Gilbert W. Byers, 73, a resi
dent of the Salem area for al
most 26 years, died Wednesday
night at his home, 1915 N. 5th St,
after suffering a heart attack. He
had been in failing health for
some time. I
Born at Alton Kansas, July 3,
1881, he came to Salem in 1928
and engaged in the real estate
business here for a number of
years. He was married to Ada V.
Ryan at Dundee, Ore., Nov. 12,
1901,. and she survives.
Byers was a member of the
Odd Fellows Lodge and of Jason
Lee Methodist Church of Salem.
Surviving in addition to the
Aadrew A. Lee, 19, farmer presi
dent f First Federal gavfafa
. and Laaa Aasedatton, waa died
Tharsday ; J
ew Lee
Funeral Rites
Set Saturday
(Story also on page 1)
Andrew A J Lee, who died Thurs
day in a Salem hospital, had been
active in Salem business and civic
organizations ince his arival here.
When he first came to Salem
Lee went jpto the abstract busi
ness, then was in the county as
sessor's office in charge of proper
ty valuation and assessment, and
for many years was on the direc
torate of the savings and loan firm
he helped organize. The family
home was at 1515 State St for
many years. I
His wife, the former Linnie M.
Atwood of Onarga. 111., to whom
he was married in 1893, preceded
him m death three years ago. Sur
vivors include two sons, Lloyd A.
Lee of Salem, and Paul A. Lee of
Portland; four grandchildren' and
one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at
the Rigdon Mortuary at 1:30 p.m.
Saturday with the Rev. Brooks
Moore, officiating. Interment will
be in the Brooks City View Ceme
tery.
Extension of
- i. .
Draft Backed
widow, are three sons, Marvin G. j T K
Byers of Salem, Kenneth A. By- 111 vXHlffrCSS
era of Walla Walla, Wash and
Vernon C. Byers of Gearhart;
and a granddaughter, Helen Jean
kByers of San Antonio, Tex.
Funeral services wil) be held
at Virgil T. Golden chapel Satur
day at 10:30 a.m. Rev. E. T.
Goulder will officiate.
Jury payors
Defendants in
Damage Suit
i . -
A trial jury deliberated nearly
nine hours before ruling in favar
of the defendants just before mid
night Thursday in a damage suit
Plaintiff Carl X Wendt alleged
he tripped on a curbing in front
of Burright's Cleaners 4 'Dyers,
198 S. Church St, on March 7,
1954.
Wendt claimed the defendants,
Glenn O. and Ethel A. Burright
were negligent in that the curb
had been so constructed that it
stuck up above the sidewalk level
The curb sets back about 11
feet' from the street to allow for
parking. Wendt sought $13,056 in
damages.
Marion County Circuit Judge
Val D. Sloper heard the case.
WASHINGTON (A Compulsory
military training for all draft-age
youths and a four-year extension
of selective service were proposed
in Congress with powerful backing
Thursday. j
Without waiting for the admin
istration to offer details of its own
proposals. Chairman Russell (D
Ga and six other members of the
senate Armed Services Commit
tee introduced a broad-termed
measure in that body. They in
cluded Sen. Jackson (D Wash).
An identical bill was offered in
the House . by Chairman Vinson
(D Ga), of the House Armed
Services Committee.
The "military manpower train'
ing bills" were sponsored by the
American Legion and other vet
erans' organizations which have
been pressing Congress for 'uni
versal military' training for several
years.
- The measures; were introduced
shortly after President Eisenhow
er had delivered his State of The
Union message. In it he promised
to send Congress details of the ad'
ministration s proposals ' next
Thursday. .f
, (Story, also on page one)
WASHINGTON President
Eisenhower's call for political
teamwork in meeting the '.'sober
ing problems ' that lie : ahead
brought qualified . pledges of co
operation from leaders of the Democratic-controlled
Congress Thurs
day. . j .-: . ij
While there was the usual politi
cal skirmishing on Jhe sidelines.
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas;'
new majority leader of the Senate.
said: j ; ' J
"The President's various recom
mendations will receive reasonable
consideration by reasonable men, 1
In some instances, they win be
accepted; in .others they -will be
rejected; and in still others, there,
will be substitutes. But the attitude
of the Democratic Party will be in
keeping with his call to subordinate-
partisanship, pride and preju
dice to the nation's welfare."
, House Speaker Ray burn of Texas
called some of Eisenhower's rec
ommendations "very good' and
said he thought the President's
State of The Union message was
"well organized and delivered" j
Some other Democratic leaders
emphasized that political coopera
tion is a two-way street and said
they would be governed according
ly. ' .;-!.' '. '!,
' Republicans generally applauded,
the President's program as a mod-i
erate, middle-of-the-road course;
which the Democrats would be!
well advised to follow: There were I
a few GOP dissents, mainly on
tariff reductions , and farm price'
supports. 'i
The one thought that appeared
uppermost in the minds of most
legislators as they talked it over
in Capitol lobbies was national de
fense. Administration farm and tax
policies dominated the discussion
of domestic issues. i
At least two House members.
Reps. Albert Thomas (D-Tex) and
Steed (D-Okla) viewed Eisenhow
er's message as an announcement
that he intended to. seek reelection
Ltwo years hence, while Sen. Mon-
roney tu-oxia) termed it "one of
the least political" speeches in re
cent history. f
Sen. Knowland : of California.
Senate Republican leader who has
called for a blockade of Red China
to force the release of imprisoned
Americans,- said: ,
The President's message
pledges our nation to work for the
creation and preservation of a free
world of free men. No appease
ment or policy of waiting for the
dust to settle is contemplated by
the message." .
Here is the way some Congress
members reacted to Eisenhower's
proposal that any further tax cuts
be put off. until next year: !
Rep. Daniel A. Reed, of New
York, senior Republican on the
House Ways and Means Commit'
tee: 'I am gratified that the Pres
ident believes further tax reduc
tions may be possible next year.!
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Portland Given
Taste of Smog
PORTLAND til A combination
of weather conditions gave Port
land a taste of smog for a while
Thursday. " I '
- Weather forecasters said a high
pressure area in this region was
in part to blame. There was a
slight . northeast breeze, but the
city's West Hills formed a barrier
that combined with warm air
overhead to trap fog and smoke
in the downtown area through
much of the morning.
Injures Head
A Salem man was hospitalized
Thursday after suffering a head
injury in an unexplained accident
. at the Oregon Pulp and Paper
plant
The injured man, Albert Cox,
1290 N. Commercial St, was treat
ed by first aidmen and taken by
Willamette Ambulance to Salem
Memorial Hospital He later was
pronounced in satisfactory condition.
An employe of the mill's pa
per division, Cox reportedly was
found lying on the floor of the
wood room by fellow workers.
Blind Woman
Hears Flames
VANCOUVER. B. . (fl Mrs.
Ethel Armour. 67. calmly tele
phoned the fire department Tnurs-
uay as names spread through the
rear of her home. She was on the
front porch when firemen arrived.
Mrs. Armour is stone blind, and
explained:
Tm very sharp of hearing and :
I heard the flames coining fast"
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TAKEN
Mn. Mary Shelley. 191 N. Win
ter St, told city police that three
strings of outdoor Christmas tree
..Eghts were stolen Thursday from
her premises. The woman blamed
juveniles for the theft
TV" 7' Tjwiiii charges involving mistreatment of
election of officers, and committee patients. . i
reports. Each was released on S2S0 bond
Kephart 39, was charged with
disorderly conduct and' drunken
ness. His wife, 34, was charged
with assault and battery.
Gresbam Police Chief Dave
McMillan said he win ask Dist
Atty. William Langley of Multno-
ma- County to call the grand jury
to consider their cases.
Police arrested the Kepharts
Wednesday night when they in
spected the home after the State
Board of Health had cancelled its
license. Fourteen patients were
moved to other rest homes and
another to a hospital.
Mistreatment of
Elderly Patients
In Home Charged
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Quakes Rock
Pacific Isles
SYDNEY. Australia UT1 A ser
ies of earth shocks has rocked
the New : Hebrides islands since
Wednesday morning, reports
reaching here Friday said.
The reports from the island
group in the Coral Sea said the
earthquakes knocked down houses
and uprooted trees. No casualties
were reported.
Escaped Con
Ike Names New
CAB Chairman ;
WASHINGTON (Jl President
Eisenhower designated Chan Gur-
ney as acting chairman of the Civil
Aeronautics Board Thursday. The
action breaks an administrative
logjam that has built up at the
Board since the new year
Gurney had been the regular
Buel Kenhart ooerators of a rest : chairman until his one-year term '
home here, pleaded innocent m enaeauec. si.
justice court here Thursday
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A convicted car thief remained
at large late Thursday, some 24
hours af ter making his escape
from a State Prison work fang,
authorities reported.
Prison officers and state police
searched fruitlessly through Wed
nesday night and Thursday for
William Sherman Wells, 26, who
was serving a three-year larceny
sentence.! Wells was convicted on
a charge; stemming from a car
theft in Salem last Aug. 2L
At the time of his escape. Wells
was working with a crew in the
prison administrative area, out
side the walls. Approximately 23
prison officers and state police
engaged in me search Thursday.
Officials said Wells Is not con
sidered dangerous. ,
An iron blade which scientists
believe to be 5.000 years old was
found in one of the Egyptian pyra
Tha food is wondarful, of
cours. We're especially
proud of our goldtn pan
fried chicken. For orders
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