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4-Stc 2-Stittsmjn, Saltm, Prospects Poor for Exp o rung To Markets in East By ULLIE L. MADS EN Farm Editor, The Statesman The turkey business in the Willamette Valley and other West Coast places,' promises to be a cozy one this approaching season. However, it is very doubtful that any of the present or former tur key growers or processors will agree. The "cozyness" lies in the industry's being geared primarily to supply the needs of home folk. There isn't going to be the big ex- Military Roundup Alari Entires Wins Rating Of Sergeant FORT LEWIS-Alan 0. Endres, son of Phillip Entires. Salem, was recently promoted to; sergeant End res entered the Array in Janu ary 1953 and is now stationed with the 354th Engineer Battalion at Fort Lewis. ! HONOLULU Marine Pfc Wayne Carter, son . f Mr. j and Mrs. R. S. Carter, Philomath, was recently assigned to the 4th Mar ines at Kaneohe Bay on the is land of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. Carter was previously based at Camp Nara, near Osaka, Japan. FORT HOOD, Tex.-PFC James S. McDougal, Salem serviceman, recently participated in special Army test exercises carried out here. McDougal is the son of Mr. end Mrs. Sherman McDougal, 925 South 21st St. He is a driver with Company B of the 1st Armored Division's 25th Infantry Battalion. Another PFC Floyd W. Herigstad, eon of Gabriel Herigstad, Wood-burn.- also participated in the ex ercise as a radio repairman. INCHON, Korea Pvt David A. Rhoten, son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Rhoten, '1845 South Church St., was recently named Soldier of the Month! for the In chon Military Post in Korea. Khoten was selected for his sol dierly appearance, knowledge of ' duties and military courtesy. Rhoten, a clerk in Headquarters Company of the 2 1st Transporta tion Command, attended the Uni versity of Washington and Willam ette University before entering the Army in July 1954. TACHEN ISLANDS Several Salem men participated in the re cent evacuation of : the Tachen Islands aboard U.S.-Navy ships. Curtis N. Corey, son of Bert Corey, 2065 Warner St.. served aboard the destroyer USS Boyd. Donald C. Hahn, son of Mr. and Mrs. .Arthur C. Hahn. Rt. 4, Box 578, was with an LST ordered to tern porary duty with the 7th Fleet for the evacuation; and Kenneth D. Graham, son of Mrs. Isabel R. Graham,. 2525 South Commercial St., was with the destroyer USS Wedderburn. The Wedderbum act ed as a patrol ship on the Eastern and Southern flanks during the evacuation. i Farmers Union Adds 3 Locals Three new Farmers ' Union Locals have been chartered in Central and Eastern Oregon this past week, .Harley Libby, Oregon State Farmers Union president said Tuesday. ; The most recently formed local Is the "Twin Cily," chartered at Milton-Freewater. Casper Hohn is the president, and the charter was presented to him by National Vice President, H. D. Rolph. This is the first Farmers Union local in Umatilla County in many years. The "Wallowa Valley local in Wallowa County was recently or ganized with Norman K. Evans as president The meetings will alternate between Los tine, Joseph and Enterprise. . The third new local was organ ized at Gateway in Jefferson County, with Elmer McCollum as president Salem Doctors Attend Course Two Salem doctors, Dr. Vernon D. Casterline and Dr. Robert Sandilands, are in Portland this week attending a postgraduate sur gery course offered by the Oregon Medical School The 1 course will conclude Friday. ' v Approximately 20 general practi turners are at the sessions. Guest lecturer is Dr. K. Alvin Merend- ino, director of the experimental surgical laboratory at the Uni versity of Washington. CAPITAL DRUG STORE , Main Store, 405 State Prescription Shop, $17 Chemeketa WE GIVE" ZrtC GREEN STAMPS Oregon, Wtd., March 9, 1955 Turkey ; port trade to eastern markets that here once was Closure or sale of at least seven processing plants this past year or so, is being interpreted by some growers as an indication that dealers have lost confidence and are getting out while getting is good. Growers, quite unhappy about last season's low prices any way, are quick to interpret plant closures as meaning even less mar kets for their birds this-year. Many growers are in a demoralized sta' Tuesday interviews disclosed. This has proved catching. Some dealers . are beginning to wear troubled expressions too. They, the dealers, say growers are "un duly pessimistic" and while some adjustment in production and marketing is necessary, the feel ing of panic which seemly has hit some growers, is not entirely justified. ; Laxgiag Demasd The grower uncertainty has re sulted in a lagging demand for both poults and hatching eggs. A surplus of these has developed. Some hatcherymen who set eggs had orders canceled and had to cut prices as much as 20 cents a poult to get rid of them. Hatch ing eggs are piling up in the hands of dealers. Unless orders catch up with the supply promptly. eggs worth 25 cents a piece (and not long ago selling for 35 cents apiece) will be sold to breaking plants at 25 cents a dozen for conversion into frozen egg bulks, Here and there scattered growers have sent their breeding flocks to market because of the hatching egg. surplus. Not Retrenchment L One large plant operator who re cently sow or closed three plants said consolidation and centraliza tion to reduce processing and handling costs, and not retrench ment, vere the primary reasons. The eviscerating plants, which kill, dress and eviscerate the birds in one continuous operation have proved more economical than to kill the birds at scattered plants ar.J haul them to central eviscera ting plants. Salem has two very fine complete plants in the Oregon Turkey Growers plant in West Salem, and the new North west Poultry and Dairy plant in north Salem. Dealers and even some grow ers in the mid-Willamette Valley area declared Tuesday that the market outlook isn't as gloomy as pictured. Felix Wright, Silverton, presl dent of the Oregon Turkey Im provement Association, said Tues day he'd have some 15,000 birds this season to dispose of and "I'm not too worried." Wright declared that some re trenching was necessary but that Oregon still will be in the "turkey business. Ing Reorganized Redmond, Eugene and Roseburg plants have closed and the Mc- MinnviUe and Silverton plants are in the process of being sold or be ing reorganized. We are gradually changing more to a western market, and this market is growing gradually to absorb more of our produc tion," Wright said. "The Midwest won't be able to supply the en tire eastern request for heavy toms and some light .hens, especially during holiday season. With in creased military activity, quarter master buying has also been stepped, up." Bill Would Boost Assault Penalties Sen. Carl H. Francis, Dayton, announced Tuesday he is introduc ing a bill for stiff penalties for assault which is likely to produce injuries. i - Penalties would range up to 10 years in prison. The bill is aimed mostly at child beaters, end it sets up intermediate offenses be tween simple assault and felomut attacks. (HEMORRHOIDS ) STOMACH 11 N0UM4C)U1MM 1 14 CSMTO tTKCT MiaA.muM. P& AWOMM COtOM KTALMOMBM Oft. REYNOLDS YOUR DOCTOR IS TRULY, , A GOOD SAMARITAN! At any hour of the day or night, whatever the weather he stands like an Angel of Mercy, readv to come to you in your hour of need. Quickly and skillfully he diagnoses the patient He prescribes a treatment or a remedy. You have implicit confidence in him. He. similarly, has implicit confidence in us. Our Registered Pharmacists are eager to serve you. Call on us when you have a prescription to be filled.. Solons Slice Statehouse Upkeep Fund The Legislature's ways and means 1 committee Tuesday trim med $24,423 from the governor's recommended budget for upkeep of the Capitol buildings and grounds in the next two years. Approval by the legislative com mittee of a budget of $1,095,562 for this function of the secretary of. state's department, however, leaves the total authorized spend ing almost $50,000 above the pres ent biennium. ' Items cut to make the reduc tion were divided among grounds maintenance, custodial care, lights and heat and miscellaneous cate gories. One item cut out was $7,- 680 in salary for one painter dur ing the biennium. , Remove Tithing The committee took action on several minor bills. By an 8 to 4 vote, the ways and means group approved a bill to remove the present tithing on forest patrol assessments which brings to the general fund $65,000 a biennium. The House tax committee is considering new legislation to ap ply the tithing principle to all state activities in order to gain an estimated $750,000 for the gen eral fund. Endorsement also was given by the ways and means committee at Tuesday's meeting to a bill which designates a 70,000 -acre forest tract in Douglas and Coos Coun ties as Elliott State Park. Increase Bonds Also approved was a bill au thorizing the State Forestry De partment to increase the amount of bonds it may issue for forest rehabilitation from $12 million to $15 million. The State Fair Commission, un der another bill reported out fa vorably, is permitted to spend $30,600 of its own funds for emergency repairs to state fair buildings and sewers. This money already has been spent Still another bill, approved by the committee, provides that basic school support money now assign ed to Hillcrest School for Girls, MacLaren School for Boys, and Fairview Home, would go into the general fund and be appropriat ed. This money is now paid direct to the institutions. The committee voted to reduce a requested appropriation of $24, 000 for the Klamath River Com mission to $19,560. It was explain ed this reduction was possible be cause of a compact involving the states of Oregon and California approved at the 1955 Legislature. Fish Derbies Lose Round The day of the big money fish ing derby in Oregon was a step nearer extinction Tuesday when the House Fish and Game Commit tee voted 7 to 2 to limit derby prizes to merit awards valued at not more than $25. The bill originally sought to ban all fishing derbies, but the House amended it, and delayed its ef fective date until next Jan. 1. Reps. Robert R. Klemsen, St. Helens, and Thomas McCleUan, Neotsu, voted against the bill in committee. FREE PARKING whilt banking - Parking lot adjoining bank r Lcdd & Bush -Sc Jem Breach i Stat and CemaMrcial OREGON'S OWN STATE-WIDE BANK noeuL strosa U. S. National also $tvs ff Saltn arwci through its Big Shot A .... . . , . .,,, LAS VEGAS, Ner. This picture, made instants after the latest nuclear device was detonated at Yucca Flat shows the .fireball as seen from Mt Charleston, 55 miles away. The atomic blast was the biggest and brightest in the current series of tests. Flashing criss cross are rockets fired separately as measuring devices. (AP Wire- photo) Solons' Committee Split Over Pay for Disabled Workers By ROBERT E. GANGWARE City Editor, The Statesman A committee split over the rate of- monthly workmen's compensa tion payments to disabled workers was announced at the Oregon Capi tol Tuesday by the House labor and industry committee. The House agreed to make the subject a special order of busi ness at 10:15 a. m. Thursday when three labor-sponsored bills to boost the benefits come up for voting. For temporary total disability cases the sponsors sought a $40 a month increase. The House com mittee majority scaled this down to $10 in most cases and the min ority report called for $20. The minority stood pat for a $30 increase in payments to perman ently disabled workers, as the bill recommends, while the major ity cut this to $10 and $15. A committee split also came over partial disability benefits. . Rep. Gust Anderson (R), Port land, sponsor of the bills, headed the three-member committee min ority. Committee chairman Ed Cardwell R, Lebanon, headed the majority. Cblef Justice Heard The House judiciary committee Tuerday heard Chief Justice Har old Warner and several Multnomah County circuit judges : and attor news endorse a bill to grant Mult nomah two additional circuit judges. Opposition was expressed by Rep. G. D. Gleason (D), Portland, who offered a plan to gain extra judges' time by combining some duties as set up in Multnomah County and by limiting the judges' annual va cation to 30 days. This, he said, would save the estimated $135,000 additional expenses in setting up the two new judges, i k ' lip erf Ladd S BusEi-Salem Branch . . : ! 4 - . Sidewalk Tellers ' open 3: 00 to 5:00 p.m. weekdays j noon to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays Drive-in Windows - open 10:00 to 5:00 six days a week or your convenience- cotrocAaotf - Bomb Test The House tax committee plugged away at its stack of bills Tuesday, without taking any defi nite actions, and prepared for a session today with Portland at torney R. E. Bennett, a former legislator, and others interested in a proposed memorial asking Con gress to call a constitution-amending national convention for the purpose of considering writing into the constitution a definite percent age limit on federal income tax rates. "--, Would Limit Appropriations The tax committee also will con fer with Rep. John D. "Hare (R), Hillsboro, regarding his proposed resolution to instruct the ways and means committee to limit state appropriations to anticipated rev enues except where an appropria tion bill specifies source of add tional revenue. Both Senate and House had light calendars Tuesday morning. al though the Senate returned in the afternoon to pass the revised re tirement system bill. , ' The House passed and sent to the governor a bill providing that food handlers, janitors -and bus drivers for school districts must have certificates showing they do..'t have tuberculosis. The Senate sent to the governor a bill permitting life insurance to be carried on veterans who have state farm and home loans. The reappointment of Austin Dunn; Baker, to the State Board of Geology and Mineral Industries was confirmed unanimously by the Senate Tuesday. He was ap pointed by Gov. Paul Patterson. Employees of British railroads who graduate from first aid courses are given holidays with free transportation. w Yfost Saltn Branch Iw osition to Teacher Pay Bill Develops Strong opposition to increasing teachers'. minimum salaries devel oped Tuesday as the House edu cation committee began consider ation of a Senate-approved bill to fix a minimum of $3,000 a year. Gardner Knapp, Salem school board member representing the Oregon School Boards association, said the measure is an infringe ment upon the rights of school districts to 'ecide their salary schedules. . Rep. Wayne Giesy (R), Mon roe, a committee member, said the bill would affect only 64 teachers in the state. He and Ce cil Posey, secretary of the Oregon Education Association, hotly de- bated Posey's contention that higher minimums would attract better teachers. The legislation would establish minimums of $3,000 for teachers without a college degree, $3,300 for those with a bachelor degree, ana $3,eoo for those with a mas ters degree. The minimum now is $1,800. The committee took no action on the bilL It also didn't act on a measure to have driver training in public schools. Mormons Ask Tax Exemption Continuation The Mormon church, which con siders acceptance of state or county relief an offense to the church, Tuesday asked the House Taxation Committee to go easy on a bill that would end some of the tax exemptions now enjoyed by church-owned corporations. The church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints operates a 350 ecre farm along the Columbia River outside Portland. Though the produce and proceeds from sale of produce of the farm is used exclusively for charity work, of ficials of the church feared House bill 57 might make some of the farm equipment subject to a per sonal property tax. Members of the committee com mended the church for its work in keeping indigent Mormons off the welfare rolls but pointed out that some church and charity ac tivities had invaded the field of business and commerce and, in some cases, were actually in com petition with private? enterprise. Rep. Ward Cook (R-Portland) pointed out that one large Port land corporation. Timber Struc tures, Inc., is owned by. the Cali fornia Cancer Institute, a charita ble institution. The State Tax Commission reported that $41,000, 000 of ad valorem properties had gone off Oregon's tax rolls in the past year because of transfers of title to charitable or educational institutions. . The Taxation Committee has two bills before it - designed to tighten present exemptions grant ed to such businesses. &EPEAL LAW SIGNED Gov. Paul L. 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Not per formancejust try out Chev rolet's new V8 or one of the OytMMl si extra cm. m W Ak 4-Dmt Stdm-lifr br ft. DOUGLAS 510 N. Commercial St. Testimony Conflicts in' Liquor Investigation By PAUL W. BAR VET JR. Associated Press' Writer The House Alcoholic Traffic Com mittee, trying to get at the bottom of charges of irregularities among liquor commission i employes, beard conflicting evidence Tues day as to whether an inspector had sold mining stock to tavern oper ators, r t After Gene Rossman secretary Second Bill to End Control Board Filed A second bill designed to abol ish the Board of Control appeared in Ufe Oregon Legislature Tues day, -j - Segregation of functions of the three-official board whkft runs the state institutions and j performs other duties jointly is specified in the new bill sponsored by Sens. Rudie Wilhekn Jr. R) Portland, and Paul Geddes (R), jRoseburg, and Reps. George Layman-R), Newberg, and Maurine 'Ifeuberger (D), Portland. j f Principal sponsor of an, earlier Senate bill to abolish Ihe board is Sen. Robert D. , Holmes (D), Gearhart. Both bills would result in placing more power and respon sibility in the governor, office. The Wilhelm bill, unlife the oth er, calls for establishment of a new state officer, the state direc tor of public institution!, to serve under the governor.! Taken from the i secretary of state's duties would be! the super vision of state buildings and grounds. These would jbe assigned to' the finance director, Harry S. Dorman, who also would have charge of state constriction (now a board of control responsibility.) 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Good news:: Chevrolet's new linkage-type Power Steering , carries a reduced price 1 , - j -Jt or have power make it easier? Chevrolet Power Brakes are better than eyer this year-let i you stop by a simple pivot of I your foot from accelerator to g swing-type brake pedaL thing, that most is Chevrolet's fine, solid feel on the road. Come see how. Chevrolet's stealing the thun der 'from the high-priced cars. j - . - I motoramic Smlfffiff , ;.H: - i - - McKAY -CHEVROLET CO. " 1 (. Phen Ml 75 ih me uregon icensea Beverage Association, testified that he had beard that a liquor inspector in ' Jackson County had sold mining stock to a tavern keeper, the com mittee heard the accused man deny it. Wayne H. Flickinger, Medford, took the stand and said he was the accused inspector. He said the tav ern keeper had made the charge against him last year, after Flick inger had arrested three drunks in the tavern. The result was that the tavern was closed by the com mission for a week. , Mai Cleared Flickinger said the liquor com mission investigated the charge, and cleared him of the charge. Liquor commission officials at the Flickinger said he owns 10 shares of a defunct mininig company, but that he never had sold or tried to . sell any stock. The company, he addei, was a closed corporation, meaning that the stock couldn't be sold to the public. Inspector Fired Rossman, who is the first wit ness ever subpenaed to a legisla tive committee hearing, also said that a liquor commission inspector had sold tear gas guns to soma tavern operators four years ago. George Woodworth, liquor commis sion attorney, said this was true, and that the inspector was fired. Sen. Carl Francis, Dayton, a committee member, told the com mission officials that anybody who makes complaints about the con duct of the commissioners and em ployes should be placed under oath. , Another committee member. Sen. Stewart Hardie, Condon, com mented that "the liquor commis sion has no problem if we have to go back four years to dig any thiffg up." Rossman also said he had .re ceived complaints that bootlegging joints are operating, but he could n't cit any specific instances. Rossman was summoned to ap pear so that he could make, under " oath, earlier statements he had made. i ALCOHOLIC INSANITY PARIS 1 Police support' Ex - Premier Pierre Mendes France's thesis that more and more mental disease is due to alcohol. Alcoholics account for a record 32.9 per cent of all Parisians c.rtified insane, the annual police report says. ' Complete Income Tax Service LEON A. FISCUS Phone 3-5285 ' 1509 N. Fourth St Men from Marrs Want to Serve You SALES rca Victor Service till 9:00 P.M. call 3-9201 Marr Radio and TV 2140 South Commercial St it? will surprise you