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b(St v. 1) SljtcMiian, S.ilt Cliambcr Asks PnIiSurnliis Food To View Bus Pro)IeinkHs Outlet (Story also on Pace 1 ) Sjlcm Chamber of Commerce filed in city bin mud) 'Tcpoi t with the City Council Monday, ml a-ked thai Die public kt larfp give It attention to the bin problem" The committee appointed by the chamber to survey the bui problem rimr up with 12 gen rml recommendations and said "bulncmcn, property owner and city official should cooper ate in putting into eft ret these mesures." The committee making the re port included Carl Awhenbren ner; chairman; Pert Woodcock, K. A. Linden Jr., David Hnltr man and Jay B. Monnrtte, Their report was endorsed by the chamber board's executive com mittee. Recommendation Listed "' Here are the 12 recommenda tions: 1. That greater use of public transportation aa a meant of af fording relief from urban traffic an parking congestion be recog ' nized and encouraged. Regulation of transit operation ahould be the minimum corpul ent with the public Intercut ao ai to afford transit necessary free dom in promptly adjuatmg fare; and aervicei to meet rapidly changing condition. Unprofitable service and un warranted route .extensions ahould not be required. ' Night Service Necessary 2. The Committee believes that night bus aervice it necea aary to the health, aafety and general welfare of the people of this community. We, therefore, recommend that the City Council view mass transportation in the aame light aa they do police and fire protection and other essen- . tial aervices, and study wayi and means of maintaining night but aervice. It ia evident to the Committee that aome form of subsidy will be necessary to maintain ade quate matt transportation serv ices in Salem. 3. That the City Council ex plore methods of delegating the problems of mass transportation to a legally established commis sion or transit authority which could deal with the problem con sistently and with continuity over the years. Francbiae Renewal 4. That the City Council, at the earliest possible date, enter into negotiations with the City Transit Lines for the renewal or extension of its franchise in or der that the company oan plan and finance for the future. In the event that the City Council and the Company can not reach a satisfactory agree ment for the maintenance of bus service, other methods should be considered in order that the cit izenry will not be faced with the loss of this vital service. 5. That City Transit Lines, if ranted an extension of fran chise, take immediate steps to improve and modernize its equip ment for its Salem patrons. 8. That certain areas of unre stricted parking be studied with Public Records CIRCUIT COURT Merchants Credit Bureau vs Her lit M. Acuff : Action at law dismiss ed with prejudice and costs to neither party on grounds that set tlement has been made. Beverly Ester Eitelgeorge vs Leslie Louis Eitelgeorge: Divorce suit dismissed on grounds that re conciliation has been effected. State vs John B. Powell: Defend ant waives pre-sentence hearing: court orders pre-sentence investi gation. Ida R. Taylor and George V. Taylor vs Henry Rudishauser and Frieda K. Rudishauser: Civil suit; complaint seeks to partition cer tain real property. Earl R. Strausbaugh vs George E. Barza: Civil suit; complaint seeks judgment totaling $3,200 al legedly owed on promissory note. Darlcne M. Luke vs Kenneth E. Luke: Suit for divorce: complaint alleges cruel and inhuman treat ment, seeks divorce decree, custo dy and (SO monthly support for one child. Married June II, 1948, at Vancouver, Wash. State vs Robert Sharpe: Defend ant 'a probation revoked and de fendant sentenced to one year to Oregon State Penitentiary. State vs Laved Fred Bowles: Defendant sentenced to one addi tional year at Oregon State Peni tentiary for prison escape. State vs James Baker Walker: Defendant sentenced to one addi tional year at Oregon State Peni tentiary for prison escape. State vs Earl Buckley: Defend ant sentenced to one-additional year at Oregon State Penitentiary for prison escape. . PROBATE COURT Estate of Jean Paul Mestrezat, deceased: Estate admitted to pro bate. . Estate of Thea B. Kringen, de ceased: Estate admitted to pro bate. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS James Morrill, 23, truck driver, t23 N. Commercial St.. and Esther Lillian Boyer, 33, waitress, 1365 Candlewood Dr. 1 Van D. Clark, 33. switchman, 112S Cross St., and Lois A. Clark, 35. waitress, 1155 Leslie St. MUNICIPAL COURT Dennie G. Burns. 20, Pilot Rock, charged with Illegal possession of - liminr friwd on US bail. nvid J. Pederaon. 1. of 10W H. Winter St., charged witn illegal possession of liquor, freed oa $35 Phillip H. Miller. 20. Portland, charged with illegal possession of Lquor. freed oa $35 baiL in, (he, Tur., M.ir. 11. '."0 the view to either metering or limiting of parking time. Better Signs 7, Thiil the city and 'or the City Transit Line develop more adequate u:n for identifying bus route, publicizing schedules and identifying but itp. 8 Thiit City Transit Lines make a study of reported abuet and discourtesies and take steps to remedy them, fl Tliut merchant and all oth er groups consider it a responsi bility of theirs to support mass transportation through promo tion to stimulate increased pat ronage fif the aervice. 10. That business, the profes sions, government employees and all others who can conveniently use bus service, be urged to do so. 11. That street parking privi leges be further studied with the view to eliminating abuses. Service to People , . 12. That public, officials and citizens, generally, view mass transportation; not as an oppo nent or corporate entity, but as a service to the people. . "Finally, the Committee withes to point out that mass transpor tation is of Interest and benefit to all, and we, as citizens, have a responsibility to support that service by teeing that it is main tained in a satisfactory manner." In the 2,000 word report, the chamber committee also present ed financial statistics and-the following summary of general conditions found as "pertinent factors" in the Salem city bus situation: 1. Increased ownership and private use of automobiles. Tierc is a close correlation between the percentage of additional automo biles licensed and the percentage of decrease in revenues of the local transportation company. Using Cart 2. The increase of the number of people living in the suburban areas where but transportation is limited are, by necessity, using their private cars for transporta tion. 3. There it definite increase in the number of two-car families. 4. The effect of television has greatly changed the habits of both adults and youth. The number who formerly went out nights to shows and for other reasons has greatly diminished during the last year or two bnd a percentage of these people naturally depended upon but transportation. S. Both the service and the equipment of the but company were not overlooked in considering the factors influencing the use of bus service. Studies in other cities indicate that new equipment and improved service hat had little effect on revenue. New Bates Ordered It is only fair to point out that the City Transit Lines had placed an order for new buses for Sa lem and then cancelled tame when they felt their franchise was in jeopardy. The present buses art kept in operation only by the use of repair parts from discarded equipment of the tame type. I. The addition of free and un restricted areas of parking for automobiles has made an impact upon, the City Transit Lines. City Transit Lines it not a monopoly without regulation. Every private automobile owner has, in fact, be come a competitor of mass trans portation. Regardless of the fact that it is considered a monopoly operating under a franchise, the regulation of which is controlled by the City Council. N4 Subsidiary The Committee finds that the City Transit Lines are not a sub sidiary of a large holding com pany, but rather a corporation of five individual stockholders. The company has remained in business in Salem despite the fact that no stockholder hat received a divi dend, salary or cash payment The only reason the Committee can see for the company remain ing in business and operating its services is because of the natural inclination of private business to continue in the hope that the situa lion will improve and protect their original investment. It has been the hope of the stockholders that the downward trend in their business would level off and in time they could realize a return on their investment. 7. The matter of service is an area in which the company can and should expect criticism as it serves the public. In fact it ia the only barometer by which the com pany can measure its acceptance by the public and improve its courtesy and services to those tt serves. However, management can do little or nothing about these criticisms unless those who make them are willing to personally ferity their complaint with the company and its employes. I. There has been a consistent program of promotion on the part of retail merchants to provide free parking or subsidized parking for cars and little or no effort as re spects the but rider who is also a potential customer. $13,700 House Approved by City The city engineer's office Mon day authorized L. H. Lynn to con struct a $13,700 house at 2536 Bol ton Terrace. Other permits issued Monday included: Lloyd Robinson, $125 alterations on a bouse at 2250 ChemekeU' St.f John Cation, -$330 reroofing job on a house ' 2745 D St ; Harry J. Gardner, $140 al terations on a greenhouse at 1127 Hines St.; R. H. Ware, $600 house alterations at 775 Patterson St.; S. W. Champ. "$150 reroofing of a house at 2290 N. Church St, J 'iMorc arm Br I II I-IK I.. MADI SN Farm I.dilar, The M(rma Farm surpluses have Iwen much in the news recently. This week end's iiitoriiuilion a I ou I surplus foods is to the effect thai more and mote are finding outlets, Dis tribution, siiid the I'SDA as the past week chwd, baa reached rec ord hijihs as the government push ed its disposal program. Sometime nyo, the department announced that use of these loods hit a new record during the 12 months ending lost June, Now another new record has been set for the past six months. During (hut time, surplus food distribution totaled more than three quarters of a billion pounds, a gain of 71 per cent over the amount distri buted In the same period of the previous year, Tt ft hool Children Here at home, the food went to school children, needy Indians and charitable Institutions and fami lies. In all, these groups took about 290 million pounds a fifth more than the tame months a year earlier. Seventy foreign countries around the free world also received to called surplus foods, In all, people in foreign countries got 270 billion pounds in the past tix months, 2 '.j times as much as in the same period a year earlier. Needs at home get top priority. The foods are distributed through state governments. The L'SDA de livers the food to the states free of cost in carload lots. Records mow that 37 states took part in this plan (hit past year. Removal Prtgramt Foods so distributed come from price support and surplus removal programs. Usert in this country during the past tix months got dry .beans, butter, cheese, nonfat dry milk solids, shortening, rice, fresh prunes, sweet potatoes, wheat flour and cornmeal. Foreign users were provided mostly with butter and butter oil, cheese, non fat dry milk solids and shorten ing. Here in Oregon, we are parti cularly interested in the newly an nounced program for expanding ex ports of our wheat and wheat products. Under an agreement, the USDA and the Millers National Federation will cooperate with for eign trade groups and agencies in projects aimed at increasing the use of wheat products abroad. They will make surveyt to find where surplus wheat can be used without injury to foreign markets. Y Book Sale Gains Global -Recognition International recognition has been gained by the Y'l Men and Y't Menettet Clubt of the Salem YMCA through their recent Book Fair. Mrs. Jean MacLean, advertis ing chairman of the event, report ed Monday night that letters from similar clubt throughout Oregon and several foreign countries have been received requesting in formation for staging book fairs in these areas. News of the Salem tale was pub licized in Y't Men's World, a world-wide publication of the in ternational club. Mrs. MacLean said $463 was added to the Y't building fund through this year's tale of al most 500Q books. The figure is slightly lower than last year's, chiefly because the 1958 book fair had fewer books to offer, Mrs. MacLean said. Mrs. Norman K. Winslow, pres ident of the Y't Menettes, report ed her organization it grateful to the many people who contributed both through book donations and by attending the sale. New Committee To Take Look at Boxcar Shortage Gov. Elmo Smith announced Monday he would appoint a new emergency transportation commit tee to help solve the expected box car shortage this year. The former committee, appointed last June and headed by Stan E. Sherwood, Coquille, has resigned to give Gov. Smith a free hand in naming a new one. That committee recommended that a move be started to get ser vice by additional railroads in southern Oregon, now served only by the Southern Pacific. P u b 1 1 if Utilities Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel predicted that the boxcar shortage would begin in April and extend through early fall. CHILD GROUP TO MEET FOUR CORNER S-The Well Child Conference will meet 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in Community Hall. Appointments may be made by calling the Marion County Health Department. SURGICAL SUPPORTS Of AU Kindt, Trusses, Abdominal Supports, x . Elastic Hosiery Expert tittertr-Prirtt fittlM Rooms Ask l our Doctor" Capital Drug Sf ere , 405 State Street Corner of Liberty ' fy)C Green Stampt r llall-Cvnlury V Employes at the Southern Pacific A. A. Carper (above) Monday round out bit Sot yrar with the rail road. Carper, chief rlerk in the freight ffire, is thaws) rutting a piece ef the party take. He started railroading whra a lad. (States man photo) 50-Year SP Employe Recalls Old Wood-Burning Engines By CONRAD PRANCE 'J Starf Writer, The Mateamai The trains were shorter and the hours longer when A. A. Carper began railroading a half-century ago this week. "Those old wood-burning loco motives had a 44-car limit." Carper recalled Monday. "But the men worked 12 hours a day, seven dayt a week." Things have changed consider ably, both for men and machines, since Carper went to work at the age of 16 as a railroad "call boy" in Roseburg 50 years ago. Now 100-car trains are common and rail roaders know a 40-hour week when they see one. "My job as call boy," he says, "was to run around and tell en gineers and the rest of the crews what trains they had been sched uled to handle. Telephone! were a scarce item then." Then he moved up from bag gageman and ticket clerk at Rose burg, to cashier at Medford and to the auditing department at the Southern Pacific's general offices in San Francisco in 1916. He came to Salem in 1920 as chief clerk in charge of office crews at the SP freight office and he's been here ever since. "Biggest items shipped out of Salem in those days, 36 yeart ago, he said, "were hops and prunes. And just about everything under the sun was shipped tnto town. Everything from groceries to fur niture." Trucks now haul a lot of goods which used to so by rail. "Things have changed in office work, too," Carper recalled. When I first came here we had little office machinery and all freight orders were written in long-hand. We didn't use carbon paper, and we duplicated these orders by a method known as "impression. "To make an impression paper you took the original order, written in a special kind of ink. laid 17 or to blank sheets of tissue thin paper on top, placed a damp rag on top of that and then put all into a pressing machine. The pressure and moisture forced the writing from the original copy up Lt. Governor Initiative Needs 40,093 Names The State Grange will have to get 40,093 signatures if they ex pect to put their Lieutenant Gov ernnr initiative on the ballot. Last week, it was announced that 32,000 signatures are needed. But Dave O'Hara, chief of the state elections division. Pointed out Monday that a new constitutional amendment makes the higher num ber necessary. The new provision, approved by the people at the last general elec tion, provides that Initiatives that would amend the Constitution must be tigned by 10 per cent of the number of people who . voted for Supreme Court justices at the pro ceeding election. The requiremnt for initiatives 1 that merely would amend laws remain at 8 per cent. Since the grange measure, which would orovide a Lieutenant Gov ernor for the state, would amend the Constitution, the 10 per cent requirement applies. lOQTJICEl T1SPIQUT ONLY n0m No Flnr Atplrlrt At Any Prlc With Railroad Freight Stalloa ia Salem helped through all the other sheets of papers. Sort of a crude form of mimeographing." Another memory which looms large in his mind from the "old" days is the one when all SP trains, everywhere, ground to a halt at a given time on a given day in observance of the death of E.H. llarriman, railroad magnate, many years ago. Carper, who resides with his wife at 920 Academy St., was born in Cottage Grove. A ton, Robert, followed his father's vocational spur and is also chief clerk at the Eugene station. As he looks back down the tracks Carper, who is eligible for retirement, admits it's all been "very exciting." "Retire?" he smiles. "What would I do with myself If I re tired?" ... 9 - i ' Ilili Court to Hear Murder Case Appeal The Oregon Supreme Court probably will hear the teeond de cree murder appeal of Jamei Quinton Anderson of Klamath County In the next few weeks, the court said Monday, The ca it aeheduled fo he heard early In May when the court holds its Eastern Oregon Spring trrm at Pendleton. How ever, there It a possibility that the hearing might be transferred to Salem, Anderion was sentenced to life Imprisonment for the shotgun slaying of Richard D. Miller. The murder occurred after t drink ing party on Nov. 9, 1054. Charles E. Raymond, Portland, who was special prosecutor In the case, filed his reply brief with the court Monday. Harney County Trial The trial occurred In Harney County after Anderson's lawyers had the rate transferred from Klamath County. '. Anderson's .lawyers claimed that the Harney County district attorney should have conducted the prosecution, rather than the Klamath County district attor ney's office. The defense law yers also argued that improper evidence and instructions were presented to the Jury. Raymond's brief argues that when a case Is transferred to an other county, it is customary that the prosecution be conducted by the district attorney of the coun ty in which the crime occurred. Rejected Motion Raymond also argued that Cir cuit Judge M. A. Biggs properly rejected a defense motion for a directed verdict of innocense. "The defendant," Raymond's brief says, "was ably represented by competent counsel and given every opportunity to cross exam ine the witnesses and to view the premises. The matters it issue were decided by the Hon. M. A. Biggs, a learned tnd careful judge with yean of experience in the criminal law. He protected every right of the defendant throughout the entire course of the trial, and no error was com mitted. "The verdict of the jury was in accordance with the right of the case and it ought to be sus tained." More than 40 countries are tak ing part in the 1957-58 geophysi cal year. he s got money in the at 1 A if v-1!! L LI Liu 11 rjmnsrjniL 71 STATEYVID! IANX Final Kite s for Infant Today C.raveilde irrvlrei will he held at 10 a m. today at Iteh red Me. mortal Park for Jnt f uimniniti, Infant dauiihler of Mr. and Mr liar Cummings. 1373 F,lm St. The baby died Thurxlay shortly alter her birth at t Salem hpital. Th father it t patrolman with the city Dolie department. Sur viving the Infant bemdes the par ents are two sliteri, Chrinline and Victoria, both of Salem; brother, Randall, Salem; and grandparents, M r. t n d Mrs. Claude Cummlngs tnd Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bithop, all of Salem. Services will be in charge of Virgil T. Golden Mortuary. Double Sale, Of Safeway Store Told The double sale of Salem'i new est Safeway More on South Com mercial Street in the Candalaria district wat announced Monday when papcrt concerning tbe tran saction were filed at the Marion County Recorder'! office. The first tale wat in the neigh borhood of $300,000 to Rose laco vone, a New York City business woman. She in turn sold it for about $414,000, along with a 30 year lease belonging to Safeway stores, to the trusted of Cali fornia estate listed at I. H. Prinz metal and Juliut J. Epstein. Union Title Insurance Co. of Sa lem handled the transaction. Woman Hurt In Car Crash A Salem area woman suffered apparently minor leg injuries Mon day in a two-car collision at Union and Liberty streets, city police reported. Officeri taid Mrs. Carroll Corey, 3670 Liberty ltd., wat taken by Willamette ambulance to Salem Memorial Hospital but later releas ed. She reportedly suffered bruises and abrasions of the right leg. The woman was a passenger In a 1955 Ford driven by Robert Eu gene Corey at time of the 12:20 p.m. accident, police said. Driver of the other vehicle, a 1955 Chrys ler, was listed by officers at Fred Womack, Seaside, Ore. he feels good 4 bank!" You'll feel good, too, with a savings account at First National Bank, Oregon's favorite place to save. Try it, Just set aside a little each payday, and watch those savings grow! Remember, there's no substitute for a bank savings account. 1 f -v OF PORTJLiVMD nirs suits OFFICES TO SEXVI YOU Candidate for City Manager Interviewed Salem aldermen Monday Inter viewed one of the top candidate! for the Salem city manager'! pot -38)rar-old Kent Milhtwion, eity manager for seven years at Martinsville, Vt , tnd former tt Utant city manacer at Durham, N. ('.. nd San Diego, Calif. Mat hew ion recently wat one of four V. 8. city managers picked fstot amnaiiUf tint, mm V JMHIt Ivm Aim 111 iiiittnti i tt i ii'it mm i miHiiii. r rector of the International Asto elation of City Managert. After checking Jnto, the pontiblllty, ht withdrew from consideration, he reported In Salem. Mathewion't present manager. hip it in t city of 17,0(X) which oprritet ill utilities tnd schooli as well is other funrtioni of city government. He and his wift have three children. Salem'i City Manigrr J. L, Fnnzen will retire July 1. The City Council hn begun lifting 38 applications for city manager, ar riving in recent weeks from all over the U. S. The aldermen ex pect to Invite four or five for in terviews before making in ap pointment. Salem Naval Air Reserves Eye Cruises Salem Naval Air Reserve units ire preparing for summer cruises to start May 20. Lt.. Comdr. John Seal Bryant, officer in charge of the McNary Field installation, taid Monday. Two Sky Raider attack bombers are on order and a twin engine Beechcraft will be borrowed to supplement the four advanced trainers, two Avenger torpado bombers and one Beechcraft now stationed at the field, he laid. Seventy pilots and 90 enlisted men will receive training between May 20 and June 30. Unit 893, led by Lt. Comdr. Ivan J. Esau of Dallas, will "cruise" May 20 to June 3; Unit (92, led by Comdr. E. A. LcMatta, Bcaverton, June 3 to 16; and Unit 891, led by Lt. Comdr. W. S. Wright of Spring field, June 17 to 30. Members com from as far as Seattle, Wash., Coos Bay and Bend. Cruise activities include night and instrument flying and three day cross-countries. The 1,200 limit for cross-countries allows flights) as far as El Paso, Texas. SALEM bXANCII datjk onaoai rooirxitv