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
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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.
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in the
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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.
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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
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