4-(Soc. I) Statesman, Salem, Ore, Mon., AprU 2, '58
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State Labor Merger
The national merger ot the AFL nd CIO
uniont ii being followed by the merger .of
federations at lower levels. ' That for Oregon
ii act for next June. A committee has been
working on the constitution and iU details
were revealed last week. The new- name
Wilt be Oregon State Lalor Council," A FL graphical; Part
JIO. Just as on the national level the merg
er required a shuffling of personnel, with an
obvious effort to take care of most all of the
official In positions equally' good, the Ore
on merger contemplates absorbing most , of
.he former officers of the separate organiza
. ons, with former AFL heads taking top
laces. ,
The setup as now reported
icDonald, now president of the
(. .aiion 01 BDor, iiti, presiuem
, .ate Labor Council, with Jess
dent of the CIO State Industrial Council first
.ice president of the merged body. Second
ice presidents will be H. . Barker of Sa
int and Anne Chambers, both AFL vice
residents and Ken Thorstad, CIO vice pres
ent. .Tim Marr iihn hne VtMan ih Ye!ltive
..tary of the AFL State Federation, will as
sume that post under the consolidation, and
Ueorge Brown, now the CIO executive, will
Lecome executive political director to handle
.jolitical relations for labor at the legislature
1 nd with the public. Marr and Brown have
'ong worked together on matters of common
. Merest. '
The merger at state level should reduce
,'ome of the past friction within the ranks of
organized labor. Still to be consummated is
the merger of the separate unions in the
same field such as the AFL sawmill work
ers' union and the CIO woodworkers' union.
Some heads may be bumped in (he process;
ome gripes will be voiced as the merging
ot old rivals takes place; and new frictions
"ill arise among segments of the labor move
ment. There may even be some breakaways
the Teamsters' union is not very cordiul
to the new setup. But at least
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breach In Ine buMTofna
of being healed. How it functions will be integration on
watched with interest by the
memDers, oy empioyer-na or
which depends on the services
labor.
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Looks as though the Portland papers were
trying to squeeze more circulation out of
the Marjorie Smith rase, which now is in for
r npther legal round, this time over who gets
the insurance left by her late' husband.
Rep. Norblad Enlisted by GOP Club for
Annual Elephant-Donkey Diamond Contest
By A. XOBEET SMITH
. Statesman Correspondent
WASHINGTON Congress
man Walttfr Norblad's record
shattering sprint across the
state of Oregon
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in nis iDomve a.
quest oi tne
governorship a if
lew weexs ago I ? . . 4
m a s n't com Jw
nletelv In vain v fT J.
after all.
His colleagues
in Congress fig-
urrl tin must
be by now one V. t s"s-
of the more- fci 1
physically fit lawmakers so
they enlisted him as a member
of the GOP baseball iquad.
Norblad left Friday for Day
tona Beach, Fla., to round out
his spring training with some of
his more portly colleagues dur
ing the Easter congressional re
cess. Oreeon 011111 nnw Innk tn Mnr.
blad to do honor to the state
In the annual charity contest
irity contest
fSri
between the Elephants and the
Donkeys which will
here in Washington
few weeks.
The past twe years, Congress
man Sam Coot has been the
star from Oregon. He was the
catcher for the Republican Ele
nhants. But this year, Sam said,
ae began to feel his age.
"I could get down in posi
tion,1 uld the 51-year-old ei
cattleman and Sunday sand lot
ball player from Baker, "bat I
couldnt get back up."
Most Capitol Iliil oldtimers
will tell yoa that the anneal
Junket to Florida is the main
reason for Congress taking a
week's recess In the spring. The
Daytona Beach Chamber of
Commerce pick up the tab for
the trip for the congressmen
and their families. ,
Everyone seems to gain by
the venture. The ballplaylng
politicians can swat a few foul
balls without getting beat over
h. h.arf h. IK.!. -r..I.U-
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ington fans get to see a game,
. the only one of Its kind any.
where, that has the principal
virtue of making whatever the
Washington Senators do look
good by comparison, even in last
place in the American League.
Senator Wayne Morse was
treating everything and every,
one at arm's length this past
week. He explained that he had
lest bis eye glasses last week
end while pitching hay on Us
I am la earty Maryland.
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Another Tour for Qregon'
"AmbaKsador" .
Oregon's only Frank Brsnch Riley, wit,
raconteur, toastmastcr par excellence, orator
and word painter, is oft on another tour as
"ambassador of the Pacific Northwest." As
he has been doing with great Regularity -for
30 years, Riley is going to important centers
of the Midwest and East and Northeast to
give his Illustrated lecture on the glories of
Oregon and the Northwest. He has scheduled
30 appearances before business groups, serv
ice clubs, professional societies, some, of them
"return engagements," so well received have
his travelogues been. Riley goes under the
sponsorship of business leaders of Oregon.
- His mission is to invite visitors as. tourists
and also to attract men for permanent res
idence with capital for investment in this
land of magnificent scenery and salubrious
climate.
Coincident with news of his 1956 tour
comes a beautifully printed book of 13S
pages, on "Frank Branch Riley, Ambassador
of the Pacific
of the Oregon
delightful and
the biographical
A Printino fn
cellent typograpny and 'refsworJc-- '
makes J. D.
Oregon Fed-
01 we new
Bell, presi
Better Wood Utilization . t
Those who attended the Chamber of Com
merce First Citizen dinner early this year
recall the very optimistic address of Hillman
Luddemann of Portland who heads the Pope
& Talbot operations in the Northwest. He
pointed out the trend toward greater utiliza
tion of our timber. It is not surprising there
fore to read that his company plans to spend
$1,750,000 at Oak Ridge for a green veneer
mill and a particle board plant. Later the
veneer operation will be expanded to pro
duce plywoodi
Another big" company. Diamond Match Co.,
plans to spend $15,000,000 in a new integrat
ed forest products manufacturing plant at
Red Bluff, Calif., adjacent to its extensive
timber lands. Its president in explaining the
program to a group of security analyists in
New York, said that at present the recovery
from logs delivered to the mills is only about
50 per cent, but with an integrated, plant it
may be possible to doubie that, half going
into lumber" products and half into fibre prod
ucts. He added: "Rapid increases in value
the great
.... ,
rank and file
This calls for
tnr-iroei
italr-but-it- will
.r,r! hrln tr, hrin
of organized
dustry of the West. Oregon welcomes this
venture by Pope & Talbot at Oak Ridge.
Minnesota Is the land of ten thousand
lakes, but the number who have tried their
hands at "interpreting" the state's recent, pri
mary election is far greater.
Wearing sa old pair of specs
that pre-dates his bi focal days,
the senator looked like be was
playing a trombone every time
h picked ap 1 document and
pushed it back and forth, closer
and farther sway from him,
trying t get the proper range.
ban McBarron, a lurjber buy
er from Rogue River, came; to
Washington a few days ago for
the first time In his life to testi
fy before a congressional com
mittee on the freight car short
age that plagues his industry's
mills.
"I've never been in this city
before and obviously never ap
peared before 10 distinguished
a group as this," McBarron told
the senators.
Senator Schoeppel of Kansas,
hardly cracking a smile, boomed
forth:
"WeU, you'd better look us
over because you are helping
Day tor this."
taaMKSil
Time Flies:
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10 Years Ago
April t, Ut
Daylight saving time which
since its introduction in the United
Slates in 1917 has been subject
to acclaim and denunciatiun by
other nation's millions begins
again in all of five., states and
parts of 18 others. Aif points in
Washington and Oregon will re
main on standard .time.
Salem faces the threat of a
transportation ticup, with a city
bus driver's strike, if demands
are not met by Oregon Motor
Stages. Inc. Several Salem driv
ers will join other union mem
bers in Portland.
The t'nited States crisis over
Iran collapsed when it was learned
that Iranian Ambassador Hussein
Ala had informed nffipiote kfl tuna
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Dreoarra to accent a kaviai etate
Vl"JJ1
"" uuuu worn iran.
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25 Years Ago -
April 1 1931
The expected ousting of five
State Game Commissioners was
Meier, who at tne same time1
made known his five new appoin
tees to the organization. They
are Marshall Dana, Carl Silven,
Irvini Vining, M. F. Corrlgan and
Dr. J. C Vandsbert.
Northwest. Fart One is Dio-
Two consols of excerpts frorrj -
his occasional orations, after-dinner speeches
and. travelogues. Walter W R. May, editor
- Voter, has done a Foreword in
graceful prose, and has edited,, -.i... iini. aM. it i(iai
material. Kilham Stationery
rfpsprvp rrprfit for the ex-
Frank Branch Riley is a Veritable institu
tion in Oregon, and he has built his fame
across the country in is weaving of words
into pictures that match the rare views that
Illustrate his lectures. We can all wish him
ahundnnt success on his 1956 missionary enterprise.
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the forest products tnousiry.
heavy Investment of cap-
provide more employment
ittahilitv to the forest In-
If yen think Maurine Neuber
ger. Sam Coon and . Wayne
Morse never would be' caught
agreeing on a single issue, they
proved yoi wrong , this past
week.
They proved that they think
rake baking Is the greatest, par
ticularly the baking ef the na
tion's queen of the kitchen,
Mrs.' Henry Jorgenson, the
Portland housewife who won
125,000 not long ago In national
competition with a filbert-filled
number she called "Rlng a-ling."
Mrs. Jorgenson had lunch
with Mrs. Neuberger, Coon and
Morse all the other members
of the Oregon delegation were
out of town, or they would have
come too. And not a word of
dissent was heard from either
.party's members when the bak
ing whiz said, "Oregon filberts
were the key to my success." ,
Frem The
Statesman Files
Dr. Chalmer George, former-Sa-lem
dentist who has been doing
special work in New York, arrived
here and will remain two weeks.
Mrs. George and family will re
turn east' with, him, where they
have decided to make their homer.
Amelia Earhart added another
outstanding performance to her
brilliant flying record by taking an
autogyro to a higher altitude than
has ever been done before. It
was reported she had reached a
height of 19,000 feet.
" 40 Years Ago v
April !, lsl
The junior class of the high
school proved its supremacy in
interclass activities when it won
the debate from the senior class
, team, The junior debaters were
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Paul Pierce, Harlod Aspinwall and
r. an i,pm., to.. -
My Find
The prospects for a bumper
fruit crop in all lines are the
best in several years, according
to L. J. Chapin, who has. marie
a tour of nearly all parts of the
county during the past 'three
weeks.
The boys o( the state training
school responded heroically and
effectively to an SOS call from a
neighboring farm where fire broke
out. At the Girardin farm, the
fire threatened tome valuable
timber.
fJIMN AND HKAK
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probably would. A revolution in
Spain miht jeopardize our
bases a-building there, while the
turbulence in North Africa can't
ihelp but give a measure o(vire
security to our position there.
We have a landing field in Saudi
Arabia with an eye to protecting
American interests and person
nel in the oil fields. The agree
ment is due for renewal and
Saudi Arabia is putting on the
squeeze, for more arms which it
offers to pay for out ot oil roy
alties. (One condition of the old
agreement, not to bring. in Jews
in the military complement was
a recent topic of criticism in
Congress). All this adds up to
concern of our government in
the field of foreign relations,
that we keep our present friends
as faithful allies.
This concern finds expression
also in demand for development
of longer -ranee bombers, and the
Navy exploits this as justifica
tion for building floating bases,
tin1 giant aircraft carriers.
In this connection report
slwuld be made of the drive of
II le . JV V luwdiu icvuiiawutuvu
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SUCCPSS 0j the atomic sub-
marine Nautilus nas not oniy lea
w Duuuing 01 new suds witn me
P 6ut U 7 lt0m.lc
power in surface crait. ine
Wall Street Journal says the
Safety Valve
(FSIter'i Nete: Letter tor The SUtetmaa't Safety Vale eoluma arc
fle prior coiindrratlsaj (1 they are Informative aoe. are not more than
) wurdi la lenitk Perianal atueki n ridleule. ai well ai llbek are to
a .voided kut anyone at taUUed to air keUeft aad opinions oa any tidt
4 any
Lovrll Tickles McKay Mystery
To the Editor:
With all due respect to all the
high panjandrums concerned I
submit that the great McKay
mystery, or who pushed whom
and why is still unsolved after
two recent dispatches from
Washington.
(1) Last Wednesdsy AP re
ported McKay as repeating, this
time to a group of Amherst
students that the President did
- not ask him to run sgainst Sen
ator Morse. This is all very fine,
but McKay added that "Leonard
Hall and Sherm Adams didn't
ask me, but they did pressure
me." Question: did Mr. Eisen
hower do the same thing, or did
he. Just stand aside and let his
henchmen do the pressuring?
' (2) On Thursday comes Her
bert Brownell, who is quoted as
telling our own Robert Smith
that he "concurred in the idea
of urging McKay to resign and
enter the Oregon senatorial
race." But Brownell concurred
while not aware of the poll of
Oregon voters which indicated
that McKay might be the
G.O.P.'s best bet against Morse.
This poll then did not influence
Brownell as, allegedly, it influ
enced McKay and the Republi
can committee, although Brow
nell did consider McKay a vote
getter. Brownell, further, "did not
speak with President Eisenhow
er directly about the matter,
nor did he know what trans
spired in the White House meet
ing between McKay and Eisen
hower a few hours before Mc
' Kay boarded a plane and flew to
Portland under a pseudonym
Maybe nothing happened at
this meeting except for some
chit chat about the weather,
farming and golf. Maybe McKay
did not even mention the pres
sure he was under from Adams,
Brownell and Leonard; suggest
leaving the cabinet: .or ask the
President about it. But," it
Eisenhower did not ask him to
, run (or urge, tell, pressure or
influence him) it is still hard
to see1 how 'McKay's oft-expressed
reluctance to run for
the Senate was overcome. May
be Ike was "very sorry, to lose
McKay" from the cabinet as
Brownell claims. But it he real
ly wished to keep McKay, could
Adams, Brownell and Hall to-
gether - have exerted enough
press-tre to force McKay to
quit? Personally, I think not
Ivan Lovell
. Route 3, box 618
Military Spending
To the Editor:
I was very much Interested in
your column relative to, no al-
terna!iv t?r- , .
And I think you are to be
commended for your tlmtly
IT Lirlity
inT a ,.W..,P(4 ,mmu . .
to being hopelessly in debt!"
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pane one)
Navys objective Is the atomic
propulsion- of all major combat
ships from subs to destroyers to
carriers some time in the 1960s.
This will be an expensive pro
gram. Diesel powered subs cost
$2.5 million, but nuclear subs
cost over twice as much. An
aircraft carrier of the Saratoga
type costs nearly $200 million
s nearly szuo minion;
atomic power will cost
one with
more.
The great value of nuclear
power in naval vessels is that
such ships can stay much longer
at sea and cruise farther from
base. Space required for atomic
fuel is tiny compared with that
for oil or coal. Senator Jackson
of ' Washington, member of the
armed services committee and
of the joint committee on atomic
energy, has given this picture of
the future Navy:
"Nuclear aircraft carrier, with
the capability of firms nuclear
.uidtd missiles, will wnd ioft
nuclear-powered .aircraft to drop
atomic bombs on the enemy. Tree
carrier will be supported by
clear-powered craft, some of which
ill have nuclear mismle-firme
capjlillltici Nuclear subi would
fire aUtmie miasiles from under the
water at the enemy."
Powerful., yes; but, expensive
fir view of these pending de
velopments, however, the "with
drawal of air base privileges in
Iceland does not seem- as alarm
ing to bur Security as otherwise
it might. ' . -
efforts in bringing the facts be
fore the public.
As you say to dispense with
the manufacturing of war supplies
abruptly would displace t"011"
sands- of people;' which could
mean unrest in general since we
are making no preparations tor
such a condition. How in
opinion could the masses
cified without some form
rebellion?-
Personally I am quite alarmed
about our future progression and
I am sufficiently convinced that
we could arrive at a sohition un
der the proper leadership, na
tionally as well as internationaly.
Commerce and trade can be
equalized without profit in the
terms of dollars.-
It is, silly for our produce io'T- . . J T .
be decomposing when people are lruSM, 4t .Bartc11 Hospital.- at-
going hungry. Am I justified in
thinking you should make an ef
fort to reeducate the eople before
it is too late?
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somemlnTin"
people will give you their support.
0. B. Allm,
5395 Dallas Rd.
Editor's Note, The prospect of
any early and sizable reduction in
military spending is slight. If it
comes gradually tha readjustment
can be made successfully though
probaby not without distress to
individual families and commu
nities. It seems more probable
that spending for military pur
poses will continue to increase.
CAS.
Newsprint Waste! .
To the Editor:
ORCHIDS to O. K. DeWitt and.
Chandler Brown, but a big Head
of ca-bbage to Safety. Valve fori
allowing one eternally complain-'
ing contributor to WASTE so!
much valuable newsprint. Why
not limit number of letters as '
well as length of letters? Long j
aiio we have stopped reading this
man's letters, just glance at the
signature and then skip him. He
doesn't believe in a free America,
a government by the people. He
insists on government control. As
long ago j as the Revolutionary!
War we graduated from that nar-i
row dangerous Ism.
Yours for better Safetv Valv
Reading,
Ralph Martin,
-Route 2..
GEESE HERALD SPRING
ST. JOACHIM. Oue. ( Snrin !
is here, as far as the world's only
hock oi greater snow geese is con
cerned. Art advance guard of 2O0
scout birds of the flock has ar
rived at this St. Lawrence River
COmmitnitV from the annlh AllanlU
on their annual flight flight north
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"' The average clerical office
worker in the South "got $59 a
week ia 1955. -
South Salem
Rates High at
Debate Meet
South Salem High School won
the Middle Willamette District
Speech Tournament at Oregon
State College Saturday by plac
ing first in debate, first and see.
And in extempore speaking, first
in alter dinner, Impromptu and
radio speaking, and third in dis
cussion serious reading and ora
tory. Runnersup were North Salem,
Dallas High School and Serra
High School respectively.
First and second place winners
will represent their schools in
the Oregon High School Speech
League Tournament at the Uni
versity of Oregon April 13-U..
Individual South Salem win
ners included John Anderson,
first in impromptu; William
Ford, first in after dinner speak
ing and second In extempore,
Kathleen Deeney, third in discus
sion; Janice Hall, third In seri
ous reading; and Kenneth Sav
age, third in oratory.
For North Salem George An
drew was first in .humorous and
second in impromptu; Joy
Brown, first in oratory; George
Baker, first in oratory, and
George Baker, third 'in expem
pore. James Fliflet front Serra
placed if irst in poetry reading,
with Danny Rittcr second in ora
tory. South Salem is coached by
Miss Amanda J. Anderson, North
Salem by Glenn Smith, and Serra
by Sister Gerardirie.
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Nine Quartets
Scheduled for
110 M 1 ri ,,.
i fty JOIlgtCSt
Nine quartets ind 30 members
of the Salem Senate-Aire Chorus
have promised to pack color and
harmony into a 2-hour singing
review at Saturday night's third
annual Oregon Barbershop Song
Parade in the North Salem High
School auditorium.
Under Rotary sponsorship, the
local chapter of the Society for
the Preservation and Encourage
ment of Barber Shop Quartet
Singing In America (SPEBSQSA)
i, bringing the singers together
, . . m; .,im
" !""
nil-!ming pool at Silver Creek Falls.
Names of the nine foursomes
are Lake Oswe"o Four; Rose City
four, Portland; The Four Bo's,
Astoria; Model' T. Four, Van-rQuycr.GsidKhtirsEverett,
Wash- Sharp FoTn EngVneTnnrftr
Scrap Iron, Four, Eugene-Spring
field area; Jasper- Jills, North
Sah?m-High School;-an Salem's
Capitol Chordsmen. Members of
the latter quartet are Frank
Gray, Dick McClintic, Dick Roth
and Don Robinson.
The Senate-Aire Chorus, under
Don McC'lintics direction, will
6pen and close the program. All
singing is either a capella or in
4-part harmony.,
Quartets will be costumed and
amid a stage setting out of the
1900's, including mustache cups
and barber poles. Tickets are
available from Rotarians, Senate
Aire members, or at Stevens Jew
elry Shop.
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eHPolk Accident
State-man News Service
DALLAS, Ore Three persons
received spparently minor bruis
es when 1 car rolled twice before
coming to a stop on its top in the
ditch beside Highway 22 late Sat
urday night, near Rickreall.
Dick Leu, Emma June Kinsey
and Albert Howard, all of Dallas
iciuiauia nam,
- 1 ne jaie-monei naraiop-onven
by Leu flipped into the ditch ap -
parriuiy wucn puwtrr urancs were
app.iea snarpiy on approacmna a
the.shoul -
State Patrolman James A. Hameri
said. Hamer, who had set out
flares and was standing by the
truck while waiting for mechani
cal service, witnessed the acci
dently shortly before midnight
on Highway 22 west of Rickreall.
He said driver of the stalled
pickup was Carl Meyer, Clover
dale. '
California's population increas
ed 2,666.000 in April 1950 to the
end of 1955.
OPEN MONDAY AND
OTHER DAYS 9:30 A.
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SILVER PLATING SPECIAL
-1 WEEK ONIY
Your precious heirlooms will be replafed by our craftsman
in heavy quadruple silverplate at unusually low prices. 0e
prepared for graceful entertaining.
Creamers1.. ..$4.95 Coffee Pots S8.95
Sugars S5.95 Wltr piieheft ....S8.95
Waste Bowls .$5.95 nicneri "
Tea Pots .. . -S8.95 Treys (per sq. in.) 7
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We'll gladly give yoa an estimate on restoring ether objects.
WATCH AND JEWELRY REPAIR MEZZANINE
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Price of Farm Land,
Farm Income Fail to
Keep Pace in Oregon
By LILLIE L. MADSEN
Farm Editor, The Statesman
Farm land prices and farmer
income no longer keep pace. This
Is showing up In Oregon as well
as throughout the nation.
Oregon (arm real estate values
reached their peak last July and
have remained rather steady since.
Death Claims
MrSeHolman,
Polk Native
Statesman Newi Service
DALLAS, jBre. - Mrs. Frank
Dolman, 18.. considered the oldest
native residents of the Dallas
are, -died Sunday afternoon at a
Dallas rest home following a short
illness.
Mrs. Holman was born in a
log cabin just outside the city on
Sept. 14; 1867, a year after her
parents crossed the plains from
Iowa. Except for a three-year re
turn to Iowa as a child with her
parents, Mrs.' Holman lived all
her life at Dallas.
As one of the city's oldest fami
lies, the Ilolmans are commemo
rated with Holman Ave.
Lucretia Jane Miller married
Frank Holman May 15, 1887. Both
she and her husband were mem
bers of the Apostolic Faith
Church of Dallas, which they were
influential in founding and build
ing. She is survived by two sons,
Merle of Jefferson and Glenn of
Salem; one daughter. Mrs.
Charles 'Mangis of Dallas: a
brother. William P. Miller of Dal
las; seven grandchildren and 10
great grandchildren.
Bollman Funeral Home of Dal
las is handling funeral arrange
ments. Services will be Wednes
day at 2 p. m. in Apostolic Faith
Church. Interment at Dallas ceme
tery. Mrs. Mattson
Succumbs to
Short Illness
SUtrimaa News Service
WOODBl'RN - Mrs. John Matt-
son, Portland, mower 01 timer
died in Portland after a brief 111
ness. Eervices will be 11:30 a m
Monday in CfilonlaLMortuary. Port
land. Burial will be la" Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery. V
Born in Sweden 7 years ago.
she came- to the United States
alone at the age of 11 to live with
a sister in Michigan. She and John
Mattson were married in 1887 at
Iron Mountain, Mich. They moved
to Portland 30 years ago.
Besides -ber widower and son,
Elmer Mattson, Mrs. Mattson
leaves another son, Edward Matt
son, Portland; three daughters.
Mrs. J. H. Roberts, Mrs. Mildred
Martell and Mrs. Vernon Walker,
all of Portland, and 14 grandchil
dren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Girl Injured
In Accident
Salem first aid men applied a
splint to a fractured collar bone of
Linda Maxwell; 18, 1326 N; Winter
St., after jhey had been called to
the scene of an automobile acci
dent Sunday afternoon.
Miss Maxwell suffered the in
jury when the car she was riding
in with her parents struck a bridge
column about a mile north of In
dependence. . -
ckn urn. later Hrivpn to Salem
no,ni,a f0y urther examination,
1 ,irs aid mtn said.
, .
j Nol0,l journalist
Heart Attack Victim
LOS ANGELES I - .Harry
Lang, veteran newspaperman,
died Sunday in his sleep, apparent
ly of a heart attack.
He would have been 60 Mon
day. Lang, columnist, ori the Los
Angeles Examiner, had worked
on newspapers In New York,
Washington, Chicago, Seattle and
San Francisco during a 40 year career.
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Land Increases showed up in the
entire nation last year, even
though farm product prices and
farm income went down.
USDA economists, who have been
analysing this eeiaing paradox,
say that more than Just farming
enters into the land values now. '
Real estate firms, throughout the
Willamette Valley, report a strong
demand for farm la mi and fewer
farms on the market.
Farm Load Wanted
Business, outside of farming, has
rolled along at a good clip. Non
farmers are asking for farm lands.
People have come to look upon
land as a opportunity for satisfac
tions other than making money.
It is being considered as a secur
ity in case of inflation or depres.
sion. It is "fun" to own land.'
Land affords new recreational or.
portunities .'.r the family with the
shorter work-week. These are only
a few of the reasons given by those
who desire to buy farms:
As for the cost, the USDA oointa
out that it takes fewer weeks of
industrial labor now to equal the
pricef an acre of farm land than
it did in the 1947-49 period.
Many already farming are add.
ing to their farm land for more
efficient use of the larger amount
of farm machinery, and equipment
now needed for modern, economic
agricultural, practices. Where, a
few years agrj, a 200-acre farm
was comparatively "big" in the
Willamette Valley, now farms are
running two and three times that
size. Three and fmir farm. l in
frequently been combined in the
past decade to' make one large
livestock or grass ranch. C the
otherhand, a below-normal number
of farms are now on the market.
Optimistic Outlook
In "looh ahead" survey by
USDA farm economist reporters,
there are about double the number
who expect prices to go up in the
next six months, to those who ex
pect them to go up in the next
five years. California and Florida
Ifwtlr an itu,..... I...U. . L. -.
wat .v. ail, IIIVl ta, UaSllig UlClr
decision on the growing population
and its effect on demand for' land
for residential and Industrial use,
rather than farm use. More than
a third of the reporters, especially
in the northwestern wheat area,
the eastern Corn Belt, and the
winter wheat area, thought, that ,
land prices would decline. About
a third of these, again, thought"
the devline in farm land prices
would be more than 10 per cent.
Northwest dairy farmers were-
r Api v-aauig luiiaiinrriivie pvssiiniim
in the -week just- past.L .
Better English
By D. C WILLIAMS
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "We came near losing
the game to them players."
2. What is the correct pro
nunciation of "homily" (a ser
mon)? 3.. Which one of these words Is
misspelled? Guinea, guitar, guid
on, guiless.
4. What does the word "in
sidious" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
with sat that, means "gloomy;
dull"?
ANSWERS '
1. Say, "We ALMOST lost the
game to THOSE players." 2. Pro
nounce the "o'as in "on," not
as "home." 3. guileless. 4. In
tended to entrap; characterized
by treachery and deceit. "There
is no more insidious peril than
this." S. Saturnine.
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