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Newspaper Page Text4-(5ec.I) Statesman, Salem, Ore.. Thurs., May 3. 06 QILADDIN Ho Facer Swayt Vs. Ke Ftar Shall Aw' Trm rtrit StotwwM. Mirtn Zt ltSl ; Stiieimia Pnhliihinc ComniBT CHARLES A. Sf HAGUE, Editor & Publisher Htnh Church 8t, Smfm. On. ftltphoni -Mail twKtt M Um rattottx it halts. Or, m Mroaa mtt ma- tt it C lrM Kirch t. Hit ' Member AjmcUIH PrtM t)M XjmcIiM Prat It atiUM ucliwivtly to U um . fcr npubUmtioa W til Inril hwi punted ut ' " f ttiK MINPN. Power Without Responsibility - Joe Alsop'j correspondence from Saudi Arabia which hu been appealing on this page hu given a very graphic description of the soda! and political transition in progress then. Under the impact of modern indus trialism represented in petroleum exploita tion and the intrusion of aggressively modern Israel on its flank the desert kingdom is try Ing to telescope centuries of western progress into decades. Until recently the Saudi Ara bians were three-fourths nomads; now, ac cording to Alsop, they are three-fourths vil lager!. Aramco. the American oil combine, it the chief employer and skilled Arabs draw the tarn pay as Caucasians of equal grade. Yet slavery still is practiced in Saudi Arabia. Some year! ago old Ibn Saud, then king, proclaimed a new code for slave brokers. Alsop quotes the going prices for slaves. Neighbor to Saudi Arabia is Yemen, almost a hermit kingdom, but unlike desert Saudi Arabia, well-watered and green. Yemen has guarded its borders against foreign im migration and ideas. Both of these countries are members of United Nations, along with many other lately established, often back ward nations. This membership has two ef fects: it exposes them to the thought and culture of more advanced peoples, but it also gives them voting equality with such nations. On issues dealing with human rights, free dom of information and such, usually you will find countries like Yemen and Saudi Arabia following the lead of India in voting for resolutions extolling human freedom. Likewise, on resolutions critical of the so called colonial powers they will line up be hind such resolutions though they themselves maintain conditions not tolerated in the col onies of the western nations. With more new-born and weak nations leing admitted to United Nations the prob lems of holding the General Assembly to the course of wisdom will grow more difficult. Libya, for instance, a nation so weak it has to be propped up economically, is now a member. The new nation of Sudan has re ceived the approval of the Security Council for membership. These nations have equality in voting, but they lack background of ex perience in governing and can assume no responsibility in the carrying out of U.N. resolutions. United Nations has embarked on a policy of universality of membership; but that will not Include universality of responsibility. The process of developing competence in- self government, and of maturity in international relations is slow. About the best we can hope for is that U.N. membership will accelerate their progress. its service to Eugene has been granted the Albany Barge Co. by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The line now operates on the Willamette hauling bulk petroleum products to Albany. The new order gives it. permission to move general commodities as a common carrier barge line from Ilwaco, Wash., to Eugene, but presently its operations are limited to the haul from Oregon City to Albany. This represents the first utilization of the Willamette for freight transportation, other, than log rafting, since the upstream1 dams were constructed by which the flow of the river in dry seasons can be regulated. The original plan called for holding a six-foot channel depth at least to Albany which is sufficient for barge movement, but whether the flow will be enough for year-round barge service to Eugene is doubtful. The barge line has not undertaken to serve Salem, because the haul is too short and the rail-truck competition too keen. At least a beginning is being made on use of the river as a highway for a common carrier. Announcement that Gov. Arthur Langlie of Washington will be a candidate for U. S. senator insures Republicans of 1 strong oppo nent of the; incumbent, Warren Magnuson. Elected governor three times, Langlie hu given the people a good administration. The situation in Washington is very different from what it is in Oregon. Magnuson is per sonally popular, well-liked even by Repub licans. The GOP's best hope of defeating "Maggie" is with Langlie. Automobiles aren't selling as fast as they did last year. The manufacturers are com plying with the old law of supply and de mand, but instead of cutting prices to stimu late demand they are curtailing supply through factory layoffs. mrnmmmm &?: mum New Bridges for Salem Over 25 years ago during the administra tion of Mayor Tom Livesley. a program was launched for replacement of wooden bridges over the creeks that thread their way across old Chemeketa plain. The program has been continued off and on ever since, but the job is not yet complete. One of the measures submitted at the city election May 18th is to authorize issuance of 1140.000 in bonds for use in paying for four new bridges. They are listed as follows: High street over Shelton ditch. $50,000; Lee street over Shelton ditch. N. 14th street over Mill creek and South 25th street over Mill creek, 130.000 each. In our opinion this improvement holds top priority, particularly as to the High street bridge. This Is old. carries heavy traffic and its safety is a matter of continuing concern to city officials. We shouldn't put off this bridge program longer. That is why an af firmative vote is urged for the first measure on the city ballot, No. 51. Editorial Comment A.N ANSWER ON FLEXIBLE SVPPORTS A reader asks us why w are in favor of flexible price supports for farm products 'see Letters to the Editor). There are two reasons: 1. Flexible price guarantees, if they were flexible enough, would permit farm products to move into consumption and export instead of piling up be yond safe reserve levels instorage. In the cases of wheat and cotton, prices still are too high to accomplish this despite the 1954 'flexible ' law. The president's announced price supports for 195 are definitely "high" and "rigid'' and will not re duce the surpluses. 2. Flexible price guarantees would permit the market to be more effective in directing farm production. High, rigid supports provide incentives for farmers to continue producing things beyond the needs of consumers and foreign buyers. They do not reflect demand accurately. We believe that price guarantees should be used only to provide more stability in market prices thai is, to level out the wide swings caused by changes in supply and demand but not to raise the long-run trends of prices of a few basic crops. Lower and more flexible price supports will not reduce farm production in total, but they will per mit a better balance in farm production among different crop and livestock products. Acreage controls, the "soil bank" and similar programs may help reduce total farm production for a time. These controls are not a perfect solu tion. If allotments are based on history, they pre vent desirable changes in cropping patterns and land use. But they may be useful during emergency periods such as the present. If subsidies are needed for farmers 'and we be lieve they are needed, especially during the present adjustment period , then we favor subsidies by other methods than through price guarantees. Some possibilities are larger soil conservation payments, food stamp programs p suhsidiie the consumption of food, payments to livestock producers, and sn on This is where we differ with Mr Benson who opposes such subsidies. Direct subsidies would permit the market In function more freely and would not misdirect farm production and marketing as do high price sup ports Des Moines Register i f.v.K- Whk aP m-- Mw &hk pr a1 m m- i I TiTv: WW' k . A' ..421 -Y74- I ' f WW "iSN MTV Safety Valve (PtJttOrS Note; Lrtttrrt for Tht ItatMBian'i Safrt Valve trnltimn art given prior rooudrratioo If ttiry art Informative and are not more thai 30 word la lenctb Personal attack! and ridicule a well as libel, rt to t Avoided, but an yon Is entitled to air belitfi and opinions oo any iI4t tf any question ) Poll-Taking Described as Art, Not Science, With Results Difficult to Fit Into Statistics SlruMi A ln By Stewart Alsop GARY. Ind Just how do the public opinion polls work, how . reliable are they and what do they really mean? the question is worth asking, because the polls have become a major influence in American politics. The polls induced a fatal complacency in the Dewey tamp in 1948, for example. They almost certainly denied to Robert A. TafWhe nom ination he sought so long and so arduously. More recently, they were principally responsible for the abortive "Dump Nixon" movement. For such rea sons this reporter, has just spent two long days here in the indus tial town of Gary, and in the slums and suburbs of Chicago, ringing doorbells and button holing potential voters. Louis Harris, partner in the respected Elmo Roper polling organiza tion, and a brilliant political an alyst in his own right, has acted as guide and mentor of this pulse-feeling operation. In all, we have talked to some aeventy-five people, housewives. Negroes, steelworkers, middle - class businessmen and plain " Americans. From the point of ' .View pf the political reporter, it hat been a fascinating experi ence, which has led to certain very strong impressions. But first It is worth describing what it is like being a pollster, and how the pulst-feelnf operation works. i The first thing you do. If you - are a careful and diligent a pulse-feeler as Louis Harris, is to maxe a rtry eriui anatyaia of given area its racial com position, its income level, its past voting record. Then you yrcpart s detailed political ques tionnaire. And then you go out and ring doorbells. Suppose you are feeling the public pulse la a workingmtn's section of (iary. There I street of new, small houses whal used to be called bungalows some f them beginning to show the signs of wear. You knock, and a door is opened a third of the way, suspiciously. Harris, with a professionalism born of long experience, begins ts talk easily and quietly: "We have been do ing a survey here in Gary, and a lot of other places, and I'd like lo ask you, if you don't mind, how you voted in the 1952 election." Once in a while the dour is slammed, hut usually, once the first question is answered, the rest is easy, often, the rhillv pollsters are asked to step in side, and when they thankfully do so, thev see almost exactly the same thing, except in the slums and the richer suburbs. The front door gives directly on asmall but cosy room, with framed reproductions on the walls, ivy growing from a wall bracket, the furniture covered with a transparent plastic ma terial, and children clustered in single-minded silence before the new hearth Bf the American home, the television set. Then the questioning begins, and It soon becomes apparent lhat poll taking Is not a science but an art a useful and mean ingful art, when practiced by such an expert as Harris, but an art all the same. A couple of days of poll-taking serve at a reminder that Amer icans are nice and friendly peo ple, who talk freely. But the ex perience also serves as a re minder that political matters are far from removed from ne datlv life and daily interests of most Americans. Almost everybody, we discov ered, knew something about President Eisenhower and some thing less about Adlai Steven son (although one lady re marked that it was too had That poor Stevens had that heart at tack.") About two out of three had tome notiom about Kstet Kefauver. Rut a good many could not identify the Vice President, and only a handful had formed an opinion of turh esoteric political figures as Ave rell Harriman and Stuart Symington. In such circumstances it would hae been wholly (utile merely to ask a series of me rhanrral questions, and to note the answer Poll taking, more even than most political report inc. is an attempt to peer into the recesses of the human mind When the young steet worker sayt he experts to vote for Stev enson, will he really go to the polls? When the tattered old Negro on the bark stoop of a slum house tays he will vole for Eisenhower, is he merely try ing In please the poll-takers? How do you trore the ladv who says she always votes Demo cratic, but that she just loves the President on TV? And how is the elderly fellow who allows that he "kinds likes that row fever" really going to vote, if at all? Berause American voters are human beings, and human be inns are unpredictable, it is sim ply not possible to exps the political sentiments of the Amer iran people neatly, down to the last decimal point. But the kind of careful, diliqent pulse feelinc such experts as l.nu Harris do "makes it possible to sense wilh some assurance certain trend of political thought, which will be described in another report Th " this spare. H'npvniM ISfld. hw York Uuid IrtbuM lot.) ' (Continued from page one.) this will remain finally a matter for individual decision It seems to nic thai County Judge Hex Hartley should lake the initialue in setting up some county oruanialmn to deal with the community problems as they arise. Selection of North Marion (or the air base makes absolutely imperative the approval by the voters of a grant o( authority for zoning to the county planning commission Otherwise the vi cinity of the base may be con verted into a shacktuwn. The general committee nnuht well consist of mayors of Salem, Woodburn. (jcrvais and St Paul, county officials such as the en gineer and school superintendent, representatives from chambers of commerce, from the I SO, from religious and recreational bodies. Camp Adair was a temporary installation, though its facilities have not all been disposed of by the government yet The Greater Portland air base promises In be as permanent as the cold war. at least. Fortunately there is time to do a plannmi! job covering the services communities should ren der to those drawn here because of the air ba' It is important to jct it started, and approval of the 7orunK aulhorilv at the (lec tion May IHIh u the first step toward proper planning t,:.:; :K:;i .Amm;XZl Retler Kndish By D. C. WILLIAMS 1 What is wrnnc wi'h this sen-tence-1 ' I have sympathy with Turn oft Tf.e rltatS of r-isiutV.c:. ' 2 Which is the correct pronun ciation of ' memai ' 3 Which one of these words ;s misspelled'' Friendless, lifeless, soilless, remiss 4 What does the word ' imi'a hle" mean'' 5 What is a word beginning with imp that means "threaten ing"" ANSWERS I. Say, "I have sympathy FOR him " 1 Pronounce inee ni al, accent first syllable 3 Soulless. 4 Capable of being mutated. "There is nothing irritable about his style of writing " S. Impend ing. twiwtasai ""'' Views on City Issues To the Editor: Many of u are FOR Fluorides but AGAINST putting it in our water supplv as there are bet ter and more er-onomical wavs of getting it t" the few who will. beneU I understand that Salem Heights has fluoridated water, how much has tooth decay de. clined in that district and at what expense For those who are interested in fostering an outdati A lire alarm system on the citv. read the article in REAPER'S DI GEST. September 1954 In this dav of radio for the police and a telephone in every home, why go back to a horse and buggv era with a fire alarm system. It has been proven over and over that more than 60rr of all alarms turned in, where they have the systems, are false. It will cost far more than it will save even thouch it is not so represented by those who want to put it over I have yet to see anv money saved by voting more and more bond issues res Moines. Iowa, has abandoned its fire alarms. I hope that most voters are aware that two of the hond is sues will go on indefinitely and once voted on favorable Will forever be on our taxes And would some one please explain whv the city should timnre a golf course for the favorite few who in most rases can well af ford to pay and patroni7r the private clubs. How about a riding academy or a dance hall nr doesn't some one have anv land they want to sell for that purpose to the city? Just get a pressure group together and gi ' ihe c.tv to finance your fa vorite scheme Pena M Skagcs Rftfl N 17lh SI. hicirid.ilinn -Mass Medication To the Editor Fluoridation of our ctfy water i mass medication and is a vio lation of every concept of niedi c al practice and is also a vaca tion of the constitution of the t'nited States and of every state in the union It takes away our personal liberties and our con stitutional rights. It compels us to drink flounde water whether State Qdses AirJJombing Slaying Case DENVER The state wound up its case Wednesday at the mur der trial of John Gilbert Graham, completing almost nine days of testimony intended to prove he planted a dynamite bomb aboard an airliner which exploded, killing 44 persons including his mother. In closing, Dist. Atty. Bert M. Keating returned to a confession obtained from the 24year-old de fendant by the FBI last Nov. 14. Graham told Judge Joseph M. McDonald that the statement was not true and that it was given to protect his w ife. Gloria, from pos sible arrest for lying. Roy K Moore, who directed the special FBI unit which obtained the confession, was Ihe next-tolas! state witness He reinteratcd that the admissions were volun tary The final stale witness was Dr Robert Harrington, who ex amined (ira)um after the confes sion was obtained and who testi fied there was no evidence the youth was harmed during ques tioning A flurry of defense motions came as soon as the state rested. Graham's court-appointed attor neys asked Judge McDonald to dismiss the case for two reasons: First, that it should have been filed in nearby Weld County, where wreckage of the plane ! crashed to earth last Nov. I. and second, on the grminds that the state had failed to prove every 1 allegation" in its charge The de , fense aUo asked a directed ver dict of acquittal. the cletense claimed that no "olfense" had been proven in Den ver and also that the state had failed to prove Graham had caused his mother's death It requeued the motions be ar gued outside the presence of the jury of seven men. five womn and on alternate, a woman. Judge McDonald complied with the requesl and advised the jur ors that the court would be occu pied through Thursday morning with matters connected with the trial. He told the jurors to return to the courtroom at 1 p m i M ST i . , , , Thursdav. when the defense will we want to or not. I. for one. do itJ tasp wanl " i Specifically, Graham is on trial I am wondering what has be- for the death of his mother. Mrs. come of the doctor patient rela- Daisie E. King, 5.V who boarded tion.ship when fouridc treatment the t'nited Air Lines plane at is left lo the water department Denver for a 'light to Alaska who has never seen the patient Graham's confession said he Power Surcharge Declared Legal by Oregon High Court The surcharges collected by western Oregon power companies in the fall and wint- - of 1952-53 were legal, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednes day The companies levied the 20 per cent surcharge to reimburse them selves for the added cost of steam generation, which was necessary because there wasn't enough water to operate their hydroelectric plants. The opinion uphrld former Judge and who is not licensed to pre scribe This is a far cry irom the high standard formerly held bv the dental and medical proles Miin Flounde is for those who want to use il and to stop il.s use when they choose. They can get i' as any drug store so I do not see the use of medicating everyone This is a free country, so let those who want to use it do so and let the placed the bomb in her luggage River Melds I Angler's Bodv ROSEHI'RG -,4 - The bodv of William Allen Jessiip, 49. Cottage Grove, was recovered Wednesday morniiiL at a Ion duniD on the ones who do not. keep their rmDaua p!ver near Scottshum. personal liberty and constitution- 3 m,es east 0f Keedsport. al rights. t Jcsup drowned April 21 when If it is true that no damage his boat capsized while he was will accrue from floundes will fishing Police had been dragging the promoters of foundation sign the river for his body since The- a note assuming liability for the body was found by a party of same? I can't believe that all police officers, Coroner L. L. the dentists and doctors in Salem Powers said. want this rat poison in the drink ing water. If it kills rats, rabbils, j dogs and cows, what will it do to' the people who drink il? I am indeed surprised that such a highly rated publication as the Statesman should call all those who oppose (Inundation "ignorant, designing quacks, fad dists and self-servers'" I won der who is calling who what1 Come on all you ignorant, design-' ing, quacks, faddists, and self servers, let s show them just how we can vote on this question by killing the Flounde Measme on May IS and keep our personal liberty ' MRS OKI I'.'vM I.I.. 12n.i N I'.ith St. I Time Flies FROM STATESMAN FILES 10 Years Ago May 3, ISIfi Preliminary drawings for a new men's dormitory at Willam ette university were approved V a meeting of Ihe executive com mittee of the trustees in Port land The architect. 1'ictrn Bel Ins, hi. was instructed to proceed witn final drawings. Young Demos Ask Apology From McKay CORVAI.US F - The Oreann , State College Young Democrats, through their hoard of directors, Wednesday acc used Douglas Mc Kay ol "abiuive" conduct a! a meeting here last week and "re spectfully suggested'' that he apologize The incident occurred List Wednesday at a Young Republican-sponsored gather. ng. 'o'!ow:".g McKay's talk at an DSC convo cation McKav. who is seeking Repub lican nomination to the I S Sen ate. said the. issue was being "grossly exaggerated" and be denied most of the Young Demo crats' accusations John DeZell. of Medford a science student al Oregon S:a'e and vice president of the State College Federation of Y'oung Dem ocrats, said that McKay had called him a "radical new dealer and worse" when DeZell attempted lo question McKay about his polic ies when he was secretary of the Interior Department. He said his questions to M. Kay were on such matters as his "pa-t labor record, h:s policies on fish and wildlife lands, his personal views on Hells Canyon, and his repotted .statements about state hood for Alaska " He said that M. K jy toM h;m during t in- question. ng In Keep y our mouth shut ' and to .nut up V this point DcZe'l Klnl he told McKay, "11 you're going to get al! shook up. let s drop i; " "I was mad too." DeZell s,,,d. "and 1 star'ed to leave MiKav then put him hand on my aim and told me to s'ay and 'git some answers' But I left " .McKay said that DeZrl' had "created the incident." and that Di Zel! was out of order' in attend ing a Republican affair while wearing ".Stevenson'' and "Morse" buttons. McKay said, "plenty of people saw the incident, saw the boy in to heckle me. I tried to give him some answrs." McKay said he had told DeZell he sounded like a "new dealer " But he denied using any abusive language or having used anv o'iier political designations in his con versation. Jim Latlie. editor of the Orrgon State Barometer, said he ,c.,s present and that he heard McKav say at one point that DeZell s. Hindi d ' ke a Marxian Sot 'al ls'." and Mi K.iv had cvpl.cned there ',c as "consider. ihlc dil i-r-en( o hit-.ccen a Russian I'nir.iiu nist and a Marxian Sm ui,.' G. F. Skipworth of Lane County, who dismissed the case. The suit was brought by Harold K McPherson and others against Pacific Power and Light Co., ona of the three companies which levied the surcharge. Since Merged McPherson was a customer of Mountain States Power Co. which since has been merged into the Pacific Co The other company levying the surcharge was Port land General Electric Co. McPherson contended the sur charge was illegal, and asked for rctunds totaling J.'xH) 000. The high court, in its opinion bv Justice William C. Perry, ruled that the public utilities commis sioner has no authority to award rctunds. and that the surcharge was legal Aelual Costs In If51. the power companies appluHl to Public t'liliues Commis sioner Charles H Meltel for per mission to apply surcharges be cause ofVdver.se water conditions. Heltzel ruled thai the companies would no! do so until they actually had incurred excess costs Water conditions then improved, so that there was no surcharge in l!'."il Water conditions again were bad in the summer of l')i2. and Hel'.7el gran'ed a..new application for permission to apply a sur charge McPherson objected that no hear ing was held, hut the Supreme Court said it wasn't necessary to hold a hearing Alter the surcharge was levied, it became a campaign issue, with Democrats asserting the com panies weren't entitled to collect a surcharge The surcharge was levied by adding it to the consumers" month- , lv electric hills. Firm Re Oil Hole jorts mgs Two Escape Plane Crash Y'AKIM T - Sunshine Min ing Cn of: i ial Wrdncsil.iv cn 'irmcl i ,i-'i" ". n p.! ' - .f tie eiiiii;i." '. ' w desnre id ml nr.- d ir :'! ' il 1 ti.s i '"' ! into ,C.i!i. i !.i F:..n M H.udv sr. iv tt-..-.Iff r. s.,.. , e, -. I'.l- r: . i i , . i n opera' :s ira hide I i4 pro d I. ;tg w ells 11" VI, d t-:"!T CX- pl'ii.it.o-i -a ;; ue, u i:i sr.e Rem bin. i Rose i ic.k d.stn.ts of Al- bet'a as soon .is vce.i'ner pi I miiTXT Sunshine also hulls lr.i-.es on li INN) ,-!: eS of pi4e!-.t,.il o.l lands ill the Dec,", el" !;ile--iiii: g basin of Colorado. Ha: c 1 s.ncl The J op erations -,ci re in'i -ided tu offset decreasing gain- liu'ril inuung op ei at. mis ;n t'u- Ki Hogg allai e ate :n Idaho, be said Amid reports of ' 1 . company's oil ait. vi'. es Sunshines common s'ock opened on the New York exchange today ,v :t- - rc.c hod !' and i io-ed :i' Ti-e corn- pan', 's common -lock hid closed l..st r.isht at R roller Chief al ItnSKBI Hf, V - Police Ch of S'anli v Olson Ueil'iesd.iv sub mitted his resignation to C it Manager (ieorge 1'nirell, s.mrg he w.il enter private hus,nes this summer n Roseburg O'son i .hup here from Eugene .n I'liJ T'-e res, os.r inn is eflre V.r .1 'ne ! E;:rrc!l s.t d 21 annli citior.s for 'he oh li.icr heen i ei e: fd .mi! '--p appmn'-nrn' of j a new i n ef vcul he made posMtily I w ifhin Pi dav -. 1" h.u Still . - itv i;-i Mat-" UUN AM) KKAK IT Bv Lirhtv . And vvliciT dues niv opponent get (lie idea that I am the tool of party bosses y ho plot in smokc-f tiled rooms? . . To the Editor. ! note the si hool board tr.an is getting scared tha' down trodden taxpayers m vnii Sim business ,n never was more compcMivi ga.l.s galore in all Sail m all wir.ti-r This gang at ti dal! ar.d s hools have n ..'! :e ce: i-d a handsome tmn i- at 'he greatly rect i' ed pr o e Tlus last winter m Sab i Hi- mlllage budge! Igge-lell li' ' 1 1 V Hall and school board ai . i idicu lulls Fluoridation is not needed We can stay undi r Ion iuill.igr Eellow slaves tor lave- I shall vole no straight across the board come May IB and May T. Cive these lax ijrablii is a sharp e' hack They are (al.ng huh on the hog now I do not ague with i.i.ac of the Salem Chambei ol onuiiono That us old taxpayers should take pride in being brought to the verge of deshtution hi cause w are forced to pay huge cm rs,p e laves to keep those cilv hall dudes and s hool in a life f liixnrv and wealth Tiny nevei had It so .good Hay T ,oode. (Cifi1; Jellerson St To the Editor: Please lc! your editor to mind his own business, pertaining to Portland llimridatinn ol our line Bull Run water We are enclosing some (dippings It bus cost Ihe Aluminum company $.rin.u00 dam age to Ihe Eairview dairy alone for damage lo their land and cattle Some of the boosters for fluoride talk as il it knew "nisi what to do." by making a bee lirie (or the teeth Teeth, that you know very well, are rotted with acid Its so prevalent all over the country, could be this sodium is not Ihe natural calcium We once lived in Idaho, where natural fluorides is Ihe rule Also we noted the sneer at op ponents of this tricky deal in the Statesman I belong to one of Ihese societies Mrs M M Allen. MIS S E. 17th Avenue. Tortland 2, Oregon. 2.") Years Ago Mav 3. m The ranks of true pioneers mav be 'tunning, but interest is as keen as c-.ei in the deeds and ai -i omplishmenis ol those, who bla.'ed 'he trails and hewed .the o-s m Hi, it vasi wilderness cvlio ii i- linlav Oregon II anv one doubted it, he .should liav been al Chanipneg to witness some 2 000 pioneers enioy tne RHth ar dav. I'OHI'I.AM) .1" - Portland had onlv a ha!: inch of i .cn las' i-.in:h :'i-'i .ei ol the average o: 13 cm -he- 1 bat made the diie-t "'''" pril s roc mils h ,f been kept her, i,P Weather Buraii said. Oregon Eounders' EWOHT-To Toledo (ire. .,HtTI.M) 1)KV men crashed in a light plane here Wednesday morning but lie 'her was srnous'y injur if s'afc polic e repurlei! State poili r Ilstri! I i Rov H.tinain Saliu v H.u nam. 'ii I m i j.l.inc w as demolished, sf at.- uoIh c -..iid The plane icpiiiii dlv strmk trees at the New pint an pm t and i lash ed The men rec civ i d cuts and bruises, slate po!u e .j j The flight deck of the I S air ( rail earner Saratoga has an area ol lour acres 1 Trill 1 1 1 40 Years Ago May 3. I1S Aiiei a year of labor who li hi -been dev oted largely to luianc i . 1 re-adiuslmcnt rather than to a definite campaign of promotion the Salem Commercial (tub has practically treed itsell of debt, wording to Manager McDan- friont 4-f81 1 Subscription Rates Bv rarrtrr in ritlfi: Daily onlv 1 2.1 pr rr.n Ueti.v ann Sunday S i 4. pft mo. S undiv oniv .10 tH By mall Sunda? only: tin ndvintei Anyvuier in US I V pr fro. 2 f s. ma. 5 Oft vear Bt mail Datlv and Sund.iv: ( in a-1 ,4n. f i In Oregon t l 1" Pr rro 5 V) mx n o 10 50 ear In T S nu'-;:(1 Orrgnn $ 1 45 prr mo Aiidu Burr a ii nf irruuttnn Rurraii o( AdvrrlHlnc ANPA orrsun Nrpaprr Puhliihrrt Atiorlation Advrrtmnt KtprtaanUtiT tit Ward-r.rtffUh Co, Writ Holhrtay ( o Nrw York Chlraxft Kao FraneUro Drtreit Ji I f - i-V" j 1 Cst0, HAVE GOOD EYESIGHT! ' -. ' in , Mni'-' . .. " No wonder dill SEE well! The depths of cool, refresh ing water act as a natural protection against the sun $ GiAPE. Why not invest in similar protection for your self ... a par of fine, optically ground SUN GLASSES, pla n or corrected to your prescription. . oPToMtToisr Convenisnt Tormi 422 Court it. Prion. 3-3091