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i-(Sec. I) Statesman, Salem, ' . n Ho Favor Stcay$ Ui N Fear Shall Aw tnm Tint tliltwu, Mares) XL ltSl ' Statesman Publishing Company CHARLES A. SfRAGUE. Editor & fublitha- ' ' PMbltatwa ry worms ftuatmaa (Om w 'Nona C Hurra St, Balm, Ora. raiapaawa Mill J;ntn M tfea aaatoUtoa at aalam. Or. cj mllf toc act t Ccoaraaa Mint i. 17. Meaaker AmkUIH Pre Tk Aaaa rlata Pma to aatiUaa axeiuaavaly I tha w to rapubiicaban ! alt local awa prut la wito Mtwwf, Campaign Windup 'This is the. closing day of the campaign preceding the primary election. National in terest is focused on two contests, that be tween Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver fit endorsement as Democratic candidate for President, and the one between Douglas McKay and Phil Hitchcock lor Republican nomination tor U. S. Senator. The former, will be a write-In contest Its pitch has been rising as the two contenders have stumped the state for support , . ' V i The Republican race for the senatorial rumination bis seen the leading contenders . th-eless in their quest for rotes, making many speeches, meeting many groups, appearing on television, shaking many, many hands. The statesman renews its endorsement of Phil Hitchcock and feels (hat his primary cam paign proves both his capacity as a rigorous, campaigner and his ability to discuss intelli gently and convincingly the Issues of the day. "it's performance httanow4roter some tljlng of his stature; and the verdict of course njw lies with them. Back in 1949 Walter R. Dry, superintendent ot the state Khool for the blind, started an institute for parents of pre-school age chil dren who were visually handicapped. Parents v4re invited to come to the school and spend sfreral days In workshop meetings designed tifbelp them guide and train their children. 4o lacked normal visual sense. The institute wis such a success that it has been continued eith year since and now the eighth session lstannounced for May 30-June 8. ' , ' iSome professional speakers will be heard dealing both with the physical side of blind ness and with the emotional adjustments wiich the family should make. Then there rll be panels and discussions to help parents wjth their special problems. This is a splendid undertaking which en jft'i also the sponsorship of the Oregon aux iliary of the Lions clubs. " :-- (imnty Offices ; fThere are two contests for nomination to cojunty offices on the Republican ticket. In cumbent Denver Voung is opposed by Oliver Rfckman who is superintendent of the build in at the courthouse. Young has performed tip duties of his office quite competently evtr the years and merits retention. . letton JW. Howell, mortician, incumbent c$oner, if opposed by John L. Ahlbin, chiro practic physician. We recommend renomina tipn"bf HowelL face Being Run IMUIIUII IMiwuyii win si i vi i ivvu By JOSEPH ALSOF L ARBIL. Iraq - Her in this itrsnse land of Iraq, history aV- tesdy made is almost oppressive- . ly prominent. 1 This city of Ar- bit, for instance, la none other than Arbela of the history books. Near here Alexander the Great Inflicted final defeat on Darius, great Kina lit Iha P.r. Zjo-epb AUop. aian,. who fled aence alone kite the wilds of horassan and there was mur- i But Arbil wis already old when Is people saw the Macedonian halanx, for this is quite prob bly the most ancient inhabited lace U the world. Throughout spaa of countless centuries little city has literally built self up, out at the surrounding lain, on its own ruins. And the modern" city, walls 'only a Couple' of hundred years old) Spring from the dizzy verge of 1 man-made mesa a hundred feet in height History has a trying way, how ever, of never coming to a halt Jnd here in this remote province Northern Iraq, where the reat King's ' golden armored Juard broke and fled before Jexander's spearmen, another attle la now being fought In e eternal struggle between East nd West. Or perhaps it is more correct to say that a race is icing run here, between the de- ructive effects of social change this ancient tend, and the (instructive effort of the new aq's boldly conceived, oil nanced development program. 1 Tie race Is af vast Imaartaace, Iraq, with ha wester rtea- bUaa, at ibe chief anteeUaa a he vital ell saarees aa which Mtala, Earape aaa the Westers fMUaace squarely lepead. If Iraq haigea sides, the whale Westera aslUaa la the Persian Gulf aad Jren la Arabia will soaa beeanM neat program that Is cava ted Ekeep Iras, aa a steady , if you like, Is history in Ihe making in the most dramatic form. For the aim of the de velopment program is nothing 3ess than to undo the damage done by the heirs of Genghis aKhan, who found what is now rnj a rich, well-irrigated land Supporting a population of 25, 00,000, and so ravaged the irrl Mation system with their battle dhat four-fifths of the people died fpf hunger. The very canals that finay first have been traced out Ore, Hum, May 17, "56 For Our Children's Children The Lebanon Express says that this week parents of 1,727 school children will have individual reports on the condition of their children's teeth and "only parents of about : 60 youngsters will receive good reports." The , score sheet showed 4,4441 decayed permanent teeth and 211 permanent teeth damaged be yond repair. And Lebanon has only seven dentists to take care of the teeth of all the people! ' We canl say whether the Lebanon sunv ' mary is typical or not; but we do feel that it emphasizes the need for a health measure by adding specific amounts of a fluoride to the water supply. The records of numerous . cities . show that this reduces dental caries by around 60 per cent Now just a word to older people. Many of you have been made fearful of injury to your ; vital organs if water is treated wit,h fluoride. ' The overwhelming weight of scientific au thority denies any such danger, so you should banish those fears. We want to ask you, how- - ever How many of you are wearing den tures? How many of you . have bridges and teeth fillings, and how much have you spent over the years on dental bills? Don't you think you have a responsibility to your grandchildren and children of on coming generations to spare them some of the tooth trouble such as you have had, espe- , dally when it can be done easily and safely - and inexpensively? Give a thought to the children, and do less worrying about your selves. This uproar over fluoridation is featured in this week's Saturday Evening Post. It is a sane, well-balanced article. The author, J. C. Furnas, gives a fair statement of pros and cons on this issue. This is his conclusion which we pass on as a final word on the subject; . Those ten-year results are massively impres sive. The more responsible an opponent of fluorl- dation is, the liklier be is to admit that it does prevent cavities as per invoice. The possibility of cumulative damage from adult fluorine intake strikes me as too slight to justify rejecting the knows benefits for youngsters. Tooth decay, next to the common cold, Is civilization's most prevalent disease. Fluorida tion, to date, is the only method science has found, and proved, to limit the disease In great masses of people. It promises a miracle which is already too long delayed. X Did Not Mark the Spot When they got word from Marysville, Cal., that a man had confessed slaying another in a brawl near Roberts station and burying the body in a hole prepared for dead sheep the shovel brigade of the state police took over. They dug and they dug, But the only corpus delicti which they exhumed were sheep very much dead. X did not mark the spot where lay the human victim of an alleged knife thrust Neither were police able to locate him among the living through his name and Identity were pretty well established. There have been plenty of crimes where conviction failed for lack of evidence of the corpus. This time the lack of the corpus seems to deny the reality of the crime that was confessed. But the incident did give the police some shovel exercise. in Iraq to Change Ancient in. the time of Hammurabi, the lawgiver of old Babylon, and were destroyed by Hulagu Khan or Timur the Lame, are now to be brought .Into use again. In the end, Iraq's total of productive acres is to be almost doubled. Here la Arbll pravlaee, the UfefWIag waters ef iU Tigris aad Enphrates are beyaad reach, aa aa aew acres will be aaeaed far ealtWaues. Bat trrigatlaa Is aaly aae aart af taw avelap meat pragraai watch b showing Us effects la maay ways kere abaata. The aravlaee has aa ra ergetle geveraor, Ishmael Hakkl. All the flatlaad belaw the mesa, where modern Arbll Is spilling aui aata la plain. Is dotted with Caveraar Bakkl's caaitractloa pralecta. la aaa place, a new M bed betpltal is alewly rising. I another Is the headquarters at the Germaa refafee doctor, whaae mebUe eUak is the Hrst af three notarised health anils la serve the mare remote vil lage. Several schools hurt al ready been flaished. Two mere are aader contraction. There Is even a Illlle park, where the snbarbaa eltlteis take the air and scbaerbays stady their heoks. An these are signs of change in a way of life that has hardly changed since the time of Timur the Lame. But there are other signs of change, too, of a very , different nature. The old system here is essen tially feudal so feudal that one of the provincial grandees used to murmur the warning, "I have 10,000 rifles," whenever the gov ernment in Baghdad seemed to disregard his wishes. But there was something very like a peas ant uprising in Arbil province two years ago; and when this happened the grandee had to plead with the government for protection against those very rifles he once used as a threat. Cammanlsl organisers Inspired by the Tadek party la Iran were Better English By a C WILLIAMS 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "I cut the peach in half and gave up on to my bro ther." t. What Is the correct pronun ciation of "stipend"? 1 Which on of these words is misspelled? Attendant, adoles cent, adherent, admonition. ANSWERS 1. Say, "I cut the peach in TWO tor. in HALVES)," and omit "up." 1 Pronounce itia pend, with accent on second syl lable. 3. Adherent. mwmmmmmmmmmmm ue vcivtyiiiciii la maay. af the villages tbea. There was a mavement ta take the land from the rich Agas wha live In Arbll City. There was evea aae deputy in parliament tram Arbil province with known Cemmanlat leanings. By a great deal af persuasion and some pretty sharp pressure, Governor Hakkl aet the prevince la erder again. All Is eatwardly peace ful new. All the same, beneath the sur face, the pressures and the ten sions still exist. The peasants still want the land the Agas own. There are still aspirations for better things that cannot easily be satisfied at once. And the development program is very slow, as all great programs must be so slow indeed that five more years may pass before really large new farming, acreages are opened to Iraq's people. This makes the race between the farce af eaastraetloa and the forces ef destruction. I asked Governor Hakkl which was likely t win, and he answered, "Wha eaa tell the winner af aay race with real certainty?" (Copyrifht IBM Nw York Hrnld Tritium. Inc ) Time Flies FROM STATESMAN FILES 10 Years Ago May 17, IMS The state high school basketball tournament, Salem's own since its birth in 1920, was lost to the city, according to a report from Cor vallis, where the OH-SAA board of control met. The tournament will be held in Eugene. 25 Years Ago May 17, 1931 Mrs. Hal Hoss was elected pres ident of the Leslie Parent-Teacher -Association at the annual meeting held at the schoolhouse. Mrs. Victor R. Griggs was elected vice president. Mrs. David Bennett Hills is the retiring president 40 Years Ago May 17, 1111 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meyers have returned from an extended automobile tour in California and Mexico of several months dur ation. They motored ever 2300 miles. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Jordan of Seattle accompanied them on the trip. CRIN AND BEAR teem m i sm "I just can't get interested. . the next war, If you want the real lowdown on the fluoridation ques tioJL.irnm a man who has no molars tn grind, rea the nir. rent issue of SatEvePost. Answers all your questions and . gives the history of the fluoridation hassle. Salem's business district looking for fire hazards, they didn't overlook the downtown fire station. Sore enough, they found one violation a rope wrapped around a heater la the base ment And la one business establishment they found a bird's aest where a est should be . . . , What's in a name dept. . . . The state travel bureau doesn't get many letters of thanks in exchange for the thou sands of pieces of Oregon literature it sends each spring all over the world. But it DID get a nice thank-you note from a schoolgirl the other day. And, naturally, she lives in Kinder, La. . . . And the Bend area campaign manager for William E. Healy, candidate for Secy, of State, is a William A. Healy. No relation, even . . . - Back with the Secretary of State's office after an absence of some aine years Is Harry Schenk. Harry was assistant sec retary under the late Robert S. Farrell Jr. Farrell was killed la a plane crash la Oct.. 1947,' and Schenk resigned. He was executive vice-president ef the California Association ef Maa nfacturer and later was with the Harvey Aluminum Co. He is back at his old job with the state turning out th Oregon Blue Book . . . Dr. A. W. Simmons, well-known veterinarian and chair man of the Silverton hospital board, drove a brand new ride- it yourself lawnmower into Silver -Creek which skirts his Silverton home. His neighbor, Dr. Robert Espeneter, local dentist, called the fire department, which had quite a time extricating Dr. Simmons and the mower from the creek. He got a fractured lib out of the whole thing-which was nothing compared to the ribbing he s been talcing since . . . Ana wnen Gen. Dean was getting ready to talk at Salem's Armed Forces Day luncheon the other noon the PA system went out. Emcee Bill Rosa slugged the mike a few times and then grumbled something about "this G.I. equipment," which brought a laugh from the long line of military brass at the head table . . . (Continued from confirming Earl Warren as chief justice, "a man with no judicial experience and very little legal experience." He summed it up thus: "It's not that they are know ingly helping the Communist cause, it's that they don't under stand what they are doing. They don't understand the function of the Court." It is by no means uncommon for a losing litigant or his ad vocate to berate the court when he loses a case. And Byrnes and McCarthy are now cast in this role. There is no prospect that the powers of the Supreme Court will be curtailed in consequence of these late decisions. Where the (fuestion is on interpretation of a law Congress may overrule a decision by enacting a new law. Where it deals with interpreta- tion of the constitution that docu- ment may be amended. So the power of the Supreme Court is by no means absolute It is true, as Byrnes points out, that the decision in the school segregation case reversed others of many years' standing. On the other hand it was merely an ex- P " Z " " , J Zl I tension of the line of reasoning Wednesday on .mt.al construe on , followed in related cases in recent rk " tne m,Ulf .dr0ar. years. Only on the narrow ground Cougw jam on,the soutn fork f of "state's right," could the Su- the McKenz.e RWer, seven miles preme Court In this day and age Wtream from Blue River, Ore. have upheld segregation. What the Northwood, Inc., Portland, sub ruling class in the South have mitted the low bid of $571,636 for failed to realize is the rising zeal construction of a diversion tunnel of Negroes for full emancipation, and clearing 34 acres of land at Legally free, they lack equal the damsite. There were six bid status in custom and practice in ders, alTT)ur6ne0f which sutK the courts, at the polls, in schools mitted offers below the govern snd colleges. They have made ment estimate of $646,467. progress to be sure, but the rate ne contract wiU be awarded is much too slow for these times. lhorUV( engineers said, with com The condition of ignorance, po- pleti0!l March i, 1957. verty, disease which Southerners r, cite as a reason for segregation nwl. Ik. ..,h..t,... Ik HOUSE rim DOUS Negroes have labored under. SUDBURY. Ont. The city What is most regrettable is the engineer ordered work stopped on attitude of absolute defiance of a house at the rear of an apart the Supreme Court manifest in ment builling. John Clemens then many Southern communities. It got city planning board permission is true that the decision has to go ahead with the three-story stirred up race prejudices that structure complete with plumb may lead to violence. The ruling ing, ventilation, broadloom rugs, may be ignored In sullen resis- chesterfield and beds. It's for Cle taree. In the end, however, the mens' three afghan hounds. IT ByLYsity .they say NOBODY can win anyway! ..." Tells why it's safe and best to fluoridate drinking water over other methods and tells who says so. Reveals in non-hysterical terms who and what is behind the anti flouridation groups and why they fight it. Tells about the extensive research carried out both by the pros and the antis. Wonder how the Post knew Salem is having a fluori dation vote . . . When those fire Inspectors surveyed TOCDia page one.) judgment of the high court will preva'l because it is based on the great fundamental of human jus tice. The immediate danger is that in the clamor raised by the extremists the voice of mod erates will be suppressed. The panderers of race prejudice will take over and men and women of conscience and enlightenment will be crushed as the horrors of reconstruction days again are ex ploited. This will injure the South most of all. The North has, I feel sure, a large measure of understanding of the peculiar problems of the South. It wants to .be of help; but it cannot in good conscience or good law join with Mr. Byrnes in rejection of the Supreme Court decision or in local denial of its validity. : . i r 1 e KlS UpeiieU lOt . . - . Initial Work l Coilfiar Daill c1 PORTLAND Bids were Safety rMttarl Natal Loom tat Vto S woraa la iMfta. Iiiiml uuta fia artot aawairanaa M tkay an any l Or. Dyke Kepne to Or. Ener Te the editor: Thank you for the invitation to reply te "specific assertions" made by Frederick Exner of Se attle. Dr. Exner is much more ef an "expert" away from home than he is la his own Seattle. My statement about "research on fluorides dates back to 1901" is taken directly from the March, 1956, issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association. It is stated there clearly for anyone to read. Exner statement that "this condition i Implying horrible dis figurement) has already been of ficially reported as resulting from the fluoridation experiment at Newburgh", is an implication totally untrue .... Exner knows it is untrue, and so will anyone who cares to read the history of the matter. I have it if you would like to do so. Exner first says that fluoride is "unsafe". Then he turns right around and says you can get it in tablets. Now just what would make that "safer"? His statement about "official lies of the fluoridators" is an ac cusation that should merit . him the contempt he deserves. Any one who takes the trouble just to look will notice that fluorida tion of water is endorsed and rec ommended by every major med ical, dental and health organiza tion in the United States.' If they are all endorsing "official lies", then Exner must be the only truthful "professional" man in the United States. Let's sec -it he is. By his own testimony before the House of Representatives com mittee on interstate and foreign commerce. Exner stated, in May, 1954, that he had had two years' "study" of fluoridation. No re search, no experiments. . . just "study". Yet he feels qualified to write a 50-page "book" loaded with vitriolic and contemptuous massacre of the research and tes timony of men acknowledged to be eminently qualified in this field. Then he allows himself to be built by beguiled people into "America's most prominent and preeminent anti-fluoridation auth ority" .... and he conveniently has the "book" for sale ... at $1.00 per single copy. The man who bought three copies at $1 00 each is standing beside me now, and he has the cancelled check as evidence, in his hand. If the book vast Exner more than 38 cents, he is welcome to prove it. If this is not the "commercial ism" that I mentioned, what is? My statement about the "Big Lie" technique still goes. Kxner's letter only proves it to be true. John A. Dyke, D.M.D. Livesley Bldg., Salem, Ore. Abuses af the Past To the editor: Micah S 8: "He hath shewed thee Oh man what is right and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly to love mercy and to walk humbly before the Lord thy God." Are our administrators really as sure of themselves and our strength as a nation as they say? On our coins we have inscribed In God we trust." Why do we have to copy the bad manners of J boasting about what we can do and what we have? Republicans might do well to remember that Lincoln's strength lay in his humility and in his sublime trust in God. God is not on the side of the heaviest bat talions. In 1907 at this time of the year I was on a ship in the Indian Ocean. Its name was Formosa and the captain's name was Snow; it ought to have been Ice. The crew were Lascars, Moslems from India. The commissioned of ficers were younger sons of the British aristocracy and 1 was one of the quartermasters. Tlje of ficers were arrogant, proud, sel fish, and cruel. All through the East I saw eloquently demonstrat ed Kipling's words "East of Suez where there ain't no Ten Com mandments." For instance, in the international settlement in Shang hai I saw a Sikh policeman, a member of the British police force, drag a Chinaman several blocks by his pigtail. The treaty ports and the inter national settlement were the end result of the opium trade and China's defeat in the war. One of our American poets said No question is ever settled until it is settled right." .... We need to study history more intelligently. We need to remem ber that God is not an American. His love is universal. Let us see if we can find leaders who with Lincoln will say "Why should t h e spirit of man be proud." AH really great men are humble, kind and considerate of others. Sidney E. Harris, 315 Broadway, Woodburn, Ore. ty0rr&onC2$tattsiai; Ptiont -an Subscription Rates By rirrlrr la cIUmi Dullr only .. 1 pr mo. Daily ana Sunday I 1.49 per mo. Sundiv only .10 wttk By mall yundat oalyt (in advance Anywhtro tn H I I Mpn mo. 1 15 wx mo. 100 y.ar By Ball, Dally aa Saadayi tin advanca) la Oregon f 1.10 pot ma. 1 50 tix mo. 10 50 Tar In U.S. outilda Ortion , .J 1.49 per ma Meakwr Aodlt Burtaa of Clrcalatlna Bum ( AaWtrttiiat ANPA Orrioa Nattipapvr Fakllther AaaoclatJoa AOtrUUai BaprmaUtjTtal ' War-rlfflta Co. Watt BolUaay Co. Nw Tork Chtcato Saa fraaclaca Pa trait Valve timinl Safety Valra nl a an aa namta, aa a Bkot, an la air atarri aa4 avtataat aa aay tfa Meaaare fifed Ta the editor: On the May II ballot there will be two measures that affect the insurance rate and the fire pro tection standards of the City of Salem. Number One: A 165.000 bond issue to provide funds for the in stallation of a modern fire alarm reporting system in the high value area plus a circuit extending to each of the four outlying fire sta tions. This installation will make available a means of reporting fires by anyone on the street especially after normal business hours when the normal communi cation facilities are not available. Funds from this source will also I be used to construct an addition I to the west side of the City Hall to bouse all of the communica tions facilities used by the city:1 telephone switchboard, fire and police radio transmitters, etc., and tos remodel and recondition a re- serve aerial truck now in our possession. Number Two: A $37,000 continu-, ing annual levy, which will pro-! v ide funds for the employment of I additional personnel for the fire' department. Three men will be assigned to headquarters, three men to West Salem Station. One t.i the inspection division and one as a mechanic. Additional improvements are planned, which are necessary to upgrade Salem to a class 1 city for fire insurance purposes, which will not need additional financing such as: 10 more fire hydrants in the high value district, gasoline supply for apparalusaleachgta: lion, hose storage at each station7efllan"',0 accounrheed; people served, community appointment of an officer to be in charge of each engine and; ladder company, etc. The entire improvement pro gram has been planned under the 1 supervision of the National Board ; of Fire Underwriters Engineers i and the Oregon Insurance Rating Bureau, and we have a firm com-1 mitment .from them of recent ! date which- assures us of an in-; surance rate reduction of 9 per cent on dwellings and from 5 per ; cent to 11 per cent on mercantile; properties, which will produce net saving on insurance premiums along in excess of $110,000 per, year, plus better fire protection! for the entire city, it the program is completed in the near future, j The two measures described ' are companion measures and are ; tied very closely to the water im provement program. Therefore, it is necessary for all three meas ures to pass to accomplish the objectives of placing Salem in a class 3 city and ot the rate reduc tion desired. Therefore. I urge your serious i consideration and your favorable vote on the two fire department measures and the water improve ment bonds. E. L. Smith, chief. Salem Fire Department. Complaint of Haste To the editor: It was with considerable sur prise that I read in the States man this morning that the vari ance at Broadway and Pine had been approved without a dissent ing vote. Considering the legal, property and human factors in volved, it would appear the plan ning commission acted with un seemly haste. Huey Frederick, 2390 Broadway. STREET HONORS BRITON ATHENS un -A busy port street in Piraeus was named Admiral Beatty Street for a British naval chief of the first World War. The municipal council at an emergency meeting now has changed the name to Karaolis and Demetriou Street (or the two Greek Cypriots hanged by the British last week on Cyprus. What does your next vacation have to do with "Bank Plan auto financing? It oould hava a lot to do with U . . . for ra porta snow maay car buyora hava aayad aa aaucb at $150 with Stata Farm'a "Bank Plan". . . aav lata anoufh for a family vacation. So, baton you buy a car, call ma about Stata Farm'a "Bank Plan" of low coat financing and inauranca. iin. tan r1TITirUs) W -i .... .'y ' '', . & 'Sam' f-v, Samuel ' r yC 2610 VfS) Crostvicw .. Vw Phone Ml fj 2-840 l r Statesman Ballot Recommendations Republican Ballot (Contested offices aaly) National Committeeman: John Merrifield. Delegates at large to national convention: Ten to elect out of 3 candidates. So many prominent and veteran party workers wc think it unnecessary to pick out 10 for preference. Delegates to national convention from first district: Ten candidates, two to elect Make your ewa choice. Electors: Twelve, candidates, six to nominate. we suggest: Neil R. Allen, Travis Cross, William E. Hansen, James C. Hatfield, Mabel G. McCaH. Zenas A. Olson. United States Senator: Phil Hitchock. Representative, First District: Walter Norblad. Governor: Elmo Smith. Secretary of State: Mark Hatfield. State Representative, four to nominate: Eddie Ahrens, William W. Chadwick, Robert Elfstrom, Winton J. Hunt. District Attorney: Hattie J. BratzeL County Sheriff: Denver Young. County Coroner: Leston M. Howell. Non-Partisan Judicial Ballot Judge of the Supreme Court, Position No. S: Hall S. Lusk. County Measure Ballot Authority for county zoning: Yes. Gty Ballot Alderman, Ward Three: Dr. Alderman, Ward Five Earl Gly Measures Fiaaace Measares: There are nine measures calling for authority to levy special taxes or to issue bonds. The Statesman has endorsed them as a package. Realizing that voters may not be willing to "buy" the whole package, we undertake to rate the measures according to our planning, eic. we recognize tnat others may give a different rating, but we suggest, in order of preference: No. SI Bridge bonds, $140,000 issue. No. 59 Library, one-year tax of $30,000. No. 54. Water bonds, $3,750,000 issue payable out of water revenues. No. 55. and 56. Park bonds of $700,000 for acquisition of lands and park improvements and continuing tax of $35,000 a year for park maintenance. No. 60, 61. Fire alarm system bonds, $65,000 issue and con tinuing tax of $37,000 annually. No. 52. Street widening. $188,000 bond issue. No. 53. Airport, one-year tax of $50,000. Other Measures: No. 57. Charter amendment modifying firemen's pension plan: . YES. No. 58, Charter amendment modifying requirement on police men's residence: YES: No. 62. Charter amendment modifying provision on sidewalk construction: YT.S. No. 63. Ordinance to authorize fluoridation of city water: YES. Democratic Ballot: Since The Statesman rales as a Republican paper in its edi torial outlook, it does not presume to make recommendations on the Democratic ticket. , ff this handsome If i y Evcrsharp fjfg retractable ball ff J & t f point pen J' .$: retail value 51.49 I To the next 200 I people who open Accounts It IS EASY to open a ThriftiCbeck Personal checking account simply purchase 2t ThriftiChccks for $2.00. Your $2.00 covers all costs -Yo can open roof account with any amount No monthly service charges No minimum balance to maintain keep on deposit as much or as little as you like -you gee an attractive checkbook cover Your name will be imprinted, frtt, on every check. Special Offer to Husband and Wife! It each of you open separate ThriftiCheck account you will both get s Free Evershsrp pen -but please aa promptly while the supply ot pens lasts. ' :Mi A. D. Woodmansee. Bushnell. OF SALEM CHimCH an CHtMRtTA STtfTtl 1:144 -
