$4,390,000
City Manager
Outlines '59
Budget Plan
Here is the text of the annual
city budget message, as delivered
Monday by City Manager Kent
Mathewson at a joint meeting -of
City Council, other city budget of
ficials and Salem Chamber of
Commerce:
The budget transmitted to you
today looks toward a finer Salem
tomorrow. A finer Salem made
through the maximum use of inter
governmental cooperation. Finan
cially this budget is restricted to a
set of limits that exist only on a
map. Its implications however,
reach far beyond to the boundaries
of our total community the Mid
Willamette Valley. Salem is the
seat of our state government, is
located in two counties and is serv
iced by a school district that cuts
across all of these lines. Thus the
state capital, Marion County, Polk
County, School District 24 CJ and
the City of Salem each meet a par
ticular need for our people. Yet
these five govenmental units joint
ly serving a total area have inter
connected interests, problems and
unlimited opportunities.
It should be made clear at the
outset that all reference herein to
the state capital refers only to the
seat of the state government and
not to the state- government as
such. This discussion as it re
lates to the state capital, is lim
ited to the benefits, problems and
opportunities that its location cre
ates for our community and the
ever increasing need for mutual
cooperation and understanding.
Major Operation
To meet the needs of this com
munity these five governmental
units alone will have budgets ap
proximating a total figure for next
year of fifty eight million dollars.
Simply stated, government in this
community is big business which
provides large opportunities for
coordination and cooperation.
Each of our governmental units is
staffed with well qualified tech
nicians, equipped with expensive
machinery and tools, having ac
cess to valuable information and
know-bow. A pooling of these vast
resources on a cooperative basis
can provide for our citizens an un
matched community while saving
countless thousands of tax dollars.
The recommended budget ac
companying this message places
Salem's part in meeting the needs
of our total community for next
year at $4,390,000. This is $670,000
less than this year because of
smaller bond and assessed con
struction programs. The net bud
get (gross expenditures less self
supporting services, bond support
ed construction and state and fed
eral grants-in-aid) is $1,700,000.
The separate detailed budget docu
ment will be on the table for the
next several weeks for public in
spection prior to the public hear
ing. Massive Cooperation
Local Problems
Much attention is being given
today throughout the United States
to the problems created by metro
politan growth, multiple and over
lapping govermental units and the
suburban fringe area. Little how
ever is being accomplished toward
finding a solution because the
remedy often suggested is the un
acceptable metropolitan or super
government.
We are witnessing the beginning
of these problems here in our com
munity. Our purpose should be to
find a solution while the problem
is still of a manageable size. The
consolidated or metropolitan type
government would be even less
acceptable here because our people
justly take pride in identifying
themselves with the various gov
ernmental units. This is as natural
and satisfying as identifying our
life's educational accomplishments
with our alma mater school or our
religious life with a particular de
nomination. A consolidated metro
politan government would destroy
or diminish county, school or city
identity, thus creating the risk of
loss of citizen participation, in
terest and understanding.
Possible Solutloa
Instead it is believed that the
purposes of a consolidated type
government can be fully achieved
here, for a good many years, with
out changing or surrendering the
identity or authority of the several
governments of our total commun
ity. Massive cooperation can solve
our intergovernmental problems
while building the finest commun
ity for the least possible cost.
This proposition of governmental
coordination and cooperation is not
untried in the Mid-Willamette Val
ley, nor is the idea a creation of
your city manager. Past experi
ence simply seems to show that the
future is limitless and that we
should, in a carefully planned man
ner, bring to bear the total force
of this potential for the benefit
of our community. Examples of
this cooperative spirit are exem
plified by the school district's lead
ership in the joint purchasing pro
gram that is saving thousands of
dollars a year for our taxpayers.
Another is the joining together of
Marion and Polk counties to make
possible the Mid-Willamette Valley
Planning Council that has already
affected favorably the develop
ment of our community twenty-five
years hence. On many occasions
the state builders have charted
their plans to coincide with those
of the city, so that today we have
a tremendous asset of beauty at
our center. These things and many
more, such as our joint health
and recreation programs, serve as
an inspiration for this message.
State Capitol-City
Relations
Perhans the largest single asset
of beauty, community pride and
enjoyment that can ever be ours
will come through the long range
caoitol mall development. While
the capital belongs to and is for
City Budget Highlights
Principal points of City Manager Kent Mathewsoa's 1958-51 city
budget recommendation Include the following:
Improve cooperation among all government units serving Salem
citizens; form a committee to stndy the matter with aa eye to tax
savings.
Major street work: Widen State Street; complete 17th Street ex
tension; start widening of either D Street or Roral Street.
Budget of $4,390,000 Is balanced; calls for new form of taxation;
keeps property tax within per eeat Increase allowed by law; in
corporates $55,000 surplus from this year's operatloa.
Start Laurel Springs-South Salem sanitary sewer project; com
plete Cross Street line to end dumping of sewage la Sheltoa Ditch.
Merit pay Increases possible for city employes nnder recently
approved new Job classlHcatloa plan.
Preventive medicine program for city employes.
all of the people of Oregon, our
community has the privilege and
responsibility for providing its
home. We have within our reach
the chance of having a work of
architecture and landscape unsur
passed in this country. A develop
ment of this importance is not de
served without hard wotk, keen
study and the most earnest of sup
port. We will be making the mis
take of a generation if it is taken
for granted. Every effort should
be made to establish and maintain
the closest possible organizational
ties between the state and local
persons concerned with the mall
development.
Lighting
The recommended budget makes
a small contribution toward mall
improvement in that it provides
money to match a state appropria
tion for Improvement in street
lighting in the mall area. Funds
are also included for improved
street lighting on Court and State
streets approaching the capitol
from the west.
17th Street Extension
$25,000 is included in this budget
for the 17th Street extension pro
ject through the State Fair
Grounds. This added to the prev
iously appropriated funds will
total $48,000 which should be suffi
cient to finance the entire pro
gram. This improvement will
mean much from a traffic stand
point to the State Fair as well as
to the general traffic situation in
that part of the city. State-City
relations have been strengthened
as a result of the difficult but
fruitful negotiations on this mat
ter.
New Fire Truck
In the belief that our citizens
will vote favorably on May 16 for
the replacement of the 27 year old
obsolete and unreliable fire truck
at the North station, $24,000 has
been included in this budget for a
new truck. Fire protection is pro
vided by the city to all state budd
ings rjoin in ana out oi we city as
a matter of cooperation. This new
truck will stand guard over the
Cooperation of Governing
Units Weighed by Manager
City Manager Kent Mathewson's annual budget message Monday
gave emphasis to cooperation between the various government units
of which Salem citizens are a part city, state, Marion County, Polk
County and Salem School District. Some areas of cooperation are al
ready established, some in process of development and some sug
gested for possible study for the future, as indicated by the city man
ager in the following charts which appear in his printed budget mes
sages. City -State Relations
ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENTAL
Liaison Capitol Mall Planning
Streets and Parking
Highways Library
Water and Sewer Armory-Auditorium
Fire and Police
Street Signs
Health
Street Lighting
Civil Defense
Traffic Signals
City -County Relations
ESTABLISHED. DEVELOPMENTAL
Liaison Purchasing
Planning Armory-Auditorium
Law Engineering
Enforcement
Flre-Mntual Aid
Streets and
Roads
Health
House Numbering
Election
Procedures
Civil Defense
City Polk Co. Relations
ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL STUDY
Liaison
Planning
Health
Law Enforcement
Election
Procedures
Civil Defense
House Numbering
Streets and Roads
City-Schools Relations
ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENTAL
Liaison Purchasing
Planning
Recreation
Health
Parks
Streets
Juvenile
' Enforcement
Civil Defense
Library
Proposed for
state school for the deaf, the state
fair grounds and it will answer
second alarms at any other state
institution. The deaf school and
the fair grounds are both extreme
ly valuable properties, one- mea
sured in young lives and the other
in high risk buildings. It is good
that we are able to furnisn this
service.
Marion County-City
Relations
Salem's opportunity for gracious
ness as a host is twofold. Not only
is Salem privileged to be the state
capital but also the seat of Marion
County. Its location here means a
great deal to all of us and the
courthouse one of the finest any
whereadds much beauty to our
community.
Joint Programs
We are dependent on the Marion
County government for many im
portant services, one of the most
vital being health protection. This
is a jointly financed program and
an excellent example of how co
operation can reap greater services
for less money. This budget pro
poses $34,100 for the city's share of
next year's health program. .Its
scope is wide with special em
phasis now on mental health and
mosquito control.
Another jointly financed pro
gram, but in this instance operated
by the city, is the Pioneer Ceme
tery. Its transition from an over
grown and forgotten tangle to an
historic area of pride is directly
due to coordinated interest and
effort on the part of the county
and city. The city's fifty per cent
share of the cemetery cost for next
year is $2,150. Other cooperative
endeavors include our vital civil
defense (city share $4,000) which
is efficiently directed by the county
and tha communications service
leased to the various rural districts
by the city. This communications
network is of inestimable value to
our entire valley.
Savings Opportunities
As the county becomes more
urbanized it undoubtedly will be
POTENTIAL STUDY
Purchasing
Personnel
Administration
Parks
Finances
State Bldg. Locations
Cultural Center
POTENTIAL STUDY
Personnel
Administration
Inspection Services
Parks
Social Services
Recreation
Finances
Stream Pollution
Dog Control
Building Needs
Purchasing
Dog Control
Recreation
Parks
Engineering
Fire-Mutual Aid
Finances
Personnel -
Adminttration
Stream Pollution
POTENTIAL STUDY
Maintenance and
Repair Facilities
Personnel
Admlnlstratloa
Social Services
Finances
called upon to provide services
that have been already established
by the city. Some of these might
include such things as inspection
services, parks administration and
the impounding of dogs. Rather
than duplicate manpower and facil
ities it is hoped that we can con
sider the feasibility of coordinated
services just as we do now in
health administration. In many in
stances, because of the county's
size and resources, it might be
advisable for the county to operate
the program. In other cases the
city could furnish the service, and
in still other situations the opera
tion could be a joint one. Circum
stances and mutual understanding
would dictate the final decision.
The same possibility for savings
might well be applied to several of
our administrative services such as
purchasing and personnel 'adminis
tration. The step has already been
taken in community planning. The
cost of duplicating on an individual
basis the quality of service each
ol us is receiving in planning ad
ministration would -undoubtedly
stem prohibitive now. Our oppor
tunities for action along these lines
seem almost limitless.
Polk County-City
Relations
One of the most fortunate de
velopments in Salem's history was
when that sizeable number of Polk
County citizens voted to join West
Salem to Salem proper. That act
placd a part of Salem in Polk
County. Hands were joined across
the river in one of the most sen
sible and mutually beneficial co
operative actions possible. The in
dustry and beautiful hills and
homes of Polk County's West
Salem are one of our finest assets.
Area Wide Park
Albert-Wallace Marine Park be
ing developed by the Salem Park
Department on the Polk County
side of the river is serving citizens
of that county far beyond the city
limits. The considerably expanded
facilities that will be available this
summer will undobtedly draw even
large numbers of persons from all
parts of the community. Salem is
happy with this situation. Looking
to the future the Polk County court
has requested the Mid-Willamette
Valley Planning Council, aided by
the Salem Park Department, to
study the long range potential for
a major expansion of the park.
With a high degree of cooperation
and enthusiasm this park area can
bring unlimited enjoyment to our
total community in the years
ahead.
As a cooperative measure a
small appropriation is included in
this budget to surface treat that
unpaved portion of Glen Creek
Road from Kingwood Drive west
ward two blocks. Other street
matters of mutual interest between
Polk County and the City are under
study.
School District-City
Relations
The most worthwhile community
asset we possess is our school
system. Its efficient, down to earth
and effective administration en
joys widespread recognition. It be
hooves all of us citizens and gov
ernment official alike - to cooper
ate with the schools in every way
possible.
Cooperative Endeavors
School-City cooperative relations
here are well above those of many
communities. For example this
budget recommends $72,000 for our
share of the joint citychool re
creation program, me comDinea
use of playfields, equipment, facil
ities and personnel save our tax
payers a sizeable sum each year.
Other examples of fruitful coop
eration are the joint purchasing
program, the cooperative rebuild
ing and operation of the swimming
pools, and our coordinated plan
ning program.
Drainage, Street Widening
$6,000 is recommended to com
plete the north-east storm drain at
the rear of the Washington school
play field. This is a health, safety
and engineering need and is a mat
ter of concern to the school as well
as the city.
Another long felt need of this
nature is the widening of D Street
beside Parrish and North Salem
schools, from Capitol to 14th and
eventually the entire length of D
Street. In the hope that the school
can furnish the - necessary addi
tional right-of-way, $15,000 has
been included in this recommend
ed budget to finance the widening
construction. This is a priority
need. However, if it is not deemed
feasible to attempt the project this
year, there is a similar need at
South Salem High School. The
money could be used to widen Rur
al Street from Commercial to
Church and eventually extend this
widening to the already widened
portion of Rural where it enters
12th Street. It would seem that D
Street should be given first consid
eration but in either case much
benefit would be realized by im
proving safety and traffic conges
tion at one or the. other of two
principal school sites located on
two important streets.
Joint Relations
The preceding pages have dis
cussed areas of cooperative action
between the City and one or the
other of our fellow governmental
units. These discussions were con
cerned with the joining together of
two units to achieve a common
objective. There is also the larger
potential of all five of the Units
working together in joint pro
grams. To date this has largely
been achieved in two areas
health and civil defense. These
arrangements are not completely
formalized but we can be thankful
for the degree of progress already
achieved in these two vital re
quirements. Financial Study
Other programs involving all or
nearly all of the five government-
Salem
Mall Important to Salem
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This (ketch of master plan for State Capitol Group Illustrates
cover of city manager's budget message issued Monday
with intergovernmental cooperation theme. Manager
stressed need for state-city cooperation in mall develop
ment. Of special city interest is mall plan's proposed 1,650
parking spaces.
al units are in the developmental
stage and there are many poten
tial programs that are worthy of
future consideration such as the
vitally important matters of
stream and air pollution, airport,
development and future park sites.
Of the several topics for potential
study involving a majority or all
of the governmental units, there
is One that undoubtedly would elic
it particular interest. This is the
subject of finances and the equity
of the tax burden carried by the
various units in relation to serv
ices received. This is certainly an
area which abounds with lack of
information and perhaps in some
cases even misinformation. If at
tempted, this study should be ap
proached slqwly, carefully and by
persons with the levelcst of heads.
In this connection the value of
state tax-free property in our com
munity receiving varying degrees
of municipal service is estimated
at one hundred and thirty eight
million dollars. This would be
equivalent to an $850,000 annual
city tax yield on the current ratio
and rate. This naturally gives us
concern when it is realized that
even though we have cut proposed
expenditures next year sufficiently
to remain within the six per cent
limitation we may still face a one
to two mill increase largely due
to downtown city property valua
tions in Marion County being re
duced. Tax Problem
No one would trade the state
capitol for any amount of taxes,
but when it is universally recog
nized that taxes from residential
property are not sufficient to car
ry municipal services, then the
question must be raised as to what
particular segment of the commun
ity is going to make up the differ
ence. This matter also affects the
schools and the county and seem
ingly deserves serious thought and
consideration.
The tax relationship between the
counties and the city and the
school district are also worthy of
inquiry and study. Perhaps the
first step could be the prepara
tion of a list of the forthcoming
building and public works im
provement needs of the counties,
schools and city, followed by con
sideration of the resources avail
able to the community for their
financing.
Community Coordination -
A great deal has been said in
this message about the value of
inter governmental cooperation.
Much of its force is lost, however,
without effective means of coordi
nation. The finest attitude of co
operation will deteriorate if the
proper organizational avenues are
not opened for its use. Even if no
additional cooperative endeavors
are attempted, time spent in per
fecting means for coordination of
existing programs would be well
worthwhile, particularly as the
pressures for service increase. In
other words, it is not enough for
our several governmental units to
be willing to work together but
we must learn how to work to
getherand effectively.
There are now in existence hefe
two organizations, one designed to
assist with intracommunity needs,
with the other having an inter
governmental purpose. The first
is the Salem Chamber of Com
merce, a citizen organization, the
other the Mid-Willamette Valley
Planning Council, a government
body (city's next year share of
cost $10,100). While other organ
izational relationships are neces
sary it would seem that these two
complementary and representative
groups with their many talents and
interests could serve as catalysing
agents for many cooperative move
ments cutting across all of our
communty lines. They together
possess extremey valuable ingred
ients that might be used for the
creation of cooperative understand
ing, development and coordina
tion. Internal Affairs
In keeping with the theme of this
year's message, up to this point
mention has been made of only
those items in next year's recom
mended budget that would be of
interest to the other governmental
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units. There are, of course, many
items in the budget that are not
directly of an intergovernmental
nature.
Sanliary Sewer Improvements
Of extreme Importance is the
progress being made in the field
of sanitary sewer improvements.
$50,000 is recommended in order
that construction may be started
on the seriously needed Laurel
Springs-South Salem sewer project.
The program will be financed over
the next three budget years 'with
the construction completed in the
summer of 1960. The financing is
dependent on a pending federal
application for 30 per cent re
imbursement of construction costs.
To complete the Cross street
sewer project. $15,000 is recom
mended. This will eliminate the
dumping of raw sewage into Shel-
ton Ditch. With the large amount
of sewer work being done this year
including the West Salem project
in the area of Orchard Heights
road and Parkway drive (fi
nanced principally by assessments)
the completion of the above two
programs will remedy the most
pressing problems in our collection
area. The giant problem then
facing us will be that of disposal
and stream pollution.
State Street Widening
Next year will see the much
needed State Street widening pro
gram from 12th Street eastward to
the city limits. Approximately $10,-
000 has been included for next year
to supplement the more than $100,-
000 of city-state-federal money al-
Outlines Plan
Salem City Manager Kent
Mathewson, who outlined
proposed $4,390,000 city
budget Monday. Budget
Committee will begin study
ing it Wednesday.
ready appropriated. This additional
money will be used for several
items not subject to state or
federal participation, including ex
tensive improvements to street
lighting from 14th to the city
limits.
While we will not realize an in
crease in state gas tax revenues
next year as we have in previous
years, the care of our streets must
be maintained and accordingly it
is recommended that $50,000 be
expended for resurfacing of streets.
Water Utility
Looking for a moment now at
our water utility, we seem to be
cautiously entering a period of
financial uncertainty. While our
supply is now assured for many
years hence, we are not certain
whether increased use will advance
rapidly enough to keep pace with
the debt payment schedule that
Increases progressively each year
after 1961. An additional payment
of $50,000 is due that year, increas
ing to $100,000 in 1968, and reach
ing $250,000 by 1974.
It is estimated now that the util
ity may end this budget year with
revenues exceeding expenditures
by $39,000. Based on this calcu
lation, $25,000 is earmarked for
emergencies next year with the
remaining $14,000 appropriated to
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the bond construction reserve ac
count. This account is designed to
help meet the bond' construction
payments after 1961. Should any
major annexation occur in the
meantime requiring sizeable water
expenditures, money from the bond
construction reserve could be used
in lieu of issuing additional bonds.
City Employes
In my last year's budget mes
sage an eight point personnel pro
gram for city employes was
urgently recommended. With coun
cil's full cooperation we were able
to complete six of these eight pro
grams. To maintain and improve
the quality and efficiency of our
working force a five point per
sonnel program is recommended
for next year.
1. Complete the two unfinished
items from this year's plan, viz:
Publish an employe handbook and
study the cost and feasibility of
developing a retirement plan for
all permanent employes.
2. Provide sufficient funds to
allow merit pay increases within
the minimum maximum ranges
for employes recommended by
their department heads as of Feb
ruary 1, 1959 which is the anni
versary date of adoption of the pay
plan.
3. Provide for minimum adjust
ments in alignment of certain de
partment head salaries to be sub
mitted to council in July of this
year which represents a one year
waiting period from the previous
adjustment.
4. Authorize and assist with the
establishment of an employe rec
reation association.
5. Make available to our em
ployes a plan of preventive medi
cine. This year council provided
hospital and doctor's insurance to
care for our employes when they
become sick. It is proposed now
to take an equally if not more im
portant step, by providing a plan
to help our employes from be
coming ill. This would be done in
three ways, (a) Enlarge our Insur
ance coverage to include a periodic
physical inventory and medical
analysis for each permanent em
ploye; (b) institute a series of
health training programs; and (c)
develop a comprehensive industrial
accident prevention program.
These programs would be at no
cost to the employes and the sav
ings to the city in medical and
compensation insurance premiums,
sick leave and protection to the
public would make the effort more
than justified. Details with respect
to the employes' physical inven
tory and medical analysis could
be worked out with our insurance
carrier. This however, does not
contemplate the ordinary physical
checkup, but instead each em
ploye, on an optional basis, after
having completed the probationary
period, would be entitled to a com
plete analysis which could be re
peated periodically thereafter, per
haps once each three years.
Salary Adjustments
Any action we can take to
strengthen our personnel program
is worthwhile. $22,000 has been in
eluded in this budget for salary
adjustments if and when any are
allowed. Living costs continue to
climb. They have increased ap
proximately four per cent since
this time a year agr and recently
the living cost jumped three quar
ters of a per cent is one month
aione. Most business men have
long ago learned that cheap help
is the most expensive, that trained
and satisfied employes are our
best asset and that high turnover
is very costly. Public employment
is no different.
Budget Conslderatloa
Next year's recommended bud
get represents careful thought but
it is difficult to cover such a wide
field without placing too much em
phasis in one place or too. little in
another. The budget committee, of
course, is free to accept or reject
the accompanying budget in part
or in whole. Careful consideration
of the budget by the committee
and the public at large is urged
in order that the final document
may represent the best thinking of
all. The manager is indebted to
the personnel of each department
for their cooperative assistance in
the preparation of the budget and
especially to Mr. Howard Brand
void, finance director, for his un
tiring efforts in this connection.
Conclusion
In conclusion it is mentioned that
any intergovernmental relations
study should be mindful of the
important role of the federal gov
ernment and its agencies housed in
our community. Help and coordi
nation must also always be avail
able to the various local govern
mental districts and cities and
towns in the valley.
It is hoped that the suggestions
contained in this message might
be of some value to the Mid-
Willamette Valley and its people.
Friendly relations and understand
ing not present everywhere- pro
vide a healthy background for
achievement. Accordingly, it is
recommended that the mayor be
requested to convene a meeting
of the chief executives of the prin
cipal units of government serving
our total community. Such a meet
ing should consider the advisability
of a thorough study of intergovern
mental relations, our problems,
solutions and opportunities. By us
ing our unsurpassed resources, a
plan might be charted to assure
the finest community anywhere.
This would heed the advice
offered by the President of the
United States last year when Mr.
Eisenhower spoke these words at
the Williamsburg, Virginia Gover
nors Conference, "Unless action is
prompt and effective, urban prob
lems will soon almost defy
solution. Metropolitan areas have
ranged far beyond city boundaries
but in every instance the centers
and the peripheries are interde
pendent for survival and growth
Statesman, Salem, Ore., Tues., May 13, '58 (Sec. II)-13
City Manager Asks
More Cooperation
(Story also oa page 1)
One way to assure a "finer Sa
lem tomorrow" is through "mas
sive cooperation" among the gov
ernmental units serving this city.
City Manager Kent Mathewson de
clared Monday in his budget mes-
Henry Dunigan
Dies; Former
Sawmill Boss
Henry W. Dunigan, 68, one-time
sawmill superintendent and resi
dent of the Salem area for 47
years, died Monnday at a Salem
hospital. He had lived at Salem
Rt. 2, Box 508.
Dunigan was general superin
tendent of Independence Lumber
and Manufacturing Co., prior to
retirement in 1952. Before that
he served as night superintendent
at Silver Falls Lumber Co., Silver
ton, and earlier held supervisory
jobs at Valsetz and numerous other
mills through the valley.
He was born at Watertown,
Wise, Jan. 4, 1890, and came to
the Salem area in 1911.
Dunigan and the former Pearl
Swan were married at Mill City,
July 14, 1915.
Surviving are the widow, of Sa
lem; daughter, Mrs. June Kalb,
Clackamas; sons, William E. Dun
igan and Orville Dunigan, both of
Salem; nine grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be at 1:30
p.m. Wednesday at Clough-Barrick
Chapel. The Rev. Joe Harding
will officiate, with interment at
Howell Cemetery.
Youth Draws
Ten Days in
County Jail
Vincent Jasper Hunt, 19, Chilo-
quin, was sentenced to 10 days in
the Marion County Jail Monday in
District Court after pleading guilty
to a charge of larceny. Hunt al
legedly shoplifted three cartons
of cigarettes from a Salem drug
store last Friday, officials said.
Robert Joseph De Guire, 18. of
2995 Cooke St. SE. was placed on
six months probation Monday in
Marion county District Court on
a charge of illegal possession.
De Guire and three Salem
juveniles, two girls and a boy, were
arrested Saturday evening by
snerut s deputies after found in
possession of beer, officials said
The juveniles were released to
their parents pending Juvenile
court hearings.
Jim Herbert Doran, 4083 Carolina
Ave. NE. was fined $25 Monday in
Marion County District Court after
being found guilty on a charee of
reckless driving.
Doran was charged concerning
a two-car accident March 8 on Sil-
verton Road, officials said.
Two Held for
Grand Jury
Donald Rav French K Anme.
Ville. and Harold James Franh
21. of 5085 Portland Rd. NE, were
arrested Monday morning by Mar
ion County sheriff's deputies after
an attempted concession stand
burglary at Hollywood Bowl race
iracK norm oi Salem.
Harvev Wietman mannupr nf Ihp
track, and his police dog captured
a man at uie track about I a.m.
who later was identified as Donald
Ray French. The man's brother
was arrested later, deputies said.
Several boxes of candy, cigarettes
and other items were fnund near
the concession stand.
Both men were held to answer
to the Marion County Grand Jury
Monday afternoon In District
Court action. Bail was set at $1,000
eacn.
Wietman also liamrA in th
Monday morning arrest of Garry
neai airang, a, oi 3355 r airhaven
Ave. NE, on a charge of larceny.
Wietman called the sheriff's of
fice after seeing a man removing
the chrome headlight rims of
r rencn s car, wnicn Had been left
at the race track.
Strang pleaded guilty to the
charge in District Court Monday
auernoon and was sentenced to
10 days in the county jail.
NEW STATION APPROVED
Marion County building permits
were issued Monday to Shell Oil
Company for a $13,000 service sta
tion at the intersection of the Sa
lem Bypass and Hawthorne Ave.
NE, and Julius Slattum for an
$11,000 house at 3962 Neelon Dr. S.
sage to the City Council and pub
lic. Beyond the statistics of his pro
posed $4,390,000 budget for the
coming year was a central theme
of intergovernmental cooperation
between Salem city administra
tion and the state, the Marion
County government, Polk County
and Salem School District.
Problems created by metropol
itan growth and overlapping gov
ernments should be solved, said
Mathewson, "while the problem
is still of a manageable size."
Cooperation The Answer
Consolidated or metropolitan
type government is no answer, the
manager declared, because it
would tend to destroy city, coun
ty, school identity and to diminish
citizen participation and interest.
Instead, the manager proposed
expanding cooperation between
governments that touch the Salem
citizen directly. He gave the opin
ion that if carried out this fuller
cooperation could achieve the
same purposes of efficiency and
tax savings that a consolidated
government offers.
Mathewson recommended that
a mayor's committee representing
all five governments' leaders be
called together to consider advis
ability of a thorough study of in
tergovernmental relations, prob
lems, solutions and opportunities.
Plaa Draws Interest
This proposal of Mathewson
drew considerable interest from
his audience of 175 at a Salem
Chamber of Commerce luncheon
Monday, and before the day was
out the chamber's executive com
mittee expressed its official in
terest. President Robert D. Gregg said
the executive committee noted
with Interest the Mathewson state
ment in relation to opportunities
for expanding cooperation between
five basic units of government in
this area.
He continued, "We hereby offer
the full services of the chamber
in any way the city might need in
implementing the idea of a
thorough study of intergovernmen
tal cooperation."
Illustrated Message
City Manager Mathewson gave
examples of existing cooperation
in the text of his budget message
and illustrated it with charts item
izing how this cooperation is
shaping up at present with the
various other governments.
He emphasized that in state gov
ernment he had in mind not the
government in general, but those
functions pertaining to Salem as
seat of government.
Charles Tindall
ies in Home
SUteunan Nwi S'vic
SCIO Funeral services for
diaries Tindall, a long-time resi
dent of near here who died Sunday
in a Mt. Angel nursing home will be
1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Scio Bap
tist Church with Rev. Gerald Man
ley officiating. Interment will be
in Miller Cemetery near here. Lo
cal arrangements are in charge
of Weddle Funeral Home in Stay
ton. Tindall was born in Schelburn,
Ore., a community near here, April
8. 1876.
Survivors include four daughters,
Mrs. Hazel Simms, San Diego,
Calif., Mrs. Venus Stanley, Stay
ton, Mrs. Mabel Bowman, Albany,
Mrs. Pearl Rice, Aums ville; one
brother, Lioyd Tindall, Portland;
five grandchildren and 13 great
grandchildren. If Corner Grocer
Sells Beer, Can't
Give to Campaign
The corner grocer, if he sells
beer, can't make any contribution
to a political campaign.
Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton
ruled Monday that liquor licensees
can't contribute any money or
services to any candidate for po
litical office.
Norman Baby Dies;
Services Today
Jeffery Norman, infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Norman,
4494 Kurth Ave., died Monday at
a Salem hospital. Premature birth
reportedly caused the death of the
baby, born here May 10.
Surviving besides the parents are
a sister. Randy Elizabeth Norman,
Salem; brother, John R. Norman
Jr., Salem; grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Ireland, Coos Bay, and
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Norman, Min
neapolis, Minn.
Graveside services will be at
3:30 p.m. today at Belcrest Me
morial Park under direction of
Clough-Barrick Mortuary. Rev.
John Cauble will officiate.
Meet Your
Congressman
WAITER
NORBLAD
Today -330,o 430
AT NORBLAD FOR
CONGRESS HEADQUARTERS
130 LIBERTY S.E.
N. Pol. Adv. by NrbM for
CMftni CwMUHiM,
true Philipoi, Chairman, Stay-tort, Ora.