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PAGE TEN Tbm OREGON STATESMAN. fataa. Orocoa. Saturday Morning, January i. Hit Johnson Buys Gates Place Hugh Matthews Will Move to Coast Very Soon GATES, Jan. 4-(Speciat)-C, D. Johnson has purchased the 80 Km owned by Hugh Matthews who expects to move to the coast soon. JSchool started again Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs.Cecil Haun spent New Year's with his brother Letter;. Mrs. Virginia Overlock spent the holiday vacation in Seattle. Don Carey returned to camp last week. Also 6rval (Oley) Knutson left this week. Mrs. Winters drove Mrs. H. Keiser to Salem Thursday. The Woman's club will meet January 11 Instead of Thursday. Justice Court Cases Are Listed SILVERTON, Jan. 4-(Special)- C. J. Brad? haw will be tried on an assault and battery charge January 11, brought by his wife, Ruth Bradchaw In justice court. Brad haw is out on $1000 bail. Dale George Miller was fined $50 and costs. A 30-day jail sent ence was suspended. He was rharged with having venison In his possession out of season. Another case heard this week by Alf O. Nelson, justice of the peace, was that of Edgar O. Nel son charged with overloading his truck. During 1945 Justice of the Peace Nelson heard 142 cases' and re ports that Silver-ton was a "better to wry"' last year as this Is lower than the total cases In many for mer years. TISITS DAUGHTER CENTRAL HOWELL Mrs. Lena Clark spent several days In Portland recently with her daugh ter. ? .J LL. r i -1 -T i tiii I nir ii ii' - ""i- aiDeocH h ik eoeooM CLB1 AAGI I V'Wl I LIVING LI A P Kfwif turet I Economies resulting from the , fact that th greatest amount -of living .spare per unit of wall measure can be enclosed In a NCjuire, permitted the building of this home for $7000 says the arch itect, Alden B. Dow (315 Post si.) Midland, Mich. : ' There is a basement under the entire house, except the garage. The same plan could be used without a basement and with the heating plant either in the stair way area or in the. garage. The garage could become a combina tion garage - playroom - laundry workshop. Most of the closets are simple wardrobe type using three-quarter-inch plywood doors, with a long applied pull a door length board which serves as a stiffener. Dow calls attention sto the cir culation. From the garage there is access to the kitchen, bedrooms, bathroom or basement without disturbing occupants of the living room. Wanted Raw, Furs We Specialize In Mink and Mo.k.raL Always Pay More. West Side For Co. West Salem, Oregon Phone 4531 'At r . f Valley Obituaries MRS. HERSCHEL GREGG SCIO, Jan. 4-(Spedal)-Funeral services for Mrs. Herschel Gregg, 32, who died late Thursday night in a Portland hospital will be held Saturday at 4 pm. from the A. R. Bellar, 2828 N. Williams ave. Portland. Burial will be made In Wapato, Wash. The family has lived for the last six years on route 3, Scio. Survivors are the widower and three small children, Salley, 7; Al len, 3, and David, 5V4 months. Holiday Guests At Cloverdale Entertained CLOVERDALE, Jan. 4 -(Spe cial)- Mrs. Frank Schampier en tertained New Year's day in hon or of her husband's birthday. Those present for the double fes tive occasion were Mr. and Mrs, Keith Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Kron and Sammy, all of Seattle; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Andersen and Ernest, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kron of Portland; Mr. and Mrs, Frank Kron and Donna, Mr. and Mrs. Preston Hale and Mrs. Geor gia Davis, all of Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Booth and children, Brent and Anita, former residents, left Wednesday for Pasadena, Calif., where they will live with friends until perm anent plans can be made. Booth is to have work twith a! large contracting firm. Mrs. Booth taught school here and in Turner while he was In the army. Loren Newkirk has a bad case of poison oak this week and is unable to attend his duties at the Salem high school. He is un der the care of a physician. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Drager and girls, Karleen and Margie Jo, were New Year's guests of the Glen Davenports in Sweet Home, Jack and Carl Schifterer re turned Tuesday from California where they vacationed. Jack has enrolled at OSC for an engineer ing course. BED ROOM lit 10' FT rrfri ' KITCHEN nf i to to- i ROOM If the house is placed on, a 100-foot lot there will be ample room , for bedrooms on the left side of the house and for a screen ed porch on the right side off the dining room. No velty Nook 154 S. Church St. Must Sell My Entire Stock by Jan. 15, '46 To Hake Boom for a Complete New Line Everything to be sold at rock bottom prices includ ing several of those new chip racks. 1 will sell these at wholesale prices. So come in, take your choice as is. Sale ends when stock is gone. Rickey,Auburn Schools Start j After Recess FOUR CORNERS, Jan. 4r(Spe- cial)-Both Rickey and Auburn schools resumed classes Wednes day after Christmas vacation. The flu epidemic has about run" Its course and most of the children were,:. back when school opened. Mrs. Milton Anderson of Fair field, Calif., spent Christmas week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Howard. She will-leave to spend a year there with her hus band stationed In the Hawaiian islands with the fourth army air forces. ; . Mr. and Mrs. Verne Ostrander entertained week-end guests for Christmas. They were Mr. ' and Mrs.l John Woodward of Hills- boro, Douglas Woodward of Se attle, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mor gan and Thomas of Portland; On Christmas day, Mr. and Mrs. Wal lace Wilson and Junior were! also dinner guests. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Lester Guy of Dallas spent New Years day -with Mrs. ; Guy's brother and family, the O. G. Howards. j Karl Wipper New President H i : ; ,; " CLOVERDALE, , Jan. 4 -(Spe cial)- The Farmers Union meet ing was held last week at the schoolhouse. Karl Wipper j .was elected president; Carl Booth, vice-president; Margaret MUler reelected secretary - treasurer Louia Kennies and 'Walter Miller compose the executive commit tee; ; Clarence Roeenau, conduct or; Lloyd Jarman, doorkeeper Mrs.' A. Kaeppeli. chaDlainJ The following new members were obligated: Mr. and Mrs. Ir vin A. Kreger, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Waldrop, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Bouchie, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hart man, Frank Pyshny and Mr; and Mrs. William Gleason. ; Qoverdale School I Resumes Class Work CLOVERDALE, Jan. 4 -(Spe cial) School began as usual on Wednesday morning after ai va cation of nearly two weeks, with a 100 per; cent attendance. ! Children in the upper grade room not absent during the fall term are Danny Feller and Rich ard Hein, fifth grade; ! Karleen Drager and Mary Lou Hatch; sev enth grade; Rodger Hein, eighth grade. i i Saxony Producing 'Dresden China at Halt Prenvar Rate By Richard KaslscbW ; BERLIN, Jan. 4-()-Al though the Russians removed morel than 90 per cent of its machinery for reparations, the ancient Estate porcelain factory in Meissen, Saxony, again is producing its world famed Meissen porcelains and "Dresden China." Meissen has ' brought its, pro duction,' at sales value, back to about 80 per cent of normal peacetime volume, said Manager Herbert Neuhaus. Much of its product now goes, jto the j Rus sians. ' Neuhaus was interviewed at Meissen by the first correspon dents to tour the Russian occu pation zone. In the presence of four Russians, he gave the fig ures for reparation removals! In addition to the machinery, the Soviets took 75 per cent of art : objects In stock and IS per cent ; Republican Homines for REPRESENTATIVE from the First Congressional District fmi4 A. NrtM for Cmr C lt , Jwk I. fwtlm, Or m. . ..r ' . , , I Silverton Altar Society to Meet SILVERTON, Jan. 4-(Special)- Plans for a rummage sale are un derway by St Paul's Altar soci ety, of which Mrs. Luigi DeSan tis is now president Mrs. Law rence Scharbach is sale chairman. Date and place will be announced next week. The Altar society will meet Thursday, January 10, with Mrs. Ben Zollner at 1201 N. Water st Mrs. DeSantis will appoint com mittees for the spring aeason at this meeting. Mrs. Legard Returns Home To Silverton SILVERTON, Jan. 4 -(Special) Mrs. O. A. Legard, 'who has been In Portland since early in De cember as a guest of her daugh ter, Mrs. Molla West, has return ed here where she makes her home with her son and daugh ter-in-law, the Alvin Legards Mrs. Legard is past 90 years of age. Edna Stortz is convalescing at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stortz, following a re cent operation. Miss Stortz has been employed at Portland for several years, Mrs. Raymond Reed, who spent the holidays with her uncle and aunts, Alfred Jensen, Alice Jen sen and Mrs. John Isaacson, re turned to Seattle Wednesday. Mrs. Reed, who is the former Vivian Buness of Silverton, is making her home at Seattle where she and her husband, who is In the navy, recently purchased a home. Mrs. E. O. Nelson cqntinues critically ill at her home in Sil verton Hills. She was taken ill while they were in California on a vacation trip and became ill again Upon her arrival home. Mrs. Nelson is the sister of Mrs. C. A. Benson, Lawrence and Walter Larson. Wesley Gatchet, returned over seas veteran, has taken a job as helper for his brother, George Gatchet, local plumber. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gatchell and two small children have mov ed here from Salem. He is a bus driver, On the index basis of 100 for 1928, the so-called "normal" year' operating costs of American auto mobiles! had declined to 50, or half, by 1939. of the plant moulds, he said. The reparation removals were made during the summer and production was resumed in Sep tember after the payroll was de nazified. In pre-Hitler times Meissen exported about 20 per cent, of its production. Neuhaus figured the output is expected to be back to export level by the summer of 1946. Whether any china will go abroad then to England and America depends on what sort of export the allies allow Ger many. At presen tthe products are going partly to the local popu lation and partly to Russia. Neu haus said there were many sales to Russian officers in Meissen. China painters in one of the factories were working on plates ordered by Moscow and bearing gold paint designs sent from the Soviet capital. JANUARY 11TH FOR O VtTIAAN OF WORLD WAR II O EXPERIENCED LEGISLATOR O EDUCATED IN OREGON O PRACTICING ATTORNEY Salem Ends Snowless Year, Rainfall Far Above Average Salem's 1943 weather was a mixture of many elements but with snow almost completely omitted. Though reported from many nearby points not a flake of snow was recorded by the United States weather bureau at McNary field, thus establishing the first snowless year since 1925. The average snowfall for Salem computed over a period of 63 years is 7.9 inches. There was no lack of other forms of precipitation, with 47.48 inches of moisture recorded during the year, a total that has been ex ceeded only three times since 1900. Rainfall records dating back to 1893 show an annual variation for Salem from as low as 24.38 Inches in 1903 to 83.50 Inches in 1937, with an annual mean of 37.92. Year Near Average Temperature records for 1945 conform much closer to usual figures. The mean for the year was 53.0, Just 310 of a degree above normal. The average mini mum was 42.1 and the average maximum 63.9; normal values are 42.9 and 62.4, respectively. The highest temperature for the year was 102 degrees on August 5 and the lowest 19 on Decem ber 14. Salem's all time high is 108 degrees and absolute low on record 5 degrees Delow zero. Two hundred one cloudy days, 80 partly cloudy and 84 , clear were recorded. Fog of varying Intensities was noted 121 days and thunderstorms occurred on 5. Babe Uselman Returns to Job MT. ANGEL, Jan. 4-(Special)-Mr. and Mrs. Babe Uselman, visit ing here from Garden Grove, Calif., have rented the Adolph Mof fenbeier house , and will re main in Mt Angel. Babe will re turn to the Benedictine Press as linotype operator, the position he held before the war. He haa served in the Pacific in the merch ant marine for two years. During his absence, his wife, the former Margaret Welton, was em ployed in defense work near Garden Home. Their son, Jeffrey Royce, was born June 25, 1945. Babe's discharge from the service a month ago made the visit north for the Christmas holidays pos sible. Mr. and Mrs. Uselman will re turn to California to make ar rangements for their transfer of residence, leaving the baby with his grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. R. J. Weltori. Beside their son-in-law, the Wei tons had their three sons home for Christmas. All four were re cently discharged from the ser Normal southerly winds pre Tailed during this period. No permanent record of velocities is obtained but frequent observa tions over short periods are made. It appears the highest winds were on December 4 when velocities between 45 and 50 miles were recorded for several hours. River High The Willamette river was ab normally high on several occa sions in 1945 climaxing in a flood crest of 28.35 feet the evening of December SO. Agriculture suf fered some losses due to excess ive precipitation but an extreme ly long growing season was en Joyed lasting from the earnest possible planting in the spring until the first killing frost Octo ber 18. The past year saw consider able expansion of weathej serv ice by the local office. Included in this program was the estab lishment of the Salem weather bureau as a relay point for flood forecasts and warnings issued by the bureau's hydrologic unit in Portland. Forecasts of dusting conditions and specialized cher ry harvest forecasts were also inaugurated. Frost warning serv ice was made available to any one equipped to take advantage of it. Gilbert Sternes, official in charge, states the continuation of all activities is anticipated in 1946 together with a greatly in tensified demand for airway weather service as civil aviation returns to McNary field. vice. Michael served with the army in the United States, Billy was a paratrooper in the Pacific and Robert was with the army in Eng land for a long time and took part in the Normandy invasion. Swegle Family Guests Entertained at Dinner SWEGLE, Jan. 4-(Special)-Sat-urday night dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Salter on Swegle road were Mi, and Mrs. Douglas Farmer of Seattle, and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Edwards and Mrs. Lawrence Flathers from Salem. Sunday guests at the Salter home were Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Crandle of Nampa, Idaho, and Mr. and Mrs. Ora Salter of Keizer district. Flood, Illness, Vacations Upset Gates Schedules GATES, Jan. 4 -(Special)-Floods and vacations have upset schedules here. Also there has been considerable flu and meas les. The Fox Valley school will open January 7, instead of as planned. Mrs. E. L. Davis is principal. m mm wm mm mm Condensed Report of the UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK i of PORTLAND, OREGON SUBMITTED TO THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1945 RESOURCES Cash on Hand and Due from Banks. $114,944,518.47 United States Government Bonds. 408,436.839.79 Municipal and Other Bonds 9,279.388.17 Loans and Discounts 68,940,887.33 Stock In Federal Reserve Bank 540.000.00 Bank Premises (including Branches) 3,164,162.87 Other Real fetate 10(i Interest Eartied 1,444,551.88 Other Resources 296.064.59 $60046,414.10 LIABILITIES Capital .... ... . . ; $8,000,000.00 Surplus . . . . 10.000.000.00 Undivided Profits 4,223,626.27 Reserves 1,424,184.92 .$ 23.647,811.19 Reserves for Interest, Taxes, etc 1,888,131.68 Dividends Declared . 180.000.00 Deposits 581,111.238.52 Other Liabilities ." 219,232.71 I $607,046,414.10 LADD & BUSH - SALEH BRANCH SALEM, OREGON Head Office, Portland, Oregon DIRECT BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND Mtmhrr Ttdtrnl Dftit Insurant CrpTmtso J. R. Rains Dies Near Liberty LIBERTY, Jan. 4 J. R. Rains, 77, died at his home near Liberty Thursday afternoon. Born in Missouri in 1869, Rains came to Oregon with his parents, the late Daniel Rains, at the age of five years. The family settled af" Elkhorn in the Santiam coun try, where Rains grew to man hood. He moved to. Salem in 1892 where he married Edna Dencer in 1904. In 1908 the family pur chased a farm in the Prospect dis trict where they lived until Rains retired from farming. He was an active member in the Red Hill Grange and several farming or ganizations. Survivors include his wife, Ed na; two daughters, Mrs. Veiieta Hopkins, Sherwood; and Mrs. It's a lis AUTHORIZED KEEPSAKE DEALER Silvrrlon Mayor Willj Bogin Second I Year SILVERTON, Jan 4-(SpeiaJ)-George Christenson begins his sec ond year of office Monday night when the city council has i.ts first . : mi T : ,4 tu. managership form of government the mayor is elected to the ptoce on the city council which chooses the mayor from amarg its number for a two-year termi Verdi Weathers, ! Salem; four sons, Lyle, Lester, Desmond and Merle Rains, all of i Salem; a sis ter, Mrs. Susie McKillican, West Linn; two brothers, Tillman Rains, Gates; Charles Rains, West Linn; and grandchildren. ; Funeral services , will be he'd Mondny, Jan. 7 at 2 pm. from the ClcHigh-BarHck chapel. Inter- ! mrnt will be in Belcrest Memor ial park. $M Jo ir"-'ir' 1 r DIAMOND ING-AGtWfNT UNO "I'm so proud and happy, h's a Keepsake, the most treasured of all diamond rings. 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