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Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. 6A Sun., Mar. 21, 1954 Outfall Line Proposal Goes Before Council Concerns Springfield Sewage Disposal A proposed agreement be tween the City of Eugene and the City of Springfield on the location of the latter's new sewage disposal plant outfall line will come before the Eugene city council when it meets Monday night, said City. Manager Robert Finlay-ion. Finlayson said Saturday that he does not know whether the agreement will receive immediate approval or rejection. It is the first step in a settlement of the issue, since a declaratory judg ment suit filed by Eugene was dropped from the Lane County Circuit Court docket last week. Eugene had filed the suit against Springfield in a move to determine each city's rights in locating the line. DENIED AN EASEMENT The dispute started when Springfield proposed to build the line to the Willamette River across some property owned by Eugene. Eugene rejected an ease ment agreement for a direct line, and proposed that the Springfield Utility Board build a longer line along the downstream end of the property. Springfield protested because of the higher cost of such construction. Under the tentative agreement as it is drawn by City Attorney John Pennington, the Springfield group may be able to build the shorter line, but with stipulations that the Eugene council have jurisdiction for its removal if the potential park property Is devel oped. In another move affecting the Eugene property across the river, the council Monday night is ex pected to complete annexation of the same 60 acres. Thus, the pro cedure will give Eugene its first piece of land north of the river inside the city limits. SOUTH FIRE STATION In other action, the city coun cil will consider a letter from School District 4 proposing that an appraiser be hired by the city to check properties at the old Airport Homes site near 13th and Chambers St. and at the Dunn School. The city wants a piece of land at Dunn School for construction of a new south side fire substa tion, while the school district wants some of the city-owned land for a new junior high school location. There also will be some con sideration of petitions from Glen wood residents proposing annexa tion to Eugene. The petition now in the hands of the city manager was signed by 74 residents of the area. U ! If vf I : ft , . ; r $4 ' 4 1 Register-Guard photo, Wiltshire enjr.) DIG THAT CRAAAAZY JUKE BOX A hobby of antique collecting was the moving force that prompted Jim McKee Sr. to acquire this relic of an earlier West. The old time nickelodeon,, shown here next to a contrasting streamlined television set, em bodies the innards of a piano, a mandolin, and a xylophone. Jim McKee Jr. is leaning on the TV set. Port Piano, Parr Mandolin, Parr Xylophone It's Noisy, But It's Still a Fine Relic, This Nickelodeon of the Gay Nineties Tfeaftdanif jruifom jounJt SCIENCE AND HEALTH HiA Key to the Scriptures by Mart Baker Eddt h showing multitudes oCgratchil men and women how to find free dom how to pray the healing pram of understanding. How to know the Truth which will "make you free," exactly as, Jesus promised. There was nothing in Christ Jesus entire ministry which said that his healing method was for then but not for now. Christian Science has come as the promised Comforter to rr tore the lost clement of healing to modern religion, It shows the sick, as well as others in need of help, how to claim and have their God-given freedom from fear, sickness, and want. Science and Health may be read, borrowed, or purchased at any Christian Sfience Reading Room in your district. yZt Unistian READING ROOM 86 WEST BROADWAY EUGENE etmeermrtg free tublit Ueturts, chwtk terriret and Sundor School is olio available. That mad nickelodeon mu sic of the Gay Nineties is be ing brought back to life today by a Glenwood businessman whose hobby of antique-collecting led him to this relic out of the early days ot tne old West. The proud owner of the old- fashioned jukebox is Jim McKee Sr., in whose office at the Sham rock Trailer Village the music box plays daily for the entertain ment of his family and friends. He believes the nickelodeon is at least 75 years of age. "I got it in California about month ago," says the former Springfield bakery owner and operator. "I bought it from a friend down there whose husband left a collection of about 70 of them. Walt Disney bought all the rest." Disney, he says, is planning a fairyland movie for children and intends to use the music-makers' for some of the scenes. In McKee's comparatively small office, the nickelodeon literally shakes the walls. There is no volume control to regulate the sound: consequently the piano, mandolin, and the xylophone in side really make the place 'jump. ELECTRIC MOTOR The instrument is electrically operated now. It stands about five feet high, four feet wide, and about two feet deep. Its exterior appears to be veneered in oak or some similar hardwood, but its many coats of varnish make it difficult to tell at first glance. An electric motor turns the paper rolls through the instru ment. Air bellows, to provide the air blasts, are operated by a belt drive from the motor. The nick elodeon inside looks something like a washing machine, a bit like an electronic business machine such as is used in many modern offices, and still a little like to day's juke boxes, without the gaudy plastic and the colored lights. This one has a window at the top through which oldtimers could watch the inside goings-on that would even lax the franlic musical antics of a modern Spike .lones. And it has the nickel slot to receive the coins by which it gained its original name. PLAYS CONSTANTLY You don't have to "put another nickel in" in the nickelodeon at McKee's. He has inactivated the slot control so the machine plays constantly. He doesn't know the family history of this nickelodeon, it might have come from Mexico; or perhaps it graced the parlors of the long-gone saloons of the Golden Slate or Nevada. Where it came from, no one knows. But McKee says it's a safe statement to say there aren't many ot them left. Music lovers of the olden days had no choice in their selection ot songs from this music-maker. They just dropped in their nickel and hoped they got what they wanted. Whatever came out, it wns sure to be lively, and loud. The machine at The Shamrock would probably be audible from almost any spot in McArlhur Court; or, for that matter, from Howard Field. The antique collector is almost as proud of his music rolls which are fed into the instrument as he is of the nickelodeon. MUSICAL FARE He owns a number of the big paper rolls, each of which con tains about 10 songs. There arc Mexican pieces, marches, fox trots, and what were then called "blues," but which sound just like today s "boogie-woogie. One roll contains "On, Wiscon sin," the Notre Dame Victory March," "Hail, Minnesota," "Hail Purdue, the "Illinois Loyalty March," and others. Then there's the "Have Mercy Blues," "My Man Just Don't He Won't," the "St. Louis Cyclone Blues," and on and on. McKee values the instrument t about $7,000. He would like to make it available for the en joyment of others; but because of its antiquity it can't be moved as often as a portable player. So he invites interested persons to drop in and hear the music out of the past. His address is 4531 Franklin Blvd., near the Glen wood School. BETTER THAN TV The McKees formerly operated the Top Hat Bakery on Main St. in Springfield. McKee senior has collections of many other relics, including about 35 smaller music boxes. Among his collections are several hundred old moustache cups and saucers. Alongside the old nickelodeon, the McKees have in their office a modern radio and a 21-inch tele vision set. Sitting in front of them this week, the younger Mc Kee noted the contrast between the new and the old. "Here we have 100 years of entertainment," he laughed. 'But it's a funny thing. Do you know that the kids from our trailer park would rather come in here to listen to the nickelod eon than to watch TV?" Narcotics Ring Scandal Hits Scelba Government ROME tm A letter calling the son of Italy s Foreign Minister the "assassin" for a dope ring threw the sensational Wilma Mon tesi scandal trial into an uproar Saturday. The explosive letter, signed by pretty Anna Maria Moneta Cag- lio, rocked anew the hard-pressed government of Premier Mario Scelba. National Police Chief Tomaso Pavone resigned recently after be ing mentioned in testimony in the case. LETTER PRODUCED Only last Tuesday Scelba and his Cabinet expressed their "sol idarity" with Foreign Minister Attilio Piccioni, who reportedly had offered to resign. The Com munist press has led the attack Scelba s regime, saying the trial disclosed scandal in high government circles. Miss Caglio's letter was pro duced at the trial of Sitoano Mu- lo, 25-year-old magazine editor accused of "false and alarmist" reporting of the death of party girl Wilma Montesi. While testi mony has been sensational, Mulo is the only one facing criminal' charges. The letter said; "I have known that Ugo Mon tagna is the chief of a dope ring with the consequent disappear ance of many women. He is the brains of the ring while Piero Piccioni is the assassin." KNEW TOO MUCH Both Piero Piccioni, son of the Foreign Minister, and the self styled Marquis Montagna were mentioned by Miss Caglio in di rect testimony as "knowing too much" about Wilma's death. She alleged that they had sought out Pavone to "hush up" the case. The shapely, 22-year-old Wilma was found dead on the sands of Ostia beach, 13 miles from Rome, last April. Police ruled she died of accidental drowning. Muto wrote that she had been dumped on the beach and left to die after having been given an excessive dose of drugs at a wild party attended by social and poli tical notables. Muto gave Anna Maria, ad mitted one-time $800-a-month mistress of Montagna, as one of his sources for his magazine article. Ill TUESDAY'S PAPER for MONTGOMERY WARD'S Terrific Sales MONDAY & TUESDAY SPECIAL PURCHASE JUST ARRIVED Print Remnants REG. 49c YD. Printed percale and broadcloth RO so. or equivalent. Ideal for ladies' dresses and children's fashions. Good quality fast colors. 36 Inches wide. Come in today. BASEMENT SALES FLOOr Mohammed Mi Suffers Defeat East Pakistan Vote Beats U.S. 'Friend' KARACHI, Pakistan OPI The party of Premier Mohammed Ali, close friend of United States, suf fered a crushing defeat in legis lative elections in East Pakistan, returns showed Saturday. The combined opposition, in eluding opponents of American military aid to Pakistan, virtual ly routed the central government in East Bengal Province. East Bengal, about the size of the New York State, has more than half of Pakistan's total pop ulation of 76 millions in one-sixth of the entire area of the country. It was the worst election de feat for All's Moslem League since Pakistan achieved its inde pendence in 1947. The election came on the heels of Pakistan's recent aid treaty with the United States. Latest returns from this week's balloting showed that of the 309 seats in the East Bengal Legisla ture, the opposition United Front party has won 147 to four for tne Moslem League and eight for In dependents. Seventy two seats are reserved for non-Moslem groups. The trend indicated undecided seats also would go heavily to the opposition. S & H GREEN STAMPS on watch repairing at SKEIE'S Emerald Empire Meetings IRVING Rebekahs meet at a n m Worlnestlav. 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