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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Meetings
IRVING Rebekahs meet at
a n m Worlnestlav. March 24 for
a' business session. Serving com
mittee chairman is Julian taiK,
assisted by Martin Black and Bob
Mi-rnilan An initiation practice
will be held after the business
meeting.
IRVING FL Club will meet
at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 23,
for a notluck at the home of Mrs,
Ralph Beach. The state president,
Mrs. Helen Ivy of Medford, will
be guest. Serving committee is
Mrs. Beach, Mrs. ciyae itenegjr
and Mrs. Glen Flock. Each mem
ber is to bring a white elephant
item for a sale.
Lane Grange
IRVING Tuesday night, two
visiting granges, Elmira and
Franklin, each will give a one
act play and Irving will present
one. J. B. Donovan, piano dealer
from Eugene, will play for the
plays and give a short concert.
The evening is open to the pub
lic. Grange will sell lunch.
HEADQUARTERS FALLS
RANGOON, Burma Wl Mon
ghsat, the Chinese Nationalist
headquarters 140 miles southwest
of Kengtung, has fallen to 'the
Burmese army, Burmese author
ities said Saturday.
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