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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1945)
1 t( cl P' 5 r w m in sr m 1, In of to ui cc ar w Sc Ol U; le D( Pi Pc Hi pr. Hi St ed s in an afl by he ar: lei Pr ho fa! to up ba br pu ies an thi ste 1 B sa er clt an wi coi ou pe un ta'. do ca pli lei pr thi thi 14 Capital Journal, Salgm, Ore, Tuesday, August 21, 1945 the ne . ra: pr 60 Wi ; thi , rai ' pr: , be Inc nil Inc thi Sri fa: tol toi F Ba by tot ii It ubject. Bids received from several companies to furnish the city with the meters, which were to be opened at the meet- Old Reservoir Still Pondered What shall be done with Block 25, Fairmount Park ad dition, which is the site of the old reservoir that was aban doned when the city took over the water utility from private ownership, is still a question being pondered by the city coun cil. And while it is pondering biddering for purchase of the property continues spirited. And quite an influential group of citizens in the Fairmount Park addition district doesn't want the property sold; anyway, , not now, and would prefer to gee It converted into a park area. Nineteen persons in this group, headed by Urlin S. Page, petitioned the council Monday night not to sell the property until the old reservoir has been filled and restored to the grade that existed before the old res ervoir was built many years ago. The first blc lor the property was $11,000 by Carl W. Hogg. Then Dan J. Fry came in with a bid of $12,000, and then Hogg upped it another grand to $13, 000. These bids came in with out any advertisement for bids by the council. At the meeting two weeks ago the council, on motion of Alderman David O' Hara, chairman of the commit tee on real property, voted to reject the bids and instructed the city, recorder to advertise for bids. The response 1o this was a bid last night by E. Hal vorson of the Halvorson Con struction company and Carl W. Hogg for $13,750. Running througn the property Is a water main for which the city of Salem water depart ment has a permanent ease ment, and which cannot be mo lested by excavation or any other work done on the pro-, perty. I Parking Meter Question Postponed Thirty Days Alderman Albert H. Gille, most ardent of the city council members in favor of parking meters, got the question held in abbeyance for 30 days Monday night to give the city planning commission an opportunity to ; make a full investigation of the nel unopened. nine maae nis mouuii auer making a supplementary report for the traffic committee which introduced the meter resolution several weeks ago. The report cited statistics and articles pur ported to show the success of the meters in other cities. Gille stressed that the meters can be installed for a trial period of six months and then be discard ed if found unsatisfactory. He said that while automobile park ing is a big problem inthedown town district now, it will be an even bigger problem with un rationed gasoline and the re lease pf new automobiles. Hundred Citizens Opposed The only appearance of the planning commission in the pic ture so far was a letter to the council over the signature of Loyal A. Warner, president of the Chamber of Commerce, ask ing that the council take no ac tion until the planning commis sion naa considered the ques-1 tion. A letter from the Salem Re tail Trade bureau to the council Monday night said the bureau was taking no stand, but asked that it be held up pending a full investigation. Some time ago the bureau circulated petitions against meters, then held them back pending reaction of the council to Warner's letter. The position of the bureau at that time was that the council either reject meters or refer the sub ject to the people. A letter unqualifiedly oppos ing meters came to the council Monday night signed by P. W. Hale and about 100 other per sons. It was referred to the traffic committee. DDT Used fo Fight Polio Rockford, 111., Aug. 20 U.R Cool-headed scientists and fear stricken citizens waited anxious ly today for the outcome of an experiment which converted DDT, powerful wartime insecti cide, to a peacetime "mercy" duty in the battle against infan tile paralylsis. A B-25 bomber sprayed the DDT from the air yesterday in an experiment attempting to halt the poliomyelitis outbreak which was killed 17 persons here. Officials said today the effect of the spraying will not be known for several days as the polio virus has a long in cubation period. New infantile paralysis cases admitted to the county hospital today brought the total number of cases in the Rockford area to 153 since July 1. It was hoped that by using the Insecticide most powerful developed scientists could de termine whether or not the polio virus is carried by the com mon house fly. It also was a mercy mission for the powerful plane, brought here from the canal zone especially for the experiment. More Light Council Request On motion of Alderman Al bert H. Gille, the city council Monday night directed the Port land General Electric company to illuminate each night all downtown lamps that are in stalled on standards. Gille said that during the celebration on V-J night he ob served the gloomy condition of the streets, and said he had often heard the comment that Salem is the most poorly lighted city on the Pacific coast. Military Police To Get Praise The service of military police who helped the city police in controlling traffic and protect ing spectators during the paper mill fire Sunday evening will have complimentary comment in a letter by Mayor I. M. Doughton to the commanding general of the ninth service command at Fort Douglas, Utah. The mayor was directed by the city council Monday night, on motion of Alderman G. F. Chambers, to write the letter. On duty here is Military Police Detachment No. 2, SCU 1906. partment, received a 100-day Jail senence Monday after confessing he encouraged youngsters to set off automatic fire alarm boxes about the city "just for the fun of the thing." McKuin, who had been em ployed by the fire department since his medical discharge from the service three months ago, was taken into custody over the week-end and relieved of his fireman's badge. Argentina, second-largest pro ducer of vitamin A, processes it from shark liver oil. Water Service Good at Fire Carl Guenther, manager of the city of Salem water depart ment, estimates that 5,000,000 gallons of water were poured on the fire at the Oregon Pulp & Paper company plant during a five-hour period Sunday even ing. The estimate is calculated on the rate of in-flow and outgo of water from the city reservoir. While water was flowing into the reservoir from Stayton isl-1 and at the rate of 8400 gallons a I minute it was flowing out of the' reservoir fast enough to show a drop of 2500 ballons a minute. Pressure was good at all time, Guenther said. It was never un der 50 pounds hydrant pressure on four hose lines and ranged upwards to 60. Brazil's first school of chem ical engineering is located at Sao Paula, the country's indus trial capital. Fireman Had Kids Turn in Alarms Astoria, Ore., Aug. 21 W.Rl Ex-Marine Carl D. McKuin, a member of the Astoria fire de- WOMEN'S RAYON PANTIES Smooth-fitting knit rayon panties. Half elastic waistband. Comfortable cut economically priced. 37 I -ym Silverton Property Sold Silverton John Wormdahl has sold his North Second street property including the home place, apartments and duplex to Sam Peterson of Salem dur ing the past week. 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