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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-
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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. Wormdahl
was working at a painting job
on the building several days ago !
and fell a distance of 12 feet re
ceiving facial and head injuries f
from which he is recovering ;
nicely.
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