Rip-Raoping of
River Starts
Rip-rapping of certain por
tions of the North Santiam riv
er just south of Jefferson Is
progressing rapidly, according
to W. F. Weddle, farmer of that
community and one of a grouD
attempting to reclaim more than
1000 acres of farm land flooded
every year.
Five large bulldozers are used
in digging a mile long artificial
channel which will divert the
Santiam waters following the
old course of the river. The en
tire . job calls for more than
30,000 feet of rip rap and it Is
expected will be completed In
November.
Both Weddle and Harvey
Mitchell, who has holdings on
the Linn county side of the
river, have been active in pro
moting the work and also rais
ing funds. They are seeking fed
eral assistance to enlarge the
project so that many more hun
dreds of acres will be saved
from floods similar to those of
the last few years.
A petition is now being ore
pared for forwarding to Ore
gon's delegation in congress ask
ing that federal funds be alloca
ted to supplement monies raised
among the farmers and assigned
by Marion and Linn county au
. thorities. .
The present work, for which
sufficient money has been raised,
is being supplemented by do
nated labor of farmers and land
owners but more funds will be
needed if the project is extend
ed in the upper and lower reach
es of the river, Weddle states.
3 Red Armies
At Kwangtung
Canton (Aug. 13 (IP) Three
Chinese communist armies to
talling 75,000 men are closing on
Kanhsien, gateway to Kwang
tung province and Canton, offi
cial nationalist reports said to
day. Kanhsien Is 215 miles north
east of Canton. It lies in the val
ley of the Kan river, national
highway to this refugee capital.
The nationalists admitted the
loss of a town only 12 miles
northwest of Kanhsien.
(It was on this part of the
front north of Canton that the
nationalists were boasting only
Tuesday that 11,000 Red troops
were surrounded.)
Wuvunchiao was seized by one
of the three Red armies which
the nationalists say have been
committed by Gen. Liu Po-
Cheng, famed communist com
: mander.
Another Red army was said
to be pressing south toward Kan
hsien along the Kan river val
lev. A third Red army was re
ported operating to the east. Liu
is supposed to have three more
rmiea in reserve.
Another official dispatch said
that Gen. Chen Yi, communist
commander In Eastern China
was preparing an amphibious
assault on the Chu Shan islands
about 100 miles southeast of
Shanghai.
Church Circle Plans
Cafeteria Evening
Silverton Mrs. Lawrence
Lierman, president of Esther
Circle of the WSCS of the Metn-
odist church, has named as. her
general committee for the cafe
teria picnic Wednesday evening
at the church gardens, Mrs. lier
man assisted by Mrs. Earl Er
ickson. Mrs. Earl Adams and
Mrs. Gordon VanCleave. On
publicity for the supper are
Mrs. W. Dale Lamar, Mrs. Felix
Wright and Mrs. Earl Spencer.
The supper is a fund project
for Esther Circle.. The public
is invited to attend.
1 Mrs. Lierman entertained the
fellow members of her circle
at her 1533 Bethany Road home
Thursday evening, assisted so
. cially by Mrs. Stewart McClure
. Mrs. Gordon VanCleave direct-
business of the evening was com
pleting plans for the supper.
Movies Are Arranged
By Woodburn Jaycees
Woodburn The Woodburn
Junior Chamber of Commerce
' , will meet In regular session
Tuesday, at the library club
rooms and motion pictures of
Jaycee activities over the state
will be shown. Plans will be
completed for the charter pre
entation banquet to be held in
September. All W o o d b u r
young men are urged to attend
and the public is invited to see
the pictures.
Tremor Reported
Longview, Wash., Aug. 13
Dr. E. H. Long reported here
last night that he had felt an
earth tremor on Mt. St. Helens
earlier in the day. The optome
trist said nearly every resident
of the Spirit Lake area definitely
felt the tremor.
Retired from Business because of health, James J. Magee of
Lebanon finds pleasure in the care of 350 choice begonia plants.
By careful cultivation and pollenization he has developed
rare blooms in unusual shades. His collection is compactly
arranged in a lath-house at the rear of his dwelling, 519
Isabella street.
Retired Lebanon Merchant
Keeps Busy with Begonias
Lebanon A fondness for flowers and especially begonias,
has prompted James J. Magee, retired merchant, to take to the
cultivation of this particular plant as a hobby. He now has
350 begonias in a compact garden at his home at 519 Isabella
street.
By experiment and study he
has learned to pollenize by hand,
for bees give no aid because of
the begonia's lack of fragrance.
Magee's work begins in Janu
ary when the minute seed are
prouted. Toothpicks are used
to lift the tiny plants for trans
planting. A second transplanting
places the plants from flats to
ground space or pots. Although
of th opinion that open ground
is the best place for begonias,
Magee gets excellent results in
potted plants.
The blooming season is from
May to September, his plants
now being at peak bloom. His
choisest flower at present is a
camillia type begonia measuring
eight inches in diameter. It has
been in blossom for more than
three weeks.
There are many varieties and
types of begonias, according to
this gardener, which makes pol
lination and the final bloom an
event to look forward to. His
gardens are an attraction to
many flower lovers, including
out of town guests.
ivestock Auction
Plans Are Started
Albany W. A. Vollstedt, Al
bany, will again head the bid
der's contact committee for the
Albany and Lebanon Kiwanis
club sponsored 4-H club fat live
stock auction sale August 31, it
is announced by O. E. Mikesell,
chairman of the Albany Kiwanis
club agriculture committee. Har
old Fisher, Albany, will serve as
vice-chairman, and A. J. Wilson,
will organize a similar commit
tee for Lebanon. .
Other members of Vollstedt's
committee are: Roy Collins,
Lowell Seaton, Glen Wilfert,
Clifford Knodoll, Neal Craig,
Chet Loe, Harold Arnett, and
Frank Zarones.
Ed Fortmiller, city recorder,
is chairman of the clerking com
mittee and will be assisted by
representatives from the three
Albany banks.
Dan Roth, Albany auctioneer.
has been again secured to cry
the sale which is one of the
state's best. Roth sold 136 ani
mals in the record time of one
hour and 35 minutes in 1948.
The sale will be held in the
4-H club fair building in Albany,
and will start at 8 p.m., DST.
CIO Vote Tractor Strike
Chicago, Aug. 13 U.R)Mem-
bers of the CIO farm equipment
workers .today threatened to
strike against the International
Harvester Tractor Works to back
up demands for "an adequate
wage and a pension plan."
The workers voted 2,698 to
471 last night in favor of strik
ing "if necesary."
Mexico is abolishing nickel
2 New Bishops
For Slovakia
Prague, Aug. 13 W The Vat
ican has appointed two new
bishops in Slovakia in an action
which may cause a new clash be
tween church and state here, it
was disclosed today.
The new appointees are Mon-
signor Ambrosius Lazik, who
has been serving as Apostolic
administrator of Trnava, and
Monsignor Robert Pobozny, who
has been capitular vicar of Roz
nava.
They are to be consecrated
next Sunday. Both have ex
pressed their loyalty to the na
tion's primate, Archbishop Josef
Beran, by signing his last pas
toral letter. The letter was is
sued June 26, and it accused
the Czechoslovak government of
persecuting the church and at
tempting to crush religious liber
ty.
Thte pastoral letter has been
denounced by the government
as a "subversive and anti-state
document,"
The possibility of a new state
church clash over these appoint
ments arises out of the unofficial
agreement under which the state
maintains the right to reject or
approve any candidate for bish
op proposed by Vtii Vatican.
However, the Vatican diplo
matic representative here claim
ed this issue had been circum
vented. He said that the two
new Slovakian bishops were not
named bishops in residence but
merely titular bishops.
Eighth Victim of
Plane Crash Dies
Seattle, Aug. 13 (U.PJ Rudolph
Balzarini, 80, died last night of
injuries suffered when a trans
port plane demolished his house
July 19. He was the eighth vic
tim of the crash.
Six persons died outright when
the C-46 Air Transport Associ
ates airliner demolished a group
of dwellings. The seventh died
shortly after the accident.
Truman Renews
Welfare Plea
Washington, Aug. 13 (IP)
President Truman today renew
ed his plea for senate approval
of reorganization plans creating
a department of welfare and
transferring the, bureau of em
ployment security from the fed
eral security to the labor de
partment.
In a letter to Vice President
Barkley, the president said:
"If these plans fail, the whole
great endeavor to reorganize the
executive branch in accordance
with modern principles of ad
ministration and management
will Be imperiled."
Mr. Truman s letter said that
"a public campaign has been in
stigated against them, and a ma
jority of the senate committee
on expenditures in the execu
tive department has recom
mended that they be disapprov
ed by the senate."
He said objections raised to
both plans "appear to me to be
ill-founded and mistaken."
He said that if they are re
jected, "a serious .blow will be
dealt to the prospects for fur
ther progress."
He added: '
"Every special interest group
concerned with the operation of
the government will be encour
aged to try to block further
steps toward efficiency and
economy."
Mr. Truman disclosed that he
had discussed the two plans
with former President Herbert
Hoover within the last few days.
He shares my concern that
their rejection would be a real
setback to the effort to reor
ganize the executive branch of
the government," Mr. Truman
asserted.
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Capital Journal, Salem, Ore, Saturday, August 13, 1949 3
Ralph Moody's 1858 Piano First to Reach Eastern Oregon
A square, rosewood piano, manufactured by Marshall &
Wendell and shipped around Cape Horn in 1858 to Zenas Ferry
Moody, later governor of Oregon, is represented as the first
piano to reach eastern Oregon. Mr. Moody was in the mer
chantile business at The Dalles in the 1860s. Seated at the
instrument now in the home of Ralph Moody, 285 South 16th
street, is Mrs. Ralph Moody.
Report Revolt
North Albania
Rome, Aug. 13 (IP) Reports
published in morning newspa
pers here today quoted Radio
Athens as saying a revolution
had broken out in northern Al
bania.
The report, which was not cre
dited to any source, said fighting
was underway between Albanian
army units and partisans. It
said the revolt was being direct
ed by agents of Premier Mar
shal Tito of Yugoslavia.
Albania, which is cut off from
land communication with other
Soviet satellites, has been on the
ouis wim rito since ne was ex
pelled from the Cominform
(Communist International Infor
mation Bureau). Several Alba
nian leaders charged with be
ing pro-Tito recently were exe
cuted by the Albanian govern
ment.
EARLY BIRD TO GET WORM
Police Seeking Loot
From Fairview Store
Lebanon Police are still with
out clues in the weekend theft
of articles from Fairview store
and the Richfield service sta
tion on highway 20 three miles
east of Lebanon.
County officers are coopera
ting with state police in the investigation.
Taken from the Fairview store
were four rifles, 10 boxes of
shells, four automatic reels,
electric toaster, two flashlights,
15 to 20 cartons of cigarettes,
stamps, small amount of cash,
two wrist bands and a .22
pistol.
A lighter loss was felt at the
Richfield station, with the loss
confined to candy, flashlight
batteries, fountain pens and
small change.
Hew Gadget Devised to End
Up and Downs in Meat Prices
By uviu A, fliAniin
rAMnniMbul Priuu Ptrm Reporter)
Washington. Aue. 13 Farmers may get their first experience
this fall with the government's latest gadget for ending periodic
ups and downs in prices and supplies of meat.
The gadget is a provision in the agriculture department's price
support program for hogs. It is aimed at giving a better price
break to the farmer who raises,
fattens and sells his hogs early
Little Garden Club
To Display Flowers
Salem Heights Mrs. Homer
McWain was hostess to the Little
Garden club of Salem Heights
at her home on Fairview aven
ue at a covered dish dinner. Mrs.
Ed. A. Carleton was named as
chairman for the flower arrange
ment exhibit at the state fair.
The Mill City Garden club will
be the guest of the Little Garden
club of Salem Heights at the
community hall in September.
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Aug. 12
(iP) Diplomatic sources here
said today they had no knowl
edge of a revolution in Albania
as reported by Rome newspapers.
Government officials here also
disclaimed knowledge of an Al
banian revolt, as did officials at
me Albanian legation. The Al
banians said they did not believe
the report.
Pet-Killer Again
Makes Appearance
Pet killers have again made
an appearance In Salem. At least
one valuable cat has been killed
and a number of others are
missing.
Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Estep,
850 E street, are offering a re
ward of $100 for the first infor
mation leading to arrest and
conviction of the person who
killed a blue-eyed white male
cat in the vicinity of Summer
and D streets on August 6 or 7.
The identity of the person giv
ing information will not be dis
closed, they said, unless desired.
Since 746 A.D. more than
2,000 major earthquakes have
been recorded in Japan.
Sunstroke Kills Yak
Little Rock, Ark., Aug 13 VP)
The Little Rock zoo's only Yak
a furry, cold weather animal
died of sunstroke yesterday. Zoo
officials said the animal's tem
perature reached 108 before
death. Tibet is the native habi
tat of the fur-bearing yak.
Man Buried Under
Tons of Sand Dies
Seattle, Aug 13 (U.R) Buried
alive when tons of sand caved in
at the botton of a well, Eldon E
Berkey, 33, died last night before
rescuers could free him.
Berkey, a resident of the
Juanita district near here, was
helping John Mareck of Kirk
land deepen the well on Jack
Haugen's land near Bothel when
the cave-in occurred.
Rescue workers recovered the
body two hours later.
than to the farmer who comes
along later and contributes to a
market glut.
Under this provision tne iar-
mpr who marKeis nis svnus
hogs in September is guaranteed
$18 to $18.50 for 1UU pounas
His neighbor who doesn't get his
hogs in market shape until Dec
ember is guarameea peiwrai
14 75 and $15. That's a wide
differencer-and quite a penalty
on the late guy.
Tho farmer knows, but per
haps the consumer doesn't, that
hogs do not move sieaauy iu
market throughout the year.
Marketings .start the year at a
very high level, then taper off
ir, Marrh and ADril. men mey
spurt up in May and June, fall
off again in July and August,
only to climb again in the fall.
Usually the the prices of hogs
and pork chops follow this
same pattern. Right now, for ex
ample, housewives are complain
ing about prices of pork. The
reason is the low level oi mat-ketings.
Most farmers breed their sows
so that they will farrow in me
spring and early fall when the
weather is usually most fav
orable for pigs.
What is needed, says the de
partment, is a change in the
breeding pattern so that more
pigs will be born in the late
winter and more in the sum
mer and hence fewer in the
spring and fall.
Both the farmer and the con
sumer would benefit, says the
department. The farmer would
average out somewhat higher
prices than he now gets because
there no longer would be a
sharp price break just at the
time when he has the most
hogs to sell.
The consumer no longer
would have to pay very high
prices in the late winter and late
summer because there would be
larger supplies of meat at those
times. '
To encourage farmers to
spread out hog farrowings and
marketings, the price support
guarantee is highest in those
seasons when hog marketings-
and pork supplies are usually
the smallest.
Jthis variable price support
pattern has been in effect for
several years. But farmers have
had no experience with it be
cause prices have been far above
support levels.
The situation is expected to
be different in the fall. A big
increase in last spring's pig
crop is expected to be reflected
in a heavy market run of hogs
in tne late fall and winter-
OLD TIME DANCE
Every Saturday Night
Over Western Auto
259 Court St
Join the crowd and have
a good time.
' Music By
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PUBLIC DANCE
Admission 60c, Inc. Tax
Glenwood Ball Room
Monday, Aug. 15
4 miles north of
Salem on 98E
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fact so heavy that It may pull
prices below government sup
port levels.
Government officials believe
the experience of having to sell
hogs under the variable price
support standard will lead many
farmers to spread their future
raising operations over a long
er period of time.
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I've said it before and I say it again.
There ain't a lazy hair on my chest. I've
worked like blazes all year in the restau
rant. I'm tired, weary and almost worn
out, but the STATE FAIR rolls around
next month and when I think of the thou
sands of people from all sections of Oregon who haven't
eaten our FAMOUS ROYAL FISH n CHIPS, I feel it a
duty to my fellowman to give them the opportunity to taste
this most delicious of all foods.
Don't get me wrong; I'm not doing this for money (per
ish the thought), but in addition to my desire to serve the
public, I've had a secret ambition for years to do a little
barking in a sideshow or some other concession at some fair
and this is my opportunity.
Hot Dog! I can hardly wait. I can see myself all
decked out with a derby hat and cane, or maybe a chef's
outfit, might even grow a moustache for the occasion, yell
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So long until next week,
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