Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, September 19, 1949, Page 2, Image 2

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    2 Capital Journal, Salem, Oreifnn, Monday, Sept. 19, 1949.
State Forester Rogers
Dies After Long Illness
Nelson S. Rogers, stale forester since 1940, died Sunday night
st a Salem hospital following an extended illness from Hodge )
kins disease. He had been confined to the hospital since April la
of this year.
The governor's office Monday morning said that the deputy
state forester, George Spaur,
will serve in the capacity of act
ing state forester until Rogers'
si'cccssor Is named by the state
forestry board. Spaur was nam
ed acting state forester several
months ago.
Considered one of the fore
most foresters of the United
States, Nelson Rogers, began his
forestry career when he work
ed In sawmills of Oregon and
Washington. He was a leader in
the conservation movement in
Oregon and with the aid of the
timber industry brought Oregon
to the foremost place in the un
ion in the conservation of its
timber resources.
Prior to his appointment as
state forester Rogers had served
as deputy state forester, evalu
ation engineer for the state tax
commission and in a number of
positions dealing with forest pro
tcction work. Before entering
forest protection work he had
the position of principal of
schools at Condon, Oregon.
Born at Vernonia, Oregon
March 2B, 1891, Nelson Rogers
attended the public schools in
that town and later received de
grees from Pacific university in
1920, and from the University
of Washington in 1930. He also
studied at the Oregon College of
Education and at the Kastern
Washington College of Educa
tion. He was married in 1921
to Georgia Searcy of Condon,
who survives him
A yctcran of World War 1,
Rogers was a master engineer
with the army, 1917-1919, and
served In France. His Interest
in the army carried over and
following World War II he gave
active support to the Army Re
serves in this area, aiding them
in securing the land on which
the Army Reserve quonsct huts
are now located.
Rogers in 184B was elected
vice president of the National
Association of State Foresters
and was a senior member of the
Society of American Foresters
and the Oregon Academy of Sci
ence. He held membership in
several forestry organizations
and was co-author of two books
"Your Oregon Yesterday, To
day and Tomorrow" and ''Geog
raphy of Oregon." Both books
are used extensively in public
schools. He was also a regis
tered professional engineer.
In addition to his membership
In forestry organlzatlonos Rog
ers was a member of the Rotary
club and the American Legion.
An all-around athlete when a
student at Pacific university,
playing baseball, basketball and
football and also a trackman,
Rogers was very active In help
ing with the organization of Am
erican Legion Junior baseball
when that program was inaugu
rated. Surviving besides Mrs. Rogers
are two daughters, Mrs. Janet
Wilder of McMinnville and Rob
erta Rogers of Salem; two sons,
Douglas, who plays end on the
Salem high school football team
and Bruce, also of Snlem; h I s
Homer, ivirs. i.ou Anne HogersPapb,h i7 and Hegan; Uiput and
of Vernonia; a brother, LeelBerra.
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Opens 6:45 P. M.
NOW! TWO NEW HITS!
Now! Opens 6:45 P.M.
Jock Corson Color
"My Drtom It Yours"
John Holl Color
"Princo of Thieti"
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Nelson S. Rogers
Rogers of Vernonia; and a sis
ter, Mrs. Virffil Beaver of Sea
side. Funeral services for Mr. Rog
ers will be held Wednesday, Sep
tember 21, at 1:30 p.m. at the
Clough-Barrick chapel and in
terment will be in Belcrest Me
morial park.
Salem Shrine Club
Stag September 23
The annual fall stag of the
Salem Shrine club will be held
at the Marion hotel, Friday,
September 23 beginning at 6
p.m.
A steak dinner will lie served
I at 7:30 p.m. to be, followed by a
program of entertainment.
Shriners from all parts of Mar
ion county are expected to be
present, at this, one one the most
popular events on the Shrine
club's calendar.
Control Board Meet
Cancelled for Week
The state board of control
meeting, set for Tuesday, has
been canceled this week because
two members are out of the
state, Board Secretary Roy Mills
said today.
Secretary of State F.arl T.
Newbry is in Oklahoma City for
a meeting this week of the Am
erican Association of Motor Ve
hicle Administrators. State
Treasurer Walter J. Pearson is
attending a western states dem
ocratic meeting in San Francis
co. Additional Sports
NATIONAL
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Barney and Campaiu'Ha; Ku-sh
Hnrker (9l and Owen.
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ASK FOR YOUR TREASURE
HUNT TICKETS AT THIS THEATRE!
And Remember
Make Movies a Habit!
Moronic Blaze
Being Probed
Toronto. Ont.. Sept. 19 M
The government today ordered
the crew of the lake steamer.
Noronic to a secret inquiry to
chi ck "all aspects'' of the dock
side fire which killed at least
119 panic-stricken passengers.
Questioning of the crew be
gan as five divers descended
again into submerged sections
of the charred hull of the 8,908
ton pleasure boat to search for
bodies of 171 passengers still
listed as missing.
Officials doubted, however,
that the death toll would rise
much higher. Some 361 of the
ship's 685 passengers were re
ported safe, with 34 in hospitals.
It was believed that most of
those unaccounted for had left
the scene for their homes with
out reporting their escape.
Only 29 of the 119 bodies re
covered had been identified
This confidential Inquiry pre
ceded from a formal government
investigation, to be open to the
public, later this week, the de
partinent said.
Three other investigations to
determine the cause of the trag
edy also were underway. They
were being conducted by the
Canada Steamship lines, owner
of the vessel, city officials of
Cleveland, and the insurance
firm which had insured the ship
for $1,000,000. Not far from the
wreckage strewn dock where
the "queen of the lakes" burned
Saturday morning at her moor
ings, weary Red Cross and Sal
vation Army workers and medi
cal officials continued their grim
task of identifying charred
bodies.
To Sign-up for
Baldock Plan
The city of Salem will pre
sent a signed agreement on the
Baldock traffic relief plan to the
state highway commission Tues
day afternoon.
It is expected that the com
mission will also sign the aRree
ment and thus authorize a be
ginning of the $7,000,000 proj
ect. Included in work scheduled to
begin immediately is construc
tion of a new Marion street
bridge from Salem to West Sa
lem to be followed later by re
construction of the Center street
bridge; provision of a by-pass)
route east of Salem and rerout-1
ing of traffic on 89E through
Siilcm.
Bids for construction of a new
highway building, Just north of
the new state office building in
Salem will he opened by the
commission.
A delegation of 20 Salem of-
New
Woodburn
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Theatre
Oregon
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ENDS TODAY
"ANY NUMBER
CAN PLAY"
KmuiiuimuiutL
HELD OVER!
DAILY FROM 1 P.M.
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CAN STILL
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ficiali and citizens will attend
the commission meeting and
urge relocation of, the North
Santiam highway between Sa
lem and Mill City: endorse the
Wilsonville cut-off for comple
tion as soon as funds are avail
able and urge some relief meas
ures on highway 9!(E on the
north approach to Salem.
Windows to Be
Ready Tuesday
Curtains and drapes will slide
from windows of most of the
stores in Salem Tuesday night
at 7 o'clock, and competition will
open in the Fall Opening win
dow display contest.
The judges, John Mock of Be
dell's and J. R. Ness of Nudle
man's in Portland and one other
out of town person to be an
nounced later, will begin their
task of selection winners in each
of the 11 divisions as soon as
the windows are unveiled. ,
Classifications for the window
display contests are:
Jewelry, drugs, photo, flor
ists and cards, home furnishing.!,
men's clothing, sporting goods,
hardware, auto accessories, and
plumbing, department stores,
specialty stores, women's ready
to wear, shoe stores, auto deal
ers, and restaurants.
Flying Saucer Seen
In Reverse Gear
Now they re putting a re
verse gear in tho.se flying sau
cers. While D. E. Coiand and N. K
Hamilton, employes ot a serv
ice station at South Commercial
and Mission streets, were watch
ing a group of airplanes flying
over the city at 11-30 a.m. Sun-
when you smoke PHILIP MORRIS!
...light up a
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now YOU
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Registration
At Willamette
Willamettte university's li
brary was the scene of unusual
activity Monday morning as in
coming students went the rounds
of faculty members as they re
gistered for the fall semester.
Registration is expected to ex
tend over a period of several
days although the bulk of those
who expect to be on the campus
this fall were scheduled to get
their courses arranged by late
afternoon.
Regular class work is slated
to begin at 8 o'clock Tuesday
morning and two hours later
President G. Herbert Smith will
address the students on "Ways
to High Scholarship" during the
first convocation of the term.
The first regular chapel ser
vice will be held at the First
Methodist church at 10 o'clock
Thursday morning.
Engagement Broken
Warrenton, Va., Sept. 19 UP)
William D. Pawley, Jr.. son of
former Ambassador to Brazil
said today he and Elizabeth Tay
lor of the movies have "mutu
ally agreed" to call off their en
gagement. day, a flying saucer suddenly
loomed into view, they report.
The saucer was hoaded north,
the witnesses say, came to a halt
for more than a minute, shot
stright up about 2000 feet, then
started "backing up" and flew
south. It stopped again, then
zoomed up and out of sight.
About a dozen people in the
Fairmont hill district in south
Salem also reported seeing the
wierd object. A few persons at
tempted to study the saucer
through binoculars, but found it
impossible to secure a focus on
the fast-moving object.
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30 Foot Lane in Forkner's
Addition Plat Protested
County Surveyor A. D. Granam has directed a letter to the Sa
lem Planning and Zoning commission asking about the width of
Park lane on a plat for Forkner's Acres north of Salem which
has been submitted for approval.
It is understood the plat is to come before the zoning and plan
ning commission Tuesday eve-
ning for its approval as to the
width of the roadway which
calls for only 30 feet in the plat.
Graham calls attention to the
fact that under Chapter 498,
laws of 1947, the county is pre
eluded from ever taking over;
or maintaining a road under su
feet in-width.
Also it is understood to be
a practice of the zoning commis
sion to reject approval ot a road
way within a silx-mile radius
of the city limits which if under
60 feet in width.
The fact that R. A. Forkner,
who is submitting the plat for
approval, is a member of the
L"..!!? "KX M!2!th. Pacific highway across the
commission which will be called
on Tuesday to approve the road
is not mentioned in Graham's
letter but has been a subject of
discussion among officials in re
gard to the width of the road
way. They say that to allow this
roadway to be approved at 30
feet when the general practice
is 60 feet and the law refuses
GLENN rORD
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DON'T INMAll.
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to allow the county to take over
a road less than 90 feet wide,
might establish a precedent
highly embarrassing both to the
zoning and planning commission
and the county court, as well as
the surveyor and county engi-
neer, all of whom have to ap
prove the plat eventually. The
county engineer also is a mem
ber of the zoning and planning
commission.
Graham's letter states that the
road serves 11 houses at the
present time and with filing and
development of the plat it will
serve several more.
. . ,v,.nrt, frnm
highway from its intersection
with Kappahn road.
Court members have been ap-
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O.VE cigarette has really done something about it
That cigarette is Philip Morris!
Remember: less irritation means more pleasure.
And Philip Morris is the ONE cigarette proved definitely
Uss irritating, definitely milder, than any other leading brand.
NO OTHER CIGARETTE CAN MAKE THAT STATEMENT.
YOU'LL BE GLAD TOMORROW -
YOU SMOKID PHILIP MORRIS TODAYI
proached by tome of the resi
dents now living on Park lane
saying they do not want the
street widened or made into a
county road as they do. not care
for heavy traffic on the road
which they wish to serve only
themselves, their families and
any visitors they may have with
out any heavy influx of traffic.
But, whether this argument
will overcome the objections to
setting up a precedent by allow
ing establishment of a 30-foot
road within a short distance
from the city limits, is a matter
they state is open to careful con
sideration.
Being within the six-mile lim
it it must pass the scrutiny of
the city planning and zoning
commission before it reaches the
court. It is understood It will be
up as an order of business at the
Tuesday night session of that
commission.
James Polk was the shortest
lived of all American presidents.
He died at S3.
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