10 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, January 2, 1950
STILL BATS HIGH
Doc Stork Keeps Score Level
Up; 2223 Babies in County
By DOUGLAS THOMAS
Old Doc Stork was busier than ever in Marion county during
1949, statistics for the year released by the county health de
partment disclosed today, but he showed signs of weakening
under the strain of the booming baby market.
During the frist 11 months of the past year a total of 2,223
births were recorded in Marion
county as compared with 2,191
for the same period in 1948, a
year which marked a decline
from the all-time peak in 1947
of 2,445.
Although more births were re
ported in 1949 than in 1948, the
birth rate, based on a compari
son between the number of new
arrivals and the total popula
tion, showed a decline from
25.32 to 24.02 in 1949.
The slipping birth rate in
dicated that the population of
Marion county is growing by
Immigration faster than the
weary old bird can go.
The figures for 1949 prepared
by the county office showed that
424 of the births in Marion coun
ty were credited to persons out
side the county who underwent
maternity care in local hospitals.
Despite the climb in the num
ber of citizens in Marion cooun
ty both by immigration and by
new additions from Doc Stork,
the number of deaths in the
county from all causes skidded
from the 630 reported in 1948
to 556 in 1949.
The greatest single cause of
death in Marion county was
heart disease and associated dis
orders. A total 183 persons suc
cumbed to heart disease alone,
while an additional 81 were
stricken by arterial disorders
and 60 more died of apoplexy.
Cancer rated as the second
highest killer, causing 10 5
deaths in this county for the
first eleven months of the year
in comparison to 94 for the same
period in 1948.
Nearly 600,000,000 acres of
western lands In the United
States are classed as semi-arid
and arid.
New York's Wafer
Supply Still Short
New York, Jan. 2 VP) New
York's water supply, up a lit
tle from recent rains, is now
almost exactly what it was at
the start of December about
91,000,000,000 gallons.
A month of water saving, plus
a break in the long drought,
stabilized the condition, water
officials said.
But they warned that the
reservoir level is still far un
der normal.
Yesterday's gain of 192,000,
000 gallons is only a five-hour
supply for the city, Chief Wa
ter Engineer Edward J. Clark
said.
Traffic Deaths Decline
Portland, Jan. 2 OP) City traf
fic records put 1949 on the books
as the safest year since the
count started in 1925.
There were 33 traffic fatui
ties, the lowest since records
were started in 1925.
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'Miss Cheesecake' Mary
Collins (above), 20, of Beau
mont, Tex., was selected as
"Miss Cheesecake of 1949" by
Stars and Stripes, U. S. news
paper, in Frankfurt, Germany.
Miss Collins is a model in
New York City. (AP Wire-photo)
Former Prisoners of War
May Make Claims Tuesday
Washington, Jan. 2 OJ.R) The war claims commission starts
accepting tomorrow claims for compensation from former Amer
ican prisoners of war, and civilians interned in the Pacific.
Claims will be processed on a first-come-first-served basis. Pay
ments are expected to begin in early spring.
The claims may be filed up to
March 1, 1951. Claims forms
may be obtained at 70 regional
Veterans Administration offices;
the war claims commission here.
and the state agencies set up by
governors
Those eligible for componsa
Four Corners Firemen Make
Excellent Record During '49
Four Corners, Jan. 2 The annual report of the Four Cor
ners volunteer fire department covering the rural fire protection
district for the year 1949. Twenty-eight runs were made with
one false alarm. Two were outside the district. Called for assist
ance from Salem twice and assisted Salem once. Total value of
property at risk including build-
inas and contents $980,000. To
tal loss incurred approximately
$93,000, of which $60,000 was
the Pen Annex fire reducing the
total fire loss to our district to
approximately $3 3,000. Fire
Chief W. R. Gould was available
to respond to 21 of the calls. To
tal number of men responding
to all calls were 152 men, an
average of 6.2 man per fire. No
accident or injuries occurred to
anyone while on fire calls.
Improvements added to the
fire house include a heating
plant and a hose dryer. Permits
issued for fires totaled 88 with
no fire getting out of hand.
Forty-four fire hazards were re
ported with 39 eliminated.
Social activities Included the
annual dinner with the firemen's
wives as guests, the annual St.
Valentine's dance and the decor
ated horse-drawn fire engine
float entered in the civic divi
sion of the Cherryland Festival
In Salem for which they receiv
ed second award. Chief W. R.
Gould and Assistant Chief Wal
do Miller extend their appreci
ation to the cooperation of the
volunteer firemen and th citi
zen's of the district In so will
ingly supporting the fire con
trol program for the past year
and look forward to Increased
efficiency for the coming year.
Four Corner The Four
Corners Garden club will hold
their January meeting Thursday
evening, January S, at the com
munity hall. Program commit
tee, Mrs. Raymond Hough, Mrs.
Floyd Green, Mrs. Homer Bales,
Mrs. Buena MeKee. Hosteeses
will be Mrs. Harold Halfman,
Mrs. Arlo McLaln, Mrs. Cecil
Snook, Mrs. Warren Shrake,
Mrs. Ross Chrlsman.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Rlckman
and family drove to Astoria on
Thursday to celebrate the birth
day anniversary of their daugh
ter Mrs. James G. Taylor.
cake was served on an heirloom
crystal cake stand that was her
great-grandmother's. Coming to
extend congratulations were
Donna Meyer, Carol and Peggy
Hoffman, Joyce Burris, Betty
and Barbara Snook, Janet
Loucke, Janice Phieffer.
Thursday evening between
7:30 and 9:30, Mrs. G. M. Deen,
4077 Durbin avenue, was hostess
to her music students. Musical
games and favors provided en
tertainment for the social hour.
Accepting her hospitality were
Janice Phillips, Sherrill White,
Lolita Miller, Barbara Burns,
Janice Shrake and Donna Meyer.
Madagascar is about four
times as large as England
Four Corners Social events
take precedent as the holiday
season draws to a close. Mrs. Ce
cil Snook, 145 N. Elma avenue,
complimented her daughter, Ma
rilyn, on Thursday afternoon,
the occasion being her 12th
bl r t h d a y anniversary. Games
were In play and the birthday
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Financial Condition
Reflects City Growth
Salem's growth in the last 10 years is reflected in city finances,
and significant comparative figures have been compiled by City
Treasurer Paul Hauser.
In 1939 the Salem tax levy was $361,423.73. For the fiscal
year 1949-1950 it is $572,320.29.
City receipts nave multiplied.
Ten years ago they were esti
mated In the city budget at $30,-
000, and the estimate for the
present fiscal year is $352,535.
This does not include taxes or
water department revenues.
Salem s assessed valuation in
1939 was $15,029,502. It hasn't
quite doubled, but now stands
at $28,267,738. Taxes per $1000
of assessed valuation 10 years
ago were $60.80 and are now
$72.10.
The city's cash balance on De
cember 31, 1939, was $107,
881.28 and on the same date in
1949, $537,633.30.
The city had no parking me
ters then, but has 1507 now, and
roundly then will return this
fiscal year $110,000. And there
was no sewer rental charge to
water users then, but for 1949
50 this i.em will produce about
$100,000.
Budgeted items for city ex
penditures have increased cor
respondingly.
In 1939 there was budgeted
for the airport $432. Now the
item is $15,200. For play
grounds, parks and band the in
crease has been from $8368 to
$41,784, and for health service
it has jumped from $8977 to
$$22,647.
For the fire department and
40 men the city appropriated
$73,817 in 1939 and for the de
partment with 79 men $312,300
this fiscal year. Ten years ago
the police department had 25
men and the appropriation was
$50,134. Now it has 57 men
and the appropriation is $226,
852. The poolice and fire depart
ments together, totaling $539,
152, are bigger by $147,728.27
than the entire city budget of
$391,423.73 ten years ago.
In 1939 the city's bonded debt
was $3,251,107.30. It has been
reduced, and outstanding last
June 30 was $1,899,249.93. On
that date general obligation
bonds were $321,573.11, street
improvement bonds $169,052.57,
and water bonds $1,408,624.25.
Ex-Comedy Queen Dies
London, Jan. 2 VP) Kate Car
ney, cockney comedy queen of
the British music halls in the
days before World war one, died I
last night in a London hospital.
She was 80.
A veteran of more than 50
years on the stage, she took
part in the first royal command
performance in 1912. These per
formances have since become a
British stage tradition.
Glider Pilot Breaks
Altitude Record Again
Bishop, Calif., Jan. 2 OP)
John Robinson, Arcadia, Calif.,
glider pilot, broke the world's
altitude record by soaring 33,800
feet above sea level in his single
place sailplane.
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