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Railroad Situation Pictured
By President Merciet of SP
While industrial development and population growth continued
at a rapid pace in 1949 in the territory served by Southern
Pacific, the railroad encountered various offsetting conditions.
There was a national leveling off of railroad revenue from the
postwar high of 1948, in line with the decline in general business
but traffic remained far above
the pre-war level. At the same
time, the rising cost of provid
ing rail service, partly met by
increases authorized in freight
rates, reached a new peak.
These observations highlight
a year-end review of Southern
Pacific activities, released today
by President A. T. Mercicr of
the railroad. He pointed out
that the population gain since
1940 in the eight western and
outhwestern states served by
Southern Pacific is 34 per cent,
compared with only nine and
one-half per cent in the other 40
states.
Costs Not Balanced
But against this gain in the
population density and traffic
potential of its territory, South
ern Pacific experienced costly
developments in addition to the
nationwide d r o p - off in busi
ness, Mr. Mercier said. These
lnluded tie-ups of connecting
lines during the unusually se
vere weather early this year, a
ahort supply of freight cars in
recent months as westbound
loadings from eastern industrial
centers took a sharp drop, and
th increasing competition of
highway carriers.
Rate increases granted this
year were less than sufficient to
balance the increase in labor
costs, he continued. The 40-
hour week for non-operating
employes, which became effect
ive September 1, alone added
.nearly $4,600,000 in four
months to the company's 1949
wage bill, and on an annual bas
is will cost nearly $14,000,000.
Efficiency Increased
"In the face of high costs,
Southern Pacific has continued
aggressively its program to cut
expenses by increasing its effi
ciency through greater mechan
ization," Mr. Mercier said. "At
the same time we are continu
ing to invest large sums in ser
vice improvements.
"In 1949 we have received or
ordered 195 additional Diesel
locomotives at a cost of $65,
500,000. During the past year
we have received 6,123 new
freight cars and have under de
livery or authorized for pur
chase 4.209 more, at a total cost
of $54,500,000."
Capitol Post No. 9 joins 17,-
332 other posts of the American
Legion in the nation-wide Tot
to Tot overseas Tide of Toys
Christmas collection campaign.
Already many toys have been
assembled in the American Leg
ion club for these kiddies and it
is requested that every child
that contributes a toy should ac
company it with a letter of
greeting.
This will create many friend
ships between American child
ren and the children overseas,
which, it is hoped, will build
up a belter understanding be-
Overseas distribution ot these
toys will be made by CARE
which is already officially or
ganized in most European coun
tries. No doubt, there are many
toys received by children i n
this community which they
would gladly give to those chil
dren in other countries who are
not as fortunate as children here.
When the toys are assembled
at the American Legion club
they will be carefully packed
and shipped to Philadelphia,
where they will be allotted to
the different countries and al-
shipped thereto.
Capital Post No. 9 will appre
ciate any cooperation given the
project.
1949 Important Year for
Progress in Oregon Forestry
The year 1949 marked a new epoch in the history of forestry
in Oregon.
A milestone was the signing of the bond authorization that
launched Oregon into the biggest artificial reforestration project
in the country, not excepting the federal government. Date was
July 18 and the place Owl Camp1
Troops Move for
Arctic Maneuvers
Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan
2 W) What officers described
the longest motorized troop
movement in American military
history is under way with for
ces leaving here for Arctic ma
neuvers.
U.S. ski troops and other win
ter specialists will join units of
the Canadian army and U.S. and
Canadian air forces at White
horse in the Yukon territory,
more than 2000 air miles north
of here.
The combined task force will
operate against a "common ag
gressor" in the frozen Arctic
wasteland. The exercises are de
signed to test men, clothing,
equipment and tactics under
Arctic conditions.
Store Bought
By Wiscarsons
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wiscar-
son, who purchased a partner
ship interest in the Will Music
store in August of 1948, have
taken over the entire establish
ment from Mr. and Mrs. Saul S.
Janz, effective the first of this
year.
Prior to entering business,
Wiscarson was director of in
strumental music for the Salem
public schools. He is a graduate
of the University of Oregon
with degrees in music and busi
ness administration. Later he
took post graduate work at the
Eastern School of Music and
from Washington State college.
The Will Music store, located
at 432 State street, was estab
lished by the late George C. Will
in 1879. The store was operated
on Commercial street by Mr
and Mrs. Will for many years.
Mrs. Will, who survives her hus
band, lives on North Winter
street.
Japan has 8,000,000 radio re
ceiving sets.
Dancer Dies
Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 2 ()
Tom Patricola, 59-year-old vau
deville dance headliner, is dead
after a week's illness following
brain surgery. Patricola worked
the old Keith-Orpheum circuit
for 15 years and appeared in
the George White "Scandals" for
six years. Until his retirement
a year ago, he danced and act
ed in the movies.
Another Putnam Statue to
Be Exhibited at Willamette
"Small Combat" a statue cast in bronze, by Arthur Putnam,
of the dramatic fight between two tigers, will be placed on dis
play at Willamette in January, university officials announced
today. Loaned by Miss Marilyn Walkey of Santa Monica, Calif.,
granddaughter of the sculpturer, and a former student at Wil
lamette, it is similar to the one
by the same artist, now on ex-
Cogswells Entertain
With Holiday Dinner
Liberty, Jan 2 Mrs. James
Cogswell and Jean entertained
holiday guests at a dinner at
their home on Jones road. The
afternoon was spent informally
and colored pictures were shown
of the family in Minnesota.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. H.
E. Bosell, David and Shirley,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pettit, Mr.
and Mrs. James Oliver, Ralph
and Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Bosell and Janet, Mr. and Mrs.
George Cogswell and Bonnie
Jean of Seattle, Wash, and Bet-t
ty Cogswell.
hibition on a specially built ta
ble in the east end of the uni
versity library. This work is
entitled "Combat" a fight be
tween tigers, a python for a
deer.
Putnam suffered a brain tu
mor in 1914 which caused him
to discontinue his work. At
this time he was known as one
of the outstanding animal sculp
tors of our time. He was a
brother of George Putnam of
Salem.
A resident of California, Put
nam received his education in
bronze casting in Rome in 1905.
A gold medal was presented him
in 1915 at the Pan-American
Pacific International Exposition
held in San Francisco. In 1909
he built his own foundry for
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Putnam now has exhibitions
in the Museum of Fine Arts in
Boston and the Metropolitan
Museum of Fine Arts in New
York City. A collection of his
works are on display at the
Palaces of Legion of Honor in
San Francisco and San Diego.
the Tillamook Burn with
those signing Gov. Douglas Mc
kay and the board of forestry.
The ten and a half million
dollar bond issue covering the
costs of the gigantic forest res
toration job will be expended
over a 15-year period.
General provisions of the re
habilitation act are: Issuance of
bonds not to exceed three-fourths
of one per cent of the assessed
valuation of the taxable real
i property in Oregon, with $750,-
000 the maximum amount of
bonds that may be issued in one
year; and funds to be used for
reforestra t i o n, rehabilitation,
protection and acquisition of
state forest lands.
Program Takes Time
Commenting on the forestry
department's program State
Forester George Spaur empha
sized that the change-over to
modern forest practices was not
made overnight, noting that it
required continued efforts of
citizens, timberland owners,
lumber industry and associated
groups and legislators from
1911 when the first board of
forestry was established. Spaur
also drew attention to the fact
that Oregon has always been a
"trailbreaker" in adopting mod
ern forestry legislation.
The Oregon state board of
forestry now owns approximate
ly 655,000 acres of forest land
with about one-third of that in
need of immediate rehabilita
tion, borne burned-over areas
are restocking through natural
means, but fire corridors must
be constructed and protection
facilities expanded to insure the
future of the young forest crop.
"Know - how" for the forest
rehabilitation program is forest
research made possible by the
state forest research and experi
mental tax act of 1947, calling
for a five cent per thousand
board feet severance tax on all
timber harvested.
Sixty per cent of the funds
have been distributed to the
Oregon forest products labora
tory at Corvallis for research
in the utilization of waste re
sulting from logging and wood
manufacture. The remaining
40 per cent was used by the
board of forestry for practical
research in developing reforesta
tion techniques in the field.
Work Centers in Burn
Practical aspects of rehabilia
ting a denuded forest area were
worked out in 1947 and 1948
and site of most of the re
search was the Tillamook Burn,
graveyard of fire - blackened
snags and stumps stretching
over endless miles with only a
few green trees remaining.
Here, too, the first steps in
the reforestation program were
started to get it back into prod
uction for the late State Forester
Nels Rogers estimated an annual
loss of $1,800,000 until the Burn
was back in production.
The three-pronged attack on
the burn includes:
1. Reforestation, aerial seed
ing whenever possible and seed
lings planted by hand on more
difficult terrain.
2. Snag-free fire corridors
since it is financially impossible
to fall all snags in the burn,
corridors along vantage loca
tions, such as summits, ridges,
etc., are being cleared and cross-
corridors eliminated of all snags.
3. Increased fire protection
facilities including additional
lookouts, mobile equipment and
emergency crews.
First aerial seeding in the
Tillamook Burn was last fall
when 9,401 acres were seeded at
a cost of $4.16 per acre or a
total of $39,421. Two planting
projects are under way, one un
der contract to a private opera
tor, the other by state forestry
crews.
A planting of 900 acres, re
quiring about 850,000 Douglas
fir seedling, was awarded at a
contract price of $15.85 per acre.
Seedlings are supplied by the
forest industry nursery, state of
Washington and the Oregon for
est nursery.
More Towers Needed
Two areas in the snag-free
corridors have been completed.
The first corridor, including the
cutting of 3.751 snags, were
awarded for $2,502 or almost 67
cents per snag. Second area of
3,333 snags was let for approxi
mately 50 cents per snag and the
third to be awarded on bid later
includes 2,718 snags. Length of
the three snag-free corridors is
five and one-half miles.
Plans for protecting the young
forests call for a construction
of additional lookout towers,
construction of fire roads, pur
chase of mobile fire fighting
equipment. Also five emergen
cy fire-fighting crews will be
placed upon a 24-hour alert.
Work will increase in tempo
in 1950. First will be aerial
seeding of approximately 10
000 acres in the Jordan creek
area of the Tillamook Burn
Spring will find the first work
started on state forest lands in
Clatsop county and preliminary
surveys will be made over 40,-
000 acres in the Nicolai area
NLRB Rules Against
Meier & Frank Co.
Washington, Jan. 2 0P The
Meier & Frank department store
in Portland, Ore., has been held
in violation of the national la
bor law in its relation with
the AFL retail department store
workers union.
National labor relations board
trial examiner Thomas S. Wil
son reported the store manage
ment was guilty of coercing em
ployes in their right to choose
their own union and bargaining
collectively.
Post Office
Take $805,234
The Salem post office hasn't
reached the million dollar a year
bracket, but the time may not be
far distant when receipts for a
single year will reach that mark.
At the close of business De
cember 31, 1949, receipts for the
12 months period were $805,
234,59, acording to Postmaster
Albert C. Gragg. The figure has
been climbing steadily upward,
having increased more than
$300, 000 since the present post
master took over the head posi
tion in 1044 when they were
$487,824.07.
Receipts for 1948 were $732,
897.84, which means this year's
figure was $72,336.84 higher. In
1945 the receipts were $528,
664.26; in 1946, $573,888.64, and
in 1947, $635,183.88.
For December of this year
the receipts were $116,738.12 as
compared with $103,039.75 for
the same month a year ago or a
13.29 per cent gain.
Part of the increase is due to
increased rates in a number of
items and part is credited to the
greater population which the
post office serves.
Employes of the office total
175 with a monthly payroll in
excess of $40,000.
Woodburn Nativity
Scene Will Remain
Woodburn, Jan. 2 Many visi
tors from Portland and other cit
ies nearby have visited the na
tivity scene built within St.
Luke's Catholic church here. The
church remains open all day
and the nativity scene will re
main for public inspection until
next Sunday, January 8.
Working with the parish
priests, three men worked for a
week in building the underpin
ning of the Bethlehem scene. A
group of nine men spent most of
one day in the foothills of the
Cascades gathering moss used
the crib. Otto P. Miller of
Woodburn is the builder of the
crib which is an annual vacation
project of his. He was assisted
this year by Leonard Petshow
and Charles Smith.
The church is open all day
and the public is welcome to
come any time, according to the
priests, Rev. V. L. Moffenbeier
and Rev. Francis Hanley.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, January 2, 1950 13
.Canyon Development Brings
Prosperity to Stayton Area
Stayton, Jan. 2 Forerunner of things to come has been the
activity during the year on Highway 222 through Stayton en
route to the site of the Detroit dam. Passenger cars, and trucks
loaded with materials and equipment have greatly increased the
flow of traffic. The Hamman Stage lines have added additional
bus run to carry workers to the
ciated
con- reel.
The
273 Men and Women Enter
Services Here During Year
Two hundred and seventy-three men and women In the area
served by Salem recruiting offices of the various branches of
the armed services entered the armed forces of the United States
during 1949. During the calendar year of 1949 an even 200 per
sons were enlisted in the army or air force through the Salem
recruiting office.
Of the 143 enlisted in the
army for various commands and
assignments both overseas and
within the zone of interior three
were women from this area. One
woman was enlisted for the Wo
men! Air Force while 56 men
from this area chose this branch
of service.
In adition to the enlistments
11 men qualified for Officer
Candidate school or direct com
missions and seven men qualified
for Aviation Cadet training.
January of 1949 led the list for
number of enlistments with a
total of 43 which included 14
from the Albany area and Lin
coln and Linn counties.
Many changes in the recruit
ing service took place during
1949 with a reduction in the local
recruiting staff from one officer
and eight enlisted men and one
civilian clerk to three enlisted
men now assigned to the local
office.
Marines on recruiting duty
here also were cut during the
year. Where as, there previous'
ly were two sergeants on duty
at the Salem office there is now
one handling the enlistments.
The Salem Marine recruiting
office this year exceeded its en
listment quota with 29 men en
listed in all. Twenty-five of
these were first enlistments and
four were re-enlistments.
Navy recruiters for the Salem
office during 1949 enlisted 44
men in the navy. Of this number
39 were first enlistments and the
remaining five were re-enlistments.
dam
The year has brought
tinned activity in building with
several large projects finished
or begun during the past twelve
months.
The new Star theatre was
completed and opened for busi
ness the evening of April 5. Esti
mated cost o the building, fully
equipped was given as $72,000.
Owners are Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Spraker and Mr. and Mrs. M.
Van Driesche.
A building of which Stayton
may be justly proud is the new
civic building on First street
near the Salem ditch. The large
auditorium was built mostly
by donated labor and was com
pleted in record time to be used
by the annual Santiam Bean
festival for dances.
The new high school plant for!
Union high school District 4J
was begun early in September
and is scheduled to be com
pleted by March 26, 1950. Earl
Hall of Lebanon was successful
bidder on his $230,450 bid. The
building program is coming
along well within the schedule.
Another new building is that
of the state highway mainten
ance crew on First street near
the cut. Built of masonry, it is
28 by 92 feet and will be used
as headquarters for the department.
Stayton Mutual Switchboard
association has added additional
space to the front of its build
ing on First street to house the
new $12,000 switchboard which
is on oraer and due to arrive
soon for installation. Cost of the
addition was $1500.
L. A. Smith built a new lum
ber yard, known as the Stayton
Building Materials. It is located
near me east cily limits on
Highway 222. Mrs. V. A. Goodc
opened her new floral shop on
east Jefferson street, and Mrs.
Alma Shelton and Miss Birdeen
Yeoman opened the Honev-B
Drive-in on First street and Lo
cust, in November. Mrs. Mary
Kintz opened the new Falls cafe
and tavern at Sublimity in the
new building recently construc
ted of Tuff stone, taken from the
hillside near Sublimity.
New homes have been built
during the year and property
sales have been made through
out the year. New businesses
include a shoe store, men's fur
nishing's store, shoe repair and
jewelry store.
Dr. Theodore Stuckart has
built a new office building and
moved his family to a remodel
ed house at Third street and
aanuam, wnne awaiting com
pletion of their new home on
Elwood street in the same block
Vapor lights have been instal
led on Stayton's main street and
unsightly poles on the east side
of the street have been removed.
Biggest news story of the
year, one which gained national
proportions was that of the
"Beans to Boston" feature of the
Santiam Bean Festival when
Denny Frank was chosen "Jack
of the Beanstalk" and flew to
Boston with a case of Santiam
beans for Mayor Curley. Slay
ton as a snap bean growing cen
ter was heralded by the Asso-
Press, radio and news-
high school gymnasium
was destroyed by fire Novem
ber 2 with the loss estimated at
$10,000. It too, had been a com
munity project, with many
grown - tips who remembered
with pride their part as young
sters raising funds for the build
ing. Another large fire of the
year was that of the Assembly
of God church when a spectacu
lar fire damaged it to the extent
of $2500 Friday, January 14.
There were 171 births, 53
weddings and 101 deaths rec
orded in Stayton as compared
with 203 births, 67 weddings
and 107 deaths in 1948.
Chennault Sues
China Airlines
Hong Kong, Jan. 2 W) Retir
ed U. S. Gen. Claire L. Chen
nault, heading a new American
corporation, will try through a
suit tomorrow to prove owner
ship of China's two largest air
lines impounded here by tht
British.
His American attorney, Rich
ard Hepner, said action would
be brought in a Hong Kong
court. The two lines, China Na
tional Aviation Corp. (CNAC)
and Central Air Transport Corp.
(CATC), are claimed by Chen
nault and pro-communist em
ployes of the lines.
Hepner said CNAC and CATC
have been registered with the
American Civil Aeronautical
administration.
A spokseman said Chennault'i
newly formed Civilian Trans
port, Inc., a Delaware corpor
ation, acquired the Chinese Na
tionalist government'! inter
est in bolh lines and Pan Am
erican Airway's 20 per cent in
terest in CNAC.
William (Wild BMH Tlnnnvun.
New York lawyer and former
head of the U. S. wartime of
fice ot strategic services, is due
here tomorrow to head Chen
nault's legal battery.
Properties of both airlinei
have been valued at between
$20,000,000 and $25,000,000.
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