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Kiwanis Luncheon Joseph
Felton, district judge, will talk
on a subject of his own selec
tion during Tuesday noon's
luncheon meeting of the Salem
Kiwanis club.
Ferber Picked Up Walter Le
roy Ferber, one of the five boys
who escaped Wednesday morn
ing from a detention cottage at
the Woodburn training school,
was picked up in Roseburg Sat
urday, Chief of Police Calvin
Baird reported.
Grangers Attend Dinner Be
tween 70 and 80 members of the
Macleay Grange attended the an
nual New Year's dinner at the
hall Sunday. The afternoon was
spent informally. Mrs. Harry
Martin, Sr., home economics
chairman, was in charge of the
dinner arrangements. Clarence
Johnson is master of-the Grange.
, Dayton Well Approved The
new well supplying water for
Dayton residents conforms with
accepted bacteriological stand
ards of purity for drinking pur
poses and is fit for human con
sumption, the state health de
partment has advised Mayor Carl
Francis, who ordered : the well
closed four weeks ago following
tests which revealed an oversup-
. ply of impurities.
Salem Couple Licensed Har
lan R. Miller and Shirley A,
Wambolt, both of Salem, have
been issued a marriage license
at Vancouver, Wash.
Legion Cancels Meeting Be
cause of the holiday Capital post
No. 9, American Legion, will not
hold its usual meeting Monday
night. The next meeting of the
post will be January 16 with an
initiation.
Willamette Broadcast The
Christmas gree ting program
produced by 14 Hawaiian stu
dents attending Willamette uni
versity, the a cappella choir and
Governor Douglas McKay and
subsequently aired by a Honolu
lu broadcasting station, will be
reproduced at 9 o'clock Monday
night by KOCO. The record was
cut here and then flown to Ho
nolulu for reproduction. In one
or two instances students in
volved have not returned to Ha
waii for three years and the pro
gram was primarily a greeting to
their relatives m the islands.
Mothers Taken Home Dis
missed from the Salem General
hospital over the holiday week
end with recently born infants
were Mrs. George Madison and
son, 1405 Baker; Mrs. Tom
Freeburn and daughter, Rt. 6;
Mrs. Heber Memmott and
daughter, Independence; Mrs
Johnnie Graham and son, 1135
S. 18th; Mrs. Jack Henry and
daughter, Rt. 9. Leaving the Sa
lem Memorial hospital were Mrs.
David Sebern and son, 172 W.
Myers and Mrs. Leslie A. Gray
and daughter, 1402 Ellendale
avenue, Dallas.
Van Handel Funeral
At Sfayion Tuesday
Stayton, Ore., Jan. 2 Funeral
services for John A. Van Han
del, 82, who died at a Salem
hospital Saturday, will be held
from the Immaculate Concep
tion church at 9 o'clock Tuesday
morning, Fr. Matt Jonas offi
ciating and burial in the Stay-
ton Catholic cemetery. Recita
tion of the rosary at 8 o'clock
Monday night at the Weddle fu
neral home. .
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Rosa Van Handel, Stayton; son,
Joe Van Handel; brothers, Tony
Van Handel, Sublimity; Matt
Van Handel, Portland and John
B. Van Handel, Stayton; sister,
Mrs. Betty Crump, Portland and
live grandchildren.
Fluid Welcome to
1950 at Detroit
A deputy sheriff's report
from the Detroit dam area indi
cated Mondav that II J was
f (Welcomed in a fluid manner by
' a considerable portion of the
little community's residents,
A note at the end of an acti
vity report told that some 30
to 35 citizens had been urged
to go home when it became ev
ident that they had imbibed too
freely.
The message said there had
been no difficulty in convincing
tha celebrants that it would be
better to welcome the'new year
at home than in the county jail
BORN
The Capital Journal Welcomes
the Following New Citizens:
HUNTER To Mr. ftnd Mn. Kenneth
Hunter, of Dayton, Dec. 38, a ion, weigh
Ins 4 ltu.. 13 m. it the General hospit
al, McMlnnvWe. He has been named
Chrla. Tfce Hunter have another aon.
BERRY To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ber
rr, 439 Locust, at tha Salem Memorial
Dospitai, ooy, jan. a.
Niahol To Mr. and Mrs. John Nich
ols. 1015 Terracs Drive, at tha Balem
Memorial hospital, a Km, Jan. 1.
MANNING To Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Manning, Oervats, at tha Salem Oeneral
hospital, a boy, Jan. I.
PRICE To Mr. and Mrs. Howard Price,
I85 Berry, at the Salem Oeneral hos
pital, a ooy, Jan. i.
KROPP Tn Mp. inn Mm. RalDh KrOPP.
1895 Roger Lane, at tha Salem Oeneral
uospitai, a am, Jan. i.
HANSEN Tn Up. end Urs. Jack Han
en. 2380 Claude, at tha Salem Oeneral
Hospital, a boy. Dec 31.
STAYTON T Mr. and Mrs. Louis
tayton. Stayon, at tha Salem Oeneral
ipitai, a am, Dec. 31.
HUNT To Mr. nd Mrs. William K.
?2S
Bunt, Stayton Rt. 1, Box 119, at the Sa
wn stMwrui aoapttai ft ooy, uc.
Jackson Delayed C. Colin
Jackson, labor candidate for the
British parliament from New
bury, England, has been delayed
reaching Salem. Originally
scheduled to reach this city Mon
day in time to meet with a group
of interested persons, Jackson
wired that due to transportation
difficulties in Saskatchewan,
Canada, he would not be able
to get here until Tuesday. He
will appear before Willamette
university students from 10 to 11
o'clock in the gymnasium Tues
day forenoon.
Streets Sanded
To Aid Autoists
In the interest of public safety
both city and state highway
crews Sunday night and Mon
day sanded streets and highway
approaches to the city that were
in the most dangerous condition
because of frozen slush and
snow.
On the streets a very fine
crushed rock was sprinkled from
city or state trucks, and at the
intersections the city scattered
coarse salt.
Among other places the state
highway department treated the
Willamette river bridge to a
coating of gravel. Among city
streets where gravel was applied
were Glen Creek road, Cascade
drive, South Commercial, Lin
coln, Rural the Cherry avenue
approach, and those streets hav
ing approaches to railroad grade
crossings.
The precaution is not a new
one, but is followed every year
if weather conditions make it
necessary.
Montana Hit
By Cold Wave
Helena, Mont., Jan. 2 VP)-
Montana's worst cold wave of
the winter swooped down from
Canada on a north wind and hit
with a numbing 32-below-zero
temperature this morning.
And it's getting colder," the
U. S. weatherman said as the
arctic air mass moved across
the state, headed for Wyoming.
He predicted low temperatures
of 30 to 40 below zero for
Montana again tonight.
At least four people were kill
ed in auto accidents on snowy
highways when the storm be
gan moving into Montana late
Saturday and yesterday. A
strong north wind whipped up
blizzards, piled snow into drifts
and cut visibility at many plac
es.
The weatherman warned of
local blizzards in northern and
southeastern Montana again to
day and tonight.
It will remain cold tomorrow,
he added.
Great Falls' 32 below was the
coldest temperature reading in
the nation early today. Cut
Bank reported -31, Havre -25,
Lewiston -23, Helena -21, and
Miles City and Billings -11.
Missoula and Superior both
in Western Montana were the
only weather bureau stations
in the state reporting above-ze
ro temperatures last night. Mis
soula had 9 above.
Dallas Policeman's Family
Loses Heavily in Night Fire
Dallas, Ore., Jan. 2 Fire destroyed all possessions of the
James Born family here Sunday
everything within the last few
Born, a member of the Dallas
his family into the Art Abel property at 1011 Brown and after
unloading furnishings, returned
to their former home in North
Dallas for his wife and two chil
dren, Timothy, one year old and
Sally Ann, 4 years old.
When they returned they
found the place a mass of flames.
Born lost his uniform, new clo
thing he and his wife had ac
quired over the holidays, and all
Christmas presents for the fam
ily. The loss included a new re
frigerator. Only the shell of the dwelling
remained. Abel, who is a Dallas
photographer but lives in Salem,
Knapp shoes. Ph. 3-4320. 1
Salem Venetian Blinds are a
Salem product and are known
throughout the State for their
quality. Be sure to call us be
fore buying. No charge for esti
mates. Reinholdt & Lewis. Ph.
2-3639. !
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. if
you miss your Capital Journal.
Moore's Tropical fish. New
shipment just arrived. More
coming. Rt 5, Box 483, 2 miles
from Lancaster Dr. on McCleay
Rd. Ph. 2-7321. V
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. If
you miss your Capital Journal.'
Johns-Manville shingles ap
plied by Mathis Bros., 164 S.
Com'l. Free estimate. Ph. 34642.
Exclusive presentation Imper
ial wallpapers, R.L. Elfstrom Co.
2 current rate on your1
savings. Salem Federal, 560
State St., Salem's largest Savings
association.
Catch of Oregon
Fish Poor in '49
Portland, Jan. 2 VP) The state
fish commission officially re
ported today what all the fisher
men had suspected: The total
catch in Oregon this year was
bad.
The catch during the major
fishing season April to October
-was only 34,500,000 pounds,
compared to an average 54,000,-
000.
Off-shore catches dropped the
worst: 9,200,000 pounds of Chin
ook salmon compared to an av
erage 12,000,000. The bottom
fish catch was 5,000,000 pounds
below average, albacore tuna
down 4,000,000, and pilchard
down 5,500,000.
Only three species were caught
above average numbers:
Crabs, clams, and white stur
geon. Master Fish Warden Arnie J.
Suomela said the low salmon
catch was expected, since this
year's runs were from a low cy
cle. "Next year's runs will
undoubtedly be greater," he said,
Suomela said the sardine fish
ery "is badly in need oi pro
tection," but predicted it might
improve soon, now that Califor
nia is starting a conservation
program. Ninety percent of the
sardine catch is taken there.
Six New Peers 1
Picked by King
London, Jan. 2 VP) King
George VI swelled the ranks of
Britain's peers by six new mem
bers today and extended his an
nual New Year's honors to many
others selected by the labor gov
ernment. The highest honor in the list,
that of viscount, went to the 64-year-old
laborite defense minis
ter, A. V. Alexander, who once
made five shillings (70 cents) a
week as a clerk.
Four other labor members of
the house of commons were nam
ed barons, advancing them to the
house of lords.
They were Thomas W. Burden,
YEN railway freight agent: Dr.
Leslie Haden Guest, 72, physi
cian and author; Joseph Hender
son, veteran railway union offi
cial, and John Wilmot, 54, whom
Prime Minister Attlee fired as
minister of supply in 1947.
A fifth member on the barons
list was Sir Alexander Steven
Bilsland, 57, Glasgow banker
and chairman of the Scottish
council, a government organ
which helps in the development
of Scottish industry.
No baronetcies were created
Knighthoods were conferred on
35 persons.
The long list of honors includ
ed award of commander of the
British empire to the British ac
tor, Leslie Banks, currently ap
pearing in New York in the mu
sical success, "Lost in the Stars.'
The awards to Viscount Alex
ander and the new barons cre
ated five vacancies in the house
of commons which normally
would be filled by special elec
tions.
Victory Club Meeting Town-
send Victory club No. 17 will
meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. Olive Red
daway. 14 2 1 North Church
street.
night, the second family to lose
days.
police department, was moving
has not yet been reached and it
is not known if the property was
insured. There was no insurance
on the Born possessions.
The Born family had been
taking care of the Joel Miller
family since they lost their
place on a home fire in the Pio
neer district early last fall. Mrs.
Born and Miller are brother and
sister.
At present the Born family is
at the home of Paul Kitzmiller,
chief of the Dallas police depart
ment. DuBois Barber shop, 429 N,
Church, opposite Greyhound bus
depot. 9
A special course in SPEECH-
CRAFT is being offered by the
CAPITOL TOASTMASTERS
beginning January 5, 1950. The
cost of this course in the funda
mentals of public speaking is
only five dollars for an eight
weeks course. For more infor
mation and to register phone
Marion Curry at 3-3904 or Frank
Schram at 4-2246. !
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. if
you miss your Capital Journal,
We have closed the Flower
Basket, 1020 Market St. Watch
for grand opening soon, 590 N.
Capitol. Jary Florist.
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. if
you miss your Capital Journal.
Gus Brodhagen body, fender
& radiator service. 265 Ferry. 3
Sola Acre Florist. Ph. 3-6730.
1
Air-steamship tickets, Kugel,
152 North High, Ph. 3-7694.
New Year Finds Religious Folk Hopeful Despite snow and
slush and the festive holiday Salem churches were well at
tended on New Year's day. Presbyterians, like many another
congregation, prayed that the new decade might be less
beset by trouble and suffering than the 1940s.
J. H. Nickerson
Dies in Hospital
James H. Nickerson, Salem
resident since 1912, died Sunday
at the Salem Memorial hospital
following a serious illness of six
weeks.
Nickerson, a Spanish-American
war veteran, had sufffered
from arthritis and been hospital
ized since 1922. A member of
the IOOF lodge, he had been at
tending the annual homecomings
at the Salem lodge in a wheel
chair for many years after he
was hospitalized. He joined the
Samaritan lodge, Portland, m
1905.
Born in Franklin, Pa., April
20, 1882, Nickerson moved to
Portland at the turn of the cen
tury. Before coming to Salem
in 1912 he was a teamster and
a cub reporter for the Portland
Oregonian. He came to Salem
as a teamster for the city and
later farmed in this area until
stricken with arthritis. During
World War I he was a secret re
porter for federal agents. He
was married to Ella Hoffman at
Yamhill.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. Ethel Snyder of Canby, and
Thelma, Winona and Sarah Nick
erson, all of Portland; and a
sister, Mrs. R. C. Williamson of
Millbill, N. J.
Announcement of funeral ser
vices will be made later by the
Howell-Edwards chapel.
Leadbeffer Firm
Penalized by NLRB
Washington, Jan. 2 VP) The
Leadbetter Logging company.
Oswego, Ore., was penalized by
the national labor relations
board today for refusing to hire
a certain workman.
The NLRB said the firm had
engaged in an unfair labor prac
tice by refusing to hire Robert
Irwin Cool on its boom opera
tions. The firm was ordered to
offer Cool a job now, and to
pay him for any salary he might
have lost because he was re
fused the job in 1948.
The CIO International 'Wood
workers of America had char
ged that Cool was refused a job
because of union activity. He
was a former employe of the
firm, who quit in 1947, and
was turned down when he ap
plied for a job again in 1948.
The company contended that
Cool had been insubordinate,
but the charge was not upheld
by the NLRB.
Portlander Killed Clarence
T. Hays, 77, of Portland, died
in that city Saturday as a re
sult of injuries received Friday
night when he was struck by an
automobile driven by William
B. Brown, 17, of Salem. The ac
cident occurred at NW 23rd av
enue and Johnson street.
It Seems Inevitable The
first arrest by Salem police for
1950, as in bygone years, was
based on an alleged violation
of ordinance 3,389, section 1.
That's the city's way of saying
the accused had consumed too
much alcoholic fluid. The du
bious honor of being the first
entrant in the 1950 records was
to Clifford Henry Hill, Salem
He posted $15 bail.
Americans spend $32,500,000
a day, an average, on meat,
COURT NEWS
Police Court
Runnln ovar ft fire hoset William
D. Jones, 1328 nortn stn, cited.
Failure to remain at th scena of an
accident: Frederick B. Nowack, 3410
uvtnsston, postea m Bail.
Reckless drlvlns: Paul R. VeriflU, 1WJ
Broadway, oau lira.
is
Truman Fights
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Senator Connally (D-Tex.),
chairman of the senate foreign
affairs committee, said last night
that he had heard of these re
ports. He had no further com
ment.
Senator Knowland (R-Cal.)
said he had not even heard of
the reported proposal. Know-
land, a champion of support for
nationalist China, recently visit
ed Formosa.
He and other congressmen
have pointed out that the island
is a potential link in an Ameri
can Pacific chain against pos
sible communist aggression.
Formosa has a number of first
class air fields which were tak
en over from the Japanese. Mil
itary experts say planes from
these fields could destroy Clark
air force base in the Philippines
as the Japanese did in 1941. For
mosa based aircraft also could
bomb U. S. air installations on
Okinawa.
Mercy Killing
OK'd by Citizens
Candia, N. H., Jan. 2 VP) A
country doctor charged with
murder in the mercy killing of
pain-wracked cancer patient
held a vote of confidence from
most of his townsfolk today as
he awaited grand jury action.
Support for Dr. Hermann N.
Sander, 40, came from prates-
tant clergymen, fellow physic
ians and neighbors in this small
town.
Dr. Sander is charged specifi
cally with injecting 10 cubic
centimeters of air into the veins
of Mrs. Abbie Borrota, 59, as
she lay near death from cancer.
Hospital records show, officials
said, that four such doses were
injected in succession.
Ho is free under $25,000 bond
awaiting deliberation of the
case tomorrow by the Hillsboro
county grand jury.
A statement signed by 605 of
this town s 650 registered vot
ers expressed "continued faith
in the integrity" of the doctor
and praised him as "devoted to
the highest interests of human
welfare at all times. '
Presented the document by
neighbors at the doorway of his
home, Dr. Sander was moved
visibly and said in a voice bare
ly above a whisper:
"Thank you. Thank you
from the bottom of my heart."
Layman Free Under
$1000 Bail for Pinball
Earl Edward Layman, pro
prietor of the Cedar tavern in
Detroit, was free Monday under
$1000 bail on a charge of pro
moting a lottery in connection
with a pinball machine.
The machine, seized as evi
dence when three deputies serv
ed Layman with a warrant Sat
urday night, is identified as
owned by Willamette Amuse
ment company. A sign on it says
it is leased for amusement only,
The machine, manufactured by
the Bally company, is a one
ball device which credits free
plays.
The complanit against Layman
was signed for the district at
torney by a private persons who
alleged that cash had been paid
out for free games won the do
vice. Layman is tentatively sched
uled to appear in district court
Tuesday.
Return from Bend Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Bennett, accompan
ied by her brother, Leonard,
who has returned home after
Lewis Heads "
Contractors
In a recent meeting of the
board of trustees of the Con
tractors Exchange of Salem.
William Lewis was unanimous
ly elected to the presidency.
Charles R. Shaw was elected
vice president, Louis Neuman
treasurer and Stanley Hammer
secretary.
The Salem Contractors Ex
change with its over 120 mem
bers, which was organized just
three months ago, is gaining mo
mentum and working effective
ly in service for the contractors
and building material firms of
Salem and outlying vicinities.
All trades and skills are well
represented by sub-contractors
as well as general contractors.
Because of the rapid growth of
the organization, the board of
trustees is planning an expan
sion program which is not too
far in the offing.
President Lewis announces
that the board is also making
plans to accommodate the en
larged building program which
is foreseen for the Willamette
valley in 1950.
15 Babies Born
(Continued from Page 1)
The snowbound father of
baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Lu
ther Roberts, of Willamlna, at
the Bartell hospital in Dallas,
has not yet seen his infant as
he is reported snowbound in
his home area. The baby, a 6
lb. 914 ounce girl, was born at
10:53 o clock and has not yet
been named. Her seniority is
nearly twelve hours over that of
a boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Mar
vin French, of Falls City, at 11
o'clock at night. Tha birth was
also at the Bartell hospital,
Wooaourn is still to get Into
the contest with many prizes
waiting the firstborn in 1950 to
Woodburn residents and also the
firstborn of residents in the
Woodburn area, with births to
be at the Woodburn hospital in
order to be eligible for the
prizes.
Presents for First Babes
Salem merchants, in coopera
tion with the Capital Journal
have offered a variety of pre
sents for the first born here
while Dallas is remembering not
only the baby but the parents
m its annual "baby derby."
Two New Year babies are re
ported by the Lebanon Commun
ity hospital, a girl, Susan Kay,
to Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Bur-
mester, Lebanon Rt. 2, born at
2:47 o'clock and a girl, Pamela
Rae, born at 10:56 o'clock to
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wells, 587
Morton. Both births were in the
morning.
Albany almost missed out
with only one birth reported and
that not until 4:20 o'clock in
the afternoon. A boy was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Haima, of
Albany, at the Albany General
hospital.
Few Accidents
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Although the force of the
blow failed to topple the pole,
the impact caused the cold
tightened wires to snap within a
space of two or three hundred
feet. The broken circuits cut
electric power to homes and bu
siness houses in the northern sec
tion of the city.
Portland General Electric
linemen went to work immedi
ately on the task of repairing the
damage. The primary lines in
volved carry 11,000 volts.
Treacherous Ice was listed as
the cause of two auto-train ac
cidents which sent at least two
persons to the hospital.
The first occurred at the in
tersection of 12th and State
streets Sunday night. A vehicle
driven by Gary William Stark,
1090 North Cottage, was struck
by a Southern Pacific engine.
Stark and a passenger, Lauren
Spence, were both taken to Sa
lem Memorial hospital for treat
ment of deep cuts. The engineer
of the train, who suid he did
not see Stark's machine, was
identified as R. W. Renwick of
Portland.
At about 9:30 a.m. Monday, a
car driven by Larry Fitzwater,
370 Fisher road, skidded into a
Southern Pacific engine at the
intersection of Union and North
Liberty street. Fitzwater was ac
companied by his wife and a
small child. The smashed wind
shield on the passenger side in
dicated that the woman had been
pitched against it by the impact.
The engineer of the switch train
was A. J. Walker of 480 North
20th.
Numerous minor accidents in
volving dented fenders were re
ported Monday, but none of
them were of a serious nature,
Keizer Women Meet Mrs,
Hugh Adams, president of the
Woman's Missionary society of
the Keizer community, will en
tertain at the first meeting of
the year Tuesday evening. She
will be assisted by Mrs. Lloyd
Wood. Mrs. Muriel Curry will
speak on "What a Missionary
Society Means to the Church."
four montha in California, have
returned to Salem from Bend
where they have been visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Zastera.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.,
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Snow Inspires Sculptors This snow giant, eight feet tall
and five feet through the girth, appeared Sunday morning
on premises at Mason and Hoyt streets, the creation of boya
of the neighborhood. In the picture are just a few of the
youths who did the work. From left, Dick Cocking, Norman
Cocking, Bobby McMillan, Ronald Davidson, George Cook,
Ronny Hart (present but invisible at the base of the statue),
Eugene Davidson, Dick Davidson, Rollln Cocking, who
modeled the head of tha snow image.
Marion County
Stays High, Riches Reports
Marion county's 1949 agricultural income did not equal or
surpass the record high of 1948, but at approximately $27,549,000
it was still much above pre-war levels and will rank with the
top counties in the state, Harry L. Riches, county extension agent,
reports. The county farm income hit an all-time high in 1948
when the total reached aboutf-
$30,000,000, Riches said. Oth
er Oregon countries with com
parable incomes from sale of
farm products are Klamath and
Umatilla.
Miscellaneous specialty crops
with $5,814,000 will top the list
for Individual Marion county
farm items as a source of in
come for 1949. In second place
will be dairy products with re
turns of approximately $3,526,
000. In 1942, the agricultural in
come reached $17,218,000.
Other commodities which re
turned more than three million
dollars for 1949 include live
stock, and eggs and poultry.
In the leading specialty groups
are such commodities as hops,
mint, sugar beet seed and flax.
By general commodity divi
sions, the following is a com
plete breakdown of sources of
Marlon county agricultural in
comes for 1949: Dairy products,
$3,526,000; livestock, $3,251,000;
eggs and poultry, $3,333,000;
miscellaneous animal products,
$193,000; ioraga crop seeds,
$1,846,000; grain and hay, $1,
377,000; tree fruits and nuts,
$2,562,000; miscellaneous spec
ialty crops, $5,814,000; farm
timber, $661,000; potatoes and
truck crops, $2,269,000; small
fruits, $2,204,000; and specialty
horticulture crops, $413,000,
From these figures it is shown
that nearly 40 per cent of Ore
gon farm income is derived
from animal and poultry pro
ducts. The other part is de
rived from various crop pro
ducts with hops, mint, sugar beet
seed and flax bringing in a large
snare of the income.
1949 Building
(Continued from Page 1)
In October, Wallace Bone-
ateelo building on North Front,
$91,000; Don Young law office
building on Court street, $24,
000; Pacific Mutual, $80,000
Lee apartments, $500,000.
In November, State highway
department office building, $1,
599,931. In December, Douglas McKay
Chevrolet, $22,275; Leo N.
Childs, cleaning establishment,
$24,000.
Ten Year Record
Salem's 10-ycar building rec
ord by consecutive years is:
1940, $1,637,854; 1941, $807,
214; 1942, $230,865; 1943, $138,
782; 1944, $346,249; 1945, $1,-
793,842; 1946, $3,451,878; 1947,
$6,898,050; 1948, $7,913,063;
1949, $6,972,908.
Other high years since records
started In 1929 were:
1929, $1,359,175; 1936, $1,
893,244; 1937, $1,156,2271 1938
$1,645,990.
Building Permits J. G. Korn,
to build a garage at 2040 Madi
son, $1200. Madsen Wrecking
company, to wreck a dwelling at
605 North Liberty, $50. R. G.
Lacey, to alter a one-story dwell
ing at 550 Gehlhar road, $50.
SALEM'S
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New
Modern
BEAUTY REVERENCB
WITHIN YOUR MEANS
V. T. GOLDEN CO.
MORTUARY
V. T. GOLDEN BELLE NILES BROWN
605 S. Commercial Ph. 42251
Monday, January 2, 1950 5
Farm Income
Collins Retiring
(continued rrom Page 1)
When Collins took over as dis
trict manager he said that rural
telephone service in this section
was haphazard and unsatisfac
tory. "One of my first objectives was
to develop the rural telephone
service to bring it to a par, as
nearly as possible, with the ser
vice in the urban areas" he said.
When I first came here country
lines were strung to trees and
antiquated instruments were in
use."
As he steps out of his office
in a month's time, Collins has the
satisfaction of having developed
a rural service in this area equal
to any in the conutry, telephone
executives declare.
In addition to improving tele
phone service throughout his dis
trict, Collins has also tried to
train his personnel In its deal
ings with the public in such a
manner as to place the telephone
company in the position of an
active citizen of the area.
He himself has been extreme
ly active in Salem civlo affairs.
Three times he served a presi
dent of the Salem Breakfast club;
has served on many important
Chamber of Commerce commit
tee, has been on the board of
the Community Chest and at
present is chairman of the Mar
Ion county republican commit
tee. Collins has also been activa
in promoting sports for youths,
and was one of the principal
leaders in establishing Softball
teams in the valley.
"I have enjoyed working and
living in Salem and have made
it may home" ha said. " I shall
do all possible to aid in its ad
vancement in the years to come."
Tho American population is
growing at the estimated rate of
10,000 a day.
MILITARY MEN
AND VETERANS
Batcson Visits
Midshipman Cornelius Bateson,
Bateson, Jr., of U. S. naval reserve
In his Junior year at Stanford col
lege visited the home of his pur
i.ni.i Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Bate
son over Christmiw holidays.
Gillandcrs Graduates
Woodburn Major Bruce aillan
ders of Woodburn was graduated
recently from the Air University's
Air Command and Staff school at
Urn Maxwell AP Base. Ala. Major
Olllandors returned to this coun
try In June, 1049, Irom a two-year
tour of dutv with tho Far East Air
Material command in Japan.
Governor of Miyako
With the Army of Occupation in
the Ryukyua Col. Carl Holcomb,
former National Guardsman from
Salem. Ore., arrived in Okinawa in
November to serve as mmtary gov
ernor of Miyako, an island In the
southern Ryukyus.
A graduate oi tne umwxx amies
military academy. Holcomb served
in the European and Aslatlo thea
ters during world war ii. rrior
to his assignment on Miyako, he
was director of instruction, Seacoast
Artillery school at Fort winiieia
Scott. California.
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