Local Paragraphs
Saalfeld in Portland H. C.
(Hub) Saalfeld, Marion county
teterans service officer, will be
In Portland Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday to attend a serv
ice officers' school. Saalfeld is
president of the Oregon Associa
tion of County Service Officers.
Building Totaled Salem
building permits for January
totaled $405,894, including the
permit of $300,000 for the Coates
apartment project at 555 North
Summer street, now in process of
transfer to another location.
Dwelling permits, 10 for single
unit and one for a duplex, to
taled $70,000. For January of
last year the total was $256,466.
Roseburg Hears Sword Dr.
Victor Sword, interim pastor of
the Calvary Baptist church and a
member of the American Baptist
foreign missionary society, is
spending two weeks in Roseburg
as guest leader of the national
Christian teaching mission. He
will speak at both church serv
ices next Sunday and at the
quarterly meeting and dinner at
the church Wednesday evening.
Speakers Competing Toast
master clubs of the area will
have representatives in Newport
March 25 to take part in the area
speaking contest. Members of
various groups in Salem, Albany
and Corvallis made preliminary
plans for the contest here Tues
day night with Dr. E. G. Quesin-
berry, Corvallis, toastmaster of
the eventing. Speakers will be
William Hill, Deral Jones, Dr,
Henry Morris, James Schuler
and Ted Swaschka.
Vets Bonus Blanks World
War II veterans who are eligible
for the new Pennsylvania state
bonus can get application blanks
from the state veterans affairs
department, from county service
officers, or from veterans' or
ganizations. They also have
forms for bonus payments from
Washington and Indiana.
Principals' Meet Postpoed
The western elementary princi
pals' conference, which was to
have been held at Newport Feb
ruary 4, has been postponed be
cause of bad weather.
Leave Salem General Leav
ing the Salem General hospital
with recently born infants are
Mrs. J. C. Bowman and son, 353
Leslie; Mrs. Walter R. Shearer
and son, 135 Highway avenue;
Mrs. Russell Hicks and daugh
ter, Rt. 1 Box 455; Mrs. Leonard
Van Vleck and daughter, 770
Rosemont, and Mrs. Perry Clit-
sell and daughter, Mehama.
Servicemen Convene H. C.
(Hub) Saalfeld, president of the
Oregon County Service Officers'
association, will attend the semi
annual officers' school in Port
land Thursday and Friday. Also
attending will be Mrs. Bertha
Mclntyre, Corvallis, service of
ficer for Benton county. The
school is arranged by the state
department of veterans affairs
Discussion will center around
veterans' problems, GI insurance
dividends, pensions and bene
fits.
Polk GOP to Meet The Polk
county repblican central com
mittee will meet in the Dallas
City hall at 8 o'clock the night of
February 11. Speakers will be
Sigfrid B. Unander, chairman
of the state central committee
and James Collins, state chair
man for the Young Republicans.
MILITARY MEN
AND VETERANS
Wednesday, February 1
Headquarters and Headquarters
company. 318th replacement depot,
army reserves, at army reserve
ouonset huts.
Meeting of AVUA-3 unit, Naval
Air Reserves, cancelled because of
weather.
Thursday, February 2
Organized Naval Reserve surface
unit, at Naval and Marine Corps Re
serve training center.
9414th Air Reserve Training
squadron, at the Army Reserve
quonset huts at 8 p.m.
Vacca Promoted
Spokane Air Force Base, Bong,
wasn. Edgar a. vacca, son hi
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vacca of Salem,
Ore. January 21 n-as rromoted to
the grade of corporal. The coipora
al, who entered the service October
18 1949, received his basic training
at SheoDard A r Force Base, Texas,
Vacca was transferred to headquar
ters and headquarters squadron 92nd
Bomb Wing, SPAFB in February,
1949. where he Is a clerk typist
in tne wing legal omce.
Pavton on Gen. H. W. Butner
Stavton John Payton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Payton has been
assigned to duty on the navy trans
port, USS Gen. H. W. Butner, ac
corlng to a card received here by
nls parents irom me nay Depart
ment. Another son, Alan, who has been
a navy man since 1937. is a CEM
on the same ship. Alan completed
two years of recruiting duty at Salt
Lake City last September 1. John
was the last recruit whom Alan en
listed before leaving for sea duty
again.
BORN
The Capital Journal Welcomes
the Following New Citizens:
UNTERSCHER To Mr. and Mn. WU
brt Untfrscher. 1542 Elm. it tha Balem
General hospital, a Doy, reo. i.
WOODS To Mr. and Mn. Forfeit H.
V-ods, 162 N. Echols. Monmouth, at the
s!em General hospital, twms, Doy ana
elrl. Jan. 31.
HENRY To Mr. and MM. LlOTd Hen
ry. Alrlle, a boy. born at the Batten bos
p:tal in Dallaa Jan. 19. He baa been named
Earl Lloyd.
BARE To Ur. and Mn. Oale Bart, of
H -bbard. at the Woodburn hospital. Jan.
28 i boy. first child. Maternal frand
parents are Mr. and Mn. Knuta Peter
aon, Hubbard.
Flax Meet Postponed The
scheduled meeting of the San
tiam Flax Growers at the Jef
ferson flax plant Wednesday was
postponed until February 8. The
meeting will be held at 10:30
o'clock, according to Walter
Shelby, president of the grow-
Smlth Funeral Held Funeral
services for Dr. B. F. Smith, Har
ney county physician for 34
years and father oi Kobert
Smith, student at Willamette
university, were held in Burns
Wednesday. He died in that
city Sunday following a sudden
heart attack. He was a native
of Texas and came to Oregon
from Alaska. He is also surviv
ed by his widow.
Monmouth Twins Born Mr.
and Mrs. Forrest H. Woods, 162
N. Echols, Monmouth, are the
parents of twins, a boy and a
girl, born at the Salem General
hospital Tuesday night.
Garrison Rites Held Funeral
services for Bruce Garrison, 75,
who died at Eugene, were held
in that city Tuesday. He was the
father of Mrs. Mary Duke, of
Salem, and is also survived by
his widow, Ina Millican Garri
son, whom he married at Eu
gene Oct. 14, 1001; a son; an
other daughter; brother and
five grandchildren. He was the
first city building inspector in
Eugene and a contractor for
many years. Garrison was born
at Cherry Valley, Ontario, Aug.
31, 1874 and had lived in Eu
gene since 1877.
Choral Group Formed Or
ganization of the Choral Society
of North Lincoln county has
been completed at Taft with La
Velle Stone, president; Alberta
C. Lundin, vice president and
Charlotte Koenigs, secretary
treasurer. Larry Moore will di
rect the "Crucifixion" to be pub-
lically presented at the Taft
high school auditorium Palm
Sunday.
Meeting Cancelled The Sa
lem branch of the American
Begonia society has cancelled its
meeting set for Thursday night
at the YMCA and will not meet
until next month.
Matrons and Patrons The
Willamette Valley association
of Matrons and Patrons will
meet in Corvallis at 8 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 9, with St. Ma
ry chapter No. 9 as hosts. New
officers will be installed. The
meeting scheduled for January
li was cancelled because of bad
weather. The new year books
will be given out at the meet
ing. Notice of the meeting is
being mailed by Ralph H. Kletz-
uig ux juuepenuence, secretary.
Lions List Workers Stearns
Cushing, Jr., president of the
recently formed East Salem
Lions club, has announced his
first general committee as
signments. Roy C. Stewart heads
the program committee with
Harold L. Godkin, membership
Maurive Ebner, attendance; Ace
Fish, information; Virgil Pade,
constitution and A. E. Daniel
son, convention. Joseph B. Fel
ton, district judge, spoke at the
meeting this week.
Waives Indictment R. E.
Daugherty, charged with ob
taining property under false pre
tenses, has waived a grand jury
indictment in circuit court, and
will appear later to answer to
the charge. He was arrested for
passing a $14.85 bogus check.
Schaeffer Dischartrer! A de
fendant on a charge of larceny
in a dwelling Leo Schaffer
was discharged by district court
Wednesday mnaminp- whpn fh
complaining witness tailed to ap
pear. The complaint against
bchaeffer was signed by Opal
Engelbretson of Route 9, but
the district nttnrnpv'a nffinn anirf
that it had been impossible to
locate the woman.
Meeting Postnoned T h p
meeting of the Disabled Amer
ican Veterans planned for
Thursday evening has been post
poned until February 18.
Cancel Meeting Members nf
Barbara Firetchie tent, Daugh
ters of Union Veterans nf tho
Civil war, have cancelled their
meeting planned for Friday.
Buiidine Permit p. s. Frin
sen was issued a permit Tups.
day for the construction of a
one-story dwelling and garage
at 1195 North 23rd street, to
cost $7500.
Miss Donna Aim now with
Lipstick Beauty Salon. For ap
pointments, Ph. 33836. 28
Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. If
you miss your Capital Journal.
Air-steamship tickets, Kugel,
153 North High, Ph. 3-7694.
27
Window screens deluxe eith
er roll-away type or frameless.
Prices are satisfactorily low. Ph.
2-3639 for estimates. Reinholdt
4c Lewis. 27
Save sight! Safe unbreakable
lenses made to prescription of
your optometrist are featured on
Easy Credit at Semler Optical
Offices, Waters-Adolph Bldg.,
State & Com'l. Ph. 3-3311. 27
Phone 22408 bctore 6 p m if
you miss your Capital Journal.
Parking Meters
Take Beating
Parking meters are taking a
beating.
So is the city of Salem.
It's because of the cold spell
of weather which has frozen a
lot of the meters so they won't
operate, especially in the early
Dart of the day. So there are
parts of the day when the police
don't tag cars In places where
the meters are out, and the city
loses both the fine and the meter
money.
Police estimate that car tag
ing right now is running about
a third of normal.
Figures for the first cold
spell this month show the situa
tion. They ran only $1016.50.
against $1981.75 for the corres
ponding no-snow period of last
year. The average is around
$2000 a week.
Last week's collection, how
ever, which was between snows,
lumped again to about $1800.
But collections for the present
week are likely to show a severe
drop.'
The biggest week of 1949 in
meter collections was December
19 to 24, the pre-Christmas
week, when the total was
$2785.84. But the following
week it was only $1396.
Cy Eakin Coming Harold
(Cy) Eakin, who once lived in
Salem, now living in Cottage
Grove, will preside at the Salem
Elks meeting Thursday night,
which is past exalted rulers'
night. Eakin was exalted ruler
in 1931 and 1932.
Ferry to Re-Open Marion
county judge Grant Murphy
was told by the judge of the
Yamhill county court in a tele
phone conversation Tuesday that
a crew of workmen from Yam
hill county was to repair the
road on the Yamhill side of the
Wheatland ferry Wednesday. It
is expected that the road will be
re-opened and the ferry in op
eration by Thursday morning.
No Drill Thursday Company
B of the Oregon National guard
has cancelled its Thursday drill
this week. The next drill is
scheduled for February 5.
Dimes Windfalls The March
of Dimes people made a good
move when they bargained with
the city to get all the dimes that
were put into parking meters.
In an average week car owners
put about $8.50 in dimes into the
meters by mistake. But last
week the dimes totaled $50, and
they were deposited to help the
March of Dimes fight against
polio. A dime doesn't work the
mechanism of a parking meter
and gives no parking time.
County Delays Action
On Gasoline Bill
Representatives from seven
major oil companies met with
the Marion county- court Wed
nesday on the matter of placing
bids for gasoline and oil to be
used by the county vehicles and
machinery.
After the court had weighed
the various bids, it was discov
ered that two oil companies had
almost identical figures on gaso
line, oil, deisel fuel, etc.
The court has taken the mat
ter under further consideration,
and will notify the oil companies
of their decision within a few
days.
Marion county is now under
contract with Union Oil compa
ny. Contracts are issued annual
ly for a period from March 1 to
March 1.
Plan Honeymoon
At Woodburn, Ore.
San Diego, Feb. 1 VP) An el
derly couple will have a delayed
honeymoon in Woodburn, Ore.,
where they first met four years
ago at a Church of God camp
meeting.
Mrs. Elizabeth Welty, 76, and
Winfield Hanson, 71. were mar
ried here yesterday, and told of
their meeting.
They were introduced at the
Woodburn camp meeting. Subse
quently Mrs. Welty's husband
died and she and Hanson began
corresponding. Last November
she came to San Diego from her
home in Indiana. Hanson, living
at Pomona, visited her and
wedding plans were made.
They will live at Pomona, but
plan a trip to Woodburn.
Eola Acres Florist. Ph. 3-6730.
27
Rummage sale First Method
ist church, Thurs., Fri., Feb. 2
and 3, 9:30 a.m. 28
Johns-Manville shingles ap
plied by Mathis Bros., 164 S.
Com'l. Free estimate. Ph. 34642
Phone 22408 before 6 p.m. If
you miss your Capital Journal.
Are you troubled with leaky
Dasements, drains, roof, or flash
ings? Phone 33292. All work
guaranteed. 28
Phone 22408 before 8 p.m. If
you miss your Capital Journal.
Exclusive presentation Imper
ial wallpapers, R.L. Elfstrom Co
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Ready to Probe Foundation Formations A. C. Thomas
(left) foreman for Raymond Concrete Pile company and E.
G. Ricketts (right), state highway bridge investigating engi
neer, who holds halves of a Gow sampler spoon to be used
in investigating earth structures at the site of Willamette
bridge piers.
Seniors Will
Vie for Prize
High. school seniors through
out Oregon will be able to com
pete for a new $500 college
scholarship award, which can
be used in any accredited Ore
gon college or university. Ore
gon Mutual Savings bank is
sponsoring the scholarship, ac
cording to George F. Brice, pres
ident.
An essay competition among
high school students will deter
mine the winner of the award. In
addition to the $500 award, two
alternates will be chosen for the
scholarship and will receive $25
each.
The bank's board, of directors
suggested and approved the
scholarship award to encourage
a talented boy or girl to attend
a college or university in Ore
gon, Brice said.
The essay competition is de
signed to increase state-wide
knowledge of the history and
organization of mutual savings
banks among high school stu
dents, at the age when they are
forming future thrift habits.
Although mutual savings
banks have played a prominent
role in the economic life of the
east for 132 years and there are
more than 500 of these banks,
they are comparatively new to
the west. Oregon Mutual Sav
ings bank, established 20 years
ago, is the only mutual savings
bank in Oregon and one of the
three on the west coast.
The subject and .dates of the
essay competition will be an
nounced next week, Brice said.
313 Inches Snow at Crater
Medford, Feb. 1 VP) The
snowfall at Crater Lake set a
new record in January, Super
intendent E. P. Leavitt said to
day. The park got 313 inches
of snow during the month, with
a water content of 19.94 inches.
Farmers Union Postpone!!
The meeting of the Marion coun
ty Farmers Union scheduled for
February 4 has been postponed
to February 11.
COURT NEWS
Circuit Court
Cecil J. Mollert vs. Ruby Mollert:
Complaint for divorce alleges cruel and
Inhuman treatment, seeks settlement of
property rights.
James P. Morltz vs. Alphonse John Van
Damme: Order dismisses suit wKh preju
dice and without cost.
James Lawrence Petersen vs. Mary
Maxlne Petersen; Application to set for
trial.
Gerald MnOulre vs. Myrtle M. McOulre:
Order of default a (a Inst defendant.
John a. Blazelc and others vs. Michael
Hogan and others: Order quiets tlttt to
real estate.
William Benner vs. Marjorf Ann Ban
ner: Defendant files cross-complaint for
divorce aliening eruH and inhuman trt
ment, teekn settlement of property rights
and 150 monthly alimony.
State of Oregon vs. Norrls a. Walcn:
Order directs defendant to appear In
court February 11 to show cause why he
should not be ad J ud Red cullty or con
tempt of court for failure to comply with
divorce decree.
Probate Court
Lurena Pearl guardianship: Martha J.
Hue he petitions for amendini of Inven
tory. William A. Westler estate: Report of
tale of personal propertr.
Marinu Verhated luardianxhlp: Order
approves first annual account.
District Court
Larcenr in a dwellini: Leo Schaffet,
discharged upon failure of complaining
wimeu to appear.
Marriage Licenses
Alan Gilchrist. 1. mill worker, 2H8
0 Cottaz?. and Donna Pi-ndenraft, IT,
student. Route 3, Box 390-J.
Ronald Schmidt, 22. farmer, and Mil
dred Bailey, 20, bookkeeper, both Silver
ton. William H. Fre'le. 32; diputy rotinty
clerk. Stayton. and Dorothy LaVerrja
Arret, 21, clerk typist. Hi ferry,
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Governor Plans
(Continued from Page 1
Members of the committee in
elude Dr. Charles Bates, super
intendent of the state hospital;
Dr. Donald Wair, superintendent
of the Eastern Oregon state hos
pital; Dr. Irvin Hill, superinten
dent of Hillcrest school; James
Lamb, superintendent of the
Woodburn school for boys; H,
M. Randall, state parole admin
istrator; a staff member of the
medical school, Dr. Harold Mc
Null, state board of health; a
representative of the attorney
generals office and Col. Wil
liam Ryan, director of state in
stitutions.
The Pacific Power and Light
company won a five-year con
tract, to provide electricity and
steam heat to the new state of
fice building in Portland. Con
struction of the new building is
scheduled to start April 1.
Reject PGE Offer
The board rejected a proposal
by the Portland General Elec
tric company offering to reduce
its rates to the Salem buildings
from 7.8 mills per kilowatt hour
to 7.5 mills provided the state
sign a new four-year contract
and give the PGE the Portland
building business.
State Treasurer Walter Pear
son branded this offer as "brib
ery" by the PGE company, add
ing that he thought the PGE's
sole purpose was to shut out the
Bonneville power administration
from furnishing power to Salem
buildings for the next four years.
The present PGE contract
with the state for Salem build
ings has 17 months to run. It
was decided to study the Bonne
ville proposal more carefully
during the next year before any
decision was reached.
Care in Use of Power
Urged to Save Energy
Care- in the use of electrical
power with curtailment when
ever possible is urged by Fred
G. Starrctt, manager of the Port
land General Electric company.
This applies particularly to the
peak hours, both morning and
evening, he said.
"The Tuesday demand created
maximum capacity use of the
generating equipment in the
northwst power pool," Starrctt
said.
He reported that with the ex
ception of a few minor repair
jobs on a burned-out transform
er at Chemawa and on downed
wires along Garden road, little
damage has been sustained.
Meeting Postponed Rex Put
nam, state superintendent of
public instruction, announced
Wednesday that the principals'
conference scheduled to be held
at Newberg Saturday, Feb. 4,
has been postponed because of
weather conditions. A new date
will be announced later.
If Stuffy Hose
Spoils
Sleep
Tonight
A little Va-tro-nol
In each nostril quickly opens up
nasal passage! to relieve stuffy
transient congestion. Invites rest
ful sleep. Relieves sntrfly, aneety
distress of head colds. Follow direc
tions In the package. Try ltl
YICKSVA-TROHOl
March of Dimes
Ends Febry 10
Regardless of what the weath
er man may bring forth, the
1950 "March of Dimes" cam
paign will definitely close Feb
ruary 10, stated Gene Malecki,
director of operations Tuesday.
The annual roll call of the Am
erican Red Cross and solicita
tion of funds by those interested
in the control of heart ailments
will necessitate the termination
of the polio drive.
Events scheduled for next
week, all in the interest of the
polio campaign include:
February 6, talent show a t
Mt. Angel; February 7, talent
show at Woodburn; February 7
Salem Elks club dance at Crys
tal Gardens; February 8, talent
show at Mill City; Fbruary 8,
amateur boxing card at Salem
armory; February 10, talent
show at Silverton.
The campaign has been made
difficult by reason of low tem
peratures and snow ever since
its inauguration. Many post
ponements have been necessary,
but the schedule as now compil
ed will stand, Malecki states.
USS Missouri
(Continued from PaRO 1
"For Rear Admiral Smith
Please convey to all activities
that have been under your op
tional control in connection with
salvage of Missouri my hearty
congratulations and a well done
for the outstanding manner in
which all phases of the operation
have been conducted.
"The skillful planning, coor
dination of effort and smart sea
manship displayed reflect a high
degree of leadership and an ex
cellent performance by all offi
cers and men who participated.
Goes to Drydock
The Missouri has been anchor
ed in Chesapeake bay, near the
mouth of Hampton Roads, await
ing her tow to drydock.
As she slipped afloat stern
ward orders were given to take
soundings along the half mile of
water back to the safe deep
channel. Dredges had been
working to clear a path for her.
Navy men afloat and ashore
greeted the news with whoops,
Once more the Missouri was
the fleet's pride instead of a
thorn in the fleet's side.
Work Started
(Continued from Page 1)
Samplings are accomplished
by use of a Gow sampling spoon
driven into river bottom earth
at sites selected for bridge piers.
When this tool, resembling a bi
sected pipe about an inch and
a half in diameter and 30 inches
long, is removed and opened it
contains a specimen of earth
formation encountered on its
downward course. The spoon,
operating in a four inch casing,
is driven by a 140-pound me
chanical hammer.
Greatest dcplh of the river at
the Marion street crossing is 32
teet with the Willamette at its
present stage of six feet above
low water. Engineers consider
that core sampling may be car
ried to a dcplh of 40 feet below
the bottom of the river but they
are hopeful of encountering
earth structures at less depth
that will sustain bridge piers
without the necessity of pile
driving for pier foundations.
Four Piers Under Bridge
Four piers will support the
250 foot main span of the new
bridge and the two side spans,
each 210 feet in length. Highest
of these piers will be near 100
feet from its top to the founda
tion well below the scour floor
of the river.
Previous soundings for nicr
footings at the site of a Marion
street bridge were made in 1914.
Engineers have found that the
channel at mid river has become
14 feet deeper during the 36
year interval.
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Vicinity as Funeral
Director for 21 Years
Convenient location for both
friends and family. Direct route to
cemeteries no cross traffic. New
modern building ample parking
space. Complete funeral services
within the means of everyone-
Virgil T.
605 South Commercial St.
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon,
Congress to Keep Hands Off
'Hot Potato' Problem
Washington, Feb. 1 VP) The question of what to do with
50,000,000 bushels of surplus potatoes is a "hot potato" for the
agriculture department, not congress, two senate farm leaders
said today.
The two. Republican Senator
cratic Senator Anderson of Ncww-
Mcxico, agreed that the senate
agriculture committee should
keep hands off the touchy situa
tion. The two spoke out in separate
interviews as Chairman Elmer
Thomas (D., Okla.). called a
committee meeting (10 a.m.
EST) to discuss testimony given
yesterday by Secretary of Agri
culture Brannan.
Brannan said the department
plans to "dump" all of the 1949
surplus locally where they are
raised, "unless congress directs
us to do otherwise." By doing
this, he said, the government
would save about $15,000,000 in
transportation costs it would
have to pay if the spuds were
moved to consumer outlets like
industrial alcohol plants.
The potatoes cost the govern
ment an average of about $1.25
a bushel. Counting throwaway
and other potato operations on
which it took losses, the gov
ernment stands to lose a total of
S80, 000.000 to $100 000,000 on
last year's crop.
It lost nearly $250,000,000 on
1948's crop, however.
The 50,000,000 bushel figure is
the amount of potatoes from the
1949 crop which the department
does not expect to be able to dis
pose of through give-away pro
grams to domestic and foreign
relief agencies, the school lunch
program, and diversion locally to
livestock feed and manufacture
into starch.
Alcohol processors will take
the potatoes only if the govern
ment pays the freight from areas
of production to plants.
The spuds were bought under
the government, farm price sup
port program.
Senator Young (R., N.D.) told
a reporter he thought but was
n't at all certain that the com
mittee would ask Brannan to
junk the dumping plan.
Little Hope
(Continued from Page 1)
Minor snow flurries came
drifting down through Tuesday
afternoon and evening but only
enough fell to register a trace
of precipitation in the 24-hour
period ending at 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday.
The weather bureau forecast
states some moderation is due
with rain in the southern part
of the state by Friday or Satur
day, but that the northern sec
tions will continue with the cold
temperatures and occasional
snow this week.
Continuance of the bitter cold
has caused cancellations and
postponements of many meetings
and community events.
Chin-Uppers Postpone The
Salem chapter of the Chin-Up
organization will not hold its
scheduled February 2 meeting.
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Aiken of Vermont and Demo
Council Permits
(Continued from Page 1
He told the Capital Journal
Wednesday that what he wants
from the state is the cost of the
lot at 555 North Summer plus
expenses of transferring the
building project to the Chemek
eta street location. These ex
penses total $14,100, which in
cludes filing fees, engineering
fees, etc., that go with change in
location. It is understood that
the state has appraised the North
Summer street property at from
$15,000 to $16,000.
If the state decides to meet
the cost of lot and expenses
Coates will then make formal
request to the FHA to changa
the location.
The FHA is somewhat criti
cal of the new location at 1165
Chemeketa street because of its
nearness to the Southern Pacific
tracks. Coates doesn't think tho
objection is serious and said
Tuesday he considered the site
as good as the one on North
Summer. Throughout the con
troversy Coates has been coop
erative with the city and the
state, although the council did
not start legislation to bar apart
ment houses from the proposed
capitol zone extension until af
ter Coates had obtained his per
mit to erect the $300,000 build
ing. The new location Is in a Class
II residential zone, which per
mits apartment houses. The
ordinance passed Tuesday even
ing applies not alone to the
Coates location, but to the whole
north side of Chemeketa between
Capitol and 12th. It permits con
struction to as near as five feet
to the street line but no closer.
Under the old ordinance the re
quirement was based on the av
erage proximity of buildings to
the street line, but a building
had to have a set-back of be
tween 10 and 25 feet
Chemeketa street in that
block is 99 feet wide, paved 59
feet with 20-foot parking strips
on each side.
Owners of the Chemeketa
street location, which is occupied
oy a frame dwelling, are Fred C.
Pooler and Henrietta A. Pooler.
The lot is 68 by -57 feet, and
Coates hold a 10-day option for
its purchase.
Salem Lions Club Theo J.
Pierson, coordinator of vocation
al education at Salem high
school, will take the role of guest
speaker during Thursday's Sa
lem Lions club luncheon.
Albany Invites McKay Gov
ernor Douglas McKay will speak
at the annual father and son
dinner of the men of the Albany
Methodist church the evening of
February 14. His subject will
be "Opportunities Unlimited."
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Bella MUs Brown
Telephone 4-2257