Bear's Owner
Will Bare
Bear Story
Chicago, Feb. 6 (P) A 400
pound bear came through the
traffic mishap with barely a
scratch. But the city dog pound
was hit hard.
The pound's grocery bill Is
the casualty' The , bear-that-came-to-dinner
is a glutton And
you don't argue with a hungry
black bear.
Police found the bear Satur
day. It was chained, to a light
truck they found wrecked on
the west side when they answer
ed an accident call.
They took the bar to the dog
pound, and began looking for
his owner.
They never found him, but he
found them. Gust Stevens, 51,
telephoned that he drove his
truck into a safety island to
avoid hitting another cat, and
that he fled because he was
panic-stricken.
He bought the eight-year-old
bear Jan. 2 in Canficld, Ohio,
and has had it on an exhibition
tour in southern states.
Stevens promised to bare the
whole bear story in safety
court Feb. 27. He was charged
with leaving the scene of an
accident and freed on $200
bond.
Mrs. Sarah Whitney of Salem, who will observe her 100th
birthday Thursday,
Mrs. Sarah Whitney Is 100
Years Old Next Thursday
Next Thursday, February 9, marks the 100th birthday anni
versary for Mrs. Sarah Whitney, 1405 Fir street, and the cen
tury observance is occasion for the elderly resident to look back
on a varied, interesting and useful span of life.
Mrs. Whitney enjoys writing letters and the picture of her is a
typical pose with her paper and
pencil in hand. Were she to
write notes to family members
inviting them to come for the
gala birthday party on Thursday
they would go to 10 living chil
dren, 25 grandchildren, 44
great-children and seven great
great - grandchildren. Quite a
clan, all assembled!
And the majority of the fami
ly will be on hand for the birth
day observance.
First there will be a family
dinner at 12 o'clock noon at
the home of Mrs. Whitney's eld
est daughter, Mrs. W. J. Hage
dorn, with whom she makes her
home, some 50 to be present for
the gathering.
Open House In Evening
Between 2 and 5 p.m. and
again in in the evening between
7:30 and 9:30 o'clock there will
be an open house at the Fir
street residence of Mrs. Hage
dom with all friends of Mrs.
Whitney and the family invited
to call during those hours.
Mrs. Whitney was born in
Tuscaraws county, Ohio, near
the town of Newport. She was
the eldest child of George B. and
Mary Ann (Goodman) Warner
and one of a family of 10. To
day, she is the only living mem
ber of the family. During the
Civil war Mrs. Whitney lived in
Ohio, the family home having
a large stone fireplace in each
room as the only means of heat
ing the house. In those younger
days she helped her father with
the farm work as well as her
mother in the log house.
She helped to cradle the grain,
shear the sheep, spin the yarn
to, knit into stockings and socks,
and to spin a fine wool thread
to weave into a material then
called linsey cloth for the nicer
dresses of the women folk
those were the days of no ma
chinery to lighten many of the
tasks. And there was no sewing
machine so the women and girls
cut and sewed their own dresses
by hand as well as making all
the clothing for the younger
members of the family.
Make Candles at Home
Any free evening was spent
in knitting or sewing by the
light of the tallow candles,
which were made in molds and
called grease lamps. They had
to be snuffed by a handmade
instrument that was used to
pinch off the burning wick, then
they were relighted in order to
give a brighter light.
In the spring of 1856, Mr.
Warner went to Iowa and pur
chased 165 acres of land, but
he returned to Ohio, the family
continuing to live there for 12
years before venturing "so far
west" on the prairie. In 1868
the family moved to the Win
throp county farm in Iowa and
it was there that the daughter.
Sarah, met and married Charles
E. Whitney on October 25, 1868,
Mr. Whitney having a position
with a stock company in Mar
ion county, Iowa.
In 1876 the Whitneys went to
O'Brien county, Iowa, where he
engaged in farming. Mrs. Whit
ney recalls the first year was a
disastrous one because of a
scourge of grasshoppers which
destroyed the crops, then fol
lowed a cholera epidemic to kill
the hogs.
Came Here in 1906
Next move of the Whitneys
was to Cherokee county, Iowa
and in 1877 the family finances
improved and a farm of 160
acres was bought. The family
rermined on the farm until 1901
try near the town of Wilson
Creek.
In 1906 the Whitneys came to
Marion county, Oregon. For a
number of years they owned a
farm near Turner and later Mr.
Whitney engaged in the real es
tate business in Salem.
On October 25, 1918, Mr. and
Mrs. Whitney observed their
golden wedding anniversary.
Mr. Whitney passed away in
August of 1929.
There were 12 children in the
family. A daughter, Mrs. Will
iam Bunn, died in 1926, and the
eldest son, Orrin Whitney, died
in 1943.
Five Generations
Of the 10 living, eight will be
on hand for Mrs. Whitney's
birthday event, Thursday. Two
daughters, Mrs. A. H. Stivers,
Altra, Iowa, and Mrs. James
Ennis of Hartley, Iowa, will be
unable to attend. Those who will
celebrate with Mrs. Whitney are
Mrs. W. J. Hagedorn of Salem,
Mrs. Nellie Bunn of Portland,
Mrs. Fred Lupton of Portland,
Mrs. Charles Becker of Port
land, Mrs. Lake Price and Mrs.
Stacey Reeves, both of Cook,
Wash., Mrs. Thomas Magers of
Portland and Pleasant Whitney
of Brcrnsville. Mrs. Whitney
returnea only recently after
spending two years with her
daughters in Cook, Wash.
There are three sets of five
generations in the family. Mrs.
Hagedorn's son, Merle Hage
dorn, and his daughter, Mrs. Ray
Olson and her son, Mark, Port
land, make up one set. Mrs.
Hagedorn's daughter, Mrs. Paul
H. Hauser, Sr., of Salem and her
daughter, Mrs. Arnold Ebert and
family of Corvallis, and Mrs
Hauser's son, Paul H. Hauser,
Jr., and his family of Portland
make up the other two five
generation groups.
Admiral Denfeld
Offered Boston job
Boston, Mass., Feb. 6 (U.R)
Admiral Louis E. Denfeld says
he will accept the job as direc
tor of the Port of. Boston au
thority only if he is g'ven "a
fre" hand."
The post was offered to te
former chief of naval operations
by Gov. Paul A. Devcr. it pays
$15,000 yearly with $5,000 mere
for expenses.
"It's a big job and a very
needed one," Denfeld told a
press conference yesterday "I
feel I could do it, but only If
l had the proper authority and
backing. But I won't be tackling
anything until March 1, when I
leave the navy."
Grand Coulee Dam, in Ore
gon, is the world's largest hy
droelectric plant.
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Didn't Do It' Answering an accident call, Chicago Pa
trolman Claude Connolly found a 400-pound beat chained
inside the rear of a panel truck wrecked on a safeij island.
What to do with the bear stumped Connelly so he wrote out a
ticket. The bear, who seems to be saying "I didn t do it"
as Connelly writes up the citation, refused to leave i.he truck.
The truck's driver, believed to be only slightly injured,
could not be found at the time. (Acme Telephoto)
25th Anniversary Week
Calls for Eagle Celebration
The silver anniversary of Willamette aerie of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles will be observed this week with the 25th birth
day dance and floor show scheduled for Wednesday night and
the auxiliary holding an anniversary card party Friday, according
to S. L. Griffin, president.
Initiation of a large class will
be held at the hall on North
high street, purchased two years
ago, Tuesday night and follow
ed by a stag show. Games will
be held Thursday night and a
silver celebration dance Satur
day night.
The Salem aerie was institut
ed. February 1, 1925 with 129
charter members, Charles Shaw,
president and S. N. Willett, sec
retary. Membership last June
was 2115. Eight charter mem-
Seek Billion Cut!
In Excise Taxes
Washington, Feb. 6 (,P) Pro
posals to cut excise taxes as
much as $1,000,000,000 instead
of the $655,000,000 recommen
ded by the administration drew
expanding democratic support
in the house Saturday.
Some of President Truman's
most constant followers joined
in a drive for more and deeper
reduction in the wartime levies.
They included some democra
tic members of the tax-writing
ways and means committee and
a quick check indicated that the
bloc, with republicans expected
to vote solidly for larger cuts,
may take control and write their
own ticket.
They proposed to add $325,
000,000 or more to the proposed
specified reductions by cutting
the taxes on such things as the
ater tickets, local telephone
bills, and cameras and other
photographic equipment.
In outlining the administra
tion's tax program in detail yes
terday, Secretary of the Treas
ury Snyder called for higher
taxes on corporations, estates
and gifts, and the plugging of
what he called loopholes in the
present tax law. Snyder figures
those increases would offset the
proposed excise reductions and
bring in net additional revenue
of about $1,000,000,000.
The lawmakers showed more
immediate interest in the pro
posed excise cuts than they did
in the tax-boosting features of
the administration's program.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, February 6, 1950 3
The U. S. Department of Ag
riculture has found benzene hex
achloride may be used to con
trol chicken lice without making
meat or eggs taste "musty."
All-Out Fight Against River
Basin Authorities Pledged
St. Louis, Feb. 6 VP) A call for an all-out fight against pro
posed river basin authorities such as the existing Tennessee
valley authority was made today at the Mississippi Valley
association convention.
Lachlan MacLeay, president of the association, said in a
speech prepared for the opening
session of a tvo-day meeting:
The association's fight against
regional authorities "is in the
ultimate analysis a fight against
socialism and totalitarianism in
this country."
MacLeay expressed the belief
that his organization's efforts
to defeat proposed regional au
thorities can be won. He added:
"All signs point to 1950 as
an epochal year in the regional
authority fight. It now appears
certain that determined efforts
will be made to enact legislation
for a Columbia Vallej authority
as well as a Missouri Valley
authority.
"There will be another well
organized attempt to secure ap
proval for the St. Lawrence
seaway."
In a pre-convention meeting,
the association's water resources
committee urged that flood con
trol and similar responsibilities
be left to the U. S. corps of
Engineers.
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20,000-Gallon Tank Pours
Contents Into Warehouse
Damage to merchandise stored in a warehouse of the Capital
City Transfer company at Front and Trade was kept to a mini
mum Sunday when a frozen water pipe broke and released a
flood of water from a tank on the roof-top.
Firemen were called to handle the situation by Ed Cherrington,
employed of the company, -who
heard the pipe burst with a re
port like a gun. The tank holds
about 20,000 gallons, according
to Russell Pratt, owner of the
company, and is used as an aux
iliary supply to the automatic
sprinkler system.
The water poured down the
elevator shaft and spread on the
floors, but wall openings allow
ed it to escape before serious
damage had been done. Firemen
used canvas to arrest most of
the water before it escaped from
the tank and used squeegees in
the mop-up. They were highly
commended by Pratt.
Some bales of hops in the
building got a wetting but dam
age was not heavy. Damage was
covered by insurance.
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Citing recent water shortages
in New York City MacLeay
called for a comprehensive study
of the nation's water reserves.
He urged federal legislation and
funds for such a study.
"Unwise use of water, as in
some parts of the country, has
lowered ground water levels,"
he said.
Smoker Dies in Fire
Portland, Feb. 6 P) A cloth
ing fire was fatal yesterday to a
hotel guest identified as Harry
Arnold, 44, address unknown.
Firemen blamed carelessness
while smoking.
bers are still active, Shaw, Cash
Roberts, Lester Jones, O. J Lew-
William Clements, Lewis
Swift, A. "A. Priem and Floyd
Smity.
Presidents in order of their
term have been Shaw, Lester
j ones, Claude Scagrove, Ed
Stewart, Sam Eshleman, Rey
nolds Ohmart, H. B. Scofield,
Earl Filsinger, H. G. Coursey,
Cecil Lantz, A. Warren Jones,
Frank Marshall, Ralph Emmons,
Sid Stevens, L. W. DuBois, A.
C. Friesen, Lloyd Moore, Mark
Capps, Dr. F. L. Utter, E. E.
Gettman, the late L. T. Wallace,
Emory Sanders, James Sim and
J. Wayne Sipe.
L. A. Hamilton, who has serv
ed as secretary since 1939 and
state secretary for the last three
years, was given the rank of
honorary past worthy president
by the grand aerie last year,
Other secretaries prior to Ham
ilton were S. N. Willett and
Louis Tumbleson.
Three members have served
as state presidents, Lester Jones,
A. Warren Jones and Friesen.
Other state officers have been
Utter, conductor and vice pre
sident and W. W. Doss, trustee.
Salem officers this year are
President Griffin; Ed Gregson,
vice president; Merle Main,
chaplain; Y. M. Zahare, treas
urer; Victor L. Withrow, con
ductor; C. D. Carver, inside
guard; Lawrence Zielinski. out
side guard; W. H. Porter,
Charles Gruver, Arthur Martin,
trustees and Dr. M. K. Crothers,
physician.
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