Early Day Valley Boosters
All Generous With Words
Stayton "Escape from the region of cyclones and blizzards , , ,
to the greatly favored Willamette valley!"
That's the theme of a real estate handbill more than 80 years
old which formed the window display recently in the George
H. Bell real estate office. Issued by an Aumsville pioneer real
estate agent, H. C, Porter, thef
throwaway was printed by "E.
M. White, Steam Printer" and
describes this area in glowing
terms.
"Bound for Oregon! Hurry
up, there! If you expect to es
cape from the region of cy
clones and blizzards, and secure
homes at reasonable figures! In
the land of 'big red apples'
where the crops never fail, and
the climate is unsurpassed,
"For the time will soon be
here when none but the wealthy
can purchase homes in this
greatly favored Willamette val
ley. "The Oregonian of November
9th says: 'Land throughout the
Willamette valley is rapidly in
creasing in value.' The New
New Empire, a pamphlet . . .
has this to say of Marion coun
ty: 'It is in the heart of the Wil
lamette valley, and contains
comparatively little obstructed
and waste land. It is truly a
, beautiful county, bountifully
. watered and wooded.
"A ride through Marion coun
ty in any direction carries one
past a succession of finely culti-
Morse's Vote on
Record Although
He May Be Absent
Senator Wayne Morse's vot
ing record in the United States
senate will not be affected by
his proposed "one week in
Oregon every month" until
the May primaries, he ex
plained in Salem Saturday.
"Through my republican
colleagues in the senate I
have arranged to have my
vote recorded on any major
bill that comes up to a vote
during my absence. This is
how it works:
"Arrangements are made
for some senator who, voting
opposite to me, will get up and
say, 'Mr. President, the jun
' lor senator from Oregon is ab
sent, but if he were present
he would vote aye on this bill.
If I were voting I would vote
no, but will not cast my vote."
This is called pairing of
votes, the senator explained,
and is used by members of the
senate on both sides of the
aisle. My republican col
leagues urged me to campaign
in Oregon and I agreed, be
cause if I didn't my opponents
would use a crowbar to knock
down my fences,
"As it is, I will be out here
with hammer and nails to re
pair those fences," he concluded.
New Gas Tax Ups
Income 12 Percent
The one cent per gallon add
ed to Oregon's gasoline levy
July 1 boosted 1949 gas tax
revenue approximately 12 per
cent, Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry reported today.
Newbry said the Increase was
almost entirely due to the added
tax, since total sales for the
year were up less than two per
cent. After increasing approxi
mately ten percent each year
since 1945, Oregon's travel mile
age is apparently leveling off, he
indicated.
The motor fuel tax division
listed gross 1949 taxes at $26,
293,380.15, with refunds to non
highway users of $3,041,448.09
and administrative expenses of
$106,325.36. The highway fund
netted $23,145,606.70.
Enioes Are Home
Silverton Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Enloe of 530 Liberty street have
returned from a six weeks' vaca
tion at the Eugene home of their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Woodruff.
It's Easy As . . .
JUST READ THIS:
To own your own home or
to refinance your present
mortgage . . just call on
your friendly Pioneer Trust
Company! Yes ... for at
Pioneer Trust you know you
can leel free 1o talk over your
particular financial problems.
If you're planning to build
ask about the easy, CHEAP
ER THAN RENT FHA Mort
gage Loan plan.
rnA
DIAL
3-3136 fe
Pioneer Trust Co.
Incorporated under the OrfffOB
State Banking Laws.
State at Commercial
vated farms. Patches of timber
are sufficiently numerous to
give variety to the country, but
not so extensive as to limit its
adaptability to general farming.
"Hold on! Don t purchase un
til you have examined the bar
gains I am offering. Many peo
ple come here from the east,
visit some of the larger towns
on the railroad, purchase a
home near town, afterwards to
find out they could have secur
ed better land for half the mon
ey by getting back a few miles
into the country.
"I am prepared to sell you
homes where you will have all
the advantages of schools,
churches and daily mails, with
direct railroad facilities to Port
land Yaquina bay, without hav
ing to pay fabulous prices and
high taxes for the privilege of
living near a town of a few
thousand inhabitants. Having
resided on a farm in this vicin
ity for 38 years, I have a thor
ough knowledge of the country.
Give me a call and you will not
regret it.
"Come by narrow gauge rail
way, or to Turner and take
stage (4 miles). Correspondence
solicited."
Sample bargains on the poster
list farms at $20 to $30 per acre,
and included improved farms
with orchards and buildings
The circular is illustrated
with old fashioned line draw
ings showing a runaway oxcart
(apparently to give the "hurry
up" idea), and others of a bull
dog biting a man and a bull dis
rupting a picnic party. Appar
ently free from any kind of ty
pographical error, the handbill
has more than 2000 words.
Now the question is, did the
handbill attract anyone to Ore
gon who settled here and might
still be in these parts?
Buildings on Lincoln s Road to White House
AP Newsfeatures
Famed as the log cabin
President, Abraham Lincoln
spent much of his early life
in such structures. Three of
them are pictured here. As
an attorney in Illinois, he
was able to afford a more
pretentious home and the
development of the country
led to the abandonment of
logs as a common building
material. In a real sense, he
grew up with the country.
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i Mi mi rmriTf- r"yyj aT Ht 'ijj'jjniiit ii'iHr - n ttt
BORN This cabin was his birthplace. WORKED In. this ionesboro, Ind,, store
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore, Monday, February 13, 135$ IS
Little TennesseeCollege Turns
Down Offer of SurplusSpuds
Madisonville, Term., Feb, 13 (Si Ltttte Tiwassee eolleg.
r.eedj potatoes but sot any of Uncle Sam's.
"We don t want that fend of charity, satd President D. S,
Yosiell of the government' offer of surplus potatoes without
cost. '
The surplus spuds ere being!
LIVED His father buiit the cabin above at Farmington, 111
Lincoln split the logs for the room at the left. The Spring
field, III., house, right, was his most permanent home.
Little Book Ties
Deputies Tongues
Borne, Feb. 13 OT Hot
headed members of the cham
ber of deputies may have to
thumb through a little book
before they begin to lambast
the opposition.
Chamber President Giovan
ni Gronchi said today a list
of "injurious epithets" which
would be barred from debates
is being prepared. The title:
A Dictionary of Prohibited
Words.
Two-inch Worm Almost Fouls
Up Underground Phone Cable
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
(United Press Staff Correspondent
Washineton. Feb. 13 UJ The American Telephone & Tele
graph company has an ingenious way of detecting trouble in its
underground cables.
The company loads the cables with nitrogen and when a ime
break occurs, a signal is flashed in the home office.
One day last week, Tom Dut-
ton, A.T. & T. supervisor was
talking on his own phone when
a warning flash came in from
the long distance line that serv
ices New York and Baltimore.
Tom put down the phone,
picked up another, and dispatch
ed a crew of strong men to the
troubled area.
The men arrived on the scene
in due time and bore down on
the enemy, which turned out
to be a worm, white in color
and about two inches long.
"We've had a lot of trouble
before with underground cables
and wires overhead," Dutton
said, "but this is the first time
in history that a worm ever
fouled up the works or almost
fouled them up."
The rescue squad caught the
worm in the act. The little fel
low was busy getting itself a
fine case of indigestion or lead
poisoning from the sheath that
covers the wires.
Up to this point, worms have
been the very least of the trou
bles of the A.T. & T.
Dutton said the company has
had trouble with electric cur
rents eating away cables. Rats
are consistent pests and in some
sections of the country so are
gophers, and even squirrels
even though the cables are
buried two and a half feet un
derground.
Dutton carefully explained
the nitrogen system, which in
some manner I didn't under
stand, sends an alarm to the
telephone company's office.
"When the nitrogen starts to
seep, it serves a dual purpose,"
he said. "It gives us an alarm
and also keeps on seeping and
thus prevents water from coming
in. Water can cause an awful
lot of damage."
"Actually, the telephone com
pany has had more trouble over
head than under the ground.
Sometimes black crows were
making a bad habit of coming
to rest on high lines. Take 50
or 60 of them and they weigh
enough to bog down a wire."
The company fixed that by
putting an electric charge m the
wire and giving the crows a "hot
foot," The crows learned fast,
But the strangest case of wire
failure he has ever heard of
involved a hawk and a snake.
The hawk picked up the snake
but became flustered m flight,
The hawk dropped the snake.
and the wiggler found itself
dead and wound around a high
line.
Telephone services was di
rupted for miles around.
Polk county, will vote with
Benton county on a joint sena
tor, with Yamhill on a circuit
judge, will pick one state repre
sentative, a county commissioner
and a surveyor. A justice of
the peace for Dallas district No.
3 will also be chosen.
With the filing deadline less
than a month away (March 10),
only one candidate has definitely
announced his decision to enter
the primary campaign. He is
C. L. Marsters, attorney, who
will seek the justice of the peace
post. Charles Gregory, who has
served as justice for a number
of years, has announced plans
to retire.
Adding more interest to poli
tics on the local scene is the ex
pected resignation of Mrs, Edna
Pltzer Allen as county clerk.
Recently married, Mrs. Allen
plans to go to Prineville to make
her home with her husband. She
has told the county court that
she will remam m the office un
til after the primary election.
but she will resign about June
1. This will allow time for the
court to select a potential ap
pointee long enough beforehand
to give him time to familiarize
himself with the election routine
during the primaries so that he
may be able to handle the work
of the general election.
When a vacancy occurs In
such manner during election
year, the law provides that the
office be filled at the general
election. Central committees of
the republican and democratic
parties will have the duty of
selecting a candidate after the
primaries. The two will be
What every Oregon
farmer wants to
know about
I
O Flaxseed has brought the Oregon farmer high
profits in the past. The price outlook tor 1950 is again
bright.
Nearly all surplus U. S. Flaxseed is now under govern
ment control. u.a.L.A. spoKes
men say they won't sell for less
thin cost (about $4 ) plus stor
age costs and a i profit! This
makes the government price
about $4.30, delivered Portland.
The market price of the new
crop can well be between $3.25
and $4.00, Portland next fall.
Here's a free book that shows
bow to boost yields and make
seed Flax even more profitable.
Man tne coupon today!
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Arch.r-D.nLlt-Midlano! Ca.
IMt H.W. Sti.rtod. An, Parian, Orataa
Pleasa md &a roar sew free book
"Picifie Northwest tin Grower's
Guide",
Pert Office
Folk County Politicos Shy
About Telling Candidacy
Dallas. Feb. 13 This is the "off" election year so tar as Polk
county is concerned with most important local offices holding over
for another two years, but six contests are impending for the
May primaries and will add some stimulation and interest to the
election.
placed on the November ballot,
and it is also possible for an
independent candidate or candi
dates to file by petition. Salary
is $3,000 per year.
W. E, Knower, republican, is
completing his term as a county
commissioner and will likely file
to succeed himself, although he
has made no definite commit
ment at the present time. Ralph
Howe, county surveyor, proba
bly will file for re-election on
the republican ticket.
Judge Arlie G. Walker of Mc-
Minnville is expected to be
candidate tor re-election as
judge of the 12th judicial dis
trict, over which he has presid
ed for 23 years. He has had
opposition only once, in his first
race m 1928.
Although it is Benton county's
turn, by virtue of a gentle
men's agreement" between Polk
and Benton party organizations,
to state its preference for state
senator from the counties, it is
understood that they are back
ing Senator Dean Walker, in
cumbent of Independency
republican candidate again. Ben
ton county has waived its right
in Senator Walker's case on pre
vious occasions since his election
1834. Senator Walker has
served four consecutive terms.
Lyle Thomas, representative,
whose term expires this year
again after serving In the house
continuously but for one term
since 1935, has been considering
opposing Walter Korblad as U,S,
congressman from the first dis
trict, but has made no definite
announcement on his plans.
Joins Library Beard
Willamma At the last li
brary board meeting, Mrs. Har
ry Shipley was appointed as a
member to replace Mrs. John
Mullens, who has moved to
Sheridan. It was reported that
tne number of peooie checking
books out has greatly increased.
SPEEDY i.0N-USTU refef ftr
niiEUMflnsr.1
ACIIES-FA111S
Dost 'dot? yourwC Rob the Mbae
prt "weft -with Musterok. Its treat
paio-reSeviag mMktioa cpeefc trmk
blood to t&e pstinCa! are, bnagiBe
mazing relief. If pia is atom
buy Extr Steaoc Mtaarteroic.
offered to Tennessee colleges
free by the federal marketing;
administration.
Youell said the 280-stufieBt,
Methodist-supported junior col
lege will "either raise etsr own
potatoes or boy Stem at the lo
cal market price,'
He termed price support of
farm products "ridieuloar and
suggested that farmers "don't;
need that sort of protection;
He continued;
"The American people have
got to put a (top, in some man
ner, to this sort of government
paternalism, and I'm willing to
Set our little school take the
lead,
"If we can't make any money
growing potatoes, or raising
chickens, we can raise aomethtag
else. That is the American sys-
The free potatoes are some of I
the 50,000,000 bushels the U.S,
acquired during price support
operations and is now trying
to be rid of, Last week the
government offered to sell 25,-
000,000 to 40,000,000 bushels
back to the growers at one cent
for 100 pounds. Originally the
potatoes cost the government
$1.25 a hundred pounds en a
national average.
Fire Damage Slight
Silverton Nominal damage
was the report from a flue fire
at the North Silverton, SOS Madi
son street home of Mrk Florence
Williams with the volunteer
firemen called Saturday afternoon.
Ayrora Couneilmen
Relieve City Judge
Aurora The Aurora city
council met recently and voted
to repeal the erdisance which
it had adopted la April, 1S4S,
creating the offices of munici
pal judge and city traifte of
ficer. For nearly ten months, under
the ordinance, Officer Tom Mil
ler patrolled the city and high
way nearby, and Ed C. Smith
functioned as city jidge, The
repeat vote automatically ended
their Jobs as of February X,
At the same time two differ
ent petitions hatre been put tots
circulation by Aursra citizens
representing different schools of
thought on the subject of main
taining a traffie police setup in
Aurora. The petitions will be
presented to the council at
special meeting this week.
Nathinf Daws Pj Monthly
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TONIGHT
First Lesson on Old Testament and
Introduction to New Testament
BIBLE CLASS
Sponsored by
CHRISTIAN BUSINESS MEN'S COMMITTEE
Taught by
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EVERY NIGHT, 7:30 P.M.
First Baptist Church
Corner N. Liberty end Marion St.
Salem
Seven's Above..
It Continues!
KEITH BROWN continue. fh
SEVEN Sole of Floor Coverisgi!
tremendout LUCKY
Everybody happy with thote SEVENLY floor and wall
covering value!, but look what w add bow!
REG,
NOW
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1,47
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17c
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Bench Screws
Pocket Levels
Punches
Pocket Sharp. Stones
Saw Vises
Nail Hammers
No. 1 Chain Pipe Yises.55.h4.77
Picture Wire RoH . .... 10c 3 for 17c
Door Latches a. 2.75 1 .27
Pick Handles a straight one!) each 7c
Gloss Custard Cups
Asst. Dust Mops
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2 for 7c
77c
M J . (For mending pott
en aets ...10
Donut & Biscuit Cutters
2 for
10c 2 for
7c
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Remember . . . SEVEN'S the lutky KEITH SHOWN
number in thi great tale only through Taetdsy the
14th, 10 get with it right now! Shop the SEVEN'S ABOVE
SALE tomorrow early at that convenient location
Keith
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Brown
ELMER, The Blind Man
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include man? of tht
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