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8 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Friday, July 21, 1950 f''' " ' ' i 1 Lji nr r ' - i i fcaiwiiT '' TfftnTMiifiiflAami'iiliiiti-iatif-Siiii r ' n iawi i 7? ? Crowd Jams AM. '3$&fi Pay Less Store J " I IHI 1 I Crowd Jami New Pay Lew Store The picture at top shows part of the crowd that jammed turnstiles and con gested aisles when the new Pay Less drug store opened Friday. Browsing housewives found the household depart ment (center picture) especially interesting. Shown below, first-aid supplies. The two lower pictures were made before arrival of the crowd. You could get into the new Pay Less drug store when it opened for business at 9 o'clock Friday morning if you were pa tient. If you were athletic, all the better. But to get out you had to have guidance. It was that crowded. When the doors in the Oregon building, location of the store, were open ed at 9 a.m. a large crowd was already waiting on the State street sidewalk. They poured In when the doors were opened, jamming the turn stiles and congesting the aisles. But they were well taken care of by the store's personnel. "This store," said Manaeer Lee Coleman, "it a place where people will like to come and browse. We think we have set up a store here that will help bniem and help the other busi nesses. We are going to do our part to keep shopping In Salem, But the people who thronged the store Friday were doing a lot more than browse. Those cash registers were busy all the time. New Mexico Town Shrinks Under Drought Devastation By ROBERT A. BARNES i kiii . i . r i m f l 1 1 a TIm... 1iwil over the worn counter and pointed across the road to a dry stream bed. "See those four pine trees?" he asked. "See how they've died frnm not eettin' any water? I've lived here 30 years now, and 1 never sawr mav uciuic. This mountain hamlet is near ly out on its feet, and the few folks still hanging on know it. It's the drought. Dow esti mates Chilili, located 39 miles southeast of Albuquerque, is only one-third its former size. And it's not just this commun ity which is against the ropes. Farmers over a wide area in the Estancia Valley of the Manzano mountains are having it tough. Dow thinks 50 per cent of the residents hereabouts have moved away in the last few years. "This isn't the first time we've had dry weather," the store keeper explains. "A lot of folks have just been squeezing by for the last seven or eight years. It s tough to make a living around here." Only 47 families are left. There were 104 families here six months ago. Another 67 families found things too rugged and pulled out, mostly for larger towns and cities, during the last eight years. 'The Albuquerque garbage de partment has a lot of our men now, Dow remarkea. "Most oi the others are working off and on. Only about half a dozen don t have any work at all." Like its neighbors, this Is a farming community. Most of the people are Spanish-American. There are two stores, a gas sta tion and a school. That's about all. Except for some empty stone houses. 'We had only about an inch or two of snow all last winter," the storekeeper said. "The first rain we got was on July 6. Since then we've had six or seven good showers, they were too late, though." Some farmers are going ahead and planting row crops now. They don't dare put in pinto beans, their mainstay, because autumn frosts come early in these parts. Help has been promised bv the state welfare department. Food from the federal farm sur plus program will be distributed next week. "The folks who are left talk a lot of moving to town," Dow said. "I don't know what I'll do If they all leave. Guess I'll pro bably just stay another 30 years and make out as best I can." 27 Reservists Leave Sunday Twenty-seven army reservists from Salem, 23 of them officers and four of them enlisted men, will leave Sunday for Fort Lewis where they will take their regular two-weeki of summer training. In the gronp are to be the of ficer! and enlisted men of the 929th field artillery battalion of the 104th division. Army Re serves, and a group of nine in fantry officer from the 104th division who will train, with the 413th regiment of that division. Men from the 829th field ar tillery battalion going to sum mer camp are the commanding officer, Lt. Col. Roy C. Edgerton, Ma). Russell L. Haynes, Capt. Thomas P, Bays, Capt. Arthur E. Bittel, Capt Robert M. Brownell, Copt. Joseph A. Cof fey, Capt, Peter H.' Oelser, Capt John W, Hakanson, Capt. Glon W. Wyatt, Capt. William H. Christie, First Lt. Norman A. Clark. First Lt. Lloyd O. Ham mel, First Lt. Ernest L. Wagner, Second Lt, Roy L. Shelton. ' Sgt. Robert A. ' Green, Sgt. Leonard L. Wallace, Cpl, Arthur L. Dcntlcr, Jr., and Pfc. Joseph F. Corey. Those Infantry officers who are' to train with the 413th regi ment are Maj. Albert A. Wright, Capt. Joseph W. Shirley, Capt. Robert W. Hartley, First Lt. El wood H. Ball, First Lt. Frans P. Larson, First Lt, William R. Portland Traction Seeks Higher Fares Portland, July 21 (P) The Portland Traction company was after another fare increase here today. The company seeks a 15-ccnt charge on its city bus service. At present the fare in 12 cents. The company also wants to eliminate weekly passes and the practice of selling nine tokens for $1. Student fares also would be increased slightly. A company spokesman said rising costs made the Increase necessary. Lebanon Woman on Welfare Commission Mrs. Do Nice Holmes of Le banon has been appointed a member of the Linn county pub lic welfare commission for a four-year term, Gov. Douglas McKay said today, Mrs. Holmes succeeds the late Ned H. Cnlln way, Railroad Man Killed La Grande, July 21 Pi Charles Bnylcs, 54, La Grande, a Union Pacific employe, was killed in a switchyard accident at Rlcth, Ore., yesterday. Porter, First Lt. Edward A Moskel, First Lt. Clarence E. Baker and First Lt. Edward J Fischer. Washington State Legislature Ends Olympia, July 21 (ff) The eighth special session of the Washington state let?lslnttir wn finished today except for the mechanics of ending the meeting. A few minutes before noon senate malorltv lpuHor Harrv Binzcr, Bellingham republican told newsmen: "We are all through except for the mechanics nf pnrnlHncf Wile We plan to adjourn this after noon." First Was Reserve Portland, July 21 VP) The first Wac reserve to go back into service is Cpl. Virginia M. Hays, 32, Portland. She signed up here yesterday. She will be sent to Fort Ord, Calif., for assignment. She was a cryptographer In the South Pacific In World War II. ' DoubU your money bach II you don't find Sunnybanx extra fresh. Made, shipped, told Irtish lor eilri-jood llivor. IUY SUNNYIANK at 8AFEWAI Salem Man Slugged, Robbed by Thugs McCall, Idaho, July 21 (VP) John J. Lewis, Salem, Ore., told police here yesterday he had been slugged and robbed of $854. He said he had accepted a ride from four men, only to have them stop outside McCall, hit him over the head and dump him into a ditch. He was found, dazed, by a nearby resident. OGEQ 1 I GEE o Mill SB Beckworth Funeral Funer al services will be held at Portland tomorrow for At torney John Albert Beck worth (above), 63, who died yesterday. He was former state commander of the Amer ican Legion and a retired na val reserve captain. Enough Teachers Dr. Maaske Says Monmouth, July 21 (IP) Ore gon will have enough grade school teachers to go around this year. That assurance came yester day from Dr. Roben J. Maaske, president of Oregon College of Education and state director of elementary education. He said a recent survey show ed there would be 1,000 vacan cies and 1,175 teachers available to fill, the jobs in the grade schools. Maaske told 780 teachers at a college summer session here that the situation now is so much improved that many school dis tricts no longer hire teachers without certification, as was done in recent years. O'Keefe Given Fare to Rome The Rev. George O'Keefe, pas tor of St. Vincent de Paul Catho lic church, will leave on a trip to the Vatican at Rome in mid September, provided war condi tions permit. The priest was presented with a check for $1000 by his pa rishioners during a no-host din ner Thursday evening, held in connection with the observance of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the church. The trip, if made, will be in connection with a pilgrimage from Iowa, the native state of Father O'Keefe. Also making the trip will be Mother Camilla of Dubuque, Iowa, a sister of Rev. O'Keefe. During an after dinner pro gram presided over by Roy Mar ker, a number of clergymen and parish representatives spoke. These included Father O'Keefe, Rev. Robert Neugebauer and Rev. Louis Rodakowskl, former pastor; Rev. Edmond Bliveh, Rev. T. J. Bernards, Rev. Ervin Vandehey, David O'Hara, Mrs. F. A. English and C. J. Stupfel. The Most Rev. Edw. D. How ard will celebrate pontifical mass at 10:30 Sunday morning. Rev. O'Keefe will be the assist ing priest and Benedictine fa thers from St. Benedict's abbey will act as officers. Polio Cases Total 58 Portland, Ore., July 21 (U.B The Oregon Health bulletin re ported today that polio cases for last week totaled four to bring the year's total to 58. The cases were in Josephine, Lane and Morrow counties, and in the city of Portland. . Douglas in Portland t Hospital for Injury Portland. Ore., July 21 Justice William O. Douglas of the U. S. 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