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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1950)
10 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, Oct. 21. 1950 1 Edna, 5, Gets a Bike Gl, Stranger to Her, Makes Gift Marshalltown, la., Oct 3101.19 This is a report to SRt. John A. Walbcl of the 89th medium tank battalion, fighting somewhere Is Korea if he la itill alive. Sergeant, little five-year-old Edna Aman thinks the bike you aunt her is lust wonderful. She wai having a fine time with It today, riding up and down the aidewalki ouUide her home. Her hair wai flying in the breeze and her eyea weac bright with happineu. Today wai Saturday, her first full day out of school since she got the bike. She made the most of it. Edna was practically speech less when Mayor Don Taylor himself came to her school, call ed her out of a class and gave her the bike. Edna knows the bike waa your gift to her. But she's the sort of hasy en the details. And she knowa nothing about that deal involving her pop, Charles Aman. Next to him, she thinks you're Just about the swellest guy in the world. She's going to write yon herself to tell you The mayor let the people of Marshalltown know the whole story. Here it is: Edna has been wanting a bike badly for a long time now. But her father couldn't really afford one. A month ago, however, he took his last $4.33 and bought Edna a broken-down, second hand one. It wasn't much, but it made Edna happy. Then Aman became afraid that his wife would be sore be cause he had spent the $4.33. So he reported to police that he had been robbed of the money. Later, however, Aman's piti ful little hoax was exposed. - Newspapers had reported the false story of the robbery so that he could buy his little girl a bike. Somehow, a clipping of the story as carried by United Press reached Sergeant Waibel In Korea. This week, Mayor Taylor re ceived a letter from Waioel en closing the clipping and a money order for $30. The letter said: "Dear Sir: Please do me a favor and take this money and see that this girl gets a bicy cle. If by any chance she has already received a bicycle, take the money and fix her up with clothes." ... It wasn't long after that be fore a store reduced the price of a $65 bike to $30. And so, Sergeant, Edna got her bike. The mayor said a lot of fine words when he handed It to her. You probably would have been embarrassed If you had heard them. They boiled down to this: Mayor Taylor says he did n't know yon, yonr hometown, how old you are, or anything about you. He doesn't think you're a Marshalltown resi dent. But he said that from now on you're an honorary ciliien of this town. And the people here would be right proud to have you aettle 'own here when you get through with that Job you're doing now. In the meantime, if there's anything you need or want, you Just let the mayor know about it. Portland Fears Milk Shortage Portland, Oct. 21 (JP) A stu dy to determine whether Port- land's milk supply will be ade quate this winter was ordered today. Dairymen said In a hearing yesterday that the supply was getting short, because of the; usual seasonal decline and be cause of growing military re quirements, i Dairymen said some milk now is being brought in from Tills-! mook and Hood River to meet; demand, but Portland will not I be able to fall back on Astoria' and Chehalis as in some form er years because the military now is taking the surplus irora those areas. Thomas Ohlsen, milk adminis trator, said he did not at this time favor admitting new pro ducers to the Portland market 135,000 Lbs. Inform Voters of Pamphlets on Candidates By WILLIAM WARREN (United Pre, fluff Correspondent) Some 135,000 pounds of pamphlets have spread through the mails to all parts of Oregon so that you and you and all other Oregon voters may be better informed when you trek to the polls Nov. 7. It's a tremendous task, getting the voters' pamphlet into shape, printed and mailed, a task that- Abandon Search For Deer Hunter Portland, Oct 21 W The or ganized search for Lester L. Barger, 83, missing Portland deer hunter, waa abandoned yesterday. A few searchers indicated they still would try to find Barger in the wet hills of the Tillamook burn, where he last was aeen Sunday. A son, William Barger, said the family agreed there waa lit tie possibility the missing man could be alive If still in the hills. They held a slight hope, though, that he might have wandered out in a dazed condi tion. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thorscn, restaurant operators on the Sunset highway, said a man re sembling Barger stumbled into their place Tuesday, ate, and then left with other customers with whom he had struck up a conversation. Claude Shaw, state policeman who had directed the search, said there waa a chance Barger had been injured, lost his mem ory, and found the restaurant. Army Want Wool Washington, Oct. 21 I The army has asked the agriculture department's commodity credit corporation to act as Its agent In buying 30,000,000 pounds of raw wool. In announcing this action yesterday, the army aaid It was the first step toward pur chasing a total of 100,000.000 pounds of wool and woolen goods to help meet reserve needs of the armed services. reached its ell max this weektj"; with the mail- ' ing of the final? regular copies., A few straggl ers will be sent out as requested but the big Job. is over. Winiaa ffVarrea The job be gins with Dave O'Hara, veteran manager of the state elections bureau, who makes up the pamphlets. Have you noticed the absence of typographical errors? That's teamwork of the state printing shop where all hands working on the book are some thing special, and O'Hara, who personally proof reads every letter and punctuation mark of every statement. Let's start with Dave in de veloping the pamphlet. First he gets in all the statements from all the candidates and all argu ments for and against the meas ures. Then he outlines roughly four "case books, one for each congressional district. The law specifies that the pamphlet be mailed to the remot est localities first, working in ward toward the capital. So the first case book is for the Sec ond Congressional district made up of the 18 counties east of the Cascades. Now, to start with, the first 38 pages of the pamphlet are the same in all case books the measures and their arguments. Statewide offices U. S. Sena tor, governor are the same. Then in each case book, the can didates for congress will be the same. But there are different state senators, representatives, district attorneys. So each case book Is broken up Into numbered districts. In the second congressional dis trict, the first case book is brok en up into 13 different pamph lets because there are 13 dif ferent slates of local state offic es. No. 1 (look at your pamph let and that large number on the lower right hand corner of the cover gives you the number of your district) takes in Gil liam, Malheur, Sherman and Wheeler counties. Remotest from the capital you see, Next case book is for the fourth congressional district Curry, Jackson, Josephine, Coos, Douglas, Linn and Lane coun ties. The case book is broken up into 7 scries of pamphlets num bers 14 to 20, one for each coun ty. The first congressional district is case book No. 3, for Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook, Washing ton, Lincoln, Benton, Clacka mas, Yamhill, Polk and .Marion county, pamphlets 21 to 30.' Then comes congressional dis trict No. 4. Multnomah county, and that's a story and a pamph let in Itself. The Multnomah book No. 31 is the biggest (112 pages against 68 pages In the smallest pamphlets). Work has to start from the beginning on that one so it can be complet ed, printed and mailed by Oct. 23, the deadline. (Actually the job was completed this week, eh will spend a short time visit well ahead of the next Monday deadline.) Being the biggest and bulkiest, work has to start on the Multnomah pamphlet at once. The book is put together while the other three case books are being readied for press. The Multnomah pamphlet is "farmed out" to a Portland printing firm for publication only. The compo sition work is done here. Like wise, the Marion county pamph let was "farmed out" this year to a Salem printing firm. The state printer sends over two proofs of every page. One proof goes to Dave for scrutiny and the other goes to the candi date for any last minute correc tion he may want to make. Once Dave has given the pages the green light, the job of printing begins. E. C. Hobbs, state printer, said his shop used 1,300,000 sheets of 24 by 36 inches, weighing 82 pounds to the 1,000 sheets to complete the pamphlet. In addi tion, 45,000 pounds of paper on 35 inch rolls about 45 inches in diameter went to Portland for the Multnomah job. Once the pamphlets are print ed, the mailing starts. The pamphlets are baled into bun dles about a foot and a half long, tied and made ready for mailing. The postoffice sends a specially trained man up to the statehouse. He supervises sacking of the mail, and the weighing of It, and then state trucks take it direct ly to the depot, where the sacks are put on northbound and southbound trains for eventual distribution throughout the state. The pamphlets are bundled for each locality, Dave explain ed, because that way the state gets a rate of 10 cents a pound. That's some $13,500 postage alone for the 135,000 pounds of pamphlets. Dave makes out a check for the postoffice in ad vance and finally a cleanup: check. He s careful not to make the last one too big. Because if there's a refund coming, it goes flop into the state's general fund and is forever lost to the election bureau. We Are Happy to announce the addition of FLOOR WAXING WINDOW CLEANING RUG CLEANING To Our Home Maintenance Service Jim Hathaway Servire Contractor Ph. 3-5072 EQUITAIU SOCIETY FA R H LOMS QUICK IMVK! LOW RATES FAR TREATMENT Leo N. Childs, Inc. MM Fairgrounds Hd. atom, Oregea Ph. 1-1541 DOUBLE or NOTHING A desk full of policies does not necessarily mean you carry more insurance than your neighbor. Actually, you might have less insuronce. One Blanket policy tokes out the guesswork no double coverage o minimum of exclusions. Call SALEM'S GENERAL OF AMERICA AGENCY for details. EXPERT BOILER SERVICE IS AVAILABLE THROUGH SALEM'S GENERAL OF AMERICA AGENCT. CHUCK CHUT sL INSURANCE AGENCY 373 N. Church - Phone 3-91 19 PER rvan poire Of Establishments Open on Sunday in Salem SAFEWAY 1420 Stat St. 2120 Fairground! Rd. , OPEN SUNDAYS 10 A.M. -8 P.M. SAME LOW PRICES ALWAYS Cherry's Plantation 3 Miles South on 99E Selective Dinners Served S to 11 P.M. FEATURING Delicious Chicken and Steaks Cooked Personally by Mrs. Cherry , Phone 2-7790 Closed Thun. For Your Convenience Our Store Is Open Sundays From 12 Noon to 1 P.M. FOB EMERGENCIES Can 38362 38543 39579 CAPITAL DRUG STORE State and Liberty "Tour Prescription Store" THE PIKE ICE CREAM TWO LOCATIONS 111 S. Liberty St AND Z234 Fairgrounds Rd. Open Sunday! 11 A.M. to 11 P.M. ORCUTT'S Market 4200 No. River Rd. "In the Keiser Area" OPEN SUNDAYS 10 a.m. to t p.m. THE MEADOWS SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNERS Steak Turkey Ham Roast Prime Beef Au Jus Country-style Fried Chicken Open 7 a.m. 9:30 p.m 340 Stata St. Ph. 3-7S17 Erickson Super Markets OPEN SUNDAY 2 Big Stores 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. 3060 Portland Rd. 3720 E. State St. RED CROSS Pharmacy Stata and High Sts. OPEN SUNDAY 8 a.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 10 p.m. Drags and Prescriptions Senator Hotel Coffee Shop We Specialise in SUPERB SUNDAY DINNERS Open Sundays 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Daily 6:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Dine in Cool Comfort at the Senator Phone J-41S1 DUCK PIN BOWLING Billiards Lunch Alleys Reserved for Parties Winter leagues now being organized. Open 4 P.M. to Midnight 8. & B. BOWLING COURT 30S5 Portland Rd. GOLDEN PHEASANT OPEN 12 Noon Til 8:30 SUNDAY SUNDAY FAMILY DINNERS OUR SPECIALTY 241 North Liberty Phone 3-8733 THE VISTA MARKET 3045 South Commercial OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAYS 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Open Daily 9 A.M. to 10 P.M. PHONE 27073 SAVING CENTERS OPEN 9 A. M. TO 10 P. M. SALEM Vimi. North of Underpass an 998 WEST SALEM At the foot of the bridge TINDALL'S Pharmacy "THE HOLLYWOOD DRUG STORE" 1998 No. Capitol , Phone t-1424 Night Phone 1-6871 Open I a.m. Till 9 p.m. STATE ST. MARKET 1230 State St. Open Sunday JO A. M.to9P. M. BERGS In the Capitol Shopping Center 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. Every Day WILES Drug Store 19S No. High St. OPEN SUNDAY 8 A. M. to 1 P.M. 4P.M.t 10P.M. PHONI 8-8792 LADD'S MARKET 1705 S. 12th Open 9 a. m.-9p. m. Pay Less Drug Store SERVE YOURSELF and PAY-LESS OPEN SUNDAY 11 A.M. 'til 8 P.M. PAY LESS HAS EVERYTHING THE ICE CREAM BOWL 171 Kinfwoad Home Made Ice Cream OPEN 12 Noon Til 11 p.m.
