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Friday, Normb XT. 1953
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Although flood waters ire beginning to recede highway
maintenance men view the rampaging Willamette River
at point where it washed out the tre'i-state highway
through the Caicade Mountains between Oakridge and
Eugene, Ore. The river and its surrounding tributaries
caused havoc in the rain-soaked area. (UP Telephoto)
Thielsen to Retire After
Long Service to County
By FRED ZIMMERMAN
Some men look forward to
the time when they can shift
their every day employment
chores to other shoulders, go
fishing, putter around and
take it easy in general.
Such Is not the case with
H. William (BUI) Thielsen
who is due to "retire" after
serving Marlon county in var
ious capacities for mora, than
I years.
BUI will be cut off the pay
roll as of December 31. Since
1938 ha baa held the position
of property agent for the
county and during that period
has handled $829,000 in cash.
He has lived on "borrowed
time" Insofar as his employ
ment is concerned for the past
15 years. From year to year
he has been given an exten
sion of time, but those in
charge of the retirement sys
tem told him 19S3 would be
his last as public srvesnt.
A native born Oregonian,
having seen the first light of
day December 24, 1872, in
Portland, Thielsen spent many
of his early years on his fath
er's 400-acre farm near Rick
reall. There he assisted in the
musing or 23 cows twice a
dsy and attended what is now
known as Oregon College of
Education at Monmouth. He
first came to Salem in 1900,
but became permanently at
tached to the capital in 1919.
First employment with Mar
ion county was 28 years ago
wnen lntetsen was given a
temporary assignment In the
tax collection department un
der Sheriff Oscar Bowers. He
subsequently advanced to the
position of cashier. Then came
change in administration with
the election of Andy Burk as
sheriff.
On day, relates Thllsen,
Burk approached him and
said:
There has been consider
able criticism regarding the
cost of operating the tax de
patrment You don't need to
come back tomorrow."
Thielsen then went to work
Under Assessor Tad Shelton
as a deputy. Came the de
pression and with It dplln
quent taxes. The latter snow
balled to such an extent that
by 1938 the county had 1600
pieces of property on Its
hands. This necessitated the
appointment of a person to
handle the aituation and
Thielsen got the Job.
One of the pieces of prop
erty acquired consisted of 1100
acres of timber land on Sar
dine creek in the Santiam
country. The owners were de
linquent $2750 In taxes and
told the county they would not
pay it.
The county offered the land
for 83000 and found no buyers.
Then the tract was taken off
the sale list and and county
nd state entered into an
agreement concerning timber
lands. Under this agreement
the stats handles the timber
and glvea the county 75 per
cent of the sale price.
Eventually me 11 00 acres
William (Bill) Thielsen
dependent children could re
tain her home while paying
me oacK taxes.
"It was difficult to dlspos
sess under such trying condi
Uons," Thielsen said. , , -j
During the mors prosperous
times of current years, the
county has not been compelled
to take over much property be
cause of tax delinquency. In
fact, there were Just five tracts
this year, none of which had
much value.
While Bill will not be com
pelled to twiddle his thumbs
after his retirement from pub
lic office, he admits that he
does not view with too much
enthusiasm a situation wherein
he will not report for work
with the regularity that has
been his in recent years.
Thielsen has a view home
and tVa acres near Candalarla
Heights that overlook the Wil
lamette Valley to the west.
'I expect to be able to keep
busy and may build a green
house where I will be able to
raise plants with which to
beautify my place," said Bill.
Apparently in good health
and with a smile for all who
visit him In his office on the
third floor of the temporary
Courthouse, Bill will not only
miss the contact with the pub
lic, but the public is bound to
lose something through his retirement
Horse Shies,
Drags Little
Rider to Death
Klamath Falls Cf) A
horse shied, then boiled, and
dragged to death its little
rider, Eileen Edwards, 8,
Thursday afternoon.
The girl, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Edwsrds of
Merrill, bad been out with
other members of the family
for a horseback ride near
their home, 29 miles south
east of here. For some rea
son she knotted the reins
around herself and when she
fell as the horse shied, the
reins held fast. She had been
dragged halt a mile before
the horse could be stopped.
She died a few hours later in
Klamath Valley hospital.
It is estimated there are
2,800 languages in the world.
LEGALS
RHZBirr notice or uu
NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEM that I
wUl. on December Uth. 1H3. it it 00
rclocK U tbe forenoon thereof, t the
front door of the Count CourthouM.
IU MtvrtoB Street In atlem. Merlon
County. Orefon. Mil M public auctlot
for cash, la the mrjmi provided by
lew for the ul tt reel vroMttr on
execution, the follovlni deeexioed reel
premuM, to-wit:
Betlnnloi at ft Dotnt Morth M
But 110 0ft leet from the flontheett
corner of Lot Twenly-enc !) Ever
green Acre, llarioo County. Oregon.
(8m Volume U. Pate 11, Record o!
Town Plata for eaid County nd
Etate); thence Morth U V Eeit
17313 rett; thence North 1" It' Wut.
1M.M foot; tbenoe South M 11 Weai,
iTtvtr fMti thene South Seat.
1M M feci to the Piece af betlnnlnf.
Jteeerrlnc therefrom a atrip of land
90.M feel vide on the Weil aide and
n atrip of land 10 00 feat rida on
the South aide t be wed for road
way. Bald aelp 1U be made b me tn
purauaneo of en execution to me di
rected and heretofore Issued out of the I
Circuit Court of tbe state of Orefon I
for Marlon County in proceeding there-
ntiued "Anna Bableh. rialntlff. vs.
John Bableh. Defendant," clerk'! Rea
mer HO. M.MH.
Dated this 11th day af November,
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DENVER TOUNO. Sheriff af
Marlon County, Ortaoa.
Br A. 1. Maletrom, Deputy,
Rhotn, Rhotea Bpeerttrft
lie Pioneer Trust BulMlni
Salem. Oreitm
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Mot. 11, M. IT, Dee, 4. liftl
Annual Corn
Show Opens
Hermlston ( Th twelfth
annual Oregon State Cora
Show opened her Friday.
In the two-day event are hy
brid yield contests. Judging
contests, 10-ear corn exhibit
contests and corn Judging contests.
Herman Bierman. member
of the state corn show commit
tee and county extension agent
here, said 185 field samples
from over the state were in
yield contest
About dozen VTA chapters
are to compete in the Judging
contest, with four or five 4-H
teams participating m the Judg
ing contest for 4-H chapters.
An open class for Judging is
also slated.
The four districts comnetine
in the 10-ear contest are the
North Willamette, South Wil
lamette, Southern Oregon and
Eastern Oregon districts. An
over-all sweepstakes winner
will be chosen.
A husking bee was set for
Friday afternoon.
Juding contests are sched
uled for Saturday morning,
with Dr. R. E. Fore, Oregon
State college agronomist, clos
ing the show with a discussion
of corn growing.
Only preliminary held for
tne enow waa a yield compe
tion. Young Ronnie Larson,
Hermlston, son of Dr. Carl Lar
son, head of the Umatilla
branch experiment station
here, led the field with a rec
ord of 204.5 bushels per acre.
rrevioua record was 188.7
bushels.
WINTER, GIRLS TOO C5lD
Regina, Sask. (U B A Ger
man sailor who Jumped ship
to live in Canada accepted a
deportation order with thanks.
Gunther Honpe. 18. said he
had given Canada a six-month
try and found the winters and
the girls were too cold.
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Introducing Riccl James Martin, born Sept. 20, son of
actor-singer Dean Martin and his wife, Jeanne. The
couple, showing off Rid in Holywood, have one other son.
Dean Jr., 2. (UP Telephoto)
Miners Uni
Sounds an SOS
Denver OH Removal of
trade barriers and Increased
tax exemptions for persons
earning $5,000 a year or less
are necessary to combat "gen
eral economic collapse," the
executive board of the Inter
national Union of Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers, Ind., has
declared.
Charging the Eisenhower ad
ministration with failure to un
derstand the "urgent needs of
unemployed workers, or hard
pressed small businessmen"
the union contended a "crisis"
has spread through the mining
Industries.
In a four-point program re
leased at the close of the inter
national board's four-day meet
ing here Thursday, the union
said:
"Thousands of workers in
our industry have been laid off,
others have had cutbacks in
total hours and take-home pay.
Still others face threatened loss
of jobs and income . . ."
It said the "crisis" has gone
through the lead and zinc min
ing Industries of the U n 1 1 e d
States and Canada to copper
and brass industries.
The union, which was expell-
ed from the CIO for following
the communist line in 1950.
called for increased foreign
consumption of metals and met
al goods.
A good team of sledge dogs
with an expert driver can eov
er 100 mUes in a dsy with a
light load.
WHY SUFFER?
USE
Schaefer's
CORN
REMEDY
s w No relief,
ZOC No pay.
SCHAEFER'S
DRUG STORE
Open Dally M
Sundays A-M. . 4 fM.
135 N. Cmmerelal
Phon, J-S191
CLOSE CHEST DRIVE
Woodburn The Wood
burn community chest cam
paign waa closed this week
with total contributions of
$1,837.23 listed by Mark H.
Thompson, drive chairman.
Last year the total was
$1,770.31. Any one who has
not been contacted or wishes
to increase the original con
tribution may leave the
money at the Woodburn
branch of the First National
Bank of Portland.
DONT
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We Pis Them When Others Caat
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bases af canned fruit, pre
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and delicious dried Orefon
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a few cases of good solid pack
tomatoes in No. H tltus-
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ft Phytiorhcrophy
ft Eloctrotherophy
ft Colon Irrigation
ft X-Ray
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Chicago W Former Pres
ident Harry S. Truman will
come to Chicago tomorrow for
a lunheon meeting with Cook
county democratic leaders and
to speak at an Israel bond ral
ly. Southwestern United States
leads the world in Borax pro
duction with Chile second.
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