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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem. OreBon
Wednesday, February 24, 1954
Capital jkjJournal
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THE KREMLIN'S PROMISED CAPITALISM
The Kremlin seems to have now discovered 'Adam
Smith long ignored theory,
self interest ' as a prime
tion, which is really the basis of lonjr denounced capital
ism. 1 his is due to the decline in production on the collec
tive farms and industries of Russia since the Ked revolt!
tion, for slavery and coercive terrorism destroys the
incentive that freedom generates, Material incentive has
loner vanished among the Russian people.
The Marxism theory of
the principle ot equal shares and pay for all, have never
been in force in Russia, though utilized as bait to induce
acceptance of Communism.
duced progressive price rates of the speed-up system, in
both industry and agriculture.
The official Kremlin magazine Kommunist has publish
ed an article entitled "The Principle Of Material Incen
tive The Lever of a Mighty Advance in Agriculture."
It deals with the necessity
self interest among Soviet
material selt-mterest as a result of one s own labor raises
production to a higher level."
Peter Prospelov, at the
January 21, proclaimed:
"Lenin taught that tens and
brought tu cuinmunism only on the condition that-the enthusiasm
of the masses of the people, born from the great revolution, is com
bined with the principle of personal incentive, personal interest and
and economic consideration." He
"principle of material self-interest."
The Kremlin's ideological espousal of "material incen
tive" is not its actual use in Russian economy but its
elevation to the status of Marxian dogma to spread hope
among the people probably also a false hope. And the
reason for Malenkov's stressing the principle of self
interest is simply to get farmers and workers to produce
more in a shorter time through incentive and rewards in
the hope of improved standard of living. Recent Russian
history will probably repeat itself with unfulfilled
promises of the dictators. G.P.
BROTHERHOOD WEEK
This is "Brotherhood Week," sponsored by the National
Conference of Christians and Jews, whose purpose for be
ing is to promote better feeling between those of different
racial and religious backgrounds.
It is to be doubted that the observance will sink very
iar into the national consciousness, for the average person
is a little bored at all this talk of "brotherhood," a subject
that has been current ever since Cain and Abel and the
celebrated question, "Am I my brother's keeper?" To
which the answer was "no" for many, mrtny centuries, but
to which it is now a more and more insistent "yes."
But at the risk of boring the cynical, who have an easy
means of avoiding boredom by simply reading something
else, we wish to add our testimony to the need for more
of what this group seeks, genuine brotherly feeling.
People have not gained in mutual understanding and the
mutuality of sympathy understanding would bring. The
great problem of the era is
nomic. And we have a problem because too many are still
answering Cam s question
worse, acting on that view.
But the promotion of better understanding cannot be
accomplished by one organization or in a week or a year.
It must have the active support of many more and it must
be continuous. But it will pay off in foreign wars and
domestic breakdowns prevented and in a better life for
all.
RED CHINA'S FOOT IN THE DOOR
Georgia Senator George is always worth listening to
when he speaks, whether it is on domestic or foreign
policy. Me now says Russia got the only thing it wanted
or expected at Berlin, inclusion of Ked China in the forth
coming Asia conference at Geneva.
George says Russia has long sought to get China re
cognized as one of the major powers, but has been blocked
repeatedly by the U. S. Now for the first time the U. S.
agrees to meet Red China on a basis of equality at the
Geneva conference to seek to solve Asia's problems, lie
regards this as a prelude to eventual recognition of China
by the U. X. and even by the U. S.
Whether this proves true remains to be seen, but it need
not and should not prove true as to the U. S. until Red
China reverses its ways of doing things and shows genuine
evidence by deeds, not mere words of intent to discharge
the responsibilities of a great power.
This will not be the first time we have met Red China
at the council table. We have done so repeatedly in Korea,
with perhaps as much success as we will meet in Geneva.
But George has sounded a timely warning. The I". S.
should not relent in its determination against recognition
of Red China. However we cannot refuse to talk, any
more than a kidnap victim's family can refuse to talk to
the kidnaper.
BRITISH FOOD RATIONING TO END
The British government has ordered the end of food
rationing effective next July when meats come off the
list. They are the last remaining item.
This marks in a very real wav the "end of the war,"
in the tight little isle which
filler It liecame only a memory in most 01 ine ooillgereni :
countries. It probably remained longer because the Ijlxr
irovernment be!ieved in government controls and felt no '
need to lift them.
Economic condition! have improved under the Churchi!!
regime and one control after another hai been taken off.
Lifting' of control.' is usually both the re.'j!t ar.d the cau.
of improvement, fur they add to incentive to yr'A- f. r,4
encourag-e the consumption that ,timu!a.e further
duction.
The liritish certainly deserve this break nl'r lr. i r. if
Under a war r modified war wm'iiny sirce Y' Yj.
SPEND MORE AND TAX LESS?
It is a little snrpri-intr to note that Republican rr,ir.-r
of the House Ways and Means Committee had to '".r.-,
aside Democratic: moves' to slash most fxci tx .,? V
percent and to cut individual
half hillion dollars a year.
Can any of these be the same Democrat who r ."
nititinjf that we are in such a serious busirn-i f .:-.
that the government must prepare to spend money on
vast .scale to prevent a depression? If this is an-. tr,,,-.
faintly resembling a possibility it would le folly to r r, ;.
the jrovcrment's sources of revenue. For the budir"., ,t
nhould not be forirotten. is not vet balanced.
Perhaps it is too much to expect wliticians to be cor,,- i
tcnt.lccially in election year,, but those who un.-t on j
Heavier sprnninjr snoum not oe caninjr ior iiumh: i.h in
ductions. At lent not unless rhnos is their aim.
Herlwrt Hoover insists that he sees no sin of a new ie
prrssion, and we think even the most confirmed
dealer will admit that Mr. Hoover should he able to rer
nize a depression if he did aec one.
the principle of 'materia
incentive to increased produc
"each according- to his need"
Instead the Kremlin intro.
of developing keener material
farmers, declaring: "Personal
anniversary of Lenin's death
tens of millions ot people can be
then went on to advocate the
spiritual, not military or eco
the way Cain did, or what is
has had food rationing long .
income taxes by t-t '4 r
SITUATION NORMAL
YOURVrUBBORrAt '- ' 1 v'
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KEEPING THE l ( V0 AE Ki
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WASHINGTON MERRY
Revenge Prompts Langer's
Campaign Against Warren
By DREW
WASHINGTON-Iii order to un
derstand Wild Bill Langer's battle
against the confirmation of Earl
Warren as chief justice of the
United Stales you have to know
something about one of the must
ndependent, unpredictable, color
ful and cantankerous members of
the U.S. senate. You also have
to know something about that lit
tle motive called revenge, never
quite absent in politics.
First, let it be noted that this
writer, who predicted May 24
1953, that Karl Warren would be
appointed chief justice, believes
ho should have been confirmed
long ago. I disagree most em
phatically with both danger and
my contemporary, Weslbrook
Pegler, who claims Warren is not
fit to sit on the supreme court be
cause he once wrote a letter to
James Petrillo, head of the Musi
cians' union.
Warren has one of the finest
records of any man in public life
today, as has been noted time
after time in this column; and the
republicans would have won had
they nominated him for president
in 1!M8 instead of Tom Dewey.
However, politics being what it
is. and the senate having been
Kivcn the power to pass on judicial
nominations, let's take a look at
the motives of the colorful and un
predictable senator from North
Dakota. They were two:
Motive No. 1 was to show some
of his colleagues what it's like to
smear unsubstantiated charRrs on
the Congressional Record, as Mc
Carthy has been doinR. Few re
publican senators have protested
when McCarthy poured all sorts
of reckless and unverified charRcs
into the record aeainst Cien.
Cleorge Marshall, Dean Acheson.
and scores of others. Lancer, who
has never Rone along with McCar
thy on these, fiRured that what's
sauce for the Roose is sauce for
the gander.
Motive No. 2 was to retaliate
against his fellow republicans for
what they did to him.
Lunger Damtlrn
Not manv people know it. but ;
when the republican senate con- !
ened one vear ago, Langer was
the only republican not permitted !
to take his scat, despite one of !
the most devastating reports ever i
...Km.iK.j HL-.iiist a f(-lliw sonator !
But when a Rroup of republicans
from North Dakota, headed by Joe !
Hnd-ton of lirand Forks, came to
wamngMn in pruu-M i.hiikii .t i
tlrrlion, various republican sena-!
twi On! their Del bncKstage to
u.-.at him
Langer was allowed to
iii.n a precarious position as
rr.aTrt,nn of the judiciary commit
t bA ur.der the embarrassing
gft4.v,ti of having its stall inves
fii. fc;;n. tut ilmoM a year.
:-:.,r,..r j ivA! upn .Mc.irran
1 .'-. '!!'
?.. f h.t. .'TIB ' v
a mure
judge-
rr .t i
rr.-.- fjn .is l.an-
r l.ini
W ..;.. v ..' -hoaer ad-
, r,-'. iWi'rr. anTam !
Mrr'"'?
r.'.Ti'ir. Fred
tvt not onlv
J.': r lor the
,1, t4 failed him a
.':..', 'l.-jhl even got a
I ;if, (w,'.v.i,i iroin Hoy Oil
jrr.. 'tf '-,1 millionaire, to
rifin' l.:,stf But when he fail
"1 ; f.iAner administration
''l m, ,h'' . I'"1'"1
political
one
on in the interior ilc
Thfe were stinie of the reasons
h- the lone woll senator from ,
North fiakoia bided his time until I
wtiniifiy enireninru as cnairman . irequrnily in the past alter he controlling growing of crops,
m the judiciary rommilteV Ry poved as a painter to "borrow" the healing of the vick the hous
January of tins year, he knew a ladder. He sells the ladders. i ing of the people, and other ac-
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PEARSON
no one could dethrone him. So
he proceeded to pick the second
biggest target in Washington, the
chief justice of the United States,
in order to show disdain for his
own republican party.
Langer-Go-Kound
Here are sidelights on the man
the GOP leadership will have to
cope with for five more years as
head of the judiciary committee.
Langer once collected $25,000
from Boston Columnist Bill Cun
ningham following a libel suit.
The lawyer who collected the
money for him was Joseph B.
Keenan, who when assistant at
torney general had once convicted
Langer for conspiring to solicit
politiral contributions from federal
employes. Langer was sentenced
to 18 months in jail, but never
served, lie appealed, went to trial
two more times, and was cleared.
He and Keenan, who prosecuted
him, became close friends, and
Chief Justice Warren will probably
have no better friends than Lan
ger after he is confirmed. . . .
Langer was elected governor of
North Dakota immediately after
his conviction. He is the only
senator who boasts in his own,
self-penned congressional biog
raphy that he was arrested. . . .
Langer's court troubles caused the
senate to scrutinize his election
carefully the frist time elected in
1940. hut thanks tto the votes of
friendly democrats, he was seated.
. . . Langer has voted as much
with the democrats as with the
republicans, and in 1930 seriously
considered leaving the republican
party altogether. It was his key
vole on the judiciary committee
which defeated the 1947 move to
probe the Kansas City vote frauds.
Langer's Cellophane
In 1949, Langer told a stormy
republican caucus that there were
three types nt republicans con
servatives, self-styled liberals, and
real liberals, such as himself. . . . ; drivers under 25 arc involved is
He has consistently fought for ; 62.4 per cent above the national
small business, began battling i average, while in non fatal acci
long ago against the use of fed- i dents these drivers account for
eral funds for schools which prac-1 accidents at a rate 37 1 ner cent
discrimination, pronco me
newsprint monopoly and tele-
Ph"e company profits, and in- j
troduced a housing bill even ,
ahead of Senati Taft . . . Senator '
i-angcr cnews cigars wnnoui tan-
'ng the cellophane wrapper off
never smoncs inrm, wmcn causcn ;
Senator Magnuson of Washington j
t remark: "Why don't you buy
... .... i
tastes just the same.'
Presi-1
clcnt Iranian, on whose cam
paign train he rode in North
Dakota, o ce appointed Lan
ger's nephew, Morgan Ford,
to the l . S. customs court
in New York. 'Incidentally, Ciov
ernor Warren also paid a friendly
visit to Truman s campaign train
in the same r.iV! election ! . . .
Now ,iS years old. Langer's health
I' not "hat it used to he. Meclcol
for a six-year term, he will be 7.1 ,
ncn mat icrm expires ann tinui 1
that tune he will run the judiciary
committee chairmanMup pretty
mucii as rai .Mciniran nxr
namely, as he pleases the public
will hear a lot more about lone
volt Langer in coming months
and republican senators wish rue-1
fuly there was something they
coud do about it.
N A It l.AIllll.K TIIIKK
SAN FRANCISCO 'UP'
Francisco's ladder man w
- San
hack
in jail today.
Police said Kduard Kartell, 58,
had been arrested again for steal
ing a l.i'1 'or.
Officers have picked him up
Deadly Highways
. By RAYMOND MOLEY
While Secretaiy Dulles tries to
bring peace abroad, the president
has taken a step to stop the
slaughter at home. For our high
ways kill more Americans in a
year than the Korean War ac
counted for in three. His Confer
ence on Highway Safety last
week heard many plans and pro
posals to reduce automobile acci
dents. And it should be added that
there are as many suggestions for
leform as there are accidents.
Last summer in this column 1
presented a piece declaring my
farewell to touring, which was in
substance a fervent prayer of
thanksgiving that I had once more
crossed the continent alive and a
firm resolve never to tempt Pro
vidence and lunatic drivers again.
The result of my piece was very
considerable mail , from people
who shared my sentiments a
refreshing contrast with the re
sponse to more controversial po
litical pieces. Everybody agrees
that the highway situation is aw
ful, and lots of people are doing
things about it, but the slaughter
goes on. '
When highways are improved,
some of the lunatics who use them
simply step more firmly on the
gas. When cars are improved by
aouing more Horsepower proper- j
IV Used, a SafnlV frirtnt- in ifcolf I
the lunatics use that horsepower
to get nowhere quicker.
The President and Secretary
Weeks and some others made
speeches, and Bob Moses present
ed his excellent program for im
provement. But after reading all the sugges
tions and pondering all the prob
lems involved, I am convinced
that two things that are supposed
to he the twin hopes of a troubled
civilization are at the root of the
trouble speed and youth.
It seems to me that the Presi
dent, instead of advocating low
ering the voting age. should ad
vocate lifting the driving age. The
National Bureau of Casualty I'n-
oerwriters reports that the fre
quency of fatal accidents in which
anovc the national average. In
New York these flaming voulhs
had 97.9 per cent more than the
state's average in fatal accidents,
and fi.V.1 per cent more in non-
;,t.il accidents.
I he element of speed is dem-
omr.itod in a very convincing
way, for accidents with fatalities
mostly involve an element of ex-
usmi' specu.
There are other f.irtnr in ho
sure, such as defective cars, and
; bad and narrow highways. Hut
, the real problem is a failure of
j human heing., mostly young ho
' man beings, to make haste slow-
' ly '.
The basic remedy is mure
i care and cVscipltne in granting
ano renewing licenses and in po-
being the highwavs.
I have been riding in taxis in
the crowded streets of New York
tor a good manv years, anri I
haven't seen more than half a
do7cn accidents. Hut in a trans- I
continental automobile trip I I
have made ten in eight years j
I see one or n ore every day.
The ronrlu on I derive from
that is that New York Ci
ity is ,
properly policed, speed is almost j
impossible, a 1 the great majori-1
ty of cab drivers are not too
young. i
With restrictions on the grant- j
ing of licenses, especially on the j
basis of age, with more police, '
and with nore drastic punish- i
ments for speed and carelessness, I
we might well save 10.000 lives
a year. Before government un
dertakes fur:her experiments in I
Washington Full of
Leaks as a Sieve
By JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON l-Washinglon
is a plumber's paradise: it s full
of leaks. '
Somebody, some place inside or
outside the Army seems to be
leaking information to Sen. Mc
Carthy (R-Wisl about what hap
pens in one of the Army's most
secret operations: its own nuni
for Communists.
Army officials have pointedly
told him the information he has
made public so far is nothing they
dictn know about already.
How does he know about it? He
isn't saying. But since he does
know, the Army now may be
spreading nets in Pentagon corri
dors to catch any pigeons carrying
messages to the senator.
Twice now within a month Mc
Carthy has held hearings on cases
in which the Army apparently
made decisions only a few days
before the senator began talking
about them publicly.
The first was the case of Dr.
Irving Peress. a New York den
tist, who, the Army says, refused
to answer questions about subver
sive organizations to which he
might have belonged.
The second was that of Mrs.
Annie Lee Moss, a 46-year-old
telegraphic-typewriter operator in
the Pentagon. A former FBI in
formant described her as a Com
munist. McCarthy ' says she han
dles secret messages. The Army
says she doesn't, and never did
handle any she could decipher.
Take Dr. Peress:
He was commissioned a captain
in October 1952 and that same
month refused to answer ques
tions. Nevertheless, in January
195.1 he was called to active duty
and in October 1953 was promoted
to major. On Dec. 30, 1953, the
Army decided to discharge him.
Why? The result of an investiga
tion of him, the Army says.
At any rate, on Jan. 18, 1954,
the Army told Peress he'd have
to get out by April but could quit
sooner. Twelve days later, on Jan.
30, McCarthy called Peress to a
hearing but says Peress refused
to answer on grounds he niiht
incriminate himself.
Three days later Peress asked
the Army for an honorable dis
charge and got it. That was Feb.
2. On that day McCarthy an
nounced he had just sent a letter
to Secretary of the Army Robert
T. Stevens demanding Peress'
court-martial. He apparently didn't
know Peress was being discharged.
On Feb. 16 Stevens replied, tell
ing McCarthy Peress had left.
On Feb. 18 McCarthy called
Peress back, got no answers, and
then the same day quizzed Brig.
Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker, who had
been Peress' commander at Camp
Kilmer, N.J.
Citing orders against giving out
security information, Zwicker re
fused to answer most of McCar
thy's questions. But, before finish
ing, the general told the senator
he hadn't produced anything new.
Mrs. Moss, the tetcgraphic-tvpe-
writcr operator in the Pentagon:
On Feb. 5, the Army says, it
shifted Mrs. Moss from one kind
of job to another as a result of an
earlier investigation.
Yesterday McCarthy held a
hearing on this case. It was only
after the hearing that the Army
gave out the information on the
investigation of the woman.
A former FBI informant, Mrs. i
Mary S. Markward, testified she
had known Mrs. MosS as a Com
munist in the early 1940s. Mrs.
Moss' alwycr, George E. C. Hayes,
told reporters Mrs. Moss takes the
position she is "not now and never
has been a member of the Com
munist party."
McCaithy said that as late as
yesterday she wyas handling "top
secret ' messages in the Pentagon.
The Army promptly said she not
only didn't have access to secrets
yesterday but never had.
Hunting Accidents
Baker Democrat-Herald
The state game commission has
compiled the annual toll of hunt
ing accidents and has found that
the list has increased by two over
that of last year. In spite of all
efforts to secure more careful
ness there were 3(1 gun accidents.
Of the victims, 7 will never again
draw bead on game, and some of
the others should not.
Kxactly half of the 30 acci
dents were due to accidental gun
discharges. Practically all of
these were violations of basic
rules in handling a gun. It is
still more tragic that 11 of the
15 accidental discharges injured
or killed others than the careless
gun handlers. II shows hnw im
portant it is to know the habits
and the mental attitudes of one's
bunting companions.
tivilies of the welfare slate, it
might see tc it that it is doing
h;it it should with its primary
job of policing.
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Y.hi an juicily mAc your
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Girl of 11 Has First Date,
With a Real, Live Boy
By SAUL PETT
Tor HAL
NEW YORK MA charming
$600 tax exemption I know re
cently had her first date,
We'd better call this girl Jane
since that isn't her name. But as
she is now 11 and knows her
rights, her father can no longer
write so freely. She might sue for
invasion of privacy,
Most girls in her class went to
the square dance in the school
gym with other girls. But Jane
was invited by a real, live boy,
name of David, age 12, "and
what's more," she said, "he's pay
ing the 35 cents for my ticket."
For years, Jane has been a will
ing target for any dollar diplo
mat.
By way of preparation, she
fought for and won a new, full,
quilted skirt "that twirls out in a
heavenly way." She fought for
and lost a pair of silk stockings.
She asked for and got 50 cents to
buy David a soda after the dance
"since it's only fair."
On the big day, she had her
hair washed and set and for the
first time in her life tolerated the
curlers long enough to make or
der out of chaos.
An hour before David's sched
uled arrival, she was fully dress
ed and shining liko a new queen.
With royal majesty, she refused
to let any but herself peek
through the front window cur
tains to see who was coming up
the front walk.
She was especially adamant
that her eight-year-old sister, a
pigtailcd pixio called .Knthy, he
held under strict surveillance
throughout.
" hen's he gonna slip the ring
on your finger?" ,Kathy said.
"Ma, make her shut up!" Jane
shouted.
When's he gonna poo the
question?" Kathy persisted. She
is clearly a girl who has watched
too much television, has an exalt
ed notion of her sister's age and.
besides, harbors a secret desire
to share her room with no one.
Kathy was wrestled into silence
and Jane ran up to her room, an
nobneing that we were to tell Da
vid she'd be down in a few min
utes. The door bell rang and Jane
was down before the echo died.
"Hi, David."
"Hi, Jane."
"Come meet my father and
mother." There was no mention
of her sister.
David was a solid young man
with curly blond hair and smart,
Navy pea jacket. Remembering
my own sen-consciousness at his
age, 1 resolved to set him at his
"I'm very glad to meet you,"
he said, and shook my hand with
startling firmness. I was about to
mention the Dodgers' chances
this year, when David, looking me
squarely in the eye, inquired
about my health, encouraged mc
to talk about my odd jobs around
the house and assured me his fa
ther had much the same prob
lems. In no time at all, he had
me at mv ease.
As th'ev were lravine. .lane's
mother asked somewhat timidly.
I thought, "What time can we ex-: San Jose Cosmetologists associa
pect you back?" i tian has chosen a queen to reign
"About ten," David said. "I al-1 during National Beauty Salon
ways bring my dates back about I Week.
ten " j The queen, rhosen from among
There seemed to be no arguing j the faithful customers of San
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tice, they returned. David said,
so long, and Jano said, so long
and "Gee, I had wo-o-onderful
time!"
There was something so direct
and fresh about their goodnights.
How long, I thought sadly, will it
take before she learns to be de
vious, to say not quite what she
means?
About her evening, Jane told
us only a little: That the dance
was wonderful, that David insist
ed on paying for the sodas and
she used her money for comic
books. And then she rushed up
stairs to write in her diary.
Two days later, it was all over.
David wanted to buy her stamp
collection but Jane thought the
offered price was outrageously
low. They still aren't speaking,
and I keep worrying that Jane
keeps worrying that he never re
ally loved her for herself but had
his eyes, all along, on that stamp
collection.
Salem 43 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
February 24, 1911
A Capital Journal headline of
43 years ago declared "Radium is
the fountain of youth'' and carried
a story to sustain the head that
had originated in Paris from the
pen of Prof. Gabriel Petit at the
veterinary school in Alfort.
Max Dill of Kolb and Dill had
an cgaKcmcnt at the Grand in the
presentation "Lonesome Town."
During the chapel nraver of
Professor Sherwood at Wilamette
university an intermittent ringing
alarm clock had sounded forth
with a great clatter as the prayer
opened. The praye- stopped and
S3 did the clock. When the prayer
was resumed the alarm resumed.
too. Presently both the prayer
and clamorous alarmh ceased to
be heard and proper authorities
set about to find the offender who
placed the alarm clock in the
chapel.
Capital Journal for February 24,
1911, carried this acrostic adver
tisement about Salem Beer:
"Some people ride the bicycle
Anil some in autos course
Life is full of mixed desire
Elect then what you most desire
My choice remains the horse.
But when in search of pure delight
Effervescent, clear and bright
! Everyone fan read the cheer
Right in these
printed verses
here."
Southern Pacific's colonist's faro
from Chicago to Oregon had been
placed at $33, from Omaha, $25.
Articles of incorporation had
been liled by Melolius Si Prine
ville railroad for construction of
a line between those points.
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