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Capital AJourneil AN INDEFINDEOT NIWSFAMI-tSTAIUSHW IN I Ml Bernard Miinwaring (1897-1957) Editor and Publisher 1953-1957 L A." Brown, Publisher Glenn Cushman, Managing Editor ' George Putnam,Editor Emeritus FuUkhW tvwr vwili (txttpt imdtj r a Capital Journal U, ta. Jafinla L Malwarlii Full Uatael Wlf Swvlo of Tha Aiistialed Praia and Tha Uniied Praai. Tin Aurxiated Praia b ucluaivaly tntltlad lt u tot publication of all ntwi diipaithaa crtdiitd to li or oiharwiw ediid In th papar and alio nawa publiahod thartln. SUISCIirtlON ATU ly Canaan Monthly. W.1S; iii Mentha. $7.50! On a. tMM. lr Mail In Oragani Mnnthly. S1.0O; Urn M.nrfca. M.O0; Oh Yna, S0. r Mai Outaida Oratani MntHr. Mnnrt VM: Ona Taar. SHOO Shelter Belt Trees Fate Many people have wondered about the fate of the "Shelter Belt" of trees planted across the Dakotas and Nebraska in North-South lines "desert" plains, one of New Deal meas ures instigated by President Roosevelt in 1934 during the drought years of the de pression. The answer to the question as to whether they flourished or died has remain ed mystery to many. In answer to such queries the April issue Natural History, the magazine of the Amer ican Museum of Natural History, contains a brief summary of the fate of the "Shelter Belt" program by Dr. Jack McCormick of the Museum staff from which the following is t condensation. The Shelter Belt called for parallel strips of trees, seven rods wide, one mile apart across a 100-mile-wide area. The objects were to conserve moisture, reduce soil ero sion, cut-off hot, dry winds, and provide wild life refuges. A survey in 1944 revealed 90 percent of the trees were in satisfactory condition. Another survey in 1953 showed continued success. The conifers proved hardier in the long run than hardwood types. Special protection from natural hazards such as fire and grazing herds has been necessary and still is to keep the trees alive. As windbraks, the shelter beds have been effective for about 20 times the height of the trees. There has also been a reduction in evap oration and hence moisture is conserved. Also there is less snow drifting and soil blowing. Dr. McCormick admits that "even now without further interference from man the trees could be obliterated." He adds that perhaps the most direct benefit to the in habitants of the area, was the employment afforded by the project. "In many ways, then, this project could be considered an achievement" , Perhaps it could be as a scientific accom plishment costing many times its worth, but not a commercial success or the trees would take care of themselves and reseed the re gion, but costing far more than possible yields though Dr, McCormick does not say so. G. P. Well Placed Tribute Paul B. Wallace, to whom the chapel in the. new wing at the YMCA was dedicated Sunday, was a Christian gentleman. He was to considered during his long career in Sa lem, and he is so remembered among all who knew him. Those who attended the dedication, each and all, were among those who loved and respected Paul Wallace. But they only rep resented the whole community. One who long knew him and often enjoyed his com panionship said of him after the ceremonial: "Paul came nearest to living up to the Golden Rule of all businessmen I have ever known. And he never spoke ill of anyone." It was fitting that all tributes paid him Sunday the words that were spoken, the songs that were sung, the plaque with his likeness were from persons who knew him personally as friend, as adviser, and as fellow worker for things of lasting good. Paul Wallace was broad in his thought of ill men. He believed there was good in all, and his life was dedicated to making the best in them prevail. He was modest and unob trusive, and self-promotion was no part of him. He was tolerant, but uncompromising with the unrighteous. Paul Wallace is remembered as friend, as successful businessman, and as social and civic Worker. His long years of service to the YMCA may be cited as an example. He is remembered too as a soldier. He did not have to go to war. He had a visual ailment that would have barred him, but he found a way around it, because he wanted to stay with old Company M, and carry his part of the load. And he was wounded in battle. The YMCA management did well to dedi cate its chapel to the memory of Paul Wallace. Kohler Strike Probe Xexl? Senator Barry H. Goldwater (R-Ariz.l has proposed a new subject for the Senate Labor Committee which exposed Dave Beck and the Teamster Union racketeering, the three-year-old strike, personally inspired and di rected by Waller Rcuther. CIO boss and president of United Auto Workers, against the Kohler Co. of Wisconsin, which was re cently commented on in these columns. In a statement' formally requesting the Inquiry into the Kohler strike. Goldwater recommended specific investigation into the reported acts of violence in connection with the dispute, which he numbered "in the eight hundreds." He also suggested the commit tee look at what he claimed was the 1'AW's effort "to wreck the Kohler Co. itself, prin cipally through the use of direct political pressure in securing the passage of laws and ordinances in nine areas to prevent the in stallation of Kohler equipment." 'This was done in various states and cities" with the proclaimed purpose of bankrupting Kohler Company and putting the largest manufacturer of plumbing supplies in the United States out of business," said Goldwa ter. Senator McClellan (D-Ark.) chairman of the Investigating committee, said he had not yet seen Mr. Goldwater's proposal and comment ed "I can't make a prediction when or if we will gut to the matter." He said he would aubmit the pfopesal t the committee to de side whether the prttbeM would go into the Kohtei strife It it JUKI ttvt& am artiu.se of power for Jfft to uJstyjjJtrtftffiXit'lrt ppwer to destroy build palatial homes for the union bosses. Of the two. the Reuther CIO tactics are worse than Dave Beck s of the AFL if there is any choice. G. P. ill RAY TVCKtM, RAY TI CKER Fear of Serious Decline Disappears WASHINGTON The Administration's earlier fears of a serious business decline in" late 1957 have vanished as a result of a study of economic trends during the first quarter of the year. In fact, there is a growing belief that the pres ent level of prosperity will hold through 1958. There will be neither a dangerous inflation nor de- J pressing deflation, according I. to the official viewpoint. To I employ a technical phrase, the general movement will not be sharply up or. down, but horizontal or sideways. Prirps will remain high, or even go a bit higher, but a rise in personal income will enable consumption to keep pace without too much hardship or difficulty. An extremely optimistic factor is the peo ple's apparent confidence in the persistence of good times. They are willing to go into debt, for the total of consumers' credit installment buying and borrowing . has reached a record peak. They are spending more than they are saving, but even so, they are putting away, percentagewise, more money than they were a year ago. More Spent for Light Goods As evidence of a revolutionary and signifi cant shift in buying habits, they are spend ing more for light goods and services than for durables. Their postwar supply of heavy stuff, from automobiles to household appliances and furniture, has not yet worn out enough to need replacement. Higher wages, greater leisure time and fashion changes account for this amazing fact namely, that more people are required to satisfy personal needs than to manufacture commodities. Money spent on sports, travel, and similar semiluxuries continues to sur pass all records. Nor is it the eccentric kind of orgiastic, nightclub and wasteful spending that pre vailed so recklessly in the "roaring twen ties." It provides a more solid underpinning for the general economic structure. It furn ishes emlpoyment for millions of serious, hard-working Americans rather than for Al Capone's bootlegging and allied theatrical enterprises from coast to coast. An Impressive Analysis Another important economic change is emphasized by Gabriel Hauge. President Eis enhower's chief economic adviser, as he sur veys the business situation and anticipates forward prospect. His analysis has im pressed industrial, business and financial leaders here and abroad. Hauge points out that the American eco nomic system has changed so radically in the postwar period that a sebtack on one or more sectors cannot have a serious or adverse effect on the overall and basic sys tem. While certain industries automobile, steel, textiles, coal may have to make tem porary adjustments in output, inventories and purchases of labor and materials, mean ing a slowdown in their particular area, oth er segments simultaneously operate at full or even greater capacity. In short, no weak ening of a single stretch can force a retreat on the whole front. Industrial Plant expansion Residential construction, for instance, is lagging. So are the automobile, electric ap pliance and textile industries, although per haps only seasonally. All are cutting down on production and inventories. But expansion and repair of the industrial plant will exceed 1956 dollar figures. The government Federal, state and local will spend more than $100 billion for highways, schools, hospitals, water systems, power plants, etc. Aircraft, electronic anil pushbutton weap on manufacturers will boom. Shipyards have more than a year's backlog of orders after a long period of inactivity. Exports are rising moderately. Finally, money spent on soft goods, personal services and summer and fall travel will furnish solid support on many fronts. As a matter of fact, the forward movement looks so good from a long-range viewpoint that there would he no regret at Washington over a slight slowdown. It would contribute to and prolong the current sideways slip into the 1958 political year, when the Republicans hope to recapture Congress as a happy pre lude to the 1960 Presidential contest. Quick as a Mosquito A hungry mosquito can plunge its probos cis into its victim as soon as it alights within a second Prof. A. W. Brown of the University of Western Ontario has reported that, in the heavily infested areas of Northern Canada, an exposed forearm may receive as many as 280 bites within I minute. At this rat I naked man could theoret ically be drained of all hit Nana" o trss tow IMP hour of exposure. " Gatt Wen ! WlfcSCO Tomb. HAL BOYLE Plush Taxi . Operated by Ex-Butler, NEW YORK u Many people talk of a perfect world. Raymond Roma, a former butler, is perhaps me omy one who set out to create 'f a perfect-" world inside a taxi- cab, "Being in I hurry is no ex ruse for being f either uncom fortable or im polite," says Roma, whose cab, he owns it rums ell. is a but- hal bovle ler's idea of heaven on wheels. The most unusual single step you can take in Manhattan is probably the step from the curb into Roma's white and jade cab. You leave instantly a world of noisy hustle and bustle and enter a world of quiet, serenity and un obtrusive courtesy. Air Conditioned Cab As you sink back into the cold and black upholstery, you are startled to note that the inside of the cab, instead of looking like a dried-up hog wallow, is spot lessly olean. You feel a grateful coolness and discover the cab is air-conditioned. 'Care for the evening paper. ?" asks Roma, handing you back a copy of the latest edition. if you wish to smoke, you II find cigars and cigarettes behind, you." i You turn and on the -shelf be- i hind the seat you see two glass1 containers in which are three pop ular brands of cigarettes,, regular and filtered, and two kinds of ci gars domestic and imported. There are also matches, sev eral kinds of chewing gum, mints, chocolates, small packets of paper cleansing tissues, scotch tape, and a lip pomade. Electric Shaver Too After lighting your cigar or cig arette for you, Roma asks your destination and drives you there at a steady conservative pace. If you care to discuss anything, he can talk to you in three languages English. French or German. If you murmur. Gee, I wish I'd shaved," Roma silently hands you back an electric shaver. With perfect tact he explains that he keeps two shaving heads for the razor, and that while one is in use the other is being sterilized in a i solution in tne trunK ot the can. When you have finished, he hands you a toilet kit with after shave lotion and talcum powder. Alter you leave his cab, Roma, before looking for another pas senger, puts the other head in the razor, cleans out the ashtrays. and whisk brooms the imported English rubber door-to-door mat on the floor. Years Ai a Butler Why does Roma go to all this trouble to please casual passen gers? Largely because -he likes to see people comfortable, and it pleases him still to practice the little courtesies he learned dur ing 7M years of buttering here and in Paris for a French General, a perfume manufacturer and a con cert pianist. It isn t all free to Roma him self. When he went to the Rem ington people with his plan to put in a home-auto shaver, they in stalled one for nothing. But it cost him $710 for the air-conditioning. and tne smokes, newspapers and refreshments he provides take a ! modest salary. No Extra Tips Does it pay off in extra tips from pleased passengers, many of whom have written him testimo nials? "No," said Roma, who is al ways impeccably attired and would almost rather commit hari kari than show up for work with out his necktie. "I don't get any more tips. But this docsn t disap point me, as that is not my pur pose. The other drivers say I must either be a millionaire or crazy to put a cab like this on the streets. 'I can say with certainty that I am not a millionaire. But you can be a gentleman in this world no matter what you do for a living. 'In this country we have every thing anyone can ask for except, sometimes, good manners. We can have them too. if we choose." Commy Capital ftSP&V' ) not TO BEfl OPEK FORUM Writer Asks Legislature to Unshackle Railroads, Allow Them Chance to Operate To the Editor: Read in Capital Journal with much humor the remarks made by Senator Lower', Medford. af ter passage today of his pet peeve, SB 274-275, which has to do with is still a compensatory, or profit making rate, we feel the lower rate should be passed on to the shipper or receiver, and ultimate ly to the consumer. To me, this is tree enterprise m a tree coun- forcing the railroads of Oregon, try and should be jealously pro and mainly the Southern Pacific, j tected -and not stubbornly pre- to present (acts and figures before vented. being allowed to eliminate a non- paying local passenger service or schedule. Senator Lowery states that rail- j&o let's be realistic. Let's bow graciously to progress in a pro gressive nation. Also, lets un shackle the railroads and give roads do not show passenger defi-! them the chance they ask. to corn- cits correctly that they are com-! pete (or business as do other busi- Annual Legislative Sessions Are Overdue To Ihe Editor: 1 appreciate the sentiments ex pressed in your editorial o( recent d.ite regarding H.JR 4, calling ior annual session o( the Oregon Legislature. In Ihe editorial, calling atten tion to the increased costs of leg islative sessions, vou failed to point out the (act that the cost of session is tied directlv to the length of the session. HJR 4 pro vides lor a S5 day session, thus cutting the length of the session and cists cornmensuratelv. Furthermore, you failed to point out that annual sessions would be ; designed to bring about increased operations of government, some- i thing we can only glance at under the present system. II is my firm belief that reorganization can only be effected with greater atten tion to the legislative process, and that such attention can only come through annual sessions. Costs of Ihe lesislature must in crease in this state Our legislat ors are among Ihe most poorly paia in the I nited Males, and sal aries must be increased to pro vide greater attraction for a wider range of people. However, the re tonn from belter government are always in the nature of govern mental savings and increased sen-ice to the people In this 1 am sure that we can all agree. Very truly wart Keith IX Skahoo. piled under ancient formulas of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. Is it really an "ancient (ormula" or could it just possibly be a rather simple arithmetic problem that an average o( some 10 passengers daily, with a total train crew o( 20, from Ashland to Portland, not counting many es sential ground forces enroule, does not add up to much of a profit under my formula, ancient or modern. Why do certain vote-hungry poli ticians play up the "big bad rail roads" when actually all we want is to be treated like just other plain businesses and be allowed to operate under America's system o( free enterprise. Why do certain legislators .wish to saddle the railroads with strangling additional controls and regulations. We (eel that railroads are an important part o( any com munity, contributing substantially with taxes and employes payrolls. It must be remembered, though, that railroads can and have gone broke too. They, like other busi nesses, have expenses. Each box car you see costs at least 57.500 and many as high as SIO.OOO each: a diesel locomotive S250.000: the Shasta Daylight trains each cost over SI. 000. 000 way back in 1938. So believe it or not, to pay (or these essentials, as well as salaries, and the re plenishing o( worn out equipment, they as do other businesses, need customers. But. it our freight customers are to be (orced to pay higher (reight rales in order to keep unprofitable passenger trains operating, and which the public does not use. and few miss, we will continue to lose our customers to cheaper forms of unregulated transportation. If a need can be shown for a service, whether passenger or freight, we want to continue it. naturally. However, like any successlul (irm or merchant who would eliminate a costly non-paying branch, wheth er it be a hardware store, branch bank, department store, automo bile dealership, or factor-. ware house, before all Ihe profits are drained, the railroads feel they are entitled to ihe same opportun ity. I'nder the guise of 'protecting the public' the Public I'tilities Commission of Oregon has at tempted lo gain control of not only passenger schedules and service, but also all local and intrastate (reight schedules and service. The Commerce and Utilities Commit tee of the present Oregon State Legislature sensibly saw the folly of this, to the pleasure of every user of freight tram service, and threw this portion ot Ihe bill out. This "protecting Ihe public" rings much like the Russian scheme o( "protecting the peace" as Ihey continued to overrun one small country after another in their greed to gain power. Many gullible ones who swallowed this dialogue are now under subjuga tion which looks quite hopeless. Coder ouf cherished free econ omy let's also give the railroads a chance to prove themselves and nesscs to the advantage ot the shipping and buying public. Edward C. McElroy, Southern Pacific Co., Salem, Oregon. Abuse of Spoils by Governor Holmes Hit To The Editor: ' I believe our Governor Bob Holmes has found out by now that an tax reduction in the near fu ture in Oregon is impossible, with the vast expenditures (or new schools, roads and salaries being a necessity, if our state is main tain its solvency. Ex-Governor' Elmo Smith was voted out ot office because he bad courage to recognize the need of high taxes to cope with the neces sary high expenditures involved in running a slate as large as Ore gon has grown to be. Governor Holmes administration has been characterized by an abuse o( his right o( the spoils, and by a reshuffle of the tax structure, which will not make taxes lower. The governor's school program. I believe, will be entirely O.K., if it is approved by the house and senate, but to date the governor's outstanding accomplishment is his announcement that he will be a candidate for re-election in 1958. In the meantime ex-Governor Elmo Smith is doing very well in his new assignment of publisher of the Democrat-Herald at Albany. He is fast, making many new friends in the mid-Willamette val ley. At a union member. I notice he has many Iriends and admir ers who are staunch union mem bers. Probably the three strongest and most able possible candidates (or governor for the 1958 election are Elmo Smith, Mark Hatfield and Sig Unander, in the order they are named, (in the Republican Party). There are a lot of people in the Albany area who are going to be pretty strong backers ot Elmo Smith if he chooses to be a can didate for governor in 1958, and I believe he has a very good chance of capturing the nomination and election, it he chooses to run again. Sincerely, HENRY R. BAKER, ,, Lebanon SIBERIA MILDER? WHITEHORSE, Y.T. m When five Hungarian refugees arrived in this Yukon Territory outpost, it was 20 below zero. The Whitehorse weekly editor ouiDoed: "Presumably when they fled from Hungary, they antici pated they were escaping Siberia. I'm not so sure." AFRAID TO USE IT We suspicion that atmoic mis siles will wind up as did poison gas wilh everyone afraid to use them. Sherman county Journal. DR. WILLIAM BRADY Vitamin B Complex Is Better For Heart Than Digitalis An Ohio reader says she is tak ing digitalis, and for some reason she doesn't like it and feels un easy about taking it. She wishes she knew my reasons for not ap proving ot il. The Ohio lady does not say her physician orders her to take it. She says she takes il. but she feels uneasy about taking it. If she is taking it without being con stantly under her doctor s ooser- thorities, set (orth in textbooks of theraoeulics are over my head. For instance I just can't go along with this: ' "Digitalis enables the damaged heart to do more wore wim me same expenditure of energy." If vou are a physicist, a physi cian or a physiologist, I beg of vou. clear this up (or me. ' The medical "authorities" still prate about the use o( digitalis as a heart tonic tnis pleases me mor- d" : "-"-L , Lie til ITU iu mm". - B. MAXWELL History in The Making mil,.. ... Anril 2S-. KI rnnctitutionalitv of house bill No. 58 to provide (or construction of a new, 5650.000 state o ( f i c e building with (unds borrowed (rom the In dustrial acci dent lund had been attacked on (our separate grounds in an injunction suit. (This five story structure cost 5500.718 and ben max wEt. I. uled (or a Willson park concert May 3, 1927. - The big Ray-Brown cannery at Woodburn was (ast nearing com pletion and would be ready (or operation June 1, 1927. The main building had a width o( 105 feet, a depth of 540. iThis plant is now Birds Eye division of General Foods Corp. and specializes in a frozen pack of most vegetables and strawberries. Ralph Sebern is manageri. . C. P. Bishop, pioneer merchant, had told Ihe Salem Salem was occupied in 1930. h now Heaity Doaru inai regional farm houses the following departments: ers needed advice on mailers of adjutant general, corporation com-; selling more than they did on pro. missioner. insurance commission-' duction. "If OAC can develop ex er, real estate commissioner, state ports who can sell, then let them engineer, board of parole and pro- go ahead and center on the mat bation, state banking department, ter of selling rather than upon thi labor commissioner and tax com-. production end. missioner). . Mrs. Frank Hayden. resident of the community since 1911. had been, appointed postmaster o( Val seti. (Valseti post otfice was es tablished Nov. 6, 1920. Present postmaster is Doris H. Weaver). "Red Willie." Salem's new fire siren mounted on city hall tower, had a range of five miles and was set to wail within a week. -. First seasonal appearance ot the Cherrian band under direction of Oscar Steelhammer. was sched- JACKPOT DELUXE SAN DIEGO, Calif. OB Mrs. Jerome O'Connor hit the jackpot when she took her 15 children out for hamburgers. She happened to stop at a drive-in that pays your check if the blue star comes up on the cash register sales slip. It did. TAX ON INSURANCE Now Oregon is planning to tax life insurance you leave your wife and family. My Word, such avarice. Sherman County Journal. , $2100 including1 Federal tax -V x"a f7 than when you first wore it? Here, you may TRAD! IT IN towards a larger diamond - the generous . allowance serving to reduce the cost of the new one. Or you may prefer to have your gem reiel In a modern mounting that will revivify its beauty. Diamonds Re-Set While You Wait Soy "Charge It" No Interest or Carrying Charg Store Hours 9:30 to 5:30 Every Day (Bs. mmh CERTIFIED GEMOLOGIST OF THE AMERICAN GEM SOCIETY with it. Huge Dosei of Digitalis Once I gave a patient wilh delir ium tremens BPK1 enormous dosesy ' v. o( tincture o f V digitalis. The! p! patient recov-1 afj-' V J f i. . i ca - ' cii-u ii wi i tiY-. DT's but (orft - "weak'' heart. A Careless Remark ' Pour souls who are in the habit of feeling sorry for themselves may complain pileousiy aooui my ' lack ol kindness or sympathy: but. j for God's sake, I must tell what I believe to be tne trutn nere. even if it gets me booted out of my solt job. The "weak heart" obsession is nearly always based on nothing more substantial than an assump tion ot perhaps a careless remark by an incompetent doctor, i It is absurd to thi.ik digitalis or anv nthr rime is st heart "tonic." 10 T - . L - l , l . kMorlAa IW. put him in a hot air bath for an , ... . Mir.viiimm i.... . ii i - -m "'" "m . " i.mu. P . , Bomplex. particularly tne B-com- K few hours later, the same ' ' .,h ,. ,nd several days' afterwnrri had digitalis poison- mg I h e pulse rate would get ' down to 40 and -'( h 9 v - In OK. BUST I thing again. After a week or ten davs. he was well enough to leave the hospital. A year later, he was again ad mitted, delirious and wilh an al coholic breath. The new intern verified the digitalis treatment but rift-ided to cut the dose to about operate as such. Another bill. SB ; one-lhird ot the dose I had used plex vitamins with manganese and iron, which I recommend in place of digitalis. 'Couldn't Prove Payment. This bewildered young ma was sure he had made a cash payment on his garage bill, but he can't find the receipt and so has no proof of it. It would be far wiser for him to pay all his bills with ThwftiChecks and thus keep a record of all payments in his checkbook, have cancelled checks to prove them. A ThriftiCheck personal checking ac count can be opened with any amount. No minimum balance is required, and the cost is only a few cents a check. Every Thrifti Check customer has his name smartly printed on his checks at no extra cost. You will never find yourself in thU young man's embarrassing position if you have a ThriftiCheck Account, so why not stop in soon and talk to us about opening one? 301. still to be considered by our legislature and sponsored by the trucking interests, with their legis lative supporters, is planned to prevent the railroads from lower ing their freight rates below a cer tain minimum. If a railroad can name a freight rate lower than anjr -u. barge or steamship rate, art (Tuna tjp still giving far more than the standard dose. The patient suc cumbed in a day or two. and the autopsv revealed that the delirium had been that ot pneumonia.! which the new intern had not dis- j covered because he had failed to make a careful examination. CtVt KVoV'l Beaal the Suta rtftako: s3 &j Tt tttt&gl t )3&Jj3 "More Than Vz Century . . . of funeral directing for those who want the best. HOWELL-EDWARDS FUNMAL HOME U Bank OF SALEM ( ,CH CHiMfKfTA rntEm