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0 Cutting of Ribbon Across Tunnel of Love By Capital Cuties Marks Opening Of New State Public Service Building Bv William Warrsn United Press Correspondent Salem, Ore., Apr. 20 U.PJ A couple of cuties cut a ribbon across the tunnel of love this week and the new public service build ing was offi cially ope n adding the lat est page to the hectic history of the capitol group of build ings. It's a fine, kratra hull 4 ing this new public service structure, from penthouse flagpole to techni color cafeteria in the basement. And it kept the hectic history intact. Cracks in the plaster made a repair job necessary and held up official acceptance of the structure for a couple of months. But capitol attaches point out that the cracks were not the fault of the Sound Con struction company, builders of the five-story, 52,000,000 edifice. The stale itself specified pumice blocks for the partitions and these blocks continued to "cure" fifter the plaster was on, caus ing the cracks. Oldest Building Oldest building in the Capitol group is the supreme court build ing, built on the installment plan bv legislative fiat. In 1911 the legislature appro priated S150.000 to buy property and build the supreme court structure. And it specified, as if shaking a collective finger at the next legislature, that "the cost of purchasing or acquiring such land and erection of a suitable building thereon, for the pur pose mentioned, shall in no case exceed the sum of money above appropriated." The property at State and 12th street s next to the railroad tracks incidentally, where the freights rumble East to postpone the ponderings of the high court men was bought and the build ing started. Then funds for the job were exhausted and the building abruptly halted. When the 1913 legislature convened, the lawmakers promptly said "pooh" to the 1911 legislative in junction against more dough, and approved an additional $136, 300 to complete the structure, provide some furniture and land scape the grounds. The building was first occupied in February of 1914. Next oldest structure in the group, the state office building across the alley from the su preme court building, was com pleted in 1930 but only after a series of set-backs and bicker ing that echoed clear to the United States supreme court. Unusual Procedure Litigation started in 1927 and reached the U. S. high court be fore it was settled. It was to de termine whether state officials could borrow the money to build a state building from a state de partment in this case the trust funds of the state industrial ac cident commission. This was a new departure in financing the cost of constructing state build ings, with a plan of repayment from rentals plus 4V4 per cent interest. Suit was brought by the Eastern & Western Lumber company against the state board of control in 1927, to enjoin use of such funds. The circuit court decided in favor of the plaintiff, a heavy contributor to the state industrial accident fund, and an injunction was granted. The state appealed to the Oregon su preme court and in a 4 to 3 opin ion, the majority sustained the circuit court, and it appeared that ended the matter. But short ly thereafter Justice George H. Burnette died, and Justice George Rossman was appointed to fill the vacancy. A rehearing was granted. Justice Rossman then wrote the prevailing opin ion in which three others joined, which upset the previous decis ion and held that the law author izing the borrowing from state funds for such purposes was not unconstitutional. Eastern & West ern appealed to the United States supreme court. On Feb. 25, 1929, that court wrote -the final an swer, affirming the Oregon su preme court. So construction was finally started and the building was occupied in 1930, Laaatd Ta Stat The agricultural building is third oldest in the state group. It was built by private parties and leased to the state, then later bought for about $84,000 in 1931. Fourth and finest of the group is the capitol itself, completed in 1939 at a cost of some 52,500, 000, to replace the old state house destroyed by fire April 25, 1935. The design and plans for the new capitol were chosen after a nationwide architectural competition, in which 123 firms participated. The winners were Trowbridge & Livingstone and Francis Keally of New York City. They received an award of $132,000 which, of course, also covered their architectural work for the edifice. Five other firms received consolation prizes of $1,500 each. The legislature in special 1935 session, authorized appointment of a state capitol reconstruction commission made up of nine members appointed by Gov. Charles H. Martin. They were J. A. McLean of Eugene, Dr. H. H. dinger of Salem, T. H. Ban field of Portland, Dr. Ernest C. Dalton of St. Helens, J. H. Lake of Portland, Mrs. Gordon Voor hies of Medford and Robert W. Sawyer of Bend. With the aid of technical advisors, they chose the design and had charge of the preliminary work in providing for the capitol building. Construction Serene The state library building was completed in 1939 at a cost of $875,730. In keeping with the cloistered atmosphere that's sup posed to surround a library, the construction of this building was serene and without untoward event. A new building for the state highway department is rising now, just north of the public service building. The public service building eventually will house the state police, the state board of control, the audit division of the secre tary of state's office, the civil service commission, the public utilities commission, the indus trial accident commission and the unemployment compensation commission. The unemployment group already has moved in, the first to complete the job, and is busily at work turning out those little checks for the boys and girls temporarily at liberty from work. It may be a couple of weeks before all the departments are moved. Controls Said Needed for Making of Artificial Rain Boulder City, Nev., Apr. 20-;-(U.R) A Nobel prize-winning sci entist says government controls are needed to keep "promiscu ous" artificial rain-making from ruining the nation's agriculture Dr. Irving B. Langmuir, a rain making expert, criticized "prom iscuous over-seeding" of clouds with silver iodide particles to produce rain. "Experiments have shown that prevailing winds could carry silver iodide particles over a wide area until they hit certain ideal conditions, then rain would start falling," Langmuir said yesterday at the 18th annual snow conference of agricultural and reclamation officials. He feared the uncontrolled rain-making would occur over areas where crops were in an advanced stage, resulting in "tremendous damage." Langmuir, associate director of the General Electric research laboratories at Schenectady, N. Y said careless use of the pro cess could produce "violent and heavy rainstorms" which might result in "floods many miles from where the seeding was done." "Definite government controls are needed," Langmuir said. Up to Weather Bureau . He added no controls would be instituted "as long as the weather bureau says that arti ficial precipitation cannot be produced by cloudseeding." "The U. S. weather bureau has adopted the very best tech nique for preventing rain, by overseeding at the top of clouds," Langmuir said in criticizing the bureau's experiments. "This tends to break up the clouds without oroducine rain The scientists predicted that eventually there would be gov ernment "cloud-seeding stations" scattered across the country at regular intervals. Bids Mailed for Birth Observance of Bard Invitations are being mailed this week to 500 members of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival association for a reception hon oring the 38(ith anniversary of the birth of William Shake speare. Sunday, at 1:15 p. m., the group will gather at the Elks club lounge in Ashland for brief ceremonies that will include reading of communications from Laurence Olivier and from the Stratford on Avon committee of England. Immediately follow ing the reception, Lippert thea ters have arranged a matinee showing of Olivier's Hamlet. Sta tion KWIN will broadcast a de scription of the events from the lounge and from the street in front of the Varsity theater. The anniversary celebration is the association's first program for 1950 the 10th year of Shake spearean productions in Ash land's Elizabethan theater. OPENS SHOE SHOP Jacksonville. Apr. 19 Ste ohen J. Fox has opened a shoe repair shop on California street near the post office building. Fox, 'who arrived here recently from Oceanside, Cal., said he chose to make his home here because of his fondness for stream fishing and the opportu nities to pursue the sport here. 609 EAST MAIN PHONE 2-6805 FREE DELIVERY PRICES FOR FRI.-SAT. BREADED SHRIMP Approximately 15 to 18 to each package Ready to Fry PACKAGE Skinless FRANKS ib. 33 SWIFT'S PREMIUM BACON ib. 54c SLICED READY FOR THE PAN Sweet Pickled SPARE RIBS 45e DELICIOUS POUND.... FRESH DRESSED RABBITS POUND 59 A Real Buy in Good Cheese 2 Pounds WISCONSIN MIDGET LONGHORN each 95 Red Cross Asks for Furniture, Bedding Two more burned-out fam ilies need furniture and bedding, according to Red Cross officials. One family near Prospect and another in the Upper Applegate lost everything they had as well as their homes. Neighbors have supplied furniture for one home but bedding for three double beds is needed at once. Both furniture and bedding are re quested for the other family, which needs a cook stove, ice box. kitchen table, dining room table and chairs, chest of draw ers, any living room chairs avail able, cooking utensils and bed ding for one double bed. One large mattress is needed as a special request for a very sick woman. Anyone having this household furniture and bedding available is asked to call Mrs. Margaret Fabrich, chairman of the emergency closet supplies for the Jackson County Red Cross, at 2-9454 before Saturday. Since the Red Cross has no stor age space available everything will have to be picked up at the home of the donors. Mrs. Fabrick said that men's shoes, suits and shirts donated last month have all been given out, and more garments of that class would be welcomed for needy veterans and civilians and can be taken direct to the Red Cross office. No winter coats are desired as there is no place for storing them. THAT'S SHOOTING Elba, Ala. (U.R) Those who claimed they killed two birds with one stone are pikers, ac cording to E. R. Mack. Mack said he killed six quail with a single gunshot as they flew in a straight line. Thurtdar. April SO, 1950 MEDFORD (OREGON) MA1I. TRIBUNE HIW1 You hear a fanfare of praise whenever Hills Bros. Coffee is served. It's a blend of the world's choicest coffees .. . and "Controlled Roasting," an exclusive Hills Bros, process, roasts the blend a little at a time continuously for uniform perfection. It's vacuum-packed for freshness. Everywhere . . . People Are Sayinf . .. Everybody Likes Hill Bros. Coffee." Two Grinds: RtfiUr Grind Drip nd CUn-Mikir arias Tudtmufct . U.1 M 01 CMXlfMIMO-rUklme I ' vi M O Umi v EASY' TREATS FROM K1E "PASKABE F PLENTY" Purr-feet pancakes . . . golden waffles' . . . mclt-in-mouth muffins . . . tender, spicy coffee cake . . . cloud-fluffy dumplings I Yes! 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