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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.
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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
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