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Sunday, June 18, 19S7 MEDFORD (OREGON) JfAIL TRIBUNE SEVTHT o Every Penny Handled by Graham Crusade Audited by Accountant ft.iTpr.i p,MVvr."rl?n"3 ttam crusade are bandied with, of the committee legally incor- biiit Graham t nw Yoru an impeccable care mat wouia i porated under the laws of rsew itrrudii"hr,J'ih" mon' 'r do credit to a bank- Every Penn' ( York state which is sponsoring idntrn in ana uul is duuitta uy a . ine meeungs. ne opened me firm of certified public account-1 books to a reporter in his office j but this is paid entirely- by the Billy Graham Evangelical asso- Prt on BilW Graham'. rruiad id of rh come, irom, ana when n coei. n. T rtTTTc ricerr c B . "1 j. ant'- , to show that crusading is a very New York W Year, s.o' But tne association of evanse-; costly business. wlien he was just beginning his!1;st with profiteering so strong croer an evangelist Billy i 1: Ine Punl'C mim ana inacea. Graham was " Jumea ny tne recora Qp,n,on Said Changing photographed , of ome itinerant preachers i f , i holding a bag j that Graham still gets a few abu-: JO nigh Dam OD Snake of money which sive letters each day from peo-i Corur d'AIene, Idaho IP his sponsors Ple wno ",?ard him as a kind jjm Marr, Portland, president of i ni rarKeieer. the allowance of $15 a day which the committee pays to Graham for living expenses: Graham also gets a salary of S15.000 a year. One of the smallest items is har! lust nrp- sented to him. I Hul1 in Charg. The picture appeared in the newspapers and To Roger Hull, who has the re sponsibility of raising enough money to meet the bills of the e m b a r rassed ! current New York crusade in Luu Cauelt Graham acute ly. He resolved then that never again would he jeopardize his ministry by giving people any ground for suspicion that he was getting rich from evangelism. Today the finances of a Gra- Madison Square Garden, it sterns incredible that anyone should consider Graham's meetings a money-making operation. Hull is vice president of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of the Hells Canyon Association, said Thursday that public opin ion was crystallizing in the last two weeks in favor of a high dam on the Snake river. Marr, also president of the Oreaon State Labor Council, I told delegates of the Idaho State I Federation of Labor convention I here that the new opinion was ! due to the huge tax write-off ;hat was given recently to the New York. He also is chairman : Idaho Power Company. ciation of Minneapolis, Minn., which sponsors his "Hour of De cision" radio broadcasts each Sunday afternoon. The evange list gets no extra salary, no "love offering" of any kind, from the funds raised for the New York crusade. Rent Big Item Big items of expense are the rent for Madison Square Garden So. 000 a night and salaries of 60-odd ushers, stage-hands and other Garden employees that run to about SI, 500 a night. Adver tising and publicity expenses, including daily radio and nightly television programs in the New York area, average S40.000 a week. Expenses of the crusade of fice at 165 West 46th St., includ ing staff salaries, printing, post age, and rent total $17,000 a week. These costs, to run tc more than SI million by the time the meetings end on July 21, are lumped into one budget to be Oswego Man's Body Found in Columbia Portland OH The body of Max Zehrung, 24, of Oswego. Ore., was found floating in the Columbia river slough near the Jantzen beach seaplane dock Thursday. The Multnomah county cor oner's office reported that the body was found by Oral Lee Imboden, of Portland. Zehrung had been missing since May 30 when he was ap parently drowned in a boating mishap near Tomahawk island in the Columbia above the In terstate highway bridge. met by funds raised by the local crusade committee. The offerings taken up at the Garden each night will cover only a little more than one-third of this figure if ttfey continue at the present rate. The offering which is immediately placed in the custody of, and counted by, representatives of the Chase Manhattan Bank has averaged about $7,100 a night. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Cave Junction Volunteers are needed to assist with Illinois Valley Day camp, Itol Colpitts, director, has announced. Accord ing to official Day Camp rules, one adult must be provided for each eight girls at the six-day camp. The quota has so far not been filled, Mrs. Colpitts said Bids are Opened for Savage Rapids Screens Camp White Stephens-Ad-amson Manufacturing company, Los Angeles, was apparently low bidder at S26.720, f.o.b. Los Angeles for two vertical traveling water screens for the Savage Rapids dam rehabilita tion, according to the bureau of reclamation. Other bids received were from Sink-Belt company, San Fran cisco, S27.793; Chain Kelt com pany, Milwaukee, Wis., 532,459; and Jeffrey Manufacturing com pany, Columbus, Ohio, $41,550. CASH! U3 ornnm or ncme mace DArinr INDUSTRIAL"" 16 S. Central Phon. SP 3-S30I Divorce ratio of the US has increasced fivefold in the years between 1900 and the end of World war II. Dead line Sunday Classified la It noon Saturday. EnJo Health. Reat. Comfort and Hospitality at the Ruckhorn Mineral Springs Sanitarium Get a new itiH en life throng t h us of our fimout mineral water. Met WBml and Mud BavtaU for Rhumitltn a -at.. 141 V".iiY-iH Nervousness. Hlrh and Low mooa Pressure and Skin Eruption. Carbon DloxlcU Tap Batka for Asthma. Eczema. Colds, iinus and Bronchitis. "Tour KealtH Xa Ou For reservations or detailed In formation addrssa Back horn Mineral prlnajs SaaltarlQm. 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