SIX MEDTORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, February IB, 1958
President of MoPac
Invites Passengers
some buu clamoring pas
sengers alighted from a 17
car Missouri Pacific special
yesterdy at Union Station
and were off on a holiday
apparently oblivious that last
week was a black one for pas
senger, trains.
The 800 were live evidence
of the success of MoPac's new
venture in "creative travel."
That is the way R. J. Mc
Dermott, general passenger
traffic manager, describes the
railroad's new efforts to win
back passenger business.
Russell L. Dearmont, Mo
Pac's new president, yester
day told The Globe-Democrat
that the venture is part of a
series of moves to drum up
passenger traffic.
MoPac's Mr. Dearmont last
week took the role of an opti
mist as the sea of pessimism
washed ground the passenger
trains.
He was one in a parade of
railroad presidents who testi
fied on the industry's troubles
before a Senate Commerce
Subcommittee in Washington.
I m an Optimist'
"I'm an optimist I'm not
going to take the passenger
trams off, he told the Sena
tors.
In contrast, other rail presi
dents called for greater free
dom to discontinue trains and
for subsidies for commuter
service.
Mr. Dearmont yesterday
declared: "I think we have to
experiment with new methods
of attracting people" to
trains.
Creative travel is one of
the new methods. It means
simply making special efforts
to get rail passenger business
where there otherwise would
be none.
The 800 passengers who ar
rived here yesterdy for a one
day holiday represented such
new business. The MoPac
passenger department set up
the trip for residents of Se
dalia, California and Jeffer
son City, Mo. Sales represen-1
tatives then went out to drum
up business. It was arranged
in co-operation with manage
ment of the Ambassador
Theater.
One-Day Vacation
The special train left Seda
lia at 6:30 ajn. yesterday and
picked up the rest of its 800
passengers at California and
Jefferson City. After the train
arrived at Union Station at
10:15 a.m., the one-day-vacationists
attended a special
J showing of the Cinerama pro
duction at the Ambassador
and had the remainder of the
day for shopping. The train
departed at 5:30 p.m. yester
day. The bargain round-trip fare
was $8.98 from Sedalia and
$6.59 from Jefferson City, in
cluding refreshments on the
train.
MoPac plans to "do a lot"
in creative travel, Mr. Mc
Dermott said. The road plans
to run special trains from St.
Louis to Hot Springs, Ark.,
for the racing season and is
considering trips into the
scenic White River territory.
MoPac plans special trips at
reduced rates for school chil
dren and adults to the Tru
man Library at Independence,
Mo.
Mr. Dearmont and Mr. Mc
Dermott disclosed that Mo
Pac also is experimenting
with food service. A meal-on-a-tray,
"similar to an airplane
meal," is being tried "for
coach passengers who hesitate
to go into the diner because
of prices," Mr. McDermott
said.
The meals are prepared in
the kitphen on the dining car
and carried to the coaches by
a waiter. The passenger eafs
in his seat, as on an airplane.
Tray Service
The tray service breakfast
costs $1 and luncheon and
dinner each cost $1.25. It is
the same food, but with smal
ler portions and less fancy
service, that costs $3.50 or so
in the diner, Mr. McDermott
Federal Prisoners
Taken to Portland
Two federal prisoners, one
a 15-year-old Medford boy,
were taken to Portland for
prosecution recently by U.S.
Marshal Harold Sexton, ac
cording to reports.
Raymond Craighton New
man, 28, Amarillo, Texas,
who was arrested by Oregon
state police Jan. 25, was ar
raigned before U.S. Commis
sioner Frank Van Dyke on
charges of transporting a stol
en motorized vehicle across
state lines. .,He was held in
Jackson county jail on $1,500
bond.
The Medford youth was ar
rested by Medford police on
a charge of grand larceny of
an automobile. He was charg
ed with parole violation by
federal authorities at the time.
The youth was arrested in
Kansas by Federal Bureau of
Investigation officials last fall
on a charge of transporting a
stolen automobile across state
lines.
said. The service is being
offered experimentally on
two MoPac trains and "has
been well received so far,"
he said.
Mr. Dearmont of MoPac
yesterday elaborated on the
reasons for the optimism he
expressed in Washington over
passenger trains.
"My philisophy is that we
must emphasize really fine
service. If we do, I believe
we'll bring a lot of people
back to the rails," Mr. Dear
mont said.
The railroads would be
"shortsighted if we don't re
alize that passenger service
is a real advertisement for
railroad business. Going out
of the passenger business
would deprive us of contact
with the public and shippers
and affect the regard in which
the industry is held," the Mo
Pac president said. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Tentacles of the sea ane
mone are about as thick as a
pencil. i
Income Tax Series
To Start on Monday
A series of five articles
giving detailed explana
tions about filling out and
filing the 1958 federal in
come tax forms will start
in the Mail Tribune on
Monday.
The series was written
especially for United Press
by Russell C. Harrington,
Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. '
Chamber Board
Endorses Manor
The Ja,ckson county Cham
ber of Commerce .board of
directors last week endorsed
the Rogue Valley Manor.
President Otto Frohnmayer,
Miller Huggins, chairman of
the board of . directors, and
Directors Dwlght Houghton
and Elwood Hedberg spoke
briefly of merits 'and objec
tives of the retirement home.
It was pointed out that the
$5Vi million building repre
sents a new kind of industry
for the valley. The Manor
will have more than 75 em
ployees on the payroll initial
ly, representing an expendi
ture of $18,000 to $20,000
per month in salaries. To
further enhance the economic
picture, $14,000 to $15,000
will be paid out monthly for
food and various kinds of
services, Manor representa
tives noted.
"But the chamber is not
only interested in the eco
nomic side of the picture,"
Frohnmayer pointed out. "We
are vitally interested in the
aesthetic values of our com
munity life in the Rogue val
ley. And in this field the
Rogue Valley Manor repre
sents the highest type of en
deavor namely a thoughtful
provision by the Manor for
the health, welfare, happiness
and gracious living of our
elder citizens."
Frohnmayer suggested the
Manor management be invit
ed to discuss the Manor at
the chamber's round - table
meeting Monday, March 3, at
noon at the Jackson hotel.
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Orie Moore Attends Corvallis Course
Corvallis O r i Moore,
Medford, completed a three
day school in control of dis
ease-carrying insects Thurs
day at Oregon State college.
The school is sponsored by
the state board of health, the
college, the U.S. public health
service and the U.S. depart
ment of agriculture entomol
ogy research branch at Cor
vallis.
It is held eacn year at OSC
to keep public health and
county sanitation workers
abreast of latest control for
insects that are of importance
to human health and comfort.
Data on star observations
are provided to the "world's
timekeepers, surveyors, and
map makers by five observa
tories of the International Lat
itude Service. Each of the five
observatories is near the 40th
parallel, and two are in the
United States at Ukiah, Calif.,
and Gaithersburg, Md. The
other three are in Sardinia,
Japan, and Soviet Turkistan.
Two Men Bound Over
To Grand Jury
Two men were bound over
to the grand jury in district
court last week by Judge
James M. Main with bail set
at $1,500 each.
Appearing in court were
Raymond Edward Amiotte,
33, of San Francisco, on a
charge of obtaining a narcotic
drug by forged prescription,
and Ronald M. Mason, 31,
Spanaway, Wash., charged
with obtaining money by false
pretenses. Both men waived
the right to an attorney and
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preliminary hearing. They are
being held in Jackson county
jail.
The military rank of drum
major or band-leader can be
traced back as far as 1632.
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