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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1961 Railroad Industry Warns Oregon Legislators on 'PiggybacFTaxes Mil w wMwswa 5 f I J KISS FOR BROTHER -Caroline Kennedy kisses her now brother, John F. Kennedy Jr., during the Kennedy's pre inaugural stay in Palm Beach, Fla. This is one of a series o pictures just released by the White.House. (UPI Telephoto) Oregon Highway Commission Asks For Bids on 28 Jobs Salem - IUPD - The Oregon Highway commission Monday called for bids on 28 projects costing an estimated $4.1 million. The bids will be opened March 7 and the contracts awarded March 10. The projects by county in Includes: Clalsop: North unit, Astoria-Camp Rilea section of coast highway 2.98 miles grading. Fort Stevens state park overnight camp; tables, stoves and other equipment. Columbia: Warren section of the Columbia river high way south of St. Helens; 1.8 miles paving. Columbia and Washington: Vesper -Mist and Columbia county line-Pebble creek road section of Nehalem highway 21 miles north of Vernonia; 9.72 miles paving. Coos: Powers junction -Sugar Loaf mountain section, Coos Bay-Roseburg highway; two bridges and an inter change. Crook: East unit, Post Camp creek section of Pau lina highway 35 miles south east of Prineville; 4.02 miles of grading, oiling, two 120 foot bridges. Curry: Port Orford-Euchre creek rock project on coast highway. Deschutes: Sisters rock project on three highways. Douglas: Jaclc creek-Drain section of Umpqua highway; 4.85 miles paving. Grant: John Day - Prairie City section of John Day highway; 12.65 miles paving. Hood River: Hood River - Windmaster corner section, Hood River highway; - 2.28 miles paving. Jackson: Emigrant reser voir section. Green Springs highway 2.6 miles southeast of Ashland; 4.54 miles paving. Phoenix, grading and paving on 4th St.; .23 mile grading, paving. Clayton creek - Bear gulch rock project on Pacific highway three miles south of Ashland, Jefferson: Iris drive and Jericho lane sections, Route 836 near Culver; 5.85 miles leveling, oiling. Culver junction-Crooked river section of The Dalles - California high way 10 miles south of Madras; 6.87 miles paving. Klamath: Chiloquin paving on Yahooskin st. and 2nd ave.; .17 mile paving. Williamson river-Modoc point section of The Dalles-California highway 20 miles north of Klamath Falls; 5.7 miles paving. Lane: Leaburg dam - Dorris park section, McKenzie high way; 5 miles grading, paving. Mapleton-Triangle lake rock project on the Suislaw high way. Honeyman state park overnight camp on coast high way; tables, stoves and other equipment. Linn and Benton: Albany bridge lights. Marion: Commercial st. traffic signals in Salem. Malheur: Ontario-Idaho line roadside work on Old Ore gon Trail highway. Multnomah: Northeast 71st ave. - Northeast 99th ave. sec tion of Sandy blvd. highway in Portland; 1.58 miles paving. Tillamook: Clatsop county Teamsters Want Check To Help Truck Business By DOUGLAS GRIPP United Press International Salem - IUPD - The railroad industry has warned that if the legislature passes a tax on "piggybacks," shippers will reroute and avoid Oregon. The teamsters union warn ed that unless rail piggbacks are checked, long haul truck driving will become a "thing of the past." In railroad lingo, a piggy back is a loaded trailer moved on a flat car instead of over the highway. The piggyback operation is relatively new, and business is booming because shippers find they can move trailer loads of goods on flat cars and avoid the weight mile tax. Oregon would be the only state having a tax on piggy backs. The railroads are anx ious to see Oregon's proposal die so that other states don't get the same idea. The re-routing of trade should the tax be enacted would result in reduced em ployment and a general bad effect on Oregon's economy, according to Randall B. Kes ter of Portland, Union Pa cific attorney. He spoke for the entire in dustry before the house tax committee, opposing HB 1009. Joseph Edgar of Portland Teamsters Local 162 said his P'g- bill for local at this time of the year usually has about 300 drivers idle. This year it is 600. He attributed much of this, "di rectly or indirectly," to gyback business. Edgar endorsed the along with spokesmen Teamsters Local 81, local 37, and the women's auxiliary of local 37, all Portland. Opposite Stand Kester said that if purpose I of the tax is to keep business from the railroads and throw it to the truckers, then the state certainly should not levy the tax because it would be "discriminatory." Railroad unions took an op posite stand from the team sters. A spokesman said rail union members are "just as concerned about their jobs" as the teamsters. They op posed the bill. Kester questioned its con stitutionality, since interstate commerce is involved. He de bunked teamsters' charges that piggy-backs in Oregon are frequently overweight, thus cheating the stale out of bigger fees. Trivial Amount f Donald M. Fisher of the State Tax Commission's util ity section estimated that at Ihc outset the state would collect only $8,750 a year in tax revenue and he agreed this isn't much. Kester termed the amount "trivial" and not worth ad ministering. A number of big compa nies which use piggybacks backed up the railroads, de scribing adverse affects the tax might have on their op erations. . They included Omark In dustries, Crown Zollerbach, Universal Car Loading Co., and Western Paper Convert ing Co. Pear Disease To Be Topic of Meet Washington - il'PH - Rep. Harold T. Johnson (D-Calif.) said Monday agricultural ex perts from California. Oregon and Washington will meet Feb. 17 at Berkeley, Calif., to plan an attack on a disease that threatens to wipe out the West Coast pear industry. Johnson said the three dele gations would be headed by leading university scientists. The California group will be led by Dr. Paul F. Sharp, di rector of the division of agri cultural sciences, University of California. Dr. F. E. Price will head the Oregon delegation, and Dr. M. T. Buchanan, of Wash ington State University, will head the other. Johnson said other experts attending the meeting would include Dr. Marion Parker, chief of the crop research di vision, U. S. Department of Agricuture. Safe Driving Awards Given by State Department A number of southern Ore gon residents who drive equip ment for the stale highway de- j partment have received awards for safe driving, j Throughout the stale some 1,035 awards were made. I The award is made annual-! ly to members of maintenance crews who have accident-free ! records. Eleven - year awards were presented to Alfred W. Over- dick, Charles O. Cearley, Thomas A. Bedingfield, Eagle Point; Richard Troutfether, Charles W. Denniston, John A. Strahan, George S. Kincaid, Donovan B. Ballenger, Grants Pass; Richard R. Lawton, Carl A. Petersen, William D. Stanley, Chester W. Vreeland, Medford; Richard L. Howell, and Lyle E. Springer, Siski you. , Other awards were received by Lewis E. Robertson, Eagle Point; Robert H. Badley, Si mon C. Wingerd, Grants Pass; Carol E. Converse, Lincoln; Paul W. Robertson, Medford, all 10 years; and Donald A. Fulk, Cave Junction; Ray C. Jones, Grants Pass; Bevely M. Estes, Clarence Peterson, Lin coln; Clyde D. White, Pros pect; and Earl E. Bridgman, Siskiyou, all nine years. . Eight and seven year awards were given William S. Inman, Cave Junction; Carl C. Christian, Harold A. King ery, Eagle Point; William A. Tuski, Ernest W. King, Stan ley G. Rising, Grants Pass; Jack L. Ross, Prospect; and Ralph I. Robertson, Siskiyou. Nineteen received awards for five years and less of safe training. line - Washington county line section, Sunset highway 13 miles east of Elsie; 2.5 miles! paving. Wasco: Dufur-Maupin rock project on The Dalles-California highway. South unit, Shaniko-The Dalles Califor nia junction section of Sher man highway 7 miles south west of Shaniko; 5 miles pav ing. Swem's Annual Store Wide! BARGAINS GALORE IN ALL DEPTS. EVERYTHING PRICED TO SELL Come Early - Stay Late! Take Home Armloads of These TERRIFIC BARGAINS at the GREATLY REDUCED PRICES NOTICE!! More Sale Merchandise Added to Sale Tables Daily Don't Miss These New Bargains! Doors Open 9 A.M. Daily Use Your "Charge Plate" SALE ENDS SATURDAY, FEB. 18 TELEPHONE SP 2-9331 FOUNDED IN 1911 FREE PACKAGE DELIVERY WITHIN REGULAR DELIVERY ZONES Parker Woods Leons 220 East Main FINAL "CLEAN-UP" OF ALL S E A S O N A B L E MERCHANDISE . . . EVERY ITEM HAS BEEN REDUCED TO THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE FOR THIS BIG FOUR DAY EVENT , . . 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